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David East Glenn Livingstone Dean Lester Jo Kane Cruize Erueti 

Coastal and Burwood ward 

hopefuls line up for council 

• By Fraser Walker-Pearce 

THREE NEWCOMERS to 

local body politics are hoping to 

unseat current city councillors 

David East and Glenn 

Livingstone in the October local 

body elections. 

Cr East will be challenged by 

Jo Kane and Dean Lester for his 

seat on the new Coastal Ward, 

while Cr Livingstone will fight 

for the Burwood Ward with 

Cruize Erueti. 

The election is a postal ballot 

and voting documents will be 

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Cr East received 7470 votes 

and Cr Livingstone 6862 in the 

2013 election. 

Four seats will be voted on for 

the new Coastal-Burwood Community 

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News.............3,4,5, 10 & 20 

THe gloves are off for October’s 

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Sitting eastern suburbs councillors 

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only one councillor in each ward. 

Let the contest begin! 

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News 

Fast food solution sought FOOTPATH 

• By Tom Doudney 

A CAMPAIGN to crack down 

on the proliferation of fast food 

outlets has found favour with 

city councillors but concerns 

were raised over how fast food 

could be defined. 

Representatives from the 

Linwood community, including 

schools and health professionals, 

made a deputation to the city 

council on Thursday asking 

for support to limit the ability 

of fast food outlets to set up 

around schools and low income 

areas. 

City councillors requested that 

staff further investigate options 

for possible legislative measures 

as well as other measures that 

could be taken to encourage 

healthy eating and report back 

as soon as possible. 

All city councillors who 

spoke on the matter expressed 

support for doing something to 

tackle the issue. However, some 

including Raf Manji questioned 

how fast food could be officially 

defined. 

“I can see how you could come 

up with a planning proposal 

where you could limit the size 

of food outlets near a school 

and that kind of stuff,” Cr Manji 

said. 

PACKED: The number of fast food outlets in Linwood has caused concern in the community. 

“But I think you are delving 

into something that is quite 

unsolvable in terms of defining 

what healthy food is.” 

City councillor Yani Johanson 

said the city council had a proud 

tradition of leading the way on 

championing solutions for such 

difficult issues. 

“We should continue to do 

that as we are being asked to 

today,” Cr Johanson said. 

“This is difficult, and I think 

that point has been well made 

by everyone, but actually it is 

also very simple – it’s whether or 

not we wish to stand up for our 

community, for our children, for 

the health of our city by taking 

a more regulatory approach to 

these issues.” 

Linwood Medical Centre 

medical director Jane Heatherington, 

who was part of the 

group making the deputation, 

said the medical centre had 

seen the effect of fast food on its 

patients over the 35 years that 

it had been part of the community. 

“In Linwood we have got a 

higher proportion of obese and 

overweight children than the 

rest of Christchurch,” she said. 

“We have obese children who 

have high blood pressure, high 

cholesterol and sleep apnea, we 

see the poor diet affects their 

learning and their mood, we 

see parents with arthritis and 

diabetes and liver damage and 

then we see their grandparents 

with heart disease, renal failure, 

amputations, kidney failure and 

early deaths.” 

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the end of October to complete. 

Driveway access could be affected 

for a short period of time but if 

this is the case workers will alert 

the affected properties before 

work starts. The work may result 

in increased dust, noise and 

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Pacific Rd, Marine Pde, Beach 

Rd, Broadpark Rd and Larnach St 

back onto Aston Dr to continue 

the normal route. Buses travelling 

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One man and his 1000 dreams 

• By Roy Sinclair 

NEIL ANDREWS leads the 

way down precarious steps to a 

seemingly underground room. 

He flicks on a light switch. 

I am wowed by a high viaduct 

spanning a realistic gorge. My 

eyes are led to tall forests, tree 

ferns galore and a painted backdrop 

depicting a stormy sky. 

“This is what I do,” he says. 

“It is not what I do in my spare 

time. 

“I mow the lawns in my spare 

time.” 

The room was purpose-built 

for the 9mm (scale 9mm to the 

foot) layout representative of a 

one-time railway in Northland. 

In his garage he is working on 

a second, portable, layout. This is 

a narrow-gauge railway based on 

French townscapes. 

Model railways is an interest 

he could not be without. 

“When I met my partner, 

Helen, I told her it is me and my 

trains. They are inseparable. 

“She accepted that which was 

great.” 

He describes railway modelling 

“as a thousand dreams 

held together by a hundred 

unfinished jobs. In other words, 

a degree of chaos.” 

“Part of the fascination is 

HAND-MADE: Model builder, Neil Andrews and his miniature creation of early last century 

Northland. 

delving into history to discover 

how it all would have looked like 

early last century,” Mr Andrews 

said. 

He always liked to do things 

with his hands. He enjoyed art 

at school – and building things. 

Even when he had clockwork 

railways he was always cutting 

up cardboard boxes to make 

buildings. 

He recalls scoring designs on 

pieces of wood to make boats. 

Railways became another part 

of it. 

Getting into more serious railway 

modelling during the late 

1950s, there was not much stuff 

available and if it was he didn’t 

have the money. 

If he wanted it he made it. 

“My mother used to take me to 

the railway station. I remember 

being in my pushchair watching 

the Lyttelton trains come and 

go. 

“Then at primary school I was 

quite capable of making an Ecclass 

electric locomotive with the 

distinctive air compressor tanks 

across the front. Everyone could 

recognise it.” 

Later, any new gadget at his 

Canterbury University laboratory 

would be first examined to 

how it would be useful on the 

model railway. 

“Then we would work out how 

it was intended to be used.” 

His workplace became known 

as “the model train laboratory.” 

That’s what people who visited 

talked about. 

He travelled to model railroad 

conventions in the United States, 

becoming a member of the 

R.G.S. East Hon3 club. 

He visited huge model railway 

shows in Cologne and Miniature 

Wonderland in Hamburg. 

“In Germany a model railway 

is like a dishwasher. Everyone 

has to have one. And most offerings 

are German-made. They are 

excellent. 

“On one European trip Helen 

and I were forced off the road by 

Tour de France officials. 

“We had to divert into a backwater 

countryside. 

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in miniature 

BUILDING: A train layout under construction and a G-scale 

layout at last year’s Christchurch Model Train Show. 

“There we found towns of 

beautiful buildings with terracotta 

roofs. We had discovered 

the romance of the French countryside. 

“Anything French is different. 

If you see a French car you know 

it is French because it looks nothing 

like anything else. It is the 

same with railways. 

“Their narrow gauge railways 

were basically portable. They 

could be picked up and laid 

beside a road. 

“That really intrigued me. Narrow 

gauge secondary lines were 

introduced to boost the network 

of French railways.’’ 

The unplanned detour instigated 

his French narrow gauge layout. 

“One develops a modeller’s 

mind. 

“A modeller will typically think 

how it would look in miniature?” 

He talks about Hamburg’s 

mind-boggling Miniature Wonderland. 

“It’s absolutely intriguing. It’s 

a huge collection that is pushing 

the boundaries of technology and 

inspiring manufacturers to pick 

up on it with new products.” 

“The model aircraft must 

represent the peak of model 

building.’’ 

“The model trains have been 

running for so long the track is 

wearing out.” 

The closest we have in 

Christchurch is the annual big 

model train Show, this year being 

held over the weekend of October 

1 and 2. 

The venue is Pioneer Stadium 

in Lyttelton St, Spreydon. It is the 

show’s 25th anniversary so promises 

to be special. 

Mr Andrews was an instigator 

of the event, starting a model 

train show at Hagley Community 

College and then expanding to 

the Horticultural Society hall. 

Then, the Christchurch Model 

Railway Exhibition Society was 

formed and took over. Its growth 

took it to Pioneer Stadium where 

it has been ever since. At its peak 

the show attracted 10,000 people 

over the two days. 

“It’s about its optimum size. 

“Considering our modest 

Christchurch population we do a 

pretty good job,” he said. 

This year’s show will help those 

wanting to get into the hobby. 

“We will have beginners’ train 

sets and heaps of demonstrations. 

Find out the best models to buy 

and learn how to make things. 

“Technology will be to the 

fore. This is enhancing the hobby 

and drawing younger people in. 

They can operate a railway from 

a PC or mobile phone, utilising 

wi-fi and DCC (digital control 

systems).” 

He says model railway people 

are an enthusiastic bunch. They 

will do their utmost to share 

what they know. 

Andrews will be on the demonstrations 

desk. It is likely he will 

let slip how to disguise a lot of 

money spent on the hobby within 

the weekly household bills. 

