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during the level 4 lockdown.
Three different leopard
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Brighton, north of the
Waimairi surf club and at
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for the marine mammals
to be sighted around New
Zealand’s coast at this time
of year.
But she said it seemed
more people were out and
about to see them.
“With limited exercise that
people can do indoors and
gyms being closed, I guess
that pushes more people
out and about to do their
walks in nature, and so we
are getting a lot more people
being able to report than . . .
before, which is really great.”
These citizen science
reports were crucial for
researchers, van der Linde
said.
“Our whole research team
really relies on New Zealand
citizen scientists, basically
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people around New Zealand
who keep us running and
keep bringing all these
sightings in – they are really
valuable to us.”
Van der Linde said sightings
around the Christchurch
coast appeared to be increasing,
although Dunedin
remained the leopard seal
hotspot.
“I guess it [Christchurch]
is only a little bit further
up the coast from there
[Dunedin], so whether that
will keep increasing over the
years, we are not too sure.
“It is also quite hard to
tease out – is it a population
thing, is it that more people
are out and about that they
are seeing more, or is it that
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THE COVID-19 lockdown has
pushed out completion dates
for the Te Pae Christchurch
Convention Centre and the
Parakiore Recreation and Sport
Centre.
Te Pae was due to open in
October, but the opening has
been delayed as specialists
needed to complete the facility
are unable to travel from the
A BRITISH newspaper has
apologised and paid damages to
Christchurch-born cricketer Ben
Stokes and his mother Deborah
after running a front page story
in 2019 about a past family
tragedy.
At the time Ben Stokes condemned
The Sun for running
the story calling the newspaper’s
decision as “utterly disgusting”
and the “lowest form of journalism”
in a social media post.
“The decision to publish this
article was a decision to expose,
and to profit from exposing
intensely private and painful
matters within our family,” said
Deborah Stokes, who lives in
Christchurch.
“The suffering caused to our
family by the publication of this
article is something we cannot
forgive.
“Ben and I can take no pleasure
in concluding this settlement
with The Sun.
Stokes, one of the world’s
best allrounders, has played all
of his international cricket for
England, where he was brought
up when his parents, Ged and
Deborah, lived there.
Ged, who died of cancer in
December last year, played
professional rugby league in
England. A former Kiwi, he had
been a longtime club player in
Christchurch.
Said Deborah of the decision:
“We can only hope that our
actions in holding the paper
North Island. “This is a large
facility and we’re unlikely to be
able to host the most complex
events, such as big conferences
and exhibitions, this year but
we are optimistic of holding
meetings and banquets before
Christmas,” Otakaro Ltd chief
executive John Bridgman said.
“It’s been a tough year and we
are really hoping to end it on a
Stokes family gets apology,
damages from UK newspaper
AWARDED DAMAGES: Ben Stokes with mother Deborah and late father Ged at
Christchurch Airport in 2017.
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to account will leave a lasting
mark, and one that will
contribute to prevent other
families from having to suffer
the same pain as was inflicted
on our family by this article.”
The Sun told the BBC at the
time it had received the cooperation
of a family member.
The Sun’s statement read: “On
17 September 2019 we published
a story titled ‘Tragedy that
Haunts Stokes’ Family’ which
described a tragic incident that
positive note by hosting some
festive season events at our
impressive new venue.”
The 2021 Smart Christchurch
Innovation Expo, scheduled
for October 31 and November
1, was set to be one of the first
events at Te Pae.
Expo organiser and Smart
Christchurch manager Michael
Healy said they are working
had occurred to Deborah Stokes,
the mother of Ben Stokes, in
New Zealand in 1988. The article
caused great distress to the
Stokes family, and especially to
Deborah Stokes. We should not
have published the article. We
apologise to Deborah and Ben
Stokes. We have agreed to pay
them damages and their legal
costs.”
Stokes is currently on indefinite
leave from cricket to “prioritise
his mental well-being”.
to reschedule the expo to early
2022.
“We are determined to
proceed with the expo at Te Pae
and are currently in discussions
about locking in some new
dates,’’ he said.
The sports centre will not be
completed until at least two
months after the pre-lockdown
target of the end of 2022.
It is understood that a variety
of cricket pressures on the
30-year-old and his father’s
death culminated in the decision.
Stokes was in India, playing
for Rajasthan Royals, at his
father’s behest; when Ged died.
Owing to Covid regulations
Stokes was unable to attend
the funeral in Christchurch
and, like so many others in
a similar situation, unable to
mourn.
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“It’s absolutely something I’ve
missed [because] I don’t have to
cook.”
McDonald’s spokesman
Simon Kenny said most of the 85
re-opened restaurants saw this
initial rush of eager customers.
“We’ve had reports that it got
pretty busy through lunchtime,”
he said.
In Riccarton, Dougal and Kate
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The coffee was nice but even
better was the ability to go and
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“It’s just the novelty of it, really.”
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By noon yesterday, they had
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their app, which was developed
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“It’s quite a good response,”
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huskies, he said.
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top of odd jobs once again, he
said.
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STAFF AT Smiths City emerged
yesterday from the isolation of
lockdown to go back to what
they love doing most – serving
customers.
Eagerly anticipating the introduction
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In level 4, the business had
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range, with the items of lounge,
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In addition, all orders had to be
delivered.
As such, lockdown had seen
business drop dramatically for
the 100 per cent New Zealandowned
company, which employs
370 staff nationwide.
On the bright side, the company’s
online store had been
busier than usual, as customers
forced to shop online supported
the store.
Allison said he expected this
week the company would see at
least a small boost from the level
of sales throughout lockdown,
as this had happened last year
when the country moved out of
level 4.
The main thing the company
had been looking forward to,
was some of its sales staff being
able to get back to serving customers
on site.
“They like talking to people,
that’s why they are doing the job
they do,” Allison said.
That talking of course would
be on phones or at a distance,
through masks, as they met the
rules around contactless pickup.
In addition, staffing would be at
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CONTACTLESS: Smiths City store manager Imran
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PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
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He hoped level 3 would be
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they did after last year’s
lockdown.
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feeling towards supporting
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overwhelming response last
time we had lockdown, and
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BRUCE BELLIS had no qualms
about throwing caution to the
wind as he powered a Ferrari
Daytona along Tram Rd, in
pursuit of a land speed record in
1976.
So the motorsport identity
from yesteryear, and former
Christchurch restaurateur,
accepts his daughter Charlotte’s
perseverance with her own
potentially life and death
situation, as she reports from
Taliban-controlled Afghanistan
for media organisation Al
Jazeera.
“It’s one of
those things.
It’s her decision,
she likes a bit
of a challenge.
From any
early age she
wanted to be a
journalist, she’s
too strongwilled
for her father to put her
off,” he said.
So from the sanctuary of
his lifestyle block and walnut
orchard near Rangiora, Bellis has
never asked the intrepid senior
producer to join the exodus of
Afghans, ex-pats and United
States military personnel from
the capital, Kabul.
“No. No, no. She’s 35.
Obviously I’m worried but she’s
knows what the situation is. I can
only watch from afar and hope
she’s exercising good judgement,”
he said.
Dad is not among his eldest
daughter’s 44.8k Instagram
followers, he doesn’t monitor
her Twitter feed either, they
communicate, sporadically, via
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ON LOCATION: Christchurch-born foreign correspondent
Charlotte Bellis is fearlessly documenting the Taliban’s
transition to power in Afghanistan as one of the few
female reporters on the ground in Kabul.
email. He relies on Al Jazeera
to track Charlotte’s movements,
tuning in daily; he also trusts the
media organisation – and the
Taliban – to keep her as safe as
possible.
“She has a security detail
provided by Al Jazeera and
the other reassuring fact is the
ROAD WARRIOR: Charlotte talking to Taliban fighters as
they patrol Afghanistan’s capital. PHOTO: AL JAZEERA
Taliban are sympathetic, they
see them as a friendly news
organisation,” he said.
“Whenever Charlotte goes
out she’s provided with two
Taliban commanders. That’s
a handy thing to have, it’s
obviously maximum protection,”
said Bellis, who added the
Government’s recent provision of
$3 million in aid to Afghanistan
offered another security blanket.
But the working environment
is obviously incredibly volatile:
the airport was targeted by
suicide bombers last week, an
attack that killed 60 Afghans and
13 US army personnel.
“She wasn’t far away from
that,” Bellis said, when
pondering the bombing by
Islamic State Khorasan Province,
the anti-Taliban Islamic State
of Iraq and the Levant group
affiliate in Afghanistan.
“You never know over
there, because there’s so many
factions,” he admitted.
“You can be in the wrong place
at the wrong time I suppose.”
A junior tennis star who
studied journalism in the United
States before launching her
television career in Christchurch
with TVNZ in 2009, Charlotte
has been reporting on
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This assignment began on
July 14 and was scheduled for a
fortnight, but once the Taliban
swept to power Charlotte,
who has also worked for Sky
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hunker down and document the
transition.
She led the questioning at
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media post, made yesterday
around noon, was a re-tweet
of the Department of Defense
showing the last US soldier
leaving Kabul.
Bellis, who owned the Coachman
Inn on Gloucester St from
1972 to 1986, was unsure when
Charlotte would head for Doha,
or even better, Christchurch.
Her most recent trip home was
in January and see her father.
Mother Barbara lives in Auckland.
“I think she’d like to stay
and keep reporting. I’m not sure
exactly what the circumstances
are now, now the American
military have left,” he said.
In spite of anxiousness, the
74-year-old laughed when told
of a Instagram post Charlotte
posted for Father’s Day three
years ago, a photo of her on his
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welfare in Afghanistan
FAMILY SNAP: Bruce
Bellis and Charlotte
during a trip to Sydney
in 1989.
