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This issue has been discussed
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Kelly Barber, a People’s
Choice-Labour candidate when
unsuccessfully seeking election to
the Burwood Ward in 2019, has
opted to run with Labour in next
month’s by-election to replace
James Daniels.
Others could follow Barber’s
lead to the polls next October.
“What I think you will see next
year is you will see people just
running Labour, which will be
quite a significant difference,”
said The People’s Choice chairman
Joe Davies.
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to people running independent or
not Labour.
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KAIKOURA’S hugely popular
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meeting maybe moved to
Addington if Covid-19 alert
levels don’t drop.
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scheduled for October 31 and
November 1 – usually attracts
crowds in excess of 5000,
many of whom travel up from
Christchurch.
The Kaikoura Cup on the
second day of the meeting is
the final lead-in race to the NZ
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been pre-sold yesterday.
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it could host the meeting
over one or the standard two
days, but Kaikoura Trotting
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hoping the current alert drops
to level one when a Government
review is announced on
Monday.
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• By Samantha Mythen
NUK KORAKO has battled in
the corridors of power and now
he is fighting for another cause.
The former National list MP
for Port Hills is about to cycle
720km from Rāpaki to Bluff to
fundraise for 26-year-old Renee
Veal, who needs $90,000 for life
changing surgery.
“It’s not a race, rather it’s an
opportunity to support a local
woman who has a great future
ahead of her, get life-changing
surgery,” said Korako.
Veal, who grew up in Rāpaki,
needs a total jaw reconstruction
and jaw joint replacement operation.
For the past 10 years, she
has struggled to sleep and eat
properly. She often experiences
migraines.
Veal has significant widespread
musculoskeletal pain due
to an underlying hypermobility
syndrome. This makes her joints
hyperflexible, causing soft tissue
injuries, bone wear, joint
tear and early arthritis. Her jaw
often dislocates, this is known
as hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos
Syndrome.
“Imagine having a bad toothache
that you can’t get rid of,”
Korako said.
fingers crossed. It’s a great
weekend for businesses in
Kaikoura so it would be a loss
for the community,” said Smith,
who would also discuss options
with Harness Racing New
Zealand.
He said the club was wary of
hosting the meeting under current
level 2 conditions, fearing it
could be challenging to control
access to the course, which
would be closed to the general
public.
“It’s all very well putting the
publicity out there and people
knowing its level 2 but we’ve got
to make sure we can police that
accurately,” he said.
Addington Raceway
racing industry manager
Darrin Williams said he hoped
an alert downgrade would
enable Kaikoura to hold its
meeting.
“Kaikoura’s meeting – at
Kaikoura – is really important.
It’s like this big flag that goes
‘it’s party time’. It signals we’re
in Cup Week mode,” he said.
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GEARED-UP: Former National list MP for Port Hills Nuk
Korako is biking 720km from Rāpaki to Bluff to fundraise
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ease her chronic daily pain and
greatly improve her life.
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able to fund Veal’s procedure.
Veal said Korako’s fundraising
efforts mean “everything” to her.
“It’s literally life-changing for
me,” she said.
Korako said Rāpaki is a Ngāi
Tahu ancestral community,
which Veal was brought up in.
“Every child is looked after, not
just by their parents but by the
community as a whole. Rāpaki is
their safe haven,” he said.
Korako will start his ride
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Veal was originally sceptical
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“There’s going to be very
intense discussions internally
around the mayoral campaign.
“Are we going to select as
Labour? Are we going to select
as The People’s Choice? Are we
going to select as both? These
(questions) are all on-going.”
Selection committees are made
up of The People’s Choice and
Labour members.
Centre-right independent
councillor Phil Mauger announced
his bid for the mayoralty
last month, with current deputy
and The People’s Choice caucus
leader Andrew Turner considered
another candidate to replace
former Labour MP and Minister
Lianne Dalziel.
Barber said he opted to run
exclusively as a Labour candidate
for the sake of transparency.
“Last time I was The People’s
Choice and Labour. A lot of
people don’t actually declare who
they are and this time I thought
I’d do that,” he said.
Pickering, the Labour MP for
St Albans from 1957-1960 was
mayor from 1971 to 1974. Vicki
Buck first stood for the council as
a Labour party candidate at age
19, but was an independent when
she served as mayor between
1989-98.
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the Christchurch 2021 ticket.
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the One City Together banner
in 2013 and now represents Best
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No indication anything was wrong,
• By Tom Dillane
THERE ARE too many things
missing for Nienke Podmore
when she thinks about the
timeline of her daughter Olivia’s
life.
Warning signs, support, accountability.
“It’s just awful, I miss her every
day and everything about her,”
Podmore says, sitting in her
Christchurch home with partner
Chris Middleton.
The pair are still waiting for a
phone call from one of Olivia’s
Cycling NZ coaches following
the death of the 24-year-old
Olympian on August 9.
It’s a lack of communication
that Podmore says has characterised
her daughter’s entire
journey since relocating to live
in Cambridge to train at High
Performance Sport NZ’s centre at
age 17.
But the trials which Olivia
Podmore endured over that time
– including being allegedly
pressured to lie as part of a 2018
inquiry into impropriety at
Cycling NZ, and missing out on
selection in the Tokyo Olympics
– were also masked by her own
resilience.
This was evident even during
Podmore’s last meeting with her
daughter at Christchurch Airport
the morning of the day she died.
“I saw her that Monday at the
airport for half an hour,” Podmore
says.
“There was not one single thing
that I could have picked up on
that I thought something was up
[that was] serious.”
Podmore and Middleton said
they had never seen evidence of
bouts of depression in Olivia.
“She was the world’s best coverupper
if she was,” Middleton
says.
“You wish she wasn’t as strong
as she was.
“She was away with Eric Murray
and Andy [housemate] and
those guys the week beforehand.
They’re best friends; none of
them picked it up. She’s fooling
some pretty intelligent, smart,
mature people. Not just us, a lot
of people. That’s not to say there
wasn’t [depression], we’re not in
denial.”
Podmore does not deny the
past few months had been a challenge
for her daughter, watching
the Olympic team compete from
across the globe.
“I think it was [hard for Olivia].
There was one day she was a little
bit sad. She was thinking about
it,” Podmore said.
“[But there was] no serious
concern. I knew she was feeling
down, but I felt that was because
her car broke down; she had just
finished one of the jobs she was
doing; she had a lot of balls to
juggle.
“Like because she’s so capable,
and she had this new modelling
job at ​ilabb [clothing] on the go,
I just really felt she had enough
good stuff happening that was
going to carry her through.”
Podmore said she was not
aware of significant support
offered to her daughter since
not being selected for the Tokyo
Olympics squad, or while the
games were on.
“As far as I knew, not any [support].
But I think Liv in her head
still thought ‘I’ve just got to suck
it up’. So she started to do a few
different things to fill the void of
that,” Podmore says.
“So she started working
part-time which she was really
enjoying. So I felt that was adding
a bit of balance outside of cycling
to focus on. She’s really good at
working and I was amazed at
how much she enjoyed working
because she’d never had to have
work before.
“She was managing a team of
cleaners at one point, she worked
for this farming company.”
Podmore says her daughter was
always very calm and humble
about her cycling career, and
the pressure of competition had
never bothered her from her
junior years onwards.
“With racing she just took it in
her stride. Most other kids would
be flustered and petrified before
the race. It just didn’t faze her,”
Podmore says.
“I think she just looked at it as
her job. She didn’t look at it as she
was anything special to anyone
HAPPIER TIMES: Nienke Podmore (right) with her partner Chris Middleton and Olivia.
else. I think she knew she had a
gift but she didn’t look at herself
as someone any different to anyone
else.
“Even when she came down
here for little holidays, she would
come biking with us and our
friends, she wouldn’t have her
Cycling NZ gear on so people
wouldn’t know who she was and
she’d just be chatting away to
them. But then a lot of people
do know who she was, but you’d
never know [from her].
“She was always really humble
about it. Obviously we were very
proud of her, but I have just never
bragged about it to anyone.”
But Podmore says her daughter,
who competed in the 2016 Rio
Olympics, still held grand ambitions
in her own mind.
“From the age of 13 she wrote
a list of her goals in life and that
was absolutely in there to be the
world champion, the best in the
world at sprinting,” Podmore
says.
What Olivia Podmore did
find difficult was the internal
politics of Cycling NZ, which led
to the 2018 Heron inquiry into
impropriety at the sporting body.
The Herald has previously
reported that Olivia was allegedly
pressured to lie as part of this
report, and during a 2016
training camp in Bordeaux by
Cycling NZ senior staff in which
a relationship between coach
Anthony Peden and an athlete
was uncovered.
“The riding and the training
were just second nature to her
and it wasn’t hard, it was what
she loved doing, so she didn’t bat
an eyelid,” Middleton says.
“And she was almost always
going to the Olympics. Not
forgone, but it wasn’t far from
it. The issues only started in
France [in 2016] which is where
the Heron report [controversy]
started. That was the first point
of any negativity that then
changed the pattern of
everything. When she was in
France everything was good up
to that point, 100 per cent happy
– training, wanting to race,
wanting to get stronger, not one
complaint. Then in France it
went bad.”
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even on the day, says Olivia’s mum
OLYMPIAN: Olivia Podmore competing for Team NZ, and
playing tennis with her mother Nienke.
PHOTO: GETTY
Podmore said from the period
of 2016 up until the 2018 Heron
report, the internal issues at
Cycling NZ “was starting to eat
away at her”.
The Herald reported that
Podmore was also awarded a
$20,000-plus sporting grant for
welfare by High Performance
Sport NZ (HPSNZ).
Middleton says they had
assumed at the time in 2016,
Cycling NZ would deal with the
issues that arose in Bordeaux in a
professional manner.
“You kept hoping that the
normal corporate-style response
would deal with the situation,”
Middleton says.
“You didn’t have any ability to
affect anything. And whenever
there’s a problem in a workplace
that ever gets escalated, HR
jumps in, management jumps in
and they solve it, generally speaking,
and because it was so close
to the Olympics, you just had all
your fingers crossed and hoped
they would do something and
solve the issue.”
However, following Olivia’s
death a second independent
inquiry into culture at Cycling
NZ and HPSNZ has now been
commissioned.
Co-chairs of the inquiry will be
QC Michael Heron, who also led
a 2018 inquiry into inappropriate
culture at Cycling NZ, and Massey
Professor Sarah Leberman.
Rio Olympics silver medallist
rower Genevieve Macky (nee
Behrent) and Silver Ferns netballer
Dr Lesley Nicol will round
out the four panel members.
The 2018 Heron report concluded
there was a lack of accountability
and leadership throughout
the Cycling NZ operation and a
reluctance to raise issues, including
“instances of bullying”.
Part of this inquiry will be to
assess the extent to which the
recommendations of the 2018
Heron report were properly
implemented by Cycling NZ and
HPSNZ.
Podmore says she hopes the
2021 inquiry will see changes
to the leadership structure of
Cycling NZ.
“[I want] a whole shake-up and
revamp of the system so that it
does not happen to anyone else,”
she says.
