The Star: March 11, 2021

intersections starts this month,
The busy intersection of
Middleton Rd, Riccarton Rd and
Ilam Rd – ranked the seventh
most dangerous in the city – will
be upgraded to improve safety for
Ilam and Riccarton Residents’
Association chairman Jonathon
Reddiford said many residents
Not only would it slow traffic
down seeing as parts of the area
were already reduced to 40km/h,
bu they also did not agree with
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Work starts on dangerous
intersection, cycleway
• By Bea Gooding
WORK TO improve one of
the city’s most dangerous
but not everyone is happy about
it.
Jonathon
Reddiford
Middleton Rd.
all road users.
The junction
will effectively
become a T-
intersection,
which only
allows leftturning
traffic
to move
between Riccarton
Rd and
wanted the intersection to remain
the status quo.
removing access into Riccarton
Rd.
• Turn to page 6
UPGRADE: Work to improve safety at one of the city’s most dangerous intersections starts this month, in tandem with
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• By Carolyne Meng-Yee
A SPECIAL “prison within
a prison” is guarding the
Christchurch mosque shooter
and two other notoriously violent
criminals at a huge cost to the
taxpayer.
The facility, known as the
Prisoners of Extreme Risk Unit,
was set up four months after the
terrorist murdered 51 worshippers
and injured 40 others at the Al
Noor and Linwood mosques.
Based within Auckland Prison
but run separately, the unit is the
operational and custodial function
of the Prisoners of Extreme
Risk Directorate – a group also
established in response to the
March 15 terror attack.
Its role has since been expanded
and Corrections national commissioner
Rachel Leota said it
now manages other inmates who
present “an ongoing risk of serious
violence.”
It also supervises prisoners who
have the ability to “influence others
to engage in serious violence
or threats.”
As well as “violent extremists”,
Leota said offenders connected to
organised crime groups may also
fall under the group’s purview
given their “capability to seriously
threaten the safety and security of
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• By Matt Slaughter
SANDI MACRAE thinks she
was born to garden.
Her parents Wendy and Tony
owned gardening store Woodlands
Nursery in Harewood
for many years before it closed
about a decade ago.
“I’m just born and bred in a
garden centre,” MacRae said.
In spite of some resistance in
her younger years, her parents’
passion for all things gardening
rubbed off on her.
Said MacRae: “We used to
come to the Botanic Gardens
and mum and dad would say,
‘look at the metasequoia glyptostroboides
[trees], isn’t that just
stunning,’ and I’d be like, ‘yeah
whatever.’
“But, I think, actually, it [gardening]
is in my blood. I love
plant combinations and gardens
and creating outdoor spaces and
bringing people together to do
cool stuff.”
Now, MacRae will do just this
through her role as director of
the first ever Grow Ōtautahi –
Christchurch Garden Festival.
The show will be held tomorrow,
Saturday and Sunday, 9am-
5pm at the Botanic Gardens and
is free entry.
The festival will include garden
displays and landscape designs
from a range of contributors,
workshops and plant-based
cooking displays.
MacRae said two of the
highlights of the festival will be
garden displays by pupils from
schools across Christchurch and
a collective display by volunteers
from all of Christchurch’s 35
community gardens.
“Some of the highlights are,
of course, going to be the school
gardens.
“They’re amazing. Part of my
role has been to go and visit all
the school gardens as they’ve
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Cameras to monitor illegal parking
PEOPLE PARKING illegally
in part of the central city will
soon find themselves “caught
on camera.”
The city council is installing
closed circuit television
cameras in the Oxford Tce/
Hereford St area, including the
Hereford St bridge, to monitor
some parking spaces and help
identify motorists who are
flouting the parking rules.
Some of the daytime parking
spaces on Hereford St near
Oxford Tce become taxi or
ride share parks in the evening
to help people get close
to their destination for either
drop-off or pick-up, city council
transport operations manager
Steffan Thomas said.
“This is a really busy part of
town, particularly on Friday
and Saturday nights,” Thomas
said.
“With the high volumes of
people we need to make sure
that they can arrive and leave
safely and recently we have
had issues with people doubleparking
or parking in the taxi
and ride share spaces.
“We’ve also had problems
Sandi’s passion for
gardening fuels show
GREEN: Sandi MacRae shows off one of the gardens on display at this weekend’s Grow
Ōtautahi – Christchurch Garden Festival.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
been doing the build up, buying
the plants and planning.
“All 35 community gardens
have come together to do one,
big garden. It’s such a good story
and they’re so passionate about
the messages that they’re sharing
about bringing the community
together.”
MacRae runs MacRae Landscape
Design for a day job and
she has offered her expertise to
support those who have created
with people parking in the
shared zone on Oxford Tce,
which is a safety concern.
“For safety and fairness, we
need to enforce the rules so
we’re putting closed circuit
television cameras in the area.
“If people do choose to park
in the wrong space, they can
expect to receive a ticket in the
mail.”
displays at the festival.
Grow Ōtautahi is owned and
run by a charitable trust. The
trust is supported by a network
of service providers who are all
Christchurch based.
For more information on the
event visit: https://growotautahi.
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‘There are 18 guards rostered to
• From page 1
“It is a separate entity – a
prison within prison,” a source
said of the Prisoners of Extreme
Risk Unit.
“It’s a secret squirrel operation.
There is a special vetting system
for staff to work there.”
As well as the Christchurch
gunman, the NZ Herald understands
two of New Zealand’s
most dangerous criminals, Hemi
Te Poono and
Siuaki Lisiate,
are being held
within the
unit.
Corrections
confirmed
in response
to an Official
Rachel Leota
Information
Act request
three inmates were being held by
the unit but would not elaborate
further.
Leota also refused to release
the number of frontline staff
guarding the trio, although
Corrections did confirm the
unit “is managed by a team of
carefully selected, experienced
staff.”
“(Mosque terrorist) is in his
own wing and there are 18
guards rostered to monitor him,”
a source told the Herald. “The
other two are in the same wing
but they are all dealt with individually.
It’s a costly exercise.”
Corrections says the unit
cost $2.77 million in the year to
October 31, excluding the salaries
of the six staff in its management
group.
That compares to Corrections
spending about $1.1 billion in
2020 to guard close to 10,000
prisoners across all its facilities.
The average population at
Auckland Prison on any given
day in the 2019/20 financial year
was 522, a Corrections spokesman
said.
A further $150,000 has been
spent so far on modifications
within the unit to protect the
“health, safety and security” of
staff and inmates. Leota refused
to release specific details because
it was “operationally sensitive.”
The Herald’s inside source said
guards had little or no contact
with the mosque terrorist and
monitored him on camera.
“The officers see him but they
SECURITY: The
mosque shooter
is kept in this
Prisoners of
Extreme Risk
Unit at Auckland
Prison.
don’t have a conversation with
him. He reads and watches the
officers watching him – that’s all
they do. They watch him on their
monitors and take notes,” the
source said.
Corrections would not provide
information on how many
visitors (including family) the
terrorist has had and who has
been writing to him or how many
times he has seen a psychiatrist.
“Like all people in prison, this
individual receives three meals
per day at times determined by
the unit’s schedule. Additionally,
he is able to access television for
a limited number of hours daily,
has approved books to read if he
chooses, and has access to his
exercise yard twice daily,” Leota
said.
The Herald’s source suggested
the terrorist would eventually
be sent to Unit 10, a maximumsecurity
section at Auckland.
Unit 10 was the same part of
prison where the terrorist’s fellow
inmate at the Prisoners of Extreme
Risk Unit, Hemi Te Poono, is accused
of kicking down a cell door.
“If Te Poono can allegedly kick
down the door, how secure is it?”
the source asked.
Corrections would not confirm
any planned move for the terrorist
but said Unit 10’s cell doors
were designed to withstand a
considerable level of damage.
In August 2015, the 33-yearold
Te Poono was sentenced
to eight years and six months’
jail for attempting to burgle
the Manawatu Standard office
in Palmerston North and a
neighbouring building armed
with a shotgun.
Last October he was charged
with intentionally damaging
a cell door and assaulting two
prison officers, including a
woman.
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monitor him’
The Herald understands convicted
killer Siuaki Lisiate is also
in the unit. He was sentenced to
preventive detention for stabbing
murderer Graeme Burton, an
amputee, more than 40 times
with a shank. Burton is serving
a life sentence with a minimum
non-parole period of 26 years for
shooting Karl Kuchenbecker dead
in Lower Hutt in 2007.
Lisiate, a Crips gang boss, also
known as JFK or Just F***ing
Krazy ordered the 2009 execution
of rival Bloods gang member,
Tue Faavae, at Auckland Prison –
the same place where Burton
was attacked. The source said
the terrorist has had fewer death
threats from fellow inmates after
he pleaded guilty.
“But if the prisoners were
constrained in any way, they
would blame him. So many
inmates would have loved the
chance to attack him especially the
‘heavies’ in the gangs, they would
want that reputation of ‘nailing’
him because he is high profile. The
heavies would find a prospect and
say: ‘You do the deed and you’ll get
a patch’.’’ – NZ Herald
•Mosque shooting two years
on, page 27
TERROR: Al Noor on Deans Ave, one of the mosques
attacked by the gunman.
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• By Matt Slaughter
POLICE ARE trying to outwit
people who have been drinking
at large events getting onto
e-scooters.
It comes as e-scooter injury
claims to ACC in Christchurch
have cost the taxpayer $3.35
million.
ACC data between October
2018 and the end of January
this year, show there has been
1803 e-scooter related claims in
Christchurch.
Canterbury road policing
manager Senior Sergeant Mike
Jones said police worked with
e-scooter companies during
November’s Cup and Show
Week to move e-scooters away
from Addington and Riccarton
to thwart intoxicated race-goers
from using them.
“When they had those races
on at various raceways, they
[race-goers] get there via scooters,
but then we generally organise
with the organisers to do
a collection for when they come
out so they can’t jump on these
scooters trolleyed,” said Jones.
Police would continue to help
move e-scooters out of reach
of people at boozy events “on a
case-by-case basis.”
It is not illegal to ride e-scooters
after drinking. But Jones
said police do have authority to
stop people if they are riding in
an unsafe manner.
Christchurch is second behind
Auckland on the e-scooter
injury cost list.
Last month 36-year-old Joshua
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CRASH: There were 1803
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In December, an e-scooter
rider was critically injured in
a crash on a footpath on Manchester
St.
ACC’s data shows of the 6284
e-scooter injuries sustained
in New Zealand as of the end
of January, soft tissue injuries
were the most common, followed
by cuts, fractures and
dental injuries. There were 158
claims made for concussions or
brain injuries.
Said Jones: “I personally
think they [e-scooter riders]
should be wearing a helmet because
they travel along at quite
a speed, and especially if you
take a bit of alcohol on board,
you can become even worse at
riding one of those things.”
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“Any reports of intoxicated
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Young mum’s determined cancer
• By Samantha Mythen
“I ALWAYS said I was going to
see my daughter get married,
even if they had to chop the
cancer out of me, bit by bit and
I just had enough to survive and
they had to roll me out with just
my head, I would see her get
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battling incurable cancer for five
years.
A year ago she found out her
stage three breast cancer had
metastasised to her brain and she
was told she had just six months
to live.
Almost 12 months later, Anne
received her big miracle. Her
doctors told her all the cancer
was gone.
It took four doctors before
Anne believed them.
“I feel incredibly blessed and
incredibly grateful for all the
support and love I have received.
It has probably been what has
healed me,” she said.
Doctors say they expect the
cancer will return. But the
mother of three young children
is 100 per cent committed to
“healing”.
“If I have to deal with cancer
again, I will. But I’d prefer not,”
she said.
“I do not see myself as a sick
person, I see myself as a very well
person. I do believe that I will
fully heal. It is not my time.”
After being told her cancer
had gone Paisley, her six-year-old
daughter shouted out: “My mum
is brain cancer-free! Yay!” all day.
Paisley, was 13-months-old
when Anne first found the lump
in her right breast. Anne thought
it was normal as she was breastfeeding
and assumed her ducts
were blocked.
However, the lump
did not go away,
it grew to
8cm.
On March 13, 2016, then 29,
Anne was first diagnosed with
breast cancer. She said she was
too young and too healthy for
cancer.
Anne immediately started to
work on healing herself. Pairing
diet changes with detoxes and
supplements, infrared saunas
and cannabis oil. Anne hoped to
shrink the growth of her cancer.
Still in the middle of
breastfeeding, Anne
had a month to wean
Paisley before she
went through a
mastectomy in
May that year.
This removed
the lump as well
MIRACLE:
Anne with her
ecstatically
happy
daughter
Paisley, after
Anne was told
the cancer in
her brain has
gone.
as several lymph nodes as the
cancer had begun to spread.
