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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Connecting Your Local Community<br />

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• By Bea Gooding<br />

HOURS OF practice has paid off<br />

for young butcher Blair Wright.<br />

The 18-year-old took top spot<br />

at the ANZCO Foods (Asian<br />

New Zealand Meat Company)<br />

Page 3 Page 6<br />

Practice makes perfect for Blair<br />

WINNERS ARE GRINNERS: St Albans butcher Blair Wright who won the ANZCO Foods Butcher Apprentice of the<br />

Year competition.<br />

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN ​<br />

Butcher Apprentice of the<br />

Year competition, upper South<br />

Island.<br />

“I didn’t really expect it, it was<br />

my first ever competition so I<br />

was blown away. I couldn’t stop<br />

smiling,” he said.<br />

“I spent a lot of time after<br />

work practising and brainstorming<br />

ideas, and now that I<br />

am through to the grand final<br />

I will be focusing on the finer<br />

details and getting my display<br />

really polished.”<br />

Wright is in his third year<br />

of his apprenticeship at Peter<br />

Timbs and said the support<br />

of his mentor and boss, David<br />

Timbs, was a driving force<br />

behind his success.<br />

• Turn to page 4<br />

Long-time<br />

business<br />

another<br />

casualty<br />

at mall<br />

• By Bea Gooding<br />

PLANS TO regenerate Bishopdale<br />

Village Mall may have come too<br />

late for sports shop owner Tony<br />

Ralfe.<br />

The city council has agreed<br />

on endorsing a plan to revitalise<br />

the ageing mall following a<br />

decline in tenancy due to nearby<br />

competition and an increase of<br />

non-commercial activity.<br />

The Bishopdale Sports World<br />

owner has been a long-time<br />

tenant at the mall and is disappointed<br />

to close his store after<br />

more than 34 years.<br />

“We’re just about to close as<br />

well, so we won’t be here for too<br />

much longer, we just haven’t been<br />

able to sell the shop,” said Ralfe.<br />

“It’s disappointing and is a<br />

sign of the current times. We’ve<br />

actually had more inquiries since<br />

Covid-19 happened, but if we<br />

were more successful then we<br />

might have stayed open.”<br />

Closing up shop was not a direct<br />

result of Covid-19, he said, and although<br />

the pandemic exacerbated<br />

decreased demand, a decline in<br />

business over the years pushed the<br />

struggles over the edge.<br />

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NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

Thursday <strong>October</strong> 1 <strong>2020</strong> 3<br />

<strong>News</strong><br />

Bus lane works now complete<br />

WORK TO improve bus journey<br />

times along busy Main North Rd<br />

has now finished.<br />

Contractor City Care has been<br />

working since the beginning of<br />

the year to install a northbound<br />

bus lane on Main North Rd<br />

between Winston Ave and<br />

Sawyers Arms Rd.<br />

They had to temporarily<br />

halt work during the Covid-19<br />

lockdown which meant the<br />

project has taken longer than<br />

the six months originally<br />

envisaged.<br />

“The Covid-19 lockdown did<br />

unfortunately cause some delays<br />

but the contractors have now<br />

largely completed the work,’’ said<br />

city council transport planning<br />

and delivery manager Lynette<br />

Ellis.<br />

“They have installed the<br />

northbound bus lane, put in new<br />

traffic lights at the intersection of<br />

Main North Rd and Grassmere<br />

St, and made layout changes to<br />

the entrance of the Northlands<br />

Shopping Centre.<br />

“These changes should improve<br />

the safety and efficiency<br />

of the transport network and<br />

make it easier for buses to travel<br />

up and down Main North Rd,’’<br />

said Ellis.<br />

The new northbound bus lane<br />

CONCLUSION: Construction on Main North Rd to make way for new bus lanes has now<br />

finished, a few months after the original completion date due to delays caused by Covid-19.<br />

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No-stopping restrictions have<br />

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issues as pedestrians had to<br />

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WASTEWATER RENEWALS<br />

Construction has now started on<br />

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The works are expected to be<br />

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BUS STOP ADJUSTMENTS<br />

Adjustments to improve bus<br />

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School has now started. Works<br />

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renewal of the bus stop shelter,<br />

moving of the kerb and channel<br />

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4 Thursday <strong>October</strong> 1 <strong>2020</strong><br />

