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New ‘recipe’ to curb 

smelly Bromley site 

A NEW ‘recipe’ for making compost a the organics 

“As i takes about 12 

processing plant in Bromley weeks for material to go 

manager David Adamson (left). 

could hold the key to reducing through the composting 

a positive difference. 

the suburb’s odour issues. process, we won’t know 

“However, tests that we “We appreciate there has not Adamson says new 

The new exactly what recipe has been formulated over the past three months impac the 

new recipe has had on 

the have done show the new compost recipe gives off been a significant change to odour in the wider area so far ‘housekeeping’ processes a the 

transfer station have significantly 

odour situation until 

a the Living Earth plant the end (above). 

but are hopeful that Bromley considerably less potentially reduced the odour coming from 

of October, ’ said 

that odorous gases than the old residents will gradually star to facility. The council plans 

city council city services general notice the odour issues dissipating 

as the new compost recipe compost recipe so there are 

promising indicators it will make works through the facility. ’ to survey residents in Bromley 

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THOUSANDS of Christchurch 

homeowners have applied to 

a $300 million programme 

to remedy damage missed 

by building inspectors and 

repairers before they purchased 

properties. 

‘On-solds’ have been a 

nightmare for new owners since 

the earthquakes in 2010-2011. 

They are properties that 

have been bought after the 

earthquakes by unsuspecting 

owners who later discovered 

earthquake damage that had 

not been detected. 

Jonathan Claridge was among 

those homeowners. 

He and his wife, Sophie, 

bought their first two-bedroom 

home in Somerfield in 2015. 

Earthquake repairs had been 

“signed off”. 

But within a month they 

began noticing problems. 

“The first things we noticed 

was cupboards opening on their 

own, and the overall level of the 

house changing a little bit,” he 

said. 

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• By Louis Day 

THE INVESTIGATION 

into under-fire city 

councillors Phil Mauger and 

James Daniels appeared to 

take a back seat last week 

when they took council boss 

Dawn Baxendale for a drive 

through the east. 

Mauger chauffeured city 

council chief executive 

Baxendale on a tour of the 

eastern suburbs in his 1923 

Fiat 501 with Daniels to 

show her the high and low 

points of the area. 

Mauger told The Star part 

of the tour included a visit to 

the unauthorised trench he 

and Daniels were currently 

under a city council investigation 

for digging. 

“I said to her: ‘Just for your 

information Dawn, this is 

what someone has done’,” he 

joked. 

Mauger said she gave him 

a “wry smile” in response. 

The two councillors are 

currently under investigation 

from the council’s regulatory 

compliance unit after taking 

action to fix flooding issues 

on Pages Rd in Bexley, which 

had been left unresolved for 

10 years. 

Mauger used a digger from 

his company, Maugers Contracting, 

to dig a 70m trench 

through red zone land in a 

bid to bring the issue to an 

end. 

Two days later the council 

brought in its own digger 

and filled in both ends of the 

trench to stop it from working. 

However, funding to 

reduce the prevalence of the 

issue recently got prioritised. 

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Trench warfare takes a back seat 

ALL SMILES: City 

councillors Phil Mauger 

and James Daniels, who 

took action to build an 

unauthorised trench in 

New Brighton, enjoy a 

ride with city council 

chief executive Dawn 

Baxendale. 

While Environment 

Canterbury only gave the 

councillors a formal warning, 

it remains to be seen 

whether the city council will 

take things any further. 

However, this did not lead 

to any awkwardness between 

the two councillors and 

council boss. 

“No, not at all awkward,” 

said Mauger. 

“She [Baxendale] is way 

too professional for that, I 

have got a lot of time for her.” 

The tour included trips 

through Prestons, Burwood, 

Parklands, South Shore 

and concluded with the trio 

having ice cream in Victoria 

Square. 

“I bought her [Baxendale] 

an ice cream because she had 

been a good girl.” 

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• By Matt Slaughter 

THERE HAS been another 

supposed sighting of a mystery, 

big, black cat, this time on the 

outskirts of the city. 

Over the years there have been 

reported sightings of big cats in 

Canterbury, Otago, Southland 

and Marlborough, and two 

weeks ago in North Canterbury. 

Now, a sighting has emerged 

much closer to home – the 

Halswell Quarry. 

The trail 

of the possible 

sighting 

leads back to 

Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton 

Community 

Board chairman 

Mike 

Mora. 

He heard a caller on talkback 

radio say they saw a cat-like 

animal at the quarry. Mora then 

raised it at a recent community 

board meeting. 

Said Mora: “He (radio caller) 

said he was at the top of the 

ridge at the quarry and he 

looked down and saw this big, 

black, cat-like animal and he 

went down and saw it move away 

really, really quickly.” 

He said the grass it was spotted 

in was about 1m high which 

means a regular size cat would 

not have been able to be seen in it. 

Mora said he mentioned the 

sighting in the elected members’ 

exchange section of the meeting 

because he thinks it is something 

the public should watch out for. 

“If there is something there, it 

would be just interesting to get 

feedback from other people. If 

there is one in the area, no doubt 

other people would have seen it.” 

A city council spokesman said 

quarry staff hadn’t received any 

reports of big cat sightings but he 

said they are “always keeping an 

eye out.” 

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No charges after man allegedly assaulted by contractor 


NO CHARGES will be laid 

after a householder says he 

was knocked unconscious by a 

contractor. 

Brett Hodge was allegedly assaulted 

after asking the worker 

to move his vehicle from blocking 

the driveway of his central 

city home early last month. 

Hodge told The Star police 

had identified the attacker and 

given him a “formal warning.” 

Hodge, who went public with 

the incident last month, would 

not answer any other questions. 

“I am not sure I want more 

publicity on the matter. Aside 

from the outcome for the person 

who assaulted me,” he said. 

Contractors continued to park 

on his driveway, he said. 

Last month, Hodge told media 

the incident had left him with 

a split lip and black eye. It happened 

in front of his 13-year-old 

son and 11-year-old daughter. 

A police spokesman said 

the officer who oversaw the 

investigation was on leave and 

unavailable for comment. 

Could the mysterious big cat 

be lurking in Halswell Quarry 

Mike Mora 

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(above). Right – A mystery 

sighting of a black cat near 

Lake Tekapo in 2017. 

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NEWS 3 

in brief 

Drink drivers under 

police scrutiny 

The police focus for October 

will be catching drink drivers. 

Canterbury road policing 

manager inspector Greg Cottam 

said police will be setting up 

checkpoints in locations right 

across Canterbury for the 

month. They will also continue 

their trial of micro-checkpoints, 

which require as few as one 

officer and car to set up. Police 

also clamped down on drinking 

drivers in July and of the 14,042 

motorists that were stopped, 

68 were over the legal breath 

alcohol limit. One of these 

motorists was a woman nearly 

three times the legal breath 

alcohol limit with her three 

children in her car. Cottam 

said this month drivers should 

expect to see checkpoints in 

locations where they haven’t 

seen them before. 

New unmarked 

police vehicle arrives 

The first of three, new Holden 

Equinox unmarked police 

sport utility vehicles is set 

to arrive in Christchurch 

this week. It will be based at 

Hornby Police Station and be 

used for mostly patrolling state 

highways around Canterbury. 

It comes after police announced 

a nationwide zero tolerance 

to speeding. All motorists 

exceeding the speed limit even 

slightly may now be stopped 

and fined. 

Suspicious car 

fire in Papanui 

Firefighters battled a suspicious 

car fire in Papanui in the early 

hours of yesterday morning. 

A Fire and Emergency New 

Zealand spokeswoman said 

a crew from Harewood Fire 

Station attended the blaze on 

Condell Ave at about 2.30am. 

She said it was “well-involved” 

when they arrived and it took 

about 40min to extinguish. No 

one was in the car at the time 

of the fire and no surrounding 

properties or infrastructure 

was damaged. Police are 

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“The house had tried to resettle 

in funny positions so now we’re 

going through the full repair,” 

Claridge said. 

“It was a traumatic time, 

getting told your primary asset 

is worth nothing is pretty emotional. 

“It is our first home, we 

thought we’d done everything 

right. We’d looked for property 

prior to getting to this one. We 

didn’t just pull the trigger and 

think ‘this’ll do’, we’d done the 

property checks, 

we’d bought a 

home that was 

repaired and 

signed off, unfortunately 

it just 

wasn’t done very 

well.” 

In August 

2019 the 

Government announced 

a $300 

million programme to address 

issues like this. The Claridges are 

now in the programme and repairs 

– expected to cost $320,000 

– are under way with a projected 

completion date of early 2021. 

After five years of “limbo”, 

Claridge said he could now “see 

the light at the end of the tunnel.” 

“We fell between the insurance 

and the EQC, there was 

nowhere for us so we jumped 

at the programme and now we 

find ourselves under way with 

construction.” 

EQC’s Pip Andrews said the 

programme already had more 

than 2700 applications – almost 

550 of those had already been 

settled – half were given payment 

so repairs could be done 

and the other half were deemed 


Homeowner can ‘see light at end of the tunnel’ 

Pip Andrews 

DAMAGE: Jonathan Claridge discovered his two-bedroom home needed earthquake 

repairs only after buying it in 2015. 

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ineligible for assistance from the 

programme. 

But the uptake was far higher 

than EQC had predicted. 

“Initially we had thought there 

would be around 1000 homeowners, 

so what we’ve found is 

there are a significant number 

that have lodged with us following 

a mail out we did recently.” 

The estimated cost of the 

repairs from the applications 

received so far is “roughly $250 

million at the moment”, said 

Andrews. 

She believed at this stage the 

$300 million would be enough. 

“Based on what we know today 

we believe that will still be the 

case.” 

Applications for the 

programme shut on October 14. 

There was no opportunity for 

homeowners to apply after that 

date. 

Andrews urged homeowners 

to apply if they thought they had 

missed earthquake damage. 

‘It was a traumatic time, 

getting told your primary 

asset is worth nothing is 

pretty emotional’ 

– Jonathan Claridge 

“It will mean for most people 

they will have fully repaired 

homes at the end of this.” 

EQC Minister Grant Robertson 

said the Government would 

honour its commitment to people 

with accepted applications. 

“Estimates of costs are just 

that - at this time the EQC board 

has not notified the minister they 

will require additional funding,” 

he said. 

“When we announced 

the programme last year we 

estimated it could cost about 

$300 million to repair the 

homes. Assessing properties 

and determining the cost of 

repair is complex and it will take 

some time for the full cost of the 

programme to be determined.” 

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POLICE MAY have broken an 

organised operation which has 

been stealing utes and pick-ups 

to on-sell or break down for 

parts. 

Armed police have raided 

properties in Canterbury in 

recent weeks, the latest on 

Tuesday. 

Eight stolen 

Toyota Hiluxs 

and Land 

Cruisers have 

been recovered. 

Police 

also found 

firearms and 

cannabis at 

the properties, 

and a stolen 

trailer. 

As well as the Hiluxs and 

Land Cruisers, police are also 

focusing on a spate of Ford 

Courier pick-ups which have 

been targeted as part of Operation 

360. 

Last week, The Star revealed 

19 Ford Couriers made between 

2000 and 2006 have been stolen 

in Canterbury in the past six 

months. 

Senior Sergeant Stephen 

McDaniel said three people have 

been arrested and charged with 

theft, cultivating cannabis and 

possessing firearms. 

More arrests are likely, he said. 

Said McDaniel of the vehicles 

recovered: “They’re being 

rebirthed. So, legitimate plates 


Armed raids net stolen utes, 

cannabis and firearms 

Stephen 

McDaniel 

and numbers are being put on 

them to enable them to be sold. 

Others are used and stripped for 

parts.” 

He said there was a demand 

for the vehicles and parts. 

BUSTED: 

Eight stolen 

Toyota Land 

Cruisers and 

Hiluxs were 

recovered 

during police 

raids last 

month and 

police are 

also looking 

for stolen 

Ford Couriers 

and their 

parts. 

He said police were armed 

when they carried out the raids 

but were met with no resistance. 

McDaniel said the occupants 

of the properties they searched 

are not gang members. 

NEWS 5 

Property 

values on 

way up again 


PROPERTY VALUES in 

Christchurch have grown once 

again. 

New statistics from CoreLogic 

show values in Christchurch rose 

0.5 per cent in the last month, 0.7 

per cent in the last three months 

and five per cent this year, their 

highest increase since March 

2015. 

Christchurch’s average property 

value is $522,057. 

Nationwide property values 

have increased 0.8 per cent in the 

last month after generally stalling 

since May. 

By comparison, property values 

have increased by 0.5 per cent in 

Auckland in the last month, 0.4 

per cent in Dunedin and 0.8 per 

cent in Hamilton. 

The largest increase occurred in 

Wellington city, where property 

values have risen by 1.1 per cent 

since last month and 1.7 per cent 

in the last three months. 

The only decrease occurred in 

Tauranga. Property values here 

have dropped by 0.3 per cent last 

month. 

CoreLogic says low-interest 

rates, access to credit and renewed 

confidence in the housing market 

has seen demand for properties 

stay strong.


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NEWS 

Work to address 

Heathcote River 

flooding delayed 


WORK TO address flooding 

affecting properties alongside the 

Heathcote River will be delayed 

in favour of similar projects in 

Christchurch’s east. 

The city council has approved 

$12 million to go towards addressing 

flooding on Pages Rd, 

Wainoni. 

It wasn’t going to fund the works 

to fix the problem for another 

four years – but voted to bring the 

funding forward to start next year. 

The funds were originally 

earmarked for projects including 

addressing flooding which affects 

properties close to the Heathcote 

River but these will now be delayed. 

City councillor Tim Scandrett 

voted against the Christchurch east 

project and fellow councillor Yani 

Johanson abstained from voting. 

Both asked for more information 

on the delay this will cause for 

these other projects. 

Said city council stormwater and 

waterways programme manager 

Keith Davison: “The Heathcote 

low stopbanks project’s budget has 

been slipped back by a year. 

“Significant works on the Heathcote 

are already reducing flooding 

risk and impact. These works 

include dredging, bank stabilisation, 

and storage basins – which 

are all either completed or well 

advanced,” he said. 

A SENIOR National Party 

official, accused of calling a 

talkback radio station to derail 

a candidate, is still holding on 

to a Canterbury leadership role 

within the party. 

Roger Bridge stepped down 

as a party board member in August 

after allegations he called 

Newstalk ZB impersonating a 

person named “Merv” to talk 

about fellow National member 

Nuwanthie Samarakone’s 

campaign to run for Auckland 

Central. 

Samarakone’s bid was unsuccessful, 

but she is still running 

to be an MP for Manurewa. 

But National Party general 

manager Greg Hamilton confirmed 

to RNZ that Bridge has 

remained on as its Canterbury 

and Westland region chairman. 

