The Star: September 27, 2018

Thursday, September 27, 2018
Cancer girl gets
Richie’s signature
Pages 6-7
The woman
behind SCAPE
Pages 18-19
Gardeners’ threat to young mum
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your f#*!ing
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Clergy
signal
move
for new
Anglican
diocese
• By Ashleigh Monk
A BREAKAWAY Anglican
diocese could be established
in the wake of the same-sex
marriage blessings saga.
Christchurch vicar Reverend
Andy Carley of St Paul's in
Papanui has revealed he will
join with other parish clerics
from across the country
to establish a new national
diocese.
He said nine clergy from
seven parishes in Canterbury
had resigned and would start
to form the diocese, separate
from the synod of the Anglican
Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand
and Polynesia.
The parishes are St John's
Latimer Square, St Stephen's in
Shirley, St John's in Woolston,
St Saviour's and St Nicholas in
Barrington, St Christopher's
in Avonhead and St Mark's in
Rakaia.
"We will be joining together
with other clergy and parishes
from around New Zealand
to establish a new extraprovincial
Anglican diocese,
one recognised by the majority
of the world's Anglicans, but is
separate from the current New
Zealand Anglican diocese," he
said. •Turn to page 4
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• By Bridget Rutherford
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.
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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
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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
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recently the new Government
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caller is from the Mongrel Mob, Last month, Canterbury
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family. The con man says they Senior Constable Stapley said
are watching the victims’ families none of the people who had gone
and elderly parents.
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Said The Star editor in chief
Barry Clarke: “We’ve been
relentless in our determination
to get something done about it.
Finally, it’s happened.
“Our campaign prompted
Port Hills MP Ruth Dyson to
HAPPY: Park and ride
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St car park was a
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A CANTERBURY University law
student being investigated for a
sexual assault has been allowed to
go overseas on a study-related trip.
Bu the university’s dean of
law Ursula Cheer is refusing to
discuss the matter.
“I can’t comment
about any
of this because
of confidentiality
and privacy,” she
told The Star
yesterday.
The Star has
learned a female
student has laid
a complaint abou the accused
being allowed to go on the trip.
It is understood it is no the
same person who has laid the
sexual assault complain to the
police.
The Star has been told it is a
rape investigation.
The Star sent a number of questions
to Canterbury University
yesterday but none would be answered.
Said Canterbury University
spokeswoman Margaret Agnew:
“UC cannot respond to allegations
that are before the police.”
She referred the questions
back to Dr Cheer. Her phone was
turned off.
Police would also not comment
on the matter.
The overseas trip involves
both male and female law students.
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New library to open under budget
• By Julia Evans
THE NEW $100 million central
city library Turanga is projected
to come in more than $500,000
under budget.
“However, with all capital
projects, the exact budget costs
won’t be known until the project
is closed,” city council manager
capital delivery major facilities
Alistair Pearson said.
Mr Pearson said it is because
of the “procurement approach”
used.
“Which involved strategic
market engagement workshops
with the tier one construction
companies looking to bid on
the delivery of the library, the
careful project management and
working closely with the development
partners.”
The library is set to open on
October 12, though the build has
not come without hitches.
The project was delayed due
to problems getting materials
from overseas. Its budget also
increased over its five years
of planning by $10 million to
increase its size.
The city council also received
criticism for going over budget
on the restoration of the town
hall by $7.5 million.
Stolen tickets turn up at Les Mis
Unsuspecting
buyers duped
on Facebook
• By Sophie Cornish
POLICE TRYING to solve a
burglary have been given a rock
solid lead: Stolen tickets to Les
Miserables were later sold online
with a phone number and a
name.
A computer, 30 Les Miserables
tickets and 180 Hoyts movie
tickets were stolen during a
break-in at Star Media’s office
in Lincoln Rd, Addington, last
month.
Showbiz and Isaac Theatre
Royal were alerted by Star Media
in case people
with the tickets
turned up.
And last
Thursday 10
unsuspecting
people arrived to
watch the show,
only to be told
Michael
Bayly
the tickets were
stolen.
They told
Showbiz general manager
Michael Bayly they had
bought them from a man
at various locations in
Christchurch after seeing them
advertised on Facebook. The
seller provided buyers with his
cellphone number.
The tickets were selling in pairs
for $75. The seller also said he
CLOSING IN: Tickets to Les Miserables, stolen from the Star Media offices last month, were
presented at the show last Thursday. All 10 tickets had been purchased through Facebook
from the same person.
would “chuck in” extra movie
passes.
He also offered to deliver
tickets for $90, for those who
couldn’t arrange to meet.
Star Media has provided the
information and the name of
the seller from Facebook to the
police.
Police said yesterday the
investigation was ongoing.
Mr Bayly said various measures
were put in place to prevent
issues if the stolen tickets were
presented and those who had
purchased them were still
accommodated for on the
night.
He said those who had
purchased the tickets were
embarrassed, but some had been
sceptical of the possibility the
tickets weren’t legitimate.
“They were all highly cooperative
and gave us a lot of
information about the person
selling the tickets.”
Mr Bayly said there is a
clear message from this
incident.
“Always buy through a
legitimate ticketing agency. That
applies to people purchasing
from both individual parties
online or resale agencies like
Viagogo.”
Local
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Fire rages, homes at risk
Two men face assault
charges
Two men have been arrested
following a serious assault on
a 41-year-old male in Hornby.
A 19-year-old and 23-year-old
will appear in district court
on October 15 on charges of
assault. Police were called to
Shands Rd just after midnight
on Sunday morning following
a report of an assault. The
man was taken to hospital
in a serious condition, but is
now stable. An area beside the
Hornby Mall, on Shands Rd,
was cordoned off for a scene
examination.
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The Santa Parade could get
a $20,000 funding injection
tomorrow at a city council
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for rent, rates and insurance
for the floats. Earlier this year it
was granted $65,000, which left
a $35,000 shortfall to pay for
this year’s parade. The $20,000
would go towards the shortfall.
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Council may
ask Woods
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clause into plan
• By Julia Evans
CITY COUNCILLORS will decide
today whether to get Minister for
Greater Christchurch Regeneration
Megan Woods to amend the
District Plan and put back the
missing clause for building in flood
prone areas.
A city council staff report
recommends asking Dr Woods to
change the District Plan to include
the clause that will allow homes
to be built or extended in specific
coastal areas.
It comes as city councillor David
East alleged the plan was tampered
with. Cr East, Linwood-Central-
Heathcote Community Board
member Darrell Latham, Coastal-
Burwood Community Board
chairwoman Kim Money and
deputy chairman Tim Sintes are
facing code of conduct complaints
for speaking out about the issue.
City council staff will be
bringing a report to city
councillors recommending
they ask the minister for greater
Christchurch regeneration
to change the District Plan
under section 71 of the Greater
Christchurch Regeneration Act.
Clergy signal move for new diocese
•From page 1
The Anglican Diocese of
Christchurch and the synod
of the Anglican Church of
Aotearoa, New Zealand and
Polynesia declined to comment
on the matter.
St John's Latimer Square, St
Stephen's, St John's, St Saviour's
and St Nicholas, St Christopher's
and St Mark's were
contacted for comment but did
not respond.
At the beginning of September,
the St Paul's congregation
voted on whether to follow Rev
Carley in leaving the church,
with 70 per cent voting to stay
even if they did not agree with
same-sex marriage blessings.
"It was quite clear during our
voting process that the vast
majority of the parish do not
support the decision of general
synod on this matter," he said.
"But I understand that leaving
a church that you have been
a part of for many decades is
a terribly hard thing to do, especially
when you're elderly, so I
wish them all the best."
The Anglican synod voted to
allow same-sex marriage blessings
in May, which Rev Carley
said was "a step in the wrong
direction."
"This isn't some antihomosexual
thing, after all
the Bible also rules out extramarital
affairs, pornography
and so on, it's just that the
Bible has a somewhat narrower
definition of what is acceptable
practice and what is not
currently accepted by our
western culture."
Christchurch Diocesan and
Anglican Centre manager Edwin
Boyce said it was good that
most of the St Paul's members
were staying, even if they didn't
believe in same-sex marriage
blessings.
"It's sad that the vicar is
leaving, but likewise it's good
news that so many of the
congregation are actually
staying."
He said finding a new vicar to
take Rev Carley's place would
take up to six months.
An interim priest will be
appointed until a new vicar can
be found.
BREAKAWAY: Reverend
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Local
News
Now
Fire rages, homes at risk
‘We’ll cut your head off’ – arborists
A young mum was left fearing for her life
after complaining about door-knocking
arborists. Anan Zaki reports
A YOUNG mum says she was
terrified after being threatened
with beheading for exposing
what she believed were bogus tree
cutters on social media.
The threat led to police
intervention and now the two
offenders, both women, say they
are sorry for the message on Facebook
and the terror it caused.
Police say it is another example
of threats being made on social
media which can have terrifying
affects for the victim.
The incident happened about
two weeks ago when a group
calling themselves 4 Seasons
Tree Lopping Services were
door knocking for business in
Halswell.
The young mum, who did not
want to be identified, believed
they were not a genuine company
after she viewed them on security
camera footage looking around
the front of her property.
Her partner had earlier told
them to go away. The young
mum then posted images of the
group on the Halswell Community
page with a warning that
they “don’t look legit”.
That prompted a response
from the tree cutters in a private
message to the young mum: “We
know where you live. We’re coming
over for you motherf******
and cut your f****** head off.”
They followed that up with
another message stressing they
were a bona fide company.
The young mum told The Star:
“They said they know where I live
and . . . I thought ‘oh my god I
think they are waiting for me at
my house’.”
Senior Constable Deb Smalley
said an investigation had determined
there was no danger to the
young mum and the beheading
threat was hollow.
She said the threat was a
“typical example of trash talk” on
social media.
Police had ordered the two
women responsible to apologise
to the young mum – which still
has not happened.
“It’s a couple of young women
talking nonsense who will be
held accountable for their actions,”
Senior Constable Smalley
said.
The young mum wants the pair
charged. One of the women who
posted the threat told The Star:
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faces on social media. I didn’t
mean to say it but I was really
angry at the time.
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make her scared of putting it on
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Lopping Services, Danny Scanlan,
said his staff will apologise
for their threats. He said he is
sorry for what happened.
He also denied claims his
company was not genuine, and
was unaware of another arborist
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Four Seasons Tree Care. His
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News
Typhoon nearly ruins bucket list
The Star has been
following the Hore
family’s bid to get
daughter Megan to every
Disneyland in the world.
Julia Evans reports on
her trip to Hong Kong
during a typhoon
NOTHING HAS quite gone to
plan for the Hore family in the
last year and their bucket list trip
to Hong Kong Disneyland was
no exception.
Megan Hore, the daughter
of well-known blind organist
Richard Hore, is battling bone
cancer and wants to go to every
Disneyland on the planet.
First to be ticked off was Hong
Kong after getting a pass out of
New Zealand for four days from
doctors.
But Megan’s mother Marilyn
said the trip was “very different
than planned” as they arrived
in Hong Kong on September 15
at the same time as Typhoon
Mangkhut.
“It ne20
ver rains with us, it just pours.”
The typhoon battered the
northern Philippines before it hit
Hong Kong.
HAPPIEST: Richard, Marilyn, Amy and Megan Hore at Hong Kong Disneyland.
“We spent our first two days
either locked in the hotel with
the typhoon doing its worst
outside, or walking in the
grounds as it was too dangerous
to venture much further,” Mrs
Hore said.
“You felt safe in the hotel. But
when they did things like put
towels over the windows and
sandbags outside to stop the rain
coming in, and there were cable
ties holding the doors closed,
that’s when you knew it was
bad.”
Winds clocked 175km/h
and waves of up to 13m were
recorded. Mrs Hore said trees
were ripped from their roots and
had flattened parts of the 2.5m
fence around the amusement
STORM: Typhoon Mangkhut
in Hong Kong caused
major damage, including
uprooting many trees.
park. “We did get to Disneyland
for the last two days. A number
of the rides were closed either
from damage or needed to be
deemed safe. Nevertheless we
had a ball.”
Mrs Hore said all the rides
Megan wanted to go on were
indoors so were not closed.
The family arrived back last
Thursday, but the run of bad
luck had not finished. Megan
started feeling sick on the plane
home.
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trip to Disneyland
“Unfortunately, we left
Christchurch Airport in an
ambulance as Meg and the whole
family had contracted the flu.
After a night in hospital, we
are hunkering down at home
recovering,” Mrs Hore said.
On Tuesday, Megan will go
• By Julia Evans
RICHIE MCCAW was the first
star to sign a painting of Mickey
Mouse to raise money for plucky
teenager Megan Hore.
The Star approached McCaw
to sign the painting, which is
set to be auctioned off to raise
money for the Hore family’s trip
to Disneyland Paris.
McCaw said he’d read Megan’s
story and hoped the painting
would help the Disney fan.
Four paintings were donated by
Redwood artist Rangi Downes,
who read the article in The Star.
Commonwealth Games gold
medal shot-putter Tom Walsh is
also set to sign a painting after
he gets back from holiday in Fiji.
Megan said she “fan-girled”
over Walsh when he took his
back into hospital to start tests
to see if her chemotherapy
treatment worked. The results are
expected on October 9.
Mr Hore is still busking at the
Bush Inn Centre to raise money
to tick Disneyland Paris off
Megan’s bucket list.
medals into Christchurch
Hospital while she was getting
chemo.
The Star has also approached
A Givealittle page has raised
more than $13,000.
•Megan was also the guest of
honour at the Cathedral City
Line Dancers’ social. The event
raised money for Camp Quality,
an annual camp for children with
cancer.
Megan goes mickey over Richie
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
to sign one and the Hore
family plan to keep the fourth
painting.
Prison guard resigns
after gang member
‘communications’
A FEMALE Canterbury
prison officer has resigned
after she was discovered
having “inappropriate
communications” with a gang
member.
The Star has been told prison
authorities were alerted after her
suburban Christchurch house
was trashed by gang members.
Police appear not to have been
informed of the matter.
A Department of Corrections
spokeswoman confirmed yesterday
her employment had ended
on September 17.
She said the officer herself had
raised concerns about her inappropriate
communications with
a prisoner.
She would not say what the
nature of the relationship and
inappropriate communications
were.
“We took immediate action to
mitigate risk to the staff member
and prisoner and resolve the issue.
We have no evidence to suggest
that the safety and security
of the prison was compromised
as a result of this individual’s
actions,” she said.
She said Corrections demand
a high standard a conduct
from all employees and that a
majority of the 9000 staff carry
out their responsibilities with
integrity and commitment.
“In any large organisation
there are times when staff
members fail to meet those
standards. If staff fail to meet
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action is taken.”
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of New Zealand president
Alan Whitley said he had no
comment to make on the matter.
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News
The Star
From the depths of despair to
Mental Health Week
starts on Monday.
Reporter Anan Zaki
talks to Robert Read,
the founder of a
successful online
mental health page,
about his work with
Let’s Chalk about
Mental Health and his
personal battle with
depression
ROBERT READ will never
forget the year 2013.
His only son, Slade, was born
in March that year. It was also
the year his life nearly came to
an end.
The date was October 19, 2013.
Most of the day passed
through uneventfully.
Mr Read had been struggling
to come to terms with
parenthood and the weight of
responsibility on his shoulders.
He spent the day “self-medicating”
with alcohol.
At the time, Mr Read had
no idea that depression was
eating away at him. He never
thought about why he was
constantly resorting to the
bottle.
It was about 7pm and Mr
LET’S TALK: Mental health advocate Robert Read draws messages of support in chalk at
Cathedral Square.
Read, then aged 25, sliced up a
pizza with a knife for dinner.
Before he ate, he went outside for
a cigarette.
“For whatever reason, I took
the knife with me and I sat on
my deck for the next five hours.”
For most of those five hours,
he held the knife hard against his
throat. Mr Read had decided that
his time was up.
“I wasn’t responding to texts,
calls, I wasn’t interacting with
anyone. I was just sitting there,
within myself basically screaming
that I’m done, I can’t take
this anymore, I’m a failure,” Mr
Read said.
But a friend, worried about
him not picking up his phone,
walked into the house as the
knife was still pressed against Mr
Read’s throat.
After witnessing the suicide
attempt, his friend rushed him
to Christchurch Hospital’s emergency
department.
“When we were there, the
treatment that I got was less than
satisfactory.
“Basically they said: ‘You’ve
got post-natal depression, here’s
a couple of pills and come back
in a couple months if you’re not
feeling better’.”
Mr Read’s reaction to that was
to do the worst.
“I thought, if you let me go
home tonight I’m finishing what
I started. Which they didn’t obviously
take seriously,” he said.
Mr Read was put into the care
of his family. He opened up to his
family about his mental health.
He finally got the professional
support he needed.
