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Thursday, January 23, 2020 

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Police terror attack 

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• By Sophie Cornish 

THE COST of the March 15 

terror attacks for police has 

reached $2.7 million and is still 

rising. 

But Canterbury’s police chief 

says keeping our country safe 

and secure has no price tag. 

When 51 people were killed 

and 49 injured after a lone 

gunman opened fire at two of 

the city’s mosques, it was the 

biggest homicide event in the 

country’s history. 

For this 

reason, 

Canterbury 

District 

Commander 

Superintendent 

John 

Price said the 

cost, which is 

continuing to 

rise, doesn’t surprise him. 

John Price 

INVESTIGATION: Armed police, detectives and forensic experts on Deans Ave in the aftermath of the attack. 

“We have never had an event 

of this size before. You can’t really 

put a cost on the ability to 

keep our society safe and free 

from further violence. 

“The cost is ongoing and you 

can’t put a financial, monetary 

figure on the importance of a safe 

and secure country,” he said. 

At least four police operations 

have been conducted since the 

event, Operation Deans, Operation 

Unity, Operation Overwatch 

and Operation Whakahaumanu. 

The cost of Deans is the most 

significant and is currently sitting 

at $2.65 million. 

A breakdown of the costs 

revealed to The Star under 

the Official Information Act, 

shows $1.73 million was spent 

on travel expenses, $337,932 for 

professional services (including 

forensic services, trauma and 

psychologist counselling and 

consultation), $258,062 for vehicle 

expenses and $323,076 for 

other operating expenses, such 

as food and equipment hire. 

Deans is the largest operation 

in the country’s history and has 

been through various phases 

including the initial response, 

reassurance, recovery and 

ongoing judicial investigation, 

Superintendent Price said. 

“That investigation component 

is ongoing. We have got a large 

number of staff currently committing 

to making sure we put 

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Air rifle used to shoot family’s cats 

NOBODY SEEMS to want this 

statue of Richie McCaw. 

Chinese artist Yang Yi is 

looking for a home for his 7m 

sculpture of McCaw. 

Yi, an Auckland University 

of Technology graduate whose 

larger-than-life metal sculptures 

of Transformer robots have 

featured in China and Singapore, 

is looking for a home for the 

McCaw sculpture he is calling 

the “Undefeated Kiwi.” 

Yi offered to build the 

sculpture of McCaw for the 

Auckland waterfront but was 

rejected by Auckland Council in 

2012. He made it anyway. 

Yesterday, The Star asked the 

Christchurch City Council and 

Canterbury Rugby Union if they 

would be interested in putting up 

the statue in the city. 

Neither were forthcoming. 

Said a city council spokesman: 

“Christchurch City Council 

hasn’t been approached to home 

the statue.” 

A Canterbury Rugby Football 

Union spokeswoman said it 

TWO CATS belonging to the 

same family have been shot with 

an air rifle, prompting a plea 

from the SPCA for information 

from the public. 

The latest incident happened 

on January 19 when Pipsy was 

shot on Ruakaka St, Hornby. 

The SPCA said it is likely she 

was shot intentionally. 

Both cats were lucky to 

survive their life-threatening 

injuries, a SPCA spokeswoman 

said yesterday. 

Pipsy was shot in the chest 

would need more information on 

the sculpture before commenting. 

Even McCaw’s hometown of 

Kurow doesn’t want the statue. 

A committee was set up to 

advocate for a statue but the Yi 

one doesn’t fit the bill. 

The committee’s founder 

Jocelyn McIlraith said the metal 

sculpture was nothing like what 

they had envisaged. 

The 7m statue was made from 

and discovered by her owner, a 

vet nurse, Pipsy was vomiting 

blood and in a state of severe 

distress. 

She was disoriented and 

howling in pain. An X-ray 

revealed that there was an 

air rifle pellet sitting in her 

abdomen, with a small entry 

point on her chest. 

Emergency surgery was 

performed on Pipsy at the SPCA 

Christchurch Centre. 

“Pipsy has recovered well from 

her horrific ordeal, but is not 

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three tonnes. It is now sitting at 

Yi’s studio in his home city of 

Shiyan in China. 

yet out of the woods. In spite of 

ongoing medications (including 

antibiotics and pain relief) there 

are a large number of potential 

side-effects that will need to be 

monitored for very closely, not 

least the risk of severe internal 

infection. 

Shooting an animal and 

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“I spent around $80,000 over 

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portrays the true spirit of New 

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Yi has written to New Zealand 

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although money is not his 

concern, he hopes whoever 

adopts the statue will help 

contribute to at least part of the 

cost. 

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A Fire and Emergency New 

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occupier of the home called the 

fire service to say her computer 

had exploded. There were no 

reported injuries. Meanwhile, 

fire crews were called to another 

suspicious vehicle fire in the 

early hours of Wednesday 

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The blaze was at The Lagoon 

in Brooklands about 5am. 

Suspicious car fires on Tuesday 

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in Aranui were also passed on to 

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Restoration work was meant 

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NEWS 

Terror attack 


Prince’s visit costs 

costs ongoing 

taxpayers $300k 

• From page 1 

Unity, specifically for the National 

Remembrance Day service 

in Hagley Park, cost $21,402. 

The security operation for the 

event, which saw more than 100 

international dignitaries attend 

from 59 countries, was of the 

largest in the country’s recent history 

and came at a time where the 

national threat level was high. 

Overwatch was police’s involvement 

in Anzac Day services last 

year and the royal visit from 

Prince William, which cost 

$23,710. 

“There were a lot of questions 

around whether Anzac Day 

celebrations should go ahead. We 

had no view on that, it’s up to the 

individual organisations, a lot 

of that was around making sure 

they were fully informed about 

any potential risks,” Superintendent 

Price said. 

The costs for Whakahaumanu, 

which means to ‘revive and 

restore’, were not separately recorded 

and weren’t available. This 

operation focused on restoring 

the health of communities across 

the country. 

All expenses include direct operating 

costs and don’t include personnel 

costs, such as staff salaries. 

Initially, the funding required 

for police’s operations were relocated 

within existing resources 

and no extra funding was given. 

A decision was made by the 

police executive at national 

headquarters to do this in the 

short term until the end of the 

2018/2019 government’s financial 

year, June 30. 

In the following financial year, 

which began on July 1, police, 

along with several other government 

agencies, received increased 

funding as a result of the terror 

attacks. 

Minister of Police, Stuart Nash, 

announced a $260 million boost 

for new police initiatives, including 

$150 million for the gun 

buyback scheme. 

A spokeswoman for Mr Nash 

said if police require an increase 

for a specific appropriation, they 

can make a case to the minister. 

Additional funding was also 

given for mental health support 

in Christchurch, ACC, support 

for ethnic communities, security 

and intelligence agencies and a 

Royal Commission. 


PRINCE WILLIAM’S two-day 

visit following the March 15 

terror attacks cost taxpayers more 

than $300,000. 

The Duke of Cambridge’s visit 

in April cost $301,082, said the 

Department of Internal Affairs. 

A breakdown of the costings 

showed international travel cost 

$83,941 and domestic travel cost 

$19,142. 

Personnel cost $86,819, accommodation, 

meals and 

other travel-related costs came to 

$33,973, while vehicle hire and 

use cost $25,186. 

Other additional costs were: 

government hospitality and 

events, $40,148 and general operating 

costs, $11,873. 

A DIA spokeswoman said due 

to the exceptional circumstances, 

there was an unusually short 

planning period for the tour. 

“The primary objective of this 

visit was to show support to local 

and national communities in the 

aftermath of the Christchurch 

terror attacks on March 15. 

During the two-day visit, 

Prince William attended an 

SPECIAL VISITOR: During his visit, Prince William spoke 

with victims at Starship Hospital in Auckland. 

PHOTO: KENSINGTON PALACE 

Anzac Day service in Auckland 

and visited a victim of the terror 

attacks in Starship Hospital. 

He then travelled to Christchurch 

with Prime Minister Jacinda 

Ardern, where he visited the 

mosques that were attacked and 

met with victims, their families 

and other members of the Muslim 

community. 

“The costs associated with visits 

by members of the royal family 

is something New Zealanders 

have been broadly accepting of,” a 

spokeswoman for Ms Ardern said. 

He also visited first responders 

at the Justice and Emergency 

Services Precinct, Christchurch 

Hospital and the Canterbury 

National Earthquake Memorial. 

Mayor Lianne Dalziel said 

the Muslim community was 

extremely grateful for the visit. 

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AN UPSET mother has resorted 

to permanently attaching 

treasures to her children’s graves 

after several items were stolen – 

including three sacred pounamu. 

Gwyneth Beard has lost two 

children, son Elwyn in 1991 and 

her daughter Talla Pakeha in 

2011. 

Elwyn was eight-months-old 

when he died of cot death and 

Talla was 25 when she died from 

a severe asthma attack. 

Both are buried at Ruru Lawn 

Cemetery in Bromley. 

Talla’s twin boys, Tane and 

Aka, were six-years-old and 

Ngatanahira, was four-years-old 

when she died. 

She was also seven months 

pregnant and the unborn baby 

did not survive. 

With Talla’s birthday approaching, 

Gwyneth, along with 

her grandsons, Tane and Aka, 

who are now 14, spent time tidying 

up her grave. 

Returning the next day, 

Gwyneth noticed a plaque, string 

of solar lights and pounamu 

necklace had been stolen. 

“We have cemented down 

most of the pounamu. The other 

one, we never got around to doing 

it,” she said. 

It’s not the first time she has 

felt “heartbroken” by thieves. 

About three years ago, two 

pounamu were stolen from 

Elwyn’s grave. 

One of the items was found for 

sale on Facebook, with the offender 

admitting to police it had 

been sold for $300. 

The other pounamu was never 

recovered and the offender was 

never charged, making Gwyneth 

reluctant to report the most 

recent thefts. 

“We were just given the stuff 

back and never heard anything 

more about it. I just didn’t want 


to deal with that again. 

Gwyneth’s aunt also had four 

steel roses valued at $10 each 

stolen soon after she placed them 

on her husband’s grave at the 

same cemetery. 

“That really broke my heart 

because she probably used her 

pension to get those,” she said. 

Talla and her sons were subjected 

to family violence when 

she was alive. 

Her sons have now become 

advocates against domestic 

violence, sharing their story 

through singing and speeches at 

community events and the Ministry 

of Justice summit last year. 

“It’s really heartbreaking, she 

has already been violated and now 

she should be resting in peace and 

then they come and do that and 

then that violates her too. 

“Being Maori I just don’t 

understand, it’s so wrong to take 

things from the cemetery, let 

alone pounamu,” Gwyneth said. 

She hopes the city council will 

NEWS 5 

‘Heartbreak’ after items stolen from graves 

LOSS: Thieves have stolen items from two 

of Gwyneth Beard’s children’s graves. She 

wants security cameras in all city councilrun 

cemeteries. PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN 


consider installing security cameras 

in all parts of the cemetery. 

The city council acting unit 

manager for parks, Al Hardy, 

said family and friends are responsible 

for items on graves. 

“Council would ordinarily 

only remove broken or neglected 

items or materials that represented 

a health or safety issue.” 

Mr Hardy would encourage 

reporting the thefts to the city 

council’s contact centre and said 

over the past year, five have been 

reported. 

“There have been no steps 

taken for theft of items from 

grave sites. For added security 

following the March 15 tragedy, 

the Memorial Cemetery has 

camera surveillance.” 

Mr Hardy said extra security 

measures would be considered 

on a case-by-case basis.


6 

NEWS 

Multi-use arena 

investment case 

decision pending 

• By Louis Day 

PARLIAMENTARY officials 

are preparing advice for a final 

decision around the investment 

case for the city’s multi-use arena. 

Minister of Finance Grant Robertson 

and Minister for Greater 

Christchurch Regeneration 

Megan Woods have been delegated 

authority over the decision 

by Cabinet. 

A department of Prime Minister 

and Cabinet spokeswoman 

said the two ministers will have 

until March 2 to make a decision 

otherwise it will return to 

Cabinet. 

The investment case for the 

$472 million arena, which asks for 

$220 million from the Government’s 

Christchurch Regeneration 

Acceleration Fund, was approved 

by the city council in December. 

