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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.”
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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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• By Bridget Rutherford
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
in high speed smash
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not comment on wha the investigation
into the first account more,” he said.
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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.
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It involved phone calls and
FINALLY THE sun is shining
on Christchurch Hospital
patients and visitors after a
year-long campaign by
The Star.
The Canterbury District
Health Board has agreed to
move its park and ride service
from the appalling flood prone
Deans Ave site to the city
council’s 805-space Lichfield St
car park on July 2.
Since last winter, The Star has
ben hammering the Ministry
of Health, CDHB and more
recently the new Government
Thursday, June 28, 2018
Car park battle finally won
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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.
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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).
PHOTOS:
MARTIN HUNTER
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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A CANTERBURY University law
student being investigated for a
sexual assault has been allowed to
go overseas on a study-related trip.
Bu the university’s dean of
law Ursula Cheer is refusing to
discuss the matter.
“I can’t comment
about any
of this because
of confidentiality
and privacy,” she
told The Star
yesterday.
The Star has
learned a female
student has laid
a complaint abou the accused
being allowed to go on the trip.
It is understood it is no the
same person who has laid the
sexual assault complain to the
police.
The Star has been told it is a
rape investigation.
The Star sent a number of questions
to Canterbury University
yesterday but none would be answered.
Said Canterbury University
spokeswoman Margaret Agnew:
“UC cannot respond to allegations
that are before the police.”
She referred the questions
back to Dr Cheer. Her phone was
turned off.
Police would also not comment
on the matter.
The overseas trip involves
both male and female law students.
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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
multiple courts for sports such
as netball, basketball and futsal,
a swimming pool with diving
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More Canty motorists high on drugs
Offences relating
to drug-driving
Canterbury metro
•2012 – 5
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•2014 – 16
•2015 – 28
•2016 – 53
•2017 – 40
•2018 – 36 (until September)
Auckland central
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•2014 – 3
•2015 – 8
•2016 – 9
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•2018 – 8 (until September)
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•2016 – 8
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•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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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
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Friday Street Food Market
December 28, 11am onwards
The Friday Street Food Market
brings together food trucks
and food stalls with live
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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
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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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World Buskers Festival:
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.
New Brighton Beach
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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
Fire rages, homes at risk
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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Fire rages, homes at risk
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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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
team your first call.
They can tell you
what to do and where to
go if you need to be seen
urgently.
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Thursday December 27 2018
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.
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Thursday December 27 2018 15
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
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which he says
was one of
his favourite
projects to
work on.
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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
things. You can’t wonder what’s
going on at work. Parenting is
much the same.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
off planting or sowing hearting
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
and, as both are perpetual, you
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.
8. Vietnamese mint
This hardy perennial herb,
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ripper to plant out now. Each leaf
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Keep the foliage coming by
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Mazda6 Takami a
genuine sports sedan
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
Motoring
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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
Takami, $56,995
• Dimensions –
Length, 4865mm;
width, 1840mm;
height, 1450mm
• Configuration –
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• Performance –
0-100km/h, 8.1sec
• Fuel usage –
7.6l/100km
I didn’t use sport mode
often, the Takami is still
very responsive in normal
mode and has an instant
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
strength, and if you look
at any model out of the
Mazda stable today, you
will find a huge emphasis
on build quality and
sophistication.
One of the things
that does need to be
remembered if you look
at the Takami as a sport
sedan, is that drive goes
to the road through the
front wheels. In a perfect
world, my definition of the
sport concept is rear-drive,
but the Takami needn’t
be discounted, it has
fabulous handling, and a
balance between power and
handling that is perfectly
matched.
Of course, the Mazda6
has a fully independent
front-strut/rear-multilink
suspension, and the
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body lean and suspension
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I took the test car on a
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and quiet highway motion.
The evaluation car was
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There’s a high specification
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• By Gordon Findlater
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
Auckland from July 4-6.
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Li ter library
Problem areas for li ter
revealed
Surf club move
New Brighton surf club opts
to rebuild on new site
TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2018 www.star.kiwi
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• By Sophie Cornish
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
Action looms
on Hawke St
car park
HAZARD: Coastal-Burwood Ward city counci lor David East wants WorkSafe New Zealand to put pre sure on the Hawke St car
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Cartwright steps downs
Community board chairman
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Pool plans for Edgeware
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THE ST Andrew’s Co lege big
band had extra incentive to
win a the National Youth Ja z
Competition – ba s player, Tom
Fastier, co lapsed and died the
day before the competition
began.
“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
festival as he was a very a complished
musician,” head of music
Duncan Ferguson said.
“We were delighted to win, but
it was bi tersw et,” he said.
St Andrew’s won the most
outstanding big band title a the
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
Community Board has taken the
rare step of starting a petition
to figh the city council over
funding.
Signatures are being co lected
in a bid to get funding for a community
facility in Shirley.
