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Circulation 93,000<br />
Thursday, <strong>December</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2019</strong><br />
Hayfever<br />
season in<br />
full force<br />
– pages 4 & 5<br />
Is this NZ’s<br />
first Asian<br />
prime minister?<br />
– page 3<br />
OUR NEW ZEALANDERS<br />
OF THE<br />
YEAR<br />
• By Barry Clarke,<br />
Editor in Chief<br />
Jim Manning<br />
WHEN IT comes to naming<br />
New Zealand’s most respected<br />
people for <strong>2019</strong>, Jim Manning<br />
and Scott Carmody must surely<br />
be at the top of the list.<br />
It was finally revealed this<br />
week the two senior constables<br />
were the police officers who<br />
put their lives on the line and<br />
stopped the alleged March 15<br />
terrorist.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir actions almost certainly<br />
stopped more carnage.<br />
In <strong>Star</strong> Media’s view, these two<br />
must surely share the accolade of<br />
New Zealander of the Year when<br />
it is announced next year.<br />
<strong>The</strong> semi-finalists are announced<br />
soon.<br />
Senior Constables Manning<br />
and Carmody can not talk<br />
publicly about their actions<br />
until the court case against the<br />
Australian accused of the two<br />
mosque attacks is over. <strong>The</strong> trial<br />
is scheduled for June next year.<br />
But this is how it unfolded.<br />
<strong>The</strong> pair were on armed<br />
training with other police,<br />
including specialist officers<br />
from Australia, in the former<br />
<strong>The</strong> Princess Margaret Hospital<br />
building in Cashmere.<br />
<strong>The</strong> hospital, full of rooms<br />
and rabbit warrens on multiple<br />
floors, is a perfect training location<br />
for police.<br />
When the gunman attacked<br />
at the Al Noor Mosque in<br />
Deans Ave, every available<br />
police officer in Christchurch<br />
was scrambled, including those<br />
training at Princess Margaret.<br />
<strong>The</strong> situation was chaotic.<br />
Police thought the gunman and<br />
accomplices could still be in the<br />
central city and resources were<br />
poured in there. <strong>The</strong>y were unaware<br />
the gunman was already<br />
closing in on his second target,<br />
the Islamic Centre on Linwood<br />
Ave.<br />
Instinct and experience told<br />
Scott Carmody<br />
Senior Constables Manning and<br />
Carmody the gunman would be<br />
on the move so they opted to stay<br />
wide of the central city.<br />
Between them they had more<br />
than 50 years experience in the<br />
police, serving in both rural<br />
communities and cities, and<br />
were no strangers to dealing<br />
with armed offenders. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
were calm and cool.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n reports came in of a<br />
second attack in Linwood.<br />
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AS A CHILD, Catherine Chu<br />
dreamed of becoming the<br />
country’s first Asian prime<br />
minister.<br />
Today, that dream remains an<br />
ambition of hers.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 23-year-old was elected as<br />
the youngest city councillor following<br />
the local body elections<br />
in October.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Riccarton Ward councillor<br />
said her parliamentary aspirations<br />
were with National. She is<br />
the party’s regional policy chair.<br />
She went to Canterbury University<br />
at 15, and was a full-time<br />
senior personal banker with<br />
ANZ by 18.<br />
Her parents moved to<br />
Christchurch from Seoul, South<br />
Korea, on March 14, 1995, exactly<br />
one year later Miss Chu and<br />
her twin sister Angela were born.<br />
She said not seeing anyone that<br />
looked like her as prime minister<br />
sparked her desire to one day<br />
lead the country.<br />
“I really wanted to be able to<br />
represent everyone and work for<br />
the country because I was quite<br />
patriotic and I realised there<br />
was nobody who was Asian who<br />
had done that, so that is where I<br />
think it came from,” she said.<br />
Encountering racism growing<br />
up made her realise the need for<br />
representation that reflected the<br />
population.<br />
“When I was little, because I<br />
was born and raised here I did<br />
not know I was Asian, I thought<br />
I was just Kiwi and the same as<br />
everyone else.<br />
“It’s not until you start growing<br />
up and getting racist comments<br />
that you start to wonder, why am<br />
I getting these comments?<br />
“That is when I realised I was<br />
Asian and then there was this<br />
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Cause of student’s death will remain unknown<br />
• By Sophie Cornish<br />
THE FAMILY of a university<br />
student whose body wasn’t<br />
discovered for several weeks<br />
will never know the cause of his<br />
death.<br />
Coroner Sue Johnson revealed<br />
part of her findings in Mason<br />
Pendrous’ death yesterday.<br />
Mr Pendrous, a Canterbury<br />
University student, died<br />
between August 26 and<br />
September 10, but his body<br />
was not found, in his room at<br />
Sonoda Hall of Residence, until<br />
September 23.<br />
A full post-mortem<br />
examination by forensic<br />
pathologist Christopher<br />
Lawrence was unable to<br />
determine the cause of the<br />
19-year-old’s death, due to the<br />
decomposition of his body,<br />
which showed and no injury or<br />
obvious cause of death.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> delay in finding Mason’s<br />
body meant that it the cause of<br />
his death is unable to be determined.<br />
His family will never<br />
Young councillor’s dream<br />
to become first Asian PM<br />
identity crisis where I did not<br />
know where to belong. I really<br />
felt like I belonged as a Kiwi but I<br />
was always being told things like<br />
go back home and I would think,<br />
but this is my home.”<br />
Statistics New Zealand predicts<br />
the Asian population will<br />
increase more than any other<br />
know what he died of,” Ms<br />
Johnson said.<br />
She also said it was<br />
“impossible” to know when<br />
exactly Mr Pendrous died.<br />
<strong>The</strong> delay in finding<br />
Mr Pendrous’ body led to<br />
international media attention<br />
and has prompted a number of<br />
investigations.<br />
ethnic group between 2013<br />
and 2038 with a projected<br />
rise from 540,000 to 1.2–1.4 million.<br />
She was unsure if this would<br />
benefit any parliamentary bid<br />
but hoped people would vote for<br />
her based on her skill set rather<br />
than ethnic background.<br />
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NEWS 3<br />
in brief<br />
Aggravated robbery<br />
offenders on run<br />
Four offenders who robbed<br />
a Spreydon bottle store with<br />
a large knife, hammer and<br />
spanner are still on the run.<br />
<strong>The</strong> group, who completely<br />
covered their identities, entered<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bottle-O on Lincoln Rd<br />
about 10.30pm on Saturday,<br />
threatened staff and stole a<br />
range of alcohol. Police believe<br />
they left the scene in a stolen<br />
vehicle, which was later found<br />
abandoned after crashing<br />
nearby. Nobody was injured in<br />
the robbery but employees were<br />
left shaken.<br />
Councillors to vote on<br />
their pay today<br />
City councillors are likely to<br />
be in for an 11 per cent pay<br />
rise today. <strong>The</strong> Remuneration<br />
Authority has allocated $1.8<br />
million towards the salaries<br />
of the deputy mayor and city<br />
councillors. City council staff<br />
have recommended deputy<br />
mayor Andrew Turner be paid<br />
$131,250 and city councillors<br />
$114,130. City councillors will<br />
have the final say on their pay<br />
increases during their council<br />
meeting today. Mayor Lianne<br />
Dalziel’s salary of $195,000 has<br />
already been finalised and has<br />
increased just under one per<br />
cent from $193,099.<br />
City council diversifies<br />
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<strong>The</strong> city council’s website can<br />
now be accessed using more<br />
than 14 different languages.<br />
Today a new translation service<br />
went live on the website. <strong>The</strong><br />
website can now be translated<br />
into Māori, simplified Chinese,<br />
French, Samoan, German,<br />
Japanese, Korean, Spanish,<br />
HIGH HOPES: City councillor Catherine Chu has the country’s top political job in her sights. Tagalog, Dutch, Hindi,<br />
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Arabic, Farsi, Dari and New<br />
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languages were identified as the<br />
city’s most spoken languages in<br />
the city council’s multicultural<br />
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NEWS<br />
Council’s<br />
credit rating<br />
upgraded<br />
THE CITY council has received<br />
its highest credit rating since the<br />
2011 earthquakes.<br />
International credit rating<br />
agency Standard and Poor’s has<br />
upgraded the city council’s financial<br />
rating to AA-. <strong>The</strong> city council<br />
previously held a rating of A+.<br />
Said city council general manager<br />
of finance and commercial<br />
Carol Bellette: “<strong>The</strong> new AArating<br />
from Standard & Poor’s<br />
shows we are in strong financial<br />
health and well-positioned to<br />
continue building on the momentum<br />
in Christchurch.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> earthquakes took a<br />
significant financial toll on the<br />
organisation and our credit rating<br />
was downgraded by Standard<br />
and Poor’s as a result. <strong>The</strong><br />
work we have done has put us<br />
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and closer to regaining the<br />
credit rating we had prior to the<br />
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“With the Global Settlement<br />
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our books, we are in a healthy<br />
financial position and that is<br />
reflected in the AA- rating<br />
that Standard & Poor’s have<br />
awarded us.”<br />
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Hayfever season nothing<br />
Hayfever season in<br />
Christchurch is in ‘full<br />
force.’ Louis Day reports<br />
on the allergy that strikes<br />
many<br />
METSERVICE pollen forecaster Dr<br />
David Fountain said the city was<br />
now at the peak of the grass pollen<br />
season following a slow start due to a<br />
cold spring.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> grasses didn’t grow and develop<br />
their flowering structures very<br />
quickly because of the cold temperatures<br />
following winter and suddenly<br />
you get a big high coming over and<br />
you get weeks of warm weather and<br />
away it goes.<br />
“It’s like spring being uncompressed,<br />
the cells in the flowering<br />
stalks expand the grass heads<br />
rise up and the pollen starts being<br />
produced and right now like I<br />
said it is just in full force,” he said.<br />
Mr Fountain said hayfever sufferers<br />
should be particularly wary of<br />
nor’westerly winds.<br />
“For Christchurch, the nor’wester<br />
brings air from the West Coast and<br />
over the ranges and then from the<br />
farmlands and the foothills so I<br />
think that is a danger.<br />
“However, the city is also well<br />
known for its cool sea breezes from<br />
the sea and they<br />
come from the<br />
east and they<br />
won’t bring any<br />
pollen, so in<br />
a way, the sea<br />
breeze is an advantage<br />
for hayfever<br />
sufferers.”<br />
Piki Te Ora GP<br />
Dr Pat McIntosh said they had noticed<br />
an increased number of patients<br />
with hayfever symptoms this year.<br />
“It seems to be a particularly bad<br />
season.<br />
“Another thing<br />
that we have<br />
noticed is that the<br />
nor’wester seems<br />
to enhance allergy<br />
problems and we<br />
have had a lot of<br />
those recently,”<br />
she said.<br />
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Maria McIntyre<br />
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they were experiencing an increased<br />
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She said when it came to hayfever,<br />
there was not one simple solution.<br />
“Dependent on what your<br />
symptoms are and what is most<br />
pronounced will influence what is the<br />
best medication to try.<br />
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to sneeze at for many<br />
“So for some people that<br />
suffer really severely, they may<br />
find their symptoms are best<br />
controlled with eye drops and a<br />
nasal spray and antihistamine<br />
tablets,” she said.<br />
Ms McIntyre said when it<br />
came to choosing particular<br />
brands there was not a particular<br />
stand out.<br />
“As far as picking the best one,<br />
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Ms McIntyre recommended<br />
keeping bedroom windows<br />
closed during mornings<br />
and driving to work with<br />
car windows shut to avoid<br />
pollen.<br />
“Another thing that I tell<br />
people for hayfever is that<br />
when we are out and about<br />
we often collect pollen in our<br />
hair. As we lie in bed rub it all<br />
across pillowcases and then<br />
breathe it all in throughout the<br />
night.<br />
“So rinse your hair at<br />
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people that struggle a lot then<br />
you can change your pilowcases.<br />
Effectively removing the pollen<br />
the best you can at night time<br />
can sometimes make that little<br />
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Malaghan institute professor<br />
Franca<br />
Ronchese<br />
said hayfever<br />
sufferers react<br />
to pollen<br />
as if it were<br />
a stinging<br />
insect.<br />
“Hayfever<br />
is a type<br />
of allergic<br />
disease where<br />
Franca<br />
Ronchese<br />
our immune system reacts to<br />
pollens instead of ignoring them.<br />
Immune cells produce allergic<br />
antibodies called IgE which<br />
react with the pollen, and cause<br />
the symptoms of hayfever,” she<br />
said.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> consequence is that we<br />
start sneezing, our eyes get itchy<br />
and watery, and we get a runny<br />
nose, which are all different ways<br />
for our body to try and push<br />
out or wash away the offending<br />
pollens.<br />
“Our body reacts as if the<br />
pollen was a stinging insect, or<br />
a tick or similar, which has to be<br />
removed.”<br />
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‘Like my eyes were on fire’<br />
• By Louis Day<br />
CODY LAING was working<br />
away on a retaining wall in<br />
Lyttelton when his eyes began<br />
to water.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Fulton Hogan labourer<br />
thought he was just tired as he<br />
rubbed his eyes.<br />
“I started to sneeze and my<br />
workmates started giving me a<br />
bit of grief because I was slowing<br />
the team down,” he said.<br />
In his first year living in<br />
Christchurch, he had only ever<br />
experienced very mild symptoms<br />
of hayfever before.<br />
“I’ve had the infrequent<br />
sneezing before, I wouldn’t<br />
even need any medication for<br />
that, but never anything to this<br />
level. It felt like my eyes were<br />
on fire.”<br />
Mr Laing said he came home<br />
from playing touch in Hagley<br />
Park last week with welts on<br />
his skin after diving for the try<br />
line and coming into contact<br />
with the grass.<br />
“I was also noticing my<br />
symptoms would get a<br />
NOT HAPPY: Cody Laing<br />
said it felt like his eyes<br />
were on fire when his<br />
hayfever kicked in last<br />
week.<br />
lot worse when an old<br />
nor’westerly would come<br />
around.”<br />
However, he said his<br />
symptoms had significantly<br />
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“It has been unbelievable,<br />
I was told by a friend that it<br />
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but boy oh boy did it make a<br />
difference in the long run.”<br />
NEWS 5<br />
Crash teen’s<br />
condition<br />
worsens<br />
THE SURVIVING sibling of a<br />
teenager killed in a car crash on<br />
the Port Hills has taken a turn<br />
for the worse days after her older<br />
sister’s funeral.<br />
Sunmara Alexander, 15,<br />
remains in a critical condition<br />
in a hospital in Auckland where<br />
she has been since the crash that<br />
killed 17-year-old sister Tayla on<br />
November 27.<br />
<strong>The</strong> girls’ father, Jason Alexander,<br />
has been giving online updates<br />
on her condition and shared<br />
some bad news on Tuesday.<br />
“After talking to one of the<br />
surgeons earlier today, my heart is<br />
breaking and strength is fading.<br />
“Sunmara is in a very bad way.<br />
Apart from her amputation to<br />
[her] arm, they have also had to<br />
cut more muscle from her body,<br />
as infection is setting in.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y seem to think they will<br />
need to take more off her arm and<br />
most likely one of her feet.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y can’t promise just how<br />
high on the leg they will need to<br />
go,” he said.<br />
“If she can’t fight the infection<br />
off in the next 24 hours, then they<br />
said she will more than likely die<br />
from her wounds.”<br />
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6<br />
NEWS<br />
Another<br />
suspicious<br />
fire in<br />
Bottle Lake<br />
• By Sophie Cornish<br />
A FIRE started in Bottle Lake<br />
Forest is being treated as<br />
suspicious, the second in less<br />
than three weeks.<br />
Firefighters battling the<br />
blaze called police after they<br />
spotted a group of youths running<br />
away from the area.<br />
A police spokesman said two<br />
youths had been spoken to in relation<br />
to the incident and the fire<br />
is being treated as suspicious.<br />
Emergency services were<br />
called to the blaze near Lima Rd<br />
about 1.30pm yesterday.<br />
Fire and Emergency New<br />
Zealand shift manager Brent<br />
Dunn said ten fire crews had<br />
“surrounded and contained” the<br />
fire by 2.20pm.<br />
A helicopter was called in case<br />
the blaze worsened, but wasn’t<br />
used for fighting the fire.<br />
A Bottle Lake Golf Club staff<br />
member said they could see and<br />
smell smoke about a kilometre<br />
away in the park.<br />
Less than three weeks ago, six<br />
fire crews were called to attend<br />
two 2m by 2m fires at the forest,<br />
which were tagged as suspicious.<br />
•From page 1<br />
<strong>The</strong>y hit the accelerator,<br />
instinct telling them the<br />
gunman would probably use<br />
Brougham St, the main arterial<br />
south, as an escape route.<br />
Within minutes they were<br />
proved correct. A vehicle with<br />
bullet holes drove through the<br />
intersection of Brougham St<br />
and Waltham Rd, close to where<br />
Senior Constables Manning and<br />
Carmody were waiting. Target<br />
identified.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y swung their vehicle<br />
around and roared south along<br />
Brougham St to catch up with<br />
the vehicle. <strong>The</strong>y had already<br />
formed a plan should this situation<br />
eventuate.<br />
Factored into the plan were:<br />
<strong>The</strong> offender would have automatic<br />
weapons and would probably<br />
use them having already<br />
killed dozens; there was a high<br />
chance he had explosives in the<br />
vehicle or strapped to himself;<br />
Brougham St was busy with<br />
traffic and there may also be<br />
pedestrians and cyclists.<br />
Running his vehicle off the<br />
road to a standstill would happen.<br />
Where, was vital to a swift<br />
outcome. <strong>The</strong>y would have to<br />
decide in an instant whether to<br />
shoot him, but that brings risk<br />
with the amount of traffic about<br />
– bullets can ricochet.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n it happens. Contact.<br />
Senior Constables Manning<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Life and death decisions in an instant<br />
Canterbury team wins Young<br />
Enterprise Scheme <strong>2019</strong><br />
From left – Police Commissioner Mike Bush, Senior Constable Jim Manning, Prince<br />
William, Senior Constable Scott Carmody and Canterbury District Commander<br />
Superintendent John Price.<br />
and Carmody smash into the<br />
suspect’s vehicle, forcing it to a<br />
stop. <strong>The</strong>y are out in a second,<br />
firearms drawn.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y see explosives in the<br />
vehicle; they are yelling at the<br />
alleged gunman, all happening<br />
in a matter of seconds.<br />
Senior Constables Manning<br />
and Carmody are making life<br />
and death decisions in a fraction<br />
advertorial<br />
of a second – their own lives,<br />
those of members of the public<br />
driving by and the alleged gunman’s.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y are on autopilot, the<br />
years of training is kicking in,<br />
100 per cent correct decisions<br />
need to be made as to whether<br />
they will pull their triggers.<br />
<strong>The</strong> alleged gunman is sitting<br />
in his car; he is not going for his<br />
weapon. He doesn’t want to die.<br />
He is dragged from his vehicle,<br />
flipped over on the footpath and<br />
neutralised.<br />
Senior Constables Manning<br />
and Carmody radio in what<br />
had happened and the prisoner<br />
was taken into the Christchurch<br />
central station.<br />
•Armoured police vehicles,<br />
page 8<br />
Equipped with an idea born on<br />
a sports field sideline, a group of<br />
Cashmere High School students<br />
invented a product which won them<br />
Company of the Year at the Young<br />
Enterprise Scheme (YES) national<br />
competition.<br />
By combining two sporting<br />
necessities: strapping tape and ice<br />
packs, the students have developed<br />
an instant ice-cold sports strapping<br />
tape which they say will enable<br />
athletes to ‘rest, recover and return<br />
faster than ever before’.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir company, Pivot, was<br />
awarded $3000, as well as a<br />
$5000 scholarship for each student<br />
for study through Massey University Business<br />
School.<br />
Last week the five Christchurch secondary<br />
school students attended the national finals at TSB<br />
Arena, Wellington, beating out twenty other regional<br />
champions in a dragon’s den style set-up.<br />
“We wanted to create a strapping tape with a<br />
chemical embedded within that goes cold with the<br />
application of water. We wanted our product to be<br />
something you chose to activate, and water was a no<br />
brainer- every person at a sports event has a water<br />
bottle,” said Wayo White, Pivot Marketing Manager.<br />
“I’m really proud to see my amazing team be<br />
rewarded for their time, effort and perseverance;<br />
and honestly it still hasn’t set in. Goes to show with<br />
a passion for your project and a can-do attitude, you<br />
can make anything happen.”<br />
YES Canterbury Regional Coordinator, Idoia Alday<br />
Gonzalez said the purpose of the competition is all<br />
in the name.<br />
“It’s about the power of saying YES – say YES to<br />
curiosity; say YES to creativity; say YES to innovation;<br />
say YES to big ideas; say YES to adventure.<br />
Cashmere High School’s team, Pivot, has done<br />
exactly that throughout their business journey this<br />
year and I couldn’t be prouder.”<br />
“I have been extremely humbled to see the<br />
Canterbury Community come together to support our<br />
students.”<br />
Ara is a regional partner of the <strong>The</strong> Lion<br />
Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme. <strong>The</strong><br />
programme aligns closely with Ara’s approach<br />
of experiential, real-world learning, which helps<br />
to develop problem solving, leadership and<br />
communication skills.<br />
This is the 38th year that YES has been held, and<br />
the third time that Canterbury has won the national<br />
competition. In <strong>2019</strong> more than 4000 students took<br />
part in YES, setting up over 1000 companies.<br />
YES Canterbury is supported by the following<br />
sponsors: Rotary Club of Christchurch Sunrise,<br />
Baldasso Cortese Noordanus, E3 Accountants,<br />
Powell Fenwick, Boma NZ, Chartered Accountants<br />
Australia and New Zealand, and Ara Institute of<br />
Canterbury.
Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2019</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 7<br />
ADVERTISEMENT<br />
Merry Xmas, Happy New Year and thank you to all our wonderful customers.<br />
From all of us at Earthquake Services and Claims Resolution Service.<br />
THANK YOU to the more than 1000 Canterbury homeowners who trusted us to help<br />
you get fair treatment from EQC or your insurer. We believe in people helping people and<br />
our practical, down to earth approach over the last nine years has helped more Canterbury<br />
homeowners than all the lawyers put together. We’ve copped our share of publicity over the<br />
last 9 years. A lot of it motivated by EQC and Insurers to try to stop us in our tracks, but we’ve<br />
weathered the storm and never gave up fighting for homeowners.<br />
When I started this business, I envisaged it would go for no more than 3 years and all claims<br />
would be settled. Now we are about to start our 10th year and some people are still battling.<br />
But I can see there is now light at the end of the tunnel and our reason for existing is coming<br />
to an end. I am announcing today that by <strong>December</strong> 2020, we will hopefully close our doors<br />
forever. I’ve set out our next <strong>12</strong> months plan below.<br />
THANK YOU to the Labour Government for your fresh approach to settling Canterbury<br />
earthquake claims, starting to pay realistic costs for proper repairs and setting up the Greater<br />
Christchurch Claims Resolution Service. <strong>The</strong>se have been game changers for Canterbury<br />
homeowners stuck in insurance limbo-land. We are particularly proud that the Government<br />
borrowed our name to use, Claims Resolution Service and have emulated parts of our system.<br />
This should have been the system from the start, then services like ours would not have<br />
been necessary. However, the previous Government prioritised reducing repair costs, but as I<br />
predicted, that was false economy. If they had fixed homes right the first time we would not<br />
see the hundreds of millions being poured into re-repairs. And we would have avoided all the<br />
stress Cantabrians have been suffering over such a long time.<br />
THE JOHN CAMPBELL – GRANT CAMERON PROMOTED<br />
CLASS ACTION AGAINST US.<br />
As most of you know I have declared this disgraceful attempt by one of our competitors,<br />
Grant Cameron of GCA lawyers, to bring us down an UNMITIGATED FAILURE. Not only<br />
does it appears that Grant Cameron lied to the Press that he had 17 clients “ready to go”<br />
in September 2018. It also appears that he may have lied to John Campbell, because he<br />
repeated the same number of our clients to John on his Sunday program in March <strong>2019</strong>. I’m<br />
speculating here, but I believe Grant Cameron still only has 17 ex-clients and only 5 owe us<br />
money, the rest are hoping for a windfall that’s never coming. If Grant Cameron didn’t lie to<br />
John Campbell, that means the hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of dollars TV1 spent<br />
on John’s grand investigative expose didn’t attract even one new customer. I suspect Grant<br />
Cameron is going to have great difficulty in future getting any media outlet to believe his<br />
outlandish claims.<br />
I suspect GCA will now be desperately trying to settle with us, they won’t want this farce to<br />
go in front of a Judge. We are standing firm. We are happy to run this case until its ultimate<br />
conclusion. We won’t be negotiating any settlement that allows any of the few class action<br />
clients to get one cent. We will treat them the same as any client that thinks they should not<br />
have to pay for the work we did to get their great settlements, we will sue, no exceptions, no<br />
matter how long it takes or what it costs. I suggest if anyone thinks they shouldn’t have to pay<br />
us, go see Grant Cameron from GCA Lawyers, their allegations against us never change and<br />
I’m sure Grant will happily take your money.<br />
THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT<br />
We have to thank our thousands of loyal families for believing in us and knowing that what<br />
GCA, <strong>The</strong> Press and John Campbell tried to do to us was self-promotion and attack journalism<br />
at its worst. We’ve had so many messages of support it was truly comforting. Like this one<br />
from one of our valued clients:<br />
“Hi Bryan,<br />
Sounds like things have gotten a little crazy over there, keep on top of it as it seems to me it<br />
looks like a stupid and ridiculous witch hunt that is unbacked by any real evidence.<br />
Really disappointed with John Campbell as he has fallen for the rubbish or worse,<br />
simply gone for some ratings boost thinking he has a sensational story. Lets hope he is<br />
good at apologizing!<br />
Anyway, good luck and stay the course with it all”<br />
I do not know of any business that has a customer satisfaction rating of 99.09%, but<br />
according to speculation by Grant Cameron, we do. I thank you all for your support.<br />
OUR JOB IS ALMOST DONE<br />
<strong>The</strong> Government’s Greater Christchurch Claims Resolution Service (GCCRS) and EQC are<br />
making all the right noises that they are going to settle claims based on actual repairs for<br />
homeowners. If they do as they say, it is time for us to bow out gracefully. So, we have<br />
decided we will not take on any new clients for the foreseeable future. But we are not going<br />
anywhere, we’ll stay around as long as it takes to settle our remaining 100 or so clients and<br />
to monitor the performance of the GCCRS, EQC and others remaining in the claim resolution<br />
business and to provide free support for those who need it.<br />
THE NEXT <strong>12</strong> MONTHS UNTIL DECEMBER 2020 FOR<br />
EARTHQUAKE SERVICES AND CLAIMS RESOLUTION SERVICE.<br />
WHAT WE WILL BE DOING<br />
• We will be offering a free referral service. *<br />
• We will be providing free advice or second opinions to anyone that needs it.<br />
• We will be working hard to get great settlements for our remaining few clients.<br />
• We will stay open until at least <strong>December</strong> 2020.<br />
• We will continue to fight the unjust Class Action.<br />
• We will continue to fight in Court any clients that feel they shouldn’t have<br />
to pay for our litigation funding and advocacy service.<br />
WHAT WE WILL NOT BE DOING<br />
• We won’t be taking on any new clients.<br />
• We won’t be funding any new claims.<br />
• We won’t be visiting any new clients’ homes to look at damage.<br />
OUR FREE REFERAL SERVICE<br />
As most people are still unsure if they can trust GCCRS, EQC or their insurer, we<br />
are not going to abandon Canterbury. We are going to work diligently for the<br />
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Our FREE referral service will work like this:<br />
• You bring us all your paperwork, reports and photos.<br />
• We will put them in order, review and copy them.<br />
• We will store a copy of your paperwork on our hard drive if you wish, at no<br />
charge. Should you have any questions as you go through the journey, if<br />
we have a copy it will make it easier for you.<br />
• After reviewing your claim, we will direct you to the most appropriate service<br />
provider such as GCCRS or directly to a lawyer not working for the Insurer.<br />
• We will also direct you to other services we know you can trust to do what<br />
is right by you, such as engineers, builders and quantity surveyors.<br />
• You will be able to call us anytime for a second opinion or to ask any<br />
questions and if we can help, we will.<br />
• Sorry we won’t be visiting your property, you need to come to us.<br />
NB: We will not accept any fee, commission or kickback of any kind for this<br />
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* Terms and conditions apply<br />
<strong>12</strong> <strong>December</strong> <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Best wishes from all of us to all of you.<br />
Bryan Staples and our entire team.<br />
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8<br />
NEWS<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
<strong>The</strong> changing nature of policing<br />
• By Sophie Cornish<br />
THE MARCH 15 terror attack<br />
transformed the operating<br />
environment for police and with<br />
that has come armed response<br />
teams, blast-resistant vehicles<br />
and now potentially, dash and<br />
body cameras.<br />
Three new armoured specialpurpose<br />
vehicles were revealed<br />
this week to deal with major<br />
national security events or highrisk<br />
firearms incidents.<br />
<strong>The</strong> unmarked ballistic bulletproof<br />
and blast-resistant<br />
armoured Toyota Landcruisers<br />
will be deployed in Christchurch,<br />
Auckland and Wellington.<br />
Alongside this, a six-month<br />
trial continues for Armed<br />
Response Teams to complement<br />
normal response by police to<br />
critical and high-risk incidents,<br />
as well as high-risk search warrants<br />
and high-profile public<br />
events.<br />
<strong>The</strong> teams, which have at least<br />
three specialist Armed Offenders<br />
Squad members, are being trialled<br />
for six months in Counties<br />
Manukau, Waikato and Canterbury<br />
districts.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se districts have the highest<br />
number of firearms seized,<br />
located and surrendered, as well<br />
as the largest AOS groups.<br />
Now, the Police Association<br />
READY: Armed Police outside the Law Courts, Justice and<br />
Emergency Services Precinct. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
has revealed it will be investigating<br />
whether front-line staff<br />
should be equipped with body<br />
and/or car cameras.<br />
It comes after police’s own<br />
review into the equipment was<br />
halted, citing the need to divert<br />
resources to other areas.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Waikato Committee<br />
raised the issue at the association’s<br />
recent national conference,<br />
concerned the additional safety<br />
tool was no longer being considered<br />
by police.<br />
“With the amount of information,<br />
both for and against<br />
PROTECTION: Unmarked ballistic bulletproof and<br />
blast-resistant Toyota Landcruisers will be deployed in<br />
Christchurch, Auckland and Wellington.<br />
cameras, this subject needs good<br />
research to see if cameras would<br />
be suitable for our members<br />
in response roles. If they are<br />
considered to be appropriate, the<br />
association should engage with<br />
police, sharing its findings and<br />
promoting a camera roll-out<br />
as soon as possible,” said the<br />
submission.<br />
Currently, Corrections staff,<br />
parking wardens and animal<br />
control and security staff use<br />
cameras, as well as police for<br />
family violence interviews.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y are installed in most police<br />
stations and custody areas.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> current thinking seems<br />
to be that the totally overt manner<br />
in which body cameras are<br />
worn – including a ‘selfie’ screen<br />
so the subject knows he or she is<br />
being filmed – seems to enhance<br />
safety. <strong>The</strong>y have been proven to<br />
reduce assaults on police and to<br />
limit use of force on the public,”<br />
said the submission.<br />
During the reveal of the<br />
new armoured vehicles, police<br />
explained previous examples of<br />
where the vehicles would have<br />
been deployed, such as the Napier<br />
siege in 2009, and a shooting<br />
incident in Whangarei in 2017.<br />
A number of high-risk firearms<br />
incidents have happened<br />
in the city this year, including<br />
the March 15 terror attacks, a<br />
February shootout in Richmond,<br />
following a pursuit, where a man<br />
fired at police, who returned fire,<br />
injuring the man.<br />
In March, another incident in<br />
a Richmond street resulted in a<br />
three-hour stand-off with police<br />
where former Russian soldier,<br />
Troy Dubovskiy died in a suspected<br />
suicide.<br />
Previously Dubovskiy had sent<br />
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Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2019</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
Taxpayer may fund conman’s surgery<br />
• By Sophie Cornish<br />
TAXPAYERS MAY be required<br />
to fork out about $15,000 in order<br />
for a notorious conman to get<br />
weight-loss surgery.<br />
Brendon Karl Dean Harris<br />
is expected to receive bariatric<br />
weight loss surgery early next<br />
year.<br />
At Harris’ sentencing in the<br />
district court<br />
on Monday,<br />
for his role in a<br />
$250,000 scam,<br />
Judge Jane<br />
Farish said<br />
Harris was not<br />
Karinya Harris<br />
required to pay<br />
reparations,<br />
because he didn’t have the means<br />
to pay it. That means Harris is<br />
likely to have the surgery paid<br />
for by the Canterbury District<br />
Health Board.<br />
<strong>The</strong> scam, led by Harris while<br />
he was on bail for other offending,<br />
targeted Gem Finance,<br />
which allows over the phone and<br />
online applications from potential<br />
customers.<br />
Harris and his co-offenders<br />
tricked online buyers and sellers, using<br />
fake profiles, into handing over<br />
personal details, which he would<br />
then use to take out loans with.<br />
<strong>The</strong> money was then sent to six<br />
different bank accounts of Harris’<br />
family members and friends,<br />
who were charged with receiving.<br />
<strong>The</strong> offending, which dates<br />
back to 2017 and 2018, also saw<br />
Harris deceive IRD staff over the<br />
phone, gaining him illegal access<br />
to the IRD system and people’s<br />
personal details.<br />
Harris’ mother, Karinya Kristian<br />
Harris, 57, was also involved<br />
in the scam and was sentenced to<br />
home detention for nine months<br />
and ordered to do 100 hours of<br />
community work.<br />
She is also required to pay back<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
SCAMMER:<br />
<strong>The</strong><br />
taxpayer<br />
may have to<br />
fork out for<br />
a notorious<br />
con man to<br />
get weight<br />
loss surgery<br />
next year.<br />
PHOTO:<br />
GEOFF<br />
SLOAN<br />
$10,000 to the finance company<br />
over the next five years.<br />
At Monday’s sentencing, Judge<br />
Farish discussed Harris’ weight<br />
issues.<br />
Previously in March, Harris<br />
was sentenced for his role<br />
in a scamming ring that stole<br />
$600,000 from elderly people by<br />
deceiving them.<br />
Again, in front of Judge Farish, he<br />
said he didn’t want to be sent back<br />
to jail as he would die there due to<br />
his weight and an ongoing heart<br />
condition which meant he wasn’t<br />
eligible for weight loss surgery.<br />
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and nine months in prison. On<br />
Monday he got five extra months<br />
added to that sentence.<br />
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next year, while he serves his<br />
sentence.<br />
Judge Farish convicted and<br />
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suspended because he told her he<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
10<br />
NEWS<br />
• By Sophie Cornish<br />
PROMINENT British newspaper,<br />
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Christchurch man’s efforts to<br />
help improve New Zealand’s high<br />
domestic violence statistics.<br />
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which focuses on helping<br />
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abuse, instead of projecting it<br />
onto their relationships.<br />
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raise awareness about the movement.<br />
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recently, after international<br />
sellers, including global trading<br />
giant Amazon, began replicating<br />
the T-shirts.<br />
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Sarah Brown, to trademark the<br />
phrase in New Zealand, which is<br />
now registered and the couple are<br />
working with their lawyers to get<br />
the fake shirts off the websites.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> main one we want them<br />
off is Amazon because it is actually<br />
a reputable site.<br />
“All we can really do is push<br />
the message from our website<br />
and hopefully, people buy them.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y are also ethically produced<br />
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said Mrs Brown.<br />
Mr Brown was approached by<br />
<strong>The</strong> Guardian for an interview<br />
late last month.<br />
His wife Sarah says he’s humble<br />
about the international attention.<br />
“Matt is not a person into the<br />
media, so he doesn’t really know<br />
much about these publications.<br />
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I’m like, ‘omg the guardian is<br />
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Lianne Dalziel Dawn Baxendale Leister Monk<br />
Dalziel heckled by conman<br />
• By Louis Day<br />
MAYOR LIANNE Dalziel<br />
was heckled over the city<br />
council being run like a “secret<br />
society” by a conman with 150<br />
convictions.<br />
Speaking at what was a packed<br />
house at former Mayor Garry<br />
Moore’s weekly Tuesday Club<br />
last week, Ms Dalziel got barely<br />
seven minutes into her speech<br />
when a member of the audience<br />
interjected.<br />
That person was conman Leister<br />
Monk who has 150 convictions<br />
to his name and has been<br />
jailed five times over the past 50<br />
years.<br />
“Will it [the city council]<br />
continue to be run like a secret<br />
society?” he said.<br />
Ms Dalziel asked him if he<br />
could explain what he meant.<br />
“Well clearly every time the<br />
media asks you a question you<br />
don’t make any comment, you<br />
are run like some sort of byzantine<br />
medieval society. <strong>The</strong> media<br />
asks you various questions and<br />
you can’t answer them,” he said.<br />
Ms Dalziel responded by saying:<br />
“Well it depends on what the<br />
questions are.”<br />
Mr Monk then took aim at the<br />
city council over its initial decision<br />
to not release details around<br />
how chief executive Dawn Baxendale<br />
spent her $30,000 relocation<br />
fee.<br />
<strong>The</strong> city council has since revealed<br />
Mrs Baxendale had spent<br />
$6865 of her $30,000 relocation<br />
fee. However, it refused to reveal<br />
how it was spent, citing Mrs Baxendale’s<br />
privacy.<br />
“Dawn Baxendale, you won’t<br />
even answer if she spent her<br />
$30,000 moving out here, we need<br />
to be open about this,” he said.<br />
Ms Dalziel quickly responded<br />
in support of Mrs Baxendale<br />
which was met by a round of applause<br />
by the audience.<br />
“We actually have a fantastic<br />
chief executive and I’m absolutely<br />
thrilled that we have got her over<br />
here.”<br />
Ms Dalziel told <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> she<br />
was “surprised” when she was<br />
told who Mr Monk was.<br />
“I can’t say how I would have<br />
reacted if I had known that when<br />
he interjected.”<br />
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<strong>12</strong><br />
NEWS<br />
Judicial<br />
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• By Louis Day<br />
THE JUDICIAL review for the<br />
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“If the law says you don’t notify<br />
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He felt the public deserved to<br />
have its say on the matter.<br />
• By Jess Gibson<br />
BUSY DYERS Pass Rd which has<br />
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11 years will get a safety upgrade.<br />
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Hackthorne Rd in Cashmere and<br />
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<strong>The</strong> upgrades come just over<br />
a month after Aaron Sadler, 40,<br />
and Mitchell Rutter, 23, were<br />
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From January 1 2008 to November<br />
4 there have been 272<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
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• By Erin Ramsay<br />
MANY PEOPLE use the keto<br />
diet to lose the flab quickly.<br />
But for 11-year-old Jackson<br />
Haig, he has a completely<br />
different use for it – treating his<br />
epilepsy.<br />
He has received ketogenic diet<br />
therapy for nearly three years, a<br />
ground-breaking treatment led<br />
by dietitian Charlene Tan-Smith<br />
at Christchurch Hospital.<br />
<strong>The</strong> therapy<br />
differs from<br />
keto diets for<br />
weight loss,<br />
as it is closely<br />
monitored<br />
by clinical<br />
professionals<br />
for safety. <strong>The</strong><br />
Charlene<br />
NEWS<br />
Jackson benefits from ketogenic diet therapy<br />
therapy works<br />
to induce<br />
constant<br />
Tan-Smith <br />
nutritional ketosis, where the<br />
brain uses ketones instead of<br />
carbohydrates as a fuel source.<br />
Some patients will be on a 90 per<br />
cent fat diet, with carbohydrates<br />
restricted to less than 10 grams<br />