The case states that for the arena 

to be competitive and attract international 

and national events, it 

needs a roof, a minimum seating 

capacity of 25,000, with potential 

to add 5000 temporary seats, fixed 

rectangular turf and high-quality 

acoustics. 

The city council has put aside 

$253 million in its 2018-28 Long 

Term Plan for its contribution to 

the arena’s construction costs. 

Work on the site could begin as 

early as mid-this year. 


CHIEF OMBUDSMAN Peter 

Boshier says the city council 

appears to be making good 

progress in response to his 

heavily critical assessment of it 

last year. 

In his investigation 

into how 

the city council 

responds to 

requests for official 

information 

he identified 

“serious concerns” 

around 

the city council’s 

commitment to openness and 

transparency. 

Within his findings from his 

investigation from October 

2018 to July 2019 he alleged city 

council bosses were “manipulating” 

reports before they were 

released to elected members and 

the public. 

In response to Mr Boshier’s 

concerns, the city council formulated 

an improvement plan 

consisting of 90 different actions 

to address his recommendations. 

An update from the city council 

on the improvement plan set 

to be received by city councillors 

today states: “Good progress is 

being made on the implementation 

of the improvement plan. 

“Of the 90 identified actions 


Progress on Boshier findings 

Peter 

Boshier 

IMPROVEMENT: The city council says good progress is 

being made in response to Chief Ombudsman Peter 

Boshier’s scathing assessment which accused council 

bosses of manipulating reports. 

for the council, 28 have been 

completed, 44 have been initiated 

and are ongoing, 17 have yet 

to be started and one has been 

delayed,” it reads. 

Mr Boshier said he planned to 

check in with the city council in 

late February. 

“The council appears to be 

making good progress on the 

recommendation and that is 

encouraging, but we will know 

more after we check in late next 

month,” he said. 

During Mr Boshier’s investigation, 

he said city council staff 

raised concerns with him about 

the behaviour of “some members 

of the then executive leadership 

team.” 

He said he had received no 

further concerns from staff since 

the release of the report. 

In his report, he said former 

chief executive Karleen Edwards 

failed to take “appropriate and 

adequate action” after staff raised 

concerns that some members of 

the executive leadership team 

were withholding information. 

Ms Edwards chose not to reapply 

for the chief executive role 

after her five-year contract ended 

in June. Current chief executive 

Dawn Baxendale announced in 

July she was quitting as Birmingham 

City Council chief executive 

to take on the role. 

Mr Boshier recommended that 

Mrs Baxendale review the practice 

of the executive leadership 

team’s involvement in controlling 

the flow of information to 

elected members and the public, 

which has since been completed. 

Mrs Baxendale said herself and 

the executive leadership team 

were committed to implementing 

the improvement plan. 

“Solid progress is being made 

with an emphasis on not just 

completing the actions but 

embedding the cultural change 

in the council. Our expectations 

are to drive continuous improvement 

so it becomes part of our 

natural behaviour,” she said. 

Mrs Baxendale said she 

expected the remaining action 

points to be completed by the 

end of May. 

Other recommendations from 

Mr Boshier included allowing 

a clear process for staff to raise 

concerns “without fear of reprisal” 

and ensuring the “mayor’s 

adviser” is not a participant 

in the weekly meeting where 

LGOIMA requests are discussed. 

Both recommendations have 

been acted upon. 

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CHANGES WILL soon be 

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health facilities to monitor and 

manage the risk of superbugs. 

Also known as multi-drugresistant 

organisms, superbugs 

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and within the Canterbury 

District Health Board. 

The rise of superbugs, which 

are strains of bacteria that are 

resistant to the majority of commonly-used 

antibiotics, means 

ordinary infections can in some 

cases become untreatable with 

antibiotics and life-saving medical 

procedures, such as surgeries 

or transplants, can become 

extremely difficult or risky. 

“The risk of an MDRO infection, 

particularly in critically ill 

and immune-compromised patients, 

is very real and increasing 

every year,” said microbiology 

clinical director and chair of the 

CDHB infection and prevention 

control executive committee, 

Joshua Freeman. 

CDHB staff will be required 

to implement a new risk assessment 

flowchart and guidelines 

for superbugs from February 1, 

to assess all patients presenting, 

transferred or being admitted to 

CDHB hospitals. 

“Just as the epidemiology of 

these bacteria has changed over 

time, so must our response. 

That’s why we’re currently making 

changes to the way we monitor 

and manage MDRO risk,” 

Dr Freeman said. 

To ensure the CDHB continues 

to respond appropriately, 

Dr Freeman’s committee made 

policy updates, which all staff 

will be required to learn. 

Staff education sessions are 

being held and the changes are 

in line with the Ministry of 

Health’s antimicrobial resistance 

action plan, which aims to 

achieve a consistent approach 


Superbugs in spotlight 

CHANGES: Joshua Freeman, who chairs the CDHB 

infection and prevention control executive committee, 

is helping education staff about new procedures around 

superbugs. 

towards reducing MDROs, their 

harm and cost, nationally. 

The five MDROs which 

CDHB list as current concern. 

• Carbapenemase-producing 

Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) 

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baumannii (CRAB) 

• Extended Spectrum Betalactamase 

producing bacteria 

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aureus (MRSA) 

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A WINDOW-smashing 

rampage in east Christchurch 

suburbs on Monday night has 

caused thousands of dollars of 

damage to cars. 

Police are now investigating 

after receiving 11 reports of car 

windows being smashed in one 

night. 

Shirley, Richmond and 

Mairehau were targeted and 

police received reports of vehicle 

damage on Averill St, Slater St, 

Nicholls St, Flockton St, Squire 

St, Aylesford St, Erin Cres, Patrick 

St, Fergusson Ave, Archer St 

and Vogel St. 

Slater St resident Kristi Millard 

was “gutted” to discover 

on Tuesday morning that seven 

of her car windows had been 

smashed. 

Fortunately, Ms Millard has 

insurance, but her car will take 

weeks to be repaired as the windows 

required aren’t currently 

available in the country. 

“It’s certainly not driveable. 

I’m gutted as I was going to 

Timaru to visit a sick friend on 

Tuesday but due to discovering 

the damage done to the car at 

8am I couldn’t drive anywhere,” 

she said. 

Warden St resident Lilly Van’t 

Wout was shocked to discover 


NEWS 7 

Vandals smash 

windows on 11 cars 

SMASHED: Kristi Millard 

was “gutted” to discover 

seven of her car windows 

had been smashed on 

Monday night, on Slater St. 

(Below) – Lilly Van’t Wout’s 

car on Warden St. 

almost every window in her car 

had been smashed. 

“They didn’t hold back that’s 

for sure,” she said. 

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70 years of friendship – and counting 


AS THE saying goes, it takes 

a long time to grow an old 

friend. 

And for this group of ladies, 

it’s been a long time – close to 70 

years in fact. 

As 14-year-olds, the group 

of women met when they were 

placed in the same class at 

Avonside Girls’ High School in 

1950 and have reunited every 

year since. 

For three, Rosemary Harper, 

Valerie Percy and Eleanor 

Gillespie, all now in their 80s, 

their friendship dates back to 

when they were five-years-old, 

after meeting at Opawa School 

in 1941. 

“We had some breaks in 

meeting to be young wives and 

mothers. We are all either 83 or 

84 now, but were only 14 when 

these special friendships were 

made. We meet each two to 

three months and stay in touch. 

We are still the same women,” 

Mrs Gillespie said. 

Mostly the group meet at each 

others homes for afternoon tea 

and each bring a plate of food to 

share. 

This way they can laugh and 

make as much noise as they like, 

Mrs Gillespie said. 

Three of the group have 

passed away, including most 

recently, Fay Rabone-Powell, in 

December. 

“It was a month to the day 

that we met (this month). She 

badly wanted to come too, she 

knew all about it. But she had 

been in and out of hospital, 

sick. We use to go to Fay’s quite 

a bit, she had a big home,” Mrs 

Gillespie said. 

The group were in a small class 

of 21 at Avonside, where most 

had 30 pupils, something they 

believe may have contributed to 

their close friendships. 

“I don’t know what the secret 

is; it is very special, especially for 

the women who are widowed. 

I just want to tell any young 

people, it’s difficult when 

you have young children but 

suddenly it becomes very 

special. Your school friends, 

you have to make a point of 

staying in touch,” Mrs Gillespie 

said. 

Between them, they have 26 

children, 54 grandchildren and 

10 great-grandchildren, with 

another on the way. 

FRIENDSHIP: A group of friends who 

met at Avonside Girls’ High School in 

1950 have come together to meet every 

year since. Their class was form 3CB 

(above). (Back row, from left) – Norma- 

Ann Prior, Valerie Percy, Anita Blake 

and Rosalind (Rosie) Fahey. (Front row) 

– Moira Forsyth, Joy Masters, Eleanor 

Gillespie, Alison Royfee and Rosemary 

Harper. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

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Gillespie said. 

The women were placed 

in a commercial course after 

school and most ended up as 

secretaries, in banks, law firms 

or offices, some even ended 

up working for the same 

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THE BRAIDED river effect on 

the Te Pae convention centre’s 

façade is taking shape, with 

CPB Contractors having now 

installed a quarter of the 43,000 

herringbone tiles. 

Ōtākaro Ltd chief executive 

John Bridgman called the 

facade effect “a significant feat of 

architecture and engineering.” 

“Each of the fibre cement 

tiles is placed 

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Canterbury 

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“But colour 

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“This prime central city 

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“It also ensured we did all we 

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this prominent riverside site, 

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surrounding it.” 

Woods Bagot principal and 

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“The design is for a fluid and 

undulating façade that responds 

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local iwi and the undulating 

Avon River flowing through the 

city.” 

“Principles of the unique 

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“The panel colours build on 

the interplay of shades and 

the characteristics of a ‘living 

surface’.” 

Matapopore Charitable Trust 

chairwoman Aroha Reriti-Crofts 

says the concept for the façade is 

aligned with ki uta ki tai (from 

the mountains to the sea). 

“The term relates to the 

movement of water through the 

landscape and the numerous 

interactions it may have on its 

journey. Ki uta ki tai recognises 

the interconnected nature of 

people, land and water. 

“This concept also has a strong 

connection with both mahinga 

kai and whakapapa, which are 

two of the kaupapa that are being 

embedded into the anchor projects.” 

The façade cladding is in 

fibre cement tiles, which are 

produced using mineral-based 

materials. The tiles will last for 

more than 50 years and are fully 

recyclable. 

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centre can now pay for it using 

the PayMyPark app. 

The city council is trialling the 

app for 12 months. 

The app can be downloaded 

for free from Google Play and the 

App Store. 

The PayMyPark app allows 

people to pay for their parking 

using their smartphone or mobile 

device. 

People can choose to pay per 

session as a casual user or they 

can set up an account. 

Council transport operations 

manager Steffan Thomas says the 

app can be used to pay for onstreet 

metered parking throughout 

the city centre. 

“With the app you only pay for 

the time you’ve parked and you 

can receive an alert when your 

paid parking is about to expire,” 

he said. 

“You have the option too of 

extending your time remotely so 

that you don’t need to run back 

to put money in a meter. People 

though will still need to adhere 

to the time restrictions that are 

in place – if you’re in a two-hour 

paid parking spot you can’t just 

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IT WILL cost just over $4000 

a week for the city council to 

inspect recycling bins across 

the city and Banks Peninsula. 

The 12-week recycling initiative, 

which involves a team 

of four inspecting up 7500 

recycling bins a week, will 

cost $50,000 in total. 

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yellow bins 

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In 2019, 

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tonnes of 

material put 

into yellow bins was sent to 

landfill due to contamination. 

Throughout the project, a 

gold sticker will be placed on 

bins with the correct material 

in them. Residents with the 

incorrect material in their 

bins will have educational 

information left in their 

mailbox. 

City council solid waste 

manager Ross Trotter said 

the main goal of the project 

was to reduce the amount 

of contamination going into 

yellow bins. 

“The reason why we are 

putting so much effort into 

this is because we want to ensure 

that we recycle as much 

as possible,” he said. 

