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• By Andrew King 

THIS IS Denise Cherelle Greig, 

back in jail for ripping off the 

elderly. 

Greig, 31, was sentenced to 20 

months jail in the district court 

yesterday for her part in a group 

which scammed a 69-year-old 

couple and 93-year-old out of 

about $50,000. She had previously 

been jailed for the same 

scam where more than $250,000 

was stolen from unsuspecting 

pensioners. 

The scam involved Greig and 

co-offenders posing as bank staff 

and conning elderly into thinking 

their power would be cut off. 

They phoned their victims 

saying there was a problem with 

their payment system and said 

they needed the PIN number. 

The offenders would then 

go to the victim’s home with a 

Prezzy card, a debit card which 

money can be loaded on to, 

and exchanged it for the alleged 

faulty card. 

They then emptied the 

victim’s account. Age Concern 

Canterbury chief executive 

Simon Templeton said it was 

absolutely disgusting that people 

like Greig saw the elderly as a 

“soft-target”. 

“She has caused a huge amount 

of harm to these people,” he said. 

•Turn to page 10 

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• By Bridget Rutherford 

A CASH-STRAPPED Lincoln 

University spent more than 

$70,000 recruiting its new vicechancellor, 

it can be revealed. 

The university paid out 

$72,431 to 

find and hire 

vice-chancellor 

Robin Pollard 

from England, 

who was appointed 

in 

January last 

year while the 

Robin Pollard 

institution was 

facing a $5 million deficit. 

Lincoln University refused 

to release the cost to The Star 

when it asked in September last 

year, citing commercial sensitivity. 

The Star appealed that 

ruling to the Ombudsman. After 

discussion with the university, it 

has now released the figure. 

Chancellor Steve Smith said 

yesterday Lincoln was not hiding 

Prof Pollard’s recruitment 

figure last year. 

However, the university did 

release to The Star the $86,540 

cost of recruiting previous 

vice-chancellor Andy West, who 

resigned in 2015 amid concerns 

he overspent on consultants. 

At the time, Lincoln indicated 

Prof Pollard’s was less than that. 

Yesterday Mr Smith was unable 

to provide a breakdown 

of what made up the Pollard 

recruitment cost. 

•Turn to page 10

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THERE ARE some people 

who deserve to grace front 

pages for various reasons, and 

they usually swing between 

the good and the bad. 

Denise Cherelle Greig is one 

of them and she makes the cut 

for all of the wrong reasons. 

Greig is back in jail, where 

she belongs, for scamming 

elderly people out of tens of 

thousands of dollars. 

It’s not the first time Greig 

has been on the wrong side of 

the law and not the first time 

she’s scammed the elderly. 

She has a long history of 

offending. 

But ripping off the elderly is 

just about as low as it gets. 

Hopefully, Greig spends her 

time in jail thinking about 

her future. She was jailed for 

20 months but will be out 

sooner. 

On pages 28,29, 30 we look 

at the Head Hunters, which 

has spread its influence from 

the streets of Auckland where 

the gang began in the late 

1960s to the rest of the country 

– including Christchurch. 

– Barry Clarke 

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THIS WEEK IN CANTERBURY’S PAST 

This week in history saw the first 

town hall opened on October 

1, 1857. The privately-owned 

building was on a site in High 

St which was later occupied by 

Strange’s Department Store and 

then by Butterfields. On the 

same day in 1881, New Zealand’s 

first telephone exchange began 

operation in the Chief Post 

Office, Cathedral Square. On 

October 3, 1983, rugby player 

Robbie Deans became the 

highest points scorer in the 

79-year history of the Ranfurly 

Shield with 187 points from 13 

games. On the same day in 1988, 

the Park Royal Hotel opened in 

Victoria Square. On October 

5, 1899, the first Boer War 

contingent left Lyttelton. On the 

same day in 1982, paraplegic 

archer Neroli Fairhall (left), in 

competition with able-bodied 

athletes, won a gold medal 

at Brisbane Commonwealth 

Games. In 1984, Greg 

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Is white bread toast? 

• By Gabrielle Stuart 

ZOE BARCZYK can’t remember 

the last time she bought white 

bread – and she’s not alone. 

Lincoln University researchers 

say the days of the white slice 

may be over, as growing health 

consciousness drives more consumers 

to buy grain loaves, or 

avoid bread completely. 

For the Edgeware student, 

her go-to loaves of choice are a 

Ploughman’s Rye, or Vogel’s – 

partly for the health benefits, and 

partly because she prefers the 

taste. 

“Buying white bread wouldn’t 

even cross my mind anymore,” 

she said. 

A survey of shoppers in supermarkets 

by Lincoln lecturers 

Sue Trafford and Sharon Forbes 

found about half thought white 

bread was unhealthy. 

Of the shoppers surveyed, 80 

per cent perceived multigrain 

breads to be healthier than other 

options. 

It found 23 per cent of shoppers 

bought white bread, and 77 

non-white. 

That was a turnaround from 

the numbers almost 40 years ago, 

when a 1978 survey of shoppers 

found 89 per cent bought white 

bread. 

Supermarket scanner data 

from across New Zealand 

showed sales of white bread fell 

four per cent last year, while 

non-white bread sales rose 1.6 

per cent. 

But white bread still has its 

loyal supporters. Parklands 

wedding celebrant Tracey Booth 

DAILY BREAD: Zoe Barczyk (left) and Tracey Booth with their preferred loaves. 

said she often bought 10 loaves of 

white bread in a week. 

She said it was devoured by her 

three boys, aged seven, 14 and 16. 

“It’s the only stuff the kids will 

eat,” she said. 

If it was part of a balanced diet, 

she didn’t have any concerns 

about bread, she said. 

“So many people are glutenfree 

these days, I think bread’s 

been given a bad name,” she said. 

Dr Forbes said a lot of fad diets 

pushed messages that carbohydrates 

were unhealthy, but they 

did not tell the whole story. 

“I think the nutritionists need 

to speak up a lot louder, because 

there are a lot of things in bread, 

even in white bread, that we really 

need in our diets, like fibre 

and folic acid.” 

She said bread consumption 

could also be reducing due to the 

variety of products available for 

breakfast or lunch, such as cereals, 

smoothies, sushi, salads and 

fast food. 

The survey was carried out at 

supermarkets across Christchurch 

early this year, and included 

responses from 141 shoppers. 

Dr Forbes said a student involved 

in the study, Emma Boase, 

planned to carry on the research 

in the United States as she studied 

for her master’s degree at a 

university in Missouri. 

FAST FACTS: 

Christchurch survey 

findings: 

•23 per cent of shoppers 

buying bread purchased 

white loaves 

•77 per cent bought nonwhite 

bread 

•50 per cent bought more 

than one type of bread 

•80 per cent believed 

multigrain loaves were 

healthier 

Last year, across New 

Zealand supermarkets: 

•Sales of white loaves 

dropped 4 per cent 

•Sales on non-white loaves 

rose 1.6 per cent 

Property linked to missing Michael McGrath for sale 

• By Andrew King 

A PROPERTY which was a 

key focus of the investigation 

into the disappearance of 

Christchurch man Michael 

McGrath is up for sale. 

The property, in Candys Rd, 

Halswell, was subject to a major 

search and forensic testing by 

police. It is the home of prison 

officer David Benbow, a friend 

of Mr McGrath’s, who has been 

missing for 140 days. 

Early in the inquiry, Detective 

Inspector Darryl Sweeney 

said Mr Benbow was a “person 

of interest” who needed to be 

eliminated from their inquiries. 

Last week Detective Inspector 

Sweeney would not comment on 

whether Mr Benbow was still a 

person of interest. He was not 

available yesterday. 

The 1980m 2 Candys Rd 

property has a rateable value of 

$680,000. It is a deadline treaty 

sale. 

In Brief 

MAN HIT BY BUS 

A 20-year-old man is in a 

critical condition after being 

hit by a bus near Canterbury 

University’s College of Education 

yesterday. The man was hit 

at the intersection of Solway 

and Glenside Aves at about 

11.52am, a fire and emergency 

spokesman said. He was taken 

to Christchurch Hospital with 

critical injuries. Police are 

investigating the incident. 

FERRYMEAD DOG PARK IDEA 

THe Ferrymead site that was once 

home to the failed Christchurch 

Maori Village could be turned 

into a dog park. City councillor 

Yani Johanson and the Linwood- 

Central-Heathcote Community 

Board has asked city council staff 

to prepare a report on whether the 

site could be used as a dog exercise 

area. The village was set up by 

Tamaki Heritage Experiences, 

owned by brothers Doug and 

Mike Tamaki, in 2007, but closed 

after the earthquakes because of 

financial issues. 

MAUGER GEAR FOR AUCTION 

Memorabilia belonging to 

legendary Christchurch speedway 

rider Ivan Mauger will be 

offered for sale in the United 

Kingdom next week. Almost 50 

lots, including championship 

speedway and long-track racing 

motor-cycles, trophies, awards 

and ephemera, including gold 

championship helmets, will 

go under the hammer at 

Bonhams’ Autumn Stafford Sale 

on October 15. 

VICTORIA SQUARE PROJECT 

Work on the restoration of 

Victoria Square is on track to be 

finished in March. Otakaro is 

restoring it as part of the Avon 

River Precinct. The existing 

layout is being kept, with some 

minor improvements to make 

accessibility better. The Queen 

Victoria and Captain Cook 

statues, the floral clock, the 

poupou and Bowker Fountain are 

all being restored, and a new punt 

stop is also being installed. 

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A CITY of opportunity. 

That’s how outgoing 

Canterbury Employers’ Chamber 

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Peter Townsend has described 

Christchurch as it continues to 

rebuild. 

He was the guest speaker at the 

Star Media breakfast series held 

at The Atrium in the Park. 

Mr Townsend, who also sits 

on the board of Otakaro, the 

Royal New Zealand Air Force 

Museum Trust Board, Pegasus 

Health and the Hillary Institute 

of Leadership, will step down 

from the chamber next month 

after 21 years. 

He said after 11,000 

aftershocks, 53 of which were 

over five on the Richter scale, 

Christchurch now had the 

opportunity to become the 

country’s city of choice. 

Currently, $83 million was 

being spent rebuilding the city 

every week, he told the crowd. 

Once complete, the total cost 

was estimated to be between $40 

billion-$50 billion. 

By the end of the calendar 

year, 75 per cent of the housing 

INTERESTING: Outgoing Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of 

Commerce chief executive Peter Townsend speaking at the 

Star Media breakfast series. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

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and rebuilt, he said, while 70 per 

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would also be finished. 

EQC insurance proceeds had 

accounted for about $11 billion 

NEW DAWN: Cranes highlight the skyline as part of the central 

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in the rebuild, with private 

insurance contributing another 

$20 billion, Mr Townsend 

said. 

“There is nowhere in the world 

where around $30 billion of 

insurance proceeds have been 

applied to the rebuild of a city of 

400,000 people.” 

The Government had injected 

about $8.5 billion, he said. 

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city of choice – Townsend 

Education options in Christchurch 

were better by a “country 

mile” and Canterbury’s health 

system was regarded as being 

in the top six in the world, Mr 

Townsend said. 

“We take it all for granted.” 

Infrastructure was another 

drawcard, he said, with projects 

such as the northern corridor 

and the southern motorway 

making Christchurch more accessible. 

He said we did not yet have the 

population to support light rail. 

But he said at some stage the 

city’s population needed to grow 

perhaps by another “couple 

hundred thousand,” and at that 

point, light rail would work. 

“If we want to achieve our economic 

growth and employment 

projections, we need five times 

the historic long-term average of 

migrants coming to live in our 

region.” 

He said the unemployment rate 

in Christchurch was only 4.9 per 

cent. 

“We are an ageing population, 

if we don’t bring young people in 

to continue to grow this economy 

sustainably then we’re in trouble 

as a city.” 

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technology was moving forward, 

the city’s infrastructure and 

buildings were only part of that. 

He said nowadays people could 

work anywhere in the world, so 

Christchurch needed vibrancy, 

innovation, affordable housing 

and had to be adjustable to 

change. 

“We have a city that is now 

more fit for purpose than what 

it’s been in the past, but it’s still 

got a way to go yet,” he said. 

“We’ve got to make this city attractive 

for young talent to come 

here and bring their ideas.” 

Mr Duval said unlike the rebuild 

of the city’s infrastructure, 

time lines could not be imposed 

on making that happen. 

He believed the city’s population 

was always going to grow 

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“It will grow because we’ve got 

space, affordable housing and 

good amenities, and we’re the 

capital of the South Island.” 

Mr Townsend said Christchurch 

was the only city in the 

world with less than a million 

people that had a daily Airbus 

380 service – the largest passenger 

airliner. 

Meanwhile, the region was offering 

more than just dairy. 

“Canterbury grows 68 per cent 

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Mr Townsend said with the 

restoration of the Christ Church 

Cathedral to take about seven to 

10 years, it should be turned into 

an attraction. 

“Why not put glass panelling 

around the outside of it? Why 

not put a couple of grandstands 

in the square so people can look 

into the rebuild? Why not make 

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for tourists?” 

Minister supporting Greater 

Christchurch Regeneration Nicky 

Wagner said that was an “excellent 

idea” and would be considered 

as part of the work. 

“Forty-five per cent of our tourists 

come to see the Cathedral.” 

Ms Wagner said there were 

more opportunities post-earthquake, 

with new facilities such 

as the Innovation and Health 

Precincts. 

She said more tourism, businesses 

and people in the central 

city would add to that. 

Mr Townsend said the perception 

the residential red zone land 

was a “wasteland” was wrong, 

and it was a critical part of the 

city’s regeneration. 

“It’s just land that shouldn’t 

have been built on the way it 

was.” 

He said people needed to hear 

about the city’s positive story. 

“We are still perceived externally 

as a city that’s whingeing 

about its earthquake that was exemplified 

by a broken Cathedral, 

and we all need to move on from 

that.” 

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Cantabrians have a taste for dining out 


EVERY TABLE was full at Little 

High Eatery yesterday, where 

Roger Townshend was enjoying 

a pizza with his daughter Sarah 

Harrison and grandchildren Jet 

and Willow. 

They are part of a wave of 

Cantabrians regularly eating out, 

according to figures released by 

Westpac yesterday. 

Cantabrians spend an average 

of $380 a month at restaurants or 

cafes, according to the figures, or 

about $89 a week. 

That was the third-highest 

spend in the country, behind 

Auckland at $486 and 

Wellington $436. 

When asked how much they 

spent eating out, the Moncks Bay 

residents had one response: “Too 

much.” 

Ms Harrison said she usually 

ate out for dinner once a week, 

but bought a coffee every day – 

so she said her weekly spend was 

around the $89 average. 

Mr Townshend, a semi-retired 

businessman, said he spent a lot 

more. 

He said his total spend varied 

too much to put a figure on it, 

but he went out for lunch or 

dinner at least five times a week, 

as well as going out for at least 

one coffee a week. 

He said it was a good way to 

catch up with friends and he 

liked supporting Canterbury 

businesses. 

“We’re pretty loyal to our local 

cafes and businesses in Sumner,” 

he said. 

Both said seeing new cafes and 

restaurants opening up around 

the city prompted them to eat 

out more. 

“A big part of Christchurch is 

our cafe and restaurant culture. 

Places like this are affordable, 

accessible, easy,” Ms Harrison 

said. 

Cantabrians aged between 36 

and 55 spent the most eating out, 

with an average monthly spend 

of $453. 

