The Star: September 08, 2016

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2 Thursday September 8 2016 follow us on facebook.com/riseupchristchurch The Star FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK Inside News.....................................3-17 YOU SERIOUSLY have to wonder what’s going on between the Government and the city council. Last week we revealed the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet refused to release a report to the city council on the anchor projects, on the basis of commercial sensitivity. It was a clear snub to the city council wanting to get a better insight into what lies ahead for it, and ratepayers cost-wise, when they inherit the running of big ticket items like the Convention Centre and sports stadium. A week on, the city council still hasn’t got the report, but The Star has, courtesy of Wigram MP Megan Woods who accessed it via the Official Information Act. DPMC director Kelvan Smith confirmed yesterday that the report still hasn’t gone to the council. He has changed his tune from a week ago when he said it was because of commercial sensitivity. Now he says the report is outdated. For the big projects to progress the city council is going to have to start fighting back. – Barry Clarke Getting to the root of tooth decay in our children Ethical business ditches plastic OUR PEOPLE NEWS 14 22 33 Business...................18, 19 Viewpoint..............................21 Our People.............22, 23 Gardening....................25-28 Taste...................................29 Fashion.....................................33 Theatre/Arts.................35 Travel...............................36, 37 CTV Programmes......42 Puzzles....................................46 The business of lending FASHION CONTACT THE STAR ADVERTISERS YOUR BEST CHOICE FOR RESULTS! LOOK AT THE FACTS: • Over 92,000 copies delivered • Readership up 18% in latest survey • The only locally operated Christchurch newspaper • It’s FREE to every home in Christchurch Call us for a free advertising consultancy and creative solution for your business today! Contact Shane at: shane@starmedia.kiwi or call 3797-100 GENERAL: 379 7100 | NEWS: Barry Clarke. 364 7422. barry@starmedia.kiwi | WEB: starmedia.kiwi ADVERTISING: 364 7429, shane@starmedia.kiwi | CIRCULATION/DELIVERY JOBS: 364-7451 or 7453 At a Glance SEEING DOUBLE Harewood residents will have to look at their ballot forms closely, with two Rodney Camerons running in the ward. Rodney S Cameron and Rodney D Cameron are two of five candidates vying for a seat around the city council table in October. Both are concerned voters may get confused about who is who and vote for the opponent. There will be no photos of the forms, just their names, and middle initials, so voters will need to remember who is who. THIS WEEK IN CANTERBURY’S PAST On September 11, 1928, Charles Kingsford-Smith and his crew, made up of Charles Ulm, Arthur Litchfield and Thomas McWilliams, landed at Wigram in Southern Cross after the first transtasman flight. A crowd of 30,000, who were alerted by all-night radio broadcasts, gathered at the airfield to see it arrive. DIGITAL EDITION starnews.co.nz PART-TIME MUSTERER City councillor Jamie Gough had an unfamiliar task on his hands on Monday – herding sheep over the city’s oldest timber bridge. The Helmores Lane Bridge was reopened for the first time since the February 2011 earthquake, after five months of repairs. It was originally used to drive stock towards the Riccarton sale yards. So as part of it re-opening, Cr Gough drove the sheep over the bridge as a part of a reenactment. 24th & 25th SEPTEMBER HORNCASTLE ARENA CHRISTCHURCH 10AM – 5PM DOOR SALES $10 CHILDREN UNDER 12 FREE Grab your girlfriends, mum or daughters and come have a great day out! • Over 200 Companies Involved • Everything from wine and food to shopping, fashion, business, beauty & lots more • Moisture Mist and Za Makeup Lounge • Style Mystic Hair Lounge • Acacia Beauty Bar • Goodie Bags • Taste Zone • Craft Zone • Springfree NZ Jump Zone You deserve a girl’s day out. www.expos.co.nz 06 354 0498
The Star follow us on facebook.com/riseupchristchurch Thursday September 8 2016 3 News The French gravy train Hospital board chief sent to school three times • By Shelley Robinson CANTERBURY District Health Board forked out more than $65,000 to send its chief executive to a French business school three times over five months. David Meates (left) attended the INSEAD business school in Fontainebleau, southeast of Paris, in September and November of last year and then in January. He is the latest high level Christchurch executive revealed to have attended the school, courtesy of the public purse. The campus is sprawled across eight hectares, nestled in the picturesque Forest of Fontainebleau. Environment Canterbury and the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority have also sent staff to INSEAD. ECan spent $73,000 sending FRANCE: CDHB chief executive David Meates joins the list of Christchurch bosses who have attended INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. chief