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SCOTT BASE’S oldest
building, a hut built by a Sir
Edmund Hillary-led team, hit
the road this week and visited
Merrin School in virtual
reality form.
Antarctic Heritage Trust’s
roadshow visited 10 classes at
Merrin School for four days,
where 270 year 5 to 8 students
got a chance to experience the
VR.
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• By Robyn Bristow
NOSE-DIVING into a
paddock in a light aircraft has
not put 73-year-old Alan
Macdonald off flying.
THe Rangiora retiree had
just started taking lessons, in a
bid to tick off one of the items
on his bucket list — learning
to fly.
He smashed his wrist,
suffered cuts, bruising, a
couple of black toenails, and
whiplash when the plane
crashed into a paddock on a
farm near Glentui last week.
Both he and the Canterbury
Recreational Aircraft Club’s
chief instructor, Stewart
Bufton, were taken to
Christchurch Hospital, but
have since been discharged.
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The trust’s general
manager operations and
communications Francesca
Eathorne, who oversaw
the project development,
hoped the VR tour inspired
people to learn more about
Antarctica and the nation’s
most famous son.
“Sir Ed’s hut is part
of the rich history of
Antarctic exploration and
we are excited to bring
this experience to as many
students around New Zealand
as we can,” she said.
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point of the latest phase of the
Canterbury District Health Board
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highly-scrutinised objective that
has drawn criticism from sectors
of the medical community.
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facilities citywide, pleasing Age
Care Canterbury.
“The rollout seems to be going
well,” said chief executive Simon
Templeton, who is not anticipating
any resistance.
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of, most (residents) are looking
forward to being protected.”
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everyone will get vaccinated
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SHAY HORAY’S weekend
started with a morning stroll
around Godley Head and ended
with a truck full of other people’s
rubbish.
Horay, a comedian and actor
from Lyttelton – also known
as the Rubberband Boy – was
walking his dog in the historic
scenic reserve when Riley got
some broken glass stuck in his
paw.
Said Horay: “I looked around,
saw heaps and heaps of rubbish
and thought: ‘This is gross’.”
Rather than taking to social
media to complain about those
who had littered, Horay decided
to do something about it.
After getting back from his
walk, Horay posted an idea
on the Lyttelton Facebook
group.
He asked that any interested
members of the community
meet at the top of Evans Pass at
10am the next morning to “lend
a hand on the ‘pick the s**t up
day’.”
Horay said he just wanted to
“get into it and go for it.”
About 20 people from
Lyttelton, varying in ages, met
up on the Sunday and they spent
the next two hours clearing up
rubbish dumped on the Godley
Head grounds.
“Everyone had a smile on their
face,” Horay said.
“It was such a good vibe, just
‘let’s get this done’.”
The spontaneous event proved
to be extremely successful.
After two hours the group
collected seven car tyres, a stereo
system with sub and speakers,
more than 2000 bottles and
much more general rubbish.
It cost about $200 to dump the
rubbish. The money needed for
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Meth-positive greyhound drew $10,000 bet
• By Chris Barclay
AN UNIDENTIFIED
punter placed a $10,000 bet
on a winning greyhound
that later tested positive to
methamphetamine - a breach
that led to the disqualification
of the dog’s trainer.
The wager on Zipping Sarah,
which won a Canterbury
Greyhound Racing Club race at
Addington during Cup Week in
November, was the most significant
among a pool of $23,083
covering 481 bets placed on the
dog.
Zipping Sarah opened at fixed
odds of $4 and shortened to
$3.40. She was tested following
Comedian’s work stretches
to cleaning up Godley Head
SPONTANEOUS: Shay Horay, aka the
Rubberband Boy, and Riley. The injury to Riley’s
paw wasn’t serious. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
disposal was donated by one of
the volunteers.
There have been some discussions
on another clean-up
occurring. Many more people
had commented on Horay’s Facebook
post that they were eager
her victory as the $4.50 second
favourite.
Foxton-based trainer
Angela Turnwald was banned
for four months by the Judicial
Control Authority for Racing,
with the suspension starting last
Friday.
The authority said deliberate
wrongdoing had not been established
but methamphetaminerelated
breaches could not be
tolerated.
Meanwhile, the Ministry for
Primary Industries – which
monitors reported animal welfare
offences – has decided not
to investigate Turnwald, saying
the JCA had already dealt with
the case.
to help out another time.
“With more little groups doing
this regularly the better,” said
Horay.
“Sunday proved how much of
a positive affect small action can
have.”
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Mobility scooter rider
has lucky escape
A woman on a mobility scooter
was lucky to escape without
more serious injuries when she
was hit by a van on Lincoln Rd,
near Harman St, yesterday. St
John and police attended. The
woman was treated for minor
injuries at the scene while police
interviewed the driver and
witnesses.
Death of man not
considered suspicious
The death of a man at a social
housing unit on Tuesday has
not been ruled as suspicious.
Dale Crosby Cunard was found
dead at an Ōtautahi Community
Housing Trust complex on
Barnett Ave, Sydenham, about
3pm. The incident comes after
a shooting at an Aranui social
housing unit owned by Kāinga
Ora on Saturday.
Date set for
Matariki fireworks
The date has been locked in for
Christchurch’s first-ever Matariki
Fireworks Spectacular. The
public fireworks display will take
place at the New Brighton Pier
on Saturday, July 10. The night’s
festivities will start at 6pm and
the fireworks at 7pm. Matariki
marks the start of Māori New
Year, and will be celebrated as a
public holiday for the first time
in June next year.
Serious injuries in
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A person was seriously injured
in a two-car crash near Lincoln
on Tuesday night. Emergency
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on Shands Rd about 6.20pm.
Police said the cars had collided.
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‘‘I was really lucky. I won’t be
playing golf anytime soon,’’
Macdonald said.
But he has every intention of
carrying on with his lessons as
soon as his body is willing.
‘‘You have to get back on the
horse again. I am not going to let
it (the crash) beat me.
‘‘It is a lovely view up there. On
a fine day, it is serene. You get
a view of the countryside from
another perspective.
‘‘I also want to see my farm in
Sheffield, which my son has now,
every now and
then from the
air.’’
Macdonald
and Bufton
were
practising
engine failure
protocols
when the plane
clipped power
wires and nosedived,
at low speed.
‘‘I was under instruction when
we caught some wires on the
opposite side of the hedge we
were climbing over,’’ Macdonald
said.
‘‘It was a slow speed, low
altitude accident. It happened
in micro-seconds, so I didn’t get
time to have any thoughts as we
nose-dived into the paddock,’’
Macdonald said.
He did not want to comment
further about the crash until the
Civil Aviation inquiry was held to
establish what went wrong.
On Tuesday, Macdonald went
to the Rangiora Airfield to
have a look at the plane, and
search for his log book, and one
of his shoes, which was found
stuck under the rudder pedal.
His family had been
belatedly told that Macdonald
was intending to take flying
lessons.
His daughter, Bridget,
told him he was mad: ‘‘I said
I hoped he didn’t fly away too
soon. He nearly did,’’ she said.
‘‘They were incredibly
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Crash inquiry to be held
Stewart
Bufton
SLOW-SPEED: The plane Macdonald and Bufton were in
clipped these power lines before crashing.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
lucky.’’
His wife, Christine, said it
was traumatising to get a
call from a policeman to tell
her about her husband being
involved in a plane crash.
She continues to have
nightmares about what
might have been.
‘‘That’s what has been
waking me in the night. The
thought of them burning to
death,’’ she said.
‘‘But we will be all right. It
could have been worse.’’
She reminded her
husband yesterday of their
wedding vows — in sickness
and in health — as she helped to
shower and dress him.
Teething problems
during vaccine rollout
• From page 1
The Association of Salaried
Medical Specialists – the union
which covers salaried doctors
and dentists – acknowledged
there had been teething problems
with the programme in
Christchurch.
“We’ve heard anecdotally
the vaccine rollout has gone a
bit slower than expected and
there has been trouble with
the electronic messaging and
appointment-making but that
is slowly being ironed out,” a
spokesperson said.
“At times there have been
queues of people waiting two
hours for their vaccination.”
The programme initially targeted
border and MIQ workers
plus the people they live with
(group 1) followed by high-risk
frontline workers and people
living in high-risk places –
including aged-care residents
(group 2).
Christchurch GP and deputy
chair of the New Zealand
Medical Association, Vanessa
Weenink, said the vaccine rollout
had been patchy and issues
loom when locals over the age
of 65 with underlying medical
conditions (group 3) join the
process from the end of the
month.
“The plan is for rapid growth
in numbers of vaccines, so the
challenges so far will hopefully
have been learning events,” she
said.
“If the problems with bookings
and no-shows are not
ironed-out for the wider population
rollout, then there will be
proportional wastage, frustration
and annoyance.”
CDHB executive lead for the
Covid-19 response, Ralph La
Salle, said groups 1 and 2 would
continue to be vaccinated for
the next couple of months while
plans were in place to cater for
group 3.
“We’re ensuring community
clinics, pharmacies, general
practitioners and primary care
providers are trained, fully
staffed and ready to administer
vaccinations (to those people),”
he said.
The final phase inoculates the
remainder of the Christchurch
population aged 16 and over
from July.
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THE CITY council will soon
start paying its staff money owed
to them, after it miscalculated
leave entitlements and pay.
The money is owed to them
under the Holidays Act 2003.
An investigation into the payroll
system at the city council found
the series of faults. As a result, the
city council set aside $8.5 million
to review the way
it pays staff and
address potential
back payments that
needed to be made.
City council
head of financial
management Diane
Brandish said the
first payments
would be to current
employees.
“We have reviewed
leave entitlements
and payments
for current and former
employees from April 1,
2011, to December 2019,” she
said.
“It’s been a technically challenging
project, but we now
know what mistakes were made,
how they were made and who
they affected, so we can start
putting things right for people
who were underpaid.”
Brandish said EY was contracted
to help with the work,
as it has the technical expertise
and experience needed, having
worked with other large organisations
that had made similar
payment errors.
Leave entitlements and payments
for 6309 current and former
employees employed during
the 2011 to 2019 period
were reviewed.
Brandish said this
phase of the project will make
back payments to 5779 current
and former employees. The city
council expects to review and
pay staff for this phase of the
project within budget.
She said current employees
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Council to start back paying staff
will receive any money owed to
them in a lump sum payment in
a normal pay in June.
Back payments to former employees
will be managed separately,
through an online claims
service portal.
“We’ll be contacting
former employees who
are owed a back payment in July,
using the last contact details we
have for them,” Brandish said.
“If people don’t hear from
us, it will be because we either
haven’t been able to contact
them or their pay was correct
and no back payment is owed –
but they will be able to register
online to check.”
The former employee claims
service will be available online
from July 19.
Brandish said the errors were
due to misinterpretations of the
Holidays Act 2003. In 2018 the
Government launched a review
of the Act and has since
accepted 22 recommendations
from
the taskforce
set up to carry
out the review.
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and processes under
our continuous improvement
programme,”
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that, in some situations,
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and payments for some
current and former staff.”
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NEWS 5
Little rain
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told Morning Report.
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had their second warmest
April mean maximum temperature
on record,” he said.
“Their records go back into the
1800s, that’s an extensive history.”
Timaru also saw a maximum
temperature of 30.8 deg C in
Timaru on April 4, NIWA figures
show – the country’s fourth highest
April temperature on record.
The outlook for winter weather
and much-needed rain over the
next three months to the end of
July remained on the dry and
warmer side, Brandolino said.
“If there’s kind of a warm lean
for temperatures and kind of a
dry lean for rainfall, it certainly
doesn’t bode well, that’s for sure,”
he said.
“Unfortunately, the next several
days we’re not going to get much.”
Six of the past eight years have
been among New Zealand’s
warmest on record, according to
previous NIWA reports.
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Student
scammed
of $30,000
• By Katie Harris
A CHRISTCHURCH
international student has been
scammed out of more than
$30,000 after a man tricked her
into believing they were dating
and encouraged her to hand
over cash for him to “invest” in
cryptocurrency.
The woman, 28-year-old
Christine, thought she had found
her match when a handsome
man began speaking to her on
Facebook in February.
Christine said he also claimed
to be Chinese, and told her he
was a busy, hard-working finance
worker that didn’t have time for
a “real” girlfriend and was scared
he’d end up alone.
Throughout their exchanges,
she said the man would pretend
that she was the only girl he was
speaking to and that he cared
about her.
“So I think, it’s a good thing.
Here’s someone, a companion
with me, because I am alone
studying in New Zealand, I
sometimes I feel lonely.”
Over their few months together,
the man said he liked
her and told her he wanted to be
with her.
As well as showing her attention,
Christine said he would
message her about the significant
growth and returns of his Bitcoin
investments.
“I didn’t see anyone in the real
life that could do that, so I asked
how and I wanted to learn that.”
Although she felt a little
uneasy about him, she ended up
giving him $2000 and about a
week later he sent her a screenshot
that appeared to show her
money increasing.
Part of her doubts stemmed
from his refusal to send her
videos of himself, and when she
questioned him about it she said
he would get angry and told
CON ARTIST: One of the photos the man used to trick the student.
her “If I want to give it to you [a
video] I will, don’t force me.”
Soon after her initial “investment”,
he convinced her to give
him even more money – a total
of around US$22,000, which is
about NZ$31,000.
