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2 Latest Christchurch news at www. .kiwi Thursday July 13 2017 Inside FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK The Star News..................................3-24 THE AMERICA’S Cup parade yesterday was as Kiwi as it gets. About 6000 people braved the savage weather and amongst them was an old fella called Ron Mackie. We’ve got a great pic of Ron meeting Team NZ crew member Joe Sullivan (see page 4). Ron taught Joe how to sail many years ago on the Waimak River. They kept in contact during the regatta in Bermuda via text and yesterday Sullivan spotted Ron in the crowd on Colombo St. When he and the other crew members got of the bus to walk alongside the fans, Sullivan went over and met up with Ron. Ron’s smile says it all. He looks very proud. On pages 6-7, we look at the police district command centre. It’s part of a series we are doing on policing in Canterbury. The DCC is the nerve centre of policing in the region, where incidents and reports are assessed, prioritised and dealt with. Interesting stuff. - Barry Clarke The Christchurch Star Company Ltd. 359 Lincoln Rd | Addington | Christchurch 8024 CONTACT THE STAR ADVERTISERS YOUR BEST CHOICE TO GROW CUSTOMERS No.1 for Readership No.1 for Circulation No.1 for Results Contact us today to grow more customers for your business! Contact Shane at: shane@starmedia.kiwi or call 3797-100 Source: CMI Nielsen readership Thursday Christchurch Urban area 10+ Film director’s ambitious goal 31 At a Glance Teacher joins former students’ cast THEATRE/ARTS GENERAL: 379 7100 | NEWS: Barry Clarke. 364 7422. barry@starmedia.kiwi | WEB: www.starmedia.kiwi ADVERTISING: 364 7429, shane@starmedia.kiwi | CIRCULATION: 364-7453, deliveries@starmedia.kiwi THIS WEEK IN CANTERBURY’S PAST This week in history saw Hagley Park and Botanic Gardens included in the city boundary on July 10, 1922. On the same day in 1971, a record crowd of over 57,000 watched the All Blacks play the Lions at Lancaster Park. On July 11, 1879, the Post Office building in Cathedral Square was completed. On the same day in 1951, the waterfront strike ended. On July 13, 1905, construction of King Edward Barracks began. The building was completed in 25 days. In the absence of a true town hall, it was often the venue for large concerts and civic occasions. On the same day in 1945, severe gales with gusts to 145km/h were recorded in Canterbury. The following day saw a record snowfall of 280mm cover most of city (right). On July 15 to 21, 1979, the D’oyly Carte Opera Company gave performances in the city. OUR PEOPLE 22 Viewpoint....18, 19 & 21 Readers’ photos........... 25 Food..................................27 Gardening..........................29 Travel................................33 Puzzles.................................. 34 Sport......................... 35-37 Entertainment.........46-51 Another Havili has sights on Super Rugby SPORT 36 LOCAL NEWS www.Star.kiwi IMPRESS YOUR DATE WITH DINNER Good news lads – Christchurch is not the most expensive city to go out on a date. According to EliteSingles’ latest analysis, the average cost of going on a date in the city, which included a mid-range dinner for two, a bottle of wine, two movie tickets and an 8km taxi ride, is $130. Queenstown took the top spot, costing $26 more than the average, at $158. In Auckland, the average cost was $142, while Hamilton was $140. The cheapest was Rotorua and Palmerston North, costing $119. Wellington was $127, and Dunedin’s average was $129. Lady Wigram Retirement Village Stage 2 Now Selling New Villas Available For Occupation Now • Large living with modern kitchen and internal access garage • Two double bedrooms • Situated close to the Landing Shopping Centre • Open home open daily from 11am to 2pm Monday to Friday Contact us for villa inspection or to visit 121 Skyhawk Road, Wigram. Sarah Jacobson - Village Manager Phone 027 3411 464 www.ladywigram.co.nz
