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Mates: Bruce Imrie with 

rescuer Rory Clarke on 

Sumner beach yesterday. 

Right: Bruce’s wife 

Maureen who died and 

the crash site on Main Rd. 

• By Gabrielle Stuart 

A DOCTOR has spoken for the first 

time of his desperate bid to rescue 

pensioner Bruce Imrie and his wife 

Maureen. 

Junior doctor Rory Clarke saw the 

couple’s car plunge into the estuary 

near Sumner in March, and leapt in 

after them. 

Mr Imrie was rescued, but Mrs 

Imrie died. 

Mr Clarke had been travelling in 

a taxi to a party in Sumner with his 

girlfriend, orthopaedic doctor Tara 

Kubba, and friend, fellow junior doctor 

Oliver Beaumont. 

He said they saw Mr Imrie’s car 

fail to take a bend on Main Rd and drive 

straight in front of the taxi, forcing the 

taxi driver to slam on the brakes. 

Mr Imrie’s car slammed through the 

wooden barrier on the corner and into 

the water. 

Yesterday, Dr Clarke told how he and 

Dr Beaumont ran to the water, where 

the car was rapidly submerging, and 

leapt in. 

“Olly dived in first, and I just 

followed him,” he said. 

Dr Clarke and Dr Beaumont have 

both been honoured by police with a 

district commander’s commendation 

for bravery, while Dr Kubba has been 

given a certificate of appreciation. 

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PEOPLE DO remarkable things 

when the adrenalin kicks in, and 

on page 1 today we have one of 

these stories. 

Young doctors Rory Clarke 

and Oliver Beaumont chanced 

across a serious crash in March 

when Bruce and Maureen Imrie’s 

car went through a barrier 

and ended up in the estuary. 

Rory and Oliver didn’t hesitate, 

leapt into the estuary and 

desperately tried to free Bruce 

and Maureen from the vehicle. 

Rory and Oliver, and Rory’s 

girlfriend Tara Kubba, have just 

been recognised by the police for 

their efforts. 

Yesterday, Rory caught up 

with Bruce at Sumner beach and 

relayed their story to reporter 

Gabrielle Stuart. It was a fairly 

emotional interview, as these 

ones can be. 

On page 3 today, Gordon 

Findlater talks to two of Canterbury’s 

most promising young 

golfers who today play in their 

first LPGA event. 

And on pages 4/5, Bridget 

Rutherford reveals what we 

all know – our roads are still 

terrible. 

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This week in history saw 

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were injured during a riot at 

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News 

Hospital staff in trouble over data use 


HOSPITAL STAFF have been 

warned not to use their work 

phones to play music and 

browse YouTube, Facebook and 

Tumblr. 

An audit of Canterbury 

District Health Board staff 

mobile phones found 40 per 

cent of the work data used was 

not work-related. 

• By Gordon Findlater 

TWO Christchurch students 

will tee off in the world’s biggest 

women’s golf tour today. 

Burnside High School students 

Juliana Hung, 15, and 

Amelia Garvey, 17, are following 

in the footsteps of superstar 

Lydia Ko by playing in their first 

LPGA tour event as teenagers. 

The New Zealand Open at 

Windross Farm Golf Club, 

Auckland, is the first time the 

country has hosted an LPGA 

tour event. It carries a purse of 

NZ$1.85 million and will be 

televised around the world. 

Ko is a key factor in the 

LPGA’s decision to include New 

Zealand as a stop on its Asia 

swing. Should Hung and Garvey 

go on to accomplish anything 

close to what Ko has achieved 

they will be rolling in the dollars. 

Two years ago, Ko was at the 

top of the list of LPGA Tour 

money earners, pocketing 

NZ$3.88 million in 2015. 

From playing in the amateur 

ranks in New Zealand and 

Australia to taking on the LPGA 

Tour, Hung and Garvey admit 

to some extra nerves as they 

went through their practice 

round on Tuesday. 

“I was quite scared actually 

because there’s so many famous 

people and now you’re practicing 

alongside them. It actually 

feels unreal,” said Hung. 

About 10 per cent of the 

data was used by music 

streaming services Spotify and 

iTunes. 

YouTube streaming accounted 

for eight per cent of mobile data 

use, blogging service Tumblr for 

seven per cent, and Facebook 

two per cent. 

Staff have a mobile data 

allowance of 300MB a 

month. Managers will be 

Garvey, who plays for Kaiapoi, 

played her practice round with 

Canadian world No 12 Brooke 

Henderson. 

“That was an amazing opportunity 

to see how she plays and 

to compare my game against 

hers,” said Garvey. 

“It’s nice to be able to play 

with someone who’s in a position 

I want to be in the future.” 

Garvey qualified for the 

tournament by winning the 

New Zealand strokeplay championship 

in March. Hung, who 

plays for Russley, nabbed one 

emailed if any of their staff use 

more than 1.3GB of data, and 

a monthly report is generated 

showing the “top mobile data 

users”. 

CDHB people and capability 

general manager Michael 

Frampton said he could not say 

if any staff had been given an 

official warning over their use 

of the mobile phones. 

He said a number of the apps 

of the final qualifying spots for 

the open by finishing in a tie 

for third at the final qualifying 

event, comprising of one round 

at Royal Auckland Golf Club on 

Monday. 

It was a nervous wait for Hung 

after she finished her one-under 

round. She then had to wait 

in the club house for close to 

an hour while other players 

finished their round, unsure 

whether her score would be 

enough to qualify. 

•More sport, pages 46-47 

had legitimate work-related 

uses, like presentations or 

training videos streamed 

through YouTube. 

“Canterbury DHB trusts its 

people to use their judgement 

and make good decisions 

regarding reasonable and 

appropriate use of their mobile 

devices,” he said. 

•Missing in action, page 11 

Students join Lydia Ko on tour 

YOUNG GUNS: Juliana Hung, 15 and Amelia Garvey, 17, will both debut in the world’s largest 

women’s golf tour today. Lydia Ko is one the major drawcards at the New Zealand Open. 

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Two of the latest Fiats and 

$20,000 in travel are among the 

major prizes up for grabs in the 

Road to Rome promotion at 

Christchurch Casino. Tuesday 

is the grand finale of the 

competiton, which has been 

running for the past two months. 

Visitors to the casino get their last 

chance to enter this weekend. A 

brand new Vespa scooter and a 

Fiat Sport have already been won. 

VILLAGE TO DOG PARK 

The Ferrymead site which 

was once home to the failed 

Christchurch Maori Village could 

be turned into a dog park. City 

councillor Yani Johanson and 

the Linwood-Central-Heathcote 

Community Board have asked 

city council staff to prepare a 

report on whether the site could 

be used for a dog park. The village 

was set up by Tamaki Heritage 

Experiences, owned by brothers 

Doug and Mike Tamaki, in 2007 

but closed after the earthquakes 

because of financial issues. Their 

brother, Brian Tamaki, cofounded 

Destiny Church. 

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The misuse of mobility parking 

spaces will be addressed with 

new technology. The city council 

and CCS Disability Action have 

joined forces for a pilot project 

to make it easier to find mobility 

parking spaces and stop people 

abusing them. Sensors have been 

put on selected mobility spaces 

that detect Bluetooth tiles on 

mobility permits. If the sensors 

do not pick up a Bluetooth signal, 

they will send an alert to the 

parking enforcement team. 

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At 102-years-old, Naylor Hillary 

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collegian until he passed away 

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oldest veterans of the Royal Air 

Force’s Tempsford 138 Special 

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a navigator in World War 2. Last 

year, Mr Hillary was awarded the 

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•HAVE YOUR SAY: What do you think of the condition of the 

city’s roads? Email bridget.rutherford@starmedia.kiwi 

Seven years on and our roads 

• By Bridget Rutherford 

THE STATE of more than 

half of the city’s roads is rated 

average or poorly, nearly seven 

years on from the February 22, 

2011, earthquake. 

The city council’s transport 

asset management condition indicator 

said 25 per cent of roads 

were rated average, 21 per cent 

poor and 14 per cent were very 

poor. Eighteen per cent were 

rated excellent and 22 per cent 

were good. 

But the city council is confident 

the statistics will improve 

in the next assessment. The 

report was prepared for the city 

council’s finance and performance 

committee this month. 

Automobile Association 

Canterbury-West Coast 

district council chairman Roy 

Hughes said the emphasis of the 

roading work was wrong. 

“There’s been a major 

downturn in tourists visiting 

Christchurch because they are 

not happy with the surface 

condition. Millions of dollars are 

being spent on changing the layouts, 

but not on the surfacing.” 

He said motorists were still 

having to spend a lot on suspension 

and tyre damage because of 

potholes and bumps. 

“Our members are very concerned 

that seven years on we 

have seen a lack of co-ordination 

and sequencing of repair work to 

improve the surfaces.” 

The now defunct Stronger 

Christchurch Infrastructure 

Rebuild Team, which wrapped 

up in December, repaired and 

replaced more than 1.38 million 

sq m of road. 

City council head of transport 

Chris Gregory said a 

“significant number” of roads 

were smoothed and resealed in 

last year’s programme, and that 

would show in the next round of 

assessment. 

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“Council will be continuing in 

the 17/18 sealing programme to 

improve the condition of roading 

assets.” 

Further smoothing of roads 

will be considered as part of the 

long term plan, he said. 

Mr Gregory said a significant 

part of SCIRT’s focus was 

repairing underground water 

and waste pipes, and the roads 

affected were made safe and 

functional by SCIRT. 

New Zealand Taxi Federation 

Canterbury president Stan 

Gane said taxi vehicles were 

still damaging wheels and tyres 

from potholes and bumpy roads, 

particularly in the east. 

“It’s hard to present a good, 

professional vehicle when we’re 

constantly driving on muddy 

and dirty roads.” 

Mr Gane said although the 

surface on newly reconfigured 

roads, such as St Asaph St, were 

good, the layout was an “absolute 

shambles.” 

It was dangerous for people 

getting in and out of taxis, 

because they could not pull off 

the road due to the high kerbs, 

he said. 

“We have major concerns for 

dropping off and picking up 

customers, we need to be able to 

pull over,” he said. 

The condition of the 2043km 

of sealed roads, and 349km of 

unsealed ones is assessed annually. 

All roads receive a roughness 

rating, and 25 per cent of 

each road gets a visual condition 

rating. 

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rate poorly 

A report by the Controller and 

Auditor-General Lyn Provost 

last year said as part of the 2013 

cost sharing agreement, the 

Crown would spend $1.8 billion 

on horizontal infrastructure, 

while the city council estimated 

to spend $1.14 billion. 

Over time the arrangement 

changed. In 2015, the Government 

revised its contribution to 

$1.689 billion, saying it would not 

fund renewals, the report said. 

City councillor Yani Johanson 

said the repairs carried out by 

SCIRT were not up to scratch. 

“I think 

people have 

been conned, 

they thought 

they were going 

to get their 

streets fixed.” 

Yani Johanson 

He said the 

roads were 

poorer quality, 

because under SCIRT they were 

only sealed once, and the Crown 

contribution changed. 

But Cr Johanson said city 

council staff were putting more 

energy into making sure the 

road maintenance was done 

well. 

But Minister supporting 

Greater Christchurch Regeneration 

Nicky Wagner said the 

roads were being repaired under 

the Civil Defence Emergency 

Management manual standard, 

which required one seal. 

She said a second would need 

to be done as part of ongoing 

maintenance. 

Ms Wagner said there was a 

lot of betterment through the 

SCIRT works to both roads and 

underground infrastructure. 

“I do think there’s part of our 

city the roads aren’t great that 

will need to be repaired in the 

long term. But overall, it’s a lot 

better.” 

Forty-five per cent of footpaths 

were in an excellent 

condition, while 87 per cent of 

cycleways were. 

Doctor tells of bid to save pensioners 

•From page 1 

Dr Beaumont has since moved 

to the United Kingdom. 

Canterbury district commander 

John Price said their 

actions had put them at considerable 

risk, and required fortitude 

and courage. 

But Dr Clarke said he did not 

feel like a hero. 

“You can’t watch something 

like that happen and not do anything,” 

he said. 

They were able to open Mr 

Imrie’s door and get him out, and 

pull him back to the beach. 

But he said the car was swept 

away within minutes, before they 

were able to rescue Mrs Imrie. 

By that time, he said other passersby 

had joined the pair in the 

water, including several surf life 

savers from Sumner. 

Mr Imrie said he believed he 

had “blacked out” before the 

crash. 

The crash and his wife’s death 

still haunted him everyday. 

What happened afterward was 

a blur. The only thing he remembered 

from the rescue was Dr 

Kubba bending over him on the 

beach, trying to revive him. 

Dr Clarke said the water had 

been “freezing”, and both he and 

Dr Beaumont were shaking from 

the cold after only minutes in the 

water. 

“I think we were in first stage 

hypothermia,” he said. 

He had a bright red triple XL 

knitted jersey in the taxi which 

he planned to wear to the party, 

which was fancy dress, so he huddled 

on the beach in that. 

Mr Imrie said he called Dr 

Clarke for the first time after the 

commendation, inviting him out 

for a pint to thank him. 

They had since built a friendship, 

bonding over a shared love 

of rugby. Mr Imrie said Dr Clarke 

and Dr Beaumont had been 

incredibly courageous. They had 

saved his life. 

He said the past six months had 

been incredibly difficult for him. 

His daughter, Gaenor, died suddenly 

in Sydney two months after 

Maureen’s death. He has also had 

to wait for the outcome of the police 

investigation into Maureen’s 

death to hear if charges would be 

laid against him. 

Police decided last week to 

close the case without laying 

charges. 

Mr Imrie said Maureen was 

an incredible person.“She didn’t 

deserve this,” he said. 

He had met her when he moved 

to London from Dunedin as a 

19-year-old in the 1950s. She was 

15, and lived across the road from 

him. 

He said children were her 

life, especially the couple’s son, 

daughter and two grandsons, 

and the countless children Mrs 

Imrie had taught as a nanny and 

a teacher. 

Mr Imrie said his wife had a 

stroke shortly before the crash, 

and had been terrified she would 

have another one. 

“She always said she didn’t 

want to get old,” he said. 

But after her stroke he said 

the couple had made an effort to 

spend as much time as they could 

together, and had always said “I 

love you” many times every day. 

He struggled to face life without 

her. 

“I’ve found it tough to do 

anything. You wonder why you’re 

doing it, to be honest,” he said. 

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Bank sues ex-wife of fraudster 

WESTPAC NEW Zealand is 

suing the ex-wife of convicted 

Lane Walker Rudkin fraudster 

Ken Anderson for being a party 

to the fraud and is seeking 

damages of $50.8 million. 

The lender claims Patricia 

Anderson either defrauded it, 

or was part of a conspiracy to 

defraud it, by signing documents 

she knew were false in 

securing a $2.5 million letter 

of credit facility, which masked 

the financial strain the clothing 

manufacturer was under. 

She sought a number of 

interlocutory orders for the 

lender to amend its claim for 

further and better particulars. 

Associate Judge Rob Osborne 

granted some of Anderson’s 

requests and dismissed others in 

a recently published September 

12 judgement in the High Court 

in Christchurch. 

Westpac was left out of pocket 

since it tipped Lane Walker 

Rudkin into receivership in 

April 2009, recovering $41 million 

of the $130 million owed at 

the time. It first served the claim 

on Anderson in mid-2016, the 

judgement shows. 

Patricia and Ken Anderson 

were signatories and guarantors 

to the lender’s offer of credit for 

Lane Walker Rudkin in 2001, 

and Westpac claims they said 

they were accountants, the 

judgement said. The couple split 

up in 2005, and a year later her 

guarantee from the original offer 

of credit expired. 