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Second inquiry to
follow Heron report
• From page 5
What the Heron report found
• The Heron review was commissioned
by HPSNZ in 2018
following allegations of bullying,
inappropriate behaviour, inappropriate
personal relationships, a
drinking culture, lack of accountability
and lack of follow up.
• The Independent Review was
conducted by Queens Counsel
Michael Heron, who interviewed
current and former athletes,
coaches, support staff and
consultants of Cycling NZ and
HPSNZ.
• In his findings Heron said
“The allegations which emerged
in the media recently are wellfounded.
They reflect a culture
in the programme of a lack of
consequences for poor behaviour,
a lack of accountability and suboptimal
leadership.”
• The report found that the
poor behaviour lay with a small
number of individuals at Cycling
NZ and questioned whether
the high-performance system
“adequately protects the welfare
of athletes”.
• Heron was satisfied an “inappropriate
personal relationship
existed between the coach and
a female athlete”. An “old boys’
club” that prevented accountability
for poor coach behaviour was
also found.
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• By Susan Sandys
THE CITY’S first large-scale
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clinic for the general public
opens Monday at Christchurch
Arena, as health authorities and
businesses launch an ambitious
campaign.
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for the general public by
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Board in Christchurch. There
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drive-throughs, for example,
one held during lockdown by
Unichem Pharmacy on Cashel St.
CDHB senior responsible
officer for the Covid-19
response Dr Helen Skinner said
the earlier clinic at the arena
had been successful in getting
essential workers vaccinated as
DRIVE-THROUGH: Pop-up drive-through vaccination
clinics such as this one on Cashel St in August precede
a large scale clinic at the Christchurch Arena to open
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The new clinic was the only
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Currently, more than 80 per
cent of Canterbury’s 474,000
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either fully vaccinated, had their
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the daily grind were
a factor in the board
area’s vaccination
engagement rates, the lowest
in Christchurch.
Data from the Canterbury
District Health Board shared
with the city council last week
shows 73 per cent of the community
board area, or 41,468
people, have either received at
least one vaccination or have
booked to do so.
“The rates are not atrocious
but you’ve got to help people
and work with them,” Barber
said.
“If they’ve got work to go to
and kids to look after and are
busy with lots of other things,
it’s probably not as important
as putting food on the table.”
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CDHB staff met with community
boards to discuss vaccine
rates, and he made
this suggestion to them,
he said.
Topping the vaccine
chart was the Fendalton-
Waimairi-Harewood
Community Board area.
A total 82 per cent of
Kelly Barber residents, or 51,737 people,
had received at least
one vaccine or were booked to
do so.
Board member and Waimairi
Ward councillor Sam
MacDonald believed the
higher rates were due to the
many small business owners
in the area keen to have a
steady work environment in
spite of the pandemic.
“I think it’s because people
have just realised we need to,”
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With 80 per cent of the city’s
eligible population vaccinated
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Brother of alleged murder victim still
When Michael McGrath
vanished four years
ago, his family knew
something was
seriously wrong. An
old schoolmate was
later charged with
murder and is awaiting
trial. McGrath’s body
has not been found
but his brother Simon
has never stopped
searching. Kurt Bayer
reports
UNRESOLVED: Simon McGrath says his brother’s disappearance haunts him every day.
PHOTO: GEORGE HEARD/NZ HERALD ​
SIMON MCGRATH lies awake,
wondering. It’s just a hunch and
highly unlikely, he knows this, but
he gets up anyway. If he didn’t, it
would only eat away at him.
He slips on a jacket, hiking
boots, and heads out again.
While driving out west,
through the spidery streets they
grew up on, with early sun hitting
the snow-capped Southern
Alps, he mentally goes over the
other possible dumping spots
which have been covered off during
the past four years.
In those distressing early days
and weeks after his brother
Michael McGrath disappeared,
specialist police search teams,
including dive squads, scoured
gravel pits, paddocks, pine forests,
ponds, lakes, and rivers.
The quiet, thoughtful, unassuming
carpenter’s movements
around his local neighbourhood
– where he grew up, went to
school, played sports, socialised,
and never left, or wanted to leave
– were tracked through security
cameras, neighbours, and witnesses.
Nothing.
Simon and his mates used to go
out at weekends too. They would
target an as-yet unexplored
location and comb over it.
Amateur efforts, but the best they
could do.
Large swathes of Canterbury
were ticked off. Nothing.
Both the official and private
searches were eventually called
off. And Simon was left to his
own devices.
His most recent search was
just a few months ago. Alone,
he picked over a section of the
Halswell River, in the flat backblocks
between Halswell and
Motukarara.
“I know he’s still lying out there
somewhere,” Simon says.
While traipsing along a riverbank,
poking in the weeds and
beneath macrocarpa hedges, it
will suddenly, vividly, dawn on
him exactly what he is doing:
looking for his brother’s decomposed
body or bones.
In the past few years, he’s
circumnavigated most of the
200sq km, shallow, brackish
coastal Lake Ellesmere and its
accessways. He’s picked over
the windswept Birdlings Flat
and fingers of Banks Peninsula,
around Lincoln, up and beyond
the Hilltop Tavern on the road to
Akaroa, which Michael used to
cycle.
Nothing.
When he gets home, fatigued
and aching, just a few minutes
around the corner from Michael’s
house, a depression sweeps
over him.
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searches for his body, four years on
“You acknowledge to yourself
that you’re actually looking for a
body and then you think, ‘I can’t
believe I’m doing this’,” Simon
says.
“But I’m the sort of person who
will say, ‘Well if I don’t do this,
I’ll never know’. I know something
has happened to him. He
hasn’t just wandered off.”
The last time Simon saw his
older brother he was smiling.
Sitting in his mum’s lounge, he
was sporting new clothes with “a
massive grin on his face”.
“Little did I know that at the
end of the night, it would be the
last time I’d see him,” Simon
says.
Every Tuesday, the McGrath
boys would have dinner at their
mother’s house, just a few minutes
away for both of them.
They would enjoy a good
home-cooked meal, chat with
their mum, and catch up on the
neighbourhood news.
But on the following Tuesday,
Michael never showed up. And
he never missed dinner at Mum’s.
Simon immediately knew
something wasn’t quite right.
They were incredibly close.
Neither of them had families or
children. It wasn’t like his brother
to miss Tuesday tea – or any appointment,
job, or commitment.
That just wasn’t who he was.
Michael Craig McGrath, 49,
was an immensely reliable, dependable
figure.
After going to the local Halswell
primary school and nearby Hillmorton
High School, he started a
building apprenticeship.
He went on to work for some
of the larger building companies,
predominantly working on largescale
construction projects.
If his tools were on-site, he
would cycle to jobs. He’d always
been sporting and fit. As a
schoolboy, he played rugby, even
running out at a curtain-raiser at
Lancaster Park.
Later, he became interested
in mountain biking and road
cycling, competing in the 100km
Le Race from Christchurch to
Akaroa.
In later years, Michael went out
building on his own. He took on
small jobs and helped out friends
and family.
“You knew if he was going
to do something he’d always
be there and be on time,” says
Simon.
“He was highly-regarded by
OUTDOORSY: Simon
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and his brother Michael
were very close and enjoyed
tramping together. Michael
also enjoyed cycling
and competed in the
Christchurch to Akaroa race.
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and workmanship. He was very
diligent, extremely hardworking,
and hugely practical. He was also
the ultimate perfectionist. He
would never leave a job until he
was absolutely satisfied with it.
He would have to get it 100 per
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‘Little did I know . . . it would be the last
VANISHED:
Michael McGrath
on CCTV at New
World Halswell
prior to his
disappearance,
and his house at
Checketts Ave,
examined by
police after his
disappearance.
PHOTO: KURT
BAYER/NZ
HERALD.
• From page 9
During their 20s and 30s, the
brothers played touch rugby
together with a group of mates.
Afterwards, they’d go for a quiet
beer – and it was Simon who
emphasised the ‘quiet’, often
sitting mutely, taking in the
conversation and listening.
“Mike wasn’t a big drinker
. . . but was a very deep thinker,”
Simon recalls, “but when he felt
like it, he’d always socialise and
have a chat and a laugh.”
They’d always hang out and
catch up. Michael did odd jobs
for their mutual mates, always
very generous with his skills and
time. He wasn’t materialistic and
drove a blue 1994 Subaru station
wagon.
They went tramping together.
Simon recalls a trip to Avalanche
Peak at Arthur’s Pass, which left
Michael beaming.
“We were doing that right up
to when he disappeared,” Simon
says.
“Michael didn’t smoke, didn’t
do drugs, he hardly drank . . .
you’re not talking about someone
who was on the wrong side of
life. He was your nice, everyday
person. He just wanted to live a
quiet life.”
Michael was last seen at his
modest, tidy red-brick threebedroom
Checketts Ave home on
the afternoon of Sunday, May 21,
2017.
Two days later, when he was a
no-show at his mum’s for dinner,
the police were called.
It sparked a massive police
inquiry and missing person
probe, that eventually turned
into a homicide investigation,
Operation Renovation.
Prison guard and childhood
friend David Charles Benbow has
been charged with his murder.
He denies the charge and is due
to stand trial in February 2023.
The night Simon knew his
brother had disappeared, he
couldn’t sleep.
“It just all unravelled,” he says.
“I’ve always looked up to
Michael – he’s virtually a year
older to the day. He’s been a huge
source of inspiration and help to
me. And one day you wake up
and your whole world gets turned
upside down.”
He went to Michael’s house
that night and fired up his
antiquated computer, trying to
find some photographs for the
police.
The next day he went to work,
trying to keep his mind busy.
Over the following weeks, the
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A dedicated phone line, 0800
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ACCUSED: David Charles Benbow denies murdering
Michael McGrath and will stand trial at the High Court in
February 2023. PHOTO: KURT BAYER/NZ HERALD
That first weekend, Simon got
some mates together and that
went out searching. It was the
first of many weekends.
“I could’ve gone out and done
searches in the week by myself,
but where do you start? And it
was better, emotionally, to go
with other people,” he says.
“Emotionally, it was draining.
I had an inkling as to what had
happened to him but no idea
where he was.
“I told police early on that if it’s
the person I think it is then he’s
going to make it look like he’s
walked off the face of the earth,
and it’s unfortunately come to
fruition, hasn’t it.”
Bad dreams started to haunt
him. In some nightmares, Michael
would suddenly turn up at
home. In others, Simon would
find his body.
Even when he woke, it didn’t
feel like the nightmares ended.
Simon suffered flashbacks and
felt a deep sadness. He was heartbroken.
“You don’t have the luxury of
leaving it behind,” he says.
“And it’s an immensely lonely
place. There’s not a day goes by
that I don’t think about it.”
Even now, coming across old
newspaper clippings or articles
online, the McGrath family find
it unbelievable.
“You look at the article and you
think, is this real? Not in your
wildest dreams did you ever believe
it would happen to someone
close to you,” Simon says.
“The horrific nature and legacy
of this despicable act will haunt
our family for the rest of our
lives. It’s a bloody terrible thing to
go through.”