The red flags surrounding
the romance increased when he
began creating multiple WeChat
profiles and pop-ups started appearing
on the site warning her
against sharing her bank details.
After discovering the truth,
Christine said she felt depressed
and said she cried every day.
In a note seen by the NZ
Herald, the woman’s doctor
asked for her to be allowed an
extension on an assignment as in
his opinion Christine was “medically
unfit”.
The student said she also
reported the incident to police in
Christchurch.
When she realised the deception,
Christine found that even
the image he’d gone by had been
stolen, and he’d assumed the
identity of a person on the Chinese
TV show Little Pop Star.
Internet safety organisation
Netsafe has recorded a 39 per
cent increase in romance scams
involving a financial loss between
2019 and 2020.
Chief executive Martin Cocker
warned that these type of scams
were becoming more frequent.
He said there were no “100 per
cent” telltale signs for identifying
scammers, but that reluctance to
provide more open communication,
like not going on video, can
indicate it’s a scammer.
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• By Chris Marriner
POLICE HAVE spoken out
after video of a violent arrest
circulated on social media, with
some comparing police actions
to cases of brutality overseas.
An edited version of an incident
that occurred on Madras
St in the central city last month
has been shared widely on social
media, showing two officers arresting
a man.
The edited clip shows him
kicking out at two standing
officers while he lies on the
ground, before a male officer
brings his foot down hard on
the man’s face, with the impact
audible on the video.
Officers then sit the man up
to arrest him as his head hangs
limply; he doesn’t resist any
further.
Critics online said the video
was proof the police were not
adequately trained and used
hashtags such as #policebrutality
and #GeorgeFloyd.
In response to inquiries from
the New Zealand Herald, police
said incidents like this that were
shared without context often did
not tell the full story.
Canterbury Metro Area Commander
Superintendent Lane
Todd, said police were called on
two separate occasions within a
short period of time to a Madras
St address on March 2, following
reports of an aggressive and
intoxicated man.
“The man was arrested by
police and placed in handcuffs.
He began to actively resist the
attending officers and was taken
to the ground in an attempt to
keep everyone involved safe,”
Todd said.
“Police then tried to assist
the man to his feet, and he has
allegedly kicked an officer in
the head. The second officer attempted
to control the man but
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Police respond to ‘brutality’ claims
RESISTING: Video footage of police officers during a city arrest circulated on social
media.
was also allegedly kicked in the
head by him. Both police officers
were later assessed by a doctor
for minor head injuries and are
being supported by police.
“Following this, one officer
attempted to place the sole of
his foot on the man’s shoulder,
however, the man has moved,
causing the officer’s foot to connect
with his head once.”
“It is important to note that
short videos of police incidents
often exclude relevant context.
This particular video is a small
excerpt from a fast-moving and
dynamic situation.”
Police said they have the full
video footage of this incident,
including audio, and had investigated
the circumstances.
A 44-year-old man appeared
in the district court facing two
charges of assaulting police and
one charge each of resisting police
and disorderly behaviour.
He is due to reappear on May
31 for sentencing. – NZ Herald
NEWS 7
Five cars
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from
workshop
• By Matt Slaughter
FIVE VEHICLES, including a
valuable Ford Falcon, were allegedly
stolen from a Sydenham
workshop in an Anzac Weekend
heist.
A post on Facebook is offering
a $10,000 reward for the return of
the black 2007 Ford Falcon GT BF
MKII.
The car has not been found.
It has a special John Bowe sports
pack engine.
The Star has learned the other
cars stolen were a Nissan Homy
van, a Honda CR-V, a Mazda3 and
a Mitsubishi RVR.
Police are investigating. The
Mitsubishi has been recovered and
one person has been charged with
receiving stolen goods. Police did
not respond to questions from The
Star.
The alleged burglary happened
overnight Sunday on Anzac Weekend.
The vehicles were stored outdoors
but surrounded by a 3m
fence with barbed wire at the top,
protected by a combination lock
and solid chain.
The lock and chain were snapped
to gain access.
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NEWS 9
Cone-happy culprits get reminder
• By Bea Gooding
ROAD CONES and traffic
signs are disappearing at an
alarming rate at Christchurch’s
seventh most dangerous
intersection, and the
finger has been pointed
at Canterbury University
students.
Since construction
began two months ago to
improve the Middleton,
Ilam and Riccarton Rd
intersection, more than
100 road cones, 35 traffic signs
and 14 bases have either been
removed or stolen.
Fulton Hogan issued a
reminder to Canterbury University,
which was relayed to
the University of Canterbury
Students’ Association, that traffic
management measures are there
for the safety of others.
The contractor has now
installed cameras on site in an
effort to catch the culprits.
“Fulton Hogan has asked us to
remind people that traffic management
is in place to protect
everyone’s safety,” the university
told UCSA members.
UCSA president Kim Fowler
sympathised with Fulton Hogan
but encouraged the contractor to
contact the association directly
to resolve the issue, not just the
university.
“I can absolutely see how this
Kim Fowler
is a concerning issue,” she said.
“I’d encourage Fulton Hogan
to get in contact with the UCSA
directly and am more than
happy to work on initiatives to
address the issue.”
Fulton Hogan’s warning
was also extended
to the wider public this
week, with the contractor
updating the project to
nearby households and
businesses.
It also made it clear
what could happen to
them if they decided to take a
construction site souvenir home
with them, including up to three
months’ imprisonment or a fine
of up to $2000.
“There have been a number
of incidents involving our site
traffic management being moved
and/or stolen. Doing this can put
yourself and others at serious
risk of harm and is a criminal
offence under the Summary of
Offences Act,” the update read.
“We ask the community to
please leave the traffic management
as is, and [we] have
installed cameras on-site for
monitoring.”
The project aims to improve
safety at the dangerous intersection
for all road users. Changes
include accommodating bus
lanes and left-turn only traffic.
It is also in tandem with construction
of the Nor’West Arc
CONSEQUENCES: Students
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10
NEWS
Police issue 52 tickets in a day to drivers ignoring stop signs
POLICE HAVE clamped
down on motorists running
intersections, issuing 52 tickets in
a single day.
The campaign in Lyttelton
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As a result of these concerns we
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52 tickets were issued in the
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police staff and vehicles were in
plain view.’’
Motorists were fined $150.
“Surprisingly, many people
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“I understand that giving
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A significant number of speeding
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“However, it astounds me that
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in which they do, especially after
the tragic death of one of their
own only a few weeks ago,”
he said.
“Anybody can drive or ride
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able to stop in time when
something unexpected appears
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Reserve status granted
for historic Red House
• By Matt Slaughter
AN AKAROA house and section
for which ratepayers paid more
than double the valuation will
become a
historic reserve.
The Banks
Peninsula
Community
Board approved
at a meeting
Jamie
Stewart
on Monday a
proposal for
The Red House,
at Takapūneke, to be formally
declared and recognised as a
historic reserve.
Last year the city council purchased
the house for $2.55 million,
more than twice its rating
valuation of $1.2 million.
Community board member
Jamie Stewart said: “The history
of that site is right up there with
Waitangi [and] the Treaty of
Waitangi. It plays such a huge
part in the history of New
Zealand – a lot of people don’t
realise it.
“The house itself, it won’t be
able to run any businesses or
anything like that. It just means
that the whole lot’s now part of
the Takapūneke [reserve].”
Takapūneke is a site of significant
history and most of the land
is officially classified as a historic
reserve but the land on which
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private ownership for decades.
Takapūneke was once a thriving
commercial centre for Ngāi
Tahu under the authority of Ngāi
Tahu Rangatira Te Maiharanui.
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That house, named because
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SIGNIFICANT: The Red House in Akaroa will be formally
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Museum under pressure
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GERMANY HAS agreed to
return priceless stolen artefacts
to Africa and Canterbury
Museum is now facing pressure
to do the same.
At the turn of the 19th century,
British soldiers
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Benin Bronzes from the Kingdom
of Benin, which is now
Nigeria.
Canterbury Museum has the
biggest collection of Benin Art
in Australasia, including ivory
and bronze figurines, bracelets,
amulets and three bronze heads.
Most were purchased at auction,
but at least one was traded
for moa bones.
The museum’s head of collections
and research, Sarah
Murray, told Morning Report
they had not received any official
requests to return the artefacts.
“If we did, we would, of
course, consider that really
carefully. As we do with any
request to to return taonga
or treasures to the country of
origin,” Murray said.
A question which museums
grapple with was whether they
needed to be proactive about
returning treasures or to wait
until asked, she said.
RARE: Canterbury Museum has the biggest collection of
Benin Art in Australasia.
“Most museums have
prioritised returning human
remains in the first instance.
And as you can imagine, there’s
quite a lot of time and resources
required to make sure that you’re
returning the right people, to the
right people.
“But certainly there is a big
task ahead of not just New Zealand
museums, but around the
world.”
Murray said the origins of
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“fairly dubious.”
“We know that our records
have shown that we purchased
them from agents. But of course,
before those agents came into
contact with them, most of that
art made its way out through
that expedition.
“The items at the time were
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Woods to raise
insurance concerns
• By Matt Slaughter
MEGAN WOODS will write
to private insurers to request
they become more involved in
earthquake claim determination
processes.
The Minister for Greater
Christchurch Regeneration will do
so on behalf of The Homeowners
Advisory Group, which is
concerned earthquake claims are
sometimes resulting in lengthy,
expensive court cases when
insurers refuse to be involved in
determination processes.
The group’s chairman Tom
McBrearty said private insurers
have been reluctant to participate
in determinations to resolve
disputed claims, which is
reducing justice for claimants.
A determination is run
similarly to the court process,
but takes place in a less formal
setting, gives parties a greater
degree of flexibility than
litigation and often leads to faster
outcomes.
McBrearty said Southern
Response and EQC are actively
engaged in determinations, but
private insurers are continuing
to refuse to be involved in the
determination process offered by
the Greater Christchurch Claims
Resolution Service.
The advisory group works with
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the GCCRS, a service set up by
the government in October 2018,
to help settle claims.
Said McBrearty: “For some
people it’s been, probably, the
most demanding period of their
lives. So, from a mental and social
well being point of view, surely
there’s a need for a process that is
less demanding on the claimant.
“For all intents and purposes,
many of the insurance
companies are not participating
in [determination processes].
“It [insurance companies
participating in determination
processes] removes long and
costly case law argument using
lawyers and so on, which is very
expensive line to go down.
Woods met with the group
about two weeks ago to hear their
concerns and said she will outline
them in a letter to private insurers
“in the next couple of weeks.”
“It’s in response to concerns
raised through the Homeowners
Advisory Group of the Greater
Christchurch Claims Resolution
Service. They’re not seeing the
same level of participation [from
private insurers] that we’re
seeing with EQC and Southern
Response within that group.
As of April, GCCRS has closed
2003 cases, with 999 cases
remaining open.
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Film shot on peninsula screening in New York
A SHORT FILM shot on Banks
Peninsula, edited and produced
by Governors Bay resident
Scott Flyger is premiering at the
Tribeca Film Festival in New
York.
This year is the festival’s 20th
anniversary and Flyger is excited
beyond belief that Peninsula is
screening there.
“It is a privilege to be selected
for a pretty competitive and
top-tier film festival. Our film
was chosen by people who don’t
know us,” Flyger said.
“This shows that it appeals to a
global audience.”
Flyger is a long-time friend
of the film’s writer and director
Fiona McKenzie. After catching
up several years ago, they both
lamented over the lack of narrative
projects made on Banks
Peninsula.
An idea began to brew. They
discussed making a television
web-series focused on real and
heart-warming content.
However, in order to source
the funds to start the series,
Flyger said, they “needed to
put themselves back on the
map.”
Peninsula was born.
It was then shot over three
days in Port Levy.
Flyger said Banks Peninsula is
the fourth character in the triage
character film.
ON SET: Peninsula’s producer Scott Flyger oversees the start of the shoot. The film is now
set to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in June.
“It has so many extremes, big
clouds or blue skies, you never
know what you’ll get but it’s a
beautiful place each way,” said
Flyger.
The film follows actors Tom
Trevella, McKenzie’s son Jasper
Sutcliffe and Amber Ranson
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as they navigate nurturing old
relationships and making new
connections.
As an independent film, Flyger
said it was immensely fun to
make as they only had to answer
to themselves.
The film was largely crowdfunded
– with almost $18,000
raised on Boosted.
After completing the film,
they sent it away to independent
film festivals but Covid-19 led
to further delays for its
premiere.
Said Flyger: “It was quite wonderful
to get this news so long
after we started.”
The filmmakers are hoping
Peninsula will move the audience.
“Our measure of the film’s success
is connecting people,” said
Flyger.
“When people watch the film,
we want them to leave feeling
changed and uplifted; seeing
the world a bit differently than
before.”
The film festival was founded
by film producer Jane Rosenthal
and actor Robert de Niro in
2001.
It runs from June 9-20.
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John McCombe: Legendary snapper
Former Christchurch
Star photographer John
McCombe, regarded
as an ‘’institution’’
among this country’s
news snappers, died
at his home last week,
aged 75. Former
colleague Dave Cannan,
assisted by several past
workmates, compiled
this tribute to their old
friend . . .
JOHN McCOMBE was a superb,
award-winning photographer.
