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Humpty<br />
falls –<br />
to the<br />
auction<br />
hammer<br />
– page 3<br />
Three<br />
Waters<br />
debate<br />
– pages 6, 7 & 9<br />
Residents’ group targets operations near city<br />
Bid to<br />
scuttle<br />
Mauger’s<br />
quarry plan<br />
• By Chris Barclay<br />
A LOBBY group has renewed<br />
an ambitious campaign to<br />
curb the operation of quarries<br />
in their neighbourhood,<br />
including a venture soon to<br />
get under way for would-be<br />
Christchurch mayor Phil<br />
Mauger.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Greater Hornby<br />
Residents’ Association has<br />
written to several Government<br />
ministers imploring them to<br />
place five businesses on hold,<br />
citing long-claimed health<br />
dangers posed by exposure to<br />
dust.<br />
Maugers Mining Ltd’s 12ha<br />
plot on Roberts Rd, Islington,<br />
is among locations targeted by<br />
a plan promoted by the association’s<br />
research and submissions<br />
officer.<br />
Other quarries on Pound<br />
Rd or Roberts Rd are operated<br />
by Fulton Hogan Ltd (at two<br />
sites), Islington Park Ltd and<br />
Ablett Quarry Management<br />
Ltd.<br />
“We want all quarries consents<br />
(issued by the council<br />
and Environment Canterbury)<br />
placed on hold,” said association<br />
research and submissions<br />
officer Ross Houliston.<br />
• Turn to page 4<br />
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NEWS 3<br />
in brief<br />
Going, going, gone – Humpty<br />
falls to auctioneer’s hammer<br />
SOLD: Auctioneer Rob McKellar takes a final bid of $2100 for the fibreglass giraffe, while Humpty fetched $3900 – two of<br />
many statues now on their way to new homes.<br />
PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN <br />
Search for missing<br />
twelve year-old<br />
Police are<br />
searching for<br />
a boy who has<br />
been missing<br />
since Sunday.<br />
TJ, 12, was<br />
reported<br />
missing to<br />
police on<br />
Tuesday,<br />
but was last seen on Sunday<br />
in the Northcote area. He is<br />
described as 150-<strong>16</strong>0cm tall.<br />
Anyone with information as<br />
to his whereabouts is asked<br />
to phone 111 and quote file<br />
210914/5286.<br />
Missing woman<br />
found<br />
A 39-year-old Sockburn<br />
woman who was last seen<br />
about a month ago has been<br />
found. Police appealed for<br />
sightings of Andrea<br />
Hopkinson through its<br />
Facebook page. <strong>The</strong> post<br />
said she was last seen leaving<br />
her home in Sockburn in<br />
mid-August and there were<br />
concerns for her welfare.<br />
But yesterday police said she<br />
had been located.<br />
“Thanks to the public for their<br />
help in finding her,” police<br />
said.<br />
Akaroa Festival<br />
postponed<br />
<strong>The</strong> Akaroa French Festival<br />
has been postponed due to<br />
Covid-19. <strong>The</strong> biennial festival<br />
was scheduled to run from<br />
October 15 to 17, but would<br />
now be postponed to the end of<br />
April next year.<br />
• By Samantha Mythen<br />
MAGICAL fairytale creatures<br />
and animals that adorn the<br />
garden of fantastical Redcliffs<br />
house ‘Brigadoon’<br />
will travel to new homes<br />
after an auction emptied the<br />
property.<br />
Just over 100 chattels,<br />
including a child’s playhouse,<br />
a fibreglass rhinoceros and a<br />
Humpty Dumpty statue, were<br />
auctioned off by McCormack<br />
and McKellar Antique and Fine<br />
Art Auctioneers on Tuesday.<br />
Rob McKellar said all 110<br />
items were sold and the owners<br />
of the “iconic” house and garden<br />
were “extremely happy” with this<br />
result.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>re were strong prices and a<br />
good crowd who were following<br />
Alert Level 2 restrictions with<br />
face masks,” he said.<br />
“It was a well-received auction.<br />
As the house is off Main Rd,<br />
many people drive past it and see<br />
the garden.”<br />
Humpty Dumpty sold for<br />
$3900, while a wooden horse<br />
made from driftwood sold for<br />
$3400.<br />
<strong>The</strong> child’s playhouse sold for<br />
$2600, the rhino for $2800 and<br />
the giraffe for $2100.<br />
McKellar said the auction saw<br />
people bidding via telephone<br />
from Auckland and Tauranga,<br />
although the majority of items<br />
were sold to people from<br />
Christchurch and Akaroa.<br />
<strong>The</strong> age range of buyers was<br />
from 35 to 70, he said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Brigadoon garden has<br />
previously won multiple awards<br />
as part of the Christchurch<br />
Beautifying Association’s<br />
annual competitions.<br />
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4<br />
NEWS<br />
• From page 1<br />
An email to MPs including<br />
Health Minister Andrew Little,<br />
Environment Minister David<br />
Parker and Climate Change Minister<br />
James Shaw, featured videos<br />
of dust swirling on Pound Rd.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> health and well-being of<br />
many residents in the western<br />
districts of our city are being<br />
affected both medically and<br />
mentally by the continuing issue<br />
of quarries often on our back<br />
doorsteps,” Houliston told the<br />
ministers.<br />
“This area is subjected to high<br />
levels of dust which can, and often<br />
does, carry cancerous residual<br />
crystalline silica.”<br />
Houliston told <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> they<br />
had no choice but to contact the<br />
Beehive.<br />
“Council have basically said<br />
they cannot do anything, it<br />
would be up to the Government<br />
to pass legislation,” he said, realistic<br />
about the outcome.<br />
“We’re struggling, we know<br />
we’re belting our heads against a<br />
brick wall but we’re not going to<br />
give up.”<br />
Houliston was frustrated,<br />
claiming of the 106 complaints<br />
made over a five-year period only<br />
about 40 were investigated by<br />
ECan or the council.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y’ll say they cannot identify<br />
where the problem is coming<br />
from because the quarries are all<br />
next to each other. This is what<br />
we go through. It’s like a game to<br />
them I think,” he said.<br />
ECan central zone manager<br />
Johannes Welsch told <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Star</strong> said a dust monitoring<br />
programme carried out in 2017-<br />
18 indicated no serious health<br />
risks.<br />
‘If it’s too windy we won’t<br />
be working. <strong>The</strong> last thing I<br />
want to do is p**s people off.’<br />
– Phil Mauger<br />
Mauger, who launched his<br />
campaign last month for the<br />
city’s mayoralty, understood concerns<br />
but insisted his site would<br />
not be an issue.<br />
“That’s all been aired in the<br />
past, the health concerns, I<br />
thought that had been put to<br />
bed,” he said.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>re’s no way in the world<br />
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Health concerns not considered an issue<br />
I’d be pushing for out and out<br />
quarrying. It’s only extraction,<br />
so there’s little or no dust,” he<br />
said, unfased by the association’s<br />
move.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>re’s little or no dust coming<br />
of it when it’s just being<br />
extracted.”<br />
Mauger purchased the “sliver”<br />
of land about six years ago – before<br />
he became a city councillor –<br />
to extract gravel for use on roads<br />
and concreting, ideally around<br />
Christmas.<br />
“I’ve been quietly chipping<br />
away. I’ve got to finish a few<br />
bunds (stabilising walls) and put<br />
some monitoring wells in just to<br />
make sure the ground water isn’t<br />
being contaminated,” he said.<br />
“If it’s too windy we won’t be<br />
working. <strong>The</strong> last thing I want to<br />
do is p**s people off.”<br />
•Additional reporting Fiona<br />
Ellis<br />
DUST-UP: Greater Hornby Resident’s Association research<br />
and submissions officer Ross Houliston is hoping the<br />
Government can clamp down on quarry operations owned<br />
by Mauger Mining Ltd (left) Fulton Hogan Ltd (right) and<br />
Ablett Quarry Management Ltd (below).<br />
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Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
• By Anna Leask<br />
POLICE HAVE determined that<br />
the death of a mother-of-four<br />
found at her Christchurch home<br />
with severe injuries was not<br />
suspicious.<br />
But it remains “unexplained”<br />
and it is expected to be referred<br />
to the coroner.<br />
Heather Foote, 56, died on<br />
July 28 – two days after she was<br />
found with critical injuries at<br />
her Port Hills Rd home in the<br />
Heathcote Valley area.<br />
A post-mortem examination<br />
was carried out and the investigation<br />
into her death has been<br />
ongoing.<br />
Detective Senior Sergeant<br />
Craig Johnson confirmed the<br />
death was not suspicious.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Operation Port inquiry<br />
is continuing given the unexplained<br />
circumstances of Ms<br />
Foote’s death,” Johnson said.<br />
“However at present there is<br />
no indication that her death is<br />
suspicious, and it is likely the<br />
matter will be referred to the<br />
coroner in due course.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> mother-of-four was farewelled<br />
at a private service.<br />
“Family and close friends<br />
would like to thank the community<br />
of Heathcote in particular,<br />
as well as the wider public for<br />
their humbling support, kindness<br />
and love freely shown<br />
towards Heather and her family,”<br />
a public notice published after<br />
her funeral stated.<br />
“Those that spent the last<br />
hours by Heather’s side would<br />
like to thank the amazing medical<br />
teams at the hospital for their<br />
care of Heather and the compassion<br />
shown, both of which far<br />
exceeded their collective job<br />
descriptions.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> family would also like<br />
to acknowledge and thank the<br />
police for their support and<br />
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Death of mother-of-four unexplained<br />
but not suspicious, police say<br />
TRIBUTE: Flowers outside Heather Foote’s home where she sustained fatal injuries.<br />
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guidance for and to the family<br />
and close friends.”<br />
Foote’s family said in lieu of<br />
messages or flowers, donations<br />
could be made to the Maia<br />
Health Foundation – a healthcare<br />
charity in Christchurch.<br />
A Givealittle page has been set<br />
up to support her family.<br />
“This page has been set up in<br />
response to requests from members<br />
of the community to enable<br />
people to offer their support for<br />
Heather’s family at this tough<br />
time,” it said.<br />
“Heather’s sudden passing has<br />
been a devastating loss to her<br />
children, three of whom lived<br />
with her full time.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>re are many unexpected<br />
financial costs that are adding<br />
additional burden at the<br />
moment. Any support that can<br />
be offered at this time will be<br />
greatly appreciated.<br />
“Funds are no longer needed<br />
for funeral costs but are still<br />
needed for day to day running of<br />
household while getting back on<br />
their feet.” —NZ Herald<br />
NEWS 5<br />
Students<br />
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up 458%<br />
ONLINE LEARNING at<br />
universities has become a<br />
loophole for students to cheat,<br />
with cases skyrocketing from last<br />
year’s lockdown.<br />
Figures released to RNZ under<br />
the Official Information Act show<br />
a 458 per cent increase in cheating<br />
at Lincoln University last year,<br />
nearly five times higher than<br />
before the pandemic.<br />
Lecturers say the issue is far<br />
worse than figures show, as<br />
lockdowns disrupt valuable faceto-face<br />
teaching.<br />
<strong>The</strong> figures show five out of<br />
eight universities had an increase<br />
in cheating last year.<br />
Canterbury University had a<br />
204 per cent increase in academic<br />
misconduct in 2020 compared<br />
to 2019. Victoria University of<br />
Wellington had an 180 per cent<br />
increase and Massey 110 per cent.<br />
In its OIA release, Lincoln<br />
University said: “Prior to 2019,<br />
instances of low-level academic<br />
misconduct were recorded by<br />
departments but not necessarily<br />
notified to the Proctors. <strong>The</strong> sharp<br />
