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Crashes triple at ‘tricky’ roundaboutBY MAX TOWLEPolice are worried about a “tricky” roundabout where crashes have tripled since its redevelopment in 2012.

There were nine crashes on the Halswell Junction Rd and Springs Rd multi-lane roundabout last year after it reopened in December 2012 to accommodate the first stage of the Southern Motorway.

Of those crashes, one resulted in

a serious injury, five minor (two in the same crash), and four non-injury.

In the three years before devel-opment, the intersection saw an average of three crashes per year, one being a serious injury.

Police Senior Sergeant and com-munity services manager Peter Stills, who uses the “tricky” round-about every day, said he was wor-ried about its design.

“If you’re heading to town, you often get people turning right to-wards the motorway from the cen-tre lane,” he said.

“The right lane has the option to go straight ahead, so you often get drivers cutting across others.”

Senior Sergeant Stills said at rush hour a glut of drivers covering the lane markings made things difficult.

He said he often saw dangerous driving.

“People tend to be in a hurry so they would take risks that they otherwise wouldn’t take,” he said.

“It’s a large roundabout so driv-ers think if they pull out in front of someone, there’s a fair chance they’re going to get seen.

“I would urge all drivers using that intersection to be extra care-ful.”

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New Zealand Transport Agency highway manager Colin Knaggs said the intersection would change again when construction work on stage two of the Southern Mo-torway begins in late 2015.

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TRICKY: Crashes at the Halswell Junction Rd and Springs Rd roundabout have tripled, while traffic has doubled since it was redesigned in 2012. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN

Bid to improve mall parkingBY GABRIELLE STUART

Parking is becoming a prob-lem at The Hub Hornby, and developers of new shopping areas are predicting customer numbers to grow.

The Hornby Working Men’s Club has recently announced they are working on a new de-velopment on land behind the mall.

Anytime Fitness, The Baby Factory, Bed Bath & Beyond and Toyworld have already signed up to lease space in the new development.

Meanwhile, expansion is also under way inside the mall.

The existing Farmers store in the mall is set to more than triple in size, while a new food court and space for new shops will also be opened.

Mall manager, Colliers In-ternational retail director Evan Harris, said parking had al-ready become a problem.

He said there were usually spaces available at the rooftop car park, but people often chose to circle the bottom car parks instead, which caused congestion.

He said the developments would include extending the rooftop car park to provide about 300 new car parks.

But Hornby Working Men’s Club general manager Daniel Ferguson said rooftop parking had been rejected as an option for their development because it was not well used.

“We have looked at rooftop parking, but the cost was pro-hibitive and at the moment it does not seem to be well used at the mall.”

Mr Harris said that the mall planned to improve access to the centre from the rooftop car park, and he believed that would improve people’s use of it.

“Hopefully the new car park will become the park of choice for our shoppers.”

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Construction of the Uni-Cycle cycleway is expected to start in November, after a bid to delay the project failed.

The planned cycleway will run from Canterbury University to the city, and is the first of the 13 ma-jor routes in the $68.3 million city council cycleway network.

Representatives from Christ-church Girls’ High School and the Ministry of Education asked the city council on Thursday to delay finalising plans for the cycleway by up to three months.

The school wanted to finalise its own plans for rebuilding and extending earthquake-damaged buildings before work on the cycle-way started.

Their plans involved buying parts of Matai St, which would require the street to be closed to traffic or reduced to one lane.

But city council staff said that would not be possible, because of the amount of traffic using the street and because there were residents living on the street who needed access to their homes.

Resource Management Group consultant Darryl Millar, who rep-resented the school at the meeting, said extending into the street was the only option for the school.

The school is bordered by the Avon River to one side, and sur-rounded by public roads.

He said that both the cycleway and the school development were projects being done for the com-munity, and he hoped the city

council would take the time to make sure the projects aligned.

But deputy mayor Vicki Buck said it was a safety issue for stu-dents cycling to the school.