“The companies that take 


Bin check will cost $50k 

Ross Trotter 

GET IT RIGHT: The city council has started sorting 

through recycling bins throughout the city and 

Banks Peninsula. 

our recyclable material 

have a low threshold for 

contamination. If a load has 

too much of the wrong stuff 

in it, they will simply reject it 

and it will be sent to landfill. 

THE RIGHT ITEMS TO RECYCLE: 

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App trial to 

track down 

elusive smell 

A CAUSE of a mysterious smell 

– likened to rotting fish or dead 

animals – in the eastern suburbs 

could be pinpointed soon. 

Residents have been complaining 

about the stench for years, but 

so far the cause of the smell in 

Bromley, Linwood and Woolston 

remains elusive, with authorities 

saying it could be a range of things 

such as industrial sites or the Avon 

Heathcote Estuary. 

But pinpointing the source 

could be on the way, with 

Environment Canterbury trialling 

apps for residents to report the 

smell as soon as they catch a whiff. 

Woolston resident Karyn Fallon 

said the smell had been around 

for as long as she could remember. 

“It’s almost like a sulphur sort 

of smell. It’s very dependent on 

the wind. I’m not very good with 

directions but whichever way it 

needs to blow, if it’s blowing this 

way we do get it really strongly,” 

she said. 

She has lived in the city’s eastern 

suburbs for 23 years and said she 

had always thought it was the city’s 

oxidation ponds – but now she’s 

not so sure. 

ECan started a programme 

to look at odours about 12 

months ago in efforts to solve 

the mystery. 

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14 

OPINION 

The coming week 

in our history 

January 23, 1855: A huge 

magnitude 8.2 earthquake hit 

Wellington, having a profound 

impact on the development of 

the city. Land raised from the 

harbour – along with additional 

reclamations – formed much 

of modern Wellington’s central 

business district. The earthquake 

also drained notoriously swampy 

areas in the Hutt Valley and 

Wellington, including the site of 

the Basin Reserve cricket ground. 

January 24, 1980: The 

government ordered the Soviet 

Union‘s ambassador, Vsevolod 

Sofinsky, to leave the country 

within 72 hours after he allegedly 

delivered money to the pro-Soviet 

Socialist Unity Party. 

January 25, 1974: The 

opening ceremony of the 

‘Friendly Games’ featured 

performances by schoolchildren 

and a Māori concert party. Next 

day, Canterbury runner Dick 

Tayler ensured the success of the 

Games with a surprise victory for 

the host nation in the 10,000m 

track race. 

January 26, 1984: A 

record one-day total of up to 

84.8mm of rain caused extensive 

surface flooding in the streets of 

Invercargill, Riverton, Ōtautau, 

Tūātapere and Bluff. 

January 27, 1962: Peter 

Snell breaks the world mile 

record at Wanganui’s Cook 

Gardens, shaving 0.1 seconds off 

Australian Herb Elliott’s 3½-yearold 

record. Snell ran 3.54.4. 

January 28, 1901: 

Wellington blacksmith William 

Hardham served in South Africa 

with the fourth New Zealand 

contingent. He was the only New 

Zealander awarded a Victoria 

Cross during the South African 

War. 

January 29, 1842: 

Auckland’s Anniversary Day 

commemorates the arrival of 

Lieutenant-Governor William 

Hobson in the Bay of Islands in 

1840. 

IT’S AMAZING what a kick in 

the backside can do sometimes. 

Late last year Chief 

Ombudsman Peter Boshier gave 

the city council a rip snorter of a 

kick up the bum. 

It was in the form of his 

findings into an investigation 

into culture at the city council 

and concerns over the release of 

information to the public. 

Firmly in his sights were 

senior managers. 

Boshier’s report was scathing, 

leading to many more kicks in 

the backside for the council, 

namely from the news media. 

The report was released in 

November; probably lucky 

for some who had sought reelection 

in the October local 

body elections. 

But as reporter Louis Day 

reveals in today’s Star, the city 

council appears to be well on the 

way to rectifying many of the 

problems identified in Boshier’s 

report. 

This is being led by the new 

council chief executive Dawn 

Baxendale who through no 

fault of her own was highly 

scrutinised when she got the 

role last year. 

Twenty-eight of the 90 action 

points identified in Boshier’s 

report have been completed, 44 

have been initiated, 17 are yet to 

start and one has been delayed. 

The two key issues in Boshier’s 

TWENTY TWENTY marks the 

beginning of the first year of what 

is an incredibly significant decade 

for our city and region. 

Not only will we mark the 

10th anniversary of the first of 

the earthquakes that changed the 

course of our city’s history, we 

will see many more milestones 

achieved. 

It was a great to start the year 

seeing Christchurch at number 

24 in the New York Times top-52 

places to visit in 2020. 

This ties in well with the announcement 

that American Airlines 

will connect North America 


When a kick up the bum works 

report were a culture of fear and 

the flow of information from the 

former chief executive’s office to 

and our region later in the year 

with direct flights between Los 

Angeles and Christchurch three 

days a week. 

The new convention centre, 

Te Pae, will open in October 

this year. This will reinstate 

Christchurch as a world-class 

conference destination, as well as 

From the 

editor’s desk 

Barry Clarke 

Mayor 

Lianne Dalziel 

councillors and the public. 

Boshier found rank and file 

staff and middle managers were 

serving as an entree to the wider 

region. 

Delegates adding in extra 

days to look around while they 

are here, bringing partners 

who book tours and events, 

or bringing the whole family 

back for a holiday, not to 

mention all the word of mouth 

too frightened to raise issues 

with their bosses. 

He also found the system 

of staff reports which should 

have gone to publicly-elected 

councillors for perusal and 

onto the public was flawed to 

a point information was being 

withheld. 

The finger was pointed clearly 

at the former CEO’s office. That 

situation was rectified in June of 

last year as Boshier progressed 

through his investigation. 

So overall, the city council 

deserves credit for acting 

fairly swiftly on Boshier’s 

recommendations. 

It’s amazing what a kick up 

the bum can do. 

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A lot happening for Christchurch in 2020 

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We are quickly reclaiming our 

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He Puna Taimoana hot pools 

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we can take on the remaining 

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Your gateway into the tech sector in 2020 

Tech is big and getting bigger. The technology sector boomed 

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ICT GRADUATE SCHOOL

STEVE BUSH 


OUR PEOPLE 17 

Cultivating a long career with trees 

Steve Bush started at 

Trees for Canterbury 

nearly 30 years ago. 

More than a million 

trees have been 

planted in that time. 

Having just been 

recognised in the 

New Year Honours 

list, he speaks to 

Sophie Cornish 

What is your favourite plant 

of all time? 

Oh gosh, that is tough. Maybe 

the mighty kahikatea, I think it 

represents so much, especially of 

Christchurch. You look at Riccarton 

Bush, the big tall trees there. 

The kahikatea lives for 1000 

years and grows 60m tall. As it 

grows it changes shape just like 

we do. It goes through a juvenile 

stage and then it grows through 

another stage and becomes a little 

bit more attractive, a little bit 

like me. Then when it is mature 

at 750 years of age, it is this regal 

plant that stands tall above the 

forest. It is New Zealand’s tallest 

tree. 

What are some of the biggest 

mistakes people in Christchurch 

are making when it comes 

to planting? 

We still get people thinking 

native plants are all green, don’t 

flower, are all massive trees and 

that cabbage trees are terrible. 

It’s about educating people that 

not all native plants are green, 

they do flower. It’s not about going 

outside to smell the roses, it’s 

about going outside and smelling 

the flowers on a cabbage tree. 

It’s my life ambition to sell a 

cabbage tree to everyone. Cabbage 

trees are one of the most 

hated native plants out there. 

The most commented reason is, 

the leaves go everywhere, they 

get stuck in the lawnmower. A 

simple thing is, you just have to 

pick them up. I’ve watched people 

rake their leaves off camellia 

flowers and oak trees and put 

them in a green bin, yet they 

moan about picking up the cabbage 

tree leaves. They are much 

GREEN FINGERS: Steve Bush tends to some young trees at 

Trees for Canterbury. 

easier to pick up and they have so 

many purposes. 

If you have a log burner you 

never had to cut kindling again, 

all summer long you just knot 

them into knots and have beautiful 

kindling, you don’t even need 

paper to get the fire going. 

Instead of going out and 

buying expensive ties for your 

roses or tomato plants, use a 

cabbage tree leaf. No longer do 

you need to steal the next-door 

neighbour’s stockings to tie the 

roses up. 

Environmentally, the cabbage 

tree provides food for the birds 

for nine months of the year. They 

are just a fantastic plant. 

Tell me about your family? 

Are you married? 

I am married. I got married 

twice, to the same woman. 

We got married when we were 

young, I was 25 and then, unfortunately, 

her mother passed away 

and we went through a period, 

weren’t happy, separated and got 

divorced legally. 

Then I decided I didn’t want 

to have children so I set out to 

make sure I wasn’t able to have 

children. And then, 15 years after 

we divorced she popped into the 

nursery with her daughter and 

was single at that stage. I invited 

her round for a cup of coffee and 

she came round and we played 

pool and enjoyed ourselves. 

Then a couple of days later I 

went round to visit. Believe it or 

not, when I left, Shania Twain’s 

Forever and always came on 

the radio. I hate Shania Twain 

FAMILY: Steve Bush with his daughter Grace, wife Janine 

and family dog, Katniss. 

but anyway, that song came on. 

Then, every time after that when 

I saw her, Shania Twain would 

come on the radio. 

We got married 18 years to the 

day after we originally got married. 

Same time as well. 

For someone that didn’t want 

children, I now have a lovely 

daughter, who is 19. She was 

three when I met her. Being able 

to watch her grow, she’s amazing. 

She wants to get into medical 

imaging, that’s her ambition in 

life. She likes the idea of being 

able to help. Then, I got diagnosed 

a couple of years ago with 

prostate cancer, that was a bit of 

a setback. 

But once again, family, friends, 

and all of the volunteers, they got 

me through quite a wicked year. 

How is your health now? 

Well, I’m alive, I wake up everyday 

breathing so that’s a good 

sign. I haven’t got anything to 

say that I’m remission yet but we 

just cross each bridge as it comes. 

Other than Trees for Canterbury, 

what do you like doing? 

I love mountain biking. It’s 

taken me places in New Zealand 

that I would have never gone 

otherwise. I like beer, that 

sounds odd but I do. But, only 

good quality beer. To me, 

Christchurch has some excellent 

brewers. 

So it’s biking, beer, my family 

and friends and Trees for Canterbury. 

They are my life. I have 

had to give up biking because of 

the prostate issues that arose but 

my favourite places in Christchurch 

were Greenwood Park and 

Captain Thomas Track. 

If you weren’t doing this job 

what would you be doing? 

Going crazy for sure. I honestly 

couldn’t imagine doing 

any other job. Every day brings 

something new, a new challenge, 

a new goal. It’s wonderful. 

Do you ever get jokes about 

your last name being Bush and 

working with plants? 

Nearly every day. Every time I 

go out and get introduced, I say I 

was born into it. Sometimes I say 

well my mum’s name was better, 

she was Ivy Rose and she became 

a Bush. 

How did Trees for Canterbury 

start - and why? 

It was started by a man 

named Tim Jenkins and he’s 

now Dr Tim Jenkins, he was at 

university at the time. I had been 

unemployed for a couple of years 

and one day I got called into the 

Work and Income offices. 

The guy talked to me in realtime 

like a normal human being, 

I remember him so well. 

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A passion for plants 

• From page 17 

He re-looked at the way I was 

looking at employment and instead 

of being so narrow focused, 

we look at a lot of issues and areas 

and he showed me I had a large 

range of skills. 

Up on the work board, there 

was this position advertised for 

someone with plant skills, stock 

control and staff control. I had 

no plant knowledge whatsoever. I 

thought two out of three ain’t bad 

and applied for it. 

The trust at the time gave me 

the opportunity and I started 

here on April 4, 1992, for six 

months. The trust had a bit more 

confidence in me and kept me going 

and here I am today, working 

in the longest six months I’ve ever 

had in my life. 

That must have been hard being 

unemployed for that long? 

I applied for close to 150 jobs in 

the first year of unemployment. 

I got turned down because I was 

too young, too old, too experienced, 

not enough experience. 

In real terms back then unemployment 

was so high, they 

could cream the crop. I gave up 

searching. 

