The Star: December 10, 2020

down in history as the first baby
to be born in the new St George’s
Said happy mum KamalJeet
fantastic and I was able to use
“The staff have been amazing
and I have felt very taken care of.”
pools) and is significantly larger
replaces. It is located in the new
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First baby
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facility
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Hospital Maternity Centre.
Weighing 3.8kg, he arrived at
7pm on December 1.
The new maternity centre
features three purpose-built
birthing rooms (two with birthing
Kaur: “The new hospital is
than the maternity ward it
the birthing pool for a water
birth.
Cressy Wing, which is the final
building to be completed as part
Climber Matt rescues
lamb from cliff face
‘It’s all in
a day’s
work’
• By Matt Slaughter
SOMEWHERE on the Crater
Rim Walkway, near Lyttelton, a
lamb will be thanking its lucky
stars because of Matt Winter.
The 34-year-climbing enthusiast,
originally from Yorkshire,
England, received a call from
his friend Ria Holly on Saturday
morning saying she had found a
lamb perched precariously on a
cliff face on her morning run.
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From
What Now
to Cinderella
RESCUE: Matt Winter saved a lamb from a cliff edge on Saturday using
climbing ropes and help from a group of his friends. ​
“As a first-time mum, it’s been
reassuring to have midwives by
our side to help settle our son. I
have been very exhausted after
giving birth and feeding him
every few hours, but I have been
getting plenty of help.
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The community birthing unit
was blessed by the hospital’s
kaumātua and chaplain on
Monday November 30 prior to
opening that afternoon.
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Increase
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of council
employees
earning
six figures
• By Louis Day
THE NUMBER of city council
employees on six-figure salaries
has almost tripled since 2012.
In the 2011/2012 financial year,
the city council had a total of 202
employees earning $100,000 or
more.
However, the latest annual
report from the city council released
this week which covers the
2019/2020 financial year shows
there are 593 employees within
the organisation on salaries of or
above $100,000.
This is an increase of 62
employees from the preceding
financial year and equates to
21 per cent of the city council’s
workforce of 2783 having sixfigure
salaries in comparison to
only eight per cent of staff in 2012
earning as much.
Personnel costs represented
23.62 per cent of the council’s
total expenditure of $864.5 million
in the most recent report
and these costs have consistently
accounted for between 21 per
cent and 24 per cent of total expenditure
over the past six years.
Whereas in 2012 personnel costs
accounted for only 16 per cent of
total expenditure.
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Tributes flow after death .................................. 5
Rags to riches pantomime..............................3
Man fined after docking puppies ............ 7
Bullying rife at Lyttelton Port......................6-7
New hospital child care initiative ....................9
Motorways and pot-holes........................... 8-10
Bank to stop cash, cheque deposits ....10
Frustration growing over break-ins........14
New home for Smiths City ......................... 15
Airport discussion ‘not appropriate’....20
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City angle in classic
rags-to-riches production
ENTHUSED: What Now television presenter Erin Wells stars as
Cinderella in a Christchurch-angled pantomime version of the
classic fairytale.
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• By Chris Barclay
AS COVID-19 drops the
curtain on the traditional
United Kingdom Christmas
pantomime season before it
took centre stage, a grateful
Cinderella has had her costume
fitting, with no sign of a modern
fashion accessory.
While the show must not go
on in the home of the over-thetop
take on storied fables, Erin
Wells, her fellow cast members
and backstage crew are preparing
for a nine-show run of the
rags-to-riches classic at Isaac
Theatre Royal.
It opens on Tuesday.
“I’ve tried on my ball gown,
it’s huge and beautiful and
sparkling,” said Wells, who
returns to the stage after her
third season as a What Now
television presenter wrapped
last month.
Wells, 25, was coy about
discussing whether the
glass slipper was a snug fit,
though she was relieved her
wardrobe does not feature a face
mask.
“Everyone is feeling super
lucky that we can still do the
show. New Zealand is the place
to be at the moment. We’re the
only ones able to actually still
do our craft.”
Slightly apprehensive given
she has not performed on stage
since portraying Margot in
Legally Blonde – The Musical in
late 2016, Wells was enthused
about how an unashamedly
Christchurch slant on Cinderella
will play out after director
Gregory Cooper tinkered with a
well-worn script.
The Cinderella that English
speakers are familiar with can
be traced back to the French
story Cendrillon, published in
1697 by Charles Perrault.
Cooper’s version has
Cinderella living in the
village of Hay Hoon (south of
Addingtoon, Hilmortoon and
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Spreydoon). Her ugly stepsisters
are named Cashmere and
Fendalton.
Too young to remember the
Cinderella of Golden Book
bedtime story fame, Wells
has researched more recent
depictions of the world’s
best-known scullery maid,
including the 2015 movie
remake starring Lily James in
the feature role.
But her study has focused on a
genre where slapstick takes top
billing over seriousness.
“My research has actually
been more to do with pantomime.
I’ve been looking at how
the audience interacts, watching
a few things online.
“Ours will be very different
because that’s UK humour,
we’ve got our own New Zealand
humour.”
And there will be recognisable
music to strike a chord with
young and old.
“There will be songs they
(kids) know. It’s not classic
musical theatre. We’ve got a bit
of Kiwi music in there as well,”
Wells said.
She was exited to work with
an actor that required no
introduction – veteran Mark
Hadlow, who plays Cinderella’s
father.
And Covid-19 has already
engineered a fairytale ending of
sorts for Cinderella – her Prince
Charming (J.R. Ballantyne)
returned from London when
stage doors closed on the West
End.
“We danced together when we
were younger,” Wells said.
“We went to school together
and we went to NASDA
(National Academy of Singing
and Dramatic Arts) before he
went to the UK.”
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A truck and trailer overturned
on Main South Rd, Hornby,
yesterday. A police spokeswoman
said the crash happened at
1.35pm and, fortunately, no one
was injured. The road was closed
to clear debris on the road. By
2pm both lanes were clear and
open again.
Futuro house sold for
undisclosed sum
Christchurch’s Futuro
‘spaceship’ house has been sold.
The sale price was undisclosed,
but the owner earlier said he
would entertain offers above
$300,000 because a Futuro was
sold to Tasmania’s Museum of
New and Old Art for $260,000
three years ago.
Council to consider
war memorial gift
Today the city council will
consider accepting a gift from
the Citizens’ War Memorial
from Church Property
Trustees. The memorial was
offered to the city council last
month. The memorial, which
commemorates all those from
Canterbury who died in war,
needs to be moved from its
current site next to Christ
Church Cathedral so that
reinstatement work on the
Cathedral can proceed. Staff
have identified public land in
the vicinity of the old police
kiosk in Cathedral Square as the
preferred site for it.
New route planned
for cycleway
A cycle connection between
Linwood Ave and the Ferrymead
Bridge will follow a new route
following a decision from the
city council yesterday. The
decision to alter the route of the
Rapanui – Shag Rock Cycleway
has been made to minimise the
environmental impacts of the
cycleway on the estuary edge.
The cycleway will now travel
through Charlesworth Reserve
rather than going around the
estuary on Humphreys Drive.
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Below the lamb was about a
25m drop. There was no grass or
water for it to feed on.
Winter and his partner
Nina Coyle didn’t hesitate and
were on their way to help minutes
later.
“Ria sounded quite concerned
about the lamb. She said she
wouldn’t live it down if it fell off
the ledge,’’ Winter said.
“I’m a bit of an animal lover
myself and I work as a rope access
technician, that’s my job.
So, she just asked me if I could
lend my skills, so I got my rock
climbing gear and headed up to
meet her.”
When Winter got there, he
made sure the cliff was safe to
attach his ropes to and abseiled
down to the lamb.
“When I got quite close it tried
darting, so I put my hand out,
grabbed it and stopped it from
jumping off.”
If the lamb had jumped off
Winter said “it would have died
on impact on the jagged rocks
beneath.”
But thanks to his efforts this
didn’t happen. Once it was in
Winter’s arms he climbed up
about 3m and brought it to
safety.
Holly, whose partner Matt
Doherty helped carry the lamb
to safety on foot after it had been
rescued from the cliff, said it was
noticeably light and she is not
sure how long it had been without
water or food.
“It must have been there for
days because it was so light.”
The lamb was carried
away from the cliff and as
this was happening Coyle
saw two strangers with water
bottles.
“They handed over all of their
water. The guy sat there for ages
putting little dribbles in his
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25m drop onto jagged rocks
hands and then letting the lamb
drink it.”
Once the lamb had the water
and grazed on some grass, the
group let it go free in the hope it
would find its mother again.
Winter said he does not
consider himself a hero saying:
“I’m trained to do that, it’s all in a
day’s work.”
However, he said his family
back home in Yorkshire will be
proud.
SAFE: Nina
Coyle helped
carry the lamb
to safety and
looked on while
Ria Holly and a
stranger gave it
water.
Ardern responds to
CTV Families Group
• By Louis Day
THE PRIME Minister has
responded to the families of
those lost in the CTV building
collapse who have demanded
she meet with one of their
representatives.
Last week, the CTV
Families Group called
for a Government review
of the police’s decision
not to prosecute anyone
in relation to the disaster
during the February 22,
2011, earthquake which
resulted in the CTV
building pancaking and
killing 115 people.
Spokesman of the group Professor
Maan Alkaisi also stated
that he wanted to meet with
Ardern to discuss the best way
forward.
Advocate for CTV Families
Group David Lynch said the
prime minister had responded
to them in a letter but would not
disclose the contents of Ardern’s
correspondence as it was still being
reviewed by the families and
their legal advisers.
“The families are conferring
how best to respond and anticipate
making a statement within
the next week,” he said.
For the second week in a
Maan Alkaisi
row, Ardern did not respond to
requests for comment from The
Star.
The Prime Minister has
met with affected families at a
church hall meeting in 2018, but
Alkasi has not yet been given
the opportunity to meet with
Ardern in private.
“Almost 10 years have
now passed since the
collapse of the CTV
building . . . and still
we have no justice, no
accountability, and no
closure,” Alkaisi told
media on last week.
A Royal Commission
of Inquiry in 2012
found the building’s design was
deficient and should not have
been approved.
The police decided in 2017
that it would not lay charges
against anyone in relation to
the collapse, citing a lack of
evidence and legal obstacles
around the length of time after
the conduct of the engineers and
the deaths occurring.
This came after police previously
decided it would lay 115
manslaughter charges following
a 252-page Beca report found
failings with the design process.
However, Crown Law opposed
prosecution.
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Cantabrians more prone
to road rage than rest of NZ
SLOW DOWN and be kind
to fellow road users, says AA
Insurance.
Customer relations manager
Amelia Macandrew said 43 per
cent of Canterbury drivers have
experienced road rage, either
from themselves or others, over
the Christmas period. This was
the highest of any region in New
Zealand and above the national
average of more than one third
of Kiwis.
The figures came from the
recent AA Insurance lifestyle
and driver survey. The age group
most susceptible to road rage
were those between 18 and 34,
with 52 per cent of respondents
experiencing road rage.
“It’s been a particularly
stressful year, and with everyone
now staying in New Zealand
over the Christmas holidays,
there will be more of us on the
road this year,” Macandrew said.
“Let’s make an effort to
embrace the Christmas spirit
a little more this year and
be kinder and calmer on the
roads.”
She also advised Cantabrians
to exercise caution to prevent
thefts of their vehicles and car
break ins.
The percentage of Kiwis
reporting items stolen from
parked cars during the year fell
from 78 per cent last year to 66
per cent this year.
“However, this is little
consolation to the 14 per cent
of respondents who had their
belongings stolen from their
cars over the Christmas season,”
she said.
Others fared even worse. Over
the Christmas period, 11 per
cent of survey respondents have
had their vehicle stolen.
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This trend has also occurred
alongside a relatively small increase
in staff from 2516 in 2012
to 2793 in 2020.
The revelation comes at a
time when the city council is
attempting to cut costs and tailor
its budget in response to the
financial fall out of the Covid-19
pandemic.
City councillor James Gough
believed the rise in salaries was
“completely unsustainable,” and
that the trend needed to be “urgently
reviewed.”
“We need to be reducing rates
and reducing borrowing and to
achieve that the council needs
to actually spend less, and wages
are a huge component of that,”
he said.
“If they [the city council] don’t,
watch this worrying and unsustainable
trend continue - and the
person who picks up the tab is
the ratepayer, and quite frankly
that’s unacceptable.”
Deputy Mayor and chairman
of the city council’s finance and
performance committee Andrew
Turner said the council was
already working to find “savings
and efficiencies” as it progressed
towards developing its Long
Term Plan for the coming decade.
“Our job as elected members
is to set the levels of service and
consider ways of delivering those
BY THE NUMBERS
City council employee
wage brackets
Less than $60,000 – 1159
$60,000-$79,999 – 600
$80,000-$99,999 – 431
$100,000-$119,999 – 328
$120,000-$139,999 – 162
$140,000-$159,999 – 61
$160,000-$179,999 – 17
$180,000-$199,999 – 11
$200,000-$219,999 – 8
$260,000-$519,999 – 6
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Gough
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levels of service. If you can deliver
the levels of service with less
staff and that results in savings
then great,” he said.
“Rather than focus on who is
getting paid more than $100,000
and less than $100,000, we
should focus on the total wages
bill and how we can resource
more effectively.”
Taxpayers’ Union spokesman
Louis Houlbrooke said it seemed
as though the $495,000 salary
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Salary rises ‘unsustainable’
Dawn
Baxendale
Louis
Houlbrooke
of city council chief executive
Dawn Baxendale had created a
culture of high wages within the
city council.
“With the salary of the CEO
it seems to trickle down into the
culture of the entire organisation,”
he said.
City council chief executive
Dawn Baxendale has actually
taken a 10 per cent cut to her
$495,000 salary in response to
the pressures of the pandemic
and only last week announced
she would be implementing
sweeping changes to the
organisation’s executive
leadership team in a bid to cut
costs.
