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• By Ashleigh Monk<br />

THE PAPANUI-Innes<br />

Community Board is embroiled<br />

in a code of conduct issue.<br />

But the city council and the<br />

community board are refusing<br />

to release details about what<br />

board member or members are<br />

involved.<br />

Nor’West <strong>News</strong> understands<br />

ongoing tension between board<br />

chairwoman Ali Jones and<br />

outspoken board member John<br />

Stringer has led to the code of<br />

conduct matter.<br />

Mr Stringer has been<br />

outspoken in the past about<br />

board decisions, in particular<br />

the Main North Rd bus priority<br />

project.<br />

Nor’West <strong>News</strong> revealed<br />

last month an independent<br />

facilitator was needed to oversee<br />

a confidential meeting between<br />

board members on September 24<br />

because of ongoing conflict.<br />

A request by Nor West <strong>News</strong><br />

under the Local Government<br />

Official Information Meetings<br />

Act for emails between Ms Jones<br />

and Mr Stringer has been refused<br />

by the city council.<br />

CLASH: It is understood that ongoing tension between Papanui-Innes Community Board chairwoman Ali Jones and outspoken<br />

board member John Stringer has led to a code of conduct investigation.<br />

Last month, Ms Jones<br />

told Nor’West <strong>News</strong> Mr Stringer<br />

was a “relative newcomer to the<br />

board” who “needed clarification<br />

regarding the process.”<br />

Her comment prompted an<br />

angry response from Mr Stringer,<br />

who claimed confidentiality had<br />

been breached.<br />

Neither Mr Stringer or Ms<br />

Jones would discuss the code of<br />

conduct investigation.<br />

The city council said it had<br />

refused to release the emails<br />

between Ms Jones and Mr<br />

Stringer because “it would<br />

inhibit the exchange of free and<br />

frank opinions in future.” The<br />

city council also said “public<br />

exposure of those opinions can<br />

sometimes have a chilling effect<br />

on people’s willingness to express<br />

themselves openly, honestly and<br />

completely in future.”<br />

The city council considered<br />

that the correspondence between<br />

Ms Jones and Mr Stringer was an<br />

exchange constituting a “free and<br />

frank expression of opinion”.<br />

The city council said it would<br />

not comment on the code of<br />

conduct investigation until it was<br />

completed.<br />

Meanwhile, code of conduct<br />

complaints against Coastal<br />

Ward city councillor David East,<br />

Coastal-Burwood Community<br />

Board chairwoman Kim Money<br />

and deputy chairman Tim Sintes,<br />

and Linwood-Central-Heathcote<br />

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Darrell Latham over allegations<br />

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2 Tuesday <strong>December</strong> 4 <strong>2018</strong><br />

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get in touch<br />

from the editor’s desk<br />

WHAT GOES on tour, stays on tour, as the<br />

saying goes.<br />

The same might apply to the Papanui-<br />

Innes Community Board: What goes on<br />

behind-closed-doors, stays behind-closeddoors.<br />

On page 1 today, we reveal a code of conduct complaint<br />

involving a board member, or members, is being investigated by<br />

the city council.<br />

But the council and board mouths are zipped over who is<br />

involved and what the code of conduct complaint is specifically<br />

about.<br />

We know there are tensions between board chairwoman<br />

Ali Jones and board member John Stringer, which we have<br />

previously reported. Stringer is outspoken and makes his views<br />

on board decisions public.<br />

The code of conduct complaint takes it to a new level.<br />

We will keep you posted.<br />

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NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

Tuesday <strong>December</strong> 4 <strong>2018</strong> 3<br />

<strong>News</strong><br />

$10k to enhance Bishopdale<br />

• By Ashleigh Monk<br />

BISHOPDALE VILLAGE Mall is<br />

set to be rejuvenated for the first<br />

time in more than 50 years.<br />

Last week the Fendalton-<br />

Waimairi-Harewood<br />

Community Board granted<br />

$10,000 to the<br />

Bishopdale<br />

Regeneration<br />

Project.<br />

The money<br />

will be spent<br />

on beautifying<br />

the area and<br />

Amanda<br />

Nuttall<br />

developing<br />

fun, friendly<br />

spaces for the<br />

community.<br />

Suggestions for the project<br />

included a mural, outdoor<br />

markets, new seating, pathways,<br />

plantings, improvements to toilet<br />

blocks, outdoor chess and ping<br />

pong, and new signage.<br />

Bishopdale Businesses<br />

Association chairwoman<br />

Amanda Nuttall said she was<br />

glad funding for the upgrade had<br />

been approved.<br />

“Bishopdale Village was<br />

started in the 1960s and has had<br />

no significant upgrade in that<br />

time,” she said.<br />

“A start has been made with<br />

REGENERATE: The Bishopdale Village Mall will be rejuvenated<br />

for the first time since it was established in the 1960’s.<br />

the library and community<br />

centre but it would be great to see<br />

more of the village upgraded.”<br />

She said the only challenge left<br />

would be finding projects that<br />

all businesses in the area were on<br />

board with.<br />

“One of the challenges<br />

here is that the buildings<br />

are individually-owned and<br />

ensuring all landlords commit to<br />

the upgrade is not easy.”<br />

She hopes the upgrade<br />

will draw more people to the<br />

Bishopdale area.<br />

“The population in this area<br />

is growing and this is an easilyaccessible<br />

and convenient hub of<br />

the community.”<br />

The association has been<br />

working with the community<br />

board and Development<br />

Christchurch Ltd to pinpoint<br />

what people wanted to see in<br />

the area. DCL chief executive<br />

Rob Hall said working with the<br />

community on the project was<br />

essential.<br />

“The aim has been to canvass<br />

the views of the people and<br />

groups who<br />

live and work<br />

in the village to<br />

identify possible<br />

opportunities to<br />

improve and revitalise<br />

the area,<br />

attract more<br />

people and create<br />

a more lively Rob Hall<br />

space,” he said.<br />

“A recent design workshop<br />

identified some possible actions<br />

for the area, including working<br />

with the business association<br />

to create niche attractions<br />

and branding, some ‘quick<br />

win’ projects to liven-up the<br />

space, potential commercial<br />

redevelopments to create better<br />

connections and a review of land<br />

use.”<br />

Community board chairman<br />

Sam MacDonald said it was<br />

“about time” the Bishopdale area<br />

had an upgrade.<br />

“We need to stop talking about<br />

this stuff and just do it.”<br />

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Isleworth School will farewell<br />

principal Jeanette Shearer after<br />

12 years of service. Members of<br />

the community are invited to<br />

attend her farewell celebration<br />

at the Farrington Ave School<br />

on Friday at 9.15am. There will<br />

be speeches and performances.<br />

Suzanne Newton will be taking<br />

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The St Albans Tennis Club<br />

buildings on Dover St are getting<br />

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new central city library, will<br />

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4 Tuesday <strong>December</strong> 4 <strong>2018</strong><br />

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NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