Westpac claims Lane Walker 

Rudkin began facing financial 

problems from 2004 and had 

a shortfall in working capital 

which managers and Patricia 

Anderson tried to bridge with 

the letter of credit facility, which 

the judgement dubs the LOC 

fraud. The bank claims the use 

of the facility was dishonest 

because “invoices for fictitious 

stock were created to enable 

funds to be drawn down” and 

that Anderson was executing 

documents she knew were false, 

the judgement said. 

The company was more than 

a century old and employed 

hundreds of people who lost 

their jobs. 

“The plaintiff alleges that if it 

had been aware of the financial 

difficulties, the fact that the 

Andersons were not accountants 

and the LOC fraud, it 

would neither have released the 

defendant from her guarantee 

nor increased its lending to Lane 

Walker Rudkin Industries and 

the LWR Group,” the judgement 

said. “Further, as a result of the 

LOC fraud, its losses amount to 

approximately $50.8 million.” 

If Patricia Anderson didn’t 

deceive the bank, it claims that 

she conspired and combined 

with management to perpetrate 

the fraud, leading to the $50.8 

million of losses. 

Lane Walker Rudkin’s former 

owner Ken Anderson pleaded 

guilty to four fraud charges in 

2013, where he made false statements 

to secure lending from 

Westpac, and sentenced to six 

years imprisonment. He was 

granted parole in January last 

year. 

The Serious Fraud Office 

initially laid 82 charges against 

Ken Anderson in 2011 before 

his guilty plea, saying at the 

time the fraud “had a profound 

effect on the region, with LWR 

having employed many staff and 

enjoyed an international reputation.” 

– NZ Herald 

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No permanent 

alcohol ban 

around stadium 

A PERMANENT alcohol ban will 

not be put in place around AMI 

Stadium and Horncastle Arena. 

The Spreydon-Cashmere Community 

Board has decided not to 

recommend a permanent ban to 

city council staff because it was 

not justified. 

It comes after Vbase, which 

runs both facilities, requested one 

to stop people “pre-loading” in 

the car parks before events, and 

to curb intoxication, assaults and 

lewd behaviour. 

Vbase general manager Darren 

Burden said they were “very disappointed” 

with the community 

board’s decision. 

He said Vbase was trying to be 

proactive. 

A security guard at a Broods 

concert at Horncastle was assaulted 

in July last year, receiving 

minor injuries, which was one 

of the reasons Vbase wanted the 

ban. 

It wanted it to cover the same 

area as the temporary ban does 

during New Zealand Trotting 

Cup Day, which is bordered by 

Lincoln Rd, Moorhouse Ave, 

Blenheim Rd, Matipo St and 

Wrights Rd. 

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Hunting for black gold inside nearby 

The search has begun for a fortune in oil and gas 

which could lie inside extinct volcanoes under the 

sea off Banks Peninsula. Gabrielle Stuart talked to the 

Canterbury University geologist behind the project 

CANTERBURY researchers say 

hundreds of millions of dollars 

in oil and gas could be buried 

in extinct volcanoes under the 

ocean around Banks Peninsula – 

and they have a plan to find it. 

Canterbury University 

researcher Andy Nicol and his 

team are working to 

map about 100 known 

volcanoes off the Canterbury 

coast – and others 

around New Zealand – 

to find out where buried 

fuel reserves may be 

hidden. 

That could open the 

door for deep sea oil 

drilling in the future. 

This month they were 

given a Government grant of 

almost $1 million to fund the 

research. 

The project would take three 

years, with the findings then 

passed on to NZ Petroleum and 

Minerals, the Government organisation 

responsible for granting 

oil and gas drilling permits. 

Dr Nicol said the work could 

be controversial, coming at a 

Andy Nicol 

time when protests are being 

held over deep sea oil drilling, 

and fossil fuel use is being discouraged. 

But he believed understanding 

the facts around fuel reserves 

would be a good thing. 

“From our perspective this will 

give us a better understanding 

of what we have 

out there. Someone will 

have to make a decision 

about whether we stop 

using fossil fuels, and I 

don’t know how it will all 

play out, but we need as 

much information as we 

can to make that decision,” 

he said. 

He said there had 

been no significant oil and gas 

discoveries in New Zealand for 

at least 10 years, and petroleum 

production was in decline. 

“Current predictions 

suggest that we will be falling 

well short of our domestic 

hydrocarbon demands by the 

mid 2030s – assuming that 

current predictions of demand 

are correct and we make no 

DISCOVERY: Scientists have discovered about 100 extinct 

volcanoes under water around Banks Peninsula, and are 

working to find hidden oil and gas pockets inside them. 

new discoveries,” he said. He 

said even a moderate oil or gas 

discovery could contribute up 

to $500 million in export value 

each year, and $100-200 million 

per annum in Government 

revenue for 10-30 years. 

Dr Nicol said some of the 

volcanoes were covered in so 

much sediment they were not 

even visible on the ocean floor. 

But over the past 15 years, 

scientists had been able to use 

soundwaves to build a map of 

the rock shapes hidden under 

layers of sediment. 

“Some of them look just like 

a volcano, buried: Essentially a 

massive cone like Mt Taranaki,” 

he said. 

His goal was now to find out 

what lay beneath the layer of 

rock. 

He said actually studying 

the volcanoes was incredibly 

difficult, because they lay 

hundreds of metres under water. 

Instead, the researchers 

planned to study volcanoes 

above ground to figure out the 

patterns of how they formed, 

then build complex 3D models 

to map how they would have 

developed. 

They could also use information 

about where fuel has been 

collected in volcanoes elsewhere 

in the world, which had 

sometimes been discovered by 

accident. 

“Early on in the exploration, 

quite a number of volcanoes 

were drilled into which people 

didn’t realise were volcanoes,” 

he said. 

He said heat and pressure were 

also needed to form the fuels, so 

understanding those patterns 

could also help them learn where 

oil and gas might pool. 

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“All the volcanoes we’re looking 

at are dormant and won’t 

ever be active again, but quite a 

lot of them still have hot water 

percolating through the volcanoes,” 

he said 

He said volcanoes have layers 

of porous rock, which is often 

where the oil or gas reserves sit – 

but only if there is a layer of solid 

rock underneath. 

“If the porous layers go right 

to the seabed, then it escapes 

into the seabed,” he said. 

The work is one of seven 

Canterbury University projects 

given more than $10 million 

in major Government research 

grants this year. 

They include $3 million for 

a Kaikoura marine ecosystem 

recovery project, and $2.5 

million to develop town 

planning tools. 

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‘Code brown’ in city pools 


IF YOU’RE planning on going 

swimming at Pioneer Recreation 

and Sport Centre – watch out. 

The Spreydon facility has 

had the most code brown pool 

closures out of the city council’s 

three recreation centres – 41 

since January. 

According to the city council’s 

faecal incident register, of the 

74 closures of pools at Pioneer, 

41 were for code 

browns, 24 were 

for vomit, and 

nine were for 

chemical reasons. 

The leisure pool 

was closed the 

John Filsell 

majority of times, 

followed by the 

teach pool, while the spa was 

closed twice – once for vomit and 

the other for a “faecal incident”. 

The main pool had three code 

browns and one vomit closure. 

The longest was for chemical 

purposes, at 12hr 25min, followed 

by a code brown which 

caused a nine-hour pool closure. 

Pools at Papanui’s Graham 

Condon Recreation and Sport 

Centre have been closed 58 times 

since the start of the year. 

Thirty-two of those were code 

browns. Six were in the main 

pool, 12 in the learners, three in 

the spa and the toddlers’ pool 

was closed once. 

Vomit forced 15 closures. 

The longest closure was 8hr 

45min. 

Jellie Park Recreation and 

Sport Centre had the least 

number of incidents out of the 

three facilities with 28 closures, 

14 of which were for faecal 

contamination and 14 vomiting 

incidents. 

Ten closures lasted overnight. 

The Coastal-Burwood 

Community Board came up with 

an idea to offer free nappies at 

city council pools to prevent code 

brown situations, but it failed to 

gain traction. 

It wanted money to be put 

INCIDENTS: 

Pioneer 

Recreation and 

Sport Centre had 

the most “faecal 

incidents” out of 

the city council’s 

larger facilities. 

aside in this year’s Annual Plan 

process. But city council head of 

recreation and sport John Filsell 

said the provision of free nappies 

was not specifically reviewed for 

inclusion. 

He said it had been looked into 

previously. 

“Educating caregivers to 

ensure children wear nappies 

and are taken to the toilet prior 

to entering a pool is considered 

more effective than simply 

providing free nappies,” he said. 

“Generally, the majority of 

caregivers taking children to 

swim bring nappies with them as 

a matter of course.” 

He said they were available for 

sale at all city council recreation 

centres, and promotions were 

often run to help reduce pool 

closures. 

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Health board members missing in action 


HEALTH BOARD members 

are failing to go to disability 

support meetings, forcing one 

to be cancelled and leaving no 

decisions able to be made at 

another. 

Five Canterbury District 

Health Board members have 

been appointed to the disability 

support advisory committee, and 

are paid $2500-$3125 a 

year. 

Committee deputy-chairman, 

Chris Mene, has missed every 

meeting this year. 

Committee chairwoman 

Tracey Chambers has been at 

every meeting, but members 

Aaron Keown, Anna Crighton 

and Sally Buck have each missed 

a meeting. 

CCS Disability Action Canterbury 

local advisory committee 

chairman Peter Bradley said he 

was concerned about the poor 

attendance at meetings. 

Of the four formal meetings 

scheduled so far this year, only 

two have been held – in March 

and in May. 

The next formal meeting is 

scheduled for November, leaving 

a wait of at least six months before 

the committee can approve 

FAILURE: Some members of the CDHB disability committee 

have failed to attend meetings, leaving a six-month wait before 

decisions can be made on issues. 

any decisions around disability 

issues. 

This month’s meeting was 

cancelled because not enough 

health board members said they 

could go. 

Board members met for the 

last meeting in July, but they 

could not make any decisions 

because half of the committee 

members were not there. That 

meant they fell short of the 

required quorum to make the 

meeting official. 

Ms Chambers did not respond 

to calls from The Star. 

New CDHB board chairman 

John Wood, who was appointed 

to the role in August, also did 

not respond to questions. 

Mr Mene was overseas in Europe 

this week, and said he was 

not available for a call. 

Mr Bradley said he would hope 

and expect to see disability issues 

at the forefront of their thinking 

and actions. 

“We know that disabled people 

face poorer health outcomes 

overall in New Zealand and face 

Chris Mene Sally Buck Aaron Keown 

every day obstacles such as lack 

of access and attitudinal barriers 

and unfortunately these are often 

experienced within the health 

system. We can’t take a break 

from these barriers. So we would 

expect the DSAC committee 

return to regularly progressing 

the issues that are raised by our 

community, as is their purpose,” 

he said. 

Mr Keown said part of the 

problem was that there were only 

two external committee members 

who were not members of 

the health board, compared with 

five last year. 

They are CDHB health adviser 

Sandy Lockhart and former 

health board member Olive 

Webb. 

That meant the committee was 

smaller, and it had more of an 

impact if members were missing, 

he said. 

Mr Keown said the committee 

had discussed appointing 

other committee members, but 

that had been held up by Ms 

Chambers because she wanted 

to find people who were “a good 

fit with the direction of the 

committee.” 

He said he had missed a meeting 

because it clashed with an 

annual planning meeting he had 

to attend in his other role as a 

city councillor. 

Board members on committees 

are paid an extra $2500 per 

year on top of their salary, while 

Ms Chambers as chairwoman is 

paid $3125 per year. That amount 

can be reduced if the member 

attends less than 10 meetings in 

a year. 

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With over 200 companies involved, it will be one of the largest 

events held in the region and organisers expect many thousand 

women to visit the Expo over the two days. 

Renee Murray from Expo 

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“We will be bringing a fabulous 

experience to the women of 

Canterbury for one weekend. Don’t 

miss this opportunity to see so many 

wonderful companies and do lots 

of shopping under the one roof. 

Aside from having the best of local 

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we have a large number of national 

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women their products. This is a great 

chance for women to stop, relax and 

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cocktail! Visit the large Brandhouse 

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A new exhibitor to the show is The 

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favourite shade. You can even bring 

in your favourite lipstick that may 

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Woolston Brass with Music Director 

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Booze top of police gift list 

• By Sarla Donovan 

A FOOD hamper, neck ties and 

supermarket vouchers were 

among the gifts received by 

Canterbury Police District staff 

over the past 12 months. 

A central register is used to record 

gifts and hospitality offered 

to police employees. 

Booze was a popular choice 

of thank you. Sport Canterbury 

gifted two bottles of wine. 

A bottle from Timaru Boys’ 

High School’s hostel was accepted, 

then donated to a local 

retirement home. And shortly 

before Christmas last year, one 

grateful individual gave $400 of 

alcohol to a Christchurch detective. 

Other items included four neck 

ties and a business card holder 

from the Chinese consulate-general, 

a $50 supermarket voucher 

from the city council (which police 

staff used to purchase items 

for a food bank), a drinking flask 

and two matching travel mugs, 

also from the city council, and 

a $150 restaurant gift card from 

Rangi Ruru Girls’ School’s parent 

teacher association. 

Only one offering was declined 

and returned in Canterbury – a 

$75 supermarket voucher from a 

member of the public. 

The police policy statement on 

gifts, discounts and hospitality 

says “key considerations” include 

how acceptance might affect impartiality, 

police reputation and 

public perception. 

“Gifts should be declined unless 

they are of nominal value or 

refusing them will cause embarrassment 

or offence.” 

Nationally, a range of international 

organisations gave 

presents to police, including the 

United States Naval Criminal 

Investigative Service, the Five 

Eyes law enforcement group, 

Michigan State University and 

the Taipei Ministry of Justice. 

In the year to June, New Zealand 

police received 217 gifts, 

of which 31 were declined and 

returned. 

The most popular gifts were 

alcohol, 38, followed by vouchers, 

29. Event tickets, restaurant 

meals and food also featured 

highly. Along with golf towels, 

desk clocks and paperweights, 

POPULAR: Wine and beer 

featured highly on the 

register of gifts received by 

the police. 

there were some more unusual 

items across the country. 

These included two bags of 

horse feed from the Lake Hayes 

A&P Show committee, five massage 

vouchers for stressed-out 

police staff in Wellington, 20 free 

tickets from Weber Bros Circus, 

a Chinese New Year kit and 

a “bag of biscuits” from an Auckland 

individual. 

And top of the list in terms of 

value were five watches marked 

with the King of Jordan’s insignia, 

worth $3200. Advice from 

the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

and Trade dictated the watches 

be accepted, but due to their 

high value, the recipients made 

personal donations to non-police 

charities. 

Rules set for 

facial hair trial 

at school 

• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding 

A CANTERBURY high school 

has set the ground rules for a 

new trial allowing students to 

grow facial hair. 

Lincoln High School is 

dropping its clean-shaven only 

rule after its students won a 

year-long campaign for facial 

hair. 

A board of trustees meeting 

was held on Monday to finalise 

the rules and the length of the 

trial period. The new rules 

require facial hair to be tidy and 

no longer than 3cm. 

Facial hair must be 

groomed and not extend on to 

the neck. Longer beards may be 

allowed for medical or cultural 

reasons. 

Board of trustees chairman 

Adrian Paterson said the school 

received a positive response for 

the trial. 

“We expected if anyone was 

upset they would be getting in 

touch but we haven’t really had 

any of that,” he said. 

The trial is expected to run 

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Viewpoint 

Learning the lessons 

AS THE pundits 

pore over the 

entrails of the 

campaign and try 

to predict which 

way NZ First 

will turn, we are 

preparing the briefing to 

incoming ministers that I 

spoke about in my column 

last week. 

In many respects, it 

doesn’t matter the makeup 

of the Government; 

what matters is that 

Christchurch and its place 

in the region are seen as 

a vital component of the 

future of New Zealand. 

We need to resolve a 

range of issues. Obviously 

there is the Cost Sharing 

Agreement signed just 

four months before I was 

elected. 

