The Star: October 07, 2021

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Covid ward set up 

as Delta spreads 

• By Susan Sandys 

URGENT UPGRADES are under 

way at Christchurch Hospital 

to provide a dedicated ward for 

Covid-19 patients. 

The Canterbury District Health 

Board expects work on the 

new 32-bed ward, to be named 

Parkside Ground Medical, to 

be completed by the end of this 

month. 

It comes 

as the Delta 

variant of 

the virus 

breaks out of 

Auckland and 

moves south. 

Michael Maze 

There was 

one death and 

39 new cases 

yesterday, including nine in the 

Waikato. 

Even as Canterbury strives 

towards 90 per cent vaccination 

rates, the ward beds are likely to 

be required, says an expert. 

University of Otago, 

Christchurch, respiratory and 

infectious disease physician Dr 

Michael Maze applauded the 

actions of district health boards, 

including the CDHB, in preparing 

for community transmission. 

• Turn to page 4 

URGENT: Overseas experience shows a Covid-19 ward to open soon at Christchurch Hospital will be required, even as 

New Zealand strives towards high vaccination rates, says an expert. 

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Iconic Kaikoura Cup to move to Addington 

THE time-honoured Kaikoura 

Cup harness race meeting will 

be transferred to Addington 

Raceway due to Covid 

restrictions. 

The two-day meeting at the 

South Bay Racecourse was set 

down for Kaikoura on October 

31 and November 1 and usually 

attracts crowds in excess of 

5000, many of whom travel up 

from Christchurch. 

IT TOOK eight years to 

complete, including a six-month 

delay caused by Covid-19, but 

the $16 million Ravenscar House 

Museum will finally open its 

doors next month. 

The museum on Rolleston Ave 

is the vision of Christchurch philanthropists 

Susan Wakefield and 

her late husband Jim, who gifted 

the new visitor attraction to the 

city through the Ravenscar Trust. 

Their son Steve Wakefield is 

now chairman of the trust overseeing 

the project. 

The global pandemic has had 

an impact on the project, making 

it harder to import new lift 

components from Italy and a 

replacement glass panel from 

China. The delays pushed the 

museum’s original 2018 completion 

date back and cost an extra 

$3 million. It is now set to open 

on November 8. 

The facility will display the 

Wakefields impressive collection 

of paintings, decorative arts, 

furniture and antiquities. 

The museum will house a 

unique collection of 110 paintings, 

dating back to the 19th 

century, including five Colin Mc- 

Cahon’s and 10 pieces by Frances 

Hodgkins, plus works from 

Ralph Hotere and many other 

New Zealand artists. 

The Wakefields began 

collecting art in the late 1980s. 

Their large collection was 

originally displayed at their 

home on Whitewash Head in 

Scarborough. 

The couple had planned to 

However, the Kaikoura 

Trotting Club committee has 

decided it will be transferred to 

Addington this year. 

“It is one of the biggest 

decisions in our history,” 

club president Ben Smith 

said. 

“We have been racing on the 

all-weather track there for 68 

years and have never had to 

consider such a situation. 

Right – Monastery Steps by 

Frances Hodgkins (1933) 

will be on display at the 

museum. 

eventually gift the house and 

their collection to the city, 

but the February 22, 2011, 

earthquake damaged the home 

beyond repair and the land was 

red-zoned. The Wakefields eventually 

opted to rebuild the house 

at 52 Rolleston Ave, but instead 

gifted the land to the city council 

in 2015, which then gifted it to 

the museum following public 

consultation. 

“But we have to be pragmatic.” 

Smith said the lack of any 

detail from the Government 

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to the November meeting meant 

they had little choice. 

“The committee is just a 

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Addington.” 

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“We know a lot of people are 

going to be saddened by what’s 

happened, but we are obviously 

going to do everything we can 

to make it a hugely successful 

day.” 

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Charges dropped 

against businessman 

A Christchurch businessman 

facing 80 charges relating to 

child sex abuse, including 

multiple counts of raping a 

little girl and filming himself, 

has had half the counts against 

him dropped. The man in his 

50s appeared in the district 

court on Monday before Judge 

Tony Couch. He still faces 40 

other similar charges and his 

name will remain suppressed 

until a full hearing can be held 

to canvass whether he and the 

company he works for can be 

identified. The suppression 

application will be heard on 

November 15. 

Coffee shop closed 

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the legislation expired in June, 

meaning the cafe’s licence 

became void. Co-owners 

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are hopeful the business will 

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• From page 1 

“If you look at the experience in 

the United Kingdom and the United 

States, even in the UK where they 

have vaccination rates that are a bit 

more than ours, they are certainly 

getting plenty of admissions into 

hospital,” Maze said. 

“Even with really good vaccination 

rates, we still have to expect 

some people will end up in hospital,” 

he said. 

“Of course we still haven’t got to 

90 per cent, it seems quite a long 

way off. There’s still quite a lot of 

people to get vaccinated.” 

Currently 50 per cent of the 

eligible population nationwide is 

fully vaccinated. 

Vaccination events in Christchurch 

this weekend are helping 

towards the 90% for Canterbury 

campaign – drive in at Christchurch 

Arena, or walk in and get 

free food at Ngā Hau e Whā 

National Marae vaccination clinic 

at Wainoni on Saturday. 

CDHB executive director facilities 

Dr Rob Ojala said in the event 

of a significant outbreak in Canterbury, 

Parkside Ground Medical 

would provide a dedicated space to 

treat patients. 

He said the CDHB and the 

ministry had worked closely and 

with urgency to convert the former 

Acute Medical Assessment Unit 

at Christchurch Hospital into the 

ward. The AMAU had relocated to 

the new Waipapa building last year. 

“The facility will provide additional 

capacity to manage affected 

patients should that be required,” 

Ojala said. 


Canterbury aims for 90 per cent vaccination 

Part of the upgrade includes 

improving ventilation. 

Ventilation is being altered so 

that air moves from the central 

staff area towards the patient bed 

areas, making the staff areas safer. 

Facilities and engineering manager 

Terry Walker said it would 

result in improved airflow. 

“Two large fans are being installed 

outside the ward to extract 

large amounts of air from grills at 

above the patients’ bed heads, and 

pass it through HEPA filters to 

safely exhaust to the atmosphere,” 

Walker said. 

The last time Canterbury DHB 

cared for Covid-19 patients was 

in January, when two people who 

had travelled from overseas were 

transferred to the hospital from 

MIQ. 

It’s worth a shot, say 

organisers behind 90% for 

Canterbury. 

They want 90 per cent of 

Cantabrians to have had at 

least one vaccination dose 

by Labour Weekend. 

Research shows two jabs 

of the Pfizer vaccine reduces 

the chance of catching 

Covid-19, and it also helps 

prevent hospitalisation and 

death in infected people. 

Currently 80 per cent 

of the eligible population 

nationwide have had their 

first dose, while 50 per 

cent are fully vaccinated. 

Only 42 per cent of the 

total population is fully 

vaccinated. 

“It’s a huge job on a tight 

time frame, but it’s worth a 

shot to keep our city open, 

businesses thriving and 

vulnerable safe,” said Jo de 

Joux of Harvey Cameron. 

There is a vaccination 

clinic on Saturday at Ngā 

Hau e Whā National Marae, 

250 Pages Rd, Wainoni, 

10am-3pm. Anton 

Matthews of Fush and his 

team will be on site offering 

free food. 

And there is a drivein 

vaccination centre 

at Christchurch Arena, 

Addington, open Monday 

to Friday 1.30-7.30pm and 

Saturday and Sunday 11am- 

5pm. There is no need to 

book. 

Endocrinologist and 

physician Dr Nitasha Rimar 

said individuals only gained 

immunity about two weeks 

after the second dose, and 

the Pfizer vaccine had only 

30 per cent efficacy after 

the first dose. 

“That leaves more 

than half the country 

unprotected.” 

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Mum wants answers over son’s death 

• By Chris Barclay 

A GRIEVING mother is 

desperate for justice after 

claiming her three-year-old boy 

died needlessly because a fatal 

stroke was misdiagnosed. 

Ethan Tuo Brown died in 

Christchurch Hospital’s intensive 

care unit on September 7 after 

his life support was deactivated. 

A month on, Michelle Tuo’s 

anguish was palpable. 

“As a mother who has now lost 

a child, it breaks my heart than 

my son died in vain because of a 

doctor’s negligence,” she said. 

“I sincerely hope the relevant 

Ministry will intervene to monitor 

and investigate, and bring 

justice to Ethan and me.” 

The tragic chain of events 

began on September 4 when 

Tuo took Ethan to a medical 

centre after he collapsed at home 

around 9.40am. 

The previously fit and healthy 

boy regained consciousness after 

about 10 minutes but he was 

unable to talk or straighten his 

body. 

Tuo said a doctor diagnosed 

seizures and told her to take 

Ethan to Christchurch Hospital. 

According to Tuo’s time line, 

Ethan was wheeled into the 

emergency department about 

11.40am. 

Tuo said the ED doctor agreed 

with the seizures diagnosis and 

LOST SOUL: Ethan Tuo 

Brown died in Christchurch 

Hospital after suffering 

a stroke that had been 

misdiagnosed according to 

his grieving mother. 

sought to reassure the mother by 

saying it could take a “long time” 

for the body to return to normal. 

Although Ethan was drowsy 

and unable to eat, drink, walk 

or talk Tuo said they were sent 

home about 4pm. 

“The doctor came in with two 

printed sheets of paper . . . it had 

detailed instructions for me if 

Ethan had another seizure at 

home,” Tuo said in an email to 

The Star. 

“The doctor also simply said 

that if Ethan had another seizure 

within 24 hours or if the seizures 

last more than five minutes to 

call for an ambulance. 

“If it (the seizure) lasted less 

than five minutes, at first, make 

sure Ethan’s head would be safe 

and place him on his side. After 

that call the (hospital) phone 

number and inform them,” Tuo 

said. 

The other document was an 

appointment – two weeks later 

– for an electroencephalogram 

to measure electrical activity in 

Ethan’s brain. 

“I looked at these two pieces 

of paper and I was still worried 

about Ethan because he still 

seemed very sick,” Tuo said. 

“I said to the doctor: ‘Are you 

sure I can take my son home?’ 

The doctor said: ‘Yes, you can 

take him home, don’t worry, 

many patients have seizures, it 

takes time to return to normal.” 

Tuo said she checked Ethan 

regularly from the time they 

returned home and at 5.45am 

on September 5 he could not be 

woken. 

“His whole body was very cold 

with no breath or heartbeat. His 

Christchurch Hospital’s emergency department. 

lips were dark and eyes closed,” 

she said. 

Ethan was rushed to Christchurch 

Hospital and about 11am 

two doctors told her Ethan had 

suffered a posterior circulation 

ischemic stroke which meant the 

blood supply to his brain had 

stopped. 

He was placed on life support 

until the machine was turned off 

at 11am on September 7. 

Tuo has spoken out, believing 

Ethan could have been saved 

had his illness been accurately 

diagnosed. 

“I think Ethan would have survived. 

Ethan lost more than 10 

hours of precious time that could 

have saved his life because the 

doctors misdiagnosed the stroke 

as seizures,” she said. 

Tuo said if doctors had treated 

Ethan seriously, responsibly and 

“thought harder” on September 

4, he could have celebrated his 

fourth birthday on September 

25. 

The Canterbury District 

Health Board’s chief medical 

officer Dr Helen Skinner said a 

review of Ethan’s treatment was 

under way. 