increase in notifications from<br />
2019 reflects the introduction<br />
of new systems of centralised<br />
reporting to the Proctors.”<br />
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City councillors united against Three<br />
• By Chris Barclay<br />
CHRISTCHURCH city<br />
councillors decide in December<br />
if the local authority will opt<br />
in or out of the Three Waters<br />
reform proposed by the<br />
Government.<br />
Broadly, the city council will<br />
be paid $122.4 million to transfer<br />
$6.9 billion worth of waterrelated<br />
assets – and $1.1 billion of<br />
debt – to a new model where the<br />
country’s drinking, wastewater<br />
and stormwater networks are<br />
absorbed into four new entities,<br />
including one in the South Island<br />
which covers 21 local authorities.<br />
<strong>The</strong> council sought feedback<br />
from residents<br />
through a<br />
survey that<br />
attracted 5125<br />
responses.<br />
Phrasing of<br />
the survey<br />
was a talking<br />
point, with no<br />
Phil Mauger<br />
explicit ‘yes’<br />
or ‘no’ or ‘for’<br />
or ‘against’ option surprising<br />
some ratepayers, and councillors.<br />
Phil Mauger started the<br />
conversation last week when<br />
he said the lack of a ‘yes’ or ‘no’<br />
option was an oversight.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> polled other<br />
councillors and Mayor Lianne<br />
Dalziel for their view on the<br />
Government’s vision for the<br />
future of a precious asset and<br />
whether the survey was effective<br />
in terms of accurately gauging<br />
public sentiment. None of the<br />
councillors contacted endorsed<br />
the proposed reforms.<br />
Pauline<br />
Cotter – “I<br />
have an issue<br />
with the<br />
Government<br />
being able<br />
to basically<br />
tear up a<br />
section of the Local Government<br />
Act - section 130 specifically<br />
protects our waters from being<br />
transferred or sold as assets.<br />
<strong>The</strong> entities are going to be<br />
horrendously complex moneyhungry<br />
beasts which will eat up<br />
any efficiencies that might be<br />
made. Local authorities will<br />
not have the right to direct the<br />
entity on investment projects<br />
or pricing. We will have no<br />
voice.”<br />
Was the survey on the mark?<br />
“It was more about garnering<br />
peoples’ feelings about how we<br />
value our water here and how<br />
we want it delivered rather than<br />
address the ‘opt in’ or ‘opt out’<br />
issue. I was a bit disappointed<br />
that we didn’t go there but<br />
OPPOSITION:<br />
City councillors<br />
all have<br />
concerns about<br />
the proposed<br />
water reforms.<br />
this wasn’t meant to be a<br />
consultation, it was meant to be<br />
a soft engagement to alert people<br />
to what’s happening.”<br />
Andrew<br />
Turner<br />
– “I agree<br />
nationally<br />
there’s a<br />
problem to<br />
be solved but<br />
the proposal<br />
in front of us isn’t right for<br />
Christchurch.<br />
“It would see the larger<br />
councils funding the smaller<br />
councils’ infrastructure. <strong>The</strong>re’s<br />
also some question about<br />
the accuracy of the financial<br />
modelling that’s been put in<br />
front of us.”<br />
Was the survey on the mark?<br />
“We’re not in a position for<br />
people to be able to give a ‘yes’ or<br />
‘no’ answer at this stage. <strong>The</strong>re’s a<br />
need for more information to be<br />
out there.”<br />
Jake<br />
McLennan<br />
– “I suspect<br />
they’re trying<br />
to push<br />
through<br />
something<br />
before the<br />
next election, whether those<br />
numbers will be there for water<br />
reform after the election you<br />
don’t know what you don’t<br />
know.<br />
“I can see why the<br />
Government would be keen to<br />
progress it quickly, but you have<br />
to wonder if (fast tracking) is<br />
actually leading to information<br />
that isn’t as precise as what you’d<br />
really need to make a decision as<br />
important as this.”<br />
Was the survey on the mark?<br />
“It couldn’t have hurt to have<br />
included a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ option<br />
but I have some sympathy for<br />
the view it’s early days and we<br />
initially wanted to do more of a<br />
holistic survey.”<br />
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Sam<br />
McDonald –<br />
“What’s scary<br />
is without<br />
consultation<br />
they’re talking<br />
about changing<br />
the Local<br />
Government Act temporarily to<br />
get these changes through. It’s<br />
incredibly undemocratic. I’m also<br />
concerned about the efficiencies<br />
they’ve modelled. You can’t<br />
actually dig down into what lay<br />
behind that.”<br />
Was the survey on the mark?<br />
“We can debate the questions all<br />
we like. I’m more interested in<br />
the section where people can put<br />
their own comments.”<br />
Sara<br />
Templeton –<br />
“<strong>The</strong><br />
Government<br />
leapt to one<br />
solution<br />
without<br />
actually<br />
working with councils on other<br />
options. Central government<br />
has written into legislation that<br />
councils need to always give<br />
options, but they haven’t done<br />
the same. <strong>The</strong>re’s a view from<br />
central government that as long<br />
as they showed people it would<br />
be cheaper if it was centralised<br />
that would be what drove<br />
people’s opinion. That’s clearly<br />
not the case. <strong>The</strong>y want to know<br />
they have control over what<br />
happens and people can be held<br />
accountable.”<br />
Was the survey on the mark?<br />
“<strong>The</strong>re hasn’t been enough<br />
information on from the<br />
Government for people to<br />
make a good ‘opt in’ or ‘opt out’<br />
decision, but it’s really clear the<br />
Government have completely<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Waters reform proposal<br />
misread the sentiment about<br />
water in Christchurch.”<br />
Yani<br />
Johanson –<br />
“Fundamentally<br />
it’s taking away<br />
local control.<br />
For a city like<br />
Christchurch,<br />
how would<br />
you determine where the<br />
priorities are? If it was a bigger<br />
entity across a wider area what<br />
guarantee would you have that<br />
the money from Christchurch<br />
area was put into fixing our<br />
broken infrastructure?”<br />
Was the survey on the mark?<br />
“<strong>The</strong> survey was to get a<br />
general understanding from<br />
the community around the<br />
issues. When we’ve got more<br />
information there will be a<br />
formal process to get specific<br />
feedback on whether we should<br />
‘opt in’ or ‘opt out’.<br />
James<br />
Gough<br />
– “Where<br />
approximately<br />
$7 billion net<br />
worth of assets<br />
is transferred<br />
away from<br />
local ownership for $122.4<br />
million, it’s blatant theft. <strong>The</strong><br />
people of Christchurch are not<br />
in charge of their own destiny on<br />
this and that’s terrifying.”<br />
Was the survey on the mark?<br />
“I’m not going to bag the council<br />
for testing the waters on public<br />
opinion but I don’t think there’s<br />
any value in beating about the<br />
bush. People are pretty clued up<br />
about it at this point and I think<br />
there would be a lot of value in<br />
getting a direct ‘yes’ or ‘no’.<br />
• Turn to page 9<br />
NEWS 7<br />
Waimakariri<br />
residents<br />
say ‘no’<br />
WHILE THE city council is<br />
not ready to ask residents if<br />
they should support or reject<br />
controversial Government-driven<br />
water reforms, a neighbouring<br />
local authority had no qualms<br />
about stating the obvious.<br />
Given three options to gauge<br />
Waimakariri District Council<br />
ratepayers views on the reorganisation<br />
of drinking, stormwater<br />
and wastewater networks nationally,<br />
95 per cent of respondents<br />
ticked opt-out before selecting<br />
reasons. <strong>The</strong> other options were<br />
opt-in and undecided<br />
<strong>The</strong> council collated more than<br />
3800 submissions over a threeweek<br />
period.<br />
Meanwhile, the Selwyn District<br />
Council may soon be surveying<br />
its ratepayers on the issue.<br />
Mayor Sam Broughton said<br />
so far the district council was<br />
unconvinced the reforms would<br />
be good for the district.<br />
A survey could form part of<br />
in-depth consultation the district<br />
council was planning for November,<br />
which would be similar<br />
to major consultation exercises it<br />
undertook with its annual plan.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>re will be a lot of<br />
information (for residents) in the<br />
first instance,” Broughton said.<br />
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– “This is<br />
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history and<br />
everyone seems to be asleep at<br />
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Water will become a bill like<br />
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Was the survey on the mark?<br />
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drinking water?’ That’s like saying<br />
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ridiculous question to ask. No<br />
one is going to disagree and the<br />
government can say: ‘Look, we’ve<br />
got major support right across the<br />
whole country for this. We’ve done<br />
surveys and the overwhelming<br />
feedback was positive’.<br />
Tim<br />
Scandrett<br />
– “<strong>The</strong>re’s<br />
no question<br />
things have to<br />
change so why<br />
don’t we put<br />
1.5 per cent on<br />
GST and use<br />
that? <strong>The</strong>re’s already a system to<br />
collect it, it goes to the Treasury,<br />
they can give it to the water<br />
authority and then we go from<br />
there. <strong>The</strong> other issue is the layer<br />
cake of bureaucracy. It’ll be like a<br />
trough, let’s be honest.”<br />
Was the survey on the mark?<br />
“Asking everybody if New<br />
Zealand should be able to have<br />
clean drinking water? That’s the<br />
same line from the Government.<br />
I do think having a ‘yes’ or ‘no’<br />
at the end of it would have been<br />
really helpful.”<br />
Anne<br />
Galloway<br />
– “A lot of<br />
people, me<br />
included, feel<br />
very rushed.<br />
It’s such a huge<br />
thing we’re<br />
being asked to<br />
consider. <strong>The</strong>re’s a lot of ifs, buts<br />
and maybes that haven’t really<br />
been answered.”<br />
Was the survey on the mark?<br />
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“It wasn’t a decision-making<br />
survey, it was more about getting<br />
feedback from the community.<br />
Once we’ve got our response<br />
sorted out, that’s the point<br />
where we should take it to our<br />
community and ask: ‘What do<br />
you think?’<br />
Mike<br />
Davidson<br />
– <strong>The</strong> council<br />
has invested<br />
millions<br />
of dollars<br />
into water<br />
infrastructure<br />
and we’re headed in the right<br />
direction. We’re not perfect, but<br />
we’re pretty bloody good at what<br />
we’re doing.”<br />
Was the survey on the mark?<br />
“It’s a start. We’ll have formal<br />
consultation when we have all<br />
the information. I’ve had a few<br />
emails concerned about the<br />
survey. I think that’s because they<br />
were expecting it to be the only<br />
engagement. <strong>The</strong>y’re happy once<br />
they realise this is just the start of<br />
the conversation.”<br />
Catherine<br />
Chu –<br />
“<strong>The</strong> last<br />
we want is<br />
this to be an<br />
asset grab by<br />
stealth and<br />
democracy<br />
to be completely thrown out the<br />
window, I’ve had more calls,<br />
emails and texts about this than<br />
I have on any other issue. I’ve not<br />
had one positive response about<br />
this reform.”<br />
Was the survey on the mark?<br />
“In hindsight asking whether<br />
to opt or out would have been a<br />
good poll to have, but the more<br />
important question was ‘what<br />
are the major concerns and<br />
Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
NEWS 9<br />
‘Number of issues to be worked through’ – mayor<br />
what do they want to see in the<br />
reforms?’<br />
Jimmy<br />
Chen –<br />
“We’re proud<br />
of our water,<br />
these assets<br />
should be<br />
owned by<br />
the people of<br />
Christchurch.<br />
We need a clearer picture, more<br />
information. How much does<br />
each household have to pay?”<br />
Was the survey on the mark?<br />
“This survey wasn’t formal<br />
consultation, we need more<br />
information and this will happen.’’<br />
Mayor<br />
Lianne<br />
Dalziel –<br />
“<strong>The</strong>re are a<br />
huge number of<br />
