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Daniels, who was not a the<br />
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• By Bea Gooding<br />
COASTAL WARD city councillor James Daniels is<br />
trying to find out what went wrong with the Anzac Day<br />
commemorations in New Brighton.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re has been criticism over the way the city council<br />
organised the day, which involved perspex remaining<br />
around the cenotaph, public toilet closures, a flag that<br />
was not replaced, and no clarity on a traffic management<br />
plan.<br />
James Daniels<br />
Lynch’s Facebook page.<br />
On the page, New Brighton<br />
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Pets rescued from fire<br />
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HELPING HANDS: Sophie a staffy cross is rescued from a house fire in<br />
Kaiapoi last week. Right – Homeowner Denise with lucky kitten Tabitha.<br />
PHOTOS: GEORGE HEARD & GEOFF SLOAN <br />
• By Chris Barclay<br />
A GRATEFUL pet lover has detailed the<br />
desperate efforts to revive her animals<br />
after they were trapped in a house fire that<br />
claimed a cat, kitten and budgie.<br />
Although distraught to lose Clover, one<br />
of her first litter Chungus and Buddy –<br />
from smoke inhalation in his cage – the<br />
mother of two revealed the collateral<br />
damage could have been much greater<br />
when an accidental fire spread from the<br />
kitchen of a Kaiapoi house last week.<br />
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about a traffic management plan on Marine Pde, and<br />
the cenotaph was still covered in the anti-graffiti plastic<br />
on Anzac Day itself, he said.<br />
He also said the fraying New Zealand flag was not<br />
replaced, which was the city council’s responsibility.<br />
However, Daniels said the flag was recently replaced<br />
in time for the Coas to Coast earlier this year and that<br />
if the perspex was removed any earlier, the cenotaph<br />
would ge tagged.<br />
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A MAN living near the<br />
community housing complex<br />
where ex-Mongrel Mob member<br />
Kenneth Daniel Hawkins<br />
was allegedly murdered at the<br />
weekend says he has been begging<br />
authorities to address anti-social<br />
activity in the area for years<br />
saying it was only a matter of time<br />
until someone was killed.<br />
He is now furious that his cry<br />
for help was ignored and says he<br />
is considering ditching his private<br />
tenancy to live in his car, which he<br />
feels would be safer.<br />
He has no issue with people<br />
who live in social housing but says<br />
they are being “dumped” in units<br />
with no support for issues including<br />
drug addiction and serious<br />
mental health problems.<br />
<strong>The</strong> man lives in Sydenham<br />
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agencies.<br />
He said he had been complaining<br />
for years but felt no one was<br />
taking him seriously.<br />
On March 31, at his wits’ end<br />
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• By Matt Slaughter<br />
YOUNG HOSPITAL patients<br />
had their day brightened by<br />
some of the Crusaders’ star<br />
players last week.<br />
Players, including All Blacks<br />
Richie Mo’unga, George Bridge<br />
and Codie Taylor, visited the<br />
Canterbury District Health<br />
Board’s Children’s Haematology<br />
and Oncology Centre last<br />
Tuesday.<br />
<strong>The</strong> players took time out of<br />
their busy schedule preparing<br />
for the Super Rugby Aotearoa<br />
final against the Chiefs on May<br />
8 at Orangetheory Stadium.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y spent some time chatting<br />
to families on the ward and<br />
handed out gifts, including<br />
signed Crusaders flags and caps.<br />
Said Crusaders chief executive<br />
Colin Mansbridge: “We’re<br />
proud to be able to connect with<br />
those in our community who<br />
are going through a tough time.<br />
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Thousands punted on meth greyhound<br />
• By Chris Barclay<br />
TENS OF thousands of dollars<br />
were won off a greyhound<br />
which later tested positive to<br />
methamphetamine, it can be<br />
revealed.<br />
<strong>The</strong> TAB has confirmed two<br />
four-figure bets were placed on<br />
Zipping Sarah which won at the<br />
Canterbury Greyhound Racing<br />
Club meeting at Addington<br />
during Cup Week in November.<br />
Foxton-based trainer Angela<br />
Turnwald has been banned for<br />
four months. <strong>The</strong> disqualification<br />
starts tomorrow.<br />
Zipping Sarah was tested<br />
following her victory as a $4.50<br />
second favourite.<br />
Traces of amphetamine were<br />
also detected, with the Judicial<br />
Control Authority For Racing<br />
believing the substances were<br />
administered on the journey<br />
from Foxton to Christchurch<br />
via an exercise stop in Kaiapoi.<br />
Turnwald pleaded guilty<br />
to failing to produce Zipping<br />
Sarah free of a prohibited substance<br />
for the race. <strong>The</strong> stake<br />
money of $4011 was not paid<br />
and Turnwald was also fined<br />
$3500.<br />
A TAB spokesman said<br />
two bets of an unspecified<br />
amount of up to $10,000 had<br />
been placed on Zipping Sarah,<br />
with 481 bets totalling $23,083<br />
placed on the winner.<br />
<strong>The</strong> betting organisation<br />
was unable to say yesterday<br />
when or where the bets were<br />
placed but the subsequent investigation<br />
and disqualification<br />
Crusaders brighten up day<br />
of kids tackling cancer<br />
these young people is inspiring,<br />
and we’re really grateful to<br />
have the opportunity to put a<br />
smile on the faces of some of<br />
our most passionate Crusaders<br />
supporters.”<br />
CHOC acting charge nurse<br />
manager Jo Kirrane said: “It<br />
was wonderful the Crusaders<br />
took time out of their busy<br />
schedule to visit our young<br />
patients in CHOC. <strong>The</strong>y showed<br />
a genuine interest in the kids<br />
and their whānau, chatting and<br />
did not impact on the dividends<br />
paid to punters.<br />
Turnwald initially claimed<br />
the methamphetamine could<br />
have come from unidentified<br />
syndicate members who<br />
smoked the drug hours before<br />
patting the dog post-race,<br />
although that defence was<br />
ultimately abandoned.<br />
In its judgment, the authority<br />
said deliberate wrongdoing had<br />
not been established but methamphetamine-related<br />
breaches<br />
could not be tolerated.<br />
SUPPORT: George Bridge<br />
and Richie Mo’unga, with<br />
patients at the Children’s<br />
Haematology and<br />
Oncology Centre. <br />
sharing their passion for sport.”<br />
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It cares for infants, children<br />
and adolescents with cancer,<br />
and their families.<br />
CHOC comprises 11 inpatient<br />
beds. <strong>The</strong>re is also a day<br />
stay area where some children<br />
receive a continuation of<br />
their treatment.<br />
NEWS 3<br />
in brief<br />
Matariki celebrations<br />
Christchurch’s inaugural Tīrama<br />
Mai lighting event will celebrate<br />
Matariki in the heart of the city<br />
and in New Brighton. Zones<br />
within the central city and the<br />
seaside suburb will be lit up<br />
from June 25 until July 10, with<br />
a series of lighting installations,<br />
projections and illuminated<br />
artworks created by Canterbury<br />
lighting artists. Crowds will<br />
be able to explore the lighting<br />
trails from 6pm to 11pm every<br />
night. Installations will be<br />
located around the Arts Centre,<br />
Christchurch Art Gallery,<br />
Worcester Boulevard, Victoria<br />
Square, Otakaro Avon River<br />
Precinct, New Regent St and<br />
New Brighton.<br />
Cuningham House to<br />
be repaired<br />
Cuningham House, the historic<br />
greenhouse in the Botanic<br />
Gardens, will be closed for<br />
two weeks for repairs from<br />
today. <strong>The</strong> repairs to the glass,<br />
which is ageing and cracked<br />
in places, are set to take two<br />
weeks. Instead of scaffolding,<br />
the contractors will be working<br />
from a platform suspended<br />
from a crane – a quicker<br />
and more economical way<br />
of replacing the glass. <strong>The</strong><br />
greenhouse is due to reopen on<br />
May 14. <strong>The</strong> work is just one<br />
stage in the city council’s plan<br />
to restore the treasured heritage<br />
building.<br />
Heathcote residents<br />
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valley to remain the same.<br />
KiwiRail will be keeping the<br />
speed limit for trains travelling<br />
through Heathcote at 40km/h.<br />
It was decided after KiwiRail<br />
representatives Steve Pye and<br />
John Gousmett met with the<br />
community on March 15 to<br />
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Crashes<br />
involving<br />
police cars<br />
increasing<br />
POLICE CAR crashes have been<br />
more common in Canterbury<br />
than several other parts of New<br />
Zealand.<br />
About 9000 police cars have<br />
been damaged across the country<br />
since 2015 – with a repair bill of<br />
more than $24.3 million.<br />
<strong>The</strong> most crashes were notched<br />
up in the Waitemata and Counties<br />
Manukau Districts – closely<br />
followed by Auckland City and<br />
Canterbury.<br />
In August last year, a 42-yearold<br />
Christchurch woman stole a<br />
police car before crashing, after<br />
refusing a breath test.<br />
In 2019, when police<br />
apprehended the man responsible<br />
for the March 15 mosque attack,<br />
they rammed his car off the road,<br />
damaging the police vehicle in the<br />
process.<br />
In December 2018, a Christchurch<br />
man fleeing police rammed<br />
the officer’s vehicle twice.<br />
In the first two months of this<br />
year alone, 10 police cars were<br />
damaged in Canterbury, costing<br />
$4274.94.<br />
In this time period, repairs<br />
to damaged police cars New<br />
Zealand-wide cost $113,739.<br />
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Tabitha, another kitten, was<br />
initially blinded by the blaze at a<br />
Cridland St property on Thursday<br />
afternoon.<br />
<strong>The</strong> five-week-old suffered four<br />
seizures, a grim development<br />
that had homeowner Denise<br />
fearing she would also have to be<br />
put down.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> vet was concerned about<br />
neurological damage but wanted<br />
to give her 24 hours to rally. I’m<br />
glad we gave her the time. We<br />
got her home, she had a sleep, an<br />
eat, then ‘bing’. She perked up<br />
and she could see,” Denise said.<br />
Tabitha, Olive, Clover plus<br />
dogs Molly and Sophie were<br />
given mouth-to-mouth by<br />
Denise – and then oxygen –<br />
after firefighters carried them to<br />
safety.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y were amazing, absolute<br />
respect to them,” she said.<br />
Unfortunately Chungus<br />
perished inside and one-year-old<br />
Clover had to be euthanised two<br />
days later.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> kids (her son and daughter)<br />
were really upset about<br />
Clover. <strong>The</strong>y’d bought her with<br />
their pocket money just after<br />
lockdown last year. It was their<br />
kind of treat, they’d saved up<br />
and they were the two mummies<br />
of the cat,” said Denise.<br />
Although Clover, the last<br />
animal to be evacuated, was<br />
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All belongings and some cats lost<br />
resuscitated, there was no hope<br />
of recovery at the Rangiora Vet<br />
Centre.<br />
“She wouldn’t have any quality<br />
of life. She was paralysed. She<br />
was twitching with neurological<br />
damage. She couldn’t walk but<br />
she heard the kids voices when<br />
they brought her in,” Denise<br />
said.<br />
“She started trying to drag<br />
herself to the kids. She could<br />
hear them. She went to them and<br />
gave them cuddles.”<br />
Molly, a seven-year-old boxerlabrador<br />
cross, and Sophie – a<br />
one-year-old rescue dog with<br />
staffy in her genes – spent two<br />
days in the vet centre and are<br />
still recovering.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y were on IV fluids to remedy<br />
dehydration and charcoal<br />
tablets to settle their stomachs.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y’ve got smoker’s cough<br />
A DOG’S LIFE: Denise, a<br />
devout dog owner, uses<br />
an asthma inhaler to ease<br />
the recovery of Molly and<br />
Sophie (background) after<br />
they were carried from<br />
this Kaiapoi house after it<br />
caught fire.<br />
and they’re coughing up ash.<br />
We’ve been given an asthma<br />
inhaler to aid their breathing,”<br />
Denise added.<br />
<strong>The</strong> family, who were on an<br />
outing when the fire broke out,<br />
are now in temporary accommodation.<br />
“We lost everything to fire,<br />
water and smoke damage, or all<br />
three,” Denise said.<br />
But they still have their canines,<br />
kittens and 10-year-old<br />
cat Muppet, who Denise said escaped<br />
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In a letter sent at 3am he<br />
outlined “threatening, violent,<br />
anti social behaviour” by social<br />
housing tenants at multiple<br />
complexes.<br />
He accused social housing providers<br />
across the board of a “lack<br />
of duty of care” – to their tenants<br />
and the community.<br />
He sent the letter to the New<br />
Zealand Herald an hour later,<br />
and followed up again yesterday<br />
after he heard of Hawkins’ death.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 50-year-old was allegedly<br />
murdered at his unit at the<br />
Otautahi Community Housing<br />
Trust Development on Brougham<br />
St.<br />
A 28-year-old man has been<br />
charged with murder and is<br />
accused of fatally stabbing Hawkins,<br />
who was on electronically<br />
monitored bail and facing family<br />
violence charges relating to his<br />
partner.<br />
“I told you someone would get<br />
hurt or killed,” the concerned<br />
resident said yesterday.<br />
“Nobody listened to me.”<br />
Woods was on leave this<br />
week but a spokeswoman from<br />
her office confirmed the man’s<br />
letter had been “received and a<br />
response is being processed”.<br />
In the letter the man – who<br />
asked that his name was not<br />
published for “fear of retaliation”<br />
– said he was writing “out<br />
of desperation” as his “last resort<br />
for help”.<br />
“I am a rental tenant, with<br />
glowing rental and character<br />
references, living next to a very<br />
anti-social bunch of social housing<br />
tenants,” he wrote.<br />
“I wish to raise your awareness.<br />
Social housing providers do not seem<br />
to be helping in any way at all.”<br />
He said he had been complaining<br />
about issues with his<br />
neighbours including “the gangs,<br />
the drug dealings, the antisocial,<br />
violent and threatening<br />
behaviour which now seems to be<br />
escalating.”<br />
“Yet nobody, not even police,<br />
seem to do anything about it,” he<br />
said.<br />
“In just the past week alone, I<br />
have had my front door kicked in<br />
twice with threats of having my<br />
home burned down.<br />
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“I have had people intruding<br />
on my property; last night my<br />
property was attacked with an<br />
axe to which police responded<br />
with rifles drawn.<br />
“I have had motor-cycle gang<br />
members terrorising myself and<br />
the neighbourhood. My complaints<br />
to social housing providers<br />
fall on complete deaf ears.”<br />
He turned to Woods for help,<br />
hopeful that she would step in.<br />
He questioned why people on<br />
electronic bail for violent offending<br />
– like Hawkins – convicted<br />
criminals, gang members and<br />
people with addiction or mental<br />
health issues were simply “shoved<br />
in a cage of apartments, left to<br />
terrorise the neighbourhood”.<br />
He felt there was not<br />
enough support or supervision<br />
of the tenants.<br />
“I have been left in constant<br />
fear of my life and my property,”<br />
he said.<br />
“I am now about to cancel my<br />
agreement with this property to<br />
live in my car until I can find a<br />
more suitable property to live.”<br />
In the letter he quoted six police<br />
callouts from the week with<br />
file reference numbers.<br />
He felt authorities were “turning<br />
a blind eye” and implored<br />
Woods to act.<br />
Woods’ spokeswoman acknowledged<br />
Hawkins’ death.<br />
“Our sympathies go out to<br />
the victim’s friends and family, and<br />
the local community,” she said.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Ministry of Housing and<br />
Urban Development, Kāinga<br />
Ora and community housing<br />
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‘I have been left in constant fear of my life’<br />
ISSUES: A police<br />
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the Otahtahi<br />
Community<br />
Housing Trust<br />
complex where<br />
Kenneth Daniel<br />
Hawkins (above)<br />
was allegedly<br />
murdered.<br />
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ensuring that public housing<br />
tenants have a safe, warm and<br />
dry place to call home.”<br />
She said the Community<br />
Housing Regulatory Authority<br />
monitored all community<br />
housing provider policies and<br />
processes and expected to see<br />
“consistent compliance with the<br />
required performance standards<br />
– which required systems that<br />
“ensure outcomes for tenants are<br />
appropriate, measurable, and<br />
monitored”.<br />
Those systems included a complaints<br />
service.<br />
“If a tenant is unsatisfied with<br />
the way their complaint has<br />
been handled, they can contact<br />
Tenancy Services in the first<br />
instance,” she said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> man felt his complaints<br />
had been effectively ignored -<br />
and he urged Woods to do more,<br />
urgently.<br />
“Providers have been using<br />
Sydenham as a dumping ground<br />
for problematic people for over<br />
three years now, which has<br />
turned this area into an area on<br />
edge,” he said.<br />
“Now we have social issues<br />
growing and growing, tearing<br />
our neighbourhoods to shreds.<br />
“More needs to be done.<br />
My complaint is not about the<br />
tenants themselves, but more<br />
about the social agencies who put<br />
them in these situations.”<br />
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<strong>The</strong> quick wit of David McPhail<br />
Kiwi comedy pioneer<br />
David McPhail, one half<br />
of the legendary duo<br />
McPhail and Gadsby,<br />
is frustrated to be<br />
living in a Christchurch<br />
retirement village.<br />
But he hasn’t lost his<br />
sparkling sense of<br />
humour, or enjoyment<br />
in poking fun at<br />
politicians, writes Kurt<br />
Bayer<br />
DAVID MCPHAIL is still a<br />
funny bugger.<br />
Even with the oxygen machine<br />
whirring and wheezing, in a<br />
place he wakes every morning<br />
and thinks he’s living inside<br />
a nightmare, he can create<br />
laughter.<br />
A natural comedy alchemist,<br />
the man who knew, who<br />
just bloody well knew, that<br />
conservative 1970s New Zealand<br />
was ready for satirical comedy<br />
on television.<br />
When the tall, blonde woman<br />
delivers his fish and chip lunch,<br />
complete with cling-filmed glass<br />
of chardonnay, he can’t resist a<br />
quip.<br />
“Catch the fish yourself?”<br />
“Of course,” she smiles. “That’s<br />
what I was doing this morning:<br />
stomping on the grapes and<br />
RELAXED: David McPhail at his retirement home in Merivale.<br />
catching the fish.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> interplay makes his eyes<br />
twinkle.<br />
When the Weekend Herald<br />
phoned him at the Merivale<br />
Retirement Village, and inquired<br />
whether he’d be willing to chat<br />
about his remarkable life and<br />
career, the 75-year-old actor,<br />
writer and satirist responded<br />
quick as a whip: “Sounds like an<br />
obituary.!”<br />
His legs have failed him.<br />
Living at home with Anne, his<br />
wife of 54 years, the father of two<br />
was continually falling over. It<br />
was dangerous.<br />
So for now, the infamously<br />
dry wit is marooned in his<br />
room, hooked up to the oxygen<br />
machine.<br />
Visits perk him up.<br />
His wife pops by. <strong>The</strong>ir<br />
granddaughter will visit after<br />
PHOTO: GEORGE HEARD <br />
school. <strong>The</strong>re are crackers in the<br />
drawer. Anne’s off to play bridge.<br />
“All right darling, you have a<br />
lovely afternoon,” he tells her,<br />
leaning in for a kiss.<br />
On Friday afternoons, his old<br />
school mates drop by for a beer.<br />
Ken Ellis and Chris McVeigh<br />
are among them – mates from<br />
school and uni days, and who<br />
starred alongside McPhail in the<br />
pioneering show, A Week of It.<br />
Ellis calls their lifelong<br />
friendship one of the treasures of<br />
his life.<br />
“We’re still mates after 60<br />
years . . . God knows one of us<br />
will be kicked off soon enough,”<br />
McPhail says, propping himself<br />
up in an oversized armchair.<br />
McPhail was born in <strong>April</strong><br />
1945, around the time Adolf<br />
Hitler “blew out what remained<br />
of his brains.”<br />
His father, Alexander Edward<br />
McPhail, a “devout atheist” with<br />
Scottish roots, was chairman of<br />
the New Zealand Rugby Union,<br />
and successful businessman.<br />
He owned a tannery, imported<br />
goods, and was a landlord.<br />
McPhail, a podgy sweettoothed<br />
child with a stammer,<br />
enjoyed a privileged upbringing<br />
in a large brick house on<br />
Manchester St in Christchurch.<br />
He attended Cathedral<br />
Grammar School, where he<br />
was an enthusiastic choir boy,<br />
which helped his stammer,<br />
rehearsing almost every day in<br />
Christ Church Cathedral “in an<br />
almost vertical room under the<br />
cathedral’s spire.”<br />
McPhail then went on to<br />
Christchurch Boys’ High School,<br />
where Ellis was among a tightknit<br />
bunch of mates, who would<br />
stay close for decades, discussing<br />
the poetry of Dylan Thomas and<br />
T S Eliot.
