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TUESDAY, JANUARY <strong>22</strong>, <strong>2019</strong><br />

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AS A CHILD Jake Bailey was not<br />

the sporting type.<br />

But at 21-years-old, he is taking<br />

on the Coast to Coast next<br />

month.<br />

The cancer survivor made<br />

international headlines in 2015<br />

with his gripping speech about<br />

his shock diagnosis as head boy<br />

of Christchurch Boys’ High<br />

School.<br />

Mr Bailey was told he had two<br />

weeks to live after finding out<br />

he had Burkitt’s Non-Hodgkins<br />

Lymphoma, the fastest growing<br />

cancer known to man.<br />

During the Coast to Coast he<br />

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of the event over two days, in a<br />

team with two old school friends,<br />

who will take on the kayak and<br />

run legs.<br />

Since beating his cancer and<br />

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INSPIRATIONAL: Jake Bailey will be competing in the Coast to Coast after beating cancer.<br />

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />

in <strong>January</strong> 2016, Mr Bailey has<br />

been working full-time as a<br />

public speaker. He has shared<br />

his story and what it taught him<br />

across almost 50 cities around<br />

the world.<br />

Now living on the Gold Coast,<br />

Mr Bailey is also the author<br />

What Cancer Taught Me and<br />

features in the documentary The<br />

Common Touch, which is about<br />

his cancer journey.<br />

He will return to Christchurch<br />

next month to compete in<br />

the event he calls “iconic” to<br />

Canterbury.<br />

As a young boy, Mr Bailey<br />

would go with his father to watch<br />

the end of the Coast to Coast.<br />

But he said he “never dreamed<br />

of taking part.”<br />

Mr Bailey’s close call with<br />

death has serve as his motivation<br />

for getting into endurance sport.<br />

“In both a practical sense,<br />

because it minimises my risk of<br />

relapse and makes sure my body<br />

is fit and in an emotional, mental<br />

and personal sense.”<br />

He said he’s developed an<br />

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body is capable of.<br />

“Going through cancer<br />

treatment and seeing what my<br />

body could withstand, I have<br />

grown a fascination with what<br />

the body can do and putting<br />

mind over matter and having<br />

mental strength. That’s why<br />

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

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from the editor’s desk<br />

A GREAT idea for the old Ascot golf<br />

course on page 5 today.<br />

Radio man Chris Bond wants to develop<br />

a multi-sport training and entertainment<br />

complex on the site.<br />

Bondy’s plan, in a submission on the<br />

QE II Park Master Plan, says: “Its facilities will include a 280m<br />

driving range, batting cages for cricket, baseball and softball,<br />

state-of-the-art swing and training simulators, a dynamic<br />

all-weather indoor mini golf course and a thrilling eight-lane<br />

sack slide.”<br />

The question is, who will pay for it?<br />

And if the master plan looks like it will drag on for years<br />

before anything is done – like other master plans – why not<br />

return the site to what it was: A par 3 golf course.<br />

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Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>22</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 3<br />

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Civic Award for Coleen<br />

• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding<br />

COLEEN DUNLOP may be<br />

turning 90 this year, but that<br />

has never stopped her from<br />

doing what she loves most –<br />

volunteering.<br />

After spending 17 years<br />

with the Wainoni Avonside<br />

Community Services Trust,<br />

the Parklands woman has been<br />

recognised with a Civic Award.<br />

Mrs Dunlop is one of 12<br />

across the city to have the award<br />

presented to her by Mayor<br />

Lianne Dalziel recently.<br />

She said she was both “surprised”<br />

and “really nervous” to<br />

receive her award.<br />

“I love it, I really do love it<br />

. . . I like to do things and meet<br />

people,” she said.<br />

Even undergoing a triple heart<br />

bypass surgery 18 years ago<br />

hasn’t stopped her.<br />

“I had no symptoms, I just<br />

got very breathless. I was sent<br />

in for an angiogram and then I<br />

was sent up in Auckland. They<br />

decided I needed my bypass,”<br />

Mrs Dunlop said.<br />

But she said the surgery has<br />

not affected her since.<br />

She was nominated for the<br />

award by Trust co-ordinator<br />

Betty Chapman, the trust’s<br />

patron Margaret Austin and<br />

chairman Rodney Routledge.<br />

Mrs Chapman said she is the<br />

most amazing lady, she volunteers<br />

most days and is always<br />

thinking of others.<br />

Mrs Dunlop volunteers on<br />

average about three to five hours<br />

a day at the trust.<br />

“She is always thinking of<br />

other people and worrying as to<br />

their well-being and is always<br />

wondering what she can do for<br />

them to help out a little,” Mrs<br />

Chapman said.<br />

Mrs Dunlop said she loved<br />

meeting people and continued<br />

to volunteer after her husband<br />

passed away in 2004.<br />

Mrs Chapman said when the<br />

trust hosts Age Concern courses<br />

or morning teas she is always the<br />

one putting on the lunch refreshments<br />

or morning high teas.<br />

Mrs Dunlop also works on the<br />

Wainoni Riverside Community<br />

Garden and assists with the<br />

Veggie Co-Op New Brighton<br />

RECOGNISED:<br />

After serving<br />

the Wainoni<br />

Avonside<br />

Community<br />

Services Trust for<br />

17 years, Coleen<br />

Dunlop has been<br />

presented with a<br />

Civic Award.<br />

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once a week.<br />

“I love making cups of tea and<br />

Betty and I get on so well together.<br />

I always tell her I am old enough<br />

to be her mother,” she said.<br />

Mrs Dunlop said a large joint<br />

birthday party is planned in<br />

September with her 29-year-old<br />

granddaughter.<br />

“You mustn’t look ahead<br />

though. It is too far to look<br />

ahead. I am a one day at a time<br />

person,” she said.<br />

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Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

NO STABBING SUSPECTS<br />

Police have not been able to<br />

identify any suspects for a random<br />

stabbing in North New Brighton.<br />

A 45-year-old man was stabbed<br />

on December 4 outside the Keyes<br />

Rd dairy. He was taken to hospital<br />

in a critical condition before<br />

becoming stable. Originally, the<br />

victim told police he thought the<br />

attacker’s face was familiar but<br />

he did not know who he was.<br />

A police spokeswoman said on<br />

Friday that inquiries are ongoing.<br />

SAND DUNE FIRE<br />

A member of the public put<br />

out a fire at the New Brighton<br />

beach sand dunes on Thursday<br />

by covering it in sand. Fire and<br />

Emergency NZ spokesman<br />

Andrew Norris said firefighters<br />

from the Anzac station were<br />

called to the incident off Marine<br />

Pde, 50m south of the New<br />

Brighton Surf Club, about 7.40pm.<br />

When the crew arrived, they<br />

found a member of the public had<br />

put the fire out using a bucket and<br />

shovel.<br />

INJURIES FROM CRASH<br />

A person was taken to<br />

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injuries following a two-car<br />

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Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

SPLASH: Youngsters at the South Brighton Surf Life Saving Club holiday programme make a dash to see if they have what it takes to be lifeguards.<br />

These kids could save your life one day<br />

• Matt Slaughter<br />

THE NEXT generation of surf<br />

lifesavers have been put through<br />

their paces.<br />

​A South Brighton Surf Life<br />

Saving Club programme has<br />

been teaching 40 aspiring<br />

lifeguards the skills they need to<br />

keep themselves and others safe<br />

at the beach.<br />

The school pupils are learning<br />

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at it.<br />

Last week, pupils got the<br />

chance to compete in board<br />

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well as test their speed and agility<br />

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The fun isn’t over, with<br />

the programme continuing<br />

this week. Club president<br />

Rohan McNaughton said the<br />

programme was a great way to<br />

scout out new talent.<br />

“They’re learning how to use<br />

the beach in a safe way, which in<br />

a community that’s this close to<br />

the beach is quite important.”<br />

He said the programme aims to<br />

teach the pupils the skills needed<br />

to be both good lifeguards and<br />

good people. The best lifeguards<br />

from the programme will now<br />

be encouraged to take up afterschool<br />

surf lifesaving lessons to<br />

further their skills and one day<br />

maybe become senior lifeguards.<br />

STUCK IN: Dylan Cox and Taylah Pope, of New Brighton, lead<br />

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Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>22</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 5<br />

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Multi-sport complex mooted for Ascot<br />

Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

• By Julia Evans<br />

HE HELPED create one of the<br />

biggest brands in Canterbury<br />

radio with Si and Gary, now The<br />

Breakfast Club producer Bondy<br />

wants to reinstate the golfing<br />

complex at QE II<br />

Park.<br />

More FM radio<br />

producer and<br />

Five and Under<br />

Par Ltd owner<br />

Chris Bond<br />

has pitched his<br />

Chris Bond<br />

plan to lease the<br />

former site of<br />

the Ascot golf<br />

course and driving range from<br />

the city council to develop a<br />

new “multi-sport training and<br />

entertainment” complex.<br />

“Its facilities will include a<br />

280m driving range, batting<br />

cages for cricket, baseball and<br />

softball, state-of-the-art swing<br />

and training simulators, a<br />

dynamic all-weather indoor mini<br />

golf course and a thrilling eight<br />

lane sack slide,” he said in his<br />

submission on the QE II Park<br />

Master Plan.<br />

The master plan is a $12<br />

million 10-year upgrade of the<br />

37ha space. It includes plans for<br />

new public toilets and changing<br />

rooms, upgraded community<br />

WHAT REMAINS: The former site of the Ascot driving range could become a golf hub again.<br />

