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LINCOLN RD RAMPAGE

Businesses,

vehicles

vandalised

by man

in a rage

• By Andrew King

A MAN went berserk smashing

cars, restaurant and bar windows,

pot plants and a bus in Addington

yesterday.

Police arrested the offender

on Lincoln Rd after he smashed

a number of car and business

windows, using anything he could

get his hands on at 1.26pm.

He also threw a sugar bowl

through the Addington Coffee Coop’s

front window and used a large

piece of concrete to attack Maxine’s

Palace Chinese Restaurant.

Witnesses said it lasted about

10min and “extreme violence” and

“a lot of swearing” before police

arrived.

The arrested man is a regular sight

and usually sits on the footpath in

Lincoln Rd.

No-one was injured.

Sullivans Irish Pub was one of the

worst affected, with a sign thrown

through a window and several others

smashed in.

•Turn to page 4

CAUGHT: Police arrest the alleged offender without incident on Lincoln Rd at 1.35pm.

Inset: Sullivans Irish Pub’s window was smashed with its own sign.

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FROM

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EDITOR’S

DESK

LIFE CAN be unpredictable and

that was the case for Addington

businesses yesterday.

A ho-hum early Monday afternoon

became mad Monday when a

man went berserk, smashing windows

and anything else in his path

on Lincoln Rd and with anything

he could get his hands on.

We have the article and photos

on pages 1 and 4.

Police got there fairly quickly as

did our photographer and reporter.

The ferocity and speed of the

attack took business owners and

onlookers by surprise.

On page 3 we reveal a possible

solution to the traffic congestion

that the Halswell Junction Rd and

Springs Rd roundabout causes.

And in sport (page 11) Cashmere

High are one game away from their

first Thompson Trophy basketball

title. They play Christ’s College in

tonight’s final. Go Cashmere.

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Fire rages, homes at risk

Halswell Junction Rd congestion fix

RELIEF IS in sight for

commuters at the congested

roundabout of Halswell

Junction and Springs Rds.

A traffic signal will be

installed before the roundabout

on Halswell Junction Rd to

combat the 2km line of traffic

which builds up daily.

New Zealand Transport

Agency journey manager

Lee Wright said people have

significant

delays at the

roundabout

during the

morning peak –

from 6-10am.

“Some

mornings it

Malcolm Lyall

can take more

than 12min for

people to travel along Springs

Rd and enter the roundabout

because of the constant flow

of traffic travelling north-west

along Halswell Junction Rd,”

Ms Wright said.

She said there are often

lines of traffic backed up for

more than 2km while people

wait for a safe gap to enter the

roundabout.

The new signal will relieve

the delay by several minutes

and improve safety during the

morning rush.

“It is frustrating for drivers

and also risky as some motorists

try to enter the roundabout

when it is not safe to do so,” Ms

Wright said.

The signal will be installed

80m before the roundabout on

the Halswell side of Halswell

Junction Rd.

Two sensors will also be

installed – one 200m before the

new traffic signals, and another

on Springs Rd, 50m before the

roundabout.

The signal will only be used

to manage traffic during the

morning peak.

Ms Wright said the two

sensors will ensure traffic is not

stopped unnecessarily and the

majority of people travelling on

Halswell Junction Rd will not

notice any delays.

Give way rules will still apply

at the roundabout, even if cars

have got a green light.

“The green light will give

drivers permission to approach

the roundabout, but they will

still need to obey the road rules

and give way to oncoming

traffic once they are at the

JAMMED:

Traffic on

Halswell

Junction Rd will

be eased with

the installation of

a traffic signal in

September.

PHOTO: GEOFF

SLOAN

roundabout,” Ms Wright said.

Prebbleton resident and

Selwyn Deputy Mayor Malcolm

Lyall said he was delighted

that the intersection will be

improved.

“I’m pleased for our

community that the transport

agency is pro-actively providing

a solution to what has become

a frustrating intersection on

our local roading network.

This change will make a real

difference to commuters.”

The project it set to cost

around $150,000.

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Businesses plan

mass trespass

of shoplifters

• By Sophie Cornish

FED UP business owners are

hoping to take matters into their

own hands by mass trespassing

shoplifters and troublemakers

from New Brighton Mall stores.

The plan works on the same

principle as a trespass notice from

a shopping mall,

except those

caught stealing

will be banned

from every business

that signs up

Paul Lonsdale

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New Brighton

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manager Paul Lonsdale is

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“It sends a clear message that

we’re not going to tolerate this sort

of behaviour out in New Brighton,”

he said.

“If one member wants to trespass

someone from their business, then

they are trespassed from all the

businesses,” Mr Lonsdale said.

He set up a similar scheme in

the central city in 2007 when he

was involved with the Central City

Business Association.

Mr Lonsdale claims the programme

was very successful.

Twelve New Brighton businesses

have so far shown interest.

Man goes on rampage

•From page 1

Owner Mark Sullivan said it was a

real pain to have to shut down while

the damage was being repaired.

“He was in the middle of the road

throwing things at cars and attacked

a bus,” he said.

