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Bike
rider
numbers
grow – pages 4 & 5
Legal aid bill
almost $200k
• By Chris Barclay
TAXPAYERS HAVE forked
out almost $200,000 to fund
the convicted murderer of
a Christchurch sex worker’s
failed bid for freedom, sparking
outrage from a victims’
advocacy group.
Sainey Marong, 36, appeal to
the Supreme Court, confirmed
as unsuccessful on Tuesday,
highlighted the inequalities
of the criminal justice system,
said Sensible Sentencing Trust
national spokesperson Jess
McVicar.
The Gambian strangled and
set fire to Renee Duckmanton,
22, in a “cold-blooded” and
“particularly callous and cruel”
killing in May, 2016.
He was jailed for life in 2018,
with a minimum non-parole
period of 18 years.
Marong initially appealed his
conviction to the Court of Appeal
and when that foundered
he took his case to the highest
court in the land, claiming a
miscarriage of justice.
Ministry of Justice figures
reveal Marong’s legal aid bill for
his trial and appeals is currently
$189,571.97, with the cost of the
Court of Appeal and Supreme
Court actions yet to be finalised.
That amount prompted an
angry reaction from McVicar.
“The victims of these people,
they do not get legal aid, they do
not get legal assistance,” she said.
“Financial help families can
get for the funeral is restricted,
they’re only allowed 30
counselling sessions and then
they have to pay.
• Turn to page 4
Sainey Marong
CRIME SCENE: Sex worker Renee Duckmanton, 22, was picked up by Sainey Marong in
the central city and then found in Rakaia after she was strangled.
Police to
investigate
altercation
among
high school
students
• By Matt Slaughter
POLICE WILL investigate an
altercation involving several
Christchurch high school
students which resulted in
one possibly having their arm
broken.
The incident happened after
school last Wednesday outside
Papanui Toc H Athletic Club on
the grounds of Papanui High
School.
Acting Sergeant Nathan
Wilson said details are
limited at this stage but
students from as many as five
schools were believed to be
involved.
Sergeant Jim Currie
understands these schools
include Shirley Boys’ High
School, Papanui High School
and St Bede’s College.
Papanui High principal
Jeff Smith said the school has
investigated and believes none of
its students were involved in the
altercation.
Wilson would not say the
nature of injuries the student
received. But Shirley Boys’
High principal Tim Grocott
understands their arm was
broken.
• Turn to page 9
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Tributes flow after death .................................. 5
Growth in number of bike riders..........4-5
Man fined after docking puppies ............ 7
More funds to preserve heritage?...............6
New hospital child care initiative ....................9
Alpine fault – What will it feel like?......8-9
Bank to stop cash, cheque deposits ....10
KiwiSaver transfers not completed.......16
New home for Smiths City ......................... 15
Students’ plan to help elderly...................23
Return to Trump, pandemic ..............20-21
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Mayor’s column.................................................... 29
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Jacinda Ardern’s ‘be kind’ face mask, while Ashley Bloomfield’s bears his traditional greeting.
Your chance to buy famous face masks
• By Chris Lynch
TWO FRAMED face masks
with signatures from New
Zealand’s most recognisable
faces during the Covid-19
pandemic are being auctioned.
The Rangiora Lions Club is
selling the masks signed by
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
and director general of health
SOUTHSHORE beach has
turned bright pink after the high
tide left millions of whale krill
washed up.
Sea birds are feasting at the
beach on the swimming crabs
which form important food for
whales and other sea life.
Otago University’s Marine Science
Professor Steve King said the
summer stranding is nothing to
be alarmed about.
“It’s a natural cycle of the pelagic
food where climate change is
happening but it is mostly manifested
in the warm water conditions
we are seeing right now.
“There’s a raft of red-pink
animals on the wave wash on the
beach, that’s a very typical thing
to happen in the summer time in
these sub-antarctic waters.”
King said the red crabs have a
pigment which reflects the pink
colour.
Dr Ashley Bloomfield to benefit
Blind Low Vision NZ.
They are being auctioned
on Trade Me, the listing
reads: “Guaranteed authentic.
Professionally framed. Would
look stunning on your wall or
office.”
The starting price is $300 each.
Project co-ordinator Quentin
De Hamel said he wanted to do
something positive to mark this
extraordinary year.
“I felt a face mask was a
good symbol for the year, and
the 1pm briefings with the
Prime Minister and Dr Ashley
Bloomfield will remain as a key
memory of 2020,” he said.
“I was delighted that both
Jacinda and Ashley chose to
support our fundraiser.”
Bloomfield has written the
now famous words used at the
beginning of his daily 1pm
press briefings “kia ora, koutou
katoa”.
Ardern’s mask highlights her
famous saying “be kind”.
Both masks are authentic,
have been signed and professionally
framed.
– NZ Herald
Washed up krill turns
Southshore beach pink
NATURAL CYCLE: Thousands of dead krill have turned Southshore beach pink.
PHOTO: MARGARET ELLINGFORD
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produced by the Natural History
Museum in London, will be on
display. Canterbury Museum
is just the third venue outside
the United Kingdom to host
the exhibition. It will run from
November 27 to March 28.
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intimate animal portraits to
inspiring wild landscapes.
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Christchurch residents reporting
they have been stolen in brazen
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than 50 comments. More people
then came forward about similar
experiences in the city recently.
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Workplace victim named
THE MAN killed in a workplace
incident at a Christchurch steel
factory on Monday has been
named.
Stuff reported Chesco James
Krueger died after the incident
at United Steel in McAlpine St,
Wigram, at 2.10pm on Monday.
It is understood the worker
was struck by a piece of steel.
A police spokeswoman said
they were notified about the
workplace incident.
A St John spokesman said an
ambulance and rapid response
unit were also sent to the site.
United Steel group health
and safety manager Benjamin
Hammond said the company,
his workmates, and friends were
all deeply saddened by what has
occurred.
“The company is currently
conducting its investigation into
• From page 1
“It’s so unbalanced and ridiculous.
If you want to appeal your
conviction or your sentence then
you have to come up with the
funds yourself.”
McVicar said the millions
spent on legal aid annually
would be better spent elsewhere.
“We’ve got a huge family
violence issue . . . we’ve got a
massive lack of rehabilitation
and we’re spending this money
TRAGIC: Chesco James Krueger died at United Steel in
Wigram after a workplace incident on Monday.
PHOTO: ANNA LEASK
the incident and is working collaboratively
with WorkSafe.”
He said they are providing
additional support to their employees.
‘Money could be better spent elsewhere’
to allow constant litigation and
constant appeals,” she said.
“We’re spending $200,000
on one person who committed
a serious violent crime. They
destroyed someone’s life and the
family’s life, yet we can’t put that
money towards making a better
system for the victim.”
However, noted Christchurch
barrister Nigel Hampton QC,
defended the provision of legal
aid and the appeal process.
“I wish to thank all those who
have and continue to offer their
thoughts, wishes and support to
the United Steel Christchurch
team.”
“Under-funding of the defence,
at trial and on appeal, is a large
contributing factor to miscarriages
of justice,” he argued.
“The criminal justice system
allows applications to appeal
as of right, and that is further
enshrined in New Zealand’s Bill
of Rights. Neither the right to
appeal, nor the right to be legally
assisted, if needs be by the state,
can, (nor should) be constrained.”
• Editorial, page 29
Cycleway growth
CYCLISTS SAY the growing
network of major cycle routes
in the city is encouraging them
to make more trips by bike, new
survey findings show.
Earlier this year the city
council repeated the Cycle Users’
Survey that first ran in 2018.
This year 303 surveys were
completed, which involves interviews
with people found riding
their bikes on the city’s major
cycle routes.
City council transport
operations manager Steffan
Thomas said 82 per cent of those
who took part this year stated
the new cycleways have
encouraged them to use their
bikes more.
“It is clear from the responses
to the survey that the growing
network of major cycle routes in
the city is making a difference
to how people move around,” he
said.
“It was great to see people
talking about how they are now
happy for their kids to bike to
school or how they now cycle
into town if they are going to
meet friends for dinner.
SAFER: The growing number of cycleways in the city
is encouraging more residents to get on their bikes,
according to survey findings. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN

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encourages more riders to get on bikes
Steffan
Thomas
“The reason we are building
the cycleway network is to make
it safer and easier for people of
all ages to get around the city by
bike so it is really heartening to
hear about how the cycleways
are making people re-think their
transport options.’’
The survey
covered topics
such as
trip-purpose,
cycling frequency,
mode
of transport
prior to cycling,
cycleway
influence on
participation
and safety and
comfort perceptions.
The largest individual age
group of respondents were those
aged between 35 and 49-yearsold,
representing 30 per cent of
the results.
Overall, nearly 60 per cent
said they ride at least five times a
week, and more than 80 per cent
twice a week for work, education,
meeting friends and family, or for
fitness purposes.
Cyclists have also reported that
they feel safer on the road – in
2020, 92 per cent agreed that the
cycleways improved safety, which
was a decrease from 94 per cent
in 2018.
However, safety was still a
concern. Many described being
knocked from their bikes due
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to vehicles using the cycle lane
when turning into driveways or
approaching intersections.
“Safety is still a concern for
some. As part of the survey, we
received lots of comments about
the behaviour of drivers and the
constant need for people cycling
to be vigilant around cars,” said
Thomas.
“Whether you are going by bike
or by car, we all need to take care
on the roads and keep an eye out
for other road users.”
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NEWS 5
IMPROVEMENTS: Nearly 92 per cent of cyclists
surveyed by the city council say they feel safer on their
bikes along major cycle routes in Christchurch.
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Decisions on
grant requests
likely today
• By Louis Day
CITY COUNCILLORS will
consider granting close to $1
million to various organisations at
their meeting today.
The City Mission has applied
for $500,000 to go towards the $9
million redevelopment of the site
it owns at 275 Hereford St which
it plans to turn into a food bank,
site for transitional housing and
learning hub.
Conductive Education has
asked for $150,000 for the construction
of a transitional housing
complex for young adults with
learning disabilities.
Te Ora Hou Ōtautahi also
wants $150,000 to build its whare
while the Upper Riccarton Sports
Hub has applied for $110,000 for
stage one of the Upper Riccarton
Domain development which
involves the development of clubrooms
and changing facilities.
The applications amount to
$910,000 in total.
However, city council staff have
recommended only $415,000
is dished out between the four
organisations.
This would see $155,000 given
to the City Mission, $40,000 to
Conductive Education, a further
$150,000 to Te Ora Hou Ōtautahi
and $70,000 to the Upper
Riccarton Sports Hub.
• By Louis Day
MAYOR LIANNE Dalziel has
floated the idea of rolling out
a targeted rate which would
be used to preserve the city’s
heritage.
This would result in an additional
charge being added on to
the overall rates bill residents and
businesses receive.
The targeted rate would charge
each property the same unlike
the majority of the rates bill
which is calculated based on
property value.
The money would then be
used to establish a fund which
would only be
put towards
the repair and
maintenance of
the city council’s
tangible and
intangible heritage,
ringfencing
the money and
protecting it
from the tug of
war between projects and assets
that can occur when the council
arranges its budget.
Dalziel thought protecting
Christchurch’s heritage was
especially important after losing
so much of it to the Canterbury
earthquake sequence.
“We have lost so much with the
earthquakes and now you just
look around with what we have
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More funds to preserve heritage?
Lianne
Dalziel
managed to retain, there is real
value that sits in the retention of
our heritage,” she said.
“It is not just a financial value,
you can’t put a price on the
memories that they invoke and
the experience of having those
kind of sites in our city.”
Dalziel is wanting to formally
consult the public on this in the
Long Term Plan which will go
out for feedback in March.
City council staff are currently
calculating how much the targeted
rate would cost ratepayers
and for how long it would be
needed.
The same approach has been
utilised in a variety of different
areas, including the Christ
Church Cathedral.
Since 2017, ratepayers have
been charged an additional fee
on top of their overall rates bill
to help pay off the $10 million
grant the city council made
HISTORIC:
Mayor Lianne
Dalziel has
suggested a
targeted rate
to preserve
heritage sites
across the
city like the
Old Municipal
Chambers.
towards the reinstatement of the
Cathedral.
This financial year the city
council is charging each ratepayer
$6.52 to help pay off the
grant.
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preserve the city’s heritage
is a good idea? Email
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• By Louis Day
AN ADJUSTMENT to how the
city council charges for rates
which would see expensive
properties pay more and those
on the other end of the spectrum
pay less, has been called for.
City councillor Jake McLellan
from left-leaning Labour-aligned
group The People’s Choice is the
person behind the call. He sees the
adjustment as a progressive move
towards ensuring everybody pays
according to their means.
However, councillors from
opposing right-leaning political
group Independent Citizens see
this as “completely ridiculous”
and an attempt to implement a
wealth tax “through the backdoor
of local government.”
While the majority of the
rates bill residents across the city
council’s jurisdiction are charged
is determined by property value,
there is a relatively small fixed
charge called the uniform annual
general charge.
This charge is currently set
at $132 and is added on to the
overarching rates bill of all properties
regardless of their value.
This is less than half the $439 the
Auckland Council charges its
constituents.
McLellan thought this “flat
tax” approach was regressive and
should be scrapped entirely or at
least reduced.
He believed a more progressive
strategy was needed where the
value of properties were taken
into account.
He said this was less about
money and more about principle.
“Under this approach, most
people would actually be better
off, people in Fendalton would
have to pay a little more, but I’m
happy with that,” he said.
“This is about people paying
their fair share and paying according
to their means.
“We should be trying to reduce
the rates burden to those who
need it in these trying times.”
City council staff have been
asked by councillors to provide
them with a report on a review
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Call for rates adjustment
PRINCIPLE:
Jake McLellan
says the “flat
tax” approach
should be
scrapped.
of the uniform annual general
charges. Any changes to the
charge would require public consultation
before being made.
Deputy Mayor and The
People’s Choice caucus leader
Andrew Turner said he would
not like to see these charges increase
but would not say whether
he wanted to see them decrease
until he had seen the work produced
from staff.
Ensuring there was a “fair and
equitable” distribution of charges
was needed though, he said.
City councillor and member
of Independent Citizens Sam
MacDonald thought abolishing
or reducing the uniform annual
general charges would be “completely
ridiculous.”
“It is out of touch with the
hard-working ratepayers of
Christchurch,” he said.
MacDonald questioned why a
Labour-aligned councillor from
The People’s Choice was pursuing
what appeared to be a wealth
tax when Prime Minister Jacinda
Ardern had ruled one out this
term.
“I don’t know why they are
trying to implement one through
the back door of local government.”
Fellow city councillor and
Independent Citizens member
James Gough saw this as a “very
blunt and poorly thought out attempt
at a wealth tax.”
“Just because someone resides
in an area that has a higher average
land value does not in any
way correspond to their affluence,
cashflow or ability to pay,”
he said.
“You would essentially be saying
that a pensioner who has the same
sized house on the same sized
section in one part of town needs
to pay considerably more for their
rubbish collection and council
services than someone who lives
on the other side of town.
“The people who it would
really punish are those on fixed
incomes such as pensioners
who struggle as it is to pay their
rates.”
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Cranford St
alterations
under
discussion
• By Louis Day
CITY COUNCILLORS will
consider endorsing a raft of
alterations to Cranford St today
as the opening of the Northern
Corridor inches closer.
Designs for the street include
widening of the road and intersection
improvements which the
council believes will significantly
improve safety for pedestrians,
cyclists and motorists. This approach
does not add any additional
peak hour capacity and modelling
indicates it will sufficiently
manage predicted traffic levels.
Councillors will consider approving
the design in today’s
sustainability and community
resilience committee meeting.
This comes as the opening of the
Northern Corridor approaches, it
is scheduled for December 17.
In today’s meeting, councillors
will also consider triggering a
three-month “trial and monitoring
period” following the opening
of the corridor.
This will involve an independent
expert reporting back to
councillors as to which measures
should be undertaken to provide
the best solution for the transport
network.

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What will it feel like when the Alpine
• By Jamie Morton
THE NEXT major rupture of the
South Island’s Alpine Fault will
prove one of the largest – if not
the biggest – that earthquakes
Kiwis have ever experienced.
But what will it actually feel
like?
The geology of New Zealand
makes that an incredibly
complex question to answer
– but a new study evaluating
millions of different earthquake
scenarios will give us a much
better idea.
The Alpine Fault, which runs
about 600km up the western
side of the South Island between
Milford Sound and Marlborough,
poses one of the biggest
natural threats to New Zealand –
especially Canterbury, the West
Coast, and Otago.
