The Star: June 13, 2019

Circulation 93,000 

Thursday, June 13, 2019 

Find out why 

the town hall 

fountain doesn’t 

look like this 

Page 3 

Lawson 

ready to 

be a Saint 

Page 37 

Internet 

connects 

families 78 

years after 

Battle of Crete 

With only their first names, one photo 

and the internet, it took less than 

48 hours to connect two families 

brought together by war 78-yearsago. 

Through the power of Facebook, 

former Christchurch woman Emma 

Ebrahim has managed to track down 

Irene, Tasos and Nicolas Kalogeri 

(pictured right) who helped hide her 

grandfather, Arthur Ernest Wright, 

from German forces following the 

Battle of Crete in 1941. 

Full story, pages 6, 7 & 8

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Central city rates remission review........5 

Fundraising ‘on home straight’...............10 

Great things to do this weekend...........12 

Elections start to heat up,............................15 

Chance to win an electric car...................17 

Battling for the community.............24-26 

Puzzles and sudoko..........................................34 

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• By Julia Evans 

DAYS AFTER making its 

long-awaited comeback the 

iconic Ferrier Fountain was 

switched off. 

But three months after it was 

supposed to be turned back on, 

it remains out of action and 

$70,000 has been spent on fixing 

it. 

The fountain was turned on for 

the first time in eight years at the 

same time as the Town Hall was 

reopened in February. 

However, the fountain heads 

and stamens were taken away for 

cleaning after some issues were 

discovered. Parts required further 

cleaning to remove pieces of 

historic debris that had gathered 

over the eight years they were 

lying in storage. 

The issues were only identified 

following the first flush through. 

City council manager capital 

delivery and major facilities 

Alistair Pearson said it decided 

21 to 23, at the Air Force Museum 

of New Zealand, Wigram. 

Full details on the event can be 

seen at www.chchartshow.co.nz 

to install a filtration system to 

reduce blockages. 

“We’ve been waiting for 

elements of the system to be 

fabricated before they could be 

installed,” he said. 

But that work had now begun 

and Mr Pearson said it is hoping 

to have the fountain back on by 

the end of the month. 

“The cost of the filtration 

system, its installation and the 

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dismantling and reconstruction 

of the fountain is in the order of 

$70,000.” 

The dandelion-style modernist 

fountain was first installed in 

1972 after being donated by two 

of the city’s most well-known 

benefactors – Claude Jack Ferrier 

and his wife Marjorie, the 

daughter of Robert McDougall. 

Created by a British company 

called Ustigate, the “sphere 

Entries close 4pm, Wednesday. 

Tickets must be picked up 

from Star Media, 359 Lincoln Rd, 

Addington. 

Plug pulled on Ferrier Fountain 

Maintenance 

required 

after debris 

discovered 

A WORKER remains in hospital 

after being chemically poisoned 

at a pest control plant in Bromley 

two weeks ago. 

WorkSafe New Zealand are 

now investigating the incident 

and instructed the Institute of 

Environmental Science and 

Research to undertake testing at 

the Wickham St site yesterday. 

Pest Control Research has 

launched an independent inquiry 

following the incident on May 28, 

chief executive Matthew O’Brien 

said yesterday. 

“PCR is also fully cooperating 

with a separate official 

investigation into the incident by 

WorkSafe,” he said. 

The man, who’s age is unknown, 

remains in Christchurch 

Hospital. His family has requested 

privacy. 

However, Pest Control Research 

communications adviser 

Steve Attwood said his condition 

was “hopeful.” 

Mr O’Brien said the staff member 

was processing chemicals 

destined for delivery to another 

site. 

“He appears to have come 

into contact with a poisonous 

substance.” 

He was not able to comment on 

the circumstances leading up to, 

de fleur” design features two 

spheres, and one hemisphere that 

sits just above the water line. 

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WATER 

FEATURE: 

The Ferrier 

Fountain 

has been 

switched 

off while 

a new 

filtration 

system is 

installed. 

or the causes of, the accident. 

WorkSafe has closed the 

Bromley site as a precaution but 

a spokesman said there is no 

environmental health risk. 

A hazardous substances 

specialists from Fire and 

Emergency New Zealand 

was also at the side yesterday 

to ensure it was safe for ESR 

technicians to enter the building 

for testing. 

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NEWS 3 

in brief 

Northern Corridor 

under discussion 

Today city councillors 

will discuss the Northern 

Corridor Downstream Effects 

Management Plan and decide 

whether or not to endorse 

it. The Papanui-Innes and 

Linwood-Central-Heathcote 

community boards have 

recommended the plan is not 

endorsed and more work is 

done investigating ways to 

mitigate traffic through St 

Albans. 

Three internationals 

for Hagley Oval 

Hagley Oval will host three 

cricket clashes in spring and 

summer as the Black Caps 

take on England, India and 

Australia. New Zealand Cricket 

has announced the Black Caps 

will play a T20 match against 

England at Hagley Oval on 

November 1, they will face India 

in a test match, beginning on 

February 29. On March 29, the 

Black Caps will play a T20 game 

against Australia. 

Fewer freedom 

camper complaints 

At the end of the freedom 

camping season on April 29, the 

city council had received 133 

complaints since November. 

It was a drop from the 271 

complaints received during the 

2017-18 period. There were 203 

infringement noticed dished out 

over the same time. 

Meeting about 

Kyle Park changes 

A hearings panel will meet on 

Monday to consider changes to 

the Kyle Park Management Plan 

and the reserve classification 

to accommodate the Hornby 

Library, Customer Services 

and Recreation and Sport 

Centre. The city council has 

received 186 submissions, with 

163 in favour and 23 opposing. 

The changes would apply to 

the north-east corner adjacent 

to Waterloo Rd and Smarts 

Rd — the part of the Kyle Park 

proposed for the new facility. 

The rest of the park will remain 

unaffected. 

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NEWS 

Leave the 

seals alone, 

says DOC 

IF YOU SEE a seal in an odd 

place do not approach it. 

That’s the warning from the 

Department of Conservation, 

which says from now until 

August it’s common for young 

seals to come ashore. 

“We like to think of it as silly 

seal season,” a DOC spokesman 

said. 

Due to seals’ exploratory 

nature, they can appear in 

odd places, such as paddocks, 

roadsides or inner-city streets, 

he said. “They’re not distressed, 

they don’t need any human 

intervention, and will return 

to the water when rested and 

ready. While seals may look 

harmless and helpless they 

are wild animals and will 

defend themselves if they feel 

threatened.” 

DOC has a hands-off policy 

with seals and will only 

intervene if it is severely injured 

or in a dangerous place. 

“In that case, people could 

call the DOC emergency 

hotline 0800 DOC HOT. 

Anyone charged with harassing, 

disturbing, injuring or killing 

a marine mammal faces a 

maximum penalty of two years 

imprisonment or a fine to a 

maximum of $250,000.” 


A RARE Antarctic seabird 

which crash landed in suburban 

Avonhead is the city’s latest 

recorded bird species. 

The soft-plumaged petrel 

was discovered last month by 

a resident who found it dazed 

on the ground, Department 

of Conservation biodiversity 

supervisor Craig Alexander said. 

“Once rescued, it was taken 

to a private bird rehabilitation 

centre run by a volunteer, where 

birds are taken to be checked, 

fed, treated and given time to 

recover,” he said. 

It was the 242nd bird species 

to be recorded in the greater 

Christchurch area. 

The soft-plumaged petrel is 

a medium-sized seabird which 

breeds on subantarctic islands. 

The only population in New 

Zealand is on the Antipodes 

Islands, 860km south-east of 

Stewart Island. 

“The soft-plumaged petrel is an 

uncommon native species that 

ranges throughout the southern 

oceans. It’s not commonly found 

in the South Pacific but sightings 

have been increasing since the 

1970s,” Mr Alexander said. 

The bird was released with 

help from Keystone Ecology 

ornithologist Niall Mugan in Te 

Oka Reserve, near Birdlings Flat, 


Rare petrel crashes in Avonhead 

FREEDOM: Niall Mugan, of Keystone Ecology, helping to 

release the soft-plumaged petrel back into the wild at Te 

Oka Reserve. 

when it was back to full health. 

“It’s one of those iconic birds, 

it was a bit of a treat,” Mr Mugan 

said. 

“It’s a visitor to New Zealand, 

but you’d be lucky to see it.” 

Mr Mugan said when extreme 

weather events hit, birds are often 

drawn to land, which may have 

been what happened to the petrel. 

“When the storms hit, it does 

push birds to the limit.” 

However, he said its release was 

a very special moment for him 

as someone who had been bird 

watching for about 30 years. 

“It was one of those days that 

will stick in my mind. It looked 

back to us after it took off . . . it 

was a weird kind of thing having 

a look at us from its world as it 

headed off towards Birdlings 

Flat.” 

Mr Alexander said DOC 

believes the birds are attracted by 

the city lights and sometimes end 

up in odd places. 

“Sometimes sea birds can 

struggle to take off without the 

coastal winds to assist them 

and can appear dazed and 

disorientated,” he said. 

The 241st bird species to 

be recorded has also made a 

return to the city this year at the 

Bromley oxidation ponds. The 

siberian-breed northern shoveler 

was first recorded last June near 

the Halswell river mouth at 

Lake Ellesmere and another at 

Kaitorete Spit, near Birdlings 

Flat, in November. 

In April another shoveler was 

spotted at the Bromley ponds, as 

well as at Pegasus wetlands in the 

Waimakariri district. 

•If you find sick, injured or 

dead wildlife, phone 0800 

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NEWS 5 

Central city living may get cheaper 


IF YOU purchase a home in the 

central city, you may get a rates 

reduction. 

Reviewing the rates remission 

policy is one of a suite of 

incentives the city council is 

investigating as 

part of its 

target to boost 

the population 

of the central 

city from 6000 to 

20,000 by 2028 

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Matthew 

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the Englefield 

Residents 

Association, 

which covers 

Fitzgerald Ave, 

Avonside Drive, 

Linwood Ave, 

England St and 

Armagh St, says 

it seems like an 

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chairwoman 

Irinka Britnell: 

“It’s a big incentive 

because they’re 

desperate to get 

people into these 

apartments that 

don’t seem to be selling. They’re 

not cheap,” she said. 

INCENTIVES: The city council is reviewing its rates remission policy in a bid to boost the central city population from 6000 

to 20,000 by 2028. 

Ms Britnell said the Linwood 

Village area needs rates rebates 

with a lot of businesses closing 

their doors. 

However, Central Ward city 

councillor Deon Swiggs said 

the potential rebate and other 

incentives are about “looking at 

the bigger picture”. They could 

also lift the value of the area and 

offset the costs. 

“Work needs to be done in the 

central city to get people back. 

But different work needs to be 

done in areas like Linwood and 

Addington. We’re not forgetting 

about those suburbs.” 


Community Board deputy 

chairman and city council 

candidate Jake McLellan said 

he wants to see a “vibrant” city 

centre. 

“We need to do what’s most 

effective . . . what we cannot do is 

hand out millions and millions 

for developers,” he said. 

Any form of incentive 

was supported by Williams 

Corporation director Matthew 

Horncastle. 

“We have to keep momentum 

going in terms of building in the 

central city,” he said. 

“Anything we can do to 

keep this snowball going is a 

positive.” 

A further report will also go 

to city councillors on a wider 

package of incentives and 

mechanisms to encourage more 

residential development in the 

central city by the end of next 

month. 

City council head of urban 

regeneration, design and heritage 

Carolyn Ingles said concerns 

would be addressed when 

considering a new remission, 

which is the purpose of the 

review. 

“The incentives work has 

been undertaken to investigate 

the potential of each incentive to 

encourage development.” 

Ms Ingles said how different 

incentives would encourage 

development will be part of the 

next phase of work. 

It also approved a $100,000 

trial service for developers and 

landowners to discuss concepts 

with city council staff. 

Project 8011 was endorsed by 

city councillors last year. 

It found high land and 

building costs, affordability in 

the suburbs, consenting hassles 

and lack of apartment culture 

were some of the reasons for the 

lack of population growth within 

the central city. 

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Family connects with Cretans who 

FAMILY: Brian Wright holds memorabilia collected by his 

late father, Arthur Wright, during and after World War 2. 

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER 

• By Sophie Cornish 

WITH ONLY their first names, 

one photo and the internet, 

it took less than 48 hours to 

connect two families brought 

together by war, 78-years-ago. 

Emma Ebrahim was left in 

disbelief when she discovered 

the Kalogeri family, descendants 

of the people who helped hide 

her grandfather, Arthur Ernest 

Wright, from the Nazis following 

the Battle of Crete in 1941. 

Through the power of Facebook, 

a post from Mrs Ebrahim’s 

private Facebook page with only 

a photo and their first names, 

Irene, Tasos and Nicolas, reached 

a Greek media outlet. 

“Help . . . do you know these 

people from Crete? . . . We hope 

that someone may know this 

family so we can learn more 

about them and meet their descendants. 

Without their help the 

next three generations would not 

be here,” Mrs Ebrahim wrote on 

Facebook. 

In an almost unbelievable turn 

of events, the wife of the chief editor 

was the daughter of Nicolas, 

one of the children of the family 

who had helped her grandfather, 

almost 80 years ago. 

Nicolas was 16-years-old when 

he met 22-year-old Mr Wright 

and is still alive today at age 89. 

He told his family he remembers 

Mr Wright. 

REMEMBERING: The note on the back of the photo 

which was used by Emma Ebrahim to track down her 

grandfather’s rescuers from World War 2. It reads: To our 

friend Arthur, Irene-Tasos-Nicolas. In order to remember our 

island Crete and our country Greece. 

“I posted it on Tuesday (last 

week) and I had heaps of messages. 

My brain was buzzing, it 

was like I could feel the energy of 

all these people thinking about 

me. By the time I went to bed on 

Thursday I just knew I was going 

to find them,” said Mrs Ebrahim. 

Mr Wright’s son, Brian Wright, 

of Prebbleton, will now travel 

to Crete in September with Mrs 

Ebrahim (his daughter) to meet 

Nicolas and his family. 

The former Christchurch 

woman now lives in Melbourne 

with her husband and two sons. 

“Emma is very determined, she 

said to me, ‘we are going to find 

that family,’” said Brian. 

