The Star: September 16, 2021

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Humpty 

falls – 

to the 

auction 

hammer 

– page 3 

Three 

Waters 

debate 

– pages 6, 7 & 9 

Residents’ group targets operations near city 

Bid to 

scuttle 

Mauger’s 

quarry plan 

• By Chris Barclay 

A LOBBY group has renewed 

an ambitious campaign to 

curb the operation of quarries 

in their neighbourhood, 

including a venture soon to 

get under way for would-be 

Christchurch mayor Phil 

Mauger. 

The Greater Hornby 

Residents’ Association has 

written to several Government 

ministers imploring them to 

place five businesses on hold, 

citing long-claimed health 

dangers posed by exposure to 

dust. 

Maugers Mining Ltd’s 12ha 

plot on Roberts Rd, Islington, 

is among locations targeted by 

a plan promoted by the association’s 

research and submissions 

officer. 

Other quarries on Pound 

Rd or Roberts Rd are operated 

by Fulton Hogan Ltd (at two 

sites), Islington Park Ltd and 

Ablett Quarry Management 

Ltd. 

“We want all quarries consents 

(issued by the council 

and Environment Canterbury) 

placed on hold,” said association 

research and submissions 

officer Ross Houliston. 

• Turn to page 4 

Phil Mauger 

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NEWS 3 

in brief 

Going, going, gone – Humpty 

falls to auctioneer’s hammer 

SOLD: Auctioneer Rob McKellar takes a final bid of $2100 for the fibreglass giraffe, while Humpty fetched $3900 – two of 

many statues now on their way to new homes. 

PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN 

Search for missing 

twelve year-old 

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a boy who has 

been missing 

since Sunday. 

TJ, 12, was 

reported 

missing to 

police on 

Tuesday, 

but was last seen on Sunday 

in the Northcote area. He is 

described as 150-160cm tall. 

Anyone with information as 

to his whereabouts is asked 

to phone 111 and quote file 

210914/5286. 

Missing woman 

found 

A 39-year-old Sockburn 

woman who was last seen 

about a month ago has been 

found. Police appealed for 

sightings of Andrea 

Hopkinson through its 

Facebook page. The post 

said she was last seen leaving 

her home in Sockburn in 

mid-August and there were 

concerns for her welfare. 

But yesterday police said she 

had been located. 

“Thanks to the public for their 

help in finding her,” police 

said. 

Akaroa Festival 

postponed 

The Akaroa French Festival 

has been postponed due to 

Covid-19. The biennial festival 

was scheduled to run from 

October 15 to 17, but would 

now be postponed to the end of 

April next year. 

• By Samantha Mythen 

MAGICAL fairytale creatures 

and animals that adorn the 

garden of fantastical Redcliffs 

house ‘Brigadoon’ 

will travel to new homes 

after an auction emptied the 

property. 

Just over 100 chattels, 

including a child’s playhouse, 

a fibreglass rhinoceros and a 

Humpty Dumpty statue, were 

auctioned off by McCormack 

and McKellar Antique and Fine 

Art Auctioneers on Tuesday. 

Rob McKellar said all 110 

items were sold and the owners 

of the “iconic” house and garden 

were “extremely happy” with this 

result. 

“There were strong prices and a 

good crowd who were following 

Alert Level 2 restrictions with 

face masks,” he said. 

“It was a well-received auction. 

As the house is off Main Rd, 

many people drive past it and see 

the garden.” 

Humpty Dumpty sold for 

$3900, while a wooden horse 

made from driftwood sold for 

$3400. 

The child’s playhouse sold for 

$2600, the rhino for $2800 and 

the giraffe for $2100. 

McKellar said the auction saw 

people bidding via telephone 

from Auckland and Tauranga, 

although the majority of items 

were sold to people from 

Christchurch and Akaroa. 

The age range of buyers was 

from 35 to 70, he said. 

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previously won multiple awards 

as part of the Christchurch 

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annual competitions. 

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4 

NEWS 

• From page 1 

An email to MPs including 

Health Minister Andrew Little, 

Environment Minister David 

Parker and Climate Change Minister 

James Shaw, featured videos 

of dust swirling on Pound Rd. 

“The health and well-being of 

many residents in the western 

districts of our city are being 

affected both medically and 

mentally by the continuing issue 

of quarries often on our back 

doorsteps,” Houliston told the 

ministers. 

“This area is subjected to high 

levels of dust which can, and often 

does, carry cancerous residual 

crystalline silica.” 

Houliston told The Star they 

had no choice but to contact the 

Beehive. 

“Council have basically said 

they cannot do anything, it 

would be up to the Government 

to pass legislation,” he said, realistic 

about the outcome. 

“We’re struggling, we know 

we’re belting our heads against a 

brick wall but we’re not going to 

give up.” 

Houliston was frustrated, 

claiming of the 106 complaints 

made over a five-year period only 

about 40 were investigated by 

ECan or the council. 

“They’ll say they cannot identify 

where the problem is coming 

from because the quarries are all 

next to each other. This is what 

we go through. It’s like a game to 

them I think,” he said. 

ECan central zone manager 

Johannes Welsch told The 

Star said a dust monitoring 

programme carried out in 2017- 

18 indicated no serious health 

risks. 

‘If it’s too windy we won’t 

be working. The last thing I 

want to do is p**s people off.’ 

– Phil Mauger 

Mauger, who launched his 

campaign last month for the 

city’s mayoralty, understood concerns 

but insisted his site would 

not be an issue. 

“That’s all been aired in the 

past, the health concerns, I 

thought that had been put to 

bed,” he said. 

“There’s no way in the world 


Health concerns not considered an issue 

I’d be pushing for out and out 

quarrying. It’s only extraction, 

so there’s little or no dust,” he 

said, unfased by the association’s 

move. 

“There’s little or no dust coming 

of it when it’s just being 

extracted.” 

Mauger purchased the “sliver” 

of land about six years ago – before 

he became a city councillor – 

to extract gravel for use on roads 

and concreting, ideally around 

Christmas. 

“I’ve been quietly chipping 

away. I’ve got to finish a few 

bunds (stabilising walls) and put 

some monitoring wells in just to 

make sure the ground water isn’t 

being contaminated,” he said. 

“If it’s too windy we won’t be 

working. The last thing I want to 

do is p**s people off.” 

•Additional reporting Fiona 

Ellis 

DUST-UP: Greater Hornby Resident’s Association research 

and submissions officer Ross Houliston is hoping the 

Government can clamp down on quarry operations owned 

by Mauger Mining Ltd (left) Fulton Hogan Ltd (right) and 

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the death of a mother-of-four 

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and it is expected to be referred 

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Heather Foote, 56, died on 

July 28 – two days after she was 

found with critical injuries at 

her Port Hills Rd home in the 

Heathcote Valley area. 

A post-mortem examination 

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into her death has been 

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Detective Senior Sergeant 

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death was not suspicious. 

“The Operation Port inquiry 

is continuing given the unexplained 

circumstances of Ms 

Foote’s death,” Johnson said. 

“However at present there is 

no indication that her death is 

suspicious, and it is likely the 

matter will be referred to the 

coroner in due course.” 

The mother-of-four was farewelled 

at a private service. 

“Family and close friends 

would like to thank the community 

of Heathcote in particular, 

as well as the wider public for 

their humbling support, kindness 

and love freely shown 

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a public notice published after 

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“Those that spent the last 

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care of Heather and the compassion 

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“The family would also like 

to acknowledge and thank the 

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City councillors united against Three 


CHRISTCHURCH city 

councillors decide in December 

if the local authority will opt 

in or out of the Three Waters 

reform proposed by the 

Government. 

Broadly, the city council will 

be paid $122.4 million to transfer 

$6.9 billion worth of waterrelated 

assets – and $1.1 billion of 

debt – to a new model where the 

country’s drinking, wastewater 

and stormwater networks are 

absorbed into four new entities, 

including one in the South Island 

which covers 21 local authorities. 

The council sought feedback 

from residents 

through a 

survey that 

attracted 5125 

responses. 

Phrasing of 

the survey 

was a talking 

point, with no 

Phil Mauger 

explicit ‘yes’ 

or ‘no’ or ‘for’ 

or ‘against’ option surprising 

some ratepayers, and councillors. 

Phil Mauger started the 

conversation last week when 

he said the lack of a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ 

option was an oversight. 

The Star polled other 

councillors and Mayor Lianne 

Dalziel for their view on the 

Government’s vision for the 

future of a precious asset and 

whether the survey was effective 

in terms of accurately gauging 

public sentiment. None of the 

councillors contacted endorsed 

the proposed reforms. 

Pauline 

Cotter – “I 

have an issue 

with the 

Government 

being able 

to basically 

tear up a 

section of the Local Government 

Act - section 130 specifically 

protects our waters from being 

transferred or sold as assets. 

The entities are going to be 

horrendously complex moneyhungry 

beasts which will eat up 

any efficiencies that might be 

made. Local authorities will 

not have the right to direct the 

entity on investment projects 

or pricing. We will have no 

voice.” 

Was the survey on the mark? 

“It was more about garnering 

peoples’ feelings about how we 

value our water here and how 

we want it delivered rather than 

address the ‘opt in’ or ‘opt out’ 

issue. I was a bit disappointed 

that we didn’t go there but 

OPPOSITION: 

City councillors 

all have 

concerns about 

the proposed 

water reforms. 

this wasn’t meant to be a 

consultation, it was meant to be 

a soft engagement to alert people 

to what’s happening.” 

Andrew 

Turner 

– “I agree 

nationally 

there’s a 

problem to 

be solved but 

the proposal 

in front of us isn’t right for 

Christchurch. 