It has a clear geologic record
of rupturing around every three
centuries – and 2017 marked
the 300th anniversary of what is
thought to have been a magnitude
8.0 earthquake that moved
one side of the fault by about 8m
in a matter of seconds.
Recent studies undertaken
as part of the joint AF8 project
have suggested a big quake could
block South Island highways
in more than 120 places, leave
10,000 people cut off, and cost
the economy about $10 billion.
BIG THREAT: The Alpine Fault, which runs about 600km up the western side of the South
Island, poses one of the biggest natural threats to New Zealand. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES ​
Now, a team of scientists led
by Professor John Townend
of Victoria University of
Wellington—Te Herenga Waka
and Dr Caroline Holden of GNS
Science aim to build a state-ofthe-art,
3D picture of the ground
shaking effects we could expect
from future large earthquakes on
the fault.
“When the Alpine Fault next
ruptures, it will produce seismic
waves that propagate out in all
directions,”
Townend said.
“The ground
shaking we feel
in different parts
of the country
during an earthquake
is controlled
by the size
of the earthquake
and aspects of
John
Townend
how the fault is slipping but also
by the geological structure the
seismic waves encounter as they
propagate over long distances
and by the local geology right
beneath our feet.
“What we’re interested in is,
how do variations in the likely
characteristics of the earthquake
affect ground shaking at different
locations in the country?”
Scientists say the intensity of
the shaking in the most affected
areas – particularly West Coast
spots – could be unlike anything
we’ve felt before.
The next Alpine Fault earthquake
would likely also be a
long-duration event – unzipping
the crust for as much as three
minutes – because of the sheer
length of the fault.
“By comparison, the Kaikōura
earthquake in 2016 ruptured a
total fault length of 200km in the
space of about two minutes,” said
Holden.
“Given what we know from
geological studies of the Alpine
Fault, we’re anticipating a major
magnitude 8.0-plus earthquake,
rupturing 500km of the crust,
so the shaking will be felt
throughout the South Island, but
the intensity and duration will
ultimately depend on what happens
on the fault.”
Townend said detailed
geological and geophysical studies
of the Alpine Fault over the past
decade – and the Canterbury
and Kaikōura quakes themselves
– had done much to fill in
knowledge gaps about potential
Alpine Fault scenarios.
“But we haven’t yet witnessed
a rupture of this fault ourselves,
so our understanding of what
ground motions it will produce
is based on hypotheses about
how much of the fault ruptures,
how fast, and to what depth . . .
and the elastic properties of the
Earth,” he said.

Fault ruptures?
“By analysing these rupture
scenarios mathematically, you
can calculate the ground shaking
in different places – but you can
realistically only do that for a
limited range of scenarios because
simulating the propagation of
seismic waves through complex
geological structures is a very large
computational task.”
The key to evaluating a broader
range of earthquake rupture
scenarios could lie in newlydeveloped
methods of extracting
information from background
seismic noise – or what Townend
called the Earth’s “hum”.
“Much of what we record with
seismometers is noise generated by
ocean waves,” he said.
“It looks pretty random but
embedded in the incoherence
are useful signals that tell us how
seismic waves propagate between
different parts of the Alpine Fault
and, say, locations in Christchurch
or Nelson or wherever you like.”
Techniques for extracting those
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signals from the noise recordings
have been developed by members
of the team and applied successfully
to faults in California and
Japan.
The novelty of this approach
is that calculating how different
patterns of slip on the fault affected
ground shaking at locations
of interest throughout the South
Island and southern North Island
could be done without having to
simulate the entire wave propagation
process.
Townend said the approach
meant they could efficiently and
accurately simulate millions of different
earthquakes.
“This enables us to compute
realistic ground shaking in
population centres and at other
vulnerable locations in response
to many more earthquake rupture
scenarios than can be practicably
studied using conventional
approaches,” Townend said.
“This means that we can investigate
a far more comprehensive
range of scenarios that take into
account the latest information we
have about the fault’s current state,
and obtain realistic probabilistic
estimates of the shaking that will
occur in inevitable future large
Alpine Fault earthquakes.”
The new study is being supported
with a $960,000 grant from
the Marsden Fund.
– NZ Herald
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Wilson said it is unclear
how many students were
involved, which school the
injured student goes to, or
how they were injured, but
more will become clear during
police investigations.
“There was an injury to
someone and that’s what we’re
investigating.
“Once we’ve spoken to people
involved, we’ll have some
more but at the moment, it’s
only that initial report,” said
Wilson.
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CHRISTCHURCH Airport
has been lauded as the first
in the world to achieve the
highest carbon certification
an airport can achieve.
The Airports Council
International awarded
Christchurch Airport top
marks for its measurement
and reduction of emissions.
No other airport has
achieved the rating of Airports
Carbon Accreditation
Level 4.
The ACI said Christchurch
Airport transformed its operations
to achieve CO2 emissions
reduction in alignment
with the Paris Agreement.
Christchurch Airport chief
executive Malcolm Johns
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Smith said he understands
the students involved in the
incident were part of the
athletic club but its treasurer
Mark O’Reilly said its
members do not practice on
Wednesdays and most of
them are primary school aged.
Meanwhile, Grocott said a
year 10 Shirley Boys’ student
who is part of the athletic club
and may have been involved
in the incident will be spoken
to by school staff.
St Bede’s College did not
return calls to The Star.
Top award for airport
was proud to receive the
acknowledgement.
At its peak, carbon emissions
fell by 17 per cent due to
lockdowns across the globe.
John said the airport set a
good example for its regional
peers and for the airport
industry as a whole.
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Tensions high over Bromley odour
• By Louis Day
TENSIONS FLARED within
the city council chambers
yesterday as options at reducing
the infamous and long-lasting
Bromley odour were discussed.
Insults were directed at councillors
and council staff from
the public gallery, with some
councillors being called out by
name for refusing to meet with
disgruntled residents to discuss
the issue.
City councillors in the end
decided to postpone making
a decision on the matter until
December 9 to allow for further
engagement with affected
members of the community
around the various options
proposed.
The city council-owned
organics processing plant in
Bromley is where organic waste,
including the contents from
kerbside green bins, is processed
and turned into compost.
Nearby residents believe it has
been the source of the notorious
stench that has plagued the
community since 2009. This is
around when the plant began accepting
material from green bins
which includes meat, fish and
dairy. Before that the plant only
accepted green waste.
According to Environment
Canterbury, the plant, which processes
more than 60,000 tonnes
of material a year, is responsible
for 70 per cent of the odour.
Residents have complained of
bouts of depression, not being
able to enjoy outdoor activities or
open windows for fresh air and
even their children being teased
at school due to their clothes
FRUSTRATION: Residents
believe the Bromley
organics processing plant
(above) has been causing a
stink in the community for
more than 11 years.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
smelling of the odour as a result
of the stench.
Ellen King said she considered
the plant “an evil in our
community.”
“The trauma of the situation
we are in goes well beyond the
foul odours. It extends to the reinforcement
of the fact that if you
live in the east you are considered
second class citizens and really
should not expect to be treated
with the privileges we might experience
if we lived on the other
side of town, if it were not so, this
plant would have been shifted
years ago,” she said.
Multiple members of the community
have called for the plant
to be relocated.
“Buy a valley on route to
Akaroa and shove it up there!”
said Geoffrey King, another
disgruntled resident.
City council staff did not
recommend relocating the facility,
labelling it as “ prohibitively
expensive,” costing more than
$70 million in total.
Staff recommended an upgrade
of the plant that would increase
the aeration of the composting
tunnels, which they believe will
improve odour control.
City council head of three waters
and waste Helen Beaumont
said this would take up to two
years to implement.
However, this would not completely
eradicate the odour.
“Will there be zero odours? No,
I don’t think so, I think it will
minimise the odours from this
site,” Beaumont said.
Other options included fully
enclosing the plant, continuing
with planned operational
changes while refraining from
significant infrastructural ones,
building more compost tunnels
and shutting down the plant and
sending all waste to landfill.
Four reasons you should install fibre
Over two and a half million people
using fibre in New Zealand – but some
people are still not convinced
Over two and half
million New
Zealanders get home
at the end of the day to a
fibre broadband connection
that ensures they can do
all the things they want
online. Yet, many other
New Zealanders still put
up with a poor performing
internet connection when
they do not need to, which
begs the question: why?
Christchurch-based
fibre broadband provider
Enable, runs the network
that provides over 120,000
connections and hears a lot
of stories from those people
for whom a fibre connection
is essential.
Enable hears less from
those who have not switched
to fibre broadband yet and
is worried that some of
these people are missing
out because they do not
understand all the facts.
Enable recently completed
some research to better
understand what customers
on old technologies such
as copper broadband or
lower performing services
like fixed wireless* believe
and why they stay on these
services.
This research highlighted
some key themes including,
wanting to get fibre but
believing gaining approval
from neighbours or landlords
is hard, worries about new
infrastructure installation
damaging properties,
wanting to stick with copper
broadband or simply thinking
that changing is not worth
the hassle.
Copper broadband will
not be around forever
It is a fact that copperbased
telephone and
broadband services will
not be available forever.
Some telecommunications
providers are already
beginning to shut down the
remaining copper services in
some parts of New Zealand –
such as Spark’s plans in
Devonport and Miramar.
No announcements have
been made for Christchurch
or surrounding towns, but it
is likely only a matter of time.
Customers can get ahead of
these changes by making the
switch to fibre now.
Getting consent to install
fibre is easier thanks to
recent law changes
A couple of years ago, the
Government made changes
to the Telecommunications
Act 2001 that make it easier
for many customers to
get fibre installed at their
home. In a lot of situations
in shared driveways,
private roads and multiowner
buildings, Enable
can apply these new rules
and customers can avoid
long waits for consent from
neighbours or building
owners.
Installing fibre is usually
easy and can have very
little impact on properties
Enable uses a variety of
methods to install fibre –
with a big focus on using the
installation type that has the
least impact on a property.
Methods like slot cutting
(a thin 10 millimetre cut in
hard surfaces) or installing
the network on a fence
railing, can leave very little
impact on a property. Of
course, every property is
different, and some methods
cannot be used in some
situations.
The value placed on fibre
broadband comes down to
the individual
There are lots of reasons
why people switch to
fibre. The obvious ones are
because they want a better
internet experience and for
their families to be able to
do all the things they want
online. Other reasons can
include fibre improving
house value or simply
because the installation by
Enable is still free in almost
all residential connection
situations.
Everyone should think
about switching to fibre now,
so they do not miss out on
one or all of these benefits.
*Based on the Commerce
Commission’s Winter 2020
Broadband Comparison
Report.

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The Star Thursday November 26 2020
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NEWS
Ship crew
visas denied
A DEEP-SEA FISHING
company faces a struggle to get
a crew onboard its two vessels
docked in Lyttleton after its bid
to get overseas workers’ visas was
denied.
Argos Froyanes Ltd operates
two vessels that are used for
fishing patagonian and Antarctic
toothfish. The Antarctic fishing
season is set to begin on December
1.
The company initially sought
an invitation from Immigration
New Zealand for the overseas
workers to apply for critical purpose
visas to crew the two vessels.
The workers would have landed
at Christchurch Airport and been
transferred directly to the port so
the two vessels could depart.
Immigration New Zealand
declined to invite the workers to
apply for the visas.
Argos Froyanes Ltd then applied
for a judicial review of the
decision, on the grounds it was
“capricious and arbitrary”.
“Where a decision-maker has
acted unreasonably in that sense,
then the court should properly
treat the situation as one in which
no decision has been made,” it
said in the application.
But in a decision released by
the High Court on Wednesday,
Argos Froyanes Ltd’s bid was
dismissed.
• By Louis Day
THE REVIEW of a
Christchurch-based charity
supported by ratepayer money
has been hindered by a slow
release of information from the
organisation.
The annual contribution of
up to $600,000 ratepayers have
made to the Christchurch Foundation
since its inception in 2017
is currently under review.
Correspondence from within
the city council obtained by
The Star through the Official
Information Act reveals there is
concern amongst council staff
the review has been slowed down
by a delayed release of information.
Linda Gibb from the city
council’s external reporting and
governance department said
in an email the review being
carried out by Deloitte had been
hampered by “protracted interaction
between the reviewers and
the foundation regarding the
provision of information.”
A final report on the review
is expected to be considered by
city councillors on December 3
where they will decide if the ratepayer
contributions will continue
or not.
Christchurch Foundation chief
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Review of charity hampered
by slow release of information
HOLD UP: Christchurch Foundation chief executive Amy
Carter said it was fair to say there had been a short delay
in the release of information recently.
executive Amy Carter said it was
fair to say there had been a short
delay in the provision of information
recently.
“We are a very small team.
Aside from our day to day
activity of securing philanthropy
to benefit Ōtautahi, we are also
in the middle of our annual
audit, and drafting our annual
report,” she said.
“Additionally we have had a
significant and complex distribution
to facilitate to multiple
beneficiaries. I’m pleased to say
these are now largely completed
which enables us to return our
focus to the review.”
The latest financial records
of the foundation from the
2018/2019 financial year, show a
total of $318,000 was put towards
the salaries of three staff. This
funded foundation chief executive
Amy Carter’s $214,078 salary
and six-month bonus package of
$35,000. However, Carter’s bonus
package has since been revoked.
Carter was unwilling to disclose
her current salary but told
The Star she had since taken a
voluntary reduction to her pay
which was now “significantly
less” than the figure recorded
within the foundation’s most
recent annual report.
The entire foundation has also
taken a voluntary 10 per cent cut
in funding from the city council
in response to the financial pressures
of the pandemic.
Further information about the
foundation’s financial position
will be revealed next month
when it releases its annual report
for the preceding financial year.
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• By Logan Church
HAGLEY OVAL is now the only
cricket ground in the South Island with
“broadcast quality” lighting.
Approval was granted last year
after Associate Greater Christchurch
Regeneration
Minister, Poto
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district plan changes
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using earthquake
recovery laws.
The last of the
49m-high lights were
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“We’ve finally got Lee Robinson
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“In the last week or so they have
installed six lights of international
standard around Hagley Oval so we can
now broadcast and televise games of all
international standards and turn them on
during the night.”
He said previously, there was inadequate
lighting for games to be broadcast overseas
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“We weren’t allocated major international
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require their games to be broadcast in
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What a year it’s been. And now Christmas is fast
approaching. Here at Summerset, we’re busy getting
ready for a festive season that everyone will no doubt be
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• By Tasmyn Parker
THE INLAND Revenue
Department has admitted there
were “unacceptable delays” in
transferring some KiwiSaver
employer contributions to
providers after it switched to
a new technology system in
April.
But it will require Cabinet
approval if there is to be compensation
for the thousands
of New Zealanders whose
money was left sitting
with the IRD earning no
interest.
The IRD has revealed
274,000 customers had
to wait for a collective
$28.6 million to be
confirmed before the money
could be passed on to KiwiSaver
providers and some $3m of that
is still waiting to be transferred.
The figures have been revealed
after an Official Information
Act request by the New Zealand
Herald following complaints
from members of the public who
waited up to 10 months for their
employer contributions to be
passed on to their provider.
In a letter Meade Perrin,
IRD external relationships
leader, said as part of switching
KiwiSaver to its new system
on April 17, it decided to hold
some KiwiSaver contributions
for review to ensure the correct
amounts were going through to
member accounts.
By May 31 it had passed on 85
per cent of the KiwiSaver contributions
it held but since then it
had been working through the
remainder, which had taken time
because of the need to confirm
the amounts to be passed on.
“Since go-live [on April 17] we
have passed on $5 billion in payments
to scheme providers.
“However, we have held some
members’ contributions for a
considerable period of time and
acknowledge there have been
some unacceptable delays. For
that we apologise.”
Perrin said the vast majority
of contributions had now
been passed on but it was still
working through a small number
of contributions to be sure it
passed on the right amounts.
“There is approximately $3m
we have yet to pass on.”
Perrin did not say how many
members this affected but at
an average of $104 per person
it would be around 28,000
KiwiSaver accounts.
The delays have left KiwiSaver
members feeling frustrated
and calling for compensation
after potentially missing out on
investment returns they would
have got had their money been
with their KiwiSaver scheme.
KiwiSaver funds have performed
strongly since April reflecting
strong bounce-backs in
the sharemarket after falls driven
by Covid-19.
Morningstar figures for the
three months to September show
fund performance ranged from
an average rise of 1.9 per cent for
conservative funds to an average
of 5.3 per cent for aggressively
invested funds.
