Western News: February 04, 2021

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 

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Fun for all at beach kite event 

Eva Lees-Godwin, 5, of Avonhead, took part in the city council kite day event at New Brighton 

beach on Saturday. 

• More photos, page 5 

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‘Loose 

dogs’ 

may be 

killing 

cats 

• By Matt Slaughter 

PEOPLE ARE being advised to 

keep their cats inside after reports 

some have been killed or injured 

by dogs. 

A resident posted on the 

Hornby Neighbourhood Watch 

Facebook group last week saying 

they spoke to a man who said his 

cat was eaten by dogs in Hei Hei, 

near Hornby. 

Said the post: “Some guy 

drove past and was talking to my 

partner and some dogs on Tauiwi 

Cres has eaten his cat. Can’t 

remember if it was one or two 

dogs but this has happened in the 

last two hours. Just a heads up to 

make sure your fur babies come 

home tonight.” 

The post was responded to by 

residents who have had similar 

experiences and others who urged 

people to lock their cats inside. 

Someone commented with a 

screenshot of a post from another 

member of the Facebook group 

which said their neighbour’s cat 

was killed by two “loose dogs” 

around Parker St and Foremans 

Rd, Hornby. • Turn to page 3 

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Thursday, 9.30am-12.30pm, at 

Hornby, Tuesday, 10am-1pm, at 

Halswell and Upper Riccarton 

Hornby and Halswell and Upper 

Riccarton libraries 

A justice of the peace will 

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Citizens Advice Bureau 

Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, 

Wednesday, 9am-5pm 

Hornby Library 

Citizen’s Advice Bureau provides 

free, confidential advice to everyone. 

They take the time to listen and 

equip you with information, options 

and support that fit your needs. 

Free, phone 349 5236 for more 

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Friends of the Library Booktalk, Tuesday, 12.30-1.30pm, Fendalton 

Library. Alan Trott, founder of Trott’s Gardens in Ashburton, will be 

discussing his writing. He has written two books, From Pasture to Paradise, 

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Free Legal Advice 

Thursday, 6.15-8.15pm 

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Family History 

Wednesday, 11am-1pm 

Upper Riccarton Library 

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you with finding your family history 

online. Meet at the Family History 

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Thursday February 4 2021 3 

Festive season good for retailers 

• By Bea Gooding 

A SHOPPING boom in Papanui 

during the festive season made 

it one of the suburbs with the 

largest retail spending increase 

across the city. 

A report by economic development 

agency, ChristchurchNZ, 

revealed spending in December 

shot up four per cent city-wide, 

and nine per cent in the city 

centre, compared to data from 

the same month in 2019. 

Along with an 18 per cent increase 

in Papanui, Lyttelton and 

Spreydon also had the largest 

growth in spending. 

The growth follows a tough 

financial year for the city, with 

the absence of international 

tourists, a lockdown, and alert 

level changes. 

Garden City Produce on 

Cranford St only opened in November 

last year. Owner Daryl 

Morris has no regrets setting up 

a new business in the midst of a 

pandemic. 

The family business saw 

demand surge in December, 

particularly leading up to 

Christmas and has been “steady” 

ever since. Berries, he said, were 

the most popular purchase. 

Said Morris: “[Demand] is 

improving every week – about 

10 per cent a week, even with 

no advertising. We didn’t know 

BOOM: Garden City Produce owners Daryl and Kate 

Morris, and daughter Amelia Morris, who say the family 

business has been a success since it opened late last year. 


what to expect. 

“It was busy because of Christmas, 

but January was actually 

busier with more people knowing 

where we are.” 

In spite of the holiday season 

ending, Morris was feeling optimistic 

for the year ahead. 

“I’m an optimist and always 

look on the bright side. I 

wouldn’t have opened [the business] 

otherwise.” 

The same can be said at Black 

Sheep on Papanui Rd – the 

country’s leading retailer of 

electric scooters, e-bikes, and 

hoverboards. 

Owner Luke Ambrose said 

there was a “big demand” for 

products all year, but December 

proved to be different. 

He was relieved the business 

did not suffer too greatly last 

year, however, delays in importing 

products overseas were the 

main concern currently. 

“December was quite busy, last 

year was a lot busier than 2019,” 

he said. 

“People seem to be spending 

their money on bikes because 

they can’t go anywhere [overseas]. 

It’s made people realise 

they want to get out a bit more.” 

The report said, popular items 

on the shopping list included 

apparel, home and recreational 

goods, personal items, groceries, 

and alcohol. 

However, fuel and automotive 

spending decreased by five per 

cent – a trend in recent years 

following a push for residents to 

use alternative transport. 

Spending on clothing and 

personal items saw the greatest 

growth in December, with 

domestic visitor spend up 20 

per cent compared to the same 

period in 2019. 

“Across the city, retail spending 

was robust in December 

2020 as consumers prepared for 

Christmas,” the ChristchurchNZ 

report said. 

“With December being the 

first month of the summer and 

holiday season, the impact of 

closed borders on the visitor 

economy has become more apparent 

and will continue to do so 

as the season progresses.” 

