Bay Harbour: April 28, 2021

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021 

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Parade to remember fallen 

We shall remember them. These words echoed across the Bay Harbour News area as hundreds of people joined in 

on Anzac Day commemoration services on Sunday. They came together to remember those who gave their lives in 

service to New Zealand and to also reflect on the brave work of those who still serve today. The well-attended service 

in Lyttelton (above) featured a parade of bagpipe players marching along London St. More than 800 people attended 

the dawn service in Heathcote Valley. About 500 people then paraded to the Valley Inn Tavern where keen cooks 

had been up since 4.30am preparing breakfast. Members of the Sumner Lifeboat and surf life saving clubs took part 

in the services in Sumner. After Covid-19 meant last year’s services usual gatherings could not take place, the large 

turn-outs this year showed the power of community spirit. • More photos, pages 4 & 5 

Train speeds 

to remain 

at 40km/h 

through 

Heathcote 

• By Samantha Mythen 

HEATHCOTE residents have 

successfully campaigned for train 

speed limits through their valley 

to remain the same. 

A KiwiRail spokesperson told 

Bay Harbour News the company 

would be keeping the speed limit 

for trains travelling through 

Heathcote at 40km/h. 

Said Heathcote Valley Community 

Association chairman 

Lewis Low: “This was the correct 

decision and the right thing to do. 

Everyone is really happy about this 

decision.” 

It was decided after KiwiRail 

representatives Steve Pye and John 

Gousmett met with the community 

on March 15 to discuss a 

proposed change of increasing the 

speeds to 50km/h. 

More than 60 people turned up 

the meeting to share their 

perspective on the issue. 

Gousmett explained to the 

group the increased speed would 

actually reduce the amount of 

noise as trains would no longer 

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Wednesday, 10am-12pm 

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Storm hits Sumner businesses 


A PIZZERIA and a florist were 

flooded after Saturday’s heavy 

rain saw an overflow of water on 

the streets of Sumner. 

Fire & Slice manager Pal Singh 

said as the water rose on the 

streets outside the pizzeria on 

Wakefield Ave, it also flowed 

over the curb 

and in through 

the front door. 

The water 

covered the 

entire floor of 

the building, 

Pal Singh 

including the 

dining area, 

kitchen, pantry and stock chiller, 

flowing all the way to the back 

door. 

It took seven hours to clean 

up the water and sanitise the 

restaurant once the flooding had 

stopped. 

Singh said the flooding was 

disappointing as just two weeks 

prior the road works through 

Sumner Village had been completed. 

Said Singh: “The building 

had flooded in 2019 and after 

the roadworks had finished we 

thought this problem should be 

fixed.” 

A previous business in the 

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The floor of Harakeke florist 

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also flooded. 

The Sumner Volunteer Fire 

Brigade was called out at 9pm 

to the village to provide help to 

those affected by the flooding. 

Deputy Chief Fire Officer, 

Darren Wright, said city council 

contractors also worked alongside 

the fire brigade, digging 

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Fatality avoided 

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Airbags prevented what 

could have been a fatal 

injury after a car crashed 

into a power pole on 

Scarborough Hill on 

Saturday morning. The 

power pole was knocked 

across the road. Orion came 

and fixed the pole later that 

morning. 

The Sumner Volunteer Fire 

Brigade was called out to 

attend the scene at 12.15am. 

Vibrations of trains 

concerning 

•From page 1 

He also said the trains were 

currently burning more diesel 

and this was counter-productive 

to KiwiRail’s commitment to be 

carbon neutral by 2050. 

However, residents explained 

their main concerns were about 

the vibration caused by the trains, 

not the speed. The faster a train 

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NEWS 7 

KINDNESS: Webb spends hours creating unique murals in the sand; his 

purpose - just to make people smile. 

ANZAC DAY: Webb created this mural on Sunday to commemorate our 

service people. 

Sand mandalas at Sumner celebrate life 


SUMNER BEACH is being used 

as a unique canvas. 

Artist Wayne Webb has been 

creating sand mandalas on the 

beach, which has been attracting 

a lot of interest. 

On Anzac Day, people walking 

along the promenade could see 

a sand memorial for service 

people. 

Webb has made Sumner his 

canvas before. 

He has created sand sunflowers 

and has shared inspiring 

quotes, such as “Love life, you 

only get 1,” and “Aspire to inspire 

everyone.” 

Webb’s why behind his artwork 

is simple. 

“It makes people smile,” he 

said. “It costs nothing to be 

kind.” 

Making the artwork also helps 

him to unwind and feel relaxed. 

“I feel freedom and I can be 

spontaneous. I get to go down 

to the beach and just see what 

happens.” 

