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2 Thursday July 7 2016 follow us on facebook.com/riseupchristchurch The Star FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK Inside News...................................3-20 SAM DICKSON is five weeks away from living the ultimate sporting dream. Not that he hasn’t been living it since he made the New Zealand sevens team a few years ago. Canterbury-lad Dickson will be in Rio, playing for Olympic gold next month and on page 23 he tells sports reporter Gordon Findlater of the big decision he had to make to get there. For possibly the not-sosporting type, on pages 30 and 31 we showcase Ara third year design students mid-year collection on our fashion pages. Columnist Melissa McDonnell is a What Now fan and now her children are too. Read her weekly instalment on the trials and tribulations of being a mum on page 33. We reveal street artist Wongi ‘Freak’ Wilson’s latest central city masterpiece (page 3) and on page 5 we find out how much it has cost to set up the Crown company tasked with over seeing the anchor projects. – Barry Clarke Using science to satisfy a love of food Timely win at Home and Leisure Show NEWS TASTE 24 17 30 Viewpoint.................12,13 Our People...................18,19 Business..........................21 Countdown to Rio........23 Gardening......................27 Theatre/Arts.............28,29 CTV Programmes.....32 Travel........................................35 Puzzles.............................38 Sport.................................39-41 Ara students’ designs on show FASHION CONTACT THE STAR ADVERTISERS Grow your sales with The Star! • Biggest home delivery • Huge readership • Easy-to-read tabloid format • It’s FREE! • Trusted for 147 years • Locally owned and operated For a free advertising consultation Ph 3797 100 or email shane@starmedia.kiwi today! GENERAL: 379 7100 | NEWS: Barry Clarke. 364 7422. barry@starmedia.kiwi | ADVERTISING: 379-7100, shane@starmedia.kiwi | CIRCULATION/DELIVERY JOBS: 364-7451 or 7453 | WEB: starmedia.kiwi At a Glance THIS WEEK IN CANTERBURY’S PAST This week in history saw the New Zealand Boxing Association being formed in Christchurch on July 4, 1902. Hundreds of people were evacuated as serious flooding affected the city on July 4, 1977. Three young men drowned in the Avon River as a result of a boating mishap on July 6, 1887. Widespread flooding also caused problems in the province on July 7, 1908. The Canterbury Society of Arts was formed on July 8, 1880. Civic tree planting began on July 9, 1863. Part of the day’s planting was a commemorative tree, generally regarded as the beginning of the Botanic Gardens. Hagley Park and Botanic Gardens were included in the city boundary on July 10, 1922. A record crowd of over 57,000 watched the All Blacks play against the British Lions at Lancaster Park on July 10, 1971. DIGITAL EDITION starnews.co.nz MAKING SMILING EASIER Smiles will get a bit brighter for those people for whom dental care is unaffordable with the contribution of $10,000 by the Harcourts Foundation to the Canterbury Charity Hospital. The funds will expand the hospital’s oral care facilities on Harewood Rd in Bishopdale, Christchurch. Canterbury Charity Hospital founder and surgeon Phil Bagshaw said the new oral surgery would increase the number of procedures. For all your blind repair and cleaning requirements The Blind Care Company has been cleaning and repairing the region’s blinds for over 60 years. Those six decades have seen changes in both fashion and technology. 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The Star follow us on facebook.com/riseupchristchurch Thursday July 7 2016 3 News Giant mural lifts spirits ‘Freak’ Wilson’s latest masterpiece CHRISTCHURCH street artist Wongi ‘Freak’ Wilson’s latest artwork continues to enthrall the Garden City. The mural on the side of the UniMed building at the corner of Gloucester and Manchester Sts was completed last month and shows two children playing hide and seek. It was commissioned by UniMed New Zealand and set up by the street art collective OiYou. Wilson (left) said as far as he was aware there are no plans to build in front of the mural. “So hopefully it’ll be there for some time.” The giant images are modelled on his and his wife Emma’s niece, and on the son of a good friend. Born and raised in Sydenham in Christchurch where he still lives, Wilson’s cheerful murals continue to lift spirits city-wide. He says his art has evolved from a hobby to a full-time •From page 1 His office said the DPMC was leading discussions between Great Christchurch Buildings Trust and the Anglican Diocese. But a DPMC spokesman told The Star the confidentiality agreement only applied until the report was released late last year, inferring Mr Anderton and Mr Burdon were in fact able to talk publicly. Mr Anderton said after the ENTHRALLING: Wongi Wilson’s artwork of two children playing hide and seek on a building on the corner of Gloucester and Manchester has been completed. