Western News: September 11, 2018

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 

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The Villa Maria College 

netball team won their 

first South Island title in 

10 years when they 

defeated Southland Girls’ 

High School 39-26 at 

Dunedin’s Edgar Centre, 

last Thursday. 

The win was extra sweet 

for their co-coaches, Helen 

Mahon-Stroud and Julie 

Suburb disappearing 

Closures and subdivisions are 

affecting Sockburn 

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Above – The large group 

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Right – Wing defence 

Sophie Glass and goal 

keep, Olivia Burnham, about 

to share a hug after the final 

whistle. 

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• By Anan Zaki 

TEMPLETON residents will 

this week submit a petition 

demanding to stop a proposed 

Fulton Hogan quarry. 

The petition has 4050 signatures 

and was launched online by the 

Templeton Residents Association 

six months ago. 

The proposed quarry is at a 

170ha site on Curraghs, Dawsons, 

Jones and Maddisons Rds. 

Chairman Garry Kilday said 

the petition will be presented 

to Environment Canterbury, 

Ministry for the Environment and 

Selwyn District Council. 

He could not confirm which 

date this week the petition will be 

presented. 

Mr Kilday said the support 

from the community has been 

“massive.” 

“It’s been good for public unity 

because people have stood up in a 

solid form.” 

The petition had signatures 

from Australia and the United 

States. 

“It’s amazing actually, the 

amount of people who have 

signed this petition, quite incredible 

when you read it,” Mr Kilday 

said. 

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THE FIGHT to stop the planned quarry in 

Templeton goes up a level this week. 

Opponents have gathered just over 4000 

signatures on a petition and will send it 

to Environment Canterbury, Ministry for 

the Environment and the Selwyn District 

Council. 

The key people fighting the quarry are to be applauded. 

This will be no easy scrap. 

Fulton Hogan, which is looking to build the quarry, are a big 

outfit with lots of money and the expertise to dig in for a war of 

attrition. 

It will be draining on those fighting Fulton Hogan and they 

will need determination and stamina to stay in the battle. 

Templeton Residents’ Association chairman Garry Kilday will 

need to be one physically and mentally fit individual. 

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Tuesday September 11 2018 3 

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Kyle Park weed ‘disgraceful’ 


A BMX club says overgrown 

weed at Hornby’s Kyle Park is 

bringing down the area. 

The city council put up fencing 

around various parts of the park 

that tested positive for asbestos 

in 2015. 

But there are no plans to remove 

the asbestos at the former 

landfill site. 

Christchurch City BMX Club 

track manager Michael Stronach 

says Kyle Park has been forgotten 

about since fencing was put up. 

“It’s disgraceful, [the weed] 

is as high as the fence in some 

parts. It brings down the whole 

park and looks horrible,” Mr 

Stronach said. 

He said city council staff only 

removed the weed once, in January. 

“We hosted the South Island 

BMX championship and a member 

of our committee chased up 

council to do it.” 

Since then the site has been left 

neglected. 

The BMX club had to remove 

the weed themselves to improve 

the appearance of the park. 

“We spray weedkiller as much 

as we can through the fence and 

I’ve seen people pull weeds through 

the fence,” Mr Stronach said. 

He said visitors to the club 

often asked about the state of the 

weed. 

“Before the fencing was put up 

[in 2015], you used to be able to 

use a fenced-off area as a viewing 

platform, and people often ask 

why you can’t anymore,” Mr 

Stronach said. 

City council community parks 

manager Al Hardy said weeds 

are controlled on a required 

basis. 

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and is an appropriate measure to 

assure public safety. 

“The garden areas have been 

mulched to ensure the amenity 

of the park is retained while containing 

the risk,” Mr Hardy said. 

Greater Hornby Residents Association 

chairman Marc Duff 

said it was disappointing the city 

council had no plans to remove 

the asbestos. 

“It looks like they have just 

built the fence and walked away. 

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Stronach is 

upset because 

of overgrown 

weeds and 

asbestos at Kyle 

Park. 

“They need to come up with a 

programme where it is presentable 

for the residents and keep it 

in a tidy manner,” Mr Duff said. 