There is work to be done, 

especially on the matters 

I highlighted last week – 

our flood vulnerability 

exacerbated by the 

earthquakes, but ignored 

THE morning 

after election 

night, 

candidates 

usually wake 

up grateful, if somewhat 

panicked, that they don’t 

have a full 12hr day ahead 

of them and with an 

overwhelming sense of 

gratitude to hundreds of 

people. 

It was no exception 

for me and I am going to 

indulge myself by issuing a 

few of those people thanks 

in this column. 

Across Christchurch 

thousands donned their 

respective party colours and 

toiled for hours to get their 

team across the line. To all 

of these volunteers, no matter 

what party you choose 

Lianne Dalziel 

in the original agreement; 

accelerating the remaining 

projects in the central city; 

and resourcing the future 

use of the residential red 

zone. 

One of my major 

concerns, however, 

remains the need to 

learn the lessons of our 

experience, so we can 

embed them into future 

practice both as a city and 

as a country. 

After each event we 

have experienced in my 

term, we have conducted a 

review so that we can learn 

the lessons from what we 

did well and what we didn’t 

do so well. This is because 

we often learn more from 

our mistakes than our 

successes. But not everyone 

is keen to front up and 

to work tirelessly for, please 

accept my heartfelt thanks. 

You are all the lifeblood of 

elections. 

It is not easy being a 

candidate; it involves long 

hours, is often thankless, 

is always relentless and is 

really hard for those close 

to you. 

Congratulations to those 

who succeeded and thanks 

to those who were not successful. 

For some people it 

will be a one-off adventure 

that can be ticked of the 

bucket list, for others it is 

the start of a journey. 

Jim Anderton once told 

me he thought everyone 

admit when we have got 

things wrong. 

We still haven’t 

done this as far as the 

earthquakes are concerned 

and I am hoping that, 

whichever parties form 

the Government, they are 

willing to look at what 

each other have said in this 

space. 

Do we need an 

inquiry into EQC and 

the insurance industry? 

Absolutely we do. So let’s 

not make it partisan. Let’s 

agree to some terms of 

reference and get on with 

it. 

Do we need a regional 

multi-use arena with a 

roof? Yes, we do. So let’s 

get the business case done 

and let’s get it properly 

funded. 

It will be the largest 

indoor arena in the 

country, which makes 

it important for New 

Zealand and not just the 

region. 

Humbled by support 

should run for political 

office at least once as you 

learn so much about yourself 

and your capabilities. 

And lastly, thanks to 

the voters. I love the huge 

number of people who I 

met on the campaign. I 

have formed some wonderful 

memories. 

I know I am personally 

humbled by the faith Wigram 

voters put in me and 

I’m sure all candidates and 

MPs feel the same. 

It is a privilege to receive 

the endorsement of 

your neighbours and to 

represent them, and their 

dreams, for another three 

years. 

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on the work of University 

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a sophisticated robot – 

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PATIENT: Sixth-year Otago medical students (left to right) 

Shakirah Green, Anna Hulme and Sam Kennedy work with 

Alex – a high-tech manikin. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER 

care or emergency department 

room, she said. 

Dr Moore said in their sixth 

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Dr Moore said at the stage 

when Alan has an infection 

and is in the surgical high 

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Alex can be programmed to 

simulate a myriad of medical 

situations and was voiced by an 

actor, she said. 

“The initiative is designed 

to help the trainee interns 

transition from student to 

doctor and promote work 

readiness. In particular, the 

session focuses on ensuring 

patients whose health status is 

rapidly deteriorating receive 

appropriate and timely care. It 

also allows students to practice 

their communication skills and 

professionalism.’’ 

Dr Moore said senior medical 

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in the programme, replicating 

as closely as possible a real 

clinical situation. 

Hagley Theatre Company’s 

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working with the Simulation 

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realistic patient experience for 

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Chris Ward 

Serving the stars at Chateau on the Park 

Chateau on the Park 

restaurant team leader 

Chris Ward has worked 

at the hotel for 37 years. 

Bridget Rutherford spoke 

to her about hosting the 

likes of the Dalai Lama 

and Neil Diamond, and 

finds out what has kept 

her there for so long 

Can you tell me what your 

role is at Chateau on the Park? 

Well, I’m a team leader in the 

restaurant and that seats about 

100 people. We have a mix of 

house guests and a lot of outside 

tables as well, especially at lunch 

time. I like the job, early shift 

starts at 6am, then I have a break 

at lunch, then the late shift goes 

from 3pm until about midnight. 

I meet and greet, and process all 

the dockets and make sure everything’s 

running right. We see 

new people every day, especially 

tourists, and it makes you realise 

you live in paradise, because 

they think we do. When they go 

on tour and come back and it’s 

so good hearing where they’ve 

been. 

You’ve been working there 

for 37 years, what has made you 

stay for this long? 

It all started when I was going 

part-time when my children 

were young. My first husband 

was a student so it was for a bit of 

extra money. He died when we 

were young and I was left with 

three children and the hotel really 

looked after me. They raised 

money and had a garage sale for 

me and everything, and I always 

appreciated that. 

Have you always had the same 

role? 

It’s always been pretty much 

the same. It’s nice to give a few 

tips on where visitors can go 

when they’re here. I just got a 

beautiful letter from an American 

couple who stayed here, 

DEDICATED: Chris Ward 

has been serving guests, 

including celebrities like Neil 

Diamond, at the Chateau on 

the Park for 37 years. 

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER 

saying how helpful my recommendations 

were. They left me 

all their contact details and he 

was in the FBI, so he left me an 

FBI badge to keep. 

Have you had famous people 

or regular visitors over the 

years? 

We’ve had people like Kenny 

Rogers, Neil Diamond and 

international cricket teams. Sir 

Graham Henry used to come 

here with his mother. If they are 

a politician, I always call them 

by their name, I think they quite 

like that. We have a lady who has 

been coming here for 18 years 

every Wednesday and Friday 

for lunch. She comes by herself, 

she lives just down the road and 

has two glasses of wine with her 

meal and reads a book. She’s got 

to know us and she’s such an 

interesting person. 

Did the famous people come 

along and eat in the restaurant? 

Kenny Rogers did. He was 

really good and used to come in 

for breakfast and lunch. He was 

with his wife and was very sociable. 

Neil Diamond had room 

service. We had the Dalai Lama 

stay here, I think he was here for 

a conference. He stayed for about 

three nights – everybody was 

really excited about that. He had 

room service with a lot of natural 

food and fresh fruit. 

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Making guests feel welcome for 37 years 

•From page 21 

He used to eat at something 

like 4am and didn’t eat again until 

night time. We’ve recently had 

the crew from NASA’s SOFIA 

plane who stayed for about six 

weeks. We got to know them and 

they were very interesting. They 

gave us a big photo of the plane 

and signed it. 

Do you hold the record for 

longest-serving staff member? 

There was another woman 

Nelly Fisher who was here nudging 

40 years; she’s retired now. 

We’ve have quite a few very longserving 

staff members. 

For you, what were some 

of the more notable events or 

groups you’ve hosted? 

We’ve had the Lions tours over 

the years. We had the Young 

Farmers about eight years ago 

and they took up the whole hotel, 

all 190 rooms, that was pretty 

huge. 

What are some of the more 

memorable moments? 

Just the team work really, we 

have a really good team and 

we’ve had quite a few couples 

working here, or who met here, 

who have gone on to marry. 

Any favourite groups to host? 

I think probably the Lions tour 

fans because they’re just here for 

a good time really. They have 

their first beer at 11 in the morning, 

then they take their little 

trips. We had a few this year for 

the tour, even though we just had 

a Canterbury game here. There 

was a bit of friendly rivalry. The 

cricket teams were good. My 

colleague Donna remembers 

once when the team bus was 

waiting to leave, there was one 

player, we can’t remember who it 

was – he was part-Maori and was 

bleaching his hair blonde. The 

bus was being held up and he ran 

out with bleach blonde hair, it 

was funny. We also used to have 

Air New Zealand staff stay. I was 

working the day the Erebus crash 

happened. The girls were down 

having their breakfast when the 

news came. It wasn’t very pleasant 

because they knew a lot of 

the people on board. 

It’s a bit of a Christchurch 

institution. Why do you think 

that is? 

I think a lot is because the 

grounds are really nice, and people 

don’t know about the garden 

until they arrive because it’s 

hidden from the road. The food 

is really good. They know all of 

us and they like to see familiar 

faces. Peter Beaven, the architect 

EXCITING: The Chateau on 

the Park has hosted a number 

of famous people over the 

years, including the Dalai 

Lama (left). 

who designed the chateau, came 

in after the earthquakes and said 

it was one of his favourite buildings. 

I said it stood up well to the 

earthquakes, and he said it was 

because there was far too much 

timber and far too many bolts. 

What do you like to do in 

your spare time? 

I love sewing but I only get two 

days off and I get pretty tired. I’m 

up at 5am and we walk between 

10,000 to 15,000 steps a day. 

I’ve just turned 63 and will take 

a four to six-week break soon 

because I need to get a new hip. 

It’s probably worn out from all 

the walking. 

And your kids are grown up 

now? 

Yes, they are – my oldest 

grandson is 21. I have four grandchildren. 

My second husband and 

I have 10 children altogether. 

Has there been any naughty 

behaviour from guests over the 

years? 

Not really. I know one guy got 

boozed one night and fell down 

the stairs. In saying that I’m not 

sure what happens in the bar in 

the early hours of the morning. 

Was there much damage in 

the earthquakes? 

The pipes burst and our huge 

big fridges that take two men to 

move toppled and everything 

fell out – it was just a mess. Liquefaction 

came up through the 

garden, but once the buildings 

were checked, we all came back 

to work to clean up. We were 

back up and running in about 

10 days and we had to open for 

the emergency workers who were 

over from Queensland. They 

turned into long-term guests and 

we got to know them well. 

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Leadership | 3 

Flying is another passion in Rob Hoult’s 

life. 

The importance of leadership 

Following a 30-year career as an officer in the New 

Zealand Defence Force, Rob Hoult left the service and 

established his consultancy Team Leader Leadership 

Development Limited. Forward 50 talks to Rob about his 

career change, his passion for leadership and why we 

need good leaders across all sectors of our community. 

You were in the defence force for 30 years - 

what made you decide to step back into ‘civy 

street’? 

I’d run out of things to do! I’d made the decision back 

in the late ’90s to limit my career for the sake of gaining 

stability for my family, and had made the Selwyn District 

my home. The army had been fantastic in allowing me to 

work in niche areas and thus not have to move around 

over my last 10 years of service. 

Were there challenges moving from military 

to civilian life and if so what were they? 

Surprisingly, there were very few challenges. My roles 

in the military had been quite autonomous, and most 

of them had required wide engagement across other 

government departments and organisations in the 

private sector. The hardest thing was leaving the security 

of a salary and accepting the uncertainty that goes with 

owning and running your own business. 

I’m pretty laid back, but I also must confess that I 

found people out of the military are a little more relaxed 

about keeping to time – which isn’t necessarily a bad 

thing of course. 

I also had to go and buy a lot more clothes…there’s 

something about the ease and convenience of having a 

uniform. That said, I love being able to wear the work 

clothes I want to wear. 

When did you first discover your passion for 

leadership and what triggered it? 

I first tasted the challenge and satisfaction of 

leadership as a high school student, both at school, and 

through the Air Training Corps. If I’m really honest, I 

think my attraction for leadership roles comes from 

being pretty purposeful, and wanting to achieve. It’s much 

easier to get the things done that you believe in when 

you’re in charge! 

I’ve never considered myself as a particularly good 

leader – like many others, I am pretty conscious of what 

I’ve got wrong, and it’s not good to get too big for your 

boots. 

What are the essential characteristics of 

an effective leader and are these innate to a 

person or can they be learnt? 

There have been literally thousands of books written 

on the topic of leadership, but that said, I do have 

my opinion. Leadership effectiveness is pretty much 

determined by personality – things like being curious 

and open-minded, conscientiousness and determination, 

being interested in and getting along with other people, 

and having enough confidence to take on challenges. 

So, whilst these things are to a degree innate, most 

people have some capacity for leadership, especially 

if they are willing to learn and listen to feedback. I 

also think it’s important that those in leadership roles 

understand that they are there to serve their followers, 

as much as their followers serve them. 

Why do you see strong leadership as 

important – in the business community and in 

society as a whole? 

Leaders are the people that work out what needs to 

be done to make the world safer and more prosperous 

for their people (tribe, team, company, family, sports 

group etc.) and then harness the individual efforts of 

many into a strong and unified collective effort. It’s 

all about understanding what motivates the people 

that make up the team and pointing them in the right 

direction to get the important things done. 

What difference can a good leader make 

and what are the outcomes if the quality 

of leadership in an organisation is less than 

ideal? 

A good leader makes all the difference. The symptoms 

of a good leader are a highly performing team of people 

who get the job done whilst feeling safe, contented and 

enthused. 

Poor leadership is disastrous to a team or group. The 

group won’t achieve the things it sets out to do, there 

will be conflict within the team, and the end result is that 

people leave the team because it does not give them 

what they both deserve and need as a human. 

How did you develop your Team Leader 

programme? 

I spent over a decade designing and running leader and 

team development activities and courses for all levels of 

the New Zealand Army and the wider defence force. This 

has given me a very wide perspective on how to grow 

capable leaders and high-performing teams. I also had the 

privilege of leading military teams both in New Zealand 

and in multi-national contexts overseas throughout my 

30-year career. 

Leaders and teams have similar characteristics 

no matter what organisation they exist in. Once 

I understand the culture and context of a client 

organisation, I am able to use all of my expertise and 

experience to develop world-class team and leader 

development opportunities for my clients. 

One of my highlights this year has been working with 

the successful Crusaders Super Rugby team. My role was 

to help them be the very best team members that they 

could be. 

Are there any leaders in New Zealand – in any 

field – that you particularly admire, and if so 

why? 

There are so many outstanding New Zealand leaders 

that it’s hard to single one out. Two that I will mention 

are locals – Scott Roberston, the Crusaders coach, who 

has a very expressive style, yet has a big heart – he 

completely understands what makes each and every 

one of his players tick. The other is Peter Beggs, the 

boss of Antarctica New Zealand. Peter is an incredible 

ambassador for Christchurch and New Zealand, and 

leads through very strong values, a sense of fairness and 

a keen curiosity for possibilities and how we can build a 

better New Zealand. 

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The spring fair and fete season will be 

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day out, and the chance to do some early 

Christmas shopping. 

tUESdAy, octoBER 17 

Soroptimist International 24th Annual 

Craft and Market Day – Rangiora A&P 

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Crafts, jewellery, gifts, clothing, plants 

and garden art, beauty products and m 

ore will be sold at over 90 stalls to raise 

funds for the Soroptimists International 

of North Canterbury, who this year are 

supporting Wellbeing North Canterbury. 

Buskers will provide some lively 

entertainment. Admission $5. 

SUndAy, octoBER 22 

Halswell Community Market – St John 

of God Hospital, 26 Nash Road 

Clothing, crafts, toys, books, fresh 

produce, shabby chic, and much more. 

There will be fresh coffee and food trucks, 

and live music to entertain you in the 

hospital’s award-winning gardens. Free 

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MondAy, octoBER 23 

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ecreaTion | 5 

Taking a break on the Camino. 

Cycling for fun, friendship 

and health 

A group of Magpies ready for the start of 

the A20 ride at Twizel. 

What began back in 2004 as a couple of cyclists that 

wanted to ride with people of similar ages and level, 

without being ‘trashed’ by younger riders, is today a large 

group of cycling enthusiasts known as the Magpies. 

“In the beginning it was very much a recreational 

ride for an informal group,” says group member Min 

Sarginson, who joined the group in 2006 at the invitation 

of founding member Eric Hunter, following her first Le 

Race. 

