The Star: July 12, 2018

Thursday, July 12, 2018 

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Cheeky 

Neo 

surprises 

Huia 

Huia Sinclair-Parker, 10, was at 

Willowbank Wildlife Reserve 

for Kidfest’s ‘Junior Keeper 

for the Day’ programme 

yesterday when Neo 

swooped in. 

Having Neo, the kea, on her 

shoulder was exciting, “but 

scary at the same time.” 

“It jumped on me from behind 

and gave me a surprise. They 

have sharp claws that dug 

into my shoulders.” 

Children aged from 10-13 are 

working with Willowbank 

keepers during the holidays. 

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Decision on 

hit-and-run 

charges 

could 

take time 

• By Bridget Rutherford 

IT COULD be some time before 

charges are laid in relation to the 

fatal hit-and-run in Dallington. 

Detective Senior Sergeant Greg 

Cottam said yesterday the vehicle 

involved in the crash last week 

was still being examined. 

He said there was still a lot of 

work to do to gather all the information 

and finish police inquiries 

before any charges would be laid. 

“They can take some time,” he 

said. 

“We’ve got six months to lay 

charges in relation to traffic offending 

– it certainly won’t take 

that long.” 

Steffan Pearce- 

Loe (right), 30, was 

hit by a vehicle 

near the Gayhurst 

Rd bridge while 

walking his dogs at 

about 2.30am last 

Thursday. 

He died in hospital 

from his injuries on Friday. 

His funeral was held on Tuesday. 

Police found the vehicle 

involved, which had damage 

consistent with the crash, on Saturday. 

A detective saw it parked 

up a driveway. 

The vehicle’s owner, who was 

driving, has been interviewed by 

police. 

Detective Senior Sergeant Cottam 

remained tight-lipped about 

the driver. •Turn to page 6

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woman were unhurt. 

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PROMINENT Cantabrians 

have given a mixed response to 

the possible 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 the 

slow progre s of the rebuild. 

It includes three covered 

pavilions, which would have 

a “la tice-style” translucent 

r of, which could host markets 

and other events. 

FUTURISTIC: Plans released yesterday sho what Cathedral Square could look like. 

The long-term vision, which is 

estimated to cost betw en $60- 

$80 mi lion, aims to bring people 

“I’m confident Regenerate 

back into the area, through a 

Christchurch’s vision wi l a low 

series of interconnected public 

this to happen.” 

spaces. 

City counci lor Deon Swi gs 

The vision for Square also 

said it would n ed to work 

includes Cathedral Gardens 

around other developments 

with tr and water features, 

such as Turanga, the Spark 

Post Office Place with events 

building, Aotea Gifts and the 

and m eting spaces, and Library 

restoration of Christ Church 

Plaza with other people-friendly 

Cathedral. 

areas. 

“We’ve go to l ok at what is 

Former mayor Ga ry M ore 

ha pening, what’s in the vision 

said the plan was “bri liant” 

and what can we deliver.” 

while developer Ernest Duval 

City counci lor Jamie Gough 

was not fu sed by the pavilions. city council and stakeholders to be n eded. 

think of the central city as said it was g od starting 

The next step is for a delivery determine what could be done, Mayor Lia ne Dalziel said destination and residential point. 

strategy to be developed with the when, and what funding would the vision would hel people neighbourh od. 

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POLICE HAVE found two bank 

account numbers in their hunt 

for a con man who falsely said 

gangs would hurt 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 killer is back 

behind bars after a spectacular 

crash while allegedly 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 

screen na rowly missing a 

woman in the pa senger seat. 

Miraculously Jamieson and the 

He had earlier been 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 sto ping 

to s e if the woman in the vehicle 

okay. 

Police a rived soon after and 

he was a prehended. 

Jamieson was one of six men 

Convicted killer involved 

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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 


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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 

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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 

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St car park was a 

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rain, like in April last 

year (inset). 

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her political colleagues in 

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Double D-size storm over lingerie store 

• By Julia Evans 

PEOPLE HAVE got their 

proverbials in a twist over 

the name of a new lingerie 

store. 

SugarTits is set to open 

in New Brighton Mall next 

month. 

But when its opening was 

posted on the People’s Independent 

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Scan barcode, take a seat 

High-tech way 

to check-in for 

your hospital 

appointment 


PATIENTS VISITING the new 

$72 million outpatients building 

for treatment will be able to 

check-in and update their 

details on self-service touch 

screen kiosks. 

About 20 kiosks will be 

installed in the five-storey 

building next to Christchurch 

Hospital, which is due to open 

later this year. 

They will join one kiosk that 

was installed at Burwood Hospital’s 

outpatient clinic in 2016. 


Health Board has put out a 

tender seeking a company to 

provide the kiosks, which would 

later be fitted with Fingermark 

software. 

A CDHB spokeswoman said 

because it was in the tender 

process, it was bound by “commercial 

sensitivity,” so there was 

little it could say. 

But the tender document said 

the CDHB’s vision was for an 

integrated health service which 

sought to improve the patient 

journey. 

“The CDHB wants to promote 

Brighton Facebook page, it 

faced backlash. 

After a swathe of negative 

comments, the post was removed. 

New Brighton Business 

Association manager Paul 

Lonsdale had heard about the 

controversy. 

“I think is just to do with 

the brand’s name, which has 

conjured up some incorrect 

independence for patients with 

regards to managing appointments 

and their information. 

These kiosks would be a first important 

step in facilitating this.” 

It wants to have about 20 selfservice 

kiosks in a dedicated 

outpatients suite, it said. 

“Over the next three to five 

years additional kiosks may 

be required in other areas of 

Christchurch campus and other 

CDHB facilities bringing the 

possible total to 50 kiosks.” 

Burwood Hospital’s kiosk, 

which is likely to be similar to 

those installed at the outpatients 

envisaging,” he said. 

But, in terms of branding, 

Mr Lonsdale said it wasn’t a 

silly move. 

“It’s a strong brand that has 

created a stir, it’s got people 

thinking and talking, so a lot 

of people will come and have 

a look . . . to be seen and be 

noticed is quite difficult and 

they’ve certainly done that.” 

It’s not the first time a New 

building, gives patients the option 

to check in without having 

to see reception. Patients scan 

the barcode on their appointment 

letter and enter their date 

of birth. They are then directed 

to what colour chairs to sit on 

in the waiting room and are 

automatically checked in. 

The screen is at the right 

height for all patients and the 

contrast and language can be 

changed to Te Reo. The details 

on the screen can only be seen 

by the patient using it. 

Burwood orthopaedics clinical 

nurse co-ordinator Penny 

Brighton business has hit the 

headlines over signage. 

Last year the Pierside Cafe 

and Bar had a blackboard outside 

read: “Vegan buffet. Just 

kidding now get away from our 

sign – you pansy.” 

It was labelled offensive to 

vegans, as well as the homosexual 

community. Pierside 

publicly apologised and removed 

the slogan. 

HIGH-TECH: 

Burwood 

Hospital 

orthopaedics 

clinical nurse 

co-ordinator 

Penny Davies 

with the 

self-service 

kiosk in the 

outpatients 

clinic. 

PHOTO: 

MARTIN 

HUNTER 

Davies said the kiosk had been 

well received and saved staff 

administration time. 

She said self-service was the 

norm these days, so it was good 

to include them in hospitals. 

“You go to any airport, supermarket 

or Kmart now and there 

are self-service kiosks.” 

Digital technology company 

Fingermark provides software 

solutions, including interactive 

touchscreens and kiosks. 

Thames Hospital was the first 

in the country to trial a selfservice 

kiosk in 2014. 

•Nurses strike, page 5 

in brief 

Teenager’s murder 

trial delayed 

The trial of a teenager accused of 

fatally stabbing another woman 

at a Christchurch house party 

has been delayed. Katrina Roma 

Epiha, 19, has been charged 

with murdering Alicia Maree 

Nathan also known as Robinson, 

a 32-year-old mother-of-one, at 

an Avonhead Rd property on 

August 5 last year. Her trial was 

due to begin at the High Court 

in Christchurch on Monday. 

However, it has now been delayed. 

The reasons for the delay have 

been suppressed. Epiha has been 

remanded in custody to a new 

pre-trial callover on September 7. 

$70,000 to help 

homeless likely 

The city council will decide at 

its meeting today whether to 

put $70,000 into creating a new 

role to help get homeless people 

and beggars off the streets. The 

city council and City Mission 

will likely each fund an outreach 

social worker for a year. They will 

walk the streets and make contact 

with people sleeping rough or 

begging, and get them the help 

they need. It will tie into the 

Housing First initiative. 

100 trees to face 

the axe 

More than 100 pine trees in 

South New Brighton Park will 

be cut down because they are 

dead or dying. A city council 

arborist identified 48 small to 

medium sized trees and 46 large 

or very large trees that need to be 

removed for safety reasons. 

New use for Lancaster 

Park gravel 

Gravel from Lancaster Park 

is being put to use at the Ngā 

Puna Wai Sports Hub where it is 

enabling earthworks to continue 

through the winter. The gravel, 

which is being taken from 

beneath the partially demolished 

Tui Stand, is being used to help 

form the platform for the tennis 

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Cragg sculpture for city 

CHRISTCHURCH will be home 

to a four-tonne bronze sculpture 

over the summer. 

British artist Sir Tony Cragg’s 

work Mixed Feelings will grace 

the lawn of the Christ’s College 

quadrangle during this year’s 

Scape Public Art festival. 

It will come to Christchurch 

on loan off the back of a tour 

through London, Prague and 

Amsterdam and from Cragg’s 

studio in Germany. 

The $50,000 shipping and 

insurance costs for the sculpture 

have been funded by the The 

Philipp Family Foundation. 

Scape director Deborah Mc- 

Cormick told Stuff no public 

money was used to bring the 

sculpture to Christchurch. 

The sculpture was brought to 

New Zealand in collaboration 

with Scape, the foundation and 

the Gow Langsford Gallery in 

Auckland, which represents 

Cragg in New Zealand. 

Cragg was awarded a 

knighthood in 2016, won the 

prestigious Turner Prize in 1988 

and represented Britain at the 

Venice Biennale that same year. 

The Scape Public Art season 

is an annual event, which brings 

the works of local and international 

artists to the city. The 

artworks are linked by a guided 

walking tour. 

Scape Public Art is celebrating 

its 20th anniversary in 

October. 

Works it has brought to the 

city include the controversial Stay 

ON TOUR: 

Sir Tony 

Cragg’s 

work Mixed 

Feelings 

will grace 

the lawn of 

the Christ’s 

College 

quadrangle. 

sculptures by Anthony Gormley, 

Fanfare by Neil Dawson on the 

Northern Motorway and Passing 

Time by Anton Parsons, which is 

outside Ara. 

Traffic lights coded 

for power outages 


WHAT TRAFFIC signals 

would be impacted when 

planned power outages take 

place will now be known thanks 

to a collaboration between the 

city council and Orion. 

The city council’s Christchurch 

Transport Operations 

Centre have been working with 

the local lines company on how 

to better prepare when planned 

power outages take place. 

Previously, Orion gave 

20 days notice as to when a 

planned outage would take 

place in a certain area, but it 

was difficult to tell what traffic 

signals were impacted. 

So CTOC provided Orion 

with its mapping information 

for each traffic signal. 

Orion has put the information 

into its database, and has given 

each signal an identifying icon 

and a reference number. 

Now, when power outages are 

planned, Orion can tell CTOC 

which signals will be affected. 

CTOC real time services 

team leader Ray Young said occasionally 

it needed to bring in 

alternative power sources such 

as temporary generators when 


PLANNING: A collaboration 

between the city council 

and Orion means it will be 

known what traffic signals 

are to be impacted by 

planned power outages. 


there was an outage. 

But they needed time to set 

them up, which made forward 

planning important, he said. 

When signals went off, motorists 

needed to rely on universal 

road rules, which could create 

“unusual driving behaviours” 

and slower traffic, Mr Young 

said. 

“We try to avoid this where 

possible, and this new information 

sharing between Orion 

and CTOC allows us to plan for 

traffic signal outages. It means 

we can take steps to ensure a 

smoother, safer traffic flow.” 

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Nurses strike starts; contingency plan 

• By Sarla Donovan 

THOUSANDS OF striking 

Canterbury nurses, midwives 

and healthcare assistants are 

rallying outside Christchurch 

Hospital, Burwood Hospital 

and near Hillmorton Hospital 

from 7am today as the 24-hour 

national strike hits home. 

About 480 staff will provide 

life-preserving services at 

Christchurch Hospital during 

the strike period. 

All 4400 NZNO members 

employed by the Canterbury 

District Health Board are striking, 

except for those providing 

essential and urgent services. 

As part of its contingency 

plans, the CDHB has postponed 

and rescheduled about 800 

outpatient appointments and 

around 150 surgeries to reduce 

the numbers in hospitals during 

the strike period. 

Some urgent surgery, such as 

cancer surgery will go ahead. 

Police will have a presence at 

the strike meetings today said 

Acting Inspector Paul Reeves. 

“We’ll be taking a monitoring 

approach just to make sure 

everyone remains safe, which we 

fully expect they will,” he said. 

All hospitals and health centres 

in Canterbury are open for 

essential and urgent services including 

emergency departments, 

acute surgery, intensive care, 

cancer treatments, maternity 

services and renal dialysis. 

Wards remain open but with 

reduced capacity. 

At about 10.30am today 

striking staff from The Princess 

Margaret Hospital, Ashburton 

Hospital and other outlying areas 

are gathering at South Hagley 

Park opposite the hospital to 

hear speeches before marching 

through the park towards Riccarton 

Rd. 

NZNO organiser Christin 

Watson said there had been 

“overwhelming support” for the 

strike from the public. 

“Most people are related to a 

nurse or know someone who is a 

nurse, and knows how hard they 

work,” he said. 

The CDHB is encouraging 

people with a family member 

in hospital to visit and where 

possible help with getting water, 

David Christin 

Meates Watson 

plumping pillows or getting 

meals. 

Those needing health care 

advice should contact their 

general practice in the first 

instance. 

“Phone your usual GP team 

after-hours for free health advice. 

If they are closed, calls will be 

put through to a nurse who can 

advise on what to do and where 

to go if it’s urgent and you need 

to be seen by a doctor,” the 

CDHB said in a statement. 

In an emergency, phone 111. 

CDHB chief executive David 

Meates said having to defer specialist 

appointments and surgery 

was regretful. 

“We appreciate how disruptive 

this is to those affected. Please 

be assured our staff are trying 

to re-book patients as quickly as 

possible.” 

FAST FACTS 

•The New Zealand Nurses 

Organisation represents 

about 4400 nurses 

and health workers in 

Canterbury. 

•Nurses have rejected four 

pay offers from the district 

health board in just over 

a year. 

•Strike action was also 

scheduled for early 

July but was called off 

because the DHB offer 

was improved and NZNO 

recommended their 

members accept it. 

•The latest offer, rejected 

on Tuesday, boosted the 

minimum pay increase 

nurses would receive from 

nine per cent to 12.5 per 

cent, but delayed the time 

taken for the rises to take 

effect. 