“It would see the larger 

councils funding the smaller 

councils’ infrastructure. There’s 

also some question about 

the accuracy of the financial 

modelling that’s been put in 

front of us.” 


“We’re not in a position for 

people to be able to give a ‘yes’ or 

‘no’ answer at this stage. There’s a 

need for more information to be 

out there.” 

Jake 

McLennan 

– “I suspect 

they’re trying 

to push 

through 

something 

before the 

next election, whether those 

numbers will be there for water 

reform after the election you 

don’t know what you don’t 

know. 

“I can see why the 

Government would be keen to 

progress it quickly, but you have 

to wonder if (fast tracking) is 

actually leading to information 

that isn’t as precise as what you’d 

really need to make a decision as 

important as this.” 


“It couldn’t have hurt to have 

included a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ option 

but I have some sympathy for 

the view it’s early days and we 

initially wanted to do more of a 

holistic survey.” 

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Sam 

McDonald – 

“What’s scary 

is without 

consultation 

they’re talking 

about changing 

the Local 

Government Act temporarily to 

get these changes through. It’s 

incredibly undemocratic. I’m also 

concerned about the efficiencies 

they’ve modelled. You can’t 

actually dig down into what lay 

behind that.” 


“We can debate the questions all 

we like. I’m more interested in 

the section where people can put 

their own comments.” 

Sara 

Templeton – 

“The 

Government 

leapt to one 

solution 

without 

actually 

working with councils on other 

options. Central government 

has written into legislation that 

councils need to always give 

options, but they haven’t done 

the same. There’s a view from 

central government that as long 

as they showed people it would 

be cheaper if it was centralised 

that would be what drove 

people’s opinion. That’s clearly 

not the case. They want to know 

they have control over what 

happens and people can be held 

accountable.” 


“There hasn’t been enough 

information on from the 

Government for people to 

make a good ‘opt in’ or ‘opt out’ 

decision, but it’s really clear the 

Government have completely 


Waters reform proposal 

misread the sentiment about 

water in Christchurch.” 

Yani 

Johanson – 

“Fundamentally 

it’s taking away 

local control. 

For a city like 

Christchurch, 

how would 

you determine where the 

priorities are? If it was a bigger 

entity across a wider area what 

guarantee would you have that 

the money from Christchurch 

area was put into fixing our 

broken infrastructure?” 


“The survey was to get a 

general understanding from 

the community around the 

issues. When we’ve got more 

information there will be a 

formal process to get specific 

feedback on whether we should 

‘opt in’ or ‘opt out’. 

James 

Gough 

– “Where 

approximately 

$7 billion net 

worth of assets 

is transferred 

away from 

local ownership for $122.4 

million, it’s blatant theft. The 

people of Christchurch are not 

in charge of their own destiny on 

this and that’s terrifying.” 


“I’m not going to bag the council 

for testing the waters on public 

opinion but I don’t think there’s 

any value in beating about the 

bush. People are pretty clued up 

about it at this point and I think 

there would be a lot of value in 

getting a direct ‘yes’ or ‘no’. 


NEWS 7 

Waimakariri 

residents 

say ‘no’ 

WHILE THE city council is 

not ready to ask residents if 

they should support or reject 

controversial Government-driven 

water reforms, a neighbouring 

local authority had no qualms 

about stating the obvious. 

Given three options to gauge 

Waimakariri District Council 

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Aaron 

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– “This is 

the biggest 

takeover of 

any sort in 

our country’s 

history and 

everyone seems to be asleep at 

the wheel kind of going ‘Well the 

Government is saying your water 

isn’t good. 

“Most people have clean 

drinking water. It’s not like we’re 

all drinking sewer water waiting 

for the Government to save us. 

Water will become a bill like 

power is. There’s a very strong 

element of predetermination in 

this, they’re just going to take 

over water.” 


“It’s a complete waste of time 

and ratepayers’ money because 

the number one question not 

in there was: ‘Are you happy for 

us to give our assets to central 

government?’ There had to be a 

straight yes or no answer on that. 

“To ask questions like: ‘Do 

you think we should have clean 

drinking water?’ That’s like saying 

to someone: ‘Do you think you 

should have oxygen? What a 

ridiculous question to ask. No 

one is going to disagree and the 

government can say: ‘Look, we’ve 

got major support right across the 

whole country for this. We’ve done 

surveys and the overwhelming 

feedback was positive’. 

Tim 

Scandrett 

– “There’s 

no question 

things have to 

change so why 

don’t we put 

1.5 per cent on 

GST and use 

that? There’s already a system to 

collect it, it goes to the Treasury, 

they can give it to the water 

authority and then we go from 

there. The other issue is the layer 

cake of bureaucracy. It’ll be like a 

trough, let’s be honest.” 


“Asking everybody if New 

Zealand should be able to have 

clean drinking water? That’s the 

same line from the Government. 

I do think having a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ 

at the end of it would have been 

really helpful.” 

Anne 

Galloway 

– “A lot of 

people, me 

included, feel 

very rushed. 

It’s such a huge 

thing we’re 

being asked to 

consider. There’s a lot of ifs, buts 

and maybes that haven’t really 

been answered.” 



“It wasn’t a decision-making 

survey, it was more about getting 

feedback from the community. 

Once we’ve got our response 

sorted out, that’s the point 

where we should take it to our 

community and ask: ‘What do 

you think?’ 

Mike 

Davidson 

– The council 

has invested 

millions 

of dollars 

into water 

infrastructure 

and we’re headed in the right 

direction. We’re not perfect, but 

we’re pretty bloody good at what 

we’re doing.” 


“It’s a start. We’ll have formal 

consultation when we have all 

the information. I’ve had a few 

emails concerned about the 

survey. I think that’s because they 

were expecting it to be the only 

engagement. They’re happy once 

they realise this is just the start of 

the conversation.” 

Catherine 

Chu – 

“The last 

we want is 

this to be an 

asset grab by 

stealth and 

democracy 

to be completely thrown out the 

window, I’ve had more calls, 

emails and texts about this than 

I have on any other issue. I’ve not 

had one positive response about 

this reform.” 


“In hindsight asking whether 

to opt or out would have been a 

good poll to have, but the more 

important question was ‘what 

are the major concerns and 


NEWS 9 

‘Number of issues to be worked through’ – mayor 

what do they want to see in the 

reforms?’ 

Jimmy 

Chen – 

“We’re proud 

of our water, 

these assets 

should be 

owned by 

the people of 

Christchurch. 

We need a clearer picture, more 

information. How much does 

each household have to pay?” 


“This survey wasn’t formal 

consultation, we need more 

information and this will happen.’’ 

Mayor 

Lianne 

Dalziel – 

“There are a 

huge number of 

issues that still 

need to worked 

through. 

The council will sign off on its 

feedback to the Government on 

September 27. That’s when we’ll 

indicate a position on the reform 

based on all the information 

provided to us.” 


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committed to consulting with 

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10 

NEWS 

THE LATEST lockdown has 

done little to dampen confidence 

in the housing market in 

Canterbury. 

The Real Estate Institute says 

median house prices in Canterbury 

set a new record of $619,000 

in August, up 24.3 per cent from 

$498,000 in August 2020. 

Christchurch City ($650,000, 

up from $495,000), Selwyn 

District ($735,000, up from 

$585,000), and Waimakariri 

District ($645,000, up from 

$515,000) all reached record 

median prices. 

“Canterbury 

is experiencing 

a low level of 

stock down 49.6 

per cent annually. 

These low 

levels of stock 

have meant that 

competition 

has remained high for available 

properties, and these are selling 

quick,” said REINZ chief executive 

Jen Baird. 

“Canterbury saw the lowest 

median days to sell a property 

for an August month since 2013, 

at just 28 days. Before the level 4 

lockdown, listings were starting 

to increase heading into spring, 

but the lockdown slowed things 

down and as a result, new listings 

are down 35.5 per cent when 

compared to August last year. 

“Auctions have continued 

online throughout the lockdown 

and August saw Canterbury 

sell 28 per cent of properties by 

auction up from 13.8 per cent 

the year prior. Canterbury saw a 

new record on the REINZ House 

Price Index of 3492 up 31.2 per 

cent annually. 

“People are remaining optimistic 

that if alert levels continue 

to ease, activity should increase 

and recover from the lockdown 

promptly. The impacts of the 

lockdown are expected to be felt 

throughout the coming weeks, 

easing as more properties come 

to the market.” 


Median house price hits new high in August 

Jen Baird 

UPWARD: House prices continued to climb during the latest lockdown. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

The Real Estate Institute’s 

house price index, which 

measures the changing value of 

property in the market, rose 31.1 

per cent nationally in the year 

ended August to 4012. 

The national median house 

price rose a seasonally adjusted 

25.5 per cent in the past 

12 months to $850,000. The 

national median price excluding 

Auckland was $700,000, a 22.8 

per cent increase on a year ago. 

“This latest lockdown has not 

dampened demand for, or confidence 

in, the housing market as 

we saw in early 2020,” Baird said. 

The number of properties sold 

in August fell by 26.5 percent 

when compared to the same time 

last year, reflecting the effect of 

the reintroduction of lockdown 

restrictions. 

At the same time the number 

of properties available for sale 

fell by close to a third in the past 

12 months to 12,259, the lowest 

level of inventory ever recorded. 

“We have heard from across 

the industry that prices achieved 

on sales completed in the early 

part of this lockdown continue 

to illustrate an ongoing excess of 

demand over supply; prices are 

still rising,” Baird said. 

However, Baird expected more 

properties would soon come to 

market. 

“It is this time of year that 

people start to prepare their 

property for the usual increase in 

spring sales activity, and it is expected 

that this will be stronger 

this year as listing is delayed as a 

result of lockdown. 

