The Star: November 14, 2019

Circulation 93,000
Thursday, November 14, 2019
THE FAMILY
BRAINS
TRUST
page 3
Robertson’s
All Blacks
blow
page 31
‘Mum would be
devastated if I died’
Lauren
Smith
tumbled
600m down
a mountain
in the
Southern
Alps and
has lived to
tell the story.
She talks
exclusively
to reporter
Sophie
Cornish on
pages 4 & 5
Lauren Smith and a photo she took
of Mt Rolleston before her 600m fall.

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Our darkest day...................................................6-7
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• By Louis Day
A PENGUIN has been adopted
in memory of teenage cancer
sufferer Megan Hore who died
last month.
The penguin was adopted by
Megan’s family on Friday for
what would have been her 20th
birthday.
Megan (right), who was the
daughter of well-known blind
organist Richard Hore, was
declared cancer-free about 13
months ago after battling bone
cancer for more than a year.
However, in August the
cancer returned. She had to have
more than half of her left lung
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Family adopts penguin in memory of Megan
• By Louis Day
FEW PARENTS are lucky
enough to see one of their
children named dux – but Lianne
and Steven Everingham have
seen all four receive the honour.
Last week their youngest child
Rebecca was crowned Marian
College dux, making her the
fourth in the family to receive the
accolade.
After watching her three
siblings earn their titles, Rebecca
said being named dux was a
“relief.”
“I did not want to be the only
child that did not get it,” she said.
“I just wanted to be like them
[her siblings]. Ever since I was little
I looked up to them and they
were my inspiration.”
Rebecca credits part of the
family’s academic success to the
“lots of Coke Zero in the house.”
“I think we should stop buying
it because we are all a bit addicted
but it just gets us through those
long nights of study.”
She said having two teachers as
parents also helped.
“Ever since we were little, we
saw mum and dad working hard
and with both parents being
teachers, that love for learning
really rubbed off on us.”
Her mother works at Avonside
Girls’ High and her father at
Christ’s College.
Mrs Everingham said “it was
pretty cool” to see their fourth
child receive the honour.
“That was a lovely feeling as a
parent and to see all the support
from her friends and teachers
was really great,” she said.
Rebecca plans to go to Victoria
University in Wellington next
year to study ecology and biodiversity,
as well as literary and
creative communications.
Her brother Matthew, who
was the St Bede’s College dux in
2012, graduated from Canterbury
removed after cancerous nodules
were found on it. Her condition
then deteriorated, and she was
diagnosed with leukaemia and
told it was terminal.
She died on October 7.
Her mother Marilyn Hore
said they had planned to adopt a
penguin every year on the day of
her birthday.
“Meg loved penguins. She
thought they were brilliant, and
when she discovered that she
could adopt them so that they
could do the research and keep
the colony going, she got really
University with law and music
degrees and is now working in
the United States as a musical
director.
Their sister Elizabeth was
crowned Marian College dux in
2014 and has since completed
degrees in law and history.
And Hannah was Marian
College dux in 2016 and is
currently studying physics and
spanish at Canterbury University.
excited about it,” Mrs Hore said.
“Meg was all about the
environment. She wanted to save
the planet – this was one way she
could help.”
The family has not named the
penguin yet, but Megan gave
them strict instructions its name
has to begin with the letter p.
The penguin was adopted
from the Oamaru Blue Penguin
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The sponsorship fee for
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ACHIEVERS: (From left to right) – Elizabeth, Rebecca,
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A woman has been arrested and
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The incident on Daniels Rd,
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to police just before 2am on
Monday. Detective Senior
Sergeant Craig Johnson said
one of the offenders had a
blunt weapon. A 22-year-old
woman has been charged with
aggravated robbery and was
remanded in custody. She is due
to appear in the district court
again today. Detective Senior
Sergeant Johnson said police
are seeking two more people in
relation to the incident. He said
the robbery targeted electronic
items in the home. St John
spokesman Gerard Campbell
said one person was treated
at the scene but not taken to
hospital.
Women in custody
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has been charged and remanded
in custody following a stabbing
incident in Kaiapoi on Tuesday.
Chantelle Amanda Park, an
administration clerk, was
charged with wounding a man
with intent to cause grievous
bodily harm. She appeared
in the district court yesterday
and did not make a plea. She
was remanded until her next
appearance on Monday. The
victim is in a stable condition in
hospital.
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laid four weeks after the death
of Christchurch man, Jared
Little. Previously a 25-year-old
woman and a 22-year-old
man were being held in
custody on burglary charges
in relation to the incident.
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22-year-old man have now been
charged with murder. Mr Little
died at a home on Skerten Ave,
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Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
Climber tells of her near-death
AS LAUREN Smith
uncontrollably tumbled
hundreds of metres down a
mountain, she was sure she was
going to die.
“Each time I hit my head, I
was wondering how I was still
conscious,” Miss Smith said.
“A lot ran through my mind
during that time, including how
devastated my mum would be if
I died.
“I had absolutely no control in
that moment and that was the
scariest part. I had lost my ice
axe at the top. Combined with
the speed I was falling and my
body bouncing from the drops
down the bluffs, it was only near
the bottom which I gained some
control.”
The 25-year-old medical
student, who planned to start
work as a junior doctor next
week, miraculously survived the
600m fall down Mt Rolleston,
near Arthur’s Pass, escaping
with only minor injuries.
Miss Smith had been climbing
with her friend, Nick, an
experienced mountaineer, with a
plan to reach the high peak of Mt
Rolleston, via Rome Ridge.
The two friends left
Christchurch on November 8
and embarked on the climb the
next day at 3.30am so they could
descend before it got too warm.
During the climb, they had
dropped below the ridge for a
short section and to get back
up, they needed to climb up a
section of rock.
Disaster struck when a large
slab of rock gave way under Miss
Smith’s hand, causing her to lose
balance and fall.
“I did everything I could think
of to protect myself. Knowing
how to self-arrest well is critical
in a fall like that because in a
SURVIVAL: Off-duty
policeman Senior
Constable Reuben
McCormack (above)
was involved in a
dramatic rescue
after Lauren Smith
fell 600m down
a mountain near
Arthur’s Pass.
life-threatening situation
your body is thrown like a
rag-doll. You barely have time
to think so the skills have to be
instinctive.”
As she tumbled hundreds of
metres, Miss Smith fell in and
out of consciousness.
“I passed out briefly at the
bottom, but following this, I
gave every effort to keep myself
awake.
“I don’t know how I survived,
whether it was pure luck or
something more. I never thought
I could have a fall like that and
be alive at the end of it, so maybe
God was looking out for me that
day,” she said.
When Miss Smith eventually
slowed to a stop, she realised it
was because the snow beneath
her was very soft as a result of a
recent avalanche.
“I was also very worried about
another avalanche as the sun was
just coming out. I didn’t know
how I was going to get down the
mountain in so much pain but I
just knew I had to.
“After letting my head recover
for 20min, I started very slowly
trying to make my way down,
being very careful not to fall
over due to dizziness from the
concussion,” she said.
Miss Smith felt “incredible
relief” when she saw the rescue
helicopter and burst into tears.
She cried out for their help
while waving an orange bag.
“It wasn’t until he had his
arms around me and I was in
the helicopter that I could really
believe I was okay.”
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Miss Smith said her rescue
demonstrates the importance of
having a locator beacon and how
valuable having a response team
is. Nick activated his beacon
after her fall, triggering a rescue
helicopter to fly to their location.
“I have analysed the climb
over and over, and there are
definitely things I would have
changed. I am just lucky I have
another chance to learn from
those mistakes.”
Miss Smith said she can’t
remember whether she tested
the slab of rock with her hand
before it gave away, as she did
with the other rocks.
“As a climber, you always ask
yourself if there is something
you could have done differently,”
she said.
Her injuries included a slight
fracture in the ankle joint, deep
bruising and abrasions, friction
burns to both arms and a
concussion.
“I start my job as a junior
doctor next week but this
will likely be delayed until I
have fully recovered.
“I am unsure when I will be
back to normal activities due to
the concussion.”
Part of being a good climber
is being good at assessing risks,
and having the knowledge to do
so effectively, Miss Smith said.
She admits she would never let
her accident stop her from doing
what she loves.
“This fall was a good reminder
to myself to slow down and
really improve my skills on the
small climbs before committing
to the more challenging ones.
“I am ambitious and forget I
have the rest of my life to enjoy
the mountains.”
The Star reported on her
rescue last week and revealed an
off-duty police officer played a
role.
Senior Constable Reuben
McCormack’s experience in
the police search and rescue
team led him to be able to
communicate with the rescuers
through a radio and help them
find Miss Smith.
He was climbing on his day
off when he came across Nick
looking shocked.
“(Nick) said to us: ‘I’ve lost
Lauren’. We said: ‘What do you
mean you’ve lost her?’ And he
said: ‘Down there’ and pointed
down into the Bealey Valley,
which is a huge drop,” Senior
Constable McCormack said.
He described the moment
they found out Miss Smith had
survived. “They told us on the
radio: ‘She’s waving at us!’ And
that was the first we knew that.
‘Oh my God, she’s alive’ that was
a very exciting moment for us.
Just to know she was alive.”
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
• By Louis Day
PROPERTY developer Matthew
Horncastle is offering a $2000
reward in a bid to stop what he
says are personal attacks.
A flyer
purporting to
be from him
has been put
into letterboxes
of homes
near his latest
development,
a $23 million
apartment
complex on
the corner of
Riccarton Rd and Deans Ave.
The flyer which has his Williams
Corporation company logo
attached to it, implies there is collusion
between the company and
the city council over consents.
The Star has deleted the names
of people named in the flyer.
It reads in part: “This is a developer’s
dream and is going to be a
huge win for us financially from
which we’ll profit.
“The plans have been submitted
to the city council and as always,
big thanks to . . . and his team at
the council for approving these
plans even though we’ve pushed
beyond the limits of the District
Plan again.
“I guess having close ties with
. . . and a strong team of lawyers
at . . . helps us get what we want.”
The flyer also features photos
of Mr Horncastle and fellow comanaging
director Blair Chappell
smoking cigars.
Mr Horncastle said if he identified
who was behind the flyers he
would prosecute them to the “full
extent of the law.”
He said he would pay a cash reward
of $2000 to anyone who can
identify the “mentally unstable
nut job.”
“I think they personally don’t
like me or don’t like the company,
NEWS 5
Horncastle offers
$2000 reward over flyer
Matthew
Horncastle
Thursday November 14 2019 The Star
BIG PLANS:
Williams
Corporation
is planning
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$23 million
townhouse
complex
of 40 to 50
houses on
the corner of
Riccarton Rd
and Deans
Ave.
I don’t think it has anything to do
with the development,” he said.
The flyers have been circulating
since his company announced it
planned to build between 40 and
50 townhouses on the Riccarton
site.
It is the third time a flyer
purporting to be from Williams
Corporation has circulated in the
area of one of its developments.
Mr Horncastle believes the
same person is behind all three.
“The first time I ignored it, the
second time I ignored it, the third
time I thought I needed to do
something,” he said.
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NEWS
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
New Zealand’s darkest day: How
The March 15 terror attack
was the largest and most
complex police operation
in New Zealand’s
history. Last week, police
published its annual
report for 2019, which
revealed the full extent of
its response to the event.
Sophie Cornish reports
DUBBED AS New Zealand’s
darkest day, the March 15 terror
attack, resulted in a significant
deployment of workers both from
around the country and overseas.
The FBI, Australian police and
more than 1000 police staff from
outside of the city were involved
in the response, known as Operation
Deans after a gunman
opened fire at Al Noor Mosque
and the Linwood Islamic Centre.
Fifty-one people were killed
and a further 49 people were
wounded.
The accused gunman, a
28-year-old Australian man, is
expected to face a two-month
trial in June, after he pleaded not
guilty.
In addition to Canterbury
staff, police deployed 1072
police personnel from other
districts, including 137 staff from
Wellington, 114 staff from the
Central District and 324 staff
from service centres and national
headquarters.
Their roles involved community
reassurance, intelligence
collection, investigations, and
planning and logistics both in
Christchurch and at the national
headquarters in Wellington.
Of this 1072, 500 additional
uniformed officers from around
the country were flown into the
city.
They were tasked with guarding
the hospital, burial sites, the
mosques and the prayer and
memorial services.
Outside of Canterbury, hundreds
of additional armed officers
guarded mosques and Islamic
centres throughout the country,
on a 24-hour-a-day roster.
Nationally, this totalled 825
hours per day or equivalent to a
little over 100 full-time staff, for
just this role.
“Staff from all corners of police
volunteered to be a part of the response
– not just front line officers
and investigators, but support
staff who planned rosters, managed
agency liaisons, conducted
wellness and safety checks and
set up computers, log-ins and
phones,” said the report.
Almost 40 firefighters and personnel
from Fire and Emergency
New Zealand helped in police’s
VISITS: A
significant
police security
operation was
launched for
visits from
dignitaries,
including
Prince William
after the
March 15 terror
attack. He
visited victims
in hospital.
PHOTO:
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PALACE
communications centre.
St John deployed 50 staff to
triage, treat and transport dozens
of patients whose injuries ranged
from minor to those with critical
gunshot wounds.
The New Zealand Defence
Force deployed 533 personnel, 13
aircraft, and armoured mobility
assets to assist in the response.
Agencies set up make-shift
offices to specifically to address
the needs of victims and their
families.
These included ACC,
Immigration New Zealand, the
Office of Ethnic Communities,
Emergency Management, and
Victim Support.
“We also received international
support from the FBI and the
Australian Federal Police,” said
the report.
District
Commander
Superintendent
John Price
(left) said the
FBI’s role was
to “provide
strategic advice
on counterterrorism.”
“From their experiences in
the United States. It was purely
around assisting police to understand
the context of it in New
Zealand’s environment,” he said.
Additionally to the response,
police said a large number of resources
were committed to identifying
individuals of concern to
New Zealand’s safety.
“We have seized a number of
firearms as a result of our inquiries
and work is ongoing,” the
report said
About 900 police staff, alongside
NZDF personnel and a significant
number of staff from the
Australian Federal Police assisted
in with the security required
at the National Remembrance
Day Services held on March
29, in Christchurch, Auckland,
Wellington, Dunedin and other
locations.
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NEWS 7
police responded
More than 1000 extra police
staff were deployed to Anzac services
at 374 locations across the
country, the following month.
Major security operations were
in place for visiting dignitaries,
including the Royal visit by
Prince William.
Operation Whakahaumanu,
which means to ‘revive and
restore’ was undertaken, with a
focus on restoring the health of
communities across the country.
Police evidence-based team
researched international practices
on post-event recovery and
provided insights into which
methods would be best suited.
A highly visible police presence
was “essential” and armed
officers became a common sight
nationwide.
“Over the duration of Operation
Whakahaumanu, officers
made 2192 visits to places of
worship, 2520 visits to places of
education and 222 visits to gun
clubs and ranges offering safety
and security advice.
“The activities have now become
part of everyday policing,”
said the report.
Within days of the attack, police
partners, Eagle Technologies,
Intergen and Media4Learning
turned a few sketches from a
piece of paper into a fully functioning
app within 48 hours.
Police staff were able to access
the app, CheckPoint, for quick
and easy access to resources to
support visits and interactions
with our communities.
The attacks resulted in one of
the most difficult and comprehensive
disaster victim identification
operations ever carried out
in New Zealand.
“Returning the bodies of
victims to their families was
a crucial but challenging phase
of the operation,” the report said.
More than 90 disaster victim
identification officers, along with
assistance from NZDF disaster
victim identification specialists
worked to determine the cause of
death and confirm identities.
“Unusually, an informal list
of victims was shared with the
families early on, due to the
extraordinary circumstances,
and because we were not always
able to release the bodies of the
deceased within the traditional
Muslim time frames for burial,”
the report said.
Wellness checks of first
PATROL:
Armed
officers
guarded
mosques
and Islamic
centres after
March 15.
responders was also a priority.
In the first few days following
the attack, almost 1400 Canterbury-based
staff and communications
centre staff were contacted
to check on their well-being.
During the initial response and
first three weeks after the shootings,
762 consultations between
police’s wellness advisers and
affected staff took place
“On-site clinical psychologists
had 223 one-on-one psychological
first-aid sessions with staff in
Christchurch, and 380 trauma
referrals were made.
“Through partnerships with
subject matter experts, supported
by international best practice, a
medium and long-term response
has been developed to ensure
police staff remain psychologically
fit.
•A Royal Commission into the
terror attacks has been extended
by nearly five months and will
receive an additional $3m in
funding, it was announced
yesterday.
BY THE NUMBERS
•1072 police personnel: from other districts were
deployed, including 137 staff from Wellington, 114 staff
from the Central District and 324 staff from service
centres and national headquarters.
•500 additional: uniformed officers, of the 1072, were
flown into the city from around the country, tasked with
guarding funerals, burial sites and more.
