The Star: December 24, 2020

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– page 3 

• By Matt Slaughter 

& Chris Barclay 

AKAROA’S housing market 

is on fire post-lockdown, with 

a property selling for $1m 

above its rateable value 

illustrating a nationwide real 

estate bonanza. 

The three-bedroom property 

at 113 Beach Rd recently 

changed hands for $2.4 million 

in spite of a RV of $1.38m, 

the sale contributing to New 

Zealanders spending $12 billion 

more on residential property 

this year compared to 2019. 

The Real Estate Institute 

of New Zealand revealed the 

scope of the spending spree yesterday, 

with the median house 

price in Canterbury increasing 

8.9 per cent from $450,000 to 

$490,000 in the 11 months to 

BMW wagon with punch – page 20 

VALUE: This 1970s-era property on Beach 

Rd, Akaroa, has sold for $1m more than 

its rateable value to encapsulate a region 

and nationwide property boom in 2020. 

House prices soar 

in Akaroa – one 

sale $1m over RV 

the end of November, compared 

to the same time frame 

last year. 

Bayleys Canterbury real 

estate agent Chris Mangels said 

there were seven bidders at the 

Beach Rd auction, where bidding 

started at $1m. 

The property, which sits on a 

1033 sq m section, was designed 

by architect Doug Bellamy in 

1970 and has two bathrooms and 

two car parks, but no garage. 

“This property was a standout 

for us. 

• Turn to page 5 

How city 

councillors 

voted on 

Red Bus 

now 

revealed 

• By Louis Day 

AFTER SEVEN months, it has 

finally been revealed how city 

councillors voted in deciding 

to sell off council-owned bus 

company Red Bus Ltd. 

In early May, city councillors 

agreed to sell the company in a 

meeting held behind closed doors. 

Last month, the company was sold 

to local company Ritchies Transport 

for an undisclosed fee with 

63 staff losing their jobs. 

How city councillors had voted 

on the matter had been withheld 

from the reaches of the public eye 

up until earlier this week when 

the city council released the voting 

records. 

Records show 

Mayor Lianne 

Dalziel and 

councillors 

Catherine Chu, 

James Daniels, 

Mike Davidson, 

James Gough, 

Aaron 

Keown, Sam 

MacDonald, 

Phil Mauger, 

Tim Scandrett and Sara 

Templeton supported the 

company being sold. 

Lianne 

Dalziel 

The council’s contingency of 

left-leaning The People’s Choice 

members which include Deputy 

Mayor Andrew Turner and 

councillors Jimmy Chen, Melanie 

Coker, Pauline Cotter, Anne Galloway, 

Yani Johanson and Jake 

McLellan all voted against this but 

failed to form a majority, leading 

to the council recommending the 

sale of the company. 

The decision to sell the company 

came after it lost a third of its bus 

routes, going from having 30 per 

cent of all routes to 20 per cent. 

• Turn to page 6

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NEWS 3 

Pay for charity’s chief executive still a secret 

Amy 

Carter 


SECRECY CONTINUES to shroud 

the pay of a charity chief executive 

whose salary is supported by the 

ratepayer. 

Christchurch Foundation chief 

executive Amy Carter’s salary, 

which is funded by a contribution 

from the city council, increased 

from $214,078 to $221,192 during 

the previous financial year. 

While Carter told The Star she 

had taken a pay cut since then she 

would not reveal what it was. 

“It is a reflection of the fact that 

we are in the Covid world and I was 

happy to do it,” she said. 

The city council has made a contribution 

of up to $600,000 towards 

the foundation since it began to 

help cover its operational costs, 

including the salaries of staff. 

However, as a result of securing 

alternative operational funding 

earlier this year, the foundation has 

requested a reduction in funding 

from the city council to $540,000. 

The foundation was established 

in late 2017. Its latest annual report 

shows that it has raised $12.4 million 

for Christchurch-focused causes 

from its inception to the end of June. 

Over the previous financial 

year, $718,000 was distributed 

from funds raised by the 

foundation towards city councilowned 

community facilities. 

A total of $11.4 million has now 

been raised by the foundation for 

victims of the March 15 terror 

attacks, $9.5 million has been 

distributed. 

Massive jump in number of 

books borrowed from libraries 

MORE THAN four million 

books and eBooks have been 

borrowed from city council 

libraries this year. 

In total, 3,387,207 books were 

issued in the 12 months to the 

end of November and a further 

450,651 eBooks in the same 

period. 

The eBook issues marked a 

massive jump – boosted by the 

Covid-19 enforced lockdown – 

from 344,215 in the previous 12 

months. 

Equally, 

eAudio 

lending also 

climbed, from 

155,842 during 

the previous 

period to 

Carolyn 

Robertson 

208,933 in the 

last year. 

Thriller 

writer Lee 

Child continues his reign as the 

most in-demand author in adult 

fiction while the tales of Harry 

Potter and a Wimpy Kid still 

weave their magic with young 

readers. 

Well-known names lead the 

library wait list, with Lee and 

Andrew Child’s The Sentinel the 

most requested, followed by 

chef Chelsea Winter’s Supergood, 

Kiwi Rose Carlyle’s debut 

novel, The Girl in the Mirror, and 

David Walliams’ The World’s 

Worst Parents. 

Overall, the 10 most popular 

adult fiction books are Lee 

Child’s Blue Moon and Past 

Tense, followed by The Giver 

of Stars (Jojo Moyes), Under 

Currents (Nora Roberts), You’ll 

Never See Me Again (Lesley 

Pearce), Nine Perfect Strangers 

(Liane Moriarty), The 

Guardians (John Grisham), The 

Sun Sister (Lucinda Riley), Redemption 

(David Baldacci) 

KNOWLEDGE: 

Whether it’s choosing 

a book for your 

daughter or lounging 

at the beach with 

your eBook, readers 

have borrowed 

more than four 

million books from 

city council libraries 

during 2020. 

and The Night Fire (Michael 

Connelly). 

In the non-fiction category, 

Michelle Obama’s Becoming is on 

top, followed by Educated (Tara 

Westover), The Subtle Art of Not 

Giving A F*ck (Mark Manson) 

and Lady in Waiting: My 

Extraordinary Life in the 

Shadow of the Crown (Anne 

Glenconner). 

New Zealand authors are also 

popular, including Michelle 

Duff (Jacinda Ardern: The Story 

Behind an Extraordinary Leader) 

and Lilia Tarawa (Daughter of 

Gloriavale: My Life in a Religious 

Cult). 

In the children’s section, 

J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter 

and the Prisoner of Azkaban is 

still firmly on top, followed 

by Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The 

Meltdown 13 (Jeff Kinney) 

and Zog and the Flying Doctors 

(Julia Donaldson). 

For young adults, Suzanne 

Collins’ Catching Fire is the 

most loved, followed by Divergent 

(Veronica Roth), Mighty 

Jack: Book 1 (Ben Hatke), City of 

Ashes: Book 2 (Cassandra Clare) 

and To All the Boys I’ve Loved 

Before (Jenny Han). 

City council head of libraries 

and information Carolyn 

Robertson said the “appetite for 

books and online reading and 

audio resources shows no sign of 

waning.” 

in brief 

Freedom camping 

ban extended 

The temporary weekend ban 

on freedom camping at the 

busy North Beach car park 

has been extended. Freedom 

campers cannot stay in the 

car park from 7pm Friday to 

7pm Sunday during the surf 

lifesaving season. Outside of 

those times, they can stay at the 

car park for a maximum of two 

nights if they are in a certified, 

self-contained vehicle. 

3.7 quake centered 

in Bromley 

A 3.7 magnitude earthquake 

struck in Bromley. It hit at 

12.36am yesterday. It occurred 

at a depth of 11km. Nearly 

8000 people reported feeling 

the quake on Geonet. 

Caretaker boss snares 

health board role 

Acting Canterbury District 

Health Board boss Peter 

Bramley has secured the 

embattled organisation’s chief 

executive role on a permanent 

basis. Bramley, who held 

the same post at Nelson 

Marlborough Health, has 

been overseeing the CDHB 

since predecessor David 

Meates resigned in August. 

The CDHB is under pressure 

to reduce an escalating deficit 

in the range of $180 million 

while dealing with an exodus 

of top-tier management. 

Bramley starts his new role on 

February 15. 

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Post-lockdown boom 

• From page 1 

“It was an amazing sale and, 

post-Covid, Akaroa is proving to 

be a great place to go,” Mangels 

said. 

Several properties in the area 

have sold for significantly higher 

than their RV since Covid-19 

restrictions eased domestically. 

A four-bedroom, three-bathroom 

property at 42 Hempleman 

Drive which boasts stunning 

panoramic views of Akaroa Harbour 

had a RV of $870,000 but 

fetched $1.62m. 

The five-bedroom, three-bathroom 

dwelling at 8 Langlois Lane 

sold for $1.54m (RV of $1.05m) 

while a two-storey, five-bedroom 

property at 64 Onuku Rd, Glen 

Bay, changed hands for $1.28m 

(RV of $850,000). 

