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TUESDAY, DECEMBER <strong>19</strong>, <strong>2017</strong><br />
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Villa Maria gets pope’s blessing<br />
• By Emily O’Connell<br />
VILLA MARIA College received<br />
a surprise message from afar – a<br />
blessing from Pope Francis.<br />
The papal blessing is thought<br />
to be a first for the college in its<br />
Flame files finale<br />
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BEST WISHES: Pope Francis has sent his blessing to Villa Maria College in celebration of its 100th-birthday early next year.<br />
100-year history, arriving ahead<br />
of the centennial celebrations<br />
early next year.<br />
Principal Deborah Brosnahan<br />
said the blessing is confirmation<br />
the school is in line with the<br />
pope’s teachings.<br />
She said the blessing, which<br />
came as a surprise, is a “beautiful<br />
item” which means a lot to<br />
the school.<br />
The original block of land on<br />
Peer St was owned by a wealthy<br />
Christchurch family – the<br />
Wakefields – who named the<br />
property “Peerswick” after a<br />
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• By Emily O’Connell<br />
THE HORNBY Cricket Club is<br />
“very upset” after new plans for<br />
Denton Park’s $35.7 million mega<br />
centre don’t include a cricket<br />
pitch.<br />
The club received an email<br />
from the city council which<br />
included the visual concept of the<br />
proposed development.<br />
President Kevin Hornbrook<br />
said the club isn’t happy with<br />
the visual concept and it doesn’t<br />
want to move the pitch from the<br />
park.<br />
However, city council head<br />
of recreation and sport John<br />
Filsell said they are not the final<br />
plans.<br />
“Many of the current uses of<br />
Denton Park are omitted as they<br />
are not required to illustrate either<br />
the area of the park,” he said.<br />
The Hornby Rugby Football<br />
Club’s lease runs until 2039 and<br />
the Hornby Cricket Club’s lease<br />
ends in 2053.<br />
The visual concept did allow<br />
for the cricket clubrooms but<br />
Mr Hornbrook said it’s no good<br />
without somewhere to play.<br />
Hornby Ward city councillor<br />
Jimmy Chen believes it’s “unfair”<br />
to say the cricket club is losing<br />
their pitch.<br />
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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 3<br />
<strong>News</strong><br />
Board leaders sneak back in<br />
Local<br />
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Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
• By Emily O’Connell<br />
MIKE MORA and Helen<br />
Broughton have survived<br />
being overthrown in their<br />
roles as chairman and deputy<br />
chairwoman of the Halswell-<br />
Hornby-Riccarton Community<br />
Board.<br />
But they keep their positions<br />
because they also cast a vote –<br />
for themselves.<br />
Four members voted to oust<br />
the pair at last week’s board<br />
meeting – Riccarton Ward city<br />
councillor Vicki Buck, Halswell<br />
Ward city councillor Anne<br />
Galloway and board members<br />
Natalie Bryden and Catherine<br />
Chu.<br />
But chairman Mora and<br />
deputy chairwoman Broughton<br />
with supporters Hornby Ward<br />
city councillor Jimmy Chen and<br />
board members Ross McFarlane<br />
and Debbie Mora ensured<br />
they scraped back in with a 5-4<br />
majority.<br />
The board decided to review<br />
the positions a year ago – a<br />
decision that Mrs Broughton is<br />
calling “very unusual.”<br />
Ms Bryden said she voted<br />
against the current chairs<br />
because sometimes change can<br />
be good.<br />
She said a few people may have<br />
been interested in becoming<br />
chair, but she wasn’t sure<br />
who.<br />
Ms Bryden didn’t wish to<br />
comment on whether she thinks<br />
the chairs have done a good job.<br />
Mrs Broughton thought<br />
the voting “was slightly<br />
unacceptable.”<br />
She thought there would be<br />
more votes to keep the status<br />
quo.<br />
Mike Mora said he wasn’t<br />
surprised and he was “happy<br />
with the result.”<br />
Save Denton Park group<br />
member Marc Duff believes<br />
Mr Mora’s stance on Denton<br />
Park may have affected the<br />
vote.<br />
“Maybe Mr Mora is paying<br />
the price for voting for Kyle<br />
Park and speaking out against<br />
Denton Park, but he at least<br />
showed he can listen to his<br />
community,” he said.<br />
Mr Mora said anything<br />
controversial can cause tension<br />
and it’s especially difficult when<br />
you don’t get all the information<br />
“in a timely fashion.”<br />
Mr Mora and Mrs Broughton<br />
will remain in their roles until<br />
the next local body elections in<br />
October 20<strong>19</strong>.<br />
NO CHANGE:<br />
Halswell-Hornby-<br />
Riccarton<br />
Community<br />
Board members<br />
Vicki Buck<br />
(left), deputy<br />
chairwoman<br />
Helen Broughton,<br />
Jimmy Chen,<br />
Natalie Bryden,<br />
chairman Mike<br />
Mora, Anne<br />
Galloway, Ross<br />
McFarlane,<br />
Debby Mora and<br />
Catherine Chu. <br />
The board also decided to<br />
hold its meetings at a different<br />
location next year. Future<br />
meetings will be held at the<br />
Fendalton Library and Service<br />
Centre on Jeffreys Rd.<br />
Mrs Broughton said though<br />
the centre is out of the ward, she<br />
believes the library will provide<br />
a better space: “The public can<br />
sit and see and hear all the<br />
board members,” she said.<br />
Mrs Broughton made a<br />
resolution to note any concerns<br />
from constituents. “It’s not set<br />
in stone, but I think it’s worth<br />
doing for at least six months.”<br />
BUS SHELTERS GO AHEAD<br />
The Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton<br />
Community Board approved<br />
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Local<br />
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Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
FRUSTRATED: Hornby Cricket Club president Kevin Hornbrook and Hornby Rugby Football<br />
Club chairwoman Lyn Hucklebridge aren’t happy with the city council’s visual concept for<br />
Denton Park.<br />
PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />
Cricket pitch left out of plans<br />
•From page 1<br />
“The city council is offering<br />
the option to move all pitches<br />
and rebuild on the Warren Park,<br />
so it’s only shift the location<br />
rather than lose their pitch,” Cr<br />
Chen said.<br />
Mr Filsell said the cricket club<br />
has “expressed interest” in moving<br />
to Warren Park.<br />