“They wanted me to do
chemotherapy straight away
afterwards but I didn’t feel
right about it. I asked for the
percentages and the survival was
not favourable.
“I thought, if that is all you’ve
got to offer me, then I’ve got to
figure out a way to survive this
cancer, my daughter is only 13
months,” Anne said.
Anne and her family have been
putting remarkable amounts of
effort into researching treatment
options that can help heal her.
She completed a Research Genetic
Cancer test which assesses
what types of cancer treatment
will be most effective for that
specific person and their specific
cancer.
Anne also went to the Hoxsey
Biomedical Centre in Mexico
three times, a clinic which has
been treating patients with cancer
for more than 100 years.
Ben, her husband, said: “The
medical system here focuses on
the treatments we have available
yet there are so many other legit
options out there. But because
they are outside the realm of
what oncologists can offer,
there’s a lack of research and
resources available to help you
understand it all.”
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message: ‘It is not my time’
Anne said: “I knew with the
medical system and your health,
you had to take control of it yourself.
You cannot just leave it up
to doctors or other people to be
in charge of your health. It has to
be you, doing the research and
figuring out what you need.”
Eighteen months from her first
diagnosis, Anne found out her
cancer had metastasised and she
had seven new localised tumours
in her hip and pelvis, ranging in
size from 5mm to 15mm.
She was told her cancer was
incurable.
After this, at the beginning
of 2018, she decided to begin
chemotherapy and Anne was
petrified.
Anne continued with her
detoxing, organic diet, infrared,
intravenous vitamin C treatments
alongside chemotherapy
and radiotherapy.
“I really work on intuition and
what my body needs. I’ve become
very in tune with myself.”
The pain from treatments has
been immense. Anne has experienced
weeks of nausea, diarrhoea
with bleeding haemorrhoids, flu
symptoms and an aching body.
Her skin became raw and itchy,
and her mouth was often filled
with ulcers. She lost all of her
hair.
“The treatment for cancer is so
hard on your body. It is a balance
between killing the cancer and
yourself,” she said.
After seven weeks of chemo, at
the end of 2018, Anne was told by
doctors there was no cancer they
could see.
Three and a half weeks after
her last chemo session, Anne
received her second miracle.
She found out she was pregnant.
GRATEFUL: Anne says she owes it to her family, friends and
the support from kind strangers as a core reason she is still
alive and healing today.
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With twins!
The couple had to decide
whether to go ahead with the
pregnancy, Anne’s body still immensely
weak from chemotherapy.
It was already extraordinary
she was pregnant. Diagnosed
with endometriosis as a teenager,
she was told she would need to
have children by 21. Yet along
came her three children.
They had decided to go ahead
with the pregnancy and Ralphie
and Knoxie were born.
Anne had done everything she
could to heal from her cancer.
She had moved on with her life
and was busy with motherhood.
Ben was in his final year of a
double degree at university.
But then she started experiencing
headaches and visual
disturbances.
‘I am too healthy, I am too
well, my spirit is too strong
and alive to die. I am too
committed to healing.’
- Anne Bay
After just finishing breast feeding,
in March 2020, Anne was diganosed
with brain cancer, three
tumours growing in her brain
which had metastasised from her
original breast cancer.
“I turned around to my husband
when I heard the news and
said: ‘No. I’ve got brain cancer!
No’ I felt so shocked but I was not
surprised.”
In May, she had invasive brain
surgery to remove the tumours,
and started radiotherapy.
“After being told I had brain
cancer, for the next two weeks
I watched copious amounts of
people healing from crazy things
and I thought, if they can do it, I
can heal too.
“I’ve indoctrinated myself that
healing is easy and very doable.
The power of the mind is incredible.”
But more cancer spread
through the protective membrane
in her brain.
“One night after an MRI, I lost
my cognitive ability. I couldn’t
read or write, I didn’t even know
Knoxie’s name. I felt so scared,”
she said.
They went straight to the emergency
department and that was
when they got the devastating
prognosis.
The oncologist told her she had
six months to live. The cancer
was spreading too quickly.
“I thought no, I am too healthy,
I am too well, my spirit is too
strong and alive to die. I am too
committed to healing.”
Anne had not even made a will,
so determined to heal, but with
this final blow, she thought she
would have to finally prepare for
her death.
“Leaving your young children
is so hard. How do you even
prepare them?” she said.
Anne would often tell Paisley:
“We never know when people
will die. People can die suddenly
and that’s why we just value and
love the people in our life while
we can.”
She said: “When I hug my
children I don’t think about
losing them as I don’t want to
pass that fear through to them, I
try and keep myself in a place of
pure love.”
Yet even after receiving her
death sentence, Anne was still 100
per cent committed to healing.
She said: “I don’t like the word
fighting, it’s a battle word. I feel
with cancer it is healing you’ve
got to do.”
“My children have been 100
per cent my motivation.”
February 17, was the happiest
of days for Anne and her family.
She is healing.
Anne is hoping to write a book
about her journey alongside
starting an organisation that
offers practical support and resources
to others with cancer.
She is working to keep a
positive mental space for the
future, for both herself and the
people around her. Anne is so
busy with her children, it is hard
to believe she even has time for
cancer.
“It isn’t easy,” Anne explained.
She’s still experiencing nausea
and pain as her chemotherapy
continues this month.
“But it’s my choice to either
stay in bed and feel miserable or
to get up and get going.
“So I choose to change my attitude.
I choose to have a positive
attitude.”
Each morning, Anne takes a
deep breath, wipes away her tears
from the pain, and chooses to
have a positive day.
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Harness racing’s heartland blighted
Canterbury is harness
racing’s epicentre in
New Zealand, home to
a multi-million dollar
industry which figures
as one of the province’s
key employers. It is in
the process of defying
Covid-19, though it is
plagued by another
insidious disease – illegal
activities. Chris Barclay
reports
GAVIN FRY has never really
been a betting man, though
loved ones made sure every
post was a winner at Addington
Raceway during his 65thbirthday
celebrations.
The harness racing enthusiast
had race six named in his honour,
and he was presented with
a close up view of it unfolding
when he sat in the cockpit of the
mobile barrier as the field got
into their stride.
They were a mere foot and a
half away, breathing all over him.
Straining, wide-eyed.
Later Fry donned silks promoting
the Cancer Society. He
fastened his helmet, goggles and
joined reinsman royalty Ricky
May in a dual sulky for a 1400m
race after his kids, Andrew and
Tracy, lodged the successful bid
in a charity auction.
NO SULKING: Harness racing devotee Gavin Fry (right) capped his birthday celebrations at
Addington in a positive manner, a win alongside driver Ricky May.
Fry and May hit the line first
after the last … the icing on the
cake before the birthday boy
rejoined family and friends in a
suite.
While his night under lights
was unforgettable Fry, who
joined his first syndicate with
nine fellow fruit and veg market
blokes back in his 20s, admits
not all his mates are sold on one
of Canterbury’s key – and contentious
– industries these days.
Operation Inca, Nigel
McGrath, Matt Anderson,
Mitchell Kerr and Jesse Alford,
are all names synonymous with
the brand of exposure which
place Harness Racing New Zealand
and the industry’s rustedon
participants three-wide
without cover.
“You hear it (scepticism) from
your mates and things like that,”
Fry lamented.
“You try and defend it, but it’s
pretty hard at the moment.”
Systemic doping, race-fixing,
owners allegedly dudded by
questionable financial
dealings, recreational drug use
by drivers …
Harness racing’s heartland
has been blighted by unsavoury
publicity particularly since the
Wellington-based police national
organised crime unit launched
Inca with a series of raids nationally
in September, 2018.
They followed an unprecedented
17-month investigation
designed to gather information
on drug-taking by people in
the industry and potential racefixing.
So far 13 people have been arrested,
five defendants have been
dealt with and the remaining
cases are pending.
On Monday two men were
scheduled to appear in the district
court on drug charges. The
case has been deferred to another
date.
While Inca continues to slowly
make its way through the judicial
process the industry’s self-styled
‘police’ at the Racing Integrity
Unit are also sifting through a
variety of cases.
Prominent trainer-driver
McGrath is the highest profile
casualty to date. Last July he
was disqualified from holding a
training licence for eight years
after pleading guilty to three
charges – in spite of disputing
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by raids and unsavoury publicity
The case was based on a raid
by investigators on McGrath’s
stables near Rolleston in March
2020 after the RIU was told he
was ‘tubing’ horses to improve
their stamina shortly before taking
them to the races.
The illegal practice involves
inserting a rubber or plastic tube
through a horse’s nose into its oesophagus,
usually to administer
sodium bicarbonate.
Electronic surveillance set up
by Inca’s investigators also implicated
McGrath in race-fixing relating
to a meeting at Addington
in March, 2018.
While McGrath had trained
horses for 20 years, racking up
570 winners and $6 million in
stake money, the next generation
of harness trainers are also under
scrutiny by the RIU.
Mitchell Kerr, 29, is alleged
to have defrauded hundreds of
thousands of dollars from connections,
including All Black
midfield back Anton Lienert-
Brown and Black Caps pace
bowler Matt Henry.
Kerr, who recorded 87 wins
during three years as a solo trainer
based in Rangiora, handed his
training licence to Harness Racing
New Zealand last November
citing the need for a break.
It subsequently emerged the
RIU was investigating allegations
that Kerr sold a non-existent
horse, was over-selling shares
in horses and charging owners
for insurance policies that were
never activated.
While the RIU initiated the
investigation, the police became
involved this month with a major
focus of the probe involving
wagering records after it is believed
almost $1 million was lost
through an Australian betting
agency.
Kerr is also facing a Judicial
Control Authority hearing before
the racing industry’s independent
court involving numerous
charges of breaching harness racing
rules. A date has yet to be set.
Then, hours before Fry’s birthday
festivities got under way, RIU
investigators witnessed Woodend
Beach junior driver and trainer
Jesse Alford allegedly administer
a suspected performance-enhancing
drug into two Addington-bound
horses at his stable.
He has been suspended pending
an investigation.
Fry sounded resigned when
reminded of those issues as he
BANNED:
Prominent
Canterbury
harness
racing
identity Nigel
McGrath was
disqualified
from holding
a training
licence for
eight years
following
a Racing
Integrity Unit
investigation.
contemplated the current state of
an industry he will still persevere
with.
“It’s shocking, there’s been a lot
of bad publicity. The best thing
harness racing can do is come
clean about it and don’t try to
bury it. Then it becomes a deterrent
for others,” he said.
When he was starting out as
an owner, Fry was given advice
he still heeds today, for the most
part.
“Even when my own horses
are racing I very rarely have a bet
because I want to watch the race,
not the dollar.
“An old guy told me that many,
many years ago. He said: ‘You put
enough in there for training fees
and getting your horse there. You
don’t put a dollar on it. You watch
the race and you’ll enjoy it more’.”
Fry has also seen enough races
unfold in peculiar circumstances
to deter him from queuing at a
tote.
“It is very frustrating. You’re
paying a lot of money for training
fees and things like and then you
see something go around, beat
the field and kick off and win by
10 lengths,” he said.
“You’ve been in it long enough
to know that it’s not natural.
They’ve been with other trainers
that can’t get that sort of result.
It’s so obvious sometimes and
you think: ‘Why is something
not being done about it?’”
Fry acknowledges the industry
is now more proactive in detecting
illegal activity, albeit belatedly.
“I think they’re doing more
now than they have in the past,
and I think that’s been brought
on by the media and all the attention
it’s been grabbing,” he said.
“I sometimes think it’s because
of all the comments on Facebook
and things like that, they’ve sort
of been backed into a corner.”
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‘You still live in hope that it’ll come clean
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The RIU conducts just under
5000 drug tests a year in harness
racing, about 20 a meeting.
“On average there are six to
eight positive tests in any year,
so the vast majority of runners
tested are racing drug free,” RIU
general manager Mike Godber
said, who has six investigators on
staff.
In spite of the controversies,
Fry, who still revels in his star
horse Talk About Me’s three-win
Easter campaign in 1994, won’t
stop supporting the likes of
Prebbleton trainer Dean Taylor.
“It hasn’t put me off, you still
live in hope that it’ll come clean –
there’s great people in the industry,”
said Fry, who had a warning
for those at the other end of the
spectrum.
“It’s just not worth it. Most of
them will end up with life bans
and even if they try to come back
they’re not going to attract owners.
“I certainly wouldn’t go to
any of them. You wouldn’t want
to be associated with them.
They’re always going to be looked
at . . . the whispers behind their
backs.”
That balmy-turned-chill
Addington evening wasn’t just a
perfect gift for Fry.
The Teal Journey Ovarian
Cancer Foundation also
benefited, a feel-good story that
gained no traction whatsoever
amid the unflattering headlines.
