Western News: November 28, 2017

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Hornby 

Wendy’s 

employee 

gets win for 

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• 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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2 Tuesday November 28 2017 

Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi 

from the editor’s desk 

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. 

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changes in the wind. I’ll keep to you posted. 

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WESTERN NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi 

Tuesday November 28 2017 3 

News 

Wigram street may get truck ban 


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 

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the area. 

The Traffic and Parking Bylaw 

2017 will come into effect from 

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BUS STOPS TO GO 

The Halswell-Hornby- 

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Board will discuss whether 

to approve the removal of 

eight redundant bus stops 

in Templeton at its meeting 

tonight. They are located on 

Kirk Rd. The city council staff 

recommendation is to approve 

the removal. 

BROCKWORTH MURALS 

The Halswell-Hornby- 

Riccarton Community Board 

will also discuss whether to 

approve a $2000 grant for 

supplies for the Brockworth Pl 

murals. The murals are being 

painted by advocate adviser 

Damian Holt. The city council 

staff recommendation is to 

approve the funding from the 

board’s 2017-18 Discretionary 

Response Fund. 

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Support for parents and kids 

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I manage tenancies and 

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Hei Hei areas and recently came 

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parents and children in that part 

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While there appeared to be a 

lot on offer for over 60s in the 

area, I wasn’t able to find much 

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for parents and carers of 

young children. 

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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 

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month at 126 on the Corner (125 

Hei Hei Rd), which is owned by 

Hei Hei Broomfield Community 

Trust. The venue offers all sort 

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Tea and Tots gives children a 

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a safe environment while parents 

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Since we began in August, ABC 

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While it got off to a slow start, 

we now have about eight under 

5s and several parents from the 

community attend regularly. 

The monthly gatherings have 

become more popular as word 

has spread. We intend to hold 

the playgroup more often in 2018 

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The aim of tea and Tots is to 

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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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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 



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.” 

The Hornby Rugby Football 

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 

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Marketing skills on the line for 

Villa Maria entrepreneurs 


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 

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They also learnt about finance, 

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and selling – all in the hope of 

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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 

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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 

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CAMP FUN: Linwood North 

School pupils Kaylee Lochrie 

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per cent. “That’s the very schools 

who need to be here,” said Mr 

Aldridge. 

Some “business clusters” are 

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Last year, six low decile schools 

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from community sponsorship. 

The programme is aiming for 

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Tuesday 5 December, 1pm – 3pm 

Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village 

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We warmly invite your friends and family to join us for our Christmas 

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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 

Christmas, so the gift cards offered by a 

wide range of retailers are the perfect way 

to please. 

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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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Christmas gifts instore 

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WESTERN NEWS 

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 

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2 teaspoons salt 

1/2 teaspoon black pepper 

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1 brown onion, thinly sliced 

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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With the increasing interest and 

awareness by consumers in living 

environmentally conscious and healthy 

lives, the family-run New Zealand 

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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 

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They also offer an excellent customer 

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WESTERN NEWS 

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 

Sessions 

Thursday, 11am-noon 

Free drop-in sessions, no 

booking required. You don’t 

need your own PC but if you 

do have a laptop, tablet or e- 

reader we can work with you 

using these tools as well. New to 

computers? The Web, email, TradeMe, 

Facebook, Skype, eBook 

readers, Spreadsheets and Word? 

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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Gardening 

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LAwnmowing 

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HOUSE 

CLEARING 

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•Re Roofing 

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Approved Age Concern provider 

Over 30 years experience 

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N A BARRELL 

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Ph: 349 9778 or 0275 389 415 

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house and garden 

home 

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gardening 

services available 

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your one stop shop for home services 

www.anextrapairofhands.co.nz 

info@anextrapairofhands.co.nz 

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paintinG 

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Painting 

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Phone: Morton 021 667 444 

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moss and mould 

treatment and 

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027 561 4629 


BATHROOM 

RENOVATIONS 

“Quality 1st time from 

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demolition. Free quotes Ph 

Dave 027 33 44 125 


BRICKLAYER 

George Lockyer. Over 

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Licensed Building 

Practitioner number 

BP105608. Insurance 

work. EQC repairs. 

Heritage brickwork and 

stonework a speciality. No 

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Cell 027 684 4046, email 

georgelockyer@xtra.co.nz 

BRICK & BLOCK 

LAYING 

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foundations, ph 342 9340 

or 021 853 033 

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For all building work 

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experience, with service 

and integrity. Free Quotes. 

