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Thursday, <strong>January</strong> <strong>11</strong>, <strong>2018</strong><br />

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TWO-YEAR MYSTERY<br />

NOW A MURDER INQUIRY<br />

• By <strong>Star</strong> reporters<br />

A CHRISTCHURCH man who<br />

went missing just over two years<br />

ago is now believed to have been<br />

murdered.<br />

Richard Hinkley, who was 49<br />

when he disappeared, was last<br />

seen at Kiwibank in Edgeware on<br />

December 12, 2015.<br />

But in a major development<br />

in the past few weeks, police<br />

have searched a property in<br />

east Christchurch. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> has<br />

learned the search has confirmed<br />

police inquiries that he has likely<br />

been killed.<br />

Mr Hinkley’s body was not<br />

found during the search. Detectives<br />

have a key suspect.<br />

Mr Hinkley was 1.84m tall,<br />

and of solid build, and had a<br />

shaved head when he was last<br />

seen. He often wore a beanie or<br />

hat. He was last seen wearing<br />

dark pants, a black T-shirt with<br />

a large white pattern on the front<br />

and a blue peaked cap with a<br />

dark blue logo on the front.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re have been no sightings<br />

of Mr Hinkley reported to police<br />

since he went missing.<br />

Police appear not to have been<br />

aware of Mr Hinkley’s disappearance<br />

until March 2016 when they<br />

issued a media statement seeking<br />

information from the public as to<br />

his whereabouts.<br />

At the time, police said they<br />

were building a picture of what<br />

may have happened to him and<br />

were liaising with his family<br />

who had become increasingly<br />

concerned for his welfare.<br />

But information received<br />

recently opened a major line of<br />

inquiry for detectives.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> yesterday attempted<br />

to talk to detectives investigating<br />

the Hinkley case about the<br />

breakthrough. But they did not<br />

respond to phone calls or emails.<br />

<strong>The</strong> development in the<br />

Hinkley case is similar to that of<br />

missing Halswell man Michael<br />

McGrath.<br />

Mr McGrath disappeared 236<br />

days ago. In December, after<br />

months of investigation, police<br />

and his family conceded Mr<br />

McGrath was dead.<br />

Police still list his disappearance<br />

as a missing persons case<br />

but they have been running<br />

a parallel homicide case for<br />

months.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y spent more than two<br />

months searching the Kate<br />

Valley landfill site for clues and<br />

took away more than 200 pairs<br />

of jeans, some of which will be<br />

forensically tested.<br />

Police also made an extensive<br />

forensic search of a Halswell<br />

property belonging to Mr<br />

McGrath’s friend David Benbow.<br />

Police said he was a person of<br />

interest.<br />

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Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />

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News.....................................3-17<br />

STEVE MCLENNAN compares<br />

fighting fires with riding a bike:<br />

“Once you get on it’s hard to get<br />

off.’’<br />

On pages 14-15 today we profile<br />

Steve, who has been involved<br />

with fighting fires for more than<br />

half a century. That’s a very long<br />

bike ride.<br />

<strong>The</strong> likeable 70-year-old is part<br />

of the Lincoln brigade, and one<br />

of many firefighters around the<br />

district who serve a vital role in<br />

the community.<br />

Many are volunteers, giving<br />

their time freely to attend fires,<br />

motor vehicle crashes and other<br />

emergencies while we go about<br />

or usual business, or are asleep<br />

at night.<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir value to the community<br />

can not be overstated enough, in<br />

my humble opinion.<br />

Jim Anderton’s funeral is<br />

tomorrow (see page 7) and no<br />

doubt it will be a full house.<br />

Jim was great guy who had<br />

a very good relationship with<br />

journalists. That was because he<br />

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If you were on the wrong track<br />

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THIS WEEK IN CANTERBURY’S PAST<br />

This week in history saw<br />

the first trial of harvesting<br />

machines at Riccarton on<br />

<strong>January</strong> 8, 1877. On the same<br />

day in 1979 the first women bus<br />

drivers were introduced by the<br />

Transport Board. On <strong>January</strong><br />

9, 1871, manservant Simon<br />

Cadeno was charged with the<br />

Park Terrace murder. He was Lyttelton on the Matoaka.<br />

later hanged for murdering a Species included pheasants,<br />

woman servant and injuring partridges, blackbirds, thrushes,<br />

another. On <strong>January</strong> 10, 1867, chaffinches and starlings. <strong>The</strong><br />

European birds arrived at destruction of native insect<br />

READERS’ PHOTOS 21<br />

eating birds by hunting and<br />

fire had caused disastrous crop<br />

infestations in Canterbury.<br />

On <strong>January</strong> <strong>11</strong>, 1851, the first<br />

copy of the Lyttelton Times was<br />

published, it was edited by J E<br />

FitzGerald. On the same day<br />

in 1984, a live snake was found<br />

in a driveway in Parklands. A<br />

second snake was found the<br />

following day. On <strong>January</strong> 13,<br />

1891, New Zealand’s first public<br />

display of Edison’s phonograph<br />

(left) was held in the city.<br />

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Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 3<br />

News<br />

Local<br />

News<br />

Now<br />

Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

Disney’s Frozen star for city<br />

Actor here<br />

to train<br />

musical<br />

theatre<br />

students<br />

• By Georgia O’Connor-<br />

Harding<br />

THE STAR of one of the<br />

highest-grossing animated<br />

films of all time will be in<br />

Christchurch this month to train<br />

young adults and secondary<br />

school students hoping to<br />

pursue a career in musical<br />

theatre.<br />

American actor and singer<br />

Jonathan Groff – who voiced a<br />

leading role in Disney’s animated<br />

film Frozen – will fly in to<br />

teach at the Christchurch International<br />

Music <strong>The</strong>atre Summer<br />

School which opens for tuition<br />

on <strong>January</strong> 22.<br />

One of Groff’s most famous<br />

roles to date is that of the voice<br />

of Kristoff in Frozen, which was<br />

the fifth highest-grossing film in<br />

2014, making $1.219 billion.<br />

At the end of the theatre<br />

programme Groff, along with<br />

American actress and singers<br />

Julia Murney and Andrea Burns<br />

will bring Broadway to the city<br />

– performing a one-off concert<br />

on February 2 at Charles Luney<br />

Auditorium.<br />

Murney is best-known for<br />

playing the original role of<br />

Queenie in musical <strong>The</strong> Wild<br />

Party, while Burns is a Drama<br />

Desk Award winner – both will<br />

teach at the school.<br />

<strong>The</strong> school was founded by<br />

Christchurch musical director<br />

Luke Di Somma in 2014.<br />

It is divided into two streams<br />

of intensive theatre courses –<br />

LOVEABLE: Jonathan Groff voiced the leading role of mountain man Kristoff in Disney’s<br />

animated film Frozen.<br />

Andrea Burns Julia Murney<br />

one for emerging professional<br />

performers and the other for<br />

high schoolers.<br />

Thirty-two emerging professional<br />

performers and 120 secondary<br />

school students from all<br />

over New Zealand and Australia<br />

will take part with spaces filled<br />

“really quickly,” Mr Di Somma<br />

said.<br />

He said the city does not get a<br />

calibre of performer like Groff<br />

often and is excited to have him.<br />

“It is rare to have someone like<br />

him here,” he said.<br />

Groff, who is a two-time Tony<br />

Award nominee, is expected to<br />

arrive in the city on <strong>January</strong> 25<br />

and is expected to start work at<br />

the school soon after.<br />

Mr Di Somma was first<br />

introduced to Groff by two-time<br />

Tony Award winner Sutton<br />

Foster – who taught at the<br />

school in 2016.<br />

After meeting up with Groff<br />

in New York, Mr Di Somma<br />

invited him to come and he<br />

agreed.<br />

“Getting the meeting is the<br />

hard bit, once you offer them a<br />

chance to come to New Zealand<br />

it’s pretty hard to pass up,” Mr<br />

Di Somma said.<br />

Other tutors lined up includes<br />

West End musical director Mark<br />

W Dorrell, New York-based<br />

director Peter Flynn and New<br />

Zealand director Kip Chapman.<br />

Groff first began to emerge<br />

as a Broadway star in 2006 for<br />

his performance in the original<br />

Broadway production of Spring<br />

Awakening.<br />

He has since appeared in<br />

American television series Glee,<br />

Mindhunter and played the<br />

lead role of King George in the<br />

Broadway musical Hamilton.<br />

•To book tickets to Groff,<br />

Murney, Burns: Broadway<br />

Comes to Christchurch, go<br />

to https://www.eventfinda.<br />

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In Brief<br />

NORTHLANDS EXPANSION<br />

Work on the $18.8 million<br />

Langdons Quarter expansion<br />

at Northlands Shopping Centre<br />

will begin on Monday. <strong>The</strong> new<br />

food precinct will be built under<br />

the existing cinema complex,<br />

with two external restaurants, 12<br />

internal, a new pedestrian entry<br />

providing direct access to car<br />

park building and refurbishment<br />

of existing bathrooms. Tenancies<br />

are expected to open in October.<br />

AUTHOR, BOTANIST DIES<br />

Well-known botanist and author<br />

Bill Sykes passed away at Nurse<br />

Maude Hospital on <strong>January</strong> 5,<br />

aged 90. Among a long list of<br />

achievements, the St Albans<br />

man published several books,<br />

including Flora of the Cook<br />

Islands, co-founded of the Packe<br />

Street Park Community Garden<br />

with his wife Peggy Kelly and<br />

helped establish the Friends<br />

of the Christchurch Botanical<br />

Gardens. A funeral service was<br />

held for Mr Sykes on Tuesday.<br />

SMOKE INHALED<br />

A person was taken to<br />

hospital after a kitchen fire in<br />

Wainoni on Tuesday night.<br />

Three crews were called to the<br />

Ottawa Rd address at about<br />

10.30pm but found the fire<br />

had been extinguished. A fire<br />

communications spokesman<br />

said one person was taken to<br />

Christchurch Hospital for smoke<br />

inhalation.<br />

SUSPICIOUS FIRE<br />

Police are investigating a<br />

deliberately lit fire in a derelict<br />

building and garage in the central<br />

city on Tuesday night. Fire crews<br />

were called to the Armagh St<br />

property at about <strong>11</strong>.10pm and<br />

found a number of small fires.<br />

Specialist fire investigator Bruce<br />

Irvine told <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> there are<br />

signs of forced entry and the fires<br />

were deliberately lit. “It is a<br />

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Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 5<br />

Fewer crashes in central city<br />

• By Bridget Rutherford<br />

THE NUMBER of crashes and<br />

injuries in the central city has<br />

reduced since the speed limit<br />

was dropped to 30km/h more<br />

than a year ago.<br />

Data compiled by ViaStrada<br />

senior traffic engineer and transport<br />

planner Glen Koorey shows<br />

there have been 17 per cent fewer<br />

crashes, and<br />

a 22 per cent<br />

reduction in<br />

injuries.<br />

In March<br />

2016, the<br />

city council<br />

dropped the<br />

Glen Koorey<br />

speed limit<br />

from 50km/h<br />

to 30km/h on streets between,<br />

but not including, Kilmore,<br />

Madras and St Asaph Sts.<br />

<strong>The</strong> move, which was part<br />

of An Accessible City, received<br />

mixed reactions. Some said it<br />

would slow progress, while others<br />

said it would make the area<br />

safer.<br />

Dr Koorey, a former Canterbury<br />

University transport<br />

engineering senior lecturer, has<br />

compiled crash and injury data<br />

for the area from the last four<br />

years.<br />

He gathered the figures from<br />

the New Zealand Transport<br />

Agency’s crash analysis data to<br />

see if there had been a change.<br />

It showed between September<br />

2014 and February 2016, there<br />

were 73 crashes in the area, and<br />

36 injuries.<br />

That dropped to 60 crashes<br />

since the new limit was put in<br />

place and 28 injuries.<br />

In other central city streets<br />

that still have a 50km/h speed<br />

limit, the number of crashes had<br />

increased.<br />

Dr Koorey said the increase<br />

could reflect unnecessary traffic<br />

shifting, although he had not<br />

compared traffic volumes yet so<br />

did not want to speculate.<br />

He said because more businesses<br />

and shops opening were<br />

bringing more people and traffic<br />

into the central city, he did<br />

not initially expect a drop in<br />

crashes.<br />

But Dr Koorey said he was<br />

pleasantly surprised.<br />

“It’s early days and I’d like to<br />

see how the trends goes for a bit<br />

longer (two to three years), but<br />

it’s an encouraging sign given<br />

that a key reason for introducing<br />

lower speeds is for road safety.”<br />

City councillor Sara Temple-<br />

POSITIVE:<br />

<strong>The</strong> lower<br />

speed<br />

limit in the<br />

central city,<br />

such as on<br />

Montreal St,<br />

has reduced<br />

the number<br />

of crashes<br />

and injuries<br />

in the first 18<br />

months since<br />

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<strong>The</strong> city council has been lowering<br />

