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Top fire investigator calls 

Ken Legat 

for security cameras 

• By Matt Slaughter 

ONE OF the city’s leading fire 

investigators Ken Legat says 

security cameras could help 

catch arsonists on the Port 

Hills. 

It comes after a number of 

fires on the Port Hills over the 

past few days, including a scrub 

fire which led to the evacuation 

of 16 homes in Clifton on 

Tuesday, one in Hillsborough 

on Friday, which burned 

about 20ha of land, and four 

suspicious 

blazes last 

Wednesday. 

There have 

been up to 

10 suspicious 

fires over last 

10 days. 

The Port 

Hills fire 

in 2017 

destroyed nine homes and two 

other structures and burnt 

through 1600ha of land. The 

cause of this fire has never been 

determined. 

Legat said CCTV cameras 

could be positioned on access 

roads to the Port Hills and on 

the hills themselves. 

The cameras would record 

vehicle movements that could 

provide leads to the police 

investigating suspicious fires. 

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Travel bubble – let’s be 

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USEFUL: Fire investigator Ken 

Legat says CCTV cameras on 

the Port Hills would benefit 

Fire and Emergency New 

Zealand staff and police 

when looking for witnesses to 

blazes or those who started 

them. 

Spike in 

overdose 

numbers 

during 

Covid-19 

lockdown 

THERE WAS a significant 

increase in the number of 

people going to Christchurch 

Hospital’s emergency department 

after overdosing on common 

painkillers, and self harm, during 

the five-week Covid-19 lockdown. 

The findings, from a new University 

of Otago, Christchurch, 

study highlight the risks associated 

with the over-the-counter 

sale of large, cheap boxes of painkillers, 

lead researcher Dr Laura 

Joyce said. 

It comes after Coroner David 

Robinson made a recommendation 

in July this year for paracetamol 

sales to be limited after the 

accidental overdose of a 20-yearold 

woman. He recommended a 

maximum of 32 500mg tablets 

at a pharmacy, or 100 tablets by 

prescription. 

Joyce said the team recorded 

the number of presentations to 

ED during the national lockdown, 

between March 26 and April 

28, to understand the impact on 

New Zealanders health-seeking 

behaviours. They also recorded 

the number and type of mental 

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• By Chris Barclay 

RICHARD CHRISTIE realised 

a fictional seven-episode online 

drama was a game changer when 

a prospective member arrived at 

the Canterbury Chess Club with 

a sudden interest in 1.e4 as an 

opening move, and the Sicilian 

Defence. 

And the inquisitive woman 

was not alone at the club’s 

Riccarton headquarters – 

interest in the 

board game 

has risen 

dramatically in 

Christchurch 

since Netflix 

gave chess the 

greatest boost 

since American 

Bobby Fischer 

and Russia’s 

Boris Spassky played for real in 

the 1972 world championships. 

The Queen’s Gambit was 

released in October and already 

the club has had to add a social 

event on Thursdays to complement 

the usual game play on a 

Wednesday. 

Christie, the club president 

since last year, said more than 20 

people had expressed an interest 

in joining, which is significant 

as the current membership is 

around 40. 

“One woman contacted us 

and said: ‘I’m keen to learn chess, 

I’ve never played before but 

I watched the series’,” Christie 

said. 

“I’ve had year 3 kids through 

to three blokes who came along 

the other night who were 17- 

plus. There’s a total mix to be 

honest. 

“The Queen’s Gambit has 

certainly got people talking 

about chess. It was the same 

in the 70s when Bobby Fischer 

played Spassky and chess was 

in the mainstream media. They 

called it ‘The Fischer Boom 

Years’. This is the biggest boom 

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Property market no sign of slowing down 

CHRISTCHURCH’S real 

estate boom shows no signs 

of diminishing with leading 

agent Ray White’s Christchurch 

offices shifting 24 properties 

worth a combined value of 

more than $16.5 million last 

week. 

Seventeen of the properties 

went under the hammer, with 

the remainder snapped up before 

the scheduled auction date. 

The Queen’s Gambit boosts 

city chess club numbers 

Richard 

Christie 

“It was a crazy week of auctions 

with six properties called 

forward with pre-auction offers 

and outstanding results,” said Ray 

White New Zealand South Island 

regional manager Jane Meyer. 

She said internal auction data 

showed the auction day clearance 

rate in Christchurch last 

week was 82.8 per cent – a huge 

increase of 21.22 per cent yearon-year. 

“The seller’s market shows no 

sign of slowing down anytime 

soon so people thinking of 

coming to market still have 

time to take advantage of strong 

selling conditions,” Meyer said. 

“Open homes and on-site auctions 

are so busy now that we’re 

seeing offices use things like a 

Mr Whippy ice-cream truck to 

keep visitors entertained and 

engaged. 

we’ve had since then. 

“It’s not that chess is ever 

going to be cool, but it’s one of 

those things that if it gets into 

the mainstream it gets cooler for 

a bit,” he said. 

A full-time chess coach and 

junior tournament organiser, the 

South African accepted renewed 

interest may be fleeting so the 

club is keen to capitalise as the 

year draws to a close. 

“We usually start up again in 

February but we’ll probably start 

up mid-January. I don’t want 

to lose the momentum of what 

“This week we go into the 

final auction week leading up to 

December 22 with 36 auctions 

still to be called in the run-up to 

Christmas.” 

Meanwhile, the Real Estate 

Institute of New Zealand 

revealed there were 1333 house 

sales throughout Canterbury in 

November, an increase of 31.7 

per cent over the same month 

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we’ve got now. The sooner we 

open again the better,” Christie 

said. 

Meanwhile, although 

Covid-19 disrupted the national 

tournament schedule for schools 

this year, Christie said the global 

pandemic also benefited chess 

during lockdown. 

“The lockdown drove people 

to play board games or play 

online,” he said. 

“That may have translated into 

‘Hey I play chess on my phone, 

but maybe it would be cooler to 

play it with some people’.” 

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yesterday. A St John spokesman 

said one person has suffered 

serious injuries and one person 

moderate injuries. A police 

spokeswoman said they were 

notified of the crash on Brittan 

Tce at about 12.25pm on 

Wednesday. “The information 

received from ambulance 

suggests two cyclists rode into 

the back of a car.” 

Northern Corridor 

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The $290 million Christchurch 

Northern Corridor is scheduled 

to open to traffic today. A 

close eye will be kept on traffic 

volumes in the St Albans, 

Edgeware and Mairehau 

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connects central Christchurch 

to State Highway 1 and the 

Waimakariri District. It 

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of Belfast, Northwood and 

Redwood, which will help ease 

congestion on Main North Rd. 

The motorway took four years to 

construct. The shared path that 

runs alongside the motorway is 

also set to open today. 

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Work to improve living 

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units across the city is now 

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of insulation in places harder 

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The work is part of an initiative 

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Children of couple killed in chopper 

• By Kurt Bayer & Anna 

Leask 

DEVASTATED friends of 

the couple killed in Tuesday’s 

horror helicopter crash north 

of Kaikōura have gathered at 

their family home north of 

Christchurch. 

Pilot Andrew Hamish Davidson, 

60, and wife Lin Chen, 39, died 

when their new helicopter crashed 

at a stony beach 30km north of 

Kaikōura at about 12.40pm while 

on a family trip. 

Two of their children were 

injured – including son Angus, a 

year 7 pupil at Medbury School – 

along with a third child. 

Medbury yesterday afternoon 

wrote to parents and caregivers to 

confirm “with a heavy heart” that 

“the family named in Tuesday’s 

Kaikōura helicopter crash is one 

of our own”. 

“Angus and two other children 

were airlifted to Wellington 

Hospital and our thoughts 

and prayers are with them and 

the medical staff overseeing 

their care,” headmaster Ian 

Macpherson said. 

“The Medbury community 

draws strength from our 

Christian foundations and from 

the collective care and support it 

offers in difficult times.” 

Medbury, which has closed 

already for the year, says support 

for the Davidson family – both 

now and into the future – is 

“paramount”, along with the 

support for its wider community. 

The school will open on 

Monday between 10-11am in 

the Medbury Centre for families 

to come together if they need 

support. 

“A range of counselling services 

will also be made available to 

support our community during this 

difficult time,” Macpherson said. 

“The school will continue to 

provide relevant information 

when it comes to hand. 

“In the meantime, we ask 

that you keep Angus and the 

Davidson family as a whole in 

your prayers.” 

St Andrew’s College has also 

paid tribute to Davidson and 

Chen, with children injured in the 

crash going to the school. 

Rector Christine Leighton 

emailed parents yesterday 

afternoon. 

“We suspect that by now you 

will have heard the devastating 

news of the helicopter crash 

in Kaikōura (on Tuesday) 

afternoon,” she wrote. 

“It was with a heavy heart we 

learned that St Andrew’s College 

families are involved. Andrew 

Davidson and his wife Lin Chen 

were tragically killed in the 

accident and two children from 

the Preparatory School were 

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TRAGIC: The scene of the helicopter crash north of Kaikoura, where pilot Andrew Hamish 

Davidson (inset) and his wife Lin Chen who died. 

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crash go to Christchurch schools 

Leighton said a range of 

counselling services will be 

made available to support their 

community, including a time for 

families to come together in the 

school’s Centennial Chapel with 

members of the chaplaincy and 

counselling teams on Monday 

from 11am-noon. 

Police confirmed the deceased’s 

details yesterday. 

“This was an incredible tragedy 

and police is working to support 

the family and friends of the 

deceased,” police said. 

“The family of the deceased 

have asked for privacy at this 

time.” 

Locals who witnessed the 

machine plunge from the 

sky rushed to drag wounded 

occupants from the wreckage. 

The Transport Accident 

Investigation Commission has 

launched an investigation. 

Davidson had just taken 

ownership of the Eurocopter 

EC120B machine in October. 

The businessman from Ohoka 

in North Canterbury had set 

up helicopter charter company 

Glenloch Helicopters Ltd a 

month earlier. 

Friends of the couple gathered 

at their Ohoka lifestyle block, just 

north of Christchurch, yesterday 

morning, where they also 

operated a B&B. 

It’s understood that Lin’s elderly 

parents are at the property – but 

speak little English. 

The large lifestyle block features 

an aircraft hanger and windsocks. 

Upset friends have been 

shaken by the double tragedy and 

today said they are waiting for 

information. 

TAIC investigators are now out 

on the beach amid the wreckage. 

They were scheduled to give an 

update on the incident at 1pm. 

At 2pm yesterday a ceremony 

and blessing was scheduled to be 

held at the scene – organised by 

local Ngai Tahu leaders based in 

Kaikoura. 

Investigators will comb through 

the wreckage as they work to 

understand the circumstances 

that led to the crash. 

Harald Hendel, TAIC’s chief 

investigator of accidents, said 

there may be people who saw 

what happened, given the 

location of the accident adjacent 

to a busy café on State Highway 1. 

He appealed for witnesses 

– “especially anyone who may 

have captured the accident on 

their vehicle’s dashcam or other 

recording devices – to please 

contact TAIC as soon as possible”. 

They have set up a perimeter 

around the wreckage prohibiting 

public access, in order to protect 

evidence. 

“Their initial work will 

include inspecting the 

wreckage, mapping the site, 

and talking with witnesses. 

Further evidence gathering in 

coming weeks and months will 

likely include examining the 

helicopter’s components, seeking 

any recorded data from the 

helicopter’s electronics, 

and obtaining maintenance 

records.” 


Zealand operational insurance 

team member Darryl Papesch 

was one of the first responders 

on the scene and said locals had 

pulled everyone out of the wreck 

by the time he arrived. 

