The Star: May 02, 2019

Circulation 93,000 Thursday, May 2, 2019 

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Our People - Pages 14,15 &16 

UC Championship: 

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Page 24 

The mates, 

meth and 

the millions 

BUSTED: Michael Cooper (left) and Johnathan Seal with the nearly 40kg of meth they were caught importing into 

Christchurch from Mexico. 

• By Sophie Cornish 

MICHAEL COOPER and 

Johnathan Seal liked living the 

high life. 

The friends travelled to 

several European countries 

together and were known in 

the Christchurch party and 

bar scene. 

Cooper was a builder and a 

competitive body builder, and 

once held a Canterbury title. 

Seal worked in his family’s 

business. 

But they are now behind 

bars, facing possible life 

sentences for their role in the 

importation of nearly 40kg 

of methamphetamine from 

Mexico. 

Police believe gangs were the 

masterminds of the operation 

and Cooper, 33, and Seal, 26, 

were involved because of their 

relatively low profiles. 

The plan almost worked. 

But a Customs check of a 

Singapore Airlines arrival 

at Christchurch Airport in 

November 2017 brought it all 

down. 

The 39.7kg of meth was 

concealed in 20 boxes of 

outdoor lights. Police were 

alerted. The meth was 

switched for a similar looking 

powder and allowed to be 

transported to its planned 

destination – a city warehouse. 

Police kept the warehouse 

under surveillance for two 

weeks. Then Seal was spotted 

taking one of the ‘meth’ 

packages away. 

He took it to his home in 

Shirley. Cooper arrived and 

took the package to his home 

in Northwood. 

Police then pounced, 

launching simultaneous 

raids on the properties, and 

arresting both men. 

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• By Bridget Rutherford 

PROMINENT Cantabrians 

have given a mixed response to 

the po sible futuristic l ok of 

Cathedral Square. 

Plans for wha the Square 

could ok like were released 

by Regenerate Christchurch 

yesterday after seven years of 

debate and controversy the 

slow progre s of the rebuild. 

It includes thr e covered 

pavilions, which would have 

a “la tice-style” translucent 

r of, which could host markets 

and other events. 

FUTURISTIC: Plans released yesterday sho what Cathedral Square could ok like. 

The long-term vision, which is 

estimated to cost betw en $60- 

$80 mi lion, aims to bring people 

“I’m confident Regenerate 

back into the area, through a 

Christchurch’s vision wi l a low 

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this to ha pen.” 

spaces. 

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includes Cathedral Gardens 

around other developments 

with tr and water features, 

such as Turanga, the Spark 

Post Office Place with events 

building, Aotea Gifts and the 

and m eting spaces, and Library 

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Plaza with other people-friendly 

Cathedral. 

areas. 

“We’ve go to l ok at what is 

Former mayor Ga ry M ore 

ha pening, what’s in the vision 

said the plan was “bri liant” 

and what can we deliver.” 

while developer Ernest Duval 

City counci lor Jamie Gough 

was not fu sed by the pavilions. city council and stakeholders to be n eded. 

think of the central city as said it was g od starting 

The next step is for a delivery determine what could be done, Mayor Lia ne Dalziel said destination and residential point. 

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POLICE HAVE found two bank 

account numbers in their hunt 

for a con man who falsely said 

gangs would hur their families if 

people didn’t pay up. 

Senior Constable Wayne 

Stapley said two of the victims 

had been given two bank account 

numbers to put money into. 

Police had checked one, and 

The Square: Is this the future? 

A CONVICTED ki ler is back 

behind bars after a spectacular 

crash while a legedly fl eing 

police. 

John Oliver Jamieson’s Subaru 

Forester crashed through the 

Ro leston dog park fence on 

Saturday. 

A spear-like fence post 

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scr e na rowly mi sing a 

woman in the pa senger seat. 

Miraculously Jamieson and the 

He had earlier b en recorded 

driving at 180km/h on State 

Highway 1. 

A cut-down rifle was later 

found by police in the vehicle. 

Startle dog walker said 

Jamieson ran a short distance 

from the vehicle before sto ping 

to s e if the woman in the vehicle 

okay. 

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he was a prehended. 

Jamieson was one of six men 

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not comment on wha the investigation 

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the cell phone numbers any- 

number revealed. 

“We have to find out where 

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

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

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

from Christchurch people 

been interviewed and denied any 

involvement. 

targeted by the sinister scam. 

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FINALLY THE sun is shining 

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patients and visitors after a 

year-long campaign by 

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The Canterbury District 

Health Board has agreed to 

move its park and ride service 

from the appalling flood prone 

Deans Ave site to the city 

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• By Julia Evans 

FROM NOW on city councillor 

Jamie Gough wants to be 

known by his birth name – 

James. 

The Fendalton Ward city 

councillor and potential 

mayoral candidate said he 

wanted to align himself with his 

real name. 

“Most people know that Jamie 

is a nickname of James 

. . . but it can be a bit 

confusing.” 

Cr Gough said he 

was in his 30s and has 

a family now so it was 

time to go by the more 

mature name. 

The 33-year-old and 

his wife Jasmine had 

their second child, 

Annabelle, in March. 

“Jas has always called 

me James, so she will be happy.” 

news online at www.star.kiwi 

Cr Gough is 

considering running 

for Mayor against Ms 

Dalziel. 

“I’ll probably make an 

announcement in the 

near future,” he said. 

Cr Gough last ran for 

mayor as an 18-year-old 

in 2004. He was the third 

highest polling candidate behind 

incumbent Garry Moore and city 

councillor Aaron Keown. 

He was elected to the 

community board in 2007 and 

then to the city council in 2010. 

However, Cr Gough’s career 

in local body politics has not 

gone without hiccups. 

In 2016, he sought 

professional help after an 

alcohol-fuelled incident at a 

Merivale bar, and in 2015 he was 

evicted from the Cancer Society 

ball for intoxication. 

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next month 

Risingholme Community Centre 

in Opawa is reopening next 

month. The heritage building 

suffered damage in the February 

22, 2011, earthquake and was 

then damaged in an arson attack 

in 2016. Several archaeological 

finds were discovered in the 

homestead since restoration 

began, including newspapers 

dating back to 1910 and pieces of 

glass and china. 

IAG tight-lipped on price hikes 


IAG IS refusing to say what 

a price hike could mean for 

Christchurch residents prone to 

disasters such as earthquakes. 

The insurance company – 

which owns State, AMI and 

NZI – announced it is making 

changes to its home and contents 

insurance, meaning customers 

in areas prone 

to quakes, 

other natural 

disasters and 

severe weather 

events, will 

pay more from 

July 1. 

Dean Lester 

However, 

customers who 

live in areas 

which are less prone may pay less. 

IAG did not answer questions 

from The Star about what this 

would mean for its Christchurch 

customers and what areas of the 

city would be affected in terms 

of risk. 

Insurance advocate Dean 

Lester said he could not predict 

how many people would be negatively 

impacted – but said Tower 

had increased its prices last year 

which saw major changes for 

insurers in the city. 

“There is no information available 

yet, but if you look at the case 

of Tower, it could have a hugely big 

effect on some,” he said 

“The major concern for 

Christchurch is where are the 

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INSURANCE: IAG customers more prone to natural disasters, such as earthquakes, will face 

a hike in their premium from July. 

insurers seem to follow each 

other . . . it doesn’t seem to 

be a competitive market in 

Christchurch.” 

Mr Lester said people could 

reduce premiums by installing 

better security measures around 

their home, but it was impossible 

to simply move their whole home 

out of a disaster prone area. He 

also questioned how it could 

predict earthquakes. 

From July 1, EQC will pay up 

to $150,000 plus GST per 

residential home, but it will no 

longer provide cover for contents. 

IAG will provide this to its 

customers who have contents 

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IAG executive general 

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with providing cover, including 

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“There are a range of options 

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this easier, including taking a 

higher excess or adjusting the 

frequency of payments to suit 

them,” he said. 

Mr Lester said it was better for 

Christchurch residents to have a 

higher excess in case large sums 

of money had to be paid out in 

the event of an earthquake or 

flooding. 

On Tuesday, Wellington Mayor 

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the issue with Megan Woods, 

the Minister Responsible for the 

Earthquake Commission and 

will convene an insurance forum 

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IAG, body corporate and home 

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Minister of Commerce and 

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said the Government was 

concerned about insurance 

costs and has asked for more 

information from IAG. 

Mayor Lianne Dalziel said 

yesterday she would be discussing 

the matter with the Insurance 

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allow for the building of new 

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It was New Zealand Trotting 

Cup day and Seal was partying in 

his pool with friends. 

When police came through 

Cooper’s door, he desperately 

tried to flush what he thought 

was the meth down the toilet. 

Police believe the street 

value of the imported meth 

could have been worth up to 

$50 million. 

Detective Sergeant Chris Power 

told The Star it wasn’t known 

what sort of payment Cooper 

and Seal would have received for 

their role in the importation. But 

it would have been substantial, 

he said. 

A kilogram of meth could 

return the seller between 

$160,000 and up to $1 million, 

depending on how it is sold, 

Detective Sergeant Power 

said. 

“The why is always about 

money – pure and simple. 

Getting rich quick,” he said. 

On Monday, the pair pleaded 

guilty in the High Court at 

Christchurch to importing class 

A drugs. They were remanded in 

custody. A sentence date has been 

tentatively set down for later this 

month. 

In 2009, Cooper was jailed 

for two years and three months 

for his involvement in an 

unprovoked assault on a group 

of Danish and English tourists in 

the central city. 

Vikash Singh, who owns a 

gym supplements company, met 

Cooper through friends about 

five years ago. 

Mr Singh was surprised at 

Cooper’s involvement with the 

drug importation. 

Cooper was “a really genuine 

MATES: 

Cooper 

and Seal in 

Amsterdam 

while on an 

overseas trip. 

and caring person who made a 

big mistake.” 

“He’s only ever been very 

helpful and caring to everyone 

around us, including myself. I 

never have had a bad word to say 

about him.” 

“(The body building 

community) was massively 

shocked when the news came 

out about the charges. No one 

really believed it. It was very 

unexpected,” he said. 

Seal’s only previous brush 

with the law was for an assault 

on a former girlfriend, for 

which he received home 

detention. 

Both men were involved 

in the “gym, party and bar 

scene,” said Detective Sergeant 

Power. 

They travelled to Europe 

together, visiting London, 

Amsterdam and the 

Tomorrowland festival in 

Belgium. 

Cooper has refused to be 

formerly interviewed by police, 

but Seal told police after his 

arrest he was innocent. 

Detective Sergeant Power said 

Seal had told police an “elaborate 

cover story,” saying he and 

Cooper had been set up by an 

individual who police have not 

been able to find and believe is 

fictitious. 

But Detective Sergeant 

Power said inquiries after the 

men were arrested clearly show 

gangs had masterminded the 

operation. 

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“Cooper is linked to a number 

of organised crime groups 

through his social media apps,” 

he said. 

A third person was arrested 

in Auckland in connection with 

the importation last year and is 

awaiting trial in Christchurch 

in August. His name remains 

suppressed. 

Detective Sergeant Power 

said the third man was involved 

with “a cargo handling service, 

TIMELINE 

2017: 

•October 19: The drug 

shipment left Mexico, 

via the United States, 

on a Singapore Airlines 

flight. 

•November 1: The drug 

shipment, weighing 

39.7kg, arrives in 

Christchurch and is 

intercepted by Customs. 

It is concealed inside 20 

boxes of outdoor lights. 

Most of the shipment 

was substituted with 

a similar looking 

substance. Police 

Operation Grandeur 

begins. 

•November 9: Police and 

customs carried out a 

in a position of trust and 

responsibility.” 

Police inquiries have revealed 

the gangs organised the meth 

from Mexico. 

They then stepped back 

and Cooper and Seal dealt 

with the planning and 

documentation to get it into 

Christchurch and its storage in 

the warehouse. 

Cooper completed the 

importation documents, but 

controlled delivery of the 

shipment. 

•November 14: Police 

raided two properties, 

one in Shirley and one 

in Northwood, arresting 

both Cooper and Seal. 

Cooper was witnessed 

by police attempting to 

flush a substance down 

the drain. 

A party was taking 

place at the property in 

Shirley after NZ Trotting 

Cup Day at Addington 

Raceway. Party-goers 

were caught up in the 

raid. 

•December: Seal and 

Cooper pleaded not 

guilty and remained in 

custody. 

used a different address and 

phone number on the form. 

Seal contacted the freight 

forwarding company, asking 

about the consignment and 

provided details about the 

delivery address, a business with 

a suppressed name. 

He organised the payment of 

duty and GST. 

The third man’s alleged 

role was to move it from the 

warehouse to another location. 

2018: 

•February: Both men are 

bailed. 

•June: A third man was 

arrested in Auckland. 

His name remains 

suppressed. 

•April: Cooper and Seal 

pleaded guilty, a week 

before their 10-day trial 

was due to begin. Both 

were denied bail. 

•May 29: Cooper and 

Seal may be sentenced. 

This date could be 

delayed because the 

Court of Appeal is 

considering a new 

guideline judgement 

which will set 

sentencing ‘bands’ for 

drugs cases, depending 

on their seriousness. 

Bid to get funding for 

multicultural centre 


A BID WILL be made tomorrow 

to get funding for a multicultural 

centre in the aftermath of the 

March 15 terror attack. 

Hagley Community College 

wants to build a $4 million to $5 

million multicultural centre on 

its site at the corner of St Asaph 

and Stewart sts. 

Principal Mike Fowler, 

Christchurch Multicultural 

Council president Surinder 

Tandon and Canterbury Refugee 

Resettlement and Resource 

Centre chairman Ahmed Tani 

are scheduled to speak to the city 

council tomorrow during Annual 

Plan submissions. 

“Ethnic communities see 

Hagley as their place, which was 

very clear over the three days 

CONCEPT: 

An artist’s 

concept 

of the 

multicultural 

centre which 

the city 

council will 

be asked to 

help fund 

tomorrow. 

when Hagley acted as a welfare 

centre for the families and 

communities impacted by the 

March 15 terrorism attacks,” the 

submission said. 