“There was an impression from
the knife blade on me for twoand-a-half
weeks afterwards,”
Mr Read said.
After getting treatment
through medication and counselling
in 2014, Mr Read knew he
wasn’t alone.
He set up a Facebook page to
run a charity event called Suicide
Awareness and Prevention.
“I kind of came around and
was like, I need to do something
about this [suicide].”
But the event didn’t happen as
he’d hoped. He could not secure
a mental health charity who
wanted to accept money.
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“I find it really funny now because
some of these same organisations
are begging for money,”
Mr Read said.
He believed mental health
charities didn’t want to benefit
from his event because of who he
was.
“I think it has to do with stature.
I think they were concerned
that I was some nobody, some
random Joe Bloggs. I had no
backing, no title.
“Without that, they were like,
this could be dodgy or something
like that,” Mr Read said.
After the unsuccessful attempt
at the event, he kept the Facebook
page, still titled Suicide Awareness
and Prevention.
People then started messaging
the page, asking if there was
somebody to talk to.
“I responded to them saying,
I’m not a professional but if you
just need someone to talk to, I’m
happy to talk.
“It’s just grown from there,” Mr
Read said.
The page now has more than
200,000 followers and receives
messages for help from all over
the world.
“People just want someone
to hear them out, and not just
ignore them,” Mr Read said.
Hundreds of people reach out
to the online page every day.
“The very first thing we do is
we let the person talk, give them
the freedom and acknowledgement
that we are listening.”
Social media can be a great tool
if used right, Mr Read said.
“We’re just trying to show that
you can use social media in a way
that is positive.
“Professionals may think we’re
not trained, but I actually think
that experience is one of the most
powerful tools that is there,” he
said.
He recently launched the campaign
– Let’s Chalk about Mental
Health.
TRAGIC:
The chief
coroner
reported
that in
2017/18, 668
people died
by suicide in
the country.
It is the
fourth year
in a row
that the
suicide rate
increased.
Mr Read wants to change
the perceptions around mental
health and suicide.
The campaign is about writing
messages of support on footpaths
and public places, encouraging
people to be open about mental
health.
He also wants to raise awareness
about post-natal depression
in men.
“Some of the negative perceptions
are that you’re weak, you
need to get over it, especially with
men.
“Those statements can cause
more harm,” Mr Read said.
But he believed the culture
around mental health is improving.
“There has been this massive
shift in New Zealand, where we
are talking more about it,
people are more accepting
and open about it,” Mr Read
said.
But there was still a lot of work
to do to normalise talking about
mental health issues, he said.
He reminded people going
through depression that things
can get better, and that suicide
was not the answer.
“There has been a lot more
positives in my life since [my suicide
attempt], things that I would
have missed out on had I gone
through with it.”
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Reflecting from his personal
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“The big thing is to just keep
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$2m for My Council online
• By Julia Evans
IMPROVEMENTS to the city
council’s online services has cost
$2 million.
The new My Council programme
focuses on “service improvement”
and makes it simpler
for residents to
interact with the
city council, says
manager citizens
and community,
Mary Richardson.
The new
Mary
Richardson
Thursday September 27 2018
platform cost
$2 million –
$1.7 million to
develop and $300,000 to install
over seven months.
“Our new technology platform
has been developed in
partnership with SAP Software
and Solutions and the external
implementation cost is about $2
million,” she said.
Ms Richardson said ongoing
staff costs for managing the My
Council programme are about
$180,000.
It replaces the “out-of-date”
internal system Worksmart,
which managed payment and
applications, with a new platform
that manages requests for
water, waste, transport, parks,
graffiti, maintenance, wheelie
bin requests and the animal
management team online.
“Citizens will notice, for example,
that they can now request
and pay for a new wheelie bin
online, pay for a land drainage
plan or water connection, or report
an issue or problem quickly
and easily online and be kept
informed of progress via a text
message,” Ms Richardson said.
The project went out for tender.
“The council went through a
rigorous procurement process,
assessing a number of factors,
including value for money,” Ms
Richardson said.
It comes as the city council revealed
in July it spent $54,000 on
the two-year rebranding exercise
for external “mentors” and will
SERVICE:
The city
council has
spent $2
million to
replace an
‘out-of-date’
internal
system with
a new online
programme.
eventually see all staff trained
in how to communicate better
with the public. Complaints,
suggestions and compliments are
also able to be managed online
through the My Council system.
It will also provide improved reporting
and information straight
to city council staff, including
geographical information about
service requests across the city,
Ms Richardson said.
“So we can quickly identify
common issues and have greater
insight for planning.” Ms Richardson
said it would also allow
for more services to be moved
online in the future.
•HAVE YOUR SAY: Is $2
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starmedia.kiwi
POLICE HAVE moved to clamp
down on a drink driving culture
they say has existed in rural areas
for decades.
Older drivers are the main
culprits, police
say. Major checkpoints
have been
set up in Lincoln
and Leeston in
recent weeks.
Said Senior
Kelly
Sergeant Kelly
Larsen: “I am
really concerned
Larsen
about the level of drink driving I
am seeing and anecdotally I am
hearing about,” she said. “It is not
(just) a Lincoln issue, it is a rural
Canterbury issue,” she said.
Senior Sergeant Larsen said
generally the drink driving problem
was with older drivers.
“It is a generalisation, younger
people tend to be more responsible
around their decision-making
with drink driving . . . they have
grown up with the fact that drink
driving is unacceptable.
“It is the older demographic
who are continuing behaviours
for the last 20 to 30 years.
Local
News
Now
Fire rages, homes at risk
Police target rural
drink drivers
• By Georgia O’Connor-
Harding
The Star
“I get that there are limited
public transport options but for
too long people living in rural
communities have thought it was
okay to go to the pub and drink
and drive to get home. It is not
okay.’’
Recently a man aged in his 50s
or 60s inquired at the Rolleston
Police Station about getting his
driver licence back.
He had been caught drink
driving on the way home after
a function. He didn’t think he
would get caught.
“It is the not getting caught that
is the important thing. It is the
risk he decided to put every other
road user in and, what is worse,
he said he was the most sober
person that left. It is completely
unacceptable,” she said.

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Fire rages, homes at risk
Film star gives advice to young actors
• By Sophie Cornish
JAY LAGA’AIA has starred
in police and legal dramas,
children’s shows, Broadway
musicals and Hollywood
blockbusters.
And yesterday, he was in
Christchurch to share his experiences
with young, budding actors
at Ara Institute of Canterbury’s
National Academy of Singing
and Dramatic Art.
He discussed the realities of
the industry and the “trials and
tribulations of being a working
actor,” he said.
While in Christchurch,
Laga’aia is also promoting his
latest role in comedic play, Peter
Pan Goes Wrong.
Laga’aia joked that his advice
to the students was simple – “get
another job.”
“The last thing we need is these
young, eager, beautiful, talented
kids coming in, flooding the
market,” he said.
“But really, it’s great to listen to
the voice of the youth down here
and see how they are travelling
. . . you have to touch base with
those who are coming through.”
While he is best known for his
role as Captain Gregar Typho
in the films Star Wars: Episode
YOUNG CAST: Kiwi actor Jay Laga’aia (centre) with actors at the Ara Institute of
Canterbury National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art.
II – Attack of the Clones and Star
Wars: Episode III –Revenge of the
Sith, Laga’aia has also featured in
a number of Australian and New
Zealand TV shows and musicals.
He has been in Australia’s Water
Rats and Home and Away, New
Zealand legal drama Street Legal
and, more recently, his own children’s
show, Jay’s Jungle.
Laga’aia’s career started in 1982
as a musician. He played in a
band formed in South Auckland
called Adijah.
From there he went to Mercury
Theatre in Auckland, where he
says he “truly fell in love with
acting.”
“That’s where I started to
learn my craft and did anything
I could to be able to learn the
secrets about how to become a
great performer.”
Laga’aia said his favourite role
MEANING BUSINESS: Jay
Laga’aia is best known
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has been in his own show, Jay’s
Jungle, which he also produced.
The show is now into its fifth
season, with more than 250
episodes filmed, which Laga’aia
described as “huge” for him.
“I am a guy who grew up in
South Auckland, so if I can do it,
anyone can do it.”
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Ceremony for unsung
suffrage campaigner
CHRISTCHURCH
CASINO’S
• By Philip Somerville
DESCENDANTS of
a foot soldier for the
suffrage movement have
met in Christchurch.
About 55 descendants
of Susanna Isherwood
gathered at All Saints
Anglican Church,
Burwood, last weekend,
marking, too, the 125th
anniversary of women’s
suffrage in New Zealand.
Mrs Isherwood who was
an unsung campaigner
for the suffrage movement,
went on to become
a woman of influence –
within her family, locally
and nationally.
“She was a resilient and
foresighted woman, who
turned her beliefs and
passions into practice,”
great-granddaughter
Alyson Howell, of Wellington,
said.
She was there, with
campaigner Kate Sheppard,
at the formation of
the Women’s Christian
Temperance Union
(1885) – from where
the push for women’s
suffrage came – the
Canterbury Women’s
Institute (1892), and
the National Council of
Women (1896).
“She was a loyal and
hard worker; thinking,
speaking, writing and
campaigning to make
New Zealand a better
place,” Mrs Howell, who
has researched a history
of Mrs Isherwood, said.
Whereas most of the
prominent figures of
the women’s movement
were well off, the same
could not be said of Mrs
Isherwood.
Her father, Aaron
Tanner, marked her birth
in Wales with an X, her
parents apparently
unable to write. Yet, Mrs
Isherwood won a Bible
as an 11-year-old for
her proficiency in the
scriptures and became,
pre-marriage, a teacher.
Her eldest surviving
daughter, Kate, in turn,
won a scholarship to high
school and went on to be
one of the first women
graduates of Canterbury
College (Canterbury
University), and one of
the first graduates to gain
honours.
She was awarded an
MA with first-class
honours in French and
English.
At age four Mrs Isherwood
lost an arm to an
accident, in spite of this
SUFFRAGE SIGNS: Raewyn Leeves plants a white camellia, the
flower symbol of the suffragette movement, in the grounds of All
Saints Anglican Church, Burwood. She and other descendants of
Canterbury women’s and social rights advocate Susanna Isherwood
met at the church in her honour last weekend. From left – Natalie
Howell (Wellington), Mrs Leeves (Warkworth), Judy Somerville (Rotorua),
Jennifer Smith (Mrs Isherwood’s youngest granddaughter, aged 84,
of Ranfurly), Kate Patterson (Timaru), Liz Hinkley (Wellington), Barbara
Hinkley (Wellington), Alyson Howell (Wellington) and Helen Leadbetter
(Christchurch).
PHOTO: JOHN HOWELL
she become a proficient
seamstress.
She emigrated to Canterbury
in 1876 with her
husband, carpenter and
Lancashire man John
Isherwood, at one stage a
coach-builder at the Addington
workshops.
Typhoid ravaged the
family, with a teenage son
dying and Mr Isherwood
never fully recovering.
All their savings were lost
and they had to sell their
house. Mrs Isherwood’s
youngest was the born
the day of the son’s funeral.
None of this stopped
her political activism,
including collecting suffrage
signatures around
Springfield.
At the 1898 meeting of
the Canterbury Women’s
Institute, for example, she
read papers urging equal
gender pay and trade
unions for women.
And at the National
Council of Women she
was active speaking
proposing or seconding
motions for equal divorce
rights, on police reform,
against capital punishment,
on the futility of
war, on an education
fund, against cat o’ nine
tails use on prisoners,
promoting old-age pensions,
on gambling, on
water treatment and
hygiene and against
smoking.
A journalist from the
Observer, Auckland, took
Mrs Isherwood to task
in 1897 about cigarettes,
claiming her views must
be based on cheap awful
brands and not on “fragrant”
and “soothing”
tobacco.
Mrs Isherwood
(1846-1915) is buried at
Burwood cemetery.
•Philip Somerville, an
Otago Daily Times
journalist, is a greatgrandson
of Mrs
Isherwood
PIONEERS: The first meeting of the National Council of Women, in
April 1896, in Christchurch. Susanna Isherwood is wearing a cape left
of middle and in the second back row. Kate Sheppard is just in front of
her to the right and holding a scroll.
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When swans attack
Signs along Heathcote warn about risk
• By Julia Evans
TERRITORIAL swan
attacks have caused
warning signs to be
installed along the banks of
the Heathcote River.
City council manager
community parks Al
Hardy said signs have been
installed on Ernlea Tce
in Cashmere after swan
attacks in the area.
Cute sheep for display at A&P show
“We have installed
signage to make sure the
public is aware of the
swans. They are now in
place in the reserve,” Mr
Hardy said.
There are two versions of
the sign, he said.
“Warning: mute swans in
this area. May bite without
warning. Keep children
safe.” and “Caution: swans
may bite without warning.”
ADORABLE: The valais
blacknose sheep will
feature at the New
Zealand Agricultural
Show.
THEY HAVE been dubbed
the world’s cutest sheep –
and now valais blacknoses
will feature at the New
Zealand Agricultural Show.
The breed has been
described by breeders Sally
and Lindsay Strathdee as
“more like dogs than sheep.”
Mrs Strathdee, a former
midwife, spotted the breed
on the internet and was
smitten. They started
breeding the sheep after
moving from Christchurch
to Motueka.
The couple, and business
partner Christine Reed
from Wairarapa, imported
the animals as embryos
from top prize-winning
flocks in the United Kingdom,
becoming some of
the first New Zealanders to
do so.
They will be showcasing
the sheep, which are the
fastest growing breed in
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of complaints about swans
attacking during nesting
season.
“The mating season lasts
from September through to
December for mute swans,”
Mr Hardy said.
However, he said the
city council does not hold
a record of how many
complaints there have
been.
the UK, at the Canterbury
A&P Show in November.
New Zealand is currently
home to an estimated 100
purebred valais blacknose
and Mrs Strathdee said
they’re in hot demand.
“They’re an expensive
hobby – some people sink
their money into jet boats;
whereas we’re investing in
sheep.”
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valais rams with english
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Fallacy of China’s
“Debt Colonialism”
in Africa
The 2018 Beijing Summit of Forum on
China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was
held on 3-4 September. It is a significant
milestone in the bilateral relations
between China and Africa. President
Xi Jinping proposed that China will
implement eight major initiatives and
provide 60 billion U.S. dollars of support
to African countries.
However, for some time China’s support
has been portrayed as a form of “new
colonialism” or “debt colonialism”. It is a
pity that I cannot find any sound proof
behind such accusations which sound
more like fabrication or ungrounded
doubt resulted from memory of what
European colonialists have done in the old
days. So what is the truth? We should let
the facts speak for themselves.
Let’s take a project as an example. It used
to take more than 10 hours to travel
from the Kenyan capital of Nairobi to
the African country’s major port city of
Mombasa. Now with the China-built
Madaraka Express, a 472-km standard
gauge railway (SGR), it shortens to a fivehour
ride. More importantly, this project
has boosted Kenya’s GDP by some 1.5
percent and has created tens of thousands
Kenyan jobs, significantly reducing
logistic costs and facilitating an upgrade
in the local workforce’s skills, helping the
African country firm up the foundation
for future growth, which is essential to
repaying the debt from development
financing.
Indeed, Chinese trade with Africa and
its investment in Africa has been rising
notably over recent years. Since the
establishment of the FOCAC in 2000,
the volume of trade between China and
Africa has increased 17 fold, and China’s
investment in Africa has increased by
more than 100 fold, reaching more than
100 billion dollars now, covering almost
every single country on the continent.
But that in no way means China is luring
any country into any kind of “debt trap.”
Few would disagree that funding is the
lifeblood of development. China has
been infusing badly needed blood into
Africa’s development. And by building
infrastructure and improving Africa’s
labour force, it will eventually help
the young continent create enough of
its own blood cells to sustain healthy
development.
In fact, Africa owes far more debt to
Western countries and institutions than
to China. China provided 114.4 billion
U.S. dollars in loans to Africa from
2000-2016, which accounted for a mere
1.8 percent of Africa’s total external debt.
Today, around 36 percent of African debt
is owned by the International Monetary
Fund and the World Bank. Secondly,
Chinese loans are mostly concessional,
with long maturities and low interest
rates. They are primarily aimed at helping
power the continent’s economic take-off
and long-term development, rather than
pursuing short-term steep returns. Thirdly,
Africa’s debt issue is to some extent
overblown. According to a UN report
released in April, the average debt-to-GDP
ratio among the countries of Africa is
32 percent. In comparison, the index in
some developed countries and emergingmarket
economies is 70 percent to 80
percent.
Given that, these “debt trap” assertions
are either ill-informed or ill-intended.
They might make headlines in some
newspapers, but they have no market
among those with clear eyes and sober
minds.