But he wasn’t one to attend
ceremonies to receive the
trophies. And nor did he hang
his best photos on the walls of
his home. Those spaces were
reserved for pictures he admired
– but taken by others.
It was just his typical, self-effacing
way, his family explained.
‘’Dad said he was a professional;
by taking good photographs
he was just doing his job,’’ said
son Kevin.
That’s not to say John wasn’t
proud of his work. But his modesty
overshadowed even a hint of
ego; any praise was brushed off
deftly and politely, the focus of
conversation quickly changed or
diverted.
McCombe’s death at his
Whangamata home on April 29,
surrounded by family, greatly
saddened and shocked his numerous
friends and former workmates.
Only diagnosed a couple
of weeks earlier with pancreatic
cancer, his rapid deterioration
defied optimistic opinions that
he might have a month or so
longer to deal with his illness.
But, typically, he did not
complain about his fate. Business
partner David Alexander said in
his last conversation with Mc-
Combe, he was “resolute’’ about
the prognosis and adamant he
had had a good life.
‘’It’s still not sinking in that he
has gone.’’
The pair were partners in a
commercial photography company
Photosouth Photographers,
a business started by McCombe
and his wife Cheryl in 1990 after
John left the Christchurch Star
around the time the North Island
owners were carrying out a series
of redundancies.
And how that partnership with
Alexander evolved says much
about McCombe’s trademark
generosity of spirit.
Alexander recalled his last day
as a photographer at The Press, in
2009, and feeling a “bit tearful,’’
then he got a phone call from
McCombe.
“He said: ‘Hey David, welcome
to the real world mate, but don’t
worry, you’re a good photographer
and I’m going to help you
out in any way possible’ – and he
did.’’
McCombe generously offered
him a partnership in the business
and the pair maintained this successful
arrangement from then
on, even after the McCombes
made the huge decision to shift
from Christchurch to the Coromandel
in 2011, a few months
after the devastating February
22, 2011, earthquake.
Another former photographer
colleague who experienced Mc-
Combe’s generosity was Don
Scott, who recalled: “I joined The
Star in 1982 and six years later,
without being asked, John and
Dave
Cannan
(left) and
McCombe
John McCombe
relaxes at home in
Whangamata in
2015. McCombe
left Chrischurch
after the 2011
earthquakes.
(Right) McCombe
in 1990 with clay
target shooting
medals.
Cheryl mortgaged their home to
give my wife and I a start. How
does one ever repay that?’’
John Quenton McCombe was
born in Wellington on August
2, 1945 to Bob and Cherie. A
brother Bryan would arrive later.
The family later moved, first to
Hawkes Bay and then to Thames
as Bob was transferred through
his job with New Zealand Post.
One of Bob’s hobbies was photography,
which was to influence
his son’s decision when it came
to choosing a career after leaving
Thames High School. Initially
McCombe thought of becoming
a teacher and duly enrolled at
Ardmore Training College near
Auckland.
But when a job for a cadet
photographer at the Thames Star
newspaper was advertised, Mc-
Combe abandoned his teaching
aspirations and began his media
career on April 24, 1964.
It was to prove a life-changing
decision and McCombe would
go on to work as a highlyregarded
news photographer
for the Sunday News (1965), the
Waikato Times (1967), The Press
in Christchurch (1972) and then
the rival Christchurch Star (1975)
for the next 15 years.
Later, as a freelancer, he was
the Christchurch-based photographer
for both the Sunday
Star Times and the NZ Women’s
Weekly while he was the foundation
photographer for the Avenues
magazine from 2009, the
same year he published a glossy
photographic book Images of a
Nation – Canterbury; A Journey
from the Heart.
In 1966, when he worked for
the Sunday News, McCombe
married Cheryl Cullen, whose
father Clarry also worked for NZ
Post in Thames.
Shifting his family to the South
Island in 1972 to work at The
Press was a massive career move
by McCombe. He was a member
of the morning newspaper’s first
illustrations department, headed
by Les Bloxham, and worked
alongside Des Woods, Barry
Sharpe and Nev Marriner.
But across town McCombe
soon got to know his Christchurch
Star rival cameramen well,
often enjoying their company socially,
usually at the now defunct
New Albion Tavern in Colombo
St, and thriving on the competitive
nature that existed between
them, especially with Stuart
Menzies.
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and a tremendous all-round guy
And therein lies a classic tale
about two mates, which Menzies
describes as “the best gotcha
ever’’.
“Drinking at our watering hole,
the Albion, one afternoon, stupid
me told John about our little dog
going missing and our daughter
Kristy being really upset. Shortly
after John said he had to go, he
had some work to do.
‘The next morning, when I
turned up at work, the editor
Michael Forbes called me into his
office [for a please explain]. On
his desk lay a copy of The Press
and on the front page there was
a photo of my daughter sitting in
the little dog’s box.
“John had even conned my
wife into keeping it quiet from
me. My best mate had got me a
beauty.’’
It’s possible, of course, that
McCombe’s “scoop’’ may have
been in retaliation for an earlier
“gotcha’’ when he and Menzies
were covering a cricket test at
Lancaster Park.
“By early afternoon nothing
was happening, it was so boring,’’
Menzies says, “and John said: ‘I’m
going to get a pie’.
“He stood up, turned around
and ‘bang’, there was a wicket.
Smiling, I said ‘that was a great
shot’. There were no more wickets
and my old mate was very quiet
for the rest of the day!’’.
And so, in 1975, McCombe
jumped ship and joined his
Kilmore St-based evening paper
contemporaries, the illustrations
department being run by Max
Wederell, who commanded a
star-studded team that included
Menzies, Neville Hawke, Derrick
Tonkin, and in later years Simon
Baker, Don Scott and several
others.
Working alongside these
“guns’’ brought out the best in
(Above and
below) – A
selection
McCombe’s
images from
the past
including
this couple
(left) at
Christchurch
Airport
awaiting
news of
the ill-fated
Air New
Zealand
flight to
Antarctica.
McCombe as both a photographer
and a journalist, honing
his skills alongside his talented
colleagues. Former Star chief reporter
John Crowley recalls Mc-
Combe becoming “the complete
newsman’’.
“John’s skills were not confined
to those of a photographer when
we went on some of those more
challenging jobs. His extra sharp
news sense was underpinned by
multi-layers of care and compassion.
“These were traits which helped
reporters – young and old. In the
most stressful times he was a cool
head and a guiding hand at arm’s
length. These qualities were so
apparent too when it came to his
own profession – one in which he
had few peers.’’
McCombe would eventually
become The Star’s chief photographer
and continue to have
a major influence on his team,
including Baker, who joined the
camera crew in 1986 as a “young,
naive lad from the Waikato.’’
“Right from the first day John
made me feel welcome. He was
always there for advice and guidance
as I tried to justify my place
amongst the team of talented
photographers.’’
Baker stayed at The Star for
five years and came to regard his
boss as a “top bloke’, perhaps illustrated
best when he decided to
become a freelance photographer
in 1991.
“John had left to do the same
thing a year earlier, so we were
to be direct competitors in
Christchurch, but this didn’t faze
him. He generously offered his
darkroom and other equipment
to me as I started to get my business
up and running. And we
continued to work alongside each
other for the next 25 years.’’
But it wasn’t just photographers
at The Star who benefitted from
McCombe’s professionalism and
warm-hearted attitude to his
newsroom contemporaries.
Reporter Debbie Hannan describes
him as “the glue that held
us all together’.’
“He was one of those people
in life that made everyone feel
special, which is what I think
made him such an exceptional
photographer and workmate.’’
Hannan also recalls during the
often violent 1981 Springbok tour
when McCombe acted quickly to
save her from possible injury after
getting caught as the “meat in the
sandwich’’ between protestors and
the infamous police Red Squad.
The pair were assigned to cover
the pre-match clash outside the
gates of Lancaster Park, knowing
Star management had secured a
“safe house’’ across the road, just
in case things turned nasty.
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“Things started to heat up, but
I naively didn’t see just what danger
I was in as a big line of protestors
came towards me one way
and the Red Squad was coming
the other and I was in the middle.
“Out of nowhere John came
racing towards me and pushed
me into the safe house. For a moment
the photographer was off
duty on the biggest story of the
day to make sure his workmate
was safe.’’
Being good at his job was only
one facet of McCombe’s endearing
personality. He was an incurable
practical joker, who loved
playing pranks on his colleagues,
but he was also quick-witted
and resourceful, as recalled by
reporter Brian Cowley.
“On the one hand, he was
the consummate professional,
charming and calming his
nervous subjects with soothing
banter and achieving the desired
photograph by means of mutual
co-operation.
“Then there was the devil-maycare
character who would startle
the reporter accompanying him
with an impromptu cameo from
the McCombe playbook of crazy
tricks.’’
Cowley remembers running
late for a job and being amazed
when McCombe drove across a
busy Christchurch, avoiding all
streets and traffic lights, zipping
instead down alleyways and business
access lanes.
When they arrived, he apologised
for their tardiness, saying
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Consummate professional with a devil-may-care character
McCombe’s infamous picture of an eight-year-old
Canterbury rugby fan prompted calls for the boy to be
banned from Lancaster Park.
the “traffic wasn’t with us’’,
which, Cowley says, was no lie!
Away from his work, Mc-
Combe was a man of many
interests, chief of those being his
family. But he was also an avid
hunter, fisherman, boatee, golfer
(later in life) and a crack clay
target shooter.
How many colleagues knew he
was the 1992 New Zealand clay
sparrow champion shooter and
a national clay target shooting
representative while a member
(and former vice president) of the
Belfast Gun Club?
Indeed, daughter Melody
recalls a quote from North Canterbury
artist Sam Mahon, in his
book The Year of the Horse, about
her father – “he went hunting
with dad and wrote that dad was
as artful with a gun as he was
with a camera.’’
What they are more likely to
remember are the many great
times enjoyed at the McCombe’s
homes in Tancred St – where
plans for the infamous Media
Club in Chancery Lane were first
hatched – and later at Rockinghorse
Rd, South New Brighton.
After a series of earthquakes
in 2010 and 2011 left their
two-storey South Shore villa
unrepairable, the McCombe’s
thought about buying land and
starting afresh on the West
Coast. Instead, through family
circumstances, they ended up
visiting Thames.
As McCombe told the New
Zealand Herald in February 2015,
the four-year anniversary of the
big quake, he and Cheryl spent
the night in Whangamata and,
on a whim, called a real estate
agent and found themselves inspecting
a lovely home overlooking
the harbour.
Impulsively – or was it instinctively?
– they made an offer
and a few months later began a
new chapter in their lives in the
Coromandel.
McCombe said the speed of
the decision stunned family and
friends – “I think they must have
thought we’d gone off our rocker
a little bit’’ – but it proved to be
“the best decision of our lives.’’
He joined the local golf and
boating clubs and took a keen
interest in environmental issues,
eventually becoming an outspoken
chairman of the Whangamata
Harbour Care group,
leading the charge on mangrove
eradication.
In a Facebook exchange (he
ended up with three different
pages) in June last year, Mc-
Combe agreed it was a case of
“paradise lost’’ in Christchurch
but “paradise regained’’ in
Whangamata.
And it’s in that beautiful town,
at the golf club today that friends
and family will farewell the genial
McCombe, a big man with a
heart and a personality to match.
McCombe is survived by his
wife Cheryl, children Melody and
Kevin, three grandchildren and
one great granddaughter.
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Is democracy under threat?
Former TV
sports and
news reader
Peter
Williams
writes
about plans
for a
co-governed New
Zealand democracy
I WANT TO talk about a very
important issue. It’s called
democracy.
As Winston Churchill once
said, apparently, “no-one pretends
democracy is perfect. In
fact, it has been said that democracy
is the worst form of government
except for all those other
forms that have been tried from
time to time.” But the question
I think we should be asking in
this country is this: Is democracy
under threat?
Now, on the surface, that
sounds like an absolutely preposterous
proposition. After all, we
are a long-standing democracy
based on the Westminster or
British system of letting the
people decide who should govern
them.
We had our first elections in
this country in 1853. They were
not perfect though because only
property owners could vote.
Over the next 40 years that
changed and evolved and by
1893, when women were granted
the vote, every New Zealand person
aged 21 or older could vote
for one nationwide parliament
and for local councils. And so,
for 128 years, that is the way New
Zealand has been governed.
We get to vote, and every vote
has been of equal value. And
theoretically, the majority decides
the direction of travel.
But are we seeing that system
under threat? I ask that in the
light – not just of the city where
I live and broadcast from, Tauranga,
now being governed by
appointed commissioners and
them making decisions which
the majority are likely to disagree
with (like the creation of a
Maori Ward, and a rates rise for
residential property owners that
could be as high as 20 per cent) –
but in the very slow and almost
secretive release of a paper called
He Puapua during the election
campaign last year, and the fact
that the full paper has still not
been released officially.
But if you read what is available
on the Te Puni Kokiri website
you should be very worried
about the future of democracy
as we know it in this country.
In short, this paper called He
Puapua is a report of a working
group on a plan to realise the
United Nations Declaration on
the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,
or if you want for short, UN-
DRIP – or the DRIP.
He Puapua has what it calls a
Vision 2040, just 19 years from
now, the 200th anniversary
of the signing of the Treaty of
Waitangi. The vision says that by
2040, the Government will have
implemented the relevant instruments
to share power more fairly
with Maori in our constitutional
arrangements.