<strong>News</strong><br />

Survey won’t change Richmond<br />

• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding<br />

RICHMOND residents don’t<br />

believe a survey aiming to gather<br />

information on what is needed<br />

in the suburb will make any<br />

difference to the area.<br />

The city council has<br />

commissioned independent<br />

social researcher Sarah Wylie<br />

to undertake a Richmond<br />

community needs analysis<br />

survey.<br />

But a key<br />

source of<br />

information for<br />

the survey will<br />

not be made<br />

available until<br />

Hayley<br />

Guglietta<br />

Matthew<br />

Horncastle<br />

next year. It<br />

aims to provide<br />

a demographic<br />

profile of<br />

Richmond using<br />

the <strong>2018</strong> Census<br />

data. ​<br />

Statistics New<br />

Zealand could<br />

not confirm a<br />

timeframe on<br />

when the Census<br />

data would be<br />

made public, but<br />

it won’t be until next year.<br />

Richmond Residents<br />

and Business Association<br />

chairwoman Hayley Guglietta<br />

UNENTHUSIASTIC: Richmond residents are uncertain<br />

a survey commissioned by the city council will make a<br />

difference to improving the area.<br />

said the survey would only<br />

confirm what residents already<br />

know.<br />

“Also there is not much they<br />

can do until they get the Census<br />

data,” she said.<br />

City council head of<br />

community support, governance<br />

and partnerships John Filsell<br />

said 18 key informants in the<br />

Richmond community will be<br />

interviewed for the analysis<br />

survey.<br />

A timeline has not been<br />

specified on when the survey<br />

will be released.<br />

Mrs Guglietta said one<br />

issue Richmond is facing has<br />

to do with the high-density<br />

development that is impacting<br />

on communities because there<br />

was no notification on the<br />

consents.<br />

She said by the time the survey<br />

gets the data it will be too late.<br />

The association has expressed<br />

concern over the Williams<br />

Corporation’s 21 housing unit<br />

development at 58 Perth St.<br />

Work on the development is<br />

expected to start next year.<br />

Williams Corporation managing<br />

director Matthew<br />

Horncastle said the residents<br />

shouldn’t be notified because it<br />

complies with all the planning<br />

rules.<br />

“I am very disappointed in<br />

news channels that condone<br />

people complaining about highdensity<br />

affordable housing when<br />

New Zealand has some of the<br />

most unaffordable housing in<br />

the world,” he said.<br />

Richmond resident Don<br />

Gould called the survey<br />

engagement for the sake of<br />

engagement.<br />

He said he has been<br />

interviewed by the researcher<br />

and the information may not<br />

be presented until the middle of<br />

next year.<br />

“There is too much<br />

construction, too much<br />

frustration with everything<br />

closed at once,” he said.<br />

But city councillor Deon<br />

Swiggs said it will give direction<br />

on what Richmond needs as a<br />

collective.<br />

“It is one of the suburbs that<br />

doesn’t have a master plan<br />

. . . after the earthquake, a lot of<br />

other suburbs had master plans,”<br />

he said.<br />

Concerns over<br />

Riccarton Rd<br />

tree plan<br />

• By Anan Zaki<br />

TREES COULD soon line the<br />

middle of Riccarton Rd – but the<br />

city council proposal has been<br />

slammed by residents.<br />

It is planning to plant 27<br />

columnar hornbeam trees along<br />

the median of Riccarton Rd<br />

between Clarence and Matipo<br />

Sts.<br />

In a strongly worded letter<br />

to Mayor Lianne Dalziel, city<br />

council chief executive Karleen<br />

Edwards and Wigram MP<br />

Megan Woods, the Central<br />

Riccarton Residents’ Association<br />

said the proposal is “extremely<br />

dangerous”.<br />

Association chairman Garth<br />

Wilson said about 80 members<br />

were asked about the trees and<br />

90 per cent opposed it.<br />

“Riccarton Rd is narrow<br />

as it is and ambulances and<br />

fire engines inevitably have to<br />

travel down the middle of the<br />

road because of traffic build<br />

up, especially since there are<br />

four sets of traffic lights from<br />

Clarence St to Matipo St,” the<br />

residents said.<br />

The trees are part of stage two<br />

of the Riccarton Rd upgrade,<br />

scheduled to begin early next<br />

year.


NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

Tuesday <strong>December</strong> 4 <strong>2018</strong> 5<br />

Local<br />

<strong>News</strong><br />

Now<br />

Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

Battle won to make road safer<br />

• By Ashleigh Monk<br />

ONE OF the city’s biggest<br />

employers has won the battle to<br />

make a Harewood road safer.<br />

Tait Communications<br />

approached the Fendalton-<br />

Waimairi-Harewood<br />

Community Board in an effort<br />

to have no-stopping restrictions<br />

and a flush median outside the<br />

entrance to its Wooldridge Rd<br />

business.<br />

The company, which employs<br />

more than 400 people at the<br />

site on Woolrdridge Rd, raised<br />

concerns last month over the low<br />

visibility at the entrance to its car<br />

park.<br />

The recent upgrade to Russley<br />

Rd banned right turns from<br />

Wairakei Rd onto Russley Rd,<br />

which has resulted in more traffic<br />

using Wooldridge Rd.<br />

There have been two reported<br />

crashes along the section of<br />

Wooldridge Rd in the last five<br />

years and four within the last<br />

eight years.<br />

All the recorded crashes were<br />

located at driveways and three of<br />

those were directly outside the<br />

Tait Communications site.<br />

A Tait Communications<br />

spokesperson said the company<br />

was “extremely pleased” with<br />

SUCCESS: Tait Communications has won the battle to have<br />

no-stopping restrictions and a flush median put along<br />

Wooldridge Rd near its headquarters (inset).<br />

the community board’s decision<br />

to allow no-stopping lines and a<br />

flush median to be installed on<br />

the road.<br />

“As the road has become more<br />

heavily used, the number of<br />

recorded near-miss events had<br />

made this a major safety risk for<br />

our staff members and visitors,”<br />

the spokesperson said.<br />

“The council and community<br />

board members have been very<br />

responsive to this and the<br />

proposed changes will resolve all<br />

of the concerns we have had.”<br />

The decision to approve the<br />

proposal was delayed after the<br />

community board requested city<br />

council staff look into other<br />

options that would save on-street<br />

parking.<br />

However, community<br />

board chairman Sam<br />

MacDonald said parking<br />

could not be saved.<br />

But he was happy with the<br />

outcome.<br />

“All we asked for was that<br />

council staff went back to<br />

Wooldridge Rd for two weeks to<br />

look at whether we can keep any<br />

car parking,” he said.<br />

“They’ve gone and done<br />

that, and they couldn’t keep<br />

any because of the safety<br />

requirements.<br />

“There has been no additional<br />

cost. There’s been a slight<br />

delay of a couple of weeks, but<br />

we communicated that with<br />

Tait, who were obviously quite<br />

concerned, and they’re quite<br />

comfortable with where we are at<br />

with the decision.”<br />

No new bus<br />

stops for<br />

Gardiners Rd<br />

• By Ashleigh Monk<br />

A BID to install four bus stops<br />

along Gardiners Rd has failed.<br />

The bus stops were proposed<br />

to accommodate changes to<br />

the No 28 bus, which has had<br />

its route extended to include<br />

Bishopdale, Casebrook and<br />

Northwood.<br />

The Fendalton-Waimairi-<br />

Harewood Community Board<br />

agreed to monitor the road over<br />

the next six months to see if<br />

demand for more stops grows.<br />

Board chairman Sam<br />

MacDonald said the two<br />

adjacent bus stops located<br />

between Harewood and<br />

Sawyers Arms Rds would<br />

service the area in the<br />

meantime.<br />

“Council staff are going to<br />

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and see if there’s more demand<br />