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News<br />

Local<br />

News<br />

Now<br />

Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

Funeral open to public<br />

JIM ANDERTON’S son Chris<br />

says he has been overwhelmed<br />

with support after his father’s<br />

death at the weekend.<br />

And for those who cannot<br />

attend the public funeral today,<br />

it is being streamed live on<br />

YouTube.<br />

Writing on Facebook, Chris<br />

Anderton thanked people for<br />

the messages of supported he<br />

had received: “<strong>The</strong>y uplift me.”<br />

Mr Anderton was two weeks<br />

shy of his 80th birthday when he<br />

died peacefully in Christchurch.<br />

He served as the Sydenham and<br />

Wigram MP from 1984 until his<br />

retirement from Parliament in<br />

20<strong>11</strong>.<br />

A Requiem Mass will be held<br />

for Mr Anderton at Sacred Heart<br />

Catholic Church, 70 Spencer St,<br />

Addington, at 2pm.<br />

Prime Minister Jacinda<br />

Ardern, who will attend the<br />

funeral, called Anderton a man<br />

of “huge integrity, huge compassion,<br />

a man who stood strongly<br />

for what he believed in and gave<br />

40 years of service both in local<br />

government and central government”.<br />

“He will be sadly, sadly missed<br />

by the Labour movement and by<br />

SADLY MISSED: Jim Anderton at the ceremony last year in<br />

which he received a Companion of the New Zealand Order of<br />

Merit.<br />

all his friends and family.”<br />

His Labour successor in Wigram,<br />

Cabinet Minister Megan<br />

Woods, is also expected to<br />

attend, as well as Finance Minister<br />

Grant Robertson, Labour<br />

Party general secretary Andrew<br />

Kirton, and Council of Trade<br />

Unions general secretary Sam<br />

Huggard.<br />

Close friend and former MP<br />

Matt Robson, who served in Parliament<br />

from 1996 to 2005 with<br />

Mr Anderton’s Alliance Party<br />

‘A man who stood<br />

strongly for what he<br />

believed in and gave 40<br />

years of service . . . ’<br />

– Jacinda Ardern<br />

and then the Progressive Party,<br />

will be one of the speakers.<br />

Mr Anderton’s legacy has been<br />

praised since his death, from his<br />

principled stance in 1989 when<br />

he left the Labour Party in protest<br />

over Rogernomics and the<br />

sale of BNZ, to his championing<br />

MMP as leader of Alliance.<br />

His work in the Helen Clarkled<br />

Government included<br />

helping to set up Kiwibank,<br />

the NZ Superannuation Fund,<br />

paid parental leave, and several<br />

regional development initiatives<br />

such as the Marlborough Wine<br />

Research Centre.<br />

After he retired, he served as<br />

chair of the Stadium Trust and<br />

pushed for the rebuild of Christ<br />

Church Cathedral.<br />

Last year Mr Anderton was<br />

made a Companion of the New<br />

Zealand Order of Merit for services<br />

to Parliament.<br />

He will be buried on Waiheke<br />

Island on Saturday.<br />

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December.<br />

Statistics revealed the number of<br />

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Chief aeronautical and<br />

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the terminal during December,<br />

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December.<br />

“This equates to more than the<br />

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“New services or larger<br />

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Christchurch and Guangzhou,<br />

Hong Kong, Perth, Melbourne,<br />

Sydney, Brisbane, Pacific Islands,<br />

as well as domestically within<br />

New Zealand.”<br />

International arrivals led the<br />

December growth, with a 7.7 per<br />

cent increase across the month.<br />

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World Cup cricket<br />

Young stars take centre<br />

stage in Canterbury<br />

Canterbury will host more<br />

games than any other<br />

region when the Under-19<br />

Cricket World Cup starts<br />

on Saturday. Sports<br />

reporter Gordon Findlater<br />

previews the World Cup<br />

and gives an insight into<br />

some of the key matches<br />

and players to look out<br />

for over the three-week<br />

tournament<br />

HISTORY WOULD suggest that<br />

over the next three weeks we will<br />

be lucky enough to get an early<br />

glimpse at some of cricket’s next<br />

superstars.<br />

You only need to look back to<br />

the last time New Zealand hosted<br />

the tournament in 2010.<br />

Back then, Christchurch<br />

hosted a match between New<br />

Zealand and England.<br />

<strong>The</strong> New Zealand team<br />

featured now established internationals<br />

Tom Latham, Jimmy<br />

Neesham, Corey Anderson,<br />

Doug Bracewell and recent test<br />

debutant Tom Blundell.<br />

<strong>The</strong> England team on that day<br />

also had a few names you may<br />

recognise in the form of Joe Root<br />

and Ben Stokes.<br />

We have the best opportunity<br />

to enjoy the tournament with 26<br />

of the 48 matches taking place<br />

across Hagley Oval, Lincoln<br />

University and Rangiora Oval.<br />

Possibly the best news of all is<br />

that entry to every game is free.<br />

Christchurch will also play a<br />

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the tournament. Both semi-finals<br />

will be held at Hagley Oval on<br />

<strong>January</strong> 29 and 30.<br />

New Zealand will be looking<br />

to win the tournament for the<br />

first time. Don’t count them out<br />

– home conditions will work in<br />

GAME-ON:<br />

Hagley Oval<br />

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both of the<br />

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their favour. <strong>The</strong> major nations<br />

are expected to rise to the top.<br />

Only Australia (3), India (3), Pakistan<br />

(2), England, South Africa,<br />

and the West Indies have won<br />

the tournament which has been<br />

running since 1988.<br />

One team worth keeping an<br />

eye on will be Afghanistan.<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir squad features two players<br />

who already have experience in<br />

their nation’s senior team. <strong>The</strong>y<br />

recently won the Under-19 Asia<br />

Cup, defeating Pakistan in the<br />

final. Afghanistan also made an<br />

impression in the 2016 World<br />

Cup where they won the plate<br />

final.<br />

BIG HITTER: Prithvi<br />

Shaw’s run-scoring<br />

feats have seen him<br />

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Tendulkar at the<br />

same age.<br />

Players to keep<br />

•Prithvi Shaw – India: <strong>The</strong><br />

three time champions have one<br />

of the most seasoned batsmen<br />

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THe 18-year-old, who first<br />

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hit 546 in an inter-school match<br />

in Mumbai in 2013, now has five<br />

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name.<br />

Shaw scored a century in the<br />

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debut and followed it up by<br />

scoring another century in his<br />

debut Duleep Trophy game – a<br />

feat only previously achieved by<br />

Sachin Tendulkar.<br />

•Mujeeb Zadran –<br />

Afghanistan: Zadran’s 4-24 in<br />

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•Kirstan Kallicharan – West<br />

Indies: Kirstan Kallicharan has<br />

been touted as the next Brian<br />

Lara after his unbeaten 404 in<br />

an under-14 school match in<br />

2014.<br />

He was a part of the squad<br />

that won the tournament in<br />

Bangladesh in 2016.<br />

A middle-order batsman and<br />

the current vice-captain, he<br />

scored a century against South<br />

Africa Under-19 in a 50-over<br />

match in July.<br />

•Jason Sangha – Australia:<br />

<strong>The</strong> 18-year-old is a righthanded<br />

batsman and rightarm<br />

leg break bowler.<br />

He made his first-class<br />

debut for an Australian<br />

XI against England in<br />

November during a tour game<br />

prior to the recent Ashes<br />

series.<br />

He scored his maiden century<br />

in the second tour match,<br />

becoming the second-youngest<br />

player to score a first-class<br />

STANDOUTS: Mujeeb Zadran<br />

(jumping), Jason Sangha and<br />

Connor Sullivan are looking to<br />

catch the eye.<br />

your eye on this month<br />

century against England.<br />

•Connor Sullivan – New<br />

Zealand: We can’t go<br />

without mentioning the lone<br />

Cantabrian in the New Zealand<br />

squad. <strong>The</strong> tall left-arm pace<br />

bowler plays his club cricket for<br />

Lancaster Park and is a product<br />

of St Bede’s College. He will be<br />

pushing his case for selection in<br />

the XI for New Zealand’s pool<br />

match against Kenya at Hagley<br />

Oval on <strong>January</strong> 17.<br />

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Thando Ntini<br />

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IT MUST be in the genes.<br />

Australia and South Africa both<br />

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Like his father, Austin is also<br />

an all-rounder, bowling rightarm<br />

medium pace.<br />

His Australian team play two<br />

group games at Lincoln University<br />

against Zimbabwe on <strong>January</strong><br />

17 and Papua New Guinea on<br />

<strong>January</strong> 19.<br />

Thando Ntini: <strong>The</strong> son of<br />

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Spring Festival<br />

the “Chinese Christmas”<br />

With the Christmas season coming to an end, the Chinese<br />

communities will soon celebrate another important festival<br />

of their own, the Chinese New Year, also known the Spring<br />

Festival. <strong>The</strong> significance of Spring Festival to them equals that<br />

of Christmas to Westerners. It will be worthwhile to know a bit<br />

about this “Chinese Christmas” as the celebrations draw close.<br />

Spring Festival as the Chinese New Year is celebrated at the<br />

turn of the lunar Chinese calendar. Celebrations run from<br />

the evening preceding the first day, to the Lantern Festival on<br />

the 15th day of the<br />

first calendar month.<br />

<strong>The</strong> first day of the<br />

New Year falls on the<br />

new moon between<br />

16th February to<br />

2nd March. In <strong>2018</strong>,<br />

the first day of the<br />

Chinese New Year is<br />

on 16th February.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Spring Festival is centuries old and traditionally the<br />

festival is a time to honor deities as well as ancestors. It is also<br />

celebrated in countries and territories with significant Chinese<br />

populations, including Southeast Asia, North America,<br />

Australia and New Zealand.<br />

Mythology<br />

According to tales and legends, the beginning of the Chinese<br />

New Year started with a mythical beast called the Nian.<br />

Nian would eat villagers, especially children. One year, all<br />

the villagers decided to go hide from the beast. An old man<br />

appeared before the villagers went into hiding and said that<br />

he would stay for the night, and decided to get revenge on<br />

the Nian. All the villagers thought he was insane. <strong>The</strong> old<br />

man put red papers up and set off firecrackers. <strong>The</strong> day after,<br />

the villagers came back to their town to see that nothing was<br />

destroyed. <strong>The</strong>y assumed that the old man was a deity who<br />

came to save them. <strong>The</strong> villagers then understood that the<br />

Nian was afraid of the red color and loud noises. When the<br />

New Year was about to come, the villagers would wear red<br />

clothes, hang red<br />

lanterns, and red<br />

spring scrolls<br />

on windows<br />

and doors.<br />

People also used<br />

firecrackers to<br />

frighten away the<br />

Nian. From then<br />

on, Nian never<br />

came to the<br />

village again.<br />

Customs and Traditions<br />

With the Spring Festival coming, it is<br />

traditional for every family to thoroughly<br />

cleanse the house, in order to sweep away<br />

any ill-fortune and make way for good<br />

incoming luck. Windows and doors will<br />

be decorated with red color paper-cuts<br />

and couplets with popular themes of<br />

“good fortune” or “happiness”, “wealth”,<br />

and “longevity”.<br />

<strong>The</strong> first day is for the welcoming of the deities of the heavens<br />

and earth, officially beginning at midnight. It is a traditional<br />

practice to light fireworks to make as much of a din as possible<br />

to chase off the evil<br />

spirits.<br />

Most importantly, the<br />

first day of Chinese<br />

New Year is a time<br />

to honor one's elders<br />

and families visit<br />

the oldest and most<br />

senior members of<br />

their extended families, usually their parents, grandparents<br />

and great-grandparents. Some families may invite a lion dance<br />

troupe as a symbolic ritual to usher in the Chinese New Year as<br />

well as to evict bad spirits from the premises.<br />

Members of the family who are<br />

married also give red envelopes<br />

containing cash known as<br />

Hongbao (Mandarin) or lai see<br />

(Cantonese dialect), a form of<br />

blessings, to junior members of<br />

the family, mostly children and<br />

teenagers. Business managers<br />

also give bonuses through red packets to employees for good<br />

luck, smooth-sailing, good health and wealth.<br />

Family Reunion Dinner<br />

Nian Ye Fan(Grand Dinner on New Year's Eve) is held on<br />

New Year's Eve during which family members gather for<br />

celebration. <strong>The</strong> venue will usually be in or near the home<br />

of the most senior member of the family. Family members<br />

far away from home will manage to come back, regardless of<br />

long-distance travel, so the "Grand Dinner on New Year's Eve"<br />

is also called "Family Reunion Dinner". Every family will make<br />

the dinner the most sumptuous and ceremonious one in the<br />

year. Hostesses will fetch out foodstuffs prepared in early time<br />

and all family members will sit<br />

together and make dumplings in<br />

jollification. In most areas, fish<br />

(yú) is included in the dinner, as<br />

the Chinese phrase “may there<br />

be surpluses every year”(nián<br />

nián yǒu yú) sounds the same as<br />

“let there be fish every year.”<br />

Gift Exchange<br />

In addition to red envelopes, which are usually given from<br />

older people to younger people, small gifts (usually food<br />

or sweets) are also exchanged between friends or relatives<br />

(of different households) during Chinese New Year. Gifts<br />

are usually brought when visiting friends or relatives at<br />

their homes. Common gifts include fruits, cakes, biscuits,<br />

chocolates, and candies. Certain items should not be given, as<br />

they are considered taboo. Taboo gifts include: items associated<br />

with funerals (i.e. handkerchiefs, towels, chrysanthemums,<br />

items colored white and black);items that show that time<br />

is running out (i.e. clocks and watches);sharp objects that<br />

symbolize cutting a tie (i.e. scissors and knives);items that<br />

symbolize that you want to walk away from a relationship<br />

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(i.e.: shoes and<br />

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homonyms for<br />

unpleasant topics<br />

(i.e.: “pear” sounds<br />

like “separate”, and<br />

“umbrella” sounds<br />

like “fall apart” in<br />

Chinese).<br />

Clothing<br />

Clothing mainly featuring the<br />

color red or bright colors is<br />

commonly worn throughout<br />

the Chinese New Year because<br />

it was once believed that red<br />

could scare away evil spirits<br />

and bad fortune. In addition,<br />

people typically wear new<br />

clothes from head to toe to<br />

symbolize a new beginning in<br />

the new year.<br />

Greetings<br />

<strong>The</strong> Chinese New Year is often accompanied by loud,<br />

enthusiastic greetings of auspicious words or phrases. Some<br />

of the most common greetings include guònián Hǒo(happy<br />

new year), gōngxǒfācái (Congratulations and be prosperous),<br />

and wànshìrúyì(May all your wishes be fulfilled). Children<br />

and teenagers sometimes jokingly use the phrase gōngxǒfācái<br />

hóngbāo nálái(congratulations and be prosperous, now give<br />

me a red envelope).<br />

Chinese Shengxiao<br />

It is also worth mentioning that the coming Chinese lunar New<br />

Year is the year of dog. It has something to do with the Chinese<br />

animal zodiac, or shengxiao (“born resembling”) which is a<br />

repeating cycle of 12 years, with each year being represented by<br />

an animal and its reputed attributes. Traditionally these zodiac<br />

animals were used to date the years. In order, the 12 animals<br />

are: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat,<br />

Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig.<br />

Dog is man’s good friend who can understand the human’s<br />

spirit and obey its master whether he is wealthy or not, so the<br />

year of the Dog is one of understanding, faith and devotion.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Chinese regard the dog as an auspicious animal. If a<br />

