Southern View: February 04, 2021

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 

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Cancer Society 

shuttle service 

gets boost 

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Perfect job for 

an interest 

in nature 

Kites fill the sky in keen breeze 

Alicia Duncan, 7, took part in the city council kite day event at New Brighton beach on Saturday. 

Kites of all shapes and sizes took to the air. Other activities included a sandcastle building competition, beach 

sports with Sport Canterbury and free samples of Weis icecream. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

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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 a 10 per cent 

increase in Spreydon, Lyttelton 

and Papanui 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. 

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Thursday February 4 2021 3 

Interest in Mexican restaurant rises 


EXCITEMENT IS building in 

Linwood as residents anticipate 

the opening of the city’s very first 

Taco Bell restaurant in the area. 

Construction of the $1.3m 

Mexican-inspired fast food 

restaurant at the Eastgate Mall 

site started last month and is set 

to open later this year. 

Linwood resident Simon Fisher 

was walking to Subway with 

his son Shane when he shared 

his excitement for the suburb’s 

newest addition. 

He could not wait to start 

tucking into their fresh tacos, 

salads and desserts. 

“It’s great, I’ve always wanted a 

Taco Bell in Christchurch. I used 

to live in Australia and we had 

lots of Taco Bells.” 

New Brighton resident Linda 

Rowlinson, who was waiting for 

a bus outside Eastgate, regularly 

visits the area. She likes Mexican 

food, so having a new option in 

Linwood was something to look 

forward to. 

“I think it’s great. I’m up here 

shopping all the time; I live 

in New Brighton and there’s 

nothing there so we’ve got to 

come up here,” she said. 

She believes the area has been 

targeted for these types of outlets 

but was not concerned because 

“people should have a variety.” 

Jacob Chatterton, of Linwood, 

is looking forward to the 

prospect of getting a job 

at the restaurant more 

than eating its food. 

“I’ve never had Taco 

Bell. But if I don’t have a 

job by then, I’ll definitely 

apply to work there. 

“I think everyone 

around here will like it 

more, and it means less 

people at McDonald’s and KFC. 

The only thing healthy for a 

Jacob 

Chatterton 

takeaway here is the Subway.” 

But its proximity to other 

outlets has caused some concern. 

It joins a group of 

restaurants within 200m 

of Linwood Avenue 

School, including KFC, 

McDonald’s, Burger 

King and Domino’s 

pizza, with other options 

inside Eastgate Mall. 

Said principal 

Gretchen Smith: “For 

us as a school, we have 

constant temptation at the gate, 

fuelled by the power of the 

OPTIONS: A Taco Bell restaurant is 

being built in Linwood, Simon Fisher, 

along with son Shane, is looking 

forward to Mexican food. 

PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN 

brand, and the aroma of fast 

food wafting over the school 

on a daily basis, which can be 

appetising or nauseating.” 

THe school was not consulted 

on the matter seeing as the area 

is a commercial zone. 

Starting this year, the school 

will supply lunch every day 

as part of the Ministry of 

Education’s “lunch in school” 

programme, to help pupils meet 

their nutritional needs. 

“THe big brands that target 

this area will, of course, say 

that they are just meeting the 

demands of the local community 

and that they offer healthy 

alternatives such as salad and 

water, or that they give back to 

the community.” 

THe Linwood location will 

be the third restaurant in the 

country, with the other two 

outlets opening in Auckland last 

year. 

It is best known for its tacos, 

burritos, quesadillas and frozen 

margaritas. 

THe outlet is owned by 

Restaurant Brands, which has 

rights to brands in New Zealand 

such as KFC, Pizza Hut, Carl’s Jr 

and Starbucks. 

It is not the first time concerns 

regarding the proliferation of fast 

food restaurants in Linwood has 

been raised. 

In 2016, a petition was 

presented to the city council to 

ban fast food restaurants within 

800m of schools. 

But residents have yet to see 

action as the city council said 

it was not able to change the 

district plan to regulate fast food 

until this year. 