He confirmed the three 

survivors were children, who 

were flown to Wellington 

Hospital for treatment. 

“We were having conversations 

with them, not a proper 

conversation but they knew their 

names and how old they were,” 

Papesch said. 

“The locals were outstanding, 

in a chaotic situation they were 

outstanding. 

“All three agencies, Fenz, police, 

St John, all worked together and 

just got on with it.” 

Ian Mehrtens spent his 69th 

birthday pulling dead and 

wounded people from the 

wreckage of the crash across the 

road from his Kekerengu homeand 

there’s one image that will 

stay with him forever. 

“The wee dolly ... the little girl 

that was hurt, her doll was in 

the surf and I just picked it up,” 

Mehrtens said. 

“I carried the wee girl up the 

beach to where her mum was 

lying. She was asking me ‘where’s 

my mummy ... is my mummy all 

right?’ and I said ‘yeah she’s all 

right’, but she was far from it.” 

Mehrtens and other locals 

rushed to the scene and began 

hauling the victims out, terrified 

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During this period, the number 

of patient presenting to ED 

dropped by 37 per cent (or more 

than 3500 patients) compared 

with the same period the previous 

year. There was also a 34 per 

cent drop in 

the number of 

people presenting 

specifically 

with mental 

health problems. 

However, 

among 

the people 

attending 

Laura Joyce 

ED with 

mental health 

concerns, there was a 6.5 per 

cent increase in people attending 

after overdoses and a 3.5 per 

cent increase in self-harm 

presentations. The proportion 

of overdoses of paracetamol and 

ibuprofen increased by 13.4 per 

cent compared to other drugs 

during the lockdown. 

Joyce said people may have 

stockpiled large supplies of 

paracetamol and ibuprofen 

painkillers before the lockdown. 

Emergency doctors and toxicologists 

had also noticed an increase 

in the severity of paracetamol 

poisonings recently. Many were 

concerned by how easy it has 

become for anyone to purchase 


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large quantities of painkillers, 

she said. 

The Government-mandated 

national lockdown – when everyone 

was asked to “stay home 

and save lives” – had significant 

impacts on health-seeking 

behaviours, Joyce said. Quantifying 

changes through the study 

gave a greater understanding 

of the impact of the virus and 

associated restrictions, including 

on the mental health of New 

Zealanders. 

“It has been argued that, in 

March and April, New Zealand 

had one of the toughest lockdown 

restrictions in the world, 

giving rise to concern about the 

potential impact on the mental 

health of the population. 

“ED is a good place to understand 

the impact of the restrictions 

on the mental health status 

of the population,” she said. 

During March and April, there 

is typically a seasonal drop of 

about 10 per cent in both overall 

and specific mental health presentations 

to the ED. 

The drop was far greater this 

year, with at least a third fewer 

people presenting overall and for 

mental health issues. 

Council has no plans to 

install security cameras 

•From page 1 

But, the city council and emergency 

services appear not to be in 

any hurry to consider or install 

security cameras. 

A city council spokesman said 

it had no plans to install cameras 

currently. 

But he added “it’s not 

something we’re ruling out 

altogether.” 

Canterbury District Commander 

Superintendent John Price said 

he would need more information 

to say for sure if he supports cameras 

being installed on the Port 

Hills but in general terms “police 

support any tools, any capability 

that enhances and improves safety 

in our community.” 


Zealand would not comment on 

security cameras. 

Legat, a former police detective, 

works for Fire Investigation 

Services Ltd, a private company 

specialising in fire cause investigations 

primarily for insurance 

companies, the legal community 

and other private parties. He said 

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THE DIRECTOR of a language 

school where 64 students were 

killed in the CTV Building 

collapse has qualified as a nurse 

after the disaster initiated a 

radical career change. 

Graeme Dodd has completed a 

two-year Master of Nursing Science 

from the University of 

Otago’s Christchurchbased 

Centre for Postgraduate 

Nursing 

Study and graduates 

this weekend. 

The 48-year-old 

was a director of 

King’s Education, a 

language and health 

education school 

based in the 

CTV 

Building when the February, 

2011 earthquake struck – a 

trauma that still resonates. 

Many of the victims were 

foreign nurses, who were improving 

their English in order to 

register in New Zealand. Eight 

staff also died. 

Dodd said the tragedy inspired 

him to become a qualified 

nurse after previously 

working in health 

industry management 

at the Triton Hearing 

audiology firm and 

age care group, Qestral 

Corporation. 

“There is an affinity 

there, a connection,” he 

said, adding 

nursing had 

enabled 

him 


Quake inspires nursing career 

CAREER CHANGE: Graeme Dodd has transitioned from 

health care management roles to nursing. 

“to deal with some of the 

shadows from the past. 

“After reflecting and reviewing 

things, I came to a number of 

conclusions and the first was the 

greatest wealth in life is health. 

The second is that wonderful, 

age-old Maori saying: ‘What is 

the most important thing in the 

world? It is people, it is people, it 

is people’.” 

So when Dodd noticed an advertisement 

for the qualification 

he “recognised it was the right 

thing for me to do”. 

“I realised that even though I 

had run various healthcare businesses 

I’d never actually got my 

hands dirty and worked at the 

coal face,” he said. 

Dodd completed 1300 hours of 

practical hands-on experience, 

which included a stark 

indication of what lay ahead 

when he was on a rural health 

placement. 

“When I was working on the 

West Coast I got an emergency 

call to say the farmer on the next 

property had collapsed,” he said. 

“I did CPR by myself for 

several minutes until the local 

fire brigade and later St John 

arrived. We worked as a team for 

47min to try and revive him and 

I can still remember the numb 

and empty feeling I had when we 

had to stop our efforts.” 

That incident was not a deterrent, 

though the study involved 

occasionally gave Dodd pause. 

“I hadn’t studied science since 

the sixth form at New Plymouth 

Boys’ High School, that was 30 

years ago. There were quite a few 

exams … I’d get home and say to 

myself ‘what have I done?’. 

“I’ve got three young kids . . . 

11, 13 and 14 and I didn’t want 

them to see dad fail.” 

Dodd is unsure when and 

where he will start on the wards, 

but had a preference for looking 

after the elderly based on his 

prior managerial experience. 

“A lot of older people fall, 

probably 60-70 per cent of people 

in the health system are elderly,” 

he said. 

“If you don’t like working with 

the elderly you shouldn’t do it.” 

NEWS 7 

No response 

from Ardern 

FAMILIES OF those killed in 

the CTV building collapse are 

disappointed they have not 

received a response from the 

Prime Minister to their calls for 

a review of the decision not to 

prosecute anyone and a one-onone 

conversation. 

Last month, Professor Maan 

Alkaisi, who represents the CTV 

Families Group, requested Jacinda 

Ardern appoint one or two retired 

judges to independently review 

and report on the decision-making 

process in respect of the police 

decision not to pursue prosecution. 

The group represents some 

of the families who lost loved ones 

in the tragedy. 

The building pancaked in the 

February 2011 earthquake, killing 

115 people. A Royal Commission 

of Inquiry in 2012 found the 

building’s design was deficient 

and should not have been approved. 

Police decided in 2017 they 

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. 

Police had previously decided 

to lay 115 manslaughter charges 

after a 252-page Beca report found 

failings with the design process. 

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A WOMAN almost killed in 

the February 22, 2011, quake – 

crawling out of rubble with eight 

broken vertebrae – has been 

fighting ACC for more than a 

year to get injury funding and 

support reinstated after she was 

wrongly cut off in 2013. 

Bonnie Singh was working as a 

receptionist at the Southern Ink 

tattoo studio in February 2011. 

She was sitting chatting to 

trainee tattoo artist and close 

friend Matti McEachan when the 

city started to shake. 

The pair ran for the door, but 

Singh was hit by a slab of falling 

concrete, breaking her back and 

knocking her unconscious. 

When she came around she 

managed to drag herself through 

a tiny hole in the rubble, formerly 

the front of the studio, to 

safety. 

McEachan did not make it. He 

was crushed by falling masonry 

and died instantly. 

Singh also sustained a head 

injury and concussion and was 

diagnosed with post-traumatic 

stress disorder. 

Unable to work after the quake 

and with ongoing medical issues, 

Singh was initially covered by 

Accident Compensation Corporation 

payments. 

But in early 2013 she was told 

her PTSD was “resolved” and 

soon after that, upon learning 

her physical fractures had 

healed, ACC advised Singh she 


had been assessed as being able 

to work 30 hours a week or more 

in her pre-injury employment. 

She said she protested, stating 

she was still in severe pain 

and her PTSD was far from 

“resolved”. 

But it made no difference. 

NEWS 9 

Quake survivor wrongly cut off from funding 

BATTLE: 

Bonnie 

Singh at her 

home shortly 

after being 

released 

from 

Burwood 

Spinal Unit. 

PHOTO: NZ 

HERALD 


Believing she was no longer 

entitled to anything from the 

agency, from then on Singh 

paid for all medical expenses 

relating to her pain, head injury 

and concussion out of her own 

pocket. 

“I didn’t think I could get 

anything, I didn’t have the 

energy to fight. I was told that 

my bones had healed, that there 

was no more PTSD and they told 

me to get back to work and that 

it was basically time to get on 

with my life,” she said.. 

“I was like ‘what is my life 

now’? The whole city was 

destroyed, I had no job, I was 

still in pain and emotionally, 

things were heavy - there was 

so much anxiety, it was f**king 

awful. 

“I had a kid to look after, I 

had to go to Winz [Work and 

Income] and beg for money for 

food because I couldn’t actually 

physically work any more than I 

was. It was pretty dark.” 

Since the quake she has 

trained and qualified as a tattoo 

artist and is the co-founder of 

Arcana tattoo studio – formerly 

Maid Of Ink – in Lyttelton. 

In mid 2019 – frustrated 

at having to fund her own 

treatment just so she could 

work and provide for her young 

daughter – she sought the help of 

ACC advocate Fiona Radford. 


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ACC calculating lump sum 

•From page 9 

Radford looked into Singh’s 

case and battled back and forth 

with ACC to reinstate weekly 

compensation payments. 

In the past year Radford managed 

to get ACC to fund a cordless 

tattoo gun and hydraulic 

bed to make it easier for Singh to 

work - which she still is not able 

to do full time due to pain and 

ongoing concussion symptoms 

and injury-related fatigue. 

be reassessed in light of the 

additional diagnoses which is 

currently under way,” he said. 

While Singh’s case was not 

handled well, Tully was satisfied 

other claims from other disaster 

victims were being managed 

properly. 

“We have supported the 

recovery of thousands of New 

Zealanders from events of 

significant trauma, such as the 

Christchurch earthquakes, 

Then last month – after a 

the Pike River Mine disaster, 

lengthy and complex fight – Singh has not been able to work full time since breaking Whakaari, and the Christchurch 

ACC agreed Singh should not eight bones in her back in the quake. 

terror attacks,” he said. 

have been cut off. 

PHOTO: LOGAN CHURCH Singh said she now wanted to 

The agency told her its initial 

decision had been replaced and 

she was now deemed “incapacitated 

for pre-injury employment” 

from the week compensation 

was cut in 2013 until now 

- a period of seven years. 

ACC is now working through 

a process of calculating a lumpsum 

back payment for Singh. 

Singh said the past few years 

could have been very different 

for her - and much easier - had 

her funding not been cut. 

“I definitely would have been 

able to focus on my healing 

rather than the amount of pressure 

that was on me to get on 

with life. I would have gotten the 

treatment I needed that would 

have relieved a lot of my pain.” 

