The Star: February 14, 2019

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Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Thursday, February The 14, Star 2019 

More Lime scooters on the way 

FUTURE: City councillors Vicki Buck and Pauline Cotter were part of the committee which approved extending the 

permit for Lime scooters. 

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER 

• By Julia Evans 

MORE LIME scooters will be 

seen on Christchurch streets. 

A city council committee 

yesterday recommended the 

California-based company’s 

permit be extended to one year 

with an $86.25 annual rental 

fee. 

It will also be able to boost its 

fleet from 700 scooters to 1000. 

There will be a city-wide limit 

of 1600 e-scooters, although 

that number may be adjusted. 

The city council will get 

the final say on approving the 

committee’s recommendations. 

•Turn to page 4 

Too many 

parents 

calling 

police 

on their 

children 

• By Matt Slaughter 

POLICE ARE becoming 

increasingly frustrated with 

parents asking them to sort out 

their children’s tantrums, hissy 

fits and yelling matches. 

At least one call a month 

is being made to police from 

parents who are not able to deal 

with their kids 

behaviour. Some 

are even phoning 

111. Sergeant Jim 

Currie said it is 

wasting hours of 

valuable police 

time. 

“It’s taking Jim Currie 

our resources 

away from things like dealing 

with family harm and burglaries 

where people really need us,” he 

said. 

Police had received calls from 

parents of children as young as 

nine who had reported issues 

as insignificant as their children 

refusing to turn off their gaming 

consoles, Sergeant Currie said. 

He said the solution to the 

conflicts was not to call police, 

but for parents “to be parents, 

take responsibility and set clear 

rules to make it clear what the 

consequences are.” 

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• By Anan Zaki 

TRUSTING ELDERLY people 

who leave keys in cars and doors 

unlocked are becoming prime 

targets for burglars and thieves. 

Police say the problem is 

happening in small Canterbury 

townships as people from 

outside those areas move in. 

In Leeston, an elderly man’s 

unlocked ute was stolen while he 

did the grocery shopping. 

Constable Herb Inwood said 


Car thief takes off with elderly man’s ‘CHICK’ 

elderly people were being targeted 

across the Selwyn district. 

The man, in his mid-70s, left 

his red Nissan Navara, with 

the personalised number plate 

‘CHICK’, unlocked with the 

engine running at the Leeston 

FreshChoice car park on High 

St at 12.23pm on February 1, 

Constable Inwood said. 

Leaving the car running was 

common in years gone by, but 

it should not be done today, he 

said. 

in brief 

Fire rages, homes at risk 

• By Sophie Cornish 

OFFERS HAVE poured in 

for the teenage boy who was 

held up at knifepoint for the 

mountain bike he had saved 

up for. 

Last week, The Star reported 

Sam Bryson, 13 was 

walking with his bike along 

Centaurus Rd, Huntsbury, 

on February 9, when he 

was approached by a man 

holding a large kitchen 

knife, who then stole his 

bike. 

“Give me your f**king 

bike, boy,” said the robber, 

who was described 

as Polynesian and in 

his late 20s. 

Several offers have 

been made from the public to 

purchase Sam a new bike, or 

help pay for one. 

However, Sam’s parents, Stewart 

and Anna Bryson, were able 

to get a new bike through their 

insurance. 

“He’s good; he’s had a 

chance to ride it. He tried to 

ride it to school and I said: ‘No 

way.’ It’s actually a much better 

bike, the new one, so he’s a 

happy kid.” 

“It’s funny because Sam delivers 

The Star on a Thursday and 

he was putting his own face in 

people’s letterboxes,” said Mr 

Bryson. 

Sam has a road bike he uses to 

get to school. 

Inspector Glen Nalder said 

police are continuing to follow 

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Sam, who has the heart condition, 

aortic stenosis, was told 

in September that he could no 

longer play contact sport. 

New wheels for teenager 

who was robbed of bike 

Thursday February 14 2019 

Man charged with 

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A 23-year-old man has 

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dispute with his neighbour 

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were called to a property on 

Ensors Rd in Waltham at 

about 8.55pm on Monday. 

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Campbell said another man 

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His parents then loaned him 

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News 

in brief 

Council pays $15K to 

replace drain lids 

Drain lids being stolen and 

used for scrap metal has cost 

city council about $15,000 

so far this year. About 50 

sumps, the metal grates 

which sit on top of drains in 

gutters, have been stolen, city 

council manager city streets 

maintenance Mark Pinner 

says. Mr Pinner said it would 

appear the sumps are being 

used as scrap metal. The 

sumps cost $300 each replace. 

Missing sumps cause a safety 

concern and Mr Pinner said 

the sumps are replaced as soon 

as city council are aware of 

them. 

Night-time Lyttelton 

Tunnel closures 

Lyttelton Tunnel will be 

closed for three nights later 

this month. The New Zealand 

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Limes to stay for another year 

•From page 1 

More than a quarter of 

Christchurch residents made 

400,000 trips on the scooters 

since they were launched on a 

trial basis in October, for which 

Lime paid $136. 

Feedback on the 

scooters has been 

overwhelmingly 

positive. A city council 

survey found 93 per 

cent of users called for 

them to stay. 

Committee 

chairwoman and city 

councillor Pauline 

Cotter said the scooters 

were bringing great 

economic benefits to the city. 

“They’ve certainly arrived with 

a whoosh and a roar,” she said. 

However, Lime wrote to the 

city council to put forward a 

number of different proposals, 

including “exclusivity” in the 

city in exchange for it paying 

the council $83 per scooter 

– $132,800 a year for 1600 

scooters. 

It also put forward proposals 

for a reduced rate of $49 per 

scooter for 1000 scooters, a tax 

of $0.05 per trip, exclusivity 

for four years for $200,000 or 

removing the 1600 cap. 

However, city council 

staff said: “This process is 

not a negotiation, nor is it a 

commercial arrangement with 

a particular operator. Any 

concepts of exclusivity 

raise several issues 

around anticompetitive 

practices.” 

City councillor 

Mike Davidson 

opposed allowing 

Lime to increase its 

fleet to 1000 – he 

wanted the number 

capped at 800. 

“It’s a bit of a shame. 

I think if we limited Lime to 

50 per cent then potentially we 

would have encouraged other 

operators to come forward. 

Wouldn’t it be great if we 

actually had a local provider 

instead of an international one?” 

he said. 

Cr Cotter said there was an 

opening for another operator to 

come in with 600 scooters. 

The city council has had 

expressions of interest from 

other e-scooter companies, 

although none had applied for a 

trading permit. 

Mike Davidson 

SPEEDY: Riders 

will now have 

more time on 

Lime scooters 

after the city 

council approved 

their use for 

another year. 

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Thursday February 14 2019 5 

Moore reveals legal costs 


FORMER MAYOR Garry Moore 

has revealed how much it cost to 

fight legal action taken against 

him by a senior city council boss. 

Mr Moore was sued last year 

for $500,000 by the head of the 

city council’s three waters and 

waste John Mackie. 

Mr Mackie alleged he was defamed 

over comments Mr Moore 

made, suggesting Mr Mackie 

was pushing the interests of 

pro-chlorine group Water New 

Zealand. 

The legal action was dropped, 

but Mr Moore revealed this week 

it had cost him $20,000 in legal 

fees. 

The lawsuit and allegations 

were dropped after discussions 

between the pair mediated by 

former SCIRT value manager 

Rod Cameron at the end of last 

year, said Mr Moore. 

“The case was a result of a 

misunderstanding. All it took 

was a few conversations and we 

found out we got on famously,” 

Mr Moore said. 

“I’m interested in public debate 

about public issues and that’s 

what I will continue doing. 

This particular debate cost me 

$20,000, usually it just costs me a 

beer or a coffee.” 

Garry Moore John Mackie 

Mr Mackie sought $500,000 

in damages as he said Mr Moore 

made defamatory allegations 

that he was pushing the interests 

of pro-chlorination group Water 

New Zealand. 

Sources have confirmed that 

Mr Mackie has resigned from his 

role at the city council. 

However, a city council spokesperson 

said it could not comment 

on specific employment cases for 

privacy reasons. Mr Mackie did 

not respond to questions from 

The Star. 

Mr Mackie was appointed 

head of three waters and waste in 

2016, which runs the city’s water 

supply, stormwater and sewerage 

systems. 

Mr Mackie is a board member 

of Water New Zealand. In October, 

the city council canned its 

membership of the organisation, 

due to concerns it was pushing 

for mandatory chlorination. 

The three waters and waste 

team was also criticised in a draft 

report, which investigated how 

the city’s drinking water came to 

need chlorination. 

Mr Mackie asked for changes 

in the final report to say his unit 

had been under-resourced. 

Mayor Lianne Dalziel said 

chlorinating the city’s water may 

have been avoided if councillors 

had been made aware of the issue 

with wellheads sooner. 


There were times when calls 

from concerned parents were 

justified but small household 

disputes were too commonly 

reported. 

“It ranges from tantrums 

and not getting off the Xbox to 

actually physically threatening 

the parents. The physically 

threatening ones we’re quite 

happy to deal with, but not these 

ones where the kid won’t do 

the dishes or won’t get off the 

Xbox.” 

Christchurch psychologist 

Sushila Deo said calling the 

police was serious, and if parents 

were doing it for unnecessary 

reasons it could damage how 

children viewed authority and 

discipline. 

Calling the police on children 

is the worst way to change their 

behaviour and extreme threats 

like this should almost never be 

necessary, Mrs Deo said. 

She said parenting is about 

making an effort to spend time 

with children away from the 

things that cause conflict and 

“giving them options for some 

replacement behaviours.” 

“They will always learn more 

from someone who is going to 

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Don’t call the cops on 

your naughty children 

TANTRUM: Parents calling 

police to report their 

children’s everyday bad 

behaviour is wasting police 

time. 

support them and hug them 

rather than someone who is 

going to lock them up.” 

Sergeant Currie said parents 

with more serious concerns 

should call Oranga Tamariki 

– Ministry for Children before 

contacting the police. 

“They’ve got social workers 

that can assist and work on 

those parenting skills and 

courses they do that can help 

with parenting, especially 

younger parents.” 

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News 

Stadium ideas 

will be set 

out this week 


IDEAS FOR the design of the city’s 

long-awaited stadium will be set 

out at meetings held this week. 

Potential users and interest 

groups are meeting at stakeholder 

forums to discuss the stadium’s 

investment case, offer feedback 

and ideas. 

“Representatives of sporting 

organisations, business, events and 

entertainment and key community 

groups have been involved throughout 

the process,” city council 

general manager citizens and community 

Mary Richardson said. 

The city council has been working 

on the investment case for the 

stadium planned for the block 

bound by Madras, Barbadoes, 

Hereford and Tuams Sts after it 

was given the green light in April. 

It brought forward $253 million 

in the Long Term Plan to fund 

the stadium and the Government 

ear-marked an additional $220 

million, on top of the $86.7 million 

spent to purchase the land. 

The investment case is based 

on a $473 million covered 

stadium with 25,000-seat capacity 

and room for 5000 temporary 

seats. 

Jessie is Canty’s oldest woman 

• By Sophie Cornish 

JESSIE ALABONE is 39,258 

days old today. 

That makes her the oldest living 

person in Canterbury. 

To save you reaching for 

the calculator, Mrs Alabone is 

107-years-old and 175 days. 

Previously, Howard Buss was 

the oldest living person in Canterbury. 

He died on January 25, aged 

107 years and 214 days. 

Born on August 22, 1911, Mrs 

Alabone sits at number 58 on 

Gerontology Wiki’s list of the 

oldest New Zealanders to ever 

live. 

Only two other people on the 

list older than Mrs Alabone are 

still alive. 

Lola de la Haye, born in November 

1909, is 109-years-old 

and lives in New Plymouth. 

Mabel Jenkins is said to be living 

in the Waikato at 110-yearsold, 

but her age is yet to be 

verified online. 

Mrs Alabone has seven grandchildren, 

15 great-grandchildren 

and eight great-great-grandchildren. 

She was the third oldest of 15 

children of William and Mary 

McDonald, who arrived from 

AGEING GRACEFULLY: Jessie Alabone is Canterbury’s oldest 

person at 107. 


Victoria, Australia, in 1910. 

Mr McDonald was a wellknown 

saddler and their family 

had a long association in the harness 

racing industry. 

Two of her youngest siblings 

are still alive and her mother 

died aged 102. 

Mrs Alabone attended St 

Joseph’s Cathedral School in 

Papanui and completed high 

school at Christchurch Technical 

College. 

“She loved school, she was a 

great student, good at maths 

and had a great memory. She 

had attention to detail, played 

the piano and liked the finer 

things in life,” said Mrs Smaill. 

Mrs Alabone began working in 

a shoe shop at age 15. She worked 

at Strange and Co, Farmers, and 

Stewart Robinson’s shoe shop. She 

eventually managed a retail store. 

She met Percy ‘Bill’ Alabone 

at Fraser’s dancing school and 

in 1932, they married at St 

Mathew’s Church, St Albans, 

when she was 21. 

The couple went on to have two 

children, Diana and Billy. 

Mrs Alabone enjoyed hobbies 

such as embroidery, baking and 

travelling, was a capable seamstress 

and a passionate gardener. 

Mrs Smaill said her grandmother 

attributed her memory to 

her lack of multi-tasking. 

“She liked to focus on finishing 

one job then starting another 

as well as keeping everything in 

moderation,” said Mrs Smaill. 

Her motto in life was: ‘What 

will be, will be.’ 

“She never, ever looked to the 

past and she never looked to the 

future. She lives in the here and 

now,” said Mrs Smaill. 

Mrs Alabone was still driving 

when she was 100 and lived 

independently until 102. 