The phone call allegations 

were first raised on August 10 

by Newshub, which reported 

that Bridge rang Newstalk ZB 

host Marcus Lush as “Merv” to 


Bridge still in Nat’s role after ‘Merv’ call 

discuss Samarakone’s campaign. 

“She’s already standing in Manurewa 

and I was ready to vote 

for her but now I understand 

that she’s going over to Auckland 

Central, I’m confused,” 

Merv told Lush. 

After the Newshub story aired, 

National Party president Peter 

Goodfellow said the board 

“thoroughly investigated and 

discussed the matter”, and 

Bridge resigned as a board 

member on August 13. 

“We all make mistakes, and 

this is an unfortunate situation 

for someone who has given 

many years of loyal service to 

the National Party,” Goodfellow 

said at the time. 

“Mr Bridge has been an 

effective contributor around 

the board table, our audit 

committee, and actively 

supported countless members, 

supporters, and the wider 

party.” 

- RNZ 

‘MERV’: Roger Bridge is National’s Canterbury and 

Westland region chairman. (Left) Bridge at a recent Judith 

Collins speech at the Canterbury Employers Chamber of 

Commerce. 

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A PROLONGED port strike 

at Sydney has impacted on 

Cantabrians returning home 

from Australia during the 

Covid-19 pandemic, with 

lengthy delays predicted before 

they are reunited with their 

household consignments. 

Removalists on both sides of 

the Tasman have already warned 

clients the arrival dates for their 

property have been pushed out, 

while a one-off congestion fee 

has already been imposed as 

industrial action continues. 

Some reports out of Sydney 

suggest the impasse may not be 

resolved in time for a massive 

backlog of containers to clear 

before Christmas. 

One couple, who packed up in 

Sydney on August 20, were originally 

given a five to seven-week 

time frame for their container to 

arrive. 

They stayed with relatives after 

clearing quarantine formalities 

but were expecting to return to 

their property in early October 

after tenants vacated. 

However, those plans will 

likely be revised. 

“It’s annoying but there’s nothing 

we can do about it and the 

bottom line is we’re glad to be 

home,” said Lara Barclay. 

She was told in mid-September 

a congestion fee had to be 

absorbed by moving company 

Palmers Relocations. 

“Shipping lines have implemented 

a port congestion surcharge 

due to industrial action at 

Sydney port. Unfortunately, we 

cannot absorb this fee and must 

pass it on to our customers,” a 

request from Palmers Relocations 

read. 

“Based on a 40-foot container, 

the total charge is $950 (AUD), 

however we are only charging 

you based on the amount of 

space your belongings are taking 

up in the container which is 

$275.” 

Barclay contacted Palmers 

Relocations on Tuesday, hoping 


Port strike affects returning Kiwis 

STACKED 

UP: Industrial 

action in 

Sydney has 

resulted in 

a backlog 

moving 

containers. 

for an indication on when the 

goods may arrive and was told: 

“We have been experiencing 

significant delays due to port 

congestion in Sydney and it 

is making it hard to make a 

booking.” 

International co-ordinator 

Chris Brown added: “A lot of 

vessels are either delayed, or are 

not calling into Sydney at all.” 

Palmers Relocations partner 

with NZ Van Lines, which deliver 

the consignments on their 

behalf. 

A spokesman sympathised 

with the plight of New Zealanders 

facing the prospect of buying 

household goods to tide them 

over. 

“They’re getting a bad rap (the 

port workers) with the timing of 

it. It’s not a great thing to do in 

the current climate but they’re 

doing their own thing.” 

It was possible shipping 

lines may use road or rail to 

shift consignments to other 

Australian ports while some 

arriving in Australia were 

threatening to dump containers 

in Melbourne and leave it for the 

consignee to arrange transport 

to the original destination. 

NEWS 7 

Colombo St 

car parks 

under threat 


THE CITY council is asking the 

public for feedback on its plan to 

remove 32 parking spaces from 

Colombo St. 

The proposed reduction in car 

parks on the busy central city street 

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The Christchurch Foundation: An 

A review into the 

annual contribution 

of up to $600,000 

from ratepayers to 

the Christchurch 

Foundation is currently 

under way. Some see 

the funding as an 

inappropriate use of 

public money, others 

see it as an investment 

into the city’s future. 

Louis Day finds out 

more about the 

foundation 

CHRISTCHURCH Foundation 

chief executive Amy Carter 

describes the organisation’s 

inception as “an earthquake 

story.” 

After millions of dollars were 

sent to Christchurch from across 

the globe in the aftermath of the 

devastating earthquake sequence, 

it became apparent there was a 

need for a more “strategic approach 

to philanthropy.” 

A mayoral fund and Government 

initiative were launched to 

take on the outpouring of support, 

but neither were developed 

with a long-term view. 

This led to the Canterbury 

Earthquake Recovery Authority 

Electrical 

Vehicle 

Charging 

investigating various charitable 

models that could look to attract 

and mediate philanthropic donations 

to Christchurch centred 

causes. 

It eventually left the responsibility 

to set up such an entity 

with the city council. In 2016, 

the city council approved the establishment 

of the Christchurch 

Foundation and the following 

year it became a registered charity, 

intended to act as a vehicle for 

philanthropy into the city. 

The city council agreed to 

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to terminate, alter or continue 

with the current agreement. 

Councillors are expected to make 

a decision before Christmas. 

Readers of The Star have expressed 

their concern with 

the city council’s contribution 

to the foundation, seeing it as an 

inappropriate use of ratepayer 

money. 

However, Mayor Lianne 

FUTURE 

FOCUS: 

Christchurch 

Foundation 

chief executive 

Amy Carter 

believes the 

contribution 

from ratepayers 

into the 

foundation 

is a smart 

investment into 

the future of 

the city. 

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Dalziel, who is also a member of 

the foundation’s board, believed 

ratepayers should be “incredibly 

proud” of the contribution they 

have made to the foundation. 

“People can look at dollar 

and cents and say that is a lot of 

money if they don’t know what 

the return is, but the return will 

keep coming for many generations,” 

she said. 

Carter also believed the contribution 

from ratepayers was a 

“smart investment in the future 

of Christchurch.” 

She thought the contributions 

of ratepayers would play a big 

role in helping to fulfil the foundation’s 

ambitions to support 

local causes for at least a century. 

The foundation is working 

towards being fully financially 

independent from the city council 

by 2023 and has suggested a 

gradual reduction in operational 

funding from the council until 

then, Carter said. 

She said Christchurch’s 

response to the March 15 terror 

attacks really put the city on the 

map and had launched the foundation 

10 years ahead of schedule 

in terms of building connections 

across the globe, assisting in its 

endeavour for financial independence 

from the city council. 

Last year, the foundation held 

an event in London marking the 

launch of its United Kingdom 

branch, it is currently working 

through setting one up in the 

United States. It is hoped these 

branches will attract further 

donations from overseas. 

“We hosted an event up there 

[London], beginning to build 

our database of ex-pats. But we 

also spoke with people like The 

Rockefeller Foundation, we met 

with the Premier League and the 

Cricket League looking for opportunities 

for collaboration and 

March 15 opened those doors for 

us,” she said. 

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“It [March 15] slingshot us forward 

10 years in terms of building 

relationships which is really 

important for gifting. You don’t 

hit someone up for $1 million 

when you are having a cup of tea 

with them, so it is a long game, 

not a short game, you have to 

build trust. That is what has been 

so impressive with the council’s 

commitment when they look to 

set us up is that they saw that.” 

The funding from the city 

council funds the foundation’s 

operational costs, including the 

salaries of staff. 

While Carter was unwilling to 

disclose her current salary, the 

most recent annual report from 

the foundation shows that she 

was paid $214,078 during the 

2018/2019 financial year. 

However, her salary will 

become public when the foundation’s 

annual report for the previous 

financial year is released in 

the next few months. 

Strategic Pay chief executive 

John McGill said the salaries of 

charity chief executives across the 

country can range widely from 

well below to well above $100,000 

a year. 

Carter said she had since 

taken a voluntary reduction 

to her salary which was now 

“significantly less” than the figure 

recorded within the foundation’s 

most recent annual report. 

The report also showed she 

received a bonus of $35,000 over 

the 2018/2019 financial year, 

something Carter said was no 

longer happening. 

“I have removed the bonus 

component because it seemed to 

upset people whereas the intention 

of having a bonus was to put 

KPIs on me that meant I had to 

be performing and therefore mitigating 

costs for the foundation. 

“The reality is, yes I receive a 

good wage but, it is a lot less than 

what I would be earning if I was 

in the commercial world or in fact 

working for one of the big charities 

in a senior leadership role. 

“I don’t want to sound tripe 

because I know I am incredibly 

honoured. But not everyone 

could do this job. 

“I have a unique set of skill 

sets and while I am certainly 

not irreplaceable by any way of 

means you need someone pretty 

senior with some good runs on 

the board to negotiate deals with 

some of New Zealand’s biggest 

entities and to hold their own in 

conversation with global foundations 

and various sophisticated 

donors. 

“It is not a $50,000 a year job, 

that is just the reality.” 

The foundation also took a 10 

per cent reduction in the donation 

it receives from the council 

this year in response to the 

pandemic. 

However, instead of focusing 

on the money being given to the 

foundation from the city council, 

Carter thought it was important 

for ratepayers to ask themselves 

if the foundation provided them 

with a good return on investment. 

She thought it did. 

The first gift the foundation 

facilitated towards the city 

was $2.75 million towards the 

operational costs of the Turanga 

library. So far $7000,000 has been 

handed over with the rest still 

to be paid out. The money was 

generated from donations made 

by TSB, Southbase and Spark. 

The foundation also received 

18,000 different donations within 

the first 24 hours of the devastating 

March 15 terror attacks 

taking place. Overall, more than 

$12 million has been raised in 

response to the shootings so far. 

More than $9 million has been 

distributed in total with $3,570,000 

being given to the next of kin of 

victims, $1 million to the bullet injured, 

$1.2 million to children and 

widows of victims, $415,000 dished 

out from the medical support 

fund, $470,000 handed out from 

the community support fund and 

an additional $615,000 has been 

administered to those financially 

burdened by the attacks through 

the hardship fund. 

•Turn to page 10 

PROUD MOMENT: Mayor Lianne Dalziel and Christchurch 

Foundation chief executive Amy Carter congratulate Jo 

Bailey after being crowned as one of the recipients of the 

2020 Women’s Fund. 

SUPPORT: The Christchurch Foundation has pledged 

$2.75 million towards the operational costs of Turanga 

library. So far $700,000 has been handed over with the rest 

still to be paid out.


10 

NEWS 


‘We planted 3000 trees on city council land’ 

TREE-MENDOUS: In 

collaboration with 


Foundation and 

Sustainable 

Coastlines, Meridian 

Energy hosted 

its first planting 

day last week at 


Adventure Park as 

it looks to create a 

Tui corridor through 

the city. 

•From page 9 

An education fund has also been set 

up, a long-term legacy which will support 

108 children with tertiary education and 

training. 

Al Noor Mosque Imam Gamal Fouda 

said the foundation had played a “crucial” 

role in helping the Muslim community 

recover from last year’s attacks. 

Former city councillor Raf Manji played 

a leading role in the foundation’s response 

to the attacks, spearheading its engagement 

with the Muslim community over 

a three month period which shaped its 

distribution model. 

More recently, the foundation has 

worked alongside Meridian energy in 

moving towards creating a tui corridor 

throughout Christchurch. 

A corridor of tui tucker plants, a tui 

favourite, will be planted across Christchurch 

to encourage the bird back into the 

city. 

Carter said Meridian Energy came to 

the foundation wanting to contribute to 

the environmental aspect of the city, so 

she came up with the idea of a tui corridor. 

“That was my idea, I pitched it to 

them [Meridian], they went yeah, we 

would love to do it so we planted 3000 

trees on city council land on Friday [last 

week].” 

This is an example of the foundation’s 

“project funding” approach. 

The second approach it employs in facilitating 

acts of philanthropy in the city is 

a strategy Carter labelled as “pass-through 

giving.” 

“Like the gift to Turanga, we bring the 

money in and pass it straight on to the 

beneficiary of the donor’s choice. We have 

also done that for other things in the city 

like SCAPE [public art] and the Christchurch 

Symphony Orchestra.” 

The third approach is endowment funding. 

This involves donors giving capital 

to the charity which it then invests and 

distributes the profits of to the donor’s 

cause of choice. 

This multi-faceted approach from 

the charity has caught the eye of Susan 

Dolton, who will be studying the charity 

as part of a Winston Churchill Memorial 

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Council issues 

reminder to 

homeowners 

THE CITY council has reminded 

homeowners they still need to 

meet the building code and other 

legal requirements following the 

introduction of new exemptions 

to building consents. 

Under Building Act changes, 

which came into force on August 

31, building consents are no longer 

compulsory for low-risk structures 

up to a designated size, including 

sleep-outs, sheds, carports, decks, 

verandas, outdoor fireplaces and 

ground-mounted solar panels, 

along with general alterations. 

Previously, homeowners had to 

obtain building consents for some 

of these smaller projects from 

their local councils. 

However, city council consenting 

and compliance general manager 

Leonie Rae said all exempt 

projects must still comply with 

the Building Act and other legal 

requirements, including resource 

management, local planning, electricity 

and health and safety rules. 

“Many structures allowed under 

these new exemptions need to 

be carefully positioned on a site 

to avoid the requirement for a 

resource consent for a breach of 

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“Homeowners must still meet 

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• By Chris Keall 

GEN-ZERS LUKE Campbell 

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startup Vxt, which translates 

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their app, or sent in an email. 

Campbell, 23, and Turner, 22, 

started the transcription service 

over the summer of 2018/19 as 

they spent 10 weeks at a startup 

programme run by Canterbury 

University. 

In early 2019, Vxt was accepted 

into the Google Cloud 

Platform for Startups, where up 

to $150,000 of their costs are 

covered. 

The pair went on to be named 

the grand winner of the university’s 

annual 85,000 Startup 

Challenge. 

And in December 2019 

they were also accepted into 

Vodafone’s Xone accelerator 

programme. 

Today, Campbell and Turner 

employ 13 staff, five of whom are 

full-time, and are looking to hire 

a machine learning specialist 

with their new funding (today, 

Vxt’s transcription is around 90 

per cent accurate, depending on 

cellphone reception and accent). 

The startup also wants to build 

on its modest offshore presence 

(it already has users in the 

United Kingdom and Canada). 


Gen-Zers big voice to text break 

A desktop version of its service 

is also in the offing. 

Campbell is still trying to finish 

his degree – a double-major 

taking in physics and economics 

– squeezing part-time study into 

his schedule, while Turner graduated 

last year with an honours 

degree in computer science. 

Vxt’s next big step will be a 

Series A round, probably late 

next year. Campbell anticipates 

that will be a $2 million raise. 

He sees the startup becoming 

profitable around the same time. 

Today, Vxt’s app has been 

downloaded some 18,000 times. 

Most use the ad-supported 

free version, which will transcribe 

five voicemails a month. 