per day.<br />
<strong>The</strong> therapy has been successful<br />
for Jackson, who can now<br />
attend school, take swimming<br />
lessons and play touch rugby.<br />
Jackson’s father, Stefan Haig,<br />
says the therapy has been “life<br />
saving.”<br />
“It’s given him a life. He went<br />
from uncountable numbers of<br />
seizures a day to being completely<br />
seizure-free for six months.”<br />
TEN GROUPS and individuals<br />
who have gone above and<br />
beyond to make a difference<br />
in their local community are<br />
being honoured with Civic<br />
Awards.<br />
<strong>The</strong> awards are presented<br />
annually by the city council to<br />
recognise those who are making<br />
a positive contribution to their<br />
community.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>se awards are our way of<br />
acknowledging those who go the<br />
extra mile and generously give<br />
their time and energy to benefit<br />
others,’’ says Civic Awards<br />
committee chair councillor Yani<br />
Johanson.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> groups and individuals<br />
who are receiving awards this<br />
week have all worked tirelessly,<br />
over many years, to make a positive<br />
difference to their communities<br />
and we owe them a debt of<br />
gratitude. <strong>The</strong>se Civic Awards<br />
are one way we can say thank<br />
you for all they have done,’’ Cr<br />
Johanson said.<br />
This year’s recipients are:<br />
<strong>The</strong> therapy was introduced<br />
at Christchurch Hospital in<br />
August 2016. It has since reduced<br />
epilepsy-related overnight stays<br />
in hospital for children with<br />
refractory epilepsy by 85-100<br />
per cent. <strong>The</strong> diet should not be<br />
done for lifestyle, Ms Tan-Smith<br />
said.<br />
“What we do for children<br />
with refractory epilepsy is at a<br />
Kim Blackmore – For more<br />
than 20 years Kim Blackmore<br />
has been the musical director<br />
and conductor of Stedfast Brass.<br />
<strong>The</strong> band has brought pleasure<br />
to thousands of music lovers<br />
around the city through its concerts<br />
and performances at school<br />
fairs, rest homes, church services<br />
and many other venues. Kim<br />
Blackmore not only arranges<br />
the performances, he also gives<br />
tuition to new and less skilled<br />
band members.<br />
Bill Cowen – A passionate<br />
footballer, Bill Cowen has spent<br />
decades working to promote<br />
the sport. He lives and breathes<br />
football and has driven the<br />
post-quake rebuild of his football<br />
club, Cashmere Technical, facilities<br />
and membership.<br />
therapeutic level. Most of our<br />
epilepsy patients are on the<br />
therapy for two to four years and<br />
then weaned off. Eighty per cent<br />
will retain the benefits they have<br />
gained.”<br />
Mr Haig recommends the<br />
treatment to other families with<br />
epileptic children.<br />
“Charlene is so passionate<br />
about the diet and the children<br />
Christchurch <strong>The</strong>atre<br />
Workshop SING Group<br />
– This group has been running<br />
sing-along concerts, primarily<br />
for elderly residents of rest<br />
homes and retirement villages,<br />
for 19 years.<br />
Keep Christchurch<br />
Beautiful – This organisation<br />
is focused on making<br />
Christchurch a cleaner, greener,<br />
more beautiful city. Through its<br />
Schools Environment Enhancement<br />
Programme (SEEP) it<br />
supports almost 40 schools with<br />
that she cares for, she goes above<br />
and beyond.”<br />
Ms Tan-Smith was led to Ketogenic<br />
Diet <strong>The</strong>rapy after Brydie<br />
Lauder died in 20<strong>12</strong> from refractory<br />
epilepsy. <strong>The</strong> Brydie Lauder<br />
Charitable Trust funded training<br />
for Ms Tan-Smith, which led to<br />
the therapy being implemented<br />
at Christchurch hospital.<br />
<strong>The</strong> programme has recently<br />
ideas and resources.<br />
Barry Scott – For nearly 30<br />
years, Barry Scott has been an<br />
active member of the Halswell<br />
Lions Club, where he has helped<br />
with countless community projects.<br />
He looks after the administration<br />
of the Halswell Public<br />
Hall. For many years Barry Scott<br />
has also assisted with Camp<br />
Quality programmes, which aim<br />
to bring fun, hope and happiness<br />
into the lives of children living<br />
with cancer.<br />
Judi Smitheram – For the<br />
last four years Judi Smitheram<br />
has been secretary of the Christchurch<br />
Folk Music Club and<br />
president of the Canterbury Folk<br />
Music Festival. Under her leadership,<br />
the festival has developed<br />
into a national event that attracts<br />
musicians from around New<br />
Zealand and the world.<br />
Anne Stercq – A registered<br />
psychologist with more than<br />
30 experience, Anne Stercq has<br />
been one of the driving forces<br />
behind the development of the<br />
Seabrook McKenzie Centre for<br />
Specific Learning Disabilities.<br />
Phil Tappenden – For the<br />
past 14 years Phil Tappenden<br />
has worked tirelessly to build a<br />
SUCCESS:<br />
Jackson Haig,<br />
pictured with<br />
father Stefan,<br />
has been<br />
using the keto<br />
diet to treat<br />
epilepsy, and it<br />
is working.<br />
PHOTO:<br />
GEOFF SLOAN<br />
been extended to the entire<br />
South Island region through the<br />
use of video conferencing, and a<br />
world-first technology dedicated<br />
to monitoring the patient’s prescription.<br />
“We would love to encourage<br />
and support [other] regions<br />
looking to implement a similar<br />
model to ours,” Ms Tan-Smith<br />
said.<br />
Civic Awards honour Christchurch’s unsung heroes<br />
HONOURED: Keep Christchurch Beautiful has been<br />
recognised for keeping the city clean and green with a<br />
Civic Award.<br />
relationship between the communities<br />
of Christchurch and<br />
Songpa Gu, He is Honorary<br />
Consul for the Republic of Korea<br />
in Christchurch and has been instrumental<br />
in organising scholarships<br />
and school and cultural<br />
exchanges.<br />
Jenny Gillies – For more<br />
than 20 years costume designer<br />
Jenny Gillies<br />
has helped<br />
foster Christchurch’s<br />
image<br />
as the Garden<br />
City through<br />
designing and<br />
displaying fabric<br />
floral creations<br />
both here in Christchurch and<br />
overseas.<br />
David Wilkinson – After a<br />
30-year career in law enforcement,<br />
David Wilkinson took on the role<br />
of Canterbury area co-ordinator<br />
for Canterbury Neighbourhood<br />
Support in 2010. Since then he has<br />
worked tirelessly to strengthen the<br />
organisation and extend its reach,<br />
introducing new communication<br />
systems and setting up a satellite<br />
station in Riccarton.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Civic Awards will be<br />
presented at a ceremony in the<br />
town hall on Monday.
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
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NEWS<br />
Further concerns<br />
for safety<br />
of port dolphins<br />
• By Jess Gibson<br />
THE BANKS Peninsula<br />
Community Board has become<br />
involved in the saga over piledriving<br />
in Lyttelton Harbour and<br />
hector’s dolphins.<br />
Members want to know whether<br />
more can be done to ensure the<br />
endangered species are protected<br />
while Lyttelton Port Company<br />
builds its new cruise berth.<br />
A letter will be sent to Minister<br />
of Conservation Eugenie Sage<br />
and Environment Canterbury<br />
this week to bring concerns to<br />
their attention and to question<br />
the procedures being followed<br />
during operations.<br />
It comes following a presentation<br />
by Genevieve Robinson<br />
of Māui and Hector’s Dolphin<br />
Defenders, who spoke to the<br />
community board on behalf of<br />
concerned residents at its most<br />
recent meeting.<br />
Ms Robinson addressed<br />
increased sightings of dolphins in<br />
the inner harbour and the risk of<br />
them either being trapped for the<br />
duration of the piling or risking<br />
re-exposure to piling noise while<br />
trying to exit.<br />
Said community board chairwoman<br />
Tori Peden: “We are<br />
advocating to the minister and<br />
ECan to make sure things are being<br />
taken care of.”<br />
ALTHOUGH NANS deserve all<br />
the praise the headline alludes to,<br />
to be honest this is more a shout<br />
out to Vittoria’s Nan.<br />
It’s not news having young kids<br />
presenting a hurdle getting to<br />
things you want or need to do.<br />
I mean, your call, but having an<br />
erratic, wilful and tantrum-prone<br />
third wheel or work assistant isn’t<br />
ideal, and it’s worse when they’re<br />
a toddler.<br />
So I’m eternally grateful for my<br />
mum’s help over the last week<br />
with some bubs-watching (and<br />
obviously all the other times before<br />
that she, my step-dad or dad<br />
have helped us out immeasurably<br />
<strong>The</strong> forgotten philanthropist<br />
• By Louis Day<br />
A NEW biography details the life<br />
of one of Christchurch’s greatest<br />
benefactors.<br />
Robert McDougall, the “forgotten<br />
philanthropist” built up<br />
his biscuit and confectionery<br />
company, Aulsebrooks, in the<br />
early 1900s.<br />
He went on to become the city’s<br />
largest private employer and<br />
eventually its greatest benefactor.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Robert McDougall Art<br />
Gallery, which was funded by a<br />
gift of $25,000 from Mr McDougall<br />
remains in the Botanic Gardens<br />
to this day. <strong>The</strong> city councilowned<br />
building is currently run<br />
by the Canterbury Museum.<br />
<strong>The</strong> biography covers Mr<br />
McDougall’s life from his birth in<br />
Melbourne, his parents settling<br />
in Christchurch in 1863, his early<br />
education at Melville House and<br />
Christ’s College, to his initial<br />
business experience with the<br />
Colonial Bank of New Zealand<br />
which led to his purchase of<br />
Aulsebrooks in 1889.<br />
It then delves into how he<br />
developed the business to become<br />
the country’s leading biscuit and<br />
confectionery manufacturer and<br />
the city’s largest private employer.<br />
<strong>The</strong> book explains how his<br />
success in the biscuit business<br />
enabled him to exercise a lifetime<br />
of philanthropy through World<br />
beforehand). I mean it’s not the<br />
first time by any means, but it’s<br />
my first column about it.<br />
Not only did she watch Vittoria<br />
at her place for a full day for<br />
me last week, but she also came<br />
to ours and watched Vittoria yet<br />
again on Monday so Laura and<br />
I could complete the goal of one<br />
date a month over the year.<br />
While we enjoyed the sort of<br />
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HISTORIC: Timothy Seay stands outside the Robert<br />
McDougall Art Gallery which was named after his<br />
grandfather.<br />
War 2 and the Great Depression.<br />
<strong>The</strong> idea to write the book was<br />
first suggested to Mr McDougall’s<br />
grandson Timothy Seay by<br />
the senior curator of the Robert<br />
McDougall Art Gallery Neil<br />
Roberts in 2002. However, it was<br />
not until the pair met a second<br />
time in 2014 that work towards<br />
creating the book began.<br />
Mr Seay said he was surprised<br />
a book had not already been written<br />
about his grandfather.<br />
“He really was a philanthropist, in<br />
the true sense of the word,” he said.<br />
“He was a wonderful employer,<br />
VITTORIA<br />
& Matt<br />
time to ourselves you never really<br />
appreciate in those B.C. (before<br />
children) years, Vittoria was busy<br />
exploring, playing or getting the<br />
sort of treats only a nan will give.<br />
In one day with Nan, Vittoria<br />
had her first homemade<br />
play dough, walked dogs, got ice<br />
cream, ‘helped’ around the house,<br />
read books and burned through<br />
clothes by playing with a bucket<br />
he was great to his staff and he was<br />
way before his time in that sense.”<br />
Mr McDougall built sports<br />
facilities for his employees and<br />
was known for helping them in<br />
times of need.<br />
Christchurch-based historian<br />
Jennifer Haworth was<br />
approached by Mr Seay to delve<br />
into the life of his grandfather.<br />
With very limited information<br />
available through family records,<br />
Haworth spent more than two<br />
years scanning through newspapers<br />
and official records kept<br />
by the many organisations Mr<br />
of water. So thank you very much<br />
mum, you are awesome. I fully<br />
expect I’ll be churning through<br />
my goodwill points and your<br />
patience with plenty more grandbabysitting<br />
in future.<br />
In more tinsel-tinged news,<br />
we’ve got Vittoria’s Christmas<br />
presents ready and wrapped. Well,<br />
Laura’s got them wrapped, I just<br />
provided encouragement from<br />
the sidelines. You’d know why if<br />
I’d ever wrapped a gift for you.<br />
No spoilers here, you’ll have to<br />
wait if you really want to know<br />
what she’s getting. I can’t risk<br />
letting the cat out of the bag in<br />
the insanely slim chance Vittoria<br />
NEW BOOK: Forgotten<br />
Philanthropist: A biography<br />
on Robert McDougall details<br />
the life of one of the city’s<br />
greatest benefactors.<br />
McDougall was a part of.<br />
Haworth’s research revealed<br />
that he was heavily involved in<br />
the early Canterbury Industrial<br />
Association and numerous other<br />
business organisations. He gave<br />
generously to patriotic appeals<br />
during and after World War 2.<br />
• <strong>The</strong> 400-page book<br />
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<strong>The</strong> last thing I need to arrange<br />
is Vittoria’s Christmas stocking<br />
and organise the logistics on how<br />
Father Christmas is going to fill it<br />
on Christmas Eve. He’s not visited<br />
this house yet, so I’d best get a<br />
plan ready for him.<br />
I also better let Vittoria know that<br />
Santa’s old school and would prefer<br />
stout and a pie to a glass of milk<br />
and biscuits when he gets here.<br />
•Former <strong>Star</strong> Media<br />
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HANDING IN a wallet found on<br />
the side of the road was a simple<br />
act of goodwill that changed<br />
Aaron Williamson’s life forever.<br />
Troubled by his parent’s divorce<br />
when he was a young boy,<br />
the 17-year-old was in and out of<br />
Dunedin’s Youth Court.<br />
“I enjoyed being in trouble, I<br />
saw it as a way to get attention.<br />
I was telling myself that it was<br />
the right thing and that was<br />
acknowledged through being<br />
involved with police and being in<br />
front of a judge.<br />
“It was a hurdle I needed to get<br />
over (the divorce) and I didn’t do<br />
well with it. I didn’t really have<br />
a father figure and I went on my<br />
own pathway. We were in severe<br />
poverty, three kids and only one<br />
income. I made some poor life<br />
decisions and appeared in the<br />
Youth Court a few times. <strong>The</strong>n<br />
one day I found a policeman’s<br />
wallet on the side of the road.<br />
“I picked it up and thought to<br />
myself, well I can either make a<br />
good decision here or not. So I<br />
handed it into police,” he said.<br />
This decision, in 1989, led Mr<br />
Williamson to meet the police<br />
officer who owned it, resulting<br />
in the helping hand he needed to<br />
avoid a potential life of crime and<br />
prison.<br />
A push from the police officer<br />
to a Youth Court judge-led<br />
Mr Williamson to attend the<br />
Limited Service Volunteer course<br />
at Burnham Military Camp in<br />
April 1989.<br />
<strong>The</strong> course dramatically<br />
changed the teenager’s life.<br />
“I didn’t know anything about<br />
it really or what to expect. It<br />
was eye-opening and I learnt<br />
things about myself that I had<br />
never considered. It gave me the<br />
perspective of allowing myself to<br />
realise what potential I had and<br />
that I could do something with<br />
it. It taught me to lead myself,<br />
have self-discipline, learn to cooperate<br />
with other people,” he<br />
said.<br />
During his placement, Mr<br />
Williamson was assigned to the<br />
logistics facility, where he experienced<br />
hands-on learning in<br />
maths, stocktake, accounts, basic<br />
computer work and even got his<br />
learners driver licence.<br />
<strong>The</strong> course also teaches how<br />
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to deal with everyday situations,<br />
learning respect for others,<br />
manners, how to converse with<br />
people, listen to others opinions<br />
and how to take on feedback.<br />
By the time his family turned<br />
up to his graduation ceremony,<br />
they didn’t even recognise him,<br />
something Mr Williamson says<br />
is common for families at graduation.<br />
“It was obvious there had<br />
been quite a significant change.<br />
NEWS 19<br />
From bad boy to a man of honour<br />
At-risk get<br />
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POSITIVE<br />
CHANGES: A<br />
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from a police<br />
officer that<br />
followed an<br />
act of goodwill<br />
was the chance<br />
Aaron Williamson<br />
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his life back on<br />
track. Now, he’s<br />
the one helping<br />
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Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2019</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
‘Thirty years later I’m back,<br />
giving something back’<br />
– Aaron Williamson<br />
It totally changed the family<br />
dynamics once I had finished<br />
the course, we could sit down<br />
and I could relate to my family,<br />
have a conversation, talk things<br />
through, something that hadn’t<br />
been an option earlier on. I had<br />
huge pride in being able to do<br />
that,” he said.<br />
Now, Mr Williamson has<br />
returned back to the course,<br />
arguably only of the country’s<br />
longest-running and most successful<br />
for at-risk youth, but this<br />
time, he’s returning as Major<br />
Williamson.<br />
After graduating from LSV in<br />
1989, Major Williamson returned<br />
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Army’s territorial force.<br />
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army’s regular force and moved<br />
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of the south youth<br />
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“Thirty years later I’m back,<br />
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“If I hadn’t of been offered the<br />
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I guess the turning point for me<br />
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“It’s a great opportunity to<br />
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of the course,” Major Williamson<br />
said.<br />
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22 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
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79 99 ea<br />
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NEWS<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Deep shingle snares drivers at<br />
Jan Daffin has towed out at least 100 vehicles from<br />
the shingle at Birdlings Flat since she moved their<br />
eight years ago. Jess Gibson reports<br />
“THE JINGLE of shame.”<br />
This is how Birdlings Flat<br />
residents refer to the familiar<br />
sound of vehicles leaving the<br />
settlement with shingle stuck in<br />
their wheels.<br />
For visitors, warning signs<br />
at the top of the beach often go<br />
ignored, still opting to take the<br />
plunge from a solid car park into<br />
the deep gravel.<br />
And because there is no<br />
cellphone reception, they usually<br />
end up desperately door-knocking<br />
at residents’ homes asking for<br />
their car to be hauled out.<br />
Jan Daffin thinks she has<br />
helped to tow at least 100 vehicles<br />
since she moved to Birdlings Flat<br />
eight years ago.<br />
Mrs Daffin, her husband,<br />
Mike, and her daughter, Bree,<br />
are one of the main families that<br />
rush down to help when they see<br />
a vehicle “belly-deep” in shingle.<br />
On a good weekend, they<br />
would help pull out about four<br />
or five using a shovel, rope and<br />
their old Nissan Terrano, a “rust<br />
bucket with monster tyres.”<br />
She manages to find humour in<br />
every encounter.<br />
“It’s classic. <strong>The</strong> stories you<br />
get from people being stuck in<br />
there is just hilarious,” Mrs Daffin<br />
said.<br />
“Last week, we got a husband<br />
and wife in a beautiful new<br />
Range Rover. She was saying: ‘I<br />
don’t think you should do that’<br />
and he turned around and said:<br />
‘What, are you scared?’ – it was<br />
within about two metres they<br />
were dead stuck in shingle.”<br />
Mrs Daffin said a lot of the<br />
time, vehicles get stuck in the<br />
deep holes made by other people.<br />
“One time we were having a<br />
quiz night at the community<br />
centre and two young people<br />
that were stuck ended up sitting<br />
through the whole thing until we<br />