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Thursday February 4 2021 


SOUTHERN VIEW 

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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speak to a member of the 

support team, phone 0800 

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Yacht club celebrates 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 multihulls, 

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 

Business owner 

confident for 

the year ahead 

• From page 1 

Carter said his business did not 

suffer greatly during the pandemic, 

aside from reduced sales during 

the level 4 lockdown. 

But following the lockdown, 

demand had been picking up again 

to the point where they were able 

to catch up in sales. 

Carter was feeling confident 

for the year ahead in spite of the 

difficulties many businesses will 

face this year as a result of the 

pandemic. 

“A lot of people in Christchurch 

haven’t been travelling and spending 

their money so we’ve been a lot 

busier,” Carter said. 

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. 

“Across the city, retail spending 

was robust in December 2020 

as consumers prepared for 

Christmas,” the ChristchurchNZ 

report said.

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Thursday February 4 2021 


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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 

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 

DID YOU know that the three 

small Islands in McCormacks Bay 

Reserve (inland of the causeway 

and at the base of Mt Pleasant) 

have official names? 

In 1993 plans by the city council 

were implemented to improve 

the habitat for wildlife. Native 

trees and shrubs were planted, 

and three islands constructed 

to provide safe areas for birds to 

roost. 

The city council agreed to allow 

the then Sumner-based environment 

group Friends of the Estuary 

to organise a name the islands 

competition. 

As a result the islands are now 

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 

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 

involved,” he said. 

ESTUARY MATTERS 

The Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai Trust is a 

non-profit organisation formed to protect one of 

New Zealand’s most important coastal wetlands. 

Each week, board members will discuss matters 

regarding the estuary, its rich history and what 

makes it unique. This week Tanya Jenkins writes 

about the islands in McCormacks Bay 

called Torea Island, which is the 

Maori name for a commonly 

found estuary bird the oystercatchers; 

Rescue Island, for the 

role it plays in preventing bird 

decline by providing a safe area 

for birds to roost; and Geoffrey de 

Thier Island, to pay tribute to the 

late de Thier who was a founding 

member of the now defunct 

Combined Estuary Association. 

He was a major player in saving 

McCormacks Bay from being 

filled in which was being considered 

in the 80s. 

Six years ago, the Avon-Heathcote 

Estuary Ihutai Trust collaborated 

with city council park 

SKILLED: 

Dean 

Pendrigh 

tends to 

the plants 

in the 

Botanic 

Gardens. 

He has 

always had 

an interest 

in nature. 

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.” 

Pendrigh’s passion for 

“everything botanical” has 

ranger Andrew Crossland and 

as a result developed a plan to 

further improve the bay, providing 

birds with sedges planted in 

the mud to safely hide amongst 

while feeding. 

A group of local residents, 

Ferrymead Rotary and trust 

members under the supervision 

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. 

Work continues to improve habitat for wildlife 

of park ranger Matt Rose meet 

every third Sunday afternoon of 

each month between 2-4pm. 

The groups weed, plant, mulch, 

prune, water plants and collect 

litter receive updates from Matt 

and share afternoon tea. 

As a reward for these working 

sessions more birds can be spotted 

in and around McCormacks 

Bay than ever before. 

Spoonbills are seen regularly on 

the islands, increased numbers 

of white-faced herons, pied stilts 

and kingfishers have shown the 

success when city council and 

communities work together. 


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SOUTHERN VIEW 

Quake exhibition a chance to reflect 

• By Samantha Mythen 

TEN YEARS after the February 

22, 2011, earthquake devastated 

Mt Pleasant, the community is 

curating an exhibition to reflect 

and remember. 

Made up of their own stories, 

photographs and artwork, the 

exhibition 

will reflect 

Mt Pleasant 

locals’ experience 

of the 

earthquake. 

Linda 

Rutland, a 

resident of 

Linda Rutland 

27 years, 

was president 

of the Mt Pleasant Memorial 

Community Centre & Residents 

Association in 2011. Rutland was 

in charge of their earthquake 

recovery co-ordination and is 

helping organise the exhibition. 