Cantabrians’ average monthly 

spending: 

•$380 on eating out 

•$657 on groceries 

•$204 on entertainment 

•$217 on health and beauty 

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2, and Jet, 5, 

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BASE pizza for 

lunch at Little 

High Eatery. 

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Cantabrians aged 56 or older 

spent the least – an average of 

$318 – while those aged 18 to 35 

spent an average of $366. 

The figures are based on the 

spending patterns of 96,000 

Westpac customers, and are 

broken down through its 

CashNav app. 

Westpac NZ general manager 

of marketing, products and 

transformation Andrew Kerr 

linked the results to the rebuild. 

“With Canterbury getting back 

on its feet economically and an 

array of fantastic new cafes and 

restaurants opening, it’s probably 

not surprising that Cantabrians 

spend the third most on eating 

out, but it’s worth keeping a close 

watch on that spending,” he said. 

The figures showed 

Cantabrians in the 36-55 age 

bracket were also the biggest 

spenders at supermarkets, 

spending an average of $820 per 

month – about $153 per week. 

Those 56 or older spent $670 

per month, while those under-35 

spent the least – $494. 

Over a month, the average 

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Shand’s facelift nearly finished 


RESTORATION WORK on the 

city’s oldest wooden commercial 

building is nearly finished. 

Christchurch Heritage Trust 

is restoring the historic Shand’s 

building, formerly known as 

Shand’s Emporium, to its former 

glory. 

Trust chairwoman Anna 

Crighton said the $500,000 project 

was “almost finished.” 

She said it just needed door 

hardware installed, the kitchen 

had to be installed, and the carpet 

needed to be laid, which was 

expected to be done within the 

month. 

The work had been delayed 

due to poor weather and the road 

works on Manchester St, which 

had made access to the site difficult, 

she said. 

A small group had a celebration 

recently to pay tribute to those 

who had helped restore the building, 

including the city council, 

which put a $172,219 heritage 

incentive grant into it, Dulux, 

which sponsored the paint, and 

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“What (she has) done has a 

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and the first of eight bridges has 

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$72,000 recruiting fee 

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Mr Smith said at the time the 

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Six-year battle to stop sex workers 

• By Kurt Bayer 

MATT BONIS thought his 

family had escaped the worst 

when the earthquakes hit. Their 

St Albans home stood up well in 

the violent shaking that wiped 

out large swathes of the eastern 

suburbs and felled much of the 

nearby central business district. 

But as the aftershocks 

rumbled on, New Zealand’s 

greatest modern natural disaster 

brought with it an unexpected 

consequence for father-of-two 

Bonis and his neighbours. They 

suddenly found their normal, 

quiet suburban street turned into 

the nation’s second biggest street 

sex trade epicentre. 

Prostitutes, and their pimps, 

had for years plied their trade 

on a seedy red light stretch of 

Manchester St, south of Bealey 

Ave inside the city’s old Four 

Avenues boundary. 

But when the quakes flattened 

the CBD, and an army-patrolled 

cordon kept the public away 

from potentially-dangerous 

buildings and falling masonry, 

the sex workers migrated north 

of Bealey Ave. 

And for the last six years, they 

haven’t really moved. For Mr 

Bonis and many residents of 

that Manchester St area around 

the corner of Purchas St, life has 

proved a living hell. 

In their gardens and around 

their properties, residents have 

found needles and syringes, 

human faeces, used condoms, 

and litter. Vandalism to houses 

and cars has been reported, as 

well as thefts. One elderly couple 

found a prostitute “servicing a 

client” on their lawn at 3am, and 

when they asked them to leave, 

had their car vandalised. 

Attempts to ask the prostitutes 

to move on are often met with 

threats and intimidation, locals 

say. 

Mr Bonis made a police 

complaint last year after three 

prostitutes allegedly threatened 

to burn his house down at 3am 

with his family inside. 

The trade starts about 10pm 

and often goes through to 6am 

or 7am. 

“They yell price lists to their 

clients, they yell all sorts to 

each other. My son who is now 

11 knows the price lists, he 

knows what a transvestite is. It’s 

everything you try and protect 

your children from,” Mr Bonis 

says. 

Since 2011, Mr Bonis and 

fellow residents have tried to 

get help from police, the city 

council, the Government and 

the New Zealand Prostitutes 

Collective to try to move the 

sex workers away from the 

residential zone. 

Mr Bonis says he’s made more 

than 300 calls over the last six 

years to police over noise and 

other complaints. 

“It’s got to point where they 

don’t respond at all now,” he says. 

The residents have been 

campaigning for a bylaw to 

ban the sex workers from the 

residential area. Some have 

already given up, sold, and 

moved on. 

A camera was installed last 

year on the corner of Manchester 

and Purchas Sts in a joint 

initiative by then city councillor 

Ali Jones, security camera firm 

ATF Vision and police to deter 

clients of the sex workers and 

document antisocial behaviour. 

But residents say it’s failed to 

curb the kerb crawlers, and more 

often than not, there is a sex 

worker on all four corners. 

Former city councillor Aaron 

Keown erected ‘No street 

workers at all times’ signs in the 

area in 2013, but council staff 

took them down because they 

were deemed illegal. 

Central Christchurch 

resident Andrew Huntley 

launched a petition earlier this 

year to get the city council to 

ban prostitutes soliciting in 

residential areas through the 

introduction of a bylaw. 

“Personally I am fed up being 

offered a blow job for $20 when 

HAD ENOUGH: Matt Bonis on 

the corner of Manchester and 

Purchas Sts near his home, 

where residents are fed up 

with sex workers and 

anti-social behaviour. 


I’m walking my dog at 6am in 

the morning,” Mr Huntley said. 

“I’m fed up having to watch 

where my dog walks in case 

of needles. I’m fed up having 

prostitutes leering at me in 

my car to see if I’m a potential 

punter just when I drive to and 

from my home address, and I am 

right over them exposing their 

breasts, backsides and genitalia 

in broad daylight on some 

occasions when I have driven by 

– I have to, I live here. 

“I’m fed up having condoms 

dropped on the verge outside 

where I live, and am struggling 

to get the image out of my mind 

of the prostitute defecating in 

full view, one morning when I 

left for work.” 

The residents were buoyed 

earlier this year when police 

indicated they would back the 

city council in enforcing a bylaw 

to regulate the street-based sex 

work, especially in residential 

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HANG OUT: Prostitutes on the corner of Manchester St and Bealey Ave. 

Fight to remove sex 

workers near homes 


However, a letter to residents from city 

council chief executive Karleen Edwards 

and Canterbury Metro Commander Superintendent 

Lane Todd said a bylaw is no 

longer supported by police. 

Under the Local Government Act as it 

now stands, a bylaw would be difficult to 

enforce, instant fines could not be issued, 

and arrests could not be made, the letter 

states. Attempts to regulate prostitution in 

Manukau have repeatedly failed. 

The move was supported by Prostitute’s 

Collective co-ordinator Catherine Healy 

who said it was a “forward-thinking decision”. 

Ms Healey said it was better to manage 

sex workers with street lighting and cameras, 

rather than new rules. 

But the sudden u-turn has outraged Mr 

Bonis, spokesman for his fellow residents. 

“Our concerns are not around prostitution. 

We don’t care, it’s part of every city. 

We are simply tired and don’t want it happening 

here anymore,” Mr Bonis says. 

“The PRA (Prostitution Reform Act 

2003) is there and it’s an industry like 

every other. But unlike every other 

industry, which have responsibilities that 

go with those rights, this industry has 

absolutely no responsibilities at all, to the 

point where police have actually said they 

are going to cherry-pick bylaws they are 

going to enforce, and they’re not going to 

do this one. 

“Sex workers in our community can go 

where they like, when they like, and do 

what they like, and I cannot see in a New 

Zealand society where that is appropriate 

as a matter of law. We wouldn’t let 

panelbeaters or tradies be here, why is it 

appropriate for them to be there? That’s 

the conversation we’ve tried to have for 

the last six years and just got nowhere.” 

City councillor Deon Swiggs is also 

frustrated by the latest developments, 

which he described as being a “slap in the 

face”. 

“It’s disappointing that the police went 

into this, working with the council and 

the residents, saying they would support 

both of us regulating the activity in this 

residential area,” Cr Swiggs said. 

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very frustrating and leaves us with very 

little option to deliver on the expectation 

that the residents have. As a council, we 

should be able to deliver on the wish of 

residents who are facing issues of this 

nature.” 

Mr Bonis is now engaged with lawyers 

and exploring possible legal avenues. 

He fears that without regulation, the 

situation will only worsen for residents 

like him. 

“The next step is either to go to the High 

Court or leave. They’re the two choices 

that the council and the police have left 

us,” he says. 

“To me, the argument is black and 

white: Should a commercial activity be 

allowed in a residential area at night? And 

the answer to that is no.” 

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THE FUTURE of Christchurch 

Hospital Volunteer Library is 

unknown, with no confirmed 

plans to reopen it. 

The library used to be on the 

hospital’s lower ground floor and 

was run by volunteers. 

But a review as part of the 

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ONE OF the city’s most 

iconic streets may have been 

largely destroyed during the 

earthquakes, but the history of 

High St has been captured in a 

new cafe. 

Voom is a recent addition to 

the High St development opposite 

the ANZ Centre. 

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express cafe, a large screen flicks 

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area. 

“What we’ve done is incorporate 

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photos from the National Library 

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manager Peter Ward said. 

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the building on fire from more 

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customers we’re catering to, as 

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invigorating. 

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said. 

Voom is also one of a few 

places in the city to offer the 

famous pies from the Fairlie 

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“There’s a lot of excitement 

around having Fairlie on board,” 

he said. 

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New cafe invokes High St nostalgia 

• By Sarla Donovan 

GINGER CAT Mandu has a new 

home. 

Mandu featured in The Star 

last month after he made friends 

with residents of Edith Cavell 

Lifecare in Sumner. 

A resident, Denise Brown, 

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home, so she put out the call for 

the owner to get in touch. 

But no-one came forward to 

claim the ginger tom, so he’s 

now been adopted by the daughter 

of 90-year-old Ed Cotter, who 

was one of his favourite residents 

at the rest home (hence the 

name, short for Kathmandu.) 

Mr Cotter was part of the first 


EXPRESS: Jessica Freeman inside Voom cafe, which shows 

historic photos of High St. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER 

Home found for ginger tom Mandu 

New Zealand expedition to the 

Himalayas in 1951, along with 

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Cycleways pump up riding numbers 

Biketober is under way 

in Christchurch this 

month. The Star will 

be publishing articles 

through the month 

on events and other 

things cycling 

A PUSH is on to get more people 

on their bikes and using the 

19km of new separated cycleways 

that now link suburban areas of 

Christchurch to the city centre. 

The new cycleways are part of 

a network being built across the 

city to make it easier and safer 

for people to get places by bike. 

“One of the main barriers to 

people cycling is the perception 

it is unsafe. By building a 

network of new cycleways, most 

of which are separated from the 

roadway, we are creating a safe 

environment for cyclists and 

giving people real travel choices,’’ 

said city council transport 

operations manager Aaron 

Haymes. 

It’s Biketober so why not give 

cycling a go. 

A guide detailing the 

cycleways routes and providing 

useful tips on how to use them 

has been dropped into the 

letterboxes of thousands of 

homes located near the new 

cycleways. 

“With this new guide we are 

hoping to encourage people to 

give cycling a go – even if it is 

only for one day a week,’’ Mr 

Haymes said. 

“With the weather starting 

to warm up it is a good time 

for people to test out the new 

cycleways and see how they 

could use them to get work or to 

other places they need to go.’’ 

Cycle counters placed in 

strategic locations along some 

of the new cycleways show 

that in the past year there has 

been an increase in the number 

of cycle trips being made in 

Christchurch. 

A counter located on the 

shared path in North Hagley 

Park, near the Armagh St bridge, 

counted an average of 1128 cycle 

trips per work day over the first 

half of 2017, which is 24 per 

cent higher than the 902 a day 

counted in the second half of 

2016. By 2021 it is expected 1674 

cyclists will be using that path 

each day. 

A counter on the Colombo St 

section of the Papanui Parallel 

has recorded an average of 153 

northbound cycle trips each 

weekday – a 58 per cent jump 

on the 2016 estimate of 97 a day. 

This section of the cycleway is 

predicted to carry 1249 cyclists 

northbound every day by 2021. 

Overall the counters show 

2600 cyclists commute into the 

central business district on an 

average weekday. That equates 

to about 5200 cycle movements 

a day. That is six per cent higher 

than was predicted by computer 

modelling. 

Results from the recent 

Christchurch Residents Survey 

also show attitudes towards 

cycling are changing. Fifty-six 

per cent of people now believe 

Christchurch is a safe and 

convenient city for cycling. 

During the recent Life in 

Christchurch transport survey 

more than half the respondents 

reported they had ridden a 

bike in the past year and about 

a quarter indicated they were 

riding a bike at least once a week. 

•To find out what’s on 

and how you can get 

involved in cycling go to 

the Biketober(external 

link) website. 

FAST FACTS: 

•Biketober is supported by 

the city council and the NZ 

Transport Agency. 

•As well as the first 

ever NZ Bike Expo and 

the Asia-Pacific Cycle 

Congress, more than 50 

other activities are being 

planned by community 

groups and volunteers for 

the general public. These 

include social bike rides, 

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bike maintenance/repair 

workshops, a cargo bike 

rally, and much more. 

Throughout the month, 

people can also use a 

“Bike Passport” to visit 

various participating 

local businesses, collect 

stamps, and then go in the 

draw to win some great 

prizes at the Expo. 

•More details about 

Biketober, including a full 

programme of events, 

can be found at www. 

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Leeann Watson 

Setting an example for 

NEW DESK: After working at Canterbury Employers’ 

Chamber of Commerce for 20 years, Leeann Watson is 

set to step up into the top role as chief executive next 

month. 


Leeann Watson is set to take over the reins at the Canterbury Employers’ 

Chamber of Commerce next month – the first female chief executive in the 

organisation’s 158-year history. She spoke to Gabrielle Stuart 

So tell me a bit about your 

background? 

I’ve actually been at the chamber 

for 20 years, for the last seven as 

general manager. I started as an 

international trade adviser, and as 

I identified opportunities along the 

way I just put my hand up for them, 

and worked my way around the 

whole company. So you could say 

I know the organisation inside out 

and back to front. 

What was your very first job? 

My first job was working for an 

exporting company in Dunedin, 

hence the international trade work. 

International trade, sounds 

pretty glamorous – is it? 

It certainly wasn’t glamorous. It 

was a lot of paperwork, a lot of export 

documentation looking ahead 

at all the potential hurdles and 

making sure everything is where 

it needs to be, so your orders get to 

their destination. But it was a really 

exciting job, because the company 

went from strength to strength and 

brought other companies along the 

way, so I ended up working across 

New Zealand. 

It’s becoming unusual these 

days to work in the same company 

for 20 years – what’s kept you 

there so long? 

I ask myself the same question 

sometimes. But it’s a very unique 

environment to work in, there is 

never a dull moment here. We can 

host some amazing people here: 

Rod Drury from Xero, we had 

Hillary Clinton over a few years 

ago, and we’ve hosted the prime 

minister, so you get to have some 

amazing conversations. 

But it’s also being able to really 

see a difference when you’re helping 

a local businesses. In my role as 

general manager I haven’t had as 

many of the day-to-day interactions 

with businesses, but I do spend a 

lot of time making connections for 

people, introducing them to people 

who can help them. That’s what 

makes it satisfying, when you know 

you’ve done good, and you’ve really 

helped these people. 

Other thing is that there is a very 

empowering environment here. 