The school’s board of trustees 

has committed $1 million to the 

project. 

“Hagley is actively seeking 

funding from the Christchurch 

City Council, in addition to other 

funding partners, to realise the 

project,” it said. 

Initial designs include a 

central area where people can 

meet, open spaces for small 

groups, a kitchen and eating area 

and three large spaces for events 

or meetings. 

The hub would be a first in 

New Zealand. 

Annual Plan submissions are 

set to continue on Saturday. 

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NEWS 

Man in 

custody after 

explosives 

incident 

A MAN was remanded in 

custody after an explosive 

device and detonator cord were 

found at an empty section in 

Phillipstown on Tuesday. 

Jay Michael Harding-Reriti, 

33, is facing numerous weapons 

charges after the incident on 

Newcastle St, which caused 

houses on nearby streets to be 

evacuated. 

He did not seek bail yesterday 

and will reappear in the district 

court on Monday. 

His charges include unlawful 

possession of a handheld 

improvised explosive device, 

45 .22 calibre rounds, an 

improvised explosive device 

and detonator cord, powergel 

explosive and detonator cord, 

and offensive weapons – 

including two knives. 

Joshua Norman Petelo, 23, 

also appeared in the district 

court yesterday on a charge of 

injuring a man with intent to 

cause grievous bodily harm. 

The appearance followed a 

serious assault on Hereford St 

on Tuesday afternoon. A man 

was left in critical condition 

following the assault. 

Petelo entered no plea and 

was remanded in custody. 


THE CITY’S two major local 

body groups are beginning to 

finalise candidates in the lead-up 

to the elections. 

Centre-right Independent 

Citizens and Labour-aligned The 

People’s Choice are confirming 

their line-ups to contest seats 

on the city council, community 

boards and Environment 

Canterbury on 

October 12. 

Independent 

Citizens’ 

candidates for 

the next term 

remain largely 

unchanged 

from those 

who stood 

in the last 

election in 

the Fendalton, Waimairi and 

Harewood wards. 

However, one newcomer is set 

to campaign under the group’s 

banner – Jason Middlemiss, a 

chartered accountant, plans to 

run for the Fendalton-Waimairi- 

Harewood Community Board. 

Mr Middlemiss is part of the 

Old Boys Collegians Cricket 

committee, which worked to 

establish Hagley Oval. 

He is set to contest the spot 

vacated by Aaron Campbell, 

who is running for ECan’s West- 

Ōpuna seat. 

Mr Campbell has had to 


Election candidates announced 

Jason 

Middlemiss 

Michelle Lomax 

Keir Leslie 

withdraw his bid for re-election 

to the board as he cannot stand 

for both. 

Fendalton Ward city councillor 

James Gough, community 

board deputy chairman David 

Cartwright, as well as board 

members Bridget Williams, 

Sunita Gautam 

Sunita Gautam 

Shirish Paranjape and Linda 

Chen, are all set to seek reelection. 

The Star revealed 

chairman Sam MacDonald is set 

to contest the Waimairi Ward 

city council seat after incumbent 

councillor Raf Manji said he 

would not stand. Independent 

Citizens does not plan not put a 

city council candidate forward 

for Harewood, and would 

instead support incumbent 

councillor Aaron Keown. 

Meanwhile, The People’s 

Choice has new candidates set 

to run in the Linwood, Central, 

Spreydon and Cashmere wards. 

The People’s Choice chairman 

Keir Leslie plans to run for the 

Cashmere Ward, along with 

incumbent Spreydon-Cashmere 

Community Board member Lee 

Sampson. Long-serving board 

member Helene Mautner is 

retiring. 

Addington resident Callum 

Stewart Ward is set to run for 

the board in the Spreydon Ward, 

alongside current chairwoman 

Karolin Potter. 

Woolston Community 

Association chairwoman Jackie 

Simons plans to run for the 

Linwood-Central-Heathcote 

Community Board in Linwood. 

Senior business lecturer and 

Canterbury University PhD 

student Sunita Gautam and 

Community Law Canterbury 

lawyer Michelle Lomax plan to 

run for the board in central. 

Candidate nominations for 

the city council and community 

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at noon on August 16. Voting 

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DISPUTE OVER work has seen 

the $9 million restoration of the 

Wood Brothers Mill delayed. 

Developer Michael King has 

been working for two years on 

grand plans to transform the 

19th-century, four-storey former 

mill building in Addington into 

a mecca of offices, restaurants, a 

theatre and apartments. 

Last month, 

The Star 

reported the 

major delay 

had been with 

the creation 

of unit titles, 

which Mr King 

said had now 

been resolved 

Michael King 

after 16 months. 

But he said there is still ongoing 

issues with work on the elevator, 

under-floor electricals and heating, 

ventilation and air conditioning, 

holding the project up. 

Mr King said he has not yet 

paid electrician D & M Solutions 

about $128,000 because the work 

had not been finished. 

D & M Solutions is speaking 

with a lawyer about the matter 

and could not comment further. 

Mr King is also working with 

his lawyer to resolve the issue. 

However, Mr King said yesterday 

he had been in contact with 

D & M Solutions yesterday to 

organise completion. 

“We’re close to fixing it,’’ he said. 

Mr King said the rest of the 

project was on track so he could 

begin phase two. 

The restoration also received a 

$900,000 heritage incentive grant 

from the city council – $850,000 

has been paid out so far. 

City council heritage team 

leader Brendan Smyth said the 

building has been saved from the 

threat of demolition. 

“The works subject to the 

grant have been completed and 

have been incorporated into the 

building. They have resulted 

in the retention and reuse of 

a significant heritage building 


Dispute causes delay to mill 

which can now be used for 

another purpose.” 

Stage one of the restoration was 

completed in July, which 

was largely structural work, 

repairing and strengthening the 

mill before turning the building 

into offices. 

Stage two is converting the 

grain store building into restaurants, 

apartments and the 

community theatre, as well as refit 

with new roof and floors. 

“It’s going to be really good for 

Addington, I think it’s going to 

be fantastic for Christchurch,” Mr 

King. 

City councillor and chairman 

of the social, community 

development and housing 

ON HOLD: Former 

Addington 

mill developer 

Michael King 

wants to move 

on to the 

second phase 

of the heritage 

restoration. 

committee Phil Clearwater 

said he did not know about the 

dispute between Mr King and D 

& M Solutions. 

“Often matters between owners 

and contractors come up. Like 

anyone, I would like to see that 

resolved,” he said. 

“I am disappointed, but with 

heritage and building restoration 

they take time. This project is 

one of the most challenging we’ve 

had.” 

Christchurch Civic Trust 

chairman Chris Kissling said 

heritage restoration projects often 

hit delays. 

“My take on heritage building 

restoration, is the time it takes is 

not a bad thing.” 

NEWS 7 

Town hall 

auditorium 

to close 

in July for 

floor repairs 


A PART OF the recently restored 

$167 million town hall will be 

closed in July so the floor can be 

repaired. 

The vinyl coating in parts of 

the Douglas Lilburn Auditorium 

lifts away when tape is removed 

from cables which must be 

covered during events. 

However, ratepayers will not 

foot the cost of the repair work. 

“Our contractor will rectify 

this construction defect at their 

own cost,” city council manager 

capital delivery major facilities 

Alistair Pearson said. 

It is set to take place over 10 

days, without affecting any 

scheduled events. 

“The auditorium will not be 

available for use during this time . 

. . this will take place in early July 

during a window in the events 

schedule,” Mr Pearson said. 

Parts of the town hall reopened 

for the first time in eight years 

in February. The restoration of 

the whole complex is due to be 

finished by August. 

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Proposal to tackle Northern Corridor 

The $240 million Northern 

Corridor will open next 

year and the city council 

is working out a plan to 

deal with the additional 

traffic. Traffic engineer Axel 

Wilke has put forward an 

alternative proposal, which 

includes a blanket charge 

for parking in the central 

city, Julia Evans reports 

A BLANKET charge for parking 

in the central city and better bus 

service. 

That’s the basis of the 

alternative plan ViaStrada 

director Axel 

Wilke has put 

forward to 

manage the 30 

per cent increase 

in vehicles 

using the $240 

million Northern 

Axel Wilke Corridor after it 

opens next year. 

He calls it the “carrot and 

stick” method. 

Upgrading the bus service is 

the carrot and making driving 

less appealing by charging for 

parking in the central city is the 

stick, Mr Wilke said. 

The city council has come up 

with a $15 million plan to deal 

with the vehicles flooding into St 

Albans and the central city. 

Proposals include banning 

parking during peak hours to 

create an extra lane along Cranford 

St, upgrading intersections 

with traffic lights and putting in 

calming measures to deter ratrunners 

through quiet St Albans 

streets. 

Public consultation on the plan 

closed recently, and Mr Wilke 

submitted his plan as part of that 

for council consideration. 

City council head of transport 

Richard Osborne said all 

submissions will be taken into 

consideration prior to a decision 

being made. 

In Mr Wilke’s plan, he called 

for all parking within the four 

avenues to be paid. 

Currently there is free, all-day 

parking 430m away from Cathedral 

Square at Latimer Square 

– Mr Wilke said that needs to 

change. 

“You can provide the best 

public transport service – fast, 

free, reliable – and it will still not 

work, people will still put up with 

getting stuck in traffic because 

there is ample, free parking close 

to where they need to go,” he 

said. 

Mr Wilke said the ease of 

parking was the “principal” 

reason people did not use public 

transport. 

SOLUTION: 

Axel Wilke 

says the 

city council 

needs to 

charge for 

all parking 

within the 

central 

city to 

encourage 

people to 

take public 

transport as 

currently, 

you can 

park along 

Latimer 

Square all 

day for free. 

“Firstly, you start charging 

for parking, you dampen the 

demand for driving. That is what 

will make public transport work,” 

he said. 

But Central City Business 

Association manager Paul 

Lonsdale did not support the 

idea. 

“I would not be supportive of 

introducing another tax on people 

coming into the central city,” 

he said. 

Mr Lonsdale, a former 

city councillor, said a toll 

over the Waimakariri Bridge 

would be a better idea as not 

all vehicles coming in from 

North Canterbury head to the 

CBD. 

“Otherwise you create a different 

playing field for the central 

city . . . you assume people coming 

into the central city are there 

to work, which isn’t always true.” 

Central Ward city councillor 

Deon Swiggs was also opposed to 

the idea. 

“I can understand that we 

do have an issue, but we can’t 

penalise local residents for the 

driving habits of people in North 

Canterbury.” 

Mr Wilke said measures such 

as park and ride in Waimakariri 

and all round improvements to 

the bus service were the “carrot” 

needed to increase public transport 

patronage. 

“We should have a new bus 

route that is a limited stop service 

that comes from Rangiora and 

Kaiapoi,” he said. 

Mr Wilke said this would be a 

lot faster and more frequent than 

the current Blue Line bus – running 

the length of the motorway, 

instead of along Main North and 

Papanui Rds . 

“We need bus priority measures. 

We should have bus lanes 

that are in place and apply permanently, 

24/7.” 

He said the lanes would 

need to go the whole length of 

the Northern Arterial, down 

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“We need competitive travel times 

for the bus. If the bus lanes are in 

place, I guarantee you the bus will 

get you into the central city from 

north of the Waimak, faster than 

driving,” he said. 

ECan senior manager public 

transport Stewart Gibbon said the 

new Northern Arterial motorway 

may offer new opportunities for 

more efficient non-stop bus services 

from the Waimakariri district to 

central Christchurch. 

“These opportunities are currently 

being considered by the 

relevant partners, including the NZ 

Transport Agency, Environment 

Canterbury and local councils.” 

Mr Wilke said having two bus 

lanes on the Northern Corridor 

would reduce the number of traffic 

lanes from two to four. 

“That puts the lid on the number 

of cars that can arrive into St Albans 

via the Northern Motorway. It basically 

doesn’t increase the capacity of 

Cranford St.” 

“What we ought to do now is stop 

and rethink the whole thing,” he said. 

St Albans resident Mark Wilson, 

who helped organised a 2400-signature 

petition opposing the city 

council’s plan to manage the traffic, 

said Mr Wilke’s plan is the only one 

that should be considered. 

“Everybody has these 

preconcieved ideas about public 

transport, which is terrible. But we 

can’t continue to have these ideas,” 

he said. 


A CLIMATE change protest 

group admitted it “misjudged” 

how the New Brighton 

community would react after 

its supporters used graffiti to 

convey its message. 

Extinction Rebellion Otautahi 

is asking the community for 

“forgiveness” after members 

of the group used chalk, chalk 

paint, and normal paint to tag 

its logo and name around New 

Brighton mall. 

Messages reading ‘Rebel 4 

Life’, ‘Extinction Rebellion’ and 

posters about climate change 

were put up on store fronts and 

messages were sprayed and 

written on the footpath, shop 


windows and on seats. 

A post with more than 200 

comments was made on a New 

Brighton community page, 

blasting the taggers with many 

people complaining the graffiti 

was not an appropriate way for 

the group to get their message 

across. 

Local resident Robbie Baigent 

said he has no problem with the 

group having a cause or drawing 

on pavements with chalk. 

“It wasn’t just drawing on 

pavements with chalk and pushing 

their point, it was drawing 

on shop windows, putting 

posters on shop windows and 

rubbish bins. Some of the stuff 

on the footpath was done with 

enamel paint, so it is still there.” 

“Yes, New Brighton might not 

look the best but it doesn’t give 

anyone the right to come in and 

NEWS 9 

Climate change group apologises for graffiti 

DESIGN WORK to reinstate 

Christ Church Cathedral 

is under way following the 

appointment of key consultants 

to the project team. 

Holmes Consulting Ltd Partnership 

will provide structural 

engineering expertise, while 

architectural consultancy services 

will be supplied by Warren 

and Mahoney Architects. 