Like most soldiers, Mr Wright 

told his family little about his 

time during the war. 

It wasn’t until his final years 

when he shared stories that 

his family discovered he was a 

prisoner of war. 

Mrs Ebrahim has been 

interviewed by multiple Greek 

news outlets which have picked 

up the story. 

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NEWS 7 

helped Kiwi soldier during WW2 

They are expecting a warm 

welcome in Crete and have been 

told excitement levels are high for 

the meeting. 

“Everybody over there is so 

excited that we are coming. I 

have heard that the people of 

Crete are very thankful for what 

the New Zealanders and other 

allies tried to do to save their 

island from the Germans,” said 

Brian. 

When the war broke out in 

1939, Mr Wright and his older 

brother George volunteered and 

were sent to Burnham Military 

Camp. 

On January 5, 1940, Mr Wright 

and George, both members of the 

20 th Infantry Battalion, boarded 

the troopship Dunera, bound for 

Egypt. 

They later sailed to Greece, 

where they fought until 

retreating to Crete. 

On May 20, 1941, Germany 

launched Operation Mercury, 

one of the most dramatic battles 

of World War 2, which later 

became known as the Battle of 

Crete. 

As German forces looked to 

take control of Crete, more than 

half of the allies were evacuated 

to Egypt by the Royal Navy and 

the remainder were forced to 

surrender or join the Cretan 

resistance. 

Mr Wright was left stranded 

in Crete and taken prisoner 

alongside another solider, Stanley 

Hughes. 

George became ill in Crete and 

was transported home. 

“From what we know, he was 

very unwell when the Germans 

arrived and it seems strange 

but basically they just bundled 

him back to New Zealand. He 

obviously wasn’t considered a 

threat because he was so ill,” said 

Brian. 

In a book, One Soldier’s War: 

The Campaigns of Greece, Crete, 

Western Desert Egypt and Italy, 

by Stanley Hughes, Mr Hughes 

shared part of his journey in 

Crete with Mr Wright. 

Starvation played a big part 

during their time in the war, 

with POWs only fed one bowl of 

soup twice daily. 

In the evening of June 22, Mr 

Wright and Mr Hughes escaped 

the prison camp through the 

fence and disguised themselves 

among olive trees, aware the area 

was being patrolled by German 

guards. 

They then travelled on foot 

for many days, hiding in the 

forest and in caves. They often 

received small amounts of food 

from locals willing to take the 

risk. 

Eventually they arrived in a 

village named Cambos. 

•Turn to page 8 

EARLY DAYS: Arthur 

Wright, 22, in Egypt in 

1940. He travelled on the 

troopship Dunera from New 

Zealand to Egypt before 

being sent to Greece. 

What was the Battle of 

Crete? 

•Crete is the largest island 

of Greece, located south 

of the mainland in the 

Mediterranean Sea. 

•It became a German 

target following its rapid 

occupation of the Greek 

mainland in April 1941. 

•There was more 

than 42,000 British, 

Commonwealth and Greek 

soldiers on the island, 

including about 7700 New 

Zealand soldiers. 

•Just after dawn on May 20, 

1941, Germany launched 

Operation Mercury, in Crete, 

one of the most dramatic 

battles of World War 2. 

•It was the first occasion 

where German paratroops 

were used en masse, 

the first mainly airborne 

invasion in military history. 

There was about 22,000 

paratroopers and mountain 

troops. 

•After day one, the Germans 

had suffered heavy 

casualties and the Allied 

troops were confident they 

would defeat the invasion. 

•The next day, through 

communication failures, 

the Allies hesitated and the 

Germans gained control 

of an airfield in western 

Crete, enabling them to 

land reinforcements and 

overwhelm their defensive 

positions in the north. 

•The battle lasted for 12 

days before Allied forces 

then withdrew to the south 

coast. More than half were 

evacuated to Egypt by 

the Royal Navy and the 

remainder surrendered 

or joined the Cretan 

resistance. 

•About 2180 New 

Zealanders became 

prisoners of war and 

another 671 were killed. 

•Some Allies took to the 

hills, sheltered by the 

Cretans who, to this day, 

remember New Zealand’s 

role in the battle. 

•It was the first occasion 

during World War 2 

where German troops 

encountered widespread 

resistance from a civilian 

population. 

•As most Cretans wore no 

uniforms or insignia, the 

Germans felt free of all 

of the constraints of the 

Hague Conventions and 

killed hundreds of armed 

and unarmed civilians. 

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•From page 7 

They stayed on the outskirts, 

sleeping in the forest a short 

distance from the houses as 

German soldiers raided homes 

in the night, trying to find allied 

soldiers. 

“Among the people who visited 

us daily were the Kalogeri 

family who appeared to be a well 

educated business type family,” 

said Mr Hughes. 

The Germans weren’t just 

targeting the allies, they also 

brutalised innocent Cretans, 

killing many in order to set an 

example of what would happen 

if they were caught hiding the 

enemy. 

Flyers were dropped all over 

the island requesting soldiers 

who were on the run to surrender, 

or they would be treated 

as a spy. 

Eventually, Mr Wright handed 

himself over to German forces, 

in fear of getting his new friends 

in trouble. 

Mr Wright remained in Crete 

as a prisoner until December 

1941. He was then transported 

by boat to Salonika and cattle 

truck to Stalag VIIIB, a prison 

camp in Lamsdorf, Germany. 

His work experience and 

knowledge with trees before the 

war proved helpful, and he was 

used to train the other soldiers 

for work, gaining him privileges 

of more food and Sundays off. 

In January 1945 in freezing 

conditions, Mr Wright took 

part in a long march to 

Czechoslovakia. 

In May, they were told the 

Americans were 30km away and 

Mr Wright waited for the allies 

to arrive. 

He was a POW until May 8, 

1945. 

Eventually, Mr Wright was 


POW camps until war ended 

REMEMBRANCE: Arthur Wright leads his brother George 

during a 20-year reunion march in New Zealand. 

repatriated to England in a 

Lancaster bomber and after a 

month’s leave, returned to New 

Zealand. 

Mr Wright went on to marry 

and raise two sons while living 

in Papanui and working as a motor 

mechanic for the Ministry of 

Works. 

He passed away in 2016, 21 

days before he turned 100. 

Home invasion offender 

pleads guilty to attacking 

another prisoner 


A WOMAN jailed for a violent 

home invasion of an elderly 

couple has pleaded guilty to 

attacking another inmate while 

in prison. 

Shantai Lawson, 39, was 

charged with injuring 

with intent to injure 

which was heard in 

the district court last 

week. 

Christchurch 

Women’s Prison 

prison director 

Deborah Alleyne said 

police were notified of 

a prisoner on prisoner 

assault in February. 

“Staff responded 

immediately and 

intervened. The victim of the 

assault was seen by prison 

health services staff before being 

transferred to another area of the 

prison. The alleged perpetrator 

was placed on directed segregation 

and remains before the 

court for prosecution,” she said. 

Lawson will be sentenced on 

September 17. 

In November, Lawson was 

jailed for five years and nine 

months after admitting her role 

in the robbery of the couple in 

their Papanui home in August 

last year. 

Along with her co-offender, 

Maera Elizabeth Todd, the pair 

targeted John McCammon, following 

him home, because they 

thought he would be vulnerable 

and have money. 

They then 

barged into his 

house, holding 

him down with a 

cushion over his 

face and threatened 

to cut him 

with the garden 

secateurs he had 

been using. 

His wife, 

Colleen McCammon 

arrived 

home during the incident and 

was pushed down concrete steps. 

Several items were stolen from 

the couple before Lawson and 

Todd were caught nearby. 

Since 1997, Lawson has 47 

convictions for thefts and other 

dishonesty, 14 convictions for 

violence, 30 for breaches of court 

orders or sentences, and has 

served eight jail terms. 

She was assessed as being a 

high risk of re-offending and 

causing harm to others. 

INJURIES: Colleen 

McCammon after a 

violent assault in her 

home. 

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• By Tatiana Gibbs 

THE SOUTH Island’s largest 

high school will soon have a 

gender neutral bathroom. 

Burnside High School is 

following a nationwide trend 

of being inclusive and diverse 

by planning a gender neutral 

toilet facility, which is due to be 

completed next month for use in 

term three. 

Principal Phil Holstein said the 

move was in response to students 

who wanted 

a gender 

diverse space 

where they feel 

comfortable. 

The new 

bathroom 

will be in 

the school’s 

central block. 

“This is a 

big step for 

us in order to 

acknowledge and recognise our 

gender neutral students,” Mr 

Holstein said. 

Burnside High follows 

Beckenham Primary School 

and Lincoln High School, 

which also have gender neutral 

bathrooms. 

The trend has been supported 

by the Ministry of Education, 

which has funded the facility at 

Burnside. 

The school has a total roll of 

about 2500 students and has a 

LGBTQ+ club, which has been in 

place for four years. 

Teacher in charge of the 

LGBTQ+ club Karen Healey 

said Burnside High has students 

who feel “uncomfortable using 

bathrooms that don’t match their 


School gets gender neutral loos 

Phil Holstein 

INCLUSIVE: Burnside High School’s new gender neutral bathroom is due to be finished 

next month in time for term three. 

gender identity.” 

“We really want schools to be a 

safe and supporting environment 

for students, and that can mean 

adjusting our mind, language, 

and even our buildings,” she 

said. 

It follows Burnside High’s 

decision to open up the 

school uniform regulations to 

interpretation by students. 

Students can now choose what 

school uniform items they are 

comfortable in, rather than being 

restricted to clothing by gender 

identity. 


NEWS 9 

Bid to make 

Airbnb and 

others register 

with council 

SHORT-TERM accommodation 

operators like Airbnb may soon 

have to register their activities. 

That’s if the city council gets 

its way. It has put forward a 

remit to Local Government New 

Zealand’s annual general meeting, 

asking for support of new 

legislation which would require 

all short-term accommodation 

providers to register with their 

local council. 

Deputy Mayor Andrew 

Turner said the city council has 

received numerous complaints 

from hotels, motels and campgrounds, 

which want shortterm 

rental accommodation 

providers brought into the same 

regulatory framework as they 

are required to operate in. 

“Councils need access to 

that information if they are to 

formulate an effective regulatory 

and rating approach that creates 

a level playing field across the 

guest accommodation sector 

in the communities they represent,” 

Cr Turner said. 

The city council is also seeking 

support for Government 

funding to undertake additional 

research into the impacts on 

people’s health of nitrates in 

drinking water. The remits will 

be considered on July 7. 

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NEWS 

Lancaster Park 

plan takes 

another step 


THE OUTCOME of discussions 

over the future use of Lancaster 

Park will be revealed next week. 

The quake-damaged stadium 

is being pulled down, with 

demolition work scheduled to be 

completed later this year. 

City council staff have been 

discussing the future of the park 

with Ngāi Tahu, the Crown, the 


Community Board and other 

key stakeholders, such as the 

Charleston Neighbourhood 

Association, Woolston 

Community Association, XCHC, 

Phillipstown Community Hub 

and the Christchurch Youth 

Council. 

The feedback from these 

meetings will be presented to 

the community board at its next 

meeting on June 17. The plan is 

for the park to be used for sport 

as there is a shortage of parks in 

the communities neighbouring 

Lancaster Park. 

However, the city council is 

asking the community what 

attributes it wants to see in the 

park. Sports clubs which have 

been involved are the Lancaster 

Park Cricket Club, Cashmere 

Technical Football Club and 

Sydenham and Otautahi rugby 

clubs. 

Church restoration funding nears end 

• By Georgia O’Connor- 

Harding 


A LONG battle to fund the 

restoration of one of the city’s 

most historic churches is now on 

the “home straight.” 

For nearly eight years, 

volunteers have been fundraising 

to restore the St Peter’s Anglican 

Church. 

The Upper Riccarton church, 

which was consecrated in 1858, 

was damaged in the February 

22, 2011, earthquake. 

The hard work has paid off 

with $2.1 million raised by 

the church. Restoration work 

started in April. 

Parish reverend Nick 

Mountfort said he is very 

excited but still needs to find an 

additional $400,000 to cover the 

costs. 

The main work for the restoration 

of the church located on 

Yaldhurst Rd is strengthening 

the ceilings and walls. 

Rev Mountfort said steel beams 

will be run under the building to 

strengthen it along with bracing 

in the ceiling and walls. 

“In the event of an earthquake, 

nobody will be in danger in that 

building. Which is reassuring because 

stone buildings in Christchurch 

are a bit scary,” he said. 

The original architecture of 

the church will be maintained 

while the north and south transept 

will be extended to allow for 

more amenities that were not in 

the old building. 

The church has a number of 

fundraising efforts planned with 

a garage sale in September and a 

ball next year. 

It is also running a living stone 

fundraiser where members of 

the community can sponsor a 

living stone from the church for 

$500 or a block for $1000 and 

their names will be listed on the 

walls of the restoration. 

Rev Mountfort said it is continuing 

to apply to trusts and 

charities around the world for 

the final funding needed. 

He said people with links to 

the church and community 

members have been very generous 

with helping the church 

raise $2.1 million so far. 

The city council granted 

$150,000 from its capital 

endowment fund in 2017 for the 

cause. It is estimated the church 

will be restored by August 2020. 

Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton 

Community Board member 

ENCOURAGING: 

St Peter’s 

Anglican Church 

Reverend Nick 

Mountford and 

fundraising 

committee 

chairman David 

Winfield are 

excited work 

to restore the 

historic church 

has begun. 

Catherine Chu said it has been 

heart-warming to feel the passion 

of the community in restoring 

the church. 

“I feel very privileged to be 

able to be of help to St Peter’s 

Anglican Church with their 

fundraising. We will be setting 

up a Givealittle page to help the 

cause and raise awareness,” she 

said. 

•Donations to the church 

can be made at www. 

stpeterschurch.nz/donatenow 

0800 324 678 

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Thank you for 

helping your 

Fall Zones 

community 

To all of you who have had your 

trees trimmed before they became 

a problem, thank you for keeping all 

the families in your community warm, 

happy, healthy and connected. 

You can be proud of the fact that you have allowed your 

neighbours to stay warm, cook dinner and even charge 

their mobile phones. You may not have realised that what 

you’ve done has had much impact, but from all of us here 

at Orion, we just want to say thank you. 