•Rest home campaigner’s 

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Professor’s burglary case closed 

THE CURIOUS case of the 

burgled professor is no closer to 

being resolved, as a year-long 

police investigation wrapped up 

with an inconclusive result. 

Canterbury University professor 

Anne-Marie Brady suffered 

a number of suspicious burglaries 

in early 2018 that she – and 

other scholars and intelligence 

analysts – have 

said were likely 

a response to 

her critical 

work investigating 

China’s 

foreign influence 

activities. 

Anne-Marie 

Brady 

The investigation, 

which 

stretched for 

almost a year, involved the 

police’s secretive National 

Security Investigation Team, 

international law-enforcement 

body Interpol and spy agency 

the New Zealand Security and 

Intelligence Service. The latter 

agency also swept Dr Brady’s 

home and university office for 

bugs. 

Yesterday, a statement today 

police said they had been unable 

to resolve the case. 

“Police have taken these 

incidents very seriously and a 

lengthy, detailed and extensive 

investigation has been 

conducted. This has involved 

all necessary police resources 

including detailed forensic 

analysis, interviews and expert 

advice. 

“The burglaries and other 

matters reported remain unresolved 

at this time. The 

investigation is now at a point 

where there are no further lines 

of inquiry to pursue unless new 

information becomes available.” 

Dr Brady told the New 

Zealand Herald she had been 

informed of the investigation’s 

conclusion on Monday, and was 

disappointed with the result. 

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“I am disappointed that in 

spite of the hard work of individual 

officers the police have 

not identified the culprit,” she 

said. 

Dr Brady, an internationally 

respected academic, emerged as 

a public figure in late 2017 after 

publishing her Magic Weapons 

paper using New Zealand 

as a case study in mapping out 

China’s international influence 

campaigns. 

Her work focused political donations, 

board appointments for 

ex-politicians and their families, 

and connections between these 

and China’s external influence 

agency the United Front Works 

Department. Following publication 

Brady has travelled to brief 

officials in Ottawa, Washington, 

London, Canberra and elsewhere. 

The burglary of her home on 

February 14 saw devices – laptops 

and a burner phone – used 

to research the paper taken, but 

other valuables – including jewellery 

and cash left in the open – 

ignored. The following day, her 

office was also broken into. 

In November her mechanic, 

unaware of the ongoing probe 

into the case, reported he believed 

her family’s car had been 

“tampered with” after finding 

both front tyres had dangerously 

low pressure. Police folded 

this claim into their investigation, 

the New Zealand Herald 

reported. 

Early on, Brady had classed 

the burglaries as harassment in 

response to her work on China. 

Days after the burglaries 

she told an Australian 

parliamentary committee her 

earlier research on Antarctic 

politics had seen pressure put on 

her employer, and more recently 

people she associated with in 

China had been questioned 

by Ministry of State Security 

officials. 

Local 

News 

Now 

Meeting today 

to discuss top 

council job 



THE RECRUITMENT process 

for the city council’s top job is set 

to be discussed behind-closeddoors 

today. 

Mayor Lianne Dalziel, Deputy 

Mayor Andrew Turner and several 

city councillors will 

discuss recruitment 

at an extraordinary 

meeting of the 

chief executive 

performance 

and employment 

committee. Chief 

executive Karleen 

Edwards will decide 

Karleen 

Edwards 

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GRAHAM TATE returned from 

Zimbabwe in the 1990s with the 

intention of enjoying his twilight 

years. 

He loves boogie-boarding and 

bowls. 

But for the last 11 months, the 

84-year-old has been battling a 

sort of David and Goliath fight 

against bureaucracy. 

“He enjoys a challenge,” his 

wife Marion said. 

It’s been a month since the 

Goliath in this situation – Environment 

Canterbury – stopped 

the Orbiter running along 

Philpotts Rd, Mairehau, due to 

Northern Corridor changes on 

QE II Drive. 

But the bus was caught regularly 

by the elderly residents of the 

Diana Isaac Retirement Village. 

They now face a 1km walk to 

the nearest stop on Innes Rd. 

Talking about it brings tears to 

his eyes, which Mr Tate bats away 

with the handkerchief from his 

pocket. 

“You’ve got to understand in 

a place like this there are a lot of 

old people who can’t think about 

much other than the little day to 

day things.” 

They pay rates, have medical 

appointments and need to get 

groceries – the bus service is essential, 

he said. 

He can drive, but wears hearing 

aids. He has found it hard going 

to public meetings because he 

can’t hear everything that’s said. 

FIGHT: Eightyfour-year-old 

Graham Tate 

says he won’t 

give up on 

having the 

Orbiter bus 

service returned 

for residents 

of Diana Isaac 

Retirement 

Village. 

But Mr Tate doesn’t let that stop 

him. There are the more than 

350 residents who have had their 

independence “ripped” away with 

the loss of the bus access. 

To become a resident at the village, 

you have to be over 70, but 

most are over 80 – there’s even 

Jessie Alabone who, at 107, is the 

oldest person in Canterbury (see 

her story on page 6). 

“I’ve had to stand up to get any 

activity. I don’t like to have residents 

who have no other option 

stymied.” 

Mr Tate is leading the charge 

with the support of Ryman 

Healthcare, which runs the 

retirement village. He has lobbied 

the city council, local councillor 

Pauline Cotter and MP Duncan 

Webb on top of organising a protest 

outside ECan’s building with 

150 pensioners and a petition 

with 650 signatures. 

“It’s become as much of a personal 

crusade.” 

While its not the first challenge 

Mr Tate has taken on, he said 

its the one that has taken the 

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for independence 

He lectured for “20-odd years” 

at Lincoln University on farm 

management and “extension” – 

which is the process of bringing 

about change in a community – 

before working overseas. 

“We went and worked with volunteer 

services abroad in Africa 

for some time and then I set up a 

little business working in overseas 

development, mainly involved in 

bringing about change in rural 

communities,” Mr Tate said. 

He had contracts in more than 

20 developing countries. 

“There was a remote community 

on the border of Mozambique and 

I spent a lot of time with them 

because they were largely ignored 

by the Government. We managed 

to place a planning officer from 

New Zealand to help,” Mr Tate 

said. 

“So there’s nothing new to me 

about bringing change. But this 

feels more important . . . I thought 

at the start this was going to be 

good. Bringing about change usually 

involves a personal relationship 

with someone and I thought 

we were achieving that.” 

However, he said that is no 

longer the case. 

“It’s proving a bureaucracy that I 

have always skirted around in the 

past, but I’m very blocked here.” 

ECan raised the idea of trialling 

a service to take residents to 

bus stops. But the vehicle would 

have been run by volunteers from 

the village. 

“I was a supporter of that. But 

it’s too complicated for a village 

of this age, so its not a goer. We’ve 

got to forget about that and get on 

and find something else,” Mr Tate 

said. 

However, ECan has given up. 

Senior manager of public transport 

Stuart Gibbons said: “We’ve 

run out of ideas.” 

“We’ve offered alternatives and 


RESIDENTS ARE rallying 

to have suburbs left out of the 

Shirley Boys’ and Avonside Girls’ 

High School zone permanently 

included. 

In April, the Ministry 

of Education came up 

with a compromise for 

a 13-year transitional 

zone that allows students 

living in the current 

zones around Richmond, 

Shirley, Avonside, Dallington, 

St Albans and 

Edgeware to enrol at the 

new multi-million QE II 

Park campus. 

The zone will be reviewed in 

May, a month after students start 

at the new school. 

But residents from the excluded 

suburbs have launched a petition, 

which will be sent to the ministry 

calling for the transitional zone to 

be made permanent. 

‘Were’ so disappointed’ 


GRAHAM LAWN hasn’t been 

behind the wheel of a car for 

the last five years. 

“It’s just old age, your mobility 

becomes restricted,” he said. 

But the 92-year-old resident 

of Diana Isaac Retirement 

Village says his independence 

has been “ruined” since the 

Orbiter stopped running along 

Philpotts Rd. 

Mr Lawn and his wife Lenore 

relied on the bus for medical 

appointments, shopping and 

even had the odd trip out to 

Sumner. 

However, as they have to 

use walking sticks or mobility 

scooters, they cannot walk the 

1km to Innes Rd. 

Instead, Mr and Mrs Lawn 

are having to taxi or simply not 

go out. 

“We have half price in the 

taxi, but it’s just not the same. 

You have to wait for it to come, 

you can’t just go at your own 

we haven’t been able to implement 

those alternatives, so there’s really 

not much to do.” 

The solution the residents are 

pushing for is rerouting the 44 bus 

route down Philpotts Rd. It would 

then do a turn and head back 

towards Innes Rd. 

But Mr Gibbon said it would 

cost $100,000 and this, combined 

with the time it would take to 

construct, meant ECan did not see 

this as a good option. 

“We have explored alternative 

ways of rerouting the 44 as 

requested by the residents and 

Ryman, however, it is not viable to 

further pursue this at this time,” 

Mr Gibbon said. 

So far it has 100 signatures. 

Dallington Residents Association 

chairwoman Bebe Frayle said 

it always planned to lobby for the 

zone to be made permanent. 

“But what kicked off our regrouping 

was the info 

that Shirley Boys’ has 

closed their out-ofzone 

roll as soon as it 

opened,” she said. 

SBHS closed its enrolments 

for out-of-zone 

students last month, two 

months before it moves. 

“For us, it’s all about 

gathering support 

and the plan would 

be to talk to communities and 

the school, mostly the people affected,” 

she said. 

Being permanently excluded 

from the zone would have impact 

on house prices, divide communities 

and disrupt families. 

“We’re placed in a very weird 

Graham Lawn 

pace,” he said. 

Plus, Mr Lawn said the cost 

was mounting up quickly. 

“We’re so disappointed . . . 

This is absolutely essential for 

people like us. You could take 

the Orbiter to Northlands or 

The Palms and get anywhere in 

the city. Now that’s gone.” 

“We have invested considerable 

effort in trying to identify a viable 

and sustainable solution, but have 

unfortunately not succeeded in 

finding one that meets the needs 

of all parties involved. We’ve now 

reached the point where we have 

exhausted the range of options 

available to us.” 

In the meantime, Ryman will 

operate a village taxi and car 

share scheme to make sure residents 

can still get around from 

next month. 

However, the battle for the bus is 

not over for the residents of Diana 

Isaac. 

“We’ll keep plugging,” Mr Tate 

said. 

School zone petition launched 

Bebe Frayle 

position and as residents, we 

can’t say that this is our local 

school. We don’t have one,” she 

said. 

“It’s a weird and unfair position 

for families to be in.” 

But Ministry of Education deputy 

secretary sector enablement and 

support Katrina Casey said the 

changes made to the enrolment 

schemes were to reflect their new 

location. 

“The enrolment schemes will 

help Avonside Girls’ High School, 

and Shirley Boys’ High School 

make effective and efficient use 

of their new schools and will 

give them the ability to manage 

future rolls and reduce the risk of 

overcrowding,” she said. 

•To sign the petition, go to 

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Chinese New Year Parade 

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Meth use leads to $12k payout to landlord 

A TENANT who made off with 

a stained glass window and 

smoked methamphetamine in 

her flat has been ordered to pay 

almost $12,000 to her landlord. 

Kerry Lee Harper was the 

second Christchurch tenant in 

a week to be hit with thousands 

of dollars in damage claims at 

the Tenancy Tribunal as a result 

of meth contamination, New 

Zealand Herald reported. 

She must now hand over 

$11,558 to Champagne Homes, 

including $3145 for meth testing, 

$800 for the replacement 

of a stained glass window and 

$5640 for cleaning and repainting 

her rental. 

With Harper failing to attend 

the tribunal hearing, the adjudicator 

backed all the claims put 

forward by Champagne Homes. 

The company said it had significantly 

repaired the rental before 

giving it to Harper, but that once 

her tenancy ended, they found a 

stained glass window removed 

from an inside door and the 

walls contaminated with meth. 

Fronting the Tenancy Tribunal 

in a separate hearing, fellow 

Christchurch tenant Minna 

O’Toole was also ordered to pay 

$13,241 to her landlord Holmwood 

Real Estate. 

The company told the hearing 

O’Toole or others had smoked 

meth in the rental, leading to it 

spending more than $12,000 on 

meth testing and cleaning costs. 

It said there were clear signs 

O’Toole had been taking drugs 

in the rental during the last six 

months of her tenancy. 

“The tenant’s behaviour 

changed. She became irrational 

and appeared cut off. Her eyes 

rolled in her head and she could 

not maintain eye contact,” the 

landlord told the tribunal. 

“While she had previously 

kept the premises reasonably 

clean and tidy, it became filthy. 

There were little bags containing 

marijuana and butane bottles 

in the premises.” 

Meth testing also showed 

the rental exceeded contamination 

levels of 15 µg/100cm² 

currently used as a guideline after 

being backed by the former chief 

scientific adviser to the Prime 

Minister Sir Peter Gluckman. 

“In the circumstances, I 

accept that the proposed decontamination 

is necessary to 

get the premises to a reasonably 

clean and tidy state,” the adjudicator 

wrote. 

“The [damage] amounts 

ordered are proved.” 

Taggers run rampant in port 

• By Louis Day 

TAGGING IN Lyttelton is the 

worst it’s been in 20 years – and 

locals want something done 

about it. 

Their frustration has been 

growing since the timeball 

station was vandalised earlier this 

month, adding to the growing list 

of buildings and signs tagged in 

the area. 

Lyttelton Community 

Association chairman Ken 

Maynard said the current wave of 

vandalism in the area is the worst 

he has seen in 20 years of living 

there. 

“It seems to be getting worse. 

The offensive ones like the 

timeball are over the quality 

street art where the taggers have 

felt the need to make their own 

contribution.” 

Mr Maynard believes tagging 

in the area has been getting 

progressively worse since the 

February 22, 2011, earthquake. 