Now let that sink in. To share
power more fairly with Maori in
our constitutional arrangements.
The problem can be sheeted
back to the first John Key-led
National Government which
started in 2008. Prior to that, the
United Nations had produced its
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples in 2007, which
said that indigenous peoples had
a right to self-determination.
The prime minister at the time
Helen Clark said we’re not signing
that, and New Zealand abstained.
But three years later, John Key –
as part of his deal with the Maori
Party – sent Pita Sharples off to
New York to sign it.
The UN itself said the declaration
was non-binding and
aspirational. But, for whatever
reason best known to them, the
Labour Party has now decided
that the DRIP will be enacted
in this country over the next 20
years and He Puapua sets out
a way that will, in the words of
conservative political commentator
Muriel Newman, lead to
tribal control of New Zealand by
2040 and the end of democracy
as we know it.
The move for Maori wards
on local councils all around the
country is the start of it, and the
suggestion that appointed and
unelected iwi representatives
get full voting rights and full
stipends on the Wellington City
Council is another example.
Muriel Newman writes about
the slow boiling frog effect. If
this happens, and there is every
indication it will, it will happen
slowly, incrementally and by the
time we realise what has happened,
it will be too late.
So how do you feel about
this? Are you happy that a fraction
of the population, that is
those who claim some Maori
ancestry, which is around 15 per
cent of the population, may be
able to share 50 per cent of the
Government’s decision-making
and control vast amounts of the
country’s economic resources,
including the most valuable of
all – water?
On the surface this seems preposterous
does it not? In Vision
2040 it says the following: “If
Maori are to exercise governance
power, there needs to be support
for this. The Crown’s main
contribution will be resourcing.
There are multiple streams from
which financial contributions
might be sourced, including, for
example, levies on resource use
where Maori have a strong claim
to ownership, such as water.”
Can you believe the arrogance
of that statement? Can you ever
disagree with what John Key once
said: “Nobody owns the water.”
And he was absolutely right. It
is swept up from the oceans and
falls from the sky. It is one of the
wonders of nature. It belongs to
all of us and the resource must
never be put in “ownership.”
To have a paper presented to
the Associate Minister of Maori
Development, and Minister
for Local Government, Nania
Mahuta with such a suggestion
in it, and not have it dismissed, is
frankly a very worrying thought.
There is a gradual realisation
among some people of what is
happening. Not only Muriel
Newman but also the left-wing
writer Chris Trotter, has written
about this paper and suggests
that Jacinda Ardern move very
swiftly now to shut down any
talk of a change to New Zealand’s
governance arrangements
over the next 20 years.
But is there any sign of that?
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fewer
Of course not.
What is also worrying is the
silence of the National Party on
this. But then, maybe they’re
embarrassed.
It was them who started it with
John Key sending Pita Sharples
off to sign up to something that
Helen Clark would not have a
bar of because she realised the
long-term implications of it.
And now it has come to pass.
I don’t want any racist tirades
about this issue, I want some
reasoned discussion. And for me,
it comes back to this. I believe in
the concept that all people are
equal, that in this country everybody’s
vote is as important as
everybody else’s. We are all New
Zealanders.
Yes, we may have descended
from Maori or Chinese or Scottish
or English, but we all live
together in this country as New
Zealanders. My antecedents
came here 173 years ago. Am I
any less of a person, any less of
a New Zealander because my
forefathers and foremothers arrived
here 500 years after other
settlers?
Is somebody born in England
or India or China who came here
in the last 10 years and now has
a New Zealand passport any less
of a New Zealander than me? I
would hope not. But if we have
some sort of devolved co-governance
arrangement whereby
50 per cent of the power is in the
hands of the small proportion of
the electorate, is that acceptable
in a nation which has known
the concept of parliamentary
democracy in some form or
another since 1853?
Isn’t this one of the most
important questions facing New
Zealand’s future? Yet no one in
the Government wants to talk
about it in the open.
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OPINION
Hospital board
CDHB MEMBERS Gough and
Keown are rightly concerned
over the centralisation of our
medical system, and among other
things how it will impact smaller
towns and the rural sector, as
outlined in The Star (April 22).
There have also been plans
to centralise school boards and
polytechs, including those that
are very successful, like SIT.
Even farming regulations are
becoming ‘one size fits all’, which
will only fit a few as we live
in a very complex and diverse
landscape.
– D Downward
David McPhail
May I thank Kurt Bayer for his
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to David McPhail. Easy to read,
most informative, and it brought
back memories.
Many skits of Kiwi life, especially
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Trust in Govt
I wonder why people still trust
this Government? The minister
told us this evening that the biggest
number of people had gone
off the jobseekers benefit since I
think it was 1996.
I also wonder why it is telling
us they are ramping up vaccines
when last week we were told
that there were only approximately
400,000 doses left in the
country.
As usual it is spending large
sums of money setting up vaccine
centres when in the US chemists
can do the same job and I know
our local chemist is qualified to
do it and for a lot less money.
Imagine how much taxpayers
money could be saved? But hey,
it’s not their money so easy come
easy go, and we can always print
more. – R Lucas
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Tourism hui brings
hundreds to city
THIS WEEK I had the
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than 750 delegates to our city
for TRENZ Hui 2021, the largest
business event in New Zealand
for over a year.
THis year it will be a different
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hundreds of international travel
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New Zealand’s leading tourism
operators, to build or renew
relationships and negotiate
business deals for the coming
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We were due to host
TRENZ 2020, which was
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Given that these borders
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redesigned to help the industry
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The three themes were: Revive
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After everything our city
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decade, I said there was no
better place to come for TRENZ
Hui 2021 than Ōtautahi,
Christchurch.
We describe ourselves as a city
of opportunity for all – a place
that is open to new ideas, new
people and new ways of doing
things – a place where anything
is possible.
The genesis for this thinking
has been the belief that times of
crisis always offer opportunities.
I expressed hope that the
industry would explore the
opportunities to reimagine
the future of tourism in a
post-Covid world in partnership
with mana whenua and the
destinations that together
create a unique offering in the
world.
I invited them to seize that
opportunity with real optimism
based on the unique experience
of a city that has been given the
chance to reimagine its future
and respond to new challenges
in a way we would never have
thought possible.
Mayor
Lianne Dalziel
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Time running out to plant winter veges
MAINTENANCE: Sprinkle bare lawn with grass seed to encourage growth over the winter. Plant cornflowers now for a
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Talent on show throughout codes
• By Chris Barclay
WHEN LINWOOD and Hornby
meet for the first time in a new
Canterbury Rugby League
premiership season it’s typically a
rematch of the previous battle for
the Pat Smith Trophy.
The Northern Bulldogs bucked
that trend in 2020, but for Keas
veteran Alex Todd the rivalry
with the Panthers endures ahead
of a clash between the competition’s
two unbeaten teams on
Saturday.
Before the Kaiapoi-based Bulldogs
could not prevent Linwood
claiming their fifth successive
title, Hornby were the runners-up
the previous four seasons.
A no-nonsense prop, Todd
brings up the disappointment
of the 2009 final, rather than
the victories, when revisiting an
encounter he relishes.
“For me personally it always has
been the rivalry,” he explained.
“When I first started playing
prems [in 2008] we had a good
couple of battles. We lost in 2009.
They’re always a quality opposition.
They’re well-coached and
well-drilled. It’s always a tough
game.”
Uncompromising in the
middle, the hard heads from both
clubs have formed friendships off
the field.
“A lot of the older boys get on
well – I went to Corey’s 40th last
year, it was a pretty good do,”
Todd said.
The 31-year-old said celebrations
at Leslie Park hinge on
keeping Panthers second rower
Corey Lawrie quiet.
“He’s always floating around
the middle there. We have to keep
him busy on defence,” Todd said.
At the other end of the experience
spectrum, Todd was wary
of the threat posed by Panthers
fullback Sincere Harraway, who
opened the campaign with backto-back
hat-tricks.
“I watched him in the under-
20s. He’s a player you’ve got to
keep your eye on, he’s got good
footwork,” he said.
Both teams head into the fifth
round in impressive form, with
the Panthers on top via points
differential.
Hornby thrashed the Northern
Bulldogs 44-10 last weekend
while the Keas rolled the Eastern
Eagles 42-22 after trailing 10-0
early at Wainoni Park.
The Celebration Lions’ resurgent
campaign also regathered
momentum by crushing the
cellar-dwelling Papanui Tigers
62-20, the highest score of the
season so far.
Lions stalwart Kasi Leka racked
up four tries from five-eighth
while his brother Taniela contributed
a try and nine goals as
the siblings thrived in an 11-try
rout that enabled the club to
bounce back from a narrow loss
to Hornby.
Celebration were in Papanui’s
predicament in 2020, propping
up the table, but are now third
behind the pacesetters leading
into their encounter with the
Riccarton Knights.
Halswell round out the top
four with a three-win (including
a default by Papanui), one-loss
record after a 20-point victory
over Riccarton. They now head to
Kaiapoi and attempt to extend the
fifth-placed Northern Bulldogs’
slump under Frank Endacott.
Marist Albion are the only unbeaten
team heading into round
five of the Christchurch Metro
Cup club rugby competition, with
last year’s runners-up boasting
the maximum 20 points.
They feature in the fixture of
the weekend when they host
second-placed Linwood at Edgar
McIntosh Field on Saturday.
Even if they suffer their first
loss, they will still remain on top
of the ladder.
The status quo remained in the
Mainland Football premiership
with champions Cashmere Technical
maintaining top spot with a
5-1 thumping of Nelson Suburbs
while second-placed Coastal
Spirit drew 1-1 with third-ranked
Christchurch United.
Eighth round fixtures indicate
the top three should solidify their
places with Cashmere Technical
facing Selwyn United, Coastal
Spirit in a local derby with Ferrymead
Bays FC and Nomads
United hosting Christchurch
United.
Lincoln University maintained
their lead in the Christchurch
Netball Centre’s premier grade
RIVALRY ROUND: Linwood Keas stalwart Alex Todd is looking forward to another tussle
with Canterbury Rugby League premiership rivals Hornby at Leslie Park on Saturday.
when they defeated Technical
B 81-21 on Tuesday night while
Technical A and Kereru A are
also undefeated.
Saints recorded the biggest
score of the third round, a 103-23
romp over Villa Maria.
In the opening round of
Canterbury Hockey’s men’s and
women’s premiership grade
competition, reigning champions
Marist and Harewood recorded
3-1 scorelines against new Porritt
Cup holders Southern United and
Hornby respectively.
Marist take on HSOB/Burnside
on Saturday. In the women’s
schedule Harewood has an early
bye, giving unbeaten Marist and
Carlton Redcliffs to build on their
round one victories.
Top of the tables
Christchurch Metro Premier Cup men’s rugby
P W L D PD Pts
Marist Albion 4 4 0 0 38 20
Linwood 4 3 1 0 44 14
Burnside 4 3 1 0 25 14
Lincoln University 4 2 2 0 5 12
Sydenham 4 2 1 1 -7 12
Christchurch 4 1 2 1 7 11
University 4 2 2 0 -3 10
Shirley 4 1 3 0 -14 10
New Brighton 4 2 2 1 1 9
Sumner 4 1 2 1 -17 8
HSOB 4 1 3 0 -11 6
Belfast 4 0 3 1 -68 5
Canterbury Rugby League Men’s Premiership
P W L D PD Pts
Hornby Panthers 4 4 0 0 90 8
Linwood Keas 4 4 0 0 78 8
Celebration Lions 4 3 1 0 74 6
Halswell Hornets 4 3 1 0 64 6
Northern Bulldogs 4 1 3 0 -6 2
Riccarton Knights 4 1 3 0 -82 2
Papanui Tigers 4 0 4 0 -100 0
Eastern Eagles 4 0 4 0 -136 0
Mainland Football Men’s Premiership
P W D L GD Pts
Cashmere Technical 7 6 1 0 16 19
Coastal Spirit 7 5 1 1 8 16
Christchurch Utd 7 4 2 1 18 14
Nelson Suburbs 7 3 1 3 1 10
Nomads Utd AFC 7 3 0 4 -4 9
Ferrymead Bays 7 3 0 4 -6 9
Selwyn Utd FC 7 1 1 5 -8 4
Halswell Utd AFC 7 0 0 7 -25 0
Weekend match-ups
•Christchurch Metro
Premier Cup (all Saturday at
2.45pm)
Christchurch v Belfast,
Christchurch Park; Sydenham
v Burnside, Sydenham Park;
University v New Brighton, Ilam
Fields; Lincoln University v HSOB,
Lincoln Uni; Marist Albion v
Linwood, Edgar McIntosh Field;
Shirley v Sumner, Burwood Park.
•Canterbury Rugby League
Premiership (all Saturday at
2.45pm)
Northern Bulldogs v Halswell
Hornets, Murphy Park; Hornby
Panthers v Linwood Keas,
Leslie Park; Riccarton Knights v
Celebration Lions, Wainoni Park;
Papanui Tigers v Eastern Eagles,
Papanui Domain.