It comes after the city council
removed funding for the centre
planned for Shirley Rd, near the
intersection with Hi ls Rd. This
was the site of the former community
centre, which was badly
damaged in the February 2,
20 1, earthquake.
The removal o funding
prompted community board
chairwoman Ali Jones to threaten
to stand down, citing it as her “die
in the ditch” project.
Ms Jones said the board’s role
is to represen the community,
and by gathering signatures from
residents, it was fulfi ling that
role.
“One of the roles of a community
board is to represent and act
as advocate for the interests of its
community and this is what we
are doing. The LTP and annual
plans are a l about lo bying the
council.”
•Turn to page 5
Board
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Traffic plan at The Brae
Bid to ease traffic on busy,
na row str et
New pizza joint
Fire and Slice fina ly se to
open in Sumner
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• By Gordon Findlater
DEAN CALVERT (above)
returned from the United
Kingdom last w ek after
ge ting closer than mos to
Joseph Parker in the build up
to his world heavyweigh title
unification fight with Anthony
Joshua in Cardiff.
The former New Zealand
title-holder trave led with his
father George and brother
Bryce to London ahead of the
fight where they spen time
with Parker in the build up.
Mr Calvert, 47, comes from a
boxing mad family.
•Turn to page 6
Former champ hooks
up with Parker in UK
Cave Rock
Apartments’
owners
expect EQC
sign-off
this week
• By Sarla Donovan
THE OWNERS of Sumner’s Cave
Rock Apartments are expecting the
Earthquake Commi sion to sign-off
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
on February 20, and signed off
on a deal with IAG on February
2 – coincidenta ly seven years
to the day after the February 2,
20 1, earthquake. However, they
are waiting for EQC to sign the
agr ement.
“Given that EQC actua ly drafted
the agr ement, there’ l be no
problem with them doing that.”
The apartments suffered damage
in the February and June, 20 1,
earthquakes and were demolished in
late 2012. In 2016, IAG’s offer of the
difference betw en indemnity value,
$10 mi lion, and the sum insured,
$16 mi lion, was rejected by the body
corporate.
The mediation agr ement
prevented Mr White from disclosing
the se tlement amount, but he said it
involved the two parties paying “a bit
more money than they’d wanted to
earlier.”
•Turn to page 6
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Fishin’ for weeds
Children’s event at risk if The
Groynes’ lakes not cleaned up
Pedaling across NZ
Stroke survivor finishes long
journey
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A NEW 60km/h sp ed limit and
double ye low lines wi l be in
place on Dyers Pa s Rd by early
May.
The sp ed limit change was
a proved by the city counci last
w ek.
A decision to paint double yellow
lines on the stretch betw en
Summit Rd and the Sign of the
Takahe was earlier made by the
Spreydon-Cashmere Community
Board.
Bu the Banks Peninsula Community
Board decided against
ye low lines on the Summit Rd-
Governors Bay section due to the
road’s na rowne s and general
condition.
The changes are designed to try
and reduce the crash rate.
Insta lation of the double
ye low lines, the new sp ed limit
signs and raised centre line pavement
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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Serious crash gives new
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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
• By Emily O’Co ne l
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 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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www.gardenhotel.co.nz | phone 385 3132
AVAILABLE
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FOR A
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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)
DINNER FROM 5.30PM
8PM-12.30AM
FREE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
absolut
NORMAL TRADING RESUMES
BAR OPEN 10am
CLOSING TIMES DEPENDENT ON PATRONAGE
RIVERVIEW RESTAURANT
LUNCH FROM 11.30am
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DINNER FROM 5.30PM
KIDS EAT
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BOOKINGS
RECOMMENDED
Riverview
RESTAURANT
Lunch
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Dinner
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*under 12
when
accompanied
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adult
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Christchurch’s only beach side club
The Executive, Management
& Staff wish everyone a
very Merry Christmas and
a prosperous New Year.
What’s On
by the beach
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS
MEMBERS LUCKY CARD DRAW
LIVE MUSIC NEW YEARS EVE
31 DEC, 7.30PM
GAME OF TONES
FUNCTION ROOMS | GAMING ROOM | TAB POD
SHUTTLE SERVICE Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat.
Dine by the Beach
PIERVIEW CLUB
RESTAURANT BISTRO
UPSTAIRS
Open from 5.30pm Fri, Sat,
Sun, and Sunday Brunch
from 10.30am to 2pm.
SUNDAY NIGHT
BUFFET $25
Sunday 30th Dec
NEW YEARS EVE
GRILL & SALAD BAR
$25
Monday 31st Dec
DOWNSTAIRS
Open Tues to Sat
12pm - 2pm &
from 5pm
BISTRO ROAST
SPECIAL
Tuesday - Thursday
Dine in only
$12
202 Marine Pde - Ph 388-9416 - www.newbrightonclub.co.nz - Members, guests & affiliates welcome
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