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Thursday, <strong>August</strong> 8, <strong>2019</strong><br />

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Fatal hit-and-run<br />

High-profile offender<br />

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pedestrian killed<br />

• By Jess Gibson<br />

QUESTIONS ARE being asked<br />

over what supervision was in<br />

place for serious repeat offender<br />

Marcel Sydney Geros leading up<br />

to yesterday’s fatal hit-and-run in<br />

New Brighton.<br />

Geros<br />

(right) was a<br />

passenger in<br />

a vehicle with<br />

two others<br />

when it failed<br />

to stop for<br />

police shortly<br />

before 2pm.<br />

Police<br />

abandoned the<br />

pursuit but the<br />

vehicle was<br />

located soon<br />

after and Geros<br />

and a woman<br />

were apprehended.<br />

<strong>The</strong> people<br />

in the vehicle<br />

were gang-affiliated. A third<br />

person ran off and stole a van<br />

which rammed a police dog<br />

vehicle and soon after struck<br />

and killed a pedestrian at the<br />

intersection of Hawke St and<br />

Shaw Ave.<br />

Late yesterday police said they<br />

were seeking Liam Strickland,<br />

21, in relation to the hit-and-run.<br />

<strong>The</strong> pedestrian, who lived in a<br />

van in an empty New Brighton<br />

car park, was standing in the<br />

road and appeared to be trying<br />

to wave down the fleeing vehicle.<br />

Ten days ago, Geros escaped<br />

a prison sentence for the<br />

attempted kidnapping of a<br />

woman while<br />

jogging<br />

in Ilam in<br />

September last<br />

year.<br />

When he<br />

appeared in<br />

the district<br />

court for<br />

sentencing,<br />

Judge Raoul<br />

Neave decided<br />

not to jail<br />

Geros. Instead,<br />

he received<br />

two years<br />

of intensive<br />

supervision.<br />

Judge Neave<br />

told the court<br />

he expected a<br />

backlash over his decision.<br />

Geros has a violent<br />

background and was jailed in<br />

20<strong>08</strong> for the brutal bashing of an<br />

elderly man in the North Island.<br />

“No doubt there will be letters<br />

to the editor demanding my<br />

resignation. It won’t be the first<br />

time and it won’t be the last,”<br />

said Judge Neave.<br />

•Turn to page 4<br />

CORDONED OFF: <strong>The</strong> scene yesterday<br />

on Shaw Ave in New Brighton where a<br />

pedestrian was hit and killed. (Inset) –<br />

Police were seeking Liam Strickland, 21,<br />

in relation to the hit-and-run.<br />

PHOTO: SOPHIE CORNISH


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pa senger<br />

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O’Co ne l<br />

woman were unhurt.<br />

found guilty of the manslaughter on bail for other charges a the stomped on in a Timaru str et. betw en one of the men found<br />

Police a rived s on after and of Timaru Wayne Ke ry time of the a tack on Mr Bray. Mr Bray walked past guilty and Mr Bray which led to<br />

he was a prehended.<br />

Bray 2 09. Jamieson received Mr Bray, 26, died four days property where there had b en a the a tack.<br />

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• By Bridget Rutherford<br />

PROMINENT Cantabrians<br />

have given a mixed response to<br />

the po sible futuristic l ok of<br />

Cathedral Square.<br />

Plans for wha the Square<br />

could ok like were released<br />

by Regenerate Christchurch<br />

yesterday after seven years of<br />

debate and controversy the<br />

slow progre s of the rebuild.<br />

It includes thr e covered<br />

pavilions, which would have<br />

a “la tice-style” translucent<br />

r of, which could host markets<br />

and other events.<br />

FUTURISTIC: Plans released yesterday sho what Cathedral Square could ok like.<br />

<strong>The</strong> long-term vision, which is<br />

estimated to cost betw en $60-<br />

$80 mi lion, aims to bring people<br />

back into the area, through a<br />

series of interco nected public<br />

spaces.<br />

<strong>The</strong> vision for Square also<br />

includes Cathedral Gardens<br />

with tr and water features,<br />

Post Office Place with events<br />

and m eting spaces, and Library<br />

Plaza with other people-friendly<br />

areas.<br />

“We’ve go to l ok at what is<br />

Former mayor Ga ry M ore<br />

ha pening, what’s in the vision<br />

said the plan was “bri liant”<br />

and what can we deliver.”<br />

while developer Ernest Duval<br />

City counci lor Jamie Gough<br />

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

think of the central city as said it was g od starting<br />

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

strategy to be developed with the when, and what funding would the vision would hel people neighbourh od.<br />

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Housing Canty’s population boom.......6<br />

ECan’s burning issue........................................10<br />

Whiz kids take on ODT quiz.......................13<br />

Rabbit cull results weeks away ............. 16<br />

Singer lives life to the max..........................32<br />

Striker shoots for Golden Boot...............36<br />

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<strong>The</strong> Square: Is this the future?<br />

Cops close in on con man<br />

ager is the key suspect.<br />

were awaiting details abou the “He swears black and blue it<br />

By Bridget Rutherford wasn’t him and he doesn’t have<br />

• other.<br />

Senior Constable Stapley would the cell phone numbers any-<br />

POLICE HAVE found two bank not comment on wha the investigation<br />

more,” he said.<br />

account numbers in their hunt for a con man who falsely said<br />

if into the first account number revealed.<br />

“We have to find out where<br />

these phones are and tie them up<br />

gangs would hur their families up.<br />

He said two phone numbers, same person, with the bank accounts.”<br />

21 complaints<br />

people didn’t pay Wayne connected to the who had Police have received people<br />

Senior Constable led police to a suspect from Christchurch Stapley said two of the victims had been given two bank account been interviewed and denied any<br />

involvement.<br />

targeted by the sinister scam.<br />

It involved phone calls and<br />

numbers to put money into. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> understands a teen-<br />

Police had checked one, and A CONVICTED ki ler is back<br />

behind bars after a spectacular<br />

crash while a legedly fl eing<br />

police.<br />

John Oliver Jamieson’s Subaru<br />

Forester crashed through the<br />

Ro leston dog park fence on<br />

Saturday.<br />

A spear-like fence post<br />

smashed through the window<br />

scr e na rowly mi sing a<br />

woman in the pa senger seat.<br />

Miraculously Jamieson and the<br />

He had earlier b en recorded<br />

driving at 180km/h on State<br />

Highway 1.<br />

A cut-down rifle was later<br />

found by police in the vehicle.<br />

<strong>Star</strong>tle dog walker said<br />

Jamieson ran a short distance<br />

from the vehicle before sto ping<br />

to s e if the woman in the vehicle<br />

was okay.<br />

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<strong>The</strong> Canterbury District<br />

Health Board has agreed to<br />

“I’m confident Regenerate<br />

Christchurch’s vision wi l a low<br />

this to ha pen.”<br />

City counci lor Deon Swi gs<br />

said it would n ed to work<br />

around other developments<br />

such as Turanga, the Spark<br />

building, Aotea Gifts and the<br />

restoration of Christ Church<br />

Cathedral.<br />

IMPACT: <strong>The</strong> aftermath of the high sp ed crash on Saturday when this vehicle wen through a dog park fence.<br />

move its park and ride service<br />

from the appalling flood prone<br />

Deans Ave site to the city<br />

council’s 805-space Lichfield St<br />

car park on July 2.<br />

Since last winter, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> has<br />

ben hammering the Ministry<br />

of Health, CDHB and more<br />

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his house down and harm his<br />

family. <strong>The</strong> con man says they Senior Constable Stapley said<br />

are watching the victims’ families none of the people who had gone<br />

and elderly parents.<br />

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Labour MPs to do something<br />

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Said <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> editor in chief<br />

Barry Clarke: “We’ve been<br />

relentless in our determination<br />

to get something done about it.<br />

Finally, it’s happened.<br />

“Our campaign prompted<br />

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HAPPY: Park and ride<br />

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<strong>The</strong> district health board<br />

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It is understood it is no the<br />

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> has been told it is a<br />

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> sent a number of questions<br />

to Canterbury University<br />

yesterday but none would be answered.<br />

Said Canterbury University<br />

spokeswoman Margaret Agnew:<br />

“UC cannot respond to allegations<br />

that are before the police.”<br />

She referred the questions<br />

back to Dr Cheer. Her phone was<br />

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Police would also not comment<br />

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<strong>The</strong> overseas trip involves<br />

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• By Sophie Cornish<br />

NEW INITIATIVES are<br />

being trialled to help ease<br />

pressures of a busy flu season at<br />

hospitals.<br />

Since the beginning of the<br />

year, there have been almost 900<br />

flu-related hospital admissions<br />

in Canterbury.<br />

Sixteen patients have died<br />

from flu-related complications.<br />

Canterbury District Health<br />

Board hospitals are trialling new<br />

initiatives, such as increasing<br />

senior decision-making at<br />

the entrance of Christchurch<br />

Hospital’s emergency<br />

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Trial to ease flu-related hospital admissions<br />

people known to have a higher<br />

risk of developing complications<br />

are also a focus, CDHB medical<br />

officer of health Ramon Pink<br />

said.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> number of admissions<br />

across the region is much higher<br />

than the past two flu seasons.<br />

Every year we plan for the<br />

worst and take a health system<br />

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responding, meeting monthly<br />

with a group of representatives<br />

from different health providers,<br />

from general practices to<br />

pharmacies to labs to hospital<br />

staff,” said Dr Pink.<br />

A free flu shot is still available<br />

to people who are most at<br />

risk. This includes people aged<br />

65-years-old and older and<br />

pregnant women.<br />

Gough’s mayoralty plans:<br />

Decision early next week<br />

• By Louis Day<br />

JAMES GOUGH will decide<br />

early next week whether he will<br />

challenge Lianne Dalziel for the<br />

mayoralty.<br />

<strong>The</strong> high-profile city councillor<br />

has been pondering over running<br />

for months but said a final decision<br />

was likely to happen early<br />

next week before nominations<br />

close on Friday.<br />

“<strong>The</strong>re is no hurry with these<br />

things, there are a number of<br />

things that I want to look at and<br />

there is still a bit of work that<br />

needs to be done, not in the<br />

11th-hour, but certainly in the<br />

last week of nominations I will be<br />

making a decision,” he said.<br />

Businessman Darryll Park<br />

announced he would be running<br />

on Tuesday.<br />

Both Cr Gough and Mr Park,<br />

a co-owner of restaurant and bar<br />

Fat Eddie’s, are well-known figures<br />

within the business community.<br />

If both run at the same time<br />

this could split the centre-right<br />

vote and play right into the hands<br />

of left-leaning candidates such as<br />

current mayor Lianne Dalziel and<br />

high-profile activist John Minto.<br />

Ms Dalziel, a former Labour<br />

Cabinet Minister before she<br />

became the mayor in 2013, and<br />

Mr Minto, a political activist who<br />

was at the forefront of protests<br />

against the Springbok tour in<br />

1981, are likely to get the leftleaning<br />

vote.<br />

Mr Park said this was not<br />

something he had really<br />

Lianne Dalziel<br />

thought about.<br />

“I respect James for whatever<br />

decision he makes,” he said.<br />

Cr Gough saw Mr Park as a<br />

strong candidate and would not<br />

comment as to whether him<br />

standing would influence his<br />

own decision to run.<br />

“I have known Darryll for quite<br />

some time and he certainly has<br />

an impressive track record, I<br />

have a lot of time for him.”<br />

Former city councillor and<br />

mayoral candidate Paul Lonsdale<br />

could further divide the centreright<br />

vote if he decides to run.<br />

Darryll Park Paul<br />

Lonsdale<br />

Mr Lonsdale, another wellknown<br />

figure in the business<br />

community, said he was not ruling<br />

out a run for the mayoralty.<br />

James Gough<br />

He did not think running<br />

would scamper the chances of<br />

other right-leaning candidates.<br />

“I think each candidate going<br />

into this election will bring their<br />

own qualities people will be able<br />

to identify with, I don’t see any<br />

massive similarities between any<br />

of the candidates,” he said.<br />

Tourism operator Robin<br />

McCarthy, retail worker<br />

Stephen McPaike and<br />

telecommunications technician<br />

Adrian Schonborn are also<br />

running for mayor.<br />

•ECan’s hot seat, p10<br />

NEWS 3<br />

in brief<br />

Exhibition of mosque<br />

attack tributes<br />

An exhibition of the tributes<br />

received following the March<br />

15 terror attack will be held<br />

next month. City council, the<br />

Christchurch<br />

Art Gallery,<br />

Christchurch<br />

Botanic<br />

Gardens and<br />

the Muslim<br />

community<br />

are coordinating<br />

together to<br />

form the exhibition which will<br />

be open to the public. It will<br />

run for three days, starting on<br />

September 13.<br />

NATO Secretary<br />

General meets Dalziel<br />

<strong>The</strong> Secretary General of<br />

the North Atlantic Treaty<br />

Organisation has met with<br />

Mayor Lianne Dalziel. Jens<br />

Stoltenberg was formerly the<br />

prime minister of Norway when<br />

a far-right extremist killed 77<br />

people in two terror attacks<br />

in July 2011. Mr Stoltenberg,<br />

offered his condolences for the<br />

mosque shootings and is in<br />

the country as a guest of the<br />

Government.<br />

Burglaries spark<br />

Halswell meeting<br />

A spike in burglaries in the<br />

greater Halswell area has<br />

prompted a community safety<br />

meeting to gauge the extent<br />

of the problem. In June, five<br />

homes in Bibiana St, Felicitas<br />

Grove and Eaglesome Ave were<br />

targeted in a series of burglaries.<br />

<strong>The</strong> meeting will be held on<br />

Saturday from 10.30-11.30am at<br />

the Harvard Community Patrol<br />

Lounge.<br />

Linwood pool named<br />

Te Pou Toetoe<br />

Linwood’s new $22 million<br />

pool complex has been given a<br />

special name. <strong>The</strong> community<br />

facility will formally be known<br />

as Te Pou Toetoe: Linwood Pool.<br />

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4<br />

NEWS<br />

Questions over<br />

supervision<br />

•From page 1<br />

Judge Neave told the court he<br />

had been impressed by Geros’<br />

efforts to distance himself from<br />

gang associates and the progress<br />

he had made while on remand in<br />

jail for the attempted kidnapping<br />

charge.<br />

Intensive supervision is a<br />

community-based supervision<br />

sentence which is imposed if the<br />

court thinks it would reduce the<br />

likelihood of further offending<br />

through rehabilitation and<br />

reintegration of the offender.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Department of Corrections<br />

yesterday refused to discuss the<br />

incident, or say if Geros was being<br />

supervised or not because it was<br />

an “active police investigation.”<br />

But Sensible Sentencing Trust<br />

national spokeswoman said<br />

questions needed to be answered.<br />

<strong>The</strong> trust would be pushing<br />

to have Judge Neave’s intensive<br />

supervision sentence reviewed.<br />

“Being under intense<br />

supervision he shouldn’t have<br />

been in the car with whoever he<br />

was with,” she said.<br />

“He clearly cannot be out in the<br />

community.”<br />

She said there has recently been<br />

a lot of similar cases where people<br />

were breaching their intensive<br />

supervision.<br />

“It’s not working and the<br />

resources are not there to be able<br />

to put people under intensive<br />

supervision.”<br />

• By Georgia O’Connor-<br />

Harding<br />

IT’S A dirty job, but someone<br />

has to do it.<br />

That is Trevor and Alison<br />

Murray’s reason behind why<br />

they will pick up any litter,<br />

broken glass and dog faeces<br />

they see while walking<br />

throughout the suburb.<br />

“Somebody has got to do it,”<br />

Mrs Murray said.<br />

Every day while walking their<br />

two dogs Abby and Macey, the<br />

couple will clean up the suburb’s<br />

parks and streets, along with reporting<br />

anything on city council<br />

property needing repairs.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y have been presented<br />

with a Keep Christchurch Beautiful<br />

Award in recognition of<br />

their hard work.<br />

Mrs Murray, who is also a<br />

member of the Greater Hornby<br />

Residents’ Association, said<br />

she was “thrilled” to have been<br />

acknowledged.<br />

<strong>The</strong> couple will often walk to<br />

areas including Oakhampton<br />

Reserve, Trevor Reserve and<br />

the old Branston Intermediate<br />

School site.<br />

“One day we came home with<br />

three cartons of alcohol cans<br />

and bottles left at the old school.<br />

It is things like that, that really<br />

disgusts me,” Mrs Murray said.<br />

Her message to other residents<br />

is to “clean up after yourself.”<br />

news online at www.star.kiwi<br />

Award recognises litter collectors<br />

TIDY KIWIS: Hornby residents Trevor and Alison Murray clean up rubbish every day while<br />

walking their two dogs Macey and Abby.<br />

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />

“I am not saying I am perfect,<br />

because I am not, but it never<br />

hurts people to pick up rubbish,”<br />

Mrs Murray said.<br />

Her message also goes to dog<br />

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dog’s faeces in public spaces.<br />