Webb started the sand 

creations about a year ago 

after he had noticed another 

man creating sand art in New 

Brighton. 

As a long time supporter of 

mental health organisation Hey 

Bro - The Kiwi Brotherhood, 

Webb approached the man and 

asked if he would create a sand 

mural for the group. 

Webb said the man gave him 

the confidence to try sand art out 

himself, seeing it was possible 

through helping out with the 

Hey Bro mural. 

He has now lost count of how 

many sand murals he has made. 

Webb often works at Sumner, 

but he has also created art at 

New Brighton, Taylors Mistake, 

Akaroa and Okains Bay. 

His favourite art work is in 

MEMORIAL ART: 

Webb’s favourite 

creation he’s 

made so far - a 

memorial in 

Okains Bay. 

Okains Bay. It was a memorial 

art work and featured a love 

heart and a large eagle soaring 

across the shore. He was approached 

to do the art work by a 

woman whose father had died. 

Said Webb: “The ocean always 

takes the art work back, it’s like a 

cleansing.” 

LOVE LIFE: Webb share’s 

snippets of wisdom 

through his creative sand 

work. 

Webb is currently working 

towards a career in mental 

health. 

“The guys at Hey Bro helped 

me save my life. I was depressed 

and suicidal,” he said. “Suicide 

prevention is what I’m chasing.” 

Although the sand art takes 

several hours to create, Webb 

said if it makes just one person 

smile, the effort is worth that 

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Lower speed 

limits likely for 

Humphreys Drive 


THE SPEED limit along 

Humphreys Drive in Ferrymead 

could be reduced from 70km/h to 

60km/h. 

Linwood-Central-Heathcote 

Community Board member 

Darrell Latham said the city 

council met with the board last 

week and informed them of the 

potential speed reduction pending 

public consultation. 

The city council told Bay 

Harbour News the public will 

be consulted on any proposed 

changes to the speed limit next 

month. 

Latham has concerns about a 

potential speed reduction. 

“This route for many commuters 

is an alternative and faster route 

to town and other points. With 

the redevelopment of the Central 

Woolston area and the new speed 

limit reductions along Ferry 

Rd the alternative route along 

Humphreys Drive provided a 

quicker option.” 

Latham believes it is vitally 

important the public are consulted 

about the proposed speed as 

this will guide the city council’s 

decision. 

He has suggested drop-in 

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process. 

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LOGGING OF Moepuku 

Peninsula, between Governors 

Bay and Charteris Bay, is 

a permitted activity under 

national forestry standards. 

THis is what Environment 

Canterbury has told concerned 

Banks Peninsula residents 

in response to their letters of 

concern and legal opinion sent 

to the organisation in March. 

The Charteris Bay Residents’ 

Association, Diamond Harbour 

Community Association, 

Govenors Bay Residents’ Association, 

and Church Bay Neighbourhood 

Association have all 

written to ECan on this issue. 

ECan holds the logging is a 

permitted activity both under 

the National 

Environmental 

Standards for 

Plantation 

Forestry 

Regulations 

and the less 

restrictive Land 

and Water 

Regional Plan. 

Although, the residents’ 

lawyer, Hans der Wal, held in his 

opinion that the logging should 

not commence prior to resource 

consents being obtained, ECan 

zone delivery lead Gillian 

Jenkins said: “We have assessed 

our rules and consider that this 


Moepuku logging permitted – ECan 

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ENGAGEMENT: ECan has advised it will meet with 

community members to discuss their concerns on the 

logging of Moepuku Peninsula. 

activity is a permitted activity 

under the NES-PF and therefore 

does not require a resource 

consent.” 

ECan general counsel 

Catherine Schache said the 

organisation will be ensuring the 

regulations are complied with. 

However, Charteris Bay 

Residents’ Association chairman 

Mike Pearson said: “ECan 

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be fine and they will just keep 

monitoring the situation.” 

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“Yet, they are completely 

ignoring our legal opinion.” 

Pearson is meeting with the 

other southern bays’ residents 

associations in the coming week 

to figure out their next plan. 

Green Party MP Eugenie Sage 

has also spoken out in support 

of Banks Peninsula residents’ 

concerns about the upcoming 

logging of Moepuku Peninsula. 

In a letter sent to chairwoman 

Jenny Hughey, Sage asked for 

ECan’s active engagement to 

ensure the potential negative 

effects of the logging are 

avoided. 

She believes logging on that 

scale could have huge negative 

impacts on the harbour due to 

the sedimentation that could 

enter the waters. The block falls 

under the high soil erosion zone 

within ECan’s land and water 

regional plan. 

Rather than taking a 

monitoring approach to the 

logging, Sage believes ECan 

need to be proactive and ensure 

there are proper controls on the 

logging. 