“We understand that vendors 

have been preparing their properties 

for market, to list once 

we reach a lower alert level – we 

expect to see the result of this in 

our September data,” Baird said. 

The median number of days to 

sell a property fell three days to 

30 days. August saw 26 per cent 

of all properties sold via auction, 

the highest percentage ever 

recorded. 

“Conducting an auction is a 

great way to understand the value 

of a property in a fast-moving 

market, and even with August 

being in alert level 4 lockdown 

for half the month, auctions still 

made up more than a quarter of 

all sales,” Baird said. 

Properties prices hit new 

median highs in four of out 16 

regions, including Auckland, 

Waikato, Manawatu-Wanganui 

and Canterbury. 

The median house price 

in Auckland is $1.2 million 

compared with $949,500 in 

August 2020. 

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NEWS 

• By Anna Leask 

A PHOTOGRAPH of 

Christchurch partygoers dressed 

as concentration camp victims 

surrounding Adolf Hitler and 

making Nazi gestures has 

gone viral and been labelled 

“absolutely appalling”. 

A woman whose family 

members were murdered in 

the Holocaust said their choice 

of costume showed ignorance 

and a cruel lack of empathy and 

education. 

And she said it was especially 

sad given those in the photo live 

in a city that had recently experienced 

a massacre driven by hate 

and racism. 

The photo was posted to social 

media site Instagram at the 

weekend. 

It shows a woman dressed as 

Adolf Hitler in a suit with his 

infamous Nazi arm band and 

moustache. Five people wearing 

striped suits surround her with 

their arms raised in a pose historically 

used by Nazi supporters 

and white supremacists. 

The caption on the photo, 

which has since been removed 

from Instagram, states: “I do 

what I f**ken want b*tch”. 

Holocaust Centre of New Zealand 

chair Deborah Hart said the 

photo was “absolutely appalling”. 

“I was absolutely appalled at 

the lack of empathy coupled with 

a seemingly complete ignorance 

of quite recent history,” she told 

the Herald. 

Hart’s mother Inge Woolf 

was a child Holocaust survivor 

and after she 

had arrived in 

New Zealand 

as a refugee, cofounded 

the centre 

with a view 

to bear witness 

to the Holocaust, 

to remember, to 

educate and to 

act. 


Holocaust dress-up ‘absolutely appalling’ 

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concentration camp victims has been labelled ‘appalling’. 

PHOTO: NZ HERALD 

Deborah 

Hart 

“They seem to be young people 

joking about genocide – what 

we’re talking about is the extermination 

of six million Jews,” 

Hart said. “The extermination 

of 1.5 million children . . . each 

one was a person, a person with 

a family. 

“There are many people like 

myself who had family members 

murdered in the Holocaust and 

for those of us in that position 

to see young people like this just 

think it is a joke is really, really 

appalling.” 

Hart said a survey of people 

in New Zealand in 2019 showed 

that many did not have a clue 

about the facts of the Holocaust. 

The statistics for young people 

were even worse. 

“I would say to anyone of these 

young people in that photo who 

chose to dress up as Holocaust 

victims and to the woman who 

dressed up as Hitler – reach out 

to us,” Hart said. 

“We’re not about to out you, 

but come and visit us – we really 

need to talk about this and what 

What was the Holocaust? 

The Holocaust refers to the 

genocide of six million Jews 

carried out by Nazi Germany 

and its allies between 1933 and 

1945. 

The term encompasses 

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disenfranchisement to 

discrimination, persecution 

and finally extermination. 

This reached its deadliest 

point in the Nazis’ ‘Final 

Solution’ and the establishment 

of extermination camps, such 

as Chełmno, Bełżec, Sobibor, 

Treblinka, Majdanek, and 

Auschwitz-Birkenau. 

you were joking about.” 

Hart said anti semitism – 

hostility to, prejudice towards, 

or discrimination against Jewish 

people – was increasing around 

the world and sadly in New 

Zealand. She said it was crucial 

to fight those attitudes. 

Hart said after the 2019 terror 

attack where 51 Muslims were 

shot and killed and a further 40 

wounded by a lone gunman, she 

was surprised people in the city 

would find the Holocaust funny. 

“It’s sad that it’s happened in 

New Zealand but especially in 

Christchurch – that city has had 

enough awful things happen and 

it’s not something to be joking 

about.” 

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Photographer captures rare red sprite 

• By Devon Bolger 

A CHRISTCHURCH 

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Ethan 

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he said. 

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thinking he would get some 

night-time storm photos but was 

not feeling confident he would 

capture a rare sprite. 

“I thought I would have to 

travel to America to see them, I 

never thought I’d be able to see 

them from home.” 

But Takerei lucked it when the 

PHENOMENON: Ethan Takerei is just the third New Zealander to capture the rare red sprite. 

Brendan Gully (top right) was the second. 

PHOTO: ETHAN TAKEREI/NZ HERALD 

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Lucy said she had thought 

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“It’s something I’ve thought 

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event and realising she could 

compete in tandem, Hone 

decided to enter in the 2022 

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Trevor to enter with her. 

“I knew that with Trevor by 

my side I could somehow get 

through it,” she said. 

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18 

OPINION 

Future outbreaks: Will the vaccinated still be 

New 

Zealand 

Herald 

political 

editor Claire 

Trevett looks 

at what 

a future lockdown 

might look like for the 

vaccinated 

ONE OF the most peculiar 

questions the PM and Ashley 

Bloomfield have faced was 

whether sexual relations while 

visiting someone in hospital 

was deemed a high-risk activity 

during a lockdown. 

Bloomfield made an attempt 

to answer the question while 

the PM let her face do the talking 

before venturing that even 

without Covid-19, sex during 

visiting hours might not be the 

done thing. 

Is it perhaps one of the rules 

that does not need to be spelled 

out at a time when there are a lot 

of rules and a high risk of inadvertently 

breaking them. 

When it comes to other lockdown 

rules, the further down 

the alert levels we get the more 

confusion tends to reign. 

Level 2 is far preferable to level 

four, but this time there was not 

the same euphoria that went 

with moving to level 2 in 2020. 

The tighter rules – especially 

the new cap of 50 punters at an 

indoor venue – have made it particularly 

hard for businesses, and 

there is talk of potentially needing 

to stay at level 2 for months. 

It won’t feel like it, but it may 

be to Auckland’s benefit that the 

rest of the country has gone first 

to test-drive what impact the 

new rules will have on the ability 

of businesses to keep operating. 

The last-minute scramble 

highlighted again that the Delta 

outbreak seemed to have caught 

the Government out. Asked 

about it this week, Grant Robertson 

chose to depict it as being 

adaptable – and changing the 

rules on the basis of last-minute 

health advice. 

“Adaptable” is another word 

for on the hop. 

In that regard, it should be 

hoped that planning to handle 

future outbreaks is done ahead of 

time – and signalled in advance. 

In particular, a clear picture of 

what would be involved in postvaccination 

outbreaks is needed. 

The Government is understood 

to have begun work on developing 

an entirely new alert levels 

system for post-vaccination 

outbreaks. 

That is reassuring. 

The big question confronting 

it in that work is what difference 

a vaccination would make in 

everyday life, rather than just for 


AWKWARD: The PM let her face do the talking when asked if having sex with someone in 

hospital was deemed high-risk during lockdown. 


international travel. 

That is particularly important 

given repeated warnings that 

future outbreaks could still result 

in lockdowns, even with relatively 

high vaccination numbers. 

Those warnings are borne 

from the impact that Delta is 

having on countries overseas 

with high vaccination rates. 

There is also the reality that a 

significant portion of the population 

here will not be able to be 

vaccinated – not least younger 

children, for whom there is as yet 

no approved vaccination. 

The promise so far has been that 

higher vaccination rates would 

mean lockdowns would not have 

to be as strict or as broad. 

Given that, the Government 

needs to assess what impact 

vaccinations will have in determining 

those future restrictions. 

There would be a higher risk of 

non-compliance with restrictions 

by vaccinated people. 

The trouble it will face will be 

vaccinated people wondering 

why they cannot do more things 

than unvaccinated people in the 

event of an outbreak. 

The answer to that is because 

vaccinated people can still catch 

and transmit Covid. 

In an interview with the 

NZ Herald earlier this year, 

Ardern ruled out a system that 

would give vaccinated people 

more opportunities than 

the unvaccinated within our 

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She was asked after countries 

in Europe with vaccination rates 

over 60 to 70 per cent started to 

re-open restaurants and public 

venues – but only to vaccinated 

people. 

Last week, Australia’s PM Scott 

Morrison also voiced support 

for a vaccination pass to offer 

the vaccinated more freedoms in 

everyday life. 

Rather than stopping everybody 

going to places where they 

might spread Covid, the aim is 

to stop the unvaccinated from 

going to places where they might 

catch it. 

Any such decision is best coming 

from the Government, rather 

than leaving it to businesses 

themselves to impose “vaccinated 

customer only” rules. That is not 

fair on them. 

Ardern would still be reluctant 

– not least because a significant 

portion of the unvaccinated will 

be young children who cannot 

yet get vaccinated. 

It would also exclude others, 

who could not get vaccinated for 

legitimate reasons, from many 

elements of ordinary life. And 

there are civil liberties issues for 

those who choose not to be vaccinated. 

It would more likely to be used 

as an outbreak measure rather 

than a permanent measure. 

Ardern would need to be convinced 

it would work. 


locked down and will we need passports? 

But there was also a time she 

would never have envisaged locking 

the entire country up in their 

homes for weeks on end. 

Covid-19 has made a pragmatist 

out of Ardern. 