centre, playground, basketball<br />

court and disc golf course.<br />

His proposal included a<br />

petition with 2938 signatures.<br />

It also has letters of support<br />

from Sport Canterbury, 13 local<br />

schools, New Zealand Golf,<br />

Canterbury Golf, Christchurch<br />

School of Gymnastics, Waimairi<br />

and Rawhiti golf clubs and the<br />

North Beach and Northshore<br />

residents’ associations.<br />

“The complex will feature a<br />

range of facilities and activities,<br />

strategically selected to fill a gap<br />

in the current market and to<br />

complement rather than compete<br />

with other facilities in the area,”<br />

Mr Bond said.<br />

“In fact, this site is so well<br />

suited to being a driving range,<br />

it’s what used to be there.”<br />

The Ascot golf course and<br />

driving range was closed after<br />

suffering significant damage<br />

in the February <strong>22</strong>, 2011,<br />

earthquake.<br />

The building was demolished<br />

in 2012.<br />

“We understand that the site<br />

was impacted by liquefaction in<br />

the 2010/2011 earthquakes, but<br />

initial Geotech advice indicates<br />

that with the appropriate<br />

foundations, this site would still<br />

be suitable for building on,” he<br />

said.<br />

City council head of recreation,<br />

sports and events Nigel Cox said<br />

staff had met with Mr Bond over<br />

his proposal three times last year.<br />

“The draft QE II Park Master<br />

Plan that was consulted on in<br />

2018 did not include allocation<br />

of space for commercial<br />

development,” he said.<br />

However, it could be included<br />

in the final plan if approved by<br />

the city council’s hearings panel.<br />

Mr Bond will speak to the<br />

panel on Monday before a<br />

decision is made.<br />

Bid to stop $1m QE II toilet block<br />

• By Matt Slaughter<br />

A BID WILL be made this<br />

week to scuttle plans for a $1<br />

million toilet block and<br />

changing room at Queen<br />

Elizabeth II Park.<br />

City councillor Glenn<br />

Livingstone says the<br />

cost for the planned<br />

200 sq m building is too<br />

extravagant.<br />

He said a less expensive<br />

building should<br />

be constructed and the<br />

money saved from it<br />

spent elsewhere.<br />

Glenn<br />

Livingstone<br />

“You can build a good house<br />

for $350,000, which includes the<br />

infrastructure, sewage and water,<br />

so I’m not sure what they<br />

have in mind for $1 million,”<br />

he said.<br />

The master plan is before<br />

a city council hearings<br />

panel which will<br />

make a recommendation<br />

about the plan to the full<br />

city council.<br />

Cr Livingstone, who<br />

is on the panel, said he<br />

would voice his concerns<br />

at the hearing.<br />

Cr David East, who represents<br />

the Coastal Ward, said he<br />

couldn’t comment because he<br />

was on the hearings panel.<br />

But Cr Jamie Gough agreed<br />

with Cr Livingstone: “It sounds<br />

like an extraordinary amount of<br />

money. So it does make you question<br />

the value of that.”<br />

The $12 million in the Master<br />

Plan will go towards the construction<br />

and repair of sporting<br />

facilities that were lost and damaged<br />

in the earthquakes, a new<br />

playground and a community<br />

centre upgrade.<br />

Jamie Gough<br />

He could not understand why<br />

$1 million of that would be for<br />

toilets and changing block.<br />

City council head of<br />

recreation, sports and<br />

events Nigel Cox said<br />

the $1 million budgeted<br />

for the toilet and<br />

changing room block<br />

was an estimate.<br />

The 200 sq m building<br />

would have four<br />

changing rooms with<br />

showers and toilets,<br />

a referees’ changing<br />

room, storage, public toilets, provision<br />

of services and landscaping<br />

including paving, vegetation,<br />

seating, a drinking fountain and<br />

cycle stands.<br />

Mr Cox said $1 million<br />

was seen as the necessary<br />

amount to build a toilet<br />

and changing room facility<br />

that would stand the test<br />

of time.<br />

“Sport change facilities<br />

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Facebook a tool for police<br />