“Our team will be contacting 

the family to discuss the review, 

and once confirmed, the findings 

will be communicated to the 

family and any appropriate 

external organisations,” she 

said. 

“On behalf of the DHB, I 

express my deepest sympathy to 

the young boy’s whanau for their 

loss.” 

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Long list of creditors owed $1.2m by 

• By Anne Gibson 

CREDITORS owed $1.2 

million by a failed Canterbury 

housebuilding company have 

now been named. 

Insolvency practitioner 

Murray Allott is liquidating 

First Design & Build, which 

previously traded as David Reid 

Homes Canterbury. 

First Design is insolvent and 

last year sold its rights to the 

David Reid brand, but carried on 

in the housebuilding 

sector, Allott 

noted. 

Christopher 

John Swann 

from Dunedin 

is First 

Design’s sole 

Murray Allott 

director. He 

also owns 

the company 

along with CIS Nominees, whose 

address is the same as his. 

Swann was previously a 

director of NZX listed cancer 

diagnostics business, Pacific 

Edge, which he also chaired but 

that company said yesterday he 

had left some years ago. 

Allott said no houses were 

under construction at the time 

First Design & Build failed. 

Swann was also cited on David 

Reid’s website as a chartered 

DEBT: First Design & Build, which previously traded as David Reid Homes Canterbury, is 

being liquidated. 

accountant. He is a director of 

Southern Capital and former 

chairman of Waitaki District 

Health Services, which he left 

two years ago. 

Allott’s report said First 

Design, registered in 2012, had 

accumulated losses of just over 

$1.2 million. The failure was due 

to it being funded by so much 

debt. 

A creditor issued a statutory 

demand for an outstanding 

debt. A compromise proposal 

was put to creditors to try to 

avoid liquidation but Allott said 

creditors had rejected that and 

he was appointed. 

Assets are estimated at $38,032 

but debts are claimed against 

those assets. 

“The company’s fixed assets 

are subject to encumbrances 

totalling $1,134,230,” Allott 

noted. 

His first liquidator’s report said 

a search of the Personal Property 

Securities Register at the time 

the liquidation started recorded 

the list of secured creditors. 

They are PlaceMakers 

Christchurch, Fisher & Paykel 

Appliances, Mico New Zealand, 

the Bank of New Zealand, 

Ricoh New Zealand, Goldpine 

Industries, Macready Building 

Supplies, Harrison Bloy 

Plumbing & Bathrooms, VFL 

Securities, Dyers Road Timber, 

Oakleys Plumbing Supplied, 

Millbrook Kitchens, Hagley 

Building Products, Dores for 

Floors, Prime Joinery and 

trustees of the Cannington Road 

Trust. 

The total owing to secured 

creditors is $1,290,948. 

Debts owing to preferential 

creditors were put at $24,000 

but the unsecured creditors is 

a much longer list and they are 

owed $781,381. 

A far longer list of all creditors 

– secured and unsecured – 

named a number of state entities 

and national businesses. 

Accident Compensation 

Corporation, Envirowaste 

Services, NZ Post, 

Metalcraft Roofing, David 

Reid Homes, Avon Plastering, 

Christchurch City Council, 

Meridian Energy, Simply 

Wardrobes, Warehouse 

Stationery, Superloo Sanitation, 

Sign Network, Waterford 

Press, Xero, Z Energy and 

WynnWilliams appeared at the 

back of Allott’s report. 

Allott said the company had 

failed because it had in part 

relied on debt facilities to fund 

its activities. 

Swann told Allott he had 

sought advice on the company’s 

financial position after getting 

the statutory demand for an 

outstanding debt. 

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feel we are still building the same 

sorts of houses,” they said at the 

time. 

The Canterbury team prided 

itself on being able to design and 

build homes that fit perfectly 

with what their client had asked 

for, they said. 

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expectations of our clients,” 

the pair said then. 

- NZ Herald 


• By Fiona Ellis 

THE CITY council is being 

accused of penny-pinching 

in a struggle to make local 

government more accessible 

during the pandemic. 

Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton 

Community 

Board 

member 

Andrei 

Moore 

offered to 

help the 

council 

meet its 

Zoom costs, 

which he 

understood 

to be $15 

a month, after the budget was 

cited as a reason the council will 

not allow board staff to record 

public meetings and post them 

to its website. 

Members of the public were 

prevented from watching the 

board’s meeting on Tuesday 

after staff decided they did not 

have the capacity to add more 

people to the Zoom meeting, 

which 14 people attended. 

Under the Covid-19 

restrictions, members of the 

public are not able to attend 

board meetings in person. 

If staff were able to record and 

upload footage to the council 

website in the same manner as 

council meetings, this problem 

would have been avoided, 

Moore said. 

“Public have (on Tuesday) 

been denied access to a public 

meeting where public money is 

spent.” 

City council head of 

community support, 

governance and partnerships 

John Filsell said recordings 

are not a service the council 

provided. 

“Correspondingly, there is 

no mandate, budget or other 

resources to make a recording 

of the appropriate quality and 

manage the data recorded to the 

standard required,” he said. 

Filsell said transparency 

was not a problem because the 

minutes of all public meetings 

are available on the council 

website. Moore said minutes 

gave an insufficient overview 

of meetings because they did 

not give detailed descriptions of 

debates leading up to decisions. 

“If we’ve got a recorded Zoom 

meeting, anyone can watch it 

from home and see what the 

board do, how we do it, and how 

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Dust up over community 

board Zoom meetings 

Andrei Moore 


we make our decisions.” 

Board members are allowed 

to make private meeting 

recordings to share on noncouncil 

sites if they have the 

approval of the board chair. 

Moore had offered to record 

meetings himself to make them 

accessible on 

Facebook, 

but board 

chairman 

Mike Mora 

would not 

grant permission 

for 

this. 

Said Mora: 

“Everybody 

that’s on the 

Mike Mora 

Zoom meeting has to agree. I’ve 

had feedback from people that 

don’t want it to go out.” 

This included both board 

members and members of 

the public, who were worried 

posting footage to a platform 

other than the council website 

could open “a can of worms.” 

Members of the public who 

were speaking on controversial 

local issues would be made 

vulnerable, he said. 

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reluctant to complain in a 

recording,” said Mora. 

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Iconic city buildings recognised 

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The Richmond Club. 

Ōtautahi Community Housing Brougham St. 

THE PRISTINE Edmonds 

Band Rotunda, one of the 

city’s most revered earthquake 

casualties, has struck a chord 

with judges scrutinising entries 

for the annual Civic Trust 

Awards. 

Now resembling its original 

bearing by the Avon River on 

Cambridge Tce thanks to a $1.5 

million restoration project, the 

category 2 heritage building 

built in 1929 earned rave reviews 

for the city council. 

Written off after the February 

22, 2011, earthquake, a painstaking 

rebuild which started in 

March 2020 was completed in 

August. 

The trust commended the 

city council for its excellent 

restoration of a significant city 

landmark ahead of the awards 

function at St Barnabas Church 

in Fendalton tonight. 

The trust received a total of 12 

nominations for consideration. 

Nick Rogatski’s restoration 

of a heritage character house at 

232 Main Rd in Moncks Bay, 

designed by architect Samuel 

Hurst Seager and built in 1913, 

was also recognised. 

Only a handful of the English 

Arts & Crafts movement, bungalow-style 

houses remained 

after the earthquakes. 

The new Richmond Club 

building, an Otautahi Community 

Housing Trust complex 

on Brougham St and the Te Koti 

Te Rato apartment at Rehau 

Marae were all acknowledged as 

projects which made a “material 

beneficial change to the city 

environment.” 

Work to rebuild the 

Richmond Club, which was 

established in 1888, was 

completed earlier this year, and 

recognised for its architectural 

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Aotearoa: Does it fit the South Island? 

• By Andrew Marshall 

A NGAI TAHU leader has called 

for a rethink on a movement to 

change New Zealand’s official 

name to Aotearoa, saying it risks 

overlooking the South Island. 

A name change has been 

brought to the fore by the Māori 

Party, which launched a petition 

calling for restoring Māori 

names for the country, as well as 

for towns, cities and other places. 

Otakou 

marae kaumatua 

Edward Ellison 

said while 

he agreed with 

the Māori Party’s 

initiative 

in principle, 

Edward 

Ellison 

it would be “a 

rash move to 

rush forward 

SUBJECT: Māori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer launched 

the petition which also aims to use te reo Māori names for all towns, cities and places by 

2026. PHOTO: MARK MITCHELL 

in a change of that substance and 

nature.” 

At the core of his reservations 

is the history of the name 

Aotearoa, which many people 

did not realise originally referred 

solely to the North Island. 

He had been heartened to see 

Aotearoa catch on in an informal 

sense over the years, but was 

reticent about a more formal 

arrangement. 

“I’m really proud of it to see 

it on our passports and other 

licences, but it’s another quantum 

leap to adopt a name that’s 

grown on us through osmosis, 

as opposed to a really significant 

decision to change the name of 

the country.” 

Ellison said a more commonly 

used title in the south was 

Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu, 

which encompassed both major 

land masses. 

If a name change was on 

the cards, a more thorough 

discussion would be needed to 

ensure an inclusive name was 

selected. 

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“Otherwise we feel sort of 

forgotten about, and it’s just 

another form of, at the worst, say 

colonisation.” 

However, he gave the Māori 

Party “full marks” for bringing 

the subject into the national 

consciousness. 

“That’s partly what their 

role is, to shock the people 

into thinking about these 

things.” 

On the wider subject 

of changing the names of 

settlements and natural features, 

he said Ngai Tahu had their own 

process to do similar work in the 

South, which was more gradual 

than what the Māori Party 

suggested. 

He was not sure at the 

national level whether it was a 

better option to change names 

sooner by legislation or allow 

them to evolve over time, but 

was happy with their local 

process. 

“It’s a bit slower, but they do it 

when the people are ready.” 

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THE IMPACT of cannabis use 

among expectant mothers is 

the focus of ground-breaking 

research led by a genetics expert 

at Canterbury University. 

Funded by the Canterbury 

Medical Research Foundation, 

the year-long study aims to determine 

whether using the drug 

during pregnancy can lead to 

health effects already associated 

with tobacco. 

Dr Amy Osborne, a senior lecturer 

in the School of Biological 

Sciences, has already established 

that heavy cannabis use has an 

impact on human DNA, with 

the effect stronger in people who 

also smoke cigarettes. 

That research, published in 

May last year, has been followed 

by this USA-inspired probe to 

discover if a woman’s cannabis 

use can alter their offspring’s 

DNA. 

“We know smoking tobacco 

during pregnancy is harmful, 

but the problem is a lot of people 

are using cannabis for morning 

sickness because they think it’s 

safe,” Osborne said. 

“In the US it’s also being 

used as an opioid replacement 

therapy for pregnant women, a 

replacement for hard and more 

illicit drugs: ‘You’re not going 

to do heroin while you’re 

pregnant, but here, have some 

cannabis’.” 

Osborne said some of the 

research Stateside assessing 

the effects of cannabis use during 

pregnancy revealed some 

behavioural impacts similar to 

tobacco. 

Her latest study, which starts 


this month, dovetails with DNA 

data already available through 

the Christchurch Health and Development 

Study, an investigation 

which started more than 40 

years ago and originally included 

1265 people. 

