The Star: January 05, 2017

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• By Gabrielle Stuart 

CHRISTCHURCH’S growing 

red light-running problem is 

leaving dozens of injuries in its 

wake. 

In the past year, there were 65 

crashes which left people 

injured after drivers ran 

red lights, up from 42 the 

year before. 

At the city’s top 10 

worst intersections this 

month, almost 5400 

drivers ran red lights in a 

single day. 

That was up 31 per cent from 

last year, and 64 per cent more 

than in 2014. 

They do not include people 

turning right across an intersection 

on a red light. 

The worst for red light-runners 

was the intersection of Blenheim 

Rd and Mandeville St, where 652 

were detected on a single day on 

Thursday, December 1. 

Police figures have also grown. 

In the last year, 1491 people 

were ticketed for running red 

lights in Christchurch, up from 

1316 the year before and 1266 in 

2014. 

Canterbury road policing 

manager Inspector Al Stewart 

(left) said he was disappointed to 

see the rise. 

“It puts people at risk. They 

may get away with it 99 

out of 100 times, but it is 

that one time which could 

leave someone injured or 

killed,” he said. 

He said police had a 

focus last year on bad 

driving at intersections, 

which included red 

light-running, and that would 

continue until the numbers 

improved. 

People often had different 

excuses when ticketed for running 

red lights, but there was no 

acceptable reason, he said. 

“A lot of people are simply 

focused on other things and 

don’t see it, but that is just as 

unacceptable as running a light 

deliberately, because when driving 

you should be focused on the 

task at hand,” he said. 

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News....................................3-10 

WE HIGHLIGHT a major 

problem in Christchurch 

on page 1 today – red lightrunners. 

During 2016 there were 

65 crashes which left people 

injured after drivers ran red 

lights, up from 42 the year 

before. 

At the city’s top 10 worst 

intersections this month, almost 

5400 drivers ran red lights in a 

single day. 

That was up 31 per cent from 

2015, and 64 per cent more than 

in 2014. 

I’m not surprised. 

Christchurch is one of the worst 

places for red light-runners. 

Drivers of trucks, buses 

and cars all have a go, and the 

problem has got worse since 

the quakes, driven I reckon 

(pun totally intended) by more 

rebuild vehicles on the road. 

The worst for red lightrunners 

was the intersection of 

Blenheim Rd and Mandeville 

St, but when we went there last 

week to get a photo everyone 

was well behaved. 

Let’s keep it up during 2017. 

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This week in history saw water restrictions in force for the first time 

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December 30, 1988. On December 31, 1984, the kiwi house opened 

at Orana Park. On January 1, 1908, the Shackleton expedition sailed 

for Antarctica in Nimrod. A crowd estimated at 50,000 watched the 

departure – probably the largest crowd in Lyttelton’s history. On 

January 1, 1913, the Riccarton Borough was formed. On January 

1, 1932, the Radio Broadcasting Company of NZ (owner of the YA 

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a state broadcasting system. On January 2, 1896, the Australasian 

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News 

New bike track a ‘playground’ 

A NEW mountain bike 

track built predominantly by 

volunteers has opened on the 

Port Hills. 

The 3.8km route, currently 

called the Montgomery Spur 

Loop Track until it is formally 

named, is the first new public 

track to be built on the hills in 

about a decade. 

It’s the result of work by about 

40 volunteers, contractors and 

city council staff. 

“It’s been 75 per cent volunteer 

labour, 15 per cent contracted 

construction and about 

10 per cent council oversight, 

planning and helping to transport 

gear up there,” Christchurch 

Singletrack Club Port Hills 

track liaison and development 

officer Graham Allan said. 

He co-ordinated the team of 

volunteers who worked on the 

project over the past 18 months. 

He’s been a regular volunteer, 

helping the city council with 

track maintenance on the Port 

Hills for 10 years. 

The new track sits within 

Montgomery Spur Reserve 

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Louisa Sinclair, the winner of a 

Coupland’s competition. While 

Mrs Sinclair, 34, described the 

win as an “amazing Christmas 

present,” she will be trading 

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support a trip to her homeland, 

Northern Ireland, next April. 

Living in Dunedin for the past 

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husband and two daughters 

will travel to Bangor for the 

first time since she moved 

to New Zealand. Mrs Sinclair 

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Andersons Bay, South Dunedin. 

She said the bakery is a 

regular stop for milk and thick 

sliced white bread, while her 

favourites from the bakery are 

citrus truffles. 


NEW: The Montgomery Spur Loop Track is the first public track to be built on the hills in 

about 10 years. 

on land that was mandated in 

2010 for a mountain bike track. 

It’s close to the Rapaki Track 

but provides an additional loop 

that’s designed for beginner to 

intermediate riders. 

The only access to the track 

is from the mid-way point of 

the Rapaki Track, but there are 

plans to introduce other access 

points. 

It takes about 25 minutes 

to ride, but Mr Allan said the 

track provided a lot of variety 

and challenges without too 

much risk. 

“The scenery looking out over 

the city is amazing. It has really 

filled that niche of a track that 

helps people get from the flat 

lands up on to the hills because 

there are no steep drop-offs. It 

gives them a bit of a playground 

where they can ride without 

fear of taking a tumble because 

there’s nothing to fall on but 

tussock. We’re really pleased to 

see it open and being discovered 

and enjoyed by a wide range of 

riders,” Mr Allan said. 

In Brief 

NO KINDERGARTEN APPEAL 

Residents will not appeal the 

construction of the controversial 

Kidfirst Mt Pleasant kindergarten 

leaving the way clear for it to 

be built later this year. Five Mc- 

Cormacks Bay Rd residents spent 

months trying to stop the kindergarten 

setting up a 248 sq m facility 

next to the Mt Pleasant Community 

Centre. They say it will block their 

view, cause parking issues and be 

unsafe due to traffic. Residents had 

the right to appeal but that would 

have cost about $50,000 for legal 

and other experts. 

CROSSING DELAYED 

A Norwich Quay pedestrian 

crossing that was expected to 

be installed by December 2016, 

will now be installed by the end 

of March. The New Zealand 

Transport Agency is installing a 

signalised crossing on Norwich 

Quay, which will have radar sensors 

to detect waiting pedestrians and 

approaching vehicles. A bus stop 

and shelter will also be installed 

adjacent to 25 Norwich Quay and 

will replace the existing bus stop. 

HUB HORNBY’S BUSIEST DAY 

The day before Christmas Eve was 

the busiest for foot traffic in The 

Hub Hornby’s history, data has 

shown. Nearly 30,000 people went 

to the mall on December 23 – the 

largest number of shoppers in a day 

since it opened in 1976. Christmas 

Eve saw 26,000 people walk through 

the mall while 25,000 were counted 

on Boxing Day. The average number 

of shoppers per day between 

December 15 and 27 was 24,000. 

DOG RESTRICTIONS 

Dog owners are warned to keep 

their pets off prohibited parts of 

the beach this summer. Sections 

of Corsair Bay, Cass Bay, Sumner, 

New Brighton and Taylors Mistake 

beaches have restrictions in place 

between 9am and 7pm within 

certain distances of the surf clubs. 

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News 

Guardian of the Port Hills 

receives conservation award 

AFTER TENDING to the 

Port Hills for almost 20 years, 

park ranger Di Carter has been 

honoured for her conservation 

work. 

Ms Carter’s work has been 

recognised with an individual 

excellence award from the Australasian 

branch of the Society 

for Ecological Restoration. 

She was nominated for the 

award by the Canterbury 

Botanical Society for the revegetation 

work on the Port 

Hills that she planned and 

managed for 

the past 16 

years. 

Ms Carter 

(left) said she 

doesn’t have a 

garden at home, 

so the Port 

Hills are like her backyard. 

“I’ve invested my energy and 

focus on the Port Hills really,” 

she said. 

Ms Carter has also organised 

volunteers, other rangers and 

contractors who have planted 

trees and plants over 78ha. 

Contractors plant 15,000 to 

20,000 plants a year, depending 

on budgets, and she and a team 

OUT AND ABOUT: Volunteers organised by Di Carter go to 

work on the Port Hills. 

of volunteers plant another 

3000 a year. 

“It’s slow but it is gradually 

changing and I find that very 

rewarding. You’ve got to 

be persistent and have that 

continuity to keep things 

rolling along. I think there is 

potential to engage more with 

communities to help with 

plantings in the future,” she 

said. 

She’s thrilled by the award, 

which she believed showed the 

city council has the support 

of the broader ecological 


community. 

But she said it recognised the 

efforts of a team rather than her 

as an individual. 

Plantings at the Port Hills are 

being done to protect waterways 

and reduce sediment in the 

Heathcote River. 

Ms Carter started working 

on the Port Hills restoration in 

1999 and her responsibilities 

include weed control, vegetation 

monitoring and restoration 

to protect and enhance the 

ecosystems on reserve land 

managed by the city council. 

Red light-runners increase 

•From page 1 

The figures from the 

Canterbury Transport 

Operations Centre traffic 

cameras show the number of red 

light-runners has escalated each 

year. 

When the numbers were measured 

in 2014, the worst intersection 

was Barrington and Jerrold 

Sts, where 436 were detected. 

Last year there were four 

intersections which topped that 

with more than 440 red lightrunners 

detected, and 572 at the 

worst intersection, Aldwins Rd, 

Buckleys Rd and Linwood Ave. 

This year more than 600 red 

light-runners were recorded at 

four separate intersections. 

The others were the 

intersection of Moorhouse Ave 

and Colombo St, where 647 were 

detected, Main South Rd and 

Chalmers St in Hornby, where 

622 were detected, and Clyde 

Rd, Creyke Rd and Kotare St in 


DANGER: These motorists are 

doing the right thing at the 

intersection of Blenheim Rd 

and Mandeville St, Riccarton. 

It has the highest number of 

red light-runners in the city. 


Ilam near Canterbury University, 

where 610 were detected. 

Four of the 10 worst 

intersections this year were right 

outside malls – Main South Rd by 

The Hub Hornby, Marshland Rd 

outside The Palms, Main North 

Rd by Northlands and Riccarton 

Rd by Westfield Riccarton. 

Red light-runners at intersections 

•656 – Blenheim Rd/Mandeville St, Riccarton 

•647 – Moorhouse Ave/Colombo St, Sydenham 

•622 – Main South Rd/Chalmers St/Goulding Ave, Hornby 

•610 – Clyde Rd/Creyke Rd/Kotare St, Ilam 

•526 – Marshland Rd/Shirley Rd/New Brighton Rd, Shirley 

•498 – Papanui Rd/Heaton St/Innes Rd, Strowan 

•467 – Main North Rd/Langdons Rd/Mary St, Papanui 

•466 – Carmen Rd/Buchanans Rd, Hei Hei 

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• By Bridget Rutherford 

A TEAM, consisting 

of traffic experts and a 

resident, will be formed 

to come up with a plan to 

deal with the effects the 

northern corridor will have 

on nearby streets. 

The city council is 

preparing a Downstream 

Effects Management Plan 

to mitigate issues expected 

to come from the $240 

million project. 