But Mr Hornbrook said they<br />
don’t want to move but if it’s<br />
their only option, then they will<br />
have to go with it.<br />
He said the city council has<br />
put aside $1.6 million for the<br />
relocation but he’s not sure it<br />
would cover the cost of moving<br />
all the different clubs.<br />
Hornby Rugby Football Club<br />
chairwoman Lyn Hucklebridge<br />
said the visual concepts mean<br />
they will lose one rugby field.<br />
She said it will put “a lot of<br />
pressure” on the fields, especially<br />
for training. Mrs Hucklebridge’s<br />
main concerns regard traffic access<br />
and car parking.<br />
“I’m disappointed in the whole<br />
process of it being positioned<br />
where it is, it should never have<br />
been on Denton Park,” she said.<br />
Cr Chen said it’s impossible<br />
to make everyone happy but he<br />
“opened his mind to everyone.”<br />
“I look forward to these facilities<br />
being built as quickly as possible,”<br />
he said.<br />
Save Denton Park group member<br />
Brian Brodie sent an email<br />
last week to the city council’s<br />
chief executive Karleen Edwards,<br />
city council staff and members of<br />
the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton<br />
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Public consultation on the<br />
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PROUD: From left – Sophie Hunter, year 7, principal Deborah<br />
Brosnahan and Jade Tonkin, year 8, with the papal blessing to<br />
mark Villa Maria College’s centennial.<br />
PHOTO: KERI CROMPTON <br />
Villa Maria blessed by pope<br />
•From page 1<br />
The next family to take over<br />
the property built a two-storey<br />
house on the land, which they<br />
named “St Barbe,” only to suffer<br />
a similar financial fate and the<br />
home and land had to be sold.<br />
After another short period of<br />
private ownership, the building<br />
and land was eventually purchased<br />
by the Sisters of Mercy,<br />
who wanted to educate young<br />
women, often forgotten by educational<br />
institutions in those days.<br />
The sisters named the property<br />
Villa Maria meaning “house of<br />
Mary” and developed a boarding<br />
and day school for the girls of<br />
Canterbury.<br />
Villa Maria was considered out<br />
in the country – some distance<br />
from the rest of Christchurch,<br />
and many pupils boarded.<br />
Villa was staffed for many years<br />
by nuns, and had a sister principal<br />
up until <strong>19</strong>92, when the first “lay”<br />
principal was appointed.<br />
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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 5<br />
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Memorial photo for Japanese school<br />
• By Emily O’Connell<br />
A JAPANESE school which had 11<br />
students die in the CTV Building<br />
collapse has been gifted a photo<br />
of the earthquake memorial at<br />
Avonhead Park Cemetery.<br />
The Friends of Avonhead<br />
Cemetery Trust gifted the photo<br />
along with a pikorua to represent<br />
the bond the group have with the<br />
Toyama International Language<br />
School.<br />
The school is 300km north-west<br />
of Tokyo.<br />
FOAC’s founder trustee Karl<br />
Varley presented the gift to<br />
the school’s principal Kuniaki<br />
Kawahata last Friday.<br />
“Many of the families have<br />
never visited the memorial so<br />
to have this photo framed with<br />
a pikorua inside was extremely<br />
poignant to them,” FOAC<br />
chairman Clive Paris said.<br />
Mr Paris said the school was<br />
amazed by the gesture and it<br />
means a lot to parents who aren’t<br />
able to visit the memorial in<br />
person.<br />
“Mr Kawahata expressed how<br />
deeply touched they were that<br />
FOAC was remembering their<br />
loved ones even to this day,” he<br />
said.<br />
Mr Paris said the group<br />
will continue pushing for the<br />
GIFT: Friends of Avonhead<br />
Cemetery founder trustee<br />
Karl Varley (right) presenting<br />
a framed picture of the<br />
earthquake memorial<br />
and a pikorua to Toyama<br />
International Language School<br />
principal Kuniaki Kawahata. <br />
cemetery’s name to be changed to<br />
Avonhead Memorial Cemetery.<br />
The Friends of Avonhead<br />
Cemetery group has been lobbying<br />
to have the name changed to<br />
reflect its significance as the<br />
final resting place of many of the<br />
earthquake victims.<br />
DESTROYED: The CTV Building after the February 22, 2011,<br />
earthquake.<br />
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Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
CAR PARKING LOST<br />
Portacoms for contractors have<br />
been installed on the front lawn<br />
and temporary car park of Jellie<br />
Park Sport and Recreation Centre<br />
as earthquake repair work is<br />
completed. The site will be used<br />
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CHILD SAFETY IMPROVED<br />
Concerns regarding the safety of<br />
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New Briscoes to be built at Bush Inn<br />
HOMEWARE giant Briscoes<br />
will move into the Bush Inn<br />
Centre in 20<strong>19</strong>.<br />
A 3000 sq m building will<br />
be constructed at the front of<br />
the centre on Riccarton Rd<br />
to provide a new high-profile<br />
Briscoes.<br />
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GIVING BACK: City Harvest<br />
chief executive John Milligan<br />
(left) and organiser Joshua<br />
Jackson load groceries for 50<br />
Christmas dinners into their<br />
van at South City New World.<br />
PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />
Resource consent has been<br />
issued and Briscoes hopes to<br />
open in March 20<strong>19</strong>.<br />
According to Ganson<br />
Group, which runs the Bush<br />
Inn Centre, it’s proving popular<br />
with retailers and shoppers.<br />
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development manager Andy<br />
Bell: “The few remaining sites<br />
in the Bush Inn development<br />
are being taken up quickly and<br />
any retailer wanting to join us<br />
now should get in touch fast.”<br />
• By Emily O’Connell<br />
THE Brethren of Lodge Takahe<br />
No. 397, The Freemasons<br />
Charity and City Harvest<br />
are joining forces to help the<br />
hungry at Christmas.<br />
Together they are providing<br />
a Christmas meal to the homes<br />
of 50 families across the city.<br />
Organiser Joshua Jackson<br />
said the idea is to provide families<br />
with quality food items to<br />
cook a Christmas meal in their<br />
own homes.<br />
COMING SOON: Briscoes will join other shopping outlets at<br />