The next year I didn’t do a lot, 

I must have been about 30-yearsold. 

Before I became unemployed, 

I used to pay someone to mow my 

lawns and weed my gardens for 

me. Walking in the bush was the 

closest I ever got to a native plant. 

So coming here was life-changing 

in so many different ways. 

So where did your passion for 

plants come from? 

I did tramp in different places 

and loved being out in the bush. 

Working with plants was not 

something I had ever considered 

in my life really. When I came 

here you start to learn things, just 

working amongst the plants gives 

you a nice feeling. 

You start learning things about 

the environment, how little of 

Canterbury’s native bush exists or 

the remnants of it, it was also the 

people I work alongside. 

As I learnt, the passion just 

grew. It’s no longer a job, it hasn’t 

been for many years, it’s a place I 

come to that I don’t mind getting 

up in the morning and going to 

SURPRISED: 

Mr Bush accepting 

the Community 

Work Partnership 

Award presented 

by Ben Clark, 

the Corrections 

Southern Regional 

Commissioner. 

work. It’s a great place. 

So did you grow up 

Christchurch? 

Born and bred. I have moved 

away three times but for never 

more than six months. It was great 

growing up in Christchurch, I 

come from the eastern suburbs. 

The educators at the time didn’t 

have an approach that suited me. 

When I asked why I was learning 

a+b =c, I was told to be quiet. A few 

years after that I learnt why you do 

need to know a little bit of algebra, 

I was working in a warehouse and 

trying to work out the circumference 

of something. All of a sudden 

a light bulb shone in my head. 

Now when I go out and 

promote in schools, I encourage 

the kids to stay in school to age 

25. 

TURNING TWO and being a 

big pre-school girl have clearly 

left a mark on Vittoria’s psyche. 

For example, we were out at 

Waikuku last week, when Vittoria 

fell over coming into the house. 

A little carpet by the door moved 

out from under her. 

She didn’t hurt herself at all, 

but she ended up on all fours, a 

little surprised and was calling 

for me to come over and give her 

a cuddle. 

I was telling her she was fine, 

she wasn’t hurt and that she 

should just get up. Which she 

duly did. 

She wandered over to me, 

grabbed my hand and pulled me 

up. She then led me over to the 

spot where she had fallen. 

And then she got back down 

on all fours and looked up and 

me and called out for a cuddle. I 

mean I had to do it then. 

While I am incredibly impressed 

by my daughter’s perseverance 

in getting what she 

wants, it’s pretty clear that Vittoria’s 

developing quite the drama 

queen streak. 

Time to brush her teeth? Great 

opportunity to run screaming 

into another room. Time for a 

VITTORIA 

& Matt 

Rise of the drama queen 

clothing change? Why not act 

like you’re keen right up until 

the point of the actual act, then 

devolve into a screaming heap 

yelling “no, no, no.” 

And nap time or bed time? 

God help me, our neighbours 

must think we’re trying to murder 

her every night. 

On a more positive spin to her 

new found dramatism, she’s becoming 

quite the wee entertainer. 

Over the weekend, we went to 

another second birthday (it’s 

birthday season). 

Right in the middle of the 

lounge was an electric keyboard 

and microphone toy. 

She could have played with it 

the whole time, she was pretty 

much the only keen one, but 

she waited until the majority of 

people were in the lounge to start 

her set. 

I’d definitely be keen 

to encourage that level of 

confidence, but it’d be nice 

to think she’ll ease up on the 

tantrums. 

•Former Star Media 

journalist Matt Salmons has 

become a stay-at-home 

dad. We follow his journey 

weekly 

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THEATRE/ARTS 

Big year of theatre in 

A big year is in 

store for the city’s 

eager theatre-goers. 

Georgia O’Connor- 

Harding takes a look 

at some of the major 

productions to be 

staged this year 

Showbiz Christchurch: 

The long-running theatre 

company has decided 

to take a step back in time, 

with the decision to stage 

three long-running classical 

productions. 

Showbiz Christchurch 

will launch into the year 

with My Fair Lady in April 

– a family musical telling 

the story of Cockney flower 

seller Eliza Doolittle. 

Last month the 

company announced 

performer Kira Josephson 

will play the leading role 

of Eliza Doolittle - which 

was originally played by 

English actress Dame Julie 

Andrews. 

The full cast was named 

last week with Roy Snow 

named as Professor Henry 

Higgins. 

In June, Showbiz will 

hold its mid-year concert 

– featuring the music of 

Chess. The show is written 

by ABBA songwriters 

Benny Andersson and 

Björn Ulvaeus with lyrics 

by Tim Rice. Chess in Concert 

brings all the drama 

of the musical together in 

concert with the Christchurch 

Symphony Orchestra. 

The year will be finished 

off in September with 

Buddy – The Buddy Holly 

Story. The show tells the 

story of how American 

musician Buddy Holly became 

a pioneering figure of 

mid-1950s rock and roll. 

Go to www.showbiz.org.nz 

The Court Theatre: 

The Court Theatre is already 

halfway through its 

2019/2020 season with its 

large-scale summer season 

of The Wind in the Willows 

finishing on Saturday. 

Next month the 

emotionally-demanding 

show A Streetcar Named 

Desire will be staged. The 

dark tale explores social 

issues including the effect 

of alcohol, the dependence 

women had on men in the 

1940s and the need for 

escapism. 

Brand-new New Zealand 

comedy Lysander’s Aunty, 

which was commissioned 

by The Court Theatre 

will be staged in March. 

The theatre company will 

continue to make audiences 

laugh in March with 

a “time bomb of a play” 

titled HIR. 

The busy season will 

finish in June with rockmusical 

Rent. The Pulitzer 

Prize winner explores a 

group of artists following 

THEATRICAL: Kira Josephson will play the leading 

role of Eliza Doolittle in Showbiz Christchurch’s 

production of My Fair Lady. PHOTO: SHOWBIZ 

CHRISTCHURCH/DANIELLE COLVIN 

their dreams in New York 

City against a backdrop 

of poverty, gentrification 

and the AIDS crisis of the 

1990s. 

Go to https://courttheatre.org.nz 

Little Andromeda: 

“Hundreds of shows” 

are on offer at the popup 

theatre space Little 

Andromeda. Following 

a festival of more than 

100 performances of 70 

different shows, it was 

announced last month the 

theatre will remain open 

throughout this year. 

Little Andromeda project 

director Michael Bell 

said the line-up of shows 

for February, March and 

April is will be announced 

at 4.30pm today. 

He said there will be 

45 different shows from 

artists the city “should be 

getting excited about seeing 

in Christchurch for the 

first time,” along with local 

talent producing exciting 

new work. 

Go to https://littleandromeda.co.nz 

to see the 

full line-up this evening. 

Isaac Theatre Royal: 

A vast diverse range of 

productions is planned 

for the city’s historic Isaac 

Theatre Royal. 

International artists will 

UPCOMING: 

English comedian, 

actor, author and 

mental health and 

drug rehabilitation 

activist Russell 

Brand is coming 

to Christchurch 

in March. 

perform on the stage including 

English comedian, 

actor, author and mental 

health and drug rehabilitation 

activist Russell Brand, 

with his show Russell Brand: 

Recovery Live in March. 

The show looks at a system 

which saved his life and continues 

to save his sanity. 

American musician 

Randy Newman will make 

his New Zealand debut 

next month while Welsh 

mezzo-soprano singer and 

songwriter Katherine Jenkins 

is to sing in May. 

Comedians, clowns, 

acrobats, magicians and 

musicians will provide 

entertainment next month 

for The Kids Comedy 

Gala on February 9. 

Shows based around a 

wide-range of social issues 

will be performed. Musical 

cabaret Everybody Interesting 

is Gay - composed and 

written by Jason Smith and 

Blaise Clotworthy explores 

the different aspects of 

rainbow life in 2020. 

Comedian Deborah 

Frances-White and guests 

will make a live recording 

of the podcast The Guilty 

Feminists. They will discuss 

a range of their goals 

as 21st-century feminists 

and the insecurities that 

undermine them.

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Business degree 

or diploma – you 

choose. 

MUSICAL: Violinist Fiona Pears and guitarist Connor Hartley-Hall will 

perform at the Lyttelton Arts Factory. 

It would not be complete 

without a ballet production 

lined up for the venue. 

Moscow Ballet La Classique 

will perform one of 

the most loved fairytales 

Sleeping Beauty. 

Film-screenings of Harry 

Potter & the Chamber of 

Secrets, The Rocky Horror 

Picture Show and The Blues 

Brothers are planned as are 

tributes to international 

bands and artists including 

George Michael, Fleetwood 

Mac and Tina Turner. 

All of Showbiz Christchurch’s 

productions will 

be performed at the Isaac 

Theatre Royal. 

Go to https://isaactheatreroyal.co.nz 

for more 

information. 

Lyttelton Arts Factory: 

Until tomorrow, the 

company has been staging 

the world premiere of Gladys 

& Alfie - a Invercargill 

love story. It is the debut of 

writer Jane McLauchlan. It 

looks at what is left in life 

for Gladys and Alfie now 

they have been married for 

40 years. 

In March violinist Fiona 

Pears and guitarist Connor 

Hartley-Hall will perform 

a mix of gypsy jazz, ballads 

and well-known classics. 

For more information go 

to www.laf.co.nz 

NO Productions Theatre 

Collective: 

A year of celebrating the 

city’s history is in store for 

NO Productions Theatre 

Collective. 

The company is planning 

to collaborate with the Sign 

of the Takahe to create a 

historical/theatrical tour 

with a twist. 

The Sign of the Takahe: 

Twilight Tours will offer a 

lantern-lit journey through 

the turbulent history of 

the famous landmark. The 

house may or may not be 

haunted, and the spirits of 

“Ell’s Angels” or even former 

city councillor Harry 

Ell himself may not be far 

away. Tours will run on 

Tuesdays March 10,17 and 

24 with a potential return 

in May-August. 

In late April the company 

will collaborate with Riccarton 

House for a season of 

SPOOKY: NO 

Productions 

Theatre 

Collective 

will lead 

a lanternlit 

journey 

showing the 

turbulent 

history of the 

Sign of the 

Takahe. 

Dear Jane. Due to the show 

on pioneer Jane Deans being 

in high demand during the 

Beca Christchurch Heritage 

Festival last year, a new season 

will run from April 28 to 

May 7 to commemorate the 

200th anniversary of John 

Deans’ birth. 


to www.noproductionstheatre.com 

Riccarton Players: 

To start off the year the 

Riccarton Players will stage 

modern classic The Boys in 

the Band in April. The play 

premiered Off-Broadway 

in 1968, and was revived 

in 2018 on Broadway for its 

50th anniversary. 

The company also has a 

show planned for Kidsfest 

in July – which is yet to be 

confirmed. 

Comedy play Becky Shaw 

will be staged in October 

while tuneful comedy musical 

50 & Fabulous is to be 

staged in November. 


to www.riccartonplayers. 

co.nz 

Elmwood Players: 

Elmwood Players’ Kidz 

Theatre returns next week 

with show Johnny Appleseed. 

The show involves 

meeting up with a young 

Johnny Appleseed and his 

talking, Elvis-impersonating 

dog Barkley as they 

take on the evil Queen 

Desdemona, who is intent 

on destroying the forests 

to fund her new venture – 

making plastic. 

In April comedy 

Waiting for God will be 

performed, in June Array 

‘20, in August Talk, and 

in September Daughters 

of Heaven – a play on the 

infamous murder carried 

out by Juliet Hulme and 

Pauline Parker of Pauline’s 

mother at Victoria Park in 

Christchurch. 

Go to www.elmwoodplayers.org.nz 

for more 

information. 

Canterbury Repertory 

Theatre: 

The Canterbury Repertory 

Theatre’s programme for the 

year is yet to be finalised but 

two of its key productions it 

is planning to stage is comic 

play Present Laughter by 

Noel Coward in May and 

Wyrd Sisters by Sir Terry 

Pratchett in November. Both 

plays are earmarked to be 

performed at the Elmwood 

Auditorium. 

Go to www.repertory.nz 

for more details. 

Two Productions: 

The theatre company 

aims to make original work 

while fostering the city’s 

upcoming talent. While the 

company’s line-up is yet to 

be finalised it has planned 

its mentorship programme 

to run from next month 

through to November. 