At FOCAC, African leaders dismissed
claims of a debt trap. South African
President Cyril Ramaphosa rebutted
claims that China was becoming
Africa’s new colonial power, saying
“there is no new colonialism in Africa,
as our detractors would have us believe”.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who
also holds the rotating chair of the
African Union, said the “debt trap” hype
is an attempt to discourage Africa-China
interaction. Gabon’s President Ali Bongo
Ondimba said, “both of us keep our
promises to each other, which has led to
the success of the relationships between
China and African countries, which
are sincere, direct, and full of trust and
respect.”
For decades, China has helped finance
and build for Africa 6500 km railways,
6200 km roads, 20 seaports, 20 bridges,
over 80 power plants, over 200 schools
and 80 plus stadiums. Since 2016, China
has provided over 10,000 government
scholarships to African countries per year,
and has trained 200,000 person times of
personnel for African countries over the
past three years. These efforts have greatly
boosted Africa’s capacity building, making
unique and important contribution
to Africa’s pursuit of self-sustainable
development. Chinese medical teams have
been working in Africa since 1960s and
have helped cure more than 300 million
patients. China-Africa cooperation is
open and transparent and excludes no
one. China stands ready to work with all
countries that care for Africa and leverage
its resources and advantages to help with
Africa’s development.
In end, the FOCAC Beijing Summit
will further strengthen Africa’s capacity
for self-sustainable development,
promote stronger China-Africa win-win
cooperation for common development,
and bring more benefits to all the peoples
of Africa and China.
(Author: Mr. Wang Zhijian, Chinese
Consul General in Christchurch)
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The Star
Deborah McCormick
SCAPE director’s vision of art
Deborah McCormick is
the executive director
of SCAPE Public Art.
The trust installs freeto-view
contemporary
public art all around
the city, with a focus on
the annual seasons. Ms
McCormick has been
with the group since its
inception in 1998, and
talks to Sophie Cornish
about life, work and all
things art
What led you to this job and
how did the trust come about?
Yes, I created it. I started as a
graduate from the School of Fine
Arts at Canterbury University.
I was looking for a way into the
arts in Christchurch. I’d had an
exhibition of my own, where I
had arranged the sponsorship,
the materials and the fabrication.
I enjoyed the aspect of organising.
So I developed a proposal
for a one-off exhibition, which I
titled Art and Industry and took
it to city council. They connected
me with an experienced arts
administrator named Warren
Pringle. He had just returned
from the United Kingdom where
he had been an independent
producer and promoter. Like me,
he was looking for a way into the
arts scene in Christchurch. So
we got together, someone young
enthusiastic and someone with
experience, and set up the trust.
In those days it was called Art
and Industry Trust. It was about
matching the know-how, the
materials, services and support
of the business industry with artists,
to make these new artworks.
That hasn’t changed 20 years on.
How was your university
experience and did you grow up
in Christchurch?
I went to Christchurch Girls’
High School and loved it. I was
very keen on art, I loved going
after school to the art room and
PASSION: Deborah McCormick is the executive director of SCAPE Public Art.
I would spend all my time there
when I wasn’t doing hockey. I
was captain of the hockey team,
that was another of my passions.
My art teacher encouraged me to
apply to the School of Fine Arts
at Canterbury University, where
her husband was the head. The
first year at university was quite a
soul-searching year. It’s very different
from school. You are really
questioning yourself, the purpose
of your art, trying to find a topic
that has meaning to society. In
hindsight, I was very young and
should have done gap year. A
lot of the girls who started with
me didn’t continue. But I stuck
it out and loved it in the end and
decided I wanted to have a career
in the arts.
Did you always have an
interest in art as a career or did
you have other things in mind?
Three of my aunties are piano
teachers and they all tried to
teach me. I did try, but I am in
visual arts for a reason, I can’t
read music. I knew I wanted to
be involved in the arts. At some
point I wanted to be a pilot, and I
think I could still do that. I used
to tell people I wanted to be a
pilot so I could fly all my family
around the world for free. Maybe
that’s something I will do in my
semi-retirement, learn how to fly.
I grew up in a creative environment,
my mum was involved in
the local theatre group in Oxford.
She use to take me to rehearsals
and I was in some plays myself.
I did ballet too, there was always
art in my childhood. It was
something I felt comfortable in,
I could express myself. It gave
me a lot of joy. In my final year
of arts school I met the love of
my life, my husband. He was
11 years older than me and had
his own business here, and an
eight-year-old daughter. I wanted
to stay with him and knew I
needed to find something here in
Christchurch so I could pay off
my student loan.
The creation and
transformation of the trust
is a great story, but obviously
you must have faced some
challenges and hardships along
the way? Was there ever a time
where you wanted to give up?
No, I have never felt like I
haven’t been able to get up in the
morning and be excited about
my job. Obviously there are
many challenges to overcome,
funding is always an issue in the
arts. You have to be flexible. The
board is set up in a way that it
has really good financial oversight,
the generosity of people
is phenomenal. We have to put
our best foot forward every year
and continue to perform, so
people have confidence in what
we deliver. We have been lucky
to have people and sponsors that
support us. Some have been with
us from the very first project. It’s
like anything, you have to build
relationships. There were moments
after the earthquake, when
it was hard to pick up the pieces
and carry on. When we had no
city, no offices, we had to rethink
our whole programme.
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on every corner
They were tough for everybody,
those times. It’s not what
happens, it’s how you deal with
it. You get better with experience,
managing risk, predicting,
sometimes the tough lessons are
the ones that make you stronger
and give you more insight.
Why public art? What impact
does it have?
Public art can be many things,
it can be interactive, you can play
with it or on it. When we did
our very first programme in the
year 2000, we got this piece of
work from Pauline Rhodes called
Ziggurat. It was a monument,
10m tall, it was like a pyramid,
shaped out of gabions. Kids used
to play on it and people loved to
climb to the top of. It was even
a grandstand for some nearby
sports fields. Public art has
many different genres or types.
Over the years we have certainly
produced most of the different
types. It could be a performance,
sculpture, a light show. It’s
about telling stories, it’s free and
anyone can engage with it, you
don’t need to go into a gallery.
It’s quite egalitarian, people can
love it or hate it. It helps people
to expand their thoughts, have
ideas that are different. If people
think in a different way that helps
with better relation in society,
more open-mindedness. People
should be encouraged to have a
discussion about art.
What is the most artistic
place you have travelled to
or somewhere that has really
inspired you?
I recently went to Bali and
I had never been before. The
culture and people there are
amazing. The nature, temples,
religion, art and culture right
throughout their community.
Last year I went on a tour with
the French Government to study
public art in Nantes. They have a
festival called Travel to Nantes.
They have public art which is
probably the closest model I’ve
seen to what we are doing here in
Christchurch. The festival kicks
off a new series of public art in
ART FANATIC: Deborah
McCormick grew up in a
creative environment which
lead to pursue a career in
the arts.
the city. They have a walkway
around the city. They call it the
green line and you walk and
follow the line through the city
and see amazing sculptures,
cuisine and festival activities.
What do you like to do when
you aren’t working?
I like to mountain-bike, ride
horses, do yoga, go to the gym.
I love gardening, I live in the
Waipara Valley. My house fell
down the hill in Clifton, so we
had to move our 10-year semiretirement
forward and go rural.
We have a small lifestyle block. I
also like to visit sculpture parks,
art galleries and concerts.
What is your favourite piece of
art in Christchurch right now?
I’ve got so many, it depends
on my mood. I drive past the
Fanfare sculpture in Belfast every
day. It lifts my spirit and changes
with the weather and moves
in the wind. It gives me a nice
warmth at night when I drive
CELEBRATIONS
Go along to this year’s
spring festival in October.
SCAPE is celebrating its 20 th
anniversary with a variety of
events, including a family
fun day, walking tours,
school holiday workshops,
light laser shows and more.
•Opening weekend starts
on October 5.
•Visit https://www.
scapepublicart.org.nz/ for
more details.
home and the lights are on. I love
all the art but that’s something
that I see every day.
If you weren’t in this job, what
would you be doing?
Doing something with horses.
I use to do eventing when I was
young, but I think I missed that
boat. Being in the New Zealand
equestrian team would be fun.
Tell me a little about your
husband, how did you meet?
I have been with him for 20
years. He is a podiatrist, a foot
specialist. He has his owns
private medical practice, called
PodiatryMed. I am very proud
of him, he fixes people’s sore feet
and helps them have a better
lifestyle. He’s into medicine,
which is quite a contrast to the
arts. He has been an amazing
supporter of me and knows a lot
about art now. We met through
mutual friends and it was kind of
love at first sight, to be honest.
What would you like to see in
the future for art, Christchurch
and SCAPE?
I’d like to see every street
corner with a piece of art on it.
I would like to see a city which
helps artists to be enabled to
work and sustain themselves. I
think it would be brilliant to have
a programme where every new
council development had a piece
of art in it. We have been asked
to work with new businesses to
put art in their forecourts or as
part of their developments. A city
full of art in every sense is what I
would like to see.
DIVERSE: A large range of products will be on display at
the 2018 Women’s Lifestyle Expo.
Women’s Lifestyle
Expo expected to
attract big turnout
UP TO 14,000 visitors are
expected to attend the Women’s
Lifestyle Expo being held in
Christchurch this weekend.
Taking place at Horncastle
Arena, it will see more than
200 companies exhibiting their
products and services to the
public. They will include large
and small businesses, with a
wide diversity of products from
food to fashion, artisan craft
and eco-friendly products being
displayed.
Event organiser Renee
Murray says it is an
opportunity, particularly for
companies that trade online,
to meet their customers face to
face and answer any questions
they might have.
“It makes it more personal
for them, for example if they
only use social media such as
Facebook to do business,” Ms
Murray says.
This year about 30 per cent of
the exhibitors will be new, while
others are regulars that exhibit
every year, or every second year,
she says.
“It’s a major marketing opportunity
for them.”
The annual expo is held in
centres across New Zealand,
apart from Auckland, with the
Christchurch event being one of
the biggest. It has been running
continuously in the city for
some 14 years.
In 2010, it was scheduled to
take place a few weeks after the
September 4, 2010, earthquake.
While some exhibitors had
been significantly affected by
the earthquake, the expo went
ahead, with the organisers
providing free entry to give
Christchurch people a boost
following the disaster.
•The 2018 Women’s
Lifestyle Expo will be
held on Saturday and
Sunday, 10am to 5pm,
at Horncastle Arena,
Addington. Entry is $10,
with children under 12
free.
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impact on our rivers, so it’s great to be able to do
something that has a positive impact"
Helen Caley –
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Waltham: A suburb of contrasts
A new report shows
Waltham is the city’s
most diverse and
rapidly changing
suburb. Reporter
Julia Evans talks to
the people who live
there
ON ONE side of a fence cream
paint flakes off a sun-damaged
weatherboard 1920s villa.
The grass is brown and a rusted
scooter discarded on the porch
looks like it hasn’t been ridden
for years.
On the other side there are
six identical brick townhouses
standing to attention. No grass,
no scooter.
The only noticeable difference
are the cars parked outside.
This is Waltham – a suburb of
contrasts, character and change.
While the population has been
called “transient” in the new
Aspirations of Children and Youth
in Waltham city council report,
at its heart is a vibrant, diverse
and strong community. Whether
that be at the park, the school, the
community centre or the pub.
“Participants noted the caring,
resilient community and good
neighbours are valuable,” the
report said.
Leanne Ireland is the third
generation of her family to live in
her Waltham home.
Long-time resident Rex
Robinson calls himself the
“neighbourhood watch man.”
“I went to a meeting once, I
think. Nothing happens here.
Someone’s car got broken into a
while ago but that’s about it.”
He said all the area needs is
someone to dish out safety pamphlets
when they arrive.
“There’s always a bit of trouble
everywhere. But it’s good here,
we’re happy. There’s no room for
crime, there are so many people
around here.”
“Plus, I give the kids lectures
at Halloween. When they come
knocking on our door, I tell
LONG-TERM: Leanne Ireland is the third generation of her
family to live in her Waltham home – her children are the
fourth.
Her now deceased grandparents
Gwendoline and Roy bought
the house when they first came to
Christchurch from Wales in the
early 1980s. The house was left in
her name when her grandparents
passed away.
Her father Malcolm also called
it home – he installed heating
and insulation into the cold brick
house when Ms Ireland was pregnant
with her first child.
“It is a connection to my
grandparents. But since they’ve
moved out we’ve done some
renovations and I’ve made it my
them to make sure they don’t
grow up to be criminals,” Mr
Robinson said.
He said there were a lot of
children in the area these days,
but he puts that down to the
area’s rapid growth following
the earthquake.
Waltham has become more
densely populated since the
earthquakes with blocks of flats
and townhouses springing up
daily.
“It’s diverse. We have a German
guy next door. It makes it
interesting.”
Although he said the area
doesn’t get much publicity –
own. Sometimes I think you can
still feel them around . . . it’s a
family space.”
Now Ms Ireland’s three
children Malachi, Isaiah and
Shardesha are the fourth
generation.
They’ve lived in the house all
their life – Isaiah and Shardesha
go to Waltham Primary School, a
five-minute walk away.
She said she’s seen the good and
the bad over the last two decades.
“I used to always pop into
the house when I was a kid. I
stayed the night all the time . . . I
“no news is good news.” The
report said Waltham has a higher
population of residents identifying
as of Maori descent, who are born
overseas and who speak English as
a second language than Christchurch
as a whole.
“The local population has
almost experienced a boom
post-earthquake as a result of
housing intensification and the
proximity to the central city for
migrant workers.”
But the number of facilities
for young people had remained
the same. This likely resulted in
a strain on some facilities and
organisations.
remember the area was very rundown
then but there were always
good neighbours and people
around,” Ms Ireland said.
“It still is run-down and a
poorer area. Not a lot of people
know about it. When you talk
to people from other parts of
the city they go: ‘Waltham?
Where’s that?’ And you have to
tell them its close to Opawa and
Sydenham.”
But Ms Ireland said she would
not live in another part of the
city.
“It’s close to everywhere to get
to amenities . . . and the area is so
diverse. There’s older generations,
young people, young families, a
lot of children. Everyone’s here.”
The residents were much like
the houses.
“You have the old-style bungalows
and the new townhouses
right next to each other.”
Ms Ireland has been volunteering
at the Waltham Community
Cottage for the last four or five
years. She lost track.
“It’s a chance for me to give
back to the community. I was a
chef before I had my children so
I run the community lunches. I
get to provide healthy food and
home baking for those who don’t
otherwise get it.”
She said she would continue
supporting the area’s growth for
the foreseeable future and her
children enjoyed the neighbourhood
and school.
FAST FACTS
•1038 people live in
Waltham.
•Waltham has a higher
population of residents of
Maori descent, who are
born overseas and who
speak English as a second
language than the rest of
Christchurch.
•It has a short tenure
population with a high
proportion of low cost
rental accommodation.
•The local population had
a boom post-earthquake
as a result of housing
intensification and
proximity to the central
city.
•11.8 per cent of the
population are on the
domestic purposes
benefit, compared to the
Christchurch average of
4.1 per cent.
•7.6 per cent of the
population are
unemployed and 27.4 per
cent are single parent
households.
•Heathcote Ward city
councillor Sara Templeton
is the local representative
from Brougham St south.
While Linwood Ward city
councillor Yani Johanson
covers the north.
HAPPY:
Rex
Robinson
said
there’s
not much
crime in
Waltham.
•Continued
on page 22

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•From page 21
GORDON CADDIE has been
watching the area flourish for
the last 14 years from behind
the principal’s desk at Waltham
Primary School.
“I think a school in any area
is important. But we have such
a diverse community, it’s more
important. People know what
to expect when they come here
so we have a stabilising influence.”
The school was identified as the
most significant community asset
in the area by the city council.
“Participants reported that
Waltham Primary School is one
of the best community assets,”
the report said.
But its roll has ballooned by
85 per cent following the earthquakes.
“It only slowed down when the
Ministry of Education made us
put in an enrolment zone. We’ve
got no space for children from
out of zone at all, we’ve have to
turn families away, which is quite
difficult,” he said.
“Growth has its challenges
which come with it.”
He said the school reflects the
varied nature of the suburb.
“There are industrial areas,
GROWING
UP: Gordon
Caddie has
been principal
of Waltham
Primary School
for 14 years.
Housing New Zealand houses,
a lot of immigrant families that
are renting, as well as older villas
. . . the school is the same. We’re
teaching children whose parents
and grandparents went to the
school as well as kids who have
been in New Zealand for two
days.”
Mr Caddie said Waltham has
a good future – but a little work
needed to be done first.
“We sat down and looked at
it and one of the biggest things
that needs to change is making
Waltham Park safer for young
families.”
It started out as a joke.
But the joke stuck and
from 1866 the south-eastern
suburb became known as
Waltham.
Charles Prince, a formerschool
master from the United
Kingdom, arrived in Lyttelton
in 1858.