The only thing that makes
Simon feel productive, or useful
again to his brother, is when a
sudden premonition or notion
presents itself, and he goes out
searching.
“If something crosses my mind,
I will go out and look again,” he
says.
“The police might’ve had better
focus points than me but, at the
end of the day, they haven’t been
able to come up with anything
either. I go and do it just to cover
it off.”
—NZ Herald
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
• By Samantha Mythen
CANTERBURY households
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community was “connected and
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“The need to respond and
adapt quickly to a very different
world has also created a very
unique culture of innovation
with a greater emphasis on
encouraging and supporting new
ideas and ways of working,” she
said.
“Our focus is very much on
looking forward and how we
position our city for the future.”
Watson said the key to upholding
the confidence would be
getting the region down to alert
level 1 as soon as possible.
“We know that many businesses
can’t operate at full capacity
at alert level 2 – and for some, it
is not financially viable to open,
which will impact the livelihoods
NEWS 11
Canterbury tops chart for
economic confidence
FAST FACTS: ECONOMIC CONFIDENCE
Canterbury: 25 per cent (September quarter) /
5 per cent (June quarter)
Gisborne/Hawke’s Bay: 18 per cent / 15 per cent
Southland: 15 per cent / 13 per cent
Wellington: 11 per cent / 11 per cent
Taranaki/Manawatu-Wanganui: 11 per cent /
13 per cent
Nelson/Marlborough/West Coast: 8 per cent /
11 per cent
Waikato: 7 per cent / 21 per cent
Northland: 4 per cent / -6 per cent
Bay of Plenty: 1 per cent / 9 per cent
Otago: -2 per cent / 10 per cent
Auckland: -7 per cent / 10 per cent
UP: While regional economic confidence dipped in
the September quarter across most of the country,
Canterbury’s increased, topping the nationwide chart.
Thursday September 30 2021 The Star
of our community, which is why
we continue to advocate strongly
for a move to alert level 1,” she
said.
The chamber was a part of the
90forCanterbury programme, a
business-led campaign to help
get 90 per cent of Cantabrians to
have at least one vaccination by
Labour Weekend.
Gordon said given the extended
lockdown, Aucklanders
were the most pessimistic in the
country.
Across the country, confidence
fell in six regions (Auckland,
Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki/Manawatu-Whanganui,
Nelson/Marlborough/West
Coast
and Otago), rose in four regions
(Northland, Gisborne/Hawke’s
Bay, Canterbury and Southland),
and remained unchanged in
Wellington.
Federated Farmers Mid
Canterbury president David
Clark said he thought
Canterbury topped the regions
because of dairy prices.
However, he was concerned
about the region’s future.
“We have a fundamental lack
of people in productive sectors
such as the dairy industry and
seasonal stuff,” he said.
“Our key migrant workers are
thinking of leaving New Zealand
for Australia or Canada.”

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NEWS
Governors
Bay jetty
closer to
rebuild
• By Samantha Mythen
FUNDRAISING efforts to rebuild
the Governors Bay jetty will
soon be ramped up as the tender
process nears completion.
The Governors Bay Jetty
Restoration Trust is evaluating
the tenders submitted. It will then
select a contractor for the jetty’s
rebuild.
Said trust secretary Louisa
Eades: “The announcement
of a start date will then be the
beginning of our publicity
campaign, that will take
fundraising to the next level.”
For the past few weeks, trust
volunteers, including Eades, have
been inspecting timber to be used
for the jetty’s decking.
Four new trustees were
appointed at the trust’s annual
meeting on Sunday, expanding
the group’s “skillset.”
The trust has already received
more than $900,000 from the
city council for the project, and
conducted its own fundraising.
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visit www.savethejetty.org
SOMETIMES THEY just don’t
make them like they used to.
That’s certainly the case
for three old timber sledges
that have just been carefully
maintained before they head
back down to Scott Base for
another busy season to
help measure potential sea level
rise.
Doug Henderson has been
in Christchurch carrying out
essential maintenance on
Antarctica New Zealand’s
Nansen and Tamworth style
sledges, so they can continue to
support science on the ice.
“I’ve really loved working on
this project. These sledges are
about 40-50 years old and have
been used throughout their
lives in Antarctica, so they were
well built and have been well
maintained over the years,” the
Arrowtown craftsman said.
“The fact they are still being
used for important work in
Antarctica is pretty amazing.
They have stood the test of time.”
Made of predominantly ash
and hickory timber, the sledges
have had some New Zealand
beech added during maintenance
work over the years.
Henderson is a bit of an
Antarctic veteran – he’s been
down to the ice about 11 times
over 30 years and has done a
lot of work with the Antarctic
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New lease of life for sledges
Heritage Trust. Helping conserve
Hillary’s Hut in the 2016-17
season was one of the projects
he has worked on, along with
repairing the same sledges
previously.
He has replaced some of the
cracked sledge runners and the
leather lashings, which were
sourced from Australia. They’re
preserved using special vegetable
tannins for flexibility even in
very cold climates.
The other rope lashings were
impregnated with Stockholm tar
to improve their durability, and
Linseed oil was brushed on the
sledges to finish the maintenance
process.
This season, they will be
towed behind skidoos carrying
sensitive radar equipment used
to measure changes in the
thickness of the Ross Ice Shelf
caused by melting.
The ongoing research, which
is led by the National Institute
of Water and Atmospheric
Research’s Craig Stewart, will
help predict the future of the ice
shelf, and in turn, sea level rise.
Stewart, who has used the
TEST OF
TIME: Doug
Henderson
repairing the
old sledges
before they
head back
to the ice
for another
season.
PHOTO: GEOFF
SLOAN ​
sledges for his research for
many years, says they are ideal
for Antarctic work because
their flexibility makes the ride
smoother for equipment.
“This gives them great strength
and the ability to change shape
as they move over the often
bumpy ice,” he said.
Despite now being towed by
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similar to the ones used during
the heroic age when they were
pulled by dog teams.
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down to Scott Base in October.
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OPINION
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
Newstalk
ZB’s
political
editor
Barry
Soper
says the
Government is under
real pressure
THIS GOVERNMENT is
running out of fingers to plug the
holes in the dyke.
Observe the body language of
the prime minister and it’s obvious
to me at least the pressure
she’s under.
She was fidgeting with her face
mask to such an extent in Parliament’s
debating chamber on
Tuesday that the audio had static.
It’s as though the stable door’s
been ripped off its hinges and
the horse is nowhere in sight.
Everyone’s being caught by
surprise, with the Government
being about as transparent as a
brick wall.
Take the past 48 hours for
example.
No doubt reeling from the latest
One News-Colmar Brunton
opinion poll, where Labour’s
ratings have shed 10 per cent in
less than a year, even though it
remains on a relatively respectable
43 per cent, it won’t be
happy.
The Covid cushion is losing its
stuffing. Lockdowns usually sees
the party getting a sympathetic
bump in the polls from a frightened,
insecure public. But with
one death in 1185 cases in the
current outbreak, it isn’t creating
the climate of fear that they’ve
relied on.
So, they’ve moved into overdrive
to take our minds off the
recovery road.
Interest deductibility for
property investors, announced
without detail last March, has
suddenly got the detail and it’ll
be in place from Friday – no
more tax relief there.
No sooner had they dealt
with that, they dropped another
bombshell, again in the property
arena, with commercial property
owners being left punch drunk
with Justice Minister Kris Faafoi
putting in some time at the office
and announcing leases were being
changed.
Faafoi, who doesn’t have a
legal bone in his body, is making
changes to property law, inserting
a clause allowing a tenant to
pay a “fair proportion” of their
rent where Covid has impacted
on their business. It avoids the
Government having to step up
to compensate the struggling
tenants.
Labour, Ardern look rattled
OVERDRIVE: A drop in popularity will have Jacinda Ardern
under pressure along with managing Covid.
Do you agree with Soper’s viewpoint? Email barry@
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And that, without any consultation
with the landlords,
came into effect last night. They
tried to do it last year but the
man who is made up in equal
parts of legal and political bones,
Winston Peters, stopped them
doing it. He rightly argued the
sanctity of contract law but when
you have an outright majority,
as Labour has, they can do what
they like.
In the coming days they’ll be
at it again. Nanaia Mahuta’s taking
the axe to the Three Waters
law, where 67 local body councils
own the infrastructure that ratepayers
have paid for over many
years, which will be claimed and
turned into four bureaucratic
behemoths.
There are only a handful of
councils that agree with the
change. The majority it seems to
me see it as theft. But the Local
Government Minister’s shown
opposition is of no consequence
– remember the Māori electoral
wards that are now part of the
makeup with all objection being
legislated away.
And the brick wall transparency
was again at play by the end of
the day. Trade Minister Damien
O’Connor’s off overseas again
this week, this time to the United
States and to Europe. Few would
argue with a minister travelling
to promote New Zealand’s wares,
but you can argue with the way
we found out.
The news of his trip was
tweeted by the United States’
charge d’affaires Kevin Covert.
MIQ spaces will be awaiting
his return, no need for a lottery
there.
Expect Jacinda Ardern to head
off overseas in November as well.
A tip-off to the up-coming travel
was checked out with her office
with a spokesperson saying “no
travel has been confirmed and
would be dependent on the domestic
situation with Covid.”
They’re political weasel words
which we have to listen to daily.
Ardern will be hoping the dyke
will withstand the pressure
between now and then.
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Water reform
Ratepayers are paying $130,000
membership fee to Local
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Membership is meant to
bring greater bargaining
power in talks with Wellington.
LGNZ has already stated that
it will not fight Wellington on
the three waters proposal if it’s
made compulsory, and without
first checking with those they
are meant to represent, have
already entered into a heads of
agreement with the Government
over the proposal.
Crs Sam MacDonald and Jake
McLellan have made a motion
to cancel our membership with
LGNZ as it no longer truly
represents the city council and
its ratepayers.
I support both councillors in
this motion. Why pay fees to
a body that’s not on your side?
Councils up and down the
country are not happy with
three waters as well as the way it
is being rushed through.
Smaller councils need bigger
cities like Christchurch to stand
with them the way LGNZ is
meant to.
There are many options
to achieve the goals of three
waters, which we all agree on,
but Wellington hasn’t been
interested in others’ ideas,
insisting their way is the only
way to achieve these goals.
Who is working for the people
and who is working for
control?
–Dianne Downward
North Beach Zoo
I remember the zoo fondly
back in the 70s. My boss at the
time was a good friend of Bill’s,
so we used to do a lot of maintenance
and building of enclosures
for the animals.
Working on Charlie the
crocodile’s pen was interesting
but quite harrowing. He used to
rear up when we were working
on the top of his pen, teeth flying
everywhere.
Bill also had a galah (pink
cockatoo), which used to spend
the whole day emptying the nails
from a nail box one by one, then
never putting them back!
There were a few otters as well.
We had to work in pairs, keeping
an eye on each other in case the
otters sneaked up on us. They
did have rather sharp teeth.
That’s just a few memories of
my building days at Bill’s zoo.
I hope some other stories come
forth as well.