the Bush Inn Centre in from March 20<strong>19</strong>.<br />
Xmas dinner gift<br />
Some of the food was collected<br />
from South City New<br />
World last week, with other<br />
items from the City Harvest<br />
food bank.<br />
A team packed and distributed<br />
half of the dinners to the<br />
chosen families’ homes.<br />
This week they will collate<br />
the remaining packs for delivery.<br />
The packages included a<br />
frozen chicken, stuffing, gravy,<br />
Christmas pudding, Lindt<br />
chocolates and fudge.<br />
Mr Jackson said the initiative<br />
is slightly different because<br />
they are giving families luxury<br />
items for a Christmas dinner<br />
instead of “just a normal food<br />
parcel”.<br />
He hopes the Christmas<br />
dinners will relieve stress and<br />
spread Christmas joy.<br />
“It’s my belief that this drive<br />
will serve as a pilot to test<br />
the feasibility of potentially<br />
running a much larger scale<br />
project in subsequent years,”<br />
Mr Jackson said.<br />
Local<br />
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Now<br />
Weed spray in<br />
park concerns<br />
resident<br />
• By Emily O’Connell<br />
Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
THE CITY council is reassuring a<br />
concerned Avonhead resident that<br />
spraying in local parks is safe.<br />
Linda Blackmore has laid a complaint<br />
with the city council about<br />
how often they spray weed killer in<br />
Avonhead Park, Crosbie Park and<br />
nearby streets.<br />
She said they are “continually<br />
spraying,” even on windy days.<br />
City council neighbourhood and<br />
sports parks operations manager Al<br />
Hardy said the gardens are sprayed<br />
on a monthly basis “to control existing<br />
weed vegetation species only.”<br />
Mrs Blackmore also has concerns<br />
about what the city council is using<br />
to kill weeds.<br />
But Mr Hardy said the city<br />
council use a plant-based organic<br />
herbicide.<br />
“The organic herbicide is nontoxic<br />
to humans and animals. Contractors<br />
are required to place signage<br />
within the parks when spraying<br />
activates are carried out,” he said.<br />
But Mrs Blackmore said she’s seen<br />
staff spraying with no signs out and<br />
no face masks.<br />
Mr Hardy said “contracted staff<br />
must attend and pass a course<br />
which outlines a the required safety<br />
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Your Local Views<br />
A stronger sense of community<br />
Westside<br />
Community<br />
Trust<br />
Connections<br />
Programme<br />
co-ordinator<br />
Julie Young<br />
talks about<br />
what they<br />
do in the community<br />
Sockburn and Upper<br />
Riccarton residents have loved<br />
the community fun days at<br />
Sockburn Park hosted by<br />
Westside Community Trust<br />
for neighbourhood weekend in<br />
March and neighbourhood week<br />
in October.<br />
The trust, which is linked to<br />
Westside ACTS Church, is soon<br />
to be renamed Activate.<br />
We aim to help residents<br />
develop a stronger sense of<br />
community, belonging and wellbeing,<br />
and to identify the local<br />
community organisations they<br />
can be part of.<br />
The fun days were free so<br />
everyone could participate. Hundreds<br />
of ice creams, sausages,<br />
pottles of popcorn and cups of<br />
fizzy were consumed and kids<br />
loved the three-legged races,<br />
sack races, egg and spoon races,<br />
bouncy castle and games.<br />
Local schools, pre-schools and<br />
dance schools were invited to<br />
provide the entertainment. The<br />
trust is very grateful for all the<br />
GATHERING: A food stall at one of fun days organised by<br />
Westside Community Trust.<br />
sponsorship it receives.<br />
Many organisations had stands<br />
to advertise the services they offer<br />
in the community.<br />
The next fun day will be on<br />
Sunday, March 25.<br />
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are thoroughly enjoyed by the<br />
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kids, teaching values and life<br />
skills through crafts, badges, outings<br />
and activities.<br />
The trust is currently liaising<br />
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•Email office@<br />
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FLAME FILES<br />
• By Mark Thomas – fire risk<br />
management officer<br />
THIS IS the last flame files.<br />
After nearly 11 years back in<br />
Christchurch and 518 columns<br />
completed, I’ve decided it’s time<br />
to shuffle off into retirement.<br />
The column has been<br />
something I’ve always enjoyed.<br />
Sometimes the time available<br />
has been too short for comfort<br />
and some other times I’ve had<br />
a good subject and time to do it<br />
justice.<br />
I can only hope it’s been<br />
entertaining to some and even<br />
occasionally informative.<br />
I know the issues haven’t<br />
really changed.<br />
There are still too many<br />
kitchen fires. There are still too<br />
many arson fires.<br />
But in recent years, the<br />
number of fire fatalities has<br />
fallen.<br />
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of our promotion of smoke<br />
alarms and I still live in hope of<br />
the day none of us will agree to<br />
sleep anywhere that is not alarm<br />
covered.<br />
Another quite satisfying part<br />
of this job has been the public<br />
speaking.<br />
I’ve talked to older people,<br />
young people, service groups<br />
and even prisoners in jail.<br />
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spoken to at Christchurch<br />
Women’s Prison later used their<br />
phone privileges to ring home to<br />
ensure the family was protected<br />
by smoke alarms.<br />
Finally, sincere thanks are due<br />
to Star Media for providing me<br />
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fire safety message.<br />
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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 9<br />
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Tech-savvy teacher awarded<br />
Local<br />
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Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
• By Julia Evans<br />
WINNING an unsung hero<br />
award from EducationHQ New<br />
Zealand is no easy feat.<br />
Selwyn House teacher<br />
Simon Christie had to develop<br />
an entirely new curriculum,<br />
the first of its kind in New<br />
Zealand, to take out the unsung<br />
hero technology category last<br />
Tuesday.<br />
The Burnside resident codeveloped<br />
the mechatronics<br />
course with his colleague, Liz<br />