Notice and Growth limit zones 

B 

A 

Power line voltage A. Growth limit zone B. Notice zone 

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33,000 volts 2.5m 3.5m 

11,000 volts 1.6m 2.6m 

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On our network, 10-20% of all unplanned power outages are 

caused by trees — including vegetation — coming into contact 

with power lines. Other than this, fire damage to property from 

branches sparking in dry conditions and serious injury from 

electrocution from contact with trees touching power lines are 

also possible consequences of not maintaining your trees. 

How close is too close? 

While most damage is caused by trees falling on power lines, 

significant risk exists from trees merely touching them. This risk 

increases the higher the voltage of the power line. 

The minimum distances that must be maintained between trees 

and power lines, as defined in the Electricity (Hazards from 

Trees) Regulations 2003, are outlined in the diagrams above. 

All vegetation should be kept out of the growth limit zone and 

preferably the notice zone. 

Sometimes it may not be practical to have a tree trimmed at the 

rate at which it grows and unfortunately, this means it may need 

to be removed. Other situations may require trees to be removed, 

most commonly when they are at a high risk of falling due to 

disease or adverse weather events. 

Where do I start? 

Before you begin, remember to keep yourself, and those around 

you, safe. We recognise that not everyone is experienced in tree 

trimming and are happy to advise you on what to do. We can arrange 

for trees near power lines to be trimmed at your expense, however 

we recommend you hire professionals to safely carry out the work. 

If you or someone working for you intends to work within four 

metres of power lines, a close approach consent is required from 

Orion before you start. As a tree owner, you may be liable for any 

damage caused by carrying out trimming or felling of trees. 

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NEWS 

Future of the 

old municipal 

chambers 


POTENTIAL USES for the old 

municipal chambers have been 

discussed behind-closed-doors. 

Options for the future of the 

decaying historic building on 

Worcester St were presented to the 

city council’s social, community 

development and housing 

committee yesterday. 

“The report was considered in 

the public-excluded section of 

the meeting as it’s commercially 

sensitive. An announcement about 

the future use of this building will 

be made once details are finalised,” 

said city council principal adviser 

citizens and community Brent 

Smith. 

“Last year, we asked groups 

and individuals to express their 

interest in using and/or helping us 

to restore these buildings.” 

Mr Smith said recommendations 

to the committee follow investigations 

into the viability of the 

expressions of interest received. 

“The old municipal chambers 

are highly significant heritage 

buildings, and the council 

acknowledges the need to retain, 

protect and preserve their heritage 

values.” 

There is $300,000 budgeted in 

the Long Term Plan for interim 

repairs and maintenance work. 


PHIL PRICE is touted as a world 

leader when it comes to kinetic 

sculpture. 

And another piece of the 

Nelson-born, Canterbury 

University-educated sculptor’s 

work is the latest public artwork 

earmarked for the central city. 

Lift will be installed on the 

corner of Kilmore and Madras 

Sts as part of 

Otakaro’s Avon 

River Precinct. 

“Designing 

and 

constructing 

a plinth, along 

with the 

transportation 

and installation 

of Lift, is 

expected to 

cost around $25,000-$30,000 

and be carried out in spring,” an 

Ōtākaro spokesman said. 

It will be Price’s second work 

on display in the city – he is also 

behind Nucleus on the corner of 

High, Lichfield and Manchester 

Sts. 

Lift was made in 1992 during 

his only ever residency at Queen 

Mary Hospital in Hanmer. 

“At this early stage in his 

career, Price was keen to 

demonstrate his ability in 

making large permanent 


Price to give city a Lift 

Phil Price 

outdoor works, and this piece 

is one of a small few from what 

Price describes as his pre-kinetic 

sculptures,” a report said. 

“Price was fascinated by flight 

and movement but it had not yet 

dawned on him to make kinetic 

sculpture.” 

The spokesman said the 

majority of the Avon River 

Precinct is complete. 

“Work on a simple riverside 

pathway from Kilmore St to 

Fitzgerald Ave that will connect 

the city promenade to the future 

developments in the residential 

red zone is likely to begin later 

in the year.” 

Installation of the art work 

was approved yesterday by the 

city council’s social, community 

development and housing 

committee. 

It also approved installing 

two sections of the Berlin Wall 

in Victoria Square, close to the 

CULTURE: Lift 

by Phil Price is 

set to be placed 

on the corner 

of Kilmore and 

Madras Sts. 

town hall. The 3.6m, four-tonne 

sections will cost $10,000 to 

install and $5800 to maintain. 

They are set to be installed 

before the 30th anniversary of 

the Berlin Wall coming down in 

November after being in storage 

since 2017. The Margaret Mahy 

Family Playground was also 

mooted as a potential location. 

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thought it would be “too heavy 

themed” for children. 

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Papanui. Mr McCluskey will 

take on incumbent Mike 

Davidson and Papanui-Innes 

Community Board member 

John Stringer for the city council 

spot and will also stand for a 

seat on the community board 

against Mr Stringer and a second 

The People’s Choice candidate, 

Merav Benaia. 

He may also be up against 

Think Papanui’s Simon Britten, 

who is yet to announce whether 

he will run for the city council or 

a community board seat. 

Mr McCluskey stood for 

the community board spot 

under The People’s Choice 

banner in 2016 but polled 

fourth behind Emma Norrish 

and Mr Stringer, who were 

elected, and Mr Britten. 

Cr Davidson said he is looking 

forward to the challenges this 

year’s election will bring and 

hopes more candidates will 

result in a higher voter turnout. 

“I think it adds to better 

democracy; it’s important that 

we get more people running.” 

He went head-to-head for 

Papanui’s city council seat 

against Mr Stringer in the 2016 

elections and received 3316 votes 

compared to Mr Stringer’s 2364. 

Cr Davidson said he is 

confident about maintaining 

his position because of the work 

he has done within the Papanui 

Ward and throughout the city, 

such as trying to reduce rates. 

“I’ve had a chat with 


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Nathan 

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(Mr McCluskey) and he’s 

quite a nice chap. I’m not 

sure if he offers too much 

more than what I offer 

but that’s fine, that’s what 

democracy is all about.” 

“Quite frankly, I don’t 

really believe party politics 

belongs in local government, 

but obviously that’s their 

decision.” 

Mr McCluskey said his 

campaign will be positive 

and future-focused. 

“That means being positive 

and future-focused. I 

believe in the power of local 

democracy to represent the 

best interests of engaged 

communities. That means 

protecting natural resources 

like water so they are 

sustainable for my lifetime 

and future generations,” 

said Mr McCluskey. 

The People’s Choice did 

not run anyone for the 

Papanui council spot in the 

2016 elections. 

The People’s Choice chairman 

Keir Leslie said the group was 

fortunate this time round to 

have strong candidates willing to 

put their hand up for council. 

“Mr McCluskey has got a lot 

of skills. As a business owner, 

he’s aware of what it takes to 

make the sums add up at the 

end of the month. He’s got really 

strong values and would make a 

great councillor,” said Mr Leslie. 


LEE SAMPSON is set to contest 

the city council’s Cashmere 

Ward in the local body elections. 

The current Spreydon- 

Cashmere Community Board 

member has been announced 

as Labour-aligned group The 

People’s Choice’s 

candidate to run 

against incumbent Tim 

Scandrett. 

Mr Sampson said he 

would bring financial 

nous to the city council. 

“Community service 

is at my core, and 

I’m aware of the task 

in hand at council, 

having previously worked on 

the earthquake recovery of 

the council’s social housing 

portfolio. During this 

time, I was instrumental 

in cutting out waste and 

reducing the new build 

delivery costs by up to 50 

per cent so more warm 

homes could be built 

for our most vulnerable 

residents,” he said. 

Mr Sampson is a 

development manager 

with 20 years’ experience. 

he is also a director of Habitus 

Group. 

He is a board member for the 

Summit Road Society, a Rotarian, 

Lee Sampson 

Tim 

Scandrett 

NEWS 15 

Sampson to run 

for Cashmere seat 

on the Age Friendly Spreydon- 

Cashmere Steering Board, 

was a youth mentor with Big 

Brother Big Sister until last 

year and a project adviser 

for Otakaro Gardens. 

Cr Scandrett was elected for his 

second term in 2016 unopposed. 

He has been a community board 

member since 2007. 

“I’ve lived in the 

area my whole life – I 

think I’ve lived in every 

suburb starting with S – 

so Spreydon, Somerfield, 

St Martins.” 

Cr Scandrett said the 

pair had a lot of similar 

values, but he was still 

looking forward to a 

good campaign. 

“It’s professional, not personal. 

Obviously I still don’t want 

him to win,” he said. 

Alongside Mr Sampson, 

The People’s 

Choice chairman Kier 

Leslie will run for the 

Cashmere seat on the 

community board. 

Community board 

deputy chairwoman 

Melanie Coker has 

been named to run for 

the city council seat in 

the Spreydon Ward in place of 

incumbent city councillor 

Phil Clearwater, who is not 

standing. 

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A 23-YEAR-OLD commerce 

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University’s almost 150-year 

history. 

Since 1959 only 25 students 

have been recorded as 

graduating with a PhD aged 

23 – and Natasha Mazey, of 

Avonhead, is the only female. 

Born in 1995, Dr Mazey 

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in accounting information 

systems. 

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opportunity to attend 

Boston University’s 

summer journalism 

institute programme. 

The New England 

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Reporting runs the 

programme for students 

from around the world 

aged 14-18. 

Said careers pathway adviser 

Kristen Fox: “Students who 

ACADEMIC: Natasha Mazey, 

23, is understood to be the 

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earned her doctorate at 

Canterbury University. 

Dr Wingreen said. 

“She’s like this unstoppable 

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PhD students were like her,” Dr 

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Having worked for EY and 

been seconded to Air New 

Zealand, Dr Mazey now works 

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Chance to win an electric car 

A $40,000 electric vehicle is one 

of many prizes up for grabs at 

the Star Media Home and Living 

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Star Media events manager 

Lisa Lynch said the show at 

Horncastle Arena from June 

28-30, 10am-5pm, promises 

to deliver new and exciting 

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There will also be a range 

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Intersection 

submissions 

under analysis 

UPGRADING A controversial 

Harewood intersection received 

about the same amount of 

feedback as the $10 million Christ 

Church Cathedral grant. 

A call for submissions on two 

options for improving the safety 

of Harewood, Breens and Gardiners 

Rds intersection led to about 

1000 submissions – the Cathedral 

grant had 1063 submissions 

“We have had a huge response 

to our request for public submissions 

on the two options we are 

considering for improving the 

safety,’’ said council senior project 

manager Brendan Bisley. 

City council staff are now 

analysing the submissions so they 

can prepare a report on safety 

improvements. 

Last month the city council 

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options for improving the intersection. 

The first option involves 

closing the median on Harewood 

Rd, making both Gardiners Rd 

and Breens Rd left-turn in and 

left-turn out only, and installing a 

traffic-light controlled pedestrian 

crossing. 

It would cost about $400,000 

and is preferred by the council. 

The second option involves 

installing traffic lights at the 

intersection at a cost of $1.2 

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Bid to reinstall Cave Rock Dumbstruck by the Wiggles 

signal tower lights 

• By Louis Day 

SUMNER resident Toni Pengelly 

has a special connection to the 

Cave Rock signal tower. 

Her grandfather Jack Kerr 

served as a crew member for the 

Sumner Lifeboat Institution from 

1940 to 1987. 

During his time as skipper, he 

relied on information and lighting 

from the signal tower, which 

served as their control tower, to 

complete rescues. 

However, the tower has not 

been illuminated for at least 10 

years. 

Ms Pengelly, alongside the 

Sumner-Redcliffs Historical Society, 

is on a mission to get 

the lights back on the signal 

tower. 

The city council has said it 

would be open to the idea of 

lights being reinstalled but has 

no funding available. Formal 

access agreements would also be 

required but have not been given 

at this stage 

Ms Pengelly said they would 

be approaching the Linwood- 

Central-Heathcote Community 

Board for funding once they 

had been granted permission to 

progress with the project. 

She thought the lights would 

add to the beauty of Sumner. 

“I remember the days the cross 

was lit up, it was fabulous, it was 

just spectacular. The absence 

CONNECTIONS: Toni 

Pengelly at the Cave Rock 

signal tower. 


of the lights has been a real loss 

to the community since they 

stopped functioning over the 

last 10 to 15 years in terms of 

aesthetics and the historical significance,” 

she said. 

The signal mast was constructed 

on Cave Rock by the 

regional council in 1864. This 

was in response to demands from 

shipping companies to make the 

Sumner entrance safer for trading 

vessels travelling to the Heathcote 

wharves at Woolston. 

The original signal station 

became the Sumner Lifeboat 

Institution’s control tower in 1958 

when a base radio transmitter 

was installed to communicate 

directly with the lifeboat when 

she was at sea. 


WOW, WHAT a week. 

I never thought I would have 

got so excited to see a children’s 

show, but I’m re-living my 

childhood vicariously through my 

daughter. 

Laura and I took Vittoria to 

the Wiggles on Saturday and it 

was amazing. I kind of feel like 

the first parent to see Shrek when 

I say there was definitely some 

jokes in there for the adults too, 

which is why I liked it so much. 

It’s not just because I like the 

songs and stuff. 

It was a big surprise for 

Vittoria, not that it was hard to 

keep it from her, and it totally 

blew her little Wiggle-loving 

mind. Honestly, it was watching 

her love it which really made it 

for me. 

I so wish I had managed to 

get it on film, but when they 

came out on stage her wee mouth 

fell open so wide you could’ve 

driven the big red car right on in 

there. 

The running theory for me 

and Laura is that Vittoria was 

struggling to comprehend 

that her favourite colourful 

Australians were actually real. 

Dancing along with her was a 

blast, she knows a bunch of the 

actions and at home she even 

gets excited if you say the word 

“Wiggles” while standing near the 

TV. 

Only thing was, she 

occasionally just clammed up and 

VITTORIA 

& Matt 

OVERWHELMED: Vittoria 

doing hand motions with the 

Wiggles. 

sat there dumbstruck. She was 

clearly a little overwhelmed by the 

whole thing. 