for another one,” he said.<br />

“On that road at the<br />

moment there are 16 people a<br />

day using the bus, so the need<br />

for it is just not there at the<br />

moment.”<br />

He said he understood<br />

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<strong>News</strong><br />

1300 parking offences near airport<br />

Community<br />

group says it<br />

has solution<br />

• By Anan Zaki<br />

MORE THAN 1300 parking<br />

offences have been recorded near<br />

the Airport Business Park in<br />

Russley this year.<br />

Out of the offences, 973 were<br />

recorded on<br />

Fenhall St in<br />

Russley.<br />

There were also<br />

22 on Bentley St,<br />

280 on Pinehurst<br />

Cres, four on<br />

Penwood St,<br />

Somnath<br />

Sarkar<br />

Bagchi<br />

nine on Geraldo<br />

Pl, seven on<br />

Woodbury St,<br />

five on Oakhurst<br />

Pl and four on<br />

Fovant St.<br />

City council staff provided<br />

the information to the<br />

Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood<br />

Community Board last week.<br />

Avonhead Community Group<br />

chairman Somnath Sarkar<br />

Bagchi believes the figure only<br />

represents around “20-30 per<br />

cent” of parking offences near<br />

PACKED: Between January 1 and October 31, Fenhall St in Russley recorded 13<strong>04</strong> parking<br />

offences. ​<br />

the business park.<br />

The community group<br />

represents affected Russley<br />

residents.<br />

People of Russley have been<br />

fighting against car parking near<br />

the business park since it opened<br />

in 2010, he said.<br />

Residents only parking cannot<br />

come soon enough for residents,<br />

Prof Bagchi said.<br />

“In July 2017, we got 60min<br />

parking [from 120min].”<br />

But residents knew the 60min<br />

parking limit would not work, he<br />

said. “60min parking means you<br />

need to have enforcement officers<br />

continuously,” Prof Bagchi said.<br />

“It is not very practical to<br />

put an enforcement officer<br />

completely dedicated for one<br />

road.”<br />

The high number of offences<br />

proved residents fears that the<br />

60min parking restrictions<br />

would not work, Prof Bagchi<br />

said. “So you can imagine how<br />

miserably it has failed.”<br />

Community board chairman<br />

Sam MacDonald said the city<br />

council currently does not have<br />

ability to impose residents only<br />

parking.<br />

The city council is<br />

currently reviewing consultation<br />

for its draft suburban parking<br />

policy, which would give it the<br />

ability to impose residents only<br />

parking.<br />

Mr MacDonald said parking<br />

enforcement officers need to<br />

monitor streets near the business<br />

park on a regular basis.<br />

“The feedback I get [from<br />

residents is] in some streets you<br />

can’t move down them because<br />

of the narrow nature when they<br />

are blocked up.”<br />

The board submitted in favour<br />

of residents only parking in the<br />

draft suburban parking policy,<br />

Mr MacDonald said.<br />

“What we need staff to be<br />

really clear on when they<br />

develop this [residents only<br />

parking] is . . . we need to have<br />

a really clear and structured<br />

criteria where residents parking<br />

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“When there are significant<br />

[parking] issues, we want to be<br />

able to deal with them quickly,”<br />

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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> 4 <strong>2018</strong> 7<br />

Rules set to change at reserve<br />

Aim to improve<br />

safety at<br />

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• By Ashleigh Monk<br />

THE RULES at Roto Kohatu<br />

Recreation Reserve are set to be<br />

tightened.<br />

Last week the Fendalton-<br />

Waimairi-Harewood<br />

Community Board approved a<br />

proposal to improve safety at the<br />

reserve.<br />

Over the last<br />

two months,<br />

council staff<br />

and board<br />

members have<br />

taken a closer<br />

look at how the<br />

reserve operates<br />

Sam<br />

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and outlined<br />

a number of<br />

safety concerns.<br />

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included damage to bollards and<br />

gates, internal road safety, how<br />

rangers spent their time and a<br />

lack of clarity over who can use<br />

the lake and at what time.<br />

Several conflicts have been<br />

started over the use of the lake,<br />

and signage to indicate who is<br />

using it has been raised to solve<br />

SAFETY FIRST: The Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood<br />

Community Board has approved safety improvements at Lake<br />

Roto Kohatu Reserve.<br />

the issues.<br />

Community board chairman<br />

Sam MacDonald said the safety<br />

improvements will get under way<br />

“as soon as possible.”<br />

“It’s more about making the<br />

reserve more accessible for<br />

people to use, particularly over<br />

summer, and managing the<br />

growing demand,” he said.<br />

“Most of it is under way or will<br />

be under way as soon as possible.<br />

We’ve got summer coming up, so<br />

it’s important that we get those<br />

things sorted.”<br />

He said council staff will<br />

monitor the lake over the<br />

summer period to ensure users<br />

follow the safety guidelines.<br />

“Staff will come back to us<br />

after summer to tell us how it<br />

went, and what we need to do to<br />

change it so we can make it the<br />

best facility we can,” he said.<br />

Board member Aaron Campbell<br />

said the biggest issue is<br />

managing access when demand<br />

is high.“I haven’t heard of physical<br />

fighting. However, I have<br />

heard of verbal disagreements<br />

and arguments,” he said.<br />

“I understand why residents<br />

and users can have differing<br />

expectations and due to the<br />

uniqueness of Roto Kohatu,<br />

managing the space is not easy,<br />

but as a organisation, we are trying<br />

our very best as the reserve is<br />

still being developed.”<br />

“On days when 1000-2000 additional<br />

people turn up, parking<br />

too close to the water has been<br />

identified as an issue and does<br />

stretch the limits of the portaloos<br />

on-site. This could become a<br />

health issue.”<br />

He said he was happy the<br />

safety improvements are going<br />

ahead. “I believe there are a<br />

lot less incidents now than<br />

there were earlier, so some<br />

improvements have been<br />

effective. But other issues do<br />

arise and they need to be sorted<br />

as well,” he said.<br />

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CBD parking<br />

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ratepayers<br />

• By Julia Evans<br />

SECRET discussions have been<br />

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problems in the central city which<br />

could come at a cost to ratepayers.<br />

City councillors met last week<br />

behind-closed-doors to consider a<br />

report on “central city reduced fee<br />

parking.”<br />

The city council has refused<br />

to release the report, or answer<br />

questions about it. It was deemed<br />

“commercially sensitive” for the<br />

public and city councillors remain<br />

tight-lipped.<br />

But private car park owners and<br />

developers have been approached<br />

to see what role they can play.<br />

Central city retailers have<br />

been struggling to compete with<br />

suburban malls which offer free<br />

parking.<br />

But property developer<br />

Antony Gough, who is building<br />

a 400-space parking building<br />

on Hereford St, said there has<br />

been discussion with the council<br />

around rates rebates or subsides<br />

for private providers.<br />

The report was left on the table<br />

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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> 4 <strong>2018</strong> 9<br />

New life for Ballantynes’ Xmas window<br />

• By Georgia O’Connor-<br />

Harding<br />

A PROP maker who has worked<br />

on some of the biggest movies<br />

to be filmed in New Zealand has<br />

helped bring Ballantynes’ iconic<br />

Christmas windows to life this<br />

year.<br />

Simon Hames has led a high<br />

flying career working on the sets<br />

of King Kong and The Lord of the<br />

Rings.<br />

In 1999 he won the Supreme<br />

WOW Award for making wearable<br />

chairs for the World of<br />

Wearable Art festival.<br />

After starting work as a visual<br />

merchandise team member this<br />

year, Mr Hames was tasked with<br />

building the Christmas window.<br />

With the talent of Mr Hames<br />

on board, it was the reason Ballantynes<br />

decided to create the<br />

windows in-house this year as<br />

opposed to outsourcing.<br />

Visual merchandise manager<br />

Danielle Casey, who led the charge<br />

for this year’s theme, also has a<br />

distinguished background in design,<br />

having created windows for<br />

department stores Harrods and<br />

Selfridges in the United Kingdom. ​<br />

Pearl Schwalger-Smith, who<br />

has worked in a range of roles at<br />

Ballantynes in the past 10 years<br />

has also been heavily involved in<br />

designing the project.<br />

It is the first time in about 20<br />

years the windows have been<br />

designed in-house.<br />

Miss Casey said the project has<br />

been a “labour of love” with her<br />

team working on it since April.<br />

She said the theme of mice was<br />

inspired by popular children’s<br />

films featuring mice including<br />

The Borrowers, Mouse Hunt and<br />

Stuart Little.<br />

Ballantynes has made<br />

Christmas extra special for kids<br />

in more ways than one this<br />

year, creating a limited edition<br />

children’s book to match the<br />

window’s theme.<br />

The book called The Merry<br />

Mice of Dunstable House was<br />

donated to every primary school<br />

in the city and Timaru.<br />

The setting for the Christmas<br />

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Ballantynes has also spread<br />