–Andrew Harris
I remember my husband and I
taking our three young children
to North Beach Zoo.
We didn’t have a nice experience.
The zoo stank and we remember
seeing a monkey covered in
sores biting itself.
This upset our children so
when we heard the zoo had
closed we weren’t surprised.
I haven’t heard many positive
things, but it was interesting
reading the story in The Star.
–Judy Jackson
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
Political recipe
It is timely to share this
recipe with readers. This
dish is concocted to ensure
collaboration.
Green Junket
Ingredients:
1 entitled Green MP – James
Shaw.
14 green hangers-on
350,000 air miles.
Buckets of Jacinda juice
sweeteners or any other artificial
sweeteners
210 MIQ nights
15 giant carbon footprints.
Method:
Oil well with Government
largess. Stir in sheets of
hypocrisy. Cover with waffle, hot
air and carbon credits.
Best served with bowls of
ridicule and large slices of
cynicism.
–Madge Baker
David Havili
Great insight in article on
Crusaders and All Black player
David Havili (September 23).
His battles with health and
getting back in the All Blacks
has been inspirational. His move
from fullback to midfield (even
though he had played there
before) has been so successful.
Initially for the Crusaders and
now the All Blacks. Good on
him.
–Graham Paterson
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OPINION 21
Latest news at starnews.co.nz
ince Environment Canterbury
Protection climate-change needed emergency to stop our lakes from ‘flipping’
by sea-level rise this century and threatened and facing increased
our productive and protected land pressures due to river system
Environment
jeopardised by the arrival and change.
spread of new, exotic weeds and Wetlands are also ecosystems
Canterbury Chair
pests from warmer climates. at-risk nationally and regionally,
Jenny Hughey
All these eventualities have degraded by draining, damming
to be planned and prepared for, and diversion affecting their
and enhance that work.
fleet hybrid or long-range electric
and Environment Canterbury ability to sequester carbon,
That work included setting by 2022. Carbon emissions from
will remain in the vanguard of cleanse freshwater and mitigate
I’M SURE that for many of plants become shaded out and
up a climate-change integration air travel across the organisation
these climate change efforts. flooding, as well as impacting on
you the Ashburton Lakes/Ō increasingly struggle to compete
programme Tū Wharekai in are the a Long-term favourite Plan with are a offset growing via our algae own population.
One example is the $40 million biodiversity and mahinga kai.
biodiversity
2018-28, destination ensuring to spend climate a day or change programmes.
The problem is exacerbated
Waimakariri River flood
With biosecurity, we are
was two actively out of the considered city and reconnect across by the According plants being to a less Madworld able to
protection project, completed putting greater emphasis on the
report
workstreams, with nature. increasing visibility dampen in 2019, down our gross the waves emissions the late last year. The network of risks of new pests establishing
were
of It’s the a science wonderful and part what of we the know lake 2253 shore. tonnes This of increases carbon dioxide shoreline
(CO2) erosion equivalent, and sediment compared going protect half a million people and temperatures, changing soils and
floodgates and stopbanks will in Canterbury. Warming
about country, the with impact the of big climate Canterbury
with
change sky stretching on Canterbury, over the hills and liaising and into removals the lake.
$8 billion of community and new land uses mean new weeds
of 7883 tonnes of CO2-
on the the iconic issue lakes with themselves. iwi and regional equivalent All this can through set a lake our on efficiency its business assets from a possible especially, will be able to gain a
partners,
Sadly, however,
other local
the
authorities
natural way
efforts
to flipping.
“super flood”.
better foothold across the region.
and from forestry planting The last major flood was in
and
beauty
central
of these
government.
lakes belies a
across
Our research
2700 hectares.
shows that this
More broadly, we have to
serious environmental issue that is the very process that is under December 1957, when parts curb reliance on fossil fuels and
As an organisation, we have The changing climate will pose
must be urgently addressed. way with the Ashburton Lakes/Ō of Coutts Island in Belfast and find environmentally suitable
also made significant progress in many risks to life and livelihood CONCERNS: Testing for toxic blue-green algae (planktonic cyanobacteria) in Lake
A recent report commissioned Tū Wharekai. The water quality Kainga were swamped by river alternatives, such as electricity and
addressing our own greenhousegas
the emissions, Department with of Conservation
our
cases, we have with seen Lake how Clearwater occasional, a member metres of per a working second group (cumecs). set nutrient transport. reductions required. rūnanga.
in Canterbury. In recent years Clearwater.
PHOTO: ASHBURTON DISTRICT COUNCIL
by Environment Canterbury and is deteriorating rapidly in some flow peaking at 3990 cubic hydrogen, to power our public
Christchurch found that these building lakes face receiving a a particularly but extreme, serious weather case. events have up by The papatipu protection rūnanga scheme to urgently
designed find a way to defend to protect Christchurch these partners Lowndes to work retired out what as chair tools of terbury lakes that are enjoyed by
has been We’re When currently my speaking predecessor with Steve Letting these wonderful Can-
“market-leading” very real and immediate energy risk efficiency of had It can huge be extraordinarily
effects on residents and
rating ‘flipping’. of 5.0 out of 6 in the year difficult infrastructure to bring around a flipped the lake South precious from lakes. a flood of as much as 6500 can be this developed council to late support last year, he so many degrade beyond repair
to Flipping February is on when the a National healthy lake back Island. to a natural state, even if We cumecs. know that it will take a those highlighted whose activities some may of the be big would be an unacceptable legacy
Australian with clear water Built Environment
and an abundance
of System waterborne New Zealand. plants be-
reduced, along the so Marlborough we need to take coast steps and iwi, leadership the local council, of biodiversity statutory and levels optimistic in the lakes. we would be able to • Cr Jenny Hughey is chair
the nutrients The driest and parts sediment of our region, are collective Environment effort between Canterbury’s farmers, contributing changes to on the the nutrient way. He was to leave to the next generation.
Rating
comes The building’s murky and features dominated include by now across to prevent much of this the from Canterbury happening.
Plains, are expected to get even users underpinned to get the required by climate-change results. it’s vital climate that we change act swiftly. and sustainability.
No Council (Environment
agencies, biosecurity and recreational programmes lake is also There deal is with much the to “pressing be done and issues” of the Canterbury Regional
184 algae. solar It’s panels caused which by an increase can
generate in the level more of nutrients than 55,000 such as drier. The research North-westerly reveals that storms it is are We concerns. also know that we can’t one wants I share to see his these confidence. iconic As a Canterbury)
kilowatt nitrogen hours and phosphorus of electricity in per the a combination predicted to become of agriculture, more intense, take a
year.
with torrential alpine rainstorms
Canterbury’s one-size-fits-all distinct approach. braided lakes community, become so degraded. and as a council, They
water. These nutrients promote
There has been a 26% reduction turning our braided rivers into
rivers and unique wetlands face we are taking some bold steps to
the growth It’s of algae. a year human since activity, and, to a Environment lesser The circumstances for each lake are for all Cantabrians to enjoy.
extent, birdlife that is affecting many challenges. The rivers form
Canterbury
are different.
As well
ensure
as their
we
recreational
are in a better place to
per The staff algae member affect in the emissions level of the roaring nutrient rapids, levels. fuelling landslides
We’ll
a vital
need
ecological
to study
link
each
and
one
provide
value,
cope
many
with
are
the
culturally
changing climate
since light reaching 30 declared June 2010. the lakebed. We now The have a climate-change emergency
and Environment causing widespread Canterbury erosion. is a individually an abundant and food work supply out the and significant
and the
taonga
tests
to
it will
Canterbury
set us. But
access to electric and hybrid
Canterbury’s coastal
nesting grounds for 26 species of there will always be a need to do
vehicles JENNY and hope HUGHEY to have explains half our what communities will be threatened native birds – most classified as by sea-level more. rise this century and
the council has been doing.
The formal declaration of a
state of climate emergency across
Canterbury was one of the most
serious, and colourful, moments
in the regional council’s more than
30-year history.
A year ago this Saturday,
at 11.49am, Environment
Canterbury became New Zealand’s
first council to proclaim such an
emergency, formally dedicating
itself to consideration of climate
change at the heart of all it does.
The declaration highlighted
that all the work Environment
Canterbury does – from
freshwater management to
biodiversity and biosecurity,
transport and urban development
to air quality, and also regional
leadership – has a climate change
focus.
Currently, under the Resource
Management Act, regional
councils are required only to adapt
to climate change, not mitigate
it – that responsibility is the
Government’s, but could change.
Even in ‘adapt mode’ many
of Environment Canterbury’s
existing policies and plans already
contribute to reduced emissions.
In declaring the climate
emergency, the Council noted it
would continue to show leadership
on climate-change and do so
without adding new programmes
at ratepayers’ expense. It also gave
staff a clear mandate to continue
and enhance that work.
That work included setting
up a climate-change integration
programme in the Long-term Plan
2018-28, ensuring climate change
was actively considered across
workstreams, increasing visibility
of the science and what we know
about the impact of climate
change on Canterbury, and liaising
on the issue with iwi and regional
partners, other local authorities
and central government.
As an organisation, we have
also made significant progress in
addressing our own greenhousegas
emissions, with our
Christchurch building receiving a
“market-leading” energy efficiency
rating of 5.0 out of 6 in the year
to February on the National
Australian Built Environment
Rating System New Zealand.
The building’s features include
184 solar panels which can
generate more than 55,000
kilowatt hours of electricity per
year.
There has been a 26% reduction
per staff member in emissions
since 30 June 2010. We now have
access to electric and hybrid
vehicles and hope to have half our
Environment
Canterbury Chair
Jenny Hughey
fleet hybrid or long-range electric
by 2022. Carbon emissions from
air travel across the organisation
are offset via our own biodiversity
programmes.
According to a Madworld report
in 2019, our gross emissions were
2253 tonnes of carbon dioxide
(CO2) equivalent, compared with
removals of 7883 tonnes of CO2-
equivalent through our efficiency
efforts and from forestry planting
across 2700 hectares.
The changing climate will pose
many risks to life and livelihood
in Canterbury. In recent years
we have seen how occasional,
but extreme, weather events have
had huge effects on residents and
infrastructure around the South
Island.
The driest parts of our region,
along the Marlborough coast and
across much of the Canterbury
Plains, are expected to get even
drier. North-westerly storms are
predicted to become more intense,
with torrential alpine rainstorms
turning our braided rivers into
roaring rapids, fuelling landslides
and causing widespread erosion.
Canterbury’s coastal
communities will be threatened
our productive and protected land
jeopardised by the arrival and
spread of new, exotic weeds and
pests from warmer climates.
All these eventualities have
to be planned and prepared for,
and Environment Canterbury
will remain in the vanguard of
these climate change efforts.
One example is the $40 million
Waimakariri River flood
protection project, completed
late last year. The network of
floodgates and stopbanks will
protect half a million people and
$8 billion of community and
business assets from a possible
“super flood”.
The last major flood was in
December 1957, when parts
of Coutts Island in Belfast and
Kainga were swamped by river
flow peaking at 3990 cubic
metres per second (cumecs).