LIFTOFF:
Charlotte took
this image
of a military
transport aircraft
soaring from
Hamid Karzai
International,
three days after
a suicide attack
at the airport.
lap during a trip to Sydney in
1989.
“The more I see of the world,
the more I realise I had the
most insanely fortunate childhood.
Bruce is infamous in my
hometown of Christchurch - a
restaurateur, race car driver and
sheep farmer. I used to call people
as a young reporter and on
the other end I’d hear ‘oh you’re
Bruce’s daughter’. Has been a
hell of a reputation to live up to”,
the caption read.
“She was exaggerating,” he
smiled.
Mission accomplished, by all
media accounts.
NEWS 7
Warning to keep
household ‘bubbles’
safe and avoid injuries
WHILE THE majority of
Cantabrians continue to shelter
at home to keep Covid-19 at
bay, ACC has stressed the
importance of safe ‘bubbles’ as
housebound injuries escalate.
The number – and cost – of
home-related injuries reached
a five-year high in 2020, with
118,260 injuries requiring $171
million to treat.
From 2016 to 2020, there were
551,076 claims recorded, costing
an estimated $672 million.
Nationally, there were 4.9 million
claims for injuries around
the home accepted by ACC from
2016 to 2020, absorbing $5.6
billion.
Last there were just over one
million claims accepted, costing
$1.4 billion, an increase of $143
million from 2019.
ACC head of injury prevention
Isaac Carlson said it is
a challenging time for many
Cantabrians but he urged them
to be safety conscious during
lockdown.
“We want people to be doing
the things that they love
at home, but we also want to
collectively change our mindset
on preventing injury so we can
get through this period without
Thursday September 2 2021 The Star
serious injury,” he said.
“We know it’s chaos for many
families out there. Trying to
work from home and manage a
family during a lockdown is not
an easy time so we all need to
acknowledge that.
“But it’s important to think
about risk during this period so
we can all keep safe and avoid
preventable injuries.”
The 50 to 59-year-old age
group are most likely to be
injured at home, ahead of those
aged under nine.
Falls, lifting and carrying,
animal-related activities,
gardening, punctures and cuts,
twisting movements (back issues)
and collisions were the
leading source of claims.
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8
NEWS
Following an earlier The
Star article on the finding
of an old ship cannon
and cave drawings on
a beach at Fiordland,
information has surfaced
suggesting the cannon
may have come from an
1865 shipwreck. Susan
Sandys reports
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Remote Fiordland shipwreck
THE MYSTERY of an unknown
shipwreck in a remote part of
Fiordland may have been solved.
A cannon, found by a scientific
expedition team from Willowbank
Wildlife
Reserve, is possibly
from the
Star of the South.
The steamship
wrecked in the
area in 1865. Its
Michael
Willis
passengers and
crew were all
rescued.
The drawing
of a galleon with names etched
underneath in a nearby cave is
unlikely to be related. They are
believed to have been left by early
sealers.
Members of the expedition
made the discovery of the cannon
in June, as they searched for
the elusive South Island kōkako.
They unearthed the vintage
naval gun by moving stones with
their bare hands after spotting a
patch of rust on the stony beach
at Chalky Inlet. It followed them
viewing the etchings in the cave
the previous month, and they
wondered if the cannon and
etchings may be linked and both
be evidence of an unknown
shipwreck.
Managing director Michael
Willis said information which
has surfaced since, suggested the
cannon may have come from the
shipwrecked Star of the South.
The Star of the South was a
West Coast trading ship with
three masts. She was transporting
cargo and passengers from
Dunedin to Hokitika when she
took shelter from stormy seas at
Chalky Inlet. On December 15,
1865, she struck a sunken rock
and was beached on sandy shores
to prevent her foundering.
A newspaper article on Papers
Past, discovered by a follower on
the Willowbank Facebook page,
suggests one of the ship’s cannons
was taken to a nearby shore
by a look-out party to be used as
a signal gun. A January 18, 1866,
The Press article details the efforts
of two crew members going
in the ship’s boat to the shore in
the Cape Providence area, and
climbing a hill to light a fire to
UNEARTHED: Dale Hedgcock and Mark
Willis with the cannon they discovered on
a beach in Chalky Inlet. Above: The Star
of the South met her final demise on the
Grey River mouth in 1884.
alert passing ships so they could
be rescued.
“By the difficulty they had in
ascending and descending the
hill, they also ascertained that to
convey to the summit the cannon
they brought with them as a
signal-gun, was out of the question,”
the article says.
This suggests that after arriving
in the boat, they left the cannon
behind on the beach as they
climbed the hill.
Willowbank general manager
Dale Hedgcock said the area of
the beach where he and his fellow
team members found the cannon
would have been an obvious location
for the two Star of the South
crewmen to land their boat,
before walking along the beach
for about 1km to access the hill
referred to in the article.
“That’s probably the only area
you would try and land a boat,
there’s so many rocks around,”
Hedgcock said.
Other articles on Papers Past
reveal the more than 15 passengers
and crew were lucky to be
rescued from the remote location
six days after the shipwreck, on
December 21. Another steam ship,
the William Miskin, happened to
come across the wreck as she took
shelter from stormy seas.
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mystery likely solved
“Through her providential
formally recorded in the early
arrival, the passengers and crew
1980s.
were saved much distress and
DOC issued a reminder
inconvenience,” said a reporter
after the cannon find about the
in the January 20, 1866, edition
importance of not disturbing
of the Taranaki Herald.
heritage sites.
The passengers arrived at their
However, Schmidt acknowledged
the Willowbank team
original destination of Hokitika
on December 27. The Star of the
made the right decision following
their find of the cannon to
South was retrieved, but later
stranded on a beach, at Napier in
contact the Ministry for Culture
1870, before ultimately wrecking
and Heritage.
in 1884, on the mouth of the
“The immediate parties which
Grey River.
additionally should have been
Hedgcock said a maritime historian,
archaeologist and DOC after being retrieved from Chalky Inlet. This painting shows Southland and the Department
STRANDED: The Star of the South continued in service contacted were Environment
representative planned to visit the steam ship stranded on a Napier beach in 1870. of Conservation,” Schmidt said.
the site and ultimately preserve
However, Willis said if DOC
the cannon.
cannons were used for signalling. cannons were first used in 1779, wanted to be told, this information
should be on the Ministry
They hoped to determine They were fired as a ship came and generally dated from at least
whether it came from the Star of into harbour to alert the pilot 1800. They were named after the for Culture and Heritage website.
the South or an unknown shipwreck.
The team was awaiting ship into port.
they were designed and made, ministry, he still had not heard
boat to come out and guide the Scottish foundry Carron where Ten weeks after informing the
the right permissions in order to “It’s great that it has been initially for the Royal Navy. back from anyone from the
make the visit.
found and has a back story to There were 37 other cannons of ministry.
Naval artillery expert Peter it, because hopefully now some this type that he was aware of Meanwhile, while Willowbank
Cooke said the Star of the South museum authorities will preserve in New Zealand, most of them initially hoped to obtain custodianship
of the cannon, this now
story “seems to ring true” in it,” Cooke said.
held in museums around the
answering the question as to how Weapons of that sort needed country.
seems unlikely.
the cannon was buried on the a special type of preservation Department of Conservation “For finds like this, it is important
for finders to work with local
beach at Chalky Inlet.
involving an electrolysis bath to senior heritage adviser Matthew
“If that story places the wreck reverse the rusting process. Schmidt said the etchings which agencies and the community to
of the Star of the South or the Cooke said it was an exciting had also been viewed by the Willowbank
party, were possibly left conserved, it is displayed locally
ensure that if it is recovered and
people from it at this location, find, in that it referenced an
then I think that does solve the event that went back to New by early sealers using the cave for so it remains part of the heritage
mystery,” Cooke said.
Zealand’s early history.
shelter.
story of Fiordland. The finders
He said merchant ships carried From looking at photos of He said the cave itself did not and conservators would then
arms in the 1800s in case of attack
from pirates. Additionally, was a Carronade. These type of was familiar with locals and story,” Schmidt
the cannon, he determined it have a formal name, but the site become part of that local heritage
said.
Thursday September 2 2021 The Star
NEWS 9
Seafood
company in
Ngai Tahu’s
spotlight
• By Hamish Rutherford
NGAI TAHU is said to be trying
to build a 20 per cent stake
in NZX-listed seafood giant
Sanford.
On Tuesday evening Craigs
Investment Partners was offering
to buy shares in the company on
behalf of the South Island iwi,
two people said.
One person said shareholders
were being offered $5.40 a share,
which would represent a premium
of about 21 per cent to the
$4.45 the shares closed at on Friday.
Craigs and Ngai Tahu have
not yet responded to requests for
comment.
If the figures are correct it
would suggest an investment of
around $100 million. A 20 per
cent stake would make Ngai Tahu
the largest shareholder in Sanford
by some margin.
The Covid disruptions have hit
Sanford’s share price and saw the
company axe dividend payments
in November.
As recently as the start of 2020,
Sanford shares were trading at
above $8, however, the disruption
caused to supply chains saw its
shares price drop as low as $4.30
this year, the lowest price since
2014. – NZ Herald
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NEWS
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
How Covid-19 has changed woman’s life
• By Hamish Clark
THIS IS what long Covid-19
looks like and the toll it has
taken on Sharyn Gallagher, 57.
Living on a lifestyle block at
West Melton, the once fit and
healthy wife and mother caught
Covid in March last year.
Now exactly 16 months later,
Gallagher weighs just 45kg, suffers
stomach aches and nausea
and has very little energy or
strength, and is now worried
about what a Covid-19 vaccine
will do to her already ravaged
body.
Sharyn fell ill on March 27,
2020, the day after New Zealand
was plunged into its first lockdown.
“It took three phone calls to
the doctor before they would
even test me,” Gallagher told
John MacDonald on Canterbury
Mornings on Newstalk ZB.
