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Wednesday <strong>April</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
News<br />
• By Sarla Donovan<br />
GETTING THE right consents<br />
to open a pizza restaurant in<br />
Sumner took so long, Palwinder<br />
Singh had to postpone his<br />
planned wedding in February.<br />
The space at 7 Wakefield Ave<br />
was vacated by Stoked Surf,<br />
Snow and Style about a year ago.<br />
Mr Singh took over the lease<br />
in May and intended to open<br />
a wood-fired pizza and pasta<br />
restaurant called Fire and Slice,<br />
with indoor seating for up to 20<br />
people.<br />
But getting the required<br />
consents has taken five months<br />
longer than expected. However,<br />
he hasn’t been put off by the<br />
process.<br />
“To be honest, the whole thing<br />
has been challenging, exciting<br />
and really good learning. It’s<br />
not all negative. It’s been a good<br />
challenge, which me and my<br />
landlord have sorted out now.”<br />
He said he was initially told by<br />
city council staff that new commercial<br />
property rules meant<br />
all he needed was a building<br />
consent for a new fit-out.<br />
But unexpected strengthening<br />
work pushed the project out to<br />
December.<br />
Then two days before Christmas,<br />
city council planners called<br />
Mr Singh to say a resource<br />
consent was in fact required. It<br />
took a further month to prepare<br />
the consent application, which<br />
was lodged in late January and<br />
approved in mid-March.<br />
“Luckily, the landlords, Anthony<br />
and Jennifer, have really<br />
helped me a lot. I really appreciate<br />
their support and patience<br />
because they’ve also lost money;<br />
they never asked for rent. I salute<br />
them,” said Mr Singh.<br />
The final interior work is now<br />
under way with an anticipated<br />
opening date in the last week of<br />
this month.<br />
Originally from the northern-<br />
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Pizza joint finally set to open<br />
Indian state of Punjab, Mr Singh<br />
shifted to Sumner in 2016 after<br />
five years working at Poenamo<br />
Hotel in Auckland.<br />
While there, he took the opportunity<br />
to learn about New<br />
Zealand culture, including<br />
rugby, which he now follows<br />
enthusiastically.<br />
Long weekends visiting the<br />
South Island brought an appreciation<br />
for its beauty, prompting<br />
his move.<br />
“In Sumner you’ve got everything:<br />
Movies, cafes, shops,<br />
beaches, really good walking<br />
and cycling tracks. What else<br />
DECORATIVE:<br />
Palwinder<br />
Singh moves<br />
the front<br />
quarter of a<br />
Land-Rover<br />
over the<br />
oven at his<br />
new pizza<br />
restaurant<br />
in Sumner.<br />
PHOTO:<br />
MARTIN<br />
HUNTER<br />
do you need.” Fire and Ice is Mr<br />
Singh’s first food business but he<br />
has been working in hospitality<br />
since 2006.<br />
His experience from frontof-house<br />
to housekeeping and<br />
kitchen work has given him a<br />
good grounding, he said.<br />
“I’m 100 percent dedicated<br />
and I even had to postpone<br />
my wedding. It was to be in<br />
February but we have put it off<br />
till May. She’s not really happy,<br />
but after understanding my<br />
dedication to the project, she<br />
said: ‘Okay, it’s alright’. She<br />
supports me.”<br />
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Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
LYTTELTON’S NEW MURAL<br />
Three new murals by Los<br />
Angeles-based Christchurch artist<br />
Guy Ellis, also known as Dcypher,<br />
are planned for Lyttelton’s Oxford<br />
Street Reserve. The murals will<br />
include scenes from the early days<br />
of the settlement, native plants<br />
and birds and an abstract urban<br />
scene featuring a skateboarder.<br />
Work will begin on the two-week<br />
project on <strong>April</strong> 14, with designs<br />
being projected onto the walls<br />
so they can be outlined prior to<br />
painting.<br />
PENINSULA TRUCK CRASH<br />
The driver of a truck carrying<br />
a five-tonne digger lost control<br />
and slid into a bank on Le Bons<br />
<strong>Bay</strong> Rd on Monday. The crash<br />
happened about 10am. The driver<br />
was not injured and no other<br />
vehicles were involved.<br />
CACTUS UNDER FIRE<br />
Continued planting of prickly<br />
cactus alongside the Esplanade<br />
footpath is under review. The<br />
suitability of the plants has been<br />
questioned by Linwood-Central-<br />
Heathcote Community Board<br />
member Darrell Latham, who<br />
said the sharp points can make<br />
them dangerous for footpath<br />
users. Dr Latham has requested<br />
new plantings near Hardwicke St<br />
be removed and established plants<br />
trimmed back.<br />
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An exhibition of arts, crafts, quilts and<br />
pottery, with artefacts for sale.<br />
Gold coin donation for entrance please.<br />
15th <strong>April</strong> - 12pm-6pm<br />
Mt Pleasant Yacht Club, Main Road, Mt Pleasant<br />
Loving and caring environment<br />
for your fur friends<br />
All the team at Kimmy’s are<br />
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Doggie day care<br />
Cat & dog boarding<br />
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