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Dyers Pass Rd upgrade work 

frustrates peninsula residents 

• By Samantha Mythen 

BANKS PENINSULA residents 

want better communication from 

the city council about Dyers Pass 

Rd safety upgrades. 

The road has been reduced to a 

single lane during the day and is 

closed between 7pm and 6am as 

road works occur, estimated to 

finish in June. 

Those who live and work in 

Governors Bay are frustrated with 

irregular communication from the 

council about what is happening. 

Resident, John Bannock said: 

“The council engagement with the 

community has been woeful and 

almost non-existent.” 

Reuben Miller, who also lives 

in Governors Bay, said the roadworks 

have added an extra 20 

minutes to his journey to work in 

Christchurch. 

Sue Carter has lived in 

Governors Bay for more than 10 

years. She works near the airport, 

starting at 5am and has to leave 

much earlier, detouring through 

Lyttelton Tunnel with Dyers Pass 

Rd closed in the early morning 

hours. 

Said Governors Bay Harbour 

House owner Nic Graham: 

“Covid and now these road 

works are wreaking havoc on the 

community-focused cafe.’’ 

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SLOW PACE: Motorists negotiate road works and heavy trucks on Dyers Pass Rd during an upgrade on the hill link to 

Governors Bay. 

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REDCLIFFS residents have 

concerns an upgrade to the 

community’s medical centre will 

pose a danger to cyclists and 

others who the use the shared 

Coastal Pathway. 

The Redcliffs Residents Association 

is now calling on the city 

council to notify the resource 

consent needed for the development 

on Main Rd, allowing the 

public to provide feedback. 

Rebuilding 

the medical 

centre on the 

new site will 

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Residents Association secretary 

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of those who use the pathway, 

including cyclists and children. 

“It would break the flow of the 

path which was intended to be 

an unbroken route from town 

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chairman Hanno Sander: “As 

stewards of the Coastal Pathway, 

we want to work with the community 

to ensure safety for pathway 

users. Currently the vision 

for the pathway is a continuous 

6.5km connection between communities. 

“We are concerned that a busy 

access point would split that 

connection.” 

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rebuilt in that area, and planting 

and established flower gardens 

would likely have to be removed. 

“The area is part of the economic 

centre of the village and 

we are reluctant to close another 

commercial venue,” McIntosh 

said. 

“The village is quite vulnerable 

and we do not want to threaten 

the economic viability.” 

The residents’ association has 

asked the community board to 

look at the project and to provide 

advice on whether it should be 

approved. 

McIntosh spoke to a planner 

involved in the project last 

month who said they were 

looking into the safety and traffic 

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Safety concerns over medical centre plans 

Pat 

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DEVELOPMENT: The proposed site for the new medical centre at Redcliffs. 


aspects of it. 

Linwood-Heathcote-Central 

Community Board chairwoman 

Alexandra Davids confirmed 

the plans were still being developed. 

She said once that occurred, 

stakeholders would be approached 

for feedback. 

McIntosh said: “We do not 

want the medical centre to leave 

the village, it is important to the 

community.” 

“But it would be ideal if the 

medical centre could be built 

on its own original site and if 

we could facilitate this for them. 

There would be good access, it 

would still be close to the centre 

of the village without interfering 

with the Coastal Pathway.” 

The medical centre is expected 

to move from 180 Main Rd and 

rebuild at 93-95 in the village 

centre. 

It is the perfect site for the 

medical centre as they are wanting 

to consolidate their resources 

into one building, including a 

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Bay Harbour News Wednesday March 3 2021 

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NEWS 


THE PROPOSED streamlining 

of library hours could result in 

the closure of the service desk at 

Lyttelton Library. 

The action has been suggested 

as part of cost-saving measures 

recommended in the city council’s 

10-year draft budget. 

This comes at the same time as 

a recommendation to close the 

service desk in Akaroa. 

The closest service desk for 

those residents would be Halswell, 

which is over an hour away by car. 

City council chief executive 

Dawn Baxendale said the Lyttelton 

service desk has “minimal 

transactions.” It was the reasoning 

behind the proposed closure. 

She said more residents were 

choosing to use online or phone 

services to make their payments 

to the council. 

The library services would still 

continue. 

For those who do use the Lyttelton 

service desk the next closest 

would be at Eastgate Shopping 

Centre. 

Lyttelton resident Al Park often 

uses the service desk, combining 

its use with trips to the library, 

saving time and convenience. 

“It is cool to be able to 

walk into the library and 

let them know about any 

little community issues,” 

he said. 

“It is a way to inform 

the council of things 

they need to be doing 

otherwise nothing seems 

to happen.” 

Park also pays his rates there. 

Another Lyttelton resident, 

Wendy Everingham, suggested 

the role go back to the Lyttelton 

Information Centre as a “natural 

progression.” 


Libraries could lose 

their service desks 

PROPOSAL: The service desk at Lyttelton Library could close 

if the library hours are streamlined. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

Wendy 

Everingham 

“We know our place best 

and I envisage in the future 

the role will mostly be practical 

things like giving out 

keys for the pool or other 

council facilities plus local 

information.” 

Public consultation on 

the draft Long Term Plan 

will begin on March 12 and 

continue until April 18. 

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service desk closure. Email 

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Council making adjustments 

to improve traffic flow 

• From page 1 

People say in spite of the 

impact the works are having 

on the community, businesses 

were not consulted, there was 

no community meeting to 

discuss the works and people 

were only informed of the road 

works via road signage and 

city council updates on their 

website. 

Said Carter: “We didn’t 

get any communication in 

the letter box. Usually when 

roadworks occur, we’d see 

physical communication on 

what is happening with a 

number to call if you need 

advice.” 