The team, which would 

be separate from the project, 

would assess what the 

traffic impacts would be 

on the surrounding road 

network and come up with 

measures to mitigate those. 

Those strategies would 

then be put out to the community 

for consultation. 

The group, which is 

yet to be formed, would 

be made up of a national 

road safety specialist, 

traffic engineering and 

road safety experts, a St 

Albans resident, transport 

planners and engagement 

facilitators. 

Papanui-Innes Community 

Board chairwoman 

Ali Jones said the main 

concerns were the potential 

for cutting through 

residential streets when the 

corridor was open, and the 

increase of traffic entering 

Cranford St and Innes Rd. 

“We cannot have essentially 

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be formed 

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Plan for the 

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project. 

Team to study traffic impact 

She said some start-work 

notices were about to be sent 

to residents to inform them 

of work to build embankments 

for the bridges on 

Winters and Guthries Rds. 

Board deputy chairwoman 

Emma Norrish 

refused to comment on the 

project. 

The Northern Corridor 

will be a four-lane 

high speed road running 

from Chaneys Corner to 

Cranford St, aimed to ease 

congestion in the north of 

the city. 

It will include the construction 

of a new road 

between QEII Drive and 

Cranford St, and the fourlaning 

of Cranford St to 

Innes Rd. 

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News 

Accessible transport key 

to growth in Christchurch’s suburbs 

Mass migration into the 

western suburbs has 

dramatically changed the 

shape of Christchurch, 

and according to a recent 

report this is only the 

start. Gabrielle Stuart 

looks back on what 

decided popular suburbs 

in the past, and what 

clues that gives about the 

city’s future 

IN THE early 1900s, clear lines 

defined the suburbs which 

became popular – tram lines. 

If you were looking for a home, 

unless you were willing to cycle 

into town or were one of the few 

rich enough to own a car, you 

needed to be by a tram line. 

Housing boomed around the 

main tram routes along Papanui, 

Riccarton, Lincoln and Ferry 

Rds, historian John Cookson 

said. 

Woolston and Sydenham were 

popular business areas, because 

they were placed conveniently 

between the central city and the 

port in Lyttelton. 

There was very little development 

or housing on the hills, he 

said. Sections in Fendalton were 

already considered desirable, but 

that was because the area was 

semi-rural, so they were mostly 

large homesteads on big properties. 

Hornby at that point was just a 

village, built around the junction 

of rail lines heading to Southbridge 

and Little River. Rolleston, 

until about the 1970s, was just 

farmland. 

Residents then would barely 

recognise it now. 

South-west Christchurch was 

named the third-fastest growing 

region in the country in a recent 

report by data and economic 

analysis company Infometrics, 

which predicted the area would 

continue to boom over the next 

seven years. 

BUSY: Hornby 

is becoming a 

key retail area 

with patronage 

from new 

homeowners 

at the 

Wigram Skies 

development. 

It also predicted the central 

city would be the second fastestgrowing 

region, only behind 

Hobsonville in Auckland. 

Neither will come as any surprise 

to Christchurch residents, 

who have watched subdivisions, 

shopping centres and business 

parks in the west spreading upward 

and outward at a huge rate. 

The central city was also bound 

to take off soon, with many commercial 

developments cutting 

ribbons this year and moving 

trucks a regular sight outside new 

apartment buildings. 

But how long will it last? 

The report was optimistic: As 

businesses were forced out of the 

central city after the earthquakes 

many moved west, which drew 

people to live in homes in the 

west. As subdivisions boomed, 

the demand for shops and business 

to service residents grew, 

and so the cycle would continue. 

“Over the longer-term, development 

along Springs Rd is likely 

to see Prebbleton, in particular, 

become more and more like 

a suburb of Christchurch,” it 

predicted. 

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News 

Tsunami threat draws homeowners west 

•From page 7 

Statistics NZ has also predicted 

the population could boom. Its 

latest projections show 504,000 

people could live in Christchurch 

city by 2038 if migration stays 

high and people continue to live 

longer – up from 375,000 at last 

count. 

It projected even greater 

growth in Selwyn, from 56,200 

residents this year to 111,800 in 

2038, and in Waimakariri from 

52,300 to 95,100. 

But others are more conservative. 

When asked what he thought 

would happen in Christchurch’s 

future, Mr Cookson’s first 

response was that he was a historian 

– crystal ball-gazing was not 

what he did. 

But if we were to learn the lessons 

of history, he said, we should 

look at transport. 

“I think there’s a real possibility 

we’ll reach the end of the satellite 

town development around 

Christchurch, because the more 

you built out of town the more 

traffic you get going in and out 

of town, so the more it becomes 

inconvenient. At that point 

more people will move back into 

town,” he said. 

That cycle had been seen in 

New Brighton, where the town 

was a thriving shopping hub 

TRANSPORT: Crowds gathering around the trams in Cathedral Square in 1928, when the popular suburbs in Christchurch 

were the ones close to the tram lines. Right: New Brighton was a major weekend shopping destination from the 1940s to 80s, 

because shops in the city were closed, but it declined after Saturday trading was introduced in 1981. 

while it was the only place shops 

were allowed to open on the 

weekend. When nationwide Saturday 

trading was introduced in 

the 80s, convenience won out and 

its popularity dropped. 

The same was seen in the central 

city, after cars became cheaper 

and more accessible. Suburban 

malls began to boom, as people 

no longer needed to take public 

transport into the central city. 

More recently, Addington had 

become a hub for businesses 

forced to move out of the central 

city after the earthquakes. 

Massey University pro vicechancellor 

Paul Spoonley, an 

expert in demography, said there 

SAt 7th JAnUARY 

7pM StARt 


were several things that could 

dramatically change the shape of 

cities. 

Large businesses could have a 

big effect, he said, as if they chose 

to base themselves in an area they 

brought with them hundreds of 

employees who wanted to live 

and shop close to work. 

The number of immigrants 

who moved to help with the 

rebuild would also be having an 

effect, he said. 

“They tend to live in areas New 

Zealanders will traditionally not 

want to live in, like high density 

areas they are often quite used 

to,” he said. 

Historically, the popularity of 

business and retail areas in 

Christchurch had risen and fallen 

a lot more than it had for residential 

areas, which had not changed 

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Jail sentence for Australian conman 

• By Kurt Bayer 

A SYDNEY conman who fleeced 

$500,000 out of a Christchurch 

man in a vending machine scam 

has today been jailed for 15 

months and will face deportation 

on his release. 

Daniel Kive Albert, 50, an 

Australian national also known 

as Daniel Erefor, Daniel Allert, 

and Tony Lynch, had been 

banned from managing corporations 

in Australia for three years 

after dodgy franchising schemes 

folded owing A$2.4 million 

($2.5m), when he came to New 

Zealand in 2007. 

Under a false identity, he set 

up Laqu-Vending Ltd and advertised 

“exclusive rights” to energy 

drink vending machines in the 

South Island. 

A Christchurch man looking 

for a business opportunity to run 

in his retirement got in touch. 

He paid $333,000 for 17 vending 

machines, described by Albert 

as being the “Rolls Royce of 

vending machines”, with remote 

internet monitoring and 648-can 

capacity. 

However, when the machines 

arrived in You February can also 2008 pin it – and 

Albert changed the company 

name to Specialised Vending 

– the machines You can also pin were it in fact 

standard budget beverage vendor 

FRAUD: Australian vending machine conman Daniel Kive Albert who swindled $500,000 out of a 

Christchurch man has been sentenced at district court. 

machines. 

And Albert didn’t have the 

exclusive rights. 

The victim managed to sell the 

machines at a $30,000 loss. 

Albert then offered to sell 

him a further 30 machines at a 

discounted “wholesale rate” of 

$200,000. 

The victim then became 

“uneasy” about the relationship 

after discovering that Albert had 

been using an alias, and that 

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machines Albert claimed were at 

a Christchurch depot were not. 

Albert then broke off communication 

and later in 2008 

returned to Australia. Specialised 

Vending was struck off the 

Companies Office register in July 

2009. 

The district court heard that 

after losing $200,000, the victim 

had to refinance his home. 

Albert was stopped at Auckland 

International Airport in 

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December, 2015, while on a 

weekend break in New Zealand. 

He was then charged with the 

vending machine fraud spanning 

September 2007 and August 

2008. He pleaded guilty earlier 

this year. 

Defence counsel Fletcher 

Pilditch said Albert “never 

intended OFFICIAL to deceive ENTRY NUMBER: to benefit 

himself and offer nothing in 

return”. 

There was a grey area, Pilditch 

argued, between matters categorised 

as criminal deception and 

“puffery, advertising, salespersonship 

and the like”. 

“People who sell things will 

obviously paint the most optimistic 

picture,” Mr Pilditch said. 

“It was not that he offered and 

gave nothing.” 

However, the Crown argued 

that this was not a case of over 

promising and under delivering. 

“It was deceptive conduct from 

the outset,” prosecutor Claire 

Boshier said. 

Judge Jane Farish accepted that 

although Albert’s conduct was 

deceptive, she noted that he did 

in fact supply goods and services 

albeit nowhere near the quality 

that he claimed. 

“It was more than puffery and 

more than just an overselling of 

a product,” she said, adding that 

the effects on the victim were 

significant and long term. 

In jailing him for 15 months, 

Judge Farish warned Albert that 

if he wanted to conduct business 

in New Zealand or anywhere else 

in the world, he needed to “come 

to the table with clean hands.” 

“Hiding behind aliases in a 

gilded cage is not going to assist 

you,” she said. 

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and to read bigger chapter books. Fair 

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Miss Five followed suit with: “I would 

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stronger so that I can go for longer walks 

with you and Dada; learn to read chapter 

books and learn ballet.” 

Fairly comprehensive, yet realistic 

goals for such young ones, I thought. 

They then asked me. As it had been in 

the forefront of my mind, I kind of knew 

what I wanted to achieve in 2017 (see 

above), but their quick and honest answers 

slanted my perspective somewhat. 

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instead stirred me to scale back 

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MASSIVE: The Abu Dhabi Skyline. Right: The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is the world’s largest mosque outside of Saudi Arabia. 

Deep sense of purpose at Abu Dhabi 

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EXHILARATION: Accelerate from a standstill to 240km/h in 

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LAUDED AS one of the go-to 

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Emirates, gleaming Abu Dhabi 

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spirit that the world associates 

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development looks far more 

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its major projects. 

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triumphant Corniche is an 8km 

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before the Arabian desert heat 

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Essential sights begin with the 

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. 

This Arab masterpiece is a 

mosque of world records. It’s the 

world’s largest mosque outside of 

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It features 82 domes (including 

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hand knotted carpet, painstakingly 

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The mosque’s first ceremony 

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Sheikh Zayed, who is buried 

on site. At night, the mosque’s 

super-flash lighting system reflects 

the phases of the moon. 

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QUESTION I have these little black bugs on my chive plant. I’d like to 

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Puzzles 

THE CROSSWORD 

1 2 3 4 5 6 

7 

8 9 

10 11 12 13 

14 

15 16 17 18 

19 20 21 22 

DECODER 

Each number 

represents a different 

letter of the alphabet. 