Gary Knight responds to<br />

an article on speeding in<br />

New Brighton.<br />

GIVEN THE volume of<br />

speeding tickets issued in and<br />

around the eastern suburbs<br />

in the pre-Christmas period,<br />

the instigation of checkpoints<br />

was a pro-active step. Their<br />

continuation to help combat<br />

such offences as driving while<br />

using a cell phone, not wearing<br />

a seat belt and drink driving is<br />

commendable.<br />

However, additional factors<br />

just as detrimental to road<br />

safety include driving while<br />

applying cosmetics, lighting<br />

and extinguishing cigarettes,<br />

selecting music, unfoiling<br />

takeaway foods, paperwork<br />

entries and child chastisement.<br />

Within this context, these<br />

instances when encountered<br />

should attract similar instant<br />

fines and demerit points to<br />

create an overall balance in<br />

the interests of road safety<br />

awareness.<br />

New Brighton<br />

Bin Inn owner<br />

Nikki Griffin<br />

says the<br />

community can<br />

become better<br />

connected<br />

with the police<br />

through social media<br />

IF YOU look at posts on<br />

community Facebook pages<br />

over the holiday season, you see<br />

post after post about break-ins,<br />

vandalism, thefts, burglaries,<br />

video footage of late night<br />

wanders and cars being stolen.<br />

These posts are normally<br />

backed by photos, asking for the<br />

names of the offenders.<br />

It would seem that Facebook<br />

pages have become the new<br />

police.<br />

We are now more aware of<br />

crimes due to these posts and<br />

they are not just limited to<br />

communities on the city’s east<br />

side. This is happening all over<br />

the city.<br />

Often these posts start out<br />

with negative comments that are<br />

turned into an active discussion,<br />

with some good outcomes for our<br />

community in terms of wanting<br />

to work together and with the<br />

police to lower crime.<br />

Over the Christmas period, I<br />

have noticed more police walking<br />

the beat and being met with a<br />

positive response by people in the<br />

New Brighton business area.<br />

It is great to see people stopping<br />

to have a chat with the police.<br />

There seems to be a lot of<br />

frustration around the opening<br />

hours of the local station for<br />

many in the community.<br />

I believe a few simple things<br />

could create a better connection<br />

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police Facebook page.<br />

The page could also be used<br />

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What it takes to remove the chlorine<br />

Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

With the<br />

clock ticking<br />

on the city<br />

council’s<br />

self-imposed<br />

deadline<br />

to end<br />

temporary<br />

chlorination of the<br />

water supply within<br />

12 months, water<br />

supply improvement<br />

programme manager<br />

Helen Beaumont gives<br />

an update on how the<br />

work is tracking<br />

IT HAS been a year since the city<br />

council voted to temporarily add<br />

chlorine to the drinking water<br />

supply in response to advice from<br />

the Canterbury Medical Officer<br />

of Health.<br />

Over the past few months we<br />

have made significant progress<br />

on upgrading the wells that<br />

supply our water so that we<br />

can get back to having an<br />

unchlorinated water supply.<br />

To date we have upgraded<br />

25 per cent of our wells – by<br />

volume of water produced – to<br />

bring them up to a standard<br />

that exceeds the present<br />

requirements.<br />

We’ve set the bar higher than<br />

required because we anticipate<br />

that more stringent standards<br />

will be introduced by the<br />

Government shortly.<br />

Upgrading each well takes<br />

between two and six weeks and<br />

we can only work on a limited<br />

number of wells at any one time<br />

because we still to need supply<br />

water to homes and businesses.<br />

We have been running a water<br />

conservation campaign asking<br />

people to use less water so we can<br />

continue work on the wells and<br />

we really appreciate the efforts<br />

people have been making.<br />

Our data shows average water<br />

use to date is well below the<br />

summer averages for the past two<br />

years. If that keeps up we should<br />

be able to continue with the well<br />

remediation work as planned.<br />

By May we expect to have<br />

completed interim upgrades on<br />

19 below-ground wells and raised<br />

another 41 wells above ground,<br />

bringing the total number of<br />

secure wells to 98.<br />

Those wells collectively provide<br />

more than 60 per cent of the<br />

city’s water supply.<br />

If we upgrade those wells<br />

as planned, we should<br />

have a sufficient volume of<br />

unchlorinated water to supply<br />

the city over the winter months<br />

when we use about 50 per cent<br />

less water than we do in the<br />

summer.<br />

However, even after doing this<br />

work, providing chlorine-free<br />

water to everyone in every part of<br />

the city remains a challenge.<br />

The water supply is delivered<br />

through nine discrete zones.<br />

The central zone is our biggest<br />

water zone and supplies water to<br />

42 per cent of the population. It<br />

is the oldest part of the city and<br />

where we have the most wells<br />

that need to be raised above<br />

ground.<br />

There is high demand for water<br />

relative to the available capacity<br />

in this zone and, therefore, very<br />

little excess capacity. This makes<br />

it difficult to do the necessary<br />

upgrades.<br />

To address the challenge in<br />

the central zone, in addition<br />

to the interim upgrades on<br />

below-ground wells, we are also<br />

working to install ultra violet<br />

treatment at the main pump<br />

station.<br />

The main pump station is the<br />

biggest supplier of water to the<br />

central zone, and we are working<br />

with the contractor on ways that<br />

the installation can be sped up<br />

so water can be treated with UV<br />

instead of chlorine at this site.<br />

We are also looking at whether<br />

we can transfer water across zone<br />

boundaries.<br />

There are technical challenges<br />

because of the different pressure<br />

levels in some of the zones.<br />

However, it may be possible<br />

for us to use some of the pump<br />

stations on the boundaries of the<br />

central zone to push untreated<br />

water into that area.<br />

In addition, we are<br />

investigating whether we can<br />

make use of two private wells on<br />

the Metro Sports Facility site.<br />

They tap into deep aquifers<br />

and were originally drilled for a<br />

ground-source heat pump that is<br />

no longer required.<br />

They may be suitable to supply<br />

potable water to homes and<br />

businesses in the central zone.<br />

We are confident that seven of<br />

the nine city supply zones will be<br />

chlorine free by May this year.<br />

It is likely that we will have<br />

sufficient water from secure wells<br />

in the Ferrymead zone, and we<br />

are doing further modelling of<br />

water supply options and looking<br />

at opportunities to fast track<br />

works in the central zone.<br />

In the meantime, we are also<br />

looking at how we can reduce the<br />

amount of chlorine in the water.<br />

At the pump stations where<br />

the chlorine has two minutes to<br />

react with the water and disinfect<br />

it before it reaches the first<br />

consumer we have been able to<br />

halve the dose of chlorine.<br />

We are now looking at whether<br />

we can re-route the water at some<br />

of the other pump stations so we<br />

can give the chlorine a longer<br />

time to do its job before it reaches<br />

the first consumer.<br />

For example, if we can send the<br />

water around the block before<br />

it reaches people’s homes, there<br />

may be other pump stations<br />

where we can also reduce the<br />

dose.<br />

Each pump station has<br />

between one and six wells<br />

supplying it. Where some wells<br />

are remediated and some are not,<br />

we have to chlorinate all of the<br />

water unless we can isolate<br />

the wells that haven’t been<br />

remediated.<br />

We can only do that when the<br />

demand for water is low.<br />

When there are periods of<br />

low demand we aim to only use<br />

pump stations without chlorine.<br />

It is only when absolutely<br />

necessary, as water demand<br />

rises, that we bring the<br />

chlorinated pump stations into<br />

service.<br />

We all want the chlorine out<br />

of our water and we are working<br />

hard to ensure we can have an<br />

unchlorinated water supply as<br />

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Edgeware Pool<br />

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$20k for<br />

feasibility study<br />

FINDING $20,000 to pay<br />

for a feasibility study into the<br />

Edgeware Pool is a new priority<br />

for the community group behind<br />

the project.<br />

The St Albans Pavilion and<br />

Pool Group is using a Givealittle<br />

page to raise money for the study,<br />

which will assess the practicality<br />

of the pool’s designs and whether<br />

it will be enough of an asset to<br />

the community. After the study,<br />

the group can apply to major<br />

charitable funders for money to<br />

build the pool.<br />

In 2016, the city council sold<br />

the land for the Edgeware Pool to<br />

the St Albans Pavilion and Pool<br />

Group for $1. The council said it<br />

would commit $1.25 million if<br />

the group can raise the rest of the<br />

$5 million cost. So far, more than<br />

$150,000 has been raised for the<br />

project.<br />

“The support has been fantastic<br />

from the community. It will be a<br />

fantastic facility as we are a growing<br />

suburb,” said community<br />

member Lynne O’Keefe.<br />

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TRANSFORMATION: A sketch of how the Pleasant Point Yacht Club will look when its new buildings are shifted on site.<br />

New rooms on way for yacht club<br />

• By Matt Slaughter<br />

A SIX-YEAR wait for new<br />

clubrooms at Pleasant Point<br />

Yacht Club could be over by<br />

April.<br />

The club has been operating<br />

out of five makeshift containers<br />

since 2013.<br />

After receiving building<br />

consent in October, it has now<br />

started to make preparations<br />

to move two buildings from<br />

Canterbury University’s<br />

Kirkwood Village block onto its<br />

site at South New Brighton Park.<br />

Pleasant Point Yacht<br />

Club publicity officer Nigel<br />

Humphreys said once the<br />

buildings were shifted and<br />

renovated, the club would once<br />

again have fully functional<br />

clubrooms and a separate toilet<br />

and shower block.<br />

Mr Humphreys said this<br />

would be a huge change from<br />

the containers it is operating<br />

out of currently, which were<br />

predominantly only used for<br />

storage.<br />

“At the moment, we don’t<br />

have any showers, any hot water,<br />

any power, any facilities or any<br />

toilets.”<br />

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He said Pleasant Point<br />