My job has been what I’ve wanted 

to make it, and if I want to make 

something happen we don’t have to 

write a whole lot of reports, I just 

duck in and have a chat to Peter and 

he says: ‘Yeah, let’s make it happen.’ 

You’ll be the first female chief 

executive in the history of the 

chamber. How significant is that 

to you? 

I’m really proud of that, but I’m 

more proud of being the right person 

for the role regardless of gender. 

The numbers clearly show women 

are under-represented in leadership, 

so I do hope this will send a signal 

to other women that if you work 

hard and take the opportunities 

you get, you can reach the top. 

There are fundamental differences 

in the way men and women 

tend to operate in life and in business, 

and as women I think we tend 

to hold ourselves back. We won’t 

apply for a position if we have only 

80 per cent of the qualification. 

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encouraged to aspire to leadership 

and governance positions. But I 

think playing up the whole women 

in business thing can work against 

women, too – it’s not about making 

it a women’s club, because then 

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to someone starting out in 

business? 

The key thing is to seek out 

opportunities. Don’t sit back and 

wait to be asked to do something, 

put your hand up when you see 

something. It’s become a bit of 

a cliché, but I still see it on a 

regular basis. People don’t put 

themselves forward, sometimes 

because they aren’t self-confident, 

really for lots of different reasons. 

But don’t hold back. Believe in 

yourself, and brings a lot of opportunities. 

Tell me about what you keep 

on your desk – is there anything 

important you’ll be bringing to 

the new office? 

That’s funny because when we 

moved into our new building 

I was renowned for having the 

messiest desk in the whole office, 

and I have done for years. So 

when we moved we changed to 

a more open system, so I have a 

desk, not an office, and I have to 

keep it relatively structured. 

So I don’t have much on my 

desk now, and to be honest I don’t 

spend a huge amount of time 

at my desk – it’s one of the best 

things about the job. But I do have 

a photo of my children, because 

it’s nice to glance over at them. 

What was your childhood 

ambition, and what would your 

child-self think of what you do 

now? 

I certainly wouldn’t have 

thought I would be doing what 

I’m doing! I can’t actually remember 

really thinking I wanted 

to do anything specific as a 

young kid. In the last year of high 

school I thought I was going to be 

either a kindergarten teacher or 

a chef – and I suppose I do now 

have three kids, two sons and a 

daughter, and I cook every night. 

But my daughter is in the last 

year of high school right now and 

doesn’t really know what 

she wants to do, so I’ve been having 

this conversation with her a 

lot. 

What has your advice to her 

been? 

Well, in this day and age with 

the way jobs are changing, half 

the jobs of the future we haven’t 

even invented yet. So the first 

thing is it’s okay not to know. Unfortunately 

the first question she’s 

asked by everyone is what do you 

want to be, what do you want to 

do. But I’ve told her to go out and 

try different things, and put yourself 

in a position where you’re not 

limiting your choices, and where 

you are continuing to learn. 

You looked pretty deep in 

conversation with Catherine, 

Her Royal Highness the Duchess 

of Cambridge, when she visited. 

When you were hosting her and 

Hillary Clinton, what did you 

talk about? 

Just life. A few years ago Peter 

was overseas so I had to host the 

prime minister at the head table 

at a dinner. A few of my friends 

and colleagues said you must be 

so nervous what are you going to 

talk about? But at the dinner we 

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me afterward I couldn’t get a word 

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to talk about Christchurch 

and what’s happening here and 

what’s needed, but usually people 

don’t want to spend an hour talking 

about the heavy stuff, they just 

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• By Jamie Morton 

A VITAMIN-mineral 

treatment could help kids with 

attention-deficit/hyperactivity 

disorder, Canterbury-led 

research suggests. 

ADHD is estimated to affect 

two to five per cent of all 

children, with boys three times 

more likely to be diagnosed with 

it. 

In spite of decades of research, 

its exact cause remains unknown. 

A team led by Canterbury 

University clinical psychologist 

Professor Julia Rucklidge has 

been carrying out a large, placebo-controlled 

trial to investigate 

what effects micronutrients have 

on the regulation of aggression 

and emotion in children with 

ADHD. 

The programme involved the 

first fully blinded, randomised, 

controlled trial of medicationfree 

children with ADHD, who 

were assigned to either micronutrients 

or a placebo for 10 weeks. 

That approach had previously 

been limited to open-label studies, 

which had shown promise. 

In a new study, clinicians, 

parents and teachers reported 

how those children on 

micronutrients showed greater 

improvements in emotional 

regulation, aggression and 

general functioning compared 

with those on the placebo. 

“While the children still displayed 

some hyperactivity and 

impulsivity on micronutrients, 

they were less anxious, slept 

better, their appetites were not 

suppressed, and their attention 

improved,” Ms Rucklidge said. 

Irritable, angry and moody 

children could be “extremely difficult” 

for parents, and the paper 

had shown nutrients could lower 

the intensity and frequency of 

those problems. 

“It’s an intervention that addresses 

debilitating symptoms in 

children that often lead to poor 

long-term outcomes for them.” 

While pharmacological treatments 

could reduce ADHD 

symptoms, these could come 

with side effects, or often weren’t 

continued. 

The study team – which 

included researchers from Otago 

University, the Canterbury 

District Health Board and the 

US-based Oregon Health and 

Science University – have just 

published their findings in the 

Journal of Child Psychology and 

Psychiatry. 

– NZ Herald 

Shuttle trial extended 


A TRIAL aiming to solve 

Christchurch Hospital staff 

parking problems has been 

extended, after the number of 

people using it more than tripled. 

Free park and ride shuttles for 

staff have been trialled over the 

past 12 weeks, running between 

a Deans Ave car park and the 

hospital. A similar public park 

and ride service is run for patients 

and visitors to the hospital. 

Staff parking problems came 

to a head in April, after several 

hospital staff reported they were 

assaulted while walking to their 

cars at night. 

This week, the Canterbury District 

Health Board announced 

it would be extending the staff 

trial, and testing a new timetable. 


MORE Christchurch motorists 

are considering switching to 

electric vehicles, with 1342 more 

people putting them on their 

Trade Me watchlists in the last 

year. 

The latest Trade Me Motors 

data shows in August 2016, there 

were 548 electric vehicles on 

watchlists in Christchurch. In 

CDHB support services 

manager Rachel Cadle said the 

number of staff using the service 

had gradually increased. 

At the beginning of the trial, 

the shuttles were used just 172 

times over a week. 

By the end of September, that 

had risen to 538 trips in a week. 

“On this basis we have determined 

that we should continue 

to offer the service,” she said. 

She said the new timetable 

would be trialled for a “few more 

weeks”. 

NZ Nurses Organisation 

organiser Christin Watson said 

staff were becoming more aware 

of the service, so the uptake was 

growing. But he believed that 

could change over summer, as 

the days grew longer and Hagley 

Park became busier. 

Interest in electric vehicles grows 

August, that increased to 1890. 

That figure made up 12 per 

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better access to charging stations. 

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Lianne Dalziel 

AS A child, I knew about 

Antarctica. The planes would 

fly into the airport at this time 

of the year on their way to the 

ice. American accents could 

be heard in the city and they 

weren’t tourists – they were in 

uniform and they were going 

to this place that had a sense of 

fascination for me. 

It’s that time again, with the 

Antarctic season opening this 

weekend. As mayor of only one 

of five international gateway 

cities in the world, I have an important 

role on behalf of the city 

to welcome all of our Antarctic 

programmes. 

And this year, I have a very 

special role. A statue of Robert 

Falcon Scott in the heart of the 

city commemorates the great 

explorer who left the port of Lyttelton 

to sail to Antarctica on 

his second mission in 1910 and 

never returned. It was sculpted 

by his widow, Lady Kathleen 

Scott. 

Unveiled on February 9, 1917, 

on the corner of Worcester St 

and Oxford Tce, the 2500kg, 

Robert Falcon Scott 

2.6m-high statue was badly 

damaged in the February 22, 

2011, earthquake. It toppled 

from its plinth and the fall 

snapped the statue at its most 

vulnerable part, the ankles. 

It has taken years of careful 

investigation and expertise to 

get him back on his feet. He will 

be unveiled again tomorrow, 

with Scott’s great-grandson and 

great-great-grandchildren in 

attendance. It is a wonderful 

tribute to our heritage and modern 

technology. 

I think we should be encouraging 

Christchurch residents 

– especially our children, who 

may not have realised the wonderful 

opportunities in research, 

science and technology that 

could take them as modern day 

explorers to places like Antarctica. 

How much do you, your family 

and friends know about our 

historic links to Antarctica and 

the heroic age of exploration? 

How much do you know 

about why New Zealand has an 

Antarctic programme in the 

Ross Sea and what role Antarctic 

science will play in terms of understanding 

the challenges of sea 

level rise and global warming. 

Thousands of people attend 

open days at the airport to 

explore the planes that fly to 

the ice and chat to the crews 

about what it’s like to live on 

the world’s coldest continent. 

Maybe a young child could be 

inspired to think of a career that 

would take them there. Step on 

board at Christchurch Airport, 

10am-4pm, on Saturday. 

There is also exhibitions at 

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building) at the Ara Institute of 

Canterbury. 

•Full details can be found 

at https://www.antarcticoffice.org.nz/participate/ 

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1000 letterboxes recovered 

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love to take a pic myself. 

Maree Ram – Donate them 

to kindergartens. I’m a teacher 

and the children would put them 

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Kim Davison – I am in need 

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The Streets for People 

event on Sunday attracted 

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attempt by the city council 

to bring life back into the 

central city 

Lynn Mortlock – Great idea, 

need to inject some life into the 

Square on a very regular basis. 

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busy it was, there were people 

everywhere and for the first time 

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Angela Woodward – If the 

city council really wants people 

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on the weekends, then they need 

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for say four hours. Current meter 

rates are ridiculous for weekend 

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Sheree Hayward – Awesome 

event. Great to see the city 

buzzing with people having a 

great time and discovering the 

new city. It should be a regular 

thing. The variety of food trucks 

was fantastic. Do it again please. 

Jill Sanders – Where would 

we park? Too expensive in car 

park buildings and not enough 

parking on the street . . . Get 

rid of those large encroaching 

cycle lanes so the 90 per cent will 

come back into the city. Buses 

are great if you only need to go 

to one area and have unlimited 

time. The city council has made 

an expensive mistake for ratepayers 

and businesses are paying 

the price. 

Hospital staff have been 

warned for using their work 

phones to play music and 

browse social media 

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Australia. 

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Taking the war to the Head Hunters 

Auckland-based gang the Head Hunters 

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Christchurch criminal scene. Reporter Jared 

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long reach 

FREEZING $6 million of 

property from Head Hunters’ 

boss Wayne Doyle is seen as the 

pinnacle of a sustained police 

war on the motorcycle gang. 

No criminal charges have been 

laid against Doyle, 62, who has 

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20 years. 

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and Doyle, the president of the 

East Chapter (in Auckland), will 

need to prove he paid for the 

property legitimately. 

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Auckland, Tauranga, Rotorua, 

Wairarapa, Wellington, Nelson 

and as far south as Christchurch. 

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nationwide strategy to tackle 

the gang, which has aggressively 

expanded in numbers and geographic 

locations in recent years. 

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the methamphetamine 

market and getting stronger. 

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said Chris Cahill, the president 

of the Police Association. 

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without doubt, a concerted, 

targeted attack on the Head 

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A senior member of the 

East Chapter, David Gerrard 

O’Carroll, was arrested after a 

covert investigation into methamphetamine 

manufacturing. 

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TOP DOG: Police will allege Head Hunter president Wayne Doyle’s wealth was “criminally 

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Ferrari, Porsche and Maserati, as 

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and dozens of fake IDs. 

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and cars, set up bank accounts 

and safety deposit boxes, obtain 

a false passport and purchase 

property. 

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along, they’re hoping that we 

don’t find out about the false 

identity and take the assets,” 

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Good told the NZ Herald in 

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in a bid to stop their long reach 

“It’s one way of trying to get 

around the asset forfeiture laws.’’ 

In spite of the leading gang 

member’s lengthy criminal 

history – including previous 

convictions for 

methamphetamine 

manufacture 

– O’Carroll was 

released on bail to a 

different address. 

David 

Gerrard 

O’Carroll 

Six months 

later, police found 

another $1 million 

cash at the second 

address. 

There was $900,000 hidden 

in a bed frame, the balance in 

a wardrobe. Detectives also 

returned to the other property 

where he was first arrested. 

There, a cache of 14 stolen firearms 

and thousands of rounds 

of ammunition were discovered 

in a secret bunker under the 

kitchen. 

“I must have walked over it 20 

times before we found it,” Detective 

Sergeant John Sowter said 

last year. 

“It was hidden under a tile in 

the floor. The grouting must have 

been replaced every time they 

went in there.” 

PATCHED: The Head Hunters Christchurch headquarters in 

Vickerys Rd, Wigram. 


A dozen of the weapons, 

mainly shotguns, were traced 

to a burglary of a gun collector 

in the fashionable Auckland 

suburb of Bucklands Beach a few 

months earlier. 

O’Carroll is now serving 16 

years and five months in prison 

after being found guilty of cooking 

about 2kg of the Class-A 

drug. 

The jury was unaware the 

man in the dock was one of the 

most senior members of the East 

Chapter of the Head Hunters. 

“It seems ironic that O’Carroll 

is proud as punch to don his 

patch, flash his tattoos and ride 

his Harley around town with all 

his other criminal mates,” said 

Detective Sergeant Sowter. 

“But when it comes to court he 

cowers away from his involvement 

with the gang.” 

SINISTER: A cache of 14 

stolen firearms and thousands 

of rounds of ammunition were 

discovered in a secret bunker. 

Following Genoa was Operation 

Easter. 

Police were told members of 

the Head Hunters’ East Chapter 

in Auckland were running a P 

lab in Northland. 

Investigating the tip in Waiotira, 

in rural Northland, without 

tipping off the targets, posed its 

own unique challenges. 

“It’s a small rural community, 

everybody knows everybody,” 

said Detective Senior Sergeant 

Lloyd Schmid earlier this year. 

“We needed to be careful how 

we moved in that community, 

who we might ask for assistance 

and the ongoing maintenance 

issue looking after our equipment.” 

By equipment, Schmid means 

two covert motion-activated 

cameras which captured who 

was coming and going. 

Nearly every day, over the 

course of the five-month inquiry, 

Schmid said there was a strict 

routine. 

The P cooks would arrive 

around 7am and work until 

lunchtime, have a short break, 

then keep working until around 

6pm. 

“In terms of how they went 

about their business, I could 

only describe that as very regimented,” 

said Detective Senior 

Sergeant Schmid. 

“In my career, I would say this 

is one of the most professionally 

run clan labs I have seen.” 

The entire house was stripped 

bare to house the chemicals and 

lab equipment needed to cook 

massive amounts of the Class-A 

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Inside the police war on the Head Hunters 


The word “factory” was used 

deliberately by Justice Simon 

Moore when sentencing the 

ringleader, patched Head Hunter 

Brownie Harding, in April. 

“Its sole purpose was to 

provide a clandestine environment 

to accommodate your 

sophisticated and well-equipped 

laboratory to manufacture massive 

quantities of methamphetamine.” 

He was sentenced to 28 and 

a half years in prison and will 

serve at least 10 years before being 

eligible for parole. 

While Harding was the undisputed 

“boss” of the Northland 

operation, said Justice Moore, 

there was evidence he answered 

to someone higher up the chain 

in Auckland. 