“The increase of derelict 

buildings, which I think are more 

susceptible to tagging than live 

ones, have provided taggers with 

a window of opportunity.” 

Mr Maynard said the police 

could only do so much to track 

down taggers and it was the 

VANDALISED: Lyttelton Community Association chairman Ken Maynard believes the 

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from it (right) are just as offensive as the vandalism carried out at the timeball. 

responsibility of the taggers’ 

parents or guardians to prevent 

it from happening. Sergeant 

Franco Lovrich said police need 

the public’s help to identify the 

perpetrators of what he described 

as “mindless vandalism.” 

“If anyone could identify 

the tag or give us a name of a 

potential suspect, we would 

certainly follow up on that 

information,” Sergeant Lovrich 

said. 

Eruption Brewing owner 

Brendan Hyman said he was 

devastated to see taggers had 

defaced the mural on the side of 

his microbrewery. 

“I really don’t like tagging, but 

I love street art, and the fact that 

they have tagged over what was 

a great piece of street art is quite 

upsetting.” 

Mr Hyman said it has been an 

ongoing battle with taggers since 

he opened the microbrewery last 

year. 

Lyttelton Coffee Company 

owner Stephen Mateer said he has 

to deal with tagging on his cafe 

regularly. “I have got two to clean 

off at the moment actually, but 

there are some I quite like that I 

might leave on the building.” 

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Community stalwart dies 


FORMER CITY councillor David 

Cox has died after a long illness. 

The 80-year-old Redcliffs 

identity gave a lifetime of service 

to the community including four 

terms as a councillor and Hagley- 

Ferrymead Community Board 

member. 

Mr Cox had Parkinson’s disease 

for the last three-and-a-half years. 

However, he died last week after a 

battle with cancer. 

His wife of 56 years Fiona said 

he cared so much about the community 

and was still working 

with the library a month before 

he passed away. 

“He was living life pretty well 

until just before Christmas. All 

the family came for Christmas 

and we had the best day ever,” she 

said. 

Mr Cox leaves behind children 

and grandchildren, Sonia and 

Peter Caird, Andrew and Sarah 

Cox, James, Simon and Michael 

Caird, and Annabel and Claudia 

Cox. 

He was the first chairman of the 

Hagley-Ferrymead Community 

Board in 1989 and held the Ferrymead 

and Hagley-Ferrymead 

seat on the city council for four 

terms, before a final term on the 

board. 

Mr Cox retired from council 

in 2013 but throughout his life he 

was also a patron of the Redcliffs 

Library, as well as chairman of 

the Music Centre of Christchurch 

and member on the board of the 

Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. 

He was involved in the Sumner 

Lifeboat Institution, the Youth 

DEDICATION: Former city councillor David Cox died last week. 

Heritage Education Trust, a member 

of the Court Theatre Trust 

and a committee member for 

Bromley Kindergarten, Christchurch 

East School and Linwood 

College. 

Mr Cox was active in a number 

of sports clubs including 

Christchurch United, Ferrymead 

Bays Football Club, Sumner 

Cricket and Canterbury Sports 

Foundation. 

Ferrymead Bays wore black 

armbands and held a minute’s 

silence in his honour before their 

game on Saturday. 

The city council will also hold 

a minute’s silence at its meeting 

today. 

City councillor Yani Johanson 

worked with Mr Cox from 2001, 

when he was first elected to the 

board. 

“He was a really hard-working 

and dedicated servant to the community. 

He was involved with 

young sports people, volunteer 

groups, the libraries. In terms of 

his service to the community, he 

was incredible.” 

Linwood-Central-Heathcote 

Community Board member Darrell 

Latham said he was 

a great adviser for board matters. 

“He emailed and phoned me. 

We met on several occasions at 

functions and he offered great 

advice and support. David Cox 

has provided excellent service and 

support to Christchurch city and 

to his community. This will be his 

enduring legacy.’’ 

A celebration of Mr Cox’s life 

will be held at the Christchurch 

Transitional Cathedral tomorrow 

from 2pm. 

$1m safety upgrade for dangerous intersection 

THE CITY’S fourth most 

dangerous junction could become 

a T intersection in a bid to reduce 

the number of crashes. 

Plans for the $1 million safety 

upgrade at the Middleton, Ilam 

and Riccarton Rd intersection 

have been revealed by the city 

council. 

Restricting Riccarton Rd from 

Middleton Rd to left turns in and 

out only, as well as narrowing 

the road to allow more footpath 

space for pedestrians has been 

proposed. 

It was ranked the city’s fourth 

most dangerous, raking up 40 

crashes with varying degree of 

injury since 2011. 

The left turn slip lanes from 

Ilam Rd into Riccarton Rd would 

also be removed. 

•To see the full plan 

and have your say before 

March 11, go to www. 

ccc.govt.nz/the-council/ 

consultations-andsubmissions/haveyoursay/ 

show/224 

BEFORE WE get into this, I 

need to say, still no luck on 

finding my mouse. That bad boy 

is probably long gone. 

I’m beginning to dread future 

hide and seek games, will I 

disappear too? 

Over the last week Vittoria 

has started holding some things 

closer however, and it’s very 

cute. 

She gets her favourite soft 

toys, like her Dragon, wraps 

her wee arms around them and 

gives them a big, smiling, moving 

side-to-side cuddle. 

Dragon even gets a couple of 

kisses on his cheek sometimes. 

Very, very cute. 

She even gave someone else’s 

teddy a big cuddle at Baby 

Times. I can’t wait to see her 

give her friends big hugs too. 

This week started out productively. 

Over the weekend Laura 

and I cleaned the whole house 

(hence the mouse update) with 

a focus on Vittoria’s room. 

Her room has seen a lot of use 

for storage, including her cot. 

We’ve been co-sleeping with 

the wee darling for a while now. 

She got sick last year which 

ended a joyous run of full nights 

of sleep until we gave in and let 

her into the big bed. 

VITTORIA 

& Matt 

Long road ahead 

getting back to cot 

Thing is, getting her back into 

sleeping in her own bed is not 

going to be easy. 

In bed with one of us, she can 

roll over, touch us and get reassured 

straight away that she’s 

safe and with her parents. 

In the cot, not so much. 

It really highlights how much 

like a little prison those things 

are when you see your daughter 

standing there, holding the bars 

and crying like the world just 

ended. 

And if you’re used to having 

your parents next to you when 

you settle back to sleep, Dad just 

holding your hand is not going 

to cut it. 

So we’ve got a long road ahead 

to get her back to a place where 

she feels safe in her cot and 

happy to sleep there all night. 

A lot of that road will involve 

very little sleep too. 

To add to the difficulty, this 

week Vittoria and I have got 

some sort of cold. It may be 

unfair, but I’m pretty sure I 

got it off her since we spend so 

much time in close proximity. 

•Former Star Media 

journalist Matt Salmons 

has become a stay-athome 

dad. We follow his 

journey weekly. 

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Complaints over 

pathway bottleneck 

• By Louis Day 

CONSTRUCTION of the 

Christchurch Yacht Club’s new 

boat shed has created a choke 

point on the coastal pathway. 

The $1.3 million boat shed will 

have a deck which will add 4m of 

width to the pathway, eliminating 

the choke point. 

However, Christchurch Yacht 

Club boat shed project manager 

Frank Coppens said the deck 

would not be ready until June or 

July. 

Linwood-Central-Heathcote 

Community Board member and 

city councillor Sara Templeton 

said a temporary solution is being 

looked at. 

Redcliffs Residents’ Association 

secretary Pat McIntosh said 

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on the coastal 

pathway 

negotiate the 

choke point at 

the construction 

site of the new 

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boat shed. 

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HUNTER 

the current state of the path 

was disgraceful and something 

needed to be done before June. 

“We have had a number of 

complaints from residents 

about the condition of the path, 

especially affected being the elderly 

and those with infants and 

children. There is no access for 

the disabled to Sumner without 

using a car,” she said. 

Cr Templeton hoped a 

temporary solution could be put 

in place. 

“I have asked for city council 

staff to meet with the CYC again 

in the next week to come up 

with a temporary solution to the 

narrowness of the path while the 

platform and permanent pathway 

are being built,” she said. 

Help get rid of chlorine 

WITH FEBRUARY traditionally 

the hottest month of the year, 

the city council is reminding 

residents to keep doing their bit 

to save water so it can work to 

remove chlorine from the city’s 

water supply as soon as possible. 

The council is aiming for 

the city’s drinking water to be 

un-chlorinated by May, which 

will mark 12 months since it 

rolled out chlorine treatment 

in response to advice from the 

Canterbury medical officer of 

health. 

City council water supply 

improvement programme 

manager Helen Beaumont said 

achieving the target depends 

partly on people continuing to 

use less water so wells can be 

taken offline and upgraded as 

needed. 

“We’re definitely not out of the 

woods yet, and we really need 

people to keep watching their 

water use so we can upgrade our 

wells and continue to cut back 

the chlorine across the city,” Ms 

Beaumont said. 

“We’re experiencing much 

hotter days now, with less rain 

in between, so the temptation 

is to leave the garden sprinklers 

on for longer or to turn them on 

more often. 

CONSERVE: The city council is asking people to only water 

their gardens on alternate days between 9pm and 7am, 

when it’s cooler. 

“We have no issue with people 

watering their lawns or gardens, 

but we do ask they use a handheld 

hose or watering can, which 

avoids any waste, and only water 

on alternate days between 9pm 

and 7am, when it’s cooler.” 

Sprinklers and garden 

irrigators are the biggest users of 

household water, but there are 

plenty of other ways people can 

help save, said Ms Beaumont. 

“Taking shorter showers, 

doing one less laundry load 

a week, and sweeping your 

driveway instead of hosing it 

are all ways people can help 

save water. It may not seem like 

much, but a lot of people doing a 

little really adds up.” 

By May the city council 

expects to have completed 

temporary upgrades on 19 

below-ground wells and to have 

raised another 41 above ground, 

bringing the total number of 

secure wells to 98 out of 140. 

“If we can upgrade those wells 

as planned, we should have 

enough un-chlorinated water to 

supply the city over the winter 

months, when we use about 50 

per cent less water than we do 

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AS A COUNCIL, we have 

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Plan 2019-20, which will go 

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the beginning of March 

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This is the second year of 

the 2018-2028 Long Term 

Plan. We had anticipated 

an average rates rise of 5.5 

per cent. However, higher 

than expected growth in 

the city has enabled this 

to be brought back to an 

average of 4.96 per cent. 

We continue to look for 

savings. And this is where 

your submissions can help 

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A significant part of this 

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programme. We are 

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considerable work still 

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Artistic director Tom Eason wants to shine a light on the concept of toxic masculinity. 

He’s writing a one man show to get people talking about the issue and its impact on 

mental health and well-being. Georgia O’Connor-Harding reports 

TOM EASON has always felt an 

“uncomfortable” pressure to be 

more masculine. 

While the co-artistic director of 

theatre company Two Productions 

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pressure to be masculine from 

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“When we make shows like this 

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mental health and well-being. 

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“That is why you see it in the 

suicide rates. Even if you are part 

of a group that is super-masculine, 

I think they feel the same 

pressure. The idea of masculinity 

is toxic – if we could get rid of it, it 

would be good for both groups.” 

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Joanna Norris 

From a top role in the fourth estate 

Just over a year ago Joanna Norris moved from her role as editor of 

The Press to run events, tourism and economic agency ChristchurchNZ. She 

talks to Julia Evans about her 20-year journalism career, an early encounter 

with David Bain and her love of the outdoors 

INFLUENCE: After five years as editor of The Press, Joanna 

Norris moved into a new role as chief executive of 

ChristchurchNZ. 


How have you found your first 

year at ChristchurchNZ? 

It’s been an incredible year. A 

year where we’ve had to do a lot 

of foundation-laying to make sure 

the organisation comes together 

in the way that it was intended. 

It’s really cool to be working in 

this role, at this time in the city’s 

history so I feel really fortunate 

and privileged. 

Have there been any 

challenges? 

I think there are a number of 

challenges facing Christchurch 

and its been understanding 

which of those to address and 

in which order. It’s really been 

there’s so much we could do and 

so much impact we could have, 

the challenge really has been 

prioritisation and making sure 

that we don’t spread ourselves too 

thinly. We are, relatively speaking, 

quite a small agency and we 

need to make sure where we do 

intervene, we’re doing so with the 

greatest impact. 

What have some highlights 

been? 

I think the highlights are 

seeing the city come alive and 

in particular the CBD. In the 

time that I’ve been in this role, 

we’ve had a real activation of the 

central city and we’ve got a real 

glimpse of what we will become 

as a city. But also playing a role in 

shaping, firstly in the economic 

insights that the city has about 

itself and understanding what 

our challenges are and what 

the opportunities are. But also 

helping Christchurch become 

proud of itself and tell that story 

about who we are and that we 

have this incredible city and 

helping people feel proud of that 

is really cool. 

What attributes does the city 

have that will lure people to 

either live here or visit? 

We’ve done a lot of work to 

understand what it is that is 

special about Christchurch so we 

can tell an authentic story about 

the advantages here. One of the 

very first and fundamental things 

we have is the lifestyle that we 

have and the proximity we have 

to our incredible environment. 

Whether its the Port Hills or 

the beaches and I’m very lucky 

to live at the beach in Sumner. 