ACC chief operating officer 

Mike Tully said the decision to 

cut Singh’s funding was based 

on “independent medical advice” 

that said her injuries were 

“no longer stopping her from 

returning to work”. 

That decision had now been 

revoked. 

“We agree she hasn’t recovered 

from her 2011 injuries and have 

been working with her to reinstate 

and backdate entitlements,” 

Tully said.. 

“Bonnie has cover for physical 

and mental injuries resulting 

from the earthquake. 

“We acknowledge that parts of 

this process could’ve been done 

faster and have apologised to 

Bonnie for these delays. 

“We’d like to acknowledge the 

strength and courage Bonnie’s 

shown following the Christchurch 

earthquake in 2011, and we 

have a great deal of sympathy for 

her and other survivors of that 

tragedy.” 

Singh said the apology didn’t 

really mean much given the 

struggle she had had over the 

years. She was more interested 

in making sure others did not go 

through the same “hell”. 

“We’ve acknowledged that 

since Bonnie re-engaged that 

we could’ve worked faster … 

We acknowledge that parts of 

this process could’ve been done 

faster and have apologised to 

Bonnie for these delays,” he said. 

Tully said ACC was “committed” 

to working with Singh to 

“make sure she’s receiving the 

help and support she needs to 

live an independent life”. 

“Bonnie got a lump sum in 

2013 and has asked for that to 

speak out about her journey to 

help others. 

“I am so lucky to have had 

Fiona - this process was mentally 

and emotionally awful, 

it dragged everything back up 

from 2011,” she said. 

“Now I can do the things I 

have wanted to do for myself 

to heal, to get right and not 

be pushing myself to the limit 

every single day just to survive, 

in heaps of pain. 

“I’m not bitter at all – I 

want other people to know my 

story. There might be other 

people out there with similar 

injuries, or worse who don’t realise 

what they could or should 

be getting. 

“People deserve to be 

supported through this stuff in 

their life.” – NZ Herald 

Police, students 

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• By Matt Slaughter 

VIDEOS FEATURING police 

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when they head away this summer 

have been created by a group who 

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students. 

The Be Safe, Feel Safe summer 

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Christchurch. 

Police asked the students to make 

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Videos, podcasts, digital posters 

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with. 

“When we started this project, we 

were clear that our brief was summer 

safety and our target audience 

was the students themselves and 

their friends,” he said. 

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• By Melissa Nightingale 

NEW ZEALAND’S longestserving 

prisoner is to be released 

from jail after the High Court 

ruled his rights were being 

breached. 

Former Christchurch man 

Alfred Thomas Vincent was one 

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He has spent more than 50 

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Vincent, now 83, has deteriorated 

mentally and physically, 

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dangers” due to his sexualised 

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The only time Vincent has 

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leaves in the early 80s – which 

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But now Justice Jillian Mallon 

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has ordered he be released, 

finding he was being detained 

“arbitrarily” in breach of the Bill 

of Rights Act. 

In her judgment, published 

yesterday, Justice Mallon said 

Vincent had stage five dementia 

and did not appear to know his 

own name. He cannot speak 

clearly or care for himself. 

“He has been refused parole at 

least 48 times, most recently on 

August 19, 2019,” she said in her 

judgment. 

“He is apparently New Zealand’s 

longest-serving prisoner. 

How can this be? 

“I consider the process which 

ought to have enabled his release 

some time ago has miscarried. 

He no longer represents an 

undue risk to the safety of the 

community.” 

Psychological reports over 

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reoffending against children, but 


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simple objects, and often mixed 

up night and day. 

In the latest parole decision, 

the board said if Vincent were to 

be put in a psychogeriatric care 

facility, the staff might need to be 

trained to manage his sexualised 

behaviour, and that no such 

facility was currently available. 

In July this year, Vincent’s 

lawyer made an application for 

compassionate release, expressing 

concern that little seemed 

to have been done to advance a 

release plan for Vincent in spite 

of a 2007 Parole Board decision 

stating that it was “unacceptable 

to think that he is doomed to die 

in prison”. 

The prison director provided 

a report last August stating 

Vincent had little understanding 

of where he was and why he was 

there, but was easy to deal with 

and could generally be lured 

back to his cell with tea and a 

biscuit. 

“Vincent is generally quiet and 

smiley, with little understanding 

of his surroundings,” the director 

said. 

His “disinhibited behaviours” 

were easily managed with distractions 

and directions. 

The application was refused 

because no suitable secure care 

facility could be found for Vincent. 

The matter eventually came to 

a judicial review before Justice 

Mallon, with Vincent’s counsel 

alleging the Parole Board had 

erred in multiple areas, including 

failing to take into account his 

mental impairment and the Bill 

of Rights Act. 

Counsel argued the board 

incorrectly factored in Vincent’s 

sexualised conduct in prison, 

when that conduct was actually 

a symptom of his dementia, and 

was lawful. 

Another doctor report from 

October this year found he was 

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“mentally totally incompetent” 

and “dependent on carers for 

every aspect of his living”. 

The doctor said he “cannot 

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needed appropriate care. 

Justice Mallon said the punitive 

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ago, and that the need for public 

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if Vincent was to be detained for 

such a long time. 

She believed the board was 

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to the community. 

“How realistic was it that, as 

an elderly man with dementia, 

who was easily redirected and 

managed, he would have the 

opportunity to sexually offend 

against young boys or indeed 

anyone? 

“The board appears to have 

equated continued interest in 

sexual activity as equating with 

risk, and risk as equating with 

an undue risk, without more 

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the Bill of Rights Act. 

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Peggy turns 100: Pioneer of work with breast cancer 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

CENTENARIAN: Peggy Liddell, who turned 100 this 

week, received a Queen’s Service Order in 1990 for 

services to women’s health. (Above right) In 1976, she 

(second from right) and her husband William, who holds 

the trophy, had tea with Queen Elizabeth the Queen 

Mother (left) at the Orthopaedic Association of the 

English Speaking World meeting in England. 

• By Bea Gooding 

A PIONEER in breast cancer 

screening in New Zealand 

workplaces has turned 100. 

Celebrating becoming a centenarian 

yesterday, Peggy Liddell, a 

resident of Elmswood Retirement 

Village, Bryndwr, initiated the 

service during the late 1980s – a 

move that went against the grain 

at the time. 

Receiving a Royal birthday 

greeting in the mail from the 

Queen was not the first time she 

was recognised by the reigning 

British monarch. 

Her services to women’s health 

were why she received a Queen’s 

Service Order in 1990. 

Celebrating a century of life 

was well spent with a spot of 

birthday lunch, followed by a 

roaring cocktail night. 

Although it was “very nice to 

see everybody,” the day was tainted 

with sadness as her daughter’s 

family, who live in Canada, were 

not able to join. 

“It doesn’t feel any different 

[turning 100], but unfortunately, 

my Canadian family can’t come 

because of the virus creeping 

around all over the place,” she 

said. 

Peggy’s medical journey began 

in 1939 when she trained as a 

doctor at The Royal Free Hospital 

in London during World War 2; 

qualifying in 1945. 

She followed in the footsteps of 

her father, who was also a doctor 

in northern India in the Colonial 

Service – a government service 

which administered most of 

Britain’s overseas possessions at 

the time. 

It was where she was born in 

1920, in Simla, India. 

And while the world was at war, 

Peggy found love. 

Orthopaedic surgeon and 

New Zealander William Liddell 

captured her heart while working 

together at Hammersmith Hospital, 

London. 

Following her marriage to William 

in 1950, who died in 1986, 

she relocated to New Zealand in 

1953. 

Together, they share four children, 

11 grandchildren, and three 

great-grandchildren – with two 

more on the horizon. 

For Peggy, becoming a doctor 

was only the beginning. 

In 1956, she went on to work as 

a radiotherapist in the oncology 

department at Christchurch Hospital 

until 1985. 

Even though she retired in 

1985, Peggy believed there was 

more work to do and played a 

vital role in the normalisation 

of mammograms among Kiwi 

women. 

In conjunction with Maevis 

Watson of the Trade Union 

Centre, she established workplace 

screening for working women in 

1987. 

“I felt that women weren’t getting 

a fair deal with getting breast 

lumps looked at adequately,” said 

Peggy. 

“After I retired I decided to do 

something to bring it to the force, 

that’s why I did a few years setting 

up a breast clinic. 

“It’s nice to know that women 

can go and get mammograms 

now if they want to.” 

Peggy was unsure of the secret 

behind her long life, but stressed 

the importance of living a fulfilling 

one. 

“Think about other people, and 

try to do something that’s worthwhile 

before you shuffle off.” 

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afford to celebrate Christmas will be able 

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children will get presents from Father 

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of individual and business supporters help 

us serve meals to more than 1000 people. 

One very special aspect of the event 

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their own Christmas Day to help us 

put on the Christmas Day lunch. It 

would be impossible for us to do it 

without them. 

This year the lunch is at the Linwood 

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Christchurch. The venue was changed 

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and Linwood Rugby Club kindly 

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We also have a new principle sponsor 

this year – ASB Bank – and we are grateful 

for their help in making the day possible. 

Covid-19 precautions are another new 

thing this year. Five volunteers will be onsite 

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Romano back to doing what she loves 

LUKE ROMANO is willing 

to go around the traps for the 

Crusaders yet again in 2021, 

and durability clearly runs in 

the family with the former 

All Black lock’s wife Hannah 

gearing up for another crack 

at the Coast to Coast. 

Hannah Romano has 

completed the endurance 

event three times, finishing 

in the top six in her 

division on each occasion 

in spite of battling 

Crohn’s disease, which 

causes inflammation 

and irritation in the 

gastrointestinal tract. 

“It’s just something 

that I have had to learn 

to live with and I manage 

it the best I can. It can be 

tough, but I don’t want it to 

stop me from doing what I 

love,” she said. 

And motherhood has 

hardly been a diversion, 

with the demands of helping 

care for Cooper, 3, and 

18 month-old Jonty no deterrent 

as Romano, who lost son Felix to 

stillbirth in 2016, capitalises on 

every training window. 

“I often have to get a babysitter 

or ask my mum to watch the 

boys while I train, so I feel like I 

can’t waste any of those opportunities,” 

she said. 

“There’s always going to be 

other things that need to be done 

but it’s so important to have time 

for yourself to exercise. 

“I feel like I have spent the past 

five years either being pregnant 

• By Chris Barclay 

JUDY BROCK had a wheelchair 

waiting for her on the tarmac 

when her flight landed at 

Christchurch airport. 

And although the gesture was 

tongue in cheek by her brother 

Darryl, the record-setting marathon 

runner already had talks 

with a surgeon booked. 

The 56-year-old from Mt 

Pleasant completed her 100th 

marathon – the Wanganui 3 

Bridges – last Saturday to be 

the quickest member of the 100 

Marathon Club New Zealand to 

reach the milestone. 

It is all but certain to be her last 

marathon, as a damaged left hip 

needs attention, or at least rest. 

She was due to have a chat with 

a surgeon this week to discuss an 

action plan. 

“I’ll ask him about doing 

half-marathons. I may be able to 

FAMILY: Hannah 

and Luke Romano 

with their boys 

Cooper (left) 

and Jonty. Right: 

Romano powering 

through the cycle 

leg of the 

Coast to 

Coast. 

or breastfeeding so entering the 

Coast for me this time is about 

getting back to myself and what I 

love doing.” 

The online fitness coach first 

completed the Coast to Coast 

eight years ago and last weekend 

she biked the last stage of the 

race to get a reminder of what 

lies ahead on February 12-13. 