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Most of our repairs involve fixing the city’s underground pipe networks with only small 

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Our roading work largely involves fixing where we have dug down to repair and replace 

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The City Council and NZ Transport Agency will continue completing ongoing repairs to the 

city's earthquake-damaged roads after SCIRT. 

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completed this month. Roading work will continue until the end of the year. 

• We’re more than halfway through the extensive repairs to the wastewater, storm water, fresh water 

and roading networks in Parklands. 

• The three-year programme of repairs to the wastewater, storm water, fresh water and roads in 

Burwood is due to finish in the next few months. 

• New Brighton will still see major works to the wastewater network and crews repairing small 

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PEGASUS POST 

Singer-songwriter has 

Singer-songwriter Asti-Loren Newman might only be 18, but she has already 

travelled the world and attended the same school as Amy Winehouse. Annabelle 

Dick talked to Asti-Loren about her new album, Psychedelic Rose, and getting 

barred from the school choir thanks to a questionable comment about her 

teacher’s facial hair. 

So as a singer-songwriter, 

when did you get into music? 

I’ve always had a massive 

passion for music. When I was 

about 11-years-old, I joined 

the Christchurch City Chorus, 

which is like a 150-person barbershop. 

We went to New York 

and sung when I was 13, which 

was awesome. I worked with 

Nolan from the Christchurch 

School of Rock in Sumner and 

would perform at the Headless 

Mexican. I’d also do busking 

along the esplanade. 

I tried 

TALENTED: 

Asti-Loren 

busked her way 

through Europe at 

17-years-old. 

to join the school choir but got 

turned down in year 6, 7 and 8, 

because apparently I couldn’t 

sing in tune, but I think it was 

because I told my music teacher 

she had a moustache in front of 

the whole class. I told her my 

mum is a beauty therapist and 

she should go to her and I think 

she held that against me. It was 

a pretty rude thing for me to say, 

but I was only nine-years-old at 

the time, so I didn’t know any 

better. I was pretty upset about 

it so I went to the principal and 

told them, ‘I’m setting up my 

own barbershop; I’m getting my 

own teacher to come and teach it 

and I’m going to teach it as well’ 

and I had more people auditioning 

for it than the school choir. 

I’ve always been the kind of 

person that, if things don’t go my 

way, I’m going to make it happen 

for myself. 

You attended the same music 

school as Amy Winehouse – 

how did that come about? 

When the February 2011 

earthquake happened, I was off 

school, our house was quite 

damaged and my mum 

lost her business as well. I 

watched the film Fame one 

day and I knew I wanted 

to go to stage school. 

So without telling my 

parents, I researched the 

best stage schools across 

the United States and 

the United Kingdom 

and I randomly 

chose one to 

apply for. 

I heard 

MENTOR: Asti-Loren mentoring Selwyn House Girls School 

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back four days later from the 

Susi Earnshaw Theatre School 

with a letter of acceptance. Here’s 

14-year-old me going, ‘oh no, 

what have I done’, so I had to tell 

my parents and they were really 

supportive. I don’t know many 

parents who would let their 

14-year-old daughter go to the 

UK by themselves. 

What was it like attending the 

school? 

It was awesome. I was the first 

person they’d ever had from 

Australia/New Zealand. There 

was three days a week of dance, 

tap, jazz singing, theatre singing, 

pop singing, all sorts really. The 

teachers were great and really 

young, too. One of my teachers 

was a back-up dancer for Justin 

Bieber and he’d also won 

Britain’s Got Talent. I studied 

there for two years and then 

I got offered a development 

contract with a label 

in Soho and that’s how I met 

my producer Chris Hall who 

helped me create my album 

Psychedelic Rose. I got to record 

in the same vocal booth as Pink 

Floyd. 

How did it feel living in London 

by yourself as a 14-yearold? 

That must’ve been a pretty 

scary experience? 

It wasn’t too scary . . . but 

being so young and moving to 

another country was a bit of a 

culture shock. I had an apartment 

just down from school and 

I made friends really fast. There 

was always people I knew around 

me like my uncle in Sweden and 

my cousin came through when 

he was on his O.E. I wasn’t really 

naughty I always had so much 

to do. I would go to the London 

Central City Library and read 

books on Woodstock. I went 

to an Audrey Hepburn exhibition 

and I’d often go to the East 

London markets at the end of 

the day and they’d give me free 

donuts. They knew when I was 

coming and give me all this free 

food and I’d walk home with all 

my groceries. 

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the world at her feet 

And you travelled a bit from 

there? 

I’m really spontaneous so I 

decided to do a busking tour 

around Europe. So I contacted 

Interrail and Eurail to see if it 

was something they were interested 

in – they bought it. So they 

gave us a 12-day rail pass and we 

went from London to Stockholm 

to Copenhagen down to Warsaw 

in Poland and then to Prague 

then Munich, Salzburg, Venice, 

Asti, Monte Carlo, Nice and 

then Amsterdam all in 12 days 

with my best friend who’s a New 

Zealand windsurfer. While this 

was happening I was only 17. I 

have about 50,000 fans online so 

I’d post each day were I was and 

I’d have all these people turn up 

– I didn’t really expect it at all. I 

made about €200 (euro) busking 

in each city. 

So tell me about your 

music and your new album 

Psychedelic Rock which you 

recently released? 

The music I’ve established as 

my brand is more electronic. 

This album is influenced by 

the 60s and 70s Americana, 

Woodstock and that whole 

hippy movement. I love the 

era. I watched Jim Carroll’s The 

Basketball Diaries and read a 

novel he wrote . . . it’s really raw. 

This album draws a lot from that. 

This album is a concept album 

I’ve written myself. It goes from 

dark to light as I have this thing 

called synaesthesia where I see 

music and colour so it helps a 

lot with my writing, it’s a bit of 

a blessing. I wrote the album’s 

track names before I wrote the 

songs. I’ve written a novel to 

go along with the album and 

eventually I want to make it into 

a short film. People can interpret 

my music any way they want. 

They’re not pop songs – it’s a 

lot more than that. I don’t just 

sit back and let other people 

do things for me, I’m a really 

involved person in my career so 

I do a lot of promoting myself, 

I keep up my social media 

following and I edit my own 

videos. 

Do you have any influences 

that you draw on when creating 

your sound? 

I listen to Lana del Rey, The xx, 

Haim, Taylor Swift, Marina and 

the Diamonds, Fleetwood Mac, 

PERFORMING: Asti-Loren’s new album Psychedelic Rose was released on Saturday. 

The Zombies, Dire Straits and 

Pink Floyd – a real variety really. 

I’ve taken different influences 

from the greats of each genre and 

incorporated them into my work 

– whether it’s lyrically, musically 

or the way I present myself. 

Tell me a bit about growing 

up – what’s you’re family like? 

I grew up in a house on the top 

of Scarborough Hill. I went to 

Selwyn House and then St Andrew’s 

College. My mother owns 

a salon Yazu Hair Salon. She’s 

incredibly talented. She’s been 

on the L’Oreal creative team and 

a part of New Zealand Fashion 

Week. She was actually teaching 

hairdressing in Asia while 

she was eight months pregnant 

with me which was pretty crazy. 

She’s heavily driven . . . I think 

that’s where I get it from. My 

mum and my dad met at 15 and 

started the business together. He 

was going to be a mechanic, but 

he’s technically a hairdresser by 

trade. They separated when I was 

nine so he went to the Caribbean 

to buy a boat and sailed it 

back to New Zealand to set up a 

charter business. So, when I was 

younger, I grew up in a boat. I 

lived on it in Diamond Harbour 

and the Lyttelton marina. I used 

to go to school in a dingy. We 

had five dalmatian dogs and we’d 

be in a five-metre dingy with one 

of our dogs at the front and my 

brother and I in our posh private 

school uniforms. We’d sail from 

Diamond Harbour to Lyttelton 

and we’d arrive at school soaked. 

My little brother Lucca is 16 and 

he’s the total opposite of me. He’s 

blue-eyed, blonde and tall, while 

I’m 1.49m and brunette. We were 

both named after towns in Italy. 

He’s really into skiing, inventing 

and downhill mountain biking. 

He made a flame thrower the 

other day. I have a weird family. 

It sounds like you’ve had an 

insanely interesting upbringing! 

What else do you love 

outside of music? 

I love going to the beach and I 

love skiing. I did ski racing from 

about seven-years-old at Mt 

Hutt. We used to go skiing every 

single weekend in winter from 

when I was seven to 12. I did it 

competitively and placed third 

in the South Island when I was 

younger. 

Where to next for you? Where 

do you want to end up? 