The protection scheme has been
designed to defend Christchurch
from a flood of as much as 6500
cumecs.
Environment Canterbury’s
leadership of biodiversity and
biosecurity programmes is also
underpinned by climate-change
concerns.
Canterbury’s distinct braided
rivers and unique wetlands face
many challenges. The rivers form
a vital ecological link and provide
an abundant food supply and
nesting grounds for 26 species of
native birds – most classified as
Thursday September 30 2021 The Star
threatened and facing increased
pressures due to river system
change.
Wetlands are also ecosystems
at-risk nationally and regionally,
degraded by draining, damming
and diversion affecting their
ability to sequester carbon,
cleanse freshwater and mitigate
flooding, as well as impacting on
biodiversity and mahinga kai.
With biosecurity, we are
putting greater emphasis on the
risks of new pests establishing
in Canterbury. Warming
temperatures, changing soils and
new land uses mean new weeds
especially, will be able to gain a
better foothold across the region.
More broadly, we have to
curb reliance on fossil fuels and
find environmentally suitable
alternatives, such as electricity and
hydrogen, to power our public
transport.
When my predecessor Steve
Lowndes retired as chair of
this council late last year, he
highlighted some of the big
changes on the way. He was
optimistic we would be able to
deal with the “pressing issues” of
climate change and sustainability.
I share his confidence. As a
community, and as a council,
we are taking some bold steps to
ensure we are in a better place to
cope with the changing climate
and the tests it will set us. But
there will always be a need to do
more.

22 The Star Thursday September 30 2021
Villa Maria College
Learn To Prize What Is Of Value
TERm 3 UPdaTE
Villa makes Girls’ Rugby Grand Final
We are incredibly proud of our Rugby team, who made it through to the Miles
Toyota Cup Grand Final at Linfield Park on Saturday 18 September.
The girls came up against defending champions, CGHS. Neither team has lost
a game this season, and missed the chance to play each other due to bad
weather - so the final was the first time this season that they met on field.
Congratulations to CGHS on a great win and a big congratulations to our team.
It was a great competitive final game and we never gave up. A big thanks to
our amazing coaches Richard Arnott, Pete Cahill, James Jowsey, Ben Crawford
and Georgia. We couldn’t have done it without you. Bring on 2022!
Winter Woollies for
those in need
Earlier this term, Villa’s Young Vinnies
loaded up the results of the successful
Winter Woollies drive into the St
Vincent de Paul van.
This group of girls have worked hard
throughout the year to support
those in our community who are less
fortunate, by holding clothing and food
drives.
This particular project saw our Young
Vinnies collecting high quality warm
clothing from the Villa community to
be donated to the Hornby shop for
those in need.
Villa turns yellow for
R U OK? day
Thursday 9 September was R U OK?
Day, and students were invited to come
to school dressed in yellow to show
their support.
R U OK? is a harm prevention charity
that encourages people to stay
connected and have conversations that
can help others through difficult times
in their lives. It also encourages people
to invest more time in their personal
relationships and building the capacity
of informal support networks – friends,
family and colleagues.
Thanks to our student leaders, who
have been busy shining a light on this
important subject.
Year 12 Retreat: prayer and connection
Just before the country went into Alert Level 4 Lockdown, our Year 12 girls
went on their annual Retreat, a much-anticipated event for our students.
The Retreat was a fantastic experience for the girls, with two days of prayer,
liturgy, yoga, nature, personality testing, team building, and understanding
Catherine McAuley – the founder of the Sisters of Mercy.
Happy 20th Birthday to our beloved Library
Term 3 marks 20 years since the opening of Villa’s Library and Information Resource
Centre. While the technology in the Library has changed dramatically over the
past two decades, it remains a much-loved, warm and welcoming space at Villa - a
favourite spot for many students and staff over the years.
In 2000, the new Library was constructed over the old central netball court and was
completed in August 2001. The new Library was officially opened by Sister Pauline
O’Regan in whose honour the new building was named.
Villa Cycling - named
Top Girls’ School
Overall
Congratulations to our Villa Cycling
Team, named Top Girls’ School Overall
for this season’s points. This is an
outstanding achievement in a very
competitive field.
Special mention to Sammie Hawthorne-
Walker, who placed third Overall U20
Girls; and Jade Richardson, who placed
first Overall U14 Girls. Well done also to
our Senior Girls’ Time Trial Team, who
placed third in the Litolff Cup this year.
Villa’s past pupils
shine at the
Olympics!
It was exciting to watch two Villa
past pupils fly the New Zealand
flag at the recent Tokyo Olympics.
Villa past pupil, rower Grace
Prendergast and her partner Kerri
Gowler won Gold in the women’s
pair, and then Grace went on
to win Silver in the Women’s
Eight. With both finals taking
place during the school day, the
College Hall was packed with
students to cheer Grace and the
Kiwi rowers on! Did you see us on
One News?
Another Villa past pupil, Maddie
Davidson has made history at the
Tokyo Olympics, as New Zealand’s
first ever female trampolinist
to go to an Olympics. Maddie
finished tenth in the world at
her first Olympics, and we are
incredibly proud of her.
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Thursday September 30 2021 The Star
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz CONTENT MARKETING 23
It’s time to let the sun in, Canterbury
TO CELEBRATE the opening
of its Christchurch solar hub,
Lightforce is gifting a $30,000
solar system and battery to a
local organisation that does
great things in the Canterbury
community.
Lightforce is
committed to
partnering with
organisations
that align with
its goals so,
as part of its
Solar for Good
Luke Nutting
programme,
it’s asking
Cantabrians to nominate a
deserving charity or not-forprofit
that could do more good
work with the money it will save
on electricity.
Environmental appeal and
energy independence have long
been major selling points of solar
and they are becoming even more
appealing as we shift away from
fossil fuels and towards lowercarbon
energy sources.
Residential power prices have
also gone up by 48 per cent since
2000, far in excess of the rate of
inflation, and the price of solar
panels has come down dramatically
in recent years, so going
solar also makes financial sense,
especially in a sun-soaked region
like Canterbury.
Chief executive Luke Nutting
says a lot of Lightforce customers
are not paying anything for
their power and are often getting
credits from their power companies
because they sell energy back
into the grid.
Lightforce is the country’s
fastest-growing solar installer and
has delivered world-class solar
solutions to over 6000 residential,
commercial and agricultural customers
around the country.
Around 80 per cent of the
systems Lightforce now installs
include batteries, which means
solar energy can be used when we
need it most – peak usage times
in the morning and at night.
And, in what Nutting sees as a
big endorsement of the company
and its vision, it recently signed
an exclusive distribution deal
with global battery powerhouse
Energizer Homepower.
•Nominate a deserving
Canterbury organisation
for the Solar for Good
giveaway by visiting
lightforce.co.nz. Entries
close on October 21.
FINISHED PRODUCT: A
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roof of a house.
Far right – The Lightforce
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GIFT: As part
of a Solar
for Good
initiative,
Lightforce
is asking for
nominations
so that a
deserving
charity can
receive a
free solar
installation.
WIN a free solar system for your favourite charity
it’s time to
let the sun in
the
solar for good
project
to celebrate the opening of our
new solar hub in Christchurch
we are gifting a $30k solar system
to a local organisation that you think
does great things in your community.
to nominate
scan this QR code or
visit www.lightforce.co.nz
entries close Thursday 21st October
Robert Webb of The Whangarei Native Bird Rescue Centre
- Lightforce Northland charity winner

24 The Star Thursday September 30 2021
SCHOOL HOLIDAY FUN
Punting on the Avon Join the Quail Island
Treasure Hunt
See the Avon River and Botanic
Gardens from a different perspective
with Punting on the Avon!
Departing from the historic Antigua
Boat Sheds, this guided 30 minute
tour glides along the river into
the heart of the Botanic Gardens.
See the river’s flora and wildlife
up close from the sturdy and safe
handcrafted punt boats (blankets
are available on cooler days).
Your punter will give you a live
commentary as you sit back, relax
and take in the sights.
Come and find the hidden pirates on Quail
Island these school holidays and we’ll reward
you with treasure. Choose from a morning,
afternoon or full day trip when booking.
Adults cruise at kids prices, just $15
return. Just add code PIRATES21 when
booking online to discount your price.
And don’t forget, under 5’s travel for free
all year round.
Book at www.blackcat.co.nz
*Please note that this special offer cannot be
used in conjunction with any other offer. Experience will only operate under Level 1 or 2
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SCHOOL HOLIDAY FUN
Kids visit half price
Orana Wildlife Park
The Spring Holidays are the perfect time
to visit Orana Wildlife Park because kids
get in for half price! Up to four children
(5-14 years) enter at half price with each
paying adult, when presenting this listing
(valid 2-17 October 2021).
Orana Wildlife Park provides amazing
opportunities for people to connect
with wildlife. Visitors can see NZ’s only
gorillas, the South Island’s only tigers,
meet the delightful otters, hand feed
majestic giraffe, meet mighty rhino up
close, observe iconic kiwi and encounter
mischievous kea. Scheduled presentations
occur daily. Visitors can enjoy the antics
of lions, cheetah, lace
monitors, Tasmanian
devils, painted dogs,
stunning native birds and
reptiles, friendly farmyard
creatures, monkeys,
meerkats and much more!
Visitors can board our
Safari Shuttle for a zoo tour or join a
guided walkabout to explore the Park.
A wildlife themed shop is stocked with
fabulous gifts for any occasion and our
magnificent café offers stunning views of
the animals.
Park staff are proud
to make genuine
contributions to breed
for release recovery
programmes for
threatened native wildlife,
such as kākāriki karaka/
orange-fronted parakeet.
By visiting, you are directly supporting
Orana’s conservation efforts.
Following us on Facebook is a great
way to keep updated with the latest news
including animal arrivals!
Experience the ultimate animal
adventure at Orana Wildlife Park!
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Thursday September 30 2021 The Star 25
From family fun to
corporate challenges
If you’re looking for a venue
to have some group-based fun –
look no further than Laser Strike.
The concept of Laser Strike is
simple - they equip you with a
dual weapon phaser pack and
send you into the gaming arena
where you choose your own
tactics as to how you are going to
play, to tag as many opponents
as you can all while maintaining
your own shield health.
The Laser Strike arena is themed as an
‘ancient ruins’ and is bathed in black lights
that create an awesome sensory response
with the fluorescent colours. The music
adds to this ambience and creates an
exciting atmosphere for people of all ages.
Laser Strike is a locally-owned
business run by Gary Hancock and
his small but super-friendly crew.
The motto is simple – to continue
being the best group entertainment
in Christchurch.
They host all sorts of groups,
teams, businesses and families.
Whether it’s for a birthday party or
just a fun activity (yes, you will need
to move), then Laser Strike is such a
great option.
Its size really does set it apart and
they can easily host up to 40 players at a
time. For smaller groups, they will either
add you in with others or they have a suite
of boutique and tactical games.
Book now, phone 03 366 7595 or
online at www.laserstrike.co.nz

26 The Star Thursday September 30 2021
YOUR YARD
Your Yard
If you are planning to have people over in
a week or so, there are a few things you can
do quickly to make your garden look good.
