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Pug design gives artwork some bite 

CLEVER: Mt Pleasant’s Asheley Elizabeth is the creator of a colourful bubble wrap mosaic artwork recently installed at The 

Hub Hornby. 

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER 

• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding 

EIGHTEEN thousand plastic 

bubbles and 42-litres of water 

bursting with food colouring 

has gone into Mt Pleasant 

resident Asheley Elizabeth’s art. 

A large 3m x 3m canvas 

featuring a colourful pug is now 

on display at The Hub Hornby. 

Elizabeth, who designed the 

work, said the idea behind the 

bubble wrap mosaic was to engage 

the public about something 

unique and get people thinking 

about art in different ways. 

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Crime 

camera 

funding is 

expected 

to be 

declined 

• By Jess Gibson 

A DECISION on the funding of 

Sumner’s crime cameras will be 

made today. 

But the outcome is likely to 

disappoint residents. 

The city council has recommended 

that the Linwood- 

Central-Heathcote Community 

Board declines all funding towards 

cameras which would help 

to prevent crime in Sumner. 

The amount requested by the 

Sumner Community Residents’ 

Association and Safer Sumner 

was $16,187. 

The community board can 

vote against the recommendation 

to decline the funds but it 

will not mean the money will be 

granted. 

Based on the Discretionary 

Response Fund criteria, the 

application was not eligible for 

funding and was considered 

of low significance in the city 

council’s Significance and 

Engagement Policy. 

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DON’T CALL me a grump but ratepayers 

will understandably probably be a bit 

miffed by the chance city councillors and 

community board members will soon be 

able to get reimbursed for childcare (see 

page 7). They will vote before September on whether to okay a 

new policy, which will allow them to have childcare paid for up 

to $6000 a year when they attend meetings and other council 

business and events. 

Yes, that’s correct – they will vote on this themselves. So when 

I say chance, I suspect it will be a very high chance ratepayers 

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Fire rages, homes at risk 

BOARD DECISIONS 

A new agreement which will 

give community boards more 

decision-making powers has 

been approved by the Banks 

Peninsula Community Board. 

The Governance Partnership 

Agreement covers a series 

of delegations which will be 

transferred from the city council 

to the community board on 

August 1. The agreement will 

mean the community board can 

more efficiently make decisions in 

its area. 

SAFETY: A stricken 35ft yacht with three passengers was towed from south of Motunau to Lyttelton by the Sumner Lifeboat 

on Saturday night. 

Marathon rescue for Sumner Lifeboat 


SUMNER LIFEBOAT coxswain 

Blair Quane has called a 10-hour 

night mission south of Motunau 

his “hardest rescue in 17 years.” 

Sumner Lifeboat and North 

Canterbury Coastguard crews 

rescued three yacht passengers 

on Saturday who had set out 

from Picton. 

The 35ft yacht had lost all 

power in difficult conditions and 

two rescue vessels were deployed 

from Kaiapoi and Sumner at 

about 5pm. 

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Coastguard’s Kaiapoi 

rescue vessel was 

launched first. 

It was able to locate 

the yacht while the 

Sumner Lifeboat vessel, 

Blue Arrow Rescue, 

was on its way. 

Blue Arrow Rescue was the 

larger vessel, so it towed the 

yacht to Lyttelton with its 

passengers in the choppy 2m 

swell. 

Twelve Sumner crew were 

Blair Quane 

involved over 10 hours, 

with six on the boat, two 

relief and four shore crew 

members. 

“Our crew were quite 

seasick with the conditions. 

I’ve got crew who are sailors 

which have travelled from 

Auckland to Christchurch 

and have never been seasick. It 

just shows how rough it was,” 

Mr Quane said. 

He skippered Blue Arrow 

Rescue on the mission. 

“It was rough in all directions. 

If you can imagine 10 hours in 

a roller coaster, I’d like to think 

most people would be puking 

their guts out. I was the only 

one who wasn’t, but they call me 

steel guts.” 

When Blue Arrow Rescue and 

the yacht arrived at Lyttelton, 

they were met by Sumner 

Lifeboat shore crew, a St John 

ambulance and a supply of 

sandwiches and coffee. 

Sumner Lifeboat crew 

member Howard Nicholls said 

the people on the yacht were 

checked out by St John staff and 

“all were fine but tired.” 

NEW TOILETS BY SUMMER 

Akaroa’s new $630,000 public 

toilets are set to be built before the 

summer visitor season starts. The 

facility aims to meet the influx of 

cruise ship passengers which put 

pressure on Akaroa’s ageing toilet 

block on Rue Jolie. These old toilets 

behind the Akaroa Service Centre 

will be demolished next month to 

make way for the new 13m long 

prefabricated block of eight toilets. 

PARKING ON BUS STOPS 

Two bus stops in Heathcote Valley 

may be marked with new paint 

to prevent vehicles parking over 

them. The Linwood-Central- 

Heathcote Community Board is 

set to decide today whether to put 

line markings on stops at 20 Bridle 

Path Rd and opposite 18 Bridle 

Path Rd. It will also consider 

changing the position of the stops. 

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Deputations will 

be made to 

community board 

•From page 1 

The report states that the level 

of significance was determined 

by the number of people affected 

or with an interest. 

City council staff were unable 

to comment. 

Chief executive of security 

company October Protection 

and Sumner resident Matt Wood 

and Safer Sumner’s Kath Preston 

said they will be making separate 

deputations at today’s board 

meeting. 

Mr Wood was ready to supply 

Safer Sumner with security 

cameras in 2017 after members 

raised $4000. 

However, the cost of the 

cameras jumped to $20,000 after 

police requested the cameras be 

aligned with their 

system, which led 

to Safer Sumner 

approaching the 

community board 

for funding in 

December. 

Darrell 

Latham 

“It’s all very well 

to have people 

slam the door 

in your face but they’ve got to 

be able to slam one door while 

leaving some other doors open. 