I’m going to the US to film 

a music video for my album 

next month, then London for 

a month, Ho Chi Minh City in 

Vietnam after that, and then Bali 

all before the end of the year. 

Eventually I want to be able to 

tour with my albums. I’ve 

started on my second album 

which is going to be completely 

different with a different vibe. To 

be a musician as a full time job 

is the goal. I’m always aiming 

for the top, I’m just that kind of 

person. I’ve always written for 

bigger things because if you don’t 

think you’re going to be big or 

don’t have that in your mind, 

how are you ever going to get 

there? 

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Your Local Views 

Keep Chch fluoride-free 

Former 

personal 

trainer John 

Verd was 

born in 

Christchurch’s 

sister city 

Seattle, 

United States, and moved 

to New Zealand in January 

last year. He writes this 

week’s opinion piece on 

fluoridation 

I love Christchurch water! 

It’s one of the many exceptional 

things we’d heard about 

the Garden City before moving 

here. 

So I was naturally concerned to 

learn about proposed changes to 

our water system. 

I discovered at an early age 

how location could affect water 

quality. 

When my grand-mother 

moved to the Cascade Mountains 

near Seattle, she said that the tap 

water there had a ”sweetness” to 

it. 

She was absolutely right - there 

was a huge difference between 

our aquifers in Spokane and her 

spring water in Snoqualmie. 

It wasn’t until much later that 

I paid any attention to what is 

actually in our water. 

I’d heard people protest against 

fluoridation, but wrote them off 

as paranoid conspiracy theorists. 

It wasn’t until becoming a 

personal trainer that I actually 

questioned the practice. 

The research was eye opening. 

Our water is being treated 

with an industrial waste product 

called hydrofluorosilicic acid. 

This chemical is a by-product 

of the phosphate fertiliser industry. 

Although classified as hazardous 

waste, it is barrelled up and 

sold, unrefined, to communities 

across the country. 

This is the fluoride in public 

water. 

Former vice president and 

senior chemist at the United 

States Environmental Protection 

Agency headquarters, Dr William 

Hirzy, had this to say about 

it: 

“If this stuff gets out into the 

air, it’s a pollutant; if it gets into 

the river, it’s a pollutant; if it gets 

into the lake, it’s a pollutant; 

but if it goes straight into your 

drinking water system, it’s not a 

pollutant. That’s amazing.” 

Hydrofluorosilicic acid is far 

different from the sodium fluoride, 

which is not for ingestion, 

commonly used in toothpaste. 

This begs the question: Why 

would they use this dangerous 

form of fluoride? A likely reason 

is cost. 

Because it costs corporations 

many thousands of dollars per 

tonne to neutralise and dispose 

of it, they instead sell it to municipalities 

as a ‘product’. 

Chemist and world-renowned 

fluoride researcher Dr Paul Connett 

lectured in Christchurch in 

July 2016. 

He listed 50 human studies 

finding that elevated fluoride exposure 

is associated with reduced 

IQ. 

Christchurch has managed to 

remain fluoride free for the last 

30 years, but new legislation may 

allow for fluoridation by 2018 

unless the public demands a 

place at the table in this decision. 

And that’s what is keeping me 

up at night. 

Do you, like John Verd, stay 

awake at night worried 

about fluoridation? Should 

we allow fluoridation of our 

water? Share your views 

with us. Email andrew. 

king@starmedia.kiwi 

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BY RECENT standards the past 

week has been remarkably quiet. 

We’ve still been to plenty of 

false alarms, ambulance assistance 

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fires, apart from the inevitable 

kitchen cooking fires (two this 

week), have been few in number. 

So let’s have a look at those 

things that can make our lives 

safer from fire that are easy to 

arrange in any home. 

Firstly, and by far most importantly, 

is the use of smoke 

alarms. 

I grew up in the days before 

widespread plastics and foams. 

So when I was a kid it took 

about 10min for any fire inside 

a house to go from ignition to 

flashover (the state where the 

entire contents of a room are on 

fire). 

Now, with the proliferation 

of oil-based products (those 

plastics and foams) in homes the 

time to flashover is reduced to 

3min. 

That’s where smoke alarms, 

recommended in every bedroom, 

hallway and living room, 

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Old league club dumping ground 

• By Andrew King 

THE HEAD of a sheep 

and household waste has 

been cleared away from the 

back of the former Linwood 

rugby league clubrooms in 

Phillipstown. 

The building, located between 

Olliviers Rd and Matheson Rd, 

has been empty since the February 

22, 2011, earthquake and has 

been a dumping ground creating 

what residents say, is a health 

risk to surrounding properties. 

Linwood rugby league spokesman 

Mike O’Halloran said he 

was disgusted to find the huge 

amount of rubbish at the former 

clubrooms. 

“I organised someone to come 

and take the rubbish away,” he 

said. 

A local YMCA group dragged 

most of the rubbish into a big 

pile before it was taken away last 

week. 

While a lot of the rubbish 

has been removed a resident 

said there was still a lot more 

buried in the shrubs and bushes 

that surround the back car park 

– a badly damaged boat is still 

in the middle of the car park 

also. 

It is that rubbish, he believes, 

is attracting rats and mice whose 

populations were growing to 

“plague-like levels.” 

City council principal adviser 

of regulatory compliance Fiona 

Proudfoot said it is currently investigating 

a complaint about the 

property from June in relation to 

the pest problem. 

“The council does investigate 

and take action where necessary 

in situations where rubbish has 

been dumped that may attract or 

harbour vermin,” she said. 

However, because the property 

is in private ownership she said it 

is the owners who are responsible 

for the property. 

Linwood league sold the 

property to an investor with the 

finalisation of that deal expected 

in the next few weeks. 

HAVE YOUR SAY: Should 

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andrew.king@starmedia.kiwi 

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a resident says 

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PEGASUS POST 

GETTING MECHANICAL 

UPGRADE: The Shirley Hawks clubrooms are set for an upgrade following a $10,000 win 

League club gets funds for upgrade 

A GROUNDSWELL of 

support from the local 

community has helped the 

Shirley Hawks Rugby League 

Club win a $10,000 cash 

injection to fix up their club. 

The Woodstock Rugby League 

Club fix-up competition asked 

league fans to nominate their 

local club via Facebook with a 

short description on why they 

deserved an upgrade. 

Shirley was the Canterbury 

recipient of the national competition. 

Club supporter Kim 

McDiarmid was one of the 

first to nominate the Hawks, 

describing the club as going 

above and beyond for their 

players and fans. 

Home to five children’s 

teams, three senior teams and 

a women’s team, club manager 

Bernie Katene says the Shirley 

Hawks are not the largest rugby 

league club in the area, but the 

players and supporters have a lot 

of heart and the club want to do 

right by them. 

The club plans to use the winning 

funds to upgrade the club 

building, including the 

bar, which had been neglected 

in favour of other improvements. 

“It’s a big ask for funding 

to upgrade the bar, because 

there’s always something else 

that needs to be done,” Mr 

Katene said. 

As a community-focused club, 

having attractive clubrooms is 

important. 

“We rely on the community to 

survive. Having a decent place 

to gather and socialise keeps 

interest in the team and in our 

events,” MrKatene said. 

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EQC UPDATE KEEPING YOU INFORMED | AUGUST 2016 

The changing shape of EQC 

The Earthquake Commission’s work in 

Canterbury is entering a new phase as 

it settles the final earthquake claims for 

the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes, says 

EQC Chief Executive, Ian Simpson. 

“Over the past few months we’ve been 

looking closely at what remains to be 

done and we will be carefully matching 

the workforce to the work that still needs 

completing. 

As part of this, EQC has developed a 

proposal on how EQC will be organised in 

2017 to implement its work in Canterbury, 

while continuing its national work.” 

EQC began consultation with its staff 

this week on a proposed smaller structure 

for 2017. 

“As we make changes over the next few 

months, one thing isn’t changing: we will 

retain a presence in Canterbury until we 

have met our obligations to our customers. 

The proposal is for an organisation with 

383 positions from January 2017,” Mr 

Simpson said. 

The proposals for the new structure impact 

the 868 EQC people on fixed term 

employment agreements to December 

2016 or on contracts for service. 

Mr Simpson says the reduction in staff 

numbers had been signalled to staff earlier 

this year, with more detail given 

at EQC staff update sessions in July. 

He was grateful for the professionalism 

of EQC staff; continuing to achieve key 

milestones for Canterbury customers 

during a time of change and personal 

challenge. 

By the end of the year, EQC’s target 

is to have: 

• completed all of the approximately 

67,900 managed home repairs. 

• settled all of the approximately 99,000 

residential building claims scheduled for 

first-time cash settlements. 