dog happens to come to a house, usually the host will be<br />

very glad to adopt it for it symbolizes the coming of fortune.<br />

<strong>The</strong> invincible God Erlang in Chinese legend used a loyal<br />

wolfhound to help him capture monsters.<br />

<strong>The</strong> City Council and the Chinese communities will hold<br />

a series of celebrations during the Spring Festival season in<br />

Christchurch every year, including the popular Lanterns Show.<br />

We welcome you to join the gala, and wish you all have a<br />

merry “Chinese Christmas” and a prosperous year of dog.


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GOOD TIMES THIS<br />

SUMMER<br />

Historic homestead rises again<br />

WORK WILL start this month<br />

on rebuilding the historic<br />

Risingholme homestead in<br />

Opawa.<br />

<strong>The</strong> 153-year-old building,<br />

which was home to a community<br />

centre in Cholmondeley Ave,<br />

was damaged in the September<br />

4, 2010, and February 22, 20<strong>11</strong>,<br />

earthquakes, forcing it to close.<br />

Risingholme then sustained<br />

further damage in an arson attack<br />

in June, 2016.<br />

<strong>The</strong> fire came a year after<br />

community centre staff told <strong>Star</strong><br />

Media they were concerned the<br />

building was a “sitting duck” for<br />

vandals and feared it would be<br />

burnt to the ground.<br />

When the arson attack happened,<br />

the city council was<br />

preparing to seek tenders for the<br />

building’s repair.<br />

<strong>The</strong> fire ripped through<br />

the roof and top storey of<br />

the heritage-listed building<br />

and caused so much damage<br />

part of the upstairs had to be<br />

deconstructed.<br />

<strong>The</strong> building was wrapped to<br />

protect it and prevent further<br />

damage from occurring while<br />

engineers and heritage experts<br />

worked to develop a plan for<br />

restoring it.<br />

HISTORIC: Risingholme Community Centre before it was hit<br />

by an arson attack in 2016. (Above right) – <strong>The</strong> building was<br />

covered in plastic wrap to prevent further damage.<br />

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN ​<br />

“Right from the start, the goal<br />

has been to get Risingholme<br />

back to the way it was but<br />

we’ve had to work through<br />

a number of issues,<br />

including the fire, and obtain<br />

building and resource<br />

consents before work<br />

on-site could begin,’’ city<br />

council heritage rebuild<br />

programme manager<br />

Richie Moyle said.<br />

“Those consents have all now<br />

Richie Moyle<br />

been obtained and the contractors,<br />

Cook Brothers, are ready<br />

to begin work later this<br />

month. <strong>The</strong>y’re going to be<br />

rebuilding the top storey<br />

and strengthening and<br />

repairing the remainder of<br />

the building to bring it up<br />

to 67 per cent of the New<br />

Building Standard.”<br />

Mr Moyle said as much<br />

of the heritage fabric of the<br />

original building as possible<br />

•<strong>The</strong> Risingholme Community<br />

Centre was originally built in<br />

1864 as a private residence<br />

by William and Mary Reeves,<br />

the parents of noted politician<br />

William Pember Reeves.<br />

•After the death of Mr Reeves<br />

in 1891, the house had<br />

several private owners until<br />

1943 when it was bought<br />

by philanthropist Sir John<br />

McKenzie, who gifted it to the<br />

city council for the “health,<br />

amusement and instruction<br />

of the public.’’<br />

would be reinstated.“<strong>The</strong> project<br />

is probably going to take most of<br />

the year to complete but when<br />

it is done Risingholme will be<br />

back to its former glory.’’<br />

<strong>The</strong> Risingholme hall and craft<br />

workshops, which date back to the<br />

1940s and 1950s, are also going to<br />

be refurbished and strengthened.<br />

Work on those buildings is<br />

expected to start next month and<br />

take about nine months.<br />

Orangutans<br />

feast on<br />

Botanic Gardens<br />

PRUNED FOLIAGE from the<br />

Botanic Gardens is being fed to<br />

orangutans at Orana Wildlife Park<br />

to liven up their diet.<br />

Two loads of foliage from the<br />

gardens that would otherwise have<br />

been dumped as green waste have<br />

already been delivered to Orana at<br />

McLeans Island.<br />

It included a goody bag of<br />

mulberry, roses, day lilies,<br />

bamboo, elm, kawakawa, mahoe<br />

(whiteywood), and coprosma<br />

grandifolia dropped off for the<br />

apes in December. Fern fronds and<br />

banana palm leaves were provided<br />

for them to play with.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Great Ape Centre at Orana<br />

has three orangutans – Charlie,<br />

37, and two females Melur, 27, and<br />

Wanita, 39, who arrived in late<br />

November. <strong>The</strong>y will live at the<br />

park for two years while Auckland<br />

Zoo builds its South-east Asian<br />

precinct. “For the orangutans<br />

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Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

Boat hire business set for return to <strong>The</strong> Groynes<br />

• By Julia Evans<br />

HIRE BOATS may soon be back<br />

on the lake at <strong>The</strong> Groynes as an<br />

urgent meeting has been called<br />

to approve licencing.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Fendalton-Waimairi-<br />

Harewood Community Board<br />

recess committee will hold<br />

an extraordinary meeting<br />

on Monday to approve<br />

the operating licence for<br />

<strong>The</strong> Groynes Boat Hire on<br />

Recreation Lake.<br />

Phill Hanrahan took over the<br />

Johns Rd business in July. <strong>The</strong><br />

previous owners did not have<br />

a licence to operate, so the city<br />

council said he could not open<br />

until one was issued.<br />

After several delays to the<br />

process and almost walking<br />

away from the business<br />

altogether, Mr Hanrahan said he<br />

was “very happy” to receive an<br />

email from city council staff on<br />

Tuesday letting him know the<br />

meeting had been scheduled.<br />

However, he said he would<br />

not be pulling out<br />

the champagne<br />

prematurely. “We’ve<br />

been here before . . .<br />

we’ve had our hopes<br />

built up before. So<br />

we’ll just wait and see<br />

what the outcome is,”<br />

he said.<br />

Community board<br />

chairman David<br />

Cartwright said it was<br />

good news that the issue was<br />

David<br />

Cartwright<br />

getting close to a resolution.<br />

“I feel for the couple<br />

. . . but you can’t operate<br />

a business unlicensed,”<br />

he said.<br />

Mr Cartwright, a<br />

business owner himself,<br />

said if a child ended up<br />

drowning or any type<br />

of accident occurred<br />

and the boat hire was<br />

unlicensed, the city<br />

council would be liable.<br />

“It’s unfortunate he’s had to<br />

jump through a few hoops but<br />

we’re moving forward with it<br />

now,” Mr Cartwright said.<br />

<strong>The</strong> recess committee is made<br />

up of Mr Cartwright, board<br />

member Aaron Campbell and<br />

city councillor Aaron Keown.<br />

A staff report said a monthby-month<br />

licence would be<br />

approved, which acknowledged<br />

the future of the city council’s<br />

lease is yet to be finalised with<br />

the park’s owner, Environment<br />

Canterbury.<br />

Cancer survivor cycles with pros<br />

• By Sarla Donovan<br />

AT 73, Rob Dally is looking<br />

forward to riding with top New<br />

Zealand cycling pros like Jack<br />

Bauer and George Bennett.<br />

<strong>The</strong> cancer survivor and keen<br />

cyclist is taking part in the Bupa<br />

Challenge Tour next Friday<br />

– Santos Tour Down Under’s<br />

annual mass-participation ride<br />

in Adelaide.<br />

At the event, recreational<br />

cyclists get to ride on the same<br />

stage as the world’s top riders on<br />

a Union Cycliste Internationale<br />

world tour route. <strong>The</strong> competitors<br />

also raise money to help<br />

fund cancer research.<br />

Mr Dally was diagnosed with<br />

prostate cancer seven years ago<br />

and had a radical prostatectomy.<br />

But he fought through it and has<br />

been cancer-free since the early<br />

diagnosis operation. He now<br />

rides to celebrate this achievement.<br />

“I’m keen to ride a stage of the<br />

tour that the elites do straight<br />

after me and I’m keen to support<br />

a good charity,” Mr Dally said<br />

yesterday.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Halswell resident flies to<br />

Adelaide on Monday with his<br />

wife Jan as his support crew. He<br />

said he was looking forward to<br />

meeting other passionate cyclists.<br />

Clocking up about 400km<br />

a week on average, Mr Dally<br />

regularly rides and drinks coffee<br />

with the Magpies cycling group.<br />

“You get hooked,” he says.<br />

“<strong>The</strong>re’s a real camaraderie.”<br />

<strong>The</strong> former city council manager<br />

used to run for Papanui<br />

TocH but took up cycling 13<br />

years ago when his dodgy knee<br />

forced him to stop running.<br />

He says cycling is more exciting:<br />

“You’re going faster on two<br />

wheels – around corners, down<br />

hills.”<br />

In 20<strong>11</strong>, he was preparing for a<br />

130km road race and was as fit as<br />

he’d ever been, when his surgeon<br />

PARTNERS: Keen cyclists<br />

Rob and Jan Dally are<br />

heading to an event in<br />

Adelaide next week where<br />

cancer survivor Rob will cycle<br />

on the same course as some<br />

of the world’s best.<br />

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />

called him in and said he had<br />

cancer. “It was pretty awful really<br />

. . . pretty sobering.”<br />

But he counts himself as one<br />

of the lucky ones and credits the<br />

experience with changing his<br />

thinking.<br />

“Do what you want to do today,<br />

don’t leave it till tomorrow.<br />

Don’t take things or anybody for<br />

granted.”<br />

Mrs Dally also took up cycling<br />

about same time as the cancer<br />

diagnosis and now the couple<br />

ride and race together.<br />

Last year, they rode across<br />

France to celebrate 50 years of<br />

marriage. “<br />

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Steve McLennan<br />

Fighting fires: ‘It is like riding a bike,<br />

Volunteer firefighters<br />

are the backbone<br />

of a community.<br />

Lincoln brigade’s<br />

Steve McLennan, 70,<br />

has been a volunteer<br />

firefighter on and off<br />

since 1964. He speaks<br />

to Andrew King<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />

Tell me how you got involved<br />

in becoming a volunteer<br />

firefighter.<br />

I was friends with a guy<br />

whose father was the fire chief in<br />

Roxburgh, where I grew up, and<br />

you kind of just get roped into it.<br />

He used to say to me: ‘<strong>The</strong>re is no<br />

use you sitting here by yourself,<br />

come with us.’ From there I was in.<br />

I think our first call out was a scrub<br />

fire on the hill behind Roxburgh.<br />

Why did you keep doing it?<br />

It is like riding a bike, once you<br />

get on it is hard to get off. You<br />

are helping the community. That<br />

is my whole reason behind it. I<br />

could do it with my business up<br />

here because they were related.<br />

It worked really well. I knew<br />

where all the water points were<br />

around the district because of<br />

my spraying business. It is good<br />

local knowledge, like knowing<br />

all the roads and farms and you<br />

can pass that on to the younger<br />

guys coming through. That is<br />

why I have kept around. People<br />

are always using my knowledge.<br />

What is the biggest fire you<br />

have been involved in?<br />

<strong>The</strong>re have been some pretty<br />

big plantation fires we tackled<br />

years ago near Rakaia that took<br />

days to put out and were really<br />

hard work. But the Port Hills fire<br />

was probably the biggest I have<br />

been involved with. We spent a<br />

lot of time loading helicopters<br />

with water and battling the blaze<br />

on Worsleys Spur. That is where<br />

you saw the full extent of that<br />

fire up and around those houses.<br />

It is not just fires you guys<br />

deal with, what are some of the<br />

other memorable call-outs you<br />

CLOSE COUPLE: Steve McLennan and wife Wendy. Meals have often been put back in the oven when fires have needed<br />

fighting.<br />

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />

have had?<br />

I spent the first 19 hours at the<br />

CTV site after the earthquake<br />

(February 22, 20<strong>11</strong>). It wasn’t the<br />

best place to be but you do what<br />

you got to do.<br />

What was it like?<br />

As an officer, I was keeping the<br />

tankers moving at the scene to<br />

cart water in. We were fighting<br />

the fire in the lift well. I was right<br />

there. It wasn’t the place you<br />

wanted to be. We didn’t have a lot<br />

of training around earthquake<br />

stuff and we did our best. <strong>The</strong> big<br />

thing was everyone knew people<br />

were trapped and were working<br />

hard to free them. You could see<br />

the TV cameras pointed at us<br />

and that was a bit upsetting as we<br />

were just there to do a job.<br />

You had a hand in catching<br />

two arsonists about three years<br />

ago. Tell me about that?<br />

We were called to a suspicious<br />

house fire in Little River on New<br />

Year’s Eve. On our way back<br />

we found a hay barn on fire<br />

in Kaituna Valley, which was<br />

also suspicious. While we were<br />

fighting that fire, we were turned<br />

to another hay barn alight on<br />

Tai Tapu Rd and some trees on<br />

fire at the Tai Tapu golf course.<br />

We knew there was an arsonist<br />

running around. On our way to<br />

a flare up a few days later at one<br />

of the hay barn fires, we took a<br />

shortcut to the scene and saw a<br />

car sitting watching the flames<br />

from a distance. We handed the<br />

licence plate number to police<br />

and they were arrested for the<br />

arsons.