Campbell says there are also 

around 900 paying for premium 

versions of Vxt, which costs $2 

a month (for 20 transcriptions 

plus Slack integration), $6 a 

month (50 transcriptions plus 

a voicemail to email option) to 

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month. 

The seed raise turned out to 

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Nearest ‘yet 

to hear 

from airport’ 

• By Kerrie Waterworth 

CHRISTCHURCH Airport 

executives say they are continuing 

to meet residents affected by a 

proposed international airport in 

Tarras, Central Otago, but have 

refused to name those they have 

met. 

Airport manager communications 

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leader Michael Singleton “has 

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range of views of 

the proposal.” 

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Singleton 

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station is granted permission 

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filling of gas bottles it could spell 

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Northcote Motor Lodge owners 

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consent by having an LPG gas 

bottle depot metres away from 

their sleeping guests. 

The service station was using 

the depot for the commercial 

filling and distribution of gas 

bottles, which it did not have 

consent for. The company shut 

the site down in February and 

retrospective resource consent 

was applied for after the ordeal 

gained television coverage. 

An independent commissioner 

is now weighing up whether to 

or not to grant the service station 

with resource consent to store 

and fill gas bottles for commercial 

purposes. 

Gary Brenssell said if the consent 

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It has already been a difficult 

year for the motel under a 

Covid-19 climate where the majority 

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Gary Brenssell said guests 

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The Brenssells did not think 

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the Northwood gas explosion 

last year which seriously injured 

several people and damaged 

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The city council’s submission 

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proposal. 

Donna Brenssell described 

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mildly.” 

“Up until February, it was 

so stressful for us, the emotion 

and the frustration around the 

council not understanding what 

we were going through. They 

still don’t understand saying that 

we are not adversely affected,” 

she said. 

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NEWS 17 

Partly-sealed cycle lane ‘ridiculous’ 

• By Logan Church 

A NEW, partly sealed, 

pothole-ridden cycle lane is 

being labelled as “ridiculous.” 

Coastal-Burwood Community 

Board member Jo Zervos said 

parts of New Brighton Rd – 

which was “very well used” – 

had recently been resealed. 

However, she 

said she was 

told by city 

council staff it 

was not in the 

scope of works 

to finish the 

Jo Zervos 

edge on some 

parts of the 

road as there 

was not enough funding. 

“They’ve resealed the centre of 

the road but left the edge on that 

section,” she said. 

“I thought it would have been 

quite common sense to do that 

wee bit at the same time.” 

The area in question covered 

about 200m, she said. 

Instead, a cycle lane had been 

painted over the edge. 

Zervos said the new cycle lane, 

which covered the edge of the 

new seal and the old seal, had 

several potholes in it as well as 

large cracks. 

She thought it was a bit 

“ridiculous” when she first saw 

it. 

Zervos said at some points 

cyclists would be forced to dodge 

obstacles in the cycle lane by 

veering out into the traffic. 

“They probably would 

have been better to not put a 

cycle lane there, just leave it 

without.” 

The community board had 

been working on long-term 

options for that road, which was 

also prone to flooding. 

City council head of transport 

Richard Osbourne says the 

cycleway markings will be 

covered over and the area coned 

off in the interim until it was 

fixed. 

“These reseal works on 

New Brighton Rd are not the 

completion of the project,” he 

said. 

“While the smoothing work 

was largely completed last week, 

the final surface which is a chip 

surface will cover kerb to kerb 

– not just the section currently 

repaired.” 

That work was planned to be 

completed in early November. 

“The delay between the 

current works and the final coat 

is to allow the repairs to harden. 

Footpath and tidying work will 

continue this week and we are 

pushing to complete the works 

to the road edge this week as 

well.” 

– NZ Herald 

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Biketober features bike skills courses 

for former refugees and migrants 

A NEW programme teaching 

former refugees and migrants 

bike skills kicks off in Christchurch 

this month during the 

Biketober Festival of Cycling. 

Bike Bridge offers separate 

six-week courses for men and 

women, delivered with funding 

from the Ethnic Communities 

Development Fund. 

The free initiative is an expanded 

version of the Learn 2 

Ride programme, which started 

in March last year and was run by 

women for women. 

Organiser and Canterbury 

District Health Board health promoter 

Meg Christie said some of 

the women who took part in the 

Learn 2 Ride sessions had never 

cycled before; for others, the last 

time they touched a bike was 

when they were children. 

“They just assumed they didn’t 

know how to ride,” Christie said. 

“But within 30 seconds of sitting 

in the saddle — they hadn’t 

forgotten.” 

The women who attended the 

sessions, held at the Hagley Park 

netball courts, came from a range 

of backgrounds, including countries 

such as Afghanistan, Eritrea, 

Russia and the Philippines. 

One woman, originally from 

Somalia, attended every session 

in February, Christie said, 

and finally realised her dream of 

learning to ride a bike. 

“She said it was on her bucket 

list to learn how to ride, and she’s 

cracked it — she was so thrilled.” 

The women who attended the 

sessions were taught by volunteers; 

the organisers sourced 

bikes for the attendees, which 

they had the option of buying at 

the end. 

Christie said the organisers 

initially thought the main benefit 

of the programme would be to 

equip people with some practical 

skills and give them another 

transport option, however, it 

quickly became apparent that it 

was more about sharing the joy of 

cycling and the associated mental 

health benefits. 

“These women really had a lot 

of fun learning to ride. Some of 

them had no intention of taking 

it further — it was just a personal 

challenge for them.” 

To get Bike Bridge up and 

running, Christie said the South 

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Justina is 

one of the 

women 

who took 

part in 

the Learn 

2 Ride 

sessions 

last year 

for former 

refugee 

and 

migrant 

women to 

learn bike 

skills. 

West Baptist Church provided the 

charitable trust needed to apply 

for funding. 

“We needed funding in order to 

get bigger, to make it more of an 

ongoing project rather than just 

a couple of months here, a couple 

months there.” 

Bike Bridge starts in October 

to tie in with Biketober, Christchurch’s 

annual, month-long 

cycling festival. 

“It fits into the puzzle of making 

Biketober a really, really, 

really diverse month of cycling 

activities,” Christie said. 

The festival features dozens of 

events throughout the month, 

including group rides, social 

sessions, talks and workshops. It 

also encourages people to explore 

Christchurch by bike via the 

Biketober Passport Competition. 

During the month, people can 

cycle to destinations around the 

city and use their smartphone 

to check in using a code unique 

to each participating business 

or site. Or, they can take part in 

the Biketober Passport One-Day 

Challenge and do it all on October 

31. 

Having events like Bike Bridge 

as part of Biketober was part of a 

drive to make the festival as inclusive 

and accessible as possible 

for diverse communities, Christie 

said. 

“There is something for 

everybody in Biketober.” 

•The Bike Bridge men’s 

course runs from 5pm 

to 7pm every Thursday 

starting October 15 at Ngā 

Puna Wai Sports Hub. The 

women’s course runs every 

Wednesday from 10am to 

noon starting October 14, 

also at Ngā Puna Wai. To 

find out more email nibs. 

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NEWS 19 

METRO 


New look for 

metro buses 

Lucky escape after 

detached trailer hits car 


A MOTORIST was 

lucky to escape with only 

moderate injuries after a 

sport utility vehicle was hit 

by a trailer carrying a load 

of timber. 

The crash happened at 

1.35pm on Main South Rd, 

Islington on Friday. 

A police officer at the 

scene said the trailer, which 

was full of timber, disconnected 

from the towing 

vehicle. 

The trailer then travelled 

onto the wrong side of 

the road, hitting the 

SUV. A piece of timber 

then smashed into the 

DAMAGE: A driver was taken to hospital after a 

trailer carrying a load of timber collided with a 

sport utility vehicle. PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN 

windscreen. 

The officer said the driver 

had a dislocated thumb but 

was lucky that was the only 

injury. 

St John ambulance 

spokesman Gerard Campbell 

said the patient was 

taken to Christchurch 

Hospital by ambulance. 

Over the next few months, distinctive teal 

coloured buses will begin to appear on the 

streets as Metro introduces a new exterior 

design to its fleet. 

The new livery design is inspired by the 

foods and resources shared by early Māori, 

the natural landscape that connected them, 

and the mosaic of waterways that formed 

early travel routes across our region – 

represented today by the Metro network. 

Environment Canterbury Councillor 

Phil Clearwater said that the new livery 

simplifies Metro’s network for a more 

approachable, user friendly experience. 

“We want to make it clearer that this is a 

single, reliable, connected network that will 

get you anywhere you need to go in greater 

Christchurch across the day. 

“We found that the numerous bus brands 

were diluting the message of Metro’s 

connected network, and so we have worked 

with our bus operators, Go Bus, Red Bus 

and Ritchies, during the implementation 

of their new contracts to introduce a single 

look across all buses. 

“Our changes are designed 

to help users right across 

the network, rather than 

only those travelling on the 

Metro Lines – which make 

up only five of Metro’s 27 

routes. 

“We are also preparing for 

a future where we will, in 

time, grow the number of high 

frequency routes. Continuing with the 

colour coded ‘Metro Line’ approach would 

require more and more colours, adding 

complexity to the network. 

“The new operating contracts include 

replacement of around 100 buses, or half 

our fleet, over the next two years, so with 

this many buses being produced, this is the 

time to update the livery,” he said. 

Environment Canterbury is introducing 

39 new ultra-low emission buses over the 

next months to serve greater Christchurch 

bus users. All of these will be built locally 

in Rolleston. These will be followed by 25 

zero emission electric buses in 2021, and 

more new buses in 2022. 

All buses other than the Orbiter will 

be painted in the new Metro teal colour 

to represent our strong link to water, an 

essential life-sustaining force. 

“The Orbiter will remain in a 

recognizable green livery, symbolic of the 

land,” said Councillor Clearwater. 

The Metro livery will be introduced to the 

fleet over the coming months. 

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OPINION 21 

Motorway on-ramp is a lemon 

From the 

editor’s desk 

Barry Clarke 

READERS HAVE responded 

to our recent article about the 

Southern Motorway on-ramp 

near busy Halswell Junction Rd 

(see page 24). 

And, I totally agree with them. 

The on-ramp is a shocker; poorly 

designed and a bad crash waiting 

to happen. 

The on-ramp is part of a $195 

million roading hub on the new 

Southern Motorway. But clearly 

something has gone wrong in the 

design stage. 

The Star exposed the problem 

two weeks ago. The New Zealand 

Transport Agency would only 

concede when we questioned 

them there was an “issue.” 

I’ve tested the on-ramp several 

times. It’s clearly more than an 

“issue” and readers agree. 

The problem is there is simply 

not enough road for motorists 

who turn right into the major 

traffic hub at Halswell Junction 

Rd from the Prebbleton side of 

Springs Rd to get across into 

the left lane and access the onramp. 

There is only 200m from when 

you get around the roundabout 

from the Prebbleton direction to 

get onto the on-ramp. If there’s 

too much traffic on the left lane 

and drivers won’t let you in, you 

will miss the on-ramp and head 

towards Halswell instead of the 

city. 

So motorists are having to take 

chances to get across lanes, and 

many are doing that halfway 

through the roundabout – a 

dangerous tactic. 

On a recent Sunday morning 

in light traffic I came off the 

Halswell Junction Rd bridge 

from Prebbleton, turned right 

and headed left to get to the 

on-ramp. The driver of a van in 

front of me realised almost too 

late she needed to get into the left 

lane also to access the on-ramp 

– otherwise she was going to 

miss it and keep going towards 

Halswell. 

She braked, pulled hard to the 

left, causing me to put on the 

anchors, which in turn impacted 

the vehicle behind me. We all got 

through unscathed, but only just. 

Luckily the driver behind me was 

alert. 

I’ve tried it also in heavy 

traffic, where you rely on the 

driver behind you to let you in. 

If cars are turning left from the 

Sockburn side of Springs Rd in 

peak hour traffic then you have 

an even bigger problem getting 

across. 

To sum it up – the design is a 

lemon. 

– barry@starmedia.kiwi 

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annual migration of 

planes heading south to 

the “frozen continent,” 

Antarctica. 

Even in this most 

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international Antarctic 

programmes have reduced 

their science operations to 

Antarctica, our Antarctic 

gateway city remains open. 

We continue to play a 

key role in assisting the 

New Zealand, United 

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programmes as they resupply 

their bases and change 

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seeking to ensure Antarctica 

stays Covid-free. 

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to be one of only five 

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may know, our connection 

stretches back to the 

early days of the first polar 

explorers, Robert Falcon 

Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton. 

Today our connection 

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possibility that science and 

technology have to offer. 

The heroic exploration of 

yesteryear has today been 

OPINION 23 

STRIKING: The Antarctic penguin mural on the wall of the Novotel 

Cathedral Square. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

Celebrating our 

Antarctic connections 

Mayor 

Lianne Dalziel 

LINK: The Antarctic apron at Christchurch Airport. 

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scientists and researchers. 

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connection between our 

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Antarctic programmes and 

the opportunities presented 

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our city’s special ties to the 

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LETTERS 

Readers respond to last 

week’s article about the 

northbound motorway 

on-ramp on Halswell 

Junction Rd being 

difficult to navigate 

Jillian and John 

Meredith – We have been 

concerned about the relatively 

short distance to move left 

into the lane which accesses 

the on-ramp to the motorway. 

As it is, depending on traffic, 

the move left may be difficult, 

dangerous or impossible. We 

have seen cars coming from 

Prebbleton at the roundabout 

choosing the straight ahead lane 

at the roundabout instead of 

the lane with the turning arrow 

so that there are two lanes for 

driving around the roundabout. 

This seems a safe and practical 

solution as long as indicator 

signalling is used. 

Dorothy Jordan – I 

have travelled through this 

roundabout daily for over 20 

years when I lived in the city 

and taught in Lincoln with no 

problems. I now live in Lincoln 

and use this roundabout and 

motorway several times a week. I 

have tried using both lanes to get 

on to the motorway. 

I tried using the outside lane as 

it makes sense to be in that lane 

to get onto the motorway slip 

road on the left, only to be tooted 

at by other drivers. 

Driving on the inside lane, 

when you get round, the distance 

is too short to get across to the 

left with traffic turning right 

from the opposite direction, or 

trucks coming through from 

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Halswell Junction Rd. 

Friends missed that turn to the 

motorway, couldn’t get across 

and had to travel on to Halswell. 

The other day, I was on the 

inside lane at the roundabout, 

a taxi in front of me went on 

straight, across left lane and 

travelled on down towards 

Hornby. If I’d been in the left 

lane, there could have been a 

nasty accident. 

It has been pointed out to me 

to use Marshs Rd, and travel to 

the motorway more safely, but 

that’s not the point. We should 

be able to safely negotiate the 

roundabout and access the 

motorway. 

Someone has got their 

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planning wrong. Let’s hope there 

are no fatalities negotiating this 

nonsensical road plan. 