In one unforgettable conversation 

bugged by police, Harding 

was “incandescent with rage” after 

some of the drugs leaked out 

of the manufacturing apparatus 

and was lost. 

He talked about having to 

explain a $200,000 loss “down in 

Auckland”. 

In May, Detective Senior 

Sergeant Schmid said manufacturing 

methamphetamine was a 

money-making business and the 

Head Hunters were at the forefront 

of the lucrative enterprise. 

He had “no doubt” Harding 

was answering to more senior 

members of the gang, who were 

able to pull strings and “reap the 

rewards”. 

“There are a few key players 

behind the scenes. The Head 

Hunters have expanded and have 

a significant number of members 

now, able to task to run clan labs 

like this,” said Detective Senior 

Sergeant Schmid. 

“And they work just as hard, 

if not harder, in their criminal 

endeavours as you or I do in 

regular employment. The shame 

of it is if they applied themselves 

in regular employment, I’m sure 

they’d be successful.” 

In a late twist in Operation 

Easter, police were listening in 

when Harding rang the gang 

pad in Ellerslie wanting to speak 

with “Bird”. 

“Bird” is William Hines, one 

of the most senior Head Hunters 

in the East Chapter. 

The 64-year-old Hines was 

jailed this year for 18 and a half 

years for manufacturing P after 

LOCKED UP: Brownie Harding 

was sentenced to 28 and a 

half years in prison and will 

serve at least 10 years before 

being eligible for parole. 

a third, separate investigation, 

Operation Sylvester. 

“Bird” has a long and colourful 

criminal history, including 

a stint in prison for the Head 

Hunters’ first foray into cooking 

P back in the late 1990s. 

But he kept out of trouble until 

the start of 2015, when the police 

started a covert investigation targeting 

Hines and his underlings. 

Hines was in charge of the 

methamphetamine ring, giving 

orders but leaving the others to 

do his “dirty work” in order to 

keep his hands clean. 

Other Head Hunters and associates 

arranged the equipment 

and ingredients needed for the 

actual manufacture of the Class 

A drug. 

On just one “cook”, the 

group obtained 20 “sets” of 

pseudoephedrine – enough to 

produce more than 1kg of methamphetamine. 

At one point during the covert 

surveillance, police raided a storage 

unit linked to the group. 

They found a van, with an internal 

cage and heavy-duty locks. 

Inside detectives found 9kg of 

iodine and 33L of hypophosphorous 

acid – used in the cooking 

process – as well as 150g of P 

separated into ounces. 

These are commonly sold for 

$12,000 each. 

Alongside the drugs was a 

cache of high-powered militarystyle 

rifles and a Smith & Wesson 

revolver. 

“Sinister” was how the sentencing 

judge described the 

discovery. 

Three separate investigations, 

three senior members of the East 

Chapter of the Head Hunters 

serving long jail sentences. 

“These operations show the 

Head Hunters are at the very 

heart of methamphetamine 

manufacture in this country,” 

said Detective Superintendent 

Greg Williams, the head of 

the National Organised Crime 

Group. 

“We did target them – and 

will continue to target them and 

other gangs – in order to stop 

them from harming the community. 

And we make no apologies 

for that.” 

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RIVERSTONE: Doug McArthur, Avondale. 

BUILD 7 

A ‘real show home’ open to the public 

Every Sunday in October (12pm-3pm) 

the public will have the opportunity to 

visit a show home with a difference in 

Lincoln. Unlike the usual show homes 

people visit when they are in the market 

to build a new home, this is a real home 

on show, where builder Jamie Cowan 

lives with his wife Francesca and their 

young son. 

“We wanted to show people the Build7 

process first-hand, with a home that we 

are proud to live in ourselves,” Francesca 

says. 

Jamie and Francesca are the 

Canterbury owners of Build7, a home 

building company different from most 

other building companies operating in 

the New Zealand market. 

As Francesca explains: “We don’t 

have set plans that clients choose from. 

Instead, we sit down with every client 

and take the design brief from them, 

and that includes their seven ‘musthaves’. 

They can also bring in photos of 

interiors and styles they like and we can 

work from those. 

“We find it a lot easier to design a 

house from scratch. Everyone has a 

different idea for their house, and with 

our method they get exactly what they 

want. From the briefing we develop a 

concept pack, which includes renders, 

a floor plan and elevations, and this is a 

free service.” 

Top-quality construction of the client’s 

home is ensured with Jamie’s 18 years’ 

building experience – he completed 

his apprenticeship and early years in 

Canterbury before spending significant 

time in Sydney fine-tuning his craft. As 

the project manager on every build, he is 

in contact with the client right through 

the process. 

Build7 designs and builds homes for 

all budgets, Francesca says. 

“We work within the client’s budget, 

which can range from a Kiwisaver first 

home build, right through to highend 

properties, where we work with 

architects if required.” 

The company has a range of suppliers, 

coupled with strong trade relationships 

that come with being a national building 

company, giving clients an extensive 

selection of materials and fittings to 

choose from, while the services of an 

interior designer are included in the 

package. 

Jamie and Francesca’s home is part of 

Tomorrow’s Show Homes, a programme 

presenting show homes around New 

Zealand that are more innovative than 

standard homes. 

A four-bedroom home, it was 

designed it for maximum light, with 

a contemporary décor and a good 

connection between indoors and 

outdoors. 

Located at 45 Sunline Avenue in the 

Flemington subdivision in Lincoln, it is 

open for viewing from 12pm-3pm every 

Sunday in October. 

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WILDLIFE: Steve 

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Gardening 

Wild about creeping thyme 

• By Henri Ham 

THERE are many, many different 

varieties of thyme out there 

in the herb world. But the one 

thyme that I’m particularly fond 

of is wild creeping thyme. 

It is mildly scented, attracts 

bees (very important) and can 

be used in cooking like regular 

thyme. But for me, what makes 

it just a step above some other 

thyme varieties is that it can 

be used as ground cover and is 

extremely resilient. 

Here’s an interesting fact – it’s 

also said to be deer resistant. This 

not really something I’ve had a 

problem with in my garden at the 

nursery. But I can tell you it can 

withstand a good stomping from 

anything else – kids, dogs called 

Alvin, nursery chooks and more. 

This is why it makes a great 

ground cover or lawn. 

Furthermore, unlike other 

herbs, it doesn’t die back in winter 

and keeps on giving you bang 

for your buck. This is why it’s 

classified as a hardy (can withstand 

the cold weather), evergreen 

(keeps its leaves) perennial 

(a plant that survives for three or 

more years). 

Simply plant your wild creeping 

thyme plants around 20- 

30cm apart from each other. 

You can harvest your thyme 

straight away but it’s best to give 

it some time to get established. 

The longer you leave it, the more 

leaves you’ll have to harvest later 

on. Then in spring and after 

flowering, give it a prune to help 

maintain its compact appearance. 

And before long you’ll be wild 

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Gardening 

TALL: Artichokes need plenty of room to grow. 

Growing your own veges 

• By Rachel Vogan 

HOW GOOD do you feel when 

you eat fresh, healthy food? I 

love it, and while no one ever 

queries the health benefits, a lot 

of people forget to mention how 

mentally satisfying it is to grow 

your own food. 

This month and next are the 

two busiest months in terms of 

planting and sowing vegetables, 

herbs and edible flowers. The 

main defining factor on what 

you can plant outdoors is your 

climate, so be very mindful of 

this when busying yourself in the 

garden. 

In most areas, frosts and cold 

snaps will still be present, so hold 

off on planting the young plants 

of tender crops such as tomatoes, 

chillies, eggplant, cucumber, 

beans, capsicum, pumpkin, 

courgette and basil. Seeds of all 

these can be sown under cover 

now, ready for planting out next 

month. 

What to plant this month 

CARROTS 

Go mad planting carrots this 

month and continue at intervals 

over the next couple of months, 

bearing in mind that they do not 

transplant well. As for the soil, it 

needs to be loose and friable, so 

if yours is pale and sandy, blend 

in compost or incorporate some 

vegetable mix. 

While it sounds old-fashioned, 

using a strong line and some 

markers to identify where the 

rows of seed are to be sown really 

does help. Firstly, it reminds you 

that seeds are in the ground, 

which prevents you from 

planting any seedlings amongst 

your rows before the existing 

ones sprout, and secondly, it 

allows you to create a path you 

can walk down to thin, weed and 

harvest your carrots throughout 

the season. 

Carrots will grow well in large, 

deep pots too. Fill these with 

vegetable mix and sow seed 

by making a shallow trench – 

1-2cm deep – and sprinkling 

seed evenly along the rows, 

carefully covering with soil and 

water. Seedlings will appear in 

a few weeks. To speed up the 

germination, you could cover 

with a portable plastic tunnel or 

fleece house. 

BEETROOT 

The choice is yours as to 

whether you buy ready-grown 

seedlings or sow seed, but 

either way, prepare the soil as 

you would for carrots. With 

seedlings, allow 10cm between 

each plant, but when sowing 

seeds, drop a couple in a few 

finger spaces apart along the 

row. Bear in mind when growing 

that beetroot is one of the few 

root crops that will cope with 

transplanting. Globe varieties 

are tennis ball-shaped and take 

up a bit more space than the 

narrow, cylindrical ones, so give 

the round varieties a bit more 

room. 

Beetroot enjoys fertile soil, 

so enrich the soil with good 

compost or vegetable fertiliser 

prior to planting. 

Not much gets wasted when 

growing beetroot; the roots can 

be harvested immaturely as ‘baby 

beets’, and the leaves can be used 

in salads and slaws. 

Another good crop for tubs 

and containers, too. 

ARTICHOKES 

Both globe and Jerusalem 

types can be planted now. The 

giant thistle-looking globe 

artichoke needs plenty of room 

to grow, as it is a long-term crop 

and, once established, it will 

produce chokes reliably for over 

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is most satisfying 

It is one crop that will cope 

with dry periods; however, the 

better the soil and the more 

water they get, the larger the 

harvest. 

Jerusalem artichokes are a root 

crop that often can’t be found in 

the garden centres, so look for 

them at farmers’ markets or in 

the organic shops. The knobbly 

looking bits of root will quickly 

shoot once planted. The stems 

are tall – well over head height 

– so plant them near the back of 

the vegetable patch. A plant can 

reach 1.5-2m. 

SPINACH 

This supercharged green has 

to be one of the easiest crops 

to grow; either sow seeds or, to 

speed up the process by a month, 

plant out healthy seedlings now. 

To get the best out of the crop, 

plant it in an area that receives 

full sun, and ensure it has rich, 

fertile soil by blending in plenty 

of compost, sheep pellets, and 

possibly vegetable food prior 

to planting. The compost and 

manure will lock much-needed 

moisture into the soil. 

PARSNIP 

Parsnip is my ultimate winter 

vegetable. This is one crop you 

have to grow from seed, as you 

will not find it in punnets or 

seedling bundles. Always buy 

new seed each year, as the seed 

doesn’t stay viable for long once 

the packet is opened. 

The soil needs to be prepared 

in the same way you would for 

carrots. Make a shallow groove 

in your prepared row and 

sprinkle a seed or two every few 

centimetres, taking care not to 

sow too thickly. Lightly cover the 

row with soil, then water in with 

boiling water to help stimulate 

germination. Seedlings pop up in 

three to four weeks. 

ONIONS 

Red, white, brown and pickling 

onions can all go in now, and, 

from my experience, starting 

with seedlings will give you a 

longer growing season. 

Much like the other crops, they 

also need loose, friable soil in 

order to thrive. Seed germinates 

readily, but is not overly fast. 

Allow a hand space between 

each plant, except for pickling 

onions, which need only 5cm. 

As the young, hair-like seedlings 

are fragile, try not to plant them 

out in the middle of a hot day, as 

they can easily wilt – later in the 

afternoon is ideal. 

As they do not take up much 

space, a popular way to grow 

them in is a grid pattern, which 

you can achieve simply by 

making a series of holes in the 

soil in said pattern and dropping 

a seedling in each one. Then, 

rather than firming them in 

with your finger, use a watering 

can and water them in, which 

will secure the soil around the 

seedling without damaging its 

delicate stem. 

LETTUCE 

Arm yourself with loads of 

lettuce seedlings this month, 

and poke them in anywhere you 

have a gap in the garden – their 

shallow root system means 

they can, and will, grow almost 

anywhere. 

In the vege patch, allow 

two hand spaces, or 15-20cm, 

between plants. They thrive in 

rich, moisture-retentive soils, so 

mix in the usual additions like 

compost, peat or manure before 

planting. Definitely put nets 

over young plants at this time 

of year, as birds are still looking 

for anything fresh, sweet and 

juicy, and be vigilant with slug 

and snail bait too, as soft lettuce 

leaves are a favourite with 

them. 

EASY: Harvest carrots throughout the season. 

HARDY: Beetroot can be transplanted while it is growing. 

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Theatre/Arts 

Director brings racy play to stage 

• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding 

Lara 

Macgregor 

CALLING THE shots on an 

edgy new show delving into 

themes of sexual dominance 

and submissiveness has been 

described as a “new world to 

dive into” by director Lara 

Macgregor. 

She is in charge of The Court 

Theatre’s Venus In Fur, a racy 

play raising questions about what 

is real and what is not, who is in 

control and who 

dominates. 

Sound 

familiar? 

While it is 

difficult not to 

draw comparisons 

to erotic 

romance novel 

Fifty Shades of 

Grey, Macgregor 

characterises the show as intellectual 

rather than having a 

“down and dirty” approach. 

“There is a lot of comedy, a 

lot of mystery and there is a lot 

of psychological game-playing, 

which really pushes the audience,” 

she said. 

Macgregor, who is based in 

Hoon Hay, said the show looks 

deeply into the complexities of 

communication between a male 

and female. 

SPARKS FLY: Daniel Watterson as Thomas and Jessie 

Lawrence as Vanda in The Court Theatre’s new production of 

Venus In Fur. 

A play within a play, the show 

begins with New York theatre 

playwright Thomas auditioning 

women to play the principal role 

in his adaption of the erotic 1870 

novel Venus in Furs. 

The novel by Austrian author 

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch 

happens to have inspired the 

term ‘masochism’ in real life. 

During the auditions, a 

mysterious character, Vanda, appears 

in the story and convinces 

Thomas to read with her. When 

they both become caught up in 

their characters, fantasy and 

reality is blurred. 

Macgregor said audiences here 

often do not see a lot of plays 

which are sexual in nature and it 

was a change to be dealing with 

sexuality. “In the 1960s, you used 

to go to theatre where there was 

a lot of naked people and that 

was just a reflection on society at 

that time. We are just not really 

in that trend of theatre really,” 

she said. 

A freelance director involved 

with The Court Theatre since 

2008, Macgregor, who is originally 

from Wellington, has been 

based in the city for more than 

six months. 

It has been an exciting year for 

Macgregor, who said she directed 

one of her most challenging 

shows The Curious Incident of 

the Dog in the Night-Time at The 

Court Theatre earlier this year. 

She said like Venus In Fur, it 

covered complex subject matters 

such as domestic violence, 

divorce and people who don’t 

care about others in difficult conditions. 

“You are dealing with 

nature and the human condition 

every day . . . you are a psychologist,” 

she said. 

But Macgregor said in spite 

of often dealing with difficult 

subject matter, she loves telling 

stories for a job. 

•Venus In Fur runs at The 

Court Theatre from October 

21 to November 11. To 

book tickets, go to https:// 

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Diverse nature of Australia’s Outback 

• By Mike Yardley 

IT’S MAJESTIC, unforgettable, 

awe-inspiring and formidably 

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Book-ended by Broome and 

Kununurra, the Kimberley region 

is one of the most sparsely populated 

regions in the world, home 

to just 25,000 residents, most of 

whom are Aboriginal. 