“ECan has a responsibility 

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quality,” Sage said. 

ECan responded to her letter, 

advising a meeting about the 

logging would be held with 

community members. 

Said Sage: “ECan needs to 

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JOE’S GARAGE has raised $573 

for the Sumner Volunteer Fire 

Brigade on Anzac Day. 

They donated $2 from every 

coffee sold. 

The cafe in Sumner have been 

running this fundraiser for the 

past four years. 

They usually pick a random 

day during the year to hold the 

fundraiser but they decided on 

ANZAC day this year as it was 

fitting with people in service. 

Callum Brownlee has owned 

and operated Joe’s Garage for 

five years. He said the low-key 

fundraiser was inspired by the 

volunteer fire brigade’s service 

to the community. 

“The fire brigade are not just 

our customers but they look 

after our community,” Brownlee 

said. 

“This is our no thrills way to 

say thanks.” 

Previously, they have only 

donated $1 from each coffee 

sold, but Brownlee said, with the 

increase in coffee prices along 

with everything else, they hoped 

the $2 donated would have a 

greater impact. 

As well as the coffee donations, 

they also replaced their tip 

jar with a donation jar. 

In 2020, they raised $437 for 


Fundraiser nets $573 for brigade 

FUNDRAISER: Members of the Sumner Volunteer Fire 

Brigade enjoy a coffee on Anzac. (From left) – Mark Dooley, 

Kevin Rowlands, Craig Henderson and Sean Yeates. 

the brigade. 

“This year the fundraiser 

is doubly important as the 

volunteer fire brigade are in a 

temporary station and although, 

most of the new build is covered 

by Fire and Emergency New 

Zealand, there are a lot of extras 

which are unfunded.” 

Organisation to benefit from fun run 


MORE THAN $5300 was raised 

on Saturday during the Artists 

against Slavery fun run event in 

Diamond Harbour. 

A total of 341km was walked 

and ran by more than 60 participants 

aged from two to 76 years 

old. 

Members of the Diamond 

Harbour Volunteer Fire Brigade 

ran laps in full firefighting gear. 

Two members ran 18 laps under 

the heat of the noon sun. 

The money will be donated 

to Hagar International, 

which helps rescue and 

rehabilitate trafficked people in 

Afghanistan, Cambodia and 

Vietnam. 


NEWS 11 

Pupils bring port 

narratives to life 


OUR STORIES, a community 

project involving pupils from 

Lyttelton Primary School, has 

joined with a mapping app 

bringing people’s narratives to 

life. 

The project is now available 

as a layer on the city council’s 

SmartView website app, which 

displays real time information 

about Christchurch. 

Year 7 and 8 pupils in Lyttelton 

have been interviewing people 

about their experiences and 

memories of growing up in the 

port. 

These stories are then curated 

by project director Kris Herbert, 

and shared on the Our Stories 

app, linking the tales to specific 

areas in the community. 

Herbert started the project in 

2018 and at the beginning of this 

year, approached the school to 

ask if they would be interested in 

helping. 

Teacher Rachel Cummins said 

the project sat well within their 

curriculum which focuses on 

“our place.” 

When Herbert has an interview 

subject, she emails Cummins, 

who then picks out the 

interviewing pupils from a hat. 

Those chosen then go through 

the questions they will ask and 

plan out their interview. 

Said Cummins: “They always 

come back after the interview 

buzzing with stories.” 

Cummins explained the pupils 

are always fascinated by the 

stories they hear. 

One particular story that stood 

out was told by a man from 

Rapaki. 

He informed the pupils about 

the rivalry between Lyttelton 

West and Lyttelton Primary. 

When he was growing up, brawls 

were often organised. 

This pre-meditated violence 

shocked the pupils. 

Cummins said the pupils involvement 

with the project helps 

them to connect to the Lyttelton 

community. 

Herbert explained the collaboration 

with Smartview is 

helping to expand the reach of 

the project. 

“As Our Stories project expands, 

we hope to fill the whole 

city with beautiful memories of 

places.” 

Our Stories is currently 

seeking funding to expand 

into more communities. Other 

schools are welcome to contact 

Herbert to find out more 

information on how they can get 

involved with the project. 

Our Representation 

Review is underway 

We’re proposing some tweaks to your 

ward boundaries and creating a Spreydon- 

Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board. 

We’re also thinking about how we define Banks 

Peninsula – a big ward full of unique communities, 

all of them represented by one community board 

and one councillor. 

Is this the right approach? 

Or should Banks Peninsula be combined 

with other areas of the city? 

