Southern View: June 27, 2024

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THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2024
• By John Cosgrove
FINDING PEOPLE buried
under earthquake debris or
trapped in collapsed buildings
is what a select group of
Canterbury dogs train most
weekends for.
They train so that should
they ever be called upon to use
their noses for real, they can
do the job quickly and safely
in locations that are often too
dangerous for their handlers to
enter.
Staffed entirely by volunteers,
the Southern Training Group
for the Urban Search and Rescue
(USAR) Search Dog Association
often hold on-site training
exercises to get their dogs up to
operational status.
Liz Cartwright from
Sydenham has worked with
Duke, a 16 month old heading
cross dog, since October 2023.
“It is amazing being part of the
search dog team, it’s something
I’m very passionate about and I
love the team dynamics between
the members and the dogs.’’
Five dogs and their handlers
from the group spend their
weekends searching for hidden
victims inside empty buildings
and in nearby quarry piles.
The dogs were either qualified
or working towards being
declared operational.
USAR national dog trainer
Colin Howard says there are
only six dogs nationally that
are fully trained for this type of
work, as it takes 12 to 24 months
to train a dog.
Their training involves many
hours by their volunteer owners
working with their dogs to teach
them ways to search based on
smell or sound across terrains
as open as office blocks or as
rugged as quarry piles.
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Heroic hounds ready to go
SEARCHING: Liz Cartwright
with Duke, a 16-month-old
heading cross USAR search
dog, work their way up
the stairs during a training
session. USAR national
dog trainer Colin Howard
watches on. Duke is also
adept at using his nose to
find victims trapped under
rubble.
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Work to
start on
restoring
coastal
wetland
• By Dylan Smits
WORK ON environmental
development at Ferrymead
Regional Park and the
surrounding pasture will start
soon.
The $1.4 million plan will see
natural tidal zones reconnected
and more native species planted to
restore the area to coastal wetland.
“The development plan reflects
the council’s emphasis on climate
resilience and responding to the
ecological emergency,” said city
council acting head of parks
Rupert Bool.
The development area sits
between Tunnel Rd and Bridle
Path Rd, with the golf club and
heritage park located within.
Stage one of the development
will likely be under way early next
month at the latest, said Bool.
The pines along the Ōpāwaho
River Track will be cut down over
about six weeks to prepare the
estuary edge for the planting of
about 12,000 native species.
It will take about four weeks to
complete the plantings.
The lower Avoca Stream and
connected saltmarsh will then be
planted with more natives with a
start date not yet set.
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Sunday, 1-3pm
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Join Ross Black for a chess coaching
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All abilities are welcome, however, not
suitable for children under 10 years old.
Words and Fine Lines – Alice
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All week, all day from Monday
South Library
An exhibition showcasing some of
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Spreydon Library
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Mahjong Group
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Matariki Food Market, Friday 5-8pm, The Tannery, Woolston. A food
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Afterschool Activity Zone
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JP Clinics
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Much-needed refresh, repair
work coming for Esplanade
WORK IS about to start on a
refresh of Sumner’s Esplanade
walkway.
From July 8, the city council is
restoring the rock seawall between
the walkway and the beach, and
updating the walkway seating on
the seaward side of the concrete
seawall.
The city council is also investigating
the installation of an
accessible ramp running from the
walkway to the beach.
City council acting head of
parks Rupert Bool said the
changes will be made as a result of
a 2019 assessment of the seawall.
“We found about half of the
seawall – some 600 metres – had
eroded and needs to be topped
up with more rocks to get it back
to its original height, which will
mean better protection from
swells and storms,’’ Bool said.
“All the bench seats are in an
average to poor condition and
need to either be repaired or
replaced.
“We’re replacing them with new
ones that will be in the same style
as the furniture you can see along
the newly completed Te Ara Ihutai
Christchurch Coastal Pathway.
“The 20 new bench seats will
be evenly spaced in the locations
people use most often,” Bool said.
“We’re installing four of them
UPDATE: The city council will be restoring the rock seawall and updating seating along
the Esplanade walkway in Sumner.
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in new spots that will give people
different views of the coastline
– on the seaward side of the
walkway and on top of the rock
seawall.
“We’re very mindful of wildlife
along this area. There’s currently
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construction. We’ve timed the
work to start outside the penguin
breeding season,” Bool said.
The city council expects the
seawall restoration to take eight
weeks to complete, and will work
closely with the contractor to keep
disruption along the Esplanade
walkway to a minimum. The
furniture is set to be renewed in
mid September.
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and cat lovers to enter
their animals in the
organisation’s Pets of the Year
2025 calendar competition.
This year New Zealand’s
largest animal charity has
two calendar categories, cat
and dog, said the SPCA’s chief
executive Todd Westwood.