That’s what we are asking for 

really,” Mr Wood said. 

“It’s the usual red tape you 

have to go through,” he said. 

“We don’t actually need the ridiculous 

amount that the police 

and council have been saying. 

I’ll be exploring other avenues 

and options, we do have some 

but more will become apparent 

INITIATIVE: The Sumner 

Community Residents’ 

Association and Safer 

Sumner requested $16,187 

of funding from the 

Linwood-Central-Heathcote 

Community Board towards 

crime cameras. 

[at today’s meeting].” 

Community board member 

Darrell Latham said he is disappointed 

about the recommendation. 

“The community deserve a 

full explanation as to how this 

staff proposal to decline funding 

has evolved. Given the recommendation 

to decline funding 

I would like to think that the 

board can find other ways to 

support this worthy community 

initiative,’’ Mr Latham said. 

“Safer Sumner, the residents 

association and the community 

have been very proactive in 

wanting to discourage crime. 

They raised money towards the 

cameras and sought the ongoing 

support and guidance of the 

board. They did everything requested 

of them and police have 

also been supportive.” 

Cable soon to be commissioned 

ELECTRICITY upgrades are in 

sight for Lyttelton, Corsair Bay 

and Cass Bay. 

An Orion spokesperson has 

confirmed that work is on target 

to commission the new $3 

million 2.2km electricity cable 

through the Lyttelton Tunnel 

on or before July 31. 

It was originally expected 

that the new cable would be 

fully operational by the end 

of May but was delayed while 

other works were being 

undertaken in the area to 

ensure its integrity. 

TUMBLING: Noah Kennedy, 8, shows off his gymnastics skills with a headstand at the MASH 

sumner holiday programme on Thursday. 

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER 

Artwork to be given away 

•From page 1 

“It is just something new. It 

took a while for people to get 

their heads wrapped around it 

was bubble wrap,” she said. 

The artwork was grided up on 

a pixelated map. The bubble wrap 

was then hung over the artwork 

and individual bubbles injected 

with colour. 

Eventually, the food colouring 

will evaporate. It will take about 

six weeks to disappear, Elizabeth 

said. 

The bubble wrap will then be 

recycled. 

It is not the only artwork 

brightening up the mall. 

A 4.8m x 3.6m high string mural 

resembling bugs and featuring 

more than 4000 screws were 

installed. 

“For the string art it was multigenerational 

– the older people 

remember doing that when they 

were younger,” Elizabeth said. 

The Hub Hornby centre manager 

Jason Marsden said every 

year the mall tries to do something 

with an artistic creative 

aspect to inspire people. 

BRIGHT: Artist Asheley Elizabeth and her team installed a string 

mural featuring bugs at The Hub Hornby recently. The mall is 

planning to give the artwork away. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER 

Once a year the mall hosts 

an art-related installation event 

which gives artists the opportunity 

to interact with customers 

during construction. 

In the past, these have 

included giant sand sculptures, 

kinetic sculptures made from 

recycled materials and giant 

coffee cups made from paper 

cups. 

Mr Marsden said the mall 

would like to donate the string 

artwork to a public space in the 

community. 

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than 850 homes by 

Vicki Tahau-Paton 

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Ms Tahau- 

Paton was undertaking 

a letterbox campaign for 

her real estate business 

in Lyttelton and wanted 

to give back to the 

community. Putting the 

101 things flyer together 

and distributing it seemed 

a good way to do this. 

The gesture comes 

less than a month after 

Lyttelton received a 

scathing satirical review 

on the Sh** Towns of New 

Zealand Facebook page. 

“I wanted people to 

remember what 

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to the town in a 

positive way,” said 

Ms Tahau-Paton. 

She produced 

the flyer after 

receiving 

more than 160 

comments when 

she asked people to share 

their favourite thing about 

the port town on the 

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“Opening the front gate 

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so neighbours and their 

pets could come to visit,” 

one comment read. 

“New Year’s Eve at 

the corner and the ships 

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another. 

She collated them into a 

graphic design, made up of 

words from the comments 

like “community,” “people” 

and “views”. 

“I was not expecting that 

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my heart apart. It was just 

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of people to contribute,” 

she said. 

Ms Tahau-Paton has 

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News 

Lonsdale considers 

another shot at 

council, mayoralty 

• By Louis Day 

FORMER HAGLEY-Ferrymead 

city councillor Paul Lonsdale 

has not ruled out another bid 

for council or even a tilt for the 

mayoralty. 

Mr Lonsdale lost 

out to current city 

councillor Sara 

Templeton by 4095 

votes to 2499 when 

he ran for the newly 

created Heathcote 

Ward in 2016. 

He said it was 

possible he could run 

again in October’s local 

body elections. 

“It is something that 

is on my radar, there 

is no question about 

that,” he said. 

He was tight-lipped 

over which ward he 

would run in. 

“I do have an idea 

of where I would run 

and there are multiple 

choices that I would 

have a decent shot 

at, but there is one in 

particular I’m looking 

at.” 

He also did not rule out 

Curios and collections, a cluster of local artists exhibit 

their treasures over the month of August at Little River 

Gallery. Lee-Ann Dixon, Jane Downes, David Lloyd, 

Blanche Fryer and Anthony Savill exhibit covetable and 

collectable, tiny and contained artworks that will tug at 

your heart strings and capture your imagination. 

Blanche Fryer’s 

big egg issue 

Elemental 

Clusters • Collections • Curios 

Lee-Ann Dixon serves up a 

dainty Cicada dish 

running for the mayoralty. 

Mr Lonsdale lost the 2013 

mayoral election, receiving 22,855 

votes while current Mayor Lianne 

Dalziel got 72,600. 

“I have stood against Lianne 

before, but it would not 

be unheard of for me to 

give it another crack. It 

is something I had not 

really thought of but 

there are people actually 

asking if I would run, so 

it will form part of my 

consideration,” he said. 