Richard Mitchell – The 

way that the roundabout is 

currently signposted requires 

focus and commitment from the 

driver if he is to get across to the 

motorway on-ramp in the short 

distance available after exiting 

the roundabout. 

An improvement would be to 

change signage to make it clear 

that: Traffic intending to travel 

north on Springs Rd and those 

wishing to travel north on the 

motorway must both use the 

left lane at the entrance to the 

roundabout; signage should 

clearly state that only traffic 

intending to travel towards 

Halswell on Halswell Junction 

Rd should use the right lane. 

What would also help this 

roundabout would be if NZTA 

removed the shrubbery in the 

dividing island on Springs Rd 

as you enter the roundabout. If 

you’re not driving an SUV it’s 

impossible to see traffic coming 

on your right until you are right 

at the point of entering the 

roundabout. 

Kathy and Paul Cargill 

– Right from the beginning we 

knew it wouldn’t work. It is very 

stressful trying to get across. It is 

applied madness. 

Yes, agreed that there is an 

alternate route but that too is pretty 

unrealistic to expect motorists to 

use it, although it is safer. 

Perhaps there shouldn’t have 

been an alternative. 

Leaders’ debate 

I would like to see an end to 

adversarial politics. A leader’s 

debate should not be some sort 

of staged game show to entertain 

the public. In all ways these 

shows seem to resemble the ‘ 

bread and circus’ events devised 

by Roman emperors to divert 

peoples’ attention away from the 

real issues of the day. 

Secondly, I would wish for a 

responsible Parliament prepared 

to collaborate on solving the 

enormous issues our country 

currently faces. 

As ever, we live in dangerous 

times, but as if this wasn’t 

enough, the issue today is 

actually making decisions about 

how humankind can survive 

for more than a few further 

generations. 

My third wish would be for 

people to understand, that 

survival depends less of financial 

capital and more on human 

capital. I would like to see people 

prioritising being for people 

rather than against people. 

Issues that divide us, be it race, 

politics religion or downright 

poverty only slow down the 

possibility of our being able to 

solve the problem of the longterm 

survival of the blue planet 

and all its dependents. 

How sad, the ‘me first’, instant 

gratification cult seems in light 

of the real issues we face. 

– Linda Hart 

Whitebait 

Regarding the whitebait article 

(The Star, September 24). My 

husband is a fisherman and has 

to buy a licence every year. So 

should whitebaiters. 

And if fisherman get caught 

selling some of the fish, not sure 

if it is all fish, they get a huge 

fine. So should whitebaiters. 

– Holly Traxler Puddle 

Council plan 

I am amazed at the council 

thinking about the next 10 years. 

How about doing what should 

have been done 10 years ago. 

The next 10-year plan is easy, 

just do what wasn’t done 10 years 

ago, the all-weather stadium, 

the metro sports facility, a 50m 

pool at QE II the Te Ara Otakaro 

cycling/walking track, the 

development of the red zone and 

most of all a rowing lake in that 

red zone, then there’s the two 

cathedrals. 

The city council looks to 

me to be the main cause of all 

the businesses going broke, 

there’s no great reason to be 

visiting Christchurch. – Alan 

Trenberth 

Bus colour 

A dear friend from a walking 

group we both belong to, has told 

me that she won’t be able to catch 

the bus anymore. 

She is quite blind and has been 

a tramper in her time. 

She loves her independence 

and does all her own garden. 

She tells me that she can’t read 

the names on the bus, but knows 

it is her bus by the colour. 

That will affect her 

independence. I ask you, why 

are they painting the buses blue. 

What is the point? 

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It’s a year since Environment Canterbury 

declared a climate-change emergency 

SPRING IS here, bringing 

with it daylight saving, 

lambs, spectacular 

blossom, and the allfamiliar 

nor’westers 

blasting away thoughts of 

cold, smoggy winter nights 

and replacing them with 

worries about hay fever. 

JENNY HUGHEY explains what 

the council has been doing. 

The formal declaration of a 

state of climate emergency across 

Canterbury was one of the most 

serious, and colourful, moments 

in the regional council’s more than 

30-year history. 

A year ago this Saturday, 

at 11.49am, Environment 

Canterbury became New Zealand’s 

first Environment 

council to proclaim such an 

emergency, formally dedicating 

itself to consideration of climate 

change at the heart of all it does. 

The declaration highlighted 

that all the work Environment 

Canterbury does – from 

freshwater management to 

biodiversity and biosecurity, 

transport Air quality and urban development 

to air quality, and also regional 

leadership – has a climate change 

focus. 

Currently, under the Resource 

Management Act, regional 

councils are required only to adapt 

to climate change, not mitigate 

it – that responsibility is the 

Government’s, but could change. 

Even 

The smallest 

in ‘adapt mode’ 

particles 

many 

of Environment Canterbury’s 

existing policies and plans already 

contribute to reduced emissions. 

In declaring the climate 

emergency, the Council noted it 

would continue to show leadership 

on climate-change and do so 

without adding new programmes 

at ratepayers’ expense. It also gave 

staff a clear mandate to continue 

Canterbury experts have 

just finished analysing 

this winter’s air quality as 

measured in key locations 

across the region. The 

results are encouraging. 

monitoring sites around 

Canterbury measure the 

concentrations of particles 

that can be inhaled (PM10 

– or particulate matter 

measuring 10 microns or 

less in diameter). 

can cause significant 

health effects, particularly 

for those with asthma and 

other respiratory diseases. 

Most of these particles in 

Canterbury come from the 

combustion of wood from 

home heating. 

There are Governmentset 

standards that each 

region needs to meet 

(known as the National 

Environmental Standards 

for Air Quality or 

NESAQ). 

In Canterbury we have 

the Air Regional Plan that 

sets out how we intend to 

reach these standards in 

our region. 

We are not yet at the 

NESAQ in all the places 

we monitor the ambient 

air quality, but the good 

news out of this winter is 

that we met the standard 

in Ashburton, Geraldine, 

Kaiapoi and Waimate 

thanks to the action 

being taken by those 

communities to address 

how they are burning 

wood for winter heating. 

Ashburton recorded 

no days when PM10 

concentrations were above 

50 micrograms per cubic 

metre of air, the first time 

this has occurred. In fact, 

the highest daily PM10 

concentration (49 µg/m3), 

on 10 July, was the lowest 

in any year of monitoring, 

and the winter average 

PM10 concentration (20 

µg/m3) was the second 

lowest on record. 

In Geraldine, the 

standard for PM10 has 

now been met for the last 

five years, which means 

it can be classified as an 

unpolluted airshed for 

PM10. Waimate also did 

not record a single day 

with PM10 concentrations 

and enhance that work. 

That work included setting 

up a climate-change integration 

programme in the Long-term Plan 

2018-28, ensuring climate change 

was actively considered across 

workstreams, increasing visibility 

of the science and what we know 

about the impact of climate 

change on Canterbury, and liaising 

on the issue with iwi and regional 

partners, other local authorities 

and central government. 

As an organisation, we have 

also made significant progress in 

addressing our own greenhousegas 

emissions, with our 

Christchurch building receiving a 

“market-leading” energy efficiency 

rating of 5.0 out of 6 in the year 

to February on the National 

Australian Built Environment 

Rating System New Zealand. 

The building’s features include 

184 solar panels which can 

generate more than 55,000 

kilowatt hours of electricity per 

year. 

There has been a 26% reduction 

per staff member in emissions 

since 30 June 2010. We now have 

access to electric and hybrid 

vehicles and hope to have half our 

although the particles 

nment Canterbury 

measured were mostly 

coarse and associated with 

ange There’s also some emergency 

good various wind directions, 

above 50 micrograms per 

cubic metre. 

news in Christchurch, 

from the St Albans site, 

where there were just two 

days this winter when 

the air quality exceeded 

the compliance limit, the 

lowest number in 20 years 

of monitoring. 

Unfortunately, at 

Woolston, there were 

seven, the most at this site 

since 2014. 

The total exceedances 

for the entire Christchurch 

airshed in 2020 was eight, 

which is well above the 

current NESAQ target of 

only three high PM10 days 

a year. 

This is a reminder there 

is still much to be done 

to get the city closer to 

the target of being an 

unpolluted airshed. 

Kaiapoi had three 

days of high PM10 

concentrations, which met 

its current target, while 

Rangiora had four, which 

is more than last year and 

above the NESAQ target 

(of one exceedance only). 

Timaru’s 10 days was 

well above its target 

of three exceedances 

of the standards. 

And Washdyke’s new 

monitoring site recorded 

18 days with PM10 

concentration greater 

than 50 micrograms 

per cubic metre of air, 

OPINION 27 

Encouraging air quality 

results across the region 

Environment 

Canterbury Chair 

Jenny Hughey 

fleet hybrid or long-range electric 

by 2022. Carbon emissions from 

air travel across the organisation 

are offset via our own biodiversity 

programmes. 

According to a Madworld report 

in 2019, our gross emissions were 

2253 tonnes of carbon dioxide 

(CO2) equivalent, compared with 

removals of 7883 tonnes of CO2- 

equivalent through our efficiency 

efforts and from forestry planting 

across 2700 hectares. 

The changing climate will pose 

many risks to life and livelihood 

in Canterbury. In recent years 

we have seen how occasional, 

but extreme, weather events have 

had huge effects on residents and 

infrastructure around the South 

Island. 

The driest parts of our region, 

along the Marlborough coast and 

across much of the Canterbury 

Plains, are expected to get even 

drier. North-westerly storms are 

predicted to become more intense, 

with torrential alpine rainstorms 

turning our braided rivers into 

roaring rapids, fuelling landslides 

and causing widespread erosion. 

Canterbury’s coastal 

communities will be threatened 

DANGER: Combustion of wood from home 

heating can cause significant health effects for 

some people. 

suggesting dust and sea 

spray sources. 

Generally, air quality 

is improving across the 

region. This year’s figures 

reflect a pleasing trend 

which started in earnest 

about 13 or 14 years ago. 

You can find out a lot more 

on www.ecan.govt.nz. 

We still have work to 

do, but we’ve come a long 

way as a community over a 

relatively short time. 

We now have a whole 

generation who never had 

to experience the bad old 

days of the 1970s and 80s, 

when thick, choking smog 

would settle in most winter 

nights over Christchurch 

and Timaru, and also cloak 

many of Canterbury’s 

other urban centres. 

I can clearly recall biking 

down Bealey Avenue and 

nearly choking in the early 

70s. 

This is a great example 

of a council providing 

the rules and tools, and 

the community working 

to help the community 

to have better air quality 

and therefore better health 

outcomes. 

Cr Jenny Hughey 

is Chair of the 

Canterbury Regional 

Council. (Environment 

Canterbury) 

by sea-level rise this century and 

our productive and protected land 

jeopardised by the arrival and 

spread of new, exotic weeds and 

pests from warmer climates. 

All these eventualities have 

to be planned and prepared for, 

and Environment Canterbury 

will remain in the vanguard of 

these climate change efforts. 

One example is the $40 million 

Waimakariri River flood 

protection project, completed 

late last year. The network of 

floodgates and stopbanks will 

protect half a million people and 

$8 billion of community and 

business assets from a possible 

“super flood”. 

The last major flood was in 

December 1957, when parts 

of Coutts Island in Belfast and 

Kainga were swamped by river 

flow peaking at 3990 cubic 

metres per second (cumecs). 

The protection scheme has been 

designed to defend Christchurch 

from a flood of as much as 6500 

cumecs. 

Environment Canterbury’s 

leadership of biodiversity and 

biosecurity programmes is also 

underpinned by climate-change 

concerns. 

Canterbury’s distinct braided 

rivers and unique wetlands face 

many challenges. The rivers form 

a vital ecological link and provide 

an abundant food supply and 

nesting grounds for 26 species of 

native birds – most classified as 

threatened and facing increased 

pressures due to river system 

change. 

Wetlands are also ecosystems 

at-risk nationally and regionally, 

degraded by draining, damming 

and diversion affecting their 

ability to sequester carbon, 

cleanse freshwater and mitigate 

flooding, as well as impacting on 

biodiversity and mahinga kai. 

With biosecurity, we are 

putting greater emphasis on the 

risks of new pests establishing 

in Canterbury. Warming 

temperatures, changing soils and 

new land uses mean new weeds 

especially, will be able to gain a 

better foothold across the region. 

More broadly, we have to 

curb reliance on fossil fuels and 

find environmentally suitable 

alternatives, such as electricity and 

hydrogen, to power our public 

transport. 

When my predecessor Steve 

Lowndes retired as chair of 

this council late last year, he 

highlighted some of the big 

changes on the way. He was 

optimistic we would be able to 

deal with the “pressing issues” of 

climate change and sustainability. 

I share his confidence. As a 

community, and as a council, 

we are taking some bold steps to 

ensure we are in a better place to 

cope with the changing climate 

and the tests it will set us. But 

there will always be a need to do 

more.

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FOOD 31 

Delicious cafe fare at your own home 

Crepes are a delicious 

meal, needing only a 

green salad to finish it 

off 

Crepe layer pie 

6 servings 

Ingredients 

Crepes: 

110gm (¾ cup) plain flour 

pinch salt 

2 eggs 

200ml milk 

75ml water 

50gm butter 

Place the flour and salt into a 

mixing bowl. Add the milk and 

the lightly beaten eggs. Mix well 

with a hand whisk. Add the water 

and beat until smooth. 

Melt the butter in the pan that 

you are intending to cook the 

crepes in. Add to the batter and 

mix through. 

Return the crepe pan to the 

stove and heat until it is quite hot. 

There should be enough butter 

left in it so that you don’t have to 

grease the pan. 

Tip a little of the batter into the 

hot pan and swirl it around so 

that the bottom is evenly covered. 

Cook until the top is dry, then 

turn over using a fish slice and 

cook the other side before removing 

to a large plate. Continue in 

this way until all the batter has 

been used. 

The filling: 

50gm butter 

1 large onion 

200gm mushrooms 

10 asparagus spears 

2 tbsp plain flour 

½ cup milk 

250gm tub cràeme fraiche 

½ smoked chicken or 2 

smoked chicken breasts 

salt and pepper 

A little Swiss cheese to grate 

over the top. 

Preheat your oven to 180 deg 

C. 

Melt the butter in a large frying 

pan. Thinly slice the onion 

and add it to the pan. Cook over 

a medium heat until soft. Wipe, 

trim and slice the mushrooms 

and add to the pan. Cook, stirring 

occasionally, for a couple of 

minutes. 

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with chicken, 

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asparagus can be 

served as a full 

meal. 

Sprinkle over the flour and stir 

in well. Cook for another minute 

or two, then add the milk and 

mix in well. Take care not to be 

too vigorous or you will break up 

the mushrooms. 

Let this come to a gentle simmer, 

stirring fairly constantly, 

then add the cràeme fraiche and 

stir thoroughly. 

