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10 Thursday March 1 2018 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi News GOOD TIMES THIS SUMMER The Star Stoush over use of Robert McDougall • By Bridget Rutherford REQUESTING interest from outside groups to use the historic Robert McDougall Art Gallery when it reopens has been described as showing “alarming disrespect.” Tim Seay, the grandson of Robert McDougall, said the city council should strengthen the gallery and use it to display part of the city’s art collection, as his grandfather intended. The Botanic Gardens gallery is one of 17 heritage buildings the city council has invited organisations to register interest to use in the future, or contribute financially to their repairs. The city council does not want to repair or strengthen heritage buildings that do not have a future use determined, because of limited funding. “Going out for the expressions of interest I think is just ridiculous,” Mr Seay said. “It shows an alarming disrespect for this beautiful heritage building.” He said private groups would not have large enough collections, and it would breach the • By Anne Gibson THE CAREER of former Ryman Healthcare chief executive Simon Challies has taken a new swerve into a health food supplements business. The businessman who revealed last May he had Parkinson’s disease was one of a group who last year invested $500,000 in a new Christchurch business. He has also become a director of the supplements firm. Mr Challies said that after he left Ryman, he and wife Tracey went on holiday to Fiji for a fortnight where he found leaving the stress of corporate life beneficial. He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2011 but continued terms of Robert McDougall’s gift. “They [council] own it, they’re obligated to use it for the purposes in which it was NEW BUSINESS: Simon Challies outside Ryman village. PHOTO: MICHAEL CRAIG on with Ryman for a further six years, with the full support of the board. “I first noticed the symptoms given to them.” Businessman and philanthropist Robert E McDougall, donated £32,000 for it to be built to display the city’s art collection. about a decade ago, but it was still a huge shock to get my diagnosis in 2011,” Mr Challies said last year. HISTORIC: The city council has asked for expressions of interest from outside groups to use the Robert McDougall Art Gallery when it is strengthened. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER It was the main exhibition space until Christchurch Art Gallery opened in 2003. The museum then signed a 50- year lease to use the space, but it closed in 2010 because it was not up to new building standards. The city council had been negotiating a new lease with the museum, but decided to ask outside groups if they wanted to use the gallery. City council head of parks Brent Smith said it wanted to offer the opportunity to any other people or groups. “The museum is aware of the expressions of interest process and will be able to register their interest.” The museum is remaining tight-lipped. “The museum does still want to use the gallery and we will be A chance meeting with fellow Christchurch businessman Michael Mayell sparked his involvement in the new venture. Mr Mayell founded Cookie Time biscuits and food products, then the new business, Nutrient Rescue, whose website cited his “drive for innovation and his growing awareness of the need for us to change our diet and our dominant agriculture systems.” Said Mr Mayell yesterday: “I didn’t pick Simon. The universe picked Simon and me. My late mother had lived at a Ryman village in Christchurch and at her funeral last year, I gave an Michael Mayell lodging an expression of interest, in using the building, with the council,” a spokeswoman said. Mr Seay does not want the museum to use the space because it was built to display 2D art. “The main thing I’m really fighting on is the agreement of my grandfather and the terms of his gift. He didn’t give it for the museum. He wouldn’t be happy at all with the museum using it.” He said the exhibition space was “badly needed” because Christchurch Art Gallery did not have room to display its whole collection. The city council had put money into privately-owned heritage buildings through grants, yet it had not repaired its own buildings, Mr Seay said. Mr Smith said $550,000 had been spent on strengthening investigations, removing the friable asbestos and making the gallery weather tight. He would not say how much it would cost to repair and strengthen the building because it could “compromise the city council’s commercial position.” The expressions of interest process closes on April 3. Former Ryman boss links up with Cookie Time founder address saying it was the kindest place I had ever been. Simon was at that funeral because his wife Tracey is friends with my sister. “Then a few months later, his business partner brought him to meet me and I mentioned the need for more capital. Some of Simon’s friends also put money into Nutrient Rescue. He brought his management expertise into the business. The timing of his arrival was perfect from the business perspective. It was perfect for him too because here was a health food enterprise which he fell in love with.” – NZ Herald Tuesday, 13th March 2018 Register your interest by contacting Tasha Brobyn on 03 365 0385 brobynt@cathedralgrammar.school.nz Principal’s address 9:30am
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