Former mayoral 

candidate John Minto, 

Paul Lonsdale who was a high profile 

activist and Springbok 

tour protestor, has also 

not ruled out running 

again against Ms Dalziel 

in October. 

He received 13,117 

votes, losing to Ms 

Dalziel with 75,224 

in the 2016 mayoral 

election. 

“I think for Lianne, 

this is a retirement job 

Sara Templeton for her and she is very 

much a 1980s politician 

and I think we need to move into 

the new century,” Mr Minto said. 

Jane Downes’ 

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David Lloyd’s whimsical 

scaled tools of timber 

and copper 

Silver serving trays offer up creatures faithfully 

rendered in oils. A ceramic worlds of intrigue burst 

from their timber-salvaged frame while giant metal 

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PROPOSED: The Taylors Mistake Surf Life Saving Club’s new headquarters may go out for 

consultation. 

Public feedback may be sought on 

new Taylors Mistake clubrooms 


THE PUBLIC may soon have its 

say on the new Taylors Mistake 

Surf Life Saving clubrooms. 

The Linwood-Central- 

Heathcote Community 

Board is set to decide today 

whether to approve the start of a 

public consultation on a process 

to facilitate the clubrooms’ 

rebuild. 

If public consultation goes 

ahead, feedback will decide 

whether the Taylors Mistake 

Surf Life Saving Club is 

granted a licence to occupy the 

site. 

The licence would enable it to 

build a new $3 million pavilion 

on the same site as the original 

pavilion, which would be 

demolished. 

Resource consent has been 

approved for the design at the 

site, meaning if the club is not 

granted the licence, it will need 

to go back through the resource 

Ferrymead 

Many a Close Run Thing 

by Tom Enright 

A New Zealand squadron leader, flying-boat captain 

and airliner pilot on a life of aerial adventure Planes 

were rarely seen above the small Central Otago sheepfarming 

town of Ranfurly in the 1940s. Yet as a young 

boy, Tom Enright had a fascination with the skies that 

quickly developed into a longing to become a pilot. He 

joined the RNZAF as an engineer in 1951, and was sent 

to England at just 16 to attend the revered Royal Air Force 

college in Cranwell. 

Returning to New Zealand to join the Vampire fighter squadron in Ohakea, Tom 

became a famed member of the RNZAF aerobatic team. Later he became a 

flying commander at Wigram air base, before captaining a Sunderland flying 

boat to isolated communities in the vast South Pacific, often to the upper limits 

of the plane’s endurance. 

From the near-catastrophic opening of Wellington airport to flying Boeing 747s 

into the world’s biggest airports, this is Tom Enright’s story of the mishaps, 

misadventures and high-altitude drama of a 45-year flying career. 

The Guardian of Lies 

by Kate Furnivall 

1953, the South of France. The fragile peace between the West and Soviet Russia 

hangs on a knife edge. And one family has been torn apart by secrets and conflicting 

allegiances. 

Eloise Caussade is a courageous young Frenchwoman, raised on a bull farm near 

Arles in the Camargue. She idolises her older brother, Andre, and when he leaves to 

become an Intelligence Officer working for the CIA in Paris to help protect France, she 

soon follows him. Having exchanged the strict confines of her father’s farm for a life of 

freedom in Paris, her world comes alive. 

But everything changes when Andre is injured - a direct result of Eloise’s actions. Unable 

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for his injuries sets her on the trail of the person who attempted to kill him.Eloise finds 

her hometown in a state of unrest and conflict. Those who are angry at the construction 

of the American airbase nearby, with its lethal nuclear armaments, confront those who 

support it, and anger flares into violence, stirred up by Soviet agents. Throughout all this 

unrest, Eloise is still relentlessly hunting down the man who betrayed her brother and 

his country, and she is learning to look at those she loves and at herself with different 

eyes. She no longer knows who she can trust. Who is working for Soviet Intelligence 

and who is not? And what side do her own family lie on? 

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consent process and potentially 

alter the design. 

The club has been operating 

from Taylors Mistake beach 

for 103 years, and celebrated its 

centenary in 2016. 

The old clubhouse was 

red- stickered after the 

2016 Valentine’s Day earthquake 

rendered its previous stop-gap 

repairs unsafe. 

Since then the club has had to 

operate out of three temporary 

buildings. 

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Councillors may get childcare paid for 

• By Louis Day 

RATEPAYER MONEY could 

be used to pay for the childcare 

of councillors and community 

board members. 

This comes after a new 

policy from the Remuneration 

Authority was released at the 

start of this month which allows 

councils to reimburse elected 

members for childcare. 

If adopted by a council, 

members are 

eligible to an 

allowance 

only if their 

child is under 

14 and the 

childcare is not 

provided by a 

family member. 

Deon Swiggs 

Childcare 

allowances are 

also limited to $6000 a year per 

child. 

City council secretary Jo Daly 

said it would consider adopting 

the policy before September. 

City councillor Deon Swiggs 

thought the policy would be well 

supported. 

“I would expect our council 

to support it and I will be 

supporting it myself, not 

necessarily for councillors but 

for community board members. 

It just takes away a bit of a 

barrier for people with families,” 

he said. 

Cr Swiggs did not expect the 

policy to lead to a rates increases 

should it be adopted. 

“I would not expect it to 

come from any new money 

from rates, I would expect this 

to be absorbed from other 

funds.” 

“We have a catering budget, 

do we need a catering budget? 

Those are the things I would like 

to look at.” 

Cr Aaron Keown, who has 

three children of his own, 

thought city councillors were 

earning enough to pay for their 

own childcare and community 

board members did not need it 

due to it being a part-time role. 

Councillors are paid $102,400 

whereas the pay of community 

board members varies between 

$9864 and $24,580, chairs of 

community boards are paid up 

to $49,160. 

Cr Keown said it was not 

needed in Christchurch but 

could be in lower-paid councils 

across the country. 