Bring to barely a simmer and 

remove from the heat. Season 

with salt and freshly ground 

black pepper. 

Bring a pot of water to the 

boil and add the asparagus that 

should be cut in 2cm lengths. 

Let it come back to the boil and 

simmer for a minute, then tip off 

the water and re-fill the pot with 

cold water to stop the asparagus 

cooking further. Drain well and 

add to the mushroom mixture. 

Remove the skin from the 

smoked chicken and roughly 

chop the meat. Stir this into the 

rest of the ingredients. 

Directions 

Line a 20cm spring form tin 

with baking paper. Place one of 

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and another quarter of the 

filling. 

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Take the pan from the oven and 

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Plant herbs close to kitchen and in sun 

ALL THE promise of spring is 

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It’s a good idea to plant herbs 

close to the kitchen — the further 

away they are, the less likely you 

are to pick them, especially in 

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a place in the sun, though mint 

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If you don’t have much space, 

stick to those herbs you know 

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Consider growing them in pots, 

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Fresh coriander is an important 

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If rust is a problem, cut 

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Clumps need to be divided and 

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• By Chris Barclay 

WHEN CONNOR Newton 

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moments away from fruition at 

Rugby Park. 

Newton, the back-up openside, 

held the chasers at bay and sealed 

St Andrew’s College’s maiden 

UC Championship with four 

minutes remaining, his runaway 

surge capping a stirring comeback 

against perennial first XV 

powerhouse, Christchurch Boys’ 

High School. 

StAC had clawed back from 

an early 20-0 deficit to outscore 

CBHS 35-6 over the final hour or 

so, the full-time 

whistle prompting 

delirium 

among players, 

coaching staff, 

students, a lone 

piper, former old 

boys – and girls. 

Rod 

McIntosh 

For director 

of high performance 

sport and 

rugby, Rod McIntosh, Saturday’s 

victory vindicated his long-term 

vision, a project the former Waikato 

representative and Hong 

Kong national coach instigated – 

then modified – shortly after he 

arrived in Christchurch. 

“When I got the position I 

thought: ‘We can win, I’ll turn 

these guys around’ but the 

reality is you can’t battle critical 

mass,” he said. 

“There’s 3000 boys at Christchurch 

Boys’ we’ve got 2500 at (St) 

Bede’s. We’re a co-ed school, 

we’ve got 500 boys and out of that 

170 play rugby, so I basically get 

50 kids to pick a first XV from. 

“What that means is we have 

to do everything really smart. I 

went from thinking we could be 

the best team in the country to 

we could be the best programme 

in the country. 

“When it was a boys school it 

(StAC) was traditionally very, 

very strong. The decision to go 

co-ed (in 1991) . . . you still have a 

train of thought that that wasn’t 

good for the school, though the 

reality is economically we needed 

to do it to sustain the school. 

It’s flourished ever since.” 

NEW ZEALAND internationals 

Tayla Bruce, Sheldon Bagrie- 

Howley and Seamus Curtin 

spearhead a strong field 

contesting the Burnside under-26 

singles bowls championships, 

which get under way tomorrow. 

Bruce, the champion in 2015, 

benefits from home green 

advantage while Bagrie-Howley 

(Gore) and Curtin (Stokes 

Valley) are also previous winners 

of the tournament. 

The trio are vying to 

succeed reigning champion 

Finbar McGuigan, a clubmate 

of Curtin, who is back to 

The elite rugby component 

conceded ground, however, with 

the class of 91 the last first XV to 

celebrate locally before advancing 

to the national top four 

competition. 

StAC still produced the odd 

capable player during those winters 

in the doldrums, notably All 

Blacks Richie Mo’unga and Tim 

Perry but until this year they had 

not challenged CBHS’ inherent 

dominance. 

“Five years ago we put in 

new systems and structures to 

develop a different type of player 

here,” McIntosh said. 

“I wanted to create the thinking 

player. I see a lot of kids play 

rugby but I don’t see many kids 

think rugby. That’s developing 

tactical understanding, putting 

into play game plans. 

“We also put a high focus on 

skill development and we want to 

be the fittest team in town.” 

All that work needed a play 

component as well, with McIntosh 

acknowledging a ‘fun factor’ 

was critical. 

“Teenagers these days have so 

many other choices. I lost a prop 

because he wanted to go trap 

shooting, some guys wanted to 

go motocross. The upshot of that 

is (rugby) still has to be really 

enjoyable. 

“We try and professionalise the 

game so early we forget that one 

of the main fundamentals is to 

have fun and enjoy being with 

your mates. 

“That’s a key hinge in my 

programme. If you combine enjoyment 

with continual learning 

you’ll get performance.” 

defend the crown. 

Of the 32 bowlers lining up, 15 

have already represented New 

Zealand in high performance, 

development or age group teams, 

illustrating the quality of a 

field also made up of a host of 

senior provincial quality players 

including last year’s national 

men’s singles champion Taylor 

Horn (Mangere). 

Horn tends to play well on the 

Burnside greens, as do 

other outstanding draw players 

Nicole Toomey (Victoria) and 

Ashleigh Jeffcoat (Carlton 

Cornwall). 

SUCCESS: St Andrew’s College first XV captain Jamie Carr 

celebrates a maiden UC Championship title after beating 

Christchurch Boys’ High School in the final at Rugby Park. 

PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES 

McIntosh admitted the combination 

of fun – and games – was 

a balancing act with learning 

in the classroom as important 

as strategising tactics for the 

weekend. 

“If they don’t hit their grades 

or show the effort – we have a 

fortnightly grade for behaviour 

and effort – and if they don’t hit 

their required minimum they 

don’t play. We’ve stood boys 

down who didn’t, you’ve got to 

draw that line in the sand,” he 

said. 

“We don’t expect them to be 

Rhodes Scholars but they have 

Paris Baker (New Lynn), who 

won the world under-25 women’s 

singles title in England last year 

while representing Tonga, is 

another leading contender. 

“This is a tournament that 

showcases the very best of New 

Zealand’s young bowling talent, 

we’re very pleased this event has 

been recognised in Bowls New 

Zealand’s ‘summer of bowls’ 

programme,’’ said convenor 

Kerrie Bruce. 

Section play is held on 

Friday and Saturday with the 

semi-finals and final to follow 

on Sunday. 

to be working to the best of their 

ability in the classroom.” 

Obviously recruitment is also 

a key to level the playing field in 

Christchurch, with promising 

midfield back Isi Saumaki, who 

scored a first half brace in the 

decider, summing up the importance 

of talent identification. 

“I picked up Isi as a 15-yearold 

from Motueka. The kid had 

learning needs so not only has he 

come through as an exceptional 

athlete, he’s got an education,” 

McIntosh said. 

Saumaki is now bound for 

the Crusaders academy once 

he takes part in a New Zealand 

Schools camp – where selection 

in the New Zealand Barbarians 

is the substitute for Covid-19 

wiping out the annual top four 

competition. 

Hooker Mini Toga and halfback 

Joel Parry are other year 

13 players heading to the camp 

while blindside flanker Torian 

Barnes will be available to defend 

the title in 2021. 

Another year 12 standout, 

No. 8 Will Stodart is on standby 

and if required StAC will have 

more players at the 44-strong 

camp than any other school. 

“It’s incredible to get that level 

of representation,” said one-time 

All Black trialist McIntosh, who 

played alongside the likes of John 

Mitchell, Warren Gatland, Richard 

Loe, Duane Monkley and 

Ian Foster during Waikato’s NPC 

and Ranfurly Shield-winning era 

in the early 90s. 

The former utility back had 

barely had a winners’ medal 

placed over his head during their 

post-match presentation before 

he was looking ahead to ensuring 

this StAC title was not an 

aberration. 

“We’re already talking about 

changes and tweaks and stuff we 

can do better,” McIntosh said. 

“We’ll have a good team next 

year, we’ll have 11 or 12 back and 

we’ve got a good group of 16s. 

“That’s really critical for me. 

I’ve got to make sure there’s good 

critical mass in the age groups 

and you’ve got to make sure your 

pathway is strong so when the 

new year 12s come into it they 

know what to expect.” 

Strong field of bowlers at Burnside under-26 singles 

CONTROLLED: International Tayla Bruce benefits from home 

advantage when she aims to claim the Burnside under-26 

singles championships for a second time.


Pegasus hosts Charles leg 

PROMISING AND seasoned 

golfers are poised to converge 

on the Pegasus Golf and Sports 

Club for the latest leg of The 

Charles Tour, which tees off 

today. 

The tournament, which is 

thankfully free of Covid-19 

restrictions, has drawn a notable 

collection of New Zealand’s 

professional and amateur players 

to the North Canterbury layout 

while Australian veteran Peter 

Fowler adds an international 

flavour. 

Defending champion Luke 

Toomey attempts to go back-toback 

while burgeoning talents 

James Anstiss, Harry Bateman, 

Luke Brown, Ryan Chisnall take 

on established internationalclass 

contenders Gareth 

Paddison, Mark Brown, Josh 

Geary, Kieran Muir and Michael 

Hendry. 

The professionals face pressure 

from an array of amateurs 

including Gulf Harbour’s James 

Hydes who won the opening leg 

of the revised five-stop Charles 

Tour at Muriwai via a play-off on 

August 2. 

Current New Zealand Golf 

TALENT: Laura Hoskin spearheads the professional 

contingent in the women’s field. 

order of merit Sam Jones, reigning 

NZPA Champion Kazuma 

Kabori and Johnny Tynan, the 

leading amateur at Pegasus in 

2019, also shape as threats. 

In the women’s field, Laura 

Hoskin, Julianne Alvarez, Danielle 

Price and Jess Reid spearhead 

the professional contingent; 

Kabori’s sister Momoka Kabori 

and Darae Chung appear to be 

the leading amateurs. 

The Charles Tour aims to provide 

an opportunity for young, 

talented local amateurs to play 

alongside New Zealand Golf’s 

elite squad members through 72- 

hole strokeplay tournaments. 

Usually comprising six tournaments, 

the Akarana leg was 

cancelled during the Covid-19 

lockdown in March but will 

return in 2021. 

The tour continues at Tauranga 

and New Plymouth in 

October before the final leg at Mt 

Maunganui in December. 

The only South Island leg of 

the tour strikes a particular 

chord with Charles, 84, who 

spent part of the year on a farming 

property at Oxford until 

recently. 

He will watch the final round 

and lead the presentations on 

Sunday. 

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Bulls could benefit from 

having played a full season 

• By Chris Barclay 

CANTERBURY BULLS coach 

Andrew Auimatagi hopes his 

new look squad’s access to a 

full local rugby league season 

will be beneficial when they 

start their national premiership 

campaign against Counties 

Manukau. 

While the Bulls squad 

are battle-hardened by the 

Canterbury Rugby League 

competition, the Stingrays and 

reigning champion Akarana 

Falcons had their schedules 

curtailed when Covid-19 

restrictions returned to the 

region in August. 

“The Auckland sides have 

missed out on a bit of footy 

so hopefully we can capitalise 

on that,” said Auimatagi, as 

the Bulls prepare to host their 

season opener at Nga Puna Wai 

on Saturday. 

“Hopefully we get them busy 

and take some oxygen out of 

them.” 

However, the pandemic might 

also benefit the Stingrays and 


Falcons with several overseas 

based players now available 

after they returned home. 

Auimatagi will rely on a blend 

of youth and experience for 

a three-match regular season 

and, ideally, the grand final. 

The Bulls were runners-up 

to the Falcons last season and 

he was excited to see how a talented 

crop of rookies made the 

step up after an initial 40-strong 

squad was trimmed to 22. 

“We’ve got a pretty young 

group of playmakers coming 

through in Zac Riley (Nothern 

Bulldogs) and Aaron Fiveash 

(Halswell Hornets). Fullback 

Mapu Uasi (Linwood Keas) is 

only 19 but he was the competition’s 

top try and points scorer,” 

he said. 

At the other end of the experience 

spectrum, Linwood Keas 

prop Alex Todd will captain the 

side after sharing the leadership 

responsibilities with Tevin 

Arona, who has transitioned to 

assistant trainer and a mentor 

for the playmakers. 

New Yaris draws on links to Daihatsu 

IT’S PROBABLY the Toyota Motor 

Company’s best kept secret, it is the 

sole owner of Daihatsu. 

Daihatsu used to be well 

represented in New Zealand, its 

range of small cars were popular, 

especially in times of fuel shortages 

and high fuel prices, the threecylinder 

engines that characterised 

many of the models were 

economical, honest and charming. 

As recent history has served 

to prove, Daihatsu is no longer 

marketed new in New Zealand, 

but you can guarantee the threecylinder 

engine technology that 

Daihatsu developed through the 

years has been widely scrutinised 

by Toyota when it developed the 

fourth-generation Yaris. 

Yes, the brand new Yaris is very 

much a departure from the old 

model. There are hybrid options, 

and each of the four variants is 

powered by a 1.5-litre three-pot 

engine. Sure, most of Daihatsu’s 

three-cylinder engines were just 

999c, but I’m picking the basic 

engine construction bears many 

similarities to the faithful units 

Daihatsu pumped out in the 

hundreds of thousands. 

Not only does the new Yaris 

have rather special drivelines, it 

also incorporates a tasteful, fresh 

body style, it is curvy with just 

the right amount of design flair. It 

looks youthful and almost daring, 

the test car was finished in a lime 

green with black accents, it looked 

terrific and gained favourable 

comment during the time I had the 

evaluation car in my care. 

The newcomer starts at $25,990 

for the non-hybrid GX, the subject 

of this evaluation. I’m due to drive 

the two ZR models soon, they list 

at $29,990 (petrol) and $32,990 

(petrol/electric). There’s also a GX 

hybrid which lists at $27,990. These 

are all prices which will bring cheer 

to the fuel-conscious buyer, for not 

only are you getting good value 

but you will benefit from frugal 

efficiency of small capacity engines. 

Toyota claims a 4.9-litre per 

100km combined cycle average 

for the petrol-only Yaris, that 

against 3.3l/100km for the hybrid. 

Both are excellent figures and 

are achievable, well at least in 

the petrol-only model. The GX I 

tested went back to the dealership 

showing 5.6l/100km on the 

readout, that was gleaned through 

a long highway drive along the 

Scenic Route/SH 72. At 100km/h 

the engine ticks over slowly at just 

2000rpm, returning an amazing 

instantaneous figure of 3.8l/100km. 

The engine is a feisty little unit 

which delights with its harmonics. 

Three-cylinder engines have a 

specific tone, they all do it, and 

that is something we’ll all need to 

adjust to, engines of this type are 

being churned out by a multitude 

of manufacturers these days, and 

they all have similar sound and 

characteristics. 

They also develop a lot of natural 

torque, pulling from low in the 

rev band and, when coupled to a 

continuously variable automatic 

• Price – Toyota Yaris GX, 

$25,990 

• Dimensions – Length, 

3940mm; width, 1695mm; 

height, 1500mm 

• Configuration – Threecylinder, 

front-wheeldrive, 

1490cc, 88kW, 

145Nm, continuously 

variable automatic. 