The new structure will halve
the number of general managers
from six to three while also
disestablishing 13 positions
and creating eight new roles. It
will save between $600,000 to
$700,000 a year.
Furthermore, there was no
annual remuneration review
this year which can result in pay
rises.
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Review finds bullying, sexism, racism,
• By Logan Church
A SCATHING review of the
Lyttelton Port Company has
uncovered a culture of sexism,
racism, homophobia, and
bullying.
LPC, which is owned by the
investment arm of the city
council, released an independent
review into workplace
culture yesterday, which had
contributions from current
and former employees, union
representatives, the LPC board
and its chief executive – 97
people in total.
The review started in July 2020
and was completed
in November
2020,
and covered the
period between
2017 and 2020.
It identified
eight problems:
Maria Dew
A lack of
diversity, fear
of speaking
out, offensive behaviour being
normalised, communication
breakdowns, a divide between
frontline staff and “the office”,
management voids, lack of career
progression and training, and
gaps in people monitoring.
One of the big concerns was
bullying – with 81 per cent
of people who participated in
TOUGH JOB: A number of concerning issues were raised in the Lyttelton Port Company review.
the review bringing it up. The
report, led by Maria Dew QC,
found it ranged from rudeness,
demanding management,
abusive and intimidating
language, favouritism of a person
or group, isolating behaviour,
unfair treatment during a
disciplinary matter, threats
that new employees must join a
union, and humiliating staff over
personal matters.
Meanwhile, 42 per cent of
female staff who contributed
reported sexist behaviour, while
31 per cent of males interviewed
reported they had seen sexist
behaviour by male employees
towards females.
“Senior managers need to be
more thoughtful about their
language, talk about a ‘Barbie’ is
not appropriate about a female
leader in New Zealand, as it
sends a message to females that
you are undermining women in
leadership,” said one employee.
“It’s pretty regular that female
cargo handlers’ slightly higherpitched
voices are mocked over
the radio publicly,” said another.
One report of conduct
could be regarded as sexual
harassment. Ninety per cent of
non-European interviewees said
racism was an issue – two people
said employees had been forced
out of their employment because
of racism.
“I was an easy target for
people to pick on me, sometimes
individuals don’t realise that the
humour is insulting someone,”
said one person. “The bilingual
signage in the LPC toilets
was defaced, with the Māori
language blacked out with a
marker pen,” said another.
There was concern raised
around a perceived “lack of
transparency” around selection
decisions for roles within
the company, and apparent
homophobia.
“The regular insult is ‘queer
c***’ or ‘homo’, people don’t
realise it’s homophobic,” said one
person.
“There is an underlying sort
of current of casual sexism,
racism, homophobia there,
and it’s difficult to pinpoint
specific occasions because they
just happen so frequently,” said
another.
Mental health and
safety concerns were also
raised. The review made 32
recommendations, which
included LPC retaining
specialist trainers to “design
and deliver bespoke LPC
workplace conduct training,” the
company sponsoring a regular
annual “anti-bullying” event,
engaging specialist diversity
consultants, improving selection
transparency, addressing
immediate conduct concerns,
investing in “structured social
team building events, cross-team
BBQs, sporting events and other
activities across work teams”.

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Chief executive Roger Gray said
LPC would accept and implement
all 32 recommendations.
“The findings of the review are
sobering,” he said.
LPC will be releasing an
action plan to implement the
recommendations early in the new
year, he said.
“Following that, we will be
publicly releasing regular
six-monthly updates on progress
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homophobia rife at LPC
LYTTELTON PORT Company
also released its findings from
an investigation into bullying
allegations around the death of
worker Katrina Hey, who died
from a suspected suicide on
Christmas Day last year.
It was alleged by family
members this was the result
of serious and sustained
bullying during the time she
was employed as a container
controller between 2013 and
2019.
Nine people were interviewed
by barrister Amy Keir as part of
the investigation.
Keir said there were
elements of Hey’s working
arrangements that “contributed
to a challenging set of
circumstances”.
She worked in a “high
demand environment”, and
because she only worked
night shifts “she was socially
isolated over a long period,
did not always have access to
Katrina Hey
the same training support as
her colleagues, and ordinary
reasonable communications
that might have been better
handled in person were
communicated by email.”
Hey “genuinely believed” she
was mistreated by her manager
and supervisor, although Keir
notes that contact with the
alleged perpetrators seemed to
on the implementation of the
recommendations, as well as
further measures we’ve taken to
support change at LPC,” Gray
(right) said.
– NZ Herald
Port worker was ‘socially isolated’ before death
be relatively limited in the last
year of her life.
Keir said with the exceptions
of two incidents in 2013 and
2017, the communications she
reviewed were “reasonable
decisions and communications
and did not amount to bullying
of Katrina.”
“In relation to the two
exceptions, although I took the
view that they were unkind or
unreasonable communications,
I did not see evidence of
repetition or a specific course of
conduct directed at Katrina.
“Indeed, it appeared
to me that Lyttelton Port
Company acted reasonably
and, at times, with significant
compassion towards Katrina,
in circumstances where other
employers might have turned
their back on her.”
Keir concluded there was
no evidence to support the
allegation of serious and
sustained bullying or to link
actions by Hey’s manager or
supervisor to her death in 2019.
– NZ Herald
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city parking
policy sought
THE CITY council will seek
feedback on a new central city
parking policy, while encouraging
owners of vacant sites to find
better uses for their land.
At the council’s urban
development and transport
committee meeting yesterday,
elected members agreed the
council would seek feedback early
next year on its draft Central City
Parking Policy. The policy will
help balance competing uses, such
as short-stay parking, mobility
parking and loading bays.
Committee chairman
Mike Davidson
said strong business
and population
growth of about
eight per cent in the
past year meant the
right policies and
programmes needed
to be in place.
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Davidson
The city council is also planning
to support and encourage owners
of vacant sites to find better uses
for their land. About 20 per cent
of land within the four avenues
was vacant at the start of this year.
A new vacant sites programme
endorsed yesterday aims to find
better short and long-term uses
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Transport system is coming together
A new motorway has opened that planners hope
will transform the city’s traffic flow. It’s the latest
big-ticket project after the multi-billion dollar
devastation wrought by the 2010 and 2011
earthquakes. Over the past decade, they have
slowly been put back together – but some locals
feel forgotten, with some streets still pot-holed and
corrugated. Why didn’t light rail happen after the
quakes, and is it too late now? Are Cantabrians even
interested in public transport? Kurt Bayer investigates
transport issues in the Garden City, which bills itself the
world’s newest eco-friendly and accessible.
THE TANGY smell of freshly
laid coal-black tarmac hangs in
the air. Hundreds of kilometres
of quake-cracked and broken
city roads dug up, redirected and
relaid.
The newest
project – the
$290 million
Northern
Corridor
connecting
commuters
from the
Jo Zervos
everexpanding
Waimakariri
District direct into the city;
something kicked around since
the 1960s – finally opens today;
the smooth tarmac newly dried
and aromatic.
But in the coastal suburbs,
locals sense the prevailing
easterly wind blocking any
whiff of progress.
Pages Rd and New Brighton
Rd, the main routes from the
city into New Brighton, with its
jutting pier, sandy safe beach
and scenic coastline, remain
bumpy, swampy relics of the
earthquakes, which savaged the
east. At high tide, New Brighton
Rd, which snakes alongside
the Avon River floods with
stormwater. Although repeatedly
patched, the busy artery still has
smashed gutters and drains, and
dangerous, rippled footpaths.
Circuitous detours spring up like
liquefaction.
Locals struggle to believe it’s
been a decade since the disaster
hit and they’re still having to put
up with such conditions. They’re
fed up, says Jo Zervos, a vocal
member of the Coastal-Burwood
EFFICIENCY: The Northern Motorway project connects commuters from the Waimakariri
District direct into the city.
PHOTO: NEWSLINE
Ward Community Board.
“Having to drive over these
terrible roads, past broken footpaths
and gutters makes people
sad, angry,” Zervos says. “Some
have given up. It’s not good
enough.”
New Brighton Residents’
Association spokesman Brian
Donovan agrees.
“A lot of people out east feel
neglected,” he says. “The fact that
roads is a core issue, and we’re
still in a cone zone, it annoys a
lot of people.”
An “east-west divide” has split
the city, according to Donovan.
He can’t believe the “constant
remodelling and improvement”
occurring in other parts of the city.
The city councillor now in
charge of roads admits the city’s
resurfacing programme has
fallen behind.
The local authority needs to
allocate around six per cent of
its budget annually for resurfacing
to stay ahead of even general
wear and tear. But in recent
years, that has been crunched to
about two per cent. Last term,
it was boosted to between three
and four per cent but councillor
Mike Davidson, chairman of the
Urban Development and Transport
Committee, says he wants
the long-term plan to allocate
more than six per cent to get the
roads back on track.

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but it doesn’t please everybody
“Successive councils have not
put enough money on budget
to start bringing it back up and
it’s continued to lag behind,” he
admits.
There’s no doubt that plenty
has been done. The scale of the
devastation was unprecedented
in modern New Zealand history.
About
1000km of
the council’s
1985km of
sealed roads
were damaged
in the
earthquakes.
The worst of it
Matt Doocey
was repaired
in the $2.2
billion road and water pipe repair
programme run by the Stronger
Christchurch Infrastructure
Rebuild Team until June 2017,
but the work focused on restoring
infrastructure broken beyond
usability.
The $900m Christchurch roads
of national significance project
launched by John Key’s National
Government built several new
sections of state highways – the
Western Corridor to Christchurch
International Airport,
which relieved congestion postquakes;
the Southern Motorway
from the key port of Lyttelton
to the burgeoning western commuter
spots and transport hubs
like Rolleston; and the latest
Northern Corridor.
Matt Doocey, MP for the
Waimakariri District which has
had a population boom since the
quakes with people moving out
of the shaky city, says the fourlane
Western Corridor running
from the old Northern Motorway
past The Groynes beauty spot
to the airport, was a “game
changer” after businesses and
workplaces were pushed out of
the broken CBD after the quakes
to places west of the city.
Doocey also campaigned for
the Waimakariri Bridge to be
upgraded and widened from four
lanes to six – which will happen
before Christmas – as well as a
bypass through the North Canterbury
town of Woodend, which
has been mothballed by Labour.
But he says the Christchurch
roads of national significance
project has been an overwhelming
success.
OUTCOMES:
City
councillor
Mike
Davidson
says the
current
public
transport
model isn’t
working.
PHOTO:
LOGAN
CHURCH
“We’ve come a long way
because the earthquake of 2010
decimated Kaiapoi and in 2011
the fatal one, you couldn’t build
anything for a few years because
of seismic activity. You’d even argue
that motorway construction
has only really started in the past
six years,” he says.
“The former National government
has actually done more for
transport and roading than any
government in the history of
Christchurch, especially for the
northern areas.”
Others aren’t so sure. Davidson,
and others, believe cars and
new roads aren’t the answer to
Christchurch’s transport future.
New motorways encourage
urban sprawl, more cars, and
more emissions, says Davidson.
He cites the recent Victoria St
and Hereford St redevelopments
as fine examples of modern
thoroughfares delivered quickly
and producing “really good
outcomes”.
“What we want to achieve is a
road that works for people, where
it’s good for everyone – whether
you’re walking, biking, on a
bus, or in a car, it’s a good street.
And that’s what we need to start
focusing on. Trees, build-outs for
easier crossing, slowing it down,
wider footpaths, places for people
to sit. It should give people more
confidence in what the council
can do in the roading space.”
The current public transport
model isn’t working. Up until
the quakes, there were around 17
million trips on city buses every
year. After the February 22, 2011,
quake decimated the CBD, numbers
plummeted.
They have never recovered.
In 2018/19, there were 13.6m
bus trips. This year, with
Covid-19, there’s been even fewer.
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• From page 1
Environment Canterbury,
which runs the city’s buses, admits
the impact of the quakes has
been challenging.
“The numbers tell the story
pretty clearly – we’ve never got
back exactly to where we were
prior to the earthquakes,” says
Edward Wright, ECan’s manager
of public transport strategy, planning
and marketing.
“We’ve still got quite a different
city to what we had in 2010.
The central city has never fully
recovered, in terms of its worker
population. We still have less
people commuting into the central
city than we did in 2010. We
would like to see growth, back
to before the earthquakes, and
beyond. Because public transport
is a really positive choice in terms
of reducing your emissions and
congestion.”
Davidson agrees public transport
is “letting the city down”.
So what about light-rail?
Many feel that the perfect
opportunity to splash out and
build a mass rapid transit system
was missed in the immediate
aftermath of the quakes. It had
been included as part of the first
post-quake recovery plan, a lightrail
network zipping out to the
Canterbury University campus
and on to the airport.
But when the National government
took over the city centre’s
rebuild, the light rail proposal
was ditched.
Axel Downard-Wilke, a
Christchurch-based transport expert,
says politicians dropped the
ball on public transport at a time
they were “clear-felling entire city
blocks”.
Downard-Wilke described the
Key government as having “a
1950s transport planning agenda”,
which focused on the car.
“We missed the opportunity at
that point in time,” he says. And it
wasn’t down to cash, he believes,
but rather “purely ideology”.
But Downard-Wilke says it’s
not too late. It will just require
joined-up thinking by the various
local authorities.
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‘We missed the opportunity at that point in time’
In the run-up to the 2020 election,
Jacinda Ardern’s Labour
Party campaigned to develop
a rapid transport network for
Christchurch.
An investigation into MRT is
under way, including a business
case, which is due to be completed
next year.
The business case is being done
by the Greater Christchurch Public
Transport Futures partners
– Waka Kotahi NZ Transport
Agency, ECan, Christchurch City
Council, Waimakariri District
Council and Selwyn District
Council.
It is understood the focus is
on the broad corridors north of
STRATEGY:
Axel Downard-
Wilke
described
the Key
government
as having
“a 1950s
transport
planning
agenda.’’