Cr Sara Templeton said she 

would vote in favour of the 

policy and saw it as a small step 

to increasing diversity around 

the decision table. 

Cr Mike Davidson said he was 

“open-minded to it.” 

The Selwyn District Council 

adopted the policy last week. 

Deputy Mayor Malcolm Lyall 

said he believed the policy would 

ruffle feathers and result in 

backlash from the community. 

“There’s always going to be 

someone saying, what are they 

[the district council] doing? It’s 

just a part of the job and I’m just 

keen to get more young people 

around the table and that is what 

this is about,” he said. 

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think city councillors and 

community board members 

should be reimbursed for 

their childcare costs using 

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Local 

News 

Now 

Tradies warned 

to lock it or 

lose it – police 


POLICE ARE reminding tradies 

in Lyttelton and Corsair Bay to 

lock it or lose it after an increase 

in thefts from four-wheel-drive 

vehicles. 

Christchurch metro area 

prevention manager Inspector 

Leairne Dow said tradespeople 

in particular should be cautious 

and secure valuable tools left in 

vehicles. 

“Police take this offending very 

seriously, we know the impact it 

has on victims, particularly when 

it’s someone’s livelihood being 

taken,” she said. 

There are a number of steps 

tradies can take to keep their tools 

secure, Inspector Dow said. 

“Parking vehicles out of sight, 

removing valuable items over 

weekends, securing tools inside 

vehicles with chains and padlocks 

or even a tarp thrown over the top 

of them can be useful deterrents.” 

She said the Serial Number Action 

Partnership website is a useful 

tool for recording serial numbers 

which assist in the return of stolen 

property if located by police. 

“We encourage tradies to get 

their tools engraved with their 

driver licence number, and enter 

these on the SNAP website, so if 

the tools are recovered, we can 

return them.” 

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food court area is now lighter, brighter and more open, while the 

addition of lush greenery, and the new improved seating layout 

have been designed to create a more relaxed fast/casual eating 

environment. 

“We are delighted to showcase our new-look food court to our 

community,” centre manager Kirstie McNulty says. 

She invites customers to join in the celebrations marking the 

launch of the upgraded food court, which kick off on Thursday 

evening, July 25. More FM will be on site, along with the Winning 

Wheel giving customers the chance to win exciting prizes. 

The entertainment will also include face painting, music and 

action entertainment, waiters with food sampling and balloon 

twisting. The celebrations will continue throughout the evening 

on Friday, July 26, August 1 and 2, and August 8 and 9, with face 

painting, balloon twisting, entertainment and giveaways. 

The food court is not the only place to enjoy a bite at Westfield, 

however – there are more than 30 eating places located around 

the centre, all under one roof. These combined with the major 

retailers, fashion brands and numerous other specialty stores give 

customers the opportunity to enjoy true one-stop shopping at 

Westfield, with something there for the whole family. Extensive, 

easily accessible free parking adds to the convenience. 

The food court renovations are a follow-on from the previous 

upgrading work that was carried out some 18 months ago at the 

centre and included painting of the whole interior and the addition 

of comfort zones and plantings, Ms McNulty says.




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I GUESS parenting isn’t 

something that actually gets 

easier. 

There has been a recent change 

in the nature of my parenting 

experience. 

My little girl hit the 18-month 

mark last week and it’s like she’s 

so much older all of a sudden. 

There’s more word-like sounds, 

she copies what you do and say 

more (got to watch that road 

rage swearing) and obviously 

recognises words for certain 

things. 

I’ve got a painting in the hall 

of a medieval village scene and 

Vittoria can point out the dog if 

asked. 

That’s pretty cool. It involves 

form recognition, word 

recognition and the recognition 

of what’s being asked of her. 

But pointing out dogs doesn’t 

fundamentally change my dayto-day. 

What does is the fact that 

Vittoria has finally cracked the 

ability to climb onto the couch. 

Therefore anything else of a 

similar height. 

That’s fine if I’m nearby but it 

severely limits my opportunities 

to leave her out of sight for any 

length of time. 

So there goes a relaxing 

morning shower while Vittoria 

VITTORIA 

& Matt 

innocently enjoys Pingu. Who 

knows what mischief she could be 

getting up to? 

I suppose you’d probably 

think it would stop me from 

being able to duck off to the loo 

as well, but then you wouldn’t 

have a toddler then would you? 

They can’t stay away from an 

occupied loo. 

As much as I’m lamenting 

simpler times at home, I’m also 

paradoxically super proud of her. 

There’s been a couple of “how 

did you get there” moments over 

the last week, but one sticks out in 

particular. 

Vittoria’s highchair sits in the 

kitchen, mostly unused. Climbing 

it seems like a dangerous activity 

and it scares the willies out of me 

when she tries. 

She was in the kitchen with me 

the other day, helping me prepare 

some food for her. I turned away 

from her for mere seconds while 

I washed up and in that time she 

had climbed up the chair and was 

happily sitting in it. 

Terrifying. 

Eyes on mate, eyes on. 

•Former Bay Harbour News 

journalist Matt Salmons 

has become a stay-at-home 

dad. We follow his journey 

weekly. 

Readers respond to 

Linwood-Central-Heathcote 

Community Board member 

Darrell Latham’s Soapbox 

in last week’s Bay Harbour 

News who criticises the 

process of exclusion of the 

public from seminars 

Linwood-Central- 


Board member Tim Lindley 

– I was a bit surprised by last 

week’s article calling for public 

right to attend community 

board seminars and presenting 

such a move as an ‘outbreak of 

democracy’. 

The Linwood-Central-Heathcote 

Community Board I am on 

holds two main types of meetings 

– respectively called seminar 

meetings and board meetings. 

The board meetings are where 

decisions are made and with very 

few exceptions all are in public. 

The word ‘seminar’ for the first 

type of meeting may be a misnomer. 