“When I started, there were would be about a dozen 

riders on a nice day, then it grew and grew and now 

there can be over 50 riders, with close to 100 who 

would call themselves members of the group.” 

There is a mix of ages, and both men and women in 

the group, she says. 

“There were two regular women, both very good 

cyclists when I joined the group, but there are lots of 

women now, in ages ranging from early 40s to 80-plus.” 

There are rides every day except Thursday and Sunday, 

all year round, and the cyclists take a variety of routes. 

“We start at Princess Margaret Hospital, and from 

there some might go up the hill to the Summit Road, and 

from there go to either Gebbies Pass or Godley Head, 

then back, or stay on the flat. 

“A favourite ride is out to Waterholes Road, then 

Coe’s Ford or Motukarara/Green Park, then return – 

always with a stop at The Store in Tai Tapu.” 

The group has the numbers to break up into three 

or more different groups, depending what sort of ride 

people want to do that day, where they want to go – on 

the flat or include some hills, Min says. 

“Rides are either hard and fast, shorter and cruisy, 

or something in between. When feeling fit enough I 

occasionally join an earlier Saturday group who do 90 

to 100 kms from Princess Margaret to Soutbridge or 

Kirwee and back.” 

Cycling, while mostly enjoyable, can also be hazardous, 

as one member found out to his cost. Min recounts the 

event: “One of the original Magpies, who was by then 

in his 70s, called into my office in Lyttelton one day 

asking for a glass of water to help swallow a couple of 

Disprins he had bought at the chemist. This was before 

the earthquakes – he was doing ‘long bays’* from his 

home in North Shore to Princess Margaret, then round 

to Motukarara, over Gebbies to Governor’s Bay then on 

to Lyttelton. 

“He looked a bit off-colour so I offered him a ride 

home. He said a ride though the tunnel would be good – 

rather than having to ride up over Evan’s Pass then home 

via Sumner. It transpired he had crashed coming down 

Gebbies Pass and was down the bank out of sight when 

his friend, who was following him, thought he had gone 

on so continued on his way. 

“When he arrived home, his wife made him go to 

the doctor, who put him straight into hospital. He had 

broken his back and spent days in traction before being 

allowed to go home in a brace. He was back on his bike 

within weeks, and is still riding, but fortunately long bays 

are out of bounds for the moment.” 

Min says that in addition to the health benefits gained 

from cycling, the group also provides a social gettogether 

with the trips they do out of town always great 

fun. 

“It was particularly beneficial after the earthquakes to 

get out and do something that felt ‘normal’. I have made 

some great friendships through it as well.” 

Those friendships and connections have led to trips 

elsewhere in New Zealand and overseas. 

“In 2014 a group of us went to France and followed 

the 2000 Tour de France course. In 2015 some of us 

went to Spain, following the Camino, and last year we 

went to Sardinia and Corsica. 

“A dozen or so of us go to Blenheim each year at 

Show Weekend and ride the Grape Ride circuit one day 

and a shorter ride around the vineyards on another. I 

also do a family ride, which has become an annual event, 

somewhere different each year – A2O last year, which 

is the Alps to Ocean trail /road ride from Mt Cook to 

Oamaru. This year we are going to Havelock North and 

next year New South Wales.” 

Min says anyone looking for a way of keeping fit and 

making new friends is welcome to join the Magpies. “It’s 

open to all-comers. You only need a bike.” 

* Long bays was a popular ride of about 75kms 

comprising a circuit from Princess Market Hospital 

(PMH) out to Tai Tapu, on to Motukarara, over Gebbies 

Pass Rd, round to Governors Bay, on to Lyttelton then 

up over Sumner Rd /Evans Pass to Sumner and back to 

PMH via Heathcote, Centaurus and Cashmere Rds. Since 

the closure of Sumner Rd following the earthquakes it 

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French chic 

for stylish 

picnics 

A festival of garden design 

A new recipe book published by Australian publisher Smith Street Books features a 

selection of French picnic recipes for s stylish outdoor feast. 

The first book by Australian self-taught cook and food writer Suzy Ashford, Le Picnic 

reimagines outdoor lunching as a chic activity that’s worth putting a little more effort 

into. 

Rather than taking along a sandwich and a flask of coffee to your next picnic, why 

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cherry tomato tartlets? 

As Ashford shows, classic French recipes can be easily transported and are not too 

complex, or requiring hard-to-find ingredients and advanced cookery skills. 

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The lack of a garden show in the 

Garden City will potentially prompt 

Christchurch garden enthusiasts to take a 

trip north in November for the Auckland 

Garden DesignFest. 

Featuring some of New Zealand’s best 

professionally designed gardens, this 

unique weekend festival, being held on 

November 25-26, allows visitors to visit 

up to 20 private gardens across Auckland. 

Throughout the two days, the designers 

will be on site to inspire visitors, who will 

have the chance to lean more about the 

creative process behind each garden. 

Auckland Garden DesignFest joint 

chairperson Rose Thodey says: “We 

always try to have a diverse range of 

gardens that highlight the benefit of good 

design and showcase different styles and 

sizes of gardens, from tiny courtyards to 

large expanses, often with vastly different 

budgets to match. 

“We feel confident that we have truly 

delivered on that this year and can’t wait 

to share them with visitors in the full flush 

of spring.” 

The biennial festival, which is organised 

jointly by the Garden Design Society of 

New Zealand and Rotary Newmarket, 

raises funds for Ronald McDonald House, 

Garden to Table Trust and the Rotary 

Newmarket Charitable Trust. 

Tickets for the Auckland Garden 

DesignFest can be purchased from 

iTICKET, plus various garden retailers and 

onsite at the garden gate. Choose from 

$65 all garden tickets, $10 single garden 

access or three gardens for $20. Optional 

guided bus tours are also available. 

Earlybird tickets costing $55 are available 

until September 30. 

For more information visit www. 

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gardening | 7 

The art of garden design 

Landscape designer Joanna Hamilton 

grew up on a farm in Canterbury and 

went to boarding school in Christchurch. 

She says nature, wildlife, plants and the 

changing seasons were very much part of 

her life from an early age. 

Following university, travel and teaching, 

Joanna had children and during their early 

years developed a passion for gardening. 

After moving to Auckland with her 

family she returned to teaching while 

“coming to grips” with a humid climate 

and developing a love affair with subtropical 

gardening. She decided on a 

career change and studied landscape 

design at Unitec for two years. 

Joanna has been designing gardens 

across the Auckland area for 17 years. 

Her projects include large and small city 

gardens, courtyard and apartment gardens, 

country and coastal properties. She is one 

of 19 talented garden designers selected 

to participate in the 2017 Auckland 

Garden DesignFest. 

Forward 50 talks to Joanna about 

designing gardens, and gets some ideas for 

garden downsizing. 

What drew you to garden design? 

Living in Christchurch, I had loved 

everything about the English garden style, 

which suited the nature and character of 

the city and worked well with the climate 

and marked seasons. 

Needing to get to grips with the 

warmth and moistness of Auckland, the 

lack of clear seasonal demarcation and 

the fact that a whole new plant palette 

was possible, I saw an opportunity to 

expand my knowledge and apply it in a 

professional way as well as developing 

another personal garden. 

What do you 

enjoy about it? 

Studying garden design opened up 

so much more than an expanded plant 

knowledge – it developed an awareness 

of space, form, proportion, the interplay 

of light and shade. There was much to 

learn about construction materials, hard 

landscaping elements as well as soil, 

climate as well as building codes and 

standards. 

My love for plants remains paramount 

– how plants can be employed to create 

form and structure in a garden, provide 

screening and shelter as well as texture 

and colour is always to the fore in my 

planning. 

Do you have a signature or 

favourite style? 

Not really, although despite Auckland 

verging on the subtropical, I do like to 

see some seasonality in a garden. I admire 

formal gardens, but those that don’t have 

some seasonality are too static for me. 

I’ve designed a lot of subtropical 

gardens in the past, but more recently 

have moved towards creating gardens 

with less of a definite ‘theme’. I enjoy 

working with families to make gardens 

that are relaxed and useful and happy 

places to be in. These frequently include 

vegetable beds and fruiting trees, places to 

sit and places for children to play. 

Do you have favourite or 

particularly memorable 

projects? 

Creating gardens for families are often 

the most satisfying projects. 

One aspect of Joanna Hamilton’s entry in the Auckland Garden DesignFest. 

What was your inspiration for 

your entry in this year’s Garden 

DesignFest? 

By DesignFest standards it’s a small 

garden with the largest useable area 

fortunately on the north side. I wanted 

to make the most of the other much 

smaller spaces around the house and to 

make some visual impact, especially on the 

eastern side, which the kitchen and living 

room look out to. 

What should people think about 

when downsizing into a smaller 

section? 

• Make the most of all available space 

both horizontal and vertical. Even on the 

shady side of a house where the space 

may be narrow and confined, an ambience 

can be created, so that it’s a pleasure 

to pass through or to look out on from 

inside. 

• Don’t feel everything has to be 

smaller — a few large planters/pots make 

more impact than myriad little ones. 

• Small deciduous trees like maples 

and Cercis are useful, providing seasonal 

interest in spring and autumn, shade in 

summer but not in winter and importantly 

give some height and a sense of threedimensional 

space that’s so important in 

small gardens. 

What do you think is the biggest 

challenge of downsizing? 

Deciding what you don’t need anymore, 

resisting buying more things you 

don’t need and as far as the garden is 

concerned not creating a cluttered feel 

especially on decks and patios. 

Top tips for downsizing and 

utilising smaller sections/spaces 

• Use fewer pots and planters. 

• Use a few large ones over numerous 

small pots. 

• Choose appropriate furniture for 

the space – you may need to downsize 

outdoor furniture. 

• If possible, create two outdoor sitting 

spaces and make one for eating and one 

for low lounge-type seating. 

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8 | heaLTh & FiTness 

Exercise for a healthy heart 

Cardiovascular disease (including heart, 

stroke and blood vessel disease) is still the 

leading cause of death in New Zealand, 

accounting for 33 per cent of deaths 

annually. 

Every 90 minutes a New Zealander dies 

from heart disease, with 172,000 New 

Zealanders currently living with heart 

disease and limited by its impacts. 

To onlookers it can seem 

straightforward to make changes with the 

threat of disease or early death, but for 

many of the New Zealanders who are 

inactive or at risk of heart disease due to 

insufficient exercise, or unhealthy food 

choices, making the change to a healthier 

lifestyle can often be in the ‘too hard 

basket’. 

The statistics are alarming but are often 

not enough reason for an individual to 

take the first step to change habits, even if 

health issues are starting to arise. 

That’s where friends and family come in 

by offering support and encouragement for 

someone who needs motivation to make 

changes – changes that may save their life. 

A good place to start is with getting 

active, as being physically active can reduce 

the risk of getting heart disease by 50 

per cent. There are also important extra 

benefits through eating a healthy diet and 

not smoking. The benefits are not just for 

those wanting to prevent heart disease, as 

exercise can also lower blood pressure, 

and assist with reducing weight, which are 

both risk factors for heart disease. 

A good way to support someone to 

get moving is by offering the support and 

encouragement they need. This could be 

offering to exercise with them, letting 

them know how easy it can be and that 

they are able to work at their own pace. 

Exercising with them could be something 

as simple as a walk or a stretching session 

to begin, or you could offer to take 

them along to your gym. Positivity works 

better at motivating people, so focus on 

achievements rather than stumbles. 

Encourage them to talk to or get 

information from someone who can give 

them good advice, either from a reputable 

online resource, or from a qualified expert. 

The first visit with an expert need not 

involve any actual exercise. Many exercise 

professionals will offer an introductory 

meeting to find out how it all works. 

While images of fit-looking people 

doing great things can be motivational for 

regular exercisers, for someone new these 

same images can be quite intimidating. The 

reality is that while the media promotes 

unrealistic body types, a look around a gym 

or exercise facility these days shows just 

how diverse exercisers are, when it comes 

to age, size, fitness levels and health status. 

It’s worth knowing that every minute 

of exercise counts, with benefits 

increasing with time spent. The general 

recommendation is that 30 minutes a 

day, on most days, is enough to have a 

significant health impact. And the 30 

minutes does not need to be completed in 

one session. 

Christchurch is seeing a substantial 

increase in demand from the older ageing 

population for fitness, exercise and personal 

trainers, according to ExerciseNZ chief 

executive Richard Beddie. 

He says they now know not only that 

exercise is needed as people age, but 

also why this is the case. There are many 

providers catering for the ageing market, 

something that was rare 15 years ago. 

Waikato University health and behaviour 

doctoral candidate Wendy Sweet says 

today’s ageing population, especially in the 

developed world, have many advantages 

over previous generations – not least 

access to research into ways to stave off 

age-related conditions. 

Mr Beddie says Baby Boomers who have 

not yet retired are in an excellent position 

to take advantage of significant positive 

benefits of exercise as well as increase both 

their life expectancy and their enjoyment of 

their later years. 

“Living longer is not enough anymore. We 

know people want to live better and longer, 

by being active now. 

“We believe the key message should be 

regardless of age, start now. Because even 

Baby boomers 

getting keener 

on keeping fit 

people who are already in the older age 

demographic, starting now will have huge 

benefits, and the corollary of that is the 

earlier the better. People should think of 

exercise as their body’s retirement savings 

system – the sooner people start, and the 

more they do, the better they will be. 

“The key thing in starting now is do so 

in manageable micro-steps. In many cases 

finding an activity that the person enjoys 

is key, be it dancing, tai chi, yoga, Pilates or 

going to the gym. While there is a lot of 

information and guidelines about how much 

activity to do, in the short term the focus 

should be on forming a habit of being active 

– and using this to build towards long-term 

regular exercise.” 

Mr Beddie says hundreds of Kiwi personal 

trainers, gyms and fitness facilities are 

seeing a surge in older people seeking to 

get fitter. 

“ExerciseNZ is excited that there has 

never been so much interest in how 

Kiwis are ageing. With the last of the Baby 

Boomers heading into retirement over the 

next decade, they are not only the next 

generation of older people but they will be 

the fittest ever in our country’s history,” Mr 

Beddie says. 

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Property ownership issues 

EXERCISE THE MIND 

For many New Zealanders, their home is 

their biggest asset so it’s worth taking some 

time to think about the way you own your 

home. 

There are two common legal forms of 

property ownership in New Zealand. A 

majority of couples own their properties as 

joint tenants. The significant feature of this 

form of ownership is that on the death of 

the first spouse, the property automatically 

passes to the survivor by way of a rule of 

law known as Survivorship. It doesn’t matter 

what’s in your Will, your surviving partner 

will take the entire property in his or her 

own name. 

The second common form of legal 

ownership where two (or more) people 

own property together is as tenants 

in common. Quite simply, this form of 

ownership allows for property to be 

owned in distinct shares – most commonly 

as tenants in common in equal shares. 

Significantly, the rule of survivorship does 

not apply and as a consequence what 

happens to your share of the property on 

your death depends entirely on what you 

state in your Will. 

Life Interest Will 

If property is as tenants in common, you 

are free to leave your share of the property 

as you choose in your Will. Often, a couple 

will leave a Life Interest in their share of the 

property to their spouse or partner. This is 

called a Life Interest Will. 

A Life Interest Will leaves your share 

of the property to your Executor(s) / 

Trustee(s) with instructions that they 

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of your Will. 

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As discussed above, if property is 

owned as joint tenants, on the death of 

the first spouse or partner, the whole 

property passes to the survivor. Should the 

surviving spouse or partner require longterm 

residential care at a later date, they 

will have to meet the Ministry of Social 

Development’s (the ‘Ministry’s’) criteria 

before qualifying for a Residential Care 

Subsidy. 

Under current Ministry policy, only the 

income from a life interest is assessed in an 

application for a Residential Care Subsidy. 

There are strong anti-deprivation clauses 

in the Social Security Act 1964. Any decision 

to place your home into a tenants in 

common structure must be for legitimate 

estate planning purposes and not as a device 

to qualify for a Residential Care Subsidy. 