There are already signs she is 

budging: Grant Robertson confirmed 

yesterday such a vaccines 

pass was under consideration – 


albeit only in its early stages. 

Then there would be the issue 

of enforcing it. 

However, if the alternative to 

a system that excludes some is 


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a hard lockdown on everybody, 

Ardern may find the pressure is 

too much to push back on. 

The Government will also be 

aware of the impact of lockdowns 

on its own pocket. 

Ardern and Robertson have 

frequently used the phrase that 

the best health response is also 

the best economic response. 

But that has also required the 

Government to drawn down 

billions in debt, and to fork out 

billions in wage subsidies and 

business support to ensure there 

is an economy. 

It worked, but as Robertson 

said yesterday, the Government 

cannot continue to subsidise the 

wage bills of business forever. 

The best health response has 

also proved to be the best political 

response – at least so far. 

But in the long term, that 

health response was supposed 

to be vaccinations rather than 

lockdowns. 

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up being too much, the political 

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20 

LETTERS 


Readers respond to last week’s article on the proposed Three Waters reform and whether the 

city council residents’ survey should have had a yes or no question on the plan 

I am writing to express my 

strong opposition to the 

proposed Three Waters scheme. 

This proposal represents a 

terrible attack on our democratic 

process. 

This looks like an attempt 

to rush through the transfer 

of control of our $6.8 billion 

asset to an unelected body of 

Wellington bureaucrats who 

would not be accountable to us. 

I expect that the cost of our 

water would be increased every 

year and we would not be able to 

replace ineffective management, 

unlike what we enjoy now 

with the democratic process 

of electing city councillors. – 

Victoria Sinclair 

I am disappointed with 

the lack of basic information 

in the council survey and as 

noted no clear indication in 

favour or not, with a simple yes 

or no, which would be more 

balanced, as a survey rather 

than being loaded with nebulous 

irrelevances. 

It is obvious to many, that this 

is one of ‘Cindy’s’ ploys under 

her He Puapua 50/50 initiatives 

to gift these water resources to 

Maori. 

These resources have in 

reality been paid for by many 

generations of ratepayers. – A 

White 

I strongly oppose this asset 

grab on the grounds as a 

pensioner and the associated rate 

rise that will come. 

On a fixed income and 

continual rates, insurance, 

energy, food, transport cost 

increases, where is this money 

going to come from? The politics 

and racial discrimination on 

this topic are another matter 

altogether. – Peter Clark 

Even if the city council of the 

Three Waters and Waste requires 

more information before the 

yes/no option is included in 

the community survey, the 

constituents don’t. 

It is obvious what Minister 

Mahuta wants, especially so 

when she consistently refused 

to answer on Q&A, whether she 

would compulsorily take control 

of her Three Waters scheme, 

whether the constituents and the 

councils voted for her scheme or 

not. 

This means she is going to 

get her own way come what may. 

Fresh water is not owned by 

anyone, or possibly owned by 

all of us, not just a select few but 

that is not what the minister 

wants. 

So we need plain yes or no, 

and if the vote is no, and the 

city council votes no, Minister 

Mahuta is likely to invoke 

compulsory control and then 

give ultimate control to a nonelected 

organisation. 

Time will tell. – R Williams 

Please please don’t sell our 

local water assets to the state. 

We must keep control of our 

own affairs. 

If the state tries to run this 

it will fail or become such an 

expensive bureaucracy. 

It will also take more time for 

the council having to deal with 

another middle layer and iwi. 

I just can’t see any benefit. – 

Alan Roberts 

As a ratepayer I do not support 

the value proposition the 

Government is making for the 

three waters reform. 

Essentially they are proposing 

that they will purchase assets 

that have been paid for over 

generations by ratepayers for a 

fraction of their value. 

The water supply for 

Christchurch is pristine 

and unmatched and the city 

council should do everything 

in it’s power to maintain 

ownership and control of 

this asset for the benefit of 

the ratepayers and people of 

Christchurch. 

Central government has 

already demonstrated that 

they prefer a one-size fits all 

way of making decisions in 

relation to water (chlorine) 

which may have benefits in low 

quality rural water schemes 

but is entirely unnecessary for 

Christchurch. 

Central government has 

also consistently shown that 

consultation is a not process by 

which they listen to feedback. – 

Alan Geraghty 

Clearly the city council survey 

should have had a simple yes 

or no option/response to the 

planned water changes. My vote 

is for a very big no. 

Why would we possibly 

consider handing over $6.9 

billion of water-based assets 

to a Government controlled 

board of one entity for 21 local 

authorities. 

This proposal is just so wrong. 

– Eric Dally 


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The article in The Star focused 

on whether there should have 

been a yes or no option in the city 

council survey. 

I think the biggest thing 

missing is why yes or no. 

My concern is that being part 

of a larger conglomerate will be 

the lack of control. 

We have beautiful clean 

water here that does not 

need chlorine, yet they will 

end up treating everywhere 

the same – which will mean 

permanent chlorination for 

Christchurch. 

We are having enough trouble 

getting rid of it even now – being 

one part of a larger organisation 

will mean no chance. 

We must stop these reforms. – 

Lindsay Sandford 

Expressing opinion 

I wish to thank The Star for 

publishing the readers’ letters on 

September 9. 

Mainstream media in New 

Zealand currently, don’t seem 

to be willing to discuss sensitive 

or controversial topics, so it is 

reassuring to me, that the views 

expressed in the letters, were 

published. 

I do agree with the thoughts 

of the your readers, particularly 

those of J. Stone. 

The ads he refers to as ‘childish 

and simplistic’, I think, are also 

deceitful and seemed to have 

a racial content, which I don’t 

think is acceptable. 

The control of all our water 

requirements should remain 

with the democratically elected 

councils and not divided up into 

tribal boundaries, and overseen 

by outside organisations. – Tom 

Delamore 

Lawnmower man 

attack 

‘’We’re underage, we can do 

whatever we (expletive) like.’’ 

This is a quote from a teen 

offender on the front page of last 

week’s The Star. 

This is the attitude that has 

slowly but steadily grown 

over decades. An attitude 

that undermines the values, 

culture and traditions of New 

Zealanders. 

No longer do children respect 

elders or their own parents 

when they have been told that 

their rights supersede parental 

guidance/wishes and discipline 

has become a bad word. 

Children can now choose 

health procedures without 

parental consent or knowledge. 

Our governments over 

the years have taken away 

parental rights but not parental 

responsibility to care for our 

children. 

We cannot then be surprised 

by young offenders believing they 

are entitled to do as they please 

as youth culture emphasises they 

know best, and for example, are 

the only ones that know how to 

save the planet. 


Not all young people are 

foolish and not all old people 

are wise, but generations need to 

grow together if we are to create a 

better future. – D Downward 

We want to hear your views 

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in Canterbury 

Send emails to: 


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LETTERS 21 

see so many solo drivers wearing 

masks. 

I feel a little like Rip Van 

Winkle when he awoke to a 

strangely changed world. 

I fail to understand why this 

whole country has been brought 

to a standstill once more – with 

healthy people withheld from 

normal activities – for a virus 

that has claimed 27 lives in 

18 months, and most of those 

elderly and in doubtful health. 

Thus far we have had 

nearly 4000 cases but the real 

statistics are 27 deaths and 40+ 

hospitalisations, and these figures 

pale beside the annual flu fatality 

rate in New Zealand. 

Added to the totally out-ofproportion 

picture, we as a 

nation have spent $90 billion 

maintaining the consequences 

of this Covid contagion. 

Outrageous. – Chris Watkins 

Racism 

I consider this Government 

to be racist. To treat a person 

differently because of their race is 

racism. Just one example of this 

is the new Maori Health Board. 

We should not favour or treat 

people differently because of their 

ethnicity. 

Desist from using the ethnic 

labels of Maori, European, 

Chinese, Indian etc. We are all 

immigrants to this country. 

Judge people by their qualities 

and actions. – Madge Baker 

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22 

OPINION 

Health rather than wealth 

the basis of prosperity 

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Countdown attack 

The first point is that this 

should never have happened. 

What was this goon doing 

traipsing around our country 

with his known background. 

He should never have been 

allowed in in the first place. 

The cost of keeping a close 

watch on him over an extended 

period of time him falls 

ultimately to the taxpayer. 

The second point is that the 

laws passed in 2002 to deal with 

acts of terrorism were always far 

to loose. 

The courts should therefore not 

be blamed for setting this man 

free to carry out his attack. 

The courts are not there to 

make new statute law but only to 

interpret what Parliament passes. 

The politicians and members of 

the select committee responsible 

for passing this loose law 

and allowing attacks like the 

Auckland example have blood on 

their hands over this. 

The plain fact is that there 

are far too many theories being 

floated by assorted academics 

and loudmouths, usually with 

no practical experience to speak 

of to back their theories, and not 

nearly enough common sense. 

What we are left with is a sad 

knee-jerk reaction society. 

This will happen again so long 

as we here in New Zealand are 

recognised as a soft touch for this 

type of predator to pedal their 

extreme politics in such a tragic 

manner. 

The current terrorism law 

clearly illustrates what a soft 

touch we are. 

Finally, the public owe a vote 

of thanks to the frontline police 

for bringing this whole episode 

to a close so quickly without 

any further injury. – Neville 

Higgison, retired Canterbury 

police armed offenders squad 

member. 

I HAVE received an invitation 

to an online workshop at 

7pm-9pm on Monday next 

week. I have decided to write 

about it because it should be 

incredibly interesting, and 

there is a chance for others to 

watch: http://wiseresponse.org. 

nz/. The question that is being 

workshopped is: Are there 

biophysical limits to growth? 