Over the course of eleven days, 

my guided holiday with AAT 

Kings clocked up over 3000km, 

traversing the Kimberley from 

Broome to Darwin, on remote 

highways and dusty tracks. 

The unfolding landscape is 

surprisingly diverse and everchanging, 

where arid tracts of flat 

baked-earth and its red pindan 

soil yield to verdant savannah 

woodland and tropical grassland; 

there’s oasis-like wetlands, aflutter 

with stunning birdlife, sprawling 

cattle stations, and towering 

sandstone ranges sliced and diced 

by gorges, where rivers rage in the 

wet season, flooding everything 

in its path. 

Loosely sectioned into two subregions, 

West Kimberley unfurls 

its manifold glories on an eastward 

track from Broome to Halls 

Creek. After a rustic morning tea 

break at the Willare Roadhouse, 

where the rusty-red sandy soil 

HIGHLIGHT: The blazing grandeur of Geike Gorge, at sundown and in daylight. 

fanned across the forecourt, and 

82-tyred, 50m road trains pulled 

in to refuel, we soaked up the eyepopping 

sights of Derby. 

Pinned to the edge of the 

Northwest Continental Shelf, at 

the base of King Sound, Derby 

has one the world’s highest tidal 

ranges, where water levels rise 

and fall by a colossal 11.5m. 

We ogled this marvel of nature 

at the Derby jetty, a sweeping 

circular-shaped pier, constructed 

on extremely high stilts. Kimberley’s 

trademark tree, the boab, is 

an infatuating, ever-present sight. 

They can live for 1500 years, 

making them Australia’s oldest 

living being. Every tree seems to 

assume its own quirky character 

and their crazily-shaped twisting 

branches spawn fat boab nuts, the 

size of duck eggs. 

Seven kilometres out of Derby, 

we were transfixed by the boab 

prison tree, a monumental, supersized 

specimen, dated at over 

1000-years-old. 

With a circumference of over 

14m, it was shockingly used as a 

“prison cell” in the 1890s by police, 

as they transported Aboriginals 

from across the Kimberley to 

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insights into the appalling plight 

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Land-Rover’s Discovery 

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While its new design 

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predecessors, the mechanicals 

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Discovery also provides 

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600Nm, eight-speed 

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• Performance – 

0-100km/h, 8.1sec 

• Fuel usage – 

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Those figures sit well 

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Power is directed 

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The entire driveline is 

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There is a complex 

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One of the Discovery’s 

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Rough road surfaces are 

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Terrain Response operation 

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and dial in the appropriate 

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On-road, too, the 

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It whisks through the air 

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There’s a lot of vehicle, but 

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On board comfort is 

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I travelled almost 300km 

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High calibre bowlers for tournament 

YOUTH bowling’s cream of the 

crop will hit the Burnside green 

tomorrow. 

The Burnside club’s under-26 

singles tournament runs until 

Sunday and features a string of 

current and future international 

calibre bowlers from New Zealand 

and Australia. 

The event reinforces the idea 

that bowls is a game for all ages. 

The playing group ranges in age 

from 17 to 25. 

At stake is $5000 in prize money, 

but more importantly to these 

youngsters is the opportunity to 

display their talents and skills 

in front of Bowls New Zealand’s 

national lead coach and selector 

Sharon Sims. 

The feature of the Burnside 

event is having men and women 

play on equal terms. 

Three previous winners – Sean 

Ingham, Broadbeach, Australia, 

2013; Tayla Bruce, Canterbury, 

REDEMPTION: After losing her crown last year Tayla Bruce will 

seek the title for the second time. 

2015; and Sheldon Bagrie- 

Howley, Southland, 2016 – will 

attempt to repeat their past 

success. 

“Every year it just gets better 

and better but the standard of 

play is always matched by the 

sportsmanship shown and the 

way this group of players rekindle 

old friendships and make 

new ones,” said tournament 

convener Kerrie Bruce. 

YOUNG GUN: NZ development player Cait Bassett will look to 

claim her first U26 title. 

Thirteen players in the field 

have already represented their 

country at development team 

level, mainly against Australia. 

Bruce, of the Burnside 

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Fun times for families at local leisure spot 

The focus is very much on family 

entertainment at the popular leisure outlet, 

Ferrymead Golf, and with new activities just 

launched in time for the school holidays there 

is even more for families to enjoy. 

A new moving target has been installed at 

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there are three clown heads that ‘catch’ balls 

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Another exciting new offer is the ‘Family 

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Thursday evenings. For just $99, up to two 

adults and three children can play unlimited 

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and Friday, from 5pm-8pm. These are: $11 

jugs of Speights or Macs 

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Burnside pulls out of UC Championship 

School 

blames lack 

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• By Gordon Findlater 

THE STRENGTH of the South 

Island’s elite schools rugby 

competition has claimed a 

victim. 

Burnside High School have 

pulled out of next year’s UC 

Championship, saying they do 

not have the depth to compete. 

The move is surprising. In 

2016, Burnside finished ahead 

of traditional rugby schools St 

Andrew’s and St Bede’s colleges 

and won the South Island co-ed 

schools title. 

In 2014 and 2015, Burnside 

won the UC Championship 

Plate, which is played for between 

teams that finish from 

fifth to eighth in the roundrobin. 

The school has also turned out 

potential stars in recent times. 

Last year’s Burnside hooker 

Perry Karati was named in the 

New Zealand Secondary School 

Barbarians team. Burnside 

captain Cam Russell was named 

co-winner of the 2016 UC 

Championship player of the year. 

Both Karati and Russell were 

part of the Canterbury under-19 

team this year. However, that 

may not have been the case had 

they not been exposed to the elite 

first XV competition. 

“If I wasn’t playing in the 

UC Championship, I probably 

wouldn’t have got the recognition 

that I did. I think kids may 

look at changing school because 

if you’re not in the top competition 

then you’re not going to get 

looked at,” said Karati. 

“The programme was definitely 

in good shape when I was 

there and I thought it would 

continue to stay in good shape.” 

But after just one poor campaign, 

Burnside have pulled out 

of the UC Championship. 

They recorded just one win, 

finishing dead last in the competition 

and regularly had 30-40 

points put on them. The lowest 

point of their campaign was a 

7-74 hiding at the hands of Nelson 

College. 

Burnside operate a successful 

international rugby programme. 

However, under the UC Championship 

rules they can only field 

two non-domestic players. 

The programme has seen a 

number of its students go on to 

play international rugby. 

Last year, one of the programme’s 

students Mika 

Ravalawa was scouted on his 

EXPOSURE: After a standout 

campaign in last year’s UC 

Championship, Burnside 

player Mika Ravalawa 

(left) was picked up by the 

Canberra Raiders. Hooker 

Perry Karati was shocked 

to learn Burnside have 

pulled out of next year’s UC 

Championship. 

performances in the UC Championship. 

The Fijian back scored 

14 tries for Burnside in 2016. He 

was snapped up by NRL side the 

Canberra Raiders and last month 

was named Raiders’ national 

youth competition player of the 

year. 

Next year the Burnside first 

XV will compete in a Saturday 

metro under-18 competition, 

allowing them to field an unlimited 

amount of international 

players. 

Canterbury Rugby Football 

Union chief executive Nathan 

Godfrey received an email from 

Burnside assistant principal Matt 

White last month to indicate the 

school would be pulling out of 

the championship. 

Burnside sport co-ordinator 

Tracy Taylor said “we just don’t 

have the depth”. 

“It’s not much fun getting 

thrashed by 50 points each 

week.” With a role of more than 

2000, Burnside is the largest 

school in New Zealand outside 

of Auckland. 

Meanwhile, the UC Championship 

will move to a two-tier 

competition from 2019. The top 

tier will be decided by the finishing 

order of the teams in 2018. 

Godfrey says the ideal scenario 

would be a 10-team top tier with 

the bottom tier being available 

for new teams to enter and attempt 

to gain promotion. 

It is understood a combined 

West Coast schools team may 

take Burnside’s place in next 

year’s championship. 

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THE KIWIS World Cup hopes 

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Melbourne Storm premiership 

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through injury. And in another 

shock, veteran hooker Issac Luke 

has been dumped after a poor 

season for the Warriors. 

The NZ Herald understands 

Harris’ absence will be confirmed 

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squad is announced today, after 

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The 25-year-old missed the 

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the finals. 

However, both injuries got 

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In his last appearance for 

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Stadium and fired out a beautiful 

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In spite of having given his all 

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The Star Classifieds 

Board 

BOARD OFFERED. 

Hornby in sleepout for 

mature working male,good 

cooked meals,$230 pw. Ph 

021 2630745 

Boating Accessories 

& Equipment 

WINDSCREENS 

Perspex cut to size and 

shape, Fab Plastics ph 

366 3634 

Building Supplies 

Pump 

House 

Salvage Yard 

Buyers and sellers of 

quality recycled 

building materials. 

Week days 

7:30–4:30pm 

Sat 9–1pm 

544 Tuam St East, 

PH. 389 6638 

thepumphouse.co.nz 

sales@thepumphouse.co.nz 

SLEEPOUTS 

WANTED 

Don’t mind 

craning 

to remove or 

doing repairs. 

Also wanted 

offices, homes, 

granny flats, 

garages etc 

Ph 021 106 2900 

Building Supplies 

SHOWER/BATH Liner, 

custom made to suit, Fab 

Plastics ph 366-3634 

SHOWER/BATH Liner, 

custom made to suit, Fab 

Plastics ph 366-3634 

Caravans, Motorhomes 

& Traliers 

2005 CAMPER TRAILER 

. Excel cond. $11,000 ono. 

Ph 388-8681 

CARAVAN Or Poptop 

wanted ph 027 306 6544 

TRAILER Briford or 

similar wanted ph 027 306 

6544 

Car Parts 

SUBARU Forester 

2004 S-2 gear box 

auto transmission 

TZ1A3ZF5AA wanted, ph 

03 755 8366 or 022 324 

5931 or txt 

Cars $0 - $1,500 

MAZDA Familia 1993 

1300cc, new wof, tyres & 

reg, economical, $1200 

ono, ph 022 451 7007 

Cars 

$16,001 - $20,000 

MITSUBISHI 380 

SX, 2007, stunning red, 

$8,000 paint, 3.8 V6, 

40mpg, spoiler, 17” alloys 

$18,000, ph 352 5963 

Cars 

$1,501 - $4,000 

NISSAN March 1996, 

990cc, auto, 3 dr hatch, 

black with grey interior, 

159 kms, reg & wof, very 

tidy, $1950 ono, ph 021 

126 4021 

Classic Cars & Motorcycles 

ASHLEY’S 

TOW TAXI 

fOr SAfE, dAmAgE frEE 

cAr TrAnSpOrTATIOn 

“SpEcIAL cArE fOr 

SpEcIAL cArS” 

0800 TOWTAXI 

0800 8698294 

Classic Cars & 

Motorcycles 

MITSUBISHI CORDIA 

turbo GSR, 1985, low 

kms, 1 previous family 

owned, red, suit collector, 

ph 352 5963 

Church Notices 

The Spiritualist 

Church of NZ 

41 Glenroy Street 

Woolston 

SUNDAY SERVICE 

7pm 

Address 

Suzanne G 

Mediumship 

Allison & Sandra P 

Ph 021-081-43700 

SYDENHAM CHRISTIAN 

SPIRITUAL CHURCH 

Sydenham Community 

Centre 

23/25 Hutcheson St 

Address 

Angela 

Clairvoyance 

Angela 

Sunday 7pm 

All Welcome 

Phone 349-9749 

NEW AGE CHRISTIAN 

SPIRITUAL CENTRE 

Grafton Street 

Sunday 7pm 

Address: 

Shirley 

Clairvoyance: 

Tania 

Tuesday 1pm-3pm 

Healing & 

Clairvoyance 

All Welcome 

Community Events 

ALCOHOLICS 

ANONYMOUS, If you 

want to have a drink thats 

your business. If you want 

to stop, we can help. Phone 

0800 229-6757 

ARANUI COMMUNITY 

MARKET 51 Pages Rd 

every Thursday 8am - 

1pm. Fill up your boot and 

come along. $10 stalls. Ph 

Graham 027 244 9173 

Computer 

Services 

LAPTOPS Acer, HP, Dell, 

Sony $150 - $400, ph 03 

381 6335 or 021 115 0194 

Finance 

CASH LOANS 

$200 - $20,000 

Same day approval 

Same day cash 

GET CASH NOW! 

3/11 Goulding Ave, Hornby 

9B Buckley Road, Linwood 

Whatever you need the 

money for – a new car or 

computer, something for 

the home, a wedding or 

family holiday, maybe even 

debt consolidation – we 

can fast-track your loan 

and structure it to suit, 

with repayments to fit your 

budget and lifestyle. 

• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi 

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 

Fishing & Hunting 

RIFLE Bolts wtd, 

cash paid, by collector, 

any type, price etc, in 

Canterbury Mon - Thurs, 

ph 027 586-7621 

Finance holding you back? 

Apply online now at faircity.co.nz 

or call the team on 0800 340 350 

IF23076 

Fair loans, fast. 

Fishing & Hunting 

Fitness 

FITNESS SESSIONS. 

For any level. Initial visit 

free! Personalized 1/2 hour 

training sessions. Qualified 

trainer in Shirley area. Call 

Andrew 027 258 0029, 

or email blastfitnessltd@ 

gmail.com 

Funeral Directors 

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 

Funeral Directors 

 

 

Direct Natural 

Funeral Provider 

For families wanting 

basic, simple 

cremation designed 

precisely for you 

Eco & personalised 

caskets and urns 

0800 000 121 

www.cremorials.co.nz 

enquiries@cremorials.co.nz 

Garage Sales 

AVONHEAD 38D 

Avonhead Rd, Sat 8am - 

12pm, household items 

BURNSIDE 49 Dunster 

St, Sat 8am, combined sale 

, wide variety of items 

******* 

HORNBY 16 Garvins Rd, 

Sat 8.30am start. Kennel 

& travel cage, plus large 

variety of items. 

******** 

FITNESS SESSIONS. NORTH 

For any level. Initial visit 

free! Personalized 1/2 hour 

training sessions. Qualified 

trainer in Shirley area. Call 

Andrew 027 258 0029, 

or email blastfitnessltd@ 

gmail.com 

NORTHCOTE. 

Sawyers 

NEW 

BRIGHTON 28 Fleming 

St, Sat 8am - 1pm. All 

sorted retro items, general 

h/hold items. Offers on 

everything, all must go. 

Arms 

Rd,(Northlands end) 

Saturday,signs out 8.30am. 

Huge variety household 

items,ladies clothing new 

& near new,shoes,jeweller 

y,toys,books,Black mondo 

grasses & daisy plants,reas 

offers on everything 

REDWOOD 

52B Chipping Lane. 

Sat 8am- 2pm 

Wrought Iron furniture etc 

********* 

SHIRLEY 16 Acheson 

Ave, Sat 7.30 start. Fridge/ 

freezer, w/machine, 

kitchen gear, toys & lots 

more. 

SOMERFIELD Selwyn 

St, signs out at 8.30am, 

Anttiques, bull dog 

collecatables, brass, easels, 

canvaases, paintings 

SPREYDON 25 Winsor 

Cresc, Sat 7.30am, 

household items 

******* 

ST MARTINS 22b St 

Martins Rd, Sat 8am - 

1pm. Variety h/hold items, 

clothing, linen etc 

Gardening 

& Supplies 

TREE & HEDGE 

SERVICES 

• Trees removed 

• Trees pruned 

• Storm damage 

• Hedges trimmed 

• Free quotes 

Ph Justin 

021 221 4344 

Health & Beauty 

How great 

would it be 

living without 

these things? 