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• By Anan Zaki<br />

STROKE VICTIM Grant<br />

Cowan is edging closer to<br />

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Friends of the former police<br />

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They set up a Go Fund Me<br />

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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> 4 <strong>2018</strong> 11<br />

<strong>News</strong><br />

McKay exhibition in Akaroa<br />

• By Louis Day<br />

RETIRED REDWOOD<br />

photographer Donald McKay’s<br />

work is will be exhibited in the<br />

Akaroa Museum.<br />

At the start of the year, Mr<br />

McKay donated more than<br />

40,000 individual frames to the<br />

museum which date from the<br />

late 1940s to the early 1980s.<br />

The collection of photos<br />

document social and community<br />

events, weddings, farming<br />

activities and other aspects of<br />

life across the Banks Peninsula.<br />

Mr McKay, 84, grew up on a<br />

farm in Le Bons Bay and began<br />

taking photos at Christchurch<br />

Boy’s High School when he<br />

joined the camera club.<br />

Mr McKay sold his bike and<br />

his best pair of shoes to buy a<br />

second-hand camera.<br />

“We had some really, really<br />

good instructors, including<br />

Len Casbolt and Frank<br />

McGregor. Also, I used to<br />

spend a lot of time at my<br />

uncle Stan McKay’s as he was<br />

the Christchurch Star Sun<br />

photographer and his son<br />

Ross was a skilled horse racing<br />

photographer. I used to admire<br />

their beautiful cameras and<br />

enlargers . . . I’m not sure what<br />

I liked more, the photography<br />

or the equipment.”<br />

Mr McKay started his first<br />

photography job in 1961 at<br />

Burwood Hospital as a medical<br />

photographer, but would still<br />

travel back to the peninsula<br />

during the weekend to photograph<br />

various community<br />

events. Museum collections<br />

manager Daniel Smith said the<br />

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as photography. He did a lot a<br />

lot of farm work and he would<br />

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when he was working on his<br />

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Mr Smith said the exhibition<br />

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Kay’s most explicit work.<br />

“I’ve included a photograph<br />

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City chorus puts<br />

on festive show<br />

• <br />

By Ashleigh Monk<br />

THE Christchurch City Chorus<br />

is putting on a festive show to<br />

get everyone into the Christmas<br />

spirit.<br />

On <strong>December</strong> 15 the choir will<br />

take the stage to perform The<br />

Magic of Christmas.<br />

Musical director Virginia<br />

Humphrey-Taylor said the show<br />

would include Christmas carols,<br />

skits, poems and dancing.<br />

“We want to share the joy and<br />

music of Christmas with people,”<br />

she said.<br />

“We want everyone to come<br />

and sing carols with us. It’s<br />

something for the whole family<br />

to get everyone excited for<br />

Christmas.”<br />

She said about 80 members of<br />

the choir would be performing.<br />

“We’ve got quartets singing,<br />

we’ve got small groups singing,<br />

we’ve got about 20 children who<br />

will be performing,” she said.<br />

“We’ll sing a lot of the classic<br />

Christmas carols, but there will<br />

also be a few songs that people<br />

won’t know; songs from around<br />

the world about Christmas.”<br />

The show would give members<br />

a chance to get some practice<br />

in before the Christchurch City<br />

Chorus heads to New Orleans<br />

for a performance in September.<br />

“We’re doing as many shows<br />

as we can so we are prepared,”<br />

she said.<br />

She said she hoped to showcase<br />

the group and encourage<br />

new members to join.<br />

“We’re looking for new<br />

members all the time. There’s<br />

always a turn over of membership<br />

because people move away<br />

or their lives change, so this is a<br />

chance for people who might be<br />

interested in joining to see what<br />

we do.”<br />

The Magic of Christmas will<br />

be performed on <strong>December</strong> 15,<br />

with a matinee at 2pm and an<br />

evening show at 7pm.<br />

Tickets are $25 for adults, $20<br />

for seniors and $10 for children,<br />

and can be purchased at www.<br />

ccchorus.co.nz or by contacting<br />

Jeannette McGrath on 021 976<br />

572.<br />

Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

BABIES AND theatre are not<br />

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together.<br />

In fact, any parent who has<br />

taken a baby to a performance<br />

knows it can be challenging at<br />

best and a disaster at worst.<br />

Turning that whole idea on its<br />

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Burwood’s Melanie Luckman<br />

and Sumner’s Hannah Wheeler<br />

and.<br />

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The show will be staged<br />

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The company aims to develop<br />

genuine theatre for children<br />

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Each performance will last<br />

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for families to stay and<br />

play at the end.<br />

The show will also take place<br />

in a carefully crafted tent.<br />

“Our vision is of a world where<br />

high-quality art is as integral to<br />

early childhood as the<br />

playground, and as accessible,”<br />

Luckman said.<br />

She said it has been great<br />

working with the city council’s<br />

enliven places project fund for<br />

this tour.<br />

Luckman said with the funding’s<br />

help it can offer the show<br />

for $5 for a baby and adult<br />

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Wheeler was working at LATT<br />

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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> 4 <strong>2018</strong> 15<br />

SPORTS<br />

MAKING A SPLASH: Rangi Ruru student Tamsin Mills (left) with St Margaret’s College student<br />

Jemma Burrowes playing in the match that earned Rangi Ruru the champion title. Meanwhile<br />

Tessa McCann (below) held onto her tennis title. PHOTO: LIBBY WATHERSTON-SPENCER<br />

Rangi’s sporting success<br />

• By Ashleigh Monk<br />

RANGI RURU Girls’ School<br />

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tennis.<br />

Rangi Ruru’s junior water polo<br />

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Ms Anderson added a special<br />

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island tournament team.<br />

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The countdown to the big day is well underway, so making up the<br />

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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> 4 <strong>2018</strong> 19<br />

HEALTH & AWARENESS<br />

Hip pain: Do I have arthritis or<br />

could it be mainly my muscles?<br />

The team at Physical Sense in Sydenham<br />

sees clients with a range of symptoms but<br />

many of their middle-aged and senior<br />

clients visit complaining of pain in one or<br />

both hips.<br />

Physiotherapist Ietje van Stolk suggests<br />

that a major part of the pain could be due<br />

to muscle pain rather than simply arthritis.<br />

“Even if an x-ray shows arthritis, the reason<br />

for the pain may be the muscles around<br />

the joint,” she explains. Alternatively, a<br />

back muscle could also be the cause, as<br />

shown in the image.<br />

Ietje recalls one case where an 89 year<br />

old client with severe arthritis who walked<br />

with a stick, told her, “I will end up in<br />

a wheelchair, I cannot put any weight<br />

through my right leg due to pain in my hip<br />

and buttock”. “Within 4 treatments, she<br />

was walking with her stick but without the<br />

severe pain,” says Ietje. “The arthritis was<br />

one of the factors that made her muscles<br />

spasm but the other was that older people<br />

move less and the flexed position the hip<br />

is in when we sit is particularly bad for<br />

the hip.” Ietje is happy with the fact that<br />

although the client was 89 and could have<br />

been “given up on” or told to live with the<br />

pain, she made a difference to her health<br />

Hip muscle that causes hip pain<br />

(the crosses are the areas of the muscle spasms, the red areas is where the pain is felt)<br />

