The Star: July 05, 2018

Six Year
Mixed
reaction
to bold
new plan
By Bridget Rutherford
•
PROMINENT Cantabrians
have given a mixed response to
the po sible futuristic l ok of
Cathedral Square.
Plans for wha the Square
could look like were released
by Regenerate Christchurch
yesterday after seven years of
debate and controversy over the
slow progre s of the rebuild.
It includes thr e covered
pavilions, which would have
a “la tice-style” translucent
r of, which could host markets
and other events.
Female
pa senger
in lucky
escape
• By Ba ry Clarke and Emily
O’Co ne l
FUTURISTIC: Plans released yesterday sho what Cathedral Square could ok like.
The long-term vision, which is
estimated to cost betw en $60-
$80 mi lion, aims to bring people
back into the area, through a
series of interco nected public
spaces.
The vision for Square also
includes Cathedral Gardens
with tr and water features,
Post Office Place with events
and m eting spaces, and Library
Plaza with other people-friendly
areas.
Former mayor Garry Moore
said the plan was “bri liant”
while developer Ernest Duval
was not fu sed by the pavilions. city council and stakeholders to
The next step is for a delivery determine what could be done,
strategy to be developed with the when, and what funding would
woman were unhurt.
Lia ne Dalziel Garry Moore Jamie Gough Vicki Buck
be n eded.
Mayor Lianne Dalziel said
the vision would hel people
found guilty of the manslaughter on bail for other charges a the stomped on in a Timaru str et.
of Timaru Wayne Ke ry time of the a tack on Mr Bray. Mr Bray walked past a
Bray 2 09. Jamieson received Mr Bray, 26, died four days property where there had a
a nine-year jail sentence. He was after he was punched, kicked and party. There had been bad bl od
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“I’m confident Regenerate
Christchurch’s vision wi l a low
this to ha pen.”
City counci lor Deon Swi gs
said it would n ed to work
around other developments
such as Turanga, the Spark
building, Aotea Gifts and the
restoration of Christ Church
Cathedral.
“We’ve got to l ok at what is
ha pening, what’s in the vision
and what can we deliver.”
City counci lor Jamie Gough
said it was g od starting
point.
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guilty and Mr Bray which led to
the a tack.
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Thursday, June 7, 2018
The Star CELEBRATING 150 YEARS 1868 – 2018
3
Connecting Christchurch
for 150 years
Wow - What history!
Longtime sports reporter Nick Tolerton, now
retired, looks back on the The Star’s great history
FEW CHRISTCHURCH companies can boast they
were in business within weeks of the First Four Ships
anchoring in December 1850.
The Star can.
This year The Star celebrates its 150th birthday – but its
roots go further back.
A printing press and print workers came out on the
Charlotte Jane, and on January 11, 1851 the first issue of
the Lyttelton Times appeared – only three weeks after the
first pilgrim ship reached Lyttelton. And the Lyttelton
Times was to spawn a feisty, provocative child in the
form of The Star.
The owners of the Lyttelton Times, William Reeves,
W J W Hamilton, and T W Maude, decided to start an
evening newspaper in 1868 (May 14 was the first issue, of
four pages) – and it was an instant success.
A fortnight after our start Christchurch was created
a borough and elected its first mayor. And with the
opening of the Lyttelton railway tunnel, the museum, the
start of construction of the cathedral, the extension of
railways north and south, and the abolition of provincial
government, plus issues like the absence of proper drains
which led to annual outbreaks of typhoid, dysentery, and
other diseases in Christchurch, the fledgling paper did
not lack issues to tackle.
In its first year The Star was scrapping with its parent,
expressing misgivings about university scholarships that
The Times supported, in case they benefited only the
sons of the wealthy because of hidden extras.
The Lyttelton Times finally closed in 1935, but The
Star survived three major newspaper wars in the city and
continued to flourish. We are proud of having the longest
newspaper heritage in Canterbury.
Newspaper competition reached its
peak at the end of the 20s with The Times
and The Press (mornings) and The Star
and Sun (evenings) spoiling readers
for choice. In 1935 New Zealand
Newspapers, the owner of The Star,
the Christchurch Times (formerly
Lyttelton Times), and the Auckland
Star, closed the Times, purchased
the goodwill of the Sun, and
relaunched The Star as the Star-
Sun.
That title was retained until
we became The Christchurch
Star in 1958 – and our
telephonist for a long time still
got occasional callers wanting the
Star-Sun!
There have been more
changes of name. The Christchurch Star in
1958, Christchurch Star in 1970, The Star in 1980,
Christchurch Star again in 1989, and in 2005 a reversion
to The Star again. We’ve also moved – from Cathedral
Square to Kilmore St (where the convention centre now
stands) in 1958, and then to Tuam St, destroyed in the
February quake, with temporary lodgings at operation’s
manager Peter Grueber’s Burnside home, then the cricket
pavilions in Hagley Park, before settling in Venture Pl,
Middleton and since early 2017, 359 Lincoln Rd.
We’ve weathered changes of ownership, world wars
(more than 50 Star staff served in World War II), and
times of prosperity and depression. But through all those
changes one constant has been the paper’s eagerness to
fight for its community.
In the past we fought battle after battle to retain
open spaces for public use. If you admire Hagley Park,
remember that The Star successfully resisted several
attempts for the park to be used for other purposes.
Once it mustered 600 women for a sitin on the site of a
planned building in the park, to thwart the council.