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around alternatives, but I’m not happy to delay these cycleways, now, or later, or at any time.”

City councillor Phil Clearwater agreed.

“There’s huge traffic congestion problems on Riccarton Rd, and the cycleway here will make travelling to school safer for cyclists. We can-not possibly delay this.”

School board of trustees chair-man Mike Lay said that the school fully supported the concept of the cycleway.

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So, tell me what you’re working on at the moment?

I’ve got an exhibition I’ll be hanging on Friday, out in Darfield. The exhibition will be a mix of paintings and sculpture. I’ll have five pieces in it from a bit of series, alongside the work of two other artists.

Last time we spoke you were looking for an engineer to help with your Duke Kahanamoku wave sculpture. Did you find one?

I’m still looking. I have just been ringing the council about it this morning, and I’ve already rang around a few of my friends, but no one seems to know anyone who could do it.

Why do you need an engineer to help with this piece?

Because it is extremely large, and it’s important that it is com-pletely safe.

Have you ever done anything of this scale before?

I’ve never done anything this large. It will be 8m long, or maybe

even nine – we have not con-firmed yet, because they haven’t yet confirmed the budget. Every-thing I’ve done so far has been on a volunteer basis.

How long have you worked as a sculptor?

I’ve been sculpting for around 30 years. It was while I was work-ing on a movie, way back then, that I was inspired to start sculpt-ing. At the beginning I always did a lot of clay work, and I went to a pottery studio at Mt Pleasant to learn how to work clay. It was around that time that limestone came into fashion and I did a sym-posium focusing on limestone.

From then on I have hardly looked back. I love that process of taking away, rather than adding as is done in clay. Since then I’ve done a few ice sculptures, and some work overseas – I was sent with some other artists to our sister city in Adelaide to work on some projects there. I’ve done a few council commissions, includ-ing the large koru out the back of Stanmore Rd, which was quite a big challenge.

You mentioned that you were working on a movie 30 years ago. What were you doing?

My friend, Trixie, was a costume designer and I was her helper. It really wasn’t my thing!

So what was it that inspired you to start sculpting?

At the time I just wanted to find what I was, and what I wanted to do. The movie is called Illustri-ous Energy, and in it there were circus scenes with some amaz-ing papier mache sculptures. I absolutely loved them. I had just returned from travelling the world for about 18 months and, looking back at my photos, they were all of sculptures.

Where did you travel? Or would it be easier to list where you didn’t go?

Probably. I went all through Asia and all through Europe, and I came home via Sri Lanka where

I stayed for three months. I made some amazing friends there who have remained my friends for life – which is why I went to Hawaii earlier this year, to create a com-mission for one of my friends.

And you did some research for the New Brighton sculpture while you were there?

Yes. While I was there I met with Sandy Hall, who wrote a book about Duke, and we spent the day wandering the parts of Honolulu where he lived, because I needed to understand who he was. There was a sculpture of him on the foreshore, and photos of him all over the walls of the cafes there. People still put leis on them

in his honour every day. By the end of the day I was madly in love with him, so it worked.

Did it change your plans for the sculpture?

In some ways. I spent hours down at the beach watching the waves and drawing the waves. I wanted to create a Hawaiian wave, rather than a New Brighton wave, and they are very different. I wanted to capture that blue-green translucence.

Now I’m experimenting with how to incorporate glass and fibre optics into the concrete to create that translucence.

After all your travel to exotic locations, what is it that keeps you coming back to South New Brighton?

I love living in South New Brighton. It’s being beside the beach. I’m a country girl – I grew up in Akaroa – so for me its like heaven, like living out in the coun-try. Sometimes I go for wanders down the beach, and I’m the only one out there.

I’ve heard legends of your sculpture garden. How did it start?

I was working on some sculptures with a friend, a deaf and blind guy called Donald Gibson. I needed more space for the work, so I asked council if I could use the sand dunes opposite my house.