•Mainland Football
Premiership
Halswell United v Nelson Suburbs
FC, Halswell Domain, 11.30am
Saturday; Cashmere Technical
v Selwyn United, Garrick Park,
2.45pm Saturday; Nomads United
v Christchurch Utd, Tulett Park,
2.45pm Saturday; Coastal Spirit v
Ferrymead Bays FC, Linfield Park,
12.30pm Sunday.
• By Chris Barclay
IT’S CUSTOMARY to get
straight back in the saddle after
a setback, although veteran
harness driver-trainer Kevin
Townley will take time to
consider if and when it is wise to
climb into a sulky after his latest
accident.
A 70-year-old requiring a hip
replacement is not unusual, but
the background to Townley’s
procedure in Christchurch Hospital
sets the West Melton-based
horseman apart.
“I was going up in the air and
the next thing I remember was
all these faces staring down at
me,” Townley recalled when
revisiting his crash with Murano
at Rangiora on April 18.
“I’ve seen the replay, I suppose
I was two or three metres in the
air, then I got run over. It [the
footage] doesn’t show that.”
The stewards’ report states Gift
Card fell and checked Murano
plus Tom Brady. Townley was
one of three drivers dislodged
by the incident. Murano, which
avoided injury, galloped on
before being corralled.
“[Murano] fell in a split second
– apparently it stood on a shoe.
You think very fast on the track
and in a split second I thought:
‘There’s no way out of this one’,”
Townley said.
He was treated at the track
and transported to Christchurch
Hospital with hip, rib and lung
damage. He was released last
Friday to continue his rehabilitation
with wife Margaret.
“My left hip was smashed up
pretty bad so I got a total hip
replacement but there’s still a
fracture or two to heal. Hopefully
they’re healing all right
with the new apparatus on
board,” he said.
Townley already has a plate
and several screws in his shoulder
following an accident during
track work. After a crash during
a trial at Motukarara, a horse
trod on his hand, breaking all
the bones.
He was also kicked in the
head by a horse before a race in
Westport in 2017, with a helmet
fortunately bearing the brunt of
the blow.
Townley shrugged off those
incidents – and several others
through the years – reasoning:
“It can be a bit of a rough industry,
you expect things like that.
I’ve bounced back pretty good
but there must be an age where
you don’t.”
That might be approaching,
with Townley conceding the
Rangiora spill was the worst he
has experienced.
“It’s not great timing to be fair
– at 70 you don’t bounce back
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quite as well either. I don’t know
how much I’ll be able to do in
the future. That will work itself
out I guess.”
Townley returned to his stable
on Tuesday to check on his small
team.
“We’ll see how the next couple
of months go and how I get
around. I’ve got to lift my leg
into the sulky don’t I,” he said.
The surgical advice was to release
the reins but he would not
be pushed into retirement.
“I just have to judge it myself
really. There’s no rush, I’ve got
another month before the bones
are healed anyway.”
Townley started training in
with his father Doody in 1987
before training in his own right
from 1995. He has 263 winners
and another 230 with his dad.
Most of his horses are spelling
now although Harbour Queen
placed third at Methven on April
26, just the tonic as he followed
the race from his ward.
Townley has also been boosted
by the harness racing fraternity.
“I’ve been inundated by offers
of help,” he said.
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Crash puts driving on hold Grasstrack
REINED IN: Veteran harness racing trainer-driver Kevin Townley is making a patient
recovery from surgery following a serious crash during a race at Rangiora (below).
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to build
on season’s
success
• By Dave Di Somma
GRASSTRACK RACING has
been a massive success this
season, and there will be even
more meetings in 2021/22.
The dates calendar has 38
grasstrack meetings next season,
including three dual code. That’s
four more than this season, and
includes the return to Hawera in
Taranaki. Their two meetings will
be held over Waitangi weekend
(February 4 and 6, 2022).
There will be two other North
Island meetings, at Wairarapa
and Kapiti, and 34 in the south.
Mt Harding at Methven and
Motukarara will be the busiest
grasstracks, with seven meetings
each next season, while Westport
gets three and Geraldine doubles
its quota to two.
Gore will also race on the grass
twice, as will Oamaru and the
Forbury Park Trotting Club at
Wingatui.
Methven hosted the last
grasstrack meeting of the season
on April 26.
Methven Trotting Club president
Mark Lemon is reasonably
happy with next season’s allocation,
saying the club can handle
one meeting a month, although
he thinks nationwide there is still
potential to have even more meetings
over the warmer months.
“We should be having a meeting
on every Sunday, and we are
not doing that.”
Grasstrack racing’s popularity
with punters is well known. This
season Methven turned over
more than $1 million at five of
its seven meetings, with a best of
$1,565,647 on October 11. The
Hororata Club’s meeting there
also did $1,132,720.
Said Lemon: “When you add
it all up it was over $9.5 million
at Methven . . . the only two
we didn’t do a million on were
the two when we only had nine
races.”
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ICE-COOL goal-kicking saviour
Damian McKenzie is ready to
play his smiling assassin
role to perfection again in
Saturday’s Super Rugby
Aotearoa decider with the
Crusaders.
The versatile All Black
utility back, renowned for
grinning as he lines up a
penalty or conversion attempt,
is again likely to be a focal point
as the Crusaders strive for a
fifth successive title under Scott
Robertson.
McKenzie (left) was not a
factor the last time the
Chiefs visited Orangetheory
Stadium – a 39-17
defeat in March – but
since then his work off
the tee has been pivotal
to the underdogs fivematch
winning streak
before the reserves lost to the
Blues at Eden Park last weekend.
The fullback or first five-eighth
nailed clutch kicks to edge the
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Crusaders discipline will be vital to beat Chiefs
Blues first time around before
the Highlanders, Crusaders and
Hurricanes were pipped by late
penalties.
“When you’re in those situations,
and you’re a kicker, you
live for those moments, and
you’re either hero or zero. I’ve
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“Like I’ve said before, there
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build up to those penalties, or
getting us into positions to kick a
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Maintaining their discipline,
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range, Crusaders discipline will
be vital.
Both teams are named today,
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concern an ankle injury for
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Although the Chiefs celebrated
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Rally-bred Yaris provides the thrills
TOYOTA IS no stranger to rally
success. I remember well the
heady days during the early 90s
when the amazing Celica GT-
Four dominated the World Rally
Championship.
Toyota distanced itself from
rallying for many years, it dabbled
in formula one and sports
endurance racing, however, it
came back to rallying in 2017
and the company has had success
with the Yaris, winning the WRC
in 2019 and 2020.
While the Yaris is a world apart
from the Celica as I know it – the
latter was part of the Kiddiefamily
line-up for many years
– the Yaris with its hatchback
design lends itself to the WRC,
competing against other small
hatchbacks such as Ford’s Fiesta,
Volkswagen Polo and Citroen
DS3.
Toyota has just introduced a
new Yaris on the New Zealand
market. It comes in many guises –
petrol-only models, hybrids and
the funky Yaris Cross. I’ve driven
all in recent months and can
report that they uphold the values
Toyota has in a small car.
However, there is one major
surprise within the Yaris line-up
and that is the GR model, a car
inspired by the WRC-winning
model. GR is an abbreviation for
Gazoo Racing which is Toyota’s
performance arm that helped
develop the WRC car.
The GR Yaris in road-going
form is no rally car, but it doesn’t
miss out by much. Firstly, it is
powered by a 1.6-litre threecylinder
heavily turbocharged
engine, it has a six-speed manual
transmission and drives out all
four wheels and, what’s more, you
can direct drive to give you that
rally feel, power can be proportioned
heavily to the rear, or to
the front, or have a 50:50 split
should you desire that.
Personally, I like the push you
get from the rear, so during my
time with the test car I drove it
in sport mode which sends 70
per cent in that direction. Under
power you can almost force oversteer,
which is immense fun, and
there is more than enough power
on tap to do that.
Putting that into context, the
engine is rated with 200kW
and 370Nm, outputs realised at
6500rpm and 3000-4600rpm
respectively, all those figures considered,
the Yaris is quick, strong
and willing under all driving conditions.
It is also eager, you know
as a driver it wants to get hunting,
the turbo boost is strong and the
engine will fly to high revolutions
if the accelerator is given any
minor provocation.
According to Toyota, the GR
Yaris will make 100km/h from a
standstill in 5.2sec, and it will also
lunge to 120km/h from 80km/h
in 4.5sec. It will also make
230km/h if laws allowed.
I had some items to pick up
from Rangiora, so the obvious
choice of roads to get home to my
city suburb was through Loburn,
Oxford and State Highway 72.
They weren’t perfect roads for
the GR Yaris simply because there
THRILLING:
The GR Yaris
has the
performance
to match its
sporty looks.
TOYOTA YARIS GR: Based on World Rally Championship-winning car.
aren’t enough corners, but I did
backtrack into an area where
there were some challenges and
enjoyed the feel of knowing the
driver is in command.
Just when you think it will drift
nicely out of a corner, grip comes
in from the front to pull the car
straight and it powers off until
the next corner arrives. When
that happens, huge stopping force
through a premium brake system
comes into play.
Grip is supplied by high quality
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and with a comparatively heavy
steering feel all the ingredients
are in place for spirited motoring.
Shifts through the six-speeder
are short and direct, there’s no
chance of wrong-slotting, and
clutch action, while firmish under
foot, is progressive.
There’s also an intelligent
manual transmission mode that
will blip the engine on downshift,
matching the revs to the gearing,
much like we used to do with the
double de-clutch method.
The GR Yaris is an absolute
blast to drive, it feels twitchy with
its short wheelbase, but such
is the grip and control it has it
inspires confidence. It is playful,
yet safe at the same time with
traction control systems intervening
when forces are outweighing
the law of physics.
Even though the GR Yaris is
• Price – Toyota Yaris GR,
$54,990
• Dimensions – Length,
3995mm; width, 1805mm;
height, 1445mm
• Configuration – Threecylinder,
four-wheel-drive,
1618cc, 200kW, 370Nm,
six-speed manual
• Performance –
0-100km/h, 5.2sec
• Fuel usage – 7.6l/100km
based on the WRC car, I didn’t
take it off the seal as such, it had
been presented beautifully and
I didn’t want to risk stone chips
and be presented with a massive
clean-up job. But I did find a
couple of corners that had loose
surface seal and I was able to feel
electronics working in order to
maintain grip and acceleration.
The GR Yaris builds on the fun
angle that Toyota has pitched for
the new Yaris series and you can
glean immense pleasure from it,
it most certainly is an exhilarating
car that tugs at all the senses.
The engine has a characteristic
throb, it sounds chunky but
sings sweetly from 4000rpm
onwards letting the driver know
it is enjoying its work. There’s no
point in the rev band where it
doesn’t want to work freely, it will
also dawdle the city streets in tall
gears, the turbo producing huge
torque that allows the car to pull
from very low revolutions.
There is a little trade-off in
terms fuel usage. Normally, you’d
expect a 1.6-litre engine to garner
an average better than 7.6-litres
per 100km, but if you want performance
that is the price to pay.
When I took the test car back
to the dealership it was showing
9.8l/100km on the readout, perhaps
an indication of how much
I enjoyed hearing and feeling that
engine work. At 100km/h an instantaneous
reading of 5l/10kmn
can be expected (engine speed
2500rpm). All that aside, a
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In terms of fitment, the GR
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an in-cabin environment that
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design, and has specification
that justifies a very respectable
$54,990 price tag.
My wife recently suggested we
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certainly be interested in the GR,
the only thing is she’s not thrilled
with cars that have manual transmission,
I’ve obviously got a bit of
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Board
Retired Male
Solicitor
Seeks homestay
in Bishopdale,
Bryndwr or
Papanui.
Keen walker, enjoy
excellent health
but have limited
domestic skills.
I’m keen to secure
a congenial long
term homestay
with board.
If you can assist
please phone
Peter 03-359-2533
to discuss.
Board
BOARD WANTED Long
term, ChCh area for retired
man. Non smoker. clean &
tidy in good health. Ph 027
331 4668
Cars Wanted
AAA CASH - CASH -
CASH . Any unwanted
cars. Phone 347 9354 or
027 476 2404
$$ CASH PAID $$
Buying cars & trucks for
wrecking. Ph / txt Zac 021
1056 797.
Caravans, Motorhomes
& Traliers
CARAVAN Wanted to
buy. Up to $5000 cash
today 027 488-5284.
Car Parts
TYRES Secondhand,
most szs from $30 - $70
fitted, Also batteries, 217
Waltham Road, 027 476
2404
TYRES Secondhand,
most szs from $30 - $70
fitted, Also batteries, 217
Waltham Road, 027 476
2404
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Christian
sPiritUaList
ChUrCh
182 Edgeware Road
Sunday Service
7pm
Address
Allison
Clairvoyant
Allison
All Welcome
Building Supplies
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Christian
sPiritUaList
ChUrCh
182 Edgeware Road
Sunday Service 7pm
Address
Andy Douglas
Clairvoyant
Andy Douglas
All Welcome
SYDENHAM CHRISTIAN
SPIRITUAL CHURCH
Sydenham
Community Centre
23/25 Hutcheson St
Sunday 7pm
Address
Davida
Clairvoyance
Davida
All Welcome
Community Events
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS, If you
want to have a drink that’s
your business. If you
want to stop, we can help.
Phone 0800 229-6757
PSYCHIC CAFE NEW!
Commencing Friday 21st
May 7-9pm. Meet psychic
/ spiritual people socially.
