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Hornby
Wendy’s
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hospo staff
• By Emily O’Connell
A HORNBY woman has won a
three-year battle with a fast food
company to ensure employees
across the country get their days
in lieu.
Wendy’s, which has 23 outlets
in New Zealand, including one
in Hereford St and in Hornby,
has breached two sections of the
Holidays Act 2003.
Wendy’s employee Rose
Williams went to the Ministry
of Business, Innovation and
Employment three years ago
with the lieu day issue after she
had been working at the Hornby
restaurant for a year.
Mrs Williams said Wendy’s
staff were not being given a lieu
day after working on a public
holiday. She told Western News
it feels “pretty good” to win the
case.
Unite Union, of which
Mrs Williams is a delegate,
has estimated it would cost
Wendy’s $1.6 million to pay back
employees’ leiu days.
MBIE senior labour inspector
RIGHTS: Rose Williams has won a three-year battle against Wendy’s to give employees days in
lieu when they work a public holiday.
PHOTO: ANDREW KING
Kim Baldwin found Wendy’s
breached section 56 and 60 of the
Holidays Act.
Section 56 says an alternative
holiday must be provided to
an employee who works on a
public holiday if that day would
otherwise have been a working
day for them.
Section 60 sets out how those
employees should be paid for the
alternative holiday.
Wendy’s has been ordered
to comply with the two
sections, conduct a review of its
restaurants and keep records of
staff contacted, rosters and leave.
It has been ordered to give
all past and present employees
from the Hornby and Dunedin
restaurants their alternative
holidays, or the equivalent
pay since the restaurants were
opened.
Wendy’s has also been ordered
to do the same for all other
restaurants across the country
backdated to July 1, 2012.
Unite Union national secretary
Gerard Hehir said it was “very
happy” with the result.
“We think it has significance
beyond our dispute with
Wendy’s actually,” he said.
Mr Hehir said it’s hard to
establish what would be a
person’s normal working day
in hospitality because of their
variable shift work.
“The problem we have with
Wendy’s is they said no-one was
entitled to one [an alternative
holiday] at all, because hours
changed occasionally,” Mr Hehir
said.
He admired how tenacious
Mrs Williams was throughout
the trial. Mrs Williams left a job
at Countdown to raise her son
Josh after her husband Murray
died in a speedway crash 14 years
ago. She said her late husband
was racing a sidecar at Ruapuna
Speedway when he crashed and
died instantly.
She started working at
Hornby Wendy’s four years
ago.
She said public holidays are the
restaurant’s busiest days and it
wasn’t fair to not get a day in lieu
for working them.
She plans to continue
working at Wendy’s and has not
encountered any problems while
standing up for her rights.
Wendy’s head office could not
respond to Western News before
deadline yesterday.
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WHAT A terrific fight Rose Williams (page
1) had put up against fast food giant Wendy’s.
Her battle will see Wendy’s staff across New
Zealand backpaid for owed days in lieu.
Rose took her case Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment claiming Wendy’s were not honouring
their lieu day committments.
And she’s won. It will mean Wendy’s staff across the country will
share in about $1.6 million in owed pay.
Rose is no stranger to adversity – her husband Murray was killed
in a speedway crash, and she’s had to work hard to keep her
household going. Great stuff Rose.
We’ve refreshed our masthead and page 2, and there’s more
changes in the wind. I’ll keep to you posted.
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Tuesday November 28 2017 3
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Wigram street may get truck ban
• By Emily O’Connell
AFTER MONTHS of being
woken by passing trucks in
the early hours, Lodestar Ave
residents are hopeful a new
citywide bylaw will give them
some peace and quiet.
The Traffic and Parking Bylaw
2017, which will give the city
council the
ability to restrict
heavy vehicles
on certain roads,
was approved by
councillors on
Thursday.
Now Halswell
Ward city
Anne
Galloway
councillor
Anne Galloway
is pushing for
heavy vehicle
restrictions to be placed on
Lodestar Ave.