A more appropriate title 

could be ‘board briefings’ as that 

is closer to where they fit in the 

chain of project governance. 

They include staff updates on 

approved projects, project plans 

under development and forwardthinking 

speculative concepts. 

It is a time where board 

members, as representatives of 

the community, ask probing 

questions and give frank and 

honest feedback to council staff. 

It is highly important that staff 

presenting to these meetings feel 

equally able, to be frank and honest 

in their discussions. 

Part of the discussion will 

include when and how to get the 

most effective community feedback 

on project proposals. 

This can take many forms, 

including community meetings, 

workshops, and on-line feedback. 

For matters of significant impact, 

there will also be a hearings 

panel and I have served on many 

of these. 

Consultations matter and are 

an important way to find good 

ideas from the community and 

ensure they are incorporated into 

council project plans. 

When a project comes to the 

board decision meeting, 

a board member 

who is doing their job 

well will have read 

the full body of public 

consultation and take 

all views expressed 

into account. 

If consultation 

and public feedback has been 

inadequate or has been ignored it 

behoves the board to insist that it 

be done properly, and such board 

deliberations are undertaken in 

public. 

From my experience as a firstterm 

community board member 

new to local politics, I have found 

democracy alive and well in the 

project approval and governance 

processes of the board and that 

public opinion is sought and 

taken into account. It does not 

mean that everyone will be happy 

all the time, but that is how democracy 

works. 

The principle of continuous 

improvement means we can 

do better and should strive to, 

however, I am not convinced that 

making board briefings by staff 

public represents an improvement 

or serves our communities 

any better. 

Topsy Rule – As a resident of 

the Sumner/Redcliffs 

area for over 

80 years, I am very 

concerned to read that 

the Linwood Central- 


Board holds 

some of its seminars 

in secret. 

We the ratepayers of Christchurch 

pay the members wages and 

elect them to work on our behalf. 

Therefore, surely, we are entitled 

to know just what is going on 

in our area. 

Alisdair Hutchison – I was 

disturbed to read that most of 

our elected Linwood-Central- 

Heathcote Community Board 

members regard it as good 

practice routinely to exclude the 

public from their seminars. 

The more so when I read that 

these elected representatives use 

the seminars to discuss and debate 

issues that are then voted on 

at the following Board meeting. 

Please, could they show some 

leadership in this election year 

and vote loudly to reverse the 

presumption so that seminars are 

routinely advertised and open. 

When specific circumstances 

warrant excluding the public for 

part of a seminar that should be 

decided on a case by case basis 

with reasons being recorded in 

writing and appended to the 

agenda of the following Board 

meeting. 

I see that voting day is on 

Saturday, October 13. It’s time to 

sharpen the pencils. 

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BAY HARBOUR 


SPORT 

EFFORT: Millie Junge battles 

through the mud on way to a 

14th place finish in the under-12 

girls event. 

PHOTO: PAUL KOSTER 

Trying conditions 

for runners 

• By Gordon Findlater 

PERSISTENT RAIN late last 

week meant that Sumner Running 

Club members battled what 

looked more like a mud bath than 

a racer course at the Canterbury 

Cross Country Championships. 

A 28-strong team from Sumner 

travelled to Halswell Quarry on 

Saturday and weren’t put off by 

the trying conditions. Across the 

junior and senior categories the 

club collected eight podium finishes, 

including three golds. 

In the juniors Abigail Scott- 

Douglas finished third in the girls 

under-12 race. There was also a 

third place finish for Hero Barrettelli 

in the boys under-10. 

Meanwhile, in the senior events 

golds were won by Robyn Perkins 

in the women’s 55-plus, David 

Fitch in the men’s 40-plus and 

Graham Batchelor in the men’s 70 

plus. There was also third place 

finishes for Alistair Cory-Wright 

in the men’s 50-plus, Jan Harrison 

in the women’s 50-plus and 

Katherine Fitch in the women’s 

45-plus. 

The next major event of the 

Canterbury athletics winter programme 

in the Canterbury Road 

Championships on August 31. 

Uncertain future for Lyttelton 


LYTTELTON WILL go 

into Saturday’s premier 

reserve quarter finals as the 

competition’s top qualifier. 

However, that may not be good 

enough to see them eligible to 

play in the competition next 

year. 

A decision made by the 

Canterbury Rugby Union three 

years ago means teams wanting 

to compete in the premier 

reserve grade must also have a 

team competing in the premier 

competition. 

The decision would mean 

Lyttelton Rugby Club’s top side 

will be forced to drop down to 

the senior grade – also known as 

division three – next year. However, 

Lyttelton are challenging 

the decision and club president 

Clinton Norris is confident it 

will be overturned as a meeting 

between the CRFU, metro rugby 

committee and the clubs on 

August 7. 

The change would also effect 

Suburbs and Otautahi who also 

compete in the premier reserve 

grade, but not in the premier 

competition. It’s understood 


LINWOOD CAN well and truly 

be considered Sumner’s bogey 

team after their season finished 

with a third drubbing at Linfield 

Park. 

Sumner’s 0-47 loss to 

Linwood on Saturday 

followed their previous 

heavy defeats to the same 

opposition, losing 22-76 

in April and 15-48 earlier 

this month. The latest 

result also eliminated 

Sumner from the bowl 

playoffs and ended their 

season. 

Coach Martin Dodgson said 

the game was emblematic of their 

season. 

“When we were good, we were 

really good, and when we were 

bad, we were really bad,” said 

Dodgson. 

“Unfortunately we were only 

really good for the last 20min and 

Martin 

Dodgson 

the change was set to come into 

place originally in 2017, but was 

delayed until 2019 to allow the 

clubs to try and establish a side 

in both the premier and premier 

reserve competitions. 

Norris feels that if Lyttelton 

are not able to field a side in the 

premier reserve grade next year 

it may result in players leaving 

the sport. 

“That would kill our club. 