Meanwhile, Kyle Park will be 

investigated by the city council 

as a potential site for a southwest 

leisure centre. The investigations 

will begin this week 

and is expected to be finished by 

Labour Weekend. 

The city council will identify 

a new preferred location for the 

leisure centre in early 2019. 

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Fire rages, homes at risk 

BUS SHELTER LIKELY 

A new bus shelter could be on the 

way for Clarence St, beside the 

multi-storey Westfield Riccarton 

parking building. Members of 

the Halswell-Riccarton-Hornby 

Community Board will today vote 

on whether the bus shelter will be 

installed. Should it be approved, 

the shelter will be built in within 

three months. 

NO STOPPING 

The Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton 

Community Board will today 

vote on imposing no stopping 

restrictions on Lester Lane, 

Riccarton. After consulting 

with businesses in the area, City 

council staff recommended 

that no vehicles may stop in the 

cul-de-sac between 11pm and 

5am every night. A council staff 

report said that the no parking 

restrictions are intended to stop 

anti-social behaviour such as 

burnouts. 

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Burnside, Villa hit the right notes 


Garry Kilday 

Quarry petition 

to be submitted 

this week 

•From page 1 

Meanwhile, the campaign had 

secured $25,000 in donations in 

anticipation for the fight against 

the proposed site. 

Mr Kilday said he is grateful for 

the donations, but believed the 

residents will never have enough 

money to match Fulton Hogan’s 

“deep pockets”. 

“At the end of the day, the 

money that we’ve got isn’t going to 

be enough to cover our expenses 

but we will have to make do.” 

He believed the residents will 

need at least $500,000 should they 

have to go to the Environment 

Court. 

“Like everything else in the 

country, it’s all about [who has the 

most] money, not the fairness, it’s 

about the money,” Mr Kilday said. 


BURNSIDE HIGH School and 

Villa Maria College shone at 

the Big Sing National finale in 

Wellington. 

Burnside’s two choirs, Bel 

Canto and Senior Chorale were 

awarded gold medals in the 

finale held on September 3. 

Bel Canto also won the Tour 

Time Trophy, for best classical 

performance, from medieval to 

present day. 

Villa Maria’s Con Brio choir 

was awarded a silver medal in 

the finale. Choir director Naomi 

Hnat said she was proud of her 

students achievements. 

“It was a real privilege to compete 

in the national finale. It is a 

dream for so many choirs, and 

we felt very fortunate to be able 

to take part.” 

Mrs Hnat said the girls were 

nervous and excited to perform 

on stage. 

“But as a choir we always make 

sure that we do not focus on 

awards or scores. 

“We’d rather [focus on] how 

much we can grow from an 

experience and how much we 

can move an audience through a 

performance,” she said. 

Con Brio singer Ella Berry, 17, 

said the finale was an “awesome” 

VOCALS: Burnside High School’s Bel Canto choir (above), was awarded gold at the Big Sing 

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“Every member gave everything 

they had and put their 

heart and soul into communicating 

the essence of each piece. 

“We all really wanted to make 

Naomi proud and perform to the 

best of our ability, and our hard 

work during rehearsals payed off 

for this,” Ella said. 

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Call to look at heavy vehicle ban 


THE Fendalton-Waimairi- 

Harewood Community Board 

has asked city council staff to 

look at the viability of a heavy 

vehicle ban in Avonhead. 

Board chairman Sam 

MacDonald said it asked staff 

last week to report back by 

October 3. 

The request comes after Avonhead 

residents voiced their anger 

over heavy traffic in the Western 

News last week. 

“We’ve asked staff to go away 

and basically bring us a report 

and say what our options are 

with regard to a [heavy vehicle] 

ban in the area,” Mr MacDonald 

said. 

Staff will investigate options 

for a heavy vehicle ban 

on Roydvale Ave (between 

Avonhead Rd and Memorial 

Ave), Avonhead Rd (between 

Roydvale Ave and Russley Rd) 

and Hawthornden Rd. 

“We just want them to be very 

clear, with the current rules in 

place, what delegations the community 

board has [to ban heavy 

vehicles] and what evidence they 

would require to do that,” Mr 

MacDonald said. 

But he steered clear of committing 

to seek a heavy vehicle 

ban in Avonhead. 