finished.”<br />
She said one of her more<br />
interesting tows was when she<br />
coincidentally met the grandson<br />
of the man Mr Daffin had bought<br />
their house off.<br />
“If I hadn’t seen them there we<br />
wouldn’t have crossed paths. We<br />
invited them back here and spent<br />
a couple of hours learning about<br />
this guy and his memories in my<br />
house, it was so random.”<br />
SELFLESS ACT: Jan and Bree Daffin pull out vehicles which<br />
get stuck in the shingle at Birdlings Flat using a shovel, some<br />
rope and their old Nissan Terrano, which they call a “rust<br />
bucket.”<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN <br />
‘<strong>The</strong> stories you get from<br />
people being stuck in<br />
there is just hilarious’<br />
– Jan Daffin<br />
Time isn't on<br />
your side.<br />
From 21 <strong>December</strong>, it will be illegal to own<br />
any prohibited firearms or parts.<br />
Hand yours in to receive payment and avoid prosecution.<br />
Anyone prosecuted will lose their firearms licence.<br />
For a full list of collection events and<br />
other ways to hand in your firearms<br />
or parts, call 0800 311 311<br />
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Birdlings Flat<br />
Mrs Daffin said there is no<br />
stereotypical person or vehicle<br />
which gets stuck and even admitted<br />
she can not be hypocritical, as<br />
she and Bree have needed saving<br />
once before.<br />
“After that happened, word got<br />
around pretty quick,” she said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> family doesn’t charge to<br />
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Hall.<br />
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chocolates, $50 cash and a thank<br />
you card. It was way over the top<br />
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towed by another Bedford bus.<br />
Every time I’m at the community<br />
centre I look at that picture. My<br />
vision is to have a whole wall of it.”<br />
She has gathered more than 20<br />
photos from other residents.<br />
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A TUNNEL is set to be drilled<br />
under the Heathcote River next<br />
month as part of the Lyttelton<br />
Harbour wastewater project.<br />
A 535-metre pipeline will<br />
be pulled through the tunnel<br />
under the river and the Ferry Rd<br />
roundabout by a method called<br />
directional drilling.<br />
It will then connect the<br />
Alport Pl pump station to the<br />
Heathcote Valley pipeline, the<br />
final step of a project to connect<br />
Lyttelton Harbour’s wastewater<br />
system to the main Christchurch<br />
system.<br />
Part of Ferry Rd from St Johns<br />
St to the Ferry Rd roundabout<br />
will be closed to install the<br />
pipeline from 8pm January 25 to<br />
10am January 26.<br />
This work is part of the fourth<br />
and final stage of the project,<br />
that once complete, will put an<br />
end to the routine discharge of<br />
treated wastewater into Lyttelton<br />
Harbour.<br />
Up until now wastewater from<br />
Lyttelton, Governors Bay and<br />
Diamond Harbour has been<br />
treated at wastewater treatment<br />
plants in each of the townships<br />
before being discharged through<br />
outfall pipelines into Lyttelton<br />
Harbour.<br />
“This project, when completed,<br />
will end the routine<br />
discharge of treated wastewater<br />
Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2019</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
NEWS 27<br />
Pipeline to go under<br />
Heathcote River<br />
into Lyttelton Harbour, a fantastic<br />
environmental milestone for<br />
our city,” said city council head<br />
of three waters and waste Helen<br />
Beaumont.<br />
<strong>The</strong> multimillion-dollar project<br />
is being constructed in four<br />
stages, with stages one and two<br />
now complete and stage four set<br />
for completion in early 2020.<br />
In stage three, the existing<br />
wastewater treatment plants at<br />
Cashin Quay, Governors Bay<br />
and Diamond Harbour are<br />
being converted into pump<br />
stations to pipe all of Lyttelton<br />
Harbour’s wastewater through<br />
the Lyttelton Tunnel.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cashin Quay treatment<br />
plant has been converted and<br />
the pump station is being tested<br />
before commissioning. <strong>The</strong><br />
new Diamond Harbour pump<br />
station is on track for commissioning<br />
this month.<br />
Work on the new pump station<br />
on Lyttelton’s Simeon Quay<br />
is now expected to be complete<br />
by next October, due to a redesign<br />
of the pump station, with<br />
the entire wastewater network<br />
commissioned in late 2020.<br />
This pump station will be<br />
the powerhouse that pumps<br />
all of the harbour’s wastewater<br />
through Lyttelton Tunnel and<br />
the Heathcote Valley pipeline to<br />
the main Christchurch system.<br />
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28<br />
OPINION<br />
<strong>The</strong> coming week<br />
in our history<br />
<strong>December</strong> <strong>12</strong>, 1961: Tickets<br />
went on sale for New Zealand’s<br />
new national Golden Kiwi lottery.<br />
<strong>December</strong> 13, 1642: Towards<br />
noon the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman<br />
sighted ‘a large land, uplifted<br />
high.’ <strong>The</strong> first recorded European<br />
sighting of New Zealand.<br />
<strong>December</strong> 14, 2009 - <strong>The</strong><br />
Government recognised the Māori<br />
(Tino Rangatiratanga) flag as the<br />
preferred national Māori flag.<br />
<strong>December</strong> 15, 1915: In a<br />
well-planned operation which<br />
contrasted sharply with those<br />
mounted earlier in the campaign,<br />
the evacuation of Gallipoli began.<br />
<strong>December</strong> 16, 1905: Rugby<br />
rivalry was born against Wales<br />
when a try by All Black Bob Deans<br />
was disallowed, resulting in the<br />
only loss of the ‘Originals’ tour.<br />
<strong>December</strong> 17, 1773: At Wharehunga<br />
Bay, Queen Charlotte<br />
Sound, 10 men serving on the ship<br />
accompanying Cook’s Resolution<br />
died at the hands of Ngāti Kuia<br />
and Rangitāne.<br />
<strong>December</strong> 18, 1988: Air New<br />
Zealand was found to be in breach<br />
of the Human Rights Act after<br />
over a decade of female cabin<br />
crew campaigning for the same<br />
opportunities as male workers.<br />
SO WHAT kind of a stadium<br />
Christchurch will get has finally<br />
been unveiled.<br />
And to be fair, it doesn’t<br />
look too bad. But there is one<br />
fundamental flaw.<br />
Several weeks ago I was<br />
advocating for a Bankwest-type<br />
stadium in Sydney’s western<br />
suburbs, which cost $A360m,<br />
has a 30,000 capacity and the<br />
seating is angled in such a way<br />
spectators are right on top of the<br />
action.<br />
It doesn’t have a roof but the<br />
way it is designed keeps the<br />
elements relatively at bay. <strong>The</strong><br />
stadium has been a roaring<br />
success.<br />
Christchurch’s stadium will<br />
cost $NZ472.7 million, has a<br />
25,000 seating capacity (36,000<br />
for concerts with standing<br />
room) and a roof.<br />
<strong>The</strong> seating capacity is a major<br />
concern.<br />
Canterbury is the world<br />
rugby powerhouse, but since the<br />
February 22, 2011, earthquake<br />
we have had no significant test<br />
matches, because of the limited<br />
capacity at Orangetheory<br />
(formerly AMI), and the lack of<br />
accommodation to cater for the<br />
influx of fans.<br />
As a result, Dunedin has been<br />
the benefactor.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 25,000 seating capacity<br />
will almost certainly mean<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Are there enough seats?<br />
Christchurch still won’t get topline<br />
rugby test matches. That is<br />
a travesty for such a successful<br />
and heritage-driven rugby<br />
stronghold as Canterbury.<br />
Eden Park seats 54,000,<br />
Westpac Stadium in Wellington<br />
34,000 and Dunedin’s Forsyth<br />
From the<br />
editor’s desk<br />
Barry Clarke<br />
PLAN: This is what the new Christchurch stadium will<br />
look like. But are there too few seats?<br />
PHOTO: NEWSLINE<br />
Barr close to 31,000.<br />
So why another 5000-6000<br />
seats were not built into the plan<br />
to allow Christchurch to also get<br />
its share of big test matches is<br />
hard to fathom.<br />
<strong>The</strong> stadium is costing nearly<br />
half a billion dollars and there<br />
will be an $80 million a year<br />
ongoing operating cost to<br />
ratepayers.<br />
Maybe that’s just the price<br />
of a city still in rebuild mode<br />
where supply and demand for<br />
the ongoing big projects dictates<br />
the cost.<br />
So our football diet according<br />
to the stadium’s business plan<br />
will be Super Rugby, provincial<br />
rugby matches, one high profile<br />
football and rugby league match<br />
each year, and second-rate rugby<br />
tests.<br />
For the stadium to be<br />
relatively economic it will need<br />
to be used regularly. <strong>The</strong> rugby,<br />
football and league matches,<br />
plus the concerts, which will<br />
now come too, are unlikely to be<br />
enough.<br />
<strong>The</strong> city’s sports, business<br />
and civic leaders should now be<br />
thinking of dual rugby<br />
code franchises based here<br />
in Christchurch to keep<br />
money turning – the<br />
Crusaders and a rugby<br />
league side which will play<br />
in the NRL, like the<br />
Auckland-based Warriors.<br />
<strong>The</strong> expertise to run such<br />
a franchise, and the up-andcoming<br />
player talent, is here in<br />
Christchurch. <strong>The</strong> money? –<br />
That’s a curly one.<br />
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Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2019</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
Readers respond to<br />
the plan to add Maori<br />
names to locations on<br />
Banks Peninsula<br />
Donald Couch, Rāpaki – It<br />
is unfortunate that the original<br />
article on Whakaraupō/Lyttelton<br />
Harbour place names proposal<br />
did not explain the background<br />
or put the suggestion in context.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is a detailed and specific<br />
process to make place names in<br />
New Zealand legal. We have<br />
been behind in being aware of<br />
and getting onto this for Māori<br />
place names. If the New Zealand<br />
Geographical Board approves the<br />
proposal regarding formalising<br />
11 of these names, the Pakeha<br />
names currently in use will remain<br />
for continued use by those<br />
who prefer them.<br />
May I respond briefly to the<br />
responders (Bay Harbour News)<br />
of <strong>December</strong> 4.<br />
To Ray O’Rourke, your ancestors’<br />
place names and heritage<br />
will not change – they remain.<br />
We will simply have our heritage<br />
and our ancestors equally<br />
recognised.<br />
To Costa Harris, we had never<br />
looked at our proposal in your<br />
terms of ‘white guilt’ and ‘colonialism’.<br />
It has everything to do<br />
with current and future generations<br />
who will continue to live in,<br />
or associate with, Te Rāpaki o te<br />
Rakiwhakaputa.<br />
known as Pukeatua.<br />
To Ken Duncan, the proposed<br />
Ōmawete is in recognition of a<br />
Ngāti Māmoe rangatira Māwete.<br />
To Hilary Anderson, the<br />
existing names (in English) will<br />
indeed remain as they are.<br />
To Lynne Clark, yes, we belong<br />
to the other party who signed<br />
the Treaty of Waitangi which<br />
recognised us at the time as ‘British<br />
subjects’ (now NZ citizens).<br />
As such, we also have some rights<br />
under NZ law including those<br />
covering place names.<br />
To Murray Stuart, these are not<br />
new names – they are actually<br />
older than those currently in use.<br />
To Wal Remu, we haven’t made<br />
any suggestions regarding the<br />
Sign of the Kiwi.<br />
We would be happy to discuss<br />
the proposal further and seek the<br />
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Feedback divided on Maori names<br />
DIVIDED: Readers have expressed mixed views on a<br />
proposal to add Maori names to 13 existing Banks Peninsula<br />
places including Dyers Pass, which could soon also be<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
support of those who regard this<br />
as a positive development for our<br />
communities.<br />
Norma Powell – I wish to endorse<br />
every letter in the last issue.<br />
<strong>The</strong> trouble with Maori names is<br />
that you have no idea where the<br />
place is.<br />
Maori folk can enjoy speaking<br />
their language amongst<br />
themselves but we are an English<br />
speaking nation so please let us<br />
have names that are relevant to<br />
the majority.<br />
In reply to your correspondent<br />
from Heathcote, a year ago I<br />
had a theft from my garden and<br />
although I knew who the culprit<br />
was the police were not interested.<br />
I was told it has been recorded.<br />
Ron Williams – I agree with all<br />
those writers opposed to changing<br />
current European names to<br />
Maori names. Maori only have<br />
a written language because the<br />
English settlers gave them one.<br />
I am sure when Maori arrived<br />
and slaughtered the Mori Ori,<br />
(driving the survivors to what<br />
is now known as the Chatham<br />
Islands) they didn’t consider their<br />
rights.<br />
Jane Robertson and<br />
Russ Harris – We live in<br />
Whakaraupō/Lyttelton Harbour<br />
and look out across Kaitangata/<br />
Mansons Peninsula to Te Ahu<br />
Pātiki/Mt Herbert. We use both<br />
Māori and European names<br />
interchangeably to refer to the<br />
landscape in which we live.<br />
We are fully supportive of the<br />
recent proposal made by Te Hapū<br />
o Ngāti Wheke to restore the<br />
original Māori names of features<br />
in and around Whakaraupō as<br />
well as to retain existing names<br />
which have been in long-term<br />
use. Personally, we prefer more<br />
melodious and more descriptively<br />
meaningful Māori names.<br />
Exactly how much do most of<br />
us know about Sidney Herbert<br />
or George William Lyttelton,<br />
neither of whom set foot in<br />
Aotearoa/New Zealand. However,<br />
for those who fear the loss<br />
of familiar European names, it is<br />
not a case of either/or but of both,<br />
and we will be culturally and linguistically<br />
richer for the change.<br />
OPINION 29<br />
Full list of the 13 Banks<br />
Peninsula places and their<br />
proposed additions of<br />
traditional Maori names:<br />
King Billy Island<br />
Aua / King Billy Island<br />
Mansons Peninsula<br />
Kaitangata / Mansons<br />
Peninsula<br />
Coopers Knob<br />
Ōmawete / Coopers Knob<br />
Cass Peak<br />
Ōrongomai / Cass Peak<br />
Dyers Pass<br />
Pukeatua / Dyers Pass<br />
Evans Pass<br />
Tapuwaeharuru / Evans<br />
Pass<br />
Rāpaki Rock<br />
Te Ahi-a-Tamatea<br />
Sugarloaf<br />
Te Heru-o-Kahukura / Sugarloaf<br />
<strong>The</strong> Tors<br />
Te Moenga-o-Wheke / <strong>The</strong><br />
Tors<br />
Adderley Head<br />
Te Piaka / Adderley Head<br />
Rapaki<br />
Te Rāpaki-o-Te-<br />
Rakiwhakaputa<br />
Tihiokahukura/Castle<br />
Rock<br />
Te Tihi-o-Kahukura / Castle<br />
Rock<br />
Witch Hill<br />
Te Upoko-o-Kurī / Witch<br />
Hill<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
30<br />
OPINION<br />
Readers respond to a<br />
story about a call for an<br />
alcohol ban at Christmas<br />
in the Park<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Should Christmas in the Park be alcohol-free?<br />
Melanie Koster – Thank you<br />
for your article in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> regarding<br />
the call to make Christmas<br />
in the Park alcohol-free. I<br />
would support a ban on alcohol<br />
for this event.<br />
<strong>The</strong> number of people drinking<br />
to excess, vaping and smoking<br />
at this supposed family-friendly<br />
event was appalling.<br />
It made our group of young<br />
people feel most uncomfortable<br />
and if that sort of behaviour is<br />
allowed to continue, it really<br />
shouldn’t be promoted as an<br />
event for families.<br />
Edwin Whanau – I would<br />
hate that a few could ruin this<br />
event.<br />
I expect better security at all<br />
events, as I’ve been there with a<br />
small group swearing and throwing<br />
stuff, shifted to smell dope<br />
being smoked.<br />
I agree that a change is needed,<br />
but blaming many for the acts of<br />
a few is a little bit of a punish the<br />
many rather than the few.<br />
What I would like to see is a<br />
high presence of police, security<br />
guards and Maori wardens along<br />
with community elders to matching<br />
our community make-up.<br />
Maori and community leaders<br />
who are there as a diffuser presence,<br />
with police and security<br />
having the right to eject bad<br />
behaviour.<br />
Growing up here in the<br />
80s/90s, I remember a Maori<br />
warden had this respect and<br />
mana. No, police cannot be<br />
everywhere but a support base<br />
of community balance could<br />
change things.<br />
If that doesn’t work then we<br />
look at the removal of drinking.<br />
But what if it’s not drinking, but<br />
party drugs.<br />
Probably stopping those who<br />
have loaded up at home then<br />
coming into the city. So better<br />
observation at security checks.<br />
Calling police and security before<br />
flare-ups.<br />
You know where is that line<br />
drawn? Been to rugby games,<br />
league games with similar behaviour,<br />
stood outside a club awaiting<br />
entry when someone walking<br />
past hit someone for just looking<br />
at them.<br />
Youth have no punishment,<br />
can’t smack, cannot lock them up<br />
because you affect them for the<br />
rest of their little lives.<br />
Diversion is a joke, and they go<br />
hard knowing we can’t smack or<br />
lock up, so you get what you reap.<br />
Ken Duncan – Kia Ora, same<br />
every year. I worked security at<br />
these events on and off for many<br />
years and there are always alcohol<br />
issues.<br />
At the sides, it’s the younger<br />
brigade which became more open<br />
when the alcohol age limit was<br />
lowered but it was no different.<br />
BEHAVIOUR: Some<br />
concert-goers had their<br />
Christmas in the Park<br />
experience spoilt by<br />
drunken revellers.<br />
One year I was carrying out an<br />
ongoing security task at Mona<br />
Vale and once Christmas in the<br />
Park finished, it was suddenly<br />
swamped with about 200 drunk<br />
– or getting there – youths aged<br />
from <strong>12</strong> to 17.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n you would also have to<br />
deal with the older brigade who<br />
had drunk only ‘one’ bottle of<br />
wine. Yeah, right. <strong>The</strong>y certainly<br />
couldn’t handle their alcohol.<br />
Both groups ruin it for those<br />
who do only take one bottle and<br />
enjoy the event.<br />
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Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
OPINION 31<br />
Multi-use arena is a big step forward for city<br />
I’M PLEASED that we are<br />
signing off the investment case<br />
for the multi-use arena so it can<br />
get in front of Cabinet before<br />
Christmas.<br />
It’s a big step forward for the<br />
city as the last of the central city<br />
blueprint anchor projects gets the<br />
green light.<br />
<strong>The</strong> numbers stack up in favour<br />
of what will be a world-class facility<br />
that will deliver as much for<br />
major international events and<br />
festivals as it will for Canterbury<br />
Rugby.<br />
And that means a covered<br />
arena that allows for year-round<br />
events, with a minimum of<br />
Mayor<br />
Lianne Dalziel<br />
25,000 permanent seats, (36,000<br />
capacity for a concert), permanent<br />
turf within the arena and a<br />
high level of acoustic quality.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are so many people that<br />
have invested in the city already,<br />
knowing that this drawcard<br />
would be in place in years to<br />
come.<br />
We owe it to them to have got<br />
this over the line, and we owe<br />
it to the people of our region,<br />
proudly the sporting and cultural<br />
capital of New Zealand.<br />
<strong>The</strong> fact that we will be appointing<br />
a fully independent and<br />
experienced group of people to<br />
lead the delivery will also give<br />
everyone the confidence that the<br />
job will be done well. Four hundred<br />
and seventy three million<br />
dollars is a massive budget and<br />
we need to ensure the expertise<br />
is in place to keep the project on<br />
budget and on time.<br />
I am confident that further<br />
private sector investments will<br />
follow as a result.<br />
<strong>The</strong> key now is to get the ball<br />
rolling and keep the momentum<br />
going without let up.<br />
More readers respond to a story<br />
about a call for an alcohol ban<br />
at Christmas in the Park<br />
Jackie Kerr – No, I don’t think<br />
Christmas in the Park should be alcoholfree.<br />
Perhaps the city council could<br />
contribute to paying for security if people<br />
feel unsafe, after all they don’t pay a cent<br />
towards it. It’s all paid for by Coca Cola<br />