There’s just no way we could 

hold onto players or even recruit 

because players want to play in 

the grade they feel they’re competitive 

in,” said Norris. 

the game was already gone.” 

One thing Sumner can take 

from their season is that they were 

one of only two teams this year 

to defeat both of this weekend’s 

premier grand-finalists – Lincoln 

University and High School 

Old Boys. 

However, due to their bowl 

semi-final exit, they will 

finish the competition below 

University, which didn’t 

win a round-robin match all 

year, but defeated Belfast in 

Saturday’s other bowl semifinal. 

The attention now turns to 

Sumner’s premier reserve team, 

which hopes have better fortune 

at Linfield Park on Saturday 

when they play Linwood in their 

quarter-final. 

BREAK: First-five Josh Toy 

makes a run during Sumner’s 

0-47 loss to Linwood. 

PHOTO: ROZELLE MAY 

CONCERNS: A 

decision from the 

CRFU could see 

Lyttelton relegated 

from the premier 

reserve grade which 

they currently lead. 

Some of our players would 

drop out of the sport and be 

lost to rugby . . . they just love 

the culture we have, we’re like a 

country club in the town competition,” 

said Norris. 

He also feels if the club’s top 

side was forced to play in the 

metro senior grade it would 

eliminate the pathway for clubs 

like Lyttelton to get to the top 

and establish a premier side in 

the future. Lyttelton currently 

has two senior teams and eight 

junior teams. 

Lyttelton’s premier reserve 

side won 12 of their 14 roundrobin 

games this season and 

host Sydenham in a quarter-final 

at 1pm on Saturday. They have 

previously won the competition 

in 2011 and 2013. 

In recent years former 

Crusaders and All Blacks player 

Corey Flynn has represented the 

side. 

Metro committee chairman 

Brent Goldsmid said a decision 

will be made at the meeting 

on August 7, but declined to 

comment further on the matter. 

The CRFU was not able to 

respond to questions before the 

Bay Harbour News deadline. 

Bogey team ends Sumner’s season 

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Auction: Auction, 8th August 2019, from 12pm 


Alison Carter Ph 027 431 8960 

Mt Pleasant 1/179 Soleares Avenue 

Mt Pleasant 2/179 Soleares Avenue 

Mt Pleasant 182 Mt Pleasant Road 

Papanui 2/109 Main North Road 

2 2 2 

2 

3 1 1 4 

3 2 1 

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Auction: 1st August 2019, from 12pm 


Deb Beesley 

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Auction: 1st August 2019, from 12pm 


Deb Beesley 

Ph 027 280 8837 

Auction: 8th August 2019, from 12pm 


Michelle Ward Ph 027 203 7858 

Shaun Davey Ph 027 953 8860 

Deadline Treaty: 31 July 2019 4pm 

View at: www.harcourts.co.nz ID#FM5537 

Sam Ansell Ph 021 160 6254 

Josh Westland Ph 021 258 4410 

Mt Pleasant 166 Soleares Ave 

Ferrymead 27 Kotuku Crescet 

Linwood 5 Thomas Street 

Linwood 7 Woodham Courts 

4 3 2 

2 

3 2 1 2 

3 1 1 

1 

2 1 1 1 


View at: www.harcourts.co.nz ID#SM0224 

Alison Carter 

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Sam Ansell Ph 021 160 6254 

Josh Westland Ph 021 258 4410 

Price: $330,000 


Joy Butel Ph 021 353 280 

Alistair Hazeldine Ph 027 572 1555 

Price: $295,000 


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Greg Powell 

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027 274 6157 

Alison 

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Michelle 

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Deb 

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022 697 7420. 

105 Bridle Path Rd 

Lens on the World 

Friday, Saturday and Sunday 

10am-4pm 

An exhibition of art 

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abroad. All works for sale. Free 

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Shoreline Toastmasters 

Monday 7.30-9pm 

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Mt Pleasant Yacht Club 

Akaroa Craft Group 

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Akaroa Library 

Mt Pleasant Walking Group 

Tuesday and Thursday, 

9.30am 

A mix of flat and hill walks 

for people with a medium 

level of fitness. Walks are in 

nearby areas and further afield. 

There will be carpooling with 

shared costs. Phone Judy 384 

1269. 

Various locations 

Technology Help 

Sessions 

Monday, 2-3pm 

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or tablet, go along to a drop-in 

session. It will cover off email, 

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Pretty hatchback key part of Mazda3 range 

Motoring 

Ross Kiddie 

THERE’S NO sign of the Mazda 

Motor Corporation running out 

of puff. 

By its own admission, the 

company was hit hard financially 

through floods which forced 

three months of cutbacks at its 

Hiroshima factories last year. 

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track, Mazda has pumped out 

a succession of desirable, high 

quality models. 

Those cars are also state of the 

art, and designed for what current 

buyers are looking for. That 

statement could be contradictory 

given the new Mazda3 has 

been launched in a diminishing 

market, the sedan/hatchback 

sector has lost favour against 

sport utility vehicles. 

However, I’m of the belief that 

there’s still plenty of interest in 

traditional sedans, and that is 

what I’d be looking for if I was in 

a position to buy a new vehicle. 

The new Mazda3 lands in 

hatchback and sedan body styles, 

they are each priced the same, 

starting at $36,595 and ending 

at $48,795. There are two engine 

options along the way - 2-litre 

or 2.5-litre – each paired to a 

traditional six-speed automatic 

transmission. 

This evaluation focuses on the 

entry-level GSX 2-litre hatchback, 

and I’d be looking no further, it 

certainly appeals to me, and at 

around $36k has to be the bargain 

of the series. 

You wouldn’t be disappointed 

with the level of specification, 

it gets a full suite of safety 

technologies, and items for 

comfort and convenience are 

in abundance. Sure, the cloth 

trim doesn’t have the appeal of 

leather, but for those living in 

Christchurch cloth is by far the 

more preferable, there’s no icy 

feeling jumping into the car on a 

frosty morning. 