•Patients needing 

to check on their 

appointment should 

phone the number on 

their letters or they can 

phone 364 0640 and ask 

to be put through to the 

appropriate department. 

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Green pills hospitalise five 


FIVE PEOPLE were hospitalised 

on Saturday night after taking 

green pills, believed to be ecstasy, 

prompting a warning from 

health officials and police. 

Three patients were admitted 

to Christchurch Hospital on the 

night and one remained there 

on Tuesday. Two others were 

assessed, treated, and discharged 

on Saturday night. 


Health Board did not have any 

samples or information about 

the pills taken, other than the 

patients saying they were green. 

Christchurch Hospital emergency 

department clinical director 

Dr David Richards said they 

appeared to have taken MDMA/ 

ecstasy. 

He said their symptoms varied 

but included fast heart rates, hallucinations, 

agitation and sweating, 

similar to symptoms a group 

were treated for in February. 

Thirteen people were hospitalised 

after taking class C drug N- 

Ethylpentylone after the Electric 

Avenue music festival in Hagley 

Park on February 24. 

In January, KnowYourStuffNZ 

issued a warning about three 

pressed pills that had come onto 

the market which could contain 

high doses of MDMA. One was a 

green gucci, a green pill stamped 

with a Gucci logo. 

Detective Senior Sergeant Sarah 

Illingworth said police were 

not specifically aware of green 

pressed pills, but there were a 

number in circulation purporting 

to be MDMA or party pills. 

“Christchurch police were not 

aware of the hospitalisation of 

five people at the weekend as a 

result of a reported drug overdose, 

and are concerned about 

such admissions.” 

Detective Senior Sergeant 

Illingworth said dealers had no 

idea of the potency of what they 

were supplying nor what they 

contained, or simply “do not 

care.” 

“End users are unable to tell 

what is in any pill they take, so 

put themselves at risk of serious 

harm or death by buying and 

ingesting ‘party pills’, MDMA/ 

ecstasy or synthetic drugs.” 

KnowYourStuffNZ director 

Wendy Allison said it was hard 

to say whether the pills taken 

would have been green guccis 

without testing. 

She said it was common for 

pills to have higher dosages than 

expected, and people needed to 

approach them with extreme 

caution. 

Dr Richards’ advice to anyone 

considering taking unknown 

pills was: “Don’t do it”. 

However, he said alcohol was 

a more readily available and acceptable 

drug, and the ED saw 

the harm it caused every day. 

Decision could take time 

•From page 1 

He would not comment on 

their age, gender, or their account 

of what happened. 

Mr Pearce-Loe had attended a 

friend’s funeral last Wednesday 

before the crash. 

In his weekly Tuesday Club 

write up, former mayor Garry 

Moore said Mr Pearce-Loe was a 

regular at Smash Palace and had 

gone there on the Wednesday 

evening after the funeral. 

in brief 

Man to appear on 

driving charges 

A 39-year-old man will appear 

in court today after damaged 

was caused to Hornby’s Leslie 

Park last week. The man is 

charged with operating a motor 

vehicle causing sustained loss 

of traction, failing to stop, 

wilful damage and driving with 

excess breath alcohol. Police 

were called to the Hornby 

Panthers home ground just 

before midnight on Thursday, 

after a witness saw a blue Mazda 

driving on the field. It is the 

second time in two months 

the park has been vandalised. 

The latest incident came just a 

week after rugby league players 

returned to the field following 

Mr Moore said he then caught 

an Uber home before taking his 

dogs for a walk. 

“Somebody ran over him during 

that walk and left him dying 

on the road. His dogs stayed 

with him.” 

Mr Moore said Mr Pearce-Loe 

was a “young man who had life 

by the throat” and had 

just bought a house with his 

partner. 

damage from an earlier act of 

vandalism six weeks ago. 

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MORE DETAILS have emerged 

over the crazy driving of a 

convicted killer who came to a 

stop after crashing into a dog 

park. 

John Oliver Jamieson, 31, is 

likely to return to prison after 

the high speed chase on Saturday, 

June 2, south of Christchurch. 

Jamieson (left) 

pleaded guilty in 

the district court 

on Monday to a 

series of charges. 

He had been charged with driving 

dangerously, driving while 

disqualified, failing to stop for 

police, driving recklessly, driving 

carelessly, and unlawful 

possession of a pistol – a sawn 

off .22 rifle – which was found in 

the crashed vehicle. 

Judge Tony Couch ruled out 

home detention as a possible 

sentencing option and remanded 

him custody until sentencing on 

July 26. 

The court heard Jamieson 

drove north on State Highway 1 

towards Burnham, at 180km/h 

while overtaking other cars in 

a passing lane. Police followed 

him with their sirens and lights 

on, but he crossed the double 

yellow lines into the southbound 

lane to overtake other 

IMPACT: The aftermath of the high speed crash on June 2 when this vehicle went 

through a dog park fence. 


north-bound cars. 

He remained on the wrong 

side of the road until the end of 

the passing lane, still travelling 

at high speed. He turned too 

fast into Rolleston’s Tennyson 

St, and went off the road, across 

the grass area of the BP service 

station, and narrowly missed the 

KFC sign, before going back on 

the road. 

At the junction with Lowes 

Rd he drove onto the wrong 

side of the road again, around a 

roundabout the wrong way, hit 

another car causing minor damage, 

before leaving the road and 

crashing into the Rolleston dog 

park fence. 

A fence post speared through 

the windscreen, narrowly missing 

a woman who had been in 

the passenger seat. 

Jamieson left the vehicle but 

was soon caught by following 

police. 

Jamieson was jailed in 2009 

for nine years for manslaughter 

for the death of Wayne Kerry 

Bray, who was kicked to death in 

a group street assault in Timaru 

the previous year. 

He was also found guilty last 

year of threatening to chop his 

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More than 50 cattle breeders 

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New Zealand Agricultural Show 

2018. 

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mycoplasma bovis any further. 

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permanent alcohol restrictions 

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on streets before concerts in 

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permanent all year 

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Acting Inspector 

Reeves said police 

often have issues in 

this area. They want 

the permanent ban in 

place due to frequent 

events at Addington 

Raceway, Horncastle 

Arena and AMI 

Stadium. 

“Police suggest that the council 

consider making the Addington 

ban apply 24 hours per day, 

seven days a week. This is 

because of the ongoing problems 

related to people drinking in the 

streets and pre-loading and sideloading,” 

a city council report 

said. 

VBase called for a permanent 

ban last year following reports 

of abuse of staff from drunk 

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ban be applied . . . to stop people 

pre-loading in the car parks 

before attending events and to 

curb intoxication assaults and 

lewd behaviour,” the report said. 

VBase general manager 

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was assaulted during a 

Broods concert in 2016. 

The permanent ban was 

rejected by the Spreydon- 

Cashmere Community 

Board, which said there 

was no “compelling 

evidence” to support it. 

“Police regularly 

monitor music concerts at 

Horncastle Arena and share the 

view of VBase that pre-loading 

around the venue has been an 

issue.” 

The report said the permanent 

alcohol ban area near 

Canterbury University also 

needed to be extended to cover 

Ilam Primary School. 

The report revealed in Ilam 

and Riccarton there were 1077 

alcohol disorder offences last 

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city’s alcohol ban areas 

But while police believe 

alcohol will always remain 

an issue due to the student 

population partying and preloading 

in the area, they said the 

number of offences has dropped 

“significantly” since a permanent 

ban was introduced in 2014. 

“By making it [Ilam Primary 

School] part of the alcohol ban 

area, it will help to prevent any 

antisocial behaviours caused by 

alcohol drinking occurring in 

the school area,” the report said. 

Riccarton Racecourse was also 

listed on the proposal for additional 

alcohol bans. 

A temporary alcohol ban is 

enforced on Cup Day, but police 

“strongly” want to make the ban 

permanent in order to reduce 

alcohol-fulled incidents and preloading. 

“The problems associated with 

pre-loading typically manifest 

as violence, property damage, 

assaults, intimidation, disorderly 

behaviour and littering within 

and around the event venue,” the 

report said. 

There were two instances of 

alcohol-related disorder calls last 

year. But police say those calls 

remain low due to their presence 

at the venue. 

Meanwhile, a green light was 

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also given to making the temporary 

liquor ban in Linwood 

Village permanent. 

“There is still drinking and 

drug use as well as begging seen 

in the area, even with the alcohol 

ban. However, police have noted 

that nuisance behaviour related 

to alcohol consumption has reduced 

significantly since the ban 

was imposed.” 

Alcohol-related offences have 

dropped 11 per cent since the 

temporary ban was introduced. 

Drunk custody has also fallen by 

50 per cent. 

Although a ban is already in 

place through New Brighton 

mall and on part of Marine Pde, 

police say Thomson Park and 

Rawhiti Domain also need to be 

included. 

“Police note the two new large 

scale events will be happening in 

Thomson Park and Rawhiti Domain 

. . . police believe that there 

is likely incidents of disorder 

caused by excessive drinking of 

alcohol by those attending,” the 

report said. 

However, alcohol-related 

disorder in New Brighton is most 

often related to “local residents 

and not to visitors,” it said. 

Police data shows there were 

147 alcohol-related calls from the 

New Brighton area last year. The 

area is labelled moderate to highrisk 

for alcohol-related harm. 

“A high level of crime or disorder 

caused or made worse by 

people consuming alcohol in the 

area is likely to arise in the New 

Brighton area if the ban is not 

continued,” the report said. 

The Jellie Park Recreation and 

Sports Centre site is bound by an 

alcohol ban. But Greers and Ilam 

Rds, which the park is on, are 

not included. It is proposed to 

extend the ban to cover all sides 

of the road. 

There were eight alcohol 

related calls to the area last year. 

The report said that had declined 

over the last five years. 

“There are areas adjacent to 

Jellie Park where groups of people 

may congregate to consume 

alcohol with associated antisocial 

behaviour arising . . . it is also 

an area where sexual offending 

has occurred, such as indecent 

exposure.” 

Acting Inspector Reeves said 

all of the changes were about 

strengthening police power to 

intervene. 

“It’s purely prevention. It’s 

about helping people, helping the 

people drinking as well.” 

The changes to the bylaw go 

before the city council today for 

sign off. They will then go to a 

hearings panel, which will report 

back on the final form of the 

bylaw. 

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Inquiries are only considered 

complaints when the city council 

has had a chance to rectify the 

situation, but had not. 

The inquiries ranged from 

smell or taste issues, stomach or 

intestinal problems, discoloured 

water and requests for information 

on the well head restoration 

programme. 

The information, released under 

the Local Government Official 

Information and Meetings 

Act, said inquiries could include 

feedback, comments, requests 

for service or formal complaints. 

A city council spokesman said 

it was to hard to say whether 

it was the highest number of 

complaints or inquiries it had 

received about a certain topic. 

City councillors voted in January 

to temporarily chlorinate the 

water for up to a year to reduce 

the risk of contamination while 

103 below ground wellheads 

were repaired. 

In May, the city council said 

it would reduce the levels of 

chlorine put into the water after 

mass outrage about the taste and 

smell. 

They did not include the number 

of complaints and inquiries 

posted on social media, or those 

received by the city’s elected 

officials. 

But city councillors told The 

Star it was probably the source 


of most complaints they received. 

City councillor Mike 

Davidson said it was a real 

hot topic, and most of the 

inquiries and complaints he got 

from the public about it came 

via email. 

“I would say chlorination 

would be the biggest topic I get 

complaints about,” he said. 

City councillor Jamie Gough 

said: “Every day, I get complaints 

every day from my wife and 

everyone around me.” 

“But it’s a means to an end in 

getting the chlorine out of our 

water.” 

Saving on power 

costs focus of ECan 


ENERGY EFFICIENT measures 

are saving Environment 

Canterbury tens of thousands of 

dollars on its power bill. 

Saving 20 per cent of the annual 

bill at the ECan headquarters 

at 200 Tuam St was almost 

as simple as changing a few 

internal settings. 

It largely relates to altering settings 

on the heating ventilation 

air conditioning plant but also 

includes all electrical use. 

The bill dropped from 

$196,988 (April 2016 – March 

2017) per annum to $132,946, 

ECan director finance and corporate 

services directorate Miles 

McConway said. 

“The plant is now running for 

fewer hours per week at a lower 

capacity. Additional settings 

were also added to the flow rates 

from which we draw water. Furthermore, 

in times of high load 

on the network, we temporarily 

switch to our diesel generator,” 

Mr McConway said. 

Figures released to The Star 

show that since moving into 

its Tuam St building in 2016, 

ECan’s Meridian power bill has 

dropped from ranging between 

$12,000 and $25,000 a month 


HEATING: Since the start of 

the year ECan’s power bill has 

dropped by 20 per cent. 

to between $8000 and $10,000 

since January. 

The power bill peaked last 

January, hitting $25,615.65, but 

ECan wants it to drop at least 

another $10,000 with the help of 

solar power. 

“From here, we expect a 

further reduction as we install a 

40kW photovoltaic array on the 

roof which will offset reduce our 

electricity costs by a further $10k 

per annum plus behavioural 

changes from staff which will 

make incremental improvements 

as well,” Mr McConway said. 

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Watch the video at www.star.kiwi 

Carter doesn’t disappoint 

• By Gordon Findlater 

DAN CARTER didn’t disappoint 

and was the toast of Southbridge 

on Thursday. 

The Star revealed last week 

the rugby superstar was making 

a hush-hush flying visit back 

to where he grew up to film a 

promotional video for Swiss 

luxury goods maker TAG Heuer. 

The video will appear on social 

media. 

Southbridge School pupils 

got to meet Carter and kick a 

ball around with him before 

he disappeared to his old local 

rugby club where the filming 

took place. 

It was the first time he had 

been to Southbridge for two 

years. 

“Not a lot changes. I didn’t tell 

anyone I was coming into town. 

I’ve already seen some old mates 

down the main street. I popped 

in to get a coffee and saw Sam 

Broomhall, another All Black, in 

there getting his lunch,” Carter 

told The Star. 

“That’s what I love about this 

small community . . . it’s a pretty 

special place. Obviously I’ve 

travelled all around the world but 

Southbridge is well and truly my 

home.” 

SUPERSTAR: Carter with his father Neville during his return 

to Southbridge last week. 

Carter has been in France 

for three years playing for Racing 

92. 

He spent Thursday night at his 

parents Southbridge home before 

returning to Auckland, where he 

is based, on Friday. 

Carter’s next career move will 

see him move to Japan to start 

a two-year contract with the 

Kobelco Steelers later this year. 

He will link up with some 

familiar faces in Kobe, including 

former Crusaders and All Blacks 

teammate Andy Ellis. 

“It will be good to connect 

with him again and get that old 

nine-10 partnership working 

again,” Carter said. 

“Wayne Smith [former 

Crusaders and All Blacks coach] 

does a bit of coaching there as 

well so that was a big reason why 

I decided to play there.” 

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Bid to reuse waste at Owaka Pit 


THE MEDIUM density fibre 

from the controversial Owaka Pit 

is now being tested to see if it can 

be reused after the site was found 

to be operating illegally. 

