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A haircut to help find Garry a job

PHOTOS: MARTIN HUNTER

• By Georgia O’Connor-

Harding

A FREE haircut has given Garry

Dickey the confidence he needs

to keep applying for jobs.

His new look came courtesy

of Avondale’s Bristol Barbers,

which offered its services for free

last week at the Christchurch

City Mission to help make

Christmas a little brighter for

the homeless and less fortunate.

Mr Dickey, who is currently

unemployed, said haircuts were

usually “too expensive” so he

appreciated the free offer.

After living on the streets

for seven years, he now lives

in a home in the central city,

thanks to an initiative led by

the Christchurch Methodist

Mission.

The initiative, called

Housing First, has helped more

than 30 people into homes this

year.

•Turn to page 13

Prescription

meds

add to

rising

drug-driver

statistics

• By Sophie Cornish

MOTORISTS WHO shouldn’t

be driving after taking

prescription medication may be

playing a role in the increasing

drug-driving statistics.

The latest figures show

the rate of drug-drivers in

Canterbury has increased

almost nine times since

2012.

Road policing operations

manager Senior Sergeant Kelly

Larsen said impaired driving

can come in many different

forms, but motorists affected by

prescription medications

are becoming an “emerging

risk.”

“As we get older, we tend

to take more prescription

medication . . . drivers need

to be aware that prescription

medication can impact on their

ability to drive safely and take

personal responsibility for this,”

she said.

“When your doctor

prescribes a new medication, it’s

important to ask what impact

it might have on your ability

to drive, especially taking

into consideration any other

medication you are already

taking.

“We have an ageing

population – about 126,000

drivers in Canterbury are over

the age of 65.”

•Turn to page 4

Six Year

Mixed

reaction

to bold

new plan

Female

pa senger

in lucky

escape

• By Ba ry Clarke and Emily

O’Co ne l

woman were unhurt.

found guilty of the manslaughter on bail for other charges at the stomped on in a Timaru street. betw en one of the men found

of Timaru Wayne Kerry time of the attack on Mr Bray. Mr Bray walked past guilty and Mr Bray which led to

Bray 2009. Jamieson received Mr Bray, 26, died four days property where there had b en a the attack.

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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.

Police had checked one, and

The Square: Is this the future?

A CONVICTED killer is back

behind bars after a spectacular

crash while allegedly fl eing

police.

John Oliver Jamieson’s Subaru

Forester crashed through the

Ro leston dog park fence on

Saturday.

A spear-like fence post

smashed through the window

screen na rowly missing a

woman in the pa senger seat.

Miraculously Jamieson and the

He had earlier been recorded

driving at 180km/h on State

Highway 1.

A cut-down rifle was later

found by police in the vehicle.

Startle dog walker said

Jamieson ran a short distance

from the vehicle before sto ping

to s e if the woman in the vehicle

okay.

Police a rived soon after and

he was a prehended.

Jamieson was one of six men

Convicted killer involved

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“He swears black and blue it

Senior Constable Stapley would wasn’t him and he doesn’t have

not comment on wha the investigation

into the first account more,” he said.

the cell phone numbers any-

number revealed.

“We have to find out where

He said two phone numbers, these phones are and tie them up

connected to the same person, with the bank accounts.”

led police to a suspect who had Police have received 21 complaints

from Christchurch people

been interviewed and denied any

involvement.

targeted by the sinister scam.

The Star understands a teen-

It involved phone calls and

FINALLY THE sun is shining

on Christchurch Hospital

patients and visitors after a

year-long campaign by

The Star.

The Canterbury District

Health Board has agreed to

move its park and ride service

from the appalling flood prone

Deans Ave site to the city

council’s 805-space Lichfield St

car park on July 2.

Since last winter, The Star has

ben hammering the Ministry

of Health, CDHB and more

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texts to victims who are told the connected to the gangs.

caller is from the Mongrel Mob, Last month, Canterbury

Highway 61 or Black Power. University criminologist Greg

One victim was told to pay Newbold told The Star gangs

$1000 or Black Power would burn would be “filthy” if they were being

impersonated.

his house down and harm his

family. The con man says they Senior Constable Stapley said

are watching the victims’ families none of the people who had gone

and elderly parents.

to the police had paid over any

Senior Constable Stapley money.

would not comment on whether There have been no further

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about it.

Said The Star editor in chief

Barry Clarke: “We’ve been

relentless in our determination

to get something done about it.

Finally, it’s happened.

“Our campaign prompted

Port Hills MP Ruth Dyson to

HAPPY: Park and ride

users Chris and Gail

Smith said moving

the service from

Deans Ave to Lichfield

St car park was a

good move and would

avoid people waiting

for the shuttle in the

rain, like in April last

year (inset).

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star the ball rolling with

her political colleagues in

March after the previous

Government did nothing.

The district health board

and the Ministry of Health

constantly passed the blame

on each other.

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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

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The overseas trip involves

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Fire rages, homes at risk

City still needs to

conserve water

It may have been a wet start

to the summer but the need to

conserve water remains. “The

frequent rain over the past few

weeks has meant our water use

has stayed largely in the green

zone, which is where we want

it to be,’’ said city council three

waters and waste technical

services manager Tim Drennan.

But he said when the weather

warms up, there is a much

greater chance of being in the

yellow or red zones if water is

not conserved.

Coastal pathway gets

$200k funding boost

The Coastal Pathway is a step

closer to being completed

with a $200,000 grant from

Rātā Foundation. The 6.5km

walking and cycling track,

launched in 2012, will stretch

from Ferrymead to Scarborough

Beach via Redcliffs and Sumner.

The pathway is expected to be

finished by August.

EXPLORE: Two pop-up gardens have been installed in Cathedral Square, one featuring 180 pool noodles and native

plants. A third garden will be created next month.

When noodles meet nature

POOL NOODLES have popped

up in Cathedral Square as part of

a new garden project.

Noodlescape was designed as

part of a competition organised

by city council’s Enliven Places

Programme.

Entrants were asked to come

up with a garden design that

featured a seating area, greenery

and colour within a compact

space.

Noodlescape, which has been

installed near the Distinction

Hotel, is a contemporary garden

based around 180 pool noodles

and native plants

The artists were Thailandbased

GEDES Studio and

charitable trust Greening the

Rubble delivered the project.

Another winner, which has

been installed in the Square, is

Time to Heal.

The garden was designed by

Avonhead School and supported

by Katherine Booker, a motherof-two

and enthusiastic gardener.

She enlisted help from children

at the school to design, build and

plant the garden, including her

son Thomas, a year 6 pupil.

Four planter boxes outline the

space and a central pohutukawa

tree has a 12-sided timber bench

built around it.

The shape was inspired by the

hours of a clock and the four

raised beds are like the points on

a compass.

Herbs, such as thyme and

rosemary, and rongoā (traditional

Māori medicine) plants, fill the

planter boxes.

The third winner was Stained

Glass Pavilion, designed by

Tamsin Harrington and Dirk

Vesser.

It uses tinted acrylic panels set

within a laser-cut steel pergola to

create the look of a stained glass

tunnel surrounded by greenery.

It will be installed in the Square

in January.

City council head of urban

design, regeneration and

heritage Carolyn Ingles said the

pop-up gardens will add a new

element to the Square, making

it more nature-focused and

colourful.

The pop up gardens will

remain in the Square until at

least April.

At the end of the project

the city council will give

consideration to what plants

and other items can be reused or

donated to the community.

However, the Time to

Heal garden will be donated to its

designer Avonhead School.

Work begins on Riccarton

Community Centre

Contractors are set to dig in

at the Riccarton Community

Centre site, after a sod-turning

ceremony for the new $4.5

million facility. The community

centre in Clarence St will replace

the earthquake-damaged

building on the former city

council site next door. The new

facility is on track to open late

next year.

Sports centre expansions

approved by minister

Minister Nanaia Mahuta, acting

for the Minister for Greater

Christchurch Regeneration, has

approved a proposal enabling

further development at the

Christchurch Football Centre in

Yaldhurst. The proposal includes

a new gymnastics centre, an

indoor sports stadium with

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More Canty motorists high on drugs

Offences relating

to drug-driving

Canterbury metro

•2012 – 5

•2013 –14

•2014 – 16

•2015 – 28

•2016 – 53

•2017 – 40

•2018 – 36 (until September)

Auckland central

•2012 – 7

•2013 – 10

•2014 – 3

•2015 – 8

•2016 – 9

•2017 – 13


Wellington

•2012 – 4

•2013 – 9

•2014 – 16

•2015 – 13

•2016 – 6

•2017 – 11


Dunedin-Otago central

•2012 – 14

•2013 – 5

•2014 – 6

•2015 – 8

•2016 – 8

•2017 – 13


•From page 1

Said Senior Sergeant Larsen:

“The bell-shaped curve is going

to keep moving to the older

end of the spectrum as the baby

boomers move through.”

Senior Sergeant Larsen said

breath screening, compulsory

impairment and blood tests,

along with assessments by a

medical practitioner, can all

be used to identify whether a

motorist is

affected by

prescription or

illicit drugs.