Changing the way you own your home must 

also be done in conjunction with the rules 

and regulations set in place by the Ministry. 

As with all areas of law, it is important 

that you seek good advice from a team who 

understand how this area may impact on 

you. At Harmans we have experience dealing 

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In/Visible Landscape 2017 by Wayne 

Barrar 

Part of a Whole by Nina Overg Humphries, which is part of the ‘ARE Pasifika programme. 

New & current works included in 

public art exhibition 

Included in the public art display in 

Hagley Park is this impressive stainless 

steel sculpture, Terminator T-Rex by 

gregor Kregar 

The 2017 season of SCAPE Public Art in Christchurch, 

which runs for six weeks from October 7 until November 

18, will again showcase a wide range of art and art-related 

activities for the public to enjoy and marvel at. 

SCAPE Public Art moved from its biennial model to an 

annual, six-week season of Public Art in 2016, launching new 

works and showcasing the extensive current catalogue of 

major public artworks. 

Over the past 19 years SCAPE has become the largest 

producer of new contemporary artwork in New Zealand. 

Providing a unique point of difference for the city, the 

artworks are ambitious and high impact, enhancing the 

urban centre and raising the profile for public art in 

Christchurch. 

Christchurch-born artist Wayne Barrar and Aucklandbased 

Anton Parsons have been named as part of Time in 

Space (territories and flow), the curated element of the 

SCAPE Public Art 2017 season. 

Wayne Barrar’s In/Visible Landscape 2017 drawn from 

his extensive series of photographs, The Glass Archive, will 

feature on a large banner on the outside of the Canterbury 

Museum, and billboards at seven locations across Hagley 

Park, with further pieces displayed inside the museum. 

The Glass Archive is a large body of photographs 

exploring the extraction, arrangement and circulation 

of diatoms and other microfossils for scientific study. 

Diatoms are comprised of tiny silica skeletons, remnants 

of algae from millions of years ago and are often found as 

fossils in diatomite deposits. Glass slides of diatoms were 

sold to amateur Victorian microscopists, and have been 

photographed by Barrar through a microscope, enabling us 

to view the detailed forms and patterns not normally visible 

to the naked eye. 

Seven-large billboard works in Hagley Park including 

ones of fossil marine diatoms photographed through a 

microscope complement a large banner on the front of the 

Canterbury Museum, and a giant colour pigment print in 

the main foyer, both featuring arranged diatoms. 

Anton Parsons’ work comprises two impressive 

sculptures, Myopia 2017 and Acquiesce 2017, which are 

forged from metal. They are located at Christ’s College 

Quadrangle. 

Myopia 2017 explores ideas about distance (both physical 

and metaphorical) and perceptions of the world depending 

on where you see things from. 

Acquiesce 2017 also features patterning that is in braille, 

but the meaning of the text is more ambiguous. 

The 2017 artworks will be on show in a range of spaces 

around Christchurch, with the Canterbury Museum acting 

as the starting point for the exhibition’s Public Art Walkway. 

The works by Barrar and Parsons bring visual and symbolic 

impact to these pockets of the city, connecting to form an 

integral part of the SCAPE Season 2017 Public Art Walkway. 

The season will also feature a number of performance 

workshops, and there will be a strong focus on Pacific art 

with the ‘ARE Pasifika programme. Other highlights include 

free walking tours on October 12 and 14 and Art By Tram 

on Friday, November 3, from 6pm-7.30pm. 

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SCAPE website, scapepublicart.org.nz 

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new-generation 

OF Suzuki Swift 

By Ross Kiddie 

Bang on cue a new-generation Suzuki Swift has landed. 

If my memory serves me well, the last time a complete 

newcomer arrived here was mid-way through 2011. Sure, 

there have been upgrades and enhancements along its lifecycle, 

but a model with a completely new shape and new 

engineering has been a while coming. 

Yet, Suzuki know the value of Swift in the markets where 

it is well-established, and the concept hasn’t been tinkered 

with, it is still the cheeky, small liftback that will slot into its 

market segment, easily filling the role of its predecessor. 

The new model arrives in four variations with the option 

of manual transmission in the entry-level car (GL). It lists at 

$19,990; $2000 adds automatic transmission. An automaticonly 

GLX lists at $24,500, while a sporty RS model, sits at 

$25,990. The latter is a three-cylinder 1-litre model which 

has a turbocharger to promote that sporty feel. 

The test car was the latter and I’m not convinced it will 

be the volume seller. The entry-level and mid-grade models 

share a 1.2-litre, four-cylinder engine, and I’m picking the 

GLX will be the car of choice. 

I’m due to drive it soon but in the interim the wee turbo 

three-potter is a great deal of fun and, once again, I must 

relate to the honesty of Suzuki’s small engine. My old work 

car was a Suzuki Alto and I just adored the sound and 

harmonics of the engine. The new Swift’s unit is obviously 

quite a lot more refined and quieter, but you can’t help but 

notice that there is something out of the ordinary. 

Suzuki rate it with 82kW and 160Nm. Peak power is 

developed low in the rev band at 5500rpm, while maximum 

torque is available all of the way from 1500rpm to 4000rpm, 

which means a broad spread of power. These are healthy 

figures that will promote a 9.5sec standstill to 100km/h 

acceleration time, which is pretty good for a 998cc engine. 

Add into that a miserly 5.1-litre per 100km (55mpg) 

combined cycle fuel usage average and you have a car that is 

both fun and thrifty. 

Unlike the continuously variable transmission in the 

1.2-litre Swift, the RS gets a traditional six-speed automatic, 

which incorporates steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters 

that enhance the sporty experience. 

Of course, if you select the standard drive mode the 

engine management protocols provide the impetus to suit 

each and every driving condition, but the point I’m making is 

that if you feel like a spirited drive, select the manual setting 

and the wee RS takes on a different demeanour. 

The engine responds willingly, and while the turbo boost 

isn’t dramatic there is a long sensation of forced induction, 

it feels lively and to a subdued extent, forceful. 

Until I drive the GLX, I’m suggesting that the RS version 

has spring and damper rates slightly firmer. Not that they 

take away any of the occupant comfort levels, but there 

is a feel within the suspension set-up that suggests there 

is some connection to the high-performing Suzuki Swift 

of eras gone by. The RS also gets wheels an inch bigger 

than that of the entry-level model, and even though they 

don’t carry a huge tyre size (185/55 x 16in), there is direct 

steering feel and controlled handling. 

A lot of the latter can be put down to the fact that 

the new Swift as a series is quite light (945kg), therefore 

there isn’t a lot of load going on the tyres, which promote 

a neutral handling feel. I took the test car on my usual 

Hororata loop, and although it isn’t a demanding drive 

the Swift RS quickly grew on me as a competent highway 

traveller. 

It works quietly and will corner briskly without complaint, 

all the time providing the driver with solid steering feel. 

The new Swift series has been built with the latest 

safety advances and new technology to improve safety. I 

particularly like the emergency braking back-up that detects 

an imminent collision if it appears the driver isn’t going to 

react in time. 

In terms of the interior, the controls are located sensibly 

and the in-cabin detailing is fresh and high quality. It’s a 

mixture of the successful formula Suzuki has developed in 

its small cars along with the additional components that 

modern car buyers are demanding. I’m referring to the large 

touch screen display, which commands attention in the 

central console. It is home to the communication functions, 

audio and satellite navigation. It also allows the connection 

of Apple Car Play and Android Auto. 

When I look at Star Media’s car park I see a solid 

representation by Suzuki, we have Altos and Swifts, which 

were chosen for reliability and economy, exactly the criteria 

which Suzuki values highly as a manufacturer. I wonder how 

long before the newcomer joins our fleet. 

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Chicken breasts stuffed with ricotta 

and sun-dried tomato 

Chicken lends itself to a variety of flavours. 

This recipe helps to extend the chicken portion while at the same time offering an infusion of 

flavours and moisture into the chicken breasts, which also helps to tenderise the meat. 

It can be served hot with this mustard sauce and vegetables or sliced cold for salads and 

sandwiches. 

IngREdIEntS 

2 chicken breasts 

To make the stuffing: 

4 Tbsp fresh, whole grain breadcrumbs 

4 Tbsp ricotta cheese 

2 Tbsp sun-dried tomato, sliced 

1 tsp lemon zest, finely sliced 

1 Tbsp basil, finely chopped 

2 tsp slivered almonds or hazelnuts 

100mls water 

To make the mustard sauce 75mls lemon juice 

1 Tbsp cornflour 

1 tsp whole seed mustard 

75ml water 

1tsp honey 

MEtHod 

Cut the chicken breast in half cross-wise then slice each piece of chicken almost in half to form 

a “butterfly like” steak 

Combine all the stuffing ingredients except the water into a bowl and stir well. 

Place 2 Tbsp of the stuffing onto half of each butterfly of chicken then close to form a parcel. 

Secure each stuffed parcel of chicken with a toothpick or string. 

Place the stuffed chicken breasts into a shallow baking dish with the water. 

Cover with foil and bake for 45-50 minutes at 180°C until cooked. 

Remove the toothpicks/string carefully from the stuffed chicken and set the chicken aside in a 

warming drawer. 

To make the mustard sauce pour the juices from the baking dish into a glass ovenproof jug, add 

the lemon juice, cornflour mixed with the water, mustard and honey and microwave on high 

stirring as it thickens. 

Serves 4. 

Each serving contains: Energy 960 kJ/ 230 kcal, Protein 31 g, Fat 6.5g, Saturated fat 2.4g, 

Carbohydrate 9.6g, Sugar 3g, Dietary fibre 1g, Sodium 185mgs 

vARIAtIonS 

After squeezing the lemon for the sauce I usually put the remainder of the whole lemon into 

the baking dish with the stuffed chicken breasts and water and cover while it cooks to draw out 

more of the lemon flavour. 

Make your favourite salad using a variety of greens e.g.lettuce, rocket, baby spinach or mesclun 

mix, coriander or basil. Add sliced avocado and sun-dried tomatoes. Slice the chicken and toss 

through the salad and serve with Tzatziki or Thai salad dressing. 

Recipe supplied by dietitian Lea Stening. For online advice on healthy eating go to her 

website leastening.com. 

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It’s hard to go past pretty petunias 

If you’ve got an area in your garden 

where you want to create a 

mass of colour, you can’t go past 

petunias. 

They are prolific bloomers 

that, if looked after, will continue 

to flower all summer. 

You can choose from plain 

purple, red, pink or white. How 

about purple with dashes of 

white like on the primetime 

violet star? Or the duo red and 

white variety which, like the 

name suggests, produces a beautiful 

mixture of red and white 

flower? 

Not sure what colour to select? 

Then try a mixed bundle. 

Don’t have a big garden to 

fill with bedding flowers? Don’t 

worry about that either. All 

petunias really need to flourish is 

a sunny, free-draining spot. They 

grow equally as well in pots and 

hanging baskets making them 

perfect for just about any garden. 

Once you’ve selected your 

seedlings and sunny spot to 

plant, simply dig small holes, 

around 3cm deep and 25cm 

apart, and plant. 

Be sure to watch out for slugs 

or trying using our beer bait. It 

also pays to keep an eye out for 

aphids. If you spot these pesky 

pests, a general insecticide or 

spray of organic alternative, 

neem oil will sort that problem. 

And make sure to keep them 

watered. If you’re not sure how 

thirsty they are, stick your finger 

in the soil 2cm deep. If the soil is 

dry, they will need a drink. 

Then sit back and wait just 

four to six weeks for your beautiful 

petunias to bloom. Remember 

to pick off dead heads to 

encourage re-flowering. 

BLOOMS: If pink isn’t your colour try a mixed bundle of petunia 

seedlings. 

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having 

1Day 5th 

moved to Dunedin. His large 

Twenty/20 3rd= 

volume 2012/13Captain: of runs MattFarrant will be sorely missed by 

the 2012/13Coach: NW Club. Brendon Donkers The club have recruited 

Chris Players who Page arenotfrom returning: Ben Northland Raine (UK) Club 

NewComers: David Sewell (from Oamaru) 

Cricket. Prospects:Ateam Riccarton that can upset onhave itsday,inconsistent,and once again may 2Day 4th 

secured lack in overallthe battingservices strength.Couldof surprise Ben inTwenty/20 Raine, and a the 1Day 9th 

UK dark horse professional. in the other formats. A welcome addition 

will EastChristchurch also be Fraser Shirley. Campbell, currently 

on Finishing a CCA positions Lincoln lastseason Scholarship. No losses 

2Day 2nd 

have 1Day 10th been reported by player coach, Ben 

Rapson. Twenty/20 3rd= Sydenham will be missing the 

evergreen 2012/13 Captain: Chris Tim Papps Harris until at least after 

2012/13 Coach: Neville Lyons 

Players who arenot returning: MattGilray (Perth) 

NewComers: Leighton Burtt(fromWellington),Ryan Burson 

(returning after ayear off) 

Prospects:Always thereorthereaboutsinall formats.Has all 

round club strength and no apparent team weaknesses,makethis 

side agood place bet.Will hold aloft one piece of silverware. 

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Finishing positions lastseason 

2Day 8th 

Christmas as he recovers from 

1Day 6thsurgery, 

however, he will continue Twenty/20 to coach 3rd= the 

Sydenham team. To offset the loss of 

Harris, the club has recruited another 

UK player, Tom Hewison. One significant 

loss for the club is Tayler Scott, who has 

transferred to the Marris Cricket Club. 

St Albans have two players out missing 

from last year’s squad - namely James 

front,with both batand ball. 

Richards and Jamie Brown. To replace 

these two player the club welcome St Albans back 


Matt Holstein after a season in the UK 

2Day 1st 

and a South African professional 1Day 1st who 

had a season with Northland Twenty/20 Cricket 2nd last 

summer, Tyler Lortan. 

East Christchurch Shirley coach, 

David Growcott, reports no (UK) losses 

although with the club having four 

Auckland) 

contracted Canterbury players from its 

ranks the clubs resources will be well 

tested. One new addition is Mark Otley 

from Timaru Boys High. 

The Lancaster Park Club, 

Sydenham 

formerly 


Lancaster Park Woolston, 2Day report 5th that 

Keryn Ambler has fully retired 1Day 4th from 

all cricket, while Paddy Sullivan 

Twenty/20 3rd= 

will 

2012/13Captain: Phil Robinson 

be playing Senior A cricket 2112/13 for Coach: Sumner. Phil Robinson 

Ambler’s absence will be sorely missed. 

To offset these losses, coach, Ben McCord 

Twenty/20 7th 

2012/13Captain: Ian Cockbain 

2012/13 Coach: Ian Cockbain (New) 

Players who arenot returning.Club reporting no losses. 

NewComers: Col McConchie (from Ricc),Ian Cockbain Professional 

from Gloucester. 

Prospects.Has built club strength steadily overthe lastfew 

summers,and itstime to turn potential intoresults.Batting may 

still be itsundoing,and club supporterswill be keeping their 

fingerscrossed.Suggestatop 4inthe 50 overformat. 

Old Boys Collegians 

Finishing Positions lastseason 

Twenty/20 8th 

2012/13Captain: Paul Knight 

2012/13 Coach: Paul Knight. 

Players who will notbereturning: Paul McCarthy (Holland) 

NewComers:The club is notreporting any newplayers 

Prospects. Entersevery season with an abundance of talent,but 

when repduties dig deep,successwanes away.Therehas only been 

1grade win in 8yearssince amalgamation,and team is hungry to 

correct this situation. Mid table in all formats. 