It comes after the city council 

threatened Environment Court 

action in April. 

City council regulatory 

compliance principal adviser 

Claire Le Grice said Owaka 

Holdings Ltd was investigating 

options to try and achieve 

compliance at the Hornby site. 

“These investigations include a 

series of laboratory tests relating 

to the mixing and compaction of 

the MDF material.” 

She said the city council was 

“continuing to engage” with 

Owaka Holdings in relation to 

the investigations. 

“As this is an ongoing 

enforcement matter, no further 

comment will be made at this 

time.” 

In April, The Star reported a 

city council investigation, which 

took more than a year, found the 

stockpiles of MDF at the Owaka 

Rd site were not permitted by the 

District Plan and not authorised 

by a resource consent. MDF is an 

engineered wood product made 

by breaking down hardwood or 

CONTENTIOUS: The owners of the controversial Owaka Pit 

are now testing the medium density fibre to see if it can be 

reused. 

softwood residuals. 

Owaka Holdings had until the 

end of April to come up with 

alternate proposals to achieve 

compliance or the city council 

would make an application with 

the Environment Court to seek 

enforcement orders to address 

the issue. That prompted the 

testing. 

The pit was used as a recycling 

tip. In 2013, the MDF there spontaneously 

caught alight spreading 

thick smoke and taking weeks to 

contain. The city council issued 

Owaka Holdings an abatement 

notice in April 2015, which said 

all MDF had to be removed by 

April 2016. 

The city council did not 

reimpose it after it lapsed 

because it started the compliance 

investigation. 

Owaka Holdings director Alan 

Edge said the testing started 

about a month ago. He did not 

know how long it would take. 

“It’s just looking at options.” 

He said the material was left on 

the site by the previous owners 

before Owaka Holdings took over 

about 10 years ago. 

Mr Edge said he wanted it gone 

and had spent a lot of money 

removing it so far. 

“I inherited it; I didn’t put it 

there.” 

Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton 

Community Board chairman 

Mike Mora said he did not know 

why the material needed to be 

tested. 

Mr Mora said the MDF could 

likely only be reused as hog fuel. 

But Cape Foulwind cement 

works in Westport, where it 

could have been used, closed in 

2016, he said. 

“There’s another factory in 

Rangiora that could burn some 

of that, but it couldn’t handle that 

volume.” 

Mr Mora has requested a 

meeting with city council head 

of regulatory compliance Tracey 

Weston to discuss the issue. 

“I’m very, very frustrated 

about the time it’s taken to get a 

resolution.” 

The city council has previously 

said about 787.91 tonne of MDF 

has been removed from the site. 

Public stand 

closed for 

Grand National 

meeting 

RICCARTON Racecourse 

will feature the rare sight of 

its public grandstand sitting 

empty during this year’s Grand 

National Carnival. 

The Canterbury Jockey Club 

has closed the grandstand following 

advice from its engineers 

and lawyers. 

“They want to err on the side 

of caution by not having Joe 

Public in there,’’ chief executive 

Tim Mills said. 

The carnival starts on Saturday, 

August 4. 

The nearly 100-year-old 

grandstand has been the subject 

of regular and rigorous inspection 

since Canterbury’s 2011 

earthquakes. 

Recent investigations revealed 

additional information that led 

to the grandstand being closed. 

The CJC has told its members 

the building is not at imminent 

risk of collapse under gravity 

loads, but earthquake damage 

has increased the risk of collapse 

in the event of a “design 

level earthquake.’’ 

The grandstand could be 

reopened after negotiations between 

the club, its insurers and 

engineers are complete. 

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Our People 

Diana Patchett 

Canadian takes the reins at 

Canadian Diana 

Patchett will take the 

helm at St Margaret’s 

College in just over 

a week. Bridget 

Rutherford spoke to 

her about what she 

wants to achieve in the 

role, her love of sport, 

and growing up in the 

polar bear capital of 

the world 

When do you start your new 

role? 

I arrived on July 1, and I was 

shadowing Gillian Simpson 

[former executive principal] for 

the last week. School is on a twoweek 

break and in that time we 

will transition. So when the girls 

return for the start of term three 

my role officially begins. I’ve 

tried to keep a pretty low profile 

because last week was about 

Gillian and her farewell. 

Why did want to become 

executive principal of St 

Margaret’s? 

I’m excited to return to single 

sex education and especially 

at a leading girls’ school like St 

Margaret’s. It’s got an incredibly 

strong reputation, not only in 

New Zealand, but further afar. 

It’s a privileged position for me 

to be in to be promoted into St 

Margaret’s. I’m excited about the 

opportunity to contribute to the 

next generation of women and be 

a positive role model. 

Have you had any previous 

connections with the school? 

This will be the first. I’ve had 

colleagues who are old girls or 

have worked at St Margaret’s. 

It’s a lovely small village, New 

Zealand. 

Will this be the first time 

you’ve lived in Christchurch? 

Yes it will be. I’m looking forward 

to coming back to a cooler 

climate and having mountains 

in the backdrop. I grew up in 

TOP JOB: Diana Patchett will take over as executive principal of St Margaret’s College in 

term three. 


northern Canada in the land 

of ice and snow. I was born 

in Fort Churchill, Manitoba, 

which is the stepping-off point 

for polar bear expeditions. Then 

we moved further north to 

Yellowknife, the capital of the 

north-west territories. I lived 

there for most of my life. At 

winter, I went to school with a 

torch and came home with a 

torch. We would also be blacking 

out the windows to sleep during 

summer. I think, if nothing else, 

it taught me there’s no such thing 

as bad weather, just bad clothing. 

It taught me about not letting the 

challenges of geography or climate 

stop you from doing things. 

Why did you live up there? 

Well my parents are actually 

both Australian. But they married 

in the 50s and travelled 

around Australia and New 

Zealand then to North America 

and travelled around. My father 

worked in the public service and 

my mother was a teacher. She 

actually taught at Timaru Girls’ 

High School in 1960. So teaching 

is in my genes. 

Do you remember any quirky 

stories from growing up in such 

an interesting place? 

I remember I had long hair 

growing up and I was quite an 

active sportswoman. I was a 

competitive swimmer and I used 

to wear my hair in plaits. I’d go 

off to swimming training at the 

indoor pool in the morning, 

and then when I went outside, 

my hair would then freeze in 

plaits on the way to school. They 

would just defrost during the 

course of the day and if I went 

outside they would freeze again. 

I would always have wet hair. 

There were lots of polar bears in 

Fort Churchill; I’ve got photos 

of them wandering through the 

town. When we moved to the 

far north we mostly got around 

by light aircraft. I was quite into 

Girl Guides – my family was 

quite big into scouts and guides – 

and the camps we went on were 

pretty darn adventurous looking 

back on it. During some camps 

it was -30 deg C. You won’t hear 

me complaining about the cold. 

Where did your education 

career begin? 

Teaching and learning is 

part of my genetic make up. 

My mother and sister are both 

teachers. I studied two bachelors 

of science at the University of 

British Columbia in Vancouver. 

My first career was in advertising 

and marketing. When I started 

my family, that was when the 

teaching gene was ignited. I 

did my post-grad Dip Ed by 

correspondence. Going through 

university, I was a swimming 

instructor and rowing instructor, 

so the teaching was there in 

me then. My first teaching 

position was when I was living in 

Brisbane. 

You’ve lived in Papua New 

Guinea. How did that come 

about? 

I was going on a trip to 

Australia and I had a family 

friend who lived in Port 

Moresby, so I went to visit 

and I met my husband Mike. 

He’s Australian but he was 

working for the Department of 

Environment and Conservation. 

So I cashed in the rest of my trip, 

I was meant to go to Cairns, 

Brisbane, Sydney, Christchurch, 

Auckland, Nadi and Honolulu 

and back to Vancouver, but that 

was the end of that. I worked 

in advertising and marketing 

in Papua New Guinea. Then 

we moved to Brisbane, I had 

20 years there. That’s where I 

started my teaching career. 

When did you move to New 

Zealand to start working at 

Kristin School? 

I started in Auckland in 2013. 

And you mentioned you’re a 

bit of a sportswoman. Can you 

fill me in about that? 

I played water polo at a national 

level in Canada. I played until 

my second year of university. At 

UBC when you’re registering for 

classes, you had to go to different 

faculties to get your papers 

signed off. 

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Beat school holiday boredom! 

Saturday 7 – Saturday 21 July 2018 

St Margaret’s 

Then you funnelled back into 

the main auditorium to finish 

the registration process. It was 

a great spot for recruiters. The 

rowing guys came up and approached 

me and asked whether 

I would try rowing. At that point 

I was happy playing water polo, 

and I said why me? And they 

said “we’re looking for large athletic 

women” (laughs). I thought 

if they were going to recruit, 

they might need to change the 

wording. In the end, they got 

my attention and I tried it out. 

I went to the national champs. 

I’m still a keen swimmer and I 

ride horses as well – that would 

be my passion, I love trekking 

so I’m looking forward to trying 

out the South Island treks. 

I’m sure you’ll be watching a 

lot of school sport in your new 

role? 

I’m looking forward to being 

on the sideline. I love watching 

the hockey and netball, so I’m 

keen to watch the school teams 

and the Tactix and other sports 

as well. 

You and your husband will 

move into the principal’s residence 

on site. Will it be weird 

living at work? 

The commute will be good. 

I want to be part of the wider 

Christchurch community as 

well, though. Having boarders 

here it will be like having 175 

daughters I’ll be able to visit. We 

left a lifestyle block in north-west 

Auckland. It was six acres [2.4ha] 

so we had sheep and horses and 

a sheep dog, but we’ve re-homed 

them. I will miss having my 

horse, but who knows, maybe I 

could have one somewhere in the 

future. 

You could keep one on the 

school field couldn’t you? 

I’ll see if I can get that past the 

school board of trustees. 

Can you tell me a bit about 

your kids? Where are they 

based? 

I’m proud as punch of my 

children – you’re only ever as 

PASSION: Diana Patchett horse riding in Glenorchy, which 

is one of her hobbies. 

happy as your least happy child. 

I have four sons who are all living 

on the east coast of Australia. 

My eldest, Max, works in the 

commercial marine industry, he 

is 32. Then Harry is 29 and is in 

Sydney working for surf brand 

Piping Hot doing the online 

and social media work. He also 

volunteers with Take 3 For the 

Sea, a great global movement to 

help clean up our oceans. Sam is 

27 and is in West End, Brisbane. 

He’s a musician and a chef. He 

specialises in vegetarian food. 

And my youngest, Nelson, is 23 

and lives in Byron Bay. He works 

in adventure tourism. I’d say 

they will come and visit us. 

You mentioned you’re passionate 

about horse riding. Do 

you have any other hobbies? 

My husband and I are keen 

outdoors people, so we will go 

tramping a fair bit and see what 

the South Island has to offer. 

What do you hope to achieve 

at St Margaret’s? Obviously 

now a lot of its post-quake rebuild 

is complete? 

It’s got some lovely upward 

momentum. There’s a lot happening 

around the Centre 

for Innovation so I’m looking 

forward to helping support that 

side. There are a couple of other 

stages of the rebuild that are still 

left to be realised around creative 

arts and technology. And just 

maintaining and improving the 

reputation of St Margaret’s in 

the community and promoting 

single sex education, because I 

think we do it so well. 

And finally, at the St 

Margaret’s old girls’ events, 

Gillian’s husband David often 

made the margaritas. Will 

someone be able to step into 

that role? 

That will not be a problem. I 

think a cosmopolitan is more my 

thing, but we’ll see. My husband 

Mike will take his turn behind 

the bar. And I know Mike is 

looking forward to meeting 

the community and getting 

involved. 

THE ROSE gardens at 

Christchurch’s Botanic Gardens 

have scooped the supreme 

award at an international rose 

convention in Denmark. 

The Botanic Gardens’ modern 

rose garden and heritage rose 

garden were awarded the World 

Federation of Rose Societies’ 

award of garden excellence at a 

ceremony in Copenhagen last 

week. 

The rose gardens were 

nominated for the coveted 

award by the New Zealand Rose 

Society which, as a member of 

the federation, is allowed to put 

forward one nomination every 

three years. 

“We were thrilled when the 

New Zealand Rose Society approached 

us and told us they 

wanted to nominate our rose 

gardens for this international 

award,’’ says city council head 

of parks Andrew Rutledge. 

“The rose gardens are a 

treasured feature of the Botanic 

Gardens and a lot of work goes 

into tending them. To have the 

rose gardens recognised for 

their quality by the Federation 

of Rose Societies’ is a great 

achievement and will add to the 

NATURE: 

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Gardens’ 

modern rose 

garden and 

heritage rose 

garden were 

recognised 

internationally 

last week. 

Rose gardens win 

international award 

Botanic Gardens’ international 

reputation,’’ Mr Rutledge says. 

“Both the New Zealand Rose 

Society and the team at the 

Botanic Gardens put a lot of 

work into the nomination and 

we could not have asked for a 

better result.’’ 

New Zealand Rose Society 

vice-president Hayden Foulds 

says he is delighted the Botanic 

Garden’s rose gardens have 

received international recognition. 

Mr Foulds is based in the 

Manawatu but he has visited 

the rose gardens on a number 

of occasions and says they are 

“absolutely wonderful.’’ 

“I loved the modern rose 

garden but I was absolutely 

blown away by the heritage rose 

garden,’’ Mr Foulds says. 

“Visitors to the gardens are 

fortunate they can visit both the 

rose gardens and get to see such 

a spectacular variety of roses on 

display.’’ 

The Botanic Gardens’ heritage 

rose garden is located near the 

band rotunda while the modern 

rose garden is on the opposite 

side of the Avon River, behind 

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COMMUNICATION: Zoë Hector created the Talk Town game after her time as a 

teacher aide supporting deaf children. 

Helping young deaf 

feel less isolated 


ZOË HECTOR said 

working as a teacher aide 

for deaf children gave her 

a “fly on the wall” insight 

into their social lives. 

Now the Christchurch 

audiologist has designed 

and built a resource game, 

Talk Town, to help young 

deaf people to reduce feeling 

of social isolation. 

“Not even parents and 

teachers get to see those 

day to day interactions 

between children on the 

playground,” Ms Hector 

said. 

“Most deaf children 

now go to their local 

mainstream school, which 

is excellent . . . but they 

don’t learn the same social 

skills, like asking another 

child if they can join in, it’s 

those subtle interactions 

that get missed.” 

Talk Town is a game 

that aims to “level the 

playing field” between deaf 

children and their able 

hearing counterparts, Ms 

Hector said. 

Players create a character 

that wears the same hearing 

devices and communicates 

just as they would. 

They then follow the 

game through everyday 

situations like ordering 

lunch or clarifying instructions, 

allowing them 

to practice communicating 

and engaging with others. 

“I saw a big problem and 

found there’s no resource 

available to help,” Ms Hector 

said. 

Pupils from van Asch 

Deaf Education Centre 

have been trialling the 

game, which is in the prototype 

stage. 