Said Miller: “There has been 

a lack of clarity about what 

they are actually doing.” 

There is now an email 

newsletter providing updates, 

but there have still been issues 

where it has appeared the road 

has closed earlier than usual. 

City council transport 

planning and delivery manager 

Lynette Ellis, said they are 

working with the contractors 

to resolve those issues. 

The city council has received 

numerous feedback on the 

road works and they are 

trying to make adjustments to 

improve safety and traffic flow 

where possible. 

One positive change, Bannock 

said, were the staffing 

of traffic lights during the 

morning and evenings for 

week drivers. 

Yet residents remain puzzled 

on whether the roadworks 

will solve usage problems on 

the road, such as competition 

for space between cars and 

cyclists, and boy racers. 

Said Ellis: “We acknowledge 

the work will not fix all issues 

on the road as there will still be 

limited road space for cyclists 

and drivers to share. 

“The work will widen the 

road slightly and the drainage 

channel has been designed so 

that a cyclist or driver could 

drop a wheel into the channel 

safely.” 

However, drains now in 

place are already filling up with 

rocks and debris. 

Said Miller: “I would like to 

see the council riding in the 

rock-filled drainage gutters.” 

In 2018, Christchurch 

communities were asked to 

provide feedback on issues 

with the road. 

A majority of submissions 

mentioned concerns about 

boy racers. However, residents 

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THE BANKS Peninsula 

Community Board will meet 

with the Urumau Reserve 

Management Committee within 

the next two weeks over criticism 

of its management practices. 

Said community board chairwoman 

Tori 

Peden: “We 

have called 

a meeting to figure 

out the best 

way forward.” 

It comes after 

Nick Jackman, 

representing the 

residents of Foster 

Tce shared their frustrations 

at the abilities of the Urumau 

Reserve Management Committee 

to manage the reserve at a 

community board meeting on 

Monday. 

Jackman told the meeting 

residents have no confidence in 

the committee to manage the fire 

risk in the area. 

“They are not following the 

best practice Scion guidelines for 

fire risk management,” he said. 

The Urumau Reserve Development 

Plan states a fire buffer 

must be created. The residents 

believe this has not been 

addressed and instead a small 

native border has been created. 

Jackman said the committee 

is neither pruning nor removing 

dead and dry material, leaving 

“fuel for future fires.” 

Jackman has had concerns 

over the management of the 

reserve for several years. He 

has slowly seen the build up of 


dry material increasing the fire 

risk, and after the Cass Bay fire 

in February, he finally thought 

enough is enough. 

The residents support the 

efforts to preserve and enhance 

native flora and fauna but feel 

as if the different stakeholder’s 

interests are not being balanced. 

Jackman told the meeting conflict 

over management of fire risk 

is just the tip of the iceberg. 

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Claim reserve is not being managed correctly 

Tori Peden 

FIRE RISK: Nick Jackman at the Urumau Reserve which is just above Foster Tce where he 

lives. A fire buffer is meant to be in place to protect homes from risk. 



Said Jackman: “The committee 

has taken an undemocratic 

approach to dealing with our 

concerns.” 

Jackman told Bay Harbour 

News the reserve management 

committee had told residents 

what they were doing was going 

to make it safer ‘but it isn’t.’ 

“It is gas lighting,’’ he said. 

Jackman said he took 

residents’ concerns to the 

community board to start a 

dialogue. 

He wants the board to hold the 

committee to account and for a 

new management structure to be 

put in place. 

“It’s an instance where the 

board needs to take a hand on 

approach,’’ he said. 

Jackman suggested a fire risk 

management professional, such 

as from Fire and Emergency NZ, 

join the committee. 

“All stakeholders need to be 

recognised and the different 

interests in the reserve need to be 

balanced,” he said. 

He told Bay Harbour News: 

“We are living by a fire hazard 

right on our doorsteps and they 

are treating it as if we are not 

important.” 

The management committee 

was approached by Bay Harbour 

News for comment but did not 

respond before deadline. 

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WORK IS happening behind the 

scenes on mountain bike track 

upgrades in Urumau Reserve. 

Lyttelton Mountain Bike 

Club member Joshua Merriam, 

asked the Banks Peninsula 

Community Board at its 

meeting on Monday to approve 

the track upgrades at the 

reserve’s entrance. The track is a 

component of the 2018 Urumau 

Development Plan. 

He presented a petition to 

the board with more than 100 

signatures during the meeting. 

Community board 

chairwoman Tori Peden said 

the board is waiting for a final 

report from city council regional 

parks manager Paul Devlin as 

there is now funding available 

for improvements on the track. 

Said Mt Herbert subdivision 

board member Scott Winter: 

“Everyone is in agreement that 

this should be approved.” 

Merriam said the community 

board’s response was frustrating 

as it has been the same response 

they have been receiving for 

several years. 

“I’ll give them the benefit of 

the doubt and trust that movement 

is actually happening in 

the background,” Merriam said. 

The campaign began in 

August 2018 after the board 

approved the development plan, 

including the entrance track. 

However, no progress has 

been made since then to actually 

approve the access track into 

the reserve. Instead the track 

is still classified as a “proposed 

track,” in spite of being used 

by both mountain bikers and 

walkers alike to access the track. 

“It’s roadblock terminology,” 

said Merriam. 

Inaction from discussions 

with the Urumau Reserve Management 

Committee, prompted 

Merriam to take this campaign 

A STEP 

CLOSER: 

Lyttelton 

Mountain 

Bike Club is 

hoping the 

entrance track 

to Urumau 

Reserve will 

be approved 

after almost 

three years of 

inaction. 