May was the focal point of an
uplifting story of his own last
year after he collapsed in the
sulky while leading a race at
Omakau in January.
Fortunately junior driver Ellie
Barron raced to the stricken,
unconscious, veteran and helped
revive May after his heart had
stopped beating.
May, 63, was diagnosed with
hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
and had a cardioverter
defibrillator implanted in his
chest.
Undeterred he made his comeback
less than six months after
surgery at Addington and heading
into this week was 17 career
wins short of 3000.
“I thought when I came back
after the mishap I had, I’d
brought a bit of positivity back in
the game,” May said.
“Now all this other stuff comes
up, you lose a bit of faith in it
don’t you?”
May, who celebrated his first
win with Ruling River at Geraldine
in November, 1976, tries to
stay upbeat about the industry
that runs in the family, though
the stream of unwanted publicity
is hitting home.
“I’ve been in it for a lifetime.
My grandfather started off, then
my father, then me. It’s bloody
disappointing what’s going on at
the moment,” he said.
“It’s only a handful of people,
people in the game know it’s just
one per cent, probably less. It’s
just a shame we’ve got such a
bugger of a name at the moment.
“I’ve got no time for cheats …
they’re all young too. They’ve
got their life and futures ahead
of them and they’ve ruined it for
themselves and everyone else.”
May pointed out harness racing
was not the only sport tarnished
by doping, personal drug use
and highly-scrutinised financial
dealings.
“It all comes from cycling a lot
of it, with all that blood stuff,” he
said.
However, cyclists have a choice
regarding performance-enhancing
drugs, the trotter or pacer
does not. May, then, is not surprised
the punting and general
public can get ‘riled’ up.
Addington’s racing industry
manager Darrin Williams agreed
the spate of incidents plaguing
one of Canterbury’s cornerstone
industries was unacceptable.
“Any rule infringement is
a worry for anyone running
events,” he said.
“It’s disappointing and the
sooner those sorts of activities are
cleaned up the better.”
Williams, who spent 26 years
at Harness Racing New Zealand
before returning to Addington in
2020, pointed out harness racing
was not the only sport to experience
impropriety where vast
sums of money were involved.
“We’ve seen
it with cricket
(matchfixing
and
spot-fixing)
infringements.
You could
argue for
Darrin
Williams
the volume
of people
involved in
racing the
(rate of) infringement is very
low in comparison to some other
sports.”
So is the dedicated punter
or Cup Week carouser really
worried about harness industry
stories making the front or back
rather than racing page?
“A lot of the people at Cup
Week are here for the hospitality
and the party as well but that
doesn’t mean the sport shouldn’t
operate as cleanly as it can,”
Williams said.
“No one can suggest the
number of incidents we’ve had
lately can be good.”
Williams has been in the
industry for 35 years, long
enough to realise doping is
hardly a new innovation.
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After all, in 2004 the local
harness racing industry
was rocked by the Blue
Magic doping scandal, a
six-month investigation into
the performance-enhancing
drug that led to Canterbury
businessman John Seaton, one of
New Zealand’s most prominent
horse owners, taking his own life
that November.
Seaton, who was worth an
estimated $35 million, had been
formally charged by HRNZ with
“being a party to the alleged
administration of attempted
administration of a prohibited
substance” before his pacer Light
And Sound won a race in March,
2004.
Seaton’s trainer Mark Purdon
was also charged and ended up
pleading guilty to acting in a
manner detrimental to harness
racing.
Canterbury trainer Rob Asquith,
who supplied blue magic
to trainers in New Zealand and
Australia, also took his own life
as the investigation unfolded.
Still, harness racing’s popularity
– and importance to the Canterbury
economy – endures.
The latest Size and Scope of the
New Zealand racing Industry
Report (2018) estimates the racing
industry was worth $338
million in the Canterbury and
West Coast region, with harness
accounting for $199.7 million.
There are currently 1375
licence holders including trainers,
drivers and stablehands
nationally, with 625 (329 trainers)
residing in Canterbury.
New Zealand Trotting Cup
Day at Addington is the jewel in
the crown, regardless of Covid-19
restrictions limiting crowd numbers
on November 10.
Betting turnover on the
meeting was a record $6.9
million, compared to $6.3
million in 2019.
Veteran horseman Robert
Dunn, who leads the trainers’
premiership, said wagering
indicated the industry was
weathering the wave of
negativity.
“If you look at the betting
you’d have to say no, because
betting has gone up,” he said,
when asked if harness
racing’s reputation had
been harmed by recent
events.
“People love going to
races to watch them,
they look past what is
portrayed in the papers
and over the media,”
said Dunn, who claimed
three of his horses were
deliberately drugged in an
attempt to frame him in 2017.
He eventually had his fine
reduced on appeal.
It is understood Dunn, who
has three other convictions for
breaches of the prohibited substance
rule, has assisted Alford
with legal representation, though
he would not discuss
the case.
“It’s with the RIU
now and it’s probably
not for me to comment
on really,” he said.
It is not unusual for
senior harness racing
figures to support the
wayward members of
the next generation.
Former HRNZ
chairman Ken Spicer and former
trainer Peter Jones met with
new HRNZ chief executive Gary
Woodham in January to explore
Robert Dunn
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Ken
Barron
laments
the use of
recreational
drugs
among
younger
members of
the harness
racing
fraternity.
a pathway for disgraced premiership-winning
driver Anderson to
return to the industry.
Anderson is barred from
racecourses until at least
next year due to his criminal
offending.
Last November, Anderson
was sentenced to three months
community detention and 12
months’ intense supervision after
he was found guilty of charges of
assault and strangulation.
A judge-alone trial at the district
court heard how Anderson
grabbed his victim around the
neck and choked her.
Anderson’s racecourse ban
came after a six-month standdown
imposed by the JCA last
August after he was discharged
without conviction after admitting
possessing the party drug
MDMA (ecstasy) for supply,
and two charges of supplying
MDMA.
Racing has been in Ken Barron’s
blood for 35 years, so it’s
illicit substances that concern the
Canterbury branch president of
the New Zealand Trainers and
Drivers Association.
Barron admits recreational
drug use among the industry’s
youthful brigade is an issue.
“Years ago it used to be alcohol
and now it’s party pills for people
aged 25 and below,” he said.
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“It’s happening in the schools and
it’s just flowing on from there. It
seems far too readily available. It’s a
society problem.
“I’ve got three kids and they’ve all
told me at varying times through
high school that it was easier to get
drugs than it was to get alcohol.”
After Anderson walked from
court on his drugs charge, senior
harness racing trainer and driver
Colin de Filippi told The Star drug
use among drivers was not a significant
problem.
“I know some of the drivers that
do long hours, they tend to do eight
hours a day at the stable and then
drive to Dunedin and then home
again … some pretty long days and
some say they need some stuff to
keep them going.”
Barron said junior drivers had
anti-drug warnings drummed into
them when they were cadets and felt
HRNZ’s education programme was
sufficient.
“They’re warned to stay away
from those sorts of things and
they’re told there will be testing.
Maybe the time’s come to test more
people,” he said.
Barron conceded the industry’s
reputation had taken a hit in recent
times by risk takers.
“It’s not new, people just push
the boundaries. I guess things are
getting tighter, money’s getting
tighter,” he said.
In spite of the setbacks, Barron
was optimistic about the future.
“You’ve only got to look at the last
two or three years,” he said.
“The (bloodstock) sales have been
through the roof.”
• By Chris Barclay
HARNESS RACING New
Zealand board members
have been urged to distance
themselves from investigations
involving trainers and drivers
they are connected to as the
sport’s governing body strives
to improve its image.
The seven-member board
spent two days locked in meetings
this week, with a ‘training’
day emphasising the need to
demarcate their role as directors
from those of an industry
participant and friend.
“We had a coach sitting in
with us to give us guidance,”
HRNZ chairman John Coulam
said.
“As a board we want to make
sure we’re acting and running
everything we do in a professional
and efficient way, and
acting as a board of directors
should act.”
With several board members
owning or having shares in
horses, there was potential for
lines to be blurred.
• By Matt Slaughter
TOP HARNESS racing driver
Blair Orange’s eight week
ban for being over the breath
alcohol limit has been reduced
by two weeks.
His $1000 fine was also
dropped.
Orange recorded breath
alcohol levels of 199mcg/l
and 190mcg/l before a race at
the Banks Peninsula Trotting
Club meeting at Motukarara
Raceway on January 24.
He was also ordered to
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Bid to improve harness racing image
Ken
Spicer
pay $750 in Judicial Control
Authority.
Orange appealed the sentence.
The JCA released its decision this
week, reducing Orange’s ban and
dropping the $1000 fine. He can
resume driving at race meetings
on March 22.
Drivers need to be below
100mcg/l to comply with harness
racing rules.
An eight-week suspension
was also handed down to
trainer driver Bob Butt for
recording breath alcohol levels
of 268mcg/l and 287mcg/l at the
John
Coulam
Gary
Woodham
Coulam’s predecessor Ken
Spicer, a prominent breeder,
owner, and current board
member, has publicly offered
support to two industry figures
currently serving bans.
Last year he accompanied Nigel
McGrath – one of his trainers
– to McGrath’s Judicial Control
Authority hearing, before he was
banned for eight years.
In January he advocated for
Matt Anderson, who is currently
banned after drug and
assault dramas, be eventually
re-admitted to the industry.
“The intent was good but we
learnt through our board training
that when you’re a director
you’re a director. And you have
to be quite clear what role you’re
playing, whether it’s as a director
or as an interested participant or
friend,” Coulam said.
He doubted there would ever
be a time when the board was
exclusively made up of directors
with no financial interest in the
sport.
“Most of them have because
they’re industry-appointed.
They’ve come through the ranks
and been nominated for the
positions by the clubs,” he said.
Hamilton-based Coulam
has horses with seven trainers,
while Colin Hair, the board’s
finance chair, is listed as the
breeder and part-owner of the
champion trotter Sundees Sun,
trained by Robert Dunn.
Former New Zealand Rugby
League chief executive Phil
Holden is the sole independent
director until a replacement is
appointed for Victoria McCrea,
who resigned recently.
Coulam was not overly
concerned about horse owners
serving on the board.
“You do need some knowledge
of the industry and the workings
of the industry. That helps in the
decision-making,” he said.
“We have to declare where
we have horses to ensure there’s
no conflicts around decisionmaking.”
New HRNZ chief executive
Gary Woodham is also an avid
owner with an estimated 14
horses spread across nine trainers.
“That’s no concern at all. He’s
declared his interests as have
the board members,’’ Coulam
said.
Ban reduced, fine dropped for Orange
Banks Peninsula meeting, but
he did not appeal the penalty.
Orange’s lawyer Jonathan
Eaton QC argued the ban was
“excessive” compared to other
suspensions.
He said Orange’s breath
alcohol level was much less than
that recorded by jockey Jamie
Gillies, who had an alcohol
level of 515mcg/l before a race in
2009. In both cases, the ban staring
point was six weeks, which
Eaton argued was inconsistent.
In 2016 at a race meeting
in Central Otago, Orange recorded
a breath alcohol level of
334mcg/l. He was
then suspended from driving
for five driving days and fined
$1050.
Eaton also argued Orange’s
eight week ban was excessive as
it was the same as Butt’s.
He said Butt had a prior offence
which happened less than
five years ago, and Orange’s
previous offence was outside the
five-year period.
Eaton said Orange’s indiscretion
was a “genuine error” of
judgement.
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The diverse range of vehicles has always ensured this
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parade is always a crowd pleaser. Special sections for
classic trucks and vintage machinery have been introduced
due to popular demand.
Last years’ event was extremely successful with over 650
cars participating. We were also lucky that we managed to
get in just before lockdown, so at least some enthusiasts
were able to recall a great event over the succeeding weeks.
Paul Kelly Motor Company is once again the principal
sponsor of the event for
the ninth consecutive
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Canterbury calendar and we’re delighted to be supporting
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This year’s event on Sunday 14th March 2021 will be the
24th year the event has run, and is now a fixture for the
second Sunday in March in the future.
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NEWS
• By Matt Slaughter
ELECTED officials have spoken
out against James Gough’s
proposal to cut the number of
city councillors and community
board members, but increase the
areas they represent.
Gough, the city councillor for
Fendalton Ward, wants to reduce
the number of city councillors
around the table from 16 to
eight and cut the number of
community boards from seven
to four.
He says this would save $3 million
a year, increase the quality
of elected members and lead to
less bureaucratic, “better decision
making.”
As part of a representation
review, which happens every
six years, city council staff have
recommended getting rid of the
Linwood-Central-Heathcote
Community Board, merging
those areas into three existing
community boards and maintaining
a caucus of 16 city
councillors.
Gough wants more to be done.