Fairhall. It mixes technology,<br />
robotics, mechanical<br />
engineering, mathematics,<br />
science and the arts.<br />
“We’ve always had a robotics<br />
programme but we wanted<br />
to find a point of difference,”<br />
he said. That’s when the<br />
mechatronics course began its<br />
development.<br />
“Girls are often<br />
underrepresented in the science<br />
and technology fields. We want<br />
them not only to be taking part<br />
in them, but leading the way,”<br />
he said.<br />
Winning the award was<br />
“vindication” that his pupils<br />
would have an advantage in a<br />
world dominated by technology.<br />
While he has put many days<br />
and nights into the curriculum,<br />
the course will never quite be<br />
complete. “That’s what we tell<br />
our girls. In mechanical engineering,<br />
nothing’s ever quite<br />
finished. It’s a never-ending<br />
task. You can always find something<br />
to change and upgrade.<br />
It’s the same with mechatronics,”<br />
he said.<br />
Mr Christie said while the<br />
mechatronics curriculum began<br />
in one Selwyn classroom, it<br />
is now taught throughout the<br />
school.<br />
“From years 1-8. And they’ve<br />
even started teaching it in the<br />
pre-school,” he said.<br />
One of his proudest moments<br />
was when his year 7 pupils<br />
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“The girls were learning about<br />
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he said.<br />
ASSET: Riccarton High School<br />
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near Oxford. <br />
Riccarton High<br />
buys lodge<br />
• By Emily O’Connell<br />
RICCARTON HIGH School has<br />
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The 1.3ha property has been operating<br />
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The property will replace Kokiri<br />
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The school’s board of trustees<br />
were conscious of the increasing<br />
issues of owning property and operating<br />
a programme at a location<br />
so far from the school.<br />
They felt moving their Kokiri<br />
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Southern Alps would be a prudent<br />
thing to do.<br />
The board is confident that<br />
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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 11<br />
<strong>News</strong><br />
Drama group to premiere<br />
romantic Aussie musical<br />
Local<br />
<strong>News</strong><br />
Now<br />
Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
• By Emily O’Connell<br />
THE HALSWELL Drama<br />
Group will be the first in<br />
the country to premiere an<br />
Australian musical written by<br />
the brother of a Wiggle.<br />
It will be taking the stage with<br />
Who Loves Me? in August.<br />
The musical is written by<br />
Australian singer and songwriter<br />
John Field.<br />
Halswell Drama Group<br />
vice-president Tim Gunther<br />
said they’re “really excited” to<br />
perform the musical.<br />
He said Mr Field’s brother,<br />
Anthony Field, co-founded The<br />
Wiggles.<br />
Mr Field helped his brother<br />
write some of the music for the<br />
popular children’s show.<br />
Mr Gunther said the Field<br />
family are well known in Australia<br />
as successful musicians,<br />
writers and actors.<br />
Who Loves Me? follows the<br />
story of Enzo Bellini, proprietor<br />
of Bellini’s Cafe, whose one last<br />
wish is to see his heartbroken<br />
daughter Sophia Bellini happy<br />
again.<br />
Sophia finds herself on a giant<br />
billboard across from the cafe<br />
put up by her father, proclaiming<br />
her “the jewel of the city” and<br />
inviting interested suitors to call<br />
into Bellini’s Cafe.<br />
Not long after, a second new<br />
billboard appears with a mysterious<br />
inscription – but who was<br />
responsible for it?<br />
Mr Gunther said they’re<br />
planning on doing six shows,<br />
ENTERTAINMENT: Who<br />
Loves Me? author John<br />
Field is not the only musical<br />
member in his family – his<br />
brother Anthony (left) is the<br />
co-founder of the popular<br />
children’s show The Wiggles.<br />
with the opening night being on<br />
August 17.<br />
He said there’s additional pressure<br />
for the cast, with Mr Field<br />
planning to travel across the Tasman<br />
for the opening night.<br />
Mr Gunther said cast auditions<br />
will be in March and he would<br />
like to “encourage people to put<br />
themselves out there.”<br />
•For auditioning information,<br />
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SUCCESSFUL: The man<br />
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IMPROVEMENTS: The Westside Community Trust wants to<br />
revamp Sockburn Park and its paddling pool. <br />
Community bid to<br />
revamp Sockburn Park<br />
• By Emily O’Connell<br />
A COMMUNITY trust is<br />
looking at what it can do to<br />
revamp Sockburn Park so it<br />
can be a hub for locals.<br />
Westside Community Trust<br />
went to the Halswell-Hornby-<br />
Riccarton Community Board<br />
with suggestions for the park<br />
in September.<br />
The trust requested toilets.<br />
and a clean-up for the paddling<br />
pool and barbecue area.<br />
The park’s pool was closed<br />
11 years ago through the city<br />
council’s 2006 Aquatics Facilities<br />
Plan and the 2006-16 Long<br />
Term Council Community<br />
Plan.<br />
The city council presented a<br />
report to the community board<br />
last week which indicated<br />
nothing can be done in the<br />
near future.<br />
“Staff have included such<br />
a bid to be added to the draft<br />
capital porgramme to be prioritised<br />
alongside other potential<br />
projects for the 20<strong>19</strong>-29 Long<br />
Term Plan,” the report said.<br />
The report also said the<br />
funding for the park would be<br />
in two stages.<br />
“Twenty thousand dollars for<br />
planning in 2026 and $200,000<br />
for implementation in 2027.<br />
This funding is subject to city<br />
council approval,” the report<br />
said.<br />
The trust’s programme<br />
co-ordinator Julie Young said<br />
they had hoped it could have<br />
been done sooner but is glad<br />
their suggestions are being<br />
considered.<br />
“We will work with the ctiy<br />
council and other interested<br />
organisations who would like<br />
to see the park become a strong<br />
community hub,” she said.<br />
Mrs Young said the next step<br />
is for them to see what can be<br />
done in the short term.<br />
“I think it has lots of scope<br />
and we’re trying to help the<br />
community to connect more,”<br />
she said.