• Performance – 

0-100km/h, 10.8sec 

• Fuel usage – 4.9l/100km 

transmission, there is a lot of natural 

freedom, the two elements combine 

to provide a seamless flow of power. 

Toyota lists the newcomer with a 

power figure of 88kW. If you add in 

145Nm of torque from 4800rpm to 

5200rpm, they are the ingredients 

which make the three-potter so 

special, it hauls solidly all through 

the rev band, peaking at 6600rpm 

and delighting as it revs through. 

Acceleration is relatively smart 

for its role with a 10.8sec standstill 

to 100km time, while it will also 

complete an overtaking manoeuvre 

(80-120km/h) in 7sec. 

I’ve made no secret over the 

years of my enthusiasm for triple 

engines, and the Yaris’ unit is one 

of the best, it is a delight in terms 

of honesty and its thrifty nature 

speaks for itself. I was relatively 

enthusiastic when I drove the car, 

yet it still delivered good economy. 

The long, straight roads of 

North Canterbury don’t have 

many corners, but I did deviate 

to a road which has some tight 

bends which always tax a chassis 

and suspension. I found the Yaris 

to have traditional handling 

qualities; typically Toyota it has 

solid steering feel and moderate 

suspension settings which contain 

well a tall body height (1.5m) from 

gravitational movement. 

Even though the rear suspension 

is a simplistic torsion beam type 

and the tyres are on the small 

size at 185/60 x 15in, there is an 

encouraging amount of grip. Bear 

in mind that in GX form the Yaris 

gets steel wheels with plastic trim 

covers. There’s nothing wrong 

TOYOTA YARIS GX: 

Cheeky styling and 

bright colours for 

fourth-generation 

model. 

with that, when you are buying a 

$25k you should expect just the 

essentials. 

In saying that, while the 

interior trim has just the basics 

the Yaris still gets a solid suite of 

safety spec and nothing has been 

compromised with that. 

If you aren’t satisfied with the 

GX level of trim, the extra $4k that 

will get you in ZR spec adds more 

of the niceties that today’s new car 

buyer is often looking for. 

However, for me, I’d be a GX 

buyer every time; when you look at 

the cosmetic detailing of the new 

Yaris you’d think it was car of far 

higher stature, it is a definite looker, 

and to make small cars look great 

takes a good deal of finesse from 

the design team. 

If you look at the Yaris’ history it 

goes way back past Toyota Echo to 

Starlet. The latter served my wife 

brilliantly for many years, it owes 

its origins to Daihatsu, it came off 

that company’s production line 

and was testament to the quality 

both organisations incorporate as 

automobile manufacturers.


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straight to the crem. 

Other options 

available. 

Ph: 379 0178 

for our brochure 

or email 

office@undertaker.co.nz 

Non-Service Cremation $2,000 

Family Funeral with Cremation $3,950 

Chapel - 35 people, casket, hearse, cremation fees 

Full Funeral options and 

Burial options available 

Just Funerals, a family owned and 

operated company with qualified, 

registered and experienced staff. 

Phone 0800 804 663 - 24 Hour Availability 

Email: info@justfunerals.co.nz 

christchurch.justfunerals.co.nz 

Garage Sales 

CENTRAL CITY. 

388 Worcester St 

Gge Sale & Market 

Saturday from 9am 

FERRYMEAD 

Ferrymead Heritage 

Park. Ferrymead Lions 

are holding a garage sale 

Saturday 3rd Oct 8am 

to midday. Free entry 

to the sale via Gate A, 

Truscotts Rd. No access 

to the park. Proceeds to 

Christchurch Diabetes. 

FERRYMEAD 

Ferrymead Heritage 

Park. Ferrymead Lions 

are holding a garage sale 

Saturday 3rd Oct 8am to 

midday. Free entry to the 

sale via Gate A, Truscotts 

Rd. No access to the park. 

Proceeds to Christchurch 

Diabetes. 

REDWOOD 17 Salford 

Ave, Sat 3rd October 

8.30am - 2.30pm, 

cancelled if wet, 4 families 

sale 

SPREYDON 

16 Dundee Place. 

COMMUNITY GARAGE 

SALE! 

Saturday from 9am. Wide 

variety of goods 

PETE’S GARDENING 

SERVICE Gardening, 

rubbish removal, cleanups, 

expert pruning, hedge 

trimming, tree cutting, 

good rates, no job too big 

or too small, half the price 

of a franchise. Ph 027 551 

4118 

Massage 

Traditional Indian 

Ayurvedic herbal 

massage & treatment 

clinic. Ph 022 135 0177 

Traditional Indian 

Ayurvedic herbal 

massage & treatment 

clinic. Ph 022 135 0177 

Personals 

LIKEABLE INDEP 

SINGLE GENT. Seeks 

an attractive happy female 

in her 50’s - 60’s for social 

interaction and a “friends 

with benefits” relationship. 

Ph 027 6594425 

Pets & Supplies 

CATS UNLOVED 

can help with the cost 

of desexing your cat. 

Ph 3555-022 or email 

catsunloved@xtra.co.nz 

Sports Equipment 

GOLF CLUBS Excellent 

set of golf clubs, bag and 

trundler - $300. Phone 

Neville on 384 4558 

Trades & Services 

House & Garden 

Property services Ltd 

Tree & hedge 

trimming 

& removal 

Stump Grinding 

CALL us 021 405 277 

PAINTING 

Interior 

Exterior 

Fences 

Resonable Rates 

PHONE: 

027 224 2831 


• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi 


GLAZING 

TWISTY GLASS & 

GLAZING LTD 

• Mirrors • Pet Door Specialists 

• Splashbacks • All Broken Windows 

THE CAT DOOR MAN 

Phone Cushla or Darren Twist 

027 352 6225 

“I WILL TURN UP 

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Need a certified and reliable plumber for filtration 

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Bathroom upgrades or refurbishments? 

FREE CALL 

TEXT 

EMAIL 

0508 H2O BOY 

426 269 

027 245 5100 

NICK@NICKJONESPLUMBING.CO.NZ 

D & H Autos 

wanted 

Vehicles, 4x4, 

motorbikes 

Not running, rusty, damaged, 

unfinished projects, deceased 

estates. Any make from 1920s 

to 1990s. We pay top dollars. 

For friendly service phone 

Harry 021 550 038 


Grout & 

Silicone 

• Replace missing grout 

• Epoxy grout shower 

bases 

• Replace mouldy silicones 

• Stainproof grout 

• Change grout colour 

GroutWorx 

Grout Restoration Specialists 

Call Derek on 021363786 

EXPERIENCED 

GARDENER 

(Kevin Garnett) 

30 Years 

Christchurch Botanic 

Gardens. 

ALL landscape 

work done. 

Maintenance, pruning, 

tidy up, lawn work, 

landscape planning 

and planting etc. 

Free Quotes 

Phone 348 3482 


30 years + experience 

Older house 

restorations: 

no problem! 

Quotes: FREE! 

Rates: Reasonable 

Paint supplied at 

trade price! 

NO JOB TOO SMALL 

Light industrial also 

Roger Brott 

Painter & Decorator 

021-1966-311 

HARBOURSIDE 

FIRES 

CHIMNEY 

SWEEPING 

Logburners – 

Pellet – ULEB 

Installations 

Maintenance 

Bird Protection 

Phone Duane 

027 428 9026 

328 9990 

Keeping the home 

fires burning 


one stop shop 

TRADESMEN 

AVAILABLE 

Tiler, Carpenter, 

electrician, plumbers. 

Contact Jimmy Bell 

0211221487 

ROOF 

PAINTING 24/7 

Rope & harness 

a speciality, 

no scaffolding 

required, 

30 years of 

breathtaking 

experience. 

FREE QUOTES 

20% OFF other 

roof quotes 

Exterior staining, 

exterior painting, 

water blasting. 

Moss and mould 

treatment $300. 

Phone Kevin 

027 561 4629 

PAINTING 

RESIDENTIAL 

INTERIORS & 

EXTERIORS. 

COMMERCIAL 

(site safe) 

Sound 

preparation, 

Quality finish. 

18 yrs solid 

experience. 

PHONE: 

JON SCOTT 

0220500963 

rooF 

painting 

by Certified Tradesman 

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and receive 

20% discount. 

Rope and harness 

a speciality. 

No scaffolding 

required. 

30 years 

experience. 

Free quotes, 

call Craig 

021 060 2392 

AAA HANDYMAN 

licensed carpenter 

LBP, all property and 

building maintenance, 

repairs, bathroom/shower 

installations, with free 

quotes 03 383 1927 or 027 

245 5226 ciey@xtra.co.nz 


Quality. Reliable. NZ Qualified. 

Call BEN! 021-0880-2390 

SPECIALISTS IN: 

• Interior + Exterior Painting 

• Painting Repairs 

DYNAMIC 

PAINTING 

• Spraying 

• Wallpapering 

Professional roof 

restoration 

Roof Painting, Concrete, Decramastic, Iron 

Rope & Harness, Access Specialist 

12 Year Guarantee 

• Waterblasting • All Roof Repairs 

• Moss Treatments • Leaks 

• Gutter Cleaning & Repairs 

20 Years in 

Roofing Industry 

Free Roof 

Inspections & Quotes 

Ph: Vinnie 027 505 7779 

DIRTY TILES 

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Our unique restoration 

processes will make your 

tiled areas look NEW again! 

We specialise in professional 

cost effective solutions for 

all your tile & grout issues. 

• Tiled shower makeovers 

• Re-colouring old grout 

• Mouldy silicone replacement 

• Professional tile/grout 

cleaning, sealing & repairs 

Call today for a FREE quote on 0800 882 772 

or email darryl.p@theprogroup.co.nz 

IF IT’S PLUMBING YOU NEED 

WE We CAN fIX IT HELP! all 

Hot water problems, showers, 

taps, toilets, 

0800 217 

new 

5862 

installations 

Landlord Special Service 

Gas Fitting & Hot Water System 

Bathroom & Kitchen Renovations 

www.a1plumbing.co.nz 

call free 0800 217 5862 

Or TeXT 027 429 3770 

www.a1plumbing.co.nz 

Re Roofing 

Roof Repairs 

Spouting 

Approved Age Concern provider 

Over 30 years experience 

Licensed Building Practitioner 

N A BARRELL 

ROOFING LTD 

Ph: 0275 389 415 

Email: nabroofing@xtra.co.nz


Your guide to our LOCAL & TRUSTED 

Trades & Professional Services 

To advertise: Phone 379 1100 or email star.class@starmedia.kiwi 

concrete & paving 

DECORATORS 

digga hire 

DRIVEWAYS 

• Driveways 

• Earthquake repairs 

• New Home Specialists 

• Patios & Paths 

tel: 0508 873 7483 

email: sales@affordableconcrete.co.nz 

www.affordableconcrete.co.nz 

New Paint • Repaints 

Wallpapering • Fences 

Feature Walls 

Floor & Roof Painting 

Spray Painting 

Light Commercial 

Restoring Timber 

* Finance available (T’s & C’s apply) 

Selwyn based but service the whole of Canterbury 

www.andertondecorators.co.nz 

www.facebook.com/andertondecorators 

027 724 6846 027 PAINTIN 

SPRING SPECIAL 

$165 + GST per day * 

1.5t Digger, trailer, buckets, ripper. 

Flexible rates • also 2.5t • 5t • 12t • 20t 

*Conditions Apply 

0800 344 425 

16 Weedons Ross Rd, Rolleston 

(Access off Weedons Ross Rd Overbridge Roundabout) 

Exposed Aggregate 

Stamped Concrete Plain 

Concrete Resurfacing 

Things we offer... 

Competitive/affordable pricing 

Attention to detail 

Professional service 

free quotes/insurance scopes 

Cell 0278 145 848 

www.drivecrete.co.nz 

Driveways 

Excavations 

landscaping 

Mailer Deliveries 

SWAINS 

KIWI KERB 

(Since 2005) 

Over 22 Years Experience 

Quality 

Workmanship 

• Driveways 

• Kerb & 

Channel 

• Garden Edging 

Freephone: 0800 081 400 

swainskiwikerb@gmail.com 

• Driveways 

• Car Parks 

• Site Cleaning 

• Demolition 

• Farm Tracks 

• Drain Cleaning 

• Stump & Hedge 

Removal 

• Ashpalt Concrete 

Wide range 

oF TruckS 

• Tennis Courts & 

Swimming Pools 

• Chip Seal Driveways 

• Diggers – 2 Ton 

up to 20 Ton 

• Excavators 

• Bobcat & Drilling 

• For Posthole & 

Fence hole 

For a Free Quote 

on your next project 

Phone Steve on 021 338 247 

or 325 7922 

Free 

QuoTe 

Landscape 

Construction and 

Garden Maintenance 

You can have your gardens, trees, 

shrubs, plants and lawns maintained to look their best 

all year round, for a great price. 

Residential & Commercial Landscaping 

• Maintenance • Pruning • Reconstruction & Rejuvenation 

• Rental Property and Commercial Maintenance 

• Pre-Sale Tidy-Ups 

New Home Landscaping 

Lawns • Gardens • Decks • Paving • Water Features 

• Quality • Value for money • Experienced • Punctual 

• Professional • Flexible • Knowledgeable • Reliable 

Call Ross Legg - 027 222 0388 

Email ross@revivelandscaping.co.nz 

www.revivelandscaping.co.nz 

For a local, reliable 

mailer delivery 

service contact 

Star Media 

• Newspaper inserts 

• Magazine inserts 

• Letterbox deliveries 

• Urban & Rural deliveries 

For a cost effective, targeted 

delivery please call 03 379 7100 

or email mike@starmedia.kiwi 

www.star.kiwi 

PAINTING & TILING 

PLUMBER 

PLUMBING & DRAINAGE 

ROOF REPAIRS 

• PAINTING • TILING 

• PLASTERING 

• WALLPAPERING 

Phone Kevin Steel 

• Interior/Exterior 

• New Homes & Repaints 

• Quality workmanship assured 

• Correct preparation always undertaken 

• 20+ years experience 

• Earthquake repairs 

(Painting/Plastering/Wallpapering/Tiling) 

Ph 027 216 8946 

www.facebook.com/kevinsteelpainters&decorators 

NEED A PLUMBER 

Call us now for fast friendly service. 

Get your problems sorted out 

quick smart - on time!! 

Phone for a 

FREE 

quote now. 

Phone 03 377 1280 | Mobile 021 898 380 

Gas FittinG & GuttER CLEaninG 

High reach gutter cleaning machine. 

No job too big or small. 

Local family run Christchurch/ 

Redcliffs business for all plumbing, 

drainage & gas work. 