She said the restriction would
be put on the avenue in mid-2018
if city council staff approved it.
“Such a decision would be
the outcome of a technical
assessment and public
consultation, which has not yet
occurred,” Cr Galloway said.
A resident at Lady Wigram
Retirement Village on Lodestar
Ave was very pleased it had been
approved.
NOISY: Large container trucks on Lodestar Ave in Wigram.
PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER
“We are waiting in hope,” he
said. On Thursday, Cr Galloway
asked a city council staff member
whether the new bylaw would be
applicable to Lodestar Ave.
He said it would have to assess
each case individually.
“An operational policy will
need to be developed to support
the bylaw,” he said.
Cr Galloway said the timing
for the policy hadn’t been
determined.
“Such a policy would contain
a number of conditions where
restrictions can be considered,
such as the number and type of
heavy vehicles using the street,”
she said.
Cr Galloway said she’s pleased
the city council will now have the
tools it needs to address speed
and heavy vehicle traffic issues.
She said it will make residential
streets safer for walking and
biking.
Wigram MP Megan Woods
said it was a good first step.
“Now we have to work to
finalise the process, consult with
local people and hopefully get the
bylaw applied to Lodestar Ave,”
Dr Woods said.
Lady Wigram Retirement
Village residents say they are
often woken at 4.30am. They
have been lobbying for bylaw to
ban trucks on Lodestar Ave since
April when they met with Cr
Galloway and Dr Woods.
For many workers, Lodestar
Ave is a short cut to work sites in
the area.
The Traffic and Parking Bylaw
2017 will come into effect from
March 1.
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the removal.
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Support for parents and kids
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works in
the Hei Hei
and Broomfield area. She
talks about how a group
she started, has made
a big difference in the
community
I manage tenancies and
properties in the Broomfield and
Hei Hei areas and recently came
up with an idea to engage with
parents and children in that part
of the city.
While there appeared to be a
lot on offer for over 60s in the
area, I wasn’t able to find much
in terms of support and socialising
for parents and carers of
young children.
Community development
worker Tracey Buunk and I got
together earlier in the year to
begin a local playgroup named
Tea and Tots.
The group is currently held
on the last Thursday of every
month at 126 on the Corner (125
Hei Hei Rd), which is owned by
Hei Hei Broomfield Community
Trust. The venue offers all sort
of weekly events to get the community
engaging.
Tea and Tots gives children a
chance to play and be creative in
a safe environment while parents
are meeting and supporting
other parents in the community.
Since we began in August, ABC
Hei Hei are onboard with us.
While it got off to a slow start,
we now have about eight under
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community attend regularly.
The monthly gatherings have
become more popular as word
has spread. We intend to hold
the playgroup more often in 2018
and are looking for volunteers to
make this possible.
The aim of tea and Tots is to
have our community mixing,
meeting, supporting and having
fun with one another.
While this will involve Housing
New Zealand tenants, the
aim is to extend the invitation to
the wider community as well.
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Thursday, November 30,
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• By Emily O’Connell
BURNSIDE PARK’S new
barbecue was put to the test at
its opening on Friday.
The Wigram Lions Club and
the city council worked together
to gift the electric barbecue and
shelter to the Burnside community.
City council head of parks
Brent Smith said the total project
cost $61,843.
Club member Jack Tait said
the barbecue took two and a half
years of planning.
He said when the club turned
100-years-old internationally,
they were encouraged to
“recognise that by leaving a
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Fire rages, homes at risk
CELEBRATION:
Lisa Gregory
(left), Bronwyn
Frost and Kay
Rabe serving
sausages to the
community at
the opening of
the Burnside
Park barbecue
on Friday. ​
Cooks try out park’s
new barbecue
legacy to the community.”
Mr Tait said the barbecue was
also a celebration of the Wigram
club’s 45th anniversary this year.
He said he’s “very pleased”
with how the barbecue has
turned out.
Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood
Community Board chairman
David Cartwright said the
barbecue was originally going to
be in Avonhead Park but after a
“push-back” from residents and
sports groups, the city council
found another location.
Mr Cartwright said club has
gone out of their way to fundraise
for the barbecue.
“It really complements that
playground area there,” he said.
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Meeting to discuss Denton Park’s future
Fire rages, homes at risk
• By Emily O’Connell
DENTON PARK could be a step
closer to becoming the site of
the controversial $35.7 million
Hornby mega centre.
Tonight the Halswell-Hornby-
Riccarton Community Board
will discuss reclassifying part
of the park from a recreation
reserve to a local purpose (community
buildings) reserve.
The board will also discuss
amending the Denton Park management
plan to accommodate
the Hornby Library, Customer
Services and South West Leisure
Centre and when it should put
the reclassification out for public
consultation.
Community board deputy
chairwoman Helen Broughton
said the board may “have little
option but to pass it [the removal
of the reserve classification], as
it’s been delegated by the city
council.”
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Club has sent a letter to the
community board stating its
objection to the new centre being
at Denton Park.
The club does not want to
break its lease, which runs until
2039, and it is concerned about
additional traffic in the area.
“It represents trying to put an
DISAPPOINTED: Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board chairman Mike Mora wants
something done about Kyle Park.
PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER
elephant in a fish bowl,” the letter
said.
Save Denton Park group chairman
Mark Peters told Western
News it has been declined an opportunity
to make a deputation
at tonight’s meeting.
He said the group was annoyed
by this and it wants the
city council “to sit up and listen
and stop taking bad advice from
their staff”.
He said a better time for the
group to speak would be at the
reclassification hearing.
Meanwhile, Mr Mora would
like to see the city council do
more to remediate Kyle Park and
then reconsider it as an option
for the new centre.
City council operations
manager neighbourhood and
sports park, Al Hardy, said
garden areas were fenced off
permanently two years ago at
Kyle Park.
“The areas have been
mulched to ensure the amenity
of the park is retained whilst
containing the risk. The cost of
the fencing was $138,237,” he
said.
Mr Mora said it’s the first time
he has heard the fence would be
permanent.
Kyle Park will host the BMX
New Zealand South Island titles
in mid January.
Christchurch City BMX Club
treasurer Peter Cochrane said
spectators won’t have much
space to view the races due to the
fence.
Mr Hardy said the area behind
the fence has always been an
amenity and woodland garden
area and the fence didn’t reduce
“the actual space available for
recreation purposes”.
Mr Mora said the fenced off
area is “an absolute mess” and is
going to be a fire risk in summer.
But Mr Hardy said the area
behind the fence is maintained
on an “as required basis in order
to minimise disturbance to the
soil”.
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Marketing skills on the line for
Villa Maria entrepreneurs
• By Emily O’Connell
GOLDFISH, BATH bombs and
hot chocolate reindeer were
among the items on sale at Villa
Maria College’s year 10 market
day on Wednesday.
Students were placed in teams
of two or three with one of their
aims being to produce a product or
service to sell on a market day.
The course is part of the year 10
technology enterprise half-year
module.
Villa students have spent
time learning about business
marketing skills like meeting a
need or opportunity, researching
ideas that fit a particular target
market and adding value to an
existing product.
They also learnt about finance,
costing, advertising, promotion
and selling – all in the hope of
making a small profit if successful
with their sales.
The course aims to give students
an opportunity to self-manage,
work in teams, communicate and
meet deadlines.
Goods such as succulent planters,
pamper packs, fluffy snow,
stress balls, Christmas decorations,
shower jellies, fun soap were
also up for sale.
A small percentage of each
group’s earnings, which Villa
Maria is considering as tax, will
be given to a charity of the class’
choice.
SALE: (From left) – Paige Morarty, Amelia Wilkinson, Alexandra
Taylor and Nimah O’Connell with their stress balls and sherbet
at Villa Maria College’s year 10 market day on Wednesday. ​
• By Sophie Cornish
A COMBINATION of
community groups are helping
low decile pupils get the school
camp experience.