Not an expo or psychic
fair. $10 cash only. Venue
is Room 10 Phillipstown
Community Centre,
Nursery Rd. 021 0272
8271
Funeral Directors
No Service Cremation $2,000
Family Funeral with Cremation $3,950
Chapel - 35 people, casket, hearse, cremation fees
Full Funeral options and
Burial options available
Just Funerals, a family owned and
operated company with qualified,
registered and experienced staff.
Phone 0800 804 663 - 24 Hour Availability
Email: info@justfunerals.co.nz
christchurch.justfunerals.co.nz
Finance
RW Finance
Small Loans
From $1,000 - $5,000
SPECIAL
INTEREST RATE
FOR NEW
CUSTOMERS
(limited time offer)
Beneficiaries Welcome
Friendly & Personal
Customer Service
0800 325 345
www.rwfinance.co.nz
RESPONSIBLE LENDING & CREDIT CRITERIA APPLY
Garage Sales
ARANUI.
Shortland Street, (Breezes
Road end)
Saturday 9am - 1pm.
Bedside lockers, filing
cabinets, office chairs, gas
heater, Bed sette, electric
concrete mixer, ladies
bike, crockery, books,
artificial flowers, & loyts
more
************
AVONHEAD ROTARY
CLUB Monster Charity
Garage & Car Boot Sale,
this Saturday 8th May,
8am to 1pm, at Burnside
Bowling Club, 330
Avonhead Road. Huge
variety of useable items,
stalls, sausage sizzle,
coffee.
*************
HANDCRAFT SALE
8 Athelston St, Friday
7th May 10am - 4pm,
Saturday May 8th 10am
- 4pm. Items suitable for
Mothers Day gifts, eg:
Crochet, woollen & sewn
goods, brooches, pendants,
pictures, decorated bottles
etc.Cash Only
LINWOOD 139A
England St, Sat 8am.
House full. Whiteware,
crafts, bric a brac,
pedigree dolls & DVD’s.
Everything must go
Gardening
& Supplies
PETE’S GARDENING
SERVICE Gardening,
rubbish removal, cleanups,
expert pruning, hedge
trimming, tree cutting,
good rates, no job too big
or too small, half the price
of a franchise. Ph 027 551
4118
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Gardening
& Supplies
MONDO GRASS Black.
Large pots full. $5. Ph
352-2590
Massage
LADIES enjoy a full body
sensual massage. Choice
of oils, discreet mature
gent. Ph / txt 027 251 4660
RELAXATION to
Remedial massage.
Hillmorton area. Ph 027
244 0195
Personals
LADY 69 yrs looking for a
nice gentleman.69 - 73 yrs.
Enjoy watching sports,
dining, travel, swimming
& music. Replies to: Box
5, c/o The Star, PO Box
1467, ChCh.
MIDDLE Aged male
looking for a woman
any age for fun times,
ph/txt 021 0442272
MIDDLE Aged male
looking for a woman any
age for fun times, ph/txt
021 0442272
MUSIC LOVING GUY.
Young looking 63,5ft 9in
tall, slim build, brown hair,
good sense of humour.
Interests incl concerts,
live theatre, sport, movies,
cafes & travel. Would like
to meet similiar attractive
lady 37 - 57 for friendship,
possible relationship. Lets
meet for coffee. TXT 021
0278 1736
Pets & Supplies
CATS UNLOVED
can help with the cost
of desexing your cat.
Ph 3555-022 or email
catsunloved@xtra.co.nz
Funeral Directors
Direct
Cremation
No frills, No Service,
No fuss, simply
straight to the crem.
Other options
available.
Ph: 379 0178
for our brochure
or email
office@undertaker.co.nz
For Sale
STEEL for sale all
sections, off cuts cut
lengths. siteweld@ xtra.
co.nz Ph 0274 508 785
Pets and Supplies
Discover Christchurch’s
best priced pet
accommodation
• Daycare - all breeds
• Boarding
• Long stay/short stay
Call now to book
in your cats &
dogs, inspections
welcome anytime!
aLameDa
kenneLs & cattery
271 Dyers Road
Ph 384 1297 or 0274 587 067
www.alameda.nz
Situations Vacant
Reid TouRs
Waipapa station Sat 29th May $45 pp
Mt Cook Sat 14th August
Two Passes Sat 4th September $45pp
Call Reid Tours 0800 446 886
Email: reidtours@xtra.co.nz www.reidtours.com
ReId TouRs
Hokianga Cape Reinga
Bay of Islands
9 days - Departs 15th May
$2250 pp including flights
Chatham Island
2nd to 9th November
Call Reid Tours 0800 446 886
Email: reidtours@xtra.co.nz www.reidtours.com
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belief you bring to your
business and wellness.
As a coach I have conversations
to empower you to:
• Greater vision
• Strategy
• Lower your stress
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• Sleep better
• Improve life/work balance
• Grow wellness and resilience
Individual, group or
Workplace Wellness.
Connect with me today.
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E: gillian@gillarna.com
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WHEN I SAY I WILL”
Need a certified and reliable plumber for filtration
systems or hot water cylinder replacement?
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TEXT
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Travel Tickets
& Accessories
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Trades & Services
Re Roofing
Roof Repairs
Spouting
Approved Age Concern provider
Over 30 years experience
Licensed Building Practitioner
N A BARRELL
ROOFING LTD
Ph: 0275 389 415
Email: nabroofing@xtra.co.nz
House & Garden
Property services Ltd
Tree and hedge trimming
Stump grinding
Tree removal
Gardening
Landscaping
CALL us 021 405 277
Professional
Garden Services
• Regular garden
maintenance
• Pruning, spraying,
weeding, mowing
• Planting solutions
• Garden makeovers
Qualified with 40 years
experience
Phone Richard
027 4918 234
03 349 4022
DRIVEWAYS
paths, patios, decking,
exposed aggregate,
coloured / plain concrete
Fence staining
FREE QUOTE
LBP BuILDERS
PHONE jOHN:
027 224 2831
EXPERIENCED
GARDENER
(Kevin Garnett)
30 Years
Christchurch Botanic
Gardens.
ALL landscape
work done.
Maintenance, pruning,
tidy up, lawn work,
landscape planning
and planting etc.
Free Quotes
Phone 348 3482
PAINTING
older painter
for older houses
50 years in trade
“All the skills”
GST FREE
Contact Jimmy Bell
0211221487
Trades & Services
30 years + experience
Older house
restorations:
no problem!
Quotes: FREE!
Rates: Reasonable
Paint supplied at
trade price!
NO JOB TOO SMALL
Light industrial also
Roger Brott
Painter & Decorator
021-1966-311
ROOF
PAINTING 24/7
Rope & harness
a speciality,
no scaffolding
required,
30 years of
breathtaking
experience.
FREE QUOTES
20% OFF other
roof quotes
Exterior staining,
exterior painting,
water blasting.
Moss and mould
treatment $300.
Phone Kevin
027 561 4629
Trades & Services
repairs, bathroom/shower
Deep clean, soap scum,
deposits . Comp prices.
foundations, ph 342 9340
50 yrs exp. Bathrooms,
Free quotes. Discount for
pensioners. Ph Mike 03
AAA HANDYMAN
licensed carpenter
LBP, all property and
building maintenance,
installations, with free
quotes 03 383 1927 or 027
245 5226 ciey@xtra.co.nz
AA SHOWER
CLEANING
water stains, mineral
Gold card disc. Ph 021 022
824 85
BRICK & BLOCK
LAYING
all restoration work
and new work plus
or 021 853 033
BUILDER QUALIfIED
Kitchens, Renovations,
Repairs & Extensions
980 9771 or 027 2266 930
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Trades & Services
Your local guide to our
Trusted Tradesmen & Professionals
To advertise: 379 1100 or star.class@starmedia.kiwi
DECORATORS
ELECTRICIAN
Contact for a free quote
phone 027 331 0400
davewsimpson@windowslive.com
Experienced Domestic Electrician
Quality Workmanship
• New Build
• Renovations
• Fault finding
PLUMBER
NEED A PLUMBER
Call us now for fast friendly service.
Get your problems sorted out
quick smart - on time!!
Phone for a
FREE
quote now.
New Paint • Repaints
Wallpapering • Fences
Feature Walls
Floor & Roof Painting
Spray Painting
Light Commercial
Restoring Timber
* Finance available (T’s & C’s apply)
Selwyn based but service the whole of Canterbury
www.andertondecorators.co.nz
www.facebook.com/andertondecorators
027 724 6846 027 PAINTIN
• Power
• Lighting
• Switchboards
Phone 03 377 1280 | Mobile 021 898 380
SCRAP METAL
Dominion Trading Co Ltd
• Scrap metal buyers
• Canterbury owned & operated
• Top prices paid $$$
• Open Saturday morning
Open Mon-Fri 8am – 4.30pm Sat. 8.30am-12.30pm
www.happyscrappy.co.nz
03 343 9993 333 Blenheim Rd
DRIVEWAYS
Exposed Aggregate
Stamped Concrete Plain
Concrete Resurfacing
Things we offer...
Competitive/affordable pricing
Attention to detail
Professional service
free quotes/insurance scopes
Cell 0278 145 848
www.drivecrete.co.nz
landscaping
Landscape
Construction and
Garden Maintenance
You can have your gardens, trees,
shrubs, plants and lawns maintained to look their best
all year round, for a great price.
Residential & Commercial Landscaping
• Maintenance • Pruning • Reconstruction & Rejuvenation
• Rental Property and Commercial Maintenance
• Pre-Sale Tidy-Ups
New Home Landscaping
Lawns • Gardens • Decks • Paving • Water Features
• Quality • Value for money • Experienced • Punctual
• Professional • Flexible • Knowledgeable • Reliable
Call Ross Legg - 027 222 0388
Email ross@revivelandscaping.co.nz
www.revivelandscaping.co.nz
PLUMBING & DRAINAGE
Gas FittinG & GuttER CLEaninG
High reach gutter cleaning machine.
No job too big or small.
Local family run Christchurch/
Redcliffs business for all plumbing,
drainage & gas work.
Free Quotes
Call Morgan 0223 758 506
Visit our website - www.mtpd.co.nz
Email - morgan@mtpd.co.nz
Towing
For safe, damage free
car transportation
call Ashley’s Tow Taxi
Special care for special cars
ASHLEY’S TOW TAXI
Breakdown & Relocation
0800 TOW TAXI • 0800 869 8294
Driveways
SWAINS
KIWI KERB
(Since 2005)
Over 22 Years Experience
Quality
Workmanship
• Driveways
• Kerb &
Channel
• Garden Edging
Freephone: 0800 081 400
swainskiwikerb@gmail.com
Mailer Deliveries
For a local, reliable
mailer delivery
service contact
Star Media
• Newspaper inserts
• Magazine inserts
• Letterbox deliveries
• Urban & Rural deliveries
For a cost effective, targeted
delivery please call 03 379 7100
or email mike@starmedia.kiwi
www.star.kiwi
ROOF REPAIRS
Locally owned & operated with
over 30 years experience.
• Extensions & repair • Roof coating
• Concrete & clay tiles • Butynol
• Malthoid • Asbestos Certified
• Coloursteel • Old iron • Guttering
Phone Dave 981 0278
or 021 223 4200
E: dave@beaumontroofing.co.nz
BEAUMONT ROOFING LTD
WINDOW TINTING
tintawindow
advanced film solutions
99% uv block
fade protection
heat control
reduce glare
25 Years Experience
privacy films
frosting designs
non-darkening films
Workmanship Guaranteed
Lifetime Warranties on Most Films
UV
block
Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts
03 365 3653 0800 368 468
Need it?
Rent it!
No Bond
Free Delivery
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Great Student Deals
Canterbury Owned & Operated
Free Call Now:
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Trades & Services
BUILDER QUALIFIED
Decks, T & G Flooring,
Villa Restoring, New
Homes, Weatherboards.
Free Quotes. Bennet &
Sons Ltd Sam 027 496-
9362 or Tony 027 224-
0374
BUILDER,
HANDYMAN,
MAINTENANCE
Have peace of mind with
a fully qualified owner
operater LBP. Available
for all jobs around the
home, commercial or
rental property (extremely
experienced in Healthy
Homes Reporting and
all Remedial works) Call
Chris on 027 3888 211
BUILDER
New builds, alterations,
decks, fencing. 30 yrs in
the trade has given me
ability to build to a high
standard. Free quotes. Ph
Brent 027 241 7471
CARPET LAYING
Exp. Repairs, uplifting,
relaying, restretching.
Phone John on 0800
003181, 027 240 7416
jflattery@xtra.co.nz
CARPENTER
BUILDER
Or Apply Online:
www.a4r.co.nz
Trades & Services
ELECTRICIAN
All types of domestic
& commercial work
undertaken, new housing,
city -wide. No call out
fee. M/S, 8-5. Call Pat
Barrett 03 359 2087/ 027
alterations, extensions,
ranges, security lights,
quick response, efficient
service, free quotes,
7331384.
ELECTRICIAN
Prompt & reliable
registered electrician
with 24 years experience
for all residential and
commercial work, new
housing and switch board
replacements. Phone Chris
027 516 0669
FENCING
All types of fencing . Free
quotes. Ph Jim 022 137
1920
GARDENING
Weeding, Lawns, Pruning,
Garden Cleanups. Call
Phil The Gardener 021 661
246 for your free quote.