“You are not allowed to leave<br />

it on the ground but some dog<br />

owners don’t care . . . it is a<br />

legal requirement but it is also a<br />

moral obligation,” Mrs Murray<br />

said.<br />

She said she gets annoyed<br />

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to the amount of rubbish she<br />

finds.<br />

Her other concerns are children<br />

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result of broken glass left on the<br />

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“<strong>The</strong> city council can’t afford<br />

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rates.”<br />

Last year the association<br />

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Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />

INVESTIGATORS ARE still<br />

struggling to identify the cause<br />

of an explosion that destroyed a<br />

Northwood house.<br />

Several items of interest have<br />

been found at the blast site.<br />

Fire and Emergency New<br />

Zealand is continuing to investigate<br />

the cause and origin of the<br />

gas explosion that obliterated a<br />

Marble Court house on July 19.<br />

Blast waves threw chunks<br />

of roof tiles and other debris<br />

around the neighbourhood.<br />

One Greymouth man was<br />

rushed to Christchurch Hospital<br />

where he was placed on life support.<br />

Five others were also taken to<br />

hospital.<br />

Neighbours and passers-by<br />

who pulled stunned survivors<br />

from the burning debris at the<br />

time they were amazed that<br />

nobody was instantly killed.<br />

Over the past week representatives<br />

of Fenz, WorkSafe, police<br />

and the insurance industry have<br />

worked together to reconstruct<br />

large portions of the house in<br />

which the blast occurred to gain<br />

a clearer picture of what happened.<br />

But the cause of the blast has<br />

not yet been definitively established.<br />

Fenz Christchurch Metro<br />

Area Commander David<br />

Stackhouse indicated that the<br />

investigation will likely continue<br />

over the coming weeks and will<br />

include the testing of several<br />

items of interest found at the<br />

blast site.<br />

Personal belongings, including<br />

photo albums, have been<br />

recovered from a number of the<br />

properties badly affected by the<br />

explosion and returned to their<br />

owners.<br />

news online at www.star.kiwi<br />

Blast cause still unknown<br />

TESTING: <strong>The</strong> Northwood house which was destroyed in<br />

an explosion is still cordoned off and is the subject of a<br />

Fire and Emergency New Zealand investigation.<br />

“For many families photographs<br />

are their most important<br />

belongings,” Stackhouse said.<br />

“Those working on the investigation<br />

were delighted that they<br />

were able to reunite many of the<br />

people affected by the explosion<br />

with these irreplaceable items.”<br />

<strong>The</strong> scene of the incident<br />

remains under guard while the<br />

investigation continues.<br />

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NEWS 5<br />

Northwood rates<br />

remission to<br />

be considered<br />

• By Louis Day<br />

CITY COUNCILLORS will vote on<br />

whether a rates remission should be<br />

granted to homeowners forced to<br />

move out of their properties due to<br />

the Northwood gas explosion.<br />

This comes after some of the<br />

residents affected by the explosion<br />

on July 19 contacted the city council<br />

regarding options for rates relief.<br />

Four properties have been given<br />

dangerous building notices, four<br />

have been given restricted access<br />

notices and other properties have<br />

had to be vacated in spite of not being<br />

issued a notice of any form.<br />

<strong>The</strong> house where the explosion<br />

occurred, 9 Marble Court, was completely<br />

destroyed.<br />

City council staff have advised<br />

against issuing any of the houses a<br />

rates remission due to it being inconsistent<br />

with the stance taken in<br />

the past with ratepayers in similar<br />

circumstances.<br />

No remissions were given by the<br />

city council in response to the 2017<br />

Port Hills fires. A remission was not<br />

given following the fire at Antonio<br />

Hall on Riccarton Rd last month.<br />

However, rates remissions have<br />

been granted in the past.<br />

In March 2014 the city council<br />

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong><br />

6<br />

NEWS<br />

news online at www.star.kiwi<br />

Blueprint for how to house region’s<br />

• By Louis Day<br />

GREATER Christchurch will<br />

need 86,000 new homes by 2048<br />

to accommodate a predicted<br />

population increase of 150,000.<br />

<strong>The</strong> new report Our Space<br />

2018-2048: Greater Christchurch<br />

Settlement Pattern Update sets<br />

the plan for housing development<br />

in the region over the next three<br />

decades.<br />

<strong>The</strong> plan – which was put<br />

together by the city council,<br />

Environment Canterbury and<br />

Selwyn and Waimakariri district<br />

councils – predicts the region’s<br />

population will increase to<br />

640,000 by 2048.<br />

It identifies preferred locations<br />

for housing growth and sets<br />

housing targets to accommodate<br />

the increased demand. <strong>The</strong> need<br />

for social and affordable housing<br />

is recognised in the report as one<br />

of the plan’s key challenges.<br />

“Social and affordable housing<br />

will become an increasingly<br />

critical issue. Enabling higher<br />

density housing developments at<br />

different price points will be vital<br />

to meeting the projected increase<br />

in demand for smaller, more<br />

affordable dwellings,” the report<br />

says.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re will need to be 55,950<br />

new homes in the city by 2048,<br />

which accounts for 65 per cent of<br />

the housing demand across the<br />

GROWTH: <strong>The</strong>re will need to be 55,950 new homes in the city by 2048 to support the<br />

estimated population of more than 500,000.<br />

region. <strong>The</strong> report predicts more<br />

than half a million people will<br />

live in the city by 2048.<br />

<strong>The</strong> report also estimates an<br />

additional 67,000 employment<br />

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opportunities by 2048 with 89<br />

per cent of them being located<br />

within the city.<br />

Less than half of residents<br />

currently living in the districts<br />

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and reduce Lianne<br />

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report says.<br />

<strong>The</strong> city council<br />

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Transport specialist and<br />

former adviser to John Key,<br />

Axel Wilke, said having more<br />

people living in the city will<br />

help, but is not the complete<br />

answer to reducing commuter<br />

flows and pressure on transport<br />

infrastructure.<br />

“<strong>The</strong>re is nothing<br />

fundamentally wrong with there<br />

being housing development in<br />

Selwyn or the Waimakariri, but<br />

those should be<br />

alongside, or<br />

very close to,<br />

rapid transport<br />

corridors,” he<br />

said.<br />

“With rapid<br />

transport<br />

available,<br />

Adam<br />

Thompson<br />

people in the<br />

outer districts<br />

would not have<br />

to drive, or they will be better<br />

off not driving, because rapid<br />

transport gets them there faster<br />

and more reliably.”<br />

Selwyn will take on 20 per<br />

cent of the housing demand<br />

with a target of 17,290 new<br />

homes and Waimakariri the<br />

remaining 15 per cent with a<br />

target of 13,360.<br />

Urban economist Adam<br />

Thompson said urban expansion<br />

is likely to have an impact on<br />

agriculture but this would be “a<br />

small price to pay.”<br />

TIME TO BUILD: <strong>The</strong> Selwyn district has a target of 17,290<br />

new homes by 2048, while Waimakariri aims to have<br />

another 13,360.<br />

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />

“New Zealand has the highest<br />

agricultural exports per capita<br />

of any country in the world,<br />

and it also has some of the most<br />

unaffordable housing. In my<br />

opinion, affordable housing<br />

is a more pressing issue for<br />

the country than agricultural<br />

production,” he said.<br />

Mr Thompson is concerned<br />

the Selwyn district does not have<br />

the land to keep up with the<br />

demand.<br />

A minimum net density of 12<br />

households per hectare will be<br />

implemented in Rolleston, which<br />

currently has a net density of 10<br />

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But Mr Thompson says at the<br />

current rate, Rolleston will run<br />

out of undeveloped land by 2025.<br />

“Towns like Rolleston are<br />

providing most of the city’s<br />

affordable housing and are in<br />

strong demand, particularly by<br />

young families. <strong>The</strong> amount of<br />

land that Our Space has allocated<br />

for these towns isn’t enough to<br />

keep pace with this demand,” he<br />

said.<br />

“Rolleston needs a buffer<br />

of around eight to 10 years of<br />

undeveloped land to ensure there<br />

is enough land for builders and<br />

prices are not pushed up at a fast<br />

rate.”<br />

NEWS 7<br />

Man charged after<br />

mother buys back toy<br />

• By Sophie Cornish<br />

A MOTHER took matters<br />

into her own hands after her<br />

daughter’s electric ride-on car<br />

was stolen then posted for sale on<br />

Facebook just hours later.<br />

Shirley resident Alysha<br />

Kinnaird became frustrated after<br />

reporting the burglary to police<br />

and being told it may take a few<br />

days for action to be taken.<br />

Miss Kinnaird’s garage was<br />

broken into and her two-year-old<br />

daughter’s toy electric car worth<br />

$450, a $300 fitness machine and<br />

a $500 trampoline still in its box<br />

were stolen on July 27.<br />

“I rang the police. <strong>The</strong>y just<br />

took some notes down and said if<br />

I find out any more information<br />

to let them know. So I posted<br />

on the buy/sell pages for people<br />

to look out for anyone selling<br />

the items. <strong>The</strong>n about an hour<br />

later, I got flooded with all these<br />

messages of screen-shots of this<br />

person selling the ride-on. It<br />

looked pretty dodgy because they<br />

were selling it for $70, I brought it<br />

for $450. He was saying they sell<br />

for $200.”<br />

<strong>The</strong> seller lived just around the<br />

corner. Miss Kinnaird pretended<br />

to be an interested buyer and<br />

then asked her ex-partner to go<br />

around and buy the ride-on car.<br />

“I knew it was mine because<br />

when they stole it they forgot to<br />

Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />

BUY BACK: A single mother<br />

had to buy back her<br />

daughter’s ride-on car after<br />

it was stolen.<br />

take the charger and the key and<br />

he didn’t have the charger or the<br />

key and my remote had the back<br />

off it, and it had the back off and<br />

had the batteries I had brought<br />

for it.<br />

“I rung the cops back and<br />

explained it was mine and that I<br />

can prove it was mine. <strong>The</strong>y said<br />

no one was available, it could<br />

take a few days and that to call<br />

them back if I had any more<br />

information. So I said, well, they<br />

are literally just around the road<br />

and all my other stuff will be sold<br />

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A 21-year-old man has since<br />

been charged with burglary and<br />

is due to appear in the district<br />

court on <strong>August</strong> 26.<br />

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NEWS<br />

Canterbury<br />

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the MDMA<br />

capital of<br />

New Zealand<br />

• By Sophie Cornish<br />

CANTERBURY has lost its<br />

title as New Zealand’s MDMA<br />

capital.<br />

New data from police<br />

wastewater drug testing shows<br />

Southland has claimed the title<br />

for the drug’s prevalence.<br />

From February to April,<br />

Canterbury samples showed<br />

400mg per day per 1000 people<br />

of MDMA in the wastewater.<br />

Southland had 600mg.<br />

At the Christchurch testing<br />

site, MDMA/ecstasy made<br />

up 50 per cent of the drugs<br />

found in the wastewater,<br />

methamphetamine 47 per cent<br />

and cocaine three per cent.<br />

MDMA/ecstasy is the second<br />

most commonly detected illicit<br />

drug across New Zealand, with<br />

an estimated consumption rate<br />

of 5.7kg on average each week.<br />

<strong>The</strong> testing for<br />

methamphetamine, cocaine,<br />

heroin, MDMA/ecstasy and<br />

fentanyl was undertaken at 37<br />

wastewater plants, covering<br />

80 per cent of New Zealand’s<br />

population.<br />

PROPERTIES IN Canterbury,<br />

including one in Avonside,<br />

were raided yesterday as<br />

part of a nationwide police<br />

methamphetamine sting.<br />

Ten people were arrested and<br />

more than $1 million in cash<br />

and assets was seized across New<br />

Zealand.<br />

National Organised Crime<br />

Group Detective Inspector Greg<br />

Cramer said more than 150 staff<br />

executed search warrants at<br />

17 residential and commercial<br />

properties throughout the wider<br />

Canterbury, Auckland and<br />

Southland districts.<br />

<strong>The</strong> warrants were part of<br />

Operation Maddale, a<br />

10-month investigation into<br />

the supply and distribution<br />

of methamphetamine and<br />

subsequent money laundering<br />

throughout the country.<br />

To date, the investigation<br />

has seized 20kg of<br />

methamphetamine, with an<br />

estimated street value of more<br />

than $12 million, Detective<br />

Inspector Cramer said.<br />

More than $550,000 in<br />

cash was also seized, along<br />

with several high-end vehicles,<br />

including a Porsche Macan,<br />

Jeep Wrangler, three<br />

Harley-Davidsons, a Ford<br />

Ranger, a Yamaha bike, and a<br />

jetski.<br />

Jewellery, including a $70,000<br />

necklace, was also seized.<br />

news online at www.star.kiwi<br />

Meth bust nets $1m in cash, assets<br />

RAID: Several vehicles, including a Porsche and Harley-Davidson motor-cycles, have been<br />

seized by police as part of a major operation targeting the supply and distribution of<br />

methamphetamine.<br />

In total, more than $1<br />

million in cash and assets were<br />

restrained.<br />

Detective Inspector Cramer<br />

said the seizures and arrests<br />

have disrupted a sophisticated<br />

methamphetamine network<br />

within New Zealand.<br />

“This drug has a devastating<br />

impact on our communities<br />

and affects countless Kiwi<br />

families. <strong>The</strong> seizure of 20kg of<br />

methamphetamine will<br />

prevent significant further harm<br />

to those families,” he said.<br />

“We want to send a strong<br />

message that anyone who<br />

chooses to cause harm to<br />

our community through the<br />

manufacture or supply of this<br />

drug will be found out and held<br />

accountable.”<br />

Ten people, aged between 21<br />

and 42, will face more than 70<br />

charges between them, including<br />

supply of methamphetamine,<br />

possession for supply of<br />

methamphetamine, money<br />

laundering and participating in<br />

an organised criminal group.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y are due to appear in the<br />

Christchurch, Auckland and<br />

Dunedin district courts this<br />

week.<br />

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Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />

NEWS 9<br />

Police chase fraudster’s $250k money trail<br />

• By Sophie Cornish<br />

A REPEAT fraudster has been<br />

caught in another scam involving<br />

more than $250,000 – but police<br />

still don’t know where the money<br />

has gone.<br />

Brendon Karl Dean Harris<br />

pleaded guilty in the district<br />

court last week to 12 fraud<br />

charges relating to a sophisticated<br />

scam dating back to 2017 and<br />

early last year.<br />

Detective Glenn Forrest, who<br />

ran Operation Luna which led to<br />

Harris’ arrest, said he could only<br />

speculate about where the money<br />

is now.<br />

He also believes there were<br />

more people involved than have<br />

been charged.<br />

“<strong>The</strong>re are definitely other<br />

people involved. Who they are,<br />

we can’t prove to an evidential<br />

standard,” he said.<br />

Police traced the money to six<br />

different bank accounts of Harris’<br />

family members and friends. It<br />

was then removed, mainly by<br />

cash withdrawals.<br />

Reparations are being sought<br />

from the people who’s bank<br />

accounts were used and they have<br />

been charged with receiving.<br />

All seven, including Harris,<br />

refused to say where the money<br />

went, and some even declined<br />

to be formally interviewed by<br />

police.<br />

Said Detective Forrest: “To<br />

date, none of them have wanted<br />

to tell us where that money has<br />

gone. It’s pretty obvious it has<br />

gone from their accounts, but<br />

where is the big question?<br />

“It’s been withdrawn as cash.<br />

That becomes very difficult to<br />

trace. <strong>The</strong> obvious assumption is<br />

that (Harris) has got it back, but<br />

that’s as far as it goes.”<br />

Harris obtained the money by<br />

collecting identification details<br />

of people online, including<br />

driver licences and bank account<br />

details.<br />

He did this typically by using a<br />

fake account and then advertising<br />

rental accommodation or a car<br />

for sale. He would then request<br />

the details so that a deposit could<br />

be made.<br />

Those details were then used<br />

to apply for loans from finance<br />

company, Gem Finance, which<br />

allows loan applications over the<br />

phone and online.<br />

Police were alerted to the issue<br />

when complainants reported<br />

their identities had been used to<br />

obtain loans which they had not<br />

applied for.<br />

<strong>The</strong> size of the loans ranged<br />

from $8000-$35,000. One loan<br />

was able to be reversed by a<br />

bank.<br />

Detective Forrest said it wasn’t<br />

entirely clear why his family and<br />

friends got involved.<br />

“So whether they are being<br />

paid for the privilege of using<br />

their bank accounts, or maybe<br />

they were coerced, that’s the<br />

problem, we just don’t know.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re are plenty of theories, but<br />