• settled all of the more than 187,000 

contents claims. 

• settled green zone land claims for about 

73,000 properties. 

• resolved 75% of the remedial requests 

we had on our books as at 30 June 2016 

• cash settled 90% of the 3,118 drainage 

claims we had received by 30 June 

2016. 

• cash settled the 13,985 damage claims 

received following the series of quakes 

in Canterbury between February and 

June 2016. 

Mr Simpson says that what remains to be 

done in 2017,is to continue resolving 

remedial requests on properties where 

EQC has managed a repair, and continue 

resolving drainage enquiries. 

“The level of work left is of a much smaller 

scale than the Canterbury Home Repair 

Programme was designed for. We need 

a smaller, fit-for-purpose approach to finish 

the work,” Mr Simpson said. 

“By 2017 we will have a new approach for 

handling the remaining work, including 

remedial requests. We’re working on the 

details of this now, including talking to 

Fletcher EQR. We hope we will have a 

clearer picture around September,” 

Mr Simpson said. 

As at 31 July 2016: 

• there were 238 substantive repairs left, 

which we aim to have resolved by the 

end of the year. 

• there were 335 secondary repairs (such 

as garages and chimneys) to do. 

There is also a range of administrative and 

financial tasks to be completed. 

“I know it has not been an easy journey for 

some EQC Canterbury customers. We 

didn’t get everything right. I’m the first to 

admit that. But EQC has worked hard to 

learn from its mistakes and improve how 

we work not just for Canterbury, but for all 

New Zealand,” Mr Simpson said. 

Outside of Canterbury, EQC needs to be 

ready to respond to any future event and 

continues negotiating and managing 

natural disaster reinsurance for the country. 

EQC will also continue settling the 5,000 

to 8,000 natural disaster claims it receives 

on average every year, funding research to 

a tune of about $16 million annually, and 

educating the public about natural hazards 

and how to mitigate these. 

Remedial requests 

EQC has streamlined its process for handling new 

remedial requests from customers received from 

1 August, 2016. 

EQC Chief Executive, Ian Simpson, says the new process 

aims for faster resolution with customers having the 

opportunity to provide information upfront and state their 

preference for a cash settlement or a managed repair 

where remedial work is required. 

The changes have been introduced after positive 

customer feedback on the process used to manage claims 

from the February 2016 earthquake, where customers had 

the opportunity to submit more information upfront to 

enable quicker turnaround. 

Many customers going through the February 2016 claims 

management process are positive or very positive about 

their experience. EQC is now using this approach for new 

remedial requests, and customers will be asked to send in 

information such as photographs and builders’ quotes. 

Although cash settlement will provide a quicker 

resolution, it may not suit everyone, Mr Simpson says. 

“So if a customer prefers that a contractor do the work, 

then EQC will arrange for that to happen. But EQC’s 

Community Contact Team and independent customer 

advocate groups will be available to support any cashsettled 

customers who aren’t confident in sourcing their 

own contractors,” he says. 

Of the 5,720 open remedial requests, EQC has identified 

approximately 1,500 properties that cannot be resolved 

through a managed repair before 2017. The new process, 

while largely designed for new remedial requests, will be 

available to these customers and EQC will be making 

contact with them from late August to ask if they prefer a 

cash settlement or managed repair during 2017. 

Customers wanting to discuss remedial requests can 

contact EQC by phone 0800 DAMAGE (326 243) or email 

info@eqc.govt.nz 

Drainage 

As at June 30 2016, EQC had 3,118 drainage damage 

enquiries to be resolved. To ensure timely settlement of 

these claims, EQC has introduced a panel of licenced 

drain layers to identify earthquake damage. 

On settlement, customers get a detailed assessment of 

the earthquake damage, a documented repair strategy, 

and the costing for the repair. EQC expects to resolve 

90% of the drainage claims, lodged by 30 June, in 2016. 

EQC is concentrating on resolving as many drainage 

claims as possible that were received by June, this year. 

The claims received after that date will be resolved 

next year. 

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Lent said the winner could pick 

any gown in the store, as its most 

expensive one was $3895. 

She said it would make 

planning a wedding a lot easier 

for one bride-to-be. 

“It’s one of the more expensive 

items on their agenda, and 

sometimes one of the more 

stressful.” 

The winner would get to 

go into the store, have a free 

consultation and order any gown 

of their choice, she said. 

To Cherish will have a stall at 

the show, and its gowns feature 

in the catwalk shows. 

Its new store on Barrington 

St will open the day before the 

show, Mrs van Lent said. 

This year’s show will have 

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SBHS marches back into final 

• By Gordon Findlater 

SHIRLEY BOYS’ High School 

will make their second UC 

Championship grand final 

appearance in as many year’s 

after a 17-14 win over Christ’s 

College at Upper. 

They will meet Christchurch 

Boys’ High School in Saturday’s 

final at Rugby Park, CBHS defeated 

Nelson College 10-3 in the 

other semi-final. 

Shirley have made a habit of 

pulling off upsets in knockout 

games. It’s the second year in a 

row they have qualified for the 

semi-finals in fourth position 

and defeated the competition’s 

top qualifier. Last year they 

upset CBHS 25-17 at the same 

stage. 

“Last year was our first grand 

final appearance in 12 years, I’m 

just pleased it hasn’t taken another 

12 years to get back there,” 

said Shirley Boys’ High School 

rugby administrator John Fox. 

On a heavy field the big 

Shirley forwards revelled early. 

In a polished and aggressive 

opening Shirley scored two converted 

tries to take a 14-0 lead. 

Tighthead prop Darius Fidow 

barged over in the third minute, 

loosehead Jim Tuipulotu then got 

Shirley’s second less than 10min 

later. 

“We were quietly confident 

about Saturday. Knowing the 

weather wasn’t going to be great 

we picked a big forward pack to 

try and bully them a bit. The 

fact our two props got the tries 

was vindication of that,” said 

Fox. 

Christ’s got back into the game 

before half-time through two 

Ngani Punivai penalties. The gap 

was narrowed even further on 

the stroke of 30min when Dallas 

McLeod ripped the ball from a 

maul on the Shirley 22, before 

crossing the line to make it 11-14. 

In the 62nd-minute Jackson 

Taylor kicked a penalty from 

25m out to nudge Shirley ahead, 

a lead they would hang onto by 

the skin of their teeth. Christ’s 

College thought they had crossed 

the line to steal a win on the 

stroke of full-time, but they were 

denied by the video referee after 

five minutes of deliberation. 

“It’s a mixed feeling because 

we don’t have a TMO (video 

referee) every game of the season. 

It’s almost unfair to have a TMO 

decide the game when all season 

long it’s been the ref making the 

call,” said Fox. 

The decision went their way, 

but Shirley will now turn attention 

to a CBHS side they 

narrowly lost to just over a week 

ago, 13-19. 

“Our guys have a lot of belief, 

they felt that one got away from 

them,” says Fox. 

Shirley will be hope to have 

more luck than 12 months ago 

when they lost to St Bede’s 13-32 

in the grand final. 

A large chunk of this year’s 

squad were part of that match. 

Fox believes that having a dozen 

players that have experienced a 

grand final could give them the 

slight edge they need. 

They’ll need every bit of an 

advantage they can get against 

CBHS after an impressive match 

against Nelson in the rain. 

ONE STEP AWAY: Shirley will 

meet Christchurch BHS in 

Saturday’s UC Championship 

final. The two teams met 

earlier in the month, CBHS 

won 19-13. 

At a glance: 

Shirley BHS: 17 (Darius 

Fidow, Jim Tuipulotu 

tries; Taine Jacobs- 

Lawson 2 con; Jackson 

Taylor 1 pen) Christ’s 

College: 14 (Dallas 

McLeod try; Ngane 

Punivai 3 pen) 

Results: 

UC Cup semi-finals: 

Shirley BHS 17, Christ’s 

College 14; Christchurch 

BHS 10, Nelson College 

3 

UC Plate semi-finals: 

Timaru BHS 25, Burnside 

HS 15; Marlborough BC 

19, Waimea Combined 

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ACHIEVERS 

Improvisation earns 

chef gold title 

• By Gabrielle Stuart 

BLAKE HAINES of Richmond 

beat chefs from around the 

country to take the National 

Commis Chef of the Year title 

this month, in spite of missing a 

crucial ingredient. 

The young chef, who works at 

Chillingworth Road restaurant 

in Redwood, was setting out his 

equipment and ingredients at 

the competition in Auckland 

when he realised his salt was 

missing. 

In the rush to catch his 

flight from Christchurch at 

5am that morning he had left it 

sitting on the bench at home, he 

said. 