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

<strong>News</strong><br />

BishoPdaLe<br />

Unichem Pharmacy<br />

Your<br />

Local<br />

Pharmacy<br />

Local Family Business Owners Providing<br />

Care and Advice for Local Communities<br />

Bishopdale Pharmacy has been<br />

in the heart of the Bishopdale<br />

community for over 55 years.<br />

We are proud to be genuinely<br />

locally owned and operated by a<br />

partnership of 3 women who have<br />

a longstanding association with<br />

both the Pharmacy and the local<br />

community.<br />

While Amanda (one of the three<br />

pharmacist co-owners) has been<br />

an owner for the last 11 years, she<br />

technically has been involved for most<br />

of the life of the Pharmacy. Her father,<br />

Keith Nuttall, built the Pharmacy in<br />

1965. Amanda and fellow co-owner<br />

Maria bought into the pharmacy with<br />

Keith in 2009. Maria’s association with<br />

Bishopdale Pharmacy began much<br />

earlier though when in 1997 she started<br />

working there as a summer student<br />

while studying Pharmacy. In 2<strong>01</strong>6, Anna<br />

joined the partnership with Amanda<br />

and Maria, but she too has had a long<br />

association with the Pharmacy, which<br />

first began with her internship there in<br />

2005.<br />

Amanda, Maria and Anna are not<br />

the only members of the Bishopdale<br />

Pharmacy team who have been<br />

providing outstanding care and advice<br />

for their local community for so<br />

many years. Yvonne, our Retail Team<br />

Manager, will celebrate 50 years of<br />

service next year.<br />

Add to this the incredible members<br />

of the team at Unichem Bishopdale<br />

that regular patrons know – and that<br />

goes some way to explaining the<br />

warm, friendly and caring atmosphere<br />

frequently commented on when people<br />

are in the Pharmacy.<br />

Given the connected ownership,<br />

history and current team at Bishopdale<br />

Pharmacy, it is not surprising that the<br />

vibe and atmosphere of the Pharmacy<br />

is not the only aspect that customers<br />

and patients value. The knowledge,<br />

expertise and range of services<br />

provided at Bishopdale Pharmacy is at<br />

the high standard you should expect<br />

from your community Pharmacy and<br />

wherever possible, the team endeavour<br />

to exceed this.<br />

So if you are looking for the best kind of<br />

Pharmacy service and advice out there<br />

for you and your family then consider<br />

making Unichem Bishopdale Pharmacy<br />

your local pharmacy, because they<br />

would love to look after you.<br />

Bishopdale Pharmacy<br />

come and see us for …<br />

•Prescription services<br />

•Pharmacist advice<br />

•Free Prescription Repeat Reminder Service<br />

•Personalised medicine packs<br />

•Medication management<br />

•Warfarin (INR) monitoring<br />

•Vaccinations<br />

•Vitamin B12 injections<br />

•Urinary Tract Infection treatment<br />

•Smoking Cessation<br />

•Blood pressure checks<br />

•Blood glucose checks<br />

•Emergency contraception (ECP)<br />

•Oral contraceptive consultation<br />

•Passport Photos<br />

•Fantastic Range of Gifts<br />

•Free Gift Wrapping<br />

•Cards & Magazines<br />

•Revlon Cosmetics<br />

•Living Rewards Loyalty Programme<br />

•Easy Parking<br />

Mon -Friday 8.30am - 5.30pm<br />

Sat 9.30am- 4pm<br />

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Phone 03 359 8302 | www.bishopdalepharmacy.co.nz<br />