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN career with the help and support of Emma, who is an accountant, and boosted by the opportunities brought about in post-quake Christchurch. He did a Certificate in Design at the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology in 2009, and has never looked back, doing dozens of murals each year, many of them confidentially agreement lapsed he was told that any comment would have to come from a former Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority senior staff member now based in Mr Brownlee’s office, who also liaises with the DPMC. Mr Anderton said he was abiding by that directive. But a central city developer Earnest Duval said someone needed to talk about what was documented at his website, www.wongi.co.nz His interest in graffiti developed at a young age, watching the art form grow over the last two decades from virtual non-existence to a blossoming, pervasive creative influence across the country. He has played a major role in transformation graffiti art in happening with the Cathedral, because the silence was fuelling uncertainty for developers and property owners. “It is such a significant project for Christchurch because it is a catalyst for so much development in the area,” he said. He said he understood the details of the discussions being kept under wraps, but either the Government or the Cathedral campaigners should be allowed Christchurch through both his hundreds of large-scale murals across the city, and through several exhibitions at Canterbury Museum and the COCA Gallery. His medium of choice is the spray can but his trademark is a diverse range of styles featuring a blend of traditional graffiti and photorealism. Cathedral group say they are muzzled to give updates on the process. Mr Anderton said the Government had taken keeping information under wraps too far. “I think it’s the time, and well past it, that they could actually make an announcement about what is actually happening.” A spokesman for the Anglican Diocese said it was not aware of or involved in any confidentiality agreement around the discussions. In Brief 86-YEAR-OLD DIES IN FIRE An 86-year-old reported to be Raymond Leslie John Burnett died after a fire tore through his home south of Cheviot yesterday. An elderly woman, believed to be his wife, managed to escape the fire which had engulfed the house, police said. Fire crews were called to the burning house, on Gore Bay, about 7.40am. BUS PATRONAGE Patronage of the city’s orange line bus route was up 8 per cent in May compared to the same time last year, while patronage of the Orbiter was down 6.2 per cent. The blue, yellow and purple lines were at close to the same level of patronage. The total number of people using these five main lines was 709,432, a fall of 1.2 per cent compared to the previous year. ARTIST DONATES PAINTINGS Christchurch artist Rangi Downes has donated his paintings to 51 hospitals and doctors’ offices around the South Island, and has no plans to stop. The 75-year-old has returned from a road trip delivering the Mickey Mouse paintings, which he began to donate after hearing the stories of children fighting cancer. He is now working on a series of paintings for sick children in Christchurch. POLLUTION GUIDELINE EXCEEDED The city recorded its fourth and fifth high pollution days for the year within the last week. The health-based concentration guideline was exceeded on Sunday with a 24-hour average concentration of 51mcg of suspended particulate per cubic metre of air, measured at the monitoring site in St Albans. On Monday, 95mcg was recorded at the Woolston monitoring site. 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Craig Austin, MD, Dermatology, NY “Use at home” treatment; Available from Call Nicky at Bespoke Ph: 021 249 1499 Shop online at www.bespokecosmetic.co.nz Proudly supported by Presents Sat 16th - Sun 17th July 9am - 5pm Horncastle Arena 55 Jack Hinton Drive, Addington $5 Entry *Kids under 2 free* The Christchurch Brick Show is back and is one of the biggest LEGO® event of its kind in New Zealand! The Exhibition will showcase fantastic LEGO® fan creations, and is aimed at LEGO® fans of all ages. www.facebook.com/christchurchbrickshow LEGO is a trademark of the LEGO Group, which does not sponsor, authorise or endorse this event.
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