So my kids and I and husband 

and I love walking on the beach, 

we’ve just got this wonderful 

life. So there’s the lifestyle piece, 

there’s the fact that its affordable 

in comparison to other parts of 

the country. We’ve built this new, 

beautiful resilient city and we 

have a lot of the big grown up city 

amenities. We’ve got four tertiary 

institutions, a skilled work force 

and underpinning all of this, is 

this sense of Christchurch being 

able to carve a path. The way we 

term it is that we’re explorers, 

we always have been, we always 

will be, and Christchurch has 

this wonderful opportunity 

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to giving Christchurch direction 

We’ve been through an 

enormous amount as a city, a lot of 

pain, and as a journalist and editor 

I witnessed and heard so many 

stories of pain throughout the 

post-quake period. Everywhere we 

looked there was sadness. It was an 

incredible trauma that the city has 

gone through and some members 

of our community are still going 

through. But the flip side of that, 

we’ve had this opportunity to 

reinvent who we are, rebuild the 

city, build stronger, safer buildings 

and that’s been a real advantage for 

us now. 

How did you end up living in 

the city yourself? 

The interesting thing for me 

about Christchurch, is that 

I’m not from Christchurch, I 

didn’t grow up here. I grew up 

in Dunedin, but I was born in 

Kaitaia. My husband and I and 

kids moved back here in 2012, we 

made a kind of crazy decision to 

move to what Christchurch was 

at that time. Just before I took 

this role, we had an opportunity 

to move back to Wellington, 

which was where we most 

recently moved from but we 

chose Christchurch. It’s the city 

that gets under your skin and 

becomes part of who you are. 

When you become involved the 

BIG STORY: Joanna 

Norris’ journalism 

career started after 

being in a class with 

David Bain at Otago 

University, while the 

first big story she 

worked on was the 

murder of Ben Smart 

and Olivia Hope in 

Marlborough. 

reconstruction of the city and 

telling that story as a journalist 

and now in my new role, they are 

once in a lifetime opportunities. 

Cities are always organic, I think 

that’s the thing that’s important 

for Christchurch to remember. 

There is no end point, there never 

is for a city. Cities are by their 

nature, organic and evolving. 

Do you have any personal 

goals for your time at 

ChristchurchNZ? 

People often ask me this 

question, like what’s my five-year 

plan, sort of thing. I have very 

clear goals for this organisation, 

we’ve got 10-year goals that we’re 

committed to for the city. So 

the answer is absolutely from a 

professional point of view, but 

from a personal point of view, no. 

It’s really just about being as useful 

to this community as I can be with 

the skills and experience that I 

have. Also enjoying life and taking 

the time to spend with family. 

How and when did your 

journalism career begin? 

I was studying music at Otago 

University, I was doing a double 

degree in English and music, I 

play the violin. David Bain was 

in a class of mine. We were a very 

small class, there were only about 

20 of us. My then boyfriend and 

I at the time made the decision to 

leave Dunedin, it was sort of quite 

tainted by that experience (the 

Bain murders). We transferred 

up to Auckland University and I 

finished up my English degree. 

I realised in the course of that, it 

was when North and South was 

a very, very powerful magazine 

and I just realised the power of 

storytelling and how it can better 

communities with these really 

important stories that we tell 

about ourselves. I then went to 

journalism school in Auckland 

and my first job was at the 

Dominion Post in Wellington. 

You did a stint at the Otago 

Daily Times as well? 

I did. I was living and working 

in England, in Cambridge with 

my then boyfriend, now husband. 

He’s a technology writer, we met at 

journalism school. There are three 

couples from our class and we’re 

all still married. My father was 

diagnosed with terminal cancer, 

my parents lived in Dunedin, 

so I moved back and worked at 

the ODT. In my last role [South 

Island editor-in-chief for Fairfax], 

I had 19 community papers in 

my portfolio, so I have had a very 

close contact with community 

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When you started your career, 

did you ever think you would 

end up as an editor? 

No, I’m not that deliberate. 

Editing is an incredible privilege 

and amazing fun and very hard as 

well. I was just very fortunate to 

get that opportunity. 

Have any of your stories stuck 

with you over the last 20 years? 

Yes, there are some really, really 

powerful ones. The very first 

big story I covered as a junior 

reporter at the Dominion. I was 

working over Christmas and a 

young couple [Ben Smart and 

Olivia Hope] were reported 

missing in the Marlborough 

Sounds. Those stories always stick 

with you. Then more recently, 

Christchurch. It was interesting 

in itself arriving into a city 

where you hadn’t been, I was in 

Wellington when the quakes of 

2010 and 2011 happened. We 

were working very closely with 

the team at The Press and in fact 

on the evening of February 22, 

we in Wellington helped The 

Press team put out that edition 

that landed on people’s driveways 

on February 23. That was pretty 

crazy and incredible. That night 

the reporters all worked, they 

filed their copy and we helped 

produce that edition of The Press 

from the Wellington newsroom 

and that next morning that Press 

was on people’s driveways. I 

used to talk about that publicly 

and people would cry because 

that moment when no one knew 

what was happening and this 

was the outside world and that’s 

the power of the media, it’s so 

important. 

Have you had any big 

fumbles? 

That’s the nature of news. There 

have definitely been things that 

I have reflected on later and 

thought we could have handled 

that differently or we could have 

put more thought into that or I 

wish we’d had more information 

before we published that, we 

would have been better off. That 

being said, I always describe 

the media as a bit of a blunt 

instrument, in that you wobble 

towards a position of truth 

with each iteration of a story. 

Journalists are not academics 

sitting for three years doing a 

thesis and producing a body 

of work. You work to whatever 

time you work to, weekly, daily 

or digital, you get to the truth 

and you hold those in power 

accountable. 

Do you miss working in the 

media? 

There’s a lot I miss about the 

media, absolutely. But I am 

also very fortunate to work 

with journalists right across the 

spectrum and that’s quite a treat 

as well. 

What do you see for the future 

of journalism? 

I have great hope for the 

media. I think the commercial 

proposition is deeply challenging 

and very, very difficult in a New 

Zealand environment where scale 

is a challenge. There are only five 

million people, there are only a 

certain number of consumers 

who are prepared to pay for a 

product and a limited number 

of advertisers. But journalism 

is so fundamental to a safe and 

strong society that there must 

be a way through this and I 

think journalism is as good now 

as its ever been. Some of the 

investigative work that’s done 

by teams across the country by 

all media agencies really makes 

a difference and its absolutely 

essential that the fourth estate 

keeps an eye on people in power. 

It has to continue. 

Are you surprised or 

disappointed by the moves made 

by Channel Nine in Australia to 

sell New Zealand assets such as 

The Press? 

No, media ownership 

changes, it always has done. I 

think when I worked for, what 

was then Fairfax, I think I 

worked under three different 

owners in the course of my career. 

I always said to my newsroom, 

you just do your job, your job 

is to be a journalist and hold 

the powerful to account and 

be a watchdog and champion. 

It’s other people’s jobs to worry 

about what the governance and 

ownership looks like. If you’re 

continually worried about what’s 

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Do you have any advice for 

any aspiring journalists who 

would want to get into the 

industry or young reporters? 

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know the power that you have. As 

a young journo, you don’t quite 

understand the words that you 

write have an impact and often 

you don’t see that impact. It will 

change someone’s behaviour, it 

will happen behind the scenes 

or the language that you use will 

change someone’s life. Just always 

be cognisant of the power that 

you have both to do good and 

damage. 

What made you jump from 

journalism to the corporate 

world? 

I had worked as the editor of 

The Press for five years and had 

overseen a lot of change in that 

time. Some of that change was 

really challenging to lead. I was 

aware I would need to do a lot 

more of that change management 

as time went on. Again, I was 

aware it was likely the next step 

in my career at what was then 

Fairfax would have been moving 

back to Wellington. At the same 

time as I was considering all of 

this, this job became available 

and people had conversations 

with me about this role. So I 

had to weigh all of that up and 

I realised the city was at a bit 

of a watershed period as the 

elections were on, there was a lot 

of change going on in the city. I 

saw, without wanting to overstate 

my relevance, an opportunity to 

influence things from inside the 

tent rather than observing from 

the outside. I was very fortunate 

that I was with a leadership 

cohort within the city that had 

gone through a period of the city’s 

history. Then I had a chance to 

play a different leadership role 

in the city. It’s been interesting 

observing the gendership in 

the city. When I first came here 

I was a bit different from the 

previous editors. I would go into 

these networking meetings in 

the city and I would be the only 

woman. It was really weird and 

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said she moved 

to the corporate 

world so she 

could play 

a new role 

in the city’s 

development. 

confronting and scary. That’s not 

so much the case anymore, there 

are a lot more peers who are 

women. A lot of great men and 

women. 

Can you tell me a little bit 

about your family? 

I’ve got two kids who are 

amazing. They’re nine and 

11. My husband Blayne is a 

journo, so I supposed I’ve got a 

naturally affinity to journalism, 

we’ve grown up together. He’s 

a freelancer and he’s primary 

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I’ve got a good work life 

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Inject some colour with geraniums 

• By Henri Ham 

WANT TO inject some bright 

colour into a super sunny spot in 

your garden? How about planting 

some geraniums? 

These hardy, sun-loving plants 

are perfect for those prime spots 

in your garden that often get too 

hot or are slightly too exposed for 

other flowers. 

Geraniums are a cute lowspreading 

plant, with flowers that 

push above its foliage – like little 

posies. 

Try violet and bulls eye mix 

varieties, they bloom in pinks, 

reds, and oranges, but if you’re 

after a classic white they should 

be in garden centres around 

March. 

Now, to plant your seedlings. 

Choose a well-drained, moderately 

sunny spot – geraniums like 

four to six hours sun a day. I like 

to dig some compost or general 

fertiliser through the garden first, 

to give them the best possible 

start. 

Dig small holes 8cm deep, 

roughly 25 cm apart. If you’re 

after suggestions on what to grow 

with your geraniums, livingstone 

daisies, lobelia and alyssum are 

my top picks. They all like the 

same conditions and look lovely 

together. 

Give your geraniums a good 

initial watering, and keep this up 

for the first few weeks to really 

help them get established. Once 

you’ve got them going, you can 

relax a bit more on how much 

you water. 

In around four to six weeks 

you’ll start to see come colour 

coming through on top of their 

dark leaves. Deadheading your 

blooms will encourage more to 

come through. And pinching the 

stems will promote bushier rather 

than leggier flowers. 

If you’re not sure what pinching 

is – it’s simply breaking off the top 

2cm of the growing tip of a plant 

to encourage it to grow out wider, 

VIVID: 

Geraniums 

grow well 

in pots or 

as bedding 

plants. 

before it grows up. The same 

way you pinch off the very top of 

your basil (and other herbs) so it 

doesn’t go to seed. 

Geraniums make great bedding 

plants, but are also perfect for 

pots. If you plant in pots, always 

start with a fresh, good-quality 

potting mix. 

Adding stones or old broken 

pots at the bottom of the pot will 

help with the drainage. 

If your pots are in an exposed 

concrete area think about how 

hot they will get during the day. 

You can always elevate them 

onto some wooden batons or 

bricks so they don’t conduct as 

much heat. 

Painting the inside of a 

pot can also help retain its moisture. 

Remember to check what 

sort of paint or seal you’re using 

first and whether it’s appropriate 

for plants. 

Geraniums also make for a 

lovely indoor pot plant. Place 

them near a window and if they’re 

given enough sunlight, they can 

flower all year long. Now that’s 

almost plant perfection. 

Keep planting lettuce seedlings to ensure supply 

• By Henri Ham 

LETTUCE SALADS have been a 

headliner in my kitchen lately. 

This hot summer heat we’ve 

been having has kept me busy 

watering in the garden, but there’s 

been a lot of harvesting taking 

place too. This also means I’ve had 

to replant lettuce seedlings (every 

few weeks) to continue my prolific 

supply. 

The good thing is, even for the 

most novice of gardeners, you can’t 

go wrong planting a few lettuces. 

They’re simple to grow, quick to 

produce and take up relatively little 

room. 

I plant my lettuces all year 

round, but really ramp it up from 

August through to February. To 

ensure I don’t get bored of any one 

type, I like to constantly mix up 

the varieties I plant. 

Buttercrunch and cos are 

great for picking off their loose 

leaves as you need them. Drunken 

woman and great lakes are a larger, 

more classic-shaped lettuce, that 

I remember from my younger 

days. 

A new lettuce variety this summer 

is tom thumb. It’s the perfect 

little lettuce to pop in between 

rows of other plants. 

It grows small heads (about the 

size of a baseball), which are ideal 

as a gourmet lettuce for one. 

Tom thumb has a lovely mild, 

sweet taste. But the reason it’s a 

great lettuce to grow at this time 

of year is it tolerates high temperatures 

very well, and resists bolting. 

Once you’ve got your seedlings, 

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sheltered place to plant them. I 

like to dig in some new compost 

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Then dig some little holes – 3cm 

deep and 15cm apart. 

After this, simply water regularly 

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Flynn still giving back to rugby 

• By Gordon Findlater 

CRUSADER NO 48 Aaron 

Flynn was part of the team that 

achieved a three-peat of Super 

Rugby titles from 1998-2000. 

The halfback’s first match for 

the Crusaders ended in a loss to 

the Waratahs in 1997. These days 

the 49-year-old can be found in 

his office at Linfield Park where 

he works as Linwood’s club 

manager. 

Flynn made 24 appearances 

for the Crusaders between 1997 

and 2000. However, it should 

have only been 23 caps. Late in 

the stages of a match against 

the Hurricanes, Flynn decided 

to sub himself on instead of a 

proposed change at second-five. 

“I can’t remember who it was 

but he couldn’t get his tracksuit 

off properly so I thought, ‘oh, 

this is a joke’, and I just ran 

on instead . . . I said to Justin 

Marshall – ‘you go to secondfive, 

mate’,” said Flynn. 

“I got a blasting from (assistant 

coach) Steve Hansen, but I said 

he was taking ages to get his 

tracksuit off. There was only 

about 15min to go and we were 

pumping them.” 