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NEWS 7<br />
shows no sign of slowing down<br />
A schoolmaster, “Chops” Sinclair,<br />
introduced McPhail to the<br />
“marvels of Shakespeare”, while<br />
another to his future wife, Anne<br />
McLeod, at choir practice.<br />
A brief stint at Canterbury<br />
University studying English was<br />
overshadowed by a rising interest<br />
in the theatre.<br />
After “embarrassing results”<br />
during his first year, he landed<br />
a cadet reporter job at <strong>The</strong> Press<br />
newspaper.<br />
He started at the bottom of<br />
a newsroom “large, noisy and<br />
filled with smoke” and was assigned<br />
to the court round, where<br />
he hoped to cover sensation<br />
murder trials but ended up with<br />
minor stories on shoplifters,<br />
burglars and “the curious case<br />
of a man who tried to assault his<br />
wife with an empty hot water<br />
bottle,” according to his 2010<br />
autobiography, <strong>The</strong> Years Before<br />
My Death – Memories of a Comic<br />
Life.<br />
After several jobs on the paper,<br />
and an unhappy posting to<br />
Ashburton, McPhail resigned to<br />
become a radio reporter and then<br />
a television journalist on a show<br />
named Town and Around. <strong>The</strong>re,<br />
he enjoyed the more quirky, offbeat<br />
stories, while later making<br />
skits for a show called As I See It.<br />
Meanwhile, he watched<br />
from afar as the British satire<br />
boom of the 60s take off, with<br />
groundbreaking shows like the<br />
BBC’s That Was <strong>The</strong> Week That<br />
Was adamant that funny local<br />
TV was possible in spite of many<br />
executives being wary, even terrified<br />
by it.<br />
“At the time, TVNZ was made<br />
up of the biggest collection of<br />
comedy experts in the Southern<br />
Hemisphere . . . bulls***,” he says,<br />
collapsing into a coughing fit.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y didn’t have the faintest<br />
idea what they were doing.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> heads of television were<br />
more inclined to follow the<br />
wonderful trends of such comedy<br />
as On the Buses – that’s what they<br />
thought we should be making.<br />
“All I did was that I just kept<br />
pushing.”<br />
Finally, in 1977 his persistence<br />
paid off, and was granted a pilot<br />
show, A Week of It, on a tiny<br />
budget.<br />
Without any money for travel<br />
or pay actors, he turned to his<br />
close circle of Christchurch<br />
SUCCESS:<br />
McPhail and<br />
Gadsby ran for<br />
eight years.<br />
friends – Chris McVeigh, A K<br />
Grant, Ken Ellis, Bruce Ansley,<br />
and Peter Hawes.<br />
And then there was Jon<br />
Gadsby, whom he had met at<br />
a Dunedin student party a few<br />
months previously, after friends<br />
had insisted he meet a man who<br />
was “bloody funny.”<br />
“That evening would define<br />
the next 20 years of my life,” he<br />
would later reflect.<br />
A Week of It was the first<br />
comedy show to contain<br />
impersonations of real Kiwis<br />
and the first to “blatantly<br />
describe politicians,” McPhail<br />
says. <strong>The</strong>y were well aware of the<br />
libel laws.<br />
In the opening programme,<br />
they asked: “What is Bill Rowling<br />
(the leader of the Labour Party at<br />
the time) like in bed?”<br />
Later, they announced they<br />
had discovered Prime Minister<br />
Robert Muldoon’s family tree<br />
and showed a picture of a silver<br />
birch.<br />
“This proves Robert Muldoon<br />
is the son of a birch.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> first A Week of It also<br />
featured what would become the<br />
famous Three Jokers sketch of<br />
George, Gary and Wayne standing<br />
around a pub leaner in the<br />
Glue Pot Tavern.<br />
A repeated cry of “Jeez,<br />
Wayne,” became a runaway<br />
catchphrase and ingrained part<br />
of the Kiwi vernacular.<br />
<strong>The</strong> brazen sketches were often<br />
written close to the show’s transmission,<br />
making them current<br />
and edgy. But it also made for<br />
some nervous times.<br />
“I can pick those that<br />
were written very close to<br />
transmission because they just<br />
have a different feeling about<br />
them,” McPhail says. “You can<br />
feel the tension and see the wild<br />
horror in the eyes.”<br />
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‘He was this garrulous, argumentative<br />
VERSATILE: McPhail was convinced that TV satire comedy<br />
would work in New Zealand. He played former Prime<br />
Minister Robert Muldoon in many productions.<br />
• From page 7<br />
After first airing during the<br />
“cemetery hour” time of 10.25pm,<br />
it attracted an audience and the<br />
show took off. It won best light<br />
entertainment programme at the<br />
1978 Feltex television awards.<br />
Nobody had ever taken such<br />
direct pops at political characters<br />
in New Zealand.<br />
McPhail says it took the public<br />
by surprise, especially when they<br />
took on Muldoon, who was a<br />
feared character across the country.<br />
It’s still what McPhail is most<br />
remembered for.<br />
“He was this garrulous, argumentative,<br />
and also dangerous,<br />
prime minister, who was not<br />
afraid of being insulting to anyone,”<br />
he says.<br />
“A lot of the country was afraid<br />
of Muldoon and when you’ve got<br />
a guy like that, you’ve got a very<br />
potent target [for satire].”<br />
David McPhail played Prime<br />
Minister Robert Muldoon for<br />
years – much to the politician’s<br />
ire.<br />
While the public lapped up<br />
the lampooning of Muldoon,<br />
it became clear to McPhail<br />
that the man himself was not<br />
amused.<br />
<strong>The</strong> most ire came after a This<br />
Is Your Life sketch, where the<br />
host, played by Gadsby, asked<br />
McPhail playing the prime<br />
minister: “Do you recognise this<br />
voice?”<br />
A female voiceover said, “Congratulations<br />
Rob, dear.”<br />
After some thought, Muldoon<br />
replied, “Is it Barry Crump?”<br />
He then didn’t recognise her<br />
when she walked on stage. Told<br />
it’s his wife, <strong>The</strong>a, the Muldoon<br />
character barks: “Sit down over<br />
there and be quiet.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> next day, Muldoon’s irate<br />
press secretary was on the phone,<br />
telling McPhail: “Don’t ever mention<br />
his wife again”.<br />
McPhail listened and hung up,<br />
thinking, “f*** off.”<br />
“Once we reached that stage,<br />
then you could do anything,”<br />
McPhail smiles, looking back.<br />
On another occasion, he was<br />
doing a live show in Auckland<br />
with Gadsby when Muldoon<br />
turned up in the audience.<br />
It created backstage panic<br />
and McPhail wondered whether<br />
he should change his material,<br />
which included Muldoon and<br />
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you saw on television”.<br />
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Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>29</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
NEWS 9<br />
and also dangerous, prime minister’<br />
Walking on stage, under the<br />
glare of spotlights, he couldn’t see<br />
any faces in the audience.<br />
“But he was right at the back,<br />
surrounded by his parliamentary<br />
assistant boys, and the spotlight<br />
cut right across his head, so I<br />
could see this dome and when I<br />
knew where he was, I thought,<br />
‘Let’s go’. And off we went.”<br />
“I didn’t change the material<br />
because I’d get lost, and it was<br />
pretty on-the-nose stuff – justifiably<br />
satirical to anyone – but<br />
really rude.”<br />
After the show, the dressing<br />
room flew open and in stormed<br />
Muldoon.<br />
He paused for a photograph<br />
with McPhail and the following<br />
day, it appeared in the newspaper.<br />
“Of course, what he’d done was<br />
to diffuse everything. ‘<strong>The</strong>y’re<br />
mates’, is what people would<br />
think.”<br />
He bumped into him at another<br />
function, where Muldoon quipped:<br />
“You’ll never be as good as the<br />
original,” before walking off.<br />
Although the sketches often cut<br />
close to the bone, the Kiwi public<br />
lapped it up.<br />
McPhail says it proved that<br />
New Zealand had become a “mature”<br />
nation, able to finally laugh<br />
at itself.<br />
“If we can’t do that, then we’re<br />
in big trouble,” he says.<br />
McPhail, second from left, carries Jon Gadsby’s casket in<br />
2015.<br />
After three seasons of A<br />
Week of It, there were seven<br />
series of skit show McPhail<br />
and Gadsby, which dominated<br />
Kiwi TV in the 80s.<br />
McPhail also went on to star<br />
in backwoods comedy Letter<br />
to Blanchy and one-man play<br />
Muldoon, which toured the<br />
country.<br />
Although Muldoon was ripe<br />
for mickey-taking, McPhail says<br />
it would’ve been tough for him<br />
to satirise current prime minister<br />
Jacinda Ardern.<br />
“Up until now, she hasn’t made<br />
any mistakes and you don’t do a<br />
whole sketch show about Mother<br />
Teresa, it just doesn’t work,” he<br />
says.<br />
“So you have to wait until,<br />
rather unfortunately, the Prime<br />
Minister starts tripping up as she<br />
is starting to do now and doing<br />
things that are silly, or funny in<br />
itself.”<br />
McPhail revelled in the creative<br />
process, especially the writing<br />
sessions with himself, Gadsby<br />
and close mate A K Grant.<br />
It was often done around a hotel<br />
room table after Grant came<br />
“clinking in” after clearing the<br />
mini-bar fridge.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y were interesting times,”<br />
McPhail says, chuckling.<br />
“If you spent too much time<br />
trying to get a sketch right, it was<br />
wasted time. Invariably, some of<br />
the funniest stuff came in times<br />
of desperation.”<br />
It wasn’t often that things fell<br />
flat – or missed the mark.<br />
McPhail looks back fondly on<br />
those times. And those lifelong<br />
friendships – although he buried<br />
‘My mind is not in any way<br />
odd. <strong>The</strong> problem I have,<br />
and it’s a straightforward<br />
one, is walking . . . otherwise<br />
I’m fine.’<br />
– David McPhail<br />
his comedy partner Gadsby in<br />
2015 and Grant in 2000.<br />
But he still looks forward to<br />
catching up with his other mates<br />
on a Friday afternoon.<br />
And he hopes that over the<br />
next few months he can move<br />
back home.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> problem is, you can see<br />
it, I’m rational,” he says, peering<br />
over his glasses.<br />
“My mind is not in any way<br />
odd. <strong>The</strong> problem I have, and it’s<br />
a straightforward one, is walking<br />
. . . otherwise I’m fine.”<br />
He’s reminded of one old skit.<br />
A close shot shows two men carrying<br />
a coffin on their shoulders,<br />
walking towards the camera.<br />
When it cuts to a side-shot, it<br />
shows just the two men on one side<br />
– no pallbearers on the other side.<br />
“Now, it doesn’t sound funny, I<br />
know,” he says, those eyes twinkling<br />
again.<br />
“But it makes you stop and go,<br />
‘what the … ?’”<br />
He laughs, infectiously, and the<br />
oxygen machine whirrs.<br />
– NZ Herald
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>29</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
10<br />
NEWS<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Miraculous survival from plane crash<br />
IMPACT: <strong>The</strong> aircraft that crashed yesterday at Glentui.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
• By Samantha Mythen<br />
TWO MEN miraculously<br />
survived after a light plane<br />
crashed in a North Canterbury<br />
paddock yesterday.<br />
Canterbury Recreational<br />
Aircraft Club president Doug<br />
Anderson said: “I’m blown away<br />
that no one died. If I saw the plane<br />
without knowing the people had<br />
survived, I would have thought all<br />
would have died.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> front of the wings stopped<br />
any more crushing of the plane,<br />
showing the integrity of the<br />
aircraft.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> club’s chief flying<br />
instructor, Stewart Bufton, was<br />
in the aircraft with a trainee pilot<br />
when it crashed.<br />
“Stewart is a very experienced<br />
pilot, having worked for over<br />
15 years, teaching hundreds of<br />
people,” Anderson said.<br />
He said he understood Bufton<br />
had a broken leg and arm.<br />
Senior Constable Kieran Young<br />
said it appeared the aircraft’s<br />
landing gear had hit powerlines<br />
before the plane crashed in a<br />
farmer’s paddock.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y are lucky to be alive<br />
with relatively minor injuries in<br />
the grand scheme of things,’’ he<br />
said.<br />
Emergency services were called<br />
Stewart Bufton is the chief flying instructor at the<br />
Canterbury Recreational Aircraft Club. He was in the plane<br />
with a student when it crashed.<br />
Canterbury Recreational<br />
Aero Club president Doug<br />
Anderson with one of the<br />
Club’s other Tecnam P92<br />
planes.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
after the plane crashed at a farm<br />
off Rakahuri Rd, near Glentui, at<br />
11.35am. <strong>The</strong> aircraft landed nose<br />
first and the cabin was crushed on<br />
impact.<br />
Anderson said the aircraft was<br />
a Tecnam p92 Eco Classic. <strong>The</strong><br />
club owns two other planes like it,<br />
which had flown over 6000hrs.<br />
A St John spokesman said<br />
both patients were initially<br />
treated for serious injuries, and<br />
one was flown by helicopter to<br />
Christchurch Hospital.<br />
<strong>The</strong> crash caused a power<br />
outage on Hayland Rd.<br />
MainPower were at the scene<br />
re-connecting the power lines on<br />
Wednesday afternoon.<br />
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Night sky set to light up during<br />
second Hororata Glow Festival<br />
HORORATA DOMAIN is ready<br />
to glow on May 8 with a crowd of<br />
10,000 expected for the Hororata<br />
Glow Festival.<br />
Cindy Driscoll of the Hororata<br />
Community Trust said tickets<br />
were selling fast. To control<br />
numbers, there would be no<br />
gate sales after a huge turnout of<br />
14,000 people at the last festival<br />
in 2019.<br />
“(This) was an overwhelming<br />
response for just our second<br />
event,” Driscoll said.<br />
This year, to manage crowd<br />
size and Covid-19 requirements,<br />
numbers will be limited to<br />
10,000.<br />
“Our community is looking<br />
forward to this magical festival.<br />
We have heaps of new activities<br />
this year, including the UV Art<br />
Zone, Mitre 10 Mega Warm Up<br />
Cube and a fairy tree, just to<br />
name a few,” Driscoll said.<br />
“We also have the popular<br />
activities from past years returning,<br />
like the hot air balloon<br />
walk through, the University of<br />
Canterbury interactive science<br />
activities and the glow circus.”<br />
Live music from the Selwyn<br />
Community Choir, Sam<br />
Bambery and <strong>The</strong> Bluesettes and<br />
Chilton House would entertain<br />
the crowd until the sun went<br />
down and things began to glow.<br />
<strong>The</strong> festival’s trademark night<br />
glow would happen any time<br />
from 5.30pm.<br />
Michael Oakley from Ballooning<br />
Canterbury is looking<br />
forward to the event, as are the<br />
attending balloonists who will<br />
be travelling from all over New<br />
Zealand.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y are so excited to be<br />
coming back to our community.<br />
We will be flying for the four<br />
days leading up to the festival<br />
so keep an eye on the skies,”<br />
Oakley said.<br />
Getting the balloons inflated<br />
and ready to glow required a<br />
huge team effort. Weather conditions<br />
had to be perfect, he said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> balloons would be on<br />
the ground and lit up like giant<br />
lanterns, glowing in a choreographed<br />
performance to music.<br />
Following the night glow<br />
will be a special lighting effects<br />
display that promises to be a real<br />
show stopper, Driscoll said. DJ<br />
Craig Shaw would keep the party<br />
going as he cranked the tunes,<br />
getting the young and young-atheart<br />
up and dancing.<br />
MAGICAL:<br />
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trademark<br />