“One girl signed to me 


‘this will give me more 

confidence to talk to hearing 

people when I go to 

McDonald’s on a Friday’.” 

Ms Hector said she has 

been told it is “desperately 

needed” and the game will 

change the lives of deaf 

children. 

So when the game is 

ready to hit the market, Ms 

Hector wants to make it as 

accessible to as many deaf 

students. 

“There will be a small 

online charge, but I want it 

to be as little as possible so 

it reaches as many people 

as possible,” she said. 

At this stage it would be 

$5 or less. 

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The Christchurch Centre was started due 

to requests made to have a highly qualified 

authentic Tibetan Buddhist teacher 

residing in the city and carrying out weekly 

teachings, meditation classes and retreats. 

Fulfilling this request Geshe-la now teaches 

every Tuesday night and Sunday morning. 

• Geshe-la graduated from the largest 

Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the 

world, Sera Monastic University 

in South India. His main teachers 

included His Holiness the Dalai Lama, 

the late Venerable Khensur Urgyen 

Tseten, Venerable Khensur Kangurwa 

Lobsang Thupten and Venerable 

Khenpo Lobsang Palden. 

• Geshe-la arrived in New Zealand in 

2008 teaching originally in Dunedin 

then through requests moved to 

Christchurch 2011, ever since proving 

to be lively and entertaining, fresh 

and eloquent. Certainly he is very 

experienced, having taught younger 

monks in the monastery, in his home 

region of Tibet and for 3 years in 

the traditionally Tibetan-Buddhist 

country of Mongolia. Having Geshela 

to teach in Christchurch therefore, 

is quite a wonderful opportunity for 

people to make a deep connection 

with age-old teachings. 

• At the Centre Geshe-la’s classes focus 

on understanding the mind, mind 

training and meditation practices. 


Phen Day Dhargyey Ling (Tibetan) 

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Opinion 

•Cathedral Square pavilions, pages 22, 23 

•Former Press sports reporter looks back, page 24 

•Touch wall comments, page 25 

Touch wall controversy 

WHEN I ran for mayor, I stood 

on a platform of transparency. It 

is not only something I believe in, 

it is also something residents are 

entitled to. 

So how could council buy this 

touch wall and then fail to release 

the cost within the time frame? 

First, the decision to buy 

the touch wall wasn’t made 

by councillors, although they 

were briefed about it. Second, 

councillors are never told about 

official information requests so 

we didn’t know the Taxpayer’s 

Union had asked for the cost, let 

alone the fact that staff had been 

negotiating an agreed release 

date with the ombudsman. The 

supplier had requested that the 

release of the information be 

delayed. 

THe problem with this 

approach, which is to assure 

no political interference, 

is that we were surprised 

when the ombudsman’s final 

recommendation came from out 

of the blue – this was the first 

time we knew there had been a 

request. 

When a final recommendation 

is received from an ombudsman, 

the only way this can be resolved 

is releasing the information or 

TRANSPARENCY: Mayor Lianne Dalziel says the public had 

a right to know the cost of the touch wall being installed at 

the new central city library (Turanga). 

Mayor 

Lianne Dalziel 

passing a council resolution to 

the contrary, neither of which 

happened before the deadline. 

I know elected members 

would have voted to release the 

information. 

We are disappointed at what 

happened, and I am now working 

with the chief executive to ensure 

we have in place processes to 

make sure this never happens 

again. 

And what has got lost in all of 

this, is just what an attraction the 

touch screen wall will be – the 

first of this kind to be introduced 

in New Zealand – accessible to 

residents and visitors alike. 

Our city’s history will be 

literally at our fingertips. Yes it 

comes with a price tag, and yes 

you had a right to know. 

Politics 

Nicky Wagner 

Slow march back to the 70s 

LABOUR’S PLANS to wind 

back the clock on industrial 

relations, pitting employers 

against employees will mean 

fewer jobs for Cantabrians and 

less competitive businesses 

because of the impact. 

We saw this early in 2018 with 

the threat of strike action on the 

docks at Lyttelton and the way 

it rattled confidence across our 

region. 

The unions are clearly feeling 

emboldened by having their 

mates in Government and the 

increase in strike action should 

come as a serious worry to New 

Zealanders. 

Strike action is not the way 

to address these issues. It is 

thuggish and threatening, and 

pushes employers and employees 

apart into the old “us versus 

them” attitude that older generations 

remember too well. The 

1970s were a period of unrest, 

stalemate and uncertainty. 

Strikes meant you didn’t know 

things like whether you could 

buy petrol today through to 

whether or not essential services 

like healthcare and education 

would be available when you 

woke up tomorrow. 

Labour’s employment law 

changes are a slow march back 

to the 1970s and the unrest of 

union strongman tactics. 

Uncertainty leads to low business 

confidence, which threatens 

growth and reduces job security. 

And as strikes lead us to the 

“us versus them” mentality, and 

both sides entrench themselves 

into opposition, no side ever 

walks away the winner. This is 

lose-lose for everyone. 

•The Star invited Wagner 

to write about calling 

Labour MP Deborah 

Russell “a bitch” in the 

heat of a Parliamentary 

debate. She replied: “It was 

an impulsive interjection 

which I regret and that I 

apologised immediately.” 

To read about the 

controversy go to www. 

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Opinion 

Readers are backing the 

Christchurch Civic Trust 

calling for the proposed 

pavilions to be moved 

out of Cathedral Square 

(article in last week’s Star). 

If you have an opinion 

email bridget.rutherford@ 

starmedia.kiwi 

Rob Williams – The 

proposed pavilion in the Square 

is nothing short of a monstrosity! 

The chalice is amazing, and far 

less intrusive than the proposed 

pavilion. I hope the council will 

see reason, and move it elsewhere. 

It will detract from everything 

around it, and for what? It is so 

ugly. There is a need for money to 

be spent in Christchurch on many 

other things – roads for one – it 

is another total waste of money. I 

have talked to many people about 

this, and none can see the reason 

for the suggestion to locate it in 

the Square. 

CONTROVERSIAL: 

The pavilions 

proposed for 

the Square have 

come in for much 

criticism. 

David Thornley – The 

Metropol Parasol in Seville is 

a highly successful plaza creation. 

Unfortunately, it does not 

translate to the basket case of an 

architectural proposal for Christ 

Church Cathedral Square. The 

proposed structure confronts 

the Cathedral with hostile antagonism. 

Urban designers and 

landscape designers should not 

be interfering and competing 

with the Cathedral which should 

be the dominating and enduring 

image of the square. 

Aliza Clifford – For a Garden 

City I have to say this is pretty 

ugly. What’s wrong with a decent 

piece of lawn with some sail 

shades and some leafy trees to 

offer cool cover in the Summer. 

Some of our Christchurch officials 

seem to have developed the attitude 

“if it’s a blank space we need 

to build something on it”. 

Ann Christie – They are 

hideous and would significantly 

detract from the Cathedral. 

Again, magic areas are about to 

be turned into ghastly, non-visit 

locations. What has happened to 

our Garden City? 

Sandra Shaw – I was 

horrified when I saw the proposal 

and wondered what on earth the 

people who came up with the 

idea were thinking. It is totally 

inappropriate to have such 

huge, overbearing structures so 

close to the Cathedral. Having 

travelled overseas many times, 

I have yet to see one square, 

where the central building (ie 

the Cathedral, waiting patiently 

to be restored) is overshadowed 

by a completely unrelated 

structure. To be brutally honest, 

they look like slugs to me. Sorry. 

I like design consultant David 

Thornley’s proposal, of cloisters 

installed around the perimeter 

of the Square. An excellent 

alternative and in keeping with 

the age and Gothic architectural 

style. My main objection to the 

pavilions is their total lack of 

sympathy to the architecture of 

the Cathedral and the proximity. 

We have much empty space in 

the city. There are much more 

appropriate places for these 

structures. 

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Jane Muir – I think it’s not in 

keeping with the Square. It would 

be better to research old English 

Squares and then design something. 

The Chalice is another 

example of no overall perspective 

that’s in keeping with what it 

represents. 

Charlotte Newlands – I 

think the pavilions will impact 

negatively on the Square as a 

whole, as they cover a large area, 

and do not match any other 

structures in the Square. They 

actually look like a fungus that is 

permeating the space, and actually 

reducing the apparent size of 

the Square. I have always liked 

the open space of the square, and 

do not belief roofing such a large 

area should be part of the design. 

I do like the idea of the cloisters, 

or a wooden Gothic shelter, as 

they will fit with the Cathedral 

and the history of the original 

Square design which is important 

to acknowledge, alongside modern 

day uses. 

Sandra Humphrey – It 

would definitely detract, and 

with the design of the Convention 

Centre also, could look like 

an amusement park and a clutter. 

Create something to blend with 

the Cathedral. Stone is timeless, 

trees and green spaces with a bit 

of layering would be a welcome 

relief to the modern buildings 

Some readers like the 

designs 

Warren Hancock – What 

a great looking building, helping 

to modernise Christchurch. 

Tracey Nimmo – What I 

can see from the planned design 

so far, I really like the look of it. 

It’s nice in contrast to the Victorian 

buildings and it looks to 

be soft and flowing. It’s a great 

idea to try different styles and 

designs to uplift the city and its 

citizens. It could be beautifully 

that will surround it. Cloisters 

sound wonderful. No tussocks 

please. 

Barbara Mccartney – No, 

I don’t like the look of the suggested 

pavilions, and certainly 

not for the Square. They are 

entirely out of place amongst the 

other buildings there. Perhaps 

consider erecting them in the red 

zone where there are great green 

spaces to fill? 

Helen Amer – I dislike the 

proposed pavilions for Cathedral 

Square. I love the idea of cloisters 

or arcades instead. 

Kathy Palmer – Keep the 

Square open. Fifteen per cent 

rates rises over the next three 

lit up at night too with warm 

glowing or electric coloured 

lighting. Just thinking of building 

designs around the world 

that were first unloved and later 

became inspirations of creativity 

and admired. It could just be 

one of the things Christchurch 

needs. It’s fun and a bit playful 

and might provide a cosy and 

safe haven for public gatherings, 

art, music, talks and events. 

Rupert Ward – I love the 

pavilion design. It is dramatic 

and inspiring and can be used 

years and the council wants to 

spend $80 million on some architect’s 

vanity project. The design 

resembles a metal-framed sea 

slug. Use the money on roads, 

sewers and cultural projects. It 

would add much more benefit to 

Christchurch. 

E Wilson – I don’t know who 

came up with those ‘things’ for 

the Square but they obviously 

had no appreciation for heritage 

buildings. We have very little 

heritage left in the city and I 

would have thought we should 

appreciate and cherish it. Those 

pavilions are far too modern and 

large to be situated there. From 

squares I have seen in Europe, 

the most that is put in is a fountain 

or a statue. We don’t have 

by people. We can have a traditional 

square and I am a huge 

supporter of the Cathedral restoration 

but we need courageous 

modernity as well. Look back at 

the objections to the pyramid 

on front of the Louvre when 

that was proposed. The average 

Parisian could hardly imagine 

such a construction in the centre 

of their city. Now the world 

loves its dramatic complement 

to the palace behind. If there 

weren’t objections to a contemporary 

building in the Square it 

wouldn’t be worth building. 

to add anything like that, but 

if anything has to be put in the 

Square, it should complement 

the Cathedral and the post office 

building rather than detract from 

them. 

Bridget Taylor – While the 

pavilion designed for the Square 

looks interesting, my preference 

is that the spaces around the 

Christ Church Cathedral reflect 

and enhance its heritage values. 

I agree with the Civic Trust 

that this pavilion would be better 

placed elsewhere. The cloisters 

would be a more sympathetic addition. 

Gardens are essential and 

open space. 

Angela Barnett – Every 

time I look the artist’s impression, 

it reminds me of a decaying 

one-eyed fish and the “trellis” 

looks like a piece of discarded 

netting. I think it looks ugly and 

completely out of place. I know 

Christchurch has to move with 

the times but can we not do better 

than this? 

Annette and Alastair 

Thompson – The proposed 

plan for the Square is too big. It 

will detract from the Cathedral. 

Christchurch was settled by the 

English so we would like to see 

designs that fit with a cathedral 

square. This lattice-style proposal 

is a Maori design (Maori basket) 

and does not fit the brief. So it’s a 

big thumbs down from us. 

James and Bernice Mc- 

Saveney – Would they enhance 

the Square? No, not at all. They 

would be totally out of place 

with the restored 19th-century 

Cathedral and would detract 

from it entirely. They look like 

huge open mouthed fish; or as 

some say, slugs. Our city would 

become the laughing stock of the 

international tourists. Where are 

the New Zealand designers, and 

architects who have an eye for 

beauty? If those pavilions have to 

be anywhere at all, they should be 

built at a beachside suburb. 

Sharon Miller – This thing is 

hideous and will ruin the Square.




Christchurch 

Civic Awards 2018 

Each year, the Christchurch City Council gives 

awards to those individuals and organisations 

who have performed substantial service 

( usually of a voluntary nature) or made 

important contributions to the city and the 

lives of its people. Any significant service 

that is seen as worthy of recognition may be 

presented for civic commendation. 

Nominations are invited for the 2018 

Christchurch Civic Awards. 

If you wish to nominate someone, please 

visit the Christchurch City Council website 

ccc.govt.nz ( KEYWORD: Civic Awards) to 

download a nomination form. Forms can also 

be collected from Council service centres and 

libraries. 

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in a sealed envelope to: 

Civic Awards 

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Christchurch City Council 

Civic Offices 

PO Box 73016 

Christchurch 8154 

No later than 5pm, 

Friday 17 August 2018. 

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Opinion 

The days of fierce paper rivalry 

Long-time Press 

sports writer John 

Coffey comments 

on The Star’s 150th 

souvenir lift out in last 

week’s edition 

AS ONE of (as Nick Tolerton 

described us) “the greyer 

brethren of the morning 

papers”, I congratulate The 

Star on reaching its 150-year 

milestone. 

Reading the souvenir liftout 

in last week’s edition, 

particularly the articles by 

journalists Tolerton and Barry 

Clarke, brought back happy 

memories of an era when there 

was fierce rivalry between 

daily morning and afternoon 

newspapers in Christchurch. 

The Press and The Star 

were the sole survivors of a 

newspaper war extending back 

several decades when I joined 

the former as a 16-year-old kid 

from the West Coast in 1963. 

We still had classified 

advertising on our front page. 

The rivalry was intense and 

there was always a nervous 

wait for The Star to arrive in 

our office early afternoon to 

find whether you guys had 

twigged to a hot story we 

were tracking. But there was 

mateship too, though that was 

briefly interrupted when three 

players were sent off in one of 

our “friendly” rugby games at 

Riccarton Domain. 

That annual clash was a 

trial to select a Combined 

Newspapers XV to play Police 

on a charity afternoon at the 

Addington Show Grounds. 

And, of course, the evolution 

of the Media Club in 1976 and 

the occasional journalists’ 

union strike also brought us 

together. 