It is being hosted by 

Victoria University’s School 

of Government and Wise 

Response, which is a broad 

coalition of academics, 

engineers, lawyers, artists, 

sportspeople and others, who 

are calling on New Zealand’s 

Parliament to comprehensively 

assess imminent risks to New 

Zealand and to draw up plans to 

deal with them. 

As demand for growth 

exceeds earth’s physical limits, 

causing unprecedented risks, 

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There is an amazing line-up 

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Mayor 

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In his introductory notes, 

Jackson says that the most 

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the relentless accumulation 

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Hurunui Garden Festival 

Thursday 28 th 

to Sunday 31 st 

October 2021 

A bounty of gardens to admire and inspire, will 

be on show in the Hurunui district this Spring. 

The Hurunui Garden Festival (HGF) has 22 gardens, in six 

clusters, on offer, and runs from Thursday, October 28 to 

Sunday, October 31 from 9am to 5pm each day. 

Some favourite gardens return, along with seven new 

ones. There will be maps of each garden to download and 

print from the HGF website. 

This year for the first time, there is the opportunity to walk 

inside some of Hurunui’s outstanding historic homesteads. 

Also on offer is a showcase of local artists, their 

place of work and beautiful exhibits for sale. 

Lynda Hallinan, a gardener, author, broadcaster, journalist, 

part-time farmer, parent and plantaholic, will join the 

festival for two chats — one during an afternoon tea and 

the other will be a dinner talk. 

For half her life, the former editor of New Zealand 

Gardener magazine has been digging up ideas and 

inspiration for growing food and flowers in Kiwi gardens. 

She lives with her family in the foothills of the Hunua 

Ranges, south-east of Auckland, and is currently splitting 

her time between her large country garden and a small 

colonial cottage renovation project. 

She is also launching a new book, The Joy of Gardening, 

this year. 

Julia Atkinson-Dunn, from the home and garden website 

Studiohome.co.nz and author of the beginner’s gardening 

book, Petal Power, will speak at three gardens on different 

days. 

With a background in writing, design and art, Julia 

fell firmly in love with gardening while transforming 

her small Christchurch patch just 4 1/2 years ago. 

The festival was launched in 2018 by a group of keen local 

garden owners to help the Hurunui district recover from 

the impact of the devastating earthquake of November 

2016. 

It has become a popular event, with many visitors making 

it a long weekend so they can enjoy as many gardens as 

possible, along with the many attractions the district has 

on offer. 

Hurunui Garden Festival Incorporated (HGF), is committed 

to investing back in its community. 

If it makes a reasonable profit, it will give one graduating 

secondary school student, whose home is in the Hurunui 

district, a scholarship to the value of $2000 towards study 

in horticulture, agriculture, landscape design or a related 

field, at their choice of university or institute of technology. 

The scholarship is on offer now, and is only made when 

HGF makes a reasonable profit from its annual event. 

■ The website shop - (hurunuigardenfestival.com) - is 

now open for ticket sales, including an earlybird special 

until August 31 - buy 10 and get one free. Admissions is 

$10 for an adult to visit each garden, payable on the day as 

you enter the garden. Children 18 years of age and under 

accompanied by an adult may enter for free. 

Please have cash with you, as the gardens cannot process 

electronic payments. Alternately you can purchase a 10 

ticket admission pack through the website. 

Tickets available now from 

hurunuigardenfestival.com

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[Edition datE] 

REGULAR JENNY HUGHEY readers explains of my what 

column the council will has know been doing. just how 

much The I formal value declaration an engaged of a 

community state of climate and emergency how I’m across 

Canterbury was one of the most 

always 

serious, 

encouraging 

and colourful, moments 

people 

to in get the more regional involved. council’s more than 

30-year Whether history. having a 

say A in year council’s ago this Saturday, plans or 

at 11.49am, Environment 

proposals, Canterbury or became being New actively Zealand’s 

involved first council in to environmental 

proclaim such an 

work emergency, through formally community dedicating 

groups, 

itself to consideration 

it’s democracy 

of climate 

in 

change at the heart of all it does. 

action The declaration when the highlighted public is 

invested that all the in work the Environment region and 

making Canterbury a difference. 

does – from 

freshwater 

Great things 

management 

also happen 

to 

biodiversity and biosecurity, 

when transport councils and urban and development community 

to air quality, work and together. also regional 

leadership To that end, – has a I’m climate excited change 

to 

focus. 

tell you about a new 

Currently, under the Resource 

fund Management that we’ve Act, launched regional 

that councils supports are required community only to adapt 

organisations to climate change, and not their mitigate 

environmental 

it – that responsibility 

projects. 

is the 

Government’s, but could change. 

Even The in Waitaha ‘adapt mode’ Action many 

to of Impact Environment Fund Canterbury’s is itself 

a existing product policies of community 

and plans already 

engagement. 

contribute to reduced 

From 

emissions. 

focus 

In declaring the climate 

groups emergency, and the discussions, Council noted we it 

saw would the continue value in to show supporting 

on and climate-change tapping into and do the so 

leadership 

without adding new programmes 

expertise of community 

at ratepayers’ expense. It also gave 

groups staff a clear and mandate organisations to continue 

who are improving their 

corner of Canterbury. 

Under the fund, community 

groups can apply 

for between $5000 and 

$30,000 a year to go 

towards work that will 

have a positive impact on 

the environment – either 

by helping to solve an 

environmental problem or 

finding new ways to make 

things better. 

To qualify, it’s important 

that the work is aligned to 

the environmental goals of 

the council. For instance, it 

might be about improving 

the health of our waterways 

or land and coastal 

ecosystems. 

It could be about helping 

communities to be better 

prepared for changes to 

the natural environment 

or about fostering relationships 

There to has improve been a 26% environmental 

reduction 

per staff member 

leadership. 

in emissions 

since 30 June 2010. We now have 

access We to do electric ask that and the hybrid community 

vehicles and group hope contributes 

to have half our 

30 per cent of the project 

budget, but this could 

come from funding or 

equivalent in-kind contributions, 

such as volunteer 

hours or through goods 

such as plants or building 

materials. 

Great things can happen 

when like-minded organisations 

come together. 

Collaboration is not just 

about sharing the load – 

it’s about expanding the 

skill set and getting greater 

expertise focused on an 

issue or goal. 

In so doing, it’s possible 

to achieve far more than 

either party could through 

working alone. More 

resources and expertise 

can mean bigger and better 

results. 

I’m confident that the 

OPINION 25 

INITIATIVE: Community groups focused on improving the environment 

can now apply for assistance under the new Waitaha Action to Impact 

Fund. 

New fund to support 

community groups 

turning Waitaha our Action braided rivers to Impact into 

roaring 

Fund will 

rapids, 

prove 

fuelling 

to 

landslides 

be a 

and causing widespread erosion. 

great Canterbury’s initiative coastal for accelerating 

environmental 

will be threatened 

communities 

change and shaping a 

thriving and resilient Canterbury. 

I’m excited by the 

thought of what we will be 

able to achieve together. 

If you’re part of a 

community group or 

organisation doing great 

environmental work, you 

should consider applying 

for support through the 

Waitaha Action to Impact 

Fund. 

More details can be 

found on the Environment 

Canterbury website. 

• Cr Jenny Hughey 

is chair of the 

Canterbury Regional 

Council (Environment 

Canterbury) 

ARA INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY 

Proud Samoan builds 

future for family 

Tony Siva is a proud 

Samoan and even prouder 

since he returned to 

study and got himself an 

apprenticeship to become a 

builder. 

“My plan for the future 

is to buy or build my own 

house and hopefully go 

back to Samoa to rebuild 

my village,” he says. 

Prior to studying at Ara 

Institute of Canterbury, 

Tony worked as a sales 

assistant for Fonterra. He 

says he decided to become 

a qualified builder because 

he wanted to build a better 

future for his family. 

Tony completed the New Zealand 

Certificate in Construction Trade Skills at 

Ara, which was free through Ara’s Pacific 

Trades Training scheme. During his studies, 

It’s a year since Environment Canterbury 

declared a climate-change emergency 

and enhance that work. 

That work included setting 

up a climate-change integration 

programme in the Long-term Plan 

2018-28, ensuring climate change 

was actively considered across 

workstreams, increasing visibility 

of the science and what we know 

about the impact of climate 

change on Canterbury, and liaising 

on the issue with iwi and regional 

partners, other local authorities 

and central government. 

As an organisation, we have 

also made significant progress in 

addressing our own greenhousegas 

emissions, with our 

Christchurch building receiving a 

“market-leading” energy efficiency 

rating of 5.0 out of 6 in the year 

to February on the National 

Australian Built Environment 

Rating System New Zealand. 

The building’s features include 

184 solar panels which can 

generate more than 55,000 

kilowatt hours of electricity per 

year. 

ironment Canterbury 

change emergency 

Environment 

Canterbury Chair 

Jenny Hughey 

fleet hybrid or long-range electric 

by 2022. Carbon emissions from 

air travel across the organisation 

are offset via our own biodiversity 

programmes. 

According to a Madworld report 

in 2019, our gross emissions were 

2253 tonnes of carbon dioxide 

(CO2) equivalent, compared with 

removals of 7883 tonnes of CO2- 

equivalent through our efficiency 

efforts and from forestry planting 

across 2700 hectares. 

The changing climate will pose 

many risks to life and livelihood 

in Canterbury. In recent years 

we have seen how occasional, 

but extreme, weather events have 

had huge effects on residents and 

infrastructure around the South 

Island. 

The driest parts of our region, 

along the Marlborough coast and 

across much of the Canterbury 

Plains, are expected to get even 

drier. North-westerly storms are 

predicted to become more intense, 

with torrential alpine rainstorms 

Tony was encouraged to explore his culture. 