Back in 1949 The Star was the first paper to object
to all-white rugby teams being selected to go to South
Africa, and it campaigned successfully to stop live-bird
shooting from traps and coursing.
Other community initiatives included introducing the
South Island secondary schools art exhibition in 1951,
and being the first newspaper in New Zealand with a
separate section for teenagers. But The Star has always
been a leader in the industry.
It was the first New Zealand paper to introduce
news to the front page instead of a dense front page of
classified ads (1917), the first to have back page sports
news, the first to use wire photos, and the first with RT in
the news cars. And when evening newspapers
went to the wall one after another, it’s been a
unique survivor in a new format as a twiceweekly
newspaper since November 1991.
In the daily paper days, evening papers
were invariably full of strong-willed and
exuberant characters in all departments in
contrast to their greyer
brethren of the morning papers, and The
Star was no exception. A book could
be written on just the personalities at
The Star over the years.
They worked hard and played
hard – the old New Albion Tavern
flourished for years on custom from
around the corner in Kilmore St.
But times change in the newspaper
world. It’s at least 25 years since
the last stand-up fist fight in the
newsroom. Although with newsrooms
overwhelmingly dominated by women now, perhaps it
could only be handbags.
Cops close in on con man
• By Bridget Rutherford
POLICE HAVE found two bank
account numbers in their hunt
for a con man who falsely said
gangs would hur their families if
people didn’t pay up.
Senior Constable Wayne
Stapley said two of the victims
had been given two bank account
numbers to put money into.
Police had checked one, and
The Square: Is this the future?
A CONVICTED ki ler is back
behind bars after a spectacular
crash while a legedly fl eing
police.
John Oliver Jamieson’s Subaru
Forester crashed through the
Ro leston dog park fence on
Saturday.
A spear-like fence post
smashed through the window
scr e na rowly mi sing a
woman in the pa senger seat.
Miraculously Jamieson and the
He had earlier b en recorded
driving at 180km/h on State
Highway 1.
A cut-down rifle was later
found by police in the vehicle.
Startle dog walker said
Jamieson ran a short distance
from the vehicle before stopping
to s e if the woman in the vehicle
okay.
Police a rived s on after and
he was a prehended.
Jamieson was one of six men
Convicted killer involved
in high speed smash
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“He swears black and blue it
Senior Constable Stapley would wasn’t him and he doesn’t have
not comment on wha the investigation
into the first account more,” he said.
the cell phone numbers any-
number revealed.
“We have to find out where
He said two phone numbers, these phones are and tie them up
connected to the same person, with the bank accounts.”
led police to a suspect who had Police have received 21 complaints
from Christchurch people
been interviewed and denied any
involvement.
targeted by the sinister scam.
The Star understands a teen-
It involved phone calls and
FINALLY THE sun is shining
on Christchurch Hospital
patients and visitors after a
year-long campaign by
The Star.
The Canterbury District
Health Board has agreed to
move its park and ride service
from the appalling flood prone
Deans Ave site to the city
council’s 805-space Lichfield St
car park on July 2.
Since last winter, The Star has
ben hammering the Ministry
of Health, CDHB and more
recently the new Government
Thursday, June 28, 2018
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caller is from the Mongrel Mob, Last month, Canterbury
Highway 61 or Black Power. University criminologist Greg
One victim was told to pay Newbold told The Star gangs
$1000 or Black Power would burn would be “filthy” if they were being
impersonated.
his house down and harm his
family. The con man says they Senior Constable Stapley said
are watching the victims’ families none of the people who had gone
and elderly parents.
to the police had paid over any
Senior Constable Stapley money.
would not comment on whether There have been no further
the perpetrator was actually reported cases.
Labour MPs to do something
about it.
Said The Star editor in chief
Barry Clarke: “We’ve been
relentless in our determination
to get something done about it.
Finally, it’s happened.
“Our campaign prompted
Port Hills MP Ruth Dyson to
HAPPY: Park and ride
users Chris and Gail
Smith said moving
the service from
Deans Ave to Lichfield
St car park was a
good move and would
avoid people waiting
for the shuttle in the
rain, like in April last
year (inset).
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MARTIN HUNTER
star the ball rolling with
her political colleagues in
March after the previous
Government did nothing.
The district health board
and the Ministry of Health
constantly passed the blame
on each other.
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A CANTERBURY University law
student being investigated for a
sexual assault has been allowed to
go overseas on a study-related trip.
Bu the university’s dean of
law Ursula Cheer is refusing to
discuss the matter.
“I can’t comment
about any
of this because
of confidentiality
and privacy,” she
told The Star
yesterday.
The Star has
learned a female
student has laid
a complaint abou the accused
being allowed to go on the trip.
It is understood it is no the
same person who has laid the
sexual assault complain to the
police.
The Star has been told it is a
rape investigation.
The Star sent a number of questions
to Canterbury University
yesterday but none would be answered.
Said Canterbury University
spokeswoman Margaret Agnew:
“UC cannot respond to allegations
that are before the police.”
She referred the questions
back to Dr Cheer. Her phone was
turned off.
Police would also not comment
on the matter.
The overseas trip involves
both male and female law students.
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Allied Press is owned by Sir Julian Smith and
his brother Nick Smith. The family involvement in
newspapers date back to the 1860s in Dunedin.
Nick Smith has strong connections to The Star.
After leaving school he joined The Star as an
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board since his daughter Charlotte Smulders and
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