The chefs competing 

had to bring all their own 

equipment and ingredients 

to the competition from their 

seasonings to their pots and 

pans – which made for some 

funny looks when going 

through bag checks at the 

airport, he said. 

It was too late to buy any 

more, so he just had to work 

with what he had. 

But he went on to win gold 

for his main, an Akaroa Salmon 

duo half pan-fried and half 

wrapped in nori seaweed, and 

cooked in plenty of chicken 

stock to make up for the missing 

seasoning. 

Fellow Chillingworth Road 

chef Eric Lim also took home a 

gold award from the competition 

for his entree, and was 

named runner up Chef of the 

Year. 

Winning a national title was 

incredibly satisfying, Mr Haines 

said. 

He had dreamed of becoming 

a chef since he was about eight 

years old, cooking meals for 

his family – then things like 

spaghetti bolognese or chocolate 

chip biscuits, he said. 

“My family were good critics, 

although my mum never appreciated 

the mess in the kitchen,” 

he said. 

At about 14 he got an afterschool 

job washing dishes for a 

local restaurant, and from there 

he was hooked, he said. 

He worked for a while in 

Dunedin and at the Hermitage 

Hotel at Mount Cook, before 

moving to Christchurch with 

his girlfriend early this year. 

He knew Chillingworth Road 

owner and chef Darren Wright 

through his work on the Culinary 

Olympics NZ squad, and 

said he wanted the chance to 

work with him. 

His main role at the restaurant 

is as pastry chef, which he said 

was something he had always 

enjoyed. 

“For customers the first thing 

they try is the bread and the last 

is the dessert, so it either ruins 

or makes someone’s evening. 

Hopefully, they are the two 

things they remember most,” he 

said. 

After seeing Blake’s work 

in the competitions, Olympic 

squad member and 

Christchurch chef Mark 

Sycamore asked him to travel to 

Greece with him in September 

this year to compete at the 

WACS WorldChefs Congress as 

his commis chef. 

IN THE KITCHEN: Chillingworth Road chef Blake Haines won 

the National Commis Chef of the Year title this year, in spite of 

having to compete without any salt. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN

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News 

Seeing red over 

a green building 

• By Annabelle Dick 

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A NEW Cares Appliances 

premises in Ferrymead 

has attracted a number of 

complaints from residents 

over its bright green colour 

scheme. 

The whiteware appliance 

store has copped criticism 

before their new building 

has even opened on Ferry 

Rd. 

It is set to open in early 

September. 

Cares Appliances owner 

Matthew Carpenter said it 

was the first time he had 

received complaints, in 

spite of his business being 

in the city for 10 years. 

“I had a complaint that 

said the colour was terrible 

and disgusting. I’ve also 

had comments from third 

parties who’d seen the 

colour and were put off by 

it,” Mr Carpenter said. 

The new premises drew 

the following criticism via 

text: 

“It looks disgusting. 

Contributes nothing to 

whiteware warehouse 

Ferrymead. You won’t get 

any support bringing that 

here . . . sorry! Already the 

talk of the community. Just 

so you know . . . perhaps a 

re-think? It might work at 

Eastgate.” 

Mr Carpenter is welcoming 

whiteware 

feedback 

warehouse 

from residents 

about the premises 

but he said it was unfair 

to insult other parts of the 

city. 

“It’s cruel of them 

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the people of the eastern 

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got a bit of an elitist 

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Carpenter said. 

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Mr Carpenter offered 

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Ferrymead residents 

have been successful in 

ousting a brightly coloured 

business from the area 

before. 

In 2007 the Mitre 10 

Mega in Ferrymead building 

attracted complaints 

for featuring a 160m-long 

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The company eventually 

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Linwood Library, Eastgate 

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Baby-times/Wā Pēpi 

Today, 11.15–11.45am 

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entry. 

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Every Saturday, 11-11.45am 

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a different story-time theme and 

craft activity each weekend. 

Shirley Library, 36 Marshland 

Rd, Shirley. Free entry 

Children’s Poetry Show 

August 23, 10.30–11am 

Performance poet Greg 

O’connell will be at the Shirley 

Library presenting brand new 

and favourite pieces from his 

forthcoming book, Megabyte 

& Other Poems. As a tutor 

with Christchurch’s renowned 

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O’connell will take audience 

participation to new heights in 

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of rhyme, rhythm, and 

refrain. Come along with family 

and friends, and enjoy the sheer 

fun of performing poetic lines, 

out loud. All ages welcome. 

No bookings required but a 

caregiver is required. For 

more information, get in touch 

on 941 5310. 

Shirley Public Library, 36 

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in times of emergency we are able to assist our work colleagues, 

but are we able to take these skills home, into the community or 

on to the sports field? 

not all work places are the same and the injury risk for each place 

can be wide and variable. The office attended by administrators 

does not carry the same risk as those people working with heavy 

machinery, or perhaps at some distance from a regular ambulance 

service. it is therefore essential that you pick the right first aid 

course to suit all of your activities – both professional and social. 

take, for example, an office worker who does not have a high 

risk work environment and whose concern might be to ensure that 

they can deal with minor cuts and superficial injuries, or the ability 

to perform effective CPr. These skills can be achieved on a course 

of eight hours duration and would generally fit into low to medium 

risk area. But take this same person on to a sports field either as a 

spectator or player when a higher level injury occurs. The eight 

hour course covering unit standards 6402 and 6401 (or 26551 and 

26552) does not cover head neck and spinal injuries, eye injuries, 

hypothermia and poisonings. 

The majority of injuries occur outside of the work place, in 

fact one in three injuries occurs in the home, making it the most 

common place for injuries to happen. new Zealand children 

are twice as likely to die through injury as children who live in 

australia. They mostly die as a result of motor vehicles accidents 

or falls in the home. fatalities from leisure and sport are not far 

behind those in the workplace. 

The wider 12 hour course teaches the additional unit standard 

6400 and provides a wide knowledge base for medium to high risk 

environments. This course covers many of the skills required to 

deal with the most common injuries, such as falls (which can result 

in head, neck and spinal injuries) and dealing with complex scenes 

such as motor vehicle accidents. 

if you are not sure on the course best suited to your needs, ask 

your accredited first aid training provider. They can explain the 

course content and give you options that will best suit your needs. 

Look beyond the workplace and consider your family and your 

location. Check that you have a good quality first aid kit that is 

up-to-date with replenished items, and that everyone knows where 

it is located. 

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First Aid Revalidation Course (6 hours) 

Cost $120.00 per person (certificates must not 

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Time: 8.30am – 3.15pm 

Monday 

22 August 

5 September 

26 September 

Friday 

26th August 

2 September 

16 September 

Tuesday 

13 September 

20 September 

11 October 

Sunday 


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18 September 

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28 September 

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Time: Day One 8.30am – 5.30pm Day Two 8.30am – 5pm 

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Tuesday [Edition datE] August 16 2016 

HEALTH & BEAUTY 

A game changer in the fight 

against Parkinson’s Disease 

If you have Parkinson’s disease, you cannot 

afford to underestimate the benefits of 

exercise. Being sedentary is one of the fastest 

ways to see your symptoms get worse. To be 

the best you can be, consider a revolutionary 

Parkinson’s programme, PD Warrior, run by 

Muscle People Physiotherapy. 

“Exercise needs to be a front line defence 

for people with Parkinson’s disease. PD 

Warrior aims to re-wire the brain to allow 

everyday movements and activities to be 

performed with greater ease. Just like your 

muscles benefit from cross- training, your 

brain also benefits from being challenged and 

surprised.” Melissa McConaghy, co-founder 

of PD Warrior and Specialist Neurological 

Physiotherapist. 

Purposeful movement can combat the loss 

of motor control seen in Parkinson’s disease. 

PD Warrior combines a high effort, intensive 

work-out with a challenging combination 

of movements and mental strategy. It is 

designed for people with early stage or mild 

Parkinson’s disease with the aim of slowing 

down the progress of the disease. 

“PD Warrior is loads of fun and can get 

very loud with plenty of variety to keep 

people engaged. you get to connect with 

like-minded people who want to fight their 

symptoms,” says Laurie Moore, Director of 

Muscle People Physiotherapy. 

Neil, from Rangiora, has been attending 

the PD Warrior programme and says; “The 

exaggerated movement keeps the body 

moving rather than seizing up”. Neil keeps 

up the exercises at home during the week and 

says “that’s how you get the most benefit out 

of it.” He has been playing more golf and is 

able to work a couple of days a week. 