“By crikey things got real. This 

race, you can’t fake it, this race 

you can’t take it lightly,” she said. 

So Romano enlisted the 

support of fellow mum Olivia 

Spencer-Bower for the two-person 

event, 12 weeks out from the 

243km trek between Kumara 

Beach and New Brighton. 

“I sent Olivia a message 

basically saying I know this isn’t 

much notice but would she do 

the Coast to Coast with me and 

lucky for me she said: ‘Yes’,” she 

said. 

The former New Zealand 

canoe polo representative gave 

birth to her first child, Noah, 

nine months ago, with Romano 

believing Spencer-Bower’s return 

to multisport could prove an 

inspiration. 

become a five or a 10k specialist,” 

she said. 

Brock clocked 6hr 3min 

27.82sec to be the 56th of 69 confirmed 

finishers in Wanganui, 

though the time and placing was 

the least of her concerns. 

Crossing the line was paramount, 

so she could eclipse regular 

running mate Norman Chan, 

who took six years, five months 

and eight days to bring up three 

figures. 

Spencer-Bower won the twoday 

women’s title in 2015, three 

years after finishing second and 

having to place her multisport 

career on hold due to glandular 

fever and adrenal fatigue. 

In spite of the relatively late 

call-up by Romano, Spencer- 

Bower was already in shape after 

competing in September’s Spring 

Challenge all-women adventure 

race in Christchurch. 

“I was about 20 weeks pregnant 

when I decided to enter 

the Spring Challenge thinking 

it would be a good goal for me 

post birth. After I had Noah, 

I worked intensely with my 

women’s health physio to 

make sure I was ready to start 

training,” said Spencer-Bower, 

who admitted her race day 

mindset had altered. 

“I used to race to win, now I 

paddle for me, to fill my emotional 

health cup and to show 

my baby boy that anything is 

possible if you’re willing to 

put your mind to it and do 

the hard work.” 

Romano admitted she was 

feeling better about training 

after a tough beginning. 

“Six months ago, I tried to 

run 5km and it felt impossible, I 

actually cried,” she said. 

“Then (last month) I competed 

in the Queenstown half 

marathon, it’s just about finding 

a goal and working at it consistently. 

Every morning I wake up 

and I see I’m one day closer,” said 

Romano, who has a countdown 

on her watch. 

Brock ran her first marathon 

in November, 2014 – in New 

York – so she set the new mark 

comfortably, in spite of limping 

from the 30km mark. 

“It was neat because my Mum 

(Lorraine) and my husband (Stu) 

came up. They held the pink 

ribbon at the end for me to go 

through,” she said. 

“When I got on the plane from 

Palmy North they made the 

announcement, then when I got 

While Spencer-Bower will take 

on her favoured kayaking leg, 

Romano has the run and they 

share a familiar bike leg. 

Spencer-Bower grew up 

in Swannanoa and Romano 

lives in Clarkville so both are 

well-acquainted with the long, 

straight stretch of South Eyre Rd 

from Burnt Hill. 

Humour at airport for record-breaking runner 

off the plane my brother, who 

works for Air New Zealand, he 

was at the bottom of the ladder 

with a bunch of flowers and a 

wheelchair as a joke.” 

Brock, who plans to take up 

lawn bowls in the New Year, had 

planned to post the ton in New 

York, but was rapt to hit the line 

closer to home. 

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share it with lots of neat people. 

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OPINION 

It’s a year since Environment C 

declared a climate-change em 

I JENNY THANK HUGHEY the Bromley explains what 

community the council has for been its doing. 

Environment 

participation The formal declaration and of a 

its state patience of climate while emergency across Canterbury Chair 

Canterbury was one of the most 

Environment serious, and colourful, Canterbury moments 

Jenny Hughey 

and in the the regional city council’s have more than 

worked 30-year history. together to address and enhance that work. 

fleet hybrid or long-range electric 

long-standing A year ago this odour Saturday, 

That work included setting by 2022. Carbon emissions from 

at 11.49am, Environment 

issues. 

up a climate-change integration air travel across the organisation 

Canterbury became New Zealand’s 

It’s unlikely we’d be on programme in the Long-term Plan are offset via our own biodiversity 

first council to proclaim such an 2018-28, ensuring climate change programmes. 

the emergency, path to formally resolving dedicating the was actively considered across According to a Madworld repor 

issue itself if to the consideration community of climate had workstreams, increasing visibility in 2019, our gross emissions were 

not change stood at the up heart and of made all it does. 

of the science and what we know 2253 tonnes of carbon dioxide 

The declaration highlighted 

their voice heard, giving us about the impact of climate (CO2) equivalent, compared with 

that all the work Environment 

the on-the-ground information 

freshwater needed management to mobilise to 

change on Canterbury, and liaising removals of 7883 tonnes of CO2- 

Canterbury does – from 

on the issue with iwi and regional equivalent through our efficiency 

partners, other local authorities efforts and from forestry planting 

the biodiversity Regional and Council biosecurity, and and central government. 

across 2700 hectares. 

transport and urban development 

the city council. 

to air quality, and also regional 

As an organisation, we have The changing climate will pose 

leadership One of the – has key a climate themes change of also made significant progress in many risks to life and livelihood 

my focus. columns this year has addressing our own greenhousegas 

emissions, with our 

we have seen how occasional, 

in Canterbury. In recent years 

been Currently, participation under the – Resource the 

community Management getting Act, regional Christchurch building receiving a but extreme, weather events have 

involved 

in council business. 

councils are required only to adapt “market-leading” energy efficiency had huge effects on residents and 

REMEDY: The city council has approved a 

to climate change, not mitigate rating of 5.0 out of 6 in the year infrastructure around the South 

There are many ways to 

$22 

it – that responsibility is the to February million on the upgrade National of the Island. Bromley organics 

process 

do Government’s, so, and whatever but could form change. Australian plant. Built Environment The driest parts of our region, 

participation Even in ‘adapt mode’ takes, many Rating System New Zealand. along the Marlborough coast and 

it is been working closely with is confident this will resolve 

Plains, the are issue. expected to get even 

of Environment Canterbury’s The building’s features include across much of the Canterbury 

always a key ingredient in the city council to ensure 

existing policies and plans already 184 solar panels which can 

achieving contribute to good reduced outcomes. emissions. potential generate more improvements 

than 55,000 drier. Once North-westerly upgraded, all storms compost 

predicted processing to become will more take intense 

are 

Community In declaring the participation 

emergency, has been the a Council significant noted it trialled, year. whilst enabling place with torrential indoors, alpine reducing rainstorms 

climate can kilowatt be investigated hours of electricity and per 

part would of continue tackling to problem show leadership There has been a 26% reduction turning our braided rivers into 

these necessary city facilities 

since to 30 continue June 2010. to We operate. now have ing and the causing plant widespread is at the erosion. lead- 

odour and dust, and ensur- 

on climate-change and do so per staff member in emissions roaring rapids, fuelling landslides 

odours without in adding Bromley. new programmes Community 

at ratepayers’ reports expense. of odour It also gave As access improvement to electric and trials hybrid ing Canterbury’s edge of international 

coastal 

during staff a clear a joint mandate Environment 

to continue have vehicles taken and place, hope to the have community 

half our standards. communities will be threatened 

Canterbury/city 

council pilot in March – 

and since – has been vital. 

It’s common knowledge 

now that the March pilot 

trialled an innovative new 

approach to trace odour 

in real-time after years of 

difficulty pinning down 

the problem – traditional 

methods just weren’t sufficient. 

While there are 

many potential odour 

has continued to 

report odour to help establish 

if those improvements 

were working. 

EcoDrop Metro was able 

to improve its operations 

sufficiently that it could 

operate without emitting 

offensive odour and was 

able to continue to operate 

under a permitted activity 

rule. 

Living Earth trialled 

Community involvement 

in independent research 

conducted in November 

was also important. Its 

findings aligned with 

both the pilot project and 

subsequent monitoring 

and provided additional 

information to further 

inform decisions. 

Thank you to everyone 

involved with this 

innovative way forward. 

sources in Bromley, the a number of measures, • Cr Jenny Hughey 

study identified organics including a new compost is chair of the 

processing plant Living recipe, misters and other Canterbury Regional 

Earth and EcoDrop Metro mitigations. Ultimately Council (Environment 

as significant sources of these did not provide the Canterbury) 

odour. 

results required, and the 

As well as working with 

other odour emitting 

businesses in Bromley, Environment 

Canterbury has 

city council has approved a 

$22 million upgrade of the 

organics processing plant. 

Environment Canterbury 

It’s a year since Environment Canterbury 

declared a climate-change emergency 

JENNY HUGHEY explains what 

the council has been doing. 

The formal declaration of a 

state of climate emergency across 

Canterbury was one of the most 

serious, and colourful, moments 

in the regional council’s more than 

30-year history. 

A year ago this Saturday, 

at 11.49am, Environment 

Canterbury became New Zealand’s 

first council to proclaim such an 

emergency, formally dedicating 

itself to consideration of climate 

change at the heart of all it does. 

The declaration highlighted 

that all the work Environment 

Canterbury does – from 

freshwater management to 

biodiversity and biosecurity, 

transport and urban development 

to air quality, and also regional 

leadership – has a climate change 

focus. 

Currently, under the Resource 

Management Act, regional 

councils are required only to adapt 

to climate change, not mitigate 

it – that responsibility is the 

Government’s, but could change. 

and enhance that work. 

That work included setting 

up a climate-change integration 

programme in the Long-term Plan 

2018-28, ensuring climate change 

was actively considered across 

workstreams, increasing visibility 

of the science and what we know 

about the impact of climate 

change on Canterbury, and liaising 

on the issue with iwi and regional 

partners, other local authorities 

and central government. 

As an organisation, we have 

also made significant progress in 

addressing our own greenhousegas 

emissions, with our 

Christchurch building receiving a 

“market-leading” energy efficiency 

rating of 5.0 out of 6 in the year 

to February on the National 

Australian Built Environment 

Rating System New Zealand. 

Community participation 

vital element in 

resolving Bromley odour 

Environment 

Canterbury Chair 

Jenny Hughey 

fleet hybrid or long-range electric 

by 2022. Carbon emissions from 

air travel across the organisation 

are offset via our own biodiversity 

programmes. 

According to a Madworld report 

in 2019, our gross emissions were 

2253 tonnes of carbon dioxide 

(CO2) equivalent, compared with 

removals of 7883 tonnes of CO2- 

equivalent through our efficiency 

floodgates and stopbanks will 

protect half a million people and 

$8 billion of community and 

business assets from a possible 

Christmas “super flood”. 

efforts and from forestry planting The last major flood was in 

across 2700 hectares. 

December 1957, when parts 

The changing climate will pose of Coutts Island in Belfast and 

many risks to life and livelihood Kainga were swamped by river 

in Canterbury. In recent years flow peaking at 3990 cubic 

we have seen how occasional, metres per second (cumecs). 

but extreme, weather events have The protection scheme has been 

had huge effects on residents and designed to defend Christchurch 

infrastructure around the South from a flood of as much as 6500 

Island. 

The driest parts of our region, 

along the Marlborough coast and 

by sea-level rise this century and 

our productive and protected land 

jeopardised by the arrival and 

spread of new, exotic weeds and 

pests from warmer climates. 

All these eventualities have 

to be planned and prepared for, 

and Environment Canterbury 

will remain in the vanguard of 

these climate change efforts. 

One example is the $40 million 

Waimakariri River flood 

Help families 

in need this 

protection project, completed 

late last year. The network of 

Donate now at citymission.org.nz 

cumecs. 

Environment Canterbury’s 

threatened and facing increased 

pressures due to river system 

change. 