First up there’s the lawn, if you have one.
Resist the temptation to put off mowing it
thinking you can have one big cutting day.
A good-looking lawn will ``hide’’ a lot of
garden sins but to look lush and carpetlike
it needs regular, light trimming. It is
therefore worthwhile finding the time to
run over it frequently, no matter how busy
you may be.
Equal in impact value is trimming edges
and hedges. If these look tidy your garden
looks tidy even if it is sporting some
weeds.
On the other hand, if they are ragged, they
will set an unruly tone. As far as the weeds
go, knock them back with weed killer if
that’s your preference. This is important
with weeds growing in driveways or
between patio pavers but you will need to
chip the dead and near dead ones away in
those areas.
If your time is very limited, don’t worry
about weeds in the garden unless they are
large, if it’s impact you are after there are
more fruitful things you can do. Patios,
decks and driveways near the house
should get close attention. Find time to get
rid of any algae and mould and remember
that recoating or repainting can have a big
effect.
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GARDENING
Enjoy the sweet
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• By Henri Ham
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They are super simple to
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variety. They look amazing.
And they make great
cut flowers. In my opinion,
you really can’t go wrong by
planting sweet peas.
This lovely addition to
your garden can be grown
from seeds. However, I
prefer to plant seedlings.
The dwarf mixed variety
produces plants that grow
to about 30-40cm and is
perfect for growing in borders,
bedding and pots.
The fragrant beauty
variety has a fantastic
fragrance, grows to around
120-180cm and climbs or
trails well on walls or trellises.
And while all varieties
make great cut flowers, cut
flower mixed varieties grow
to a height of around 120-
180cm and produce extra
good blooms perfect for
taking inside and placing in
a vase.
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AROMA: Fragrant
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can be grown in the
garden or in pots,
it has a fantastic
fragrance.
place to plant. Sweet peas
grow well in pots – particularly
the dwarf variety
which don’t require staking
and will cascade over the
edge nicely.
The other two varieties
will also grow well in large
pots. You’ll just need to tie
four or five bamboo stakes
into a tee-pee shape to support
the plants as they grow.
And make sure you plant
them in some good quality
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them along their way.
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next to a wall or some sort
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GARDENING 29
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Time to plant new fruit trees
EVEN THOUGH we are now
well into spring, frosts, wet soil
and cold winds are still to be
expected.
However, the outlook is
brightened by the appearance
of blooming azaleas, camellias,
flowering rhododendrons and
flowering cherries. It’s an excellent
time to plan your summer
garden.
It’s harvest time for those
maturing vegetables that were
planted in late summer/autumn.
Veges to harvest now
include artichoke (Jerusalem),
broccoli, brussels sprouts,
cabbages, cauliflowers, carrots,
celery, leeks, lettuce, parsnips,
silver beet, spinach and swedes.
Where possible, prepare the
soil for late spring plantings,
digging to a depth of 200mm
and adding compost as you go.
Ensure it is mixed in well.
Flowering annuals should
now be providing masses of
colour in your gardens and
containers. Remove dead flowers
to encourage continuous
blooming.
Top up existing plantings
with ‘potted colour’ annuals
that have been grown to the
flowering stage.
Complete pruning of deciduous
fruit trees and spray with
copper oxychloride to prevent
fungal diseases reappearing.
Grapes can also be pruned.
Garden centres and nurseries
now have new season fruit trees
in stock.
Plan your purchase carefully.
Part of your fruit tree selection
should be to ensure you have
a year-round supply of fresh
fruit. You can easily do this by
planting a few varieties that crop
at different times of the year.
In warmer areas, a variety of
citrus are now ripening, including
mandarins, lemons, limes,
grapefruit and early oranges.
Last plantings of strawberries
should be completed.
Garden centres are bursting
with new stock of a wide range
of ornamental trees and shrubs.
September is a very safe month
for planting. Ensure your planting
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CHRISTCHURCH United
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matches with Dunedin
opposition as qualification
for football’s National League
reaches a tantalising conclusion
this weekend.
United improved to second
place behind runaway Southern
League leaders Cashmere
Technical with a 4-2 win over
bottom-placed Green Island producing
a five-goal positive goal
difference ahead of third-ranked
Selwyn United, who also have 10
competition points.
United can claim the second
and final berth by ending the
South City Royals’ season on Saturday,
with the fifth-placed club
still in contention if they prevail
at the Christchurch Football
Centre.
“Things have fallen our way in
the last couple of weeks, we’ve
picked up a couple of wins and
now we’re in a position where
our destiny in our own hands,”
said United coach Danny Halligan.
The former All White traced
the side’s resurgence back to a
3-2 loss to Cashmere Technical
in their last game before the
Covid-19 lockdown-inspired
break.
“I thought we made a significant
move there. We were
leading 2-0 for 70 minutes. We
were starting to show some really
good signs there and we’ve
continued on from that.”
Halligan said in some ways
the Covid-19 disruption was a
positive.
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“The players came out of it
really fit whether they freshened
up or they did a lot of hard
work,” he said.
“Physically we’re in good
shape. We had two or three
injured players where the (lockdown)
period was a godsend for
them. It gave them a chance to
recover.”
Captain James McClay and
Matt Bergin are already back in
action while Michael Gealogo
could rejoin the squad this weekend.
United improved from fourth
after beating Green Island but
Halligan was taking nothing for
granted.
“Early on people wrote off
the Dunedin teams but they’ve
been quite competitive. Two of
them are still in with a shout of
qualifying.
“Form varies a lot. Coastal
were doing really well and
they’ve dropped into a bad patch.
Selwyn and ourselves had periods
where we weren’t going that
well but we’ve come right.
“It’s been an even competition,
we’ve got five teams looking for
that last spot.”
Selwyn United are aiming
for a profitable road trip to outof-contention
Nelson Suburbs,
while to cloud the qualification
picture further Coastal Spirit
could also advance in spite of a
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Beaten 4-2 by Selwyn United,
Coastal Spirit were on the back
foot after conceding two goals
inside the opening 10 minutes.
Joe Arnott iced the victory in the
last minute of regulation
with his second strike.
Coastal Spirit approach
the final round of
fixtures in fourth on goal
difference, one of three
teams on nine points with
the South City Royals
and Dunedin’s other
qualification contenders,
Otago University.
Coastal Spirit have the
possible advantage of playing
Green Island in the
final match of the round on
Sunday, their hosts should
be taxed after playing Otago
University in a local derby
tomorrow night.
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BIG CLUB MATCH-UPS THIS WEEKEND
Cashmere Technical had
already nailed a qualifying berth
before last weekend but the
Mainland Football premiership
winners put an exclamation
mark on their Southern
League schedule with
a 5-0 drubbing of the
South City Royals
before taking this
weekend off.
Yuya Taguchi
recorded a hat-trick
inside an hour while
Jacob Richards and
Lyle Matthysen were
also on target to ensure
veteran defender Tom Schwarz
celebrated his 250th game for the
club in style with another title.
Southern League final round
draw:
Otago University v Green
Island, Football Turf, Friday 7pm;
Christchurch United v South City
Royals, Christchurch Football
Centre, Saturday 11.30pm;
Nelson Suburbs v Selwyn United
Saxton Field, Saturday 12pm;
Green Island v Coastal Spirit,
Sunnyvale, Sunday 12.30pm.
Points:
Cashmere Technical 18,
Christchurch United 10,
Selwyn United 10, Coastal
Spirit 9, South City Royals 9,
Otago University 9, Nelson
Suburbs 4, Green Island 1.
Rugby League
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Eclipse Cross gets hybrid driveline
YOU COULD say Mitsubishi
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The Outlander PHEV is still
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Well, it was only a matter of
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solid reputation in terms of sales
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Of course, the Eclipse Cross is
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and for my money it would be the
Eclipse Cross that I would buy.
The PHEV’s driveline is biased
well towards electric power, it
wants to use that 55km electriconly
range at first priority, the
petrol engine reluctant to come in
until there’s no charge left. Sure,
it works in traditional hybrid
fashion, petrol to charge batteries
and also supplement drive,
but if electric vehicle transport is
your first priority then the Eclipse
Cross would be perfect for your
daily commute.
Push-button modes can also
alter the way the combination
works, there are applications to
save battery power or drive in
electric mode-only at will.
The evaluation car came with
two cable types, one for domestic
supply and one for charging
stations. If I was a purchaser I’d
insist on both, just so that battery
top ups can be made from almost
anywhere there is electrical
supply. For the record, a 25min
charging station plug-in will take
the batteries up to 80 per cent.
On the subject of figures,
Mitsubishi also lists a total travel
distance of 660km using both
hybrid systems. A petrol consumption
combined cycle average
of 1.9-litres per 100km is claimed
at best possible usage.
The Eclipse Cross in this form
is also pretty handy under acceleration,
it will reach 100km/h
from a standstill in 9sec and will
make 120km/h from 80km/h in
6.8sec, a result of solid mid-range
urge thanks to the strength of
electric drive.
In petrol-only mode the driver
has access to 94kW and 199Nm,
add in 60kW and 70kW for the
motors front and rear and you
will find the Eclipse Cross gets
about its business without strain
or stress. Drive is channelled
GRAPHICS: A central dash display alerts the driver to the
Eclipse Cross’ drive modes.
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE CROSS PHEV: Hybrid power biased toward electric.
through a continuously variable
automatic transmission, it
is a quiet, seamless operating
system and one that Mitsubishi
has developed well in terms of
refinement.
Before you think the Eclipse
Cross can’t be a true SUV without
four-wheel-drive – take stock,
as I’ve just alluded to there is
an electric motor over the rear
axle which in turns makes it
all-wheel-drive. There are also
complicated electronic and
mechanical functions that you
can treat as normal four-wheeldrive
functions.
This is something Mitsubishi
does well, it builds on the 4WD
systems that have made Pajero,
Outlander, Triton and Lancer
Evo models the benchmark in
four-wheel-drive technology. The
Eclipse Cross PHEV is very much
a worthy cross-country and allroad
conqueror, easily fitting into
the soft-roader category with its
188mm of ground clearance.
I never took the evaluation
car off-road as such, it was
pristine when I picked it up
and I didn’t want to take it back
overly grubby. But I did tackle a
short shingle road loop near the
Hororata River and can report it
has wonderful suspension control
over corrugations, affording a
controlled in-cabin ride.
On the seal the Eclipse Cross
cruises capably and quietly,
just as you would expect from
any of today’s SUVs, it is the
quintessential compact wagon
• Price – Mitsubishi Eclipse
Cross PHEV, $57,990
• Dimensions – Length,
4545mm; width, 1805mm;
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• Configuration – Fourcylinder,
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• Performance – 0-100km/h,
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• Fuel usage – 1.9l/100km
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In terms of handling it steers
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tyres and has controlled body balance
– even at 1.7m tall it doesn’t
generate gravitational force over
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suspension.