•825 hours: per day was spent nationwide by armed
officers guarding mosques and Islamic centres, on a
24-hour-a-day roster. This equates to a little over 100 fulltime
staff, for just this role.
•40 firefighters: and personnel from Fire and Emergency
New Zealand helped in police’s communications centre.
•50 staff: from St John were deployed to triage, treat and
transport dozens of patients.
•533 personnel: deployed by the New Zealand Defence
Force (NZDF) along with 13 aircraft, and armoured
mobility assets to assisted in the response.
•900 police staff: alongside NZDF personnel and a
significant number from the Australian Federal Police
assisted with security at the National Remembrance Day
Services.
•1000 extra police staff: were deployed to Anzac services
at 374 locations across the country.
•4934 visits: to places of worship, education, gun clubs
and ranges by officers in the aftermath.
•48 Hours: was the amount of time it took to create a
fully functioning app to help police. It was built from only
a few written sketches.
•90 disaster victim identification officers: along with
assistance from NZDF disaster victim identification
specialists worked in “extraordinary circumstances”
which included releasing an informal list of deceased
victims to families early on.
•1400 Canterbury police staff: and communications
centre staff were contacted to check on their well-being,
in the first few days.
- 762 consultations: between police’s wellness advisers
and affected staff took place in the first three weeks.
- 223 psychological sessions: were had with on-site with
clinical psychologists and 380 trauma referrals were
made.
- 60 million: people were reached through police’s social
media in the first 48 hours.
What’s your view on:
Hagley Oval
Let us know your views on the Proposal to use
section 71 of the Greater Christchurch Regeneration
Act 2016 to make changes to the Christchurch District
Plan relating to Hagley Oval.
These changes include:
• permitting six permanent light poles and structures to be erected
• increasing the number of permitted match days.
The Proposal, developed by Regenerate Christchurch, has been
submitted to the Associate Minister for Greater Christchurch
Regeneration who is seeking your views.
Anyone can make a written comment – they must be received by
5pm on Wednesday, 20 November 2019.
The Proposal can be viewed and written comments made online at:
www.dpmc.govt.nz/hagley-oval
Also, the Proposal can be viewed and written comment forms are
available at Christchurch City Council service centres and libraries
and the main office of Selwyn and Waimakariri District Councils
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8
NEWS
• By Louis Day
NEW ZEALAND Cricket has
denied it was lobbying to get the
controversial permanent 48.9m
lights installed at the Hagley
Oval.
NZC sent out an e-newsletter
to cricket fans nationwide,
outlining its support of the
Canterbury Cricket Trust’s bid
to get the six permanent lights
installed.
“Given there are currently no
South Island international cricket
venues with lights, New Zealand
Cricket strongly supports
the CCT’s proposal and invites
readers to make submissions to
the two authorities involved,” the
e-newsletter read.
NZC public affairs manager
Richard Boock said this was not
lobbying.
“We did not tell people what
to say, we simply said we were
supporting it and you can make
a submission to the Minister or
the city council,” he said.
Mr Boock would not reveal
the number of people the e-
newsletter was sent to.
Hands Off Hagley spokesman
Martin Meehan thought it was
lobbying.
“They [NZC] are trying to put
a lot of pressure on to get this,
that is all right but I think it is
going to come down to the legality
of it all,” he said.
“Earthquake recovery laws
are to be used in an emergency,
it is not to be used in a situation
where the Resource Management
Act is applicable.”
The Canterbury Cricket
Trust wants to use earthquake
recovery laws to fast track the
installation of the lights in a bid
to secure high profile games for
the 2021 Women’s Cricket World
Cup matches. It has also applied
to the city council for a new lease
to accommodate the lights.
Crown-council planning
agency Regenerate Christchurch
has applied to associate Greater
Christchurch Regeneration Minister
Poto Williams on behalf of
the trust to fast track changes to
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Oval lobbying denied
FEEDBACK: A record number of submissions have been
made around the plan to install permanent lights at the
Hagley Oval.
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the District Plan under section
71 of the Greater Christchurch
Regeneration Act to allow for the
lights to be installed.
More than 860 written submissions
have been made on the
proposal so far, this is already
the highest number of submissions
to have been made on a
section 71 proposal with public
consultation not closing until
December 2.
More than 2060 submissions
have been made to the city
council, which is more than
the submissions made on the
proposed $10 million grant to
the Christ Church Cathedral.
•Readers’ letters, page 27
Horse trainers face
assault allegations
• By Sophie Cornish and
Louis Day
POLICE HAVE become involved
in two alleged assaults involving
harness racing trainers.
One incident happened at the
Kaikoura Cup meeting last week,
and the other several weeks ago
in Canterbury.
In the Kaikoura assault, it is alleged
a trainer punched another
trainer, leaving him with a black
eye.
The trainer being investigated
for that alleged assault is also
caught up in Operation Inca,
where he is facing charges.
Operation Inca is the longrunning
investigation into
alleged race fixing and drugrelated
matters within the
harness racing industry.
The victim of the alleged assault
at Kaikoura told The Star: “I
have a decent black eye. Actually,
a really good one, to be honest.
“There was no good reason
for why it happened. He was
POLICE ARE searching for a
suspect who allegedly robbed a
person in their car in Shirley.
The incident, on Boys Pl, took
place at 11.45am on Tuesday.
A spokeswoman said police
definitely in the wrong. He was
talking about people behind their
backs and I hit him up about
it and told the person he was
talking about. He got very upset
about it. But, I would do it again,
for a black eye, I’d do it again.”
The trainer accused of the assault
would not talk to The Star:
“Mind your own business.”
In the other incident, another
trainer is alleged to have assaulted
his partner.
Racing Integrity Unit general
manager Mike Godber confirmed
it had received information
regarding the matter and
passed it on to police.
The RIU is the racing industry’s
investigative body.
The Star understands the
woman and her family, who are
involved in the administration
of the harness racing industry,
do not want to take the matter
further.
Police confirmed they are
looking into both alleged
assaults.
Robber sought by police
attended but by the time they
arrived the offender had left the
vehicle.
No injuries were reported and
no weapons were used.
Cash was stolen.
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• By Sophie Cornish
A COUPLE expecting their first
child lost everything, including
their two pets, when their home
went up in flames last week.
Bec Pearce and Adem
Manderovic who were renting
the Gloucester St house did not
have contents insurance.
The fire started when a candle
set a curtain alight.
In spite of losing all their
possessions, the couple says the
hardest part about the fire was
losing their cat, Jemima, and
dog, Chucky, who were carried
out of their home by firefighters,
but did not survive.
“It’s crushing. The hardest part
was losing them. They were our
whole life,” said Miss Pearce.
“The amount of stuff we have
lost is overwhelming. But we
would give all that up again to
have our pets back.”
She said what was holding
them together was the fact they
were expecting their first child, a
boy, on January 19.
The couple said they did “not
get around” to having contents
insurance, so were “starting
from scratch.”
“Hindsight is an awesome
thing,” Mr Manderovic said.
The couple said they were now
in discussions with their landlord
and the insurance company
which covers the property.
Mr Manderovic was in the
shower when he heard the smoke
alarms going off. Miss Pearce
was not at home.
“I thought: ‘What the hell is
that?’ At this point, I couldn’t
see any smoke in the house, I
couldn’t smell anything’,” he
said.
Getting out of the shower, Mr
Manderovic said the heat hit him
and began running around the
house trying to find where the
fire was and locate his pets and
cellphone to phone 111.
“I was frantically running
around the house. The smoke
started filling the house. I got
outside and the door shut behind
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Pets, possessions lost in fire
CRUSHED: Expecting their first child in January, Bec Pearce and Adem Manderovic say
the baby is holding them together after fire gutted their rented Gloucester St home.
me. It’s one of those old doors
so I couldn’t get back in without
a key. I tried to get to the pets.
I had lost the cat and dog, they
had been following me,” he said.
A passerby had already phoned
111 and Mr Manderovic could
hear sirens approaching as he
escaped the house.
A neighbour saw him sitting
naked in the backyard and threw
a dressing gown over the fence
to him.
The couple were taken to
hospital and Mr Manderovic was
treated for smoke inhalation and
was still recovering, with a sore
chest, a week later.
To add insult to injury, Miss
Pearce, had her wallet stolen on
the day of the fire, after racing
home when she heard about the
fire and accidentally leaving her
car window open.
The couple have only been able
to retrieve their passports, which
were inside a cupboard, from the
home but lost the rest of their
possessions.
The couple work for bakery
Stone Baked, which is owned
by Miss Pearce’s parents. It
gained increased popularity
this year when it began offering
vegan options, such as cream
doughnuts.
NEWS 9
in brief
Legal bill for code of
conduct complaints
The city council spent $7986
on external legal advice and an
independent facilitator during
the code of conduct complaint
against former city councillor
David East and community
board members Kim Money,
Tim Sintes and Darrell
Latham. Mr East, along with
the three community board
members, faced code of conduct
complaints for almost a year
over their allegation city council
staff had tampered with the
District Plan.
ECan councillors to
outline priorities
Environment Canterbury
councillors will outline their
individual priorities for the
next three years and be
assigned to committees in
their second meeting of the
term today. This is the first
democratically elected council
since 2007 after the central
Government dismissed elected
councillors in 2010. Councillor
Jenny Hughey is the first elected
chairwoman of ECan since the
organisation was formed in
1989. Dame Margaret Bazley
was appointed chairwoman
from 20010 to 2016 when
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Gloucester Green, cnr
Gloucester and Madras Sts
Sunday, 2.30-6.30pm
Vantage Criterium National Championships
Olympians and World Championship medallists will hit the streets of
Christchurch. This cycling event follows a 1km street circuit over multiple laps and
is free for spectators. The criterium is a small circuit, multi-lap race, which will be
held on a newly-proposed central-city circuit. Given the tight and technical nature
of the circuit and the close proximity of the crowds, racing will be fast, furious, and
very exciting.
Bridge of Remembrance, cnr Cashel St and Oxford Tce
Saturday
and Sunday,
9.30am-4pm
South Island
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and Field
Championships
Christchurch is hosting the 38th
South Island Masters Track and
Field Championships.
Nga Puna Wai Sports Hub,
Augustine Drive
Friday & Saturday
Horse racing
On Friday the top pacers race at
Addington Raceway, where there will be a
free kids zone and live entertainment. On
Saturday at Riccarton Park the best stayers
vie for Christchurch Casino New Zealand
Cup.
Addington Raceway and Events
Centre, 75 Jack Hinton Drive,
Addington; Riccarton Park,
Racecourse Rd, Upper Riccarton
Thursday & Friday, 8am-5pm
The New Zealand Agricultural Show
The New Zealand Agricultural Show brings a touch of tradition to the city
and celebrates rural life. There will be top livestock and equestrian events, live music,
Endurocross, fun-filled family entertainment, an indulgent Food and Wine Village
and more. Tickets can be purchased from theshow.co.nz
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12
NEWS
Fewer dog
complaints
being made
• By Louis Day
ALMOST 9000 dog-related
complaints were made in the
space of a year by Christchurch
residents.
From June 2018 to June this
year, 8355 complaints were made
to the city council about dogs
barking and roaming. This was a
decrease on the 9633 complaints
made between June 2017 and June
last year.
The city council also investigated
a further 575 “priority
one complaints” relating to dog
attacks. In this period, 1609
infringement notices were also issued,
ranging from $100 to $750.
The owners of the dogs involved
in attacks can be prosecuted
and, depending on the offence,
may be fined up to $20,000 or
imprisonment for up to three
months.
One dog owner was convicted
over the one-year period and
disqualified from owning dogs for
four years. Nine owners were put
on probation.
Four dogs were classified as
dangerous which brings the total
number of dogs on the dangerous
dog register to 55.
The number of registered dogs
in Christchurch has increased
from 38,500 in 2017/18 to 39,127
in 2018/19.
• By Devon Bolger and
Georgia O’Connor-Harding
THE LONG-awaited
hearings on the plan to open
a contentious quarry near
Templeton are due to start on
Monday.
Residents and groups opposed
to the proposed quarry are
feeling “apprehensive” about the
looming hearings.
Fulton
Hogan’s
proposal to
open a quarry
between
Dawsons, Jones,
Maddisons and
Curraghs Rds
has received
major backlash
from residents
in the area.
Said quarry opponent
Simon Moore: “I am glad (the
hearings are) happening but
I’m also a little bit apprehensive
about it because it seems that
throughout the process when an
issue has been pointed out, an
expert has come in and worked
it out and that’s someone who is
being paid by Fulton Hogan.”
However, Mr Moore said he
thinks there is a reasonable
chance the hearing will go his
way.
“The problem is, this is
just the first part of it. If the
commissioners say no, Fulton
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Quarry plan hearings start on Monday
Simon
Moore
Hogan is just going to appeal it.
This is just the start, because if
they lose, they’re not going to
give it up and they have
a lot more money than
any of us,” he said.
His views have been
backed by Templeton
Residents’ Association
treasurer Jolene Eagar,
who has been waiting
for more than two years
for the hearings to
begin.
“Not in our wildest
dreams did we think it would
take this long or the application
would be as big and complicated
Jolene
Eagar
as it turned out to be,” she said.
Mrs Eagar said it is hard to
say what the outcome will be,
but she hopes the hearings
panel will agree that
approving the application
would be wrong.
“None of us would have
invested all the time and
energy into this if we
didn’t think that there
was a really good chance
for the application to be
declined,” she said.
The hearings are due
to take place from Monday to
Friday, and then from December
2-13. Environment
DECISION: The
long-awaited
hearings over
Fulton Hogan’s
plan to open
a quarry near
Templeton
will start
on Monday.
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HUNTER
Canterbury has published
27 reports from some of the
individuals, businesses and
community groups set to
present evidence for and against
the quarry.
Due to the hearings
starting straight after New
Zealand Cup and Show Week,
Mrs Eagar said horse trainers
who are due to submit at the
hearings will be “seriously
disadvantaged.”
“We have full-time jobs and
these people are at their busiest
with the horses . . . they don’t
have time to get ready for the
hearings,” she said.

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NEWS
Councillor salary vote next month
• By Louis Day
CITY COUNCILLORS will vote
on the size of their pay
packets next month.
Mayor Lianne Dalziel
(right) is already
guaranteed an increase
before the vote. She will
receive at least $195,000
– a $1000 rise from the
$194,000 she was paid
last term.
But the new councillors will
receive a minimum base salary
of $97,280 – $5120 less than what
the role paid last term.
However, councillors’
salaries could increase
when they vote on the
allocation of a $1,843,200
governance pool.
The pool can be used
to increase the base
salaries of councillors
and additional pay may
be allocated to roles with
extra responsibilities, such as the
mayor, deputy mayor or chairs
and deputy chairs of committees.
The vote will take place during
the city council’s meeting on
December 12.
The councillors and Ms Dalziel
will vote on the allocation of
the pool and make a recommendation
to the Remuneration
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on their salaries.
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• By Louis Day
A POLICY which has divided
opinion around the city council
table in the past will return for
debate in the new year.
The policy forces councillors acting
as directors of council-owned
companies to donate their director’s
fees to council funds, such as
the Mayor’s welfare fund and the
innovation and sustainability fund.
The policy only applies to councillors
on the Christchurch NZ and
Christchurch City Holdings Ltd
boards. It was introduced to the
city council in 2013.
The policy was adopted last term
to the disapproval of former city
councillor David East and now
fourth-term city councillor James
Gough, with Cr East labelling it
“revolting.”
City councillors are currently
paid $97,280 a year. City councillor
directors could receive up to
$57,000 if remunerated for the role.
Cr Gough, a member of rightleaning
political group Independent
Citizens, saw the policy as
“bizarre.”
“This additional work and liability
would see some directors
remunerated but others not when
they are both expected to do the
same work and take on the same
liability,” he said.
“I believe it’s nothing more than
a touchy-feely political decision
that was largely made by people
who do not fully comprehend what
corporate governance actually is.”
Cr Gough’s two Independent
Citizens allies Sam MacDonald
and Catherine Chu shared his
sentiments.
Cr MacDonald said it wasn’t
about the money, but the recognition.
“In my view when you have got
billions of dollars in assets and all
that risk, I think there should be
some form of compensation,” he
said.
Cr Chu thought councillors
should be paid for the role and
said remuneration would play a
part in attracting quality candidates.
Independent councillor Aaron
Keown said the policy was not
something he believed in.
However, Deputy Mayor and
caucus leader of Labour aligned
political group The People’s Choice
Andrew Turner thought city councillors
were already paid a “decent
salary.”
“The thinking behind the policy
is that directors’ fees that are paid
to councillors for work that they do
as part of their job as being a councillor,
so it would be reasonable
that those directors fees are not
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James Gough
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pocketed by them as councillors,”
he said.
The People’s Choice has seven
out of 16 councillors around the
city council table.