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
Some KiwiSaver transfers not completed
IRD admits
‘unacceptable delays’
TECHNOLOGY: KiwiSaver
members have been left
frustrated after delays in
their contributions getting to
providers. ​
Last month Auckland businesswoman
Molly Callaghan told
the Herald she had asked for
compensation from the IRD after
discovering five months’ worth
of her KiwiSaver contributions
had not been passed on when she
checked her KiwiSaver provider
account in late September.
She said as a business owner if
she had been late paying money
to the IRD she would be charged
a fee.
Perrin said the IRD was currently
considering whether it
should proactively compensate
everyone who had experienced
significant delays in the passing on
of their employer contributions.
“However, no decisions have
yet been made.”
The IRD normally pays interest
at a legislatively set rate on
contributions held by it but since
May 8 the interest rate has been
set at zero per cent.
In a statement Revenue
Minister David Parker said IRD
had acknowledged there had
been some unacceptably long
delays and it was considering
compensation by way of ex gratia
payment.
“Compensation in the form of
ex gratia payments such as these
need Cabinet approval.”
Parker said he understood
officials were currently preparing
some advice on this issue
for him to take to Cabinet for
consideration.
“I regret there were such long
delays. I am advised it was a
one-off and happened when
KiwiSaver moved to new systems
and processes (April 17) as part
of the implementation of Release
4 of Inland Revenue’s transformation
programme.”
He said figures from October
showed that the move to new
systems meant Inland Revenue
was now transferring around 92
per cent of contributions within
two working days.
Over three million people
belong to KiwiSaver with around
$70 billion invested.
In April a new law came in
meaning that employer contributions
can now be passed on
much faster.
Up
until
then it
could
take up
to three
months to pass on contributions.
Perrin said one of the issues
it previously faced with administering
KiwiSaver was that it
could not pass on employer contributions
until it had received
the funds from employers.
“Overall, we are now transferring
contributions far more
quickly than we were able to previously
and we pass on between
$20m to $25m on average per
day to scheme providers.”
He said people could have confidence
that in the vast majority
of cases their contributions and
the contributions their employer
makes were being passed on very
quickly.
“Many of the things that have
caused delays are transitional
and we expect to continue to improve
our average speed to pass
on contributions. Notwithstanding,
there will always be cases
where there are delays, as issues
do occur from time to time.”
But he said there were robust
processes in place between
employers, scheme providers and
Inland Revenue for identifying
and correcting any issues that do
occur. – NZ Herald
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NEWS 17
Retirees carry home loan debt
• By Tamsyn Parker
KIWIS ARE getting their first
mortgage later in life and a
growing number are carrying
that debt into their retirement
years.
The average age at which Kiwis
take on their first home loan has
risen from just over 31-years-old
to 36 since 2012, research by
credit agency Centrix shows.
Nearly one in five over-65s still
has a mortgage – an age where
many are contemplating winding
up their working lives.
Mark Rowley, Centrix chief
operating officer, said in the
past 10 years the median house
price in New Zealand had nearly
doubled, rising from $350,000 to
$685,000.
“This has resulted in people
needing to save larger deposits
and entering the housing market
later in life. This, combined with
larger mortgages, means these
loans are going to take longer to
pay off.”
Its data shows 135,000 of
the 791,000 New Zealanders
aged over 65 have a residential
mortgage and the number has
increased by 16 per cent in the
past three years.
“It’s likely this trend will
continue into the future as house
prices continue to rise,” Rowley
said.
About 12 per cent of all
residential mortgages belong to
people aged 65 and above and
the average size of the debt is
$155,555.
“Unsurprisingly most superannuitants
with a mortgage are in
Auckland [29 per cent], where
the median house price just hit
$1 million. Auckland is followed
by Canterbury [13 per cent], Wellington
[10 per cent], Waikato [9
per cent] and the Bay of Plenty [7
per cent].”
“By contrast Southland, Gisborne
and the West Coast are the
regions with the lowest number
of over-65s with a mortgage.”
Rowley said it was surprising
that so many over-65s still had a
mortgage and he said there could
be a number of reasons for it.
For some, the mortgage could
be sitting there but not drawn
down as a convenience measure
in case there needed to be future
borrowing.
“But we are also thinking that
there are a number where the
bank of mum and dad come in.”
He said parents could be using
the equity in their home to lend
a deposit to their children to enable
them to buy a house.
But John Bolton, managing
director of Squirrel Mortgages,
said most of those funding children
into a property were in
their mid 50s, not 60s.
“I’m doing one of those at the
moment, she is 67, but normally
if they are funding kids they
would be a bit younger than
that.”
Bolton said he did a lot of parental
guarantees for loans where
the parents were around the age
of 55 and the children were in
their early 30s.
“Banks don’t like older parents
guaranteeing their kids or borrowing
for their kids.”
Bolton said he was seeing
increasing levels of debt with
the over-65s and a lot was being
driven by lifestyle choices.
“We are dealing with one at
the moment where they have a
reasonable level of equity but
they want to build a new lifestyle
property. They will end up with a
mortgage in their early 60s. They
will be continuing to service that
until they are
in their 70s.”
He said
partly it
was because
people were
working into
older age to
70 or 75, at
least on a
part-time basis.
“So they can
afford to carry
Tom
Hartmann
some level of debt at that age.”
Bolton said the rising cost of
property was more of a driver
and the banks had also softened
up a bit when it came to lending
to older borrowers.
“They don’t expect you to fully
repay your loan in your working
life these days which is useful as
long as you have an exit strategy.”
He said that meant he was
having more conversations with
TREND: The
age of first
home buyers
is increasing,
with the average
being 36-yearsold
compared
to just over 31
in 2012.
people about what the next step
in their plan was.
“What are you going to be doing
after this? If it is a transition
house and you are planning to
downgrade in 10 years we can
generally work that into the
story.
“Some of them are having to
take more debt on simply because
of the cost of housing.”
He said in other cases paying
a mortgage was cheaper than
renting.
Bolton said the amount older
people were borrowing was usually
around $100,000 to $200,000
– far lower than what first-home
buyers had to borrow.
Retirees who had a mortgage
on a property were likely to get
some assistance from the Government
whereas those who were
renting with a larger amount of
savings in the bank would not.
“The system is incentivised
around home ownership.”
Commission for Financial
Capability personal finance
editor, Tom Hartmann, said
it was seeing nearly a quarter
of people going into their
retirement years renting or
paying a mortgage.
And that was similar to the
percentage of people working
past 65.
“It does make sense. New
Zealand Super was never made
to cover rent or the cost of a
mortgage, so people in that
situation it is quite obvious what
they are doing. They are working
to service a mortgage [or rent].”
But Hartmann said its research
showed the highest levels of
well-being in retirement were for
those who retired mortgage-free.
“Anything we can do to make
that happen for people is worth
doing because it directly impacts
retirees’ well-being.”
Hartmann said the low-interest-rate
environment was a good
time for people to be paying off
their mortgage debt faster.
He said every dollar paid off
in addition to the minimum
required by the bank shortened
the term of the mortgage.
“If you have that opportunity
you can carve out a good chunk
of the mortgage more quickly
than in the past when, even if
you were throwing everything
at it, so much would go to interest.”
Hartmann said people could
use the mortgage planning tool
on the sorted website to work out
how much they would need to
pay off to get mortgage-free by
retirement or seek help from a
mortgage adviser to get on track
to retire mortgage-free.
Those approaching retirement
who still had a sizeable mortgage
often planned to down-size or
move out of the city to a cheaper
area.
But Hartmann said that did
not always pan out because at
a certain age people wanted to
be closer to services which were
usually in the cities.
He said the key was to plan as
early as possible.
“If you are taking on a latein-life
mortgage what is the exit
plan? How long are you keeping
it, what is next after that?”
– NZ Herald
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Mike Pero
McMaster & Heap
Veterinary practice
Clios weight loss journey
exits real
estate business
Clio before weight loss
Always a tricky topic to discuss with a committed
pet owner as we all try to do the right thing by our
special friends. Lets face it we hate letting them
down! Plus we love seeing them enjoy their food and
we love rewarding them.
Weight management and nutrition should always
be a part of every consultation with a pet I believe.
There is an overload of nutritional information online,
a lot of it incorrect. It amazes me how people with
no veterinary or nutritional knowledge at all, claim to
know everything about what their dog should eat.
I blame Dr Google! Some diets do more harm than
good. We have seen puppies as young as 12 weeks of
age with Ricketts and severe gastrointestinal disease
( leading to lifelong inflammatory bowell disease) if
they are started on raw food diets exclusively. It is
now not recommended by vets to feed grain free
diets to puppies under 1 year of age due to links to
cardiomyopathy ( heart disease).
As veterinarians we need to be able to offer clients
clear honest advice before they decide what to feed
their pet. There are many great foods out there and
some pets do better on one brand over another. It
can be a bit of trial and error but you do want a food
your pet loves to eat.
As veterinarians
and nurses we are
always upskilling on
the different diets
bought out by the
food companies. We
can make the link
between weight gain
and disease states,
age appropriate diets
and try to prescribe
a diet in line with the
owners nutritional
beliefs ( if it doesn’t
harm the pet). Home
prepared diets for
a particular disease
can be formulated
through Massey
University as well.
There are many great
premium diets on the
market for the puppy,
adult and geriatric
pet. What we like to
concentrate on are
the prescription diets,
only sourced through
Veterinary clinics, which are an important part of a
medical treatment plan for pets with certain diseases
(ie kidney disease, diabetes, inflammatory bowel
disease, dental disease, joint disease, weight loss
diets etc)
Fortunately most pets we see now are not obese.
This is part due to better diets sourced and fed, dogs
getting more exercise generally, pets cementing
themselves in a family thus having more importance
and more awareness of obesity in pets. It’s not “cute”
anymore to be podgey and round. The resurgence of
puppy daycare centres and dog walking businesses
means dogs are socialising and playing more
therefore controlling metabolic rate. Balanced,
premium commercial foods are preferred over bones,
dog roll and feeding human scraps.
Obesity usually occurs due to gross overfeeding,
Chrisy checking Clio’s Bloods
Clio at 30 kg
excessive treat feeding, feeding high fat diets, and
lack of aerobic exercise where dogs especially run,
chase, play and fetch. Some breeds are predisposed
like the Labrador and Beagle due to their voracious
appetites and great nose for finding food.
Medical conditions like Hypothyroidism, Diabetes
or Cushings disease also can lead to obesity. This
is where the annual check becomes important as
your veterinarian should consider the pets weight
and body score, explore what foods are fed and
recommend blood and urine testing to determine
if certain disease states exist. A leaner pet will live a
happier, healthier and longer life? Not rocket science.
Clio, a delightful 7.5 year old Chocolate lab presented
to me 6 months ago excessively overweight at
40kg. She had lived with
elderly owners who fed
her household leftovers,
Tux and tinned food and
she was pretty exclusively
an inside dog with very
little exercise, although
lots of love and pats.
About a year ago she had
been heavier at 47kg!! At
this weight she could no
longer get into the car
herself, was slow to get up
from rest and generally
looked sore and stiff in her
hips. She had no energy
nor desire to play.
She was rehomed
within the family, her
new owners committed
to her weight loss and
improving her life. When
I first met Clio I checked
bloods and urine mainly
for thyroid disease and
diabetes. She had low
normal thyroid levels but
I decided to start with the
reduced calorie diet (Hills Science diet Metabolic dry)
first. Her intake was 245g per day ( approx 2 cups)
with NO treats whatsoever. Her new owners where
fanatical, feeding her only what was recommended.
Her weight loss success has been excellent, with Clio
now weighing 31.60kg. She still could be at risk of
becoming hypothyroid in the future, so 6 monthly
thyroid tests will continue. She plays with dogs now,
can easily walk for 30 minutes and wears a constant
smile. She just looks and feels amazing and now has
a waist. Even her coat is glossy.
A rule of thumb to determine if your pet is
overweight is that they should have a waist when
you look down on them and you should be able to
easily feel the last 3 ribs. If you are worried your cat or
dog may be at risk of becoming obese, book a visit
with us today. Your pet will thank us in the long run.
Dr Michele McMaster
MIKE PERO, the man,
has exited his ownership
of the real estate business
which still bears his name.
Companies Office
records show Pero
resigned as a director of
Mike Pero Real Estate
on October 20 and his
company MPZ One
ended its ownership of the
business on November 4.
His company had a 12
per cent stake as of June
30, which had already
reduced from 24 per cent
the year before.
In 2018 Pero reduced his
stake from 50 per cent to
24 per cent after reaching
a settlement agreement
with Mike Pero Mortgages
following a long-running
legal dispute.
The settlement was
reached during the final
stages of a High Court
case that saw Mike Pero
Mortgages attempting to
claw back $2.2m (or $2.4m
with interest) it says Mike
Pero overpaid himself.
As part of the deal, Pero
also agreed to take an
active role in promoting
the broader group until at
least 2027.
A spokeswoman
for Mike Pero Group
confirmed Pero still
worked with the company
as a brand ambassador
and would continue to
do so for the foreseeable
future.
The change in
ownership is likely to be
part of a tidy-up of the
business ahead of the IPO.
Meanwhile, Mike Pero
DEAL: Mike Pero has
resigned from the real
estate company that
bears his name.
Mortgages looks set return
to public ownership
through the listing of its
parent company, Liberty
Financial, on the ASX.
Mike Pero Mortgages
was delisted from the
NZX in 2006 after a
takeover by a joint venture
company owned by
New Zealand Finance
Holdings and Liberty – an
Australian lender.
The takeover was done
at $1.10 a share. Fourteen
years on, Liberty now
owns 100 per cent of
Mike Pero Group, which
includes its mortgage,
insurance, finance and
real estate businesses.
According to Australian
media reports, Liberty is
looking to undertake an
initial public offer that
would value the company
at A$1.8 billion.
It is expected to raise
A$363 million in an
IPO priced at 11 times
the lender’s forecast net
profit after tax, with new
investors owning 20 per
cent of the company on
listing, according to the
Australian Financial
Review.
Liberty was founded
by now US-based
Sherman Ma in 1997,
after he worked at Credit
Suisse and McKinsey &
Company. He remains an
executive director, with
the chief executive being
James Boyle.
The Australian reported
that Liberty’s cash net
profit in 2020-21 was
expected to be A$160m to
A$170m.
Its New Zealand
business is just a small
part of that.
Financial accounts for
Mike Pero Group show it
made an after-tax profit
of $6.533m for the year
to June 30, down from
$8.936m.
Its operating incoming
rose from $59.4m to
$65.6m but its expenses
also rose from $49m
to $57, after a jump in
its finance costs driven
largely by higher fees and
commissions.
Its provisions for
impairment also rose
from $1.7m to $2.48m
over the year.
Analysts are bound
to be looking closely at
impairment provisions
across the whole business
to see how it has fared
under Covid-19.
– NZ Herald
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METRO
Thursday November 26 2020 The Star
Look out for
Metro changes
Next week, Metro passengers will see
some timetable changes and different buses
on some routes.
New public transport contracts coming
into effect on Sunday 29 November bring
with them a host of benefits. Passengers in
the western and eastern suburbs will enjoy
increased frequency on Route 3 (previously
the Purple Line), while new electric and low
emission vehicles are gradually coming into
service across the network in the coming
months.
Buses may look different
The change in contracts sees many
services change to a different operator. The
consequence for passengers is that different
buses will be used on many routes from
Sunday 29 November.
If you are used to seeing a Red Bus
branded vehicle on your route, it may now
be a Go Bus branded vehicle instead, and
vice versa. Your bus might also be in the new
teal livery as it continues to roll out across
the network.
Checking the destination screen on the
bus is the best way to confirm it’s your
service.
Timetables changes from Sunday
Environment Canterbury senior manager
public transport Stewart Gibbon says this
is the second of three stages of timetable
changes.
“We’ve phased the changes to reduce the
impact on our customers,” says Gibbon.
“The majority of changes being made this
month are necessary to implement the new
operator contracts and to ensure compliance
with changes to the Employment Relations
Act.”
Gibbon advises passengers to check now if
their timetable or operator is changing on 29
November, and plan ahead.
“Our Journey Planner tool allows you to
forward plan – you can plan your trip for 29
November onwards to see if the timetable
changes impact your usual journey,” he says.
A full list of all changes, including the
operator for each service and the timetable
from 29 November onwards, is available at
metro.co.nz
TRAINING: Pamela Pruden gets updated on her phone by her
granddaughter, Chloe McCaughan, sister of GranSkills co-founder Phoebe
McCaughan. ​
Students’ plan to
help elderly be
more tech-savvy
• By Chris Barclay
THREE CANTERBURY University
students have gone old school in a bid to
help less tech-savvy senior members of the
community master modern and daunting
technology.