“We are hosting the exhibition 

to help the community take 

stock of what happened at the 

time and reflect on the recovery 

over the years. It’s also important 

to remember the residents in our 

local area who died,’’ she said. 

“It will bring all of our individual 

stories together to present the 

whole picture of how important 

community is.” 

The exhibition will be held 

at the Mt Pleasant Community 

Centre during the weekend of 

February 20 and 21. 

Tony Aldridge is one exhibitor. 

He has walked around the area, 

mapping what houses were 

demolished, then rebuilt and 

who has moved back over the 

years. 

He was inspired to start the 

survey, firstly by the inconsistencies 

between reports from the 

Government saying there would 

be a quick recovery and the reality 

on the ground. 

He also saw a statement made 

by Rutland in the media that one 

third of houses would have to be 

rebuilt in Mt Pleasant. Disbelieving 

it would be that high, he 

then decided to set forth into the 

streets of Mt Pleasant to find out 

for himself. 

DISASTER: The original Mt Pleasant Memorial Community Centre after February 22, 

2011, earthquake. It was significantly damaged and has since been replaced with a new 

building. 


After surveying the 1700 

residences, he realised Rutland’s 

estimate was about right. 

“After 10 years, Linda was 

only a couple of percentages out. 

She was far more accurate than 

anything reported by the Government,” 

Aldridge said. 

Aldridge hopes that the exhibition 

will become an archive of 

lessons for the future. 

“We lacked knowledge of how 

to cope in a disaster such as the 

earthquake and the recovery 

afterwards. I’m hoping we have 

learned something for the future 

when a big disaster occurs 

again.” 

Mt Pleasant was located 

close to the epicentre and 

situated directly along the fault 

line which meant the quake 

caused extensive damage to the 

area. 

Rock fall, landslides and 

tension cracks along Mt 

Pleasant’s tussock covered cliffs 

SIGNIFICANT: 

Damage on 

Main Rd after 

the February 

22, 2011, 

earthquake. 

meant many houses in the area 

had to be evacuated. 

Sewer pipes were broken, 

the area saw large amounts of 

liquefaction, and residences were 

without electricity and water 

services for a week. 

In spite of the ongoing 

dangers to residents, there was 

a significant 

increase in 

community 

spirit. The 

community 

centre was 

destroyed 

and as it was 

Tony Aldridge 

owned by 

the resident 

association, 

they had to fundraise for its 

rebuild themselves. 

Said Rutland: “The earthquake 

was absolutely dreadful and it 

woke our community up making 

us realise that we depend on 

each other.” 

She senses this community 

has begun to weaken and is hoping 

the exhibition will remind 

people how important a strong 

community is for resilience, 

especially to cope with potential 

future disasters. 

They are hoping at least 100 

people will submit their story 

ensuring the exhibition can be 

a rich and full account of what 

happened. 

Marty Henderson, who 

was chairman of the Mt 

Pleasant School board of trustees 

during the earthquake and 

recovery, is helping to involve 

the school and its students in the 

exhibition. 

The residents’ association 

is currently calling for more 

submissions from local 

residents. You can submit 

photos of house or street/area 

damage, personal stories, poetry 

or artwork related to your 

earthquake experience. 

•For more information see 

https://www.mpcc.org.nz/ 

earthquake-memorialexhibition 

or email linda. 

rutland@xtra.co.nz. 


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the eastern suburbs start to 

Northern Corridor opening has 

see Lianne Dalziel’s campaign 

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THE earthquake-damaged 

aspirations for the area come to 

The CNC was due to open in 

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fruition. 

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could finally be demolished in 

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Victorious 

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Mike Mora 

to supermarket 

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a third southbound lane on 

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systematically get the work 

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flooding 

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campaign. 

St Albans resident Mark Wilson 

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

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CALLS HAVE been made to 

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City counci lors James Gough, 

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Ms Dalziel said the las thing the council’s budget, which is urchNZ, the Canterbury Employers’ 

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