Wetlands are also ecosystems 

at-risk nationally and regionally, 

degraded by draining, damming 

and diversion affecting their 

ability to sequester carbon, 

cleanse freshwater and mitigate 

flooding, as well as impacting on 

biodiversity and mahinga kai. 

With biosecurity, we are 

putting greater emphasis on the 

risks of new pests establishing 

in Canterbury. Warming 

temperatures, changing soils and 

new land uses mean new weeds 

especially, will be able to gain a 

better foothold across the region. 

More broadly, we have to 

curb reliance on fossil fuels and 

find environmentally suitable 

alternatives, such as electricity and 

hydrogen, to power our public 

transport. 

When my predecessor Steve 

Lowndes retired as chair of 

this council late last year, he 

highlighted some of the big 

changes on the way. He was

Mike Hosking 

In last week’s issue, Simon 

Britten wrote as if he was writing 

on behalf of every reader. He 

equated trust with seeing his 

own opinions in your paper. 

I do not usually follow Mike 

Hosking, so found his views 

refreshing. Jacinda Ardern’s 

policies and the climate change 

mantra have received very little 

scrutiny in the main stream 

media. American doctors have 

lost their jobs after questioning 

the whole US Covid narrative. 

People ought to be concerned 

about that which they are not 

allowed to question. Free and 

fair discussion is the basis of 

democracy and any editor has 

the right to choose what he 

publishes. – Erin Loo 

If a paper expresses opinions 

from only ONE point of view or 

angle, it ceases to be a credible 

newspaper. 

Newspapers are meant to 

inform the public through 

unbiased news items and 

opinion pieces, such as letters to 


the editor, columns by the mayor 

and writers like Mike Hosking. 

Shutting down ideas/opinions 

that we don’t like is not healthy 

for a society and creates an “us 

and them’’ atmosphere which is 

not helpful. 

Where would we be today if 

someone hadn’t challenged “the 

fact’’ or common opinion of the 

time that the world was flat?? 

In a free society, all ideas 

should be openly debated without 

fear or belittling ‘the other’ 

as not worthy, as only through 

the exchange of ideas can we 

grow and develop. 

A big thank you to The Star 

for having a variety of opinions 

OPINION 23 

Transtasman travel bubble – patience required 

IN THIS era of instant 

gratification, having to deny 

ourselves things we want to do 

this year has been like slipping 

back into bygone times. 

During the pandemic, many 

personal events and gatherings 

have been postponed or put off 

altogether. 

Not being able to get on a 

plane, to physically experience 

different places and cultures and 

empty our heads of home stresses 

for a while, has been hard. 

That holiday you dreamed 

about and saved up for probably 

won’t happen until 2022. Grandparents 

overseas won’t be able 

to hug the young ones for some 

time yet. 

Thanks to Covid-19, we have 

lived through controls and restrictions 

reminiscent of car-less 

days. 

The sudden shutting down of 

social life, movement and shops 

during lockdown was novel, but 

also recalled the limited options 

of life in small-town New Zealand 

of the 1970s and ‘80s. 

For much of the second half of 

the year, life for most people has 

more or less returned to normal, 

except for those in businesses 

particularly hard hit by our 

closed borders. 

There has been real pain for 

people involved in travel and 

tourism, for instance, here and 

overseas. The New York Times 

reported that the coronavirus 

had wiped out nearly 3.5 million 

travel jobs just in the United 

LETTERS 

CAUTIOUS: Moving towards a quarantine-free tavel zone with the Cook Islands is a good 

way to test the processes first. 

States. 

Our nationwide staycation 

has been the key change that 

remains, because quarantined 

entry is the foundation that allows 

other freedoms. 

Now, with the Government’s 

move towards a quarantinefree 

travel zone with the Cook 

Islands early next year, there is 

renewed agitation for a full transtasman 

bubble with Australia. 

Australia has also done well 

suppressing the virus overall 

and Kiwis can cross to Australia 

quarantine-free to certain areas. 

Normal holiday travel is not possible 

because quarantine is still 

required on return. 

But from the Government’s 

point of view, with vaccines just 

a few months away, why disrupt 

the safe conditions within the 

country? 

It makes sense to ease the 

country back into overseas travel 

with a straightforward, low-risk, 

neighbourly link with the Cook 

Islands to test the processes and 

then focus on the initial stages of 

a vaccine rollout. 

A travel bubble with Australia 

would involve a much higher degree 

of complexity and millions 

more people. 

There are also valid arguments 

for tweaking border and travel 

requirements rather than dropping 

quarantine altogether. 

We want to hear your views 

on the issues affecting life 

in Canterbury 




The vaccine rollout itself will 

be a difficult operation. 

And the best time for any 

major border overhaul would be 

once a large proportion of the 

population is vaccinated. 

By then, vaccination and 

records of it will be common 

requirements for flying internationally 

and would most likely 

be part of countries’ border armoury. 

Quick Covid tests would 

be more widespread. 

Vaccinations will take place at 

different times around the world 

and a number of vaccines will be 

used of varying effectiveness. It 

will take time to acquire information 

about how the vaccines 

perform and how long immunity 

lasts. 

People could be required to 

be vaccinated, and tested just 

before and after flights. Masks 

will be a common protection for 

flying and travelling overseas for 

some time. Quarantine could be 

shortened, with the added assurance 

of tests, vaccines and better 

medical knowledge of the virus. 

It makes less sense to bring 

in big border changes for a 

transtasman bubble early next 

year only for a second wave of 

changes to follow later. 

Countries overseas have got 

into trouble pushing the limits 

of luck against the virus because 

of economic concerns and public 

impatience. We have got where 

we are with patience. 

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26 

OPINION 


Tarras airport plan: Councils square off 

Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult was 

recently rebuffed when he attempted to 

open up dialogue between his council 

and the Christchurch City Council over 

the plans for a new airport at Tarras. 

The city council is the majority owner 

of Christchurch International Airport 

Ltd which put up the proposal, and 

the Queenstown Lakes District Council 

majority owns the Queenstown 

Airport Corporation which has its own 

expansion plans. 

Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel 

pointed out to Boult it would not 

be appropriate for the two councils 

to discuss the airport proposal because 

they were associated with competitors 

— the two airport companies. 

Boult has described CIAL’s Tarras 

proposal as a “predatory activity” 

THE RECENT public spat 

between the Queenstown 

Lakes District Council and the 

Christchurch City Council over 

750ha of Tarras farmland has 

tweaked my interest. 

Having got themselves embroiled 

in commercial activity, 

the councils, and the airport 

companies in which they are 

majority shareholders, must obey 

one of the fundamental imperatives 

of business life: effective 

competition. 

The Commerce Act 1986 requires 

all businesses to compete. 

The Queenstown and 

Christchurch airport companies 

cannot enter into discussions 

about rivalry between them, nor 

about how they could best divide 

up the airline services market 

in Central Otago or the South 

lsland. 

The Queenstown Lakes District 

Council cannot say please 

do not enter “our” turf any more 

than Auckland University could 

have said to Massey University 

not to commence tertiary education 

at Albany on the North 

Shore. 

Jim Boult 

Lianne 

Dalziel 

designed to attack the value of Queenstown Airport 

and an “unwelcome intrusion into our district.” 

Today University of Otago professor of competition 

law Rex Ahdar explains why it would be inappropriate 

for the two councils to discuss the biggest 

infrastructure project to be considered in Central 

Otago since the Clyde Dam. 

Discussions by rivals regarding 

reaching an agreement about the 

extent of competition between 

them is potential cartel conduct 

in clear breach of section 30 of 

the Act. 

This carries substantial penalties 

and will soon (from April 

2021) incur criminal liability 

(and even up to seven years’ jail) 

for individuals deliberately implementing 

cartel arrangements. 

It is true that section 36 

prohibits monopolising conduct 

(“taking advantage of substantial 

market power”) by powerful 

companies, but it is most doubtful 

that the potential entry of 

Christchurch International 

Airport Ltd into Central Otago 

is “predatory activity”, as the 

Queenstown council charged. 

This is competition at work, 

and unless CIAL engaged in 

predatory pricing (targeted 

below-cost pricing to drive out 

one’s competitors) itself a very 

difficult thing to prove, then the 

Queenstown council cannot 

complain. 

What are the options? 

Queenstown Airport Corp 

might just call its erstwhile 

Canterbury rival’s bluff, sit back 

and wait for the Christchurch 

company to sink considerable 

time and expense going through 

the Resource Management Act 

hoops, not to mention the swathe 

of climate change protesters and 

nimby (not in my backyard) 

residents of tranquil Tarras. 

Alternatively, the airport companies 

might decide to overtly 

co-operate to launch a new 

airport at Tarras. 

Here there are two routes. 

First, they may enter into a 

joint venture. 

The Act (in section 31) allows 

for “collaborative activities” 

where the co-operative enterprise 

is reasonably necessary for 

the success of the project and 

its dominant purpose is not to 

lessen competition between the 

two parties. 

This takes the arrangement 

outside the reach of the cartel 

prohibition, albeit the project 

is still susceptible to challenge 

under section 27, the general 

prohibition upon contracts, arrangements 

or understandings 

that substantially lessen competition 

in a market. 

The other route is more comprehensive 

and protracted but 

affords full immunity. 

The companies could apply for 

an authorisation from the Commerce 

Commission. 

Here, the commission undertakes 

a sophisticated cost-benefit 

analysis to assess whether the 

“public benefits” from the proposed 

venture will outweigh the 

detriments from the lessening in 

competition. 

CIAL has optimistically stated 

that the project “would provide 

significant social and economic 

benefits”. 

These would need to be 

substantiated, and it is always a 

hard row to hoe for applicants to 

satisfy the commission that an 

authorisation is merited. 

Yet another option is the political 

pathway. 

If the Government can be persuaded 

that competition in this 

important industry would be 

wasteful, or that a co-ordinated 

approach to New Zealand’s 

national airport infrastructure is 

better, then it can expressly state 

that the Commerce Act ought 

not to apply. 

It has done this in various sectors 

such as shipping, dairy and 

electricity. 

It has even done this for civil 

aviation: the Civil Aviation Act 

1990 expressly states that levies 

paid to the Civil Aviation Authority 

are “specifically authorised” 

for the purposes of section 

43 (the exemption section) of the 

Commerce Act. 

The Government could pass 

another one-sentence amendment 

to the Civil Aviation Act to 

cover the sort of market allocation 

between airport companies 

that is contemplated here. 

The quid pro quo to this antitrust 

law exemption would be 

close scrutiny of the new airport 

under the existing regulations 

governing “specified airport 

companies” set out in part 4, 

subpart 11 of the Commerce Act. 

Auckland, Wellington and 

Christchurch airports are 

already subject to this cumbersome 

control of “specified 

airport services”. 

There is no doubt there is more 

water to pass under this troubled 

aviation bridge. 

Meanwhile, the airport 

companies must continue to 

treat each other as rivals, and 

that means no discussions about 

curtailing competition, no 

collusion nor plans to divide up 

the market. 

• Prof Ahdar’s latest 

book is The Evolution of 

Competition Law in New 

Zealand (Oxford University 

Press, 2020). 

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OUR PEOPLE – MIKE JACKSON 

Bringing old buildings back to life 

An Englishman living in a caravan near Eyrewell 

Forest while he builds a house custom made for 

his wife to monitor their herd of alpacas is also 

responsible for restoring some of Canterbury’s 

oldest dwellings. Chris Barclay learns about cob 

cottages from restoration expert Mike Jackson 

When the trustees of Tiptree 

Cottage – built circa 1862 – 

embarked on a restoration 

project on one of Canterbury’s 

historic cob cottages, they 

turned to you. Tell us about cob 

cottages. 