12 Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
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Special Olympians<br />
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• By Andrew King<br />
A SWAG of medals were won<br />
by Christchurch athletes at the<br />
Special Olympics New Zealand<br />
national summer games in<br />
Wellington.<br />
Pitting themselves against<br />
others from around the<br />
country, medals were won in<br />
indoor bowls, tenpin bowling,<br />
swimming, athletics and<br />
basketball.<br />
Full list of winners:<br />
Indoor Bowls<br />
Pairs: Raymond Keith<br />
Smith, Hoon Hay, and<br />
Virginia Fowler, Redwood,<br />
bronze in the B1 division.<br />
Tenpin Bowling<br />
Teams: Ian Dobbie,<br />
Halswell, Andrew<br />
Westgarth, Northwood,<br />
Richard Willmott, New<br />
Brighton, and Jessica<br />
Stevens, Linwood, silver<br />
in division six. Doubles:<br />
Ian Dobbie, Halswell, and<br />
Jessica Stevens, Linwood,<br />
bronze in division 12.<br />
Swimming<br />
Teams: Shawn O’Rouke,<br />
Halswell, Nathan<br />
Winkelman, Papanui,<br />
Jonathon Smithan,<br />
SPORT<br />
Burwood, and Ethan<br />
Hamilton-Currey, Selwyn,<br />
gold division M1 in the<br />
4x50m relay. Jason<br />
Webster, Hornby, Samantha<br />
McLachlan, South Brighton,<br />
Josie Noble, Cashmere, and<br />
Andrew Salisbury, Hoon<br />
Hay, bronze in the division<br />
M2 4x25 medley. Singles:<br />
Jason Webster, Hornby,<br />
gold in the 50m freestyle<br />
and silver in the 50m<br />
backstroke.<br />
Powerlifting<br />
Michael Hardman,<br />
Hornby, bronze in the 105kg<br />
deadlift.<br />
Athletics<br />
Raymond Smith, Burnside,<br />
gold in the shot put, silver<br />
in the 100m. Kevin Horne,<br />
Burnside, gold in the 100m<br />
and long jump, bronze in the<br />
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Equestrian<br />
Timothy Swiggs-<br />
Fitzsimon, Hornby, silver in<br />
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Children give back to<br />
the elderly at Xmas<br />
• By Emily O’Connell<br />
TWO AVONHEAD schools are<br />
sending their love to the elderly<br />
this Christmas.<br />
Avonhead School and<br />
Avonhead Kindercare Learning<br />
Centre are working together<br />
to spread the word about the<br />
Sending Love initiative.<br />
Hannah Rodgers, of Auckalnd,<br />
and her five-year-old son started<br />
the initiative after finding many<br />
elderly people were alone at<br />
Christmas and didn’t receive<br />
cards from family or friends.<br />
Avonhead School’s Family<br />
and Whanau of Avonhead<br />
chairwoman Briar Newham said<br />
Sending Love is very important.<br />
“It’s going to mean the world<br />
to some people, just to get a wee<br />
card,” she said.<br />
Said Avonhead Kindercare<br />
Learning Centre early childhood<br />
teacher Felicity Goy: “I love<br />
the thought of bringing some<br />
Christmas cheer to someone who<br />
may be lonely at Christmas and I<br />
wanted to role model this to the<br />
children at pre-school and my<br />
own daughter,” she said.<br />
Avonhead School year 3 and 4<br />
pupils are using class time to help<br />
create cards.<br />
Ms Newham is hoping the<br />
school can gather at least 100.<br />
“We’re trying to teach the<br />
children about paying it forward<br />
and being mindful that not<br />
everyone gets a Nintendo for<br />
Christmas or a phone etc,” she<br />
said.<br />
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elderly for Christmas.<br />
Ms Newham said pupils have<br />
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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 13<br />
School sends capsule into future<br />
ON THE eve of Villa Maria<br />
College’s 100 th birthday, students<br />
have been working on a very<br />
forward-thinking project – a<br />
time capsule to be opened in<br />
2068.<br />
Teacher Mikaela Hood has<br />
been working with her students<br />
to decide what items should be<br />
included in the capsule.<br />
“Two year 12 history classes<br />
were studying historical sources<br />
and as part of<br />
their learning<br />
look into<br />
different time<br />
capsules around<br />
the world<br />
and consider<br />
what and how<br />
Mikaela<br />
Hood<br />
historians<br />
could use these<br />
sources,” Ms<br />
Hood said.<br />
She said the idea of the college<br />
creating a time capsule evolved<br />
from this.<br />
Year 9 social studies classes<br />
have been involved in collecting<br />
the items to be included.<br />
Year 9E photographed the<br />
school, collected artefacts<br />
and asked principal Deborah<br />
Brosnahan to write a letter to the<br />
school’s future principal.<br />
Year 9G wrote letters<br />
discussing school life and their<br />
experiences at the college.<br />
“I like the idea of putting<br />
letters into the time capsule<br />
explaining what our lives are<br />
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Along with letters detailing<br />
the present day life of a high<br />
schooler, the classes included a<br />