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to the board. 

Approving the track would 

allow for increased engagement 

with the reserve and it 

would complete the entrance 

connection from Foster Tce to the 

Urumau traverse track, allowing 

for appreciation of the native 

planting through which the area 

it traverses, Merriam said. 

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NEWS 9 

Special place for flowers presented 

in recognition of opera performance 

MEMORIES: Raemon Greenwood’s passion for opera provides 

an unbreakable bond with her parents Beverley and Earl Stick, 

who were killed on a bus crushed by a collapsing building on 

February 22, 2011. 


• By Chris Barclay 

WHEN RAEMON Greenwood 

was presented with flowers in 

recognition of her contribution 

to an operatic company’s 

inaugural production, she 

already had the perfect place to 

put them on display. 

Rather than keep them in her 

Redcliffs home, she carried them 

north of the city last Monday, to 

the resting place of her parents 

Earl and Beverley Stick. 

While the city paused at 

12.51pm to remember the 

10th anniversary of the deadly 

February 22, 2011, earthquake, 

Greenwood was at rural Balcairn 

inland from Leithfield Beach. 

“I’d been given a really beautiful 

floral arrangement from the 

Dame Malvina Major Foundation. 

I placed it on my parents 

grave, it was appropriate because 

that’s how much they loved opera,” 

she said. 

In a perfect world Earl and 

Beverley would have sat in one 

of the three rows either side of 

the stage at The Great Hall of 

The Arts Centre when To Toi 

Opera debuted with their adaptation 

of Puccini’s Suor Angelica 

& Elegies. 

Tragically they were passengers 

on the No 3 bus which was 

crushed by a collapsing building 

on Colombo St as the couple 

headed to Christchurch Hospital, 

where Earl was undergoing cancer 

treatment. 

“They loved opera and classical 

music. In the Canterbury 

Opera days we were all on the 

POIGNANT: Raemon 

Greenwood embraced 

the role of The Abbess 

in Toi Toi Opera’s 

production of Puccini’s 

Suor Angelica & 

Elegies. 

PHOTO: WEI LI JIANG 

friends committee,” Greenwood 

explained. 

“We used to do the catering, 

dad would help out with the 

props.” 

So Toi Toi’s New Zealandthemed 

take on an opera inspired 

by World War 1 and first staged 

in 1918 was particularly poignant 

for Greenwood, who assumed 

the role of The Abbess. 

“Mum would have been here. 

My niece’s wedding is at Easter 

and mum would have been here,” 

she said. 

A ticketed rehearsal was held 

on February 18, four shows 

followed culminating with the 

finale on February 21. 

Fortunately the lastminute 

relaxing of Covid-19 

restrictions in Auckland enabled 

Greenwood’s out of town 

family members to witness 

her performance, the visitors 

including a 91-year-old aunt. 

“Everyone got down and they 

loved it,” she said. 

“It was so up close and intimate, 

everybody was raving 

about it. We had a waitlist for the 

last night. 

“Someone I volunteer with, 

it was the first opera she’d been 

to, she said it was just stunning. 

We had a lot of new people that 

hadn’t been to opera, that’s a 

good thing.” 

Greenwood hosted a family 

dinner for 29 later on anniversary 

day, a positive occasion in 

spite of the circumstances. 

“The slides came out and we 

went through all the lovely old 

memories,” she said. 

“There was this stunning 

photo of my mother, in her late 

teens, skating up Porters Pass way.” 

Greenwood estimated it took 

12 months to come to terms with 

losing her loved ones, the pair 

of devoted explorers, coming to 

grief so close to home. 

“In a year I flipped my grief 

to gratitude. I know a lot of 

people have found it very hard 

losing their loved ones . . . I had 

to be thankful for everything, 

thankful that I’d had parents for 

50 years.” 

•Buoyed by the success 

of Suor Angelica & Elegies, 

Toi Toi Opera’s creative 

director Katherine Doig 

said their next, as yet 

unspecified, production 

was planned for December 

or January. 

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NEWS 


Bid to recreate images from the past 


A LYTTELTON man has taken 

part in a nostalgic social media 

trend seen around the world, 

recreating a photo from his 

childhood. 

He hopes others will do the 

same and also share on their 

social media. 

Standing outside Lyttelton 

Primary school, Jordan Paulsen 

posed to recreate a photo taken 

of himself 25 years earlier, 

outside what was then Lyttelton 

Main school. 

This generated many positive 

comments and interest after 

Paulsen posted the photos to a 

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After digging around, he had 

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of his youth, including the photo 

taken outside Lyttelton Primary 

School. 

“I still have a strong bond to 

the school and its landscape. 

When I walk through the 

grounds today, I have many 

memories,” he said. 

THEN AND NOW: Jordan Paulsen stands outside Lyttelton 

Primary School in 1995 and 2021. 

“This is a cool way to recreate 

the fun you had as a child, 

looking at where it started versus 

how it’s going now.” 

Paulsen was born and bred in 

Lyttelton in 1989. In fact he is 

the fifth generation of his family 

to have lived there. 

He grew up in the village, 

leaving for Sydney when he was 

18 where he lived for 10 years. 

He moved back to Lyttelton at 

the beginning of 2020. 

Paulsen said: “Although 

time passes, your heart always 

remains in the spot where you 

grew up with friends and family. 

My emotional and spiritual 

connection with Lyttelton has 

always been there.” 

Most of his family still live in 

Lyttelton and he still has friends 

from his days at Lyttelton Main 

School. 