Year 5 and 6 pupils at Linwood
North School recently went on
camp to Living Springs with 50
per cent of their fees paid for.
The Aorangi Sponsorship
Programme coupled with Mitre
10 and Christchurch Girls’ High
School’s Interact group raised
funds to get the pupils to the
camp.
The sponsorship programme
was set up last year and aims to
get underprivileged children an
outdoor education experience.
Linwood North School principal
Sandra Smith said it’s not
common for her pupils to go to
camp and they are only able to if
community funding is available.
“The children that went had
an amazing time. The thing that
stood out for the teachers was
that the children who usually
find school challenging, really
shone and blossomed at camp
and took on the challenges,” said
Ms Smith.
Living Springs chief executive
Denis Aldridge said 50 per cent
of schools going to the camp are
decile 9 and 10.
Schools that are decile 1, 2, 3
and 4 combined only make up 16
SCHOOLS
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CAMP FUN: Linwood North
School pupils Kaylee Lochrie
(left) and Hannah Fraser at
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per cent. “That’s the very schools
who need to be here,” said Mr
Aldridge.
Some “business clusters” are
now sticking with the schools
long-term and sponsoring
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Aldridge.
Last year, six low decile schools
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The programme is aiming for
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together and gets them in a
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Christmas
Market Day
Tuesday 5 December, 1pm – 3pm
Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village
Christmas shopping extravaganza!
We warmly invite your friends and family to join us for our Christmas
Market Day. Come along for some great Christmas gift ideas.
There will be sweets, jewellery, crafts, toys, preserves,
pottery and so much more.
Tours of the village will also be available.
We look forward to seeing you there!
For more information please
phone Susie on 337 6500
23 Bartlett Street, Riccarton
7508

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Shops bursting with
festive gift ideas
The countdown to the big day is well underway, so making
up the Christmas gift list will now be a top priority… if you
haven’t already done so.
Finding those special gifts and stocking
fillers as well as the Christmas treats for
the table is so easy at our city’s malls and
shopping centres, where the shops are
bursting with festive merchandise.
Every woman likes to receive bodypampering
gifts, and there is a huge
selection of these priced to suit all budgets
at the many pharmacies and gift shops
around the city. Perfume is another
favourite and again there is a wide
selection to choose from, ranging from
exciting new releases to the well-known
fragrances that have stood the test of time.
Lingerie, jewellery, fashion accessories,
homewares and decor items – there’s no
end to the ideas for the women on the list.
The men are equally well catered for, from
the sophisticated metro-male boyfriends,
to the car-crazy brothers and the DIY
enthusiast and keen gardener husbands
and dads. Choose from clothing, books,
tools, personal grooming items and
gadgets to put a smile on their face on
Christmas morning.
Speaking of smiles, nothing gives families
more joy than seeing the excitement
of the children opening their presents.
Whether they are delivered by Santa or
snuck under the tree by mum and dad,
the cuddly toys, games, dolls and building
blocks, the candy canes, toy trucks and
pretty dresses currently filling the shops
will bring squeals of sheer happiness from
the smallest family members.
The tweens and teens usually have their
own ideas about what they want for
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Christmas
Creative wrapping
adds intrigue to gifts
Most of the malls offer a free gift-wrapping service, which
is a great help at this busy time, but for those who prefer
to wrap their own here are a few ideas to make gifts look
unique and exciting.
The first tip to make the job easier and
the wrapping look more professional is to
do the task on a flat surface – a table or a
hard floor.
Recycling has become an important
aspect of modern-day life, and that’s easy
to do with gift-wrapping. For example,
those brown paper bags you have put
aside are ideal, especially for odd-shaped
gifts. To give them a Christmassy look,
you could glue on those left-over pieces
of wrapping paper from last year that are
too small to use, and add a candy cane or
chocolate with the gift tag.