Cr Turner expected all seven
councillors to share his views on
the policy.
“It has been my view in the past
and it has always been The People’s
Choice view.”
The policy also has the support
of Mayor Lianne Dalziel.
“It is part of a councillors role to
undertake these different roles and
it isn’t right that those who happen
to serve on the few boards that
pay fees get more remuneration
than their colleagues who serve on
boards and committees that don’t
pay fees,” she said.
Independent councillors,
James Daniels, Phil Mauger, Sara
Templeton and Mike Davidson
also told The Star they supported
the policy.

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Leap Forward of Tibet in the Past 60 Years
China’s Tibetan Autonomous region is regarded as the “third
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the democratic reform took place, Tibet has transitioned
from a backward theocracy to remarkable civility and
progress, achieving a great leap forward.
Facts and Figures
Tibet’s population has grown from 1.23 million in 1959 to
3.44 million in 2018, and the life expectancy of the people
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with Tibetans making up over 90 percent of the total.
Tibet’s GDP posted double-digit growth for 25 consecutive
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Social Reform
For centuries Tibet was ruled by theoretical feudal elites.
Millions of serfs were subjected to exploitation and
oppression before democratic reform was launched in 1959.
In the old Tibet, government officials, nobles, and upperranking
lamas in monasteries retained a dominant social
status and all levels of officials came from the families of
high-ranking lamas and nobles. Their serfs, who constituted
the vast majority of the Tibetan society, struggled on the very
bottom rung of
society.
The peaceful
liberation of old
Tibet in 1951
ended Tibet’s
feudal land
ownership, and the
long-lasting chaos
and stagnation. In
1959, one million
serfs gained
personal freedom.
Tibet has now established a modern industrial system
covering over 20 sectors, including energy, construction
materials, machinery, mining, light industry, food processing,
ethnic handicrafts, and Tibetan medicine. Tibet’s industrial
added value increased from 15 million RMB yuan in 1959
to 11.45 billion RMB yuan in 2018. The share of secondary
industry rose to 42.5 percent and the share of tertiary
industry increased to 48.7 percent.
The tourism industry is thriving. In 2018, Tibet received
33,687,300 tourist visits, with a total tourism revenue of 49.01
billion RMB yuan. Tibet has become an international tourist
destination. Trade logistics, banking, insurance, e-commerce,
logistics, and other new forms of industry have grown fast
and become new sources of growth.
Improvement in Infrastructure
Tibet had no proper highways before its liberation in 1951.
By the end of 2018, Tibet had 97,800 km of highway, 660 km
of which were high-grade highways. All counties in Tibet
had access to highways. Tibet now has five airports and 92
domestic and international air routes in operation.
Before 1951, Tibet had only one 125-kw hydropower station.
A comprehensive energy network is now in place, with hydro
power as the mainstay, and supplemented by oil, natural gas
and renewable energy. The power supply in Tibet has been
grid-connected with those in Qinghai and Sichuan provinces.
Tibet’s urban heating system has also been greatly improved.
By the end of 2018, Tibet’s power grid had extended to 62
counties (districts), supplying electricity to a population of
2.72 million.
Raised living standards
Over the last six decades, the living standards of all ethnic
peoples in Tibet have been improved. Great efforts have
been made to complete housing projects for low-income
farmers and herdsmen, renovation and reinforcement of
dilapidated houses, improvement of rural living conditions,
resettlement of impoverished people from places of harsh
natural conditions, affordable housing projects, and the
transformation of shanty towns, to ensure that all rural and
urban people in Tibet have safe and comfortable homes. The
broadband access rate of administrative villages has reached
85 percent, with full mobile phone signal coverage.
Modern consumer durables are growing in popularity.
Refrigerators, TVs, washing machines, computers, mobile
phones and cars have become commonplace. Local radio,
television, telecommunications and internet as modern
communication tools are developing at the same pace as
the rest of China and the wider world, and becoming an
important part of daily life.
Significant progress has been made in protecting cultural
relics. The state and Tibet Autonomous Region have
invested more than 5 billion RMB yuan ($744.6 million) in
the renovation of 55 sites under state protection and 616
sites under regional protection. Tibetan opera, Gesar, Lum
medicinal bathing of Sowa Rigpa have been included in the
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
Solid progress in education
In old Tibet, education was largely the preserve of the
privileged aristocracy. The serfs who made up 95 percent of
the population were not entitled to education, resulting in an
illiteracy rate surpassing 95 percent among young people.
A modern and comprehensive education system is now
in place in Tibet, including preschool education, basic
education, vocational technical education, higher education,
continual education, and special education. All people in
Tibet have a right to education that is fully protected.
By 2017, Tibet had 1,239 kindergartens, 806 primary schools,
132 middle schools and seven institutions of higher learning.
The number of graduates from these schools has increased
from 18,000 in 1959 to over 530,000 today.
From 2012, Tibet has implemented the policy across the
board for 15-year compulsory education. In 2018, the net
enrolment rate in primary school was 99.5 percent, and
gross enrolment rates in junior high, senior high and higher
education were 99.5, 82.3 and 39.2 percent respectively.
Strengthening effort in ecological protection
Situated at the heart of the Earth’s “Third Pole”, Tibet plays a
strategic role in maintaining the global ecological balance by
protecting its plateau ecology.
In 1975 the government of the Tibet Autonomous Region
established a leading group on environmental protection,
and has since then issued a series of local regulations,
including the Regulations of the Tibet Autonomous Region
for Environmental Protection, Regulations of the Tibet
Autonomous Region on the Prevention and Control of
Atmospheric Pollution.
Fundamental change in economic structure
Through 60 years of hard work since 1959, agriculture and
animal husbandry in Tibet is steadily modernizing. The
added value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry,
fisheries and related service industries rose from 128 million
RMB yuan in 1959 to 13.41 billion RMB yuan in 2018.
Flourishing cultural undertakings
Over the past 60 years, cultural centers and cinemas have
been set up in Lhasa and other cities. There are song and
dance ensembles, Tibetan opera troupes, and drama troupes
at the autonomous region level; folk art troupes at the
prefecture level, 75 art troupes at the county level, and 2,400
amateur art groups at the township level. Some performing
art works such as the outdoor live stage show Princess
Wencheng, and the musicals Searching for Shambala have
become well-known calling cards of Tibetan tourism.
Currently, almost all cities (prefectures) have public libraries.
Counties have comprehensive cultural centers, towns have
cultural service centers, and administrative villages have
cultural centers, libraries and projector rooms.
The Tibetan language is protected by the law and develops
smoothly, and all official documents and public notices
released by people’s governments at all levels and their
subordinate departments are published in both Tibetan and
Chinese.
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All of these have provided a legal basis for developing nature
and wetland reserves, protecting wild fauna and flora,
conserving and managing water resources, conserving water
and soil, preventing and controlling desertification, returning
farmland and pastureland to woods and grassland, and
protecting grassland ecology.
Tibet has initiated a series of environmental protection
projects, including the comprehensive control of drainage
basins, improvement of the living environment of rural and
urban residents, the prevention and control of pollution
caused by industry and mining, the comprehensive control of
construction linking rivers, lakes and reservoirs, and a piloted
water ecology project in Nagqu City, effectively protecting the
clear waters and blue skies of Tibet.
Since 2010, the autonomous region has spent more than 6
billion RMB yuan to improve the living environment and
the overall environment in 6,223 villages, with positive
results. Currently 95.7 percent of key waters have reached the
national water standards, 97.5 percent of days are rated as
“excellent” or “good” in terms of air quality.

The Star Thursday November 14 2019
16
NEWS
$500,000 for space project
HALF A MILLION dollars in
funding has been awarded to a
Canterbury University scientist to
conduct experiments in space.
Researcher Sarah Kessans will
gain a better understanding of
life on earth and the future of offworld
habitation by conducting
biological experiments in space.
Dr Kessans and her team
of researchers will work on
developing nano-satellites for
protein crystallisation and
biological payloads.
Protein crystallisation is an
essential method for determining
protein structures, used
globally by academic teams,
pharmaceutical companies and
the biotechnology industry.
The team received the $500,000
from the Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment’s
Catalyst: Strategic space 2019
fund. The project will run for
three years.
Said Dr Kessans: “Conducting
biological experiments in space
allows for both a more complete
understanding of life on earth
as well as the development of life
support capabilities, which will
enable advanced human space
exploration and future off-earth
habitation,” she says.
Protein crystallisation
experiments on the International
Space Station have illustrated
the benefits of a microgravity
environment for producing highquality
protein crystals.
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States.
Initial funding helped get the
project off the ground and now
this additional funding will allow
the team to establish partnerships
with NASA research centres, and
the Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency.
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only advance our own research,
they will create new global
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•Former Star Media journalist Matt Salmons has become a stay-at-home dad. We
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I’VE BROKEN through some
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through water over her ankles
in one of her nice new summer
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fun she was having.
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meet up with some friends. Not
only did they introduce us to the
flying fox – the most entertaining
way to test how good you really
are at holding your toddler –
they also opened our eyes to the
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hit Vittoria (as the fountain area
got turned on in a surprise move
while I was obliviously walking
around it) she was hooked.
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The Star Thursday November 14 2019
18
• By Jess Gibson
NEWS
Rules around
harbour fishing
could be tightened
THERE COULD soon be
stronger rules around fishing
in Lyttelton Harbour to prevent
overharvesting.
Bylaws have been proposed at
Whakaraupo Mataitai and Rapaki
Mataita to reduce recreational
daily limits for fish and shellfish,
close two small areas from cockle
harvesting and prohibit taking
seaweed except for karengo and
wakame.
Guardians for the reserves have
proposed the bylaws for restrictions
at these locations, which between
them, cover most of the harbour.
Mataitai reserves are developed and
managed by tangata whenua.
The consultation follows a
survey conducted by Otago
University research team Te Tiaki
Mahinga Kai, which indicated
overharvesting and risk of decline
in these areas.
The Ministry for Primary
Industries is seeking feedback on
the proposals until December 13.
The bylaws relate only to
recreational fishing as commercial
fishing is already prohibited in the
mataitai reserve status.
•To view the proposal,
visit www.mpi.govt.nz/
fisheries-consultations or to
make a submission, email
fmsubmissions@mpi.govt.
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Fletcher hits back at claims
FLETCHER BUILDING
has attacked claims by its
electrical subcontractor for the
Christchurch justice precinct as
broad and vague.
The NZX-listed builder is in
the final stages of a
month-long hearing on a $7.5
million claim from Electrix,
which says it didn’t get paid
enough for its work on the
Government project. The
precinct was one of several
projects in Fletcher’s troubled
Building + Interiors division
which lost almost $1 billion in 18
months.
Justice Matthew Palmer heard
the claim over four weeks in
October in the High Court at
Auckland.
According to the closing
submissions in the case, viewed
by BusinessDesk, Fletcher’s
lawyer Kerry Fulton argued the
accusations from Electrix were
vague and that the subcontractor
could have gotten out of the
project in 2015 when Fletcher
told it to up its game or get off
the project.
The parties dispute how
long the delays took, what
created them and both say the
other was mismanaging the
project. Fletcher claims Electrix
did not have enough staff for the
job.
Fletcher’s counter-argument
DISPUTE: Fletcher Building and Electrix have been in court over the $300 million Christchurch
Justice and Emergency Services Precinct.
PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER
is that Electrix misled it into
believing Electrix could do the
job for $17 million.
It says there was an
agreement with an exact
price, and although there
was scope was to review and
make changes, the general scope
was clearly understood and
agreed.
Electrix claimed that a very
strong inference should be taken
from the fact that while Fletcher
Construction Co says the value
of the job was restricted to
several letters of intent, it kept
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“There is no evidence offered
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• By Rachel MacDonald
STU REED has a thing for beer
cans.
He seeks them out far and
wide and reckons he probably
has the biggest collection in
Canterbury.
His 20m by 12m shed has
an array of cans carefully shelved
by country, brewery and series.
They are also fast taking over
the shed next door, and the
rest sit in cartons waiting to be
added.
Mr Reed, who is from North
Canterbury, says he has collected
about 100,000 – and every single
can is different.
He also has what is probably
New Zealand’s largest collection
of Guinness products and
memorabilia – all gathered in his
pool den. And he doesn’t even
drink Guinness.
“I started collecting cans in my
teens,’’ he said.
“I was illicitly having a few DB
Bitters when I found one can
was only half full. I put it on the
window sill, and before I knew it,
I was adding others.
“These days, I belong to clubs
in New Zealand, Australia and
the United States. I don’t buy
much online, because it’s all
about the thrill of the chase,
completing a set or finding
something I’m missing.
“So I trade, swap and sell
at club meetings. And every
couple of years, I’ll go to the US
meeting.
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STACKED: Stu Reed has collected 100,000 beer cans from
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“This year, I brought a 40-foot
shipping container-load of cans
back. The huge challenge now
is making sure none of the ones
I’ve just imported match the
ones I’ve already got.’’
So many of the cans currently
on the shelves are amazing to
look at.
Walking into the shed, the first
cans you see on display are fourlitre
or five-litre varieties from
England or Germany, then twolitre
ones from New Zealand.
Another room features cans
by breweries and sets with
graphics showing vikings, hotair
balloons, trains and knights
on horseback. The artwork is
impressive.
“When you’ve got one or two
of a set, the drive is there to find
the rest.’’
Another room in the same
shed is full of collectables – not
Guinness this time – from
miniatures and coasters to the
old long-necked bottles. At some
point, this space will become a
bar for friends, Mr Reed said.
The irony of it all is he doesn’t
drink the bulk of the beer he
brings home.
Mr Reed is a Tui guy. So he
gives the cans to friends and
has developed a punch machine
which drains the beer from the
bottom, leaving the top of the
can intact.
Some of the beer is great,
some of it gets poured down the
sink, but the can still joins the
thousands on the shelf.
Thursday November 14 2019 The Star
NEWS 19
Unprecedented
opposition to
liquor store plan
• By Claire Booker
A RECORD-breaking number
of objections were sent to the city
council over a proposed liquor
store on Memorial Ave.
In the past three years, the most
public objections made to an alcohol
licence application was 121.
But the 207 submissions opposing
the planned liquor store near
BP Connect Fendalton and within
1km of four primary schools left
that record in its dust.
The key concerns raised are the
lack of parking, an increase in
alcohol consumption and alcoholrelated
anti-social behaviour, and
frustration around Memorial
Ave being a memorial for fallen
soldiers. The proposed liquor store
would operate from 9am-10pm,
seven days a week.
Isobel Anderson, who lives in
a property which would share
a driveway with the planned
liquor store, said the high number
of objections was “absolutely
wonderful.”
Said Ms Anderson: “I think we’re
passionate about our area here.
There’s obviously been a problem
with liquor in the area because
we’ve had a liquor ban in place.”
The next step will be to hold
a public hearing on the alcohol
licence application.
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been enjoyed by thousands of
visitors and competitors on
Saturday.
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of relaxed family fun. The huge
team of volunteers has done an
amazing job yet again. To pull off
an event this big and do it so well
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The City of Christchurch Pipe Band at the opening
ceremony.
is a massive undertaking. We are
grateful to our partners for their
support and for joining our community
on this journey,” he said.
Mr Lang said they are already
preparing for the next games
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OUR PEOPLE – LESLIE ANDERSON
From watching murder mysteries to
It was International
Pathology Day on
Monday – but what does
a pathologist actually
do and why is there a
shortage of them around
the world? Sophie
Cornish finds out from
Leslie Anderson, one
of only four forensic
pathologists based in
Christchurch
What is pathology?
In general, pathology is the
study of disease and how it
affects the human body. Most
pathologists diagnose disease
in living patients. They look at
tissue samples, biopsies, pap
smears, urine samples, blood
samples and give feedback to the
treating clinicians about what
conditions the patient has and
what the characteristics of it
are, so they can make treatment
decisions. Forensic pathology is a
very small part of pathology and
we focus on autopsies and death
investigations. That is what I do.
What do you like to do in your
spare time?
I’m married, my husband and
I have a three-year-old son. We
enjoy travelling and love being
outdoors, camping, that sort of
thing. So we try and do that as
much as we can. I also love being
creative – photography, scrapbooking,
any kind of writing.
What brought us to New Zealand
was essentially a new adventure.
One of the pathologists who
taught me during my specialist
training was actually working
here for a few months in
Christchurch. When I was
looking for a job, I got in touch
with him and said: ‘What are
things like in New Zealand?’ He
said: ‘It’s fantastic and they are
looking for people’. So I applied
and we were just looking for an
interesting place to go, a new
adventure. We had never been to
New Zealand.
Have you got any funny
reactions from people when you
tell them what you do for a job?