His proposal would see four
community boards represent
four wards – northwest,
northeast, southwest and
southeast. However, the number
of board members representing
these larger areas would be
slashed from 37 to 20.
Under the proposal, Banks
Peninsula Ward would become
part of the southeast ward and
there would no longer be a
Central Ward. Each new ward
would be responsible for a
different section of the central
city.
This has been slammed by
Banks Peninsula Ward city
councillor, deputy mayor
Andrew Turner.
Turner told The Star this would
make it much more difficult for
grassroots community members
to get elected, and community
boards would have less members
to represent more people in bigger
wards.
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“If I had a quarter of the city
to look after, I just would not be
able to do it. So, unless people
are not going to be performing
these roles properly, it just
wouldn’t be possible to achieve
anything approaching effective
representation through the
model that’s been proposed.
“The ability for people to successfully
run for election in a
ward which is a quarter of the
city. The cost of doing that, the
resources that would be required
to do that and the kind of name
recognition a person would need
to have to do that successfully,
really, would cut some people
out of the opportunity to get
elected,” said Turner.
Gough said making Banks
Peninsula part of the southeast
ward would give its residents
more of a say on Christchurch
issues and everyday residents
would have an equal chance of
getting elected as anyone else.
Linwood-Central-Heathcote
Community Board chairwoman
Alexandra Davids agrees the
workloads would be too much
and is worried issues in areas like
her’s would not get the attention
they need.
“If you’re then doubling the
constituents that you’re dealing
with, that is massive, and how
can you actually represent people
when you are having to be on the
phone all day? I would not even
have time for making proper
decisions,” she said.
Gough thinks workloads
will be manageable for elected
members.
If community boards are
reduced to seven people each,
as he is proposing, Gough said
each member of the four boards
would represent about “13,000 or
14,000 people.”
“That’s pretty manageable,” he
said.
City councillor Jake McLellan
said: “I am genuinely interested
in looking at anything that
might save the ratepayer a little
bit of dosh, but I do have concerns
that, actually, you might
just be shuffling the money
around and you may, at the same
time, be removing the accessibility
of elected members to their
constituents.”
Gough plans to put forward
his proposal at a city council
meeting today.
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73yo to catch waves at Duke Festival
• By Matt Slaughter
DAVE POYNER was hooked
on surfing almost as soon as he
caught his first wave about 65
years ago.
Now, the 73-year-old Southshore
resident is set to compete in this
week’s Duke Festival of Surfing in
New Brighton for the third time.
Placing in the over-70s competition
is not his goal. Instead, he
is entering for the love of surfing,
a sport which has given him so
much joy over the years.
Said Poyner: “I’ve just been
hooked on it, really. It’s just one
of those sports that you can’t give
up, I think. It’s just a lifestyle.
“It’s just the freedom of it.
You’re out there by yourself, or
with friends, and you’re catching
waves. Every wave is different, of
course, and it’s just the pleasure
of it, I guess, and the enjoyment.”
He has been a member of New
Brighton Surf Life Saving Club’s
longboarders club for about 20
years.
Among Poyner’s best surfing
memories is winning the 40 and
over category of the national
surfing championships in 1983,
riding about eight to 10 foot
waves in New Plymouth and
surfing multiple times in Hawaii.
He has never encountered
any sharks during his years
surfing. However, he has ridden
PASSION: Dave Poyner has been surfing for about 65 years and is set to compete in the Duke Festival of Surfing. Right:
Poyner surfing at New Brighton beach in 1961.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
alongside dolphins at Campbells
Bay, near Oamaru, most recently
“just a couple of months ago.”
“You could almost touch them
[the dolphins].
“When you’re on a wave,
they’re right there surfing alongside
you, and then when you
paddle back out they’re under
the nose of your board going out
with you. They’re real friendly,”
Poyner said.
His favourite place in New
Zealand to surf is Kaikōura.
In the 1960s he helped name
a section known for big waves
near Mangamaunu in the town
“Meatworks” because “it was just
a meaty wave,” he said.
Said Poyner: “An Australian
friend of mine and myself, we
were up there [Kaikōura] and we
did an article [in New Zealand
Surfing Magazine]. This is years
and years and years ago, back in
the 60s, and we actually called
it the Meatworks and the name
sort of stuck with it and it’s still
called the Meatworks.”
In the 1960s, Poyner worked
as a shaper for Sumner-based
Quane Surfboards, one of the
first New Zealand companies to
make fibreglass boards.
There will be a display of
Quane surfboards as part of the
festival, some shaped by Poyner.
The Duke Festival of Surfing
started on Tuesday and will run
until Sunday. It will include surfing
competitions, art exhibitions,
a family movie night and a live
concert.
The festival is a celebration of
surfing culture based around the
surfing life of Hawaiian Duke
Kahanamoku, who popularised
surfing, and visited New
Brighton in 1915.
For more information on
event times, visit https://www.
dukefestival.co.nz/.
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The Star Thursday March 11 2021
20
NEWS
Bee deaths
prompt
investigation
• By Samantha Mythen
MYSTERY surrounds why
hundreds of thousands of honey
bees have been dying in Lyttelton.
Seven Lyttelton beekeepers met
last week to investigate what was
happening to the bees that have
perished in huge numbers for the
past three years in February.
Beekeeper Paul
Maguire said the hives
seem to be affected at
the same time with a
massive die out. But
the bee numbers then
bounce back.
“We want to find
out what is happening
Paul
Maguire
so we can stop it happening again
next year,” he said.
The beekeepers have several
theories about what is killing the
bees but have not yet found any
conclusive evidence.
The group has decided to
investigate the costs involved to
send some of the dead bees and
collected pollen to a laboratory
to hopefully come to some
conclusions.
However, lab sampling can
cost thousands of dollars, so the
‘Lyttelton Beeks’ group, now
made up of 19 beekeepers, is
considering starting a
community fundraiser.
More fun and games at City2Surf
FOR THE first time ever, the
Star Media City2Surf finish
area welcomes Poipoia! Time
to Play – a free play zone that
gives participants of all ages an
opportunity to connect, have
fun and try new games together.
This is part of Sport Canterbury
and Healthy Families
Ōtautahi’s overall mission to
empower and enable a play centric
city that supports healthy
people and places.
Sport Canterbury chief executive
Julyan Falloon said play is
powerful for both physical and
mental health.
“As a city we are familiar with
challenges. When our tamariki
have time and space to play,
the brain has time to heal. In
times of crisis and beyond, we
recognise how critical it is that
families can connect in this
way,” said Falloon.
Through the Ōtautahi initiative
known as Poipoia! Time to
Play, Falloon’s team has engaged
event organisers to ensure that
the family friendly environments
are enhanced with simple
resources and ample space for
families to play and try new
activities together.
“We are grateful that events
such as the Star Media City-
2Surf share our vision – for
people of all ages to benefit in
an enduring way.
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PLAY TIME: Fun and games after the event.
“When families enjoy playing
together, it becomes a habit
rather than an occasion –
something they take home,
and certainly something that
supports their health and
wellbeing,” said Falloon.
The popular Sport Canterbury
play trailer will be available
within the free play zone,
allowing whānau to unwind
and enjoy some games at the
finish.
From balls, to tug ‘o’ war
ropes, mini stilts, to frisbees,
hula hoops, to chalk, and loose
parts, the ingredients are simple
but inspirational – there is truly
“something for everyone.”
The play trailer is popular
with the community and available
to borrow for birthday
parties, community events and
gatherings free of charge (conditions
apply).
“It can change the experience
of a family on the day of an
event – and their outlook when
they head home – if they are
encouraged to pause, connect
and have the space available to
play,” said Falloon.
About Poipoia! Time to Play
The name has been gifted to
Sport Canterbury by Puamiria
Parata-Goodall from Te Pākura
Ltd. Puamiria has a lead role in
naming many places and buildings
throughout Waitaha on
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NEWS
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
Life-saving action earns commendation
• By Susan Sandys
FOURTEEN-year-old Seth
Whale wants to become a
paramedic after helping to save
the life of a stabbing victim.
The New Zealand Defence
Force cadet from Halswell
has this week been awarded a
Commandant’s Commendation
for his brave actions on
December 6.
Seth was attending the
birthday party of a friend’s little
sister at Hoon Hay. He was in the
yard when his mum Cassandra,
who had come to pick him up,
asked him to go inside and get
an adult. She had just witnessed
two men in an altercation on the
footpath outside.
Seth went inside as instructed,
but did not stay there, and
insisted on helping the adults at
the scene, where one of the men
had been critically stabbed. He
ran back inside to get towels,
and used these to apply direct
pressure to the wound of the
victim.
“It looked serious and I knew
what to do, and I wanted to help
save another human’s life,” Seth
said.
He had attended a one-day
Red Cross essential first aid
course a week earlier.
Seth told The Star yesterday
said while the event had been “a
bit traumatising at the time,” it
was a good feeling to know he
had helped the man.
The incident had
inspired him to lean towards
becoming a paramedic, rather
than the previous career option
he had been considering of a
police officer.
“I just want to help people,” he
said.
Seth said he had felt a bit
overwhelmed to have received
the award, which was presented
by Commandant of the Cadet
Forces Commander Andrew
HELPFUL: New
Zealand Defence
Force cadet
Seth Whale
with his family
after receiving a
commendation
from Commander
Andrew Law on
Tuesday night.
PHOTOS: GEORGE
HEARD
Law at a public ceremony on
Tuesday night.
Commander Law said it was
the first time in his tenure as
commandant a commendation
had been awarded to an individual
cadet.
“When it came across my desk
as a proposal, immediately I
think, looking at it, the actions
of the individual were worthy of
recognition,” Law said.
“When confronted with a
trauma situation, rather than
backing away, he demonstrated
the personal courage to step up,
and there could be no greater
decision or choice made than
what he has done.”
The stabbing victim received
multiple wounds and was taken
to Christchurch Hospital in a
serious condition.
The police said the parties
involved are known to each
other and a number of people are
assisting with inquiries.
•Additional reporting NZ
Herald

• By Samantha Mythen
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
Thursday March 11 2021 The Star
NEWS 23
Celebrating famous women through art
ARTIST Marie-Claude Hébert
has used acrylic paints to capture
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
as a girl; a portrait of a leader in
the making.
The artwork is part of Hébert’s
new exhibition at The Rock in
Sumner, featuring portraits of
females in celebration of women
for International Women’s Day.
Part of her exhibition is a
series called Girls will Amaze.
This series features portraits of
famous women in their youth,
in celebration of the endless
potential of young girls.
The paintings include Ardern,
American poet and civil-rights
activist Maya Angelou and
Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan,
an activist for female education
and the youngest Novel Prize
laureate.
Another series featured is a
celebration of women in music.
The paintings include portraits
of Benee, Elizabeth Stokes from
The Beths, and Dame Kiri Te
Kanawa.
The final series is called ‘Roles
That Struck,’ featuring portraits
of female movie and television
characters who have inspired
Hébert for their strong-will,
intelligence, wit, bravery and
passion.
Hébert said: “This series
CREATIVE: Marie-Claude Hébert with some of her
paintings including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
when she was aged 7 and Amelia Earhart.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
is meant to highlight the
importance of representation in
entertainment.
“The characters I’ve painted are
not just successful but are silly
and kind too, showing the diverse
and complicated full range of a
woman’s personality.”
She hopes her paintings will
start conversation around the
rocky road women often face in
life.
Hébert is also encouraging the
public to bring their children
to the exhibition to show how
young girls can grow up to
achieve amazing things.
Each of her series celebrates
women through a different style
of painting, something which
challenged Hébert’s practice.
The paintings are for sale and
range in price between $500-
$700.
Portraiture is Hébert’s
favourite focus for her paintings
which she creates primarily
with acrylics. Her style is
impressionism with a hint of
realism she captures in her
subject’s expression.
Hébert works full time as a
geologist and is mother to two
children. She is originally from
the south of Montreal, Canada,
but has called Redcliffs home for
10 years.
She has been creating art for
as long as she can remember,
motivated by the satisfaction of
completing a painting.
“Painting fills my bucket, it
makes me feel happy.”
The exhibition is open for
public viewing at The Rock until
the end of April.
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24
OPINION
Ardern: ‘The accidental Prime Minister’
THINK ABOUT it, Jacinda
Ardern is the accidental Prime
Minister.
This rookie leader, plucked
from obscurity in the lead-up to
the 2017 election, was appointed
by Winston Peters simply
because she gave him much
more than what Bill English was
prepared to wear.
But she’s been confirmed by
Covid as the last election would
attest to.
Without Peters or Covid,
chances are she’d be leading the
Opposition, although even that’s
doubtful.
Having worked with the past
10 prime ministers, Jacinda
Ardern would be the most removed
from the media than any
of them. This woman who has
a Bachelor of Communications
doesn’t communicate in the way
any of her predecessors have.