<strong>2017</strong> college magazine, school<br />
tie, photographs, canteen menu,<br />
centennial pin and a school<br />
swimming cap, among other<br />
items.<br />
“I like that I’ll still be alive<br />
when it’s opened again in 50<br />
years,” year 9 student Paris Wardle<br />
said.<br />
Villa Maria College will mark<br />
a century of Catholic education<br />
in February.<br />
Opened and staffed by the<br />
Sisters of Mercy in <strong>19</strong>18, the<br />
college has come a long way<br />
from the 14 pupils enrolled on its<br />
first day.<br />
Registrations are now open for<br />
the Villa Maria College centennial<br />
weekend on February 16-18.<br />
The events planned include<br />
a family carnival day, sophisticated<br />
ball and special centennial<br />
mass.<br />
The college’s history will<br />
be told, with the launch of a<br />
book written by historian and<br />
author Sean Brosnahan, and a<br />
photographic exhibition for all<br />
to view.<br />
•Villa Maria College centennial<br />
details can be found<br />
at www.villamaria100.co.nz<br />
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BRITTANY BAUGH was<br />
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week.<br />
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1/4 teaspoon ground cumin<br />
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon<br />
Small pinch of salt<br />
Small pinch of cayenne<br />
2 Tbsp lemon juice<br />
2 teaspoons honey<br />
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Scrabble Group<br />
Tuesday, 9.45am-noon<br />
Go along and play scrabble<br />
with the friendly weekly group.<br />
Exercise your brain and have fun.<br />
Gold coin donation. Sundbye<br />
House, 100 Farrington Ave.<br />
Storytimes/Wā Kōrerō<br />
Tuesday, 10.30 – 11am<br />
Encourage learning through a<br />
love for stories. Storytimes is an<br />
interactive programme including<br />
stories, songs, rhymes and play.<br />
This is a free session.<br />
Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys Rd.<br />
Holiday Activity – Make Your<br />
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Tuesday, 11am-noon<br />
Go along and create popsicle<br />
stick and jigsaw piece Christmas<br />
decorations to decorate your<br />
Christmas tree at home. This<br />
event is free, no bookings<br />
required. All ages welcome.<br />
Caregiver required.<br />
Te Hāpua Halswell Centre, 341<br />
Halswell Rd.<br />
Avonhead Exercise Classes<br />
Tuesday, 10.45-11.45am<br />
Designed for people living with<br />
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Classes generally occur weekly<br />
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Avonhead Rd.<br />
Christmas Story For Children<br />
Wednesday, Thursday and<br />
Friday, 11am<br />
Admission by donation. The<br />
birth of Jesus entertainingly<br />
retold with audience interaction<br />
and singing. Proceeds to St Peter’s<br />
Church restoration fund.<br />
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Church Corner, 22 Main South<br />
Rd.<br />
Scrabble Club<br />
Wednesday, 1-3pm<br />
Go along to scrabble club.<br />
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Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library<br />
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Templeton RSA’s Christmas<br />
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Wednesday, 6pm onwards<br />
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A Christmas Soiree - Basil and<br />
the Choir<br />
Wednesday and Friday, 7.30pm<br />
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included. Featuring Guest Choir<br />
Paua Cantata on Wednesday<br />
and St Peter’s Choir on Friday<br />
along with soloist Amanda Atlas.<br />
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Thursday, 10am-noon<br />
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Festive Season Survival Tips<br />
Healthy snacks are always popular<br />
Christmas is a time for celebration,<br />
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• Eat regular meals. If you skip meals you<br />
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It only takes a few of these snacks to add<br />
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• Avoid going to a function hungry, you<br />
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time. Have a small snack beforehand like a<br />
bowl of cereal, yoghurt or a sandwich are<br />
quick and will help fill you up. It will also<br />
help if you are well hydrated, so try drinking<br />
a few glasses of water before you arrive.<br />
• Deep fried foods, crumbed and battered<br />
foods, cheese platter and nuts are all high in<br />
fat. Choose fruit, vegetable or bread based<br />
snacks.<br />
• If you are hosting the party, offer your<br />
guests a range of healthy snacks. Always<br />
popular are hummus or salsa dips with<br />
vegetable sticks.<br />
• If you are taking a plate, make yours a<br />
healthy option. How about a platter of fruit<br />
currently in season?<br />
• Listen to your body and stop eating<br />
when you feel full.<br />