Since then I got several well-known sculptures from across the country, and one English man too, to create sculptures there, and I’ve developed a garden around them.

On the crest of a wave and carving Artist Bon Suter is about to start work on a giant sculpture near the New Brighton Pier, to mark 100 years since the visit of Hawaiian surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku to the area. She spoke to Gabrielle Stuart about her work across the world, in movies, on people’s feet and on the dunes of New Brighton.

SCULPTED: Artist Bon Suter at her home in South New Brighton, where she has developed a public sculpture garden extending out onto the dunes.


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Do you get a lot of visitors stop by to see it?

I do get quite a lot, mainly overseas visitors. Because I’ve chosen to live in south New Brighton, it’s the road to no-where really, not many people come down this way. So it’s mostly tourists.

If you weren’t an artist, what would you be doing?

I would still be working as a reflexologist, or I do like work-ing with people with disabilities as well.

I worked for a few years in nursing, but at that stage I had three little children, so I left nursing and studied alternative health. I started a clinic and worked for several years as a reflexologist, but I was the only one at that stage and I had so many people coming to me that I burnt myself out. So I decided to massage stone, not people’s feet!

Do you think you’d ever go back to it?

No. I still do it for free for my friends sometimes if they have something ailing them.

There’s always been that stereotype of the starving artist – how difficult is it to actually make a living from your work?

It’s very hard. You never ever get paid enough for the hours you put in to a piece. I’ve already put in about 100 hours for this wave, which I won’t be paid for, and I’ve spent a fair amount on materials. It will probably cost me more than I will get back.

So what is it that keeps you working as an artist?

The thing I love most is just the fact that I am my own boss and can do my own thing completely. I either do some gardening or get out and work on the sculptures. If it’s a lovely day, there’s nothing better than being out on the dunes.

You mentioned your three small children – they can’t be very small anymore. Do they still live nearby?

I’m incredibly lucky, be-cause almost all my family live in South New Brighton. My

children have all grown up and live in South New Brighton, although one is in Bali and one in England at the moment. They both still have houses here and plan to come back. The third had his house here too, but he’s living with me at the moment as his place was badly damaged in the quakes. It’s lovely to have them so close because I have three grandchildren now as well.

My sister’s here and my brother is in Woolston, so he’s not too far away.

That must be unusual these days. Why do you think they’ve

all stayed so close?It think it’s just really nice to

be so close to family, and it’s a beautiful place to live.

What are your favourite things to do in your free time – if you have free time.

I love walking. I love tramping and going out into the bush, and I love wandering the beach.

What about music? Is there anything you particularly like to listen to while you work?

I usually listen to the national radio programmes to be honest. I quite like classical and blues style, and I went to a concert in Lyttelton the other day which was wonderful – I love to listen to music live.

You’ve visited a lot of amaz-ing spots around the world – is there anywhere you would still like to visit?

At the top of my bucket list is Istanbul. All of my friends who have been there say it is breath-taking.

As far as your work goes, is there anything you would still like to create or achieve?

This great big wave that I’ve been commissioned to build is like the ultimate for me. I’m so honoured to be asked to do it, and so happy that I can create something for the community that I love. There are all sorts of challenges to working with con-crete, so this stuff really appeals. And it’s a collaborative project, which means I won’t be doing all the back-breaking work on my own.

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WHITE STONE: Some of the pieces artist Bon Suter has created from her favourite medium, limestone.


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Wigram electorate candidate Karl Varley compares placing 67th on the National Party list to earning a place on the All Blacks benches.

Even if he did not make it to Par-liament, he said he felt honoured to be named on the list.

“Would you complain about being named a reserve on the All Blacks bench?”

The businesses strategist was 75th on the National Party list for the 2011 election.

That year he was involved with Christchurch Central MP Nicky Wagner’s election campaign as the electorate chair, but this will be the first time he has campaigned for an electorate seat.