Police

can charge

motorists with

driving while

Kelly Larsen

incapable of

proper control

or driving while under the

influence of drugs.

Earlier this month,

Christchurch woman Judith

Knight admitted a charge of

careless driving causing the

death of Jenny Lau, 56, in

February.

Knight, 70, was tired after

taking medication to treat a

wasp sting.

Cannabis, synthetic drugs and

methamphetamine are the illicit

substances often seen by police,

Senior Sergeant Larsen said. If

a motorist is pulled over and

passes an alcohol breath test but

police still have concerns about

their ability to drive safely, they

may ask the driver to complete a

compulsory impairment test.

“We may request a doctor

or medical professional to

conduct a further assessment if

WARNING:

Police say

motorists

affected by prescription

medications are becoming

an “emerging risk” on

Canterbury roads.

someone has passed an alcohol

test, but we know they aren’t

right. First and foremost, our

concern is whether the driver

is demonstrating sufficient

co-ordination and control to be

behind the wheel of a car safely.”

In the Canterbury metro

area, which stretches from

south of the Waimakariri River

to Governors Bay and west

to Hornby, five drug-driving

offences were recorded by police

in 2012.

In 2016 there were 53, and

in 2017 there were 40. In

September, 36 offences had

already been recorded this

year.

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From Tuesday 25 December and

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be collected the day after their usual

collection day.

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• Tuesday collections will be picked up on Wednesday

• Wednesday collections will be picked up on Thursday

• Thursday collections will be picked up on Friday

• Friday collections will be picked up on Saturday

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Murderer threatened guard

• By Robb Kidd

A MAN WHO bludgeoned a

woman to death with an axe

in her Christchurch home

threatened to kill a prison officer

while being served dinner, a

court has heard.

Stephen James King, 60, is at

present serving a life sentence

at Otago Corrections Facility

for the murder of 45-year-old

Ordette Lloyd-Rangiuia in their

Christchurch home on January

31, 2004.

King – described in reports at

the time as “a career criminal”

with more than 150 convictions

– inflicted 46 injuries to the

victim, including 18 blows to her

head with the blunt end of a logsplitting

axe.

The day of the murder was

King’s birthday and he celebrated

by drinking most of a bottle

of tequila and smoking cannabis

and methamphetamine, the

court heard.

The defendant was sentenced

to a minimum period of imprisonment

of 16 years, which

lapses in 2021. King came before

the Dunedin District Court last

week after pleading guilty to

threatening to kill.

On August 17, prisoners were

being served their evening meal.

A Corrections officer passed

King’s meal through the small

hatch in his cell door and immediately

found himself on the

end of a tirade.

The inmate began abusing two

of the staff members who were

dishing out the food and “when

he saw the victim his demeanour

escalated to rage.”

“In a very angry voice he

looked directly at the victim and

threatened to kill him,” a police

summary of facts said.

Judge Kevin Phillips said the

threat featured obscenities.

When spoken to about the

incident, King said he hated

the victim “with a passion” and

claimed a change in medication

was behind his aggressive demeanour.

He nonetheless called

his comments “banter”.

The court heard the Corrections

officer had worked at the

prison for six years and it was

COURT:

Stephen

James King

threatened to

kill a prison

officer while

being served

dinner.

his first experience of such a

threat.

He took it seriously and the incident

had greatly upset his wife,

the judge said.

King was sentenced to six

months’ imprisonment.

The term would not affect his

parole-eligibility date but would

be taken into account by the

Parole Board when considering

his suitability for release.

– Otago Daily Times

Gillies exhibition

to stay at

Botanic Gardens

A COMPROMISE has been

made to keep award-winning

artist and costume designer

Jenny Gillies’ exhibition at the

Botanic Gardens.

Her Enchanted Garden will

move from the tea kiosk to the

old information

centre

building,

where it has a

lease for up to

a year.

The exhibition,

which has

been inside the

tea kiosk since Jenny Gillies

December

2016, features about 50 floral

costumes.

Originally, the exhibition was

designed to last six months but

its temporary lease has been

extended three times.

The Canterbury Horticultural

Society was granted a lease to occupy

the tea kiosk on December

6.

City council staff suggested the

kiosk would be better suited as a

community-based space, rather

than for commercial use.

Staff favoured the horticultural

society as it was not deemed to be

a commercial.

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great things to do

during the holidays

Friday Street Food Market

December 28, 11am onwards

The Friday Street Food Market

brings together food trucks

and food stalls with live

entertainment, buskers

and more.

Cathedral Square

New Year’s Eve 2018/19

December 31, 6pm–midnight

Christchurch is the place to be this New Year’s Eve with The Jordan Luck

Band. The night will start with family entertainment from 6pm with

Mullet Man, free activities, fairies and a special kids countdown at 8pm.

Then the party continues with DJs and live bands DJ Spinal, Deep Water

Creek and Dillastrate, and headline act The Jordan Luck Band who will

bring in the New Year. There will also be a midnight fireworks display.

North Hagley Park

New Year’s Eve Celebration

December 31, 10pm-midnight

Come with family and friends and

spend the last few hours of 2018 in

praise, worship, meditation and

prayer at this inter-church event at the

Transitional Cathedral.

234 Hereford St

Gallery Late Night Tour

January 2, 7.15pm

Take a tour with a guide. Late night tours last 45-60 minutes

and run every Wednesday evening. If driving, your first hour of

parking is free in our underground car park.

Christchurch Art Gallery, Montreal St

Every Sunday from January 13, 2.30-4.30pm

Enjoy music and talent from the north and south islands. Held at

the old Godley House grounds. Take the ferry from Lyttelton, bring

a picnic, do a bush walk and take in the surrounds of the Banks

Peninsula. Wine, cider and beer at the local cafés; dance the Sunday

afternoons away. Bring along family and friends to Live at the Point.

An event that will liven your Sunday afternoon - spanning eight

Sundays. Godley House Grounds, Waipapa Ave, Diamond Harbour

International Akaroa

Music Festival

January 11-27

Solo performances, chamber

music and a string orchestra all

designed to be music to your

ears.

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Bread & Circus

January 10-February 3

Leave ordinariness and everyday

routine behind and plunge into a

world of high-end entertainment,

abundant feasts and new found

experiences.

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End of Holidays

party at Jellie Park

January 19, noon-3pm

Buskers, a wipeout machine,

inflatables in the pool, music

and a free sausage sizzle.

Jellie Park Recreation and

Sport Centre, Ilam Rd,

Burnside

Summer Chill Out at

Lyttelton summer pool

January 13, noon-3pm

Swimming, face painting, live music,

a magician and a free sausage sizzle.

Norman Kirk Memorial Summer

Pool, Oxford St, Lyttelton

Little River A&P Show

January 19, 8am-4pm

Animals, local produce, entertainment, food,

stalls, prizes, photographs, old machines, new

machines and pony rides.

Little River Domain

Leighs Construction Outdoor Cinema

January 25-26 and February 8-9, 8-10.30pm

Films will be screened on two consecutive nights in December, January and

February in the North Quadrangle. Each night will have two sessions with a

family-friendly film at 5.30pm and a film for a general audience at 8pm.

The Arts Centre, 2 Worcester Boulevard

Picnics in the Parks

January 24, 5.30-7.30pm

Enjoy family activities with live music,

bouncy castles, face painting by Beyond

the Faeire Tree, Pedalmania, Sport Suzie’s

sister Lieutenant Lou, an events trailer

packed with games and more. Activities

for all ages to get involved in and prizes

up for grabs. Free sausage sizzle and coffee

available for purchase. We encourage you

to pack a picnic and make an evening of it.

Springston Domain, Springston

Deep South Lazy Sundays

January 20 - February 17,

Sundays 3 -4.30pm

Bring a picnic and spend the

end of your weekend relaxing

on the lawn with food, music

and friends at Deep South Lazy

Sundays 2019.

Archery Lawn off Rolleston Ave,

Botanic Gardens

Deep South Kite Day

January 26, 1-4pm

Pack a picnic, grab a kite and enjoy a

great day out.

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THE ANDROIDSS’ Mark

Wilson and former promoter

Martin McPherson recall the

night United States punk icon

Iggy Pop turned up at the British

for The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

gig.

A leather jacket with an

embroidered tiger on the back

and a denim Greek fisherman’s

hat was the perfect disguise for

Iggy Pop.

It was July 13, 1979, and

Iggy Pop was in Christchurch

promoting his I’m Bored album.

McPherson had organised the

gig, and Christchurch punk band

The Androidss were the headline

act. You weren’t allowed in

without a hat.

McPherson had received a

phone call from Iggy Pop’s

publicity agent, who needed some

local knowledge.

“I suggested that I might be

able to help but they would have

to come to Lyttelton because

I was on my way (to The Mad

Hatter’s Tea Party) and nothing

was going to prevent me from

going to that,” he recalls.

McPherson was working the

door. He didn’t recognise Iggy

Pop and his publicist when they

arrived and they were charged $5

to get in like everyone else.

“I went outside and I was

sitting on the fence and had a

smoke. He came over and we

had a smoke together, we even

swapped T-shirts,” he said.

Inside the hotel, The Androidss

had started playing. McPherson

and Iggy Pop chatted.