Realising online help desks or call
centres are not necessarily tailored
for their grandparents, the trio have
established a tutoring business with
face-to-face contact in the security of the
client’s home.
The GranSkills venture was inspired
by the UC Centre for Entrepreneurship’s
Virtually Together competition, which
asked students to help an isolated community
with an issue the Covid-19 lockdown
created.
Phoebe McCaughan, Amelia McLuskie
and Emily O’Sullivan won the bulk of the
$2500 prize pool and opted to combine
their studies with assisting the older
generation.
“During the Covid-19 lockdown we
experienced difficulties contacting our
grandparents and noticed this wasn’t an
isolated issue,” McLuskie said.
“It became a question of how do you
stay socially connected at a time where
everyone is completely isolated? That’s
where we found the barrier between older
New Zealanders and technology,” added
O’Sulllivan.
“Our mission is to empower seniors to
be more confident and capable when it
comes to using everyday technology.”
McCaughan said while workshops were
available “there’s no opportunity just for
someone to go to their home and teach
older New Zealanders.
“They may have mobility issues, anxieties
or no confidence in seeking education
on tech issues,” she said.
While clients will be taught about navigating
the social media platforms their
grandchildren use like Facebook Messenger,
Instagram and WhatsApp, they
will also be educated on online shopping,
Uber and cyber security.
“During our research so many also
indicated the reason why they don’t want
to use technology is because of scammers
and the cyber security issues out there,”
McCaughan said.
“We’re also passionate about educating
older New Zealanders about staying safe
online. We’ve heard some horrific stories.
That’s another big focus.”
Age Concern Canterbury chief
executive, Simon Templeton, welcomed
the women’s efforts.
“It looks like a good service. The digital
divide is wide and getting wider for many
older people,” he said.
The trio are the original tutors – a single
50min session costs $49 – but they hope to
employ more UC students if the concept
gathers momentum.
•More details are available at
www.granskills.com or phone
0800 288 772
Metro
network
changes
From Sunday 29 November,
look out for:
– New timetables for some routes
– A different operator or bus colour
on some routes
Visit metro.co.nz
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NEWS
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
Couple’s surrogate appeal answered
• By Bethany Reitsma
IN THE most selfless of acts,
a Christchurch influencer has
helped a Wellington couple
become parents again – two
years after they were told they
couldn’t have any more children.
Influencer and mum-of-two
Rebecca Keil became a surrogate
for Tess Dunford and partner
Dan Stemp after seeing their plea
for a surrogate on Instagram.
Fast forward two years and
now Dunford and Stemp can
finally hold Keil’s precious gift in
their arms – a baby boy named
Ziggy Te Taonga Stemp.
But Dunford and Stemp’s journey
was far from easy after the
birth of their now two-year-old
daughter Indi caused Dunford
to require blood transfusions
and an emergency hysterectomy,
meaning she wouldn’t be able to
carry another baby.
After months of recovery,
Dunford and Stemp decided to
take to Instagram, searching for
a surrogate. The couple knew
that if possible, they wanted their
little family to expand by one
more.
Enter Rebecca Keil.
“I knew them a little bit
through their business (Don’t Be
a Doormat) and through work,
and I knew Tess would need a
surrogate,” said.
“Becoming a surrogate is
something I always thought I
wanted to do. I’d carried my
own two kids perfectly fine, and
I don’t mind giving birth – I
actually find it really cool!”
Her husband Jared was more
than supportive of the idea, saying
that he didn’t mind as long as
they weren’t keeping the baby.
In September last year, Dunford
and Stemp hit their Givealittle
fundraising goal of $15,000
for their surrogacy journey and
IVF treatments needed. Over
the next year, the couple and
Keil went through the process
of mandatory counselling and
passing an ethics committee.
In March 2020 Dunford went
through an embryo transfer and
Keil was later transferred the
fertilised egg. Keil says they were
PRECIOUS: Christchurch woman Rebecca Keil, became a surrogate and gave birth
to baby Ziggy to help Wellington couple Dan Stemp and Tess Dunford (below) with
daughter Indi, expand their little family.
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“super fortunate” that transfers
worked on the first go.
The Covid-19 lockdown in
March added a hiccup, Keil
shared, noting that during her
first trimester New Zealand
in lockdown she felt “pretty
rubbish”. But tried to keep the
baby’s parents as connected as
possible.
The trio’s journey has been
documented on Instagram, with
several of Keil and Dunford’s
collective 45k followers labelling
baby Ziggy’s arrival, “the most
anticipated arrival of 2020”.
A mild case of pre-eclampsia
led to Keil being induced on
Friday, November 13. She went
into labour on a Saturday night
after having her waters broken
and seven hours later at 3.48am
on November 15, Ziggy was born
via water birth.
The ever candid Keil describes
the unfathomable experience
simply as “weird”. “It’s hard
when it’s not your kid – hard to
find that motivation.”
So it was Dunford who became
that motivation, hopping into
the birthing pool and being by
Keil’s and baby Ziggy’s side for
the emotional moment.
“Tess hopped in the pool with
me when Zig was born so she
could hold him straight away. It
was a really beautiful moment,
everyone in the room was crying,
but I was just like, ‘here’s
your kid’!” Keil laughs.
After the birth, everything
“turned to s***”, Keil said – she’d
lost a lot of blood, her blood
pressure dropped dramatically
and she needed several transfusions
in the following days.
Keil also required surgery to
repair a clot and internal tear
from the delivery, which meant
her uterus wasn’t contracting
back down as it would naturally.
The transfusions have also
meant that Keil will be unable to
pump and donate her milk as she
had planned.
By Wednesday morning
the ever-optimistic Keil was
recovering well and was hoping
to head home and finally be able
to see her own children.
“My kids have been amazing,
they’re five and six and I struggled
with that side of things,
with being away from them. But
we’re all pretty chill and we’ve
had incredible support. My husband
has been amazing.”
Keil hopes her surrogacy journey
will raise awareness about
fertility issues in New Zealand
and the different ways birth can
be possible.
“I’ve had people message me
saying they didn’t even think
you could be a surrogate in New
Zealand. I don’t think we actually
have surrogacy laws, we have
ancient adoption laws which
make the process a whole lot
harder.”
It’s these “archaic” laws that
meant Dunford and Stemp have
to legally adopt their biological
son from Keil and her husband
Jared – as they are married he is
legally assumed to be the birth
father.
Keil explains that while her
body has given birth to a baby, it
feels as if it’s Dunford who’s had
a child.
“Mentally there’s no grief there
at having to hand him over. I’ve
cried the past few mornings, but
that’s just the hormones.”
And she acknowledges that
giving her new friends a child
has been “incredible”.
“It has been such a positive
journey. I joke that I’m trying
to tick off all the different ways
of giving birth. But it has been
amazing.”
Dunford shared a snap of baby
Ziggy on Instagram along with a
tribute to his surrogate mum.
“I am in total awe and admiration
of this wahine toa who
carried, cared for, nurtured and
brought our baby into this world
in the most incredible way,” she
wrote.
“It was one of the most powerful
things I have ever experienced
and will never forget and
will always be indebted to her for
what she has done for us.”
– NZ Herald
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on Thornton Earl Manor in
Cashmere.
He received the award
at the 2020 ADNZ Resene
Architectural Design Awards.
Thornton Earl Manor was
constructed at the turn of the
century by the England Brothers.
Sited on the Port Hills, the home
originally was on a large parcel of
land which included an orchard,
glass houses, gardener’s cottage,
servants’ quarters, tennis court
and substantial gardens.
The land around the manor
was slowly reduced in size as the
Cashmere area developed. The
current owners have been the
custodians of the manor for more
than 30 years.
Before the Canterbury earthquakes
they had just completed
renovating the house. But the
quakes caused extensive damage
with masonry chimneys collapsing,
the Marseilles roof tiles
dislodging, and extreme damage
structurally and cosmetically to
all the interiors.
The hard work renovating
the manor was undone but they
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project to restore and renovate
the manor on a large scale.
Due to the vast scale of the
manor, and being designed in a
bygone era, it was decided that
having the ability to lock a couple
of doors to separate it into four
apartments would be advantageous.
Judges called the work “a very
special project”.
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28 The Star Thursday November 26 2020
Message from the Principal
At Marian College, as 2020 draws to a
close, we celebrate our students who have
all persevered during this challenging year.
This year began with excitement for the Year
9 students starting high school and we all
looked forward to the busy calendar of events,
making new friendships and taking on new
learning. No-one could have anticipated a
global pandemic, but our students coped
with the changes required with courage and
commitment. As a Catholic Special Character
school, our Gospel and school values have
stood us in good stead in 2020.
We are proud of our staff who worked hard
to provide home learning during lockdown,
quickly adapting to full online teaching
practices and keeping in close contact with our
students. They were committed to maintaining
every opportunity for progress and success.
We are equally proud of our students who
also had to adjust to a new way of working
and managed very well. On their return
to school, they had a renewed respect for
the relationships in our school-both with
friends and with their teachers. Our sports
and cultural teams quickly picked up their
competitive spirit on our return back to school
and were involved in summer and winter
events ranging from Theatre sports to korfball.
We were also fortunate to be able to celebrate
our Marian College Feast Day – a wonderful,
long-standing tradition.
Thank you to our families for their support
during this year, we have
valued working with you.
As a family, faith-based
school, we appreciate
working together for the
benefit of the students.
We look forward to an exciting year in
2021, as the design and plans for our new
school will be finalised and work begins on
building, ready for our opening in 2023 at the
new site in Papanui. We anticipate sharing
the innovative design with our community at
the start of the school year.
Wishing you every blessing this Christmas.
Mary-Lou Davidson
Principal
Prizewinners
Our Senior prize-giving and Colours assemblies celebrated
a wide range of success including service to the community.
Congratulations to our Dux of the College, Lucy Naylor and
Proxime Accessit, Tyler Stewart and the many other students
who were acknowledged.
A full list of prize recipients and photographs are on the
College website.
Cultural Success
At the recent sPACIFICally Pacific Awards, our Head Girl, Lasela
Sumner, and Deputy Head Girl Mailena Fasi-Fidow were recognised
for their leadership and service to Marian College. Esther Tiatia-Latu
also won a Memea Leadership award and scholarship to ARA.
Sport, Culture and Special Character Colours and
Excellence. Award Winners
Kapa Haka
The Marian Kapa Haka stood for the first time at the Tūhono Festival,
performing a Waiata Tira, Waiata-a ringa and a women’s haka. They
were stunning and made their families and the school proud. The
group is tutored by past pupil Maia Viliamu.

Thursday November 26 2020 The Star
THERE WILL be many who
will polarised over the defence
and appeal costs for Renee
Duckmanton’s killer Sainey
Marong.
His lawyers have received just
over $189,000 so far to defend
him, which covers his High
Court trial and appeals to the
Court of Appeal and Supreme
Court.
He lost all three. No surprises
there.
Marong killed Duckmanton,
a sex worker, after he picked her
up from the city’s red light district
in May 2016. The murder
was described as “cold-blooded”
and “particularly callous and
cruel.”
Most murders of sex workers
are sadly very brutal. Often the
perpetrator has an in-built hatred
or disdain for women. Sex
workers by the very nature of
what they do can be easy targets.
In Duckmanton’s case, she
was strangled and her body set
on fire.
At his High Court trial,
the jury was told the murder
appeared to have a degree of
planning.
It was a point he used as a lever
to go to the Court of Appeal.
But the Court of Appeal
accepted that Marong had
conducted multiple internet
searches “on matters relevant
to killing a Christchurch sex
worker and avoiding detection”.
It found the murder involved
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
The question of legal aid
From the
editor’s desk
Barry Clarke
Renee Duckmanton
Sainey Marong was found guilty of murdering sex worker
Renee Duckmanton.
calculated or lengthy planning,
with a high level of brutality,
cruelty, depravity or callousness.
Not content with that decision,
Marong then went to the
Supreme Court to contest the
Court of Appeal’s decision,
claiming a miscarriage of justice.
Marong claimed that his
internet searches before
Duckmanton was killed,
which featured prostitutes,
rape, kidnapping and
necrophilia, were not directly
relevant to the way she was
actually killed, which was by
strangulation.
He also argued the Court of
Appeal should not have taken
account of his actions after the
killing to dispose of the body –
and that Duckmanton’s small
stature should not have been
taken into account.
But the Supreme Court was
having none of it and dismissed
his appeal which was released
with this week.
The legal aid system is a good
and fair one in a just and open
society. But spurious grounds
for appeals like Marong’s should
be looked at.
•Marong was sentenced to life
with a non parole period of 18
years.
– barry@starmedia.kiwi
OPINION 29
Sanity
finally
prevails in
Davids saga
COMMONSENSE has finally
prevailed in The People’s Choice v
Alexandra Davids saga.
The left-leaning political group
in Christchurch local body politics
was always going to be on a
hiding to nothing when it was revealed
they were planning to oust
Davids from her role as Linwood-
Central-Heathcote Community
Board chair.
Newstalk ZB’s Chris Lynch set
the situation alight on air when he
called The People’s Choice board
members a “bunch of bastards”
for trying to unseat Davids, an
independent board member.
That comment was reported in
the following day’s Star and from
there the issue snowballed.
The following week, The Star
reported two members of a local
residents association had emailed
Jacinda Ardern over the matter.
The People’s Choice is aligned to
Labour.
Later that day, The People’s
Choice issued a statement saying
they were withdrawing their
application for a vote to on the
community board to appoint a
new chairperson.
Someone further up the
command chain has pulled the
barbarians back from the gates.
But I suspect they will return.
Leaking pipes and request to save water not related
I GET a bit frustrated when
I see commentators putting
two and two together and
coming up with a number that
isn’t four.
We have an increase in estimated
leakage from our pipes
and at the same time we are
asking people to conserve water
use. They are not related to each
other.
We know it’s going to be a
hot summer. And we know
household demand for water in
Christchurch generally doubles
in summer compared with
winter, mainly because people
start watering their gardens and
lawns.
Mayor
Lianne Dalziel
It’s this peak demand we
are targeting, which is in the
early evenings when parts of
the city may use water faster
than the network can pump it
to fill the reservoirs.
It makes good sense to do this
watering after the sun goes down
in the evening or before it rises
in the morning. And when you
do, you are helping ease the pressure
on the system, so everyone
benefits.
So, what about the increased
leakage and the work that
needs to be done on the
network of pipes? That’s one of
the key issues for the Long Term
Plan.
The decision made by the
city council to use its renewals
budget to fund the repair of
the earthquake-damaged pipes
when it signed the cost-sharing
agreement has made budgeting
incredibly challenging over the
past few years.
We clearly need to
refocus that approach at the
same time as having a very
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30
OPINION
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
since Environment Canterbury
climate-change emergency
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enhance the colour of white foods such as
energy efficiency had huge effects on residents and designed to defend Christchurch
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the bowels.
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FOOD 35
Fancy fish with a hint of Asian flavours
Give your fried fish the
crispy crunch and an
Asian flavour, don’t go
overboard with the
chillies though or they
will overpower the other
flavours
Crispy snapper with soy
and ginger dressing
– Serves 4
Ingredients
Vegetable oil
4 snapper fillets, approx 150gm
each, skin on and pin-boned
½ cup rice flour
1 spring onion, trimmed and
sliced
¼ cup coriander
¼ cup Thai basil leaves
2 long red chillies, thinly sliced
Soy and ginger dressing
1 tsp fresh ginger
¼ cup soy sauce
Directions
To make the soy and ginger
dressing, place the soy sauce and
ginger in a bowl and stir to combine.
Set aside.
Heat 1cm of oil in a large frying
pan over high heat.
Dust the snapper in rice flour
and cook for 3-4min each side or
Dress-up your traditional fish choice, crispy snapper pan-fried makes a tasty change.
until golden and crisp.
Drain on absorbent paper.
Flake and place in a bowl with
the basil, coriander, spring onion,
chilli and snow peas and toss to
combine.
Spoon over the dressing to
serve.
Pan-fried snapper with
lemon butter
– Serves 4
Ingredients
80g butter
¼ cup pine nuts
4 snapper fillets, approx 150gm
each, pin-boned
2 lemons, or 2 tsp finely grated
rind and wedges to serve
80gm baby spinach
200gm green beans, blanched
Directions
Heat a large non-stick frying
pan over high heat. Add the pine
nuts and cook for 12min or until
golden. Remove from the pan
and set aside.