Flynn’s most prominent season 

with the Crusaders came in 

1998, when he started at halfback 

for a majority of the campaign 

– including the final which they 

won against the Blues – after 

Marshall suffered a serious 

Achilles tendon injury early in 

the year. 

“I remember (coach) Wayne 

Smith turning round to me when 

that happened and saying ‘mate, 

you better be ready’.” 

Flynn can still be found 

running around for Sydenham’s 

golden oldies. He also plays 

softball and won the B grade 

competition with Albion last 

year. In his younger days, he was 

an infielder at premier club level 

and was named in under-16 and 

under-18 national tournament 

teams. 

“I’m 50 this year so that’s it. 

I said to my wife I’m going to 

finish with both sports this year, 

but she reckons I said that five 

years ago.” 

After his professional playing 

career ended in 2000, Flynn 

took a role as an event manager 

at the Christchurch Casino for 

seven years. He then spent 11 

years working in recruitment 

at Tradestaff and Enterprise 

Recruitment. 

“That was pretty full-on 

through those earthquake years. 

It was just madness,” said Flynn. 

He has been club manager at 

Linwood since 2017. “One of the 

directors at Enterprise actually 

asked me to be the club manager 

at Linwood because he’s on the 

board at the club. Even though 

I’m a Sydenham boy at heart, it 

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Linwood club manager based at Linfield Park. 


was a great opportunity. We’ve 

got an awesome venue here 

and it’s one of the best grounds 

in Christchurch.” Placing his 

allegiance with Linwood has 

taken some time. 

Over the Super Rugby 

season, The Star will 

look back each week at 

some of the identities 

who graced the 

Crusaders jersey in the 

past and discover where 

they are now 

His first week on the job at 

Linfield Park fittingly saw the 

Linwood premier team host 

Sydenham. 

“I was out on the back field 

at Linfield with Tane Norton 

and an old Linwood stalwart 

went past and asked who we are 

playing today. I said Linwood 

and he looked at me sideways 

. . . I told Tane that if I said that 

again he could give me a clip 

around the ear.” 

Flynn’s family has strong 

sporting genes. He is former 

Crusaders hooker Corey Flynn’s 

uncle. His mother Pat played 

softball for New Zealand from 

the age of 15. His brother Kieran 

played rugby for Canterbury and 

Southland in the 1990s. And 

another brother, Jamie Flynn, 

played for Southland in the 

1980s. 

At one stage, Sydenham’s 

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IMPOSING PACEMAN Kyle 

Jamieson (left) was a shining light 

with the white ball in what has 

otherwise been a season to forget 

for the Canterbury Kings. 

Although they finished last 

in the T20 Super Smash, the 

2.03m right-arm quick was 

the competition’s top wickettaker 

with 22 – seven ahead 

of Blair Tickner and Mitchell 

McClenaghan. 

However, Jamieson’s career 

could have turned out differently 

if he had not been approached by 

a member of Canterbury’s most 

famous cricketing family six years 

ago. 

The 24-year-old moved to 

Christchurch from Auckland 

aged 18. When he arrived, he 

considered himself a top order 

batsman who bowled occasional 

medium pace. That quickly 

changed after he was spotted 

by Dayle Hadlee at an under-19 

tournament. 

“I started working with Dayle 

and he thought it was a bit of a 

waste having a six-foot-eight guy 

that didn’t really bowl . . . he took 

me under his wing and the rest is 

history really,” said Jamieson. 

After being affected by multiple 

long-term foot injuries in his early 

years with Canterbury, Jamieson 

has been fit since December 2017. 

His figures of 3-22 in 

Canterbury’s final round-robin 

match on Saturday helped the side 

to a comfortable seven-wicket win 

over Wellington. However, the 

highlight of the campaign came in 

January when Jamieson recorded 

figures of 6-7 – the third best by a 

bowler in world T20 history. 

“The relative consistency I 

was able to put out during the 

competition was pleasing,” he 

said. 

Jamieson’s 22 wickets in 10 

T20 matches this season came 

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Since his impressive T20 season, 

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Caps coach Gary Stead about 

where he stands in the national 

ranks. “I think I’m going in a 

relatively good direction at the 

moment, and if I can continue on 

that kind of path, then I’m sure a 

chance will come down the track,” 

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THE Canterbury Rams 

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The shooting guard is 

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As current assistant 

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SOME TIDY bowling at 

the death from Robbie 

Deans helped Canterbury 

to their third straight 

national over 60s cricket 

title last week. 

Canterbury won by one 

run at Upper Hutt. The 

former Crusaders and 

Wallabies coach was 

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over against Northern 

Districts. Chasing 220, 

Northern required eight 

runs from the over for 

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“It was pretty desperate 

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After conceding two 

runs from the first delivery, 

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bowling Northern’s No 8. 

The next two balls 

NEW MAN: Cameron Gliddon will join a Rams team 

with strong Australian links. 

Downer. 

“He’s been a proven 

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venturing south to join the 

Brisbane Bullets.” 

Gliddon attended 

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ball and three to tie. A 

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at mid-wicket before a 

run-out as Northern were 

attempting a third run. 

Earlier in the week, 


national championship, 

going on to be named the 

All-Tournament MVP. 

Following his college 

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Australia and was named 

the ANBL rookie of the 

year in 2013. He has also 

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win gold at both the 

FIBA Asia Cup and the 

2018 Commonwealth 

Games. 

Deans bowls Canty to victory 

THREE-PEAT: Canterbury have gone undefeated 

at the national over 60s cricket tournament for 

the last three years. 

Canterbury had pool 

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• Aluminium & 

timber 

• French doors 

Phone 

379 6159 

215 Waltham Rd 

www.windowmarket.co.nz 

Building Supplies 

SHOWER/BATH Liner, 

custom made to suit, Fab 

Plastics ph 366-3634 

Boating Accessories 

& Equipment 

WINDSCREENS 

Perspex cut to size and 

shape, Fab Plastics ph 

366 3634 

Business 

Opportunity 

HAVE you always wanted 

a better work / life/ family 

balance? Then build your 

own lucrative business. 

Work from home. Systems 

in place. Not MLM. 

No cold calling. www. 

settoprosper.com/star 

Caravans, Motorhomes 

& Traliers 

CARAVAN Wanted to 

buy. Up to $5000 cash 

today 027 488-5284. 

Cars 

$4,001 - $8,000 

MITSUBISHI 380 SX, 

2007. Red, $8,000 paint, 

3.8 V6, 40mpg, spoiler, 

17” alloys., to see is to buy 

$3995, ph 352 5963 

MITSUBISHI 380 SX, 

2007. Red, $8,000 paint, 

3.8 V6, 40mpg, spoiler, 

17” alloys., to see is to buy 

$3995, ph 352 5963 

Childcare & 

Domestic Help 

NANNY/ CARER 

offers after school care 

2-3 children. ChCh area. 

Nursing exp. Also avail 

evening & weekends. Ph 

Mel 027 788 7147 

Classic Cars & 

Motorcycles 

MITSUBISHI CORDIA 

turbo GSR, 1985, low 

kms, 1 previous family 

owned, red, suit collector, 

ph 352 5963 

Church Notices 

• Exterior 

sliding doors 

• Single & 

double glazed 

• Buy and sell 

Church Notices 

SYDENHAM CHRISTIAN 

SPIRITUAL CHURCH 

Sydenham 

Community Centre 

23/25 Hutcheson St 

Address 

Gail 

Clairvoyance 

Gail 

Sunday 7pm 

All Welcome 

Phone 349-9749 

Christian 

sPiritUaList 

ChUrCh 

182 Edgeware Road 

Sunday Service 7pm 

Address 

Heather 

Clairvoyant 

Tawera 

All Welcome 

Phone 385 2569 

NEW AGE CHRISTIAN 

SPIRITUAL CENTRE 

Grafton Street 

Sunday 7pm 

Address: 

Janet 

Clairvoyance: 

Janet 

Tuesday 1pm-3pm 

Healing & 

Clairvoyance 

All Welcome 

Guest Speaker this Sunday 

Prayer offered for all 

healing and all needs. 

All are welcome 

to vist. 

Sunday 17 

February at 10am 

322 Sawyers Arms Rd at Emmanuel Christian School 

Enquiries to Kevin - 022 314 2818 

The Automotive Lamp 

Specialists 

New and Used Lamps for 

Cars, Trucks, Vans, 4WD 

and Motorhomes 

Community Events 

ADDICTIVE EATERS 

ANONYMOUS Had 

enough of battling 

food? Tired of under or 

overeating or obsessing 

constantly about food? We 

have found freedom from 

food addiction through the 

Twelve Steps. We have 

three meetings each week 

in Christchurch. For more 

information phone 03 

662-9128 or visit www. 

AEAnz.org 

Computer 

Services 

SeniorNet 

Mac 

Apple tuition & help 

for any age group. 

Apple computers, iPad, 

iPhone and watch. 

41 Essex Street 

Mon, Wed and Fri 

10am-12 Noon 

Further details phone 

365 1979 

Curtains 

A1 CURTAINS/ 

DRAPES. Roman blinds, 

tie backs, cushions, nets 

& voiles, plus alterations. 

Free quotes. Ph Kay 980 

1501 or 021 257 1823. kay. 

tainui88@gmail.com 

Funeral Directors 

PH 0800 225 483 

325 Brougham Street 

CHRISTCHURCH 


A Direct 

Cremations 

No Fuss 

Cremation 

Specialist 

One price $1,795 

Terms & conditions apply 

03 925 9053 

adirectcremations.co.nz 


Direct 

Cremation 

No frills, No Service, 

No fuss, simply 

straight to the crem. 

Other options 

available. 

Ph: 379 0178 

for our brochure 

or email 

office@undertaker.co.nz 

Non-Service Cremation $2,050 

Just Funerals, a family owned and 

operated company with qualified, 

registered and experienced staff. 

Other services also 

available, please 

call to enquire. 

Phone 0800 804 663 - 24 Hour Availability 

Email: info@justfunerals.co.nz 

christchurch.justfunerals.co.nz 

Garage Sales 

BEXLEY 

377 Breezes Road. 

Sat from 8.30am, AGAIN! 

General h/hold goods incl 

double & single buggy 

STROWAN 

26 Alpha Ave. 

Sat 8am - 12.30pm. Big 

household clean out.Incl 

furniture, linen, sports gear 

(esp golf) kitchen items, 

toys, books, clothing & 

more. 

All must go 

WOOLSTON 8 Radley 

St, Sat 8am start. H/ 

hold goods & furniture, 

crockery, craft & supplies, 

fabrics, sewing patterns 

etc. 

Gardening 

& Supplies 

GARDENING 

Mature female. $18 

per hour, Northcote & 

surrounding areas only, ph 

03 352 2590 

LANDSCAPE GARDEN 

PROFESSIONAL 

Qualified Horticulturist, 

offering expert, garden 

makeovers, design and 

landscaping, for free 

quotes call Bryce 027 688- 

8196 or 0508 242-733 

Handy Person 

Services 

Tired of that dripping 

tap?Brassed off with 

those sticking doors and 

windows?Sick of looking 

at that broken gate & 

fence?Help is at hand!Ph 

John on 021 149 0986 for 

an obligation free quote to 

ease your mind. 

OVER 50’S SPECIAL ONLY $45 

Footcare 

Deluxe Package 

Footpod offers a complete array of 

footcare services to help you overcome 

problems and maintain healthy feet. 

. Athletes foot 

. Fungus nails 

. Ingrown toenails 

Health & Beauty 

Massage 

MALE Masseur, relax 

massage, waxing for men, 

8am-8pm ph 027 723 5756 

Motoring 

SUZUKI ESCUDO 

2005 231,000km, white. 

Four-wheel-drive sport 

utility vehicle. Body is 

in excellent condition, as 

is the interior. Receipts 

for recent maintenance. 

High mileage but priced 

accordingly at $6500 

Phone 021 056 5163 

Pets & Supplies 

CATS UNLOVED 

can help with the cost 

of desexing your cat. 

Ph 3555-022 or email 

catsunloved@xtra.co.nz 

. Warts, corns, 

calluses & bunions 

. General foot care 

021 900 977 

27 Forfar St, CHCH | www.footpod.co.nz 

Heat Pump Specialist 

(Registered Electrician) 

Installation • Sales • Maintenance 

Cozy 5.85Kw 

Heat Pump 

$2,100 installed 

* Conditions apply, 

other models also 

available 

Select Services 

Tools & Machinery 

TOOLS, Garden garage, 

saw benches, Lathes. Cash 

buyer Phone 355-2045 

Contact Stu Masters: 027 472 7955 or 03 338 0295 

www.greeonline.com | airconmasters@xtra.co.nz 

•Re Roofing 

•Roof Repairs 

•Spouting 

Approved Age Concern provider 

Over 30 years experience 

Licensed Building Practitioner 

N A BARRELL 

ROOFING LTD 

Ph: 349 9778 or 0275 389 415 

Email: nabroofing@xtra.co.nz 

concrete & paving 

• Driveways 

• Earthquake repairs 

• New Home Specialists 

• Patios & Paths 

tel: 0508 873 7483 

email: sales@affordableconcrete.co.nz 

www.affordableconcrete.co.nz 

To Lease 

LAND or Paddock 

wanted to lease. Long 

term to store a truck and 

trailer. 

Must be in Christchurch 

South area, Prebbleton, 

Rolleston etc 

PH 0275 356 583 


House & Garden 

Property services Ltd 

Tree and shrub pruning 

Hedge trimming 

Garden maintenance 

Build raised gardens 

Lawnmowing 

CALL us 021 405 277 


rooF 

painting 

Book now and 

receive 20% discount 

for summer. 

Rope and harness a 

speciality. 

No scaffolding required. 

30 years experience. 