Another quirky idea is to wrap your gifts
in fabric. You could cut up a garment you
no longer wear, or look out those left over
pieces from curtains or clothing you have
made. Tie them up with fabric ribbon to
complete the look.
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Using newspaper or cardboard boxes as
wrapping is another recycling idea, and
you could add a festive look by tying
them with Christmas ribbon.
For long-shaped gifts, why not wrap them
to look like a Christmas cracker. Place a
tube of cardboard around the item, then
put it inside a sheet of wrapping paper,
secure it with tape then scrunch up the
ends like a cracker and tie them off with
coloured ribbon.
Kitchen foil is another wrapping option.
Being silver and shiny it already has a
festive look, which you could enhance
with bright-coloured ribbon.
Make a container, such as a jar, tin or
tray one part of the gift. Complete it with
chocolates, nuts or biscuits and wrap the
gift in clear cellophane tied with brightcoloured
ribbon.
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Talented sports stars recognised at CBHS
Syme caps
off great year
with award
• By Andrew King
IT HAS been a year of success
for Christchurch Boys’ High’s
Rico Syme, capped off by
winning the senior rugby player
of the year award at the school’s
prize-giving.
The first-five/fullback started
the year off in the school’s
seventh XV, a team renowned for
having a bit of talent for the first
XV to pick from when needed.
He was brought into the
top squad due to injury and
cemented his spot with a 50m
dash to break the hearts of St
Andrew’s College in the UC
Championship.
Syme was also one of only five
South Islanders included in the
New Zealand Schools side and
played in the Crusaders under-18
development side.
Full list of winners:
•Rico Syme – senior rugby
player of the year.
•Tom Parker – May Trophy
for excellence in an Olympic
sport.
•Louie Chapman – Ullrich
Trophy for excellence in a
non-Olympic sport.
•Moss Jackson – Bruce
Ullrich prize for leadership
and sportsmanship.
TOP PLAYER: Rico Syme made his first XV debut this year off
the bench against St Andrew’s College and scored in the final
minutes to draw the game.
•Zachary Taylor – Mitchell
Trophy and Queensland Old
Boys’ prize for excellence in
and service to sport.
•Maddison Aubrey –
O’Malley Trophy, senior
singles tennis champion, and
the Higgins Cup for senior
doubles tennis champions
(shared).
•Nick Aucutt – Ray
Thompson award for most
improved basketball player.
•Sam Baker – John Hunter
Trophy for senior oarsman.
•Jayden Ball – Cato Cup
for most improved football
player.
•Ryan Barnes – A. W.
Simpson Cup for senior sprint
events and the Reese Cup for
senior field events.
•Haydn Boul – Curnow
Award for outstanding
contribution to ice hockey.
•Hamish Cartwright – Old
Boys’ Cup for being the
outstanding player in the
second XV.
•Nathan Cochrane –
Nimrod-Parker Memorial
Challenge for senior distance
events and the Spencer
Memorial Cup for the senior
cross-country champion.
•Chris Do Amaral Correa –
Sword Club Cup.
•Kurt Feneon – Ian Simson
Award for the most valuable
basketball player.
•Jack Fraser – Lancaster
Cup for the intermediate
athletics champion.
•Jack Harris – Hadlee Bat
for the most improved first XI
cricket player.
•Ben Hartland – Esmond
Thompson memorial prize
for service to cricket and the
Harry North memorial prize
and Old Boys’ Trophy for
captain of first XI cricket team.
•Callum Haughin –
Hollander Cup for the senior
swimming champion.
•Mitchell Hay – Harris Bat
and G. Hobbs prize for senior
fielding.
•Monty Izard – S. H. Francis
Cup for junior oarsman.
•Moss Jackson – Irvine and
Selwyn Down Memorial for
captain of the first XI hockey
team.
•Bob Letiu – Bullock-Cullen
Trophy for most outstanding
contribution to volleyball.