Osborne has already sourced 

DNA data from cannabis users 

among that cohort, CMRF 

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Expectant mums focus of cannabis use study 

GROUND-BREAKING: Dr Amy Osborne is able to study the effect of cannabis use by 

pregnant women thanks to funding from the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 


University of Bristol in the 

United Kingdom. 

The UK data is vital because it 

covers DNA from the parent and 

their children because the CHDS 

information doesn’t include the 

parents. 

“We can use the UK data to inform 

what we’d be looking for in 

the New Zealand cohort. We can 

streamline what we’re looking 

for so it means we’re more likely 

to get a better idea of what’s happening 

at the molecular level,” 

Osborne said. 

“In New Zealand our sample 

sizes are a lot smaller so if 

we want to statistically show 

associations – and it’s all about 

statistical power in genetics – 

the more samples you have the 

more likely you are to detect 

something.” 

Ultimately, Osborne would 

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from pregnant New 

Zealanders. 

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haven’t explored that as an option 

yet but depending on what 

we find it may be that’s naturally 

where our research goes. Then 

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epidemiologists, nurses and a lot 

of people recruiting as well,” she 

said. 

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• From page 13 

“We’re not trying to say ‘cannabis 

is bad for you or cannabis is 

good for you’. It’s really important 

to make the distinction that this 

is basic biology, basic biological 

research,” she said. 

“What we’re trying to do is 

understand a little bit more of the 

impacts it (cannabis use) might 

be having. 

“Whether that’s the detrimental 

impacts that come with 

long-term use or whether it’s 

the medicinal and therapeutic 

impacts, we just don’t know.” 

Osborne said while cannabis 

use can be detrimental for heavy 

users, it could be beneficial 

regarding pain management, the 

treatment of chronic illnesses and 

end of life care. 

“If we can put some empirical 

meat on the bone and understand 

a bit about the molecular pathways 

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Canterbury Medical Research 

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$865,000. 

The other recipients were Dr 

Daniel Foley (breast cancer), Dr 

Vanessa Morris (biochemistry), 

Dr Campbell Le Heron 

UNCERTAIN: Researchers 

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impact cannabis use has 

during pregnancy. 

(Huntington’s disease), Dr Jenni 

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notifications received via the 

app to council were up by 20 per 

cent from the same month last 

year (2668). 

However, reports of litter 

from other sources including 

phone and email did not see any 

increase. 

Starting in the first week 

of September, a 76 per cent 

increase in litter reports was 

recorded by council staff. 

THe following week the 

emphasis was on graffiti and 

this resulted in a 153 per cent 

increase in reports, while the 

third week had a massive 1600 

per cent increase in notifications 

concerning overgrown 

vegetation. 

However, as only one 

overgrown vegetation incident 

was reported in 2020, the 

17 cases reported that week 

resulted in the 1600 per cent 

increase. 

The fourth and final week of 

the ‘Snaptember’ promotion 

asked people to report 

abandoned shopping trolleys 

dumped in their communities. 

City council head of citizen 

and customer services Sarah 

Numan said this particular 

problem was already covered 

by an existing agreement with 


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OPINION 17 

‘Don’t hate the player, hate the game’ 

Green MP 

Chloe 

Swarbrick 

writes 

about 

instincts 

and 

political 

decisions in the age 

of Covid-19 

THERE’S A phenomenon in 

psychology called the “cognitive 

miser,” which tells us that our 

brains crave simplicity and 

shortcuts. 

A lot of the decisions made in 

politics play to these instincts. 

We’ve seen it in successive 

governments under-funding our 

health, education and housing 

systems for the sugar high and 

short-term poll bump of trickleup 

tax cuts. 

We see it play out – intentional 

or not – in the drafting of news 

headlines. In a busy world, those 

short sentences become a proxy; 

a few words become the sum 

total of a person, their position 

and their politics. 

Studies have shown that 

approximately 60 per cent 

of social media users are 

comfortable sharing articles they 

haven’t actually opened, let alone 

read. 

It makes sense. We’re 

overworked, overtired and 

drowning in information 

exposure. Don’t hate the player, 

hate the game. What about 

changing the game? 

Last week was Mental Health 

Awareness Week. I reflected on 

my 2017 maiden speech, where 

a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed 

23-year-old lamented the 

mental health crisis, but more 

particularly, our inability to 

put our finger on some of the 

more egregious systemic drivers 

of it: Loneliness, insecurity of 

housing, employment and one’s 

future. 

I referred to this old joke: 

There’s a dog on the riverbank 

who sees a fish and asks: “How’s 

the water?” To which the fish 

replies: “What water?” 

The most fundamental realities 

of our lives can be hard to see, 

which makes them even harder 

LOCKDOWN: 

On Monday, the 

Government 

announced the 

beginning of 

the end in their 

commitment 

to the 

elimination 

strategy. 

PHOTO: GEOFF 

SLOAN 

to talk about. 

That makes them hard to 

challenge and even more 

difficult to comprehend as the 

consequences of decisions made 

by others. 

Poverty, homelessness and 

the climate crisis are not 

inevitabilities. It is within our 

power to change the rules that 

produce those outcomes. 

In 2018, the Government’s 

Mental Health and Addiction 

Inquiry, He Ara Oranga, 

confirmed the premise of this 

argument. Clearly, we need more 

front-line mental health support, 

but we’re not going to address 

the growing pipeline of issues 

unless we address security and 

stability of incomes, housing 

and community connection. 

No amount of talking is going 

to solve the issue of people 

living below the breadline. 

A massage won’t undo a 

deeply unsustainable 80-hour 

work week. Meditation and 

mindfulness won’t secure your 

tenancy. 

That’s where things get 

difficult and frankly, political. A 

crisis in slow motion. Don’t hate 

the player, hate the game. 

This is why I’m so angry at the 

attempts to wedge oversimplified 

mental ill-health narratives into 

the story that we’re somehow 

in dire need of a return to the 

business-as-usual, pre-pandemic 

way of life. These attempts have 

been so dogged that the Mental 

Health Foundation was driven to 

release a statement about the lack 

of truth and substance to them. 

They’ve even been peddled, 

shamelessly, by the Leader of the 

Opposition. 

But those shilling these 

warped and disingenuous 

arguments got their wish. 

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NZ treated as ‘tax haven for the rich’ 

•From page 17 

On Monday, the Government 

announced the beginning of the 

end in their commitment to the 

elimination strategy. 

Delta had officially shifted 

from an immediate emergency 

to one “playing out in slow 

motion, with less bang, more 

data and trends, out-of-sight-outof-mind, 

impacting particularly 

those without platform or 

power.” 

Official data shows that more 

than 80 per cent of cases are 

Māori and Pasifika, the same 

demographics that medical 

professionals have critiqued the 

Government’s response for and 

to. 

Supporters argued that “the 

economy” couldn’t sustain 

elimination anymore. I ask those 

people to reflect on exactly what 

they think the economy is. 

The economy is all of us and 

the things we produce. It’s the 

stuff we exchange. 

While Members of Parliament 

point to GDP figures as the 

source of truth, I ask they reflect 

on the words of the economist 

who invented the measure, 

Simon Kuznets. 

He warned of GDP’s 

shortcomings in measuring 

“welfare,” or the distribution, 

value and incalculable costs of 

those transactions. 

STRUGGLE: Chloe Swarbrick says a strong public health response requires a strong 

economic response to ensure everyone has what they need to stay the course. 

PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES 

A strong public health 

response to anything – Covid, 

climate, housing, mental health, 

drugs – requires a strong, 

equitable economic response to 

ensure everyone has what they 

need to stay the course. 

The Government’s 

endorsement of unconventional 

monetary policy and a lack of 

intervention in fiscal policy has 

seen house prices supercharged 

under Covid to more than $1 

million average across the entire 

country. 

There are hundreds of 

thousands of dollars in unearned 

capital gain on every 

single individual property that 

could have paid for “staying the 

course” through a tax on those 

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words or less 

gains. Or we could reflect on the 

Pandora Papers. They confirmed 

what we already know, and 

have known, since at least 2016’s 

Panama Papers. 

Aotearoa New Zealand is 

treated, internationally, as a 

tax haven for the rich and 

powerful. 

At the end of last year, as we 

debated incremental changes 

to the far-reaches of our tax 

system, then-National Party 

spokesperson on finance, 

Andrew Bayley, said the 

quiet part out loud: “There is 

such a thing as legitimate tax 

avoidance.” 

He was speaking to how we 

create rules that enable powerful 

and wealthy people to shirt their 

resources around into places and 

spaces that mean they don’t end 

up contributing to the society 

that they extracted that wealth 

from. 

Don’t hate the player, hate the 

game. We don’t live in a game of 

Monopoly. We can and should 

change the rules when they don’t 

work for the majority of us. 

– NZ Herald 

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Our local democratic system 

is under attack. The alignment 

between The People’s Choice 

and the current Government 

suggested by Jo Davies, The 

People’s Choice chairperson, 

(The Star, September 30) is an 

attempt to dominate our local 

political system. 

Suggesting The People’s 

Choice existing/intending 

candidates lining up for 2022 

local government elections could 

stand under the NZ Labour 

Party banner or as independents 

leaves the voter foxed into 

believing they voted for an 

independent when they have 

voted for a Labour candidate. 

Election by deception. 

Where is the integrity for 

the voter? I’m a fifth term 

elected representative and stand 

as an independent for a good 

reason. 

Politics do not belong in local 

government level. An openminded 

elected member sees the 

issue and seeks the right fit for 

an issue, not controlled by blockvoting. 

A Government/council 

regime would be a takeover of 

their local issue. 

Some good People’s Choice 

elected members are marred by 

block voting. Joint Government/ 

council alignments risk bully 

boy politics taking over local 

decision-making processes. I’ve 

experienced enough of local 

politics to say: “No political 

interference in our local issues.” 

The ratepayer is more 

empowered when politics are 

more. The current push to align 

councils/Government of the 

day risks “see-saw” reaction 

we see in general elections 

and undermines transparent 

consultation with ratepayer/ 

taxpayers alike. 

– Linda Stewart 

Coastal-Burwood 

Community Board member 


I had a chuckle when I read 

that The People’s Choice were 

going to stand as a Labouraffiliated 

party at the next local 

body elections and be the first 

Labour mayor since Neville 

Pickering. 

What Garry Moore and 

Lianne Dalziel who may have 

stood as independents have is 

more than a passing relationship 

with Labour, in fact the latter 

is showing more of her Labour 

background with every passing 

week. If the candidate standing 

under the Labour ticket is not 

against three waters, I certainly 

hope that the voters give who 

ever stands the short shift and 

vote for Phil Mauger. 

– R Lucas 

Barry Soper’s 

column 

There is one thing Barry and 

I agree on, the Government is 

under real pressure. 

Barry may agree 

that no political 

editor has ever had 

to make decisions 

in his/her own life, 

let alone the lives of 

New Zealanders that 

this Government 

has had to make. In 

fact, no Government 

in New Zealand has ever been 

confronted by the magnitude of 

problems this Government has 

been confronted with. 

Not only have they made hard 

decisions, but also daily they 

have stood in front of us and the 

fourth estate to explain why. 

They knew all decisions that 

put the nation ahead of the 

individual would create inequity 

and heartbreak. 

They knew the festering pack 

of naysayers, self-appointed 

experts, anti-vaxers, political 

opponents and stage-seekers 

would sneer and yap “they’ve 

created a climate of fear, listen to 

their weasel words.” 