Free Quotes 

Call Morgan 0223 758 506 

Visit our website - www.mtpd.co.nz 

Email - morgan@mtpd.co.nz 

Locally owned & operated with 

over 30 years experience. 

• Extensions & repair • Roof coating 

• Concrete & clay tiles • Butynol 

• Malthoid • Asbestos Certified 

• Coloursteel • Old iron • Guttering 

Phone Dave 981 0278 

or 021 223 4200 

E: dave@beaumontroofing.co.nz 

BEAUMONT ROOFING LTD 

SCRAP METAL 

SHUTTLE SERVICE 

TRADES 

WINDOW TINTING 

Dominion Trading Co Ltd 

• Scrap metal buyers 

• Canterbury owned & operated 

• Top prices paid $$$ 

• Open Saturday morning 

Open Mon-Fri 8am – 4.30pm Sat. 8.30am-12.30pm 

www.happyscrappy.co.nz 

03 343 9993 333 Blenheim Rd 

 

24 hour 

 

Shuttle Service 

We will pick you up 

from your home, 

work place or 

motel, hotel or 

backpackers and take 

you to the airport or railway station 

Discount available with this advert 

conditions apply 

We offer a 24 hour service 

J & L Shuttles Ltd 

Ph 389-9879 or 389-9873 

for bookings 

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business & services 

in Christchurch’s 

best read & 

largest circulation 

newspaper 

Delivered into over 93,000 

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Ask us about our fantastic 

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Phone: 03 379 1100 | www.star.kiwi 

tintawindow 

advanced film solutions 

99% uv block 

fade protection 

heat control 

reduce glare 

25 Years Experience 

privacy films 

frosting designs 

non-darkening films 

Workmanship Guaranteed 

Lifetime Warranties on Most Films 

UV 

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Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts 

03 365 3653 0800 368 468



BRICK & BLOCK 

LAYING 

all restoration work 

and new work plus 

foundations, ph 342 9340 

or 021 853 033 

BUILDER QUALIfIED 

50 yrs exp. Bathrooms, 

Kitchens, Renovations, 

Repairs & Extensions 

Free quotes. Discount for 

pensioners. Ph Mike 03 

980 9771 or 027 2266 930 

BUILDER QUALIfIED 

Decks, T & G Flooring, 

Villa Restoring, New 

Homes, Weatherboards. 

Free Quotes. Bennet & 

Sons Ltd Sam 027 496- 

9362 or Tony 027 224- 

0374 

CARPENTER 

BUILDER 


HANDY - DAN 

General Handyman for 

all your maintenance 

requirements. I specialise 

in fences and decking, also 

do spouting cleans and 

repairs and everyday home 

maintenance. NO JOB TO 

BIG OR SMALL I can do 

it all, please don’t hesitate 

to call me on 022 600 7738 

for a no obligation free 

quote. 

HANDYMAN 

All handyman services eg: 

drippy taps, sticky doors, 

locks, moss spraying etc. 

Discount for pensioners. 

Ph 390 1565 or 022 5275 

668 

HANDYMAN 

Some jobs don’t need a 

tradie, so why pay more? 


RUBBISH REMOVAL 

Van & Trailer Rubbish 

Removal. Free quotes. Ph 

Gary 342-8950, 021 529 

022 

SHEEP SHEARING 

MOBILE 

Fast friendly professional 

service. 25 yrs exp. 

Shearing, drenching, hoof 

trimming etc. Call Shaun 

021 204 1274 

SPOUTING CLEANING 

Spouting Unblocked, 

Cleaned Out and Flushed 

Out. single storey only, 20 

yrs exp, Call Trevor 332 

8949 or 021 043 2034 

SPOUTING 

Select Spouting 

The PVC specialist. 

Repairs & replacement. Ph 

022 197 2351 

Licensed Building 

Practitioner no. 100981. Gardening, building, 

All carpentry & building electrical, plumbing. No 

repairs & maintenance. charge for quotes. Ph Dave 

TREE SERVICES 

Alterations & property 022 451 7314 

Free quotes 20+ yrs exp. 

upgrades.Laundries / LANDSCAPING Tree, hedge or shrub 

bathroom / kitchens Paving, Lawns, Irrigation, - reduction, shaped or 

replaced. Specialising in Decking, Fencing. removed. Ph/text Paul 

replacement of all rotten Kanga & small digger The Branch Manager 

timber, fascia boards, services. Check out Squire 0274314720 

window, windowsills etc. Landscaping on facebook. WINDOW CLEANING 

John Sandford, ph 329 FREE QUOTES. Ph Average 3 brm house 

4616, mob 027 5189 598 Arthur 347-8796, 027 inside or out from $45. 

johnsandford2@gmail. 220-7014 Edwin 027 220- Both from $80 Phone 

com 

7154 

Trevor 344-2170 

CARPET LAYING LAWN MOWING 

Exp. Repairs, uplifting, 

WINDOW CLEANING 

Garden and rental property 

relaying, restretching. tidy ups, hedge trimming. Brown & White Ltd. 

Phone John on 0800 Call Glen at Bottle Lake Family owned since 2001. 

003181, 027 240 7416 Lawn Mowing. Ph 027 Ph Paul 027 229 3534 

jflattery@xtra.co.nz 499 7571 

CHIMNEY SWEEP 

LAWNMOWING 

Tuition 

Time to service your fire. 

SERVICES 

From $80 single storey.. 

COMPUTER LESSONS 

One offs or regular service. 

0800 SWEEP ME or 0210 

avail for computer, IPad, 

Ph Jerry 021 0374138 

2771 927 

or Mobile. Please contact 

LAWNMOWING 

CONCRETE CUTTING 

Jobee 027 290 9246 www. 

SERVICES 

Affordable Concrete 

computertutor.nz 

One offs or regular service. 

Cutting with Quality, and 

PIANO Tuition. 

Ph Jerry 021 0374138 

removal work. Free quote. 

Registered Teacher has 

No job to small. Phone 027 

PAINTING 

vacancies for beginners. 

442-2219, Fax 359-6052 

PLASTERING 

Halswell area. Raewyn 

a/h 359- 4605 

Free quotes. Int/ext & Clegg, phone 322-9377 

ELECTRICIAN 

roof painting Family run 

Prompt & reliable business, work guaranteed. Wanted To Buy 

registered electrician Pensioner discounts. Ph 

with 24 years experience Kerin or Paul 022 191 

for all residential and 7877 or 379-1281. Website 

commercial work, new www.swedekiwipainting. 

housing and switch board co.nz 

WANTED 

replacements. Phone Chris PAINTING 

SLEEPOUTS 

027 516 0669 

Indoor / Outdoor, over 30 

ELECTRICIAN 

yrs exp, same day quotes, 

Sleepouts Galore 

Available, 30 years ph Steve 021 255 7968 

Buyers and sellers of 

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start, competitive rate, local professional, Int / 11 Brixton Street, Hornby 

ph Brian 027 433 9548 Ext,roofs,wallpaller, call Phone: 349 9633 

No Call out fee 

or text Corban 027 846 

ELECTRICIAN 

5035 

STEVE PURCELL 

All types of domestic PAINTING 

ANTIQUES 

& commercial work All jobs, none too small. 

undertaken, new housing, Free quotes Affordable 

alterations, extensions, 

BUYING 

rates. Seniors discounts. 

ranges, security lights, James 0220 652 637 

quick response, efficient 

NOW 

PAINTER 

service, free quotes, 

CARPENTER 

Gold jewellery, 

city -wide. No call out 

& repairs. Free Quotes. Ph watches, coins, 

fee. M/S, 8-5. Call Pat 

Joe 0220 916671 

Barrett 03 359 2087/ 027 

medals, scrap 

PLASTERING (INT) 

7331384. 

gold, sterling 

and small painting jobs 

ELECTRICIAN 

silver, pewter, 

Experience and 

Hickey Electrical. 

original paintings, 

Excellence. Small to 

Reasonable rates, no 

modern art. 

call out charge. www. 

Medium job specialists 

electricnz.com 

in all aspects of Interior 351 9139 

stevepurcellantiques.com 

Ph Jason 021 260 3426 

Plastering. Please call Tim 

ELECTRICIAN 

022 5380959 

Registered, electrical REMOVALS 

Wanted To Buy 

installation and repairs, Small furniture removals, AAA Buying goods 

Gorbie Electrical, ph 021 have own van, can fit quality furniture, beds, 

026 73375 or 03 322 4209 various types of whiteware stoves, washing machines, 

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appliances, some furn, fridge freezers. Same day 

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quotes. Ph Jim 022 137 & reliable, any area Phone 980 5812 or 027 

1920 

considered, ph Chch 027 313 8156 

GLAZIER 

517 7001 

A+ About to move? Books, 

Glass repairs - pet doors ROTARY HOEING china, coins, medals, 

- conservatory roofs. Exp Vege gardewns, new furniture, furs, jewellery, 

Tradesman. Call Bill on sections. Ph Dave 382 tools, old photos, estate. 

022 413 3504 or 981-1903 5779 

Ph 385-5117 



Wanted To Buy 

ACADEMY ANTIQUES 

Buying estates, antiques, 

old china, crystal, art, 

Royal Doulton , Royal 

Albert etc. Best prices, 

free appraisal. Call Rob 

349-4229 

A+ Household effects, 

fridges, freezers, washing 

machines, ovens. Good 

cash paid. Ph Paul 022 

0891 671 

ALL whiteware wanted. 

Same day service, cash 

paid for freezes, fridges, 

washing machines, ovens. 

Also buying furniture & 

h/hold effects.Anything 

considered. Ph Dave 960- 

8440, 027 66 22 116 

MILITARIA Any 

country, firearms, 

uniforms, badges, medals, 

memoribilia, WW2 or 

earlier ph 338-9931 

TOOLS, Garden garage, 

saw benches, Lathes. Cash 

buyer Phone 355-2045 

Notice of 2020 Trustee 

Election & Annual 

General Meeting (AGM) 

Trustee Elelection 

Public Notices 

Notice of 

Annual General Meeting 

Notice is hereby given that the 

Annual General Meeting of the 

Canterbury Cricket Association 

Incorporated covering the 143rd 

year of cricket administration 

in Canterbury will be held on 

Thursday 29th October 2020 at 

the Umpires Pavilion, Hagley Oval, 

Christchurch at 6.30pm. 

Nominations are called to fill four Trustee positions for Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a- 

Māui Trust (the Trust). 

Nominations must be made on the official nomination paper which can 

be obtained by phoning the election helpline 0800 666 040 or emailing 

nominations@electionz.com. Nominations close at midday on Wednesday 

14 October 2020. In the event that more nominations are received than are 

required, an election will be held amongst registered adult members of the 

Trust by postal and online voting and by ballot box at the AGM. 

Enrolment 

Descendants of Te Ātiawa (Te Tau Ihu) who have not yet registered with 

the Trust can obtain registration forms by contacting the Trust office on 

(03) 573 5170 or 0800 284 292. 

Annual General Meeting 

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Trust 

is to be held at Waikawa Marae, 210 Waikawa Road, Waikawa on Sunday 

29 November 2020. The meeting will commence at 10am and is expected 

to conclude around 2.30pm. All registered beneficiaries of the Trust are 

welcome to attend the AGM. 

AGENDA 

1. Opening/Karakia 

2. Apologies 

3. Adoption of 2019 Minutes & Action Points 

4. Chair Report 

Anthony Morton 

Returning Officer – 

Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Trust 

0800 666 040 

iro@electionz.com 

5. CEO Report 

6. Trustee Reports 

7. Appointment of Auditor 

8. General Business 

Vehicles Public Notice Wanted 


Senior Citizens 

Day Out 

with Companion Driving Service Ltd 

We are visiting the following places: 

Friday 2/10/2 Lake Hood 

Friday 2/10/20 Geraldine 

Monday 12/10/20 Akaroa 

Wednesday 14/10/20 Kaikoura 

Friday 16/10/20 Lake Hood 

All fares $69.00 which includes lunch 

and pick-up and drop-off service. 

Phone Peter 0800 453 873 

To secure your booking 


OUT OF ZONE ENROLMENT 

TERM 1 & 2 2021 

Enrolment Applications the for school 10 out-of-zone is governed places by are an now 

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available To apply from for an the out-of-zone school office application and the please 

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The deadline for receipt of applications for out- 

Applications October 2020. for 10 out-of-zone places are 

now being invited for new entrants who will 

If a ballot for out-of-zone places is required, it w 

become 

Parents 

eligible 

will be informed 

for enrolment 

of the 

during 

outcome 

the 

of the 

being held. period Term 1 & 2 2021 . 

To apply for an out-of-zone application 

please email enrolments@thorrington.ac.nz 

The deadline for receipt of applications for 

out-of-zone places is: 

3pm Wednesday 28 October 2020. 

If a ballot for out-of-zone places is required, 

it will be held on Thursday 29 October 2020. 

Parents will be informed of the outcome of 

the ballot within three school days of the 

ballot being held. 

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Reporter - Christchurch 

• Great media opportunity 

• Be part of an award winning team 

• A media company which is growing its reach 

Who we are 

Allied Press Limited employs over 450 people on a permanent basis 

across our 15 sites in the South Island. We operate across multiple 

media platforms (print, on-line, digital) delivering news, information and 

entertainment through our various regional and city publications, including 

Christchurch-based Star Media. 

The role 

Reporting to the editor, the main purpose of the position is to file 

compelling news articles and backgrounders for both print publications 

and online platforms. 

Your skills and experience 

We are looking for a journalist with two to three years experience, 

preferably in a metropolitan environment, but someone who has less 

experience but who has already displayed the qualities and drive to 

become a topline journalist will be considered. 

In addition to your interest in equity and diversity you will demonstrate: 

• A great work ethic 

• A competitive nature 

• An eye for detail 

• Accuracy 

Further details 

This is a full time, permanent position. 

We can offer you a great team environment, professional development 

opportunities and an opportunity to grow. 

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 Editor in Chief Barry Clarke 021 359-426 or 

barry@starmedia.kiwi. 

All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. 

Please note you must have the right to work in New Zealand to 

apply for this role. 

Disclaimer: Allied Press does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. 

Allied Press is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. 

reel hand 

Allied Press, Dunedin 

Who we are 

Situations Vacant 

Allied Press Limited employs over 1000 staff across our 15 

sites in the South Island. We operate across multiple media 

platforms (print, online, digital and television) delivering news, 

information and entertainment through our various regional and 

city publications, including our Newspaper Print & Publishing 

Operations based in Dunedin. 

The role 

the role is reporting to the Night Print Supervisor. The main 

purpose of the position is to operate the Reel Stands to ensure 

smooth running of the printing process. 

Some of the key accountabilities include: 

• Loading the paper rolls 

• Setting up the rolls for automatic change over (splicing) 

• Change of Ink totes 

• Disposal of waste 

• General cleaning 

• Delivering publications and dock duties 

Your skills and experience 

We are looking for a machine operator with experience in 

operating high-speed equipment. Experience in working on 

printing press is advantageous but not essential. 