Christ Church Cathedral 

Reinstatement Limited project 

director Keith Paterson said 

having these key consultants 

on-board, and working collaboratively, 

means design can 

progress on crucial elements 

such as the functional layout 

of the Cathedral, stabilisation 

and permanent reinstatement 

solutions. 

“This project is unique, as 

we are not only repairing and 

strengthening the cathedral 

structure, we’re installing base 

isolation to meet the required 

standard of seismic performance,” 

he said. 

“Both Holmes Consulting 

and Warren and Mahoney 

bring proven experience and 

UNSIGHTLY: 

Extinction Rebellion 

Otautahi has admitted 

it made a mistake 

when tagging in New 

Brighton mall to gain 

attention for their 

cause. 

insight from complex heritage 

projects, like the Christchurch 

Arts Centre,” Mr Paterson says. 

There are a number of experts 

also working on the project, 

including engineer Grant 

Wilkinson from Ruamoko 

Solutions. Jeremy Salmond of 

Salmond Reed Architects is the 

project lead heritage architect. 

Norwegian firm SnØhetta, 

designer of the award-winning 

Norwegian National Opera 

and Ballet, will contribute 

international expertise to the 

project. 


make the place look even more 

disgusting than what it is . . . it’s 

not how it should be. When you 

turn people against you, the cause 

is lost, because nobody cares,” he 

said. 

Extinction Rebellion Otautahi 

spokesman Rowan Brooks said 

the group is a “bunch of passionate 

people who have made a 

mistake.” 

“The people who did it made 

a misjudgement and have really 

upset some people,” he said. 

Sergeant Jim Currie said 

witnesses who reported the 

graffiti said a man and a woman 

aged between 50-65 were seen 

tagging and police inquiries into 

the incident were ongoing. 

Cathedral designs on the drawing board 

Future of Education Public Meeting 

With Nikki Kaye MP, National’s Education Spokesperson 

Nikki Kaye 

MP for Auckland Central and 

National’s Spokesperson 

for Education 

Gerry 

Brownlee 

MP for Ilam 

Sunday 5 May, 5pm 

Christchurch Bridge Club, 

21 Nova Place 

Authorised by Nikki Kaye MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington. 

Nicky Wagner 

National List 

MP based in 

Christchurch Central 

Jo Hayes 

National List 

MP based in 

Christchurch East 

David Carter 

National List MP 

Come discuss the future of our education 

system. You’ll be able to raise general 

education issues with a focus on proposals 

from the Government’s “Tomorrow’s School 

Review Taskforce”. We’ve raised some 

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in our view, could transfer power away from 

parents to officials. We want everyone 

to have access to information about the 

proposals. It’s an opportunity for us to hear 

from you and ensure your views are shared.


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New Zealand and Australia 

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Taylor Henderson, Alfie 

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Christchurch Pet and 

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Pioneer Recreation and Sports 

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Tickets $5. 

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Fungus freak-out 

AFTER NEARLY six 

months in the role I’m 

getting pretty confident, 

but last week I had a major 

freak-out which brought 

me back to earth. 

Like any toddler, Vittoria 

is quick on her feet. Not like 

regular quick mind you, 

any adult can smash a toddler 

in a foot race. 

Nah, toddlers have a 

magic power which lets 

them teleport to wherever 

you don’t want them as 

soon as their parents’ eyes 

are off them. 

On Tuesday, I looked 

away for a second and 

she was standing on the 

TV cabinet (cue lounge 

rearrangement). 

That was not the worst 

one though. 

Last week, I turned away 

to check my phone as we 

were playing out front and 

before I knew it she had 

grabbed up a mushroom 

from the bunch growing 

near the bins and shoved it 

in her wee gob. 

I’m no botanist – and I 

don’t even know if botanists 

know about mushrooms – so 

I had zero clue what it was. 

All I could think about 

was that it could be poisonous. 

So I fished out what I 

could of the mushroom and 

washed her mouth out. Vittoria 

was not impressed. 

Potential futures rushed 

through my mind; bolting to 

the emergency room, Vittoria 

foaming from the mouth, 

her in a hospital bed. 

So I rang the poison 

• By Louis Day 

THE effectiveness of the 

Sumner Esplanade rock 

retaining wall is being 

investigated. 

The 1.2km wall extends 

from Cave Rock to 

Scarborough Beach and 

protects Sumner from 

flooding. 

The assessment comes 

six years after a report 

from environmental and 

engineering consultants 

Tonkin & Taylor found the 

condition of the rock wall 

left Sumner vulnerable to 

flooding. 

Linwood-Central- 

Heathcote Community 

Board member Darrell 

Latham said an assessment 

of the wall was long 

overdue. 

“The overall effectiveness 

of the current sea wall is 

questionable. As a matter 

of priority, Sumner 

residents require a 

functional sea wall to 

mitigate climate change 

predictions and storm 

surges. Funding should be 

allocated in the Long Term 

Plan to undertake this 

work as soon as possible,” 

hotline for the first time in 

my life and was happy to be 

calmed, reassured and have 

signs to keep watch for. 

I kept a sample of the 

mushrooms and made 

the classic “don’t worry, 

Vittoria’s okay” phone call 

to Laura. An hour later, 

through some research, I 

found out the mushroom 

was an edible species. 

The relief that Vittoria 

was actually going to be fine 

had another element to it. 

I felt like if she had 

actually been sick from the 

mushroom, or needed to go 

the hospital, it would prove 

that I was a bad parent and 

he said. 

Emails obtained by The 

Star show the purpose 

of the assessment was 

to report on the present 

condition of the rock wall 

and identify the best way to 

restore its effectiveness. 

The report from Tonkin 

& Taylor stated the rock 

wall was likely to be 

overtopped during a one 

per cent annual exceedance 

probability event, resulting 

in seawater flowing 

over the Esplanade and 

potentially flooding the 

first row of houses in the 

area. 

VITTORIA 

& Matt 

SNACK: Vittoria shares a post-mushroom 

afternoon tea with Loki. 

13 

incapable of looking after 

her on my own. 

It was on my watch. 

“What would people 

think?” actually went 

through my head even 

though I feel I took all the 

right steps in the situation. 

As the TV cabinet episode 

proves, I didn’t quite 

learn my lesson. 

Now I just have all of the 

regular parenting worries to 

deal with. Easy. 

•Former Star Media 

journalist Matt 

Salmons has become 

a stay-at-home dad. 

We follow his journey 

weekly. 

Sumner sea wall under investigation 

CONCERN: Community board member Darrell 

Latham says an assessment of the rock wall is 

long overdue. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER 

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Dr Latham said the 

community board was 

not informed about the 

assessment before it was 

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Dr Latham said he would 

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14 

OUR PEOPLE – Wolfgang Bopp 

Caring for tributes helped by 

Botanic Gardens 

director Wolfgang 

Bopp is in charge of 

the team removing 

the flowers, messages 

and soft toys from the 

March 15 tribute wall. 

After six months in the 

director’s role, he talks 

to Julia Evans about 

his life-long affair with 

flora and meeting the 

Duchess of Cornwall 

Where were you on March 15? 

My wife and I were both at the 

gardens, alongside others. The 

public buildings all went into 

lockdown. In the main building, 

there were about 200 to 300 

people in there for three hours, 

we all just stayed inside. 

How has it been managing the 

tribute wall? 

I never expected to be doing 

this. It’s sad. The reason why it’s 

happening is very sad. But what 

is heartening is the support we’re 

getting. To me, it’s the support 

of the Muslim community in 

particular, but it’s the support 

of everyone in Christchurch, 

and actually, everyone in New 

Zealand. It’s something the 

world is supporting us through, 

particularly supporting those 

who have been directly and 

indirectly affected. That’s one of 

the things we have to hold onto. 

There is a lot of good will out 

there. We’ve had a deputation 

from Hawaii come and bring a 

lei, I’ve had a father who flew in 

from the United States, only to 

stay for one night to bring stars of 

hope. That’s one or two examples 

of the dedication of many people 

and there would be others from 

places like Japan and all over the 

world, I’m sure, who have done 

things to say look, we want to 

make a difference, we want to say 

we’re thinking of you. That’s just 

fantastic to have that support. 

That’s partly what the flowers and 

the wall are about – showing if I 

can’t do anything else, I can put a 

flower or a tribute of some other 

PEACE AND LOVE: Wolfgang Bopp is managing the removal of flowers from the tribute 

wall on Rolleston Ave. 

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER 

kind there. That’s been really 

positive even though it’s come 

out of a bad situation. 

Has it been challenging? 

The main challenge has been 

to get the right balance. There 

are some who would say to me 

that you’ve got to move the 

flowers now. But we wanted to 

wait three or four weeks, which 

is what we’ve done. We’ve liaised 

all the time with the Muslim 

community about what we were 

doing and that’s really important. 

It wasn’t difficult, because across 

the city council we’ve put a 

good network in place. When 

we moved the flowers from 

the Deans Ave road closure 

when it opened up after about a 

week or 10 days, that was more 

difficult for the public because 

they could see us moving it and 

many people were asking why 

we were doing it. We had about 

40 or 50 volunteers helping and 

I identified several of them just 

to talk to the public, tell them 

what we’re doing, we’re just 

moving them and we’re treating 

them with respect. That was the 

important one both in moving 

and removing the older flowers 

– to do that in a respectful 

manner and do it in such a way 

that every single person would 

think, yes, that is the way I would 

handle a bunch of flowers that 

I would give my loved ones. On 

the whole, I think we’ve done 

that quite successfully. But again, 

it’s about that balance, everyone 

has a different point of view and 

a different time scale with how 

they would like to see things 

done. It’s another step in this 

process, in the healing process. 

We are keeping some of the 

tributes by the wall because in 

the next two or three months, 

people will want to come and see 

it. 

They still think of bringing 

flowers, there aren’t as many, 

but there are some. Some of 

the people we’ve been talking 

to while we’ve been taking the 

flowers, they might say they’ve 

just come back from three or four 

weeks abroad or they might be 

from Christchurch originally and 

have come back to see friends 

and family. One of the first 

places people want to come is the 

tribute wall. It just shows how 

important it is to them and that 

people know if they’re coming to 

Christchurch, they make a note 

and a conscious decision to come 

and visit and maybe lay a flower. 

What are some other 

challenges you’ve faced in your 

career? 

Probably one of the biggest 

challenges, career-wise, has 

been when I worked in a botanic 

gardens that worked without 

the support of the Government. 

Botanic gardens don’t make 

money, botanic gardens need 

support. There was a time at the 

National Botanic Gardens of 

Wales where that support was 

in question. That was difficult 

because you’re developing a 

collection and suddenly you 

think, wow, maybe there is no 

future for that collection and that 

can be really difficult. 

VY 

Collection


OUR PEOPLE 15 

life-long affair with gardens 

They are your children – they 

become babies – you become 

incredibly protective of them. It 

means if you have to go out and 

water them at midnight, you 

sort of do that. That’s probably 

one of the difficult ones, when 

for one reason or another, you’ve 

got to change a collection or 

something like that. It wasn’t 

for very long but it was a bit of 

political difficulty. But plants, 

and particularly plant collections, 

need long-term stability. You 

can’t uproot a bunch of trees and 

take them somewhere else for a 

short or long period, they need 

long-term plans. The previous 

botanic gardens I was in, we had 

a 50-year plan. People smiled 

at that initially, we were one of 

the first gardens in the UK that 

developed a 50-year plan. But, 

to be honest, I would do it again 

today, maybe it should be a 100- 

year plan. When you’re planting 

a tree, when you’re putting in 

a lake, you’re not doing it just 

for 5min or a year or two. I 

remember at the time, when they 

were doing the 50-year plan, it 

was sort of like, wow, 50 years – 

that’s a long time. It’s not a long 

time for a collection. You plan 

for it to be there forever, which 

is why most botanic gardens are 

heavily protected. So that you 

can’t sort of suddenly develop it 

into something else. That tends to 

be done the world over. 

What have been some 

highlights of your career? 

There have been many. When 

you’re growing a plant and 

you’re flowering it for the first 

time, or you achieve an award 

for the team for instance. It’s 

been fantastic being involved in 

developing a botanic gardens, 

like the National Botanic 

Gardens of Wales. At the Harold 

Hillier Gardens, I was able to 

lead the team through totally 

redeveloping a mixed border 

– 206m long –- so one of the 

longest borders in the world. The 

Duchess of Cornwall Camilla 

Parker Bowles became the first 

royal president of the Sir Harold 

Hillier Gardens, that was pretty 

special. She kindly came to open 

the centenary border and, at the 

ROYALTY: One of Wolfgang Bopp’s career highlights was getting Duchess of Cambridge 

Camilla Parker Bowles to become president of the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens at Romsey in 

the UK. 

same time, she celebrated 60 

years of that garden with us. We 

sort of developed a relationship 

with her and a couple of years 

later she agreed to become 

president. That’s just fantastic 

support on her part and it shows 

the value of the garden and of the 

collection. She certainly enjoyed 

the garden and wandering 

around. I remember at the time, 

we were starting the run slightly 

late and her private secretary said 

we’ve got to keep moving. The 

duchess said look, I’m enjoying 

this and decided I’m going to 

be late, that’s fine, this is really 

nice to walk around. We carried 

on at the same pace and she left 

15min, maybe 20min later than 

intended. That was her decision. 

I’ve never timed anything as 

tightly as that before. It was 

really enjoyable because she just 

enjoyed going around the garden. 

She’s very knowledgeable and 

we were just chatting about the 

garden and what we’re doing and 

what she does in her garden. She’s 

really, really nice. 

I also heard you welcomed 

Sir David Attenborough to the 

gardens? 

Sir David Attenborough was 

fantastic. In private, he comes off 

just as fantastic as he does when 

he presents. When he agreed to 

come, he just asked the contact 

who made it happen to send a 

car and somebody can pick him 

up. I said I’d pick him up. I had 

an hour and a half in the car 

with him. It was a really, really 

phenomenal privilege to do that. 

He loves everything around 

nature. The way that he presents, 

that’s him, that’s his own passion. 

I didn’t get any feeling that there’s 

anything he puts on. 

On a normal day, what does 

your role at the Botanic Gardens 

involve? 