Mangels believed the area’s 

property market is booming 

now because it has always been 

undervalued. 

“Now with the Covid situation 

and low-interest rates coupled 

with lifestyle being at 

the forefront of everyone’s 

minds, I think it seems like 

a good option for people,” 

he said. 

The median house price 

in Akaroa is now $830,000, 

compared to $525,000 at 

the same time last year. 

Harcourts Akaroa sales consultant 

Alan Nobbs agreed the 

global pandemic had impacted 

on the market, with overseas 

VIEWS: A four-bedroom, three-bathroom property at 

42 Hempleman Drive, Akaroa, had a rateable value of 

$870,000 but fetched $1.62m. 

travel currently off the agenda. 

“People aren’t travelling and 

aren’t necessarily intending to 

travel. I think we underestimate 

how much Kiwis spend travelling,” 

he said. 

“They’re putting it into their 

houses and people are buying 

their houses.” 

He said Akaroa’s 

proximity to Christchurch 

and its impressive 

landscape have made it 

increasingly desirable 

for buyers. 

“It’s a place that’s close 

to Christchurch that gets 

them out of Christchurch. 

It’s beautiful and there’s quite a lot 

to do once you are there.” 

The REINZ said $5.7 billion 

was spent on acquiring properties 

in Canterbury over the 11 

Alan Nobbs 

months to November, a 15 per 

cent increase on the same period 

last year. 

Nationally there was a 24.7 per 

cent increase in overall spend 

from $48.7b for the 11 months 

ending November 2019 compared 

$60.8b for the 11 months ending 

November 2020. 

REINZ chief executive Bindi 

Norwell said low interest rates, 

no international travel and an increase 

in the number of first-time 

buyers contributed to a burgeoning 

market. 

“We’ve seen record median 

prices reached in many parts of 

the country, with November itself 

seeing 11 new regional records 

– the likes of which we haven’t 

seen since October 2003 when 

the market was seeing significant 

increases in house prices.” 

TARRAS community 

and Christchurch Airport 

representatives are at odds over 

how many “conversations” 

have taken place regarding the 

planned international airport in 

Central Otago. 

Sustainable Tarras representative 

Chris Goddard has questioned 

the number of people 

mentioned in a project update 

newsletter from Christchurch 

International Airport Ltd entitled 

The Journey Ahead sent out earlier 

this month. 

In it, CIAL project director Michael 

Singleton said representatives 

from the city council-owned 

company had now had conversations 

with more than 100 people 

in and around Tarras regarding 

the potential to create an airport 

on the 750ha, $45 million site it 

announced in July. 

“Again, I’m grateful to have 

been welcomed into many homes 

and that so many have taken the 

time to give us honest feedback.” 

There was a range of views 

emerging, from support for the 

project’s potential to concern 

as well as many questions and 

requests for more information, 

he said. 

Goddard said he was surprised 

the update did not mention the 

people and families strongly 


NEWS 5 

Airport representatives 

at odds over ‘conversations’ 

• By Jared Morgan 

against the proposal. 

“Some families in our four 

recent local community meetings 

mentioned they had put out a 

number of requests for engagement 

and had not yet heard 

back.” 

That included direct neighbours 

to the CIAL property, as well as 

long-term residents inside the 

likely flight paths, he said. 

“We’d expect meeting with 

the most impacted families and 

nearest neighbours would be a 

priority for the project.” 

However, a CIAL spokeswoman 

believed anyone who had 

requested a meeting had been 

granted one. 

There were several ways people 

could make contact. CIAL had 

made it made clear the process 

of engagement was ongoing, she 

said. 

“We’re aware some people may 

not want to meet us — and that’s 

okay.” 

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NEWS 

• From page 1 

In the previous financial year, 

Red Bus had run at a loss of 

$30,000, the period before that 

the company recorded a loss of 

$5.3 million. 

However, 

Johanson 

thought there 

was still value in 

the city council 

retaining 

ownership of 

the company. 

“Since the 

decision was 

made to sell, 

Environment 

Canterbury 

increased the 

frequency of 

bus services on 

the key contract 

route and has 

approved the 

significant 

investment case 

in public transport. This business 

case shows a massive increase in 

the operational funding for bus 

contracts,” he said. 

Gough labelled this stance as 

“absolutely idiotic.” 

“The only reason you would 

want to keep the company would 

be if you had no brain or no 

regard for ratepayers’ money,” he 

said. 

“It did not make sense for the 

company to be publicly owned 

because the reality was that it was 

going to cost ratepayers millions 

of dollars to prop it up 

all while not achieving 

strategic objectives.” 

Dalziel echoed Gough’s 

comments. 

“From a technical point 

of view, Red Bus is not a 

strategic asset and doesn’t 

deliver any of the council’s 

levels of service. It’s a 

competitor in a market 

that I don’t think is in the 

interests of the city,” she said. 

Every single councillor 

affiliated with The People’s 

Choice, apart from the group’s 

caucus leader Turner, also voted 

for the potential sale of the 


Red Bus losses amounted to $5.3 million 

Yani 

Johanson 

James 

Gough 

company to be publicly consulted 

on. 

Turner did not respond to 

requests for comment 

from The Star. 

McLellan thought the 

public deserved some 

kind of input into what 

he saw as a substantial 

decision. 

“This is an asset that 

has been built up over 

generations by the 

people of Christchurch 

so it is really not ours to 

sell and it is certainly not ours 

to sell without letting the public 

know.” 

Dalziel said consultation would 

have not made the decision 

any easier and a delay would 

Jake 

McLellan 

have affected the value of the 

company. 

Templeton said councillors 

had also received clear 

advice that putting 

additional information 

around the company’s 

situation into the public 

arena would have put it 

at risk. 

However, McLellan 

said these arguments 

lacked substance after the 

sale of the company was 

made public knowledge 

the day after the council’s secret 

meeting. 

Former chief executive of the 

council-owned company, Paul 

McNoe, resigned the day after 

the meeting was held. 

oN sAle Now! 

Sara 

Templeton 

CHANGE OF 

HANDS: Councilowned 

company 

Red Bus Ltd was 

sold to local bus 

company Ritchies 

Transport last 

month. 

The day of his resignation 

he sent an email to staff 

claiming the council had 

recommended the 

potential sale of the 

company which was 

leaked to the media and 

relayed to the public. 

“What we are seeing 

from councillors is that 

when decisions are tough 

they don’t like talking 

to the public about it,” 

McLellan said. 

He said the group 

understood commercially 

sensitive information would have 

to be kept under wraps but did not 

see why a conversation with the 

public around how they felt about 

it being sold could not take place. 

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NEWS 

• By Susan Sandys 

EATING YOUR greens and 

having a positive outlook, 

alongside a regular glass of 

wine, is the recipe for a long and 

healthy life. 

So says Dora Smith, who 

turned 104 on Sunday, celebrating 

with family and friends at 

her residence the Rose Court rest 

home, in Cashmere. 

The great-grandmother had a 

sad start to life when her mother 

died of tuberculosis when she was 

four, and her father also contracting 

the illness and dying when 

she was five. 

Dora and her two older brothers 

grew up in the Methodist 

children’s home at Papanui. 

“They were good to you, but 

it was hard for me seeing my 

friends coming home from 

school, their mothers meeting 

them. (There was) no love, you 

don’t have real love like from a 

mother or father,” she said. 

Dora also contracted TB, when 

she was aged about nine. She 

survived to live through the Great 


104-year-old attributes 

longevity to positive outlook 

TEST OF TIME: Bolam and Dora Smith celebrating their 70- 

year wedding anniversary at the Parkwood Rest Home in 

2009. 

Depression, World War 2 and polio 

epidemics. But when it comes 

to memories, she cuts out the bad 

and only remembers the good. 

“And that keeps you happy,” she 

said. 

Dora and husband Bolam, who 

passed away in 2011 after 70 years 

of marriage, lived in Cashmere 

and brought up five children. 

Bolam worked as a gardener, and 

while times after the war were 

tough, they had a big vegetable 

patch and the family never 

wanted for anything. 

Dora enjoys a tipple, and believes 

a glass of wine contributes 

not only to her positive outlook, 

but good health generally. 

She can be found having one, 

but more generally two, glasses of 

port wine on a Friday afternoon, 

while chardonnay is another 

favourite. 

“It’s been only in my later years, 

I couldn’t afford to have it earlier 

with five children,” she said. 

Eating vegetables and laughing 

a lot had sustained her throughout 

her life, and the years had 

gone by so quickly she did not feel 

her age at all. 

“I don’t feel 104, I didn’t 

think too much about it, I 

didn’t think it was anything to 

celebrate.” 

HAPPINESS: Dora Smith who turned 104 on Sunday 

says eating greens and a regular tipple is the key to good 

health. 

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10 


NEWS 

A COLLABORATION between 

key agencies across Christchurch 

could look to change the public’s 

approach to beggars throughout 

the city’s streets. 

The city council, police, 

Christchurch City Mission 

and Central City Business Association 

are currently working 

in conjunction on an education 

programme around street begging. 