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SKILL: Enjoy<br />

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Big turnout expected<br />

for Hagley Park polo<br />

• By Louis Day<br />

TICKETS ARE selling fast for<br />

the Armstrong Prestige Hagley<br />

Park Polo Classic on Sunday.<br />

Director Jimmy Wood said<br />

he hoped the event would<br />

receive the same support as<br />

last year.<br />

“THe crowds last year gave us<br />

goosebumps, we hope they all<br />

return this year. You don’t need<br />

to play or even ride a horse to<br />

enjoy the day – it’s about being<br />

with friends and enjoying the<br />

beautiful surroundings.”<br />

THere will be a champagne<br />

lawn which will feature oysters<br />

and bubbles provided by Louis<br />

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Tickets for the champagne<br />

lawn are $55 and are selling out<br />

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tables left.<br />

THe gates will open at 11.30am<br />

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Family team Waireka, which<br />

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his three sons, Charlie, Jimmy<br />

and Henry, will be competing<br />

against Style Magazine, Bayleys<br />

Realty Group and Louis<br />

Champagne and Oyster Bar.<br />

Bugs under the spotlight<br />

A NEW STUDY will shine some<br />

light on insects in the red zone.<br />

National Institute of Water and<br />

Atmospheric Research freshwater<br />

ecologist Michelle Greenwood is<br />

investigating how a change in<br />

the colour spectrum of street<br />

lights could be affecting the<br />

insects that live in and near<br />

freshwater.<br />

Street lights in Christchurch<br />

and around New Zealand are<br />

being converted from mostly<br />

high pressure sodium lights,<br />

which emit a yellowish light, to<br />

more cost-effective, low energy,<br />

light-emitting diodes with a bluer<br />

light.<br />

The city council is changing<br />

38,000 street lights to LED lamps.<br />

It estimates the move will save<br />

$32 million in operational and<br />

maintenance costs over 20 years.<br />

Dr Greenwood said insects<br />

are indicators of the health of<br />

urban waterways, but little is<br />

known about how the switch to<br />

LEDs will affect them. If their<br />

behaviour is altered, it could have<br />

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“A lot of insects are more<br />

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they could be more attracted to<br />

the new street lights.<br />

If they are attracted to light,<br />

INVESTIGATION: NIWA freshwater ecologist Michelle<br />

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normal activities.<br />

They might just fly around and<br />

around the light until they’re<br />

exhausted and die.”<br />

Dr Greenwood will observe<br />

insects, such as caddisflies, flies<br />

and midges, emerging from the<br />

Avon River in the red zone, as<br />

well as other urban waterways, to<br />

see how they behave around the<br />

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“The Avon is tidal so it may<br />

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Call for more dolphin monitors in port<br />

Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

• By Louis Day<br />

A MARINE biologist has<br />

criticised the Lyttelton Port<br />

Company’s use of a single<br />

observer to monitor Hector’s<br />

dolphins in the harbour.<br />

LPC is currently piling for<br />

its new cruise ship berth. It has<br />

promised<br />

to cease all<br />

pile driving<br />

activity<br />

when<br />

Hector’s<br />

dolphins<br />

come within<br />

450m of the<br />

Liz Slooten<br />

berth.<br />

However,<br />

Otago<br />

University marine biology<br />

professor Liz Slooten said the<br />

majority of dolphins are likely<br />

to be undetected by a single<br />

observer.<br />

“With one person looking,<br />

you are only going to see a small<br />

fraction of the dolphins that are<br />

out there.”<br />

Prof Slooten said this could<br />

cause a lot of dolphins to be<br />

vulnerable to hearing loss.<br />

“They use sound for everything<br />

– that’s why people often say a<br />

deaf dolphin is a dead dolphin.”<br />

Prof Slooten said the size of the<br />

safety zone also makes it difficult<br />

to detect the dolphins.<br />

“The probability of detecting<br />

Hector’s dolphins drops quite<br />

significantly with distance,” she<br />

said.<br />

“At about 100m you only<br />

see about 60 per cent (of the<br />

dolphins), and about 200m you<br />

only see a third, and at 400m you<br />

would only see about 14 per cent<br />

of the dolphins.”<br />

LPC strategic engagement<br />

manager Phil De Joux said he is<br />

confident its current plan will<br />

mitigate the impacts of piling on<br />

the dolphins.<br />

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Mr De Joux said 287 dolphins<br />