“All I can remember is that

distinctive New York accent, it

really stood out. We were talking

about the music scene. He was

really interested in what Lyttelton

and Christchurch were doing,

what we did and what we were

doing.”

The Androidss started playing

Iggy Pop’s The Passenger. “He

went inside and stood in front of

the band,” McPherson said.

Lead guitarist and vocalist

Mark Wilson said the band

played about five Iggy Pop covers

a set, by coincidence.

“I saw this guy and I thought,

what, that guy looks a lot like

Iggy Pop,” he said.

They soon realised it was the

real deal. “He was sitting to the

side of the stage, and we offered

him the mic. He said ‘no man, it’s

your song’.”

When the set was finished,

the band went over to meet

Iggy Pop, who was sitting at a

table, keeping a low profile. They

shared a whisky and chatted.

“He didn’t say much, kept his

Local

News

Now

emembering the British Hotel

The Star’s article on the history of the British Hotel brought back fond memories for The Androidss band member Mark

Wilson and event organiser-turned-Central Otago district councillor Martin McPherson. Julia Evans talks to them about the

time they met the godfather of punk

PASSENGER: Godfather of

punk Iggy Pop watched The

Androidss play at the British

in 1979.

Peter Thompson – I

read your interesting article

in The Star about the British

Hotel. I would like to point

out a few points that might

be of interest to you. I was the

property manager for Dominion

Breweries from 1982-1992. In

this role I was responsible for

about 148 hotels and taverns

throughout the South Island.

The British Hotel was one of

my responsibilities. The land

and buildings were owned at

the time by the then Lyttelton

Borough Council, which in turn

was leased to various operators –

Guy Daigneault being one such

party. At the time of starting my

role with DB, the British was

under DB control and sub-leased

to Margaret and Fred Archibald.

I believe they had been

operating the hotel for several

years before starting my role

in DB. Mr and Mrs Archibald

operated the hotel until about

1985 or 1986, not too sure. At

the time of their departure

to take up the lease of the

European Hotel in Dunedin,

DB sold its interest in the British

Hotel. On one occasion, the

United States commander of

an ice breaker wanted to use

the Basement Bar for his crew

and sort out a price with Mr

Archibald. He stated a price

(can’t recall the amount), say

$1000, the commander peeled

off US$1000.

Mr Archibald of course

was referring to New Zealand

dollars. I believe it was a great

night. Another instance was

the upgrade of the tank room,

which needed the floor to be

re-plastered. To do this with

minimal disruption to trade, the

work was undertaken over the

Easter break closing the bar late

Thursday, plastering the floor

on Good Friday. For Saturday

while the plaster was setting,

DB parked a tanker on the street

with a hose feed to the bars –

one brand only. On the Sunday,

I had two carpenters attend to

various repair work.

During a tea break a phone

conversation was heard between

Mr Archibald and what

appeared to be a female with Mr

Archibald laying down the law

as to an outstanding debt. The

safe was open at the time, with

Mr Archibald asking me if I

noticed anything different about

the safe. To me the safe was like

any other similar safe, common

to pubs. However, Mr Archibald

asked me to follow the line of

the wallpaper above the safe to

the back of the safe. Low and

behold, the safe had no back to it

and apparently this had been the

STAR STRUCK: Martin

McPherson (above) and

Mark Wilson shared a

whisky with Iggy Pop at the

British Hotel in 1979.

HISTORY: The British Hotel on the corner of Oxford St and Norwich Quay has a long

and colourful history.

case for many years. I’m sure if

the customers of the British were

aware of this, a quick forward

manoeuvre and its contents

could readily be accessed. Mr

and Mrs Archibald were a great

couple and the British Hotel

continued in safe operational

guidance during their watch.

Jackie Crawford – The

British Hotel was an exciting

place to go and felt slightly risky

when I arrived in Lyttelton 44

years ago. You never knew who

you would meet or run into.

Even a certain Christchurch


head down and quickly left. He

walked out the door and put his

fingers up in a V for victory sign,

then left,” Wilson said.

But as low profile as it was, Iggy

Pop’s foray into Lyttelton soon

became public.

“They’re tough as bitches, but

they’re beautiful,” he was quoted

as saying about The Androidss in

The Press. “It certainly helped out

because we soon up and left to

Auckland,” Wilson said.

Only three members of the

seven-piece band are still around.

The article also struck a chord with readers who share their stories about the British

lawyer and friends could be seen

there among the crews from

visiting ships from all around

the world, in the bottom bar

of course. There was a group

of working girls who often

travelled with some crews and

the place was thumping with

people. They were known as

ship girls and they used to travel

around New Zealand on the

ships as a lifestyle choice.

Yes, the British was known

globally with the shipping

industry workers. This was

pre-container ships and had

a lot more workers on board.

Visiting seamen were not really

troublesome but Christchurch

locals were and they sometimes

came over and caused fights.

There was never a dull moment

downstairs in the Dive Bar and

the girls used to spill up the

stairs alongside local fisherman

and a few hard drinking and

singing locals upstairs. It was

not dull and I used to make

a part time income for a few

years selling instant polaroid

photos to the ship girls and their

chosen partner. I missed Iggy

Pop unfortunately, but those

in the know used to check out

the shipping arrivals in the

newspaper to see what the action

was like. All this changed when

container ships became the

norm. However, now all that is

history. I still live in Lyttelton. It

has been gentrified and cleaned

up. It was nice to see the article.



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News

Now

The Star


TOP NOTCH: The special community contributions of 10 residents have been recognised at the city council’s annual Civic Awards ceremony.

Civic Awards honour service

Ten everyday heroes have been honoured in the city council’s annual Civic Awards ceremony. From health

and education to the rebuild, the contributions of the award winners were diverse

Winners:

•Pauline Mohi, Woolston –

for services to

public health.

Ms Mohi

has chronic

obstructive

pulmonary

disease, a

condition

which makes

breathing

Pauline Mohi

difficult for

her and fellow

sufferers.

Ms Mohi

received an award for the way

she has used her experience with

COPD to spread awareness of

respiratory diseases and provide

support for others like her,

through her

involvement

in respiratory

health

programmes.

•Bob Shearing,

Sockburn – for

community

service.

Mr Shearing

has been a

dedicated

worker for

Bob

Shearing

the Riccarton-Wigram area for

many years and served as a city

councillor and community board

member for 14 years.

He received his award for

the tireless work he had put in

as a member of a number of

community groups and trusts in

the area.

•Stephen Phillips, Waltham –

for community

service.

Mr Phillips

was recognised

for his work

ensuring the

rights of elderly

people were

looked after.

Stephen

Phillips

He is a justice

of the peace,

part of Age

Concern and

the Canterbury District Health

Board and a trustee for the

Canterbury

Health Care

for the Elderly

Education

Trust.

•Ken

Clearwater,

central city

– for services

to mental

health and male

survivors of

sexual abuse.

Ken

Clearwater

Mr Clearwater received his

award for the many years he has

spent supporting males who

have been victims of sexual

abuse from all over the city, New

Zealand and the world.

Mr Clearwater received praise

for the way his work has broken

down the stigma that had

previously stopped male victims

coming forward.

•Katherine Peet, Mt Pleasant –

for services to education.

She was celebrated for her

many years of campaigning for

social justice in the education

sector.

Her 40-

year mission

to provide

residents with

the educational

opportunities

they need to

thrive was

praised.

•Maan

Alkaisi,

Harewood – for

community

service and public advocacy.

Dr Alkaisi was honoured for

forming the Quake Families

Group, which he created after the

death of his wife in the collapse

of the CTV building during the

February 22, 2011, earthquake.

Dr Alkaisi

created the

group to ensure

those who

died in the

earthquake and

their families

had a voice

and would be

remembered

Maan Alkaisi

Katherine

Peet

long after the

rebuild.

•Jillian Lord,

Merivale – for

services to social history.

She was recognised for her

outstanding service to the Family

History Society of New Zealand.

During her 40 years of

membership she held all

positions of responsibility within

the society, acting as president,

secretary, treasurer, researcher

and as a

librarian.

•Ruth

Gardner,

central city –

for community

service.

Ms Gardner’s

award was in

recognition of

the job she had Jillian Lord

done as manager

of Volunteering

Canterbury.

She ensured the organisation

became an integral part of the

community support and social

services systems in the city.

When the

earthquakes

Ruth

Gardner

happened, she

played a major

role in the

management

and

coordination

of volunteer

services across

the city, in spite

of VolCan losing

its offices and

resources.

•Coleen Dunlop, Parklands –

for community service

She was awarded for her

services to people whose age

or infirmity has forced them

into isolation within their own

houses.

At the age of 89, Mrs Dunlop

continues to visit the elderly and

the lonely in their homes.

She has done the catering

for Age Concern information

courses for 15

years, and for

the monthly

high teas for

people living

on their own.

She provides

refreshments

for the activity

groups that

are run by the

Wainoni-

Avonside

Coleen

Dunlop

Community Services Trust on a

weekly basis.

•Paul O’Connor, Halswell – for

community service to the annual

Anzac Day dawn service.