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News<br />

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Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

once you get on it’s hard to get off’<br />

You must have attended a few<br />

crashes over the years? What is<br />

it like to turn out to those?<br />

I would hate to say how many<br />

road accidents I have been to.<br />

You get hardened to them but<br />

they sort of stick with you.<br />

Any that stand out in your<br />

mind?<br />

I wouldn’t want to single any<br />

out. <strong>The</strong>y are all bad. You brace<br />

yourself for the worst scenario<br />

when you are heading there. It is<br />

easier to ramp down than up.<br />

So what paid the bills in<br />

between catching arsonists and<br />

putting out blazes?<br />

I spent 24-and-a-half years<br />

working for Fulton Hogan in<br />

Central Otago in the transport<br />

and cartage division before I<br />

moved to Canterbury in 1988.<br />

<strong>The</strong>n I was the freight manager<br />

for Maxwell Brothers for a few<br />

years before starting my own<br />

agricultural spraying business in<br />

1994. I sold that about three years<br />

ago now and I am semi-retired.<br />

Semi-retired?<br />

Well, I am now paid by the<br />

Fire Service to drive new fire<br />

trucks from Wellington to their<br />

destination anywhere in the top<br />

of the South Island. <strong>The</strong>re are<br />

not many weeks where I am not<br />

driving a big red truck around.<br />

What else do you do for the<br />

Fire Service?<br />

I have been involved in a<br />

number of competitions in the<br />

fire brigade, including 22 years<br />

as an official. <strong>The</strong>re are four<br />

different divisions they compete<br />

in – waterways, road crash<br />

rescue, driving, and the combat<br />

challenge. I also represented<br />

the United Fire Brigades’<br />

Association and was the chair<br />

of the Mid-Canterbury subassociation<br />

and the Canterbury<br />

Provincial Association. I am also<br />

a life member of both of those<br />

organisations.<br />

Outside of the service, what<br />

do you get up to?<br />

I used to be into speedway<br />

racing when I was in Central<br />

Otago. I raced TQ (threequarter)<br />

midget cars. I actually<br />

hold the record for the fastest<br />

FAST AND SLOW: Steve McLennan at speed in a TQ midget car at Waitati Speedway, and standing in front of one of the trucks<br />

he drove in 1966.<br />

four laps and fastest six laps at<br />

Waitati Speedway, which was<br />

closed down in the late 70s.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y can’t take that from me.<br />

I had a bit of a go in Ellesmere for<br />

a couple of years but the business<br />

took priority and I gave that away<br />

about two years ago. We get out<br />

and watch it when we can.<br />

So tell me about your family?<br />

I am married to my lovely<br />

wife Wendy, who has stuck with<br />

me through the 30-odd years of<br />

me in the service. She has put<br />

a few dinners back in the oven<br />

while I chase flames. We have<br />

been married for 43 years. We<br />

have two grown-up children.<br />

My daughter, Jody Phillipson, is<br />

married with two children and<br />

works in the travel industry. My<br />

son, Dave McLennan, is a talent<br />

scout for the Crusaders.<br />

Hold on. Your son works for<br />

the Crusaders, but you are from<br />

Central Otago – how does that<br />

work?<br />

It makes for short phone calls<br />

when we play each other and one<br />

comes out on top. I don’t get any<br />

hand-me-down clothes from the<br />

Crusaders either.<br />

Would you want a Crusaders<br />

jersey?<br />

RESPONSIBILITY: <strong>The</strong> Lincoln brigade was tasked with<br />

fighting a fire in the lift well of the CTV Building after the<br />

February 22, 20<strong>11</strong>, earthquake. <strong>The</strong> volunteers also spent<br />

time loading helicopters with water and battling the blaze on<br />

Worsleys Spur during the Port Hills fire.<br />

No.<br />

What is the season looking<br />

like for fires?<br />

She is a bit dry out there. It<br />

will be a funny one. <strong>The</strong> spring<br />

rain has boosted the fuel sitting<br />

around with plenty of grass<br />

growth throughout the region.<br />

But the frustrating thing is people<br />

don’t take notice of what they are<br />

told. Some are burning rubbish in<br />

no fire season. It is a no-brainer.<br />

What do you say to those<br />

people?<br />

All you can do is extinguish<br />

the fire, take their details and<br />

leave it to the Fire Service. Some<br />

people you would like to throw<br />

everything at them, but you have<br />

to show professionalism. It is<br />

easier to shake your head and say<br />

nothing sometimes.<br />

I can feel the frustration. So<br />

any big plans for the year?<br />

<strong>The</strong> plan is to go whitebaiting<br />

as Wendy and I both love it. We<br />

have been going to more subdued<br />

spots for the past three years after<br />

Wendy got swept out to sea near<br />

the Rakaia River mouth. Luckily<br />

she was washed back into shore<br />

by the breakers but it was pretty<br />

scary. I love whitebait, but I love<br />

my wife more.<br />

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News<br />

Slice of history in blokey book<br />

Christchurch author and<br />

historian John Rosanowski<br />

has written another book<br />

– this time a novel about a<br />

murder mystery in Reefton<br />

Murder On Broadway.<br />

<strong>The</strong> book is peopled<br />

with crooked publicans<br />

and cops, cheerful exconvicts,<br />

hard-nosed<br />

prostitutes, confidence<br />

tricksters, white collar<br />

criminals and a quadruplet<br />

team of acrobats. Alyson<br />

Baker reviewed the book<br />

for kiwicrime.blogspot.<br />

co.nz/<strong>2018</strong>/01/reviewmurder-on-broadway.html<br />

A MAN who burned several<br />

large pieces of tree trunk<br />

claimed he didn’t know there<br />

was a fire ban.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Little River Fire Brigade<br />

attended an incident between<br />

PLOTS: Murder on Broadway is a companion book to Treachery Road also written by John<br />

Rosanowski.<br />

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />

MURDER ON Broadway is<br />

a rollicking wild West Coast<br />

goldfields tale of murder and<br />

mayhem.<br />

When the obnoxious Reefton<br />

Police Sergeant Mackworth Snyder<br />

leaves Reefton in the hands<br />

of his new Constable Gordon<br />

Trembath, in the days leading<br />

up to the 1877/78 festive season,<br />

the reader just knows the hapless<br />

cop is going to have to deal<br />

with serious goings on.<br />

Fortunately, Trembath has<br />

the “town idiot”, Abe, to watch<br />

his back, along with Abe’s<br />

friend, the town drunk, Little<br />

Jimmy.<br />

<strong>The</strong> refrain “he said it would<br />

be quiet over Christmas” is used<br />

to good effect, as the plans for<br />

thievery, swindlery, sly-groggery<br />

and all sorts of other nefarious<br />

business are being made in<br />

Reefton and abroad.<br />

<strong>The</strong> main target for most<br />

of this activity is the annual<br />

Reefton Boxing Day race meeting,<br />

and tensions rise as the<br />

reader becomes aware of various<br />

scams being set up.<br />

Rosanowski’s plotting verges<br />

on the operatic, and is very<br />

satisfying.<br />

His writing style is<br />

straightforward and is from a<br />

self-deprecating point of view:<br />

“If his words were to be trusted,<br />

this show was going to be on<br />

a par with anything ever seen<br />

in London, Paris or Vienna.<br />

He could also have said, “or<br />

Hokitika,” because that’s where<br />

they had been performing before<br />

Reefton.”<br />

Murder on Broadway is a<br />

very blokey tale, told from a<br />

blokey perspective, and in the<br />

omniscient mode; the reader is<br />

sometimes asked to remember<br />

Prices Valley and Kaituna Valley<br />

Rds on Monday afternoon after<br />

being alerted by the public.<br />

When they arrived at the<br />

scene, chief fire officer David<br />

Irving said the wood looked to<br />

things, as they will become<br />

of relevance later in the story.<br />

But for all that, the tale is quite<br />

nuanced, with young Trembath<br />

becoming aware that things<br />

are not always black and white,<br />

right or wrong – that just because<br />

people are in a position of<br />

trust doesn’t mean you should<br />

trust them, or just because<br />

everyone says someone is stupid<br />

or a waste of space, that they<br />

necessarily are.<br />

<strong>The</strong> picture of the times is<br />

drawn as a slice of history that<br />

was part of the international<br />

wave of gold rushes – California,<br />

Ballarat, Otago, the West<br />

Coast. And the narrative is<br />

flecked with mentions of real<br />

historical figures such as Bully<br />

Hayes. And Abe’s friend Little<br />

have been burning for a couple<br />

of hours.<br />

He said while the man<br />

“appeared to be ignorant of the<br />

rules,” he was warned not to<br />

light anything else until the fire<br />

Jimmy also features in Rosanowski’s<br />

novel Treachery Road,<br />

set 10 years earlier, about the<br />

Maungatapu murders.<br />

But knowing about historical<br />

figures or the history of the<br />

West Coast goldfields is not<br />

required to enjoy this book. All<br />

the characters are given robust<br />

backgrounds, and you get the<br />

feel of the muddy turbulent<br />

mess of the bustling goldfields<br />

service towns, with their mix of<br />

hardworking people hoping for<br />

a break, petty scoundrels, total<br />

blackguards, and entertainers.<br />

And you also get a feel of the<br />

surrounding bush, in a time<br />

when the now declining bush<br />

robins would flutter around you<br />

as you walked.<br />

A very enjoyable read.<br />

Tree trunk fire results in warning<br />

ban had been lifted.<br />

Christchurch District is in a<br />

restricted fire season. Fires must<br />

not be lit in open air without a<br />

permit from Fire and Emergency<br />

New Zealand.<br />

Playground<br />

bin gets more<br />

rubbish than<br />

it can handle<br />

• By Julia Evans<br />

PEOPLE ARE flocking from<br />

across the city to check out<br />

New Brighton’s new $8 million<br />

beachside playground.<br />

But the popularity of the playground<br />

is more than its rubbish<br />

bin can handle.<br />

On Facebook, New Brighton<br />

residents have called on the city<br />

council to increase the amount of<br />

bins or times it is emptied at the<br />

Marine Pde playground.<br />

Residents say more often than not<br />

the playground bin and others in<br />

the area are full and overflowing.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is one bin next to the new<br />

playground’s toilet block, a ‘Bigbelly’<br />

smart bin which sends city<br />

council staff a message when it is<br />

full and needs emptying.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re are other bins along<br />

the beach and by the old New<br />

Brighton playground.<br />

When <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> went to the park<br />

on Thursday, the city council had<br />

just cleared the bins.<br />

Janine Watson took her<br />

children and a picnic to spend the<br />

afternoon at the playground.<br />

She thought the number of bins<br />

was enough for the area, but said<br />

the people using them should be<br />

more considerate.<br />

Mrs Watson said it was a shame<br />

the bins were left in a “disgusting”<br />

state.<br />

She also said it should “not (be)<br />

the city council’s job” to increase<br />

the number at the park.<br />

Her message to others using the<br />

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home with you. If you’re going to<br />

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you should just take it home as<br />

well.”<br />

Development Christchurch<br />

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Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