The biggest fear I have had 

is that the intensity of the 

pressure will become unbearable 

for them and cause them to 

make the wrong decisions. 

LETTERS 21 

Politics do not belong in local government 

Barry Soper 


Therefore, the call I make to 

all New Zealanders is to ignore 

this pack, empathise with the 

victims and stand firm with 

your Government for they know 

better than anyone else 

the decisions that need to 

be made. 

– Phil Butler 

New Brighton 

Great article by 

Barry Soper in The Star 

(September 30) who tells 

it how it is. Rather than 

a cover up by left-wing 

media. Keep it up Barry. 

– Alan Roberts 

Wholeheartedly in agreement 

with Barry Soper’s comments. 

The breaking news on TV1 leaves 

me cold. A lot dribble is spoken 

with not much serious content. 

New Zealand has deteriorated 

since New Zealand First was 

voted out of Parliament. 

All news establishments in 

New Zealand now follow what 

happens in countries where the 

media is controlled very heavily 

by the Government, such as 

China, Russia, Cuba, Belarus, 

North Korea. As for eliminating 

the delta virus, New Zealand is 

fighting a losing battle. 

– Cyril Smith 

Sockburn 

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22 

LETTERS 


•From page 21 

Water reform 

Was Wellington only 

pretending to want feedback re 

three waters reform, as it seems 

they are moving to make it 

mandatory, regardless, before 

our council has even asked if we 

want in or out. 

Is Wellington now going 

through the same charade with 

our farmers? Asking them to 

make submissions on three very 

important bits of legislation at 

their busiest time of the year 

when they can’t afford any time 

off. 

Is this because they don’t 

really want submissions or 

are our politicians completely 

incompetent in knowing how 

farmers operate, and therefore 

shouldn’t be telling them what 

We want to hear your views 

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to do? Our farmers/growers 

feed millions, not only in New 

Zealand but around the world. 

Over regulation and 

paperwork has become so 

burdensome already that some 

farmers have had to leave 

the land they’ve worked for 

generations or plant invasive 

pine trees. 

The resulting higher food 

prices are not kind to anyone, 

especially the poor. 

– D Downward 

Mayor 

Lianne Dalziel 

Chance to have your 

say on coastal hazards 

TOMORROW MARKS the 

start of an initial five-week 

engagement period with our 

communities about coastal 

hazards and how we might 

respond to them. 

Some of you will recall that 

we started making changes to 

the District Plan that included 

coastal hazards back in 2015 as 

part of the fast-tracked District 

Plan Review process set out by 

the Government. 

My recollection of that time 

was that this created a pressurecooker 

environment, which was 

unsatisfactory to everyone concerned. 

The Government allowed 

us to carve out coastal hazards 

from the fast track process and 

deal with it separately. And that’s 

what is happening now. 

We have released a new 

Coastal Hazards Assessment 

Report that provides the most 

up-to-date scientific information 

we have about the risks we face 

as a low-lying coastal city. 

This time, however, instead of 

going straight to a plan change, 

we have released an Issues and 

Options Paper that considers 

different approaches to changing 

the District Plan to address 

coastal hazards. 

After we receive feedback on 

the options, staff will then develop 

a proposed draft amendment 

to the District Plan (April/May 

next year), and we will consult 

on that before we formally notify 

the plan change. 

I want to stress that we are 

at the very start of the plan 

change process. No decisions 

have been made yet and nothing 

will change in the District Plan 

until we’ve been through what 

will be a very extensive engagement. 

There will be lots of opportunities 

along the way for you to 

give feedback and influence the 

decision-making. You can 

find out more information at 

ccc.govt.nz/coast. 

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city, and I encourage everyone 

to get involved, both in terms of 

understanding the nature of the 

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24 The Star Thursday October 7 2021

DO YOU HAVE a box of photos 

at the top of the wardrobe or 

under the bed? 

Do you think no-one would be 

interested in your old photos? 

Think again. 

Christchurch City Libraries is 

running the annual Christchurch 

photo hunt during October. 

The popular event is part of the 

Christchurch Heritage Festival 

from October 9 to 25. 

Take your 

photos into 

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library and 

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and return 

them or you 

can upload 

photos to 

discoverywall. 

nz 

The winning photograph from 

last year’s photo hunt (shown 

top right) was taken by Barbara 

Newcombe’s father Peter Basire 

in October, 1953. 

It shows a British European 

Airways Vickers Viscount 701 

near the hanger at Christchurch 

Airport – surrounded by admirers. 

“We really liked how 

this particular photograph 

combines being artistic with 

telling a great story about 

the crowds inspecting the 

planes following the London- 

Christchurch Air Race,” says city 

council head of libraries Carolyn 

Robertson. 

“The image captures an event 

very much of its time and the 

great excitement of Christchurch 

being the final destination of the 

race. 

“The air race is a well-known 

event but it wasn’t well represented 

in the digital heritage collection 

so this image, along with the 

12 others contributed as part of 

this collection, provide the public 

with an insight into this historic 

event.” 

Another notable find last 

year came from Ron Cone, who 

brought in a box of old photos 

he had taken of everyday life and 

work around Christchurch. 

Some of Mr Cone’s photos 

show crowds gathered outside 

the State Theatre, an aerial shot 

of Papanui High School in the 

1960s and the intersection of 

High and Cashel Sts in 1967. 

They’ve now become an 

important part of the libraries’ 

digital collection. 

“Thanks to Mr Cone we now 

have precious photos of how 

Christchurch was, and some 

really interesting colour photos 

from the 1950s and 60s,” Ms 

Robertson says. 

Mr Cone’s collection of over 

80 images are available to view 

online at Canterbury Stories. 

Photo Hunt 2021 is open to 

enter online until October 31. 

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz CONTENT MARKETING 25 

One picture is worth a thousand words 

Carolyn 

Robertson 

Crowds gather at Christchurch 

Airport to view the Vickers 

Viscount that flew here in the 

London-Christchurch Air Race. 

Right – Movie-goers queue for a 

ticket outside the State Cinema in 

Colombo St. If you have historic 

photos of Christchurch take them 

to your local library and have them 

scanned for the Discovery Wall. 


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GARDENING 


Entries must be received by October 14, 2021 

Add lime before planting tomatoes 

• By Henri Ham 

YOU KNOW when the weather 

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Tomatoes thrive in a sunny, 

sheltered spot, protected from 

strong winds. It’s important to 

switch up your planting positions 

and plant your tomatoes 

in a different spot from the 

previous season. This just helps 

prevent any disease. 

Switch it up by planting 

tomatoes in pots or if you’re low 

on space you can plant cherry 

and dwarf tomato varieties in 

hanging baskets, add some marigolds 

and herbs to your hanging 

baskets to attract beneficial 

insects as well as to ward off any 

unwanted pests. 

Tomatoes aren’t a fan of soil 

with a low pH, if it’s been raining 

cats and dogs in your area, I 

recommend adding a bit of lime 

to your soil prior to planting. 

Lime provides a great source 

of calcium which encourages 

healthier and larger fruit and 

helps prevent blossom rot. 

Calcium also helps improve the 

soil structure which encourages 

earthworm activity. 

Garden centres stock a variety 

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you’re after smaller varieties that 

don’t require a lot of room and 

are great for salads and picking 

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will do the trick. 

Once you’ve decided on your 

varieties and your soil prep is 

complete, dig a hole approximately 

5cm deep and space your 

tomato seedlings about 40-50 cm 

apart. 

If you’re companion planting, 

we recommend planting your 

tomatoes with basil, marigolds, 

onions, cosmos, cucumber, lettuce, 

sage and mint. 

Avoid planting with brassicas 

and corn. Corn is likely to attract 

fruit worm. We also don’t recommend 

planting your tomatoes 

with potatoes as potatoes require 

quite a bit of nutrients which 

will reduce the growth of your 

tomatoes, they’re also likely to 

cause blight. 

Once planted, spray your 

tomatoes with liquid copper to 

prevent fungal disease and add 

some seaweed to the surrounding 

soil to encourage larger and 

juicy fruit. 

When it comes to watering, 

avoid overhead hosing as it could 

leave your plants more susceptible 

to diseases like powdery 

mildew, rust, and blight. You can 

retain moisture by adding a layer 

of newspaper around your plants 

and then cover your newspaper 

with pea straw or soil. 

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with delicious treats 

• By Henri Ham 

OCTOBER IS probably 

one of the busiest months 

in the garden – the jobs are 

endless but it’s also a fun 

time to fill up your garden 

with delicious treats such as 

cucumbers, basil, tomatoes 

and pops of colour. 

General tidy up: 

• Mulch your gardens 

to retain moisture and 

suppress weed growth 

• Deadhead flowers to 

encourage more growth 

• Clean up dead leaves 

and twigs as they may be 

harbouring disease 

• Remove moss from 

paths and driveways 

• Keep on top of your 

weeds 

• Clean your tools – your 

garden tools will be getting 

a workout this season. 

Give them a good clean 

and apply some olive oil to 

prevent rust. 

• Feed strawberries and 

passionfruit 

Cucumbers, capsicums, 

chillies, pumpkins, 

tomatoes and zucchini – 

it’s their time to shine. If 

you’re new to gardening 

or thinking of giving it a 

go – now is the perfect time 

to dig in and get started. 

If you’re still experiencing 

cold snaps and frost in 

your area, we recommend 

holding off planting your 

tomatoes until the weather 

warms up. 

Kumara, a Kiwi favourite 

wouldn’t you say? If you’re 

planting kumara this year, 

make sure your soil isn’t too 

acidic. 

Kumara prefers soil with 

a pH level of around 6.0 to 

6.5 – to get the best of your 

crop make sure that the 

base of your soil is solid as 

this will prevent the roots 

from growing all over the 

place and encourage more 

tubers. 

SUCCULENT: It’s now time to get your cucumber 

plants in the garden, you will be rewarded when 

it comes time to make those summer salads. 

Basil and russian 

tarragon are a must-have 

in any herb garden. Basil 

works well planted amongst 

your tomatoes to deter 

any bugs, apparently, it 

intensifies the taste of the 

tomato too. 

Russian tarragon which is 

actually part of the lettuce 

family has quite a strong 

anise flavour, it works well 

with roasts and as a garnish. 

Salad planting, keep 

planting your lettuce, 

spring onions so that you 

have plenty in the warmer 

months. 

If you’re after a berryfilled 

summer, start 

planting your raspberry, 

blueberry and blackberry 

bushes now. 

Just remember that slugs 

are still about, try using a 

bait to prevent these little 

guys from eating all your 

hard work. 

Add some colour to your 

garden. Cosmos, dahlias, 

gazanias, livingstone 

daisies and petunias are 

popular this time of year 

– these varieties are great 

for border, bedding and 

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hanging baskets which is 

great for those that have 

smaller gardens. Plant some 

flowers around your vege 

garden too to encourage 

those little pollinators. 

It’s also time to spray your 

roses to prevent any fungal 

disease, it’s also a good time 

to feed them as they’ll be 

growing like crazy at the 

moment. 

Your lawns will be 

growing at a rapid rate this 

month, keep them looking 

lush by occasionally 

applying lawn fertiliser is 

a blend of nutrients that 

your lawn will love, the 

high levels of nitrogen 

will encourage thick, 

healthy growth and prevent 

disease. 