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promises<br />
to be a<br />
highlight.<br />
Surrounding the activities and<br />
performances will be 80 stalls,<br />
including food, wine tasting,<br />
treats for the kids, produce, and<br />
a huge range of food trucks.<br />
With large numbers expected,<br />
people are advised to allow extra<br />
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gates open at 3pm.<br />
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NEWS 13<br />
Sex offender<br />
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supervision<br />
order<br />
A SEX OFFENDER will be under<br />
Corrections supervision for a<br />
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from prison next month.<br />
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“appropriate and responsible’’<br />
option to put Harris under<br />
supervision to protect the public.<br />
“I consider he has a high risk to<br />
commit sexual offending in the<br />
future,’’ he said.<br />
On two different occasions, in<br />
2017 and 2018, Harris performed<br />
an indecent act in front of the two<br />
children in public places.<br />
He was deported from<br />
Australia in 2016 for other sexual<br />
offending and had previous<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>29</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
“Marlo” a 6.5 year old Border<br />
Terrier was bought into see<br />
me Easter Sunday for acute<br />
hindleg paralysis. Marlo was<br />
out on a usual daily walk 4<br />
days previously, rolling on<br />
his back for an itch in the<br />
grass. Suddenly he stood<br />
up and yelped, rolled again<br />
and yelped again and<br />
then walked slowly home.<br />
That night he was restless,<br />
seeking odd places to hide<br />
and was not himself. He<br />
was taken to his primary<br />
vet the next morning as<br />
he was stiff and stilted,<br />
shaking and looked painful.<br />
He was instructed<br />
to be rested, given<br />
anti-inflammatories<br />
and pain medications<br />
but returned the next<br />
day completely off his<br />
hindlegs and dragging<br />
himself around. It all<br />
happened very quickly<br />
and he’d never had a<br />
history of spinal issues<br />
before.<br />
When I saw Marlo he<br />
had non ambulatory<br />
hindleg paresis. He<br />
could feel painful stimuli<br />
in both hind paws<br />
and could withdraw<br />
his paws somewhat.<br />
He could still wag his<br />
tail when his owners<br />
patted him and wasn’t<br />
incontinent. He had<br />
adopted a weird upright<br />
sitting position with<br />
both hindlegs extended<br />
cranially. He found it<br />
difficult to lie down<br />
comfortably but he<br />
was still eating well and<br />
looked relatively happy.<br />
I strongly suspected<br />
an intervertebral disc<br />
prolapse but we needed<br />
to get Marlo to MRI<br />
ASAP. Radiographs were<br />
not performed as they don’t show spinal<br />
cord compression and I didn’t want to<br />
put Marlo through unnecessary stress<br />
and movement. Fortunately we have a<br />
great relationship with Gareth and the<br />
team at Pacific Radiology, and due to the<br />
urgent nature of Marlo’s injury, we were<br />
rushed into Forte Health for an MRI within<br />
48 hours of me seeing Marlo. Marlo was<br />
sedated for the procedure, which lasts<br />
about 90 minutes, and my suspicions<br />
were confirmed. Marlo had a L3-L4<br />
Intervertebral disc extrusion with marked<br />
extradural spinal cord compression<br />
coming from the left side and ventrally.<br />
Other differentials were fibrocartilgenous<br />
embolism, cord neoplasia or cord<br />
abscessation/foreign bodies.<br />
Marlo was booked in within 12 hours after<br />
the MRI for spinal surgery with Dr Helen<br />
Milner at McMaster & Heap Vet Practice. Dr<br />
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removing the<br />
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was causing spinal cord<br />
compression. Spinal<br />
surgery isn’t a walk in<br />
the park and requires<br />
a huge amount of<br />
skill and experience<br />
from the surgeon, very<br />
expensive surgical<br />
equipment and a team<br />
of very experienced<br />
surgical anaesthetic<br />
nurses to monitor Marlo<br />
and scrub in and help<br />
the surgeon. Marlo<br />
was under anaesthetic<br />
for 3.5 hours and then<br />
transferred to the After<br />
Hours clinic for over<br />
night 12 hour care.<br />
An indwelling urinary<br />
catheter was placed to<br />
make urinating easy for<br />
Marlo.<br />
Marlo has gone from<br />
strength to strength<br />
and is improving daily<br />
with the help of a huge<br />
team of professionals.<br />
His owners have been<br />
dedicated and capable<br />
in making sure he gets<br />
everything he needs in<br />
the way of medications<br />
and strict confinement. He has been fitted<br />
with a special harness to help him mobilise<br />
and be moved about carefully, avoiding<br />
undue pressure on his surgical site. We<br />
saw him daily to catheterise his bladder.<br />
He is also seeing a physiotherapist. Fingers<br />
crossed he makes a complete return to full<br />
function<br />
<strong>The</strong> most important take-home point is<br />
don’t muck around with a dog that has<br />
acutely gone off its hindlegs. You need<br />
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& Heap can organise these) and spinal<br />
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14<br />
NEWS<br />
Residents express views<br />
on Long Term Plan<br />
<strong>The</strong> consultation<br />
period for written<br />
submissions on<br />
the city council’s<br />
draft Long Term<br />
Plan has closed.<br />
Matt Slaughter<br />
took to the streets<br />
to ask people<br />
if they gave<br />
feedback on it<br />
Annabel Jones, 42: “I<br />
do remember that there<br />
was an opportunity to give<br />
feedback, but I never got<br />
around to it.”<br />
Jones put this down to<br />
“just forgetting to look into<br />
it.”<br />
“I’m just not up to date at<br />
the moment with the news,<br />
unless it’s something that<br />
arrives in the letter box.”<br />
John Gallacher, 53: “No,<br />
I haven’t heard of it.<br />
“I think I might have<br />
heard the rates were<br />
creeping up.<br />
“To think of how<br />
many people live in<br />
Christchurch, and only<br />
2300 people have got a<br />
voice. [It] doesn’t seem<br />
right.”<br />
John Fletcher, 68:<br />
Fletcher did not make a<br />
submission because, “It<br />
[the draft plan] wasn’t<br />
specific enough to get all<br />
hot under the collar.<br />
“I think it’s still early<br />
days yet.<br />
“I have heard sketches<br />
[about the plan], like<br />
probably in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong>. I<br />
know they’re talking<br />
something about rates<br />
increases.”<br />
Diane Timbobolan,<br />
18: Timbobolan did not<br />
know what the plan is and<br />
would have liked more<br />
information on it “so that<br />
we will be aware of what it<br />
is and we know what it’s all<br />
about.<br />
“I think 2300 people<br />
[making submissions] is<br />
too small.”<br />
Tim Jefferson, 49:<br />
Jefferson has heard of<br />
the plan, but said: “I<br />
didn’t go to the trouble<br />
[of [completing a<br />
submission].”<br />
“My assumption was that<br />
it was too long.”<br />
Another reason he<br />
chose not to give feedback<br />
was he”didn’t have many<br />
objections to it [the draft<br />
plan].”<br />
Jacinda Gilliand:<br />
Gilliand had not heard of<br />
the LTP.<br />
She said 2300<br />
submissions does not seem<br />
like many, but she does<br />
not think this was the city<br />
council’s fault. Instead,<br />
she believes this is because<br />
people are “not engaged<br />
enough” with local politics.<br />
However, Gilliand trusts<br />
the city council’s plan will<br />
be beneficial to residents.<br />
Raphael Rim, 17: Rim<br />
did not know what the<br />
LTP is.<br />
He said 2300<br />
submissions is “a very<br />
meagre amount.<br />
“I think that’s really<br />
lacklustre.”<br />
He would have liked<br />
to see “a wider survey”<br />
and more face to face<br />
engagement with the<br />
community, particularly<br />
younger people,<br />
encouraging them to make<br />
submissions.<br />
John McKenzie, 79: “I<br />
don’t know anything.<br />
“I don’t care [about the<br />
plan]. I do my own thing.”<br />
Metala Asomua-Green,<br />
42: Asomua-Green did not<br />
make an LTP submission<br />
or know what the LTP is.<br />
“I suppose I didn’t really<br />
know that anything like<br />
that was happening.”<br />
Regina Shin, 54: Shin<br />
had not heard of the LTP.<br />
She said the number<br />
of submissions giving<br />
feedback on it was “not<br />
good enough.”<br />
Had Shin known what<br />
the LTP was she would<br />
have made a submission.<br />
She thinks at the<br />
moment “they [the city<br />
council] spend so much<br />
money on roads.”<br />
She thinks this money<br />
would be better spent on<br />
services and took issue<br />
with the LTP’s proposal<br />
to cut the hours of some<br />
libraries that are used less<br />
by residents.<br />
“Canterbury is so wide.<br />
Even those small places<br />
need service.”
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OUR PEOPLE - DON RAPLEY<br />
Meet the volunteer who ferries<br />
Getting cut off by<br />
motorists who don’t<br />
indicate is put into<br />
perspective for the<br />
Cancer Society’s<br />
volunteer drivers. After<br />
all, their passengers<br />
have deeper issues to<br />
contend with. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
are 158 drivers - from<br />
university students<br />
to pensioners - in<br />
Christchurch. Chris<br />
Barclay takes a trip<br />
down memory lane<br />
with 77-year-old Don<br />
Rapley.<br />
How long have you been a<br />
volunteer driver?<br />
It must be about three years.<br />
Originally I made inquiries to<br />
a few places to try and do some<br />
outdoor work after I retired:<br />
Willowbank Wildlife Reserve,<br />
Orana Park and the Department<br />
of Conservation. Basically I<br />
drew a blank, so I contacted<br />
the Cancer Society. I thought it<br />
would be a good cause. I thought<br />
people might need their lawns<br />
mowed or gardens trimmed up.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y suggested being a driver<br />
and it went from there really.<br />
DRIVER ASSIST: Don Rapley is one of 158 volunteer drivers who ferry cancer patients to<br />
Christchurch Hospital for treatment.<br />
PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
What steps do you have to<br />
take to obtain your (volunteer)<br />
driver licence?<br />
You have to do the police check<br />
and a driving test every five<br />
years to make sure you’re still a<br />
competent driver. It was quite<br />
a good refresher to be honest.<br />
You had to constantly remind<br />
yourself of things you took for<br />
granted from 50 or 60 years<br />
ago. <strong>The</strong>re’s also an orientation<br />
programme, which covers topics<br />
including listening skills and<br />
making conversation.<br />
Why did you get involved?<br />
What was the motivation?<br />
After working for 58 years I<br />
still wanted to be active. I just<br />
can’t sit on the couch and watch<br />
telly all day or read a book. I was<br />
looking for something to do that<br />
wasn’t in a routine like delivering<br />
Meals on Wheels at noon every<br />
day. Some people like routine,<br />
I prefer to have variation. (<strong>The</strong><br />
Cancer Society) is so organised,<br />
they send you an email and ask<br />
‘Can you do this on Tuesday at<br />
three o’clock?’ It fits around your<br />
own programme. If you want to<br />
go away for a few days you can.<br />
You don’t have to feel obligated,<br />
you’re not tied down. If you’ve<br />
got something on you don’t feel<br />
like you’re letting them down.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y’re a joy to work for.<br />
So you weren’t inspired to<br />
volunteer because you had a<br />
family history of cancer?<br />
My wife’s twin sister had<br />
breast cancer 12 years ago and<br />
my brother died of cancer but<br />
(volunteering) wasn’t me feeling<br />
I wanted to give something back.<br />
Six months after I started<br />
driving Frances (Don’s wife)<br />
got cancer, that was a bit ironic.<br />
I was her driver for a while.<br />
Fortunately she’s back good as<br />
gold.<br />
Did your wife’s circumstances<br />
underline how important the<br />
volunteer driver service is?<br />
Exactly. <strong>The</strong> number one<br />
problem is the parking at<br />
the hospital. That really puts<br />
pressure on people but if you<br />
drive them, they know they<br />
can be dropped off at a time<br />
and not worry about having to<br />
find a park down the road or<br />
use the hospital shuttle (from<br />
Deans Ave). That adds time.<br />
People are tense and stressed,<br />
some of them are terminal.<br />
It’s a stressful time so if they can<br />
get that one worry taken off<br />
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cancer patients to hospital<br />
It is a return service so what<br />
do you do after the client heads<br />
for their appointment? And how<br />
do you find a park?<br />
I go and park by the croquet<br />
courts and tennis courts in North<br />
Hagley Park. <strong>The</strong>re’s a three-hour<br />
car park there. Sometimes I have<br />
to wait for someone to pull out.<br />
It’s quite busy. <strong>The</strong>n I go for a<br />
walk. It’s a good opportunity to<br />
spend an hour or two walking<br />
around the gardens before the<br />
hospital, (Cancer Society) coordinator<br />
or the client calls to<br />
arrange the pick up.<br />
Steer us through a standard<br />
week . . .<br />
I only do one trip a week,<br />
sometimes two. In school<br />
holidays maybe the grandparents<br />
(volunteer drivers) go away<br />
or look after the kids so it<br />
might be busier. Generally the<br />
commitment is one (trip) a week.<br />
<strong>The</strong> clients are only adults. I don’t<br />
look at their age but 40 or over I<br />
suppose.<br />
By usually doing a trip a<br />
week, is it difficult to establish<br />
a rapport with clients or is that<br />
not part of the job description?<br />
It’s not an emotional job, it’s<br />
thoughtful I suppose. You don’t<br />
get to know people on a personal<br />
basis. Recently I’ve taken one<br />
client for radiation treatment<br />
DRIVING ON: Don with his wife Frances and (right) the<br />
hospital shuttles.<br />
once a week for five weeks but he<br />
was quite disorientated because<br />
of his condition. It’s different<br />
for Frances. For 27 years she’s<br />
visited a 94-year-old lady once a<br />
week through Age Concern. She’s<br />
become a friend and knows the<br />
family. Driving is not impersonal,<br />
but it’s less frequent. You could<br />
do three or four trips maximum<br />
with the same person and then<br />
you move onto the next one.<br />
How are jobs distributed?<br />
Most of the time we get clients<br />
fairly closely to where we live. <strong>The</strong><br />
co-ordinator allocates people and<br />
does a really good job. I might<br />
pick up in Redwood, Bishopdale<br />
or Papanui. Occasionally you get<br />
a request to do one out of your<br />
area.<br />
Does the co-ordinator brief<br />
you on who you’re picking up<br />
for the first time?<br />
Yes, you’re emailed a bit of<br />
a profile. You get the person’s<br />
contact details and if there’s any<br />
conditions, like if they need a<br />
wheelchair.<br />
How do you approach the<br />
initial meeting and journey? Is<br />
it quite confronting knowing<br />
the passenger might not have<br />
long to live?<br />
It’s not really confronting, and<br />
that’s not being hard-nosed about<br />
it. It’s just really satisfying to me<br />
that you’re providing a service<br />
and helping someone. You get<br />
a feel or a vibe when you meet<br />
them at the door or when they<br />
come to the car. I always turn<br />
the car radio off so people feel<br />
they can talk if they want to talk.<br />
Some will pour it all out, others<br />
might be quite quiet about it.<br />
You go with the flow according<br />
to how you read the situation.<br />
We don’t get told the finite<br />
details. You don’t really know<br />
when they’re having palliative<br />
care whether they have three<br />
months, six months . . . two years.<br />
Everyone’s different. <strong>The</strong>y might<br />
want to talk about their career or<br />
their family.<br />
Do you ever hear the good<br />