issues that still<br />
need to worked<br />
through.<br />
<strong>The</strong> council will sign off on its<br />
feedback to the Government on<br />
<strong>September</strong> 27. That’s when we’ll<br />
indicate a position on the reform<br />
based on all the information<br />
provided to us.”<br />
Was the survey on the mark?<br />
“We’re weren’t in a position to<br />
say ‘opt in’ or ‘opt out’ but we are<br />
committed to consulting with<br />
our community on that decision<br />
when the times comes.”<br />
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10<br />
NEWS<br />
THE LATEST lockdown has<br />
done little to dampen confidence<br />
in the housing market in<br />
Canterbury.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Real Estate Institute says<br />
median house prices in Canterbury<br />
set a new record of $619,000<br />
in August, up 24.3 per cent from<br />
$498,000 in August 2020.<br />
Christchurch City ($650,000,<br />
up from $495,000), Selwyn<br />
District ($735,000, up from<br />
$585,000), and Waimakariri<br />
District ($645,000, up from<br />
$515,000) all reached record<br />
median prices.<br />
“Canterbury<br />
is experiencing<br />
a low level of<br />
stock down 49.6<br />
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<strong>The</strong>se low<br />
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have meant that<br />
competition<br />
has remained high for available<br />
properties, and these are selling<br />
quick,” said REINZ chief executive<br />
Jen Baird.<br />
“Canterbury saw the lowest<br />
median days to sell a property<br />
for an August month since 2013,<br />
at just 28 days. Before the level 4<br />
lockdown, listings were starting<br />
to increase heading into spring,<br />
but the lockdown slowed things<br />
down and as a result, new listings<br />
are down 35.5 per cent when<br />
compared to August last year.<br />
“Auctions have continued<br />
online throughout the lockdown<br />
and August saw Canterbury<br />
sell 28 per cent of properties by<br />
auction up from 13.8 per cent<br />
the year prior. Canterbury saw a<br />
new record on the REINZ House<br />
Price Index of 3492 up 31.2 per<br />
cent annually.<br />
“People are remaining optimistic<br />
that if alert levels continue<br />
to ease, activity should increase<br />
and recover from the lockdown<br />
promptly. <strong>The</strong> impacts of the<br />
lockdown are expected to be felt<br />
throughout the coming weeks,<br />
easing as more properties come<br />
to the market.”<br />
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Median house price hits new high in August<br />
Jen Baird<br />
UPWARD: House prices continued to climb during the latest lockdown.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
<strong>The</strong> Real Estate Institute’s<br />
house price index, which<br />
measures the changing value of<br />
property in the market, rose 31.1<br />
per cent nationally in the year<br />
ended August to 4012.<br />
<strong>The</strong> national median house<br />
price rose a seasonally adjusted<br />
25.5 per cent in the past<br />
12 months to $850,000. <strong>The</strong><br />
national median price excluding<br />
Auckland was $700,000, a 22.8<br />
per cent increase on a year ago.<br />
“This latest lockdown has not<br />
dampened demand for, or confidence<br />
in, the housing market as<br />
we saw in early 2020,” Baird said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> number of properties sold<br />
in August fell by 26.5 percent<br />
when compared to the same time<br />
last year, reflecting the effect of<br />
the reintroduction of lockdown<br />
restrictions.<br />
At the same time the number<br />
of properties available for sale<br />
fell by close to a third in the past<br />
12 months to 12,259, the lowest<br />
level of inventory ever recorded.<br />
“We have heard from across<br />
the industry that prices achieved<br />
on sales completed in the early<br />
part of this lockdown continue<br />
to illustrate an ongoing excess of<br />
demand over supply; prices are<br />
still rising,” Baird said.<br />
However, Baird expected more<br />
properties would soon come to<br />
market.<br />
“It is this time of year that<br />
people start to prepare their<br />
property for the usual increase in<br />
spring sales activity, and it is expected<br />
that this will be stronger<br />
this year as listing is delayed as a<br />
result of lockdown.<br />
“We understand that vendors<br />
have been preparing their properties<br />
for market, to list once<br />
we reach a lower alert level – we<br />
expect to see the result of this in<br />
our <strong>September</strong> data,” Baird said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> median number of days to<br />
sell a property fell three days to<br />
30 days. August saw 26 per cent<br />
of all properties sold via auction,<br />
the highest percentage ever<br />
recorded.<br />
“Conducting an auction is a<br />
great way to understand the value<br />
of a property in a fast-moving<br />
market, and even with August<br />
being in alert level 4 lockdown<br />
for half the month, auctions still<br />
made up more than a quarter of<br />
all sales,” Baird said.<br />
Properties prices hit new<br />
median highs in four of out <strong>16</strong><br />
regions, including Auckland,<br />
Waikato, Manawatu-Wanganui<br />
and Canterbury.<br />
<strong>The</strong> median house price<br />
in Auckland is $1.2 million<br />
compared with $949,500 in<br />
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NEWS<br />
• By Anna Leask<br />
A PHOTOGRAPH of<br />
Christchurch partygoers dressed<br />
as concentration camp victims<br />
surrounding Adolf Hitler and<br />
making Nazi gestures has<br />
gone viral and been labelled<br />
“absolutely appalling”.<br />
A woman whose family<br />
members were murdered in<br />
the Holocaust said their choice<br />
of costume showed ignorance<br />
and a cruel lack of empathy and<br />
education.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> photo was posted to social<br />
media site Instagram at the<br />
weekend.<br />
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Adolf Hitler in a suit with his<br />
infamous Nazi arm band and<br />
moustache. Five people wearing<br />
striped suits surround her with<br />
their arms raised in a pose historically<br />
used by Nazi supporters<br />
and white supremacists.<br />
<strong>The</strong> caption on the photo,<br />
which has since been removed<br />
from Instagram, states: “I do<br />
what I f**ken want b*tch”.<br />
Holocaust Centre of New Zealand<br />
chair Deborah Hart said the<br />
photo was “absolutely appalling”.<br />
“I was absolutely appalled at<br />
the lack of empathy coupled with<br />
a seemingly complete ignorance<br />
of quite recent history,” she told<br />
the Herald.<br />
Hart’s mother Inge Woolf<br />
was a child Holocaust survivor<br />
and after she<br />
had arrived in<br />
New Zealand<br />
as a refugee, cofounded<br />
the centre<br />
with a view<br />
to bear witness<br />
to the Holocaust,<br />
to remember, to<br />
educate and to<br />
act.<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Holocaust dress-up ‘absolutely appalling’<br />
IGNORANT: A photo of party-goers who apparently dressed up as Hilter and<br />
concentration camp victims has been labelled ‘appalling’.<br />
PHOTO: NZ HERALD<br />
Deborah<br />
Hart<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y seem to be young people<br />
joking about genocide – what<br />
we’re talking about is the extermination<br />
of six million Jews,”<br />
Hart said. “<strong>The</strong> extermination<br />
of 1.5 million children . . . each<br />
one was a person, a person with<br />
a family.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>re are many people like<br />
myself who had family members<br />
murdered in the Holocaust and<br />
for those of us in that position<br />
to see young people like this just<br />
think it is a joke is really, really<br />
appalling.”<br />
Hart said a survey of people<br />
in New Zealand in 2019 showed<br />
that many did not have a clue<br />
about the facts of the Holocaust.<br />
<strong>The</strong> statistics for young people<br />
were even worse.<br />
“I would say to anyone of these<br />
young people in that photo who<br />
chose to dress up as Holocaust<br />
victims and to the woman who<br />
dressed up as Hitler – reach out<br />
to us,” Hart said.<br />
“We’re not about to out you,<br />
but come and visit us – we really<br />
need to talk about this and what<br />
What was the Holocaust?<br />
<strong>The</strong> Holocaust refers to the<br />
genocide of six million Jews<br />
carried out by Nazi Germany<br />
and its allies between 1933 and<br />
1945.<br />
<strong>The</strong> term encompasses<br />
an escalation from<br />
disenfranchisement to<br />
discrimination, persecution<br />
and finally extermination.<br />
This reached its deadliest<br />
point in the Nazis’ ‘Final<br />
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as Chełmno, Bełżec, Sobibor,<br />
Treblinka, Majdanek, and<br />
Auschwitz-Birkenau.<br />
you were joking about.”<br />
Hart said anti semitism –<br />
hostility to, prejudice towards,<br />
or discrimination against Jewish<br />
people – was increasing around<br />
the world and sadly in New<br />
Zealand. She said it was crucial<br />
to fight those attitudes.<br />
Hart said after the 2019 terror<br />
attack where 51 Muslims were<br />
shot and killed and a further 40<br />
wounded by a lone gunman, she<br />
was surprised people in the city<br />
would find the Holocaust funny.<br />
“It’s sad that it’s happened in<br />
New Zealand but especially in<br />
Christchurch – that city has had<br />
enough awful things happen and<br />
it’s not something to be joking<br />
about.”<br />
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NEWS<br />
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Photographer captures rare red sprite<br />
• By Devon Bolger<br />
A CHRISTCHURCH<br />
photographer may be just the<br />
third person in the country to<br />
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Ethan<br />
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“I thought I would have to<br />
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never thought I’d be able to see<br />
them from home.”<br />
But Takerei lucked it when the<br />
PHENOMENON: Ethan Takerei is just the third New Zealander to capture the rare red sprite.<br />
Brendan Gully (top right) was the second.<br />
PHOTO: ETHAN TAKEREI/NZ HERALD<br />
phenomenon happened right<br />
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“I continued to film the storm<br />
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He has been a hobby photographer<br />
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“I could not believe it, I had to<br />
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NEWS 17<br />
From grief to hope: Resilience helps<br />
couple prepare for Coast to Coast<br />
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than a decade.<br />
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After hearing about a fellow<br />
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18<br />
OPINION<br />
Future outbreaks: Will the vaccinated still be<br />
New<br />
Zealand<br />
Herald<br />
political<br />
editor Claire<br />
Trevett looks<br />
at what<br />
a future lockdown<br />
might look like for the<br />
vaccinated<br />
ONE OF the most peculiar<br />
questions the PM and Ashley<br />
Bloomfield have faced was<br />
whether sexual relations while<br />
visiting someone in hospital<br />
was deemed a high-risk activity<br />
during a lockdown.<br />
Bloomfield made an attempt<br />
to answer the question while<br />
the PM let her face do the talking<br />
before venturing that even<br />
without Covid-19, sex during<br />
visiting hours might not be the<br />
done thing.<br />
Is it perhaps one of the rules<br />
that does not need to be spelled<br />
out at a time when there are a lot<br />
of rules and a high risk of inadvertently<br />
breaking them.<br />
When it comes to other lockdown<br />
rules, the further down<br />
the alert levels we get the more<br />
confusion tends to reign.<br />
Level 2 is far preferable to level<br />
four, but this time there was not<br />
the same euphoria that went<br />
with moving to level 2 in 2020.<br />
<strong>The</strong> tighter rules – especially<br />
the new cap of 50 punters at an<br />
indoor venue – have made it particularly<br />
hard for businesses, and<br />
there is talk of potentially needing<br />
to stay at level 2 for months.<br />
It won’t feel like it, but it may<br />
be to Auckland’s benefit that the<br />
rest of the country has gone first<br />