Not too funny. I guess most
people often don’t know what
a pathologist is and I have to
explain it. Usually, once they
understand, they find it very
fascinating and think it’s quite
a cool job, which it certainly
is. They often want to know if
it smells really bad and, yes, it
can. But you just work through
it like any other unpleasant part
of a job. Sometimes they want to
know how working with death
has changed my perspective
on life, which I find a really
DOCTOR:
Christchurch
Hospital
forensic
pathologist
Leslie
Anderson
undertakes
post-mortem
examinations
to determine
a person’s
cause of
death.
interesting question. Because
there are now certain things
which I will not do. I will not ride
a motorcycle because I have seen
what can happen on those. I am
a mother, so I have a tendency
to check my child is breathing at
night more than I possibly need
to. But in general, what it’s done
is made me enjoy my life more. I
realise how precious life can be
and you can’t predict anything
and even if you are living a
really healthy life, you can still
succumb to disease, accidents
and tragedies and so you just
have to enjoy every day of your
life as much as you can.
How does the process work?
There are different systems
for death investigations. In
New Zealand, there is a coroner
investigation system. The
coroners are lawyers who work
out of an office to co-ordinate
the death investigations. Usually
a death will get called into
the police and the police will
respond. They will do a scene
investigation, interview family
members, witnesses, that sort
of thing. Then they generate a
report about the death that is
then sent to the coroner.
The coroner decides if a postmortem
examination is required
and if it is, then they send a
directive to us and the body gets
sent to us at the mortuary at the
hospital. When we come in, we
find out what cases are up for
that day and then we perform
the autopsy. The autopsy, if it’s
straight forward, takes about an
hour, an hour-and-a-half. More
complicated cases can take all
day or sometimes two days, depending
on the extent of injuries
and what the circumstances are
around the death. If it’s a suspicious
death, police will come
to the autopsy and take photos,
ask and answer questions and
witness the autopsy. Otherwise,
the pathologist will complete the
autopsy with the assistance of a
mortuary technician.
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OUR PEOPLE 25
uncovering real life causes of death
We would send a preliminary
report to the coroner, saying what
we believe the cause of death
to be. We also do a bit of extra
testing. We will take tiny samples
of organs to look at under the
microscope. We will send body
fluids, such as blood, away for
toxicology testing. Sometimes we
will look at fluid from the eye and
that will tell us some of the electrolytes
in the body, and give an
indication of whether the person
had severe diabetes, if they were
dehydrated, that sort of thing. All
that testing takes a bit of time.
Once we get all that information
back, we complete our report and
come up with the official cause of
death and send our official report
to the coroner. Then the coroner
will determine the manner of
death as in natural, accidental,
suicide or homicide. Autopsies
can also help identify the person,
determine patterns of injuries or
illness that can highlight ways to
prevent further deaths, provide
feedback to emergency health
care providers on how certain
treatments or interventions could
be improved, and answer many
other questions.
How long does that process
take?
We aim to have most of our
cases fully signed out within 60
days. Often it’s quicker than that.
Occasionally, if there is complex
toxicology testing, it might take
longer. That’s our part of it, then
the coroner is able to finalise
things and send in a report, but
that’s another matter.
How do you train or qualify
to become a pathologist?
Pathologists are medical
doctors. The training might be
a little different here in New
Zealand, compared to what I did.
I was trained in North America.
Essentially you do medical school
to become a doctor. Then you
do speciality training. Firstly,
you have to do it in anatomical
pathology and then if you want
to become specifically a forensic
pathologist, you do an additional
year of training. Along the way,
you need to be passing your
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sanity.”
qualifying exams so that you are
certified to work as a pathologist.
So how long did it take for
you?
My post-secondary education
in its entirety took 15 years.
In North America, we do an
undergraduate degree in any
focus followed by a four-year
medical degree followed by
speciality training, which for
me was five years anatomical
pathology and one year for
forensics. I also did a master’s
degree in between my undergrad
and medical degree. It’s a very
long journey.
What is a job market like
for forensic pathologists? How
many do you need in one city?
It depends on how many deaths
there tend to be and how many
are referred to the coroner. Of
course, not all deaths are referred
to the coroner. In Christchurch,
there are four of us working here.
World-wide there is actually a
shortage of forensic pathologists.
It’s not a speciality that people
tend to think of as a career.
There is actually a shortage of
pathologists in general. So there’s
a push to raise awareness of what
pathology does and how it is
important to medical care. There
is a push to get medical students
into the speciality and then
encouraging them to get into
forensic pathology.
Why pathology for you? Did
you want to get into medicine
since you were a child?
I have had an interest ever
since I was a kid. I used to watch
murder mysteries with my
parents and always thought it
would be interesting to examine
the body and extrapolate what
happened. When I got into
medical school I kept an open
mind as to whether there was
a different speciality that I
was interested in. But I found
that I really liked pathology. I
actually also found that working
directly with patients was quite
distressing and frustrating at
times, because their suffering
is active and sometimes there’s
not a lot you can do about that.
Whereas for me in forensics,
someone has already died so
their suffering is over and all
that’s left is an important set
of questions that I can help
answers. For me, that was really
meaningful and more suited to
my personality than working on
clinical medicine.
What are some of the
challenges you face in this work
and how do you overcome them?
It’s very difficult to see the
horrific things that happen
to people and that can take
an emotional toll for sure. It’s
really important to take care
of yourself, debrief with your
colleagues, check in to make
sure everyone is okay, especially
if there is a particularly horrible
case. Making sure to connect
with friends and family and
have fun interests outside of
what we do is really important to
maintain balance and sanity. You
can lose faith in humanity pretty
quick when you see some of the
stuff we see.
But it is a fascinating job, which
has a huge impact on families
and the public health and justice
system. We try and focus on
the positive impact that we are
having in investigating these
deaths and that helps a lot, too.
It’s an important part of society
that a lot of people don’t know
about and don’t think about.
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OPINION
The coming week
in our history
November 14, 1973 – The
passage of the Social Security
Amendment Act introduced
the domestic purposes benefit
to New Zealand’s social welfare
system.
November 15, 1861 –
Dunedin became the first New
Zealand centre to have a daily
newspaper after the publication
of the first Otago Daily Times
issue.
November 16, 1840 –
New Zealand became a separate
colony of the United Kingdom.
North, South and Stewart islands
were to be known respectively as
the provinces of New Ulster, New
Munster and New Leinster.
November 17, 1925 –
Governor-General Sir Charles
Fergusson opened the New
Zealand and South Seas
International Exhibition in
Dunedin.
November 18, 1947 –
Forty-one people died in the
fire at Christchurch’s prestigious
department store Ballantynes,
one of the worst blazes in New
Zealand history.
November 19, 2010 –
The Pike River mine explosion
occurred at 3.45pm. Twentynine
of the 31 men underground
died immediately or shortly
afterwards from the blast or
because of the toxic atmosphere
this generated.
November 20, 1937 –
George Sellars narrowly escaped
serious injury when he was able
to swing his parachute away
from the glass roof of the Winter
Gardens during the Farmers
Christmas Parade in Auckland.
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Fraz: One of life’s good guys
ONE OF life’s good guys has
gone to the great newsroom in
the sky (well, I hope so anyway).
Ken Fraser, aka The Rock, The
Mighty K or simply Fraz, passed
away suddenly recently. He was
73. Fraz had been a sub editor at
The Press for most of his journalistic
life. He was deputy features
editor for 12 years and later editor
of the travel section.
Fraz was one of those totally
dependable, likeable individuals,
who hardly ever said a bad or
stern word about anyone.
He rarely took a sick day, was
loyal and was a great wordsmith,
meticulously going through
Jenny Hughey – As the
new chair of Environment
Canterbury, I am very excited to
talk about what the council does
and what plans we have for the
future as a new council. What I
can’t do is talk on behalf of the
council before we have had the
opportunity to get to understand
all our aspirations and where
we want to put our focus. At
the moment, we are all in the
middle of an intensive induction
programme to come up to speed
with all the legislation and the
complexities of the work of a
regional council and what is
specific to Canterbury. I am
visiting ministers, getting to
know the other councillors and
getting straight into business-asusual
activity, which I am sure
you will appreciate doesn’t stop
for the election. I am very much
looking forward to talking to the
community once through these
critical foundation weeks for us
as a council.
Clarke responds – The
majority of the questions we
wanted to ask Hughey for Our
People would have been more
From the
editor’s desk
Barry Clarke
reporters’ copy, improving it and
questioning the facts, during the
course of a day’s work.
He also laid out pages.
When his shift finished,
he would head downstairs to
nearby Bailies Bar, The Press
journos haunt. He would take up
residence at his spot, discussing
issues of the day with staff and
owner Stan O’Keefe while waiting
for other The Press journos to
finish their shift.
A band was even named after
Fraz – Crazy Fraser and The
Press Gang – made up of The
Press journos who played a gig
from memory at Bailies.
Last week, editor in chief Barry Clarke poked the borax at new Environment Canterbury chairwoman Jenny Hughey
who would only do an interview for The Star’s Our People segment if questions were emailed through ECan’s
communications team. Today she and others respond to the column
on a personal note; who she is,
her interests, family, her views
on water quality and other
environmental matters. In my
view, she should have been able
to answer those herself. To read
Clarke’s column from last week
go to www.odt.co.nz/star-news/
star-opinion/opinion-jenny-whywont-you-talk-us.
Former ECan chairman,
Government minister and
Speaker of the House Sir
Kerry Burke – After more
than nine years of un-elected
stooges ruling ECan most of us
were looking forward to a return
to an open, accountable, fullyelected
council. It is, therefore,
seriously disappointing that
the new chair, Jenny Hughey,
has declined to do an interview
with The Star for its Our People
segment unless the questions
were first submitted to ECan’s
communications team. Captured
by un-elected staff already? I
hope not, but it does look, as you
say, as if the chair has “tripped at
the first hurdle.” ECan’s website
says that Ms Hughey has 11
years of governance experience.
TOP BLOKE: Ken Fraser (left
in green shirt), and former
The Press sports reporters
John Coffey (middle) and
Tim Dunbar.
Fraz was said to be more Irish
than the Irish. Tracing his ancestors
became a passion, which
led to a handful of trips to the
Emerald Isles. On his return he
regaled those who would listen
to his journeys and trips taken
by rental car, which would mean
regular overnight stays in many
country pubs.
Fraz was in his element.
He almost met his maker while
lunching one day, but not in
Ireland. When the earthquake
struck at 12.51pm on February
22, 2011, Fraz was having his
usual lunch break (non-liquid, I
hasten to add) at Bailies.
A chandelier-type light fitting
came crashing down, narrowly
missing him. He emerged from
the building covered in dust.
Fraz left Christchurch soon
after the quake and worked for
The Press from Timaru.
He would head north on
occasions to catch up with his
mates over an ale or two, usually
retired sports reporters John
Coffey and Tim Dunbar.
I’ll leave the final say on Fraz
to retired features editor at The
Press Stan Darling: “Ken was
the most thorough journalist I
have ever met. He insisted on
accuracy.”
barry@starmedia.kiwi
If so, where has that gone? The
definition of political responsibility
is that those we elect are
answerable to the public, their
electors, in this case a public
media organisation, acting on
our behalf as the medium between
us and them. Our elected
members’ role is to respond,
which is to say that they answer
to us or those asking questions
on our behalf, such as The Star
wanted to do. Norman Kirk best
described the role of a politician
vis-à-vis bureaucrats in 1972
when he said that MPs needed to
stand with the people facing the
bureaucrats, not the other way
around. This was at the close of
a long period of National Party
rule when its leadership came
to be seen as siding with the bureaucracy,
not the people. When
Labour won the Wanganui seat,
a senior public servant was heard
to say to then Prime Minister
Jack Marshall that “we’ve lost
Wanganui” which seemed to
sum up the too cosy relationship
of staff and governors. A different
dynamic operates at local
government level compared with
central government. Staff in local
government do have a more
direct influence and closer interaction
with councillors, which
is why it’s very important that
elected members, such as chairwoman
Hughey, make the public
statements and respond to media
enquiries. Let’s hope that, having
tripped at the first hurdle, she
can get back on the horse and, as
the electors representative, start
to make the running. It’s what
she was elected to do.
Bill Cornelius – Jenny
Hughey I am a ratepayer helping
fund your $180,000 plus perks
salary per year. Do yourself a
favour, stop hiding behind your
spin doctors. We elected you, not
a group of spin doctors. I have
no interest in anything your
spin doctors say. We do not need
sanitised gobbledygook. I want
to hear what you have to say;
the no communication position
you have taken is insulting to all
ratepayers. Front up or step aside
and let someone who has the
confidence do the job. Your position
makes the councillors who
elected you to this position look
like a bunch of wimps.
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OPINION 27
Readers react to last week’s article on Canterbury Cricket Trust’s bid to get six 48.9m
permanent lights installed at Hagley Oval
Mark Belton – I strongly
oppose installation of more
lighting at the oval. Cricket has
become a massive commercial
business, and should develop
its purpose-built facilities
elsewhere in the city. Hagley Park
is our village green, it’s natural
character must be protected.
Jan Cooney – Yes, I support
this happening. It is advancing
opportunities for a sport
on national and international
arenas, that will be fabulous for
Christchurch.
Cynthia Johnson – I am all
in favour of getting permanent
lights installed into Hagley Park,
hurry up and get this done. We
are missing out on too many big
events due to a lack of proper
venues, so at least if the lights get
the go-ahead that will be a huge
help in getting our businesses to
start making money finally.
And Hagley Park belongs to
everyone, not just a handful of
people whose theme song could
be the one that Groucho Marx
sang in one of the Marx Brothers
movies Whatever it’s for I’m
Against it.
Len Stone – I think that
permanent light fixtures should
not be allowed at Hagley Park.
Sue Parkinson – Of course
they should be installed as a
permanent fixture. What harm
are they going to do? What good
is all that park area if not put to
good use with as many events
as possible to bring the people
of Christchurch and visitors
together to enjoy themselves.
Let’s move forward to create
a vibrant city and not listen to
those who remain in the past as
the “stop the fun police.”
Tom McGlinchy – I have no
problems with the light towers if
they are designed aesthetically
pleasing similar to the Perth
cricket ground lights. Not modelled
on the ugly monstrosities
that where installed at Lancaster
Park. Hope they take looks into
consideration as they will be very
visible to large numbers of residents
and visitors to the city.
Don Cawthorn – Yes, put
the lights in. Cricket has been
played on the oval for over 160
years and why should a group of
killjoys ruin it for all sports fans.
Ursula M Styler – I come
from a cricket family and have
volunteered at games held at
Hagley, including the ICC World
Cup. I am in full agreement that
lighting be installed to enable the
city of Christchurch be added
to the venues in New Zealand
to able to hold day/night games.
This would also help cricket fans
from out of town (even as far as
Dunedin) to come and enjoy the
environs of Hagley.
I consider Hagley Oval in
a similar vein as some of the
county venues in England, where
fans enjoy the first innings, followed
by a leisurely meal and
then sit back on a perfect evening
to watch the second innings.
Kelvin Head – Totally
opposed to the installation of
permanent light towers, wrong
place to even have a test cricket
ground.
Tony Sewell – Get the
permanent lights up ASAP.
The more people that can enjoy
Hagley Park the better. Hagley
Oval is not restricted to the public
24/7 no more than the Hagley
Golf Club is, the Hagley netball
pavilion is, the Hagley tennis
courts are, the Hagley Bowling
Club is, the Hagley Croquet Club
is, the night markets are, Christmas
in the Park is, the Curators
House is and I can go on and on.
Hagley is a magnificent asset.
Let’s get as much use out of it for
everyone.
Terry Faulkner – I am
against permanent lighting at the
oval as it will spoil the nature
of the park, which is after all for
the enjoyment of the citizens, and
not there to be used to attract
more tourists who may or may
not come to watch a cricket
match.
The cricket association knew
when it obtained permission for
the oval that permanent lighting
was not allowed, so the city
council needs to stand strong and
not be browbeaten into doing
something it doesn’t want to
do. If the cricket association
originally wanted a permanent
world-class facility they should
have said so and gone elsewhere.
Perhaps the city council could
suggest they use the old Lancaster
Park site, or perhaps something
could be put in the east of
the city. Surely the sports fans
coming to see cricket can spend
that little extra to use taxis, Uber
or bus to a facility that is not next
door to a hotel. Let’s hope the
council stays strong.
Marie Parsons – We recently
attended the New Zealand v
England twenty20 match and
noted the huge articulated viewing
loft for camera people. Why
couldn’t some clever engineers
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get their heads together and sort
out a similar set up for lighting
at the oval? We could then either
move them away or retract them
to ground and a cover that would
be less visible
Geoff Bell – No, lights should
not be installed. They are playing
dirty underhand tricks. Professional
cricket should find money
and land of their own instead of
encroaching on a cheap way out
at the expense of others. It’s not
a suitable venue for professional
cricket. Try working out a deal
with the city council for the old
Lancaster Park site.
Ian Satterthwaite – I am
a retired cricket coach, 79-yearsold,
so I have seen the game of
cricket, and how it has changed.