• Overeating & 

weight issues 

• Feeling 

overwhelmed, 

stressed, anxious 

Well, now you can... 

with advanced 

solutions that 

create powerful, 

permanent 

changes quickly. 

Call 021 995 478 

today. 

www.empowermenow. 

co.nz 

Health & Beauty 

THERAPEUTIC 

MASSAGE 

Exp female,very relaxing. 

Phone 022 6384980 

Parts - 4wds/ 

Commercial 

TOYOTA HILUX, 

& Surf wrecking. 1989 

onwards,wrecking most 

models.Canterbury 4WD 

Spares, in chch,can ship 

nationwide. 

Ph 022 409 8432 

Personals 

GUY. 

New to town, genuine 

and lonely seeks a single 

lady to show him around, 

go to the movies, shows, 

theatre , cafes and try 

some new eating places 

etc.I am looking for a tall 

and slim lady, who likes 

to dance, has an infectious 

personality, a great smile, 

nice hair, teeth and skin 

and would welcome some 

company. Im 5ft 11 about 

95kg have plenty of energy 

and are generous, attentive, 

witty and well presented 

Write to me Matt P.O.Box 

1919, Christchurch. 

Please enclose photo. and 

contact number.All replies 

answered. 

LADIES. 

Find a man, try 

tossthecoin8@gmail.com 

its better and more instant 

than Tinder 


Gardening 

Personals 

& Supplies 

MAN seeks a weekday or 

LANDSCAPE GARDEN 

weekend walking/coffee 

PROFESSIONAL 

partner. Prefer NW area. 

Qualified Horticulturist, 

Other more energetic 

offering expert, garden 

activities would be 

makeovers, design and 

considered like tennis, 

landscaping, for free 

bowling or what ever takes 

quotes call Bryce 027 688- 

your fancy 0276594425 

8196 or 0508 242-733 

QUALITY 

Handy Person GENTLEMAN. Single 

Services and living on own seeks a 

Tired of that dripping 

feminine euro lady to spoil 

tap?Brassed off with 

ph 3583634 

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. 

Massage 

MALE Masseur, relax 

massage, waxing for men, 

8am-8pm ph 027 723 5756 

MASSAGE Oil, cupping 

and deep tissue. Ph 022 

599 6088 

ADD SOME 

COLOUR 

TO YOUR ADVERT! 

Storage 

WANTED TO RENT 

lockable single garage in 

Avonhead area. Ph Marg 

027 433 9192 

To Let 

A NZ made RoomMate Cabin 

is what you need, will keep 

you warm in winter, 2.4m x 

3.6m, fully insulated, carpets, 

curtains, fully lockable. 

Try our new larger model, 

4.2m x 2.4m. 

From only $55.00pw 

Larger from only $85.00pw 

www.roommatecabins.co.nz 

Freephone 0800 111 344 

or 027 202 9145 

To Let 

CARAVAN RENTAL. 

Long term CHCH. Rent 

ot own option avail. Ph 

9421900 or 021 02779849. 

www.habitatcaravans. 

co.nz 

ONE BDRM Studio fullly 

furn. Quiet location. $200 

+ power per week. Call or 

txt 388-9501 or 021 023 

76233 

Tools & Machinery 

TOOLS, Garden garage, 

saw benches, Lathes. Cash 

buyer Phone 355-2045 

Trades & Services 

PAINTING 

Interior/ 

Exterior 

Painting 

Great rates 

Over 20yrs exp 

Immediate start 

CALL DAVID 

027 438 1114 

JD GAWITH 

CONSTRUCTION LTD 

All interior / 

exterior building 

Decks 

Fences 

Pergolas 

Free quotes 

Immediate start 

Call Jordon now 

027 923 2879




•Re Roofing 

•Roof Repairs 

•Spouting 

Approved Age Concern provider 

Over 30 years experience 

Licensed Building Practitioner 

N A BARRELL 

ROOFING LTD 

Ph: 349 9778 or 0275 389 415 

Email: nabroofing@xtra.co.nz 


GARDEN CITY 

MOVERS (LTD) 

Christchurch Fragile Freight 

Small Shift 

Specialists 

and Single 

Items 

Ph 027 355 0090 

info@gardencitymovers.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 

Blind 

Cleaning 

Specialists 

Clean & repair of all 

styles of window blinds 

domestic & commercial. 

New blind sales. 

0800 8899 99 

www.blindcleaning.co.nz 

info@blindcleaning.co.nz 

5 / 301a Blenheim Rd 

(Driveway next to Hubbers carpark) 

• Hot water cylinder repair/replacement 

• Leaky taps, blocked toilets 

• New housing 

• All plumbing alterations 

• Mains pressure hot water 

• Fire and wetback installation 

• Digger/tipper excavation and hire 

• Watermain replacement/repair 


• Certified craftsman plumber 


A SPRING CLEAN 

Home - Gardens. Ph 027 

476 1602 

BRICK & BLOCK 

LAYING 

all restoration work 

and new work plus 

foundations, ph 342 9340 

or 021 853 033 

BUILDER QUALIfIED 

licenced and insured, 

bathroom renovations, 

decks and fences, all 

building work, ph Josh 020 

400 96143 

www.jmhbuilders.co.nz 

BUILDER 

Exp in all aspects of 

building works, home 

renovations & extensions, 

property repairs. Free 

quote. Ph Stuart 0274 

661058 

CARPET & VINYL 

LAYING 

Repairs, uplifting,relaying, 

restretching, jflattery@ 

xtra.co.nz 

ph 0800 003 181 

or 027 2407416 

CONCRETE CUTTING 

Affordable Concrete 

Cutting with Quality, and 

removal work. Free quote. 

No job to small. Phone 027 

442-2219, Fax 359-6052 

a/h 359- 4605 

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 

ELECTRICIAN 

Available, 30 years 

experience, 

start, competitive rate, 

ph Brian 027 433 9548 

10% prompT paymenT disCounT* 

same day serviCe* 

immediate 


Call/Text 027 245 5100 

Freephone: 0508 426 269 

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 


Looking for an 

electrician? 

• Residential, Domestic 

& Commercial 

• Repairs, Maintenance 

• Fault finding 


• Competitive rates 


• Full & Partial Rewiring 

• Test & Tagging 

• Security Cameras 

• LED Lighting Upgrades 

Call 022 643 6450 

Email admin@totalelectric.co.nz 

After Hours 347 3313 

“LOOK NO FURTHER FROM 

CONCEPT TO COMPLETION’’ 

Full Bathroom Renovation 

Packages 

Before & After 

Full Kitchen Renovation 

Packages 

Before & After 

LET OUR EXPERTISE 

PUT YOUR MIND AT EASE 

FREE KITCHEN AND BATHROOM 

CONSULTATION 

WE LISTEN TO YOUR IDEAS 

CALL NOW 

Ph: 027 438 1114 

E: david@qualitytradesmen.co.nz 

Like us on Facebook: Quality Tradesmen 

www.qualitytradesmen.co.nz 


Trades & Services Trades & Services Trades & Services 


GARDENER 

Lawn mowing & 

Gardening, section 

tidying, friendly efficient 

service, please 

ph Paul 021 029 21049 


GLAZIER 

Window repairs, pet 

doors, new glazing, double 

glazing, conservatory 

roofs. Experienced 

tradesman. Call Bill on 

981-1903 or 022 413-3504 

HANDYMAN 

No job too big or 

small. Good rates. 

Call 020 410 67205 

HANDYMAN 

Repairs, painting. 

Anything considered. 

Ph 027 294 1508 

HANDYMAN 

You name it, I’ll probably 

do it. Competitive rate. Ph 

Gordon 0274 851 897 or 

960-1961 

RUST REPAIRS 

Welding & General 

Panel Beating 40 yrs exp, 

reasonable hourly rate 

Ph 027 201 8042 

or 027 746 9685 

EQC CASH 

SETTLEMENT 

We will re-scope your property 

If you have been cash settled 

for repairs you will have been 

well underpaid. 

This also applies to remedial work to be carried 

out under the earthquake repair program. 

All the properties we have rescoped 

100% have been underpaid 

some by as much as up to $40,000. 

EQC have agreed to pay out any 

shortfall in all cases. 

You can only gain by re-scoping. 

Enquire now phone 021 667 444 


LANDSCAPING 

Paving, Lawns, Irrigation, 

Decking, Fencing. 

Kanga & small digger 

services. Check out Squire 

Landscaping on facebook. 

FREE QUOTES. Ph 

Arthur 347-8796, 027 

220-7014 Edwin 027 220- 

7154 

OVEN CLEANING 

Professional cleans 

$50.00. Gift Vouchers 

avail. Phone 0800 683- 

6253 or 027 228-0025 

PAINTING 

PLASTERING 

Free quotes. Int/ext & 

roof painting Family 

run business, work 

guaranteed. Pensioner 

discounts. Ph Kerin or 

Paul 021 024 99197 or 

379-1281. Website www. 

swedekiwipainting.co.nz 

PAINTER 

Tradesman,48 yrs exp for 

all your decorator needs 

before Xmas.Please ph 

Morrie 0275 044199 

PAINTING 

• EQR work 

• Plastering 

• Wallpapering 

• Int/Ext 

• All aspects of decoration 

Small, friendly, local 

painting team 

Ph: Inline Painting Ltd 

Paul 027 254 2499 

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 

PLUMBER 

A Top Plumbing 

job complete at a 

fair price, prompt 

service, all work 

guaranteed 

Phone Brian 

960-7673 or 

021-112-3492 


MFC4510 

REMOVALS 

Small furniture removals, 

have own van, can fit 

various types of whiteware 

appliances, some furn, 

bedding, boxes etc, honest 

& reliable, any area 

considered, ph Chch 027 

517 7001 


ROOfING REPAIRS 

Fully Qualified, Over 

40 Yrs experience 

Ph John 027 432-3822 

or 351-9147 email 

johnmill@ihug.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 

Ph: 383-0646 

027 2131 733 

TILING 

Commercial & residential, 

replacing, reas prices,15 

yrs exp, free quotes. Ph 

Zac 021 1056797 

TILER 

Kitchen, bathrm design, 

waterproofing, floor 

leveling. Good rates - refs. 

Paul 022 151 9242 

PROFESSIONAL 

TREE CARE 

Tree Pruning, Shrubs, Hedges, 

Driveways & Boundary Clearing 

Over 25yrs experience 

Call Jonathan 027 338 2726 

WINDOW CLEANING 

Average 3 brm house 

inside or out $40. Both $70 

Phone Trevor 344-2170 

• Eco-sourcing specialist nursery 

• Landscape design & build 

• Eco-restoration services 

• Maintenance services 

Tenders 

URGENT OFFERS INVITED 

Under instructions from Grant Thornton in 

the matter of Subloos Pty Ltd (In Liquidation). 

LOCATION: Paul Smith Earthmoving, 

Hewlett Road Extension, Greymouth 2007 

Iveco Garbage Truck (2350G Acco) and an 

unbranded freestanding waste compactor. 

OFFERS CLOSE: Wednesday 11th October 

ENQUIRIES: Stephen Strelitz 

+61 417 679 955 or 

steve@lloydsauctions.com.au 

Tours 

Stewart Island/Catlins 

Departs 20th Jan 2018 

$2995.00 pp twin share 

South Island Autumn Tour 

Departs 6th April 2018 

$3250.00 pp Twin Share 

Hokianga & Cape Reinga 

Departs 20th April 2018 

$2250.00 pp Twin Share 

Call Reid Tours 0800 446 886 

www.reidtours.com 

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 

A+ Household effects, 

fridges, freezers, washing 

machines, ovens. Good 

cash paid. Ph Paul 022 

0891 671 

ALL Old China, Crystal, 

Ornaments, Vases, Cutlery 

etc. Raewyn Hill Phone 

360-0951 

Call us today 

03 359 2458 

www.wai-ora.nz 

Wanted To Buy 

A RECYCLE your old 

records, and Hi Fi gear, 

Excellent Cash prices 

paid, Pennylane 430 

Colombo St, Sydenham 

366 3278 or 021 222 6144 

or we can come to you 

anytime,7 days 

BOOKS. 

Old wanted. 

Anything considered 

inclhunting, 

mountineering, 

fishing,childrens. 

Ph 354 1621 

BUYING Now, Royal 

Albert, Royal Doulton, all 

old china, crystal, antiques, 

estate lots. For best prices 

and free inspection call 

Academy Antiques. Phone 

349-4229 

FREEZER Room wanted, 

2.4 x 2.4 x 3.6 min size, 

1.5 - 2.5 hp condenser 

sigle phase, ph 021 288 

0891 

GOOD stuff wanted. 

Whiteware, freezers etc, 

good quality furniture, 

antiques, curios, 

collectables. Anything 

considered. Cash paid. Ph 

Dave 960-8440, 027 66 

22 116 

MILITARIA Any 

country, firearms, 

uniforms, badges, medals, 

memoribilia, WW2 or 

earlier ph 338-9931 

STAMP, Postcard & coin 

collections. Ph 021 138 

8949 or 03 428-6587 

TOOLS, Garden garage, 

saw benches, Lathes. Cash 

buyer Phone 355-2045



Your local guide to our 

Trusted Tradesmen & Professionals 

To advertise: 379 1100 or star.class@starmedia.kiwi 

amare 

safety 


FREE SITE ASSESSMENT 

20% * OFF FIRST ORDER 

PH 03 377 7994 

www.amaresafety.co.nz 

WORKPLACE APPAREL, SAFETY & PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT 

*20% off list. Valid to Aug 30. Applies only after site assessment. T &C’s instore. 

accountant 

ARCHGOLA 

Builder 

Builder 

Accounting 

services 

quotes 

given 

• Bookkeeping 

• GST 

• PAYE 

• Tax Returns 

• Management 

Advice available 

PHone PAul 

355-2636 

Enjoy outdoor living all year round 

Travlon 

Coachlines 

Grant Stewart 

Chris Thorndycroft 

• House, deck, carport & window canopy etc 

• Warm & dry in winter 

• UV protection for summer 

• Customised & Tailored 

• Café curtains fitted 

• 5 year warranty 

15 months 

INTEREST FREE 

Normal lending criteria apply 

Ph 0508 272 446 | www.archgola.co.nz 

BUILDers 

“A local looking after locals” 

• Licenced builder with 20 years 

experience in renovations, 

alterations and extensions 

• A creative craftsman who is 

attentive to detail 

• Quotes the job, does the job 

• Works with all budgets 

Andrew Drewitt 

Ph: 021 395 324 

Email: ad_designs@hotmail.com 

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 

carpet cleaning 

• Commercial Carpet Cleaning 

• Residential Carpet Cleaning 

• Upholstery Cleaning 

• Stain & Odor Removal 

• Tile & Grout Cleaning 

NEED HELP WITH YOUR 

CARPET CLEAN? 

Simply give us a call on 021 035 8989 

We will get the job done in a professional way. 

DECORATORS 

CHARTER & TOUR 

Travlon 

Coachlines 

Travlon Coachlines 

School Run to some 

private schools 

ex Selwyn/Halswell area 

“Wide range of coaches 

“Wide 

and buses for 

School range of Run coaches to some and buses 

for Charter 

private schools 

& Tour” 

ex Selwyn/Halswell area 

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

“Wide 

Email: 

Phone: range 

info@travlon.co.nz 

03 325 of coaches 2959 

Email: and info@travlon.co.nz 

buses for 

Charter DRIVEWAYS & Tour” 

CONCRETE 

Concrete Removal 

& Trucking 

Driveways, paths, sheds, garages, site clearances. 