Write the given letters 

into all squares with 

matching numbers. 

Now work out which 

letters are represented 

by the other numbers. 

As you get the letters, 

write them into 

the main grid and 

the reference grid. 

Decoder uses all 26 

letters of the alphabet. 

23 

ACROSS 

7. 2500m stratovolcano whose last 

major eruption was 350 years ago 

(5,8) 

8. Rare (8) 

9. Surpasses (4) 

10. Melon-like tropical fruit (6) 

12. Stick (6) 

14. Parcel of land for sale (3) 

15. Stringent (6) 

17. Develop gradually (6) 

19. Novice (4) 

21. I’m from a beach suburb called 

____: Lorde (8) 

23. Government department which got 

its current name in 1952 (6,7) 

DOWN 

1. He coached the All Blacks in 41 

Tests between 1996-1999 (4,4) 

2. Goat breed introduced to NZ in 

1867 (6) 

3. One thing on a list (4) 

4. Cut short (8) 

5. Grab (6) 

6. Team captain in a game of bowls 

(4) 

11. Height (8) 

13. Extremely hungry (8) 

16. Line on weather map (6) 

18. Fish-eating bird of prey (6) 

20. Pull (4) 

22. Zealous (4) 

WORDBUILDER 

S T R 

U 

O 

How many words of three or more letters can you 

make, using each letter only once? Plurals are 

allowed, but no foreign words or words beginning 

with a capital. There’s at least one five-letter word. 

Good 11 Very Good 16 Excellent 21 

SUDOKU 

320 

Fill the grid so that every row, 

every column and every 3x3 

box contains the digits 1 to 9. 

SOLUTIONS 

The number game that 

improves your arithmetic 

HOW TO PLAY 

It’s like sudoku: each 

vertical and horizontal 

line has to contain 

the numbers 1-6, and 

the numbers can’t be 

repeated in any row or 

column. 

But it’s sudoku with a 

twist: The numbers in 

each heavily outlined 

set of squares, called 

cages, must produce the 

number in the top corner. 

For example, 5+ means 

the numbers add up to 5, 

9x means the numbers 

multiply to equal 9. 

TIP: Numbers can be repeated in a cage, as long as they are not in the 

same line or row. 

© 2016 KenKen Puzzle LLC. All rights reserved 

KenKen is a registered trademark of Nextoy LLC 

Number FuN 

2 Digits 

39 

42 

84 

86 

3 Digits 

011 

147 

168 

185 

368 

518 

523 

706 

888 

940 

4 Digits 

1219 

1554 

4070 

4687 

8890 


5 Digits 

07828 

57584 

7 Digits 


4801864 

8 Digits 

17872280 

54745115 

57188133 

82104328 

Untitled Puzzle 

NUMBER FUN 

8 

6 

1 

0 

5 

7 

9 

4 

2 

5 

7 

1 

8 

8 

1 

3 

3 

1 

6 

8 

1 

5 

5 

4 

8 

4 

1 

7 

8 

7 

2 

2 

8 

0 

4 

8 

0 

1 

8 

6 

4 

5 

7 

5 

8 

4 

0 

7 

8 

2 

8 

4 

2 

9 

0 

5 

6 

0 

1 

1 

3 

9 

KENKEN 

NZ CROSSWORD 

Across: 7. Mount Taranaki, 

8. Uncommon, 9. Tops, 10. 

Papaya, 12. Adhere, 14. 

Lot, 15. Strict, 17. Evolve, 

19. Tyro, 21. Takapuna, 23. 

Inland Revenue. 

Down: 1. John Hart, 2. 

Angora, 3. Item, 4. Truncate, 

5. Snatch, 6. Skip, 11. 

Altitude, 13. Ravenous, 16. 

Isobar, 18. Osprey, 20. Yank, 

22. Keen. 

DECODER 

WORDBUILDER 

ors, our, ours, 

oust, out, outs, 

rot, rots, roust, 

rout, routs, rust, 

rut, ruts, sort, sot, 

sou, sour, tor, 

tors, torus, tour, 

tours. 

SUDOKU 

SUDOKU 

NZ CROSSWORD 

Across: 7. Mount Taranaki, 

8. Uncommon, 9. Tops, 10. 

Papaya, 12. Adhere, 14. 

Lot, 15. Strict, 17. Evolve, 

19. Tyro, 21. Takapuna, 23. 

Inland Revenue. 

WORDBUILDER 

ors, our, ours, 

oust, out, outs, 

rot, rots, roust, 

rout, routs, rust, 

rut, ruts, sort, sot, 

sou, sour, tor, 

tors, torus, tour, 

tours. 

Down: 1. John Hart, 2. 

Angora, 3. Item, 4. Truncate, 

5. Snatch, 6. Skip, 11. 

Altitude, 13. Ravenous, 16. 

Isobar, 18. Osprey, 20. Yank, 

22. Keen. 

DECODER 

KENKEN 

3 

9 

5 

7 

5 

8 

4 

4 

8 

0 

1 

8 

6 

4 

1 

7 

8 

7 

2 

2 

8 

0 

0 

1 

1 

9 

0 

5 

6 

4 

2 

8 

4 

1 

5 

5 

4 

1 

6 

8 

5 

7 

1 

8 

8 

1 

3 

3 

1 

0 

5 

7 

9 

4 

2 

0 

7 

8 

2 

8 

8 

6 

SOLUTIONS 

NUMBER FUN 

Untitled Puzzle



Theatre/Arts 

FANTASTIC: The 

Court Theatre’s 

production of Legally 

Blonde has a vast 

array of costumes. 

Show to lift your post-Xmas spirits 

Legally Blonde – The 

Musical, directed and 

choreographed by Stephen 

Robertson, at The Court 

Theatre. 

Reviewed by Barry Southam 

A SPIRIT-LIFTING theatre 

experience, just what we need in 

these troublesome post-quake 

times. 

This funny, fast-paced, and 

visually delightful musical ticks all 

the boxes and leaves the audience 

going home with a smile on their 

collective faces. 

Storyline is your basic unrequited 

love set at Harvard University 

and in the legal world, as our 

heroine tries to win her loved one 

by proving she does not conform 

to the blonde airhead stereotype 

and is actually quite smart as she 

learns to be herself. 

There is a not a lot of interlocking 

narrative as most of the 

forward movement is carried 

through the lyrics, sung with gusto 

and style by the leads and the large 

cast numbering 25 that includes a 

“Greek chorus.” 

In their dance movements there 

were varying degrees of sensuality. 

In addition to the human cast 

there are also two dogs almost 

stealing the show, especially the 

large british bulldog who knows 

where to move on cue. 

The choreography is stunning; 

the energetic skipping routine has 

you holding your breath in case 

there is a missed moment. 

There is also a brief Irish line 

dance sequence that has been 

added that gave everyone a 

chuckle. 

The lead, Ellie Neal is in fine 

voice, backed by an accomplished 

quartet of musicians. 

At times the amplification does 

drown out some of the words, but 

we easily the gist of what is happening. 

Director and choreographer 

Stephen Robertson has designed 

inventive movements that are a 

pleasure to watch, even for those 

for whom musicals are not their 

preferred theatre style. 

And the costumes! Lots and lots, 

all aiding the overall effect, along 

with some well designed backdrops. 

So yes, it’s well worth a visit for 

people of all ages. 

The show runs until January 27. 

BRIGHT: The lead Ellie Neal is in fine voice and backed by an 

accomplished quartet of musicians. 

★ ★ ★ 

“A STICKY SEAM OF HOPE AND 

BETTERMENT” 

★ ★ ★ ★ 

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AROMA OF NOW” 

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 

“FROTHING WITH 

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★ ★ ★ 

“A MIRACULOUS INSIGHT INTO 

THE HUMAN CONDITION” 

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JEREMY WELLS 

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Sport 

Superbike riders vie for national titles 

• By Robert Cochrane 

SEVERAL Canterbury riders 

should be well-prepared for a 

shot at a national superbike and 

road race title in Ruapuna this 

weekend. 

The Southern Nationals at 

Mike Pero Motorsport Park 

on January 7-8 will be the first 

meeting of the four-event New 

Zealand Motorcycle Road Race 

Series for 2017. 

Some of the Canterbury 

riders prepared for the meet by 

travelling north in December to 

race in the three-event Suzuki 

Series. The series finale was held 

in Wanganui on Boxing Day at 

the Cemetery Circuit. 

Canterbury superbike rider 

Dan Ornsby raced in all three 

Suzuki Series events in Taupo, 

Manfeild and Wanganui, while 

Alastair Hoogenboezem raced 

in two on a Honda CBR1000. 

Peter Buss raced in the BEARS 

meeting on a Ducati and in the 

Post Classic on a ‘Black Adder’ 

XR1000 Harley Davidson, while 

Sam Davison and Merv Oxford 

raced in formula three. 

Davison started racing a 

Suzuki RG150 Streetstock 

in 2010 and progressed to 

125GP bikes six months later. 

He won the New Zealand 125 

NEED FOR SPEED: Canterbury superbike rider Dan Ornsby and his crew fit a wheel to a Yamaha 

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PHOTO: ROBERT COCHRANE 

Championship and Grand Prix 

and then raced in Australia in 

the Ninja 300 Cup and took four 

race wins at Eastern Creek, New 

South Wales, plus pole positions 

in Queensland, but an injury 

put him out of contention. His 

Boxing Day race in Wanganui on 

the Kawasaki ER6 650 was his 

fifth meeting back in preparation 

for this weekend’s nationals. 

Another rider who enjoyed the 

great conditions in Wanganui 

was Oxford on a Suzuki SV650. 

Oxford was a club racer in the 

United Kingdom but took up the 

sport in New Zealand in 2006 on 

a Triumph 675 and did a lot of 

BEARS and street racing, winning 

a couple of club championships. 

He took five years off to help a 

few youngsters, including Seth 

Devereux and Bailie Perriton to 

name a few, who both went on to 

win New Zealand titles. 

At the New Zealand Tourist 

Trophy meeting in Auckland last 

March, Perriton needed to win 

all four pole positions and the 

last four races to narrowly take 

the title from Dennis Charlett, 

and he pulled it off much to the 

delight of both the crowd and his 

fellow riders. 

Charlett is back racing in 

Pro-Twins this year, and is 

determined to win a New 

Zealand championship after 

only getting the GP title last 

year, although he also took all 

three lightweight trophies in 

2016. 

So who is going to star at the 

Christchurch meeting? Tony 

Rees (Honda), winner of the F1 

Suzuki Series, will face a strong 

challenge from New Zealand 

champion Sloan Frost (Suzuki) 

and Daniel Mettam (Suzuki). 

On his home track, 

Hoogenboezem (Honda) will 

be in the mix as well. The 

Supersport Class will be a real 

battle of the brands but I’m 

picking Jake Lewis (Triumph), 

with the sidecars, 125GP and 250 

production wide open. However, 

the lightweight production could 

see 250 champion Lewis Dray, of 

Ashburton, surprise some. 