It’s really leading the team at 

the Botanic Gardens. Taking 

the gardens, the plant collection 

forward and developing it. It’s 

also some of the garden paths, 

things like Mona Vale and other 

places are part of that as well. 

How did you get into the field? 

I chose a career that I’d been 

doing as a child as a hobby 

for the longest time. I’d been 

growing plants as a child. I 

don’t know when I started, 

whether I was eight or 10, I’m 

not sure, but it was just a hobby 

that I enjoyed and I thought I 

would make that into a career. 

Like so many people who have 

done horticulture, at the time 

my career adviser asked ‘why 

do you want to be a gardener, 

you’re really intelligent, you’ve 

got really good marks in school’. 

There was, and in many cases 

there badly still is, this stigma 

of if you can’t do anything else, 

at least you can do the gardens. 

Well, that’s not quite the case. At 

the time I thought exactly why is 

he advising me that? But I wasn’t 

grown up enough to say, well, I 

think that’s the right thing for 

me. I ignored his advice and did 

it anyway. 

Walk me through your career 

– how did you go from Germany 

to the UK to Christchurch? 

I did an apprenticeship in 

Germany and worked in plant 

research. I was going to study 

in Germany in Munich, but I 

went to the UK, really initially 

to improve my English and 

then learnt about the Kew 

Diploma (amenity and botanical 

horticulture training). I decided 

to do that because it was the 

diploma I was really interested 

in. From there, I did six months 

with the world conservation 

monitoring centre in Cambridge, 

then Ness Botanic Gardens, 

where I was assistant curator, 

and then I moved to the National 

Botanic Gardens where I was 

the first curator. That was a 

millennium project. There were 

a lot of projects in the UK that 

were done to celebrate the new 

millennium and this was one 

of them. I was part of the team 

developing the gardens, we 

opened it in May 2000, and I was 

part of the team running it for 

four years. Then I moved onto the 

Sir Harold Hillier Garden, which 

is where I worked most recently 

in the UK as curator, and then 

I became director about eight 

or so years ago. Then I learnt 

Christchurch Botanic Gardens 

was looking for a new director, 

my wife and I felt that was a 

challenge we wanted to take on, 

so we decided to apply and come 

over. We just felt it was the right 

time for us and we could see that 

we’d enjoy a new country and 

a new flora that is known to a 

limited extent in the UK. I could 

also see it was a job I’d enjoy and 

where I could make a difference. 

What is the difference in 

horticulture at all those places? 

They are very different. 

New Zealand flora, because 

of its isolation for a long time, 

has a uniqueness about it. It’s 

evolved in a way that’s very, very 

different. 


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16 

OUR PEOPLE 

Mayor 

Lianne Dalziel 

PRIDE AND 

JOY: Wolfgang 

Bopp 

believes the 

Christchurch 

Botanic 

Gardens is one 

of the most 

unique in the 

world due to 

its central city 

location. 

Making a difference with plants 

•From page 15 

You have a lot of plants that 

flower in white or in green tones. 

It’s really interesting. Then 

you’ve got a climate, particularly 

in Christchurch, which is very 

mild, there is lots of plants you 

can grow here that you may 

not grow in other parts of the 

world. It’s cold enough to grow 

hardy material, but it’s also mild 

enough, so we have a good palm 

collection. When you want to 

grow a wide range of plants, it’s a 

really good climate to do that in. 

Your wife Janet Cubey is also a 

well known horticulturist – did 

you met on the job? 

Yes, we did. I was assistant 

curator at Ness Botanic Gardens, 

which is part of the University of 

Liverpool and Janet was a PhD 

student there. We both did the 

same qualification. She did the 

Edinburgh diploma, which is the 

three-year diploma at the Royal 

Botanic Garden. At the time, 

that was an equivalent botanic 

gardens diploma. We met at Ness 

and that’s where our relationship 

started. She works for the Royal 

Horticultural Society, where she 

is the editor-in-chief of the Plant 

Finder, which is quite a big book 

in the UK, which is published 

every year. She also has other 

international involvement in 

plant names and the rules around 

plant naming, where she’s part 

of an international consortium. 

Then she volunteers with us at 

the Botanic Gardens as well. She’s 

just getting our herbarium up to 

speed again. Since we moved it 

into the new building, it hasn’t 

been very active. She’s just going 

through it and checking all the 

specimens and the names. Then 

hopefully, very soon, we’ll be 

getting more volunteers involved 

to help us develop it further 

and bring more specimens into 

it. Working with volunteers is 

something I’m really keen on 

and have had great success with 

before. 

Do you have any hobbies 

outside of horticulture? 

I like taking photographs and 

the other thing that we do – 

although we haven’t picked it up 

yet in Christchurch as we’ve had 

a gap of nearly two years – Janet 

and I like dancing, ballroom 

dancing and Latin. Janet is a 

good musician. She plays the 

cello and the piano as well. That’s 

her down time. We’ll pick that up 

again. It’s just something if you’re 

dancing for an hour or two you 

can’t think of anything else, you 

just have to concentrate on that. 

It’s something we enjoy and have 

done for a number of years. 

What do gardens mean 

to cities and why are they 

important? 

To me, it’s learning about the 

value of plants and the value of 

biodiversity. We all rely on plants. 

If it wasn’t for them, we wouldn’t 

have much to eat, we wouldn’t 

have anything to clothe us in, 

you and I wouldn’t be sitting on 

much. It’s very fundamental for 

life and botanic gardens are just 

a place you grow an incredibly 

diverse collection of plants and 

you welcome the public. You then 

try and find ways of educating 

the public without saying sit 

down and I’ll give you a half 

an hour lecture, which no one 

wants in their spare time or most 

people don’t want. But finding 

subtle ways of saying, wow, I 

didn’t know this about my native 

New Zealand flora or I hadn’t 

realised physically water can go 

up a tree 60m tall, things like 

that. Then of course you sort of 

want to support the research and 

do the conservation work and 

that’s something I’m keen on. I 

want to work with partners like 

the university to develop longterm 

projects for learning more 

about the plants and using the 

plant collection to support that 

research. 

What are some interesting 

facts about the Botanic Gardens 

long-time Christchurch 

residents might not know 

about? 

What I find pretty unique 

about it and it’s probably the 

best in the country for that, is 

it’s right in the heart of the city 

and surrounded on three sides 

by a river. That’s pretty unique. I 

can’t think of any other botanic 

gardens like that. 

Prince William’s 

visit brought hope 

I HAD the privilege of hearing 

Prince William speak at the Al 

Noor Mosque when he visited 

last week. 

After Imam Gamal Fouda 

welcomed Prince William, 

Farid Ahmed, whose wife 

Husna Ahmed was killed at 

the mosque, spoke. He said 

he had been humbled to learn 

he had been mentioned in 

Prince Charles’ Easter message. 

Farid Ahmed said that Prince 

William’s visit brought hope 

and showed that the community 

counted in the eyes of the world. 

Prince William spoke about 

how genuinely shocked he was 

that this had happened in New 

Zealand, let alone Christchurch. 

He described our response of 

empathy, compassion, warmth 

and love as an example to the 

world. He said that our Muslim 

communities had also shown 

Islam to be a religion of peace 

and understanding. 

He spent about an hour 

talking individually with the 

bereaved family members and 

those who had been injured in 

the attacks. It certainly meant a 

lot to the community members 

I spoke to, who felt that he truly 

empathised with their grief and 

loss. 

Later in the day he laid a 

wreath at the Canterbury Earthquake 

National Memorial. He 

still remembers the shock of 

February 22, 2011, and certainly 

picked up from members of the 

crowd of people who greeted 

him, the sense of the shootings 

bringing back memories of the 

quakes. 

So this is just a reminder 

that if you feel a need to talk 

to someone about how you’re 

feeling, you can call or text 1737 

(available 24/7) and a counsellor 

will be there for you. 

•If you want to ask Ms 

Dalziel a question, email 

mayor@ccc.govt.nz. Put 

Reader’s Question in the 

subject line. 

HONOUR: Mayor Lianne Dalziel said it meant a lot to the 

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Pressure to lose weight blamed for eating disorder 

Dancer encourages 

others to speak out 

• By Georgia O’Connor- 

Harding 

JENNA Morris-Williamson 

describes dancing as her happy 

place and could not imagine a 

life without it. 

Starting ballet at the age of 

four, the long hours she spent in 

her childhood training in dance 

paid off when she was chosen to 

attend the New Zealand School 

of Dance full-time at 16. 

Since then the 33-year-old 

has gone on to lead a successful 

dance career, performing internationally 

as a cheerleader and 

spending more than 14 years as 

a long-term dancer in Showbiz 

Christchurch productions. 

But behind closed doors, the 

vivacious dancer has battled 

demons during her time at the 

dance school, triggering a long 

on and off battle with an eating 

disorder. 

With eating disorders remaining 

a disturbingly common 

problem in the dance industry, 

Morris -Williamson is speaking 

out about her own journey to 

encourage others who are struggling 

to ask for help. 

Her battle first began 

when training at the 

dance school based in 

Wellington. She recalled 

weighing about 

55kg and being told 

she was too big. 

“They constantly 

told me maybe I 

needed to consider a 

different career choice 

and it just breaks you 

down . . . I think it is 

a ballet mindset. It is 

terrible but it is what it 

is,” she said. 

It is not the first time 

New Zealand full-time 

ballet schools have 

come under fire with 

dancers facing intense 

pressure to lose weight 

and bullying being a 

hot topic. 

SPIRAL: Dancer Jenna Morris-Williamson is speaking out 

against eating disorders in the dance industry. 


Morris-Williamson recalls 

other incidents of the look of 

disgust she received from a tutor 

for eating a cheese scone and one 

dancer eating only a prune a day. 

After two years of living an 

unhealthy lifestyle of crashdieting 

on sweet treats and 

Coca-Cola Morris-Williamson 

decided she had to come home 

and moved back to Christchurch. 

At 19, and after getting back 

onto a healthy diet, Morris- 

Williamson discovered a newfound 

passion for musical theatre 

after auditioning for Showbiz 

Christchurch’s WestEnd to 

Broadway III. 

“You didn’t have to be so 

worried about your weight and 

musical theatre made me really 

happy. I didn’t worry about what 

I was eating or what I looked like 

so much anymore.” 

But the issue flared up again in 

2015 when Morris-Williamson 

landed a ballet role in Showbiz 

Christchurch’s production of The 

Phantom of the Opera. 

“Going back to The Phantom 

of the Opera completely flicked 

my mindset back into the way I 

should have been as a ballerina 

. . . a switch flicked in my head 

and I was like I am too fat.” 

Over the next five months 

from when she finished the 

show to performing in Showbiz 

Christchurch’s second show of 

the year Spamalot, she found 

herself going in a downward 

spiral – losing about 12kg. 

Her now husband Scott was 

away for about a month representing 

the New Zealand curling 

team in Kazakhstan when she 

dramatically lost weight. 

It was then he gave her an 

ultimatum – to either lose weight 

or he would leave her. 

“And that is when I thought 

maybe I don’t look good . . . he 

was the one person who brought 

me out of it,” she said. 

While Morris-Williamson is 

still dancing and has recovered, 

she describes her battle with her 

body as a “long road.” 

“I am still self-conscious about 

what I look like and I don’t think 

that will ever go away.” 

Morris-Williamson said eating 

disorders such as anorexia and 

bulimia are common problems 

in the dance industry, and it feels 

good to be able to speak about 

her own journey. 

“You would have no idea what 

I was going through, it was nice 

to be able to talk about it with 

other people . . . all you need to do 

is speak up and say: ‘Hey, I need 

help’,” she said. 

•Morris-Williamson 

will dance in Showbiz 

Christchurch’s concert of 

The Music of Andrew Lloyd 

Webber on June 14-16. To 

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Teams and players 

to watch in the 

UC Championship 

History has shown the UC Championship is a goldmine of future 

stars. As first XVs prepare for the start of the competition on Saturday, 

Gordon Findlater looks at the teams and players to keep an eye on 

DEFENDING champions 

Christchurch Boys’ High 

School enter this season 

as the main contenders 

for a spot in the top four 

playoffs. 

After a return to the 

playoffs last year, St Bede’s 

College are also expected 

to produce some big 

performances this season, 

in spite of last winning 

the UC Championship 

in 2015. They started 

preseason training early 

and had impressive 

wins over highly-rated 

North Island schools, 

St Patrick’s College and 

Francis Douglas Memorial 

College. 

Nelson College and 

Marlborough Boys’ High 

School should also be 

in contention, having 

retained a large chunk 

of their squads from last 

season. 

St Andrew’s College 

have one of the most 

experienced and talented 

forward packs in the 

competition. If their young 

backline can gel, expect 

them to be in the hunt 

to make a return to the 

playoffs. 

Meanwhile, on the back 

of a stellar campaign last 

year which saw them make 

their first ever semi-final 

appearance, Rangiora 

High School look to have 

the goods to once again 

mix it with the traditional 

rugby schools. They beat 

both Christ’s College 

and Nelson College in 

the preseason. However, 

Christ’s have lost a number 

of the key players who 

drove them to last year’s 

final. But we should still 

expect a well-drilled unit 

under the guidance of 

Reuben Thorne. 

Players to watch 

•Shun Miyake, firstfive, 

Christ’s College 

The 17-year-old 

Japanese student 

recently attended a 

Japan under-20 camp 

and was selected for 

Japan A. However, 

he passed on the 

opportunity as it 

could have affected 

his dream of playing 

for the All Blacks. 

After stints at halfback 

in 2017 and 

second-five last year, 

the competition’s best 

penalty kicker will 

start at first-five this 

season. 

•Harri Langworthy, 

lock, Christchurch 

Boys’ High School 

A tough and 

uncompromising lock, 

who impressed last 

year and took a leap 

forward during his 

school’s recent trip 

to South Africa. At 

197cm, he will impose 

an even bigger 

presence on this 

year’s competition 

after packing on an 

extra 15kg over the 

summer. 