She’s the master of soft, flattering
interviews and television
chat shows, blanching at tough
questions.
She’s commanded the Covid
Newstalk politicial editor
Barry Soper talks about
Prime Minister Jacinda
Ardern not fronting up on the
Mike Hosking radio show
pulpit to such an extent that
the virus has become her security
blanket, without it she’d be
forced to face the reality that her
Government has been moribund.
The Prime Minister’s press
conferences usually begin with
a sermon – it took eight minutes
for her to get to the fact that she
was moving the country down
an alert level last Friday. When
it comes to press conferences her
forearm stiffens and her hand
flicks to those she’ll take a question
from. Some of us are left
barking from the sidelines.
Ardern doesn’t relate to the
messenger, the team of journalists
who make up the parliamentary
press gallery, they don’t
know her. All of her predecessors
got to know the parliamentary
media by inviting them to their
ninth floor Beehive office, at
least a couple of times a year. It
puts a human face on the public
performer.
Ardern has done it once, a
few months after becoming the
Prime Minister.
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Compare Ardern to the last
populist Prime Minister John
Key. The National leader liked to
be liked and he was because he
was self-deprecating, posing for
derpies with students on university
campuses, falling off stages
and mincing along catwalks. He
was a serious politician, but his
antics demonstrated to his supporters
he wasn’t above them.
The closest Ardern’s got to
silliness was admitting she did
a dance with her daughter when
the country had no active cases
of Covid last June. That admission
flashed around the world as
do most things when it comes to
Ardern.
Ardern is a celebrity leader and
she’s determined to keep it that
way, which is why she’s turned
her back on the Newstalk ZB
Mike Hosking Breakfast show.
The questions were too direct,
they got under her thin skin but,
more importantly, she didn’t
know the answer to many of
them. She was exposed on a
weekly basis and it simply all
became too much for her.
In doing so, she’s turned
her back on the highest-rating
breakfast commercial radio show
in the country by far and she
has also turned her back on the
many listeners who at the last
Covid election (her description)
switched their vote to her.
Leaders have in the past
become exasperated with the
media and at times with good
reason but few, if any, have shied
away from the tough questions.
The regular Newstalk ZB slot
for prime ministers has been
jealously guarded by them for
the past 35 years. This is the only
regular slot she’s bowing out on.
The populist David Lange
once cancelled his weekly news
conferences at Parliament and
as chairman of the press gallery
at the time I was charged with
persuading him to change his
mind.
His complaint: “If I picked my
nose, they’d show it on television
that night.”
The resolution to that one was
simple: Don’t.
Ardern’s phobia is much more
deep-seated. She’s treading
water.
– NZ Herald
• Ardern has rejected she
is picking and choosing
favourable media and topics
after cancelling her regular slot
with Hosking. To read the full
story go to starnews.co.nz
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Vbase name
change and vaping
Vbase changing their name
to Venue Otautahi – no problem
with new name but extravagant
expense at a time the city
council wants to cut library
hours and other basics due to ‘no
money’.
This is a slap in the face to
ratepayers who have to shoulder
this huge expense of rebranding
plus there is talk of Vbase
(ratepayers) investing in the
Crusaders, again when there is
no money for basic services.
It’s no wonder our rates
are going up. It must be fun
to play with other people’s
money.
Sad but not surprising to
hear that students are vaping
to ‘look cool’. I hope schools
permanently confiscate the
expensive vaping pods. – D
Downward
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Cranford St is such a disaster.
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Last week I mistakenly
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thought I could drive and
eventually weave across
McFaddens Rd – from the east
to the west at 9.45am to go to an
appointment.
Absolute disaster.
A kind truck driver let me
into the Cranford St traffic and
then I had to change lanes in
order to make a right-hand turn
into Innes Rd (where many
motorists were turning in order
to ‘rat race” and eventually lefthand
turn through to Rutland
St).
Next month I will walk which
will be much quicker. I will
have such enormous pleasure
and delight in pushing the
pedestrian crossing button at
the Cranford St/McFaddens Rd
intersection and stopping the
traffic. – Dawn Bultitude
ON SATURDAY we will come
together as a city and a nation
to honour the 51 people whose
lives were taken as result of the
attack on Al Noor Masjid and
the Linwood Islamic Centre
on March 15, 2019, and to
offer our continued support to
the bereaved families, as well
as those who were injured or
traumatised by what they saw
and experienced.
We will also take the opportunity
to give heartfelt thanks to
everyone who came in response
to the calls for help – the first
responders, including the emergency
response teams, paramedics
and hospital teams, along
with the bystanders, passers-by
and neighbours who stepped in
to help save lives.
It has been heart-warming to
hear stories of lasting friendships
forged in the hours and
days after the attacks. No longer
strangers, we are neighbours in
the true sense of the word.
We also reflect on the incredible
Mayor
Lianne Dalziel
Thursday March 11 2021 The Star
OPINION 27
Event to honour
mosque victims
leadership of our Muslim communities,
who asked us to unite in
peace, love and forgiveness, so that
we could overcome the division
and further acts of violence this
attack was designed to cause.
And we can all be proud of how
we responded with an overwhelming
outpouring of support,
kindness and compassion.
This weekend, we are all
invited to keep these intentions
alive – to see our differences as
our strength, to embrace our
shared humanity and to find the
true value in the diversity that is
our city today.
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Every business should have a mentor
• By Ellen Pender
OUR CANTERBURY Mentor
Team has a pool of over 260
business mentors who gift their
time, skills and expertise to
support local businesses.
Operating a business is no easy
task, let alone doing it through a
pandemic. Having an experienced
mentor available to listen and
guide you through some of the
challenges can make all the
difference.
Business Mentors New Zealand
is a nationwide organisation
dedicated to delivering mentoring
services across Aotearoa.
In Waitaha Canterbury
Business Mentors New Zealand
operates out of ChristchurchNZ,
the city’s sustainable economic
development agency and is an
ChristchurchNZ is helping identify opportunities for people to reskill and move into other sectors
integral part of the Regional
Business Partners Programme,
connecting businesses with
the right advice, people and
resources.
Higher unemployment impacts
more significantly on those in
lower skilled roles and our
vulnerable populations – Māori;
Pasifika; young people not in
Independent
employment,
mentors
education
listen and
or
training; and our long-term
Mentors provide confidential,
unemployed.
What is the role of a
business mentor?
guide people on their business
journey.
one-on-one assistance for
small business owners, who are
trading, want to grow or need
And what are we doing?
We are supporting the journey
Mentors can also help to reduce
for labour market priority groups
– school leavers, tertiary
The graduates, strength of NEET our service (young people
not in employment, education or
training), impacted workers,
Māori and industry.
help to solve a specific business
challenge.
the stress and loneliness that is
often faced by many business
people.
comes from these wonderful
mentors, who are the real
heroes. They spend many hours
guiding, supporting their mentees
and willingly sharing their
expertise.
To ensure work isn’t duplicated,
and to identify gaps, we are
mapping the support available
from iwi, central and local
government agencies, our
education providers, charitable
trusts, and other support groups.
Impact projects can then be
delivered to provide support
where needed.
It is critical we ensure our
community has access to the
information they need, and is
aware of the help available.
ChristchurchNZ is developing
regional information resources
and working to ensure this gets
into the hands of business. those who
need it.
Ellen Pender, ChristchurchNZ business mentor manager
This creates positive impact
for the businesses and often
results in strong relationships and
mutual respect for each other. It
is common to have clients reregistering
for a second or third
time to continue developing their
Register to be a mentor or find a mentor at
businessmentors.org.nz
Who are the mentors?
The business mentors are
diverse as the business people
they support, with both generalist
and specialist business skills.
Canterbury’s team of volunteer
We are also
mentors
developing
offer their tremendous
a
skills, experience, and generosity
Regional to Workforce support a wide Plan range that of
businesses including start-ups,
identifies
small
the
to
skills
medium
available
businesses
and
with
needed now less than and 20 in staff, the not future. for profits
and social enterprises.
This plan will
We receive
inform
ongoing
central
interest
government to join investment our mentor team and from
a diverse range of business
policy in professionals, education, some immigration
retired,
and community some still actively interventions;
involved business.
and will enable It is humbling us to to better meet these
understand generous what people skills and hear their
stories; some had a mentor
Christchurch’s themselves future when economy
they were
will require. starting That out and in turn now want will to
pay it forward and share their
allow us skills. to work with education
providers
Others
to ensure
find they have
right
some
spare time and want to support
courses are others offered. to succeed, understanding
the enormous value that small
businesses add to our economy
In times and of recession the essential we contribution generally of
the not-for-profit sector to the
see an increase
wider community.
in people
choosing to study.
This is an opportunity to upskill
Canterbury’s relatively
poorly-educated workforce for
our future economy, to generate
more and better jobs, to increase
productivity, and to raise living
standards and wellbeing.
We are supporting Ngāi Tahu’s
development of an iwi skills hub
that will create stronger pathways
for young Māori into tertiary
education and skilled jobs.
How can I register for a
business mentor?
When clients register on our
website for a mentor, they pay a
one-off registration fee of $295
plus GST. This gives them up to
12 high-growth months access to areas. a mentor We are
who will help develop them as a
business seeking owner to future-proof
focussing on the
areas Canterbury’s where they lack labour the skills mark or
confidence.
- we know how vital it is to
How new jobs do you to ensure match people
a business with a
employment options now
mentor?
in Every the client longer has term. a unique
perspective, the challenge is to
understand what can be done to
help We and have what invested mentor will in best a cityinnovation
suit their needs. This is why we
contact each client
and
to fully
entrepreu
discuss
their ecosystem application partnership and talk through to
the mentoring process prior to
finding high-growth a mentor. potential bus
and We regularly future job ask for creation feedback in to
see what progress is being made
and of regional frequently receive strength comments and gl
about growth how opportunity. helpful and valuable These
the service has been.
Supernodes are Aerospace
We Future can Transport; help Food, F
We are passionate about
helping and Agritech; the business Health and not-forprofit
Resilient community Communities; to survive and an
Tech
thrive and are very aware of the
High-Tech Services.
delicate balance that is required to
achieve that.
A mentor might be just what
you Our need, business one of our attraction clients said te
recently,
working
“everyone
to attract
in business
addition
should have a mentor.’’
businesses Whether you’d and like jobs to work to the
with a mentor or become a
mentor, please register at:
While www.businessmentors.org.nz
we expect ongoing
economic disruption, ther
are many green shoots and
opportunities – one of wh
to develop a workforce tha
A highly business skilled mentor and can can sup
help you.
thriving and globally com
future economy.
Among other projects, we are
working with education partners
and mana whenua to increase
aspiration and participation of
students in low-decile schools in
future-focused tertiary study that
Karen Haigh is a Talent
Specialist for Innovation
Ellen Pender is business
mentor
and Business
manager
Growth
at
at
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climate-change emergency
Have your say on proposed rates increase
by sea-level rise this century and threatened and facing increased
our productive and protected land pressures due to river system
Environment
jeopardised by the arrival and change.
spread of new, exotic weeds and Wetlands are also ecosystems
Canterbury Chair
pests from warmer climates. at-risk nationally and regionally,
Jenny Hughey
All these eventualities have degraded by draining, damming
to be planned and prepared for, and diversion affecting their
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and Environment Canterbury ability to sequester carbon,
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will remain in the vanguard of cleanse freshwater and mitigate
rates up a proposed climate-change in Environment integration proposed air travel 24.5 across per the cent organisation
these climate change efforts. flooding, as well as impacting on
increase One example is the $40 million biodiversity and mahinga kai.
Canterbury’s programme draft in the Long Long-term Term Plan in are money offset needed via our from own rates biodiversity has Waimakariri River flood
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Plan 2018-28, is about ensuring $1.55 a climate week. change understandably programmes. hit the headlines. protection project, completed putting greater emphasis on the
was I urge actively you to considered check out across our The According questions to for a the Madworld community report
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rates workstreams, calculator increasing at ratescalculator. visibility to in consider 2019, our are: gross Do you emissions agree with were
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consultation. and central government. of across what the 2700 regional hectares. council is December 1957, when parts curb reliance on fossil fuels and
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JENNY HUGHEY explains what
the council has been doing.
The formal declaration of a
state of climate emergency across
Canterbury was one of the most
serious, and colourful, moments
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emergency, formally dedicating
itself to consideration of climate
change at the heart of all it does.
The declaration highlighted
Strengthening that all the work Communities
Environment
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freshwater management to
8 March biodiversity until and 12 biosecurity, April 2021
transport and urban development
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Apply leadership at – has a climate change
focus.
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Currently, under the Resource
or Management call 03 941 5488 Act, regional
councils are required only to adapt
to climate change, not mitigate
it – that responsibility is the
Government’s, but could change.