executive Bill Bayfield for four weeks in 2013, while the now defunct Cera spent $55,000 sending former Christchurch Central Development Unit boss Warwick Isaacs. Mr Issacs was sent more than a year after he left the organisation. Mr Meates attended the International Directors Programme at a cost of $25,383, which included meals, while the remainder was spent on flights and accommodation. The three “seminars” ran from September 13-16, November 23- 25 and January 14-16. The INSEAD programme outline says it equips attendees with the fundamentals of director and board effectiveness, CEO oversight, as well as crisis and performance management. Transport cost was on average $11,648 per trip, including business class flights. Accommodation at INSEAD cost about $700 per stay with meals. A further $179 was spent on additional meals. The INSEAD trip is included in the $180,000 Mr Meates spent on travel since July 2010. This also includes his travel expenses as chief executive of the West Coast District Health Board. About $70,000 in total was spent on international travel, including trips to the United States, Hong Kong and Australia, for conferences or presentations. The CDHB is facing huge financial pressures, and is struggling with the increased mental health needs of the postearthquake population and a large rebuild programme, while delivering a $1.3 billion budget. The CDHB remuneration and appointments committee, comprised of chairman Murray Cleverley and elected members Steve Wakefield and David Morrell, suggested the course and approved it. The remainder of the board were not told until December that Mr Meates had been to France. Mr Meates earns between $570,000 and $579,000, according to State Services Commission data from 2015. Details of anchor projects report revealed •From page 1 She was worried by the millions of dollars the report revealed had already been spent on projects like the Convention Centre and sports stadium, and questions over central city roading projects. The report includes information that the new stadium may not make enough to cover running costs, questions over whether roading projects could be completed and a failed plan to expand the Bus Interchange. Dr Edwards wrote to Mr Smith personally in May asking for the report, saying city council staff needed the information urgently to help with their work. Mr Smith told The Star yesterday he was not aware of Dr Woods’ request when he responded to Dr Edwards. By the time he signed off the release of the report to Dr Woods last month, he said information in it was outdated because of further work done by Ōtākaro Ltd. Mayor Lianne Dalziel yesterday refused to get drawn into the debate and declined to answer questions about whether it would affect the city council’s relationship with the DPMC. She said it was an issue that “sits with the organisation”, so better answered by chief executive Dr Edwards. Dr Edwards said she was satisfied with updates on the projects at regular meetings. “Due to the close relationship we have worked hard to develop with the Crown agencies, and our ongoing collaborative work, timewise the information requested was no longer needed.” But Ms Daziel’s mayoral rival John Minto said it showed the Government was treating council with “thinly veiled contempt”. Ms Dalziel needed to “stand up”, he said. “If the mayor won’t comment I think it shows she is exactly where Gerry Brownlee wants her – under his thumb,” she said. •Anchor project details, p4,5 In Brief FUNDRAISING RIDE Sarah O’Keefe and her mother Lynne will head off on their Tranz Alpine Scooter Safari journey on Saturday to raise money for the NZ Cancer Society. The pair will be among 250 people to ride the 250km from Christchurch to Hokitika on scooters. Sarah, 32, was diagnosed with hodgkins lymphoma, about 10 years ago and since then has fought off the disease three times. So far they have raised more than $2700. NO LEGAL ACTION Legal action over the $50 million McKenzie & Willis development on High St has been withdrawn after the developer, 181 High Ltd, agreed to limit retail tenancies to a maximum of 150sq m. City Centre Christchurch Ltd, which includes several prominent developers and business people, had sought a judicial review over resource consents granted for the area, which it argued was not intended to be used for retail. The case had been set for the High Court in February. Food and beverage outlets would not be subject to the restrictions on tenancy size. NEW SUBDIVISIONS Large residential developments throughout the city will go ahead later this month as part of the Christchurch Replacement District Plan. Subdivision developments will go ahead in South Masham, near the Yaldhurst Masham residential community; on the surplus land on the western part of Riccarton Racecourse; and at Prestons; Yaldhurst and Wigram. Six further subdivisions will be built in the northern, southern, south-west and south-east areas of Halswell and Hendersons. The time frame for the developments is still to be confirmed by the city council.
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