East Chch Shirley 

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2Day 6th 

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2012/13 Captain: Brent Findlay 

2012/13 Captain: Hayden Beaumont 

2012/13 Coach: KerynAmbler (New) 

2012/13 Coach: Ben Rapson (New) 

Players who arenot returning: Michael Parlane (overseas) Players who will notbereturning: Col McConchie (toMarist), 

NewComers: Brent Findlay(fromAuckland) ,Ronnie Hira(from Shannon Stewart (toOxford/CantyCountry),Carl Fruenstein, 

Auckland),Ben Gully (from Nelson) 

(Working),Reece Young (toAuckland) 

Prospects.Have recruited well,and and if theycan playasateam, NewComers: Ben Rapson (from Sydenham) 

will draw respect from all other clubs.Have promised much in years Prospects. Another team,that fightshardfor success,and never 

past,this could be their year.Asmokey. 

easytobeat.The seam bowling area might be atad light,but a 

topthree,not beyond this side.Can their newcoach,lead from the 

Marist-Harewood 


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2012/13Captain:AaronJohnstone 

2012/13Coach:Josh Peters (New) 

Players who will notbereturning: LukePiper (work).Gerry Penford 

NewComers:Josh Peters (from the UK),Brad Cauchopa(from 

Prospects.Solid all round team,and should be in contention for 

silverware again.Will need to remain vigilant,as many of the other 

7club premier men’steams could easily provide asurprise or two. 

Complacency,could come calling. 

Players who will notbereturning: Ben Rapson (toRiccarton ), 

Graham Clarke(returned to the UK),Sean Heather (also returned 

to the UK). 

Newcomers:An unnamed Bowler from Nottingham,MattWenborn. 

Prospects.Over the lastseason or two, this team has gone two 

steps forwards and one step back.Will have to have some luck and 

perhaps some individual brilliance to be any higher than mid table. 

The team will need all the guile,cunning,astuteness and 

experience it can musterfromthe former YorkshireCountyPlayer, 

Robinson to be in contention. 

Womens Competition alotterydue to shortened season 

Four clubs,Old Boys Collegians Country,EastChristchurch 

Shirley, LancasterPark Sydenham and the returning St 

Albans will have teams in the 2012-13 competition.Reduced 

to 12 rounds of 50 over games,with the Finals on Saturday 

March 23.The competition has been split equally preand 

postChristmas.This structurehas been forced on the new 

Christchurch Cricket Metropolitan Entitydue to TwoWorld 

Cups and the traditional Provincial competition,having to be 

reports two new players James Watson 

and Dom May will don the park colours. 

Finally we have the Marist Club who 

report a fairly stable squad with just one 

local addition, Tayler Scott from the 

Sydenham Club. Two English players 

from Lincolnshire, 

playedinacongestedsummer. 

Dan Freeman and 

Harry Warwick have arrived to play for 

the Redwood Park Club. Matt Winter is 

losses and no gains. 

staying in Ashburton while Jacob Vaner 

will just be playing lower grade cricket. 

Experienced observers of club cricket, 

feel that there is an evenness in the 

eight premier men’s sides to not go out 

on a limb and be confident in selecting 

East Shirley, has Morna Neilson at the helm,and reportsno 

Old Boys Collegians Country,havelostthe very promising 

MeganTuapawa,the experienced Michelle Mitchell,and the 

evergreen Mandie Godliman,who has retired and will take up 

the coaching reins.One interesting newcomer is the English 

toporder batsman,CharlotteRussell,who is returning fora 

second stint at the club. Camille Hughes will captain 

this team. 

any one side above another, as possible 

Recruitsinclude; CourtneyBuckman fromTimaru,Georgia 

competition ClarkeandJessStagg winners. fromAshburton,LaraThompson,Anthea 

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Sarah Parker, 

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Native to Mexico and first 

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WITH SPRING in bloom across 

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• By Ross Kiddie 

I OPENED a recent email 

from Subaru New Zealand, 

it was directed mostly to 

Subaru owners who were 

travelling to the Turoa 

skifield in the North Island. 

As a gesture of thanks 

for buying into the brand, 

the company had secured 

a VIP parking area for 

Subaru vehicles. 

I’ve often written about 

the value Subarus are on a 

skifield access road and my 

latest evaluation is no different. 

The weekend I had 

the new Impreza XV for 

evaluation, the weather was 

foul – howling wind, freezing 

rain and snow down to 

low levels. 

On the day I was testing, 

snow drifts had lined the 

roadside and conditions 

were marginal. It’s not the 

first time that I’ve evaluated 

a Subaru under these 

conditions, a few years 

back I had conquered the 

Lindis Pass on a drive programme 

in near white-out 

conditions with snow settling 

on the road several 

centimetres deep. 

As a group we were 

allowed past the point 

where the road was closing 

simply because Subaru’s 

symmetrical four-wheeldrive 

system is highly 

regarded. 

The point I’m making in 

both these scenarios is that 

when you need grip at its 

most critical point, Subaru 

delivers. 

The new XV is exactly 

that – brand new. It arrives 

here in two value-packed 

models, the Sport and 

Premium. The Sport lists at 

$34,990, the Premium adds 

$39,990. 

Alongside its Impreza 

stablemate at $29,000, 

the series – Impreza and 

XV – are the bargains of 

the 2-litre market in New 

Zealand. That needs to be 

reinforced, especially if you 

add into the equation the 

drive system, 2-litre engine 

and the level of specification, 

there’s little else on the 

market which comes close. 

The test car was the topgrade 

Premium, although 

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leather trim, heated seats, 

sat nav and sunroof, I’d 

far prefer the entry level 

model. I’ve driven it for a 

long distance and it stacks 

up as the most desirable, 

it is just as competent 

as the Premium and it 

doesn’t miss out on much, 

it even gets Subaru’s clever 

Eyesight safety technology 

SUBARU XV: Highly-regarded four-wheel-drive 

system. 

The XV is described by 

Subaru as a crossover vehicle. 

It’s not your traditional 

sport utility vehicle but 

more of a station wagon 

on steroids, simply because 

it is Impreza hatchbackbased. 

• Price – Subaru 

Impreza XV, $39,990 

• Dimensions – 

Length, 4465mm; 

width, 1800mm; 

height, 1615mm 

• Configuration 

– Four-cylinder, 

four-wheel-drive, 

1995cc, 115kW, 

196Nm, continuously 

variable automatic 

• Performance – 

0-100km/h, 9.6.sec 

• Fuel usage – 

7l/100km 

Its cross-country potential 

is thanks to ground 

clearance raised to 220mm; 

that being the case, it challenges 

the orthodox SUV, 

and with technology such 

as X-mode built into the 

vehicle it is a definite offroad 

vehicle. X-mode is 

a complex array of management 

programs which 

enhance control and stability 

on loose surfaces, it also 

works in conjunction with 

hill descent control. 

I used X-mode when 

exiting a slippery downhill 

driveway at a friend’s farm 

and it certainly puts the 

driver at ease, the entire 

four-wheel-drive system is 

there to provide grip in the 

trickiest of situations. 

That is the essence of the 

symmetrical drive system 

in the first instance, grip 

on all surfaces is enhanced 

and even in dry conditions 

you can feel the benefit of 

power to all corners. The 

Impreza as a series has 

confident dry road handling 

manners, it can be 

pushed hard into a corner 

and it will respond with 

much composure. 

Even though its sits tall 

to provide the ground 

clearance I mentioned 

earlier, the XV’s spring and 

damper rates, and suspension 

engineering in the first 

instance, clamp down on 

body movement, the XV’s 

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it’s no exaggeration to 

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Under the bonnet sits 

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variable automatic 

transmission. The engine 

is a quad-camshaft unit, 

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It is rated with a 115kW 

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of torque – both healthy 

figures. From a standstill 

it will race to 100km/h 

in 9.6sec, and in terms 

of economy, Subaru list 

it with a seven-litre per 

100km (40mpg) combined 

cycle average. 

At the media launch 

of the XV I had a solitary 

drive from Napier to 

Auckland, on that journey 

the trip computer was constantly 

listing a 7.7l/100km 

(37mpg) average and a 

instantaneous figure of 

5l/100km (56mpg) at a 

steady 100km/h (engine 

speed 1550rpm). 

During my latest drive 

I didn’t quite match that 

average, nor Subaru’s, but 

at 8.2l/100km (35mpg) it 

was quite close and reinforces 

Subaru’s resolve to 

be competitive in the fuel 

usage stakes. 

I’m greatly taken with the 

Impreza XV, well actually, 

the entire series as a whole. 

It is quality product and 

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are at their worst. The 

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THINGS MAY not have 

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its history. 

“It’s so hard getting this close 

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the other hand, I have to be 

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season and we have been very 

FOCUSED: Marcus Armstrong (inset) is looking to consolidate 

his lead in the Italian championship after narrowly missing out 

on the German formula four title. 

successful,” said Armstrong. 

He would much rather have 

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Last year’s runner-up in the 

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Mick Schumacher – son of 

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formula three championship and 

building towards formula one. 

Armstrong still has a chance 

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The team was picked following 

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Riki will join Taipari in 

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Marshlands: 9 Queenswood Gardens 

2,000m2, $399,000. Rear section in 

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Ref: RMI10524 

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Wigram Skies: 154 The Runway 

652m2, $299,500. Sunny corner section 

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Initial Realty Ltd 

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What do you have to tell 

potential buyers when 

selling your house? 

When you’ve lived in a property for a 

while it’s easy to forget some of its quirks. 

You might be used to the fact that the 

front gate doesn’t shut properly, or that 

the bathroom windows need fixing. Any 

potential buyers will be able to spot issues 

like this when they inspect the property – 

and can choose to fix them if they purchase 

it. But it’s a lot harder for them to identify 

other things you might have forgotten 

about, like the fact that you didn’t bother 

getting the appropriate consents from the 

council when you built the deck 25 years 

ago. 

You might think the deck is fine, but you 

need to front up about the consent issue, 

not least because it’s the decent thing to do. 

“When you’re selling a property you are 

legally obliged to share all the relevant 

information about it,” says Kevin Lampen- 

Smith, chief executive of the Real Estate 

Agents Authority (REAA). 

“If work has been done on the property 

during your ownership, either by you or 

someone else, the standard terms of the 

sale and purchase agreement require the 

seller to warrant that any legally required 

permits or consents were obtained. If you 

knowingly fail to disclose unconsented 

works, you are in breach of contract. This 

means there is a risk that the sale could fall 

over or that you could run into problems 

prior to settlement. Even worse, the buyer 

could take you to court for breach of 

warranty.” 

Your first step should be to discuss the 

issue with your licensed real estate agent 

and your lawyer, Lampen-Smith says. 

They are likely to advise that you are better 

off to disclose anything unconsented, or to 

strike out the applicable vendor warranties 

clause in the sale and purchase agreement. 

“Once the real estate agent is aware of the 

situation, they are bound by their Code of 

Conduct to disclose it to any prospective 

buyers. If you tell them about the deck or 

any other issues to do with the property, 

but ask them not to tell anyone, they are 

required to stop working for you.” 

Similar disclosure issues can arise over 

more sensitive matters. Some sellers 

worry about whether or not to tell an 

agent or prospective buyers about an issue 

that doesn’t relate to the physical state of 

the property – such as it being the scene of 

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a murder, suicide or violent crime. 

Here, deciding what to disclose is less 

straightforward, Lampen-Smith says. 

“The REAA advises agents to take a 

cautious approach and to consider each 

situation on its facts, while recognising the 

individual circumstances.” 

The High Court has said that a more 

recent event, especially one that might 

have gained some notoriety in the local 

neighbourhood, may have more bearing 

on a prospective buyer’s view of the 

property than a historic one. The location 

of the event (whether it took place in the 

grounds of the property or inside the 

house) and whether the property has been 

lived in since it happened, as well as the 

likely reaction of potential buyers, should 

also be taken into account. 

The death of someone from natural 

causes at the property does not need to be 

disclosed, as this is considered an everyday 

occurrence. 

“If you are in this situation as a seller, it’s 

best to discuss what to do with your real 

estate agent,” Lampen-Smith says. 

“They cannot tell prospective buyers 

without your consent – and if they decide 

that a sensitive issue should be disclosed 

but you don’t agree, then they must cease 

to act for you.” 

Whatever the situation, whether it’s 

unconsented work or a tragic event, 

honesty is the best policy. Talk to your 

agent about how the disclosure will be 

handled. There is no need to advertise the 

information or tell everyone who wanders 

along to an open home, but potential 

buyers who have indicated an interest in 

making an offer must be told. 

For independent advice on buying or 

selling property, check out www.reaa.govt. 

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BARRINGTON 

5 Winsor Cresc, Sat 6am, 

household & garage items 

HALSWELL 

67 Westlake Drive, Sat 

9am - 2pm, household 

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Gardening 

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Long term CHCH. Rent 

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EQC CASH 

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We will re-scope your property 

If you have been cash settled 

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This also applies to remedial work to be carried 

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All the properties we have rescoped 

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EQC have agreed to pay out any 

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no job too small. Canty 

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4351 

and HiFi gear wanted. 

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considered 

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estate lots. For best prices 

and free inspection call 

Academy Antiques. Phone 

349-4229 

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2.4 x 2.4 x 3.6 min size, 

1.5 - 2.5 hp condenser 

sigle phase, ph 021 288 

0891 

GOOD stuff wanted. 

Whiteware, freezers etc, 

good quality furniture, 

antiques, curios, 

collectables. Anything 

considered. Cash paid. Ph 

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22 116 

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collections. Ph 021 138 

8949 or 03 428-6587 

TOOLS, Garden garage, 

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buyer Phone 355-2045 

Public Notices 

AGM 

Linwood 

Community House 

Monday 16th Oct 

at 10.30am 

223a Linwood Ave 

Ph 389 0009 

All welcome 

SALE AND SUPPLY OF 

ALCOHOL ACT 2012 

SECTION 127 & 101 

MIKNIK LIMITED, (THE 

LICENSEE, PO Box 41172, 

Ferrymead, Christchurch 8247), 

has made application to the 

District Licensing Committee 

at Christchurch for the renewal 

of ON-LICENCE RENEWAL in 

respect of the premises situated 

at 1060 Ferry Road known as 

THE CLADDAGH. 

The general nature of the 

business conducted under the 

licence is: ON-LICENCE TAVERN. 

The days on which and the 

hours during which alcohol 

is sold under the licence is: 

MONDAY TO SUNDAY 9.00AM 

TO 1.00AM THE FOLLOWING 

DAY. 

The application may be 

inspected during ordinary 

office hours at the office of the 

Christchurch District Licensing 

Committee, Civic Offices, 77 

Hereford Street, Christchurch. 

Any person who is entitled to 

object and who wishes to object 

to the grant of the application 

may, not later than 15 working 

days after the date of the first 

publication of this notice, file a 

notice in writing of the objection 

with the Secretary of the District 

Licensing Committee, PO Box 

73049, Christchurch 8154. 

No objection to the renewal of a 

licence may be made in relation 

to a matter other than a matter 

specified in section 131 of the 

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 

2012. 

This is the second publication 

of this notice. This notice was 

first published on 21 September 

2017. 




SECTION 101 

EDGEWARE SERVICES 

LIMITED, (THE LICENSEE, Mr 

Stephen Anderson Edgeware 

Services Limited, PO BOX 

21281, Christchurch 8143), 



at Christchurch for the issue of 

ON-LICENCE NEW in respect 

of the premises situated at 59 

Edgeware Road known as CAFE 

EDGE & ARTISAN BAKERY. 


business conducted under 

the licence is: ON-LICENCE 

RESTAURANT CLASS 3. 



is intended to be sold under 

the licence are: MONDAY TO 

SUNDAY 8.00AM TO 11.00PM. 





Committee, 53 Hereford Street, 

Christchurch. 

Any person who is entitled 

to object and who wishes to 

object to the issue of the licence 








No objection to the issue of a 



specified in section 105(1) of 

the Sale and Supply of Alcohol 

Act 2012. 

This is the first publication of 

this notice. 