Reduce the heat to medium, add
1/4 of the butter and the snapper
to the pan and cook for 3-4min
each side or until golden and
cooked through.
Add the remaining butter and
lemon rind to the pan and cook
for a further 30sec or until the
butter has melted.
To blanch green beans, place
the beans in a heatproof bowl
and pour over boiling water. Allow
to stand for 12min or until
bright green and tender, then
drain.
Serve snapper with the baby
spinach, beans, lemon wedges
and pine nuts and spoon over
the butter sauce.
Parsley butter bean
topping
– Serves 4-6
Ingredients
2-3 cloves garlic
1/2 tsp salt
425gm can butter beans,
drained and rinsed
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/4 cup each: extra virgin olive
oil, flat-leaf parsley leaves
freshly ground black pepper to
taste
Directions
Mash the garlic and salt
together with the blade of a
heavy knife.
Place all ingredients in a food
processor.
Pulse until the mixture is
smooth. Great served as a topping
for pan-fried or steamed
fish.
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Committed to coaching Canty cricket –
Rhys Morgan traded a
nondescript first-class
career as a batsman for
a cricketing career now
focused on mentoring
promising players
to reach the sport’s
highest level. Now the
Canterbury women’s
coach, Morgan brings
experience – and a
Hurricanes jersey – to
Christchurch. He talks
to Chris Barclay
When did cricket bowl you
over? Is there a moment you
think back on that sparked your
interest?
You have to go right back
to the beige uniforms back in
the early 80s. Watching Lance
Cairns (hit six sixes against
Australia at the MCG in 1983)
… that was probably the day that
lit the fire for a very, very young
four-year-old.
You had three first-class
games for Wellington as a
batsman in the early 2000s.
Who did you play alongside?
Back in those days you had
the likes of Stephen Fleming
around but they’d never play. I
played with some very, very good
players … (Black Caps) James
Franklin, Jeetan Patel, Mark
Gillespie, Iain O’Brien. I had a
very, very brief first-class career.
It became very apparent that I
was not going to be the superstar
that I wanted to be.
Can you remember your
batting average?
It was high teens I would have
thought. (Wisden records it as
16.50 from four innings, highest
score 35).
That experience didn’t turn
you off the game though did it?
It just pointed you in a different
direction.
I realised I wasn’t going to
make my fame and fortune as
a player. I retired, late 20s, went
into coaching and progressed
from there.
Why did you transition into
coaching?
I had no desire to (coach) when
I first finished. I was working at
the National Bank, I had a young
family and I had to pay the bills.
But the one thing I had missed
about cricket when I gave up was
the camaraderie within a team.
You eased into coaching in
the familiar surroundings of
Nairnville Park, Khandallah
didn’t you?
CHANCES:
New
Canterbury
women’s
coach Rhys
Morgan
throws
down during
a training
session at
Hagley Oval.
When my local club (Onslow)
needed a coach I thought: ‘I’ll go
run two training sessions a week
and spend the Saturday at club
cricket’. It’s all I’d ever known
anyway. For some reason I found
I was able to make some quite
good connections with players. I
thought I was going to help them
out for one season and I finished
up there 15 years later.
Unbeknown to you at the
time, Bob Carter the current
White Ferns coach, had an early
role in your coaching career
didn’t he?
Bob was big on coach
education and he put us through
our level 1 (New Zealand Cricket
coaching course) when we were
in the Wellington under-16 side.
Did your fleeting first-class
experience mould you as a
coach?
Seeing my own shortcomings
has probably helped. You
always look back on things and
go: ‘What if I’d done things
differently’ or ‘I wish I had these
skills’. My coaching philosophy
is really around trying to give
the young men and women
opportunities that maybe I didn’t
have the chance to take because
of a lack of know how at the
time.
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influenced your coaching style?
A couple of guys at Cricket
Wellington shaped the way I try
to communicate with players.
I was lucky enough to share an
office with Mark Borthwick, who
is highly regarded around New
Zealand as a coach of coaches,
for about 10 years. I’m not sure
if he thinks I was listening all
the time but some of the stuff
has filtered through for me.
The (former) high performance
manager Robbie Kerr was a
big influence early on when I
probably had the knowledge to
be a good coach but I didn’t have
the skills to share that knowledge
particularly well.
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still wearing a Hurricanes jersey
Where did you take your
coaching expertise after
Onslow?
I did various (Wellington) age
group rep sides. The first three of
four years I took a group through
to under-19s. I’ve spent a lot of
time around the under-19 male
age group. In the last couple of
years there’s been more growth
in the female game and I started
to look at that. I coached the
Wellington under-19s women’s
team last year and then this job
came up.
Tell us about your experience
coaching in Fiji last year.
When I was at Cricket
Wellington, major associations
are partnered with an associate
nation in the Pacific. Wellington
had Fiji. I got a call saying they
were looking for a coach and
did I know anyone. I was with
Bangladesh in New Zealand and
that was about to come to an
end. One thing led to another
from there really. I’m pleased I
did it, but I was also pleased to
come home in the end. They were
experiencing some pretty major
issues around the governance and
the administration of the game
there. We had nowhere to train
because bills hadn’t been paid.
We had no cricket balls. Having
to source all of that isn’t what you
expected to have to do as coach
as a national side. It was nice to
help in that regard, but it was also
frustrating when you’re going to
World Cup qualifiers and you
know you’re doing it with one
hand tied behind your back.
What teams did you coach in
Fiji?
The men, women and under-
19s. I was a jack of all trades
due to the lack of funding. I was
spreading myself a bit thin as well
and because I was going from one
team to another and all of our
cricket was played internationally
… when I was overseas with one
team nothing was happening
with another team. We went to
Vanuatu, Samoa, Hong Kong,
Japan. The under-19s and the
women were the ones with the
biggest programme when I was
there.
Before you went to Fiji, you
were in the right place at the
VERSATILE: Morgan filled in as batting coach when
Bangladesh toured New Zealand last year.
right time to help out the
Bangladesh test team after they
arrived for a three-test series
weren’t you?
I was coaching Onslow and we
had an overseas player, George
Rhodes, whose dad Steve was
head coach of Bangladesh. Steve
told George they were short of
resources because their batting
coach (Neil McKenzie) was
going back to South Africa after
the ODI series. I got a call from
Steve asking if I’d be able to drop
everything and work with him for
a couple of weeks leading up to the
first test. Neil was still around at
that point so it was great to be able
to work with him and see how he
went about things.
Three tests were scheduled,
though obviously there were
only two played because of
the mosque shootings in
Christchurch, venue of the
season finale. What are your
recollections of that day?
I had some prior engagements
so I was only with them for
the first two tests. As soon as I
saw the news … we’d been in
Christchurch during the one-day
series so I knew that was the
mosque (Al Noor) the team went
to. I was on WhatsApp trying
to get hold of people. There was
a wee period there I thought
the team had all gone to the
mosque (they were enroute). You
assume the worst at that point.
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I still keep in touch with a few
of them. I notice they’re due to
be in Christchurch again on the
anniversary of that (in March). I’m
not sure that’s great scheduling
but it’ll be good to hopefully catch
up with a few of them.
You took up the Canterbury
Cricket role on September 1?
How have you settled in?
I’ve got a place a two or three
minute walk from (Canterbury
Cricket headquarters in
Addington). I’m spending a lot
of money with Air New Zealand
tripping back and forth (to
Wellington). If the job develops
(he is on a one-year contract)
and I have some success moving
might be something we look
at. My partner (Kate) is in her
first role as a primary school
principal. Brynn and Ellie
(children) are in school.
Did you know much about
Christchurch before relocating
here?
I used to spend a lot of time at
Lincoln (NZC high performance
centre) through tournaments. I’ve
got family down here. We used to
have family holidays down this
way and over at Akaroa.
Are their split allegiances
now, in a sporting sense?
I’m fully on board with
Canterbury cricket, you’ll
struggle to get me out of a
Hurricanes jersey.
How has the preparation gone
with the Canterbury Magicians?
Before I got here they were
training for a good six weeks so it
was really quite easy, you already
had a group training with real
purpose.
Veteran Kate Ebrahim is
back from maternity leave
and another new Mum, Amy
Satterthwaite, will be available
when she returns from the
women’s Big Bash League across
the Tasman. That must be
handy
Kate will be with us pretty
much the whole season. Amy
and (wife) Lea (Tahuhu) are
playing with the Melbourne
Renegades. They have to do some
quarantine when they get back.
We may get them the weekend
before Christmas. They get out of
quarantine on December 8.
Any news faces coming
through?
Kate Sims. She’s been on a
Lincoln University scholarship
and previously played for Central
Districts. We’ve also got players
who have been around but maybe
haven’t played a lot like Georgia
Edge and Emma Kench. This is
the season to give them a crack
and see if they’re good enough.
Canterbury were third in
Hallyburton Johnstone Shield
one-day competition. Are
champions Auckland the team
to beat?
When the White Ferns get
back Wellington are very strong,
though when they will be at
full-strength is a little bit up in
the air. They all have to organise
their own quarantine back from
Australia at the moment. Auckland
have similar issues to Wellington
about getting players back, but
when they do they’ll be a pretty
strong outfit. It depends who has
managed to get isolation facilities
booked. We know about our two
(Satterthwaite/Tahuhu), but we
don’t know about anyone else.
•The Magicians gave
Morgan the ideal start to
his tenure, beating Otago
by 91 runs (Duckworth/
Lewis method) and 133
runs in their Hallyburton
Johnstone Shield opening
round double-header in
Oamaru last weekend.
SPORT 41
Back in the
sulky and
winner’s
circle
• By Joshua Smith
IT’S BEEN more than a decade
since Jo Herbert saluted the judge,
but her winning drive behind
Blue Chip Delight at Motukarara
Raceway on Sunday showed she
hasn’t lost any of her talent.
Herbert was delighted to get the
win after such a long hiatus.
“It felt really good, it’s been a
long time between drinks,” she
said.
“I was pleased with the horse,
he went well.”
A pioneer for female drivers in
New Zealand, Herbert won 193
races in the cart before she was
forced to step away from the game
10 years ago to look after her son
Brooklyn.
“At the time it was in the toohard
basket, he wasn’t that well,”
Herbert said.
“It got too hard, so I just focused
on him. He is 13 now so he
is quite good at self-managing.”
Herbert returned to the industry
last year after the urging
of trainer Stephen Boyd and she
landed her ideal job with current
employers Colin and Julie De-
Filippi, for whom she drove Blue
Chip Delight on Sunday, earlier
this year.
When Herbert heard the De-
Filippi’s were looking for another
worker, she said she was quick to
get on the phone, even though she
was on the other side of the world
at the time.
“When I heard he was looking
for someone I was straight on
the phone from Spain. We went
over there for five weeks back in
February,” she said.
“We were quite lucky because
two days after we got home Barcelona
was in lockdown. We timed
perfectly.”
Herbert’s win on Sunday has
brought her just six wins shy of
200 driving career wins, a mark
she would have tried to attain 10
years ago had she known she was
so close. – Harness News Desk
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LONG-STANDING is an apt
means of describing veteran
cricket umpire David Stuthridge,
he has spent countless hours
positioned at the bowlers’ end or
square leg.
Stuthridge, who also represented
Canterbury
at hockey
between 1969
and 1987,
reached his
500-game
milestone
when he officiated
the
Gillette Cup
regional final
between the
triumphant
Christchurch Boys’ High School
and St Andrew’s College at
Hagley’s Nursery Ground earlier
this month.
The occasion was particularly
poignant for the 71-year-old,
given Stuthridge is an CBHS old
boy, although swimming was his
forte during secondary school.
Stuthridge started umpiring
first XI matches after he retired
from the banking industry
about a decade ago, a career
that maybe prevented him from
officiating at higher levels that
secondary school, senior club
and Hawke Cup cricket.
A lower tier batsman in
Christchurch, who advanced to
the senior grade during a fouryear
stint in Timaru, Stuthridge
switched focus to umpiring in
1986, after his brother Robert died
during a game they were playing
at Hoon Hay Park in 1985.
“He collapsed in the field and
died (aged 42). He had a heart attack
and that knocked me about
a bit,” Stuthridge said.
“Bobby wasn’t there playing and
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the (Grosvenor) team was pretty
much coming to an end, most of
them were a lot older than me.”
A couple of friends encouraged
Stuthridge to take up umpiring,
which seemed like a logical move.
“I used to enjoy going out there
umpiring for your 10-over stint
in a third grade game. I thought
my biggest challenge is probably
going to be whether I can last a
day out there standing.”
Stuthridge’s feet could obviously
handle the workload, and
his reflexes have also stood the
test of time with his umpiring
VETERAN:
Christchurch
cricket
umpire
David
Stuthridge
recently
officiated
his 500th
match and
the 71-yearold
has no
plans to call
stumps on
his career.
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CRICKET
CLUB
spanning senior suburban games
and the merged Canterbury
metro competition.
He often wondered if he could
have been promoted to the Plunket
Shield and beyond, but work
took precedence – and he at least
saw the likes of Craig McMillan,
Nathan Astle and Stephen Fleming
starting out.
“I just couldn’t afford the
time away from my work. You
always wonder ‘what if?’, said
Stuthridge, who still has international
experience on his record.
In 2002 he umpired a warm-up
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Cricket still holds appeal for umpire
Stuthridge has
officiated more
than 500 times
FORMER Canterbury
representative Simon Mooney
has joined Waimairi’s stuttering
defence of Tennis Canterbury’s
premier men’s championship,
as a replacement for wellperformed
US College player
Connor Heap.
Although Waimairi notched
their first win of the interclub
competition over Elmwood,
Heap, who recorded two wins in
Saturday’s tie will be unavailable
to play again until next year.
The 23-year-old, who recently
completed a scholarship at the
University of California, Berkeley,
misses two rounds before
Christmas. The six-club tournament
then takes a break until
mid-February.
Mooney, an outstanding junior
who progressed to celebrate
97 premier grade singles wins,
trained with Waimairi earlier
this week and will be in the lineup
to host Country Ashburton
in the fifth round of competition
tomorrow night.
The veteran has links with
several Christchurch clubs, now
has strong ties with Waimairi
given his children are part of the
organisation’s junior development
programme.
Waimairi, who are still propping
up the competition in spite
of blitzing Elmwood six matches
to zero at Wilding Park, face a
tough encounter against Country
Ashburton line-up seeking
to rebound from a 4-2 loss to Te
Kura Hagley on home court.
Country Ashburton are still in
second spot behind last season’s
runner-up Cashmere, who
thumped Shirley 6-0 to maintain
game between Australia and
South Africa at Bert Sutcliffe Oval
before the under-19 World Cup.
“The Australian side had
Shaun Marsh and George Bailey,
South Africa had Hashim
Amla,” Stuthridge recalled.
He also has fond memories of
his first major club game in 1999
on what is now Hagley Oval,
although it started in less than
ideal circumstances when Riccarton
hosted East Christchurch
Shirley.
“That Riccarton team was
really tough. They preyed on
any vulnerability you had and
they knew damn well this was
my first game. In the first over
Wayne Stead nipped one back
between Michael Papps’ bat and
pad. There was a sound, I was
certain it had clipped the pad,”
Stuthridge said.
“They all went up for a catch,
screaming and really testing
me out. I said not out and Stead
did his ‘nana’ a bit. I looked
over at (fellow umpire) Robert
‘Nook’ Ebert and he gave me the
thumbs up. I felt like a million
dollars at that very moment.”
Stuthridge has a couple of
senior T20 games at his favourite
ground, Heathcote Domain, on
Saturday and while his eyes and
ears stay sharp he has no plans
to call stumps.
“I still feel alright, I still play
the odd game. I’d be lost without
something to do on a Saturday. I
just love the sport.”
Mooney joins Waimairi in bid to defend title
South African-born Canterbury interclub tennis veteran Joelene Feneon has become the
seventh woman to record a century of wins in the competition after beating Elmwood’s
Mikaila Smith 6-1 6-1 during Waimairi’s victory on Saturday. Feneon, who had lost both
of her previous singles matches this season, joins Sally Moorfield (216), Shirley Haig
(162), Robyn Legge-Hunt (146), Lynnette O’Dell (138), Ruth Seeman (120) and Phillipa
Lewthwaite (111) in a select club.
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a comfortable buffer.
They are expected to strengthen
their dominance against
Elmwood; Te Kura Hagley host
Shirley in the other tie.