Cutting skills on show<br />

• From page 1<br />

He spent many hours<br />

with his mentor to practice<br />

breaking down cuts and<br />

timed himself to beat the<br />

two-hour mark.<br />

The competition saw the<br />

upper South-Island’s top<br />

butchers put their boning,<br />

trimming, slicing and<br />

dicing skills to the test by<br />

breaking down a size 20<br />

chicken, a whole pork leg<br />

and a beef short loin into<br />

a display of value-added<br />

products at speed.<br />

Wright will now be gunning<br />

for first place at the<br />

grand final in Auckland<br />

in November where they<br />

will further showcase their<br />

cutting skills, creativity<br />

and knowledge of the trade<br />

against the best in the<br />

country.<br />

The competition helps to<br />

raise the butchering standards<br />

in the country.<br />

“I’m feeling super excited<br />

and keen to showcase my<br />

skills to the rest of New<br />

Zealand,” he said.<br />

The 18-year-old is a keen<br />

hunter and the hobby helps<br />

him have a better understanding<br />

of each animal,<br />

which was a motivator<br />

behind his decision to enter<br />

the industry.<br />

MARK ARNEIL<br />

KEEN: Blair Wright wants to branch out into the<br />

home-kill industry once he has mastered the art<br />

of butchery.<br />

Many people preferred a<br />

ribeye, he said, but in<br />

his mind, the tenderness<br />

and versatility of the<br />

beef sirloin were why he<br />

believed it was the superior<br />

cut above all.<br />

Aside from butchery,<br />

playing the drums and<br />

guitar kept him occupied<br />

Candidate, Christchurch Central<br />

Resident of St.Albans, 58 and married with three children.<br />

Accomplished hospitality and recreation & events manager,<br />

with global experience running large complex operations<br />

in both the private and public sectors. Former owner of a<br />

successful hospitality & leisure consulting business.<br />

NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />

when he had a moment to<br />

himself.<br />

“Everyone is going to<br />

need a butcher in their lives<br />

at some point,” he said.<br />

“I have a year and a half<br />

left of my apprenticeship,<br />

but I’m quite keen to<br />

branch out to the home-kill<br />

industry later on.”<br />

I am standing for NZ First because:<br />

•On my return after working overseas five years ago, I was struck by the<br />

inequality and a new class of working poor finding it hard to make ends meet<br />

let alone owning a home, the deterioration of public services, and a lack of<br />

investment in infrastructure to keep pace with unfettered population growth.<br />

•I was also appalled by National’s obsession with a low wage workforce<br />

instead of training young people - putting profit before people and the<br />

environment, their lack of compassion towards the elderly and other vulnerable<br />

groups, and their relentless sales of land, state houses, and primary businesses<br />

to foreign interests.<br />

My Priorities:<br />

•A more egalitarian, inclusive and just society in which everyone can provide<br />

for their families with well-paying jobs and affordable housing without being<br />

burdened with a lifetime of debt.<br />

•Environmental, economic and sovereign rights vigorously protected.<br />

•New Zealand as a responsible Pacific leader and protector.<br />

•Accessible and high quality health care.<br />

•Future generations able receive education and training well matched to their potential.<br />

•More government investment in infrastructure needs, research and<br />

development, and job rich sustainable industries.<br />

•Implementing the Provincial Growth Fund to boost regional economies.<br />

•Strong border security with all returnees paying their fair share.<br />

•An immigration policy strictly targeted to genuine labour and skills shortages.<br />

•Always looking after the elderly and all vulnerable groups.<br />

Authorised by E Witehira<br />

251E Rawhiti Road, Hikurangi, Auckland.


NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

Thursday <strong>October</strong> 1 <strong>2020</strong> 5<br />

<strong>News</strong><br />

Lack of customers close businesses<br />

• From page 1<br />

“We need action rather than<br />

talk and we need more retail<br />

people. There was meant to be<br />

a health hub which was due to<br />

open this year, but that’s been<br />

changed to 2021 now,” he said.<br />

“I don’t know how that will go<br />

but that will certainly help bring<br />

more people to the mall.”<br />

Businesses at the mall are<br />

calling for more retail stores, the<br />

realisation of a health hub, and<br />

more community-led projects<br />

as possible options towards its<br />

regeneration.<br />

A complicated ownership and<br />

holding structure of land in<br />

and around the mall deterred<br />

redevelopment and normal<br />

commercial revitalisation from<br />

occurring.<br />

The city council and the<br />

Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood<br />

Community Board will now<br />

work with anchor tenants on<br />

small-scale revitalisation and to<br />

develop an investment case to see<br />

what more can be done, and at<br />

what cost.<br />

Unichem Bishopdale Pharmacy<br />

co-owner Maria McIntyre<br />

said she would like to see something<br />

that was unique to the<br />

mall, such as a novel boutique<br />

theatre.<br />

“Things that bring people together,<br />

such as families or retired<br />

people to gather would be really<br />

nice, such as a community hub,<br />

or having more retail offerings<br />

like electronic devices where<br />

people don’t have to go further<br />

afield,” she said.<br />

Bishop Brothers Public House<br />

owner Mark Pearce believes the<br />

mall will become a destination.<br />

“I think it’s going to be a destination<br />

for dining, and people will<br />

be coming here for a reason. Why<br />

don’t we have lots of different<br />

types of restaurants where people<br />

•HAVE YOUR SAY: What<br />

improvements would you<br />

like to see at the Bishopdale<br />

Village Mall towards<br />

its regeneration? Email<br />

your views to norwest@<br />

starmedia.kiwi<br />

can sit outside that’s done in a way<br />

where its sheltered from the wind<br />

and keeps the heat in,” he said.<br />

The owner of Stitch In Time,<br />

who did not want to be named,<br />

was another casualty of the<br />

LEGACY:<br />

Bishopdale<br />

Sports World<br />

owner Tony<br />

Ralfe is<br />

disappointed<br />

to permanently<br />

close his store<br />

after more than<br />

34 years.<br />

PHOTO: GEOFF<br />

SLOAN<br />

mall’s decline and also had to<br />

permanently close last November<br />

due to a lack of customers.<br />

“The mall does need a good rejuvenation.<br />

It needs more things<br />

for the children to bring in parents,<br />

like a covered place where<br />

children can play – that would’ve<br />

done me really well especially for<br />

my business.”<br />

Decisions about when to carry<br />

out this work will form part of<br />

the city council’s Long Term<br />

Plan 2021-2031 decision making<br />

process.<br />

Guided walks<br />

to resume at<br />

Botanic Gardens<br />

THIS WEEK will see the<br />

resumption of guided walks<br />

by the Friends of the Botanic<br />

Gardens guiding team, but with a<br />

difference.<br />

Pre-lockdown, the guides<br />

offered daily walks from the<br />

museum from September to<br />

April, with the great majority of<br />

customers being overseas tourists.<br />

The landscape has changed and<br />

the guiding programme has had<br />

to change with it. From <strong>October</strong><br />

to December this year, the guides<br />

will be offering a selection of daily<br />

45min walks in different parts of<br />

the gardens.<br />

The guides love to share the<br />

stories of the unique Botanic<br />

Garden, stories of its history, of<br />

its place in the history, and stories<br />

of trees and plants, such as the<br />

iconic Kauri tree which belongs<br />

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With Covid-19 restrictions<br />

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Canterbury primary<br />

school students were<br />

finally able to test their<br />

sporting prowess in their<br />

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last week. After two<br />

postponements, about<br />

1200 students were<br />

involved in the event<br />

which featured rugby,<br />

football, netball and<br />

hockey.<br />

Results are available at<br />

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St Joseph’s School’s Louis Sharp goes in for a hard tackle.<br />

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NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