SECTION 127 & 101 

PAPANUI RETURNED AND 

SERVICES ASSOCIATION 

INCORPORATED, (THE 

SECRETARY, Papanui RSA, 

PO BOX 5444, Papanui 

Christchurch 8542), has made 

application to the District 

Licensing Committee at 

Christchurch for the renewal 

of CLUB LICENCE RENEWAL in 


at 55 Bellvue Avenue known 

as PAPANUI RETURNED AND 

SERVICES ASSOCIATION. 



the licence is: CLUB LICENCE 

CLASS 1. 



is sold under the licence 

are: SUNDAY TO THURSDAY 

9.00AM TO 11.00PM, FRIDAY 

AND SATURDAY 9.00AM TO 

12.00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YEARS 

EVE 9.00AM TO 1.00AM THE 

FOLLOWING DAY. 






















2012. 

This is the second publication 

of this notice. This notice was 

first published on 21 September 

2017. 




SECTION 101 

KHMER THAI LIMITED, (THE 

LICENSEE, 62 Dunedin Street, 

Christchurch 8051), has made 

application to the District 

Licensing Committee at 

Christchurch for the issue of 

ON-LICENCE NEW in respect 

of the premises situated at 

501 Wairakei Road Burnside 

known as MALIS KHMER THAI 

RESTAURANT. 




RESTAURANT CLASS 3 



is intended to be sold under 

the licence are: MONDAY TO 

SUNDAY 8.00AM TO 11.00PM 





Committee, 53 Hereford Street, 

Christchurch. 

Any person who is entitled 

to object and who wishes to 

object to the issue of the licence 








No objection to the issue of a 



specified in section 105(1) of 

the Sale and Supply of Alcohol 

Act 2012. 


this notice. 



SECTION 127 & 101 

LS BUSH INN LIMITED, (THE 

LICENSEE, PO Box 6353, Upper 

Riccarton, Christchurch 8442), 




of ON-LICENCE RENEWAL in 


at 364 Riccarton Road Upper 

Riccarton known as LONE STAR 

RICCARTON. 




RESTAURANT CLASS 1. 



is sold under the licence are: 

MONDAY TO SUNDAY 8.00AM 

TO 1.00AM THE FOLLOWING 

DAY. 






















2012. 


this notice. 





SECTION 127 & 101 

KERERU SPORTS & CULTURAL 

CLUB INCORPORATED, (THE 

SECRETARY, The Secretary 

Kereru Sports & Cultural Club 

Inc, PO Box 9314, Tower 

Junction Christchurch 8149), 




of CLUB LICENCE RENEWAL in 


at 71 Domain Terrace known as 

KERERU SPORTS & CULTURAL 

CLUB. 



the licence is: CLUB LICENCE 

CLASS 3 

The days on which and the hours 

during which alcohol is sold 

under the licence are: MONDAY 

TO SUNDAY 12.00 MIDDAY TO 

11.00PM IN CONJUNCTION 

WITH SCHEDULED CLUB 

ACTIVITIES. MAXIMUM OF 50 

HOURS PER WEEK. 






















2012. 

This is the only publication of 

this notice. 

Situations Vacant 

URGENTLY NEEDED 

Volunteer helpers for 

sandwich making & 

dishes, Hoon Hay 

Handiscope, Halswell 

Domain Scout Den. Each 

Thursday from 10 to 

12.30, lunch provided. Ph 

Dot 942-8043 

Situations Wanted - 

Jobs Wanted 

NANNY Mature & 

experienced is looking 

for a position caring for 

children, over 5yrs old, 

after school, have nursing 

exp, St Albans, Papanui, 

Merivale & Shirley areas, 

plse ph 027 788-7147, 

Melanie, Ch 

W.T.R CLASS 2 

OPERATOR. 

Available for work. 

Temp,Casual only.Will 

travel. 

Ph 022 4444490





House Levelling Technician/ 

Painter/Trade Assistant required 

Must be experienced 

Site Safe Passport also required along 

with being physically fit, as heavy 

lifting is required 

Phone 928 2695 


Storeperson 

About us: 

Foodstuffs South Island Limited is a major 

wholesaling and retailing cooperative providing 

a high level of service to our members - 

PAK’nSAVE, New World, Four Square, Henry’s, 

Raeward Fresh, On The Spot, and to Trents 

customers. 

Foodstuffs South Island will offer you: 

• A team culture – we all work together to 

"Feed the South Island" 

• Variety of hours and shifts 

• Ongoing training and development – we 

invest in our people!! 

• A fully functional café on site – 24 / 7 

• Very competitive hourly rate with additional 

benefits – guaranteed 40 hour week 

• Medical insurance after one year’s continuous 

service – for you and your immediate family 

(T&Cs apply). 

About the Role: 

Your key responsibilities include general 

distribution center duties, order assembly, 

inward goods receipting and forklift activity. 

Previous experience in warehousing and/or 

inventory management would be advantageous, 

however full training will be provided. 

This role is a physical, hands-on role in a busy 

team environment. Accuracy, attention to detail, 

planning & organisation and communication 

are all essential skills for this role. 

About You: 

• Self-motivated and hard working 

• Excellent communication and numerical skills 

• A team player with a great attitude 

• Reliable transport to and from work 

• Ability to pass a pre - employment drug test 

• Be able to return a satisfactory MOJ check 

How to apply: 

If you believe you have the knowledge, 

ability and enthusiasm to work in our Hornby 

Distribution Centre then please now to 

https://foodstuffs.careercentre.net.nz 

Your application will only take 10 minutes! 

Foodstuffs South Island Ltd has an active 

drug and alcohol policy. Successful 

applicants will be required to undergo a 

pre-employment drug test. 

Overseas applicants must hold New Zealand 

Citizenship, New Zealand Permanent 

Residency or a Valid New Zealand Work 

Permit. 

setting new standards 


OperatOrs / technicians 

Hamilton, Tauranga, Taupo, Tokoroa, Christchurch & Gore 

Multiple General Labour Vacancies 

Contract Resources is looking for multiple casual technicians/operators 

to join its Central North Island and South Island teams. Due to continuing 

growth we require motivated individuals to fill casual roles undertaking 

high pressure water blasting & vacuum loading operations with 

opportunity to learn more specialised roles. 

The successful applicants would ideally meet the following criteria: 

• Previous industrial services experience an advantage but not essential 

• Class 2 drivers licence with practical driving experience an advantage 

• Physically fit, drug free and able to pass pre-employment drug & 

medical test 

• Able to work varied hours each week 

• Legally entitled to work in New Zealand 

• Knowledge and enthusiasm to work within strict health & safety 

systems to ensure worker safety 

• Flexibility to work out of town if requested 

In return Contract Resources will give on the job training to upskill the 

successful applicants in areas required and additional formal training to 

achieve NZQA unit standards. 

north island 

Tim Smith 

Region Manager 

021 940 180 

tsmith@ 

contractresources.com 


christchurch 

Hamish Sheppard 

Supervisor 

021 809 625 

hsheppard@ 


Crossword Solutions 


gore 

Brian Gutsell 

Supervisor 

021 222 8273 

bgutsell@ 


Food Resilience Network Inc. 

Ōtākaro Orchard Project Coordinator 

RICCARTON (0508-446-987) 

KINGSMAN: 

THE GOLDEN CIRCLE (R16) 

Thu 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00PM 

Fri 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:10PM 

SaT-Wed 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00PM 

THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE (PG)• 

SaT-Wed 9:40aM 

GENERAL ADMISSION 

BATTLE OF THE SEXES (PG)• 

Thu 10:30, 12:50, 6:30, 8:50PM 

Fri 10:30, 1:50, 6:10, 8:40PM 

SaT 10:10, 12:50, 6:10, 8:45PM 

Sun 11:10, 2:15, 6:10, 8:45PM 

Mon-Wed 10:20, 2:15, 6:10, 8:45PM 

CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS (G)• 

Thu 2:10, 4:20PM 

Fri 1:30, 3:40PM 

SaT 9:45, 11:50, 4:20PM 

Sun 9:50, 11:50, 2:10, 4:20PM 

Mon-Wed 9:45, 11:50, 2:10, 4:20PM 

FLATLINERS (R13)• 

Thu 1:20, 3:50, 6:40, 9:10PM 

Fri 1:20, 3:50, 6:50, 9:15PM 

SaT 11:10, 3:20, 6:50, 8:50PM 

Sun 10:30, 11:45, 6:50, 8:50PM 

Mon-Wed 1:00, 3:30, 6:50, 8:50PM 

IT (R16) 

Thu 9:15PM Fri 8:50PM SaT-Wed 9:10PM 

JUDWAA 2 (TBC) 

Fri 8:20PM 

SaT-Wed 8:30PM 

KINGSMAN: 

THE GOLDEN CIRCLE (R16) 

Thu 11:00, 2:00, 7:30, 8:20PM 

Fri 11:00, 2:00, 7:30PM 

SaT 10:50, 1:50, 7:30, 8:20PM 

Sun-Mon 11:00, 2:00, 7:30, 8:20PM 

Tue 11:00, 2:00, 7:30PM 

Wed 11:00, 2:00, 7:30, 8:20PM 

NIKKA ZAILDAR 2 (PG) 

SaT 1:40PM 

Tue 8:20PM 

THE CHANGEOVER (M) 

THU 10:40, 3:30, 5:40PM 

FRI 11:10, 4:40, 6:20PM 

SAT 10:30, 4:40, 6:20PM 

SUN 9:45, 4:50, 6:20PM 

MON-WED 10:10, 12:15, 4:50, 6:20PM 

THE EMOJI MOVIE (PG)• 

Thu 12:10, 2:20, 4:30, 6:10PM 

Fri 11:50, 2:10, 4:20, 6:30PM 

SaT-Wed 10:00, 12:10, 2:20, 

4:30, 6:40PM 


Thu 10:50, 1:10, 3:40, 5:10PM 

Fri 10:50, 1:10, 3:30, 5:10PM 

SaT 1:00, 2:00, 5:50PM 

Sun 1:10, 3:40, 5:50PM 

Mon-Wed 10:50, 1:10, 3:40, 5:50PM 

TOKYO GHOUL (TBC) 

Thu 6:20PM 

Fri 9:00PM 

SaT 3:30PM 

VICTORIA AND ABDUL (PG) 

Thu 11:40, 8:00PM 

Fri 11:20aM 

SaT-Wed 5:00PM 

G SUITABLE FOR GENERAL AUDIENCES. 

PG PARENTAL GUIDANCE RECOMMENDED FOR YOUNGER 

VIEWERS. 

M SUITABLE FOR MATURE AUDIENCES 16 YEARS OF AGE 

AND OVER. 

E SUITABLE FOR EVERYONE 

PHOTO ID IS REQUIRED FOR ALL (R) RATED MOVIES 

AMERICAN ASSASSIN (R16), IT (R16), KINGSMAN: THE 

GOLDEN CIRCLE (R16) IT (R16) FLATLINERS (R13) 

Entertainment 

The Food Resilience Network is an incorporated society with a vision of “a 

patchwork of food producing initiatives based around local hotspots and linked 

together like a ribbon woven into the fabric of our communities”. 

The Ōtākaro Orchard - www.otakaroorchard.org is an exciting new edible park, 

community café and urban food hub located in Cambridge Terrace, Central 

Christchurch and forms a major project within the North Frame precincts’ 

re-development. 

The Project Coordinator role requires a dynamic and self-motivated person 

with appropriate qualifications, skills and experience in project management, 

business planning, fundraising & sponsorship, communications and community 

engagement. Reporting to the FRN Manager, the position involves 30 hours per 

week with a potential for job growth. A full role description is available at 

www.facebook.com/ediblecanterbury and enquiries may be directed to Tony 

Kunowski at (03) 366 6937. Letters of application plus a current CV should be 

sent to office@chsgardens.co.nz or PO Box 369, Christchurch 8140. 

Applications close at 5pm on Thursday 5 October 2017. 

Entertainment 

.CO.NZ 

NORTHLANDS (0508-446-987) 

AMERICAN ASSASSIN (R16) 

Thu 9:00PM 

Mon-Wed 8:10PM 

BATTLE OF THE SEXES (PG)• 

Thu-Fri 1:00, 3:40, 6:10, 8:40PM 

SaT-Wed 10:50, 3:30, 6:10, 8:40PM 

CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS (G)• 

Thu-Fri 10:00, 12:00, 2:00PM 

SaT-Wed 10:00, 12:00, 2:00, 4:00PM 

FLATLINERS (R13)• 

Thu 10:25, 12:50, 3:30, 6:20, 8:35PM 

Fri 10:25, 12:50, 3:30, 6:20, 8:30PM 

SaT-Sun 1:00, 3:20, 6:00, 8:30PM 

Mon-Wed 1:00, 3:20, 6:00, 8:20PM 

IT (R16) 

Thu 8:30PM 

Fri 8:00PM 

Mon-Wed 8:30PM 

KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE 

(R16) 

Thu-Fri 10:40, 2:50, 6:00, 8:50PM 

SaT-Wed 10:20, 1:30, 6:20, 9:10PM 

SPYDER (TAMIL) (TBC) 

Fri 8:35PM 

SaT-Sun 8:20PM 

SPYDER (TELUGU) (TBC) 

SaT-Sun 8:10PM 

THE CHANGEOVER (M) 

Thu-Fri 12:40, 4:00, 6:30PM 

SaT-Wed 4:20, 6:30PM 

THE EMOJI MOVIE (PG) 

Thu-Fri 10:40, 1:30, 3:10, 5:30PM 

SaT-Wed 10:00, 12:10, 2:15, 4:15PM 


Thu 10:00, 3:30PM 

Fri 10:00, 3:30, 5:50PM 

SaT-Sun 10:10, 12:20, 2:30, 5:00PM 

Mon-Wed 10:10, 12:20, 2:40, 5:00PM 

VICTORIA AND ABDUL (PG) 

Thu-Fri 10:30, 12:20, 7:30PM 

SaT-Tue 10:30, 1:10, 5:50, 7:30PM 

Wed 10:30, 1:10, 7:30PM 

SESSION TIMES ARE CORRECT AT TIME OF PRINTING 

• NO COMPLIMENTARIES 

AMERICAN ASSASIN R16 - R16 

VIOLENCE, CRUELTY & OFFENSIVE 

LANGUAGE. BATTLE OF THE SEXES 

PG. CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS G. 

THE EMOJI MOVIE PG. IT R16 - 

VIOLENCE, OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE 

AND HORROR. CAPTAIN 

UNDERPANTS G. THE CHANGEOVER 

M. JUDWAA 2 TBC. KINGSMAN THE 

GOLDEN CIRCLE R16 - VIOLENCE, 

OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE, DRUG USE 

& SEX SCENES. TOKYO GHOUL 

TBC. VICTORIA AND ABDUL PG. 

NIKKA ZAILDAR 2 PG. FLATLINERS 

R13 - VIOLENCE, HORROR & SEX 

SCENES. SPYDER (TELUHU) TBC. 

Entertainments 

The Toy Collector is an 

eclectic collection of toys 

from the past and present 

on display and will trigger 

nostalgia whether the visitor 

is 8 or 80. 

• $5 per child 

• $10.00 per adult 

• $25.00 for a family 

pass (2A+3C) 

office@thetoycollector.co.nz 

www.thetoycollector.co.nz 

90 Falsgrave Street, Chch 

Open HOurs 

10am - 4pm Thurs to Mon 

school term and every day 

during school holidays.




H ORNBY 

WORKINGMEN’S 

CLUB 

Showcase Events 

ANOTHER GREAT 

VARIETY 

TRIBUTE SHOW 

All proceeds (after costs) to Polio Plus 

organised by the Rotary Club of Avonhead 

Starring local artists: KEVIN KEARNS; 

TONY GREGORY-HUNT; BRIAN SKINNER; 

BARRY CROFT; GEORGE TANNER; 

CHRISSI WILLIAMS; RAY HARRIS; 

NEVILLE WILKINS & THE VISCOUNTS; 

and THE PISTONS 

Tickets $15 

SAT.30 SEP, 8PM 

NEW 

SEASON 

MENU 

$15 

SENSATIONAL 

SPRING MAINS 

Whitford’s Hours: 

Open Tuesday to Sunday 

LUNCH from 11am 

DINNER from 5pm 

Wednesday Lunch Special 

RETRO ROAST! 