Paulsen hopes that this may 

inspire other locals to recreate 

images from their childhood 

too, taking valuable time to 

reflect on how things have 

changed. 

“I’m sure that there are many 

locals old and new who could 

recreate images too,’’ he said. 

• Send us your ‘then and 

now’ recreated photos 

from childhood. Email 

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OUR PEOPLE – SIMON THOMAS 

Rockanteur settles into harbour scene 

Musician Simon 

Thomas has drifted 

around the world 

writing songs for 

much of his life until 

Covid-19 put a halt 

to his travels and he 

found himself settled 

in Corsair Bay. He talks 

to Samantha Mythen 

Tell me about yourself. 

I was born in Sydney and I got 

out of there as soon as I could 

at 20. I didn’t like the big city. I 

travelled around for 3-4 years. 

I spent a couple of years in Asia 

and in Europe with a Kombi van, 

playing music all over the place 

and selling Indian clothes at 

festivals. 

I later married a German girl 

and we came back to Australia to 

have a family. We bought a piece 

of land out in the wilderness 

in northern NSW, inland from 

Byron Bay at a Buddhist retreat 

centre. I raised my kids In the 

Buddhist community and then 

in 2014, my youngest left home. 

I’d already split up with his mum 

by then, so then I went back to 

drifting around the world again. 

And so I’ve more or less had 

no fixed address since then. I 

spent a lot of time in Bhutan, 

India, Nepal, and Guatemala. I 

do volunteer work, play music, 

write stories, whatever else takes 

my fancy. 

This was until Covid-19 hit. I 

was in Kathmandu as the screws 

started to tighten in March last 

year and I thought it would all 

blow over by June. But then 

I suddenly realised as all the 

borders were closing and all of 

the airlines were shutting down, 

I’d have to get out. 

So I made a dash. I’ve been 

with my partner Kim for two 

years. She has a lovely house in 

Corsair Bay. It seemed like the 

best place to go and it still seems 

like a very good place to be in 

the pandemic. When I got onto 

the plane, the lockdown hadn’t 

been announced and then when 

I got off the plane, they told me 

everyone was self-isolating, not 

just me. We did a big shop and 

then hunkered down in Corsair. 

And now I’m here until further 

notice. 

Had you been in NZ much 

before now? 

No, I had brought my kids 

over for holidays twice and then 

I spent a few months in Corsair 

Bay in 2019 and 2020, so I’m 

pretty new here. 

After being, as you said, 

adrift for so long, how is it 

being in one place? 

It’s fine, I don’t really get 

homesick. Although I have two 

grandsons and I can’t see them 

at the moment which is the only 

thing. I write and play my music 

and I have a lovely little room 

overlooking the bay. I don’t think 

very much about what I haven’t 

got, it’s quite a rich existence 

already. 

ARTISTIC: Simon 

Thomas tells stories 

through music. 


So you’re a musician, what 

drew you to this creative scene? 

I first of all played violin when 

I was a kid and I used to do 

lessons before school. I often 

did not do as I was told and so 

I never held my hand in the 

correct position. One day my 

teacher got so angry at me, she 

took the belt off her gown and 

tied my hand to the back of the 

violin. 

This turned me off the violin 

and I then got started on the 

guitar. When my kids were 

growing up, I couldn’t really 

make a living in the bush from 

music, so I sold solar panels and 

did solar installations. Now I’m 

a singer-songwriter. Sometimes I 

play with a band or a duo. 

What’s your why for your 

music? 

It’s not really a why, you just 

have to do it. If you don’t play for 

a few days then you get this kind 

of feeling inside that you really 

need to play. There’s a certain 

satisfaction to delivering a song 

and there’s delivering for your 

own satisfaction and then there’s 

the communication with the 

audience. There’s this drive to be 

able to play something that you 

hear in your head or that you’ve 

heard on the radio. The ideas for 

my songs just come up and then 

they bounce around me inside 

and I have to get them out one 

way or another. 

What is your preferred style 

of music? 

Mainly rock, folk and blues. 

I find wood, strings and steel 

resonate in my heart. To a pretty 

big extent this comes from 

what you grow up with. Most 

people gravitate towards what 

they experienced as a teenager I 

think. 

So when you were a teenager, 

what inspired your music taste? 

Bowie is probably the biggest. 

Queen, Led Zeppelin. 

You’ve recently written an 

album of songs for children 

based around Buddhism. What 

draws you to Buddhism? 

The first interest I had was 

through Jungian psychology 

and he would refer to some 

Buddhism principals. What he 

was saying resonated with me 

as being authentic. The way that 

I’ve since learned Buddhism is 

you tend to study and practice as 

two wings of the bird and then 

you fly. So if you’re practising 

those in a certain balance, you 

find its incredibly enriching in 

your life. I’ve found a lot of joy 

in my life that wouldn’t be there 

otherwise. 

You call yourself a 

rockanteur, what does that 

mean to you? 

Well a raconteur is a theatrical 

storyteller. So a rockanteur is a 

theatrical storyteller who does it 

through rock music. 

What is your favourite part of 

performing live? 

The connection with the 

audience is what it is all about. 

When you deliver a song and 

there’s an emotional connection 

that happens between the people 

and they understand not just the 

words but the feeling. 

You mentioned Kathmandu, 

tell me about your time there? 

The first time I visited was in 

1989, and the last seven years, 

I’ve been spending between 

three and five months living in 

different parts of Kathmandu 

NO FIXED ABODE: Thomas has spent much of his life travelling. He has been to places 

such as Cuba and Kathmandu. 

writing and playing music. It’s a 

very, very old place and there’s 

still a sense of magic that is 

imbued into the place. There are 

buildings that have been there 

for literally thousands of years 

and people have lived generation 

after generation in the same 

place. And of course, there is the 

Himalayas. 