and annoys me when even the MC thanks<br />
the city council when they contribute<br />
nothing.<br />
Smirnoff Vodka<br />
or Gordon’s<br />
Gin 1 Litre or<br />
Gordon’s Pink<br />
Gin 700ml<br />
32 .99<br />
each<br />
Jules Taylor<br />
(excl Pinot Noir)<br />
or Squealing<br />
Pig Pinot Noir<br />
750ml<br />
19 .99<br />
each<br />
Gordon's Gin & Tonic 7%<br />
or Gordon's Pink Gin &<br />
Soda 4% 250ml <strong>12</strong> x Cans<br />
24 .99<br />
pack<br />
Speight's Gold Medal<br />
Ale or Summit Lager<br />
330ml 24 x Bottles<br />
33 .99<br />
pack<br />
Emma Poole – It’s getting disgusting,<br />
family events like this and more people<br />
are making it a place you don’t wanna<br />
take your family too. It’s not so much the<br />
alcohol its the youth causing a lot of the<br />
violence, targeting young ones, jumping<br />
them taking their phones and stuff cos<br />
they know nothing will happen. Easy<br />
enough to say ban the alcohol how about<br />
making an example of the offenders.<br />
Caron O’Connor – Surprised it’s not<br />
already. But the key question is – were<br />
the assaulters drunk or had they been<br />
drinking alcohol? More security?<br />
Selena C O’Brien – It is getting harder<br />
to find family events that this rubbish<br />
doesn’t happen. Where has common<br />
decency gone? And common sense!<br />
Famous<br />
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Whisky 1 Litre<br />
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Jägermeister<br />
700ml<br />
34 .99<br />
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Jack Daniel's<br />
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49 .99<br />
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Coruba Rum<br />
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37 .99<br />
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Jim Beam<br />
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1.75 Litre or<br />
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St-Rémy VSOP<br />
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Hendrick’s or<br />
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Gin 700ml<br />
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Bombay Sapphire<br />
Gin 1 Litre or<br />
Maker's Mark<br />
Bourbon 700ml<br />
44 .99<br />
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Woodstock 7%<br />
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Jameson Irish<br />
Whiskey 1 Litre<br />
or Chivas<br />
Regal <strong>12</strong>YO<br />
Whisky 700ml<br />
47 .99<br />
each<br />
Cody's 7% 250ml <strong>12</strong> x<br />
Cans or KGB 275ml <strong>12</strong> x<br />
Bottles<br />
19 .99<br />
pack<br />
Rob Foote – Any event that has “family<br />
event“ anywhere in the name etc should<br />
be alcohol-free anyway.<br />
Gary Miller – Only 40-50,000? That’s<br />
half of what it used to be. Maybe it’s time<br />
to rethink the whole event.<br />
Vodka Cruiser 5% 275ml <strong>12</strong><br />
x Bottles or Smirnoff Ice<br />
Red 5% 250ml <strong>12</strong> x Cans<br />
21 .99<br />
pack<br />
Jim Beam Gold 7% or<br />
Canadian Club 7%<br />
250ml <strong>12</strong> x Cans<br />
24 .99<br />
pack<br />
Long White 320ml 10 x<br />
Bottles or Coruba &<br />
Cola 330ml 10 x Bottles<br />
24 .99<br />
pack<br />
Billy Maverick 7%<br />
250ml 18 x Cans<br />
27 .99<br />
pack<br />
Garage Project<br />
Pernicious Weed Double<br />
IPA or DFA 330ml Cans<br />
5 .49<br />
each<br />
Tuatara 330ml 6 x<br />
Bottles<br />
18 .99<br />
pack<br />
Aaron White – Hagley Park is<br />
an alcohol-free zone. I used to work<br />
security there for the events and we were<br />
instructed to inform people of the ban<br />
and remove drinks if we saw them.<br />
Trevor Fabian – If people can’t go<br />
out to a family event without booze,<br />
something is seriously wrong.<br />
DB Export Gold or Tui<br />
330ml 15 x Bottles<br />
22 .99<br />
pack<br />
Steinlager Pure, Stella Artois<br />
or Steinlager Tokyo Dry<br />
330ml <strong>12</strong> x Bottles<br />
22 .99<br />
pack<br />
Monteith's Craft Beer<br />
or Somersby Cider<br />
330ml <strong>12</strong> x Bottles<br />
23 .99<br />
pack<br />
Steinlager Classic<br />
330ml 15 x Bottles<br />
25 .99<br />
pack<br />
Corona 355ml <strong>12</strong> x<br />
Bottles<br />
27 .99<br />
pack<br />
Heineken 330ml 15<br />
x Bottles<br />
27 .99<br />
pack<br />
Eoin Tolster – With all the angry<br />
comments about alcohol, imagine how<br />
peaceful it would be if weed becomes<br />
legal.<br />
Amanda Ringdahl – Not even Santa<br />
wants to attend Christmas in the Park.<br />
Rekorderlig<br />
Cider 500ml<br />
Bottles<br />
4 .99<br />
each<br />
Wither Hills<br />
(excl Pinot Noir)<br />
or Brown<br />
Brothers<br />
Prosecco NV<br />
750ml<br />
13 .99<br />
each<br />
Oyster Bay<br />
(excl Pinot Noir<br />
& Sparkling) or<br />
<strong>The</strong> Ned 750ml<br />
(excl Chardonnay<br />
& Pinot Noir)<br />
14 .99<br />
each<br />
Stone's Green<br />
Ginger Wine<br />
or Church<br />
Road 750ml<br />
(excl McDonald<br />
Series & Reserve)<br />
15 .99<br />
each<br />
Selaks <strong>The</strong><br />
Taste<br />
Collection<br />
750ml<br />
17 .99<br />
each<br />
Mumm Cordon<br />
Rouge<br />
Champagne<br />
750ml<br />
49 .99<br />
each<br />
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Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2019</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
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GARDENING 33<br />
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I heard that minimising the water<br />
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• Warm weather is possibly the most critical factor in producing<br />
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tomatoes growing in the warm climate of this area.<br />
• <strong>The</strong>re is also a difference in the taste of different tomato<br />
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• Finally, water is a critical component for not only the<br />
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by 18th <strong>December</strong> ‘19<br />
What is trending outdoors for 2020<br />
FASHIONS COME and go, and<br />
changes in climate and lifestyle<br />
influence our gardens just as they<br />
affect other parts of life.<br />
So it’s fun to try and predict<br />
the outdoor trends for next<br />
year.<br />
Here are some suggestions:<br />
•Organics will rule. <strong>The</strong> trend<br />
to organics will accelerate and<br />
most gardeners will be looking<br />
for natural-based fertilisers<br />
and low toxic pest controls.<br />
Fortunately, organic products<br />
have become mainstream so that<br />
gardeners no longer have to lug<br />
home leaking bags of manure<br />
purchased at the farm gate. Neat<br />
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<strong>The</strong> manure’s also been<br />
composted to remove harmful<br />
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•Food plants are in. It’s<br />
everyone’s ambition to have<br />
a vegetable garden, but time<br />
constraints often get in the way.<br />
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•Edible gardens are in but in<br />
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in fashionable containers, and<br />
small-growing vegetable varieties<br />
are popular even for larger<br />
gardens. Yates has found that sales<br />
of seeds for compact veges such as<br />
dwarf beans, silverbeet and mini<br />
tomatoes are increasing.<br />
•Flowers in the garden will hit<br />
the comeback trail. Strappy-leafed<br />
plants and foliage plants will still<br />
be in favour but their dominance<br />
will start to fade. A nostalgic<br />
hankering for flowering plants is<br />
beginning to surface. Plants that<br />
Now only<br />
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resurgence.<br />
•Water (or lack of it) will be<br />
one of the biggest gardening<br />
challenges. Look out for plants<br />
that survive in schools, parks and<br />
old houses. Cistus (rock rose),<br />
Indian hawthorn and the native<br />
mirror plants (Coprosma spp) are<br />
some of these tough survivors.<br />
Water features, because of their<br />
cooling effect, will be found in<br />
just about every garden. Examples<br />
will range from small, simple<br />
water bowls to elaborate, Italianinspired<br />
fountains.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
34<br />
WINE<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Reds to enjoy in the warm weather<br />
• By Mark Henderson<br />
FOR RED wine lovers pinot noir<br />
can be the ticket to happiness on<br />
hot days.<br />
Drunk cool, not cold, their<br />
wonderful fragrance and lighter<br />
frame can be exhilarating rather<br />
than exhausting.<br />
2017 Villa Maria<br />
Platinum Selection<br />
Organic Marlborough<br />
Pinot Noir<br />
Price: $29.99<br />
Rating: Very good to excellent<br />
Bright and juicy nose, dusty<br />
smoky notes, tar, lead pencil and<br />
savoury nuances. Savoury notes<br />
continue on the stony minerally<br />
palate with juicy, tangy red<br />
berryfruit. A refreshing vein of<br />
coolness runs through this. Time<br />
sees the stony, grainy tannic<br />
backbone become more evident<br />
with a tangy sweet ‘n’ sour note<br />
on the nose.<br />
Better with food for now.<br />
www.villamariawines.com<br />
2017 Tohu Whenua Awa<br />
Single Vineyard Awatere<br />
Valley Pinot Noir<br />
Price: $41.99<br />
Rating: Very good to excellent<br />
Bolder, darker fruits and bonfire<br />
embers: red fruit fragrance<br />
and savoury notes evolve with<br />
time. Powerful in the mouth,<br />
depth and concentration mixing<br />
savoury characters with<br />
a saline hint. <strong>The</strong> fruit sways<br />
across the plum, blueberry and<br />
cherry spectrum with spice and<br />
oak notes in support. Relatively<br />
grippy tannins for now.<br />
A powerfully rendered style<br />
that shows potential.<br />
www.tohuwines.co.nz<br />
2017 Tohu Whenua<br />
Matua Single Vineyard<br />
Upper Moutere Pinot Noir<br />
Price: $34.99<br />
Rating: Excellent<br />
An alluring perfume leads<br />
the nose, followed by dried<br />
strawberry, spice and savoury<br />
elements. Silky entry before the<br />
tannins flood in: the strawberry<br />
and red cherry fruit dancing<br />
on the palate. <strong>The</strong>re’s a playful,<br />
juicy crunchiness, a little hint of<br />
stalk/herbs, while the structure is<br />
there without intruding.<br />
A delightfully long finish, the<br />
flavours hang in the mouth.<br />
www.tohuwines.co.nz<br />
2017 Craggy Range<br />
Aroha Te Muna Pinot Noir<br />
Price: $150<br />
Rating: Excellent to outstanding<br />
Leads with stewed fruit/<br />
rhubarb before a wonderful<br />
perfumed florality develops<br />
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stalk notes, wild herbs and<br />
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Opaque, dark colour. Brooding<br />
nose of pencil lead & bramble,<br />
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with a sweet fruited underlay.<br />
Powerful and sweetly fruited<br />
palate with plum, liqueur fruits<br />
with a delightful dried herb note<br />
hanging on the finish. Pinot on<br />
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Maybe not for pinot classicists<br />
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2018 Sacred Hill Single<br />
Vineyard Marlborough<br />
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Price: $27.99<br />
Rating: Very good to excellent<br />
Fragrant nose with strawberry<br />
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pale colour belies the surprising<br />
palate weight, continuing<br />
the pattern of the nose, adding<br />
wild herbs and a sweet ‘n’ sour<br />
tanginess. This builds in weight<br />
with aeration, adding structure,<br />
the sweet fruit flowing to a little<br />
warm glow on the close.<br />
Crowd pleasing and very easy<br />
drinking.<br />
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2018 Jules Taylor<br />
Marlborough Pinot Noir<br />
Price: $34.99<br />
Rating: Very good to excellent<br />
Bold and bright nose with<br />
ripe (almost liqueur) fruits, wets<br />
stone and dustiness, shifting<br />
to rhubarb. A cherry fruit core<br />
allied to chalkiness and stony<br />
minerality.<br />
Playful and exuberant, with<br />
appealing vivacity, and while<br />
the underlying structure builds<br />
and tightens, it is likely to be at<br />
its best drunk youthfully, paired<br />
with appropriate food.<br />
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2015 Riverby Estate Reserve<br />
Marlborough Pinot<br />
Noir<br />
Price: $35<br />
Rating: Excellent<br />
Subtle yet attractively<br />
perfumed with oak spices, pencil<br />
shavings, dried cranberry and<br />
tangy nuances. <strong>The</strong> palate is<br />
open and fleshy, mixing cooler<br />
cranberry and currants with<br />
darker fruit notes along with<br />
lavender and dried herbs. Nice<br />
balance, a juicy brightness and<br />
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the close.<br />
Heaps of enjoyment, gorgeous<br />
now.<br />
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Ingredients<br />
Smoothie<br />
¼ ripe avocado<br />
2 medium ripe bananas (previously<br />
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1 cup fresh or frozen mixed berries<br />
(use strawberries/raspberries<br />
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berries for a purple smoothie)<br />
2 large handfuls spinach<br />
1 small handful kale (large stems<br />
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1½ - 2 cups milk (or your preferred<br />
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1 Tbsp flaxseed meal<br />
2 Tbsp salted creamy almond or<br />
peanut butter (optional)<br />
Toppings<br />
Roasted unsalted sunflower seeds<br />
Granola<br />
Raw or roasted nuts (almonds,<br />
pecans, walnuts, etc.)<br />
Shredded unsweetened coconut<br />
Fresh berries<br />
Hemp seeds<br />
Directions<br />
Add all smoothie ingredients to<br />
a blender and blend until creamy<br />
and smooth. Add more milk/milk<br />
substitute (or water) to thin.<br />
Taste and adjust flavour as<br />
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Summer<br />
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your<br />
Summer Holiday Attraction guide<br />
Orana Wildlife Park<br />
See the delightful orang-utans at Orana before their<br />
short-term stay in Christchurch ends in mid-January!<br />
Set in 80 hectares, within 15 minutes’<br />
drive of Christchurch airport, Orana<br />
Wildlife Park is New Zealand’s only open<br />
range zoo. Over 400 animals, representing<br />
more than 70 different species, are<br />
displayed at the Park. Regular animal<br />
feed presentations occur daily and are<br />
accompanied by a presentation from a<br />
wildlife guide.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Park specialises in providing<br />
amazing wildlife experiences – see New<br />
Zealand’s only gorillas, hand feed majestic<br />
giraffe, plus see our new female giraffe<br />
Kamili, meet mighty rhino up close,<br />
observe iconic kiwi and stroll through two<br />
walk-through aviaries to meet stunning<br />
native birds including tui, bellbird, blue<br />
duck (whio), kakariki and mischievous<br />
kea.<br />
Park visitors can enjoy the antics of<br />
lions, cheetah, painted dogs, Tasmanian<br />
devils, addax, monkeys (including our new<br />
male, Tostada), meerkats and much more!<br />
<strong>The</strong> Park has an extensive native fauna<br />
section including a range of native geckos<br />
plus the pre-historic tuatara. Orana has a<br />
fantastic collection of friendly domestic<br />
animals in the Farmyard.<br />
Our new Annual Pass means visitors can<br />
enjoy visiting the zoo for a full <strong>12</strong> months<br />
from date of purchase, and it makes a great<br />
gift. Our fabulous wildlife themed Gift<br />
Shop has a range of cracker Christmas<br />
stocking filler ideas and you can visit the<br />
shop without needing to enter the zoo. A<br />
brand new visitor café space has recently<br />
been completed and offers magnificent<br />
views across the Park.<br />
Orana is internationally renowned for<br />
its involvement in zoo-based breeding<br />
programmes for endangered exotic and<br />
native species. <strong>The</strong> Park contributes to<br />
breed for release recovery programmes<br />
for threatened native wildlife – to date,<br />
over 90 pateke (brown teal), 75 whio (blue<br />
duck) and 26 kiwi and 7 orange-fronted<br />
kakariki from Orana have been released to<br />
the wild! When you visit, you are directly<br />
supporting our conservation work.<br />
It’s a full day of fun for everyone at<br />
Orana Wildlife Park! 793 McLeans Island<br />
Road, Christchurch (15 minutes’ drive<br />
from the airport), ph 03 359 7109 / info@<br />
oranawildlifepark.co.nz / facebook.com/<br />
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Squawkzilla and the Giants<br />
Canterbury Museum’s summer blockbuster<br />
<strong>The</strong> now world-famous giant parrot,<br />
Squawkzilla, and the monster penguins<br />
of Waipara are the stars of Canterbury<br />
Museum’s new exhibition Ancient New<br />
Zealand: Squawkzilla and the Giants.<br />
<strong>The</strong> exhibition is a chance to explore two<br />
of New Zealand’s lost worlds.<br />
Near Waipara, North Canterbury,<br />
palaeontologists have found fossils<br />
from more than 60 million years ago<br />
which show that giant penguins swam<br />
in the warm oceans around the ancient<br />
subcontinent of Zealandia.<br />
Twenty million years ago, Central<br />
Otago was submerged beneath a lake<br />
10 times the size of today’s Lake Taupō.<br />
Fossils from ancient the lake bed include<br />
species of crocodile, turtles, a flamingolike<br />
bird and a burrowing bat, together<br />
with Squawkzilla, at one-metre high, the<br />
world’s largest parrot.<br />
At Squawkzilla and the Giants, visitors<br />
can come face to face with life-sized<br />
models of New Zealand’s lost giants<br />
– including 1.6-metre tall penguin<br />
Crossvallia waiparensis. <strong>The</strong>re’s also<br />
real fossils on display alongside modern<br />
bird specimens from the Museum’s<br />
collection.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Museum has created a set of<br />
collectable cards featuring extinct<br />
animals from the exhibition. Visitors<br />
can collect a pack of these cards after<br />
completing an activity sheet with<br />
questions about the exhibition.<br />
Ancient New Zealand: Squawkzilla<br />
and the Giants opens 13 <strong>December</strong><br />
<strong>2019</strong> at Canterbury Museum.<br />
Quail Island<br />
Adventures<br />
Get the kids into nature and head to<br />
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island with a fascinating history, in the<br />
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Research supported by<br />
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your<br />
Summer Holiday Attraction guide<br />
Great racing action at<br />
Woodford Glen<br />
Without doubt the three big meetings not to be missed this<br />
season at the Glen will be our Annual Boxing Day Ramp Race<br />
derby, the New Zealand Stockcar Grand Prix in January and the<br />
2020 New Zealand Super Saloon Champs in February.<br />
At this stage it is expected the entry list to the New Zealand<br />
Stockcar Grand Prix will be well over 100 drivers whilst the New<br />
Zealand Super Saloon title should see at least 60 entrants from the<br />
best drivers all over the country.<br />
Before we head in to these two major championships we can<br />
look forward to one of Canterbury’s iconic speedway events held<br />
every Boxing Day for well over 20 years. <strong>The</strong> Ramp Race Derby<br />
brings out many Canterbury families and holiday makers and<br />
with a full house expected again this year make sure you look at<br />
pre-buying your tickets now from the Woodford Glen Shop in<br />
Richmond.<br />
<strong>The</strong> New Zealand Stockcar Grand Prix is set to offer speedway<br />
and Stockcar fans an action packed two nights of racing as we<br />
attempt to reduce the 100 plus entrants down to a field of just<br />
30 cars to context the finals of the 2020 Stockcar Grand Prix.<br />
Stockcar racing is unique and isn’t for the faint hearted. Unlike<br />
most forms of motorsport Stockcar racing allows the drivers<br />
to crash and bash their opponents as they all attempt to be the<br />
winner. Come the finals night, you will witness club mates from<br />
all over New Zealand doing their utmost to ensure someone<br />
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If it is high speed thrills you seek over the holiday period<br />
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How many words of three or more letters,<br />
including plurals, can you make from the six<br />
letters, using each letter only once? No foreign<br />
words or words beginning with a capital are<br />
allowed. <strong>The</strong>re's at least one six-letter word.<br />
TODAY<br />
Good <strong>12</strong> Very Good 15 Excellent 18<br />
Solution 013: for, fort, forts, forty, fro, frost, FROSTY,<br />
fry, oft, rosy, rot, rots, soft, softly, sort, sot, soy,<br />
story, sty, tor, tors, toy, toys, troy, try, tyro, tyros.<br />
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THIS SUNDAY!
