The Star: November 11, 2021

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– page 10 

Father of crash victims angry 

driver didn’t plead guilty sooner 

‘He has put me 

through hell’ 

• By Carolyne Meng-Yee 

A FATHER is fuming the teenage driver accused of 

killing his two daughters in a car crash on the Port 

Hills entered a shock guilty plea in the middle of his 

jury trial yesterday. 

Jason Alexander believes Levi Phillip Fiddymont 

should have done the “right thing” and pleaded 

guilty at the start. 

“It’s a kick in the guts. He realised he was probably 

going to lose so he plead guilty for a lighter sentence,” 

Alexander said. 

According to Alexander, he was offered a restorative 

justice meeting with Fiddymont, which he 

declined. 

“I thought: ‘What? He’s had two f***ing years to 

apologise – not a chance. I offered him forgiveness 

right from the beginning. 

“We had made complaints to the court for the way 

he was glaring at us. He has put me through hell.” 

•Turn to page 5 

OUTRAGED: Jason Alexander, grieving father of car crash victims 

Tayla (left) and Sunmara, is incensed driver Levi Fiddymont chose to 

plead guilty once his trial was under way. 

Hospital 

asks 

expectant 

mothers 

to birth 

elsewhere 

• By Chris Barclay 

AN UNPRECEDENTED 540 

births at Christchurch Women’s 

Hospital in October has 

prompted a plea for expectant 

mothers to avoid giving 

birth there, if medically 

feasible. 

The 

Canterbury 

District 

Health Board’s 

director of 

midwifery, 

Norma 

Campbell, is 

concerned 

the number 

of women 

using the city’s 

Norma 

Campbell 

predominant birthing facility 

could compromise those who 

need the service the most. 

“Christchurch Women’s 

Hospital is for women who are 

higher risk and therefore require 

more complex care and after 

the volumes of last month, it 

would be ideal if women gave 

more consideration to their 

local community units,” said 

Campbell, after last month’s 

arrivals were the highest on 

record. 

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CHRISTMAS IS cancelled – in 

Hagley Park. 

One of Christchurch’s most 

popular community fundraising 

events, the annual Coca 

-Cola Christmas in the Park, 

has been cancelled due to 

Covid-19 restrictions. 

The free concert, originally 

planned for this month, was 

rescheduled for December 11 a 

fortnight ago but organisers say 

Government guidelines to curb 

the pandemic mean it cannot 

take place. 

Continued uncertainty 

around travel restrictions 

and the lack of clarity around 

vaccination passports prompted 

the decision. 

“We’re extremely 

disappointed that the current 

uncertainty around Covid 

restrictions has led to our 

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Covid sees Christmas in the Park cancelled 


BILL MITCHELL never fought 

in the conflict today memoralises, 

but there is a certain symmetry 

to New Zealand’s oldest World 

War 2 veteran being farewelled on 

Armistice Day. 

The 108-year-old, who served 

with the Royal New Zealand Air 

Force engineering service in the 

Pacific, died in a Shirley retirement 

home on Monday. 

A service to celebrate Sergeant 

William Joseph (Bill) Mitchell’s 

life will be held at Bell Lamb and 

Trotter’s Ferry Park Chapel from 

2.30pm with four generations of 

the family attending. 

Armistice Day is traditionally 

observed at 11am on November 

11, the time and date of Germany’s 

surrender in France at the 

end of World War 1 in 1918, when 

Mitchell was five-years-old. 

The day resonated more with 

Mitchell as he grew up, and particularly 

in his twilight years. 

“In past years grandad has 

gone to the Bridge of Remembrance 

and been part of that 

service,” said Mitchell’s granddaughter 

Tracey Burnie. 

“When we realised (today) was 

Armistice Day we thought that’s 

an amazing day to have 

his funeral. 

“We all knew this day was 

coming, he just kept going but 

the old age got the better of him 

in the end.” 

Mitchell enlisted with the 

RNZAF on September 9, 1939, 

six days after Great Britain declared 

war on Germany. 

After Mitchell was discharged 

from the air force in 1947 he 

married Kathleen, who died 

in 2009. 

In spite of his advancing age, 

decision to cancel Coca-Cola 

Christmas in the Park in 

Christchurch,” said Coca-Cola 

New Zealand spokesperson 

Annette Chillingworth. 

“There are so many dedicated, 

talented people working hard 

behind the scenes year after 

year to bring our brilliant 

show to the big stage. We can 

only hope that we get back to 

some sort of normality in the 

Mitchell met regularly with fellow 

members of the RSA until 

the latest Covid-19 restrictions 

came into force. 

A fixture at Anzac Day commemorations 

in the city, Mitchell 

took pride of place in this 

year’s dawn service in Cranmer 

Square, arriving by Jeep. 

“He was very involved with 

Christchurch memorials . . . Anzac, 

Armistice and other celebrations,” 

said Canterbury District 

coming months so our muchloved 

event can return 

in 2022.” 

The gala is an important 

fundraiser for Youthline and 

Coca-Cola is working with the 

organisation to continue their 

support. 

New Zealand’s other 

Christmas in the Park, in 

Auckland Domain, was 

cancelled last month. 