‘‘This is a chance to put
your pet photography skills to
use, and capture your furry
friend’s fabulous side. Or maybe
you have a gem already on your
camera,’’ Westwood said.
‘‘While the top 12 fundraisers
will be our monthly stars,
any pet profile which raises
more than $150 will be
guaranteed a spot inside
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Every dollar raised as part of
the Pets of the Year competition
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‘‘As your pet’s photo generates
donations, sick, injured and
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Thursday June 27 2024
Te Aratai College:
Celebrating Who Our Learners Are
A “culturally responsive pedagogy” is a term
that many outside of the education sector
may have heard from time to time but have
little grasp of what we are speaking to. What
this means for us at Te Aratai College is an
endeavour to deliver accessible teaching and
learning that values an individual’s culture. It is
a genuine attempt of our kaiako to recognise,
celebrate and utilise ākonga for their unique
and meaningful identities and backgrounds.
We recognise as educators our tried and true
purpose is to teach, but a culturally responsive
pedagogy also aspires to ensure all our
students feel their cultural identity is strong,
secure and fundamentally valued along the
way.
It can be seen and heard in the karakia recited
at the beginning of Tāhuhu classes. It can be
found in the cultural narrative of our building
names, gifted to us by Ngāi Tūāhuriri for our
recent rebuild.
Our commitment to cultural responsiveness is
also addressed in our practice of ako and mahi
ngātahi, a philosophy of not only sharing the
content, context and responsibility of teaching
and learning between student and teacher
but also in the wider community with ongoing
kōrero and consultation with whānau. Perhaps
the best example of this is our Wā Whakanui
conferencing we hold in Term 3 of every year.
These conferences replace the traditional
parent-teacher interviews where
whānau are given 10 minute intervals to
digest a student’s progress by individual
subject teachers.
Sāmoa students participating in preparing and
sharing an Umu to celebrate the culmination of
Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa - Samoa Language
Week. It is also found in Te Roopu Kapa Haka
o Kimihia, the school’s Kapa Haka group about
to depart for The National Secondary Schools
Competition. This group is a combination of 5
kura from around Christchurch, also including:
Christchurch Girls High School, Christchurch
Boys High School, Cashmere High School and
Haeata Community Campus.
Using this practice ensures we are upholding
the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and when
we succeed it benefits every learner. For all
ākonga, we must work to ensure they all feel
they belong within the learning environment
we provide and a sound, clear kaupapa is
shared with the community that is focused on
the potential of ‘all’ learners to thrive without
compromising who they are.
So what does this look, sound and feel like
in our learning community? In the classroom,
it is expressed through wānanga – decisionmaking
and learning practices that are
responsive to a range of relevant contexts. It
maintains, advances, and shares knowledge
and develops intellectual independence, while
assisting the use of knowledge regarding
āhuatanga Māori (tradition) according to
tikanga Māori (custom). This can be found in
our science classes where Y10 students learn
about genetics and cancer, and how singer
Stan Walker identified that the mutated CDH1
gene was expressed in his whakapapa.
Instead, Wā Whakanui is a presentation
delivered by our students to their whānau,
sharing and speaking to 3 pieces of their
best work. These are empowering, inspiring
presentations where the self-determination and
success of our ākonga is evident for their loved
ones.
Our commitment to strong community bonds
is also ever-present in events like our Gagana
The success from these competitions is
more than placing on the day, it includes
creating a sense of whanaungatanga,
personal success and a sense of
belonging and identity within the
kaihaka for all ākonga to be proud of
their culture and who they are.
A school is not an island where we prepare our
students for the ‘real world’ outside. A school is
part of that real world, where the experiences
and expressions are as real and lived as
anything that flows in, through and beyond it.
This is why we believe that a successful kura,
a school that delivers success for its precious
taonga, is engaged with the communities,
histories and identities of all that come to tread
life and experience into its busy halls.
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Pasture land
Home buyers staying
will return to
natural state
• From page 1
has worked out a transition
Heathcote city councillor Sara plan with the farmer who uses
Templeton said the development paddocks within the area for
is the result of nearby residents grazing livestock.
pushing for natural restoration. “We will be gradually
“Making sure we have
removing grazing from
native species thriving
the paddocks that can
near the estuary is really
be seen from the Tunnel
important,” she said.
Rd motorway within
Stage two will see tidal
Ferrymead Regional
connections with the
Park,” Bool said.
estuary restored at five
“Planting and retiring
waterways which flow
from the Avoca Stream
near Tunnel Rd.
This will encourage
natural regeneration of
the pasture land west of
the golf club alongside
planting wetland natives.
Work on stage two
will start some time next
year, with the whole
plan expected to be fully
implemented by 2030.
These projects will
see most of the land north and
west of the golf club restored to
coastal wetland.