“Until we get advice [from 

staff], it wouldn’t be appropriate 

to comment,” Mr MacDonald 

said. 

Hawthornden Rd resident Jon 

Leadbeater said the community 

board’s request was good news. 

“People in the area would welcome 

that. It could be a big step 

to improve safety. 

“The big wagon trucks, they 

are the things that are concerning 

to the residents.” 

He hoped increased publicity 

will get heavy traffic banned in 

the area. 

“I feel the publicity can make 

the difference. [A ban] would 

be a great outcome for everyone 

concerned,” he said. 

Mr Leadbeater said last week 

that heavy vehicles are using 

Roydvale Ave, Hawthornden Rd 

and Cutts Rd as a shortcut. 

He said heavy traffic increased 

after the Avonhead and Russley 

Rd intersection was closed in 

November 2015, as part of NZ 

UNSAFE: 

Hawthornden 

Rd resident Jon 

Leadbeater has 

welcomed the 

Fendalton- 

Waimairi-Harewood 

Community Board’s 

request to see if a 

heavy vehicle ban is 

viable in Avonhead. 

Transport Agency’s $112 million 

Russley Rd upgrade. 

It follows on from residents 

in Fendalton and Wigram also 

voicing opposition to heavy 

vehicles travelling through residential 

areas. 

Fendalton residents last 

month lost their bid to ban 

heavy vehicles from the Glandovey 

and Idris Rd intersection. 

Lady Wigram Retirement Village 

residents on Lodestar Ave 

complained about heavy traffic 

last year. 

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YOUTH FUNDING 

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Community Board will today 

vote on granting Wigram 

gymnast Ashleigh O’Neill $300. 

The 21-year-old will travel to 

Tauranga to compete at the 

National Rhythmic Gymnastics 

Championships. The competition 

will be held from October 2 to 8. 

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the second highest number 

of graffiti incidents in the city 

last month. The ward had 61 

incidents of graffiti reported in 

the city council’s top 10 graffiti 

incidents report. The number 

was up from 57 in July and 56 in 

June. The Central Ward recorded 

the highest number of graffiti, 

with 182 incidents, down from 

213 in July and 391 in June. The 

Hornby Ward had 13 incidents 

last month, down from 28 in July 

and 25 in June. The Fendalton 

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month, compared to seven in 

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CLOSE SHAVE: Summerset Wigram resident Liz Johnston gets her head shaved 

by Manscape owner Kaisa Pruler. 

Wigram 72 year 

old loses locks 

SUMMERSET at Wigram 

resident Liz Johnston took 

a stand for cancer when 

she shaved her head for a 

Daffodil Day fundraiser. 

Mrs Johnston, 72, said 

this is the third head 

shave she has done she 

convinced village manager 

Russell Walters to join in 

and shave his beard. 

It’s an important cause 

for Mrs Johnston, who 

believes that all families 

are affected by cancer at 

some point. 

“Someone at church 

asked me if I’d shave my 

head for cancer, and I told 

her I would before I was 

80. 

“Unfortunately she 

passed away, so I decided I 

needed to do it to honour 

• By Ashleigh Monk 

A CHINESE tea ceremony, 

calligraphy and martial 

arts are on the cards for the 

Christchurch Boys’ High 

School Chinese Immersion 

Day. 

The event is in its fifth 

year and gives students 

and their families across 

the city the chance to 

experience Chinese culture 

first-hand. 


School head of Chinese 

Huili Feng said the day had 

attracted hundreds of visitors 

in previous years. 

“The aim is to create 

more opportunities for students 

from other schools 

who do not have Chinese 

language courses to get 

some experience in Chinese 

culture,” she said. 

“The event has become 

popular with around 500 

participants last year.” 

the promise I made her,” 

she said. 

Mrs Johnston wanted 

to raise as much money as 

possible and was confident 

she would have support. 

“I’m sure one day they 

will find an answer to 

cancer. This is just another 

way I can give back,” she 

said. 

She had her head shaved 

in the lounge of Wigram’s 

Summerset retirement 

village, in front of a crowd 

of more than 100 residents 

and friends. She helped 

raise $4000 for the cause. 

Village manager Russell 

Walters said that he was 

glad to be of help and very 

relieved to get rid of his 

overgrown beard. 