Inspired by disconnected 

neighbourhoods, original 

production Empire Drive 

will showcase what happens 

to neighbours when a 

natural disaster strikes. 

The company is also 

planning to stage co-artistic 

director Tom Eason’s 

one-man show Mainmen 

which focuses on toxic 

masculinity. A date for the 

show is yet to be set. 

Visit Two Productions’ 

Facebook page. 

Committing to degree-level study is 

a big decision for many people. So Ara 

Institute of Canterbury has come up with 

a study option that makes that decision 

much easier. 

“We think of it as the ‘try before you buy’ 

option,” Nigel Young, head of Enterprise 

and Digital Innovation at Ara, says. “You 

can enrol for a New Zealand Diploma in 

Business, do a year of study and then at the 

end of that year you can decide if you want 

to leave with your diploma, or continue on 

to a full degree.” 

Nigel explains that this option makes it 

much easier to transition to degree-level 

study. “Regardless of what you decide to 

do at the end of your first year, you 

still get a great qualification. And 

of course, if you choose to leave 

with the diploma, you can always 

come back and carry on to a degree 

qualification at a later date if you 

want to.” 

The ‘try before you buy’ option 

isn’t the only flexible aspect of Ara’s 

Bachelor of Applied Management 

degrees. They can be studied 

full-time or part-time, and many 

classes are delivered in the evenings 

and online. “It means you can 

realistically fit study around work 

and other commitments,” Nigel says. 

The Bachelor of Applied Management 

is available in 11 specialities including 

project management, accounting, 

marketing and sales, human resources 

and event management. Each is taught by 

highly qualified tutors with extensive realworld 

experience. Students graduate workready 

thanks to work placements and 

work-based projects with local businesses. 

Ara offers a wide range of scholarships, 

and students can also apply for credit 

recognition if they have prior workplace 

experience. 

To find out more about Ara’s business 

diplomas and degrees, visit ara.ac.nz or 

call 0800 24 24 76.

22 The Star Thursday January 23 2020

Braised beef cheeks make 

a hearty slow-cooked 

stew that is particularly 

tasty when served with 

tagliatelle 

BRAISED BEEF CHEEKS 

WITH TAGLIATELLE 

Serves 4 

Ingredients 

750g beef cheeks 

salt and freshly ground black 

pepper 

2 Tbsp vegetable oil 

160g smoked bacon lardons 

(small, fatty cubes of bacon) 

100g shallots, peeled 

100g button mushrooms, small 

and whole 

1 clove of garlic, crushed 

10g plain flour 

300ml red wine 

400ml chicken stock 

1 small bouquet garni 

chopped fresh parsley 


Cheese smørrebrød 

(Danish open-faced 

sandwiches) are usually 

eaten to conclude a meal. 

This version with tangy 

blue cheese, mellow pear, 

and toasted hazelnuts is 

sweet but not sickly 

BLUE CHEESE, PEAR, 

AND HAZELNUT 

SMØRREBRØD 

Makes 1 sandwich 

Ingredients 

1 thick slice of dense, dark 

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½ tsp butter, softened slightly 

¼ pear, cut thinly lengthwise 

2 Tbsp Danish blue cheese, 

crumbled 

2 tsp toasted hazelnuts, chopped 

Directions 

If not already, cut rye bread to 

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Spread butter evenly all over top 

side of bread. 

Arrange pear slices on bread so 

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crumbled blue cheese and finish 

with toasted hazelnuts. 

Serve right away. 

For the pasta: 

300g tagliatelle 

olive oil 

30g unsalted butter 

Directions 

Preheat the oven to 100 deg 

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pepper. Heat the oil in a cast-iron 

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and brown it all over. Remove and 

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back into the pan. Add the butter, 

season and stir well. 

To serve: Serve the tagliatelle 

in the middle of each bowl and 

spoon over the braised cheeks. 

Sprinkle with chopped parsley 

and serve. 

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weeK Two: Starting out 

In week 2 you will extend the time of your sessions by a fraction. The challenge is to keep the intensity controlled. 

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you spent most of your time in as it will give you some initial conditioning without the risk of soreness or muscle 

strain 

2. Steady: this is slightly faster than easy; it can also be called a “firm” pace. It takes a bit more effort to talk but you 

can still form sentences without having to take an extra breath 

3. Moderately hard: this is the pace where you need that extra breath to finish your sentence. You can still talk 

and jog at the same time but it becomes more laborious so you tend to shut up and concentrate more on your 

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Easy jog 

20 min 


Jog 3 min x 4 

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40 min 


Jog 2 min x 8 

40 min 

Easy Jog 

30 min 


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6km 15 min (mod) 


40-45 min 

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20 min 

Easy Jog 

40 min 

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55 min 

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SPORT 27 

Garvey to play Augusta 

• 

By Gordon Findlater 

Findlater 

AMELIA GARVEY will 

become just the second New 

Zealand woman to play at the 

world’s most exclusive golf 

club when she competes at the 

Augusta National Women’s 

Amateur in April. 

The 19-year-old who played 

for the Kaiapoi club is currently 

beginning 

her third year at 

the University of 

Southern California. 

Since receiving 

the invitation 

to the tournament 

earlier this month she 

says it’s something that 

she is getting excited 

about every day. The event 

is held over four days from 

April 1-4 - the week preceding 

the Masters. 

“I’ve made Augusta the 

screen saver on my laptop 

now because it’s literally all 

I’m thinking about at the 

moment. I’ve never been 

this motivated for one specific 

event,” said Garvey. 

The Masters at Augusta 

National is an event 

Garvey has 

watched closely 

over the years. 

She says it will 

be a dream come 

true to play on 

the course she 

has so many 

memories 

of watching 

others 

compete on from afar. 

“If I get the chance to be 

in contention it’s going to be 

weird because I’ve watched it 

so manty times,” she said. 

It won’t be the first time 

she has competed on one 

of the world’s more 

renowned courses. 

In October 2018 

Garvey helped 

her USC 

team to the 

East Lake 

Cup title at 

East Lake Golf 

Club - the same 

course Tiger 

Woods won the 

Tour Championship 

on a month 

earlier. 

“Even when I was 

walking down that 

18th fairway it was 

a surreal feeling.” 

The prospect of 

Garvey playing 

at Augusta would 

have seemed extremely 

unrealistic 

just two years ago. 

DREAM COME 

TRUE: Amelia 

Garvey will play at 

Augusta National 

after receiving an 

invitation to play 

at the second ever 

Augusta National 

Women’s Amateur. 

PHOTO: GETTY 

At the 2018 Masters newly elected 

Augusta National chairman 

Fred Ridley announced the creation 

of the inaugural women’s 

event at the course for 2019. The 

club long held racist and sexist 

policies and admitted no African 

Americans as members until 

1990 and no women as members 

until 2012. 

“This is a huge step for 

women’s golf and bringing to 

light some issues that go in the 

differences between men’s and 

women’s golf. I remember watching 

the announcement for this 

tournament and wanting to play 

in it so bad,” she said. 

Garvey will fancy her chances 

at the tournament. In June 

Garvey had the biggest result of 

her career, narrowly missing out 

on winning the women’s British 

Amateur title. An impressive 

week saw her progress to the 

final before losing 1-down to 

England’s Emily Toy at the Royal 

County Down course in Northern 

Ireland. 

“When you start to realise 

your dreams aren’t that far away 

you get even more motivated 

and believe in yourself that you 

can actually do it, it’s just going 

to a little bit more work,” said 

Garvey. 

In 2018 Garvey moved from 

Christchurch to Los Angeles to 

begin college at USC. She is now 

part of one of the United States’ 

top college golf programmes, 

although being based in downtown 

LA means she now has a 

30 minute drive to her nearest 

course – a big change from her 

parent’s home which borders the 

BIG STAGE: Last year’s inaugural tournament attracted 

major like crowds and onlookers included many Masters 

competitors arriving for the major which begins just four 

days after the women’s event. 

PHOTO: GETTY 

sixth hole at Waitikiri and has a 

30 yard pitch from backyard to 

green. 

“It’s been amazing for me . . . 

all the best girl amateurs are in 

college. So it’s the place to be if 

you’re wanting to test your game 

against those girls,” she said. 

“You’re held a bit more accountable 

over here. You have to 

turn up to practice. You’re then 

wanting to beat the girl next to 

you and if you see someone putting 

in more work than you, you 

realise you have to do the same. 

That’s helped me a lot because in 

New Zealand I was never one to 

push myself that much especially 

being by myself in Christchurch.” 

At Augusta an international 

field of 72 women amateurs will 

compete over 54 holes of stroke 

play. The first 36 holes will be 

contested over two days on the 

Island and Bluff nines at Champions 

Retreat Golf Club in Augusta. 

A cut will take place after 

36 holes, advancing the leading 

30 players to the final round at 

Augusta National on Saturday, 

April 4. The entire field of 72 

will then play Augusta National 

for an official practice round on 

Friday, April 3. 

Last year Wenyung Keh from 

Auckland played at the tournament, 

but was unable to make 

the cut for the final round. 

If Garvey can do so she will 

become the first Kiwi woman to 

play competitively at Augusta 

National. 

Stroud stakes claim for US contract 

• By Gordon Findlater 

BEN STROUD arrived home 

just a month ago after a four year 

stint in the United States. Today 

he heads back stateside for his 

first professional trial, but he’s 

unsure how much he’ll need to 

pack. 

Stroud - the son of former All 

Whites goalkeeper Alan Stroud 

- leaves for Albuquerque, New 

Mexico where he will stake his 

claim for a professional contract. 

Stroud will trial with New 

Mexico United who play in the 

United Soccer League, one tier 

below Major League Soccer – the 

biggest league in North America. 

“It’s been a bit hard to pack 

because I don’t know how long 

I’m going to be away for,” said 

Stroud. 

“I’ll trial over the weekend, 

but outside of that I haven’t been 

made any promises. I’ve just got 

to go out there and give it all I’ve 

got.” 

The 21-year-old central defender 

has spent the past four 

years playing at division one 

United States college Missouri 

State. Last year he anchored the 

side’s backline that conceded just 

10 goals in his 16 matches. The 

side broke a number of school 

records including a a run of 17 

wins a row during their season 

which saw them win 18 games, 

draw once and lose just once. 

For the past three weeks 

Stroud has been training with 

the Canterbury United Dragons. 

He had hopes of representing his 

home province while at home, and 

depending on how his trial in the 

USA goes, playing for the Dragons 

may not be off the cards yet. 

“If I was able to, I’d love to play 

for Canterbury,” said Stroud. 

Outside of training and family 

time, Stroud also put in some 

shifts at dad’s pub – O’Sheas 

Public House – over the Christmas 

period. He knows what 

playing for Canterbury would 

mean to his father. 

“He really wanted me to play. 

I’d say it would mean a lot to 

him and he would be pretty 

emotional about it. It would 

mean a lot not just to him, but 

mum and my sisters too.” 

STATESIDE: Ben Stroud has 

spent spent the last four years 

perfecting his craft at Missouri 

State University. 

For now though his eyes are 

well and truly fixed on impressing 

at his trial with New Mexico and 

pursuing a professional career. 

“I’d love to sign a professional 

contract and make a living from 

football,” he said. 

“It’s been a dream to follow 

in dads footsteps and hopefully 

play for the All Whites one day.”


28 

SPORT 


TO CELEBRATE a birthday 

many 26-year-old men go on a 

two-day bender. 

However, pace bowler Nathan 

McNicol opted to celebrate his 

by going on a two-day wickettaking 

bonanza. 

McNicol – who turned 26 

on Sunday – enjoyed the best 

weekend of his career by taking 

12 wickets across two days. On 

Saturday he took eight wickets 

for East Christchurch Shirley on 

the opening day of their twoday 

metro premiership match 

against Lancaster Park. 

On Sunday he turned out 

for Canterbury A in a 50-over 

match against Canterbury 

Country and took a further four 

wickets. 

On Saturday, the construction 

worker took 5/51 in the first 

innings, including a second ball 

dismissal of former Canterbury 

opening batsman Michael 

Davidson for a duck. He then 

trumped the impressive feat by 

dismissing Davidson for a first 

ball duck in Lancaster Park’s 

second innings. 