•Anton Segner, 

flanker, Nelson 

College 

Any keen rugby 

fan should take 

the time to watch 

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of sport’s greatest 

stories unfold in 

front of their eyes. 

Segner moved from 

Frankfurt, Germany, 

to Nelson College as 

an exchange student 

in 2017. Since then, 

he cracked the 

first XV as a year 11 

student and last year 

was named the UC 

Championships 

MVP. He started at 

open side flanker 

for New Zealand 

Schools. 

•Jack Sexton, prop, 

St Andrew’s College 

The loose head 

prop is the son of 

former Crusaders 

hooker Matt Sexton. 

He’s described as a 

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SPORT 25 

Robinson at centre of World Rugby 

• By Gordon Findlater 

MARK ROBINSON has gone 

from being a key cog in the 

Crusaders backline in the early 

2000s to being a prominent 

decision-maker in New Zealand 

and World Rugby. 

Robinson played 23 games 

for the Crusaders between 2000 

and 2002, scoring three tries. In 

2013, he was elected to the New 

Zealand Rugby Union board. 

The following year he was elected 

to the World Rugby executive 

committee. He was recently 

re-elected onto the NZRU board 

and has a place on the World 

Rugby committee until 2020. 

Growing up in Taranaki, 

Robinson got his first taste of 

rugby as a junior at the Kaponga 

club. He played for Opunake 

High School before moving to 

Wellington to study and play 

rugby for Victoria University. 

While studying he made 

Wellington age group sides and 

played a handful of games for 

New Zealand Universities and 

Wellington’s senior provincial 

side. 

At the end of his degree in 

1996, Robinson moved back to 

Taranaki to play for his home 

province in 1997. The same year 

he also began a scholarship 

to Cambridge University in 

England. 

While there, he was lucky 

enough to play in and win 

two annual rivalry matches 

against Oxford University, 

which attracted about 70,000 

supporters to Twickenham. 

“Back then, we were playing 

in about the 120th fixture, so 

there’s a massive rivalry there 

. . . it’s a really unique 

atmosphere around that game. 

The game can be a bit of an arm 

wrestle, but the lead up to it 

and afterwards is almost like a 

festival,” he said. 

In 1998, Robinson returned 

to Taranaki during the NPC 

season to play for the province. 

Following the campaign, he was 

offered a number of Super Rugby 

contracts. However, he made the 

decision to return to Cambridge 

University and complete his 

Master of Arts with honours. 

“I’d had such a good time at 

Cambridge. I just wanted to go 

back and finish my degree and 

be a part of that. You’ve got 30- 

odd guys who have come from 

all parts of the world to one of 

the best universities in the world 

. . . it was a fantastic time around 

the rugby, study and the social 

side of it,” said Robinson. 

“They’re some of my closest 

friends now – the guys I was at 

Cambridge with.” 

In his final year at Cambridge, 

Robinson was approached by 

Bristol. He played the second 

half of the 1998-1999 season for 

the club and helped them gain 

promotion to the premiership 

rugby competition. At the same 

time, he was making a pathway 

for himself to the Crusaders. 

“I’d had a call from Steve 

Surridge and then Robbie Deans 

in early 1999 . . . at the time, they 

we’re emerging as a real force 

obviously.” 

“There were other people from 

Taranaki that had gone down 

to Canterbury like Greg Feek, 

Daryl Lilley and Reuben Thorne 

so it didn’t feel as though it was 

completely new to me,” he said. 

“I remember Toddy [Todd 

Blackadder] coming up to me 

on my first day at Rugby Park 

and making a real effort to 

introduce himself. That was 

a sign of the real leader he 

was. He worked really hard to 

make sure everyone new to the 

environment was made to feel 

welcome and made them aware 

of what the standards were like.” 

Robinson was part of the 

2000 and 2002 Super Rugby title 

winning sides. He pinpoints the 

nail-biting 20-19 win over the 

Brumbies in the 2000 final at 

Canberra as his favourite. 

“I remember it was cold and 

had been snowing in Canberra 

leading up to the game . . . I was 

rooming with Marika Vunibaka 

and I don’t think he got out of 

bed for the two days we were 

there, he was so cold. From 

memory, there was a coup going 

How many concussions is too many? 

“OH NO, I hope that’s not 

Crotty again.” 

That’s the first thing I said 

when I saw the Crusaders and 

All Blacks midfielder looking 

clearly dazed and confused as he 

struggled to pick 

himself up off 

the ground after 

being tackled 

against the Lions 

last week. 

After Crotty 

failed to return 

to the pitch 

Ryan Crotty 

following a 

head injury 

assessment test, I’m sure most 

people watching thought about 

what this could mean for his 

career, not just now, but also 

post-rugby. After all, he has had 

the worst luck when it comes to 

head knocks. 

Crotty’s latest concussion 

means he has now been knocked 

out seven times in two and a half 

seasons. 

After missing out on the 2015 

World Cup, there’s no doubting 

his desire to make the trip to 

Japan in September. 

But it also begs the question, if 

One-eyed Cantab 

Gordon Findlater 

gordon.findlater@starmedia.kiwi 

this wasn’t his last chance to play 

at a World Cup, would health 

considerations overcome his 

playing aspirations? 

The power lies with the NZRU 

and its medical experts. 

I’m sure every precaution is 

being taken, but at what point 

do you realise Crotty is an 

anomaly when it comes to being 

susceptive to head knocks? I 

wouldn’t want that risk factor on 

my conscience. 

•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 

HIGH ACHIEVER: 

Mark Robinson’s 

performances for 

the Crusaders at 

second-five and 

centre earned him 

nine All Blacks caps 

between 2000 and 

2002. 

GLOBAL PLAYER: 

Robinson was in 

Dublin with Steve 

Tew and Farah 

Palmer when 

New Zealand 

was named host 

nation for the 2021 

Women’s Rugby 

World Cup. 

on in Fiji at the time and he 

was getting a lot of phone calls, 

so we ended up going down to 

reception and asking them to 

divert calls . . . then the poor 

bugger had to put a few rubbish 

bags on the night we played 

because he was so cold,” he said. 

Robinson’s performance for 

the Crusaders in 2000 saw him 

picked for the All Blacks. He 

played two tests in 2000 and 

seven in 2002. 

However, a serious back 

injury sustained in training in 

early 2003 ruled him out for six 

months, and with it, any chance 

of making the 2003 Rugby World 

Cup squad. 

In 2004, he joined the Kobe 

Steelers in Japan. However, he 

played just five games for the 

club before calling it quits on 

his playing career after another 

injury set-back at the age of 31. 

Robinson and his family 

returned to New Zealand in 

2006. He worked for New 

Zealand Rugby in a high 

THE CRUSADERS have made 

seven changes to their starting 

line-up to take on the Sharks at 

Christchurch Stadium tomorrow 

night. 

Scott Barrett comes into the 

No 5 jersey with Sam Whitelock 

awaiting the birth of his second 

child. 

Jordan Taufua and Matt Todd 

both return to starting spots in 

the loose forwards. Meanwhile, 

Bryn Hall gets the nod at halfback 

ahead of Mitchell Drummond. 

Key changes in the backline 

will see Mitchell Hunt at first-five 

due to Richie Mo’unga being 

on All Blacks rest duties. The 

unavailability of Ryan Crotty 

means Jack Goodhue is set to 

performance role in Wellington 

before taking up the role of 

Taranaki Rugby Union chief 

executive from 2007-2012. 

His role with World Rugby 

means he is part of the 

decision-making processes 

around rule changes and 

competition formats, including 

the recently proposed Nations 

Championship, which has 

divided opinions among rugby 

playing nations. 

“There’s been a lot of 

conjecture around that. I’m 

party to all of those deliberations 

and conversations around law 

changes, the promotion of rugby 

in the Pacific and promotion of 

tier-two rugby, which is vitally 

important to us at the moment,” 

he said. 

Robinson, his wife and three 

children, aged between nine 

and 14, recently moved to the 

Waikato near Cambridge. 

Outside of his current roles, 

he enjoys coaching his son’s 

under-14 rugby side. 

Seven changes for Crusaders 

start in the midfield with Braydon 

Ennor, while Will Jordan has 

been named at fullback in place of 

David Havili. 

Crusaders: Joe Moody 

1, Codie Taylor 2, Michael 

Alaalatoa 3, Mitchell Dunshea 

4, Scott Barrett 5, Jordan 

Taufua 6, Matt Todd (C) 7, 

Kieran Read 8, Bryn Hall 9, 

Mitchell Hunt 10, George 

Bridge 11, Jack Goodhue 

12, Braydon Ennor 13, Sevu 

Reece 14, Will Jordan 15. 

Reserves: Ben Funnell 16, 

Isi Tu’ungafasi 17, Oliver 

Jager 18, Luke Romano 

19, Ethan Blackadder 20, 

Mitchell Drummond 21, Brett 

Cameron 22, Tim Bateman 

23.


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Hawks guard back 

home to face Rams 


COWLES STADIUM’S first 

NBL game of the season tonight 

will be a homecoming for the 

Canterbury Rams and a member 

of the Hawke’s Bay Hawks. 

Hawks shooting guard Ethan 

Rusbatch (left), who calls 

Christchurch home, comes into 

the game as the competition’s 

leading point-scorer. 

Rusbatch is averaging 26.5 

points per game. He’s also the 

top three point-maker, with 22 

successful shots beyond the arc at 

a percentage of 57.9 – the second 

best in the competition. 

“I feel like I’ve put in enough 

work to be able to knock shots 

down. The offence we have and 

the teammates we have allow me 

to get plenty of shots and luckily 

for me and the team, I’m making 

a good percentage of them,” said 

Rusbatch. 

He has close ties to the Rams 

– being part of the team from 

2014-2017. 

Over the Summer, Rusbatch 

prepared for the NBL season in 

Christchurch and joined in the 

Rams preseason workouts with 

a handful of Rams regulars, 

including Mike Karena and 

Taylor Britt. 

“When I could get in with 

those guys it was always 

appreciated,” he said. “The most 

exciting part is going back home 

and playing in front of family 

and friends, otherwise I treat it as 

any other game.” 

The Rams come into the 

match with two wins and two 

losses, while the Hawks have 

three wins and a loss to their 

name. 

Tip-off is at 7.35pm. 

Top of the tables 

•League premiership 

P W D L PD Pts 

Hornby Panthers 4 4 0 0 76 8 

Linwood Keas 4 3 0 1 56 6 

Northern Bulldogs 4 2 0 2 16 4 

Eastern Eagles 4 2 0 2 -4 4 

Riccarton Knights 4 2 0 2 -18 4 

Celebration Lions 3 1 0 2 -12 2 

Papanui Tigers 3 1 0 2 -42 2 

Halswell Hornets 4 0 0 4 -72 0 

•Metro Premier Cup 

P W L D BP Pts 

Lincoln University 5 4 1 0 6 22 

Christchurch 5 4 1 0 4 20 

Linwood 5 3 1 1 5 19 

Shirley 5 4 1 0 2 18 

HSOB 5 3 2 0 5 17 

Marist Albion 5 3 2 0 5 17 

Sydenham 5 3 2 0 4 16 

New Brighton 5 2 2 1 4 14 

Burnside 5 2 3 0 2 10 

Belfast 5 1 4 0 1 5 

Sumner 5 0 5 0 3 3 

University 5 0 5 0 0 0 

•Mainland Premier League 

P W D L GD Pts 

Cashmere Tech 7 6 0 1 19 18 

Nelson Suburbs 7 5 1 2 9 16 

Western AFC 7 4 1 2 5 13 

Coastal Spirit 7 4 0 4 6 12 

Ferrymead Bays 7 3 0 4 -6 9 

Nomads United 7 3 0 4 -7 9 

Selwyn United 7 2 1 4 -5 7 

FC Twenty 11 7 0 1 6 -21 1 

•Men’s premier hockey league 

P W L D GD Pts 

Southern United 4 4 0 0 5 12 

Harewood 4 2 1 1 -1 7 

Marist 4 2 1 0 3 6 

HSOB/Burnside 4 1 1 2 4 5 

Fendalton Avon 4 1 1 2 0 5 

Carlton Redcliffs 4 1 2 1 1 4 

University 4 1 2 1 -7 4 

Hornby Vipers 4 0 3 1 -4 1 

•Women’s premier hockey league 

P W L D GD Pts 

Carlton Redcliffs 4 4 0 0 17 12 

Marist 3 3 0 0 8 9 

Avon Eels 4 3 1 0 2 9 

Hornby Tigers 3 1 1 1 2 4 

Harewood 3 0 2 1 -5 1 

HSOB/Burnside 3 0 3 0 -11 0 

Southern United 4 0 4 0 -13 0 

Weekend match-ups 

•League premiership 

(Saturday) Papanui Tigers v 

Celebration Lions 2.45pm, Papanui 

Domain (round two catch up 

game). 

•Metro Premier Cup 

(Saturday) Shirley v Sydenham 

2.45pm, Burwood Park; Marist 

Albion v University 2.45pm, Edgar 

MacIntosh; Sumner v Lincoln 

University 2.45pm, St Leonards 

Square; Christchurch v Burnside 

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Linwood v Belfast 2.45pm, Linfield 

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2.45pm, Bob Deans Fields. 

•UC Championship 

(Friday) Waimea Combined v St 

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(Saturday) Ashburton College v 

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Timaru BHS; Christchurch BHS v 

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Christ’s College v Shirley BHS 

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WHEN MAZDA launched 

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2015. 

Four years down the 

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traffic sign recognition, 

smart city brake support 

reverse and radar cruise 

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While I consider the 

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There is also a purposeful 

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– according to Mazda – 

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GSX, $36,695 

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cycle fuel usage figure and 

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The CX-3 is free-revving 

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It is also well appointed, 

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it wants for nothing inside. 

GSX buyers have the choice 

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satellite navigation, 

intuitive display screen 

readouts, sport drive mode 

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technology. 