Read more and have your say at: 

ccc.govt.nz/repreview 

Christine Maynard’s roots are in the deep South, gateway to 

Fiordland, the dramatic beauty undoubtedly having an influence on 

her. Self taught, she has taken her creativity to painting semi abstract 

landscapes. Layering paint and working into the paint with various 

tools allows suggestion of strata, erosion, flora and fauna. 

Maynard says of her work “The paintings aim to reveal the essential 

nature – or soul – of the landscape. There are many hidden layers 

beneath the surface. These are depicted by multiple layers of texture 

and colour, often revealed by scraping back the top surfaces. 

Each painting shows that the landscape is inherently transient. There 

may be solid rock in one area of the painting transformed to shifting 

sand in another area. Or there may be a snow-capped mountain in 

one area transformed to a flowing river in the other. 

The paintings show this evolution in a “deconstructed” way. All 

the elements of the landscape exist together in a “patchwork” of 

mountain, glacier, river, field and sky. The paintings are another way 

of seeing the natural environment, but with a familiarity that appeals 

to our emotions . . . hidden essence . . . “ 

Hidden Essence is Maynard’s second solo show at Little River Gallery, 

her first was very successful and served to propel her well into the art 

world, her paintings have come to rest in art collections throughout 

New Zealand and beyond. 

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12 Bay Harbour News Wednesday April 28 2021 

ESTUARY MATTERS 

Bid to turn Mugford Drain waste area into habitat 

The Avon-Heathcote Estuary 

Ihutai Trust is a non-profit 

organisation formed to protect 

one of New Zealand’s most 

important coastal wetlands. 

Each week, board members 

will discuss matters regarding 

the estuary, its rich history and what makes it 

unique. This week Tanya Jenkins writes about 

Mugford Drain’s industrial legacy 

IF YOU are driving along Anzac 

Drive between the Bridge St 

roundabout and Pages Rd, you 

may notice some work being 

done on the city side of the road 

and in front of the new Bexley 

dog park. 

A small drain parallel to the 

main road is called Mugford 

Drain. Trevor and Shirley Mugford 

lived there for many years 

after Shirley’s parents ran a dairy 

farm running between Bexley Rd 

(now Anzac Drive) and Breezes 

Rd. 

When most of the 40ha farm 

was taken in 1964 for landfill, 

the family was able to retain a 

piece of land near Bexley Rd for 

housing. 

When European settlers first 

came to this part of Christchurch 

they described it in 1856 as being 

mostly swamp, with flax, toe toe 

grass and rushes. 

Eels, whitebait, frogs and more 

than 100 species of birds were 

noted. 

The soil and water in this area 

are quite salty and ideal for recreating 

this coastal marshland. 

In preparing the area for 

planting in 2019, estuary trust 

volunteers supervised and 

guided by city council park 

ranger Jason Roberts have 

uncovered a legacy of the area’s 

industrial past. 

Leather off-cuts, in surprisingly 

good condition from a footwear 

maker, had been dumped 

there. 

The origin is not clear, but a 

likely candidate is the Arctic 

Shoe Company. This was a 

boot-making business that operated 

from 1926 to 1939. 

Skins were bought from the 

LEGACY: The Mugford Drain in Bexley, which is currently a focus for the Avon-Heathcote 

Estuary Ihutai Trust as part of its restoration projects. 

Bowron Tanneries in Woolston 

and made into sheepskin boots 

for sale all over New Zealand. 

Haeata Community Campus 

students enjoyed the opportunity 

to help us design and create a 

“lizard island” last year which is 

already occupied. 

Having completed the 

landscape layout and mulching 

to prepare the soil the land is 

now ready for some serious 

planting, mulching and weeding 

tasks. 

The Estuary Trust will be hosting 

several, three-hour Saturday 

morning working sessions. 

We invite you to contact the 

trust on info@estuary.org.nz 

to be listed on the “Mugford 

restoration team” mail-out list to 

receive dates and times of these 

restoration days. 

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back to an ecological standard 

where birds, lizards, plants and 

insects can thrive again. 

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NEWS 


PRODUCTIONS: The Matuku Community Theatre on stage. Right – Sarah Mankelow, Sandy Wilson and Jesse Hobbs performing in the Sumner Carnivale. 

It’s showtime in Sumner – do 

you want to be part of it? 

AFTER COVID-19 forced 

Sumner’s community theatre 

group to take a break from the 

stage last year, it is getting ready 

for its first show of the year. 

Now known as Matuku 

Community Theatre, the 

Sumner Theatre Group changed 

its name to reflect its new 

structure and new home in 

the Matuku Takotako Sumner 

centre. 

THe group will be holding 

auditions at 7.30pm on May 2 

in the centre’s Puro-nuku 

Hall. 

Group president Sarah 

Mankelow said sign-up night 

is a place to learn more about 

the group, and to show your 

moves. 