“We were given our own tools for the 

course, and we learned how to interpret our 

culture through woodwork,” he says. “So as 

well as learning how to build a house and 

things like retaining walls, decks change. and fences, 

I also made a To’oto’o (Samoan chief ’s staff).” 

Ara’s Pacific Trades Training scheme 

provides 

All these eventualities 

extensive pastoral 

have 

support to 

students. “It helps you get to your end goal,” 

Tony says. “There’s lots of care and support 

provided - like bus money, petrol vouchers, 

food vouchers, counsellors and advisors. 

The Pacific Island Students Association 

offers a lot too, and Ara puts on lots of social 

by sea-level rise this century and 

our productive and protected land 

jeopardised by the arrival and 

spread of new, exotic weeds and 

pests from warmer climates. 

to be planned and prepared for, 

and Environment Canterbury 

will remain in the vanguard of 

these climate change efforts. 

One example is the $40 million 

Waimakariri River flood 

protection project, completed 

late last year. The network of 

floodgates and stopbanks will 

protect half a million people and 

$8 billion of community and 

business assets from a possible 

“super flood”. 

Tepora 

The last major flood was in 

Ara graduate 

December 1957, when parts 

of Coutts Island in Belfast and 

Kainga were swamped by river 

flow peaking at 3990 cubic 

metres per second (cumecs). 

The protection scheme has been 

designed to defend Christchurch 

from a flood of as much as 6500 

cumecs. 

Environment Canterbury’s 

leadership of biodiversity and 

biosecurity programmes is also 

underpinned by climate-change 

concerns. 

Canterbury’s distinct braided 

rivers and unique wetlands face 

many challenges. The rivers form 

a vital ecological link and provide 

an abundant food supply and 

nesting grounds for 26 species of 

native birds – most classified as 

threatened and facing increased 

pressures due to river system 

Wetlands are also ecosystems 

at-risk nationally and regionally, 

degraded by draining, damming 

and diversion affecting their 

ability to sequester carbon, 

cleanse freshwater and mitigate 

flooding, as well as impacting on 

biodiversity and mahinga kai. 

With biosecurity, we are 

putting greater emphasis on the 

risks of new pests establishing 

in Canterbury. Warming 

temperatures, changing soils and 

new land uses mean new weeds 

especially, will be able to gain a 

better foothold across the region. 

More broadly, we have to 

curb reliance on fossil fuels and 

find environmentally suitable 

alternatives, such as electricity and 

hydrogen, to power our public 

transport. 

When my predecessor Steve 

Lowndes retired as chair of 

this council late last year, he 

highlighted some of the big 

changes on the way. He was 

optimistic we would be able to 

deal with the “pressing issues” of 

climate change and sustainability. 

I share his confidence. As a 

community, and as a council, 

we are taking some bold steps to 

ensure we are in a better place to 

cope with the changing climate 

and the tests it will set us. But 

there will always be a need to do 

more. 


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Tony says returning to study as an adult 

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“At first I thought it would be a bit awkward 

because of my age, being surrounded by 

kids who just finished school. But my 

tutors were great – they made learning 

relevant and fun – and I was encouraged to 

persevere and complete the course.” 

Tony is undertaking his apprenticeship 

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the skills he learned at Ara and picking up 

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to consider learning a trade. 

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SPRING GARDENING 


Cosmos are bursting 

with hot colours 

THESE DAYS, garden design 

seems to be all about simple foliage 

and clean lines. 

If you like a contemporary 

look easy-to-grow cosmos comes 

in to play. 

Bursting with hot colours and 

growing to around 1m tall, cosmos 

are no shrinking violets, and 

they sway gently in the breeze. 

These devil-may-care flowers 

are easy to grow, thriving in 

the heat and flourishing almost 

anywhere, as long as it’s hot, dry 

and sunny. 

Like all annuals, they germinate, 

flower and die within a 

season or a year. But don’t fret 

– they also pop up again each 

following year. 

Cosmos look best when grown 

en masse, creating a sea of 

country-cottage colour. 

Once you’ve found a good spot 

and you’re ready to plant these 

American natives, add a good 

general fertiliser, like nitrophoska 

blue, to the soil to encourage 

growth. 

Then simply dig a hole (approximately 

3cm deep) and 

place your seedling inside. Plant 

each subsequent seedling about 

10cm apart, giving them space to 

grow but ensuring they’re close 

VIBRANT: Some cosmos grows to around 1m tall, they 

thrive in the heat. 

enough to support each other in 

strong winds. 

Next, layer newspaper around 

your plants, and then cover it 

with pea straw. 

This homemade mulch will 

prevent your plants drying out 

during the day and in between 

watering sessions. 

Voila – you’ll have a cosmos 

floral fiesta in no time, and get 

to enjoy an array of colour until 

the first frost hits, usually around 

June. 

And if you really want to bring 

the outside in, just a handful of 

these long-stemmed beauties 

look great in a tall vase (just don’t 

forget to put them in a cool place 

and change the water every two 

to three days). 

You’ll be thanking yourself for 

adding a bit of country colour at 

your place. 

FRESH: Endive has a mild bitter taste. 

Pick salad ingredients 

from your vege patch 

SPRING HAS arrived, which 

means salad season is just 

around the corner. And there’s 

nothing like picking fresh salad 

ingredients straight out of your 

garden. 

Endive is a great addition to 

any salad. With its fine curled, 

mid-green leaves it partners well 

with rocket. Endive is a bit bitter 

and rocket is a little peppery, 

together they’re a great combo. 

What’s equally important is it’s 

so easy and quick to grow. Unlike 

most lettuces, it doesn’t need to 

create a heart in the centre so it’s 

very quick to produce. 

Simply pick the leaves off as 

you need them. 

To plant, look for a welldrained 

spot in the garden. 

If the soil is still a bit wet and 

cold from winter, try growing 

endive in a pot. Just add some 

good quality potting mix, plant a 

couple of seedlings around 5cm 

apart and away you go. 

Depending on where you are 

in New Zealand and how warm 

the soil is yet, it will take around 

four to six weeks for your endive 

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Time to prepare for warm days ahead 

NEITHER WINTER nor 

summer, September can be 

termed the ‘in-between’ month. 

Spring is here and there’s a taste 

of better things to come, and it’s 

a very busy month preparing for 

the heat to come. 

Houseplant care 

Hopefully your houseplants 

have successfully survived winter. 

It is a difficult time for them as 

many originate from tropical 

countries. 

As tempting as it is, delay 

purchasing new houseplants for 

another month until indoor temperatures 

warm up consistently 

throughout the day. 

Continue to water plants sparingly 

and mist the foliage (leaves) 

regularly with lukewarm water 

and ensure they are positioned 

in a ‘high-light’ part of the house. 

With large “glossy” green-leaved 

houseplants such as fiddle leaf fig, 

clean the leaves regularly with a 

soft sponge. 

If you have any houseplants 

that are struggling, a few days in 

a steamy bathroom is an excellent 

way to revive them. 

In the vege patch 

It’s the very end for harvesting 

traditional winter vegetables; 

broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, 

cauliflower, celery, leeks, 

lettuce, parsnips, rhubarb, silverbeet, 

spinach and turnips. Keep 

VIBRANT: Bulbs should now be in full bloom. Mark the area where they are planted so 

they aren’t disturbed before next year’s showpiece. 

planting out year-round vegetables 

like celery, lettuce, silverbeet, 

beetroot and spinach. 

Many rush to plant out traditional 

summer vegetable 

seedlings in September such as, 

tomatoes and cucumbers, but it 

is still a little early. You are better 

to wait until mid-October when 

soils have warmed up. 

However, you can now sow 

summer vegetable seeds in seed 

trays or punnets and place them 

in a warm sheltered position 

indoors or in glass houses. 

Where areas of your vegetable 

garden not too wet, start preparing 

your summer garden by 

digging in fresh compost. When 

‘cleaning up’ the winter vegetable 

garden, all the green material can 

go straight into the compost bin 

(so long as it is disease free). 

Blooming bulbs 

A wonderful month to enjoy 

the spring flowers of traditional 

bulbs. 

When they finish flowering, 

sadly sometimes too briefly, allow 

the foliage to ‘brown’ and die 

down before removing. 

This is how the bulbs obtain 

enough nutrients for the next 

seasons flowering. 

It can be worth marking in the 

areas of your major bulb plantings 

with some small stakes to 

avoid disturbing later in the season 

when planting possible trees 

and shrubs. 

Flowering annuals 

Most winter annuals are 

now coming to the end of flowering. 

Begin preparing for planting 

summer flowering annuals by 

sowing varieties in seed trays 

ready to plant out later. 

In the meantime, for continuous 

flowers in your garden, plant 

annuals that flower all year round; 

alyssum, calendulas, cornflowers, 

lobelias, pansies and violas. 

Roses 

Many rose varieties will now be 

in full growth and the first flowers 

will appear towards the end of the 

month. 

Apply the first side dressing 

of rose fertiliser. Make sure your 

fertiliser is high in potash which 

promotes strong flowers. 

Compost can be spread around 

the base of the roses. This works 

as both a soil conditioner and 

mulch. 

Lawn care 

Grass will begin growing again 

in some warmer areas. 

Towards the end of the month 

the first dressing of fertiliser can 

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Check the lawn for wet spots or 

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summer months. 

Ornamental trees and 

shrubs 

Camellias and azaleas will be 

near the end of their flowering, 

while rhododendrons are in full 

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CHRISTCHURCH Netball 

Centre’s centenary celebrations 

are on hold until 2022, 

organisers erring on the side of 

caution as Covid-19 continues 

to cast a shadow over events. 