The Star CELEBRATING 150 YEARS 1868 – 2018 1 

SOUVENIR 

LIFT OUT 

Connecting Christchurch for 150 years 

1868 – 2018 

We at The Press celebrated 

when The Star delivery trucks 

were forced to add the word 

“evening” to their boast of 

having “the largest circulation 

in the South Island” when we 

overtook you. 

And I guess we felt it was 

mission accomplished when 

The Star was reduced from 

being a daily newspaper. 

In reality, television news 

had done the damage to 

all afternoon newspapers 

throughout the country. 

I have always felt the demise 

of The Press began when that 

daily rivalry ended. No longer 

did we have to go the extra 

mile to inform the public. 

Instead, a story could be held 

over for a day or two if that 

best suited those who made 

such decisions. 

In time The Press was sold 

across the Tasman, then onsold 

to another Australian 

company which has drastically 

reduced it in staff, content and 

quality. But I’m pleased to see 

The Star still recognises local 

sport. 

Back to Tolerton’s reference 

to us “greyer brethren”. 

Believe me Nick, there was 

nothing grey about a noisy, 

smoky Press newsroom 

stoush between flyweight 

crime reporter Rod Lindsay 

and middleweight court 

reporter Dave Corboy being 

interrupted by heavyweight 

chief reporter Jim Caffin 

charging out of his office 

(the one with the bullwhip 

affixed above the door) to 

act as referee. What great 

memories we share of the 

heyday of Christchurch daily 

newspapers. 

•John Coffey QSM 

worked at The Press from 

1963-2007 

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Graeham Goble or David Briggs 

in concert. www.youtube.com/ 

watch?v=79ltcy9xoZA 

Lesley Muray – Music lineup 

sounds great, been to two 

previous Selwyn Sounds, will 

they have sorted out the drink 

queues? Will they run out of 

certain types of drink before, 

mid-concert like last year? Will 

they charge for water again? 

The controversial 7m, 

interactive touch wall to 

be installed in the new 

central library will cost 

$1.24 million 

Hamish Middleton – The 

question is what else could 

$1,240,000 buy that could do a 

better job? I’ll supply you with 

a wall of 200 iPad Pros (or a 

better product) that people could 

use in the library, and give you 

near $1 million back for other 

purposes. A gimmick will always 

be overpriced. 

Darren Turner – 

Meanwhile, rates to increase, 

water supply in need of repair, 

roads need improvement. This 

council seems to enjoy spending 

an extortionate amount of 

money on unnecessary pieces of 

artwork/technological gadgets. 

Stephanie Hagerty – Why 

EXPENSE: The touch wall to be installed in the new central library will cost $1.24 million. 

are they spending our money 

on things we don’t need yet? Get 

what we do need done before 

this sort of thing. 

Matt Cuthill – More waste of 

our money. Meanwhile, still no 

stadium, drinkable water etc. 

Chris Odell – We really need 

to be focusing on nailing the 

basics before a nice-to-have like 

this. 

Peter Walker – No wonder 

they didn’t want to release the 

numbers. 

Craig Watson – Makes the 

cost of choosing the library name 

cheap, not that it was. 

Andrew Gold – Let’s spend 

the money on a new council. 

Trevor Taylor – Looks 

good but way over-priced and 

as soon as it’s installed it will be 

obsolete. 

Amanda White – Great use 

of new technology to encourage 

people to use the facilities. 

Karen Whila – Looks great. 

Steve Stewart – Muppets. 

The line-up for the 

Selwyn Sounds in March 

has been announced with 

the Little River Band set 

to headline the music 

festival 

Danella Friend – No. I’ve 

been waiting so long to see Leo 

Sayer and now we are going 

to still be in Malaysia in 2019. 

Hopefully he can come back in 

2020. 

Wendy Argent – Better 

make sure that Jon Steven’s 

knows that this isn’t the original 

Little River Band. 

Victor Marshall – Looks 

like the American band with no 

original members. If you want 

to see the original Little River 

Band members you’ll have to see 

Glenn Shorrock, Beeb Birtles, 

Plans are being 

prepared to keep the 

increasing number of 

older drivers safe on the 

road 

Ian Johnson – People 

over 75 shouldn’t be in charge 

of public transport either – 

especially driving school 

buses – accidents waiting to 

happen. 

Jan Driscoll – Good idea, 

but more education for the 

younger reckless speed demons 

would be good too. 

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joint can open soon. Meanwhile, O.G.B bar and The 

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Sport 

O’Gara’s life at the Crusaders 

Irishman 

revels in new 

coaching role 

AT HOME: Ronan O’Gara 

and Scott Robertson during 

the Crusaders Super Rugby 

training session at Rugby 

Park. PHOTO: MARTIN 

HUNTER 

• By Gordon Findlater 

SIX MONTHS after starting the 

latest chapter of his coaching 

career in Christchurch, Irish 

rugby icon Ronan O’Gara is 

now well adjusted to life at the 

Crusaders. 

The 41-year-old who grew up 

in Cork, Ireland, admitted before 

moving to Christchurch at the 

start of the year, his only previous 

experiences of New Zealand 

was during Irish and Lions 

rugby tours. They were all during 

the June international window 

when time outside of playing and 

training was spent staying warm 

in team hotels. 

“I was shocked really . . . people 

told me they have summer 

down here but I didn’t realise 

how nice it was going to be,” said 

O’Gara. 

“A few of my early meetings 

with Razor [Scott Robertson] 

were out at Joe’s Garage in 

Sumner. Our families are friends 

of that place now so we still go 

there quite a bit. I really like it 

over there and in Taylors Mistake.” 

O’Gara says another key 

contributor to feeling at home in 

Christchurch is how his wife Jessica 

and children Rua, Molly, JJ, 

Zak and Max have settled in. 

“We’re renting a place in Fendalton. 

The kids are at Fendalton 

School and they’re loving it there 

. . . the wife and kids are happy, 

so I’m happy.” 

As for adjusting to life as the 

Crusaders backs coach, O’Gara 

has had to adapt to the rigours of 

a new team and new competition 

after a 17-year playing career 

with Munster in Europe’s Pro14 

competition and a five-year 

coaching stint with French club 

Racing 92. 

“It took me maybe three 

months to adapt to the Crusaders. 

I was probably a little intimidated 

coming here, but I’ve been 

made to feel completely at home 

and I really enjoy the way this 

team empowers its players,” said 

O’Gara. 

Now in the serious end of the 

Super Rugby season, O’Gara says 

it’s all business with long days 

at Rugby Park as the Crusaders 

look to claim back-to-back titles. 

The family have also returned 

to France for the school holidays, 

while Ronan experiences his first 

Christchurch winter. 

“We haven’t quite got our 

heads around it being freezing 

and getting dark by five o’clock 

in the evening.” 

The frosts haven’t put the 

Irishman off though, having 

signed on with the Crusaders 

for the 2019 season. O’Gara also 

says he doesn’t have any immediate 

plans to look at a head 

coaching role in the Northern 

Hemisphere. 

“This is the pinnacle for me,” 

said O’Gara. 

“This is what it’s all about, 

coaching at the highest level in 

Super Rugby.” 

However, like many Irishmen 

who have ventured to New Zealand, 

O’Gara believes the flavour 

of the Guinness in these parts 

isn’t the pinnacle. 

“A proper Irishman never 

orders a Guinness outside of 

Ireland,” said O’Gara. 

He did take time to catch up 

for a drink with a former Crusader 

Dan Carter during a brief 

return to Christchurch last week. 

O’Gara talks about Carter in 

high regard after spending three 

years together at Racing 92 in 

Paris. 

“It was great to be able to tap 

into the mind of a guy like that 

who is a natural play-maker,” 

said O’Gara. 

“It was nice to catch up . . . 

when Messi or Ronaldo come 

into town, they’re far too busy, 

but I respect Dan for having time 

to catch up with a guy like me.” 

Following the Super Rugby 

campaign, O’Gara and his family 

will return to France for four 

months as he wants his children 

to be fluent in French. 

Crockett still a legend – kick or no kick 

WAS THERE anyone at Wyatt 

Crockett Stadium last week who 

didn’t want the legendary prop 

to finish his 200th Super Rugby 

match by attempting a penalty 

kick to finish the match? 

I will never forget hearing 

the cry of “Crockett, Crockett, 

Crockett,” as around 20,000 fans 

yelled for their hero to step onto 

the stage when the Crusaders 

were awarded a penalty after the 

80min hooter 15m in front of 

goal . . . it seemed like destiny, 

but a somewhat disappointing 

“booooo” crept out from the 

stands when the ball was elected 

to be kicked into touch to end 

the game. 

I don’t feel like I wanted the 

kick for my own enjoyment but 

rather for it to add to the legacy 

of a true Crusaders legend. 

The shift in mood I felt from 

ecstasy when the cry of Crockett 

erupted following the penalty, 

to the sense disappointment just 

seconds later as Richie Mo’unga 

sent the ball into touch, was 

reminiscent of witnessing a 

favourite flatmate arrive home at 

1am with a 10/10 only to witness 

her walking back out the front 

door 10min later while saying: 

One-eyed Cantab 


gordon.findlater@starmedia.kiwi 

“Your mate fell asleep on his 

bed.” 

The only logical explanation 

I’ve heard from others when 

bringing up the subject is that 

the moment could quickly have 

turned to embarrassment if he 

attempts and misses the kick 

. . . but, he’s a prop. If he misses 

it’s like watching a partially 

impaired friend fall on their 

backside while attempting to 

throw down a dance move . . . 

who knows, that end result may 

add more to legendary folk law 

than if the kick goes over. 

Putting aside the denial of 

what could have eclipsed Mitchell 

Hunt’s drop goal winner 

against the Highlanders last year 

as the greatest kick to have ever 

been struck in front of a Crusaders 

home crowd, last week’s 

game was a true spectacle. 

What a relieving sight it was 

to see a near capacity crowd 

at Wyatt Crockett Stadium to 

honour the legend playing at 

what was his playground for 

the evening. When Crockett 

replaced an injured Joe Moody 

inside the opening 10min, it felt 

like the rugby gods had prepared 

the perfect script. 

As always, his play was instrumental. 

Minutes after making 

his way onto the field, the 

Highlanders looking dangerous 

with a scrum on the Crusaders 

5m line, Crockett helped win 

a penalty before the Crusaders 

went 95m in the other direction 

in what was more than likely a 

14-point play. 

After the 45-22 win, Crockett 

showed he’s just as much of a 

legend off the pitch when had 

the crowd in stitches by greeting 

the Crusaders faithful by saying: 

“Welcome to my stadium.” 

Wyatt Crocket you’re an absolute 

legend, but I and I’m sure 

many others at your stadium 

last week really wish you’d taken 

that penalty kick.




Sport 

Top umpire back in club colours 

Earlier this month, Gareth 

Greenfield was umpiring 

the Champions Trophy 

final in the Netherlands. 

A week later he was back 

playing premier grade 

hockey in Christchurch. 

Gordon Findlater caught 

up with him 

Brad Shaw 

Shane 

Maddaford 

WHEN GARETH Greenfield 

missed out on making a 

representative team more than 

a decade ago, it might have been 

the best thing that happened to 

him. 

It changed his focus from 

aspiring to play for the Black 

Sticks to 

umpiring. 

That shift 

has led the 

36-year-old to 

become one 

of the world’s 

top umpires 

– underlined 

by his appointment 

to 

control the 

Champions 

Trophy final 

between Australia 

and India 

in Breda, 

Netherlands. 

“I moved to 

Christchurch 

in 2001 

to begin a 

diploma in 

sports management 

and 

also played for the Canterbury 

under-21 team that year. The 

year after that, I wasn’t selected 

and that sort of got me more 

serious about umpiring,” said 

Greenfield. 

“It was a bit of a wake up and 

made me think I’m best to go 

and do something I’m good at – I 

was never going to play hockey 

for New Zealand.” 

He may not be representing 

New Zealand with stick in hand. 

However, Greenfield’s ability 

as a world-class umpire was on 

full display in the Champions 

Trophy final pool match between 

host the Netherlands and India 

last month. 

In the match – which would 

decide who faced Australia in the 

final – Greenfield opted to review 

a late Netherlands goal that 

would have seen them into the 

final. The review found evidence 

to rule out the goal. That performance 

likely had something 

to do with Greenfield’s appointment 

to umpire the final. 

“It was a goal going into the 

tournament, you always want to 

do the big game,” he said. 

“A bit of nerves come into it, 

but it’s just another game. There 

just happens to be a trophy in the 

middle of the teams as you walk 

out.” 

Greenfield’s umpiring career 

hasn’t stopped him from still 

playing at a premier level. The 

defender played at top club level 

with the Selwyn Hockey Club 

until five years ago before their 

merger with Sydenham to create 

WHISTLE BLOWER: Gareth Greenfield has gone on to 

become the country’s best hockey umpire, but still finds 

time to play for his Southern United club (above). 

PHOTO: GEOFF SOPER 

Southern United. 

Since then, he has played at a 

more social level in a Monday 

night competition. However, 

fresh off his return from one of 

international hockey’s biggest 

stages, Greenfield turned back 

the clock to run out for Southern 

United in their 3-1 win over 

HSOB/Burnside in the Porritt 

Cup. 

“We were a few regulars short 

with age group tournaments going 

on so I got the call-up,” said 

Greenfield. 

He wasn’t in bad company 

either, playing alongside former 

192-test Black Sticks player Brad 

Shaw and former NHL level 

player and Selwyn coach, Shane 

Maddaford, in what could have 

been mistaken for a very handy 

masters team. 

“He’s a tireless campaigner and 

a classic southern man. Sometimes 

his play may not be pretty 

but it’s effective,” said Shaw. 

Having an international level 

referee taking to the field has 

also raised some tongue and 

cheek remarks from opposition 

sides about how the game is being 

officiated. 

“There’s always a bit of a joke 

about knowing all of the umpires 

well and being able to get a 

call or two to go my way,” said 

Greenfield. He also believes that 

still playing the sport helps him 

officiate to the best of his ability. 

Surprisingly, umpiring at the 

top level in a sport with one of 

the biggest fan bases in the world 

is a voluntary job. 

“We call it a hobby. We take 

time off work and we’re not paid, 

but we get looked after when 

we’re away. It would be nice to 

earn money, but we do it for the 

love of the sport and for the right 

reasons.” 

Umpiring has taken Greenfield 

to many different countries 

including South Africa, India, 

China, Japan, Belgium, Scotland 

and the Netherlands. 

His next goal is to umpire at 

the Olympic Games. “Tokyo 

2020 is the goal. I’ve done two 

Commonwealth Games and 

three Champions Trophies, but 

the Olympics is the dream.” 

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Canty swimmers haul in medals 

• By Jacob Page 

CANTERBURY swimmers 

Hannah Bates and Quinton 

Hurley have made the New 

Zealand team for the junior Pan 

Pacific championships in Fiji 

next month. 

Their selection comes after 

both had successful national 

championship campaigns last 

week in Auckland. 

Canterbury swimmers Celyn 

Edwards, Cassie Wright, Kaylee 

Jackson and Ella Benn all won 

national titles. 