“We took a break from the 

stage last year due to Covid so 

we are raring to return. It takes 

a whole community to put 

on a show, so there is always 

room for your contribution, on 

stage or off, helping out with 

make-up, wardrobe or staging,” 

Mankelow said. 

“If you think you’ve got what it 

Allan Brown, Karen Hallswort and Jesse Johnson in the production of Love on the 

Caribbean Queen. 

takes, we’d love to meet you.” 

THe audition night will include 

a movement session, readings 

and singing auditions for those 

who want to be considered for a 

lead singing role. 

THe group’s first of the year will 

be a variety-style show called 

Sing - Dance, Laugh - Love, Surf - 

Dream and will be performed on 

August 13. 

THe group has been going for 

more than 50 years in the heart 

of this beach-side community, 

putting on an annual cabaret 

show to raise funds for local 

community groups. But historic 

records reveal that Sumner has 

been home to local dramatics for 

nearly 100 years. 

THat long history is also being 

celebrated this year with an 

exhibition of photos, stories 

and costumes in the foyer of the 

Centre. 

THe exhibition will be opened 

by Heathcote Ward city 

councillor Sara Templeton at 

7pm on the same night. 

Said Mankelow: “By joining 

our group you are becoming 

Part of a legacy of community 

theatre in Sumner. We are so 

excited to pull back the curtain 

on our history and present this 

to you.” 

THe Matuku Community 

Theatre prides itself on being 

a close-knit group, open to all 

talent, as reflected in the eclectic 

style of cabaret it puts on each 

year. It will be performing eight 

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NEWS 15 

High standard in heritage awards 

FINALISTS FOR the biennial 

Canterbury Heritage Awards 

have been whittled down after 

the quality of the contenders 

prompted protracted debate for 

the judging panel. 

After weighing up more 

than 60 entries the four-strong 

panel has selected 30 finalists to 

progress. 

“The judging this year was 

extremely 

difficult. The 

standard of 

entries was 

higher than 

ever before 

and the 

variety, too, 

was indicative 

Anna 

Crighton 

of just how 

heritage is so 

important 

to so many people in so many 

ways,” said Christchurch 

Heritage Awards Charitable 

Trust chairwoman Dame Anna 

Crighton. 

“Now that almost half of 

our built heritage has been 

demolished, appreciation of 

what remains is evident. The 

jurors agreed, without exception, 

that every entry was worthy in 

contributing to the character 

and streetscapes of our city and 

province.” 

Entries for the six categories 

encompassed a wide variety of 

projects from walking tours and 

domestic dwellings to mansions, 

cottages and bridges. 

“The entries afford the 

opportunity to recognise 

heritage in all its forms and 

to tell the stories that are so 

important to us as a community 

and a culture,” Crighton said. 

Category winners and the 

supreme overall winner will 

be announced at the awards 

ceremony at Christ’s College on 

June 11. 

The judging panel comprises 

Heritage New Zealand chief 

executive Andrew Coleman, 

urban and regional planner 

Ivan Thomson, Clare Kelly – 

an architect specialising in 

heritage conservation plus 

structural and civil engineer 

Andrew Marriott. 

Islay Cottage, Lyttelton. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

•Canterbury 

Heritage Awards 2021 

finalists: 

Domestic Saved 

and Restored: Islay 

Cottage (Tony and 

Brenda Good) Montrose 

Station Homestead 

(Wilson & Hill Architects), 

The Britten Stables (The 

Britten Stables Ltd), 

The Vicarage, Geraldine 

(Michael and Brigitte 

Barker), Thornton Earl 

Manor (AO Architecture 

Ltd). 

Public Realm Saved 

and Restored: Balmoral 

Fire Lookout (Hawarden 

Waikari Lions Club), cnr 

Kilmore and Barbadoes Sts 

(Tim and Anna Chesney), 

Clockwise – The Riverside mural, Nurses’ Memorial Chapel, Christchurch Hospital, and Memorial Bridge, Christchurch 

Airport. 

Majestic on Durham 

(Sheppard & Rout), The 

Pumphouse (Paddy and 

Jackie Snowdon), Rose 

Chapel (city council), 

School of Art, The Arts 

Centre (The Arts Centre), 

The Nurses’ Memorial 

Chapel (city council). 

Outstanding 

Contribution to Heritage: 

Head of the Harbour 

book (Governors Bay 

Heritage Trust), Te Whare 

Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard 

House (Heritage New 

Zealand Pouhere Taonga), 

Ng King Chinese Market 

Garden Settlement (Ng 

King descendants and 

Ashburton District 

Council), Structural 

Performance book 

(Dmytro Dizhur). 