The programme is in its 

very early stages of development 

and is hoped to be framed up for 

implementation next year. 

While the 

direction of the 

programme 

is yet to be 

determined, 

city councillor 

Anne Galloway 

hoped it would 

communicate 

to people 

“their help may 

harm” when giving money to 

beggars on the street. 

“There is only a handful of 

genuine homeless people across 

the city at the moment. The people 

who are in streets begging are 

for the majority hustlers, and are 

often there because they are supporting 

a drug habit,” she said. 

Christchurch City Mission 

chief executive Matthew Mark 

said it was better to give money 

to community organisations like 

the city mission. 

“If the driving force of someone 

being on the street is an 

addiction then I would suggest 

giving them cash is not the best 

way to provide a solution for 

them,” he said. 


Residents concerned by ‘ugly’ developments 


ST ALBANS residents believe 

the “unique character” of the 

suburb is under threat with 

the possibility of two housing 

developments being constructed 

in the area. 

One of the developments from 

Wolfbrook Property Group Ltd 

has seen its resource consent 

application for 47 Mersey St approved. 

It comprises of six twostorey 

residential units. 

A similar development 

from 

the company 

has also been 

proposed for 138 

Westminster 

Emma 

Norrish 

St. Its fate will 

be decided by a 

commissioner. 

Resident June Peka said there 

was concern amongst the community 

about how the two developments 

would align with the 

area’s “unique character.” She lives 

next door to the proposed development 

on Westminster St and recently 

bought a property near the 

approved Mersey St complex. 

“They are going to be hugely 

visible and in my opinion, ugly,” 

she said. 

Brad Nolan, another resident 

who lives next door to the Westminster 

St development, thought 

the new addition to the community 

would be “just awful.” 

Wolfbrook Property Group Ltd 

director James Cooney declined 

to comment. 

Peka forwarded her concerns 

about the developments to the 

Papanui-Innes Community board. 

However, chairwoman Emma 

Norrish said there was nothing 

the board could do. 

“With the way the Resource 

Management Act is structured 

there is actually nothing we as a 

community board can do which 

we find incredibly frustrating,” 

she said. 

“We think her [Peka] concerns 

are valid and the developments 

differ from the existing housing 

in the area.” 

Mark said the number of 

genuinely homeless people across 

the city had been decreasing over 

the years. 

“The number of those in the 

UNEASE: June 

Peka and 

Brad Nolan 

are concerned 

old houses 

like the one 

pictured could 

be demolished 

to make way 

for housing 

developments 

that do not fit 

the flavour of 

St Albans. 

PHOTOS: 

GEOFF SLOAN 

Peka believed the developments 

contradicted the Severn Design 

Guide which encompasses a portion 

of the St Albans area. While 

the Westminster St site is technically 

located outside the design 

guide, it sits only a street-width 

away from its boundary. 

The Severn Design Guide, which 

was published last year in May, is 

streets is a fluid number but when 

we did a street count three and 

a half years ago, those who were 

visibly homeless on the street was 

in excess of 200 whereas our latest 

determination is that there is 

less than 30 presently,” he said. 

“That [reduction] is due in 

a large part to the work the 

Christchurch City Mission is 

doing and also the housing first 

initiative.” 

Senior Sergeant Roy Appley 

said the main reason police were 

involved in this initiative was 

to ensure all people on the city’s 

street were safe. 

“It is still very early on and we 

need to find out what the issue 

really is,” he said. 

“The others are talking about 

identified within the District Plan 

and officially recognises the space 

as a character area. 

The purpose of a character area 

is to ensure distinct characteristics 

are either identified, retained 

or enhanced when properties are 

built on or redeveloped. 

The Severn Design Guide 

promotes a high level of street 

amenity including established 

front gardens, generous street 

widths, mature street trees and 

grassed berms as well as a high 

proportion of original houses 

from early to mid 20th-century, 

primarily consisting of singlestorey 

wooden bungalows. 

The character guide also calls 

for new housing in the area to be 

complementary to the old, with 

a consistent size, form, scale and 

roof profile among houses. 

The two developments will 

have trees and gardens towards 

the front of the property but they 

are two-storey which goes against 

the Severn Design Guide. 

Bid to change public’s approach to begging 

Matthew 

Mark 

TEAM EFFORT: The city council, police, 

Christchurch City Mission and Central 

City Business Association are currently 

working in conjunction on an education 

programme around street begging. 

PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN 

drug addiction but there 

could be some home access 

aspects to it as well as some 

mental health issues as well. 

There could well be other issues 

too that we don’t even know 

about. Why I am involved is to 

discover why people are begging 

on the street and rough sleeping, 

this is all about improving people’s 

lives.” 

Central City Business Association 

chairwoman Annabel Turley 

hoped to the collaboration would 

help make the central city more 

enjoyable for all. 

“We are not having issues at 

the moment but however we do 

not want to end up having issues, 

we are working proactively rather 

than reactively,” she said.


RAY WHITE PAPANUI NEWS 

Auctions - What is Vendor Bidding? 

Real estate Auctions are heady, emotional 

times for buyers and sellers. Becoming well 

wised up on the many Auction terms will help 

you though! Today we cover vendor bidding. 

What is a Vendor bid? 

A vendor bid is made by or on behalf of the 

vendor during an auction. It is usually made by 

the auctioneer to start the bidding, keep the 

bids moving, or to persuade buyers to raise 

their bids to get to the reserve price. There 

are rules about the use of vendor bids. 

When are vendor bids allowed? 

Vendor bids may be made when all three of 

the following conditions are met: 

1. The property at auction has a reserve price. 

2. The reserve price has not been reached. 

3. The bid is clearly identified by the 

auctioneer as a vendor bid. 

What sort of Bidding is not allowed 

• Dummy or shill bids — these are bids made 

by people who appear to be genuine bidders 

but are in fact bidding on behalf of the 

vendor to persuade genuine bidders to raise 

their bid. Dummy or shill bids are illegal. 

Vendor bidding at or over the reserve price 

— The auctioneer (or anyone else acting for 

the vendor) cannot make a vendor bid at or 

over the reserve price. 

• Not identifying who is making the vendor 

bid —if the vendor, their agent, or anyone 

else makes a vendor bid, they must clearly 

identify themselves. To avoid any confusion, 

the auctioneer should say ‘This is a vendor 

bid’, rather than using industry jargon such 

as ’The bid is with me’ or other language 

that may not be understood. 

What is the Passed in Price, is this a Vendor Bid? 

If the property is not sold during an auction, a 

vendor bid cannot later be referred to as the 

amount at which the property was ‘passed in’. 

The only amounts allowed to be quoted are 

bids from genuine prospective buyers. 

We hope you found this helpful, we will keep you 

posted on more Auction lingo in future articles! 

Vanessa Golightly, 

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and Licensee Agent 

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Property Management Rule Change Goalposts Move 

I often say that even after 15 years in the 

property management industry, I am still 

surprised and challenged on a regular basis. 

This time it is the Government who have 

decided to make what may seem a small 

change to the wording in relation to Healthy 

Homes Statement requirements, but in fact 

could make a huge impact! 

Up until very recently it was our 

understanding (and this is what we had 

been told, and the information listed on 

the Tenancy Services website), that all new 

tenancy agreements created on or after 1st 

December 2020 must include a full healthy 

homes statement. 

As you can imagine everyone in our industry 

has been working tirelessly to ensure that 

any tenancies with fixed term expiry dates 

close to that date had the statement ready to 

go, and of course any property that it looked 

likely would have the tenancy agreement 

dated from 1st December became an urgent 

priority to avoid having to wait for it before 

we could draw up the tenancy agreement, 

and potentially causing delays for both 

landlords wanting properties tenanted, and 

of course tenants being able to move into 

their new home. 

However, by changing one word – this has 

completely moved the goal posts! The wording 

was previously all new tenancy agreements 

MUST include a healthy homes statement, and 

instead is now MAY be required to include a 

healthy homes statement. 

So, what does this actually mean? If the 

tenancy agreement is a fixed term tenancy 

signed on or after 1st December 2020, but 

before 1st July 2021 and as long as the term 

ends before 1st July 2024 a healthy homes 

statement does not need to be included. 

However, it is important to remember that 

a healthy homes statement of intent is still 

required, as well as the 2019 requirement 

for an insulation statement, and landlord 

insurance details. 

Of course while this has given us some 

breathing space, it is still best practice to 

continue working to get the statements 

completed so you are prepared for the end 

of a tenancy any time after 1st July 2021 

when the statement will be needed, and of 

course, well at this stage, the conditions 

will be required to be met. It is better to be 

ready to go. 

Have a safe and happy holiday season, and I 

will be back with more property management 

information and tips in the new year 

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Operations Manager 

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027 606 0030 

Stuart Morris 

Licensee Agent 

& Auctioneer 

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• By Susan Sandys 

AS FAR as guide dogs go, Jessie J 

had a few issues from the start. 

The nine-year-old labrador has 

been assisting Morgan Jones, of 

Spreydon, who is blind, partially 

paralysed and an amputee after 

falling from a train in his childhood. 