I strongly support the installation
of permanent light towers at
Hagley Oval to meet immediate
requirements of administration
of the game at this venue, a big
step forward. Cricket is a developing
game, the short drama
variety attracting huge support
with changes to the play, time of
day and format. Night games are
with us for the future, worldwide.
Canterbury has the perfect venue
at Hagley to host all-comers. It is
important for the Christchurch
rebuild, that we can be part of
New Zealand cricket success.
Russell Fortune – I am
in full favour of lights being
installed at Hagley park. This
would be a great asset to our city.
Eloise Scott – We are
totally opposed to permanent
lights being installed at Hagley
Oval as well as the extra games
proposed. The arrogance of the
cricket people going nationwide
with this is just appalling. People
outside Christchurch do not
know of the implications of this
going ahead. They have no rights
to have a say. There are so very
many other areas the oval could
be built. It should never have
been put where it is. The park is
for the public, not a select few
attached to cricket. Wait until
the new hospital is open which
will involve so many more people
attending, driving and looking
for parks. The cricket has the
arrogance of closing parks off on
Riccarton Rd which we thought
was a public road.
David Quested – Firstly
cricket has been played Hagley
Oval over 150 years. The cricket
Umpires Pavilion was built in
1863 and situated at Nancy’s
corner now stands in Hagley
Oval. I am a life member of the
Canterbury Cricket Umpires and
Scorers Assn and have umpired
at Hagley Park since joining in
1983.
We need lights in Hagley
Park because it will attract more
matches which means more people
and brings more prosperity to
our city. People love our ground,
sitting on the grass banks is just
great, it is not a concrete jungle,
it blends well with the rest of the
park.
Lights will make a visual
impact, they will be seen. People
who want to picnic in Hagley
Park or walk about in the park
still have over 121ha to do that.
Why should a handful of people
have the total say.
Bill and Karen
McElhinney – We are both
strongly opposed to consent
being given to the Canterbury
Cricket Trust to install lights at
Hagley Oval.
There is space within our
city which does not encroach
on Hagley Park where big
events could be held – perhaps
resurrecting Lancaster Park or
extending the use of Lincoln
Green. The covered arena that is
on the city plan may be another
possibility for international
cricket matches.
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HAVING NOT played in more
than a year, it’s easy to forget the
All Whites exist, let alone 11
blokes are actually going to take
to the field tomorrow morning
rather than being a team on
paper.
New coach Danny Hay faces
his first test against Ireland in
Dublin before taking on Lithuania
in Vilnius – and therein lies
the problem. Let’s face it, who
wants to bother following a team
which essentially plays one game
of meaning at home every four
years?
The last time I saw the All
Whites in the news was when
Hay said he plans to move any future
World Cup play-off matches
to Eden Park rather than Wellington’s
Westpac Stadium – it’s nice
to know they’re slowly building
the hype ahead of that upcoming
match in 2021.
Let’s not forget we have to get
there first. That requires winning
the OFC (Oceania) World Cup
qualifying tournament, which
SPORT 31
Blow for Robertson
in bid to be All Blacks coach
SCOTT ROBERTSON has
spoken of his disappointment
at hearing Tony Brown had
decided to support Jamie Joseph
in his push to be the next All
Blacks coach, but conceded: “I
appreciate it was a tough call for
him to make to me.”
Crusaders coach Robertson
had hoped to team up with
Japan assistant coach Brown,
whose stock rose significantly
during the recent Rugby
World Cup along with that
of hosts Japan after their
ground-breaking victories
over Ireland and Scotland and
meritorious performance in their
quarter-final defeat to eventual
STRONG CV:
champions South Africa.
Scott
The pair would have made
Robertson
a compelling partnership but
has won three
instead, Brown, who is returning
consecutive
to New Zealand to help Aaron
Super Rugby
Mauger with the Highlanders,
titles with the
has thrown his lot in with
Crusaders. ​
Joseph, the current head coach
of Japan who also has All Black
you need to, it’s a big process
ambitions.
‘All the learnings along the way can help me in my quest coming up and they’ve needed to
“Tony made his call,”
to be All Black coach’
challenge me and my thoughts
Robertson said today. “It was
– Scott Robertson
and processes coming into it.”
a tough phone call to make.
He said he and his family were
We had planned for a while to
ready for the step up in intensity
work together. He showed his for yourself and what is going All the learnings along the way and profile. “I’m really mindful
hand to work with Jamie – and to be best for the team. They are can help me in my quest to be of the status that it holds. It’s one
his loyalty. I appreciate it was a private conversations as you can All Black coach. It’s up to them of the biggest jobs in the country,
tough call for him to make to imagine.”
whether they feel that experience as we know. My wife Jane is in,
me.”
Robertson, prepared for is enough. I think it was shown we’re all in. I’ve got three young
Robertson, who spoke
questions on his goal of replacing in the most recent tournament; sons who really understand –
to the media at the official Steve Hansen but perhaps not the right person for the job is the well, I’m not sure the youngest
announcement of the New expecting such an interrogation key ingredient.”
one understands but if we’re all
Zealand Super Rugby squads, a month or so before
He also confirmed happy at home he’s happy.
will relinquish his role as
his official interview,
he had spoken to
“It’s a real passion of mine,
Crusaders head coach should was asked whether his
several mentors about I love what I do and the
his All Black interview in early background of success
the process, including opportunity doesn’t come
December go well and the with the Crusaders – three
Robbie Deans, a former around very often.”
recommendation of panellists Sir consecutive titles – and
Crusaders and Wallabies He has support if not
Graham Henry, Mark Robinson, before that Canterbury,
coach.
sympathy from Blues rival Leon
Brent Impey, Mike Anthony and represented a good
“I’m an extremely MacDonald, who worked under
Waimarama Taumaunu is signed foundation for the role of
optimistic person,” Robertson at the Crusaders
Tony Brown
off by the New Zealand Rugby All Blacks head coach.
Robertson said. “It’s in 2017 before shifting north.
board.
He replied: “Do you have to in my nature to see a lot of MacDonald, preparing for his
But now the man known as lose to learn to be a better person opportunities in things. I need second season with the Blues,
Razor is in the process of finding and better coach? That’s for them to have people to add a bit of said: “I know that my brain is
another running mate to replace [panel] to decide.
realism. Without naming too working overtime on one job,
Brown, and he added: “That’s “I’ve got my formula and I’ve many names, there are a lot of so to have two in mind will be a
part of the game. You have worked really hard coaching ex-Crusaders coaches who have challenge, but he’s the sort of guy
conversations with people and schoolboy rugby through to influenced me. I’ve talked to who can cope and do both well.”
you work out the best options club rugby and to Super Rugby. them and have got pretty deep – – NZ Herald
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will see the All Whites visiting
some of the finest grounds the
Pacific Islands have to offer. All
Whites supporters will also be
treated to mouth-watering home
ties against the likes of Fiji and
New Caledonia, before taking on
an Oceania powerhouse like the
Solomon Islands in a scintillating
final played over two legs.
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The answer to injecting some
life into the team and a campaign
for New Zealanders to get behind
is purely and simply joining the
Asia confederation.
If the All Whites joined Asia
they would actually be able to
engage with a New Zealand audience.
On their current world ranking
the All Whites would advance
to the second round of the AFC
qualification. That alone guarantees
four home and four away
matches playing in one of eight,
five-team-pools.
To reach the next stage of
qualification they would need to
win their group or finish as one of
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Kelly, Glasson take
$10,000 bowling prize
Canterbury bowlers Andrew
Kelly and Nathan Glasson took
out the Stoke Stakes men’s pairs,
overcoming a star-studded
post-section field to claim the
$10,000 winners’ cheque. The
final saw Andre Smith and
Dennis Mills race out of the
block early doors to take an
8-2 lead, though much like the
game beforehand, both Glasson
and Kelly settled in to their
work and began pegging back
the deficit. It wasn’t long before
they had the game back in their
favour, with Kelly and Glasson
proving too consistent over the
18-ends, picking up a five count
to extend their lead 21-12 and
force the Marlborough duo to
concede defeat with two ends
left to play.
Identifying players for
U19 World Cup
New Canterbury Cricket
network coach, Freddy
Anderson, has named a
14-strong squad for the
upcoming men’s national
under-19 tournament in Lincoln
from December 4-12. The squad
will be captained by Christ’s
College batsman Nic Lidstone
as he returns from a labral
tear in his right hip suffered
during a hockey trial two years
ago. The tournament will also
be used to identify players to
represent New Zealand at the
ICC Under-19 World Cup in
South Africa early next year.
Canterbury squad – Matt Boyle,
Matthias Paltridge, Rhys Mariu,
Archie Redfern, Nic Lidstone, Jesse
Frew, Regan Sheahan, Lachie Harper,
Tom Dunlop, Jacko Hemingway,
Angus Sidey, Matt Munro, Will
Smith, Curtis Millard.
Head coach named
for CBHS first XV
Andy Gibson has been
confirmed as the new head
coach of the Christchurch Boys’
High School first XV and will
be assisted by Pat Coady. Gibson
is an old boy of the school and
spent the last three years as the
coach of the Shirley Boys’ High
School first XV.
How to inject some life into the All Whites campaign
the four runners-up with the top
four points.
The third round sees two pools
of six teams play home and away,
meaning five home and five away
matches.
The top two from each group
then qualify for the World Cup,
while the two third place finishes
play each other for a inter-confederation
play-off tie.
Yes, it’s undoubtedly a much
harder route to the World Cup
but at least Joe Bloggs might
have a chance to pick up on a few
players names who play for the
All Whites and for once feel like
he a campaign worth jumping on
the bandwagon for.

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Harris still taking strike on the cusp of 50
One of Canterbury’s
finest cult heroes is on
the brink of achieving
a rare feat of playing
premier senior cricket
at the age of 50. Chris
Harris’ milestone is on
Tuesday and he is still a
mainstay in Sydenham’s
premier side. Sports
reporter Gordon
Findlater caught up
with the all-rounder as
our Canterbury sporting
icon series continues
WHEN CHRIS Harris made
his senior premier cricket debut
he was still at secondary school.
Now, he’s on the brink playing at
the same level more than three
decades later.
On Saturday, Harris’ Sydenham
side need to defeat Old
Boys Collegians to guarantee
themselves a spot in the premier
one-day semi-finals on November
24. If they do, he will mark
the occasion by playing his first
match as a 50-year-old.
Harris, now an account manager
for MediaWorks predominantly
in radio, personified the
definition of all-rounder during
the 1990s and 2000s. Harris not
only contributed with bat and
ball, but is also widely regarded
as one of New Zealand’s greatest
ever fielders. He says his exploits
in the field can be thanked in
part to his two older brothers
Ben and Tim.
“They were four or five years
older than me so after learning to
walk I spent the first three years in
the field and I learnt very quickly
that fielding is very important,
not just because it’s important to
cricket, but if I dropped a catch or
missed a run out they would beat
me up,” said Harris.
“I was lucky enough that they
eventually taught me to bowl,
although they did a pretty poor
job of that because I’ve got a
very bad technique . . . I think I
was maybe trying to copy Lance
Cairns in the early days and then
I could never stop it.”
Just days after celebrating his
21st birthday Harris made his
international one-day debut for
New Zealand in a one-day in a
loss to Australia at the Sydney
Cricket Ground in 1990.
“I remember Andrew Jones getting
so much abuse that when we
got a wicket he came in and said:
‘Right guys I’ve had enough, I’m
going to call 99 then jump over
the fence and pick out a spectator
and start hitting them, I want
you guys to follow me’. So Martin
Crowe was the captain and he
said: ‘Right Andrew you come
into the circle and Chris you go
out there,” said Harris.
“So I’m out on the bank of the
SCG and just getting abused
. . . at the time I had a full head of
hair and someone must have had
a premonition because they said:
‘You’re losing your hair Harris
you’re going to be bald in a year.”
Throughout his international
SUITED UP: Chris Harris is currently an account manager for
MediaWorks.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
TOUGH: Harris defending
a ball while batting with a
severely injured shoulder
in his last ODI against
Australia at the SCG in
2004.
career Harris remembers some
of his highest of highs coinciding
with equally as emphatic lows.
Harris played in four World
Cups for New Zealand. The 1992
World Cup is the one he remembers
the most fondly, but also as
the most sombre. New Zealand
topped pool play before losing
to eventual winners Pakistan by
four wickets in a semi-final at
Eden Park.
“People don’t remember, but
we were coming off a three-nil
series loss to England leading
into the World Cup, so the
expectations weren’t good. We
had been doing a lot of planning
and I remember that first game
against Australia how amazing
the crowd were and from
that day forward when we beat
Australia at Eden Park in front
of about 40,000 people, just the
following and the support was
amazing,” said Harris.
“[In the semi-final] to watch
senior players like Martin Crowe
and Rod Latham who was a pretty
hard man, to watch them effectively
crying walking around
the boundary was sombre and
tough to take,” said Harris.
Four years later Harris’ highest
one-day score of 130 came in a
six-wicket loss to Australia in the
quarter-final of the 1996 Cricket
World Cup. However, the great
individual display wasn’t enough
to stop Australia reaching the target
of 286 with 13 balls to spare.
In 2000 Harris played a key
role in New Zealand chasing
down India’s total of 264 to win
the final of the ICC Champions
Trophy. New Zealand were battling
at 132/5 midway through
the innings before Harris contributed
46 with the bat during a
crucial 122 sixth-wicket partnership
with Chris Cairns which
ultimately laid the platform for
the four-wicket victory with two
balls to spare.
In 2004, Harris became the
first New Zealander to have
played 250 ODIs. However, the
match against Australia at the
SCG would be his last for the
Black Caps. While in the field
Harris seriously injured his
shoulder when diving to field a
shot from Ricky Ponting.
“It was like being shot in the
arm. I literally couldn’t move my
arm. I tried practising to bowl
and I realised I had no chance,
so I went up to Flem[ing] at the
end of the over and said: ‘I don’t
think I can bowl mate I’ve got to
go off,” he said.
Later in the match New
Zealand found themselves
166/8 and still 95 runs short of
Australia’s total and the prospect
of Harris batting didn’t look
likely. However, an inspired
not-out innings from Kyle Mills
which included four sixes meant
New Zealand were just 26 runs
short of victory when the ninth
wicket fell.
Harris scored just four runs
from six deliveries - many of
which arrived at 150km/h and
aimed directly at his shoulder
from Brett Lee – before being
bowled by Glen McGrath 17 runs
short of the total.
“I remember getting my arms
up to play the ball and the pain
was quite unbearable. I had obviously
taken a lot of paracetamol
and codeine, so I was a little bit
TECHNIQUE:
Chris Harris
bowling against
the West Indies
at Eden Park
in 2000 and
celebrating
a Zimbabwe
wicket in the
1999 World Cup
Super Six match
at Headlingly,
England.
out of it, but it was a little bit sad
because we got so close.”
In one-day international cricket
Harris scored 4379 runs at an
average of 29. He also took 203
wickets at an average of 37.50.
However, more impressively he
carried an economy rate of just
4.28 runs per over
Harris never established himself
a regular in the New Zealand
test side. He made just 23 appearances
between 1992 and
2002 resulted in a disappointing
batting average of 20.44 and an
ineffective bowling average of
73.12.
“In the early days I was always
led to believe test cricket was a
defensive game and if you look
now it’s not at all. If I had my
time again I would have played
my test cricket like my one-day
cricket,” he said.
Harris continued playing domestically
for Canterbury until
2010 as well as stints in India
and two years of playing and
coaching in Zimbabwe before a
year playing for Papatoetoe in
Auckland.
Upon returning to Christchurch
Harris began working in
sales and continued to play club
cricket for Sydenham – which
he has no plans of giving up on
anytime soon.
He has also now involved with
Sky Sport’s commentary team
and will cover many domestic
T20 games during December
and January.

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Bulls half sets sights on Cook Islands World Cup berth
• By Gordon Findlater
CANTERBURY Bulls and
Hornby Panthers half Tevin
Arona hopes to cap off a
whirlwind month by helping
Cook Islands qualify for the
2021 Rugby League World
Cup.
On Saturday Arona will
be part of the Cook Islands
team to take on the United
States in Jacksonville,
Florida.
The winner of the match
will secure a spot in the
World Cup.
“It’s a massive game.
Everyone wants to be in the
World Cup,” said Arona.
Last month Arona was
part of the Canterbury Bulls
side which lost to Akarana
in the national premiership
final. Two weeks later he
represented Cook Islands for
the first time at the Rugby
ONE WIN AWAY: Hornby
Panthers half Tevin Arona
is part of the Cook Islands
squad which will take on
United States for the final
spot in the 2021 Rugby
League World Cup. ​
League World Cup Nines
in Sydney. On November
1, he co-captained the New
Zealand Residents to a
28-12 win over the English
Community Lions in
Auckland.