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News<br />

Local<br />

News<br />

Now<br />

Perfect camping trip at South Brighton<br />

Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

• By Matt Slaughter<br />

A FAMILY with a long history<br />

of holidaying at South Brighton<br />

was back this year for the camp’s<br />

busiest season.<br />

Camper Scott Rushton said he<br />

had been spending the festive<br />

season at the South Brighton<br />

Holiday Park since 1998, as it had<br />

been one of his mum’s favourite<br />

spots.<br />

It had since become a favourite<br />

for his family and he said it was<br />

great to see the park full with<br />

campers after an uncertain<br />

couple of years.<br />

Mr Rushton continued to camp<br />

at the park after the earthquakes<br />

left it with limited facilities<br />

because he wanted to show his<br />

support in difficult times.<br />

Park owner Sam Hawkins said<br />

when he and his wife Jacquie<br />

bought the park in 2017 they<br />

were faced with a huge job to fix<br />

damage from the earthquakes.<br />

But the repairs have been made<br />

and after a quiet couple of years,<br />

Mr Hawkins said the number of<br />

campers at the park had doubled<br />

this season compared to the<br />

last Christmas and New Year’s<br />

period.<br />

“We had to close the park three<br />

times over new year because it<br />

was at capacity.”<br />

Though Mr Rushton and his<br />

LOYAL: Scott Rushton and his family (above) spent the festive<br />

season at South Brighton Holiday Park, owned by Sam and<br />

Jacquie Hawkins (right), when it reached capacity.<br />

family enjoyed camping at the<br />

park for many years, he said the<br />

mood had been extra special<br />

during this stay.<br />

“They’ve brought back what<br />

was originally so good about the<br />

place. It’s a place to camp up and<br />

meet people and have barbecues.”<br />

“Its a hidden little gem, which<br />

I don’t want to give away too<br />

much, really.”<br />

Mr Rushton, his wife Sarah and<br />

their four children Olivia, Lucas,<br />

Fleur and Maddison travelled<br />

from Leeston and stayed in a tent<br />

at the park over the holidays.<br />

He said it had all the<br />

makings of a classic Kiwi<br />

camping trip.<br />

“The kids loved it. We were<br />

only going out for seven nights<br />

and we ended up staying for 11.<br />

The weather was great as well.”<br />

Mr Rushton said the holiday<br />

park had a lot to offer, which is<br />

what kept him going back year<br />

after year.<br />

“I always knew what it was like<br />

and always knew the potential it<br />

had,” he said.<br />

“The beach is just down the<br />

road and it’s so sheltered that it<br />

hardly gets any wind. It’s just<br />

mint.”<br />

Hanleys Essential Dog Roll<br />

Essentials dog rolls have now rebranded to Hanleys Essential<br />

Dog Roll under owner Philippa Hanleys animal nutrition banner.<br />

Philippa has been making natural horse and dog food for over<br />

10 years and lives locally in Geraldine.<br />

Hanleys Essential Dog Roll are not just amazing meat. Philippas<br />

own amino acids blend from Nz whey protein concentrate<br />

are added along with organic minerals, rice and hemp seed oil<br />

from Canterbury. Hemp seed oil has been dubbed ‘nature’s<br />

most perfectly balanced oil’, due to its 3:1 ratio of Omega 6<br />

to Omega 3, deemed an essential requirement for long-term<br />

healthy nutrition. Brown rice flour and other organic minerals<br />

are also added, making the rolls full of clean protein and good<br />

fats. Hanleys contains 18% protein so next time you are buying<br />

your dog roll compare this figure. More protein means you<br />

need to feed less, so you are receiving far better value for<br />

money. Feed less and save more.<br />

It is not just about what is in the rolls. What is missing is also<br />

crucial. No preservatives or chemicals are added. Many pet<br />

owners probably do not realise how hard preservatives are<br />

on a dog’s kidneys and how much damage they may cause. The<br />

business mottos are: ‘enhance all health’ and ‘health before<br />

money’.<br />

Feed just a portion of normal supermarket rolls due to the<br />

superfood ingredients.<br />

Available from Shop 33, Bishopdale Mall, Ph. 359 5118<br />

or visit www.animalessentials co.nz


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MAKING A SPLASH:<br />

New Brighton’s Kaden<br />

McBeth, 10, is tipped<br />

overboard by his sisters<br />

Ava, 10, and Maia,<br />

7, at the Jellie Park<br />

Recreation and Sports<br />

Centre. The family took<br />

a dip in the pool to cool<br />

off from the recent<br />

heat.<br />

PHOTO: MARTIN<br />

HUNTER<br />

WATER: Rhys Steele (above) and<br />

Gus and Max Pheloung (below)<br />

spent a day of their holidays<br />

paddling on a lake at The Groynes<br />

with the Youth Alive Trust.<br />

SLIPPERY: Taison Page (above) and Lachlan Maxwell (right) enjoyed<br />

the waterslide at the Youth Alive Trust’s Grace Vineyard Church<br />

holiday programme.