In terms of specification, it gets 

satellite navigation, keyless entry 

and ignition, radar cruise control/ 

speed limiter, and a host of other 

features that Mazda has refined 

and incorporated into all of its 

models in recent years. That’s a 

tempting package and, as regular 

readers will recall, I’ve often 

remarked on the build quality and 

high grade trim materials that are 

used on all Mazda product today. 

As mentioned, the base model 

GSX gets a 1998cc power plant, 

it’s a naturally-aspirated unit, 

what I mean is that it doesn’t have 

a turbocharger like some other 

vehicles in the Mazda line-up. 

That’s no detraction, this engine 

MAZDA3 GSX HATCHBACK: Strong line-up in diminishing market. 

is part of the SkyActive range of 

Mazda drivelines, highlighted by 

good power outputs in relation 

to efficiency. The key figures are 

114kW and 200Nm, it will also 

return a combined cycle fuel 

usage average of 6.2-litres per 

100km (45mpg). 

These are Mazda’s claims, and 

I wouldn’t dispute them. On my 

evaluation drive the fuel usage 

readout was constantly listing 

around 7.8l/100km (36mpg), 

with an instantaneous figure 

of 6l/100km (47mpg) on offer 

with the engine turning over at 

1800rpm at 100km/h. 

I took the evaluation car 

through the twists and turns of 

the roads which run parallel to 

the Selwyn River, and I can report 

it has beautiful handling balance 

and high levels of comfort. 

The GSX rides on tyres far 

from low in profile. At 205/60 x 

16in they sit tall on the wheel, 

and won’t give you the handling 

dynamics of the low profile 

rubber fitted to high-grade 

variants. 

However, what they do 

give is amazing ride quality, 

and the handling is far from 

compromised. 

Steerage is still direct, and with 

a low centre of gravity (body 

height just 1435mm) there is 

control within the suspension 

and relative freedom. I say that 

because Mazda has introduced 

a new rear suspension into the 3 

range. 

It came as a bit of a surprise to 

learn the old fully-independent 

system has been dropped in 

favour of a torsion beam type. 

I would have considered that 

was a backward step, but Mazda 

has told me that they have every 

confidence in the new design. 

In effect, it does work 

confidently, and if technical 

details don’t bother you in a 

purchase then you are never 

going to tell the difference. 

The balance between power 

• Price – Mazda3 GSX 

hatchback, $36,595 

• Dimensions – Length, 

4460mm; width, 

1795mm; height, 1435mm 

• Configuration – Fourcylinder, 

front-wheeldrive, 

1998cc, 114kW, 

200Nm, six-speed 

automatic. 

• Performance – 

0-100km/h, 9sec 

• Fuel usage – 6.2l/100km 

and handling is manufactured 

so that if you want to have a 

spirited drive the 2-litre engine 

performs admirably, there is 

plenty of power on tap, and it has 

a complete willingness through 

the entire rev band. 

If you wish for a spirited 

drive there is a sport mode 

available at the driver’s discretion, 

it livens the engine markedly, but 

I was more interested in gleaning 

good fuel use stats so I used it 

only for a short period just for 

evaluation purposes only. For the 

record, the Mazda3 in this form 

will scamper to 100km/h in a 

respectable 9sec. 

As much as I enjoyed the bold 

design of the hatchback – the rear 

quarter is simply stunning – I’d be 

in the sedan market. 

However, I’m well aware that 

buyers like sport utility vehicles, 

but it’s good to see traditional 

models are still in the marketplace, 

I hope that Mazda is rewarded 

through solid sales.


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no bond required 

Trades & Services 

Atkinson Construction Ltd 

• Local qualified licensed builder 

• Over 30 years experience 

• Building alterations 

• Maintenance 

• No job too big or small 

Dean: 021 480 093 

atkinsonconstruction@xtra.co.nz 

PLUMBING & 

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CHRISTCHURCH 

AND WIDER 

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WITH QUALITY 

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PHONE HAMISH BALDWIN 

027 636 3499 

Your local professional 

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• Gas and drainage 

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Three convenient sizes from $70 a week: 

Standard 3.6m x 2.4m 

Large 4.2m x 2.4m | Xtra-large 4.8m x 2.4m 

PIANO LESSONS 

Catherine Bracegirdle 

DipABRSM ATCL AIRMT 

51A Colenso St, Sumner 

Ph. 021 044 5102 

www.pianoandtheory.co.nz 

catherine.bracegirdle@gmail.com 

Phone 376 5322 or email 

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for display cabin locations 

www.justcabins.co.nz 

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Need help with 

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repairs. Heritage 

brickwork & stonework 

a speciality. No job too 

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Home 329 9344. Cell 

027 684 4046. E mail 

georgelockyer@xtra.co.nz 

CARPET & VINYL 

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Email jflattery@xtra.co.nz 

ph John on 0800 003 181 

or 027 2407416 

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a/h 359- 4605 

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from new housing to small 

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Ph Chris 0800 438 152. 

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no job too big or too 

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quotes given, over 20 yrs 

plastering experience, ph 

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Phone 980 5812 or 027 

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Public Notices 

Sunday 25th August 2019 

4pm Governors Bay Hotel 

In conjunction with the 

Governors Bay Jetty 

Restoration Trust Annual 

General Meeting 

“Working together – 

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Refreshments will be served! 

Come and have your say… 

Public Notices 

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Phone 379 7100 

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BAY HARBOUR 


on trend... 

Carrara 

Side Table 

$ 

599 

spaces. 

real marble! 

ON SALE 

Vermont 3 Seater 

NOW ONLY 

$ 

1099 

Carrara Coffee Table 

$ 

1499 

real marble! 

Shop 

Online 

Nationwide 

Delivery 

Finance 

Options 

targetfurniture.co.nz 

Cnr Blenheim & Curletts Rds, Christchurch 

Ph: 0800 TARGET (0800 827438) 

Offers and product prices advertised here expire 29/07/19. 