There’s an interesting bar 

owner that I work with there, 

doing gigs for him once or twice 

a week. His name is Ram and his 

bar is called Ramsterdam. 

What do you think of the 

Christchurch music scene? 

I particularly know Banks 

Peninsula and Lyttelton and it’s 

great, I’m very impressed. I think 

Lyttelton is a centre for artistic 

activity and there are quite a few 

really accomplished musicians 

there. 

How does Lyttelton compare 

with Ramsterdam? 

Wunderbar and Ramsterdam 

have quite a bit in common, 

they’re both quite crazy. It’s a 

great scene here, I’ve loved the 

festivals – the Banks Peninsula 

Festival and Nostalgia. Deva 

Mahal at the latter was great, a 

huge voice. 

Do you have a favourite 

subject to write about for your 

songs? 

My latest album, Blue 

Lion, was unusual as it was 

commissioned by a Buddhist 

school in Singapore. Each one 

of the songs were supposed to fit 

into a particular niche in their 

curriculum, such as traditional 

Buddhist teachings like refuge 

prayer and Manjushri, a mantra 

– making these relevant to 

the children. Then there was 

transitions during the day like 

lining up, good mornings and 

meal times. Then specific thing 

they study like harmony, changes 

and community. 

Usually I see a situation or 

get a feeling and think I’d like 

to put it in to a song. Another 

of my album’s is called Love 

Me Tinder. I wanted to write 

a song about internet dating 

as I thought it would be fun. I 

particularly like songs that are a 

little bit funny. 

You’ve spoken out about 

with other Banks Peninsula 

residents recently about 

concerns about fire risks, why is 

this issue important to you? 

For about 10 years I was a 

member of the Australian bush 

fire brigade and we went to many 

fires and also we had two big 

fires on the property that I lived 

on. These fires would sometimes 

last a week to 10 days. Right 

across the road from our place in 

Corsair are these big eucalyptus 

trees which can be so volatile in 

heat and fire. 

Do you have aany plans for 

the next few months? 

I’ve got a couple of novels in 

the final drafts. Then also I have 

this project called the Dharma 

Kids Collective. It’s a hub for 

artists creating wholesome 

content from children influenced 

by Buddhist wisdom.



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NEWS 17 

POTENTIAL: The newly-renovated Loons building will provide for 

performance venues and much more. 


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Loon’s event manager Jonnie 

Emery reflects on Lyttelton’s 

iconic building, where it’s 

been and what it is today 

WITH RENOVATIONS completed 

in December last year, the Loons has 

transformed into a state-of-the-art live 

music and performance venue. 

The new two-storey premises at 16 

Canterbury St, has undergone major 

remodelling after the building was 

significantly damaged in the Christchurch 

earthquakes. 

With overwhelming support from the 

local community and the securing of 

funding from both community funding 

and local sponsorship, the 10-year project 

has resulted in a dedicated live music and 

performance venue upstairs and bar complete 

with beer garden downstairs. 

The Loons caters for live music, theatre, 

arts, and private venue space for Lyttelton 

and the wider Canterbury area. 

The building itself has been an integral 

and well-known part of the Lyttelton 

community for more than a century. Built 

in 1905, it housed a range of commercial 

premises through to 1944 including a 

grocery shop and the Loons garage. 

In 1944, the building was purchased by 

three watersiders and around that time 

the premises was converted to become the 

Waterside Workers Social 

Club known locally 

as ‘The Loons’. 

1951 is a significant 

year in New Zealand 

history. Lyttelton and 

its port, along with 

others throughout 

the country, were 

involved in the largest 

industrial dispute ever 

seen in New Zealand 

which lasted for 151 

days. Having endured 

compulsory overtime 

and dangerous working 

conditions, watersiders 

finally put in an 

overtime ban seeking 

better conditions and 

an end to compulsory 

overtime. The government declared a state 

of emergency on February 21, 1951. 

‘Draconian emergency regulations 

imposed rigid censorship, gave police 

sweeping powers of search and arrest 

and made it an offence for citizens to 

assist strikers – even giving food to their 

children was outlawed’. 

The Waterside Workers Social Club 

became the hub of support for the lockedout 

workers and their families in Lyttelton 

including the distribution of food illegally 

donated by people sympathetic to their 

cause. The government of the day deregistered 

the Waterside Workers Union and 

sought to seize its assets. The club became 

a different entity – the Lyttelton Working 

Mens Club and thus some assets, including 

the building itself, were saved. 

Thea Mickell, treasurer of The Loons 

Club Incorporated, said it is an exciting 

new chapter for the building which is so 

rich in history. 

“It was important to honour and respect 

the history of this local institution while 

recognizing its new potential and future. 

Our goal is to encourage and foster 

performing arts, both local and touring 

and become the preferred live music and 

performance venue in Christchurch.” 

• To keep up to date with upcoming 

shows at the Loons, visit www.theloons. 

org.nz 

STATE OF THE ART: Inside the Loons music venue. 

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I’VE HAD A soft spot for 

Hawke’s Bay syrah since 

stumbling upon the Stonecroft 

cellar door some 30 years ago 

and discovering the 1989 syrah: 

the inception wine of our 

modern syrah category in New 

Zealand. 

Thirty vintages later, a combination 

of vine age, new clonal 

material and a wealth of experience 

garnered by the winemakers 

is seeing some thrilling 

offerings. 

The vintage of 2018 was warm, 

yet not totally trouble-free, but 

these labels have risen to the 

occasion with wines of depth, 

interest and potential. 