PHOTO: NEIL
MACBETH
Christchurch – between Rangiora
and the central city – and
the south-west between Rolleston
and the central city.
A “range of route and mode
options will be examined”, road
and rail, according to Waka
Kotahi NZ Transport Agency
director regional relationships
Jim Harland. Each option will
present “different opportunities
to connect activity centres along
the corridor.”
“Details on routes, funding,
timing and modes are not known
at this stage and are the subject of
this investigation,” Harland says.
“Funding will be considered
at the conclusion of the business
case and will go through Waka
Kotahi’s normal funding and
prioritisation process.”
Downard-Wilke has his own
thoughts. He proposes a lightrail
loop from Lyttelton into
the CBD, stopping at the Ara
Institute of Technology, the new
covered multi-use stadium, bus
interchange, hospital, Riccarton
Rd, and connecting back with the
existing main north line.
Doocey, who lived in London
for 15 years, is a big fan of light
rail, as long as it’s frequent and
reliable.
The city council is “pretty
united” about MRT, says Davidson
who stresses urgency.
“We need as strategic partners
to agree on it and have a conversation
with the Government,” he
says.
“Because at the moment, the
reality is that public transport
in Christchurch and Greater
Christchurch is not working.
It hasn’t been working for a
long time, and that needs to be
reversed. And if we’re going to
serious about it, it’s going to need
serious Government funding.”
He adds: “It needs to happen.
At the moment, Christchurch
doesn’t have a congestion
problem, compared to the likes
of Auckland, but if we don’t
improve public transport it won’t
be long before it does have a
congestion problem.”
– NZ Herald

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20
NEWS
• By Louis Day
MAYOR LIANNE Dalziel has
told Queenstown’s mayor it is
“not appropriate” and potentially
in breach of the law for them to
discuss matters surrounding the
plan to establish an airport in
Central Otago.
Christchurch International
Airport Ltd,
of which the
city council
is a majority
shareholder,
is planning to
construct an
airport in the
small farming
Lianne settlement of
Dalziel Tarras.
Last month,
Queenstown
owners benefit from any capital gain
when it comes time to sell.
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
There are many things to consider when
Airport discussions between mayors ‘not appropriate’
making the decision to move into a
lifestyle village. Everyone has different
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requirements. Whatever your fancy, it’s
rather easy to see Woodcroft Estate as
your new home. “Our owners are better
off in every way,” says Manor Group CEO
Adam Yates.
to receive the capital gain when the unit
is sold, less a small fee. Our aim is to free
our residents from their worries, while
residents get the financial freedom new airport that was an “unwelcome
comes from retaining and intrusion building into on our district.”
their equity. The Next Generation Boult, Model who was Christchurch
means you have choice. Whether International you Airport Ltd’s chief
gift your chosen charity, leave executive a legacy from to 2009 to 2013, said
your grandchildren through it contributing was “quite surprising” to learn
to their education or first of home, Christchurch the Airport’s plans,
choice is in your hands. about an hour before they were
publicly announced in July.
“The greater surprise, though,
Comfortable living is that a 75 per cent owned subsidiary
of another council would
“Here, people enjoy a warm, safe and
When you move to Woodcroft choose Estate to compete with another
relaxing environment within a friendly
you’ll meet likeminded people 75 per who cent like owned subsidiary of
community, while the onsite manager
to make the most of life. Owners our council. tell us
looks after any concerns or maintenance
that have never been happier “I’m – residing not sure that territorial
issues. All those jobs you had to do to
comfortably in the fast growing authorities and have that as one of
maintain your old house are taken care
vibrant new township of their Rolleston things – to do; to compete
of by the village staff. They manage
where a library and community with each centre other in a commercial
ETIRE IN
any repairs and maintenance to your
are close by. There is a swimming sense. pool
home, looking after the gardens and
and two medical centres, as well “Effectively, as two that is what’s happening
hearing here.”
lawn mowing, providing security,
supermarkets. There are even
HUSH-HUSH: Mayor Lianne Dalziel has lighting refused and to even discuss washing matters windows.” surrounding the plans
and eye specialists! Plenty of Christchurch cafes to International
Lakes District of establishing an airport in Tarras with But there Queenstown is something Lakes even more District special Mayor Jim Boult.
meet friends, and delicious Airport bakeries Ltd for has so far spent $45
Mayor Jim
about Woodcroft Estate.
million to buy 750ha of farmland
TYLE
that morning tea – everything you need
Boult sent appropriate for her to comment ground.
Both Dalziel to feel and right Boult at home. again which will be used to home the
a letter to on Boult seeking legal advice and “The advice that I have received
is that you and I should situation.
The plan has not be without
declined to comment on the
Dalziel which
A model of home
planned airport.
would not discuss the contents of
expressed his her reply to Boult’s letter.
approach ownership all communications that on benefits Boult has also sent a separate opposition from the community.
disappointment However, Dalziel’s letter, this subject on the you basis that more
Great value
we letter on the planned airport Sustainable Tarras has argued
Jim Boult about the plan obtained by The Star through are associated with competitors. to Queenstown Airport board the airport will bring air, noise
and asked the Local Government Official “Accordingly, “Our residents it is not are appropriate
says for Adam. us to “Our engage Next and Generation Cooper. model villas with single or double trict. garages Representatives are from the
better off financially” chairwoman A limited Adrienne number Young- of 2 and and 3 bedroom light pollution to the dis-
Dalziel ND for her REAP views on the THE Information FINANCIAL
and Meetings Act,
matter.
shows she told Boult it was not discuss this designed matter to as doing be much so fairer He than labelled available the plan right a now. And, priced group from voiced just their opposition to
EWARDS
Dalziel’s response to the letter appropriate for the two of them could traditional give rise to models, a breach allowing of the residents “predatory $425,000, activity” they’re designed well to worth the a look. plan to city councillors last
last week led to Boult seeking to be discussing the matter. Commerce Act 1986.
attack the value of Queenstown week’s finance and performance
legal advice. He refused to reveal “Your letter put me on notice “I look forward to working Airport, which the district committee meeting.
why and declined to reveal the about our respective obligations with you on the other matters council is a majority shareholder Alongside them were
nature of the discussion.
and I have taken advice to make of importance to our respective of.
representatives of Extinction
Dalziel also said it was not sure that we stay on appropriate communities,” the letter reads. He also said the proposed Rebellion which also opposed it.
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Old league mates toast Ged
• By Chris Barclay
PATRONS MIGHT have
registered a familiar face, the
only youngster of the gathering
when a table of blokes convened
over a beer in a Heathcote bar,
trading war stories.
And although Ben Stokes
might have been recognisable,
it was his old man who was the
centre of attention that night at
the Valley Inn in late September.
Sure, there might have been
some cricket chat about that
World Cup final at Lord’s, but
this occasion was all about rugby
league.
Former teammates reminisced
about the glory days and old
adversaries let bygones be
bygones when they combined
to, in a way, toast Ged Stokes’
friendship and his contribution
to the code.
There were reluctant farewells,
too. Frank Endacott feared
he would never see the league
stalwart who coached alongside
him with Canterbury.
Clearly wearied by
the excursion,
Stokes left early
with his lad, but he still fought
brain cancer to the end, dying
peacefully in his Christchurch
home on Tuesday.
Chris Brereton, who played
with Stokes at Marist as a
teenager, marvelled at the
65-year-old’s fortitude, although
that was hardly out of character.
“He had a seizure over there
(in South Africa) and the doctors
were surprised he survived that.
He’s gone on for another 12
months with
another couple of
brain tumours.
He’s fought a
great battle,
he was a hard
man – he just
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Fahey, Frank
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Ben Stokes,
Ged Stokes,
Michael
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Jack Davis,
Dave
Perkins and
(front) Chris
Brereton
reminisce at
the Valley Inn
gathering in
September.
didn’t want to give up.”
Brereton helped organise the
get-together, shortly before Ben
left with his dad’s blessing for
the IPL and a reunion with wife
Clare and their two children.
“The month Ben spent out
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Gerard on top of his game and
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had together.”
Endacott will always treasure
the memories of that evening.
“There were some good stories,
some laughs. It was just good
to catch up with him, knowing
what he’d been through. He was
pretty tired but he always had
that smile on his face.”
Stokes in a Rajasthan
Royals cricket shirt, which
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League team his son Ben
plays for.
Ged, Ben and Deb Stokes
with the trophy after
England won the 2018 test
series against India.
The former Auckland Warriors
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former international prop, left an
impressive legacy.
“He’ll be remembered as a
rugby league stalwart and a
character in our game, not just
as a player but as a coach and
a personality,” said Endacott,
who said a tournament in
Stokes’ name would be a fitting
memorial.
“He did a lot for the game.
It’s just great to see players who
reach the top in the sport come
back and put something back
into it.”
Stokes is survived by wife Deb,
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Stokes was
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• By Kim Thomas
WHEN REBECCA Pascoe
graduates from medical school
this weekend there will be
an unanticipated but much
appreciated person in attendance.
Dr Pascoe gave birth to baby
Georgia, 1, just two weeks after
sitting her major fifth year medical
exams. She fell unexpectedly
pregnant with Georgia early in her
penultimate year of medical school.
After giving birth, Pascoe experienced
postnatal depression and
spent the last year of her training
battling the baby blues, while
expressing breast milk and doing
full-time clinical duties. She says
the experience gave her a greater
appreciation of mental health issues
and the difficulties of working
parents.
“Being pregnant during medical
school was not part of the plan.
Adam (her partner) and I were
open to the idea of having children
but never expected it would happen
so quickly,’’ she said.
“Georgia changed my plans
for my sixth year elective, which
is typically done overseas or in
a different environment. I spent
it looking after a new-born then
heading back to the hospital and
doing clinical rounds when she was
three-months-old.”
The final two years of Pascoe’s
medical degree were more difficult
than she expected. But her journey
there also had its challenges.
As a young girl Pascoe always
wanted to be a doctor. But several
adults told her she wasn’t ‘smart
enough’ or focused enough on
studying to get into medical school.
She said she believed them and
trained as a nurse instead.
A decade into her career, Pascoe
began working with University
of Otago and Christchurch bowel
cancer expert and researcher, Professor
Frank Frizelle.
“We talked about how I was
interested in studying medicine but
was told I was not smart enough
to get into medical school. At
that stage I was 30-years-old and
thought I was also too old to start
again. Frank said neither of those
things were true and encouraged
me to go for it. In 2014, I applied
for medical school and after being
interviewed by a panel of professors
was accepted under the ‘other
pathway’ because of my nursing
experience and the master’s degree.”
After graduating, Pascoe and her
family will move to Whakatane,
where she has a job at the local
hospital and her partner has
family.
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Mum proves doubters wrong
Not ‘smart enough’ to be a doctor
BUSY LIFE: Rebecca Pascoe with her partner Adam
and daughter Georgia.
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26 The Star Thursday December 10 2020
Te Kura Tuarua o Horomaka
Hillmorton High School
Inspiring academic excellence, leadership, and a love of learning
From the Principal
Kia ora koutou, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, As-salaam
alaikum, warm greetings to you all.
Our whakatauki (or proverb) here at school is “Whaia
te iti Kahurangi, ki te t ohu koe me he maunga teitei”
“Seek the treasure you value most dearly; if you bow
your head, let it be to a lofty mountain”.
The real message here is about aiming high, to be
persistent and not letting obstacles stop you from
reaching your goal. “Personal Best Nothing Less” is
what our students say.
This was one of the themes at our recent Senior
Prize Giving ceremony. Our students, despite
the restrictions placed on us all by the COVID-19
pandemic, have remained positive and creative,
making the most of the situations presented to them.
In 2014, Hillmorton High School became a Year
7 to 13 school, following the closure of Manning
Intermediate. Many of our Year 13 students whom
we have just farewelled at the Prize Giving were
our first ever Year 7 students, and we have had 7
years of influencing them. We have guided them to
develop a critical consciousness, where they have
learned to check the sources of everything they
read or share. They have learnt to treat others as
they want to be treated, and we hope that they feel
a true sense of belonging here at Hillmorton High
School, where they have been encouraged to be their
true, authentic selves, and through COVID 19 have
learnt that good friends and loved ones will see them
through tough times.
I am very proud each year as we ‘graduate’ our
Year 13 students. Year in and year out they present
themselves as mature, open-minded, creative, and
positive young people. They are fulfilling our school
vision of “with our communities we nurture well
rounded and accomplished young people prepared
and ready for life”.
This has not just happened but has involved
intentional teaching by our staff. I would like to
thank our parents, wh nau, our teachers and all
staff members, our many volunteers and our
Board members for their part in educating our
young people. I also would like to thank the many
organisations and businesses who partner with our
school to ensure that together “we inspire academic
excellence, leadership and a love of learning”.
I wish you all a safe and enjoyable Christmas season.
Nga mihi
Ann Brokenshire, Principal
Prizegiving 2020
Congratulations to our award winners for 2020 but in particular, to our Woolhouse
Scholar, Wen Seng Chen and and our United Cup Academic Dux of the school,
Leila Davies, for winning our top awards for 2020. They truly embody our mission
statement. Academic excellence, leadership and a love of learning. Good luck in
your next adventure Congratulations also to our Middle School prizewinners at their
upcoming awards ceremony. Whilst we can’t possibly reveal the award winners here
first, we are super proud of their efforts this year. So many of our students over this
difficult year have shown a commitment to both the school goals and values and
demonstrate leadership in their varied pursuits. Well done to everyone!
Pasifika Awards 2020
The sPACPAC (sPacifically Pacific) Pasifika emerging
leaders breakfast was held at Ara on Friday 30th of
November. Three of our Pasifika students, Mikayla
Ngahere, Meleane Tauveli and Michael Tukula, were
selected to attend this annual event for the various
leadership roles they hold within the school or for their
leadership potential.