Cob is an ancient building 

technique using soil, water and 

straw. They’ve been in England 

since the year dot I would say. 

Very, very early. There are a lot 

of cob cottages around Dorset 

which are still in existence 

from the 15th century. Old 

farm cottages, whole villages 

like Milborne Saint Andrew. 

Tolpuddle as well, where I 

used to live. They’re all over 

the south of England really. I 

spent about 13 years working 

on cottages in the UK before I 

came here. Not just cob cottages, 

all sorts of plastering. When 

I started out it was modern 

buildings and then gradually the 

historic ones cropped up and it 

just carried on. 

What appealed about 

plastering? 

My stepfather was a plasterer, 

I trained as a plasterer in the 

70s. I played around with it then 

and I went off and did other 

things. I was a student diagnostic 

radiographer and realised that 

wasn’t my calling so I came back 

into the plastering around 1984. 

Why make the switch from 

‘modern’ buildings to the 

historic? 

I was in the pub and somebody 

came up to me and said ‘I hear 

you’re a plasterer. I’ve got a cob 

cottage I’d like to have restored 

in the correct manner’. I started 

doing some research with the 

Society for the Protection of 

Ancient Buildings in Winchester. 

Back then in 88 there were very 

few people that understood the 

way historic buildings should be 

restored. 

Plastering was already 

a viable occupation to use 

abroad before you emigrated to 

Christchurch wasn’t it? 

I went out to Germany to work 

for a while when the recession 

happened in England in the late 

80s and early 90s. Building sites 

were stationary for five years in 

the same level of construction. 

A terrible recession, it was. I also 

did some work in Belgium. 

Then you returned to the UK 

when the economy recovered 

and discovered a useful 

restoration company didn’t 

you? 

A company called Rose of 

Jericho had set themselves 

up. They’ve actually analysed 

the materials used for Christ 

Church Cathedral, Lanark 

Castle (Dunedin) and the bridge 

at Rakaia Gorge. I started 

collecting materials from them 

because I knew they were correct 

… they use non-hydraulic lime 

putty-based mortar. 

In basic terms tell us about 

the types of lime that can 

be used with plaster when 

restoring cob? 

There’s non-hydraulic 

lime putty, that’s the oldest. 

Hydraulic lime was introduced 

into England recently based 

on recipes that have been 

around since Roman times. The 

hydraulic lime has a shelf life, 

it doesn’t last longer than about 

six months in the bag. They were 

manufactured for people who 

don’t really know how to use the 

non-hydraulic limes. Modern 

lime is hydrated lime. It’s only 

used as an additive to a cement 

mix. Non-hydraulic lime putty, 

that’s the one I always prefer to 

use. 

Do you make your own cob, 

or can you snag a job lot at 

Bunnings or Mitre 10? 

We make it. We mix subsoil 

NEW LIFE: Cob building restorer Mike Jackson is working on rejuvenating Tiptree Cottage 

in Yaldhurst. 


in the area, water and straw 

with a larry (a length of wood 

with a blade at 90 degrees to 

the cob). We work it backwards 

and forwards in order to create 

the correct consistency. In the 

old days the farmers would dig 

through the organic layer into 

the subsoil and then they would 

take it to a farmyard, spread it 

out in a cow pen and then the 

cows would walk on the mud, 

mixing it as they threw buckets 

of water and straw. Cow poo 

is a by-product of the mixing 

process. They found it helped, it 

but it’s not necessary. 

Is restoring a cob cottage a 

demanding assignment? 

It’s very labour intensive and 

time consuming. When you put 

lime on, when you remove the 

old cement from a cob wall, you 

get a very crumbly, irregular 

surface that can vary from 

four inches to six inches deep. 

Sometimes parts of the wall 

will fall apart. First you have to 

repair the wall in cob, build the 

wall out in layers. Non-hydraulic 

lime putty sets at the rate of a 

millimetre a week, it’s very slow. 

It dries much faster than it 

sets so you get lots of cracks 

appearing in the lime plaster. 

You close any cracks over the 

days and you keep hydrating the 

wall by wetting it. Horse hair in 

the early coats gives it strength. 

You also put straw into the cob 

to hold it together. 

How long have you spent 

working on Tiptree Cottage? 

It’s a four stage project (www. 

tiptreecottage.com). Over the 

space of two years we’ve been 

here three months. I’ve finished 

the second stage now – all the 

outside is completed, which is 

the important part. Then we’re 

going inside because there’s a lot 

of plaster that’s been redone in 

the wrong materials. Money has 

been allocated by Heritage New 

Zealand but they (the trustees) 

are trying to raise more funds. 

Tiptree has been restored in 

the past hasn’t it? 

When I was redoing the lobby 

and kitchen I was taking some 

of the plaster away and noticed 

some newspapers from 1982 had 

been stuffed in the hollows. I 

guess that’s when the cement was 

put in there. 

Without getting too 

technical, where have restorers 

gone wrong down the years? 

A lot of the plasterers used 

to restore cob cottages with 

hydrated lime and a bit of 

cement. Cement started as a 

setting agent but after 20-25 

years they noticed the plaster 

started decaying. They realised 

they had to go back to the 

traditional plasters, the nonhydraulic 

lime putty-based 

plasters which had been around 

in England since the Roman 

times, and in North Africa since 

Egyptian times. Cob walls have 

fallen down in England because 

of being plastered with the 

wrong material. 

Is Tiptree a classic example of 

a cob cottage you’d expect to see 

back in England? 

Perhaps not classic. Normally 

the ones I’ve worked on in 

England have been linear farm 

buildings with a fire in the 

middle to serve two rooms. 

Tiptree also has a corrugated 

iron roof. In England it would 

still be thatched. 

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How did Tiptree 

Cottage fare during the 

Canterbury earthquakes? 

Cob buildings are very 

flexible, they’re not rigid. 

The only thing that would 

cause damage with an 

earthquake is if the roof 

caused sheer pressure on 

the top of the walls. Tiptree 

was probably weakened by 

being plastered in cement. 

If it’s plastered in cement 

(like Tiptree) the walls dry 

out and a dry, dusty cob 

will become very crumbly. 

When an earthquake hits 

it, the walls are more likely 

to give way than if they’re 

plastered properly in lime. 

Are you aware of anyone 

else restoring cob cottages 

in New Zealand? 

There’d be less than a 

handful I would think. As 

to how much experience 

they’d have, I do not know. 

I know there’s one or two 

who are building their own 

property and learning on 

the job. 

When and why did you 

come to New Zealand? 

New Year’s Eve 2012. 

I’ve worked in France, 

Germany, Belgium and 

America at different times. 

I like to travel and I was in 

a rut in the UK. My wife 

(Tina) suddenly suggested 

‘let’s emigrate’. We were 

thinking of France, Canada 

possibly. This was in 2007 

and I saw in New Zealand, 

plasterers were on the skills 

shortage list which meant 

that was it, we could come 

over. Old buildings are a 

passion of mine so that 

was the only hindrance to 

coming over here as far as I 

was concerned. 

What happened when 

you arrived? 

We had a place booked in 

Hanmer Springs for three 

weeks, after three days I 

realised it was too far from 

where the work was. We 

drove into Christchurch 

and I pulled up at the 

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HISTORIC: Tiptree photographed in 1963. 

first motel that I saw on 

the Main North Rd and I 

just started talking to the 

owner. She said her son 

needed some plastering 

doing in their motel on 

Cranford St. I went down 

there and did four or five of 

their rooms, somebody saw 

the work I did and asked if 

I could work for them. 

I did some EQC work 

for a while and then I went 

on to somebody else for 

a year. Then I applied for 

full residency and got that 

and I set my own business 

up. I was 54 when I came 

over, I’m 62 now. I won’t 

be retiring, I’ll continue 

working until I can’t work 

anymore. 

Were you surprised to 

discover there were cob 

cottages in New Zealand? 

I knew there were some. 

I saw Tiptree advertised 

in the tourist brochures 

in Waiau. I remember 

thinking ‘I’d love to work 

on that’. My first historic 

job was a triple skin brick 

house in Glentunnel, I 

replastered the inside. 

Then I started working 

on Tiptree. I also priced 

Cotons Cottage in 

Hororata for Heritage New 

Zealand and a cob cottage 

in Waiau. I wanted to work 

on them, and I have done. 

I’m very pleased about that. 

What other restoration 

jobs have you done? 

I’ve recently done a phase 

restoring Fyffe House in 

Kaikoura. It’s Kaikoura’s 

oldest surviving building 

(and the last remnant of 

a pioneer whaling station 

established in 1842). The 

plaster has been painted with 

a modern paint, that’s not 

good. I’ve done several other 

jobs in Balmoral Forest, 

two or three other jobs over 

in Mt Hutt’s direction, one 

down in Ashburton. Some 

are solid limestone, some of 

them are cob. 

What keeps you 

occupied when you’re 

not sprucing up historic 

buildings? 

Tina and I are breeding 

alpacas for shows and we’re 

building a house at the 

moment. We’re living in 

a caravan on this plot of 

land we just bought near 

Eyrewell Forest, halfway 

between Oxford and 

Kaiapoi. We sold the house 

in Ohoka because Tina 

wanted to plan the house 

so she could see the young 

alpacas as they’re born. She 

wants to keep her eye on 

them in case there’s any 

trouble because we lost two 

recently. We’ve got about 

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Stunning animal images 

on show at Museum 

Almost 100 of the top entries from 

the world’s most prestigious wildlife 

photography competition are on display 

this summer at Canterbury Museum. 

The Museum is just the third venue 

outside the United Kingdom to host the 

2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year 

exhibition. 

Produced and toured each year by 

the Natural History Museum, London, 

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 

showcases stunning images of the natural 

world from the competition of the same 

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The photographs, which range from 

intimate animal portraits to 

inspiring wild landscapes, 

shine a light on stories and 

species around the world 

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The photographers have 

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The winners of the 56th 

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Russian photographer Sergey Gorshkov’s 

picture The Embrace won him the Adult 

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The photo depicts an ecstatic adult 

Siberian tiger marking her territory on 

a tree. It was nearly 11 months in the 

making as Gorshkov tracked rare tigers 

through forest in eastern Russia. 

Siberian tigers have been hunted almost 

to extinction in the past century, but 

recent unpublished camera-trap surveys 

indicate greater protection may have led to 

an increase in tiger numbers. 

Finnish photographer Liina Heikkinen 

won the Young Grand Title (15–17 years) 

with an image of a young fox trying to 

hide its dinner from its hungry siblings. 

Canterbury Museum last hosted Wildlife 

Photographer of the Year in 2018. This 

year’s exhibition is on until 28 March 2021. 

Quake City 

A visit to Quake City is a must for 

understanding the seismic events that 

shook Christchurch and Canterbury 10 

years ago. 

The special exhibition from Canterbury 

Museum is packed with interesting 

displays and interactives for all 

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Canterbury Earthquakes – a time of 

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A Portaloo door, and a water container 

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Caroline Bay Annual 

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The Caroline Bay 

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18 holes of mini golf, 

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The New Year’s Eve 

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Warm temperatures 

and a family to cook 

for, get the barbecue 

cranking and let it do 

the hard work. Try this 

simple way to cook a 

ribeye or the Sunday 

roast 

BBQ ribeye steak 

Ingredients 



FOOD 35 

Break out the barbecue to cook your beef 

Ribeye steaks, at least 4cm 

thick 

Olive oil 

Salt 

Fresh ground black pepper 

Directions 

Preheat the barbecue to high 

heat. If you have a sear burner 

and a steak that is more than 

3cm thick, get one side of the 

grill going at about mediumhigh 

in case you need to cook 

it through a little more after the 

sear. 