Vietnam War veteran Mr

O’Connor,

alongside Pat

Duggan of

Rangiora, was

awarded for his

role in helping

organise and set

up the Anzac

Day dawn

Paul

O’Connor

service.

Mr O’Connor

is involved in

every aspect

of planning, preparation and

execution of the event, which

requires co-ordination with

local government, the New

Zealand Defence Force, police

and other emergency services,

diplomatic and consular corps,

central Government, veterans’

associations, community and

religious leaders and groups.



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FRESHEN UP: Eddie Puketapu received a free haircut from Bristol Barbers.

New haircut for

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•From page 1

Mr Dickey said the new haircut will help

him when applying for jobs.

Having given up alcohol, he said he is

feeling more positive about the upcoming

year.

Eddie Puketapu, who now has a home in

Shirley, also knows what it is like to live on

the street.

He said getting a new haircut was about

renewing his image with his family over

the holidays.

Mr Puketapu aims to set up an

WHETHER IT be a

jellyfish sting or a jandalinduced

injury, you can

still get free health advice

when you need it over the

holidays.

The Canterbury District

Health Board is reminding

people before they head

off on holiday to take the

phone number of their

general practitioner with

them. You can call it at any

time to speak to a nurse

who can offer advice.

“Because when the

doors are closed and the

lights are out, a team of

registered nurses are ready

to take your call – any time

of day or night, including

public holidays,” said a

CDHB spokesman.

If you are heading

away, make sure you pack

enough of your regular

medications for the

duration of your holiday.

Similarly, if you’re

going to need a repeat

prescription while away,

get it sorted before you

organisation to help children next

year called Jesus Christ Healing

Hearts.

The initiative was Bristol Barbers’ way

of giving back to the community, the

manager said.

“Sometimes all they need is a little

something for a pick me up, and it could

be the change for them to get a job or

better themselves,” she said.

The barbershop opened last month and

is looking to add a women’s salon next

year.

Free health advice

leave town. If the situation

is life-threatening, call

111 and if you are feeling

anxious or just need

someone to talk to call or

text 1737 any time.

You can speak to, or text,

a trained counsellor for

free.

For everything else,

make your general practice

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They can tell you

what to do and where to

go if you need to be seen

urgently.

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Our People


The Star

Ryan Reynolds

Bringing the city back to life

Gap Filler has led more

than 80 projects to make

the most of vacant sites in

the central city, including

the Dance-O-Mat, Super

Street Arcade and book

exchange. Co-founder

Ryan Reynolds talks to

Julia Evans about his

earthquake refugee

cat Mario and how the

initiative was created

Tell me a little bit about

yourself?

My partner Coralie and I

live in Lyttelton. She was nine

months pregnant the week

before we moved. She’s one of

the Gap Filler founders and ran

the organisation for the first few

years. We lived in Addington

after we lost our house in the

February 22, 2011, earthquake.

We have always been central city

people, but when we lost that

place, we ended up in Addington

for a number of years. Then we

had a baby on the way and we

decided to move to Lyttelton. I

grew up in the United States so

all of my family are overseas and

Coralie grew up in Australia, so

all her family is overseas, and

Lyttelton is just the sort of place

with a reputation that preceded

it where people look out for

one another. Now we have a

three-year-old daughter and a

14-month-old son.

I hear you’ve adopted an

earthquake refugee? How did

your cat Mario come into the

family?

When the house we were living

in on Worcester St, a couple of

blocks from the Cathedral, fell

over it was inside the cordon. A

couple of weeks later, we tried

to salvage some of our stuff out

of the house, possibly illegally.

He’d been hanging around in

our backyard for a couple of

months before the earthquake.

We wondered if he was one of

the neighbours’ cats. When we

went back to the wrecked house,

DESIGNER: Ryan Reynolds helped to set up the Gap Filler project after the earthquakes.

he was there hanging around the

rubble, all covered in dust and it

looked like he hadn’t eaten in a

couple of weeks. We were staying

with some friends who had a

small townhouse in Spreydon, so

we turned up with this cat. We

said: “Sorry, I know we don’t have

much room, but hope you don’t

mind we’ve got a cat?”

How did you go from

electrical engineering to theatre

and film?

Electrical engineering, as it was

taught at my university in the

US, was actually a very creative

discipline. It wasn’t a word that

they ever used at all, but it was a

lot of small group work in the lab,

dreaming up things you might

be able to design and build and

testing things out on paper, then

test circuits and when you hit

something that seems workable,

you take it out into the real world.

So I got a lot of opportunities as a

student to dream of crazy things

and work with a few friends

from start to finish on a project.

I loved that. Then towards the

end of the degree, myself and

all of my friends were being

recruited by giant multi-national

corporations, which have really

strong recruitment programmes.

I was going to be an aerospace

manufacturer, which made

military planes, and I had

other friends ending up with

really huge companies. I moved

to Texas for an internship

experience and was at a facility

where they built military planes.

There were more than 30,000

people that worked there.

That kind of romantic thing

of working in small groups,

thinking up projects and seeing

them through from start to finish

is just not the truth of working in

a company like that. I was young

and stupid and freaked out, so I

decided to run about as far away

as you could and that was to New

Zealand.

So you came to Canterbury

University?

I ended up doing an

exchange in the final year of my

engineering degree. I picked New

Zealand because it was far away

and no one else was coming here.

So Canterbury University was

also an engineering university.

In the US tertiary system,

everyone needs to get some arts

points, even if you’re getting an

engineering degree. When I got

to Canterbury, I didn’t need any

more engineering credits, so I

got involved in various arts and

humanities. The theatre and film

studies programme was where I

landed, they offered me a postgraduate

position and I never

looked back.



after the earthquakes

What’s your favourite film?

Probably Fellini’s 8½ still,

although I haven’t seen it in a

long while.

I bet you get really sick of

people mentioning a certain

Hollywood movie star you share

a name with?

Burt Reynolds! Yeah, it’s a

shame about him dying and

all. That’s who you mean, right?

Okay, he’s the bane of my

existence.

How did Gap Filler come

about?

It was started up after the

September 4, 2010, earthquake.

Coralie was working at the Arts

Centre, running the artist-inresidence

programme, and the

Arts Centre made a really quick

decision when the buildings were

badly-damaged to halt all of their

public programmes.

So she was made redundant

almost immediately. I was

employed at the university at

that time, so we were in a really

fortunate position to say don’t

rush into anything, take a bit

of time and see what happens.

I think it was really Coralie

wandering the city and seeing

gap sites where buildings had

been demolished and who knows

how long they would be empty

for.

They were all of our social

gathering spaces, the cheap and

cheerful restaurants, the amateur

dance studios in the upper

floors, the cultural life of the city

had really been damaged more

than the infrastructure in that

September quake. So all credit to

Coralie for hatching the idea for

what became Gap Filler.

We lost our house in the

February quake and just about

everything we owned. The scale

of the disaster was so big. We put

out the message on Facebook –

that’s the end of our Gap Filler

experiment. But a bunch of

people got in touch saying, no,

all of the cinemas in the central

city are closed, so you need to do

an outdoor cinema project, the

libraries are closed, so let’s do

some sort of book project.

For the next year and a half,

everything we did was pretty

much someone else’s idea that we

helped facilitate.

What’s your favourite Gap

Filler project so far?

They’re all so different. I really

love the Super Street Arcade

project, the giant arcade game

on Tuam St. That’s been there for

two years, it still gets 300 games

played every day. Hopefully

we might have one going in in

Melbourne early to mid next year

and I think that would get a lot

of attention. So that’s definitely a

favourite. Every time I cycle past

and see the look on people’s faces

discovering it for the first time it

is pretty priceless.

What’s the most recent

project?

Stage one of the slack-lining

space went in on Tuesday last

week. It just finished up end of

last week. The soft fall and crash

area is going to be installed

end of January and that will be

complete. We’re working on a

huge project at the moment. It’s

along the edge of Rauora Park,

right by the Margaret Mahy

Playground, we’re building a

detour off the path with a lot of

berms and bumps that runs the

whole length of the track. It’s

about 110m long and you can

ride it on your commuter bike or

a Lime scooter or even if you’re

a pro-BMX rider, there’s still

enough there to be interesting.

That will be finished at the end

of the week. We’re struggling to

find a name, we’re going to put

it out on social media for some

help to choose the name. Both

this track and the slack-lining

park are part of our Placemaking

at One Central programme in

partnership with Fletcher Living.

Was the Gap Filler project

only supposed to be temporary?

