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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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