The Eclipse Cross hybrid comes
in two specification levels, the
evaluation car was the top spec
VRX that has full leather trim,
heated seats front and rear, heated
steering wheel, electric sunroof,
head-up display and paddle
gearing shifters. Without those I
would be satisfied with the XLS
variant to save $8000.
However, if you do like a full
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and energy saving benefits along
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a five-star Australasian New Car
Assessment Program rating.
As time has served to prove
and this world of ours is keenly
focussed in reducing carbon
emissions to address climate
change, I’ve been told every
little bit to reduce the use of
fossil fuel will be beneficial.
That’s where Mitsubishi’s hybrid
system comes in, it is engineered
to draw heavily on electrical
current.
For me, it was easy to get into
the rhythm of charging every
night; taking the car back to the
dealership with over half a tank
of fuel is something that I rarely
achieve, especially so after driving
well over 500km. You see, the day
I was scheduled to take it back to
the dealership was day one of August’s
snap Covid-19 lockdown.
I ended up driving the PHEV for
almost four weeks.
If you enter now into discussions
about electric vehicles,
there are two topics that are at
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Well, the Eclipse Cross PHEV
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these are peace of mind offerings,
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Construction and
Garden Maintenance
You can have your gardens, trees,
shrubs, plants and lawns maintained to look their best
all year round, for a great price.
Residential & Commercial Landscaping
• Maintenance • Pruning • Reconstruction & Rejuvenation
• Rental Property and Commercial Maintenance
• Pre-Sale Tidy-Ups
New Home Landscaping
Lawns • Gardens • Decks • Paving • Water Features
• Quality • Value for money • Experienced • Punctual
• Professional • Flexible • Knowledgeable • Reliable
Call Ross Legg - 027 222 0388
Email ross@revivelandscaping.co.nz
www.revivelandscaping.co.nz
WINDOW TINTING
tintawindow
advanced film solutions
99% uv block
fade protection
heat control
reduce glare
25 Years Experience
privacy films
frosting designs
non-darkening films
Workmanship Guaranteed
Lifetime Warranties on Most Films
UV
block
• Power
• Lighting
• Switchboards
POWER WASH
SPECIALISTS IN HOUSE WASHDOWNS
We are a Canterbury owned power wash
company that can handle all your exterior
wash requirements.
From the driveway to the top floor, we can remove
dirt, moss, and mould, clean windows and gutters,
remove graffiti and everything in between.
Call us today
P: 022 5146 253
www.thewashdownking.co.nz
Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts
03 365 3653 0800 368 468
Trades & Services
GLAZING
TWISTY GLASS &
GLAZING LTD
• Mirrors • Pet Door Specialists
• Splashbacks • All Broken Windows
THE CAT DOOR MAN
Phone Cushla or Darren Twist
027 352 6225
• Driveways
• All concrete
• Building
• Decorating
Licenced builder
Phone John: 027 224 2831
www.dohertybuilders.co.nz
AA SHOWER
CLEANING
From $60 Spring Clean
now!. Ph 021 022 824 85
ARBORIST
Qualified. Copper
Beech Tree Services.
Tree removal, pruning,
height reduction, hedge
trimming, shaping, tree
planting, firewood. Free
quote. Contact Angus
Edwards 027 259 6741.
copperbeechtreeservices@
gmail.com
BRICK & BLOCK
LAYING all restoration
work and new work plus
foundations, ph 342 9340
or 021 853 033
BUILDER QUALIfIED
50 yrs exp. Bathrooms,
Kitchens, Renovations,
Repairs & Extensions
Free quotes. Discount for
pensioners. Ph Mike 03
980 9771 or 027 2266 930
BUILDER QUALIfIED
Decks, T & G Flooring,
Villa Restoring, New
Homes, Weatherboards.
Free Quotes. Bennet &
Sons Ltd Sam 027 496-
9362 or Tony 027 224-
0374
BUILDER, HANDYMAN
MAINTENANCE Have
peace of mind with a
fully qualified owner
operator LBP. Available
for all jobs around the
home, commercial or
rental property (extremely
experienced in Healthy
Homes Reporting and
all Remedial works) Call
Chris on 027 3888 211
BUILDER
New builds, alterations,
decks, fencing. 30 yrs in
the trade has given me
ability to build to a high
standard. Free quotes. Ph
Brent 027 241 7471
CARPET LAYING
Exp. Repairs, uplifting,
relaying, restretching.
Phone John on 0800
003181, 027 240 7416
jflattery@xtra.co.nz
CARPENTER/
BUILDER
Licensed Building
Practitioner no. 100981.
All carpentry & building
repairs & maintenance.
Alterations & property
upgrades. Laundries /
bathroom / kitchens
replaced. Specialising in
replacement of all rotten
timber, fascia boards,
window, windowsills etc.
John Sandford, ph 329
4616, mob 027 5189 598
johnsandford2@gmail.
com
COMPUTER REPAIRS
FAST Friendly
experienced techs
available to help you
now. Christchurch based.
All work guaranteed.
Computer Help 0800 349
669
CONCRETE CUTTING
Affordable Concrete
Cutting with Quality, and
removal work. Free quote.
No job to small. Phone 027
442-2219, Fax 359-6052
a/h 359- 4605
ELECTRICIAN
All types of domestic
& commercial work
undertaken, new housing,
alterations, extensions,
ranges, security lights,
quick response, efficient
service, free quotes,
city -wide. No call out
fee. M/S, 8-5. Call Pat
Barrett 03 359 2087/ 027
7331384.
with 24 years experience
replacements. Phone Chris
ELECTRICIAN
Prompt & reliable
registered electrician
for all residential and
commercial work, new
housing and switch board
027 516 0669
ELECTRICIAN
Available, 30 years
experience, immediate
start, competitive rate, ph
Brian 027 433 9548. No
call out fee
ELECTRICIAN
Registered, electrical
installation and repairs,
Gorbie Electrical, ph 021
026 73375 or 03 322 4209
ELECTRICIAN (REG)
Prompt, quality. Call Jack
027 206 0080
fENCING
All types of fencing . Free
quotes. Ph Jim 022 137
1920
GASfITTING
N.T. Gas Services.
Domestic gas installations.
Reg Craftsman Gas Fitter.
Ph Nick 021 892 491
GLAZIER
Glass repairs - pet doors
- conservatory roofs. Exp
Tradesman. Call Bill on
022 413 3504 or 981-1903

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Our unique restoration
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We specialise in professional
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House & Garden
Property services Ltd
Tree & hedge trimming
Stump grinding
Gardening
Landscaping
Gutter cleaning
All aspects of
property maintenance
CALL us 021 405 277
EXPERIENCED
GARDENER
(Kevin Garnett)
30 Years
Christchurch Botanic
Gardens.
ALL landscape
work done.
Maintenance, pruning,
tidy up, lawn work,
landscape planning
and planting etc.
Free Quotes
Phone 348 3482
HANDYMAN
For all those odd jobs. Ph
027 294 1508
LANDSCAPING
Paving, Lawns, Irrigation,
Decking, Fencing.
Kanga & small digger
services. Check out Squire
Landscaping on facebook.
FREE QUOTES. Ph
Arthur 347-8796, 027
220-7014 Edwin 027 220-
7154
LAWN CUTTING
& HEDGE TRIMMING
SERVICES 30 yrs + exp.
Ph Jerry 021 037 4138
LAWNMOWING
Weeding, pruning, outdoor
tidyup’s. Call Phil 021 661
246 for your free quote.
MOBILE CAR
CLEANING SERVICES
We come to you where
ever you are. Ring us
at 03 281 8054 for free
quotation.
ODD JOB SPECIALIST
Small jobs specialists.
eg: drippy taps, sticky
doors, locks, spouting/
fence repairs Discount for
pensioners. Ph 390 1565 or
022 5275 668. Avail now.
PAINTER, QUALIfIED
local professional, Int /
Ext,roofs,wallpaper, call
or text Corban 027 846
5035
PAINTING
Indoor / Outdoor, over 30
yrs exp, same day quotes,
ph Steve 021 255 7968
PAINTING
&
PLASTERING
Free quotes. Int/ext &
roof painting Family run
business, work guaranteed.
Pensioner discounts. Ph
Kerin or Paul 022 191
7877 or 379-1281. Website
www.swedekiwipainting.
co.nz
HANDY - DAN
General Handyman for
all your maintenance
requirements. I specialise
in fences and decking, also
do spouting cleans and
repairs and everyday home
maintenance. NO JOB TO
BIG OR SMALL I can do
it all, please don’t hesitate
to call me on 022 600 7738
for a no obligation free PLASTERING
quote.
HOME CLEANING
SERVICES
Regular Weekly or
Fortnightly. Ring Vivien
at 03 365 8422 for free
quotation
renovations,
PAINTING
Small - Medium jobs
Free quotes Ph 027 294
1508.
(INT)
and small painting jobs.
Experience and excellence.
Small to Medium job
specialists in all aspects of
Interior Plastering. Please
call Tim 022 5380959
PLASTERER
Phone Finn for all your
interior plastering needs.
No job too small -
alterations,
holes & cracks. Free
quotes. I’ll beat any quote
by 10% .25 yrs exp. Canty
born. Ph 022 087 4351
PLASTERING (INT)
and small painting jobs.
Experience and
excellence. Small to
medium job specialists
in all aspects of Interior
Plastering. Please call
Tim 022 538 0959.
PLUMBER
A Top Plumbing job
completed at a fair price,
all work guaranteed, ph
Brian 021 112-3492 or 03
960 7673
FREE CALL
TEXT
EMAIL
0508 H2O BOY
426 269
027 245 5100
NICK@NICKJONESPLUMBING.CO.NZ
Re Roofing
Roof Repairs
Spouting
Approved Age Concern provider
Over 30 years experience
Licensed Building Practitioner
N A BARRELL
ROOFING LTD
Ph: 0275 389 415
Email: nabroofing@xtra.co.nz
rooF
painting
by Certified Tradesman
Book now
and receive
20% discount.
Rope and harness
a speciality.
No scaffolding
required.
30 years
experience.
Free quotes,
call Craig
021 060 2392
ROOF
PAINTING 24/7
Rope & harness
a speciality,
no scaffolding
required,
30 years of
breathtaking
experience.
FREE QUOTES
20% OFF other
roof quotes
Exterior staining,
exterior painting,
water blasting.
Moss and mould
treatment $300.
Phone Kevin
027 561 4629
PLUMBER
A Top Plumbing job
completed at a fair price,
all work guaranteed, ph
Brian 021 112-3492 or 03
960 7673
QEII COLLISION
REPAIRS
Free Courtesy Cars
(conditions apply),All
Insurance work, Rust
Repairs & Private work.
Spray-painting. Free
pickup & delivery. Ph. 03
388 5187
REMOVALS
Small furniture removals,
have own van, can fit
various types of whiteware
appliances, some furn,
bedding, boxes etc, honest
& reliable, any area
considered, ph Chch 027
517 7001
ROOfING
All Roof repairs, Roof
painting, moss treatments,
Gutter cleaning 10 + yrs
exp, free quotes 24 / 7, Ph
027 516 6609
SPOUTING CLEANING
SPECIALIST Entire
spouting system cleared.