Jones said he took to Jessie J 

when he met her six years ago; 

after all, who could not like her 

soft fur and penchant for cuddles. 

However, some warning 

signs began to surface soon after, 

such as her tendency for diverting 

from her duties to graze on 

grass, and chomp down on her 

harness as if it was a bit on horse 

reins. 

She has nevertheless served 

Jones well over the years, 

although has more recently displayed 

another trait which does 

not bode well for an enduring 

career into her golden years – 

that of jay walking. 

“It’s a bit scary,” Jones said. 

She had begun taking an arc 

out to the right when crossing 

the road, perhaps due to having 

had a fright with traffic. Guide 

dog instructors had tried their 

best, but Jessie J either would not, 

or could not, change her newfound 

habit. 

Alas, this means that the black 

labrador who has a proud career 

behind her, has been ushered 

into an early retirement. 

News of the retirement comes 

after Jones and Jessie J featured 

in the book Friends Indeed: Assist 

Dogs and Their People by Sue 

Allison, published in October. 

The story presenting the two as 

an inseparable duo is, however, 

still accurate to some degree, as 

Jones has kept his floppy-faced 

companion by his side. 

The powers that be forced Jessie 

J into retirement just before 

lockdown, isolating the pair at 

home. 

“It meant during lockdown, I 

was stuck at home, stranded. I 

couldn’t go for a walk, not without 

someone else,” Jones said. 

However, at least he had Jessie J 

as company during that time. 

“I would’ve been quite lonely 

without her to be honest,” Jones 

said. 

Jones is on a waiting list for 

a new guide dog, and could be 

matched as soon as next month. 

He is looking forward to getting 

his independence again, 

although it might mean finding 

NEWS 13 

Beloved guide dog forced into early retirement 

BOND: Morgan Jones and 

Jessie J are looking forward 

to what may be their last 

Christmas together. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 


a new home for Jessie J as he may 

adopt her out so she can gracefully 

live out her twilight years. 

The pair are looking forward 

to a happy Christmas together, 

where Jones expects to be enjoying 

the company of his wider 

family and parents at their Westmorland 

home while listening to 

Jessie J hoovering up crumbs. 

In the New Year, Jones hopes 

to find employment after losing 

his transcription job at Aviva 

Families when their contract 

changed. 

The 33-year-old is not only a 

keen worker, he has many extracurricular 

passions such as going 

to dance classes where Latin and 

modern jive are his favourites. 

He has completed a biology degree 

and still hopes to land a job 

in the conservation sector. 

At the age of six, Jones fell 

from a train viewing platform 

when the safety rail broke. He 

was on the way to his grandparents 

in the Marlborough Sounds 

with his father. 

“It can be a challenge sometimes,” 

Jones said of living with 

the resultant injuries which left 

him blind, partially paralysed 

and with his right leg amputated 

below the knee. However, his 

disability just made him all the 

more determined. 

“It just gives you a buzz when 

you succeed,” he said. 

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14 The Star Thursday December 24 2020

BIOSECURITY and enhance that and work. pest 

management That work included are key setting 

Environment up a climate-change Canterbury integration 

responsibilities, 

programme in the 

and 

Long-term 

working 

Plan 

2018-28, ensuring climate change 

with a range of agencies and the 

was actively considered across 

community 

workstreams, 

is 

increasing 

key to making 

visibility 

progress 

of the science 

in this 

and 

space. 

what we know 

about One particularly the impact of tricky climate pest – 

very change relevant on Canterbury, at this time and of liaising year 

– on is the issue humble with ‘Christmas iwi and regional tree’. 

Our partners, efforts other to eradicate local authorities wilding 

pines and central (those government. out of containment 

As in an managed organisation, forests) we have in 

Canterbury also made significant is a huge progress part of our in 

biosecurity addressing work. our own greenhousegas 

These emissions, efforts with were our given a 

boost Christchurch post-Covid building lockdown receiving with a 

central “market-leading” government energy funding, efficiency 

aimed rating at of supporting 5.0 out of 6 in economic the year 

recovery to February and on creating the National jobs for 

those Australian finding Built themselves Environment out 

of Rating work, System being granted New Zealand. for this 

work. The $17 building’s million features of work include is 

allocated 

184 solar 

over 

panels 

400,000ha 

which can 

of wilding 

infestations in Canterbury 

generate more than 55,000 

kilowatt hours of electricity per 

alone. 

year. 

Alongside 

There has been 

Environment 

a 26% reduction 

Canterbury’s 

per staff member own efforts, in emissions community 

since groups 30 June are 2010. contributing We now have to 

the access battle to electric against and wilding hybrid pines. 

At vehicles its last and meeting hope to of have the year, half our 

the Regional Council acknowledged 

Ray and Maree Goldring 

for services to conservation, in 

large part for their work to get 

rid of wilding pines in the Upper 

Waimakariri river basin, work 

which fleet hybrid has also or long-range contributed electric to 

habitat by 2022. protection Carbon emissions and support from of 

endangered 

air travel across 

plant 

the 

species. 

organisation 

are 

Ray 

offset 

and 

via 

Maree 

our own 

have 

biodiversity 

spent 

programmes. 

many years working with Environment 

According to a Madworld report 

in 2019, our 

Canterbury, 

gross emissions 

other 

were 

agencies, 2253 tonnes the of community carbon dioxide and 

landowners (CO2) equivalent, to restore compared and protect 

removals the landscape of 7883 tonnes in the of area, CO2- 

with 

addressing equivalent through the alarming our efficiency spread 

of efforts contorta and from pines. forestry planting 

across To do 2700 this hectares. they have had to 

turn The their changing hand climate to committees will pose 

and many fundraising risks to life and efforts livelihood – which 

continue Canterbury. to this In day. recent years 

we Ray have has seen been how chair occasional, of the Waimakariri 

but extreme, Ecological weather events and Landscape 

had huge Restoration effects on Alliance residents and since 

have 

it infrastructure was formed around in 2008. the South 

Island. Members represent local landowners 

The driest and parts lessees, of our ratepayers, region, 

the along Department the Marlborough of Conservation, 

across Environment much of the Canterbury Canterbury, 

coast and 

the 

Plains, 

Canterbury 

are expected 

Environmental 

to get even 

drier. North-westerly storms are 

Trust, the New Zealand Conservation 

Trust and individual 

predicted to become more intense, 

with torrential alpine rainstorms 

conservationists. 

turning our braided rivers into 

roaring WELRA rapids, has fuelling been successful 

and in causing securing widespread $6 million erosion. of 

landslides 

funding Canterbury’s from a coastal variety of public 

and communities private sources, will be threatened becoming a 

major stakeholder in the largest 

community-initiated wilding 

conifer control programme in 

New Zealand. 

Using both professional 

contractors and volunteers, its 


since Environment Canterbury 

climate-change emergency 

Environment 

Canterbury Chair 

Jenny Hughey 

OPINION 15 

Work to eradicate wilding pines continues 

by sea-level rise this century and threatened and facing increased 

our productive and protected land pressures due to river system 

jeopardised by the arrival and change. 

spread of new, exotic weeds and Wetlands are also ecosystems 

pests from warmer climates. at-risk nationally and regionally, 

All these eventualities have degraded by draining, damming 

to be planned and prepared for, and diversion affecting their 

and Environment Canterbury ability to sequester carbon, 

will remain in the vanguard of cleanse freshwater and mitigate 

these climate change efforts. flooding, as well as impacting on 

One example is the $40 million biodiversity and mahinga kai. 

Waimakariri River flood 

With biosecurity, we are 

protection project, completed putting greater emphasis on the 

late last year. The network of risks of new pests establishing 

floodgates and stopbanks will in Canterbury. Warming 

protect half a million people and temperatures, changing soils and 

$8 billion of community and new land uses mean new weeds 

business assets from a possible especially, will be able to gain a 

“super flood”. 

better foothold across the region. 

The last major flood was in More broadly, we have to 

December 1957, when parts curb reliance on fossil fuels and 

of Coutts Island in Belfast and find environmentally suitable 

Kainga were swamped by river alternatives, such as electricity and 

flow EFFORTS: peaking at Controlling 3990 cubic the spread hydrogen, of wilding to power pines our public has been given a boost with 

metres post-Covid per second central (cumecs). government transport. funding. 