Remove the ribeye steaks from 

their packaging and rub them 

down with some olive oil and 

then coat a generous amount 

of salt and freshly ground black 

pepper. The olive oil provides 

just enough fat to help the salt 

and pepper create a great, caramelised 

crust. 

Clean and lubricate your grill 

grates with some cooking oil on 

a rolled up piece of paper towel 

(using tongs, of course). 

Place the ribeye steaks on the 

hottest part of the grill and then 

stand ready with the tongs. 

At this point, you are on flareup 

watch. The fat dripping off of 

the steaks could create a flare-up. 

If a flare-up occurs and doesn’t 

go away in a few seconds, simply 

use your tongs to slide the steaks 

away from the open flame until 

the flame dies down and then 

move them back over the heat. 

Continue to grill with the lid 

open for about 4-6min. 

Flip the steaks over onto the 

other side, still over the hottest 

part of the grill. 

Grill the ribeye steaks for an 

additional 4-6min on the other 

side, lid open, for a medium-rare 

delicious steak. 

Remove the steaks from the 

grill and allow to rest for 5min 

before serving. 

The resting period is important 

so that the juices don’t run 

out when you cut into the ribeye, 

so be patient. 

Slow-cooked beef rump 

with fennel and olives 

– Serves 4 

Ingredients 

Grilled steak 

from the 

barbecue and 

a slow roasted 

beef rump. 

1kg beef roast 

3 cloves crushed garlic 

1 Tbsp thyme leaves 

1 Tbsp rosemary leaf, chopped 

1 to taste flaky sea salt 

1 shallot, diced 

1 to taste freshly ground black 

pepper 

1 carrot, diced 

1 fennel bulb, sliced 

12 olives, pitted 

1 cup beef stock 

Directions 

Ensure beef is at room temperature 

before cooking. Wipe dry. 

Combine the garlic, thyme, 

rosemary, salt and pepper and rub 

over the meat. 

Place the vegetables on the base 

of a slow cooker or your outdoor 

cooker. 

Rest the meat on top. 

Add the stock and place the lid 

on the cooker. 

Turn the temperature to low and 

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GARDENING 37 

If you want summer colour – plant now 

• By Henri Ham 

DECEMBER MARKS the start of 

summer. 

This is also the perfect time 

to plant some fun and (often) 

colourful summer veges. 

General garden tidy up 

• Trim your hedges, small trees 

and shrubs 

• Deadhead your flowers 

• Mulch around your plants 

• Trim lawn edges 


Flower garden 

Fill up your garden with some 

bright blooms this summer. Plant 

varieties like foxgloves, lavender, 

impatiens and poppies. 

If you’re after something a bit 

different, why not try growing 

some lupins or some salvia, they’ll 

add a bit of colour and height to 

your garden. 

If you’re wanting to create a bee 

haven, remember to add some 

blue, yellow and purple flowers 

to your garden – flowers such 

as asters, zinnias and daisies are 

great for them. 

Vege and herb garden 

Now is the time to get stuck 

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tomatoes, chillies, watermelon, 

rockmelon, sweet corn and passionfruit. 

We recommend staking 

your tomatoes and cucumbers 

early, to prevent damaging their 

roots later on. 

While your garden is in full 

swing, remember to keep an eye 

on your zucchini, tomatoes and 

capsicums; as they are prone to 

blossom end rot. 

Blossom end rot is a fungal disease 

which is caused by a calcium 

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watering. The best way to 

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the infected leaves off and burn it 

– do not throw it in your compost 

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And take care of those weeds – 

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plant 

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with the humid weather they’ll be 

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Give your passion fruit another 

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SPORT 39 

CBHS have secure grip on cricket trophy 

CHRISTCHURCH Boys’ High 

School have returned to the 

pinnacle of first XI cricket in New 

Zealand by claiming the Gillette 

Cup for the 11th time since the 

competition began in 1990. 

They succeeded 2019 champions, 

and local rivals, St Andrew’s 

College, to secure the crown for 

the sixth season since 2010. 

CBHS, who previously claimed 

the title in 2017, finished the 

six-team one-day competition 

unbeaten at Lincoln on Monday. 

Wellington College were 

runners-up; New Plymouth 

BHS, Hamilton BHS, Westlake 

BHS and Otago BHS were the 

other provincial representatives. 

Coach Jack Harris praised 

his players’ composure as they 

chased down challenging targets 

against Westlake and Hamilton. 

“When you’re chasing a big 

score like that it can be overwhelming, 

especially at schoolboy 

level, but the boys definitely 

held their nerve,” said Harris, 

the nephew of former Black 

Caps allrounder Chris Harris. 

First-year opening batsman 

Robbie Foulkes, 15, earned particular 

praise for his unbeaten 127 

as CBHS beat Northern Districts’ 

representative by five wickets after 

being set 269 for victory. 

Foulkes made 252 runs 

at 126.0 while fast bowler 

Gus Sidey was adjudged 

tournament MVP by snaring 

seven wickets at 12.0. 

The Cup triumph capped a 

dominant season for CBHS, 

who also hold the secondary 

schools’ equivalent of the 

Ranfurly Shield – the Heathcote 

Williams Challenge Shield. 

They also won the Christchurch 

Metro one-day, two-day and 

T20 competitions. 

Stephen Fleming: The day I knew 

I’d had enough playing cricket 

With the cricket 

season now in full 

swing, Christchurchborn 

and Sydenham 

player, Black Caps 

legend and former 

captain Stephen 

Fleming is swapping 

the bat for the 

booth and joining 

Spark Sport’s cricket 

commentary team. He 

discusses cricket and 

personal matters with 

Elisabeth Easther 

MY PARENTS separated when 

I was very young so growing up, 

it was pretty much just me and 

my mum and self-sufficiency 

was needed early on – but that 

also means I’m at ease in my 

own company. Although because 

mum came from a big family, 

she was one of 13, I was also 

swallowed up by cousins, uncles 

and aunties and the uncles 

provided plenty of strong male 

role models. 

Mum sacrificed a fair bit to 

make ends meet each week, taking 

me to tournaments and finding 

the money to pay for cricket 

gear and opportunities, but it 

also meant I learned first-hand 

about the value of money. Sometimes 

it was hard, and you focus 

on what you don’t have, rather 

than what you do – but when 

everything has been worked 

for, it means a lot more, because 

even in those days, cricket wasn’t 

cheap, and I will always be 

thankful to Mum for working so 

hard to give me opportunities. 

I wasn’t hell-bent on cricket. 

I was never a prodigy, I just 

enjoyed playing with mates. My 

uncles encouraged me and I 

always had a chance to play for 

fun. I also had good coaches, but 

things didn’t get serious until 

I was about 16. I did dream of 

playing, and I’d make up games 

in my head, but they weren’t 

aspirational dreams, that’s just 

what you do when you’re a 

youngster and your heroes were 

people like Richard Hadlee and 

Martin Crowe. When I had a bit 

of success and started getting 

into junior teams, I sensed I 

had some talent and I began to 

choose between going to parties 

STRAIGHT BAT: Stephen Fleming at the crease against England in the second innings on the fourth day of the second 

test, Basin Reserve, Wellington in 2008 and leaving the field after a 10-wicket win over Australia in the one-day Chappell 

Hadlee match at Westpac Stadium, Wellington, in 2007. 

with friends or turning up sharp 

for trials the next day. At about 

17 I started to commit, and that’s 

when things got serious. 

When you first start, it’s all 

about the game, and you’re playing 

purely for enjoyment. You’re 

testing yourself, it’s exciting and 

you look forward to the next 

stage and the next challenge. 

Then you start to get paid? How 

good is this? I’m now being paid 

to do something I love. Then 

the next stage, it’s a job, and you 

begin to play to protect that job. 

And the last part is, you play as 

long as can because you’re not 

sure what you’ll do when you’re 

no longer professional. That cycle 

from fun to job to what next – 

it’s the scariest thing. 

Once you become vulnerable - 

perhaps you get dropped or your 

performances slip – that’s when 

it’s all about protecting your 

position. As a younger player 

you’re bullet-proof, you’re not 

thinking much about next week, 

let alone the next 10 years. I don’t 

think players get tired of playing 

the game, but I do think they 

get tired of the nerves. That’s 

certainly what happened for me, 

and there came a point when I 

knew I had to make a change. 

Towards the end, I remember 

driving to the Basin Reserve for a 

match, we were in a tricky situation, 

and I was so nervous of the 

outcome it was almost making 

me sick. It was then I decided I’d 

had enough – the pressure was 

overbearing, and my love for the 

game was close to dying, if not 

already dead – and it was such a 

relief. I still played another year 

but, being able to see the end of 

the tunnel, that was so therapeutic 

and I was able to regain some 

of my love for the game while I 

found a new sense of purpose. 

‘There came a point when 

I knew I had to make a 

change’ 

– Stephen Fleming 

People don’t often acknowledge 

luck but it plays a big part 

in people’s careers. As I was 

finishing up, it was the same 

time the T20 format was being 

created and I was presented with 

an offer to play in India. This 

allowed me to prolong my career 

and, being just two months a 

year, it let me transition to life 

after cricket. The next bit of luck, 

I didn’t play that well the first 

year, which meant I was offered 

an opportunity to coach an IPL 

team which was not something 

I’d really considered. Being offered 

the coaching role for the 

Chennai Super Kings – who I’m 

still with today – was a very fortunate 

turn of events, as it kept 

me involved but allowed me to 

enjoy family life, and to breathe 

something other than cricket. 

Apart from our eldest daughter, 

our kids were never really 

subjected to the cricket circus 

and in terms of their sports, 

there’s no expectation other than 

that we are supportive. They’ve 

cruised through the sporting 

landscape and, I say this with the 

greatest respect, they’ve had no 

real success. I did try to coach 

one cricket team when they were 

younger, but my basic knowledge 

is quite poor and there are 

much better people around to 

teach young people. Because my 

experience had been with highly 

tuned professional athletes at the 

top of their games, rather than 

what seven and eight-year-olds 

need to know. I’m actually a 

very poor junior coach and a 

lot of what I could’ve imparted 

would’ve fallen on deaf ears. 

For the majority of my career, 

there was no social media, we 

just had newspapers, TV and 

radio, so it was a lot easier to 

control what you heard and 

read. But as captain, I needed 

to be well-informed, so I was 

open to reading criticism as I 

needed to know if anyone was 

being singled out for praise or 

criticism, so I could shape my 

answers during press conferences. 

On a personal front, it 

sometimes felt overwhelming, 

so you had to have thick skin. I 

remember playing in Auckland 

during a relatively poor patch, 

and I woke to an editorial in The 

New Zealand Herald calling for 

my head as captain. Five minutes 

later Paul Holmes was calling on 

the hotel phone. The last thing I 

wanted was a grilling from Paul 

Holmes but he said: “Anyone 

who is an enemy of the Herald is 

a friend of mine. I want you on 

my show, to have an opportunity 

to speak.” He became a friend 

through the latter part of my 

career, but I look back at that 

moment, and how I was able 

to lift my game and accept that 

criticism. I was lucky to have an 

opportunity to grow from that 

point. 

First and foremost a captain 

is a manager, managing their 

peers and friends, and that can 

take many forms. For some it’s 

being a strong disciplinarian, 

for others it’s a feeling of mateship, 

but you have to connect 

with people to get the best out 

of them. You’re also a gatherer 

of information and a counsellor 

who aims to get a group of 

people to take on certain roles to 

get the collective across the line. 