and wellbeing.<br />

At Physical Sense, hands-on techniques<br />

(massage and triggerpoint deactivation<br />

techniques) are used to release the muscles.<br />

The client also gets a home exercise<br />

program designed to mobilize and stretch<br />

the hip, strengthen the important core<br />

muscles and increase general strength and<br />

balance. They teach a movement sequence<br />

that stretches the hip in all directions<br />

whilst the client is able to lie safely on their<br />

bed, perfect for older or less mobile clients.<br />

In many cases having the muscles<br />

released and being taught how to maintain<br />

it, is enough to stay on top of the problem.<br />

If severe arthritis is the underlying cause,<br />

some maintenance therapy may be<br />

necessary, but that is often more affordable<br />

and, for older patients, better tolerated than<br />

surgery. In very few treatments the client<br />

Back hip muscle that causes hip pain<br />

will know if it is going to work for them or<br />

not, without financial commitment.<br />

Physical Sense Gym & Physio is located<br />

at 300 Colombo Street, Sydenham.<br />

There is a bus stop in front of the door<br />

and there is ample parking. To enquire<br />

about specialised exercise classes or<br />

physiotherapy treatment, phone 377-2577<br />

or visit www.triggerpoints.co.nz.<br />

Physical Sense Gym and Physio is located at 300 Colombo Street, Sydenham. The Blue Line Bus stops in front of the door and there is ample<br />

parking. To enquire about specialised exercise classes or physiotherapy treatment, phone 377-2577 or visit www.triggerpoints.co.nz<br />

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Your Local Views<br />

ACCESSIBILITY: Aaron Campbell wants to make the city more accessible for<br />

people with a disability.<br />

Community board<br />

criticised for<br />

not supporting<br />

disability legislation<br />

KIDSTUFF<br />

Play, laugh, learn. These are the essential<br />

ingredients for a successful Pre-School<br />

education. These crucial early years are to be<br />

nurtured, shaped and cherished as your child<br />

takes their first steps in education.<br />

Research states that play may be the single<br />

most important things that humans do. “Our<br />

play based learning approach supports your<br />

child as they begin their exciting journey as a<br />

lifelong learner” says Principal Scott Thelning.<br />

Cathedral Grammar Pre-School teaches the<br />

children of tomorrow, today.<br />

At Cathedral Grammar Pre-School your<br />

whole family is welcomed into the wider<br />

embrace of the Grammar community<br />

including whole school fun and functions,<br />

services and support as well as smooth<br />

transition to the Junior School and links to the<br />

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Cathedral Grammar<br />

Pre-School located within<br />

the heart of the city<br />

Prep School.<br />

In Cathedral Grammar’s purpose built<br />

Pre-School, taught by qualified teachers, your<br />

child will discover by curiosity, investigation<br />

and exploration. Our low child/teacher ratios,<br />

ensure your child’s quality individual and<br />

group learning.<br />

Every advantage is taken of our central<br />

city location to extend our ‘campus’ from the<br />

Botanic Gardens to the Canterbury Museum,<br />

The Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o<br />

Waiwhetu to the Christchurch Transitional<br />

Cathedral, from Tūranga (Christchurch<br />

central library) to the emergency services.<br />

Being an inner city Pre-School also gives<br />

you a wonderfully easy opportunity to engage<br />

in your child’s learning if you are working in<br />

the CBD.<br />

Your child will develop essential<br />

foundations in literacy and numeracy. He<br />

or she will enjoy the benefits of specialised<br />

facilities, subjects and staff including Art,<br />

Physical Education, Yoga and Chapel.<br />

When children feel good about themselves<br />

and their abilities, they are able to take flight<br />

and explore, discover, take risks and play,<br />

laugh and learn effectively and successfully.<br />

“Self-esteem is at the core of this development<br />

process” Thelning says.<br />

Every day is an open day at Cathedral<br />

Grammar Pre-School. Contact Lydia<br />

Hemingway to arrange a personal<br />

tour on 03 365 0385 or hemingwayl@<br />

cathedralgrammar.school.nz.<br />

Fendalton-Waimairi-<br />

Harewood Community<br />

Board member Aaron<br />

Campbell talks about<br />

the need to improve<br />

accessibility for<br />

disabled people in the<br />

city<br />

LAST WEEK I asked the Fendalton-<br />

Waimairi-Harewood Community Board<br />

to request the city council supports in<br />

principle new Government disability<br />

legislation that makes access equitable for<br />

all persons.<br />

Your community board voted two in<br />

favour. Seven, shamefully, were against the<br />

motion.<br />

Disability comes in many forms. It’s not<br />

just physical; it’s sensory, cognitive, communicative<br />

and mental health-related.<br />

Community advocates, including the<br />

Access Alliance, a group of 12 organisations<br />

in the disability sector, overwhelmingly<br />

support the principle to create a truly<br />

accessible society that benefits everyone.<br />

Members include the Blind Foundation,<br />

CCS Disability Action, Cerebral Palsy<br />

Society and Deaf Aotearoa.<br />

New Zealand needs accessibility legislation<br />

to implement, in various sectors,<br />

minimum standards for access to everyday<br />

things others take for granted, like transport,<br />

public services, websites, buildings,<br />

workplaces and events.<br />

This is about universal human rights and<br />

the core principles of the United Nations<br />

Convention on the Rights of People with<br />

Disabilities.<br />

Led by MPs Poto Williams (Christchurch<br />

East, Labour) and Shane Reti<br />

(Whangarei, National), this initiative is<br />

achieving cross party support in central<br />

government.<br />

It’s argued that businesses can’t afford to<br />

comply. Advocates would argue how can<br />

you afford not to?<br />

One billion people in the world have<br />

some form of disability, don’t you want to<br />

increase your potential market?<br />

When I’m older and less able, I’ll still<br />

want to get around, eat out and do things.<br />

We should all have that opportunity for<br />

long term independence.<br />

The NZ Institute of Economic Research<br />

calculates accessibility legislation will save<br />

$3 billion over 10 years in disability benefit<br />

costs through better education and employment<br />

outcomes, increasing productivity<br />

by $862m and increasing tax revenues<br />

by $387m per year.<br />

This would annually increase GDP by<br />

$1.45 billion.<br />

New tourist markets will become available<br />

and revenue will increase with higher<br />

spending per visitor.<br />

As our city is rebuilding, do we want to<br />

grow our economy, improve the quality of<br />

people’s lives and provide equal access for<br />

all?<br />

Last week, sadly, a selfish short-sighted<br />

two to seven vote said no.<br />

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it!<br />

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Located in the CBD and offering 20<br />

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Let’s talk about your child’s<br />

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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> [Edition 4 datE] <strong>2018</strong> 21 3<br />