to test-drive what impact the<br />
new rules will have on the ability<br />
of businesses to keep operating.<br />
<strong>The</strong> last-minute scramble<br />
highlighted again that the Delta<br />
outbreak seemed to have caught<br />
the Government out. Asked<br />
about it this week, Grant Robertson<br />
chose to depict it as being<br />
adaptable – and changing the<br />
rules on the basis of last-minute<br />
health advice.<br />
“Adaptable” is another word<br />
for on the hop.<br />
In that regard, it should be<br />
hoped that planning to handle<br />
future outbreaks is done ahead of<br />
time – and signalled in advance.<br />
In particular, a clear picture of<br />
what would be involved in postvaccination<br />
outbreaks is needed.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Government is understood<br />
to have begun work on developing<br />
an entirely new alert levels<br />
system for post-vaccination<br />
outbreaks.<br />
That is reassuring.<br />
<strong>The</strong> big question confronting<br />
it in that work is what difference<br />
a vaccination would make in<br />
everyday life, rather than just for<br />
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AWKWARD: <strong>The</strong> PM let her face do the talking when asked if having sex with someone in<br />
hospital was deemed high-risk during lockdown.<br />
PHOTO: NZ HERALD<br />
international travel.<br />
That is particularly important<br />
given repeated warnings that<br />
future outbreaks could still result<br />
in lockdowns, even with relatively<br />
high vaccination numbers.<br />
Those warnings are borne<br />
from the impact that Delta is<br />
having on countries overseas<br />
with high vaccination rates.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is also the reality that a<br />
significant portion of the population<br />
here will not be able to be<br />
vaccinated – not least younger<br />
children, for whom there is as yet<br />
no approved vaccination.<br />
<strong>The</strong> promise so far has been that<br />
higher vaccination rates would<br />
mean lockdowns would not have<br />
to be as strict or as broad.<br />
Given that, the Government<br />
needs to assess what impact<br />
vaccinations will have in determining<br />
those future restrictions.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re would be a higher risk of<br />
non-compliance with restrictions<br />
by vaccinated people.<br />
<strong>The</strong> trouble it will face will be<br />
vaccinated people wondering<br />
why they cannot do more things<br />
than unvaccinated people in the<br />
event of an outbreak.<br />
<strong>The</strong> answer to that is because<br />
vaccinated people can still catch<br />
and transmit Covid.<br />
In an interview with the<br />
NZ Herald earlier this year,<br />
Ardern ruled out a system that<br />
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She was asked after countries<br />
in Europe with vaccination rates<br />
over 60 to 70 per cent started to<br />
re-open restaurants and public<br />
venues – but only to vaccinated<br />
people.<br />
Last week, Australia’s PM Scott<br />
Morrison also voiced support<br />
for a vaccination pass to offer<br />
the vaccinated more freedoms in<br />
everyday life.<br />
Rather than stopping everybody<br />
going to places where they<br />
might spread Covid, the aim is<br />
to stop the unvaccinated from<br />
going to places where they might<br />
catch it.<br />
Any such decision is best coming<br />
from the Government, rather<br />
than leaving it to businesses<br />
themselves to impose “vaccinated<br />
customer only” rules. That is not<br />
fair on them.<br />
Ardern would still be reluctant<br />
– not least because a significant<br />
portion of the unvaccinated will<br />
be young children who cannot<br />
yet get vaccinated.<br />
It would also exclude others,<br />
who could not get vaccinated for<br />
legitimate reasons, from many<br />
elements of ordinary life. And<br />
there are civil liberties issues for<br />
those who choose not to be vaccinated.<br />
It would more likely to be used<br />
as an outbreak measure rather<br />
than a permanent measure.<br />
Ardern would need to be convinced<br />
it would work.<br />
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locked down and will we need passports?<br />
But there was also a time she<br />
would never have envisaged locking<br />
the entire country up in their<br />
homes for weeks on end.<br />
Covid-19 has made a pragmatist<br />
out of Ardern.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are already signs she is<br />
budging: Grant Robertson confirmed<br />
yesterday such a vaccines<br />
pass was under consideration –<br />
PHOTO: NZ HERALD<br />
albeit only in its early stages.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n there would be the issue<br />
of enforcing it.<br />
However, if the alternative to<br />
a system that excludes some is<br />
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a hard lockdown on everybody,<br />
Ardern may find the pressure is<br />
too much to push back on.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Government will also be<br />
aware of the impact of lockdowns<br />
on its own pocket.<br />
Ardern and Robertson have<br />
frequently used the phrase that<br />
the best health response is also<br />
the best economic response.<br />
But that has also required the<br />
Government to drawn down<br />
billions in debt, and to fork out<br />
billions in wage subsidies and<br />
business support to ensure there<br />
is an economy.<br />
It worked, but as Robertson<br />
said yesterday, the Government<br />
cannot continue to subsidise the<br />
wage bills of business forever.<br />
<strong>The</strong> best health response has<br />
also proved to be the best political<br />
response – at least so far.<br />
But in the long term, that<br />
health response was supposed<br />
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lockdowns.<br />
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20<br />
LETTERS<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Readers respond to last week’s article on the proposed Three Waters reform and whether the<br />
city council residents’ survey should have had a yes or no question on the plan<br />
I am writing to express my<br />
strong opposition to the<br />
proposed Three Waters scheme.<br />
This proposal represents a<br />
terrible attack on our democratic<br />
process.<br />
This looks like an attempt<br />
to rush through the transfer<br />
of control of our $6.8 billion<br />
asset to an unelected body of<br />
Wellington bureaucrats who<br />
would not be accountable to us.<br />
I expect that the cost of our<br />
water would be increased every<br />
year and we would not be able to<br />
replace ineffective management,<br />
unlike what we enjoy now<br />
with the democratic process<br />
of electing city councillors. –<br />
Victoria Sinclair<br />
I am disappointed with<br />
the lack of basic information<br />
in the council survey and as<br />
noted no clear indication in<br />
favour or not, with a simple yes<br />
or no, which would be more<br />
balanced, as a survey rather<br />
than being loaded with nebulous<br />
irrelevances.<br />
It is obvious to many, that this<br />
is one of ‘Cindy’s’ ploys under<br />
her He Puapua 50/50 initiatives<br />
to gift these water resources to<br />
Maori.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se resources have in<br />
reality been paid for by many<br />
generations of ratepayers. – A<br />
White<br />
I strongly oppose this asset<br />
grab on the grounds as a<br />
pensioner and the associated rate<br />
rise that will come.<br />
On a fixed income and<br />
continual rates, insurance,<br />
energy, food, transport cost<br />
increases, where is this money<br />
going to come from? <strong>The</strong> politics<br />
and racial discrimination on<br />
this topic are another matter<br />
altogether. – Peter Clark<br />
Even if the city council of the<br />
Three Waters and Waste requires<br />
more information before the<br />
yes/no option is included in<br />
the community survey, the<br />
constituents don’t.<br />
It is obvious what Minister<br />
Mahuta wants, especially so<br />
when she consistently refused<br />
to answer on Q&A, whether she<br />
would compulsorily take control<br />
of her Three Waters scheme,<br />
whether the constituents and the<br />
councils voted for her scheme or<br />
not.<br />
This means she is going to<br />
get her own way come what may.<br />
Fresh water is not owned by<br />
anyone, or possibly owned by<br />
all of us, not just a select few but<br />
that is not what the minister<br />
wants.<br />
So we need plain yes or no,<br />
and if the vote is no, and the<br />
city council votes no, Minister<br />
Mahuta is likely to invoke<br />
compulsory control and then<br />
give ultimate control to a nonelected<br />
organisation.<br />
Time will tell. – R Williams<br />
Please please don’t sell our<br />
local water assets to the state.<br />
We must keep control of our<br />
own affairs.<br />
If the state tries to run this<br />
it will fail or become such an<br />
expensive bureaucracy.<br />
It will also take more time for<br />
the council having to deal with<br />
another middle layer and iwi.<br />
I just can’t see any benefit. –<br />
Alan Roberts<br />
As a ratepayer I do not support<br />
the value proposition the<br />
Government is making for the<br />
three waters reform.<br />
Essentially they are proposing<br />
that they will purchase assets<br />
that have been paid for over<br />
generations by ratepayers for a<br />
fraction of their value.<br />
<strong>The</strong> water supply for<br />
Christchurch is pristine<br />
and unmatched and the city<br />
council should do everything<br />
in it’s power to maintain<br />
ownership and control of<br />
this asset for the benefit of<br />
the ratepayers and people of<br />
Christchurch.<br />
Central government has<br />
already demonstrated that<br />
they prefer a one-size fits all<br />
way of making decisions in<br />
relation to water (chlorine)<br />
which may have benefits in low<br />
quality rural water schemes<br />
but is entirely unnecessary for<br />
Christchurch.<br />
Central government has<br />
also consistently shown that<br />
consultation is a not process by<br />
which they listen to feedback. –<br />
Alan Geraghty<br />
Clearly the city council survey<br />
should have had a simple yes<br />
or no option/response to the<br />
planned water changes. My vote<br />
is for a very big no.<br />
Why would we possibly<br />
consider handing over $6.9<br />
billion of water-based assets<br />
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board of one entity for 21 local<br />
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This proposal is just so wrong.<br />
– Eric Dally<br />
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<strong>The</strong> article in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> focused<br />
on whether there should have<br />
been a yes or no option in the city<br />
council survey.<br />
I think the biggest thing<br />
missing is why yes or no.<br />
My concern is that being part<br />
of a larger conglomerate will be<br />
the lack of control.<br />
We have beautiful clean<br />
water here that does not<br />
need chlorine, yet they will<br />
end up treating everywhere<br />
the same – which will mean<br />
permanent chlorination for<br />
Christchurch.<br />
We are having enough trouble<br />
getting rid of it even now – being<br />
one part of a larger organisation<br />
will mean no chance.<br />
We must stop these reforms. –<br />
Lindsay Sandford<br />
Expressing opinion<br />
I wish to thank <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> for<br />
publishing the readers’ letters on<br />
<strong>September</strong> 9.<br />
Mainstream media in New<br />
Zealand currently, don’t seem<br />
to be willing to discuss sensitive<br />
or controversial topics, so it is<br />
reassuring to me, that the views<br />
expressed in the letters, were<br />
published.<br />
I do agree with the thoughts<br />
of the your readers, particularly<br />
those of J. Stone.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ads he refers to as ‘childish<br />
and simplistic’, I think, are also<br />
deceitful and seemed to have<br />
a racial content, which I don’t<br />
think is acceptable.<br />
<strong>The</strong> control of all our water<br />
requirements should remain<br />
with the democratically elected<br />
councils and not divided up into<br />
tribal boundaries, and overseen<br />
by outside organisations. – Tom<br />
Delamore<br />
Lawnmower man<br />
attack<br />
‘’We’re underage, we can do<br />
whatever we (expletive) like.’’<br />