news, like when a client is in<br />
remission?<br />
Not really, because once the<br />
treatment is over we don’t have<br />
any contact again and we might<br />
only meet once.<br />
You use your private car, can<br />
you get reimbursed for mileage?<br />
Yes, you can get reimbursed.<br />
I opt, as a donation, not to<br />
take it. In my mind, if you’re<br />
volunteering, you’re volunteering<br />
but there are people that can’t<br />
afford not to be reimbursed.<br />
That’s fair and reasonable.<br />
<strong>The</strong> original plan was to<br />
help cancer patients with their<br />
gardening, and that’s still<br />
eventuated hasn’t it?<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cancer Society put me<br />
in touch with a woman who is<br />
terminal. She’s house proud and<br />
I’ve done the lawns six or seven<br />
times. She was happy, ecstatic<br />
almost, when I cut back the vines<br />
coming through her fence. It was<br />
satisfying when she doesn’t have<br />
to see weeds when she’s looking<br />
out the window. It’s like the<br />
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OPINION<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Lifting the lid on the Parliamentary<br />
<strong>The</strong> Parliamentary<br />
Press Gallery is<br />
marking its 150th<br />
anniversary this<br />
week – a year<br />
late because<br />
of Covid-19.<br />
<strong>The</strong> New Zealand Herald’s<br />
Audrey Young hasn’t been<br />
there quite that long but as<br />
one of the most experienced<br />
members of the Press<br />
Gallery, she explains the<br />
work of the gallery, whether<br />
anything is really “off the<br />
record” and how close<br />
journalists get to politicians<br />
What’s it like working at<br />
Parliament?<br />
Like the ad for the police<br />
said a few years ago, political<br />
journalists have great work<br />
stories. And like them, the best<br />
days for us are often the worst<br />
days for someone else. It may<br />
be a blunder by a minister, an<br />
embarrassing leak, a national<br />
emergency, a pratfall by a<br />
backbencher, conferences,<br />
campaigns, or on a really big<br />
day, a scandal, a resignation or a<br />
leadership coup.<br />
What has been the most<br />
exciting leadership coup?<br />
I’ve missed a lot of them<br />
through sheer coincidence.<br />
It used to be said that leaders<br />
would get nervous when I went<br />
overseas on holiday. Paula<br />
Bennett drafted a mock bill,<br />
the Holidays (Audrey Young<br />
Prohibition) Amendment Bill.<br />
<strong>The</strong> result of the Don Brash vote<br />
against Bill English was probably<br />
the biggest surprise. Resignations<br />
are more stunning. Nothing<br />
has matched the day John Key<br />
stepped down as Prime Minister<br />
for shock value. Jim Anderton’s<br />
decision to resign as Alliance<br />
leader after one of his daughters<br />
took her life was big event at the<br />
time, although he later returned<br />
to the leadership.<br />
Where does the gallery get its<br />
stories from?<br />
A myriad of places. <strong>The</strong> best<br />
ones are from confidential<br />
sources that the competition<br />
can’t get to but is forced to match<br />
the story. But stories can be from<br />
numerous other places – tip-offs<br />
from MPs, press secretaries or<br />
readers, a hunch that you’ve<br />
followed up, Official Information<br />
Act releases, a leaked document,<br />
the House, select committee<br />
evidence, press releases, press<br />
conferences, interviews, reports,<br />
social media, a new angle on a<br />
running story or a request from<br />
the editor. A source once left<br />
a confidential Cabinet paper<br />
for me in an agreed place at an<br />
agreed time in the old Bennett’s<br />
Bookshop in Bowen House.<br />
Several decades ago, a gallery<br />
journalist was caught during a<br />
Press Gallery party, the worse<br />
for wear, in another office rifling<br />
through a rival’s desk. But<br />
mostly it is above board.<br />
Do journalists go through<br />
rubbish bins to get stories?<br />
No, not deliberately anyway.<br />
One former Press Gallery<br />
member, Roger Foley, left an<br />
important file of papers of his<br />
near a rubbish tin. When he<br />
realised the cleaners had put the<br />
file into the rubbish, he got a<br />
security guard to take him to the<br />
rubbish collection point to start<br />
combing through the big bin.<br />
He says he recognised the Press<br />
Gallery’s rubbish because of the<br />
chicken bones and champagne<br />
bottles. He never found his own<br />
file but he did find something<br />
from a Labour MP which later<br />
formed the basis of a story. <strong>The</strong><br />
same reporter was accused of<br />
crawling through a ceiling at<br />
Parliament to hear a Muldoon<br />
National caucus meeting, which<br />
is not true. But he did climb on a<br />
coat stand to poke his head into a<br />
ceiling manhole and could hear a<br />
row upstairs about NZ investing<br />
in a cool-store in Bahrain, which<br />
gave him a front-page lead.<br />
How has the Press Gallery<br />
changed?<br />
It depends what the starting<br />
point is. Former parliamentary<br />
historian John Martin relays the<br />
disturbing story of former Prime<br />
Minister Gordon Coates (1925–<br />
28) holding press conferences<br />
in his office with a whisky and<br />
water in hand. Worse, when he<br />
needed to relieve himself, the<br />
press conference continued in<br />
the nearby lavatories. Women<br />
were not allowed to become<br />
proper members of the Press<br />
Gallery until 1965. Most media<br />
offices today are run by women.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is a creche nearby.<br />
Do journalists need<br />
MPs more than MPs need<br />
journalists?<br />
Some politicians go through<br />
their careers ignoring the media<br />
but not many successful ones.<br />
New MPs are sometimes warned<br />
during their induction that<br />
nothing is “off the record” when<br />
it comes to journalists, which is<br />
quite untrue. But it might take<br />
time for MPs to work out who<br />
they can trust. But a trusting<br />
relationship can be mutually<br />
beneficial. Talking to an MP with<br />
extensive knowledge of an area<br />
but who doesn’t want to be quoted<br />
can add depth to a journalist’s<br />
and the public’s understanding<br />
of the story. But everything an<br />
MP says cannot necessarily be<br />
taken at face value, either. If<br />
the public had to rely solely on<br />
press statements, it would be<br />
an ignorant world. That said,<br />
many politicians pay a great deal<br />
of attention to their own social<br />
media images and messaging,<br />
including Jacinda Ardern.<br />
NEWS<br />
GATHERERS:<br />
<strong>The</strong> 2020 Press<br />
Gallery photo<br />
with Speaker<br />
Trevor Mallard.<br />
PHOTO: MARK<br />
COOTE<br />
Is there much social<br />
fraternisation?<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is no point denying it,<br />
considering RNZ journo Clare<br />
de Lore married Don McKinnon,<br />
and Ruia Mai journo Ngahuia<br />
Wade married Richard Prebble.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are many opportunities to<br />
socialise between journalists and<br />
MPs, with various social events<br />
hosted regularly at Parliament<br />
and the parliamentary bar,<br />
Pickwicks, still being a popular<br />
haunt for younger reporters who<br />
miss the company of Winston<br />
Peters. But the culture is not<br />
what it was. <strong>The</strong>re are no longer<br />
all-night sittings of Parliament<br />
with well-lubricated card schools<br />
playing into the night that could<br />
end up anywhere. <strong>The</strong> “work<br />
hard, play hard” culture has<br />
changed over the years and<br />
more markedly under Speaker<br />
Trevor Mallard who, by the way,<br />
is married to Listener columnist<br />
Jane Clifton.<br />
Does the Press Gallery<br />
operate like a pack?<br />
Occasionally, such as last week<br />
when we got together before the<br />
press conference for Australian<br />
Foreign Minister Marise Payne<br />
because the people running her<br />
visit set a limit of five questions<br />
only for New Zealand media.<br />
We had to agree on what the five<br />
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LETTERS 19<br />
Press Gallery<br />
It is a collegial but competitive<br />
work environment. If someone<br />
gets a big scoop, they will be<br />
congratulated by competitors.<br />
But we are arch rivals. You can’t<br />
just ask any question in a standup<br />
without giving away a story<br />
you’re working on. Sometimes it<br />
is better to work by phone than<br />
be seen in the café with a source.<br />
Rivals such as the Dominion and<br />
the Herald used to share offices.<br />
We now work in neighbouring<br />
offices to our rivals. People get<br />
nervous when someone else’s<br />
door is shut in the gallery because<br />
it usually means they are working<br />
on a sensitive story.<br />
Are overseas trips a perk of<br />
the job?<br />
<strong>The</strong>y never feel like it at the<br />
time. Covering a Prime Minister<br />
abroad can be extremely<br />
demanding with different time<br />
zones, a packed schedule and<br />
sometimes the need to file print<br />
stories and commentary, audio,<br />
photos and video. <strong>The</strong>y are almost<br />
character-building in hindsight.<br />
What are the more memorable<br />
ones?<br />
My first trip in the gallery was<br />
with Jim Bolger to the Pacific<br />
Islands Forum in the Marshall<br />
Islands. It was an ethical torment.<br />
Literally outside our hotel<br />
window the locals were roasting<br />
giant turtles alive in honour of<br />
the special guests. <strong>The</strong> United<br />
Nations and White House<br />
visits are a thrill. But in Helen<br />
Clark’s last visit, George W Bush<br />
complimented Duncan Garner<br />
on his smart suit instead of<br />
answering his question. You can<br />
get to see places you’d otherwise<br />
never visit – Mururoa, East<br />
Timor, Port of Spain, Naypyidaw<br />
and Baghdad, flying low across<br />
the city with Gerry Brownlee in<br />
an open-door chopper with a<br />
machine gunner at the ready. My<br />
colleague Claire Trevett covered<br />
John Key’s visit to Balmoral<br />
Castle in Scotland in 2011 and<br />
got the best picture of the Queen’s<br />
cluttered room.<br />
Why is it called the Press<br />
Gallery?<br />
It was literally only the “press”<br />
as in newspapers and there is<br />
still literally a gallery above<br />
the Speaker’s chair set aside for<br />
accredited members of the Press<br />
Gallery to watch the debating<br />
chamber. <strong>The</strong>re is a lovely old<br />
wooden bench to write on. It<br />
was an historic and treasured<br />
bench, inscribed with dozens<br />
of signatures carved out it from<br />
generations of journalists. But<br />
during the 1990s when the Old<br />
Parliament Buildings was vacated<br />
for an upgrade, Parliamentary<br />
Service had the bench sanded<br />
smooth without any consultation.<br />
<strong>The</strong> media offices used to be in<br />
a corridor behind the gallery.<br />
MPs took those offices when the<br />
refurbishment was over and they<br />
have never been returned.<br />
How do you become accredited?<br />
It is on the recommendation<br />
of the Press Gallery using a set<br />
of rules, but it is ultimately up<br />
to the Speaker, who controls<br />
virtually everything to do with<br />
Parliament including where you<br />
can and can’t take photos or<br />
film people in the building. MPs<br />
need to be able to carry out their<br />
jobs unimpeded. <strong>The</strong> Speaker<br />
sometimes punishes journalists<br />
for breaches, such as taking away<br />
swipe card access as happened<br />
to the entire Herald office for<br />
10 days when it ran a photo of<br />
people in the public gallery trying<br />
to stop a man from jumping over<br />
into the chamber.<br />
Has filing changed?<br />
When I first started in 1994, we<br />
were using electric typewriters<br />
with golf balls and we would<br />
fax our stories up to the office<br />
in Auckland. You could file a<br />
story as late as 10.20pm if it was<br />
for the front page. <strong>The</strong>se days,<br />
with websites running 24 hours<br />
a day, there is no such thing as a<br />
PACE:<br />
Former<br />
Prime<br />
Minister<br />
John Key<br />
faces<br />
questions<br />
on his<br />
way<br />
to the<br />
House in<br />
February<br />
2015.<br />
PHOTO:<br />
MARK<br />
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single deadline. <strong>The</strong> competition<br />
to be first is stronger than ever.<br />
<strong>The</strong> number of press conferences<br />
has increased hugely especially<br />
under Covid-19. Most are livestreamed.<br />
Reporters listen and<br />
file to the website at the same<br />
time. Photographers have become<br />
video operators. Reporters have<br />
to know how to take photos and<br />
video. <strong>The</strong> pace has quickened.<br />
Is it all about click bait?<br />
No, but we all want our stories<br />
to be well read and these days you<br />
know how well an online story<br />
has been read. But for the Herald,<br />
at least, Premium content means<br />
you are encouraged to cover<br />
issues more deeply.<br />
What’s a standup?<br />
Until Covid, it used to be a<br />
quick press conference at which<br />
the subject and the reporters<br />
stood up, often in an office foyer<br />
or in the foyer at Parliament.<br />
Now it seems to be the name<br />
given to when the subjects are<br />
standing up, such as Ashley<br />
Bloomfield at the Ministry of<br />
Health, and the reporters are<br />
sitting down.<br />
What are some of the other<br />
terms political reporters use?<br />
<strong>The</strong> bridge run is when we<br />
pull politicians aside on their<br />
way to the debating chamber<br />
on the black and white tiles<br />
in Parliament’s foyer. It is<br />
called the bridge run because,<br />
inexplicably, it used to take place<br />
on the narrow bridge between<br />
Parliament and the Beehive until<br />
some safety conscious Speaker<br />
changed it.<br />
Do you take it easy when<br />
Parliament is in recess?<br />
No.<br />
Proud to be<br />
right wing<br />
I am proud to be one of those<br />
ageing right wing bigots as David<br />
Marra puts it, but what intrigues<br />
me is that according to the supporters<br />
of the left it is only people<br />
from the right who can be bigots.<br />
You only have to look at Facebook<br />
to see how bigoted the left<br />
wing people can be.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y ignore what is happening<br />
as a result of actions by the<br />
present Government and I guess<br />
that the borrowing that Grant<br />
Robertson is doing at present and<br />
looks to continue with is okay.<br />
<strong>The</strong> young are very concerned<br />
by climate change but if I was<br />
young I would be more worried<br />
as to how in the future we are going<br />
to pay this back and I wonder<br />
if the lack of action on many of<br />
the Government promises are as<br />
a result of dare I say it we are out<br />
of money.<br />
Perhaps the PM has answers<br />
but if asked she will say I don’t<br />
know but I will get back to you. –<br />
R Lucas<br />
Health board<br />
changes<br />
As far as the planned redesign<br />
of health boards are concerned,<br />
one hopes that the determined<br />
opposition in your pages from<br />
(CDHB members) James Gough<br />
and Aaron Keown is based on<br />
something more than the loss of<br />
income which they will<br />
suffer. For they are full-time<br />
councillors of Christchurch as<br />
well. – John Burn<br />
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Unfortunately this Government<br />
is under the control of<br />
Maori and Green party members<br />
with an agenda. We have mass<br />
indoctrination of the population<br />
through TV and other places.<br />
Now the Government is taking<br />
us down the path of separate<br />
rules and benefits depending on<br />
race. History is full of leaders<br />
that have taken people down<br />
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O’Rourke<br />
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I live in a street with an uncontrolled<br />
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Please remember that your<br />
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– Nik Rakels<br />
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University cat<br />