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Number of cats 

reported missing 

• From page 1 

The person who posted the 

screenshot said she had seen five 

posts about cats attacked by what 

she believes were the same dogs in 

the area. 

Another comment said: “I 

honestly feel for the owners on 

both parts. My partner and I have 

decided with all the dogs that 

roam around Manurere St [Hei 

Hei] that we need to keep our kitten 

inside even when she grows up 

unless we are at home.” 

The person who made the post 

said the number of cats going 

missing in the area “is just getting 

shocking.” 

The city council, which 

manages dog control issues, did 

not respond to questions from 

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Cancer Society shuttle service gets boost 

THE CANCER Society’s 

Canterbury West Coast division 

shuttle service received a boost 

recently with a combined 

donation of almost $13,000 from 

23 South Island-based Lions 

clubs. 

THe free shuttle service 

transports patients staying 

in the Cancer Society’s 

accommodation, Daffodil 

House in Merivale and Daffodil 

Lodge in Riccarton, to and from 

radiation and chemotherapy 

appointments at Christchurch 

Hospital. 

Janice Porter-Hoare, 

fundraising and events manager 

for the Cancer Society’s CWC 

division, said that the Lions 

Clubs’ significant donation was 

a huge help towards funding the 

$65,000 required to operate the 

shuttle each year. 

“The shuttle currently operates 

from 7.30am until 9pm Monday 

to Friday, which translates to 

approximately 16,000 individual 

patient trips. Given that the 

patients we are providing our 

service for, come from all over 

the South Island it is fabulous 

to see local Lions Clubs from a 

variety of regions supporting 

this Christchurch-based service,” 

Porter-Hoare said. 

Porter-Hoare acknowledged 

that this was the fourth 

consecutive year that the Lions 

Clubs had donated to the shuttle 

service. 

“The late John Cramond from 

Motueka organised the first 

donation in 2017 after having 

used the shuttle service himself 

while having cancer treatment 

in Christchurch,” Porter-Hoare 

said. 

“Sadly John passed away last 

year, but his legacy lives on in 

this donation, which is extremely 

important to us given that we 

anticipate the demand for the 

shuttle service to grow even 

further during 2021.” 

Lions Club representative 

Christine Stewart, 1st Vice 

District Governor for District 

202J, visited Daffodil House to 

see the shuttle service in action 

and accepted a certificate of 

thanks from the Cancer Society 

on behalf of the contributing 

Lions Clubs. 

In addition to providing 

accommodation and transport 

services, the Cancer Society 

provides education and support 

services for cancer patients and 

their families, as well as coordinating 

and funding cancer 

research. 

As the society receives no 

direct government or health 

GRATEFUL: Cancer 

Society representative 

Hannah Godfrey 

(left) presents Lions 

Club representative 

Christine Stewart 

with a thank you 

certificate. Lions 

donated $13,000 to 

the society to help 

fund the free shuttle 

service. 

service funding, it is reliant 

on donations to fund its 

services. 

•If you would like more 

information on the Cancer 

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day at New Brighton beach last Saturday to learn how to 

fly a kite. Kites of all shapes and sizes took to the air during 

the annual city council event. Other activities included a 

sandcastle building competition, beach sports with Sport 

Canterbury and free samples of Weis icecream. 

Ryan Zhao, 4, of Avonhead preferred digging in the sand. 

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Perfect job for an interest in nature 

Dean Pendrigh is the 

collections curator for 

the water garden, azalea 

garden and the pinetum in 

the Botanic Gardens and 

has been working there for 

the past 35 years. He talks 

to Ella Somers 

SKILLED: Dean Pendrigh tends to the plants in the Botanic Gardens. He has always had 

an interest in nature. 

A PASSION for nature led Dean 

Pendrigh to pursue a botanical 

career immediately after high 

school and he started his 

four-year apprenticeship at the 

Botanic Gardens in 1986. 

His apprenticeship included a 

brief scholarship to Melbourne, 

on his return he continued working 

at the gardens. 

Pendrigh said he has “always 

had an interest in nature” but it 

wasn’t until high school when his 

uncle introduced him to orchids 

that “really got me interested in 

plants and native plants as well.” 

He enjoys botanical work 

because every season is different 

and “something will be far better 

one year and not the other,” he 

said. 

“I like the biogeography and 

learning about where plants 

come from and how plants react 

to other plants and in different 

countries.” 

As well as maintaining the 

collections and keeping careful 

plant records, a large part of Pendrigh’s 

job includes tasks such as 

weeding, pruning, and cutting 

hedges. 

Watering takes up a lot of time 

as well because “a lot of my areas 

don’t have any actual automated 

irrigation so we do it by hand,” 

he said. 

Due to the names of plants 

changing frequently, updating 

and labelling records is a 

continual project and can be 

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frustrating. 

“You get to know the name of 

a plant and then a botanist will 

change it,” Pendrigh said. 

“Sometimes you’ll change a 

label and then they’ll change it 

back to the original name.” 