Free quotes, call 

Craig 021 060 2392 

• Commercial Carpet Cleaning 

• Residential Carpet Cleaning 

• Upholstery Cleaning 

• Stain & Odor Removal 

• Tile & Grout Cleaning 

NEED HELP 

WITH YOUR 

CARPET CLEAN? 

Simply give us a call 

on 021 035 8989 

We will get the job done 

in a professional way. 

PAINTING 

OLDER PAINTER 

FOR OLDER HOUSES 

50 YEARS IN TRADE 

“All the skills” 

GST FREE 

Contact Jimmy Bell 

3384432 or 0211221487



Your guide to our LOCAL & TRUSTED 

Travlon 

Coachlines 

Trades & Professional Services 

To advertise: Phone 379 1100 or email star.class@starmedia.kiwi 

BUILDER 

• New Builds 

• Renovations, extensions 

• Repairs and maintenance 

• Plastering and painting 

Ring Mark 

027 229 7310 

for a free quote 

www.longsilverconstruction.com 

DECORATORS 

Carpet binding 

DI’S CARPET 

BINDING 

Have your carpet off-cuts bound 

124 Halswell Junction Rd, Halswell 

Ph 322 1103 M 027 586 4830 

Hours Mon - Fri 9.30am - 5.00pm 

DRIVEWAYS 

CHARTER & TOUR 

Travlon 

Coachlines 

Travlon Coachlines 

School Run to some 

private schools 

ex Selwyn/Halswell area 

“Wide range of coaches 

“Wide 

and buses for 

School range of Run coaches to some and buses 

for Charter 

private schools 

& Tour” 

ex Selwyn/Halswell area 

www.travlon.co.nz 

www.travlon.co.nz | Phone: 03 325 2959 

“Wide 

Email: 

Phone: range 

info@travlon.co.nz 

03 325 of coaches 2959 

and buses for 

Charter Driveways & Tour” 

Email: info@travlon.co.nz 

cleaning/gardening 

home 

cleaning 

gardening 

services available 

throughout 

christchurch 

your one stop shop for home services 

www.anextrapairofhands.co.nz 

for a free quote 

0800 535 355 

Excavations 

New Paint • Repaints 

Wallpapering • Fences 

Repairs • Feature Walls 

Floor & Roof Painting 

Spray Painting 

Light Commercial 

Restoring Timber 

Selwyn based but service the whole of Canterbury 

www.andertondecorators.co.nz 

www.facebook.com/andertondecorators 

027 724 6846 027 PAINTIN 

Exposed Aggregate 

Stamped Concrete Plain 

Concrete Resurfacing 

Things we offer... 

Competitive/affordable pricing 

Attention to detail 

Professional service 

free quotes/insurance scopes 

Cell 0278 145 848 

www.drivecrete.co.nz 

www.travlon.co.nz 

Phone: 03 325 2959 

Email: info@travlon.co.nz 

(Since 2005) 

Over 22 Years Experience 

Quality 

Workmanship 

• Driveways 

• Kerb & 

Channel 

• Garden Edging 

SWAINS 

KIWI KERB 

Phone: 0800 081 400 

Mob: 0274 325 457 

• Driveways 

• Car Parks 

• Site Cleaning 

• Demolition 

• Farm Tracks 

• Drain Cleaning 

• Stump & Hedge 

Removal 

• Ashpalt Concrete 

Wide range 

oF TruckS 

• Tennis Courts & 

Swimming Pools 

• Chip Seal Driveways 

• Diggers – 2 Ton 

up to 20 Ton 

• Excavators 

• Bobcat & Drilling 

• For Posthole & 

Fence hole 

For a Free Quote 

on your next project 

Phone Steve on 021 338 247 

or 325 7922 

Free 

QuoTe 

Gutter Guard 

STOP LEAVES 

birds, snow, hail & vermin 

from blocking up your spouting 

Quality materials: BHP Colorbond steel mesh with 

unique patented louvre will even keep out pine needles. 

Will not rust or sag with age or load. 10 year warranty, 

range of colours. 

Proven in Australia & New Zealand over the last 15 years. 

FOR SAFE, PURE DRINKING 

WATER FROM YOUR ROOF. 

NOW AVAILABLE: STAINLESS STEEL 

MICO MESH 

Call Rohan anytime Mon-Sat for a noobligation 

assessment & quote 

0800 486532 www.gumleaf.co.nz 

junk 

Why go to the Dump? Junkman comes to you! 

Items too big for the rubbish bin? 

Or too heavy for you to move? 

Junkman comes to FROM 

you & takes it away $ 

65 * 

*Prices vary depending on items and volume – minimum charge $65 

0800 586 5626 

www.junkman.co.nz office@junkman.co.nz 

LANDSCAPING 

Mailer Deliveries 

PAINTER 

PAINTERS 

PLUMBER 

For a local, reliable 

mailer delivery 

service contact 

Star Media 

• Newspaper inserts 

• Magazine inserts 

• Letterbox deliveries 

• Urban & Rural deliveries 

For a cost effective, targeted delivery 

please call 03 379 7100 or email 

michaela.malloch@starmedia.kiwi 

www.star.kiwi 

Michael Kelly Painters 

Locally owned and 

operated family 

business. 

25+ years Experience 

• Painting • Wallpapering 

• Interior • Exterior 

Free Quotes 

Phone 

Michael 0212 649 492 

michaelkellypainter@hotmail.co.nz 

Painters and Decorators Ltd 

Canterbury Owned and Operated 

A husband and wife team 

Specializing in: 

• Roof Painting 

• Interior/exterior 

residential 

• Small commercial 

painting 

Noel 027-411-3596 

kemp.painters@gmail.com 

kemp painters and decorators 

We offer 

free quotes 

Quality not 

Quantity 

12 years 

experience 

Serving Christchurch and wider 

Canterbury Region with quality 

workmanship and service. 

24/7 caLLOUT serVice



Your guide to our LOCAL & TRUSTED 

Trades & Professional Services 

To advertise: Phone 379 1100 or email star.class@starmedia.kiwi 

plumber 

Whether you’re 

looking for advice, 

maintenance, 

urgent repairs or a 

FREE quote contact 

Aquapro now. 

0508 AQUA PRO | aquaproplumbing.nz 

PLUMBING | DRAINAGE | GAS FITTING | SOLAR 

PLUMBER 

PLUMBING & GASFITTING 

• Hot water cylinder repair/replacement 

• Leaky taps, blocked toilets 

• New housing 

• All plumbing alterations 

• Mains pressure hot water 

• Fire and wetback installation 

• Digger/tipper excavation and hire 

• Watermain replacement/repair 

• Free quotes 

• Certified craftsman plumber 

10% prompt payment discount* 

same day service* 

*conditions apply 

call/text 027 245 5100 

Freephone: 0508 426 269 

ROOF REPAIRS 

Locally owned & operated with 

over 30 years experience. 

• Extensions & repair • Roof coating 

• Concrete & clay tiles • Butynol 

• Malthoid • Asbestos Certified 

• Coloursteel • Old iron • Guttering 

Phone Dave 981 0278 

or 021 223 4200 

E: dave@beaumontroofing.co.nz 

BEAUMONT ROOFING LTD 

VIDEO PRODUCTION 

business video 

PRoduCTion 

A video will bring your business alive & into your 

customers mind. 

Promote your services or business with a 

professionally created video with us 

• Corporate and Business 

video a speciality 

• Competitive rates 

• 25 years experience 

• Start to finished product 

• Professional quality 

guaranteed 

PHone KeRRY 021 635 083 

WINDOW TINTING 

tintawindow 

advanced film solutions 

99% uv block 

fade protection 

heat control 

reduce glare 

25 Years Experience 

PLUMBER 

NEED A PLUMBER 

Call us now for fast friendly service. 

Get your problems sorted out 

quick smart - on time!! 

Phone for a 

FREE 

quote now. 

Phone 03 377 1280 | Mobile 021 898 380 

RE-ROOFING 

need a new roof? 

We can replace your old concrete tile, 

deco tile or old corrugate roof. 

We can also complete asbestos removal. 

Free measure and quote. 

For a quality job contact us. 

163 ShandS road, hornby | Ph: 03 349 8439 

www.roofline.co.nz 

Towing 

For safe, damage free 

car transportation 

call Ashley’s Tow Taxi 

Special care for special cars 

ASHLEY’S TOW TAXI 

Breakdown & Relocation 

0800 TOW TAXI • 0800 869 8294 

privacy films 

frosting designs 

non-darkening films 

Workmanship Guaranteed 

Lifetime Warranties on Most Films 

UV 

block 

Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts 

03 365 3653 0800 368 468 



PLUMBER 

AvAilAble for: 

Hot water cylinder 

replacements 

Gas conversions 

Top quality full 

house filtration to 

protect all your 

plumbing and your 

health from chlorine. 

Phone Mike 

021 132 8929 

30 years + experience 

Older house 

restorations: 

no problem! 

Quotes: FREE! 

Rates: Reasonable 

Paint supplied at 

trade price! 

NO JOB TOO SMALL 

Light industrial also 

Roger Brott 

Painter & Decorator 

021-1966-311 

electricAl 

• Residential, Domestic 

and Commercial 

• New Housing 

• Renovations 

• Switchboard upgrades 

• LED Lighting upgrades; 

Residential, Domestic 

and Commercial 

• Repairs and Maintenance 

• Rewiring 

• Emergency Breakdown 

and Repairs 

• Ventilation Systems 

• Competitive Rates 

• Free Quotes for ChCh and 

surrounding areas 

Elusion ElEctrical ltd 

Call: 03 421 5661 

Email: elusionelectrical 

@gmail.com 

EXPERIENCED 

GARDENER 

(Kevin Garnett) 

30 Years 

Christchurch Botanic 

Gardens. 

ALL landscape 

work done. 

Maintenance, pruning, 

tidy up, lawn work, 

landscape planning 

and planting etc. 

Free Quotes 

Phone 348 3482 

RUbbiSH 

REMoVAL 

Get a Bin Co trailer 

skip bin for your 

green/garden waste 

and general rubbish. 

We load your 

rubbish, we do 

the work for you 

EASY! 

or you load it, 

we dump it. 

Give us a try 

bin co 

Ph: 383-0646 

027 2131 733 


ELECTRICIANS 

Professional 

Friendly Registered 

Tradesmen available 

for your Electrical 

requirements today. 

For immediate 

quality service please 

contact 

services 

Ph. 03 322 8454 

www.skeltonelectrical.co.nz 

ROOF 

PAINTING 

Rope & harness 

a speciality, 

no scaffolding 

required, 

30 years of 

breathtaking 

experience. 

FREE QUOTES 


CARPENTER 

BUILDER 

Licensed Building 

Practitioner no. 100981. 

All carpentry & building 

repairs & maintenance. 

Alterations & property 

upgrades.Laundries / 

bathroom / kitchens 

replaced. Specialising in 

replacement of all rotten 

timber, fascia boards, 

window, windowsills etc. 

John Sandford, ph 329 

4616, mob 027 5189 598 

johnsandford2@gmail. 

com 

CARPETLAYER 

35yrs experience. Special 

rates for seniors. Prompt 

service. Ph 021 046 0231 

CLEANING 

Mature female 25 yrs exp, 

$23 per hour, ph 03 323 

5533 

CONCRETE CUTTING 

Affordable Concrete 

Cutting with Quality, and 

removal work. Free quote. 

No job to small. Phone 027 

442-2219, Fax 359-6052 

a/h 359- 4605 

ELECTRICIAN 

Exterior staining, Prompt & reliable 

exterior painting, registered electrician 

moss and mould 

with 24 years experience 

for all residential and 

treatment and 

commercial work, new 

waterblasting 

housing and switch board 

Phone Kevin replacements. Phone Chris 

027 561 4629 

027 516 0669 

ELECTRICIAN 

Available, 30 years 


experience, immediate 

BEST BATHROOMS start, competitive rate, 

full renovations ph Brian 027 433 9548 

specialists, LBP builder, ELECTRICIAN 

free quote, all building Registered, electrical 

property maintenace ph 03 installation and repairs, 

383 1927or 027 245 5226 Gorbie Electrical, ph 021 

ciey@xtra.co.nz 

026 73375 or 03 322 4209 

BRICK & BLOCK ELECTRICIAN 

LAYING 

All types of domestic 

all restoration work 

& commercial work 

and new work plus 

undertaken, new housing, 

foundations, ph 342 9340 

alterations, extensions, 

or 021 853 033 

ranges, security lights, 

BUILDER QUALIFIED 

quick response, efficient 

50 yrs exp. Bathrooms, 

service, free quotes, 

Kitchens, Renovations, 

city -wide. No call out 

Repairs & Extensions 

fee. M/S, 8-5. Call Pat 

Free quotes. Discount for 

Barrett 03 359 2087/ 027 

pensioners. Ph Mike 03 

7331384. 

980 9771 or 027 2266 930 

BUILDER/HANDYMAN 

FENCING 

30 yrs exp. All aspects of 

25 yrs exp. Fencing, all 

renovations & repairs, full styles & gates. Ph Mark 

kitchen fit outs, bathrooms, 0273 313 223 

painting, stopping, new FENCING , DECKS & 

fences & decking and all HOME RENO’S 

property maintenance & All types of fencing. 

landscaping. Ph Craig 021 decking & reno’s. Free 

910- 039 

quotes. Ph Jim 022 137 

BUILDER QUALIFIED 1920 

Decks, T & G Flooring, FENCING 

Villa Restoring, New Quality timber fencing - 

Homes, Weatherboards. gates & repairs, ph Ryan 

Free Quotes. Bennet & 027 951 8892 

Sons Ltd Sam 027 496- FIXIT FACTORY 

9362 or Tony 027 224- www.thefixitfactory. 