Hurley, 17, won two silver 

medals and Bates earned a silver 

and a bronze. Bates, 18, was also 

named Makos zone emerging 

swimmer of the year at the New 

Zealand Swimming Awards 

which followed the event. 

Pascoe, Edwards and Hamish 

McLean will be part of the 

nine-strong Kiwi team to race at 

the Pan Pacific para-swimming 

championships in Cairns next 

month. 

Hurley is on his way to China 

with fellow swimmer Ruby 

Wagenvoord to swim in the 

Yangtze River Crossing Festival 

next week. 

Bates said she was thrilled 

to win medals in her first open 

nationals event. 

Top of the tables 

Massetti Cup 

P W D L PD Pts 

Linwood Keas 11 11 0 0 217 22 

Northern Bulldogs 11 9 0 2 103 18 

Hornby Panthers 11 8 0 3 95 16 

Halswell Hornets 11 5 1 5 -4 11 

Celebration Lions 11 3 1 7 -54 7 

Aranui Eagles 11 3 0 8 -70 6 

Papanui Tigers 11 3 0 8 -107 6 

Riccarton Knights 11 1 0 10 -180 2 

Metro premier section A 

P W L D Pts 

Lincoln University 4 3 1 0 15 

Christchurch 4 3 1 0 13 

Sydenham 4 2 2 0 12 

New Brighton 4 2 2 0 10 

University 4 1 3 0 7 

Sumner 4 1 3 0 4 

Metro premier section B 

P W L D Pts 

Marist Albion 4 4 0 0 20 

Shirley 4 3 1 0 14 

HSOB 4 2 2 0 11 

Belfast 4 2 2 0 9 

Burnside 4 1 3 0 8 

Linwood 4 0 4 0 2 

Southern League 

P W L D P 

Dunedin Tech 2 1 0 1 4 

Nomads 2 1 0 1 4 

Cashmere Tech 2 1 0 1 4 

Coastal Spirit 2 1 0 1 4 

Ferrymead Bays 2 0 0 2 2 

Queenstown 1 0 1 0 0 

Southland 1 0 1 0 0 

Nelson Suburbs 2 0 2 0 0 

“It was a big step up from 

what I’m used to, racing against 

swimmers who have gone to 

international events and, while 

I didn’t post any personal bests, 

I’m happy with what I achieved,” 

she said. 

“Winning the (emerging 

swimmer) award just topped the 

week off for me,” she said. “I was 

not expecting to win it so I was 

blown away when I did.” 

Hurley, who is from the Jasi 

club, swam a superb 400m 

freestyle, negative splitting the 

back half of the race, coming 

to the wall under the selection 

time for the junior Pan Pacific 

championships and the Youth 

Olympics. 

MEDALS: 

Hannah Bates 

will join fellow 

Canterbury 

swimmer 

Quinton Hurley 

at the junior 

Pan Pacific 

championships 

in Fiji next 

month. PHOTO: 

CAMILLA 

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He followed that up with 

strong 800m and 1500m freestyle 

swims, taking silver in 

both events and breaking Arjun 

Haszard’s 15-year-old Swimming 

Canterbury West Coast 

age-group record for the 800m. 

Youth Commonwealth Games 

and Australian age group 

multi-medallist Bates, representing 

Aquagym, also conquered 

her nerves in the 100m butterfly 

heats, finishing in 1min 

10.61sec to meet the selection 

criteria for both the junior Pan 

Pacific championships and 

Youth Olympic Games by just 

one one-hundredth of a second. 

Bates backed this swim up in the 

final to take home bronze in the 

Guide to the weekend 

sporting action 

• By Jacob Page 

Massetti Cup rugby league 

With just three rounds of the regular 

season left, the top four looks relatively 

set. Linwood Keas, Northern Bulldogs 

and Hornby Panthers are all set to play 

semi-finals, and even the fourth-placed 

Halswell Hornets need just one win 

from three games to wrap up fourth. 

Celebration Lions face a tough task 

when they welcome the Hornby Panthers. 

The Keas will look to keep their 

unbeaten run alive when they face the 

Bulldogs in the match of the round at 

Linwood Park on Saturday. Papanui 

Tigers will host Riccarton Knights 

and the Hornets will host the Aranui 

Eagles. 

Southern League football 

Only two games will be played in the 

Southern League this weekend, thanks 

to Chatham Cup commitments. 

Cashmere Technical will take on Dunedin’s 

Roslyn Wakari in the knockout 

competition. In the Southern League 

Nomads will hit the road to take on 

Dunedin Technical, while Queenstown 

host Southland United. 

Metro premier rugby 

The final round of the Hawkins 

Trophy will see University and New 

Brighton battle for the last remaining 

event. She went on to also win 

silver in the 200m individual 

medley. 

Edwards won two golds on the 

opening night of the national 

championship. The Selwyn club 

member won the 50m backstroke 

and 400m freestyle para 

mixed multiclass 

events. 

Edwards added 

to his medal 

tally as the meet 

progressed, taking 

out his third 

national title in 

the 100m butterfly 

and adding 

a silver and a 

bronze as well. 

Quinton 

Hurley 

Wright, representing QE II 

but currently on a scholarship 

at the University of Sioux Falls, 

United States, broke the Swimming 

Canterbury West Coast 

open women’s record in the 50m 

backstroke to win in a personal 

best time of 28.41sec. 

She also won a bronze medal 

in the 100m backstroke, smashing 

her previous personal best 

by more than 2sec. 

Jackson won the 50m breaststroke 

national title, breaking 

Olympian Annabelle Carey’s 

12-year-old age-group record in 

the process. 

top six play-off spot. A win for fifthplaced 

University would see them 

leapfrog New Brighton, while New 

Brighton will be trying to push their 

claim for third in an effort to avoid 

the top qualifier in the semi-final next 

week. Currently that would be Lincoln 

University. They will travel to thirdplaced 

Sydenham, while Christchurch 

travel to Sumner. In the bottom six 

competition, only Linwood is out of 

contention for the semi-finals. Marist 

Albion will look to finish the roundrobin 

with a perfect record when they 

take on Linwood. Fifth-placed Burnside 

will look to keep their play-off 

hopes alive against Shirley at Burnside 

Park and fourth-placed Belfast will 

host third-placed High School Old 

Boys. 

Porritt Cup hockey 

The men’s and women’s finals of the 

Porritt Cup will be played between 

Harewood and Carlton Redcliffs on 

Saturday. The competition is played 

during the school holidays as premier 

teams have players away at various 

tournaments. In the men’s competition, 

Harewood will go in as favourites, 

having won all three of their Porritt 

Cup games, while Carlton-Redcliffs 

have two wins and a loss. The women’s 

final will see two unbeaten teams face 

each other. 

in brief 

Garvey to tee off 

for NZ in Ireland 

Amelia Garvey has been 

selected in the New Zealand 

team to compete at the world 

amateur teams championships 

at Carton House in Maynooth, 

Ireland. The Canterbury golfer 

is currently attending the 

University of South Carolina in 

the United States. Garvey, who 

won last year’s New Zealand 

women’s amateur stroke play 

championship, will compete in 

the three-strong NZ women’s 

team. They will play for the 

Espirito Santo Trophy at the 

tournament from August 29 to 

September 1. 

Riki makes debut in 

Queensland Cup 

Promising teen league player 

Jordan Riki made his debut 

in the Queensland Cup at 

the weekend for the Norths 

Devils in their 28-24 win 

over competition leaders the 

Burleigh Bears. The Hornby 

Panthers Junior was a standout 

in Norths’ run to the final in 

the Mal Meninga Cup under-18 

competition. Mark Graham, 

Israel Folau, Greg Inglis, 

Cameron Smith and Billy Slater 

have all played for Norths in the 

past. 

Canterbury Cricket 

contracts awarded 

Pace bowler Fraser Sheat 

and top order batsman Jack 

Boyle have been named as 

Canterbury Cricket’s final 

two contracted players for the 

upcoming summer. Sheat has 

secured his first contract after 

promising performances in 

the Plunket Shield and Ford 

Trophy last season, while Boyle 

was contracted for the first 

time last summer. They join 

Chad Bowe, Blake Coburn, Leo 

Carter, Andrew Ellis, Cameron 

Fletcher, Andrew Hazeldine, 

Kyle Jamieson, Ken McClure, 

Cole McConchie, Stephen 

Murdoch, Ed Nuttall, Henry 

Shipley, Will Williams and 

Theo van Woerkom in the full 

list of 16. 

Busy schedule for 

Rams as they make 

run for play-off 

The Canterbury Rams will play 

two games in as many days as 

they hang onto their goal of 

making the play-offs. The 

fifth-placed Rams travel to 

Napier to the play the fourthplaced 

Bay Hawks tonight. 

The Hawks and Rams both 

have seven wins. However, 

the Hawks have lost six games 

compared to seven losses for the 

Rams. The Rams then return 

to Cowles Stadium tomorrow 

night to host the seventh-placed 

Manawatu Jets.



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Kearney not panicking ahead of Broncos clash 

• By David Skipwith 

WARRIORS coach Stephen 

Kearney is looking for a physical 

response against Brisbane after 

blaming a soft attitude for their 

embarrassing defeat to Penrith. 

Kearney admitted a number of 

his players were reluctant to roll 

their sleeves up and get stuck in 

last week. 

But he isn’t panicking just yet – 

he expects a more committed effort 

and collective improvement 

against the Broncos at Suncorp 

Stadium on Sunday. 

“I’m not [panicking]. We had 

some guys that were probably 

hoping for an easier day out at 

the office and in this competition 

you just can’t think like that. We 

all know to get a good performance, 

we need everyone to do 

their jobs, and I don’t think we 

all had our hands up. There were 

a few guys that weren’t prepared 

to get themselves a little bit 

dirty.” The Warriors are desperate 

to squash growing doubts 

over their finals credentials 

and avoid three-straight losses 

against a rising Broncos side. 

The match will see Kearney 

return to Brisbane where he 

spent four years (2013-2016) as 

an assistant to Broncos coach 

Wayne Bennett after the pair 

previously worked together with 

the Kiwis during their 2008 

World Cup victory. 

Said Kearney: “They’re a good 

side and they’ve played some 

tough games over the last month. 

They’ve had a couple of tight 

wins against the Sharks and 

Canberra and knocked the socks 

off the Titans on the weekend. 

I know Wayne and I know the 

individuals there. They’re a good 

footy club and they’re always 

there or thereabouts so it presents 

a wonderful challenge.” 


Right side centre Peta Hiku 

and halfback Shaun Johnson 

have come in for plenty of criticism 

in the wake of the defeat to 

the Panthers, but Kearney says 

his under-performing players 

deserve the benefit of the doubt. 

“We’ve got to remind ourselves 

too that we’re two wins off the 

top of the table. So as much as I 

know you all want to catastrophise 

it, it’s not the end of the 

world.” – NZ Herald 

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He had earlier been recorded 

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Highway 1. 

A cut-down rifle was later 

found by police in the vehicle. 

Startled dog walkers said 

Jamieson ran a short distance 

from the vehicle before stopping 

to see if the woman in the vehicle 

was okay. 

Police arrived soon after and 

he was apprehended. 

Jamieson was one of six men 

found guilty of the manslaughter 

of Timaru man Wayne Kerry 

Bray in 2009. Jamieson received 

a nine-year jail sentence. He was 

on bail for other charges at the 

time of the attack on Mr Bray. 

Mr Bray, 26, died four days 

after he was punched, kicked and 

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Mr Bray had walked past a 

property where there had been a 

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the possible futuristic look of 


Plans for what the Square 




debate and controversy over the 

slow progress of the rebuild. 



a “lattice-style” translucent 

roof, which could host markets 



estimated to cost between $60- 

$80 million, aims to bring people 



spaces. 

The vision for the Square also 


with trees and water features, 


and meeting spaces, and Library 


areas. 

Former mayor Garry Moore 

said the plan was “brilliant” 


was not fussed by the pavilions. 

The next step is for a delivery 

strategy to be developed with the 

FUTURISTIC: Plans released yesterday show what Cathedral Square could look like. 

city council and stakeholders to 

determine what could be done, 

when, and what funding would 

be needed. 

Mayor Lianne Dalziel said 

the vision would help people 

think of the central city as a 

destination and residential 

neighbourhood. 


Christchurch’s vision will allow 


City councillor Deon Swiggs 

said it would need to work 





Cathedral. 

“We’ve got to look at what is 

happening, what’s in the vision 



said it was a good starting 

point. 




Mixed 

reaction 

to bold 

new plan 

between one of the men found 

guilty and Mr Bray which led to 

the attack. 


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I received an invitation 

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diesel models from Auckland 

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The two vehicles were the 

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the diesels now just arriving 

on showroom floors. 

Both cars have established 

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diesel option makes a lot of 

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fuel prices. 

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in a group of six drivers and 

we each had turns in both 

models. I did try hard on 

this exercise, however, my 

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wrong turn when leaving 

Auckland which presented 

me with a lot of stop-start 

in-traffic driving. 

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reap the leanest figures, but 

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from Mazda. 

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to the petrol engine of its 

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HOLDEN COMMODORE: Thrifty 2-litre diesel 

engine. 

on average, my time with 

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Commodore at 4.8l/100km. 

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were well below the manufacturer’s 

combined cycle 

claim of 5.6l/100km. 

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the Equinox has a 

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and a healthy 400Nm of 

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the Commodore 

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ISA provides additional 

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is available in both liftback 

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of two or four-wheel-drive 

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easy-driving characteristics 

of their petrol stablemates. 

Through the twisty, 

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precision and promoted a 

fabulous ride, the sport utility 

vehicle Equinox also had 

balance and accuracy and, 

like the petrol models, it is 

the quintessential family 

wagon. 

Prices for the Equinox 

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from $46,990 and $48,990 

respectively. 

Mazda extends SUV range 

MAZDA CX-8: Family-friendly for an active lifestyle. 

Those with an active 

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140kW with 450Nm 

SKYACTIV-D 2.2L engine 

and the 2000kg (braked) 

towing capacity. 

“The ability of the Mazda 

team in Japan to develop 

and enhance the technology 

of Mazda vehicles continues 

to impress,’’ Mazda New 

Zealand managing director, 

David Hodge said. 

Pricing for the Mazda 

CX-8 ranges from $53,495 

for the GSX (2WD) model 

to $62,495 for the Limited 

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of a franchise, ph 027 551 

4118 

Handy Person 

Services 

Tired of that dripping 

tap?Brassed off with 

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windows?Sick of looking 

at that broken gate & 

fence?Help is at hand!Ph 

John on 021 149 0986 for 

an obligation free quote to 

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Massage 

MALE Masseur, relax 

massage, waxing for men, 

8am-8pm ph 027 723 5756 

MASSAGE for ladies 

by mature male. 022 135 

7818 

Personals 

DANCING lady in her 

70’s seeking gentleman 

similar age who also loves 

to dance. Please reply to 

Box 60, c/o of The Star, 

PO Box 1467 ChCh. 