Even in ‘adapt mode’ many
of Environment Canterbury’s
existing policies and plans already
contribute to reduced emissions.
In declaring the climate
emergency, the Council noted it
would continue to show leadership
on climate-change and do so
without adding new programmes
at ratepayers’ expense. It also gave
staff a clear mandate to continue
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Waimakariri River flood
2018-28, ensuring climate change programmes.
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late last year. The network of
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about the impact of climate (CO2) equivalent, compared fresh air with into protect your home. half a million people and
$8 billion of community and
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business assets from a possible
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• Cr Jenny Hughey is chair
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threatened and facing increased
pressures due to river system
change.
Wetlands are also ecosystems
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degraded by draining, damming
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temperatures, changing soils and
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especially, will be able to gain a
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changes on the way. He was
optimistic we would be able to
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climate change and sustainability.
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Christchurch Garden Festival Programme
Christchurch Botanic Gardens 12-14 March
We can’t wait to see you at Grow Ōtautahi – a FREE garden festival like you’ve never seen before designed for the people of Aotearoa.
The festival is free for all and there’s something that will entertain and inspire everyone. You’ll find exciting garden exhibits, celebrity chefs
in action, fun for the kids, a focus on the environment and sustainability, workshops, expert tips, food, retail and much more!
Take a look at our programme and plan your visit – you can come back every day to get across all the great events!
Horticultural Futures Hub Presentations
How to be a Space Sustainonaut - Dr Trevor Stuthridge, AgResearch
& Sarah Kessans, UC Fri 9.30am
Behind the stink: The corpse plant at Lincoln University -
Dr Meike Rombach, Lincoln University Fri 10.30am
To plant or not to plant - Don Royds, Lincoln University
Fri 11.30am, Sun 1.30pm
Grow mahinga kai - Mananui Ramsden, Environment Canterbury
Fri 12.30pm, Sat 9.30am, Sun 3.30pm
Geeks go gourmet: how science is transforming our food -
Dr Trevor Stuthridge, AgResearch Fri 1.30pm, Sat, Sun 12.30pm
Garden Design and Construction Tips and Tricks -
Dan Rutherford Fri, Sat, Sun 2.30pm
Green Gardeners of the Future - Ruud Kleinpaste Fri 3.30pm
You can grow your own way - Jill Reader, Lincoln University
Sat, Sun 10.30am
Soil; the answer to almost everything! - Roger McLenaghen,
Lincoln University Sat, Sun 11.30am
Biodiversity in the garden and how to enhance it -
Prof. Steve Wratten, Lincoln University Sat 1.30pm
Growing Communities - Citycare Property, SVA, LIVS & The Green Lab
Sat 3.30pm
New Solutions to Old Problems - Citycare Property, Weedingtech
& Husqvarna Sun 9.30am
Friends of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Guided Walks
Gondwana Collection Fri 10.30am, Sat 2.30pm, Sun 11.30am
Notable Trees Fri 11.00am, Sat 2.00pm, Sun 12.00pm
Walk among the Palms Fri 11.30am, Sat 1.30pm, Sun 2.00pm
Going nuts over bark & cones Fri 12.00pm, Sun 11.00am
A hidden gem - the Leonard Cockayne Garden
Fri 1.00pm, Sat 11.00am, Sun 2.30pm
Trooping the colour - our Herbaceous Border Fri 1.30pm, Sat 10.30am
Biggest, smallest, quirkiest, tallest! Fri 2.00pm, Sat 11.30am, Sun 1.30pm
ICON Garden - our NZ natives Fri 2.30pm, Sat, Sun 1.00pm
Conservatories Sat 12.00pm, Sun 10.30am
Terra Viva Workshops
All About Roses - Peter Worsp, Terra Viva Fri, Sat 9.30am
Grow Your Own Veges - Juliet Worsp, Terra Viva Fri, Sat 10.30am
Studio Home Panel: Ask An Expert Fri, Sat, Sun 11.30am
How to make your houseplants love you back - Liz Carlson &
Jördis Renz, NODE Fri 12.30pm
Passion for Bonsai - Avon Bonsai Society Fri 1.30pm, Sun 12.30pm
Fruit Tree Care - Pagan Hayes, Terra Viva Fri, Sun 2.30pm
Lawn Care - Roger Morgan, Readylawn
Fri 3.30pm, Sat 2.30pm, Sun 1.30pm
Interactive Monarch Butterfly Talk - Maria Romero
Sat 12.30pm, Sun 3.30pm
Bulbs and Banter - David Adams & Michael Coulter
Sat 1.30pm, Sun 10.30am
Truffle Gold grown in Canterbury - Lisa Williams, Tresillian Truffles
Sat 3.30pm
Fermenting the Harvest - Geraldine Pene Sun 9.30am
MacRae Landscape Design Garden Kitchen
Cooking Demonstrations
Daniel Jenkins, Kaikoura Cheese Fri 11.00am
Alex Davies, Gatherings/Alfred Fri 12.00pm
Simon Levy, Inati Fri 1.00pm
Flip Grater, Grater Goods Fri 2.00pm
Davinia Sutton: Lets Talk Outdoor Kitchens Fri, Sat, Sun 3.00pm
Max Perry & Samson Stewart, Fifth Street Sat 11.00am
Fleur Sullivan, Fleurs Place Sat 12.00pm
Andy Bardsley, Hospo Co Sat 1.00pm
Lou & Ant, Akaroa Cooking School Sat 2.00pm
Jonny Schwass, Ilex Café & Events Sat 4.00pm
Jax Hamilton, Meadow Mushrooms Sun 11.00am
Eeva Torvinen, The Monday Room Sun 12.00pm
Yanina & Pablo Tacchini, La Cucina Sun 1.00pm
Giulio Sturla, Mapu Sun 2.00pm
Christchurch Garden Festival

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GARDENING 31
Transitioning your garden into winter
MARCH IS definitely a
transitional month and
depending on the weather,
it’s either an extension
of summer or the early
warning signs of winter.
As always, it is a busy
time with harvesting
late summer fruit and
beginning the preparation
for your winter vegetable
garden.
Vege patch
March and early April
are the final months for
harvesting summer vegetables
including; beans,
beetroot, cabbage, carrots,
celery, corn, cucumber,
eggplants, jerusalem
artichokes, lettuce, melons,
onions, potatoes, pumpkins,
radish, silverbeet,
spinach, tomatoes and
yams.
A gardening diary helps
you keep track of your
garden across the seasons.
Make note of which summer
vegetables performed
best and why, and to rotate
crops next summer into
different positions in the
vege garden. The benefit
of crop rotation is that as
one plant depletes the soil
of certain nutrients, the
next plant will replenish
the soil as it grows. Some
soil diseases can also be
controlled well this way.
Towards the end of
March start preparing your
winter garden, adding
fresh compost to existing
soil and raising ‘beds’ to
improve drainage over
wet winter months. Some
winter vegetable seeds
and seedlings can now
be sown/planted, including;
beetroot, broccoli,
brussel sprouts, cabbage,
cauliflower, carrots, lettuce,
onions, radish, silverbeet,
spinach, swedes, and turnips.
Leave enough room
for further plantings of all
these vegetables over the
next few months to extend
harvesting time.
Flower garden
Summer flowering
annuals have been quite
magnificent this summer.
Continue to deadhead
finished flowers and cut
back some annuals such as
petunias which can look a
little scraggly this time of
year.
As with the vegetable
garden, it is time to start
preparing the winter
flower garden or container
garden for decks and
patios. Winter flowering
annuals that can now be
safely planted include;
alyssum, calendulas, cinerarias,
cornflower, lobelia,
nemesia, pansies, primulas,
snapdragons, stock and
wallflowers.
RIPE: Apples should
now be ready for
harvesting.
Bulb planting
March is the final month
for planting new bulbs.
Thorough preparation of
the soil is critical to the
ongoing success of bulbs
because the area in which
they are planted is often
not disturbed for several
years. Add plenty of compost
before planting and
ensure the soil is friable
(crumbly) and drainage
is good. Bulbs to plant include
anemones, daffodils,
hyacinths, ixia, lachenalias,
freesias, ranunculus, sparaxis,
tritonia, tulips and
watsonias.
Fruit tree harvesting
Harvest time for many
apple and pear varieties,
and the last of the peaches
(golden queen), plums
(satsuma and burbank)
and nashi pears (hosui and
kosui).
In warmer areas, passionfruit
are ripening,
as are red and yellow
guavas (towards the end
of March). Fruit will be
forming on all citrus trees
so mulch to retain soil
moisture and suppress
weeds.
Lawn repair
As soon as regular rain
arrives, work can begin on
repairing or renovating existing
lawns or laying new
ones. Good preparation is
absolutely critical and the
key to success. If importing
new soil/topsoil, make
sure it’s of the highest quality
and weed-free. Using a
mixture of lawn seed can
produce a more resilient,
all-year-round lawn.
Always use fresh lawn
seed for the best germination
rate. Ready lawn can
be useful for small areas,
and once again, preparation
is critical for establishment
and success.
As temperatures cool
and rain becomes more
regular, begin applying
fertiliser to existing lawns.
Roses
It can be a bit of a mixed
month in the rose garden
depending on the varieties
growing. After the hot,
dry months of January and
February, some roses now
have a second wind and
produce masses of stunning
blooms throughout
March and April.
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plants now with specific
rose fertiliser through to
early April. Keep deadheading
finished flowers
and carry out light pruning
where needed.
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City teams find it hard to stop rampant Country Ashburton
COUNTRY Ashburton are a
step away from capping their
return to Tennis Canterbury’s
men’s premier interclub
competition with the ultimate
prize after advancing to the
decider against last year’s
bridesmaid Cashmere.
Elliot Darling’s wedding last
Saturday eventually played into
the Mid-Canterbury team’s
hands, with the groom’s best
man and brother Lawrence also
unavailable for the semi-final at
Wilding Park.
Country Ashburton, who
returned to the competition
after a 25-year hiatus, beat a
weakened Elmwood 4-2 while
Cashmere ended Waimairi’s
reign courtesy of the same
margin.
Country Ashburton qualified
third for the semi-finals
but have won their last four
ties, giving club captain Peter
Leonard confidence ahead of
another trip to Wilding Park on
Saturday.
“We started the competition
as the underdogs, but this
shows just what you can achieve
with a great bunch of guys playing
as a team,” Leonard said.
“We’ve consistently been able
to put a good team on the court
and the camaraderie among
them is just superb.
“We are going out there on
Saturday with our heads held
high and we’ll be giving it our
best.”
Cashmere, runners-up
to Waimairi in the last two
seasons, finished the regular
season in top spot but they
have dropped two of their last
four contests to Elmwood and
Waimairi.
They avenged that last setback
when it counted, as a full
strength team featuring the
Meredith siblings Matt, Tim
plus veteran Johnny McHarg
sealed the sudden death clash
by claiming both doubles
matches.
Simon Mooney at least
secured a significant win for
Waimairi, notching his 100th
win in the competition with a
third set super tiebreak victory
over McHarg.
McHarg was taking nothing
for granted against the
underdogs after Cashmere beat
Country Ashburton back in
round one in October, their
only completed tie this campaign.
“To be successful in this
competition you have to have
depth in your team and they
certainly have that,” McHarg
said.
“They have five or six good
young players and are ably led
by Jack Tiller.”
The final is scheduled to start
at 1pm.
Strong showing at matchplay
championships by May and Weng
ZACH MAY and Amy Weng
enhanced their reputations
among Christchurch’s most
talented up-and-coming golfers
with comprehensive victories
in the Canterbury matchplay
championships.
Weng and May negotiated
some difficult opposition en
route to their respective finals
at the Templeton Golf Club last
weekend, where the duo claimed
the silverware with relative ease.
May, 18, continued his steady
rise through the national
amateur ranks by beating
Canterbury representative Reid
Hilton three and two after the
runner-ups putter went cold on
the back nine.
A steady May was one-up at
the turn while Hilton mixed
birdies and bogeys before
issues on the green enabled the
champion to take an unassailable
three hole advantage to the 16th
on Sunday.
Earlier May needed to prevail
on the last to edge out Yuki Miya
in the semi-finals while Hilton’s
run to the decider included Kris
O’Neill in the semis, after the
giant killer eliminated No 1 seed
Matt McLean and defending
champion Mike Toeke.
In the women’s division, Weng
was a comprehensive five and
four winner over Zach’s sibling,
the No 1 seed Maddie May.
The pre-tournament favourite
had a bye through to the semifinals
where she made short work
of Alisa Ren nine and seven,
but Weng proved a far sterner
challenge.
Weng was two-up at the
midway point and there was
STEADY: Zach May
powered his way to
victory at Templeton last
weekend. He was joined by
Amy Weng who won the
women’s division.
no way back for an out-of-sorts
May.