In the women’s competition,
leaders Te Kura Hagley play
at Elmwood while Cashmere-
Burnside host Waimairi.
Points:
Men – Cashmere 54, Country
Ashburton 34, Shirley 23, Te
Kura Hagley 23, Elmwood 22,
Waimairi 15.
Women – Te Kura Hagley 36,
Cashmere Burnside 27, Waimairi
24, Elmwood 15.
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Plenty to choose from at Kia dealership
THE SHOWROOM and
forecourt was jam-packed with
cars when I went to pick up Kia’s
small sport utility vehicle – the
Seltos – the Limited all-wheeldrive
version, to be exact.
Extracting the evaluation car
was a mission of moving several
vehicles and squeezing mine out
of the showroom.
I quipped to the sales manager
there were too many cars on the
lot and he should sell a few.
He replied by saying the business
was in a good position, stock
was plentiful and there was a
steady supply chain.
I mention this because many
of today’s car manufacturers are
struggling with continuum of
supply due to Covid-19 affecting
the workforce both in the
factories and with component
suppliers.
South Korea has a good handle
on the pandemic, and Kia (along
with its partner, Hyundai),
factories haven’t been affected
dramatically.
The Seltos has been in the
New Zealand market for a year
or so now, it lands here in five
specifications and with the choice
of two engines, pricing starts
at $27,990 and ends at $46,990
for the all-wheel-drive Limited.
In-between, an LX Plus, EX and
Limited (2WD) list at $35,990,
$37,990 and $42,990 respectively.
All except the Limited AWD
get a naturally aspirated 2-litre
petrol engine, a 1.6-litre turbocharged
four-cylinder engine
powers the range-topper. It’s an
engine I’ve experienced before in
several Kia and Hyundai models,
it is a delightful, honest unit
which has always impressed me.
I drove the 2-litre Seltos shortly
after its arrival here and remarked
on its price-friendly positioning
and smooth nature of its engine.
Well, the 1.6-litre engine is just
as good, of course it gets more
power, up 20kW and 85Nm to
130kW and 265Nm, and the
outputs are developed at usable
points of the rev band – 6000rpm
at the top end with maximum
torque available all of the way
from 1500rpm to 4500rpm.
What’s more, the 1.6 doesn’t
use much more fuel, Kia rate it
with a 7.6-litres per 100km combined
cycle average, the 2-litre at
6.8l/100km.
The latter figures fare well with
the fuel usage readout in the
evaluation car, when I took it
back to the dealership the meter
was reading 8.6l/100km, while
on the highway an instantaneous
figure of 4.5l/100km was showing,
the engine turning over freely
at 2000rpm in seventh gear.
Yes, the 1.6 Seltos drives to
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the beauty of this gearbox is its
clean, quick shifts and smooth
operating manner. If the driver
so desires, a manual sequential
function at the main gearshift lever
will override the gear change
protocols.
The engine and gearbox
combination is delightful, there
is nothing harsh within the
driveline, everything is smooth
and fluid, and such is the way the
turbocharger is boosted there’s
no lag and there is a responsive
feeling of strength beneath the
accelerator.
Saying that, the Seltos isn’t
quick, but it is spirited enough
with an 8.8sec standstill to 100km
acceleration time on offer.
What the Seltos does do well
is provide the driver with an
uninterrupted flow of power, it is
reactive without being punchy.
For an SUV the Seltos also has
a delightful handling manner.
Much of that can be attributed
to the firm steering feel. Full
marks to Kia here, the weighting
is perfect for me, there is genuine
firmness without being overly difficult
to manipulate. That’s a fine
line to get right for the Seltos’
target market, it would need to be
easy to drive for the over-50s, yet
it will also appeal to the youthful
• Price – Kia Seltos Limited,
$46,990
• Dimensions – Length,
4370mm; width, 1800mm;
height, 1615mm
• Configuration – Fourcylinder,
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seven-speed direct shift
automatic
• Performance –
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• Fuel usage – 7.6l/100km
who like positive feedback when
a quick corner is presented.
A lot of the direct communication
with the road can also be
attributed to the quality of the
tyres. The Limited sits on 18in
wheels with 235/45 Kumho
rubber. Even though the profile
is low, ride quality hasn’t been
affected, and road noise on our
coarse chip seal isn’t excessive.
I pushed hard into some
corners on my highway run and
delighted with the Seltos’ ability,
it is agile and nimble, a lot of
that coming down to its size and
weight, at just under 4.4m and
1425kg, it is compact.
However, that’s not saying it
doesn’t live up to the SUV role.
It has generous space inside and
rear seat occupants needn’t feel
cosy, there is good room inside
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it definitely has all the SUV
hallmarks.
In Limited specification the
Seltos also has the goodies you
would expect in a high grade
model, especially for safety where
it is fitted with all the modern
trickery to keep you out of
trouble in the first instance. Of
course, it is rated with a five-star
Australasian New Car Assessment
Program rating.
Usually, if there is a choice
of models within a series, I’m
angling at the base specification
models, I like them for their
simplicity and pricing, there are
many bargains to be found there,
and yes, the entry-level Seltos at
under $30k is a genuine bargain.
However, I’d opt for the rangetopper
in this instance, it feels
just so right to be in, it doesn’t
feel like an SUV with its spirited
engine and tight steering, it
exudes something far more
sporty.
Not only is Kia cranking along
with supply and the promise of
more new models, it is a company
that has much faith in its product,
all new Kias sold here come with
a five-year/100,000km warranty.
That surely adds the peace-ofmind
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WANTED Toyota Celica
1980, white, low kms, ph
03 352 5963
Car Parts
TYRES Secondhand,
most szs from $30 - $70
fitted, Also batteries, 217
Waltham Road, 027 476
2404
Church Notices
Christian
sPiritUaList
ChUrCh
182 Edgeware Road
Sunday Service
7pm
Address
Janet A
Clairvoyant
Janet A
All Welcome
SYDENHAM CHRISTIAN
SPIRITUAL CHURCH
Sydenham Community
Centre
23/25 Hutcheson St
Address
Angela
Clairvoyance
Angela
Sunday 7pm
All Welcome
Phone 349-9749
NEW AGE CHRISTIAN
SPIRITUAL CENTRE
61 Grafton Street
Sunday 7pm
Address:
Gaynor
Clairvoyance:
Gaynor
Tuesday
Healing 1-1.45pm
Clairvoyance 2pm
All Welcome
Classic Cars &
Motorcycles
MITSUBISHI CORDIA
turbo GSR, 1985, low
kms, 1 previous family
owned, red, suit collector,
ph 352 5963
Community Events
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS, If you
want to have a drink that’s
your business. If you want
to stop, we can help. Phone
0800 229-6757
Curtains
A1 CURTAINS &
DRAPES.
Roman blinds,tie backs,
cushions, nets & voiles
plus alterations. Free
quotes.Ph Kay 980 1501
or 021 2571823. kay.
tainui88@gmail.com
For Sale
CARPET.
Fawn, wool VGC, 2 bdrm
pieces Ph 021 142 6289
FILING CABINET.
Metal,15 plastic draws,
locks. $65 Ph 021 142
6289
Sony TV 32” and Sony
DVD recorder, Phillips
radio, printer (new) the lot
$80. Ph 337 0706
TABLE TOP
(Formica), Doors x2, small
windows, old roof rack. Ph
027 220 2345
Funeral Directors
Garage Sales
CITY 274 Gloucester St,
Sat 28th, 9am to 12. Lots
of LEGO and other toys,
books, clothing, household
stuff.
EDGEWARE 113
Edgeware Rd, combined
h/holds. Sat 8am - 12
noon. H/hold goods,
toys, electronics, costume
jewellery, home wares,
accessories, womens
clothing, shoes & much
more.
Hand Craft Sale 8
Athelstan St, Barrington.
Fri Dec 4th 12 -4, Sat 5th
10 -4, Sun 6th 10 -2. Items
priced to sell from $2 to
$30.
HEI HEI 4 Marymere
Place, Sat 9am - 3pm,
microwave, household
items & toys
NEW BRIGHTON 54A
Lonsdale St, Sat 11am
start. Whole h/hold
ofgoods.
REDWOOD 108 Regency
Crescent, Sat / Sun from
8am, come and do your
Christmas shopping, new
products and toys. Some
are Christmas items, ideal
for presents, reasonably
priced.
Direct Cremation
No frills, no Service, no fuss, simply
straight to the crem. Other options available.
Call in and see us at 2 Langstone Lane
(off 158 Langdons Road along from Northalnds)
Ph: 379 0178 for our brochure
or email office@undertaker.co.nz
GENUINE
dIrEct
crEmatIoN
$2,000
GSt inclusive
(includes committal)
0800 27 28 29
www.mainlandcrematorium.co.nz
Funeral Directors
No 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
ADD SOME
COLOUR
TO YOUR ADVERT!
• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
Gardening
& Supplies
A GARDEN OR
LANDSCAPING TIDY
UP? Shrub, hedge &
tree pruning, Lawns,
Gardening, consistently
reliable general property
upkeep, Dip. Hort. 10
yrs experience, One off
tidy ups or on-going
service. Nick’s Garden
Maintenance. Keeping
your garden beautiful.
Free Quote. Ph. 942-4440
& 022 264 7452
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
Celebrant
CELEBRANT
Michelle Irena Weddings
.Experienced celebrant
available for weddings in
Canterbury. Specialising
inpersonalised ceremonies
with a price for every
budget. Web: michelle
irena weddings .com or
Face Book: Michelle Irena
Celebrant NZ. Phone me
for a no obligation chat
about options 027 205
4660
Memoriam
JACK
VALENTINE
BIGGINS
Sadly passed away
on April 18,2020
aged 88 years.
Much loved husband
of Betty, loving
dad to Shirley,
Sylvia, Heather and
Joanne and devoted
grandad and great
grandad to all his
grandchildren.
Jack was known to
many musicians and
was the founding
member of the
Ipswich over 50’s
brass band, based
on the 50’s-up band
in Christchurch, NZ.
A Private funeral and
celebration of his life
has been held.
Personals
ELDERLY GENT n/s,
n/d, own car would like to
meet a female aquaintance
for afternoon outings. Ph
021 256 7717
GUY IN A RED SUIT is
seeking a miracle on 52nd
Street, Mrs Claus he seeks.
022 0675 490 Santa.
Pets & Supplies
CATS UNLOVED
can help with the cost
of desexing your cat.
Ph 3555-022 or email
catsunloved@xtra.co.nz
CATS UNLOVED
can help with the cost
of desexing your cat.
Ph 3555-022 or email
catsunloved@xtra.co.nz
Tours
ReID TouRs
Mesopotamia Day Trip
Saturday 5th December - $45pp return
Mt Cook & Lupins
Friday 1st January - $55pp return
9 Days Hokianga Cape Reinga
Bay of Islands May 2021
Call Reid Tours 0800 446 886
Email: reidtours@xtra.co.nz www.reidtours.com
To Let
HOMESITTERS
reqd Xmas / New Year.
Beautiful homes / pets. Ph
Lisa 021 547 262 www.
townandcountryhomesit.
co.nz
RICCARTON.
Well presented furnished
DBL BDRM with
OS.$190 PW Incl Internet
& Power .Ph 0274 351 863
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
EASY CLEAN GLASS
TREATMENTS
• Showers
• Glass Balustrades
• Water Stain Removal
• Up to 10 Year Warranty
• Free Quotes
0800 EZClean
(08003925326)
www.easycleanglass.co.nz
House & Garden
Property services Ltd
Tree & hedge
trimming
& removal
Stump Grinding
CALL us 021 405 277
Trades & Services
Trades & Services
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
one stop shop
TRADESMEN
AVAILABLE
Tiler, Carpenter,
electrician, plumbers.
Contact Jimmy Bell
0211221487
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
Trades & Services
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
Quality. Reliable. NZ Qualified.
Call BEN! 021-0880-2390
SPECIALISTS IN:
• Interior + Exterior Painting
• Painting Repairs
DYNAMIC
PAINTING
• Spraying
• Wallpapering
DIRTY TILES
& GROUT?
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 PlUMBer! CAN HELP!
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
“I WILL TURN UP
WHEN I SAY I WILL”
Need a certified and reliable plumber for filtration
systems or hot water cylinder replacement?
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TEXT
EMAIL
0508 H2O BOY
426 269
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Thursday November 26 2020 The Star 47
Builder
concrete & paving
DECORATORS
digga hire
BUILDers
“A local looking after locals”
• Licenced builder with 20 years
experience in renovations,
alterations and extensions
• A creative craftsman who is
attentive to detail
• Quotes the job, does the job
• Works with all budgets
Andrew Drewitt
Ph: 021 395 324
Email: ad_designs@hotmail.com
• 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)
DRIVEWAYS
Driveways
LANDSCAPING
landscaping
Exposed Aggregate
Stamped Concrete Plain
Concrete Resurfacing
Things we offer...
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free quotes/insurance scopes
Cell 0278 145 848
www.drivecrete.co.nz
Over 22 Years Experience
Quality
Workmanship
• Driveways
• Kerb &
Channel
• Garden Edging
SWAINS
KIWI KERB
(Since 2005)
Freephone: 0800 081 400
swainskiwikerb@gmail.com
Call Aaron &
the team today!
For the Outdoor
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Paving, Irrigation,
Lawns, Planting,
Fences, Pergolas,
Water-features,
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Raised Vege beds,
Decks, Artificial
grass & more...
Phone: 03 347 4422
or 021 542 402
Email: Aaron@theoutdoorspace.co.nz
www.theoutdoorspace.co.nz
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
Mailer Deliveries
PLUMBER
PLUMBING & DRAINAGE
ROOF REPAIRS
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
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quick smart - on time!!
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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
TRADES
TREE SERVICES
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
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CRAIGS
TREES
Our services include:
Tree felling
Branch chipping
Trimming and pruning
Crown reduction
Stump grinding
P: 027 2299 454
E: craigstrees@xtra.co.nz
www.craigstrees.co.nz
Fully insured
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
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block
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The Star Classifieds
Trades & Services
LOCAL EXPERIENCED
ELECTRICIAN
Local, licensed and
Experienced electrician
specialising in small to
medium domestic jobs from
additional sockets to
downlight installs to house
rewiring, Competive Pricing,
Free Quotes, Customer
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Phone Text or Email Josh
022 193 9281
jryanelectrical@outlook.com
All things
ElEctricAl
• commercial
& residential
servicing
• renovations &
new Builds
• no call Out Fees
Phone
021 260 4326
electricnz.com
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
rooF
painting
by Certified Tradesman
Book now
and receive
20% discount.
Rope and harness
a speciality.
No scaffolding
required.
30 years
experience.
Free quotes,
call Craig
021 060 2392
one stop shop
TRADESMEN
AVAILABLE
Tiler, Carpenter,
electrician, plumbers.
Contact Jimmy Bell
0211221487
Trades & Services
Trades & Services
CHRISTMAS TREES
DELIVERED TO YOUR
TV TECH DOOR
$55.00. Treat the family
to a real tree this year. Ph
• Aeriel installs
0211 407 813
• Satellite
COMPUTER REPAIRS
FAST
installs
Friendly experienced
techs available to help you
• TV Wall
now. Christchurch based.
Mounting
All work guaranteed.
Computer Help 0800 349
• TV Tuning 669
CONCRETE CUTTING
• Data Cabling Affordable Concrete
Cutting with Quality, and
• Video security removal work. Free quote.
No job to small. Phone 027
• Fibre repairs
442-2219, Fax 359-6052
a/h 359- 4605
• ONT moves
ELECTRICIAN
Prompt & reliable
Please call Ron registered electrician
with 24 years experience
027 655 2690 for all residential and
Trades & Services
commercial work, new
housing and switch board
AAA HANDYMAN replacements. Phone Chris
licensed carpenter 027 516 0669
LBP, all property and ELECTRICIAN
building maintenance, Registered, electrical
repairs, bathroom/shower installation and repairs,
installations, with free Gorbie Electrical, ph 021
quotes 03 383 1927 or 027 026 73375 or 03 322 4209
245 5226 ciey@xtra.co.nz ELECTRICIAN
BRICK & BLOCK Available, 30 years
LAYING
experience, immediate
all restoration work start, competitive rate,
and new work plus ph Brian 027 433 9548
foundations, ph 342 9340 No Call out fee
or 021 853 033
ELECTRICIAN
BUILDER QUALIFIED All types of domestic
50 yrs exp. Bathrooms, & commercial work
Kitchens, Renovations, undertaken, new housing,
Repairs & Extensions alterations, extensions,
Free quotes. Discount for ranges, security lights,
pensioners. Ph Mike 03 quick response, efficient
980 9771 or 027 2266 930 service, free quotes,
BUILDER QUALIFIED city -wide. No call out
Decks, T & G Flooring, fee. M/S, 8-5. Call Pat
Villa Restoring, New Barrett 03 359 2087/ 027
Homes, Weatherboards. 7331384.