The Star 3 News Latest Christchurch news at www. .kiwi Thursday July 13 2017 Rapper’s WW1 tribute Song about conscription with opera singer • By Gabrielle Stuart A RAPPER and an opera singer may sound like an unlikely combination, but honouring soldiers who fought in World War 1 has brought them together. Christchurch rapper Solomona Ifopo, aka MC Oblique, and opera singer Madison Nonoa have worked together to write and record a song, Luck of the Draw, about World War 1 conscription. It is part of a World War 1 Centenary project, which asked young artists, musicians and performers to create works inspired by war footage. After submitting a sample, Mr Ifopo said he was asked by the organisers to do a collaboration with Ms Nonoa. He said it came as a surprise at first, but he said she had an incredible voice and had “nailed it” when they met in Wellington last month to record the song with producer Rhombus. “I was really star struck, to be honest, to be working with an opera singer who had performed all over the world. Walking in I thought damn, what am I doing here, I’m so out of my league,” he said. He said he had been very touched by watching footage of the monthly conscription ballot, where between 1916 and 1918 the names of 134,393 New Zealand men were drawn. “I found the process of conscription quite disturbing, because in essence they were handing out death sentences,” he said. Mr Ifopo writes and performs in the evenings and weekends around his day job as a builder. He also organises regular red zone rap battles to promote COMBINATION: Christchurch rapper Solomona Ifopo and opera singer Madison Nonoa (below) have collaborated on a song honouring World War 1 soldiers. CONSCRIPTION: During World War 1, 134,393 New Zealand men were conscripted to fight, their fate decided by numbered marbles drawn from a barrel. Only female clerks were entrusted to extract the name cards after each number was called. PHOTO: AUCKLAND LIBRARIES emerging Christchurch hip-hop artists, which have drawn interest from rappers and producers across the world. He said this project became personal, as he dug into his own family history as he was researching for the song. While talking to his grandfather about it, he discovered his own great-grandfather, Neil McGill, had his name drawn in the ballot – but narrowly escaped having to fight. “He had three kids at the time, but when he was about to get conscripted he had another child. If they had newborns, they could get out of it. So my great-aunty they used to call “Dad’s war effort”, because she got him out,” he said. The song, which was released on Tuesday, was something he planned to share even with his grandfather, he said. “He’s old as, he doesn’t understand hip-hop. I try not to let him hear it because underground hip-hop can be pretty raw. But I will be showing him this,” he said. •The song, as well as other artistic pieces created as part of the project, can be found at www.lotd.nz Break in weather predicted for weekend • By Gabrielle Stuart ALTHOUGH RAIN, wind and even snow are expected today and tomorrow, relief is coming – the forecast is for a sunny weekend. MetService meteorologist Tom Adams said the weather was expected to be patchy today and tomorrow, but on the whole would stay wet, cold and sleety. An 8 deg C high is predicted in Christchurch today and tomorrow, with temperatures expected to drop to 3 deg C tonight and 0 deg C tomorrow night. “In short, I wouldn’t get too excited by patches of sunshine,” he said. But he said the weekend was set to clear up, with sunshine, northerlies and a bit of light cloud predicted. Then more rain was expected late on Sunday or on Monday. He said the cold weather this week was caused by a low which settled over the country. In Brief PEDESTRIAN KILLED A man has died after being hit by a car on Tuesday night. The crash happened on Huxley St, between Colombo and Burlington Sts, Sydenham, around 9.40pm. The road was closed while the Serious Crash Unit investigates, police said. BAND SUCCESS Christchurch musicians in the National Brass Band of New Zealand are set to arrive back in the country today after a whirlwind week. The band took silver in the World Music Contest in the Netherlands. They also performed concerts in Hong Kong, Germany and the Netherlands. They were up against more than 20,000 musicians and 260 bands this year at the contest, and came in second to a Belgium band that had previously won 19 times. ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL CHRISTCHURCH 25th July- 10am, 12pm & 3pm 26th july - 10am & 12pm BOOK: 0800 TICKETEK www.isaactheatreroyal.co.nz PRESENTED BY: TROUBLE HEARING? • Reduce listening effort throughout your day, resulting in less stress & fatigue. • Understand speech in difficult listening situations, eg. Restaurants. Call today to book an appointment for a Free hearing check & hearing aid demo Merivale Hearing Clinic 24b Church Lane. Call now: 356 2324 Greg Foote, Audiologist MNZAS
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