Meleane Tauveli was one of the successful recipients
of one of two Meamea Service Leadership awards. Her
application for the award was recognised out of a large
number of applications. We congratulate Meleane on
winning this award which recognises her leadership
contributions to our school and the community.
Award Winning Filmmaker
In a Hillmorton High School first, Izac de Castro
(Year 13), took top honours in the School Shorts Film
Competition, run by Ara Broadcasting School.
Izac’s short film called “The
Larkspur” won Best Film, and Izac
won Best Director, at a special
screening of films by nineteen
finalists at Reading Cinema on 1
November. Izac won a cash prize
and a digital camera. The judges
HHS Future Leaders
You can have one or a few strengths as a leader, and
together with others you can combine strengths.
Something our year 7 students took away from
their leadership conference at Christ’s College. Just
because some students aren’t loud and confident
doesn’t mean they aren’t a leader and can’t inspire
change. Real change comes from different people
working together. The students flourished throughout
the day and came away inspired. Yet again, we have
some excellent leaders coming through the school
and hopefully they go on to inspire others both at
school and beyond.
said “‘The Larkspur’ really was an outstanding work,
beautifully crafted and fully deserving of the top prize.”
Izac’s work was inspired by the experience of lockdown
during 2020, and featured several of his Hillmorton
friends. It can be viewed on YouTube by simply
searching THE LARKSPUR || An Award Winning short
film.
We congratulate Izac on this superb achievement, and
wish him well with his future film-making endeavours!
7 & 8 - Monday 1st February 2021
9.30am - Assembly in Hall, 2.00pm finish
Year 9 - Monday 1st February 2021
11.00am - Assembly in Hall, 2.00pm finish
2.00pm - Year 9 Course Confirmation - Library
Year 10 - Tuesday 2nd February 2021
9.30am - Assembly in Gym, 1.30pm finish
Year 11,12,13 - Tuesday 2nd February 2021
9.30am - Assembly in Hall, 1.30pm finish
Upland Students - Wednesday 3rd February 2021
9.00am - Upland students start
All dates indicated are the first dates students are required at school. In zone enrolments
welcome at all levels – please email admin@hillmorton.school.nz to arrange an interview.
Events we invite our Whānau
and Families to join us:
Whakawatea
Aonga Ake Blessing
Blessing of our new Middle
School building. Aonga Ake
7:15am | Friday
22 nd January 2021
Aonga Ake, Tankerville Road
Whole School Powhiri
11.00am | Tuesday
2 nd February 2020
Te Whare
www.hillmorton.school.nz

THE POLICE response on
the day of the Christchurch
mosque attacks was “exemplary”,
but some changes could help
improve future responses, an
independent review has found.
The deployment of staff after
a gunman opened fire at two
city mosques on March 15 last
year, killing 51 Muslims during
Friday prayer, was “rapid and effective”,
the report out yesterday
concluded.
“Police staff acted as quickly
as humanly possible given the
rapidly unfolding nature of
the event, and the information
available to us in that very brief
period of time,” it found.
Six minutes after the first 111
calls and seven minutes after the
first shots were fired, the first police
officers arrived at the Masjid
Al Noor on Deans Ave.
They did not know how many
gunmen there might be, or if any
were still at the scene.
Ten minutes later, Senior Constable
Jim Manning and Senior
Constable Scott Carmody were
driving on Brougham St when
they saw a car with a plate that
matched the one on the alleged
gunman’s livestream.
They rammed the car off the
road and dragged the alleged
gunman from the car.
The arrest took place about 18
minutes after the first shots were
fired.
“Operation Deans’” – the police
response to the terrorist attack
- was its largest, most complex
response operation to date.
Police Commissioner Andrew
Coster said the review
was undertaken in light of the
magnitude and sensitivity of the
operation.
However, the Commissioner
also noted that affected families
had concerns about aspects of
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the response on the day which
they had expressed to the Royal
Commission of Inquiry into the
attacks.
“We want to be as open and
transparent as possible about how
we conducted our operation. We
haven’t released the review until
now out of respect for the justice
process and because we didn’t
want to pre-empt the findings of
the Royal Commission.”
The report by the Royal
Commission of Inquiry into
the mosque attacks, which was
released on Tuesday revealed
“insufficient attention” was given
by New Zealand Police over
whether one of the killer’s gaming
friends – who knew about his
racist and Islamophobic views –
was an appropriate referee for his
firearms licence.
The independent inquiry also
concluded that police’s administration
of the firearms licensing
system “did not meet required
standards”.
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Mosque attacks: Police response ‘exemplary’
• By Kurt Bayer
ALERT:
Police were
on high
alert after
the March
15, 2019
mosque
attacks in
Christchurch.
Thursday December 10 2020 The Star
Coster yesterday “unreservedly
apologised” for the firearms
licence failures while the Royal
Commission recommended an
overhaul of the “old-fashioned”,
inefficient paper-heavy firearms
licensing system.
Police say they intend to engage
with members of the Muslim
community on how to implement
the recommendations.
The review, undertaken by an
independent panel, considered
the police operational response
in the 48 hours following the
attack.
The panel consisted of Nick
Kaldas, retired Deputy Police
Commissioner, New South
Wales Police; Michael Heron,
QC, former Solicitor General;
and Jeff Ashford, Director Centre
for Lifelong Learning, Victoria
University of Wellington.
The authors concluded that
police’s response on the day was
exemplary, however there were
improvements that could be
made to processes and systems
for future operational responses.
It was clear that within five
minutes of the first call to police
at 1.41pm that they were reacting
to a “very major incident”, the
49-page report states.
The influx of information to
the Southern Communications
police unit was “unexpected and
extreme”.
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28
NEWS
• From page 27
Reports of multiple shooters at
multiple locations led to confusion.
Calls made to 111 described
“shots fired at hospital”, leading
to the misapprehension that
there were multiple shooters
across the city. Officers were
rushed to the hospital.
“This misunderstanding
distracted from the true incident
locations and supported conclusions
that there were multiple
shooters,” the report said.
Police radio traffic was overwhelming
and some field units
failed to adhere to radio protocol
in the heat of the moment, it was
found.
That day, a sniper training
course was being held in
Christchurch with specialists not
only from New Zealand Police
but from NZ Defence Force and
overseas staff from Hong Kong
and Australia.
The highly-trained staff deployed
themselves to the incident.
The report confirms that their
actions were justified under the
Crimes Act 1961.
Some of the non-New Zealand
Police staff carried weapons for
their own protection but their
primary activities as first responders
to the Deans Ave scene
were administering advanced
first aid to victims and “directly
saved lives”.
However, since they didn’t
have police uniforms on, their
identification caused “confusion”,
particularly for the public.
“Police agree that in future
operations, clear [New Zealand
Police] identification for all
deployed staff is essential, or buddying
with NZP-identified staff,”
the report says.
Police staff agreed that lockdowns
of schools within the
Christchurch area was “sensible,
particularly given the live possibility
of multiple offenders”, but
the report found few schools had
pre-arranged or well-understood
safety plans.
Manning and Carmody – who
have already been recognised
with bravery awards – are also
praised in the report for showing
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111 calls led to belief of multitude shooters
“remarkable bravery, wisdom,
and teamwork which reflected
their collective experience and
confidence as police officers”.
The reporter writers also
noted the “significant comment”
around the focused, calm, and
professional attitude of communications
staff which had “a
profound effect on field staff, encouraging
them to likewise retain
their professionalism in the face
of an extreme incident”.
“Similar observations from
Canterbury district identified that
calm leadership and a clear communication
of purpose ensured
that the DCC stayed on-mission
and focused,” the report says.
Although there were criticisms
of how long it took for victims
to be identified and released to
CAPTURED:
Senior
constables Jim
Manning and
Scott Carmody
apprehend
the terrorist in
Brougham St.
families for burial – especially
where Islamic lore dictates burials
to be done within 24 hours –
the report found that the speed of
the disaster victim identification
process was “remarkable”.
“All bodies were removed from
crime scenes by Saturday night,
which also allowed the swift
restoration of the two mosques to
begin,” the report says.
“The rapid achievement of
this first step was due to the
early access given to DVI staff,
and the CCTV and livestream
footage available from inside the
mosques.
“By international standards,
the DVI process was very quick.”
However, better use of technology
was recommended to both
to aid early identification of the
deceased and to enable more
automation and transparency of
the DVI process.
And the report also says
consideration should be given to
allowing members of the public
to send text messages to the
emergency number rather than
ringing – something that is currently
permitted for the hearing
impaired if they register to use
the service.
“In times of an active shooter
attack, this could be crucial, as
victims did not want to make
noise while hidden,” the report
found.
“The demand for information
should not be underestimated,
and practical approaches should
be developed to deliver that
information.”
Family Liaison Officers and
Ethnic Liaison Officers were
mobilised early in the crisis to
support the community.
The authors found that their
overall response to families was
of a good standard, but noted
they were understaffed to respond
to the volume and urgency
of information requests of families
and communities.
“We know this was a deeply
distressing time for all the families
involved,” Coster said.
“We were conscious of these
sensitivities and we worked hard
to address them.”
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Children show the way
when it comes to caring
WE LOVE ALL our supporters and
donors at the Christchurch City Mission,
but there is something extra special when
children come to us offering
help and kindness for others.
There must be hope for
the future when the next
generation already embraces
a sense of community.
Children help the mission
in many ways. They
donate food, clothes, money
and often they have held a
little fundraising event that
spreads the word and includes
family and friends.
We thank them and tell
them how so many families
and individuals in Canterbury
are struggling and the
ways we help through our
services such as Foodbank,
addiction counselling, emergency
accommodation and
social workers.
Our children donors
include a special group of
students – aged between
10 and 15 under the care of
Oranga Tamariki – who were
at Arahina Ki Otauhi-Kingslea
School.
The city mission’s work
with homeless people and
our emergency accommodation
facilities inspired them to choose us
as the charity to give $660 they raised by
making and selling more than 100 dozen
The mission’s cheese
roll production line
City Missioner
Matthew Mark wth
young hero Bryn
Seath
of the best cheese rolls you’ll taste in the
Mainland.
Another of our young heroes was
Melissa Dunn. She thought
hard about what would really
help struggling families and
she came up with the idea
of getting them new pyjamas.
It was perfect because
something as simple as that
can be very comforting and
supportive.
Melissa saved money
earned through babysitting,
car washing, and gardening
work and was backed by
friends. She was able to give
us over 100 pairs of warm
flannelette pyjamas.
Yet another young hero
was Bryn Seath, who wanted
to help when he spotted
beggars on the streets. Bryn
saved his pocket money for
months, added his birthday
money to it, and donated
$150 to us.
We run the only Outreach
social worker service on
the city streets and offer
emergency accommodation
beds, so Bryn knew that
backing us would give direct
support to the people he
wanted to help.
•For more information on the
mission or to donate to help go to
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GRaduate programme
“I went from zero
programming skills to fulltime
software engineer in
just one year; SHIFT helped
me achieve what I thought
was just a dream!”
- Teo Bucutea, SHIFT Graduate
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Start your transition to a tech role
Tech is big and getting bigger. The technology
sector boomed in 2019, cementing its
position as one of our largest export earners
according to the latest annual TIN (Technology
Investment Network) Report. The number of
people employed by the technology sector
increased by 7.9 per cent last year to 51,569,
and Canterbury’s tech revenue alone grew by
10.3 per cent. It has never been a better time to
add tech to your skill set and start your journey
into NZ’s fastest growing sector.
The future is tech. Be part of it.
SIGNAL’s SHIFT programme was created to help
you explore, experience and embrace increased
employment opportunities, adding to your
qualifications and expanding your earning potential
in this vibrant, fast-paced sector.
In 2021, the SHIFT programme will look a little
different. SHIFT will be transitioning across to
our tertiary partners; Lincoln University and Ara
Institute of Canterbury in Christchurch, and
University of Otago in Dunedin. Lincoln, Ara and
Otago will continue the success of SHIFT, to deliver
tech learning with an industry-focused one-year
programme, that not only boosts your skills, but
gives you practical industry experience and an
industry network to help you move into tech.
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These three innovative industry-driven programmes
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Open to degree holders in any discipline, learners
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If you already have a tech related degree, you can
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A unique learning experience.
Using immersive studio-based learning and realworld
industry experience, these programmes
produce graduates with a solid base of core
tech skills, as well as the communication and
collaborative skills required in the tech industry.
They will enable you to meet and work with local
tech employers, complete group projects with tech
mentors, and also gain experience via placements
within industry.
Opportunities.
Tech roles exist in nearly every area, from aviation to
zoology, and career possibilities are extensive. You
can focus on software design and development,
business analysis, data science, web design, project
management, user experience design, technical
writing, service delivery, and the list goes on.
Diversity is important in the tech sector. The best
designed products incorporate many viewpoints to
meet customer requirements. Tech firms are actively
recruiting to increase gender and ethnic diversity
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To find out more about what tech
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The Star Thursday December 10 2020
Notice on the Implementation of Pre-
Departure COVID-19 Nucleic Acid
(PCR) and Serum IgM Antibody Tests
The New Zealand government has
advised that COVID-19 serum IgM
antibody test is now available to the
public and it can be performed by
New Zealand laboratories located in
some major cities. As stated in the
Notice of Interim Measures of Two
Separate Nucleic Acid Tests (PCR)
for China-bound Flights Departing
from New Zealand announced by the
Chinese Embassy in New Zealand on
4 November 2020, when such a test is
available in New Zealand, passengers
will need to provide negative result of
IgM antibody test for China-bound
flights. After collaborating with the
relevant parties, the Chinese diplomatic
and consular missions in New Zealand
have thus decided that, starting from
10 December 2020, passengers must
complete one COVID-19 nucleic acid
(PCR) and one COVID-19 IgM test 2
days prior to boarding China-bound
flights, and to request for the green
health code (HS) or Health Declaration
Form (HDC) by providing negative
results for the COVID-19 nucleic acid
(PCR) test and the COVID-19 IgM test.