•Josh Mariu – Reese Cup for
senior bowling.
•Curtis Millard –
Winterbourne Cup for the
senior squash champion.
•Liam Moloney – Bristed
Cup for the intermediate
swimming champion.
•Khaki Morgan – Higgins
Cup for the senior doubles
SPORTS
tennis champions (shared).
•Tom Murray – Margaret
Forbes Cup for rowing.
•Bailey O’Donnell – Tim
Carswell Trophy for the
school cycling champion.
•Clayden Paranihi – Junior
rugby player of the year.
•Tom Parker – The Hope
Salver for the school golf
champion.
•Adam Reid – Old Boys’
prize for captain of first XV.
•Henry Rogers – Drayton
Cup for the senior fencing
champion.
Alex Ryder – A. W. Simpson
Cup for senior sprint events.
•Henry Shaw – Simon
Briggs Trophy for most
promising coxswain.
•Joshua Solly – Old Boys’
prize and trophy for the
captain of the first XI football
team.
•Shaun Souness –
Crawshaw Cup for the first
home in the inter-secondary
cross-country event.
•Zachary Taylor – Prebble
Cup for senior triathlon.
•Toby Ward – Peter Lamb
Trophy for senior yachting.
•Ben Whitfield – Trophy for
trap shooting.
•Simon Yorston –
Richard Hadlee Bat for
the highest first XI batting
aggregate.
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Tuesday November 28 2017 11
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1 large avocado, halved, stoned
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1/2 teaspoon black pepper
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2 tablespoons olive oil
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Rangi Ruru student part
of world champion team
WESTERN NEWS
RANGI RURU Girls’ student
Leah Zydenbos helped the
New Zealand mounted games
under-17 team win a World
Championship in Auckland.
She was up against some of the
world’s leading equestrians at the
event named Equitana.
Teams from Australia, Ireland,
and England held the next top
spots in the competition.
Rangi Ruru director of
equestrian Pippa Young said it
was a tough ride for the team
with Leah, riding her borrowed
mount Cheeky.
“It was very tense in the final
particularly, with two eliminations
and a tie-breaker in the
very last game of the competition,”
she said.
“The New Zealand under-17
team has been amazing over
these few days. Leah and her
teammates worked so hard to
triumph over the riders from all
the other countries, with Australia,
Ireland and England being
particularly strong.”
Ms Young said Leah really
excelled at the event.
“She has been outstanding; an
exceptional team member.
“Her parents Sue and Rick,
and brother Luke – all mounted
games competitors themselves –
are understandably very proud of
their daughter too.”
Leah was a key part of the
school’s success at the South
Island Schools’ Mounted Games
held at the Ellesmere Showgrounds
in late April this year.
She and Lily Buckley won the
South Island interschools competition.
Leah has also excelled in a
number of other competitions,
GREAT EFFORT: Leah Zydenbos on her borrowed mount
Cheeky.
throughout New Zealand.
She was recognised for this as
a finalist in the Zonta individual
sporting awards this year.
SPORTS
CHAMPIONS: Darfield’s
Leah Zydenbos (left) helped
the New Zealand mounted
games under-17 team win
a world championship in
Auckland. ​
PREPARATION: Christchurch Girls’ High players train for the
upcoming sevens tournament in Auckland on Thursday.
Schools ready for national
sevens competition
• By Andrew King
ST BEDE’S, Christchurch Girls’
High and St Margaret’s will each
take to the field on Thursday to
compete at the Condor Sevens in
Auckland.
All three qualified for the
tournament by making the final
in their regional competition.
CGHS beat St Margaret’s in the
girls final while St Bede’s were
beaten by Timaru Boys’ High.
The competition runs until
Sunday and features 32 boys
teams and 24 girls teams. It has
been running since 1986.
St Bede’s had a training session
with the Canterbury men’s side
on Thursday and coach Daniel
Winchester said they were looking
forward to getting stuck into
their opponents.
“We are expecting to come up
against some physical sides, but
our fitness will come through.