The New Zealand Grand Prix 

for each class will be raced on 

Sunday. Eighty years ago, the first 

New Zealand Motorcycle Grand 

Prix was held at Cust, and then 

in 1938 Burt Munro took second 

place on his 500cc Velocette. 

During lunch each day, Mike 

Pero will lead the ‘Legends 

Parade’ of former stars and 

historic machines. Following 

him on TZ 350s will be John 

Boote, Paul McLaughlin and 

Jock Woodley. A scooter 

demonstration race will also run 

on the tri oval circuit. 

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Technology boost for popular Mazda3 

• By Ross Kiddie 

WHEN IT became clear the 

global financial crisis had ended, 

most car manufacturers launched 

full speed into research and 

development, regaining some 

of the ground they lost when 

funds for future projects seemed 

uncertain. 

Mazda is now reaping the 

rewards of that investment, it 

has a lot of new product rolling 

off the production lines and the 

vehicles have a significant array 

of specification, much of it in the 

all-important area for safety. 

Regular readers will be aware of 

my recent evaluations for CX-9, 

MX-5 and Mazda6. My last drive 

in a series of models which rolled 

out fresh late last year for model 

year 2017 was the Mazda3, it was 

an upgrade model which is loaded 

with clever new features. 

I’ve stopped short of calling the 

latest Mazda3 a facelift; quite simply, 

there aren’t a lot of cosmetic 

upgrades, it is fresh up front but 

it features mostly the technology 

which has been spread across the 

entire Mazda line-up. 

Of note, there is a vehicle 

dynamics package which has 

a list of acronyms that read 

like a bowl of alphabet soup. 

G-Vectoring control (GVC), 

MAZDA3 SP25 LTD: High safety ingredient. 

autonomous emergency braking 

(AEB) and lane-keep assist 

system (LAS) are just some of the 

key ingredients, the latter I found 

particularly useful. 

Obviously my driving style 

must tend to favour keeping well 

left on the highway and, to that 

end, LAS was constantly reminding 

me of the need to clear the 

painted line on the left through 

a gentle nudge on the steering 

wheel. It isn’t forceful, just a 

reminder that the road edge is 

close. 

That technology is gear that 

works with the driver to enhance 

safety, the active elements which 

keep the car out of trouble in 

the first instance. There’s a new 

camera system in the car which 

recognises objects of importance 

such as traffic sign recognition 

(TSR) and, of course, the AEB 

will ultimately operate the brakes 

should a collision appear imminent. 

These features were recently 

demonstrated to motoring journalists 

by Mazda New Zealand in 

a controlled sealed surface environment 

so they could be understood 

effectively, they are certainly 

features you can relax with, 

knowing that as a driver you are 

constantly being looked after. 

Elsewhere, the Mazda3 is still 

the remarkable sedan and hatchback 

which Kiwis have purchased 

in large numbers. 

The test car was the rangetopping 

Limited hatchback and, 

• Price – Mazda3 SP25 Ltd, 

$47,495 

• Dimensions – Length, 

4580mm; width, 1795mm; 

height, 1450mm 

• Configuration – Fourcylinder, 

front-wheeldrive, 

2488cc, 138kW, 

250Nm, six-speed 

automatic. 

• Performance – 

0-100km/h, 8.9sec 

• Fuel usage – 6l/100km 

as you would guess, it gets a high 

level of specification for comfort 

and convenience as well, everything 

from satellite navigation 

and head-up display to leather 

trim and electric sunroof. These 

items are just a few of many too 

numerous to mention. 

Under the bonnet sits a 2.5- 

litre, four-cylinder naturally 

aspirated engine which produces 

a feisty 138kW and 250Nm. It is 

a SkyActive engine, another gem 

from Mazda which is the result of 

development aimed at reducing 

emissions and fuel usage. Mazda 

rates the twin-camshaft, 16-valve 

unit with a six-litre per 100km 

(47mpg) combined cycle average. 

There are sport mode gearshift 

protocols available at the flick of 

a switch, but in reality unless you 

really want to work the car hard I 

found the sport setting unnecessary. 

However, I did use that system 

to glean a 8.9sec standstill to 

100km/h acceleration time. But 

the SkyActive range of engines is 

designed to work low in the rev 

band, utilising the healthy torque 

figure to keep engine revolutions 

down and gaining the fuel economy 

advantage. 

If you are after lively performance, 

the Mazda3 does have 

personality, it is responsive 

underfoot and certainly has handling 

prowess. 

One of the other key aspects for 

me is the reality of a fully independent 

suspension. I particularly 

like it when manufacturers 

go the whole hog and build quality 

suspension systems, and if you 

take into account the spring and 

damper rates are a good comprise 

between what you need for 

comfort and containing body roll 

control in a corner, the Mazda3 

benefits in all these areas. 

It was good to be reacquainted 

with the Mazda3, it’s most 

certainly a case of a good car 

made better. I just can’t wait to 

see other surprises this highprofile 

and high quality car 

maker produces in the near 

future. 

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ADVERTISING 

ARCHGOLA 

Builder 

Carpet binding 

Advertise your 

business into over 

103,000 ChristChurCh 

homes with us & build 

your sAles & profits! 

its as simple as one phone call 

and we will do the rest for you. 

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and speak with Kerry or vicky. 

Travlon 

Coachlines 

Enjoy outdoor living all year round 

15 months 

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• House, deck, carport & window canopy etc 

• Warm & dry in winter 

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• Café curtains fitted 

• 5 year warranty 

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Wright Enterprises Build Limited 

W.E. Build 

New Homes 

Renovations 

Alterations 

Re-roofing 

Re-cladding to older buildings 

Family owned & operated 

E info@webuildltd.co.nz 

Antony Wright 021 111 1703 

John Wright 0274 343 323 

AH 03 347 4347 

www.webuildltd.co.nz 

DI’S CARPET 

BINDING 

Have your carpet off-cuts bound 

124 Halswell Junction Rd, Halswell 

Ph 322 1103 M 027 586 4830 

Hours Mon - Fri 9.30am - 5.00pm 

CHARTER & TOUR 

Travlon 

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School Run to some 

private schools 

ex Selwyn/Halswell area 

“Wide range of coaches 

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for Charter 

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& Tour” 

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www.travlon.co.nz | Phone: 03 325 2959 

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Email: and info@travlon.co.nz 

buses for 

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EXCAVATING 

DealKing 

Furniture 

View our website for 

all details of products. 

Phone 03 3386 021 

www.dealking.co.nz 

OPENING HOURS: 

Monday–Friday 8am - 4pm, 

Saturday 10am - 1pm 

Excavations 

DRIVEWAYS 

Exposed Aggregate 

Stamped Concrete Plain 

Concrete Resurfacing 

Things we offer... 

Competitive/affordable pricing 

Attention to detail 

Professional service 

free quotes/insurance scopes 

Cell 0278 145 848 

www.drivecrete.co.nz 

FLOORING 

eqc cASH SeTTLeMeNT 

EQC CASH SETTLEMENT 

We will re-scope your property to ensure 

you have been paid in full to cover 

all your repair costs. 

After 5 years of scoping for EQC claims 

we have found that most claims 

have been under paid. 

Examples of Clients EQC Payments: 

Payment Initially $3,800 after our re-scope 

payment received $46,320 

Payment Initially $7,575 after our re-scope 


Payment Initially $19,827 after re-scope 


For re-scoping and all earthquake repairs 

including painting and redecorating. 

Enquire now Phone 021-667-444 

furniture removals 

www.travlon.co.nz 

Phone: 03 325 2959 

Email: info@travlon.co.nz 

• Driveways 

• Car Parks 

• Site Cleaning 

• Demolition 

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• Drain Cleaning 

• Stump & Hedge 

Removal 

• Ashpalt Concrete 

Wide range 

oF TruckS 

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• Diggers – 2 Ton 

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• Excavators 

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• For Posthole & 

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For a Free Quote 

on your next project 

Phone Steve on 021 338 247 

or 325 7922 

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SUPPLIERS & INSTALLERS OF: 

RESIDENTIAL CARPET 

COMMERCIAL CARPET 

UNDERLAY 

VINYL 

CARPET TILES 

GARAGE CARPET 

Friendly Service • Competitive Rates 

Lynda - 03 421 6527 

Nathan - 021 042 5169 

CANTERBURY 

RELOCATIONS 

insurance approved 

Furniture movers & Packers 

christchurch local moves from: 

$95+gst per hour 

7 day New ZealaNd wide 

PackiNg & moviNg service 

FUll ProFessioNal PackiNg service availaBle 

eXcelleNT service From FrieNdly ProFessioNal Team 

Ph. 0800 359 9313 

www.canterburyrelocations.co.nz 

GARDEN SUPPLIES 

junk 

Landscaping 

OP SHOPS 

CHCH’S LARGEST SELECTION OF 

BARK • COMPOST • SHINGLES 

Remember... 

we are NOT in 

Parkhouse Road 

Landscape Lane (off Lunns Rd) 

P. 348 2915 OPEN 7 DAYS 

nO GREEn wastE In anY OF OUR COMPOst 

Why go to the Dump? 

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Items too big for the 

rubbish bin? 

Or too heavy for you 

to move? 

Junkman comes 

to you & takes 

it away 

FROM $ 

65 * 

*Prices vary depending on items and volume – minimum charge $65 

0800 586 5626 

www.junkman.co.nz 

office@junkman.co.nz 

landscape design & build 

• Eco-sourcing specialist nursery 

• Landscape design & build 

• Eco-restoration services 

• Maintenance services 

Call us today 

03 359 2458 

www.waioralandscapes.co.nz 

Shop with us and 

Give Hope. 

Te Ope Whakaora 

Open Monday - Saturday 9am - 5.15pm 

62 Poulson Street, Addington 

300 Lincoln Road, Lincoln 

PH: 338 5154 

Your donations of household goods support our 

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painter 

PAINTER 

PAINTER 

PHOTOGRAPHY 

Price Family 

Painters Ltd 

Interior/Exterior 

Wallpapering/Painting 

Gib Stopping 

Free Quotes 

EQC Opt Out 

Fletcher Accredited 

Project Management 

Phone: Morton 021 667 444 

Email: mortonprice@xtra.co.nz 

www.pricefamilypainters.co.nz 

Michael Kelly Painters 

Locally owned and 

operated family 

business. 

25+ years Experience 

• Painting • Wallpapering 

• Interior • Exterior 

Free Quotes 

Phone 

Paul 0276 475 755 

Michael 0212 649 492 

michaelkellypainter@hotmail.co.nz 

Experts in... 

• Wallpapering 

• Plastering/Crack Repairs 

• Interior Painting 

• Exterior Painting 

• Specialty Finishes 

• Design Advice 

Vicki Keast, Director 

0274 933 529 

email: vicki@paintmasters.co.nz 

ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED PANORAMA HEAD FOR 

FASCINATING SELFIES OR BREATHTAKING PANORAMA 

SHOTS OF LANDSCAPES, PLACES AND EVENTS. MOUNT 

YOUR SMART PHONE (IOS OR 

ANDROID) SET UP BLUETOOTH 

AND USE THE SUPPLIED 

REMOTE TO CONTROL THE UNIT. 