Details are as follows:
I. IgM Antibody Testing
1) Venipuncture should be used for
blood sampling.
2) Please make an appointment with
your GP or clinic directly for the
COVID-19 IgM test, your GP or
clinic will have your blood sample
analysed by one of laboratories
located in Auckland, Wellington,
Christchurch, and Dunedin. Please
consult your GP or clinic in advance
according to your travel itinerary,
and make sure the report will be
available before your trip.
II. Testing Facilities (Laboratories)
1) The Chinese diplomatic and
consular missions in New Zealand
do not have any officially designated
testing facilities (laboratories), and
passengers are free to choose a test
provider to have the test done.
2) Both nucleic acid PCR and IgM
sampling and tests can be done by
the same test provider.
III. Test Reports
1) In case that a total antibody test
instead of a separate IgM test is
performed, the test report must show
a negative result and must state that
the IgM antibody is included in the
total antibody. Otherwise, the report
will not be accepted.
2) Passengers should provide
the original test reports for the
COVID-19 nucleic acid PCR and
the COVID-19 IgM tests from the
test provider. Reports provided by
GPs or clinics must clearly state
the name of the testing facility, and
must be signed by the GP or carry
the stamp of the clinic . Otherwise,
the reports will not be accepted.
IV. Requesting HS green health code
or HDC health declaration form
For foreign nationals:
1) Please make sure your personal
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OPINION
People’s Choice
Joe Davis, chairman of
The People’s Choice, said
he has never experienced
Wellington influence the
decisions, policies and
direction of the group.
I wonder if the photo in
The Star tells another story,
with the image of the PM,
larger than life, hovering
above all The People’s
Choice members?
Recently when members
of The People’s Choice
moved to have Alexandra
Davids removed as chair
of a community board,
simply because she was
an independent and
not part of their group,
We want to hear your views
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Send emails to:
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Report into mosque terror
attacks welcomed
WHEN I received the
report of the Royal
Commission into the
terrorist attacks, my first
thoughts were of the
families of those who had
died, and the survivors and
witnesses, all their families.
I am a qualified lawyer,
with english as my first
language, and I found the
sheer scale of the report
daunting. Where do you
even start when you are
seeking to unravel what
had enabled this attack
on our two mosques to
occur? It was a hard read,
especially what the Royal
Commission heard from
the Muslim communities
themselves.
That being said, I
welcome the report. The
central recommendations
around social cohesion and
inclusion are fully-aligned
with the Christchurch
Multicultural Strategy that
we adopted as a city in
2017.
As the report says,
there is much that
polarises societies today:
many complained of the
unfairness of it all, others
thought it made the group
look bad.
Even so, the members
seemed to be determined
to go through with this
action.
When two emails
were written to the
PM regarding this issue,
that same day they
dropped this course of
action.
Coincidence? I don’t
think so.
– D Downward
Mike Hosking
Daily United States
deaths from Covid-19
topped 3000 (last week)
Political, social, cultural,
environmental, economic,
ethnic or religious
differences can all create
the conditions in which
radicalising ideologies
develop and flourish,
which can lead to violent
extremism.
Mayor
Lianne Dalziel
THE TEAM:
The People’s
Choice
candidates at
their campaign
launch during
the lead-up to
last year’s local
body elections.
and we learned that
thousands of local coastal
properties will become
uninsurable due to sea
level rise.
I’m surprised that The
Star would publish a
column trivialising both
the pandemic and climate
change, as was the case
with Mike Hosking’s
We need to shake off our
malaise (December 3).
The Star has been
‘trusted for 152 years’
– can I encourage you
to reflect on the need to
maintain public trust
and on the quality of the
columnists you carry?
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We need to bridge these
divides, building on the
compassion that was
our instinctive collective
response to the attacks.
“This is your home,
and you should have been
safe here”. The sketch
that depicts two women
embracing accompanied
by these words speaks
volumes.
No matter where we
are born or what faith we
profess, everyone should
be safe in their homes, on
our streets, in our schools,
workplaces or places of
worship – everyone should
be safe from prejudice,
from hate, from violence
– no one should ever feel
isolated or that they don’t
belong.
And that is up to each
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WINE
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Tickle the urge with chilled rose
• By Mark Henderson
WHILE ROSE sells year round,
I’m still a bit “old school” in my
habits.
For me, the combination
of warmth, fresh air and the
sun caressing the hilltops in a
cloudless sky at the end of a busy
day begins to tickle the urge for a
glass of chilled rose.
I hope that some of the
following might help to tickle that
urge for you.
2019 Aurum Organic pinot
gris rose
Price: $28
Rating: Excellent
Peachy onion skin hue.
Savoury notes lead with
nectarine and stonefruit, a hint of
yeasty Marmite later.
Delightfully creamy texture,
a burst of fruit, stonefruit, red
apple, pear with time.
Generously flavoured, with
richness and depth to the fruit.
A full-bodied Rose in the slot
for summer drinking, while its
power will readily complement
food.
www.aurumwines.com
2020 Durvillea
Marlborough rose
Price: $20
Rating: Very good to excellent
Pale, peachy pink hue.
Attractive fragrance with
strawberries and cream. Dried
strawberry, pink grapefruit, gum
and musk are joined on the palate
by a wisp of savouriness.
Builds surprising power and
richness, a sour cherry/cranberry
nuance providing a counter to the
sweet fruit.
An apricot kernel bittersweet
note adds to the lip-smacking
close.
www.astrolabewines.co.nz
2020 The Vegan Wine
Project South Australian
rose
Price: $18-$19
Rating: Excellent
Onion skin shade. Subtle
at first, but quickly sees sweet
fragrance, fruit sherbet,
strawberry and rhubarb crumble
notes build.
Drier than the nose might
suggest, the cool and racy
palate highlighting strawberry,
rockmelon and green herb hints.
Refreshing interplay between
the growing sweet fruit and tangy
acidity.
Appealing style with lovely
crispness.
www.theveganwineproject.com
2020 Jules Taylor The
Jules Rose
Price: $24.99
Rating: Very good to excellent
Pale rose petal shade. Spicy,
smoker’s lolly, turkish delight, red
berries.
A touch of sweetness leads,
mixed summer berries and
cream followed by a toffee apple
hint. Nice flavour weight and
integration, a subtle hint of
sweetness, while still fresh, juicy
and crisp with a relatively dry
finish. I can see a lot of consumer
appeal here.
www.julestaylor.com
2020 Otuwhero Estate
Hawke’s Bay rose
Price: $19.95
Rating: Very good to excellent
Rose with a copper tinge.
Savoury at first, sweeter fragrance
growing, rose petal, a wisp of
gooseberry.
Crunchy and bright in the
mouth, sweeter fruits hinting at
summer berries, a little lavender.
This builds nicely with aeration,
showing a touch more sweetness,
yet finishing relatively dry and
crisp. Very easy drinking.
www.otuwine.com
2019 Invivo SJP Sud de
France rose
Price: $19.99
Rating: Excellent
Invivo’s collaboration with
Sarah Jessica Parker.
Palest onion skin hue. Beguiling
nose, umami and earth hints
shifting to cream, stonefruit and
spices. Really tangy, crisp palate,
racy acidity driving this. Ripe yet
not sweet with mandarin/pink
grapefruit notes.
Mouthwatering close. High on
the refreshment factor and a great
food choice.
www.invivowines.com
2019 Saint Clair Pinot gris
rose
Price: $20
Rating: Excellent
Peachy onion skin hue.
Intriguing nose, herbs and river
stones at first, moving to ripe
peach, spices and perfume.
After the delicacy of the nose,
there’s a burst of flavour on the
palate with stonefruits, musk,
wine gums and boiled sweets with
zesty acidity keeping this fresh
and crisp.
A juicy, long, lip-smacking
finish. Drinking superbly now.
www.saintclair.co.nz
2019 Ngatarawa
Glazebrook Black Label
Hawke’s Bay rose
Price: $25
Rating: Very good
Orange/onion skin hue. Smoke,
wildness, tilled earth spices.
Brooding palate with power
and weight, the berryfruit notes
growing as it opens up.
A quinine like bittersweet
element brings things to a zesty
close. With its powerful build,
this would complement richer
summer foods: a nice foil to a
barbecue perhaps?
www.ngatarawa.co.nz
CONTENT MARKETING
Customers excited about Bush Inn
Centre’s new grocery market
THE LONG-awaited The Provedore
grocery market at Bush
Inn Centre is now well and truly
open.
Replacing the supermarket,
this new offering is a line-up
of specialty grocery outlets
presented in a contemporary
and unique open-plan, relaxed
setting, which development
manager and
spokesperson
Andy Bell
describes as
“really very
comfortable to
visit.”
“Usual
Andy Bell
development
delays and
then Covid
stalled store openings, much to
the annoyance of the centre and
its customers, who have been
eagerly awaiting The Provedore
for some time,” Andy says.
Several stores are open now
and more are coming on stream
shortly, he said. They include The
Source bulk foods, a high-quality
outlet with the focus on zerowaste
shopping. Its range includes
organic bulk wholefoods,
snacks, household cleaners and
much more
V-Mart, a boutique-style
supermarket, offers an extensive
VARIETY: The Bush Inn Provedore incorporates a selection of specialty grocery outlets.
selection of international products
together with Kiwi staples.
Just last week, award-winning
celebrity butcher Corey Winder
opened his own Master Butcher
and European deli at The Provedore,
where you will find topquality
New Zealand meats and
smallgoods presented in a stunning
new store that Andy says is
worth the visit for that alone.
Freshly squeezed natural fruit
juices are the province of Tank
Juice, also now open, while
House of Spices Indian Superstore
opens in December for
supplies and spices for all your
favourite cuisines.
Due to open in time for
Christmas, Bush Inn Fine Wines
& Spirits will be offering quality
wine and spirit brands that you
wouldn’t find in a regular supermarket,
but which will certainly
complement your shopping at
The Provedore.
Located on the site previously
occupied by Countdown, The
Provedore is just part of the
substantial redevelopment of the
Bush Inn Centre that has taken
place over the last two to three
years.
Andy says all those involved
in its development are delighted
with The Provedore.
“The lockdown caused unforeseen
delays in getting the work
done, but we are thrilled that
The Provedore is now open and
providing a first-class shopping
experience in a unique environment
for our customers, which
will only get better as more
stores come on stream,” he says.
“We’ve had a fantastic reaction
from the public, with people very
excited to see the different shops
now opening.”

Seafood that can be cooked in minutes
Fish is a healthy food
that can be cooked
many ways. These
recipes can be cooked
on an oiled barbecue
plate or in the
microwave
Gurnard wrapped in herbs
– Serves 4
Ingredients
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1/2 cup finely chopped mixed
herbs, eg coriander, parsley,
mint, basil
flaky sea salt and freshly ground
black pepper to taste
700g skinned and boned white
gurnard fillets
2 Tbsp grapeseed oil
25g butter, melted (optional)
juice 1 lemon (optional)
Directions
Combine the herbs, salt and
pepper. Press onto both sides of
the fish. Place on a large sheet
of plastic film and wrap up.
Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
Unwrap the fish. Either cook
on an oiled barbecue plate for
about 3min each side, depending
on thickness, or place in a
microwave dish, drizzle with
oil, cover and microwave for 5
minutes, until cooked.
May be served drizzled with a
little butter and lemon juice.
Fennel and orange
salmon
– Serves 4
Ingredients
1/4 cup orange juice
2 tsp finely grated orange rind
1/4 tsp fennel seeds
salt and pepper to taste
4 (500g) skinned, boned salmon
fillets
1 tbsp rice bran oil
1/4 cup finely chopped fennel
fronds
Directions
Dressed-up
white fish
and salmon
Combine the orange juice, orange
rind, fennel seeds, salt and
pepper in a shallow dish. Coat
the salmon on both sides in the
mixture then cover and marinate
in the refrigerator for 30min,
turning once.
Heat the oil in a heavy frying
pan. Pan-fry the salmon on
medium heat for about 3min
each side, depending on the
thickness. Add the fennel during
the last minute of cooking.
Mussels steamed with
lemon balm
– Serves 4
Ingredients
1kg mussels in their shells
(about 40)
2 spring onions, sliced
3 tbsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 Tbsp finely sliced root
ginger
1/2 cup lemon balm leaves
3/4 cup dry white wine
extra lemon balm leaves to
garnish
Directions
Scrub the mussels well in
cold water and cut off any
beards.
Crisp the sliced spring onion in
iced water.
Heat the oil in a very large
saucepan, add the garlic and
ginger and stir-fry for 30sec.
Add the mussels, lemon balm
and wine. Cover and cook
over moderate heat, shaking
occasionally, until the mussels
open — about 5-8min. (Discard
any mussels that do not open,
although those that are slightly
open are okay.)
Place the mussels in bowls
and top with juices and drained
spring onion. Garnish.
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GARDENING
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• By Chris Barclay
FROM BEING cooped up on a
US college campus to managed
isolation, Will Schneideman
has emerged from quarantine
to boost Te Kura Hagley in
their Tennis Canterbury men’s
premier interclub clash with
Cashmere.
The 19-year-old was Te Kura
Hagley’s No 1 last season so his
return is timely for a top-of-thetable
clash tomorrow night, even
if he hasn’t played a competitive
match since May.
An accomplished local junior
at Christ’s College, Schneideman
returned home last month after
his first semester on a tennis
scholarship at St Bonaventura
University in upstate New York.
Unfortunately Covid-19
restrictions meant Schneideman
is still to debut for the Bonnies,
with training the extent of his
exposure to the US college
circuit.
“We weren’t allowed to play
games, so that was a bit frustrating,”
he said.
Schneideman was in school
from August to November and
is unsure whether he will return
for the second semester in late
January to pursue a bachelor of
business and accounting degree.
“It (Covid-19) is pretty bad
over there and I don’t know what
our (college) season will look
like,” he said.