This is a quote from a teen<br />
offender on the front page of last<br />
week’s <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong>.<br />
This is the attitude that has<br />
slowly but steadily grown<br />
over decades. An attitude<br />
that undermines the values,<br />
culture and traditions of New<br />
Zealanders.<br />
No longer do children respect<br />
elders or their own parents<br />
when they have been told that<br />
their rights supersede parental<br />
guidance/wishes and discipline<br />
has become a bad word.<br />
Children can now choose<br />
health procedures without<br />
parental consent or knowledge.<br />
Our governments over<br />
the years have taken away<br />
parental rights but not parental<br />
responsibility to care for our<br />
children.<br />
We cannot then be surprised<br />
by young offenders believing they<br />
are entitled to do as they please<br />
as youth culture emphasises they<br />
know best, and for example, are<br />
the only ones that know how to<br />
save the planet.<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Not all young people are<br />
foolish and not all old people<br />
are wise, but generations need to<br />
grow together if we are to create a<br />
better future. – D Downward<br />
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Out and about today, traffic<br />
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see so many solo drivers wearing<br />
masks.<br />
I feel a little like Rip Van<br />
Winkle when he awoke to a<br />
strangely changed world.<br />
I fail to understand why this<br />
whole country has been brought<br />
to a standstill once more – with<br />
healthy people withheld from<br />
normal activities – for a virus<br />
that has claimed 27 lives in<br />
18 months, and most of those<br />
elderly and in doubtful health.<br />
Thus far we have had<br />
nearly 4000 cases but the real<br />
statistics are 27 deaths and 40+<br />
hospitalisations, and these figures<br />
pale beside the annual flu fatality<br />
rate in New Zealand.<br />
Added to the totally out-ofproportion<br />
picture, we as a<br />
nation have spent $90 billion<br />
maintaining the consequences<br />
of this Covid contagion.<br />
Outrageous. – Chris Watkins<br />
Racism<br />
I consider this Government<br />
to be racist. To treat a person<br />
differently because of their race is<br />
racism. Just one example of this<br />
is the new Maori Health Board.<br />
We should not favour or treat<br />
people differently because of their<br />
ethnicity.<br />
Desist from using the ethnic<br />
labels of Maori, European,<br />
Chinese, Indian etc. We are all<br />
immigrants to this country.<br />
Judge people by their qualities<br />
and actions. – Madge Baker<br />
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22<br />
OPINION<br />
Health rather than wealth<br />
the basis of prosperity<br />
PHOTO: NZ POLICE<br />
• From page 21<br />
Countdown attack<br />
<strong>The</strong> first point is that this<br />
should never have happened.<br />
What was this goon doing<br />
traipsing around our country<br />
with his known background.<br />
He should never have been<br />
allowed in in the first place.<br />
<strong>The</strong> cost of keeping a close<br />
watch on him over an extended<br />
period of time him falls<br />
ultimately to the taxpayer.<br />
<strong>The</strong> second point is that the<br />
laws passed in 2002 to deal with<br />
acts of terrorism were always far<br />
to loose.<br />
<strong>The</strong> courts should therefore not<br />
be blamed for setting this man<br />
free to carry out his attack.<br />
<strong>The</strong> courts are not there to<br />
make new statute law but only to<br />
interpret what Parliament passes.<br />
<strong>The</strong> politicians and members of<br />
the select committee responsible<br />
for passing this loose law<br />
and allowing attacks like the<br />
Auckland example have blood on<br />
their hands over this.<br />
<strong>The</strong> plain fact is that there<br />
are far too many theories being<br />
floated by assorted academics<br />
and loudmouths, usually with<br />
no practical experience to speak<br />
of to back their theories, and not<br />
nearly enough common sense.<br />
What we are left with is a sad<br />
knee-jerk reaction society.<br />
This will happen again so long<br />
as we here in New Zealand are<br />
recognised as a soft touch for this<br />
type of predator to pedal their<br />
extreme politics in such a tragic<br />
manner.<br />
<strong>The</strong> current terrorism law<br />
clearly illustrates what a soft<br />
touch we are.<br />
Finally, the public owe a vote<br />
of thanks to the frontline police<br />
for bringing this whole episode<br />
to a close so quickly without<br />
any further injury. – Neville<br />
Higgison, retired Canterbury<br />
police armed offenders squad<br />
member.<br />
I HAVE received an invitation<br />
to an online workshop at<br />
7pm-9pm on Monday next<br />
week. I have decided to write<br />
about it because it should be<br />
incredibly interesting, and<br />
there is a chance for others to<br />
watch: http://wiseresponse.org.<br />
nz/. <strong>The</strong> question that is being<br />
workshopped is: Are there<br />
biophysical limits to growth?<br />
It is being hosted by<br />
Victoria University’s School<br />
of Government and Wise<br />
Response, which is a broad<br />
coalition of academics,<br />
engineers, lawyers, artists,<br />
sportspeople and others, who<br />
are calling on New Zealand’s<br />
Parliament to comprehensively<br />
assess imminent risks to New<br />
Zealand and to draw up plans to<br />
deal with them.<br />
As demand for growth<br />
exceeds earth’s physical limits,<br />
causing unprecedented risks,<br />
what knowledge and changes<br />
do we need to secure New<br />
Zealand’s future well-being?<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is an amazing line-up<br />
of international speakers,<br />
including Tim Jackson,<br />
Professor of Sustainable<br />
Development (University of<br />
Surrey), who is a well-known<br />
ecological economist and writer<br />
Mayor<br />
Lianne Dalziel<br />
(Prosperity without Growth; Post<br />
Growth – life after capitalism).<br />
In his introductory notes,<br />
Jackson says that the most<br />
profound lesson from the<br />
global pandemic was that it<br />
is health rather than wealth<br />
which constitutes the basis<br />
of prosperity. Without health<br />
the relentless accumulation<br />
of wealth and status is<br />
meaningless. He gives<br />
the example of diseases of<br />
overconsumption now killing<br />
more people worldwide than<br />
undernutrition.<br />
Jackson is advocating a ‘postgrowth’<br />
economics that replaces<br />
the relentless pursuit of GDP<br />
with a broader conception of<br />
social and planetary well-being<br />
and builds the foundations<br />
for an economy of care for<br />
people and planet. Enterprise as<br />
service, work as participation,<br />
investment as commitment, and<br />
money as a social good – these<br />
four principles provide solid<br />
foundations for the economy of<br />
tomorrow.<br />
Well worth tuning in for<br />
this.
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24 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
Hurunui Garden Festival<br />
Thursday 28 th<br />
to Sunday 31 st<br />
October <strong>2021</strong><br />
A bounty of gardens to admire and inspire, will<br />
be on show in the Hurunui district this Spring.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hurunui Garden Festival (HGF) has 22 gardens, in six<br />
clusters, on offer, and runs from Thursday, October 28 to<br />
Sunday, October 31 from 9am to 5pm each day.<br />
Some favourite gardens return, along with seven new<br />
ones. <strong>The</strong>re will be maps of each garden to download and<br />
print from the HGF website.<br />
This year for the first time, there is the opportunity to walk<br />
inside some of Hurunui’s outstanding historic homesteads.<br />
Also on offer is a showcase of local artists, their<br />
place of work and beautiful exhibits for sale.<br />
Lynda Hallinan, a gardener, author, broadcaster, journalist,<br />
part-time farmer, parent and plantaholic, will join the<br />
festival for two chats — one during an afternoon tea and<br />
the other will be a dinner talk.<br />
For half her life, the former editor of New Zealand<br />
Gardener magazine has been digging up ideas and<br />
inspiration for growing food and flowers in Kiwi gardens.<br />
She lives with her family in the foothills of the Hunua<br />
Ranges, south-east of Auckland, and is currently splitting<br />
her time between her large country garden and a small<br />
colonial cottage renovation project.<br />
She is also launching a new book, <strong>The</strong> Joy of Gardening,<br />
this year.<br />
Julia Atkinson-Dunn, from the home and garden website<br />
Studiohome.co.nz and author of the beginner’s gardening<br />
book, Petal Power, will speak at three gardens on different<br />
days.<br />
With a background in writing, design and art, Julia<br />
fell firmly in love with gardening while transforming<br />
her small Christchurch patch just 4 1/2 years ago.<br />
<strong>The</strong> festival was launched in 2018 by a group of keen local<br />
garden owners to help the Hurunui district recover from<br />
the impact of the devastating earthquake of November<br />
20<strong>16</strong>.<br />
It has become a popular event, with many visitors making<br />
it a long weekend so they can enjoy as many gardens as<br />
possible, along with the many attractions the district has<br />
on offer.<br />
Hurunui Garden Festival Incorporated (HGF), is committed<br />
to investing back in its community.<br />
If it makes a reasonable profit, it will give one graduating<br />
secondary school student, whose home is in the Hurunui<br />
district, a scholarship to the value of $2000 towards study<br />
in horticulture, agriculture, landscape design or a related<br />
field, at their choice of university or institute of technology.<br />
<strong>The</strong> scholarship is on offer now, and is only made when<br />
HGF makes a reasonable profit from its annual event.<br />
■ <strong>The</strong> website shop - (hurunuigardenfestival.com) - is<br />
now open for ticket sales, including an earlybird special<br />
until August 31 - buy 10 and get one free. Admissions is<br />
$10 for an adult to visit each garden, payable on the day as<br />
you enter the garden. Children 18 years of age and under<br />
accompanied by an adult may enter for free.<br />
Please have cash with you, as the gardens cannot process<br />
electronic payments. Alternately you can purchase a 10<br />
ticket admission pack through the website.<br />
Tickets available now from<br />
hurunuigardenfestival.com
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REGULAR JENNY HUGHEY readers explains of my what<br />
column the council will has know been doing. just how<br />
much <strong>The</strong> I formal value declaration an engaged of a<br />
community state of climate and emergency how I’m across<br />
Canterbury was one of the most<br />
always<br />
serious,<br />
encouraging<br />
and colourful, moments<br />
people<br />
to in get the more regional involved. council’s more than<br />
30-year Whether history. having a<br />
say A in year council’s ago this Saturday, plans or<br />
at 11.49am, Environment<br />
proposals, Canterbury or became being New actively Zealand’s<br />
involved first council in to environmental<br />
proclaim such an<br />
work emergency, through formally community dedicating<br />
groups,<br />
itself to consideration<br />
it’s democracy<br />
of climate<br />
in<br />
change at the heart of all it does.<br />
action <strong>The</strong> declaration when the highlighted public is<br />
invested that all the in work the Environment region and<br />
making Canterbury a difference.<br />
does – from<br />
freshwater<br />
Great things<br />
management<br />
also happen<br />
to<br />
biodiversity and biosecurity,<br />
when transport councils and urban and development community<br />
to air quality, work and together. also regional<br />
leadership To that end, – has a I’m climate excited change<br />
to<br />
focus.<br />
tell you about a new<br />
Currently, under the Resource<br />
fund Management that we’ve Act, launched regional<br />
that councils supports are required community only to adapt<br />
organisations to climate change, and not their mitigate<br />
environmental<br />
it – that responsibility<br />
projects.<br />
is the<br />
Government’s, but could change.<br />
Even <strong>The</strong> in Waitaha ‘adapt mode’ Action many<br />
to of Impact Environment Fund Canterbury’s is itself<br />
a existing product policies of community<br />
