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6 Tuesday September 19 2017 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi SOUTHERN VIEW News Yacht club has wind Fashion • By Sophie Cornish A FITNESS manager is eating under its burgers to save dogs without homes. Marce ‘The Tongan Tornado’ sails again Taulango will defend his title against five other contestants in •From page 1 the Lower 9th Diner’s burger eating contest on Saturday. “It’s not an automatic effect but Gardening there are things happening. Mr Taulango has raised money Grant Dalton and some of the for charities the past two Team New Zealand crew are annual events, in spite of the coming down for a fundraising contest not being for charity. event next month,” Mr Ineson Competitors will get 5min to said. eat as many burgers as possible. “They are supporting the Christchurch Bull Breed Rescue is the charity chosen by Mr Pleasant Point Yacht Club rebuild. It’s all part and parcel of Taulango this year. It provides promoting Motoring yachting and we food, shelter and re-homing for hope it will have ongoing abandoned and rescued bullbreed dogs. benefits.” Sailing from Moncks Bay In 2015, his charity was the since 1891, Christchurch Yacht Second Chance Dog Rescue, and Club is one of the oldest in the Cure Kids in 2016, where more country. than $1200 was raised. It famously produced New Those making donations can Zealand’s first Olympic sailing either pledge money per burger gold medallists, Peter Mander eaten or make a contribution. and Tasty Jack Cropp, in Melbourne Bites in For each burger Mr Taulango 1956, and in 1992 Lesley Egnot eats, he will raise $104. won a silver in Barcelona. “The more I eat, the more I can A new $1.17 million boatshed help out the charity,” said Mr is set to be completed by Taulango. Christmas, replacing the one Lower 9th Diner is now getting demolished in June, 2011. involved in the charitable act, Woofing down burgers for charity MUNCHING: Marce Taulango will be eating burgers to raise money for bull-breed dogs. If you are interested in adopting a dog like Reno (above) from Christchurch Bull Breed Rescue, visit www.chchbullbreedrescue.org.nz. pledging $10 per burger eaten to the Cancer Society. Mr Taulango has won the past two contests at the diner. “In the first year, I entered and thought why not try and make it a charitable event and I ended up winning, which I didn’t really expect,” he said. Mr Taulango is hoping to demolish 10 burgers this year. Last year, he managed to devour eight and a half burgers and six in 2015. No preparation has been done, other than training at the gym – a strategy which has worked for Mr Taulango in the past. “I happen to be up against professional eaters and I just try to copy their techniques,” he said. The charity is close to home for Mr Taulango, who owns a bullbreed dog himself. Abbey Vanderplas, founder of Christchurch Bull Breed Rescue, started the charity in her own home and expanded it with the help of volunteers. Mr Taulango’s wife Rebecca also helps out at the centre and walks the dogs. •The burger eating contest will be held on Saturday, from 6-7pm, at the Lower 9th Diner, 89 Lichfield St. •Donations can be made at the Snap Fitness New Brighton reception, 185 Bower Ave, New Brighton, until Saturday. Collection buckets will be at the event. Money Our fee is 1% from min fee applies At Smart Real Estate YOU keep the profits Our Smart Marketing offers global exposure Full service, Free appraisals Phone Kerryn Allan 022 189 6678 or 03 384 8600 Dyers Road Landscape & Garden Supplies • Barks • Peastraw • Composts - we supply the best available • Aggregates - Chip, Round and Basecourse • Pavers & Schist products • Pungas • Decorative Stones & Landscaping Rocks • Trailer Hire first hour free with purchase • Bag & Bulk - pick up or delivered David, Carol & Mike We will deliver! SOIL AND HARDFILL DUMPING Phone: 03 384 6540 183 Dyers Rd, Bromley • OPEN 7 DAYS Weekdays 7.30am-5pm. Weekends 8.30am-3pm www.dyersroadandlandscapes.co.nz 30th SEPTEMBER & 1st OCTOBER HORNCASTLE ARENA CHRISTCHURCH 10AM – 5PM DOOR SALES $10 CHILDREN UNDER 12 FREE www.expos.co.nz 06 354 0498 Grab your girlfriends, mum or daughters and come have a great day out! • Over 200 Companies Involved • Everything from wine and food to shopping, fashion, business, beauty & lots more • Moisture Mist and Za Makeup Lounge • Style Mystic Hair Lounge • Sparklewhite Beauty Lounge • Goodie Bags • Taste Zone • Artisan Craft Zone • Southern Reflexology Relaxation Lounge You deserve a girl’s day out.