Campus<br />
I’m not sure exactly when<br />
Campus arrived at University<br />
Halls but he certainly came to<br />
stay.<br />
I used to go and feed him in<br />
the holidays.<br />
A few years<br />
ago one of<br />
the managers<br />
thought she<br />
might take<br />
him home<br />
with her but<br />
Campus had<br />
other ideas<br />
and within<br />
a few days<br />
escaped from her home and was<br />
found weeks later in Burnside<br />
Park and was brought back to the<br />
uni halls, and we decided that at<br />
night time he should be in the<br />
cleaner’s shed and garage.<br />
<strong>The</strong> maintenance man then<br />
made a door for him in the wall of<br />
the supervisor’s office but had to<br />
redo the opening because Campus<br />
was too fat to fit through.<br />
He loved to sit on the wooden<br />
bench and allow you to pet him.<br />
He was never a great mouser but<br />
he didn’t tolerate other cats on his<br />
patch.<br />
He will be missed and he<br />
lived a charmed life, he did love<br />
his music on in the shed and of<br />
course, the heater had to be on as<br />
well. We will miss Campus.<br />
– Veronica Weeks (retired<br />
cleaner)<br />
I HAVE started reading the<br />
more than 2000 submissions<br />
on the draft Long Term Plan.<br />
I am incredibly impressed<br />
with the amount of work<br />
that has gone into some of<br />
the submissions.<br />
Several residents’ associations<br />
and groups have<br />
undertaken an in-depth<br />
analysis of the LTP, and<br />
highlighted specific items in<br />
the capital programme they<br />
want advanced, with clear<br />
rationale for the proposed<br />
changes.<br />
Some have commented<br />
on how much they have<br />
had to rely on community<br />
knowledge to identify<br />
projects that have been<br />
omitted from the Capital<br />
Programme.<br />
This isn’t good enough<br />
from my perspective and I<br />
know other councillors feel<br />
the same way.<br />
We will feed this back into<br />
the organisation so we can<br />
resolve it for the future.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is also a theme<br />
emerging about setting<br />
priorities for relatively<br />
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renewal projects. Economies<br />
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wouldn’t be separately contracted,<br />
but is the prioritysetting<br />
better done by the<br />
local community board?<br />
And in terms of parks<br />
and other community assets,<br />
could the community<br />
partner on the delivery of<br />
certain levels of service,<br />
meaning more could be<br />
achieved.<br />
It is this kind of submission<br />
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in a meaningful way that<br />
communities are willing to<br />
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they are willing to work<br />
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FOOD 21<br />
Family favourites for those cold evenings<br />
Slice beef and arrange with the<br />
salad.<br />
Smoked fish and kumara<br />
hash cakes<br />
Serves 8<br />
Ingredients<br />
Ingredients<br />
1 tbsp butter<br />
2kg chicken<br />
1 garlic bulb<br />
2 leeks<br />
20 shiitake mushrooms<br />
2 carrots<br />
2 tbsp olive oil<br />
375ml dry white wine<br />
500ml chicken stock<br />
1 bunch tarragon<br />
Directions<br />
Preheat the oven to 220 deg C.<br />
Turn the wings under the chicken<br />
and truss for roasting. Rub the<br />
chicken with the butter and garlic<br />
bulb, halved, then season.<br />
Place leeks (chopped into 3cm<br />
pieces), carrots (chopped into<br />
3cm pieces), mushrooms (or<br />
another kind of mushroom if<br />
you prefer) and more garlic in<br />
a casserole dish. Place chicken<br />
on top of vegetables, drizzle<br />
with olive oil and pour the wine<br />
around the chicken.<br />
Roast for 30min, then pour<br />
the hot chicken stock around the<br />
chicken. Reduce the oven to 180<br />
deg C, cover with a lid and roast<br />
for another 30 to 45min.<br />
Lift out the chicken and<br />
vegetables (keep covered and<br />
warm) and strain the pan juices<br />
into a saucepan. Simmer over<br />
medium heat until thick. Add<br />
tarragon leaves before serving<br />
with the chicken and vegetables.<br />
Seared beef and couscous<br />
salad<br />
Serves 4<br />
Ingredients<br />
500gm beef fillet<br />
1 tsp ginger<br />
2 cloves crushed garlic<br />
2 tsp brown sugar<br />
1 tbsp oil<br />
200gm couscous<br />
500ml chicken stock<br />
1 red onion, sliced<br />
½ red pepper, sliced<br />
200gm pumpkin, sliced<br />
½tsp turmeric<br />
1 tsp coriander<br />
½ tsp cumin<br />
2 tbsp olive oil<br />
100gm beans, blanched<br />
1 cup fresh herbs, chopped<br />
roughly<br />
Dressing<br />
2 tbsp lemon juice<br />
2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce<br />
2 tbsp olive oil<br />
Directions<br />
Place the beef in a small bowl.<br />
Tarragon gravy<br />
makes a tasty<br />
change for<br />
roast chicken.<br />
Add ginger, garlic, brown sugar<br />
and one tablespoon oil. Combine<br />
well and set aside for 20min or<br />
until ready to cook.<br />
Cook couscous in the<br />
chicken stock following packet<br />
instructions.<br />
Heat oven to 180 deg C. Place<br />
red onion, pepper, pumpkin,<br />
turmeric, coriander, cumin and<br />
paprika on an oven tray.<br />
Toss in the two tablespoons<br />
of oil and bake for 20min until<br />
slightly brown and cooked<br />
through.<br />
Heat a pan to a high heat and<br />
sear beef on all sides and place in<br />
the middle of the vegetables. This<br />
will also take 20min. Remove<br />
and rest for 10min.<br />
In a large bowl, mix couscous<br />
with dressing and gently add<br />
vegetables. Place on a platter.<br />
2 tbsp butter<br />
700gm kumara<br />
2 lemons<br />
400gm smoked fish<br />
4 spring onions<br />
¼ cup fresh parsley<br />
1 to dust flour<br />
2cm oil<br />
Directions<br />
Peel and cut kumara into chunks<br />
and cook in boiling salted water<br />
until tender. Drain well and<br />
coarsely mash with melted butter<br />
and the juice of one lemon. Set<br />
aside to cool.<br />
Combine flaked fish with<br />
kumara, finely chopped spring<br />
onions and parsley. Season well<br />
with salt and pepper. Form<br />
mixture into eight patties. Dust<br />
patties with flour.<br />
Heat a nonstick frying pan<br />
with a little oil and gently fry fish<br />
cakes over a medium heat for<br />
3-4min on each side until<br />
golden brown. Serve with lemon<br />
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Mixed fortunes for teams in<br />
early season match-ups<br />
• By Chris Barclay<br />
OLIVER COLLOTY has plans<br />
to qualify as an electrician, while<br />
in another potential profession<br />
the teenager is clearly plugged in<br />
already.<br />
Christchurch United’s<br />
17-year-old striker scored a<br />
remarkable seven goals over the<br />
Anzac weeekend, to justify to<br />
club bringing him north from<br />
Dunedin.<br />
Colloty netted four times<br />
in the record 9-0 drubbing of<br />
Halswell in the latest round of<br />
the Mainland Football premiership<br />
on Friday after joining the<br />
contest as a substitute late in the<br />
opening half.<br />
He then tormented the<br />
Nomads United defence in<br />
Monday’s opening phase of the<br />
English Cup with a hat-trick<br />
amid the 5-1 victory.<br />
Colloty, who is embarking on<br />
the pre-trade component of an<br />
electrical apprenticeship, downplayed<br />
his scoring exploits, although<br />
he is more than halfway<br />
toward fulfilling a pre-season<br />
goal.<br />
“I wanted to hit double figures<br />
in the Mainland premiership,<br />
I’ve got six now so the move (to<br />
Christchurch) is going pretty<br />
good,” he said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> margin was the biggest<br />
recorded by United in the premiership;<br />
Halswell copped their<br />
heaviest loss in the competition.<br />
Colloty, who trialed at UK club<br />
Reading while a student at Otago<br />
Boys’ High School in 2019, then<br />
added a treble in his English Cup<br />
debut.<br />
Naturally right footed, Colloty<br />
also scored with his left and a<br />
header for a boxed set of goals.<br />
In spite of his glut of goals,<br />
Colloty wasn’t about to rest<br />
on his laurels with head coach<br />
Danny Halligan able to call on<br />
Max Chretien, Seth Simpson,<br />
Eddie Wilkinson plus Michael<br />
and Luke White as options up<br />
front.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>re’s a lot of competition,<br />
the quality is a bit better here<br />
than down south,” Colloty said.<br />
Other first round winners<br />
included holders Cashmere<br />
Technical, Ferrymead Bays and<br />
Selwyn United, who thrashed<br />
Mid Canterbury United 8-1.<br />
Cashmere Technical lead the<br />
premiership with 16 points, one<br />
clear of Coastal Spirit while<br />
Christchurch United sit third on<br />
13.<br />
Marist Albion are the only<br />
unbeaten side heading into the<br />
fourth round of the Christchurch<br />
Metre Premier Cup, with a 41-26<br />
victory over Shirley providing<br />
the maximum 15 competition<br />
points.<br />
Last season’s beaten finalists<br />
are five points clear of Linwood<br />
– who jumped six spots up<br />
the standings thanks to a 51-5<br />
thrashing of Belfast – as they<br />
prepare for Saturday’s assignment<br />
with fourth-ranked New<br />
Brighton at Rawhiti Domain.<br />
Although they languish at the<br />
foot of the table, Belfast’s clash<br />
with fellow strugglers University<br />
at Sheldon Park will be closely<br />
monitored by Crusaders coach<br />
Scott Robertson given midfield<br />
back Brayden Ennor will turn<br />
out for the students in a bid to<br />
prove his fitness for next Saturday’s<br />
Super Rugby Aotearoa final<br />
with the Chiefs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> All Black made his<br />
comeback from a knee injury for<br />
University during the first half of<br />
their 34-14 win over Sumner.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Northern Bulldogs faithful<br />
turned out in force to farewell<br />
club stalwart Glenn Scott, who<br />
lost his battle with cancer last<br />
week, but the Riccarton Knights<br />
were not entirely sympathetic at<br />
Murphy Park.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Knights upset last year’s<br />
runners-up with a 16-14 victory,<br />
their first of the campaign, after<br />
Josh Endacott could not land a<br />
late sideline conversion to tie up<br />
the contest.<br />
Defending champions Linwood<br />
lead Hornby on points<br />
differential after the perennial<br />
powerhouses banked contrasting<br />
victories last Saturday.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Keas pulled clear of Papanui<br />
after the break to triumph<br />
34-16 on Saturday while the<br />
Panthers saw their 16-0 halftime<br />
advantage whittled away<br />
until Sincere Harraway slotted<br />
the decisive penalty in a 22-20<br />
cliffhanger.<br />
Linwood seek to continue setting<br />
the pace against the winless<br />
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against Halswell<br />
– during<br />
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Weekend.<br />
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Eastern Eagles while Hornby<br />
head to Kaiapoi to take on the<br />
Bulldogs.<br />
Meanwhile, the Canterbury<br />
hockey’s premier league starts on<br />
Saturday, with Southern United<br />
and Carlton Redcliffs approaching<br />
the competition on a positive<br />
note after claiming the men’s and<br />
women’s Porritt Cup title respectively<br />
last weekend.<br />
Southern United were<br />
comprehensive 3-0 winners over<br />
Avon while Carlton Redcliffs also<br />
held their opponent scoreless<br />
before beating HSOB/Burnside<br />
2-0.<br />
Reigning champion Lincoln<br />
University have made the perfect<br />
start to their defence of the<br />
Christchurch Netball Centre<br />
premier grade crown by leading<br />
the table after two commanding<br />
victories.<br />
Lincoln boasts a positive goal<br />
differential of 102 compared<br />
to the other unbeaten teams<br />
Technical A (+33) and University<br />
of Canterbury (+32).<br />
<strong>The</strong> title holders thrashed<br />
Villa Maria 86-12 in the<br />
opening round of the 12-team<br />
competition and then beat Kia<br />
Toa 61-33 in Tuesday night’s<br />
second round action.<br />
Rams<br />
ready to<br />
tip-off<br />
after delay<br />
• By Chris Barclay<br />
AFTER AN elongated pre-season<br />
stretching back to New Year, the<br />
Canterbury Rams have endured<br />
another wait before opening<br />
their National Basketball League<br />
campaign.<br />
Although the competition<br />
started last Saturday, the Rams<br />
tip-off for the first time tomorrow<br />
night due to the vagaries of the<br />
draw.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hawkes Bay Hawks are<br />
the last of the 10 teams to hit the<br />
court when they host the Rams in<br />
Napier on Sunday.<br />
Rams head coach Mick Downer<br />
admitted the squad were anxious<br />
to get under way, even if they face<br />
an ominous trip to the capital.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Wellington Saints sat out<br />
last year’s Covid-19 inspired<br />
showdown, but the traditional<br />
powerhouse look as strong as ever,<br />
having beaten the Otago Nuggets<br />
95-73 on opening night.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y’re the benchmark of the<br />
league, they’ve been the most successful<br />
franchise and they go into<br />
every season with the expectation<br />
of winning it,” Downer said.<br />
Downer’s squad started assembling<br />
in early January, American<br />
imports EJ Singler and Deshon<br />
Taylor only recently emerged<br />
from quarantine while Zach<br />
Hannen and Australia-based<br />
Max Darling completed the roster<br />
today.<br />
Darling and Taylor Britt<br />
head to Christchurch after<br />
completing ANBL commitments<br />
with Wollongong and Perth<br />
respectively.<br />
“We’ve had to get a bit<br />
creative to break up the<br />
monotony because it’s been such<br />
a long time,” Downer said of the<br />
lead-up.<br />
“We’ve essentially had guys in<br />
town from early new year and we<br />
had some high school kids help us<br />
with numbers at training.’’<br />
Top of the tables<br />
Christchurch Metro Premier Cup men’s rugby<br />
P W L D PD Pts<br />
Marist Albion 3 3 0 0 28 15<br />
Linwood 3 2 1 0 42 10<br />
Burnside 3 2 1 0 19 9<br />
New Brighton 3 2 1 0 11 9<br />
Sydenham 3 2 1 0 -7 9<br />
Christchurch 3 1 2 0 7 8<br />
Shirley 3 1 2 0 -8 8<br />
Lincoln University 3 1 2 0 0 7<br />
Sumner 3 1 1 1 -12 6<br />
HSOB 3 1 2 0 -9 5<br />
University 3 1 2 0 -20 5<br />
Belfast 3 0 2 1 -51 4<br />
Canterbury Rugby League Men’s Premiership<br />
P W L D PD Pts<br />
Linwood Keas 3 3 0 0 58 6<br />
Hornby Panthers 3 3 0 0 56 6<br />
Halswell Hornets 3 2 1 0 44 4<br />
Celebration Lions 3 2 1 0 32 4<br />
Northern Bulldogs 3 1 2 0 28 2<br />
Riccarton Knights 3 1 2 0 -62 2<br />
Papanui Tigers 3 0 3 0 -58 0<br />
Eastern Eagles 3 0 3 0 -96 0<br />
Mainland Football Men’s Premiership<br />
P W D L GD Pts<br />
Cashmere Technical 6 5 1 0 12 16<br />
Coastal Spirit 6 5 0 1 8 15<br />
Christchurch Utd 6 4 1 1 18 13<br />
Nelson Suburbs 6 3 1 2 5 10<br />
Nomads Utd AFC 6 2 0 4 -5 6<br />
Ferrymeads Bays 6 2 0 4 -7 6<br />
Selwyn Utd FC 6 1 1 4 -7 4<br />
Halswell Utd AFC 6 0 0 6 -24 0<br />
Weekend match-ups<br />
Christchurch Metro<br />
Premier Cup (all Saturday<br />
at 2.45pm)<br />
Burnside v Shirley, Burnside<br />
Park; New Brighton v Marist<br />
Albion, Rawhiti Domain;<br />
Sumner v Lincoln University,<br />
McCormacks Bay Field;<br />
Sydenham v Christchurch,<br />
Sydenham Park; HSOB v<br />
Linwood, Bob Deans Field;<br />
Belfast v University, Sheldon<br />
Park.<br />
Canterbury Rugby<br />
League Premiership (all<br />
Saturday at 2.45pm)<br />
Halswell Hornets v<br />
Riccarton Knights, Halswell<br />
Domain; Northern Bulldogs<br />
v Hornby Panthers, Murphy<br />
Park; Eastern Eagles v<br />
Linwood Keas, Wainoni Park;<br />
Celebration Lions v Papanui<br />
Tigers, Macfarlane Park.<br />
Mainland Football<br />
Premiership<br />
Nelson Suburbs FC v<br />
Cashmere Technical, Saxton<br />
Field, 12pm Saturday; Halswell<br />
United v Ferrymead Bays FC,<br />
Halswell Domain, 2.45pm<br />
Saturday; Nomads United v<br />
Selwyn United, Tulett Park,<br />
2.45pm Saturday; Coastal<br />
Spirit v Christchurch Utd,<br />
Linfield Park, 12.30pm Sunday.