“Because I didn’t have a temperature,
they didn’t think I had
it but I did, and I was very unwell
for about six weeks.”
The virus had attacked her
digestive system, not her lungs,
and she has suffered ongoing
issues ever since. “It hit me like
a tonne of bricks,” she told the
New Zealand Herald. “I came
good until about August and
then back downhill.”
At the time Sharyn admitted
she was scared. “There were not
the systems in place then like
there are now.” She even recalls
turning on the television at night
during lockdown watching people
in Italy and Spain dropping
dead in the streets.
“It’s really scary having this
inside you, not really knowing
the consequences will be,” she
said.
Her husband and son are
builders and they too caught
Covid-19 around the same time.
Her 28-year-old son Jacob was
very sick for five days. Husband
Don, 57, lost a lot of strength and
took six months to come right.
“I lost a lot of weight and I am
unable to put any weight back on
still.”
Today, she can’t walk her
dogs, gets exhausted getting the
groceries. “I literally have to sit
down or I’m going to fall down,”
she added.
Gallagher recently registered
to get a Covid vaccine but “cancelled
it at the 11th hour”.
“If I hadn’t had the virus, I
would definitely get it,” she said.
COVID: Don and Sharyn Gallagher have both had
Covid-19, Sharyn now weighs just 45kg. She is pictured
(above) in February 2020 before she caught the virus.
But “because I have had it, I’m
getting very anxious about how
[I] will react to it coming into my
body.”
She has since enrolled in a New
Zealand research programme
looking into long Covid, its effects,
and antibodies, curious to
find out if she has any immunity.
She wants to get more information
before getting a vaccine
and is “concerned about how it
will affect me”,
In spite of her own fears, Gallagher
recommends everyone
signs up for a vaccine and “definitely
get it”.
In the meantime, she just
wants her life back.
“This is not just the normal flu,
it’s not funny and not fake, it is a
different beast altogether.”
Over the past 16 months, there
have been times when she has
suffered from mental health and
has been “quite down”.
“I am still very thin, I definitely
don’t do a lot of the things
I used to do but I have a really
good supportive family unit
around me has been my saving
grace really, I am grateful for
that.”
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Patroller rewarded for challenging role
• By Bea Gooding
GEOFF CHAPMAN has always
done what he could to keep
others safe.
During the February 22, 2011,
earthquake rescue and recovery
efforts, the Shirley resident didn’t
hesitate to play an integral part
with Civil Defence.
Before that, he even went
as far as Antarctica on nine
separate occasions to carry out
electrical safety inspections at
Scott Base.
These days he patrols the
streets as part of the Burwood
Pegasus Community Watch – a
decade-long dedication to the
role which recently earned him a
community service award.
“I felt very proud, it’s 10 years
of serving the community. I’ve
always had that aim in life,”
Chapman said.
The watch works with police
as the eyes and ears of the community,
targeting areas from
Prestons to South New Brighton.
Using confidential information
provided by police, Chapman
and the other 35 members, most
of whom are retired, patrol areas
in three-hour shifts.
Their daily presence is often
a deterrent for “undesirable”
behaviour, and any issues such
as stolen cars or trespassers are
reported directly to police from
the ground.
Chapman is also in charge of
submitting monthly statistics
to Community Patrols of
New Zealand and speaks to
various groups about the watch’s
role.
Not only was it something he
enjoyed doing, but he believed
that looking out for his community
was a necessity.
Every week they came across
stolen cars, and sometimes it
came down to helping a person
with dementia who wandered
too far from home.
“When you’re doing about
10km/h to 15km/h [in the patrol
car], you can observe a lot of
things going on because you’re
moving quietly and you surprise
people,” he said.
“Ninety per cent of the time
there’s not much going on, but
it’s about being a presence –
people see you and they give you
a wave.”
Chapman’s most challenging
incident was during a normal
patrol following the earthquake,
PASSION:
Geoff
Chapman’s
dedication
to the
Burwood
Pegasus
Community
Watch
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him a
community
service
award.
PHOTO:
GEOFF
SLOAN
and only a year after he joined
the community watch.
He was waved down by a
resident who said a group of
people were “smashing up” the
neighbouring house, which was
unoccupied because it was in the
red zone.
“We knew we had the element
of surprise, so we moved the
car a wee way down the road,
rang 111, then we sat there and
observed,” Chapman said.
“We were in the right place at
the right time. Within five minutes,
five police vans and a dog
showed up.”
But not everyone in the community
was a fan of the watch,
and they were not afraid to show
it.
As well as facing verbal abuse
every now and then, Chapman
has even had road cones thrown
at him.
That was why observation and
reporting, instead of confrontation,
was the key.
“The worst thing is when you
get people who try to be a smart
ass with you,” said Chapman.
“You just ignore them and
drive away [otherwise] it leads to
violence, there’s no need to put
yourself in that situation.”
Chapman’s experience and
ties to the community were
what lead him to assist Civil
Defence as a communications
co-ordinator immediately after
the earthquakes.
For three weeks he liaised
with the national body in Wellington
to ensure staff, including
Land Search and Rescue were
equipped with the right equipment.
Behind the scenes, his efforts
helped about 700 search and
rescue personnel who were
undertaking welfare checks
in Halswell and surrounding
suburbs.
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Christchurch City Council COVID-19 update
We’re in Alert Level 3
Consenting
• Our consenting teams are supporting the
building and construction industry with onsite
inspections. They will continue to process
building and resource consents electronically,
providing planning and advisory services via
telephone and email. We have additional health
and safety measures in place to help keep
worksites safe.
We are resuming some of
our projects
• We’re resuming construction work on our
community facilities, roading, transport,
wastewater and water projects where work was
already underway pre-lockdown. Additional
maintenance work such as road resealing
and repairs can also resume.
• We need your help to stay safe, so if you’re
passing through or near any of our worksites,
please be mindful of keeping a safe distance
(a minimum of two metres) from our traffic
management and construction teams.
Please be patient and expect delays.
Transfer stations open again
• EcoDrop transfer stations at Parkhouse Road,
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and take your dog poo and any rubbish home
with you.
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No taking it easy
• From page 12
Chapman attributed his “community
spirit” to those teenage
years as a member of the Jaycee –
a service and community-based
organisation.
Born and raised in Ashburton,
he remained a member until
his early 20s before moving to
Christchurch in 1970.
From here, he married the
love of his life, Vera, built a
home, raised two daughters and
worked as a technician for the
old Municipal Electricity Department
for several years.
His electrical expertise landed
him the gig of a lifetime in 1986
when he was asked by government
agency Antarctica New
Zealand to do electrical inspections
at Scott Base.
Chapman went back to the
continent eight times for two
weeks at a time after that, with
two years in-between trips.
“It’s a fantastic place, the sky
is so blue on a clear day – I can’t
describe the blueness of the sky,”
Chapman said.
“The atmosphere is a very dry
kind of cold. For example, you
can’t make a snowball as there
is no moisture in the snow, you
pick up a handful and it just
fades away.”
He retired in early 2010 but
Chapman had no intention of
taking it easy.
So he joined the community
watch and went on to become a
justice of the peace and a marriage
celebrant.
While the community watch
is unable to patrol the streets
during the level 4 lockdown,
Chapman’s 50-year interest in
amateur radio is keeping him
connected until restrictions
ease.
HAM:
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50-year
passion for
amateur
radio is
keeping
him busy
during the
lockdown.
PHOTO:
GEOFF
SLOAN
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
A CHRISTCHURCH relief
teacher who sent a friend
racist posts on social media to
“stimulate discussion” just a
few months after the mosque
attacks has narrowly escaped
being found guilty of serious
misconduct.
The Teachers Disciplinary
Tribunal has instead issued
Simon Humphrey a stern
warning about his “illconsidered
and unacceptable”
racist posts saying any repeat
behaviour would almost
certainly find him in breach and
put his teaching registration at
grave risk.
Humphrey found himself
before the tribunal last year
after the principal of a primary
school he was regularly relieving
for was forwarded anti-Muslim
posts he sent to a friend in May
2019.
The school’s principal did
not have any issues about
Humphrey’s behaviour towards
children or staff, but requested
he be formally censured due to
the racist nature of the posts.
Among the students Humphrey
had taught at the school, one was
Muslim.
But Humphrey argued that
while he did have concerns
around Islamic political extremism
and certain immigration
rules, any assumption that
everything posted reflected his
“own staunchly held views is
entirely misguided”.
“I post on Facebook, not to
declare truths I insist everyone
should agree with, but to
stimulate discussion as a way to
challenge and develop my own
thinking about difficult and
complex issues.”
The posts appeared to have
only gone to one person.
He also claimed that
disagreeing with some aspects
of Islam, had “absolutely no
bearing” on how he treated
individual Muslims and that he
had the “mental stability and
probity” to separate his political
views from his teaching practice
Thursday September 2 2021 The Star
NEWS 15
Teacher warned about
‘unacceptable’ racist posts
which in no way affected the way
he dealt with children.
In its decision, the tribunal
labelled two of his three posts
“ill-considered and undoubtedly
inappropriate”, as well as a
“misguided attempt at creating
discussion”.
The tribunal disagreed with
Humphrey’s view that he was
trying to stimulate discussion
on a difficult issue and felt the
“banal” and “provocative” posts
were instead aimed at trying to
get a rise out of his friend.
It said determining whether
Humphrey’s behaviour involved
serious misconduct had been
a “difficult decision” because
sending material with racial
overtones especially so soon
after 51 people were killed in a
terror attack in the city affected
his fitness to be a teacher and
was a definite breach of the code
of conduct.
However, because Humphrey
had only sent the posts to one
friend and had not posted the
objectionable material more
widely, the tribunal did not
find his actions had bought
the teaching profession into
disrepute and therefore did not
meet its high threshold of being
deemed serious misconduct.