In our minds, it was an

earthquake response thing. We

thought there would be six or

12 months of projects that we

would do. Then the February

earthquake hit so we thought

there’d be a couple of years of

work to be done. But then the

pace of the rebuild sunk in and

we realised it was going to be

a long haul. In 2013, we got a

call from the Auckland Council

and they said we love what

you’re doing in Christchurch,

can you come up here and help

design a programme of stuff for

us to do up here? We were like

what? We absolutely thought

of ourselves just as a disaster

response initiative. But through

people and getting invited to do

work in Auckland, Melbourne,

Copenhagen, Taiwan and others,

we’ve come to see that a lot of the

top rated cities in the world are

looking for this kind of activity

all the time, not just after a

disaster. Getting citizens more

actively involved in shaping the

places that they live is a huge

current trend and the way of the

future. It’s been a big learning

curve for us, along the way we

realised that gosh, if thriving

cities are wanting us to work with

them, then this way of thinking

can be part of the long term

Christchurch. You look at some

things like the new procurement

policy for the city council that

GAMERS:

Ryan

Reynolds

helped create

the giant

arcade game

on Tuam St,

which he says

was one of

his favourite

projects to

work on.

just came out. Now everyone who

gets a contract with council to

deliver goods and services has to

have a local benefit and social,

cultural and environmental

outcomes in mind. Those sort of

principals we have, empowering

locals and making sure locals are

benefitting alongside the massive

property developments, are now

becoming policy. It’s exciting.

What do you do to relax?

I’m not very good at it, I do

work a lot. The kids help. You

can’t be in two places with a

14-month-old and a toddler. You

can’t have split attention or be

trying to do other things, which

is nice. We like to go for walks

around Lyttelton, get out in the

garden, go for bike rides. A lot

of family stuff. One of the things

Coralie and I talk a lot about is

we both enjoy mountain biking

and part of what we like is that

you have to be so focused on

what you’re doing in the moment

that you can’t think about other

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The Star

Through the camera lens:

The Star

photographer

Martin Hunter

has taken

pictures of

children,

animals,

convicted

murderers

and everyone

in between.

He selects

his favourite

photos of the

year

BEAT THE

HEAT:

Taylors

Mistake

was the

place to be

in January

for Victoria

Williams

(left), Josh

Nikora, and

Emma Kerr.

FLYING: Christ’s College’s Inosi Nadolo needed just one touch of the ball in May to show

what kind of effect he can have on the rugby field.

COURT

DATE:

Convicted

murder

Adam

Gempton

was

sentenced

in June for

assaulting

prison SUPRISE: Huia Sinclair-Parker met Neo the Kea when she

guards. was a junior keeper for a day at Willowbank in July.



The best photos of 2018

FAMILY LOVE: Marilyn, Megan and RIchard Hore sharing a laugh in August

during Meg’s tough battle with bone cancer.

LADS: Crusaders assistant coach Ronan O’Gara and coach Scott

Robertson during a training session at Rugby Park in July.

CLAW-FUL INCIDENT: Amy Gianelly and her daughter Kiara were attacked by

their cat Puss Puss in December, who recently had kittens.

FORM: Alex Jones, Ann Judson, Harper Cullinane, Grace Jones and

Ben Jones at the Springston Community Hall in February.

SPLASH OF COLOUR: Blair Wiki, Kira Willaims, Scarlett Brandt, Anika Brandt and

Danika Applegate, after a holi colour festival at Linwood Avenue School in April.

ELASTIC:

Famous

Rubber

band

Boy Shay

Horay of

Lyttelton

before the

Buskers

Festival in

January.



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Tips for planting and harvesting

January can be a busy

time in the vegetable

patch. Rachel Vogan

gives a few tips on

when to water, plant

and – what we’ve all

been waiting for –

harvest

NUMEROUS CROPS will be

actively growing and producing a

hearty harvest this month.

To keep them flourishing, keep

an eye out for pests and diseases.

As soon as you spot something,

deal with it – turning your

back on it will not remedy the

problem.

Keep the fluids up in your

garden, whether it be with water,

worm tea or liquid fertiliser.

Deep watering is ideal and only

required every second or third

day in good soils. In poor, dry or

dusty soils, it may be required to

water on a daily basis.

If crops seem to be looking a

little flat, with foliage turning

yellow and growth is slow, it

is more than likely the soil is

lacking in nutrients. Remedy this

with an application of vegetable

fertiliser, liquid manure or

seaweed tonics.

Tips for harvesting

•Harvest or pick as close to

eating as possible. By doing this

you are ensuring the best possible

flavour and the ultimate amount

of nutrition.

•Harvest at the beginning

or end of the day, when the

temperatures are cooler.

•Allow crops to fully ripen

on the plant before harvesting,

especially crops like tomatoes,

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•If you have an abundance or

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your summer vegetables

White mould and mildew

can be a real problem at this

time of year. Treat both with a

baking soda and milk mixture

or a spray registered to control

it. Alternatively, leave it be – it

rarely affects other plants and

courgettes seem to keep cropping

regardless of the disease.

3. Basil

Basil is one of the best summer

herbs and now is the perfect time

to get more planted out to extend

your harvesting season. Look to

seedlings as germinating seed

will take about a month, making

you miss the warm months they

love.

The better the soil is, the

better the results will be – blend

in vegetable fertiliser before

planting in the ground or in pots.

While basil prefers a freedraining

soil, it doesn’t like dry

periods, especially when it is

establishing itself. Pinch out the

growing and flowering tips as the

plants begin to mature and plant

plenty – you can never have too

much pesto.

Look out for flavoursome Thai

basil. It’s a hot little number that

adds a real touch of the Orient to

Thai and Indian dishes. You will

find it in the herb aisle.

oN sAle Now!

TASTY: New courgettes can be sown and planted now.

4. Chilli and capsicum

Now is the absolute last chance

to get these in the ground. It’s

too late to sow seeds. Plants will

get cracking quickly as both

chilli and capsicums thrive

when the days are long and hot.

They require all-day sun so find

such a spot in the garden or an

appropriate container site. When

growing in pots, choose a good

quality vegetable mix, and a pot

at least 10 litres in capacity (think

kitchen bucket).

Strawberry or tomato food can

be added as a side-dressing, as

both trigger the flower growth

you need. However, they are

happy in a slightly acidic soil,

it just needs to be warm. Good

drainage is essential. If you are

going away for a few days, do not

be tempted to sit pots in saucers

of water, they hate wet feet.

5. Red sorrel

For something a little tangy

and bright to add to your

salad menu, consider growing

red sorrel. It’s a low-growing

perennial leafy green that has

a slightly bitter flavour, not

dissimilar to rocket. Seeds can

be sown now, and plants will be

available in the herb section of

garden centres. It’s happy to grow

in both sun or part shade and is

shallow-rooted, which makes it

a good option for tubs, planters

and window boxes. A welcome

and colourful addition to a mixed

leaf salad, this often overlooked

plant is worth planting for looks

alone.

6. Spring onions

One of the easiest crops to

grow, spring onions are robust

and reliable greens, which grow

in even the smallest pocket of

earth – be it in bucket, patio tub

or garden. Seedlings are your

best bet. Either plant the entire

cell into one hole or separate

out the individual seedlings and

plant one by one. Aim to plant

them a little deeper, rather than

shallower, so they can anchor

themselves into the ground.

Allow three to four fingers’

distance between each plant.

Look out for the red-stemmed

variety, which looks fabulous and

has a slightly sharper taste.

7. Frilly lettuce

The hottest months of the

year are conducive to summer

salads and the best and toughest

lettuces to plant now are frilly

types and cos. Both can cope

with intermittent watering (if you

are away for a few days) and have

a more robust growth habit than

hearting lettuces. Best to hold

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lettuces until the soil cools down

a smidge, in a month or two. The

frilly and gem types of lettuce are

great options for tubs and buckets

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can harvest them leaf by leaf,

which makes them ideal for the

lunchtime wrap. Seeds can be

sown in the ground or look for

seedlings, of which there are

plenty around.

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This hardy perennial herb,

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on very little care and attention.

Keep the foliage coming by

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I’VE OWNED a long

succession of sport sedans,

there’s something about

the concept which really

appeals to me.

One of them was a 1970s

Mazda 808, a conventional

four-cylinder car which

shared its body shell with

the rotary-engined RX3.

My 808 was warmed a little,

which is why I considered

it to be a sports sedan,

it had a mild camshaft,

extractors and a carburettor

re-jetted to get more

fuel into the engine. It was

a cool car and one which I

enjoyed immensely, however,

I always hankered after

a rotary and after a while

the 808 was sold.

With changing fortunes,

that was the only Mazda

I ever owned, unless you

take into account the

investment I’ve made keeping

my son’s RX7 mobile.

Today, Mazda doesn’t

really classify its Mazda6 as

a sports sedan, it is a sedan

(and wagon), but it fits into

the mainstream, albeit a

purposeful car in the first

instance. However, there is

something about the new

Mazda6 range that is different

to what we have seen in

the past. The range-topping

Takami has a turbocharger

attached to the 2.5-litre

four-cylinder engine, bearing

in mind, though, the

normally-aspirated Mazda6

is still in the books and it is

the solid seller it has always

been.

The Takami, though, is a

step above that, the turbo

boost adds around 30kW

and 168Nm above the

standard outputs, its power

and torque figures register

at 170kW and 420Nm, the

latter available from just

2000rpm. It’s only a low

pressure boost, but it is

enough to provide stimulating

performance and it

does so in an understated

way. The Mazda6 as a

series is a car which today

sits on the outer periphery

of the luxury car class, yet

its price is still the bargain

which lures buyers.

The Takami sits at

$56,995, while the range

starts at $45,995. Take into

account, too, that there are

also diesel options.