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SPORT 25<br />
Fitting farewell to passionate<br />
trainer and league stalwart<br />
HORSE TRAINER and rugby<br />
league stalwart Glenn Scott<br />
was farewelled on Tuesday,<br />
a day after his best horse<br />
Take After Me produced an<br />
emotionally-charged win at<br />
Methven.<br />
Scott, a 50-year-old father<br />
of two who was also a life<br />
member of the Kaiapoi-based<br />
Northern Bulldogs, died last<br />
week following a battle with<br />
cancer.<br />
<strong>The</strong> day before his funeral<br />
at Kaiapoi High School, the<br />
country’s top harness racing<br />
driver Blair Orange punched<br />
the air as Take After Me<br />
emerged from the trail to<br />
run down the pace-making<br />
Call This Fun to win the<br />
Bayleys Ashburton Handicap<br />
Trot.<br />
“It was great to get that<br />
result. <strong>The</strong>y are a champion<br />
family . . . and Glenn was<br />
an easy-going lovely guy,”<br />
Orange said.<br />
It was the third win in 16<br />
starts for Scott’s father Fred,<br />
who took over his son’s team<br />
this season.<br />
“It is quite unbelievable, we<br />
have had lots of lows but this<br />
brought a lot of happiness,”<br />
said Scott’s mother Jan.<br />
“About 15 of us watched<br />
replays of the race on TV and<br />
it was very emotional.”<br />
Scott’s brother Shannon was<br />
able to watch the race track<br />
side with Fred after flying in<br />
from Australia.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> timing was perfect<br />
for him, if the bubble hadn’t<br />
opened up he wouldn’t have<br />
been able to get here,” Jan<br />
Scott said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> win was Take After<br />
Me’s 12th in 227 starts. <strong>The</strong><br />
dual-gaited Holmes Hanover<br />
10-year-old has now won eight<br />
times as a trotter, and four as<br />
a pacer.<br />
Scott was also remembered<br />
at the Bulldogs headquarters<br />
on Saturday, where the premier<br />
grade team were pipped<br />
16-14 by Riccarton at Murphy<br />
Park.<br />
“Racing and rugby league<br />
really were his passions,” Jan<br />
Scott said.<br />
“He will be missed.”<br />
– Harness Racing News<br />
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Ennor makes late bid for Super Rugby glory<br />
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Crusaders coach Scott Robertson<br />
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<strong>The</strong> 23-year-old set up a try<br />
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David Havili and Leicester<br />
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<strong>The</strong> second phase of Ennor’s<br />
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Every row, column and box should<br />
contain the digits 1 to 9.<br />
PUZZLES 27<br />
WORDBUILDER<br />
WordBuilder<br />
092<br />
6<br />
D A E<br />
T E B<br />
words of three or more letters,<br />
How<br />
including<br />
many<br />
plurals,<br />
words<br />
can you<br />
of<br />
make<br />
three<br />
from<br />
or<br />
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more<br />
six<br />
letters, using including each letter plurals, only once? can No you foreign<br />
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allowed. <strong>The</strong>re's at least one six-letter word.<br />
each only once? TODAY<br />
Good 17 Very Good 21 Excellent 25<br />
No words beginning with a capital<br />
are allowed. <strong>The</strong>re’s at least one<br />
Solution 091: cep, cere, creep, crepe, epic, ere,<br />
ice, ire, peer, per, peri, pic, pie, piece, pier, PIERCE,<br />
six-letter price, RECIPE, word. rep, rice, rip, ripe.<br />
Good 12 Very Good 16 Excellent 22+<br />
DECO<br />
9<br />
14 15 16 17 18<br />
19 20 21<br />
22 23 24 25 26<br />
27 28<br />
<strong>29</strong> 30<br />
SOLUTION<br />
No.92<br />
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26<br />
A F I H E Y R G B U S M J<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />
Q K Z V L O T C N P W D X<br />
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Decoder<br />
Across<br />
1. Entry (6)<br />
5. Idiotic (7)<br />
10. Language (colloq) (5)<br />
11. Outing (9)<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />
T F<br />
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26<br />
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z<br />
17 16 13 23 6 26 21 5 24 24 4 24<br />
9 14 16 3 16 4<br />
12. Balmy (7)<br />
13. Pupil (7)<br />
14. Evade (5)<br />
16. Expression of<br />
disapproval (9)<br />
19. Cautiously (9)<br />
20. Praise, glorify (5)<br />
22. Lured (7)<br />
25. Avoidance (7)<br />
27. Coming before (9)<br />
28. Tranquillity (5)<br />
<strong>29</strong>. Regarded as (7)<br />
30. Ecstatic (6)<br />
9 17 11 13 13 23 24 10 3 17 25 14<br />
Down<br />
2. Challenger (9)<br />
3. Wear away (5)<br />
4. Disbelieving (9)<br />
5. Concentrate (5)<br />
24 3 8 5 11 11 24<br />
8 7 13 17 11 26 24 23 24 26 26<br />
14 24 7 18 3 22<br />
10 24 22 14 18 24 26 17 11 13 23 16<br />
6. Blue-green colour (9)<br />
7. Give an opinion (5)<br />
8. Sacred place or retreat (7)<br />
9. Even-tempered (6)<br />
15. Streamlined (9)<br />
17. Group of US universities<br />
(3,6)<br />
14 6 3 19 18 23<br />
18. Lifeless (9)<br />
19. Vine (7)<br />
21. Dabble (6)<br />
23. Silly person (5)<br />
24. Desiccated (5)<br />
26. First in importance (5)<br />
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Mazda BT-50 helps complete project<br />
I HAVE THE city council<br />
to thank for completion of a<br />
landscaping project on my front<br />
lawn.<br />
Even though I still can’t work<br />
out why, our footpaths were replaced<br />
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willingwork the shovel and unload<br />
the soil, but it is now a case<br />
of job done.<br />
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today’s ute has become so popular,<br />
it’s the versatile carryall for<br />
when jobs crop up or something<br />
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configuration means five occupants<br />
can be transported at will<br />
and, as in the BT-50’s case, comfort<br />
levels are high right across<br />
the range.<br />
Regular readers will recall I<br />
drove the range-topping BT-50<br />
Limited in February, this evaluation<br />
focuses on the mid-spec<br />
GTX four-wheel-drive model,<br />
it lists at $58,490, which is a<br />
$2500 saving, bearing in mind<br />
the seven-model range starts at<br />
$47,490 (2WD). All are double<br />
cabs with wellside decks.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Mazda BT-50 is all new,<br />
gone is the old Ford Rangerbased<br />
variant. <strong>The</strong> BT-50’s release<br />
coincides with a new Isuzu<br />
D-Max, I mention that because<br />
underneath, the platform of the<br />
BT-50 is all Isuzu, although I<br />
know that the Mazda Motor Co<br />
in Japan has done a lot of refinement<br />
work on the driveline and,<br />
of course, the body shell is far<br />
from similar.<br />
Even in mid-spec form the<br />
BT-50 is well appointed. Sure,<br />
you don’t get leather and that<br />
suits me fine, but elsewhere there<br />
are plenty of items that will keep<br />
buyers happy and for those who<br />
see the modern double cab as a<br />
family vehicle then the BT-50 easily<br />
fits the bill.<br />
Major items of fitment includesatellite<br />
navigation, keyless entry<br />
and ignition and dual zone climate<br />
control. More importantly,<br />
Mazda’s high-spec suite of safety<br />
kit is included, easily keeping<br />
up with the safety functions of<br />
all of its competition. You could<br />
happily say Mazda are leading the<br />
charge in terms of ute safety.<br />
Powering the BT-50 is a fourcylinder,<br />
3-litre turbocharged<br />
FORMIDABLE: <strong>The</strong> Mazda BT-50 is a useful off-road<br />
performer with its low ratio four-wheel-drive system.<br />
MAZDA BT-50: Three grades from $47,490.<br />
diesel. <strong>The</strong> outputs are rated at<br />
140kW and 450Nm, if these look<br />
familiar, yes, it’s pretty much<br />
the same engine as in the D-<br />
Max. In contrast to the manual<br />
gearbox option that Isuzu offers,<br />
all BT-50s here in New Zealand<br />
are six-speed automatics. I guess<br />
that’s the trend, but it would be<br />
good for those who still prefer a<br />
manual to have a choice.<br />
That aside, the driveline in the<br />
BT-50 is smooth and sophisticated.<br />
I guess Mazda has done<br />
the business in terms of soundproofing,<br />
for the engine just<br />
seems to tick over quietly and it is<br />
a smooth operating unit.<br />
<strong>The</strong> power outputs are up to<br />
par and would meet the demands<br />
and load carrying claims. <strong>The</strong> BT-<br />
50 is rated for a 3500kg braked<br />
trailer and will take just about<br />
one-tonne on the deck. My load<br />
didn’t stretch that parameter but<br />
I can report that with something<br />
on the deck the ride is calm and<br />
controlled.<br />
It’s hard to get a leaf spring/<br />
live rear axle set-up working well<br />
under empty and load-carrying<br />
conditions but the BT-50 excels<br />
in both areas, the ride is smooth<br />
and other than a jiggle through<br />
the tyres over road ripples you’d<br />
find it hard to complain.<br />
Up front a traditional double<br />
wishbone system is fitted and<br />
it, too, has good compliance<br />
• Price – Mazda BT-50 GTX<br />
Limited, $58,490<br />
• Dimensions – Length,<br />
5280mm; width, 1870mm;<br />
height, 1790mm<br />
• Configuration – Fourcylinder,<br />
four-wheel-drive,<br />
<strong>29</strong>99cc, 140kW, 450Nm,<br />
six-speed automatic.<br />
• Performance – 0-100km/h,<br />
10.5sec<br />
• Fuel usage – 8l/100km<br />
along with the geometry to<br />
provide relative steering feel<br />
and satisfactory handling<br />
characteristics.<br />
A ladder chassis vehicle isn‘t<br />
expected to be the high-country<br />
corner challenger but the BT-50<br />
does steer directly on its 265/60<br />
x 18in Bridgestone Dueller tyres<br />
and rear-end stability is settled.<br />
Dry ground conditions in<br />
Canterbury during the time I<br />
had the evaluation vehicle meant<br />
I was a little wary of driving<br />
off-road, but there is a short<br />
clay track with no foliage near<br />
Burnham which I tackled in low<br />
ratio, the ground was flat so I was<br />
unable to utilise the downhill<br />
descent function, but I can report<br />
that from my previous experience<br />
in the Limited model and D-Max<br />
both are useful off-road chargers.<br />
One area you can guarantee<br />
Mazda has been pro-active in the<br />
production of BT-50 is in terms<br />
of fuel consumption. Mazda’s<br />
manufacturing philosophy is<br />
that of minimising our carbon<br />
footprint. <strong>The</strong> BT-50 is rated<br />
with an eight-litre per 100km<br />
combined cycle average. <strong>The</strong><br />
fuel usage readout was sitting at<br />
9.8l/100km when it was returned<br />
to the dealership, that aided by a<br />
8.2l/100km instantaneous readout<br />
at 100km/h (engine speed<br />
1400rpm).<br />
Mazda could easily be excused<br />
for abandoning their ute/pick-up<br />
development. <strong>The</strong> fact they build<br />
amazing cars and sports utility<br />
vehicles for the mainstream<br />
market fits with their company<br />
philosophy.<br />
Nevertheless, given the number<br />
of utes sold globally it’s a productive<br />
market to be in and Mazda<br />
has been served well with steady<br />
sales of all generations of its<br />
Bounty and BT-50.<br />
Mazda should also be well<br />
pleased with its new partnership<br />
with Isuzu. <strong>The</strong> BT-50 is all<br />
that you could expect from a<br />
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comfortable and will have<br />
reliability on its side. That’s why<br />
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Licensed Agent REAA 2008 | www.tlcrealty.co.nz<br />
$200 is<br />
WoRth<br />
hAving<br />
Most people know the quite dramatic changes<br />
we have seen in Real Estate in recent years. One<br />
of the most significant changes all Real Estate<br />
agents face is a quite extreme shortage of<br />
listings so I will pay you $200 for any lead which<br />
results in a confirmed settled sale.<br />
Winton Royds is my name, trading as Royds<br />
Real Estate Licenced Under REA 2008.<br />
I am one of the longest serving real estate<br />
agents in Christchurch with over 50 years<br />
experience selling a wide range of properties. I<br />
am knowledgeable affable and easy to deal with.<br />
My commission is low and my objective is to get<br />
you a maximum price for minimum outlay.<br />
Please phone 027-228-7002 anytime.<br />
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Getting what you paid<br />
for on settlement day<br />
In the movies, the day someone gets<br />
the keys to their newly bought home<br />
is portrayed as a golden, stress-free<br />
time. <strong>The</strong> reality can be rather different,<br />
especially if you find your dream home<br />
has turned into something akin to<br />
Nightmare On Elm Street since you<br />
agreed to buy it.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> trick to a stress-free settlement<br />
is to do as much as you can in advance,<br />
starting with when you’re signing the sale<br />
and purchase agreement.”<br />
“<strong>The</strong> sale and purchase agreement<br />
is the legally-binding contract agreed<br />
between you and the seller that details<br />
the property, the conditions of sale and<br />
the price. Make sure that there is an<br />
agreed list of chattels, with notes as to<br />
their condition, in this agreement. If<br />
the property is full of rubbish, and you<br />
want it gone before you take possession,<br />
make that a condition of the sale. If there<br />
are holes in the fence that the seller<br />
has promised to fix, get that in writing<br />
on the agreement: don’t rely on verbal<br />
assurances that something will be done<br />
prior to settlement. It’s far better to get all<br />
these niggly details sorted out before you<br />
sign the agreement than face protracted<br />
battles down the track.”<br />
As a buyer, you are generally entitled to<br />
one opportunity to inspect the property<br />
before settlement day. If the property has<br />
sitting tenants, ask your lawyer to ensure<br />
there is a ‘final inspection’ clause inserted<br />
in the sale and purchase agreement<br />
before you sign it.<br />
“A seller does not have to accommodate<br />
Church Notices<br />
Christian<br />
sPiritUaList<br />
ChUrCh<br />
182 Edgeware Road<br />
Sunday Service<br />
7pm<br />
Address<br />
Angela and Heather<br />
Clairvoyant<br />
Angela and Heather<br />
All Welcome<br />
For Sale<br />
STEEL for sale all<br />
sections, off cuts cut<br />
lengths. siteweld@ xtra.<br />
co.nz Ph 0274 508 785<br />
Funeral Directors<br />
Direct<br />
Cremation<br />
No frills, No Service,<br />
No fuss, simply<br />
straight to the crem.<br />
Other options<br />
available.<br />
Ph: 379 0178<br />
for our brochure<br />
or email<br />
office@undertaker.co.nz<br />
any extra requests to visit the property<br />
prior to settlement.”<br />
“Remember that the seller may have a<br />
lot on their plate; making the property<br />
available so your interior decorator can<br />
measure up for new curtains is unlikely<br />
to be a high priority.”<br />
Your real estate agent will usually<br />
arrange the inspection with the seller,<br />
and accompany you to the property. Most<br />
experts recommend that this inspection<br />
takes place around 24 hours before<br />
settlement day so there are no hold-ups<br />
to the transfer of funds and ownership.<br />
When you come to inspect the<br />
property, everything should be as it<br />
was when you decided to purchase it<br />
(as reflected by the sale and purchase<br />
agreement). You can expect chattels to<br />
be in a reasonable working order unless<br />
it has been agreed and documented<br />
otherwise. You cannot complain to the<br />
seller that the oven isn’t clean enough, but<br />
you can raise a complaint if it is missing,<br />
or it is a different model to the one cited<br />
in the agreement.<br />
If there is a problem, you should speak<br />
to the real estate agent and your lawyer<br />
in the first instance. Your lawyer should<br />
work with the seller’s lawyer to reach a<br />
satisfactory solution, such as getting the<br />
seller to make any necessary repairs, or<br />
to deduct any costs from the eventual<br />
settlement.<br />
Making the final inspection 24 hours<br />
before settlement is due gives you and the<br />
seller time to reach an agreement over<br />
anything outstanding.<br />
Your<br />
Earthquake<br />
damaged<br />
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Talk to us if you are serious about<br />
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We have sold over<br />
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a huge database of<br />
qualified buyers.<br />
Phil & Holly Jones<br />
Ph 03-382-2230<br />
Phil 027 435 7711<br />
Holly 027 222 0220<br />
holly.jones@raywhite.com<br />
Licensed (REAA 2008) Results Realty Ltd<br />
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• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi<br />
Funeral Directors<br />
No Service Cremation $2,000<br />
Family Funeral with Cremation $3,950<br />
Chapel - 35 people, casket, hearse, cremation fees<br />
Full Funeral options and<br />
Burial options available<br />
Just Funerals, a family owned and<br />
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Phone 0800 804 663 - 24 Hour Availability<br />
Email: info@justfunerals.co.nz<br />
christchurch.justfunerals.co.nz<br />
Gardening Garage Sales<br />
& Supplies<br />
HANDCRAFT SALE<br />
PETE’S GARDENING 8 Athelston St, Friday<br />
SERVICE Gardening, 7th May 10am - 4pm,<br />
rubbish removal, cleanups, Saturday May 8th 10am<br />
expert pruning, hedge - 4pm. Items suitable<br />
trimming, tree cutting, for Mothers Day gifts,<br />
good rates, no job too big eg: Crochet, woollen &<br />
or too small, half the price sown goods, brooches,<br />
of a franchise. Ph 027 551 pendants, pictures,<br />
4118<br />
decorated bottles etc.<br />
Garage Sales<br />
Cash Only<br />
COMMUNITY<br />
MARKET. LINWOOD.<br />
Saturday 1st May 9am -<br />
1pm Cnr Worcester St &<br />
Stanmore Rd.<br />
HEI HEI<br />
12 Moeraki Place.<br />