Muscle People has helped clients achieve 

some significant milestones through PD 

Warrior. Those who come to the PD Warrior 

circuit style programme at the city clinic each 

week report feeling more confident in their 

movements and are able to move more freely 

and get back into life. 

The first step in the PD Warrior 

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or to book your assessment telephone the 

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PD Warrior not only re-trains your 

brain, it also helps you to get - 

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dangerous accidents and falls. 

• Able to do all the little things that 

you have recently abandoned. 

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• Approximately 1 in 500 people 

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• Twenty percent of people affected 

by Parkinson’s are of working age 

(15-64 years). 

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KIDSTUFF 

Join the 2016 Storylines Christchurch 

Family Day on Sunday 28 August at the 

Upper Riccarton Library and be part of New 

Zealand’s biggest festival of children’s writers 

and illustrators. 

Entry is free for everyone to enjoy a 

fun line-up of activities featuring New 

Zealand children’s authors, poet, illustrators, 

storytellers and performers: 

A tailored learning 

experience 

Lindisfarne was established in 1987 and 

is a small privately run nursery school. 

The separate nursery building caters for 

up to fourteen babies, and the preschool is 

licensed for up to thirty six children. We 

pride ourselves on providing as much a 

home like environment as possible for all 

of the children who attend Lindisfarne. Our 

team consists of all trained and registered 

teachers, a teacher’s aide, a teaching 

assistant, and a cook and cleaner. 

We pride ourselves on being a multicultural 

centre, both through the 

nationalities of the children who attend, and 

the nationalities of our teaching staff. 

• Fifi Colston • Leonie Agnew 

• Scott Tulloch • Jane Bloomfield 

• James Norcliffe • Gillian Candler 

• Steve Gurney • Elena De Roo 

• Jodie Keehan • Greg O’Connell 

The all-day programme also includes: 

• Fashion Fantastic – make fabulous 

chokers or wristcuffs with Jane 

Bloomfield, author of *Lily Max*Satin, 

Scissors, Frock 

• Birds and Words – Gillian Chandler 

mixes science and crafts 

• Beginners Guide to Adventure Sports 

with Steve Gurney 

• Storylines Treasure Hunt 

• Clifford the Big Red Dog 

And much more. See and download the 

programme details at www.storylines.org.nz 

The large private play area allows the 

children to engage in lots of physical 

activities as well as imaginative play. Our 

on-site primary school teacher ensures all 

children are well prepared to start primary 

school. 

Families are more than welcome to call 

in at any time to view the programme and 

meet the teachers. 

• Central location 

• Cooked healthy heart meals 

• Large private outdoor play area 

• Casual care available 

• Enrolments available now 

• 7.30am - 5.30pm Monday to Friday 

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in Christchurch 

After 5.5 successful years establishing 

popular home based childcare service 

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Cantabrian Emma McAlister has returned 

home with her own young family to ‘grow 

young minds’ in Christchurch too. 

Stems prides itself on providing flexible, 

affordable and personalised childcare for 

busy families who would dearly love their 

children to have an ‘at home mum’ early 

learning childhood experience .“This 

option isn’t often possible for families 

today for many reasons, but is so very 

important for our little people” says 

Emma. “ My role is to work personally 

with each family to find the best match 

in an Educator for them…I love helping 

create these special relationships!” 

Stems is fully licensed by the Ministry 

of Education and builds programmes 

alongside Educators for each child which 

follow the NZ curriculum. Activities, 

learning and ‘special moments’ are 

recorded for families by Educators every 

day and children are able to have their 

own routines maintained, experience 

peer interactions in well supported small 

groups, and attend learning experiences 

out and about in the local community 

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REAL ESTATE 

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This great Kiwi Batch is available for you 

today! Peel Forest offers Flora & Fauna, 

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Grounds, Wildlife, Fishing, all this at your 

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with fireplace, separate kitchen, double 

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2016 25 3 

HOME & HEATING 

Get rid of dampness 

in your house 

noW WITH the colder and wetter weather on 

its way, home owners are focusing on ways to 

make their homes comfortable, warm and healthy 

for their families throughout winter. rISIng 

DAMP is an issue that affects many of our 

older properties which suffer from poor, or no, 

insulation. In Canterbury especially, post-quake, 

many people have relocated to homes that suffer 

from rising damp which can be associated with 

health problems. Independent tests have shown 

that up to 40 litres of water can rise from the 

ground and enter a house every day, leading to 

mildew, mould, condensation and musty smells. 

Moulds can produce various allergic reactions 

and the frail, elderly and very young are especially 

vulnerable. 

Canterbury Foam Concrete Ltd is a locally 

owned and operated firm. The team understands 

the problems caused by rising damp and are 

there to help. They will come to your damp home 

and pump a lightweight, flowable foam concrete 

under your timber floored home. Specially 

adapted for our new Zealand conditions and 

applications it provides a layer of protection 

against rising moisture. An unexpected benefit 

that the team at Canterbury Foam Concrete 

have noticed recently, is that many owners 

of properties which had underfloor foam 

concrete installed, reported that it also provided 

protection against liquefaction after 

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Contact Canterbury Foam Concrete Ltd 

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and ventilation components in-store but they 

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This includes both the exchange of air to the 

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Filtered air supply for summer and filtered 

and warmed air in winter creates a healthy 

environment in which to live and work. In case 

of poor or insufficient air intake from outside, 

the oxygen content decreases, humidity and 

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smells, humidity and harmful substances are not 

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Low oxygen with high carbon dioxide causes 

stuffiness in the room and occupants can feel 

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Tackle the skifield road in an Alltrack 

• By Ross Kiddie 

STAR MEDIA, the company 

which I am employed by, 

embraces advertising creativity. 

We strive for layout and design 

which captures reader and viewer 

interest. That being the case, I 

was mystified when Volkswagen 

New Zealand’s recent television 

advertising campaign was 

withdrawn when some viewers 

complained to the Broadcasting 

Standards Authority. 

The commercial surrounded 

Volkswagen’s Passat Alltrack, and 

was a light-hearted take involving 

a person falling over backwards 

on a slippery boat launching 

ramp. That ad often had me 

smiling when I was preparing 

dinner and watching the news. I 

was disappointed – world gone 

mad – I thought. 

That aside, the Alltrack is an 

interesting variation on the popular 

mid-size wagon and as its 

name suggests it has four-wheeldrive 

and suspension raised 

27mm from the standard Passat. 

Volkswagen is no stranger to 

this concept, they have long had 

models which have just that little 

bit extra in terms of ability. The 

Alltrack is a cross between an 

everyday vehicle and one which 

will take you off-road, not so 

much in the serious stuff, but it 

will get you out of a sticky, low 

grip situation, hence the advertisement. 

And on that subject, it 

also gets a 2.2-tonne tow rating, 

so hauling that large boat is a 

real probability. 

Under the bonnet sits a 2-litre, 

turbocharged diesel engine. The 

four-cylinder, twin camshaft unit 

is rated with 150kW and 400Nm, 

the latter punching out its power 

all of the way from 1900rpm 

to 3300rpm; consequently, it is 

a strong, energetic unit which 

works through a dual clutch, 

direct shift gearbox. 

The six-speeder allows the 

engine to work freely, between 

the two, drive is unimpeded, 

the mid-range diesel surge is 

evident. Unladen, the Passat 

Alltrack will scamper to 

100km/h from a standstill in 

8sec, and will launch to 120km/h 

from 80km/h in 5sec, the turbo 

boost offering vivid acceleration. 

And that is the beauty with 

the big four-cylinder diesels, 

there is a lot of grunt on offer, 

and it’s no wonder Volkswagen 

are confident of high tow 

capacity. 

Perhaps the most exciting figures 

are those of its fuel usage. 

Volkswagen claim a 5.2-litre per 

100km/h (54mpg) combined 

cycle average, that sits well with 

VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT ALLTRACK: Grip for slippery surfaces. 

the 6.6l/100km (43mpg) figure 

showing constantly on the dash 

panel readout. At 100km/h the 

engine sips fuel at the rate of an 

amazing 4l/100km (70mpg) with 

the engine turning over slowly at 

just 1700rpm. 

These results are extraordinary 

for a big vehicle and certainly 

serve to prove how effective diesel 

engine manufacturers have 

become in terms of efficiency. 

I took the test car on the twists 

and turns of the Port Hills. It 

was only a few weeks ago that I 

evaluated the standard Passat, 

and was keen to find out if the 

extra ride height affected the 

Alltrack’s handling ability. I can 

report there’s is little noticeable 

difference, grip is well promoted 

through Continental sport tyres 

(245/45 x 18in), while steerage 

and body balance are accurate 

and controlled respectively. 