Sale excludes Manchester and Accessories. 

Don’t miss out, 

on trend... 

on sale ends 

29.07.19. 

In store 

& online.



BAY HARBOUR 

PAGE 25 

THE 

SALE 

STARTS FRIDAY 26TH JULY 

RUNS FOR 10 DAYS 

26TH JULY – 4TH AUGUST 

WOMENSWEAR | LINGERIE | WOMENS SHOES 

CONTEMPORARY LOUNGE | ATRIUM 

ACCESSORIES | COSMETICS | CHILDRENSWEAR 

MENSWEAR | LUGGAGE | BED & BATH | PANTRY 

HOME & LIVING | COOK & DINE | MEN’S GIFTING


BAY HARBOUR 


SHOP THE SALE FOR 10 DAYS OF SAVINGS 

50%–70% OFF 

SELECTED 

WOMENSWEAR 

INCLUDING 

70% OFF SELECTED 

SEASALT AND JOULES. 

70% OFF ALL 

BRAKEBURN. 


VASSALLI, CAROLINE SILLS, 

SILLS, LORNA JANE, 

PAULA RYAN AND VERGE. 

50% OFF 

SELECTED 

CONTEMPORARY 

LOUNGE 

INCLUDING 

HUFFER, TED BAKER, 

SUPERDRY, KAREN WALKER, 

TWENTY SEVEN NAMES, 

TOMMY HILFIGER, G-STAR AND 

JULIETTE HOGAN (EXCLUSIVE). 

JEWELLERY 


HANDBAGS 


LINGERIE 

70% OFF ALL 

ATRIUM 

50% OFF ALL 

ENGELSRUFER. 


CALVIN KLEIN, KAGI, PETITE GRAND, 

DYRBERG KERN, THOMAS SABO, 

AMBER SCEATS AND ELK. 

BRIARWOOD, LULU GUINNESS, 

RADLEY, ELK, SANCIA, TED BAKER 

AND CALVIN KLEIN. 

BENDON AND FAYREFORM. 


BERLEI, WACOAL, SIMONE PERELE, 

CALVIN KLEIN, TRIUMPH AND JOCKEY. 

TRELISE COOPER, COOPER, ELK 

AND INGRID STARNES. 


MAGGIE MARILYN AND 

GEORGIA ALICE. 

CHILDRENSWEAR AND TOYS 


WOMENS SHOES 


ECCO, KATHRYN WILSON, 

HOGL, SUPERGA, TED BAKER, 

ARA, ADIDAS ORIGINALS 

AND TOMMY HILFIGER. 

NATURE BABY, HUXBABY, 

JOULES, ROCK YOUR BABY, 

FOX & FINCH, MUNSTER, 

RADICOOL DUDE, BEBE, 

WILSON AND FRENCHIE, MILKY, 

TOMMY HILFIGER, BOBUX, 

HUGO BOSS, TIMBERLAND 

AND LITTLE MARC JACOBS. 

COSMETICS 

FROM 40% OFF 

SELECTED 

THE AROMATHERAPY CO. 

MODEL CO. AND DERMALOGICA. 

FRAGRANCES 


ZADIG & VOLTAIRE, ISSEY MIYAKE, 

NARCISO RODRIGUEZ, ELIE SAAB 

AND DOLCE & GABBANA. 

...and so much more!



BAY HARBOUR 

PAGE 27 

SHOP THE SALE FOR 10 DAYS OF SAVINGS 

HOME AND LIVING 


INCLUDING 

VANILLA FLY, MARSHALL, KREAFUNK, 

LIGHT AND LIVING, MADRAS, 

VOYAGE, CITTA AND MORE. 

COOK AND DINE 

50%–70% 

OFF SELECTED 

DINNERWARE 


GLASSWARE INCLUDING 

KROSNO AND RCR. 

UP TO 50% 

OFF SELECTED 

COOKWARE INCLUDING 

BALLARINI, WMF AND MORE. 


KITCHENAID AND LE CREUSET. 

PANTRY 

50% OFF ALL 

MANUKA HONEY. 

40% OFF ALL 

HONEY WRAPS. 

50% OFF 

SELECTED 

MENSWEAR 


STATIONERY, CARDS 

AND NAPKINS. 

INCLUDING 

R.M. WILLIAMS, TOMMY HILFIGER, POLO RALPH LAUREN, GANT, 

GAZMAN, BARBOUR, JOE BLACK, JOULES AND MANY MORE. 

50% 

OFF 

SELECTED 

BED AND BATH 

TOWELS, SHEETS, DUVET INNERS, 

PILLOWS, CUSHIONS AND 

THROWS. 

INCLUDING 

SHERIDAN, BAKSANA, MM LINEN, 

FAIRYDOWN AND SENECA. 

LUGGAGE 


SAMSONITE, PIERRE CARDIN 

AND DELSEY. 

MENS SHOES 


INCLUDING 

R.M. WILLIAMS, ECCO, FLORSHEIM, 

RIEKER, JULIUS MARLOW, 

NEW BALANCE AND MANY MORE. 

...and so much more!


BAY HARBOUR 


EXTENDED WEEKEND OPENING HOURS DURING THE SALE 

FRIDAY 26TH JULY . .............9.30AM – 7.00PM 

SATURDAY 27TH JULY . .........9.00AM – 6.00PM 

NORMAL TRADING HOURS RESUME: SUNDAY 28TH - SUNDAY 4TH 

40% OFF 

SELECTED 

LE CREUSET 

70% OFF 

SELECTED 

JOULES 

50% OFF 

SELECTED 

TOMMY HILFIGER 

50% OFF 

ALL 

JULIETTE HOGAN 

Shop online now at ballantynes.co.nz/thesale City Mall, Christchurch. PHONE (03) 379 7400

Bay Harbour: July 24, 2019

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