we can’t go beyond speculation<br />

because no one wants to talk to<br />

us,” he said.<br />

Harris denied his involvement<br />

up until his guilty pleas last week,<br />

which surprised police.<br />

Said Detective Forrest: “Those<br />

guilty pleas last week were the<br />

first time there had been any real<br />

acknowledgement of what he had<br />

done, most of it was just denial.”<br />

In March, Harris begged<br />

Judge Farish in the district<br />

court to not send him back to jail<br />

for his involvement in another<br />

scam, which targeted elderly<br />

people.<br />

Harris needs surgery to reduce<br />

his weight but has been told he<br />

will not be able to go ahead with<br />

the surgery due to a serious heart<br />

condition.<br />

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong><br />

10<br />

NEWS<br />

• By Louis Day<br />

ENVIRONMENT Canterbury’s<br />

Central Constituency looks likely<br />

to be the most hotly contested in<br />

October’s local body elections.<br />

Independents Lan Pham and<br />

Axel Wilke, Independent Citizens’<br />

Evan Harris and Felicity<br />

Price will contest the two seats<br />

with <strong>The</strong> People’s Choice set to<br />

put forward two candidates of<br />

their own.<br />

Mr Harris said he is seeking to<br />

ease restrictions on wood burners.<br />

But he says there is no conflict<br />

of interest in spite of being a<br />

director for a wood burner<br />

manufacturing business.<br />

In January ECan began enforcing<br />

a rule allowing only ultra-low<br />

emission burners to be installed<br />

in properties less than 2ha, which<br />

are two to three times more expensive<br />

than low emission burners<br />

to install at up to $9000.<br />

Mr Harris is the director of finance<br />

for Woodsman Fires where<br />

they sell ultra-low and also low<br />

emission burners.<br />

He wanted to see the rule<br />

changed back to what it used to<br />

be when low emission burners<br />

were allowed to be installed in all<br />

properties.<br />

Mr Harris said the rule change<br />

has affected businesses.<br />

“Some are doing better, some<br />

are doing not as well,” he said.<br />

Mr Harris said changing the<br />

rule would not benefit his business,<br />

but benefit the people who<br />

can not afford the ultra-low emission<br />

burners.<br />

“We have now got a significant<br />

part of the population who<br />

look at the cost of reinstallment<br />

and can’t afford it, so what do<br />

they do? Do they take on massive<br />

debt and do it? Do they not use<br />

their fire and run up triple their<br />

electricity bill or do they just<br />

keep illegally using their own<br />

burner?”<br />

Right-leaning political group<br />

Independent Citizens will<br />

partner Mr Harris with the<br />

chairwoman of the Arts Centre<br />

Felicity Price.<br />

Ms Price, who was a recipient<br />

of the Queen’s honour ONZM for<br />

saving the Court <strong>The</strong>atre after the<br />

2011 earthquakes, thought she<br />

had the experience to get things<br />

done for Christchurch.<br />

Mr Wilke, a transport specialist<br />

and former technical adviser<br />

to John Key, is teaming up with<br />

news online at www.star.kiwi<br />

Hot contest for ECan Central<br />

Lan Pham Axel Wilke Evan Harris Felicity Price<br />

sitting councillor and freshwater<br />

ecologist Ms Pham in a bid to<br />

take out both seats.<br />

Left-leaning political group<br />

<strong>The</strong> People’s Choice originally<br />

intended of running Community<br />

Action on Youth and Drugs senior<br />

project worker Paul McMahon<br />

and union worker Anthony<br />

Rimell.<br />

However, it withdrew Mr<br />

Rimell from running for ECan<br />

so he could challenge the city<br />

council’s Riccarton Ward.<br />

This came after the group was<br />

left scrambling to find a candidate<br />

after Vicki Buck announced<br />

she would not be running for<br />

re-election.<br />

Ms Buck is a candidate the leftleaning<br />

group would have been<br />

relying on to help them achieve<br />

their agenda of preventing asset<br />

sales.<br />

<strong>The</strong> People’s Choice president<br />

Keir Leslie said they were hoping<br />

to announce a candidate to<br />

partner Mr McMahon in the near<br />

future.<br />

Residents still unhappy<br />

with Northern Arterial plan<br />

• By Claire Booker<br />

RESIDENTS ARE unhappy<br />

with the city council’s revised<br />

plan to reduce traffic in St<br />

Albans once the Northern<br />

Arterial Motorway is built.<br />

St Albans Residents<br />

Association chairwoman<br />

Emma Twaddell said the<br />

updated plan does not do<br />

enough to reduce congestion<br />

and carbon emissions. She says<br />

the city council is not showing<br />

leadership after it declared a<br />

climate emergency.<br />

<strong>The</strong> controversial Downstream<br />

Effects Management Plan was<br />

revised after the city council<br />

opted not to endorse it. <strong>The</strong><br />

original plan did not address<br />

traffic volumes on Cranford St<br />

which are expected to more than<br />

double from an existing 21,000<br />

vehicles a day to 48,000 vehicles<br />

a day within five years.<br />

However, some of the revised<br />

plan’s major objectives to reduce<br />

traffic, such as public transport<br />

and high occupancy vehicle<br />

lanes, have been described as<br />

a project for the future in the<br />

plan’s consultation document.<br />

Residents are frustrated<br />

because under the plan the lanes<br />

won’t be completed by the time<br />

the motorway extension opens<br />

late next year.<br />

Said Ms Twaddell: “Have they<br />

forgotten they declared a climate<br />

change emergency a month ago?<br />

Where is the courage to make a<br />

change that is urgently required to<br />

reduce carbon emissions now?”<br />

Said city council transport<br />

planning and delivery manager<br />

Lynette Ellis: “<strong>The</strong>se projects are<br />

not part of the initial package of<br />

works we’re proposing in the St<br />

Albans, Edgeware and Mairehau<br />

areas, but they are part of the<br />

big-picture approach. We have<br />

also designed the initial package<br />

of work to allow for bus or carpooling<br />

lanes to be added in<br />

when this work is complete.”<br />

However, Ms Twaddell said<br />

the city council needs to move<br />

faster.<br />

“We can’t lower our emissions<br />

without better transport options<br />

which allow this. But once<br />

again, the city council is focused<br />

on using our rate money to<br />

accommodate single-occupant<br />

commuter traffic and at the<br />

detriment to many of their<br />

residents,” she said.<br />

City councillor Mike Davidson<br />

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Pupils from across the<br />

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Tai Tapu School won the<br />

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Prebbleton School<br />

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Two Hillview Christian<br />

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Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />

NEWS 15<br />

Locomotive to feature in British doco<br />

• By Georgia O’Connor-<br />

Harding<br />

FOR MORE than four years,<br />

Sam Mackwell has been working<br />

on building an environmentallysustainable<br />

steam locomotive to<br />

use for commuter rail.<br />

Now he is likely to get international<br />

coverage for his creation.<br />

<strong>The</strong> West Melton man is<br />

earmarked to feature on Britishmade<br />

documentary series <strong>The</strong><br />

World’s Most Scenic Railway<br />

Journeys.<br />

Mr Mackwell is likely to be<br />

filmed this weekend or early<br />

next week by London-based<br />

BriteSpark Films as part of the<br />

company’s plans to document<br />

the TranzAlpine which<br />

runs from Christchurch to<br />

Greymouth.<br />

It will feature in one of its episodes<br />

as part of a six-part series<br />

for the British television network<br />

Channel 5. So far, filming locations<br />

have included rail journeys<br />

in Switzerland, Spain, Norway<br />

and Canada.<br />

Mr Mackwell has been working<br />

on developing a boiler for a<br />

sustainable steam locomotive<br />

that would burn wood rather<br />

than coal.<br />

He told <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> the documentary<br />

will be a good opportunity<br />

to introduce his new technology.<br />

Mr Mackwell said he believes<br />

the technology has the potential<br />

to reduce or eliminate carbon dioxide<br />

emissions in the future and<br />

he hopes it will be used to pull<br />

the TranzAlpine in the future.<br />

“But that is a long way into the<br />

future,” he said.<br />

KiwiRail’s head of tourism<br />

and marketing Ahleen Rayner<br />

said it is working with the<br />

company to provide access to the<br />

TranzAlpine.<br />

“We are pleased that our iconic<br />

TranzAlpine service will be<br />

shown to an international audience,”<br />

she said.<br />

National Geographic magazine<br />

rated the TranzAlpine as one of<br />

the most scenic railway journeys<br />

in the world in 2017.<br />

<strong>The</strong> film crew has booked to<br />

stay in Arthur’s Pass where they<br />

will also film the people who live<br />

there and the world-famous keas.<br />

<strong>The</strong> historic Arthur’s Pass and<br />

Springfield railway stations will<br />

also feature heavily in the documentary,<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> understands.<br />

Arthur’s Pass Alpine Motel<br />

SPOTLIGHT: Sam Mackwell, who has been<br />

building an environmentally-sustainable steam<br />

locomotive, is likely to feature in an international<br />

documentary on the TranzAlpine.<br />

owner Peter Neale said the company<br />

had booked into the motel<br />

on Monday and Tuesday.<br />

“I think it is awesome. It has<br />

quite often been in the top 10<br />

with reviews but the top six is<br />

even more impressive,” he said.<br />

Springfield Railway Station<br />

Cafe leasee Heather Valphy said<br />

she thought the filming would<br />

take place on Saturday but it had<br />

not been confirmed.<br />

“<strong>The</strong>y are very interested in<br />

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we make for the train and they<br />

are using that as a different<br />

perspective rather than the usual<br />

historic take on railway trips,”<br />

she said.<br />

Launched in January 2013,<br />

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong><br />

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NEWS<br />

Rabbit cull<br />

results still<br />

weeks away<br />

• By Sophie Cornish<br />

HOW EFFECTIVE a cull of<br />

rabbits in the red zone has been<br />

will be known in several weeks.<br />

Land Information New Zealand,<br />

which manages the land, said all of<br />

the carrots contaminated with the<br />

calicivirus K5 have been consumed<br />

since the drop late last month.<br />

LINZ manager land and property<br />

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October to determine if further<br />

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carried out last year. <strong>The</strong> number<br />

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been relatively low, because they<br />

often return to their burrows, Mr<br />

Bradley said.<br />

A contractor is regularly<br />

inspecting the area to remove<br />

any dead rabbits. “We have also<br />

instructed our maintenance<br />

contractors to report if they find<br />

dead rabbits so we can have them<br />

removed,” Mr Bradley said.<br />

No further releases of the virus<br />

have been scheduled yet. As part of<br />

the management of the red zone,<br />

LINZ is legally required under the<br />

Canterbury Regional Pest Control<br />

Strategy to reduce rabbit and pest<br />

numbers when they get too high.<br />

• By Gordon Findlater<br />

TRADITIONALLY 50th<br />

anniversaries are celebrated<br />

with gold, but a badminton<br />

club has used ice to mark the<br />

occasion – and lots of it.<br />

When a contingent of 23<br />

players from Lincoln headed<br />

to Franz Josef to celebrate the<br />

club’s 50th anniversary, the<br />

original plan was to only play<br />

badminton in the town’s hall.<br />

However, that quickly<br />

changed after a phone call<br />

between Lincoln club captain<br />

John Morrish and Franz Josef<br />

player Graham Berry. <strong>The</strong> idea<br />

of taking advantage of some<br />

‘local rates’ to go up the glacier<br />

via helicopter was raised by<br />

Berry before things skyrocketed.<br />

“I said: ‘We can take a<br />

badminton racket and have a hit<br />

up there,” said Morrish.<br />

After a short pause, Graham<br />

said: “That’s a great idea. Leave<br />

it to me.”<br />

With enthusiastic support<br />

from Franz Josef Glacier Guides,<br />

Tourism Westland and local<br />

helicopter operators, the joke<br />

became a reality.<br />

It was decided Morrish and<br />

Adam Thomas would represent<br />

Canterbury, while Berry and<br />

Adrian Waters would represent<br />

South Westland in the first ever<br />

provincial game of badminton<br />

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Badminton on ice a bit<br />

ALL GO: John Morrish gets ready to play a game on the glacier.<br />

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Guides went up in the<br />

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While the players<br />

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“We weren’t keeping<br />

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong><br />

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NEWS<br />

Bands amped<br />

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rockquest<br />

• By Jess Gibson<br />

SUCCESS ON the Kiwi music<br />

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• By Jacob Page<br />

FORMER Christchurch Boys’<br />

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O’Donnell’s gamble on himself<br />

appears to be paying off as<br />

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O’Donnell said he would use<br />

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O’Donnell won a 100km race,<br />

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He is racing for a small<br />

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“Belgium is pretty much the<br />

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Fournier and the turbulent 1990s<br />

From the<br />

editor’s desk<br />

Barry Clarke<br />

SWAIN: Left – in the early<br />

90s. Right – During his<br />

murder trial in 2015.<br />

THE UNTIMELY death<br />

of lawyer Tim Fournier<br />

has rekindled a period of<br />

Christchurch’s criminal history<br />

– the turbulent early 1990s.<br />

Fournier, who died from a fall<br />

in his office, was defence lawyer<br />

for Neil Raymond Swain, in<br />

my view the closest thing to an<br />

urban terrorist we have seen –<br />

the March 15 mosque attacks<br />

aside.<br />

He was the key figure in a<br />

reign of terror in Christchurch,<br />

almost certainly prompted by<br />

the police investigation into a<br />

gang at the time – the Harrises.<br />

Fournier was also a defence<br />

lawyer for members of the gang<br />

when they came before the<br />

courts on other matters.<br />

Police were never able to prove<br />

Swain carried out his crimes for,<br />

or as a result of, the crackdown.<br />

He lived by the code of omertà –<br />

the Mafia word for silence.<br />

His crimes included the nail<br />

bombing of the Sydenham police<br />

station, torching a prosecution<br />

witness’ house and breaking into<br />

a policeman’s house and trying<br />

to burn it down.<br />

Fournier defended Swain<br />

admirably but the weight of<br />

evidence was against him:<br />

Electoral rolls with the names of<br />

police and other potential targets<br />

were found in a lock-up he had<br />

hired, he made notes and drew<br />

maps and collected information,<br />

all which fell into the hands of<br />

the police when he was arrested.<br />

<strong>The</strong> case got huge publicity at<br />

the time.<br />

<strong>The</strong> bombing of the police<br />

station may well have been the<br />

start of a long terror campaign if<br />

Swain had not have been arrested<br />

– and that was by chance.<br />

He and another armed cooffender<br />

(who has never been<br />

identified) tried to hold up the<br />

Ferrymead Tavern late one night.<br />

But they were thwarted by a staff<br />

member who locked the door<br />

when she saw them coming.<br />

Swain and his co-offender ran,<br />

but Swain had an injured leg<br />

and surrendered to a policeman<br />

despatched to the area. <strong>The</strong> other<br />

robber got away.<br />

That arrest led police to<br />

a rented lock-up in Upper<br />

Riccarton where nine sticks of<br />

gelignite, detonators, detonator<br />

cord and vehicles were found.<br />

Two sticks of gelignite had been<br />

partly prepared as an explosive<br />

device.<br />

It was the breakthrough they<br />

desperately needed. <strong>The</strong>re was<br />

almost an air of panic coming<br />

from the central police station<br />

in Hereford St – particularly<br />

after an abandoned vehicle<br />

carrying explosives stolen<br />

from a mining site on the West<br />

Coast had crashed en route to<br />

Christchurch.<br />

Police were aware that other<br />

explosives had made it safely to<br />

Christchurch – what was to have<br />

been their use?<br />

When Swain was sentenced,<br />

almost all of the Christchurch<br />

CIB was there to see him sent<br />

down. He was jailed for 12 years.<br />

A complex character, he lived<br />

two lives. He held a steady job<br />

and was regarded as a top worker<br />

by his boss. <strong>The</strong>re was nothing to<br />

alert those close to him what he<br />

was up to.<br />

He also had a sense of fair play<br />

– at times.<br />

When he set the prosecution<br />

witness’ house on fire, she told<br />

him her dog was in the house.<br />

(Swain and his still unidentified<br />

co-offender had taken the<br />

woman and her partner out at<br />

gunpoint).<br />

He went back into the burning<br />

house and rescued the dog.<br />

•Swain was paroled after<br />

serving five and a half years.<br />

He is currently back in prison,<br />

serving a life sentence for the<br />

murder of a man in the North<br />

Island in 2015. As he was sent<br />

down he addressed the judge:<br />

“Well your honour, for once I am<br />

innocent but found guilty . . .”<br />

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22 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong><br />