Staff from hair salon 

Activities on the day 

include Chinese painting, 

paper cutting, knots, traditional 

games, folk dance, 

a culture quiz and the opportunity 

to learn Chinese 

characters and numbers. 

Ms Feng said she aimed 

to encourage people to take 

part in as many activities 

as possible and even had an 

incentive. 

“Each participant is 

Manscape offered to give 

Mrs Johnston her buzzcut. 

Said Summerset Wigram 

activities co-ordinator 

Nicki Singer: “It was a fantastic 

event and such a fun 

way to raise money. 

“Liz, Russell, the 

residents at Summerset 

Wigram and the wider 

community that supported 

them, should be really 

proud of their achievement.” 

Mrs Johnston said she 

felt “really good” after the 

shave. “It doesn’t take long 

to grow back. People tell 

me, ‘you’re brave’, but I’m 

not because I get to choose 

to do it. 

“There is no hero in that. 

The real heroes are those 

who have no choice.” 

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at last year’s 

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Day. 

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are required to 

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held on September 15 

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Suburb of Sockburn quickly disappearing 


SOCKBURN HAS been 

mentioned in city records for 

140 years, but local identities say 

their suburb is under siege. 

Former Paparua County clerk 

and Sockburn resident of 49 

years, Bryan Mooar, believed 

the growth of the Wigram 

subdivisions have played a large 

role in the demise of Sockburn. 

Mr Mooar was at the Paparua 

County Council for 25 years, 13 

of those as clerk, until it amalgamated 

with Christchurch in 

1989. 

Sockburn resident of 68 years 

Eddie Cutts agreed with Mr 

Mooar’s views. 

Mr Cutts is the grandson of 

Albert Cutts, who once owned 

Chokebore Lodge, which was associated 

with horse racing. 

“It’s disappearing because 

we’ve got the very big Wigram 

[residential] complex at the old 

airport, together with the retirement 

villages,” Mr Mooar said. 

He said other factors that have 

fuelled the decline of the area 

was the 2011 closures of the 

former Sockburn Service Centre 

and the suburb’s last major freezing 

works, the Alliance Freezing 

Company. 

The Alliance freezing works 

IDENTITIES: Long-time Sockburn residents Bryan Mooar and Eddie Cutts at the Sockburn 

roundabout. 

was at the former site of the city 

abattoir on Racecourse Rd. 

Another closure that affected 

the area was the Sockburn swimming 

pool, which shut down in 

2006, Mr Mooar said. 

“The old abattoir was an old 

identity and provided a lot of 

job availability for people in the 

area,” he said. 

Recently the Sockburn Fire 

Station was renamed Wigram 

and next year Sockburn School 

will move to Wigram. 

“It’s not just quietly disappearing 

. . . it’s being gobbled up,” Mr 

Mooar said. 

He believed the future of 

the suburb was industrial and 

there was no way to stop the 

suburb being taken over. 

“It’s just a matter of progress, 

the city expanding and it’s only 

one or two kilometres from 

Riccarton Rd, which is a main 

route,” Mr Mooar said. 

He did not feel sad about 

Sockburn being eroded away, as 

he believed it was for the greater 

good of the city. 

Mr Cutts said much of Sockburn 

has already disappeared as 

the area was known for its horse 

racing stables. 

He believed the city’s population 

growth has negatively 

impacted the racing history of 

the area. 

“It’s disappearing now, all that 

land by the Riccarton Racecourse 

is being gobbled up developers 

for high density living. 

“Racecourse Rd and the surrounding 

streets had horses 

going to the track every morning 

and now you’re not even allowed 

a horse on the road. So Sockburn 

has lost its identity.” 

Mr Cutts wished his children 

and grandchildren enjoyed the 

area like he was able to. 

“But you can’t live in the past 

unfortunately, I would like to 

though. We used to go over to 

the racecourse and disappear for 

the day, play in the pits, shoot 

rabbits and fly kites.” 

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Rich farming and equine history 

CITY LIBRARY records 

showed that Sockburn was 

first mentioned in 1878, in an 

advertisement in The Press. 

It was referred to as the “old 

racecourse platform (Sockburn)”. 