• By Gordon Findlater<br />
ONE THING will be very<br />
different for the Canterbury<br />
United Pride when they compete<br />
in their seventh straight National<br />
Women’s League grand-final at<br />
English Park on Sunday.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Pride will be looking for<br />
their fifth title in seven years<br />
when they play the Northern<br />
Lights in a replay of last year’s<br />
final. However, if they are to lift<br />
the crown this campaign could<br />
arguably be their finest achievement<br />
due to doing it without<br />
White Ferns star Annalie Longo<br />
- who has been at the heart of<br />
every one of the Pride’s title winning<br />
campaigns since moving<br />
south from Auckland.<br />
Longo’s first season for the<br />
Pride was 2013 which saw them<br />
win the grand-final at their first<br />
appearance. A year earlier she<br />
helped Auckland to the final<br />
and then played in every final<br />
through to last year which saw<br />
the Pride defeat Northern.<br />
However, this year the Pride<br />
have been without the star since<br />
their opening round win over<br />
Capital September, after which<br />
she signed with W-League Melbourne<br />
Victory.<br />
Pride coach Alana Gunn says<br />
in recent years there has been<br />
plenty of outsiders who believe<br />
the side’s success has come purely<br />
due to Longo’s involvement.<br />
“Since flea [Longo] moved to<br />
Christchurch we’ve been in the<br />
final every year, so there’s no<br />
doubt she’s been a very big part<br />
of the success that we’ve had, but<br />
it’s quite a nice feeling to know<br />
that we did do it without her,”<br />
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STAR POWER: Annalie Longo started the season as Pride<br />
captain, but is currently playing professionally for the<br />
Melbourne Victory.<br />
said Gunn.<br />
Longo captained the Pride in<br />
their 6-0 win over Capital on<br />
September 15 before departing<br />
for Melbourne. Since then the<br />
Pride have maintained their<br />
position at the top of the league,<br />
losing just one match to Northern<br />
last month.<br />
“I think it’s a great achievement.<br />
It would have been quite<br />
easy to use it as an excuse.”<br />
Longo’s opportunity to play<br />
professionally in Australia also<br />
left the Pride without a captain.<br />
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However, Gunn says after a conversation<br />
between her and Longo<br />
it was an easy decision to hand<br />
the captain’s armband to central<br />
defender Rebecca Lake.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 20-year-old defender made<br />
her Pride debut in 2014 and like<br />
the rest of her team learnt of<br />
Longo’s move not long before she<br />
departed.<br />
“I never doubted the team. Flea<br />
is an amazing player and such<br />
a smart player, but we’ve got a<br />
quality side which we’ve proving<br />
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season,” said Lake.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> one thing I was worried<br />
about when she left is because<br />
she’s such a smart player I knew<br />
I had to listen a lot more in<br />
trainings and really get down the<br />
tactical side of the game because<br />
if there were younger ones who<br />
needed to ask questions I had to<br />
have the answers... that’s been<br />
one of the biggest challenges for<br />
me.”<br />
Lake also says her new role<br />
is made easier by the number<br />
of natural leaders amongst the<br />
squad who have kept intensity<br />
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Pride to compete in seventh straight final<br />
at trainings high and<br />
made the younger<br />
players in the squad<br />
feel at home.<br />
“If you ask the girls<br />
the reason why they’re<br />
playing and why they<br />
give up so much time<br />
for this team it’s because<br />
they’re wanting<br />
to play for their family<br />
and the region, and<br />
they take a lot of pride<br />
in that,” said Lake.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y’re turning up<br />
to every training because<br />
they want to, not<br />
because they have to<br />
and I think that really<br />
differs us from other<br />
teams.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> Pride won 10 of<br />
their <strong>12</strong> league games<br />
this season, drawing<br />
once and losing once.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y have scored 36<br />
times - more than any<br />
other side - and conceded<br />
just eight goals<br />
which is tied for the<br />
best defensive record<br />
with Northern.<br />
<strong>The</strong> two meetings between the<br />
Pride and Northern this year<br />
saw Northern win 2-1 at English<br />
Park, while a nil-all draw was<br />
played out in Auckland earlier<br />
this month. Last year’s final<br />
between the two clubs saw the<br />
Pride win 3-2 in extra-time.<br />
• National Women’s League<br />
final:<br />
Canterbury United Pride<br />
v Northern Lights 2pm<br />
Sunday at English Park.<br />
Get your head out of the gutter, guys<br />
THEY STOOD out in a crowd,<br />
caused a stir when first presented<br />
in public, many traditionalists<br />
even felt violated by them, but<br />
now there will be no purple<br />
helmets on display this summer.<br />
On Sunday the Canterbury<br />
Kings open their Twenty20 Super<br />
Smash campaign with a free<br />
to enter match at Hagley against<br />
Wellington Firebirds. <strong>The</strong> match<br />
will also see them return to a<br />
traditional red and black playing<br />
strip after making the divisive<br />
decision to switch to purple and<br />
gold and ditch the ‘Wizards’<br />
name for the ‘Kings’ for the<br />
2014/15 season. Until this summer<br />
Canterbury have continued<br />
to play in purple and gold.<br />
Given the debate surrounding<br />
the Crusaders recent rebrand,<br />
our T20 cricket side doing one<br />
of their own is topical, but what’s<br />
really changed? Well, other than<br />
no longer being able to refer to<br />
the Kings as flaunting their purple<br />
helmets, not a lot.<br />
<strong>The</strong> marketing move has been<br />
made in the hope of no doubt<br />
increasing attendance numbers<br />
and prevent the few dozen emails<br />
Canterbury Cricket receive every<br />
couple of years from so called<br />
purists who remain adamant in<br />
their refusal to attend a match<br />
played by a Canterbury team<br />
who aren’t coated in red and<br />
black. Although, it’s worth<br />
noting anyone who finds the<br />
motivation to email in their uproar<br />
about a marketing decision<br />
to change colour is unlikely to<br />
attend T20 cricket anyway given<br />
the fact the whole T20 format<br />
of cricket is the sport’s greatest<br />
example of a marketing or commercial<br />
decision.<br />
NEW THREADS: Canterbury Kings players<br />
Ed Nuttall and Henry Shipley<br />
<strong>The</strong> original decision to go to<br />
purple and gold was commercially<br />
driven due to the colours<br />
standing out amongst the traditional<br />
red and black Canterbury<br />
colours, giving Canterbury<br />
Cricket its own identity within<br />
the region.<br />
Yes it wasn’t our traditional<br />
colours, but there’s nothing<br />
traditional about T20 cricket and<br />
in hindsight it’s hard to see why<br />
so many people found the purple<br />
helmet so hard to swallow.<br />
In recent weeks similar noise -<br />
albeit amplified - has been about<br />
the Crusaders new logo. Many,<br />
once again purists, have vowed<br />
to not buy new merchandise or<br />
attend games. Some have even<br />
claimed the new Crusaders logo<br />
looks like two phalluses touching<br />
- get your head out of the gutter,<br />
guys.<br />
Read into rebrandings as much<br />
as you like, at the end of the day<br />
GONE: Cam Fletcher denies Todd Astle a<br />
touch of his purple helmet. <br />
it comes down to whether or not<br />
you want to support your team<br />
and the sport in your region by<br />
attending a Kings or Crusaders<br />
game. Whether it’s wearing<br />
a particular colour, or logo,<br />
shouldn’t matter.<br />
• <strong>The</strong> Kings match is part of<br />
a double header at Hagley<br />
Park which begins with the<br />
Canterbury Magicians playing<br />
Wellington Blaze at <strong>12</strong>.40pm.<br />
Entry is free.
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Crockett props<br />
up Rams roster<br />
• By Gordon Findlater<br />
CANTERBURY RAMS ramped<br />
up their preparations for next<br />
year’s NBL with the signing of<br />
American import Jaye Crockett.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 28-year-old forward/<br />
guard is currently in Australia<br />
after finishing a short spell as<br />
an injury replacement for the<br />
South East Melbourne Phoenix<br />
in the ANBL. Crockett played<br />
nine games for the Phoenix after<br />
coming into the squad as an<br />
injury replacement for import<br />
Tai Wesley. It’s likely Crockett<br />
will join the Rams early next year<br />
if he is unable to find another<br />
ANBL contract for the remainder<br />
of the season.<br />
Rams coach Mick Downer says<br />
the opportunity to sign Crockett<br />
was a unique situation due to his<br />
desire to remain in this part of<br />
the world and pursue a full-time<br />
ANBL contract for next season.<br />
After being made aware of the<br />
situation by Phoenix coach Simon<br />
Mitchell and general manager<br />
Tommy Greer, Downer made the<br />
made to pursue the American for<br />
the upcoming NBL campaign.<br />
“We did our homework and<br />
he came back as a high character<br />
great guy, he’s shown to be a<br />
really efficient scorer, he’s played<br />
at some really high levels and<br />
been on successful teams,” said<br />
NEW FACE: Jaye Crockett will fill one of three available import<br />
spots for the Canterbury Rams next year. <br />
Downer.<br />
After playing four years of<br />
college basketball at Texas Tech<br />
Crockett has gone onto play<br />
professionally in Italy, Japan,<br />
Switzerland, Denmark, France<br />
and Lebanon. In 2017-18 he was<br />
named the finals MVP en route<br />
to helping Bakken Bears win the<br />
Danish league title.<br />
Crockett is the Rams second<br />
player signed for next year’s<br />
NBL. Earlier in the week they<br />
announced the return of young<br />
Christchurch point-guard Taylor<br />
Britt recently tastes his first<br />
ANBL action with the Perth<br />
Wildcats.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Rams open the 2020<br />
NBL season at Cowles Stadium<br />
against Taranaki Mountain Airs<br />
on April 11.<br />
CANTERBURY CONTINGENT: James Meredith and Connor<br />
Heap (both holding trophy) helped Cockle Bay to win their first<br />
Caro Bowl title in Auckland. <br />
Mixed results for<br />
city tennis players<br />
• By Gordon Findlater<br />
THE LAST week produced<br />
mixed results for a number of<br />
Christchurch tennis players<br />
competing at two of the<br />
country’s biggest events in<br />
Auckland.<br />
On Friday evening James<br />
Meredith and Connor Heap<br />
played a key role in Cockle Bay<br />
winning their first ever Caro<br />
Bowl title – the country’s premier<br />
interclub competition – by<br />
defeating Next Generation at<br />
Stanley St.<br />
<strong>The</strong> pair combined to win<br />
their doubles match against<br />
Finn Reynolds and Corgan<br />
Crowther 6-3, 6-2. Heap then<br />
had a dominant 6-0, 6-1 win<br />
over Sven Van Touw in the bottom<br />
singles.<br />
With the bottom doubles and<br />
two sets in other singles ties the<br />
way of Cockle Bay they were<br />
crowned champions. Meredith’s<br />
match against Reynolds in the<br />
top singles match was finished<br />
with him down a break in the<br />
final set 6-4, 5-7, 2-3. Earlier he<br />
squandered two match points.<br />
Meanwhile, yesterday in<br />
Auckland promising junior<br />
Reece Falck fell to Crowther<br />
in the final of the 18 and<br />
under New Zealand junior<br />
championships. Falck was<br />
broken at 4-4 in the opening set<br />
before Crowther held to take the<br />
first set 6-4.<br />
In the second set Falck was<br />
broken twice early to find<br />
himself trailing 0-3. However,<br />
he immediately broke back, but<br />
was unable to get the set back on<br />
serve and eventually fell 4-6, 5-7.<br />
Falck also contested the doubles<br />
final with fellow Christchurch<br />
junior Jamie Garbett. <strong>The</strong> pair<br />
lost to Crowther and Caelan Potts<br />
5-7, 1-6.<br />
Co-driver’s WRC dream gets a boost<br />
• By Gordon Findlater<br />
AT JUST 15 Jared Hudson has<br />
scored a ride which will put him<br />
amongst the top contenders<br />
for the New Zealand Rally<br />
Championship.<br />
Next year the young pace<br />
note caller will sit alongside<br />
Phil Campbell in his Ford Fiesta<br />
AP4. After hearing Campbell’s<br />
former co-driver was moving<br />
on Jared approached Campbell<br />
and said he would be keen to be<br />
considered.<br />
Now he’s preparing to help<br />
Campbell get his championship<br />
campaign off to the best possible<br />
start at the Otago Rally in April.<br />
For the past two championships<br />
Jared has learnt his craft<br />
writing and calling notes for<br />
Blenheim driver David Taylor<br />
in a Honda Civic, in 2018, and<br />
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII this<br />
year.<br />
Jared also recently attended<br />
the New Zealand Rally codriver’s<br />
academy. <strong>The</strong> Papanui<br />
High School student admits even<br />
he didn’t expect his pathway in<br />
the sport to accelerate as quickly<br />
as it has.<br />
“It wasn’t necessarily the<br />
plan to be competing in the top<br />
category this early on, but it’s a<br />
NEXT STEP: 15-year-old Jared Hudson will co-drive in one of<br />
the country’s top cars next year on the path to chasing his<br />
WRC dream.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN <br />
great opportunity, so I’m grateful<br />
for it,” he said.<br />
This year Campbell finished<br />
fourth at Rally Otago and<br />
Rally Canterbury. He also looked<br />
odds-on to win Rally Waitomo<br />
before being forced to retire<br />
on the final stage of the event.<br />
Jared has already had the chance<br />
to ride with Tauranga-based<br />
Campbell at a recent rally sprint<br />
and says the pace the duo will be<br />
doing next year is a step-up.<br />
“It was the commitment in<br />
the corners that was the biggest<br />
difference, Phil was 100 per<br />
cent absolutely committed to<br />
every single corner. With the<br />
added pace there is some added<br />
G-forces on your body, but it’s<br />
just about getting into a good<br />
rhythm and giving your driver<br />
every piece of information they<br />
need,” Jared said.<br />
Going at even quicker pace is<br />
what Jared will have to become<br />
accustomed to as well in his bid<br />
to accomplish the goal of codriving<br />
professionally.<br />
“I would like to go all the<br />
way. I want to go to the WRC.<br />
Whether that is achievable is<br />
anyone’s guess, but that’s how far<br />
I want to go,” Jared said.<br />
In 2018 Jared was believed to<br />
have become one of the world’s<br />
youngest rally winners when he<br />
co-drove Matt Summerfield to<br />
victory at the Westland Rally.<br />
<strong>The</strong> pair finishing just 4.5sec<br />
ahead of Darren Galbraith’s car<br />
which was being co-driven by<br />
Jared’s father Rocky Hudson.<br />
Jared comes from a family of<br />
co-drivers. His parent’s Rocky<br />
and Lisa met through the sport.<br />
Lisa co-drove for Rocky during<br />
the 1990s before he gave up<br />
driving due to the high costs<br />
NEW RIDE:<br />
Next year<br />
Hudson will<br />
call pace<br />
notes for Phil<br />
Campbell in<br />
his Ford Fiesta<br />
AP4.<br />
associated with rallying and the<br />
pair starting a family. However,<br />
they weren’t done with the sport.<br />
Rocky traded in the driver’s seat<br />
for pace notes and since 2001 he<br />
has ridden shotgun with some of<br />
the country’s top drivers including<br />
Andrew Hawkeswood, Mark<br />
Tapper and Dean Buist.<br />
Jared’s sister Amy also took up<br />
co-driving in 2014 and became<br />
the youngest co-driver to win a<br />
national title at just 16 when she<br />
won the NZ 2WD championship<br />
with Dylan Thompson in 2017.<br />
Last year the pair finished<br />
third in the championship overall,<br />
but next year Jared is aiming<br />
to have the top bragging rights in<br />
the family.<br />
“It is certainly the first time<br />
that I’ve probably been the<br />
favourite in the family battle.”