PLUMBER 

PROFESSIONAL 

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NEED A PLUMBER 

Call us now for fast friendly service. 

Get your problems sorted out 

quick smart - on time!! 

Phone for a 

FREE 

quote now. 

Phone 03 377 1280 | Mobile 021 898 380 

If you need a hand 

around your home, 

we can help YOU 

Specialising in Odd jobs, Lawns 

undertaken, Rubbish clean outs, ETC 

It’s the people that make the difference. 

Phone Rodney 027 530 3030 

Service / Installation 

Maintenance / Repair 

• Refrigeration design, build & repairs 

• Heat Pump sales, installation & repairs 

• Heat Pump servicing 

379-3589 

SNOWTEMP 

Serving 

Canterbury 

for 33 years 

196 Wordsworth St 

Christchurch 

Free Delivery 

and Installation 

Terms and conditions apply 

NEED A 

FRIDGE • WASHER 

TV • FURNITURE ? 

Call Mr Rental - 0800 111 313 

Visit www.mrrental.co.nz 

123 Blenheim Road, Riccarton 

ROOFING 

rubbish removal 

spouting 

SPOUTING 

Re-Coat 

your roof this 

summer 

Before 

After 

Call us 0275 568 121 or email us 

sales@roofmasterschch.co.nz 

tRAiLER SKiP HiRE 

• 2 or 5 cubic metre 

• Household Rubbish 

• Green Waste 

• Yard Clean ups 

• Load it yourself or hire us 

• Locally owned and operated 

bin co 

Phone: 383-0646 

027 2131 733 

SUPPLY AND 

INSTALL OF 

SEAMLESS 

GUTTERS 

Written Warranty and 10 yr NO LEAKS Guarantee 

• Specialise in snow protection 

• Continuous spouting made 

on site, large colour range 

available 

• High grade and thicker 

material used 

Any type of gutters 

repaired, Insurance 

Work undertaken 

No job too small 

or too big! 

Call us NOW for FREE QUOTE 

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03 980-2865 / 03 344-5744 

www.spouting2u.co.nz 

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Car Parts 

CARS - TRUCKS - VANS - 4WDS 

New + Used Lamps for Cars, Trucks, Vans, 

4WD, Motorhomes, Trailers & LEDs. 

We can repair your existing lights including: 

Headlamp Adjusters, Lens Refurbishment 

and Plastic Welding. 

0800 225 483 

For all your automotive Lamp Requirements 

F: 03 371 1101 

E: carlights@carlights.co.nz 

325 Brougham Street, Christchurch 

Fishing & Hunting 

WE BUY ALL UNWANTED 

GUNS & ACCESSORIES 

FOR CASH 

Now at 

64 Carmen Rd, Hornby 

027 265 4659 

You can now shop online with us 

www.shooterssupplies.co.nz 

Business for Sale 

Lawn Mowing 

Run 

A small run of push 

mows for sale, north 

west side of the City. 

Contact Mary for 

more information 

Text 027 441 9168 

or 352 8002 a/h 

Caravans, Motorhomes 

& Traliers 

Are you about to sell 

your caravan? We can 

sell it in our busy yard on 

behalf for you, at www. 

affordablecaravans.co.nz 

512 Blenheim Road 

CHCH 03 3488614. 

Caravan 4 to 5 Berth 

Wanted Repairs OK 

027 938 5344 

Catering 

NEW YEAR PARTY 

FOOD, DIY, finger 

food, or fully catered, 

for all occasions, order 

now, Ph 354 5247 Kay 

Riverleacaterers.co.nz 

Celebrant 

WEDDINGS, Civil 

Union Ceremonies, 

Renewal of Vows, Naming 

Ceremonies, Funerals 

and Unveilings - Jenni 

Gibson Ph/Fax 324-8332, 

021 723-089. www. 

celebrantservices.net.nz 

Church Notices 

The Spiritualist 

Church of NZ 

41 Glenroy Street 

Woolston 

SUNDAY SERVICE 

7pm 

Address 

Suzanne 

Mediumship 

Gail P 

Ph 021-081-43700 

Community Events 

ALCOHOLICS 

ANONYMOUS, If you 

want to have a drink that’s 

your business. If you want 

to stop, we can help. Phone 

0800 229-6757 

Computers 

LAPTOPS Acer, HP, Dell, 

Sony $150 - $400, ph 381- 

6335 or 021 115-0194 

LAPTOPS Acer, HP, Dell, 

Sony $150 - $400, ph 381- 

6335 or 021 115-0194 

For Sale 

HANDBAG Genuine 

Guess Leilani box bag - 

CR240831 sand/neutral 

colour, sz 42cm long x 

22cm high, excellent 

condition only $160 ono 

ph 020 444 4202 

Funeral Directors 

Gardening & Supplies 

A1 TREE STUMP 

REMOVAL 

• We remove Tree Stumps and Tree Roots 

• Debris can be recycled as mulch in most cases 

• Guarantee to arrive on time 

• We leave your site tidy 

• We are fast and efficient 

• We have 3 different size machines 

• No stump too large, no stump too small 

ONLINE QUOTE 

Fast, easy, instant 

www.a1treestumps.co.nz 

Ph: 322 6928 Cell: 027 4322 190 

info@a1treestumps.co.nz 

Owner operator covering Canterbury” 

Gardening 

& Supplies 

Handy Person 

Services 

Tired of that dripping 

tap? Brassed off with 

those sticking doors and 

windows? Sick of looking 

at that broken gate & 

fence? Help is at hand! Ph 

John on 021 149 0986 for 

an obligation free quote to 

ease your mind. 

Jewellery 

WATCHES Ladies 

A GARDEN 

Versace, Gucci & Calvin 

PROFESSIONAL 

Klein, brand new in boxes, 

NEEDED? Qualified 

bracelet design excellent 

Horticulturist, offering 

price $99.95 each, plse ph 

expert pruning, garden 

ChCh 020 444-4204 

makeovers, garden design 

and landscaping, for free 

quotes call Bryce 027 688- Massage 

8196 or 0508 242-733 

DRY Chicken manure. MALE Masseur, relax 

Bagged $5, Ph 3387336 or massage, waxing for men, 

027 722-5680 

8am-8pm ph 027 723 5756 

PETE’S GARDENING 

SERVICE Gardening, SENSUAL Hot Oil 

rubbish removal, cleanups, Massage Rural Location 

expert pruning, hedge Anna 021 110-8790 

trimming, tree cutting, 

good rates, no job too big Personals 

or too small, half the price 

of a franchise, available MAN is on a mission to 

over the holidays, ph 027 find a hungry lady (50- 

551 4118 

65) to hook up with and 

to share the fruits of love. 

0276594425 

SEMI RETIRED single 

gentleman living on own 

in the NW would like to 

meet a stylish slim NS 

single lady with twinkle 

in her eye for holiday 

activities, outings, coffee, 

walks, conversation and 

laughter. Phone 3583634 

Funeral Directors 

Sydenham Park 

Funerals 

Direct 

Cremation 

We care about 

your costs 

Ph 0800 793 364 

heritagefunerals@xtra.co.nz 

Direct 

Cremation 

No frills, No Service, 

No fuss, simply 

straight to the crem. 

Other options available 

Ph: 379 0178 

for our brochure 

or email office@ 

undertaker.co.nz 

Worried About 

Funeral Cost? 

No Mourners, 

No Ceremony, 

No Fuss 

$1,995 

Tollfree 0800 693 863 

www.myfuneralservices.nz 

Personals 

IS THERE a lady in 

the city who would like 

to be spoiled. A lady 

that is single, maybe 

lonely,maybe on your 

own, and would like a 

partner to do things with. A 

lady who is spontaneous, 

well presented, available, 

and enjoys the nice things 

of life. Perhaps shy and 

has never replied to a 

newspaper ad before.. 

Take a chance..write to 

Andy P.O. Box 1919, 

Christchurch..photo would 

be appreciated. All replies 

will be answered. 

MAN is on a mission to 

find a hungry lady (50- 

65) to hook up with and 

to share the fruits of love. 

0276594425 

CAR REMOVALS 

$$CASH PAID$$ 

CARS, VANS, UTES & 4X4 WANTED 

NZ OWNED AND OPERATED FOR 24 YEARS 

We use world class vehicle depollution systems 

0800 8200 600 

www.pickapart.co.nz 

Public Notices 

SALE AND SUPPLY OF 

ALCOHOL ACT 2012 

SECTION 127, 101 

& 120 

EDGEWARE SERVICES 

LIMITED, (THE LICENSEE, Mr 

Stephen Anderson Edgeware 

Services Limited, PO BOX 

21281, Christchurch 8143), 

has made application to the 

District Licensing Committee 

at Christchurch for the renewal 

and variation of OFF-LICENCE 

in respect of the premises 

situated at 61 Edgeware Road 

known as EDGEWARE VILLAGE 

SUPERVALUE. 

The general nature of the 

business conducted under 

the licence is: OFF-LICENCE 

SUPERMARKET. 

The days on which and the 

hours during which alcohol is 

sold under the licence are: 

MONDAY TO SUNDAY 7.00AM 

TO 11.00PM. 

VARIATION SOUGHT: 

INCREASING THE LICENSED AREA 

The application may be 

inspected during ordinary 

office hours at the office of the 

Christchurch District Licensing 

Committee, Civic Offices, 77 

Hereford Street, Christchurch. 

Any person who is entitled to 

object and who wishes to object 

to the grant of the application 

may, not later than 15 working 

days after the date of the first 

publication of this notice, file a 

notice in writing of the objection 

with the Secretary of the District 

Licensing Committee, PO Box 

73049, Christchurch 8154. 

No objection to the renewal of a 

licence may be made in relation 

to a matter other than a matter 

specified in section 131 of the 

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 

2012. 

This is the second publication of 

this notice. This notice was first 

published on 29 December 2016. 

Trades & Services 

PROFESSIONAL & QUALIFIED 

PAINTING 

Plastering, Wallpapering 

Spray Painting 

Ph John 027 860 8106 

LANDSCAPING 

• Paving 

• Driveways 

• Patios & BBQ Areas 

• Retaining Walls 

• Fencing & Decking 

• Design & Construct 

• Free Plans 

30 years 

experience 

338 9349 or 

027 447 9707 

Vehicles Wanted 

Building & roofing 

log fire inSTAllATionS 

• Bricklaying & Blocklaying 

(30 yrs experience) 

logfires 

• log fire installation & maintenance 

• chimney cleaning 

• standard logfire installations $600 + gsT + 

permit + parts if applicable 

• My scaffolding no charge 

fencing 

• Brick, block, timber or any combination 

roofing repairs 

• concrete tile, metal chip tile, corrugated iron 

landscape Builds 

• retaining walls, decks, BBQs, planter boxes 

Jim Gardner Trade Services 

Member NZ Home Heating Association 

Ph 03 343 4044 or 0274 375 619 

Email teamgardner@xtra.co.nz 

Driveways 

SWAINS KIWI KERB 

DRIVEWAY 

CONSTRUCTION 

Free Measure & Quote 

• Asphalt 

• Driveways 

• Kerb 


Quality Workmanship - 

Over 10 Years Experience 

• Chipseal 

• Chip 

PH 0800 081- 400 • 980-1123 

Mob 0274 325 457 

PAINTING 

PLASTERING 

WALLPAPERING 

Interior / Exterior 

New Homes & 

Repaints 

Quality assured 

Correct preparation 

always undertaken 

20 years experience 

Ph Kevin Steel 

or 027 216 8946 

kpsteel@xtra.co.nz 

ROOF 

PAINTING 

Rope & harness 

a speciality, 

no scaffolding 

required, 

30 years of 

breathtaking 

experience. 