As with all the series, the

Takami drives through a

traditional six-speed automatic

transmission; other

than a driver-selectable

sport mode and paddleshifters,

the transmission

is pretty much standard

fare. I like that, there are no

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MAZDA6 TAKAMI: Powerful, turbocharged engine.

surprises and no gimmicks,

just clever engineering that

still provides spirited performance

and ease of use

amidst the challenges of

our daily commute.

When given some

freedom, the engine

develops a moderate

thunder from under the

bonnet, it’s not loud, but it

is a throb which lets you

know the turbo is boosting

well and acceleration is

being ushered in vividly.

The Takami will reach

100km/h from standstill

in 8.1sec, and will lunge

quickly through a highway

overtake (80km/h to

120km/h in 5.5sec).

• Price – Mazda6

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• Dimensions –

Length, 4865mm;

width, 1840mm;

height, 1450mm

• Configuration –

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• Performance –

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• Fuel usage –

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I didn’t use sport mode

often, the Takami is still

very responsive in normal

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feel beneath the accelerator.

There are many quicker

sedans of this type, but for

my money there are few

that are more civilised nor

refined. That is a Mazda

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on build quality and

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sport concept is rear-drive,

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balance between power and

handling that is perfectly

matched.

Of course, the Mazda6

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I took the test car on a

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The evaluation car was

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THE UNITED States college

football season is about to reach

its climax.

On December 30, undefeated

Notre Dame play Clemson for a

spot in the championship final.

And surprisingly Notre Dame

have a Christchurch connection.

In August, James Biddick

started his role as student athlete

career development program

manager at the University of

Notre Dame.

The former Canterbury

hockey and age group cricket

rep decided he wanted to help

people and work in sports after

he lost interest in working as a

lawyer at Russell McVeagh in

Auckland.

The 36-year-old’s day-to-day

activities now involve managing

720 student athletes across about

20 sports. Biddick’s job is to

guide high profile athletes who

have the end goal of playing

professionally in the NBA, NFL,

NHL or MLB.

“I think the Kiwi attitude

comes in handy there. One,

because I don’t know a lot of

these guys. People are very

passionate about these players,

but they’re 18, 19, 20-yearold

kids in my eyes. Before

I got there, I couldn’t name

one football player, which is

probably a good thing because

I’m there to help them and see

them as a person,” said Biddick.

While he has rubbed

shoulders with many famous

professional athletes in the US,

Biddick still hasn’t crossed paths

with one he would be star struck

by.

“The only person I think I’d

get excited or nervous to meet

would be Steven Adams.”

He says meeting Adams

would complete his list of the

big three names he has wanted

to meet since moving to the US.

While studying for a Master of

Sports Administration degree

at Ohio University, Biddick was

able to meet Leigh Steinberg, the

inspiration behind the film Jerry

Maguire, and Maurice Clarett,

RUBBING SHOULDERS: James Biddick met former Ohio

State star running back Maurice Clarett.

a former college football star

who spent time in prison before

becoming a public speaker.

Biddick is currently in

Christchurch visiting family.

When he heads back to Notre

Dame later this week, he will

return for one of the biggest

days on the college football

calendar. About 80,000 people

will cram into AT&T Stadium in

Arlington, Texas, to watch Notre

Dame clash with Clemson in

the Cutton Classic. Notre Dame

are undefeated in 12 games this

year. Their home games attract

about 80,000 fans to each match.

“It’s unlike anything I’ve ever

seen . . . I’ve been to the Rugby

World Cup final in 2011, but

it kind of dwarfs that because

of everything going on outside

the game. There’s obviously a

football game going on, which

everyone is passionate about,

but there’s the band, there’s the

cheerleaders and the tailgating,”

said Biddick.

Tailgating is a social event

held around the open tailgate of

a vehicle. Tailgate parties usually

involve drinking and grilled

food and are held in the parking

lots at stadiums before games.

“Someone estimated they

sometimes have around

200,000-300,000 people

tailgating outside the ground,”

said Biddick.

“There’s such a passion

towards the college you went

to. We don’t have that in New

Zealand, maybe your high

school you feel an attachment to

but definitely not university, it’s

so passionate.”

HAYDEN Paddon’s frustrating

situation with Hyundai which

has seen him snubbed in 2019

in favour of the return of former

multiple time world champion

Sebastian Loeb should come

with a silver lining for the sport

in New Zealand.

Paddon’s situation is the latest

kick in the teeth for rally fans.

It only adds insult to injury

over the fact we haven’t had an

event on the WRC calendar

since 2012.

However, there is one positive

for the sport despite these two

big blows. The New Zealand

Rally Championship appears to

be as strong as it has been in a

long time with even Australia’s

top talents heading across the

ditch to fine tune their craft.

Long gone are the days of the

1990s and early 2000s when the

likes of Possum Bourne would

go to Australia or compete in

the Asia Pacific series to push

forward their names – both

competitions appear to be dead

in the water when you look at

the number of entrants in recent

years.

Most events in the Australian

Rally Championship this year

Talented Russian to join

Wildcats next season

THE CANTERBURY Wildcats

have acquired the services

of Russian forward Marita

Davydova (right) for next year’s

national women’s basketball

championship.

Davydova is expected to

arrive in Christchurch in March

ahead of the season which starts

in May.

She has represented her

country on numerous occasions.

In 2010, she played at the FIBA

under-17 world championship

in France and then represented

Russia at the under-18

and under-20 European

championships.

The 196cm forward went

to Moscow State Agriculture

Academy, then transferred to

Florida International University

for her final two years of college.

She played 61 games over two

seasons with FIU, averaging 10.8

points and 9.2 rebounds a game.

Since graduating in

2015, Davydova has played

One-eyed Cantab

Gordon Findlater

gordon.findlater@starmedia.kiwi

Paddon’s axing

silver lining for

New Zealand

had just 30 to 50 entrants.

Compare that to the NZ

championship which had 61

entrants at its least popular

event in the Coromandel and

150 at the most popular event in

Otago.

With Paddon set to compete

in at least a healthy chunk of

the 2019 season, the time to let

the world know that the NZ

championship is the best in the

Southern Hemisphere is now.

How do we go about it?

The simple answer with motorsport

is usually money.

There needs to be a visible

pathway in the championship

for those wanting to go onto the

world stage. We’ve had it in the

past with the Pirelli Star Driver

programme which helped open

the door for Paddon.With the

best drivers in not just New Zealand

but Australasia competing

here there’s every reason teams

in Europe should be taking

notice of our championship.

Paddon may be off the world

stage for now in spite of a

limited 2018 campaign, but let’s

make the most of what he’s done

for the sport as a whole on home

shores.

professionally in several

countries including Spain,

Russia and Ecuador.

The Wildcats will play

three games over the

opening weekend of the

competition from May 10-12

in Christchurch. Then the six

teams will play a minimum

of three home games in the

10-game regular season. The

competition will reach its

climax with a finals weekend in

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Li ter library

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WORKSAFE NEW Zealand

has b en a proached in a bid to

fina ly repair the potholes in New

Brighton’s Hawke St car park.

Coastal-Burw od Ward city

counci lor David East wants

WorkSafe to pre sure the car

park’s private owners into

repairing the potholes which are

a “trip and vehicle” hazard.

WorkSafe chief inspector

a se sments southern Da ren

Handforth said it may be able to

take action under the Health and

Safety at Work Act 2015, “as a

person conducting a busine s or

undertaking.”

Mr Handforth said WorkSafe

is aware of the concerns raised by

Cr East abou the car park.

“WorkSafe has completed

an a se sment visi to the site

and is engaging with the owner

to advise them that it is their

responsibility to manage their

risks a propriately.”

Different parts of the car park

are owned by various people

and the Coastal-Burw od

Community Board recently

wrote to them about its concerns

around health and safety.

Cr East said the bi gest i sue

in the past has b en ge ting in

touch with the landlords and

owners and ge ting them to

agr e to anything. “The board

a preciates that multi-ownership

of the parking space may present

a difficulty in co-ordinating

repair/resurfacing but felt obliged

to pa s these concerns onto you,”

said the le ter.

One reply has b en received so

far from an owner who is wi ling

to discu s the i sue. However, a l

the owners would have to agr e

to undertake work.

Cr East said there had b en

a “number of incidences” in

the car park of people injuring

themselves which had gone

unreported.

“I’ve always though that it

has b en quite amazing that we

haven’t had any serious a cidents

or senior citizens perhaps

tri ping in those potholes and

doing themselves some damage.”

He is confiden the new

a proach wi l bring results.

“I think the WorkSafe

involvement may prove to be the

lever that we are l oking for.”

New bid to fix potholes

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THE ST Andrew’s Co lege big

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Fastier, co lapsed and died the

day before the competition

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“Tom was a ba s player from

Cashmere High Sch ol who was

playing with our big band this

year. He had a strong chance of

winning best ba s player a the

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“We were delighted to win, but

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St Andrew’s won the most

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competition in Tauranga.

The band dedicated its se to

Tom, who died while on his way

to Cashmere High on March 27.

His death was po sibly related to

a medical event.

•Turn to page 9

SWEET SOUNDS: St Andrew’s Co lege year 12 students Lewis Edmond and Jenna We ls performing a the 41st National Youth

Ja z Competition.