The protection scheme has been When my predecessor Steve 

designed efforts will to defend likely Christchurch 

see wildings Lowndes Regional retired Pest as Management chair of Plan 

from eradicated a flood of from as much the basin 6500 within this 2018-38 council late and last Maree year, is he currently a 

cumecs. the next two years. Their work highlighted member some of the of central the big Biosecurity 

Advisory on the way. Group, He was which pro- 

has Environment become a Canterbury’s model for others changes 

leadership to follow. of biodiversity and optimistic vides advice we would to and be able support to for 

biosecurity Maree served programmes on the is Selwyn also deal regional with the biosecurity “pressing issues” programme of 

underpinned Waihora water by climate-change 

zone committee 

for seven years until 2018, I share It is his thanks confidence. to the work As a of peo- 

climate delivery change in central and sustainability. Canterbury. 

concerns. 

contributing 

Canterbury’s distinct 

to important 

braided community, 

ple like the 

and 

Goldrings, 

as a council, 

to willing 

rivers and unique wetlands face we are taking some bold steps to 

biodiversity initiatives in the landowners who take significant 

many challenges. The rivers form ensure we are in a better place to 

a 

Hororata 

vital ecological 

catchment, 

link and 

wetlands 

provide cope 

action 

with the 

on their 

changing 

own 

climate 

properties, 

an and abundant the high-country. food supply and She was and to the central tests it government will set us. But support 

nesting also involved grounds in for the 26 species committee’s of there and will to always the Canterbury be a need to community 

that we can continue to 

do 

native hardest birds task – most – the classified development as more. 

of the Selwyn Waihora zone make progress with pests in our 

implementation plan, the Selwyn 

Te Waihora Plan and their 

implementation. 

The Goldring’s collective expertise 

region. 

The Goldrings’ work isn’t done 

yet. Ray and Maree have recently 

‘retired’ to Geraldine, where they 

initiated the Trapping Alliance 

It’s a year since Environment Canterbury 

declared a climate-change emergency 

JENNY HUGHEY explains what 

by sea-level rise this century and 

the council has been doing. 

our productive and protected land 

The formal declaration of a 

jeopardised by the arrival and 

state of climate emergency across 

spread of new, exotic weeds and 

Canterbury Chair 

IT’S BEEN Canterbury a year. was What one else of the can most 

pests from warmer climates. 

I have been speaking at a 

I say as serious, 2020 draws and colourful, to a close? moments 

Jenny Hughey 

All these eventualities have 

number of events recently and 

There is 

in 

a 

the 

sense 

regional 

of relief 

council’s 

that it 

more 

is 

than 

to planned and prepared for, 

at each one I express gratitude 

30-year history. 

nearly over, coupled with a sense and enhance that work. 

fleet hybrid or long-range electric 

and Environment Canterbury 

A year ago this Saturday, 

for the team of five million that 

of optimism for 2021 that things 

That work included 

Mayor 

setting by 2022. Carbon emissions from 

will remain in the vanguard of 

at 11.49am, Environment 

enabled us to come together and 

can only get better … touch 

up a climate-change integration air travel across the organisation 

these climate change efforts. 

Canterbury became New Zealand’s 

celebrate One example Christmas the and $40 million New 

wood. 

programme in the Lianne Long-term Dalziel 

Plan are offset via our own biodiversity 

first council to proclaim such an 

Year Waimakariri in a way that River so flood many people 

protection overseas cannot. project, completed We should 

2018-28, ensuring climate change programmes. 

Our city, emergency, for a decade formally now, dedicating was actively considered across According to a Madworld report 

has experienced itself to consideration more than its of climate the personal toll these events may I thank the people who have never late last under-estimate year. The network the power of 

workstreams, increasing visibility in 2019, our gross emissions were 

fair share change of challenges, at the heart and of all it does. have had on so many people. expressed their condolences and of floodgates collective and action. stopbanks will 

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

although The I believe declaration in my highlighted heart The about loss of the Robbie impact has of climate affected support, and may I thank The As protect a city half and a million as a nation people we and 

(CO2) equivalent, compared with 

of hearts that that all this the work makes Environment us so me deeply change as on you Canterbury, will know, and and liaising Star removals for the beautiful of 7883 tonnes tribute of to CO2- have $8 billion demonstrated of community something and 

much better Canterbury prepared does for – from the four months the issue on it with hasn’t iwi got and any regional his life equivalent I was able through to share our with efficiency special business to the assets world. from We a possible have 

challenges freshwater that lie management ahead, I know to 

easier, partners, so through other this local column authorities you. efforts and from forestry planting been 

“super 

prepared 

flood”. 

to make sacrifices 

Trust, helping locals establish a 

trap library to tackle a different 

sort of pest altogether. 

On the Environment Canterbury 

website you can find out a 

whole lot more about pest control 

works – from wilding pines 

to wallabies. 

Wishing you a happy holiday 

period. 

Looking at 2021 

Environment 

with a sense of optimism 

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. 

Help families 

in need this 

Christmas 

Even in ‘adapt mode’ many 

of Environment Canterbury’s 

existing policies and plans already 

contribute to reduced emissions. 

In declaring the climate 

emergency, the Council noted it 

would continue to show leadership 

on climate-change and do so 

without adding new programmes 

at ratepayers’ expense. It also gave 

staff a clear mandate to continue 

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. 

The building’s features include 

184 solar panels which can 

generate more than 55,000 

kilowatt hours of electricity per 

year. 

There has been a 26% reduction 

per staff member in emissions 

since 30 June 2010. We now have 

access to electric and hybrid 

vehicles and hope to have half our 

across 2700 hectares. 

The changing climate will pose 

many risks to life and livelihood 

in Canterbury. In recent years 

we have seen how occasional, 

but extreme, weather events have 

had huge effects on residents and 

infrastructure around the South 

Island. 

The driest parts of our region, 

along the Marlborough coast and 

across much of the Canterbury 

Plains, are expected to get even 

drier. North-westerly storms are 

predicted to become more intense, 

with torrential alpine rainstorms 

turning our braided rivers into 

roaring rapids, fuelling landslides 

and causing widespread erosion. 

Canterbury’s coastal 

communities will be threatened 

The last major flood was in 

December 1957, when parts 

of Coutts Island in Belfast and 

Kainga were swamped by river 

flow peaking at 3990 cubic 

metres per second (cumecs). 

The protection scheme has been 

designed to defend Christchurch 

from a flood of as much as 6500 

cumecs. 

Environment Canterbury’s 

leadership of biodiversity and 

biosecurity programmes is also 

underpinned by climate-change 

concerns. 

Canterbury’s distinct braided 

rivers and unique wetlands face 

many challenges. The rivers form 

a vital ecological link and provide 

an abundant food supply and 

nesting grounds for 26 species of 

native birds – most classified as 


• Cr Jenny Hughey is chair 

of the Canterbury Regional 

Council (Environment 

Canterbury) 

threatened and facing increased 

pressures due to river system 

change. 

Wetlands are also ecosystems 

at-risk nationally and regionally, 

for the benefit of others. We have 

degraded by draining, damming 

been 

and diversion 

prepared 

affecting 

to listen 

their 

to the 

evidence ability to sequester and act accordingly, 

carbon, 

and cleanse that freshwater bodes well and for mitigate the 

future. flooding, as well as impacting on 

biodiversity And that is and the mahinga positive kai. side 

of what With biosecurity, I will remember we are about 

2020. putting greater emphasis on the 

risks Have of a new safe pests and establishing restful 

summer in Canterbury. break. Warming Enjoy all that 

Aotearoa temperatures, has to changing offer. And soils may and 

we new see land in 2021 uses mean knowing new that weeds we 

can especially, make a will real be difference able to gain for a the 

future. 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 

optimistic we would be able to 

deal with the “pressing issues” of 

climate change and sustainability. 

I share his confidence. As a 

community, and as a council, 

we are taking some bold steps to 

ensure we are in a better place to 

cope with the changing climate 

and the tests it will set us. But 

there will always be a need to do 

more. 

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SPORT 19 

Rugg gets Canty cap – 16 years later 

• By Chris Barclay 

SHORT OF promotion to the 

Black Caps, celebrating a title or 

playing a match-winning hand, 

receiving a provincial cap can be 

a career highlight for a first-class 

cricketer. 

So Paul Rugg, who has two 

State Championship games for 

Canterbury on his record, was 

bowled when he was belatedly 

presented with the red and black 

hooped headwear, 16 years after 

he played. 

The 42-year-old filled in behind 

the stumps when Brendon 

McCullum and Michael Papps 

were on test duty against South 

Africa in early 2004, but Rugg 

was not presented with his Canterbury 

cap until this season. 

In a fitting gesture it was handed 

over by current men’s coach 

Peter Fulton, who played alongside 

Rugg when Canterbury 

played four-day matches against 

Central Districts in Rangiora 

and Otago at Alexandra. 

A supply shortage meant Rugg, 

who still plays for Weedons 

in the Canterbury Country 

premier grade, had to settle for 

a baseball-style cap issued to the 

Wizards one-day side. 

Rugg duly kept it as a reminder 

of a fleeting first class career that 

spanned just 10 days, though 

now it has been usurped by a 

more precious memento. 

“At the time it didn’t matter 

too much to me, I was just pretty 

stoked to be selected for Canterbury. 

I’d worked pretty hard to 

get there,” he said. 

“Then over time you think ‘it 

would have been nice to have it 

and wear it in a game’.” 

Rugg was next in line when 

Papps, McCullum’s deputy behind 

the stumps, was selected to 

debut as an opener. 

Although frustrated not 

to have played more often, a 

glimpse at the team photo illustrates 

just how many quality 

players were in that squad – only 

Rugg, Brendon Donkers and 

Stephen Cunis did not represent 

New Zealand at the highest level. 