KIDSTUFF<br />

Top class performers all set<br />

to sparkle, shimmer and<br />

shine onstage this weekend!<br />

One of Canterbury’s premiere<br />

dance schools, Anna Lee School<br />

of Dance, is taking to the stage<br />

this weekend in a series of three<br />

exciting performances at the Isaac<br />

Theatre Royal. Sparkle! Shimmer!<br />

Shine! showcases the students of<br />

the entire school from age 3 to<br />

20+ from all the branches around<br />

Canterbury – Sumner/Ferrymead,<br />

Oaklands, Lincoln and Ladbrooks<br />

as well as the main Papanui studio,<br />

in a wide range of dance styles<br />

classes including ballet, jazz,<br />

contemporary, hip-hop and even a<br />

little bit of tap and singing!<br />

Sparkle! (the 11am show)<br />

highlights our junior school<br />

students with support from the<br />

senior school, while Shimmer!<br />

(the 2:30pm show) and Shine!<br />

(the 6:30pm show) feature<br />

the middle and senior school<br />

from the satellite branches and<br />

Papanui studio respectively.<br />

Tickets on sale now through<br />

Ticketek.<br />

We are also now open for<br />

2019 enrolments. Call us on<br />

354 6228 or email office@<br />

annaleeschoolofdance.com to<br />

secure a place for your dancer<br />

now!<br />

Children eat<br />

what they sow<br />

At Kimihia we are very lucky to have<br />

space for vege gardens. Our tamariki are<br />

involved in all aspects of the growing<br />

of vegetables and fruit. Whilst our<br />

strawberries are usually picked and<br />

eaten fresh, most of the vegetables we<br />

grow are used in the meals our Centre<br />

provides. Over the growing season our<br />

garden produced pumpkins, zucchini,<br />

beetroot, tomatoes, beans, basil,<br />

coriander, silverbeet, peas, broccoli,<br />

cabbage, cauliflower and lettuce. Giant<br />

sunflowers, nasturtiums and calendulas<br />

provided plenty of colour in the garden.<br />

Our children delighted in being able to<br />

harvest the vegetables thay had grown<br />

and take them to our food preparers. We<br />

have also saved seeds from some of last<br />

year’s veges to plant in the new season’s<br />

garden.<br />

The garden offers so many<br />

opportunities for learning; not only the<br />

connection between garden and plate,<br />

but also how to care for living things,<br />

how to work together and how to live<br />

sustainably and care for the earth.<br />

Learn to swim!<br />

• Babies/pre-school<br />

• School age<br />

• Private lessons<br />

• Holiday programmes<br />

• Aquacise<br />

• Pool parties<br />

• 50+ super group<br />

• Squads<br />

Wharenui Swimming Club<br />

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SENIOR LIVING<br />

NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

Email ashleigh.monk@starmedia.kiwi by<br />

5pm each Wednesday<br />

Head along to Christchurch Boys’<br />

High School on Sunday from 3-5pm<br />

for the Christmas Box of Delights.<br />

It will feature The Woolston Brass<br />

family in concert – including the<br />

Woolston Junior Band, Woolston<br />

Concert Brass and Woolston<br />

Brass. Each band will showcase<br />

its musical talent and Christmas<br />

spirit. Tickets available at www.<br />

dashtickets.co.nz or at the door.<br />

Golden Healthcare Group<br />

- Lady Wigram<br />

JP Clinic<br />

Tuesday and Wednesday, 10am-1pm<br />

A justice of the peace will be available<br />

to members of the community to witness<br />

signatures and documents, certify<br />

document copies, hear oaths, declarations,<br />

affidavits or affirmations, as well as sign<br />

citizenship, sponsorship or rates rebates<br />

applications. There is no charge for this<br />

service.<br />

Fendalton and Papanui libraries<br />

on Tuesday, Bishopdale Library on<br />

Wednesday<br />

Scrabble Club<br />

Wednesday, 1-3pm<br />

Enjoy a friendly game of scrabble in the<br />

library. Boards will be provided but you<br />

are welcome to take your own. No need to<br />

book, just turn up and play.<br />

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and<br />

Community Centre, 13 Bishopdale Court<br />

Technology Help Drop-in Sessions<br />

Thursday, 10-11am<br />

These free drop-in sessions will help<br />

with specific issues, such as using email,<br />

searching the internet, using the library<br />

catalogue, electronic resources and any<br />

other general computer-related queries.<br />

Go along with your laptop, tablet, or<br />

smartphone or use one of the desktop<br />

computers if you need help with anything<br />

digital. This session is free and no<br />

bookings are required.<br />

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and<br />

Community Centre, 13 Bishopdale Court<br />

Beginners Quilting and Patchwork<br />

Thursday, 10am<br />

Tote bags, fabric teddy bears and other<br />

items to be made. Gold coin donation,<br />

morning tea supplied. Phone Linda for<br />

more information on 354 5901.<br />

Emmett St Community Church, 106<br />

Emmett St<br />

Knit ’n’ Yarn<br />

Thursday 2-3.30pm<br />

Go along and enjoy a chat with others<br />

as you knit. For anyone who loves to knit<br />

or learn.<br />

Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys<br />

Rd<br />

Building Kiwi boys into Kiwi ICONZ<br />

Thursday 6-7.30pm<br />

ICONZ Adventure is a<br />

fun programme for boys aged eight to 10<br />

years. It’s about doing activities together<br />

where men mentor the boys and teach life<br />

skills along the way. There is a<br />

$4 charge, but you are welcome to go<br />

along and check them out for free for the<br />

first night.<br />

The McFaddens Centre, St Albans<br />

Baptist Church, 64 McFaddens Rd<br />

Barista Training<br />

Monday and Tuesday, 10am-1pm<br />

Designed for home enthusiasts who<br />

want to develop their skills. No charge,<br />

just take a two-litre bottle of milk each<br />

session. Phone Sharyn on 022 621 8269 for<br />

more information.<br />

MacFarlane Park Centre, 17 Acheson<br />

Ave<br />

Begonia Lovers Club<br />

Thursday, 7.30pm<br />

All welcome to come and mingle<br />

with our growers and members.<br />

Meetings are held from September to<br />

April (except January). Learn growing<br />

techniques, enjoy demonstrations,<br />

visit fellow begonia growers. For more<br />

information, call club president Ron<br />

Andrew on 332 8128.<br />

Canterbury Mineral and Lapidary<br />

clubrooms, 110 Waltham Rd<br />

Bed time stories at Fendalton<br />

Friday, 6.30-7.15pm<br />

Come and join Margot for some Friday<br />

night fun. Themed stories, songs and<br />

simple crafts will entertain your four to<br />

seven-year-olds (but the whole family is<br />

welcome). Don’t forget to wear your PJs.<br />

Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys Rd<br />

Christmas Carol Concert<br />

Tuesday <strong>December</strong> 18, 6pm<br />

Come and sing Christmas songs with a<br />

live band playing. Song sheets available.<br />

Free barbecue sausages in bread to eat. All<br />

welcome. Call Denise Theyers for more<br />

information on 323 6623.<br />

Redwood Park, Main North Rd,<br />

Redwood<br />

Golden Healthcare Group provides<br />

dementia, aged care and mental health<br />

support at seven facilities employing 130<br />

staff and caring for approximately 350<br />

residents.<br />

Rest home care is provided in Golden<br />

Age and Brookhaven Rest Homes, both of<br />

which also encompass retirement villages.<br />

Brookhaven has a dementia care unit<br />

along with the dedicated Camellia Court,<br />

Albarosa, and Somerfield Rest Homes.<br />

Furthermore, Hoon Hay Rest Home is a<br />

dedicated dementia unit, but Hoon Hay<br />

House on the same site specialises in<br />

mental health.<br />

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Brookhaven<br />

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29 Alport Place<br />

Woolston<br />

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Albarosa<br />

Dementia<br />

80 Harewood Road<br />

Papanui<br />