Bittersweet win for St Andrew’s big band

• By Sophie Cornish and Julia Evans

THE PAPANUI-Innes

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Signatures are being co lected

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DEAN CALVERT (above)

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Former champ hooks

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Cave Rock

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THE OWNERS of Sumner’s Cave

Rock Apartments are expecting the

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on a se tlement agr emen this w ek.

Body corporate chairman Mike

White said the group had gone

into mediation with IAG and EQC

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20 1, earthquake. However, they

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the se tlement amount, but he said it

involved the two parties paying “a bit

more money than they’d wanted to

earlier.”

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markers wi l begin in mid

April.

The work is scheduled to take

place betw en April 15-18, 2-26,

29 and May 2.

While the work is done, Dyers

Pa s Rd wi l be closed to traffic

from the Sign of the Takahe to

Governors Bay betw en 7pm and

6.30am.

60km/h

Dyers Pass

speed

limit from

early next

month

• By Emily O’Co ne l

A WOOLSTON butcher proved

to be a cut above the rest in an

international competition.

New World Fe ry Rd butcher

Jeremy Garth and his team, the

Pure South Sharp Blacks, recently

came second a the World

Butchers’ Cha lenge in Northern

Ireland.

It was the firs time Mr Garth

had competed in the cha lenge

and he was “rea ly proud” of

how the team performed.

“We produced some top quality

products and came away

with a g od result so we’re very

ha py,” he said.

The preparation for this year’s

World Butchers’ Cha lenge was

intense as the team members

met in Auckland every two

months for lengthy w ekend

practices.

Mr Garth, who has b en a

butcher for 14 years, said the

competition brought back his

pa sion for the job.

“Doing a l this stuff and

m eting new people, s eing new

ideas, it just brings that flair

back for you,” he said.

Mr Garth hopes to own a

butcher shop of his own someday

but says for now he wi l focus

on ge ting more experience

and on the 2020 cha lenge.

“In two years’ time, we’ l be

going back to try and win the

title,” he said.

U per Ri carton butcher Corey

Winder was part of the Pure

South Sharp Blacks team.

GLOBAL STAGE: Woolston butcher Jeremy Garth back home after his team came second in the World Butchers’ Cha lenge.

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER

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A CRACKDOWN on mobile

traders acro s the districts could

be l oming.

However, the public has li tle

interest in having input into the

i sue.

Only eight submi sions were

received for a potential bylaw

aimed at regulating commercial

activities in public places.

The district council wi l be

holding a hearing for the Public

Places Bylaw and Policy on Commercial

Activities and Events in

Public Places.

A hearing is scheduled to be

held on Thursday.

The bylaw comes as an increasing

number of mobile traders

are s eking to operate in Selwyn,

especia ly during the summer

months.

In the past year, the district

council has received five inquiries

about se ting up a mobile busine s

on private or public land.

A report said there are two

str et operators in Darfield, a

coff e cart is parked beside the

railway in Ro leston, and a pi za

cart visits Lincoln w ekly betw en

September-May along with a Thai

f od truck.

•Turn to page 7

Mobile

traders

could

face

regulation

Pupils learn about role of war horses

GREENDALE SCHOOL pupils

have taken a step back in time,

s eing first hand what men and

horses l oked like during war.

The New Zealand Mounted

Rifles Charitable Trust president

Mark A pleton and member

Mike Donaldson t ok their

horses to the sch ol on Monday,

in a bid to educate pupils on the

sacrifice their ancestors made in

World War 1 and World War 2.

Mr A pleton and Mr Donaldson

a rived a the sch ol dre sed

in World War 1 uniforms while

their horses Tommy and Kruze

wore 1 0-year-old sa dles donated

to the trust.

The presentation is a prelude

to the Gr endale Recreation Reserve

Management Commi t e’s

upcoming Anzac Day service.

As a tribute to those who

served, members of the trust wi l

ride horseback to the service.

Mr A pleton said it was

important children were

educated on what soldiers

wen through during World

War 1 and World War 2.

But he said the presentation

didn’t go into t o much detail

and was more of a “show and

te l” to make them aware of what

the soldiers l oked like.

Children were shown the type

of kits horses were required to

wear in the war.

•Turn to page 7

• By Georgia O’Co nor-Harding

HISTORY: Pupils have taken a step back in time learning about what

New Zealand soldiers and horses looked like in World War 1. Abi Pooler,

5, sits on Kruze, alongside Mounted Rifles Charitable Trust president

Mark Appleton. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER

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Driver hazard?

Community board member

blasts Yaldhurst Rd island

Mega centre feedback

Denton Park a tracts more

submi sions than Cathedral


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AN U PER Ri carton butcher

has proven himself to be a cut

above his Au sie rivals at an

international competition.

Elite Meats owner Corey

Winder was named in the a l

star team a the World Butchers’

Cha lenge in Northern Ireland.

Mr Winder and his team, the

Pure South Sharp Blacks, which

includes W olston butcher

Jeremy Garth, finished second

in the competition.

He said the cha lenge started

as a “transtasman test match”

seven years ago.

The preparation for this

year’s World Butchers’ Challenge

was intense as the team

members met in Auckland

every two months for lengthy

w ekend practices. Mr Winder

said coming second against 1

other countries was a “fantastic”

result.

“To get second behind Ireland

was a huge achievement and to

be ahead of Australia is an

even bi ger thing for us,” he

said.

But Mr Winder admires the

Australian team.

“Those guys over there

[Australia] are on top of their

game, they do a g od job,” he

said.

“And it just showcases that

New Zealand has got some

of the best butchers in the

world,” he said.

Mr Winder has b en a butcher

since the age of 19.

Elite butcher cut above the world


THE HALSWELL-Hornby-

Ri carton Community Board

has b en given the green ligh to

o pose the planned qua ry near

Templeton.

Mayor Lianne Dalziel told the

board on Thursday it had the okay

from the city council to make a

submi sion if Fulton Hogan a plies

for a resource consen to create a

qua ry.

Board chairman Mike Mora

told Western News the submi sion

would likely o pose Fulton Hogan’s

plan.

“You can just about guarant e

it . because we [the community

board] don’t believe qua ries

should be so close to residential

areas,” he said.

Mr Mora said he wasn’t sure if

the city council would endorse the

board’s submi sion.

“I’d like to think so because the

city council has had their eyes

open as we l over recent years over

the crysta line silica risk,” he said.

Mr Mora said the community

board wi l be “representing and

advocating” for the Templeton

community.

•Turn to page 5

Community

board get

permission

to oppose

Templeton

quarry

AWARD-WINNING: Corey Winder is back home after his team came second in the World Butchers’ Cha lenge .

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER

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The

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& Motorlodge

118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn,

Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150

www.racecoursehotel.co.nz

The Jordan Luck Band headlines celebrations

in North Hagley Park on New Year’s Eve.

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo

St: Thursday 7.30pm - Open Mic. New

Year’s Eve Monday 7pm - New Year Ceili

Wednesday 7pm - Trad Session & Irish

Language Lessons.

BILL’S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd:

Thursday 6pm - Mickey Rat’s Karaoke.

Friday 7pm - Flat City Brotherhood.

Sunday 6pm - Mickey Rat’s Karaoke. New

Year’s Eve Monday 7pm - Awesome Source.

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO, 30

Victoria St: Thursday 6.30pm - Lino;

9.45pm - Blackie. Friday 5.30pm - Rusila;

8.45pm - Rockabella; 11.59pm - Steve &

Andy. Saturday 5.30pm - Des Newton;

8.45pm - Acoustic Solution; 11.59pm -

Natalie Elms. Sunday 5.30pm - Rusila. New

Year’s Eve Monday 5pm - Katrina Keenan;

6pm - Alan Fairbrother (Grand Cafe);

8.15pm - Smoothtalk; 11.30pm - Eddie

Simon. Tuesday 10am - Stephen James

(Grand Cafe); 5.30pm - Natalie Elms;

8.45pm - Shannon Cooper-Garland.

HORNBY WMC, 17 Carmen Rd:

Saturday 7pm - Jo’s Karaoke. New Year’s

Eve Monday 8pm - Ian Mac (Club Bar);

8pm - DnD Showband (Sports Hall).

HORNCASTLE ARENA, Jack

Hinton Drive: Tickets at Ticketek.

ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL, 145

Gloucester St: Tickets at Ticketek.

NORTH HAGLEY PARK, 14

Riccarton Ave: New Year’s Eve Monday

6pm - New Year Celebrations feat. DJ's and

live bands DJ Spinal, Deep Water Creek and

Dillastrate, and The Jordan Luck Band,

free.

PIERSIDE CAFE & BAR, cnr

Brighton Mall/Marine Pde:

Thursday 7pm - Poker. Friday 9pm - Juke

Box. Saturday 9pm - N-didjah-nis. New

Year’s Eve Monday 9pm - DJ Dangerfield.

RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118

Racecourse Rd, Sockburn: Sunday

6pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke.

RICHMOND WMC, cnr London St

& Stanmore Rd: Saturday 7pm - Hot

Gossip. New Year’s Eve Monday 8pm -

Krakkajack.