In the 24-strong men’s
masters competition, Paul Burke
celebrated in his home clubhouse
after needing the first extra hole
to edge Jason Sincock, his second
match-up that was all square
after 18.
Sincock looked on track for the
title when three-up through 14
but Burke regrouped down the
stretch, claiming the last three
holes with eight to 10 foot putts
as rain swept the course.
Burke hooked his drive in
an ominous start to the extra
hole but recovered superbly and
almost made birdie, a missed
opportunity that wasn’t costly as
Sincock bogeyed after missing a
five-footer.
The champion also benefited
from Aaron Forsyth threeputting
on the first extra hole of
their semi-final.
Nicola Webb beat an in-form
Rachel Eder in the women’s
masters showpiece three and
two.
Webb eliminated Jo Carolan in
the quarter-final stage two and
one before prevailing in a tight
semi with Waitikiri greenkeeper
Naomi Wallace, who succumbed
on the second extra hole.
Eder had a smoother path to
the final, beating Di Kay five and
three, and Catherine Knight five
and four.
Other winners included
second seed Phong Nguyen, who
beat Cooper Moore three and
twp in the boy’s under-19 final,
while Marty Holman secured his
third senior men’s crown – the
trophy he donated by pipping
Lin Wang on the 19th.
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The earnest ball-carrier and
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“He texted his mum and dad
(former Crusaders captain and
coach Todd) to make sure they
knew he was alright. He will be
back on the field soon.”
Whetu Douglas, who
has not been required against the
Highlanders or Hurricanes, is
the logical replacement
for Blackadder, who will be
targeting the pivotal fourthround
clash with the Blues at
Eden Park next Sunday.
“Whets will come in with a
next-man-up mentality,” Hansen
said.
“He will do a great job. He’s
experienced in the role as a No
8, and we’ve got loose forwards
who can cover No 8-No 6.”
Douglas was front of the queue
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of the Chiefs being mired in a
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WEEK nInE: Plan the plan
Less than 2 weeks out and it is time to look
forward to the event and start planning the day.
The start is at 9am. Are you planning to roll out
of bed at 8am, have a quick coffee and toast and
hurry to the start? Or do you get up at 6.30am to
have a decent breakfast, leaving you plenty of time
for the digestion and to get ready to arrive
at the start in plenty of time? I suggest that this
week on the Wednesday or Saturday, you actually
practice your race day routine so it is familiar to
you on the day. You won’t know what the weather
will be like until a couple of days before so don’t
worry about that now, just be prepared for every
weather condition.
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60 min
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mins rest in between
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6km 40 min (mod)
14km 75 min (mod)
This is Christchurch autumn with all its
unpredictable weather patterns from a warm
nor’west day, to snow! So find some gloves, a
hat, a polypropylene top and a jacket in case you
need these. And don’t forget the sunscreen. Your
training this week is still solid with the last long
run on the Wednesday as the taper to freshen up
the legs starts in the weekend. If you feel a bit
underdone don’t fall into the trap of doing “catch
up training”. That is putting in some extra sessions
or going a bit longer and harder than indicated.
You take a risk of injury or excessive tiredness and
it is too late to have much of an effect anyway, so
relax and stick to your plan!
75 min
Brisk Walk
50 min
Jog
60 min
Walk
6km 35 min (light)
14km 60 min (light)
65 min
Jog
80 min
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60 min
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6km 25min
14km 105min
(alternate 5 min light/mod)
To achieve this goal you need to
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this has to do with 3 key principles:
1. How often do you train? To improve your
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and 1 session per week is definitely not
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towards between 30 and 50 minutes with
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you are going too fast and you are likely to
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Thursday March 11 2021 The Star 39
Black Edition keeps Triton desirable
THE LAST SIX months have
been busy for light commercial
distributors.
There have been several vans
entering the market, along with
a succession of new utes landing
here.
That’s no surprise, the buoyant
ute or pick-up sector in New
Zealand is following overseas
trends, not only are they the
practical load carrier, but such
is their sophistication the
traditional double cab ute is often
purchased as the family vehicle of
choice.
In terms of what’s new -
Toyota’s Hilux, Isuzu’s D-Max
and Mazda’s BT-50 have all had
a generation change. And I can
report that each of these models
are worthy frontrunners.
However, there’s one other
model that is well represented in
the market and that’s Mitsubishi’s
Triton. Its generational change is
a little out of kilter with the others
but Mitsubishi has upped the ante
as well, there’s a new dress-up
model in the line-up – the Black
Edition. As in the test car’s case, it
was all black, but there are three
other colours available.
Based around the Triton GLS,
the Black Edition is yet another
example of Mitsubishi’s value
pricing. Listing at around $60,000
in the books, it’s available now on
special offer at $47k. Bearing in
mind that the evaluation car had
around $8000 of extra kit – deck
cover, sports bar/cab protector
and flared wheel arches.
That’s good pickings by my
reckoning, it gives you all the
fundamentals that have made
Triton a worthy choice in the
ute market, yet they add an
aggressive look that also makes it
stand out.
Sure, many manufacturers have
dress-up kits and add-ons in their
utes, but the Triton Black Edition
stands out without being over the
top in terms of looks.
Nothing has been
compromised in terms of ability
and function. Beneath the
bold exterior the Black Edition
is still the tough four-wheeldrive
double cab that will do all
that you would expect from a
traditional one-tonner.
In terms of load carrying
ability, Mitsubishi rates the
Triton with a 910kg payload
and a 3500kg tow rating. The
deck area is up to par in terms
of measurements – 1520mm x
1470mm x 475mm.
At the other end sits a
well-proven four-cylinder
turbocharged diesel engine.
It isn’t new, but long-term
BLING: Accessories such as fender flares, sports bar and
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MITSUBISHI TRITON BLACK EDITION: Comes in black or three other colours.
development is one of the
benefits, and it shows. The
2442cc unit is smooth, quiet
and efficient. In terms of figures,
Mitsubishi rates it with 135kW
and 437Nm, both figures
developed at traditional parts
of the rev band – 3500rpm and
2500rpm respectively.
Mitsubishi also claims an
8.6l/100km combined cycle fuel
usage average. I didn’t put the
engine through too much hard
work so the Black Edition went
back to the dealership with an
average figure of 10l/100km
showing on the readout. That
was helped by a thrifty 7/100km
instantaneous figure at 100km/h,
the engine ticking over at a lazy
1600rpm.
Drive is sent to the rear wheels
through a six-speed automatic
transmission. This is another area
where Mitsubishi have garnered
a lot of accolades. For many years
the transmissions were built
in-house, and that development
shows. Not only are the ratios
arranged well for the multitude of
tasks the Triton would be asked
to perform in its lifecycle, but
the gears shift smoothly and are
almost quick-shifting. Of course,
the driver can sequentially shift
gears manually if desired through
the centre console lever.
Four-wheel-drive is
manipulated by a centrallylocated
dial and there are the
• Price – Mitsubishi Triton
Black Edition, $47,000
• Dimensions – Length,
5305mm; width, 1815mm;
height, 1795mm
• Configuration – Fourcylinder,
four-wheel-drive,
2442cc, 135kW, 437Nm,
six-speed automatic
• Performance – 0-100km/h,
11sec
• Fuel usage – 8.6l/100km
usual selections, low ratio for
crawl speed over rough ground
and low grip situations, and fourwheel-drive
high ratio for less
demanding conditions.
I only ventured off-the-seal
for a short burst. The Hororata
River was running dry, as it often
does at this time of year, and
with a good solid base I tackled
a few humps and bumps just to
get the feel of low ratio working
and hill descent control. Ground
clearance at 220mm is generous,
while there is little underneath to
hinder approach and departure.
Ride comfort in the Black
Edition is as good as any ute on
the market. Manufacturers have
certainly softened the ride in all
utes since from how they felt a
decade or so ago, and that’s what
makes them family-friendly,
on-board comfort levels aren’t
jeopardised.
That’s a hard equation to get
right, utes are load-bearing
models and the rear leaf spring/
live rear axle arrangements
present comfort challenges while
they are also expected to take care
of that hefty load on the deck.
Inside, the Black Edition
gets all the GLS specification
goodies. Sure, there’s just cloth
trim, but that’s far my preference
anyway. All-up it represents a
good package and it will be a
tempting proposition for those
who want a ute with a point of
difference.
One of my neighbours
purchased a Black Edition
late last year, one of the main
reasons he choose it against the
myriad of other utes was the
10-year driveline warranty that
comes with Triton. That is a very
reassuring element.
I don’t know that I would be
Black Edition buyer as I don’t
have much of a need for fourwheel-drive,
but a 2WD Triton
double cab would serve my
purpose well. I’ve long watched
Mitsubishi’s marketing campaigns
for Triton and I can report that
over the years there have been
many bargains in its line-up.
Today, the entry level model
lists at $32,990, that’s just one
example, and if you look at what
the Black Edition has to offer
it could well be deemed to be a
bargain as well.
Simon Barnett
& Phil Gifford
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Christchurch
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Gardening
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MONDO GRASS Black.
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Memoriam
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A gathering to
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at The Cashmere
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Street on Sunday,
March 14th,
1.30pm.
Contact Lynn
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furniture, beds, stoves,
washing machines, fridge
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crystal, books, furs,
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machines, ovens. Good
cash paid. Ph Paul 022
0891 671
ALL whiteware wanted.
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Senior
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Outings
with Companion
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Wed 17 March
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with lunch.
Thurs 25 March
Geraldine $69.00
with lunch.
Fri 26 March
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Public Notices
RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT ACT 1991
CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF
APPLICATION
FOR RESOURCE CONSENT
Details of the application for resource consent listed
below may be examined during normal office hours at
the Reception Counter of the Council’s Civic offices,
53 Hereford Street, Christchurch, or the Council’s
website (refer link below).
Submissions must be made in writing on Form 13 or
similar, and will be received at any Council Office until
5:00pm Tuesday, 06th April 2021. The submission
form is available on the Council’s website or at any
Council Office. Submissions may be made online, or
emailed to resourceconsentsubmissions@ccc.govt.nz,
or posted to the Resource Consents Unit, Christchurch
City Council, PO Box 73013, Christchurch Mail Centre,
Christchurch 8154. A copy of the submission must
also be served on the applicant via their address for
service below.
1. ADDRESS: 9 & 11 Rolleston
Avenue
CONSENT SOUGHT: Land use consent
PROPOSAL:
Comprehensive redevelopment of the
Canterbury Museum complex including
the Robert McDougall Gallery, consisting of
(but not limited to):
• Alterations to the heritage listed buildings
including but not limited to a new
opening in the Rolleston Avenue frontage;
revealing previously hidden heritage
fabric; reinstatement of original heritage
spire and chimneys; and alterations to
the Roger Duff façade which faces into
the Christchurch Botanic Gardens.
• Demolition of non-heritage listed parts of
the complex and their replacement with
new buildings.
• Base isolation across all buildings.
• A new glazed link between the museum
and the Robert McDougall Gallery.
• Structural, fire, safety and security
upgrades.
• Provision of increased exhibition and café
space.
Please refer to the application documents
for a detailed description of the activities
and works proposed including plans.
APPLICANT:
Canterbury
Museum Trust
Board
APPLICANT’S ADDRESS
FOR SERVICE: C/- Resource
Management Group
Limited
PO Box 908
Christchurch Box
Lobby
Christchurch 8140
Attn: Graham
Taylor
REFERENCE NO: RMA/2020/2852
WEBSITE LINK: https://ccc.govt
nz/the-council
consultations-andsubmissions
haveyoursay/
The application includes an assessment of
environmental effects.
Please contact Odette White (Council
Planner), telephone 03 941 6369
if you have any questions about
this application.
Dated at Christchurch this Saturday,
06th March 2021.
John Higgins
Head of Resource Consents
Mesopotamia Station
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Clan MacKenzie
Society of New
Zealand Inc.
Annual Meeting & Gathering
March 26 and 27, 2021
Quality Hotel Elms,
456 Papanui Rd, Christchurch
All people associated with the
MacKenzie/McKenzie name
are welcome to attend
Contact:
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email: murray_53@xtra.co.nz
Sporting Notices
Sydenham
Rugby League
REGISTRATION DAY
JUNIORS
Thursday 11th March 2021
5-7pm (between 5-12 years old)
We are hoping to enter teams in the
7s, 10s, 11s and 12s year old grades
OPEN
Saturday 20th March 2021
& Saturday 27th March 2021
10-12 (Presidents and Womens grades)
Bradford Park@
Milton Street, Sydenham
Anyone who is interested in Coaching or Managing
Training and support provided
SUBS:
Juniors $45* Brother or sister $15
Seniors Women’s and Men’s $120
*Subs include $5 membership to Beckenham Bowling Club and $15 to CRL
* We provide playing jersey, shorts and socks.