22<br />

OPINION<br />

<strong>The</strong> coming week in our history<br />

<strong>August</strong> 8, 1915 – <strong>The</strong> high<br />

point of the New Zealand<br />

effort at Gallipoli, the attack<br />

on Chunuk Bair underlined<br />

the leadership qualities of<br />

Lieutenant-Colonel William<br />

Malone. Two columns of<br />

the New Zealand Infantry<br />

Brigade carried out the attack,<br />

which began on <strong>August</strong> 6.<br />

<strong>The</strong> operation started well,<br />

but delays meant not all the<br />

infantrymen had reached<br />

Rhododendron Spur by the<br />

time the assault on the summit<br />

started next morning. After the<br />

Auckland Battalion tried and<br />

failed, Malone insisted that the<br />

Wellingtons’ attack should be<br />

delayed until after nightfall.<br />

<strong>August</strong> 9, 1930 – George<br />

Nepia, 25, played his last game<br />

for the All Blacks, the final game<br />

of the home series against the<br />

British Lions. <strong>The</strong> All Blacks<br />

won the match 22–8 to clinch<br />

the series 3–1. Nepia was one<br />

of the stars of the 1924–25 All<br />

Blacks, dubbed the ‘Invincibles’.<br />

He played in all 32 matches on<br />

the team’s tour of the British<br />

Isles, France and Canada.<br />

<strong>August</strong> 10, 1840 – <strong>The</strong><br />

British asserted authority over<br />

Akaroa before HMS Britomart<br />

arrived at Akaroa, a week before<br />

a shipload of French colonists<br />

landed there. <strong>The</strong> ship’s captain<br />

raised the Union Jack to confirm<br />

British sovereignty over the area.<br />

In 1838 the commander of the<br />

French whaling ship Cachalot<br />

made a dubious land purchase<br />

from Māori on Banks Peninsula.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Nanto-Bordelaise Company<br />

was formed in France with the<br />

goal of establishing a settlement<br />

at Akaroa. In 1839 King<br />

Louis-Philippe agreed to provide<br />

assistance. Captain Charles<br />

François Lavaud, the French<br />

representative for the settlement,<br />

sailed for New Zealand in April<br />

1840. A month later, the Comte<br />

de Parisset set off for Akaroa<br />

carrying 53 emigrants.<br />

<strong>August</strong> 13, 2005 - New<br />

Zealand’s youngest prime<br />

minister of the<br />

20th-century,<br />

David Lange,<br />

died aged 63.<br />

Renowned for<br />

his sharp wit<br />

and oratory, he<br />

led the fourth<br />

Labour government from 1984<br />

to 1989.<br />

<strong>August</strong> 14, 2011 – New<br />

Zealand’s heaviest snowfall in<br />

decades closed airports and<br />

schools, forced the cancellation<br />

of buses and trains, caused<br />

electricity blackouts and cut off<br />

many communities across the<br />

country.<br />

Judge has duty to protect public<br />

Readers respond to a<br />

decision by Judge Raoul<br />

Neave not to impose<br />

a prison sentence on<br />

Marcel Sydney Geros<br />

(right) after another<br />

cowardly attack on a<br />

vulnerable individual<br />

Peter F Coleman – Judge<br />

Raoul Neave’s statements point<br />

to either, his own “creative”<br />

solution, or a lax, jaundiced,<br />

socialist justice system, or both.<br />

If he expected there might be<br />

a backlash in his decision on<br />

sentencing Marcel Geros, then<br />

perhaps the majority of people<br />

know what the correct decision<br />

should be.<br />

He is turning his back on<br />

vulnerable people in our<br />

community, and if there is<br />

no backlash, there should be.<br />

However, I suspect, many<br />

have become apathetic to judicial<br />

decisions using restorative<br />

techniques that emphasise<br />

leniency at the expense of<br />

victims, and their family. Setting<br />

him free, albeit with supervision,<br />

still allows the distinct<br />

possibility of more assaults to be<br />

committed.<br />

It is ridiculous that the judge<br />

thinks that imprisonment and<br />

post-release conditions will do<br />

nothing to address community<br />

safety issues.<br />

If he is jailed for these vicious<br />

assaults, surely ordinary lawabiding<br />

citizens can feel safe for<br />

the time he is away. This judge<br />

has a duty to protect the public<br />

from serious bodily attacks.<br />

Deliberate neglect of his duty<br />

to his fellow citizens effectively<br />

means he should resign.<br />

Gary Tibbotts: It’s obvious<br />

the good judge does not<br />

remember Louisa Damodran<br />

and Peter Holdem. Too late<br />

afterwards saying I didn’t know<br />

what to do when some wife or<br />

husband lose their loved one.<br />

Thinking outside the square<br />

is fine, but it doesn’t involve<br />

stupidity.<br />

Roy Sinclair –<br />

Congratulations on the opinion<br />

piece in last week’s <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong>.<br />

Geros had already served a<br />

lengthy prison term for other<br />

crimes that obviously did him, or<br />

society, little good.<br />

Obviously, another approach<br />

was an option. I have a colleague<br />

who worked for the parole<br />

board, he told me there is a small<br />

number of hapless cases in the<br />

prison system. Those are beyond<br />

help. But he has seen some<br />

remarkable turnarounds – some<br />

from violent offenders.<br />

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong><br />

26<br />

OUR PEOPLE<br />

Master farrier keeps his foot in the<br />

Brian Wilson, 85, is a<br />

name anyone in the<br />

horse racing industry will<br />

recognise. <strong>The</strong> former<br />

farrier can still be found<br />

at Riccarton as the club’s<br />

plating inspector. On<br />

Saturday, race three in the<br />

Grand National Festival<br />

of Racing’s first event<br />

was named ‘Brian Wilson<br />

51 years a farrier’ in his<br />

honour. Gordon Findlater<br />

catches up with him<br />

Can you remember the first<br />

time you shoed a horse?<br />

I would have been 14 or 15 on<br />

the West Coast and one of the<br />

guys that did have a horse was<br />

Jock Butterfield, who played for<br />

the Kiwis, and he wanted to put<br />

some shoes on this horse, so they<br />

gave me some tools and to this<br />

day I feel sorry for the horse.<br />

That was my first experience of<br />

shoeing a horse.<br />

What was it like growing up<br />

on the West Coast back then?<br />

I quite enjoyed it, but there<br />

wasn’t a great future. You worked<br />

in the forestry or the bush as we<br />

called it, or the mines. I came<br />

over here in 1951 and that’s<br />

when I really got involved in<br />

the horses. My brother was an<br />

apprentice jockey, so I thought,<br />

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When I was apprenticed, I lived<br />

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<strong>The</strong> Wilsons were no relation, but<br />

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How has the industry<br />

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You don’t have the same<br />

blacksmiths work as you did in<br />

the past. You had to make all<br />

your own shoes out of bar steel.<br />

It was all physical. You can buy<br />

all these shoes already made<br />

today and on top of that the<br />

steel companies don’t import<br />

steel because there’s not enough<br />

demand because we’ve got such<br />

a great range of factory made<br />

shoes.<br />

What did the average day<br />

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I would make shoes from<br />

about 6.30am until 8am and<br />

then have breakfast. <strong>The</strong>n I’d<br />

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industry after 51 years on the horse<br />

What’s one of the oddest jobs<br />

you’ve done during your time?<br />

I had one new client and I met<br />

him at the track on a Tuesday<br />

morning and I shoed his horse<br />

up there. I must have done it<br />

about three times and he rang<br />

once and asked, ‘can you come<br />

to my stables’ and I said ‘yes,<br />

whereabouts are you?’ He said<br />

‘up Buchanans Rd’. So I go past<br />

the number and it’s just a state<br />

house and I thought what’s<br />

wrong here. Anyway, I decided<br />

to check it out, so I knocked on<br />

the door and his wife came out.<br />

I said where are your stables?<br />

She said around the back. I went<br />

around the back and there was<br />

the horse in its stables, which<br />

was a rotary clothes line and a<br />

wood shed.<br />

When did you stop working<br />

full-time?<br />

Five years ago I finished at<br />

Addington after being there for<br />

more than 20 years. I’ve now cut<br />

right back down. I still get asked<br />

the odd time to do some special<br />

shoes. I’ve virtually retired, other<br />

than a few ponies I trip.<br />

What do you enjoy doing<br />

with your spare time now?<br />

I love gardening and I play<br />

indoor bowls on Monday<br />

afternoons for the Irish Society.<br />

We also do a little bit of houseminding<br />

for friends that have<br />

horses and can’t get away for<br />

a holiday because they’re on a<br />

lifestyle block.<br />

I’ve been told they call you<br />

iron grip because you have an<br />

incredibly strong handshake. Is<br />

that correct?<br />

Yes, it’s just one of those<br />

things, I don’t realise I’m<br />

gripping another person’s hand<br />

so hard. <strong>The</strong> friends you haven’t<br />

caught up with for some time,<br />

they can be a bit tentative to put<br />

their hand out to you.<br />

In your younger days you<br />

competed in rodeo. How did<br />

you get into that?<br />

HOLD<br />

ON: Brian<br />

Wilson<br />

rides a<br />

bucking<br />

horse<br />

during a<br />

rodeo at<br />

Rangiora<br />

in the<br />

1950s.<br />

It was actually at a race<br />

meeting in Westport. <strong>The</strong>re was<br />

a two-day meeting over there,<br />

and on the Sunday, they had a<br />

rodeo out of Cape Foulwind.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y had a big bull called<br />

Pinocchio and the owner put<br />

up £25 – that was back in the<br />

1950s and was a lot of money<br />

– if anybody could ride him.<br />

Anyhow, I did ride him so I got<br />

my 25 quid and that was almost<br />

a year’s wages.<br />

How long did you do that for?<br />

I did that for about five years.<br />

I stopped when I met my wife<br />

Andrea and we got engaged, I<br />

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What’s been your trick to<br />

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It’s 1.2km around the park. I<br />

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong><br />

28<br />

NEWS<br />

Little interest in<br />

community building<br />

• By Jess Gibson<br />

AN EMPTY building available<br />

for lease at the old Redcliffs<br />

School site has struggled to<br />

gain interest from community<br />

groups.<br />

Redcliffs Residents’<br />

Association chairwoman<br />

Christine Toner sent out more<br />

than 200 emails to help the<br />

city council find a group which<br />

wants to lease the building.<br />

However, after very few<br />

expressions of interest, the<br />

association wants to form<br />

either a new sub-committee or<br />

independent group to lease and<br />

manage it.<br />

<strong>The</strong> modern building, which<br />

is owned by the city council,<br />

has four rooms and opens out<br />

on to a courtyard overlooking<br />

Redcliffs Park and playing fields.<br />

“It’s such a good building and<br />

I’m sure eventually people will<br />

realise it’s too good to pass up,”<br />

said Ms Toner.<br />

She said the association does<br />

not have an interest in leasing or<br />

managing the building itself.<br />

“It’s still important that it’s<br />

managed locally. We don’t want<br />

a commercial user or somebody<br />

far away being in charge of the<br />

building, that’s why I’m stepping<br />

up and trying to organise this.”<br />

City council head of parks<br />

EMPTY: <strong>The</strong> Redcliffs<br />

Residents’ Association wants<br />

the empty council-owned<br />

building at the old Redcliffs<br />

School site to be managed<br />

by a community group or<br />

organisation.<br />

Andrew Rutledge said staff are<br />

currently conducting an open<br />

expression of interest process to<br />

find occupants for the building.<br />

<strong>The</strong> occupants would be<br />

expected to have a building<br />

manager who would oversee<br />

bookings, insurance, security<br />

and cleaning, among other<br />

things.<br />

A meeting will be held on<br />

<strong>August</strong> 16 at the building<br />

for residents, groups and<br />

organisations to learn more.<br />

Once that has been completed<br />

a further request for proposals<br />

will follow, with the results<br />

and lease recommendations<br />

then presented to the Linwood-<br />

Central-Heathcote Community<br />

Board for a final decision.<br />

news online at www.star.kiwi<br />

Highs and lows of travel<br />

AS I SAID in my last column,<br />

we’ve travelled to Italy so Vittoria<br />

can meet the family. And what a<br />

journey it’s been.<br />

Before we even left, Vittoria<br />

caused her parents a heap of stress<br />

with her first ambulance trip to<br />

the emergency department, starting<br />

on a course of antibiotics for<br />

pneumonia, setting us back a day<br />

on doctor’s orders.<br />

It sounds bad, and it wasn’t<br />

ideal, but it was all okay apart<br />

from unsettling our sleep patterns.<br />

So we were lucky, our pre-dawn<br />

flight on Saturday went swimmingly.<br />

Vittoria was happy to nap,<br />

draw or watch cartoons all the<br />

way to Brisbane where we stayed a<br />

night with my sister-in-law Sarah.<br />

<strong>The</strong> only niggle was that she<br />

leaked on me because her nappy<br />

was askew but, like for most parents<br />

I think, that’s a non-event.<br />

It looked like either the antibiotics<br />

or time were working a treat<br />

on Vittoria, so we were quietly<br />

confident going into the 14-hour<br />

leg to Dubai on Sunday night.<br />

And again, it went pretty good.<br />

Fourteen uneventful hours.<br />

Arriving in Dubai we were all<br />

tired, dishevelled, probably smelly<br />

and definitely over trying to sleep<br />

in an aircraft seat with a fidgety<br />

toddler. Between us and relaxation,<br />

were only four hours in an<br />

airport and a six-hour flight. Easy<br />

right? Spoiler alert – no.<br />

Our luck ran out 20 minutes before<br />

boarding started for our flight<br />

to Venice when Vittoria vomited<br />

all over the floor in the middle<br />

of a packed terminal. And a little<br />

on my shirt and shoes. Honestly,<br />

what’s the protocol for that?<br />

I just floundered in surprise for<br />

a bit until Laura went into nurse<br />

mode and sent me off to clean<br />

Vittoria up while she “dealt with<br />

it” in the splash zone.<br />

Once we were as “fresh” as possible<br />

and a suddenly exhausted<br />

toddler crying in my arms, we<br />

made our way to the gate where<br />

we were told we could get Vittoria<br />

checked up for free at the airport<br />

clinic and wouldn’t miss our flight.<br />

However, once the “ambulance”<br />

arrives (literally a push trolley)<br />

we were told that a full check at<br />

the clinic might make us miss our<br />

flight – great.<br />

With all the vitals coming back<br />

healthy, and Vittoria totally out to<br />

it asleep, I was offered a difficult<br />

choice; do further checks and<br />

miss the flight or sign a waiver<br />

saying “refused treatment” and<br />

that if it gets worse it’s all on you.<br />

Although I was confident to<br />

sign away and just get to the flight<br />

so we could be done with it, I felt<br />

terrible anyway. So for three long<br />

VITTORIA<br />

& Matt<br />

CONFIDENT: In Dubai,<br />

unaware of what was<br />

coming next.<br />

and stressful hours of the last flight<br />

we thought of all the worst things<br />

it could be – dehydration, gastro,<br />

some sort of never-wake-up disease.<br />

And what does Vittoria do when<br />

she finally wakes up? Sits up, laughs<br />

and becomes the flight staff’s<br />

darling by running laps around the<br />

plane with a huge grin on her face<br />

for the duration of the flight.<br />

Anyway, we’re in Italy now and<br />

ready for family time.<br />

•Former <strong>Star</strong> Media<br />

journalist Matt Salmons has<br />

become a stay-at-home<br />

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Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 29<br />

BED 2<br />

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KITCHEN<br />

2.7 x 3.5<br />

BED 1<br />

3.6 x 3.4<br />

BATH<br />

3.6 x 2.0<br />

WC<br />

1.9 x 1.0<br />

ENS<br />

1.5 x 4.7<br />

W'ROBE<br />

2.1 x 1.8<br />

BED 2<br />

3.0 x 3.2<br />

BATH<br />

3.0 x 2.3<br />

WC<br />

1.9 x 1.2<br />

BED 3<br />

3.0 x 3.2<br />

L'DRY<br />

DOUBLE GARAGE<br />

5.8 x 6.0<br />

STUDY<br />

NOOK<br />

BED 3<br />

2.9 x 3.3<br />

BED 1<br />

4.2 x 3.2<br />

DINING<br />

3.7 x 2.9<br />

F<br />

KITCHEN<br />

2.8 x 4.0<br />

P'TRY<br />

2.0 x 1.4<br />

ENTRY<br />

1.5 x 2.0<br />

L'DRY<br />

LOUNGE<br />

5.2 x 4.7<br />

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DOUBLE GARAGE<br />

5.8 x 5.8<br />

DINING<br />

4.5 x 3.0<br />

FAMILY<br />

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30 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong><br />

SCHOOL OPTIONS - early & middle years 2020<br />

A world-class education and<br />

supportive learning environment<br />

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8 access to state-of-the-art equipment.<br />

In Mechatronics, girls learn the<br />

foundations of mechanical and electrical<br />

knowledge. Robotics is introduced<br />

as an interdisciplinary, inquiry based<br />

learning programme drawing mostly on<br />

mathematics, science and technology.<br />

Learning is also enhanced by additional<br />

opportunities including Future Problem<br />

Solving and the 2020 Space Camp trip<br />

where 24 girls will travel to the United<br />

States to attend a week long Space Camp.<br />

Learning is personalised and each<br />

teacher has the time to foster authentic<br />

and meaningful relationships. Strong<br />

relationships between the class teacher<br />

and family ensure each girl’s learning<br />

journey is nurtured by a partnership of<br />

support. Teachers construct learning<br />

activities to help each girl identify their<br />

personal strengths.<br />

For more information about Selwyn<br />

House or to schedule a personal tour<br />

please contact c.johnson@selhouse.<br />

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Every parent wants to ensure their child<br />

is receiving the best foundation for their<br />

academic future. Selwyn House School<br />

offers this through small class sizes, deep<br />

core learning, and a talented teaching staff<br />

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Selwyn House believes these strengths<br />

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acquisition of skills and knowledge, aiding<br />

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Phone 03 348 7718<br />

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Phil Tappenden,<br />

Principal


SCHOOL OPTIONS - early & middle years 2020<br />

Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 31<br />

Catholic Cathedral College – a<br />

great option for Years 7 and 8<br />

Catholic Cathedral College is a special character<br />

co-educational school situated in the central city.<br />

We accept students from Year 7. We are the only<br />

Catholic co-educational school in Christchurch<br />

and people love the family atmosphere and the<br />

convenience of being able to send all their children<br />

to one school. Visitors often comment on the great<br />

relationship our students have with our Staff.<br />

We are family focused and culturally diverse and<br />

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and the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions through<br />

our motto ‘To live by faith’. We also recognise the<br />

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the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi are woven<br />

throughout our school life.<br />

Our Year 7/8 classes are composite and the<br />

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are not zoned and we welcome Catholic students<br />

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secret in town. Enrolments are currently open.