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OUR PEOPLE – PHIL SIMMONDS
A mission to find people alive
Canterbury district
emergency management
co-ordinator Sergeant
Phil Simmonds has
been recognised for
almost three decades
involvement in search
and rescue missions
plus international
deployments focused
on disaster victim
investigation. He was
recently awarded the Lou
Grant Memorial Trophy,
named in honour of the
Auckland SAR leader
who died in a helicopter
crash in 1993. Simmonds
revisits his career with
Chris Barclay
When, and why, did you join
the police force?
It was 1988. I’d been a panel
beater for about 12 years. I was
28, I think the cut-off back then
was 30. Joining the police later
meant I was probably a bit more
mature. My father (Mac) was
a policeman and when I was
aged six to 11 we were over in
Greymouth. He was a station
sergeant, we actually lived in the
police station.
So you slowly followed in
dad’s footsteps on the beat.
I waited until he’d retired
before I applied. I didn’t want to
CRISIS MANAGEMENT: Sergeant Phil Simmonds.
apply and get in on his coattails
if you like.
Did growing up with a
police officer as a father
figure help prepare you for
the job?
It certainly did, especially
living in Greymouth. Every
year the river used to flood
and burst its banks. When
we were over there the
Inangahua earthquake struck,
(May 24, 1968), and the
Strongman mine disaster as well
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
(January 19, 1967). Dad
started Search and Rescue over
there.
You spent a lot of time in
the great outdoors during
your childhood. Did those
experiences encourage you to
apply and join the SAR squad
after you transferred from
Timaru to Christchurch in
1992?
Absolutely. When I was
five I got dragged up Roy’s
Peak in Wanaka (elevation:
1578m). We’d go away as a
family quite a bit, two or
three times a year. We’d do
the Three Passes Route (in
Arthur’s Pass National Park).
When I was 14 me and a mate
biked over to Greymouth from
Christchurch, it took us three
days, we got the train back.
When I joined SAR I was
familiar with all the training
and areas we did.
Did you ever get lost on
those journeys and need to be
rescued?
No, but we did these trips
up Sudden Valley and once in
the middle of winter, when I
was 16, a mate took a couple of
steps forward and slipped into
the river. When I got down to
him he was on the side of the
bank but all his hair had turned
to ice. He had a gash on his
knee so we hitch hiked back
to Christchurch and got it fixed
up.
Does that constitute your first
rescue then?
No, and I don’t actually
remember my first (SAR)
operation.
Thursday September 2 2021 The Star
OUR PEOPLE 17
and identifying disaster victims
SAR operations also rely on
civilian input don’t they?
We couldn’t do it with just the
police. In Canterbury we have
seven land SAR groups. They are
qualified to do SAR.
What does SAR training
involve?
There’s the national SAR
course initially and then we’ll
have other courses including a
marine SAR course, an extended
search planning course and a
SAR manager’s course, which is
probably the pinnacle. To get
to that stage takes about three
years.
Is your standard SAR
squad an old – and new – boys’
club?
No. It’s a mix. We just took on
a few reserves and we’ve got five
women in that group. It’s totally
different from when I started.
Women are more than capable
and it’s nice to see the interest
in going on to specialist squads
as well. We’ve got a good mix
of people who have been there a
while, and newbies.
Is SAR a sought after role?
I put out an expression of
interest once every two years
and I’ll get up to 10 people apply.
An interest in the outdoors is a
good head start. It gives you an
awareness and a knowledge that
people are capable of being out in
that environment.
EARLY
EXPEDITION:
Phil
Simmonds
and his father
Mac at a back
country hut
during a trek
in the Arthur’s
Pass National
Park in 1977.
We associate SAR operations
with missing climbers and
trampers, but there’s also ample
work in urban settings isn’t there?
We do a lot more searching
within the city itself. We get
a lot of people with dementia,
going for a walk and getting
lost. Sometimes they will come
to a barrier, stop and not go any
further. With our winters, they’re
at high risk.
A SAR member’s role
dovetails with the grim task
of dealing with murder and
accident victims to take the
strain from front line police
dealing don’t you?
Quite a few front line police
have been referred to our welfare
(service) after they attended
horrific incidents so there’s a
system in place where the SAR
squad will do the recovery if
someone’s visually unidentifiable
or they’re fragmented. We run
it pretty well here because there
have been so many (of those
deaths), with the Christchurch
earthquake and the mosque
shootings. We probably do 40-
50 body recoveries a year from
motor accidents, house fires and
people who have died at home
and left there for several months.
If you’re in the SAR squad
you’re automatically in the
Disaster Victim Identification
team as well aren’t you? That
must be confronting at times?
You need respect and empathy.
You’re working with the family
TOUGH TASK: Simmonds (right) was heavily involved with
the identification of tourists and Thai locals killed by the
Boxing Day tsunami in 2004.
and you’re actually returning
those people back to the family.
You’re giving them closure like
that. Some of them have been
dead for a long time and almost
forgotten about.
Which brings us to missing
Australian climber Terry
Jordan, who lay unidentified in
a mortuary for five years after
being found in 2016 on the
Bonar Glacier in Mt Aspiring
National Park. You finally
managed to reunite his remains
with loved ones across the
Tasman in April.
Terry and Marc Weinstein left
Wanaka on December 3, 1978,
to climb Mt Aspiring. A search
12 days later found Marc’s body.
In 2016 some people found
human remains and items of
clothing on the lower reaches
of the glacier. We started an
investigation, contacting
climbers from back then. We
got a name but it was spelled
wrong (Gordon not Jordan). We
searched overseas and found
an Australian who knew the
widow of a missing climber.
The clothing included a pair
of Speedos with an Aboriginal
design. She found a photo of him
wearing them.
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OUR PEOPLE
‘Even if it’s a bad result you’re still
• From page 17
It must have been satisfying to
solve that mystery.
That felt pretty good because
he was going to be buried as an
unknown person in an unknown
grave. To me that’s a real travesty.
This job doesn’t seem like work
a lot of the time. You’re actually
able to make a difference to
people and give them a result,
even if it’s a bad result you’re still
giving them a bit of closure.
The rescue of two missing
climbers from surroundings
familiar to you – Arthur’s Pass
National Park – was another
highlight among the thousands
of searches you have overseen
during the last 25 years
Marni Sheppeard and Sonja
Rendell went on a three-day trek
and ended up huddled in a cavity
on a rocky mountainside. I was
in incident control for eight days
and I was absolutely spent. We
had a pretty good idea where they
were going but the weather was
absolutely hopeless – low cloud,
rain and drizzle. We covered a
big area on foot and never really
came up with anything, which
is actually a good sign because if
you’re finding nothing there’s still
something out there to be found.
It was really bizarre because
on the eighth day we had their
GRIM ASSIGNMENT: The remains of the CTV site following the
February 22, 2011, earthquake.
PHOTO; GEOFF SLOAN
families there and we put them
in an old Iroquois to show them
the search area. I said: ‘Keep
your eyes peeled’. They pulled up
above the cloud and said: ‘There
they are on the side of the hill.’
It was actually the families that
found them. That was hard case.
Sadly Marni Sheppeard
was not as fortunate after
embarking on a solo trek
near Otira. She was reported
missing in January this year,
her remains were found in the
Rolleston River area in March.
There wasn’t that much
information other than she was
going off to the mountains to
do a walk. Some people saw her
name in an entry in Carrington
Hut and a note of her intentions.
Once we got that information
it was a matter of doing
reconnaissance. The West
Coast SAR put a canyoning
team in and they picked up the
remains.
Back in Christchurch, and
back in time to February 22,
2011.
I was pretty much based at the
CTV building for the first two
weeks. With the fire there was
quite a bit of fragmentation with
the bodies. It felt close to home
and they (the DVI team) felt they
had more of a commitment or
obligation to get everything done
and do it well. There were a few
Australian pathologists that came
NO HOLIDAY: Disaster Victim Identification expert
Simmonds was based at Khao Lak after the holiday
resort area in Thailand was swamped by a deadly
tsunami on Boxing Day, 2004. PHOTO: GETTY
across and an anthropologist.
Why an anthropologist?
At the CTV building there
were a whole lot of fragmented
remains co-mingled in an area.
The anthropologist had a look
and said: ‘You’ve got three people
in here. You’ve got three left knee
caps and they’re quite young
people as well’. The problem with
the CTV building is there were
a lot of people in the cafeteria at
lunch time and when it collapsed
everything was jumbled up.
Your DVI expertise
qualified you to head to
Thailand in 2004, following the
Boxing Day tsunami, you ended
up spending three rotations
there.
I left Christchurch on New
Year’s Eve. I was initially based
at Khao Lak where a lot of the
resorts are. In some places (the
watermark) was five or six metres
high on the buildings. We had
40-foot refrigerated containers,
58 of them, for bodies. We
processed a thousand in the
first 3-1/2 weeks. After a week
in that heat you could hardly
tell what sex they were, let
alone nationality. We’d have a
debrief every day. It was so hot
that smell you’re working with
actually sticks to you. When
we’d go through the lobby to our
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OUR PEOPLE 19
giving them a bit of closure’
Does your mind set alter when
a SAR mission is focused on a
murder victim? Is the quest for
justice a driving force?
Finding the body which leads
to a murder prosecution is a
really big motivator for me. There
was a girl at the Waimak. She
was raped, murdered and left
out there. (Marie Davis, 15, was
killed in April 2008 by Dean
Cameron). We searched for a few
days and ultimately found a body.
Hayden Miles, a boy of 14. He’d
been murdered by a guy (Gavin
John Gosnell), cut up and buried
on top of a grave in Bromley. We
were led to the cemetery and used
ground penetrating radar over
recent graves. After you put the
probe down you let it vent and
then a victim recovery dog can
scent it (decomposing remains).
It’s really satisfying when people
are held to account.