College life was not as advertised,
though at least the institution
was taking the pandemic
seriously.
“You weren’t allowed in anyone’s
room, you were wearing masks
everywhere, apart from in your
room or when you were eating.
There were random Covid tests all
the time,” Schneideman said.
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“I had about nine over the
space of three weeks.
“They’re pretty strict in most
schools. A lot of schools got shut
down and everyone got sent
home, we managed to last the
whole time.”
Schneideman, the grandson of
former All Black Duncan Robertson,
hit the practice courts this
week and was itching to get back
into action alongside Daiki Naka,
Alex Emslie and Matt Sunderland
after an extended break.
ACCOMPLISHED:
Will Schneideman
is back from a
frustrating start
to his US college
career to bolster
Te Kura Hagley’s
tilt at Tennis
Canterbury’s men’s
premier interclub
title.
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CANTERBURY
“We stopped training about
two weeks before I left so I’m
looking forward to getting back
out there again,” he said.
“The boys have had a great first
half of the season, hopefully I
can make an impact but Cashmere’s
got a great team.“
With their promising players
focused on the New Zealand
junior championships at Wilding
Park from today, Cashmere is
likely to field a mix of the Meredith
brothers, Tim and James,
SPORT 37
Schneideman back from US for Te Kura Hagley
• By Jonny Turner
PERFECT IS the only way to
sum up the first drive and first
win of junior driver Daniel
Roberts’ career behind Safe Zone
at Motukarara on Sunday.
Roberts gave himself a perfect
one-from-one strike rate in the
sulky when giving the five-yearold
a dream run in the one-one
before launching her for her winning
run on the home turn.
The victory handed trainer
Angela Washington the first
victory of her career and it also
ended a whirlwind week for
Roberts.
Up until Tuesday night, the
rookie reinsman was not even
licenced to drive.
But, by Sunday he was a race
winner.
“It is a big thrill, I think I was
actually more nervous after the
post than I was around at the
start,” Roberts said.
“It is all happening before my
eyes, but I am just taking it as it
comes.”
Winning races is nothing new
for Roberts.
The son of leading greyhound
trainer, Craig Roberts, has
prepared around 70 greyhound
winners in his own name. Craig
Roberts also part owns the horse
with Washington, his partner.
When asked to compare the
thrill of training a winning greyhound
to driving Safe Zone to
win on Sunday, Roberts gave an
answer that may surprise some
of his family.
“I am saying this reluctantly,
but driving a winner is definitely
a much bigger thrill. Harness
might have got me hook, line
and sinker after today. But, we
will see what happens going
forward.”
Roberts has been working
towards getting his junior
driver’s licence while working
for Weedons trainer Chris
plus veteran Johnny McHarg and
Harry Weeds.
Unbeaten Cashmere drubbed
Te Kura Hagley 6-0 when the
club’s met in round two in October,
the latter’s only loss heading
into round seven action – the last
fixtures before the competition
breaks until February.
Cashmere are fresh from a
comfortable rain-affected win
over Country Ashburton while
Te Kura Hagley continued their
good form by beating Waimairi
on a countback last weekend.
The other men’s matches
see Elmwood, who have been
buoyed by the return of siblings
Elliot and Lawrence Darling,
host Country Ashburton; Shirley
visits reigning champion Waimairi.
In the women’s competition,
title holder Waimairi host
frontrunning Te Kura Hagley in
top of the table match-up while
Cashmere-Burnside take on
winless Elmwood.
Points:
Men – Cashmere 76, Te Kura
Hagley 54, Country Ashburton
46, Elmwood 46, Waimairi 45,
Shirley 33.
Women – Te Kura Hagley
71, Waimairi 61, Cashmere-
Burnside 46, Elmwood 29.
From training greyhounds to first harness win
PERFECT: Daniel Roberts drives Safe Zone to the winning
post at Motukarara on Sunday.
Thursday December 10 2020 The Star
McDowell.
Roberts recently left McDowell’s
barn when an opportunity
in the greyhound code came
along.
That has meant the junior
driver will take a wait and see
approach to see how his driving
career will fit around his new job.
Roberts gave Safe Zone the
kind of steer a veteran driver
would be proud of.
After stepping away cleanly the
pair took a trail behind Key Reactor
and Joseph Gray to enjoy a
perfect run in the one-one until
the home turn.
Roberts’ pinpoint drive landed
Washington her first winner in
her 17th start.
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• By Allan Batt
SPORT
‘Mission impossible’ at
Ruapuna Speedway
THE HYDRAULINK War of the
Wings Sprintcar Series, which
pays $70,000 in prize and travel
money, has proven to be a case
of ‘to finish first, first you have to
finish’.
Odds-on favourite Jamie Duff,
of Rolleston, is now looking
down the barrel of ‘mission
impossible’ if he is to retain his
crown. The series kicked off at
Ruapuna Speedway in November
last year, and is usually wrapped
up by Easter. However, Covid-19
interfered.
Duff held a commanding lead
in the series going into the recent
race at Blenheim and would
surely have locked the title away
with a solid performance if rain
had not washed out that race
meeting. The following night
in Nelson, Duff was delivered
a knock out blow with his car
sustaining a major engine failure.
He has now slipped back to fifth
in the standings and faces a big
battle not only to salvage some
pride, but also to have his car at
Ruapuna on Saturday night for
the final round.
Prebbleton’s Caleb Baughan,
23, is ahead on points, and looks
set to emulate the efforts of his
father Ray, who is a two-time
series winner. Caleb, in just his
third season racing sprintcars,
has been a model of consistency
since he won the opening round
at Ruapuna last summer. A
blistering run late in the Nelson
race saw Caleb (above) move
from mid-pack to fourth, earning
some vital points. He’s upbeat
about his chances.
“I generally run well at Ruapuna.
It’s my favourite track and
I’m comfortable running on the
high groove, or around the pole
line. It’s important that I keep
my nose clean, but in sprintcar
racing its easy to get caught up in
someone else’s mess, or make a
costly mistake. I don’t have that
much of a lead over Alicia Hill,
and she’s a real threat if the track
gets a bit slick.”
Hill, 27, of Nelson, is the only
female sprintcar racer in the
South Island, and she is in hot
form at present. Her second
placing at Nelson propelled her
into contention, and her smooth
racing style is paying dividends.
•Saturday night’s race at
Ruapuna starts at 6pm.
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SIGNED: Taylor
Britt will join
the Canterbury
Rams for a fifth
season after
finishing up
with the Perth
Wildcats.
Rams add more talent to roster
AUSTRALIAN NBL titlewinning
Tall Blacks guard Taylor
Britt will return home after the
Perth Wildcats season ends to
play a fifth campaign with the
Canterbury Rams.
Britt is currently in Western
Australia training ahead the
start of the ANBL campaign
on January 10, but he is already
enthused about suiting up for his
hometown franchise in April.
“I’m super excited to be back
with the Rams and I love that I
get to represent Canterbury and
my hometown again,” Britt said.
The 24-year-old was in
excellent form for the Rams
during this year’s quickfire NBL
Showdown, a concept introduced
after Covid-19 ruled out a regular
NBL schedule.
Britt averaged 20 points, six
rebounds and four assists a game
for the beaten semi-finalists, stats
that enabled him to re-sign with
the Wildcats.
“Taylor is a focal point of
our locker room, a leader and
a menace on the court with his
speed and play-making ability,”
said Rams head coach Mick
Downer. “We are rapt to have
Taylor commit to coming back to
the Rams team after his Aussie
campaign.”
Britt, who debuted for the Tall
Blacks against Guam in February,
is the fourth recent addition to
the Rams roster for 2021, joining
Jack Salt, Joe Cook-Green and
Quintin Bailey.
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Thursday December 10 2020 The Star 41
New Yaris buyer faces tough decisions
MAKE NO MISTAKE, Toyota’s
new hatchback Yaris is everything
you would want – cheeky styling,
fuel efficiency and value pricing.
However, there is a challenge
facing any potential buyer, that
being the hybrid is the best in
the series, and that may be a step
too far price-wise for those in the
budget car market.
I base those comments on the
three drives I’ve had in the new
Yaris, I’ve driven two petrol-only
models and a hybrid, and the latter
wins out with its economy and
driving experience, the connection
to electric power makes for
effortless motoring.
Now, I’m not saying the
petrol-only model isn’t worth
consideration, I still like it, and
most of that is because its threecylinder
engine is also thrifty and
truly delightful in terms of honesty.
This evaluation focuses on the
high-spec ZR variant which lists at
$29,990, an extra $3000 buying you
into the hybrid.
Bear in mind, too, that the
range starts at $25,990 for the GX
petrol model which I evaluated
in these columns in September. It
is also available in hybrid form at
$27,990.
All models have the same basic
petrol powerplant – a 1.5-litre
unit that, as I’ve mentioned, only
has three combustion chambers.
Regular readers will recall my
enthusiasm for that layout and in
recent years many manufacturers
have opted for that configuration.
To me it makes a lot of sense, the
less reciprocating mass you have
the more efficient and smooth the
engine becomes.
However, those who do go
the three-cylinder way will
need to keep in mind that it is
an experience just that little bit
different, there are sounds that
are foreign to that of say, a fourcylinder
engine of the same
capacity. I’m not saying it is loud
or overbearing, but they do have a
distinctive tone and the Yaris buyer
in all forms will need to adjust to
that.
In petrol form it is listed with
an 88kW power output and
145Nm of torque. These figures are
relatively healthy for its capacity,
and if you take into account that
it is small and light at just 4m and
1075kg respectively, the five-door
hatchback feels nimble and is no
slouch against the clock. You can
expect a standstill to 100km/h
acceleration time of around 10sec
and 7.5sec to make 80-120km/h.
On the subject of figures Toyota
claims a 4.9-litre per 100km
combined cycle fuel usage average.
That’s a bold claim, but it is one
that is within target. I took the
evaluation car on a long highway
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loop, and on the open road
straights the fuel usage readout was
listing 4l/100km instantaneously
at 100km/h. That resulted in a
dash display average of 5.5l/100km
when I took the test car back to the
dealership, which is not that far
distant from Toyota’s claim.
Of course, those figures are
nowhere near those of the hybrid
with its 3.3l/100km, but I wasn’t
disappointed given that on
occasion I allowed the wee engine
to work freely towards the top end.
Drive is sent to the front wheels
through a continuously variable
transmission, this is fast becoming
Toyota’s gearbox of choice in
the models it offers that are
earmarked for efficiency. In the
ZR-spec petrol-only Yaris there
are paddle-shifters which will lock
the transmission into any one of
10 pre-set steps. That function is
useful when slowing for corners, or
for inclines, up or down.
The CVT ratio has been
structured to provide that
reasonable acceleration to highway
speed, and once there the engine is
relaxed at 100km/h, turning over
slowly at 2000rpm.
Aimed at the twists and turns
out of the Waimakariri River gorge
bridge, the Yaris felt sprightly and
agile. The chassis isn’t disturbed
by mid-corner bumps or road
deviations, the suspension does
• Price – Toyota Yaris ZR,
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• Dimensions – Length,
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• Configuration – Threecylinder,
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• Performance –
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• Fuel usage – 4.9l/100km
a good job of controlling body
balance.
Providing the grip are 185/60 x
16in Bridgestone tyres (up one inch
from the GX), they were put to the
test when a sprinkle of nor’west
rain popped over the alps during
my evaluation time, but I’m pleased
to report that there was never a
time when grip seemed threatened.
The entire car feels well secured
to the road, steering feel is another
Toyota hallmark, the Yaris, as a
package, constantly feels controlled.
The Yaris is also a comfortable
car for four adults; it’s a bit of a
squeeze width-wise for three adults
in the rear, and leg room depends
totally on how far back the front
seat passengers have their seats, but
there’s no shortage of head room,
it is clever in the way it translates
its limited space into occupant
comfort.
In ZR spec, the Yaris gets a
good level of fitment that should
please the budget-conscious buyer
and those who rate safety as a key
ingredient. To that end, when
crash tested, the series should
easily earn a five-star Australasian
New Car Assessment Program
rating, thanks to the Toyota
SafetySense suite of technologies.
There are too many features to
mention in detail, but I particularly
like the head-up display and radar
cruise control.
My daughter works for an
organisation that has at least a
dozen Yaris’ – mostly all white
– that are used as pool cars on
a daily basis. I told her they will
probably be replaced in time with
the newcomer. She’s hoping some
of the trendy colours Toyota is
offering in the new model will be
incorporated into the fleet.
I’d certainly hope that when that
time comes some of those cars
would be hybrids, but if not then
the petrol-only model is still a very
worthy consideration.
Just as you would expect from
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Erect a sign outside the property.
People stop and look at photographs
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home. Spending a fortune on massive
advertising “Buying a property campaigns is a in complex every media and
might potentially seem stressful a way to process, attract not potential least
buyers because but it involves may be such an unnecessary
a scary amount
expense of money,” without says Kevin the return. Lampen-Smith, A better
philosophy chief executive could at the be Real a little Estate often. Agents
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“It’s smart to do as much as you
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can to reduce the risk of unwelcome
reach
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or unexpected
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while recommends can become drawing stale. up a Resting list of the
property questions by to ask taking about it off properties the market you’re for
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Situations ToursVacant
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
Quality. Reliable. NZ Qualified.
Call BEN! 021-0880-2390
SPECIALISTS IN:
• Interior + Exterior Painting
• Painting Repairs
Trades & Services
Landscaping
driveways, paths,
patios, decking
& fences.
Fence staining
FREE QUOTE
LBp BuiLdErs
pHOnE jOHn:
027 224 2831
Trades & Services
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PAINTING
• Spraying
• Wallpapering
Trades & Services
Landscaping
driveways, paths,
patios, decking
& fences.