<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong><br />

32<br />

GARDENING<br />

news online at www.star.kiwi<br />

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14th <strong>August</strong> ‘19<br />

Singer living his life to the max<br />

HEARTFELT:<br />

Max Aldridge<br />

will perform<br />

It Means<br />

Beautiful<br />

from the<br />

musical<br />

Everybody’s<br />

Talking About<br />

Jamie to<br />

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for <strong>The</strong><br />

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Centre, a<br />

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• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding<br />

SINGER MAX Aldridge’s arrival into the<br />

world wasn’t without complications.<br />

Within 24 hours of his birth, he began<br />

suffering from pneumonia which turned<br />

into blood poisoning and advanced<br />

meningitis. It left him suffering seizures,<br />

causing permanent brain damage and<br />

affecting the left side of his body.<br />

In spite of his rough start,<br />

Aldridge has been able to live<br />

a normal life due to an early<br />

intervention programme from<br />

<strong>The</strong> Champion Centre, which<br />

retrained his brain.<br />

Now the 17-year-old is about<br />

to sing in a concert on Saturday<br />

to raise money for the centre and<br />

support the “amazing” work it<br />

does to help children.<br />

About 50 artists will feature<br />

in the Blackboard <strong>The</strong>atre<br />

Collective concert, He Says She<br />

Says, which aims to raise $5000 for the<br />

centre.<br />

Aldridge, who is a student at Burnside<br />

High School, will perform It Means<br />

Beautiful from the musical Everybody’s<br />

Talking About Jamie.<br />

Director Jeremy Hinman said the<br />

collective, which was started last year,<br />

aims to put on an annual fundraising<br />

concert.<br />

He said several of its performers have a<br />

connection to the centre so it was a “nobrainer”<br />

to fundraise for the charity.<br />

“It is something that is quite special to<br />

us and quite dear to our hearts with the<br />

work they do,” Hinman said.<br />

Aldridge said his experiences have<br />

helped him develop an understanding<br />

Jeremy<br />

Hinman<br />

THEATRE/ARTS<br />

that “life is short and we must make the<br />

most of it.”<br />

His main goal is to help people and he<br />

wants to study psychiatry at university.<br />

Aldridge’s mother Carmen said the<br />

centre’s support during their traumatic<br />

time was massive and she will be<br />

“forever grateful.”<br />

Hinman, who is passionate<br />

about establishing “queer theatre”<br />

in the city, said many of the songs<br />

in the concert will resonate with<br />

the LGBTQIA+ community.<br />

It will involve artists covering<br />

songs from musicals originally<br />

written for the opposite gender.<br />

This includes a woman singing<br />

If I Can’t Love Her from Beauty<br />

and the Beast – an emotionallycharged<br />

song about the frustrations of<br />

being in love – which is typically sung by<br />

a man.<br />

“<strong>The</strong>re are lots of interesting dynamics<br />

you get from that sort of thing,” Hinman<br />

said.<br />

Last year the collective organised a<br />

concert with a similar format to raise<br />

money to launch the company and cover<br />

its start-up costs.<br />

Hinman said the concert on Saturday<br />

will be an opportunity to engage different<br />

facets of the theatre community and work<br />

towards a good cause.<br />

•He Says She Says will be<br />

performed at <strong>The</strong> Piano: Centre<br />

for Music and the Arts. To book<br />

tickets, go to www.facebook.com/<br />

events/64<strong>08</strong>37349725872/


UPSIDE DOWN<br />

MANDARIN, APPLE AND<br />

LEMON CAKE<br />

Ingredients<br />

Fruit stew<br />

2-3 medium braeburn apples,<br />

peeled, de-seeded and chopped<br />

6-8 mandarins in slices<br />

Juice from half a lemon<br />

4 Tbsp honey<br />

3-4 cloves<br />

3cm stick of cinnamon<br />

1/2 tsp nutmeg powder<br />

1 cup water<br />

3-4 Tbsp sugar<br />

For the batter<br />

2 1/4 cups flour – mix of whole<br />

wheat and all-purpose flour<br />

1/2 cup oil or cold unsalted<br />

butter<br />

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NOT SO LONG ago Greg<br />

Draper was finding the back<br />

of the net for Cashmere High<br />

School and Ferrymead Bays,<br />

Now he’s scoring UEFA<br />

Champions League goals and<br />

is even being compared to the<br />

biggest names in football.<br />

Draper, 29, has spent the last<br />

eight years playing for <strong>The</strong> New<br />

Saints in Wales. In that time<br />

he has collected eight Welsh<br />

Premier League medals, won the<br />

Welsh Cup five times, the League<br />

Cup four times and has won two<br />

consecutive Golden Boot awards<br />

as the league’s top scorer.<br />

Remarkably, last year Draper<br />

played just 1032min of his side’s<br />

2880min WPL season, but still<br />

finished top scorer with 27<br />

goals. He scored a league goal on<br />

average every 38min last season,<br />

a better strike rate than Lionel<br />

Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and<br />

Mo Salah.<br />

“It’s been talked about a lot.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re was a BBC story here<br />

recently where they compared it<br />

to their goalscoring ratios, which<br />

was a little bit embarrassing<br />

when you get compared to the<br />

standard they’re playing at versus<br />

the standard I’m playing at, but I<br />

say it’s probably the hardest thing<br />

to do in football – score goals –<br />

no matter what level you’re playing<br />

at,” said Draper.<br />

His club are also holders of an<br />

even more impressive record.<br />

In 2016 TNS created worldwide<br />

news by winning 27 consecutive<br />

matches, breaking Ajax’s 44-<br />

year world record for the most<br />

consecutive wins set in 1972 at a<br />

time when the Dutch club were<br />

dominating European football<br />

with the likes of Johan Cruyff<br />

and Johan Neeskens.<br />

Europe is also the stage on<br />

which Draper and TNS are now<br />

looking to prove themselves.<br />

Last week TNS were<br />

eliminated in the second round<br />

GOAL MACHINE: Greg Draper converted a penalty to help<br />

TNS defeat Kosovo club Feronikeli in the first qualifying<br />

round of the UEFA Champions League last month. ​<br />

of the Champions League<br />

qualifying stage by Dutch club<br />

FC København. Tomorrow TNS<br />

take on Bulgarian champions<br />

Ludogorets Razgrad. A win<br />

would set up a tie with Maribor<br />

of Slovenia or Norwegian side<br />

Rosenborg, with a spot in the<br />

group stage of the Europa League<br />

on the line.<br />

If they reach the group stage<br />

they could face European giants<br />

like Manchester United, Arsenal,<br />

Roma, Sevilla and Lazio.<br />

“Having the qualifiers each<br />

year you get to go to some<br />

countries you probably otherwise<br />

wouldn’t get to go to. I’ve loved<br />

every minute of it,” he said.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> best one we had was when<br />

we went to play Legia Warsaw<br />

in Poland, there must have been<br />

around 30,000 people there . . .<br />

we’ve been to some pretty grim<br />

places as well, like the Faroe<br />

Islands. <strong>The</strong>re’s literally nothing<br />

there.”<br />

When TNS kick-off their<br />

league campaign later this<br />

month, Draper will be hoping to<br />

claim his third straight Golden<br />

Boot trophy. However, he’s<br />

hoping a new one will finally<br />

help him to create a pair after<br />

receiving two left-footed boots.<br />

Weekend match-ups<br />

•Pat Smith Trophy<br />

semi-finals<br />

(Saturday) Linwood Keas v<br />

Hornby Panthers 2.45pm, Linwood<br />

Park; Northern Bulldogs v Eastern<br />

Eagles 2.45pm, Murphy Park.<br />

•Gore Cup semi-finals<br />

(Saturday) Riccarton Knights v<br />

Halswell Hornets 2.45pm, Crosbie<br />

Park; Celebration Lions v Papanui<br />

Tigers 2.45pm, Cuthberts Green.<br />

•UC Championship<br />

(Saturday) St Thomas’ v<br />

Marlborough BC noon, St Thomas’;<br />

Nelson College v Mid-Canterbury<br />

Combined noon, Nelson College;<br />

Waimea Combined v Shirley BHS<br />

noon, Waimea College; Christ’s<br />

College v Timaru BHS noon,<br />

Upper; Rangiora HS v Aoraki<br />

Combined noon, Rangiora HS;<br />

Lincoln Combined v Christchurch<br />

BHS noon, Lincoln HS; St Bede’s<br />

College v St Andrew’s College<br />

2.45pm, St Bede’s College.<br />

•Southern Football League<br />

(Saturday) Nomads United v<br />

Western AFC 2.45pm, Tulett Park;<br />

(Sunday) Cashmere Technical v<br />

Mosgiel AFC 12.30pm, Garrick<br />

Park; Nelson Suburbs v Caversham<br />

AFC 12.30pm, Saxton Field;<br />

Otago University v Coastal Spirit<br />

12.30pm, Caledonian Ground.<br />

•Premier hockey men<br />

(Saturday) Hornby Vipers<br />

v Carlton Redcliffs 1.30pm,<br />

Waimakariri Turf; Avon v Marist<br />

1.30pm, Marist Park; Southern<br />

United v University 2.45pm, Nga<br />

Puna Wai; HSOB/Burnside v<br />

Harewood 4.30pm Nga Puna Wai.<br />

•Premier hockey women<br />

(Saturday) Carlton Redcliffs v<br />

Hornby Tigers noon, Waimakariri<br />

Turf; Marist v Avon Eels noon,<br />

Marist Park; Harewood v HSOB/<br />

Burnside 3pm, Nga Puna Wai.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> funny thing is everyone<br />

knows I don’t have a left foot,<br />

it’s only good for standing on.<br />

Maybe they’re just trying to wind<br />

me up,” said Draper.<br />

Another stand out season for<br />

Draper would also likely see him<br />

become TNS’s all-time leading<br />

goalscorer. Draper has currently<br />

scored 134 league goals for TNS<br />

– 19 behind the record.<br />

Internationally, Draper<br />

represented New Zealand at age<br />

group level and at senior level.<br />

However, he appears to have<br />

fallen off the radar in recent<br />

times.<br />

“If anyone gave me the call<br />

then I’d be straight there, but to<br />

be honest, I haven’t had contact<br />

since 2012 when I was part of<br />

the under-23 qualifiers. I haven’t<br />

heard anything, so maybe they<br />

think the Welsh League isn’t<br />

a high enough standard to be<br />

considered. <strong>The</strong>re’s a lot of lads<br />

now playing at a much higher<br />

level, but you never know,” said<br />

Draper.<br />

While the striker hasn’t<br />

visited Christchurch since<br />

2012 he still has ties to the city.<br />

His younger brother Jamie is<br />

currently playing as a striker for<br />

Ferrymead Bays.<br />

Top of the tables<br />

• By Gordon Findlater<br />

UC Championship<br />

P W L D BP Pts<br />

Nelson College 12 11 1 0 11 55<br />

St Andrew’s College 12 10 2 0 8 48<br />

St Bede’s College 12 10 2 0 7 47<br />

Christchurch BHS 12 9 3 0 9 45<br />

Christ’s College 12 8 3 1 9 43<br />

St Thomas’ 12 7 5 0 7 35<br />

Rangiora HS 12 6 6 0 10 34<br />

Lincoln Combined 12 5 6 1 7 29<br />

Marlborough BC 12 5 7 0 8 28<br />

Timaru BHS 12 4 8 0 8 24<br />

Shirley BHS 12 4 8 0 5 21<br />

Waimea Combined 12 2 10 0 1 9<br />

Aoraki Combined 12 2 10 0 0 8<br />

Mid-Canterbury 12 0 12 0 2 2<br />

Southern Football League<br />

P W D L GD Pts<br />

Nelson Suburbs 4 4 0 0 8 12<br />

Cashmere Tech 4 3 0 1 10 9<br />

Coastal Spirit 4 3 0 1 3 9<br />

Caversham 4 2 0 2 3 6<br />

Western AFC 4 2 0 2 -3 6<br />

MILESTONE: Max Hughes will join a rare club of players<br />

when he plays his 50th game for Christchurch Boys’ High<br />

on Saturday.<br />

Skipper set to run<br />

out for his 50th<br />

CBHS appearance<br />

CHRISTCHURCH Boys’ High<br />

first XV captain Max Hughes<br />

will join an exclusive club as<br />

he looks to help his side book a<br />

semi-final spot on Saturday.<br />

When CBHS travel to Lincoln<br />

Combined on Saturday, Hughes<br />

will become just the fourth<br />

player since 2000 to play 50<br />

games for the school.<br />

He will join Crusaders<br />

midfielder Tim Bateman (2003-<br />

2005), former Highlanders No<br />

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Louie Chapman, who captained<br />

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<strong>The</strong> final round match carries<br />

extra significance. Fourthplaced<br />

CBHS (45pts) need to win<br />

the match to confirm a spot in<br />

next week’s semi-finals.<br />

After a patchy start to the<br />

season, which included a 12-40<br />

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turned their season around with<br />

impressive recent wins over<br />

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but now we’ve realised we’re a<br />

small, skilful team we’ve found<br />

our style. I think that’s what<br />

changed the season around,”<br />

said Hughes.<br />

Two other matches on<br />

Saturday will help shape what<br />

is a wide open final day race<br />

for a semi-final spot. Only high<br />

flying Nelson College (55pts) are<br />

assured of remaining in the top<br />

four.<br />

If fifth-placed Christ’s College<br />

(43pts) are able to get a bonus<br />

point win over Timaru Boys’<br />

High at noon then secondplaced<br />

St Andrew’s (48pts)<br />

will need to secure at least one<br />

point from their trip to play<br />

third-placed St Bede’s (47pts)<br />

at 2.45pm. A loss for St Bede’s<br />

could also see them slip outside<br />

the top four.<br />

•<strong>The</strong> UC Championship final<br />

is set to be played at Rugby Park<br />

or Trafalgar Park in Nelson,<br />

depending on which team is the<br />

top seed.<br />

Mogiel AFC 4 1 0 3 -3 3<br />

Nomads United 4 1 0 3 -8 3<br />

Otago University 4 0 0 4 -10 0<br />

Premier hockey men<br />

P W L D GD Pts<br />

Southern United 13 10 1 2 11 32<br />

Marist 13 8 3 2 24 26<br />

HSOB/Burnside 13 6 4 3 11 21<br />

Harewood 13 6 5 2 6 20<br />

Avon 13 5 4 4 -1 19<br />

Carlton Redcliffs 13 3 7 3 -5 12<br />

University 13 3 8 2 -25 11<br />

Hornby Vipers 13 1 10 2 -21 5<br />

Premier hockey women<br />

P W L D GD Pts<br />

Carlton Redcliffs 11 11 0 0 33 33<br />

Marist 11 6 4 1 7 19<br />

Harewood 11 5 4 2 17 17<br />

HSOB/Burnside 11 5 5 1 -1 16<br />

Avon Eels 11 5 5 1 -7 16<br />

Hornby Tigers 11 3 5 3 -3 12<br />

Southern United 12 0 12 0 -46 0


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SPORT 37<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> looks back each week at Canterbury’s sporting icons from yesteryear. This<br />