Bool said the city council
Rupert
Bool
Sara
Templeton
areas of the paddocks
will occur gradually
and it is likely that there
will be some areas that
are grazed until the site
is fully developed as
habitat.”
Bool said the phasing
out of paddocks over
time will allow the
farmer to make longterm
plans for new
grazing areas.
The Waihoro
Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote
Community Board approved the
development plan in December
last year.
in the neighbourhood
A FAMILY home on a sizeable
section has proved hard to beat in
Sumner.
The Hardwicke St property sold
under the hammer last Thursday
for $2.25m.
Bayleys listing
agent Marilyn
Still, who marketed
the property
with colleague
Rosie Petronelli,
told OneRoof
renovated family
homes on large Marilyn Still
sections rarely
came on the
market in Sumner.
The three-bedroom, twobathroom
home attracted more
than 60 groups throughout the
week campaign. Thursday’s
auction drew three buyers, with
bidding opening at $2m and the
property selling for $2.25m.
Everyone looking at the home
was local, Still said. Two of the
bidders knew each other, while
the new owners lived close by,
with their children attending the
school across the road.
Still told OneRoof the current
owners were moving to a smaller
house nearby. The owners before
them had also lived there for
about 20 years.
KEEP IT LOCAL: A Sumner family is moving around the
corner to their new home on Hardwicke St.
She said Sumner was more
expensive than other suburbs
in the city, with properties on
the Esplanade typically fetching
higher prices.
“Once you get here – you move
up or you downsize – but mostly
people stay. It’s got so much to
offer,” she told OneRoof.
“Number one, it’s got the beach.
Number two, everyone can walk
everywhere unless they are up
the hill of course, and it’s a great
community.”
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Thursday June 27 2024
Vicar’s filmmaking foray nets
• By Dylan Smits
COULD Lyttelton vicar John
McLister be the next Peter
Jackson or Taika Waititi?
“No, I don’t think so,” he
laughed. “I’m more interested
in capturing the social history
of people. That’s quite a niche
audience.”
However, the 66-year-old
vicar’s new career is off to a roaring
start with nominations for
two film awards.
McLister is a Christchurch
finalist in the Vista Foundation
48 Hours short film competition
and a nominee for best tertiary
film in the Doc Edge Film Festival.
Both awards will be presented
at ceremonies tomorrow night.
“For me, as a first-time person
having a crack at it, it’s nice to
see two films as finalists. It’s
quite rewarding to get that level
of approval,” he said.
McLister’s short film for the 48
Hour competition, The Reserve,
is about a mother and son who
get separated while walking in
the woods.
Following competition rules,
the 5min film was produced over
two days in May and has horror
and psychological themes.
It was produced by McLister,
with Jae Hulbert directing
and Clint Thambi on
cinematography.
McLister is deeply involved in
the Lyttelton community as the
vicar at Holy Trinity Anglican
Church and the chaplain at the
seafarers’ centre.
“Everyone’s been pretty
supportive (of my film-making).
I think when people see you’re
really enjoying something,
they’ll tell you to go for it.”
A year ago, McLister decided
to pursue a lifelong curiosity and
enrolled in Yoobee’s film school,
New Zealand’s largest.
“I thought to myself, if I don’t
have a crack at this now, I’ll
regret it.”
At high school McLister
enjoyed filming, with one of the
country’s first video cameras
sparking his interest in making
stories.
“Life carries you in different
directions, but it never went
away,” he said.
He submitted his student
documentary Heritage Heroes to
Doc Edge, which is running in
Christchurch until Sunday and
online until July 31.
For the film, McLister took a
tour of Ferrymead Heritage Park
and interviewed a tram driver,
and print shop volunteers about
their work.
“I was just blown away by
their dedication. They’re kind of
unsung heroes.”
He enjoyed his time at Yoobee
and felt welcomed by his much
younger classmates.
“It was funny at times because
I was old enough to be the
grandfather of some of these
students. It was good for me,
ACTION: John McLister
produced The Reserve, with
director Jae Hulbert (left)
and cinematographer Clint
Thambi (centre). The trio
are planning a production
company.
because it put me in touch with
people who I wouldn’t naturally
interact with at my age.”
Despite the age gap, McLister
said he managed to find
common ground with students
due to their joint creative
pursuits.
He linked up with Hulbert and
Thambi through the course.
The trio want to start a
production company and
film many short movies and
documentaries around Lyttelton
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nominations
“It’s a beautiful area for making
stories, and where Jae and I both
grew up, so we want to show it
off.”
Documentary filmmaking is
his favourite genre.
“A lot of documentaries are big
stories about people who do big
things. They’re great stories that
have to be told, but what about
the average person? Someone
who works a nine to five but
then spends 10 hours a week
volunteering,” he said.
McLister’s wife Yaeko and
children Joe and Caeli have been
supportive of his filmmaking too.
