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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Latest Christchurch news at www. .kiwi<br />

Thursday <strong>June</strong> <strong>22</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 13<br />

Fake Lions gear bust at stadium<br />

FAKE LIONS tour<br />

gear was seized at AMI<br />

Stadium before the match<br />

against the Crusaders.<br />

Government officials<br />

are cracking down on the<br />

sale of fake merchandise<br />

during the tour. A Ministry<br />

of Business, Innovation<br />

and Employment<br />

spokeswoman confirmed<br />

fake Lions tour gear had<br />

been seized before games<br />

in Christchurch, Dunedin<br />

and Rotorua.<br />

“A group of individuals<br />

have been selling items<br />

with unauthorised association<br />

with the Lions<br />

series.”<br />

MBIE tourism, sectors,<br />

regions and cities general<br />

manager Iain Cossar said<br />

it is “currently investigating<br />

a small number of<br />

incidents involving the<br />

sale of merchandise” and<br />

“three to four individuals”<br />

have been responsible for<br />

it.<br />

<strong>The</strong> spokeswoman<br />

said MBIE has served “a<br />

number” of breach notices<br />

under the Major Events<br />

Management Act 2007,<br />

and “continues to gather<br />

evidence should the ministry<br />

decide to prosecute.”<br />

MBIE has not encountered<br />

any people selling<br />

fake All Blacks merchandise<br />

before games.<br />

<strong>The</strong> series status as a<br />

major event under the Act<br />

means it has protection<br />

for specific words and emblems<br />

closely associated<br />

with the tour.<br />

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SCENT: Brian and Colleen Briggs in their own garden, which has won many<br />

awards.<br />

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER ​<br />

Retirees bid to revive<br />

Garden City image<br />

• By Gabrielle Stuart<br />

A GROUP of gardeners are<br />

cultivating a plan to put<br />

Christchurch back on the<br />

map as the Garden City – a<br />

public garden the size of<br />

nine rugby fields, created<br />

by retirees.<br />

<strong>The</strong> plan has been<br />

designed by Christchurch<br />

Beautifying Association<br />

members, who are working<br />

with private developers to<br />

create it.<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir plan is to create a<br />

50-60 unit retirement village,<br />

where residents would<br />

all be gardeners.<br />

Each unit would have its<br />

own garden, maintained<br />

by the owner – but the<br />

gardens would all be connected<br />

and open to the<br />

public, forming a giant<br />

public park.<br />

On Monday, association<br />

president Ron Andrew and<br />

former president Brian<br />

Briggs put the plan to the<br />

city council’s social and<br />

community development<br />

committee.<br />

Committee chairman<br />

Phil Clearwater said staff<br />

had been asked to look at<br />

ways the city council could<br />

be involved and support<br />

the project.<br />

That could include<br />

building a community hall<br />

or facility in the park, or<br />

helping the group through<br />

the consenting process to<br />

speed it up.<br />

Mr Briggs said he already<br />

had a list of people<br />

interested in buying units<br />

in the village, and had met<br />

with developers willing to<br />

build it.<br />

“I often talk to people<br />

about going into a retirement<br />

home, and they say,<br />

‘no, I definitely won’t do<br />

that, because I won’t have a<br />

garden’,” he said.<br />

<strong>The</strong> plan would allow<br />

people to downsize into a<br />

supported living environment,<br />

while still giving<br />

them space to be creative<br />

and contribute to the community,<br />

he said.<br />

“It would be a real dream<br />

come true for a lot of people,”<br />

he said.<br />

<strong>The</strong> group is currently<br />

working with building<br />

company G.J Gardner<br />

Homes, and are looking<br />

at creating the village on<br />

a 9.5ha piece of land near<br />

Papanui.<br />

Mr Briggs said each unit<br />

would be designed to look<br />

like a little cottage, but<br />

would have a fully modern<br />

interior.<br />

<strong>The</strong> estimated cost of<br />

each unit title would be<br />

about $350,000, he said.<br />

Once set up, the village<br />

would be run by a body<br />

corporate.<br />

Mr Andrew said he believed<br />

the village could be<br />

a huge asset for the city.<br />

After Christchurch won<br />

the Garden City of the<br />

World title in 1997, thousands<br />

of people travelled<br />

from as far as the United<br />

States and Japan to visit,<br />

he said.<br />

He hoped the village<br />

could become a similar<br />

attraction.<br />

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