0374 

co.nz (Burwood) repairs 

CARPET & VINYL to antiques and family 

LAYING 

heirlooms, any wooden 

Exp. Repairs, uplifting, furniture. Kids toys. 

relaying, restretching. Any small engines or 

Email jflattery@xtra.co.nz motorcycles, plastic 

ph John on 0800 003 181 welding. Flatpacks 

or 027 2407416 

assembled. Free quotes 

and collection. Call Phil 

rooF 0274 477 868 

GARDEN CORNER 

painting 

SORTER 

Book now and Ring Graeme 027 341` 

receive 20% discount 8596 / 342 5151 

for summer. GARDENING 

Rope and harness a 

Lawn mowing, weeding, 

speciality. 

No scaffolding required. 

& general outdoor clean 

30 years experience. ups, green waste removed 

Free quotes, call at cost. Call Phil the 

Craig 021 060 2392 gardener. 021 661246 for 

you free quote. 



GLAZIER 

Glass repairs - pet doors 

- conservatory roofs. Exp 

Tradesman. Call Bill on 

022 413 3504 or 981-1903 

HANDY - DAN 

General Handyman for 

all your maintenance 

requirements. I specialise 

in fences and decking, also 

do spouting cleans and 

repairs and everyday home 

maintenance. NO JOB TO 

BIG OR SMALL I can do 

it all, please don’t hesitate 

to call me on 022 600 7738 

for a no obligation free 

quote. 

HANDYMAN 

Odd Jobs. All handyman 

services . 34 yrs exp. Free 

quotes / advice .Discount 

for pensioners.Try me I 

probably do it. 

Ph Shane 390 1565 or 022 

5275 668 

HANDYMAN/BUILDER 

All repairs & maintenance. 

Carpentary, tiling, 

painting, windows, 

doors, spouting, roofing, 

kitchens, bathrooms,. Free 

quotes. Ph Ian 021 684- 

885 

HANDYMAN 

REPAIRMAN 

20 yrs exp.No job too 

shower, fence, deck etc 

small.Prompt service, 

reasonable rates.Free 

quotes.Ph Wayne 9813873 

/0272853083 

HANDYMAN 

Painting, tiling, new 

etc. Gordon 0274 851 897 

or 960-1961 

LANDSCAPING 

PROFESSIONAL 

We offer high-quality 

landscape construction. 

Decking, Fencing, Paving, 

Concrete, Planter, Stone 

work, Lawns & Irrigation, 

Earth work etc. For Free 

Quotes call or text Kei 

(Kay) 022 043 4150 

LANDSCAPING 

Paving, Lawns, Irrigation, 

Decking, Fencing. 

Kanga & small digger 

services. Check out Squire 

Landscaping on facebook. 

FREE QUOTES. Ph 

Arthur 347-8796, 027 

220-7014 Edwin 027 220- 

7154 

LAWNMOWING 

You Grow I Mow. Free 

quotes. Ph / text Chris 021 

252 1801 

MULCHING 

TIDYMAN. “You cut we 

mulch”. Bags, spread or 

takeaway. Eco friendly & 

good for the garden. Ph 

Gary 0277708573 

OVEN CLEANING 

Professional cleans 

$50.00. Gift Vouchers 

avail. Phone 0800 683- 

6253 or 027 228-0025 

PAINTING 

PLASTERING 

Free quotes. Int/ext & 

roof painting Family run 

business, work guaranteed. 

Pensioner discounts. Ph 

Kerin or Paul 022 191 

7877 or 379-1281. Website 

www.swedekiwipainting. 

co.nz 

PAINTING 

DECORATING 

Wingfields Contracting, 

all interior & exterior 

painting & all forms of 

interior plastering & jib 

fixing, ph Mark 021 171- 

1586 or 355-5994





PAINTING 

Indoor / Outdoor, over 30 

yrs exp, same day quotes, 

ph Steve 021 255 7968 

PLASTERER 

Phone Finn the interior 

plasterer small job 

specialist, holes, cracks, 

renovatons, alterations. 

Canty born. Ph 022 

0874351 

PLASTER MASONRY 

PAINTING 

WALLPAPERING 

Roofing & Brick 

Repairs, Stucco, Fixing, 

Stopping, Cracks & 

Holes. Small jobs ok. 

30 yrs exp . Free quotes. 

Gary 3428950 / 021 529 

022 

PLASTERER 

EXTERIOR 

Reliable, licenced Exterior 

Plasterer availlable for 

all your Solid & Exterior 

Plastering needs. Phone 

Luke on 027 486 4018 to 

discuss a quote. 

REMOVALS 

Small furniture removals, 

have own van, can fit 

various types of whiteware 

appliances, some furn, 

bedding, boxes etc, honest 

& reliable, any area 

considered, ph Chch 027 

517 7001 

ROOFING REPAIRS 

Fully qualified, over 40 

yrs experience. Ph John 

027 432-3822 or 351- 

9147 email johnchmill@ 

outlook.com 

RUBBISH REMOVAL 

Van & Trailer Rubbish 

Removal. Free quotes. Ph 

Gary 342-8950, 021 529 

022 

SCAFFOLDING 

For all your scaffolding 

requirements. Locally 

owned & operated. Immed 

start avail. Ph 022 322 

0670 

SPOUTING CLEANING 

Spouting Unblocked, 

Cleaned Out and Flushed 

Out. Call Trevor 332 8949 

or 021 043 2034 

SPOUTING 

Select Spouting 

The PVC specialist. 

Repairs & replacement. Ph 

022 197 2351 

TREE SERVICES 

Free quotes 20+ yrs exp. 

Tree, hedge or shrub 

- reduction, shaped or 

removed. Ph/text Paul 

The Branch Manager 

0274314720 

TREE TRIMMING 

AND REMOVAL 

Hedges cut, pruning. 20 

yrs exp. Ph Alister 359 

3090 ABT Tree Services 

WINDOW CLEANING 

Brown & White Ltd. 

Family owned since 2001. 

Ph Paul 027 229 3534 

Tuition 

COMPUTER LESSONS 

avail for computer, IPad, 

or Mobile. Please contact 

Jobee 027 290 9246 www. 

computertutor.nz 

Wanted To Buy 

CASH FOR 

STAMPS 

Do you have an 

Old Stamp or Coin 

collection tucked away 

somewhere? It could 

be worth a fortune! 

We are currently Buying 

old collections in the 

Christchurch area to stock 

our retail shop in Riccarton. 

Free Appraisal and Cash 

Offers on most items. 

Call Matt Power 

0800 39 24 26 

The Stamp Exchange 

134a Riccarton Road. Opposite 

the Mall carpark. 

A+ About to move? Books, 

china, coins, medals, 

furniture, furs, jewellery, 

tools, old photos, estate. 

Ph 385-5117 

A+ Household effects, 

fridges, freezers, washing 

machines, ovens. Good 

cash paid. Ph Paul 022 

0891 671 

ALL whiteware wanted. 

Same day service, cash 

paid for freezes, fridges, 

washing machines, ovens. 

Also buying furniture & 

h/hold effects.Anything 

considered. Ph Dave 960- 

8440, 027 66 22 116 

ALL Old China, Crystal, 

Ornaments, Vases, Cutlery 

etc. Raewyn Hill Phone 

360-0951 

A RECORDS Wanted 

top cash prices paid for 

good records. No easy 

listening. Please ph 027 

624 1138 

BUYING Now, Royal 

Albert, Royal Doulton, all 

old china, crystal, antiques, 

estate lots. For best prices 

and free inspection call 

Academy Antiques. Phone 

349-4229 

MILITARIA Any 

country, firearms, 

uniforms, badges, medals, 

memoribilia, WW2 or 

earlier ph 338-9931 

NEWSPAPERS wanted. 

Pleaes ph 021 121 5095 

TOOLS, Garden garage, 

saw benches, Lathes. Cash 

buyer Phone 355-2045 

Public Notices 

HOUSE & GARAGE 

Cleanout. I’ll pick up for 

free. Ph 021 08439932. 

Recycling Man. Charity 

for Chch. 

Vehicles Wanted 

CASH/CASH for any 

unwanted vehicles, ph 

347 9354 or 027 476 2404 

Vehicles Wanted 


A.G.M. 

Canterbury 

& Suburban 

Darts Assoc 

23 Livingstone St, 

Christchurch 

24th February 

2019 at 11am 

Followed by the 

Memorial Shield 

PROHIBITED 

FIRE SEASON 

Fire and Emergency New Zealand declares 

a prohibited fire season, from midnight, 

Tuesday 12 February 2019 in the following 

area: 

• Those lands encompassed by the 

Christchurch City Council (including 

Banks Peninsula) 

See www.checkitsalright.nz for types of fire 

which have been authorised as not being 

fires in open air and do not need a permit. 

Any fire permits issued during a restricted 

fire season in the Christchurch City Council 

area are suspended from the start of the 

prohibited fire season. 

Dave Stackhouse 

Area Commander 

Christchurch Metro 

Bruce Janes 

Principal Rural Fire Officer 

North Canterbury 

To check the season status in an area 

please visit www.checkitsalright.nz 

or call 0800 658 628. 

CAR REMOVALS 

$$CASH PAID$$ 

CARS, VANS, UTES & 4X4 WANTED 

NZ OWNED AND OPERATED FOR 24 YEARS 

We use world class vehicle depollution systems 

0800 8200 600 

www.pickapart.co.nz 



ANGEL FUND 

WAHINE PUTEA 

A Women’s Savings and 

Loans Fund. Don’t let 

money hold you back. 

Save and build your 

own nest egg. Wanting 

to step ahead in small 

business, education or 

training? No interest 

loans to $500 available 

to women on low 

incomes. 

Text or phone 

022 412 6435. 

angelfund@gmail.com 

Further information about fire 

seasons is available on 

www.fireandemergency.nz 

Public Notice 

Exhibitors 

Book now 

Don’t miss your opportunity to 

showcase your business in front of 

10,000+ qualified attendees 

Jon.Holmes@starmedia.kiwi or 021 225 8225 

Crossword Situations Solutions Vacant





SCHOOLS. SPORTS CLUBS OR CULTURAL EVENTS 

OUTSTANDING 

Fundraising opportunity 

The Star has a fantastic opportunity that is an ideal way 

to fundraise while at the same time helps to profile and 

promote your team and their goals and ambitions. 


Situations Vacant 

CLEANERS 

REQUIRED 

Beckenham Area 

Monday to Friday 

3.15pm-5.15pm 

St Albans Area 


3.15pm-5.15pm 

Cashmere/ 

Barrington Mall Area 


3.15pm-6.15pm 

City Centre Area 


5pm-8pm Flexible 

We are looking for 

cleaners to join our 

commercial 

cleaning team. 

You will need to pass a 

Security Check and you 

MUST have your own 

transport. 

Must be eligible to 

work in New Zealand. 

Please email your 

Application to 

csc@totalcanterbury.co.nz 

or phone 338 9056 

Visit our website: 

totalcanterbury.co.nz 

Please advise which job 

when emailing your CV. 

Entertainment 


Over the years, Grant Amos has helped thousands 

of people overcome their fear of flying. 

Enrolments for our next “Flying Without Fear” 

Programme are now being taken in your area. 

REMEMBER, FEAR OF FLYING IS NOT 

IRRATIONAL - DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT IS 

For further details, contact Sue on 09 483 5547 

or 0800 737 225 www.flyok.co.nz 

Call now to find out more about how you can fundraise 

those hard to get dollars, while at the same time 

promoting some of the great positive work being done 

in the community. It also offers exceptional value for 

your supporters and sponsors. 

IT’S A FESTIVAL OF 

MOTORCYCLE SPEEDWAY 

Contact: 

Mike Fulham 

379 7100 

mike@starmedia.kiwi 


FORKLIFT 

OPERATOR. 

Ongoing work available, 

earn $19+/hr! Must have 

current OSH and relevant 

experience, be physically 

fit and able to pass drug 

test. You will be a NZ 

resident/citizen and have 

own reliable transport. 

Call 0800 363 676. 


FORKLIFT 

OPERATOR. 

Ongoing work available, 

earn $19+/hr! Must have 

current OSH and relevant 

experience, be physically 

fit and able to pass drug 

test. You will be a NZ 

resident/citizen and have 

own reliable transport. 

Call 0800 363 676. 

Entertainment 

STAMP AND 

POSTCARD FAIR 

The Philatelic Centre 

67 Mandeville Street, 

Riccarton 

Saturday 16th 

February 9am-12pm 

Sellers tables available 

Phone 027 6354 957 

WeedonS Road, West Melton 

Adults $20 

Pensioners $15 with gold card 

Family $40 (2 adults & 4 children under 15) 

Accompanied children under 15 years $10. 

Infants under 5 FREE. (Sorry, no EFTPOS) 

Info line Ph 021 070 3140 

www.mooreparkspeedway.co.nz 

CAnterBury 

demolition derBy 

teAms ChAmPs FinAl 

Plus CAnterBury sAloon, 

modiFied & ministoCK ChAmPs 

sAt 16 th FeBruAry 

7Pm stArt 

SATURDAY Feb 16th, 3pm 

douBledAys roAd KAiAPoi inFoline 03 364 8833 www.woodFordglen.Co.nz 

Adults $20, seniors $10, Children $5, under 5 yrs Free FAmily PAss $40 (2 adults & up to 4 children 15yrs & under)



christchurch 

GIG GUIDE 

Thursday 14 - Wednesday 20 February 2019 

To add a listing, contact 

Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or 

027 458 8590 

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi 

www.star.kiwi/whatson 

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St: 

Thursday 7.30pm - Open Mic. Wednesday 7pm 

- Trad Session & Irish Language Lessons. 

BILL’S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: Thursday 

6pm - Mickey Rat’s Karaoke. Sunday 6pm - 

Mickey Rat’s Karaoke. Friday 22 Feb - Nyree 

Huyser. 