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A PASSION for rugby league is<br />

still well and truly alive in one<br />

on Canterbury’s most prolific<br />

players through the 1990s.<br />

Aaron Whittaker, 51, is the<br />

junior vice president and is also<br />

on the senior committees at<br />

the Currumbin Eagles club on<br />

the Gold Coast. He can even<br />

be found strapping the club’s A<br />

grade players before kick-off on<br />

Saturdays. Remarkably he was<br />

still running on for the team as<br />

recently as three years ago when<br />

he played in one of his most<br />

memorable matches.<br />

“<strong>The</strong>y were struggling at the<br />

time, so I played a few games<br />

. . . my son Jackson was 18 at the<br />

time and playing a grade, so I got<br />

the privilege to play alongside<br />

him,” said Whittaker.<br />

“It was a pretty proud moment<br />

that’s for sure.”<br />

In the prime of his playing days<br />

the halfback won the Pat Smith<br />

Trophy six times – four with the<br />

Halswell Hornets and two with<br />

the Riccarton Knights. He was<br />

a key cog in Frank Endacott’s<br />

Canterbury team of the 1990s.<br />

In 1993 he scored seven tries in<br />

eight games to help Canterbury<br />

win the national competition<br />

which included a famous 36-12<br />

thrashing of Auckland in the<br />

grand final in front of 10,000<br />

people at Addington Showgrounds.<br />

Whittaker also scored<br />

a try in Canterbury’s 18-10 defeat<br />

of Great Britain in 1990.<br />

Whittaker’s performance at<br />

club and provincial level earned<br />

him a number of caps with the<br />

Kiwis. He was part of the Kiwis’<br />

squad to tour Britain and France<br />

in 1993 and the tour of Papua<br />

New Guinea in 1994. He says<br />

representing New Zealand is one<br />

of his greatest memories and<br />

describes himself as being “lucky<br />

to sneak in between legends like<br />

Gary Freeman and Stacey Jones.”<br />

“I just find myself very fortunate<br />

to be able to don the black and<br />

white jersey . . . you bleed black<br />

and white. You put that jersey on<br />

and you just seem to turn into a<br />

superhero,” said Whittaker.<br />

Things could have panned out<br />

differently for Whittaker. As a<br />

teenager he was also a formidable<br />

tennis player. He represented<br />

Canterbury and played national<br />

age group tournaments before<br />

deciding to concentrate on league<br />

as a 16-year-old.<br />

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Part of that decision may have<br />

been influenced by a dusting up<br />

he received at Wilding Park by<br />

one of his future Kiwi teammates.<br />

“I actually ended up playing<br />

against Matthew Ridge at one<br />

tournament. He was a very good<br />

tennis player in his day. He<br />

cleaned me up,” said Whittaker.<br />

In 1988 Whittaker played<br />

his debut season for Halswell’s<br />

premier side which went onto<br />

win the Pat Smith Trophy by<br />

defeating Marist-Western 24-12.<br />

<strong>The</strong> 2002 final saw Whittaker<br />

smash two Canterbury Rugby<br />

League records, for most points<br />

and most tries in a final. He<br />

scored five tries and 32 points in<br />

the Riccarton’s 54-14 win over<br />

the Linwood Keas.<br />

Whittaker says some of his<br />

most gruelling individual matchups<br />

came during his early club<br />

years against players he went<br />

onto become teammates with in<br />

Canterbury.<br />

“I always had my tussles and<br />

we’d become great mates off the<br />

field and after rugby league. One<br />

of those guys was Mark Nixon.<br />

I always had great tussles with<br />

him, and even guys like Shane Te<br />

Huia,” said Whittaker.<br />

He believes that ability of club<br />

rivals to come together in red<br />

and black played a pivotal role in<br />

Canterbury’s success at the time.<br />

“Even though we played<br />

against each other in club footy,<br />

we had camaraderie and came<br />

together to do it for each other.<br />

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PROLIFIC:<br />

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Whittaker<br />

played in<br />

a Warriors<br />

trial<br />

match at<br />

Lancaster<br />

Park in<br />

1996.<br />

Frank (Endacott) had us humming,”<br />

said Whittaker.<br />

<strong>The</strong> team were also partial to<br />

the odd prank. While in a training<br />

camp Whittaker remembers<br />

a player leaving their accommodation<br />

to visit family. While<br />

he was away the players filled a<br />

condom with condensed milk<br />

which they then left planted on<br />

the player’s bed.<br />

“He came back and then went<br />

down to Frank [Endacott] and he<br />

said Frank, look what someone’s<br />

left on my bed this is not good<br />

enough . . . so Frank went and got<br />

the condom and put his finger in<br />

the condensed milk because he<br />

was in on it as well. He took a bit<br />

of a lick on his finger and he said<br />

well it isn’t mine.”<br />

In 1996 Whittaker was<br />

reunited with Endacott when he<br />

captained the Auckland Warriors<br />

reserve grade side to the 1996<br />

grand final, scoring a try and two<br />

goals in a 12-14 loss to Cronulla.<br />

With Endacott taking over<br />

the first-grade reins midway<br />

through 1997, Whittaker made<br />

his premiership debut by coming<br />

off the bench in a late-season win<br />

over Adelaide. In 1998 Whittaker<br />

started for six straight rounds in<br />

the NRL.<br />

After his playing days<br />

Whittaker coached at Halswell<br />

and also refereed in Christchurch<br />

at junior and premier level. He<br />

has lived on the Gold Coast since<br />

2009 and recently purchased a<br />

Jim’s Mowing franchise.<br />

new menu!<br />

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Will Willi still go<br />

to the box kick?<br />

AS A PROUD Cantabrian I<br />

should be stoked that Willi<br />

Heinz, who played more than 50<br />

matches for both the Crusaders<br />

and Canterbury appears to<br />

be one step closer to making<br />

England’s squad for the Rugby<br />

World Cup.<br />

<strong>The</strong> 32-year-old has survived<br />

the latest cut from England<br />

coach Eddie Jones, who named<br />

Heinz in his 33-man-squad<br />

ahead of their upcoming World<br />

Cup warm-up match against<br />

Wales on Monday.<br />

Unfortunately, my brain is yet<br />

to block out the memories<br />

of his execution of<br />

the worst option in all<br />

of rugby – the box kick<br />

– and single-handily<br />

handing the Waratahs<br />

the title in an ill-fated<br />

2014 Super Rugby final<br />

whenever I think of<br />

Heinz.<br />

Most who recount<br />

the 32-33 loss in Sydney will<br />

point to the 78th-minute penalty<br />

given away by Richie Mc-<br />

Caw which gave the Waratahs<br />

the penalty kick which would<br />

see them win the game. It’s one<br />

of the only chinks people will<br />

point out in the All Black and<br />

Crusaders armour. However, the<br />

blame should never have been<br />

thrown at Richie. We need to<br />

put the record straight . . . let’s<br />

rewind.<br />

On the 75-minute mark<br />

the Waratahs lead 30-29, but<br />

concede a penalty. Kieran Read<br />

points towards the sticks and<br />

Colin Slade slots an easy three<br />

points to give the Crusaders a<br />

32-30 lead.<br />

From here the Crusaders<br />

retain possession at the kick-off.<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir world-class forward pack<br />

hold onto possession<br />

for the final four<br />

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as a coach . . . we’ll that’s at least<br />

what we thought was going to<br />

happen.<br />

In reality, Jimmy Tupou<br />

gathers from the restart before<br />

every television set the upper<br />

South Island is subject to a hurl<br />

of abuse as Heinz makes the<br />

absurd decision to box kick. Not<br />

only that, it goes out on the full<br />

giving the Waratahs an attacking<br />

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half.<br />

However, in the 77thminute<br />

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comes to the rescue and<br />

wins the line-out. We’re<br />

left thinking: “Yes, this is<br />

our night,” but Heinz has<br />

other idea . . . he once<br />

again goes to the box<br />

kick and gives possession<br />

away for the second time<br />

in less than a minute.<br />

This time he keeps it in the field<br />

of play, but presents Kurtley<br />

Beale with an easy gather without<br />

pressure – a better gift than<br />

any coke dealer in Sydney could<br />

offer the Wallaby. <strong>The</strong> Waratahs<br />

go onto win a penalty out of<br />

McCaw and the rest is history.<br />

Should England fans fear for<br />

the same kind of mind explosion?<br />

In a recent interview with <strong>The</strong><br />

Daily Telegraph in Britain Heinz<br />

said: “I didn’t box kick a whole<br />

lot back in Canterbury and<br />

with the Crusaders… I learned<br />

pretty quickly that you’ve got to<br />

have a decent box kick up in the<br />

Premiership.”<br />

Good luck with making the<br />

World Cup squad Willie, if you<br />

run into the All Blacks at some<br />

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• Aluminium &<br />

timber<br />

• French doors<br />

Phone<br />

379 6159<br />

215 Waltham Rd<br />

Building Supplies<br />

www.windowmarket.co.nz<br />

Caravans, Motorhomes<br />

& Traliers<br />

CARAVAN Wanted to<br />

buy. Up to $5000 cash<br />

today 027 488-5284.<br />

Car Parts<br />

Hi LIFT JACK<br />

BASE.$35 Ph 0275490048<br />

or 021 363666<br />

LANDROVER<br />

DISCOVERY POWER<br />

STEERING box $250<br />

Ph 0275490048 or 021<br />

363666<br />

LANDROVER<br />

DISCOOVERY REAR<br />

STEP. $45 Ph 0275<br />

490048 or 021 3363 666<br />

Cars<br />

$1,501 - $4,000<br />

MITSUBISHI 380 SX,<br />

2007. Sparkling Red, 3.8<br />

V6, 40mpg, spoiler, 17”<br />

alloys., to see is to buy<br />

$3500, ph 352 5963<br />

Church Notices<br />

SYDENHAM CHRISTIAN<br />

SPIRITUAL CHURCH<br />

Sydenham Community<br />

Centre<br />

23/25 Hutcheson St<br />

Address<br />

Sandy<br />

Clairvoyance<br />

Sandy<br />

Sunday 7pm<br />

All Welcome<br />

Phone 349-9749<br />

Christian<br />

sPiritUaList<br />

ChUrCh<br />

182 Edgeware Road<br />

Sunday Service<br />

7pm<br />

Address<br />

Bernie<br />

Clairvoyant<br />

Bernie & Ron<br />

All Welcome<br />

Classic Cars &<br />

Motorcycles<br />

MITSUBISHI CORDIA<br />

turbo GSR, 1985, low<br />

kms, 1 previous family<br />

owned, red, suit collector,<br />

ph 352 5963<br />

MITSUBISHI CORDIA<br />

turbo GSR, 1985, low<br />

kms, 1 previous family<br />

owned, red, suit collector,<br />

ph 352 5963<br />

• Exterior<br />

sliding doors<br />

• Single &<br />

double glazed<br />

• Buy and sell<br />

Church Notices<br />

NEW AGE CHRISTIAN<br />

SPIRITUAL CENTRE<br />

Grafton Street<br />

Sunday 7pm<br />

Address:<br />

Gaynor<br />

Clairvoyance:<br />

Gaynor<br />

Tuesday 1pm - 3pm<br />

Healing &<br />

Clairvoyance<br />

All Welcome<br />

Christian<br />

Science Church<br />

Sunday Service<br />

10am – 11am<br />

Sunday School<br />

10am – 11am<br />

Testimony Meeting<br />

Wednesday 7:30pm<br />

Reading Room<br />

Tuesday 10am – 1pm<br />

Wednesday 5pm – 7:30pm<br />

Friday 12pm – 3pm<br />

ALL WELCOME<br />

66 Carlton Mill Rd, Merivale<br />

Tel. 03 366 2544<br />

www.christiansciencenz.org<br />

/christchurch<br />

Church Notices<br />

Curtains<br />

A1 CURTAINS/<br />

DRAPES.Roman<br />

blinds,tie backs, cushions,<br />

nets & voiles plus<br />

alteraatons.Free quotes.<br />

Ph Kay 980 1501 or 021<br />

257 1823. kay.tainui88@<br />

gmail.com<br />

Be Inspired with Healing Thoughts<br />

SENTINEL WATCH<br />

PODCASTS<br />

Aug 6-12<br />

<strong>The</strong> Beatitudes: our guide to to following Jesus<br />

Aug 13-19<br />

What truly makes us happy and satisfied?<br />

Aug 20-26<br />

<strong>The</strong> whole world in His hands<br />

Aug 27-Sept 2<br />

How can I feel confident raising my kids today?<br />

Podcast Available @<br />

www.christiansciencenz.org<br />

also available to listen to at the<br />

Christian Science Reading Room - 66 Carlton Mill RD, CHCH<br />

All Welcome<br />

Finance<br />

Flatmates<br />

A Yaldhurst lifestyle block<br />

requires flatmate. $185 all<br />

up incl pwr, wifi, gym, sky<br />

& spa. Ph 027 555 1249<br />

A Yaldhurst lifestyle block<br />

requires flatmate. $185 all<br />

up incl pwr, wifi, gym, sky<br />

& spa. Ph 027 555 1249<br />

CASH LOANS<br />

$200-$20,000<br />

GET CASH<br />

NOW<br />

3/11 GOULDING AVE. HORNBY<br />

9B BUCKLEYS ROAD. LINWOOD<br />

PH <strong>08</strong>00 760 000<br />

WWW.INSTANTFINANCE.CO.NZ<br />

Funeral Directors<br />

Non-Service Cremation $1,745<br />

Commital service with cremation $3,950<br />

Chapel service with cremation $6,500<br />

Family burial service from $3,400<br />

Just Funerals, a family owned and<br />

operated company with qualified,<br />

registered and experienced staff.<br />

Phone <strong>08</strong>00 804 663 - 24 Hour Availability<br />

Email: info@justfunerals.co.nz<br />

christchurch.justfunerals.co.nz<br />

Funeral Directors<br />

Direct<br />

Cremation<br />

No frills, No Service,<br />

No fuss, simply<br />

straight to the crem.<br />

Other options<br />

available.<br />

Ph: 379 0178<br />

for our brochure<br />

or email<br />

office@undertaker.co.nz<br />

Funeral Directors<br />

Christchurch Canterbury<br />

Direct Cremations<br />

“Just cremate me,<br />

just what I wanted”<br />

$1,745<br />

Terms & Conditions Apply<br />

Contact Laurie<br />

and his team<br />

03 974 1369<br />

chchcanterburydirectcremations.co.nz<br />

24 Hour Service<br />

For Sale<br />

BRASS Plumbing<br />

fittings, assorted fittings,<br />

1/2 inch + 1 Inch,<br />

crox, starkie and other<br />

assorted fittings, $225<br />

great buying , Ph 027 549<br />

0048 & 021 363 666<br />

ELECTRIC Cable, 35<br />

m, 2.5 mm 2 core neutral<br />

screen cable $60, and<br />

Electric Cable 17.5 mtr ,<br />

25mm 4 core $40, ph 027<br />

549 0048 or 021 363 666<br />

EXTENSION Cord extra<br />

heavy duty 35 metres<br />

$35, oh 027 549 0048 &<br />

021 363 666


<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Classifieds<br />

For Sale<br />

JERRYCANS x2 20 ltre,<br />

ex army well made & in<br />

good cond, $50 ea, ph 027<br />

549 0048 or 021 363 666<br />

NEFA Preasure<br />

Reducing Valve, new in<br />

box $90, , Ph 027 549<br />

0048 & 021 363 666<br />

Garage Sales<br />

HAREWOOD.<br />

4 Skyedale Drive,<br />

Saturday 9am -1pm.<br />

Tools,household<br />

appliances,kitchen<br />

goods,craft materials etc.<br />

Cash only please.<br />

MARSHLAND 754<br />

Hawkins Rd, Sat & Sun 9 -<br />

4.30. Monster garage sale,<br />

new stock coming every<br />

week. Fishing rods (new<br />

& used), h/hold goods,<br />

tools. <strong>Star</strong>tign a car fair in<br />

2 weeks time on Sundays.<br />

SPREYDON<br />

Home handyman goods,<br />

tools, baskets, bench oven,<br />

general goods, Saturday<br />

8am - midday wet or fine<br />

indoors. 392 Barrington<br />

Street<br />

Gardening<br />

& Supplies<br />

Save your<br />

watering<br />

by using<br />

Magic Mulch<br />

“This Product Sucks”<br />

at all leading<br />

garden centres<br />

Instructions at<br />

www.magicmoss.co.nz<br />

TREE & HEDGE<br />

SERVICES<br />

• Trees removed<br />

• Trees pruned<br />

• Storm damage<br />

• Hedges trimmed<br />

• Free quotes<br />

Ph Justin<br />

021 221 4344<br />

Handy Person<br />

Services<br />

Tired of that dripping<br />

tap?Brassed off with<br />

those sticking doors and<br />

windows?Sick of looking<br />

at that broken gate &<br />

fence?Help is at hand!Ph<br />

John on 021 149 0986 for<br />

an obligation free quote to<br />

ease your mind.<br />

Massage<br />

MALE Masseur, relax<br />

massage, waxing for men,<br />

8am-8pm ph 027 723 5756<br />

Pets & Supplies<br />

CATS UNLOVED<br />

can help with the cost<br />

of desexing your cat.<br />

Ph 3555-022 or email<br />

catsunloved@xtra.co.nz<br />

To Let<br />

MODERN home, large<br />

room, own entrance, furn,<br />

sky tv. $160 p/w. Ph 359<br />

3337, 027 523 2929<br />

Tuition<br />

COMPUTER LESSONS<br />

avail for computer, IPad,<br />

or Mobile. Please contact<br />

Jobee 027 290 9246 www.<br />

computertutor.nz<br />

Wanted To Buy<br />

CASH FOR<br />

STAMPS,<br />

COINS &<br />

GOLD<br />

Free Appraisals<br />

Call Matt at<br />

<strong>The</strong> Stamp and<br />

Coin Exchange<br />

134a Riccarton Rd<br />

<strong>08</strong>00 39 24 26<br />

We can come to you.<br />

Call today.<br />

Wanted To Buy<br />

TOOLS, Garden garage,<br />

saw benches, Lathes. Cash<br />

buyer Phone 355-2045<br />

NOTICES<br />

advertising<br />

Sports, Clubs, Schools,<br />

Organisations, AGMs,<br />

Legal Notices, Public<br />

Notices, Family<br />

Notices, Births, Deaths,<br />

Memoriams, Birthdays,<br />

Weddings, Anniversaries,<br />

Engagements...<br />

For all your important notices,<br />

advertise in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong>, where<br />