• Just say ‘No” to food – mentally<br />
Be aware of how much you are actually drinking<br />
practice strategies to decline food offers. For<br />
example: “It looks amazing but I am full” or<br />
“I tried it and it was great”.<br />
• Chat and mingle. If you are bored at a<br />
party you’re more likely to hover around the<br />
food table or seek out the serving platter. A<br />
good conversation can distract you from the<br />
food. Avoid standing right beside the food<br />
table or bar while you’re talking.<br />
• Consider your drinks, they can add to<br />
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•Be aware of how much you are actually<br />
drinking. Alternate alcoholic drinks with<br />
glasses of water and non-alcoholic choices.<br />
• Keep active. Join in the Christmas<br />
backyard cricket game or go for a walk<br />
with friends or relatives. Remember you’re<br />
aiming for 30 minutes of physical activity<br />
each day.<br />
• If your regular exercise class stops over<br />
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If you do really overdo the festive foods<br />
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installations and kitsets,<br />
480 Moorhouse Ave, ph 03<br />
379 1400<br />
VHS VIDEo TAPES<br />
& all camera tapes<br />
converted to DVD, video<br />
taping special occasions,<br />
www.grahamsvideo.co.nz<br />
ph 03 338-1655<br />
WINDoW cLEANING<br />
Average 3 bdrm house<br />
inside or out $40. Both<br />
$70. Phone Trevor 344-<br />
2170<br />
Small Job Specialists,<br />
Wanted To Buy<br />
Carpentry, Repairs, AAA Buying goods<br />
Decking & Maintenance, quality furniture,<br />
40 years experience, no Beds, Stoves, Washing<br />
job too small, Ph Warren machines, Fridge Freezers.<br />
03 322-1103 or 027 697- Same day service. Selwyn<br />
8541<br />
Dealers. Phone 980 5812<br />
Trades & Services<br />
or 027 313 8156<br />
TOOLS Garden,<br />
garage, woodworking,<br />
mechanical, engineering,<br />
sawbenches, lathes, cash<br />
buyer, ph 355-2045<br />
Public Notices<br />
THE MEANIEZ<br />
Wish all their clients,<br />
friends, families &<br />
supporters a very Merry<br />
Christmas & a Happy New<br />
Year.<br />
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Gardening<br />
& Supplies<br />
A GARDEN OR<br />
LANDSCAPING TIDY<br />
UP? Shrub, hedge &<br />
tree pruning, Lawns,<br />
Gardening, consistently<br />
reliable general property<br />
upkeep, Dip. Hort. 10<br />
yrs experience, One off<br />
tidy ups or on-going<br />
service. Nick’s Property<br />
Maintenance. Keeping<br />
your garden beautiful.<br />
Free Quote. Ph. 942-4440<br />
Holiday<br />
Accommodation<br />
QUEENSLAND SUN-<br />
SHINE COAST AUSTRA-<br />
LIA Resort, Ocean Views,<br />
Balconies, Self Contained,<br />
1 or 2 B/R Ensuite,<br />
Heated Pool, Spa, Sauna,<br />
Free Internet, Shops,<br />
Restaurants, Tennis, Surf<br />
Club & Patrolled Beach,<br />
Public Transport at door.<br />
Ask for our SEASONAL<br />
SPECIALS. Phone 61 7<br />
544-35011 Email: reception@mandolin.com.au<br />
www.mandolin.com.au<br />
To Let<br />
HOMESITTERS<br />
reqd Xmas 2-3 wks.<br />
Lovely homes / pets. Ph<br />
Lisa 359-2323 www.<br />
townandcountryhomesit.<br />
co.nz<br />
Entertainment<br />
ADVERTISE YOUR<br />
BUSINESS HERE<br />
Phone for further details<br />
(03) 379 1100<br />
Christmas<br />
Church<br />
Services<br />
Christmas at the<br />
Transitional Cathedral<br />
THURSDAY 21 DECEMBER<br />
3.00pm Children’s Christmas Service<br />
with Animals<br />
FRIDAY 22 DECEMBER<br />
12.05pm Holy Eucharist<br />
SUNDAY 24 DECEMBER<br />
~ Christmas Eve<br />
8.00am Holy Eucharist<br />
10.00am Choral Eucharist<br />
Preacher: Bishop Victoria Matthews<br />
Music: The Cathedral Choir<br />
6.00pm Carol Recital by the Cathedral Choir<br />
10.30pm Carol Singing<br />
11.15pm The First Eucharist of<br />
Christmas<br />
Preacher: Dean Lawrence Kimberley<br />
Music: The Cathedral Choir<br />
MONDAY 25 DECEMBER ~ Christmas<br />
8.00am Holy Eucharist & Carols<br />
10.00am Choral Eucharist<br />
Preacher: Revd Ben Randall<br />
Music: The Cathedral Choir<br />
5.00pm Choral Evensong<br />
Music: The men of the Cathedral Choir<br />
234 Hereford St<br />
Latimer Square<br />
ChristChurch<br />
Cathedral<br />
Transitional<br />
St. Peter’s<br />
Anglican Church<br />
(Church Corner)<br />
22 Main South Road.<br />
Maundy Thursday – 13<br />
April<br />
Last Supper & Service of<br />
Shadows - 7.30 pm<br />
Good Friday – 14 April<br />
Devotional Service – Gathering<br />
Around the Cross - 9.30 am<br />
Easter Day – 16 April<br />
Holy Communion & Greening<br />
of the Cross. Please bring a<br />
flower or greenery. 8.00 am<br />
& 9.30 am<br />
St. Luke’s Church<br />
School Road, Yaldhurst<br />
Easter Day – 16 April<br />
Holy Communion 9.30 am<br />
All welcome<br />
The Rev. Nick Mountfort,<br />
343.3007, 027.271.4909<br />
www.stpeterschurch.nz<br />
Merry<br />
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Christmas<br />
Church<br />
Services
WESTERN NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 23<br />