Sergeant Mike Jackson said it

would appear the man had mental

health issues and has done “a lot of

damage.”

The man was arrested without a

struggle, but swore at officers as they

put him in the police vehicle.

Mosaic by Simo manager Sumeet

Misra said they occasionally gave

the offender food. It appeared he had

just snapped, he said.

The man had tried to throw a

pot plant through the restaurant

window and when he couldn’t he

just smashed it on the floor before

continuing to smash things in the

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Fast food outlet angers residents

• By Gabrielle Stuart

A NEW McDonald’s on Ferry

Rd has been given the tick of

approval by the city council – but

not by the community.

Many residents are angry

they were not given a chance to

have a say on the plan, which

has been approved by the city

council without any community

consultation.

The site chosen for the new restaurant,

on the corner of Ferry

Rd and Heathcote St, is less than

1km from two primary schools,

and two early childhood centres.

It is 2.4km from the fast food

outlets around Eastgate Shopping

Centre, which include

another McDonald’s, a KFC,

Burger King and Dominos Pizza.

St Anne’s School principal

Dallas Wichman said having

fast food so close would be very

tempting for children walking to

or from school.

“When schools are trying to

teach healthy eating and those

smells are constantly wafting

over the fence it’s pretty hard

to get the message across, and I

expect we’ll have similar issues,”

he said.

A petition was organised by

Linwood community members

last year asking the city council to

put restrictions on where fast food

OPPOSED: St Anne’s School principal Dallas Wichman (left) is one of a group of residents

worried about a planned new McDonald’s, which is set to be built on the corner of Ferry Rd and

Heathcote St.

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER

outlets were allowed to open.

But the city council decided it

did not have the legal power to

do that.

Linwood city councillor Yani

Johanson said that was “totally

unfair” on local communities.

“The city council decided it

was too difficult. I just think it’s

a shame because this kind of

case is what we were trying to

prevent,” he said.

The community was not allowed

a say because “food and

beverage activities” were already

allowed in the zone, and the

Government’s Christchurch

District Plan set guidelines

minimising the amount of consultation.

Woolston Residents Association

chairwoman Jackie Simons

said she believed a lot of people

would have made submissions on

the plan if they could.

“We’re always disappointed

when the public aren’t consulted,”

she said.

Kindercare Woolston centre

manager Melissa Fisk said she

had heard a lot of concern from

parents about the plan.

She said it was unfair they were

not given a chance to have a say,

or to talk about conditions set for

the restaurant.

The restaurant has been approved

to open 24 hours, seven

days a week, which she believed

would cause problems.

“There’s enough trouble

around here without people

hanging around at all hours,” she

said.

A McDonald’s Restaurants NZ

spokesman said it had worked

through the proper resource

consent process.

“Our local franchisees are

celebrating 30 years in Christchurch

this year, and as with any

new restaurant development, we

are sensitive to the communities

in which we operate,” he said.

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Keep your dog on a leash as lambing begins

DOGS MUST now be kept on

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under way.

There will soon be hundreds

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Quarry, Mt Vernon, Sugarloaf,

Scarborough Hill, Greenwood

Reserve, Godley Head Reserve,

Castle Hill Reserve and

Montgomery Spur Reserve.

Matt Rose, a city council

ranger based at Victoria Park,

said signs have been put up on

Port Hills tracks alerting visitors

to the lambs, but he has

noticed people are still walking

and biking in the area with

their dogs roaming free.

There have been cases in the

past where dogs have chased

SCHOOLS

or mauled newborn lambs.

“The city council doesn’t

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we are asking the public to

respect stock welfare. The next

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crucial time for lambing and

it’s important that dogs are

kept on a lead,” said Mr Rose.

City council reserves are

used for sheep grazing by

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The grazing is an important

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just temporarily left the lamb

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Mega-facility work

to start next year

at Denton Park

• By Julia Evans

WORK ON the new $38 million

mega-facility at Denton Park is

scheduled to start in late next

year.

The Hornby Library, Customer

Services and South West Leisure

Centre will be sited at the park

after months of debate and

controversy.

The facility is still in the

planning stage and it will go into

design at the end of this year.

But south-west residents

shouldn’t expect to be using the

facility until the middle of 2020.

Although at this stage, these are

only indicative dates.

Sports clubs which have been

protesting the mega-facility’s

construction at Denton Park said

they will fight to the bitter end.

A petition, started by Hornby

resident Mark Peters, has received

1500 signatures – including nine

from the original Denton family.

Mr Peters said it was started

to save the “green heart” of the

suburb.

“Denton Park is the Hagley

Park of Hornby. We really feel

passionately about that open

space. It’s been there for generations,”

he said.

He said he is trying to get the

voice of the community out there.

THE Christchurch Adventure

Park is set to reopen before the

end of the year – but it will look

very different.

About two thirds of the trees

in the park have had to be

removed because of fire damage,

and the 18 mountain bike tracks

are being redesigned.

The $25 million park has

been closed since the tracks,

chairlift and zip lines were badly

damaged in February’s Port Hills

fire, which hit three months after

it opened.