SOUTHERN VIEW Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday September 19 2017 7 Local News Now Fire rages, homes at risk WWE superfans meet wrestling idol n • By Julia Evans ZEINAT ALEBEL almost broke down in tears when she met her WWE professional wrestling idol, Dean Ambrose. The 18-year-old Sockburn resident would describe herself as a wrestling super fan. ning Which was proved after she and her sister Sofiya, 14, lined up from 7am at The Hub Hornby for the chance to meet Raw tag team champion, Ambrose. “My heart is racing,” she said. Zeinat got Ambrose to sign her ng cellphone, which she said was now one of her favourite possessions. After the 3pm meet and greet, the teens went to WWE Live at Horncastle Arena – the only live wrestling event in the country. Zeinat said seeing WWE Live was seven years in the making. “Last time we saw them I was 11 and ites Sofiya was 7.” But she said they’d both been watching on television for as long as they can remember, if not longer. “I’ve been watching since 1999 and I was born in 1999,” GUN SHOW: WWE wrestler Dean Ambrose shows off his muscles to super fan Sofiya Alebel from Burnside High School who he met during a meet and greet. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER Zeinat said. She, along with almost 300 other fans, lined up from 7am to get the wrist bands that would see them meet Ambrose later in the day and get his signature. Zeinat said she and Sofiya went to The Hub early for the meet and greet. “It was so worth it,” she said. • By Julia Evans ARTIST RUBY Williams stood on the workshop floor of ENI Engineering in Halswell’s industrial outskirts. It might not seem like a place for creating art but the 15-yearold Villa Maria College student couldn’t wipe the smile off her face. Ruby saw the sculpture she designed as part of the SCAPE Public Art season for the first time. “It’s perfect. It’s exactly what I had in mind. Absolutely perfect,” she said. The mammoth steel branch, which will be fixed to a tree in Hagley Park, was shaped by ENI engineer Paul Bacon. It’s not something he gets to do very often. Ruby picked out the “pinkypurple” shade it will be painted, CREATIVE: Ruby Williams, 15, is all smiles with her steel sculpture of a tree branch. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER Student branching out to become successful artist saying it represented her personality. Ruby’s mum Breda said her “budding artist” had been waiting eagerly to see the sculpture all day. She was “so, so proud” of her daughter. Ruby won the chance to see her sketches come to life after winning the senior section of the Re:ACTIVATE project. “I don’t know how to explain how it feels. It’s just really, really cool to finally see it,” Ruby said. The branch will be on display for six weeks during the public art season from October 7. It will even feature as a stop on the public walk, which takes people on a tour of all the public art in the city. The teen said seeing the branch had given her the drive to keep chasing her creative dreams. “Now is the moment we’ve been waiting for. It’s time. This is our opportunity to build a better, fairer future for New Zealand. To fix our healthcare, grow our economy, respect our environment and to look after our towns as much as our cities. It’s time to change things for the better. I’m ready. We’re ready.” Jacinda Ardern, Labour Leader Ruth Dyson for Port Hills As your local Member of Parliament, I listen to people, work hard and get things done. We need affordable housing, better mental health services and truly swimmable rivers and lakes. I want to be part of a Labour-led government that delivers these things for all New Zealanders. Authorised by Andrew Kirton, 160 Willis St, Wellington
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