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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.
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‘Loose
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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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JP Clinic
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
be available to members of the
community to witness signatures
and documents, certify document
copies, hear oaths, declarations,
affidavits or affirmations as well as
sign citizenship, sponsorship or rates
rebates applications. This service is
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Knit ‘n’ Yarn
Thursday, 10.30am-2.30pm,
Tuesday, 1-3pm, at Upper
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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
information.
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,
and Paradise Through the Seasons, and for magazines. His garden is now
visited by people from across the globe. Entry by gold coin donation.
Rummikub
Thursday, 1-3pm
Fendalton Library
Join in on the fun and discover
how to play Rummikub, an exciting
strategy game for all ages. Free, no
bookings required.
Free Legal Advice
Thursday, 6.15-8.15pm
Hornby Library
A lawyer will be available to answer
your legal questions. Take relevant
documents. Free. No bookings
required.
Wā Kōrero: Storytimes
Tuesday, 10.30-11am, at
Fendalton, Wednesday, 10.15-
10.45am, at Hornby
Fendalton and Hornby libraries
Storytimes is an interactive
programme including books, songs,
rhymes and play. Recommended
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for children 2-years-old and up. No
bookings required.
Family History
Wednesday, 11am-1pm
Upper Riccarton Library
A volunteer from the Riccarton
branch of the New Zealand Society of
Genealogists will be available to help
you with finding your family history
online. Meet at the Family History
computer.
Mah-jong Group
Wednesday, 1-3 pm
Upper Riccarton Library
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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.
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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
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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
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unless we are at home.”
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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
Society or would like to
make a donation, visit
https://canterbury-westcoast.cancernz.org.nz/.
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Hundreds of Cantabrians took advantage of a sizzling hot
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
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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
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“You get to know the name of
a plant and then a botanist will
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“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,”
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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
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lows of the club’s 100 years, especially the
last 10 years of the rebuild.
The celebrations kick off with a noggin
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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.
For more information, phone Ian Douglas
on 027 4719 208.
EXCITED: Nigel
Humphreys of the
Pleasant Point Yacht Club
getting ready for a big
weekend.
Below: The club in 1934
on the lower reaches of
the Avon River.
PHOTO:
GEOFF SLOAN
10 Thursday February 4 2021
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
WESTERN NEWS
Camera cradles to help track coastline change
THE PUBLIC will be able to
help track how New Brighton’s
coastline is changing over
time.
Camera cradles have been
installed at New Brighton Pier
to encourage people to take
part in the CoastSnap community
science project.
CoastSnap relies on the
public taking photos at the
same locations at different
times and sending them to
the city council. This will help
determine how coastlines are
changing over time due to
human activity and natural
processes such as storms,
rising sea levels and day-to-day
changes in the beach structure.
Camera cradles have also
been set up at Taylors Mistake
to track how its coastline is
changing.
Said city council head
of planning and strategic
transport David Griffiths: “We
have set up camera cradles at
Taylors Mistake and on the
New Brighton Pier in the hope
that visitors to those locations
will take part in the project
by taking a photo and sharing
it on the CoastSnap app, via
Twitter or Instagram, or by
emailing coastsnapchch@ccc.
govt.nz
“Using a specialised
technique known as
photogrammetry, CoastSnap
turns your photos into
valuable coastal data that is
used by coastal scientists to
understand and forecast how
coastlines might change in the
coming decades.
“The beach and dunes at
New Brighton and Taylors
Mistake are dynamic, natural
systems that are constantly
changing. CoastSnap will
help us to better understand
how the beaches respond to
changes in wave conditions,
weather and extreme storm
events.
“Every photo that is taken will
add to a community database
that will be used by scientists
and planners to map shoreline
changes. That information
will help us to improve how
we manage treasured coastal
environments, so please get
snapping.
“There’s a sign at each
camera cradle site explaining
what you need to do so it is an
easy project for people to get
involved in.’’
The CoastSnap app can be
downloaded from the app
store or Google Play.
CoastSnap is a joint project
involving the city council,
Environment Canterbury
and the Canterbury University.
USEFUL: The public can now use camera cradles installed
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(right), to help city council track coastline changes.
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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
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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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PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
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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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technology, engineering requested.
demolition of the site would be
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South New Brighton School pupil Jacob McMillan enjoying the foam pit at Christchurch School of
City councillors are yet to pass
Gymnastics, which opened its doors to pupils while the school was closed due to fire damage.
Holmes is on a mission on to
in how things worked, often country to participate in the
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Julia in how things worked, often country to participate in the
months, but it’s still there. Until
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• By Louis Day
CALLS HAVE been made to
stop rates increases in response
to the Covid-19 crisis.
City councillors James Gough,
Sam MacDonald, Catherine
Chu, Phil Mauger, Aaron Keown
and James Daniels have sent a
letter to Mayor Lianne Dalziel
asking her to lead a conversation
as to how a zero per cent rates
increase could be achieved this
year.
The city council is proposing
an average rates increase of 4.65
per cent across all ratepayers in
this year’s Draft Annual Plan
which is currently under public
consultation until April 5 and
will be finalised before July 1.
The 2018-2028 Long Term
Plan also predicts a 50 per cent
rates increase over 10 years.
Said Cr MacDonald: “In
the current environment it’s
clear business as usual is not
appropriate and the council
needs to look at how we enable
this 12-month rates increase
freeze to occur, it’s crucial for
the economic confidence of our
city.”
Ms Dalziel said the las thing the council’s budget, which is
the city council needed was for not entirely funded by rates, and
someone to hi the panic button. the consequences that will flow
“Calm heads must and will from decisions we make.
prevail,” she said.
“The Annual Plan is not
“Our residents and businesses signed off for three months so
will be depending on us to we have time to ge this advice.
make adjustments, and we will, At the same time, the council
however, we will need advice is meeting with our economic
on the impacts on all aspects of development agency, ChristchurchNZ,
the Canterbury Employers’
Chamber of Commerce
and other key players so we are
best prepared for the economic
challenges that lie ahead.”
City council chief executive
Dawn Baxendale did not rule a
zero rates rise out.
“We’re considering a series of
options in light of the extraor-
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James Daniels (above left) and Aaron
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to lead a conversation on how to achieve a
zero per cent rates increase this year.
dinary circumstances related to the economy in response to the
Covid-19. We will discuss these Covid-19 pandemic.
options with elected members The biggest boost is $5.1
as we develop the Annual Plan,” billion towards wage subsidies
she said.
for affected businesses in all
The push from city councillors sectors and regions.
for a freeze on rates rises comes •Tips for weathering virus, p3
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