Single or 2 storey. Jo 021
164 0365
SPOUTING CLEANING
Spouting Unblocked,
Cleaned Out and Flushed
Out, Call Trevor 332 8949
or 021 043 2034
SPOUTING
Select Spouting The
PVC specialist. Repairs &
replacement. Ph 022 197
2351
STUMP GRINDING
Best price guarantee Tony
0275 588 895
Trades & Services
PAINTING
older painter
for older houses
50 years in trade
“All the skills”
Contact Jimmy Bell
0211221487
GST FREE
30 years + experience
Older house
restorations:
no problem!
Quotes: FREE!
Rates: Reasonable
Paint supplied at
trade price!
NO JOB TOO SMALL
Light industrial also
Roger Brott
Painter & Decorator
021-1966-311
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 tree pruning
& shaping Also garden
tidy-ups. Ph Hugh “THE
LITTLE GREEN
GROOMER” Ph 021 275
5445
TREE SERVICES
Hedges, shrubs, tree
trimming & rubbish
removal. Phone for free
quotes 022 540 4900
WINDOW CLEANING
Average 3 brm house
inside or out from $45.
Both from $80 Phone
Trevor 344-2170
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
Situations Vacant
CLEANERS
REQUIRED
TEAM LEADER
Avonhead Area
Monday – Friday
3pm-6pm approx
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.
CLEANERS
REQUIRED
Avonhead Area
Monday – Friday
3pm-6pm approx
Hoon Hay Area
Monday – Friday
3pm-6pm
Airport Area
Monday – Friday
6pm-8pm
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.
ADD SOME
COLOUR
TO YOUR ADVERT!
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/
hold effects. Anything
considered. Ph Dave 960-
8440, 027 66 22 116
Wanted To Buy
A1 Albums, old photo’s,
postcards, coins, gold,
bank notes, badges,
medals, jewellery,
watches, china, crystal,
books, furs, vintage
clothing, paintings,
furniture, estates &
downsizing. Etcetera
Antiques, 194 Edgeware
Rd 385 5117
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, mountaineering,
fishing, childrens. Ph 354
1621
uniforms, badges, medals,
TOOLS, Garden garage,
MILITARIA Any
country, firearms,
memoribilia, WW2 or
earlier ph 338-9931
saw benches, Lathes. Cash
buyer Phone 355-2045
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believe his eyes...
...there she was.
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Public Notices
STAMP AND
POSTCARD FAIR
The Philatelic Centre
67 Mandeville Street,
Riccarton
Saturday 2nd October
9am-12pm
Sellers tables available
Phone 027 6354 957
Real Estate
HOME WANTED 3-4
bedrooms. Looking in Nor
West areas, Beckenham
or Somerfield. Prefer
permanent material brick
and post 1990 build. Don’t
mind if it needs some TLC
- anything considered.
Cashed up buyer. Phone
021 372 479
INDUSTRIAL -
COMMERCIAL
property sought Off
Market. Deal to suit your
needs. Private qualified
buyer. Contact Lester 021
0244 9280
To Let
OVER 50’S RENTAL
ACCOMMODATION
phILLIpSTOwN
$225 pER wEEk
Includes furniture, heat
pump, smart TV, power
& internet. (Subsidy &
assistance may be available)
phONE STEVE
0800 552 255
Tuition
COMPUTER LESSONS
avail for computer, IPad,
or Mobile. Please contact
Jobee 027 290 9246 www.
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SCHOOLS. SPORTS CLUBS OR CULTURAL EVENTS
OUTSTANDING
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to fundraise while at the same time helps to profile and
promote your team and their goals and ambitions.
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promoting some of the great positive work being done
in the community. It also offers exceptional value for
your supporters and sponsors.
Contact:
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379 7100
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Public Notices
Senior Citizens
Outings
with Companion Driving Service Ltd
DEPARTING MONDAY 18 OCT
3 DAY TO PICTON by coach.
Overnight in Kaikoura then onto Picton. Sail the Queen
Charlotte Sounds on the mail boat which has toilets
- tea/coffee - walking frames okay & comfortable
seating. Overnight in Picton then we return to
Christchurch the next day on the Coastal Pacific train.
* D.B.B. single room (no sharing) included
* Train fare included *Free home pick up & drop off
included * Mail boat run included (optional) * Coach &
train hostess included. Our price $996.00
2 DAY WEST COAST SPECIAL Oct 25 to OCT 26
Hokitika - Greymouth by coach then overnight at The
Punakaiki Resort Hotel. The following day return to
ChCh on The Tranz Alpine Express.
* D.B.B. single room (no sharing) included. * Train fare
included. * Free home pick up & drop off. * Coach &
train hostess included. Our price $494.00.
*OUR VERY POPULAR*
3 DAY CHCH TO WANAKA BY COACH DEPARTING
ChCh on Thurs 28 Oct.
* Travel to Wanaka by coach via Tekapo.
Overnight at Oakridge Resort Wanaka.
* Following day travel from Wanaka to
Tekapo & overnight.
* Following day return to ChCh via Geraldine with
lunch at Barkers. * All D.B.B. *Free home pick up &
drop off included. *Tour coach hostess included.
Our Price $796.00
Expressions of interest in our Spring tour
to Riverton - Catlins - Oamaru.
(non commitment bookings taken.)
PHONE PETER ON 0800 453 873
for info and bookings.
SUBJECT TO
ALERT LEVEL 2
RESTRICTIONS
BRIDIE'S BAR & BISTRO
NEW
SEASON
MENU
OUT NOW!
Come on down!
To add a listing, contact
Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or
027 458 8590
jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi
www.star.kiwi/whatson
BOOK YOUR TABLE NOW!
BRIDIE'S BAR & BISTRO
WE ARE OPEN DAILY FROM 9AM
PAVILION
CAFE
OPEN 9AM-3PM
NEW
BREAKFAST
MENU
ALL DAY
BREAKFASTS
LEGENDS
BAR
EXCITING NEW
MENU OUT NOW!
TAB
Manned terminal
open Fri, Sat & Sun
Normal Hours
WEDNESDAY
13 OCTOBER
11.30am - 2pm
Tickets on sale now
RAFFLES
ARE BACK ON!
Wed, Thu, Fri,
Sat & Sun inclusive
3.30pm-5.30pm
& also Saturday
11.30am-1.30pm
POOL TABLES CLOSED
SORRY, NO SHUTTLE VAN OPERATING
17 CARMEN RD.
PH. 03 349 9026
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christchurch
GIG GUIDE
Thursday 30 Sept to Wednesday 6 Oct 2021
SUBJECT TO ALERT LEVEL 2 RESTRICTIONS
12 BAR, 342 St Asaph St: Friday 8pm - Nick
Jackman. Saturday 8pm - Firebird Duo. Sunday
1pm - Spring Fling Dream feat. Elskan Fly;
Steffany Beck; Lee Martin, tickets at
undertheradar.co.nz.
A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St:
Thursday 6.15pm - Hagley Jazz Performance
Night, free. Saturday 8pm - Ruby Fusion, free.
Sunday 9.30am - Premier League Football,
Burnley v Norwich, $20 breakfast special, free
entry. Monday 7pm - Quiz. Tuesday 8pm - Thy
Kingdom Comedy. All gigs seated, phone 03
377 4787 to book your seat.
BOO RADLEY'S, 1 Halswell Rd: Friday
8.30pm - Holly Kimber; 10.30pm - Michele &
Jesse. Saturday 11.30pm - Libby Barker.
Wednesday 9.30pm - Open Mic.
FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday
6pm - Riverside Jazz Club presents Under the
Kitchen Sink, tickets $15; 8pm - Black & Gold
Duo. Friday 7pm - Nick & Dan; 10pm - House
of Groove. Saturday 7pm - Corner Sounds Duo;
10pm - Mirrors.
GAIETY HALL, Rue Jolie, Akaroa:
Thursday 7.30pm - Jan Preston Piano Boogie
Woman Show, tickets at eventfinda.co.nz.
MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: Friday
10.30pm - Live music. Saturday 10.30pm - Flat
City Brother.
MOON UNDER WATER, 152 Somerfield
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Jackman.
SULLIVANS IRISH PUB, 291 Lincoln Rd:
Wednesday 7pm - Willie's Open Mic.
THE BOG IRISH BAR, 50 Victoria St:
Sunday 4pm - Elly & Friends with Libby Scott
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THE CRAIC IRISH BAR, 84b Riccarton
Rd: Friday 7pm - Willie McArthur One Man
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THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: Friday
7.30pm - Open Mic & Jam. Saturday 8pm -
Downfall of Humanity EP 'Deceit' release with
Elidi & Empire, $15 entry. Wednesday 9pm -
Titanic (Kevin Emmett, Nick Buchanan, and
Peter K Malthus).
THE LOONS BAR, 16 Canterbury St,
Lyttelton: Wednesday 8pm - Al P & his
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THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd:
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WUNDERBAR LYTTELTON, 19 London
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NEWS FLASH
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Come enjoy those Asian
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Halswell
PaPaNUI
Hoi An House
Thai and Vietnamese cuisine
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never leave the table hungry!
Only a 10 minute drive from Beckenham
Simple, yet adventurous.
Thai Garden is about
fun, fresh food that
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RICCARTON
SUMNER
Buddha Stix is a vibrant fusion of the
energy of Asian culinary culture with
the modern romance of fine dining.
Vivid with colour and saturated with
flavour, Buddha Stix indulges all of
your senses to create an intimate
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Relax and soak up the atmosphere
while you sip on one of our classic
cocktails and enjoy the best pan-
Asian cuisine on offer.
In the streets and secluded
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If you’re hankering for a taste of Indochina –
Vietnamese street cuisine, then you need to make
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Here you will find the delectable flavourings of Asia
served up in an environment that creates an enticing
atmosphere.
You can choose from an amazing range of street fare
that is created with care and attention.
Buddha Stix Christchurch
74 Riccarton Road, Riccarton | 03 961 1704
Open 7 Days from 5pm - 8.30pm
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ORDER TAKEAWAYS ONLINE
www.buddhastix.co.nz
Come and experience the delight that is
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6 Wakefield Ave, Sumner
Phone 03 326 4352
Open 7 days 5pm - 8.30pm
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ORDER TAKEAWAYS ONLINE
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BOOK A
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BECKENHAM
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Food for the people
Local Asian street food
Come and eat the streets of Asia! We believe that sharing
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experience for everyone to enjoy – no bookings are
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enjoyed in the hustle and bustle of our vibrant and fun
restaurant. Commi – A Food Revolution!
Cooking is an art form, an expression of life.
At Asian Garden Cooking School, we admire
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Our purposely built cooking school and Asian Garden offers
our customers a unique opportunity to learn Asian Cooking
techniques, classes from $99 per person, 3 to 4 hours of
learning and fun.
We teach the secrets of Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese and other
Asian cuisine, dumpling making, drinks are included also.
Great for single, groups, or team building. Kids classes available.
We run day and evening classes, you can either book into an
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10 Whitchurch Place, Harewood
Phone 03 359 8917
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