To be fair, her Wiggles 

experience had exploded from 

watching them on Netflix to 

dancing along in a room chock 

a-block full of other hyperactive 

Wiggles fans while the real deal 

Wiggles sang on stage. 

By the end of the show she had 

her head around it. 

I can’t wait for them to 

do another show here, it’ll 

be interesting to see how 

Vittoria would go on the second 

round. 

To cap the week off, Vittoria 

and I have moved out to North 

Canterbury for a few days to look 

after my mum and step-dad’s 

place in Waikuku while they’re 

away on holiday. 

It’s just us two and two small 

dogs hanging out in my home 

town/village. It’s going to be great 

and likely a challenge. 

I’ve never really been a 

stay-at-home dad alone, with 

zero back-up at any point during 

the day. 

So look forward to an update 

on how that goes. 

•Former Star Media 

journalist Matt Salmons has 

become a stay-at-home 

dad. We follow his journey 

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Peacocks being relocated 

• By Louis Day 

NINE peacocks were relocated 

from the Port Hills on Monday 

after five were shot last month. 

The peacocks have been 

relocated to a farm in 

Marlborough. 

However, seven peacocks 

remain. 

The relocation effort comes 

after a neighbourly dispute 

between Janelle Wills, who feeds 

the wild peacocks, and farmer 

Sue Stubenvoll, who does not 

want them wandering on to her 

property. 

In February, Ms Stubenvoll 

sent a legal letter to Miss Wills, 

saying she had the right to 

shoot the peacocks under the 

Impounding Act. She gave Miss 

Wills four weeks notice. 

Last month, Ms Stubenvoll 

A reader shares an opinion 

on open road speed limits 

RELOCATION: Nine 

peacocks have been moved 

from the Port Hills to a farm 

in Marlborough after five 

were shot last month. 

arranged for someone to shoot 

five peacocks which were on her 

property. 

She then skinned, roasted and 

ate one of them for dinner. 

Ms Stubenvoll said she has not 

N G Smith – I have been 

reading reports that open road 

speed limits may be reduced and 

it has me wondering what the 

promoters base this on? 

Over the last week I have driven 

about 1000km around the narrow 

lanes, and single carriage way 

roads in Southern England, all 

with a 60mph (100km/h) limit, 

in comparison NZ roads are far 

superior in both visibility and surfaces 

and with very light traffic. 

To date I have yet to see an 

accident, or any car with dents, 

perhaps people concentrate more 

as they are aware of other road 

users and the need to be alert at 

all times? 

Dropping limits will cause 

boredom, sleepiness and frustration 

and the perennial slow drivers 

will continue to tailgate both 

trucks and cars and then speed up 

to close gaps should faster traffic 

try to pass and pull in safely, failing 

in this basic requirement is 

news online at www.star.kiwi 21 

decided whether she will shoot 

more. 

News of the incident appalled 

local residents, with some taking 

to the community Facebook 

group ‘Lyttelton – Ain’t No Place 

I’d Rather Be’ to vent their anger. 

Ms Stubenvoll then called the 

police after she was branded a 

murderer by various residents. 

She told The Star the culling was 

to prevent the peacocks eating the 

rare gecko and skink populations 

which live on the farm. 

Miss Wills said she was still 

losing sleep after five of the 

peacocks were shot. 

“It is still very stressful because 

we don’t want to wake up to more 

dead,” she said. 

Miss Wills said she needs more 

time to relocate the remaining 

seven. 

probably the major cause of head 

on collisions and fatalities. 

Perhaps we should keep the 

traffic and economy going 

forward by reviewing the limits 

upwards and educate the slower 

drivers to stay left and allow 

plenty of space for following cars 

to pass safely. 

Failing to do this should attract 

similar penalties to those charged 

with exceeding the limit. 

Keep the traffic and economy 

moving by opposing this 

nonsense. 

Giving communities a 

role in decision-making 

ONE OF the papers we are 

considering at council this week 

will see us move away from 

centralised decision-making 

towards a more participatory, 

localised and collaborative 

approach. 

By entering into councilcommunity 

board governance 

partnership agreements, 

decision-making will be brought 

closer to the communities to 

which the decisions relate. 

When you think about community 

boards and their relationships 

with local resident associations 

and community groups, 

and their ability to represent and 

advocate for their interests, then 

it makes sense that delegations 

be set in the context of a partnership 

with the council. Entrusting 

community boards with local decisions 

makes good sense, and it 

saves double-handling with community 

boards no longer having 

to consider matters in detail only 

to make a recommendation to 

the council. 

Mayor 

Lianne Dalziel 


A decentralised approach to 

governance also means that the 

council as a whole can be more 

responsive to the diverse needs 

of the communities we serve. 

A partnership approach is a 

commitment by the council to 

formally and consistently seek 

community board input prior to 

making significant governance 

decisions. 

By recognising each of the 

community board plans as 

a strategic document to be 

included in the preparation 

of service plans, annual plans 

and long-term plans, more 

communities will have a reason 

to be involved in working with 

their community boards right 

from the outset. This has got to 

be good for local democracy and 

good decision-making. 

We want to ensure the 

partnership agreement is a living 

document, so we will review the 

delegations with the community 

boards six months into the next 

term. 

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THEATRE/ARTS 


Combatting the stress of being creative 


Harding 

AWARD-WINNING composer 

and author Jeff Crabtree has two 

ultimate goals for the performing 

arts community – longevity and 

productivity. 

“What if we could get these 

amazing people to live longer 

lives and produce over a longer 

period of time. Wouldn’t that be 

a better world?” 

It is why Crabtree and his wife 

Julie are bringing their more 

than 15 years-in-the-making 

research on creativity and mental 

health to the city for the first 

time in July. 

Living with a Creative Mind 

Symposium aims to help people 

with creative minds to uncover 

how their mind is wired and why 

their lives may be led at such 

extremes. 

The workshop will focus on 

about 27 methods including 

practising mindfulness to help 

creatives to not become vulnerable 

to anxiety or depression. 

Based in Sydney, Crabtree is 

a musician who specialises in 

gospel blues and film scoring. 

His wife, Julie is a psychologist 

specialising in issues associated 

with creative artists and performers. 

Under their company Zebra 

Collective, in 2010 they published 

Living with a Creative 

Mind – an operating handbook 

for a creative person. 

A key problem is often creatives 

have a quality called skinlessness 

– which means they take 

in the emotional state of people 

around them, Crabtree said. 

“You might go to a social function 

and have a great time. But 

a person really skinless is going 

there and they are feeling overwhelmed 

. . . they are picking up 

everyone else’s stress. 

“A lot of people are selfmedicating 

. . . it is not that they 

have suddenly gone off the deep 

end morally, they are needing 

to do something to help cope,” 

Crabtree said. 

He said he wants to equip 

creatives with tools to help them 

live better lives without them 

becoming addicted to nonprescription 

medication. 

How can you tell if you have a 

creative mind? Crabtree said it is 

as easy as getting a psychologist 

to get you to take a test. 

“I think the best way to think 

of creative thinking is having 

two opposites,” he said. 

On one side, creative people 

are often left-field or out-of-thebox 

thinkers while the other is 

they are logical and disciplined. 

“I think there is this idea that 

people that produce creatively is 

they have this airy-fairy jumping 

around like a butterfly 

kind of life and there is 

part of them that is like 

that.” 

But Crabtree said just 

about every creative 

professional he has met is 

highly disciplined. 

“Look no further than 

Sir Peter Jackson – look 

at all the interview 

material with him. There 

is part of him almost 

whimsical and fay . . . on the 

other he is incredibly disciplined.” 

He said creativity is a way of 

thinking – it is not only musicians, 

artists and painters – it is 

Philip Seymour 

Hoffman 

CONCERNS: 

Jeff and Julie 

Crabtree want 

creatives to 

live long and 

productive lives. 

businessmen and entrepreneurs, 

Crabtree said. 

“I don’t know Jacinda Ardern 

at all but her approach to the 

recent events tell me she has deployed 

a different way to thinking 

than standard . . . 

she is regarded as out 

of the box.” 

One of Crabtree’s 

key concerns is there 

is a strong association 

between drug-taking 

and the creative industry. 

A study conducted 

by mental health organisation 

Entertainment 

Assist in 2016 

showed 44 per cent of workers 

in the Australian entertainment 

industry had moderate to severe 

anxiety. 

This is 10 times higher in the 

entertainment industry rate 

compared to the general population. 

Out of 2904 people in the industry 

surveyed, 7.7 per cent had 

attempted suicide – more than 

double the general population. 

“What we are trying to do is 

prove is you don’t need to die 

young for your art, you don’t need 

to be tortured. You don’t need to 

be suffering,” Crabtree said. 

In New Zealand, he said work 

is being done with organisations 

including the The New Zealand 

Music Foundation having a support 

line providing free counselling 

for those in the music 

industry. 

An example of huge loss of 

talent to the entertainment 

industry was American actor, 

director and producer Phillip 

Seymour Hoffman – who died 

from acute mixed drug intoxication, 

including heroin at the age 

of 46 in 2014. 

Following his death it was 

discussed in the entertainment 

industry what amazing work 

could have been produced but 

had been stolen away because of 

his early death. 

“If you put him in a 

different movie he suddenly 

becomes a different person. 

Maybe it is arguable he is the 

greatest character actor of our 

generation,” he said. 

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Cellist pays tribute to Lloyd Webber 


Harding 

IT HAS been 30 years since 

established cellist Ashley Brown 

first played a piece which he says 

is as “close to rock music as you 

are going to get on a cello.” 

Brown, 47, is now bringing 

back the piece, called Theme and 

Variations 1-4 (Paganini Caprice 

in A Minor No. 24), for Showbiz 

Christchurch’s production of The 

Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber 

In Concert, which runs from 

tomorrow to Sunday at the Isaac 

Theatre Royal. 

When he was 17, Brown and 

several friends performed the 

piece, based on Italian violinist 

Niccolò Paganini’s Caprice No 

24 In A Minor, at a Chamber 

Music New Zealand national 

competition. It took them all the 

way to the finals. 

“At the finals, the judge said 

this is not chamber music. We 

were kicked out at that point but 

we had a total blast,” he said. 

As the founder of musical 

group NZTrio, Brown, who is 

based in Auckland, has led a 

successful career, sharing the 

stage with well known musicians 

like Neil Finn and Dame Gillian 

Whitehead. 

NZTrio has been described 

as a “national treasure” and is 

a proud ambassador of New 

MAGICAL: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber In Concert 

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Zealand music. The group has 

featured at least one Kiwi piece 

of music in every concert it has 

performed during its 17-year 

history. 

Recently Brown was joined 

by two new members, violinist 

Amalia Hall and pianist Somi 

Kim, after founding members, 

Justine Cormack and Sarah 

Watkin, departed after 15 years 

with the group. 

As the starring cellist in the 

Showbiz Christchurch concert, 

Brown will also perform Lloyd 

Webber’s Variations 1-4, 22 & 23. 

The show will feature music 

from some of Lloyd Webber’s 

greatest shows, including The 

Phantom of the Opera, Cats 

and Joseph and the Amazing 

Technicolor Dreamcoat. 

There will be 14 soloists, 

a 33-piece orchestra and 30 

dancers on-stage. 

While Brown normally locks 

in his performances a year in 

advance, he was only asked to 

take part in The Music of Andrew 

Lloyd Webber In Concert about a 

week and a half ago. 

Brown, who grew up on 

Phantom of the Opera and Chess, 

said the concert will “be a ball.” 

He briefly studied law and 

music at Canterbury University, 

and says his father and 

grandmother both previoulsy 

lived in Christchurch, which 

means the city “has always felt 

like home” for him. 

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OUR PEOPLE – WAYNE HAWKER 

Battling on behalf of the community 

Community advocate 

Wayne Hawker has 

been in a tireless battle 

against a bottle store 

recently, which has 

reached a satisfying 

resolution. He speaks to 

Julia Evans about his 

life of community work 

and plan for Lancaster 

Park 

You had a big win in the fight 

against the Phillipstown bottle 

store. How did that feel? 

It was a justified win for 

our community and we were 

very pleased with the decision 

that was made. But we’re not 

celebrating just yet because 

Liquorland do have a right of 

appeal. They would have to make 

it through the High Court and 

the only way they can appeal 

is on a point of law. Reading 

through the decision made by 

the alcohol regulatory authority, 

I do not believe that they have 

the grounds under the law. So 

once that two-week window is 

closed, that’s when we will have 

a mild celebration. We’re just 

going to have a little get-together 

for people in the community and 

those who came along to support 

us and that worked with us. 

Because the reality is this whole 

VOICE: Wayne Hawker has been living in and advocating for Phillipstown for 39 years. 


campaign has been going since 

2017, so it’s been going on for 

over 18 months. It’s a drawn out 

process and we’ve had to bide our 

time to get the right result. 

How difficult was that battle? 

Were there moments when you 

thought it was hopeless? 

I wouldn’t say difficult, I would 

say challenging. But we went 

all out, I’m a bit unorthodox 

in the way I go about things. 

Liquorland’s parent company 

is Foodstuffs so part of our 

campaign was a small group of 

us actually picketed outside of 

Foodstuffs head office on Main 

North Rd. 

We also held a protest outside 

the site where the liquor store was 

meant to be and we also actually 

went and held a small picket 

protest for a couple of hours 

outside the Liquorland store in 

Riccarton Rd, where the owners 

of that store wanted to open the 

new one. 

We made sure during all our 

campaign that it was always in 

the media and it was at the front 

of people’s minds so it didn’t get 

lost in the background. When 

we went through the hearings 

process we had all the agencies 

like the police, the Canterbury 

District Health Board and the 

liquor licensing inspectors 

opposing it and we really hit 

the ground running. We were 

fortunate that we found out about 

the potential for this liquor store 

going in weeks before the actual 

application went in. As soon as 

we heard that, we hit the ground 

running. 

We achieved something that 

surprised a lot of people in 

that we actually gathered more 

than 121 letters of objection 

and submitted them into the 

committee. While there was 

only a small group of about 11 

or 12 objectors to speak to the 

committee, we were well versed 

in what we should be saying and 

how we should say it. 