We have some boys that can expose
the opposition,” he said.
CGHS coach Jamie Livingstone
said they are aiming to play an
exciting brand of sevens to throw
their North Island counterparts
off.
“We have plenty of experience
in the team with half of them
playing in their second or third
tournament,” she said.
Livingstone said they will aim
to win all three pool games and
from there “anything can happen”.
The last time a South Island
team won the tournament was in
2003, when Aranui High School
– now Haeata Community Campus
– beat Auckland’s De La Salle
College.

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Tuesday November 28 2017 13
HEALTH & BEAUTY
Quality health & wellness
products on sale till Saturday
With the increasing interest and
awareness by consumers in living
environmentally conscious and healthy
lives, the family-run New Zealand
Health Food Company in Woolridge
Road, Harewood is developing its range
of products to meet these demands. By
providing quality products at affordable
prices, their aim is to make health and
wellness available to everyone.
And up until Saturday, December 2
they are having a huge sale with 15 per
cent discount storewide, and even bigger
discounts on many of their popular
products. These include 50 per cent off
Prostrate Care and Menopause Support,
50 per cent off Liquid Calcium, 30 per
cent off Nutra- life products, 20 per cent
off Sukin products, and 20 per cent off
Clinicians products.
They are also giving a $10 voucher to
every customer for you and a friend to
use from December 3 to February 28,
2018 – minimum spend of $50 in one
transaction.
They are also offering other great deals
in December, so why not start your
Christmas shopping there, and give family
and friends the gift of healthy living this
Christmas.
You can see the full range of products
on the New Zealand Health Food
Company website, www.nzhealthfood.
com, and order online, or you can call
into their bright, spacious retail store at
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Scrabble Group
Tuesday, 9.45am-noon
Go along and play scrabble
with the friendly weekly group.
Exercise your brain and have
fun.
Gold coin donation. Sundbye
House, 100 Farrington Ave.
Storytimes/Wā Kōrerō
Tuesday, 10.30 – 11am
Encourage learning through a
love for stories. Storytimes is an
interactive programme including
stories, songs, rhymes and
play. This is a free session.
Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys Rd.
Avonhead Exercise Classes
Tuesday, 10.45-11.45am
Designed for people living
with long-term health conditions.
Classes generally occur
weekly however they will not occur
on public holidays and also
school holiday periods. Please
call 0800 663 463 to register.
Avonhead Baptist Church, 104
Avonhead Rd.
Sports in the Park
Wednesday, 3.30-4.30pm
Sports in the park runs during
term 4. All primary school-aged
children are welcome to come
along and join in some ball
games! Cancelled if wet—cancellations
will be posted on the
Riccarton Community Updates
Email emily.oconnell@starmedia.kiwi
by 5pm each Wednesday
Facebook page.
Harrington Park, Peverel St.
Technology Help drop-in
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Thursday, 11am-noon
Free drop-in sessions, no
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Got a question about how to do
something? We’re not boffins but
we can help you out with most of
the things people get stuck with
at some time or other.
Upper Riccarton Library, 71
Main South Rd, Upper Riccarton
Oaklands School Twilight Gala
Friday, 4.30-8pm
Go along to Oaklands School
Twilight Gala. There will be
bouncy castles, pony rides, a
fire and emergency display,
chocolate wheel, cake stalls, jams
and preserves, books, puzzles,
games, food stalls, market stalls
and more.
Oaklands School, 37 Cunningham
Pl.
Middleton Grange School
Fiesta
Friday, 5-8pm
Go along and experience Christchurch’s Santa Parade first-hand on Sunday. The parade
starts at 2pm and will continue until 3.15pm. All floats will be travelling from the corner of
Riccarton Rd and Wharenui Rd to the corner of and Riccarton Rd and Mandeville St. Make sure
you get there early and have a good spot to wave to Santa and all his helpers. ​
Go along for food, bargains
and fun for the whole family.