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by 5pm each Wednesday<br />

JP Clinic at Shirley Library<br />

Tuesday, 10am-1pm<br />

A justice of the peace will<br />

be available to members of<br />

the community, to witness<br />

signatures and documents,<br />

certify document copies, hear<br />

oaths, declarations, affidavits<br />

or affirmations as well as sign<br />

citizenship, sponsorship or rates<br />

rebates applications. No charge.<br />

Shirley Library, 36 Marshland<br />

Rd<br />

Playstation 4 Tournament<br />

Tuesday, 12-4pm<br />

Go and test your gaming<br />

skills these holidays. Highest<br />

score on the day will win a prize.<br />

New Brighton Library, 213<br />

Marine Pde<br />

Creative Family Time<br />

Tuesday, 2-3pm<br />

Go and get creative at Aranui<br />

Library. There will be arts<br />

and crafts, 3D colouring and<br />

interactive games. Free and good<br />

for all ages.<br />

Aranui Library,109 Aldershot St<br />

Scrabble Club<br />

Wednesday, 1.30–3.30pm<br />

Go along to the Scrabble<br />

club. No obligation, just go<br />

along when you can and join the<br />

friendly group. All materials are<br />

supplied. No fee.<br />

Shirley Library, 36 Marshland<br />

Rd (by the Palms)<br />

mBots<br />

Thursday, 10.30am-12pm<br />

Do you like solving puzzles?<br />

Then go and have fun with the<br />

friendly little mBots and have a<br />

go at some of the challenges.<br />

New Brighton Library, 213<br />

Marine Pde<br />

Technology help drop-in<br />

sessions<br />

Thursday, 3.30-4.30pm<br />

Go along to our drop-in<br />

sessions for help with email,<br />

searching the internet, using<br />

the library catalogue, eBooks,<br />

and general computer<br />

queries.<br />

Shirley Library, 36 Marshland<br />

Rd (by the Palms)<br />

For the next seven days, the work of local artist Mark Ashby will be displayed at New Brighton<br />

Library. Mr Ashby’s art has been part of his journey to recover from a significant brain injury. He<br />

says he uses his “distorted persona” to capture a unique view and hopes this will help others in<br />

the same predicament. The exhibition will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,<br />

Saturday, Sunday, Monday, 9am-6pm Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm Saturday-Sunday, at New<br />

Brighton Library, 213 Marine Pde.<br />

Beebots<br />

Friday, 2–3pm<br />

Help your Beebots find their<br />

way around using entry-level<br />

coding. An informal dropin<br />

session to have a look at<br />

how Beebots work. Free, no<br />

bookings required.<br />

Shirley Library, 36 Marshland<br />

Rd<br />

Cards Club<br />

Friday, 1.30–3.30pm<br />

This weekly card club is on<br />

every Friday, just go along and<br />

join the fun. Free, no bookings<br />

required.<br />

Shirley Library, 36 Marshland<br />

Rd (by the Palms Mall)<br />

Shirley Library’s Culture<br />

Exchange<br />

Friday, 3.45-4.45pm<br />

Go along and make new<br />

friends, practice English and<br />

learn about New Zealand and<br />

Christchurch.<br />

Shirley Library, 36<br />

Marshland Rd (by the Palms<br />

Mall)<br />

Have a go day<br />

Saturday, 10.30am-3.30pm<br />

Go along to New Brighton<br />

Library to give some new<br />

activities a go. There will be<br />

gardening, belly dancing, coding<br />

and ukelele classes.<br />

New Brighton Library, 213<br />

Marine Pde<br />

New Brighton Seaside Market<br />

Saturday, 10am-2pm<br />

Held in the Brighton Mall<br />

every Saturday just across the<br />

road from the beach and the new<br />

children’s playground.<br />

New Brighton Pedestrian<br />

Mall, cnr Marine Pde and<br />

Beresford St<br />

Golden Oldies Movie<br />

Screening<br />

Monday, 1.30pm<br />

Rick Moranis and Ellen Greene<br />

star in Little Shop of Horrors,<br />

a 1986 musical where a nerdy<br />

florist finds his chance for success<br />

and romance with the help of a<br />

giant man-eating plant which<br />

demands to be fed. Running time<br />

is 1hr and 42min. Arrive early for<br />

a cuppa and a chat. $2 donation.<br />

New Brighton Museum, cnr of<br />

Hardy St and Seaview Rd<br />

Holiday programme<br />

Minecraft Game Zone<br />

Tuesday, 10am-12pm<br />

Minecraft Game Zone is a 3D<br />

gaming experience that involves<br />

creating your own virtual world<br />

and interacting with others<br />

online. To get the most out of<br />

this programme, you’ll need to<br />

have a basic understanding of<br />

Minecraft. Book in for a twohour<br />

session and play to your<br />

heart’s content.<br />

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Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>22</strong> <strong>2019</strong> 17<br />

FOCUS ON HEALTH<br />

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Emerging research has shown as many as 50% of older adults and<br />

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Scientists at Rush University Medical<br />

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brain mass and the lowest scores on<br />

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Another study showed that older people<br />

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B12 is essential for energy production, cell<br />

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nerve health and repair, and prevention<br />

of homocysteine a serious cardiovascular<br />

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The reason so many people lack B12<br />

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