“It was probably the worst ball I 

bowled all day . . . there was a fielder 

in no man’s land at cover and 

he just slapped it straight at him. I 

actually feel bad because he’s one 

of my best mates,” said McNicol. 

It was the first of three ducks 

McNicol claimed to finish with 

innings figures of 3/3. McNicol 

is now the top wicket taker in 

the two-day premiership with 

17 wickets at an average of 15.24 

and strike rate of 25.71. 

He will now attempt to take 

two further wickets and claim 

his first ever 10-wicket haul this 

Saturday when Lancaster Park 

resume on 11/3, still 113 runs behind 

Easts. Earlier Easts scored 

269/6 in their first innings. Canterbury 

batsman Ken McClure 

was the star with the bat notching 

149 from 145 deliveries. 

The weekend became even 

sweeter on Sunday when he celebrated 

his birthday by taking 4/35 

in Canterbury A’s 135-run win over 

Canterbury Country in Rangiora. 

McNicol is no stranger to 

higher honours and hopes his 

dream weekend won’t go unnoticed. 

In 2017 McNicol earned 

himself a Canterbury Cricket 

contract, but suffered a seasonending 

pectoral tear in a preseason 

match. Last year he took 

a break from serious cricket and 

played a handful of second grade 

senior games while allowing his 

body to recuperate. 

“Looking back now it’s the 

right decision,” said McNicol. 

“I honestly feel the best I’ve 

ever felt at the moment, touch 

wood. Things have been trending 

in the right direction and 

now I think the switch has 


Pace bowler has eye 

on 10-wicket haul 

IN FORM: Former 

Canterbury-contracted 

cricketer Nathan McNicol 

is back to full health and 

in fine form after claiming 

12 wickets over his birthday 

weekend. 

flicked . . . my pace is up and the 

ball is swinging, that’s when I 

know I’m at my best. 

“The main goal this year is to 

stay on the field and I want to 

earn my contract back . . . that’s 

something that didn’t sit too well 

with me. When I was so close 

to playing first-class cricket and 

then to lose that contract was 

quite tough to take.” 

While his long-term goal is a 

Canterbury contract, McNicol’s 

immediate goal is to complete 

a 10-wicket haul this Saturday 

which will end some bragging 

rights his father Gary has over 

him. Gary had a 10-wicket 

match during his playing career 

for the Temuka club. 


THE CANTERBURY 

Rams have signed one of the 

Australian NBL’s highest 

contributors from the bench in 

the form of Shaun Bruce. 

Bruce, 29, is currently having 

a career season for the Sydney 

Kings who sit atop of the 

ANBL. 

The 192cm guard is being 

pipped as a potential sixth man 

of the year candidate – an endof-season 

award given to the 

league’s best performer coming 

off the bench. 

One-eyed Cantab 

Gordon Findlater 

gordon.findlater@starmedia.kiwi 

Off-court views in 

tennis becoming 

a bit of a racket 

IN TERMS of television viewing 

it doesn’t get better than this 

time of the year as we’re treated 

to two weeks of on-court drama 

at the Australian Open. 

Of course things could always 

be better. As someone whose 

been lucky enough to take in the 

open in person, on more than 

one occasion in recent years, 

watching the opening day of 

play with the flatmate was met 

with groans of “how good does 

drinking beers and floating 

around the outside courts in the 

sun look,” and “why would we 

even think about not going to 

the tennis this year.” 

There’s also the yearly reminder 

for even those Kiwis who 

don’t follow tennis strongly that, 

other than three handy doubles 

players, we have no one to rally 

behind as a nation. 

However, other than being 

stuck at home and New Zealand 

not having a singles player 

worthy of attention since Brett 

Steven in the 1990s, the hardest 

thing to accept with this year’s 

month of tennis relevancy down 

under is the drama off the court. 

It seems tennis – like many 

other sports of recent time – 

can’t figure out whether it’s 

actions on or off the court which 

matter most. 

If you’re unaware, Margaret 

Court – a 77-year-old former 

Australian tennis great who 

has a stadium at the Australian 

Open named after her – is due 

to be celebrated next week for 

the 50th anniversary of her 1970 

season, in which she won all four 

slams. 

However, there has been opposition 

– even from Tennis 

Australia’s chief executive – to 

the ceremony for the 24-time 

singles major winner due to her 

views on homosexuality and 

same-sex marriage. 

Bruce is no stranger to 

working under Rams coach 

Mick Downer. The duo spent 

three years together at the 

Cairns Taipans where Downer 

was an assistant coach until 

2015. 

Bruce has been a revelation for 

the Kings this season, providing 

instant impact off the bench at 

both ends of the floor. 

What’s been most 

impressive, apart from his playmaking 

during key stretches 

of tight games, has been his 

efficiency. 

You wouldn’t believe it, but a 

77-year-old born in rural Australia 

with a Christian upbringing 

is against homosexuality and 

same-sex marriage. 

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all 

for equality and many sporting 

organisations have been great 

for their stances on same-sex 

marriage and the push towards 

equality, but surely there needs 

to be some context into why 

Court has her beliefs – likely 

well and truly drilled in and not 

changing at this stage of life. 

Ironically it’s Nick Kyrgios who 

is colloquially referred to as the 

bad boy of tennis. Kyrgios’ bad 

boy persona has been created by 

his on court actions which commonly 

involves smashing rackets 

against almost anything and 

hurling tirades of foul language 

at chair umpires. 

However, if you look at his 

views off the court he’s anything 

but a bad boy and recently received 

huge praise for his initiatives 

to bring the Australian bush 

fires to light. He’s also currently 

donating money to the relief effort 

for every ace he hits. 

So what do the people want? 

Because not everyone can expect 

the stars to hold up to everyone’s 

views when it comes to on court 

etiquette and political or religious 

views off it. 

In this scenario it would seem 

some old-school views off the 

court are more likely to put people 

off a product than someone 

acting like a brat on the court. 

Do you think people are up 

in arms because there’s going 

to be a celebration for Don the 

83-year-old life member at the 

local working men’s club – who 

also has old school Christian 

beliefs. No, unlikely. 

Let Margaret be celebrated 

for an era of dominance on the 

court. 

Canterbury Rams sign in-form Aussie guard 

AUSSIE: Shaun 

Bruce will add 

high basketball 

IQ and 

experience to 

the Rams backcourt 

this year. 

Averaging 7.6 points and a 

career-best 3.3 assists per game, 

shooting over 47 per cent from 

the floor and 36 per cent from 

three. 

Bruce is the second Rams 

import to be announced joining 

American forward/guard 

Jaye Crockett. The Rams third 

import is likely to be sourced 

from the G-League – the NBA’s 

development league. 

The Rams begin their season 

on April 11 at Cowles Stadium 

against the Taranaki Mountain 

Airs.

• By Alan Batt 

ONE OF the biggest motorsport 

events on the calendar for 

the summer takes place on 

tomorrow and Saturday when 

Ruapuna Speedway plays 

host to the 78th-running of 

the New Zealand Midget Car 

Championship. 

There is a truly international 

flavour with four Americans and 

a top Australian driver, along 

with 20 entries 

from the North 

Island in the 43 

strong field. 

Defending 

national champion 

Michael 

Pickens of 

Auckland faces 

a strong test for 

David Kerr 

his crown with current United 

States national champion Tyler 

Courtney, former American 

champions Zach Daum and 

Logan Seavey along with the 

highly-rated youngster Zeb Wise 

all flying in from the States for 

the event. 

Also jetting back across the 

Pacific will be Pickens, former 

Australian champion Kaidon 

Brown and local driver Jeremy 

Webb, all coming back from 

the famous Chili Bowl event in 

Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

Ruapuna Speedway club 

president Allan Daly said that 

the entry list is the strongest ever 

assembled on the Mainland and 

also testament to the importance 

of the New Zealand Championship 

on the global scene. 

While the strength of the 

international, and North Island 

contingents is high, Daly is upbeat 

about how the local drivers 

will fare and he especially rates 

SPORT 29 

Top racers arriving for 

Ruapuna’s national midget car event 

LOCAL HOPE: David Kerr is accustomed to having a few 

moments in his midget. 

PHOTO: BRIAN HOPPING 

Webb, David Kerr, Tom Lumsden 

and Glen Durie as having 

real finalist capabilities. 

In 2015 Kerr finished third in 

the championship and sees this 

weekend as being likely to be his 

final shot at national honours. 

“The body is starting to tell 

me that it’s ready for a break. I 

started racing junior saloons at 

Ellesmere 30 years ago and you 

start looking at all these young 

local sport 

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guys and wonder how many 

more laps I can squeeze in. Lawn 

bowls could be the go,” said Kerr. 

The 48-year-old is 

statistically the South Island’s 

most successful midget racer 

with an astounding eight South 

Island titles to his credit. He 

hit the national scene in 2004 

when he won the New Zealand 

mini sprint championship. 

He is highly regarded within 

midget racing circles for his hard 

charging style and desire to run 

on the outer line of the track. He 

has also been involved in some 

of the most spectacular crashes 

at Ruapuna, but says that is 

racing. 

“I’ve had a few moments for 

sure, but it’s always part and 

parcel of trying and racing hard. 

We all want to win. We all want 

to go hard and fast but sometimes 

you have to step over the 

line a bit.” 

The two-night event starts 

on Friday with each of the 43 

entrants contesting three heat 

races. On Saturday night they 

will all face the starter for two 

further heat races. The top 16 

drivers will transfer directly to 

the 30-lap final, while the other 

drivers will contest one of two 

last chance races to fill the 20- 

car grid. 


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National championship 

spot for Lancaster Park 

Lancaster Park have booked 

a spot at the National Club 

Cricket Championship after 

defeating Leeston-Southbridge 

in the Canterbury regional 

final on Sunday. Batting first 

at Hagley Oval Lancaster Park 

reached 126/7 from their 20 

overs. They then restricted 

Leeston-Southbridge to 108/6 

to seal the victory. The national 

championship will take place in 

Auckland in April. Lancaster 

Park have previously won the 

championship in 2009. 

Slim lead for Ransley 

in Toyota series 

Christchurch racer Jaden Ransley 

has maintained his lead in the 

Toyota Racing Series following 

a win and two podiums at the 

second round at Highlands 

Motorsport Park in Cromwell. 

The 18-year-old finished second 

to Auckland’s Peter Vodanovich 

in races one and two. However, 

in race three Ransley pulled off 

a dramatic win which saw him 

spend most of the race in second 

before launching a successful 

attack on Vodanovich through a 

series of corners. The result leaves 

Ransley with 411 points after 

two rounds, with Vodanovich in 

second on 393.


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on combined cycle average, 

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My son purchased some 

gaming items off Trade Me and I 

offered to take the evaluation car 

south to Ashburton to pick them 

up. On the long straight roads of 

State Highway 1 the fuel usage 

gauge was listing just 5l/100km 

(56mpg) instantaneously at 

the legal limit, the engine quite 

relaxed working over at just 

1600rpm. 

That had a beneficial effect on 

overall economy, when I took 

the evaluation car back to the 

dealership the in-cabin average 

was showing 7l/100km (40mpg), 

not too distant from Honda’s 

claims. 

While the engine is leaned out 

HONDA CIVIC RS: Sporty, edgy styling. 

towards fuel savings, that doesn’t 

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maximum torque arrives at just 

1700rpm and is carried through 

to 5500rpm; on the occasions 

when I made use of the passing 

lane, the Civic RS stormed 

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While there aren’t many corners 

on that drive, there are a couple 

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control. I’m pleased to report 

the Civic in this form has direct 

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x 18in Michelin Pilot tyres also 

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properties. 

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It also gets a lot of kit. Sure 

there’s no satellite navigation, but 

it does have plenty of goodies 

which takes the model into the 

value-for-money bracket. 

The Civic RS also has all the 

safety kit which easily qualifies 

it for a five-star Australasian 

• Price – Honda Civic RS 

Sensing, $39,990 

• Dimensions – Length, 

4662mm; width, 

1799mm; height, 1416mm 

• Configuration – Fourcylinder, 

front-wheeldrive, 

1498cc, 127kW, 

220Nm, continuously 

variable automatic. 

