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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 />

After 518 columns Mark Thomas<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 />

race horse named “The Peer.”<br />

When the Wakefield’s riches<br />

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sold.<br />

•Turn to page 4<br />

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left out of<br />

Denton Park<br />

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plans<br />

• 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 />

<strong>News</strong><br />

Now<br />

In Brief<br />

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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Riccarton. Hassle Free Tours<br />

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4 Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />

Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

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WESTERN NEWS<br />

Local<br />

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Now<br />

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 />

Community Board outlining<br />

the group’s concerns and legal<br />

warnings.<br />

Public consultation on the<br />

reclassification process will start<br />

on January 20 and will continue<br />

until March 24.<br />

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 />

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Villa was staffed for many years<br />

by nuns, and had a sister principal<br />

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principal was appointed.<br />

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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 5<br />

<strong>News</strong><br />

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 />

by contractors who are repairing<br />

several of the centre’s pools<br />

and will not be available for car<br />

parking.<br />

CHILD SAFETY IMPROVED<br />

Concerns regarding the safety of<br />

children at KidsFirst on Kendal<br />

Ave have been addressed by the<br />

city council. Following a site visit<br />

by city council staff, it was agreed<br />

that 10min parking restrictions<br />

be installed. The kindergarten<br />

requires a safe area for parents and<br />

caregivers to park and pick-up or<br />

drop-off children and the shortterm<br />

parking restrictions will<br />

provide a higher parking turnover.<br />

FUNDING APPROVED<br />

A grant of $200 has been approved<br />

by the Fendalton-Waimairi-<br />

Harewood Community Board for<br />

Hannah Stanely to attend the 2018<br />

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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 7<br />

<strong>News</strong><br />

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 />

The retail company said<br />

easy parking and access for<br />

customers, a high-profile site<br />

and proven successful location<br />

are the reasons behind the<br />

move.<br />

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 />

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dinners will relieve stress and<br />

spread Christmas joy.<br />

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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 />

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Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

THE CITY council is reassuring a<br />

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spraying in local parks is safe.<br />

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with the city council about<br />

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City council neighbourhood and<br />

sports parks operations manager Al<br />

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Mrs Blackmore also has concerns<br />

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But Mrs Blackmore said she’s seen<br />

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Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

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 />

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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 />

primary and intermediate-aged<br />

kids, teaching values and life<br />

skills through crafts, badges, outings<br />

and activities.<br />

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Riccarton Community Board<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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covered.<br />

Another quite satisfying part<br />

of this job has been the public<br />

speaking.<br />

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young people, service groups<br />

and even prisoners in jail.<br />

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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 9<br />

<strong>News</strong><br />

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 />

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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 />

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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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then applied their mechatronics<br />

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he said.<br />

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Riccarton High<br />

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• By Emily O’Connell<br />

RICCARTON HIGH School has<br />

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The school’s board of trustees<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 />

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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 />

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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 />

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report to the community board<br />

last week which indicated<br />

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near future.<br />

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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 />

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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 />

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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 />

Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

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 />

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Virginia Fowler, Redwood,<br />

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Tenpin Bowling<br />

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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 />

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Hamilton-Currey, Selwyn,<br />

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Webster, Hornby, Samantha<br />

McLachlan, South Brighton,<br />

Josie Noble, Cashmere, and<br />

Andrew Salisbury, Hoon<br />

Hay, bronze in the division<br />

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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 />

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Equestrian<br />

Timothy Swiggs-<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 />

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Hannah Rodgers, of Auckalnd,<br />

and her five-year-old son started<br />

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elderly people were alone at<br />

Christmas and didn’t receive<br />

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Avonhead School’s Family<br />

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chairwoman Briar Newham said<br />

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“It’s going to mean the world<br />

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Said Avonhead Kindercare<br />

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teacher Felicity Goy: “I love<br />

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may be lonely at Christmas and I<br />

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children at pre-school and my<br />

own daughter,” she said.<br />

Avonhead School year 3 and 4<br />

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Ms Newham is hoping the<br />

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“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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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 />

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and as part of<br />

their learning<br />

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capsules around<br />

the world<br />

and consider<br />

what and how<br />

Mikaela<br />

Hood<br />

historians<br />

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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 />

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experiences at the college.<br />

“I like the idea of putting<br />

letters into the time capsule<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 />

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Registrations are now open for<br />

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weekend on February 16-18.<br />

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The college’s history will<br />

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book written by historian and<br />

author Sean Brosnahan, and a<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 />

Own Popsicle Stick Decoration<br />

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 />

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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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are supplied.<br />

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library<br />

and Community Centre, 13<br />

Bishopdale Court.<br />

Templeton RSA’s Christmas<br />

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Wednesday, 6pm onwards<br />

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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 />

Proceeds to St Peter’s restoration<br />

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Thursday, 10am-noon<br />

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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 />

are more likely to fill up on high fat snacks.<br />

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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• Keep active. Join in the Christmas<br />

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with friends or relatives. Remember you’re<br />

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each day.<br />

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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 />

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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 />

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202 Marine Pde | Ph 388-9416<br />

www.newbrightonclub.co.nz<br />

Members, guests and affiliates welcome<br />

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Thursdays<br />

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from the<br />

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Christmas Cheers<br />

Meal Deal<br />

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coffee for designated driver.<br />

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present. Drawn at 10am following day.<br />

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Chalmers<br />

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PLEASE NOTE:<br />

CHALMERS CLOSES FOR HOLIDAYS<br />

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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 />

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New Year.<br />

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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


24 Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />

Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

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