Book your table today! 

LIVE MUSIC 

Epicenta 

7PM FRIDAY 

• Large TV's • 

• TAB pod • 

• Gaming Room • 

richmond 

club 

www.rwmc.co.nz 

pride of the east 

since 1888 

Club 

BISTRO 

EDDIE 

SIMON 

7.30PM FRIDAY 

Whitford’s Bar 

Cafe 

OPEN 

from 11am 

WHAT’S ON 

CANTERBURY v WAIKATO (RS) 

7.35PM SATURDAY 

ANDY PAGE 

(aka Fleck) 

7PM SATURDAY 

HOUSIE: 

Tuesday & 

Saturday 

Open 

Wednesday to Sunday 

Lunch & Dinner 

FLAT CITY 

BROTHERHOOD 

7.30PM SATURDAY 

Sports Bar, GOLD COIN 

SATURDAY 7.35PM : CANTERBURY v WAIKATO (RS) 

SHUTTLE 

Tuesday - Saturday 

PH 0508 966 5786 

3PM SUNDAY 

I ALONE 

NOW 

OPEN 

TUESDAY 

LUNCH! 

Great 

Specials 

• Open daily from 11am • Courtesy Van 

75 London St | Ph 389 5778 | www.rwmc.co.nz 

PAUL COSTA 

EDDIE LOW 

KEVIN GREAVES 

Tickets $20 

Door sales $25 

SUN.8 OCT, 1.30PM 

WOODEND BEACH 

COUNTRY MUSIC 

FESTIVAL 

COUNTRY 

SHOWCASE 

Tickets $15 

Proceeds to Cancer Soc. 

SUN.15 OCT, 1.30PM 

St Albans Shirley Club 

269 Hills Rd | ph 385 1632 

www.sasclub.co.nz 

THURSDAY NIGHT - NEW! 

WHAT’S 

LUCKY TREASURE CHEST 

DRAW OPEN TO ALL 

ON 

FRIDAY between 5.30pm-7.30pm 

LUCKY MEMBER JACKPOT DRAW 

THIS SATURDAY 

LIVE MUSIC : NYREE 

• Shuttle operates Thurs, Fri, Sat night 

• SKY Sport • Pool Tables 

• Gaming Room • TAB 

BECOME A MEMBER TODAY! 

Members, guests & affiliates welcome 

FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK 

BISTRO 

Open 5pm-8pm 

Thurs, Fri, Sat 

BAR MENU 

available daily 

Tickets $20 

SAT.11.NOV, 7.30PM 

Tickets $20 

SAT.25.NOV, 8PM 

The Hornby Club | ph 03 349 9026 |17 Carmen Rd | Hornby 

www.hornbywmc.co.nz | Members, guests & affiliates welcome 

KUMARA RACES 2018 

WEEKEND AWAY - Friday 12 to Sunday 14 March 

We are a group of semi-retired people who enjoy a beer and a day at 

the races. Our annual weekend excursion to the west coast has a 

couple of available spaces. If this exciting weekend away appeals to you, 

please contact Ian on 383 5502 for itinerary and costs.



LIVE AT THE 

CASHMERE CLUB 

SUNDAY RUGBY 

1st OCTOBER from 11am 

NZ v ARGENTINA 

TEST MATCH 

CHEF’S SPECIAL 

PULLED 

PORK 

ROLL 

& FRIES$6 

H ORNBY 

WORKINGMEN’S 

CLUB 

UNBEATABLE FAMILY DINING 

Chalmers 

Restaurant 

DINNER 

Friday 

Saturday 

Sunday 

BUFFET 

LUNCH 

Every Sunday 

12pm - 2pm 

JOIN 

A CLUB BY 

THE SEA! 

Cashmere Club | 50 Colombo St 

Ph 03 332 0092 

www.cashmere club.co.nz 

www.newbrightonclub.co.nz 

CHALMERS FAMOUS 

SUNDAY 

BUFFET 

IT’S THE CHERRY ON TOP! 

FREE DESSERT 

FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS 

ENJOY OUR EXTENSIVE CARVERY 

BETWEEN 5.30PM & 6.30PM 

PRICED AT ONLY $22.50 PER PERSON 

AND DESSERT’S ON US! 

LUNCH | 12PM-2PM | $25 

DINNER | 5PM-8PM | $27 

CELEBRATE THAT SPECIAL OCCASION WITH US! 

GROUPS WELCOME BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL 

CANTY v WAIKATO 

ClubBISTRO 

Open Tuesday to Saturday 

12pm-2pm and from 5pm 

Midweek $11 

SPECIAL ROAST 

Available Tuesday, 

Wednesday, & Thursday 

RANFURLY SHIELD CHALLENGE 

SATURDAY 7.35PM 

BOOK NOW! SUNDAY NIGHT BUFFET 

SUNDAY 29th October, $25 PER PERSON 

TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 

Members Lucky Card Draw 

FUNCTION ROOMS 

SHUTTLE RUNNING 

Tues, Thurs, Fri & Sat 

TAB POD 

GAMING ROOM 

PIERVIEW 

Restaurant 

202 Marine Parade | Ph 388-9416 

Members, guests and affiliates welcome 

Quality 

a la carte 

with a view! 

Open from 5.30pm 

FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY 

OPEN FOR 

SUNDAY BRUNCH 

By the Seaside! 

10.30am-2pm 

SUNDAY 3 COURSE 

DINNER SPECIAL $25 

SUNDAY NIGHT 

BUFFET 

Sunday 29th October 

ALL YOU CAN EAT 

$25 BOOK NOW! 

Westview 

Lounge 

Club CAFE 

OPEN 7 DAYS 

LUNCH & DINNER 

Gluten Free & 

Vegetarian options 

LET US ENTERTAIN YOU! 

THIS SATURDAY 

4.30PM: 

NORM BLAND 

8PM: 

DRAMA QUEENS 

Sports 

Hall 

THIS SATURDAY, 8PM 

ANOTHER GREAT 

VARIETY 

TRIBUTE SHOW 

Polio Plus Fund Raiser. Tickets $15 

SEE OUR AD ON THE FACING PAGE FOR 

OUR UPCOMING SHOWCASE EVENTS 

The Hornby Club | ph 03 349 9026 |17 Carmen Rd | Hornby 

www.hornbywmc.co.nz | Members, guests & affiliates welcome 

Clubs New Zealand 

warmly welcome 

members, their guests and 

affiliate club members. 

To advertise contact Jo Fuller 027 458 8590 jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi




WE NOW SELL ONLINE! 

Shop with us at 

targetfurniture.co.nz 

NEW SEASON OUTDOOR 

GREAT SELECTION IN STOCK NOW! 

WOW! 

FABULOUS BEDROOM SALE NOW ON 

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Cascade Outdoor Lounge Setting 

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and neutral palette, it displays a sophisticated quality that will suit any outdoor space. 

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ALL MATTRESSES 

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Jamie Bunk Bed 

This stylish bunk can be set up as shown 

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available in either white or black. 

was $599 

now only $499 

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The sleek, modern design of the Montana bedroom range is easy to match with any existing decor. 

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$789 

was $989 

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The Seychelles mattress by Serene Sleep sits between a medium and firm on 

the comfort scale, perfect for those people who like to sleep on their backs. 

Single was $359 now only $349 

King Single was $399 now only $359 

Double was $459 now only $399 

Queen was $499 now only $459 

King was $599 now only $499 

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Offers and product prices advertised here expire 09/10/17. 

Sale excludes Manchester and Accessories. 

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Finance offer expires 30th September 2017. 

See below for terms & conditions. 

Minimum spend $499 using Gem Visa or Gem CreditLine. Normal credit and lending criteria and fees apply. Minimum monthly repayments must be made during the interest free period. 

The minimum monthly repayment of 3% of the outstanding monthly balance or $20, whichever is more, will not be sufficient to repay the purchase amount(s) within the promotional period. 

Prevailing interest rate (currently 25.99% p.a. Gem Visa/29.95% p.a. Gem CreditLine) applies to any outstanding balance on the expiry of the interest free period. Credit provided by Latitude 

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What’s on 

Due to a technical issue 

this week’s Gig Guide isn’t 

available 

Let us know about your event! 

Email sarla.donovan@starmedia.kiwi 

THURSDAY, 9.45AM-NOON 

RISINGHOLME ORCHESTRA 

OPEN DAY 

All players of an orchestral 

instrument are invited to join 

the regulars as they prepare for 

the end of year concert. Bring 

your instrument and, if possible, 

a music stand. There is no cost 

for this fun morning. For further 

details, call 348 2845 or email 

risingholme.orch@gmail.com 

Woolston Club, 43 Hargood 

St 

THURSDAY TO SUNDAY, 

10AM-5PM 

MOVEMENT OF ART AND 

EARTH 

Photographer Heather Milne’s 

exhibition documents people 

interacting with street art created 

since the earthquakes. Through 

the images, viewers can see 

how hands-on art can be, and 

how it contributes to a city and 

community during times of 

challenge. 

Pumanawa, Christchurch 

Arts Centre 

FRIDAY, 11AM-9PM 

FRIDAY STREET FOOD 

MARKET 

Enjoy the longer evenings and 

warmer weather at the Friday 

Food Market. Food trucks and 

stands from around the world, 

plus live entertainment and 

buskers. 

Cathedral Square 

FRIDAY, 6-10PM 

JAZZ AFTER WORK FRIDAY 

NIGHT CONCERT 

Relax and unwind with some 

jazz in the city on Friday night. 

Jennine Bailey and her band, 

featuring the Tom Rainey Trio, 

will play their favourite songs 

from the Great American 

Songbook. $10 

Ara Music Arts Auditorium, 

130 High St 

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 

2-3.30PM AND 6-7.30PM 

SOUTHERN BALLET 

SHOWCASE 

A gala performance of classical 

ballet, jazz, contemporary and 

flamenco dance. The matinee 

performances will start with the 

four and five-year-old beginners 

concert followed by the showcase 

performance of a selection of 

dances performed by the ballet 

and jazz companies and students. 

$15/$12.50 

Southern Ballet and Dance 

Theatre, 108 Carlyle St 

SATURDAY, 10AM-4PM AND 

10AM TO NOON 

GIVE CROQUET A GO OPEN 

DAY 

Croquet is fun and easy to 

learn with coaching provided. 

Age is no barrier with families, 

grandparents and grandchildren 

all welcome. Open days will be 

held at the Cashmere Croquet 

Club, 10am-4pm, and Elmwood 

Club, 10am-noon. Those aged 10- 

16 will be able to join Cashmere’s 

new junior league. Flat-soled 

shoes will be required to play on 

the day. 

Cashmere Croquet Club, 

Valley Rd/Elmwood Club, 

Elmwood Park, Heaton St 

SATURDAY TO SUNDAY, 

9AM-5PM 

GEM SHOW 

The Canterbury Mineral and 

Lapidary Club is holding its 

annual show in the new rooms 

next to Waltham School. 

Featuring displays, sales, a 

fossicking trailer of gems, fossils, 

rocks and minerals. Plenty for 

people to see and buy if they wish. 

Entry $2/$1 

CMLC clubrooms, next to 

Waltham School 

SATURDAY TO SUNDAY, 

10AM-4PM 

ART AT HOHEPA 

Michael Eaton and Phillip 

Trusttum are among the artists 

with work on display at this 

fundraising art and sculpture 

exhibition. Tea, coffee and homebaking 

will be for sale each day 

and there will be a sausage sizzle 

from 11am-2pm. The funds 

raised go towards supporting 

the services provided by Hohepa 

for children and adults with an 

intellectual disability. 

Hohepa Canterbury, 23 

Barrington St 

NEW BRIGHTON MARKET 

Saturday, 10am-2pm, New Brighton 

pedestrian mall 

MT PLEASANT FARMERS’ 

MARKET 

Saturday, 9.30am-12.30pm, 

McCormacks Bay Rd 

SATURDAY, 7.30-9.30PM 

THE OPERA CLUB – AN 

EVENING WITH TEDDY 

RHODES 

This will be an exciting evening 

of opera and song with Teddy 

Tahu Rhodes performing 

alongside members of The Opera 

Club. Repertoire will include Te 

Deum, act one of Puccini’s Tosca. 

$40/$35 

St Bede’s College, 210 Main 

Nth Rd 

SATURDAY, 7.30-9.30PM 

CIRCLE THE WORLD IN 

SONG 

Women in Harmony is a dynamic 

community choir, singing 

music from all over the world. 

They will give vibrant modern 

interpretations of traditional 

songs to raise funds to support 

the Shakti Ethnic Women’s 

Support Group. $15/$10 

St Michael and All Angels, 

84 Oxford Tce 

LYTTELTON FARMERS’ MARKET 

Saturdays, 10am-1pm, London St 

OPAWA FARMERS’ MARKET 

Sunday, 9am-noon, 275 Fifield Tce 

THE RICCARTON MARKET 

Sunday, 9am-2pm Riccarton Racecourse 

SUNDAY, 11AM-3PM 

SHABBY CHIC MARKET 

This vibrant monthly market 

features more than 35 stalls 

offering vintage-themed feasts 

and fancies outside the historic 

Rochester Villa. 

Explore inside the homestead, 

take tea in the courtyard and 

indulge your senses. 

21 Connal St, Woolston 

SUNDAY, 1-5PM 

UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO 

SHOWCASE 

Ever wondered what goes on 

at the University of Otago 

Christchurch campus? 

At Sunday’s open day, you can 

tour the labs and the medical 

simulation centre, experience 

interactive displays and hear 

a debate hosted by Gary 

McCormick on whether 

we can all live to 120-years-old. 

Level 5, 2 Riccarton Ave 

EARLY BIRD ENTRIES NOW OPEN 

(Early Bird Entries close 10 Dec) 

See website for more detail. Entries close 19 Jan 2018 

www.bullergorgemarathon.co.nz




FREE MEASURE & QUOTE 

TEN CoLouRS 

RRP $129 

ELEVEN CoLouRS 

RRP $99 

5 CoLouRS 

RRP $59 

THREE CoLouRS 

RRP $85 

our price 

$ 

99 

per BLM 

our price 

$ 

89 

per BLM 

our price 

$ 

35 

per M 2 

our price 

$ 

59 

per BLM 

Pearl Bay 

• 30oz solution dyed nylon 

• Extra heavy duty 

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• Extra heavy duty 

• Fade resistance, stain resistance 

Commercial Grade 

Superplanks 

• Five popular colours 

Berber Grid 


• 3 colours – Charcoal, Viking and 

Ashwood 

GREAT 

DEAL! 

*Excludes Floor Preparation or Transition Bars. 

Square metre rate based on a standard size 

6.0m x 6.0m garage. For all other sizes, this rate may 

vary, dependent on carpet wastage requirements. 

(Note: Garage Carpet is 4 metres wide.) 

GARAGE CARPET 

Charcoal Colour 

• 4m wide • Solution dyed olefin • Very hard wearing 

Supplied and installed. 4m wide garage carpet. 

our price 

$ 

25 

per M 2 

For example, 6x6 

double garage will 

cost $900 incl GST. 

*terms and conditions apply 

HUGE CARPET 

REMNANT 

SALE 

UP TO 50% BELOW COST 

Short end carpet rolls up to 10BLM 

HuGE RANGE 

Vinyl Planks 

• Popular colour ranges 

HuGE RANGE! 

RRP $45 

from 

$ 

29 

per M 2 

RRP $65 

from 

$ 

45 

per LM 

2M Vinyl 

• Popular colours and patterns 

• Over 30 stock lines 

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Christchurch 

Phone 03 341 1769 

HOURS: 

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Sat 9:30–4:00 

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