Phone 03 375 0727<br />

Somerfield<br />

Dementia<br />

137 Barrington Street<br />

Somerfield<br />

Phone 03 332 5897<br />

www.goldenhealthcare.co.nz<br />

Golden Age<br />

Retirement Village<br />

96 Harewood Road<br />

Papanui<br />

Phone 03 375 0720<br />

Camellia Court<br />

Dementia<br />

84 Harewood Road<br />

Papanui<br />

Phone 03 375 0722<br />

Hoon Hay<br />

Dementia<br />

16 Anvers Place<br />

Hoon Hay<br />

Phone 03 379 7825<br />

Lady Wigram<br />

Retirement Village<br />

Sarah Jacobson<br />

Village Manager<br />

210 Kittyhawk Ave,<br />

Wigram<br />

Phone 027 3411 464<br />

Golden Age Rest Home has 36<br />

Retirement Villas.<br />

Also owned by Golden Healthcare<br />

Group is The Lady Wigram Village. This<br />

$120 million retirement village project<br />

was launched after the Canterbury<br />

earthquakes, with the first stage of 101<br />

villas now all sold thanks to the people of<br />

Canterbury.<br />

The latest hotel style accommodation<br />

includes a Restaurant, Bar, Billiard Room,<br />

Movie Theatre and Library. Just finished<br />

is the Swimming Pool, Spa and Activities<br />

Centre which includes Indoor Bowls and a<br />

Gym. They have available the last of Stage<br />

1 Apartments plus the next stage of 14<br />

Apartments are ready for occupation now<br />

with staff available daily to show people<br />

around.<br />

When completed, there will be 73<br />

Apartments, Rest Home, Dementia<br />

Facility and Hospital.<br />

“A lot of people are now choosing to<br />

move into retirement village life earlier<br />

because they recognise the benefits of the<br />

ease of living and it allows them greater<br />

freedom and more social interaction. Lady<br />

Wigram is a short walk from The Landing,<br />

the central retail hub of the Wigram Skies<br />

subdivision, and only a short drive to<br />

Hornby communities within their own<br />

right.” Says Lady Wigram Manager Olivia<br />

Cleave.<br />

Call into 210 Kittyhawk Avenue<br />

Wigram for a tour of their latest site.<br />

The Golden Healthcare Group website<br />

goldenhealthcare.co.nz provides full<br />

contact details.<br />

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THE ST Andrew’s Co lege big<br />

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Fastier, co lapsed an died the<br />

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“We were delighted to win, but<br />

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St Andrew’s won the most<br />

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The ban dedicated it se to<br />

Tom, who died while on his way<br />

to Cashmere High on March 27.<br />

His death was po sibly related to<br />

a medical event.<br />

•Turn to page 9<br />

SW ET SOUNDS: St Andrew’s Co lege year 12 students Lewis Edmond and Je na We ls performing a the 41st National Youth<br />

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Bittersweet win for St Andrew’s big band<br />

• By Sophie Cornish and Julia Evans<br />

THE PAPANUI-I nes<br />

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DEAN CALVERT (above)<br />

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The former New Zealand<br />

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•Turn to page 6<br />

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THE OWNERS of Sumner’s Cave<br />

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A WOOLSTON butcher proved<br />

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New World Fe ry Rd butcher<br />

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A CRACKDOWN on mobile<br />

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Only eight submi sions were<br />

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Places Bylaw and Policy on Commercial<br />

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•Turn to page 7<br />

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Pupils learn about role of war horses<br />

GR ENDALE SCHOOL pupils<br />

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horses l oked like during war.<br />

The New Zealand Mounted<br />

Rifles Charitable Trust president<br />

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Mr A pleton and Mr Donaldson<br />

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their horses Tommy and Kruze<br />

wore 1 0-year-old sa dles donated<br />

to the trust.<br />

The presentation is a prelude<br />

to the Gr endale Recreation Reserve<br />

Management Commi t e’s<br />

upcoming Anzac Day service.<br />

As a tribute to those who<br />

served, members of the trust wi l<br />

ride horseback to the service.<br />

Mr A pleton said it was<br />

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Children were shown the type<br />

of kits horses were required to<br />

wear in the war.<br />

•Turn to page 7<br />

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Mr Winder and his team, the<br />

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He said the cha lenge started<br />

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The preparation for this<br />

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“To get second behind Ireland<br />

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• By Emily O’Co ne l<br />

THE HALSWE L-Hornby-<br />

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Mayor Lia ne Dalziel told the<br />

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•Turn to page 5<br />

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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> 4 <strong>2018</strong> 27<br />

THE ABBA SHOW<br />

ABBASOLUTELY FABBAULOUS<br />

RETURNS TO NZ!<br />

IT’S time to dust off the platforms and<br />

squeeze back into those leotards as ABBA<br />

fans are set to welcome in the festive season<br />

with an evening of dancing and singing<br />

when the world's premier ABBA tribute e<br />

ABBA Show jets in for a national New<br />

Zealand tour playing the Horncastle Arena<br />

on Sunday 9th <strong>December</strong> <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

e productions last set of sell-out shows<br />

in 2016 prompted strong demand for the<br />

show to return to New Zealand with ticket<br />

sellers receiving unprecedented interest<br />

from customers in the lead up to the <strong>2018</strong><br />

tour.<br />

e ABBA Show: ABBAsolutely<br />

fABBAulous is a full-scale concert<br />

experience and stage show featuring 2.5<br />

hours of live singing and dancing with the<br />

accompaniment of a charming live band,<br />

sparkling replica costumes and theatrical<br />

lighting and effects to dazzle the audience.<br />

Patrons can expect all the dancing they<br />

can handle at the concert with everyone<br />

welcome to join in on the action. Audience's<br />

will get to move and groove in their seats to<br />

classic ABBA hits such as Dancing Queen,<br />

Knowing Me Knowing You, Ring Ring, e<br />

Winner Takes It All, Fernando, Super<br />

Trouper and many more.<br />

e starring cast of the show, including<br />

Brits Hannah Pocock as Agnetha and Jenna<br />

Ball as Frida and two new exciting editions<br />

to the cast to take on the roles of Bjorn and<br />

Benny!<br />

Jenna Ball said, “the show is so much fun<br />

which is why audiences across the world love<br />

it. We love getting the crowd singing and<br />

dancing, and creating an atmosphere that's<br />

truly electric!”<br />

Tickets for the show are on sale now.<br />

Visit theabbashow.com.au or Ticketek for<br />

tickets and more information.<br />

FREE TICKETS<br />

STAR MEDIA has two double passes to<br />

giveaway to this Sunday’s show at the<br />

Horncastle Arena. To go into the ticket<br />

draw email the answer to: When did<br />

the Abba Show last tour NZ? along with<br />

your name and daytime phone number<br />

to: jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi. Subject:<br />

ABBA Ticket Competition. Entries close<br />

5pm ursday 6th <strong>December</strong> <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