By 1860 he had set up a
china shop named Sydenham
House and was advertising in
the Lyttelton Times – although
in 1867 he had filed for
bankruptcy.
From there Mr Prince set up
his 12-room boarding house,
called Waltham House. It was
built on Gasworks Rd, now
Waltham Rd.
In 1866 Mr Prince’s
tenants decided to play a
joke on their landlord and
set an advertisement to the
paper, which said they held a
meeting and decided to make
the area Waltham after their
house.
The ad appeared on October
27, 1866 and by 1870 Waltham
was a household name.
The name comes from the
area in Lincolnshire in the
United Kingdom, Waltham,
which literally translates to
village by the moor.
Sydenham was then also
named after Mr Prince’s
former china shop during the
late 1870s.
Waltham was originally
part of the Sydenham
Borough and was
amalgamated with the
Christchurch City Council in
1903.

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Thursday September 27 2018 23
News
Get on your bike during October
CHRISTCHURCH’S cycling
festival won national
recognition from the New
Zealand Transport Agency,
and this year’s event
co-ordinator is striving to
replicate last year’s success.
“Our city is on track to
become a world-leader in
high-standard, sustainable
transport,” said Biketober
co-ordinator Robert Fleming,
“and this festival serves
our increasing number of
cyclists.”
The aim of the monthlong
festival is to encourage
people to experience cycling,
showcasing it as a legitimate,
fun, and healthy way to travel
around the city, whether
for work or pleasure. The
extensive programme has
something for all riders, on all
bikes – guided and self-guided
rides, workshops, social events,
and the cornerstone NZ Bike
Expo weekend.
Mr Fleming acknowledges
that the expanding network
of safer cycling routes is
encouraging more people
to cycle. “We have already
witnessed a 20 per cent
increase in people riding bikes
in the city,” he said.
One previously hesitant
cyclist was city councillor Sara
Templeton, who did not feel
safe cycling on Christchurch
roads. Now, she regularly
commutes by bike.
Not only does Biketober
showcase that bikes are
practical and enjoyable for
any journey, it also serves
to breathe a fresh idea into
the city – that cycling can
be everyday transport.
Couple this with the dozens
of social and sport cycling
organisations within the city,
and that equates to a vibrant
pedalling community.
Local businesses are
also embracing the cycling
resurgence.
The Biketober Passport
(a month-long event where
cyclists visit and collect stamps
from participating firms, for
a chance to win prizes) has
seen a 250 per cent increase in
business involvement over last
year.
There’s even a one-day
challenge, the aim to visit all
the listed businesses inside five
hours.
The festival’s opening
occasion – Pedal into Spring
– on October 6 has a selection
of 12 themed biking routes in
and around the central city to
choose from, with cafés, shops,
playgrounds, art, and a family
treasure hunt all on offer, from
the seat of your bike.
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Welcoming the world
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THIS IS a very busy time
for Christchurch as we
celebrate the Antarctic
season opening.
It is our annual
opportunity as a city to
collectively thank and
engage with each of
the national Antarctic
programmes – New
Zealand, United States
Italy and Korea – and
the myriad of businesses
that operate out of
Christchurch by sea or by
air in support of research
and science on the ice.
And it’s an opportunity
to remind ourselves of how
precious our status is as
one of only five gateway
cities to Antarctica in the
world.
I will always remember
the first time I stepped
off the plane and onto
the ice. I had never before
experienced a moment
in my life that was truly
‘breathtaking’ in every
sense of the word.
It was a real privilege to
be able to visit Scott Base,
McMurdo Station and to
see the scientists in the
field.
What stood out for me
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was the vital importance of
the scientific research that
all the national Antarctic
programmes support.
Many of the future
challenges that climate
change will pose will be
more accurately predicted
and hopefully solved based
on that research.
That is why our support
of these programmes
Mayor
Lianne Dalziel
is so precious. There
are a number of
events and exhibitions
happening around the
new season – including
heritage walks, a range
of talks and children’s
holiday programme
activities – which can be
found at https://www.
christchurchnz.com/
christchurch-the-gatewayto-antarctica/antarcticseason-opening/.
I’d like to invite people
to fully engage in our role
as an Antarctic gateway
city and to explore the
different opportunities
to participate in these
activities.
STUNNING: Christchurch is one of only five gateway cities to Antarctica in
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art, while remaining true and
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always engaging.
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and layers.
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for nearly thirty years, winning
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throughout her career.
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Zealand where she currently
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Arts. “KISS GUSTAV” is her fourth
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Conservation and the
environment
Both Willowbank Wildlife Reserve
and Orana Park are registered
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Avon
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of this area aims to enhance a return of both
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The Avon Loop Community Cottage is a hub
for those in the vicinity. This central city
group welcomes a team to come in during
September on either a Monday, Tuesday or
Wednesday morning to give the gardens a
tidy-up. You will need to bring your own
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Supporting the Journey
of our Young People
There is a real need for people who are willing
to share their life skills and experiences to
walk alongside some of our young people.
These sorts of mentoring roles are supported
by regular supervision and
training. And the impact
on both the mentee and
the mentor cannot
be underestimated.
Sharing the
excitement of
achievement of a
mentee’s goal and
knowing that your
support was part of
getting there is a huge
privilege. If you want
to help, check out the
listings under the category
‘mentoring’ on the Volunteering
Canterbury database of current
volunteer roles, www.volcanmatch.com.
Helping you to make a difference!
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community
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volunteer cooridnator
with MP Megan Woods
helping hands painting
over graffiti.
Need help to get your organisation into the
community? Making an impact requires an
investment. Your organisation’s investment
of a gift of time into the community with one
of the community groups which Volunteering
Canterbury can put you in touch with WILL
make an impact that you can talk about with
your stakeholders.
Contact Glenda Martin, Outreach and
Marketing Manager, for all your group
volunteering enquiries, or if you would like a
presentation to your team on the benefits of
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Put some spring in your step
and explore Christchurch from
Saturday 29 September to Sunday 14
October 2018.
The Breeze Walking Festival is back for 2018
and with over 50 walks to choose from there is
something for all ages and abilities.
From child-friendly strolls to energetic treks,
to informative ambles through the central city,
we’ve catered for all interests and ages.
With a wide variety of walks in the beautiful
regions of Christchurch, Waimakariri and
Selwyn, it’s not to be missed. The walks have
been designed to appeal to those wanting
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the arts, history and new
developments around our city.
The festival is a chance for all Cantabrians to
explore their city and region, and above all to
enjoy a social outdoor experience to celebrate
the end of winter and the coming of spring.
Make sure to get out and make the most of this
year’s festival programme.
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4 environment
Disrupting stream communities may hold the
secret to long-term restoration of waterways,
according to a UC student’s thesis.
The theory that disrupting waterways
highlights the weaknesses of unwanted
invertebrates living in the ecosystem, is being
tested by University of Canterbury (UC)
doctoral student Issie Barrett as part of a
BioHeritage Challenge project led by UC
researchers. The project focuses on restoring
degraded streams and rivers.
At UC’s Cass Field Station in Arthur’s Pass,
Issie has built a bespoke outdoor system
that artificially recreates freshwater stream
ecosystems. She fills separate sections of the
system with invertebrate and bug samples that
have been taken from a range of streams –
some healthy, some degraded and others that
are prone to flooding.
Eighty per cent of the sample stream
communities are then disrupted for 24 hours
with elements including nutrients, sediment
or a flood of water. This enables Issie to see
changes that the disruption causes to the
community of invertebrates living in each
water sample.
“For example, we could disrupt – or stress
– the stream with a flood which is likely
to get rid of snails because they have the
characteristic of not being able to swim,” Issie
says.
“Knowing how to get rid of snails is a good
thing because we don’t want them in a healthy
waterway. Getting rid of them frees up space
for more sensitive, desired species.”
She likens a healthy river – one that has a
diversity of bugs that are food for larger
organisms like fish – to a glass of rainbow
juice.
“When a river is stressed, only the hardiest
species like sedentary worms and snails can
survive – taking up all available space. My
theory is that we need to do something to
destabilise the community, removing the
biological advantage that worms and snails
have.”
Her trial is part of a project that is using
freshwater ecosystems as a model to test
how degraded ecosystems can be resistant
to disruptions – including those that aim to
restore them. The project is being led by UC
freshwater ecologists, Dr Helen Warburton
and Dr Catherine Febria, of UC’s College of
Science.
“An ecosystem’s ability to withstand and
recover from a disruption are commonly
associated with healthy communities.
However, degraded ecosystems can also be
resistant and resilient to disruptions, making
them very hard to restore,” Dr Warburton says.
“In New Zealand, many ecosystems are
degraded, having exceeded critical tipping
points that leave them locked in a resistant
state.”
The next stage of Issie’s trial is to extend the
length of time that the disruption is carried
out. The cause of the stress will then be
removed, to see if the stream sample can be
restored. In its third year, the trial will be
carried out in a real stream.
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which has been said to remind people of the local swimming pool
rather than something they want to gulp down.
Tips for a Home Water Filter System:
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If just drinking water look for a filter with a separate tap or a tap that
you can switch between filtering or not. This allows the filter to last
longer.
Whole kitchen system? Look for a filter you can use with your existing
tap. This will filter all of your water through the tap and will require
frequent replacement.
Whole house system? This allows for great tasting water from any
tap in the house as well as it will protect your fittings from hard water
issues and give you nice soft shower water.
2. Speed of the water flow.
Filling your water bottle can be very slow with some water filters, so
make sure to ask that question.
3. How often do the cartridges need to be replaced?
A filter system is like a printer and needs to have the cartridges
replaced. There are cheap filter systems but check the replacement
cartridge pricing because you could spend a heap replacing them
which would defeat the purpose of the cheaper system.
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ExERCISE the mind
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The dream of owning your own home
is very much part of the kiwi identity,
and it was previously an achievable goal.
It’s no surprise then that three quarters
of New Zealanders over 65 own their
own home. Part of this reality is that, for
many people, the family home is their
main asset and their wealth is tied up in
it. A high proportion rely on Government
Superannuation for their income and
can run into financial worries when
unexpected expenses arise.
An option for
consideration for those
who are asset rich
but cash poor is a
Reverse Mortgage
(also known as
a home equity
release mortgage). A
Reverse Mortgage is
a loan that is secured
by a mortgage over
your home. It differs
from a regular mortgage
in that there are no mandatory
repayments during the lifetime of the
loan. Instead, the capital and interest
owing builds up as a debt against the
equity in your house. The loan ends on
either the death of the borrower (or both
borrowers in the case of a couple) or
when the house over which the mortgage
has been granted is vacated by the
borrower moving into permanent care.
Reverse Mortgages also have a minimum
age criteria: you must be at least 60 before
you can apply for one.
Reverse Mortgages sound like a good
option - and they can be. However, careful
thought and robust discussion should be
REvERSE
mortgages
had before one makes the decision to take
out such a loan. You can use the money
for anything you want but it’s important
to explore all options available to you if
you find yourself needing money to cover
medical bills, maintenance costs and
those other unexpected costs that can pop
up out of the blue. We recommend that
you involve your family in the discussion,
and that you consider the full
obligations and consequences
under the loan. You’ll
want to make sure
you understand how
the interest rate is
determined, any
extra obligations you
may have in relation
to maintaining
the property, and
the impact a Reverse
Mortgage can have on
your estate (to list a few
considerations).
Part of the Reverse Mortgage process
requires that you receive legal advice
before signing the loan documents. Our
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We’ve all heard the old saying “If you don’t
know where you are going, how will you know
when you get there?” This saying is extremely
apt when it comes to thinking about your
retirement.
So it might be a good time to ask yourself a
few questions to help define your retirement
in clearer terms:
- What does ‘being retired’ mean to you?
- What would an average week in retirement
look like for you five years from now?
- What challenges do you see along the
way?
- What fears do you have
about this next phase of
life?
- What would you
like to accomplish for
yourself?
Your retirement will
be very different from
that of your parents. But
it will also be different
from that of your friends,
colleagues, or the people next
door. You need to define your
retirement in your own terms, not what
the experts – or your mates – say.
You also need to realise that retirement is a
transition, not a destination! Most retiring
baby boomers can expect to be ‘in retirement’
for at least 20 or 25 years – a long time in
anyone’s language.
None of us can truly control what those years
will be bring, but we can control our attitude
to them. The reality is that true zest for life
comes from within and can best be nurtured
by looking closely at your attitudes and view
of life, in order to discover the parts that
may require some change and intentional
rethinking.
What gets you out of bed in the morning?
If you are going to make a commitment to live
each day to its fullest, you will want to define
what that means. Here are some points to
consider:
• Why do you want to get out of bed in the
morning?
vISUALISINg
tHE NExt
PHASE
of your life
• If you’ve made the commitment to challenge
yourself to do new things or to learn
new things, what kinds of
challenges will make you feel
good about who you are?
• What gives meaning
and purpose to your
life? When you assess
and claim your values
and sense of purpose
for the future, you move
toward happiness—and
seize the opportunity
to leave a meaningful
personal legacy.
• The key is aligning your personal
purpose, vision, and values with the
activities and goals you choose to act on. With
this alignment, your achievements will bring
you real happiness—quite a different feeling
from working to satisfy someone else’s value
system.
If you’d like to check just how much you really
do understand about this phase of life, take
this quick quiz. You might be surprised at
some of the answers!
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exercise.
When we think of the
benefits of exercise, a few
common ones always spring to mind
– fat loss, increased energy, and strength and
muscle gains.
But the benefits of regular exercise and
physical activity reach much further than
this, with life-changing benefits extending
to prevention and management of some
prevalent conditions. If you have been
thinking about getting moving, it’s never too
late to start, adding years to your life.
Here are some common conditions where
exercise can have significant benefits for your
health and wellness:
COPD. Chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) is the term used to cover
a range of respiratory conditions including
emphysema, chronic bronchitis and chronic
asthma. COPD affects one in six Kiwis. While
there is no cure for COPD, there are plenty
of ways to manage symptoms, and improve
quality of life.
Part of the treatment for this condition is
exercise. Even at low levels exercise has a
strengthening impact on respiratory and
muscular structures. If you have asthma or
another form of COPD, exercise should form
part of your treatment and be an important
part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Heart disease. Cardiovascular disease
(including heart, stroke and blood vessel
disease) is still the leading cause of death in
New Zealand, accounting for 33 per cent of
deaths annually. Every 90 minutes a New
Zealander dies from heart disease, with
172,000 New Zealanders currently living with
heart disease, and limited by its impacts.
Being active is recommended to assist
managing this disease as this can reduce the
risk of getting heart disease by 50 per cent,
with extra benefits gained by eating a healthy
diet and not smoking. Exercise can also lower
blood pressure, and assist with reducing
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SECREt to
a long and
healthy life?
weight, which are
both risk factors for
heart disease.
Osteoporosis. As we age,
and as lifestyle and diseases
impact on our health, there can be
a loss of balance between new bone growth
and old bone breaking down, leading to a
loss in bone density. Once this loss reaches
a certain level a diagnosis of osteoporosis is
made.
A regular exercise programme is essential
for bone health. Specifically, weight- bearing
exercise offers the best defence. This includes
a number of sports, and lifting weights, as well
as using your bodyweight as resistance. While
activities such as cycling and swimming have a
range of health benefits, these activities are not
considered weight bearing.
Depression. In New Zealand, more than
half a million adults (16 per cent) have been
diagnosed with depression, bipolar disorder
and/or anxiety disorder at some point in their
life. This includes 14 per cent of adults that
have ever been diagnosed with depression, six
per cent with anxiety disorder, and one per
cent with bipolar disorder.
Little or no physical exercise can increase
the risk of depression, and a poor diet can
decrease the sense of wellbeing, so taking care
of yourself needs to be part of any wellness or
mental health plan.
There is a good reason why exercise is
recommended for improving mood.
Endorphins are the ‘happy hormones’ that the
body releases when moving. They contribute
to a feeling of wellness post exercise and
are released most effectively during long,
continuous workouts of moderate to high
intensity.
With so many benefits it’s really worthwhile
investing in yourself by getting active.
If you are struggling with motivation or
not sure where to start, help is available
through a network of appropriately qualified
and experienced REPs registered exercise
professionals located throughout New
Zealand.

motoring
7
Price - Ford EcoSport Titanium, $29,990.
Dimensions - Length, 4325mm; width, 1816mm; height, 1664mm.
Configuration - Three-cylinder transverse, front-wheel-drive, 999cc, 92kW, 170Nm, six-speed
automatic.
Performance - 0-100km/h, 10.5sec.
Fuel usage – 6.7l/100km
By Ross Kiddie
If retirement is looming, or if you’ve already
reached retirement age, you could well be
looking to downsize your vehicle to something
that’s suitable for two, and something with just
a little more space for when the grandchildren
are in tow.