For more info please contact:
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HAPPY ST PATRICK’S DAY
WEDNESDAY 17th MARCH
6 sleeps to St Patrick's Day!
Plan your day now!
CELEBRATED every year on 17th March,
St Patrick's Day honours Patrick (the patron
saint of Ireland) and Irish culture. It's an
enormous day of celebration filled with
traditional music, dance, eating, and
drinking. And regardless of your heritage,
everyone is welcome to be Irish on St
Patddy's Day! Are you ready to
shamRock'n'Roll?
Here are five suggestions on how to
make the most of the day, but be mindful, it
should be treated as a marathon not a
sprint. Pace yourself.
1) Paddy's Eve, go to bed early and get a
good night's sleep.
2) Make the most of St Patrick's Day, rise
early and enjoy a traditional Irish breakfast.
3) Wear green. What is the significance
of wearing green? According to Irish
folklore wearing green makes you invisible
to leprechauns and safe from their
shenanigans (mischief). Leperachauns
(shoemakers for the fairies) are native to
Ireland. It is believed to be extremely good
luck if you manage to catch one of these illmannered
mystical beings. Apparently you
will be granted three wishes. The best way
to snare one is to bait your trap with gold.
4) Experience the flavours of Ireland.
Drink an Irish beverage, such as Guinness,
Jameson Whiskey or Bailieys Irish Cream
and feast on authentic Irish fare, such as
Irish Stew and soda bread.
5) Stay hydrated. Drink plenty of water
between tipples.
“Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit!”
WEDNESDAY 17th MARCH
JOIN THE FUN!
DRINK
SPECIALS
GIVEAWAYS
IRISH HATS
IRISH TEE'S
IRISH STEW
THE MILLER BAR
KARAOKE
ST PADDY'S DAY
Wednesday 17th March
from 7pm with
LANCE
KIWI
308 Lincoln Rd, Addington. Ph 03 338 9361
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"The Friendliest Day of the Year"
Irish Dancing, Pipers,
Live music, and
Grim's Irish Stew
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O'Sheas... "The Friendly Pub"
128 Marshland Rd. Ph 385-3080 www.osheas.co.nz
ST PATRICK'S
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
JOIN US FOR BREAKFAST FROM 10am
LIVE MUSIC & GREAT CRAIC
1pm MICHAEL THWAITES
4pm O'NEILL IRISH DANCERS
4.30pm LEE MARTIN
5.30pm SCOTTISH PIPE BAND
8pm O'NEILL IRISH DANCERS
8.30pm KRAKKAJACK
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DAY
COMING UP:
FRIDAY 26 MARCH
MADSEN PROMOTIONS PRESENTS
PAUL MADSEN & BAND
QUEEN
BEEGEES
BACK TO THE 80's
tickets $25 at the club
IN THE PAVILION
ROLLICKIN' LIVE
MUSIC WITH THE
DnD Duo
(JOJO & MARK) FROM 3-6PM
IRISH DANCE 4PM
O'Neill School
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17 CARMEN RD. PH. 03 349 9026
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BREAKFAST
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While many of us
take part in
celebrating
St Patrick's Day,
there are probably
few New Zealanders
who know much
about the
Patron Saint of
Ireland
ST PAT’S DAY
WEDNESDAY 17th MARCH
ST PATRICK was born somewhere on the west coast
of Britain, and when he was 16 he was captured by
raiding Irish ships and taken to Ireland to be sold as a
slave. He was bought by a man called Milchu who put
him to work shepherding his flock on a mountain
side.
One night Patrick had a dream in which he heard a
voice telling him to leave the mountain side and go
down to the coast where he would find a boat to take
him back home. When he reached the coast he saw
the boat, as the dream had promised, but
unfortunately as he had no money the boat’s captain
refused to take him. The boat sailed away, but wasn’t
long at sea when a fierce storm blew up. The crew
fearing death told the captain that it is vengeance for
not letting the lad aboard. Out of fear they turned the
boat around and went back for Patrick.
Back in Britain,Patrick went on to study to become a
priest and eventually was made a bishop.
In a recurring dream he heard the voices of the
children of Ireland calling him back to teach them
about God, so returned to Ireland and went straight
to see his old captor Milchu.
This is where Patrick began converting the Irish
pagan people to Christianity.
While trying to explain the Holy Trinity (Father,
Son and Holy Ghost as one) he is said to have used a
shamrock leaf to demonstrate how there could be
three separate parts to the shamrock but only one leaf
- and so the shamrock symbol of Ireland was born.
St Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17
as it is believed to be the date St Patrick died.
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BOXING
FRIDAY 5PM
SAT 12PM & 6PM
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COMING UP IN
APRIL....
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A ST. PATRICK'S DAY
CELEBRATION
17 | MARCH | 2021
- LIVE MUSIC -
- IRISH DANCERS -
- $15 Breakfast from 9am -
12pm: O'Dywer with Lizzie Cook
2.30pm: Trad Irish Session
4pm: The Bubblemen
5pm: Malarkey
6pm: O'Neill's Irish Dancers
6.30pm: Banjaxed
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579 COLOMBO ST. BOOK EARLY 03 377 4787
Bridie's Bar & Bistro
401 Worcester St, Linwood
Ph: 03 260 0325
THE ENTERTAINMENT HUB OF THE NORTH!
SUPER RUGBY LIVE ON OUR SCREENS
SATURDAY 27 MARCH, 7.30PM
MADSEN PROMOTIONS PRESENTS
A TRIBUTE TO THE
PLUS
THE SUPERSTARS! SHOW
TICKETS $30 AT THE CLUB
BISTRO
FEATURING
PAUL MADSEN AND BAND
OPEN FROM 12PM
WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY
BAR HOURS
MON 3PM-10PM
TUES & WEDS 11.30AM
THURS 11AM | FRI 11.30AM
SAT & SUN 11AM
Closing times will vary.
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EYES DOWN
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PRE-SALE TICKETS $25 | DOOR SALES $30

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LIVE!
SUPER RUGBY &
T20 CRICKET
LIVE MUSIC
(PAVILION)
Saturday 7pm:
SWEET AZZ
Sunday 3pm:
EDDIE SIMON
Wednesday 3pm:
ST PATRICK'S DAY
WITH DND DUO
feat. o'neill dancers
8PM FRIDAY
26 MARCH
MADSEN PROMOTIONS PRESENTS
PAUL MADSEN & BAND
QUEEN
BEEGEES
BACK TO THE 80's
tickets $25 at the club
17 CARMEN RD. PH. 03 349 9026
WWW.HORNBYWMC.CO.NZ
christchurch
GIG GUIDE
Thursday 11 to Wednesday 17 March 2021
To add a listing, contact
Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or
027 458 8590
jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi
www.star.kiwi/whatson
40 Below Blues
(Neil Billington & Mike Garner)
perform pre-war and Chicago blues
at 12 Bar tonight.
‘Famous for their roasts!’
RESTAURANT & CAFÉ
Kid's SPECIAL
Two courses
Seniors SPECIAL
Two courses
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We are family friendly. Great Kids menu plus designated play area.
Soup/Roast or
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Monday - Saturday 12pm - 2.30pm
$23
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We are open from 6.30am
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118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn,
Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150
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12 BAR, 342 St Asaph St: Christchurch’s
smoking hot BLUES BAR. Thursday 8pm - 40
Below Blues 2021 feat. Neil Billington
(Wellington's harmonica virtuoso) and Mike
Garner (Tauranga bluesman), tickets
facebook.com/40BelowBlues. Friday 7pm - Billy
Vallance & Jon Hooker. Saturday 8pm - South
Street Trio. Sunday 4pm - Quiz.
A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St:
Thursday 7.30pm - Cathcart Walsh & Blaikie,
free. Friday 5.30pm - Brazilian Jam with Clube
do Choro; 9pm - Bayley feat Colin Bayley (ex
MiSex, free. Saturday 8pm - White Lies
Entertainment presents 'Holding on to Summer'
dNb night feat. Astroverge; Hartf0rd; Teko;
Shoezy; Eigen; Esc4pe; and Subcal, tix $10 + Bf
at Costmic Ticketing. Sunday 3pm - Plan B feat.
Kevin Emmett, free. Monday 7pm - Quiz Night,
free. Wednesday St Patrick's Day - Live music
from 9am feat. O'Dwyer with Lizzie Cook;
Banjaxed; Trad Session; The Shenanigans, free.
BILL'S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: Thursday 7pm -
Mickey Rat's Karaoke. Friday 7pm - AMPT.
Sunday 6pm - Mickey Rat's Karaoke.
Wednesday St Patrick's Day 6pm - Fire & Ice.
BOO RADLEYS, Level 1, 98 Victoria St:
Thursday 9pm - Neil Alexander duo. Friday
8pm - Amber Carly Williams; 10.30pm - The
Fillets duo. Saturday 8pm - Holly Kimber;
10.30pm - VOXY. Wednesday 7.30pm - South
Street Blues Trio; 9.30pm - Open Mic Night.
BRIDIE'S BAR & BISTRO, 401 Worcester
St: Saturday 6.30pm - Karaoke. Sunday 4pm -
Bingo. Wednesday St Patrick's Day - Live music.
CASSELS BLUE SMOKE, 3 Garlands Rd:
Thursday 7.30pm - Mermaidens 'Soft Energy'
tour, tickets at undertheradar.
HORNBY CLUB, Carmen Rd: Saturday 7pm
- Sweet Azz (Pavilion). Sunday 3pm - Eddie
Simon. Wednesday St Patrick's Day 3pm - DnD
Duo (Jojo & Mark) feat. O'Neill Irish Dancers.
KAIAPOI CLUB, 113 Raven Quay: Saturday
27 March, 7.30pm - Madsen Promotions
presents A Tribute to the Eagles + The
Superstars! Show feat. Paul Madsen & band.
Tickets $30 at the club. Saturday 24 April, 8pm -
DnD Showband presents ABBA & Fleetwood
Mac, pre-sale tickets $25, door-sales $30.
KEEP MUSIC LIVE, Musicians Club, Ara
Music Arts Auditorium, 130 High St:
Friday 6.10pm - Vintage Blue, $10 entry,
students with ID $5.
KENSINGTON FUN HOUSE, 185
Manchester St: Tuesday 8pm - Stand-Up
Comedy Open Mic.
MICKY FINNS, 85a Hereford St:
Wednesday St Patrick's Day 5pm - Trad music;
7.30pm - The Rice Paddies; 10pm - Red Zone.
RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118 Racecourse
Rd, Sockburn: Sunday 6pm - Lance Kiwi
Karaoke.
RICHMOND CLUB, 75 London St: Friday
7pm - Shalo. Saturday 7pm - Mockingbird.
Sunday 3pm - Natalie Elms.
RIVERSIDE MARKET, 98 Oxford Tce:
Thursday 6pm - Finished Business feat. Greg
Knowles (trumpet, vocals), $10 entry.
TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding St, Hornby:
Friday 8.30pm - DJ. Saturday 8.30pm - DnD
Covers Band.
THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd:
Thursday 9pm - Nexus. Friday 8pm - Open
Mic. Wednesday 9pm - Titanic (Kevin Emmett,
Nick Buchanan, and Peter K Malthus).
THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd,
Addington: Friday 9.30pm - Awesome Source.
Saturday 9.30pm - The Meaniez. Tuesday 7pm -
Quiz. Wednesday St Patrick's Day 7pm - Lance
Kiwi Karaoke.
THE ROCKPOOL, 85 Hereford St:
Wednesday St Patrick's Day 5pm - Trad Band
followed by DJ till late.
WOOLSTON CLUB, 143 Hargood St:
Saturday 7pm - Chur Bro. Coming up in April -
Vague As Brothers.
WUNDERBAR LYTTELTON, 19 London
St, Lyttelton: Friday 8.30pm - End To Avarice
with support Sins of Eve & Outcomes, $10 entry.
Saturday 8pm - 3kg, Koha entry ($5). Tuesday
8pm - Open Mic. Wednesday 8pm - Jam Night.
SENIOR'S GOLD CARD
SPECIALS!
From $23.50
Wed St 17
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Day DINNER
BUFFET
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BOOK NOW!
Bookings Essential
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WHAT’S ON AT THE RICHMOND CLUB
LIVE RUGBY
SATURDAY
7.05PM
CRUSADERS
v
CHIEFS
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SUNDAY 3PM
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Christchurch 8013
P: 03 389 5778
theborough.nz
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STOREWIDE SAVINGS + HEAPS OF SUPER DEALS!!
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Offers and product prices advertised here expire 29/03/21.
Sale excludes Manchester and Accessories.

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