I’ve written many times 

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the quality of product that 

is coming out of Mazda 

factories, the upgraded 

CX-3 would be very much 

a preferable choice, and if I 

do get the chance to buy a 

new car to see me through 

my impending retirement, 

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

Builder 

BUILDING 

CABS / TAXI 

carpet cleaning 

• New homes 

• Extensions 

• Renovations 

Brandon Taw 

• Light Commercial 

• Repairs and 

Maintenance 

Travlon 

Coachlines 

Phone 027 370 2572 

enquiries@tawbuilders.co.nz 

www.tawbuilders.co.nz 

Creed Building 

Contractors 

New homes 

Additions and Alterations 

Repairs and Maintenance 

0274395520 033228541 

Trusted in Canterbury 

for over 40 years 

For all your carpet 

cleaning needs 

• Commercial 

and domestic 

• Over 36 years 

experience 

Phone John - 021 238 3274 

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 

www.travlon.co.nz 

SWAINS 

Phone: 03 325 2959 

Email: info@travlon.co.nz 

(Since 2005) 

Over 22 Years Experience 

Quality 

Workmanship 

• Driveways 

• Kerb & 

Channel 

• Garden Edging 

KIWI KERB 

Freephone: 0800 081 400 

swainskiwikerb@gmail.com 

concrete & paving 

• Driveways 

• Earthquake repairs 

• New Home Specialists 

• Patios & Paths 

tel: 0508 873 7483 

email: sales@affordableconcrete.co.nz 

www.affordableconcrete.co.nz 

Excavations 

• 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 

DECORATORS 

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 

junk 

DRIVEWAYS 

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 

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 

Mailer Deliveries 

mobility scooters 

PAINTER 

PAINTERS 

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 

Get on to 

our service 

database 

for service 

when you 

want it... 

We come to you! 

Custom 

modifications 

available 

Visit us: 

29 Shakespeare Road, Waltham 

Open Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 5pm 

03 366 8815 | www.mobilitysystems.co.nz 

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


PAINTING & TILING 

• PAINTING • TILING 

• PLASTERING 

• WALLPAPERING 

Phone Kevin Steel 

• Interior/Exterior 

• New Homes & Repaints 

• Quality workmanship assured 

• Correct preparation always undertaken 

• 20+ years experience 

• Earthquake repairs 

(Painting/Plastering/Wallpapering/Tiling) 

Ph 381 7417 or 027 216 8946 

www.facebook.com/kevinsteelpainters&decorators 

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 

PLUMBING & DRAINAGE 

Gas FittinG & GuttEr CLEaninG 

New Skyvac Machine. 

Revolutionary gutter cleaning system. 

Local business for all plumbing, 

drainage & gas work. 

Free Quotes 

Call Morgan 0223 758 506 

Visit our website - www.mtpd.co.nz 

Email - morgan@mtpd.co.nz 

Your guide to our LOCAL & TRUSTED 

Trades & Professional Services 

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

PLUMBER 

Leaking Pipes and 

Cylinder? 

Best Service. 

Right Price. 

PLUMBER 

PLUMBING LTD 

• 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 

• Certified craftsman plumber 

Aquapro has 

you covered for 

all your plumbing 

needs! 

0508 AQUA PRO | aquaproplumbing.nz 

PLUMBING | DRAINAGE | GAS FITTING | SOLAR 

“I will turn up when I say I will” 

Call/Text 027 245 5100 

Freephone: 0508 426 269 

plumbING AND GAS 

• Gas fitting – servicing, new, renovations 

• Gas hot water installs 

• Gas cookers and gas fires 

• Kitchen / Bathroom renovations 

• Backflow testing and installs 

• Filtration – whole house, kitchen tap 

• Domestic maintenance 

Email: james@plumbingandgashq.co.nz 

Text: 021 174 9265 

4 2 6 5 7 4 

DISCOUNT FOR 

SUPER GOLD CARD 

HOLDERS! 

FREE QUOTES 

0800 H20 LPG 

PLUMBING & 

DRAINAGE 

SERVING 

CHRISTCHURCH 

AND WIDER 

CANTERBURY REGION 

WITH QUALITY 

WORKMANSHIP 

AND SERVICE. 

PHONE HAMISH BALDWIN 


plumber 

UNIVERSAL PLUMBING LTD 

WE’LL FIX YOUR PLUMBING 

ISSUES TODAY! 

• Affordable pricing 

• Fast and reliable 

• Licensed and insured 

Need a maintenance 

plumber? 

Contact us today! 

Call for an instant quote 

03 348 8537 

5/33 Nga Mahi Road, Sockburn 

office@universalplumbing.co.nz 

www.universalplumbing.co.nz 

ROOF REPAIRS 

UNIVERSAL 

PLUMBING 

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 

Trades & Services 

•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 

DIRTY 

TILES & 

GROUT? 

Our unique restoration processes will make your 

tiled areas look BRAND NEW again! 

We provide cost effective makeovers for showers, 

bathrooms, kitchens or any other tiled areas. 

Tiled Shower Makeovers 

Professional Tile & Grout Cleaning 

Re-Colouring of existing Grout 

Tile/Grout Sealing 

Tile/Grout Repairs 

Silicone Replacement 

Garage Carpet Installation 

For your FREE no obligation quote contact 

DARRYL 

0800 882 772 

darryl.p@groutpro.co.nz 

YOU COULD 

BE HERE 

Let us help take 

your business to 

new heights 

Advertise your business 

in our Trades and 

Services column. 

For assistance phone 

Vicky on 03 364 7419 

Bathrooms 

Made Beautiful 

Commercial Residential Renovation 

All Building Projects 

BEFORE 

AFTER 

TRADES 

VIDEO PRODUCTION 

WINDOW TINTING 

Advertise your 

business & services 

in Christchurch’s 

best read & 

largest circulation 

newspaper 

Delivered into over 92,000 

Christchurch homes every week. 

Ask us about our fantastic 

cost affordable packages. 

Phone: 03 379 1100 | www.star.kiwi 

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 

tintawindow 

advanced film solutions 

99% uv block 

fade protection 

heat control 

reduce glare 

25 Years Experience 

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 

Projects completed on time on budget 

QUALITY GUARANTEED! 

Contact Jordan 


jdgconstructionltd@gmail.com 

JDG Construction on Facebook 


House & Garden 

Property services Ltd 

Tree and hedge 

trimming 

Tree removal 

Gardening 

Landscaping 

CALL us 021 405 277 


CARPET 

CLEANING 

sPECIAL 

3 Rooms & hALLwAy 

fRom $59.00 

over 20 years experience 

027 220 2256


The Star Classifieds 


rooF 

painting 

Book now for 

Summer and receive 

20% discount. 

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. 

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 

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 

THE 

CLEAN 

GREEN 

TEAM 

• Window Cleaning 

• House Cleaning 

• Residential 

& Commercial 

Building Washes 

• Deck & Paving 

Restoration 

Phone Michael 



ROOF 

PAINTING 

Rope & harness 

a speciality, 

no scaffolding 

required, 

30 years of 

breathtaking 

experience. 

FREE QUOTES 

Exterior staining, 

exterior painting, 

moss and mould 

treatment and 

waterblasting 

Phone Kevin 



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 

Prompt & reliable 

registered electrician 

with 24 years experience 

for all residential and 

commercial work, new 

housing and switch board 

replacements. Phone Chris 


ELECTRICIAN 

Available, 30 years 

experience, immediate 

start, competitive rate, 

ph Brian 027 433 9548 

ELECTRICIAN 

Registered, electrical 

installation and repairs, 

Gorbie Electrical, ph 021 

026 73375 or 03 322 4209 

ELECTRICIAN 

All types of domestic 

& commercial work 

undertaken, new housing, 

AAA HANDYMAN 

licensed carpenter 

LBP, all property and 

building maintenance, 

repairs, bathroom/shower 

installations, with free 

quotes 03 383 1927 or 027 alterations, extensions, 

245 5226 ciey@xtra.co.nz ranges, security lights, 

AFFORDABLE HOUSE quick response, efficient 

PAINTING 

service, free quotes, 

Int / Ext. Phone Mike for 

a free quote 027 444 8577 

AUTUMN TIDYUP 

city -wide. No call out 

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

Barrett 03 359 2087/ 027 

Incl lawn sowing & top 7331384. 

dressing. Greame 342- FENCING 

5151 or 027 341 8596 

BRICK & BLOCK 

LAYING 

25 yrs exp. Fencing, all 

styles & gates. Ph Mark 


all restoration work FENCING , DECKS & 

and new work plus HOME RENO’S 

foundations, ph 342 9340 All types of fencing. 


BUILDER QUALIFIED 

decking & reno’s. Free 

quotes. Ph Jim 022 137 

50 yrs exp. Bathrooms, 1920 

Kitchens, Renovations, FENCING 

Repairs & Extensions Quality timber fencing - 

Free quotes. Discount for gates & repairs, ph Ryan 

pensioners. Ph Mike 03 027 951 8892 

980 9771 or 027 2266 930 FIXIT FACTORY 

BUILDER QUALIFIED www.thefixitfactory. 

Decks, T & G Flooring, 

co.nz (Burwood) repairs 

Villa Restoring, New 

to antiques and family 

Homes, Weatherboards. 

heirlooms, any wooden 

Free Quotes. Bennet & 

furniture. Kids toys. 

Sons Ltd Sam 027 496- 

Any small engines or 

motorcycles, plastic 

9362 or Tony 027 224- 

welding. Flatpacks 

0374 

assembled. Free quotes 

BUILDER 

and collection. Call Phil 

Qualified, licenced 


and insured, bathroom 

GARDENING 

renovations, decks, re 

Mature female. $18 

roofing, ph Josh 020 400 

per hour, Northcote & 

96143 

surrounding areas only, ph 

www.jmhbuilders.co.nz 

03 352 2590 

CARPET & VINYL 

GARDEN WORKS 

LAYING 

All gardening undertaken. 

Exp. Repairs, uplifting, 

Refs avail. Free Quotes. 

relaying, restretching. 

Modest rates..Papannui & 

Email jflattery@xtra.co.nz 

surrounds.Ph Grant 027 

ph John on 0800 003 181 

2761990 

or 027 2407416 

GARDENING 

CARPENTER 

Lawnmowing, weeding, 

BUILDER 

garden clean ups, & hedge 

Licensed Building trimming.Call or txt Phil 

Practitioner no. 100981. the Gardener 021 661 246 

All carpentry & building for you FREE quote 

repairs & maintenance. GUTTER CLEANING 

Alterations & property Incl garage & house.From 

upgrades.Laundries / $85 Exc service. Ph 027 

bathroom / kitchens 2230948 

replaced. Specialising in GUTTER CLEANING 

replacement of all rotten Incl garage & house.From 

timber, fascia boards, $85 Exc service. Ph 027 

window, windowsills etc. 2230948 

John Sandford, ph 329 HANDY - DAN 

4616, mob 027 5189 598 General Handyman for 

johnsandford2@gmail. all your maintenance 

com 

CARPENTER 

Painting, Repairs,. For free 

quotes Ph Joe 3383803 or 

022 0916671 

CHIMNEY SWEEP 

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 

*Rotary 

brush it all, please don’t hesitate 

technology*. From $80 

single story. 0800 SWEEP 

ME 

to call me on 022 600 7738 

for a no obligation free 

quote. 

• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi 


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 

REPAIRMAN 

20 yrs exp.No job too 

small.Prompt service, 

reasonable rates.Free 

quotes.Ph Wayne 9813873 

/0272853083 

HANDYMAN 

BUILDER 

All repairs & maintenance. 

Carpentary, tiling, 

painting, windows, 

doors, spouting, roofing, 

kitchens, bathrooms,. Free 

quotes. Ph Ian 021 684- 

885 

HANDYMAN 

You name it - I’ll probably 

do it, call Gordon 0274 

851 897 

HANDYMAN & 

CLEANING SERVICES 

Maintenance, repairs, 

painting. All jobs 

considered. Ph 027 294 

1508 

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 

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 

PAINTER AVAILABLE 

RAPID RESPONSE, 

quality work guaranteed, 

interior/exterior, 

roofs, spraypainting, 

waterblasting, ph Graeme 

for a free quote, 027 318 

2614 

PAINTING 

Int / Ext. Free quotes. 

No job too small. 

Waterblasting. Moss 

removal. James 0220 652 

637 

PAINTING 

30 years experience, 

workmanship 

guaranteed, pensioners 

discounts, free quotes, ph 

Robert 021 026-30757 

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. 

PLASTERING (INT) 

Experience and 

Excellence. Small to 

Medium job specialists 

in all aspects of Interior 

Plastering. Please call Tim 


PLUMBER 

A Top Plumbing job 

completed at a fair price, 

prompt service, all work 

guaranteed, ph Brian 960- 

7673 or 021 112-3492 

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 


SPOUTING 

CLEANING 

Spouting Unblocked, 

Cleaned Out and Flushed 

Out. Call Trevor 332 8949 


SPOUTING 

Select Spouting 

The PVC specialist. 

Repairs & replacement. Ph 


TREE SERVICES 

Free quotes 20+ yrs exp. 

Tree, hedge or shrub 

- reduction, shaped or 

removed. Ph/text Paul 

The Branch Manager 


WINDOW CLEANING 

Brown & White Ltd. 

Family owned since 2001. 

Ph Paul 027 229 3534 

WINDOW CLEANING 

Average 3 brm house 

inside or out from $40. 

Both from $70 Phone 

Trevor 344-2170 

Caravans, Motorhomes 

& Traliers 

CARAVAN Wanted to 

buy. Up to $5000 cash 

today 027 488-5284. 