Saturday 9.30am -<br />
12.30pm. Large variety of<br />
household goods<br />
Massage<br />
LADIES enjoy a full body<br />
sensual massage. Choice<br />
of oils, discreet mature<br />
gent. Ph / txt 027 251 4660<br />
RELAXATION to<br />
Remedial massage.<br />
Hillmorton area. Ph 027<br />
244 0195<br />
Personals<br />
MALE 59 seeks older /<br />
larger lady for intimate<br />
fun. 022 637 8403<br />
Pets and Supplies<br />
• Daycare - all breeds<br />
• Boarding<br />
• Long stay/short stay<br />
ADD SOME<br />
COLOUR<br />
TO YOUR ADVERT!<br />
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Call now to book<br />
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welcome anytime!<br />
aLameDa<br />
kenneLs & cattery<br />
271 Dyers Road<br />
Ph 384 1<strong>29</strong>7 or 0274 587 067<br />
www.alameda.nz<br />
Three convenient sizes from $80 a week:<br />
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EVERY THURSDAY<br />
Pets & Supplies<br />
CATS UNLOVED<br />
can help with the cost<br />
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Ph 3555-022 or email<br />
catsunloved@xtra.co.nz<br />
Trades & Services<br />
House & Garden<br />
Property services Ltd<br />
Tree and hedge trimming<br />
Stump grinding<br />
Tree removal<br />
Gardening<br />
Landscaping<br />
CALL us 021 405 277<br />
Professional<br />
Garden Services<br />
• Regular garden<br />
maintenance<br />
• Pruning, spraying,<br />
weeding, mowing<br />
• Planting solutions<br />
• Garden makeovers<br />
Qualified with 40 years<br />
experience<br />
Phone Richard<br />
027 4918 234<br />
03 349 4022<br />
Landscaping<br />
driveways, paths,<br />
patios, decking,<br />
irrigation & lawns<br />
Fence staining<br />
FREE QUOTES<br />
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Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>29</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 31<br />
Trades & Services<br />
Your guide to our LOCAL & TRUSTED<br />
Trades & Professional Services<br />
To advertise: Phone 379 1100 or email star.class@starmedia.kiwi<br />
“I WILL TURN UP<br />
WHEN I SAY I WILL” <br />
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Trades & Services<br />
EXPERIENCED<br />
GARDENER<br />
(Kevin Garnett)<br />
30 Years<br />
Christchurch Botanic<br />
Gardens.<br />
ALL landscape<br />
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Maintenance, pruning,<br />
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landscape planning<br />
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Free Quotes<br />
Phone 348 3482<br />
PAINTING<br />
older painter<br />
for older houses<br />
50 years in trade<br />
“All the skills”<br />
0508 H2O BOY<br />
426 269<br />
027 245 5100<br />
GST FREE<br />
Contact Jimmy Bell<br />
0211221487<br />
30 years + experience<br />
Older house<br />
restorations:<br />
no problem!<br />
Quotes: FREE!<br />
Rates: Reasonable<br />
Paint supplied at<br />
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NO JOB TOO SMALL<br />
Light industrial also<br />
Roger Brott<br />
Painter & Decorator<br />
021-1966-311<br />
Building<br />
Maintanence<br />
& small job<br />
Specialists<br />
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021 136 3045<br />
Qualified Builder<br />
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Trades & Services<br />
ROOF<br />
PAINTING 24/7<br />
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Exterior staining,<br />
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Phone Kevin<br />
027 561 46<strong>29</strong><br />
rooF<br />
painting<br />
by Certified Tradesman<br />
Book now<br />
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Rope and harness<br />
a speciality.<br />
No scaffolding<br />
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30 years<br />
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Free quotes,<br />
call Craig<br />
021 060 2392<br />
Trades & Services<br />
AAA HANDYMAN<br />
licensed carpenter<br />
LBP, all property and<br />
building maintenance,<br />
repairs, bathroom/shower<br />
installations, with free<br />
quotes 03 383 1927 or 027<br />
245 5226 ciey@xtra.co.nz<br />
AA SHOWER<br />
CLEANING<br />
Deep clean, soap scum,<br />
water stains, mineral<br />
deposits . Comp prices.<br />
Gold card disc. Ph 021 022<br />
824 85<br />
BRICK & BLOCK<br />
LAYING<br />
all restoration work<br />
and new work plus<br />
foundations, ph 342 9340<br />
or 021 853 033<br />
BUILDER QUALIfIED<br />
50 yrs exp. Bathrooms,<br />
Kitchens, Renovations,<br />
Repairs & Extensions<br />
Free quotes. Discount for<br />
pensioners. Ph Mike 03<br />
980 9771 or 027 2266 930<br />
DRIVEWAYS<br />
Exposed Aggregate<br />
Stamped Concrete Plain<br />
Concrete Resurfacing<br />
Things we offer...<br />
Competitive/affordable pricing<br />
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free quotes/insurance scopes<br />
Cell 0278 145 848<br />
www.drivecrete.co.nz<br />
landscaping<br />
You can have your gardens, trees,<br />
shrubs, plants and lawns maintained to look their best<br />
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Residential & Commercial Landscaping<br />
• Maintenance • Pruning • Reconstruction & Rejuvenation<br />
• Rental Property and Commercial Maintenance<br />
• Pre-Sale Tidy-Ups<br />
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• Quality • Value for money • Experienced • Punctual<br />
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Call Ross Legg - 027 222 0388<br />
Email ross@revivelandscaping.co.nz<br />
www.revivelandscaping.co.nz<br />
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Driveways<br />
SWAINS<br />
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Quality<br />
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• Driveways<br />
• Kerb &<br />
Channel<br />
• Garden Edging<br />
Freephone: 0800 081 400<br />
swainskiwikerb@gmail.com<br />
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ROOF REPAIRS<br />
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• Concrete & clay tiles • Butynol<br />
• Malthoid • Asbestos Certified<br />
• Coloursteel • Old iron • Guttering<br />
Phone Dave 981 0278<br />
or 021 223 4200<br />
E: dave@beaumontroofing.co.nz<br />
BEAUMONT ROOFING LTD<br />
TREE SERVICES<br />
CRAIGS<br />
TREES<br />
Our services include:<br />
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Branch chipping<br />
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Crown reduction<br />
Stump grinding<br />
P: 027 2<strong>29</strong>9 454<br />
E: craigstrees@xtra.co.nz<br />
www.craigstrees.co.nz<br />
Fully insured<br />
ELECTRICIAN<br />
Contact for a free quote<br />
phone 027 331 0400<br />
davewsimpson@windowslive.com<br />
Experienced Domestic Electrician<br />
Quality Workmanship<br />
• New Build<br />
• Renovations<br />
• Fault finding<br />
Painters and Decorators Ltd<br />
Canterbury Owned and Operated<br />
A husband and wife team<br />
Specializing in:<br />
• Roof Painting<br />
• Interior/exterior<br />
residential<br />
• Small commercial<br />
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PAINTERS<br />
Noel 027-411-3596<br />
kemp.painters@gmail.com<br />
kemp painters and decorators<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Classifieds<br />
Trades & Services<br />
GLAZING<br />
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BUILDER QUALIFIED<br />
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0374<br />
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BUILDER<br />
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Phone John on 0800<br />
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003181, 027 240 7416<br />
jflattery@xtra.co.nz<br />
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John Sandford, ph 3<strong>29</strong><br />
4616, mob 027 5189 598<br />
johnsandford2@gmail.<br />
com<br />
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669<br />
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a/h 359- 4605<br />
ELECTRICIAN<br />
Registered, electrical<br />
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Gorbie Electrical, ph 021<br />
026 73375 or 03 322 4209<br />
Trades & Services<br />
ELECTRICIAN<br />
Available, 30 years<br />
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start, competitive rate,<br />
ph Brian 027 433 9548<br />
No Call out fee<br />
ELECTRICIAN<br />
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city -wide. No call out<br />
fee. M/S, 8-5. Call Pat<br />
Barrett 03 359 2087/ 027<br />
7331384.<br />
ELECTRICIAN<br />
Prompt & reliable<br />
registered electrician<br />
with 24 years experience<br />
for all residential and<br />
commercial work, new<br />
housing and switch board<br />
replacements. Phone Chris<br />
027 516 0669<br />
FENCING<br />
All types of fencing . Free<br />
quotes. Ph Jim 022 137<br />
1920<br />
GARDENING<br />
Weeding, Lawns, Pruning,<br />
Garden Cleanups. Call<br />
Phil <strong>The</strong> Gardener 021 661<br />
246 for your free quote.<br />
GARDENER<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
Have your gardens tidied<br />
up ready for winter.<br />
Weeding, planting,<br />
mulching & light pruning.<br />
$25 per hour.Ph Wendy<br />
027 282 8515<br />
GASFITTING<br />
N.T. Gas Services.<br />
Domestic gas installations.<br />
Reg Craftsman Gas Fitter.<br />
Ph Nick 021 892 491<br />
GLAZIER<br />
Glass repairs - pet doors<br />
- conservatory roofs. Exp<br />
Tradesman. Call Bill on<br />
022 413 3504 or 981-1903<br />
HANDY - DAN<br />
General Handyman for<br />
all your maintenance<br />
requirements. I specialise<br />
in fences and decking, also<br />
do spouting cleans and<br />
repairs and everyday home<br />
maintenance. NO JOB TO<br />
BIG OR SMALL I can do<br />
it all, please don’t hesitate<br />
to call me on 022 600 7738<br />
for a no obligation free<br />
quote.<br />
HANDYMAN<br />
Small jobs specialists. eg:<br />
drippy taps, sticky doors,<br />
locks, moss spraying etc.<br />
Discount for pensioners.<br />
Ph 390 1565 or 022 5275<br />
668 @oddjobs2018<br />
HANDYMAN<br />
For all those odd jobs.<br />
Ph 027 <strong>29</strong>4 1508<br />
HANDYMAN<br />
For all those odd jobs. Ph<br />
027 <strong>29</strong>4 1508<br />
HOME CLEANING<br />
SERVICES<br />
Regular Weekly or<br />
Fortnightly. Ring Vivien<br />
at 03 365 8422 for free<br />
quotation<br />
LANDSCAPING<br />
Paving, Lawns, Irrigation,<br />
Decking, Fencing.<br />
Kanga & small digger<br />
services. Check out Squire<br />
Landscaping on facebook.<br />
FREE QUOTES. Ph<br />
Arthur 347-8796, 027<br />
220-7014 Edwin 027 220-<br />
7154<br />
MOBILE CAR<br />
CLEANING SERVICES<br />
We come to you where<br />
ever you are. Ring us<br />
at 03 281 8054 for free<br />
quotation.<br />
• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi<br />
Trades & Services<br />
PAINTER,QUALIFIED<br />
local professional, Int /<br />
Ext,roofs,wallpaper, call<br />
or text Corban 027 846<br />
5035<br />
PAINTING<br />
Indoor / Outdoor, over 30<br />
yrs exp, same day quotes,<br />
ph Steve 021 255 7968<br />
PAINTING<br />
All jobs, none too small.<br />
Free quotes Affordable<br />
rates. Seniors discounts.<br />
James 0220 652 637<br />
PAINTING<br />
PLASTERING<br />
Free quotes. Int/ext &<br />
roof painting Family run<br />
business, work guaranteed.<br />
Pensioner discounts. Ph<br />
Kerin or Paul 022 191<br />
7877 or 379-1281. Website<br />
www.swedekiwipainting.<br />
co.nz<br />
PLASTERER<br />
Phone Finn for all your<br />
interior plastering needs.<br />
No job too small -<br />
renovations, alterations,<br />
holes & cracks. Free<br />
quotes. I’ll beat any quote<br />
by 10% .25 yrs exp. Canty<br />
born. Ph 022 087 4351<br />
PLASTERING (INT)<br />
and small painting jobs<br />
Experience and<br />
Excellence. Small to<br />
Medium job specialists<br />
in all aspects of Interior<br />
Plastering. Please call Tim<br />
022 5380959<br />
PLUMBING<br />
DRAINAGE & GAS<br />
No job to big or too small.<br />
Discount rates!!. Free<br />
quotes - call Morgan today<br />
022 375 8506<br />
REMOVALS<br />
Small furniture removals,<br />
have own van, can fit<br />
various types of whiteware<br />
appliances, some furn,<br />
bedding, boxes etc, honest<br />
& reliable, any area<br />
considered, ph Chch 027<br />
517 7001<br />
ROOFING SERVICES<br />
Metal roofing & spouting.<br />
Butyl rubber and flat<br />
rooves. Repairs, reroof<br />
and new build. 25 yrs<br />
experience.NZ Cert<br />
and LBP qualified. Free<br />
quotes. Call Elliot 332-<br />
9662 / 027 237 9431<br />
RUBBISH REMOVAL<br />
Van & Trailer Rubbish<br />
Removal. Free quotes. Ph<br />
Gary 342-8950, 021 5<strong>29</strong><br />
022<br />
SPOUTING<br />
Select Spouting<br />
<strong>The</strong> PVC specialist.<br />
Repairs & replacement. Ph<br />
022 197 2351<br />
SPOUTING CLEANING<br />
SPECIALIST<br />
Entire spouting system<br />
cleared. Single or 2 storey.<br />
Jo 021 164 0365<br />
SPOUTING<br />
CLEANING<br />
Spouting Unblocked,<br />
Cleaned Out and Flushed<br />
Out, Call Trevor 332 8949<br />
or 021 043 2034<br />
STUMP GRINDING<br />
Best price guarantee Tony<br />
0275 588 895<br />
STYLETILE BY<br />
DUMAWALL<br />
Suitable for DIY or<br />
installation available.This<br />
new waterproof tile, no<br />
grouting required, suitable<br />
for bathroom, laundry and<br />
kitchen. Various colours<br />
and patterns available.<br />
FAB Plastics. Ph 366<br />
3634. www.styletile.nz<br />
Trades & Services<br />
TREE SERVICES<br />
Free quotes 20+ yrs exp.<br />
Tree, hedge or shrub<br />
- reduction, shaped or<br />
removed. Ph/text Paul<br />
<strong>The</strong> Branch Manager<br />
0274314720<br />
TREE SERVICES<br />
Hedges, shrubs, tree<br />
trimming & removal,<br />
rubbish removal, Ph for<br />
free quotes 022 540 4900<br />
WINDOW CLEANING<br />
Average 3 brm house<br />
inside or out from $45.<br />
Both from $80 Phone<br />
Trevor 344-2170<br />
WINDOW CLEANING<br />
Brown & White Ltd.<br />
Family owned since 2001.<br />
Ph Paul 027 2<strong>29</strong> 3534<br />
Tuition<br />
Free Courses at<br />
Literacy Aotearoa,<br />
Christchurch.<br />
Each course runs for ten weeks:<br />
Literacy, Language and Numeracy – reading, writing,<br />
maths, English language<br />
Learner Licence – help to learn the road code for your<br />
learner licence (no driving lessons)<br />
Computer – introduction to using computers<br />
Work Readiness – writing a cover letter,<br />
CV, interviewing<br />
Tuition<br />
COMPUTER LESSONS<br />
avail for computer, IPad,<br />
or Mobile. Please contact<br />
Jobee 027 <strong>29</strong>0 9246 www.<br />
computertutor.nz<br />
Wanted To Buy<br />
STEVE PURCELL<br />
ANTIQUES<br />
BUYING<br />
NOW<br />
Gold jewellery,<br />
watches, coins,<br />
medals, scrap<br />
gold, sterling<br />
silver, pewter,<br />
original paintings,<br />
modern art.<br />
351 9139<br />
stevepurcellantiques.com<br />
AAA Buying goods<br />
quality furniture, beds,<br />
stoves, washing machines,<br />
fridge freezers. Same day<br />
service. Selwyn Dealers.<br />
Phone 980 5812 or 027<br />
313 8156<br />
Wanted To Buy<br />
A1 Albums, old photo’s,<br />
postcards, coins, gold,<br />
bank notes, badges,<br />
medals, jewellery,<br />
watches, china, crystal,<br />
books, furs, vintage<br />
clothing, paintings,<br />
furniture, estates &<br />
downsizing. Etcetera<br />
Antiques, 194 Edgeware<br />
Rd 385 5117<br />
ACADEMY ANTIQUES<br />
Buying estates, antiques,<br />
old china, crystal, art,<br />
Royal Doulton , Royal<br />
Albert etc. Best prices,<br />
free appraisal. Call Rob<br />
349-42<strong>29</strong><br />
Learners need to be over 16, and<br />
a citizen or permanent resident<br />
Call us to enquire: 337 5555<br />
or 022 111 0206, or drop in<br />
at 22 Cholmondeley Ave<br />
(Risingholme), Opawa<br />
Wanted To Buy<br />
AAA Buying goods<br />
quality furniture, beds,<br />
stoves, washing machines,<br />
fridge freezers. Same day<br />
service. Selwyn Dealers.<br />
Phone 980 5812 or 027<br />
313 8156<br />
A+ Household effects,<br />
fridges, freezers, washing<br />
machines, ovens. Good<br />
cash paid. Ph Paul 022<br />
0891 671<br />
ALL whiteware wanted.<br />
Same day service, cash<br />
paid for freezes, fridges,<br />
washing machines, ovens.<br />
Also buying furniture &<br />
h/hold effects.Anything<br />
considered. Ph Dave 960-<br />
8440, 027 66 22 116<br />
MILITARIA Any<br />
country, firearms,<br />
uniforms, badges, medals,<br />
memoribilia, WW2 or<br />
earlier ph 338-9931<br />
TOOLS, Garden garage,<br />
saw benches, Lathes. Cash<br />
buyer Phone 355-2045<br />
Vehicles Wanted<br />
Tours<br />
Reid TouRs<br />
Waipapa station Sat <strong>29</strong>th May $45 pp<br />
Mt Cook Sat 14th August<br />
Two Passes Sat 4th September $45pp<br />
Call Reid Tours 0800 446 886<br />
Email: reidtours@xtra.co.nz www.reidtours.com<br />
ReId TouRs<br />
Hokianga Cape Reinga<br />
Bay of Islands<br />
9 days - Departs 15th May<br />
$2250 pp including flights<br />
Chatham Island<br />
2nd to 9th November<br />
Call Reid Tours 0800 446 886<br />
Email: reidtours@xtra.co.nz www.reidtours.com<br />
Situations Vacant<br />
CLEANERS<br />
REQUIRED<br />
Christchurch Area<br />
Monday to Friday<br />
3pm-6pm<br />
(Relieving work in schools)<br />
We are looking for cleaners<br />
to join our commercial<br />
cleaning team.<br />
You will need to pass a<br />
Security Check and you<br />
MUST have your<br />
own transport.<br />
Must be eligible to work<br />
in New Zealand.<br />
Please email your<br />
Application to<br />
csc@totalcanterbury.co.nz<br />
or phone 338 9056<br />
Visit our website:<br />
totalcanterbury.co.nz<br />
Please advise which job<br />
when emailing your CV.<br />
CAR REMOVALS<br />
$$CASH PAID$$<br />
CARS, VANS, UTES & 4X4 WANTED<br />
NZ OWNED AND OPERATED FOR 24 YEARS<br />
We use world class vehicle depollution systems<br />
0800 77 80 80<br />
www.pickapart.co.nz<br />
Situations Vacant<br />
CLEANERS<br />
REQUIRED<br />
Northwood /<br />
Belfast Area<br />
Saturday & Sunday<br />
7.30am - 10.30am<br />
Shirley Area<br />
Monday to Friday<br />
3pm - 6pm<br />
City Area<br />
Monday to Friday<br />
6pm - 9pm<br />
We are looking for cleaners<br />
to join our commercial<br />
cleaning team.<br />
You will need to pass a<br />
Security Check and you<br />
MUST have your<br />
own transport.<br />
Must be eligible to work<br />
in New Zealand.<br />
Please email your<br />
Application to<br />
csc@totalcanterbury.co.nz<br />
or phone 338 9056<br />
Visit our website:<br />
totalcanterbury.co.nz<br />
Please advise which job<br />
when emailing your CV.
