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Thursday, December 27, 2018 

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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caller is from the Mongrel Mob, Last month, Canterbury 

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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 

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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 

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rain, like in April last 

year (inset). 

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“I can’t comment 

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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 

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She referred the questions 

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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 

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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. 

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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 

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Minister Nanaia Mahuta, acting 

for the Minister for Greater 

Christchurch Regeneration, has 

approved a proposal enabling 

further development at the 

Christchurch Football Centre in 

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News 

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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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. 

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•From page 1 

Mr Dickey said the new haircut will help 

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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 

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when you need it over the 

holidays. 

The Canterbury District 

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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. 

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Our People 



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 

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animals, 

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murderers 

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photos of the 

year 

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HEAT: 

Taylors 

Mistake 

was the 

place to be 

in January 

for Victoria 

Williams 

(left), Josh 

Nikora, and 

Emma Kerr. 

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

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DATE: 

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murder 

Adam 

Gempton 

was 

sentenced 

in June for 

assaulting 

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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. 

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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 

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•Harvest or pick as close to 

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•Harvest at the beginning 

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•Allow crops to fully ripen 

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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 

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sown in the ground or look for 

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I’VE OWNED a long 

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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, 

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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, 

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is pretty much standard 

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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 

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bonnet, it’s not loud, but it 

is a throb which lets you 

know the turbo is boosting 

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being ushered in vividly. 

The Takami will reach 

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in 8.1sec, and will lunge 

quickly through a highway 

overtake (80km/h to 

120km/h in 5.5sec). 

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• Dimensions – 

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• Configuration – 

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• Performance – 

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• Fuel usage – 

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I didn’t use sport mode 

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feel beneath the accelerator. 

There are many quicker 

sedans of this type, but for 

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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 

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Of course, the Mazda6 

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Notre 

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coming 

into the 

college 

football 

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Helping top US college 

athletes go professional 

• 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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WORKSAFE NEW Zealand 

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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 

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“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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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 

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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 

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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 

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His death was po sibly related to 

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

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Bittersweet win for St Andrew’s big band 

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THE PAPANUI-Innes 

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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. 

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to stand down, citing it as her “die 

in the ditch” project. 

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residents, it was fulfi ling that 

role. 

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DEAN CALVERT (above) 

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THE OWNERS of Sumner’s Cave 

Rock Apartments are expecting the 

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Body corporate chairman Mike 

White said the group had gone 

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the se tlement amount, but he said it 

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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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• By Georgia O’Co nor-Harding 

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. 


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. 


• 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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Community board member 

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Mega centre feedback 

Denton Park a tracts more 

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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. 


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 . 

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RESTAURANT & CAFÉ 

Kid's SPECIAL 

Two courses 

Seniors SPECIAL 

Two courses 

$13 

We are family friendly. Great Kids menu plus designated play area. 

Soup/Roast or 

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Special available lunch only 

Monday - Saturday 12pm - 2.30pm 

$22 

Start your 

day with us 

We are open from 6.30am 

Cooked 

breakfasts 

$19 

Check out our extensive 

breakfast menu from 

Continental to Cooked 

The 

RACECOURSE HOTEL 

& 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. 

|Cafe | Bar 

| Restaurant 

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

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 

fb.com/GardenHotelRestaurant www.gardenhotel.co.nz 

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 

MACHINE 

LOUNGE 

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

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.




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) 


8PM-12.30AM 

FREE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT 

absolut 

NORMAL TRADING RESUMES 

BAR OPEN 10am 

CLOSING TIMES DEPENDENT ON PATRONAGE 

RIVERVIEW RESTAURANT 

LUNCH FROM 11.30am 

(CLOSED SATURDAY LUNCH) 


KIDS EAT 

*FREE 

SUNDAY 

BOOKINGS 

RECOMMENDED 

Riverview 

RESTAURANT 

Lunch 

from 11.30am 

Dinner 

from 5.30pm 

*under 12 

when 

accompanied 

by an 

adult 

dining 

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




PRICES 

SMASHED 

STOREWIDE! 

50- 

60 % OFF* 

BEDS 

Excludes Drawer 

Bases Mezzo and Shift 

Adjustables. 

20 % OFF 

* 

NURSERY 

* 

A LL 

30 

UP TO 

% OFF 

* 

COMPUTERS 

UP TO 

35 % OFF* 

AUDIO 

A MASSIVE 

40 % OFF* 

selected 

FURNITURE 

Bedroom, Living and 

Dining Furniture. 