Keep an eye out for 

broadleaf – if you spot 

some make sure to spray 

them with weedkiller so 

that they don’t take over 

your hard work and resow 

any patchy areas 

Plant whatever takes your 

fancy. If you’re a beginner 

gardener there’s never been 

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The results highlight the utility and 

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ORGANISERS OF the 2022 

Otago Community Trust New 

Zealand Masters Games being 

held next February in Dunedin, 

the Dunedin City Council, are 

expecting between 5000 and 5500 

competitors, events marketing 

assistant Ben Anngow says. 

The biennial games will 

run from February 5-13, with 

competitors arriving from across 

New Zealand to take part, many 

having already taken advantage of 

the earlybird fee, Ben says. 

“At this stage we are still 

accepting overseas entries as 

well, in particular from Australia. 

However, as we advise, there 

is no guarantee the border will 

be open, though we are trying 

to remain positive in case there 

are any changes to the border 

restrictions before the games.” 

Participants will compete in 64 

sports, with new sports including 

cowboy action shooting, jigsaw 

racing and diving. 

Among those taking part will 

be former Christchurch resident 

and well-known international 

sportswoman Joan Harnett- 

Kindley. A member of the Silver 

Ferns from 1963 to 1971, Joan 

was highly regarded for her 

skills and natural instincts on 

the court. However, it is tennis 

rather than netball in which Joan, 

now 78, competes at the Masters 

Games. 

“I have always played tennis, I 

love it, but because there was not 

much coaching in the early days 

netball became my sport,” Joan 

said. 

Along with her doubles partner 

Penny Campbell, who is 72, Joan 

has competed in most Masters 

Games, with the pair usually 

winning gold. Having a tennis 

court at her home in Albertown, 

east of Wanaka, means Joan is 

able to get in plenty of practice, 

and she regularly plays two or 

three times a week. 


Thousands expected to compete at 2022 Masters Games 

TREAT: Joan Harnett-Kindley (left), and tennis partner Penny Campbell 

display the cake Joan baked and decorated for Penny’s 70th birthday. 

Above – Cricket at a previous Masters Games. 

She says she and Penny 

thoroughly enjoy competing at 

the Masters Games. 

“We get good tennis. And even 

though people are getting on in 

years, everyone looks forward to 

it. It gives people something to 

aspire to, it helps with keeping fit, 

and it’s wonderful we are still able 

to do it.” 

The second-oldest of five sisters, 

Joan says their mother always told 

them, “Women can do anything 

they put their mind to”. 

With that in mind, Joan says 

she and Penny hope to repeat 

their previous successes and 

are going for straight wins 

throughout the tournament. 

Known also for her long 

involvement in real estate, Joan 

was one of only three women 

in the industry in Christchurch 

when she joined it in 1972. 

“By the time I left Christchurch 

at the beginning of 1996, it had 

changed dramatically,” Joan 

said. 

Aside from playing tennis, 

Joan bakes and decorates cakes 

for special occasions such as 

weddings and birthdays. And 

while she is looking forward to 

next year’s Masters Games she 

muses it may be her last gold. 

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Bulls look to continue winning form 


WHILE RUGBY league’s focus 

was further afield in Brisbane 

and the NRL final, closer to 

home the Canterbury Bulls 

opened their revised national 

championship in style at Nga 

Puna Wai on Sunday. 

Currently designated to play 

South Island opposition, an 82-6 

demolition of the West Coast 

Chargers means the Bulls can already 

anticipate a title showdown 

with opposition from the central 

North Island zone. 

Auckland is another option 

if the city’s three sides are still 

able to compete once Covid-19 

restrictions are downgraded. 

The New Zealand Rugby 

League is still determining 

whether the Akarana Falcons, 

Counties Manukau Stingrays 

and Auckland Vulcans can 

play after their campaigns were 

delayed further on Monday 

because they are still unable to 

train under amended alert level 3 

conditions. 

Waikato Mana and the Upper 

Central Vipers’ participation is 

also in jeopardy potentially leaving 

the Southern pool winner 

to play either the Mid Central 

Vipers or Wellington Orcas on 

October 30. 

The Bulls, badly beaten by 

the Falcons and Stingrays in 

last year’s four-team domestic 

competition should breeze into 

the final on the strength of their 

performance against the Chargers 

on Sunday. 

They host the Southland Rams 

Horn back to defend bowls title 

A CHANGE of club has enabled 

Taylor Horn to defend his 

Burnside under-26 lawn bowls 

singles title with Auckland-based 

contenders unable to challenge 

for the crown due to Covid-19 

restrictions. 

Horn, who represented Mangere 

at the annual tournament 

in 2020, now competes for the 

Cambridge Central in the Waikato, 

a switch that enabled him 

to spearhead the 30-strong field 

of men and women when section 

play starts tomorrow. 

There were two optimistic 

Auckland-based bowlers included 

in the competition draw but 

Adam Baillie (Port Chevalier) 

and Lee Warburton (Homai) had 

to drop out when the Government 

alert levels were reviewed 

on Monday. 

Tournament convener Kerrie 

Bruce found one replacement on 

Tuesday and if another competitor 

cannot be sourced byes will 

be factored into one of the four 

sections. 

POSITIVE: Coach Andrew Auimatagi 

is focused on the Bulls maintaining a 

good level of play. 

on Sunday and seven days later 

the Otago Whalers also head to 

Nga Puna Wai. 

Aware more mismatches await, 

Bulls head coach Andrew Auimatagi 

preferred to dwell on his 

rebuilding roster. 

“Your focus is on maintaining 

a good level of play and we executed 

really well, it was a pretty 

positive start,” he said. 

“The average age is under 25 or 

thereabouts and at least half of 

them are new. There’s only a couple 

of guys with veteran status.” 

An elusive fullback, Sincere 

Harraway was among a cluster of 

Taylor Horn 

Te Awamutu-based Horn is 

expected to face tough competition 

from 2018 champion and 

New Zealand international 

Seamus Curtin (Stokes Valley) 

while local hopes could rest on 

Burnside Bowling Club member 

Richard Hocking’s knowledge of 

his home greens. 

Hocking was the runner-up 

in 2016 and had an impressive 

2020-21 season, winning two 

Canterbury titles to be named 

KEY STRIKE: Yuya Taguchi celebrates after his late 

goal against Western Suburbs which advanced 

Cashmere Technical into the Chatham Cup final. 

PHOTO: MATT HASTINGS 

debutants in the 24-strong squad. 

He was one of four Bulls to dot 

down twice in the 15-try rout. 

The Canterbury women’s team 

also made an impressive start to 

their competition at Nga Puna 

Wai, outclassing the Mid Central 

Vipers 38-8. 

They were to host the Upper 

Central Zone on Sunday but that 

clash has been postponed because 

the side featuring Waikatobased 

players cannot travel. 

Bowls Canterbury’s young player 

of the year and sportsman of the 

year. 

Although players from Auckland 

and two Cook Islands-based 

bowlers invited through a new 

initiative this year are missing, 

Bruce was happy with the field 

after a challenging build up. 

“It’s been a trial this year, we’ve 

never had so many withdrawals,” 

she said. 

The inclusion of a trio of 

15-year-olds was a positive as the 

tournament regenerates, with 

Callum Cox (Burnside), Jack 

Bonner (Barrington United) and 

Cooper Stumbles (Forbury Park, 

Dunedin) representing the young 

brigade. 

The semi-finals and final 

scheduled for Sunday. 

Alert level 2 restrictions limit 

the capacity of the club to 100 

people for each of the three days 

of competition. 

Tournament details 

can be found at www. 

burnsidebowlingclub.com 

Football 

Cashmere Technical strive to 

protect their silverware collection 

on Sunday when Christchurch’s 

dominant football club 

seek to extend their tenure with 

the English Cup to five successive 

seasons. 

The Mainland Premier League 

and Southern League champions 

play Christchurch United at 

English Park on Sunday after 

United beat Selwyn United 1-0 

in Tuesday night’s semi-final. 

Cashmere Technical advanced 

to the Chatham Cup final for 

the first time since winning the 

trophy in 2014 with a 1-0 victory 

over Wellington’s Western Suburbs 

on Sunday. 

Grass tennis courts a 

priority at Wilding Park 


A HISTORIC element of 

Wimbledon has taken root 

at Wilding Park with Tennis 

Canterbury’s headquarters 

now featuring grass courts to 

succeed their earthquakeravaged 

predecessors. 

In deference to the sport’s 

spiritual home, Wilding Park’s 

nine grass courts are based on 

the fescue/ryegrass mix traditionally 

used at the All England 

Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club 

in London. 

The regeneration of the 

grass courts, which replace a 

block wrecked by liquefaction 

during the February 22, 2011, 

earthquake, continues Tennis 

Canterbury’s goal of replicating 

the surfaces used by the sport’s 

grand slam events. 

Wilding Park already featured 

the hardcourts associated with 

the Australian and US Opens, 

Yuya Taguchi broke the 

deadlock in the 87th-minute, the 

first goal Western Suburbs had 

conceded in the competition. 

“You always want those 

chances dropping to the right 

player, I don’t think there’d be 

anyone as calm as Yuya in that 

situation,” said head coach Dan 

Schwarz. 

Cashmere Technical will play 

Wellington’s Miramar or North 

Shore United, the other semifinal 

is yet to be played due to 

Covid-19 restrictions. 

Meanwhile, a 92nd-minute 

Ollie Sims winner for Selwyn 

United against Nelson Suburbs 

secured a 2-1 victory which enabled 

the club to join Cashmere 

Technical in the National League 

after Christchurch United had 

their progress thwarted by a 4-3 

defeat to Dunedin’s South City 

Royals. 

Cricket 

St Albans open the defence 

of their premier grade men’s 

two-day title at Sumner when 

Christchurch Metro cricket gets 

under way on Saturday. 

The season was delayed for a 

week because Covid-19 restrictions 

meant an outfield renovation 

programme could not be 

completed. 

Riccarton host Burnside 

West University and Old Boys 

Collegians and Merivale Papanui 

- who replace the relegated 

Marist Harewood – meet at 

Elmwood Park. Sydenham enjoy 

home ground advantage against 

Lancaster Park. 

with grass now ticked off, mirroring 

the French Open’s red 

clay of Roland Garros is the 

next goal. 

There are six court designated 

for clay once funding is secured 

and until then they will also be 

grassed over. 

The grass courts should be 

used for the first time during 

the third round of the men’s 

and women’s premier grade 

competition on October 31, but 

they will not be reserved for 

elite players. 

“We’re trying to make sure 

have everybody in the interclub 

season has time on the courts,” 

said Tennis Canterbury’s operations 

manager Anthonie de 

Heer. 

However, one court will be 

off limits to serve as a feature 

court to enhance the club’s 

prospects of hosting a Davis 

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MY WIFE AND I have called it 

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add, in comfort. 

Nissan has just released a new 

Navara, well, it’s a new shape with 

a major overhaul inside, but the 

mechanicals are largely a carryover. 

That’s fine, the 2.3-litre 

four-cylinder diesel engine is a 

cracker in terms of sophistication, 

so much so that Nissan must 

have the other ute manufacturers 

thinking hard about refinement. 

The Navara also has a complex 

rear suspension; gone are the 

old leaf springs that are mostly 

traditional with today’s pick-ups, 

the Navara has a coil spring, 

multiple-link set-up that locates 

the live rear axle. It eliminates a 

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over uneven surfaces. 

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origins of this engine hark back to 

Nissan’s early alliance with Renault 

and that collaboration shows, 

there are high power outputs and 

a smoothness that’s hard to match. 