Rugg said the company he kept 

was his fondest memory. 

THRILL: Former 

Canterbury 

wicketkeeper 

Paul Rugg 

with his two 

caps and three 

boys (from 

left) Spencer, 

Andy and 

Austin. (Above) 

– In action 

for Weedons. 

PHOTO (left): 

GEOFF SLOAN 

“Playing with Chris Harris 

. . . he was just a legend of 

Canterbury and New Zealand 

cricket. That team also had 

Chris Martin, Paul Wiseman, 

Peter Fulton. It was just an 

awesome experience to be part 

of it.” 

The cap presentation was 

driven by Fulton, a fellow country 

cricketer. 

“With him becoming coach 

he probably thought it was a 

good opportunity to show the 

rest of the guys how special it 

is, whether you play one or two 

games or a hundred,” said Rugg, 

who is also chairman of the 

Weedons club. 

“It was quite an honour, 

especially to get it in front of the 

current squad.” 

Rugg was rapt his boys Austin, 

9, Andy, 7, and Spencer, 5, witnessed 

the occasion. 

“It was pretty cool. They got to 

talk to Tom Latham and Henry 

Nicholls. Henry Shipley and Will 

Williams are country boys as 

well,” he said. 

•Paul Rugg made 28 runs 

in three innings at 9.33 

and took seven catches for 

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WHEN I LOOK back at my first 

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That car was an early F-series 

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is not dissimilar. Given that my 

wife and I own two cars with 

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some long-lasting effect. 

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my way for evaluation was 

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What’s more, its body style was 

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BMW car line, it is traditional 

in many ways, and with an M 

badge you can bet the 340i has 

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terms of performance. Of course, 

you don’t have to go high power, 

the 3 Touring is also available 

with two diesel engine options, 

four and six-cylinder. The range 

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the 330d adds $14,700, while 

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$129,300, and for my money it’s 

worth every cent, it is a fabulous 

all-round vehicle and certainly a 

compromise if you don’t want to 

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utility vehicle. 

The heart of the M340i is its 

engine, not only does it have all 

the traditional BMW hallmarks 

of efficiency and sultry smooth 

behaviour, it is turbocharged, 

and that adds to the unfaltering 

delivery that makes this design so 

desirable. If you are wondering 

if this engine just arrived out of 

nowhere, it’s been around in the 

BMW Z4 for a few years now 

and, of course, it’s the same as 

that is fitted to Toyota’s latest 

Supra. 

BMW rates the 2998cc unit 

at 285kW with a beefy 500Nm 

of torque available at just 

1850rpm. The result is a potent 

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to red-line. These outputs are 

enough to produce a standstill 

to 100km/h time of just 4.5sec, 

while its mid-range acceleration 

is extraordinary with a blistering 

3.9sec time to make 120km/h 

from 80km/h. 

• Price – BMW M340i 

Touring xDrive, $129,300 

• Dimensions – Length, 

4713mm; width, 1827mm; 

height, 1440mm 

• Configuration – Sixcylinder, 

four-wheel-drive, 

2998cc, 285kW, 500Nm, 

eight-speed automatic 

• Performance – 

0-100km/h, 4.5sec 

• Fuel usage – 8l/100km 

Drive is transmitted through 

a quick-shifting eight-speed 

automatic gearbox. In typical 

BMW fashion, power is then 

directed to the rear wheels, and 

herein lies another surprise, 

all 3-Series Touring wagons 

get xDrive, BMW’s power 

proportioning four-wheel-drive 

system. When the electronic 

traction control devices deem 

more grip is needed, drive is then 

transferred seamlessly to the 

front. 

Purists need not worry, the 

M340i still feels like a rear-wheeldrive 

car, and if you like it to 

be playful you can adjust the 

traction control settings so that 

bias to the rear is predominant. 

I didn’t alter the settings at all, I 

simply don’t drive to that extreme 

any more but it is nice to have 

that feel and knowing that if you 

BMW M340I: Silky smooth and powerful inline six-cylinder engine. 

do present a corner too quickly, 

or that there is a slippery exit, the 

systems are in place to keep you 

out of trouble. 

Drive is forceful, the engine 

reacts solidly to throttle request, 

providing instant acceleration 

along with a tantalising sound, 

there is an angry bellow out of 

the exhausts, although that only 

manifests under a heavy throttle, 

otherwise the engine has a sweet 

aural tone and only lets you know 

it is enjoying its work. 

That feel is transmitted 

throughout the entire car, not 

only is it exciting in terms of 

power flow, the M340i handles 

like a traditional sports sedan, the 

wagon section is no handicap in 

terms of how it feels in a corner, 

it has impeccable handling 

manners with high grip levels and 

a feel at the steering wheel that is 

natural, yet involving. 

The M340i sits on high 

performance, 19in Bridgestone 

Turanza tyres, there’s more 

rubber at the rear than there is 

at the front (225/40 and 255/35), 

steering feel is sharp and accuracy 

unsurpassed. 

Road works near Glenroy on 

my favourite inland route – State 

Highway 72/scenic route – meant 

looking for other roads on which 

to evaluate, I decided on the 

northern section of that road 

from Loburn to Waddington and 

could tell the M340i enjoyed the 

freedom of those straights and 

fast flowing corners. It was in its 

element on the high country run, 

it is a genuine touring car and one 

which delights with its ability. 

It can be forced into corners 

quickly, rewarding with its 

balance and directional stability, 

the suspension is sublime, 

creating athleticism along with 

balance. 

A lot of the latter is due to a 

marginally lowered ride height 

from that of its stablemates, 

at 1.4m it sits low meaning 

gravitational movement is 

negated to full effect. That’s 

something you get in an M-Sport 

car, the chassis mechanicals are 

engineered for performance, 

there’s also a premium brake 

package which provides 

immediate surety when speed 

needs to be chiselled off quickly. 

Not only does the M340i 

reward the driver with its highspeed 

capability, it is also the 

everyday car which does its 

best to look after the occupants. 

Ride comfort is superb and it is 

amazingly practical, the rear load 

section isn’t cavernous, but it is 

deep and easily took care of the 

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The cabin is plush and the seats 

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the body. Seat adjustment is vast, 

there are several applications to 

suit the driver and most are done 

electrically. There are also heated 

seats for when winter bites. 

Other features include headup 

display, satellite navigation, 

electric sunroof, paddle-shifters, 

automatic stop-start, and 

comprehensive infotainment 

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can be controlled by voice 

activation. 

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switching system. 

Against BMW’s eight-litre 

per 100km combined cycle 

claim, I recorded a 9.6l/100km 

figure along with a 5.8l/100km 

instantaneous figure travelling 

at 100km/h on the highway with 

the engine turning over relaxed at 

just 1400rpm. 

How BMW make this engine 

so relaxed yet so forceful is a 

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the M340i is a car for those who 

want everyday relaxation in 

their travel, yet know that there 

is power in abundance for the 

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The 3-Series in total is a range 

of vehicles engineered for driving 

pleasure and I’m really smitten 

with the concept, the M340i has 

road feel, power and handling 

that makes you feel so much part 

of the car. 

I didn’t win Big Wednesday last 

week, but when the right balls 

eventually roll out the BMW 

dealership can expect a visit from 

me.

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residential 

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kemp painters and decorators 

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AAA HANDYMAN 

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245 5226 ciey@xtra.co.nz 

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LAYING all restoration 

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or 021 853 033 

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George Lockyer. Over 

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Home 329 9344. Cell 

027 684 4046. E mail 

georgelockyer@xtra.co.nz 

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Exp. Repairs, uplifting, 

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Phone John on 0800 

003181, 027 240 7416 

jflattery@xtra.co.nz 


House & Garden 

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Tree & hedge 

trimming 

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Stump Grinding 

CALL us 021 405 277 

EXPERIENCED 

GARDENER 

(Kevin Garnett) 

30 Years 

Christchurch Botanic 

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ALL landscape 

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All carpentry & building 

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4616, mob 027 5189 598 

johnsandford2@gmail. 

com 


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022 193 9281 

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All work guaranteed. 

Computer Help 0800 349 

669 

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Prompt & reliable 

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027 516 0669 

ELECTRICIAN 

Registered, electrical 

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Gorbie Electrical, ph 021 

026 73375 or 03 322 4209 

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Available, 30 years 

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Brian 027 433 9548. No 

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N.T. Gas Services. 

Domestic gas installations. 

Reg Craftsman Gas Fitter. 

Ph Nick 021 892 491 

GLAZIER 

Glass repairs - pet doors 

- conservatory roofs. Exp 

Tradesman. Call Bill on 

022 413 3504 or 981-1903 


• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi 

HALSWELL 

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THE PET DOOR SPECIALIST 

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PHONE GAIL ON 

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HANDY - DAN 

General Handyman for 

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do spouting cleans and 

repairs and everyday home 

maintenance. NO JOB TO 

BIG OR SMALL I can do 

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Paving, Lawns, Irrigation, 

Decking, Fencing. 