GARDENER
AVAILABLE.
Have your gardens tidied
up ready for winter.
Licensed Building Weeding, planting,
Practitioner no. 100981. mulching & light pruning.
All carpentry & building $25 per hour.Ph Wendy
repairs & maintenance. 027 282 8515
Alterations & property GASFITTING
upgrades.Laundries / N.T. Gas Services.
bathroom / kitchens Domestic gas installations.
replaced. Specialising in Reg Craftsman Gas Fitter.
replacement of all rotten Ph Nick 021 892 491
timber, fascia boards, GLAZIER
window, windowsills etc.
Glass repairs - pet doors
John Sandford, ph 329
- conservatory roofs. Exp
4616, mob 027 5189 598
Tradesman. Call Bill on
johnsandford2@gmail.
022 413 3504 or 981-1903
com
HANDY - DAN
CLEANING SERVICE
Home - Rentals -Home General Handyman for
Help. Competitive rates. all your maintenance
Ph Amanda 0274 761 602 requirements. I specialise
COMPUTER REPAIRS in fences and decking, also
FAST
do spouting cleans and
Friendly experienced repairs and everyday home
techs available to help you
now. Christchurch based.
maintenance. NO JOB TO
BIG OR SMALL I can do
All work guaranteed. it all, please don’t hesitate
Computer Help 0800 349
669
CONCRETE CUTTING
to call me on 022 600 7738
for a no obligation free
quote.
Affordable Concrete HANDYMAN
Cutting with Quality, and Small jobs specialists. eg:
removal work. Free quote. drippy taps, sticky doors,
No job to small. Phone 027 locks, moss spraying etc.
442-2219, Fax 359-6052 Discount for pensioners.
a/h 359- 4605
Ph 390 1565 or 022 5275
ELECTRICIAN
668 @oddjobs2018
Registered, electrical
HANDYMAN
installation and repairs,
Gorbie Electrical, ph 021
For all those odd jobs. Ph
026 73375 or 03 322 4209 027 294 1508
ELECTRICIAN
HOME CLEANING
Available, 30 years SERVICES
experience, immediate Regular Weekly or
start, competitive rate,
ph Brian 027 433 9548
No Call out fee
Fortnightly. Ring Vivien
at 03 365 8422 for free
quotation
Incorporating
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radio control, climate control,
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reverse camera, cruise
control, and much more .
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• Talk to us about finance for your next
motor vehicle purchase
Specialising in Finance for Private Purchases
Very quick a provals, sensational interest rates
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Trades & Services
MOBILE CAR TREE SERVICES
CLEANING SERVICES Hedges, shrubs, tree
We come to you where trimming & removal,
ever you are. Ring us rubbish removal, Ph for
at 03 281 8054 for free free quotes 022 540 4900
quotation.
TREE SERVICES
PAINTER,QuALIfIEd
Hedges, shrubs, tree
local professional, Int /
trimming & removal,
Ext,roofs,wallpaper, call
rubbish removal, Ph for
or text Corban 027 846
free quotes 022 540 4900
5035
PAINTING
WINdOW CLEANING
Indoor / Outdoor, over 30 Average 3 brm house
yrs exp, same day quotes, inside or out from $45.
ph Steve 021 255 7968 Both from $80 Phone
PAINTING
All jobs, none too small.
Trevor 344-2170
WINdOW CLEANING
Free quotes Affordable Brown & White Ltd.
rates. Seniors discounts.
James 0220 652 637
Family owned since 2001.
Ph Paul 027 229 3534
PAINTING
PLASTERING
Free quotes. Int/ext & Tuition
roof painting Family run
business, work guaranteed.
COMPUTER LESSONS
Pensioner discounts. Ph avail for computer, IPad,
Kerin or Paul 022 191 or Mobile. Please contact
7877 or 379-1281. Website Jobee 027 290 9246 www.
www.swedekiwipainting. computertutor.nz
co.nz
PLASTER MASONRY Wanted To Buy
PAINTING, TILING,
WALLPAPERING
Roofing & Brick Repairs,
Stucco, Fixing, Stopping,
Cracks & Holes. Small
jobs ok. Property Repairs
.30 yrs exp. Gary 3428950
/ 021 529 022
PLASTERER
WANTED
SLEEPOUTS
Sleepouts Galore
Phone Finn for all your Buyers and sellers of
relocatable buildings
interior plastering needs. 11 Brixton Street, Hornby
No job too small - Phone: 349 9633
renovations, alterations,
holes & cracks. Free
STEVE PURCELL
quotes. I’ll beat any quote
ANTIQUES
by 10% .25 yrs exp. Canty
born. Ph 022 087 4351
PLASTERING (INT) BUYING
and small painting jobs
Experience and NOW
Excellence. Small to
Gold jewellery,
Medium job specialists
in all aspects of Interior watches, coins,
Plastering. Please call Tim medals, scrap
022 5380959
REMOVALS
gold, sterling
silver, pewter,
Small furniture removals, original paintings,
have own van, can fit
modern art.
various types of whiteware
appliances, some furn, 351 9139
bedding, boxes etc, honest
stevepurcellantiques.com
& reliable, any area AAA Buying goods
considered, ph Chch 027 quality furniture, beds,
517 7001
stoves, washing machines,
ROOfING SERVICES
fridge freezers. Same day
Metal roofing & spouting. service. Selwyn Dealers.
Butyl rubber and flat
Phone 980 5812 or 027
rooves. Repairs, reroof
313 8156
and new build. 25 yrs
experience.NZ Cert
and LBP qualified. Free Wanted To Buy
quotes. Call Elliot 332-
9662 / 027 237 9431
RuBBISH REMOVAL
ALWAYS
Van & Trailer Rubbish BUYING
Removal. Free quotes. Ph
Gary 342-8950, 021 529
Estates, China,
022
Antiques, Art, Royal
SPOuTING
Albert, Royal Doulton
Select Spouting
etc. Best Prices,
The PVC specialist. Free Appraisal. Call
Repairs & replacement. Ph
022 197 2351
SPOuTING CLEANING
Rob at 349-4229 or
027 299 7232
academyantiques.co.nz
SPECIALIST
Entire spouting system Wanted To Buy
cleared. Single or 2 storey.
Jo 021 164 0365
A1 Albums, old photo’s,
SPOuTING CLEANING postcards, coins, gold,
Spouting Unblocked, bank notes, badges,
Cleaned Out and Flushed medals, jewellery,
Out, Call Trevor 332 8949 watches, china, crystal,
or 021 043 2034
STuMP GRINdING
books,
clothing,
furs, vintage
paintings,
Best price guarantee Tony furniture, estates &
0275 588 895
downsizing. Etcetera
TREE SERVICES
Free quotes 20+ yrs exp.
Antiques, 194 Edgeware
Rd 385 5117
Tree, hedge or shrub A+ Household effects,
- reduction, shaped or fridges, freezers, washing
removed. Ph/text Paul machines, ovens. Good
The Branch Manager
0274314720
cash paid. Ph Paul 022
0891 671
Wanted To Buy
ALL whiteware wanted.
Same day service, cash
paid for freezes, fridges,
washing machines, ovens.
Also buying furniture &
h/hold effects.Anything
considered. Ph Dave 960-
8440, 027 66 22 116
A records and Hi-Fi
gear wanted. Pennylane
Sydenham. 7 days. Ph
366-3278
MILITARIA Any
country, firearms,
uniforms, badges, medals,
memoribilia, WW2 or
earlier ph 338-9931
MILITARIA Any
country, firearms,
uniforms, badges, medals,
memoribilia, WW2 or
earlier ph 338-9931
TOOLS, Garden garage,
saw benches, Lathes. Cash
buyer Phone 355-2045
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CLEANERS
REQUIRED
Christchurch Area
Monday to Friday
3pm-6pm
(Relieving work in schools)
We are looking for cleaners
to join our commercial
cleaning team.
You will need to pass a
Security Check and you
MUST have your
own transport.
Must be eligible to work
in New Zealand.
Please email your
Application to
csc@totalcanterbury.co.nz
or phone 338 9056
Visit our website:
totalcanterbury.co.nz
Please advise which job
when emailing your CV.
Nau Mai, Haere Mai
You are all most welcome to join us for the
START AGM
Thursday 20th May 2021
6pm for a shared meal
7pm for the AGM
@ START’s Premises:
18 Queenswood Gardens, Mairehau
Please RSVP by 18th May to phone 355-4414
Senior Citizens
Outings
with Companion Driving Service Ltd
Friday 18 June
ChCh - Kaikoura by coach
- dinner and overnight.
SaTurday 19 June
Kaikoura - Picton by train
- dinner and overnight.
Sunday 20 June
Picton - Kaikoura by coach
then onto ChCh by train.
Our price of $849.00 includes free pick up
and drop off service. All nice accommodation
(single room - no sharing). Evening meals and
breakfasts. Your own tour guide on the coach
and train travels with you.
Ph Peter on 0800 453 873 for info & bookings.
OUT OF ZONE ENROLMENT
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Situations Vacant
EDITOR – Ashburton Courier
Allied Press Ltd is seeking an experienced journalist ready
to take the next step in their career, as
Editor for the Ashburton Courier.
The Ashburton Courier is a weekly
community newspaper delivered to more
than 16,000 homes across Mid Canterbury
and the surrounding rural areas.
The Ashburton Courier is the largest
circulating and best read newspaper within
the Mid Canterbury area.
This is an exciting opportunity and provides
the successful applicant the ability to help
shape and connect the community we
serve.
You will be responsible for our newspaper
layout, leading the news team, writing
stories and co-ordinating news gathering for
the Ashburton Courier.
The successful applicant will be selfmotivated,
tenacious and have a passion for
news and building relationships within our
local community.
Ability to find local stories, juggle tasks, meet
deadlines and write engaging, accurate
copy is essential. You will have an eye for
photography. Video and website skills are
desirable.
It is essential that you have a full driver’s
licence. Given the nature of the role,
occasional evenings and weekend work may
be required.
All applications will be treated in the strictest
confidence.
Our well respected local title is owned
by Allied Press, the largest independent
publisher in New Zealand.
Please note that you must have the right to
live and work in New Zealand to apply for
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If this sounds like an exciting opportunity
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Must be eligible to work
in New Zealand.
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an experienced salesperson to join our team based in Christchurch.
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THE ENTERTAINMENT HUB OF THE NORTH!
113 RAVEN QUAY | PHONE: 03 327 7884
BISTRO
OPEN FROM 12PM
WEDNESDAY
TO SUNDAY
HOUSIE
EVERY THURSDAY
12PM
EYES DOWN 12.30PM
Coming up...FRI 14 MAY, 7PM
Like,totally awesome
80night
FEATURING THE
DnD TRIO
(JOJO, GIGI & MARK)
's
DnD's
Essential 80's Mix
S h o w b a n d
DOWNSTAIRS BAR
FREE!
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the kitsch n cool
hits of the 80's
PRIZES FOR BEST
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Totally Rad!
To add a listing, contact
Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or
027 458 8590
jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi
www.star.kiwi/whatson
Treat Mum
& be in to win!
$45pp
Children
Normal Price
This Sunday - Lunch or Dinner
BAR HOURS
MON 3PM-10PM
TUES & WEDS 11.30AM
THURS 11AM | FRI 11.30AM
SAT & SUN 11AM
Closing times will vary.
Complimentary drinks
for Mum & chocolates
for the table.
LUCKY
DRAW
GRAND PRIZE:
2 Nights at Saxton Lodge
in Nelson.
OTHER PRIZES:
La Mode Hair Salon
Voucher
& Meal Vouchers
T&C's apply
THIS SUNDAY
Mother's Day Special
A flower on arrival for every
mother followed by a
special dessert with every
main meal ordered.
Bookings essential 03 260 0325
*Limited number of flowers & desserts.
Offer valid until 3pm.
Bridie's Bar & Bistro | 401 Worcester St, Linwood | Ph: 03 260 0325
Bookings Essential PH 386 0088
fb.com/GardenRestaurantBuffet
www.gardenhotel.co.nz
Mother's Day High Tea
THIS SUNDAY IN GBC
$28pp (minimum 2 people)
MORNING & AFTERNOON TEA
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
FRIDAY
MEMBER DRAW
3x $500
LIVE RUGBY
THE AOTEAROA
SUPER RUGBY
GRAND FINAL!
SATURDAY 7.05PM
CRUSADERS v CHIEFS
MOTHER'S DAY - THIS SUNDAY
COMPLIMENTARY BUBBLES FOR
DINING MUMS IN WHITFORD'S
LIVE MUSIC NEXT SATURDAY
ROBBIE DREWAutumn Dance
N E W
ME NU
NEW BAR/BISTRO MENU
AVAILABLE
MONDAY-SUNDAY
12 NOON - 8.30PM
QU I Z
EVERY WEDNESDAY
FROM 7PM
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FROM 12.30PM
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CAFE OPEN 7 DAYS 9AM - 4PM
BAR OPEN THU - SUN EVENINGS
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THE GARDEN HOTEL COMPLEX, 110 MARSHLAND RD
www.gardenhotel.co.nz . Phone 385 3132
facebook.com/gardenrestaurantbuffet instagram.com/gardenrestaurantbuffet
COME DANCING
with Lynne Chaney & friends
This Sunday 9th May, from 1.30pm
Papanui RSA, 55 Bellvue Rd. $2 Entry.