FREE QUOTES 

Exterior staining, 

exterior painting, 

moss and mould 

treatment and 

waterblasting 

Phone Kevin 

027 561 4629



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Wanted to buy 

Entertainment 

RE-ROOFING 

QUALITY ROOFING AT THE 

BEST PRICE AROUND 

Protect your home with a new Colorsteel roof. 

Call for a friendly, FREE assessment and quote. 

• Roofing 

• Spouting and Downpipe 

• Safety rails 

• Licensed Building 

Practitioner 

Ph: 347 9045 or 021 165 1682 

Email: Robinsonroofing99@gmail.com 

Find Trades 

Professionals on 

TradesMate.co.nz 

EXPERIENCED 

GARDENER 

(Kevin Garnett) 

30 Years 

Christchurch Botanic 

Gardens. 

ALL landscape 

work done. 

Maintenance, pruning, 

tidy up, lawn work, 

landscape planning 

and planting etc. 

Free Quotes 

Phone 348 3482 

AAA CArpentry 

licensed builder 

practitioner all property 

maintenance small job 

expert by tradesman / 

handyman free quotes city 

wide call now 03 387- 

0770 or 027 245 5226 

ciey@xtra.co.nz 

ACE handyman services. 

Lawn mowing, painting, 

fence building and 

cleanups etc Phone 

021-164-5567 or 03-960-8431 

TILER 

Interior 

New Homes 

Re-tile existing 

bathrooms, kitchens, 

laundry, toilet 

Floors / walls 

Quality assured 

FREE QUOTES 

Ph Kevin Steel 

or 027 216 8946 

kpsteel@xtra.co.nz 

ALUMInIUM Door 

and Window repairs. Good 

professional service at 

competitive prices. Call 

027 418 3307 or 377-1944 

BrICK & BLoCK 

new work, repairs, small 

jobs only, free quotes, ph 

Bruce 027 231 7309 

BUILDer 

For all building work 

but specialist in bathroom 

renovations, 30 yrs 

experience, with service 

and integrity. Free Quotes. 

Ph Lachlan 383-1723 or 

0274 367-067. 

BUILDer 

Exp in all aspects of 

building works, home 

renovations & extensions, 

property repairs. Free 

quote. Ph Stuart 0274 


CArpet & VInyL 

Laying. Repairs, 

uplifting, relaying, 

restretching,working thru 

Xmas. Email jflattery@ 

xtra.co.nz, ph 0800 003 

181 or 027 2407416 

ConCrete 

Decorative Concrete 

Placing, Canterbury 

owned & operated 

for over 10 years, 

competitive rates, full 

excavation, coloured, 

exposed, stamped, call 

Paul 027 322 6119 

ConCrete DrIVeWAyS 

Excavate, supply, lay 

& cut, Landstyles 1985 

Ltd, 0800 786 863 www. 

concretedrivewayschch. 

co.nz 

ConCrete 

IMPRESSIONS LTD 

Call us for a free quote 

for all your driveway, 

path & patio needs - 

Concrete and Asphalt. 

Excavation & placings, 

power washing service, 

acid wash & reseal and 

fencing. Please call Jason 

Fisher on 022 075 9310 

DeCK CLeAnInG 

Timber decks rejuvenated, 

polished concrete & floors 

scrubbed. We also do gym 

floors, halls, restaurants, 

bars, offices & churches. 

Call Ray Anderson 027 

323-5190 or 323-5190 

eLeCtrICIAn 

Registered, electrical 

installation and repairs, 

Gorbie Electrical, ph 021 

026 73375 or 03 322 4209 

eLeCtrICIAn 

Prompt & reliable 

registered electrician with 

24 years experience for all 

residential and commercial 

work, new housing and 

switch board replacements 

Phone Chris 027 516 0669 

eXCAVAtIonS 

5 tonne tipper and 

digger, concrete removal 

and small sites, phone 

Ian 027 457 4002 

FenCInG 

All styles and shapes, 

gates, wooden, ph Mark 

027 331-3223 

FenCInG 

Quality timber fencing - 

gates & repairs, ph Ryan 

027 951 8892 

LAnDSCApe 

CONSTRUCTION 

Lawns, paving, water 

features, irrigation, 

planting, decks, 

driveways, kerbing, ponds, 

retainer walls, fencing. 

Free quotes, Phone Tony 

021-034-8555 

pAIntInG 

& PLASTERING Free 

quotes. Int/ext & roof 

painting Family run 

business, work guaranteed. 

Ph Kerin or Paul 022 191 

7877 or 379-1281. Website 

www.swedekiwipainting. 

co.nz 

pLASterInG 

FINNS PLASTERING 

Services - alterations, 

renovations, cracks, holes, 

skim coating and coveing. 

24 yrs exp, no job too 

small. Canty born & bred. 

Ph 022 087 4351 

rooFInG 

Qualified & Licenced 

Practitioner. Re-Roof & 

Repairs, all types. Member 

New Zealand Roofing 

Association. Over 35 years 

experience. Phone John 

027 432-3822 or 351-9147 

email 

co.nz 

johnmill@ihug. 

CASH FOR 

STAMPS 

Do you have an Old Stamp Collection 

tucked away somewhere? 

It could be worth a fortune! 

Perhaps your 

grandparents 

or parents were 

collectors? 

Make sure you 

know what you 

have got. 

I am in Christchurch buying collections 

this week. Make an appointment to come in 

to us at Merivale, or I CAN HOUSE CALL 

for larger collections. 

Spaces fill up fast. Get in touch today. 

Call Matt Power on 0800 239 325 

ZEALANDIA STAMPS 


SpoUtInG CLeAnInG 

Spouting Unblocked, 

Cleaned Out and Flushed 

Out. Also Full Handyman 

Services Available. Call 

Trevor 332 8949 or 021 

043 2034 

SUtHerLAnD FLoorInG 

MOBILE SERVICE - we 

come to you - supply and 

install of new carpet, small 

jobs, re-stretching, relaying, 

repairs / patches. 

Garage carpet supplied 

and installed. 30 years 

experience, competitive 

prices. Call 027 418 3306 

treeS 

BIG OR SMALL, tree 

removal, trimming, stump 

grinding, shelterbelt clean 

up, section clearing, 

rubbish removals, 

excavation work, ph Trees 

Big or Small, for a free 

quote, 021 061 4783 

WAterBLAStInG 

Quality job, quick service, 

Phone Richard at JetX 

0800 538 969 

WInDoW CLeAnInG 

Average 3 brm house 

inside or out $40. Both $70 

Phone Trevor 344-2170 

WInDoW CLeAnInG 

Average 3 brm house 

inside or out $40. Both $70 

Phone Trevor 344-2170 

• Replacement/new roofing 

• Colour Steel gutter & fascia 

• Flue & log burner installs 

• Skytube/light installs 

• Earthquake repairs 

Licence Building 

Practitioner LBP 

Member of the Roofing 

Association 

DCM ROOFING LTD 

The Roofing Specialists 

PHONE IAIN 

027 445 5597 

iain@dcmroofing.co.nz 

PROFESSIONAL & QUALIFIED 

PAINTING 

Plastering, Wallpapering 

Spray Painting 

Ph John 027 860 8106 

Wanted To Buy 

AAA Buying goods 

quality furniture, 

Beds, Stoves, Washing 

machines, Fridge Freezers. 

Same day service. Selwyn 

Dealers. Phone 980 5812 

or 027 313 8156 

ALL Old China, Crystal, 

Ornaments, Vases, Cutlery 

etc. Raewyn Hill Phone 

360-0951 

A Records and hi-fi gear 

wanted. Excellent prices 

paid. NZ’s biggest range 

with over 100,000 items, 

cds, DVDs & records. 

Pennylane Music 430 

Colombo St, Sydenham 03 

366 3278 www.pennylane. 

co.nz 7 days 

GOOD stuff wanted. 

Whiteware, freezers etc, 

good quality furniture, 

antiques, curios, 

collectables. Anything 

considered. Cash paid. Ph 

Dave 960-8440, 027 66 

22 116 

SLEEP OUTS GALORE 

Buyers + sellers of 

relocatable buildings. Ph 

349 9633 

STAMP, Postcard & coin 

collections. Ph 021 138 

8949 or 03 328-6587 

TOOLS, Garden garage, 

saw benches, Lathes. Cash 

buyer Phone 355-2045 

SATURDAY 7TH JANUARY 4PM 

It wIll be great day of sIdecar racIng 

Adults $20 

Pensioners $15 with gold card 

Family $40 (2 adults & 4 children under 15) 

Accompanied children under 15 years $10. 

Infants under 5 FREE. (Sorry, no EFTPOS) 

Info line Ph 021 070 3140 

www.mooreparkspeedway.co.nz 

WWW.HOYTS.CO.NZ 

*Excludes Christmas Day




The SAS Club 

Community Club with a 

strong community focus 

CLUBS NEW ZEALAND WARMLY WELCOME MEMBERS, 

THEIR GUESTS AND AFFILIATE CLUB MEMBERS. 

BECOME A MEMBER TODAY! 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT A CLUB WITHIN THIS SECTION. 

H ORNBY 

WORKINGMEN’S 

CLUB 

«WHAT'S ON« 

SATURDAY 7, JAN 8PM 

JO’S KARAOKE 

Club CAFE 

OPEN 7 DAYS 

LUNCH & DINNER 

Gluten Free & 

Vegetarian options 

TURN IN the drive at 269 Hills 

Rd, cross the creek, and you've 

found it, the St Albans Shirley 

Club (SAS Club). 

Located on the cusp of St Albans 

and Shirley, the SAS Club was 

established back in 1955 by a small 

group of community minded 

citizens with the intention to 

provide a community club with a 

strong community focus. Some 

sixty years on and the club 

continues with this objective 

providing support for local schools 

and groups. 

Club and affiliate members gain 

access to the many great facilities 

on offer. There's a MEMBER'S 

BAR with discounted bar prices, 

bistro (open from 5pm Thursday 

through to Saturday), TAB, new 

poker gaming machines, big 

screen SKY sport, pool tables; 

SPORTING SECTIONS that 

compete locally and nationally; 

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT; and to 

get you home safe and sound... the 

Club Shuttle (operates Thursday, 

Friday and Saturday evenings. 