The Canterbury Community 

Law Centre, they gave us a lot 

of advice that we were grateful 

for. Then we had the process of 

two full days of a hearing and 

for some of us it was long days. 

Back then, I was working nights, 

I started at 10pm and finished at 

7am and then start the hearing at 

10am. I don’t mind, I’m sure used 

to long hours and I generally 

don’t sleep a lot anyway, so it’s no 

worries for me. 

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OUR PEOPLE 25 

and winning through unorthodox style 

Why didn’t you want a bottle 

store there? 

For one thing, Phillipstown 

is a low socio-economic area, 

there’s a lot of social issues. On 

the Government’s deprivation 

scale, we rank nine out of 10. 

That sort of thing has issues 

for a community. We’re aware 

there’s a lot of issues for the 

community, we’re aware there’s a 

lot of council and social housing 

within the community, there’s a 

lot of vulnerable people. When 

you look across the city as to how 

many liquor outlets, we thought 

well no, there’s no need for it 

here. While they wanted to put 

the liquor store in Phillipstown, 

we weren’t their target clientele. 

They said people were going to 

come from Sumner, Redcliffs and 

if that’s where your clientele are 

coming from, the simple answer 

is that they should open up in 

those communities. But up there 

those communities do have the 

resources to really take a fight to 

them. They chose Phillipstown 

because they did not expect to 

get the backlash they got. A lot 

of people have said there’s one 

thing they didn’t count on when 

they chose Phillipstown and that 

was me. This is the second liquor 

store in the last 10 years that I’ve 

stopped in Phillipstown. 

What was the first one? 

It was a few years ago now, 

back in about 2010 just before 

our school closed. It was only 

about 1km from the school on 

Stanmore Rd. A liquor store 

wanted to go in there so once 

again I was very unorthodox in 

my approach. I found out who 

the owner was and he owned a 

supermarket across the other 

side of town. So I made a placard 

and a petition and I went and 

stood outside his supermarket 

on the other side of town. People 

wanted to know what I was 

doing and when they found out 

they were quite happy to sign 

the petition. The manager of the 

supermarket came out and had 

a go at me because people were 

going inside and having a go at 

them. They threatened to call 

the police on me and I said be 

my guest because legally I wasn’t 

doing anything wrong, I had no 

PROTEST: 

Wayne 

Hawker has 

successfully 

fought off 

two liquor 

stores 

planned for 

Phillipstown. 

control of what people did when 

they walked into the store. They 

walked away and I said see you 

later, and by the way, I’m going 

to be back here tomorrow. So I 

did that for a whole week and got 

400 signatures on that petition. I 

put a covering letter with it and 

sent it directly to the owner. Then 

about six weeks later, I hadn’t 

heard anything so I rang the 

council to find out how it was 

progressing only to be told he’d 

withdrawn his application. 

Tell me a bit about your 

campaign to get rid of brothels 

in the suburbs? 

There was an illegal brothel 

operating in our street. Our 

street’s a residential area in 

Phillipstown. Once again, I’m 

a bit unorthodox. I recorded 

the number plates of the people 

visiting there and I posted them 

on Facebook. Some people 

thought, yeah, great and by some 

people I was called all the names 

under the sun. But it gained 

traction and in the end I worked 

very closely with the city council. 

They did a couple of raids. Once 

they found an illegal worker 

hiding in a wardrobe who never 

had appropriate paperwork. 

They also found a lock box with 

in excess of $60,000 in it, which 

was obviously handed over to 

the taxman. There’s rules around 

single owner/operated brothels. 

This person was operating it as a 

full-on brothel. The neighbours 

came to me as someone who is 

involved in local body stuff and 

someone who gets something 

done and asked me what we 

could do about it. Council ended 

up putting a couple of abatement 

notices against them and they 

were fined. We ended up getting 

it closed down 


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OUR PEOPLE 

Hawker ‘stands up for the small guy’ 

•From page 25 

How did you begin advocating 

for the community? 

Well, I’ve lived in this 

community for 39 years this year, 

and I’ve always been someone 

who stands up for the small guy. 

Phillipstown is a marginalised 

community over the years, and to 

some extent the media only used 

to report the negative things that 

were going on in the community. 

But it’s actually a great 

community to be a part of. I just 

like to stand up for the underdog. 

Someone has to take on the fight. 

Like I say, the bigger they are it 

doesn’t matter to me. When I 

had a business, I had issues with 

the bank and I took them to 

the insurance ombudsman and 

I beat them. I was also on the 

board of trustees for Phillipstown 

School for 18 years. When Hekia 

[Parata] started on all the school 

closures, the first big rally that 

was held in Christchurch in 

Hagley Park was put together in 

eight days and over 3500 people 

turned up to that and I was the 

one that organised it. We stood 

up for what we believed in for 

our schools. So we actually took 

the Government to court and 

unfortunately, while we won 

the battle, the first round and 

the court found in our favour 

and said they weren’t allowed 

to do that, but the Government 

turned around and did it again 

and unfortunately the school 

ended up shutting down. There 

has been a bright side to the 

school shutting down and that’s 

the Phillipstown Community 

Hub. It’s run by the Phillipstown 

Community Trust, which I’m 

one of the founding members 

of. Twenty years ago we opened 

up our first small community 

centre in the corner of the school. 

When the school closed we 

were asked, did we want to take 

over the school site? We know 

why they did it, they needed a 

babysitter for their property. But 

now the reality is it’s more than 

just a babysitting proposition. It’s 

delivering for many organisations 

and communities across the 

city. There are up to 50 different 

groups who hire and use the 

spaces on a regular basis. On 

Saturday and Sunday afternoons, 

you go down there and you can’t 

get a car park, it’s busier than 

Colombo St. At the same time, 

we’re still only there at the whim 

of the ministry so we’re looking 

at avenues to try and change that. 

We see that the more we can 

develop it, work in partnership 

with the CDHB and the council, 

we can deliver community 

services not just for Phillipstown 

but all of Christchurch. Because 

of our location and proximity 

to the central city, it could be a 

community hub for the whole city. 

What is so important about 

Phillipstown and what would 

you like to see for its future? 

You’ve got to talk about the 

proximity of the city. I think 

if anybody’s thinking about 

where’s an up-and-coming area, 

Phillipstown is a prime area to 

be buying in. The reality is that 

prices compared to some parts 

of the city are very reasonable. 

From where I live, I can walk into 

the city in 20min and 20min the 

other way I can walk to Eastgate. 

We’ve got all the main bus routes, 

and before the earthquake we had 

a big rugby stadium. Something 

will be there. They should give 

the land back at Hagley Park and 

set up the cricket ground there. 

Re-do the old land at Lancaster 

Park, re-do that as a village 

green-type cricket venue down 

there. That way you can put 

floodlights in as well, that’s not 

going to be an issue. Whereas I 

can see a fight over them wanting 

to put in floodlights at Hagley 

Park, which I do not agree with. 

The purpose of that ground at 

Hagley Park was for the Cricket 

World Cup, that’s all it should 

have been for. They’ve got the ideal 

opportunity to redesign Lancaster 

Park, not just the stadium site. But 

they could have a purpose-built 

cricket venue and even put in 

some low level buildings for other 

sports. They could have all the 

international cricket right back 

here and it won’t be a burden on 

the people and there will be plenty 

of parking all around the sports 

ground. When we had the school, 

we used to open it up for parking 

and I was the co-ordinator for 

that. Up until we lost it, I had 

helped generate over $300,000 for 

the school just from car parking. 

That car parking service had been 

operating since the 1950s. They 

started charging two bob a car. 

That’s why the school was able 

to do so much for the families in 

the area. People always ask when 

you’re on a board of trustees, 

what’s your No 1 objective – the 

kids – it always had to be about 

the kids. Because we were able to 

generate this extra income, we 

were able to get the resources and 

support the families. This is why 

people were dumbfounded when 

we were chosen to close. We had 

a record second to none in terms 

of supporting Maori and Pacific 

students. 

NEIGHBOURLY 

SPIRIT: Wayne 

Hawker is one 

of the founding 

members of the 

Phillipstown 

Community 

Trust. 

Tell me a little bit about your 

family. 

I’ve been married to my wife 

Linda for 39 years this year. The 

house in Phillipstown was the 

first house we moved into. We 

have no intention of moving and 

even if I wanted to, I probably 

couldn’t afford it. I’ve got two 

grown up daughters. One lives in 

Kaiapoi with her three children 

and our other daughter, her 

husband and little boy live on the 

Gold Coast. But they’re actually 

shifting back to Christchurch 

permanently in 10 days, so they’ll 

be shifting in here for a few weeks 

while they get themselves sorted. 

What do you do for a job? 

I’m a baker by trade, I’ve been 

doing that since the day I left 

school. Where I’m working now 

is pies, we make about 10,000- 

12,000 a day. Our company has 

the contract for the Z petrol 

stations. We have a wide variety 

of pies. There are two factories, 

one here in Christchurch and one 

up in Napier. The Christchurch 

factory does the South Island and 

Napier does the North Island. We 

also export some overseas. 

Where did you grow up? 

I come from a big family of 10 

kids, I’m No 4 on the list. We did, 

as you did back in those days, 

move a lot. We lived in Papanui, 

then in Riccarton, then we were 

living in Hornby. From there, 

that’s when I left school, got a job 

and moved out of home. I went 

flatting with some friends for a 

while, got married and shifted in 

here. I’ve been here ever since. 

What are your hobbies? 

I’m very much involved in the 

sport of netball. This is my 21st 

year being involved in netball. 

I’m on the committee of the 

Cashmere Netball Club, I served 

12 years as their president, I was 

secretary, coaching co-orindator, 

umpire co-ordinator and I’m 

currently treasurer of the club. 

I’m a qualified umpire and a 

coach. I usually wait and see 

where they need coaches and step 

in. I’m currently coaching four 

teams. Because I work nights, my 

days are free, which allows me to 

do everything I have been doing 

over the years. 

What other community/ 

volunteer roles do you have? 

I joined my first committee 

when I was 17, I’m now almost 

62. There’s a few years that I 

wasn’t, but I’ve been involved 

on the rugby league school boys 

committee. 

I’ve been on the Akaroa 

Trotting Club before they started 

doing it automatically, I used 

to be a timekeeper for the race 

meetings out at Motukarara. 

I spent 18 years on the board 

of trustees at Phillipstown 

School, I’m one of the founding 

members of the Phillipstown 

Community Centre and trust, 

and have 21 years involvment 

with the Cashmere Netball 

Club as well. I’ve received a bit 

of recognition over the years 

from Volunteering Canterbury. 

I received a community service 

award from the Hagley- 

Ferrymead Community Board, I 

received a volunteer recognition 

for my work on the board of 

trustees and a service volunteer 

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year. While it’s nice to get those 

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that work for the community? 

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making a difference. I’ve always 

been of the attitude, if you ever 

want any work done, give it to a 

busy person. I enjoy it, otherwise 

I wouldn’t do it. 

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Shawtys Cafe 

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contemporary interior. You’ll find the best espresso in the 

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Greedy Cow 

Creative breakfast menu 

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The Hermitage Hotel 

Surrounded by the wondrous Aoraki/Mt Cook National 

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The Cairns 

Looking for a welcoming haven from the hustle and 

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Lake Tekapo and beyond. 

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Big Sky Stargazing 

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Mt Dobson 

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located between Fairlie and Lake Tekapo, 2.5 hours from 

Christchurch and 3 hours from Queenstown, Mt Dobson 

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to optimise the alpine outlook. Rakinui Restaurant & Bar opens 

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SPORT 35 

Halfback motoring on with careers 

• By Gordon Findlater 

FROM HYDRANGEAS to 

wagyu, classic cars and beyond 

former Crusaders halfback Andy 

Ellis does it all. 

Ellis made 154 appearances for 

the Crusaders between 2006 and 

2016. These days he’s still plying 

his trade professionally with the 

Kobelco Steelers in Japan. However, 

he has a number of interests 

outside of rugby in New Zealand 

keeping him busy. 

The 35-year-old recently 

returned to Japan after a few 

months in New Zealand which 

included filming for an upcoming 

television series Motoka. 

“It’s kind of a mixture between 

Country Calendar and Top 

Gear,” said Ellis. 

“It’s about the cars, but also the 

people behind the cars and why 

New Zealanders are such bogans. 

Why we love our cars so much 

and why we have more cars per 

capita than any other country.” 

During filming, Ellis was 

taken for a spin by World Rally 

Championship driver Hayden 

Paddon and was even reunited 

with his former 1968 Ford Fairlane 

he bought from Reuben 

Thorne. 

Ellis got his first taste of 

rugby at under-six level with the 

Burnside Rugby Club. He stayed 

with the club until playing first 

XV rugby with Burnside High 

School. 

In his seventh-form year he 

won a six-month scholarship 

through the Willows Cricket 

Club in Loburn to go to Surrey 

in England and play club cricket. 

However, his passion for rugby 

surpassed his cricket talents and 

Ellis concentrated on rugby when 

returning to Christchurch with 

the Canterbury University club. 

“I wanted to go back to Burnside 

club, but they had the Tongan 

international halfback playing 

for them, so I had to move 

clubs and that’s when I went and 

played for varsity [University],” 

said Ellis. 

After impressing with the 

Canterbury B side Ellis was 

selected for the Canterbury 

academy. Within 18 months he 

found himself making debuts 

the New Zealand under-21 side, 

•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 

Canterbury, the Crusaders and 

the All Blacks. 

“I was a bit of a rugby head so I 

almost idolised guys like Reuben 

Thorne, Justin Marshall and 

Andrew Mehrtens and then I’m 

standing there nude with them, 

nude. I know that sounds kind of 

weird and creepy, but that is sort 

of what it was like,” said Ellis. 

The halfback was part of Super 

Rugby winning teams in 2006 

and 2008. However, what Ellis 

enjoyed most from his time with 

the Crusaders were the friendships 

and having a laugh. 

“For me it’s the memories with 

my mates on and off the field. 

Winning big games, tight games 

or must-win games. It’s a great 

feeling look your mate in the eye 

after a game and have a beer with 

him in the sheds,” said Ellis. 

During the early days with 

the team, some of the laughs 

included being forced to play 

pranks on more senior players. 