There will be rides and attractions,
entertainment, a live auction,
cakes, sweets, plants, toys,
books, white elephant and more.
Lots of options for dinner too.
Eftpos is available.
Middleton Grange School, 30
Acacia Ave
Mahjong and Board Games
Coffee Club
Every Friday, 5.30-7.30pm
This is the perfect chance to
get out and enjoy a social group.
It’s a social evening of Mahjong
and other board games. For all
ages. Come and meet new people
and try your hand at this fun
four person game of strategy and
luck.
Red Cafe, Upper Riccarton
Library, 71 Main South Rd.
Halswell Pottery Christmas
Sale
Saturday, 9.30am-4pm
Go along to Halswell Pottery
Group’s Christmas Garage
Sale. Members will be selling
their original pottery, plus other
artworks, crafts, plants, and a
range of second hand items. A
good chance to get some of that
holiday shopping done.
9 Candys Rd
Children Christmas Market
Saturday, noon-2pm
Go along to the children’s
Christmas market for a range of
toys, collectables and food.
Halswell Community Hub, 381
Halswell Rd.
Carols in the Quarry
Sunday, 4.30-6pm
The Halswell Lions’ annual
Carols in the Halswell Quarry
event will have traditional
Christmas carols for all the
family with music provided by
a 40-piece brass band. Santa
will make an appearance during
the event. There will be free
barbeuce sausages – take a picnic
and something to sit on.
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Tuesday November 28 2017 15
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HOUSE
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Phone Kevin
027 561 4629
Trades & Services
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“Quality 1st time from
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Trades & Services
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George Lockyer. Over
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Licensed Building
Practitioner number
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work. EQC repairs.
Heritage brickwork and
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Bay. Home 329-9344,
Cell 027 684 4046, email
georgelockyer@xtra.co.nz
BRICK & BLOCK
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all restoration work
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or 021 853 033
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2014713
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03 385-4348 or 027 274
3541
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DECORATING
Wingfields Contracting,
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painting & all forms of
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fixing, ph Mark 021 171-
1586 or 355-5994
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AVAILABLE
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Very competitive in roofs
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241-7471 or 335-0265
PLUMBER
For prompt service for all
plumbing maintenance,
repairs and alterations.
Phone Michael 364 7080
or 027 438 3943
TILING
Quality jobs done on time.
All aspects of tiling. Reg
Master Tiler. Ph Dave 027
334 4125
TILING
SPLASHBACKS
Kitchen/bathroom/
laundry, incl mosaics, ph
027 334 4125
T.V. SERVICE CENTRE
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480 Moorhouse Ave, ph 03
379 1400
VHS VIDEO TAPES
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ph 03 338-1655
WINDOW CLEANING
Average 3 bdrm house
inside or out $40. Both
$70. Phone Trevor 344-
2170
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Registered Teacher of
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Halswell
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Entertainment
Weka Pass Railway
Waipara, North Canterbury
We are RUNNING
SUNDAY 3rd December
Running 1st & 3rd
Sunday of every month
Phone 0800wekapass
Depart Glenmark Station
11.30am & 2.00pm
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Public Notices
HAIRDRESSERS
Full-time or part-time
The new JUST CUTS salon at
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Riccarton Road, Christchurch
Celebrating 71 years
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What’s On
Entertainment
Christchurch’s only
SEASIDE CLUB
COMING UP : LIVE MUSIC
7PM NEXT SATURDAY 9 DEC
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LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH
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Sunday 31st Dec, from 5.30pm
DOWNSTAIRS : CLUB BISTRO
Open Tuesday to Saturday
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202 Marine Pde | Ph 388-9416
www.newbrightonclub.co.nz
Members, guests and affiliates welcome
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SUNDAY 3, 10, 17 DECEMBER
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CHALMERS CLOSES
FOR HOLIDAYS
SAT 23 DEC
REOPENING
THURS 11 JAN
OPEN 7 DAYS
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Offer available for a limited time
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