You’ve never searched for
anyone you knew personally,
but has there been an occasion
where the emotional toll has
led you to a lie down on the
psychologist’s couch?
I have once. There was a
helicopter rescue guy and copilot
who died out Methven way,
probably 25 years ago or longer.
They were going to rescue a
fisherman in a river and flew into
a stand of trees. I was picking up
(body) pieces and I remember
picking up what I thought was a
dead possum, it was a guy’s scalp.
Normally I’d be fine but I was
going through a marriage breakup
at the time and not having
that support at home … it just
got on top of me. One day I got
wound up by a couple of punks
on the beat and I could feel
myself getting tighter and tighter.
When I got back to the (police)
kiosk I said to the guys: ‘I feel like
I’m just about ready to explode’.
Someone said something smart
and I smashed a metal locker.
The boss sent me away, I got
reprogrammed a little bit and I
was fine. These days we have a
debrief after each job, we keep an
eye on each other a lot more.
How do you unwind and
have you got any plans for
retirement?
I mountain bike. I’ve got a
couple of old cars that I’m doing
up. One is a 1938 Morris 12,
I’ve had it since I was 21. That’s
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been waiting patiently. I really
enjoyed art at school (North
New Brighton School/Grey
Main School/Shirley Boys’ High
School) and I’ve never done
anything with that, perhaps
sculptures with metal work. I
can see myself having a coffee
shop in Chiang Mai. I married
a Thai lady (Tang) in 2006 so
something good came from the
tsunami.
We started this chat on the
West Coast and we’ll finish up
there. You attended Pike River
after the mine disaster but never
utilised your DVI skills. Do
you have a view on whether the
bodies should be recovered?
Not really. From the families
there’s a mixture of feelings.
Some say that’s where they
belong, that’s where they died,
that’s where they worked and
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ARA INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY
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“COVID-19 has shown
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Food manufacturing, environmental
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OPINION
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THE QUESTION I have
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I think the lockdown
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So, here’s the answer
– under alert level 3 a
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They’re operating a full
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To keep everyone safe,
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You can make a booking
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News of the shift to level
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businesses, but there are
many who cannot trade
under these conditions
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them. Backing local businesses
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economic recovery.
I understand the Government’s
caution. We
saw how quickly a single
case of the Delta variant
spread.
However, the risk of
community spread is
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OPINION
ince Environment Canterbury
climate-change emergency
Residents’ associations build communities
by sea-level rise this century and threatened and facing increased
our productive and protected land pressures due to river system
Environment
jeopardised by the arrival and change.
spread of new, exotic weeds and Wetlands are also ecosystems
Canterbury Chair
pests from warmer climates. at-risk nationally and regionally,
Jenny Hughey
All these eventualities have degraded by draining, damming
to be planned and prepared for, and diversion affecting their
and enhance that work.
fleet hybrid or long-range electric
and Environment Canterbury ability to sequester carbon,
HOW That EXCITING work included is this? setting I went protect by 2022. our Carbon environment. emissions from
will remain in the vanguard of cleanse freshwater and mitigate
up to a meeting climate-change and came integration away with air At this travel meeting across the local organisation
these climate change efforts. flooding, as well as impacting on
a great sense of optimism about playcentre women talked about
One example is the $40 million biodiversity and mahinga kai.
programme in the Long-term Plan are offset via our own biodiversity
our local well-being.
taking the young children
Waimakariri River flood
With biosecurity, we are
2018-28, ensuring climate change programmes.
We hear so much about walking locally so they can
protection project, completed putting greater emphasis on the
was actively considered across According to a Madworld report
people being disconnected in explore nature. They stop and late last year. The network of risks of new pests establishing
workstreams, increasing visibility in 2019, our gross emissions were
our communities, but it seems talk about insects they see on the floodgates and stopbanks will in Canterbury. Warming
of the science and what we know 2253 tonnes of carbon dioxide
to me that all you need to do in way and talk to people they know. protect half a million people and temperatures, changing soils and
about the impact of climate (CO2) equivalent, compared with
Christchurch is attend your local This is all about instilling a love of $8 billion of community and new land uses mean new weeds
change on Canterbury, and liaising removals of 7883 tonnes of CO2-
residents’ association meeting and nature in small children.
business assets from a possible especially, will be able to gain a
on the issue with iwi and regional equivalent through our efficiency
you will see the opposite.
Some parents with children “super flood”.
better foothold across the region.
partners, other local authorities efforts and from forestry planting
Last month I engaged with at the local school shared the
The last major flood was in More broadly, we have to
and central government.
across 2700 hectares.
residents at my local residents’ experience of their older children December 1957, when parts curb reliance on fossil fuels and
As an organisation, we have The changing climate will pose
association meeting in
learning science skills through of Coutts Island in Belfast and find environmentally suitable
also
Spencerville.
made significant
For 62 years,
progress
locals
in
working
many risks
with
to
volunteers
life and livelihood
of the Kainga were swamped by river alternatives, such as electricity and
addressing have been coming our own together greenhousegas
and emissions, share ideas with with our the aim of regenerating we have seen native how bush occasional, CELEBRATIONS:
to talk Styx
in Canterbury.
Living Laboratory
In recent
Trust
years flow peaking at 3990
The Spencerville
cubic
Volunteer
hydrogen,
Fire
to power
Brigade
our public
is now operating from a new
along
Christchurch improving the building liveability receiving of our a the but Styx extreme, River. The weather value events that have
building. metres It per was second recently (cumecs). awarded a community transport. service medal.
The protection scheme has been When my predecessor Steve
“market-leading” local community – energy and it’s efficiency still this had volunteer huge effects work on brings residents is and
Locals designed talked to about defend a wide Christchurch wrote Lowndes about recently retired will as provide chair of make a contribution to your area.
rating going strong. of 5.0 out of 6 in the year enhancing infrastructure the learning around of the local South range from of issues a flood including of as much the as 6500 useful this information council late on how last year, the he Getting involved will boost
to As February we all know, on the good National social children Island. to care for our local continual cumecs. dumping of rubbish traps can highlighted be used in some an urban of the big your well-being and provide
Australian relationships Built and Environment
connections environment. The driest parts of our region, in the Environment local environment Canterbury’s and environment. changes on the way. He was a sense of achievement and
Rating with people System around New us Zealand. are vitally along Members the Marlborough of the local toy coast and what leadership can be done of biodiversity about it. and This, optimistic along with we the would be able to meaning as you help to build
important The building’s to individual features wellbeing.
solar This panels is really which important can to their Plains, lending are expected practices to reflect get even shared underpinned information by and climate-change
reminded groups, climate will ensure change support and sustainability. environment for us all.
include library across talked much about of the changing Canterbury Community biosecurity board programmes members is also involvement deal with of community the “pressing issues” a of better community and
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generate our local more neighbourhoods, than 55,000 as the changes drier. North-westerly in our communities, storms are residents concerns. of the upcoming byelection
Canterbury’s in the Coastal distinct Ward. braided Canterbury. community, and as a council, • Cr Jenny Hughey is chair
for the goal I share of a his predator-free confidence. As a
kilowatt strength of hours these of relationships electricity per such predicted as helping to become grandparents more intense,
year. helps us all.
and with others torrential with children alpine rainstorms when Residents rivers and are unique also helping wetlands with face By the we way, are taking for more some bold steps of to the Canterbury Regional
Residents’ There has associations been a 26% reduction are visiting turning to our borrow braided toys. rivers into a predator many challenges. trapping programme The rivers form information ensure on we predator are in a better control, place
Council
to
(Environment
per examples staff member of a joint in approach emissions to roaring Meanwhile, rapids, the fuelling local fire landslides along a vital the lagoon ecological at Brooklands link provide including cope trapping, with the poisons, changing and climate
Canterbury)
since building 30 June thriving 2010. communities. We now have brigade and causing is celebrating widespread operating erosion. with an the abundant park rangers food – supply just and legislation, and the go to tests www.bionet.nz.
it will set us. But
access Community to electric groups and create hybrid places
It’s a year
from
since
a new building after
Environment
being another initiative of the residents’ Canterbury
The upshot is that residents’
vehicles
to connect
and
around
hope to
activities
have half our
awarded Canterbury’s a community coastal
communities will be
service
threatened association.
nesting grounds for 26 species of there will always be a need to do
native birds – most classified as associations more. or similar groups
with like-minded people who medal on the recommendation of
can support each other and help the residents’ association.
Looking to the future, the (such as river care groups) are a
virtual fence on Banks Peninsula I great way to stay connected and
declared a climate-change emergency
JENNY HUGHEY explains what
the council has been doing.
The formal declaration of a
state of climate emergency across
Canterbury was one of the most
serious, and colourful, moments
in the regional council’s more than
30-year history.
A year ago this Saturday,
at 11.49am, Environment
Canterbury became New Zealand’s
first council to proclaim such an
emergency, formally dedicating
itself to consideration of climate
change at the heart of all it does.
The declaration highlighted
that all the work Environment
Canterbury does – from
freshwater management to
biodiversity and biosecurity,
transport and urban development
to air quality, and also regional
leadership – has a climate change
focus.
Currently, under the Resource
Management Act, regional
councils are required only to adapt
to climate change, not mitigate
it – that responsibility is the
Government’s, but could change.
Even in ‘adapt mode’ many
of Environment Canterbury’s
existing policies and plans already
contribute to reduced emissions.
In declaring the climate
emergency, the Council noted it
would continue to show leadership
on climate-change and do so
without adding new programmes
at ratepayers’ expense. It also gave
staff a clear mandate to continue
and enhance that work.
That work included setting
up a climate-change integration
programme in the Long-term Plan
2018-28, ensuring climate change
was actively considered across
workstreams, increasing visibility
of the science and what we know
about the impact of climate
change on Canterbury, and liaising
on the issue with iwi and regional
partners, other local authorities
and central government.