Seismic: Christchurch 

Town Hall (Warren and 

Mahoney), Muse Art Hotel, 

Rakaia Gorge No 1 Bridge 

(WSP & Downer), Sacred 

Heart Basilica, Timaru 

(WSP NZ Ltd), St Peter’s 

Church, Upper Riccarton 

(Church Property Trustees), 

The Public Trust Office 

Building. 

Heritage Tourism: Amiki 

Tours Urban Exploring 

(Amiki NZ Ltd), Awaroa/ 

Godley Head Coastal 

Defence Site (Department 

of Conservation). 

Riverside Market Mural 

(Riverside Ltd), Waka on 

Avon (Ko Tane). 

Future Heritage: 

Aldersgate Centre (Wilkie 

+ Bruce), Memorial Bridge 

(Warren and Mahoney), 

St Bede’s College Chapel 

(Wilkie + Bruce Architects), 

Tūranga Christchurch 

Central Library Architectus).


16 

NEWS 

Volunteering to look 

after his club’s cricket 

pitch led to Mark 

Shaw venturing onto 

runways at some of the 

world’s busiest airports. 

Chris Barclay discovers 

the Lincoln-based turf 

expert certainly doesn’t 

have a job that is like 

watching grass grow 

You’re the Turf Business 

manager at PGG Wrightson 

Turf. How did you get involved 

with this growth industry? 

My father and four of his 

brothers worked at Pyne Gould 

and Guinness in the seeds 

business. I came straight from 

school and worked there for two 

years before I went to Australia 

for 18 months and cleaned 

windows on high-rises. I came 

back for a job at Mt Hutt, my 

goal was to travel around the 

world skiing but I fell off my 

skateboard on the Port Hills, cut 

my hand, missed the (ski) season 

and went back to PGG. I’ve never 

left. I head up the turf business 

for Oceania. That’s golf courses, 

sports fields, council’s amenity 

spaces. In a nutshell, anywhere 

they mow grass. 

How did you end up focusing 

on the turf aspect of the 

business? 

Sport. I didn’t really have an 

affiliation with farming. I was 

looking after a cricket wicket for 

the Addington Cricket Club. We 

moved into the senior A comp 

and we basically had to rebuild 

our pitch. Someone had to look 

after the wicket and the practice 

pitch. The previous turf manager 

(at PGGW) was actually the head 

groundsman at (Hamilton’s) 

Seddon Park, Ian McKendry. He 

helped me out. Macca cut his 

teeth at Lancaster Park under 

Russell Wyllie back in the day. 

When Ian came into the business 

as a turf agronomist and started 

the evaluation process you can 

see out here now … that’s what 

sparked my interest. 

How do you become an 

authority on turf? 

It’s an apprenticeship scheme, 

similar to any trade. A three-year 

on job with a number of block 

courses you go through, as a 

builder would do. I completed 

my level 3 qualification while I 

was working at Barrington 

Park. 

At first glance this looks like 

a pretty laid back place to work. 

There’s a mini rugby field with 

posts and bucket seats from 

Lancaster Park, a putting green 

with a bunker full of golf balls. 

They’re there for demonstration 

purposes. This is the plant 

breeding and research centre. It 

covers grain, through to forage, 

through to brassicas, through 

to turf. In New Zealand there’s 


Turf expert takes the green grass of home 

WELL GROUNDED: Turf expert Mark Shaw gets down to earth with a grid pattern of 

grasses at PGG Wrightson research centre in Lincoln. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

no genetic modification done 

in plant breeding so it’s a long 

process. It takes up to 10 years 

and about a million dollars to 

bring a cultivar to market. In any 

one year we’ll probably throw 

out a thousand candivars. 

No disrespect to leafy 

Barrington Park and its 

playground, but you get to go to 

a higher class of sporting venue 

these days don’t you? 

We’re very lucky that we get to 

visit some pretty amazing places 

on a daily basis. Eden Park to 

Kauri Cliffs to Forsyth Barr 

Stadium to Jack’s Point 

Golf club. You kind of take it 

granted. 

EXPORT 

QUALITY: Grass 

developed 

in Lincoln 

has been 

sown at the 

headquarters 

of Argentine 

football giant 

Boca Juniors in 

Buenos Aires. 

And even further afield? 

I’ve been to Thomond Park 

in Limerick and been reminded 

Munster beat the All Blacks (in 

1978). Ascot (home of racing’s 

Gold Cup) utilise our grass. 

I’ve also been to a number of 

stadiums in South America in 

recent years. Boca Juniors (La 

Bombonera) and River Plate 

(Estadio Monumental) and the 

San Isidro rugby club where the 

All Blacks train (in Argentina’s 

capital Buenos Aires), they all 

use our grass seed. A number 

of years ago on a trip back from 

Europe I visited The Royal Golf 

Club in Bahrain. Now we analyse 

their soil tests and provide them 

with a fertiliser and agrichemical 

programme. 