IRON WOMAN:<br />
Shirley Rolston is the<br />
world No 1 ranked<br />
female Ironman<br />
athlete in the 70-74<br />
age group. PHOTO:<br />
GEOFF SLOAN <br />
Age no barrier<br />
for this world No 1<br />
• By Gordon Findlater<br />
COMPLETING an<br />
Ironman at 70-years-old<br />
is impressive in itself.<br />
However, Shirley Rolston<br />
is so accustomed to the<br />
feat she backed up her<br />
latest by competing in a<br />
half ironman the following<br />
weekend.<br />
On <strong>December</strong> 1 Rolston<br />
won the women’s 70-74 age<br />
category at the Ironman<br />
Western Australia. She<br />
also broke the race record<br />
in her category with a time<br />
of 15hr 43min 11sec over<br />
the 3.9km swim, 180km<br />
bike and 42.1km run. She<br />
then flew from Perth to<br />
Auckland before grabbing a<br />
rental to car to drive south<br />
to win the same category<br />
in the 70.3 Taupo half ironman<br />
in 7hr 23min 25sec.<br />
Rolston is currently<br />
ranked No 1 in the world<br />
for her age group over the<br />
ironman distance and<br />
ninth in the half ironman<br />
distance. However, she<br />
admits the commitment to<br />
the endurance racing does<br />
result in a sore body.<br />
“You usually appreciate<br />
a massage and depending<br />
if you run the whole way<br />
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LINCOLN<br />
your legs feel terrible, but<br />
I’ve got to a stage where<br />
I refuse to run the whole<br />
way and being a race<br />
walker I can walk as fast<br />
as I can run almost if I’m<br />
tired,” said Rolston.<br />
in brief<br />
CGHS second in cricket<br />
Christchurch Girls’ High School finished<br />
second in the Gillette Venus Cup at the<br />
weekend. After going undefeated in<br />
the round-robin CGHS were undone<br />
by Auckland’s Epsom Girls’ Grammer<br />
School. At Hagley Oval, Epsom amassed<br />
154/4 in their 20 overs before bowling<br />
CGHS out for for 74. Last week St<br />
Andrew’s College made history by<br />
winning the Gillette Cup for the first time.<br />
‘You usually<br />
appreciate a massage<br />
and depending if you<br />
run the whole way<br />
your legs feel terrible’<br />
– Shirley Rolston<br />
<strong>The</strong> effort in Western<br />
Australia also qualified<br />
her for the Ironman World<br />
Championships in Kona,<br />
Hawaii, in October. It will<br />
be her seventh time competing<br />
at the event. This<br />
year Rolston achieved her<br />
best result at Kona, finishing<br />
fifth in her age group.<br />
Competing in close to 50<br />
ironman events, you would<br />
find it hard to believe she<br />
didn’t do her first until<br />
later in life. In fact she only<br />
began doing short distance<br />
triathlons following the<br />
birth of the youngest of her<br />
five children.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> ironman was basically<br />
a challenge for my<br />
50th birthday. A friend<br />
informed me that him<br />
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and some his mates from<br />
Dunedin, for their 50th<br />
birthday the challenge<br />
was to do an iron and he<br />
said to me: ‘Well you’re<br />
a female, but you can do<br />
the challenge too if you<br />
like.’ Of that group of six<br />
or so, I’m the only one still<br />
regularly doing ironman,”<br />
she said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Tai Tapu resident<br />
is no stranger to records<br />
outside of ironman either.<br />
In 2016 she broke the<br />
national women’s 65-69<br />
24-hour running record<br />
by completing <strong>12</strong>9.681km.<br />
Rolston also holds a national<br />
5000m track record<br />
in the same age group.<br />
As for when she plans<br />
to call it quits on breaking<br />
age group records Rolston<br />
says: “We’ll wait and see,<br />
as long as I can.”<br />
For now her focus is<br />
on completing Ironman<br />
New Zealand in Taupo in<br />
March. Later that month<br />
she will take on her next<br />
challenge by travelling<br />
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Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>2019</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 45<br />
True Picture of Xinjiang and<br />
its Counter Terrorism Efforts<br />
When the world is condemning<br />
another brutal terrorist attack in<br />
London recently, some Western<br />
media are discrediting the<br />
counter terrorism measures in<br />
another part of the world through<br />
distorted reports, smearing<br />
the counterterrorism and deradicalization<br />
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Xinjiang Autonomous Region,<br />
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ideological bias and<br />
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<strong>The</strong>se achievements are hardearned.<br />
Terrorists, separatists and<br />
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HOLDEN’S ACADIA didn’t win<br />
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It went up against some pretty<br />
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cars and other notables.<br />
Collectively, I don’t know<br />
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standings but it certainly scored<br />
well in my own personal tally of<br />
points for the COTY.<br />
<strong>The</strong> big United States built<br />
SUV is doesn’t have a lot of<br />
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Highlander and Jeep Grand<br />
Cherokee are well established but<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Acadia comes out of the<br />
GMC stable, GMC is an off-shoot<br />
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from the ute market, it is built<br />
on a sophisticated monocoque<br />
floorpan with fully independent<br />
suspension.<br />
HOLDEN ACADIA LTZ-V: Four-wheel-drive provides<br />
substantial cross-country ability.<br />
Under the bonnet sits a 3.6-litre<br />
V6 petrol engine which is rated<br />
at 231kW and 367Nm, these<br />
healthy outputs are realised tall<br />
in the rev band at 6600rpm and<br />
5000rpm respectively. If you<br />
think these figures look familiar,<br />
it’s pretty much the same power<br />
plant that is fitted to the rangetopping<br />
ZB-series Commodore.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Acadia also gets the same<br />
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unit that is characterised by<br />
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ease the load on the engine so<br />
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be gleaned.<br />
Because of its size, and weight<br />
(2032kg), the Acadia needs as<br />
much benefit in this department<br />
as it can get. Holden rate it with<br />
a 9.3-litre per 100km (30mpg)<br />
combined cycle rating. By my<br />
reckoning that’s achievable, the<br />
test car was constantly listing<br />
around 10.8l/100km (26mpg),<br />
taking into consideration I did<br />
a lot of around the city driving<br />
which is never conducive to good<br />
economy results.<br />
On the highway the engine<br />
lopes over gently at 1500rpm<br />
at 100km/h in top gear, using<br />
fuel at an instantaneous rate of<br />
7.8l/100km (36mpg).<br />
<strong>The</strong> Acadia is also a useful offthe-seal<br />
traveller. It lands in both<br />
two-wheel-drive and four-wheeldrive<br />
variants. <strong>The</strong> test car was the<br />
top spec – LTZ-V, and although<br />
the driveline won’t get to places a<br />
low ratio set-up will take you, the<br />
mechanicals are perfect for low<br />
grip situations such as the skifield<br />
access road, tackling the tracks<br />
leading into those high country<br />
lakes, or taking the boat to the<br />
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203mm ground clearance figure.<br />
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rates are definitely biased towards<br />
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isn’t compromised.<br />
Pushed into a corner there is<br />
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tyres, and they are big at 235/55<br />
x 20in. <strong>The</strong>re is a lot of rubber<br />
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Power out of a corner is vivid.<br />
<strong>The</strong> quad-camshaft engine is a<br />
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to get performance, the torque<br />
curve is just broad enough so that<br />
it utilises the mid-range.<br />
However, if you like to have it<br />
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never a point where I thought the<br />
wrong gear was selected, the way<br />
it arranges those nine ratios is<br />
very clever. On the subject of performance,<br />
the Acadia buyer can<br />
expect a standstill to 100km/h<br />
time of around 7.8sec.<br />
• Price – Holden Acadia<br />
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• Dimensions – Length,<br />
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Trades & Services<br />
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WITH YOUR<br />
CARPET CLEAN?<br />
Simply give us a call<br />
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DOES YOUR<br />
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A REFRESH?<br />
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027 247 9947<br />
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PAINTING<br />
Rope & harness<br />
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Phone Kevin<br />
027 561 4629<br />
AAA HANDYMAN<br />
licensed carpenter<br />
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quotes 03 383 1927 or 027<br />
245 5226 ciey@xtra.co.nz<br />
BRICK & BLOCK<br />
LAYING<br />
all restoration work<br />
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foundations, ph 342 9340<br />
or 021 853 033<br />
BUILDER<br />
Qualified builder<br />
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renovations, new homes.<br />
www.dohertybuilders.<br />
co.nz. Ph John 027 224<br />
2831<br />
BUILDER<br />
Qualified, licensed, and<br />
insured. jmhbuilders.co.nz<br />
Ph 020 400 96143<br />
BUILDER QUALIfIED<br />
50 yrs exp. Bathrooms,<br />
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Free quotes. Discount for<br />
pensioners. Ph Mike 03<br />
980 9771 or 027 2266 930<br />
Trades & Services<br />
CARPET LAYING<br />
Exp. Repairs, uplifting,<br />
relaying, restretching.<br />
Phone John on 0800<br />
003181, 027 240 7416<br />
jflattery@xtra.co.nz<br />
CARPENTER<br />
BUILDER<br />
Licensed Building<br />
Practitioner no. 100981.<br />
All carpentry & building<br />
repairs & maintenance.<br />
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upgrades.Laundries /<br />
bathroom / kitchens<br />
replaced. Specialising in<br />
replacement of all rotten<br />
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window, windowsills etc.<br />
John Sandford, ph 329<br />
4616, mob 027 5189 598<br />
johnsandford2@gmail.<br />
com<br />
CARPET CLEANING.<br />
Steam clean/shampoo.<br />
1 bdrm home from $79.<br />
2 bdrm $89. 3 bdrm<br />
$99 (+gst) Ph Steve<br />
022 634 9225. e mail<br />
stevescarpetcleaningltd@<br />
gmail.com<br />
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Handyman Service,<br />
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ph 027 476 1603<br />
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027 516 0669<br />
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start, competitive rate,<br />
ph Brian 027 433 9548<br />
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quick response, efficient<br />
service, free quotes,<br />
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Barrett 03 359 2087/ 027<br />
7331384.<br />
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HOME RENO’S<br />
All types of fencing.<br />
decking & reno’s. Free<br />
quotes. Ph Jim 022 137<br />
1920<br />
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Quality timber fencing -<br />
gates & repairs, ph Ryan<br />
027 951 8892<br />
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two men and a good size<br />
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GST Call Gerard 027 668<br />
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- conservatory roofs. Exp<br />
Tradesman. Call Bill on<br />
022 413 3504 or 981-1903<br />
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General Handyman for<br />
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maintenance. NO JOB TO<br />
BIG OR SMALL I can do<br />
it all, please don’t hesitate<br />
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quote.<br />
HANDYMAN<br />
All handyman services eg:<br />
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Discount for pensioners.<br />
Ph 390 1565 or 022 5275<br />
668<br />
Builder<br />
BUILDers<br />
“A local looking after locals”<br />
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• A creative craftsman who is<br />
attentive to detail<br />
• Quotes the job, does the job<br />
• Works with all budgets<br />
Andrew Drewitt<br />
Ph: 021 395 324<br />
Email: ad_designs@hotmail.com<br />
Painters and Decorators Ltd<br />
Canterbury Owned and Operated<br />
A husband and wife team<br />
Specializing in:<br />
• Roof Painting<br />
• Interior/exterior<br />
residential<br />
• Small commercial<br />
painting<br />
Driveways<br />
SWAINS<br />
KIWI KERB<br />
(Since 2005)<br />
Over 22 Years Experience<br />
Quality<br />
Workmanship<br />
• Driveways<br />
• Kerb &<br />
Channel<br />
• Garden Edging<br />
Freephone: 0800 081 400<br />
swainskiwikerb@gmail.com<br />
PAINTERS<br />
Noel 027-411-3596<br />
kemp.painters@gmail.com<br />
kemp painters and decorators<br />
Towing<br />
We offer<br />
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Quality not<br />
Quantity<br />
For safe, damage free<br />
car transportation<br />
call Ashley’s Tow Taxi<br />
Special care for special cars<br />
ASHLEY’S TOW TAXI<br />
Breakdown & Relocation<br />
0800 TOW TAXI • 0800 869 8294<br />
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To advertise: Phone 379 1100 or email star.class@starmedia.kiwi<br />
Builder<br />
• Light Commercial<br />
• Repairs and<br />
Maintenance<br />
Brandon Taw<br />
Phone 027 370 2572<br />
enquiries@tawbuilders.co.nz<br />
www.tawbuilders.co.nz<br />
Excavations<br />
• Driveways<br />
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oF TruckS<br />
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up to 20 Ton<br />
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• For Posthole &<br />
Fence hole<br />
For a Free Quote<br />
on your next project<br />
Phone Steve on 021 338 247<br />
or 325 7922<br />
TRADES<br />
Delivered into over 93,000<br />
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Ask us about our fantastic<br />
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QuoTe<br />
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• WALLPAPERING<br />
Phone Kevin Steel<br />
• Interior/Exterior<br />
• New Homes & Repaints<br />
• Quality workmanship assured<br />
• Correct preparation always undertaken<br />
• 20+ years experience<br />
• Earthquake repairs<br />
(Painting/Plastering/Wallpapering/Tiling)<br />
Ph 381 7417 or 027 216 8946<br />
www.facebook.com/kevinsteelpainters&decorators<br />
Advertise your<br />
business & services<br />
in Christchurch’s<br />
best read &<br />
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Phone: 03 379 1100 | www.star.kiwi<br />
concrete & paving<br />
• Driveways<br />
• Earthquake repairs<br />
• New Home Specialists<br />
• Patios & Paths<br />
tel: 0508 873 7483<br />
email: sales@affordableconcrete.co.nz<br />
www.affordableconcrete.co.nz<br />
LOCKSMITH<br />
KEYSTONE LOCKS<br />
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• Digital Locks & Padlocks<br />
• Ranch Slider Deadlock & Bolts<br />
• Window Catches & Locks<br />
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• House Alarms & Monitoring<br />
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• Winz & Insurance Quotes<br />
GOLD CARD OR CASH DISCOUNT<br />
Further discount for Pensioners, no GST charged<br />
10% OFF with mention of this ad<br />
Phone: Marc 03 382 2501<br />
Mob: 027 222 2220<br />
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NEED A PLUMBER<br />
Call us now for fast friendly service.<br />
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tree services<br />
TREE STUMP<br />
GRINDING<br />
TREE REMOVALS<br />
Qualified Arborist<br />
Insured - FREE quotes<br />
Phone Mark 022 085 0300<br />
E info@superiorstumps.co.nz<br />
www.superiorstumps.co.nz
Your guide to our LOCAL & TRUSTED<br />
Trades & Professional Services<br />
To advertise: Phone 379 1100 or email star.class@starmedia.kiwi<br />
DECORATORS<br />
New Paint • Repaints<br />
Wallpapering • Fences<br />
Repairs • Feature Walls<br />
Floor & Roof Painting<br />
Spray Painting<br />
Light Commercial<br />
Restoring Timber<br />
Selwyn based but service the whole of Canterbury<br />
www.andertondecorators.co.nz<br />
www.facebook.com/andertondecorators<br />
027 724 6846 027 PAINTIN<br />
Mailer Deliveries<br />
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service contact<br />
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For a cost effective, targeted delivery<br />
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michaela.malloch@starmedia.kiwi<br />
www.star.kiwi<br />
PLUMBER<br />
New housing<br />
Renovations<br />
General maintenance<br />
Hot water cylinders<br />
Gas hot water conversions<br />
Competitive rates, Free quotes<br />
Phone: 021 403 470<br />
Web: www.scottsplumbing.nz<br />
Email: scott@scottsplumbing.nz<br />
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Promote your services or business with a<br />
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• Corporate and Business<br />
video a speciality<br />
• Competitive rates<br />
• 25 years experience<br />
• <strong>Star</strong>t to finished product<br />
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guaranteed<br />
PHone KeRRY 021 635 083<br />
WINDOW TINTING<br />
tintawindow<br />
advanced film solutions<br />
99% uv block<br />
fade protection<br />
heat control<br />
reduce glare<br />
25 Years Experience<br />
DRIVEWAYS<br />
Exposed Aggregate<br />
Stamped Concrete Plain<br />
Concrete Resurfacing<br />
Things we offer...<br />
Competitive/affordable pricing<br />
Attention to detail<br />
Professional service<br />
free quotes/insurance scopes<br />
Cell 0278 145 848<br />
www.drivecrete.co.nz<br />
PAINTER<br />
Michael Kelly Painters<br />
Locally owned and<br />
operated family<br />
business.<br />
25+ years Experience<br />
• Painting • Wallpapering<br />
• Interior • Exterior<br />
Free Quotes<br />
Phone<br />
Michael 02<strong>12</strong> 649 492<br />
michaelkellypainter@hotmail.co.nz<br />
ROOF REPAIRS<br />
Locally owned & operated with<br />
over 30 years experience.<br />
• Extensions & repair • Roof coating<br />
• Concrete & clay tiles • Butynol<br />
• Malthoid • Asbestos Certified<br />
• Coloursteel • Old iron • Guttering<br />
Phone Dave 981 0278<br />
or 021 223 4200<br />
E: dave@beaumontroofing.co.nz<br />
BEAUMONT ROOFING LTD<br />
privacy films<br />
frosting designs<br />
non-darkening films<br />
Workmanship Guaranteed<br />
Lifetime Warranties on Most Films<br />
UV<br />
block<br />
Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts<br />
03 365 3653 0800 368 468<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Classifieds<br />
“I WILL TURN UP<br />
WHEN I SAY I WILL” <br />
Need a certified and reliable plumber for filtration<br />
systems or hot water cylinder replacement?<br />
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FREE CALL<br />
TEXT<br />
EMAIL<br />
Trades & Services<br />
Trades & Services<br />
0508 H2O BOY<br />
426 269<br />
027 245 5100<br />
HANDYMAN<br />
REPAIRMAN<br />
20 yrs exp.No job too<br />
small.Prompt service.<br />
On site engineering &<br />
welding a speciality.<br />
Reasonable rates.Free<br />
quotes.Ph Wayne 9813873<br />
/0272853083<br />
HANDYMAN<br />
For all those odd jobs, ph<br />
027 476 1603<br />
LANDSCAPING<br />