We also deliver and spread landscaping supplies – 

topsoil, bark chip, shingle etc. 

3 Tonne Digger and operator available for hire. 

For fast friendly service phone 

Nick on 0274 324 124 

keacontracting@yahoo.com 

Driveways 

concrete & paving 

• Driveways 

• Earthquake repairs 

• New Home Specialists 

• Patios & Paths 

tel: 0508 873 7483 

email: sales@affordableconcrete.co.nz 

www.affordableconcrete.co.nz 

EARTHWORKS 

New Paint • Repaints 

Wallpapering • Fences 

Repairs • Feature Walls 

Floor & Roof Painting 

Spray Painting 

Light Commercial 

Restoring Timber 

Selwyn based but service the whole of Canterbury 

www.andertondecorators.co.nz 

www.facebook.com/andertondecorators 

027 724 6846 027 PAINTIN 

www.travlon.co.nz 

Phone: 

Exposed 

03 

Aggregate 

325 2959 

Email: 

Stamped 

info@travlon.co.nz 

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 

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 

• Earthworks 

• Landscaping 

• Subdivision Developments 

• Roading and Maintenance 

• Farm Excavations and 

Track Construction 

There’s no job too big or too small. 

Call us today! 0279693681 

admin@kedzlieconstruction.co.nz 

ELECTRICIAN 

• Water heater repairs 

• Alterations • New Housing 

• Heatpump Installations 

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SALE AND SUPPLY OF 

ALCOHOL ACT 2012 

SECTION 101 

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 issue of 

ON-LICENCE NEW in respect 

of the premises situated at 59 

Edgeware Road known as CAFE 

EDGE & ARTISAN BAKERY. 

The general nature of the 

business conducted under 

the licence is: ON-LICENCE 

RESTAURANT CLASS 3. 

The days on which and the hours 

during which alcohol is intended 

to be sold under the licence are: 

MONDAY TO SUNDAY 8.00AM TO 

11.00PM. 

The application may be inspected 

during ordinary office hours at 

the office of the Christchurch 

District Licensing Committee, 53 

Hereford Street, Christchurch. 

Any person who is entitled to 

object and who wishes to object 

to the issue of the licence 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 issue of a 

licence may be made in relation 

to a matter other than a matter 

specified in section 105(1) of the 

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 

2012. 

This is the second publication of 

this notice. This notice was first 

published on 28 September 2017. 



SECTION 127 & 101 

LS BUSH INN LIMITED, (THE 

LICENSEE, PO Box 6353, Upper 

Riccarton, Christchurch 8442), 



at Christchurch for the renewal 

of ON-LICENCE RENEWAL in 

respect of the premises situated 

at 364 Riccarton Road Upper 

Riccarton known as LONE STAR 

RICCARTON. 





The days on which and the 

hours during which alcohol 

is sold under the licence are: 

MONDAY TO SUNDAY 8.00AM 

TO 1.00AM THE FOLLOWING 

DAY. 

The application may be 

inspected during ordinary 

office hours at the office of the 

Christchurch District Licensing 

Committee, Civic Offices, 77 




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 



specified in section 131 of the 


2012. 

This is the second publication 

of this notice. This notice was 

first published on 28 September 

2017. 




SECTION 101 

KHMER THAI LIMITED, (THE 

LICENSEE, 62 Dunedin Street, 

Christchurch 8051), has made 

application to the District 

Licensing Committee at 

Christchurch for the issue of 

ON-LICENCE NEW in respect 

of the premises situated at 

501 Wairakei Road Burnside 

known as MALIS KHMER THAI 

RESTAURANT. 




RESTAURANT CLASS 3 



is intended to be sold under 

the licence are: MONDAY TO 

SUNDAY 8.00AM TO 11.00PM 





Committee, 53 Hereford Street, 

Christchurch. 

Any person who is entitled 

to object and who wishes to 

object to the issue of the licence 











specified in section 105(1) of 

the Sale and Supply of Alcohol 

Act 2012. 

This is the second publication 

of this notice. This notice was 

first published on 28 September 

2017. 



SECTION 127 & 101 

2WN LIMITED, (THE LICENSEE, 

2WN Limited, Thai Chef’s 

Restaurant ChCh, 396A Wairakei 

Rd, Christchurch 8053), 






at 1 Riccarton Road known as 

THAI CHEF’S RESTAURANT. 










DAY 



office hours of the Christchurch 

District Licensing Committee, 

Civic Offices, 77 Hereford 

Street, Christchurch. 
















2012. 

This is the only publication of 

this notice. 




SECTION 127 & 101 

ITALIAN LIAISON NZ LIMITED, 

(THE LICENSEE, 48 Hackthorne 

Road, Christchurch 8022), 




of OFF-LICENCE RENEWAL in 


at 48 Hackthorne Road known 

as CONNECT ITALIA.CO.NZ. 



the licence is: OFF-LICENCE 

REMOTE SALES. 





TO 11.00PM. 






















2012. 


this notice. 



SECTION 127 & 101 

HOSPITALITY 101 LIMITED, 

(THE LICENSEE, Hospitality 101 

Limited, Passengers & Co, 101 

Yaldhurst Road, Christchurch 

8042), has made application to 

the District Licensing Committee 




at 2/92 Russley Road known as 

PASSENGERS & CO. 









TO 11PM. 






















2012. 


this notice. 




SECTION 127 & 101 

ST KILDA TAVERN LIMITED, (THE 

LICENSEE, Mr G G Wali St Kilda 

Tavern Limited, PO BOX 6220, 

Upper Riccarton Christchurch 






at 25 Riccarton Road Riccarton 

known as WILSONS SPORTS 

BAR & TAB. 


business conducted under the 

licence is: ON-LICENCE TAVERN. 





TO 12.00 MIDNIGHT. 






















2012. 

This is the first publication of 

this notice. 



SECTION 127 & 101 

THE DESSERT RESTAURANT 

LIMITED, (THE LICENSEE, 3/204 

Cumnor Terrace, Christchurch 

8023), has made application 

to the District Licensing 

Committee at Christchurch for 

the renewal of ON-LICENCE 

RENEWAL in respect of the 

premises situated at 15 Bealey 

Avenue Merivale known as 

STRAWBERRY FARE. 










DAY. 






















2012. 


this notice. 

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SECTION 127 & 101 

THE DESSERT RESTAURANT 

LIMITED, (THE LICENSEE, 3/204 

Cumnor Terrace, Christchurch 






at 121 Papanui Road Merivale 

known as CAFE METRO. 









TO 9.30PM. 






















2012. 


this notice. 

We’re local, we’re in 

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Phone: 379 1100 

Classifieds 

The Star is published every Thursday and is home delivered free into 92,000 

households & is available at over 500 pick up points throughout Christchurch 

Vehicles Wanted 



SECTION 101 

RGV LIMITED, (THE LICENSEE, 

PO Box 6157, Upper Riccarton 

8442), has made application 

to the District Licensing 

Committee at Christchurch for 

the issue of ON-LICENCE NEW in 


at 7 Leslie Street known as 

JOE’S GARAGE RICCARTON. 







is intended to be sold under 

the licence are: MONDAY TO 

SUNDAY 8.00AM TO 11.00PM 





Committee, 53 Hereford Street, 

Christchurch. 

Any person who is entitled 

to object and who wishes to 

object to the issue of the licence 










to a matter other than a matters 

specified in section 105(1) of 

the Sale and Supply of Alcohol 

Act 2012. 

This is the first publication of 

this notice. 

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RICCARTON (0508-446-987) 

BLADE RUNNER 2049 (R13)• 

Thu 10:00, 1:40, 5:20, 8:49PM 

Fri-Wed 11:30, 2:50, 6:10, 9:30PM 

THE EMOJI MOVIE (PG) 

Fri-Wed 9:30AM 

GENERAL ADMISSION 

BATTLE OF THE SEXES (PG)• 

Thu 4:40, 6:20, 9:00PM 

Fri 11:20, 4:40, 6:20PM 

SAT 4:50, 6:20, 9:00PM 

Sun-Tue 4:40, 6:20, 9:00PM 

Wed 3:20, 8:10PM 

BLADE RUNNER 2049 (R13)• 

Thu 11:30, 2:50, 6:10, 7:30, 9:30PM 

Fri-Tue 10:30, 1:50, 5:10, 7:30, 8:30PM 

Wed 10:30, 1:50, 5:10, 8:30PM 

CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS (G)• 

Thu-Tue 9:50, 12:10, 2:10, 4:20PM 

Wed 9:40, 11:50, 2:00PM 

CHEF (BOLLYWOOD) (TBC) 

Fri 8:20PM 

Sun 8:20PM 

Tue 8:20PM 

FLATLINERS (R13)• 

Thu-Fri 12:45, 4:00, 6:00PM 

SAT 12:45, 4:40, 6:00PM 

Sun-Mon 12:45, 4:00, 6:00PM 

Tue 4:00, 6:00PM 

Wed 12:45, 3:30, 9:25PM 

IT (R16) 

Thu-Tue 9:20PM 

JUDWAA 2 (M) 

Thu 8:20PM 

SAT 8:20PM 

Mon 8:20PM 

Wed 8:40PM 

KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE (R16) 

Thu 11:00, 3:10, 6:30, 9:10PM 

Fri 3:10, 6:30, 9:10PM 

SAT 10:20, 3:10, 6:30, 9:10PM 

Sun-Tue 11:00, 3:10, 6:30, 9:10PM 

Wed 10:20, 3:10, 6:20, 9:10PM 

SKY HUNTER (M) 

Fri 9:00PM 

SAT 3:40PM 

THE CHANGEOVER (M) 

Thu-Fri 10:40, 2:00, 7:00PM 

SAT 10:40, 1:30, 7:00PM 

Sun-Mon 10:40, 2:00, 7:00PM 

Tue 1:00, 2:00, 7:00PM 

Wed 10:40, 1:20, 6:00PM 


Thu-Fri 9:30, 10:10, 12:20, 2:30, 4:50PM 

SAT 10:10, 12:20, 2:30PM 

Sun-Tue 10:10, 12:20, 2:30, 4:50PM 

Wed 11:00, 1:10, 4:10PM 

THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE (PG) 

Thu-Tue 9:40, 12:00, 2:20PM 

Wed 11:10, 1:30, 3:45PM 

THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US (TBC) 

Wed 7:00PM 

G SUITABLE FOR GENERAL AUDIENCES. 

PG PARENTAL GUIDANCE RECOMMENDED FOR YOUNGER 

VIEWERS. 

M SUITABLE FOR MATURE AUDIENCES 16 YEARS OF AGE 

AND OVER. 

E SUITABLE FOR EVERYONE 

PHOTO ID IS REQUIRED FOR ALL (R) RATED MOVIES 

AMERICAN ASSASSIN (R16), IT (R16), KINGSMAN: THE 

GOLDEN CIRCLE (R16) IT (R16) FLATLINERS (R13) 

Entertainment 

.CO.NZ 

NORTHLANDS (0508-446-987) 

BAILARAS (TBC) 

Fri-Wed 8:40PM 

BATTLE OF THE SEXES (PG)• 

Thu-Tue 10:40, 3:10, 5:50, 8:30PM 

Wed 10:40, 3:10, 5:50, 8:20PM 

BLADE RUNNER 2049 (R13) • 

Thu 11:50, 2:40, 5:40, 7:30, 

8:49PM 

Fri-Tue 11:50, 2:40, 5:40, 7:30, 

8:50PM 

Wed 11:50, 2:40, 5:40, 8:40PM 

CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS (G)• 

Thu-Wed 10:00, 12:00, 2:00, 

4:00PM 

FLATLINERS (R13)• 

Thu-Tue 11:00, 1:40, 6:20, 9:00PM 

Wed 11:00, 1:40, 6:20, 9:20PM 

IT (R16) 

Thu 8:40PM 

Wed 8:50PM 

KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN 

CIRCLE (R16) 

Thu-Tue 6:00, 8:30PM 

Wed 8:30PM 

THE CHANGEOVER (M) 

Thu-Tue 9:50, 4:10, 5:20PM 

Wed 9:50, 4:10PM 


Thu-Tue 10:40, 12:50, 3:00PM 

Wed 10:05, 12:10, 2:10, 4:10PM 

THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE (PG) 

Thu-Wed 10:10, 12:30, 3:40PM 

THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US 

(TBC) 

Wed 7:00PM 

VICTORIA AND ABDUL (PG) 

Thu-Wed 1:15, 6:10PM 

SESSION TIMES ARE CORRECT AT TIME OF PRINTING 

• NO COMPLIMENTARIES 

BLADE RUNNER 2049 R13. BATTLE 

OF THE SEXES PG. CAPTAIN 

UNDERPANTS G. THE EMOJI MOVIE 

PG. IT R16 - VIOLENCE, OFFENSIVE 

LANGUAGE AND HORROR. CAPTAIN 

UNDERPANTS G. THE CHANGEOVER M. 

KINGSMAN THE GOLDEN CIRCLE R16 

- VIOLENCE, OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE, 

DRUG USE & SEX SCENES. VICTORIA 

AND ABDUL PG. FLATLINERS 

R13 - VIOLENCE, HORROR & SEX 

SCENES. THE CHANGEOVER 

M - SUPERNATURAL THEMES & 

CONTENT THAT MAY DISTURB. 

BAILARAS TBC. SKY HUNTER M. 


Crossword Solutions 

Food Resilience Network Inc. 

Ōtākaro Orchard Project Coordinator 

The Food Resilience Network is an incorporated society with a vision of “a 

patchwork of food producing initiatives based around local hotspots and linked 

together like a ribbon woven into the fabric of our communities”. 

The Ōtākaro Orchard - www.otakaroorchard.org is an exciting new edible park, 

community café and urban food hub located in Cambridge Terrace, Central 

Christchurch and forms a major project within the North Frame precincts’ 

re-development. 

The Project Coordinator role requires a dynamic and self-motivated person 

with appropriate qualifications, skills and experience in project management, 

business planning, fundraising & sponsorship, communications and community 

engagement. Reporting to the FRN Manager, the position involves 30 hours per 

week with a potential for job growth. A full role description is available at 

www.facebook.com/ediblecanterbury and enquiries may be directed to Tony 

Kunowski at (03) 366 6937. Letters of application plus a current CV should be 

sent to office@chsgardens.co.nz or PO Box 369, Christchurch 8140. 

Applications close at 5pm on Thursday 5 October 2017.




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BARETTA: Friday 7pm - Live 

music 10pm - DJ Vlad Saturday 

9pm - DJ Double Header feat. 

Spinal & Mike Jonz. 

BECKS SOUTHERN 

ALEHOUSE: Saturday 9pm - 

Fat Stallion. 

BILL'S BAR: Thursday & 

Sunday 6pm - Mickey Rat 

Karaoke. 

BISHOP BROTHERS 

PUBLIC HOUSE: Sunday 

3pm - Live music. 

BLACK HORSE: Saturday - 

T&P Karaoke. 

BLUE SMOKE: Friday - The 

Boy Next Door (Celebrating 

Nick Cave). Saturday - Anika 

Moa ‘In Swings the Tide’ 

Anniversary Tour. Sunday 4pm 

- Sunday Sit Down feat. Tom 

Rodwell. 

BROUGHAM: Saturday 8pm - 

Jenlin’s Karaoke. 