and plans already<br />
engagement.<br />
contribute to reduced<br />
From<br />
emissions.<br />
focus<br />
In declaring the climate<br />
groups emergency, and the discussions, Council noted we it<br />
saw would the continue value in to show supporting<br />
on and climate-change tapping into and do the so<br />
leadership<br />
without adding new programmes<br />
expertise of community<br />
at ratepayers’ expense. It also gave<br />
groups staff a clear and mandate organisations to continue<br />
who are improving their<br />
corner of Canterbury.<br />
Under the fund, community<br />
groups can apply<br />
for between $5000 and<br />
$30,000 a year to go<br />
towards work that will<br />
have a positive impact on<br />
the environment – either<br />
by helping to solve an<br />
environmental problem or<br />
finding new ways to make<br />
things better.<br />
To qualify, it’s important<br />
that the work is aligned to<br />
the environmental goals of<br />
the council. For instance, it<br />
might be about improving<br />
the health of our waterways<br />
or land and coastal<br />
ecosystems.<br />
It could be about helping<br />
communities to be better<br />
prepared for changes to<br />
the natural environment<br />
or about fostering relationships<br />
<strong>The</strong>re to has improve been a 26% environmental<br />
reduction<br />
per staff member<br />
leadership.<br />
in emissions<br />
since 30 June 2010. We now have<br />
access We to do electric ask that and the hybrid community<br />
vehicles and group hope contributes<br />
to have half our<br />
30 per cent of the project<br />
budget, but this could<br />
come from funding or<br />
equivalent in-kind contributions,<br />
such as volunteer<br />
hours or through goods<br />
such as plants or building<br />
materials.<br />
Great things can happen<br />
when like-minded organisations<br />
come together.<br />
Collaboration is not just<br />
about sharing the load –<br />
it’s about expanding the<br />
skill set and getting greater<br />
expertise focused on an<br />
issue or goal.<br />
In so doing, it’s possible<br />
to achieve far more than<br />
either party could through<br />
working alone. More<br />
resources and expertise<br />
can mean bigger and better<br />
results.<br />
I’m confident that the<br />
OPINION 25<br />
INITIATIVE: Community groups focused on improving the environment<br />
can now apply for assistance under the new Waitaha Action to Impact<br />
Fund.<br />
New fund to support<br />
community groups<br />
turning Waitaha our Action braided rivers to Impact into<br />
roaring<br />
Fund will<br />
rapids,<br />
prove<br />
fuelling<br />
to<br />
landslides<br />
be a<br />
and causing widespread erosion.<br />
great Canterbury’s initiative coastal for accelerating<br />
environmental<br />
will be threatened<br />
communities<br />
change and shaping a<br />
thriving and resilient Canterbury.<br />
I’m excited by the<br />
thought of what we will be<br />
able to achieve together.<br />
If you’re part of a<br />
community group or<br />
organisation doing great<br />
environmental work, you<br />
should consider applying<br />
for support through the<br />
Waitaha Action to Impact<br />
Fund.<br />
More details can be<br />
found on the Environment<br />
Canterbury website.<br />
• Cr Jenny Hughey<br />
is chair of the<br />
Canterbury Regional<br />
Council (Environment<br />
Canterbury)<br />
ARA INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY<br />
Proud Samoan builds<br />
future for family<br />
Tony Siva is a proud<br />
Samoan and even prouder<br />
since he returned to<br />
study and got himself an<br />
apprenticeship to become a<br />
builder.<br />
“My plan for the future<br />
is to buy or build my own<br />
house and hopefully go<br />
back to Samoa to rebuild<br />
my village,” he says.<br />
Prior to studying at Ara<br />
Institute of Canterbury,<br />
Tony worked as a sales<br />
assistant for Fonterra. He<br />
says he decided to become<br />
a qualified builder because<br />
he wanted to build a better<br />
future for his family.<br />
Tony completed the New Zealand<br />
Certificate in Construction Trade Skills at<br />
Ara, which was free through Ara’s Pacific<br />
Trades Training scheme. During his studies,<br />
It’s a year since Environment Canterbury<br />
declared a climate-change emergency<br />
and enhance that work.<br />
That work included setting<br />
up a climate-change integration<br />
programme in the Long-term Plan<br />
2018-28, ensuring climate change<br />
was actively considered across<br />
workstreams, increasing visibility<br />
of the science and what we know<br />
about the impact of climate<br />
change on Canterbury, and liaising<br />
on the issue with iwi and regional<br />
partners, other local authorities<br />
and central government.<br />
As an organisation, we have<br />
also made significant progress in<br />
addressing our own greenhousegas<br />
emissions, with our<br />
Christchurch building receiving a<br />
“market-leading” energy efficiency<br />
rating of 5.0 out of 6 in the year<br />
to February on the National<br />
Australian Built Environment<br />
Rating System New Zealand.<br />
<strong>The</strong> building’s features include<br />
184 solar panels which can<br />
generate more than 55,000<br />
kilowatt hours of electricity per<br />
year.<br />
ironment Canterbury<br />
change emergency<br />
Environment<br />
Canterbury Chair<br />
Jenny Hughey<br />
fleet hybrid or long-range electric<br />
by 2022. Carbon emissions from<br />
air travel across the organisation<br />
are offset via our own biodiversity<br />
programmes.<br />
According to a Madworld report<br />
in 2019, our gross emissions were<br />
2253 tonnes of carbon dioxide<br />
(CO2) equivalent, compared with<br />
removals of 7883 tonnes of CO2-<br />
equivalent through our efficiency<br />
efforts and from forestry planting<br />
across 2700 hectares.<br />
<strong>The</strong> changing climate will pose<br />
many risks to life and livelihood<br />
in Canterbury. In recent years<br />
we have seen how occasional,<br />
but extreme, weather events have<br />
had huge effects on residents and<br />
infrastructure around the South<br />
Island.<br />
<strong>The</strong> driest parts of our region,<br />
along the Marlborough coast and<br />
across much of the Canterbury<br />
Plains, are expected to get even<br />
drier. North-westerly storms are<br />
predicted to become more intense,<br />
with torrential alpine rainstorms<br />
Tony was encouraged to explore his culture.<br />
“We were given our own tools for the<br />
course, and we learned how to interpret our<br />
culture through woodwork,” he says. “So as<br />
well as learning how to build a house and<br />
things like retaining walls, decks change. and fences,<br />
I also made a To’oto’o (Samoan chief ’s staff).”<br />
Ara’s Pacific Trades Training scheme<br />
provides<br />
All these eventualities<br />
extensive pastoral<br />
have<br />
support to<br />
students. “It helps you get to your end goal,”<br />
Tony says. “<strong>The</strong>re’s lots of care and support<br />
provided - like bus money, petrol vouchers,<br />
food vouchers, counsellors and advisors.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Pacific Island Students Association<br />
offers a lot too, and Ara puts on lots of social<br />
by sea-level rise this century and<br />
our productive and protected land<br />
jeopardised by the arrival and<br />
spread of new, exotic weeds and<br />
pests from warmer climates.<br />
to be planned and prepared for,<br />
and Environment Canterbury<br />
will remain in the vanguard of<br />
these climate change efforts.<br />
One example is the $40 million<br />
Waimakariri River flood<br />
protection project, completed<br />
late last year. <strong>The</strong> network of<br />
floodgates and stopbanks will<br />
protect half a million people and<br />
$8 billion of community and<br />
business assets from a possible<br />
“super flood”.<br />
Tepora<br />
<strong>The</strong> last major flood was in<br />
Ara graduate<br />
December 1957, when parts<br />
of Coutts Island in Belfast and<br />
Kainga were swamped by river<br />
flow peaking at 3990 cubic<br />
metres per second (cumecs).<br />
<strong>The</strong> protection scheme has been<br />
designed to defend Christchurch<br />
from a flood of as much as 6500<br />
cumecs.<br />
Environment Canterbury’s<br />
leadership of biodiversity and<br />
biosecurity programmes is also<br />
underpinned by climate-change<br />
concerns.<br />
Canterbury’s distinct braided<br />
rivers and unique wetlands face<br />
many challenges. <strong>The</strong> rivers form<br />
a vital ecological link and provide<br />
an abundant food supply and<br />
nesting grounds for 26 species of<br />
native birds – most classified as<br />
threatened and facing increased<br />
pressures due to river system<br />
Wetlands are also ecosystems<br />
at-risk nationally and regionally,<br />
degraded by draining, damming<br />
and diversion affecting their<br />
ability to sequester carbon,<br />
cleanse freshwater and mitigate<br />
flooding, as well as impacting on<br />
biodiversity and mahinga kai.<br />
With biosecurity, we are<br />
putting greater emphasis on the<br />
risks of new pests establishing<br />
in Canterbury. Warming<br />
temperatures, changing soils and<br />
new land uses mean new weeds<br />
especially, will be able to gain a<br />
better foothold across the region.<br />
More broadly, we have to<br />
curb reliance on fossil fuels and<br />
find environmentally suitable<br />
alternatives, such as electricity and<br />
hydrogen, to power our public<br />
transport.<br />
When my predecessor Steve<br />
Lowndes retired as chair of<br />
this council late last year, he<br />
highlighted some of the big<br />
changes on the way. He was<br />
optimistic we would be able to<br />
deal with the “pressing issues” of<br />
climate change and sustainability.<br />
I share his confidence. As a<br />
community, and as a council,<br />
we are taking some bold steps to<br />
ensure we are in a better place to<br />
cope with the changing climate<br />
and the tests it will set us. But<br />
there will always be a need to do<br />
more.<br />
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and sports events throughout the semester.”<br />
Tony says returning to study as an adult<br />
was a little daunting, especially as this was<br />
his first experience of tertiary-level study.<br />
“At first I thought it would be a bit awkward<br />
because of my age, being surrounded by<br />
kids who just finished school. But my<br />
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SPRING GARDENING<br />
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Cosmos are bursting<br />
with hot colours<br />
THESE DAYS, garden design<br />
seems to be all about simple foliage<br />
and clean lines.<br />
If you like a contemporary<br />
look easy-to-grow cosmos comes<br />
in to play.<br />
Bursting with hot colours and<br />
growing to around 1m tall, cosmos<br />
are no shrinking violets, and<br />
they sway gently in the breeze.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se devil-may-care flowers<br />
are easy to grow, thriving in<br />
the heat and flourishing almost<br />
anywhere, as long as it’s hot, dry<br />
and sunny.<br />
Like all annuals, they germinate,<br />
flower and die within a<br />
season or a year. But don’t fret<br />
– they also pop up again each<br />
following year.<br />
Cosmos look best when grown<br />
en masse, creating a sea of<br />
country-cottage colour.<br />
Once you’ve found a good spot<br />
and you’re ready to plant these<br />
American natives, add a good<br />
general fertiliser, like nitrophoska<br />
blue, to the soil to encourage<br />
growth.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n simply dig a hole (approximately<br />
3cm deep) and<br />
place your seedling inside. Plant<br />
each subsequent seedling about<br />
10cm apart, giving them space to<br />
grow but ensuring they’re close<br />
VIBRANT: Some cosmos grows to around 1m tall, they<br />
thrive in the heat.<br />
enough to support each other in<br />
strong winds.<br />
Next, layer newspaper around<br />
your plants, and then cover it<br />
with pea straw.<br />
This homemade mulch will<br />
prevent your plants drying out<br />
during the day and in between<br />
watering sessions.<br />
Voila – you’ll have a cosmos<br />
floral fiesta in no time, and get<br />
to enjoy an array of colour until<br />
the first frost hits, usually around<br />
June.<br />
And if you really want to bring<br />
the outside in, just a handful of<br />
these long-stemmed beauties<br />
look great in a tall vase (just don’t<br />
forget to put them in a cool place<br />
and change the water every two<br />