Of course the suspension 

is fully independent and 

there is a lot of travel within 

those elements; that being the 

case, bumps and ruts are well 

absorbed and ride comfort has 

been given high priority. 

I didn’t take the Alltrack offroad 

as such, but I did take it 

through a short cross-country 

track in an endeavour to get 

some photos. The suspension 

absorbs the uneven surfaces 

beautifully, and wheel-to-ground 

contact is manufactured so that 

• Price – VW Passat Alltrack, 

$57,990 

• Dimensions – Length, 

4777mm; width, 1832mm; 

height, 1506mm 

• Configuration – Fourcylinder, 

four-wheel-drive, 

1968cc, 140kW, 400Nm, 

six-speed automatic. 

• Performance – 

0-100km/h, 8sec 

• Fuel usage – 5.2l/100km 

utmost traction is gleaned. 

I can see the Alltrack being 

used as winter sport recreational 

transport such as tackling the 

skifield access road. It’s a vehicle 

that does all the things a typical 

sport utility vehicle is capable of, 

yet it is packaged in a more traditional 

style. 

The entire in-cabin area is 

manufactured for comfort and is 

decked out with all the features 

you’d expect from a $57,990 car. 

I’ve long embraced the 

traditional station wagon, 

especially those from Europe. 

The Alltrack takes that concept 

one step forward and I’m pleased 

that it has such a strong foothold 

globally (no pun intended). I’ll 

be watching with interest how 

well it is received here. 

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DRIVEWAYS & PAVING 

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Garden renovation & 

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Quality plant sourcing 

Expert pruning & 

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RENTAL CARPETS, clean/stain removal 

RESIDENTIAL / COMMERCIAL 

FLOOD RESTORATION 

INSURANCE 

0800 333 181 | www.cavendishcarpetcare.co.nz 

ROOF REPAIRS 

Locally owned & operated with 

over 30 years experience. 

• Extensions & repair • Roof coating 

• Concrete & clay tiles • Butynol 

• Malthoid • Asbestos Certified 

• Coloursteel • Old iron • Guttering 

Phone Dave 981 0278 

or 021 223 4200 

E: dave@beaumontroofing.co.nz 

BEAUMONT ROOFING LTD 


BEST BATHROOMS 

full renovation specialists, 

LBP, repairs & 

maintenance ph 03 387- 

0770 or 027 245-5226 

BRICKLAYER 

George Lockyer. Over 

30 years bricklaying 

experience. UK trained. 

Licensed Building 

Practitioner number 

BP105608. Insurance 

work. EQC repairs. 

Heritage brickwork a 

speciality. No job too 

small. Governors Bay. 

Home 329-9344, Cell 

027 684 4046, email 

karengeorge@xtra.co.nz 

BUILDER 

For all building work 

but specialist in bathroom 

renovations, 30 yrs 

experience, with service 

and integrity. Free Quotes. 

Ph Lachlan 383-1723 or 

0274 367-067. 

BUILDER 

LICENSED 

available for all aspects of 

building. Please call 027 

241-7471 or 335-0265 

CARRIER 

Local, experienced, 

friendly, trade-me 

purchases, single items 

features, 

to truck loads, furniture 

planting, 

to whatever, removals & 

trade deliveries a specialty. 

Ph GEH 341-5069 

CARPET & VINYL 

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Repairs, uplifting, 

relaying, restretching, 

E mail jflattery@xtra. 

co.nz, 

ph 0800 003 181 

or 027 2407416 

CARPETLAYER 

Laying and Repairs, 40 yrs 

experience, ph Peter 326- 

7711 or 027 240-6532 

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TIMBER DECK CLEANING 

Before 


DRIVEWAYS 

Replace, repair or new. 

We are a local company 

with over 10 yrs exp. 

We also operate a 

digger for all other 

earthworks. 

Ph. R.M. Solutions 

021 02866981 

for a free quote. 

FENCINg 

All styles and shapes, 

gates, wooden, ph Mark 

027 331-3223 

FURNITURE 

REMOVALS 

Large Trucks $95 + 

GST per hour 7 day NZ 

wide, packing & moving, 

Professional Company, 

Professional Service. 

Canterbury Relocations 

Ltd. ph 0800 359 9313 

gLAZIER 

Window repairs, pet 

doors, new glazing, double 

glazing, conservatory 

roofs. Experienced 

tradesman. Call Bill on 

981-1903 or 022 413-3504 

LANDSCAPE 

CONSTRUCTION 

Lawns, paving, water 

irrigation, 

decks, 

driveways, kerbing, ponds, 

retainer walls, fencing. 

Free quotes, Phone Tony 

021-034-8555 

PAINTINg DECORATINg 

interior & exterior, 

gib fixing, plastering, 

paperhanging, Est 50 yrs 

in ChCh, ph Wingfields 

Ltd, ph Mark 021 171- 

1586 or 355-5994 

PAINTER 

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painting. Very competitive 

in roofs and fences. Please 

call 027 241-7471 or 335- 

0265 

• Timber decks rejuvinated 

• Polished floors scrubbed 

• Polished concrete scrubbed 

After 

Also do: gym floors, halls, restaurants, 

bars, offices and churches 

Ray Anderson 

Owner Operator 

027 323 5190 | 03 323 5190 

* Arbitration Advisory Consultant for Floor Sanding 


PAINTINg 

DECORATINg 

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027 223 8542 

PLUMBER 

For prompt service for all 

plumbing maintenance, 

repairs and alterations. 

Phone Michael 364 7080 

or 027 438 3943 

PLUMBER 

ALF THORPE 

PLUMBING Certifying 

Plumber for all types of 

plumbing, maintenance, 

spouting, alterations etc. 

Phone 352-7402 or 0274- 

350-231 

ROOFINg 

Qualified & Licenced 

Practitioner. Re-Roof & 

Repairs, all types. Member 

New Zealand Roofing 

Association. Over 35 years 

experience. Phone John 

027 432-3822 or 351-9147 

email johnmill@ihug. 

co.nz 

SPOUTINg CLEANINg 

Spouting Unblocked, 

Cleaned Out and Flushed 

Out. Also Full Handyman 

Services Available. Call 

Trevor 332 8949 or 021 

043-2034 

STONEMASON 

BRICK 

& 

BLOCKLAYER, 

Earthquake Repairs, Grind 

Out & Repoint, River/ 

Oamaru stone, Schist, 

Volcanic Rock, Paving, 

all Alterations new & old, 

Quality Workmanship, 

visit www.featureworks. 

co.nz or ph 027 601-3145 

TILER/CARPENTER 

35 years exp, no job 

too small. Ph Ross 027 

4311440. 

TREES 

BIg OR SMALL 

tree removal, trimming, 

stump grinding, shelterbelt 

clean up, section clearing, 

rubbish removals, 

excavation work, ph Trees 

Big or Small, for a free 

quote, 021 061 4783 

TREE WORK 

Hedge trimming, stump 

grinding, rubbish removed, 

small job specialty Ph 

Andrew 03 322-8341 or 

027 435-8759 

T.V. SERVICE 

CENTRE 

Repairs, tvs, microwaves, 

stereos, DVD. Aerial 

installations and kitsets, 

480 Moorhouse Ave, ph 03 

379 1400 

UPHOLSTERER 

Dining Chairs, Lounge 

suites, Caravan Squabs 

etc. recovered. Free 

Quotes. Phone Graeme 

383-1448 

VHS VIDEO TAPES 

& all camera tapes 

converted to DVD, video 

taping, weddings, twenty 

firsts, special occasions, 

www.grahamsvideo.co.nz 

ph 03 338-1655 

WATERBLASTINg 

Quality Job, Quick Service 

by skilled tradesman, Ph 

Richard Severin at Jet-X 

0800 538 969 Free quotes, 

visit www.jetx.co.nz 

WINDOW CLEANINg 

Average 3 bdrm house 

inside or out $40. Both 

$70. Phone Trevor 344- 

2170

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Wanted To Buy 

AAA Buying goods 

quality furniture, 

Beds, Stoves, Washing 

machines, Fridge Freezers. 

Same day service. Selwyn 

Dealers. Phone 980 5812 

or 027 313 8156 

A+ Household effects, 

fridges, freezers, washing 

machines, ovens. Good 

cash paid. Ph Paul 022 

0891 671 

TOOLS 

Garden, garage, 

woodworking, 

mechanical, engineering, 

sawbenches, lathes, cash 

buyer, ph 355-2045 

Public Notices 


Weka Pass Railway 

Waipara, North Canterbury 

We Are Running 

SunDAY 21st August 

Running 1st & 3rd 

Sundays of every month 

Phone 0800WEKAPASS 

Depart Glenmark Station 

11.30am & 2.00pm 

www.wekapassrailway.co.nz 

Citizens Advice Bureau 

Christchurch Area 

Te Pou Whakawhirinaki 

o Aotearoa 

Notice of Annual General Meeting 

to be held on: 

Monday 29th August 2016 

10am Cashmere Club 

88 Hunter Terrace 

Cashmere 

Christchurch 

All members of the general public welcome 

THIS 

WEEKEND 

Mainland 

Model Society 

Model 

& Toy expo 

Displays for all the family 

Vehicles, Star Wars, Collectibles. 