Fence staining
FREE QUOTE
LBp BuiLdErs
pHOnE jOHn:
027 224 2831
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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
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
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
PAINTING
older painter
for older houses
50 years in trade
“All the skills”
Bathroom & Kitchen Renovations
www.a1plumbing.co.nz
GST FREE
Contact Jimmy Bell
0211221487
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
call free 0800 217 5862
Or TeXT 027 429 3770
www.a1plumbing.co.nz

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Your guide to our LOCAL & TRUSTED
Trades & Professional Services
To advertise: Phone 379 1100 or email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
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
Mailer Deliveries
Exposed Aggregate
Stamped Concrete Plain
Concrete Resurfacing
Things we offer...
Competitive/affordable pricing
Attention to detail
Professional service
free quotes/insurance scopes
Cell 0278 145 848
www.drivecrete.co.nz
Over 22 Years Experience
Quality
Workmanship
• Driveways
• Kerb &
Channel
• Garden Edging
SWAINS
KIWI KERB
(Since 2005)
Freephone: 0800 081 400
swainskiwikerb@gmail.com
Landscape
Construction and
Garden Maintenance
You can have your gardens, trees,
shrubs, plants and lawns maintained to look their best
all year round, for a great price.
Residential & Commercial Landscaping
• Maintenance • Pruning • Reconstruction & Rejuvenation
• Rental Property and Commercial Maintenance
• Pre-Sale Tidy-Ups
New Home Landscaping
Lawns • Gardens • Decks • Paving • Water Features
• Quality • Value for money • Experienced • Punctual
• Professional • Flexible • Knowledgeable • Reliable
Call Ross Legg - 027 222 0388
Email ross@revivelandscaping.co.nz
www.revivelandscaping.co.nz
For a local, reliable
mailer delivery
service contact
Star Media
• Newspaper inserts
• Magazine inserts
• Letterbox deliveries
• Urban & Rural deliveries
For a cost effective, targeted
delivery please call 03 379 7100
or email mike@starmedia.kiwi
www.star.kiwi
PLUMBER
PLUMBING & DRAINAGE
ROOF REPAIRS
SCRAP METAL
NEED A PLUMBER
Locally owned & operated with
over 30 years experience.
Dominion Trading Co Ltd
Call us now for fast friendly service.
Get your problems sorted out
quick smart - on time!!
Phone for a
FREE
quote now.
Phone 03 377 1280 | Mobile 021 898 380
Gas FittinG & GuttER CLEaninG
High reach gutter cleaning machine.
No job too big or small.
Local family run Christchurch/
Redcliffs business for all plumbing,
drainage & gas work.
Free Quotes
Call Morgan 0223 758 506
Visit our website - www.mtpd.co.nz
Email - morgan@mtpd.co.nz
• 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 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
Towing
TRADES
TREE SERVICES
WINDOW TINTING
For safe, damage free
car transportation
call Ashley’s Tow Taxi
Special care for special cars
ASHLEY’S TOW TAXI
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0800 TOW TAXI • 0800 869 8294
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in Christchurch’s
best read &
largest circulation
newspaper
Delivered into over 93,000
Christchurch homes every week.
Ask us about our fantastic
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Phone: 03 379 1100 | www.star.kiwi
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
Lifetime Warranties on Most Films
UV
block
Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts
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Our unique restoration
processes will make your
tiled areas look NEW again!
We specialise in professional
cost effective solutions for
all your tile & grout issues.
• Tiled shower makeovers
• Re-colouring old grout
• Mouldy silicone replacement
• Professional tile/grout
cleaning, sealing & repairs
Call today for a FREE quote on 0800 882 772
or email darryl.p@theprogroup.co.nz
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
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
Trades & Services
All things
ElEctricAl
• commercial
& residential
servicing
• renovations &
new Builds
• no call Out Fees
Phone
021 260 4326
electricnz.com
“I WILL TURN UP
WHEN I SAY I WILL”
Need a certified and reliable plumber for filtration
systems or hot water cylinder replacement?
Bathroom upgrades or refurbishments?
FREE CALL
TEXT
EMAIL
Trades & Services
0508 H2O BOY
426 269
027 245 5100
NICK@NICKJONESPLUMBING.CO.NZ
Trades & Services
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
AAA HANDYMAN
licensed carpenter
LBP, all property and
building maintenance,
repairs, bathroom/shower
installations, with free
quotes 03 383 1927 or 027
245 5226 ciey@xtra.co.nz
BRICK & BLOCK
LAYING
all restoration work
and new work plus
foundations, ph 342 9340
or 021 853 033
BUILDER QUALIfIED
50 yrs exp. Bathrooms,
Kitchens, Renovations,
Repairs & Extensions
Free quotes. Discount for
pensioners. Ph Mike 03
980 9771 or 027 2266 930
BUILDER
HANDYMAN
MAINTENANCE
Have peace of mind with
a fully qualified owner
operater LBP. Available for
all jobs around the home,
rental property (very
experienced in Healthy
Homes Reporting) or
commercial property. Call
Chris on 027 3888 211
BUILDER
Licensed for all your
repairs, maintenance and
alterations. For a free
quote phone Keith 021
1277 202
CARPET LAYING
Exp. Repairs, uplifting,
relaying, restretching.
Phone John on 0800
003181, 027 240 7416
jflattery@xtra.co.nz
CARPENTER
BUILDER
Licensed Building
Practitioner no. 100981.
All carpentry & building
repairs & maintenance.
Alterations & property
upgrades.Laundries /
bathroom / kitchens
replaced. Specialising in
replacement of all rotten
timber, fascia boards,
window, windowsills etc.
John Sandford, ph 329
4616, mob 027 5189 598
johnsandford2@gmail.
com
COMPUTER REPAIRS
fAST
Friendly experienced
techs available to help you
now. Christchurch based.
All work guaranteed.
Computer Help 0800 349
669
CONCRETE CUTTING
Affordable Concrete
Cutting with Quality, and
removal work. Free quote.
No job to small. Phone 027
442-2219, Fax 359-6052
a/h 359- 4605
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• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
Trades & Services
ELECTRICIAN
Prompt & reliable
registered electrician
with 24 years experience
for all residential and
commercial work, new
housing and switch board
replacements. Phone Chris
027 516 0669
ELECTRICIAN
Registered, electrical
installation and repairs,
Gorbie Electrical, ph 021
026 73375 or 03 322 4209
ELECTRICIAN
Available, 30 years
experience, immediate
start, competitive rate,
ph Brian 027 433 9548
No Call out fee
ELECTRICIAN
All types of domestic
& commercial work
undertaken, new housing,
alterations, extensions,
ranges, security lights,
quick response, efficient
service, free quotes,
city -wide. No call out
fee. M/S, 8-5. Call Pat
Barrett 03 359 2087/ 027
7331384.
fENCING
All types of fencing
Free quotes. Ph
Jim 022 137 1920
fENCING
All types of fencing . Free
quotes. Ph Jim 022 137
1920
GASfITTING
N.T. Gas Services.
Domestic gas installations.
Reg Craftsman Gas Fitter.
Ph Nick 021 892 491
GLAZIER
Glass repairs - pet doors
- conservatory roofs. Exp
Tradesman. Call Bill on
022 413 3504 or 981-1903
HANDY - DAN
General Handyman for
all your maintenance
requirements. I specialise
in fences and decking, also
do spouting cleans and
repairs and everyday home
maintenance. NO JOB TO
BIG OR SMALL I can do
it all, please don’t hesitate
to call me on 022 600 7738
for a no obligation free
quote.
HANDYMAN
Small jobs specialists. eg:
drippy taps, sticky doors,
locks, moss spraying etc.
Discount for pensioners.
Ph 390 1565 or 022 5275
668
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
Trades & Services
PAINTER
New, older homes,
interior, exterior. We stand
by Canterbury. Ph Wayne
0272 743 541, 385-4348
PLASTERING (INT)
and small painting jobs
Experience and
Excellence. Small to
Medium job specialists
in all aspects of Interior
Plastering. Please call Tim
022 5380959
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
RUBBISH REMOVAL
Van & Trailer Rubbish
Removal. Free quotes. Ph
Gary 342-8950, 021 529
022
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
SPOUTING
CLEANING
Spouting Unblocked,
Cleaned Out and Flushed
Out, Call Trevor 332 8949
or 021 043 2034
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
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
WINDOW CLEANING
Average 3 brm house
inside or out from $45.
Both from $80 Phone
Trevor 344-2170
Brown & White Ltd.
Family owned since 2001.
Ph Paul 027 229 3534
WINDOW CLEANING
Brown & White Ltd.
Family owned since 2001.
Ph Paul 027 229 3534
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
Wanted To Buy
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
A+ Household effects,
fridges, freezers, washing
machines, ovens. Good
cash paid. Ph Paul 022
0891 671
ALL whiteware wanted.
Same day service, cash
paid for freezes, fridges,
washing machines, ovens.
Also buying furniture &
h/hold effects.Anything
considered. Ph Dave 960-
8440, 027 66 22 116
ANTIQUE TOOL
COLLECTOR wanting
to buy: Joiners’ & Builders
Tools, Metal Brace.
planes. Hand Drills, Drill
Press, Scribes, Spoke
Shaves, Chisels, Squares,
Calipers,Tack Hammers,
Screwdrivers, Saws,
Wood Vice, G and Sashh
Clamps,Pulleys Blow
Tourch, Plumb Bobs,
Anvil,old style safe,Oil
Cans,& Bottles. Pay up to
$100 for small minature
Tools,Violin Planes,
Ivory Rulers, Jewellers
Tools etc. Also Garden
Tools. Buy single item,
collection,workshop lots.
Ph Murray 021 441 400
BOOKS.
Old wanted.
Anything considered incl
hunting,
mountineering,
fishing,childrens.
Ph 354 1621
Public Notices
Notice of Temporary
Reservation of Kerrs Reach,
Ōtākaro/Avon River
Issued pursuant to Canterbury
Navigation Safety Bylaw 2016
Clauses 12 and 32.
To: Te Waka o Aoraki / South Island
Region Waka Ama Association
For: Te Waka o Aoraki Regional Waka
Ama Sprint Championships 2020
When: Saturday 12 December 2020,
7.00 am to 5.00pm
Contact: Tracey Kingi
0212819689
twoa.president@gmail.com
Situations Vacant
CLEANErs rEquirEd
All below jobs starting 5th January 2021
Russley/Airport Area
Monday to Friday
start any time after 5.30pm, for 2 hour shift
Russley/Airport Area
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
start any time after 5.30pm, for 2 hour shift
Russley/Airport Area
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
1pm to 3pm
We are looking for cleaners to join our
commercial cleaning team. You will need to
pass a Security Check and you MUST have
your own transport. Must be eligible to work
in New Zealand.
Please email your application to
csc@totalcanterbury.co.nz or phone 338 9056
Visit our website: totalcanterbury.co.nz
Wanted To Buy
GOLD JEWELLERY.
Coins, Nuggets wanted.
Pay upo to $3000
per oz. Gold $600.
Soverigns,Gold Rings
9ct-18ct Chains, Pocket
Watches, Brooches,
damaged Jewelleryt, War/
Lodge Medals, Pound
Notes .Ph 021 051 7307
MILITARIA Any
country, firearms,
uniforms, badges, medals,
memoribilia, WW2 or
earlier ph 338-9931
Crossword Solutions
Please advise
which job when
emailing your CV.
Wanted To Buy
TOOLS, Garden garage,
saw benches, Lathes. Cash
buyer Phone 355-2045
ADD SOME
COLOUR
TO YOUR ADVERT!

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PRE-CHRISTMAS
FUNCTIONS, PARTIES,
WORK BREAK UPS.
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Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
RACECOURSE HOTEL
& Motorlodge
118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn,
Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150
www.racecoursehotel.co.nz
THE ENTERTAINMENT HUB OF THE NORTH!
Saturday 12 Dec, 6pm
Riverview Restaurant
XMAS BUFFET
$39.90 pp
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
Goodbye & good riddance to 2020 - Hello 2021
NEW YEAR’S EVE Riverview
Restaurant
WITH
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www.dndshowband.com
TICKETS AVAILABLE
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Thursday 31 Dec, 8.30pm
To add a listing, contact
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027 458 8590
jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi
www.star.kiwi/whatson
Saturday 19 Dec, 7.30pm
NEW YEAR’S EVE
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$28.50
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Kaiapoi Club, 113 Raven Quay, Kaiapoi. Ph: 03 327 7884
Thursday 10 - Wednesday 16 December 2020
12 BAR, 342 St Asaph St: Christchurch’s
smoking hot BLUES BAR. Thursday
7.30pm - Backyard Davey. Friday 7pm -
King Tubbs. Saturday 8pm - Penny Blues.
A ROLLING STONE, a579 Colombo
St: Thursday 7.30pm - CWB
(Carthcart/Walsh/Blaikie), free. Friday 5pm
- Brazilian Jam with Clube do Choro, free;
9pm - Matecito Latin Band, free. Saturday
9pm - Capitol City Collective Big Xmas Do
feat. Capitol City; City Limits; Sirenz, free.
Monday 6.30pm - Quiz, free.
BOO RADLEYS, Level 1, 98 Victoria
St: Thursday 8pm - The Speakeasy
Burlesque Club #16; 9pm - Topia. Friday
8pm - Ashy; 10.30pm - Mirrors. Saturday
8pm - Amber Carly Williams; 10.30pm -
In the City. Wednesday 7.30pm - South
Street Trio; 9.30pm - Open Mic Night.
CASSELS BLUE SMOKE, 3 Garlands
Rd: Friday 8pm - Adam McGrath &
Darren Watson, tickets at undertheradar.
Saturday 8pm - You Should Be Dancing,
tickets at undertheradar.
CHRISTCHURCH CASINO, 50
Victoria St: Friday 6pm - Peter Cairns;
9.15pm - X-Files Duo. Saturday 6pm -
Natalie Elms; 9.15pm - Rockabella.