Library records showed that 

Sockburn was the name of an 

hold homestead of a farm, which 

occupied the site where the city 

abattoir stood on Racecourse Rd. 

The railway platform on Alloy 

St was first called Racecourse, 

because it served the Riccarton 

Racecourse. 

The platform was later moved 

to Hornby but a need developed 

for a new station on the original 

site. When this was built it was 

given the name Sockburn. 

In 1903, the Cyclopedia of New 

Zealand described Sockburn as 

a farming suburb, which was 

rapidly becoming a residential 

suburb. 

The book stated that Sockburn 

was home to a number of 

abattoirs belonging to the city 

council. There were also several 

training stables in the neighbourhood. 

In 1916, the suburb had an 

airport to its name, but it was 

renamed after the former mayor 

Sir Henry Wigram in 1923. 

The area was part of the 

Paparua County Council until 

1989, when it amalgamated with 

the Christchurch City Council. 

Since the turn of the 21st-century, 

population figures indicated 

slow growth in the area. 

City council statistics showed 

that from 2001 to 2016, the 

population of Hornby/Sockburn 

grew from 16,000 to an estimated 

17,800. 

In the same period, the population 

of Halswell/Wigram jumped 

from 19,000 to an estimated 

26,000. 

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FREE RANGE: Poultry raising and egg production (left) at 

Fazackerley’s poultry farm, Sockburn, 1926. 


MEAT WORKS: Christchurch City Abattoir, Sockburn, about 

1900. Photos obtained from the collection, and used with 

permission of, Christchurch City Libraries. 

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Sooty set to move out of The Swamp 

Well-known publican 

Stephen “Sooty” Moffett 

is moving on from the 

Islington Tavern after 26 

years. He sat down with 

reporter Anan Zaki to 

discuss the highs and 

lows 

IT WAS the night of September 

4, 2010, the city was still in 

shock from the magnitude 7.1 

earthquake which struck that 

morning. 

Businesses all over the city 

were closed, but on Main South 

Rd, the queues for the Islington 

Tavern, also known as The 

Swamp, spilled onto the footpath. 

“We never missed a day. There 

was just nowhere else [for people] 

to go. One in the morning and 

we had 100 people outside and 

100 people inside and we’re only 

allowed 144 people,” recalls Mr 

Moffett. 

“At one stage we had 11 doormen, 

so it takes everything 

you make away. We had people 

dragging each other through 

windows, it was crazy.” 

The 54-year-old took over The 

Swamp in August 1992, and 

moved in above the pub. To this 

day he does not know how it 

became known as The Swamp. 

“No idea and no one has ever 

told me. It was always here. 

Whether it had something to do 

with the freezing works around 

here, I don’t know,” Mr Moffett 

said. 

The pub has remained a popular 

watering hole for freezing 

workers and rugby league players. 

When Mr Moffett took over, it 

was his first foray into hospitality. 

“My former in-laws were in 

the [hospitality] game, and at the 

time we thought it was a great 

idea.” 

Initially it was hard, working 

long hours to keep the business 

running, but that was just part of 

the “tough” industry. 

“I really slogged it out back 

then,” he said. 

One memorable moment that 

he will never forget in his 26 

years at The Swamp was a breakin 

in the late 1990s. 

“The most bizarre thing that’s 

ever happened is I got robbed by 

two people in wetsuits and [they] 

emptied our gaming machines. 

“The alarms didn’t go off, the 

window was taken out and they 

came through,” Mr Moffett said. 

The break-in was caught on a 

CCTV camera, but police were 

never able to catch the thieves, 

he said. 

Mr Moffett started $5 roasts 

which packed in customers. 

“Twenty-six years ago, there 

was just less choice. Hospitality is 

really tough on the food game at 

the moment. 

“To sell a roast to a young 

person now would be pretty hard, 

whereas back then they would 

come looking for it,” Mr Moffett 

said. 

Behaviour at pubs have also 

changed for the better in recent 

years, he said. 

“Twenty-six years ago you’d 

be waiting at the back door for 

something to happen. It was the 

wild west. 

“Whereas now, if something 

happened it would make the 

newspaper,” Mr Moffett said. 

When fights broke out, he 

had no time for it and trespass 

notices were handed out almost 

immediately. 