Golf is another major driver 

for the international market 

isn’t it? 

It certainly is, if you go any 

of the top clubs in the UK, they 

will be using our (cultivars of) 

browntops on their greens. 

Our plant breeders do a lot of 

work drawing material out of 

older New Zealand golf courses 

that are managed with very 

low level inputs. These grasses 

basically evolve by themselves. 

We put them through a breeding 

process that can take 10 years 

before trialing them in the UK. 

We export between 60 and 

100 tonnes of browntop to that 

market every year. 

So what you’re saying is 

a sample taken from the 

nine-hole up the road at 

Lincoln could eventually undo 

the favourite at The Open 

Championship? 

Yes. Very, very easily. Our 

latest browntop is named 

after Sir Bob Charles. The 

genetics of that cultivar come 

from Balmacewen, Fairlie and 

Methven golf clubs. 

This sounds ridiculous, but 

explain the distinction between 

the 18th green at Royal Troon 

and a rugby field? 

There’s different growth habits. 

Forsyth Barr (in Dunedin) is 

a ryegrass, a bunch type plant 

that grows very actively in 

cooler conditions. As a species it 

requires high levels of nitrogen 

to keep the plant stimulated and 

growing actively. Browntop is a 

low nutrient requirement plant, 

it doesn’t require a lot of nitrogen 

to keep it healthy. Browntops can 

tolerate mowing heights down 

to 2-½ to 3mm. If you mow a 

ryegrass down to 2-½ to 3mm 

you will lose ground cover pretty 

quickly. Your stadium turf … 

that’s predominately a turf-type 

perennial that’s tighter and finer 

in the leaf than a forage type 

that’s grazed by cows. 

Heading back abroad, 

the company established a 

foothold in Uruguay about 15 

years ago and it’s not all about 

grass is it? 

When I first went over there 

they were marking soccer fields 

with a paint roller and 20 litre 

buckets of house paint. It was 

taking them three hours and 

you could imagine the quality of 

it. There were drips of paint all 

over the ground, footprints going 

through it. We took a battery 

powered machine over there and 

showed them how to mark a field 

in 20 minutes with a paint that’s 

safe for use on turf. 


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Covid-19 has put trips to 

South America on hold, but 

you’re keen to get back there 

aren’t you? 

I have an affiliation with that 

market,when I first started going 

there it was very much like going 

back to turf management 30-40 

years ago in New Zealand. To be 

able to introduce something just 

as simple as a line marker and see 

how the market accepts that 

. . . each time I go they want 

more knowledge. 

Racking up air miles had 

been part and parcel of your 

role since a grass to deter birds 

fluttering onto flight paths was 

developed wasn’t it? 

Avanex grass seed has 

endophytes that can produce 

high levels of alkaloids. The 

alkaloids create an illness for 

the grazing animal. It’s no 

different from having a big night 

on gin, and never drinking gin 

again. You learn ‘that’s bad food, 

that makes me sick.’ Birds are 

pretty quick learners. The idea was 

to plant it in an airfield to create a 

safer environment for aircraft to 

land. 

The Miracle on the Hudson 

in 2009 – which spawned the 

movie Sully starring Tom 

Hanks – saw interest in Avanex 

take off didn’t it? 

Canada geese going through 

the engines of that flight brought 

the multi-billion dollar (bird 

control) industry to light. I 

travelled to a number of bird 

strike conferences around the 

world – not a great thing to do 

when all you’re seeing is horrific 

photos of bird damage on 

planes. I’ve met wildlife officers 

at La Guardia (where the Sully 

flight originated), JFK and San 

Francisco International. You’re 

right beside the planes when 

they’re taking off and landing. It’s 

a pretty weird feeling. 

Back to rugby. Loathe as 

we are to give Dunedin any 

credit, Forsyth Barr Stadium 

looks an absolute picture 

doesn’t it? 

It’s the first permanent roofed 

stadium with a living turf surface 

in the world, and it’s a success 

story. The scrums are stable, 

you’ll never see a divot on that 

ground. They plant the real grass 

in a sand profile and then stitch 

artificial fibres into that to give 

stability. The roots of the ryegrass 

lock around the fibres creating a 

very stable surface. 

The Christchurch Multi- 

Use Arena is on the drawing 

board, how should the turf be 

incorporated to that enclosed 

venue? 



to the world’s stadium’s and airports 

A number of companies 

have looked at robotic 

removable turf systems, 

similar to what’s used at 

(English football club) 

Tottenham Hotspur. You can 

push a button there and within 

six hours that turf goes into a 

racking system like a vertical car 

park. Then you have a grey floor 

you could put an ice skating rink 

on. 