As an organisation, we have
also made significant progress in
addressing our own greenhousegas
emissions, with our
Christchurch building receiving a
“market-leading” energy efficiency
rating of 5.0 out of 6 in the year
to February on the National
Australian Built Environment
Rating System New Zealand.
The building’s features include
184 solar panels which can
generate more than 55,000
kilowatt hours of electricity per
year.
There has been a 26% reduction
per staff member in emissions
since 30 June 2010. We now have
access to electric and hybrid
vehicles and hope to have half our
Environment
Canterbury Chair
Jenny Hughey
fleet hybrid or long-range electric
by 2022. Carbon emissions from
air travel across the organisation
are offset via our own biodiversity
programmes.
According to a Madworld report
in 2019, our gross emissions were
2253 tonnes of carbon dioxide
(CO2) equivalent, compared with
removals of 7883 tonnes of CO2-
equivalent through our efficiency
efforts and from forestry planting
across 2700 hectares.
The changing climate will pose
many risks to life and livelihood
in Canterbury. In recent years
we have seen how occasional,
but extreme, weather events have
had huge effects on residents and
infrastructure around the South
Island.
The driest parts of our region,
along the Marlborough coast and
across much of the Canterbury
Plains, are expected to get even
drier. North-westerly storms are
predicted to become more intense,
with torrential alpine rainstorms
turning our braided rivers into
roaring rapids, fuelling landslides
and causing widespread erosion.
Canterbury’s coastal
communities will be threatened
by sea-level rise this century and
our productive and protected land
jeopardised by the arrival and
spread of new, exotic weeds and
pests from warmer climates.
All these eventualities have
to be planned and prepared for,
and Environment Canterbury
will remain in the vanguard of
these climate change efforts.
One example is the $40 million
Waimakariri River flood
protection project, completed
late last year. The network of
floodgates and stopbanks will
protect half a million people and
$8 billion of community and
business assets from a possible
“super flood”.
The last major flood was in
December 1957, when parts
of Coutts Island in Belfast and
Kainga were swamped by river
flow peaking at 3990 cubic
metres per second (cumecs).
The protection scheme has been
designed to defend Christchurch
from a flood of as much as 6500
cumecs.
Environment Canterbury’s
leadership of biodiversity and
biosecurity programmes is also
underpinned by climate-change
concerns.
Canterbury’s distinct braided
rivers and unique wetlands face
many challenges. The rivers form
a vital ecological link and provide
an abundant food supply and
nesting grounds for 26 species of
native birds – most classified as
threatened and facing increased
pressures due to river system
change.
Wetlands are also ecosystems
at-risk nationally and regionally,
degraded by draining, damming
and diversion affecting their
ability to sequester carbon,
cleanse freshwater and mitigate
flooding, as well as impacting on
biodiversity and mahinga kai.
With biosecurity, we are
putting greater emphasis on the
risks of new pests establishing
in Canterbury. Warming
temperatures, changing soils and
new land uses mean new weeds
especially, will be able to gain a
better foothold across the region.
More broadly, we have to
curb reliance on fossil fuels and
find environmentally suitable
alternatives, such as electricity and
hydrogen, to power our public
transport.
When my predecessor Steve
Lowndes retired as chair of
this council late last year, he
highlighted some of the big
changes on the way. He was
optimistic we would be able to
deal with the “pressing issues” of
climate change and sustainability.
I share his confidence. As a
community, and as a council,
we are taking some bold steps to
ensure we are in a better place to
cope with the changing climate
and the tests it will set us. But
there will always be a need to do
more.
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Physical activity
can counter effects
of lack of sleep
New Zealand produces enough food to
feed 40 million people worldwide – almost
10 times its own population, but the way
Aotearoa produces is changing, BiotechNZ
executive director Dr Zahra Champion says.
The world cannot feed its children’s
children with the current food systems in
use, she says.
In the next 25 years, all the additional
food the global growing population requires
will come from improvements to current
food systems, before they reach capacity
limits.
In New Zealand, Kiwis can grow more
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Biotech driving the
future of clean food
food by continuing to improve current
systems, reducing waste, and addressing
environmental impacts.
Companies are working together to
discuss cell-based agriculture which
can create products from cell cultures as
opposed to whole plants or animals.
Aotearoa is great at developing
technologies that enable sustainable
production, Dr Champion says.
“But it’s still insufficient to feed future
populations. We need to look at new biotech
solutions in our food systems if we are to
provide in the future.”
A new study, published in the Medical
News Today, shows physical activity and
good sleep work together to counter
negative health effects.
“Higher levels of physical activity can
significantly counteract the negative
health impact of poor sleep,” ExerciseNZ
chief executive Richard Beddie says.
“This new research shows exercise
helps many health issues including
inadequate sleep, obesity and type-two
diabetes, impaired immune functioning,
cardiovascular disease, mood disorders,
dementia, and even loneliness,” he says.
“More than 37 percent of Kiwis don’t
get enough sleep and poor sleep is known
to be a factor correlated to poor health
outcomes.
“That’s everything from cardiovascular
disease to mental well-being. So, knowing
that getting enough physical activity can
help offset these health risks are extremely
powerful.”
It is important to move around during
the day as sitting for long periods of time
make muscles stiff and poor circulation
can be developed.
Stretching, yoga, walks around the
block and other sources of movement are
beneficial to all ages.
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SUDOKU
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PUZZLES 29
WORDBUILDER
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108
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are allowed. There’s at least one
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gee, gel, glee, glue, lag, lea, LEAGUE, lee, leg, leu,
six-letter lug, luge. word.
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No.108
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L X E Y J U H F R W S K D
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1. Diamond shape (7)
5. Farewell party (4-3)
9. Looks furtively (5)
10. Swindler or trickster (9)
11. Amazing (9)
12. Flattens (5)
13. Decree (5)
15. Eradicate (9)
18. Assured (9)
19. Uncertainty (5)
21. Stone worker (5)
23. Capitulate (9)
25. Loathe (9)
26. Strained (5)
27. Fifth letter of the Greek
alphabet (7)
28. Unrelated line of thought
(7)
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2. Medical procedure (9)
3. Plagued (5)
4. Blasphemy (9)
5. Informal language (5)
6. Declared invalid, cancelled
out (9)
7. Get the better of (5)
8. Flair (7)
14. Every three years (9)
16. Impede (9)
17. Plentiful supply (9)
18. Liken (7)
20. Agony (7)
22. Footwear (5)
23. Blemish (5)
24. Consumed (5)
25 10 2 12 13 7 21 4
25 7 12 11 13 9 15 9 16 10 7
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DECODER
Each number in our DECODER grid represents a different
letter - there is a number for all 26 letters of the alphabet.
Each Enter number the given represents letters into a different all squares letter with of the matching alphabet. numbers. Write the
given The challenge letters into now all squares is to work with out matching which letters numbers. are Now represented work out
which by the letters other are numbers. represented As you by the get other numbers. letters, enter As you them get into the
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uses letters all you 26 letters have of found, the alphabet. cross them off the alphabet provided.
10 17 23 18 16 14 7 17 15 16 24
G
17 16 17 17 17 9
I
24 6 23 11 20 9 3 19 17 11 11 3
G
3 23 17 16 22 12 8
9 3 1 6 20 24 17 21 20 3 22
20 13 25 1 21 11 15 19 22 15 8
16 21 7 5 16
11 6 21 12 3 21 11 3 26 6 3 1
17 23 11 13 15
21 11 14 3 20 16 17 1 16 24 4
13 24 1 17 25 1 17
15 3 17 9 17 15 1 3 24 17 1 20
17 2 21 13 21 7
23 1 16 21 24 11 17 10 24 22 24
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Each number in our DECODER grid represents a different
letter - there is a number for all 26 letters of the alphabet.
Enter the given letters into all squares with matching numbers.
The challenge now is to work out which letters are represented
by the other numbers. As you get the letters, enter them into
the main grid, and the reference grid. To keep track of the
letters you have found, cross them off the alphabet provided.
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108
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
L K M H F Y S D C I U J R
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
T B O A Q N G Z W P V E X
Crossword
Across: 1. Rhombus, 5.
Send-off, 9. Peeps, 10.
Charlatan, 11. Startling,
12. Irons, 13. Edict, 15.
Eliminate, 18. Confident,
19. Doubt, 21. Mason, 23.
Surrender, 25. Abominate,
26. Tense, 27. Epsilon, 28.
Tangent.
Down: 1. Riposte, 2.
Operation, 3. Beset, 4.
Sacrilege, 5. Slang, 6.
Nullified, 7. Outdo, 8.
Finesse, 14. Triennial, 16.
Intercept, 17. Abundance, 18.
Compare, 20. Torment, 22.
Shoes, 23. Stain, 24. Eaten.
WordBuilder
Emir, emu, imp, IMPURE,
ire, mire, per, perm, pie,
pier, prim, prime, pure, rep,
rim, rime, rip, ripe, rue, rum,
rump, ump, UMPIRE.
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New Zealand’s
oldest surviving
Silver Fern turns
100 in Christchurch
tomorrow. Oonah
Shannahan might
have played only one
test, but as Chris
Barclay discovered, it
was ground-breaking
as transtasman netball
rivalry resumed in the
aftermath of World
War 2.
OONAH Shannahan’s 100th
birthday celebrations are
panning out similar to her
one and only test for the Silver
Ferns, as New Zealand’s oldest
netball international marks
another low-key milestone.
As Oonah Murray, the
midcourter from Christchurch
had the privilege of leading the
Silver Ferns in their second
ever test, the opening game of
a three-match series with Australia
in 1948.
The contest on a purpose-built
court at Dunedin’s Forbury Park
racecourse was New Zealand’s
first since a one-off test against
their transtasman rivals in 1938,
and the neighbours would not
face each other again until 1960.