He will be up against current Wi-gram MP Megan Woods, who won the seat by 1500 votes in 2011.

Mr Varley believed it would be difficult to win the seat.

But he said he planned a long-term campaign for the electorate, and would be back at the next elec-tion if he did not win the seat.

“For a business, you map out goals for the next 20 years, because if you know where you want to go you’re far more likely to get there. That’s certainly the plan with Wigram.”

Mr Varley comes from a back-ground in business strategy, and has built up several businesses as an entrepreneur.

He grew up near Wanaka, and said he had to borrow money from his brother for a bus ticket to Christ-church when he was 17.

Within 10 years he had started several businesses and built them into multi-million dollar companies.

At the age of 28 his first son was born, and he gave up work for a year to stay at home with his son.

“At that stage I was often working 80 hours a week, and I realised I was missing out on my son. So I sold out of the business.”

He said that was when he became interested in politics, as he began de-veloping systems to help businesses run smoothly without so much time being involved.

“From my experience it was the business owners who worked hard-est and took the risks, and they were

often the last to get paid if things were tight. But they were treated like they were rich, and taxed more. It seemed counterproductive to me.”

He said that his goal in politics was to put good systems in place to make things easier for people.

He said his three main motiva-tions were the rebuild of Christ-church, developing “what could be, not what was”; to make New Zea-land a better place for families; and to make the country a better place for his sons.

Mr Varley is currently living in Northwood with his partner, Sonia, and his sons, who are now aged one and 14.

He fits his campaigning around his work as a business strategist, speak-ing at business seminars around the country.

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STRATEGICALLY PLANNING:Karl Varley with sons Jonny, one, and Sam, 14, has a long-term campaign planned for the electorate.

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The principal of a school closed in recent Ministry of Education cutbacks has taken to politics in a bid to reform education.

A year after Branston In-termediate School in Hornby was closed by the Ministry of Education, former principal Jennifer O’Leary is working as a volunteer for the Labour Party.

She said her experience spurred her to help reform education in an area still re-covering from Education Min-ister Hekia Parata’s decision.

“I feel a sense of relief to re-tire, yet a sense of uncertainty at the current state of educa-tion in the hands of the right wing party,” she said.

“The damage done is ir-reparable and after six years in power [for the National Party] I feel it is time for a change.”

News of Branston Interme-diate’s closure came as a shock to parents, staff and members of the community.

Before Mrs O’Leary heard the news, she thought she still had at least two or three more

years left in the role before retirement.

Although she said she was “apolitical,” she turned to poli-tics shortly after the closure to support Wigram MP Megan Woods.

She said Dr Woods was a “voice of the people” in Parlia-ment last year.

Mrs O’ Leary has no previ-ous work in politics, but the goal of working towards a better education system is nothing new.

She said the transition from principal to advocate was an easy process.

“I use to be in a position where I gave all of the orders, but now I am in a setting where I am the one being told what to do. It’s kind of nice,” she said.

“My role includes doing office work that I used to have others do for me when I was a principal. I also attend meet-ings and get training for future events such as the upcoming election.”

One of her roles she is cur-rently training for is delivering voting ballots to people who cannot make it to the polling stations on election day.

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The Abrahim’s arrived in Christchurch from Lasagna. Egypt 23 years ago and during this time Appealing to the sweet tooth is a recently have owned and operated two well known added dessert cabinet. In here you’ll find takeaway restaurants - their current Church traditional sweets such as Turkish Delight, Corner Mediterranean Souvlakis Eat Vanilla and Cocoa Halvas (a traditional In/Takeaway and their former Edgeware Middle Eastern fudge), and freshly baked on store. site, Baklava (a rich, sweet pastry made of

Being influenced by a wide mix of layers of filo filled with chopped nuts and civilisations, Egytian cuisine is diverse and it honey) and Basbousa (a traditional Somali is many of these authentic dishes that the sweet cake). An ice cream counter has been Abrahim’s offer on their new season menu. installed and will open for the summer.