One such vehicle would be Ford’s EcoSport.
Don’t let the name fool you, it’s not that overly
sporty, but it is a sport utility vehicle which is
compact but is practical in every sense of the
word.
Sitting on the Feista platform, the EcoSport
is short at just 4.2m, but it translates its space
into useful internals.
Mechanically, the EcoSport isn’t complicated,
it drives out the front wheels only, but it does
have technology which is finding its way across
the wider Ford production system.
Notably, under the bonnet sits a newgeneration
three-cylinder turbocharged engine.
It must be noted that when EcoSport first
landed here it had a four-cylinder 1.5-litre unit,
but a recent model upgrade now includes the
three-potter, and by my reckoning it is a real
gem.
Ford claim 92kW and 170Nm,
these outputs are available at
6000rpm for power while
the torque spread is vast,
available all the way
from 1500rpm to
4500rm. The result
is strong underfoot
feel, and a torquey
response through
the mid-range. While
the engine has the
characteristic harmonics
associated only with
three-cylinder engines, it is
still smooth, and unless you are
really tuned into what is happening
under the bonnet you wouldn’t think anything
unusual was sitting there.
The engine is coupled to a six-speed
automatic transmission. It is a conventional
gearbox with a sport setting which activates
steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters. It
allows the driver to select manual changes,
and is a useful device when power needs to
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be extracted, or for slowing momentum when
corners arrive, or for when stops need to be
made.
Interaction between the engine and gearbox
is fluid with a natural progression of power
between the ratios, there is just enough torque
on offer so that the gaps are filled easily.
The EcoSport is reasonably lively, it will cut
out a standstill to 100km/h time of 10.5sec,
thanks a lot to its light weight of just under
1300kg.
That also contributes to lack
of stress on the engine, it is
relaxed and comfortable
in its power supply.
That being the case it,
according to Ford, is
capable of a 6.7-litre
per 100km (42mpg)
combined cycle fuel
usage figure.
That sits well with the
readout during my time with
the test car, it was constantly
listing at 7.5l/100km (38mpg). At
100km/h a 5l/100km (55mpg) figure
is on offer with the engine not very busy at
2100rpm at that speed.
The EcoSport takes on the handling qualities
I’m very familiar with in European Fords. It
feels lithe and nimble with chassis control and
steering feel that promotes confidence.
Even though it sits high on the suspension,
there is little body movement and gravitational
change is unforced, the body is balanced
over the suspension. The spring and damper
rates are compliant so that rut and bump
absorption provides a comfortable ride along
with the firming needed to provide a taut feel.
Incidentally, high quality Bridgestone Ecopia
tyres (205/50 x 17in) have high grip properties.
In terms of cost, the EcoSport Trend sits at
$26,990, while a high grade Titanium variant
is listed at $29,990. The evaluation car was the
latter.
In Titanium form the EcoSport wants for
little. It gets satellite navigation, cruise control
and speed limiter, push-button ignition, leather
accented seats and a large central display which
includes a rear view camera.
For its price the EcoSport is outstanding
buying, it is functional and pleasing to drive,
it is a car for those who need something just a
little different in a small package.
Even though it’s a squeeze for five it is fine
for those who frequently travel with children
and all of their requirements. Boot space is
generous and there is a deep floor thanks to the
spare wheel being located on the rear door.
As I’ve aged to the stage where I’ve earned a
SuperGold card, I’ve found my old joints and
bones aren’t quite as flexible as they once were.
That being the case, it was good to note that
the EcoSport has easy entry and egress, some
of that can be attributed to its high ground
clearance (209mm).
It is certainly a vehicle that will suit many age
groups – young to seniors.
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Garden Buffet Restaurant
Looking for somewhere to have your year-end
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Ingredients
400g spinach, washed and stems
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400g beef mince
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1⁄2 tsp chili-garlic sauce
1⁄4 cup beef broth
Red pepper flakes, to taste
200g sliced mushrooms
100g sliced carrots
1⁄2 cup sour cream
Pinch of salt and pepper
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
200g noodles
Directions
Sauté the onion until cooked.
Mince the garlic.
Add beef to pan and cook until
brown then add minced garlic,
carrots and mushrooms.
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Cook until spinach is wilted.
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Ingredients
400g potatoes, halved lengthwise
6 thyme sprigs
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil,
plus more for brushing
Pinch salt and pepper
600g boneless pork shoulder
roast
400g red or green grapes
8 large garlic cloves, halved
lengthwise
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Plant your greens in early spring
• By Rachel Vogan
AS THE days get longer and the
soil slowly begins to warm up
and dry out, the time is right
to set about growing our own
greens to feed the troops.
PEAS
Peas are a super quick and
easy crop to grow, and have the
advantage of being remarkably
hardy to cold temperatures. They
prefer a fertile soil in full sun, and
would benefit from a supporting
frame or series of stakes to keep
the crop off the ground. Sow
seed directly in the garden where
you wish it to grow, allowing
10-15cm between each plant. I
put two seeds in each hole. Cover
the area with mesh or netting, as
birds just love to peck at fresh pea
shoots as they emerge through
the soil. Once the plants reach
15-20cm, the leaves don’t seem to
have as much appeal, so the nets
can be removed. They are a great
crop for tubs and planters, and
dwarf varieties are wonderful in
hanging baskets or window boxes.
CELERY
Just think Bloody Marys,
salads and slaws when it comes
to this hardy vegetable. I suggest
starting with seedlings, as
seed often takes six to eight
weeks to germinate and reach a
transplantable size. Two punnets
will be enough for a family or
large flat. Celery is a long-term
crop, taking between four to six
months to mature. Enrich the
soil with some good manure
or rich compost and space the
plants two hand-widths apart. It’s
a good container crop too, and
two or three plants can easily fit
in a 10-litre bucket. A sneaky
tip is to harvest the outer stalks
individually by carefully cutting
them off at the base, leaving the
rest of the plant to grow happily.
ASPARAGUS
Home-grown is just the bee’s
knees, and you have two options
when it comes to growing;
either planting out dormant
crowns, which are still in the
shops now, or exploring the
option of sowing seed. If you
want to grow your own spears,
you must allocate a permanent
spot in the garden as asparagus
PATIENCE:
Asparagus will
take two to
three years before
it can be
harvested. Find
a space in the
garden where
it can grown
permanently.
is a crop that lives in the ground
all year round and, if cared
for well, will crop for decades.
Remember to pack your patience
when establishing a patch, as
it can take two to three years
before you will be harvesting
anything, and it can’t be cropped
when it’s young as the crown
needs to bulk up underground
before picking can begin.
SPRING ONIONS
It’s all in the name with this
crop, but you actually can plant
them all year round. Either sow
from seed now, transplanting
once they are big enough, or
cheat like I do and buy them in
punnets. I don’t bother separating
them out into singles; instead I
just tease each plug in half and
plant that. This means that when
it comes to harvesting, I have
a whole bunch to pick at once,
which suits me as it is how I use
them in the kitchen. Look out for
the red, bunching onions; these
have a bit more zing. Did you
know that the longer you leave
spring onions in the ground, the
stronger the white part tastes?
ROCKET
Rocket, or arugula, is one of
the fastest-growing and tastiest
salad greens around. It is the
epitome of a low-maintenance
crop; you can scatter seed
directly onto the ground and
walk away, and will be greeted
with seedlings within a few weeks,
and harvestable leaves only a
fortnight to a month later. Plants
are widely available all year round.
If the soil dries out in summer,
the plant will bolt and go to seed,
so perk up old, tired soil with
sheep manure or compost before
planting in order to avoid this.
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Gardening
Plant greens early spring
•From page 37
FRESH: Parsley comes in two forms – curly leaved or flat
leaved – they can be grown together.
Get herbs in now
ALL THE promise of spring is
out there in the herb garden.
It’s a good idea to plant herbs
close to the kitchen — the further
away they are, the less likely
you are to pick them, especially
in rainy weather.
Most of the cooking herbs like
a place in the sun, though mint
will grow in a damp shady spot.
If you don’t have much space,
stick to those herbs you know
you’ll use in cooking.
Consider growing them in
pots, or plant herbs in the flower
garden — most are quite decorative.
Fresh coriander is an important
ingredient in many Thai
and Indian dishes and now’s
theww time for planting the
seeds of this annual herb.
Coriander plants are taprooted
and don’t transplant well,
so sow seeds where you want
the plants to grow and thin out
when necessary.
The seeds are slow to germinate,
so don’t give up on them
too soon.
Some varieties of chives die
down in the winter, while others
stay green the whole year
through.
If rust is a problem, cut the
clumps back and wait for fresh
rust-free growth. If that doesn’t
work, it may be best to plant some
new bulbs in a different spot.
Clumps need to be divided
and replanted every few
years in any case or the
chives get overcrowded
and loose their vigour.
Garlic chives have a
stronger flavour than
regular chives and the
flowers are white and
starry rather than pompom
shaped.
The plants grow more
slowly and the leaves
stand up to cooking a
bit better.
Parsley comes in two
forms: the curly-leaved
variety and flat or
broad-leaved parsley,
often known as Italian
parsley. The latter is
currently more trendy
but at a pinch you can
usually substitute one
for the other.
RADISH
Crisp and zingy, everyone has
room to grow these nuggets
of goodness. All you need is a
kitchen bucket, some vegetable
mix and seeds, and you’ll be in
business. Why not grow them
at work if you have a sunny
outdoor space? It could make
for a fun inter-office challenge,
with prizes on offer for the
biggest, smallest, ugliest, tastiest
and funniest shaped radish!
Personally, I prefer the round
marble to golf-ball-sized types,
although the cylindrical varieties
do get a lot bigger, and therefore
give you more bang for your
buck. Sow from seed now in
rows, or try sowing them in a
circle or a pattern – kids love
doing this. Note that you won’t
find radishes in punnets, as they
are very difficult to transplant
without damaging the roots,
so planting in a seed line is
definitely the best way forward.
POTATOES
The first sprouted potatoes can go
in the ground now in the warmer
climates. If your soil isn’t ready,
grow an early-crop in large tubs
or potato planters. This option
will yield just as well as growing
in the ground, and enable you
to tuck the pots up against the
house to protect them from cold
snaps. Early-crop varieties to
plant now include ‘Jersey Benne’,
‘Rocket’, Swift’, ‘Cliff Kidney’,
or ‘Liseta’. Remember to enrich
the soil with potato food!
KALE
Move over spinach, kale is
steadily taking over as the most
popular superfood. It’s a tough
campaigner and can be grown
all year round, but if you are just
starting up your vegetable patch
for the season now, it’s a perfect
time to fire a few plants in the
ground. If you’re short on space,
you can also plant these into
tubs or containers. It is literally
a no-fuss crop, it prefers full sun
and a compost-enriched soil, but
will survive if it doesn’t get all its
key ingredients – although, why
bother planting something if you
don’t want the best outcome?
Seedlings are plentiful in shops,
as is seed. It germinates readily,
makes a tasty microgreen, and
due to its ornamental nature,
could easily be planted in
ceramic or colourful pots and
placed on the patio or deck.
CORIANDER
I almost always have this herb in
my garden, except for when all
it wants to do is bolt and go to
seed in summer. It’s a cool-month
crop, so sow or plant out seedlings
in spring, autumn or winter. It
needs moisture-retentive soil
in order to thrive, so if you soil
is poor or loose, mix in some
good compost to help it hold
onto water. Did you know that
you can save your own coriander
seed? Simply let the flowers go to
WHOLESOME: Rhubarb
loves muck, so pile manure
into the soil before planting.
Left – Cylindrical varieties of
radish generally grow bigger
than other varieties.
seed, then, once the heads look
papery brown, hang them upsidedown
inside a paper bag and
over time the seeds will fall out.
Alternatively, you can scrunch
the outside of the bag to speed up
the process. Although coriander
will grow well in a pot, make sure
it’s a big one, as it has a vigorous
root system and needs plenty of
soil in which to anchor itself.
RHUBARB
It may seem odd to kick off
the growing season with what
some call a fruit, but this trusty
old campaigner is technically
classified as a vegetable. Lift and
divide old, woody clumps now,
before any top growth begins
appearing. The crowns (chunks
of roots) are actually extremely
tough and will cope with being
hacked about – even use an axe
if need be. Rhubarb loves muck,
particularly manure, so pile it into
the soil before planting. When
it comes to planting, nestle the
crown just above the soil line, and
avoid burying it fully as it tends to
make the plants rot. Rhubarb is a
crop that is highly ornamental as
well, so blend it into your flower
beds and garden borders, and
know that it will also cope with
an hour or two of shade a day.
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self-fertile like some other fruit trees, and
therefore when grown in isolation the chance
of any fruit appearing is quite remote.
For this reason, plum trees should be sold double grafted to ensure cross-pollination, or you should be
advised at the time of purchase that it is necessary to purchase two plum trees at the same time.
The best pollinators for your existing plum tree are Omega, Santa Rosa and Sultan.
If you are keen to perhaps plant self-pollinating varieties in the future, try Wilsons early which crops just
before Christmas. Another favourite is Louisa, a very large plum that looks and almost tastes like a nectarine
and crops late Dec/early Jan.
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SUNDAY, 10.30AM
UNTIL 2.30PM
DOGS DAY OUT
This event will begin with
a guided scenic walk.
Then you can explore
the heritage park at your
leisure with tram rides,
information displays, free
micro-chipping for all
Christchurch registered
dogs and lots of treats for
dog lovers of all ages. Bring
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Meet at the tram car park.
Pre-schoolers and dogs are
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CHCH FARMERS’ MARKET
Saturday, 9am-1pm, 16 Kahu Rd,
Riccarton
FRIDAY STREET FOOD MARKET
Friday, 11am-8pm, Cathedral Square
OPAWA FARMERS’ MARKET
Sunday, 9am-noon, 275 Fifield Tce
NEW BRIGHTON SEASIDE
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Saturday, 10am-2pm, New Brighton
Pedestrian Mall
LYTTELTON FARMERS’ MARKET
Saturday, 10am-1pm, London St
ARANUI HANDISCOPE MARKET
Friday, 4-6pm, St Ambrose Church, 309
Breezes Rd
DAILY, 9AM-5PM
WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF
THE YEAR EXHIBITION
Developed and produced by the Natural
History Museum in London, the Wildlife
Photographer of the Year exhibition
is on display at Canterbury Museum.
Showcasing images that celebrate the
diversity of the natural world, it features
everything from intimate animal portraits
to astonishing wild landscapes. Among
the displayed images is last year’s winning
photo, Memorial to a species by South
African photojournalist Brent Stirton. The
exhibition runs daily until November 18.
Canterbury Museum, Rolleston
Ave
DAILY 9.30AM-5PM
WOODCRAFT GALLERY
The WoodCraft Gallery showcases and
sells the artworks of about 46 wood artists
and other crafters sourced both locally
and from throughout New Zealand.
Admission is free.
WoodCraft Gallery, 33 Worcester
Boulevard
DAILY, 10-5PM
US V THEM: TONY DE LAUTOUR
Go along to Tony de Lautour’s free
exhibition. His early work drew from
wide-ranging sources, including seedy
underground street culture, tattoos, postpunk
music and comic books, as well as
fine English porcelain and antiques. This
exhibition will bring together a selection
of his paintings produced over the past 30
years.
Christchurch Art Gallery,
Montreal St
SATURDAY, 9.30AM-12.30PM
MT PLEASANT SPRING FLING
Go along to this special market day to
celebrate spring. There will be specials
and new stalls. Bring the kids for some
face-painting. Fresh produce will include
eggs, honey, meat, bread, pastries, pies,
dumplings, flowers, milk and more.
Admission is free.
Mt Pleasant Community Centre,
3 McCormacks Bay Rd
SATURDAY, FROM NOON
PARLY SPORTS FUNDRAISER
Check out the Parly Sports event to raise
funds and awareness for The Familial
Trust charity. The main event at 2.30pm
will see Parliamentarians from across all
parties come together to compete against
past and present sporting legends followed
by an after-match function at 4.30pm.
Tickets to the after-match function are $35
per person and available at iticket.co.nz/
events/2018/sep/parly-sports-fundraiser.
Before that, catch the NZ Police netball
team v Canterbury All Stars team at noon
and the Kabaddi Indian wrestling national
team at 1.30pm.
NZ Police netball team v
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Wainoni. Kabaddi Indian
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SATURDAY, 9AM-NOON
GARAGE SALE
Furniture, clothing, linen, homeware,
fine china, books, children’s toys, games,
electrical items, tools, baking and
preserves, as well as a sausage sizzle. A host
of bargains, cash sales only.
St Peter’s Anglican Church, 23
Yaldhurst Rd
SATURDAY, 1.30-3.30PM
CIRCUS OPEN DAY
Go along and have a go at all the circus
skills: Trapeze, tight wire, unicycle,
juggling and more. Gold coin entry, all
ages.