Plans to host a two-day celebration 

from October 28 were 


DAN SCHWARZ has no 

concerns about his players being 

left to their own devices – and 

exercise programmes – during 

Cashmere Technical’s enforced 

mid-season break. 

An ingrained title-winning 

mindset and an ultra-competitive 

squad gave the head coach 

comfort when the reassembled 

after Covid-19 restrictions 

relaxed, substituting Zoom calls 

for actual training at English 

Park. 

They got together for the first 

time last Thursday and replicated 

game conditions last weekend 

ahead of Saturday’s Southern 

League clash with Nelson Suburbs. 

“It’s been nice to get the football 

moving again and normality 

back in that space,” Schwarz 

said. 

The reigning Mainland Football 

premierships champions 

have not played since advancing 

to the final of the English Cup 

by eliminating Universities on 

August 17, hours before the nationwide 

lockdown began. 

“We’ve set programmes for 

the lads to hit, we leave it in their 

revised last week, in spite of the 

city’s alert level downgrading. 

“We felt the current schedule 

is too uncertain for us to be 

confidently able to proceed,” 

CNC chief executive Megan 

McLay said. 

“It was only six weeks away 

and we thought it was just too 

big a risk. Health and safety had 

WATCHFUL EYE: Cashmere Technical coach Dan Schwarz 

oversees a training session at English Park. 

court to do it,” Schwarz said. see the upside to a break. 

“A lot of them have (exercise) “The majority of the squad 

bikes, there’s also body weight have gone back-to-back with 

exercises and a bit of pavement local local football and national 

plodding.” 

league football for five to six 

At first glance the players had years. It’s actually quite nice that 

kept in shape during lockdown some of them have had a break 

and the enthusiasm was infectious 

at the first training session. another year,” he said. 

that they might not have got 

“The excitement really pushed “The younger boys in the 

them through the session more group also play a lot of schools’ 

than anything. There were a lot football, they train with our first 

of excited players that wanted to team or the reserves and play 

run around and release a bit of games . . . it’s been really good 

energy. 

for the young boys to reset and 

“They ran off a bit of steam, start again.” 

now we carry on with a bit more Schwarz is also content with 

in-depth training.” 

Cashmere Technical’s league 

Although there could be an position with two games remaining. 

They lead Coastal Spirit 

injury risk after a month without 

game time, Schwarz preferred to – who have a game in hand – by 

BIG CLUB MATCH-UPS THIS WEEKEND 

three points. 

The top two clubs qualify for 

the National League. 

Coastal Spirit travel to Dunedin 

where they play South 

City Royals; out of contention 

Christchurch United host Otago 

University . 

While Cashmere Technical are 

no strangers to silverware, the 

Christ’s College 1st XV’s quest 

for a maiden Crusaders region 

championship is also back on 

track when school’s reopened. 

The squad also head north 

where they take on two-time 

champions Nelson College on 

Saturday, their third final and 

first since 2018 where Christchurch 

Boys High School were 

awarded the trophy after an 

18-all draw because they scored 

more tries. 

They trained on Thursday, 

Saturday and had three other 

session before they depart. 

“Hopefully that gives us 

enough time to get ready. The 

time frame is plenty, they’re really 

fit, that’s the thing with these 

to come first.” 

Although the bulk of participants 

would be local, potential 

visitors from outside the region 

also impacted on the decision. 

“People might be a little reluctant 

to travel, that’s something 

we had to take into consideration,” 

McLay said. 

McLay referenced the postponed 

Tokyo Olympics when 

looking ahead to what would 

be “a real celebration of netball 

through the ages.” 

“The precedent has been set. 

Tokyo was off for a year and 

that was reasonably successful. 

We hope to go along the same 

lines.” 

Meanwhile, Lincoln University 

has defended their premier 

grade crown after Covid-19 

restrictions did not give players 

enough time to prepare for a 

final before the September 11 

cut-off date for the season. 

They were originally scheduled 

to play Saints on August 24 

but alert level 4 restrictions 

sabotaged those plans. 

Zoom calls swapped for on-field training 

Cashmere 

Technical 

ready for 

Southern 

League 

football clash 

TRAINING 

DAY: Declan 

Tyndall passes 

to a Cashmere 

Technical 

teammate 

ahead of the 

Southern 

League’s 

resumption 

on Saturday. 

Right – Dan 

Schwarz talks 

tactics with 

the team. 

PRACTICE RUN: Yuya Taguchi spearheads an attacking 

move with Lyle Matthysen and Tom Schwarz trailing 

during a Cashmere Technical training run at English Park. 

PHOTOS: CHRIS BARCLAY 

games. If you’re fit you should 

be okay, we’re happy enough 

with where they’re at,” master 

in charge of rugby Steven Dods 

said. 

“They’ve come back in a good 

frame of mind.” 

The annual top 4 has been 

scrapped because Auckland cannot 

supply a team inside the time 

frame so Christ’s College are 

hoping to play Otago Boys’ High 

School in a South Island final in 

Dunedin next Saturday. 

Meanwhile, the Canterbury 

Hockey premier league finals 

also wrap up the elite club competition 

on Saturday 

Carlton Redcliffs play HSOB/ 

Burnside in the men’s decider 

at Nga Puna Wai at 2pm followed 

by the women’s showpiece 

between Harewood at Marist at 

4pm. 

Southern League points: Cashmere 

Technical 12, Coastal Spirit 

9, South City Royals 6, Selwyn 

United 6, Otago University 6, 

Nelson Suburbs 4, Christchurch 

United 4, Green Island 0.


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building report before you make an offer, 

you can make a property inspection a 

condition of your offer. Like most things in 

life, buying a property will go more smoothly 

if you put the work in. If a short cut seems 

too good to be true, it usually is. 

For independent guidance and 

information on buying or selling, check 

out settled.govt.nz. 


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Paint Pro Ltd 

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0211221487 

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003181, 027 240 7416 

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30 years of 

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022 5380959 

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027 516 6609 

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SERVICES 

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exterior painting, 

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upgrades.Laundries / 

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painting 

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442-2219, Fax 359-6052 quotation. 

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call Craig undertaken, new housing, fence repairs Discount for 

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426 269 

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STUMP GRINDING 

Best price guarantee Tony 

0275 588 895 

TILER ( MaSTER ) 

Int / Ext. Res / Comm. . 

Free quote. 18 yrs exp. Ph 

Zac 021 1056 797 

TREE SERVICES 

Free quotes 20+ yrs exp. 

Tree, hedge or shrub 

- reduction, shaped or 

removed. Ph/text Paul 

The Branch Manager 

0274314720 

TREE SERVICES 

Specialist small tree 

pruning, Also garden 

tidy ups. Ph Hugh 

“THE LITTLE GREEN 

GROOMER” 021 275 

5445 

TREE SERVICES 

Hedges, shrubs, tree 

trimming & rubbish 

removal. Phone for free 

quotes 022 540 4900 

WaTERBLaSTING 

Housewash, Drives, Paths, 

Decks, Moss kills, Gutter 

cleans. Ph 020 410 67205 

WINDOW CLEaNING 

Average 3 brm house 

inside or out from $45. 

Both from $80 Phone 

Trevor 344-2170 

WINDOW CLEaNING 

Brown & White Ltd. 

Family owned since 2001. 

Ph Paul 027 229 3534 

Tuition 

COMPUTER LESSONS 

avail for computer, IPad, 

or Mobile. Please contact 

Jobee 027 290 9246 www. 

computertutor.nz 

Wanted To Buy 

STEVE PURCELL 

ANTIQUES 

BUYING 

NOW 

Gold jewellery, 

watches, coins, 

medals, scrap 

gold, sterling 

silver, pewter, 

original paintings, 

modern art. 

351 9139 

stevepurcellantiques.com 

AAA Buying goods 

quality furniture, beds, 

stoves, washing machines, 

fridge freezers. Same day 

service. Selwyn Dealers. 

Phone 980 5812 or 027 

313 8156 

A+ ALL whiteware 

wanted. Same day 

service, cash paid for 

freezes, fridges, washing 

machines, ovens. Also 

buying furniture & h/ 

Wanted To Buy 

ACADEMY ANTIQUES 

Buying estates, antiques, 

old china, crystal, art, 

Royal Doulton , Royal 

Albert etc. Best prices, 

free appraisal. Call Rob 

349-4229 

A+ Household effects, 

fridges, freezers, washing 

machines, ovens. Good 

cash paid. Ph Paul 022 

0891 671 

BOOKS. 

Old wanted. 

Anything considered incl 

hunting, 

mountineering, 

fishing,childrens. 

Ph 354 1621 

CLOTHING 1900 - 1999. 

0272 222 425 

HORIZONTAL 

gymnastics Bar. Ph 021 

037 8857 

MILITARIA Any 

country, firearms, 

uniforms, badges, medals, 

memoribilia, WW2 or 

earlier ph 338-9931 

TOOLS, Garden garage, 

saw benches, Lathes. Cash 

buyer Phone 355-2045 

Situations Vacant 

CLEANERS 

REQUIRED 

ORCHARD ROAD 

AIRPORT AREA 

Monday to Friday 

4.30pm / 5.30pm 

Start time 

Total 8 hours per week 

CITY CENTRE 

Monday to Friday 

6pm to 9pm 

Plus every 4th Sunday 

2.5hrs 

We are looking for cleaners 

to join our commercial 

cleaning team. 

You will need to pass a 

Security Check and you 

MUST have your 

own transport. 

Must be eligible to work 

in New Zealand. 

Please email your 

Application to 

csc@totalcanterbury.co.nz 

or phone 338 9056 

Visit our website: 

totalcanterbury.co.nz 

Please advise which job 

when emailing your CV. 