Thursday May 6 2021 The Star 43
christchurch
GIG GUIDE
Thursday 6 to Wednesday 12 May 2021
12 BAR, 342 St Asaph St: Christchurch’s
smoking hot BLUES BAR. Friday 8pm - A
Night of Funk with Eat My Shorts. Saturday
8pm - Sign of the Firebird.
A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St:
Thursday 7.30pm - CWB (Cathcart Walsh
Blaikie), free; 9.30pm - Revolucion Thursdays
Latin dancing with DJ Zee, free. Friday
5.30pm - Clube do Choro's Brazilian Jam,
free; 9pm - Bite the Bullet (covers), free.
Saturday 9pm - The Dadz, free. Sunday 4pm
-Sunday Sesh with The Cha5ers & The High
Kats, free. Monday 7pm - Quiz. Tuesday 8pm
- Stand-up comedy night, free.
BILL'S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: Thursday
7pm - Mickey Rat's Karaoke. Friday 7pm -
Accent duo. Sunday 7pm - Mickey Rat's
Karaoke.
BOO RADLEYS, Level 1, 98 Victoria St:
Thursday 9pm - Topia. Friday 8pm - Kate
Owen; 10.30pm - The Fillet duo. Saturday
8pm - Caitlin Joy; 10.30pm - Mirrors.
Wednesday 7.30pm - South Street Blues Trio;
9.30pm - Open Mic Night.
CASSELS BLUE SMOKE, Garlands Rd:
Saturday 15 May 8.30pm - Beastwars 10 year
anniversary tour with special guests Earth
Tongue, tickets at undertheradar.co.nz
CHRISTCHURCH CASINO, 30 Victoria
St: Friday 6pm - Lissel; 9.15pm - Rockabella.
Saturday 6pm - Natalie Elms; 9.15pm -
D'Sendantz.
HORNBY CLUB, Carmen Rd: Friday 7pm
- Jo's Karaoke. Saturday 7pm - Sweet Azz.
Sunday 5pm - Mother's Day with Norm
Bland.
KAIAPOI CLUB, 113 Raven Quay: Friday
14th May, 7pm - 80's Theme Night feat. the
DnD Trio (Jojo, Gigi & Mark), free.
MICKY FINNS, 85a Hereford St: Friday -
Uncovered. Saturday - Smoke & Mirrors.
To add a listing, contact
Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or
027 458 8590
jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi
www.star.kiwi/whatson
Dan Sharp is currently on tour with
his new EP, 'Water Went Away'.
The Taupo-based singer/songwriter
is renown for his honest, gritty and
soulful songs. Don't miss this chance
to see him at the Wunderbar in Lyttelton
tomorrow night with Leighton Fairlie
and Chris Lake.
NEW BRIGHTON CLUB, 202 Marine
Pde: Friday 14 May 7pm - Mama Rock.
RICHMOND CLUB, 75 London St: Friday
7pm - Cantora. Saturday 7pm - Mockingbird.
Sunday 3pm - Andy Genge.
RIVERSIDE MARKET, 98 Oxford Tce:
Thursday 6pm - Live jazz feat. Brad Kang,
$10 entry.
TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding St, Hornby:
Friday 8.30pm - DJ. Saturday 8.30pm -
Misfitz.
THE CUBAN, 236 St Asaph St: Friday
6.30pm - Live music with Brent Love.
THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd:
Friday 7.30pm - Open Mic & Jam. Saturday
8pm - Sins of Eve & guests. Wednesday 9pm
- Titanic (Kevin Emmett, Nick Buchanan, and
Peter K Malthus). Saturday 5th June - Black
Sabbath Tribute performed by After Forever
with support from Sabotage Theory
performing Soundgarden, tickets $20 at bar or
online at cosmicticketing.co.nz, door sales
$30.
THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd,
Addington: Friday 9.30pm - X-Files Duo.
Saturday 9.30pm - Red Zone. Sunday 6pm -
Lance Kiwi Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm - Quiz.
Wednesday 7.30pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke.
WOOLSTON CLUB, 143 Hargood St:
Next Saturday 7pm - Robbie Drew Autumn
Dance.
WUNDERBAR LYTTELTON, 19 London
St, Lyttelton: Thursday 8.30pm - Estère,
tickets at undertheradar.co.nz. Friday 7.30pm
- Dan sharp with Leighton Fairlie & Chris
Lake, tickets at dansharpmusic.com. Saturday
8pm - Sid Wanderer (psychedelic loops) &
Subatomic (northen monkey noise), $10
entry. Tuesday 8pm - Open Mic. Wednesday
8pm - Jam Night.
‘Famous for their roasts!’
RESTAURANT & CAFÉ
Cooked Breakfasts
Check out our extensive breakfast
menu from Continental to Cooked
We are open from 6.30am
Seniors SPECIAL
Two courses $23
Soup/Roast or
Roast/Dessert
Special available lunch only
Monday - Saturday 12pm - 2.30pm
$19
at Hornby Club
MOTHER’S DAY
Kid’s 2 course
special
Treat
Mum!
We are family
friendly.
Great Kids menu
plus designated
play area.
THIS SUNDAY
$13
The
RACECOURSE HOTEL
& Motorlodge
118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn,
Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150
www.racecoursehotel.co.nz
LIVE MUSIC IN THE PAVILION
Friday 7pm: JO'S KARAOKE
Saturday 7pm: SWEET AZZ
Sunday 5pm: NORM BLAND
AOTEAROA SUPER RUGBY LIVE
grand final Saturday 7.05pm
CRUSADERS v CHIEFS
Mother's Day
Buffets
BOOKINGS
ESSENTIAL
OYSTER
LUNCH
WEDNESDAY 26 MAY
Battered oysters
served with chips & salad
1 DOZEN $30 • 1/2 DOZEN $20
Complimentary glass of house wine,
tap beer or soft drink included.
PRE-PAID TICKETS ONLY
AVAILABLE AT RECEPTION
LUNCH & DINNER
THIS SUNDAY
$35 PER PERSON
CHILDREN $1 PER YEAR OF AGE
(UP TO 12 YEARS)
Coming Attraction
PLUS Johnny Cash
FRIDAY 21 MAY, 8PM
Tickets $20 available from the Club
Come on down!
17 CARMEN RD. PH. 03 349 9026
WWW.HORNBYWMC.CO.NZ
WHAT’S ON AT THE RICHMOND CLUB
FRIDAY 7PM
CANTORA
SATURDAY 7PM
MOCKINGBIRD
in the Junction
SUPER
RUGBY
AOTEAROA
FINAL
CRUSADERS
v CHIEFS
Saturday 7.05pm
in the Taproom
SUNDAY 3PM
ANDY GENGE
75 London St, Richmond
Christchurch 8013
P: 03 389 5778
theborough.nz
richmondclub.nz
44 The Star Thursday May 6 2021
Allessa Chaise Sofa
WAS $
2199
NOW
$
1799
SELECTED ITEMS IN STORE & ONLINE + SUPER DEALS. ENDS 31.5.21.
MAISON
Buffet NOW $ 899
Entertainment Unit NOW $ 599
Coffee Table NOW $ 499
Ramsey Single/Single Bunk
WAS $
1299
NOW
$
999
Includes underbunk
storage drawer
Kate Sofabed
WAS $
499
NOW
$
399
Atlantic 3 Piece
Dining Set
WAS $
1379
NOW
$
1099
Medium Feel
boxed
for easy
transport!
Sloane Queen/King Headboard
WAS $
449
NOW
$
299
Sono Queen Mattress
WAS $
599
NOW
$
399
Atlantic
4 Drawer Tallboy
NOW $
799
Tipaz Bedside
NOW $
295
Tipaz 4 Drawer
Tallboy NOW $ 799
ON SALE!
Atlantic
Bedside
NOW $
275
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Online
Nationwide
Delivery
Finance
Options
Buy NZ MAde!
PLUS HEAPS more super deals online & in store!
AUTUMN SALE ENDS 31.05.21.
250 Moorhouse Ave, Christchurch
Ph: 0800 TARGET (0800 827438)
targetfurniture.co.nz
Offers and product prices advertised here expire 31/05/21.
Sale Excludes Accessories.
Thursday May 6 2021 The Star 45
Bigger Better Bush Inn!
The Provedore, Briscoes,
unbelievable food and hospitality
outlets and over 65 great stores!
The Provedore
Grocery Market
Corey Winder Master Butcher and
Euro Deli now open!
The Source Bulk Foods now open!
Tank Juice now open!
Salmon Heaven now open!
V Mart Supermarket now open!
Aroma Bakery now open!
Super Bazaar - House of Spices now open!
46 The Star Thursday May 6 2021
Have you visited The Provedore yet?
The Provedore – our speciality grocery and
provisions market is gaining in popularity
as even more stores are opening with Super
Bazaar House of Spices now open also!
The Provedore has all you will find in a
supermarket plus so much more with our line
up of speciality provisions retailers!
With nothing else like this in the city make us
your weekly grocery shopping destination –
come in and have a look.
Unbelievable Food Line up!
When you’ve done your
shopping whether you want
fast food, breakfast or dinner
we reckon we have the best
line up of food outlets in the
city! From Burger Fuel and
Lone Star to Smokeshack
BBQ, Tuk Tuk Thai, Kebab Inn
we have over 30 eateries – you
wont go hungry at Bush Inn !
We also have over 60 local and national stores to choose from
From services like BNZ, NZ Post, Phonefix, Copyprint and Mr Minit , to
boutique fashion, Fascino Shoes, Leather Direct, All About a Girl and of
course the wonderful Caroline Eve.
Petersens Jewellers, Frontrunner, health and beauty stores including
Unichem, OK Gift Mart, Haircare Market, Haircuts For Haircuts and Be a
Beauty.
Our new Waberi Bakery is also now open as well as Jinabob Korean Foods
and so much more – come on in now!
Thursday May 6 2021 The Star 47
If you’re still not ready to come over to
Bush Inn, here are some offers from our
team to make your visit worthwhile!
The Source
Bulk Foods
Buy a jar of our new
toothpaste tabs
and receive a free
toothbrush
(valid until 23rd May)
Haircuts for
Haircuts
Haircuts for the entire
family. No appointment
necessary. Don’t forget
our loyalty card, every
8th haircut is FREE.
Corey Winder
Master
Butcher and
Euro Deli
Huge range of gluten-free
products now available
including pies, sausage rolls
and savouries with much
more to come!
Salmon Heaven
15% off our gourmet pizzas and
pies, also with gluten free and
vegan options. Exciting new
flavours in our deep dish pies –
pork belly, butter chicken, steak
and field mushroom, salmon,
silverside and mash…. And so
much more!
Valid until Sunday 23rd May
Super Bazaar House of Spices
Amul/Verka Ghee 1 Litre - $15.99ea
Onions 5kg Red - $5.99, Yellow - $4.99
Bikano Suji Rusk 600gm - $5.99
Bikano Fruit Cake Rusk 400gm - $5.99
Maggi Masala Noodles 4pk - 3 for $5
48 The Star Thursday May 6 2021
Our gift
to you!
ENJOY A FREE*
AMBER FIG HAND
CREAM 100ML
WHEN YOU SPEND $50
OR MORE ON LINDEN LEAVES.
*Limit one gift per customer, while stocks last. Qualifying purchase must be made in a single transaction and
excludes clearance items. Excludes already reduced items. Not available in conjunction with any other offer.
Gift with purchase is a Amber Fig 100ml valued at $27.99 by Linden Leaves.
Leather
Direct
Over 1000 formal
dresses in stock
SALE ON NOW!
This one only
$149.90 while
stocks last!
front Runner
20% off all rugby/
football boots
(while stocks last)
bUSH INN SHOPPING CENTRE
All About a Girl
Haircare Market
Be a Beauty
Hair Cuts for Haircuts
BNZ
Leather Direct
Briscoes
Lincraft
Caroline Eve
Mister Minit
Copy That
OK Mart
Elite Meats
Petersens Jewellers
Fascino Shoes
PhoneFix NZ
Sunshine Travel
TAB Sports Bar
The Front Runner
The Main Skein
The Nail Shop
Unichem Pharmacy
Waberi Bakers
THE PROvEDORE
Corey Winder Master
Butcher and European Deli
The Source Bulk Foods
Tank Juice
Salmon Heaven
V-Mart Boutique
Supermarket
Super Bazaar House of
Spices
Aroma Bakery
bUSH INN CENTRE TRADING HOURS
9am – 5pm Weekdays
10am -4pm Sundays
fOOD OUTLETS
Black & White Coffee
Cartel
Burger Fuel
Carl’s Jr
Coffee Culture
Corianders
Dubba Dubba
Hachi Hachi
Jinabob Korean Food
Kebab Inn
Lone Star
Moko Sublime Cafe
Muffin Break
New York Deli
Noodle Station
Pizza Hut
Roast Ease
Shake Shed & Co
Shanghai Street
Dumplings
Smokeshack BBQ
The Sushi Company
Tuk Tuk Thai Street
PUbLIC HOLIDAyS
10:00am – 5:00pm
fOOD OUTLETS
11:30am – Until Late
LOCATION
Cnr Riccarton and Waimairi Roads,
Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041
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