More residents on the<br />

outskirts of the city are<br />

facing a battle against a<br />

new quarry development<br />

after Fulton Hogan put<br />

forward plans for a new<br />

quarry in Templeton<br />

Gary Robinson – So the<br />

poor people who moan about the<br />

dust from these quarries think<br />

it only affects them? Well, what<br />

about the people who go in there<br />

or work there, does it not affect<br />

them as well or is it only the<br />

people that live by the quarries?<br />

I’ve been going in and out of<br />

these quarries for some 30 years<br />

and am still alive and I only live<br />

about 3km from one.<br />

Sophie McInnes – When<br />

will it end? I know it’s supply<br />

and demand, but this is getting<br />

stupid. And the argument<br />

of this block having few<br />

neighbours is daft – living<br />

next door isn’t required when<br />

strong Canterbury winds will<br />

ensure that dust is blown many<br />

kilometres N/E/S/W.<br />

Sean Woods – Plant some<br />

trees, amazes me why there are<br />

not more trees planted when<br />

everyone complains of dust.<br />

Bill Palmer – <strong>The</strong> quarries<br />

in that Yaldhurst area have<br />

been there for as long as I<br />

can remember. In fact, I’ve<br />

seen photos going back to<br />

the early 60s so why would<br />

any sane person buy in that<br />

neighborhood?<br />

<strong>The</strong> city’s worst<br />

intersections for red lightrunning<br />

have been named,<br />

with Moorhouse Ave and<br />

Colombo St taking the No 1<br />

spot<br />

Gavin Simôn – <strong>The</strong> article<br />

points out that they are not<br />

concerned with turning vehicles<br />

turning right on the red. <strong>The</strong>y<br />

are only concerned with straight<br />

through traffic going through on<br />

the red which is also blocking<br />

the right-turning traffic.<br />

Lyn Morris – I think it’s<br />

HIGH RISK: <strong>The</strong> Moorhouse Ave and Colombo St intersection<br />

was the worst for red light-runners. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />

about time they sorted many<br />

of those intersections out. If<br />

you are turning, most times<br />

only two cars get through the<br />

lights if lucky. That’s only if<br />

they pull out into middle. If<br />

three or four back, sometimes it<br />

takes three to four sets of lights<br />

to get around. Talking about<br />

Carmen-Buchanans Rds, many<br />

get annoyed and go through the<br />

lights, seen it so many times at<br />

that intersection.<br />

Peter Osborne – Not a<br />

mention that maybe it is the<br />

timing of these lights causing<br />

the problem as much as the<br />

drivers. If they are looking at<br />

putting money into this, why not<br />

a study for why users felt it was<br />

necessary to go though the “red”<br />

light?<br />

Emajane Harwood –<br />

<strong>The</strong> Mary St lights are green<br />

for literally 3-4sec. People<br />

continuously don’t pay attention<br />

when heading north on Main<br />

North Rd and end up blocking<br />

the intersection so that when<br />

the light goes green for people<br />

turning right from Mary to<br />

Main North, no one can go. I<br />

have been tooted at, sworn at,<br />

had angry arms flailing at me<br />

from people in cars behind me<br />

when I don’t go. I don’t really<br />

blame people for running the red<br />

light there if it can be done so<br />

quickly. It’s about time whoever<br />

decided they would try and deter<br />

traffic on Mary St gets over the<br />

fact people will drive down there<br />

and just put the lights on green<br />

for longer.<br />

Barbara Edwards – I can<br />

understand Buchanans/Carmen<br />

Rds. Coming from Buchanans,<br />

the lights only stay green long<br />

enough to let one car through.<br />

Maybe reset the timing to let a<br />

few more through?<br />

Ali Mulqueen – <strong>The</strong>y<br />

need to have the lights green<br />

for longer at all intersections,<br />

especially the green arrows, no<br />

wonder there’s accidents, traffic<br />

jams etc. Turning right onto<br />

Waltham Rd can be a nightmare<br />

as only a couple of cars get<br />

through on the arrow. And that’s<br />

just one example.<br />

When Christchurch’s<br />

Bernie Smith competed<br />

at the world darts<br />

championship in London,<br />

England’s Justin Pipe was<br />

seen coughing behind<br />

him as the 53-year-old<br />

attempted to throw a<br />

dart for double 10 which<br />

would have won him the<br />

match<br />

Kerry Treymane – Great<br />

game to watch, great fight<br />

back, humble and honourable<br />

acceptance of the result. Well<br />

done Bernie, you looked like you<br />

belonged up there.<br />

Jeremy Maxwell – Top<br />

bloke Bernie Smith; humble man<br />

and honest.<br />

Kiria Metuatini – Best sport<br />

I’ve enjoyed in years. Well done<br />

Bernie you got me off my seat<br />

that’s for sure.<br />

Che Ritchie – I watched this<br />

match. Bernie played one hell of<br />

a game and to put himself into<br />

the position to win the game was<br />

sensational.<br />

Nick Crowe – A real gent<br />

is Bernie and he’ll be back after<br />

he’s plastered half the Ally Pally<br />

(Alexandra Palace, London).<br />

SO CLOSE: Bernie Smith about to throw what could have been a match-winning dart as<br />

English opponent Justin Pipe bursts into a cough during their first round match at the world<br />

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Gardening<br />

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Summer in your edible garden<br />

Rachel Vogan guides<br />

you through what<br />

needs to be done<br />

now to keep fresh<br />

produce flowing<br />

AS THE warm months take hold,<br />

gardeners should be reaping the<br />

rewards of what was sown and<br />

planted months ago.<br />

Many crops will be in ‘harvest<br />

mode’, such as courgettes,<br />

potatoes, tomatoes, beans, lettuce,<br />

brassicas, herbs and so many<br />

more.<br />

To keep long-term fruiting<br />

crops (such as beans, tomatoes<br />

and courgettes) producing, you<br />

need to keep picking the crop.<br />

This stimulates more flowers,<br />

which equal another round<br />

to harvest.<br />

For any crops going in the<br />

ground this month, it is vital<br />

to give the soil a boost with<br />

nutrients and goodies before<br />

replanting. Once that is done,<br />

soak the soil overnight and<br />

plant the next day. This limits<br />

stress on the new seedlings and<br />

helps prevent transplant shock.<br />

Watering in the new plants with a<br />

seaweed tonic give the seedlings a<br />

head start as well.<br />

STRAWBERRIES<br />

Maximise your harvest by<br />

giving plants a once over now to<br />

remove any dead or tatty leaves<br />

and to cut the runners off from<br />

the main parent plant. Apply a<br />

side-dressing of strawberry food<br />

(if you haven’t already) and give<br />

the plants a deep watering at least<br />

twice a week. A top up of mulch<br />

or compost is a good idea too,<br />

and refresh your layers of straw<br />

especially if the birds have skived<br />

off with it to make nests. <strong>The</strong><br />

straw helps to keep the berries<br />

clean and to avoid any mould<br />

issues occurring if the berries sit<br />

directly on the soil. And don’t<br />

be too proud to net your crop to<br />

eliminate any feathered residents<br />

of the garden helping themselves<br />

to your berries.<br />

Strawberries<br />

Capsicum<br />

CHILLIES<br />

A sunny, hot spot suits chillies<br />

best. Feed them with tomato<br />

or strawberry food, a type of<br />

fertiliser that promotes flowers<br />

rather than leaves. While chillies<br />

and capsicums are closely related,<br />

they differ a little in how you<br />

look after them, especially if you<br />

fancy some heat in your chillies.<br />

Once the chillies are about finger<br />

length, reduce the amount of<br />

water the plants get. You may well<br />

feel mean, but if it is flavour you<br />

are after this method works – less<br />

moisture in the chillies helps<br />

intensify the flavour. If you prefer<br />

more heat, water as per usual.<br />

CAPSICUMS<br />

Flowers and fruit will be<br />

forming now. To keep the<br />

energy up to the plant to get the<br />

best harvest possible, drench<br />

with worm wee or seaweed<br />

tonic once a week. For large<br />

capsicums to form, plants need<br />

hot temperatures and plenty of<br />

Eggplant<br />

water. If plants start to look top<br />

heavy, slip a couple of stakes in<br />

to support the main stem. <strong>The</strong>y<br />

begin to ripen from late summer<br />

and into autumn. <strong>The</strong> flavour<br />

changes as the crop matures from<br />

green then turns into shades<br />

of red, orange or yellow. Once<br />

mature they should be picked<br />

and stored in the fridge – they<br />

deteriorate quickly if left on the<br />

plant. Capsicums are a great crop<br />

if you like to grow vegetables in<br />

containers.<br />

EGGPLANTS<br />

<strong>The</strong> first batch of eggplants may<br />

be ready to harvest this month.<br />

Pick them once they get to size;<br />

for the large purple ones, this is<br />

when they are about 15cm long<br />

and fat and firm. Thinner types<br />

and round golf ball ones will vary<br />

in size depending on their variety.<br />

Cut fruit off using a knife or<br />

secateurs; don’t just twist or break<br />

the eggplant off the stems as this<br />

often causes the stems to rip,<br />

which can harm the plants. <strong>The</strong><br />

Chillies<br />

young ones have the best flavour.<br />

Over the next few months, water<br />

frequently and make sure the soil<br />

stays moist. Don’t let the plants<br />

dry out or you will not get the<br />

results you are after.<br />

TOMATOES<br />

With early types now ripe and<br />

on the menu, keep an eye on later<br />

maturing varieties to make sure<br />

the stems are well supported by<br />

stakes or wires. Pinch out the<br />

laterals, and remove the larger<br />

lower leaves from around the<br />

base of the plant. Removing these<br />

allows more airflow around the<br />

plant and aids ripening of the<br />

lower bunches. Once your fruit<br />

is at the desired size, reduce<br />

the amount of water you give<br />

the plant. It sounds rough, but<br />

this tough love does two things;<br />

it speeds up ripening and it<br />

sweetens the fruit. And its all<br />

about the flavour, right? And<br />

speaking of flavour, basil is a good<br />

companion plant for tomatoes –<br />

plant some more seedlings of this<br />

tasty herb now, they both enjoy<br />

the same conditions.<br />

BEANS<br />

How are your bean stalks<br />

looking? All types of runner,<br />

climbing and bush beans should<br />

be cranking along. To keep them<br />

going, remember to keep picking<br />

the crop, especially the big ones.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y love their tucker, so layers<br />

of compost or sheep pellets are a<br />

good idea to add to the soil now.<br />

Both add nutrients and help the<br />

soil retain moisture. Climbing<br />

beans do need a lot of water – a<br />

deep soaking twice a week is<br />

best rather than a little every<br />

day. Once harvesting starts, they<br />

can crop for up to three months<br />

if regularly picked. Any excess<br />

harvest can be frozen, pickled<br />

or given to friends and family.<br />

Remember to save a few pods for<br />

next year’s seed.<br />

COURGETTE<br />

Existing plants should be<br />

pumping out produce at a rapid<br />

rate of knots. You can plant new<br />

plants now too. One plant can<br />

keep producing courgettes for<br />

about four months. If mildew<br />

appears on the leaves, remove the<br />

worst affected ones and spray the<br />

remaining plant with a mixture<br />

of milk and baking soda. To<br />

prevent it coming back, try and<br />

water the ground only and not<br />

the leaves. <strong>The</strong> mildew doesn’t<br />

affect the crop so much; however,<br />

it can transfer onto other crops,<br />

which isn’t ideal. Pick courgettes<br />

when they are between 10–15cm<br />

long, if left on the plant they will<br />

eventually turn into marrows.<br />

PUMPKIN<br />

As far as low-maintenance<br />

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To keep them kicking along,<br />

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Travel<br />

Vancouver Island home to Canada’s garden city<br />

• By Mike Yardley<br />

THERE’S NO more spectacular<br />

way to herald your arrival into<br />

Victoria than to splash down on<br />

a Harbour Air Seaplane.<br />

<strong>The</strong> unstoppably scenic 30min<br />

flight from Vancouver is a visual<br />

delight, aloft over the Salish Sea’s<br />

jewel-like collection of islets fanning<br />

out from Vancouver Island.<br />

Ogling these pint-sized planes<br />

steeply banking and touching<br />

down on their watery runway, is<br />

a riveting spectator pastime, best<br />

enjoyed from Laurel Point Park<br />

or Delta Ocean Pointe.<br />

It’s like water ballet, in addition<br />

to the frolicking bustle of iconic<br />

yellow and black striped water<br />

taxis, ferries, water skiers and<br />

fishing boats. <strong>The</strong> inner-harbour<br />

waterfront, liberally wreathed<br />

in candy cotton-pink geraniums<br />

and carpeted in blazing flower<br />

beds, is an irresistible visual<br />

symphony.<br />

Add to that the 1040 hanging<br />

baskets draping downtown Victoria,<br />

each containing 24 plants.<br />

Two men are employed full-time<br />

to water them.<br />

Victoria walks the talk on being<br />

Canada’s Garden City. Prized<br />

waterfront landmarks compete<br />

for your attention at every turn,<br />

as does the trove of sublime<br />

artworks, like the heart-tugging<br />

Homecoming statue, dedicated<br />

in honour of Victoria’s sons and<br />

daughters who served in the<br />

military.<br />

Also fronting the inner harbour<br />

is the Royal BC Museum, a<br />

remarkable storehouse of history<br />

which regularly scoops accolades<br />

as being Canada’s most impressive<br />

museum. Tracing British<br />

Columbian history in compellingly<br />

comprehensible fashion,<br />

highlights include the First<br />

Peoples Gallery and the Natural<br />

History Gallery – one of the few<br />

places in the world where you<br />

can get right up close to a woolly<br />

mammoth, albeit stuffed.<br />

<strong>The</strong> museum also features a<br />

replica of Captain Vancouver’s<br />

HMS Discovery which rocks and<br />

creaks rather convincingly, and<br />

a beautifully re-created frontier<br />

SCENIC: Victoria is a 30min<br />

flight from Vancouver. (Right)<br />

– pint-sized sea planes<br />

moored in Victoria’s harbour.<br />

town with cobbled streets and<br />

detailed store fronts.<br />

After admiring the statue of<br />

Captain Cook on the waterfront,<br />

surveying the horizon in front of<br />

the Empress, I was staggered by<br />

one particular relic on display in<br />

the museum – the actual dagger<br />

that claimed his life in Hawaii.<br />

Who knew?<br />

Within the museum, an IMAX<br />

theatre presents films on a sixstorey-tall<br />

screen. Playing several<br />

times a day, don’t miss a screening<br />

of Rocky Mountain Express. It’s<br />

an historical account of the epic<br />

and arduous struggles to build the<br />

trans-continental railway track,<br />

literally uniting Canada. You don’t<br />

have to be a trainspotter to enjoy<br />

it, lustily featuring the dramatic<br />

topography, saw-toothed peaks<br />

and woodsy grandeur of the<br />

Canadian Rockies.<br />

Tucked into the side of the<br />

Empress Hotel, an old-school<br />

secluded gem called Miniature<br />

World, a tour de force of intricate<br />

model-making. Thronging with<br />

dozens of sprawling diorama settings,<br />

with plenty of push-button<br />

action, this gob-stopping world<br />

of miniatures, spanning childhood<br />

fairytales and epic moments<br />

in history, is engrossing.<br />

More people walk to work in<br />

Victoria than any other Canadian<br />

city, hardly surprising given its<br />

HISTORIC: <strong>The</strong> dagger<br />

which is believed to have<br />

killed Captain James Cook<br />

is on display in the Royal BC<br />

Museum.<br />

photogenic vistas. A great stroll is<br />

to take the waterfront trail down<br />

Belleville St, into Laurel Park and<br />

around to Fisherman’s Wharf.<br />

I adored the cheerily coloured<br />

float homes moored at the wharf,<br />

alongside pleasure boats that<br />

also berth at the facility. Maybe<br />

they’re a glimpse of how many of<br />

our sea rise-prone coastal communities<br />

may look in the future.<br />

<strong>The</strong> 33 mobile float homes<br />

have been constructed on old<br />

wooden barges, cement bases,<br />

or metal pontoons. <strong>The</strong>y’d have<br />

to be Victoria’s tiniest homes,<br />

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gingerbread houses. <strong>The</strong><br />