Roy Stokes Community Hall, 146
Seaview Rd
SATURDAY, 7-9PM
THE GOTHENBURG COMBO
The Christchurch Guitar Society and St
Barnabas Church are thrilled to present
The Gothenburg Combo (David Hansson
and Thomas Hansy), one of Sweden’s most
original contemporary musical acts. The
programme includes traditional classical
guitar pieces through to interpretations
of pop hits by Michael Jackson and Abba/
Drinks and nibbles will be available from
7pm with the concert starting at 7.30pm
St Barnabas Anglican Church,
corner of Fendalton Rd and Tui
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SUNDAY, 1-3PM
ANTARCTIC HERITAGE WALK
The 3.6km walk starts with a visit to the
museum, then into the Botanic Gardens
and through central city streets, stopping
at several points of interest where the
Antarctic history is explained by members
of the Canterbury branch of the NZ
Antarctic Society.
Canterbury Museum, Rolleston
Ave
SUNDAY, 7.30PM
TIME AND SPACE/S
At twilight Daniel Cooper & the Knox
Singers present the music of Palestrina,
Britten, Byrd and Arvo Pärt. Experience
the variety of acoustic effects in the Knox
Church, and the New Zealand premiere of
Arvo Pärt’s Salve Regina. Entry $20/$25.
Knox Church, 28 Bealey Ave
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GEM SHOW 2018
THIS WEEKEND
Saturday 29 Sept 9am-5pm
Sunday 30 Sept 9am-4pm
Gemstones, fossils, minerals
Displays, sales, fossicking trailer
Adults $2; School Children $1
110 WALTHAM RD
Next to Waltham School
SCHUBERT / ROSSINI / ROSS HARRIS
A concert affectionately dubbed ‘music amongst
friends’, this is a truly special season finale
featuring one of the most popular chamber music
works of all time, Schubert’s “Trout Quintet”.
Friday 5 October, 7.30pm
The Piano / CHRISTCHURCH
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Sport
CAN RICCARTON glamour
mare Savvy Coup beat
Australian record-breaker Winx?
THe answer from trainer
Michael Pitman is a resounding
no. However, he says even
running second to Winx would
be a dream.
At the weekend Savvy Coup
closed late to finish runner-up
to Melody Belle in the 1600m
Group One Windsor Park Plate
at Hastings. The run has left the
mare looking in prime shape
ahead of the 2040m Livamol
Classic on October 6.
“She went as good as she
possibly could have gone really
– there’s no disgrace running
second to probably the best
sprinting miler in the country,”
said Pitman.
MATCH UP: Australian wonder horse Winx (left) could face Savvy Coup, pictured with trainer
Michael Pitman, in one of Australasia’s richest races.
If Savvy Coup can win the
Livamol then Pitman plans to
send her to Melbourne to run
in the Cox Plate on October 27.
She is currently at long odds
($101), in Australia compared to
favourite Winx at $1.30.
However, any kind of strong
result would be worth the trip.
Under a new prize money
structure totalling AUS$5
million, the winner of the Cox
Plate will receive $3 million.
Prize money will now extend
down to 10th place.
The Cox Plate could also
One-eyed Cantab
Gordon Findlater
gordon.findlater@starmedia.kiwi
prove a launching pad for
races in November Pitman
has highlighted on the
calendar.
“If we do go (to Melbourne)
she would need to have a 2000m
race and the ideal day would
be Cox Plate day because it’s
Local
News
Now
Aussie champ in Savvy Coup’s sights
Cox Plate
looms if
good form
continues
• By Gordon Findlater
THE AFL is a prime example of
why New Zealand rugby should
do their own thing.
I was lucky enough to be in
Melbourne at the weekend.
Before heading over, I was well
aware of the Melbourne Storm
v Cronulla Sharks preliminary
final, and was licking my lips
over the prospect of finding a
local watering hole to watch
the match. However, it quickly
became evident the AFL ruled
the roost.
There were 95,000 people
jammed packed into MCG for
Friday night’s preliminary final
between Richmond and Collingwood
that was being played
at the same time as the Storm
match which attracted 27,000 to
AAMI Stadium.
It’s worth noting these numbers
aren’t one-offs due to it being
finals time. Richmond’s average
home attendance through
the 18 team, 23 round competition
was more than 61,000. In
fact only three teams (Brisbane,
Gold Coast and Greater Western
Sydney) had average home
crowds of under 20,000.
We are home to undoubtedly
the most successful franchise in
Super Rugby history, so why are
we struggling to get much more
than 10,000 people along to
some matches?
It’s because we’ve lost the
family feel and openness as fans
with our team. The thing that
stood out the most watching
Friday night’s AFL match was
what happened after the match.
Rather than just a couple of
words from the winning captain
and coach, the broadcast stayed
with the players well after the
final whistle. The scenes were
like that of a club rugby game
– it was about the people. The
broadcasters roaming reporter
#RoamingBrian (yes, he has
a hashtag) spent 15min in the
team’s post-match area where
they were joined by loyal supporters
and their families to help
celebrate the victory in a relaxed
environment.
The other thing that struck me
and once again confirmed the
true club level feel to the sport
FAST FACTS:
Fire rages, homes at risk
Savvy Coup (four-yearold
mare)
Trainers: Michael and
Matthew Pitman
Record: 15 starts, five
wins (one Group One)
Prize money:
NZ$517,000
Winx (seven-year-old
mare)
Trainer: Chris Waller
Record: 37 starts, 31
wins (20 Group One)
Prize money:
NZ$21 million
three weeks after Hastings,” said
Pitman.
He sees Savvy Coup as being
a realistic chance on November
10 at Flemington in either the
AUS$2 million Emirates Stakes
or the AUS$300,000 group two
Matriarch Stakes – both run over
2000m. “I’m not thinking for one
minute we can beat Winx but if
we go for the Matriarch it’s the
perfect lead-in race or we can up
the ante and go for the Emirates.
There’s a massive difference, but
it all depends on how she goes,”
said Pitman.
Rugby has lessons to learn from AFL’s club feel
was driving past Richmond’s
training ground. Any Joe Blogs
walking by could stop and watch
the team train in the open field
next to a main road.
Have you ever gazed in as the
Crusaders train at Rugby Park?
No, because the place is surrounded
in 2m fencing like some
kind of attempt to hide a prison
yard.
Let’s make rugby about our
people again.
Stuff the rule we need to play
matches at 7.35pm so it’s friendly
for international viewership,
bring the game to the people
and the people will come to the
game.
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Blank, and Pollock Cups teeing
off at 8am, followed by the
finals at 1pm. The Woodward
Cup will see Christchurch
play Russley, and Pegasus
play Templeton in the two
semi-finals. Christchurch
and Russley have won the last
10 titles between them while
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first Woodward Cup finals
appearance. In round-robin
play Christchurch beat Russley
4.5-3.5, and Pegasus beat
Templeton 5-3. The Pollock Cup
will see Pegasus play Harewood,
and Christchurch play Russley.
In the round-robin Pegasus
beat Harewood 3.5-2.5, and
Christchurch beat Russley 4-2.
Mixed results for
hockey teams
After a heart-breaking 2-3
loss to North Harbour in their
semi-final on Saturday the
Canterbury Cavaliers recovered
on Sunday to defeat Auckland
6-1 in the bronze medal match
at the National Hockey League
tournament in Wellington.
Meanwhile, the Canterbury
Cats finished their campaign
with a win to finish fifth in the
women’s competition.
Ebrahim named
assistant cricket coach
Former Zimbabwe
international cricketer Dion
Ebrahim has been confirmed
as the new assistant coach of
the Canterbury men’s team.
Ebrahim’s is now working
alongside new head coach,
Brendon Donkers to prepare
the team for the upcoming
season beginning in two weeks.
Ebrahim’s role at Canterbury
Cricket for the past three years
has been as the performance
squad coach where he
developed a strong programme
for underage cricketers.
Endurance series
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Some of the country’s most
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• By Gordon Findlater
WHAT ARE the chances of ever
seeing a German play for the
Crusaders?
THey might not be as low
as you’d think, especially if
you’ve had the chance to see
17-year-old Nelson College loose
forward Anton Segner in action.
This year’s UC Championship
most valuable player award
winner only arrived in New
Zealand last year as an exchange
student from Germany.
However, the planned sixmonth
stay was prolonged after
he cracked the school’s first
XV as a year 11. Now Segner is
looking destined for big things
after being named to start at
flanker today for New Zealand
Schools’ match against Tonga
Schools in Brisbane.
When Segner was nine-yearsold
growing up in his home
town of Frankfurt, his idol was
Cristiano Ronaldo. He had never
even heard of rugby or his soonto-be
new idol Richie McCaw,
but that all changed very quickly
due to a friend from his Englishspeaking
school.
“I had quite a lot of English
friends. One day I went to their
house and they said shall we
have a game of rugby in the
backyard. I said: ‘Rugby?’ and
then they told me I wouldn’t be
too bad at it,” said Segner.
“We played and I found it
quite fun. A friend of mine took
me to the local rugby club and
I’ve loved the sport ever since.”
Segner made an immediate
impact with the SC 1880
Frankfurt rugby club under-12
team and played for the German
under-16 national team. Now
he’s about to pull on a black
jersey.
At the weekend Segner
attended the New Zealand
Schools’ development camp
where he did enough to catch
the eye of the coach Brad Mooar
and earned a spot in the 26-
man squad selected to travel to
Brisbane for three matches.
“Looking at him you just
think that he’s another Kiwi kid
who’s been given a rugby ball
when he was born,” said Mooar.
“You can often tell with
people from another country
who haven’t thrown a rugby
ball around as a five-year-old
with a sibling or cousins – it
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It may not be long before
Segner and Mooar – who is also
the Crusader’s assistant coach –
develop a stronger relationship.
Segner, who will return to
Nelson College next year for his
final year of secondary school,
will be part of the Crusaders’
academy in Nelson where he
will train four times a week.
He has developed the build of
a loose forward, standing at
192cm and 104kg.
If his progression in rugby
continues at the rate it currently
is, the move to New Zealand
could become a permanent one.
Segner, who admits he misses
mum and dad in Germany, says
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for the All Blacks.
In 2015 Segner and his family
travelled to the United Kingdom
to watch the All Blacks play
Argentina at the Rugby World
Cup. This weekend his parents
will fly into Brisbane to watch
him represent New Zealand.
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ROOSTERS FORWARD Ryan
Matterson is hopeful halfback
Cooper Cronk will be fit to
take his place in the Telstra
Premiership grand-final on
Sunday against Melbourne.
But if not, he expects young
playmaker Sean O’Sullivan to get
the nod as a replacement.
Matterson played three games
this season in the No 6 jersey
when Luke Keary was out but
reckons it would be a different
scenario if the club’s main playmaker
in Cronk was scratched
and the five-eighth was asked to
move to the halfback role.
“Fingers crossed Coops can
play, he’s a big part of the team,”
Matterson told NRL.com.
“Whoever Robbo names, we
have 100 per cent faith in them.
The boys have been training
all season for this. We’ve got a
36-man squad so I’m pretty sure
whoever Robbo chooses is going
to be the best candidate for the
job.”
O’Sullivan has had a strong
season for feeder club Wyong in
the Intrust Super Premiership,
Matterson points out. He scored
a try on NRL debut in round 18
in the only game this year Cronk
missed, and has since made the
17 on the bench three more times
without getting on the field.
Since Matterson’s three games
in the No 6 from rounds 21-23, he
has mostly played in the middle
in a sort of roving lock-type role
in four consecutive games off the
bench. “I haven’t been prepping
for the halves but football is
football, you run hard and tackle
hard and create opportunities,”
Matterson said. “I don’t prepare
myself for the halves but if that
opportunity comes then I’ll take
it.”
Instead, Matterson said he had
relished the chance to get his
work rate up in a middle forward
role. “Since my head knock, I’ve
found myself playing in the middle
now and I’m really enjoying
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“Robbo asked how I’m enjoying
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my hands on the ball more, I’m
enjoying it. Especially playing
with the big boys. It just happened
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• By Jacob Page
MATTHEW BOYCE is keen
to prove he could be a diamond
on the mound for the Auckland
Tuatara.
The 21-year-old pitcher is the
lone Cantabrian to make the
Auckland Tuatara taxi squad for
the franchise’s debut Australian
Baseball League season starting in
November.
The ‘taxi’ squad is a group of
players who will train with the
team in a development capacity
and the 21-year-old right-handed
pitcher impressed enough during
open trials at Avonhead Park a
fortnight ago to earn a place.
The former Christ’s College
student returned home in June
after three years playing baseball
for College of the Canyons in
California. “It was the greatest
experience of my life. To go from
New Zealand, where you play and
train once a week, to playing baseball
six days a week with guys who
grew up playing it was amazing.”
Boyce played cricket and softball
but found baseball was his preferred
sport as a nine-year-old.
Basketball loses stalwart
Bruce Martin passes away at 72
• By Gordon Findlater
BASKETBALL IN Canterbury
will never be the same after the
passing of Bruce Martin following
a battle with cancer.
Martin passed away peacefully
at home last Friday evening aged
72. He was actively involved in
basketball for the past 56 years.
After first playing for the
Burnsco Club at Cowles Stadium
in 1962, Martin went on to hold
a number of different roles and
helped elevate the sport in Canterbury.
He worked as a referee
between 1967 and last year.
He was made a life member
of the Canterbury Basketball
Association in 1980 and recently
received a 50-year service award
from Basketball New Zealand.
“If you wanted something done
you just asked Bruce and it was
done,” said former NBL referee
Raewyn Willocks. “He’s the kind
of referee that would shout out ‘air
STALWART: Bruce Martin
refereeing a game at Cowles
Stadium.
ball’ if you had a bad shot, but he
got away with doing that because
he was Bruce.”
Martin refused to be slowed
down by age. He completed 38
City2Surf events, running his
last in 2016. He also made an
appearance on the basketball
court as recently as June.
He received word that his
illness was terminal earlier
this year, which led to the CBA
holding an appreciation evening
for him.
“He’s been in charge of the
midweek competition for many
years now,” said CBA chief
executive Paul Duggan.
“We got him along one evening
in June and people spoke about
what he meant to them and then
he suited up for two different
teams and played a minute for
each team.”
He was also a volunteer
basketball reporter for local
media for more than 40 years and
wrote his last match report during
the CBA finals’ week this month.
•A service to celebrate
Martin’s life be held at
Westpark Chapel, 467
Wairakei Rd, at 2pm today.
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Bulls on cusp of final
• By Jacob Page
THE CANTERBURY Bulls are
in the box seat to make their
first national final since 2015
after thumping Waikato 52-6
at Christchurch Stadium on
Saturday.
The Bulls are now two from
two and the only undefeated
team in the National Premiership
with one round to play.
Only a heavy loss to Akarana
at Christchurch Stadium on
Saturday (2pm), and Counties
Manukau blitzing Waikato in
similar a fashion, would see the
Bulls miss out on the October 6
final.
The Bulls last won the title in
2014 by beating the Wai-Coa Bay
Stallions 40-8.
For the second week in a row,
the Bulls had a flat patch in the
middle of the game.
After racing out to a 22-6
advantage by half-time, they had
to wait until the last 20min of the
game to pile on six tries against a
tiring Waikato defence.
Bulls coach Andrew Auimatagi
said he backed his players to read
the game, but admitted some
of the errors if repeated against
Akarana would cost them points.
“We just made a few sloppy errors
in the ruck and tried to push
IMPACT: Reuben Te Amo had some big carries off the
bench in the Canterbury Bulls’ 52-6 win over Waikato on
Saturday,
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things a little bit,” he said.
“However, I’ll always back the
boys to go for it if they see an opportunity.”
Fullback Tauvale Tauvale
and winger Ben Ilalio each
scored twice against Waikato.
Auimatagi also praised his
forward pack for a second
consecutive stellar shift. Reuben
Te Amo had a big impact off
the bench, breaking tackles
and making extra metres after
contact. “The forwards are on a
good roll at the moment and each
of them offer something different
with a good mix of youth and
experience,” Auimatagi said.
“We’ll have to maintain that
this week because Akarana have
some big forwards that are capable
of dominating a game.”
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Rising league stars
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PERFORMANCE: Fa’amanu
Brown pushed his case
for more NRL minutes
next year with a standout
performance in the ISP
grand-final. ​
THREE RISING Christchurch
rugby league products tasted
success across the Tasman at the
weekend.
Young guns Fa’amanu Brown,
Cruz Topai-Aveai and Jordan
Riki all lifted silverware at
feeder levels to the NRL, indicating
promising things are on
the horizon.
In New South Wales, 23-yearold
Hornby product Brown
played a key role in Canterbury-
Bankstown Bulldogs’ 18-12
triumph over his former club
the Newtown Jets in the ISP
grand-final.