Mr Moffett said he is selling the 

business to a “North Island-based 

development company.” 

He said the owners did not 

want to be named. 

However, Mr Moffett will still 

be at The Swamp until the new 

owners fully take over in late 

February. 

He decided to sell the business 

after struggling through a year 

of roadworks at Pound Rd from 

2016 to 2017. 

“It was never really for sale, 

they [the new owners] came 

trying to buy it and I guess once 

you see roadworks around here, 

you realise how vulnerable you 

are to it affecting your business. 

“We had a drastic change in 

turnover, revenue fell about 20 

per cent. But I’m not going to 

say how much we turn over,” Mr 

Moffett said. 

He does not know what the 

new owners plans are for the 

property, but he believes the 

name The Swamp will be kept. 

And what will he miss the most 

when he leaves The Swamp? 

“The people. The characters 

that come here, you get to know 

them all over the years,” Mr 

Moffett said.As for his own 

nickname, “Sooty”, it originated 

from The Sooty (TV) Show 

TIME’S UP: Stephen 

“Sooty” Moffett is 

selling the Islington 

Tavern, known as The 

Swamp after 26 years 

of ownership. 

which ran from 1955 to 1992. 

“When I worked at a 

supermarket as a schoolboy 

[in the 1970s], I used to pack 

sausages, and the boss of the 

butchery gave [the name]. 

“There was two of us [working 

under the boss], I was called 

Sooty and the other one was 

called Sweep,” Mr Moffett said. 

And he doesn’t plan to leave 

the industry just yet. 

“I’ve got another bar, 

Schroeder’s in St Albans. At this 

stage it’ll be the only one,” he 

said. However, Mr Moffett did 

not rule out buying a new bar. 

He has some advice for anyone 

looking into getting into the 

hospitality industry. 

“It’s [about] the customer, 

the customer, the customer,” 

Mr Moffett said. “No matter 

what you think, it’s about the 

customer.” 

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• By Jacob Page 

THE ST Thomas’ junior 

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Island title was two years 

in the making. 

The team dominated the 

year 9 and 10 tournament 

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the final where they beat 

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SPORTS 

SHOOT: The St Thomas’ junior basketball team went unbeaten on their way to the 

South Island title. 

PHOTO: NEV BROOKER. 

South Island title 

worth the wait 

CANTERBURY’S No 

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The seven-week trip 

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northern hemisphere 

summer. 

In all, he played 25 

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and winning three 

tournaments in the 

process - the Rogne, 

great feeling. 

“We felt we could have 

done better last year 

but this year we were 

amazing,” he said. 

The school faced some 

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Waimea College heading 

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“They had a player, 

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points in the first half but 

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only managed 13 points 

which helped us get back 

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said. 

St Thomas’ fought back 

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81. Tanae Lavery, Hunter 

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The trio then travelled 

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Brooker said his teams’ 

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Heap said his time with 

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Netball win 33 years in the making 

• By Jacob Page 

VILLA MARIA’S South Island 

secondary schools netball title 

gave their co-coaches closure 33 

years in the making. 

Helen Mahon-Stroud and Julie 

Glen were in the Villa Maria 

team which lost the 1985 final to 

Southland Girls High School. 

Last Thursday, against the 

same school, at the same 

location – Dunedin’s Edgar 

Centre, the Villa team they now 

mentored triumphed 39-26. 

“I guess they did us a favour 

by going one better than we 

did,” Mahon-Stroud said. 

“It’s one of those weird coincidences 

in life and for both of us 

to have daughters in the team, it 

was a proud moment.” 

It was Villa’s first South Island 

title since 2008 and qualifies 

them for the national tournament 

in Timaru from October 

9 to 12. 

Shooter, Hannah Glen, midcourter 

Georgia Stroud and 

defender Olivia Burnham were 

all named in the tournament 

team following the final. 

Villa went undefeated at the 

four-day tournament winning 

all eight games. 

Mahon-Stroud praised her 

team’s physical stamina to be 

able to produces big plays after a 

busy tournament. 

“We tried to prepare as best 

we could to combat tournamentstyle 

netball,” she said. 

“We had netball-related 

activities Monday through 

to Thursday for much of the 

Christchurch season and I think 

that put us in a good position for 

the week.” 