“Us young fellas, we’d play 

games and whoever lost the 

game, we’d come up with a prize 

for them . . . so if you lost you 

REUNITED: Andy Ellis found 

his 1968 Ford Fairlane in 

Winton while recently 

filming a television series. 

had to write a note to Reuben 

Thorne and buy him a box of 

chocolates. The note would 

have to say thanks so much for 

making me feel welcome from 

whatever your name was. If you 

lost you had to put that in his 

locker,” he said. 

In 2016 Ellis played his 

last game for the Crusaders 

and embarked on his new 

challenge in Japan. 

DISTRIBUTOR: Andy Ellis played more than 150 games for the 

Crusaders over 11 seasons. 

“I walked away with a massive 

smile on my face and gave everyone 

a huge hug and said thanks 

so much for the memories. It was 

just a great feeling, “said Ellis. 

“I didn’t know how long it 

would last over here, but sure 

enough I got made captain a 

couple of years ago and here I am 

still chipping away.” 

Perks of playing professionally 

include long off-season, which 

enables players to return home 

for up to four months. Another 

is the day-time kick-offs. 

“I remember thinking this is 

what I remember and why I loved 

the game so much when I was 

playing club footy . . . we’d have a 

few beers, a barbecue and go out 

for dinner after a game. That’s stuff 

you don’t get to do in New Zealand 

professional rugby we play so 

many night games,” he said. 

Ellis believes the upcoming 

season in Japan may be his last. 

After rugby he plans to invest extra 

time in his business interests. 

He and his Kobe butcher 

business partner kick-started 

Waitaha Wagyu. They beef up 

wagyu – a Japanese breed of 

cattle – on a farm in Chertsey, 

north of Ashburton. 

“We’re taking the best genetics 

and we’re using New Zealand’s 

premium feed. All the wheat, 

corn and barley is grown on 

the farm . . . the end product in 

unbelievable,” he said. 

The meat is exported and 

also used in top New Zealand 

restaurant including the George 

Hotel’s Pescatore. 

Ellis is also helping rural New 

Zealander’s removed from fibre 

internet connections to access 

the Rugby World Cup. He is a 

shareholder in Gravity – New 

Zealand’s only dedicated satellite 

broadband provider. 

He also still dabbles in 

landscape architecture – 

which he studied at Lincoln 

University. 

Last year Ellis released a book 

titled Kiwi Back Yards with close 

friend and former Canterbury 

bench-warming halfback Danny 

Kamo. The pair won a gold and 

a supreme award at the 2010 

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THE NEW Zealand 

Breakers look set to return 

to Christchurch for their 

first ANBL regular season 

match since 2003/2004. 

The Australian NBL is 

currently in the early stages 

of drafting its schedule 

for the 2019/2020 season. 

The Star understands two 

dates have been booked 

at Horncastle Arena on 

November 2 and February 

14. 

If the Breakers are able 

to secure home games on 

those dates, it’s expected 

they will be played at 

Horncastle Arena. 

“We’re certainly keen 

on being able to bring 

a game, if not two, to 

Christchurch,” said 

Breakers general manager 

Dillon Boucher. 

Last season the 

Auckland-based franchise 

took four games to the 

regions. They played two 

games in Wellington, 

which attracted just over 

2300 people on both 

occasions. They also played 

one match in Invercargill, 

which attracted over 2600, 

and a match in Hamilton, 

which had an attendance 

of 3100. 

The Breakers will hope 

RETURN 

SOUTH: The 

Breakers are 

hopeful of 

bringing two 

games to 

Christchurch 

for the 

upcoming 

ANBL 

season. 

Breakers could play 

two games in Chch 

FUN FACT – Australian 

tenpin bowling receives 

more than three times 

the amount of high 

performance funding than 

New Zealand’s fastest 

growing sport. 

Basketball has become 

our second most played 

sport at high school and, 

since 2013, we’ve had our 

own NBA star in the form 

of Steven Adams. However, 

that appears to mean 

nothing when it comes 

to funding from High 

Performance Sport New 

Zealand. 

This year, HPSNZ is set 

to invest NZ$150,000 into 

basketball. This pales in 

comparison to our majorly 

invested sports – rowing, 

cycling and yachting, 

which will receive a 

combined NZ$13.3 

million. Basketball is 

also lower than hockey 

(NZ$2.15 million), rugby 

sevens ($2.1 million), 

netball ($1.2 million), 

canoe slalom ($450,000), 

bowls ($200,000) and even 

shooting ($155,000). 

Our neighbours over 

the ditch have given more 

notice to basketball. In the 

last financial year, Sport 

Australia gave more than 

A$7.2 million to basketball, 

while tenpin bowling 

received A$450,000. 

In NZ, sports which 

offer Olympic medals 

and world titles rule the 

roost when it comes to 

funding. However, surely 

a sport which has shown 

rapid growth on a national 

and global level should 

command more funding at 

the elite level? 

It’s not like our national 

team is there to make up 

the numbers. The Tall 

Blacks will go into this 

year’s FIBA Basketball 

World Cup with high 

expectations after topping 

their Asia qualification 

group. 

There’s also the chance 

of Olympic medals. This 

to improve vastly on those 

numbers if they are to 

bring games to Horncastle 

Arena after the Canterbury 

Rams broke the NZ NBL 

attendance record last 

year when they hosted the 

Wellington Saints in front 

of 6000 fans. 

If a Breakers game 

is able to be secured 

at Horncastle Arena, 

Christchurch basketball 

fans will be licking their 

lips at the prospect of 

being able to see Breakers 

new American recruit RJ 

Hampton who is expected 

to be a lottery pick in the 

2020 NBA draft. 

Basketball draws short straw 

One-eyed Cantab 

Gordon Findlater 

gordon.findlater@starmedia.kiwi 

chance is also set to double 

as of next year when 3 x 3 

basketball makes its debut 

at the Tokyo Olympics. 

Just last week the New 

Zealand women’s under-18 

3 x 3 team won silver at 

the under-18 3 x 3 World 

Cup. They defeated the 

likes of China en route to 

the final where they were 

beaten 13-18 by the mighty 

United States. Surely when 

it comes to high performance 

funding, a holistic 

approach should be taken 

to a sport like basketball. 

With interest growing, 

young player numbers sky 

rocketing and the ability to 

perform at an international 

level, New Zealand 

Basketball should feel 

robbed when it comes to 

how they’re being viewed 

from a high performance 

funding stand point 

compared to other sports.


Lawson establishes 

Top of the tables 

League premiership 

P W L D PD Pts 

Hornby Panthers 8 7 1 0 204 14 

Linwood Keas 8 7 1 0 126 14 

Eastern Eagles 8 5 3 0 28 10 

Northern Bulldogs 8 4 4 0 66 8 

Riccarton Knights 8 4 4 0 -12 8 

Celebration Lions 8 2 6 0 -85 4 

Papanui Tigers 8 2 6 0 -139 4 

Halswell Hornets 8 1 7 0 -188 2 

Metro premier rugby 

P W L D BP Pts 

Lincoln University 11 9 2 0 12 48 

Christchurch 11 10 1 0 7 47 

Marist Albion 11 7 4 0 9 37 

HSOB 11 6 5 0 9 33 

New Brighton 11 6 4 1 6 32 

Shirley 11 6 5 0 8 32 

Linwood 11 5 5 1 7 29 

Sydenham 11 5 6 0 9 29 

Burnside 11 5 6 0 7 27 

Sumner 11 4 7 0 7 23 

Belfast 11 2 9 0 5 13 

University 11 0 11 0 1 1 

UC Championship 

P W L D BP Pts 

St Andrew’s 6 6 0 0 5 29 

Nelson College 6 5 1 0 6 26 

St Bede’s College 6 5 1 0 4 24 

Christchurch BHS 6 4 2 0 5 21 

Rangiora HS 6 4 2 1 5 21 

Christ’s College 6 3 2 1 5 19 

Lincoln Combined 6 2 3 1 4 14 

St Thomas’ 6 3 3 0 2 14 

Marlborough BC 6 2 4 0 4 12 


bowling team of Saints 


BLACKJACKS GARY Lawson 

and Mandy Boyd will headline 

Christchurch’s new Bowls3Five 

team the Elmwood Saints. 

The Saints will take on seven 

other clubs from around New 

Zealand over eight weeks 

of competition in Auckland 

starting in October. The 

competition will be broadcast 

live on Sky Sport three nights a 

week. 

Last year Lawson was part 

of the Sky commentary team 

during the competition. 

However, with the competition 

expanding from six to eight 

teams and Sky signing up to 

broadcast it for another three, 

he’s now opted to put together a 

team of his own. 

“I went to the [Elmwood] 

committee and said I’d like to 

put a team together. They were 

right behind it, so we put our 

proposal together,” said Lawson. 

Joining Lawson and Boyd will 

be Jan Shirley, Steve Ditford, 

Lance Pascoe and Bev Morel 

– who is in her late 70s. Two 

further team members will be 

named before the competition 

begins. “It’s great for our sport 

having prime time TV three 

times a week. We can’t ask for 

much more, it’s what the game’s 

needed for a long time,” said 

Lawson. 

“The idea for us is to have a 

real good crack at the title.” 

NEW CHALLENGE: Publican and former bowling world 

champion Gary Lawson will lead the Elmwood Saints in the 

Bowls3Five competition. 


Last year Canterbury rugby 

icon Alex Wyllie was part of 

the Woodend Jets team with 

Na Katae and Jenny Anderson. 

However, the team went winless 

during the competition which 

saw them relegated. 

“The idea of the whole thing 

was to show people who don’t 

play bowls that it’s a game 

anyone can play . . . I think this 

year they’re trying to strengthen 

some of the sides to make them 

just a little more competitive,” 

said Lawson. 

The name Elmwood Saints 

was inspired by Elmwood Park 

Bowling Club’s amalgamation 

with St Albans-Merivale. 

Lawson hopes the club’s 

members and Christchurch 

people will rally behind the 

team during the competition. 

Lawson is currently in Australia 

where he will represent the 

Blackjacks at the Asia Pacific 

Championships on the Gold 

Coast from Tuesday to June 28. 

Shirley BHS 6 2 4 0 2 10 

Waimea Combined 6 2 4 0 1 9 

Aoraki Combined 6 2 4 0 0 8 

Timaru BHS 6 1 5 0 2 6 

Mid Canterbury 6 0 6 0 2 2 

Mainland Premier League 

P W D L GD Pts 

Cashmere Tech 12 11 0 1 38 33 

Nelson Suburbs 13 8 1 4 18 25 

Western AFC 12 6 1 5 4 19 

Nomads United 12 6 0 6 -8 18 

Ferrymead Bays 13 5 2 6 -7 17 

Coastal Spirit 13 5 1 7 3 16 

Selwyn United 13 5 1 7 -6 16 

FC Twenty 11 12 0 2 10 -38 2 

Premier hockey men 

P W L D GD Pts 

Southern United 7 6 0 1 7 19 

Marist 7 4 3 0 13 12 

HSOB/Burnside 7 3 2 2 6 11 

Harewood 7 3 2 2 0 11 

Avon 7 2 2 3 -2 9 

Carlton Redcliffs 7 2 3 2 1 8 

University 7 1 4 2 -15 5 

Hornby Vipers 7 0 5 2 -10 2 

Premier hockey women 

P W L D GD Pts 

Carlton Redcliffs 6 6 0 0 22 18 

Marist 6 4 2 0 5 12 

Avon Eels 6 3 3 0 -2 9 

Harewood 6 2 2 2 5 8 

Hornby Tigers 6 2 3 1 -2 7 

HSOB/Burnside 6 2 3 1 -6 7 

Southern United 6 0 6 0 -22 0 


ANNEMARIE LIPP has 

returned from a two-week trip to 

China where she finished second 

in the Tour of Zhoushan Island 

and got her first ever elite world 

ranking points. 

Lipp, 19, finished 23rd on the 

first stage of the tour. However, 

a third place finish on the 

second and final stage moved 

her to second overall. Fellow 

Christchurch rider Elyse Fraser 

finished 19th overall, which 

helped their Velo Project team 

take the overall classification 

win. 

Finishing second gave Lipp 

30 UCI points, which has seen 

her go from being unranked 

as an elite rider in road cycling 

to a world ranking of 237. The 

ranking points will be a valuable 

asset as Lipp – who has just 

moved to elite from under-19 – 

looks to pick up bigger rides. 

“It definitely makes a huge 

Weekend match-ups 

•League premiership 

(Saturday) Riccarton Knights 

v Hornby Panthers 2.45pm, 

Crosbie Park; Linwood Keas 

v Celebration Lions 2.45pm, 

Linwood Park; Northern 

Bulldogs v Halswell Hornets 

2.45pm, Murphy Park; Papanui 

Tigers v Eastern Eagles 2.45pm, 

Papanui Domain. 

•Metro premier rugby 

(Saturday) New Brighton v 

Lincoln University 2.45pm, 

Rawhiti Domain; HSOB v 

Christchurch 2.45pm, Bob Deans 

Fields; Shirley v Marist Albion 

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v Burnside 2.45pm, Linfield 

Park; Sumner v Belfast 2.45pm, 

St Leonards Square; University v 

Sydenham 2.45pm, Ilam Fields. 

•UC Championship 

(Saturday) Rangiora HS v 

Waimea Combined noon, 

Rangiora HS; Christ’s College 

v Marlborough BC noon, 

Christ’s College Upper; 

Christchurch BHS v Nelson 

College noon, Christchurch 

BHS; Mid-Canterbury v St 

Thomas’ noon, Ashburton 

College; Lincoln Combined v 

St Bede’s College noon, Lincoln 

High School; Timaru BHS v 

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ON TOP: Velo 

Project cyclists 

Annemarie 

Lipp, Georgia 

Danford, Kirsty 

McCallum, 

Bethan 

Stubbs, Hanna 

Johansson 

and Elyse 

Fraser 

celebrate their 

team win at 

the Tour of 

Zhoushan 

Island. 

China race earns rider 

elite world ranking points 

difference. That’s been the goal 

for the year – to get some points 

on the board, to try to look at 

getting some more stuff overseas. 

For the team it helps as well to 

try and get more invites for us,” 

said Lipp. 