it will be seen by 179,000<br />

people every Thursday.<br />

For professional, helpful<br />

service, Phone 379-7100<br />

Situations Vacant<br />

Situations Vacant<br />

MALE OR FEMAILE<br />

MODELS URGENTLY<br />

NEEDED. We are<br />

currently looking for male<br />

or female new faces for<br />

magazines, catalogues,<br />

TV commercials, TV<br />

shows, billboards, posters,<br />

film / TV extras, and<br />

Music Videos. This is<br />

an amazing opportunity<br />

for anyone wanting to<br />

give a go at modelling<br />

or wanting to develop<br />

their modelling career.<br />

No experience needed.<br />

No height restrictions.<br />

No size restriction. Ages<br />

from 18 accepted. Please<br />

forward your application<br />

to hybridagency@<br />

consultant.com<br />

LOOKING For fun<br />

bubbly lady for escort/<br />

sex work, 18yrs plus.Very<br />

discreet, txt only 022 130<br />

<strong>08</strong>48<br />

FACTORY<br />

PRODUCTION<br />

MANAGER<br />

FOR AUCKLAND REINFORCING<br />

SERVICES LTD<br />

FULL TIME JOB IN CHRISTCHURCH<br />

Past Proven Experience in Management<br />

Experience in the Construction<br />

Industry a plus.<br />

Email CV to Anup Walia at<br />

anup@aucklandreinforcing.co.nz<br />

FREE WEEKLY MAGAZINE<br />

in stands every Friday<br />

Best<br />

Motorbuys<br />

TM<br />

2007 MITSubISHI OuTlANDer<br />

2.4 auto, alloys, Abs, 7 seater.<br />

$12,990<br />

$113 p/w<br />

$21,990<br />

ONLY<br />

2014 Lexus CT 200h HYBRID<br />

Version C 1800cc, auto, 10 airbags,<br />

alloys, reverse camera, cruise, Bluetooth.<br />

OPEN 7 DAYS<br />

great quality, excellent value<br />

$138 PW<br />

2017 FORD ESCAPE TREND AWD<br />

NZ new, 2.0L petrol, 6 spd auto, apple carplay<br />

& andriod auto, reverse cam, navigation.<br />

SHARP PRICE $24,995<br />

www.tcm4wd.co.nz<br />

2010 HONDA FIT<br />

Auto, alloys, Abs, twin airbags.<br />

$8,990<br />

$88 p/w<br />

Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 43<br />

275 Colombo St, Christchurch.<br />

Cnr Colombo & Milton Sts. Ph: 337 9629.<br />

$16,990<br />

ONLY<br />

2014 Honda Fit Hybrid L PKG<br />

1500cc, 33,<strong>08</strong>3kms, auto, alloys wheels,<br />

airbags.<br />

Cnr Moorhouse Ave & Lancaster St,<br />

Christchurch. www.goodcars.nz<br />

Phone today: (03) 421 6113 or <strong>08</strong>00 421 611<br />

$101 pw<br />

2007 HOLDEN CREWmAN S V6<br />

3.6 Alloytec V6, auto, rare ignition orange,<br />

colour coded canopy, roof racks, bluetooth.<br />

Nz NEW $17,995<br />

$83 p/w<br />

2007 HONDA FIT<br />

1.3 auto, Abs, Airbags<br />

Plus ORC $300<br />

Cash Price $7,290<br />

$6,990<br />

OVER 1000<br />

VEHICLES<br />

FOR<br />

SALE<br />

Below is a small<br />

selection of our<br />

great deals!<br />

To advertise in Best Motorbuys, phone <strong>Star</strong> Media 03 379 7100<br />

$6,990<br />

$15,990<br />

ONLY<br />

20<strong>08</strong> Honda CR-V ZX<br />

2400cc, 56,724km, auto, climate<br />

control, security, auto lights, ABS brakes.<br />

$79 PW<br />

2017 HOLDEN BARINA LS HATCH<br />

1.6 Litre, 6 spd auto, 5 star ancap, reverse cam,<br />

bluetooth, cruise, alloys, choice of 2 NZ new.<br />

FROm $13,995<br />

12/24/36 Month Protecta Warranties available.<br />

113 Sherborne Street, Edgeware<br />

Phone 03 377 8873<br />

Wanted To Buy<br />

Gardening<br />

& Supplies<br />

A GARDEN OR<br />

LANDSCAPING TIDY<br />

UP? Shrub, hedge &<br />

tree pruning, Lawns,<br />

Gardening, consistently<br />

reliable general property<br />

upkeep, Dip. Hort. 10<br />

yrs experience, One off<br />

tidy ups or on-going<br />

service. Nick’s Garden<br />

Maintenance. Keeping<br />

your garden beautiful.<br />

Free Quote. Ph. 942-4440<br />

& 022 264 7452<br />

FLOWER STANDS<br />

holds 12 pots (new) $75<br />

each. Ph 027 223 0948<br />

GARDENING<br />

Mature female. $18<br />

per hour, Northcote &<br />

surrounding areas only, ph<br />

03 352 2590<br />

MONDO GRASS Black.<br />

Large pots full. $5. Ph<br />

352-2590<br />

PETE’S GARDENING<br />

SERVICE Gardening,<br />

rubbish removal, cleanups,<br />

expert pruning, hedge<br />

trimming, tree cutting,<br />

good rates, no job too<br />

big or too small, half the<br />

price of a franchise. WINZ<br />

Quotes. Ph 027 551 4118<br />

AAA Buying goods<br />

quality furniture, beds,<br />

stoves, washing machines,<br />

fridge freezers. Same day<br />

service. Selwyn Dealers.<br />

Phone 980 5812 or 027<br />

313 8156<br />

A+ About to move? Books,<br />

china, coins, medals,<br />

furniture, furs, jewellery,<br />

tools, old photos, estate.<br />

Ph 385-5117<br />

ALL whiteware wanted.<br />

Same day service, cash<br />

paid for freezes, fridges,<br />

washing machines, ovens.<br />

Also buying furniture &<br />

h/hold effects.Anything<br />

considered. Ph Dave 960-<br />

8440, 027 66 22 116<br />

A RECORDS Wanted<br />

top cash prices paid for<br />

good records. No easy<br />

listening. Please ph 027<br />

624 1138<br />

BUYING Now, Royal<br />

Albert, Royal Doulton, all<br />

old china, crystal, antiques,<br />

estate lots. For best prices<br />

and free inspection call<br />

Academy Antiques. Phone<br />

349-4229<br />

CASH FOR ESTATE<br />

CHINA<br />

Downsizing, Garage Sale.<br />

Cash for estate china.<br />

Phone 313 1878 or 027<br />

350 3963<br />

MILITARIA Any<br />

country, firearms,<br />

uniforms, badges, medals,<br />

memoribilia, WW2 or<br />

earlier ph 338-9931<br />

REPORTER<br />

<strong>The</strong> Kaikoura <strong>Star</strong> has a vacancy for a full-time<br />

reporter with a suitable journalism qualification.<br />

This is a sole-charge position, filing for our<br />

weekly publication.<br />

This would suit a self-starter, recent graduate or<br />

someone with mid-grade experience.<br />

Please send your letter of application, CV and<br />

examples of recent published work to:<br />

Editor, Kaikoura <strong>Star</strong><br />

editor@greystar.co.nz<br />

DRIVETECH LTD<br />

“TRAINING TOMORROWS DRIVERS TODAY”<br />

HEAVY TRAFFIC CLASSES 2, 3, 4 & 5<br />

FROM FULL CAR (Class 1)<br />

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(Road code & pre-assessment driving training provided)<br />

FORKLIFT ENDORSEMENT (F & OSH)<br />

Forklift (attachments) u/std<br />

Forklift mounted safety platform u/std<br />

Driving Related Health & Safety Training<br />

Passenger, Logbook & Load Security Training<br />

OTHER COURSES/LICENCES & ENDORSEMENTS AVAILABLE ARE:<br />

Vehicle Recovery, Wheels, Tracks, Rollers & Dangerous Goods<br />

Courses in Christchurch, Invercargill,<br />

Cromwell & Mosgiel daily.<br />

Other areas by arrangement<br />

INTEREST FREE TIME PAYMENTS<br />

(Terms & Conditions apply)<br />

FREEPHONE 05<strong>08</strong> 2 37483<br />

or 03 348 8481, 027 510 0684<br />

info@drivetech.co.nz / www.drivetech.co.nz<br />

rEDuCED<br />

2006 toyotA rAv-4<br />

push button stArt/stop<br />

2.4 litre chain driven engine, automatic<br />

transmission, alloys, hard spare wheel cover,<br />

cruise control.<br />

$10,990 $58 pW<br />

$5,995<br />

2006 Subaru Legacy b-<br />

SPOrt aWD, perfect for ski season!<br />

2000cc, auto, wagon, ABS brakes, alloys,<br />

all electrics, roof rails, spot lights, tints, EFI.<br />

PLUS<br />

REGISTRATION<br />

Value Cars<br />

rEDuCED<br />

2006 MAzDA Cx7<br />

rEvErsE CAMErA, CruisE Control<br />

Only 103kms, 2.3 litre turbo, auto, chain<br />

driven engine, alloy wheels, climate<br />

air cond.<br />

$8,990 $48 pW<br />

$9,995<br />

$7,995<br />

2006 Subaru Legacy gt<br />

Sporty turbo, 60,329kms<br />

1994cc auto, reverse camera, 17" alloys,<br />

all electrics, airbags, intercooler.<br />

PLUS<br />

REGISTRATION<br />

rEDuCED<br />

547 Moorhouse Avenue<br />

Call 03 377 3030<br />

SALE<br />

PLUS<br />

REGISTRATION<br />

www.valuecarswarehouse.co.nz<br />

Registration is for 6 months of $301<br />

2012 holDEn CoMMoDorE<br />

22" Alloys, boDy striping<br />

Hot looking Commodore, rear spoiler,<br />

blackout roof, body striping, stand out from<br />

the crowd here.<br />

$11,990<br />

$62 pW<br />

$7,995<br />

2006 auDi a4<br />

+ 1 year autosure Warranty<br />

2000cc auto wagon, alloys, airbags, tinted<br />

windows, cambelt replaced, new tyres.<br />

P 03 389 61<strong>08</strong>, 393 Ferry rd, christchurch, urbanauto.co.nz<br />

20<strong>08</strong> MAZDA aTenZa<br />

$11,999<br />

Sleek sporty Sedan, 2.0 litre, tiptronic trans, very<br />

low kms, leather interior, heated front seats,<br />

driving lights, keyless entry, rear centre shoulder<br />

belt, ABS and airbags, finished in grey metallic!<br />

2012 MAZDA CX-5<br />

$22,999<br />

2.0 litre SkyActiv engine, i-stop and tiptronic<br />

trans, 4.5 star fuel efficiency, factory body kit,<br />

driving lights, 17" alloys, rear vehicle monitoring,<br />

push button start, ABS, T/C and airbags.<br />

2012 TOYOTA VITZ<br />

$10,999<br />

Very popular vehicle and this one is awesome<br />

finished in yellow, economical 1.0 litre engine,<br />

automatic trans, very low kms, keyless entry,<br />

rear wiper, ABS and airbags.<br />

32 Moorhouse Ave<br />

Christchurch<br />

03 366 7768


44 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong><br />

Public Notice<br />

Public Notices<br />

Enrolment<br />

Applications<br />

for 2020<br />

From 2020, enrolment of children at the above schools is governed by an enrolment scheme,<br />

details of which are available at the office of each school. <strong>The</strong> schools are Mairehau High school,<br />

Hillmorton High School, Haeata Community Campus and Linwood College.<br />

Applications for 2020 out of zone places at these schools are now invited for students. You may<br />

wish to check with a school you are interested in to see whether there are any actual vacancies for<br />

students living outside of the zone.<br />

<strong>The</strong> deadline for receiving applications for out of zone students is 4pm on Monday <strong>August</strong> 19th. If a<br />

ballot is required for out of zone places, this will take place on Wednesday <strong>August</strong> 21st. Parents will<br />

be informed of the outcome of any ballot by <strong>August</strong> 23rd.<br />

If you live in the school zone of one of these schools and have not yet signalled your intention to<br />

enrol your child at the school, it would be appreciated if you could do this immediately to help plan<br />

appropriately.<br />

Each school has the appropriate application form and these can be obtained from the school office.<br />

Signed – the respective Boards of Trustees for the Four Schools<br />

PERMITTED TEMPORARY DEPOTS<br />

AND STORAGE FACILITIES<br />

Under Clause 8(3)(a) of the Canterbury Earthquake<br />

(Resource Management Act Permitted Activities) Order 2011<br />

Despite anything to the contrary in the Christchurch City Plan the activities listed below<br />

are permitted activities in the specified locations if they comply with the prescribed<br />

standards:<br />

1. ACTIVITY: Temporary use of the application site for storage of fill material for<br />

the reinstatement of the reinforced slope below 32A Kinsey Terrace.<br />

LOCATION: 230 Pages Road - <strong>The</strong> specific location of this activity is south east<br />

of the Breezes Road/Bexley Road/Bridge Road/Dyers Road roundabout.<br />

APPLICANT: Shaun Coakley<br />

REFERENCE NO: RMA/<strong>2019</strong>/1169<br />

STANDARDS:<br />

1. <strong>The</strong> activity must proceed in general accordance with the information submitted<br />

to the Council on 28 May <strong>2019</strong> and the additional information received through<br />

email on 10, 12 and 14 June <strong>2019</strong>.<br />

2. <strong>The</strong> use of the site for the storage of fill and excavated material associated with<br />

the land remediation at 32A Kinsey Terrace shall cease by 22 November <strong>2019</strong>. All<br />

material from this project shall be removed by this date.<br />

3. Adequate dust control measures must be in place at all times so as to minimise<br />

any nuisance to neighbouring areas. Appropriate equipment (e.g. water hose,<br />

sprinkler system) shall be available on site at all times and used whenever<br />

required by adverse conditions (windy weather, etc) as well as to reduce dust<br />

emission from traffic within the site.<br />

4. <strong>The</strong> activity must not create any significant adverse effects (relating, but<br />

not limited to, noise, dust, mud, light spill, odour, traffic generation, refuse<br />

disposal, animal control and visual amenity) that will, in the opinion of a<br />

Council Compliance Officer or Environmental Health Officer, cause nuisance for<br />

occupiers of surrounding sites.<br />

Note: If any significant adverse effects do arise, then the Council can impose<br />

additional requirements or conditions to avoid, remedy or mitigate those adverse<br />

effects.<br />

<strong>The</strong> general Standards for Permitted Temporary Accommodation and Temporary Depots<br />

and Storage Facilities can be viewed on the Temporary Accommodation page of the<br />

Council’s website at www.ccc.govt.nz/tempaccomm.<br />

Any temporary activity established under these provisions shall not create or give<br />

rise to any existing use right in respect of any land, activity, or structure (refer clause<br />

5(3) of the Canterbury Earthquake (Resource Management ActPermitted Activities)<br />