BLUE SMOKE, 3 Garlands Rd, 

Woolston: Thursday 7.30pm - The Young 

Folk (Ireland) with Your Indigo, ticketed. Friday 

8.30pm - ‘Better Already’, The Songs of Al Park, 

ticketed. Saturday 7pm - Soaked Oats, ticketed. 

CASHMERE CLUB, 50 Colombo St: 

Thursday 7pm - Cashmere Ukulele Group. New 

players and singers welcome. Sunday 4pm - 

Southern Jazz Men. 

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO, Victoria St: 

Thursday 5.30pm - Valentine’s Day with 

Elizabeth Braggins. Friday 6pm - Stevie D; 

9.15pm - Nyree. Saturday 7pm - Franchise; 

10.15pm - X-Files duo. Sunday 5.30pm - Rusila. 

DEEP SOUTH LAZY SUNDAYS, 

Christchurch Botanic Gardens, 

Rolleston Ave: Sunday 3pm - Lloyd and 

Doublet, Ranchsliders (blues/country), free. 

GBC, Garden Buffet Cafe, 110 

Marshland Rd: Saturday 5.30pm - DnD 

Duo (Jojo & Mark). 

HORNBY WMC, 17 Carmen Rd: 

Saturday 4.30pm - Barross; 7.30pm - Sha-low. 

Sunday 2pm - Sharon O’Neill, ticketed. 

HORNCASTLE ARENA, Jack Hinton 

Drive: Tickets at Ticketek. 

ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL, 145 

Gloucester St: Thursday - Madiba the 

Musical. Wednesday - Jordan Peterson 12 Rules 

of Life Speaking Tour. Tickets at Ticketek. 

JAZZ IN THE GARDEN, Gardens of St 

John of God Halswell, 26 Nash Rd, 

Aidanfield: Sunday 24th February 5pm - 

Fundraising event, silent auction, prizes & more, 

plus live jazz with Sam White’s Quartet. Tickets 

$25. 

LIVE AT THE POINT, Godley Grounds, 

Diamond Harbour: Sunday 2.30pm - 

Flaming Femmes. Sunday 24 Feb - Vaguely 

Related. Sunday 3 Mar - French for Rabbits. 

Free. 

MAINSTREET SPORTS BAR, 37 High 

St, Rangiora: Sunday 4pm - Thingymajig. 

‘Famous for their roasts!’ 

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 

Roast/Dessert 

Special available lunch only 

Monday - Saturday 12pm - 2.30pm 

$22 

MUSIC IN THE CHAPEL, Rose 

Historic Chapel, 866 Colombo St: 

Sunday 2-5pm - Helen Webby Harp, free entry. 

Sunday 24 February 2-4pm - Tim Sellars Jazz 

Trio, free entry. 

PIERSIDE CAFE & BAR, 3 Brighton 

Mall, New Brighton: Thursday - Poker. 

Friday 9pm - Karaoke with Sharkey. Saturday 

9pm - Sign of the Firebird. 

RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118 

Racecourse Rd, Sockburn: Sunday 6pm 

- Lance Kiwi Karaoke. Friday 22 Feb - Medium 

Rare. 

RICHMOND WMC, 75 London St, 

Richmond: Friday 7pm - Mickey Rat’s 

Karaoke. 

STOCKXCHANGE, 110 Marshland Rd: 

Friday 7pm - Sign of the Firebird. Saturday 

7.30pm - Super Rugby Blues v Crusaders. 

TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding St, Hornby: 

Friday 8.30pm - DV8. Saturday 8.30pm - 

Misfitz. Wednesday - Mickey Rat Karaoke. 

THE CRAIC IRISH BAR, 84 Riccarton 

Rd: Thursday 9.30pm - Karaoke. Friday - The 

Rocky Road Irish Duo. Saturday - Stout Duo. 

Wednesday 9pm- Karaoke. 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd, 

Addington: Thursday 7pm - Learn to Rock n 

Roll. Friday 9.30pm - Flat City Brotherhood. 

Saturday 9.30pm - Decoy Duck. Sunday 3pm - 

Miller Bar’s 25th Brithday Party. Tuesday 

7.30pm - Quiz with Chris. Wednesday 8pm - 

Karaoke with Lance Kiwi. 

THE PAPANUI CLUB, 310 Sawyers 

Arms Rd: Friday 7.30pm - King Tubbs. 

Sunday 3pm - HeadRush Duo. 

THE WAVE BAR, Marine Pde, New 

Brighton: Thursday 8.30pm - Karaoke. Friday 

8.30pm - DJ. Saturday 8.30pm - Live music. 

TREVINOS , 22 Riccarton Rd: Friday 

9pm - DnD Duo (Jojo & Mark). 

WOOLSTON CLUB, 43 Hargood St: 

Saturday 7.30pm - Funky Hot Mamas. 

WUNDERBAR, Lyttelton: Thursdayt 

7.30pm - Shadbolt & McCormick, ‘A New 

Knight For A New Day’, ticketed. Friday 9.30pm 

- Feeling Blue Part IV, $10 entry. 

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 

Live Jazz with 

Sam White’s 

Quartet 

Fundraising Event | Silent Auction 

Prizes & more 

Bring a rug and picnic dinner | Mobile Food Vendors 

5-7pm, Sunday 24th Feb 

Gardens of St John of God Halswell 

26 Nash Road, Aidanfield 

(Postponement date: Sun 3rd March, if wet) 

Tickets $25 

Includes a complimentary glass of bubbles on entry. 

Children under 18 free. 

- Proceeds towards New Zealand’s First Fully Accessible Tiny House - 

SERVING 

HAPPY HOUR 

5PM - 7PM DAILY 

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 

LIVE MUSIC 

THIS SATURDAY 

5.30-7.30PM 

Lunch & Dinner 

All you can eat, 7 days 

COFFEE 

HAPPY 

H O U R 

2PM-4PM 

DAILY 

THE GARDEN HOTEL COMPLEX | 110 MARSHLAND RD 

www.gardenhotel.co.nz | phone 385 3132 

$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 

AVAILABLE 

FROM 

11.30AM-2PM 

FOR A 

LIMITED TIME 

DnD 

Duo 

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




H ORNBY 

WORKINGMEN’S 

CLUB 

BUSINESS AS USUAL DURING REDEVELOPMENT 

LIVE MUSIC 

SATURDAY 4.30PM: BARROSS 

SATURDAY 7.30PM: SHALOW 

Sharon 

O’Neill 

SUNDAY 2PM: 

CLUBS NEW ZEALAND WARMLY WELCOME MEMBERS, 

THEIR GUESTS AND AFFILIATE CLUB MEMBERS. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, 

CONTACT A CLUB WITHIN THIS SECTION. 

RWMC has a new GM! 

Meet Jimmy Summerfield 

HOME AGAIN II 

TOUR 

EVENTS COMING UP 

SATURDAY 23 FEBRUARY, 8PM: 

JODY 

DIREEN 

and backing band 

TICKETS $20 AT CLUB OFFICE 

EXCITING news! Concrete work for the 

next stage of the Richmond Club’s 

redevelopment is underway. This stunning 

new architecturally designed building is 

going to be impressive. 

“The building will serve as the main Club 

facility,” said Jimmy Summerfield, general 

manager. “As well as a 500 capacity 

Members Lounge, it will accommodate a 

restaurant, bistro, three international grade 

squash courts, a multi-purpose function 

room, pool and snooker hall, and a live 

entertainment venue with pull down 

screens for live sport.” 

Jimmy, a born and bred Cantabrian with 

a solid background in hospitality, was 

appointed the role of general manager at the 

end of last year. Prior to this the 

internationally award winning Mixiologist 

ran his own hospitality businesses including 

the well-respected Flying Burrito Brothers. 

“Clubs need to develop for the future 

without forgetting their history. We expect 

the redevelopment to appeal to a wider 

demographic. What we are offering will be 

fantastic, making us one of the best clubs in 

NZ.” 

Taking pride in understanding customers 

needs, Jimmy says the club will offer a more 

family friendly environment while 

continuing to promote club traditions and 

sporting sections. 

New member’s welcome. Enquire now 

about joining this innovative club. 

The Richmond Club, 75 London 

St, phone 03 389 5778. 

FAMILY FRIENDLY DINING 

NEXT BUFFET: MARCH! 

SUN 3 MAR 

SUN 7 APR 

SUN 5 MAY 

SUN 9 JUN 

5-8PM IN THE 

SPORTS HALL 

ADULTS $27 

CHILDREN 5-12 = 

$1 PER YEAR OF AGE 

BOOKING ESSENTIAL 

BOOK NOW! 

Club 

OPEN DAILY 

LUNCH & DINNER 

CAFE GF & V options available 

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

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

What’s On @ Woolston 

SATURDAY 16 FEB 7.30PM 

UPCOMING EVENTS 

SATURDAY 16 MARCH 6.30PM 

OZ TO NZ 

Pure 

Country 

DINNER & SHOW 

TICKETS $65 AT DASH 

LIVE MUSIC 

Funky Hot Mamas 

43 Hargood St, Woolston. Ph 03 389 7039 

www.woolstonclub.co.nz 

Follow us on Facebook 

www.facebook.com/WoostonclubInc 

RESTAURANT OPEN 

Wednesday - Sunday from 5pm 

Sunday Roast 

BUFFET 

INCLUDES A 

ROAST & DESSERT 

5PM - 7PM 

$20 ADULTS 

$12.50 KIDS 

$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



What s On 

AT THE 

CLUBS NEW ZEALAND WARMLY 

WELCOME MEMBERS, THEIR GUESTS 

AND AFFILIATE CLUB MEMBERS. 

WHAT’S ON 

AT THE 

RICHMOND 

CLUB 

Club BISTRO 


Lunch & Dinner 

richmond 

club 

www.rwmc.co.nz 

pride of the east 

since 1888 

THIS FRIDAY 

FROM 7PM 

KARAOKE 

SATURDAY 7.35pm 

SUPER RUGBY 

BLUES v 

CRUSADERS 

LIVE BIG SCREEN 

ACTION! 

Become 

a member 

TODAY! 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT A 

CLUB WITHIN THIS SECTION. 

Entertainment News & Adverrtising 

Jo Fuller 

Phone 03 364 7425 or 027 458 8590 

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi 

www.star.kiwi/whatson 

CLUB MEMBERS 

FAMILY 

PICNIC 

THIS 

SUNDAY 

Come & have 

a great day! 

RICHMOND PARK 

Entrance from Woodchester Ave 

Gates open 10.30am 

Current membership 

required for entry. 

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

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

Cashmere Club 

50 Colombo Street 

www.cashmereclub.co.nz 

THURSDAY & FRIDAY 

HAPPY HOUR 

4pm-6pm 

MEAT RAFFLES 

from 4pm 

MEMBERS CASH DRAW 

$2000* 

*if won on Thursday, Friday Draw 

resets to $200 

From 7pm 

HEATHCOTE ROOM 

Cashmere 

Ukulele Group 

NEW PLAYERS & SINGERS WELCOME 

SATURDAY 

EXTENDED HAPPY HOUR 

5pm-7pm 

SUPER RUGBY’S BACK! 

7.35pm on the screens 

BLUES v 

CRUSADERS 

STEINLAGER 2 FOR 

PURE STUBBIES 

$10 

DURING ALL CRUSADERS GAMES 

NEW MEMBERS WELCOME 

JOIN TODAY 

AND GET 2 MONTHS 

FREE! 

JUST $30 TO JOIN THE 

CASHMERE CLUB UNTIL 31.3.2020 

Ph 03 332 0092 

Fax 03 337 3772 

fb.com/TheCashmereClub 

SUNDAY 

FREE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT 

4pm-7pm Sydenham Lounge 

SUNDAY 

KIDS 

EAT 

*FREE 

*under 12 when accompanied by an adult dining 

BOOKINGS RECOMMENDED 

Riverview 

JEFF 

BRADLEY 

& THE 

SOUTHERN 

JAZZMEN 

RESTAURANT 

OPEN TUESDAY TO SUNDAY 

DINNER FROM 5.30PM. LUNCH FROM 11.30AM 

CLOSED SATURDAY LUNCH 

WEDNESDAY 

QUIZ IS BACK! 

COME ALONG FROM 7PM 

FOR OUR QWIZARD QUIZ 

IN THE SPORTS BAR. 

TEAMS OF 4-6. 

«QUIZ NIGHT SPECIAL« 

$15 KIWI BURGER 

(WITH EGG & BEETROOT) + FRIES 

+ A GLASS OF TAP BEER 

(EXCLUDES CRAFT BEER), 

HOUSE WINE OR SOFT DRINK. 

* 

DINE FREE 

ON YOUR BIRTHDAY 

*ALL FINANCIAL MEMBERS 

RECEIVE ONE FREE MAIN MEAL 

DURING THE MONTH OF 

THEIR BIRTHDAY! 

(PRESENT MEMBER CARD TO 

REDEEM. T’s & C’s APPLY). 

Christchurch’s only beach side club 

What’s On 

by the beach 

TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 

MEMBERS LUCKY CARD DRAW 

LIVE MUSIC 

THIS SUNDAY, 3-7pm 

THE ATARMIES 

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, 

Sunday Brunch from 10.30am to 2pm. 

VALENTINES DAY 

DINNER 

TONIGHT 

NB. RESTAURANT CLOSED 

SATURDAY 16 FEBRUARY 

FOR PRIVATE FUNCTION 

MONTH END 

SUNDAY NIGHT 

BUFFET $25 

Sunday 24th FEB 

DOWNSTAIRS 

Open Tues to Sat 

12pm - 2pm & 

from 5pm 

BISTRO ROAST 

SPECIAL 

Tuesday - Thursday 

Dine in only 

$12 

202 Marine Pde - Ph 388-9416 - www.newbrightonclub.co.nz - Members, guests & affiliates welcome




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