2018 Smith & Sheth Cru 

Heretaunga syrah 

Price: $40 

Rating: Excellent to outstanding 

Fragrant nose, dusty, riverstones, 

white pepper,earth/forest 

floor, red fruits. 

A cool feel, fresh and 

vibrant, ripe yet not over-sweet, 

with deceptive tannins that build 

up. 

Garners a silkiness as it opens; 

I could plump for northern 

Rhone here. 

Complex, interesting, lovely 

balance, drinking superbly, yet 

potential too. Elegant. 

2018 Smith & Sheth Cru 

Omahu syrah 

Price: $60 


Subtle yet refined nose with 

earthy touches and a herbal 

influence, gathering florality as it 

grows perceptibly. Fruit richness 

(blackberry, boysenberry, 

raspberry) along with spices, 

earthiness and powerful tannins, 

crisp, fresh, the fruit hanging in 

the mouth. 

For now, this is wound up and 

tightly structured and all about 

the potential. 

www.smithandsheth.com 

2018 Stonecroft Gimblett 

Gravels Reserve syrah 

Price: $60 

Rating: Excellent 


Rising to the occasion with depth and potential 

Boldly fruited nose, a wisp of 

brown paper evolves to fruit, 

savoury notes and a musk/ 

dark flowers nuance. Density 

to the dark fruits, adding cedar, 

savoury notes, spices and black 

pepper. 

Chewiness as the tannins 

build. With aeration, a tight core 

of mineral/iron develops as the 

wine becomes tightly coiled. 

Excellent carry and great 

romise. 

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2018 Trinity Hill Homage 

Price: $150 

Rating: Outstanding 

Boldly expressive perfume, 

shifting to ink, blood, iron, tar 

and savoury elements. 

Richness yet refinement, lovely 

balance, purity of fruit and layers 

of flavour. 

Powerful yet rounded, ripe 

tannins with a long zesty carry 

that is almost cleansing. 

Approachable, but gas in the 

tank for the future. 

Wonderful complexity and 

poise. Compelling. 

www.trinityhill.com 

2018 Vidal Legacy 

Gimblett Gravels syrah 

Price: $79.99 

Rating: Excellent 

Wild and funky nose, struck 

match, earth, growing perfume, 

fruit in support. 

Juicy and crunchy, bright 

acidity lending a zesty tang to 

the close. 

This grows with aeration, ripe 

fruits mixing with toasty and 

savoury nuances before growing 

tannins add a lightly chewy note 

to the close. 

Its approachability makes 

this easy to overlook yet there’s 

deceptive interest here. 

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2018 Elephant Hill Stone 

syrah 

Price: $120 


Vibrantly fragrant nose, herbs, 

jam/berry compote, raspberry 

and spices evolving. 

Powerfully fruited palate adds 

gravel, tar, charcuterie/savoury 

nuances and a little hint of salinity. 

This is a bit of a bruiser for 

now, lots of complexity but it is 

a big, dense wine crying out for 

some age. 

Time will be a friend 

here. 

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Mussolini and the fascists have been defeated, the war has 

devastated Italy, especially the south. Seven-year-old Amerigo lives 

with his mother Antonietta in Naples, surviving on odd jobs and his 

wits like the rest of the poor in his neighborhood. But one day, Amerigo 

learns that a train will take him away from the rubble-strewn streets of 

the city to spend the winter with a family in the north, where he will be 

safe and have warm clothes and food to eat. Together with thousands of 

other southern children, Amerigo will cross the entire peninsula to a new 

life. Through his curious, innocent eyes, we see a nation rising from the 

ashes of war, reborn. As he comes to enjoy his new surroundings and 

the possibilities for a better future, Amerigo will make the heartbreaking 

choice to leave his mother and become a member of his adoptive family. 

Amerigo’s journey is a moving story of memory, indelible bonds, artistry, 

and self-exploration, and a soaring examination of what family can truly 

mean. Ultimately Amerigo comes to understand that sometimes we must 

give up everything, even a mother’s love, to find our destiny. 

The Rose Code 

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1940, Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire. Three very different women are 

recruited to the mysterious Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train 

to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla has the dashing 

Prince Philip of Greece sending her roses – but she burns to prove herself as 

more than a society girl, working to translate decoded enemy secrets. Selfmade 

Mab masters the legendary codebreaking machines as she conceals old 

wounds and the poverty of her East-End London upbringing. And shy local girl 

Beth is the outsider who trains as one of the Park’s few female cryptanalysts. 

1947, London. Seven years after they first meet, on the eve of the royal 

wedding between Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, disaster threatens. 

Osla, Mab and Beth are estranged, their friendship torn apart by secrets and 

betrayal. Yet now they must race against the clock to crack one final code 

together, before it’s too late, for them and for their country. 

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a treat, but there are 

many ways to present 

this versatile meat 

Sirloin roast pork with 

stuffed backed apples 

Ingredients 

Serves 3-4 



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Pick up some pork and try something different 

500g trim pork sirloin roast or 

mini roast 

1 tbsp olive oil 

Salt and pepper to taste 

4 small apples 

3/4 cup fresh breadcrumbs 

2 tbsp finely chopped sage leaves 

1 shallot, diced 

1tsp crushed garlic 

2 tbsp table spread 

Directions 

Preheat oven to 200 deg C. 

If using a traditional roast, 

brush it with oil then season with 

salt and pepper. 

Core apples with an apple corer. 