Order 2011).<br />

If you have any questions or would like more information about the activities listed<br />

above please phone 941 8999 and ask to speak to the Duty Planner.<br />

John Higgins<br />

www.ccc.govt.nz<br />

Vehicles Wanted<br />

CAR REMOVALS<br />

$$CASH PAID$$<br />

CARS, VANS, UTES & 4X4 WANTED<br />

NZ OWNED AND OPERATED FOR 24 YEARS<br />

We use world class vehicle depollution systems<br />

<strong>08</strong>00 8200 600<br />

www.pickapart.co.nz<br />

Public Notices<br />

Crossword Solutions<br />

John Thompson<br />

Hairdresser<br />

2B Coppell Pl, Hillmorton<br />

Due to the<br />

unexpected<br />

termination of my<br />

lease I will be closing<br />

on 29 <strong>August</strong>, <strong>2019</strong>.<br />

I would like to<br />

thank all those who<br />

have supported me<br />

over my 52 years in<br />

the trade.<br />

Please take this<br />

as a personal<br />

“Thank you”.<br />

Kind regards John.<br />

Public Notices<br />

AVIATION TOURS<br />

NZ invite you to a short<br />

presentation about 2020<br />

Aussie / UK tours at 6pm<br />

on Thursday 22nd <strong>August</strong><br />

at the Commodore Hotel.<br />

Come along and find out<br />

more about Wings over<br />

Outback and Battle of<br />

Britain, let us take you on<br />

an amazing journey. RSVP<br />

essential to Melanie@<br />

travelmanagers.co.nz or<br />

visit www.aviationtoursnz.<br />

com for more.<br />

HOUSE & GARAGE<br />

Cleanout. I’ll pick up for<br />

free. Ph 022 510 5420.<br />

Recycling Man. Charity<br />

for Chch.<br />

NOTICES<br />

ADVERTISING<br />

Sports, Clubs, Schools, Organisations, AGMs, Legal Notices, Public<br />

Notices, Family Notices, Births, Deaths, Memoriams, Birthdays,<br />

Weddings, Anniversaries, Engagements...<br />

For all your important notices, advertise in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong>,<br />

where it will be seen by 179,000 people every Thursday.<br />

For professional, helpful<br />

service, Phone 379-7100<br />

Unbeatable selection<br />

You’ll be spoiled for choice!<br />

Lunch & Dinner<br />

All you can eat, 7 days<br />

Senior’s<br />

Lunch Special<br />

$23 50 ALL YOU CAN EAT<br />

Monday to Friday<br />

Conditions apply<br />

Bookings Essential PH 386 0<strong>08</strong>8<br />

fb.com/GardenHotelRestaurant www.gardenhotel.co.nz<br />

IN THE BAR<br />

HAPPY HOUR 5PM - 7PM DAILY<br />

LIVE SKY SPORT ON THE GBC BIG SCREEN<br />

SATURDAY 9.45PM: NZ v AUSTRALIA<br />

IN THE CAFE<br />

OUR CABINET ITEMS ARE HOMEMADE<br />

CREATED FRESH ON SITE DAILY<br />

Breakfast<br />

AVAILABLE<br />

FROM<br />

9AM<br />

DAILY<br />

COFFEE<br />

HAPPY<br />

H O U R<br />

2PM-4PM<br />

DAILY $3.50<br />

Offer available for a<br />

limited time and includes<br />

tea, hot chocolate<br />

LIVE MUSIC<br />

THIS SATURDAY<br />

5-7PM<br />

DnD Duo<br />

Lunch $12 Specials<br />

MON: ROAST MEAL<br />

TUE: FISH & CHIPS<br />

WED: FISH BURGER<br />

THU: ROAST MEAL<br />

SAT: FISH & CHIPS<br />

AVAILABLE FROM<br />

11.30AM-2PM<br />

FOR A LIMITED TIME<br />

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

THE GARDEN HOTEL COMPLEX<br />

110 MARSHLAND RD<br />

www.gardenhotel.co.nz | phone 385 3132


Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 45<br />

christchurch<br />

GIG GUIDE<br />

Thursday 8 - Wednesday 14 <strong>August</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />

To add a listing, contact<br />

Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or<br />

027 458 8590<br />

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi<br />

www.star.kiwi/whatson<br />

A ROLLING STONE, 579<br />

Colombo St: Thursday 7.30pm -<br />

Open Mic. Friday 8pm - Retro<br />

Rhythm Dance Night, free. Saturday<br />

8pm - Scrooge. with support Yurt<br />

Party, <strong>The</strong>meta, Sex Beard, ticketed.<br />

Monday 7pm - Quiz. Wednesday<br />

7.30pm - Traditional Irish Music<br />

Session.<br />

BLUE SMOKE, 3 Gardlands<br />

Rd: Thursday 7.30pm - Louis Baker<br />

album release show, ticketed.<br />

CASHMERE CLUB, 50<br />

Colombo St: Thursday 7pm -<br />

Cashmere Ukulele Group.<br />

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO,<br />

Victoria St: Thursday 6pm -<br />

Lissel. Friday 6pm - Natalie Elms;<br />

9.15pm - Rockabella. Saturday 7pm -<br />

Southfield. Sunday 5.30pm -<br />

Lonesome Sue.<br />

CHRISTCHURCH TOWN<br />

HALL, 86 Kilmore St: Thursday<br />

8pm - Neil Young’s Live Rust feat.<br />

Jon Toogood, Liam Finn, Samuel<br />

Flynn Scott, Chris O’Connor, SJD,<br />

Red Fountain, Delaney Davidson,<br />

Dianne Swann, Brett Adams.<br />

Saturday 7.30pm - UC Christchurch<br />

Youth Orchestra ‘Bolero’. Tickets at<br />

Ticketek.<br />

GBC, Garden Buffet Cafe,<br />

110 Marshland Rd: Saturday<br />

5pm - DnD Duo (Jojo & Mark).<br />

HORNBY WMC, 17 Carmen<br />

Rd, Hornby: Saturday 2pm -<br />

Brendan Dugan, Family & Friends<br />

with Pat Dugan, Dennis Marsh, Aly<br />

Cook, Annette Dugan, Phil Doublet.<br />

Tickets $25.<br />

HORNCASTLE ARENA, Jack<br />

Hinton Drive: Tickets at Ticketek.<br />

ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL, 145<br />

Gloucester St: Thursday to<br />

Wednesday - NZIFF. Tickets at<br />

Ticketek.<br />

RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118<br />

Racecourse Rd, Sockburn:<br />

Saturday 7pm - Medium Rare.<br />

Sunday 6pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke.<br />

RICHMOND WMC, 75<br />

London St, Richmond: Friday<br />

7pm - Smooth Talk. Saturday<br />

9.45pm - All Blacks v Australia.<br />

Sunday 3pm - <strong>The</strong> Atarmies.<br />

STOCKXCHANGE, 110<br />

Marshland Rd: Friday 7pm -<br />

Unhinged. Saturday 9.45pm - All<br />

Blacks v Australia.<br />

TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding St,<br />

Hornby: Friday 8.30pm - Misfitz.<br />

Saturday 8.30pm - Nightwatch.<br />

Wednesday - Mickey Rat Karaoke.<br />

THE CRAIC IRISH BAR, 84<br />

Riccarton Rd: Thursday 9.30pm<br />

- Karaoke. Friday - Rocky Road.<br />

Saturday - Electric Fields. Wednesday<br />

9pm- Karaoke.<br />

THE EMBANKMENT, 181<br />

Ferry Rd: Thursday 8pm - Titanic<br />

(Kevin Emmett, Nick Buchanan, and<br />

Peter K Malthus). Friday 8.30pm -<br />

Open Mic. Tuesday 8pm - Karaoke.<br />

THE MILLER BAR, 3<strong>08</strong><br />

Lincoln Rd, Addington:<br />

Thursday 7pm - Learn to Rock n<br />

Roll. Friday 9.30pm - Decoy Duck.<br />

Saturday 9.30pm - Reckless Duo.<br />

Tuesday 7.30pm - Quiz with Chris.<br />

Wednesday 8pm - Karaoke with<br />

Lance Kiwi.<br />

THE PAPANUI CLUB, 310<br />

Sawyers Arms Rd: Friday<br />

7.30pm - Acoustic Solution. Friday<br />

16 <strong>August</strong> - Kayla G. Friday 23<br />

<strong>August</strong> - Lindon Puffin. Friday 30<br />

<strong>August</strong> - Alan Fairbrother.<br />

WOOLSTON CLUB, 43<br />

Hargood St: Saturday 7.30pm -<br />

Funky Hot Mamas.<br />

WUNDERBAR, Lyttelton:<br />

Thursday 8pm - Skyscraper Stan,<br />

ticketed. Friday 7.30pm - Chris<br />

William, Monique Aiken, Ellie Oak,<br />

$10 entry. Saturday 9pm -<br />

Rhomboid Psychedelic Beatles Show,<br />

$20 entry. Tuesday 7pm - Open Mic.<br />

THIS SATURDAY<br />

Riccarton Park Racecourse<br />

We are proud to sponsor Saturday 10th <strong>August</strong><br />

145th NZ Grand National Steeplechase<br />

‘Famous for their roasts!’<br />

SENIORS SPECIAL<br />

Two courses:<br />

Soup/Roast or Roast/Dessert<br />

Special available lunch only<br />

Monday - Saturday 12pm - 2.30pm<br />

Conditions apply<br />

FAMILY FRIENDLY<br />

Kid’s Special<br />

Two courses<br />

Great Kids menu plus designated play area.<br />

$<br />

22<br />

$<br />

13<br />

<strong>Star</strong>t your day with us<br />

COOKED<br />

Race Day BREAKFASTS<br />

Breakfasts $19<br />

HOOFBEATS is open from 6.30am<br />

BREAKFAST - LUNCH - DINNER<br />

Party on with us<br />

RESTAURANT & CAFÉ<br />

SATURDAY 7PM<br />

IN THE<br />

SPORTS BAR<br />

Medium<br />

Rare<br />

<strong>The</strong><br />

RACECOURSE HOTEL<br />

& Motorlodge<br />

Open daily from 6.30am - Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner<br />

118 Racecourse Rd, Ph 03 342 7150 www.racecoursehotel.co.nz


46 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong><br />

This Week at the<br />

Hornby Club<br />

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday<br />

MID WEEK<br />

LUNCH SPECIAL<br />

Midday to 2pm<br />

THIS SATURDAY<br />

BRENDAN DUGAN<br />

FAMILY & FRIENDS<br />

Tickets $25<br />

DINING SPECIALS<br />

ONLY<br />

$12<br />

Roast of the Day with veges or<br />

Fish of the Day with chips & salad<br />

Add a dessert for just $5<br />

Entertainment News & Advertising<br />

Jo Fuller<br />

Phone 03 364 7425 or 027 458 8590<br />

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi<br />

www.star.kiwi/whatson<br />

COME DANCING<br />

with Lynne Chaney & friends<br />

This Sunday 11th <strong>August</strong>, from 1.30pm<br />

Papanui RSA, 55 Bellvue Rd. $2 Entry.<br />

Thursday<br />

Saturday<br />

THURSDAY<br />

Sunday<br />

Monday<br />

ADULTS $27. KIDS AGED<br />

5-12 $1 PER YEAR OF AGE.<br />

AVAILABLE 5-8PM<br />

11 AUG; 1 SEP; 6 OCT; 3 NOV<br />

COMING UP<br />

FRIDAY 14 SEPTEMBER, 7.30PM<br />

RETRO ROCKIN’<br />

Anthony Easterbrook-Carter and Backpack<br />

Tickets $20<br />

SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER, 2PM<br />

EDDIE LOW & FRIENDS<br />

‘A SONG FOR BUNNY’ FEATURING. EDDIE LOW MNZM,<br />

KEVIN GREAVES, PAUL COSTA, ALLAN BARRON. REMEDY,<br />

TREVOR DAWE, VICKY GALLOWAY, TRACEY GARDINE.<br />

TICKETS $25 ON SALE FROM 10AM 15 AUGUST.<br />

HWMC | ph 03 349 9026 | 17 Carmen Rd, Hornby<br />

www.hornbywmc.co.nz | Members, guests & affiliates welcome<br />

What’s On @ Woolston<br />

THIS SATURDAY 7.30PM<br />

NEXT SATURDAY 7.35PM<br />

UPCOMING EVENTS<br />

LIVE MUSIC<br />

Funky Hot<br />

Mamas<br />

WATCH IT LIVE HERE!<br />

ALL BLACKS v AUSTRALIA<br />

Drink Specials 7-8pm<br />

PICK THE SCORE<br />

BAR TABS up for grabs!<br />

43 Hargood St, Woolston. Ph 03 389 7039<br />

www.woolstonclub.co.nz<br />

Follow us on Facebook<br />

www.facebook.com/WoostonclubInc<br />

RESTAURANT OPEN<br />

Wednesday - Sunday from 5pm<br />

Sunday Roast<br />

BUFFET<br />

INCLUDES A<br />

ROAST & DESSERT<br />

5PM - 7.30PM<br />

$10 Lunch Menu<br />

TUES 11AM - 8PM<br />

WED - FRI 11AM - 3PM<br />

HOU S I E<br />

TUESDAY 12.45PM<br />

THURSDAY 7.30PM<br />

FRIDAY 7.30PM<br />

SATURDAY 12.30PM


Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 47<br />

What s On<br />

AT THE<br />

Christchurch’s only beachfront club<br />

BUSINESS AS USUAL<br />

DURING REPAIRS<br />

WHAT’S ON<br />

TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS<br />

MEMBERS LUCKY<br />

CARD DRAW<br />

SATURDAY 9.45pm<br />

LIVE ON THE BIG SCREEN<br />

ALL BLACKS v AUSTRALIA<br />

LIVE MUSIC COMING UP<br />

SUNDAY 1st SEPTEMBER, 3PM<br />

THE ATARMIES<br />

BISTRO OPEN<br />

SHUTTLE OPERATING<br />

CLUBBISTRO<br />

IN THE DOWNSTAIRS TRAMSHED BAR<br />

Open Tuesday to Saturday<br />

12pm - 2pm & from 5pm<br />

BISTRO ROAST<br />

SPECIAL $13 Tues,<br />

Weds & Thurs<br />

Dine in only<br />

SORRY, THE UPSTAIRS PIERVIEW RESTAURANT<br />

IS NOW PERMANENTLY CLOSED<br />

GAMING ROOM - TAB POD<br />

SHUTTLE SERVICE Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat.<br />

Cashmere Club<br />

50 Colombo Street<br />

THURSDAY<br />

& FRIDAY<br />

MEAT RAFFLES from 4pm<br />

HAPPY HOUR 5pm-6pm<br />

DRAW<br />

$400<br />

WHAT’S ON<br />

AT THE<br />

RICHMOND<br />

CLUB<br />

MEMBERS’<br />

CASH<br />

6.15pm THURSDAY<br />

REDRAW 6.15PM FRIDAY<br />

IF NOT WON.<br />

THURSDAY from 7pm<br />

CASHMERE LOUNGE<br />

CASHMERE<br />

UKULELE GROUP<br />

NEW PLAYERS & SINGERS WELCOME<br />

FRIDAY from 7pm<br />

HEATHCOTE ROOM<br />

HOUSIE<br />

$4 PER CARD FOR 35 GAMES<br />

RAFFLES & GREAT FUN FOR ALL!<br />

FRIDAY 8PM NRL RUGBY<br />

LIVE ON SPORTS BAR TVs<br />

WARRIORS v SEA EAGLES<br />

SATURDAY<br />

LIVE ON SPORTS BAR TVs<br />

7.35PM: MITIRE 10 CUP<br />

WAIKATO v CANTERBURY<br />

9.45PM LIVE FROM WA<br />

AUSTRALIA v ALL BLACKS<br />

www.cashmereclub.co.nz<br />

FRIDAY<br />

7PM<br />

SATURDAY<br />

9.45PM<br />

SUNDAY<br />

3PM<br />

Ph 03 332 0092<br />

Fax 03 337 3772<br />

SUNDAY<br />

RIVERVIEW<br />

RESTAURANT<br />

NOW OPEN<br />

TUESDAY TO SUNDAY<br />

Lunch: 1.30am - 3pm<br />

Dinner: 5.30pm -9.30pm<br />

NEW<br />

A LA CARTE<br />

MENU<br />

SUMPTUOUS NEW<br />

SELECTION<br />

INCLUDING NEW<br />

LIGHT MEALS<br />

AND BAR SNACKS<br />

SUNDAY<br />

KIDSEAT<br />

*FREE<br />

*under 12 when accompanied<br />

by an adult dining<br />

BOOKINGS RECOMMENDED<br />

THIS WEEKEND<br />

smooth talk<br />

RUGBY ON THE BIG SCREEN<br />

ALL BLACKS v<br />

AUSTRALIA<br />

THE ATARMIES<br />

202 Marine Pde Ph 388-9416<br />

www.newbrightonclub.co.nz<br />

Members, guests & affiliates welcome<br />

richmond<br />

club<br />

www.rwmc.co.nz<br />

pride of the east<br />

since 1888<br />

• Open daily from 11am<br />

• BISTRO Lunch/Dinner<br />

• Courtesy Van<br />

• TAB & Gaming<br />

75 London St<br />

Ph 03 389 5778<br />

www.rwmc.co.nz


48 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong><br />

Hunker down for our<br />

STOREWIDE WINTER CLEARANCE<br />

Napa Velvet<br />

3 Seater<br />

NOW ONLY $1299<br />

NEW<br />

ALL LOUNGE ON SALE | ALL BEDROOM ON SALE | ALL DINING ON SALE | ALL OFFICE ON SALE<br />

Monaco Black<br />

BEDROOM RANGE<br />

ON SALE<br />

6 Drawer Dresser<br />

NOW ONLY $869<br />

4 Drawer Tallboy<br />

NOW ONLY $599<br />

Eames<br />

DINING RANGE<br />

ON SALE<br />

Loft<br />

OFFICE/LIVING RANGE<br />

ON SALE<br />

Large Bookcase<br />

NOW ONLY $699<br />

3 Door Bookcase<br />

NOW ONLY $699<br />

NEW<br />

Clear Dining Chair<br />

NOW ONLY $120<br />

Black Dining Chair<br />

NOW ONLY $45<br />

Round Dining Table<br />

NOW ONLY $119<br />

Shop<br />

Online<br />

Nationwide<br />

Delivery<br />

Finance<br />

Options<br />

targetfurniture.co.nz<br />

STOREWIDE SALE ON NOW. Exclusions apply. Sale ends 19.<strong>08</strong>.19.<br />

Cnr Blenheim & Curletts Rds, Christchurch<br />

Ph: <strong>08</strong>00 TARGET (<strong>08</strong>00 827438)<br />

Offers and product prices advertised here expire 19/<strong>08</strong>/19.<br />

Sale excludes Manchester and Accessories.

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