Cars 

$1,501 - $4,000 

MITSUBISHI 380 SX, 

2007. Sparkling Red, 3.8 

V6, 40mpg, spoiler, 17” 

alloys., to see is to buy 

$3700, ph 352 5963 

Church Notices 

Christian 

sPiritUaList 

ChUrCh 

182 Edgeware Road 

Sunday Service 

7pm 

Address 

Carole Ross 

Clairvoyant 

Carole Ross 

All Welcome 

Church Notices 

SYDENHAM CHRISTIAN 

SPIRITUAL CHURCH 

Sydenham 

Community Centre 

23/25 Hutcheson St 

Sunday 7pm 

Address 

Davida 

Clairvoyance 

Davida 

All Welcome 

Phone 349-9749 

NEW AGE CHRISTIAN 

SPIRITUAL CENTRE 

Grafton Street 

Sunday 7pm 

Address: 

Tania 

Clairvoyance: 

Tania 

Tuesday 1pm-3pm 

Healing & 

Clairvoyance 

All Welcome 

Christian Science 

Church 

Sunday Service 

10am - 11am 

Sunday School 

10am - 11am 

Testimony Meeting 

Weds 7.30pm 

Reading Room 

Tues & Sat 10am - 1pm 

Fri 12pm - 3pm 

ALL WELCOME 

66 Carlton Mill Rd, Merivale 

TEL. 03 366 2544 

www.christiansciencenz.org 

Clairvoyance 

FREE READING 

by practising psychic 

medium. Under 18yrs 

no message. Privacy 

respected. Please text your 

first name/s to Brenda on 

+64226899304. 

Classic Cars & 

Motorcycles 

MITSUBISHI CORDIA 

turbo GSR, 1985, low 

kms, 1 previous family 

owned, red, suit collector, 

ph 352 5963 

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 

For Sale 

Finance 

ELECTRIC BEDS. 

x2 ,King single,8 months 

old with remotes. $2000 

each. Ph 021 0750049 

FIREWOOD fills 8 x 4 

caged trailer, good starting 

wood to burn with, free 

delivery, $160, ph 027 507 

2224 

FRIDGE FREEZER 

with ice maker,8 months 

old. 10 yr warrenty. $1500 

Ph 021 0750049 

STEP LADDER dble 

sided $75. Electric 

reclining lounge chair $90 

ono. Ryobi Wet & Dry 

vaccum & long extension 

lead $70. Half barrell 

water feature $90 ono.All 

items in very good cond. 

Ph 383-0045 

TV. 55 INCH. 

Brand new incl cabinet 

$1,500 Ph 021 075 0049 

Funeral Directors 

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 


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 


Direct cremations 

$2,995 

• Committal 

service 

• Tangihanga 

• Simple cremation 

service 

• Burial services 

• Eco urns 

available 

0800 000 121 

www.integrity 

cremations.kiwi 

Simple, affordable 

and dignified 

Garage Sales 

Garage & Car Boot Sale, 

8am to 1pm, at Burnside 

variety of useable items, 

signs out 8am Saturday. 

St, signs out Sat 8.30am. 

************ 

AVONHEAD ROTARY 

CLUB Monster Charity 

this Saturday 4th May, 

Bowling Club, 330 

Avonhead Road. Huge 

stalls, sausage sizzle, 

coffee. 

************* 

BISHOPDALE Ebony St, 

Near new clothing, h/hold 

goods, linen, electrical etc. 

NORTHWOOD Bering 

Full range of h/hold items 

plus more.


The Star Classifieds • Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi 

REDWOOD 4 Riverwood 

Blvd, SUNDAY 10am 

start. 2 garages of tools, 

toys, h/hold items, dble 

bed, clothing plus loads 

more. 

REDWOOD. 

61 Farquhars Rd. Saturday 

from 8am. Something 

of everything incl 

books,tools,furniture, 

shoes, handbags & much 

more. 40 yrs of family 

accumulactions. 

Garage Sales 

Save your 

watering 

by using 

Magic Mulch 

“This Product Sucks” 

at all leading 

garden centres 

Instructions at 

www.magicmoss.co.nz 

Gardening 

& Supplies 

TREE & HEDGE 

SERVICES 

Ph Justin 


• Trees removed 

• Trees pruned 

• Storm damage 

• Hedges trimmed 

• Free quotes 

A GARDEN OR 

LANDSCAPING TIDY 

UP? Shrub, hedge & 

tree pruning, Lawns, 

Gardening, 

consistently 

reliable general property 

upkeep, Dip. Hort. 10 

yrs experience, One off 

tidy ups or on-going 

service. Nick’s Garden 

Maintenance. 

Keeping 

your garden beautiful. 

Free Quote. Ph. 942-4440 

& 022 264 7452 

LANDSCAPE GARDEN 

PROFESSIONAL 

Qualified 

Horticulturist, 

offering expert, garden 

makeovers, design and 

landscaping, for free 

quotes call Bryce 027 688- 

8196 or 0508 242-733 

MONDO GRASS Black. 

Large pots full. $5. Ph 

352-2590 

PETE’S 

GARDENING 

SERVICE 

Gardening, 

rubbish removal, cleanups, 

expert pruning, hedge 

trimming, tree cutting, 

good rates, no job too 

big or too small, half the 

price of a franchise. WINZ 

Quotes. Ph 027 551 4118 

Gardening 

& Supplies 

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. 

Handy Person 

Services 

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WORKSAFE NEW Zealand 

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Brighton’s Hawke St car park. 

Coastal-Burw od Ward city 

counci lor David East wants 

WorkSafe to pre sure the car 

park’s private owners into 

repairing the potholes which are 

a “trip and vehicle” hazard. 

WorkSafe chief inspector 

a se sment southern Da ren 

Handforth said it may be able to 

take action under the Health and 

Safety at Work Act 2015, “as a 

person conducting a busine s or 

undertaking.” 

Mr Handforth said WorkSafe 

is aware of the concerns raised by 

Cr East abou the car park. 

“WorkSafe has completed 

an a se sment visi to the site 

and is engaging with the owner 

to advise them that it is their 

responsibility to manage their 

risks a propriately.” 

Different parts of the car park 

are owned by various people 

and the Coastal-Burw od 

Community Board recently 

wrote to them about its concerns 

around health and safety. 

Cr East said the bi gest i sue 

in the past has b en ge ting in 

touch with the landlords and 

owners and ge ting them to 

agr e to anything. “The board 

a preciates that multi-ownership 

of the parking space may present 

a difficulty in co-ordinating 

repair/resurfacing but felt obliged 

to pa s these concerns onto you,” 

said the le ter. 

One reply has b en received so 

far from an owner who is wi ling 

to discu s the i sue. However, a l 

the owners would have to agr e 

to undertake work. 

Cr East said there had b en 

a “number of incidences” in 

the car park of people injuring 

themselves which had gone 

unreported. 

“I’ve always though that it 

has b en quite amazing that we 

haven’t had any serious a cidents 

or senior citizens perhaps 

tri ping in those potholes and 

doing themselve some damage.” 

He is confiden the new 

a proach wi l bring results. 

“I think the WorkSafe 

involvement may prove to be the 

lever that we are l oking for.” 

New bid to fix potholes 

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“Tom was a ba s player from 

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“We were delighted to win, but 

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St Andrew’s won the most 

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The band dedicated it se to 

Tom, who died while on his way 

to Cashmere High on March 27. 

His death was po sibly related to 

a medical event. 


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THE PAPANUI-I nes 

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DEAN CALVERT (above) 

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The former New Zealand 

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THE OWNERS of Sumner’s Cave 

Rock Apartments ar expecting the 

Earthquake Commi sion to sign-off 

on a se tlement agr emen this w ek. 

Body corporate chairman Mike 

White said the group had gone 

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The mediation agr ement 

prevented Mr White from disclosing 

the se tlement amount, but he said it 

involved the two parties paying “a bit 

more money than they’d wanted to 

earlier.” 


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Takahe was earlier made by the 

Spreydon-Cashmere Community 

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Bu the Banks Peninsula Community 

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• By Emily O’Co ne l 

A WOOLSTON butcher proved 

to be a cut above the rest in an 

international competition. 

New World Fe ry Rd butcher 

Jeremy Garth and his team, the 

Pure South Sharp Blacks, recently 

came second a the World 

Butchers’ Cha lenge in Northern 

Ireland. 

It was the firs time Mr Garth 

had competed in the cha lenge 

and he was “rea ly proud” of 

how the team performed. 

“We produced some top quality 

products and came away 

with a g od result so we’re very 

ha py,” he said. 

The preparation for this year’s 

World Butchers’ Cha lenge was 

intense as the team members 

met in Auckland every two 

months for lengthy w ekend 

practices. 

Mr Garth, who has b en a 

butcher for 14 years, said the 

competition brought back his 

pa sion for the job. 

“Doing a l thi stuff and 

m eting new people, s eing new 

ideas, it just brings that flair 

back for you,” he said. 

Mr Garth hopes to own a 

butcher shop of his own someday 

but says for now he wi l focus 

on ge ting mor experience 

and on the 2020 cha lenge. 

“In two years’ time, we’ l be 

going back to try and win the 

title,” he said. 

U per Ri carton butcher Corey 

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South Sharp Blacks team. 

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


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• By Georgia O’Co nor-Harding 

A CRACKDOWN on mobile 

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However, the public has li tle 

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i sue. 

Only eight submi sions were 

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The district council wi l be 

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Places Bylaw and Policy on Commercial 

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September-May along with a Thai 

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Pupils learn about role of war horses 

GR ENDALE SCHOOL pupils 

have taken a step back in time, 

s eing first hand what men and 

horses l oked like during war. 

The New Zealand Mounted 

Rifles Charitable Trust president 

Mark A pleton and member 

Mike Donaldson t ok their 

horses to the sch ol on Monday, 

in a bid to educate pupils on the 

sacrifice their ancestors made in 

World War 1 and World War 2. 

Mr A pleton and Mr Donaldson 

a rived a the sch ol dre sed 

in World War 1 uniforms while 

their horses Tommy and Kruze 

wore 1 0-year-old sa dles donated 

to the trust. 

The presentation is a prelude 

to the Gr endale Recreation Reserve 

Management Commi t e’s 

upcoming Anzac Day service. 

As a tribute to those who 

served, members of the trust wi l 

ride horseback to the service. 

Mr A pleton said it was 

important children were 

educated on what soldiers 

wen through during World 

War 1 and World War 2. 

But he said the presentation 

didn’t go into t o much detail 

and was more of a “show and 

te l” to make them aware of what 

the soldiers l oked like. 

Children were shown the type 

of kits horses were required to 

wear in the war. 


• By Georgia O’Co nor-Harding 

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AN U PER Ri carton butcher 

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international competition. 

Elite Meats owner Corey 

Winder was named in the a l 

star team a the World Butchers’ 

Cha lenge in Northern Ireland. 

Mr Winder and his team, the 

Pure South Sharp Blacks, which 

includes W olston butcher 

Jeremy Garth, finished second 

in the competition. 

He said the cha lenge started 

as a “transtasman test match” 

seven years ago. 

The preparation for this 

year’s World Butchers’ Challenge 

was intense as the team 

members met in Auckland 

every two months for lengthy 

w ekend practices. Mr Winder 

said coming second against 1 

other countries was a “fantastic” 

result. 

“To get second behind Ireland 

was a huge achievement and to 

be ahead of Australia is an 

even bi ger thing for us,” he 

said. 

But Mr Winder admires the 

Australian team. 

“Those guys over there 

[Australia] are on top of their 

game, they do a g od job,” he 

said. 

“And it just showcases that 

New Zealand has got some 

of the best butchers in the 

world,” he said. 

Mr Winder has b en a butcher 

since the age of 19. 

Elite butcher cut above the world 


THE HALSWE L-Hornby- 

Ri carton Community Board 

has b en given the gr en ligh to 

o pose the pla ned qua ry near 

Templeton. 

Mayor Lia ne Dalziel told the 

board on Thursday it had the okay 

from the city council to make a 

submi sion if Fulton Hogan a plies 

for a resource consen to create a 

qua ry. 

Board chairman Mike Mora 

told Western News the submi sion 

would likely o pose Fulton Hogan’s 

plan. 

“You can just about guarant e 

it . because we [the community 

board] don’t believe qua ries 

should be so close to residential 

areas,” he said. 

Mr Mora said he wasn’t sure if 

the city council would endorse the 

board’ submi sion. 

“I’d like to think so because the 

city council has had their eyes 

open as we l ove recent years over 

the crysta line silica risk,” he said. 

Mr Mora said the community 

board wi l be “representing and 

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as a candidate, or you can 

nominate yourself. Both 

parts of the form must 

be signed. Additional 

nomination forms can be 

obtained from the school 

office. 

Nominations close at noon 

on 24 May 2019 and may 

be accompanied by a signed 

candidate statement and a 

photograph. 

The voting roll is open for 

inspection at the school and 

can be viewed during normal 

school hours. There will 

also be a list of candidates’ 

names, as they come to hand, 

for inspection at the school. 

Voting closes at noon on 7 

June 2019. 

Signed: Diane Mawhinney - 

Returning Officer 


Nominations are invited for 

the election of five parent 

representatives to the Board of 

Trustees. 

A Nomination form and a notice 

calling for nominations will be 

posted to all eligible voters. 

You can nominate another 

person to stand as a candidate 

or you can nominate yourself. 

Both parts of the form must be 

signed. 

Additional information forms 

can be obtained from the school 

office. 

Nominations close at noon on 

Friday 24 May. As a candidate 

you may wish to include a 

brief statement which must 

be forwarded to the Returning 

Officer with your nomination. 

A copy of the electoral roll is 

available for inspection at the 

school office during normal 

school hours. 

There will also be a list of 

candidates’ names, as they 

come to hand, for inspection at 

the school. 

If an election is required, voting 

papers will be sent to all eligible 

voters. 

Voting closes at noon on 

Friday 7 June. 

Lisa Brunel 


Papanui Primary School 

40 Winters Road 

Papanui, Christchurch 

Papanui Primary 

School 


Election 



Election 



representatives to our Board 

of Trustees. 

A nomination form and a copy 

of this notice will be posted to 

all eligible voters. 

You can nominate another person 

to stand as a candidate, or you 

can nominate yourself. Both 

parts of the form must be signed. 

Additional forms can be 

obtained from the school office. 


the 24th May 2019. 

A copy of the electoral roll is 

available for inspection during 

normal school hours. 

If an election is required voting 

papers will be sent to all 

eligible voters and voting will 

close at noon on 7th June. 