Kanga & small digger 

services. Check out Squire 

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FREE QUOTES. Ph 

Arthur 347-8796, 027 

220-7014 Edwin 027 220- 

7154 

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painting Family run 

business, work guaranteed. 

Pensioner discounts. Ph 

Kerin or Paul 022 191 

7877 or 379-1281. Website 

www.swedekiwipainting. 

co.nz 

PAINTING 

Indoor / Outdoor, over 30 

yrs exp, same day quotes, 

ph Steve 021 255 7968 

30 years + experience 

Older house 

restorations: 

no problem! 

Quotes: FREE! 

Rates: Reasonable 

Paint supplied at 

trade price! 

NO JOB TOO SMALL 

Light industrial also 

Roger Brott 

Painter & Decorator 

021-1966-311 

“I WILL TURN UP 

WHEN I SAY I WILL” 

Need a certified and reliable plumber for filtration 

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Bathroom upgrades or refurbishments? 

FREE CALL 

TEXT 

EMAIL 

PAINTING 

older painter 

for older houses 

50 years in trade 

“All the skills” 

0508 H2O BOY 

426 269 

027 245 5100 

GST FREE 

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0211221487 

PAINTING 

Indoor / Outdoor, over 30 

yrs exp, same day quotes, 

ph Steve 021 255 7968 

PAINTER, QUALIFIED 

local professional, Int / 

Ext,roofs,wallpaper, call 

or text Corban 027 846 

5035 

PAINTER 

New, older homes, 

interior, exterior. We stand 

by Canterbury. Ph Wayne 

0272 743 541, 385-4348 

PLASTERING (INT) 

and small painting 

jobs. Experience and 

Excellence. Small to 

Medium job specialists 

in all aspects of Interior 

Plastering. Please call Tim 

022 5380959 

REMOVALS 

Small furniture removals, 

have own van, can fit 

various types of whiteware 

appliances, some furn, 

bedding, boxes etc, honest 

& reliable, any area 

considered, ph Chch 027 

517 7001 


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SPECIALISTS IN: 

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Metal roofing & spouting. 

Butyl rubber and flat 

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9662 / 027 237 9431 

RUBBISH REMOVAL 

Van & Trailer Rubbish 

Removal. Free quotes. Ph 

Gary 342-8950, 021 529 

022 

STUMP GRINDING 

Best price guarantee Tony 

0275 588 895 

TENNIS COURT LINES 

REPAINTED. Free 

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Ph 027 8237979 

TILER (MASTER) 

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Free quote. 18 yrs exp. Ph 

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ROOF 

PAINTING 24/7 

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Moss and mould 

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027 561 4629 

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FREE QUOTES 

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• Satellite 

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• TV Wall 

Mounting 

• TV Tuning 

• Data Cabling 

• Video security 

• Fibre repairs 

• ONT moves 

Please call Ron 

027 655 2690 

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Free quotes 20+ yrs exp. 

Tree, hedge or shrub 

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The Branch Manager 

0274314720 

TREE SERVICES 

Hedges, shrubs, tree 

trimming & removal, 

rubbish removal, Ph for 

free quotes 022 540 4900 

VHS VIDEO TAPES 

& all camera tapes 

converted to DVD or 

USB. Video taping 

special occasions, www. 

grahamsvideo.co.nz ph 03 

338-1655 

WINDOW CLEANING 

Average 3 brm house 

inside or out from $45. 

Both from $80 Phone 

Trevor 344-2170 

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To add a listing, contact 

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Sunday 

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Community 

Fun Run Event 

NEW YEAR'S EVE 

THURSDAY 31st DEC, 7PM 

THE ATARMIES 

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BISTRO IS OPEN TUES TO SAT 

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CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY 

The Executive, Management 

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THURS 31 DEC, 8PM 

MEZZANINE 

TH' ART 

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SUNDAY 24 JAN 

6.30PM 

MEZZANINE 

IN MEMORY OF 

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DENNIS MARSH 

BRENDAN DUGAN 

& SPECIAL GUEST 

ANNETTE DUGAN 

17 CARMEN RD. PH. 03 349 9026 

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Thursday 24 - Wednesday 30 December 2020 

12 BAR, 342 St Asaph St: Christchurch’s 

smoking hot BLUES BAR. Thursday 7 Jan, 

7.30pm - Michele & Jesse. Friday 8 January, 

7.30pm - Get the Moondog Blues. 

A ROLLING STONE, a579 Colombo 

St: Christmas Eve Thursday 8pm - James 

Reid & The Survivors with special guest 

The Moses, tickets at eventfinda. New 

Year's Eve Thursday 31 December, 7.30pm 

- New Year Countdown Party feat. The 

Blairs, The Casers, & Lowdown, limited 

tickets $10 at the bar. 

BOO RADLEYS, Level 1, 98 Victoria 

St: Christmas Eve Thursday 9pm - The 

Fillets Christmas Takeover. Wednesday 

7.30pm - South Street Blues Trio; 9.30pm - 

Open Mic Night. New Year's Eve Thursday 

31 December, 7pm - Supercat; 10.30pm - 

In the City. 

CASSELS BLUE SMOKE, 3 Garlands 

Rd: Saturday 9 January, 8pm - Reuben 

Stone 'Gold' Single Tour, tickets at 

cosmicticketing. 

CHURCHILL'S TAVERN, 54 Battersea 

St: Christmas Eve Thursday 24 Dec, 7pm - 

DJ Chick Karaoke. New Year's Eve 

Thursday 31 Dec, 8pm - Three live bands. 

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO, 50 

Victoria St: Saturday 6pm - Lonesome 

Sue; 9.15pm - Smooth Talk. New Year's Eve 

Thursday 31 December, 6.30pm - Marcel 

(Valley Bar); 6.30pm - Rusila (Main 

Gaming Floor); 10pm - Rockabella (Valley 

Bar); 10pm - DJ Dwight (Monza Sports 

Bar); 7pm - Isolde (Club Aspinall). 

HORNBY CLUB, Carmen Rd: New 

Year's Eve Thursday 31 December 8pm - 

Th' Art of Cheese (Mezzanine). 

KAIAPOI CLUB, 113 Raven Quay: 

New Year's Eve Thursday 31 December 

8pm - DnD Showband (upstairs); 8pm - 

Epicenta (downstairs). 

NEW BRIGHTON CLUB, 202 Marine 

Pde: Thursday 31 Dec New Years Eve - 

The Atarmies. 

To add a listing, contact 

Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or 

027 458 8590 

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi 

www.star.kiwi/whatson 

PAPANUI RSA, 55 Bellvue Ave & 1 

Harwood Rd: New Years Eve Thursday 

31 December 6pm - In the Midnight Hour 

with Lynne Chaney. 

RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118 

Racecourse Rd, Sockburn: Sunday 

6pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke. 

RICHMOND CLUB, 75 London St: 

Boxing Day Saturday 7pm - Stephen James. 

Sunday 3pm - Robbie Drew. New Year's 

Eve Thursday 31 Dec 8pm - Mockingbird. 

TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding St, 

Hornby: Boxing Day Saturday 8.30pm - 

The Misfitz. New Year's Eve Thursday 31 

December - The Misfitz. 

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: 

New Year's Eve Thursday 31 December, 

7.30pm - Open Mic followed by live bands. 

Saturday 7 January - Decades of Death feat. 

Depths; Organectomy; Blindfolded & Led 

to the Woods; Plague of the Fallen; Swamp 

Dweller, tickets at cosmicticketing. 

THE LITTLE FIDDLE, 132 Oxford Tce: 

Xmas Eve Thursday 8.30pm - DJ. Saturday 

- DJ. New Year's Eve Thursday 31 Dec - 

DJ. 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd, 

Addington: Boxing Day Saturday 9.30pm 

- Reckless Duo. New Year's Eve Thursday 

31 December, 9.30pm - Decoy Duck. 

WUNDERBAR LYTTELTON, 19 

London St, Lyttelton: Christmas Eve 

Thursday 8.30pm - Comedy Night feat. Liv 

McKenzie; Logan Kitney; Jack Ansett; 

Audrey Porne; hosted by Bec Sandys, 

presale $5 door sales. New Year's Eve 

Thursday 31 December, 9pm - Electric 

Temples. 

‘Famous for their roasts!’ 

RESTAURANT & CAFÉ 

Kid's SPECIAL 

Two courses 

Seniors SPECIAL 

Two courses 

$13 

We are family friendly. Great Kids menu plus designated play area. 

Soup/Roast or 

Roast/Dessert 

Special available lunch only 

Monday - Saturday 12pm - 2.30pm 

$22 

Start your 

day with us 

We are open from 6.30am 

Cooked 

breakfasts 

$19 

Check out our extensive 

breakfast menu from 

Continental to Cooked 

The 

RACECOURSE HOTEL 

& Motorlodge 

118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn, 

Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150 

www.racecoursehotel.co.nz 

THE ENTERTAINMENT HUB OF THE NORTH! 