to three days).<br />
You’ll be thanking yourself for<br />
adding a bit of country colour at<br />
your place.<br />
FRESH: Endive has a mild bitter taste.<br />
Pick salad ingredients<br />
from your vege patch<br />
SPRING HAS arrived, which<br />
means salad season is just<br />
around the corner. And there’s<br />
nothing like picking fresh salad<br />
ingredients straight out of your<br />
garden.<br />
Endive is a great addition to<br />
any salad. With its fine curled,<br />
mid-green leaves it partners well<br />
with rocket. Endive is a bit bitter<br />
and rocket is a little peppery,<br />
together they’re a great combo.<br />
What’s equally important is it’s<br />
so easy and quick to grow. Unlike<br />
most lettuces, it doesn’t need to<br />
create a heart in the centre so it’s<br />
very quick to produce.<br />
Simply pick the leaves off as<br />
you need them.<br />
To plant, look for a welldrained<br />
spot in the garden.<br />
If the soil is still a bit wet and<br />
cold from winter, try growing<br />
endive in a pot. Just add some<br />
good quality potting mix, plant a<br />
couple of seedlings around 5cm<br />
apart and away you go.<br />
Depending on where you are<br />
in New Zealand and how warm<br />
the soil is yet, it will take around<br />
four to six weeks for your endive<br />
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Time to prepare for warm days ahead<br />
NEITHER WINTER nor<br />
summer, <strong>September</strong> can be<br />
termed the ‘in-between’ month.<br />
Spring is here and there’s a taste<br />
of better things to come, and it’s<br />
a very busy month preparing for<br />
the heat to come.<br />
Houseplant care<br />
Hopefully your houseplants<br />
have successfully survived winter.<br />
It is a difficult time for them as<br />
many originate from tropical<br />
countries.<br />
As tempting as it is, delay<br />
purchasing new houseplants for<br />
another month until indoor temperatures<br />
warm up consistently<br />
throughout the day.<br />
Continue to water plants sparingly<br />
and mist the foliage (leaves)<br />
regularly with lukewarm water<br />
and ensure they are positioned<br />
in a ‘high-light’ part of the house.<br />
With large “glossy” green-leaved<br />
houseplants such as fiddle leaf fig,<br />
clean the leaves regularly with a<br />
soft sponge.<br />
If you have any houseplants<br />
that are struggling, a few days in<br />
a steamy bathroom is an excellent<br />
way to revive them.<br />
In the vege patch<br />
It’s the very end for harvesting<br />
traditional winter vegetables;<br />
broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage,<br />
cauliflower, celery, leeks,<br />
lettuce, parsnips, rhubarb, silverbeet,<br />
spinach and turnips. Keep<br />
VIBRANT: Bulbs should now be in full bloom. Mark the area where they are planted so<br />
they aren’t disturbed before next year’s showpiece.<br />
planting out year-round vegetables<br />
like celery, lettuce, silverbeet,<br />
beetroot and spinach.<br />
Many rush to plant out traditional<br />
summer vegetable<br />
seedlings in <strong>September</strong> such as,<br />
tomatoes and cucumbers, but it<br />
is still a little early. You are better<br />
to wait until mid-October when<br />
soils have warmed up.<br />
However, you can now sow<br />
summer vegetable seeds in seed<br />
trays or punnets and place them<br />
in a warm sheltered position<br />
indoors or in glass houses.<br />
Where areas of your vegetable<br />
garden not too wet, start preparing<br />
your summer garden by<br />
digging in fresh compost. When<br />
‘cleaning up’ the winter vegetable<br />
garden, all the green material can<br />
go straight into the compost bin<br />
(so long as it is disease free).<br />
Blooming bulbs<br />
A wonderful month to enjoy<br />
the spring flowers of traditional<br />
bulbs.<br />
When they finish flowering,<br />
sadly sometimes too briefly, allow<br />
the foliage to ‘brown’ and die<br />
down before removing.<br />
This is how the bulbs obtain<br />
enough nutrients for the next<br />
seasons flowering.<br />
It can be worth marking in the<br />
areas of your major bulb plantings<br />
with some small stakes to<br />
avoid disturbing later in the season<br />
when planting possible trees<br />
and shrubs.<br />
Flowering annuals<br />
Most winter annuals are<br />
now coming to the end of flowering.<br />
Begin preparing for planting<br />
summer flowering annuals by<br />
sowing varieties in seed trays<br />
ready to plant out later.<br />
In the meantime, for continuous<br />
flowers in your garden, plant<br />
annuals that flower all year round;<br />
alyssum, calendulas, cornflowers,<br />
lobelias, pansies and violas.<br />
Roses<br />
Many rose varieties will now be<br />
in full growth and the first flowers<br />
will appear towards the end of the<br />
month.<br />
Apply the first side dressing<br />
of rose fertiliser. Make sure your<br />
fertiliser is high in potash which<br />
promotes strong flowers.<br />
Compost can be spread around<br />
the base of the roses. This works<br />
as both a soil conditioner and<br />
mulch.<br />
Lawn care<br />
Grass will begin growing again<br />
in some warmer areas.<br />
Towards the end of the month<br />
the first dressing of fertiliser can<br />
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Check the lawn for wet spots or<br />
areas that may require additional<br />
drainage to be installed over the<br />
summer months.<br />
Ornamental trees and<br />
shrubs<br />
Camellias and azaleas will be<br />
near the end of their flowering,<br />
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23. Resonant (10)<br />
24. Bare, unadorned (4)<br />
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26. Chaos (8)<br />
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20. An assumed or fictitious<br />
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9. Eunuch, 10. Gist, 11.<br />
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21. Mature, 23. Stentorian,<br />
24. Bald, 25. Sturdy, 26.<br />
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CHRISTCHURCH Netball<br />
Centre’s centenary celebrations<br />
are on hold until 2022,<br />
organisers erring on the side of<br />
caution as Covid-19 continues<br />
to cast a shadow over events.<br />
Plans to host a two-day celebration<br />
from October 28 were<br />
• By Chris Barclay<br />
DAN SCHWARZ has no<br />
concerns about his players being<br />
left to their own devices – and<br />
exercise programmes – during<br />
Cashmere Technical’s enforced<br />
mid-season break.<br />
An ingrained title-winning<br />
mindset and an ultra-competitive<br />
squad gave the head coach<br />
comfort when the reassembled<br />
after Covid-19 restrictions<br />
relaxed, substituting Zoom calls<br />
for actual training at English<br />
Park.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y got together for the first<br />
time last Thursday and replicated<br />
game conditions last weekend<br />
ahead of Saturday’s Southern<br />
League clash with Nelson Suburbs.<br />
“It’s been nice to get the football<br />
moving again and normality<br />
back in that space,” Schwarz<br />
said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> reigning Mainland Football<br />
premierships champions<br />
have not played since advancing<br />
to the final of the English Cup<br />
by eliminating Universities on<br />
August 17, hours before the nationwide<br />
lockdown began.<br />
“We’ve set programmes for<br />
the lads to hit, we leave it in their<br />
revised last week, in spite of the<br />
city’s alert level downgrading.<br />
“We felt the current schedule<br />
is too uncertain for us to be<br />
confidently able to proceed,”<br />
CNC chief executive Megan<br />
McLay said.<br />
“It was only six weeks away<br />
and we thought it was just too<br />
big a risk. Health and safety had<br />
WATCHFUL EYE: Cashmere Technical coach Dan Schwarz<br />
oversees a training session at English Park.<br />
court to do it,” Schwarz said. see the upside to a break.<br />
“A lot of them have (exercise) “<strong>The</strong> majority of the squad<br />
bikes, there’s also body weight have gone back-to-back with<br />
exercises and a bit of pavement local local football and national<br />
plodding.”<br />
league football for five to six<br />
At first glance the players had years. It’s actually quite nice that<br />
kept in shape during lockdown some of them have had a break<br />
and the enthusiasm was infectious<br />
at the first training session. another year,” he said.<br />
that they might not have got<br />
“<strong>The</strong> excitement really pushed “<strong>The</strong> younger boys in the<br />
them through the session more group also play a lot of schools’<br />
than anything. <strong>The</strong>re were a lot football, they train with our first<br />
of excited players that wanted to team or the reserves and play<br />
run around and release a bit of games . . . it’s been really good<br />
energy.<br />
for the young boys to reset and<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y ran off a bit of steam, start again.”<br />
now we carry on with a bit more Schwarz is also content with<br />
in-depth training.”<br />
Cashmere Technical’s league<br />
Although there could be an position with two games remaining.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y lead Coastal Spirit<br />
injury risk after a month without<br />
game time, Schwarz preferred to – who have a game in hand – by<br />
BIG CLUB MATCH-UPS THIS WEEKEND<br />
three points.<br />
<strong>The</strong> top two clubs qualify for<br />
the National League.<br />
Coastal Spirit travel to Dunedin<br />
where they play South<br />
City Royals; out of contention<br />
Christchurch United host Otago<br />
University .<br />
While Cashmere Technical are<br />
no strangers to silverware, the<br />
Christ’s College 1st XV’s quest<br />
for a maiden Crusaders region<br />
championship is also back on<br />
track when school’s reopened.<br />
<strong>The</strong> squad also head north<br />
where they take on two-time<br />
champions Nelson College on<br />
Saturday, their third final and<br />
first since 2018 where Christchurch<br />
Boys High School were<br />
awarded the trophy after an<br />
18-all draw because they scored<br />
more tries.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y trained on Thursday,<br />
Saturday and had three other<br />
session before they depart.<br />
“Hopefully that gives us<br />
enough time to get ready. <strong>The</strong><br />
time frame is plenty, they’re really<br />
fit, that’s the thing with these<br />
to come first.”<br />
Although the bulk of participants<br />
would be local, potential<br />
visitors from outside the region<br />
also impacted on the decision.<br />
“People might be a little reluctant<br />
to travel, that’s something<br />
we had to take into consideration,”<br />
McLay said.<br />
McLay referenced the postponed<br />
Tokyo Olympics when<br />
looking ahead to what would<br />
be “a real celebration of netball<br />
through the ages.”<br />
“<strong>The</strong> precedent has been set.<br />
Tokyo was off for a year and<br />
that was reasonably successful.<br />
We hope to go along the same<br />
lines.”<br />
Meanwhile, Lincoln University<br />
has defended their premier<br />
grade crown after Covid-19<br />
restrictions did not give players<br />
enough time to prepare for a<br />
final before the <strong>September</strong> 11<br />
cut-off date for the season.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y were originally scheduled<br />
to play Saints on August 24<br />
but alert level 4 restrictions<br />
sabotaged those plans.<br />
Zoom calls swapped for on-field training<br />
Cashmere<br />
Technical<br />
ready for<br />
Southern<br />
League<br />
football clash<br />
TRAINING<br />
DAY: Declan<br />
Tyndall passes<br />
to a Cashmere<br />
Technical<br />
teammate<br />
ahead of the<br />
Southern<br />
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Right – Dan<br />
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the team.<br />
PRACTICE RUN: Yuya Taguchi spearheads an attacking<br />
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during a Cashmere Technical training run at English Park.<br />
PHOTOS: CHRIS BARCLAY<br />
games. If you’re fit you should<br />
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on Saturday<br />
Carlton Redcliffs play HSOB/<br />
Burnside in the men’s decider<br />
at Nga Puna Wai at 2pm followed<br />
by the women’s showpiece<br />
between Harewood at Marist at<br />
4pm.<br />
Southern League points: Cashmere<br />
Technical 12, Coastal Spirit<br />
9, South City Royals 6, Selwyn<br />
United 6, Otago University 6,<br />
Nelson Suburbs 4, Christchurch<br />
United 4, Green Island 0.