MODELS Wanted for 

various photographic 

assignments. No 

experience necesary. All 

shapes and sizes. Part time 

/ casual. Email interest 

to: johngallagher2108@ 

gmail.com 

RETAIL STAFF Part 

effects.Anything Time, 15 - 18 hrs per week. 

Must be reliable. Ph 027 

223 0948 

hold 

considered. Ph Dave 960- 

8440, 027 66 22 116 

Vehicles Wanted 

Situations Vacant 

BUPA CASHMERE VIEW CARE 

HOME - CHRISTCHURCH 

CASUAL LAUNDRY 

ASSISTANT 

Bupa are looking for a Laundry assistant to 

join the team in our Bupa Cashmere view 

Care Home in Christchurch. 

This a casual position with possibility of 

switching to fixed term contract providing 

an opportunity to work in an incredibly 

rewarding environment, with our wonderful 

residents. In return for your dedication we will 

support you with on-going training to assist 

your development both professionally and 

personally. 

What Bupa is looking for? 

• Enthusiasm, care and passion for 

making a difference to residents 

• To have full clean driver’s licence 

• The ability to work rostered and rotating 

shift (including weekends) 

• Reliable transport or travel 

arrangements 

• Previous experience preferred 

Please bring your CV to the Cashmere view 

Care Home directly: 72 Rose Street, Spreydon, 

Christchurch 8024 

Public Notices 

Senior Citizens 

Outings 

with Companion Driving Service Ltd 

A few seats left on our 2 night / 3 day 

visit to Tekapo (overnight) & Wanaka 

(overnight). Dinner - Bed - Breakfast 

plus lunches included $796.00 

Upcoming tours 

in the near future 

CHRISTCHURCH TO PICTON MAIL BOAT RUN 

Christchurch - Kaikoura (overnight Dinner - Bed 

- Breakfast) then onto Picton - Mail boat sailing 

- overnight at Picton. Next day free morning and 

then return to Christchurch on Coastal Pacific 

train. Pick up & drop off included. Single unit 

(no sharing) - $996.00 includes mail boat & 

train journey. Walkers welcome. 

PUNAKAIKI RESORT HOTEL SPECIAL 

Hokitika - Greymouth - Punakaiki by coach. 

Overnight at Punakaiki (single room - no sharing). 

Next day free time in Greymouth then return to 

Christchurch on Tranz Alpine train. Pick up & 

drop off included in our price of $494.00. 

PHONE PETER ON 0800 453 873 

for info and bookings. 

COMPANION DRIVING SERVICE LTD. 

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SUBJECT TO 

ALERT LEVEL 2 

RESTRICTIONS 

12 BAR, 342 St Asaph St: Thursday 6pm - 

Riverside Jazz Club (relocated) with the Mike 

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Friday 8pm - Kate Anastasiou. Saturday 8pm - 

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A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St: 

Thursday 7.30pm - Cathcart, Walsh & Blaikie 

(CWB). Friday 8pm - Live music. Saturday 9pm 

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BOO RADLEY'S, 1 Halswell Rd: Friday 

8.30pm - Mirrors duo. Saturday 11.30pm - Neil 

Alexander. 

CARLTON, 1 Papanui Rd: Friday 8pm - 

Topia. Saturday 6.30pm - Diamond Blue. 

To add a listing, contact 

Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or 

027 458 8590 

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi 

www.star.kiwi/whatson 

FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday 

7pm - VOXY Duo; 10.30pm DJ Jezza. Friday 

6pm - Jack Bubb; 8.30pm - Perry Dup; 11.45pm 

- DJ Jezza. Saturday 6pm - Lauren Marshall; 

8.30pm - Mirrors; 11.45pm - DJ Jezza. 

SULLIVANS IRISH PUB, 291 Lincoln Rd: 

Wednesday 7pm - Willie's Open Mic. Friday 

7.30pm - Willie McArthur One Man Band. 

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: Friday 

7.30pm - Open Mic & Jam. Wednesday 9pm - 

Titanic (Kevin Emmett, Nick Buchanan, and 

Peter K Malthus). 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd: 

Thursday 7pm - Mel Perkins. Sunday 6pm - 

Lance Kiwi Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm - Quiz. 

Wednesday 7.30pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke. 

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Open daily from 6.30am 

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

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Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150 

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In Alert Level 2 

A reminder that at Alert Level 2, 

it will be seated table service only 

and there is a limited capacity. 

Pavilion: 

Open 9am to 3pm 

Sunday to Thursday 

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Friday & Saturday 

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RESIDENTS IN small Burnside 

drivers’ during a meeting on 

Tuesday, addressing the concerns 

However, the board’s initial plan 

to improve visibility by moving 

the nearby Clyde Rd bus stop so it 

was nex to existing no-stopping 

restrictions by the intersection was 

not well received by residents. 

Five submissions were received 

by the board on the plan, just one 

of which was in favour of it. 

A new plan was then created in 

which the no-stopping zone was 

talk about your home. 

Mike Pero Real Estate Ltd Licensed REAA (2008) 

Brand and Territory Owners - Bishopdale 

027 660 1920 • 027 849 0404 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2021 Connecting Your Local Community 

starnews.co.nz 

Top chefs to 

get together 

for fundraiser 

Page 2 Page 3 

Loss of car 

parks forces 

dairy to close 

Your 

local news. 

anywhere, 

anytime. 

Visibility set to improve 

traffic safety on busy street 

• By Fiona Ellis 

Thursday, September 16, 2021 | Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper 

street have won a quick victory to 

make their area safer. 

No parking restrictions will be 

increased on busy Clyde Rd so 

residents turning in and out of 

Penhelig Place will have a better 

view of incoming traffic. 

The Fendalton-Waimairi- 

Harewood Community Board 

approved a plan to increase 

of the Clyde Penhelig Residents 

Association. 

The safety of the Clyde Rd and 

Penhelig Place intersection was 

raised as an issue by the association 

before the Covid-19 lockdown 

this year. 

extended and the bus stop was not 

moved. 


‘Ugly 

Customers’ 

Low Supply & High Demand! 

Now is a fantastic time to sell. 

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CHANGE MAKERS: Trevor Foster (left) and Clyde Penhelig Residents Association chairman Ian Cumberpatch have 

been part of a push to improve the safety of the Clyde Rd and Penhelig Place intersection. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

CAS’n’OVA PRODUCTIONS 

Freephone direct to Cathy 

and Ian to arrange a time to 

BOOK ONLINE 

0800 888 426 

cathy.falconer@mikepero.com 

www.casnova.co.nz 

Ian & Cathy Falconer 

Authentic Thai and 

Vietnamese cuisine 

open from 5pm 

YOU’RE IN CAPABLE HANDS 

All of our chefs are qualified in the art of Thai, Vietnamese, Malaysian or Chinese cuisine 

and have years of experience in cooking and training throughout Asia. Many have worked 

in some of the best restaurants throughout Southeast Asia. Our restaurants let you travel 

across the borders and sample some of the exciting flavours of our Asian neighbours. 

Halswell 

Papanui 

Riccarton 

Sumner 

Harewood 

Beckenham 

To view our menus, go to our website www.agh.co.nz

Halswell 

Hoi An House 

Thai and Vietnamese cuisine 

Hoi An House means “The perfect meeting 

place” a place to come relax, eat, enjoy, and 

never leave the table hungry! Function area 

caters up to 80 people. 

Only a 10 minute drive from Beckenham 

Open 7 days from 5pm - 8.30pm • 265 Halswell Road, Halswell • 03 260 1799 • www.hoianhouse.co.nz - book online! 

PaPaNUI 

Thai Garden 

Simple, yet adventurous 

Thai Garden is about fun, fresh food that 

combines the best of Asian flavours. We think 

we’ve hit the trifecta of good Thai: fast service, 

friendly staff and fresh ingredients. 

Open 7 days from 5pm - 8.30pm • 484 Cranford Street, Christchurch • 03 354 9203 • www.thaigarden.co.nz 

rICCartoN 

Buddha Stix 

The best pan-Asian cuisine 

Vivid with colour and saturated with flavour, 

Buddha Stix indulges all of your senses to create 

an intimate and memorable dining experience. 

Open 7 days from 5pm - 8.30pm • 74 Riccarton Road, Riccarton • 03 961 1704 • www.buddhastix.co.nz 

sUMNer 

Le Xōm 

Inodchina, Vietnamese cuisine 

Here you will find the delectable flavourings of 

Asia served up in an environment that creates an 

enticing atmosphere. 

Open 7 days from 5pm - 8.30pm • 6 Wakefield Ave, Sumner • 03 326 4352 • www.lexom.co.nz 

BeCKeNHaM 

Commi 

Food for the people! 

We believe that sharing is caring. Our menu has 

been carefully created to empower the people. 

A fresh, fast and casual dining experience for 

everyone to enjoy – no bookings are required! 

Open 7 days from 5pm - 8.30pm • Cnr Somerfield/Colombo Streets • 03 366 8844 • www.commi.co.nz 

Harewood 

BooK a 

Class today! 

Cooking is an art form, an expression of life. 

At Asian Garden Cooking School, we admire the philosophy 

and techniques of Asian Cuisine. 

10 Whitchurch Place, Harewood • 03 359 8917 • www.asiancookschool.co.nz


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Offers valid dates vary, check product pages online for details. Available while stocks last or unless otherwise stated. Some products on display in selected stores only — please call 0800 764 847 to check availability. Personal 

shoppers only, trade not supplied. *Apple, selected computers, game consoles, gift cards, clearance items and some promotional items are not available in conjunction with interest free offers. Flooring available on a maximum 

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