Alison McCartin 


Waltham School 

Hastings Street East, 

Christchurch 


TOY FAIR 

Sunday 5 May 

Caledonian 

Society Hall, 

5 Michelle Road, 

Wigram 

10.30am-2.30pm 

Adults $5 

Children free 


HOUSE & GARAGE 

Cleanout. I’ll pick up for 

free. Ph 022 510 5420. 

Recycling Man. Charity 

for Chch. 

NUDIST 

GROUP 

Expressions of interest in 

forming a chaste nudist 

group. Write (include 

postal address) to PO Box 

9051, Tower Junction, 

ChCh 8061 

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Te Rito Harakeke 

Parent Election Notice 

Marshland School 

Board of Trustees’ 

election 


the election of three parent 

representatives to the Board of 

Trustees. 

A nomination form and a notice 

calling for nominations will be 

posted to all eligible voters. 

You can nominate another person 

to stand as a candidate, or you 

can nominate yourself. Both 

parts of the form must be signed. 

Additional nomination forms 

can be obtained from the school 

office. 


Friday 24th May 2019 and may 


candidate statement and 

photograph. 


inspection at the school and can 

be viewed during normal school 

hours. 



come to hand, for inspection at 

the school. 

Voting closes at noon on Friday 

7th June 2019. 

Signed 

Tracey Harrison 


Hagley College 

Board of TrusTees 

eleCTion 



representatives to the Board 

of Trustees. 

A nomination form 

and a notice calling for 

nominations will be posted 

to eligible voters. 


person to stand as a candidate, 

or you can nominate yourself. 

Both parts of the form must 

be signed. 


can be obtained from the 

school office. 


on Friday 10 May and may 


candidate statement and 

photograph. 




school hours. 



come to hand, for inspection 

at the school. 


friday 7 June 2019. 

sherron Harrison 

returning officer 

Hagley College 

510 Hagley avenue 

Christchurch 

Parent Election Notice 

Catholic Cathedral 

College School Board 

of trustees’ election 


the election of five parent 

representatives to the board 

of trustees. 



nominations will be posted to 

all eligible voters. 


person to stand as a 

candidate, or you can 

nominate yourself. Both parts 

of the form must be signed. 


can be obtained from the 

school office. 


on Friday 24th May 2019 and 

may be accompanied by a 

signed candidate statement 

and photograph. 




school hours. 



come to hand, for inspection 

at the school. 


Friday 7th June 2019. 

Signed Barbara Sutton 


su@cathcollege.school.nz 

Board of Trustee 

Election 


the election of (5) parent 

representatives to the 

Board of Trustees. 



nominations will be posted 

to all eligible voters. 


person to stand as a 

candidate, or you can 

nominate yourself. Both 

parts of the form must be 

signed. 

Additional nomination 

forms can be obtained from 

the school office. 


on 24 May 2019. As a 

candidate you may wish to 

include a brief statement 

and photograph which 

must be forwarded to the 

Returning Officer with your 

nomination. 

The electoral voting roll is 

open for inspection at the 

school office during normal 

school hours. 

There will also be a list 

of candidates’ names, as 

they come to hand, for 

inspection at the school. 

If an election is required, 

voting papers will be sent 


Voting closes at noon on 7 

June 2019 

Joanne Bykerk 


Hornby High School 

180 Waterloo Road 

Hornby, Christchurch 

SOUTH HORNBY 

SCHOOL 

TE MANU TUKUTUKU 


Election 


for the election of five 

parent representatives to 

the Board of Trustees. 

A nomination form will 

be posted to all eligible 

voters. Additional 

nomination forms can be 

obtained from the school 

office. 


on Friday 24 May 2019. 

As a candidate you may 

wish to include a brief 

statement which must 

be forwarded to the 

Returning Officer with your 

nomination. 

A copy of the electoral roll 

is available for inspection 

at the school office during 

normal school hours. 

If an election is required 

voting papers will be sent 


The poll closes on noon 

7 June 2019 

Sandra Cox 


South Hornby School 

Christchurch 8042 

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- Jonathan & Tessa followed by Ceollu (Argene 

Flack, Kirsten Bone, Mary Dunne), $10 entry, 

kids $5. Monday 7pm - Quiz. Wednesday 

7.30pm - Traditional Irish Music Session. 

BILL’S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: Thursday 

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

Mickey Rat’s Karaoke. 

BLUE SMOKE, 3 Garlands Rd, 

Woolston: Friday 7pm - Adam Hattaway & 

The Haunters; PGX; Pickle Darling; Ryan 

Fisherman; Wurld Series, ticketed. Saturday 

8pm - Dolph; Corduroy; The Kennel, ticketed. 

BRAS & BRASS, Charles Luney 

Auditorium, St Margaret’s College, 

Papanui Rd: Sunday 2pm - A fundraising 

concert for NZ Breast Cancer Foundation by 

the Pink Ladies, an all women’s brass band 

with guest artist Piping Pink, all women’s pipe 

band. Door sales $20 adults, concession $18 

and children under 15 $15. 

CASHMERE CLUB, 50 Colombo St: 

Thursday 7pm - Cashmere Ukulele Group. 

Saturday 7.30pm - Mainland Big Band, $10 

entry. 

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO, Victoria 

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D; 9.15pm - Southfield. Saturday 7pm - Blackie; 

10.15pm - Smoothtalk. Sunday 5.30pm - 

Lonesome Sue. 

CHRISTCHURCH TOWN HALL, 86 

Kilmore St: Sunday 7pm - A Bowie 

Celebration, The David Bowie Alumni Tour. 

Wednesday 8pm - The Music is Bond. Tickets 

at Ticketek. 

GBC, Garden Buffet Cafe, 110 

Marshland Rd: Saturday 5.30pm - Sima & 

Vaea. 

HORNBY WMC, 17 Carmen Rd, 

Hornby: Friday 7pm - Jo’s Karaoke. Saturday 

7.30pm - Eddie Simon. 

HORNCASTLE ARENA, Jack Hinton 

Drive: Tickets at Ticketek. 

ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL, 145 

Gloucester St: Thursday to Sunday - The 

Mousetrap. Tickets at Ticketek. 

MAINSTREET SPORTS BAR, 37 High 

St, Rangiora: Sunday 4pm - Dangerbaby. 

PIERSIDE CAFE & BAR, 3 Brighton 

Mall, New Brighton: Thursday - Poker 

Night. Friday 8pm - N-didjah-nis. Saturday 

8pm - Hot Gossip. 

RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118 

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6pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke. 

RICHMOND WMC, 75 London St, 

Richmond: Friday 7.35pm - Crusaders v 

Sharks. Saturday 7pm - DnD Duo (Jojo & 

Mark). Sunday 3pm - Robbie Drew. 

STOCKXCHANGE, 110 Marshland 

Rd: Friday 7.35pm - Crusaders v Sharks. Next 

weekend Friday 10 - Unhinged. Saturday 11 - 

Level 6. 

TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding St, Hornby: 

Friday 8.30pm - End Game. Saturday 8.30pm - 

Misfitz. Wednesday - Mickey Rat Karaoke. 

THE CRAIC IRISH BAR, 84 Riccarton 

Rd: Thursday 9.30pm - Karaoke. Friday - 

Rocky Road. Saturday - Stout duo. Wednesday 

9pm- Karaoke. 

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: 

Thursday 8pm - Titanic (Kevin Emmett, Nick 

Buchanan, and Peter K Malthus). Friday 8pm - 

Open Mic. Tuesday 8pm - Karaoke. 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd, 

Addington: Thursday 7pm - Learn to Rock 

n Roll. Friday 9.30pm - X-Files duo. Saturday 

9.30pm - Reckless duo. Tuesday 7.30pm - Quiz 

with Chris. Wednesday 8pm - Karaoke with 

Lance Kiwi. 

THE PAPANUI CLUB, 310 Sawyers 

Arms Rd: Friday 7.30pm -Bobby Lee 

Anderson. Next Friday 10 May - Julius Geezer. 

THE WAVE BAR, Marine Pde, New 

Brighton: Thursday 8.30pm - Karaoke. 

Friday 8.30pm - DJ. Saturday 8.30pm - Live 

music. 

WOOLSTON CLUB, 43 Hargood St: 

Saturday 7.30pm - Bloom performs ‘The Adele 

& Amy Songbook’, ticketed. 

WUNDERBAR, Lyttelton: Thursday 7pm 

- Molly & the Chromatics with The Raddlers. 

Friday 9pm - Crap Music Rave Party. Saturday 

9pm - The Settlers. Tuesday 7.30pm - Musician 

Showcase. 

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CRUSADERS v SHARKS 

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CLUBS NEW ZEALAND WARMLY 

WELCOME MEMBERS, THEIR GUESTS 

AND AFFILIATE CLUB MEMBERS. 

ADELE AND 

AMY WINEHOUSE 

TRIBUTE SHOW 

INTERNATIONAL touring artist Bloom 

(Amanda Canzurlo) performs ‘e Adele 

& Amy Songbook’ at the Woolston Club 

this Saturday night. 

Australian based Bloom is considered 

one of the country’s brightest new singing 

stars, gaining acclaim for her smooth 

deep vocals and her fresh ambient pop 

sound. 

is incredible singer brings her 

soulful vocal resonance to cover two 

world renowned artists - Adele and Amy 

Winehouse. Between them the 

What’s On @ Woolston 

THIS SATURDAY 7.30PM 

TICKETS $35 pre 

$40 door 

SATURDAY 11 MAY 7.30PM 

UPCOMING EVENTS 

THE 

SINGS 

ADELE & AMY 

Songbook 

LIVE MUSIC 

43 Hargood St, Woolston. Ph 03 389 7039 

www.woolstonclub.co.nz 

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powerhouse vocalists have amassed a 

legion of fans the world over and have 

sold in excess of 20 million albums. 

Talking about her show Bloom says, “I 

stay true to my own sound, but as far as 

the songs go I keep them as close to the 

originals as possible so that people can 

sing along and it sounds familiar to 

them.” 

Although Bloom finds inspiration in 

artists such as Adele, Lana Del Rey, Eva 

Cassidy & Tina Arena, she is also an 

established songwriter, ultimately covering 

ground that is uniquely her own. She 

draws deep into the human condition to 

explore stories of loss and despair in an 

upliing way that foregrounds hope and 

an appreciation of life stripped bare of the 

mundane and superficial distractions of 

everyday life. In November 2015, Bloom 

released her debut EP. 

Celebrate the music of Adele and Amy 

flawlessly presented by Bloom at the 

Woolston Club this Saturday night. 

7.30pm start. Pre-sale tickets $35 on sale 

now at the club office, 43 Hargood St, 

phone 03 389 7039. Door sales $40. 

Unhinged 

RESTAURANT OPEN 

Wednesday - Sunday from 5pm 

Sunday Roast 

BUFFET 

INCLUDES A 

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5PM - 7PM 

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$12.50 KIDS 

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●Roast Roll with Gravy & Fries 

●Roast Vege & Feta Calzone 

●Spaghetti & Meatballs 

●Pot Pie with Mash 

●Buffalo Chicken Nibbles 

●Curry of the Day with Rice 

●Fish Cakes with 

Slaw & Chilli Sauce


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AT THE 

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WELCOME MEMBERS, THEIR GUESTS 

AND AFFILIATE CLUB MEMBERS. 

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THIS WEEKEND 

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SATURDAY 7PM 

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club 

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pride of the east 

since 1888 

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• Open daily from 11am 

• BISTRO Lunch/Dinner 

• Courtesy Van 

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75 London St 

Ph 03 389 5778 

www.rwmc.co.nz 

Cashmere Club 

50 Colombo Street 

THURSDAY 

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HAPPY HOUR 4pm-6pm 

MEAT RAFFLES from 4pm 

MEMBERS CASH DRAW 

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*T’s & C’s apply. 

THURSDAY from 7pm 

CASHMERE LOUNGE 

Cashmere Ukulele Group 

NEW PLAYERS & SINGERS WELCOME 

FRIDAY LIVE FOOTY 

ON THE SCREENS IN THE 

SPORTS BAR AND POOL HALL 

SUPER RUGBY 7.35pm: 

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HURRICANES v REBELS 


HIGHLANDERS v CHIEFS 


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Ph 03 332 0092 

Fax 03 337 3772 

SATURDAY 

7.30pm in the Hall 

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BIG BAND 

$10 entry 

PURCHASE ANY LIGHT MEAL 

& RECEIVE A FREE GLASS OF 

HOUSE WINE OR TAP BEER* 

WHEN YOU PRESENT YOUR 

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SUNDAY 

NRL RUGBY LEAGUE 

4pm: 

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6.05pm: 

EELS v TITANS 

Riverview 

RESTAURANT 

KIDS EAT*FREE 

*under 12 when accompanied by an adult dining 

BOOKINGS RECOMMENDED 

WEDNESDAY 

QUIZ NIGHT 

7PM SPORTS BAR. TEAMS OF 4-6. 

«QUIZ NIGHT SPECIAL« 

$18 OPEN STEAK 

SANDWICH 

+ A GLASS OF TAP BEER 

(EXCLUDES CRAFT BEER), 

HOUSE WINE OR SOFT DRINK. 

Christchurch’s only beach side club 

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by the beach 

TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 

MEMBERS LUCKY 

CARD DRAW 

FRIDAYS 

between 6-7pm 

JOKER JACKPOT 

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CRUSADERS v SHARKS 

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Open from 5.30pm 

Fri, Sat, Sun, 

Sunday Brunch from 

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BUFFET $25 

Sunday 25 May 

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Dine in only 

$13 

FUNCTION ROOMS - GAMING ROOM - TAB POD - SHUTTLE SERVICE Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat. 

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Dining Chair 

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85 Club Chair 

NOW $ 

135 Tractor Seat Barstool NOW $ 

69 

Grey Espresso Ivory Navy Espresso Grey 

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Mix it up. Match it up. 

Retro is back and better 

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Round Dining Table NOW $ 

459 School Chair 

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Emerald 

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NOW $ 

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NOW $ 

99 Dining Table 

NOW $ 399 

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