Winners will be notified.<br />

Get all ‘Christmasy’ with us!<br />

PRE-CHRISTMAS<br />

FUNCTIONS, PARTIES,<br />

WORK BREAK UPS.<br />

CHECK OUT OUR<br />

SET MENUS<br />

AVAILABLE LUNCH & DINNER DAILY<br />

UNTIL 24/12/18 FOR PARTIES OF 10 OR MORE<br />

SORRY, WE ARE CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY<br />

COMING EVENTS<br />

Wednesday<br />

OPEN MIC WITH LYN<br />

(formerly Janes Wine Bar)<br />

Thursday 7PM<br />

KARAOKE TALENT QUEST<br />

HEAT THREE THIS THURSDAY<br />

Friday 7.30PM<br />

LYNN<br />

Saturday<br />

NEIL ALEXANDER<br />

Sunday ARVO<br />

JASON & SHARKEY<br />

POOL COMPETITION<br />

EVERY SUNDAY FROM 2PM<br />

The<br />

RESTAURANT & CAFÉ<br />

0pen daily from 6.30am<br />

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner<br />

RACECOURSE HOTEL<br />

& Motorlodge<br />

118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn,<br />

Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150<br />

www.racecoursehotel.co.nz<br />

Settlers Bar is striving to become, with your<br />

help, the next entertainment hub of Christchurch,<br />

focussing on Open Mic Nights, Jam Sessions,<br />

Live Music catering for most ages, Karaoke,<br />

and other entertainment most night.<br />

As we are new, we are looking for a pool team,<br />

social club etc.<br />

Also having gaming machines and are community<br />

minded, we would like to hear from clubs locally,<br />

who we may be able to offer assistance to,<br />

or would like to run Raffles or Fundraisers.<br />

CASH PRIZES!<br />

KARAOKE TALENT QUEST<br />

HEAT THREE THIS THURSDAY<br />

Enter at bar or message Sharkey<br />

www.facebook.com/<br />

Settlers-Cafe-Bar-Restaurant<br />

NEW GAMING MACHINE LOUNGE<br />

|Cafe | Bar<br />

| Restaurant<br />

1060 Ferry Rd, Ferrymead | p. 03 376 4448 | e. settlersbarcafe@outlook.co.nz<br />

Lunch & Dinner<br />

All you can eat, 7 days<br />

Bookings Essential PH 386 0088<br />

fb.com/GardenHotelRestaurant www.gardenhotel.co.nz<br />

SERVING<br />

HAPPY HOUR<br />

5PM - 7PM DAILY<br />

OUR CABINET ITEMS<br />

ARE HOMEMADE<br />

CREATED FRESH ON SITE DAILY<br />

$12<br />

LUNCH<br />

SPECIALS<br />

Live Music:<br />

5.30PM.SAT 08 DEC<br />

ON NOW UNTIL MONDAY 24 DEC<br />

LET US TAKE CARE OF YOUR<br />

CHRISTMAS PARTY<br />

LUNCH<br />

MON - FRI $24.50<br />

SAT - SUN $25.50<br />

COFFEE<br />

HAPPY<br />

H O U R<br />

2PM-4PM<br />

DAILY<br />

$3.50<br />

Offer available for a limited time<br />

and includes tea, hot chocolate<br />

MON: ROAST MEAL<br />

TUE: FISH & CHIPS<br />

WED: FISH BURGER<br />

THU: ROAST MEAL<br />

SAT: FISH & CHIPS<br />

DINNER<br />

MON - THU $31.50<br />

FRI - SUN $33.50<br />

*SENIOR CITIZENS DISCOUNT AVAILABLE<br />

AVAILABLE<br />

FROM<br />

11.30AM-2PM<br />

FOR A<br />

LIMITED TIME<br />

Vintage Blue<br />

PHONE 385 8880 FIND US ON FACEBOOK fb.com/GBCCHCH<br />

THE GARDEN HOTEL COMPLEX | 110 MARSHLAND RD<br />

www.gardenhotel.co.nz | phone 385 3132<br />

What’s On<br />

TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS<br />

MEMBERS LUCKY CARD DRAW<br />

LIVE MUSIC COMING UP<br />

SUNDAY 16th DEC, 3PM<br />

BRANDED<br />

NYE MONDAY 31st DEC, 7.30PM<br />

GAME OF TONES<br />

PIERVIEW<br />

RESTAURANT<br />

UPSTAIRS<br />

Open from<br />

5.30pm Fri, Sat,<br />

Sun, and Sunday Brunch<br />

from 10.30am to 2pm.<br />

SUNDAY NIGHT<br />

BUFFET $25<br />

Sunday 30th Dec<br />

NEW YEARS EVE<br />

GRILL & SALAD BAR<br />

$25<br />

Monday 31st Dec<br />

CLUB<br />

BISTRO<br />

DOWNSTAIRS<br />

Open Tues to Sat<br />

12pm - 2pm &<br />

from 5pm<br />

BISTRO ROAST<br />

SPECIAL<br />

Tuesday - Thursday<br />

Dine in only<br />

$12<br />

GAMING ROOM - TAB POD<br />

202 Marine Pde | Ph 388 9416<br />

www.newbrightonclub.co.nz<br />

Members, guests & affiliates welcome<br />

H ORNBY<br />

WORKINGMEN’S<br />

CLUB<br />

FRIDAY 7PM<br />

JO’S KARAOKE<br />

Club Café Specials<br />

Available<br />

LUNCH &<br />

DINNER<br />

7th Dec<br />

CUISINE NIGHT<br />

Sports Hall<br />

YOUR CHOICE<br />

OF ONE OF<br />

THREE<br />

DELICIOUS<br />

BURGER<br />

FLAVOURS<br />

SERVED WITH<br />

A TAP BEER<br />

OR<br />

HOUSE WINE<br />

FOR ONLY $20<br />

CHRISTMAS BUFFET DINNER<br />

SUNDAY 9 DEC<br />

LIVE MUSIC BY EDDIE SIMON<br />

FREE KID’S GIFT<br />

Adults $30. Kids 12 & under $1 per year of age.<br />

Bookings essential.<br />

The Hornby Club | ph 03 349 9026<br />

17 Carmen Rd | Hornby<br />

www.hornbywmc.co.nz<br />

Members, guests & affiliates welcome


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30 Tuesday <strong>December</strong> 4 <strong>2018</strong><br />

Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

waiting<br />

to meet you!<br />

Sat 24 Nov – Fri 14 Dec<br />

& late nights until 6pm<br />

Sat 15 – Sun 23 Dec<br />

Mon 24 Dec<br />

10am – 4pm<br />

10am – 6pm<br />

10am – 4pm<br />

Visit northlands.co.nz to find out more.<br />

make * & create<br />

free craFTs<br />

Thurs 6 – Sun 9 Dec<br />

& late nights until 6pm<br />

Thurs 13 – Sun 23 Dec<br />

Mon 24 Dec<br />

10am – 4pm<br />

10am – 6pm<br />

10am – 4pm<br />

Suitable for those aged between 4-12 years old.<br />

Visit northlands.co.nz to find out more.<br />

*While stocks last.


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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> 4 <strong>2018</strong> 31<br />

LANGDONS ROAD CARPARK<br />

1. SAL’S PIZZA<br />

2. THE COFFEE CLUB<br />

3. NANDO’S<br />

- OPENING DECEMBER<br />

- OPENING 1ST QUARTER 2019<br />

1<br />

16 15<br />

14<br />

13<br />

4. LONE STAR<br />

5. HOYTS<br />

6. MCDONALD’S - OPENING DECEMBER<br />

7. TANK JUICE<br />

8. ALOHA CREPES<br />

9. SUSHI EXPRESS<br />

10. KATSUBI<br />

11. ROYAL ROASTS<br />

12. ADANA GRILL<br />

LANGDONS ROAD<br />

2<br />

8<br />

9<br />

12<br />

10<br />

11<br />

13. IPPIN RAMEN & BOWL<br />

14. MUMBAI EXPRESS<br />

15. HUNGRY WOK<br />

16. MAD MEX<br />

3<br />

4<br />

6<br />

7<br />

5<br />

LANGDONS QUARTER, THE NEW DINING<br />

DESTINATION AT NORTHLANDS, IS NOW OPEN!<br />

Whether it’s a day out with the kids, a dinner and movie date<br />

night or a quick fuel stop before Christmas shopping.<br />

Langdons Quarter’s got you covered.


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NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

Relax, we’re<br />

open late<br />

Thurs 13 - Wed 19 Dec<br />

9am - 10pm<br />

Thurs 20 Dec<br />

9am - Midnight<br />

Fri 21 - Sun 23 Dec<br />

9am - 10pm<br />

Mon 24 Dec<br />

8am - 6pm<br />

Christmas Day<br />

Closed<br />

Boxing Day<br />

9am - 6pm<br />

Thurs 27 Dec onward<br />

normal hours resume

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