CONTINUING EDUCATION<br />

Term 4 at<br />

Papanui High<br />

School<br />

Whether you are wanting<br />

to learn something new<br />

to improve your fitness,<br />

to challenge yourself, for<br />

relaxation, or to master<br />

a new skill Papanui High<br />

School offers plenty of<br />

choices for everyone<br />

in their Term 4 Adult<br />

Education Programme.<br />

We offer a wide range of classes<br />

such as cooking, crafts, languages,<br />

fitness and photography etc . Our<br />

tutors are well-qualified in their<br />

chosen field and wanting to help make<br />

your learning experience rewarding.<br />

We are confident regardless of your<br />

age, or interest, you will find a course<br />

that will give you the opportunity<br />

to extend your personal skills and<br />

knowledge and meet some new<br />

people in an enjoyable friendly<br />

environment.<br />

A new course on offer for Term 4<br />

is Indian Cooking made easy. This<br />

course is being taught by Radhika<br />

Naidu and she will teach students<br />

practical, easy and budget friendly<br />

recipes along with techniques and<br />

tips that will help you develop your<br />

skills, instincts and palate to enable<br />

you to cook Indian food in your<br />

own kitchen. This hands on cooking<br />

class is being held at Papanui High<br />

School on a Thursday evening 7-9pm<br />

for six weeks.<br />

Our Term 4 classes begin week<br />

of 19 <strong>October</strong> and a full list can<br />

be found on our website https://<br />

www.papanui.school.nz/com-ed/<br />

categories for further information<br />

and enrolment please email Barbara<br />

Roper rpb@papanui.school.nz or<br />

telephone our office on 03 352 07<strong>01</strong>.<br />

Together<br />

through<br />

bread<br />

Do you know your Samoon from your<br />

Balady? Or why a Montrealer would<br />

say they make the best bagels in the<br />

world? Well, sign up to one of the FREE<br />

Together Through Bread workshops<br />

and you might just find out! A series of<br />

workshops starting in <strong>October</strong> will run<br />

at venues in Christchurch including the<br />

Philipstown Community Hub. Breads<br />

from Somalia, Egypt, Iraq, Canada and<br />

more will be baked and shared along<br />

with stories and traditions from around<br />

the globe.<br />

Together Through Bread is a<br />

collaborative project setup between<br />

A Communal Loaf, Plains FM and<br />

Canterbury Workers Educational<br />

Association (CWEA) and co-created with<br />

a diverse range of Ōtautahi-Christchurch<br />

ethnic communities. Each workshop<br />

will focus on celebrating a different<br />

ethnic group and their cultural traditions<br />

associated with bread and food as well<br />

as providing a place for conversation,<br />

discussion, learning, developing<br />

understanding, and connection. The<br />

workshops will be recorded as part<br />

of a podcast series to be broadcast by<br />

PlainsFM and are generously supported<br />

by the Office of Ethnic Communities.<br />

Tickets are limited so sign up quick<br />

by visiting www.cwea.org.nz or find<br />

us on: https://www.facebook.com/<br />

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Thursday <strong>October</strong> [Edition 1 datE] <strong>2020</strong> 93<br />

CONTINUING EDUCATION<br />

Risingholme’s Adult and<br />

Community Education Courses<br />

for Term 4, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Last chance to learn something new this year! We are still taking enrolments<br />

for Term 4 courses at all our locations – Risingholme, Riccarton High School,<br />

Christchurch Girls High School and Hornby High School.<br />

In Term 4 Risingholme has over 90<br />

courses on offer, ranging from Art & Craft,<br />

Exercise, Wellbeing & Health, Fabric<br />

Arts, Food & Cooking, Languages, Music,<br />

Pottery and Wood Crafts. Check out our<br />

website www.risingholme.org.nz.<br />

We are excited to bring you two new<br />

workshops and two new courses in Term 4.<br />

• Fascinator for that Special Day. Join our<br />

tutor, Beth Monk on 17 <strong>October</strong> to create a<br />

fascinator to go with your outfit for race day<br />

or for that special day you have coming up.<br />

• Visual Merchandising for Social<br />

Media. Do you post to Facebook,<br />

Instagram or have a blog? Here’s your<br />

opportunity to learn tips and tricks for<br />

creating a range of displays to post on social<br />

media.<br />

• Personal Styling. Have you started to<br />

think about your summer wardrobe and are<br />

looking to update your style? Then we have<br />

the course for you.<br />

• Te Reo Māori Whānau Time. After<br />

many enquiries we are pleased to offer a<br />

course for parents/caregivers and their<br />

tamariki/children to begin to learn Te Reo<br />

Māori together. Be in quick as spaces are<br />

limited.<br />

Our full range of courses and their<br />

locations can be viewed on our website<br />

www.risingholme.org.nz If you have an<br />

enquiry, please do not hesitate to email us<br />

at info@risingholme.org.nz or telephone<br />

the office on 03 332 7359.<br />

Course brochures are available at the<br />

Risingholme office and CCC public libraries.<br />

Spaces are<br />

limited in<br />

some courses,<br />

enrol now<br />

and avoid<br />

disappointment!<br />

Adult and Community Education Term 4, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Come learn with us<br />

Risingholme Community Centre offers<br />

a wide range of short courses, each term,<br />

at a range of venues.<br />

Risingholme Community Centre<br />

Art (Creative Arts, Mixed Media, Watercolour, Painting with Acrylics, Drawing<br />

& Sketching), Embroidery, Fabric & Craft Skills, Guitar, Pottery, Sewing Skills,<br />