What’s On<br />
Entertainment<br />
Christchurch’s only<br />
SEASIDE CLUB<br />
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS<br />
MEMBERS LUCKY CARD DRAW<br />
NEW YEARS EVE<br />
FUNCTION ROOMS | GAMING ROOM<br />
SHUTTLE SERVICE Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat<br />
To advertise, contact<br />
Jo Fuller 027 458 8590<br />
jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi<br />
DINE BY THE SEA!<br />
UPSTAIRS<br />
Pierview A la Carte Restaurant.<br />
The restaurant is open from 5.30pm<br />
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and for<br />
Sunday Brunch from 10.30am to 2pm.<br />
SUNDAY NIGHT BUFFET<br />
LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH<br />
NEXT BUFFET : BOOK NOW!<br />
NEW YEAR’S EVE<br />
Sunday 31st Dec, from 5.30pm<br />
DOWNSTAIRS : CLUB BISTRO<br />
Open Tuesday to Saturday<br />
from 12pm - 2pm & from 5pm.<br />
New Brighton Club<br />
202 Marine Pde | Ph 388-9416<br />
www.newbrightonclub.co.nz<br />
Members, guests and affiliates welcome<br />
Get all ‘Christmasy’ with us!<br />
PRE-CHRISTMAS FUNCTIONS,<br />
PARTIES, WORK BREAK UPS,<br />
CHECK THIS OUT!<br />
TWO COURSE THREE COURSE<br />
FESTIVE MENU FESTIVE MENU<br />
ONLY<br />
$<br />
30<br />
EACH<br />
ONLY<br />
$<br />
45<br />
EACH<br />
AVAILABLE LUNCH & DINNER DAILY<br />
UNTIL 24/12/16 FOR PARTIES OF 10 OR MORE<br />
SORRY, WE ARE CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY<br />
‘TIS THE<br />
SEASON<br />
TO BE<br />
JOLLY<br />
CHRISTMAS<br />
IN THE<br />
BUFFET<br />
RESTAURANT<br />
The<br />
RESTAURANT & CAFÉ<br />
0pen daily from 6.30am<br />
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner<br />
RACECOURSE HOTEL<br />
& Motorlodge<br />
118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn,<br />
Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150<br />
www.racecoursehotel.co.nz<br />
Members Weekly<br />
Cash Draws<br />
Thursdays<br />
$200 Jackpotting<br />
Cash Draw<br />
Drawn Member must be present<br />
to claim the cash.<br />
If not claimed the $200 jackpots<br />
to the following week until won.<br />
Folding Fridays<br />
Four chances to win $50<br />
$2 per ticket to enter<br />
H ORNBY<br />
WORKINGMEN’S<br />
CLUB<br />
LET US<br />
ENTERTAIN YOU!<br />
WESTVIEW LOUNGE<br />
THIS SATURDAY, 8PM:<br />
MAIDEN ENGLAND<br />
We wish<br />
everyone<br />
a very<br />
happy & safe<br />
festive season<br />
from the<br />
Club CAFE<br />
Christmas Cheers<br />
Meal Deal<br />
Members that purchase any main<br />
meal at the Riverview Restaurant<br />
can receive a complimentary<br />
glass of tap beer, cider or<br />
house wine. Free soft drink or<br />
coffee for designated driver.<br />
Lucky Dip Christmas<br />
Gift Draws<br />
$1000 of prizes to be won!<br />
Purchase any house wine or tap beer/<br />
cider & go in the draw to win a lucky dip<br />
present. Drawn at 10am following day.<br />
Member will be contacted.<br />
50 Colombo St, Cashmere | Ph: 03 332 0092, Fax: 03 337 3772 | www.cashmereclub.co.nz<br />
Chalmers<br />
Restaurant<br />
FREE DESSERT<br />
FRIDAY & SATURDAY<br />
EXTENSIVE CARVERY FROM 5.30PM PRICED AT<br />
ONLY $22.50 PER PERSON AND DESSERT’S ON US!<br />
PLEASE NOTE:<br />
CHALMERS CLOSES FOR HOLIDAYS<br />
SAT 23 DEC, REOPENING THURS 11 JAN<br />
NEW SUMMER MENU<br />
TAKE A LOOK! HERE’S SOME OF OUR TASTY NEW DISHES<br />
Ceasar Salad Thai Beef Salad<br />
Club CAFE<br />
GF & V options available<br />
LUNCH & DINNER DAILY<br />
The Hornby Club | ph 03 349 9026 | 17 Carmen Rd | Hornby<br />
www.hornbywmc.co.nz | Members, guests & affiliates welcome<br />
Steak Sandwich<br />
The Buffet Restaurant<br />
will be closed from<br />
Tuesday 26th Dec <strong>2017</strong>,<br />
reopening on<br />
Thursday 4th Jan 2018.<br />
We wish everyone a<br />
very happy Christmas<br />
and look forward to<br />
seeing you all in the<br />
New Year.<br />
Lunch & Dinner<br />
All you can eat, 7 days<br />
Bookings Essential<br />
PH 386 0088<br />
fb.com/GardenHotelRestaurant<br />
www.gardenhotel.co.nz<br />
SERVING<br />
HAPPY HOUR<br />
5PM - 7PM DAILY<br />
OUR CABINET ITEMS<br />
ARE HOMEMADE<br />
CREATED FRESH ON SITE DAILY<br />
$12<br />
LUNCH<br />
SPECIALS<br />
COFFEE<br />
HAPPY<br />
H O U R<br />
2PM-4PM<br />
DAILY<br />
$3.50<br />
Offer available for a limited time<br />
and includes tea, hot chocolate<br />
MON: ROAST MEAL<br />
TUE: FISH & CHIPS<br />
WED: FISH BURGER<br />
THU: ROAST MEAL<br />
SAT: FISH & CHIPS<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
FROM<br />
11.30AM-2PM<br />
FOR A<br />
LIMITED TIME<br />
GBC will be closed from 25th to 28th Dec <strong>2017</strong>,<br />
and 1st to 3rd Jan 2018. We will resume normal<br />
business hours from Thursday 4th Jan 2018.<br />
PHONE 385 8880 FIND US ON FACEBOOK fb.com/GBCCHCH<br />
THE GARDEN HOTEL COMPLEX | 110 MARSHLAND RD<br />
www.gardenhotel.co.nz | phone 385 3132
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Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
WESTERN NEWS<br />
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