‘It’s a massive game.
Everyone wants to
be in the World Cup’
– Tevin Arona
“It’s been like a blur . . . it’s
surreal,” said Arona.
“My goal that I’ve always
had is to play for the Cook
Islands, I just never thought
it would happen this year.
Another goal was to get to
the final with the Bulls and
to make the residents team,
so for all of that to happen in
the space of five weeks has
been nuts.”
The Cook Islands squad
for the World Cup qualifying
match against the US
contains NRL regulars in
the form on Parramatta
Eels centre Brad Takairangi,
Brisbane Broncos centre Alex
Glenn and Eels second-rower
Mareta Niukore.
Arona – who was born in
New Zealand, but still has
many family members in
the Cook Islands – is already
familiar with many in the
squad after being a surprise
selection for the World Cup
Nines last month. He flew to
Sydney just three days before
the start of the tournament.
The side went on to defeat
Tonga and Fiji, but missed
out on a semi-final spot due
to a loss to pool winners
Samoa.
“All the write-ups were saying
we were dead in that pool
and teams should get an easy
win off us, but in the nines
game you just down know. We
ended up playing well and if
we beat Samoa we could have
got through to the finals and
played Australia. That would
have been massive.”
Cook Islands – which
avoided elimination by
defeating South Africa in
June – have previously made
World Cup appearances in
2000 and 2013.
The winner of Saturday’s
match will become the 16th
and final team to qualify for
the 2021 tournament.
HISTORY:
St Andrew’s
College will
play in the
Gillette Cup
national
tournament
for the first
time next
month.
St Andrew’s finally crack
Gillette Cup competition
• By Gordon Findlater
FOR ST Andrew’s College
first XI coach Mike
Johnston, 18 years of
coming agonisingly close
was worth the
wait when his side
qualified for the
Gillette Cup for the
first time.
When St
Andrew’s defeated
Christ’s College
by 186 runs in
the Gillette Cup
Canterbury
regional qualifying final
at Mainpower Oval in
Rangiora they created
history.
St Andrew’s have never
qualified for the national
tournament, which has
Mike
Johnston
been the pinnacle of
secondary school cricket
since it was established in
1990.
“It’s taken a long time.
I’ve been to a lot of finals
before, but to finally
crack it is awesome,”
said Johnston.
The final against
Christ’s was the sixth
Johnston has been
involved in while
coaching the team.
Many have gone right
down to the wire and
one of the most heartbreaking
losses even
resulted in a draw.
That loss came in 2008
when the St Andrew’s
team, containing Black
Cap Henry Nicholls,
Wellington all-rounder
Logan van Beek and
Auckland pace bowler
Matt McEwan, lost in
a bowl off to St Bede’s
College which featured
Matt Henry.
The Gillette Cup
tournament will
take place at Lincoln
University and Hagley
Oval from December
1-6. St Andrew’s will
play the winners of the
regional qualifying
tournaments in Otago,
Central Districts,
Wellington, Auckland and
Northern Districts.
“Now we’ve got there our
aim is to perform really
well and hopefully we can
win it because we’ve got a
very well balanced side,”
said Johnston.
SENIOR RUGBY COACHING STAFF
SENIOR RUGBY COACHING STAFF
The Southern Rugby Club of Mid Canterbury is seeking
The expressions Southern Rugby of interest Club to fill of their Mid senior Canterbury team coaching is seeking
expressions of interest positions to for fill the their 2020 season senior team coaching
This season the
positions
Southern Stags
for
were
the
joint
2020
winners
season.
of the Luisetti Seeds
Combined Competition however due to new business commitments the
This season, the Southern Stags were joint winners of the
current coaching staff have sadly decided to stand down.
Luisetti Seeds Combined Competition, however due to new
business
Southern
commitments
is a great country
the
run
current
club with huge
coaching
support
staff
from
have
our loyal
sadly
community. This year we celebrated 25 years of the successful merger
decided to stand down.
of Hinds and Mayfield rugby clubs.
Southern Expressions is a great of country interest to run Club club President with Phil huge Cushnie support at from
our loyal community. southernrfc@gmail.com This year or we phone celebrated 0274 399 25 555years of the
successful merger of Hinds and Mayfield rugby clubs.
Expressions of interest to Club President, Phil Cushnie at
southernrfc@gmail.com or
phone 0274 399 555.

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Solution 309: ani, ant, anti, bait, ban, bat, baton,
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bin, bio, biota, bit, boa, boat, bot, into, ion, iota,
nab, nib, nit, not, oat, obi, OBTAIN, tab, tan, tin, ton.
T H E P U Z Z L E
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1. Roughen (7)
5. Sombre in manner (5)
8. Plush (7)
9. Tilts (5)
10. Fragrance (5)
11. Exceptionally large (7)
12. Ridiculous (6)
14. Attractive object (6)
17. Surprise (7)
19. Negative (5)
T H E P U Z Z L E 22. Elevate (5)
C O M P A N Y
DECODER
22 23
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different letter of the alphabet.
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23. Funeral procession (7)
24. Finger (5)
25. Sun shade (7)
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all squares with matching
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letters are represented by the
other numbers. As you get the
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bin, bio, biota, 12. Confident bit, boa, boat, (7) bot, into, ion, iota,
nab, nib, nit, 13. not, Economical oat, obi, (7) OBTAIN, tab, tan, tin, ton.
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18. 120-character e-message (5)
20. Requirements (5)
21. Enchantment (5)
10 11
12 13 14 15
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17 18 19 20 21
8. Plush (7)
9. Tilts (5)
10. Fragrance (5)
11. Exceptionally large (7)
12. Ridiculous (6)
14. Attractive object (6)
17. Surprise (7)
19. Negative (5)
22. Elevate (5)
23. Funeral procession (7)
24. Finger (5)
25. Sun shade (7)
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1. Annoyed (5)
2. Severe (5)
3. Refuge (7)
4. Idea (6)
5. Divided (5)
DECODER
Each number represents a
different letter of the alphabet.
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numbers. Now work out which
6. Stronghold (7)
7. Esteem (7)
12. Confident (7)
13. Economical (7)
15. Fan (7)
16. Military police officer (colloq) (6)
18. 120-character e-message (5)
20. Requirements (5)
21. Enchantment (5)
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grid and the reference grid.
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the alphabet.
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allowed. There's at least one six-letter word.
TODAY
Good 17 Very Good 23 Excellent 29
Solution 309: ani, ant, anti, bait, ban, bat, baton,
bin, bio, biota, bit, boa, boat, bot, into, ion, iota,
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Haval H2 – SUV that won’t break the bank
HAVAL HAS only been in the
Kiwi marketplace for a couple
of years but already it has made
quite an impression, I’ve seen a
lot of the brand on Christchurch
roads and the motoring public are
certainly aware of its presence.
Strictly speaking, Haval
is not new; it’s a subsidiary
company of the Chinese Great
Wall conglomerate and the
nameplate is dedicated to sport
utility vehicles only. That’s no
surprise as the global market has
an insatiable appetite for SUVs
and China will capitalise on that
demand.
Haval is represented here in
three body styles, effectively small
to large. This evaluation focuses on
the entry-level model, the H2.
The Haval H2 is the car that will
get you into the brand without
breaking the bank. It is available
here in two specifications,
effectively low and high grade. The
entry-level model is listed at just
$25,990, while an extra $2000 will
buy you leather trim (heated front
seats, also electrically adjustable),
dual zone climate control, uprated
audio and a few other healthy
specification items.
The test car was the upspec
H2, and those features sit over
and above what could well be
Motoring
Ross Kiddie
considered good specification in
the first instance. There’s a raft of
inclusions even in the standard
model, such as keyless entry and
ignition, sunroof, cruise control,
tyre pressure monitoring and
Isofix child seat tethers. This last
feature is part of a substantial
safety package that has earned
the H2 a five-star Australasian
New Car Assessment Program
rating. That being the case, you
know Haval has been proactive in
building safety into its models.
Under the bonnet sits a
turbocharged 1.5-litre fourcylinder
engine and it drives
through a traditional six-speed
automatic gearbox.
Haval claims 110kW (5600rpm)
and 210Nm (2200-4500rpm)
power outputs, and if you look at
the areas where those figures are
supplied you easily come to the
conclusion that the makers have
put a lot of development work
into
the driveline so that it works with
a broad flow of energy.
It is also an engine that works
sweetly. Well, that’s no surprise,
at 1497cc there’s not a lot of
reciprocating mass so it works
quietly and with fluid turbo
boost. There’s no lag, and the
engine management protocols
HAVAL H2: Part of a comprehensive range of models from
Chinese conglomerate Great Wall.
work in harmony with the sixspeeder
so that gear changes are
instant and structured so that
respectable acceleration can be
gleaned.
On that subject, the H2 will
reach 100km/h from a standstill
in 10.5sec and will make 120km/h
from 80km/h in 6.2sec.
There are three drive modes,
all self explanatory – eco, normal
and snow. I chose normal mode
for most of my evaluation drive,
however, if you are conscious
about fuel use, eco mode will dull
throttle response.
Unlike its bigger stablemates,
some of which have four-wheeldrive,
the H2 is a front-wheeldrive
model only, however, I must
make mention of the suspension
engineering. Full marks to
Haval, the rear end of the H2
is a fully independent system,
offering suspension freedom and
promoting a high degree of both
handling and in-cabin comfort.
The spring and damper rates
are only mildly firmed, but there
is still just enough damping
so that gravitational forces are
arrested when tricky corners are
encountered.
I took the test car on the loop
using some of my favourite high
country roads and I was hugely
impressed with its road manners
and civilised nature.
It is quiet on the highway
and steers directly, there’s a lot
of rubber on the road through
Korean-made Kumho tyres
(235/55 x 18in), and feedback
through the steering is decidedly
• Price – Haval H2, $27,990
• Dimensions – Length,
4335mm; width, 1814mm;
height, 1695mm
• Configuration – Fourcylinder,
front-wheeldrive,
1497cc, 110kW,
210Nm, six-speed
automatic.
• Performance –
0-100km/h, 10.5sec
• Fuel usage – 9l/100km
informative.
On my highway loop the
engine ticks over at just 2000rpm
at 100km/h and it uses fuel at
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(42mpg), which is not too distant
from the norm for an engine of
this size.
My week-long average of
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with Haval’s combined cycle
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Those figures aren’t outstanding
given the engine isn’t big, but I
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If you’re looking to buy, Lampen-Smith says
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the property, including getting someone to help
you understand the outcome of any report on the
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“In some cases, issues are noted on property
reports but buyers are in such a hurry that they miss
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If a report uncovers an issue, he suggests getting
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seller on price.
If you end up buying a property and discover
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estate agent failed to tell you about, Lampen-Smith
says the first step is to write down what happened
when you bought the property.
“Gather all the relevant documentation, such as the
building report, the LIM and the sale and purchase
agreement,” Lampen-Smith says.
“If the property was sold by a licensed real estate
agent, make notes of any conversations you had
with them. If the property was sold privately, make
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information you have about the property, such as a
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Mon to Fri 9am - 5pm
Registered Master Builders
House of the Year Multi Gold
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(03) 341 3000 or 029 201 2453
www.homesbyparklane.co.nz
Jennian Homes -
Canterbury North
Rolleston
7 Lemonwood Drive, Faringdon
Wed to Sun 12pm - 4pm
Rangiora
9 Westpark Boulevard
Wed to Sun 12pm - 4pm
www.jennian.co.nz
First Homes - Christchurch
St Albans
39 Sherborne Street
Open Tues to Sat 10am - 4pm
Ph 021 575 545
chchsales@firsthomes.co.nz
www.firsthomes.co.nz
Cambridge Homes
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17 Durells Crescent
Silverstream, Kaiapoi
Mon to Sun 11am - 4pm
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thE
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guidE
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Phone
379 6159
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Building Supplies
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Boating Accessories
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boat, good cond. $600. Ph
027 2014 713 or 03 980
1676
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today 027 488-5284.
Cars
$1,501 - $4,000
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Church Notices
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182 Edgeware Road
Sunday Service
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Address
Janet A
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Address
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All Welcome
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$600 ono. Ph 027 2851
640
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Commital service with cremation $3,950
Chapel service with cremation $6,500
Family burial service from $3,400
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Garage Sales
AVONDALE 79 Warratah
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shoes, h/hold items,
furniture.
PAPANUI 28A Grassmere
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up drive 28A Grassmere
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for first 30 purchasers!
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Gardening
& Supplies
Save your
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by using
Magic Mulch
“This Product Sucks”
at all leading
garden centres
Instructions at
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Thursday November 14 2019 The Star 37
• Phone our local team 03 379 1100
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for our brochure
or email
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Gardening
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TREE & HEDGE
SERVICES
• Trees removed
• Trees pruned
• Storm damage
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• Free quotes
Ph Justin
021 221 4344
Handy Person
Services
Tired of that dripping
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windows?Sick of looking
at that broken gate &
fence?Help is at hand!Ph
John on 021 149 0986 for
an obligation free quote to
ease your mind.
Gardening
& Supplies
A GARDEN OR
LANDSCAPING TIDY
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tree pruning, Lawns,
Gardening, consistently
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service. Nick’s Garden
Maintenance. Keeping
your garden beautiful.
Free Quote. Ph. 942-4440
& 022 264 7452
GARDENING
Mature female. $18
per hour, Northcote &
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03 352 2590
MONDO GRASS Black.
Large pots full. $5. Ph
352-2590
PETE’S GARDENING
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rubbish removal, cleanups,
expert pruning, hedge
trimming, tree cutting,
good rates, no job too big
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of a franchise. Compost
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027 551 4118
Health & Beauty
Anxiety, Depression,
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Otakaro Healing Arts. Ian
021 684 885
Massage
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8am-8pm ph 027 723 5756
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Call Simon
021 154 8281
CASH FOR
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Call Matt at
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134a Riccarton Rd
0800 39 24 26
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quality furniture, beds,
stoves, washing machines,
fridge freezers. Same day
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Phone 980 5812 or 027
313 8156
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china, coins, medals,
furniture, furs, jewellery,
tools, old photos, estate.
Ph 385-5117
ACADEMY ANTIQUES
Buying estates, antiques,
old china, crystal, art,
Royal Doulton , Royal
Albert etc. Best prices,
free appraisal. Call Rob
349-4229
ALL whiteware wanted.
Same day service, cash
paid for freezes, fridges,
washing machines, ovens.
Also buying furniture &
h/hold effects.Anything
considered. Ph Dave 960-
8440, 027 66 22 116
A RECORDS Wanted
top cash prices paid for
good records. No easy
listening. Please ph 027
624 1138
Pets & Supplies
CATS UNLOVED
can help with the cost
of desexing your cat.
Ph 3555-022 or email
catsunloved@xtra.co.nz
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uniforms, badges, medals,
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memoribilia, WW2 or
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or Mobile. Please contact TOOLS, Garden garage,
Jobee 027 290 9246 www. saw benches, Lathes. Cash
computertutor.nz buyer Phone 355-2045
Tours
AUTUMN COLOURS Tour: 24 th April–2 nd May 2020
9 days, Hokitika, Mount Cook and Queenstown
Includes Tranz Alpine Train, Premium hotels.
Early bird special price $2900.00pp Twin Share
CHRISTMAS 4 Day Tour: 29 th Dec – 1 st Jan
Including Greymouth Punakaiki overnight Westport, Buller
Gorge Wairau Valley, Two nights Blenheim Kaikoura Coast.
TASMANIA Tour: 14 th - 25 th April 2020
12 days quality coach travel, National parks, Cradle
Mountain, Gordon River Cruise, Strahan. Early Bird
Special price $4750.00 Twin Share including Flights
Day tours 2019
Homebush Estate 30th October $40.00, Long Beach
Station Garden, 6th November $35.00, Hororata
Highland Games 9 November $36.00
Call Reid Tours 0800 446 886
Email: reidtours@xtra.co.nz www.reidtours.com
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COLOUR
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38 The Star Thursday November 14 2019
Select Services
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blocking & damaging your spouting
Quality materials: BHP Colorbond steel mesh with
unique patented louvre will even keep out pine needles.
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range of colours.
Proven in Australia & New Zealand over the last 15 years.
FOR SAFE, PURE DRINKING
WATER FROM YOUR ROOF.
NOW AVAILABLE: STAINLESS STEEL
MICO MESH
Call Rohan anytime Mon-Sat for a
no-obligation assessment & quote
03 982 8850 0800 486532
www.gumleaf.co.nz
DIRTY
TILES &
GROUT?
Our unique restoration processes will make your
tiled areas look BRAND NEW again!
We provide cost effective makeovers for showers,
bathrooms, kitchens or any other tiled areas.