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Classifieds<br />
Situations Vacant<br />
Casual Sub Editor<br />
<strong>Star</strong> Media, a division of Allied Press Limited, based in<br />
Christchurch, is seeking a casual sub editor.<br />
<strong>The</strong> successful applicant will need to be competent with<br />
InDesign and ideally have worked in a newsroom or<br />
subbed for newspaper publications.<br />
<strong>The</strong> role encompasses copy subbing and layout.<br />
Please email your CV to Editor in Chief, Barry Clarke at<br />
barry@starmedia.kiwi or contact him on 021 359-426 to<br />
discuss. <strong>The</strong> position will be filled when the successful<br />
candidate is found.<br />
Please note you must have the right to work in<br />
New Zealand to apply for this role.<br />
Allied Press is unable to provide sponsorship or visa support at<br />
this time. We are not accepting agency resumes at this time.<br />
Allied Press does not accept unsolicited agency resumes.<br />
Reporter - Christchurch<br />
• Great media opportunity<br />
• Be part of an award winning team<br />
• A media company which is growing its reach<br />
Who we are<br />
Allied Press Limited employs over 450 people on a permanent basis<br />
across our 15 sites in the South Island. We operate across multiple<br />
media platforms (print, on-line, digital) delivering news, information and<br />
entertainment through our various regional and city publications, including<br />
Christchurch-based <strong>Star</strong> Media.<br />
<strong>The</strong> role<br />
We are seeking a newcomer to journalism or someone who is looking to<br />
take the next step in their career.<br />
Reporting to the editor, the main purpose of the position is to file<br />
community-based news, sport and people articles for both print<br />
publications and online platforms.<br />
Your skills and experience<br />
We are looking for a journalist who has already displayed the qualities<br />
and drive to become a topline journalist. In addition to your interest in<br />
equity and diversity you will demonstrate:<br />
• A great work ethic<br />
• A competitive nature<br />
• An eye for detail<br />
• Accuracy<br />
Further details<br />
This is a full time, permanent position.<br />
We can offer you a great team environment, professional development<br />
opportunities and an opportunity to grow.<br />
If you think this role is for you, please apply by way of CV and a<br />
covering letter to barry@starmedia.kiwi. Informal inquiries about the<br />
role are welcome and should be directed to Editor in Chief Barry<br />
Clarke 021 359-426.<br />
All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.<br />
Please note you must have the right to work in New Zealand to<br />
apply for this role.<br />
Disclaimer: Allied Press does not accept unsolicited agency resumes.<br />
Allied Press is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.<br />
Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>29</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 33<br />
• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi<br />
16,065 copies delivered every week<br />
Situations Vacant Situations Vacant Situations Vacant<br />
EDITOR – Ashburton Courier<br />
Allied Press Ltd is seeking an experienced journalist ready<br />
to take the next step in their career, as<br />
Editor for the Ashburton Courier.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Ashburton Courier is a weekly<br />
community newspaper delivered to more<br />
than 16,000 homes across Mid Canterbury<br />
and the surrounding rural areas.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Ashburton Courier is the largest<br />
circulating and best read newspaper within<br />
the Mid Canterbury area.<br />
This is an exciting opportunity and provides<br />
the successful applicant the ability to help<br />
shape and connect the community we<br />
serve.<br />
You will be responsible for our newspaper<br />
layout, leading the news team, writing<br />
stories and co-ordinating news gathering for<br />
the Ashburton Courier.<br />
<strong>The</strong> successful applicant will be selfmotivated,<br />
tenacious and have a passion for<br />
news and building relationships within our<br />
local community.<br />
Ability to find local stories, juggle tasks, meet<br />
deadlines and write engaging, accurate<br />
copy is essential. You will have an eye for<br />
photography. Video and website skills are<br />
desirable.<br />
It is essential that you have a full driver’s<br />
licence. Given the nature of the role,<br />
occasional evenings and weekend work may<br />
be required.<br />
All applications will be treated in the strictest<br />
confidence.<br />
Our well respected local title is owned<br />
by Allied Press, the largest independent<br />
publisher in New Zealand.<br />
Please note that you must have the right to<br />
live and work in New Zealand to apply for<br />
this role.<br />
If this sounds like an exciting opportunity<br />
for you, please send your CV with a<br />
covering letter to steve@starmedia.kiwi<br />
or feel free to call me on 021 372 479<br />
ATTENTION BUSINESS OWNERS<br />
Do you sell products or services that enhance outdoor spaces?<br />
You could feature in the Innovative Outdoor Living Area<br />
at the <strong>2021</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Media Home and Leisure Show this July<br />
and reach over 10,000 attendees across 3 days!<br />
Louvre System • Bbqs • Heating • Hammocks • Trampolines • Spas • Pools • Decking<br />
Pizza Ovens • Shade Systems • Water Features • Outdoor Furniture • Fencing<br />
If this sounds<br />
like you,<br />
Contact Lisa now on<br />
021 800 809 or email<br />
lisa.lynch@starmedia.kiwi<br />
for a no obligation quote.<br />
Payment options available.<br />
Terms & Conditions apply.
34 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>29</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Classifieds<br />
Entertainments<br />
STAMP AND<br />
POSTCARD FAIR<br />
<strong>The</strong> Philatelic Centre<br />
67 Mandeville Street,<br />
Riccarton<br />
Saturday 1st May<br />
9am-12pm<br />
Sellers tables available<br />
Phone 027 6354 957<br />
Public Notice<br />
Call us and we’ll<br />
help you place your<br />
classified advert<br />
(with no hassles!)<br />
Nobody knows<br />
Christchurch<br />
like a local<br />
We’re local, we’re in<br />
Christchurch and we<br />
speak your language!<br />
Phone: 379 1100<br />
Classifieds<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> is published every Thursday, is home delivered free into<br />
92,000 households and is available at over 500 pick up points<br />
throughout Christchurch<br />
www.starkiwi<br />
SCHOOLS. SPORTS CLUBS OR CULTURAL EVENTS<br />
OUTSTANDING<br />
Fundraising opportunity<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> has a fantastic opportunity that is an ideal way<br />
to fundraise while at the same time helps to profile and<br />
promote your team and their goals and ambitions.<br />
THE ENTERTAINMENT HUB OF THE NORTH!<br />
113 RAVEN QUAY | PHONE: 03 327 7884<br />
BISTRO<br />
OPEN FROM 12PM<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
TO SUNDAY<br />
HOUSIE<br />
EVERY THURSDAY<br />
12PM<br />
EYES DOWN 12.30PM<br />
BAR HOURS<br />
MON 3PM-10PM<br />
TUES & WEDS 11.30AM<br />
THURS 11AM | FRI 11.30AM<br />
SAT & SUN 11AM<br />
Closing times will vary.<br />
Coming up...FRI 14 MAY, 7PM<br />
Like,totally awesome<br />
80night<br />
FEATURING THE<br />
DnD TRIO<br />
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's<br />
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Essential 80's Mix<br />
S h o w b a n d<br />
DOWNSTAIRS BAR<br />
FREE!<br />
Hammering out<br />
the kitsch n cool<br />
hits of the 80's<br />
PRIZES FOR BEST<br />
80'S OUTFITS!<br />
Totally Rad!<br />
Sunday, 9th May <strong>2021</strong><br />
Mother's Day Special<br />
A flower on arrival for every mother followed by a<br />
special dessert with every main meal ordered.<br />
Bookings essential 03 260 0325.<br />
*Limited number of flowers & desserts. Offer valid until 3pm.<br />
Bridie's Bar & Bistro | 401 Worcester St, Linwood | Ph: 03 260 0325<br />
Call now to find out more about how you can fundraise<br />
those hard to get dollars, while at the same time<br />
promoting some of the great positive work being done<br />
in the community. It also offers exceptional value for<br />
your supporters and sponsors.<br />
Contact:<br />
Mike Fulham<br />
379 7100<br />
mike@starmedia.kiwi<br />
LIVE RUGBY<br />
FRIDAY 7.05PM<br />
HURRICANES<br />
v HIGHLANDERS<br />
SATURDAY 7.05PM<br />
BLUES v CHIEFS<br />
FRIDAY<br />
MEMBER DRAW 3x $500<br />
LIVE MUSIC THIS SATURDAY 7PM<br />
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FROM 7PM<br />
HOU S I E<br />
EVERY SATURDAY<br />
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Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>29</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 35<br />
at Hornby Club<br />
LIVE!<br />
SUPER RUGBY<br />
LIVE MUSIC<br />
IN THE PAVILION<br />
Saturday 7pm:<br />
JOHN McCABE<br />
Sunday 3pm:<br />
REMINISCE WITH<br />
ANTHONY<br />
Mother's Day<br />
BUFFETS<br />
LUNCH & DINNER<br />
SUNDAY 9th MAY<br />
$35 PER PERSON<br />
CHILDREN $1<br />
PER YEAR<br />
OF AGE<br />
(UP TO 12 YEARS)<br />
BOOKINGS<br />
ESSENTIAL<br />
17 CARMEN RD. PH. 03 349 9026<br />
WWW.HORNBYWMC.CO.NZ<br />
christchurch<br />
GIG GUIDE<br />
Thursday <strong>29</strong> <strong>April</strong> to Wednesday 5 May <strong>2021</strong><br />
12 BAR, 342 St Asaph St: Christchurch’s<br />
smoking hot BLUES BAR. Thursday 7.30pm<br />
- Stephen McDaid. Friday 8pm - Tell Mama.<br />
Saturday 8pm - Dee May & the Saints.<br />
Sunday 4pm - Quiz. Wednesday 7pm -<br />
Musos' Jam Night.<br />
A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St:<br />
Thursday 7.30pm - CWB (Cathcart Walsh<br />
Blaikie), free; 9.30pm - Latin Dance<br />
Revolucion Thursdays Latin dancing, free.<br />
Friday 8pm - Korn/audioslave tribute show,<br />
tickets at ticketfairy ($25 door sales if<br />
available). Saturday 8pm - Odyssey Live feat.<br />
Layna Hunt with special guest Kelly Fletcher-<br />
Jones. tickets at eventfinda.co.nz or $10 door.<br />
Sunday 1pm - Live music, free; Sunday 8pm -<br />
Ceroc dancing, free. Monday 7pm - Quiz.<br />
Tuesday 8pm - Stand-up comedy night, free.<br />
Wednesday 6pm - Dig <strong>The</strong> Gig UC band<br />
competition, free.<br />
BILL'S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: Thursday<br />
7pm - Mickey Rat's Karaoke. Friday 7pm -<br />
Chur Bro. Saturday 7pm - AMPT. Sunday<br />
7pm - Mickey Rat's Karaoke.<br />
BOO RADLEYS, Level 1, 98 Victoria St:<br />
Thursday 9pm - Marcel. Friday 8pm - Amber<br />
Carly Williams. Saturday 8pm - Lee Martin;<br />
10.30pm - VOXY. Wednesday 7.30pm -<br />
South Street Blues Trio; 9.30pm - Open Mic<br />
Night.<br />
BRIDIE'S BAR & BISTRO, 401<br />
Worcester St: Friday 7pm - Huakina.<br />
Saturday 6.30pm - Karaoke. Sunday 4pm -<br />
Bingo.<br />
CASSELS BLUE SMOKE, Garlands Rd:<br />
Friday 8.30pm - <strong>The</strong> Chills 'Scatterbrain'<br />
album release tour, tickets at<br />
bit.ly/<strong>The</strong>ChillsNZ. Saturday 8pm - Team<br />
Dynaite 'Respect the Process' album tour,<br />
tickets at undertheradar.co.nz. Sunday 8pm -<br />
Monty Bevin's 'Catalina' single release, tickets<br />
at undertheradar.co.nz.<br />
CHRISTCHURCH CASINO, 30 Victoria<br />
St: Friday 6pm - Rusila. 9.15pm - Smooth<br />
Talk.<br />
Renowned rock band, Odyssey feat.<br />
Layna Hunt returns to A Rolling Stone<br />
this Saturday night with another big<br />
night of great rock music.<br />
To add a listing, contact<br />
Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or<br />
027 458 8590<br />
jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi<br />
www.star.kiwi/whatson<br />
HORNBY CLUB, Carmen Rd: Saturday<br />
7pm - John McCabe. Sunday 3pm -<br />
Reminisce with Anthony.<br />
JAZZ AFTER WORK, Ara Auditorium,<br />
130 High St: Friday 6.10pm - Garden City<br />
Big Band, $10 entry.<br />
KAIAPOI CLUB, 113 Raven Quay: Friday<br />
14th May, 7pm - 80's <strong>The</strong>me Night feat. the<br />
DnD Trio (Jojo, Gigi & Mark), free.<br />
NEW BRIGHTON CLUB, 202 Marine<br />
Pde: Friday 14 May 7pm - Mama Rock.<br />
RICHMOND CLUB, 75 London St: Friday<br />
7pm - Sign of the Firebird. Saturday 7pm -<br />
Everlong. Sunday 3pm - Stephen McDaid.<br />
RIVERSIDE MARKET, 98 Oxford Tce:<br />
Thursday 6pm - Live jazz, $10 entry.<br />
TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding St, Hornby:<br />
Friday 8.30pm - DJ. Saturday 8.30pm -<br />
Misfitz.<br />
THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd:<br />
Thursday 9.30pm - <strong>The</strong> Giant Poppies. Friday<br />
7.30pm - Open Mic & Jam. Wednesday 9pm<br />
- Titanic (Kevin Emmett, Nick Buchanan, and<br />
Peter K Malthus).<br />
THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd,<br />
Addington: Friday 9.30pm - Krakkajack.<br />
Saturday 9.30pm - In the City. Sunday 6pm -<br />
Lance Kiwi Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm - Quiz.<br />
Wednesday 7.30pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke.<br />
WOOLSTON CLUB, 143 Hargood St:<br />
Saturday 7pm - Peter Cairns Duo.<br />
WUNDERBAR LYTTELTON, 19 London<br />
St, Lyttelton: Thursday - Comedy Night.<br />
Friday 9pm - 12XU presents <strong>The</strong> Weekend<br />
90s Party, tickets at undertheradar.co.nz.<br />
Saturday 8pm - <strong>The</strong> Rockabilly & Blues<br />
Session feat. <strong>The</strong> Convincers with special<br />
guests Ma Bell & the Blue Tones, tickets at<br />
undertheradar.co.nz. Tuesday 8pm - Open<br />
Mic. Wednesday 8pm - Jam Night.<br />
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36 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>29</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
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WAS $<br />
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