Sharp as ever and in good
health, Shannahan’s landmark
birthday tomorrow was anything
but extravagant because
Covid-19 restrictions prevented
a planned gathering from taking
place at the house she shares
with a daughter.
Her solitary cap was also
pondered without fanfare by
Shannahan, when she briefly revisited
her career six years ago.
“At the time being captain
of that first test match seemed
HOLDING COURT: Oonah Shannahan and Silver Ferns
coach Dame Noeline Taurua discussed netball over the
years when they met in 2019.
to be quite an honour but you
didn’t get carried away with it.
Not a lot was made of it, I felt
it was on a slightly better scale
than an ordinary encounter
with someone like South Canterbury,”
she told Netball New
Zealand’s website.
However, that series, swept
3-0 by the Australians, was
anything but standard.
The Silver Ferns only assembled
a day before the opener
and because costs dictated the
players were primarily selected
on a regional basis the line-up
was drastically different in New
Plymouth and Auckland. Only
two of the 14 players utilised
played all three tests.
Shannahan, who was unavailable
for the third test due to
her sister’s wedding, was one of
three captains, with Betty Plant
and Beverley Malcolm also taking
charge.
New Zealand also had to
adapt to international rules
at short notice - they were accustomed
to playing nine-a-side
but the regulations trimmed the
formation to seven. Physicality
was another eye-opener.
“We weren’t allowed to bump
up against partners but they
could and did it very skilfully
SILVER FERN: Shannahan
before her test debut as
captain against Australia in
1948.
and then they shot their goals
very well,” Shannahan said,
when reflecting on the 27-16
defeat.
Although her international
career was fleeting, the centre or
wing attack continued to captain
Canterbury, and after her
playing days, years of dedicated
administrative work was recognised
by a Netball New Zealand
service award.
Silver Ferns coach Dame
Noeline Taurua met Shannahan
during a visit to Christchurch
two years ago and led the tributes,
from a distance.
“Our Silver Fern #8, captain
of the 1948 team, is still paving
the way in life as she did in our
sport. Oonah is one of the true
pioneers of New Zealand netball,”
Taurua said.
Christchurch Netball Centre
manager Megan McLay
said the organisation would
acknowledge Shannahan’s
birthday at a later date, with
centenary celebrations on
October 28-29 a logical setting.
Life members will be honoured
at a dinner to cap the festivities.
Netball
final likely
to be
abandoned
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY are
on the verge of defending their
Christchurch Netball Centre
premier grade crown without
contesting a final, as Covid-19
restrictions are destined to end
the season prematurely.
With organisers nominating
September 11 as the cut-off point
for the competition so it does not
impinge on school holidays and
the start of summer codes, CNC
manager Megan McLay conceded
it was unlikely the decider
between Lincoln University and
Saints would play out.
“I think the chances of playing
anything at all are probably low.
We would need to be in alert level
2 plus they would need time to
have actually trained, you have to
look at player welfare,” she said.
“We had to make the a call on
when the season finishes to be
fair to summer sports and these
players haven’t played for some
time now.”
Lincoln University qualified
automatically for the final by
topping the regular season standings
so would be declared the
champions.
In the premier grade’s second
tier St Nicholas, who were drawn
to play Kereru B would win by the
same methodology.
Those finals were scheduled for
August 24, a week into the level 4
lockdown.
Although restrictions in
Christchurch have been downgraded
to level 3, the competition
could only resume – without
spectators – under level 2.
In other grades section leaders
will be joint winners.
“If there’s 10 sections there’ll
be 10 winners, there won’t be an
overall winner in that grade,”
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Golf production shows no sign of slowing
GET YOUR head around this –
Volkswagen’s Golf has reached 47
years in production and is now in
its eighth generation.
Only a few nameplates see that
kind of distance, those that have
carved out a healthy reputation in
the marketplace.
According to Volkswagen, it
has produced over 45 million
Golfs from production sites, not
just in Germany but scattered in
plants globally, and there’s no sign
that production will end anytime
soon.
Golf 8 has just landed in New
Zealand and at present it is
available here in three variants
– two TSi models and a GTi.
I’m sure the high performance
Golf R will find its way here as
production comes on stream and
supply lines are generated to 100
per cent. The two TSi models
consist of the base specification
$37,990 variant which is
designated Life, and the R-Line
model as tested, it adds $10k. For
interest’s sake, the GTi is listed at
$61,490.
The R-Line evaluation car
lived up to all expectation. It
is the quintessential five-door
hatchback that makes you feel
particularly good to be in.
Volkswagen has been
careful not to depart from the
fundamental concept of Golf, it’s
exactly what you’d expect from a
generational change, the driveline
has been further refined, the
exterior style has been sharpened,
while the interior has gone very
high-tech.
In terms of the latter, even
though the electronic functions
are vast they are minimalistic
and intuitive. There’s a strong
presence of haptic switches and
buttons, fingertip controls that
make understanding and working
the controls simple.
The entire dash panel and
layout is clean and fresh, in
keeping with the rest of the
ultra-modern interior. When
you are inside the Golf 8 you feel
part of the vehicle, and at home
with its ergonomics, it has that
unmistakeable European feel.
Comfort levels are also high
and space for five adults is far
from compromised. The Golf
over the years hasn’t dramatically
increased in size, so you still
have that compact feel yet know
there’s enough room on board
for the time when it will be full to
capacity.
I have a friend who has the
previous generation model and
she has often had a full load onboard,
that’s something you can
do easily with Golf, it makes good
use of its proportions.
Under the bonnet sits a 1.4-litre
ULTRA-MODERN: Comprehensive but minimalistic display
and control systems are intuitive to use.
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF TSI: Eight-generation model is now available in Kiwi market.
turbocharged four-cylinder
engine that is pretty much a
carryover. It’s a real honey in
terms of how it operates, it is
smooth, quiet and efficient.
Volkswagen claim power outputs
of 110kW and 250Nm, the
secret to its keen performance
are the areas where power and
torque are developed, both low
down at 5000rpm and 1500rpm
respectively. Consequently, there
is strong boost from take-off and
no drop-off of power through
to the redline, all of the time the
engine is singing sweetly, it is well
isolated and shows no sign of
breathlessness.
Drive is carried through
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Not only is the driveline such
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8.7sec – but it is also a fuel miser.
Volkswagen claim a combined
cycle average of 5.8-litres per
100km. That sits well with the
readout during my time with the
TSi, it was constantly listing at
7l/100km with 4l/100km showing
instantaneously at 100km/h
(engine speed 1800rpm).
When I mentioned that
European feel from inside the car,
that presence is also carried on
through movement. It feels firmly
• Price – Volkswagen Golf
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• Dimensions – Length,
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• Configuration – Fourcylinder,
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• Performance – 0-100km/h,
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connected to the road and has
handling that has you thinking
you are driving something far
more exotic.
Drive is channelled to the front
wheels, and that has been a Golf
fundamental since day one. The
suspension is a mix of struts
up front with an independent
multi-link rear. The combination
provides wheel freedom and
adequate suspension movement.
The spring and damper
rates are exactly what you
would expect, and want, just
enough firming to contain body
movement along with the ability
to tackle the hits from uneven
road surfaces.
Providing the grip are
beautiful Bridgestone tyres,
at 225/40 x 18in the profile is
such that there is just enough
sidewall flex to maintain onboard
comfort, along with the
footprint to promote feedback to
the driver.
I took the evaluation car on
the inland scenic route (SH72)
through to Glenroy from
Darfield, the Golf dispenses
distances with ease and is
a competent handler when
the wide, flowing corners are
presented. In the tight stuff,
steerage is sharp and direct, the
Golf almost dances through
the twisty bits, it is athletic and
nimble, providing the driver with
a great deal of satisfaction.
As an everyday drive, my five
days with the evaluation car
involved the urban commute and
I’ve deemed it the quintessential
city car, it dawdles the traffic with
a smooth operating manner and
doesn’t tax the occupants in any
way.
That’s why Golf has done so
well globally, it is a car that does
nothing wrong but everything
right. In R-Line form it has those
extra bits that you could say gives
it a more luxurious feel.
However, I’d be saving the $10k
and pick up the Life variant, it
just seems such a bargain and
would certainly make you feel
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www.dohertybuilders.co.nz
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1920
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PLASTERING
SPOUTING CLEANING
Gary 4 Fxing, stopping, SPECIALIST Entire
solid plastering, brick spouting system cleared.
repairs & painting. 021 Single or 2 storey. Jo 021
529 022 / 342 8950 164 0365
PLASTERER
SPOUTING CLEANING
Phone Finn for all your Spouting Unblocked,
interior plastering needs. Cleaned Out and Flushed
No job too small - Out, Call Trevor 332 8949
renovations, alterations, or 021 043 2034
holes & cracks. Free STUMP GRINDING
quotes. I’ll beat any quote Best price guarantee Tony
by 10% .25 yrs exp. Canty 0275 588 895
born. Ph 022 087 4351 TEST & TAG
PLUMBER
NZ3760 complient (class
A Top Plumbing job 1 and class 2 tools). Can
completed at a fair price, travel to your work site.
all work guaranteed, ph Phone Jamie 022 313 9567
Brian 021 112-3492 or 03 TILER ( MASTER )
960 7673
Int / Ext. Res / Comm. .
QEII COLLISION
Free quote. 18 yrs exp. Ph
REPAIRS
Zac 021 1056 797
Free Courtesy Cars TREE SERVICES
(conditions apply),All Free quotes 20+ yrs exp.
Insurance work, Rust Tree, hedge or shrub
Repairs & Private work. - reduction, shaped or
Spray-painting. Free removed. Ph/text Paul
pickup & delivery. Ph. 03 The Branch Manager
388 5187
0274314720
“I WILL TURN UP
WHEN I SAY I WILL”
Need a certified and reliable plumber for filtration
systems or hot water cylinder replacement?