There’s always a lot to learn and 

each day is different. Ideally, if 

possible, you don’t turn leaders 

over too often. If a captain is cut 

off at the knees before they’ve 

been given a chance to put what 

they’ve learned into play, they 

won’t realise their full potential.’


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Phil 027 435 7711 

Holly 027 222 0220 

holly.jones@raywhite.com 

Licensed (REAA 2008) Results Realty Ltd 

RENT ME! 

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$610,000 

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SYDENHAM CHRISTIAN 

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Sunday 7pm 

Address 

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Clairvoyance 

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All Welcome 

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NEW AGE CHRISTIAN 

SPIRITUAL CENTRE 

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reliable general property 

upkeep, Dip. Hort. 10 

yrs experience, One off 

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service. Nick’s Garden 

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your garden beautiful. 

Free Quote. Ph. 942-4440 

& 022 264 7452 

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Funeral Directors 

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Family Funeral with Cremation $3,950 

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weeding, 

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Ph 3555-022 or email 

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To Let 

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28 Dec onwards . Lovely 

homes & pets. Ph Lisa 

021 547 262 www. 

townandcountryhomesit. 

co.nz 

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STOP BIRDS 

hail, leaves, snow & vermin from 

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range of colours. 

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FOR SAFE, PURE DRINKING 

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4660 

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Trades & Services 

Landscaping 

driveways, paths, 

patios, decking 

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Fence staining 

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Christchurch Botanic 

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ALL landscape 

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House & Garden 

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• Tree trimming & removal 

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• Stump grinding 

• Garden maintenance 

• Landscaping 


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maintenance 

• Gutter & down pipe 

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

Builder 

concrete & paving 

DECORATORS 

DRIVEWAYS 

BUILDers 

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Canterbury Owned and Operated 

A husband and wife team 

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• Interior/exterior 

residential 

• Small commercial 

painting 

Noel 027-411-3596 

kemp.painters@gmail.com 

kemp painters and decorators 

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• 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 

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03 343 9993 333 Blenheim Rd 

 

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TRADES 

TREE SERVICES 

WINDOW TINTING 

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Crown reduction 

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P: 027 2299 454 

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50 years in trade 

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0211221487 

House & Garden 

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Tree & hedge 

trimming 

& removal 

Stump Grinding 

CALL us 021 405 277 

30 years + experience 

Older house 

restorations: 

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Rates: Reasonable 

Paint supplied at 

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NO JOB TOO SMALL 

Light industrial also 

Roger Brott 

Painter & Decorator 

021-1966-311 


LOCAL EXPERIENCED 

ELECTRICIAN 

Local, licensed and 

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specialising in small to 

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Fence staining 

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027 224 2831 

INTERIOR 

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022 375 8506 

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various types of whiteware 

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considered, ph Chch 027 

517 7001 

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experience.NZ Cert 

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Gary 342-8950, 021 529 

022 

SPOUTING 

Select Spouting 

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022 197 2351 

SPOUTING CLEANING 

SPECIALIST 

Entire spouting system 

cleared. Single or 2 storey. 

Jo 021 164 0365 

SPOUTING CLEANING 

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or 021 043 2034 

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REPAINTED 

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021 1056 797 

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- reduction, shaped or 

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0274314720 

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rubbish removal, Ph for 

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Trevor 344-2170 

Wanted To Buy 

WANTED 

SLEEPOUTS 

Sleepouts Galore 

Buyers and sellers of 

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11 Brixton Street, Hornby 

Phone: 349 9633 

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 


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start any time after 5.30pm, for 2 hour shift 


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STEVE PURCELL 

ANTIQUES 

BUYING 

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watches, coins, 

medals, scrap 

gold, sterling 

silver, pewter, 

original paintings, 

modern art. 

351 9139 

stevepurcellantiques.com 

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fridge freezers. Same day 

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Phone 980 5812 or 027 

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tables, dressers, tables & 

chairs, house lots or estate 

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china, coins, medals, 

furniture, furs, jewellery, 

tools, old photos, estate. 

Ph 385-5117 

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Buying estates, antiques, 

old china, crystal, art, 

Royal Doulton , Royal 

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free appraisal. Call Rob 

349-4229 

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fridges, freezers, washing 

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cash paid. Ph Paul 022 

0891 671 

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washing machines, ovens. 

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planes. Hand Drills, Drill 

Press, Scribes, Spoke 

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Screwdrivers, Saws, 

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Tourch, Plumb Bobs, 

Anvil,old style safe,Oil 

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collection,workshop lots. 

Ph Murray 021 441 400 

BOOKS. 

Old wanted. 

Anything considered incl 

hunting, 

mountineering, 

fishing,childrens. 

Ph 354 1621 

GOLD JEWELLERY. 

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Pay upo to $3000 

per oz. Gold $600. 

Soverigns,Gold Rings 

9ct-18ct Chains, Pocket 

Watches, Brooches, 

damaged Jewelleryt, War/ 

Lodge Medals, Pound 

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MILITARIA Any 

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uniforms, badges, medals, 

memoribilia, WW2 or 

earlier ph 338-9931 

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Christmas at Anglican the 

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SUNDAY 20 DECEMBER 

8.00am Holy Eucharist 

10.00am Choral Eucharist 

7.00pm Service of 9 Lessons & Carols 

Anglican 

TUESDAY 22 DECEMBER 

3.00pm Children’s Christmas Service 

with Animals 

THURSDAY 24 DECEMBER ~ 

Christmas Eve 

6.00pm Carol Recital by the Cathedral Choir 

10.15pm Carol Presbyterian 

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11.00pm The First Eucharist of 

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Presbyterian 

FRIDAY 25 DECEMBER ~ Christmas 

8.00am Holy Eucharist & Carols 

10.00am Choral Eucharist 

Sermon: Dean Lawrence Kimberley 

Music: The Cathedral Choir 

5.00pm Choral Evensong 

Music: The men of the Cathedral Choir 

234 Hereford St 

Latimer Square 

CHRiSTMaS eVe 

THuRSday 24 deC 

4pm Christingle for 

Children in the Church 

For children and families 

re-enacting Christmas 

story - children come 

dressed as Angels or 

Shepherds! 

10.45pm in the Church 

Traditional Midnight 

Service with candlelights 

and choir. 


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Presbyterian 

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Presbyterian 

CHRiSTMaS day 

FRiday 25 deC 

8am, 9am and 10.15am 

in the Church 

Traditional Communion 

with carols. 

10am in the Hall 

Family Christmas 

Communion with Carols. 

Vicar Canon Mark 

Chamberlain Parish 

Office 351 7064 

www.stbarnabus.org.nz 

Cnr Tui St and Fendalton Rd 

Christmas 

Church Services 

in your community 

Anglican 

Anglican 

Christmas Eve Services 

4pm – All Age Service with 

FARMYARD ANIMALS 

All Saints, 305 New Brighton Road 

8pm – Candlelight Carols, 

All Saints, 305 New Brighton Road 

11pm – Midnight Eucharist 

St Marks, 336 Prestons Road 

Christmas Eve 24 December 

5pm Children’s Service @ 

Methodist Centre 

11pm Carols and 

Communion 

Christmas Day 

25 December 

10am Communion 

Anglican 

1 Harewood Road, Papanui 

Spiritualist 

Spiritualist 

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PRESBYTERIAN Presbyterian CHURCH 

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Services: 10am Sundays 

at The Village, Bryndwr, 365A Ilam Rd 

Rev Dan Spragg & Rev Anne Stewart - 351 6664 

Christmas Anglican Eve 

6.30pm Children’s Service at The Village, Bryndwr, 

365A Ilam Rd 

9.30pm Candlelight Service at The Village, Papanui, 

460 Papanui Rd 

Christmas Day 

10.00am Celebration at St Andrew’s College Chapel, 

Normans Rd 

Sunday 27 December 

10.00am Combined Churches at The Village, 

Bryndwr, 365A Ilam Rd 

All are welcome. 

We wish you a safe and joyful Christmas season. 

Spiritualist 

SYDENHAM CHRISTIAN 

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Sydenham Community Centre 

23/25 Hutcheson St 

Christmas Eve - 24th December, 7pm 

Evangelical 

Christmas Service 

Clairvoyance 

Presbyterian 

St. Peter's Anglican 

Church 

Church Corner 

Sunday 20 Dec 

8.00am Holy Communion 

9.30am Carol Service 

Christmas Eve 24 Dec 

11.15pm Candlelit Carol 

Singing & Midnight Holy 

Communion 

Christmas Day 25 Dec 

8.00am Festive Communion 

& Carols 

9.30am All Age Christmas 

Celebration & Communion 

St. Luke's Anglican 

Church 

School Road, Yaldhurst 

Sunday 20 Dec 

9.30am Holy Communion 

Christmas Eve 24 Dec 

5.00pm Children’s Service - 

Dress-ups provided 

Christmas Day 25 Dec 

9.30am Festive Communion 

& Carols 

All welcome 

VICAR - The Ven. Nick Mountfort 

Phone 027 721 4909 

www.stpeterschurch.nz 

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Last service till Sunday 10th January 

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Expressions of interest and bookings now 

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Cinderella, e Pantomine 

Isaac eatre Royal, Christchurch 

Tuesday 15 December 2020 

Reviewed by: Ben Harvey 

Cinderella, e Pantomime 

Delivers Silly Fun for All Ages 

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e pantomime tradition is perhaps 

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parts of the world, but if you know 

what to expect, you won't be 

disappointed. Children are well 

catered-for (indeed, they are 

encouraged) and all ages will enjoy the 

sharp humour, whether it be scripted 

or not. Mark Hadlow headlines, 

putting in a characteristically excellent 

performance, but watch out for the 

scene-stealing ugly sisters and an 

excellent Kiwi take on “e Twelve 

Days of Christmas”. 

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KAIAPOI CLUB, 113 Raven Quay: Friday 

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NEW BRIGHTON CLUB, 202 Marine 

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OLD STONE HOUSE, 30 Shalamar Dr: 

Friday 5.30pm - Mike Bickers Boptet 

Christmas songs on the lawn, free. 

PAPANUI RSA, 55 Bellvue Ave & 1 

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RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118 Racecourse 

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RICHMOND CLUB, 75 London St: Friday 

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RIVERSIDE MARKET, 96 Oxford Tce: 

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TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding St, Hornby: 

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Thursday 9pm - Titanic (Kevin Emmett, Nick 

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THE LITTLE FIDDLE, 132 Oxford Tce: 

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THE LOOK OF LOVE, The Piano, 156 

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Bookings: at The Court Theatre 0800 333 100. 

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Leaving school behind 

at the ripe old age of 87 

• By Bea Gooding 

Thursday, December 17, 2020 | starnews.co.nz | 93,000 circulation | Trusted for 152 years 

AFTER MORE than 71 years in 

the workforce, Fred Adams has 

only worked two jobs. 

Bu the final chapter of his 

most rewarding venture yet 

draws to a close today as the 

87-year-old caretaker hangs up his 

tools for the las time after three 

decades. 

Described as a “best friend” to 

BITTERSWEET: After 

three decades, Paparoa 

Street School caretaker 

Fred Adams is hanging 

up his tools. 


many pupils and staff alike, his 

warm presence at Paparoa Street 

School each day will be missed, 

leaving big boots to fill for who- 

“I get a lot of enjoyment [in] 

ever takes his place. 

meeting the children in the morning,” 

he said. 

so I might as well go out and enjoy 

things a bit more.” 

a simple conversation was what 

kept him going. 

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