Villa’s fitness was best seen 

when they produced an 11-4 

third-quarter effort in the final 

to put one hand on the trophy. 

“We really clicked in that third 

quarter and found our rhythm,” 

Mahon-Stroud said. 

“We looked after the ball but 

played a more up-tempo style of 

game that we wanted to play. 

“Hannah provides a tall 

option for us to aim at in the 

shooting circle and I thought 

our mid-court did a great job of 

getting the ball to her,” she said. 

“I thought Southland really 

tried to look after the ball and 

were extremely patient, particularly 

in the first half.” 

Mahon-Stroud said the team 

would now break for a week 

to focus on term three exams 

before training would resume. 

“We are confident that we 

can keep them engaged up until 

nationals because there’s still 

more we want to achieve.” 

DOMINANT: Villa Maria goal 

shoot Hannah Glen put in a 

commanding performance 

in the 39-26 final win over 

Southland Girls’ High School. 

PHOTO: OTAGO DAILY TIMES 

WINNERS: The victorious Villa Maria team. PHOTO: JULIE GLEN 

SPORTS 

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CHRISTCHURCH will play 

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It is the first time Christchurch 

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2008 and a record 40 teams have 

entered across the grades. 

The open men’s and under-21 

boy’s grades will be played at the 

refurbished Howzat Riccarton 

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over-40 men’s will be played at 

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Indoor Cricket New Zealand 

chief executive Mark Cini said it 

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host the tournament again. 

He said the February 22, 2011, 

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Storytimes/Wā Kōrerō 

Tuesday, 10.30-11am 

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love for stories. Storytimes is an 

interactive programme including 

stories, songs, rhymes and play. 

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Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys Rd, 

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Babytimes - Bilingual English/Mandarin 

Tuesday, 11-11.30am 

Encourage learning through 

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rhymes, songs, stories and play in 

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Tuesday, 2-5pm 

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to listen to you and equip you 

with the information, options 

and support that fit your needs. It 

is in an office inside the building 

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Citizens Advice Bureau – 

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Tuesday, 9am-5pm 

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Hornby Library, 8 Goulding Ave 

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Tuesday, 10am-1pm 

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Wednesday 2-3pm 

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Halswell Rd 

Chinese ESOL Club 

Monday, 1–2.30pm 

This club is for Mandarin 

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• By Bridget Rutherford 

PROMINENT Cantabrians 

have given a mixed response to 

the possible futuristic look of 

Cathedral Square. 

Plans for what the Square 

could look like were released 

by Regenerate Christchurch 

yesterday after seven years of 

debate and controversy over the 

slow progress of the rebuild. 

It includes three covered 

pavilions, which would have 

a “lattice-style” translucent 

roof, which could host markets 

and other events. 

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

The long-term vision, which is 

estimated to cost between $60- 

$80 million, aims to bring people 

back into the area, through a 

series of interconnected public 

spaces. 

The vision for the Square also 

includes Cathedral Gardens 

with trees and water features, 

Post Office Place with events 

and meeting spaces, and Library 

Plaza with other people-friendly 

areas. 

Former mayor Garry Moore 

said the plan was “brilliant” 

Lianne Dalziel Garry Moore Jamie Gough Vicki Buck 

while developer Ernest Duval 

was not fussed by the pavilions. city council and stakeholders to be needed. 

think of the central city as a 

The next step is for a delivery determine what could be done, Mayor Lianne Dalziel said destination and residential 

strategy to be developed with the when, and what funding would the vision would help people neighbourhood. 

Thursday, June 14, 2018 

“I’m confident Regenerate 

Christchurch’s vision will allow 

this to happen.” 

City councillor Deon Swiggs 

said it would need to work 

around other developments 

such as Turanga, the Spark 

building, Aotea Gifts and the 

restoration of Christ Church 

Cathedral. 

“We’ve got to look at what is 

happening, what’s in the vision 

and what can we deliver.” 

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OUR SUCCESS 

Convicted killer involved 

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• By Barry Clarke and Emily 

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A CONVICTED killer is back 

behind bars after a spectacular 

crash while allegedly fleeing 

police. 

John Oliver Jamieson’s Subaru 

Forester crashed through the 

Rolleston dog park fence on 

Saturday. 