GBC, Garden Hotel, 110 Marshaland
Rd: Saturday 6pm - Rhonda Campbell
Duo.
HORNBY CLUB, Carmen Rd: Saturday
7pm - Sha-low (Mezzanine). Sunday 3pm -
Reminisce with Anthony (Pavilion).
ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL, Gloucester
St: Tuesday 15 - Sunday 20 December -
Cinderella, The Fairy Godmother of All
Pantos, tickets at ticketek.
KAIAPOI CLUB, 113 Raven Quay:
Saturday 19 Dec, 7.30pm - The Big Voices
feat. Jon Palmer, tickets $20.
NEW BRIGHTON CLUB, 202 Marine
Pde: Friday 7pm - Nexus. Thursday New
Years Eve - Atarmies.
PAPANUI RSA, 55 Bellvue Ave & 1
Harwood Rd: Saturday 6-10pm - Night
of Christmas Magic with Robbie Drew.
Sunday 1.30pm - Come Dancing with
Lynne Chaney & friends, $2 entry.
RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118
Racecourse Rd, Sockburn: Sunday
6pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke.
RICHMOND CLUB, 75 London St:
Friday 7pm - Krakkajack. Saturday 7pm -
Mockingbird. Sunday 3pm - Natalie Elms.
RIVERSIDE MARKET, 96 Oxford Tce:
Saturday 2pm - The Mike Bickers Boptet,
koha welcome. Sunday 20 Dec, 1pm -
Garden City Big Band, koha welcome.
TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding St,
Hornby: Friday 8.30pm - DJ. Saturday
8.30pm - DnD RockBand.
THE BLACK HORSE, Lincoln Rd:
Saturday 7pm - Misconduct.
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 - Raffles;
6pm - Free pool & sounds. Friday 3pm -
Meat raffles. Saturday 2pm - Meat raffles;
8pm - Absolut duo. Sunday 2pm - LBJ
Locals Xmas Party.'
THE LITTLE FIDDLE, 132 Oxford Tce:
Thursday 8.30pm - Bushfire & Co. Friday
9.30pm - DJ. 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 - Red Zone.
Saturday 9.30pm - Flat City Brotherhood.
Sunday 4pm - Ugly Sweater Party with X-
Files Duo. Tuesday 7pm - Quiz.
Wednesday 7.30pm - Karaoke with Lance
Kiwi.
WUNDERBAR LYTTELTON, 19
London St, Lyttelton: Thursday 9pm -
Shli 'Nightcaps' EP Release Party, tickets at
cosmic, $15 on door. Friday 9pm - The
Settlers, tickets at undertheradar. Saturday
8pm - O & The Mo: In Transit Tour,
tickets at undertheradar. Tuesday 7.30pm -
Open Mic. Wednesday 8pm - Al Park &
Pals.
COME DANCING
with Lynne Chaney & friends
This Sunday 13th December, from 1.30pm
Papanui RSA, 55 Bellvue Rd. $2 Entry.
WHAT’S ON AT THE RICHMOND CLUB
FRIDAY
7-11PM
SATURDAY
7-11PM
SUNDAY
3PM
75 London St, Richmond
Christchurch 8013
P: 03 389 5778
KRAKKAJACK
MOCKINGBIRD
NATALIE ELMS
theborough.nz
richmondclub.nz

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CAFE OPEN 7 DAYS
9AM - 4PM
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THU - SUN
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to Cinderella at the Isaac Theatre
on Thursday 17th December, 2pm.
LIVE MUSIC
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COMING UP NEW YEAR'S EVE
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BISTRO IS OPEN TUES TO SAT
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Members, guests & affiliates welcome
at Hornby Club
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BOTANICAFURNITURE.co.nz 0800 268 264

Thursday December 10 2020 The Star 49
Bigger Better Bush Inn!
The Provedore
Grocery Market
now oPen!
plus Briscoes, unbelievable
food and hospitality outlets
and over 65 great stores!

50 The Star Thursday December 10 2020
Our long awaited speciality grocery development is now open!
Everything you need for your weekly grocery shop
and more. Despite Covid delays we have many stores
open with others coming on stream shortly .
Our boutique V- Mart Supermarket now open as is
Salmon Heaven, The Source bulk foods, Tank Juice.
Corey Winder Master Butcher and European Deli
has opened just this week, House of Spices Indian
Bazaar and Bush Inn Fine Wines and Spirits follow in
December.
2021 will be the year you make The Provedore at
Bush Inn your choice for grocery shopping!
Unbelievable Food Line up!
When you’ve done your shopping
whether you want fast food,
breakfast or dinner we reckon
we have the best line up of food
outlets in the city!
From Burger Fuel and Lone Star to
Smokeshack BBQ, Tuk Tuk Thai,
Kebab Inn we have over 30 eateries
– you wont go hungry at Bush Inn !
Over 60 speciality stores
Despite a difficult year for retail everywhere our line up
of speciality stores remains strong. From services such
as BNZ, NZ Post, Phonefix and Copyprint , to boutique
fashion, Fascino Shoes, Leather Direct , All About a Girl and
of course the wonderful Caroline Eve. Petersens Jewellers,
Frontrunner, health and beauty stores and gifts galore –
come on in and support local.

TM Dfo
… of course
www.lonestar.co.nz
(Terms and Conditions apply)
… of course
Thursday December 10 2020 The Star 51
Some offers to make your
visit even more worthwhile
Lone Star
Get together for a Lone Star
Christmas at our place!
Starting at $39.90pp. We’ll serve-up
a mouth-watering two new set menus
including starter, mains and dessert.*
*NO vouchers are redeemable when on this menu
*Minimum of 12 guests
Christmas Set Menu
$39.9 per head
STARTER
Holy Moly Guacamole
vo GFO DFo
Fresh house made tasty guacamole to share (between 4) served with corn chips.
Mains (choice of one)
Stir crazy SIRLOIN
TM GFO DFo
250g of premium-aged NZ sirloin, cooked how you like it. Served with sautéed onions, buffalo chips, Lone Star coleslaw
and your choice of steak sauce. Steak sauce options: Chunky Mushroom or Garlic Butter GFO
RUNNING BEAR SALMON
GFO Dfo
Pan-seared boneless fillet of Marlborough sea-run NZ salmon. Meal set changes with the seasons.
Your waiter can tell you all about it.
DIXIE CHICKEN TM
Free Range Chicken breast poached in a creamy sauce of white wine, garlic, spring onion, fresh herbs,
corn and carrot. Served with buffalo chips and Lone Star coleslaw .a fair dinkum legend.
Redneck Ribs
Six legendary Lone Star pork spare ribs blanched in honey and spices. Blasted in the Lone Star fire, piled high then
smothered in our famous hoisin, orange and sesame seed sauce .often copied, never beaten.
CAMPFIRE BURRITO vo
Rolled soft flour tortilla filled with seasonal roasted vegetables, spicy bean mix, greens and rice. Topped with Lone Star
burrito sauce, grilled cheese, salsa, sour cream and jalapeños. Or have it with Spicy Free Range Chicken or New Zealand
premium Beef. Served with buffalo chips and Lone Star coleslaw.
Desserts (your choice)
LONGHORN CHEESECAKE TM
Our legendary Kahlua and Moro Bar cheesecake. Served with chocolate sauce and Chantilly cream.
KIWI PAVLOVA GFO
STARTERs
LONE STAR ARTISAN Garlic LOAF Dfo
A traditional seeded ciabatta loaf to share (between 4), hand-crafted by Loaf Bakery exclusively for Lone Star.
Oven baked with a lashing of Lone Star garlic butter.
Redneck Ribs
TM Dfo
Eight legendary Lone Star pork spare ribs to share (between 4), blanched in honey and spices. Blasted in the Lone Star
fire, piled high then smothered in our famous hoisin, orange and sesame seed sauce .often copied, never beaten.
Fresh house made tasty guacamole to share (between 4) served with corn chips.
Holy Moly Guacamole
vo GFO DFo
Mains (choice of one)
Stir crazy SIRLOIN
250g of premium-aged NZ sirloin, cooked how you like it. Served with sautéed onions, buffalo chips, Lone Star coleslaw
and your choice of steak sauce. Steak sauce options: Chunky Mushroom or Garlic Butter GFO
Pan-seared boneless fillet of Marlborough sea-run NZ salmon. Meal set changes with the seasons.
Your waiter can tell you all about it.
Free Range Chicken breast poached in a creamy sauce of white wine, garlic, spring onion, fresh herbs,
corn and carrot. Served with buffalo chips and Lone Star coleslaw .a fair dinkum legend.
RUNNING BEAR SALMON
DIXIE CHICKEN TM
LASSOO OF HOG
TM DFo
TM GFO DFo
GFO Dfo
400g of rolled NZ Free Farmed Pork loin with a prune, carrot and seeded mustard stuffing. Oven-roasted with
crackling and finished with a fresh apple and ginger sauce. Served with buffalo chips and Lone Star coleslaw .world famous
in New Zealand!
STAND BY YOUR LAMB
Slow-roasted NZ lamb shoulder, served with spring onion and feta mash, sautéed seasonal greens, roasted cherry tomatoes
and a mint jus .cause after all he’s just a lamb.
CAMPFIRE BURRITO vo
TM GFO DFo
Rolled soft flour tortilla filled with seasonal roasted vegetables, spicy bean mix, greens and rice. Topped with Lone Star
burrito sauce, grilled cheese, salsa, sour cream and jalapeños. Or have it with Spicy Free Range Chicken or New Zealand
premium Beef. Served with buffalo chips and Lone Star coleslaw.
Garnish with Lone Star famous vinaigrette.
Tossed in herb salt. Served in a basket with a side of sriracha aioli.
Sides (For the table)
Fresh Green Garden Salad
Kumara Home-style chips Gfo
Mini pavs filled with Chantilly cream. Served with premium vanilla bean ice cream, fresh fruit and berry coulis.
Desserts (choice of one)
LONGHORN CHEESECAKE TM
vo DFo
Our legendary Kahlua and Moro Bar cheesecake. Served with chocolate sauce and Chantilly cream.
KIWI PAVLOVA GFO
MILKY BAR PUD TM
Christmas Set Menu
$59.8 per head
Mini pavs filled with Chantilly cream. Served with premium vanilla bean ice cream, fresh fruit and berry coulis.
White chocolate and buttermilk pudding. Served hot with butterscotch
sauce, white chocolate sauce and premium vanilla bean ice cream.
GFO — Gluten Free Option DFO — Dairy Free Option VO — Vegetarian Option Minimum of 12 people dining.
GFO — Gluten Free Option DFO — Dairy Free Option VO — Vegetarian Option Minimum of 12 people dining.
www.lonestar.co.nz
(Terms and Conditions apply)
Salmon Heaven
Raw trimmings 1kg
Usually $30.00 NOW $22.50
*RT1P, December 2020 only.
180g Traditional and cracked
pepper hot smoked salmon portions
Usually $13.80ea NOW $11.50ea
*HSP180PS & HSPP180PS, December 2020 only.
Front Runner
Crusaders Replica Shirts
RRP $149.90
NOW $ 89.90
Limited stock!!
Adidas Casual Shoes
20% off!*
*Applies to specific styles.
Prices as marked.
Corianders
15% off food when
you dine in at
Bush Inn
$5 snack sized
crispy chicken
available with any
order, dine in only
The Source Bulk Foods
The Source Bulk Foods is the
perfect gift giving destination
this Christmas so come instore or
online and be inspired! We have
zero waste gift ideas, you can
create hampers for loved ones, and
stock up on all your Source goodies
for the holidays ahead.
Our Source team love celebrating
this time of year and would like to
gift you with a free bag of Source
chocolates, valued at $5 with any
purchase in store or online when
you mention this ad. *only while stocks last.
Haircuts for
Haircuts
Christmas
haircuts for the
entire family.
No appointment
necessary. Don’t
forget our loyalty
card, every 8th haircut is FREE.
CATERING
EASY CROWD
PLEASER
FROM JUST
$
3 66
PER
PERSON

52 The Star Thursday December 10 2020
bUsh iNN shOPPiNG CENtrE
All About a Girl
Hair Cuts for Haircuts
Be a Beauty
La Wheat
BNZ
Leather Direct
Briscoes
Lincraft
Caroline Eve
Mister Minit
Elite Meats
OK Mart
Fascino Shoes
Petersens Jewellers
Haircare Market
PhoneFix NZ
Sunshine Travel
TAB Sports Bar
The Front Runner
The Main Skein
The Nail Shop
Unichem Pharmacy
Copy Print
Christmas
Meet and take your
own FREE photo with
Santa
FREE gift wrapping
12th -24th December
11am -3.30pm
fOOD OUtLEts
Black & White Coffee
Cartel
Burger Fuel
Carl’s Jr
Coffee Culture
Corianders
Dubba Dubba
Hachi Hachi
Jinabob Korean Food
Kebab Inn
Lone Star
Moko Sublime Cafe
Muffin Break
New York Deli
Noodle Station
Pizza Hut
Roast Ease
Shake Shed & Co
Shanghai Street
Dumplings
Smokeshack BBQ
The Sushi Company
Tuk Tuk Thai Street
bUsh iNN CENtrE traDiNG hOUrs
9am – 5pm Weekdays
10am -4pm Sundays
25th Dec
26th Dec
27th Dec
28th Dec
29th Dec
CLOSED
10am -4pm
10am-4pm
9am-5pm
9am-5pm
PUbLiC hOLiDays
10:00am – 5:00pm
30th Dec
31st Dec
1st Jan
2nd Jan
3rd Jan
9am-5pm
9am-5pm
CLOSED
10am-4pm
10am-4pm
fOOD OUtLEts
11:30am – Until Late
thE PrOvEDOrE
Corey Winder Master
Butcher and European Deli
The Source Bulk Foods
Tank Juice
Salmon Heaven
V-Mart Boutique
Supermarket
LOCatiON
Cnr Riccarton and Waimairi Roads,
Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041