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Fisherman’s Wharf is also a<br />

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NOT TO BE MISSED: Fan Tan Alley – Canada’s narrowest street.<br />

Johnson St between Wharf and<br />

Government St. Thickly flanked<br />

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Storefronts predominantly<br />

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Pint-sized Chinatown is Canada’s<br />

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Pacific railway.<br />

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HOW TO COOK BARBECUE<br />

GRILLED BUTTERFLIED<br />

WHOLE CHICKEN<br />

Ingredients<br />

1 whole butterflied chicken<br />

1 to taste salt & freshly ground<br />

pepper<br />

Barbecue sauce<br />

Directions<br />

Preheat grill to medium. Get<br />

surface temperature to about 200<br />

deg C.<br />

Clean and oil well. Clean the<br />

chicken if you desire and pat dry.<br />

Cut the backbone out of the<br />

chicken with sharp kitchen<br />

scissors. You could use a knife,<br />

but the scissors are much safer<br />

and work great.<br />

With a large knife, give the<br />

breastbone a large nick in the<br />

front of the chicken to help the<br />

bird lay flat.<br />

Rinse the inside of the bird out,<br />

trim any loose fat and extra skin.<br />

Pat dry again. Give the bird a<br />

good sprinkle of salt and pepper.<br />

You could use any seasoning you<br />

want here.<br />

Place skin down on the<br />

grill. Flip after you get a nice<br />

browning on the skin after about<br />

12-15min.<br />

Give the chicken a good<br />

brushing of barbecue sauce.<br />

Grill another 3-4min until<br />

the sauce is browning well.<br />

Total grilling on the second side<br />

should take 20-25min.<br />

Let set for 5min then cut and<br />

serve.<br />

STEAK AND MUSHROOM<br />

PIE<br />

Ingredients<br />

4 large portobello mushrooms,<br />

sliced<br />

800g tri-tip<br />

steak, cut<br />

into 2cm<br />

pieces<br />

20g butter<br />

2 Tbsp oil<br />

1 onion, chopped<br />

2 cloves garlic,<br />

crushed<br />

1 serving flour, seasoned, for<br />

dusting<br />

2 cups beef stock<br />

½ tsp mixed herbs<br />

½ cup red wine<br />

1 Tbsp flour, mixed with 1 Tbsp<br />

melted butter for the thickening<br />

1 sheet short pastry (savoury)<br />

1 sheet puff pastry<br />

1 egg, for glazing<br />

Directions<br />

Heat oven to 180 deg C. Heat<br />

half the butter and oil in a medium<br />

sized pot. Fry the onions and<br />

garlic for 5min until softened.<br />

Dust the meat generously with<br />

flour and shake off the excess.<br />

Heat the remaining butter and<br />

oil in a frying pan. Brown the<br />

meat in batches then add to the<br />

onions. Add a little of the stock<br />

to the pan to deglaze then pour<br />

into the pot.<br />

Add the remaining stock to<br />

the meat along with the herbs,<br />

red wine and mushrooms.<br />

Cook on a low heat<br />

for 1 hour or until<br />

the meat is tender.<br />

Remove ¼ cup<br />

of the liquid<br />

and add to<br />

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Sport<br />

Casual cyclist to European tour<br />

Talbot’s rapid climb to the top<br />

• By Gordon Findlater<br />

TWO YEARS ago, the only time<br />

Ian Talbot jumped on a bike was<br />

when he rode to university or on<br />

the occasional weekend joy ride<br />

with friends.<br />

But now the once casual cyclist<br />

is one of the most promising<br />

young riders in the country.<br />

Last week, the 20-year-old won<br />

the under-23 time trial title at<br />

the New Zealand road cycling<br />

championships in Napier.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Team Skoda Racing rider<br />

first realised he could give the<br />

sport a crack after tracking his<br />

time using an app on his phone<br />

while riding up Dyers Pass Rd.<br />

“I use an app called Strava<br />

which allows you to check your<br />

times against other riders. All of<br />

a sudden I realised I was in the<br />

top 10 per cent of people going<br />

up the hill, so I thought what<br />

could happen if I put my mind to<br />

it and train,” said Talbot.<br />

A switch was flicked and Talbot<br />

started training 15-16 hours<br />

a week and received coaching.<br />

In 2017, he rode a total of<br />

19,452km over 627 hours. He<br />

also climbed a total of 157,894m<br />

– the equivalent of going up Mt<br />

Everest 17 times. A big leap from<br />

riding 100km on average a week<br />

before 2017. This year, he’ll step<br />

up to the next level. Talbot has<br />

put his studies at Canterbury<br />

University on hold to pursue<br />

cycling full-time.<br />

He will spend nine months<br />

in Europe riding for French<br />

team UC Nantes Atlantique<br />

and will race at a top amateur<br />

level. He also plans to compete<br />

in a number of internationally<br />

sanctioned Union Cycliste<br />

Internationale races.<br />

“I want to keep going and keep<br />

pushing myself until I find the<br />

limit. Ideally, I want to go as far<br />

as I can,” said Talbot.<br />

Since moving to Christchurch<br />

to study mechanical engineering<br />

three years ago he has worked<br />

part-time at cycling store Chain<br />

Reaction. He says his staff<br />

discount has proved helpful on<br />

his journey into what can be an<br />

expensive sport to compete in.<br />

Before moving to Christchurch<br />

from Nelson, Talbot hadn’t even<br />

owned a road bike.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> mountain bike was a bit<br />

slow around town. I got sick of<br />

QUICK LEARNER: Ian Talbot won the under-23 national time<br />

trial but only took up cycling 12 months ago.<br />

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />

taking an extra 15min to get<br />

anywhere and eventually found<br />

the money for a good bike,” he<br />

said.<br />

His first competitive race was<br />

in February at the first round<br />

of the Calder Stewart Cycling<br />

Series in Cheviot. He finished<br />

a respectable 22nd overall and<br />

fourth in the under-23 division.<br />

It didn’t take him long to<br />

improve, finishing seventh at the<br />

second round in Otago before<br />

claiming a podium at the Hokitika<br />

Classic in September.<br />

Talbot described his first experiences<br />

riding in a peloton as a<br />

huge challenge and is admittedly<br />

still finding his feet in terms<br />

of the strategical side of road<br />

racing. “It’s like playing chess at<br />

40km/h,” he said.<br />

Riding in a bunch wasn’t an issue<br />

when he claimed the national<br />

under-23 time trial title on Friday.<br />

His winning time of 53min<br />

52.80sec over the 40km course<br />

saw him finish just under 18sec<br />

ahead of fellow Canterbury rider<br />

Jake Marryatt in second.<br />

Talbot’s time would also have<br />

been good enough for seventh<br />

place in the elite men’s grade<br />

which was won by double Olympic<br />

gold medallist rower-turnedcyclist<br />

Hamish Bond.<br />

“It was a goal I set 12 months<br />

ago, but to turn up and do it<br />

on the day was amazing,” said<br />

Talbot.<br />

Other than his first national<br />

title in Napier, Talbot’s other<br />

highlight of his brief competitive<br />

career came in Tasmania in November.<br />

He finished fifth overall<br />

in the five-day Spirit of Tasmania<br />

Cycling Tour. Past winners of<br />

the tour include Cadel Evans and<br />

Richie Porte.<br />

Talbot left for France yesterday.<br />

Ironically, he partly funded his<br />

trip to Europe by selling his<br />

car. If he progresses as far over<br />

the next year as he did in 2017,<br />

cycling may prove a faster mode<br />

of transport for him.<br />

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Armstrong eyes Wigram trophy<br />