Tiled Shower Makeovers
Professional Tile & Grout Cleaning
Re-Colouring of existing Grout
Tile/Grout Sealing
Tile/Grout Repairs
Silicone Replacement
Garage Carpet Installation
For your FREE no obligation quote contact
DARRYL
Trades & Services
0800 882 772
darryl.p@groutpro.co.nz
HOME SERVICES
Driveways
SWAINS
KIWI KERB
(Since 2005)
Over 22 Years Experience
Quality
Workmanship
• Driveways
• Kerb &
Channel
• Garden Edging
Builder
BUILDers
“A local looking after locals”
• Licenced builder with 20 years
experience in renovations,
alterations and extensions
• A creative craftsman who is
attentive to detail
• Quotes the job, does the job
• Works with all budgets
Andrew Drewitt
Ph: 021 395 324
Email: ad_designs@hotmail.com
Freephone: 0800 081 400
swainskiwikerb@gmail.com
Your guide to our LOCAL & TRUSTED
Trades & Professional Services
• New homes
• Extensions
• Renovations
To advertise: Phone 379 1100 or email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
Excavations
• Driveways
• Car Parks
• Site Cleaning
• Demolition
• Farm Tracks
• Drain Cleaning
• Stump & Hedge
Removal
• Ashpalt Concrete
Builder
Brandon Taw
Phone 027 370 2572
enquiries@tawbuilders.co.nz
www.tawbuilders.co.nz
Wide range
oF TruckS
• Light Commercial
• Repairs and
Maintenance
• Tennis Courts &
Swimming Pools
• Chip Seal Driveways
• Diggers – 2 Ton
up to 20 Ton
• Excavators
• Bobcat & Drilling
• For Posthole &
Fence hole
For a Free Quote
on your next project
Phone Steve on 021 338 247
or 325 7922
Free
QuoTe
concrete & paving
• Driveways
• Earthquake repairs
• New Home Specialists
• Patios & Paths
tel: 0508 873 7483
email: sales@affordableconcrete.co.nz
www.affordableconcrete.co.nz
house and garden
home
cleaning
gardening
services available
throughout
christchurch
your one stop shop for home services
www.anextrapairofhands.co.nz
info@anextrapairofhands.co.nz
0800 535 355
• Window Cleaning
• Pest Control
• Meth Testing
• Full House/Building
Washing
• Moss & Lichen Spraying
• Gutter Cleaning
• Waterblasting
• Carpet Cleaning
(all services up to 3 storeys)
0800 155 166 | 027 714 4812
www.facebook.com/aplusservicesnz
admin@aplusservicesnz.com
www.aplusservicesnz.com
PAINTING & TILING
• PAINTING • TILING
• PLASTERING
• WALLPAPERING
Phone Kevin Steel
• Interior/Exterior
• New Homes & Repaints
• Quality workmanship assured
• Correct preparation always undertaken
• 20+ years experience
• Earthquake repairs
(Painting/Plastering/Wallpapering/Tiling)
Ph 381 7417 or 027 216 8946
www.facebook.com/kevinsteelpainters&decorators
PLUMBING &
DRAINAGE
SERVING
CHRISTCHURCH
AND WIDER
CANTERBURY REGION
WITH QUALITY
WORKMANSHIP
AND SERVICE.
PHONE HAMISH BALDWIN
027 636 3499
PLUMBER
NEED A PLUMBER
Call us now for fast friendly service.
Get your problems sorted out
quick smart - on time!!
Phone for a
FREE
quote now.
Phone 03 377 1280 | Mobile 021 898 380
Towing
TRADES
tree services
“I WILL TURN UP
WHEN I SAY I WILL”
Need a certified and reliable plumber for filtration
systems or hot water cylinder replacement?
Bathroom upgrades or refurbishments?
FREE CALL
TEXT
EMAIL
0508 H2O BOY
426 269
027 245 5100
NICK@NICKJONESPLUMBING.CO.NZ
For safe, damage free
car transportation
call Ashley’s Tow Taxi
Special care for special cars
ASHLEY’S TOW TAXI
Breakdown & Relocation
0800 TOW TAXI • 0800 869 8294
Advertise your
business & services
in Christchurch’s
best read &
largest circulation
newspaper
Delivered into over 93,000
Christchurch homes every week.
Ask us about our fantastic
cost affordable packages.
Phone: 03 379 1100 | www.star.kiwi
TREE STUMP
GRINDING
TREE REMOVALS
Qualified Arborist
Insured - FREE quotes
Phone Mark 022 085 0300
E info@superiorstumps.co.nz
www.superiorstumps.co.nz

Thursday November 14 2019 The Star 39
Your guide to our LOCAL & TRUSTED
Trades & Professional Services
To advertise: Phone 379 1100 or email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
DECORATORS
PAINTER
Michael Kelly Painters
Locally owned and
operated family
business.
25+ years Experience
• Painting • Wallpapering
• Interior • Exterior
Free Quotes
New Paint • Repaints
Wallpapering • Fences
Repairs • Feature Walls
Floor & Roof Painting
Spray Painting
Light Commercial
Restoring Timber
Selwyn based but service the whole of Canterbury
www.andertondecorators.co.nz
www.facebook.com/andertondecorators
027 724 6846 027 PAINTIN
Phone
Michael 0212 649 492
michaelkellypainter@hotmail.co.nz
PLUMBER
New housing
Renovations
General maintenance
Hot water cylinders
Gas hot water conversions
Competitive rates, Free quotes
Phone: 021 403 470
Web: www.scottsplumbing.nz
Email: scott@scottsplumbing.nz
VIDEO PRODUCTION
business video
PRoduCTion
A video will bring your business alive & into your
customers mind.
Promote your services or business with a
professionally created video with us
• Corporate and Business
video a speciality
• Competitive rates
• 25 years experience
• Start to finished product
• Professional quality
guaranteed
PHone KeRRY 021 635 083
Painters and Decorators Ltd
Canterbury Owned and Operated
A husband and wife team
Specializing in:
• Roof Painting
• Interior/exterior
residential
• Small commercial
painting
Noel 027-411-3596
kemp.painters@gmail.com
kemp painters and decorators
WINDOW TINTING
tintawindow
advanced film solutions
99% uv block
fade protection
heat control
reduce glare
25 Years Experience
DRIVEWAYS
Exposed Aggregate
Stamped Concrete Plain
Concrete Resurfacing
Things we offer...
Competitive/affordable pricing
Attention to detail
Professional service
free quotes/insurance scopes
Cell 0278 145 848
www.drivecrete.co.nz
PAINTERS
ROOF REPAIRS
privacy films
frosting designs
non-darkening films
Workmanship Guaranteed
Lifetime Warranties on Most Films
UV
block
We offer
free quotes
Quality not
Quantity
Locally owned & operated with
over 30 years experience.
• Extensions & repair • Roof coating
• Concrete & clay tiles • Butynol
• Malthoid • Asbestos Certified
• Coloursteel • Old iron • Guttering
Phone Dave 981 0278
or 021 223 4200
E: dave@beaumontroofing.co.nz
BEAUMONT ROOFING LTD
Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts
03 365 3653 0800 368 468
Trades & Services
•Re Roofing
•Roof Repairs
•Spouting
Approved Age Concern provider
Over 30 years experience
Licensed Building Practitioner
N A BARRELL
ROOFING LTD
Ph: 349 9778 or 0275 389 415
Email: nabroofing@xtra.co.nz
NORTH CANTERBURY
PLASTIC WELDING
All plastic and fibre
glass repairs.
James De’Ath
021 180 5103
EXPERIENCED
GARDENER
(Kevin Garnett)
30 Years
Christchurch Botanic
Gardens.
ALL landscape
work done.
Maintenance, pruning,
tidy up, lawn work,
landscape planning
and planting etc.
Free Quotes
Phone 348 3482
30 years + experience
Older house
restorations:
no problem!
Quotes: FREE!
Rates: Reasonable
Paint supplied at
trade price!
NO JOB TOO SMALL
Light industrial also
Roger Brott
Painter & Decorator
021-1966-311
• Commercial Carpet Cleaning
• Residential Carpet Cleaning
• Upholstery Cleaning
• Stain & Odor Removal
• Tile & Grout Cleaning
NEED HELP
WITH YOUR
CARPET CLEAN?
Simply give us a call
on 021 035 8989
We will get the job done
in a professional way.
ROOF
PAINTING
Rope & harness
a speciality,
no scaffolding
required,
30 years of
breathtaking
experience.
FREE QUOTES
Exterior staining,
exterior painting,
moss and mould
treatment and
waterblasting
Phone Kevin
027 561 4629
Trades & Services
AAA HANDYMAN
licensed carpenter
LBP, all property and
building maintenance,
repairs, bathroom/shower
installations, with free
quotes 03 383 1927 or 027
245 5226 ciey@xtra.co.nz
AFFORDABLE
BATHROOM
COMPANY
• Excellent Communication
• Fixed price quotes
For bathroom renovations
Contact the experts
027 247 9947
abby@affordablebathrooms.co.nz
www.affordablebathrooms.co.nz
Trades & Services
BUILDER
Qualified, licensed, and
insured. jmhbuilders.co.nz
Ph 020 400 96143
BUILDER QUALIFIED
50 yrs exp. Bathrooms,
Kitchens, Renovations,
Repairs & Extensions
Free quotes. Discount for
pensioners. Ph Mike 03
980 9771 or 027 2266 930
CARPET LAYING
Exp. Repairs, uplifting,
relaying, restretching.
Phone John on 0800
003181, 027 240 7416
jflattery@xtra.co.nz
CARPENTER
BUILDER
Licensed Building
Practitioner no. 100981.
All carpentry & building
repairs & maintenance.
Alterations & property
upgrades.Laundries /
bathroom / kitchens
replaced. Specialising in
replacement of all rotten
timber, fascia boards,
window, windowsills etc.
John Sandford, ph 329
4616, mob 027 5189 598
johnsandford2@gmail.
com
CARPETLAYER
35yrs experience. Special
rates for seniors. Prompt
service. Ph 021 046 0231
CHRISTMAS TREE
DELIVERY SERVICE
$55. Live 5 ft -7ft. Taking
orders for December. Ph
Mike 021 1407 813
CLEANING
Handyman Service,
maintenance , repairs,
ph027-476-1603
CLEANING
Handyman Service,
maintenance , repairs,
ph027-476-1603
CONCRETE CUTTING
Affordable Concrete
Cutting with Quality, and
removal work. Free quote.
No job to small. Phone 027
442-2219, Fax 359-6052
a/h 359- 4605
Trades & Services
ELECTRICIAN
Prompt & reliable
registered electrician
with 24 years experience
for all residential and
commercial work, new
housing and switch board
replacements. Phone Chris
027 516 0669
ELECTRICIAN
Available, 30 years
experience, immediate
start, competitive rate,
ph Brian 027 433 9548
No Call out fee
ELECTRICIAN
All types of domestic
& commercial work
undertaken, new housing,
alterations, extensions,
ranges, security lights,
quick response, efficient
service, free quotes,
city -wide. No call out
fee. M/S, 8-5. Call Pat
Barrett 03 359 2087/ 027
7331384.
FENCING / TRELLIS
25 yrs exp. Fencing &
trellis, all styles & gates.
Ph Mark 0273 313 223
FENCING , DECKS &
HOME RENO’S
All types of fencing.
decking & reno’s. Free
quotes. Ph Jim 022 137
1920
FENCING
Quality timber fencing -
gates & repairs, ph Ryan
027 951 8892
FENCING & DECKS
Highly exp, quality
assured. All jobs
considered. Ph Aaron 022
037 1703
FURNITURE MOVERS
two men and a good size
truck $157 per hour (incl)
GST Call Gerard 027 668
3636 movemen.co.nz
GEORGE THE
CARPENTER
For Pre Christmas jobs.
Decks, doors, int/ext
linings.Prfer Cashmere
area.Ph 022 5659249
GLAZIER
Glass repairs - pet doors
- conservatory roofs. Exp
Tradesman. Call Bill on
022 413 3504 or 981-1903
HANDY - DAN
General Handyman for
all your maintenance
requirements. I specialise
in fences and decking, also
do spouting cleans and
repairs and everyday home
maintenance. NO JOB TO
BIG OR SMALL I can do
it all, please don’t hesitate
to call me on 022 600 7738
for a no obligation free
quote.
HANDYMAN
All handyman services eg:
drippy taps, sticky doors,
locks, moss spraying etc.
Discount for pensioners.
Ph 390 1565 or 022 5275
668
HANDYMAN
REPAIRMAN
20 yrs exp.No job too
small.Prompt service.
On site engineering &
welding a speciality.
Reasonable rates.Free
quotes.Ph Wayne 9813873
/0272853083
HANDYMAN
For all those odd jobs, ph
027 476 1603
HOME SERVICES
Building & Landscaping,
Plastering & Painting.
Small jobs our speciality.
Pensioner discounts.
Available 7 days a week.
Contact Rick 027 241 5885
or email BandR Building
and Landscaping@yahoo.
com
Trades & Services
LANDSCAPING
Paving, Lawns, Irrigation,
Decking, Fencing.
Kanga & small digger
services. Check out Squire
Landscaping on facebook.
FREE QUOTES. Ph
Arthur 347-8796, 027 220-
7014 Edwin 027 220- 7154
LANDSCAPING
For decking, fencing,
driveways, paving,
stonework, landscaping
design, trimming, lawns,
sprinklers, maintenance
and so much more call for
a free quote. Cornerstone
Landscaping. Peter 0210
2622 754 or John 0211
072 288 cornerstone land
scaping chch@gmail.com
LANDSCAPING
Paving, Lawns, Irrigation,
Decking, Fencing.
Kanga & small digger
services. Check out Squire
Landscaping on facebook.
FREE QUOTES. Ph
Arthur 347-8796, 027
220-7014 Edwin 027 220-
7154
LAWNMOWING
You Grow I Mow. Free
quotes. Ph / text Chris 021
252 1801
LAWNMOWING
Clean ups, fence staining,
painting int & ext.Building
LBP. Ph John 027 224
2831
LAWN MOWING
Garden and rental property
tidy ups, hedge trimming.
Call Glen at Bottle Lake
Lawn Mowing. Ph 027
499 7571
LAWN SCARIFYING
Get yur lawns ready for
summer today. Best prices
in town for scarifying.
Ph 342 4056 or 012 088
91481
OVEN CLEANING
Professional cleans
$50.00. Gift Vouchers
avail. Phone 0800 683-
6253 or 027 228-0025
PAINTING
PLASTERING
Free quotes. Int/ext &
roof painting Family run
business, work guaranteed.
Pensioner discounts. Ph
Kerin or Paul 022 191
7877 or 379-1281. Website
www.swedekiwipainting.
co.nz
PAINTING
All jobs, none too small.
Free quotes Affordable
rates. Seniors discounts.
James 0220 652 637
PAINTING
Indoor / Outdoor, over 30
yrs exp, same day quotes,
ph Steve 021 255 7968
PAINTER
50 yrs combined exp.
New, older homes, int ,ext.
Locals working for locals.
We stand by Canterbury.
Ph Wayne 027 274 3541 /
385 4348
PAINTING
Small - Medium jobs, ph
027 476 1603
PAINTER QUALIFIED
local professional, Int /
Ext,roofs,wallpaller, call
or text Corban 027 846
5035
PLASTERER
Phone Finn the interior
plasterer small job
specialist, holes, cracks,
renovatons, alterations.
Canty born. Ph 022
0874351
PLASTERING (INT)
in all aspects of Interior
Experience and
Excellence. Small to
Medium job specialists
Plastering. Please call Tim
020 4183 8909

40 The Star Thursday November 14 2019
The Star Classifieds
Trades & Services
PLASTER MASONRY
PAINTING, TILING,
WALLPAPERING
Roofing & Brick
Repairs, Stucco, Fixing,
Stopping, Cracks &
Holes. Small jobs ok.
30 yrs exp . Free quotes.
Home Handyman. Gary
3428950 / 021 529 022
PLASTERER
Phone Finn the interior
plasterer small job
specialist, holes, cracks,
renovatons, alterations.
Canty born. Ph 022
0874351
REMOVALS
Small furniture removals,
have own van, can fit
various types of whiteware
appliances, some furn,
bedding, boxes etc, honest
& reliable, any area
considered, ph Chch 027
517 7001
ROTARY HOEING
Vege gardens, new
sections. Ph Dave 382
5779
RUBBISH REMOVAL
Van & Trailer Rubbish
Removal. Free quotes. Ph
Gary 342-8950, 021 529
022
SPOUTING
CLEANING
Spouting Unblocked,
Cleaned Out and Flushed
Out. Call Trevor 332 8949
or 021 043 2034
SPOUTING CLEANING
SPECIALIST
15 years experience.
Hundreds of happy
customers. Ring or text Jo
021 164 0365
SPOUTING
Select Spouting
The PVC specialist.
Repairs & replacement. Ph
022 197 2351
SUPERIOR LAWNS &
GARDENS
Lawnmowing from $10.