There’s no lumpy diesel throb here, 

it works away in a soft, silent manner 

and is very responsive. Not 

only do the power outputs impress 

through its 2298cc displacement, 

it is also a fuel miser. 

Nissan claims a 7.6-litre per 

100km combined cycle average. 

My time with the evaluation 

vehicle required a lot of inner-city 

running around incorporating 

those tasks I mentioned in my 

FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE: Genuine off-road ability. 

NISSAN NAVARA ST-X: Home appliances are easily catered for on the ute’s deck.. 

introduction. That being the 

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In terms of transportation it 

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seats don’t have a lot of rake but 

• Price – Nissan Navara ST- 

X, $57,490 

• Dimensions – Length, 

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• Configuration – Fourcylinder, 

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Nissan assures me supply is 

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Church Notices 

PAYING ATTENTION? 

Coming events cast their shadows before them! 

1. King David (beloveD) ruled God’s earthly kingdom. A 

warring king, not permitted to build the temple. (1 Kings 

5v3). Successor, King Solomon (beloveD, PeACeFUl) temple 

builder. (verse 5). Jesus Christ, God’s beloveD son (Mark 

1v11) greater than Solomon, (Matthew 12v42), at second 

coming, will destroy his enemies and earth’s polluters (Rev: 

11v18), build temple - followed by global peace. 

2. Consider. A woman has 3 trimesters (successive 

DIvISIoNS), then new birth. World War 1. balfour 

Declaration, Jews promise a homeland. W.W.2, Nazi 

holocaust. Incentive to return To THeIR oWN lAND. 

(ezekiel 37v21). 

TOMORROW’S NEW TODAY. 

W.W.3 Russian Invasion (eZeK. 38v16). Divine destruction 

(39v11). Rebuilt Israel’s borders from egypt’s river to River 

euphrates (Genesis 15v18). Re-birth of God’s Kingdom. 

Jerusalem centre of worship, law and education 

(Isaiah 2vs2-4) 

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www.keytothebible.org 


Christian 

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ChUrCh 

182 Edgeware Road 

Church 

services will 

recommence 

in Level 1 

Home & Property appears every Thursday, delivered FREE 

throughout Christchurch 

For more information and bookings, contact Mike Fulham 

M: 021 300 567 E: mike@starmedia.kiwi 

Landscaping enhances new 

& existing homes 

Building in a housing subdivision 

invariably means the developer will 

require you to submit a landscaping 

plan along with your house design, to be 

approved before building commences. 

Just as important as considering 

the features for your home will be 

your outdoor setting. Indoor/outdoor 

requirements will influence your choice 

of house design and how it will be sited 

on the section for a sunny yard and best 

protection from prevailing winds like the 

easterly. Having a second courtyard area 

offering shelter from the north-west wind 

is also an advantage in Selwyn. 

A well thought out landscape plan will 

also incorporate off-street parking space 

for vehicles while ensuring your home 

is attractive from the street. You might 

want to factor in parking for a caravan, 

motorhome or extra vehicles as well as a 

turning circle for safe turning and exiting 

your property (a legal requirement for 

back sections). 

The developer will only want to see a 

landscape outline for the part of your 

property which will be on view from the 

street. 

When choosing the design for your 

home, address where you want hard 

surfaces (driveway, paths and patios), 

lawn, play areas and garden beds so it is 

suitably positioned on the section. Even if 

not all hard surface areas are completed at 

the end of the build, knowing where they 

will be located will be helpful. 

If your build is nearing completion, 

autumn is a good time to sow grass as the 

cooler morning and evening dew assists 

growth. As winter descends on us, ready 

lawn is a better option at least at the front 


NEW AGE CHRISTIAN 

SPIRITUAL CENTRE 

61 Grafton Street 

Sunday 7pm 

Address: 

Shirley 

Clairvoyance: 

Shirley 

Tuesday 

1-1.45pm Healing 

2pm Clairvoyance 

All Welcome 

Masks necessary 

of the section, which the developer will 

require to be completed before moving in. 

Your backyard could be left until spring 

(another good time for seeding a lawn) 

if you are happy to put up with the mud 

over winter. 

When selling an existing home, putting 

effort into landscaping your yard could 

add value by presenting a good first 

impression and attracting buyers. 

You need not rip out overgrown 

established plants. Selective culling and 

pruning can make a huge difference 

to the look of a garden. Avoid hacking 

everything down low. Instead take out 

sprawling branches and thin shoots, 

leaving a solid trunk; planting flowers like 

lobelia, primula, pansies and polyanthus 

underneath for impact. Add a layer of 

mulch and spray the lawn for weeds then 

follow up with lawn fertiliser to give a lush 

green look. 

The first thing people see is your home’s 

exterior – the cladding, colours and 

landscaping. Putting effort into these 

features has the potential to add value to 

new and existing properties. A garden 

need not be masses of work. Planning and 

choosing the right plants for the location 

and your lifestyle can create a relatively 

low maintenance outdoor setting while 

enhancing your home. 


Your 

Earthquake 

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home! 

Talk to us if you are serious about 

selling your “As is Where is” home. 

We have sold over 

150 “As is Where is” 

homes and we have 

a huge database of 

qualified buyers. 

Phil & Holly Jones 

Ph 03-382-2230 

Phil 027 435 7711 

Holly 027 222 0220 

holly.jones@raywhite.com 

Licensed (REAA 2008) Results Realty Ltd 

We have achieved 

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In Any Condition or Location 

in Christchurch 

•We pay top $ 

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•Up to 12 months to find your next home 

Simple, straight forward and 

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Call Rob to discuss your property 

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• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi 

Deaths 

WANA 

Gladys Nukuhia 

Peacefully passed 

away at home on 

Monday 4 October 

Our beloved Mother, 

Grandmother, Aunty, 

Neice, Daughter, and 

friend, was loved by 

so many and Great 

Gran Moko’s. 

Tangi to be held 

Friday 8 October 

2pm Linwood 

Crematorium. 

For Sale 

STEEL for sale all 

sections, off cuts cut 

lengths. siteweld@ xtra. 

co.nz Ph 0274 508 785 

Funeral Directors 

Funeral Directors 

direct 

cremation 

$2,000 GSt inclusive 

(includes committal) 

0800 27 28 29 

www.mainland 

crematorium.co.nz 

Direct 

Cremation 

No frills, No Service, 

No fuss, simply 

straight to the crem. 

Other options 

available. 

Ph: 379 0178 

for our brochure 

or email 

office@undertaker.co.nz 

No Service 

Cremation 

$2,000 

Family Funeral with Cremation $3,950 

Chapel - 35 people, casket, hearse, cremation fees 

Phone 0800 804 663 - 24 Hour Availability 

Email: info@justfunerals.co.nz 

christchurch.justfunerals.co.nz 

Garage Sales 

HILLMORTON 28A 

Torrens Rd, Sat 9am - 

1pm. H/hold items, w/ 

machine, fold out bed, 

kitchen items, etc. 

OPAWA 

Butler Street. Saturday. 

Signs out 8am - 12 noon. 

Kitchenware, clothes, 

Boxed gifts 

Gardening 

& Supplies 

Gardener available for 

maintenance, weeding 

pruning, spraying, 

planting, advice. Qual & 

exp. Ph Richard 0274 918 

234, 03 349 4022 

PETE’S GARDENING 

SERVICE 

Gardening, rubbish 

removal, cleanups, expert 

pruning, hedge trimming, 

tree cutting, good rates, 

no job too big or too 

small, half the price of 

a franchise. Ph 027 551 

4118 

ROTARY HOE your 

vege garden for Spring 

& Summer crops. Free 

quotes. Ph Murray 027 

694 5275 

Pets & Supplies 

CATS UNLOVED 

can help with the cost 

of desexing your cat. 

catsunloved@xtra.co.nz 

CATS UNLOVED 

can help with the cost 

of desexing your cat. 

catsunloved@xtra.co.nz 

Personals 

LADIES.If you are 

looking for a single gent 

who is neat & tidy, ex prof, 

has own home, honest, 

genuine & loyal, warm 

affectionate & tactile, 

retired & still active 

contact me on 027 659 

4425.You would be slim, 

spunky & a non smoker & 

over 55 yrs old. 

Male 59 seeks lady any 

age / size for intimate fun. 

021 146 8156 

Real Estate 

PRIVATE 

BUYERS 

Want house 

and land within 

4kms of CBD 

Over 600sqm 

Phone 

0275 415 252 

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 

Trades & Services 

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 

• Driveways 

• All concrete 

• Building 

• Decorating 

Licenced builder 

Phone John: 027 224 2831 

www.dohertybuilders.co.nz


Trusted Trades & Professionals 

To advertise: 379 1100 or star.class@starmedia.kiwi 


CAR REMOVALS 

DRIVEWAYS 

ELECTRICIAN 

CASH PAID 

FOR DAMAGED 

CARS & TRUCKS 

Exposed Aggregate 

Stamped Concrete Plain 

Concrete Resurfacing 

Things we offer... 

Competitive/affordable pricing 

Attention to detail 

Professional service 

free quotes/insurance scopes 

Contact for a free quote 

phone 027 331 0400 

dave@davesimpsonelectrical.co.nz 

davesimpsonelectrical.co.nz 

“I WILL TURN UP 

WHEN I SAY I WILL” 

Need a certified and reliable plumber for filtration 

systems or hot water cylinder replacement? 

Bathroom upgrades or refurbishments? 

Phone or text 

details to 

021 1056 797 - 24/7 

Cell 0278 145 848 

www.drivecrete.co.nz 

Experienced Domestic Electrician 

Quality Workmanship 

• New Build 

• Renovations 

• Fault finding 

• Power 

• Lighting 

• Switchboards 

FREE CALL 

TEXT 

EMAIL 

0508 H2O BOY 

426 269 

027 245 5100 

NICK@NICKJONESPLUMBING.CO.NZ 

Excavations 

• Driveways 

• Car Parks 

• Site Cleaning 

• Demolition 

• Farm Tracks 

• Drain Cleaning 

• Stump & Hedge 

Removal 

• Asphalt Concrete 

Wide range 

of truckS 

for a free quote 

on your next project 

Phone Steve on 

021 338 247 

• Tennis Courts & 

Swimming Pools 

• Chip Seal Driveways 

• Diggers – 2 Ton 

up to 20 Ton 

• Excavators 

• Bobcat & Drilling 

• For Posthole & 

Fence hole 

free 

quote 

PAINTING & PlAsTerING 

FURNITURE 

EXCLUSIVE. STYLISH. 

HANDCRAFTED. 

Solid timber furniture 

A fantastic range 

of traditional and 

contemporary 

furniture designs. 

We can also help you 

with any custom made 

furniture requirements. 

19 Elgin St, Sydenham. Ph: (03) 366 9219 

www.gavincoxfurniture.co.nz 

PLUMBER 

landscaping 

Landscape 

Construction and 

Garden Maintenance 

You can have your gardens, trees, 

shrubs, plants and lawns maintained to look their best 

all year round, for a great price. 