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Many of us know the two very useful phrases “BTB” and “PB” – Better than Before and Personal Best. One of the key functions of schooling is to show students that all big aims, goals and targets can be broken down into smaller steps which are entirely achievable. Do each thing right and in the right order. These smaller steps accumulate day by day into progress and achievement which otherwise might have been thought as unattainable. The longest journey begins with the first step and, like this, NCEA success itself is cumulative.For schools, term 3 is a very busy time academically with many internal assessments and cementing the knowledge before the busyness of term 4 and the external exams. Students understand that one event builds on another – there is a logical shape to the school terms and year – and each individual BTB effort, hour by hour, day by day brings rewards. Academic and social learning support one another – they are indivisible. As this page shows, a modern secondary school creates many and diverse opportunities for students to participate in a range of experiences, thereby developing themselves socially. Staff, families and the students

work hard together to ensure these experiences occur. This in itself is community building.An extra and very welcome factor to life at Hornby HS is the planning for the rebuilding of our school, 2015-2017. Initial scoping discussions about this are beginning between our Board and the Ministry of Education, and this term will involve wide community consultation. Of course we all know that the teacher is the most important

part of any student’s learning, but it is also equally clear that purpose-built facilities and equipment can help the teaching and learning process. Our students will be in the best of current classroom design and have full access to technology. In such environments learning can be individualised and students see pathways for themselves that engage and inspire them. We will have a 21st century school for 21st century learners.Finally schools can be complex places. If for any reason you wish to talk to me about an issue please contact the office to arrange a time for this to occur. My door is open.

Hornby High School

Two sides of the same coin – academic and social learning

Kia Ora koutou. Talofa. Kia Orana. Malo e lelei. Bula. Fakaalofa atu. Hello and warm greetings to the Hornby High School community.

Commitment, Achievement, Resilience, RespectYears 7 – 13

Nga mihi nui, best wishesRichard EdmundsonPrincipal

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Korowai presentation

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Students gain points each term according to how well they manage to live by the Key Competencies of managing themselves, participating, contributing and relating well to others. We know that high points in the Skills for Learning (ISLA) programme point to NCEA success in later years. Pictured at their “well done” morning tea are Haydon Dickie, Campbell Woodward, George Khella, Jack Woodgate and Jack Fisher.

At the end of term assembly the school community, staff and students presented the principal, Richard Edmundson, with a Korowai cloak as a token of the respect and esteem we have for him. The cloak was especially woven by the Ngati Koata Iwi from Nelson and has many features and patterns to represent the students, staff and family. Pictured is Richard Edmundson with Kaye Banks, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, flanked by head students Logan Collings and ‘Ailine Kei.

A group of Hornby students enjoyed warm weather during the July school holidays in Japan where they were hosted by our sister school, Tokiwagi Gakuen, in Sendai. This trip has taken place every two years for more than 20 years and is a highlight for all students and staff who travel. Pictured at left, is Taylor Polwart

enjoying lunch with her hosts, and above, a group of Hornby and Tokiwagi students posing for the camera.

Group visits sister school in Japan

With the expansion of the school to include Year 7 & 8s this year the Board made the decision to provide uniform to all the junior students and this included a new school jacket (value $130) for all students in Years 7 to 9. The jackets were funded by the Red Cross Earthquake Fund. We have had problems with the manufacturing, but at long last they are ready and our students should stay dry and warm for the remainder of the winter. Pictured are students from 9Mz modelling their new jackets.

New jackets now ready Skills for Learning celebrated at morning tea

Students in the Junior College have been learning about Business Enterprise and what better way to put what they have learnt into practice and hone their marketing skills but to hold a market at interval last week. Pictured are Shakira Hodgson and Ariana Nutira of 8Ph with an amazing range of goodies. All profits from the market go towards the Year 8 trip to Picton later this year.

Marketing flair put to the test

western news 04-08-14

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