“My wife has known I’ve
wanted to do it for a long time.
So she’s been very patient and
allowed me to go off and do these
things.”
Creating The Reserve was a
challenge for the crew as they had
just 48 hours to write, film and
edit the movie.
Teams only received their
genre at the start of the event,
so the crew scouted out multiple
locations in advance.
“We went to a lot of place
to scope out where we could
possibly film. We could have got
a musical, we could have a got a
mystery, we had to be flexible.”
The Urumau Reserve in
Lyttelton was perfect for a moody
horror short.
“We wanted to highlight the
area a little because it has a sort of
CARE: McLister supports residents and sailors as the vicar at
Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Lyttelton, and the chaplain at
the seafarers’ centre.
uniqueness and ambience.”
McLister’s team received the
‘real-time’ genre which meant
the movie couldn’t have any time
skips. Edits were still allowed.
As producer, McLister took on
a managing role for every aspect
of production.
“It was a good team effort. We
all did our part to make it work
while filming it in just one day.”
Thambi is also a finalist for
the 48 Hour cinematography
award.
Later this year, McLister will
start work on a documentary
about Lyttelton Times journalist
Samuel Crombie Brown and
his reporting during the 1881
invasion of Parihaka.
Mother-son duo
team up in film
A Cashmere High
student and his mum
have starring roles in The
Reserve.
Annabelle and Josh
Wear needed to learn
their parts and put on a
convincing performance
in just one day of filming.
Fourteen-year-old Josh
dreams of becoming a
professional actor.
“He’s wanted to be an
actor forever. Josh wandered
up to me one day
and said ‘alright Mum,
when are you going to
get me an agent’,” said
Annabelle.
With limited opportunities
available in the South
Island, Josh starting acting
in Yoobee student
films.
The pair, who live in
Diamond Harbour, were
only shown the script for
The Reserve on shoot day.
“As an actor it was
exciting, because you
basically have to embody
a character in one day,”
Annabelle said.
“It was a good
20-minute walk up
the hill with everybody
lugging make-up, gear
and fabric. It’s just an
amazing pressure cooker.”
Josh’s passion for acting
sparked his mother’s
interest in appearing on
screen.
“I originally went along
to the first audition for
Josh and I read with him.
The director was like ‘oh
I want you in the film as
well’. I think I’m a secret
actor because I love it. I
absolutely love it.”
Happy with supporting
roles, Annabelle wants
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354
SUDOKU
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
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254
6
T N E
A U B
11 12
13 14 15
words of three or more letters,
How
including
many
plurals,
words
can you
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make
three
from
or
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more
six
letters, using each letter only once? No foreign
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from the six letters, using each only
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once?
TODAY
Good 17 Very Good 26 Excellent 35
Solution 253: ado, day, dorp, dory, dray, drop, dry,
oar, pad, par, PARODY, pay, pod, pray, pro, prod, pry,
word. pya, rap, ray, road, rod, ropy, yap, yard.
letters, including plurals, can you make
No words beginning with a capital are
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Good 17 Very Good 26 Excellent 35
16 17 18 19
20
21 22 23
24 25
26 27
Across
1. Method (6)
4. Samples (6)
9. Walking stick (4)
10. Dried up (10)
11. Ship’s officer (6)
12. Egg dish (8)
13. Puzzled (9)
15. Reasonable (4)
16. Complain (4)
17. Dim-witted or foolish person (9)
21. Unfounded (8)
22. To some extent (2,1,3)
24. Cocktail (4,6)
25. Lots (4)
26. Bicycle for two (6)
27. Hired (6)
Decoder
Down
1. Law (7)
2. Searches (5)
3. Express support for (7)
5. Bewildered (6)
6. Distinctive characteristic (9)
7. Be uncomfortably hot (7)
8. Pancake day (6,7)
14. China (9)
16. Horse-drawn vehicle (7)
18. Army unit (7)
19. Erudite (7)
20. Stand for (6)
23. Confess (5)
Crossword
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Tastes, 9. Cane, 10.
Dehydrated, 11. Purser, 12.
Omelette, 13. Perplexed,
15. Fair, 16. Carp, 17.
Numbskull, 21. Baseless,
22. In a way, 24. Pina
colada, 25. Many, 26.
Tandem, 27. Rented.
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3. Endorse, 5. Addled, 6.
Trademark, 7. Swelter,
8. Shrove Tuesday, 14.
Porcelain, 16. Chariot, 18.
Brigade, 19. Learned, 20.
Denote, 23. Admit.
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aunt, ban, bane, bat, bean,
beat, beau, beaut, ben, bent,
bet, beta, bun, bunt, but,
BUTANE, eat, nab, neat,
neb, net, nub, nut, tab, tan,
tau, tea, ten, tub, tuba, tube,
tun, tuna, tune.
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