Anyone can become a member 

of the SAS Club and potential new 

members are welcome to call in 

and check out the great facilities 

and advantages of joining your 

local club. For more information, 

go to www.sasclub.co.nz, visit them 

on facebook, call in at 269 Hills 

Rd, or phone them on 385 1632. 

Chalmers Restaurant CLOSED 

Re-opens Friday 13th January 2017 

The Board, Executive, Management & Staff 

wish members and their families, 

a very Happy New Year 

Hornby WMC | ph 03 349 9026 | 17 Carmen Road | Hornby 

www.hornbyworkingmensclub.co.nz | Members, guests & affiliates welcome 

COME DANCING 

with Lynne Chaney & friends 

This Sunday 8th Jan, from 1.30pm 

LUCKY TICKET DRAW! 

Drawn 3.30pm 

THE CANTEEN BISTRO open with great meals 12pm - 2pm 

Papanui RSA, 55 Bellvue Road Entry $2 donation 

We wish everyone a safe & happy New Year 

Cafe open from 11am 

TAB & Gaming 

Function Facilities 

HOUSIE 

Tuesday, Thursday, 

Saturday 

SHUTTLE 

Tuesday - Saturday 

LIVE MUSIC 

THIS SATURDAY 

7th Jan, 7pm Whitfords Bar 

SOUTHFIELD 

Open 7 Days from 5.30pm 

RETRO ROAST 

LUNCH 

12PM-1.30PM 

WEDNESDAYS 

until Wednesday 21st December 

$10 Members / $12 Non



JOIN 

A CLUB BY 

THE SEA! 

www.newbrightonclub.co.nz 

Argentian style of cooking experience 

Watch as your meal is handcrafted right in front 

of you in our open kitchen by our passionate chef's. 

Open Wednesday to Sunday from 3pm & Sunday Brunch. 

THE CARVERY: 

OPEN WEDS THRU SUNDAY 12PM-2PM 

(CLOSED Saturday lunch) & 5PM-8.30PM 

3 COURSE ROAST SPECIAL $23.50 

LUNCH SPECIALS $13.50 MENU 

WINNER : 

Best New/ 

Redeveloped 

Bar/Restaurant 

OPEN 

FOR 

SUNDAY 

BRUNCH 

from 11am 

Delicious selection! 

MATCHES SPORTS BAR: 

OPEN DAILY FROM 10AM. FOOD AVAILABLE 

AT ALL TIMES. 

'THE BEST SPORTS BAR MENU IN TOWN!' 

GAMING ROOM: 18 MACHINES 

TAB: 

IGNITE FITNESS: 

PHONE OR GO SEE EDDIE! 

Ph 359 9586 - Sawyers Arms Rd 

www.papanuiclub.co.nz - Members, guests & affiliates welcome 

WHAT’S ON 

TUESDAYS & 

THURSDAYS 

Members Lucky Card Draw 

TAB POD 

GAMING ROOM 

FUNCTION ROOMS 

SHUTTLE RUNNING 

Tues, Thurs, Fri & Sat 

GREAT 

DINING 

- downstairs - 

ClubBISTRO 

Open Tuesday to Saturday 

12pm-2pm and from 5pm 

Midweek 

SPECIAL $10 

ROAST 

Available Tuesday, 

Wednesday, & Thursday 

GREAT 

DINING 

- upstairs - 

PIERVIEW 

Restaurant 

Quality a la carte 

with a view! 

Open from 5.30pm 

FRIDAY, SATURDAY 

& SUNDAY 

FRIDAY SPECIAL: 

SIRLOIN STEAK or 

CHICKEN BREAST 

WITH JACKET POTATO 

& SALAD BAR 

$22! 

SUNDAY SPECIAL 

3 courses: $25 

NOW OPEN FOR 

SUNDAY BRUNCH 

By the Seaside! 

10.30am-2.30pm 

WE WISH EVERYONE A 

HAPPY & SAFE HOLIDAY 

richmond 

club 

www.rwmc.co.nz 

pride of the east 

since 1888 

BECOME A MEMBER TODAY! 

Members, guests & affiliates welcome 

FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK 

We wish everyone a 

very happy & safe 

New Year! 

• SKY Sport • Pool Tables • Gaming Room 

• Shuttle operates Thurs, Fri, Sat night • TAB 

TO ALL OUR 

MEMBERS & AFFILIATES: 

The Club is open as normal 

over the holiday period. 

Courtesy van is running 

and the Club Bistro is open. 

Thanks for all support 

over the past year. 

We look forward to getting 

Stage 2 construction 

underway around 

Autumn 2017. 

Large TV's | TAB pod 

Gaming Room |Courtesy Van 

Great Bar | Great Staff! 

- Open daily from 11am - 

Club 

BISTRO 

GREAT DINING 

Tuesday to Sunday 

Brunch | Lunch | Dinner 

THURSDAY 

SPECIAL 

Steak, chips 

& salad 

$10 

CHECK OUT OUR 

BISTRO SPECIALS 

ON FACEBOOK OR 

www.rwmc.co.nz 

Richmond-Club-Bistro 

Find us on Facebook 

Richmond Club |75 London St | Ph 389 5778 

• Bistro open 5-8pm Thurs, Fri, Sat BAR MENU available daily 

St Albans Shirley Club 

269 Hills Rd | ph 385 1632 www.sasclub.co.nz 

SHUTTLE RUNNING Tues, Thurs, Fri & Sat 

202 Marine Parade | Ph 388-9416 

Members, guests and affiliates welcome 

Happening 

at your 

LOCAL ... 

Quality a la carte Dining 

Riverview 

Restaurant 

OPEN 7 DAYS, LUNCH & DINNER 

THANK YOU 

to our 

Members 

for your valued 

support throughout 

2016 and we 

wish everyone 

safe & happy 

holidays. 

FUNCTION ROOMS 

for hire 

SHUTTLE : 0800 CASHMERE 

Members’ Shuttle Now operates from 3pm 

Thurs & Fri & from 4pm on Weds, Sat & Sun 

50 Colombo Street • Phone 332 0092 

www.cashmereclub.co.nz 

FIND US ON FACEBOOK 

Members, guests & affiliates welcome 

Clubs New Zealand 

warmly welcome 

members, their guests and 

affiliate club members.




Sunday 3pm, Wellington folk/celtic/country/rock outfit, HOBNAIL play in the Botanical Gardens. 

ALVARADO’S MEXICAN 

CANTINA: Monday 7pm - 

Albi & The Wolves ‘One Eye 

Open’ Tour, free. 

BARETTA: Friday 4pm - Caleb 

Isaac; 4pm - Antony Pickard; 

7.30pm - DJ Danny III. 

Saturday 9pm - DJ Double 

Header feat. Vlad & Masta K. 

BILL'S BAR: Thursday & 

Sunday 6pm - Mickey Rat 

Karaoke. 

BLUE SMOKE: Thursday 

7.30pm - Something Else 

presents Jesse Sheehan with 

support NyOh & Mat 

Mulholland, tickets 

jessesheehanmusic.com. Sunday 

4pm - The Sunday Sit Down 

feat. Monty Bevins, free. 

BROUGHAM: Saturday 8pm - 

Jenlin’s Karaoke. 

CARLTON: Friday 10pm - 

Shadow Puppet. Saturday 

10.30pm - Flat City 

Brotherhood. 

CHRISTCHURCH 

BOTANICAL GARDENS: 

Sunday 3pm - Ingham’s Lazy 

Sundays feat. Hobnail (Folk, 

Celtic, Country, Rock from 

Wellington), free. 

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO: 

Friday 7pm - Shannon Cooper- 

Garland; 10.15pm - TJ. 

Saturday 7pm - Acoustic 

Solution; 10.15pm - 

Smoothtalk. Sunday 5.30pm - 

Stevie D. 

DARKROOM: Friday - The 

Convics. Saturday - Rhomboid. 

DUX CENTRAL: Friday 5pm - 

Emerson; 9.30pm - Big Rig. 

Saturday 2pm - Stef T & Tim; 

9.30pm - Churp. Sunday 2pm - 

Jazz Session. 

EMPIRE: Thursday 9pm - DJ 

Vlad. Friday 10.30pm - DJ lxtz. 

Saturday 10pm - DJ Phase. 

JESSE SHEEHAN performs at Blue Smoke tonight 

with support NyOh & Mat Mulholland. 

Psychedelic punk-rock wizards, RHOMBOID 

play the Darkroom on Saturday night. 

FINNEGANS - 

PREBBLETON TAVERN: 

Friday 7pm - Guinness Jam 

Session, free. 

JANES BAR: Saturday - Now 

& Zen. Sunday - One Foot in 

the Blues. Wednesday - Open 

Mic Night. 

HORNBY WMC: Saturday 

8pm - Jo’s Karaoke. 

ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL: 

Tickets @ticketek. 

STOCKxCHANGE BAR, 

SHIRLEY: Friday 7pm - 

Ignition. Saturday 7pm - 

Misfitz. 

SULLIVANS IRISH PUB: 

Tuesday 7.30pm - Topia. 

Wednesday 7.30pm - Willie 

McArthur & friends. 

THE BOG: Friday 11pm - 

Stoutfellows. Saturday 11pm - 

Black Velvet Band. Sunday 

5pm - Black Velvet acoustic. 

Tuesday 7.30pm - Jammin’ with 

the Jamesons. Wednesday - 

Brendan Gregg. 

THE CRAIC IRISH BAR: 

Thursday - Willie McArthur. 

Friday - Shameless Few. 

Saturday - Andy Page. 

Wednesday - Karaoke. 

THE CUBAN: Friday 7.30pm - 

Nick Lee. Saturday 8pm - 

Antony Pickard. 

THE WAVE BAR: Thursday 

8.30pm - Karaoke. Friday 

8.30pm - DJ. 

WOOLSTON CLUB: Saturday 

7pm - Southfield. 

To add a listing, 

contact Jo Fuller 

03 364 7425 

jo.fuller@ 

starmedia.kiwi



What’s on 

Let us know about your event! 

Email whatson@starmedia.kiwi 

UNTIL SUNDAY, 11AM-6PM 

NEW BRIGHTON BEACH 

CARNIVAL 

Come join in the fun at the New 

Brighton Beach Carnival these 

holidays, with a family special 

of $25 for six rides or our super 

wristband deal of $20 for all you 

can ride. Don’t miss out. 

New Brighton Village 

Green, Marine Parade, 

New Brighton 

DAILY 

SUMMERTIME READING 

CLUB FOR KIDS 

Need books for the school 

holidays? Pick some up along 

with a Passport to Summer. 

Each page has fun readingrelated 

activities to complete. 

After you finish the challenges 

on each page, stop in at a 

library to collect a stamp in 

your passport. Once you’ve 

completed eight activities and 

collected five stamps in total, 

get your passport checked by 

a librarian to enter the draw 

to win some prizes, including 

an iPad mini 2, an Orana Park 

family pass, pool passes, movie 

passes and book vouchers. 

Any branch of 

Christchurch City Libraries. 