• By Gordon Findlater<br />

MARCUS Armstrong is a young<br />

man well and truly entrenched<br />

in the pursuit of his dream to<br />

race in formula one. To date he’s<br />

on track to make it a reality.<br />

This weekend the Europebased<br />

Christchurch driver will<br />

get a rare chance to show off<br />

his talent in front of his home<br />

crowd at the opening<br />

round of the<br />

Toyota Racing<br />

Series at Ruapuna.<br />

He starts his second<br />

campaign in<br />

Marcus<br />

Armstrong<br />

the series as a title<br />

favourite.<br />

After finishing<br />

fourth in last year’s TRS, Armstrong<br />

won the Italian formula<br />

four championship, finished<br />

runner-up in the German F4 series,<br />

and was part of the Ferrari<br />

Young Driver Academy.<br />

His stellar season in Europe<br />

has seen the Christchurch driver<br />

picked by Prema Racing to compete<br />

in the formula three European<br />

championship this year.<br />

<strong>The</strong> racing category is one of<br />

the most highly-regarded feeder<br />

categories into formula one.<br />

“Last year I won F4, this year<br />

I need to win F3 and then win<br />

F2. It’s a continuous cycle,” said<br />

Armstrong.<br />

• By Andrew King<br />

SHIRLEY BOYS’ High School rowers will<br />

have to juggle their boats ahead of the<br />

Canterbury championships on Sunday<br />

after their best craft was destroyed on<br />

Monday.<br />

A 30m poplar tree fell into the Avon<br />

River just as the under-15 crew of Reuben<br />

Bannon, Finley Ocheduszko Brown,<br />

Cameron Maughan, Liam Whitaker and<br />

David Brown rowed underneath.<br />

<strong>The</strong> boys suffered minor injuries but<br />

were all okay, although the boat was no<br />

longer usable, Shirley Boys’ High head of<br />

RISING STAR: Marcus Armstrong aims to win New Zealand’s<br />

premier single seater racing series before starting his first<br />

season in the European formula 3.<br />

<strong>The</strong> European formula three<br />

championship starts in May and<br />

has 10 rounds, running until<br />

October. Armstrong will get to<br />

compete on some iconic tracks,<br />

including Spa, Nürburgring and<br />

Silverstone.<br />

On Sunday, Armstrong has a<br />

chance to add his name to the<br />

Lady Wigram Trophy. Famous<br />

names on the trophy include<br />

Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss,<br />

Bruce McLaren, Jackie Stewart,<br />

Jim Clark and Jochen Rindt.<br />

“<strong>The</strong>re’s certainly an extra<br />

pressure that comes with racing<br />

in front of a home crowd,” said<br />

Armstrong.<br />

Shirley BHS goes into<br />

champs a boat down<br />

rowing Rob Wilson-Pyne said.<br />

He said there has been plenty of help<br />

offered from various schools and rowing<br />

clubs in the city, including a loan boat to<br />

keep them competing right up until the<br />

Maadi Cup in March, the biggest high<br />

school rowing regatta of the year.<br />

“This incident has taken away our<br />

best boat, but we have been fortunate<br />

enough to be offered another so we can<br />

keep working towards future races and<br />

Maadi,” he said.<br />

<strong>The</strong> team has now turned their<br />

attention to the Canterbury<br />

championships in Twizel.<br />

Young athletes set to<br />

sparkle at Colgate Games<br />

CHRISTCHURCH’S junior athletes<br />

are set to take their marks in the 40th<br />

Colgate Games this weekend.<br />

<strong>The</strong> games at Aorangi Park, Timaru,<br />

have attracted 64 clubs from across the<br />

South Island with 944 competitors.<br />

South Island Colgate Games<br />

chairwoman Diane Smith said the games<br />

have a proud history.<br />

“Some of the competitors in this<br />

year’s games are second or third<br />

generation participants, with parents<br />

and grandparents who’ve competed in<br />

previous South Island events over the<br />

years.”<br />

Colgate New Zealand general manager<br />

John Garside said the game’s anniversary<br />

was about encouraging New Zealand’s<br />

up-and-coming athletes to stay in<br />

athletics. “<strong>The</strong> 40th anniversary is an<br />

opportunity to celebrate the past, as well<br />

as the future generation of athletes.<br />

“Many kids have been training hard<br />

all summer to beat the benchmarks their<br />

parents, and even grandparents set when<br />

they competed in the Colgate Games in<br />

years gone by – it’s great to watch,” he<br />

said.<br />

Colgate and the New Zealand<br />

Children’s Athletics Association have<br />

provided four scholarships worth $700<br />

each for South Island athletes who give<br />

outstanding performances.<br />

<strong>The</strong> South Island Colgate Games run<br />

from tomorrow until Sunday at Aorangi<br />

Park, Timaru.<br />

“Maybe that’s a mistake I<br />

made last year. I really wanted<br />

to win that race. At the moment,<br />

I’m not even thinking about the<br />

names on the trophy. If I can<br />

win it, then I’ll get a chance to<br />

take it in.”<br />

Round one of the TRS at<br />

Ruapuna starts with a practice<br />

session tomorrow. Saturday will<br />

feature qualifying and race one,<br />

with races two and three (Lady<br />

Wigram Trophy) on Sunday.<br />

Christchurch’s other entrant is<br />

19-year-old Ryan Yardley, who is<br />

making his TRS debut after winning<br />

the Toyota 86 sports coupe<br />

series last summer.<br />

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up ahead of midget<br />

derby at Ruapuna<br />

• By Allan Batt<br />

A HORROR start to the<br />

speedway season has been<br />

turned around by Christchurch<br />

driver Jeremy Webb<br />

who returned from<br />

Auckland where he took<br />

out several top 10 spots<br />

in the international<br />

world series.<br />

Now Webb is keen to<br />

carry his form into the<br />

K&T Drainage Midget<br />

Derby at Ruapuna this<br />

weekend.<br />

“We had a major<br />

engine blow up very<br />

early in our season. We were<br />

lucky to source another engine<br />

which got us back onto the track.<br />

An opportunity came up to race<br />

up at Western Springs so we<br />

made a decision to give it a go,”<br />

said Webb.<br />

“With a heap of American<br />

and Australians racing up there,<br />

you get to compete against the<br />

best in the world. <strong>The</strong> biggest<br />

names from midget car racing<br />

in the (United States) were there,<br />

including Nascar star Kyle<br />

Larson, and there’s no doubt that<br />

<strong>The</strong> biggest range of vehicles in one location<br />

you learn so much from them,<br />

just watching their lines and<br />

then racing wheel-to-wheel with<br />

them.”<br />

Webb emerged from the series<br />

with top 10 finishes in<br />

each of the four feature<br />

races he contested. His<br />

fourth place in the round<br />

at Bay Park, Tauranga,<br />

was his best effort. Webb<br />

eventually finished<br />

eighth in the overall<br />

standings, the fourth<br />

highest New Zealander<br />

Jeremy Webb behind Brock Maskovich,<br />

Michael Pickens and<br />

former national champion<br />

Shayne Alach.<br />

Last Saturday Webb finished<br />

eighth in the 39-lap feature race,<br />

right behind multi-time national<br />

champion, Pickens. He said it<br />

puts him in a “good place” for the<br />

rest of the season.<br />

“We will be pretty busy<br />

over the next three weeks. I<br />

really want to win the race at<br />

Ruapuna on Saturday, as its being<br />

backed by Gordon Kenning who<br />

has been a long-time supporter of<br />

my racing,” said Webb.


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an obligation free quote to<br />

ease your mind.


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Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

Massage<br />

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ot own option avail. Ph<br />

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co.nz<br />

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• My scaffolding no charge<br />

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />

Travlon<br />

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Your local guide to our<br />

Trusted Tradesmen & Professionals<br />

To advertise: 379 <strong>11</strong>00 or star.class@starmedia.kiwi<br />

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HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT MAXIMISING<br />

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Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 39<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Classifieds<br />

Public Notices<br />

Public Notices<br />

Public Notices<br />

• Phone our local team 03 379 <strong>11</strong>00 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi<br />

Public Notices<br />

Entertainment<br />

Situations Vacant<br />

TAXI DRIVERS<br />

Full time/part time<br />

Van/car, day/night<br />

shifts available<br />

Assistance with<br />

P endorsement if<br />

required<br />

Gold Band Taxis<br />

Phone 0210 245 0339<br />

CLEANERS<br />

REQUIRED<br />

Cashmere Area<br />

Mon – Fri<br />

3pm - 6pm<br />

Beckenham Area<br />

Mon – Fri<br />

3pm - 5pm<br />

We are looking for<br />

cleaners to join our<br />

commercial<br />

cleaning team.<br />

You will need to pass a<br />

Security Check and you<br />

MUST have your own<br />

transport.<br />

<strong>The</strong>se are permanent<br />

long term positions and<br />

not suitable for holders of<br />

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Please email your<br />

Application to<br />

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or phone 338 9056<br />

Visit our website:<br />

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Please advise which job<br />

when emailing your CV.<br />

SALE AND SUPPLY OF<br />

ALCOHOL ACT 2012<br />

SECTION 101<br />

GANG NAM LIMITED, (THE<br />

LICENSEE, 20/182 Clarence<br />

Street, Christchurch 80<strong>11</strong>),<br />

has made application to the<br />

District Licensing Committee<br />

at Christchurch for the issue of<br />

ON-LICENCE NEW in respect of<br />

the premises situated at 20/182<br />

Clarence Street known as GANG<br />

NAM.<br />

<strong>The</strong> general nature of the<br />

business conducted under<br />

the licence is: ON-LICENCE<br />

RESTAURANT CLASS 3.<br />

<strong>The</strong> days on which and the<br />

hours during which alcohol<br />

is intended to be sold under<br />

the licence are: MONDAY TO<br />

SUNDAY 8.00AM TO 1.00AM<br />

THE FOLLOWING DAY.<br />

<strong>The</strong> application may be<br />

inspected during ordinary<br />

office hours at the office of the<br />

Christchurch District Licensing<br />

Committee, 53 Hereford Street,<br />

Christchurch.<br />

Any person who is entitled<br />

to object and who wishes to<br />

object to the issue of the licence<br />

may, not later than 15 working<br />

days after the date of the first<br />

publication of this notice, file a<br />

notice in writing of the objection<br />

with the Secretary of the District<br />

Licensing Committee, PO Box<br />

73049, Christchurch 8154.<br />

No objection to the issue of a<br />

licence may be made in relation<br />

to a matter other than a matter<br />

specified in section 105(1) of<br />

the Sale and Supply of Alcohol<br />

Act 2012.<br />

This is the first publication of<br />

this notice.<br />

SALE AND SUPPLY OF<br />

ALCOHOL ACT 2012<br />

SECTION 127 & 101<br />

GAMBRINUS LIMITED, (THE<br />

LICENSEE, Mr Mark McGuinness<br />

Gambrinus Limited, PO BOX<br />

130035, Christchurch 8141),<br />

has made application to the<br />

District Licensing Committee<br />

at Christchurch for the renewal<br />

of ON-LICENCE RENEWAL<br />

in respect of the premises<br />

situated at 13 Stanley Street<br />

known as BELGIAN BEER CAFE<br />

TORENHOF.<br />

<strong>The</strong> general nature of the<br />

business conducted under the<br />

licence is: ON-LICENCE TAVERN<br />

<strong>The</strong> days on which and the<br />

hours during which alcohol<br />

is sold under the licence are:<br />

MONDAY TO SUNDAY 8.00AM<br />

TO 2.00AM THE FOLLOWING<br />

DAY<br />

<strong>The</strong> application may be<br />

inspected during ordinary<br />

office hours at the office of the<br />

Christchurch District Licensing<br />

Committee, Civic Offices, 77<br />

Hereford Street, Christchurch.<br />

Any person who is entitled to<br />

object and who wishes to object<br />

to the grant of the application<br />

may, not later than 15 working<br />

days after the date of the first<br />

publication of this notice, file a<br />

notice in writing of the objection<br />

with the Secretary of the District<br />

Licensing Committee, PO Box<br />

73049, Christchurch 8154.<br />

No objection to the renewal of a<br />

licence may be made in relation<br />

to a matter other than a matter<br />

specified in section 131 of the<br />

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act<br />

2012.<br />

This is the first publication of<br />

this notice.<br />

NOTICES<br />

ADVERTISING<br />

Sports, Clubs, Schools, Organisations, AGMs, Legal Notices, Public<br />

Notices, Family Notices, Births, Deaths, Memoriams, Birthdays,<br />

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For all your important notices, advertise in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong>,<br />

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For professional, helpful<br />

service, Phone 379-7100<br />

HAREWOOD<br />

SCHOOL PTA<br />

AGM<br />

7pm on Thursday 8th<br />

February <strong>2018</strong><br />

Followed by the first PTA<br />

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721 Harewood Road,<br />

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RSVP to 352 5864<br />

SALE AND SUPPLY OF<br />

ALCOHOL ACT 2012<br />

SECTION 127 & 101<br />

SATYA ENTERPRISES LIMITED,<br />

(THE LICENSEE, Mr Inderjit Singh<br />

Satya Enterprises Limited, 291<br />

Lincoln Road, Christchurch),<br />

has made application to the<br />

District Licensing Committee<br />

at Christchurch for the renewal<br />

of OFF-LICENCE RENEWAL in<br />

respect of the premises situated<br />

at 291 Lincoln Road Addington<br />

known as MERCHANTS LIQUOR<br />

LINCOLN RD.<br />

<strong>The</strong> general nature of the<br />

business conducted under the<br />

licence is: OFF-LICENCE LIQUOR<br />

STORE.<br />

<strong>The</strong> days on which and the<br />

hours during which alcohol<br />

is sold under the licence are:<br />

MONDAY TO SUNDAY 7.00AM<br />

TO 10.00PM.<br />

<strong>The</strong> application may be<br />

inspected during ordinary<br />

office hours at the office of the<br />

Christchurch District Licensing<br />

Committee, Civic Offices, 53<br />

Hereford Street, Christchurch.<br />

Any person who is entitled to<br />

object and who wishes to object<br />

to the granting of the application<br />

may, not later than 15 working<br />

days after the first publication<br />

of notice of the application,<br />

in the newspaper (being <strong>The</strong><br />

<strong>Star</strong>), file a notice in writing of<br />

the objection with the Secretary<br />

of the Christchurch District<br />

Licensing Committee, PO Box<br />

73049, Christchurch 8154.<br />

No objection to the issue of a<br />

licence may be made in relation<br />

to a matter other than a matter<br />

specified in section 105(1) of<br />

the Sale and Supply of Alcohol<br />

Act 2012.<br />

This is the first publication of<br />

this notice.<br />

WE ARE OPEN<br />

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!<br />

Come on in and check out<br />

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Visit our website for<br />

session times and to book<br />

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Riccarton 0508 446 987 | Northlands 0508 446 987<br />

Situations Vacant<br />

St John Caring Caller<br />

Volunteer Team Leader<br />

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St John Caring Callers provide friendship and regular contact<br />

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We are looking for someone who:<br />

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• Is computer literate<br />

• Has experience and ability to lead a team and be a teamplayer<br />

• Has excellent communication skills<br />

For more information contact Sandra Young on 0800 785 646<br />

Apply online before 27 <strong>January</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />

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40 Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />

Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

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Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 41<br />

Whitford’s tempting<br />

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WHITFORD'S Restaurant in the<br />

Woolston Club embraces the warmer<br />

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classics.<br />

Stand out dishes include...<br />

FROM STARTERS ... Crispy<br />

Calamari served with coriander and<br />

chilli salsa, $10.50 (pictured).<br />

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homestyle Pork Ribs based in BBQ<br />

sauce, served with slaw and choice of<br />

fries, mash or wedges, $20; Reef &<br />

Beef, a 200g Rump Steak<br />

accompanied by two mussels and<br />

two queen prawns and served with a<br />

choice of fries, mash or wedges and a<br />

sauce, $25; and Teriyaki Vegetable<br />

Stir Fry served with rice, $18.<br />

FROM PIZZAS .... Additional to<br />

Whitford’s set pizza choices is <strong>The</strong><br />

DIY. Create your own pizza from the<br />

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FROM DESSERTS ... Banofee Pie,<br />

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Cafe<br />

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LIVE MUSIC<br />

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7.30PM WHITFORD’S BAR<br />

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SENSATIONAL<br />

SUMMER<br />

SIZZLERS $15<br />

Club<br />

BISTRO<br />

Whitford’s Hours:<br />

Open Monday to Sunday<br />

LUNCH from <strong>11</strong>am<br />

DINNER from 5pm<br />

KID’S EAT FOR FREE!<br />

SHUTTLE<br />

Tuesday - Saturday<br />

PH 0508 966 5786<br />

Open from 5pm daily, the<br />

restaurant is child-friendly and also<br />

offers an impressive selection of<br />

gluten-free dining options.<br />

During the day, the Club cafe is<br />

open from <strong>11</strong>am-4.30pm offering a<br />

large selection of freshly made inhouse<br />

cabinet food complimented by<br />

extensive cafe, pizza, and snacks<br />

menus, along with Barista crafted<br />

coffee and hot chocolate available till<br />

late!<br />

<strong>The</strong> Woolston Club, 54 Hargood<br />

St, phone 389 7039.<br />

MONDAYS &<br />

TUESDAYS<br />

LIVE MUSIC IS BACK NEXT WEEK!<br />

ROBBIE DREW’S<br />

BIRTHDAY PARTY<br />

SATURDAY<br />

20th <strong>January</strong><br />

I ALONE<br />

SUNDAY<br />

21st <strong>January</strong><br />

Open Wednesday to Sunday | Lunch & Dinner<br />

• Open daily from <strong>11</strong>am • Courtesy Van<br />

75 London St | Ph 389 5778 | www.rwmc.co.nz<br />

Christchurch’s only beach side club<br />

What’s On by the beach<br />

TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS<br />

MEMBERS LUCKY<br />

CARD DRAW<br />

Dine by the Beach<br />

UPSTAIRS<br />

PIERVIEW A LA CARTE<br />

RESTAURANT<br />

<strong>The</strong> restaurant is open from 5.30pm Friday, Saturday<br />

and Sunday, and for Sunday Brunch from 10.30am to 2pm.<br />

SUNDAY NIGHT BUFFET<br />

LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH<br />

SUNDAY BUFFET : $25pp<br />

Sunday 28th Jan, from 5.30pm<br />

NEXT BUFFET : BOOK NOW!<br />

DOWNSTAIRS<br />

CLUB BISTRO<br />

Open Tuesday to Saturday 12pm - 2pm & from 5pm.<br />

FUNCTION ROOMS | GAMING ROOM<br />

SHUTTLE SERVICE Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat<br />

New Brighton Club<br />

202 Marine Parade - Phone 388-9416<br />

www.newbrightonclub.co.nz<br />

Members, guests and affiliates welcome<br />

Clubs New Zealand<br />

warmly welcome<br />

members, their guests and<br />

affiliate club members.