The team finished their trip to 

China with the Tour of Taiyuan, 

which saw Fraser record an 

impressive eighth in a gruelling 

race. Of the 109 starters, only 42 

riders finished. 

Most female road races are 

limited to a maximum of 140km. 

However, the race in Taiyuan saw 

them tackle a 171km stage. 

“We were riding at altitude 

and it was insane, some of the 

climbs . . . it’s definitely the 

toughest ride I’ve ever done and 

I think that goes the same for 

quite a lot of my teammates, just 

managing to get over the line in 

the time cut was amazing and we 

were all stoked about that,” said 

Lipp. 

Aoraki Combined 2.45pm, 

Timaru BHS; Shirley BHS v St 

Andrew’s College 2.45pm, Shirley 

BHS. 

•Mainland Premier 

League 

(Thursday) Western AFC v 

Cashmere Technical 7.30pm, 

English Park. (Saturday) Nomads 

United v FC Twenty 11 2.45pm, 

Tullett Park. 

•Chatham Cup 

(Saturday) Nelson Suburbs v 

Ferrymead Bays 1pm, Saxton 

Field; Cashmere Technical 

v Christchurch United 2pm, 

Garrick Park. 

•Premier hockey men 

(Saturday) HSOB/Burnside v 

University noon, Waimakariri 

Hockey Turf; Hornby Vipers v 

Harewood 2.45pm, Nga Puna 

Wai; Marist v Southern United 

4.30pm, Marist Park; Avon v 

Carlton Redcliffs 4.30pm, Nga 

Puna Wai. 

•Premier hockey women 

(Saturday) Marist v Southern 

United 3pm, Marist Park; 

Carlton Redcliffs v Avon Eels 

3pm, Nga Puna Wai; Hornby 

Vipers v Harewood 4.15pm, Nga 

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the occasion, it is quiet, 

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That has long gone, today’s 

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Interestingly, the CX-9 

gets a driver-selectable 

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Motoring 

Ross Kiddie 

The benefit of the engine’s 

low revving nature is also 

that of fuel economy. It’s 

no surprise the CX-9 is 

thrifty, Mazda’s SkyActive 

programme leans towards 

efficiency, and it claims an 

8.8-litre per 100km (32mpg) 

combined cycle average, 

which fits well with the 

9.2l/100km (31mpg) readout 

during our journey. At 

100km/h the engine is turning 

over at just 2000rpm 

in sixth gear, offering a 

7.8l/100 (36mpg) instantaneous 

figure. 

Considering the CX-9 

weighs in rather tubby at 

just on two-tonne, these 

figures are impressive and 

are a credit to the Mazda 

engineers who, for a long 

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The 4WD set-up will 

take you off-the-beaten 

track without being fully 

classified as an off-roader. 

However, with a ground 

clearance figure of 220mm, 

it does have useful off-theseal 

capability. 

Personally, I see the alldrive 

function as a medium 

to glean grip on all surfaces, 

the CX-9 has an on-road 

feel which is quite reassuring, 

it feels tightly connected 

to the road surface, and 

even in the wet there is 

surety through the steering 

which must be considered a 

safety feature. On that subject, 

the CX-9 easily qualifies 

for a five-star Australasian 

New Car Assessment 

Program safety rating. 

My wife never travels 

light, but her suitcase was 

no match for the cavernous 

cargo area. With the rear 

seats folded flat that area 

measures up to 810-litres; 

if you are seven-up then 

that area is compromised to 

230-litres, but that matters 

little, the CX-9 is very 

much a competitive battler 

in the large SUV category. 

As much as I liked the 

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Open plan kitchen with walk in pantry 

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Formal lounge 

Fabulous indoor / outdoor flow 

Main bathroom (separate shower and bath) 

Neutral decor throughout 

Ducted heat pump 

Separate laundry 

Double internal access garage 

Landscaped section 

All the hard work has been done and this property is now ready and waiting for a new 

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Rates: $3801.80 per annum 

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regional councils, and other sources and we have not been able to independently verify the accuracy of 

the same. Land and Floor area measurements are approximate and boundary lines as indicative only. 

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Rangiora 

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St Albans 

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Compass Homes 

Silverstream 

No. 54 Footbridge Terrace 

Wed - Sun 12pm to 4pm 

Prestons Park 

33 Prestons Park Road, Burwood 

Wed - Sun 12pm to 4pm 

Rolleston 

102 Ledbury Drive, Faringdon 

Sat & Sun 12pm to 4pm 

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021-1966-311 


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ph John on 0800 003 181 

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All carpentry & building 

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com 

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whole 3 bed house $100, 

ph 022 410 8002 

CARPETLAYER 

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CHIMNEY SWEEP 

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5533 

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0273 313 223 

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1920 

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027 951 8892 

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5275 668 

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General Handyman for 

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20 yrs exp.No job too 

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7154 

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252 1801 

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For assistance phone 

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PLASTERINg 

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Pensioner discounts. Ph 

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co.nz 

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All jobs, none too small. 

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30 years experience, 

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Indoor / Outdoor, over 30 

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30 yrs exp . Free quotes. 

Gary 3428950 / 021 529 

022 

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Canty born. Ph 022 

0874351 

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517 7001 

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Van & Trailer Rubbish 

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Gary 342-8950, 021 529 

022 

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Spouting Unblocked, 

Cleaned Out and Flushed 

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SPOUTINg 

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TREE SERVICES 

Free quotes 20+ yrs exp. 

Tree, hedge or shrub 

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0274314720 

WINDOW CLEANINg 

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Caravans, Motorhomes 

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Christian 

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ChUrCh 

182 Edgeware Road 

Sunday Service 7pm 

Address 

Andy Douglas 

Clairvoyant 

Andy Douglas 

All Welcome 

SYDENHAM CHRISTIAN 

SPIRITUAL CHURCH 

Sydenham 

Community Centre 

23/25 Hutcheson St 

Address 

Gail 

Clairvoyance 

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Sunday 7pm 

All Welcome 

Phone 349-9749 

NEW AGE CHRISTIAN 

SPIRITUAL CENTRE 

Grafton Street 

Sunday 7pm 

Address: 

Teresa 

Clairvoyance: 

Teresa 

Tuesday 1pm - 3pm 

Healing & 

Clairvoyance 

All Welcome 

• Exterior 

sliding doors 

• Single & 

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• Buy and sell 

Church Notices 

Christian Science 

Church 

Sunday Service 

10am - 11am 

Sunday School 

10am - 11am 

Testimony Meeting 

Weds 7.30pm 

Reading Room 

Tues 10am - 1pm 

Weds 5pm - 7.30pm 

Fri 12pm - 3pm 

ALL WELCOME 

66 Carlton Mill Rd, Merivale 

TEL. 03 366 2544 

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Grantley Street, Sat 8am, 

complete house lot must 

go, fishing equipmemt incl 

thigh waders, computer 

equip, kitchen appliance, 

cutlery utensils, living and 

bedrm furniture, gardening 

tools, estate sale 

NORTHWOOD 22 Ruby 

Ave, Sat 7.30am - 11am, 

selection of household 

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& sheets, 40” tv, art, 

childrens clothing, toys & 

books 

SYDENHAM Flat 5 - 98 

Huxley St, Sat 9am. H/ 

hold goods, furniture, 

appliances, clothing etc. 

Some brand new. 

Gardening 

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PETE’S GARDENING GARDENING 

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good rates, no job too 

big or too small, half the 

price of a franchise. WINZ 

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Mature female. $18 

per hour, Northcote & 

surrounding areas only, ph 

03 352 2590 

MONDO GRASS Black. 

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Handy Person 

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at that broken gate & 

fence?Help is at hand!Ph 

John on 021 149 0986 for 

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BROWN Shaver Pullets, 

friendly, happy and fully 

vaccinated hens. Due to 

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Personals 

MATURE N/S Single 

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Pets & Supplies 

CATS UNLOVED 

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of desexing your cat. 

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other models also 

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lovely homes / pets, 

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retired / not wkng, Ph 

Lisa 03 359 2323 www. 

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in return for more info ph 

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A+ About to move? Books, 

china, coins, medals, 

furniture, furs, jewellery, 

tools, old photos, estate. 

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china, coins, medals, 

furniture, furs, jewellery, 

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Also buying furniture & 

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considered. Ph Dave 960- 

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good records. No easy 

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RICHMOND 

WORKINGMEN'S CLUB 

M.S.A. 

Notice of 

Annual General Meeting 

and Election of Officers 

MEMBERS ARE HEREBY 

NOTIFIED THAT THE 

ANNUAL 

GENERAL MEETING 

Will be held on 

Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 

10.00am in the club's Main Bar 

ELECTION OF OFFICERS 

Will be held on Saturday, 

June 15, 2019 between the 

hours of 9.30am and 6.30pm 

in the club's Sports Pavilion. 

J Summerfield 

General Manager 

Notice of AGMs 

The Annual General 

meetings of Abbeyfield 

ChCh Inc. will be held 

as follows: 

• Abbeyfield Hornby 

Wednesday 26 June 2019 

4.00pm in the Hornby 

Community Centre (in 

the Library complex), 

Goulding Ave, Hornby 

• Abbeyfield Wigram 

Saturday 28 June 2019 

2.00pm at Rhodes 

Abbeyfield House, 

22 Erling Ziesler Lane, 

Wigram 


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park’s private owners into 

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• By Georgia O’Co nor-Harding 

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, 

Li ter library 

River working group 

Problem areas for li ter 

revealed 

Rebuilding a healthy 

ecosystem in the Selwyn River 

Ja z Competition. 

to undertake work. 


THE ST Andrew’s Co lege big 

band had extra incentive to 

win a the National Youth Ja z 

Competition – ba s player, Tom 

Fastier, co lapsed and died the 

WE ARE OPEN 

Mon - Fri 

8. 0am to 5. 0pm 

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 

unreported. 

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Pool plans for Edgeware 

Designs for ind or learner’s 

p ol revealed 

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Loca ly Owned 

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Unit 6/950 Fe ry Road, Christchurch 

day before the competition 

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“Tom was a ba s player from 

Cashmere High Sch ol who was 

playing with our big band this 

year. He had a strong chance of 

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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 

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musician,” head of music 

Duncan Ferguson said. 

“We were delighted to win, but 

it was bi tersw et,” he said. 

St Andrew’s won the most 

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stays true to his word 

New pi za joint 

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competition in Tauranga. 

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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Joseph Parker in the build up 

to his world heavyweigh title 

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But he said the presentation 

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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. 


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Elite Meats owner Corey 

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• By Georgia O’Co nor-Harding 

A CRACKDOWN on mobile 

traders acro s the districts could 

be l oming. 

However, the public has li tle 

interest in having input into the 

i sue. 

Only eight submi sions were 

received for a potential bylaw 

aimed at regulating commercial 

activities in public places. 

The district council wi l be 

holding a hearing for the Public 

Places Bylaw and Policy on Commercial 

Activities and Events in 

Public Places. 

A hearing i scheduled to be 

held on Thursday. 

The bylaw comes as an increasing 

number of mobile traders 

are s eking to operate in Selwyn, 

especia ly during the summer 

months. 

In the past year, the district 

council has received five inquiries 

about se ting up a mobile busine s 

on private or public land. 

A report said there are two 

str et operators in Darfield, a 

coff e cart is parked beside the 

railway in Ro leston, and a pi za 

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September-May along with a Thai 

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• By Sophie Cornish and Julia Evans 

THE PAPANUI-I nes 

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rare step of starting a petition 

to figh the city council over 

funding. 

Signatures are being co lected 

in a bid to get funding for a community 

facility in Shirley. 

It comes after the city council 

removed funding for the centre 

pla ned for Shirley Rd, near the 

intersection with Hi ls Rd. This 

was the site of the former community 

centre, which was badly 

damaged in the February 2, 

20 1, earthquake. 

The removal o funding 

prompted community board 

chairwoman Ali Jones to threaten 

to stand down, citing it as her “die 

in the ditch” project. 

Ms Jone said the board’s role 

is to represen the community, 

and by gathering signatures from 

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• By Sarla Donovan 

THE OWNERS of Sumner’s Cave 

Rock Apartments ar expecting the 

Earthquake Commi sion to sign-off 

on a se tlement agr emen this week. 

Body corporate chairman Mike 

White said the group had gone 

into mediation with IAG and EQC 

on February 20, and signed off 

on a deal with IAG on February 

2 – coincidenta ly seven years 

to the day after the February 2, 

20 1, earthquake. However, they 

are waiting for EQC to sign the 

agr ement. 

“Given that EQC actua ly drafted 

the agr ement, there’ l be no 

problem with them doing that.” 

The apartment suffered damage 

in the February and June, 20 1, 

earthquakes and were demolished in 

late 2012. In 2016, IAG’s offer of the 

difference betw en indemnity value, 

$10 mi lion, and the sum insured, 

$16 mi lion, was rejected by the body 

corporate. 

The mediation agr ement 

prevented Mr White from disclosing 

the se tlement amount, but he said it 

involved the two parties paying “a bit 

more money than they’d wanted to 

earlier.” 


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CLEANERS 

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WORKSAFE NEW Zealand 

has b en a proached in a bid to 

fina ly repair the potholes in New 

Brighton’s Hawke St car park. 

Coastal-Burwod Ward city 

counci lor David East wants 

WorkSafe to pre sure the car 

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 

New Brighton surf club opts 

Mr Handforth said WorkSafe 

is aware of the concerns raised by 

Cr East abou the car park. 

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 

Different parts of the car park 

are owned by various people 

Community Board recently 

wrote to them about its concerns 

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,” 

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 

Cr East said there had b en 

a “number of incidences” in 

jo 

hayes 

New bid to fix potholes 

Action looms 

on Hawke St 

car park 

the car park of people injuring 

themselves which had gone 

“I’ve always though that it 

has b en quite amazing that we 

haven’t had any serious a cidents 

tri ping in those potholes and 

doing themselve some damage.” 

a proach wi l bring results. 