Residential & Commercial Landscaping 

• Maintenance • Pruning • Reconstruction & Rejuvenation 

• Rental Property and Commercial Maintenance 

• Pre-Sale Tidy-Ups 

New Home Landscaping 

Lawns • Gardens • Decks • Paving • Water Features 

• Quality • Value for money • Experienced • Punctual 

• Professional • Flexible • Knowledgeable • Reliable 

Call Ross Legg - 027 222 0388 

Email ross@revivelandscaping.co.nz 

www.revivelandscaping.co.nz 


PAINTING 

older painter 

for older houses 

50 years in trade 

“All the skills” 

GST FREE 

Contact Jimmy Bell 

0211221487 


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 

• PAINTING • TILING 

• PLASTERING 

• WALLPAPERING 

Phone Kevin Steel 

• Interior/Exterior 

• New Homes & Repaints 

• Quality workmanship assured 

• Correct preparation always undertaken 

• 20+ years experience 

• Earthquake repairs 

(Painting/Plastering/Wallpapering/Tiling) 

Ph 027 216 8946 

www.facebook.com/kevinsteelpainters&decorators 

Email: kpsteel@xtra.co.nz 

PLUMBER 

NEED A PLUMBER 

Call us now for fast friendly service. 

Get your problems sorted out 

quick smart - on time!! 

Phone 

Eugene 

now. 

Phone 03 377 1280 | Mobile 021 898 380 

NEED A PLUMBER? 

• Father & son Plumbing 

Business with over 40 

years experience. 

• Bathroom alterations a 

specialty. 

• Cylinder replacements. 

• We do all small jobs. 

SCRAP METAL 

Dominion Trading Co Ltd 

• Scrap metal buyers 

• Canterbury owned & operated 

• Top prices paid $$$ 

• Open Saturday morning 

Open Mon-Fri 8am – 4.30pm Sat. 8.30am-12.30pm 

www.happyscrappy.co.nz 

03 343 9993 333 Blenheim Rd 

Call us now for fast friendly service. 

Get your problems sorted out 

quick smart - on time!! 

THOMSON PLUMBING 

Phone Eugene now. 

Phone 03 377 1280 | Mobile 021 898 380 

WINDOW TINTING 

tintawindow 

advanced film solutions 

99% uv block 

fade protection 

heat control 

reduce glare 

25 Years Experience 

privacy films 

frosting designs 

non-darkening films 

Workmanship Guaranteed 

Lifetime Warranties on Most Films 

UV 

block 

Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts 

03 365 3653 0800 368 468 

30 years + experience 

Older house 

restorations: 

no problem! 

Quotes: FREE! 

Rates: Reasonable 

Paint supplied at 

trade price! 

NO JOB TOO SMALL 

Light industrial also 

Roger Brott 

Painter & Decorator 

021-1966-311 

ROOF 

PAINTING 24/7 

Rope & harness 

a speciality, 

no scaffolding 

required, 

30 years of 

breathtaking 

experience. 

FREE QUOTES 

20% OFF other 

roof quotes 

Exterior staining, 

exterior painting, 

water blasting. 

Moss and mould 

treatment $300. 

Phone Kevin 

027 561 4629 


repairs, bathroom/shower 

From $60 Spring Clean 

Edwards 027 259 6741. 

foundations, ph 342 9340 

50 yrs exp. Bathrooms, 

Free quotes. Discount for 

pensioners. Ph Mike 03 

Decks, T & G Flooring, 

Free Quotes. Bennet & 

AAA HANDYMAN 

licensed carpenter 

LBP, all property and 

building maintenance, 

installations, with free 

quotes 03 383 1927 or 027 

245 5226 ciey@xtra.co.nz 

AA SHOWER 

CLEANING 

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 

copperbeechtreeservices@ 

gmail.com 

BRICK & BLOCK 

LAYING 

all restoration work 

and new work plus 

or 021 853 033 

BUILDER QUALIfIED 

Kitchens, Renovations, 

Repairs & Extensions 

980 9771 or 027 2266 930 

BUILDER QUALIfIED 

Villa Restoring, New 

Homes, Weatherboards. 

Sons Ltd Sam 027 496- 

9362 or Tony 027 224- 

0374

The Star Classifieds 


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 


BUILDER, 

HANDYMAN, 

MAINTENANCE 

Have peace of mind with 

a fully qualified owner 

operater LBP. Available 

for all jobs around the 

home, commercial or 

rental property (extremely 

experienced in Healthy 

Homes Reporting and 

all Remedial works) Call 

Chris on 027 3888 211 

BUILDER 

New builds, alterations, 

decks, fencing. 30 yrs in 

the trade has given me 

ability to build to a high 

standard. Free quotes. Ph 

Brent 027 241 7471 

CARPET LAYING 

Exp. Repairs, uplifting, 

relaying, restretching. 

Phone John on 0800 

003181, 027 240 7416 

jflattery@xtra.co.nz 

CARPENTER/ 

BUILDER 

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 

Need it? 

Rent it! 

No Bond 

Free Delivery 

Free Repair 

Great Student Deals 

Canterbury Owned & Operated 

Free Call Now: 

0800 717 000 

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. 

ELECTRICIAN 

Prompt & reliable 

registered electrician 

with 24 years experience 

for all residential and 

commercial work, new 

housing and switch board 

replacements. Phone Chris 

027 516 0669 

ELECTRICIAN 

Available, 30 years 

experience, 

start, competitive rate, 

ph Brian 027 433 9548 

No Call out fee 

ELECTRICIAN 



Or Apply Online: 

www.a4r.co.nz 

immediate 

Registered, electrical 

installation and repairs, 

Gorbie Electrical, ph 021 

026 73375 or 03 322 4209 

ELECTRICIAN 

Available, 30 years 

experience, immediate 

start, competitive rate, 

ph Brian 027 433 9548 

No Call out fee 

ELECTRICIAN (REG)) 

Prompt, quality. Call Jack 

027 206 0080 


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 

quote. 

HANDYMAN 

For all those odd jobs. Ph 

027 294 1508 

HOME CLEANING 

SERVICES 

Regular Weekly or 

Fortnightly. Ring Vivien 

at 03 365 8422 for free 

quotation 

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 

PAINTING 

Small - Medium jobs 

Free quotes Ph 027 294 

1508. 

PAINTER 

CARPENTER 

Repairs. Free quotes. 

Ph Joe 0220 916 671 

PAINTER 

CARPENTER 

Repairs. Free quotes. Ph 

Joe 0220 916 671 

PLASTERING (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 - 

renovations, alterations, 

holes & cracks. Free 

quotes. I’ll beat any quote 

by 10% .25 yrs exp. Canty 

born. Ph 022 087 4351 


• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi 


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, also rubbish 

removals, ph Chch 027 

380 4934 

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 

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 tidy 

ups- eg cabbage trees. 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 


Brown & White Ltd. 

Family owned since 2001. 

Ph Paul 027 229 3534 


Brown & White Ltd. 

Family owned since 2001. 

Ph Paul 027 229 3534 

Tuition 

COMPUTER LESSONS 

avail for computer, IPad, 

or Mobile. Please contact 

Jobee 027 290 9246 www. 

computertutor.nz 

Wanted To Buy 

WANTED 

SLEEPOUTS 

Sleepouts Galore 

Buyers and sellers of 

relocatable buildings 

11 Brixton Street, Hornby 

Phone: 349 9633 

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 

ALWAYS 

BUYING 

Estates, China, 

Antiques, Art, Royal 

Albert, Royal Doulton 

etc. Best Prices, 

Free Appraisal. Call 

Rob at 349-4229 or 

027 299 7232 

academyantiques.co.nz 

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 

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 

A+ Household effects, 

fridges, freezers, washing 

machines, ovens. Good 

cash paid. Ph Paul 022 

0891 671 

A records and Hi-Fi 

gear wanted. Pennylane 

Sydenham. 7 days. Ph 

366-3278 

BOOKS. 

Old wanted. 

Anything considered incl 

hunting, 

mountineering, 

fishing,childrens. 

Ph 354 1621 

Estate Clothing. Sharon 

0272222425 

MILITARIA Any 

country, firearms, 

uniforms, badges, medals, 

memoribilia, WW2 or 

earlier ph 338-9931 

Wanted To Buy 

TOOLS, Garden garage, 

saw benches, Lathes. Cash 

buyer Phone 355-2045 

Wanted To Rent 

MALE WANTING ONE, 

bdrm Apartment or flat 

urgentlly $300 Call Dan 

021 02217486 

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 

Burnside Area 


4.30pm-8pm approx 

Avonhead Area 


3pm-6pm approx 

Hoon Hay Area 


3pm-6pm 

Airport Area 


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. 

Vehicles Wanted 

Public Notices 

Wakeboarding 

Competition 

Wake NZ is making an application 

to reserve Lake Ruataniwha on 

22nd-23rd January 2022 between 

the hours of 8.00am and 6.30pm 

for a closed event (Wakeboarding 

Competition), all other Waitaki 

lakes are unaffected. 

We are required to consult 

publicly for this proposed 

closure, any comments 

please send to 

info@wakenz.co.nz 

prior to the 

7th December 2021 

Senior Citizens 

Outings 

with Companion Driving Service Ltd 

KAIKOURA - PICTON - 

CHRISTCHURCH 

2 night / 3 day special including the mail 

boat run up the Queen Charlotte Sounds 

- easy boat seating - walking frames ok 

- Dinner, Bed, Breakfast on both nights 

- boat fare and return journey on Tranz 

Pacific Train. Coach and train hostess 

travels with you. Departs Tues 19 Oct. 

Our price $996.00 

PHONE PETER ON 0800 453 873 

for info and bookings. 

COMPANION DRIVING SERVICE LTD. 

CAR REMOVALS 

$$CASH PAID$$ 

CARS, VANS, UTES & 4X4 WANTED 

NZ OWNED AND OPERATED FOR 24 YEARS 

We use world class vehicle depollution systems 

0800 77 80 80 

www.pickapart.co.nz 

WALTER P. MOORE 

AND ASSOCIATES, INC. 

COMPANY NUMBER - 

7659697 

NOTICE OF 

INTENTION TO 

CEASE CARRYING 

ON BUSINESS IN 

NEW ZEALAND 

Notice is given under 

section 341(1)(a) of the 

Companies Act 1993 

that Walter P. Moore and 

Associates, Inc. (Company 

Number 7659697) intends 

to cease carrying on 

business in New Zealand 

and will apply to the 

Registrar of Companies 

for removal from the 

New Zealand Register 

of Overseas Companies 

not earlier than three 

months from the date of 

publication of this notice. 

Address and contact for 

enquiries: Fiona Seal, EY 

Law Limited, 2 Takutai 

Square, Britomart, 

Auckland,1140, New 

Zealand. Telephone +64 

27 208 7491.


SUBJECT TO 

ALERT LEVEL 2 

RESTRICTIONS 

To add a listing, contact 

Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or 

027 458 8590 

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi 

www.star.kiwi/whatson 

BRIDIE'S BAR & BISTRO 

RESTAURANT & CAFÉ 

WE ARE OPEN 

SENIORS SPECIAL $23 

2 Courses: Soup/Roast or Roast/Dessert 

Special available lunch only. Mon-Sat 12pm - 2.30pm. 

KIDS 2 COURSE SPECIAL $13 

Great Kids menu, plus designated play area. 

Open daily from 6.30am 

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

SPORTS BAR & TAB OPEN DAILY FROM 11AM 

The 

RACECOURSE HOTEL 

& Motorlodge 

118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn, 

Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150 

www.racecoursehotel.co.nz 

NEW 

SEASON 

MENU 

OUT NOW! 

BOOK YOUR 

TABLE NOW! 

BRIDIE'S BAR & BISTRO 

The Garden Restaurant 

 

WE SERVE YOU 

Come on down! 