• Performance – 

0-100km/h, 8.5sec 

• Fuel usage – 6.3l/100km 

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low speed follow, lane keep assist, 

collision mitigation braking, 

forward collision warning, lane 

departure warning and other key 

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When I returned home from 

my 190km return journey, I told 

my wife how much I enjoyed the 

Civic, she agreed by saying that 

when she drove it it also left an 

impression. 

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PAINTING 

Indoor / Outdoor, over 30 

yrs exp, same day quotes, 

ph Steve 021 255 7968 

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PAINTER 

QUALIfIED 

local professional, Int / 

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or text Corban 027 846 

5035 

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50 yrs combined exp. 

New, older homes, int ,ext. 

Locals working for locals. 

We stand by Canterbury. 

Ph Wayne 027 274 3541 / 

385 4348 

PAINTING 

30 years experience, 

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fURNITURE MOvERS LANDSCAPING 

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building maintenance, Practitioner no. 100981. GST Call Gerard 027 668 Kanga & small digger 

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WALLPAPERING 

or 021 853 033 

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SPOUTING 

Select Spouting 

The PVC specialist. 

www.roofshield.co.nz 

Repairs & replacement. Ph 

022 197 2351 

TREE SERvICES 

ProfESSIoNAL roof CoATINgS 

Free quotes 20+ yrs exp. 

Tree, hedge or shrub 

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The Branch Manager 

CLEANED 

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cleans. Ph 020 410 67205 

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Trades and Services column. 

SPECIAL oNLY $2650 Both from $70 Phone 

For assistance contact Vicky 

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Phone 03 364 7419 or email 

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Ph Paul 027 229 3534 

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stoves, washing machines, 

fridge freezers. Same day 

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Phone 980 5812 or 027 

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Ph 385-5117 

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Buying estates, antiques, 

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624 1138 

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Tuition 

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avail for computer, IPad, 

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Jobee 027 290 9246 www. 

computertutor.nz 

Situations Vacant 

CLEANERS 

REQUIRED 

City Area 

Monday to Friday 

10am - 2pm 

Monday to Friday 

6pm - 9pm 

We are looking for 

cleaners 

to join our commercial 

cleaning team. 

You will need to pass a 

Security Check and you 

MUST have your own 

transport. 

Must be eligible to work 

in New Zealand. 

Please email your 

Application to 

csc@totalcanterbury. 

co.nz 

or phone 338 9056 

Visit our website: 

totalcanterbury.co.nz 

Please advise which job 

when emailing your CV. 

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“TRAINING TOMORROWS DRIVERS TODAY” 

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Class 2, 3, 4 & 5 Vehicle recovery, Wheels, 

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Courses in Christchurch, Invercargill, Cromwell 

& mosgiel daily. Other areas by arrangement. 

8 Jipcho Road, Wigram, Christchurch 

FREEPHONE 0508 2 DRIVE (37483) or 03 348 8481 

info@drivetech.co.nz / www.drivetech.co.nz 


CLEANERS Small 

quality cleaning business 

requires additional parttime 

staff. Applicants must 

be honest, reliable, and 

hardworking. Please email 

CV and contact details to 

m.coster@xtra.co.nz 

the 30th January 


by 



PART TIME RETAIL 

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start, must be honest and 

have own transport. Ph 

027 223 0948 

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start, must be honest and 

have own transport. Ph 

027 223 0948 

ADVERTISING 

ACCOUNT MANAGER 

If your serious about selling and like to 

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We are looking for someone who has: 

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• Maintain and grow existing client base 

• Listen and relate well to our clients to 

provide the best solutions 

We will offer you an excellent base salary as 

well as a commission system with no cap. 

You will be part of a successful team 

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are all experiencing strong growth in our 

marketplace. 

I am keen to hear from you, if you can 

take me through your proven sales process 

and deliver an intelligent sales solution to 

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Please send your application and CV via 

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Plant Supervisor - Christchurch 

Permanent / Full-time 

Ngāi Tahu Seafood is seeking an experienced Supervisor to join the team 

at their Christchurch export plant. If you have previous experience of 

supervising staff in a processing plant within a live seafood or similar 

product environment, then this could be the next opportunity for you. 

For further information and enquiries, please contact Rebecca McQueen, 

021 197 1683 or email Rebecca.mcqueen@ngaitahu.iwi.nz 

electrician 

Who we are 

Allied Press Limited employs over 450 people on a permanent 

basis across its 15 sites in the South Island. We operate across 

multiple media platforms (print, online, digital) delivering news, 

information and entertainment through our various regional 

and city publications, including printing and publishing of 

newspapers from our print centre in Dunedin and a commercial 

print facility in Alexandra. 

The role 

Reporting to the Operations Manager, the main purpose of 

the position is to ensure smooth running of our newspaper, 

commercial publication and facility maintenance. 

Some of the key accountabilities include: 

• Production remains uninterrupted. 

• Production equipment availability is maximised. 

• Preventative maintenance is prioritised to ensure minimal 

downtime. 

The business has just invested in a major upgrade to the 

electrical/electronic systems on the printing press, scheduled to 

commence in the New Year. This presents the ideal opportunity 

to learn from the installation and commissioning engineers to 

enable the successful candidate to hit the ground running. 

Your skills and experience 

We are looking for a registered Electrician ideally from an 

Industrial background holding a current practising licence. The 

ideal candidate would be competent and confident in using 

computers and experienced in PLC’s, Analogue/Digital control 

and AC/DC motor drive systems. Although not essential, 

knowledge of Goss Press and Ferag mailroom will be a bonus. 

Further details 

This is a full-time permanent position working the day shift from 

Monday to Friday, with rostered ‘On call’. 

As well as a competitive salary, we offer you a great team 

environment, minimal commute time, being based within 

Dunedin city, professional development opportunities, job 

security and opportunity to grow. Training and support will be 

provided for the successful applicant. 

If you think this role is for you, please apply by way of CV and 

a covering letter. Informal inquiries about the role are welcome 

and should be directed to raja.chakrabarti@alliedpress.co.nz 

A copy of the position description can be requested from HR 

at recruitment@alliedpress.co.nz 

Applications will close on Thursday 13 February 2020. 

All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. 

Please note that you must have the right to work in 

New Zealand to apply for this role. 

Disclaimer: Allied Press does not accept unsolicited agency 

résumés. Allied Press is not responsible for any fees related to 

unsolicited résumés. 

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0800 8200 600 

www.pickapart.co.nz 

2245370 



Public Notices 

CAR REMOVALS 

$$CASH PAID$$ 

CARS, VANS, UTES & 4X4 WANTED 

NZ OWNED AND OPERATED FOR 24 YEARS 

We use world class vehicle depollution systems 


HOUSE & GARAGE 

Cleanout. I’ll pick up 

for free. Ph 022 510 

5420. Recycling Man. 

Charity for Chch. 

$10 TAXI COMPANY. 

Anywhere in ChCh. Any 

time. Regular bookings 

preferable. Dial Dave 

021 074 1680 or 021 

151 9565 any time. 

$10 TAXI COMPANY. 

Anywhere in ChCh. Any 

time. Regular bookings 

preferable. Dial Dave 021 

074 1680 or 021 151 9565 

any time. 

No38 (Wigram) 

Squadron Air 

Training Corps 

Recruiting now 

for 2020 

Are you interested in: 

Aviation 

Team work 

Leadership 

Bushcraft 

Are you aged between 13 and 

15 years? 

Come along and have a look 

at what we do. 

Wednesday nights 

from 6:45pm 

Starting back 

Wed 5th February 

43 Corsair Drive, Wigram 

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February 2020 Meetings 

The next meetings of the Christchurch City Council, Committees, 

Subcommittees, Council Hearings Panels, and Community Boards will be 

held as follows: 

COUNCIL 

Date Time Venue 

11 9.30am Council Chamber, Level 2, Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street 

13 9.30am Council Chamber, Level 2, Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street 

COMMITTEES OF THE WHOLE 

Date Time Committee and Venue 

12 9.30am Urban Development and Transport Committee, 

Council Chamber, Level 2, Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street 

26 9.30am 3 Waters Infrastructure and Environment Committee, 


27 9.30am Sustainability and Community Resilience Committee, 


COMMITTEES 


3 2pm Audit and Risk Management Committee, Civic Offices, 

53 Hereford Street 

5 9.30am City Momentum Committee, Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street 

5 1pm Multicultural Committee, Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street 

11 4pm Banks Peninsula Water Management Zone Committee, 

Old Stone House, 30 Shalamar Drive, Cracroft 

14 9am Greater Christchurch Partnership Committee, 

Council Chamber, Environment Canterbury, 200 Tuam Street 

14 9.30am Regulatory Performance Committee, Civic Offices, 

53 Hereford Street 

27 6pm Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee, 

Te Hapua: Hao Lounge, 341 Halswell Road, Halswell 

SUBCOMMITTEES 


28 2pm Road Closure Subcommittee, Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street 

COUNCIL HEARINGS PANELS 

Date Time Venue 

4 9.30am Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street 

24 3pm Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street 

COMMUNITY BOARDS 

Date Time Board and Venue 

3 10am Banks Peninsula Community Board, Lyttelton Community 

Board Room, 25 Canterbury Street, Lyttelton 

3 3.30pm Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Board, 

Linwood Board Room, 180 Smith Street, Woolston 

3 4.30pm Coastal-Burwood Community Board, Board Room, 

Cnr Beresford and Union Streets, New Brighton 

3 4.30pm Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board, 

Fendalton Service Centre Board Room, 

Cnr Jeffreys and Clyde Roads, Fendalton 

4 4pm Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board, Rārākau: 

Riccarton Centre, 199 Clarence Street, Riccarton 

4 5pm Spreydon-Cashmere Community Board, Beckenham Service 

Centre Board Room, 66 Colombo Street, Beckenham 

4 4.30pm Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood and Papanui-Innes 

Community Boards, Fendalton Service Centre Board Room, 


17 10am Banks Peninsula Community Board, Little River Board Room, 

4238 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Little River 

17 4.30pm Coastal-Burwood Community Board, Board Room, 

Cnr Beresford and Union Streets, New Brighton 

17 4.30pm Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board, 

Fendalton Service Centre Board Room, 


18 8am Spreydon-Cashmere Community Board, Beckenham Service 

Centre Board Room, 66 Colombo Street, Beckenham 

18 4pm Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board, Rārākau: 

Riccarton Centre, 199 Clarence Street, Riccarton 

21 9.15am Papanui-Innes Community Board, Papanui Service Centre 

Board Room, Cnr Langdons Road and Restell Street, Papanui 

COMMUNITY BOARD COMMITTEES 


4 5.30pm Okains Bay Reserve Management Committee, 

Okains Bay Community Hall, Okains Bay Road, Okains Bay 

9 2pm Pigeon Bay Reserve Management Committee, 

Pigeon Bay Hall, 42 Wharf Road, Pigeon Bay 

11 5.30pm Garden of Tane Reserve Management Committee, 

Bully Hayes, 57 Beach Road, Akaroa 

13 9am Stanley Park Reserve Management Committee, 

Akaroa Yacht Club, Beach Road, Akaroa 

17 5.30pm Duvauchelle Reserve Management Committee, Duvauchelle 

Community Centre, 6039 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle 

17 6pm Lyttelton Recreation Ground Reserve Management Committee, 

Lyttelton Community Board Room, 5 Canterbury Street, Lyttelton 

19 4pm Awa-iti Reserve Management Committee, Little River Service 

Centre, 4238 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Little River 

Copies of the agendas will be available online and to the public at the 

meetings. Members of the public are welcome to attend any of these meetings. 

To make a deputation or presentation to a Council, Committee or 

Community Board meeting ring the call centre on 03 941 8999 or 

email info@ccc.govt.nz. 

Information about Alcohol Licensing can be found online at 

ccc.govt.nz/alcohol 

Megan Pearce 

Manager Hearings and Council Support



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26. Chippy, 27. Dodger. 

Down: 2. Economy, 3. Irk, 4. Sweats, 5. At hand, 6. 

Itinerary, 7. Antic, 12. Goose step, 16. Occlude, 17. 

Sturdy, 18. Addled, 20. Flash, 24. Aid. 