Using tip of a sharp knife, cut 

through skin around the circumference 

of each apple. Combine 

breadcrumbs, sage, garlic, salt, 

pepper and shallot. Mix in 1 

tablespoon of spread. Stuff apples 

with this mixture. Dot tops with 

remaining tablespread. 

Place in a roasting pan with 

pork. Cook roast for 35min according 

to packet instructions. 

Cook traditional roast for 10 

minutes at 200 deg C. 

Reduce heat to 160 deg C, and 

continue cooking for 35-40min. 

Cover and rest roast for 10min 

before carving. 

Remove apples once soft and 

cooked. Keep warm. Great served 

with a kumara mash and steamed 

green beans. 

Mustard and 

pomegranate BBQ pork 

Serves 4 

Ingredients 

500gm pork steaks 

1 tbsp wholegrain mustard 

¼ cup pomegranate glaze 

1 tsp Chinese five-spice 

Directions 

Cut steaks into four portions. 

Combine mustard, pomegranate 

glaze and five spice. 

Brush over cutlets. Cover and 

refrigerate for 30 minutes. 

Preheat a barbecue or grill. 

Remove steaks from fridge, scraping 

off any excess marinade. Grill 

on medium-high for about 8-10 

minutes depending on thickness, 

turning often. 

Brush with reserved glaze near 

the end of cooking. 

Great served with risotto or 

creamy polenta. 

Schnitzel with Asian 

flavours 

Serves 4 

Ingredients 

Pork sirloin and 

stuffed apples 

are a good 

combination 

for the dinner 

table. 

300-400gm pork schnitzel 

½ cup flour 

Flaky sea salt and freshly 

ground black pepper to taste 

1 large egg 

2 tbsp coconut milk or plain 

milk 

1 cup dried breadcrumbs 

3 kaffir lime leaves, deveined 

and finely chopped 

2 tbsp each: chopped coriander 

leaves, mint 

2-3 tbsp rice bran oil 

Directions 

If necessary, pound schnitzels 

with a rolling pin until thin. 

Combine flour, salt and pepper in 

a shallow dish. 

Whisk egg and coconut milk or 

milk in another shallow bowl. 

Place breadcrumbs, kaffir lime 

leaves and chopped herbs in a 

third shallow dish. 

Coat schnitzels with flour, dip 

in beaten egg, then coat with 

crumb mixture. Chill for 5min. 

Heat oil in a large, non-stick 

frying pan on medium. Add 

schnitzels. Cook for 1-2 minutes 

each side, until golden. Serve 

immediately. 

Triathlon stars set to light 

up the Sea2Sky Challenge 

The Brad Richards Building Sea2Sky 

Challenge 2021 will boast a stellar line up 

this year with the majority of New Zealands 

olympic triathlon hopefuls heading to 

Sumner on 14th March. 

The annual Challenge offers an end of 

summer test for the serious athlete as well 

as those that just want to give it a try. The 

sixth edition of the challenge has partnered 

with local company Brad Richards Building 

as this year’s principal race sponsor. 

Director and Redcliffs resident Brad 

Richards completed the 17km run last year 

“we are so lucky to have such an incredible 

run right on our door step. The section from 

Godley Head back to the clocktower is 

stunning but tough on the legs with all the 

ups and downs”. 

The 2021 event will see Olympic triathlon 

hopefuls jostle for bragging rights, as well 

as over $5000 prize purse. Hayden Wilde, 

a rising star of world triathlon and potential 

olympic medalist has confirmed his entry, 

along with former world Under 23 years 

champion Tayler Reid, top international Sam 

Ward and local professional Saxon Morgan. 

The women’s field will include former 

Under 23 years World Champion Rebecca 

Spence up against Nicole Van der Kaay, 

Commonwealth Games relay medallist, as 

well as highly regarded Ainsley Thorpe and 

Sophie Corbidge. 

The event was the brainchild of Sumner 

resident and triathlon legend Dr John 

Hellemans whose grand children are now 

amongst the participants in the kids event, 

“in the early days of triathlon it was all a 

bit of an adventure, this event brings some 

of that adventure back to a sport that has 

become quite structured - it’s also great to 

see all the kids involved”. 

As well as the elite racing there are events 

for all ages and abilities with a duathlon 

option, 17km run, Junior racing and kids 

Aquathon. One of the oldest competitors 

and a regular on the Christchurch triathlon 

scene, John Gordon, 81 years young will 

also be out there competing. 

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“National and International Importance of 

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24 Bay Harbour News Wednesday March 3 2021

Christchurch 

6.3 earthquake 

10 Years On 

February 22, 2011 - 2021

Christchurch 6.3 Earthquake 10 Years On 

Christchurch earthquake 10 years on 

a pictorial snapshot of how Christchurch is moving forward 

Steve McCaughan 

General Manager 

This week marked 10 years since the devastating 

February 6.3 earthquake, which struck Christchurch 

killing 185 people, injuring thousands, and leaving a trail 

of destruction. 

It is a time none of us will ever forget. But I am filled 

with pride when I recall the efforts and actions of 

everyday Cantabrians in the weeks following. To all the 

professionals, volunteers and the countless unsung 

heroes who helped our recovery, I want to thank you for 

your tireless work. The kindness and actions of people 

in many ways all accumulated to help us all get through. 

It did make a difference and made me proud to be part 

of the Canterbury tribe. I also want to acknowledge and 

thank my team at Star Media, publishers of Bay Harbour 

News. With our building and press destroyed in the 

February quake, we were in a perilous position. I recall 

meeting with my senior team, first thing the next morning 

at McDonalds Riccarton (they still had power on), and 

we planned to publish a daily newspaper from a double 

garage at our IT manager’s home. We did this for several 

weeks, until we moved into the St Albans Cricket Club in 

Hagley Park. The tenacity and resilience shown by our 

people at the time was tremendous. It ensured we kept 

Christchurch connected and informed, with vital updates 

and information for those weeks following. 