SETTLERS CAFE, BAR &

RESTAURANT , 1060 Ferry Rd,

Ferrymead: Thursday 7pm - Karaoke

New Year’s Eve Monday 7.30pm - DJ.

STOCKXCHANGE, 110 Marshland

Rd: New Year’s Eve Monday 8pm - The

Atarmies.

TEMPS HORNBY, Goulding St,

Hornby: Friday 8.30pm - Misfitz.

Saturday 8.30pm - DV8. New Year’s Eve

Monday 8.30pm - Mojo Rising.

THE CASHMERE CLUB, 50

Colombo St: New Year’s Eve Monday

8pm - Absolut duo.

THE CRAIC IRISH BAR, 84

Riccarton Rd: Thursday 9.30pm -

Karaoke. Friday - The Rocky Road Irish

Duo. Saturday - Live music. New Year’s Eve

Monday 9pm - Live music. Wednesday

9pm- Karaoke.

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd,

Addington: Friday 9.30pm - Don’t Tell

Mama. Saturday 9.30pm - Flat City

Brotherhood. New Year’s Eve Monday

9.30pm - Old Skool.

THE PAPANUI CLUB, 310 Sawyers

Arms Rd: Friday 7.30pm - The Milkmen.

Sunday 3pm - Kate & Jack. New Year’s Eve

Monday 9pm - New Year’s Eve Party with

live music by Next Door Flavour.

THE WAVE BAR, Marine Pde, New

Brighton: Thursday 8.30pm - Karaoke.

Friday 8.30pm - DJ. Saturday 8.30pm - Live

music.

WOOLSTON CLUB, 43 Hargood

St: Saturday 7.30pm - Davey Backyard.

WUNDERBAR, Lyttelton: Saturday

8pm - Crap Music Rave Party feat. Tomas

Ford, ticketed.

COMING EVENTS

Thursday 7PM

KARAOKE

Monday 7.30PM

New Year’s

Settlers Bar is striving to

become, with your help,

the next entertainment hub

of Christchurch, focussing

on Open Mic Nights, Jam

Sessions, Live Music

catering for most ages,

Karaoke, and other

entertainment most nights.

As we are new, we are

looking for a pool team,

social club etc.

Also having gaming

machines and are

community minded, we

would like to hear from

clubs locally, who we may

be able to offer assistance

to, or would like to run

Raffles or Fundraisers.

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| Restaurant

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Lunch & Dinner

All you can eat, 7 days

We will resume normal business hours from Friday 4th Jan 2019.

We wish everyone a very happy holiday and look forward

to seeing you all in the New Year.

SERVING

PARTY Eve

we’re

spinning

in 2019.

come

celebrate

with us!

Wednesday

OPEN MIC WITH LYNN

POOL COMPETITION

EVERY SUNDAY FROM 2PM

HAPPY HOUR

5PM - 7PM DAILY

HOLIDAY TRADING HOURS:

The Buffet Restaurant is

closed and reopens on

Friday 4th Jan 2019.

Bookings Essential PH 386 0088

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OUR CABINET ITEMS

ARE HOMEMADE

CREATED FRESH ON SITE DAILY

$12

LUNCH

SPECIALS

COFFEE

HAPPY

H O U R

2PM-4PM

DAILY

$3.50

Offer available for a limited time

and includes tea, hot chocolate

MON: ROAST MEAL

TUE: FISH & CHIPS

WED: FISH BURGER

THU: ROAST MEAL

SAT: FISH & CHIPS

NEW

CHEF!

TASTY

NEW

DISHES!

SPACIOUS

GAMING

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LOUNGE

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THE GARDEN HOTEL COMPLEX | 110 MARSHLAND RD

www.gardenhotel.co.nz | phone 385 3132

AVAILABLE

FROM

11.30AM-2PM

FOR A

LIMITED TIME

HOLIDAY TRADING HOURS: GBC is operating

limited hours (9am - 4pm) from Friday 28th Dec to

New Years Eve; and closed Tue 1st to Thu 3rd Jan 2019.



The Star

H ORNBY

WORKINGMEN’S

CLUB

BUSINESS AS USUAL DURING REDEVELOPMENT

The Board, Executive, Management & Staff

wish members and their families,

a very happy Christmas & New Year

LIVE MUSIC

SATURDAY 7PM:

Jo’s Karaoke

NEW YEARS EVE:

MONDAY 8PM - DOWNSTAIRS

Become

a member

TODAY!

CLUBS NEW ZEALAND WARMLY WELCOME MEMBERS,

THEIR GUESTS AND AFFILIATE CLUB MEMBERS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT A CLUB WITHIN THIS SECTION.

Great acts secured

at HWMC for 2019

IAN MAC

Sharon O’Neill

Jody Direen

with

DnD

SHOWBAND

MONDAY 8PM - UPSTAIRS

TICKETS $5

STRICTLY LIMITED

NO DOOR SALES

MONDAY 31.DEC.18. 8PM START

FAMILY FRIENDLY DINING

Club CAFE

OPEN DAILY

LUNCH & DINNER

GF & V options available

The Hornby Club | ph 03 349 9026 | 17 Carmen Rd | Hornby

www.hornbywmc.co.nz Members, guests & affiliates welcome

REDEVELOPMENT work is underway at

the Hornby WMC with seemingly next to

no impact on general club business.

Especially so when you look at the club

entertainment calendar.

2019 has some great acts secured

starting with celebrated international

singer-songwriter Sharon O’Neill.

Sharon is touring in the New Year with

only one Christchurch appearance. She

plays at the club on Sunday 17th February

where she will be showcasing ‘the songs

and their stories’ with a live 9 piece band.

2pm start. Tickets $69.

What’s On @ Woolston

MON 31 DEC 8PM. FREE

SATURDAY 5 JAN 7PM

UPCOMING EVENTS

NEW YEARS EVE WITH

Robbie Drew

& FRIENDS

LIVE MUSIC

Davey Backyard

We wish everyone a very merry

Christmas and happy holidays

43 Hargood St, Woolston. Ph 03 389 7039

www.woolstonclub.co.nz

Follow us on Facebook

www.facebook.com/WoostonclubInc

Multi award winning country music star,

Jody Direen plays the club on Saturday

23rd February. Often referred to as NZ’s

‘Queen of Country Music’’. the Wanaka

born songstress has had a flourishing

career to date. She tours frequently

including regular trips to Nashville and

Australia. 8pm start. Tickets $20.

The Hornby Club, 17 Carmen Rd,

phone 03 349 9026.

www.hornbywmc.co.nz

RESTAURANT OPEN

Wednesday - Sunday from 5pm

Sunday Roast

BUFFET

INCLUDES A ROAST & DESSERT

5PM - 7PM

$20 ADULTS / $12.50 KIDS

SORRY. NO ROAST BUFFET

Sunday 30th December.

$10 Lunch Menu

TUESDAY 11am-8pm

WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY

11am - 3pm

Chicken Wings & Slaw

Beef Burger & Fries

Roast Meat Sammy

Chicken Wrap & Fries

Bangers & Mash

Quiche & Salad

Mac & Cheese

BLT & Fries

Vege Nachos

Fish & Fries



THIS WEEK...

THURSDAY:

LUCKY TREASURE CHEST

FRIDAY:

LUCKY MEMBER DRAW

CLUB CLOSED

CHRISTMAS DAY

WHAT’S ON

AT THE

RICHMOND

CLUB

CLUBBISTRO

Open Wed to Sun. Lunch & Dinner

richmond

club

www.rwmc.co.nz

pride of the east

since 1888

SATURDAY

7PM

BISTRO

OPEN 5pm-8pm Thurs, Fri, Sat.

BAR MENU available all day

Seasons

GREETINGS

FROM THE EXECUTIVE,

MANAGEMENT AND STAFF

• SKY Sport• Pool Tables • Gaming Room • TAB •

• Shuttle runs Thurs, Fri, Sat night •

THIS WEEKEND

MONDAY 8PM

NEW YEARS EVE

WITH

May everyone have a very

Merry Christmas,

Happy New Year, & safe holidays

- Management, Executive & Staff

• Open daily from 11am • Courtesy Van • TAB & Gaming

75 London St | Ph 389 5778 | www.rwmc.co.nz

What s On

AT THE CASHMERE CLUB

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

MONDAY 31st DECEMBER

BAR OPEN 10am to 1am

BAR SNACKS AVAILABLE & LIGHT MEALS

30 MINS PRIOR TO CLOSE

RIVERVIEW RESTAURANT CLOSED FOR LUNCH

NEWYEARS

Riverview Restaurant

EVE

BUFFET

DINNER FROM 5.30PM

2-COURSE BUFFET

$25pp

NORMAL TRADING

BAR OPEN 10am

CLOSING TIMES

DEPENDENT ON

PATRONAGE

TUESDAY 1st JANUARY 2019

Cashmere Club

50 Colombo St

Ph 03 332 0092

Fax 03 337 3772

www.cashmereclub.co.nz

RIVERVIEW RESTAURANT

LUNCH FROM 11.30am

(CLOSED SATURDAY LUNCH)

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The Star: December 27, 2018

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