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GIG GUIDE 

Thursday 23 - Wednesday 29 Jan 2020 

ARMADILLO’S BECKENHAM, 155 

Colombo St: Saturday 9pm - 

INCOGNITO RockBand. 

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo 

St: Friday 7pm - Radius Kink; Gordon & 

Dawn; Tossed Salad; Miss Corrine. 

Wednesday - Traditional Irish Music Session. 

Monday 7pm - Quiz Night. Tuesday 7pm - 

Open Mic. 

CASHMERE CLUB, 50 Colombo St: 

Thursday 7pm - Cashmere Ukulele Group. All 

welcome. Sunday 2pm - Molls Dolls Variety 

Show, adults $10, children $5. 

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO, Victoria 

St: Thursday 8pm - Stephen James. Friday 

6pm - Eddie Simon; 9.15pm Rockabella. 

Saturday 7pm - Peter Cairns 10.15pm - 

Absolut. Sunday 5.30pm - Sly Manhattan. 

CHRISTCHURCH TOWN HALL, 

Kilmore St: Saturday 25 Jan - Lauren 

Daigle. Thursday 13 Feb - The Stranglers with 

Mi-Sex. Saturday 15 Feb - Gladys Knight. 

Sunday 15 Mar - Aldous Harding. Saturday 

28 Mar - Soweto Gospel Choir. Thursday 16 

Apr - Th’ Dudes. Sunday 19 Apr- Larkin Poe. 

Sunday 19 Apr- The Ten Tenors. Saturday 25 

Apr - Patti Smith. Sunday 17 May - Wet Wet 

Wet. Sunday 24 May - Billy Bragg. Wednesday 

17 Jun - The World of Musicals. Thursday 30 

Jul - Russell Howard. Friday 27 Nov - James 

Blunt. Tickets at Ticketek. 

DEEP SOUTH LAZY SUNDAYS, 

Archery Lawn, Chrsitchurch 

Botanic Gardens: Sunday 3.30pm - 

Coyote (Holly Arrowsmith & Amiria Grenell) 

and Tiny Pieces of 8. Sunday 2 Feb - Katie 

Thompson. Sunday 9 Feb - The Butlers. 

Sunday 16 Feb - NZ Opera with Atlas Voices. 

GBC, Garden Hotel, 110 Marshland 

Rd: Saturday 5.30pm - Sima & Vaea. Sat Feb 

1 & 8 - Vintage Blue. Saturday Feb 22 - 

Rhonda Campbell duo. Sat 29 Feb - DnD 

Duo (Jojo & Mark). 

HORNBY WMC, 17 Carmen Rd, 

Hornby: Saturday 7.30pm - Th’ Art of 

Cheese. Sunday 1.30pm - Heart of Country, 

$6 entry. 

HORNCASTLE ARENA, 155 Jack 

Hinton Dr: Saturday Feb 22 - Alice Cooper. 

Thur Mar 5 - A-ha & Rick Astley. Sun 3 May 

- So Pop feat. The Pussycat Dolls. Wed 9 

December - Simple Minds. Tickets at 

Ticketek. 

ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL, 

Gloucester St: Sunday - The Big Festival 

Gala - First Half. Tickets at Ticketek. 

RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118 

Racecourse Rd, Sockburn: Sunday 

6pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke. 

To add a listing, contact 

Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or 

027 458 8590 

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi 

www.star.kiwi/whatson 

Award winning musicians 

Holly Arrowsmith & Amiria Grenell 

(aka Coyote) perform on the Archery 

Lawn in the Christchurch Botanic 

Gardens this Sunday from 3.30pm with 

psychedelic folksters, Tiny Pieces of 8. 

RICHMOND CLUB, 75 London St: 

Thursday 7pm - Bobby Brown, the Guitar 

Man. Saturday 7pm - Robbie Drew’s Birthday 

Bash. Sunday 3pm - The Britz. 

SELWYN SOUNDS, Lincoln: Saturday 

7 March, 11am - Icehouse; 10cc; Midge Ure 

(Ultravox); Zed; The Mockers; Jed Parsons; 

Automatic 80's. Tickets at 

tickets.selwynsounds.co.nz. 

SHERPA KAI, The Commoners (The 

British basement), 10 Oxford St, 

Lyttelton: Thursday 30 Jan, 7pm - Gaelic 

Jam Session. 

TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding St, 

Hornby: Friday 8.30pm - Misfitz. Saturday 

8.30pm - No Secrets. 

THE CRAIC IRISH BAR, 84 

Riccarton Rd: Thursday 10pm - Karaoke. 

Friday 9.30pm - Rocky Road. Saturday 

9.30pm - Karaoke. Sunday - Free pool. 

Wednesday 10pm - Karaoke. 

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: 

Thursday 9pm - Titanic (Kevin Emmett, Nick 

Buchanan, and Peter K Malthus). Friday 

5.30pm - Bobby Lee followed by Open Mic. 

Saturday 7.30pm - Loud Night feat. Carradine 

Choke,The Tacks, Deadset, Bloody Hell, 

Zhukov, Long Distance Runner (Auck), Hedge 

Fund Trader (Ham), 7 bands, $10. Wednesday 

9pm - Titanic (Kevin Emmett, Nick 

Buchanan, and Peter K Malthus). 

THE LOOK OF LOVE, The Piano, 

156 Armagh St: Saturday 21st & Saturday 

28th March, 2pm & 7.30pm - Join awardwinning 

Ali Harper and Christchurch musical 

icons Tom Rainey and Harry Harrison as 

they weave their way through Burt 

Bacharach’s extensive collection of hit songs. 

Bookings at The Court Theatre 0800 333 100 

or 

https://nz:patronbase.com/CourtTheatre/Prod 

uctions/8800/Performances 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd, 

Addington: Thursday 7pm - Learn to 

Rock n Roll. Friday 9.30pm - Decoy Duck. 

Saturday 9.30pm - X-Files Duo. Tuesday 7pm 

- Quiz Night. 

THE PAPANUI CLUB, 310 Sawyers 

Arms Rd: Sunday 3pm - HeadRush Duo. 

WOOLSTON CLUB, 43 Hargood St: 

Saturday 7.30pm - End Game. Sunday 3pm - 

Blues & Jazz Session with South Street Trio. 

WUNDERBAR, LYTTELTON: Friday 

7.30pm - Genzed, The Final Party. Saturday 

9pm - Trapped 2020 feat. Ferby; So Queasy; 

Simps; Purpleman; Bodycount Dracula; Lil 

Cha Le, $10 entry. Tuesday 7.30pm - Open 

Mic. 

‘Famous for their roasts!’ 

RESTAURANT & CAFÉ 

Kid's SPECIAL 

Two courses 

Seniors SPECIAL 

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Bookings Essential PH 386 0088 

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Enjoy a feast of prosperity & celebrate with us this year 

AVAILABLE DINNER SESSION- THIS Friday 24th Jan - Sunday 26th Jan 

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IN THE BAR 

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5PM - 7PM DAILY 

LIVE MUSIC 

SATURDAY 5.30PM 

$13 

We are family friendly. Great Kids menu plus designated play area. 

Soup/Roast or 

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Special available lunch only 

Monday - Saturday 12pm - 2.30pm 

FRIDAY 14 FEB 

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OUR CABINET ITEMS ARE HOMEMADE 

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Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150 

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Lunch $12 Specials 

MON: ROAST MEAL 

TUE: FISH & CHIPS 

WED: FISH BURGER 

THU: ROAST MEAL 

SAT: FISH & CHIPS 

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11.30AM-2PM 

FOR A LIMITED TIME 

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THE GARDEN HOTEL COMPLEX, 110 MARSHLAND RD 

www.gardenhotel.co.nz | phone 385 3132


This Week at the 

Hornby Club 

CLUBS NEW ZEALAND WARMLY WELCOME MEMBERS, 

THEIR GUESTS AND AFFILIATE CLUB MEMBERS. 

www.hornbywmc.co.nz/events 

SATURDAY 7PM 

DES 

NEWTON 

COMING UP... 

SATURDAY 25 JAN 

7.30PM 

TH’ ART OF 

CHEESE 

SUNDAY 26 JAN 

1.30PM. $6 ENTRY 

HEART OF 

COUNTRY 

SATURDAY 29 FEBRUARY 

Part Two 

let’s 

eat 

TICKETS $20 

AT THE CLUB 

The Club Café 

is open daily for 

Lunch & Dinner 

Bring the whole family! 

Check Out These Club Café Dining Specials! 

Roast of the Day with veges 

or Fish of the Day with 

chips & salad 

Add a dessert for 

just $5 

Midday to 2pm Mon, Tue, Wed 

HWMC | ph 03 349 9026 | 17 Carmen Rd, Hornby 

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

What’s On @ Woolston 

THIS SATURDAY, 7.30PM 

COMING UP 

UPCOMING EVENTS 

LIVE MUSIC 

Rockabella 

SATURDAY 25 JAN, 7.30PM 

End Game 

SUNDAY 26 JAN, 3PM 

BLUES & JAZZ SESSION WITH 

South Street Trio 

43 Hargood St, Woolston. Ph 03 389 7039 

www.woolstonclub.co.nz 

Follow us on Facebook 

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RESTAURANT OPEN 

Wednesday - Sunday from 5pm 

Woolston Weeklies 

TUE: STEAK, EGG, CHIPS 

& PINT FOR $20 

WED: HALF PRICE RIBS $10 

THU: 2-4-1 PIZZA 

FRI: KIDS DINE FREE 

FRI: 

1/2 CHOOK & CHIPS, 

SLAW & GRAVY for $28 

SUN: BUFFET ROAST 

TWO COURSE $20 

HOU S I E 

TUESDAY 12.45PM 

THURSDAY 7.30PM 

FRIDAY 7.30PM 

SATURDAY 12.30PM


What s On 

AT THE 

CLUBS NEW ZEALAND WARMLY 

WELCOME MEMBERS, THEIR GUESTS 

AND AFFILIATE CLUB MEMBERS. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT A 

CLUB WITHIN THIS SECTION. 

Entertainment News & Advertising 

Jo Fuller 

Phone 03 364 7425 or 027 458 8590 

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi 

www.star.kiwi/whatson 

Cashmere Club 

50 Colombo Street 

cashmereclub.co.nz 

THURSDAY & FRIDAY 

HA PPY 

HOUR 5pm-6pm 

THURSDAY 

6.15pm 

REDRAW 

6.15PM FRIDAY 

Ph 03 332 0092 

E: cashmere@ 

cashmereclub.co.nz 

MEMBERS’ 

CASH 

DRAW 

IF NOT WON. $1600 

THURSDAY from 7pm 

CASHMERE LOUNGE - ALL WELCOME 

H O U S I 

FRIDAYS from 7pm 

FUN 

E 

$4 PER CARD. 35 GAMES. CASH PRIZES. 

RAFFLES. ALL WELCOME. 

SWING, WALTZ 

ROCK N ROLL, TANGO 

JAZZ, LATIN 

AND SO MUCH MORE. 

PUBLIC EVENT AND 

BAR OPEN TO ALL 18+ 

SATURDAY 

1ST FEBRUARY 

7.30PM, $10 ENTRY 

CASHMERE CLUB 

50 Colombo St, phone 03 332 0092 

THIS SUNDAY, 2PM 

Molls Dolls 

Variety Show 

ADULTS $10 

CHILDREN $5 

RIVERVIEW RESTAURANT 

OPEN TUESDAY - SATURDAY 

LUNCH FROM 11.30AM. DINNER FROM 5.30PM 

NEW MENU COMING SOON 

SUNDAY 

KIDSEAT *FREE 

*under 12 when accompanied by an adult dining 

BOOKINGS RECOMMENDED 

WHAT’S ON 

AT THE 

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CLUB 

FRIDAY 

24 

7-11PM 

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25 

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• BISTRO Lunch/Dinner 

• TAB & Gaming 

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WAS $279 

Esme Electric Desk 

WAS $799 

NOW 

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NEW ARRIVALS 

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Skov Queen Bed 

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Fairview Recliner Corner Suite 

WAS $2799 

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2499 

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Fox / Sienna Outdoor Dining Set 

WAS $3679 

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3019 

Montego Lounge/Low Dining Set 

WAS $2739 

Includes 3 Seater + 2 x 1 Seater, Low 

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Fox Corner Lounge Suite 

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