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Honda’s hybrid technology put to test<br />
HONDA IS no stranger to hybrid<br />
vehicles.<br />
It all started in 1999 with the<br />
Insight and since then Civic and<br />
Jazz (Fit) hybrids have long been<br />
on offer, and if you take into<br />
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have landed pre-owned from Japan,<br />
then the company has a fairly<br />
broad hybrid representation in the<br />
New Zealand market.<br />
A new Jazz has just landed and<br />
the line-up includes a hybrid.<br />
However, it must be said that this<br />
hybrid works quite differently than<br />
previous generation versions.<br />
<strong>The</strong> newcomer has a two-motor<br />
system driving the front wheels.<br />
Yes, the petrol engine works in<br />
typical hybrid fashion, working<br />
to promote drive and charging<br />
the lithium-ion battery pack. <strong>The</strong><br />
entire system is seamless and as a<br />
driver you’d never know there is a<br />
complex set of mechanicals under<br />
the bonnet.<br />
<strong>The</strong> e:HEV Jazz sits in a threemodel<br />
line-up that starts at $28,000<br />
for the entry-level Life. A Crossstar<br />
version adds $2000 while the<br />
e:HEV Luxe at $35,000 represents<br />
economical motoring and environmental<br />
benefits for those who want<br />
to join the electric revolution but<br />
also want the versatility a petrolfuelled<br />
engine offers.<br />
One of the aspects I particularly<br />
like is the range of the Jazz hybrid.<br />
When I picked the evaluation<br />
car up it was full of fuel, offering<br />
around 800km before a fill-up was<br />
BIG CHANGES: <strong>The</strong> latest generation Honda Jazz has<br />
many styling differences from that of its predecessor.<br />
HONDA JAZZ E:HEV: State-of-the-art hybrid driveline.<br />
necessary. Of course, I never drove<br />
that distance, but in the 280km I<br />
did travel the fuel gauge barely left<br />
the top mark.<br />
In real terms, Honda claim at<br />
best possible usage a 2.8-litre per<br />
100km combined cycle average.<br />
My time in the e:HEV Jazz concluded<br />
with the readout showing<br />
4.8l/100km that I thought was quite<br />
remarkable given that my driving<br />
style is never that thrifty.<br />
What makes the e:HEV Jazz so<br />
economical is the way the engine/<br />
motor combination works. <strong>The</strong><br />
engine is largely biased towards<br />
recharging the batteries; sure, there<br />
is associated drive when required<br />
but the motors do provide a large<br />
part of momentum.<br />
What’s more, the hybrid Jazz just<br />
builds on what has made the model<br />
so popular in generations past, it<br />
has always been a fuel miser, even<br />
the petrol-only models are rated<br />
with a 5.8l/100km combined cycle<br />
average. That’s something that<br />
Honda has focused heavily on over<br />
the years, efficient engines have<br />
long been a priority.<br />
Driving the hybrid Jazz requires<br />
no special technique, if you weren’t<br />
told it was a hybrid I doubt that<br />
you would find anything different<br />
about it, except for the engine<br />
cutting in and out as it gets about<br />
its work. Honda has focused on<br />
simplicity and that’s what makes it<br />
so it intuitive to drive, the controls<br />
and layout are deep but simplistic<br />
to use. You can also select an electric<br />
drive only function, that will<br />
give you a range of about 40km,<br />
depending on weight in the car and<br />
the type of journey ie: hills or flat<br />
roads and driving style.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Jazz e:HEV is also loaded<br />
with features and specification such<br />
as full leather trim with heated<br />
seats up front, keyless entry and<br />
ignition, Apple CarPlay, cruise control,<br />
and 9in central dash display<br />
that incorporates large and easy-tounderstand<br />
icons.<br />
If you are thinking that’s a lot of<br />
kit to fit into a small car, bear in<br />
mind that the Jazz is the space master.<br />
It may be compact, but Honda’s<br />
designers have made use of every<br />
centimetre of space and it works<br />
functionally.<br />
Luggage capacity is rated by<br />
Honda at 304-litres with the rear<br />
seats in place, extending to 1205-litres<br />
when folded flat. Honda’s<br />
legendary ‘Magic Seat’ configuration<br />
allows both fold-flat or flip-up<br />
flexibility, the latter giving higher<br />
load space.<br />
Honda, as a manufacturer, is also<br />
very proactive in terms of building<br />
safety into its models. <strong>The</strong> e:HEV<br />
Jazz gets a full suite of safety kit that<br />
is labelled Honda Sensing and it<br />
includes the electronic and mechanical<br />
functions that keep you out of<br />
trouble in the first instance. It forms<br />
part of the criteria that easily meets<br />
a five-star Australasian New Car<br />
Assessment Program rating.<br />
• Price – Honda Jazz e:HEV,<br />
$35,000<br />
• Dimensions – Length,<br />
4045mm; width, <strong>16</strong>95mm;<br />
height, 1537mm<br />
• Configuration – Fourcylinder,<br />
front-wheeldrive,<br />
1497cc, 72kW<br />
(+80kW), 131Nm (+253Nm),<br />
continuously variable<br />
automatic<br />
• Performance –<br />
0-100km/h, 8.5sec<br />
• Fuel usage – 2.81l/100km<br />
I took the evaluation car on my<br />
normal highway route heading<br />
west to Hororata and returning<br />
to the city via Dunsandel. It is an<br />
adept open road cruiser with quiet<br />
motion and solid road feel. Vision<br />
through all quarters is vast, and if<br />
you look at the way the panoramic<br />
front windshield is angled well<br />
forward of the dash panel you get a<br />
fairly good idea of how well the car<br />
is engineered in the first instance.<br />
In terms of handling, the Jazz<br />
feels nimble and agile, that’s no<br />
surprise, it is light and what weight<br />
is in the car sits low in the floorpan.<br />
In comparison to its length<br />
and width, the height of the Jazz at<br />
1.53m doesn’t affect the handling,<br />
gravitational movement is minimal.<br />
What’s more, the Jazz gets a<br />
perfect ride, the spring and damper<br />
rates have been chosen sensibly,<br />
there is much comfort on offer<br />
without the compromise to suit<br />
better handling. I must mention<br />
also the feel through the steering<br />
wheel, there is good self-centering<br />
return and the promise of solid<br />
feedback from the fuel-saving Yokohama<br />
tyres (185/60 x <strong>16</strong>in).<br />
Further to the fuel usage performance<br />
I mentioned earlier, the Jazz<br />
hybrid’s four-cylinder engine also<br />
has the goods in term of overall<br />
ability. Honda rates the 1497cc unit<br />
at 72kW and 131Nm, both outputs<br />
realised mid-way through the rev<br />
band, and if you add in an extra<br />
80kW and 253Nm from the hybrid<br />
system, there is strength well in<br />
keeping with the Jazz’s purpose.<br />
For the record, an acceleration<br />
time of 8.5sec to make 100km/h<br />
from a standstill is possible along<br />
with a highway overtake time of<br />
5.8sec to make 120 from 80km/h.<br />
Several of my acquaintances own<br />
a Jazz, or Fit, and one of them even<br />
has an old Fit hybrid that is still<br />
giving good service. That person<br />
is always boasting about fuel usage<br />
and the associated low running<br />
costs.<br />
I’ve tried to convince him that<br />
the new e:HEV Jazz is an obvious<br />
step forward when the time comes<br />
to upgrade. I know that he will be<br />
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seller gives you a LIM for the property,<br />
check carefully when it was prepared.<br />
A LIM is a summary of all the current<br />
property information held by the different<br />
departments at a council at the time. It<br />
contains details of council consents for any<br />
work done, how much the rates are and<br />
information on any geographic hazards<br />
that might have an impact on the property,<br />
such as subsidence. Bear in mind that this<br />
information can be reasonably general. If the<br />
LIM is dated a couple of weeks ago, it’s safe to<br />
assume it’s reasonably up to date. If it’s dated<br />
a year ago, it’s a good idea to make further<br />
enquiries. Getting a LIM costs money in<br />
most areas (prices vary from council to<br />
council). You can also ask to see the property<br />
file held by the council, which holds other<br />
information about a property, like a site map<br />
and original house plans.<br />
Building reports are a bit trickier. Using<br />
a building report provided by the seller (or<br />
the real estate agent working for them) may<br />
seem like an easy option in the short term.<br />
However, if you buy the property and then<br />
find problems with it that cost a significant<br />
amount to fix, you’re not protected by the<br />
building report because the inspector’s<br />
contract is with the seller, not you. <strong>The</strong><br />
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written report will identify any current<br />
defects as well as highlight any urgent and<br />
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someone who has a good level of indemnity<br />
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something that wasn’t in the report. Building<br />
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of what you’re signing up for.<br />
If you end up with a report with a lot of<br />
information about the property it doesn’t<br />
mean you should walk away. Instead, see it<br />
as giving you the opportunity to know what<br />
you’re buying. Doing this before you make<br />
an offer means you are fully aware of what<br />
the property may need to have done to it and<br />
your offer figure can reflect that. However,<br />
if you don’t feel comfortable paying for a<br />
building report before you make an offer,<br />
you can make a property inspection a<br />
condition of your offer. Like most things in<br />
life, buying a property will go more smoothly<br />
if you put the work in. If a short cut seems<br />
too good to be true, it usually is.<br />
For independent guidance and<br />
information on buying or selling, check<br />
out settled.govt.nz.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Classifieds<br />
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“THE LITTLE GREEN<br />
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5445<br />
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313 8156<br />
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CLOTHING 1900 - 1999.<br />
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CLEANERS<br />
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ORCHARD ROAD<br />
AIRPORT AREA<br />
Monday to Friday<br />
4.30pm / 5.30pm<br />
<strong>Star</strong>t time<br />
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Must be eligible to work<br />
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BUPA CASHMERE VIEW CARE<br />
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What Bupa is looking for?<br />
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• To have full clean driver’s licence<br />
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Please bring your CV to the Cashmere view<br />
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Public Notices<br />
Senior Citizens<br />
Outings<br />
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A few seats left on our 2 night / 3 day<br />
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Upcoming tours<br />
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Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 37<br />
SUBJECT TO<br />
ALERT LEVEL 2<br />
RESTRICTIONS<br />
12 BAR, 342 St Asaph St: Thursday 6pm -<br />
Riverside Jazz Club (relocated) with the Mike<br />
Ferrar Trio, tickets at events.humanitix.com.<br />
Friday 8pm - Kate Anastasiou. Saturday 8pm -<br />
Phil Doublet.<br />
A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St:<br />
Thursday 7.30pm - Cathcart, Walsh & Blaikie<br />
(CWB). Friday 8pm - Live music. Saturday 9pm<br />
- Rock out in your seat with Mammoth. Sunday<br />
5pm - Malarkey Irish Band plus O'Neill's Irish<br />
Dancers. Monday 7pm - Quiz. Tuesday 8pm -<br />
Open Mic Comedy. All events limited to 50ppl.<br />
Phone 03 377 4787 to reserve a table.<br />
BOO RADLEY'S, 1 Halswell Rd: Friday<br />
8.30pm - Mirrors duo. Saturday 11.30pm - Neil<br />
Alexander.<br />
CARLTON, 1 Papanui Rd: Friday 8pm -<br />
Topia. Saturday 6.30pm - Diamond Blue.<br />
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027 458 8590<br />
jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi<br />
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FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday<br />
7pm - VOXY Duo; 10.30pm DJ Jezza. Friday<br />
6pm - Jack Bubb; 8.30pm - Perry Dup; 11.45pm<br />
- DJ Jezza. Saturday 6pm - Lauren Marshall;<br />
8.30pm - Mirrors; 11.45pm - DJ Jezza.<br />
SULLIVANS IRISH PUB, 291 Lincoln Rd:<br />
Wednesday 7pm - Willie's Open Mic. Friday<br />
7.30pm - Willie McArthur One Man Band.<br />
THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: Friday<br />
7.30pm - Open Mic & Jam. Wednesday 9pm -<br />
Titanic (Kevin Emmett, Nick Buchanan, and<br />
Peter K Malthus).<br />
THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd:<br />
Thursday 7pm - Mel Perkins. Sunday 6pm -<br />
Lance Kiwi Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm - Quiz.<br />
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In Alert Level 2<br />
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Sunday to Thursday<br />
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38 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
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RESIDENTS IN small Burnside<br />
drivers’ during a meeting on<br />
Tuesday, addressing the concerns<br />
However, the board’s initial plan<br />
to improve visibility by moving<br />
the nearby Clyde Rd bus stop so it<br />
was nex to existing no-stopping<br />
restrictions by the intersection was<br />
not well received by residents.<br />
Five submissions were received<br />
by the board on the plan, just one<br />
of which was in favour of it.<br />
A new plan was then created in<br />
which the no-stopping zone was<br />
talk about your home.<br />
Mike Pero Real Estate Ltd Licensed REAA (2008)<br />
Brand and Territory Owners - Bishopdale<br />
027 660 1920 • 027 849 0404<br />
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2021</strong> Connecting Your Local Community<br />
starnews.co.nz<br />
Top chefs to<br />
get together<br />
for fundraiser<br />
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Loss of car<br />
parks forces<br />
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Your<br />
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• By Fiona Ellis<br />
Thursday, <strong>September</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2021</strong> | Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper<br />
street have won a quick victory to<br />
make their area safer.<br />
No parking restrictions will be<br />
increased on busy Clyde Rd so<br />
residents turning in and out of<br />
Penhelig Place will have a better<br />
view of incoming traffic.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Fendalton-Waimairi-<br />
Harewood Community Board<br />
approved a plan to increase<br />
of the Clyde Penhelig Residents<br />
Association.<br />
<strong>The</strong> safety of the Clyde Rd and<br />
Penhelig Place intersection was<br />
raised as an issue by the association<br />
before the Covid-19 lockdown<br />
this year.<br />
extended and the bus stop was not<br />
moved.<br />
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CHANGE MAKERS: Trevor Foster (left) and Clyde Penhelig Residents Association chairman Ian Cumberpatch have<br />
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