Upholstery, Using your Overlocker, Sewing Retreat, Yoga, Wood Sculpture,<br />

Woodwork, Woodwork for Women, Zentangle, Fermented Foods, Te Reo<br />

Maori, Patchwork and Quilting, NZ Sign Language, Dollmaking, Reiki,<br />

Fascinator for that Special Day, Te Reo Maori Whanau Time, Mindfulness for<br />

Health, Meditation for Beginners, Visual Merchandising for Social Media.<br />

Christchurch Girls’ High School<br />

Sewing Skills, Te Reo Maori, Watercolour Painting, Drawing & Sketching,<br />

German Language, Painting with Acrylics, Spanish Language, NZ Sign<br />

Language, Pattern Drafting.<br />

Hornby High School<br />

Sewing for Beginners, Te Reo Maori, NZ Sign Language.<br />

Riccarton High School<br />

Calligraphy, ESOL English Intermediate, Indian Cooking,<br />

Italian Language, NZ Sign Language, Russian Language, Spanish for<br />

Travellers, Te Reo Maori, Egyptian Cooking, Yoga, Photography Basic,<br />

Photography Intermediate, Italian Cooking, Personal Styling.<br />

Full details available on www.risingholme.org.nz<br />

Risingholme office at 22 Cholmondeley Ave, Opawa, Chch<br />

Phone 03 332 7359 | Email info@risingholme.org.nz<br />

www.risingholme.org.nz


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NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

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measures at all<br />

voting places.<br />

Hand sanitiser is provided and physical<br />

distancing will be practised when you vote.<br />

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TUESDAY, MARCH 24, <strong>2020</strong><br />

year.<br />

Connecting Your Community<br />

Councillor takes<br />

Davids heads<br />

matters into<br />

community board<br />

his own hands<br />

advocating body<br />

Page 3 Page 6<br />

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Vaping rules<br />

starnews.co.nz<br />

for Cantabrians<br />

• By Louis Day<br />

IT COULD be a while until<br />

starnews.co.nz<br />

the eastern suburbs start to<br />

see Lianne Dalziel’s campaign<br />

aspirations for the area come to<br />

fruition.<br />

During <strong>October</strong>’s local body<br />

elections, Ms Dalziel identified<br />

repairs to the eastern part of the<br />

city’s footpaths, pipes and roads<br />

as one of her main priorities for<br />

this term.<br />

“We need a fully integrated<br />

programme of works for the<br />

east, I have loosely called this<br />

the eastern alliance, which<br />

Ro ler Blinds cleaned<br />

from as li tle as $ 2<br />

per blind<br />

TUESDAY, MARCH 24, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Connecting Your Community<br />

Views on<br />

Lively group<br />

cricket nets<br />

celebrate<br />

sought<br />

St Patrick’s Day<br />

Page 3 Page 5<br />

Funded by the Parliamentary Service.<br />

Authorised by Ge ry Brownl e MP,<br />

Parliament Buildings, We lington.<br />

Thursday, March 19, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Ge ry Brownl e<br />

MP for Ilam<br />

283 Gr ers Road Bryndwr,<br />

Christchurch<br />

ilam@parliament.govt.nz<br />

0 359 0582<br />

starnews.co.nz<br />

RESIDENTS MOST affected by<br />

the new Northern Motorway are<br />

Connecting Your Community relieved to hear the Christchurch<br />

Northern Corridor opening has<br />

been delayed by six months.<br />

The CNC was due to open in<br />

the middle of this year, but last<br />

week the New<br />

Zealand Trans-<br />

Ro ler Blinds cleaned<br />

from as li tle as $ 2<br />

per blind<br />

TUESDAY, MARCH 24, <strong>2020</strong><br />

No review<br />

over<br />

multi-storey<br />

house<br />

Connecting Your Community<br />

A message<br />

of love, unity<br />

and prayers<br />

for peace<br />

Page 3 Page 7<br />

TUESDAY, MARCH 24, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Ge ry Brownl e<br />