BIRD STRIKE: The downing of US Airways Flight 1549 

in New York’s Hudson River in 2009 benefited a turf 

innovation developed in Lincoln. 

GROWTH 

INDUSTRY: 

Mark Shaw in 

the seedling 

growth room, 

part of a 

process that 

can take a 

decade before 

a sample is 

marketed. 

PHOTO: GEOFF 

SLOAN 

This sounds pricey and 

unrealistic for a 30,000-capacity 

(max) stadium? 

There would be a massive cost 

with a robotic turf system, and 

the turf is always the last thing 

they’ll think about. If it was me 

you’d build your stadium so the 

turf system could be pushed out 

into the car park and rotated to 

follow the apex of the sun. That 

way every bit of the ground gets 

the same amount of sunlight 

on it throughout the day. I don’t 

believe we have got enough land 

on the site for that. 

You’re a one-eyed Cantabrian 

but is the grass really greener 

outside the four avenues or New 

Zealand as a whole? 

I might be a bit biased but I 

believe our stadium managers 

do a better job than anywhere in 

the world. I challenge anybody 

to find a better looking ground 

than Eden Park or FMG Stadium 

(Hamilton), that’s just an 

immaculate ground. You go to 

Forsyth Barr and you look at 

the turf quality any day of the 

week, it looks amazing. I know 

they may have more matches 

on grounds in Australia but the 

turf just doesn’t have that same 

x-factor. Marvel in Melbourne 

(the retractable roof stadium in 

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Docklands) is probably one of the 

worst grounds in the world for 

getting actual sunlight onto the 

ground. I believe they have the 

most grow lights of any stadium 

in the world. They joke when they 

turn them on Melbourne’s CBD 

does a bit of a flicker because of 

the draw on the power. 

Winter is coming. You’re not 

a fan of artificial grass in the 

backyard but is there a place for 

it on Canterbury’s frost-bitten 

sporting landscape? 

I believe every school in New 

Zealand should have an artificial 

field that is World Rugby and 

FIFA approved. They could then 

lease that ground at night to local 

clubs for training and then both 

the club and school main fields 

are in much better condition for 

the players on a Saturday. 

Condition-wise, how does 

your lawn rate? Surely it 

resembles a carpet? 

We have a bit of a competition 

across the New Zealand (PGGW) 

team. I present the award so I’m 

not allowed to give it to myself. 

I’m actually doing a bit of work 

on my lawn at the moment. Mine 

is pure fine-fescue, it’ll be the 

same as the grass that you’ll see at 

(Queenstown’s) Jack’s Point Golf 

Course on their fairways. Pure 

fine-fescue is the finest leafed grass 

you can get. It is the lowest nutrient 

requirement grass and probably 

the slowest growing out of all the 

lawn options you have. The beauty 

of it is you can spray one chemical 

over it and selectively removes any 

other species of grass. It’s very easy 

to keep it pure but if you’ve got kids 

and dogs, you’ll probably want a 

perennial ryegrass that can handle 

the wear. 

When you’re at a mate’s 

place for a barbecue, do you 

automatically judge the lawn 

ahead of the chops? 

I do, and I can guarantee in the 

spring or the autumn a mate, or 

a mate of a mate, or someone at 

work will say ‘I’ve got a problem 

with the lawn, what do I do 

about this? And then you end 

up getting dragged into a whole 

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9. It could have led Pa to be on his bike 

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Auction: 12pm, Thu 20 May 2021 (unless sold prior) 

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Listing: 5514990 Open Homes: Sat/Sun 1-1.45pm 

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Light and bright with wooden, bi-folding 

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The hidden, private garden at the rear 

of the section has an old red shed, covered 

with purple wisteria, blue clematis and a 

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delightful garden, sheltered and sunny, a true 

microclimate with lots of lawn for children to 

play. 

Midway down the garden, you will also 

discover a studio with ensuite, perfect for a 

teenager, extended family, or simply to work 

from home. 

A much admired street, the current owner 

having lived here for 17 years, enjoys the views 

of the red cliffs in the morning and the sound 

of the sea in the evening. It is an easy stroll to 

the Estuary, the new Redcliffs School, coastal 

pathway and all the amenities of the Redcliffs 

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See you at the open homes or for a private 

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Entertainment Unit NOW $ 599 

Coffee Table NOW $ 499 

Ramsey Single/Single Bunk 

WAS $ 

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NOW 

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Includes underbunk 

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Kate Sofabed 

WAS $ 

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$ 

399 

Atlantic 3 Piece 

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WAS $ 

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