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contact Jo Fuller<br />

027 458 8590<br />

jo.fuller@<br />

starmedia.kiwi<br />

www.star.kiwi/whatson<br />

Coming to Blue Smoke in the Woolston Tannery next Thursday night...<br />

<strong>The</strong> Bad Company/Foreigner/RockSteady SUPERGROUP!<br />

BARETTA: Friday 7pm - Nick<br />

Lee; 10.30pm - DJ. Saturday<br />

9pm - DJ Double Header.<br />

BILL'S BAR: Thursday &<br />

Sunday 6pm - Mickey Rat<br />

Karaoke.<br />

BRIDGE OF<br />

REMEMBRANCE: Friday<br />

12pm - Jas Josland ‘See What<br />

You Did <strong>The</strong>re’ album release.<br />

CARLTON: Thursday 9pm -<br />

HeadRush. Friday 10pm - Ctrl<br />

Alt Rock. Saturday 10.30pm -<br />

Flat City Brotherhood. Monday<br />

7pm - Shannelee Ray & James<br />

Sligo. Tuesday 8pm - Comedy.<br />

Wednesday 8.30pm - Assembly<br />

Required.<br />

CASA PUBLICA: Friday 5pm<br />

- DJ Daniel Pfeifer; 8.30pm -<br />

DJ Paul McKessar. Saturday<br />

9pm - DJ Ash-S.<br />

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO:<br />

Friday 6pm -Marcel; 9.15pm -<br />

Natalie Elms. Saturday 7pm -<br />

Rockabella; 10.15pm -<br />

Smoothtalk. Sunday 5.30pm -<br />

Sly Manhattan.<br />

CLADDAGH IRISH PUB:<br />

Thursday - Open mic.<br />

Saturday - Live music.<br />

COASTERS TAVERN:<br />

Thursday 8pm - Mel & Dave.<br />

Saturday - Live music.<br />

Wednesday - Open Mic Night.<br />

DUX CENTRAL: Friday 5pm<br />

- Zak Cooper; 9.30pm - Willy<br />

Styles. Saturday 2pm - Jack &<br />

Zara; 9.30pm - Churp. Sunday<br />

2pm - Jazz Sessions.<br />

EMPIRE: Thursday 9pm - DJ.<br />

Friday 10pm - DJ. Saturday<br />

10pm - DJ.<br />

FAT EDDIES: Thursday<br />

7.30pm - Cam Finlay Quartet;<br />

10pm - All-Girl Mini Band.<br />

Friday 7.30pm - Georgie & the<br />

Vajazzlers; <strong>11</strong>pm - Mantra of<br />

Groove. Saturday 7.30pm -<br />

Eldridge, Rainey, Williams<br />

Organ Trio; <strong>11</strong>pm - Tina & the<br />

Turners. Sunday 3pm - Dom<br />

Spiteri Duo; 6.30pm - Heather<br />

Webb Trio.<br />

Salmonella Dub with the return of Tiki Taane<br />

play North Hagley Park this Saturday night.<br />

FINNEGANS IRISH PUB,<br />

PREBBLETON:<br />

Friday 8pm - Trad Session.<br />

HAGLEY PARK NORTH:<br />

Saturday 9pm - Salmonella<br />

Dub feat. Tiki Taane, GA $89.<br />

HORNBY WMC: Saturday<br />

4.30pm - Barross Country;<br />

8pm - Big Daddy.<br />

HORNCASTLE ARENA:<br />

Tickets @ticketek.<br />

INGHAM’S LAZY<br />

SUNDAYS,<br />

CHRISTCHURCH BOTANIC<br />

GARDENS: Sunday 3.30pm -<br />

Izzy Miller Bell & guests, free.<br />

MACKENZIES HOTEL:<br />

Friday - Sign of the Firebird.<br />

Saturday - Red Zone.<br />

MAK BAR, KAINGA: Friday -<br />

Stoutfellows. Saturday - <strong>The</strong><br />

Elevators. Sunday - Misfitz.<br />

MICKY FINNS:<br />

Thursday 8pm - Flat City<br />

Brotherhood. Friday 10pm -<br />

Unhinged.<br />

PIERSIDE CAFE & BAR,<br />

NEW BRIGHTON:<br />

Friday 9pm - Jukebox.<br />

Saturday 9pm - Girl from<br />

Mars.<br />

ROSE & THISTLE,<br />

PAPANUI:<br />

Saturday 8.30pm - Fab 3.<br />

STOCK XCHANGE<br />

SHIRLEY:<br />

Friday 7pm - Elevators.<br />

Saturday 7pm - Unhinged.<br />

THAI CHEFS, SUKHU<br />

TIGER, RICCARTON:<br />

Thursday to Wednesday 9pm -<br />

Resident DJ & Karaoke.<br />

THE BOG IRISH BAR:<br />

Thursday 10pm - Assembly<br />

Required. Friday 7pm - Bobby<br />

Lee; <strong>11</strong>pm - Flat City<br />

Brotherhood. Saturday <strong>11</strong>pm -<br />

Black Velvet acoustic. Sunday<br />

5.30pm - Black Velvet acoustic.<br />

Tuesday 7pm - <strong>The</strong> Jamesons<br />

Session.<br />

THE CRAIC IRISH BAR,<br />

RICCARTON:<br />

Friday - Live music. Saturday -<br />

Eddie Simon.<br />

THE CUBAN:<br />

Thursday 6.30pm - Live music.<br />

Friday - Live music. Saturday<br />

10pm - DJ.<br />

THE MILLER BAR,<br />

ADDINGTON:<br />

Thursday 7pm - Rock n Roll.<br />

Friday 9.30pm - X-Files duo.<br />

Saturday 9.30pm - Don’t tell<br />

Mama.<br />

THE WAVE BAR, NEW<br />

BRIGHTON:<br />

Thursday 8.30pm - Karaoke.<br />

Friday 8.30pm - DJ. Saturday<br />

8.30pm - Live music.<br />

WOOLSTON CLUB:<br />

Saturday 7pm - Lino.<br />

WUNDERBAR<br />

LYTTELTON:<br />

Friday 8.30pm - <strong>The</strong> Overdogs<br />

with Stomping Nick.<br />

.


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What’s on<br />

Let us know about your event!<br />

Email sarla.donovan@starmedia.kiwi<br />

NEW BRIGHTON MARKET<br />

Saturday, 10am-2pm, New Brighton<br />

pedestrian mall<br />

MT PLEASANT FARMERS’<br />

MARKET<br />

Saturday, 9.30am-12.30pm,<br />

McCormacks Bay Rd<br />

LYTTELTON FARMERS’ MARKET<br />

Saturdays, 10am-1pm, London St<br />

OPAWA FARMERS’ MARKET<br />

Sunday, 9am-noon, 275 Fifield Tce<br />

THE RICCARTON MARKET<br />

Sunday, 9am-2pm Riccarton Racecourse<br />

THURSDAY TO SUNDAY,<br />

9AM-5PM<br />

WILD ABOUT READING<br />

Five classic books have been<br />

hidden in wild places throughout<br />

the Botanic Gardens. All you<br />

need to do is follow the map to<br />

find each secret location, use the<br />

code to unlock the treasure box,<br />

read the book and then fill in<br />

the log to be in to win copies of<br />

the books. Make the most of the<br />

quiet corners of the gardens and<br />

be transported to another world<br />

through the pages of these books.<br />

Botanic Gardens Visitor<br />

Centre, Rolleston Ave<br />

THURSDAY TO FRIDAY, 6PM<br />

AND 8PM<br />

LEIGHS CONSTRUCTION<br />

OUTDOOR CINEMA<br />

Come on down to the Arts<br />

Centre of Christchurch to enjoy<br />

the beautifully restored spaces.<br />

Films will be screened in the<br />

picturesque North Quad. Bring<br />

a gold coin donation, something<br />

to sit on, plus cash for food and<br />

drinks. Picnics are welcome but<br />

no BYO – drinks will be available<br />

for purchase. Thursday, 6pm:<br />

Aladdin, and 8pm: Grease (PG).<br />

Friday, 6pm: Moana (PG), and<br />

8pm: Hunt for the Wilderpeople<br />

(PG).<br />

<strong>The</strong> Arts Centre of<br />

Christchurch, Worcester<br />

Boulevard<br />

THURSDAY TO SUNDAY,<br />

RANGE OF TIMES<br />

CIRQUE GRANDE<br />

This weekend is your last chance<br />

to see this innovative new circus.<br />

Twelve girls performing tricks<br />

on a single bicycle; teeterboard,<br />

hoop-diving, human pyramids<br />

and amazing acrobatics. Prepare<br />

to be dazzled by international<br />

clowns, acrobats and magicians.<br />

Suitable for the whole family.<br />

Phone 0800 289 849 for tickets.<br />

Opposite Latimer Square,<br />

cnr of Madras and<br />

Gloucester Sts<br />

FRIDAY, <strong>11</strong>AM-9PM<br />

STREET FOOD MARKET<br />

<strong>The</strong> Friday Street Food Market<br />

brings together more than<br />

20 stalls selling food from<br />

around the world, live<br />

entertainment, buskers and more.<br />

Cathedral Square<br />

SATURDAY, 8-9AM<br />

PARK RUN<br />

Get the year off to a healthy start<br />

at this fun 5km run which takes<br />

place each week. <strong>Star</strong>t from the<br />

Botanic Gardens car park. Walk,<br />

run, or jog – you can even bring<br />

the dog. No need to register, but<br />

you can at https://parkrun.co.nz/<br />

register/form. International<br />

visitors welcome.<br />

Botanic Gardens, Rolleston<br />

Ave<br />

SATURDAY, 7PM<br />

ANXIETY AND EQUANIMITY:<br />

A ZEN PERSPECTIVE<br />

United States-based Zen<br />

practitioner Hogen Sensei<br />

discusses the possibility of a fresh<br />

perspective on anxiety through<br />

the willingness to experience<br />

all mental states with an open<br />

heart. This talk will be suitable<br />

for beginners and experienced<br />

practitioners, and includes time<br />

for questions and discussion.<br />

Entry by donation.<br />

4 Kennedy Pl, Hillsborough<br />

SATURDAY, 7-9PM<br />

ECSTATIC DANCE WITH DJ<br />

TRILLION<br />

Forget your worries at this freeform<br />

dance space. This drug and<br />

alcohol-free event encourages<br />

movement, connection and fun.<br />

Bring a friend, a date, or a family<br />

member. Entry costs $10 and free<br />

for under-14s.<br />

Opawa Church Community<br />

hall, cnr of Opawa Rd and<br />

Aynsley Tce<br />

SUNDAY, NOON-2PM<br />

SUMMER POOL PARTY<br />

Break out your bathing suit out,<br />

the city council and More FM<br />

will host a party at the Lyttelton<br />

pool, with face-painting and pool<br />

games.<br />

54 Oxford St, Lyttelton<br />

SUNDAY, 10AM-NOON<br />

PETANQUE IN THE PARK<br />

<strong>The</strong> Christchurch Petanque Club<br />

invites residents and visitors to<br />

give the game a go at this fun<br />

Sunday morning session on<br />

the club’s grounds at North<br />

Hagley Park. All equipment<br />

will be provided along with<br />

friendly hints and tips to help<br />

enjoy this simple and easy-tofollow<br />

game.<br />

North Hagley Park,<br />

Rolleston Ave<br />

SUNDAY, 2.30-4.30PM<br />

LIVE AT THE POINT<br />

Every Sunday, Diamond Harbour<br />

will host a series of free, outdoor<br />

gigs on the old Godley House<br />

grounds. Catch the ferry over<br />

from Lyttelton or drive around<br />

the bays, then sit back and relax.<br />

Lindon Puffin will play this<br />

weekend.<br />

Godley House grounds,<br />

2 Waipapa Ave, Diamond<br />

Harbour<br />

SUNDAY, <strong>11</strong>AM AND 2PM<br />

THE WIZARD OF OZ<br />

Follow Dorothy and Toto as they<br />

are transported to Oz in this fun<br />

musical classic. Entry will be $9.<br />

Rangi Ruru Girls’ School<br />

<strong>The</strong>atre, 59 Hewitts Rd<br />

Topline Entertainment presents<br />

ROCK<br />

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PLUS SPECIAL GUEST<br />

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THUR. JAN. 18TH 8PM<br />

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!<br />

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