Christchurch Adventure Park

spokeswoman Maree Wilson

said there was a huge amount of

damage across the park.

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Christchurch

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Lee Sampson

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time along with the arrival of

the new facilities at Burwood

have left The Princess Margaret

Hospital teetering on the edge

of demolition.

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these iconic buildings

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has thrown at them in

recent years.

So why demolition? TPMH

is nestled at the foot of the Port

Hills in Cashmere on a parcel

of land valued at around $30-

$35 million. Conceivably, if the

CDHB could demolish these

buildings ‘cheaply’ they’d make

a ‘quick buck’ to help balance

the books. In reality, demolition

costs alone will stretch

to several million, which this

CDHB doesn’t have either with

She said the whole shape of the

hill had changed since the fire.

“It’s the logging operation

that has caused a lot of damage,

with the removal of the trees.

So because of that there’s a huge

job ahead to get the trails up and

running,” she said.

A replacement haul rope for

the chairlift recently arrived

from Austria, and new zip lines

also needed to be installed, she

said.

She said about 30 of the

adventure park staff had stayed

on, and those who were not

busy with the repairs had spent

their time volunteering in the

community.

their ongoing stand-off with the

Ministry.

So the make-do health services

and tired facilities have an

agonising short term reprieve

as this frustrating state of limbo

continuous, equally untenable to

all concerned parties. However,

there is one key missing piece

to this puzzle, that’s the broader

logic as to why the CDHB are

seeking to demolish TPMH at

all?

No due diligence has been

provided to support this tact,

besides a somewhat related high

level business case for Burwood.

Moreover, the engineering assessments

generally indicate

TPMH structures to be pretty

sound at around 35 per cent

to 67 per cent NBS with ‘minor

to moderate’ earthquake

That included teaching cycle

skills at schools, cooking for

Ronald McDonald House,

helping with classes at the

Christchurch City Mission and

taking children at Cholmondeley

Children’s Centre for bike rides.

The park is set to reopen before

Christmas, but Ms Wilson said

they could not set a date yet

because there was still so much

work to be done.

The recent rain had turned the

park into “a big mud pie”, and

that made the job harder, she

said.

She said regular updates would

be posted on the Christchurch

Adventure Park Facebook page.

damage, engineers further note

the main buildings could be

’significantly stronger’ than the

current CDHB modelling suggests.

What’s more TPMH’s vast

40,000m2 of floor space would

cost taxpayers about $300-$400

million to re-construct in today’s

money – so potentially the remaining

value of the structures

could seriously eclipse that of

any land sale.

Now the predicament, Burwood

is indeed built so we

frankly don’t require this capacity

at TPMH. So, what are the

options? Well the CDHB seemingly

favour demolition, then

cramming most other services

(including mental health) into

Hillmorton Hospital amongst

others. Personally, I prefer a

slightly bolder vision; this would

involve upgrading and consolidating

existing services and

others, along with introducing a

community-orientated suite of

services at TPMH – ie an integrated

health facility; together

with re-purposing redundant

spaces through partnerships

with the market, possibly Ngai

Tahu. An obvious synergy is the

aged healthcare or the retirement

sector to assist our continued

wave of ‘baby boomers’

– this would certainly help the

CDHB to balance the books to

a greater extent that the pocket

change and lessor community

outcomes demolition offers.

Finally, we must acknowledge

the fact these are exceptionally

challenging times for the CDHB,

and staff work tremendously

hard to maintain service levels

but I can only hope that a newlyformed

government on September

23 can rapidly rebuild the

relationship between the Ministry

and CDHB to allow room for

considered thought and vision

– before all of our crown jewels

are sold off. Regardless, health

services should continue to be

provided from TPMH site to

support the ‘day to day’ needs of

our growing communities.

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your own opinion email lee.

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REVERSE LAYUP: Nic Wenmoth’s double-double for Cashmere

was part of a balanced team performance.

Cashmere in Thompson Trophy final

• By Andrew King

CASHMERE HIGH are

one game away from their

first McDonald’s Thompson

Trophy division one

basketball title. All that

stands in their way is Christ’s

College.

Since grinding out a 77-

52 win over Shirley Boys’

High at home last week to

book their spot in the final,

they’ve been building up to

the 7.30pm game at Cowles

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A win would see them

crowned Canterbury

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a confidence boost heading

into the South Island

tournament in Dunedin

(September 6-9).

Cashmere’s last title was in

2011, when the competition

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Thompson Trophy.

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their game plan.

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MID-AIR: Cashmere’s Connor McLaughlin rises

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processes and sticking to our

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much easier said than done.

They have some other great

players like Tom Crutchley,

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Sheat called the

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Christ’s beat Rangiora High

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In the division two final,

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More than 1700 pupils making up

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Halswell beat Paparoa Street School in

the final to lift the title.

Halswell coach Leigh Hurford said it

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“We were thrilled that all of the hard

work we put into practicing paid off and

we were elated to come away with the

victory.”

Thorrington School came third in

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Hillview Christian School were second

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Cashmere Primary and Tai Tapu

School were third equal in the senior

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In the junior hockey, St Martins

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He said the drama group

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