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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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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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Bishopdale Pharmacy has been<br />
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community for over 55 years.<br />
We are proud to be genuinely<br />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
to an ancient group of trees from<br />
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With Covid-19 restrictions<br />
eased, hundreds of<br />
Canterbury primary<br />
school students were<br />
finally able to test their<br />
sporting prowess in their<br />
annual winter tournament<br />
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 />
www.primarysports<br />
canterbury.org.nz<br />
St Joseph’s School’s Louis Sharp goes in for a hard tackle.<br />
St Joseph's gets ready to scrum against Prebbleton<br />
School.<br />
St Francis of Assisi player Joey Burke fends off a tackler.<br />
Leo Lewis bursts through this tackle to score a try for St<br />
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Noah Mitchell offloads under pressure.<br />
Westburn School’s William Gallagher makes a strong<br />
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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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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 />
There will be safety<br />
measures at all<br />
voting places.<br />
Hand sanitiser is provided and physical<br />
distancing will be practised when you vote.<br />
vote.nz | 0800 36 76 56
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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Romans and Pleated – with environmentally<br />
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 />
will come from the Government,<br />
friendly cleaning products.<br />
in <strong>2020</strong>?<br />
Temperature Controlled Drying<br />
and residential development 350 in<br />
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Expressions of interest sought Spreydon to Neighbourhood<br />
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8.00am to 5.00pm<br />
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relation to fifnancial<br />
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NZ Ltd), parking available onsite<br />
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under taken in New Zealand for a<br />
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for ratepayers.<br />
commercial development.<br />
she goes out with the four-wheeldrive<br />
and that, and she came up<br />
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PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN April 2.<br />
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CALLS HAVE been made to<br />
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to the Covid-19 crisis.<br />
City counci lors James Gough,<br />
Sam MacDonald, Catherine<br />
Chu, Phil Mauger, Aaron Keown<br />
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The city council is proposing<br />
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which is cu rently under public<br />
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wi l be finalised before July 1.<br />
The 2<strong>01</strong>8-2028 Long Term<br />
Plan also predicts a 50 per cent<br />
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Said Cr MacDonald: “In<br />
the current environment it’s<br />
clear business as usual is not<br />
appropriate and the council<br />
needs to look at how we enable<br />
this 12-month rates increase<br />
freeze to occur, it’s crucial for<br />
the economic confidence of our<br />
city.”<br />
Ms Dalziel said the las thing<br />
the city council needed was for<br />
someone to hi the panic bu ton.<br />
“Calm heads must and wi l<br />
prevail,” she said.<br />
“Our residents and busine ses<br />
will be depending on us to<br />
make adjustments, and we wi l,<br />
however, we wi l need advice<br />
on the impacts on a l aspects of<br />
in CDHB<br />
spotlight<br />
– page 4<br />
the council’s budget, which is urchNZ, the Canterbury Employers’<br />
Chamber of Commerce<br />
not entirely funded by rates, and<br />
the consequences that wi l flow and other key players so we are<br />
from decisions we make. best prepared for the economic<br />
“The Annual Plan is not challenges that lie ahead.” she said.<br />
signed off for three months so City council chief executive<br />
we have time to ge this advice. Dawn Baxendale did not rule a<br />
A the same time, the council zero rates rise out.<br />
is meeting with our economic “We’re considering a series of<br />
development agency, Christch-<br />
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options with elected members The biggest boost is $5.1<br />
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The push from city counci lors sectors and regions.<br />
for a freeze on rates rises comes •Tips for weathering virus, p3<br />
shortly after Minister of Finance<br />
•Mayor’s column, p9<br />
Grant Robertson announced<br />
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Parent’s<br />
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ACTION: Six city counci lors including<br />
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James Daniels (above left) and Aaron<br />
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NOR’WEST NEWS<br />
RAY WHITE PAPANUI NEWS<br />
How Long Does it Take to Sell a Home?<br />
“I generally like to advise sellers to think about a twelve<br />
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Lead in:<br />
Factor in some lead-in time including interviewing agents,<br />
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Settlement (key handover date):<br />
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Altogether, I generally advise sellers to factor in a twelve<br />
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To give you some perspective on this, there are 16 weeks<br />
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