Ph Lachlan 383-1723 or 

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CARPET & Vinyl 

Laying. 

Repairs, uplifting, 

relaying, restretching, 

E mail jflattery@xtra. 

co.nz 

ph 0800 003 181 

or 027 2407416 

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FENCE PAINTING 

Staining Quality at a 

reasonable price. Free 

quotes. Phone Warren 

today on 980-1676 or 027 

2014713 

PAINTER 

Quality work, I stand by 

Canterbury Ph Wayne 

03 385-4348 or 027 274 

3541 

PAINTING 

DECORATING 

Wingfields Contracting, 

all interior & exterior 

painting & all forms of 

interior plastering & jib 

fixing, ph Mark 021 171- 

1586 or 355-5994 

PAINTER 

AVAILABLE 

All aspects in painting. 

Very competitive in roofs 

and fences. Please call 027 

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 

Repairs, tvs, microwaves, 

stereos, DVD. Aerial 

installations and kitsets, 

480 Moorhouse Ave, ph 03 

379 1400 

VHS VIDEO TAPES 

& all camera tapes 

converted to DVD, video 

taping special occasions, 

www.grahamsvideo.co.nz 

ph 03 338-1655 

WINDOW CLEANING 

Average 3 bdrm house 

inside or out $40. Both 

$70. Phone Trevor 344- 

2170 

Tuition 

Piano 

Raewyn Clegg 

Registered Teacher of 

Piano and Theory of 

Music. 

29 Lancewood Drive 

Halswell 

Ph 322-9377 

AAA Buying goods 

quality furniture, 

Beds, Stoves, Washing 

machines, Fridge Freezers. 

Same day service. Selwyn 

Dealers. Phone 980 5812 

or 027 313 8156 

TOOLS Garden, 

garage, woodworking, 

mechanical, engineering, 

sawbenches, lathes, cash 

buyer, ph 355-2045 

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 

www.wekapassrailway.co.nz 

Public Notices 

HAIRDRESSERS 

Full-time or part-time 

The new JUST CUTS salon at 

THE HUB HORNBY 

need experienced stylists to 

join them. 

Excellent pay and conditions. 

Flexibility. 

If you are a team player 

and want to be part of a 

new, exciting, dynamic and 

friendly team, Phone Angela 

on 022 321 8636 

Public Notices 

Santa 

Parade 

Riccarton Road, Christchurch 

Celebrating 71 years 

Sunday 3rd December 

Starts 2pm 

In association with 

ADVERTISE YOUR 

BUSINESS HERE 

Phone for further details 

(03) 379 1100



What’s On 

Entertainment 

Christchurch’s only 

SEASIDE CLUB 

COMING UP : LIVE MUSIC 

7PM NEXT SATURDAY 9 DEC 

Dateless n Desperate POP-ROCK-BAND 

TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 

MEMBERS LUCKY CARD DRAW 

FUNCTION ROOMS | GAMING ROOM 

SHUTTLE SERVICE Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat 

To advertise, contact 

Jo Fuller 027 458 8590 

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi 

DINE BY THE SEA! 

UPSTAIRS 

Pierview A la Carte Restaurant. 

The restaurant is open from 5.30pm 

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and for 

Sunday Brunch from 10.30am to 2pm. 

SUNDAY NIGHT BUFFET 

LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH 

NEXT BUFFET : BOOK NOW! 

NEW YEAR’S EVE 

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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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PRE CHRISTMAS BUFFETS 

SUNDAY 3, 10, 17 DECEMBER 

LUNCH & DINNER BUFFETS : $30 PP 

LIVE MUSIC AT DINNER with NEVILLE BARRIE 

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SATURDAY 16 DECEMBER 

BUFFET DINNER & SHOW : $45PP 

MADSEN PROMOTIONS present 

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PLEASE NOTE: 

CHALMERS CLOSES 

FOR HOLIDAYS 

SAT 23 DEC 

REOPENING 

THURS 11 JAN 

OPEN 7 DAYS 

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OUR CABINET ITEMS 

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Live Music: 

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2PM-4PM 

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$3.50 

Offer available for a limited time 

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MON: ROAST MEAL 

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WED: FISH BURGER 

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