In addition to your interest in equity and diversity you will 

demonstrate: 

• A can do attitude 

• Attention to detail 

• An ability to work unsupervised 

• Self-motivation 

• A team player mentality 

• A reasonable level of fitness 

Further details 

This is a part-time permanent position working night shifts 

Sunday through to Friday starting at 9.30pm. Finish times and 

days of work will vary depending on the shift roster. 

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

covering letter to recruitment@alliedpress.co.nz 

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 close at 5pm on Friday 9 October 2020. 

All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence. 

Please note that you must have the right to live and 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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Thursday 1 - Wednesday 7 October 2020 

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Wednesday 7pm - Blues Jam with Nick Jackman. 

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St: 

Thursday 7pm - Cathcart/Walsh/Blaikie, free; 

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5pm - Live Brazilian Jam with Clube do Choro, 

free; 8.30pm - Krakkajack, free. Saturday 8pm - 

The Blairs, free; Midnight - Chch Modern Jive 

Champs After-Party, free. Sunday 2pm - 

Traditional Irish music, free; 4pm - Indie Sundays 

feat. Somebody Do Something, and The Chasers, 

free. Monday 6.30pm - Quiz, free. 

BOO RADLEYS, Level 1, 98 Victoria St: 

Thursday 9pm - Nikita & Jimi. Friday 8pm - 

Connor Hartley Hall; 10.30pm - DSuss2. 

Saturday 8pm - Lee Martin; 10.30pm - In the 

City. Wednesday 7.30pm - South Street Trio; 

9.30pm - Open Mic Night. 

CASHMERE CLUB, 5o Colombo St: 

Tuesday 7pm - Cashmere Ukulele Group. 

Saturday 7.30pm - Mainland Big Band, door 

charge. 

GRATER GOODS, 105 Orbell St: 

Saturday 8pm - Kate Owen Album Release Show 

with support Ryan Fisherman, ticketed. 

KENSINGTON FUN HOUSE, 185 

Manchester St: Friday 8.pm - Free Stand Up 

Comedy Showcase. Tuesday 8pm - Open Mic 

Stand-Up Comedy, free. 

NEW BRIGHTON CLUB, 202 Marine 

Pde: Friday 16 October - The Atarmies. Friday 

6 November - Mama Rock. 

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RICHMOND CLUB, 75 London St: 

Friday 7pm - Unhinged. Saturday 7pm - 

INCOGNITO RockBand. Sunday 3pm - The 

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ROSE AND THISTLE, 24 Main North 

Rd: Friday 8.30pm - DJ Chick Karaoke. 

TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding St, Hornby: 

Friday 8.30pm - DJ. Saturday 8.30pm - Misfitz. 

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: 

Thursday 9pm - Nexus. Friday 7.30pm - Open 

Mic. Wednesday 9pm - Titanic (Kevin Emmett, 

Nick Buchanan, and Peter K Malthus). 

THE LITTLE BROWN JUG, 290 

Wairakei Rd: Thursday 4pm - Meat raffles; 

6pm - Free pool & sounds. Friday 4pm - Meat 

raffles; 7pm - Song requests via Boom Box. 

Saturday 3pm - Meat raffles; 6.30pm - Free pool. 

Tuesday - Pool Competition. 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd, 

Addington: Thursday 8.30pm - Karaoke with 

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Saturday 9.30pm - Don't Tell Mama Trio. 

Tuesday - Quiz Night. Wednesday 7.30pm - 

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WINNIE BAGOES, 2 Waterman Pl, 

Ferrymead: Thursday - Beats by Bingo 

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St, Lyttelton: Friday 8pm - Roulettes with 

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2-for-1 

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The ultimate girls’ day out 

THIS WEEKEND! 

Sat 3 & Sun 4 Oct | Horncastle Arena 

Opening hours: Sat 10am - 5pm & Sun 10am - 4pm 

Door Sales $10 & Kids Under 12 Free 

Come and support local businesses! 

• Over 180 Exhibitors • Fashion & Beauty • Health & Fitness • Artisan Crafts 

• Gourmet Food & Beverages • Thin Lizzy Makeup Lounge • Sparklewhite Teeth Lounge 

• Batch 10 Cocktail Lounge • Goodie Bags & much more 

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Don’t miss out on seeing so 

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Under 

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“The Expo is the ultimate pop up shop!” 

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bringing a fabulous experience to the women of Canterbury for one 

weekend with so many wonderful companies in one place. This is a 

great chance for women to discover new businesses and reconnect with 

ones they already know and support local. Plus many of the companies 

involved can only be seen at this show – come talk to the experts, 

shop and meet the makers, discover new ideas and health advice, treat 

yourself and enjoy a day out with your friends or loved ones at the same 

time.” This year the Expo will have around 180 companies and lots of 

sites to shop from so do not leave your eftpos card at home! Featuring 

everything from fashion and accessories to eco-friendly products, 

giftware, gourmet food, new cars, artisan crafts, unique businesses, 

cosmetics, health and wellness and so much more – Don’t miss out on 

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EXHIBITOR LIST 

400 Abundant Oils NZ 

812 DoTerra Essential Oils Wellness Advocate 

56 Lady Lash Studio and Academy 

804 Real Healthy Me 

620 Addictive Eaters Anonymous 

748 DP Herbals 

T8 

Left Branch Cider 

420 Register of Exercise Professionals 

800 Adelle Nails It 

236 Dusty Acres NZ 

442 Les Mills 

426 Repco 

450 Adelphi Insurance Brokers 

T36 

Eden Juice Ltd 

216 Lets Go Addu 

648 RISE Fitness 

C12 

AdrieNZ Cool Products 

F9 

Elusive Lingerie 

F14 

Lily’s Collection 

C09 

RLS Designs 

208 Aesthetica Trading Ltd 

T26 

Exotic Candy Straps 

T42 

Little Beauties 

A4 

Roxtar Glass Art 

C26 

Annie T 

32 Fascino Shoes 

A2 

Little Miss Viking 

428 Scentsy - Michelle Paton 

T4 

Aoraki Liquorice 

322 Fire & Emergency New Zealand 

614 Livingstone Advisers Ltd 

100 Sector Ltd 

72 Arbonne 

A5 

Fleur Couture 

320 Lone Goat Vineyard 

64 Sew Exquisite 

314 Ardra Skincare 

200 Florentine Gold 

F8 

Lorna Jane 

69 Sincock & Till Audiology 

C3 

Badger Hill 

830 Functional Whole Foods NZ Ltd 

C22 

Lost Studio 

606 Solimara Truly Natural 

T44 

Bangers’n’Bacon Limited 

818 Global Soap 

C24 

Love Light Soy Candles 

90 Southern Reflexology Group 

34 Barr Originals 

112 Great Sleep Limited 

622 Luxe Beauty Group 

Lounge 

Sparklewhite Teeth 

Lounge3 Batch 10 

Coffee 

Green Bear Coffee 

T18 

LWF Distilling 

T14 

Spicecraft 

406 Bell, Lamb & Trotter 

C13 

Hancrafted by Hannah 

204 Melton Estate 

T38 

Straight 8 Estate 

210 BeUboutique 

716 Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools & Spa 

C16 

Merlesque 

86 Style 358 

628 Beverley Studios 

644 Harcourts Gold New Brighton 

C5 

Millie Moo Candles 

C20 

Susanne Pearls 

452 Bex Whitehouse Ltd 

806 HDG Creative Design 

C29 

Minnie’s wax wraps 

T32 

Sweet Solutions Ltd 

54 Blue Peacock 

202 Healy NZ 

F12 

Mismatched 

70 The Balanced Dog 

232 Book Discussion Scheme 

602 Heavenly Bodies Ltd 

F2 

Modo Bella Italian 

212 The Brothers Green 

700 Brandhouse 

446 Hi Hop Sale 

304 My Supplements Group 

802 The Empowerment Project 

612 Breast Cancer Foundation NZ 

714 Hollands Suzuki 

50 Naked Lunches 

250 The Naked Banger 

430 Brilin Christchurch 

62 Homebirth Canterbury Association 

300 Neora Int Antiageging Skincare & Wellness 

T28A 

The Original Smoke & Spice 

702 Bronzed Goddess 

234 Hussey Imports 

Lounge2 

New Zealand College of Massage 

T28 

The Salami Guy 

316 Caci Clinic 

618 Hutton Homewares 

832 New Zealand Home Loans Gold 

220 The Scented Soap Deli 

C28 

Candle Freak 

246 Imbellished by Bella 

816 Not Just Red Ones 

418 Thermomix - Heather 

T20 

Cannon Hill Gourmet Foods 

C1 

Inga Ford Soapmaker 

632 Nothing Naughty Ltd 

306 Thin Lizzy 

110 CCC - Recreation and Sports Unit 

C30 

Iron Butterfly Jewellery 

434 Nutrimetics 

C04 

TQAprinz 

608 Christchurch Bridge Club 

248 Isagenix 

318 NZ Gifts of Love and Strength 

348 University Of Canterbury 

78 Clearance Health & Beauty 

58 It’s All Good NZ 

230 Pain Anxiety Stress Clinic 

720 ViBeri 

616 Cloud 9 Float Club 

C11 

Jacqueline Hocquard Art 

52 Park Lane Jewellery 

C08 

Weebleworks 

C25 

CMB Book Art 

824 Jepra Crafts 

C18 

Pepin Design 

600 Westende Jewellers 

836 Concrete Health and Fitness 

T30 

JusTea NZ 

820 Petka 

444 Wet n Wild makeup 

218 Cramp-Stop 

C15 

Kandle Co 

646 PIPS Pregnancy Infancy Parenting Support 

410 Whole Home Solutions Ltd 

642 Cressy & Charmed 

F6 

Karen Musk Design 

432 Polson Higgs Wealth Management 

214 Wholistic Health & Healing 

242 Crown Limousines 

A3 

Kasia Wiercinska & Robbi Carvalho 

C23 

Pretty by Heather 

T24 

Wilderness Brewing 

T22 

Dakshina Seasonings & Curry Mixes 

640 Kats Art Studio 

244 Property Investors Club 

F4 

Willou Limited 

826 Dazzle Ventures Ltd 

T40 

Kimbella’s Candy 

408 Pure Romance by Laura 

66 World Expeditions 

814 Divine Cakes 

310 Lady Ink Cosmetic Tattooing 

C10 

Rainey Designs 

and many more! 

Health checks 

for only $25 

during the expo 

Dr. Olivia Currie Lifestyle GP MBChB DCH PGDipGP FRNZGP 

She is a practicing medical doctor with 15 years of 

experiences in general practice (clinical and academic), 

oncology and paediatrics. Clients seen over the years 

have taught her how amazing the human body truly is in 

healing itself when provided the right environment. This 

is not limited to high blood pressure, diabetes, polycystic 

ovaries, fatty liver, gout, chronic inflammation, anxiety, 

and depression. 

What is Lifestyle Medicine? 

Lifestyle Medicine is a branch of medicine that helps people improve health, 

optimise medication use and keep chronic health conditions in remission 

with diet and lifestyle changes. 

Who is Real Healthy Me? 

We are a team of lifestyle GP, health coaches, dietitian and pharmacist who 

support your journey to good health by maintaining your current lifestyle 

whilst optimising your diet, movement , sleep, and how we think and connect 

with others. By gaining better health, you can be a better you for yourself and 

for those around you. Make an appointment with Dr. Olivia or our team. 

• Diet and Lifestyle 

Consultations 

• Health Coaching 

• Health 

Programmes 

Freedom in health mind and wellbeing www.realhealthyme.com Level 1, 20 Welles Street, Christchurch Central 03 365 3650


2-for-1 

tickets on 

The ultimate weekend 

for women is back! 

Sat 3 & Sun 4 Oct, Horncastle Arena 

Opening hours: Sat 10am-5pm & Sun 10am-4pm 

Door sales $10 & kids under 12 free! 

The Women’s Lifestyle Expo is the perfect 

girls’ day out, bringing together around 180 

companies under one roof for one weekend! 

The expo will have something for everyone’s 

taste. Whether you're looking for the perfect 

gift for a friend or family member with the 

unique range of artisan craft and giftware, 

after a bit of pampering for yourself, or need 

to stock up on your eco-friendly essentials, 

you can be sure you’ll find what you need. 

Renee Murray, NZME Event Director, says 

“It’s been incredible seeing our communities 

coming together to support local. We are 

so pleased to be able to hold events that 

provide an opportunity to kiwi businesses and local Christchurch companies 

to connect with thousands of women. It's a great chance for the people of 

Christchurch to attend the show and support local businesses after what has 

been a deeply challenging time for many.” 

The show features artisan crafters exhibiting alongside national brands like 

Lorna Jane Activewear, Caci Clinic, Les Mills and Suzuki. It’s great to see 

all the various women visit the show, from teenagers and young women, 

to mothers and grandmothers, and friends simply enjoying each other’s 

company. 

What is a Women's Lifestyle Expo all about? 

If you've never been before, you are in for a treat, but you do need a few hours up 

your sleeve! The expo is an all-encompassing haven, where you can find exhibitors 

offering everything from the essentials, to luxuries and indulgences. From sampling 

gourmet food and beverages, treating yourself to a new outfit or pair of shoes, 

checking out the latest in eco-friendly products, learning about new businesses, 

purchasing cosmetics and skincare, browsing for a new car and so much more, 

there's a lot to see under one roof. 

Meet the makers in the Artisan Craft Zone 

Come and meet the makers of beautiful things in the Artisan Craft Zone where 

over 25 companies will showcase their original products, often not found in shops 

including art, handmade soaps and beauty products, baby gifts, home decor, 

jewellery, fashion accessories and more. 

Tempting treats in the Taste Zone 

The show also includes a mini food show with over 30 companies sampling and 

selling their products in the Taste Zone. Appreciating that shopping, tasting, trying 

and testing can be hard work, the expo Taste Zone will be on hand to offer 

pick-me-ups, tasty treats and bites to keep you going. 

With everything from wine, cider, culinary oils, meat rubs and spices, craft liquors, 

boutique condiments, sweet treats and much more, this zone is always a popular 

area of the show. Try samples from the various companies and take home what you 

love. 

Inspire your style in the Fashion Zone 

This year’s expo will feature a variety of fashion sites for you to shop from including 

Lorna Jane Activewear, Fascino Shoes, a huge range of stylish items from Style 358, 

Italian fashion, Mismatched shoes, Birdini sandals, 

Elusive Lingerie, stunning accessories and much more. 

Grab a goodie bag bargain! 

Only available at the Women’s Lifestyle Expo, 

these goodie bags have become famous with 

expo visitors who love a bargain. These 

mystery bags include a variety of skincare 

and cosmetic products, a fashion scarf and 

more. Priced at only $20, these bags are 

always a hit! Only while stocks last. 

Find out more at 

womenslifestyleexpo.co.nz

The Star: October 01, 2020

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