Our story was just one of thousands, where Cantabrians 

rallied, picked themselves back up and just got on with it. 

We all battled the odds and the 11,000-odd aftershocks 

that followed. We all had our 

own personal journey and 

challenges to deal with. We 

should stand proud of the 

recovery we have all made. 

Today we are publishing a 

pictorial look at our city 10 years on and the progress 

made. We still have more work to do yet, but I am excited 

about the fact that everyday our city just gets better and 

is constantly improving. 

In the words of CHCHNZ – “We are a city where you can 

choose how to live your life – surrounded by stunning 

natural landscapes”. 

John Bridgman 

Chief Executive Otakaro Ltd 

We’re planning to hold the first events towards the end of 

this year. 

I start with that because the question about when Te Pae 

Christchurch Convention Centre will be open is the one I’m 

most often greeted with. 

It’s great that there is such anticipation around this Crown-led anchor project and it’s 

not the only one to get excited about, as we push to get all our spaces and places 

completed by the end of next year. 

In April we’ll be opening the North Frame pedestrian bridge, the final element to be 

added to the largest ever public realm transformation undertaken in New Zealand – 

Te Papa Ōtākaro/Avon River Precinct. 

We’re working on the final few hundred metres of the South Frame. This new, gardenlined 

cycle and pedestrian laneway across the city should be near complete come 

the end of the year. 

And the Metro Sports Facility has become hard to miss on Moorhouse Ave, as we 

look to complete construction of the nine indoor courts and eleven pools and spas by 

the end of next year. 

This leads to another common question – Why has it taken this long? 

I can only speak for the time since Ōtākaro Ltd was established early in 2016. By then 

a lot of significant planning and demolition work had been done, but many sites were 

still bare. So off we went, asked by the Government to deliver some of the largest 

horizontal and vertical infrastructure projects in the country, in a relatively confined 

space, on tricky ground, with a stretched construction sector and a global pandemic 

at the tail end. It was a big ask and I am proud of what we have achieved so far. 

The reality is the regeneration of Christchurch will never be finished, and you wouldn’t 

want it to be. 

In the near future this city is going to be home to some of the best business, sports 

and recreation facilities in New Zealand. The Crown and Council have tackled the big 

stuff, the hard stuff, the infrastructure that will draw the masses in and set Christchurch 

up for success for generations to come. The next stage in the city’s evolution is what 

happens in the spaces in between. 

Lianne Dalziel 

Christchurch Mayor 

An anniversary is a time when we come together to 

remember the events of the day and to reflect on all that 

means to us. 

The 10th anniversary of the February 22, 2011 earthquake 

recalls the loss of 185 lives, and the impact this had had on 

their families and friends. Our hearts go out to all of them 

both here in New Zealand and in the 20 other countries where they came from. 

We also remember those who were injured or experienced trauma on that day. For 

many there is no erasing of the memory of what occurred, nor the scars – seen and 

unseen – that remain. 

We acknowledge the changes to our laws, requiring buildings to be built to stronger 

seismic standards, as well as decisions to retrofit buildings, that have made our city 

safer than it was. Lessons we have learned here have been shared across New 

Zealand and the world, leaving a legacy that will help protect lives in the future. 

And we again express our gratitude for all those who tried to help save lives regardless 

of their own safety on that day, and all those who helped over the days and weeks 

that followed. 

I often think about the thousands of people who flooded the damaged suburbs 

with support. I think of the existing community leaders who stepped up in their own 

communities and the emergent leaders who, like Sam Johnson and the team who 

set up the Student Volunteer Army. The SVA is an enduring example of the legacy 

they have left. 

We also remember that this was the earthquake that changed our landscape forever, 

seeing thousands of residents forced from their homes and communities. 

The promise that now sits in the Ōtakaro Avon River Corridor Regeneration Plan is 

another legacy for the future. 

When we experience loss on this scale, it can be hard at the time to gauge the sheer 

enormity of the recovery that lies ahead. 

When I look along Oxford Tce by the Bridge of Remembrance, that one snapshot 

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delivering the Crown-led Anchor Projects for the people of Christchurch 

Te Pae Christchurch 

Convention Centre 

Set to be New Zealand’s only purpose-built convention and 

exhibition centre when it opens towards the end of the year. Te 

Pae is expected to generate around $600m worth of economic 

activity in our region over the next decade. 

Metro Sports Facility 

With eleven pools and spas, five hydroslides and space for nine 

indoor netball courts, it will be the largest sports and recreation 

venue of its kind in New Zealand. The first pools are going in now 

and construction is expected to be completed around the end of 

next year. 

East Frame 

Made up of the central city’s third 

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Fletcher Living’s One Central residential 

development. Around 200 homes have 

now been sold and demand continues to 

grow from people wanting to be a part of 

this burgeoning neighbourhood. 

South Frame 

A new garden-lined pedestrian and cycle 

route across the city away from traffic 

on St Asaph St and Tuam St. Filled with 

sculptures, murals and stones and plants 

of cultural significance, the South Frame 

is expected to be complete around the 

end of this year. 

Te Papa Ōtākaro/Avon 

River Precinct 

Stretching along the river from the hospital to 

Fitzgerald Ave, the largest ever public realm 

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will be complete in April with the opening of 

the North Frame pedestrian bridge. 

Most projects will be completed by the end of next year. There is plenty to keep an eye on.

Bay Harbour: March 03, 2021

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