Free entry 

DAILY 

BOULEVARD ARTS’ 

MARKET 

A market of quality, local and 

New Zealand-made arts and 

crafts. Reflecting the essence 

of New Zealand creativity, the 

Boulevard Arts’ Market offers 

many unique items, including 

wooden homeware, boxes, 

bowls, gifts and green-stone 

jewellery. Original handpainted 

watercolours of iconic 

historic Christchurch buildings 

and locations will also be for 

sale. Email tonijackson@live. 

com if you’re a local craft person 

who wants to set up a stall. 

31-33 Worcester 

Boulevard. Free entry 

SUNDAY, 3–4.30PM 

LAZY SUNDAYS – 

HOBNAIL 

Relax in the sunshine with 

family and friends while 

listening to great tunes at 

Ingham’s Lazy Sundays. Enjoy 

the perfect summer afternoon, 

with fantastic performances 

from a talented array of 

musicians over eight free 

live concerts in the stunning 

Botanic Gardens. A great lineup 

of acts has been selected 

from swing jazz, folk, pop and 

country to composers who 

will share their engaging and 

internationally-acclaimed 

originals. This Sunday, 

Wellington band Hobnail will 

perform. Free admission. 

Christchurch Botanic 

Gardens, Rolleston Ave 

COMMUNITY MARKET 

Thursdays, 8.30am-1pm, 51 Pages 

Rd 

MT PLEASANT FARMERS’ 

MARKET 

Saturday, 9.30am-12.30pm, 

McCormacks Bay Rd 

LYTTELTON FARMERS’ 

MARKET 

Saturdays, 10am-1pm, London St 

NEW BRIGHTON MARKET 

Saturdays, 10am-2pm, 

Brighton mall 

OPAWA FARMERS’ MARKET 

Sundays, 9am-noon, 275 Fifield 

Tce 

PAPANUI COMMUNITY 

MARKET 

Saturday, 8.30am-1pm, 55 Bellvue 

Ave or 1 Harewood Rd 

COMMUNITY BOOT SALES 

Saturday, 9.30am-12.30pm, 217 

Ferry Rd, cnr of Nursery Rd 

THE SUMNER MARKET 

Sunday, 11am-3pm, next to the 

Sumner Surf Lifesaving Club 

If you want to win a double movie pass – get 

clicking. Each week The Star will give away 

a double movie pass to the best photo sent 

in by a reader. Send your photos to geoff. 

sloan@starmedia.kiwi. Put ‘photo competition’ in the subject 

line and include your name, address and phone number 

WINNER: Bindy Williams, St Albans. 

DRESSED AND READY: Leigh Forbes, Templeton. 

DEREK: Virginia Lang, Tai Tapu. 

PIER: Tammy Kney, Clifton. 

STYX MILL RESERVE: Lulu Sun, Ilam. 

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$ 

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Fresh NZ Lamb 

Shoulder Chops 

kg $ 

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kg 

Sweet Juicy Central 

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each 

Montana Classic 

750ml 

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Tip Top Ice Cream 2L 

Alpine Mild/Colby/Edam Cheese 1kg 

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pack 

DB/Export Gold/Tui 

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$ 

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each 

Oyster Bay 750ml 

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$ 

6 00 

Bluebird Original/Thick/Thinly Cut/Summer Flavours Chips 

140/150g 

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Certain products may not be available in all stores. Savings are based on non-promotional price. Limits may apply. 

Prices apply from Thursday 5th January to Sunday 8th January 2017, or while stocks last. 

Owned and 

operated 

by locals 

FCCS0501

INDOOROUTDOOR 

LIVING 

up to 

SALE! 50% off 

selected ranges 

Athens 7 Piece Dining Setting 

The Carson is a Scandinavian-inspired range with a 

modern mood and represents extremely good value. 

Includes 1800x1000mm Dining Table + 6 Chairs 

now 

30 % off 

now 

40 % off 

was $3349 

now only 

$1999 

now 

40 % off 

Valencia 9 Piece Lounge & Dining Setting 

Includes Corner Lounge + Coffee Table + 

880x880mm Dining Table + 4 Stools 

Spend as much time as you can outdoors this summer with the comprehensive Valencia collection, 

offering a range of configurations to suit your outdoor needs. These settings are both stylish and 

durable with aluminium frames and maintenance free wicker. 

Asten Dining & Living Collection 

The Asten collection brings warmth and character into your bedroom 

with rich tones of American Ash. Durable and dependable, solid metal 

handles complement wide expansive drawers. 

was $3669 

now only 

$2199 

BE QUICK AS STOCK IS LIMITED 

now 

50 % off 

Coffee Table was $849 

now only $589 

Wide Bookcase was $859 

now only $599 

7 Piece Dining Setting with 

1800mm Table was $2349 

now only $1629 

Buffet was $1429 

now only $989 

2 Door, 2 Drawer Display 

was $1149 

now only $799 

Jardine 3 Piece Setting 

Perfect for balconies and apartment living, this Jardine 

3 Piece is a stunning set and ideal if you have limited 

garden space but want to enjoy the outdoors this summer. 

was $999 

now only 

$499 

NO PAYMENTS & NO INTEREST UNTIL 

MARCH 2018 * 

*Minimum purchase $499. Finance offer expires 23rd January 2016. 

Lending criteria, $50 Annual Account Fee, Establishment Fees, terms and conditions apply. 

See back page for terms & conditions. 

View our collections online: targetfurniture.co.nz

save 

$ 

376 

GREAT 

DINING SETS 

AT 

LOW 

PRICES 

save 

$ 

490 

Carson 5 Piece Dining Setting 


now only 

$549 

LIMITED STOCK 

Memphis 7 Piece Dining Setting 


now only 

$1099 

now 

60 % off 

now 

40 % off 

Rhodes Corner Lounge Suite with Coffee Table 

This spacious lounge suite is a striking addition to any outdoor space and perfect for relaxing or entertaining 

this summer. Through its straight lines, simple symmetry and neutral palette, it displays a sophisticated quality 

that will suit many outdoor spaces. 

was $3299 

now only 

$1299 

Nest Daybed 

Lounge in style with this all-weather wicker Daybed. 

The fully adjustable canopy lets you to keep the sun at bay 

and enjoy more time outdoors. This set includes 3 large 

moveable cushions for extra comfort. 

was $1999 

now only 

$1199 

3 Piece Dining Setting 

Includes 1900x900mm Dining Table + 2 Bench Seats 

for only 

$1759 

NEW COLLECTION NOW IN STORE! 

Rustic Madrid Dining & Living Collection 

The Rustic Madrid is a modern 

juxtaposition of solid rustic Acacia 

panels against matt white and 

satiny smooth MDF casing. 

De-lustred metal accents and 

handles accentuate design 

features and soft closing doors 

and adjustable shelving come 

as standard. 

now 

40 % offf 

Lamp Table 

was $419 

now only 

$249 

Coffee Table 

was $999 

now only 

$599 

3 Drawer, 

2 Door Sideboard 

was $1999 

now only 

$1199 

TV Stand 

was $1339 

now only 

$799

Gunmetal handles & framework complete the 

look of this striking industrial collection! 

Sideboard 

Coffee Table 

Oliver 

Living & Dining Collection 


with 2000mm Table 

This Oliver has a twist with dark inserts smartly encased by light sandblasted Acacia and 

you can’t go past the cleverly designed wall leaning bookcase. Box drawer construction 

and soft-closing drawers along with quality magnetic closures and hinges are standard. 

Gunmetal handles and framework complete the look of this striking industrial collection. 

now 

40 % off 


(with 2000mm Table) 

for only $1699 

Lamp Table 

Entertainment Unit 

Lamp Table was $499 

now only $299 

Coffee Table was $839 

now only $499 

Sideboard was $2169 


Entertainment Unit was $1339 

now only $799 

Leaning Bookcase 

Highboard 

Highboard was $2839 


save $1000 

Micah 3 Plus 2 Seater 

A mid-century inspired lounge suite, featuring classic wooden tapered legs 

and stunning curved arm rests. The suite is available in two carefully chosen 

colours, truffle and mushroom. 

was $2499 

now only 

$1499 

Riley 3 Plus 2 Seater 

save $1000 

This suite will go perfectly with an occasional chair in any living space, or match 

the colour of its wooden legs with other Scandinavian inspired pieces for a fresh, 

clean and on-trend room you will love. 

was $2499 

now only 

$1499 

FOR BIG FAMILIES 

Europa 6 Piece Recliner Suite (Optisoft) 

now 

30 % off 

This relaxing corner recliner suite made from top grade Opti-soft provides luxurious softness. 

With seating for up to six people including two in-built recliners this suite is great for entertaining. 

was $4289 

now only 

$2999

LAST CHANCE 

OUTDOOR DEALS! 

over 

40 % off 

Santorini 4 Piece Lounge Setting 

Known for its durability and strength the Acacia wood dining table will provide years of outdoor entertaining. 

Cushions are upholstered in a neutral pale blue to accentuate the grey wash of the Acacia timber. 

Includes 2 Seater + two 1 Seaters + 1300x820mm Coffee Table 

was $3399 

now only 

$1999 

now 

40 % off 

Cabo 7 Piece Dining Setting 


was $3869 

now only 

$2259 

Enhance your outdoor area with the modern Cabo 7 piece timber dining set. 

This range Highlights the beautifully finished acacia wood, and features a generously 

sized dining table with six matching dining chairs. 

Beautiful high quality wicker with a hard wearing finish! 

now 

40 % off 

now 

50 % off 

Valencia 

7 Piece Bar Set 

Bar tables are a great 

addition to any outdoor 

space and an excellent 

piece if you love to spend 

time outdoors and plan on 

entertaining this summer. 

Valencia 4 Piece Lounge Setting 

This 4 Piece set is perfect for enjoying time in the sun this summer. The deep chairs are complete 

with luxurious cushions and is the perfect spot to relax. These cushions are excellent for any 

weather condition, with no maintenance required, it doesn’t fade with the sun. 

was $2999 


was 

$1999 

now 

only 

$999 

over 

20 % off 

Lamp Table 

7 Piece Dining Setting with 

1800mm Table was $2283 


Lamp Table was $299 

now only $229 

Small TV Unit was $829 

now only $529 

2 Drawer Buffet was $679 

now only $499 

Oakland Living & Dining Collection 

The Oakland range is classic furniture at it's best, crafted from Solid Oak. 

This 7 Piece Dining Package includes the 1800mm Dining Table and 

6 PU Seat Dining Chairs. 

Small TV Unit 

2 Drawer Buffet 

Medium Bookcase 

Medium Bookcase was $689 

now only $519 

We 

accept: 

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CHRISTCHURCH Corner Blenheim & Curletts Rds. Ph: 03 343 3204 

Accessories are not included in the price of furniture unless otherwise stated. Colours in store may vary to those pictured. Stock may vary from store to store. 

Target apologises in advance if any item is sold out during the promotion. All prices include GST. Target reserves the right to amend any misprints or errors within this advertisement. 

Mailer offers expire Monday 9th January 2017. Sale excludes Manchester and accessories. 

*No payments and no interest until March 2018 (“Payment Holiday”) is available on Flexi Payment Plans for in-store purchases only until offer ends 23rd January 2017. Minimum spend 

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