UP TO 

50 % OFF* 

UP TO 

60 % OFF * 

6KG 

WASHING 

MACHINE 

WT6040 

ONLY 

$ 

396 

6KG 

6KG 

30 % OFF* 

50" 

50” 4K UHD 

65" 

SMART TV 

50NU7090 

APPLIANCES 

ONLY 

$ 

698 

SAVE 

SAVE 

$ 

181 

$ 

1751 

$ 

268 

$ 

1748 

RICKI 

Queen Upholstered Bed Frame 

Mattress, linen, pillows etc not included. 

Skinny Tahi 

Huawei 

Y6 2018 

Comes 

with 

With Smart C9 

With 

• Android 5.1 

• 5.7” HD Display 

Comes 

FREE 

• 4” touchscreen with 

FREE 

(Lollipop) 

• 13MP rear + 

Prepay 

Prepay 

Sim • 2 MP Camera 

Sim 

• 4" touch screen 

5MP selfie 

^Network locked 

camera 

Available in Gold 

Free. Data. 

^Network locked 

or Black 

Available in Gold 

Weekends. 

or Black 

2GB per weekend. 

+ FREE SIM 

Any rollover mobile plan. 

for up to 90 days 

All summer long. 

for up to 90 days 

on MyFlex Prepay 

Set up to only work with 

on MyFlex Prepay 

plans $19 and 

a Skinny SIM. 

plans $19 and 

above. Terms 

above. Terms 

apply. 

ONLY 

ONLY 

ONLY 

apply. 

$ 

29 

$ 

149 

$ 

36 

SIGN UP NOW FOR AN 

EASYCARD 

WITH NO FEES! + 

LIMITED STOCK! 


ONLY 

$ 

892 

450L 



230L TOP 

MOUNT 

FRIDGE 

WTB2300WG 

450L BOTTOM 

MOUNT 

FREEZER 

SRL453DW 

230L 

ONLY 

$ 

498 


HOSKING FABRIC 

5 Seater Lounge Suite 

GALAXY TAB 

A6 7.0" WIFI 

14 PLACE SETTING 

DISHWASHER 

HDW14G2X 

WEBSTER 

CHAIR & OTTOMAN 

ONLY 

$ 

159 

ONLY 

$ 

592 

65" SUPER UHD 

4K SMART TV 

UK7500PVA 

ONLY $ 

1999 

ULTRA HD SPORTS ACTION 

4K CAMERA WITH WI-FI 

SAVE 

$ 

210 

$ 

89 

LIMITED STOCK! LIMITED STOCK! 

SAVE 

$ 

401 

$ 

298 


PLUS HEAPS MORE CRAZY DEALS IN-STORE AND ONLINE! 

OUR 

LOWEST 

EVER PRICES 

ON TVs 

SMART TVs 

from 

$ 

348 

PARROT JUMPING 

MINI DRONE 

Design may vary between stores. 

EPIC 

DEALS 

ON WHITEWARE 

STOREWIDE! 

28L SENSOR COOK 

MICROWAVE OVEN 

ME6104ST1 

ONLY 

$ 

169 

ONLY 

$ 

59 


Hassle free shopping – apply at your nearest 

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+ 

There are no set-up fees, annual fees, or account maintenance fees - a notification fee of 

$19 may be charged in circumstances of default. Terms and conditions and credit criteria apply. 

smithscity.co.nz 

0800 SMITHS (0800 764 847) 

QUALITY FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES FOR LESS – 99 Ferry Rd 

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! 

COLOMBO ST MegaStore | NORTHWOOD MegaStore 

Offers valid Thursday 27th to Monday 31st December 2018, while stocks last or unless otherwise stated. *Discount is off our full retail price and not in conjunction with any other offer. #Apple products, selected computers, game consoles, 

gift cards, clearance items and some promotional items are not available in conjunction with INTEREST FREE offers. Exclusions, fees, terms, conditions and credit criteria apply. Equal instalment amounts are indicative and exclude 

insurance. Booking fee $45.00, Annual fees $45.00 p.a., Security registration fee $8.05. Current interest rate of 23.95% applies to any unpaid balance after expiry of (any) interest free period. See in-store or visit smithscity.co.nz for details. 

SCG1623CHS

The Star: December 27, 2018

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