MP for Ilam<br />

283 Gr ers Road Bryndwr,<br />

Christchurch<br />

ilam@parliament.govt.nz<br />

0 359 0582<br />

Funded by the Parliamentary Service.<br />

Authorised by Ge ry Brownl e MP,<br />

Parliament Buildings, We lington.<br />

starnews.co.nz<br />

Connecting Your Community<br />

• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding<br />

THE earthquake-damaged<br />

former Sockburn Service Centre<br />

could finally be demolished in<br />

July – if the funding needed is<br />

obtained.<br />

port Agency<br />

It comes as the<br />

announced more<br />

Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton<br />

time was needed<br />

to complete the<br />

Community<br />

$290m motorwayten<br />

in its draft<br />

Board has writ-<br />

The original<br />

submission to<br />

scope of the<br />

the city council’s<br />

Readers respond<br />

Chance to<br />

would essentially be an alliance<br />

Helpless to<br />

Victorious<br />

Delay in<br />

Market day<br />

project has been Mark Wilson<br />

Annual Plan<br />

Mike Mora<br />

to supermarket<br />

farewell Holden<br />

of contractors who can take<br />

extended include<br />

stoked<br />

making mall<br />

goes green at 2<strong>01</strong>9-<strong>2020</strong>,<br />

stop property<br />

captain the whole area bit by bit and<br />

a third southbound lane on<br />

requesting the city council addresses<br />

the budget gap so the<br />

rebranding<br />

in style<br />

systematically get the work<br />

the Waimakariri River bridge and<br />

flooding<br />

with cup done,” she said during the<br />

a clip-on win<br />

exit safer<br />

Cashmere HS<br />

cycleway.<br />

buildings can be removed as soon<br />

campaign.<br />

St Albans resident Mark Wilson<br />

as possible.<br />

Page 8<br />

Page 17 But chief executive Dawn<br />

GIRL BOSS: Julia Holmes wants to be a geneticist after Page high school, 3 and feels the GirlBoss Advantage programme will Page help 10 said the community are “somewhat<br />

thankful” for the delay.<br />

her achieve her dreams.<br />

Page 3<br />

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN Page 11 said the final submission is yet to<br />

GIRL BOSS: Julia Holmes wants to be a geneticist after high school, and feels the GirlBoss Advantage programme will help Board chairman Mike Mora<br />

Baxendale said any request to<br />

her achieve her dreams.<br />

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />

pursue a specific project in the<br />

“The community will be somewhat<br />

thankful for a reprieve of the<br />

• By Bea Gooding<br />

for biology, and from a young Julia is one of 25 young were often male-dominated,<br />

• By Bea Gooding<br />

for biology, and from a young Julia is one of 25 young were often male-dominated, be completed but it was likely the<br />

east would have to be agreed<br />

age has always been interested women chosen around the with particular focus on science,<br />

technology, engineering<br />

age has always been interested women chosen around the with particular focus on science,<br />

technology, engineering requested.<br />

demolition of the site would be<br />

upon by council.<br />

FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Julia<br />

effects of this motorway for six<br />

in how things worked, often country to participate in the<br />

FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Julia in how things worked, often country to participate in the<br />

South New Brighton School pupil Jacob McMillan enjoying the foam pit at Christchurch School of<br />

City councillors are yet to pass<br />

Holmes is on a mission to<br />

months, but it’s still there. Until<br />

taking things apart just to put GirlBoss Advantage programme<br />

next month, designed She was shocked to hear the<br />

and maths.<br />

Holmes is on a mission to taking things apart just to put GirlBoss Advantage programme<br />

next month, designed She was shocked to hear the Main South Rd, has been a source<br />

and maths.<br />

The former service centre, on<br />

Gymnastics, which opened its doors to pupils while the school was closed due to fire damage.<br />

on any guidance to staff around<br />

make a difference in the world.<br />

decisions are made to put our<br />

them back together.<br />

make a difference in the world. them back together.<br />

•Story, more photos, page 5<br />

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN this, she said.<br />

The year 11 St Margaret’s<br />

community first, then there is no<br />

That passion has landed her to mentor the female leaders news from her mother.<br />

The year 11 St Margaret’s That passion has landed her to mentor the female leaders news from her mother.<br />

of tension for years with residents<br />

•Turn to page 5<br />

College student has a passion<br />

relief,” he said.<br />

the opportunity of her dreams. of tomorrow in industries that • Turn to page 6<br />

College student has a passion the opportunity of her dreams. of tomorrow in industries that • Turn to page 7<br />

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Romans and Pleated – with environmentally<br />

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who may struggle to<br />

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pay their rates<br />

Romans and Pleated – with environmentally<br />

friendly cleaning products.<br />

granted for a major commercial $<br />

Covid-19.<br />

friendly cleaning products.<br />

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friendly cleaning products.<br />

in <strong>2020</strong>?<br />

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and residential development 350 in<br />

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in CDHB<br />

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the consequences that wi l flow and other key players so we are<br />

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signed off for three months so City council chief executive<br />

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206 Cannon Hill Crescent, Mt Pleasant<br />

Tracy Thomson<br />

Level 1, 7 Winston Avenue, Papanui<br />

Phone (03) 352 0567 | rwpapanui.co.nz | /RayWhitePapanui Morris & Co Limited | Licenced REAA 2008

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