CARLTON, PAPANUI RD: 

Thursday 9pm - The Cassettes. 

Friday 10pm - Ctrl Alt Rock. 

Saturday 10.30pm - Flat City 

Brotherhood. Sunday 4.30pm - 

Quiz. Monday 8pm - Shannelee 

Ray & James Sligo. Tuesday 

6pm - Open Mic Night. 

Wednesday 8.30pm - Corner 

Sounds duo. 

CASA PUBLICA: Friday 9pm 

- DJ Paul McKessar. Saturday 

9pm - DJ Dwight Caldwell. 

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO: 

Friday 6pm - Steve & Andy; 

10.15pm - Everlong. Saturday 

7pm - Stevie D; 10.15pm - 

Natalie Elms. Sunday 5.30pm - 

Nyree. 

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO 

SIXTY6: Saturday - Ben 

Glanfield for Ronald McDonald 

House SI. 

CHRISTCHURCH FOLK 

MUSIC, IRISH SOCIETY 

HALL: Sunday 7.30pm - Bob 

Dylan Tribute Evening, $10 

members/$15 non. 

CLADDAGH IRISH PUB: 

Thursday - Open mic. Saturday 

- Live music. 

COASTERS TAVERN: 

Saturday - Hot Gossip. 

Wednesday - Open Mic Night. 

DARKROOM: Thursday - 

Callum Gentlemen (Akl) Blue 

Collar Killer Tour. Friday - 

Jolyon Mulholland (Akl). 

Saturday - Skelter with 

Egovalve & Sexbeard. 

DUX CENTRAL: Friday 5pm - 

Emerson; 9.30pm - Get Set. 

Saturday 2pm - Kate 

Anastasiou; 9.30pm - Emerson. 

Sunday 2pm - Sunday Jazz 

Sessions. 

EMPIRE: Thursday 9pm - DJ 

Oh One Eight. Friday 9pm - DJ 

Spinal. Saturday 10pm - DJ 

Phase. Sunday 10pm - DJ 

Masta K. 

FAT EDDIES: Thursday 

7.30pm - Brad Kang Quartet. 

Friday 7.30pm - Eldridge 

Organ Combo; 11pm - Corner 

Sounds. Saturday 7.30pm - 

Heather Webb Trio; 11pm - Fat 

& Co. Monday 7.30pm - Dom 

& Brad. Tuesday 7.30pm - The 

Scene. Wednesday 7.30pm - 

Alice Tanner duo. 

FOX & FERRET, THE 

PALMS: Friday 9.30pm - Flat 

City Brotherhood. 

GBC (GARDEN BAR CAFE): 

Friday 6pm - Vintage Blue. 

HORNBY WMC: Friday 7pm 

- Jo’s Karaoke. Satudray 4.30pm 

- Marion’s Outlaws; 8pm - 

Maiden England. Sunday 

1.30pm - Country & Classics 

feat. Paul Costa (AU); Eddie 

Low; Kevin Greaves, tix $20, 

door $25. 

HORNCASTLE ARENA: 

Tickets @ticketek. 

ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL: 

Thursday, Friday 7.30pm, 

Saturday 2.30pm & 7.30pm, 

Sunday 1pm & 5pm - The Play 

That Goes Wrong. Tuesday 

7.30pm - Imani Winds. 

Wednesday 11am - Horrible 

Histories Barmy Britain. Tickets 

@ticketek. 

JANES BAR: Saturday 7.30pm 

- Sensational Old Dogs. Sunday 

- Live blues. Wednesday - Open 

Mic Night. 

MACKENZIES BAR: Friday 

8pm - Stoutfellows. Saturday - 

Mammoth. Wednesday - 

Karaoke. 

MAK TAVERN: Thursday 7pm 

- Jam Session. Friday 9pm - 

Mammoth. Saturday 9pm - 12 

Gauge. 

MICKY FINNS: Thursday 8pm 

- Flat City Brotherhood. 

RACECOURSE HOTEL: 

Saturday 7pm - Medium Rare. 

RICHMOND WMC: Saturday 

7pm - Robbie Drew. Sunday 

3pm - I Alone. 

SAS CLUB, SHIRLEY: 

Saturday 7pm - Epicenta. 

ST MARY’S PRO- 

CATHEDRAL: Sunday 3pm - 

University of Canterbury 

School of Music selection of top 

tertiary talent, $10 & $5 entry. 

STOCK XCHANGE 

SHIRLEY: Friday 7pm - Sign 

of the Firebird. Saturday 7pm - 

Antix. 

SULLIVANS IRISH PUB, 

ADDINGTON: Thursday - 

Stephen McDaid. Friday 9pm - 

Live music. Saturday 9pm - 

Live music. Wednesday 7.30pm 

- Open Mic with Willie 

McArthur. 

TEMPS BAR, HORNBY: 

Thursday 7pm - Jam Session 

(gear provided). Friday 8.30pm 

- No Secrets. Saturday 8.30pm - 

DV8. 

THAI CHEFS, SUKHU 

TIGER, RICCARTON: 

Thursday to Wednesday 9pm - 

Resident DJ & Karaoke. 

THE BOG IRISH BAR: 

Thursday 10pm - Brendan 

Gregg. Friday 11pm - The 

Black Velvet. Saturday 7pm - 

Davey Backyard; 11pm - 

Stoutfellows. Sunday 5.30pm - 

Black Velvet acoustic. Tuesday 

7.30pm - The Jameson Session. 

Wednesday 8pm - Open Mic 

Night. 

THE CRAIC IRISH BAR: 

Thursday - Stout duo. Friday - 

Fat Stallion. Saturday - Andy 

Page. Wednesday - DJ Chick 

Karaoke. 

THE CUBAN: Thursday 

6.30pm - Antony Pickard. 

Friday 10pm - Latin Party. 

Saturday 8.30pm - Jack Page. 

THE MILLER BAR & CAFE: 

Thursday 7pm - Avon City R& 

R. Friday 9pm - Reckless duo. 

Saturday 9.30pm - Absolut duo. 

Wednesday 8pm - Lance 

Karaoke. 

THE WAVE BAR: Thursday 

8.30pm - Karaoke. Friday 

8.30pm - DJ. 

TREVINOS BAR & 

RESTAURANT: Friday - 

Mandi Miller. 

WOOLSTON CLUB: Saturday 

7.30pm - Soul Cage. 

WUNDERBAR LYTTELTON: 

Friday 8pm - CHCH Biscuit 

FEST 2k17 feat. The Farm; 

Hawaiian Maiden; The Ritchie 

Mcaw Experience; Hermit 

Permit. Saturday 9pm - SODF 

(Aus) The Boys on Tour. tix at 

cosmic. Tuesday 7pm - Open 

mic. Wednesday 8pm - Al Park 

& Pals. 

CONCERT REVIEW 

Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox 

Isaac eatre Royal, Christchurch. Sunday 1st October 2017 

Music Directors: Adam Kubota & Logan Evan omas. 

MC: LaVance Colley 

Reviewed by Christine Hainstock 

WHAT is there not to like about 

Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern 

Jukebox? Absolutely nothing! 

With eleven performers all top 

of their game, the full house was 

truly treated with a full on two 

hour non-stop show. 

Von Smith set the scene with 

“Call Me Maybe” 1920’s trad with 

Sarah Reisch sporting red 

sequins in her tap entree then 

Sara Niemietz’ rendition of “I Will 

Survive” certainly reinforced that 

with fast swing into tango with 

Nick Finter (trombone) and a 

brilliant clarinet solo from Chloe 

Feoranzo. 

Hannah Gill was the newbie 

and youngest member of PMJ 

but it certainly didn’t show. In a 

1940’s Big Band swing version of 

“Somebody I Used to Know” her 

voice could be likened to a good 

strong cup of coffee. 

Mother star ship of singers, 

Maiya Sykes, a gospel voice from 

heaven, paid homage to Sam 

Smith with “I’m Not the Only 

One” going from vintage New 

Orleans into funk groove then 

Dirty Dozen brass band and jazz 

scat cadenza. 

Drummer, Dave Tedeschi and 

Sarah Reich, Tapper embarked on 

percussion rivalry with Dave 

crouching on the floor and Sarah, 

not to be out-beaten, tapping one 

foot on the floor and the other on 

a tambourine “Evolution of Tap 

Dance” covering everything from 

Sweet Georgia Brown to Wave to 

Superstition - her fabulous one 

shouldered black and gold 

striped sequined jumpsuit 

befitting the occasion. 

MC LaVance Colley 

demonstrated he was much more 

than an MC with his Rat Pack 

style singing of Bruno Mars’ 

“at’s What I Like” moving into 

double time swing. When 

LaVance sang “Halo” he looked 

simply angelic in a pewter lame 

jacket and with a delicate piano 

intro by Logan Evan omas and 

bowed bass from Adam Kubota, 

the result was a standing ovation 

and well deserved. 

“All About at Bass” just had 

to happen and was great. Maiya 

shared her hip flask with Adam 

and Logan before stowing it in 

her accommodating cleavage. e 

band and all singers were out 

front for this with the Bass 

featured, of course. 

e final number was to be 

“Shake it Off ” 1950 shoo wop 

which had the entire audience on 

their feet dancing and clapping 

but there was no way PMJ would 

be allowed to leave without an 

encore! is resulted in the cast 

singing the 1970 Jackson Five 

style cover of “Such Great 

Heights” by e Postal Service, 

followed by the obligatory selfie 

of the cast with their adoring 

audience behind. 

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THURSDAY, 7.30PM 

FLORA OF THE SILK ROAD 

The New Zealand Alpine 

Garden Society is delighted to 

invite interested gardeners and 

photographers to a talk by Chris 

Gardner, author of Flora of the 

Silk Road, about his journey 

along the ancient trade route. He 

travelled from China to Europe, 

photographing thousands of rare 

and special plants, which are 

contained in his book. Entry is 

$2. 

Philatelic Centre, 67 

Mandeville St 

THURSDAY, 6-7.30PM 

GHOST SHIPS OF THE 

ARCTIC – JOHN FRANKLIN’S 

MISSING SHIPS 

In 1845, Sir John Franklin and 

his men sailed from England, 

hoping to find the final link of 

the Northwest Passage. Two ships 

were abandoned in 1848, and 

it was believed that the crews 

walked to their deaths across 

the Arctic. However, the recent 

discovery of the ships in 2016 

re-opened the interpretation of 

what happened to Sir John’s men 

as they tried to escape the Arctic. 

The presentation by Marc-Andre 

Bernier, of Canada’s underwater 

archaeology team, will showcase 

the search efforts and some of the 

findings. While Sir John explored 

the Arctic, the presentation is part 

of the Antarctic Season Opening 

Festival, which celebrates 

Christchurch’s connection to 

Antarctica. 

The Piano: Centre for Music 

and the Arts, 156 Armagh St 

FRIDAY TO SUNDAY, ALL 

DAY 

AKAROA FRENCH FEST 

Escape to picturesque Akaroa 

and immerse yourself in 

French culture, entertainment 

and romance, as you celebrate 

Akaroa’s unique history (French, 

German and Maori). Watch 

the streets come alive with a 

street party, a living history 

re-enactment, parade, official 

flag raising, market stalls, and 

a ticketed cabaret. On Sunday, 

there will be events at Onuku 

Marae. 

Akaroa Recreation Ground, 

Rue Lavaud 

FRIDAY, 2-4PM 

SWEET LIQUORICE 

Visit Christchurch Airport to 

see and hear the brand new jazz 

group, Sweet Liquorice. The band, 

which includes a clarinet, electric 

guitar and bass, will be playing 

at different parts of the airport 

during the two-hour showcase. 

Christchurch International 

Airport, 30 Durey Rd 

SATURDAY, 9AM 

LINWOOD VILLAGE MARKET 

Check out the antiques, artworks, 

books, cards, clothes, crafts, 

jewellery and vegetables on sale 

at the village market. Join the 

friendly atmosphere with lots 

of bargains and refreshments, 

including a hangi. Cancelled if 

wet. 

Linwood Community Arts 

Centre, 338 Worcester St 

SATURDAY, 10AM-2PM 

SCAPE SEASON OPENING 

DAY 

Join in this fun of festival of 

colour, flair and ambitious new 

ideas. Everyone is welcome at the 

family day to mark the start of 

six weeks of free public artworks 

popping up in spaces around the 

city. Free art activities, giveaways, 

sausages on the barbecue, 

entertainment from the New 

Zealand Secondary Students’ 

Choir and a great bunch of people 

getting the first glimpse of Scape’s 

new artworks in the spring 

sunshine. 

Margaret Mahy Family 

Playground, 177 Armagh St 

SATURDAY, 10AM-4PM 

ANTARCTIC AIR DAY 

Step on board an Antarctic 

aircraft before it heads off to the 

ice for the summer season. Meet 

the crew and check out a United 

States Air Force C17, a Royal 

New Zealand Air Force C130 

Hercules, a historic Beaver and 

more. Learn about the people 

who work in Antarctica and what 

it is like to live on the coldest 

continent. Entry to the tarmac is 

free with time-allocated boarding 

passes collected from the checkin 

desk outside the International 

Antarctic Centre. Bookings can 

be made via the Antarctic Office 

website – www.antarctic-office. 

org.nz. Parking for the event will 

cost $5 on Peter Leeming Rd with 

proceeds going to Plunket. Part 

of the Antarctic Season Opening 

Festival. 

International Antarctic 

Centre, 38 Orchard Rd 

NEW BRIGHTON MARKET 

Saturday, 10am-2pm, New Brighton 

pedestrian mall 

MT PLEASANT FARMERS’ 

MARKET 

Saturday, 9.30am-12.30pm, 

McCormacks Bay Rd 

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 

10AM-4PM 

ORCHID SHOW 

The Canterbury Orchid Society 

will put on a show over the 

weekend. Tickets will cost $5 and 

children under-10 free. Door sales 

only. 

Canterbury Mineral and 

Lapidary Club, 110 Waltham 

Rd 

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 

11AM-2PM 

THE SLEEPING PRINCESS 

Go along to the Canterbury 

Children’s Theatre production 

The Sleeping Princess. The 

play was written by Jennifer 

O’Sullivan and directed by 

Sammi van den Broek. Tickets 

cost $8. 

Canterbury Children’s 

Theatre, 71 Colombo St 

SUNDAY, 10AM-4.30PM 

VEGAN EXPO 

LYTTELTON FARMERS’ MARKET 

Saturdays, 10am-1pm, London St 

OPAWA FARMERS’ MARKET 

Sunday, 9am-noon, 275 Fifield Tce 

THE RICCARTON MARKET 

Sunday, 9am-2pm Riccarton Racecourse 

Christchurch will celebrate its 

first Vegan Expo. The city is New 

Zealand’s vegetarian capital, with 

more on offer for vegetarians 

and vegans than anywhere else 

in the country. More than 10,000 

vegetarians live here. Enjoy great 

food, watch top chefs display their 

cooking secrets and learn about 

vegetarian living. Tickets cost $5. 

Air Force Museum of New 

Zealand, 45 Harvard Ave 

SUNDAY, 7.30-9.30PM 

BOB DYLAN TRIBUTE 

Go along to the Christchurch 

Folk Music Club for an evening 

of songs from the legendary Bob 

Dylan performed by local talent. 

Doors open at 7pm, performances 

start at 7.30pm. Tea, coffee, 

biscuits and cake will be available 

during the break. Tickets $8 

for members and $12 for nonmembers. 

Christchurch Folk Music 

Club, 29 Domain Tce 

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(Early Bird Entries close 10 Dec) 

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