Paving, Lawns, Irrigation,<br />
Decking, Fencing.<br />
Kanga & small digger<br />
services. Check out Squire<br />
Landscaping on facebook.<br />
FREE QUOTES. Ph<br />
Arthur 347-8796, 027<br />
220-7014 Edwin 027 220-<br />
7154<br />
LANDSCAPING<br />
Paving, Lawns, Irrigation,<br />
Decking, Fencing.<br />
Kanga & small digger<br />
services. Check out Squire<br />
Landscaping on facebook.<br />
FREE QUOTES. Ph<br />
Arthur 347-8796, 027<br />
220-7014 Edwin 027 220-<br />
7154<br />
LAWN MOWING<br />
Garden and rental property<br />
tidy ups, hedge trimming.<br />
Call Glen at Bottle Lake<br />
Lawn Mowing. Ph 027<br />
499 7571<br />
LAWNMOWING<br />
From $10. Section clean<br />
ups. Weekly, fortnightlly,<br />
monthly. Excellent,<br />
reliable service. Ph Todd<br />
342 4056 or 021 088<br />
91481<br />
LAWNMOWING<br />
You Grow I Mow. Free<br />
quotes. Ph / text Chris 021<br />
252 1801<br />
OVEN CLEANING<br />
NICK@NICKJONESPLUMBING.CO.NZ<br />
Professional cleans<br />
$50.00. Gift Vouchers<br />
avail. Phone 0800 683-<br />
6253 or 027 228-0025<br />
PAINTING<br />
PLASTERING<br />
Free quotes. Int/ext &<br />
roof painting Family run<br />
business, work guaranteed.<br />
Pensioner discounts. Ph<br />
Kerin or Paul 022 191<br />
7877 or 379-<strong>12</strong>81. Website<br />
www.swedekiwipainting.<br />
co.nz<br />
PAINTING<br />
All jobs, none too small. Spouting<br />
Free quotes Affordable<br />
rates. Seniors discounts.<br />
James 0220 652 637<br />
Trades & Services<br />
PAINTING<br />
Indoor / Outdoor, over 30<br />
yrs exp, same day quotes,<br />
ph Steve 021 255 7968<br />
PAINTER,QuALIfIED<br />
local professional, Int /<br />
Ext,roofs,wallpaller, call<br />
or text Corban 027 846<br />
5035<br />
PAINTER<br />
50 yrs combined exp.<br />
New, older homes, int ,ext.<br />
Locals working for locals.<br />
We stand by Canterbury.<br />
Ph Wayne 027 274 3541 /<br />
385 4348<br />
PAINTING<br />
30 years experience,<br />
workmanship<br />
guaranteed, pensioners<br />
discounts, free quotes, ph<br />
Robert 021 026-30757<br />
PAINTING<br />
Small - Medium jobs, ph<br />
027 476 1603<br />
PLASTERING (INT)<br />
Experience and<br />
Excellence. Small to<br />
Medium job specialists<br />
in all aspects of Interior<br />
Plastering. Please call Tim<br />
020 4183 8909<br />
PLASTERER<br />
Phone Finn the interior<br />
plasterer small job<br />
specialist, holes, cracks,<br />
renovatons, alterations.<br />
Canty born. Ph 022<br />
0874351<br />
PLASTER MASONRY<br />
PAINTING, TILING,<br />
WALLPAPERING<br />
Roofing & Brick<br />
Repairs, Stucco, Fixing,<br />
Stopping, Cracks &<br />
Holes. Small jobs ok.<br />
30 yrs exp . Free quotes.<br />
Home Handyman. Gary<br />
3428950 / 021 529 022<br />
REMOVALS<br />
Small furniture removals,<br />
have own van, can fit<br />
various types of whiteware<br />
appliances, some furn,<br />
bedding, boxes etc, honest<br />
& reliable, any area<br />
considered, ph Chch 027<br />
517 7001<br />
RuBBISH REMOVAL<br />
Van & Trailer Rubbish<br />
Removal. Free quotes. Ph<br />
Gary 342-8950, 021 529<br />
022<br />
SPOuTING CLEANING<br />
Unblocked,<br />
Cleaned Out and Flushed<br />
Out. Call Trevor 332 8949<br />
or 021 043 2034<br />
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Trades & Services<br />
SPOuTING CLEANING<br />
SPECIALIST<br />
15 years experience.<br />
Hundreds of happy<br />
customers. Ring or text Jo<br />
021 164 0365<br />
SPOuTING<br />
Select Spouting<br />
<strong>The</strong> PVC specialist.<br />
Repairs & replacement. Ph<br />
022 197 2351<br />
TOOLMEN BuILDERS<br />
General carpentry and<br />
Handyman services.<br />
Small jobs our speciality,<br />
bathroom & kitchen<br />
renovations. Assembling<br />
flatpack furniture, fixing<br />
holes , picture hanging,<br />
curtain rails, door<br />
handle, window stay<br />
replacement. All work<br />
considered. SuperGold<br />
discounts. 7 days a week<br />
& public holidays. info@<br />
toolmenbuilders.com. Ph<br />
027 241 5885<br />
TREE SERVICES<br />
Free quotes 20+ yrs exp.<br />
Tree, hedge or shrub<br />
- reduction, shaped or<br />
removed. Ph/text Paul<br />
<strong>The</strong> Branch Manager<br />
0274314720<br />
TREE TRIMMING<br />
AND REMOVAL<br />
Hedges cut, pruning. 20<br />
yrs exp. Ph Alister 359<br />
3090 ABT Tree Services<br />
WINDOW CLEANING<br />
Average 3 brm house<br />
inside or out from $40.<br />
Both from $70 Phone<br />
Trevor 344-2170<br />
Tuition<br />
COMPUTER LESSONS<br />
avail for computer, IPad,<br />
or Mobile. Please contact<br />
Jobee 027 290 9246 www.<br />
computertutor.nz<br />
COMPUTER LESSONS<br />
avail for computer, IPad,<br />
or Mobile. Please contact<br />
Jobee 027 290 9246 www.<br />
computertutor.nz<br />
Wanted To Buy<br />
CASH FOR<br />
STAMPS,<br />
COINS &<br />
GOLD<br />
Free Appraisals<br />
Call Matt at<br />
<strong>The</strong> Stamp and<br />
Coin Exchange<br />
134a Riccarton Rd<br />
0800 39 24 26<br />
We can come to you.<br />
Call today.<br />
Wanted To Buy<br />
AAA Buying goods<br />
quality furniture, beds,<br />
stoves, washing machines,<br />
fridge freezers. Same day<br />
service. Selwyn Dealers.<br />
Phone 980 58<strong>12</strong> or 027<br />
313 8156<br />
A+ About to move? Books,<br />
china, coins, medals,<br />
furniture, furs, jewellery,<br />
tools, old photos, estate.<br />
Ph 385-5117<br />
ACADEMY ANTIQUES<br />
Buying estates, antiques,<br />
old china, crystal, art,<br />
Royal Doulton , Royal<br />
Albert etc. Best prices,<br />
free appraisal. Call Rob<br />
349-4229<br />
ALL whiteware wanted.<br />
Same day service, cash<br />
paid for freezes, fridges,<br />
washing machines, ovens.<br />
Also buying furniture &<br />
h/hold effects.Anything<br />
considered. Ph Dave 960-<br />
8440, 027 66 22 116<br />
A RECORDS Wanted<br />
top cash prices paid for<br />
good records. No easy<br />
listening. Please ph 027<br />
624 1138<br />
BOOKS.<br />
Old wanted.<br />
Anything considered incl<br />
hunting,<br />
mountineering,<br />
fishing,childrens.<br />
Ph 354 1621<br />
uniforms, badges, medals,<br />
TOOLS, Garden garage,<br />
MILITARIA Any<br />
country, firearms,<br />
memoribilia, WW2 or<br />
earlier ph 338-9931<br />
saw benches, Lathes. Cash<br />
buyer Phone 355-2045<br />
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Alarms Electrical Cameras Intercoms Auto Gates<br />
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Access Control Systems<br />
Electric Fencing<br />
Service and Maintenance<br />
24/7 Fault Service<br />
Locally owned and operated<br />
All faults attended that same day<br />
FREE QUOTES<br />
Trades & Services<br />
P: (03) 384 0995 24/7 E: info@actionsecurity.co.nz<br />
www.actionsecurity.co.nz
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Classifieds<br />
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT 1991<br />
Resource consent application – CRC194459: A discharge consent (s15) to<br />
discharge contaminants to air from a poultry processing plant.<br />
Applicant:<br />
Address for service:<br />
Please contact<br />
Environment Canterbury<br />
with any queries:<br />
0800 324 636<br />
Tegel Foods Limited<br />
Andrea Brabant,<br />
Tonkin & Taylor Ltd<br />
PO Box 5271, Auckland 1141<br />
Email: ABrabant@tonkintaylor.co.nz<br />
<strong>The</strong> application is for a resource consent to discharge contaminants to air<br />
from a poultry processing plant at 1<strong>12</strong> Carmen Road, Christchurch, including:<br />
• Combustion products from the operation of six boilers with a combined<br />
heat output of 7 megawatts, and from the operation of a poultry<br />
smokehouse; and<br />
• Odour from poultry processing, a protein recovery (rendering) plant and<br />
wastewater storage and conveyance.<br />
<strong>The</strong> application is to replace the existing consents for discharges to air from<br />
the plant.<br />
<strong>The</strong> plant currently processes a maximum of approximately 75,000 chickens<br />
and 5,000 turkeys per day, and this application is to continue processing at<br />
those rates.<br />
<strong>The</strong> applicant proposes to make upgrades and modifications to the plant,<br />
including the replacement of some of the site boilers with new appliances<br />
in a new boiler house, and modifications to the protein recovery plant and<br />
waste water holding tank that are intended to better manage and mitigate<br />
offsite odour effects.<br />
A consent duration of 20 years is sought.<br />
SUBMISSIONS<br />
Full details of the application and to make a submission visit the Environment<br />
Canterbury website: www.ecan.govt.nz (search ‘Open notified consents’)<br />
and/or viewed at Environment Canterbury at 200 Tuam Street, Christchurch.<br />
Any person may make a written submission on any of the above applications.<br />
All submissions should be sent to Environment Canterbury, PO Box 345<br />
Christchurch 8140; or emailed to hearings@ecan.govt.nz; or made online at<br />
the above link. A copy of the submission must also be sent to the Applicant at<br />
the address for service stated above.<br />
For advice on the Environment Canterbury applications please phone<br />
03 353 9007 or 0800ECINFO (0800 324 636).<br />
Submissions must be received by Environment Canterbury no later than<br />
5 p.m. on Monday 27 January 2020.<br />
Bill Bayfield<br />
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christchurch<br />
GIG GUIDE<br />
Thursday <strong>12</strong> - Wednesday 18 Dec <strong>2019</strong><br />
Lunch & Dinner<br />
All you can eat<br />
7 days<br />
To add a listing, contact<br />
Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or<br />
027 458 8590<br />
jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi<br />
www.star.kiwi/whatson<br />
Following sell-out shows<br />
in the north, <strong>The</strong> Narcs<br />
are now in the South Island<br />
and play unplugged in their<br />
hometown with a gig at the<br />
Wunderbar Lyttelton<br />
on Saturday night.<br />
A ROLLING STONE, 579<br />
Colombo St: Thursday 7pm -<br />
Quiz. Friday 5pm - Roda De Choro<br />
#18; 7.30pm - 60's & 70's Christmas<br />
Disco. Saturday 9pm - ‘Permanence’<br />
the music of Joy Division, ticketed.<br />
Monday 7pm - Quiz. Tuesday 7pm -<br />
Open Mic. Wednesday 7pm -<br />
Traditional Irish Music Session.<br />
CASHMERE CLUB, 50<br />
Colombo St: Thursday 7pm -<br />
Cashmere Ukulele Group.<br />
CASSELS BLUE SMOKE, 3<br />
Garlands Rd: Thursday 10am -<br />
<strong>The</strong> Tannery Christmas Market feat<br />
11.30am - Pocketchange Duo.; 5pm -<br />
Alexander Ru.<br />
CHRISTCHURCH CASINO,<br />
Victoria St: Thursday 8pm -<br />
Shannon Cooper-Garland. Friday 6pm<br />
- Blackie; 9.15pm - Rockabella.<br />
Saturday 7pm - Stephen James;<br />
10.15pm - Eddie Simon. Sunday<br />
5.30pm - Rusila.<br />
GBC, 110 Marshland Rd,<br />
Shirley: Saturday 5.30pm - Vintage<br />
Blue.<br />
HORNBY WMC, 17 Carmen<br />
Rd, Hornby: Saturday 21 Dec,<br />
7.30pm - Reminisce.<br />
KENSINGTON FUN HOUSE,<br />
185 Manchester St: Friday 8pm<br />
- Free Stand Up Comedy. Saturday<br />
8pm - Stand Up Showcase, $10 entry.<br />
Tuesday 8pm - Free Stand Up.<br />
RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118<br />
Racecourse Rd, Sockburn:<br />
Sunday 6pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke.<br />
RICHMOND CLUB, 75<br />
London St: Friday 7pm -<br />
Generation Baby Boomers. Saturday<br />
7pm - Krakkajack. Sunday 3pm -<br />
Roboot.<br />
SHERPA KAI, <strong>The</strong><br />
Commoners (<strong>The</strong> British<br />
basement), 10 Oxford St,<br />
Lyttelton: Saturday 6pm - Rotten<br />
Radio fundraiser dance party feat.<br />
Razor; Scotty Rotten; El Guerrero;<br />
Mikey B; SloBurn DJ’s; Mikki Pixton;<br />
T Spoon; Mt Pohlenator, $10 entry.<br />
Thursday 19 Dec - Gaelic Music.<br />
TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding St,<br />
Hornby: Friday 8.30pm - Misftiz.<br />
Saturday 8.30pm - Nightwatch.<br />
THE CRAIC IRISH BAR, 84<br />
Riccarton Rd: Thursday 9.30pm -<br />
Karaoke. Friday 10pm - Live music.<br />
Saturday 10pm - Lance Kiwi.<br />
Wednesday 9pm- Karaoke.<br />
THE EMBANKMENT, 181<br />
Ferry Rd: Thursday 8pm - Titanic<br />
(Kevin Emmett, Nick Buchanan, and<br />
Peter K Malthus). Tuesday 8pm -<br />
Karaoke. Wednesday 8pm - Titanic<br />
Kevin Emmett, Nick Buchanan, and<br />
Peter K Malthus).<br />
THE MILLER BAR, 308<br />
Lincoln Rd, Addington:<br />
Thursday 7pm - Learn to Rock n Roll.<br />
Friday 9.30pm - X-Files Duo. Saturday<br />
9.30pm - Old Skool. Tuesday 7pm -<br />
Quiz Night. Wednesday 7.30pm -<br />
Karaoke with Lance Kiwi.<br />
THE PAPANUI CLUB, 310<br />
Sawyers Arms Rd: Sunday 3pm<br />
- Ryan Ferris. Sunday 22 Dec - Eddie<br />
Simon.<br />
WOOLSTON CLUB, 43<br />
Hargood St: Friday 7.30pm -<br />
Reckless duo. Saturday <strong>12</strong>pm -<br />
Annual Gala Day feat. DJ & Kids<br />
Disco; 4pm - Canterbury Brass Band.<br />
WUNDERBAR, Lyttelton:<br />
Thursday 8.3pm - Comedy Night.<br />
Friday 8pm - <strong>The</strong> Joint EP Release<br />
Party feat. <strong>The</strong> Joint; Bhozy & Blique;<br />
Lonesome Carboy; Windu & Mighty<br />
Browns. Saturday 8pm - <strong>The</strong> Narcs<br />
Unplugged, ticketed. Tuesday 7pm -<br />
Open Mic.<br />
Get all ‘Christmasy’ with us!<br />
PRE-CHRISTMAS<br />
FUNCTIONS, PARTIES,<br />
WORK BREAK UPS.<br />
CHECK OUT OUR<br />
SET MENUS<br />
AVAILABLE LUNCH & DINNER DAILY<br />
UNTIL 24/<strong>12</strong>/19 FOR PARTIES OF 10 OR MORE<br />
SORRY, WE ARE CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY<br />
<strong>The</strong><br />
RESTAURANT & CAFÉ<br />
0pen daily from 6.30am<br />
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner<br />
RACECOURSE HOTEL<br />
& Motorlodge<br />
118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn,<br />
Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150<br />
www.racecoursehotel.co.nz<br />
Bookings Essential PH 386 0088<br />
fb.com/GardenHotelRestaurant www.gardenhotel.co.nz<br />
IN THE BAR<br />
HAPPY HOUR 5PM - 7PM DAILY<br />
LIVE SKY SPORT ON THE<br />
GBC BIG SCREEN<br />
IN THE CAFE<br />
OUR CABINET ITEMS ARE HOMEMADE<br />
CREATED FRESH ON SITE DAILY<br />
Breakfast<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
FROM<br />
9AM<br />
DAILY<br />
LIVE MUSIC<br />
THIS SATURDAY<br />
5.30-7.30PM<br />
Vintage Blue<br />
COFFEE<br />
HAPPY<br />
H O U R<br />
2PM-4PM<br />
DAILY $3.50<br />
Offer available for a<br />
limited time and includes<br />
tea, hot chocolate<br />
Lunch $<strong>12</strong> Specials<br />
MON: ROAST MEAL<br />
TUE: FISH & CHIPS<br />
WED: FISH BURGER<br />
THU: ROAST MEAL<br />
SAT: FISH & CHIPS<br />
AVAILABLE FROM<br />
11.30AM-2PM<br />
FOR A LIMITED TIME<br />
PHONE 385 8880 FIND US ON FACEBOOK fb.com/GBCCHCH<br />
THE GARDEN HOTEL COMPLEX<br />
110 MARSHLAND RD<br />
www.gardenhotel.co.nz | phone 385 3132
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This Week at the<br />
Hornby Club<br />
let’s<br />
eat<br />
<strong>The</strong> Club Café<br />
is open daily for<br />
Lunch & Dinner<br />
Bring the whole family!<br />
CLUBS NEW ZEALAND WARMLY WELCOME MEMBERS,<br />
THEIR GUESTS AND AFFILIATE CLUB MEMBERS.<br />
Check Out <strong>The</strong>se Club Café Dining Specials!<br />
Midday to 2pm<br />
Thursday<br />
Mon, Tue, Wed<br />
Roast of the Day with veges<br />
or Fish of the Day with<br />
chips & salad<br />
Add a dessert for<br />
just $5<br />
Friday<br />
New Year’s Eve<br />
DINNER DEAL<br />
Pie,<br />
Peas &<br />
Spud<br />
DINNER DEAL<br />
Braised<br />
Pork Chop<br />
with Apricot<br />
& Veges<br />
BAND<br />
with<br />
Saturday<br />
DINNER DEAL<br />
Souvlaki<br />
& Chips<br />
Sunday<br />
ALLAN BARRON MARIAN BURNS JOSH KEATING<br />
TUESDAY 31ST DEC, 8PM | HORNBY CLUB<br />
Tickets $5 at the Hornby Club office<br />
What’s On @ Woolston<br />
UPCOMING EVENTS<br />
SATURDAY<br />
21 DEC, 7.30pm<br />
REMINISCE<br />
SATURDAY<br />
28 DEC, 7pm<br />
JO’S<br />
KARAOKE<br />
SUNDAY 15TH<br />
www.hornbywmc.co.nz/events<br />
COMING UP<br />
NEW YEARS EVE<br />
TUESDAY 31 DEC, 8PM<br />
REMEDY<br />
& GUESTS<br />
HWMC | ph 03 349 9026 | 17 Carmen Rd, Hornby<br />
www.hornbywmc.co.nz | Members, guests & affiliates welcome<br />
THIS SATURDAY 7.30PM<br />
LIVE MUSIC<br />
Reckless<br />
SUNDAY 15 DECEMBER <strong>12</strong>PM, FREE<br />
Club Gala Day<br />
Petting Zoo<br />
Bouncy Castle<br />
Kids Disco & DJ<br />
Canty Brass Band<br />
TUESDAY 31 DECEMBER 7.30PM, FREE<br />
NEW YEARS EVE WITH<br />
Unhinged<br />
43 Hargood St, Woolston. Ph 03 389 7039<br />
www.woolstonclub.co.nz<br />
Follow us on Facebook<br />
www.facebook.com/WoostonclubInc<br />
RESTAURANT OPEN<br />
Wednesday - Sunday from 5pm<br />
Wednesday 25 <strong>December</strong><br />
Bookings available between<br />
11am - 1.30pm<br />
Adults $65pp<br />
Children $40pp (under <strong>12</strong> yrs)<br />
Lunch menu:<br />
woolstonclub.co.nz/entertainment<br />
HOU S I E<br />
TUESDAY <strong>12</strong>.45PM<br />
THURSDAY 7.30PM<br />
FRIDAY 7.30PM<br />
SATURDAY <strong>12</strong>.30PM
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What s On<br />
AT THE<br />
CLUBS NEW ZEALAND WARMLY<br />
WELCOME MEMBERS, THEIR GUESTS<br />
AND AFFILIATE CLUB MEMBERS.<br />
Become<br />
a member<br />
TODAY!<br />
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT A<br />
CLUB WITHIN THIS SECTION.<br />
Cashmere Club<br />
50 Colombo Street<br />
cashmereclub.co.nz<br />
THURSDAY & FRIDAY<br />
HAM RAFFLES from 4pm<br />
HAPPY HOUR 5pm-6pm<br />
MEMBERS’<br />
CASH<br />
Ph 03 332 0092<br />
E: cashmere@<br />
cashmereclub.co.nz<br />
DRAW $600<br />
REDRAW 6.15PM FRIDAY<br />
6.15pm THURSDAY<br />
IF NOT WON.<br />
THURSDAY from 7pm<br />
CASHMERE LOUNGE - ALL WELCOME<br />
CASHMERE UKULELE GROUP<br />
FRIDAY from 7pm<br />
FRIDAY<br />
FUN<br />
HOUSIE<br />
$4 per card. 35 games. Cash prizes. Rafes.<br />
All welcome.<br />
WEDNESDAY from 7pm<br />
FREE CHRISTMAS QUIZ<br />
Last QUIZ for <strong>2019</strong>! Register teams 4-6 from 6.45pm.<br />
Christmas theme & additional prizes.<br />
QUIZ NIGHTS reutrn on Wednesday 5th Feb 2020,<br />
NOW ON!<br />
THE CASUAL DINING<br />
CHRISTMAS<br />
SET MENU<br />
2 COURSES<br />
$26<br />
PER PERSON<br />
AVAILABLE TUES-SAT<br />
LUNCH & DINNER<br />
RIVERVIEW RESTAURANT<br />
LIVE<br />
MUSIC<br />
DND<br />
DUO<br />
JOJO & MARK<br />
FROM<br />
6.30PM<br />
WORK<br />
BREAK UP<br />
FRIDAY 20TH DECEMBER<br />
WHAT’S ON<br />
AT THE<br />
RICHMOND<br />
CLUB<br />
GENERATION<br />
BABY BOOMERS<br />
FRIDAY<br />
SATURDAY<br />
SUNDAY<br />
13 14 15<br />
7-11PM 7-11PM 3-6PM<br />
KRAKKAJACK<br />
REBOOT<br />
• Open daily from 11am<br />
• BISTRO Lunch/Dinner<br />
• TAB & Gaming<br />
• Courtesy Van<br />
75 London St<br />
PH 03 389 5778<br />
www.rwmc.co.nz
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FINAL<br />
WEEK!<br />
UNWRAP A<br />
BARGAIN! IN STORE & ONLINE.<br />
DON’T MISS OUT, THESE CHRISTMAS DEALS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE UNTIL MONDAY 16TH DECEMBER <strong>2019</strong>.<br />
Fox<br />
Outdoor Corner Suite<br />
WAS $2649<br />
NOW<br />
$<br />
1899<br />
Barcelona<br />
Outdoor 3 Seater<br />
WAS $<strong>12</strong>99<br />
NOW<br />
$<br />
899<br />
Paris<br />
2 Drawer Coffee Table<br />
WAS $599<br />
NOW<br />
$<br />
399<br />
SAVE<br />
$750<br />
Enjoy now PAY IN 2021<br />
Memphis Queen Bed<br />
WAS $499<br />
NOW<br />
$<br />
399<br />
Credit criteria, exclusions, fees, terms & conditions apply.<br />
Whitehaven<br />
Dining Table – W180<br />
WAS $849<br />
NOW<br />
$<br />
599<br />
Monaco Black<br />
Bookcase<br />
WAS $899<br />
NOW<br />
$<br />
499<br />
TARGET CHRISTCHURCH<br />
Proudly locally<br />
owned and<br />
operated.<br />
THE BIG CHRISTMAS SALE ON NOW! ENDS 16.<strong>12</strong>.19.<br />
Shop<br />
Online<br />
Nationwide<br />
Delivery<br />
Finance<br />
Options<br />
Cnr Blenheim & Curletts Rds, Christchurch<br />
Ph: 0800 TARGET (0800 827438)<br />
targetfurniture.co.nz<br />
Offers and product prices advertised here expire 16/<strong>12</strong>/19.<br />
Sale excludes Manchester and Accessories.
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