Season's Greetings from the Executive, Management & Staff 

Thursday 31 Dec, 8.30pm 

UPSTAIRS 

Riverview Restaurant 

NEW YEAR’S EVE 

BUFFET DINNER 

FROM 5PM - BOOK NOW! 

$28.50 

PER PERSON 

8PM: 

DnD 

SHOWBAND 

TICKETED ENTRY 

DOORS OPEN AT 6PM 

DOWNSTAIRS 

LIVE BAND FROM 8PM 

EPICENTA 

Kaiapoi Club, 113 Raven Quay, Kaiapoi. Ph: 03 327 7884 

WHAT’S ON AT THE RICHMOND CLUB 

BOXING DAY 

7-11PM 

SUNDAY 

3PM 

NEW YEARS EVE 

8PM 

75 London St, Richmond 

Christchurch 8013 

P: 03 389 5778 

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MOCKINGBIRD 

theborough.nz 

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Bluetooth Speaker 

less than 

per week for 

$99 

52 weeks on 

9061439 

EasyCard** 

It’s the ideal time to buy 

50% 

something nice for yourself. 

HUGE DEALS ON TECH & SMALLS 

off Sunbeam 

Kettles and 

Toasters # 



INTEREST FREE 

INTEREST FREE 

on everything $499 & over* 

Offers valid until Tuesday 5th January 2020, while stocks last, unless otherwise stated - check the product page at smithscity.co.nz or contact your local store. Some products on display in selected stores only – please call 0800 764 847 to check availability. Personal shoppers only. *Apple, selected computers, game consoles, gift cards, clearance items and some promotional items are not available 

in conjunction with interest free offers. Flooring available on a maximum of 18 months interest free. Exclusions, fees, terms, conditions, and credit criteria apply. Available in-store only. Equal instalment amounts include one-off booking fee of $45.00, annual fees of $45.00 p.a. and security registration fee of $8.05, and exclude insurance. Current interest rate of 23.95% applies to any unpaid balance 

after expiry of (any) interest free period. See in-store or visit smithscity.co.nz/interest-free for details. # Discount is off our full retail price and not available in conjunction with any other offer. **Weekly equal instalments are based on a 52 week finance period commencing 7 days from the date charged. We recommend setting up an Automatic Payment authority to avoid missed payments and 

additional interest charges. Available in-store and online. Current interest rate of 23.95% applies. There are no set-up, annual, or account maintenance fees – a $19 notification fee may apply in circumstances of default. Terms, conditions, and credit criteria apply. See in-store or visit smithscity.co.nz/easycard for more details or to apply for your EasyCard.


BOXING DAY 

STOREWIDE SALE 

+ SUPER DEALS! SALE ENDS DECEMBER 28, 2020 • Exclusions apply. 

MONTARO 

Outdoor Range 

ON SALE! 

entertain or lounge... 

the best of both worlds! 

Lounge/Low Dining Set 

WAS $ 

2999 

NOW 

$ 

2599 

Montaro 

Lounge Setting 

WAS $ 


Marbella 

Corner Chaise 

WAS $ 

2299 

NOW 

$ 

2079 

MARBELLA 

Outdoor Lounge 

SUPER DEAL! 

CAPRI 

Daybed 

NOW 

$ 

1299 

ON SALE! 

NOW $ 

1499 

ON SALE! 

3 Piece Lounge Set 

WAS $ 


NOW 

$ 

1699 

SUPER DEAL!


ALL OUTDOOR ON SALE | ALL DINING ON SALE | ALL LOUNGE ON SALE 

CASCADE 

Outdoor Range 

ON SALE! 

PALERMO 

Outdoor Lounge/Low Dining 

ON SALE! 

MIAMI 

Outdoor Dining 

ON SALE! 

7 Piece Dining Set 

WAS $ 


NOW 

$ 

1799 

Cushions sold separately. 

Single Seater 

WAS $ 

549 

NOW 

$ 

475 

5 Piece Balcony Set 

WAS $ 

1227 

NOW 

$ 

1049 

3 Piece Dining Set – W180 

WAS $ 

1749 

NOW 

$ 

1399 

4 Piece Lounge Set 

WAS $ 

2156 

NOW 

$ 

1799 

3 Seater 

WAS $ 

1599 

NOW 

$ 

1375 

5 Piece Dining Set 

WAS $ 


NOW 

$ 

2049 

Low Dining Table 

WAS $ 

875 

NOW 

$ 

725 

3 Piece Dining Set – W210 

WAS $ 

2099 

NOW 

$ 

1749 

RESIN 

Outdoor Dining 

Chairs 

Sienna 

NOW 

$ 

65 

ON SALE! 

Maddox 

NOW 

$ 

95 

Blossom 

NOW 

$ 

95 

Lavender 

Barstool 

NOW 

$ 

150 

Lavender 

NOW 

$ 

125 

www.targetfurniture.co.nz


ALL BEDROOM ON SALE | ALL MATTRESSES ON SALE | ALL RUGS ON SALE 

Bahamas Sleepset Caribbean Sleepset 

Seychelles Sleepset Majorca Sleepset Grenada Sleepset 

Single $ 374 

Double $ 524 

King Single $ 449 

Queen $ 549 

Single $ 524 

Double $ 654 

King $ 799 


Queen $ 699 

Single $ 604 

Double $ 734 

King $ 899 


Queen $ 799 

Single $ 684 

Double $ 824 

King $ 999 


Queen $ 899 

Single $ 684 

Double $ 874 

King $ 1099 


Queen $ 999 

All prices include mattress plus Kitset base. 

Prestige Sleepset 

SOFT / MEDIUM / FIRM 


Double $ 1474 

King $ 1899 

King Single $ 1249 

Queen $ 1599 

Super King $ 2149 

Prestige Elite Sleepset 

SOFT / FIRM 


Double $ 1674 

King $ 2099 


Queen $ 1899 

Super King $ 2349 

Great storage 

solution! 



Prestige Lift Up Base 

Queen WAS $ 880 

Mattress sold separately. 

NOW 

$ 

750 

POCKET 

SPRING 

FOAM 

ENCASED 

GEL INFUSED 

MEMORY 

FOAM 

LATEX 

PILLOW 

TOP 

POCKET 

SPRING 

FOAM 

ENCASED 

GEL INFUSED 

MEMORY 

FOAM 

LATEX 

PILLOW 

TOP 

Scandi Base 

Queen WAS $ 800 

NOW 

$ 

700 

Jamie Single/Single 

Bunk Bed 

WAS $ 

699 

NOW 

$ 

649 

Chia Single Trundler 

Bunk Bed 

WAS $ 

1299 

Addison Single/Double 

Bunk Bed 

WAS $ 

899 

NOW 

$ 

799 

NOW 

$ 

1199 

IN STORE AND ONLINE


Don’t miss these Boxing Day bargains! 

Unexpected extras? 

No problem. 

Dallas Queen Bed – Jet 

WAS $ 

449 

NOW 

$ 

349 

Regan Sofabed 

WAS $ 

999 

NOW 

$ 

799 

SUPER DEAL! 

SUPER DEAL! 

5 Drawer 

W60 

NOW 

$ 

449 8 Drawer 

NOW 

4 Drawer 

W60 

NOW 

$ 

299 

$ 

699 

JOLIE 

Bedroom Range 

ON SALE! 

Lowboy 

NOW 

$ 

899 

Tallboy 

NOW 

$ 

799 

PENN 

Bedroom Range 

ON SALE! 

Lowboy 

NOW 

$ 

749 

ON SALE! 

CHIA 

Bedroom Range 

6 Drawer 

NOW 

$ 

599 

Bedside 

NOW 

$ 


Chest 

NOW 

$ 

499 

2 Drawer 

Bedside 

NOW 

$ 

239 

1 Drawer 

Bedside 

NOW 

$ 

199 

Rivo 2 Seater 

Electric Recliner 

WAS $ 

2399 

NOW 

$ 

1799 

Rivo 

Recliner 

NOW 

$ 

999 

12 

MONTHS 

INTEREST FREE 

Terms & conditions apply. See staff for more information. 

Rivo 3 Seater 

Electric Recliner 

WAS $ 

2699 

NOW 

$ 

1999 

Accessories are not included in the price of furniture unless otherwise stated. 

Colours in store may vary to those pictured. Stock may vary from store to store. 

Target apologises in advance if any item is sold out during the promotion. All 

Prices include GST. Target reserves the right to amend any misprints or errors 

within this advertisement. Mailer offers expire Monday 28th December 2020. Sale 

excludes Manchester and accessories. 

Shop 

Online 

Nationwide 

Delivery 

Finance 

Options 

more super deals online & in store! 

SUPER DEAL! 

*Finance terms and conditions apply. Check online at; https://www.targetfurniture. 

co.nz/finance or ask in store for more information. 

BOXING DAY STOREWIDE SALE ENDS 28.12.20. 

Come & check out 

our new STORE! 

targetfurniture.co.nz 

250 Moorhouse Ave, Christchurch 

Ph: 0800 TARGET (0800 827438) 

Offers and product prices advertised here expire 28/12/20. 

Sale excludes Manchester and Accessories.

The Star: December 24, 2020

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