Section clean ups. Weekly,
fortnightlly, monthly.We
do it all. Ph 342 4056 or
021 088 91481
TREE SERVICES
Free quotes 20+ yrs exp.
Tree, hedge or shrub
- reduction, shaped or
removed. Ph/text Paul
The Branch Manager
0274314720
TREE TRIMMING
AND REMOVAL
Hedges cut, pruning. 20
yrs exp. Ph Alister 359
3090 ABT Tree Services
Date Time Board and Venue
18 10am Banks Peninsular Community Board, Little River Service Centre,
4238 Christchurch-Akaroa Road, Little River
18 4.30pm Coastal-Burwood Community Board, Boardroom,
Cnr Beresford and Union Streets, New Brighton
18 4.30pm Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board,
Trades & Services
Fendalton
Situations
Service
Vacant
Centre, Cnr Jeffreys and Clyde
Public
Roads, Fendalton
Notices
19 4.30pm Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board,
WINDOW CLEANING
Fendalton Service Centre, Cnr Jeffreys and Clyde Roads, Fendalton
Average 3 brm house
19
inside or out from $40. DRIVETECH 5pm Spreydon-Cashmere Community LTDBoard, Boardroom, CHRISTIAN
Both from $70 Phone
Beckenham Service Centre, 66 Colombo Street, SPIRITUALIST
Beckenham
Trevor 344-2170
22
“TRAINING
9.15am Papanui-Innes
TOMORROWS
Community
DRIVERS TODAY”
Board, Papanui Service Centre,
Cnr Langdons Road and Restell Street, Papanui
CHURCH
Situations Vacant
25 3pm Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Board, 182 Edgeware Road
CLEANERS Small HEAVY TRAFFIC
Linwood Boardroom, 180 Smith Street, Woolston AGM
quality cleaning business Class 2, 3, 4 & 5 Vehicle Recovery, Wheels,
21st November
requires additional parttime
staff. Applicants must the meetings. Members of the public are welcome to attend any All of Welcome
Copies of the
Tracks,
agendas
Rollers
will
&
be
Dangerous
available
Goods.
online and to the public at 7pm
be honest, reliable, and these meetings.
hardworking. Please email
FORKLIFT ENDORSEMENT (F & OSH)
CV and contact details to To make a deputation or presentation at a Community Board Public Notices
m.coster@xtra.co.nz by meeting Driving ring the related call centre Health on 03 & Safety 941 8999 training. or email CHRISTMAS TREE
the 22nd November info@ccc.govt.nz.
Passenger, Logbook & Load Security training.
Interested Free Time Payments
(Terms and conditions apply)
CAR DRIVING LESSONS
• Pre Employment Assessments
• H&S Driver Assessments
• Advanced Driver Training
FREEPHONE 0508 2 DRIVE (37483) or 03 348 8481
info@drivetech.co.nz / www.drivetech.co.nz
Vehicles Wanted
0800 8200 600
www.pickapart.co.nz
• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
CAR REMOVALS
$$CASH PAID$$
CARS, VANS, UTES & 4X4 WANTED
NZ OWNED AND OPERATED FOR 24 YEARS
We use world class vehicle depollution systems
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Entertainment
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STAMP AND
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Cost excl gst
Press - mono Sat 16 Nov 67 Mandeville Street, Public Notice $407.38
Riccarton
Star - colour Thur 14 Nov Public Notice $297.67
First encounters with our native plants
Exhibition on now
Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch
Free entry; donations appreciated
www.canterburymuseum.com
DELIVERY SERVICE
$55. Live 5 ft -7ft. Taking
orders for December. Ph
Mike 021 1407 813
HOUSE & GARAGE
Cleanout. I’ll pick up for
free. Ph 022 510 5420.
Recycling Man. Charity
for Chch.
I, Mohit Kumar s/o
Gian Chand Wadhwa r/o
18A Peer Street, Upper
Riccarton, Christchurch
have changed my name to
Mohit Wadhwa.
The Philatelic Centre
Saturday 16th November
9am-12pm
Sellers tables available
Phone 027 6354 957
STAMP AND
POSTCARD FAIR
The Philatelic Centre
67 Mandeville Street,
Riccarton
Saturday 16th November
9am-12pm
Sellers tables available
Phone 027 6354 957
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Community Board
Meetings - November 2019
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The next meetings of the Community Boards will be held as follows:
COMMUNITY BOARDS
Date Time Board and Venue
18 10am Banks Peninsular Community Board, Little River Service
Centre, 4238 Christchurch-Akaroa Road, Little River
18 4.30pm Coastal-Burwood Community Board, Boardroom,
Cnr Beresford and Union Streets, New Brighton
18 4.30pm Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board, Fendalton
Service Centre, Cnr Jeffreys and Clyde Roads, Fendalton
19 4.30pm Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board, Fendalton
Service Centre, Cnr Jeffreys and Clyde Roads, Fendalton
19 5pm Spreydon-Cashmere Community Board, Boardroom,
Beckenham Service Centre, 66 Colombo Street, Beckenham
22 9.15am Papanui-Innes Community Board, Papanui Service Centre,
Cnr Langdons Road and Restell Street, Papanui
25 3pm Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Board,
Linwood Boardroom, 180 Smith Street, Woolston
Copies of the agendas will be available online and to the public at
the meetings. Members of the public are welcome to attend any of
these meetings.
To make a deputation or presentation at a Community Board
meeting ring the call centre on 03 941 8999 or email
info@ccc.govt.nz.
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Thursday November 14 2019 The Star 41
christchurch
GIG GUIDE
Thursday 14 - Wednesday 20 Nov 2019
Lunch & Dinner
All you can eat
7 days
Auckland alt-rock outfit, SKINNY HOBOS headline
the Summer Party 2019 at the Embankment Tavern
tomorrow evening. The party kicks off at 6pm.
Also appearing in the powerhouse line up are
Captives (Aus), Pieces of Molly (Chch),
Animalhead (Ak), Streakers (Chch), Enfire (Chch);
House of Mountain (Chch), Hawaiian Maiden (Chch).
Tickets at undertheradar.co.nz.
To add a listing, contact
Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or
027 458 8590
jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi
www.star.kiwi/whatson
ARMADILLO’S Beckenham,
155 Colombo St: Saturday 9pm -
INCOGNITO RockBand.
A ROLLING STONE, 579
Colombo St: Thursday 7pm -
Quiz. Monday 7pm - Quiz. Tuesday
7pm - Ara Music Arts Singer
Songwriters Year 1 & 2 Assessment
Showcase, free. Wednesday 7pm -
Traditional Irish Music Session.
BOOTLEG BEATLES (UK),
Christchurch Town Hall,
Kilmore St: Friday 7.30pm - The
Bootleg Beatles 2019 NZ Tour, (direct
from London), ticketed.
CASHMERE CLUB, 50
Colombo St: Thursday 7pm -
Cashmere Ukulele Group.
CASSELS BLUE SMOKE, 3
Garlands Rd: Friday 8pm -
Dominic Hoey, Michael Pedersen,
Omar Musa, ticketed. Saturday 8pm -
Greg Johnson’s Christmas Cocktail
Club, ticketed.
CHRISTCHURCH CASINO,
Victoria St: Thursday 6pm - Nyree;
9.15pm - Rockabella. Friday 7pm -
Stevie D; 10pm - Beatles Tribute
Show. Saturday 5pm - Mandi Miller;
10.30pm - Absolut. Sunday 5.30pm -
Sly Manhattan.
GBC, 110 Marshland Rd,
Shirley: Saturday 5.30pm - Rhonda
Campbell Duo.
CHRISTCHURCH TOWN
HALL, Kilmore St: Friday 7.30pm
- The Bootleg Beatles 2019 NZ Tour,
(direct from London), ticketed.
HORNBY WMC, 17 Carmen
Rd, Hornby: Saturday 4.15pm -
Barb (of Barross); 7.30pm - John
McCabe.
ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL, 145
Gloucester St: Saturday 2pm &
7.30pm - Imperial Russian Ballet
Company’s ‘Swan Lake’, ticketed.
JAMES HAY THEATRE,
Christchurch Town Hall,
Kilmore St: Friday 8pm -
Hermitude, ticketed.
KENSINGTON FUN HOUSE,
185 Manchester St: Friday 8pm
- Free Stand Up Comedy. Saturday
8pm - Stand Up Showcase, $10 entry.
Tuesday 8pm - Free Stand Up.
RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118
Racecourse Rd, Sockburn:
Saturday 7pm - Medium Rare.
Sunday 6pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke.
START YOUR DAY WITH US!
We are open from 6.30am every day
COOKED BREAKFASTS
from $19
LIVE MUSIC THIS SATURDAY 7PM
MEDIUM RARE
TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding St,
Hornby: Friday 8.30pm - Mojo
Rising. Saturday 8.30pm - End Game.
THE CRAIC IRISH BAR, 84
Riccarton Rd: Thursday 9.30pm -
Karaoke. Friday 10pm - Live music.
Saturday 10pm - Bobby the Sax Man.
Wednesday 9pm- Karaoke.
RESTAURANT & CAFÉ
THE EMBANKMENT, 181
Ferry Rd: Thursday 8pm - Titanic
(Kevin Emmett, Nick Buchanan, and
Peter K Malthus). Friday 6pm -
Summer Party 2019 feat. Skinny
Hobos (Akl); Captives (Aus); Pieces of
Molly; Animalhead (Akl); Streakers;
Enfire; House of Mountain; Hawaiian
Maiden, tickets at undertheradar.co.nz.
Tuesday 8pm - Karaoke. Wednesday
8pm - Titanic Kevin Emmett, Nick
Buchanan, and Peter K Malthus).
THE MILLER BAR, 308
Lincoln Rd, Addington:
Thursday 9.30pm - X-Files Duo.
Friday 9.30pm - Reckless Duo.
Saturday 9.30pm - Flat City
Brotherhood. Tuesday 7pm - Quiz
Night. Wednesday 7.30pm - Karaoke
with Lance Kiwi.
THE PAPANUI CLUB, 310
Sawyers Arms Rd: Sunday 3pm
- Julius Geezer. November 24 - King
Tubbs.
WOOLSTON CLUB, 43
Hargood St: Saturday 7.30pm -
Reboot.
WUNDERBAR, Lyttelton:
Friday 9pm - Show Day Supernova
feat. Genzed, door charge. Saturday
8pm - Raiza Biza Live with Mo Muse
& The Settlers, ticketed. Tuesday 7pm
- Open Mic.
‘Famous for
their roasts!’
FAMILY FRIENDLY
Kid’s Special
Two courses
Great Kids menu plus designated play area.
SENIORS SPECIAL
Two courses:
Soup/Roast or Roast/Dessert
Special available lunch only
Monday - Saturday 12pm - 2.30pm.
Conditions apply
$
13
$
22
Open daily from 6.30am - Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
The
RACECOURSE HOTEL
& Motorlodge
118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn,
Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150
www.racecoursehotel.co.nz
Bookings Essential PH 386 0088
fb.com/GardenHotelRestaurant www.gardenhotel.co.nz
IN THE BAR
HAPPY HOUR 5PM - 7PM DAILY
LIVE MUSIC THIS SATURDAY
5.30-7.30PM
Rhonda Campbell
Duo
LIVE SKY SPORT ON THE
GBC BIG SCREEN
IN THE CAFE
OUR CABINET ITEMS ARE HOMEMADE
CREATED FRESH ON SITE DAILY
Breakfast
AVAILABLE
FROM
9AM
DAILY
COFFEE
HAPPY
H O U R
2PM-4PM
DAILY $3.50
Offer available for a
limited time and includes
tea, hot chocolate
Lunch $12 Specials
MON: ROAST MEAL
TUE: FISH & CHIPS
WED: FISH BURGER
THU: ROAST MEAL
SAT: FISH & CHIPS
AVAILABLE FROM
11.30AM-2PM
FOR A LIMITED TIME
PHONE 385 8880 FIND US ON FACEBOOK fb.com/GBCCHCH
THE GARDEN HOTEL COMPLEX
110 MARSHLAND RD
www.gardenhotel.co.nz | phone 385 3132

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This Week at the
Hornby Club
let’s
eat
The Club Café
is open daily for
Lunch & Dinner
Bring the whole family!
CLUBS NEW ZEALAND WARMLY WELCOME MEMBERS,
THEIR GUESTS AND AFFILIATE CLUB MEMBERS.
Check Out These Club Café Dining Specials!
Mon, Tue, Wed
Midday to 2pm
Friday
Roast of the Day with veges
or Fish of the Day with
chips & salad
Add a dessert for
just $5
Saturday
Dinner Deal
Steak, Eggs
Chips &
Salad
Sunday
Coming Up
DINNER DEAL
What’s On @ Woolston
THIS SATURDAY 7.30PM
UPCOMING EVENTS
THIS SATURDAY
7.30PM
JOHN
McCABE
THIS SATURDAY
4.15PM
BARB
FROM
BARROSS
www.hornbywmc.co.nz/events
NEXT WEEKEND
SATURDAY 23 NOV
4.15PM: IAN MAC
7.30PM: UNHINGED
SUNDAY 24 NOV
1.30PM: HEART OF
COUNTRY
HWMC | ph 03 349 9026 | 17 Carmen Rd, Hornby
www.hornbywmc.co.nz | Members, guests & affiliates welcome
SATURDAY 30 NOVEMBER, 7.30PM
Part Two
TICKETS $20
AT THE CLUB
43 Hargood St, Woolston. Ph 03 389 7039
www.woolstonclub.co.nz
Follow us on Facebook
www.facebook.com/WoostonclubInc
RESTAURANT OPEN
Wednesday - Sunday from 5pm
Woolston Weeklies
TUE: STEAK, EGG, CHIPS
& PINT FOR $20
WED: HALF PRICE RIBS $10
THU: 2-4-1 PIZZA
FRI: KIDS DINE FREE
FRI:
1/2 CHOOK & CHIPS,
SLAW & GRAVY for $28
SUN: BUFFET ROAST
TWO COURSE $20
HOU S I E
TUESDAY 12.45PM
THURSDAY 7.30PM
FRIDAY 7.30PM
SATURDAY 12.30PM

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What s On
AT THE
CLUBS NEW ZEALAND WARMLY
WELCOME MEMBERS, THEIR GUESTS
AND AFFILIATE CLUB MEMBERS.
Become
a member
TODAY!
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT A
CLUB WITHIN THIS SECTION.
Cashmere Club
50 Colombo Street
THURSDAY
MEAT RAFFLES from 4pm
HAPPY HOUR 5pm-6pm
MEMBERS’
CASH
Ph 03 332 0092
E: cashmere@
cashmereclub.co.nz
DRAW $1600
REDRAW 6.15PM FRIDAY
6.15pm THURSDAY
IF NOT WON.
THURSDAY from 7pm
CASHMERE LOUNGE
CASHMERE UKULELE GROUP
NEW PLAYERS & SINGERS WELCOME
Christmas
Dine & Dance
Saturday 14th December
Three course
$60
BUFFET DINNER
Featuring
A TICKET
Five piece show band
with special guest
Trevor Dawe (keys)
BOOK NOW!
50 Colombo Street | Ph 03 332 0092
E: cashmere@cashmereclub.co.nz
www.cashmereclub.co.nz
Show
Weekend
at the Club
FRIDAY
OPEN 10AM SATURDAY
SUNDAY
SNACKS & LIGHT MEALS
AVAILABLE FROM 11AM
HAPPY HOUR 5-6PM EVERY DAY
FRIDAY
RAFFLES from 4PM
MEMBER’S CASH DRAW 6.15PM
HOUSIE 7PM
BUFFET DINNER $25pp FROM 5.30PM
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
LUNCH MENU 11.30-3PM
BUFFET DINNER $25pp FROM 5.30PM
SUNDAY KIDS EAT FREE
www.cashmereclub.co.nz

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Allessa Sofa + Ottoman
WAS $2999
NOW
$
1999
Clare 3 Seater
WAS $899
SUPER DEAL!
Tahiti
Cantilever Umbrella
WAS $649
NOW
$
399
SUPER DEAL!
SUPER DEAL!
NOW $
499
MORE SUPER DEALS IN STORE & ONLINE!
Buy now , pay in
2021!
Credit criteria, exclusions, fees, terms & conditions apply.
ALL OUTDOOR ON SALE
Palermo Low Dining Package
WAS $3440
NOW $
2886
ALL BEDROOM ON SALE
ALL DINING ON SALE
ALL LOUNGE ON SALE
ALL OFFICE ON SALE
SUMMER LOVING STOREWIDE SALE ON NOW! ENDS 25.11.19!
Shop
Online
Nationwide
Delivery
Finance
Options
Cnr Blenheim & Curletts Rds, Christchurch
Ph: 0800 TARGET (0800 827438)
targetfurniture.co.nz
Offers and product prices advertised here expire 25/11/19.
Sale excludes Manchester and Accessories.

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