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AN U PER Ri carton butcher 

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Pure South Sharp Blacks, which 

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From New World Ferry Rd 

to second in the 

world 

It was the firs time Mr Garth 

had competed in the cha lenge 

and he was “rea ly proud” of 

“We produced some top quality 

products and came away 

with a g od result so we’re very 

The preparation for this year’s 

World Butchers’ Cha lenge was 

intense as the team members 

Fishin’ for w eds 

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butcher for o14 pose years, the said pla the ned qua and ry near on the 2020 cha lenge. 

competition brought back his “In two years’ time, we’ l be 

Mayor Lia ne Dalziel told going the back to try and win the 

board on Thursday it had the okay 

m eting new from people, the city s eing council new to make U per a Ri carton butcher Corey 

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Mr Mora said he wasn’t sure if 

the city council would endorse the 

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May. 

The sp ed limit change was 

a proved by the city counci last 

w ek. 

A decision to paint double yellow 

lines on the stretch betw en 

Summit Rd and the Sign of the 

Takahe was earlier made by the 

Spreydon-Cashmere Community 

Board. 

Bu the Banks Peninsula Community 

Board decided against 

ye low lines on the Summit Rd- 

Governors Bay section due to the 

road’s na rowne s and general 

condition. 

The changes are designed to try 

and reduce the crash rate. 

Insta lation of the double 

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signs and raised centre line pavement 

markers wi l begin in mid 

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29 and May 2. 

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from the Sign of the Takahe to 

Governors Bay betw en 7pm and 

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67 Mandeville Street, 

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Saturday 15th June 

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your supporters and sponsors. 

Contact: 

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Clubs, Pubs, Restaurants, Shows, Movies, Family 

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christchurch 

GIG GUIDE 

Thursday 06 - Wednesday 12 June 2019 

To add a listing, contact 

Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or 

027 458 8590 

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi 

www.star.kiwi/whatson 

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo 

St: Thursday 7.30pm - Open Mic. Saturday 

8pm - Fevah Dance Party, free. 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. Friday 22nd June - 

Krakkajack. 

CASHMERE CLUB, 50 Colombo St: 

Thursday 7pm - Cashmere Ukulele Group. 

Saturday 7pm - Sydenham RFC Karaoke 

Fundraiser, $10 entry. Sunday 3pm - 

Southern Jazzmen. 

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO, Victoria 

St: Thursday 8pm - Shannon Cooper- 

Garland. Friday 6pm - Blackie; 9.15pm - X- 

Files Duo. Saturday 7pm - Absolut; 10.15pm - 

Southfield. Sunday 5.30pm - Sly Manhatten. 

CHRISTCHURCH TOWN HALL, 86 

Kilmore St: Tickets at Ticketek. 

GARDEN OF SOUND : LIVE, D4, 

Unit D4, 10 Garland’s Rd: Thursday 

20th June, 7pm - Smokefree Rockquest acts 

Portland (Cashmere High School); Sneaky 

Caribbean Monk Seals )Middleton Grange 

School); There’s A Tuesday Between A 

Monday And Between A Wednesday 

(Christchurch Girls High School & St 

Margaret’s College). Presale tickets $15 

@eventbrite, door sales $20. 

GBC, Garden Buffet Cafe, 110 

Marshland Rd: Saturday 5.30pm - Mandi 

Miller. 

HORNBY WMC, 17 Carmen Rd, 

Hornby: Friday 7.30pm - Ed Sheeran Out 

Loud Tribute by Joe Boshwell, tickets $30. 

Saturday 4.30pm - Barb (of Barross); 7.30pm 

- The C-Bay Band. 

HORNCASTLE ARENA, Jack Hinton 

Drive: Tickets at Ticketek. 

ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL, 145 

Gloucester St: Friday 7.30pm, Saturday 

7.30pm, Sunday 4pm - Showbiz Christchurch 

presents The Music of Lloyd Webber. Tickets 

at Ticketek. 

MAINSTREET SPORTS BAR, 37 

High St, Rangiora: Sunday 3pm -Jo’s 

Karaoke. 

ODYSSEY LIVE, Wunderbar, 

Lyttelton: Saturday 9pm - Odyssey Live 

with special guest Layna Hunt, door sales. 

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PIERSIDE CAFE & BAR, 3 Brighton 

Mall, New Brighton: Thursday - Poker 

Night. Friday - Free play pool and jukebox. 

Saturday 8pm - Plan B. 

RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118 

Racecourse Rd, Sockburn: Sunday 

6pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke. Saturday 22nd 

June - Medium Rare. 

RICHMOND WMC, 75 London St, 

Richmond: Friday 7pm - Anthony. 

Saturday 7pm - Dangerbaby. Sunday 3pm - 

ReBoot. 

SHOWBIZ CHRISTCHURCH, Isaac 

Theatre Royal, 145 Gloucester St: 

Friday 7.30pm, Saturday 7.30pm, Sunday 

4pm - Showbiz Christchurch presents The 

Music of Lloyd Webber. Tickets at Ticketek. 

STOCKXCHANGE, 110 Marshland 

Rd: Friday 7.30pm - Misfitz. Saturday 

7.30pm - Level 6. 

TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding St, 

Hornby: Friday 8.30pm - Mojo Rising. 

Saturday 8.30pm - Misfitz. Wednesday - 

Mickey Rat Karaoke. 

THE CRAIC IRISH BAR, 84 

Riccarton Rd: Thursday 9.30pm - 

Karaoke. Friday - Rocky Road. Saturday - Fat 

Stallions. 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 - Reckless Duo. 

Saturday 9.30pm - Awesome Source. Tuesday 

7.30pm - Quiz with Chris. Wednesday 8pm - 

Karaoke with Lance Kiwi. 

THE PAPANUI CLUB, 310 Sawyers 

Arms Rd: Friday 7.30pm - Chris Lake. 

Friday 21 June - Davey Backyard. Friday 28 

June - Satin Rose. 

WOOLSTON CLUB, 43 Hargood St: 

Saturday 7.30pm - Robbie Drew. 

WUNDERBAR, Lyttelton: Friday 8pm - 

Him album release with Fraser Ross, $10 

entry. Saturday 9pm - Odyssey Live with 

special guest Layna Hunt, ticketed. Tuesday 

7pm - Open Mic and Showcase Artist. 

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Open daily from 6.30am - Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

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Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150 

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THE GARDEN HOTEL COMPLEX | 110 MARSHLAND RD 

www.gardenhotel.co.nz | phone 385 3132 

ONE CHRISTCHURCH SHOW 

IN THE RECENTLY OPENED 

AND REFURBISHED 

CHCH TOWN HALL 

FRIDAY 15.NOV.19 

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What s On 

AT THE 

CLUBS NEW ZEALAND WARMLY 

WELCOME MEMBERS, THEIR GUESTS 

AND AFFILIATE CLUB MEMBERS. 

Become 

a member 

TODAY! 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT A 

CLUB WITHIN THIS SECTION. 

WHAT’S ON 

AT THE 

RICHMOND 

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Entertainment News & Advertising 

Jo Fuller 

Phone 03 364 7425 or 027 458 8590 

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi 

www.star.kiwi/whatson 

THIS WEEKEND 

FRIDAY 

7PM 

SATURDAY 

7PM 

SUNDAY 

3PM 

agm 

richmond 

club 

www.rwmc.co.nz 

pride of the east 

since 1888 

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DANGERBABY 

ReBoot 

THIS SATURDAY 10AM 

VOTING FROM 9.30AM-6.30PM 

• Open daily from 11am 

• BISTRO Lunch/Dinner 

• Courtesy Van 

• TAB & Gaming 

75 London St 

Ph 03 389 5778 

www.rwmc.co.nz 

Cashmere Club 

50 Colombo Street 

Ph 03 332 0092 

Fax 03 337 3772 

THURSDAY 

& FRIDAY 

MEAT RAFFLES from 4pm 

HAPPY HOUR 5pm-6pm 

MEMBERS’ 

CASH 

DRAW 

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FRIDAY from 7pm 

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$4 PER CARD FOR 35 GAMES 

FREE TEA & COFFEE INCLUDED! 

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THIS SUNDAY 3-6PM 

SUNDAY 

KIDS 

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BOOKINGS RECOMMENDED 

SUNDAY 

*FREE 

*under 12 when accompanied 

by an adult dining 

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SYDENHAM RFC 

KARAOKE 

FUNDRAISER 

THIS SATURDAY, 7PM 

$10 

COCKTAILS 

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SPEIGHTS 

JUGS 

SAVE THE DATE 

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Saturday 30 June, 2pm 

in the Cashmere Lounge 

SATURDAY 

$10 ENTRY 

SOUTHERN JAZZMEN 

NOTE NEW TIME!! 3PM START 

IN THE SYDENHAM LOUNGE 

Christchurch’s only beach side club 

What’s On 

by the beach 

TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 

MEMBERS LUCKY 

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FRIDAYS 

between 6-7pm 

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THIS FRIDAY’S 

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$2200 

SATURDAY 7.35pm 

ON THE BIG SCREEN 

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HURRICANES v BLUES 

Dine by the Beach 

CLUB 

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Open Tues to Sat 

12pm - 2pm 

& from 5pm 

BISTRO ROAST 

SPECIAL 

$13 

Tuesday - Thursday 

Dine in only 

SORRY, THE PIERVIEW RESTAURANT 

IS NOW PERMANENTLY CLOSED 

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

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


H 

ORNBY 

WORKINGMEN’S 

CLUB 

LIVE MUSIC THIS WEEKEND 

COMING UP 

SATURDAY 13 JULY 

PINK FLOYD 

TRIBUTE 

TICKETS $25 AT 

CLUB OFFICE 

THIS FRIDAY, 7.30PM 

SHEERAN 

OUT LOUD TRIBUTE 

BY 

JOE BOSHELL 

THIS SATURDAY 

4.30PM 7.30PM 

BARB 

OF 

BARROSS 

THE 

C-BAY 

BAND 

Tickets $30 

FAMILY FRIENDLY DINING 

PINK FLOYD 

DINNER 

SPECIAL 

THIS 

FRIDAY 

IN THE 

CLUB CAFE 

FOR A 

LIMITED TIME! 

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12-2PM 

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

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

CLUBS NEW ZEALAND WARMLY 

WELCOME MEMBERS, THEIR GUESTS 

AND AFFILIATE CLUB MEMBERS. 

Must-see acts coming up 

at the Hornby Club 

JOE Boswell 

performs the music 

of Ed Sheeran at the 

Hornby Club 

tomorrow night. 

Born and raised in 

the East of England, 

just like Ed, Joe has 

made a living 

performing around 

the world as a singer 

guitarist for the past 

10 years. 

Joe executes Ed's 

songs live just like 

the man himself, 

using nothing but a 

loop pedal. With his 

dynamic British singing voice and 

rhythmical acoustic guitar playing, it 

just made sense for Joe to become a 

tribute to an artist he admires. 

is show is for all ages, containing 

all of your favourite Ed Sheeran songs, 

high energy and good vibes to get the 

whole family singing, dancing and 

smiling. is epic one man show is 

part of Joe’s nation wide tour and is 

highly recommended and should not 

to be missed. Show starts at 7.30pm 

Friday night. Tickets $30 at the club 

office. 

What’s On @ Woolston 

THIS SATIRDAY 7.30PM 

UPCOMING EVENTS 

SATURDAY 29 JUNE, 7.30PM 

LIVE MUSIC 

43 Hargood St, Woolston. Ph 03 389 7039 

www.woolstonclub.co.nz 

Follow us on Facebook 

www.facebook.com/WoostonclubInc 

Saturday night 

see’s the return of 

South Canterbury 

favourites, e C- 

Bay Band. It’s been 

five months since the 

Timaru based band 

last performed at the 

Hornby WMC and 

this gig sees them 

back with a couple of 

new faces in the line 

up. Joining regular 

members George 

Kinch and Tony 

Atwood are Robin 

Cadolgan on guitar; 

Louise Stringer on vocals/guitar; and Bev 

Curtis on bass. 7.30pm start. Free entry. 

Other acts to look out for in July... 

‘e Big Voices’ featuring Jon Palmer 

(performing the music of John Rowles, 

Gene Pitney, Elvis, Tom Jones, Englebert 

Humperdink, Roy Orbison, Neil Diamond 

etc) on Friday 5th July (tickets $20); and 

‘Pink Floyd Tribute’ on Saturday 13 July 

(tickets $25). 

Hornby WMC, 17 Carmen Rd, 

phone 03 349 9026. 

TICKETS $20 

Robbie Drew 

RESTAURANT OPEN 

Wednesday - Sunday from 5pm 

Sunday Roast 

BUFFET 

INCLUDES A 

ROAST & DESSERT 

5PM - 7.30PM 

$10 Lunch Menu 

TUES 11AM - 8PM 

WED - FRI 11AM - 3PM 

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TUESDAY 12.45PM 

THURSDAY 7.30PM 

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Burlington Open Days 

Sunday 23rd & Monday 24th June 

Tour the first tranche of architecturally designed, stand-alone houses 

in the newly opened Burlington Village! 

Open Days 

Sunday 23rd & Monday 24th June, 10am - 2pm 

To find out more call Lynn Hill now on 027 430 4622, or visit 

www.burlingtonvillage.co.nz 

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A Spectacular Facility 

The first stage of stand-alone houses at Burlington are available now! 

Burlington has been designed by Kerry Mason and Huia Reriti 

(of award winning +MAP architects), and there are a range of distinct house designs 

to choose from including 2 and 3 bedroom houses with single or double garage options.


Open Days 

Sunday 23rd & 

Monday 24th June 

10am - 2pm 

To find out more call 

Lynn Hill now on 

027 430 4622 

or visit 

www.burlingtonvillage.co.nz 

The village has been carefully designed to resemble a new subdivision, with no building 

over two storeys in height and a variety of stand-alone house designs arranged into cul-de-sacs, 

to create a non-institutional appearance. 

Throughout the village, there will be garden areas with sculptures and communal 

areas and BBQs to enhance the village community environment.


Burlington Open Days 

Join us to view the first tranche of houses now available in 

Christchurch’s new, premier retirement village, Burlington! 

Sunday 23rd & Monday 24th June 

10am - 2pm 

Houses in the first tranche are available for occupation now and 

interest is high, with a number of units already signed up. Contact us 

today to find out more about securing your new home at Burlington. 

Burlington Village 

171 Prestons Road, 

Redwood, 

Christchurch 

A subsidiary of 

Call 03 383 0333 or visit www.burlingtonvillage.co.nz

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