WE ARE OPEN DAILY FROM 9AM 

PAVILION 

CAFE 

OPEN 9AM-5PM 

NEW 

BREAKFAST 

MENU 

ALL DAY 

BREAKFASTS 

LEGENDS 

BAR 

EXCITING NEW 

MENU OUT NOW! 

TAB 

Manned terminal 

Thursday - Sunday 

Normal Hours 

WEDNESDAY 

13 OCTOBER 

11.30am - 2pm 

SOLD OUT 

Tickets on sale now 

RAFFLES 

ARE BACK ON! 

Wed, Thu, Fri, 

Sat & Sun inclusive 

3.30pm-5.30pm 

& also Saturday 

11.30am-1.30pm 

SHUTTLE VAN OPERATING 

POOL TABLES CLOSED 

17 CARMEN RD. 

PH. 03 349 9026 

WWW.HORNBYWMC.CO.NZ 

Buffet @Your Table 

 

 

9AM - 4PM 

SUNDAY TO FRIDAY 

(CLOSED SATURDAY) 

 

 

 

CLICK & COLLECT 

CAFÉ 

COFFEE 

 

 

 

@GBCCHCH 

Bookings Essential PH 386 0088 

@GardenRestaurantBuffet 

THURSDAY & FRIDAY: 

FISH & CHIPS 

SATURDAY: 

CHICKEN NIBBLES & CHIPS 

SUNDAY: ROAST MEAL 

TUESDAY: 

CHICKEN NIBBLES & CHIPS 

WEDNESDAY: ROAST MEAL 

Available 11.30am-2pm


christchurch 

GIG GUIDE 

Thursday 7 to Wednesday 13 October 2021 

SUBJECT TO ALERT LEVEL 2 RESTRICTIONS 

12 BAR, 342 St Asaph St: Friday 8pm - King Tubbs. 

Saturday 8pm - Willie McArthur One Man Band. 

Wednesday 7pm - Quiz. 

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St: Thursday 

7.30pm - NZ Battle of the Bands Chch Heat 1, 

presales/eventfinda $10, door $15. Friday 8pm - NZ 

Battle of the Bands Chch Heat 2, presales/eventfinda $10, 

door $15. Saturday 8.30pm - Ruby Fusion, free. Sunday 

4pm - Dames Do Dylan 'The Lesser Spotted Bob Tits' 

return of the fabulous show celebrating Bob Dylan's 80th 

Birthday, feat. Izzy Miller Bell; Lynette Diaz; Lisa Tui; 

Eileen Reid; Susan Grant; Mary Rushton, $20 entry (cash 

only). 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 - 

Amber & Maz. Saturday 8.30pm - Caitlin Joy. Wednesday 

9.30pm - Open Mic. 

CHRISTCHURCH FOLK MUSIC CLUB, 29 Domain 

Tce : Sunday 7.30pm - Sonia Wilson & Nigel Gavin, $20 

entry. 

DUTCH DRAMA GROUP, Everglades, 637 

Marshland Rd: Friday 16 & Saturday 17 October - 

Toenail Culture Ale presents Lockdown 'Nooit te oud om 

dromen na te jagen', tickets $20. 

FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday 6pm - Ed's 

Jazz Club presents The Michael Gorden Octet, tickets 

$15; 8pm - Funky City Duo. Friday 7pm - Voxy Duo; 

10pm - House of Groove. Saturday 7pm - Nick & Dan; 

10pm - Black & Gold. 

LITTLE BROWN JUG, 290 Wairakei Rd: Friday 

7pm - Flat City Brotherhood. 

MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: Friday 10.30pm - 

Uncovered. Saturday 10.30pm - Re-Alignment. 

MOON UNDER WATER, 152 Somerfield St: 

Sunday 2.30pm - Sunday Sesh feat. Nick Jackman. 

SULLIVANS IRISH PUB, 291 Lincoln Rd: Thursday 

7.30pm - Americana & Bluegrass Jam Session. 

Wednesday 7pm - Willie's Open Mic. 

THE BOG IRISH BAR, 50 Victoria St: Friday 10pm - 

B&G Trio Sunday 4pm - Elly & Friends with Libby Scott 

& Hannah-Grace; 7pm - Open Mic. 

THE BOWER, New Brighton Rd: Sunday 3.30pm - 

Mandi Miller Band. 

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: Friday 7.30pm - 

Open Mic & Jam. Wednesday 9pm - Titanic (Kevin 

Emmett, Nick Buchanan, and Peter K Malthus). 

THE LOONS BAR, 16 Canterbury St, Lyttelton: 

Wednesday 8pm - Al P & his P.A.L's (Downstairs Bar). 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd: Friday 9pm - 

Easy listening tunes by The Meaniez. Saturday 8pm - 

Lance Kiwi Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm - Quiz. Wednesday 

7.30pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke. 

THE TURF, 6 Inwoods Rd: Thursday 7pm - Willie 

McArthur. 

WUNDERBAR LYTTELTON, 19 London St: 

Wednesday 7pm - Jam Night. 

EVERYONE 

WELCOME! 

we are 

open 

FROM 11AM 

BISTRO 

BOTH SIDES OPEN 

Order at counter & staff will 

bring meals to your table. 

RAFFLES 

WEDNESDAY 5PM 

SPIN TO WIN 5.30PM 

GAMING 

NO FOOD OR DRINK. 

MASKS REQUIRED. 

TAB 

FULL FACILITIES 

AVAILABLE 

SHUTTLE 

WEDNESDAY, 

FRIDAY & SATURDAY 

FROM 3PM 

(MASKS REQ TO RIDE) 

SORRY... NO POOL - 

NO SNOOKER 

NO DARTS 

NO SECTIONS 

NO MEMBERSHIP DRAW 

quiz & 

housie 

START NEXT WEEK 

THURSDAY 

14th October 

THE ENTERTAINMENT HUB OF THE NORTH! 

WATCH 

THIS 

SPACE! 

« EVENTS COMING UP « 

(COVID LEVELS PERMITTING) 

Level 1 

DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED! 

AS SOON AS WE SHIFT 

BACK TO LEVEL 1 

WE WILL BE CELEBRATING! 

Friday 1 October SHOW 

POSTPONED 

ABBA+80s 

NEW LEVEL 1 DATE 

TO BE ANNOUNCED 

Sat 30 Oct SHOW POSTPONED until 

SATURDAY 5 FEB 2022 

CLIFF RICHARD 

TRIBUTE SHOW 

FEATURING INTERNATIONAL ENTERTAINER 

DAVID LAPLANCHE 

DIRECT FROM QUEENSLAND 

SATURDAY 5 FEB 2022, 7.30PM 

113 RAVEN QUAY | P 03 327 7884 | WWW.KAIAPOICLUB.CO.NZ


Village centre 

now open! 

Image indicative only 

Summerset at Avonhead’s village centre 

is now open! 

Our brand-new village centre is the heart of our village, 

providing a multi-purpose community hub and a 

spectacular range of resort-style facilities. 

Our village centre is also home to our fully-certified, 

industry-leading memory care centre especially 

designed for those living with dementia, and our serviced 

apartments which are selling now from just $350,000.* 

We’d love to show you around at one of our October Open 

Days. Open Day tour numbers are limited in Alert Level 

Two, so call Anne today on 03 357 3202 to secure your 

spot, or to book a private appointment. 

Village Centre 

Open Days 

Every Sunday in October 

10am - 3pm 

Summerset at Avonhead 

120 Hawthornden Road, Avonhead 

03 357 3202 

*Licence to occupy. 

If we are in Alert Level 2, an RSVP will be required due to 

restricted numbers, please call the sales manager to RSVP. 

For event information, visit www.summerset.co.nz/events 

03 357 3202 | summerset.co.nz/avonhead 

SUM3430_8X8

RUBY HEWITT has been hitting 

the slopes since she was just threeyears-old, 

and her hard work is 

se to pay off as she prepares to pit 

The 15-year-old has been chosen 

to compete a the 2022 Freeride 

This will be the firs taste of 

international competition for 

the Rangi Ruru student, who last 

month won the under-18 women’s 

ski category a the New Zealand 

junior freeride nationals. 

Being selected to represent New 

Zealand in Europe came as a shock 

to her, because usually, those who 

were chosen were in their final year 

Mike Pero Real Estate Ltd Licensed REAA (2 08) 

Ph: 343 3661 | 4 Yaldhurst Rd 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2021 Connecting Your Local Community 

starnews.co.nz 

Heading to 

the school of 

hard knocks 

Page 5 Pages 6 & 7 

Art gives new 

lease on life for 

cancer patient 

Influenza vaccines 

now available 

OPEN 7 DAYS 

Thursday, October 7, 2021 | Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper 

Ruby’s chance to jump 

on the world stage 

Rangi Ruru 

teen to 

take on the 

best skiers 

www.riccartonclinic.co.nz 

• By Fiona Ellis 

her skills agains the world’s best 

young skiers. 

Junior World Championships in 

Europe. 

of the junior category. 


Catering 

Platters 

& 

Available to order 

for all occasions 

OPEN 7 DAYS Cnr Cranford St & Innes Rd 

P: 03 355 6921 E: cafe@kiddscakes.co.nz 

www.kiddscakes.co.nz (34 on site car parks) 

Cooking is an art form, 

AIRBORNE: Rangi Ruru Girls’ School year 11 student, Ruby Hewitt, 15, has been named in the New Zealand freeride team 

that will compete in the extreme sports event in Europe next year. PHOTO: MARK BRIDGWATER 

Baking fresh each day since 1986 

TARIQ IS A 

HOUSESOLD 

NAME 

Tariq Kundan 

0800 700 111 

tariq@mikepero.com 

Christchurch Central 

an expression of life. 

BooK A 

ClAss TodAy! 

Cooking is an art form, an expression of life. 

At Asian Garden Cooking School, we admire the 

philosophy and techniques of Asian Cuisine. 

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. Beer, wine and juice are included. 

Great for single, groups, or team building. Kids classes available. 

We run day and evening classes, you can either book into an 

existing class online; or you can book for a special event or function. 

Get in touch to find out more! 

oN-sITE ACCoMModATIoN Is AVAIlABlE! 

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

Don’t want to learn how to cook your own? See over the page and 

you can enjoy authentic tastes of Asia at one of our restaurants! 

PLUS - BOOK OR ORDER FROM ANY OF OUR RESTAURANTS ONLINE 

AND YOU COULD WIN A COOKING CLASS FOR 2!! VALUED AT $198

HAlSwell 

Only a 10 minute drive from Beckenham 

Hoi An House 

Thai and Vietnamese cuisine 

Hoi An House means “The perfect meeting place” a 

place to come relax, eat, enjoy, and never leave the 

table hungry! Function area caters up to 80 people. 

Book your table online! 

Order takeaways online! 

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

PAPANUI 

Thai Garden 

Simple, yet adventurous 

Thai Garden is about fun, fresh food that 

combines the best of Asian flavours. We offer 

fast service, friendly staff and fresh ingredients. 



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

RIccARTON 

Buddha Stix 

The best pan-Asian cuisine 

Vivid with colour and saturated with flavour, 

Buddha Stix a all of your senses to create an 

intimate and memorable dining experience. 



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

BeckeNHAm 

Commi 

Food for the people! 

We believe that sharing is caring. A fresh, 

fast and casual dining experience for 

everyone to enjoy! 



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

SUmNeR 

Le Xōm 

Inodchina, Vietnamese cuisine 

Here you will find the delectable flavourings of 

Asia served up in an environment that creates an 

enticing atmosphere. 



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

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

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