With his side trailing 10-0,
Brown scored a vital try to open
the Bulldogs account just before
half-time. Brown was a stalwart
for the Jets during his time as
a Cronulla Sharks-contracted
player, before linking up with
the Bulldogs this year.
The Bulldogs will face
Queensland Cup champions the
Redcliffe Dolphins in Sunday’s
InTrust Super State Championship
grand-final in a curtainraiser
to the NRL grand-final.
Meanwhile, former Shirley
Boys’ High School first XV
player Topai-Aveai started at
prop in the Cronulla Sharks under-20
side’s 22-12 win over the
Penrith Panthers in the Jersey
Flegg Cup final.
Riki, a former St Thomas of
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Clean the curtains or go buy some inexpensive new ones.
Replace door handles, cabinet hardware, make sure closet
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Selling Secret #9: Half-empty closets. Storage is
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The Star Classifieds
Board
URGENT
HOMESTAY
NEEDED
• For Japanese High
School Students.
• Friendly & responsible
families!
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Fri 26 Oct
From $240
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Phone or text
021 969620 or email
china@cancan.com
MALE BOARDER
wanted.55 + yrs.
Queenspark, semi
furnished bdrm, warm
sunny house, private
backyard. $180pw, incl
power & food. Ph Michelle
022 6308853
Boating Accessories
& Equipment
Diverse Boat
Rentals - Nelson
Self drive boat hire
for pleasure and
commercial use -
all year around
03 538 0030 or
0800 FIZZ BOAT
www.boathire.co.nz
Caravans, Motorhomes
& Traliers
CARAVAN Wanted to
buy. Up to $5000 cash
today 027 488-5284.
Car Parts
The Automotive Lamp
Specialists
New and Used Lamps for
Cars, Trucks, Vans, 4WD
and Motorhomes
Car Parts
TYRES Secondhand,
most szs from $30 - $70
fitted, also batteries, 217
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2404
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fitted, also batteries, 217
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2404
Cars
$4,001 - $8,000
MITSUBISHI 380 SX,
2007. Red, $8,000 paint,
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now $6495, ph 352 5963
Church Notices
Christian
sPiritUaList
ChUrCh
182 Edgeware Road
Sunday Service
7pm
Address
Tina
Clairvoyant
Tina
All Welcome
The Spiritualist
Church of NZ
41 Glenroy Street
Woolston
SUNDAY SERVICE
7pm
Address
Angela
Mediumship
Carole
Ph 021-081-43700
SYDENHAM CHRISTIAN
SPIRITUAL CHURCH
Sydenham Community
Centre
23/25 Hutcheson St
Address
Sandy
Clairvoyance
Sandy
Sunday 7pm
All Welcome
Phone 349-9749
PH 0800 225 483
325 Brougham Street
CHRISTCHURCH
Church Notices
NEW AGE CHRISTIAN
SPIRITUAL CENTRE
Grafton Street
Sunday 7pm
Address:
Ron Griffiths
Clairvoyance:
Ron Griffiths
Tuesday 1pm - 3pm
Healing &
Clairvoyance
All Welcome
Classic Cars &
Motorcycles
MITSUBISHI CORDIA
turbo GSR, 1985, low
kms, 1 previous family
owned, red, suit collector,
ph 352 5963
Clothing Alterations
ALTERATIONS.
All alterations to fashion
clothes & imported
wedding dresses.Many
years exp,reas prices Ph
021 02270649
Community Events
SeniorNet
Mac
Apple tuition & help
for seniors.
Open every Friday
morning 9:30-11:30
or by appointment at
41 Essex St.
Further details phone
352 4950
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS, If you
want to have a drink that’s
your business. If you want
to stop, we can help. Phone
0800 229-6757
ANGEL FUND WAHINE
PUTEA A Women’s
Savings and Loans
Fund. Don’t let money
hold you back. Save and
build your own nest egg.
Wanting to step ahead in
small business, education
or training? No interest
loans to $500 available to
women on low incomes.
Text or phone 022 412
6435. angelfund@gmail.
com
FREE Halswell/
Hillmorton Tai Chi/
Qigong Workshop
Tai Chi: Wed. 3rd Oct,
7-8:45pm
Qigong: Thu. 4th Oct.
1-2:45pm or 7- 8:45pm
Posture, balance, strength,
relaxation & energy
healing
Contact
Sandy
sandyjsky@gmail.com ph
2601256
Curtains
A1 CURTAINS/
DRAPES. Roman blinds,
tie backs, cushions, nets
& voiles, plus alterations.
Free quotes. Ph Kay 980
1501 or 021 257 1823. kay.
tainui88@gmail.com
For Sale
KILTS
x2 for sale. Adult
Ph 3427651
Funeral Directors
Direct
Cremation
No frills, No Service,
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Other options available
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for our brochure
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Funeral Directors
Non-Service Cremation $2,050
Just Funerals, a family owned and
operated company with qualified,
registered and experienced staff.
Other services also
available, please
call to enquire.
Phone 0800 804 663 - 24 Hour Availability
Email: info@justfunerals.co.nz
christchurch.justfunerals.co.nz
Garage Sales
ARANUI
Hampshire Street,,Sat
signs our from 9am - 3pm,
Deceased Estate
BISHOPDALE Cotswold
Ave (signs out Sat 8 - 12
noon)
BURNSIDE
219 Grahams Road.
Sat 8am -2pm.Furniture,
toys, Books, Household
items
BURNSIDE 27 Sledmere
St, Sat 8am. Great
assortment.
CHURCH CORNER
UPPER RICCARTON
St. Peter’s Hall
Saturday 29th September,
9.00am - 12 noon
Furniture, clothing, linen,
homeware, fine china,
books, children’s toys &
games, electrical items,
tools, baking & preserves,
sausage sizzle
A host of bargains - cash
sales only
Gardening
& Supplies
TREE & HEDGE
SERVICES
• Trees removed
• Trees pruned
• Storm damage
• Hedges trimmed
• Free quotes
Ph Justin
021 221 4344
Finance
Gardening
& Supplies
A GARDEN OR
LANDSCAPING TIDY
UP? Shrub, hedge &
tree pruning, Lawns,
Gardening, consistently
reliable general property
upkeep, Dip. Hort. 10
yrs experience, One off
tidy ups or on-going
service. Nick’s Garden
Maintenance. Keeping
your garden beautiful.
Free Quote. Ph. 942-4440
& 022 264 7452
LANDSCAPE GARDEN
PROFESSIONAL
Qualified Horticulturist,
offering expert, garden
makeovers, design and
landscaping, for free
quotes call Bryce 027 688-
8196 or 0508 242-733
PETE’S GARDENING
SERVICE Gardening,
rubbish removal, cleanups,
expert pruning, hedge
trimming, tree cutting,
good rates, no job too big
or too small, half the price
of a franchise, ph 027 551
4118
Handy Person
Services
Tired of that dripping
tap?Brassed off with
those sticking doors and
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
ease your mind.
Massage
MALE Masseur, relax
massage, waxing for men,
8am-8pm ph 027 723 5756
Massage
MALE TO MALE.
One hour of relaxing
massage. Ph 027 6152744
Ph 021 0303 081 Kathy
for a therapeutic massage.
$65 per hour. Hornby area.
Real Estate
Private Paradise? Or
Development? Subdivide,
build or stay staus quo in
your very own parcel of
paradise. On a whopping
1338sqm section, this
large family home offers
the ultimate seaside
playground and escape
from the rat race. Deadline
Sale: All offers to be
presented at 3.00pm on
Tuesday 9th October 2018,
98 Moorhouse Avenue
(unless sold prior). View:
See website for viewing
times. Andrea Allen
M 021 225 2001
P 03 379 6596
harcourts.co.nz/ CR37373
Sports Equipment
GOLF CLUBS.
Womens r/h, trolly & balls.
Hardly used $300.
Ph 021 02270649
To Let
HOMESITTRS reqd,
Pref retired/not wking. Ph
Lisa 03 359 2323 www.
townand countryhomesit.
co.nz
Tools & Machinery
TOOLS, Garden garage,
saw benches, Lathes. Cash
buyer Phone 355-2045
Trades & Services
RIDE ON MOWING
at a GOOD pRIcE
INDustRIal, cOMMERcIal,
lIfEstylE & laRGE
REsIDENtIal. fREE QuOtE.
Ph. Pat 021 084 52952
or email. topcutznz@gmail.com
Topcutz Garden Services
rooF
painting
Book now and
receive 20% discount
for summer.
Rope and harness a
speciality.
No scaffolding required.
30 years experience.
Free quotes, call
Craig 021 060 2392
• Commercial Carpet Cleaning
• Residential Carpet Cleaning
• Upholstery Cleaning
• Stain & Odor Removal
• Tile & Grout Cleaning
NEED HELP
WITH YOUR
CARPET CLEAN?
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on 021 035 8989
We will get the job done
in a professional way.
Trades & Services
House & Garden
Property Services Ltd
• Tree trimming & removal
• Hedge & shrub trimming
• Garden maintenance
• General property
maintenance
25 Years Experience
• Landscaping
• Gutter & down pipe
cleaning
• Water blasting
• Painting & plastering
Call us today on
021 405 277
Trades & Services
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
THE
BLIND
CLEANER
DROP IN YOUR BLINDS
Standard
Venetian
blinds
cleaned for
$15 each.
9 Matipo Street,
Riccarton
Phone 341 5133
Ph: 027 275 0238
blastitclean2015.bruce@
gmail.com
• No job too big
or small
• Free quotes
Call me for all
your waterblasting
needs
Bruce Bellam
Sole operator
Over 14 years experience
Mention this ad and get
20% off
PAINTING
OLDER PAINTER
FOR OLDER HOUSES
50 YEARS IN TRADE
“All the skills”
GST FREE
Contact Jimmy Bell
3384432 or 0211221487
Trades & Services
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
ROOF
PAINTING
Rope & harness
a speciality,
no scaffolding
required,
30 years of
breathtaking
experience.
FREE QUOTES
Exterior staining,
exterior painting,
moss and mould
treatment and
waterblasting
Phone Kevin
027 561 4629
Trades & Services
BEST BATHROOMS
full renovations
specialists, LBP builder,
free quote, all building
property maintenace ph 03
383 1927or 027 245 5226
ciey@xtra.co.nz
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

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Your guide to our LOCAL & TRUSTED
Trades & Professional Services
To advertise: Phone 379 1100 or email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
The Star
ARCHGOLA
Builder
building/decorating
Carpet binding
Enjoy outdoor living all year round
15 months
INTEREST FREE
Normal lending criteria apply
Travlon
• House, deck, carport & window canopy etc
• Warm & dry in winter
• UV protection for summer
• Customised & Tailored
• Café curtains fitted
• 5 year Coachlines
warranty Chris Thorndycroft
Ph 0800 272 446 | www.archgola.co.nz
Building & roofing
log fire inSTAllATionS
• Bricklaying & Blocklaying
(30 yrs experience)
logfires
• log fire installation & maintenance
• chimney cleaning
• standard logfire installations $600 + gsT +
permit + parts if applicable
• My scaffolding no charge
fencing
• Brick, block, timber or any combination
roofing repairs
• concrete tile, metal chip tile, corrugated iron
landscape Builds
• retaining walls, decks, BBQs, planter boxes
Jim gardner Trade services
Member NZ Home Heating Association
ph 03 343 4044 or 0274 375 619
email teamgardner@xtra.co.nz
Building and
Renovating
Solutions
Locally
based in
West
Melton
New Builds or Alterations
• Kitchens & bathrooms
• Painting & decorating – interior & exterior
• Roof painting
• Plastering, tiling, wallpapering
• Plumbing & electrical
• Maintenance - complete roof repairs,
leaky homes, weather board replacement,
brickwork
• Window repair & replacement
• Decking, pathways, driveways
Christchurch Building
& Decorating Ltd
Contact David & the Team on 0800 766 378
Email: clearwater.painting@xtra.co.nz
Reliable service, excellent results
DI’S CARPET
BINDING
Have your carpet off-cuts bound
124 Halswell Junction Rd, Halswell
Ph 322 1103 M 027 586 4830
Hours Mon - Fri 9.30am - 5.00pm
CHARTER & TOUR
Travlon
Coachlines
Travlon Coachlines
School Run to some
private schools
ex Selwyn/Halswell area
“Wide range of coaches
“Wide
and buses for
School range of Run coaches to some and buses
for Charter
private schools
& Tour”
ex Selwyn/Halswell area
www.travlon.co.nz
www.travlon.co.nz | Phone: 03 325 2959
“Wide
Email:
Phone: range
info@travlon.co.nz
03 325 of coaches 2959
and buses for
DECORATORS
Charter & Tour”
Email: info@travlon.co.nz
cleaning/gardening
home
cleaning
digga hire
gardening
services available
throughout
christchurch
your one stop shop for home services
www.anextrapairofhands.co.nz
for a free quote
0800 535 355
CONCRETE
NEED CONCRETE FOR...
Paths, patios, driveways,
Landscaping projects
We can supply
Mini Readymix Concrete*
* up to 3m loads
Local Rolleston Based,
Most competitive rates around
Ph. 0508 872 672 www.tcltd.nz
10 Railway, Rolleston 7614
-next to Mobil fuel stop
DRIVEWAYS
concrete & paving
• Driveways
• Earthquake repairs
• New Home Specialists
• Patios & Paths
tel: 0508 873 7483
email: sales@affordableconcrete.co.nz
www.affordableconcrete.co.nz
Driveways
www.travlon.co.nz
Phone: 03 325 2959
Email: info@travlon.co.nz
New Paint • Repaints
Wallpapering • Fences
Repairs • Feature Walls
Floor & Roof Painting
Spray Painting
Light Commercial
Restoring Timber
Selwyn based but service the whole of Canterbury
www.andertondecorators.co.nz
www.facebook.com/andertondecorators
027 724 6846 027 PAINTIN
Short and long term hire -
Flexible and competitive rates
1.5t - 25t Excavators & attachmEnts
0800 344 425
Cnr SH1 & Weedons Ross Rd, Rolleston
Access from Manion Rd
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
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
electrician
• Registered Electrician
• Over 20 years
experience
FOR ALL YOUR
RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL
ELECTRICAL NEEDS
Light Up Electrics Pty LTD
FREE QUOTES
CALL DANIEL 027 570 3534
or 03 3477 213
lightup@live.com.au
Excavations
• Driveways
• Car Parks
• Site Cleaning
• Demolition
• Farm Tracks
• Drain Cleaning
• Stump & Hedge
Removal
• Ashpalt Concrete
Wide range
oF TruckS
• Tennis Courts &
Swimming Pools
• Chip Seal Driveways
• Diggers – 2 Ton
up to 20 Ton
• Excavators
• Bobcat & Drilling
• For Posthole &
Fence hole
For a Free Quote
on your next project
Phone Steve on 021 338 247
or 325 7922
Free
QuoTe
FOOTCARE
OASIS
Senior Citizens Foot Care
25 Conway Street, Spreydon
Treating hard thick nails, calluses
and corns finishing with a foot massage
Price $30 Allow 45 mins
Home Visits available by appointment
Therapist – Amanda
(30 years experience)
Ph. 942-6036 for an appointment
HOURS ARE FLEXIBLE
hunting
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Why go to the Dump? Junkman comes to you!
Items too big for the rubbish bin?
Or too heavy for you to move?
Junkman comes to FROM
you & takes it away $
65 *
Call Aaron &
the team today!
*Prices vary depending on items and volume – minimum charge $65
LANDSCAPING
Phone: 03 347 4422
or 021 542 402
Email: Aaron@theoutdoorspace.co.nz
PLUMBER
12 years
experience
Serving Christchurch and wider
Canterbury Region with quality
workmanship and service.
24/7 caLLOUT serVice
junk
Your guide to our LOCAL & TRUSTED
Trades & Professional Services
0800 586 5626
www.junkman.co.nz office@junkman.co.nz
For the Outdoor
Space of your
Dreams...
Paving, Irrigation,
Lawns, Planting,
Fences, Pergolas,
Water-features,
Outdoor fires,
Raised Vege beds,
Decks, Artificial
grass & more...
www.theoutdoorspace.co.nz
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
Specializing in:
• Roof Painting
• Interior/exterior
residential
• Small commercial
painting
To advertise: Phone 379 1100 or email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
PAINTERS
Painters and Decorators Ltd
Canterbury Owned and Operated
A husband and wife team
Noel 027-411-3596
kemp.painters@gmail.com
kemp painters and decorators
plumber
We offer
free quotes
Quality not
Quantity
Due to Christchurch
chlorinating/fluorinating
water supply and the
potential for contaminated
water from wells I can offer:
Full house micron filter and charcoal filters
with UV sterilisation to eliminate chlorine
taste, any odours and small particles as well
as harmful bugs.