Sewing & Knitting 

INDUSTRIAL Plain 

sewing machine Brother, 

$350 , ph 027 777 3076 

Tools & Machinery 

TOOLS, Garden garage, 

saw benches, Lathes. Cash 

buyer Phone 355-2045 

Trades & Services 

ROOF REPAIRS 

MOSS SPRAYING 

366 4141 allroofs.co.nz 

PAINTER 

Houses Interior/Exterior 

27 years exp. 

Tidy workmanship 

On the spot written 

quotes 

Ph: 0274 360-298 

EXPERIENCED 

GARDENER 

(Kevin Garnett) 

30 Years 

Christchurch Botanic 

Gardens. 

ALL landscape 

work done. 

Maintenance, pruning, 

tidy up, lawn work, 

landscape planning 

and planting etc. 

Free Quotes 

Phone 348 3482 

• Commercial Carpet Cleaning 

• Residential Carpet Cleaning 

• Upholstery Cleaning 

• Stain & Odor Removal 

• Tile & Grout Cleaning 

NEED HELP 

WITH YOUR 

CARPET CLEAN? 

Simply give us a call 

on 021 035 8989 

We will get the job done 

in a professional way. 

30 years + experience 

Older house 

restorations: 

no problem! 

Quotes: FREE! 

Rates: Reasonable 

Paint supplied at 

trade price! 

NO JOB TOO SMALL 

Light industrial also 

Roger Brott 

Painter & Decorator 

021-1966-311 

DIRTY 

TILES & 

GROUT? 

Our unique restoration processes will make your 

tiled areas look BRAND NEW again! 

We provide cost effective makeovers for showers, 

bathrooms, kitchens or any other tiled areas. 

Tiled Shower Makeovers 

Professional Tile & Grout Cleaning 

Re-Colouring of existing Grout 

Tile/Grout Sealing 

Tile/Grout Repairs 

Silicone Replacement 

Garage Carpet Installation 

For your FREE no obligation quote contact 

DARRYL 


0800 882 772 

darryl.p@groutpro.co.nz 

House & Garden 

Property Services Ltd 

Gutter & down pipe cleaning 

Water blasting 

• Tree trimming & removal 

• Hedge & shrub trimming 

• Garden maintenance 

• Lawn mowing & care 

• General property 

maintenance 

• Landscaping 

• Painting & plastering 

• 25 years experience 

Call us today on 021 405 277 

for a free no obligation quote. 


BRICK & BLOCK 

LAYING 

all restoration work 

and new work plus 

foundations, ph 342 9340 

or 021 853 033 

BUILDER QUALIfIED 

50 yrs exp. Bathrooms, 

Kitchens, Renovations, 

Repairs & Extensions 

Free quotes. Discount for 

pensioners. Ph Mike 03 

980 9771 or 027 2266 930 

BUILDER 

Exp in all aspects of 

building works, home 

renovations & extensions, 

property repairs. Free 

quote. Ph Stuart 0274 

661058 

CARPET & VINYL 

LAYING 

50 Yrs exp Repairs, 

uplifting, relaying, 

restretching, E mail 

jflattery@xtra.co.nz 

ph John on 0800 003 181 

or 027 2407416 

CARPETLAYER 

35yrs experience. Special 

rates for seniors. Prompt 

service. Ph 021 263 7209 

CONCRETE CUTTING 

Affordable Concrete 

Cutting with Quality, and 

removal work. Free quote. 

No job to small. Phone 027 

442-2219, Fax 359-6052 

a/h 359- 4605 

CONCRETE CUTTING 

AND GRINDING 

Repair cracks & uneven 

surfaces. New concrete 

slabs. Small jobs ok. Gary 

342-8950 021 529 022 

ELECTRICIAN 

Prompt & reliable 

registered electrician with 

24 years experience for all 

residential and commercial 

work, new housing and 

switch board replacements 

Phone Chris 027 516 0669 


ELECTRICIAN 

Available, 30 years 

experience, immediate 

start, competitive rate, 

ph Brian 027 433 9548 

ELECTRICIAN 

Registered, electrical 

installation and repairs, 

Gorbie Electrical, ph 021 

026 73375 or 03 322 4209 

ELECTRICIAN 

Registered 

Domestic & Commercial. 

installations. All areas 

covered. Ph 021 058 1 644 

ELECTRICIAN 

All types of domestic 

& commercial work 

undertaken, new housing, 

alterations,extensions, 

ranges, security lights, 

quick response, efficient 

service,free quotes, 

city -wide. No call out 

fee. M/S, 8-5. Call Pat 

Barrett 03 359 2087/ 027 

7331384. 

Looking for an 

electrician? 

• Residential, Domestic 

& Commercial 

• Repairs, Maintenance 

• Fault finding 

• New housing 

• Competitive rates 


• Full & Partial Rewiring 

• Test & Tagging 

• Security Cameras 

• LED Lighting Upgrades 

Call 022 643 6450 

Email admin@totalelectric.co.nz 

After Hours 347 3313 

fENCING 

25 yrs exp. Fencing, all 

styles & gates. Ph Mark 

0273 313 223




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accountant 

ADVERTISING 

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• concrete tile, metal chip tile, corrugated iron 

landscape Builds 

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Member NZ Home Heating Association 

ph 03 343 4044 or 0274 375 619 

email teamgardner@xtra.co.nz 

concrete & paving 

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School Run to some 

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buses for 

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cleaning 

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NEED CONCRETE FOR... 

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Landscaping projects 

We can supply 

Mini Readymix Concrete* 

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Local Rolleston Based, 

Most competitive rates around 

Ph. 0508 872 672 www.tcltd.nz 

10 Railway, Rolleston 7614 

-next to Mobil fuel stop 

• Driveways 

• Earthquake repairs 

• New Home Specialists 

• Patios & Paths 

tel: 0508 873 7483 

email: sales@affordableconcrete.co.nz 

www.affordableconcrete.co.nz 

www.travlon.co.nz 

Phone: 03 325 2959 

Email: info@travlon.co.nz 

New Paint • Repaints 

Wallpapering • Fences 

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Floor & Roof Painting 

Spray Painting 

Light Commercial 

Restoring Timber 

Selwyn based but service the whole of Canterbury 

www.andertondecorators.co.nz 

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027 724 6846 027 PAINTIN 

DRIVEWAYS 

Exposed Aggregate 

Stamped Concrete Plain 

Concrete Resurfacing 

Things we offer... 

Competitive/affordable pricing 

Attention to detail 

Professional service 

free quotes/insurance scopes 

Cell 0278 145 848 

www.drivecrete.co.nz 

Driveways 

SWAINS KIWI KERB 

DRIVEWAY 

CONSTRUCTION 

Free Measure & Quote 

• Asphalt 

• Driveways 

• Kerb 

Quality Workmanship - 

Over 10 Years Experience 

• Chipseal 

• Chip 

PH 0800 081- 400 • 980-1123 

Mob 0274 325 457 

Excavations 

• Driveways 

• Car Parks 

• Site Cleaning 

• Demolition 

• Farm Tracks 

• Drain Cleaning 

• Stump & Hedge 

Removal 

• Ashpalt Concrete 

Wide range 

oF TruckS 

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Swimming Pools 

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• Diggers – 2 Ton 

up to 20 Ton 

• Excavators 

• Bobcat & Drilling 

• For Posthole & 

Fence hole 

For a Free Quote 

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Phone Steve on 021 338 247 

or 325 7922 

Free 

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Gutter Guard 

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WATER FROM YOUR ROOF. 

NOW AVAILABLE: STAINLESS STEEL 

MICO MESH 

Call Rohan anytime Mon-Sat for a noobligation 

assessment & quote 

0800 486532 www.gumleaf.co.nz



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hunting 

WE BUY ALL UNWANTED 

GUNS & ACCESSORIES 

FOR CASH 

Now at 64 Carmen Rd, Hornby 

027 265 4659 

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junk 

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service contact 

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• Magazine inserts 

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For a cost effective, targeted delivery 

please call 03 379 7100 or email 

michaela.malloch@starmedia.kiwi 

www.star.kiwi 

PAINTER 

PAINTING & TILING 

pc & phone repairs 

PLUMBER 

Michael Kelly Painters 

Locally owned and 

operated family 

business. 

25+ years Experience 

• Painting • Wallpapering 

• Interior • Exterior 

Free Quotes 

Phone 

Michael 0212 649 492 

michaelkellypainter@hotmail.co.nz 

• PAINTING • TILING 

• PLASTERING 

• WALLPAPERING 

Phone Kevin Steel 

• Interior/Exterior 

• New Homes & Repaints 

• Quality workmanship assured 

• Correct preparation always undertaken 

• 20+ years experience 

• Earthquake repairs 

(Painting/Plastering/Wallpapering/Tiling) 

Ph 381 7417 or 027 216 8946 

www.facebook.com/kevinsteelpainters&decorators 

• iPhones • Smart Phones 

• iPads • Tablets • Computers • Laptop 

Repairs, Parts and Accessories 

• Glass Screen Protectors 

• Phone Cases • Cables etc 

109 Matipo St | 0800 222 691 

12 years 

experience 

Serving Christchurch and wider 

Canterbury Region with quality 

workmanship and service. 

24/7 caLLOUT serVice 

plumber 

The go to guys for plumbing 

services 

✓ Plumbing and Gas 

✓ No job too big or small 

✓ All areas covered 

P: 03 595 5610 

E: info.ccp@gofox.nz 

W: gofox.nz 

PLUMBER 

PLUMBING & GASFITTING 

• Hot water cylinder repair/replacement 

• Leaky taps, blocked toilets 

• New housing 

• All plumbing alterations 

• Mains pressure hot water 

• Fire and wetback installation 

• Digger/tipper excavation and hire 

• Watermain replacement/repair 


• Certified craftsman plumber 

10% prompt payment discount* 

same day service* 

*conditions apply 

call/text 027 245 5100 

Freephone: 0508 426 269 

ROOF REPAIRS 

Locally owned & operated with 

over 30 years experience. 

• Extensions & repair • Roof coating 

• Concrete & clay tiles • Butynol 

• Malthoid • Asbestos Certified 

• Coloursteel • Old iron • Guttering 

Phone Dave 981 0278 

or 021 223 4200 

E: dave@beaumontroofing.co.nz 

BEAUMONT ROOFING LTD 

towing 

TRADES 

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Trades & 

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EVERY WEEK IN THE STAR 

To advertise phone 379-1100 

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A video will bring your business alive & into your 

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Promote your services or business with a 

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• Corporate and Business 

video a speciality 

• Competitive rates 

• 25 years experience 

• Start to finished product 

• Professional quality 

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PHone KeRRY 021 635 083 

tintawindow 

advanced film solutions 

99% uv block 

fade protection 

heat control 

reduce glare 

25 Years Experience 

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frosting designs 

non-darkening films 

Workmanship Guaranteed 

Lifetime Warranties on Most Films 

UV 

block 

Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts 

03 365 3653 0800 368 468



The Star Classifieds 


FENCING & DECKS 

All types of fencing and 

decking. Free quotes. Ph 

Jim 022 137 1920 

FENCING 

Quality timber fencing - 

gates & repairs, ph Ryan 

027 951 8892 

HANDY - DAN 

General Handyman for 

all your maintenance 

requirements. I specialise 

in fences and decking, also 

do spouting cleans and 

repairs and everyday home 

maintenance. NO JOB TO 

BIG OR SMALL I can do 

it all, please don’t hesitate 

to call me on 022 600 7738 

for a no obligation free 

quote. 

HANDYMAN/BUILDER 

All repairs & maintenance. 

Carpentary, tiling, 

painting, windows, doors, 

spouting, roofing, kitchens 

, bathrooms, landscaping. 

Free quotes. Ph Ian 021 

684-885 

HANDYMAN 

Painting, tiling, new 

shower, fence, deck etc 

etc. Gordon 0274 851 897 

or 960-1961 

HOUSE - WASH 

Hot Water Blasting 

Drives Deck Path Pavers 

Caravans & RV’s. Ph 027 

419 5735 

LANDSCAPING 

Paving, Lawns, Irrigation, 

Decking, Fencing. 

Kanga & small digger 

services. Check out Squire 

Landscaping on facebook. 

FREE QUOTES. Ph 

Arthur 347-8796, 027 

220-7014 Edwin 027 220- 

7154 

OVEN CLEANING 

Professional cleans 

$50.00. Gift Vouchers 

avail. Phone 0800 683- 

6253 or 027 228-0025 

PAINTING 

PLASTERING 

Free quotes. Int/ext & 

roof painting Family run 

business, work guaranteed. 

Pensioner discounts. Ph 

Kerin or Paul 022 191 

7877 or 379-1281. Website 

www.swedekiwipainting. 

co.nz 

PAINTING 

Indoor / Outdoor, over 30 

exp, same day quotes, ph 

Steve 021 255 7968 

PLASTER MASONRY 

Small jobs ok. 30 yrs 

exp. Brick Repairs, 

Stucco, Painting, Fixing, 

Stopping, Cracks & 

Holes, Free quotes. Gary 

342-8450 / 021 529 022 

PLASTERER 

Call Finn the plasterer for 

alterations, renovations, 

skin coating, holes, cracks, 

& cove. 25 yrs exp Canty 

born. 

Ph 022 0874351 

PLASTERER 

PAINTING 

Exp reliable quality finish. 

CompetitIve prices, free 

quotes. Ph Gavin 352 2313 

or 027 204 3835 

PLUMBER 

A Top Plumbing job 

completed at a fair price, 

prompt service, all work 

guaranteed, Ph Brian 960- 

7673 or 021 112-3492 

ROOFING REPAIRS 

Fully Qualified, Over 

40 Yrs experience 

Ph John 027 432-3822 

or 351-9147 email 

johnchmill@outlook.com 


RUBBISH REMOVAL 

Van & Trailer Rubbish 

Removal. Free quotes. Ph 

Gary 342-8950, 021 529 

022 

SPOUTING CLEANING 

Spouting Unblocked, 

Cleaned Out and Flushed 

Out. Also Full Handyman 

Services Available. Call 

Trevor 332 8949 or 021 

043 2034 

TILER 

Available now, excellent 

rates, quality work, call 

John for a free quote 021 

144 0844 

TREE SERVICES 

Free quotes 20+ yrs exp. 

Tree, hedge or shrub 

- reduction, shaped or 

removed. Ph/text Paul 

The Branch Manager 

0274314720 

PROFESSIONAL 

TREE CARE 

Tree Pruning, Shrubs, Hedges, 

Driveways & Boundary Clearing 

Over 25yrs experience 

Call Jonathan 027 338 2726 

WINDOW CLEANING 

Average 3 brm house 

inside or out $40. Both $70 

Phone Trevor 344-2170 

Tuition 

COMPUTER LESSONS 

avail for computer, IPad, 

or Mobile. Please contact 

Jobee 027 290 9246 www. 

computertutor.nz 

Tours 

Wanted To Buy 

WANTED 

SLEEP 

OUTS 

ANYTHING 

CONSIDERED 

Building Removals 

349 9633 

antique 

cameras 

wanted 

~ 

Old wooden and 

brass cameras wanted 

to buy, also wanted 

Leica cameras. 