Sat 20 & Sun 21 August - 10am-4pm 

Rodbenders Clubrooms 

132 Waterloo Road, Hornby 

Adults $5, Kids Free 

(if accompanied by adult) 

Ph: 027-201-1092 


DEMOLITION 

With care and respect we 

will remove your dwelling. 

Our policy is to recycle as 

much as we can. We are a 

local company specialising 

in residential properties. We 

will endeavor to cater for 

your individual needs. 

Ph. R.M. Solutions 

021 02866981 

for a free quote. 

Entertainments 

Situations Vacant 

CA$H 

Strippers 

& Podium 

Dancers 

Wanted! 

18+ TO APPLY 

NEISHA 

021 193 0118 

MUMS & DADS 

Would you like your children to 

exercise more and earn some money? 

DELIVERY 

PEOPLE 

WANTED 

The Star requires 

delivery personnel 

in all areas of 

Christchurch. 

The work involves 

door-to-door 

delivery of The Star 

newspaper. 

Situations Vacant 

Please call 

Leanne Lucas 364-7451 or 

Mark Coulthard 364 7453 

email: deliveries@starmedia.kiwi 

Treat the Kids! 

Kids two course 

special 

from 

RESTAURANT & CAFÉ 

Open daily from 6.30am - Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

$ 

10 

We are family friendly. 

Great Kids menu plus 

designated play area. 

‘Famous for their roasts!’ 

Seniors SPECIAL 

Two courses Soup/Roast or 

Roast/Dessert 

$ 

20 

Special available lunch only 

Monday - Saturday 12pm - 2.30pm 

Conditions apply. 

Racecourse Hotel Motorlodge 

118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn, Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150 

www.racecoursehotel.co.nz (opposite Riccarton Raceway) 

Topic is death 

Local musician, Dizzy Height is proud to 

announce the completion of his latest 

recording, Passing Shadows. 

“It's safe to say that this album is very, 

very different and deals with a topic not 

many are game to talk about let alone record 

an album about, and that is the subject of 

death,” says Dizzy Height. “Having worked 

as an Embalmer/Funeral Director for 9 

years I have seen a lot of death. The 

inspiration for the album is based on my 

many experiences.” 

Consisting of nine tracks, the recording is 

said to be a very thought provoking and 

inspiring CD. 

Written, performed, and produced by 

Dizzy Height, the tracks feature a unique 

blend of classically inspired pieces infused 

with traditional rock guitar. 

From the opening title track 'Passing 

Shadows' to the final track 'After Life' the 

album has a positive theme which 

encompasses all the things that most people 

have thought about at some stage. 

For more information go to 

www.dizzyheight.com 

The 

Woolston Club... 

A classic, contemporary 

club experience 

Cafe open from 11am 

TAB & Gaming, Function Facilities, 

HOUSIE Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 

SHUTTLE Tuesday - Saturday 

Experience a 

relaxed evening 

in conversation 

with musicians 

from your national 

orchestra 

The Chamber Room of 

Canterbury's exciting new home for 

music and the arts, The Piano, will 

play host to this exclusive event. Enjoy 

canapés served with the winemaker's 

selection of Craggy Range wines while 

you hear the stories of some of New 

Zealand's finest musicians. 

NZSO Section Principal Trombone 

David Bremner will host the evening. 

He will be joined by a panel of NZSO 

players: Brigid O'Meeghan (Assistant 

Sub-Principal Emeritus Cello); Peter 

Dykes (Associate Principal Oboe); 

Larry Reese (Section Principal 

Timpani); Andrew Thomson (Section 

Principal Second Violin). 

The players will discuss the rest of 

the NZSO's 2016 season in 

Christchurch, the additional activities 

of the orchestra, as well as offer a 

unique insight into the world of a 

professional orchestral musician. 

This is a rare opportunity to hear 

from, and chat with some of New 

Zealand's finest musicians in an 

intimate and inspiring setting. 

In Conversation with the NZSO 

takes place at The Piano on Armagh 

St next Thursday 25th August. Tickets 

$40. 

Book at nzso.co.nz/inconverastion 

Open 7 Days 

Restaurant open 

from 5.30pm! 

RETRO ROAST LUNCH 

12PM-1.30PM 

WEDNESDAYS 

$10 Members / $12 Non 

SUNDAY ROAST 12PM-2PM SUNDAY 

FATHER’S DAY LUNCH 

Sunday 4th September, 12pm-2pm 

Dining Dads go in the draw to WIN 

a $250 ‘Man Pack’ 

What’s On... 

7PM FRIDAY DES NEWTON 

7PM SATURDAY 

FLAT CITY BROTHERHOOD


JOIN 

A CLUB BY 

THE SEA! 

www.newbrightonclub.co.nz 

WHAT’S ON 

TUESDAYS & 

THURSDAYS 

Members 

Lucky Card Draw 

TAB POD 

SUNDAY 

BRUNCH! 

By the Seaside! 

10.30am-2.30pm 

- downstairs - 

ClubBISTRO 

Open Tuesday 

to Saturday 

12pm-2pm 

and from 5pm. 

Midweek 

SPECIAL 

$10 

ROAST 

Available Tuesday, 

Wednesday, 

& Thursday 

- upstairs - 

PIERVIEW 

Restaurant 

Quality a la carte 

with a view! 

Open FRIDAY, 

SATURDAY, 

& SUNDAY 

from 5.30pm 

FRIDAY SPECIAL: 

BBQ PORK RIBS 

$19.50! 

for a limited time 

SUNDAY SPECIAL 

$25 3-Course Feast 

SUNDAY 28th AUG 

BOOK NOW for 

Sumptuous winter 

BUFFET $25 

SHUTTLE RUNNING 

Tues, Thurs, Fri & Sat 

202 Marine Parade 

Ph 388-9416 

Members, guests and affiliates welcome 

H ORNBY 

WORKINGMEN’S 

CLUB 

«WHAT'S ON« 

WESTVIEW LOUNGE 

SATURDAY 

20 AUGUST 

4.30PM BARROSS 

8PM EASY COME EASY GO 

SPORTS HALL 

SATURDAY 20 August, 8PM 

DnD Showband presents 

THREE SHOWS IN ONE... 

Fleetwood Mac ; ABBA; Moulin Rouge 

SHOW SOLD OUT 

«COMING UP« 

SATURDAY 27 August, 7.30PM 

SOUND SENSATION 

13 PIECE SHOWBAND. Tickets $25. 

FRIDAY 2 September, 7.30PM 

THE DIXIE PRIX PRESENT 

LEGENDS OF COUNTRY 

NZ PREMIERE COUNTRY TRIO. Tickets $15. 

SATURDAY 10 September, 7PM 

TONY ATWOOD 

& THE C-BAY BAND 

Hornby WMC, 17 Carmen Road, Hornby 

phone 03 349 9026 

www.hornbyworkingmensclub.co.nz 

Members, guests & affiliates welcome 

Lunch & Dinner 

All you can eat, 7 days 

SUNDAY 

4th SEPT 

HAPPY 

FATHERS 

DAY 

Bookings Essential PH 386 0088 

fb.com/GardenHotelRestaurant 

www.gardenhotel.co.nz 

NOW SERVING 

available 

from 

9am 

Breakfast 

HAPPY 

HOUR 

5PM - 7PM 

DAILY 

LIVE 

VINTAGE BLUE 

6PM FRIDAY 19th August 

MUSIC 

PHONE 385 8880 FIND US ON FACEBOOK fb.com/GBCCHCH 

THE GARDEN HOTEL COMPLEX | 110 MARSHLAND RD 

www.gardenhotel.co.nz | phone 385 3132

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$ 

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Anchor Butter 

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$ 

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Cadbury Chocolate 

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$ 

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pack 

DB/Tui/Export Gold/NZ Pure 

12x 330ml Bottles/Cans 

$ 

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750ml 

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Owned and 

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Certain products may not be available in all stores. Savings are based on non-promotional price. Limits may apply. 

Prices apply from Tuesday 16th August to Sunday 21st August 2016, or while stocks last. 

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