A spear-like fence post 

smashed through the window 

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He had earlier been recorded 

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A cut-down rifle was later 

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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 

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Jamieson was one of six men 

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of Timaru man Wayne Kerry 

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Mr Bray, 26, died four days 

after he was punched, kicked and 

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Mr Bray had walked past a 

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party. There had been bad blood 



PROMINENT Cantabrians 

have given a mixed response to 

the possible futuristic look of 

Cathedral Square. 

Plans for what the Square 

could look like were released 

by Regenerate Christchurch 

yesterday after seven years of 

debate and controversy over the 

slow progress of the rebuild. 

It includes three covered 

pavilions, which would have 

a “lattice-style” translucent 

roof, which could host markets 

and other events. 

The long-term vision, which is 

estimated to cost between $60- 

$80 million, aims to bring people 

back into the area, through a 

series of interconnected public 

spaces. 

The vision for the Square also 

includes Cathedral Gardens 

with trees and water features, 

Post Office Place with events 

and meeting spaces, and Library 

Plaza with other people-friendly 

areas. 

Former mayor Garry Moore 

said the plan was “brilliant” 

while developer Ernest Duval 

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 

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Mayor Lianne Dalziel said 

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“I’m confident Regenerate 

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City councillor Deon Swiggs 

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Cathedral. 

“We’ve got to look at what is 

happening, what’s in the vision 

and what can we deliver.” 

City councillor Jamie Gough 

said it was a good starting 

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The Square: Is this the future? 

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Wellington. 

are 

Alternatively, you can download a copy online at www.doc.govt.nz/aoraki-mt-cookplan-review, 

where you will also find information about making WMC a Office, submission. 17 Carmen Rd, 

available from the Hornby 

PROFESSIONAL 

Hornby, Christchurch; by 

TREE Written CARE submissions on the ROOF 

draft Aoraki/Mount Cook emailing National Park 

Management Plan are invited until no later than 4 pm, Friday 

Tree Pruning, Shrubs, Hedges, 

9 November 2018. Submissions 

PAINTING 

reception@hornbywmc.co.nz; 

should be posted to: or on our website 

Driveways & Boundary Clearing 

Aoraki/ Mount Cook NPMP Rope Submissions & harness www.hornbywmc.co.nz. 

Over Department 25yrs experience of Conservation a speciality, Fully completed application 

Call Jonathan Private 027 Bag 3384715 

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CHRISTCHURCH 8140 

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required, 

Tours 

Friday 21 September 2018. 

or emailed to aorakinp@doc.govt.nz 30 years of 

P. Inwood 

Any person or organisation breathtaking 

wishing to be heard in support General of Manager their 

submission should state this experience. 

in their submission. Submitters should be 

aware that any submission they make is subject to provisions of the Privacy 

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Draft Aoraki/Mount Cook 

National Park Management Plan 

The Eastern South Island Region of the Department of Conservation 

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Management Plan under Section 47(2) of the National Parks Act 1980. 

Copies of the draft Plan can be inspected during working hours 

between 9.00 am and 4.30 pm at: 

• Department of Conservation National Office Wellington, 

• Department of Conservation Offices in Twizel, Geraldine, Hokitika 

and Fox Glacier (limited opening hours), 

• Department of Conservation Visitor Centres in Aoraki/ 

Mount Cook, Franz Josef, Queenstown, Wanaka, Haast, 

Christchurch and Wellington. 

Alternatively, you can download a copy online at www.doc.govt.nz/ 

aoraki-mt-cook-plan-review, where you will also find information 

about making a submission. 

Written submissions on the draft Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park 

Management Plan are invited until no later than 4 pm, Friday 

9 November 2018. Submissions should be posted to: 

Aoraki/ Mount Cook NPMP Submissions 

Department of Conservation 

Private Bag 4715 

CHRISTCHURCH 8140 

or emailed to aorakinp@doc.govt.nz 

Any person or organisation wishing to be heard in support of their 

submission should state this in their submission. Submitters should 

be aware that any submission they make is subject to provisions of 

the Privacy Act 1993 and the Official Information Act 1982. 

Andy Roberts, 

Director, Operations, Eastern South Island 


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