Free Quotes. Bennet & FENCING
Sons Ltd Sam 027 496- All types of fencing
9362 or Tony 027 224- . Free quotes. Ph
0374
Jim 022 137 1920
BUILDER,
FENCING
HANDYMAN,
All types of fencing . Free
MAINTENANCE quotes. Ph Jim 022 137
Have peace of mind with 1920
a fully qualified owner GARDENER
operater LBP. Available for 30 yrs exp. All your garden
all jobs around the home,
requirements. Ph Grant
rental property (very
027 276 1990
experienced in Healthy
GASFITTING
Homes Reporting) or
N.T. Gas Services.
commercial property. Call
Domestic gas installations.
Chris on 027 3888 211
Reg Craftsman Gas Fitter.
BUILDER
Ph Nick 021 892 491
Licensed for all your
GLAZIER
repairs, maintenance and
Glass repairs - pet doors
alterations. For a free
- conservatory roofs. Exp
quote phone Keith 021
Tradesman. Call Bill on
1277 202
022 413 3504 or 981-1903
CARPET LAYING
HANDY - DAN
Exp. Repairs, uplifting,
relaying, restretching.
General Handyman for
Phone John on 0800
all your maintenance
003181, 027 240 7416
requirements. I specialise
jflattery@xtra.co.nz
in fences and decking, also
CARPENTER
do spouting cleans and
BUILDER
repairs and everyday home
Licensed Building
maintenance. NO JOB TO
Practitioner no. 100981.
BIG OR SMALL I can do
All carpentry & building
it all, please don’t hesitate
repairs & maintenance. to call me on 022 600 7738
Alterations & property for a no obligation free
upgrades.Laundries / quote.
bathroom / kitchens HANDYMAN
replaced. Specialising in Small jobs specialists. eg:
replacement of all rotten drippy taps, sticky doors,
timber, fascia boards, locks, moss spraying etc.
window, windowsills etc. Discount for pensioners.
John Sandford, ph 329 Ph 390 1565 or 022 5275
4616, mob 027 5189 598 668
johnsandford2@gmail. HANDYMAN
com
Some jobs don’t need a
CHIMNEY SWEEP tradie, so why pay more?
Time to service your fire. Gardening, building,
From $80 single storey.. electrical, plumbing. No
0800 SWEEP ME or 0210 charge for quotes. Ph Dave
2771 927
022 451 7314
• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
Trades & Services
LANDSCAPING
Paving, Lawns, Irrigation,
Decking, Fencing.
Kanga & small digger
services. Check out Squire
Landscaping on facebook.
FREE QUOTES. Ph
Arthur 347-8796, 027
220-7014 Edwin 027 220-
7154
PAINTING
PLASTERING
Free quotes. Int/ext &
roof painting Family run
business, work guaranteed.
Pensioner discounts. Ph
Kerin or Paul 022 191
7877 or 379-1281. Website
www.swedekiwipainting.
co.nz
PAINTING
Indoor / Outdoor, over 30
yrs exp, same day quotes,
ph Steve 021 255 7968
PAINTER,QUALIFIED
local professional, Int /
Ext,roofs,wallpaller, call
or text Corban 027 846
5035
PAINTER
New, older homes,
interior, exterior. We stand
by Canterbury. Ph Wayne
0272 743 541, 385-4348
PLASTERER
Avail mid to small jobs Ph
021 0698164. Free quotes.
PLUMBER
All plumbing work..
Pensioner discount. No
job too small. Friendly,
reliable & professional
service. Ph Nigel 027
4136004 or 385 2930
REMOVALS
Small furniture removals,
have own van, can fit
various types of whiteware
appliances, some furn,
bedding, boxes etc, honest
& reliable, any area
considered, ph Chch 027
517 7001
ROOFING SERVICES
Metal roofing & spouting.
Butyl rubber and flat
rooves. Repairs, reroof
and new build. 25 yrs
experience.NZ Cert
and LBP qualified. Free
quotes. Call Elliot 332-
9662 / 027 237 9431
ROOF PAINTS
Best price, best service. Ph
020 410 67205
ROTARY HOEING
Vege gardewns, new
sections. Ph Dave 382
5779 or 027 673 0495
RUBBISH REMOVAL
Van & Trailer Rubbish
Removal. Free quotes. Ph
Gary 342-8950, 021 529
022
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
SPOUTING CLEANING
SPECIALIST
Entire spouting system
cleared. Single or 2 storey.
Jo 021 164 0365
TENNIS COURT LINES
REPAINTED
Free Quotes. Pave Mark
Ltd. Ph 027 8237979
TILER ( MASTER )
Int / Ext. Res / Comm.
. Free quote. 18 yrs
exp. Ph 021 1056 797
TILER ( MASTER )
Int / Ext. Res / Comm. .
Free quote. 18 yrs exp. Ph
021 1056 797
Trades & Services
TREE SERVICES
Free quotes 20+ yrs exp.
Tree, hedge or shrub
- reduction, shaped or
removed. Ph/text Paul
The Branch Manager
0274314720
TREE SERVICES
Hedges, shrubs, tree
trimming & removal,
rubbish removal, Ph for
free quotes 022 540 4900
WATERBLASTING
Housewash, Drives, Paths,
Decks, Moss kills, Gutter
cleans. Ph 020 410 67205
WINDOW CLEANING
Average 3 brm house
inside or out from $45.
Both from $80 Phone
Trevor 344-2170
WINDOW CLEANING
Brown & White Ltd.
Family owned since 2001.
Ph Paul 027 229 3534
Tuition
COMPUTER LESSONS
avail for computer, IPad,
or Mobile. Please contact
Jobee 027 290 9246 www.
computertutor.nz
Wanted To Buy
STEVE PURCELL
ANTIQUES
BUYING
NOW
Gold jewellery,
watches, coins,
medals, scrap
gold, sterling
silver, pewter,
original paintings,
modern art.
351 9139
stevepurcellantiques.com
AAA Buying goods
quality furniture, beds,
stoves, washing machines,
fridge freezers. Same day
service. Selwyn Dealers.
Phone 980 5812 or 027
313 8156
AAAA All used furniture,
bdrm furniture, bedside
tables, dressers, tables &
chairs, house lots or estate
lots. Ph John 027 815 1114
A+ About to move? Books,
china, coins, medals,
furniture, furs, jewellery,
tools, old photos, estate.
Ph 385-5117
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
Wanted To Buy
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
Rugby Programmes +
soccer, cricket, motorsport
+ badges. 021 269 7233
TOOLS, Garden garage,
saw benches, Lathes. Cash
buyer Phone 355-2045
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT 1991
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT PLAN
PROPOSED PLAN CHANGE 4
SHORT-TERM ACCOMMODATION
SUMMARY OF SUBMISSIONS FOR FURTHER
SUBMISSIONS
A summary of submissions on Proposed Plan Change 4 to the Christchurch
District Plan and a copy of the submissions, are now available for public viewing
online at ccc.govt.nz/planchange4 or during normal opening hours at any of
the our service centres or libraries. For details of your nearest service centre or
library, please telephone 03 941 8999.
Further submissions in support of, or in opposition to, the submissions received
may be lodged at the Civic Offices or at any of our service centres or libraries
before 5pm on Thursday, 10 December 2020.
A further submission may be made only by a person representing a relevant
aspect of the public interest or by a person who has an interest in the plan
change that is greater than the interest of the general public and must be
limited to a matter in support of, or in opposition to, any submission made to
the Council.
All further submissions must be in writing on the appropriate form (Form 6 in
the Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedure) Regulations 2003).
This form is available from all Council offices and online at ccc.govt.nz/
HaveYourSay. Completed forms should be addressed to: Christchurch City
Council, City Planning Team, PO Box 73012, Christchurch or emailed to:
PlanChange@ccc.govt.nz.
Any person making a further submission in support or opposition is required
to serve a copy of his or her further submission on the person whose original
submission is supported or opposed no later than five working days after the
day on which the further submission is provided to the Council.
At a later date all those who have made submissions and those who have made
further submissions in support or opposition to the proposed plan change will
be advised of the hearing date and will be sent information regarding that
process.
Brendan Anstiss
General Manager
Strategy and Transformation Group
Vehicles Wanted
Public Notices
Shirley Hawks Rugby League Football Club
AGM
2pm Sunday 29th November 2020
33 Briggs Road
Applications for Senior Coach & Managers close
29th November. Become a member today.
Players, coaches, volunteers, committee, families.
Email: shirleyrugbyleague@hotmail.co.nz
Senior Citizens
Morning Tea Run
with Companion Driving Service Ltd
TUES 1 DEC & WED 2 DEC
Morning tea at Governors Bay -
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Pick up & drop off service $39.00
includes morning tea
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Phone Peter 0800 453 873 for bookings
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Each number in our DECODER grid represents a different
letter - there is a number for all 26 letters of the alphabet.
Enter the given letters into all squares with matching numbers.
The challenge now is to work out which letters are represented
Thursday November 26 2020 The Star 49
• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
by the other numbers. As you get the letters, enter them into
the main Public grid, Notices and the reference grid. To keep track of Situations the Vacant
letters you have found, cross them off the alphabet provided.
RICHMOND
7 WORKINGMEN'S 14 CLUB 1 1 22 14
M.S.A.
Notice of
17 14
Annual General
13 19
Meeting7 16 8 Our 25 14Lady 22 22 of 11 the
and Election of Officers
MEMBERS ARE HEREBY
8 NOTIFIED 8 THAT THE1 17Assumption 11 10 13School
ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING
Will be held on Saturday,
12 23
Nov 28,
92020 at
2410am14 13 21 11 13 11 9 14
If you enjoy working with children and adults, have a
in the in the new club's
main bar, The TAPROOM.
positive outlook, a sense of humour and are a team player
11 14 17 come and 26work with 25 us to support 12student learning.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Will be held on
19 23 Saturday, 17Nov 28, 172020.
23 18 13 11 19 Teacher 10 Aide Vacancies
Voting will commence
15 minutes after the
completion of the AGM,
• Position 1: Permanent part-time, 13 hours per week, term time only,
and finish 7 at 6.30pm in12 20 7 14
commencing February 2021. Experience and training in PMP would be an added advantage.
the club's main entrance.
• Position 2: Permanent part-time, 13 hours per week, term time only, commencing February 2021.
J Summerfield
14 General Manager 18 20 11 • 21 Position 7 3: Permanent 14 part-time, 12 11 13 hours 7 per week, term time only, commencing February 2021.
• Position 4: Fixed-term part-time, 5 hours per week, term time only.
HANDYPERSON
Starting 1st February 2021 and finishing 14th December 2021.
9
WANTED.
15 23 12 5 11
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24 Lawnmowing 17 1 12 3 , under 2 ‘Our 23people/Vacancies’
1 5 1 11 10
hedgetrimming etc. Apply to principal@ola.school.nz
Vehicle supplied. $20 PH Applications must have an application letter, a CV and the names of three referees
17
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Applications close 12.00 noon Friday 4th December 2020
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Get all ‘Christmasy’ with us!
PRE-CHRISTMAS
FUNCTIONS, PARTIES,
WORK BREAK UPS.
CHECK OUT OUR
SET MENUS
AVAILABLE LUNCH & DINNER DAILY
UNTIL 24/12/20 FOR PARTIES OF 10 OR MORE
SORRY, WE ARE CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY
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THE ENTERTAINMENT HUB OF THE NORTH!
TICKETS $25 PP
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Saturday 19 Dec, 7.30pm
This Saturday, 7.30pm
XMAS BUFFET
Riverview Restaurant Sat 12th Dec, 6pm
Riverview Restaurant
BEE GEES PRE SHOW
DINING SPECIAL
This Saturday from 5pm
Selection of roast meats,
salad bar, vegetable bar, dessert bar.
Tea/Coffee.
$32 pp. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
Thursday 31 Dec, 8.30pm
Goodbye & good riddance to 2020 - Hello 2021
NEW YEAR’S EVE
WITH
DnD SHOWBAND
www.dndshowband.com
TICKETS AVAILABLE
AT THE CLUB
RIVERVIEW RESTAURANT
NEW YEAR’S EVE
BUFFET DINNER
$39.90 pp
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
$28.50
PER PERSON
Kaiapoi Club, 113 Raven Quay, Kaiapoi. Ph: 03 327 7884
christchurch
GIG GUIDE
Thursday 12 25 - Nov - Wednesday 18 November 2 Dec 2020 2020
12 BAR, 342 St Asaph St: Christchurch’s
smoking hot BLUES BAR. Thursday 7.30pm -
The Blairs. Friday 7.30pm - A Tribute to Jimi
Hendrix feat. Andy Genge; Matt Hall;
Cameron Walsh backed by Klem Cathcart
(bass) & Luke Smillie (drums), tickets $20 on
eventbrite. Saturday 8pm - Billy Vallance & Jon
Hooker.
A ROLLING STONE, a579 Colombo St:
Thursday 7.30pm - Cathcart/Walsh/Blaikie,
free. Friday 5pm - Brazilian Jam with Clube do
Choro, free; 9pm - Bayley feat. Mi Sex's Colin
Bayley, free. Saturday 7pm - Punk Meets Metal
feat. Unyielding Desolation; Carradine Choke;
Plague of the Fallen; Crypt Incursion; Struth;
Bear Trap; & Bloodstarved, $15 entry. Sunday
7pm - Fevah Modern Jive social dancing, all
welcome, free. Monday 6.30pm - Quiz, free.
BOO RADLEYS, Level 1, 98 Victoria St:
Thursday 9pm - Buffalo Mac. Friday 8pm -
Amber Carly Williams; 10.30pm - In The City.
Saturday 8pm - Lee Martin; 10.30pm - The
Cassettes. Wednesday 7.30pm - South Street
Trio; 9.30pm - Open Mic Night.
CHRISTCHURCH CASINO, 50 Victoria
St: Friday 6pm - Stephen James; 9.15pm -
Acoustic Solution. Saturday 6pm - Des
Newton; 9.15pm - Smoothtalk.
CHRISTMAS JOY, The Piano, 156
Armagh St: Saturday 5 December 3pm &
7.30pm - Ali Harper's popular Xmas Show is
back with special guest Fiona Pears and 70
glorious voices from the Cobham Intermediate
chorale. Tickets selling fast. Bookings at
iTicket.co.nz ph: 0508 484 253.
GBC, Garden Hotel, 110 Marshaland
Rd: Thursday 6pm - Cocktails & Music with
Vintage Blue. Saturday 6pm - Vintage Blue.
HORNBY CLUB, Carmen Rd: Saturday
7pm - Reminisce with Anthony. Saturday 7pm
- Th' Art of Cheese. Sunday 2pm - Ian Mac.
KAIAPOI CLUB, 113 Raven Quay:
Saturday 7.30pm - BeeGees Las Vegas Show
presented by Madsen Promotions, tickets $25.
LE CABARET DE LA VIE, Tai Tapu
Community Centre, 722 Old Tai Tapu
Rd: Saturday 7.30pm - Gypsy Jazz, Swing,
Class Blues and funky R&B feat. Ma Bell aka
Madame Tragedie, Swing 42 (Bob Heinz; Keith
Petch; Mike Kime; Rueben Derrick); Boogie
House (Harry Harrison; Steve Driver); Blues
Mamas (Izzy Miller Bell & Susan Grant); John
Bevin, tickets $35 www.millerbellmusic.com
NEW BRIGHTON CLUB, 202 Marine
Pde: Friday 7pm- Atarmies. Friday 4 Dec -
Nexus. Thursday New Years Eve - Atarmies.
PAPANUI RSA, 1 Harewood Rd:
Wednesday 2nd Dec, 10.30am - 1pm -
'Morning Melodies' Country Music with
To add a listing, contact
Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or
027 458 8590
jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi
www.star.kiwi/whatson
Papanui RSA cont...
Smokey & Lorraine, along with their Golden
Oldies group of entertainers. Christmas theme
along with raffles. Door $2 & includes 'a
cuppa'.
RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118 Racecourse
Rd, Sockburn: Sunday 6pm - Lance Kiwi
Karaoke.
RICHMOND CLUB, 75 London St: Friday
7pm -Shalo. Saturday 7pm - INCOGNITO
RockBand. Sunday 3pm - Robbie Drew.
TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding St, Hornby:
Friday 8.30pm - DJ. Saturday 8.30pm - Misfitz.
THE BLACK HORSE, Lincoln Rd: Friday
7pm - Flat City Brotherhood. Saturday 8pm -
The Johnnies.
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 3pm - Meat raffles.
Saturday 2pm - Meat raffles; 8pm -
Misconduct Band.
THE LITTLE FIDDLE, 132 Oxford Tce:
Thursday 8.30pm - Bushfire & Co. Sunday
3pm - Irish Jam Session.
THE LOOK OF LOVE, The Piano, 156
Armagh St: Thursday 17 to Saturday 19 Dec
- Join award-winning Ali Haper &
Christchurch musical icons Tom Rainey &
Harry Harrison as they weave their way
through Burt Bacarach's extensive collection of
hit songs. Bookings: at The Court Theatre
0800 333 100.
THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd,
Addington: Friday 9.30pm - Decoy Duck.
Saturday 9.30pm - Awesome Source.
Wednesday 7.30pm - Karaoke with Lance
Kiwi.
WUNDERBAR LYTTELTON, 19 London
St, Lyttelton: Thursday 8.30pm - Comedy
Night. Friday 8pm - Oscar LaDell & Hoot, $10
entry. Saturday 8pm - Princess Chelsea
Homecoming NZ Tour 2020, tickets at
undertheradar. Sunday 7pm - Good Habits
'Going for Broke' album release tour, tickets
$20 at eventfinda. Tuesday 7.30pm - Open
Mic. Wednesday 8pm - Al Park & Pals.
at Hornby Club
FRIDAY 7PM
PAVILION
REMINISCE
WITH
ANTHONY
SATURDAY 7PM
PAVILION
TH' ART
OF
CHEESE
Christmas Buffets
Live music with Anthony
SUNDAY 2PM
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IAN
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Bookings & prepayment essential. $40 pp.
Children $1 per year of age up to 12 years.
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WHAT’S ON
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FINAL SHOW FOR 2020
LIVE MUSIC
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PREMIERSHIP FINAL
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revival of Shirley Community
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This comes after the Papanui-
Innes Community Board sought
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Due to the city council’s financial
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funding would be available in the
short-term for permanent options.
However, the community board
was still keen to see the space utilised
in the meantime, while they
advocated for funding through
In September, a questionnaire
was delivered to about 800 properties
within the site’s vicinity,
which asked residents whether
they currently used the site, how
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Our Black Friday sale.
Also available Thursday, Saturday,
Sunday, Monday & Tuesday.
We’ve jumped on
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Black Friday.
Flat white Saturday.
Cappuccino Sunday.
Nespresso CitiZ&Milk Machine
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$299 $ 7
less than
per week for
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EasyCard* 2
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$80 via redemption* 3
Coffee Credit
Limited Stock
332L Top Mount Fridge with Door Cooling
With summer just around the corner, it’s a
great time to pick up a new fridge. The LG
Inverter Linear Compressor combines the
air flow through the front and back vents
to keep food fresher for longer. You better
be quick, though — we won’t be able to
keep this price on ice for very long.
20%
off Nursery including
GT-332SDC 9058437
$799 $ 10
per week for
24 months
interest free*
Limited Stock
Excludes Arlo Baby
#
50” TU7000 4K Smart TV
The Crystal display of this 4K Smart
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contrast, and makes the blacks blacker.
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$946 $ 11
less than
per week for
24 months
interest free*
Limited Stock
Black Friday.
It’s actually more
colourful than
you might think.
Especially on that new 4K
TV you were thinking about.
Black Friday Sales can be
exhausting. Luckily, you can get
a new lounge suite, half price.
Dreammode Fabric 5 Seater Lounge Suite - Persistent Jet 8927816
The truth is, we’re not too sure about Black Friday either. It’s just a good excuse to give
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is. It’s half price, and crafted with soft, deep cushioning from headrest to footrest.
$2699 $ was
5399
$12
less than
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60 months
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120 only of this colour at this price.
INTEREST FREE
on furniture and beds
60MONTHS
24 $1499 & over*
MONTHS
$499 & over*
INTEREST FREE
on everything

No one’s dreaming
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Fortunately, we’ve got lot’s of other gift
ideas - now’s the perfect time to grab them.
Super deals
on Oppo and
Samsung
smartphones.
JBL Wireless Over-Ear
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$5
less than
per week for
52 weeks on
$199 EasyCard* $1199
2
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$13
less than
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Interest Free*
50%
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Excludes D5220AU
Up to
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off Russell
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Up to
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off selected
Hard
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$489
was
$999
9046304
$11
less than
per week for
52 weeks on
EasyCard* 2
Limited Stock
If you think Black Friday
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pay the extra $860.
8kg Heat Pump Dryer
$1399
$15
DV80M5010QW 9050218
less than
per week for
24 months
interest free*
At least
20%
off Bosch
Vacuums *1
KOS 3 Piece Outdoor Suite 9062856
The truth is, we’re not too sure about Black Friday
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top quality FSC® certified Acacia wood.
$839 $ was
1699
less than
$10
per week for
24 months
interest free*
Marsden 2 Door
Entertainment Unit - Old Rimu
6313241
$829
was
$1679
less than
$10
per week for
24 months
interest free*
90
Up to
DAYS INTEREST FREE
+ Exclusive in-store VIP discounts* 5
on EasyCard purchases during our Black Friday sale* 4

If you’re tired of all this
Black Friday nonsense,
have a lie down.
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off Sleepyhead
Beds *1
Excludes Pop-up
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Sanctuary Monaco Queen Bed 9062333
Time flies when you’re fast asleep. So, if you can’t wait for Christmas to
come, speed things up with a Sanctuary bed. With luxurious fibres like
wool and silk, and the Sensorzone sleep system, there’ll be no tossing,
turning, or lying awake fretting. Especially since you got it half price.
was
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less than
$23
per week for
60 months on
interest free*
Chiropractic Accord Queen Bed
9055479
Matrix Firm Queen Bed
9061221
Chiropractic HD Radiate Queen Bed
9056425
$1499
was
$2379
$7
less than
per week for
60 months
interest free*
$2279
was
$4559
less than
$10
per week for
60 months
interest free*
$2749
was
$5499
$12
less than
per week for
60 months
interest free*
Delivered in time
for the Xmas
rellie sleepover.
Chiropractic HDX Restore Queen Bed
$3649
was
$7299
$16
9059220
less than
per week for
60 months
interest free*
Sanctuary Avignon Queen Bed
$3849
was
$7699
9062305
$16
less than
per week for
60 months
interest free*
We’ve got thousands
of beds stocked at our
warehouse ready for
delivery now.
After a day at our
Black Friday Sale you’ll
want to put your feet up.
Ari 2.5 Seater Chaise
Lounge Suite - Charcoal
9062445
$999 $ was
1999
$9
less than
per week for
60 months
interest free*
Limited Stock
If running around shopping during the
day doesn’t sound like your cup of tea -
we’re open till 8pm on Black Friday.
Offers valid until Tuesday 1st December 2020, while stocks last, unless otherwise stated. Some products on display in selected stores only – please call 0800 764 847 to check availability. Personal shoppers only. *Apple, selected computers, game consoles, gift cards, clearance items and some promotional items are not available in conjunction with interest free offers. Flooring available on a maximum
of 18 months interest free. Exclusions, fees, terms, conditions, and credit criteria apply. Available in-store only. Equal instalment amounts include one-off booking fee of $45.00, annual fees of $45.00 p.a. and security registration fee of $8.05, and exclude insurance. Current interest rate of 23.95% applies to any unpaid balance after expiry of (any) interest free period. See in-store or visit smithscity.
co.nz/interest-free for details.*1 Discount is off our full retail price and not available in conjunction with any other offer. *2 Weekly equal instalments are based on a 52 week finance period commencing 7 days from the date charged. We recommend setting up an Automatic Payment authority to avoid missed payments and additional interest charges. Available in-store and online. Current interest rate
of 23.95% applies. There are no set-up, annual, or account maintenance fees – a $19 notification fee may apply in circumstances of default. Terms, conditions, and credit criteria apply. See in-store or visit smithscity.co.nz/easycard for more details or to apply for your EasyCard. *3 Visit nespressopromotion.co.nz for full terms and conditions. *4 Interest free and no repayment terms applies to all
purchases charged to EasyCard accounts from 25 November – 1 December 2020. Available in-store and online. No minimum spend. Current interest rate of 23.95% applies to any unpaid balance after the expiry of the interest free period. Standard exclusions, terms, conditions, and credit criteria apply. See in-store or visit smithscity.co.nz/easycard for details. *5 VIP savings available on purchases
charged to EasyCard accounts in-store 25 November – 1 December only. Not available in conjunction with any other offer. Conditions and exclusions apply, ask in-store for details.

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OUR BIGGEST SALE OF THE YEAR.
1 WEEK ONLY – SALE ENDS NOVEMBER 29, 2020 • Exclusions apply.
VENUS
Outdoor Lounge
CAPRI
Outdoor Lounge
ON SALE!
ON SALE!
entertain or lounge...
the best of both worlds!
Egg Chair
NOW $
599
3 Seater/Sunlounger
NOW $
1599
Modular
2 Seater – 1 Arm
NOW $
850
Modular
1 Seater – No Arm
NOW $
475
Modular
Corner Table
NOW $
275
Coffee Table
NOW $
459
Low Dining Table
NOW $
749
Daybed
NOW $
1499

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ALL OUTDOOR ON SALE | ALL DINING ON SALE | ALL LOUNGE ON SALE
Marbella 3 Piece
Outdoor Lounge Set
WAS $
2499
NOW
$
1899
Cascade 5 Piece Outdoor
Dining Set
WAS $
2489
NOW
$
2049
SAVE
$
600!
Marbella Outdoor
Modular Corner Chaise
WAS $
2299
NOW
$
1699
SUPER DEAL!
RESIN
Outdoor Dining
Chairs
ON SALE!
Maddox
NOW
$
95
Blossom
NOW
$
95
Lavender
Barstool
NOW
$
150
Ellis
NOW
$
85
Lavender
NOW
$
125
Montaro Outdoor Lounge/Low
Dining Set
WAS $
2999
NOW
$
2599
Miami 7 Piece Outdoor
Dining Set
WAS $
2249
Cushions sold separately.
NOW
$
1399
SAVE
$
850!
SUPER DEAL!
Round Dining Table NOW $ 559
Dining Chair NOW $ 140
www.targetfurniture.co.nz

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ALL BEDROOM ON SALE | ALL MATTRESSES ON SALE | ALL RUGS ON SALE
Bahamas Sleepset Caribbean Sleepset Seychelles Sleepset Majorca Sleepset Grenada Sleepset
Single $ 379
Single $ 499
Single $ 579
Single $ 659
Single $ 659
King Single $ 429
King Single $ 559
King Single $ 609
King Single $ 709
King Single $ 709
Double $ 479
Double $ 609
Double $ 689
Double $ 779
Double $ 829
Queen $ 509
Queen $ 639
Queen $ 639
Queen $ 839
Queen $ 939
King $ 789
King $ 889
King $ 889
King $ 1089
All prices include mattress plus Kitset base.
Seychelles
Queen Mattress
NOW
$
399
Majorca
King Mattress
NOW
$
599
Unexpected extras?
No problem.
Bahamas
Trundler Bed Setting
WAS $
897
Chia Single Trundler
Bunk Bed
WAS $
1299
NOW
$
797
NOW
$
999
Regan Sofabed
WAS $
999
NOW
$
799
SUPER DEAL!
SUPER DEAL!
ON SALE!
Buy NZ MAde!
Check in store for details.
IN STORE AND ONLINE

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Don’t miss these BLACKOUT DEALS!
+ even more in store & online.
1 week only!
Sydney 2.5 Seater
WAS $
799
NOW
$
599
Dallas Queen Bed
WAS $
399
NOW
$
299
SUPER DEAL!
SUPER DEAL!
TIBET
Bedroom Range
ON SALE!
Tallboy
NOW
$
699
SUPER DEAL!
Mirror included.
Dresser
NOW
$
699
Rivo 2 Seater
Electric Recliner
WAS $
2399
Rivo 3 Seater
Electric Recliner
WAS $
2699
NOW
$
1799
24
MONTHS
INTEREST FREE
Bedside
NOW
$
250
with
Terms & conditions apply. See staff for more
information. Offer ends November 30th, 2020.
Queen
Bed
NOW
$
699
NOW
$
1999
Accessories are not included in the price of furniture unless otherwise stated.
Colours in store may vary to those pictured. Stock may vary from store to store.
Target apologises in advance if any item is sold out during the promotion. All
Prices include GST. Target reserves the right to amend any misprints or errors
within this advertisement. Mailer offers expire Sunday 29th November 2020. Sale
excludes Manchester and accessories.
Shop
Online
Nationwide
Delivery
Finance
Options
Come & check out
our new STORE!
targetfurniture.co.nz
more super deals online & in store!
250 Moorhouse Ave, Christchurch
Ph: 0800 TARGET (0800 827438)
Offers and product prices advertised here expire 29/11/20.
Sale excludes Manchester and Accessories.
SUPER DEAL!
*Finance terms and conditions apply. Check online at; https://www.targetfurniture.
co.nz/finance or ask in store for more information.
BLACKOUT STOREWIDE SALE ENDS 29.11.20.

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Thursday November 26 2020 The Star 63
THE STAMP, COIN
& GOLD EXCHANGE
134a Riccarton Road. Next to Riccarton Mall
THE BEST PLACE TO SELL YOUR STAMPS, COINS,
BANKNOTES and SCRAP GOLD in Christchurch.
The Stamp and Coin Exchange on Riccarton Road, next to Westfields
Mall, has been looking after Cantabrian Collectors for many years.
The Owner, Matt Power is a born and bred Cantabrian and has over
40 years of experience.
Owner, Matt Power
My whole focus is to look after the client and make sure they get the
best result for their Stamps, Coins, Banknotes and Gold. It has been
my passion since I was six years old. I was milking cows to pay for my
regular trips to the Stamp and Coin events in Christchurch, on the bus
from Rangiora, even at that early age. With me, you will get genuine
and honest advice on the value of your collections and holdings.
Gold and Silver are at ALL TIME highs and the Stamp and Coin market
is actually stronger now than ever, in no small part due to Covid 19,
as people stay home and re discover their hobbies. So, now is a great
time to sell!
I am a Licensed Second Hand Dealer and have hundreds
of happy customers and suppliers. References on request.
GET IN TOUCH FOR A FREE APPRAISAL!
It’s easy, simple and could well be a God send for Xmas!
If you have a large collection, or unable to
travel. No worries! I can come to you.
“The greatest thing about collecting, is
the people and the fun. At some stage it
is time to move on and sell. Especially if
the family has no interest in those things.
There are still lots of passionate collectors
out there who will love the work you have
put in. So, why not get in touch and pass
those items to people who really care?”
It is SIMPLE. Just give me a call, Matt
Power, 0800 39 24 26 (0800 Exchange),
email Matt@thestampexchange.co.nz
or just pop on in to the shop.
134a Riccarton Road, directly opposite
Riccarton Mall, two doors down from the
House of Travel. Parking at the rear off
Kauri Street.
Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm
and Sat 10am-5pm
BUYING
OLD AND NEW STAMPS
COINS, BANKNOTES
and MEDALS
Postcards, Militaria
and Collectables
Gold, Silver, Platinum
and Watches.
134A Riccarton Road,
Opposite Westfield.
Licensed 2nd Hand Dealers
Call 0800 39 24 26
FREE
APPRAISALS!
We can come to you if you are unable to travel
or have a large collection or item. The best prices
paid for your old collectables and metals.
CASH FOR
STAMPS,
COINS AND
GOLD!!
Call the Stamp and Coin Exchange
on 0800 39 24 26

64 The Star Thursday November 26 2020
black
friday
Christchurch
Baby On The Move is a 100%
New Zealand owned and
operated franchise company
with stores nationwide that
specialises in the rental
and sales of baby products
and child car seat safety.
15 % off
ONE DAY ONLY
27 November
T&C’s apply.
CHRISTCHURCH NORTH 03 960 9752
Unit 3 & 4, 515 Wairakei Road, Burnside, Christchurch 8053.
Email north.christchurch@babyonthemove.co.nz
CHRISTCHURCH CENTRAL 03 421 3243
87a Gasson Street, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023.
Email central.christchurch@babyonthemove.co.nz