Bathroom upgrades or refurbishments?
FREE CALL
TEXT
EMAIL
Trades & Services
0508 H2O BOY
426 269
027 245 5100
NICK@NICKJONESPLUMBING.CO.NZ
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
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
TREE SERVICES
Specialist pruning, Roses,
fruit trees etc. Also garden
tidy ups. Ph Hugh 021 275
5445
TREE SERVICES
Specialist pruning, Roses,
fruit trees etc. Also garden
tidy ups. Ph Hugh 021 275
5445
WATERBLASTING
Housewash, Drives, Paths,
Decks, Moss kills, Gutter
cleans. Ph 020 410 67205
WINDOW CLEANING
Average 3 brm house
inside or out from $45.
Both from $80 Phone
Trevor 344-2170
WINDOW CLEANING
Brown & White Ltd.
Family owned since 2001.
Ph Paul 027 229 3534
GLAZING
TWISTY GLASS &
GLAZING LTD
• Mirrors • Pet Door Specialists
• Splashbacks • All Broken Windows
THE CAT DOOR MAN
Phone Cushla or Darren Twist
027 352 6225
Trades & Services
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
PAINTING
older painter
for older houses
50 years in trade
“All the skills”
Contact Jimmy Bell
0211221487
GST FREE
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
38 The Star Thursday September 2 2021
The Star Classifieds
Situations Vacant
CLEANERS
REQUIRED
ORCHARD ROAD
AIRPORT AREA
Monday to Friday
4.30pm / 5.30pm
Start time
Total 8 hours per week
AVONHEAD AREA
Monday to Friday
3.15pm to 6.15pm
2 positions available
AVONHEAD AREA
Monday to Friday
3.15pm to 5.15pm
2 positions available
SOMERFIELD AREA
Monday to Friday
3pm to 6pm
CITY CENTRE
Monday to Friday
6pm to 9pm
Plus every 4th Sunday
2.5hrs
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.
Public Notices
NOTICE OF
INTENTION TO APPLY
FOR REMOVAL OF
THE ABOVE-NAMED
COMPANY FROM THE
REGISTER
Seaview (2005) Limited
(In Liquidation)
Pursuant to Section 320 (2) of
the Companies Act 1993
Address of Registered Office:
HSW Limited, Accountants,
Level 1, 35 Mandeville Street,
Riccarton, Christchurch, P O
Box 8518, Christchurch.
Notice is hereby given that,
pursuant to section 318 (1)
(e) of the Companies Act
1993, the Registrar will be
removing the above-named
company from the Register
on the grounds that the
liquidator has completed his
duties.
The liquidator has delivered
the documents referred to
in section 257(1)(a) of the
Companies Act 1993 to the
Registrar of Companies thereby
completing the liquidation
pursuant to section 249 of
the Act.
Any objection to removal,
under section 321 of the
Companies Act 1993, must be
delivered to the Registrar by
the 20th working day after
the date of publication of
this notice.
Hamish Alexander Scott,
Liquidator
OUT OUT OF ZONE ENROLMENT ENROLMENT
TERM 1 & 2 2021
SCHOOLS. SPORTS CLUBS OR CULTURAL EVENTS
OUTSTANDING
Fundraising opportunity
The Star has a fantastic opportunity that is an ideal way
to fundraise while at the same time helps to profile and
promote your team and their goals and ambitions.
Call now to find out more about how you can fundraise
those hard to get dollars, while at the same time
promoting some of the great positive work being done
in the community. It also offers exceptional value for
your supporters and sponsors.
Contact:
Mike Fulham
379 7100
mike@starmedia.kiwi
Public Notices
TERM 1 & 2 2022
Public Notices
• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
Enrolment at the school is governed by an enrolment scheme, details of which are available
from the school office and on the website.
Applications for 10 out-of-zone places are now being invited for new entrants who will
become eligible for enrolment during the period Term 1 & 2 2021 .
To apply for an out-of-zone application please email enrolments@thorrington.ac.nz
The deadline for receipt of applications for out-of-zone places is 3pm Wednesday 28
October 2020.
If a ballot for out-of-zone places is required, it will be held on Thursday 29 October 2020.
Parents will be informed of the outcome of the ballot within three school days of the ballot
being held.
Enrolment at the school is governed by an
enrolment scheme, details of which are available
from the school office and on the website.
Applications for 5 out-of-zone places are now being
invited for new entrants who will become eligible for
enrolment during the period Term 1 & 2 2022.
To apply for an out-of-zone application please
email admin@thorrington.ac.nz
The deadline for receipt of applications for out-ofzone
places is 3.30pm Friday 15 October 2021.
If a ballot for out-of-zone places is required, it will be
held on Monday 18 October 2021.
Parents will be informed of the outcome of the ballot
within three school days of the ballot being held.
Any questions can be directed to the email address
above or phone 03 332 7480.
Vehicles Wanted
CAR REMOVALS
$$CASH PAID$$
CARS, VANS, UTES & 4X4 WANTED
NZ OWNED AND OPERATED FOR 24 YEARS
We use world class vehicle depollution systems
0800 77 80 80
www.pickapart.co.nz
Entertainment
Over the years, Grant Amos has helped thousands
of people overcome their fear of flying.
Enrolments for our next “Flying Without Fear”
Programme are now being taken in your area.
HURRY! ONLY CHRISTCHURCH COURSE FOR THIS YEAR!
REMEMBER, FEAR OF FLYING IS NOT
IRRATIONAL - DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT IS
For further details, contact Sue on 09 483 5547
or 0800 737 225 www.flyok.co.nz
Newspaper Classifieds
“Little adds with BIG IMPACT”
Phone 379 1100
After you’ve read
the classified
section of The
Star - you’ll be
sure to have
discovered
something...
maybe even a
hidden talent?
Thursday September 2 2021 The Star 39
EAT
DRINK
SLEEP
The
RACECOURSE HOTEL
& Motorlodge
To add a listing, contact
Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or
027 458 8590
jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi
www.star.kiwi/whatson
Due to COVID LEVEL 3 restrictions, our Hoofbeats Restaurant,
Carbine Bar, and Sports Bar remain closed.
Keep safe. We look forward to seeing everyone soon.
Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge ● Ph 03 342 7150
118 Racecourse Rd ● Christchurch ● www.racecoursehotel.co.nz
GARDEN RESTAURANT
TAKEAWAY
ENJOY YOUR
GARDEN RESTAURANT
FAVOURITES!
TAKEAWAY
DINNER BUFFET
AVAILABLE 5-8PM
DAILY.
Menu options on our
website and facebook pages.
Pre-order essential
via 03 386 0088 or
QR code
or at
gardenrestaurantbuffet.co.nz
Contactless payment
on credit card via phone
or paywave on pick up.
@GardenRestaurantBuffet
Have you made plans for Father's Day yet?
This Sunday
5th September
Lunch/Dinner
CLICK & COLLECT
CAFÉ
COFFEE
@GBCCHCH
Treat Dad to a feast at
home prepared by us!
Only $109
for a takeaway
buffet for 4 people.
Orders essential
before noon Saturday.
Preorder and pay by
noon Saturday
on 03 386 0088
or email us
gardenr@gardenhotel.co.nz.
Pickup times:
11.30am to 1pm &
5pm - 7.30pm
THE ENTERTAINMENT HUB OF THE NORTH!
DUE TO COVID
LEVEL 3 RESTRICTIONS,
THE CLUB IS CURRENTLY CLOSED.
SEE YOU SOON.
SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO
(COVID LEVELS PERMITTING)
FRIDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER, 8PM
HOUSIE
EVERY THURSDAY
12PM
EYES DOWN 12.30PM
80's
SMASH HITS
PRE-SALE TICKETS $25 | DOOR SALES $30
BISTRO
OPEN FROM 12PM
WEDNESDAY
TO SUNDAY
BAR HOURS
MON 3PM-10PM
TUES & WEDS 11.30AM
THURS 11AM | FRI 11.30AM
SAT & SUN 11AM
Closing times will vary.
113 RAVEN QUAY | PHONE: 03 327 7884
As an essential food manufacturing business
mumma bear is still busy whipping up delicious
healthy afordable mueslis, porridges and granolas
- all contactless courier deliveries.
No one should be without their mumma bear!
www.mummab.co.nz
Free Christchurch delivery for orders $40 and over.
The shop - 2/2 Soleares Ave, Mt Pleasant
is CLOSED until Level 2.
Facebook, instagram or Rose at 027 329 1818
40 The Star Thursday September 2 2021
We’re having a
CLEAR-OUT!
ALL BEDROOM, LOUNGE, DINING, OFFICE, MATTRESSES ON SALE! Ends 20.9.21.
Riley Chaise Sofa – Grey
WAS $
1699
NOW
$
1199
Brix Light /Peyton Grey
7 Piece Dining Set
WAS $
1569
NOW
$
1149
ALL
MATTRESSES
ON SALE
HEAPS of SUPER DEALS!
Ramsey Single/Single
Bunk Bed
WAS $
1299
Charlie Angular Chaise
WAS $
2699
NOW
$
2399
SCAN QR TO SHOP
NOW
$
999
ALL DINING
CHAIRS
ON SALE
Zen PU
$
125
Duke
$
125
Peyton
$
115
Vintage
$
95
Camille
$
75
PARKLANE
ON SALE
5 Drawer Chest
NOW $
799
6 Drawer Lowboy
NOW $
799
Xander Recliner
WAS $
799
NOW
$
599
Get excited!
Your goods are revving to go!
While our store is still
closed, we are resuming
contactless click & collect
and deliveries! Scan QR
for more information.
Scan to find store
250 Moorhouse Ave, Christchurch
0800 TARGET (0800 827438)
targetfurniture.co.nz
Offers and product prices advertised here expire
20/09/21. Sale Excludes Accessories.
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