~ 

Phone 351 5353 

or 021 128 5498 

CASH FOR 

STAMPS 

Do you have an 

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collection tucked away 

somewhere? It could 

be worth a fortune! 

We are currently Buying 

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Christchurch area to stock 

our retail shop in Riccarton. 

Free Appraisal and Cash 

Offers on most items. 

Call Matt Power 

0800 39 24 26 

The Stamp Exchange 

134a Riccarton Road. Opposite 

the Mall carpark. 

World of Wearable Arts 

Departs 6th October 2018 

2 nights including Premium WOW tickets 

$1100.00 pp twin share 

Hokianga and Far North 

Departs 21st September 2018 

8 days - $2250.00 pp twin share 

Tasmania 

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12 days - $4900.00 pp twin share 

Call Reid Tours 0800 446 886 

www.reidtours.com 

Crossword Solutions 

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

Wanted To Buy 

AAA Buying goods 

quality furniture, 

Beds, Stoves, Washing 

machines, Fridge Freezers. 

Same day service. Selwyn 

Dealers. Phone 980 5812 

or 027 313 8156 

A+ About to move? Books, 

china, coins, medals, 

furniture, furs, jewellery, 

tools, old photos, estate. 

Ph 385-5117 

A+ Household effects, 

fridges, freezers, washing 

machines, ovens. Good 

cash paid. Ph Paul 022 

0891 671 

ALL whiteware wanted. 

Same day service, cash 

paid for . freezes, fridges, 

washing machines, ovens. 

Also buying furniture & 

h/hold effects.Anything 

considered. Ph Dave 960- 

8440, 027 66 22 116 

ALL Old China, Crystal, 

Ornaments, Vases, Cutlery 

etc. Raewyn Hill Phone 

360-0951 

BOOKS Wanted,old, 

anything considered, ph 

03 354 1621 

MILITARIA Any 

country, firearms, 

uniforms, badges, medals, 

memoribilia, WW2 or 

earlier ph 338-9931 

TOOLS, Garden garage, 

saw benches, Lathes. Cash 

buyer Phone 355-2045 

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GOOD! 

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It’s 

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Thanks to the 

support of our 

advertisers 

PH 379 7100 

www.star.kiwi 

Situations Vacant 

Merrin School 

Whetu Kohara – Shining Stars 

Caretaker Wanted 

Two days each week, 8am – 3pm 

Are you a practical hard-working person 

who would like to work part time alongside 

Jennifer our other caretaker? 

Please contact Sarah-Jane at our School 

Office for an application form. 

sarahjanehaywood@merrin.school.nz 

or phone: 03 358 8369 

Situations Vacant 

HANDY PERSON to 

install insulation in flats. 

Exp plus painting & odd 

jobs.Part time. Ph 386- 

0161 

DUTY 

MANAGER 

REQUIRED 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLEANERS 

REQUIRED 

Cashmere Area 

Mon - Fri 

3.15-5.45pm 

Burnside Area 

Mon - Fri 

3pm - 6pm 

We are looking for 

cleaners to join our 

commercial 

cleaning team. 

You will need to pass a 

Security Check and you 

MUST have your own 

transport. 

Must be eligible to work 

in New Zealand. 

Please email your 

Application to 

csc@totalcanterbury.co.nz 

or phone 338 9056 

Visit our website: 

totalcanterbury.co.nz 

Please advise which job 

when emailing your CV. 

Public Notices 

HOUSE & GARAGE 

Cleanout. I’ll pick up for 

free.. Ph 021 08439932. 

Recycling Man. Charity 

for Chch. 

NOTICES 

advertising 

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For professional, 

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Vehicles Wanted 

CASH/CASH for any 

unwanted vehicles, ph 

347 9354 or 027 476 2404 

Vehicles Wanted 

Public Notices 

John Higgins 

RESOURCE CONSENTS MANAGER 

www.ccc.govt.nz 

0800 8200 600 

www.pickapart.co.nz 


PERMITTED TEMPORARY 

ACCOMMODATION 

Under Clause 7(3)(a) of the Canterbury Earthquake 

(Resource Management Act Permitted Activities) 

Order 2011 

Despite anything to the contrary in the Christchurch 

City Plan, the activities listed below are permitted 

activities in the specified locations if they comply with 

the prescribed standards: 

1. ACTIVITY: Car park 

LOCATION: 50 St Asaph Street 

APPLICANT: Canterbury District Health Board 

REFERENCE NO: RMA/2018/1298 

STANDARDS: 

1. The activity must proceed in general accordance 

with the information submitted to the Council 

on 30 May 2018 and the further information 

submitted via email on 14 June 2018. 

2. The surface of car parking, pedestrian and 

manoeuvring areas shall be compacted and 

maintained to an all-weather surface. 

3. The car park is to be maintained so that there are 

no potholes, ponding of water or trip hazards 

that could affect safe vehicle and pedestrian 

movement. 

4. No debris is to be deposited on the legal road 

(including the footpath/shared path areas. 

Should any debris spill over onto the legal road 

the permit holder is to ensure that it is cleared 

within 24 hours. 

5. The permit holder shall undertake calculations 

prior to the operation of the facility to determine 

that light received in all areas is a minimum 

illuminance of 3 lux, an average horizontal 

illuminance of 13 lux and point vertical 

illuminance of 3 lux. This calculation is required 

to be submitted to Council for their records. 

Where these standards cannot be meet, lighting 

is required to be installed to achieve the 

minimum illuminances with the lighting plan 

submitted to Council for their records within 

three months of the car parking commencing 

operation. 

6. If parking areas E and F as identified on the 

submitted site plan are to provide for parking 

during hours of darkness, lighting in accordance 

with condition 5 of this consent must be 

complied with. 

7. That any fencing between car parking areas and 

adjoining roadways be constructed of material 

that will allow for at least 50 percent visual 

permeability. 

8. The activity must not create any adverse effects 

(relating, but not limited to, noise, dust, mud, 

light spill, odour, traffic generation, refuse 

disposal, animal control, visual amenity and 

safety of users) that will, in the opinion of a 

Council Compliance Officer or Environmental 

Health Officer, cause nuisance for occupiers of 

surrounding sites or adversely affect the safety 

of car park users. 

The general Standards for Permitted Temporary 

Accommodation and Temporary Depots and 

Storage Facilities can be viewed on the Temporary 

Accommodation page of the Council’s website at 

www.ccc.govt.nz/tempaccomm. 

Any temporary activity established under these 

provisions shall not create or give rise to any existing 

use right in respect of any land, activity, or structure (refer 

clause 5(3) of the Canterbury Earthquake (Resource 

Management Act Permitted Activities) Order 2011). 

If you have any questions or would like more 

information about the activities listed above please 

phone 941 8999 and ask to speak to the Duty Planner. 

CAR REMOVALS 

$$CASH PAID$$ 

CARS, VANS, UTES & 4X4 WANTED 

NZ OWNED AND OPERATED FOR 24 YEARS 

We use world class vehicle depollution systems



christchurch 

GIG GUIDE 

To add a listing, contact 

Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or 

027 458 8590 

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi 

www.star.kiwi/whatson 

Joshua Hedley at Blue Smoke 

on Saturday night. 

Swan Sisters at Blue Smoke 

on Sunday afternoon. 

LADI6 at Winnie Bagoes City 

on Friday night. 

A ROLLING STONE, 579 

Colombo St: 

Thursday 7pm - Open Mic. Friday 

8.30pm - CAMP! Drag Show & 

Dance Party, Tix $10 at Eventfinda 

or $15 at the door. Saturday 8pm - 

The Chch Pun Battle 

Championships Semi-Final #2, Tix 

$18-$24 at Eventinfda. Monday 

6pm - Quiz. Tuesday 7pm - Open 

Mic. Wednesday 7pm - Trad 

Session & Irish Language Lessons. 

BARETTA, St Asaph St: 

Friday 7pm - Live music; 10.30pm 

- DJ. Saturday 9pm - DJ Double 

Header. 

BLUE SMOKE, Garlands 

Rd, Woolston: 

Thursday 6pm - Raise Tumanako 

with The Eastern & Holly 

Arrowsmith, Tix $20-$25 at UTR. 

Saturday 8pm - Joshua Hedley 

with Reb Fountain, Tix @ 

ticketmaster. Sunday Sit Down 

4pm - The Swan Sisters, entry fee. 

CARLTON, cnr Papanui Rd 

& Bealey Ave: 

Thursday 9pm - SansTribe. Friday 

10pm - D’Sendantz. Saturday 

10.30pm - Cropduster. Sunday 

5pm - James Hart. Wednesday 

8.30pm - D’Sendantz Duo. 

CASHMERE CLUB, 50 

Colombo St: 

Thursday 7pm - Cashmere Ukulele 

Players. Friday 6.30pm - Dance 

Factory with Krakkajack Band, $10 

entry. 

CASHMERE CLUB cont... 

Sunday Sessions 4.30pm - 

Southern Jazz Men. 

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO, 

Victoria St: 

Friday 6pm - Smoothtalk; 9.15pm 

- Shannon Cooper-Garland. 

Saturday 7pm - Reckless; 10.15pm 

- Franchise. Sunday 5.30pm - Sly 

Manhattan. 

DANCE FACTORY with 

KRAKKAJACK Band, 

Cashmere Club, 50 

Colombo St: 

Friday 6.30pm - Dance Factory 

learn to Waltz followed by mixed 

Dancing from 7.30pm with 

Krakkajack Band, $10 entry 

(Sports Hall). 

DARKROOM, St Asaph St: 

Friday 8pm - Yarnspinner; Swamp 

Dweller; Shetland, $10 entry. 

Saturday 7pm - Aaron Jelley’s 

Dabda, Tix $15 at Eventfinda; 8pm 

- Polyester; Pickle Darling; Laura 

Lee Lovely, Tix $10 at UTR. 

EMPIRE, St Asaph St: 

Thursday 9pm - DJ. Friday 10pm - 

DJ. Saturday 10pm - DJ. 

FAT EDDIES, cnr Hereford 

St & Oxford Tce: 

Thursday 7.30pm - To Be Frank; 

10pm - The In Crowd. Friday 6pm 

- Cam Finlay Quartet; 8.30pm - 

Oval Office; Sarena & the 

Pocketchange. Saturday 6pm - Zak 

Williams Quartet; 8.30pm - Tina & 

the Turner; 

FAT EDDIES cont... Saturday 

Midnight - Sound Sensation. 

Sunday 4pm - Little Big Duo. 

FINNEGANS IRISH PUB, 

PREBBLETON: 

Friday 8pm - Traditional Session. 

Saturday 8pm - The Black Velvet 

Band, free. 

GARDEN BAR CAFE, 110 

Marshland Rd: 

Saturday 6pm - DnD Duo (Jojo & 

Mark). 

HORNBY WMC, Carmen 

Rd: Saturday 4.30pm - Barross; 

8pm - Sha-Low. Sunday 1.30pm - 

Mid Canterbury Country Music, $2 

entry. 

ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL, 

Gloucester St: Friday 7.30pm, 

Saturday 2pm & 7.30pm, Sunday 

4pm - Showbiz, Broadway Hitmen; 

8pm - Seed. Tuesday 11am, 2pm, 

6pm - The Most Boring Show on 

Earth. Tickets @ticketek. 

LYTTELTON RECORDS, 650 

Ferry Rd: Thursday 7pm - Open 

Mic Night. 

MACKENZIES HOTEL, 

Pages Rd: Friday - Mammoth. 

Saturday - The Elevators. 

MAINSTREET SPORTS 

BAR, Rangiora: Sunday 3pm - 

DnD Duo (Jojo & Mark). 

MAK TAVERN, Kaianga: 

Friday - Flat City Brotherhood. 

Saturday - Mammoth. Sunday - 

Unhinged. 

PIERSIDE CAFE & BAR, 

Marine Pde: 

Friday 9.30pm - DJ Sharkey. 

Saturday 9.30pm - Elevators. 

RICHMOND WMC, cnr 

London St & Stanmore Rd: 

Friday 7pm - Robbie Drew. Sunday 

3pm - I Alone. 

STOCKXCHANGE, 

Marshland Rd: 

Saturday 7pm - Hot Gossip. 

SULLIVANS IRISH PUB, 

Lincoln Rd, Addington: 

Friday 9pm - Willie McArthur. 

Saturday 9pm - Willie McArthur. 

Wed 7pm - Willie’s Open Mic. 

TEMPS HORNBY, Goulding 

St, Hornby: 

Friday 8.30pm- Misfitz. Saturday 

8.30pm - Misfitz. Wednesday 7pm 

- Mickey Rat Karaoke. 

THE CRAIC IRISH BAR, 

Riccarton Rd: 

Friday - Rocky Road. Saturday - 

Muncheez. Monday 7pm - Poker. 

Tuesday 7pm - Quiz Night. 

Wednesday - Karaoke with DJ 

Chick. 

THE MILLER BAR, Lincoln 

Rd, Addington: 

Thursday 7pm - Learn to Rock n 

Roll. Friday 9.30pm - Little 

Kitchen. Saturday 9.30pm - 

Absolut Duo. Wednesday 8pm - 

Karaoke with Lance Kiwi. 

THE PAPANUI CLUB, 

EMBERS BAR, Sawyers 

Arms Rd: Friday - Closed for 

Private Function. Saturday 7pm - 

Alan Fairbrother. 

THE WAVE BAR, Marine 

Pde: Thursday 8.30pm - Karaoke. 

Friday 8.30pm - DJ. Saturday 

8.30pm - Live music. 

THROUGH THE DOORS 

RADIO SHOW: 

Saturday 7pm - Tune into Plains 

FM 96.9 for the 2nd of this ten 

programme show by nostalgia 

presenter Paul Featherstone & 

panelist Steve Bell featuring Jim 

Morrison & the Doors’ live 

recordings & historic interviews. 

Listen live or podcast on demand 

at plainsfm.org.nz 

TREVINOS BAR, cnr Mona 

Vale & Riccarton Rds: 

Friday 9pm - Vague-As Brothers. 

WINNIE BAGOES CITY, Cnr 

Madras & Allen Sts: 

Friday 8pm - Ladi6 ‘Outtta Time’ 

Tour with Silva Mc & Jess B & 

Bailey Wiley, ticketed. 

WOOLSTON CLUB, 

Hargood St: Saturday 7.30pm - 

Eddie Simon. 

WUNDERBAR, Lyttelton: 

Friday 7.30pm - Preservatives, free. 

Saturday 9pm - Playg freat. 

Necrum Select; Tarqa; Inperspect; 

Unorthodoxunitus, entry before 

10pm $5, after $10. 

8PM EVERY FRIDAY 

8PM THIS SATURDAY 

SATURDAY 

4th AUG 

8PM 

LESS THAN 10 MINUTES FROM HORNBY 

IRISH TRAD SESSION 

Rollicking good fun. 

All welcome. 

SOLO, ACOUSTIC 

JON TOOGOOD 

Tickets at www.aaaticketing.co.nz 

Prebbleton Tavern 

585 Springs Rd, Prebbleton 

www.prebbletontavern.co.nz




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