Certified Plumber and Gasfitter servicing
Christchurch and surrounding areas.
Kevin Unsworth
Plumbing LTD
Phone: 021 165 4650
www.kevinunsworthplumbing.co.nz
TREE SERVICES
ALBA TREE SERVICES LTD
Fully qualified Arborists covering
Christchurch and surrounding districts
• Tree Pruning
• Tree Planting
• Tree Removal
• Free professional advice
• Hedge Trimming
• No obligation quote
Call today,
Mik - 021 0831 7293
Office - 03 360 2962
www.albatreeservices.co.nz
LANDSCAPING
If you can visualise, we can create
We specialise in residential and commercial
landscaping and stonework. We pride ourselves on
quality workmanship at affordable prices.
• Stonework: Driveway entrances & Walls
Exterior house cladding
• Fences and Decking
• Paving and Patios
• Ponds and Water features
Mike Adams 021 149 9733
Email: mikerobadams@gmail.com
Website: www.stoneagelandscapes.co.nz
WINDOW TINTING
tintawindow
advanced film solutions
99% uv block
fade protection
heat control
reduce glare
25 Years Experience
Stone Age
Landscapes
PAINTER
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
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
• Free quotes
• Certified craftsman plumber
10% prompt payment discount*
same day service*
*conditions apply
call/text 027 245 5100
Freephone: 0508 426 269
privacy films
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
Trades & Services
BUILDER
For all building work
but specialist in bathroom
renovations, 30 yrs
experience, with service
and integrity. Free Quotes.
Ph Lachlan 383-1723 or
0274 367-067.
BUILDER QUALIFIED
Decks, T & G Flooring,
Villa Restoring, New
Homes, Weatherboards.
Free Quotes. Bennet &
Sons Ltd Sam 027 496-
9362 or Tony 027 224-
0374
BUILDER
LICENCED LBP
Alterations, Decking,
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021942964 or 9426963
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ph John on 0800 003 181
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John Sandford, ph 329
4616, mob 027 5189 598
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325 3426 evenings
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442-2219, Fax 359-6052
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commercial work, new
housing and switch board
replacements. Phone Chris
027 516 0669
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experience, immediate
start, competitive rate,
ph Brian 027 433 9548
ELECTRICIAN
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installation and repairs,
Gorbie Electrical, ph 021
026 73375 or 03 322 4209
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All areas covered. Ph 021
058 1 644
RIDE ON MOWING
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1920
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027 951 8892
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Multiple colours. Ph
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Glass repairs - pet doors
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022 413 3504 or 981-1903
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repairs and everyday home
maintenance. NO JOB TO
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to call me on 022 600 7738
for a no obligation free
quote.
HANDyMAN
Painting, tiling, new
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or 960-1961
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REPAIRMAN
20 yrs exp.No job too
small.Prompt service,
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quotes.Ph Wayne 9813873
/0272853083
H & S PAINTINg &
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We are experienced at
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aspects of building works.
Free quotes. Ph Stuart 348
4818 or 027 466 1058
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Arthur 347-8796, 027
220-7014 Edwin 027 220-
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work, Lawns & Irrigation,
Earth work etc. For Free
Quotes call or text Kei
(Kay) 022 043 4150
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You Grow I Mow. Free
quotes. Ph / text Chris 021
252 1801

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Thursday 27 Sept - Wednesday 3 Oct, 2018
COMEDY NIGHT
SATURDAY OCTOBER 13TH
Tickets start at $30 available at Eventfinda
and 0800 BUY TIX (289 849)
65 Jack Hinton Drive. ADDINGTON RACEWAY
www.spectators.co.nz
A ROLLING STONE, 579
Colombo St: Thursday 7pm -
Open Mic. Monday 7pm - Quiz,
$1200 jackpot. Tuesday 7pm -
Open Mic. Wednesday 7pm - Trad
Session & Irish Language Lessons.
BILL’S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd:
Thursday 6pm - Mickey Rat’s
Karaoke. Friday 7pm - AMPT
Duo. Sunday 6pm - Mickey Rat’s
Karaoke.
BLUE SMOKE, Woolston
Tannery, Garlands Rd:
Thursday 8pm - The Johnnys
(Australia), ticketed. Friday 9pm -
Mild Orange with special guests,
ticketed. Sunday 4pm - Fraser
Ross, c/c.
CARLTON, cnr Papanui Rd
& Bealey Ave: Thursday 9pm
- SansTribe. Friday 10pm -
Mezzanine. Saturday 10.30pm -
Corner Sounds. Sunday 3.30pm -
Adam McGrath.
CASHMERE CLUB, 50
Colombo St: Friday 7pm -
Soul Benders. Saturday 6.30pm -
Absolut Duo. Sunday 4pm - Peter
Cairns. Wednesday 7pm - Lino.
CHRISTCHURCH CASINO,
30 Victoria St: Friday 6pm -
Marcel; 9.15pm - Shannon
Cooper-Garland. Saturday 7pm -
Smoothtalk; 10.15pm - Franchise.
Sunday 5.30pm - Stephen James.
DARKROOM, 336 St Asaph
St: Thursday 8pm - Whispering
City No Exit black/blue/black,
free. Friday 8.30pm - Dusty
Hustle with Two Bishop Cult and
Kharma, free.
FAT EDDIES, cnr Hereford
St & Oxford Tce: Thursday
7.30pm - Chris + Jennine; 10pm -
The Tail Feathers. Friday 6pm -
The Jazzy Devils; 8.30pm - Corner
Sounds; Midnight - Off the
Charts. Saturday 6pm - Kate Tylor
Quartet; 8.30pm - The Bangas
Brigade; Midnight - Iconic.
Sunday 4pm - Vintage Blue.
FINNEGANS IRISH PUB,
585 Springs Rd,
Prebbleton: Thursday 5pm -
Cash Jackpot. Friday - Free Pool
all day; 5pm - Raffles; 8pm -
Traditional Session.
GARDEN BAR CAFE, 110
Marshland Rd: Saturday 6pm
- Rhonda Campbell & John Bevin.
GOSPEL MUSIC OF ELVIS
PRESLEY, Isaac Theatre
Royal, Gloucester St:
Sunday 18 November, 7pm - Andy
Stankovich performs the Grammy
award winning Gospel Music of
Elvis Presley, backed by a Gospel
Choir and live show band. Tickets
from $69 available at Ticketek.
HORNBY WMC, 17 Carmen
Rd: Friday 7pm - Musicians in
the Round, $20 entry. Friday
4.30pm - Robbie Drew; 8pm - Ian
Mac. Saturday 2pm - Neville
Wilkins & the Viscounts, $7 entry.
ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL,
145 Gloucester St: Thursday,
Friday, Saturday 7.30pm; Sunday
4pm; Wednesday 7.30pm -
Showbiz Christchurch presents
Les Misérables. Tix at Ticketek.
JAZZ AFTER WORK, Ara
Music Arts Auditorium,
Madras St: Friday 6.10pm -
Christchurch Musicians Club
presents Swing 42 (gypsy jazz),
$10 entry.
LYTTELTON RECORDS,
650 Ferry Rd: Saturday 8pm -
Ryan Fisherman; Katie
Thompson; Rob Grover, ticketed.
MAINSTREET SPORTS
BAR, 37 High St, Rangiora:
Sunday 3pm - The Bottlejacks.
PIERSIDE CAFE & BAR, cnr
Brighton Mall/Marine
Pde: Thursday 7pm - Poker.
Friday - Free pool & jukebox.
Saturday 9pm - DJ Justone.
RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118
Racecourse Rd, Sockburn:
Sunday 6pm - Lance Kiwi
Karaoke.
RICHMOND WMC, cnr
London St & Stanmore Rd:
Friday 7pm - Absolut. Saturday
7pm - Krakkajack. Sunday 3pm - I
Alone.
SPECTATORS,
ADDINGTON RACEWAY,
65 Jack Hinton Dr: Saturday
13th October - Pop Up Comedy
presents Comedy Night feat. Paul
Ego, MC Paul Douglas, Audrey
Porne, JoeDaymond, ticketed.
STOCKXCHANGE, 110
Marshland Rd: Friday 7.30pm
- Sign of the Firebirds. Saturday
7.30pm - Hot Gossip.
Ryan Fisherman. Katie Thompson, and Rob Grover
play at Lyttelton Records on Saturday night.
SULLIVANS IRISH PUB,
291 Lincoln Rd,
Addington: Wednesday 7pm -
Willie’s Open Mic.
TEMPS HORNBY, 21
Goulding St, Hornby:
Friday 8.30pm - Misfitz. Saturday
8.30pm - No Secrets. Wednesday
7pm - Mickey Rat Karaoke.
THE CRAIC IRISH BAR, 84
Riccarton Rd: Friday - Eddie
Simon. Saturday - Stout. Monday
7pm - Poker. Tuesday 7pm - Quiz
Night. Wednesday - Karaoke with
DJ Chick.
THE MILLER BAR, 308
Lincoln Rd, Addington:
Thursday 7pm - Learn to Rock n
Roll. Friday 9pm - The Meaniez.
Saturday 9.30pm - Flat City
Brotherhood. Wednesday 8pm -
Karaoke with Lance Kiwi.
THE PAPANUI CLUB,
EMBERS BAR, 310
Sawyers Arms Rd: Friday -
Closed for private function.
Saturday 7pm - Acoustic Solution.
THE WAVE BAR, Marine
Pde, New Brighton:
Thursday 8.30pm - Karaoke.
Friday 8.30pm - DJ. Saturday
8.30pm - Live music.
TREVINO’S BAR, cnr Mona
Vale & Riccarton Rds:
Friday 9pm - Vague As Brothers.
WOOLSTON CLUB, 43
Hargood St: Saturday 7.30pm
- Vague As Brothers.
WUNDERBAR, Lyttelton:
Friday 8pm - Sly Dog ‘Merlinco’
EP release with Household.
Tuesday 7pm - Showcase & Open
Mic.
Andy Stankovich performs
the Grammy award winning Gospel music
of Elvis Presley featuring a Gospel Choir,
The Shades Quartet, and the Memphis Showband.
Book now at Ticketek. A show not to be missed.
www.elvisgospel.co.nz
THE GOSPEL MUSIC
ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL | SUNDAY 18th NOVEMBER

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CLUBS NEW ZEALAND WARMLY WELCOME MEMBERS,
THEIR GUESTS AND AFFILIATE CLUB MEMBERS.
BECOME A MEMBER TODAY!
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FRIDAY 7PM:
MUSICIANS
IN THE ROUND
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ROBBIE GIDDENS; MOLLY G;
HAYLEY MONAGHAN; CAMERON WALSH
IN THE WESTVIEW LOUNGE.
DOOR SALES $20
SATURDAY
4.30PM:
ROBBIE DREW
8PM:
IAN MAC
SUNDAY 2PM:
NEVILLE
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THREE OF THE FINEST ENTERTAINERS
TOGETHER IN CONCERT
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EDDIE LOW
KEVIN GREAVES
SUNDAY 7.OCT, 1PM
Tickets $25 available from ofce
MILITARY TATTOO
10, 11 NOV. 2018
COMING UP
CANCELLED
BY PROMOTER
MADSEN PROMOTIONS PRESENTS
NEIL DIAMOND
& SUPERSTAR SHOW
FRONTED BY
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PLEASE RETURN PURCHASED
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FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.
FAMILY FRIENDLY DINING
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The Ultimate
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Thursday
15 Nov, 8.30pm
Tickets $30
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sydney Hotshots
THIS SATURDAY : 7.30PM
LIVE MUSIC
Vague-As
Brothers
43 Hargood St, Woolston. Ph 03 389 7039
www.woolstonclub.co.nz
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RESTAURANT OPEN
Wednesday - Sunday from 5pm
Let’s Do Lunch!
New Cafe Menu Out Now!
CAFE OPEN
Tuesday - Sunday from 11am
WEDNESDAY
Retro Roast
12PM - 1.30PM
$12 Members / $15 Non
HOUSIE
Tuesday & Saturday
SHUTTLE
Tuesday - Saturday
FUNCTION FACILITIES
TAB & GAMING
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OPEN DAILY
LUNCH & DINNER
GF & V options available
Chalmers Restaurant
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
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$22.50
OPEN FROM 5.30PM
Early Bird Special
5.30pm - 6.30PM
FREE
DESSERT
5-8PM
MEMBERS, GUEST & AFFILIATES
ALL WELCOME
ADULTS $27, KIDS 12 &
UNDER JUST $1 PER YEAR OF AGE
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What s On
AT THE CASHMERE CLUB
THURSDAY HAPPY HOUR 4pm-6pm
RAFFLES from 4pm
MEMBER DRAW 6.30pm $600 CASH
WINNER MUST BE PRESENT TO CLAIM THE PRIZE.
FRIDAY
RAFFLES from 4pm
HAPPY HOUR 6pm-7pm
7pm-10pm IN THE POOL HALL
FREE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
SATURDAY
HAPPY HOUR 6pm-7pm
6.30pm-10.30pm IN THE POOL HALL
FREE LIVE
ENTERTAINMENT
ABSOLUT
National
Superleague
8 Ball Finals
th
Thursday 27
th
to
Saturday 29
September
National 8 Ball
Clubs NZ
Open
st
Monday 1 to
th
Saturday 6
October
Christchurch’s only beach side club
SUNDAY
ALL BLACKS v PUMAS 11.40am
LIVE ON TV’S & BIG SCREEN
CANTERBURY v HAWKE’S BAY
2.05pm LIVE ON TV’S & BIG SCREEN
Peter Cairns
4pm-7pm IN THE POOL HALL
FREE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
NRL GRAND FINAL
LIVE ON TV’S & BIG SCREEN
ROOSTERS v STORM
Cashmere Club,
9.20pm
50 Colombo St
Ph 03 332 0092, Fax 03 337 3772
www.cashmereclub.co.nz
THIS WEEK...
THURSDAY: LUCKY TREASURE CHEST
FRIDAY: LUCKY MEMBER DRAW
SUNDAY OPEN FROM 11.AM
ARGENTINA v ALL BLACKS
Bistro open for BRUNCH
Stay for the CANTERBURY
game at 2pm
BISTRO SPECIAL:
HOT ROAST MEAT ROLL
& BEER
WHAT’S ON
AT THE
RICHMOND
CLUB
CLUBBISTRO
Open Wed to Sun
Lunch & Dinner
Riverview
RESTAURANT
Lunch from 11.30am
Dinner from 5.30pm
SUNDAYS
KIDS EAT
*FREE
*under 12
when
accompanied
by an
adult dining
NEW
MENU
OUT
NOW!
BISTRO
OPEN 5pm-8pm Thurs, Fri, Sat.
BAR MENU available all day
• SKY Sport• Pool Tables
• Gaming Room • TAB •
• Shuttle runs Thurs, Fri, Sat night •
THIS WEEKEND
FRIDAY 7PM
ABSOLUT
ABSOLUT
SUNDAY 11.30AM
ALL BLACKS v
ARGENTINA
LIVE ON BIG SCREEN
RAFFLES
Every Thursday,
Friday & Saturday
Great prizes
• Open daily from 11am • Courtesy Van • TAB & Gaming
75 London St | Ph 389 5778 | www.rwmc.co.nz
SATURDAY 7PM
SUNDAY 3PM
I ALONE
richmond
club
www.rwmc.co.nz
pride of the east
since 1888
What’s On by the beach
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS
MEMBERS LUCKY CARD DRAW
LIVE MUSIC COMING UP
Sunday 14th Oct, 2pm
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
GAMING ROOM TAB POD
FUNCTION ROOMS | GAMING ROOM | TAB POD
Dine by the Beach
PIERVIEW CLUB
RESTAURANT BISTRO
UPSTAIRS
Open from 5.30pm Fri, Sat,
Sun, and Sunday Brunch
from 10.30am to 2pm.
PIERVIEW’S MONTH-END
SUNDAY NIGHT BUFFET $25pp
Sunday 30th Sept
from 5.30pm BOOK NOW!
NB: RESTAURANT FULLY BOOKED
SUNDAY 21st OCTOBER
DOWNSTAIRS
Open Tues to Sat
12pm - 2pm &
from 5pm
BISTRO ROAST
SPECIAL
Tuesday - Thursday
Dine in only
$12
SHUTTLE SERVICE Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat
New Brighton Club - 202 Marine Pde - Ph 388-9416
www.newbrightonclub.co.nz
Members, guests and affiliates welcome
Clubs New Zealand welcome
members, their guests
and affiliate club members.

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New season, new looks.
SPRING SALE
NOW ON. ENDS 15.10.18
Cnr Blenheim & Curletts Rds, Christchurch
Ph: 0800 TARGET (0800 827438)
Offers and product prices advertised here expire 15/10/18.
Sale excludes Manchester and Accessories.
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Nationwide
Delivery
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Options
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