Pendrigh said that while he 

gets a lot of good comments 

from people who come through 

the garden, “a lot of people 

don’t realise how much work is 

40 years 

combined 

experience 

involved,” he said. 

In comparison to other trades 

as well, it’s not recognised as 

much as it should be. 

“There is a lot of knowledge 

that you need to know, and it 

takes a long time to build up that 

knowledge, especially that plant 

knowledge,” he said. 

“The names of plants you have 

to learn as well, it’s like learning 

another language.” 

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Pendrigh’s passion for 

“everything botanical” has 

inspired him to travel to 

places across the world where 

interesting flora lives, including 

Africa. 

“They’ve got a very diverse 

flora,” he said. 

“It increased my interest in 

plants even more seeing them in 

their natural habitat.” 

He doesn’t have a favourite 

plant but if he had to name his 

favourite plant group, it would be 

plants from the southern hemisphere, 

New Zealand, Australia, 

and South Africa in particular. 

“There’s some interesting links 

between the floras of those countries,” 

Pendrigh said. 

“And because I’ve seen them in 

the wild, you appreciate them a 

lot more.” 

One of the most interesting 

visitors that the Botanic Gardens 

has had in Pendrigh’s time was 

a visit from the Dalai Lama in 

1992. 

“He planted a himalayan pine 

tree in my area,” Pendrigh said. 

Unfortunately, the tree was 

stolen a week after it was planted 

and neither the thief nor the 

Dalai Lama’s tree were ever 

found. 

The tree that now grows where 

the Dalai Lama’s one used to be 

“is one that I actually planted,” 

Pendrigh said. 

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Yacht club to celebrate 100 years 

PLEASANT POINT Yacht Club celebrates 

its centennial this weekend. 

The club, now based in South New 

Brighton Park, began in 1921 on the shores 

of the estuary just behind where the South 

New Brighton School is today. The area was 

then known as Pleasant Point Domain. 

In 1929 the club moved across to the 

western shore to an area of mud flats at the 

mouth of the Avon River that would become 

known as Rat Island. 

Over the years, the club built up and 

improved the land together with the club 

facilities and held summer sailing and 

racing programmes, teaching hundreds of 

children and adults how to sail. That was 

until the first of the Canterbury earthquakes 

on September 4, 2010 damaged the 

buildings and land beyond repair. 

In the 10 years since, it found a new site 

and has built a new yacht club (opened in 

September 2019) in South New Brighton 

Park – just a stone’s throw from where it all 

began in 1921. 

The centennial celebrations will provide 

a great opportunity to relive the highs and 

lows of the club’s 100 years, especially the 

last 10 years of the rebuild. 

The celebrations kick off with a noggin 

‘n natter on Friday night, on Saturday, the 

Sullivan Cup, which is the club’s main open 

event, will be sailed, coupled with another 

major trophy, the Arch Lamb trophy for the 

Sunburst class. 

The races will feature multi-hulls, trailer 

yachts and senior and junior racing dingy 

classes and are open to other yacht club 

members. 

Saturday’s sailing will be followed by a 

celebration dinner. 

On Sunday, the club will run its Classic 

Yacht Race, first sailed at the club’s 75th 

celebrations. This will be coupled with a 

display of classic boats of all types owned 

by members of the Classic Boat Group of 

Canterbury. There will be plenty for the 

public to see on Saturday and Sunday. 

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the city council. This will help 

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changes in the beach structure. 

Camera cradles have also 

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changing. 

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govt.nz 

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“There’s a sign at each 

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• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding 

the eastern suburbs start to 

Northern Corridor opening has 

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THE earthquake-damaged 

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fruition. 

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could finally be demolished in 

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Zealand Transport 

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obtained. 

repairs to the eastern part of the 

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Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton 

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time was needed 

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scope of the 

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would essentially be an alliance 

project has been Mark Wilson 

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Mike Mora 

to supermarket 

farewell Holden 

of contractors who can take 

extended to include 

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requesting the city council ad- 

making mall 

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systematically get the work 

the Waimakariri River bridge and 

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GIRL Page BOSS: Julia 17 Holmes But chief wants executive to be a Dawn geneticist after Page high school, 3 and feels the GirlBoss Advantage programme will Page help 10 said GIRL the BOSS: community Julia Holmes are “somewhat 

her achieve thankful” her for dreams. the delay. 

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PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN Page 11 said the final submission is yet to 

wants to be a geneticist after high school, and feels the GirlBoss Advantage programme will help Board chairman Mike Mora 

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• By Bea Gooding 

pursue a specific for biology, project in and the from a young Julia is one of 25 young were often male-dominated, •“The By community Bea Gooding will be somewhat 

thankful for a reprieve of the 

for biology, and from a young Julia is one of 25 young were often male-dominated, be completed but it was likely the 

east would have age to has be always agreed been interested women chosen around the with particular focus on science, 

technology, engineering 

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South New Brighton School pupil Jacob McMillan enjoying the foam pit at Christchurch School of 

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Holmes is on a mission on to 

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FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Julia in how things worked, often country to participate in the 

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PHOTO: GEOFF The SLOAN year 11 St Margaret’s this, she said. 

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