Armistice Day farewell for 

NZ’s oldest WW2 veteran 

REMEMBERED: 

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Returned and Services Association 

president Stan Hansen. 

“He joined when he was released 

from the air force, that’s a 

huge long-standing period to be 

admired, that’s a lifetime.” 

Mitchell’s devotion to duty 

was recognised by Christchurch 

Memorial RSA president 

Jim Lilley, acting master of 

ceremonies for his farewell. A 

bugler will also play The Last 

Post. 

NEWS 3 

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No charges laid over 

‘horseplay’ gunshot 

No charges have been laid after a 

man presented to Christchurch 

Hospital with a gunshot wound 

from what he claimed was 

caused by “horseplay with a 

friend”. The man arrived at 

Christchurch Hospital at about 

2.30am yesterday. A police 

spokesperson said a female 

acquaintance brought the man 

to the hospital but it is unclear 

whether she was involved in the 

“horseplay”. 

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community Covid-19 vaccine 

clinics in their car parks. People 

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second doses at the clinics. Free 

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The Pak’nSave clinic will 

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Saturday, and the New World 

clinic from noon-6.30pm next 

Thursday and Friday. 

Jobs cut in CCC 

restructure 

Twenty senior management jobs 

will go at Christchurch City 

Council in its second major 

re-structure this year. Of the 

20 third-tier management roles 

cut, six are either vacant or 

filled by contractors. Thirteen 

new jobs will be created, and 

minor changes made to another 

119 existing roles. City council 

chief executive Dawn Baxendale 

said the changes will result in 

savings of between $700,000 and 

$800,000 a year. 

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fleet of electric and ultra-low 

emission vehicles grows. 

By the end of 2021 Environment 

Canterbury said 28 per 

cent of the Metro bus fleet will 

be electric or ultra-low emission 

vehicles, the target is to boost the 

ratio to 40 per cent by the end of 

2022. 

Environment Canterbury 

councillor Peter Scott hoped 

the electric Orbiter would help 

people connect their transport 

choices with their carbon footprint. 

“Electric vehicles help us stay 

ahead, but taking the bus is already 

one of the best choices you 

can make,” he said. 

“Simply taking the bus makes 

a difference, whether it is electric 

or not. Kiwis drive 49 billion 

kilometres a year, and more than 

a billion of these are short car 

trips under 2km. 

“Research shows that often 

people don’t connect their car 

use with their carbon footprint, 

but we all now know the importance 

of taking steps to reduce 

our environmental impact. 

“Making the choice to jump 

on a bus is easier when it is 

frequent, which is one of the aspects 

we’re focusing on improving 

across greater Christchurch,” 

Scott said. 

In a jump start for the local 

economy, 35 of the fleet’s ultralow 

emission Euro 6 buses – and 

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NEWS 5 

‘My girls were such a big part of me’ 

• From page 1 

“I had to sit and hear about 

Sunmara screaming in the car 

pleading for help that she was 

being burnt alive. I had to hear 

them talk about picking up bone 

fragments which were from 

Tayla’s head. He put me through 

all of that – it’s all been about 

him. 

“He’s a really arrogant person 

and I can’t believe it,” Alexander 

said. 

Fiddymont, 

21, was 

charged with 

two counts 

of dangerous 

driving 

causing death, 

as well as dangerous 

driving 

Levi 

Fiddymont 

causing injury 

and driving 

without the 

appropriate licence. On day three 

of the trial, his lawyer Andrew 

McCormick said Fiddymont 

wanted to change his pleas and 

admit to all three charges. 

Tayla Alexander, 17, died 

instantly when the car she was 

in went over a bank and burst 

into flames on Summit Rd about 

11pm on November 27, 2019. 

Passersby and the emergency 

services, fought the fire and 

pulled the teenagers out. 

The defence claimed Fiddymont’s 

brakes failed, which the 

Crown denied. 

Professor John Raine, of Auckland 

University of Technology, 

who has 30 years’ experience 

in vehicle cash investigations, 

reviewed the evidence. 

He concluded from his calculations 

Fiddymont was likely 

doing 110km/h. Fiddymont has 

said he was travelling at about 

65-70km/h and had pumped his 

brakes coming down the hill but 

there was nothing there. 

Judge Paul Kellar remanded 

Fiddymont on bail, with a condition 

not to drive, to be sentenced 

on January 12. 

Alexander says Fiddymont had 

lost his licence and allegedly lost 

demerit points for three previous 

speeding tickets. 

“It just goes to show what his 

driving was like; I am so angry,” 

Alexander said. Police did not 

wish to comment until after the 

sentencing. 

Sunmara, Tayla’s younger sister 

suffered extensive burns and 

died a month later on her 16th 

birthday at Middlemore Hospital. 

The battle to save her had 

meant multiple amputations due 

to infections. 

A teenage boy who was also a 

passenger suffered serious injuries 

and survived. 

Ashton Lamborn was Tayla’s 

best friend and the last person to 

hear from Tayla minutes before 

she died. 

In a text, she wrote: “Bro, I am 

going to die tonight. X. I haven’t 

LESS 

FORGIVING: 

Jason 

Alexander 

with a photo 

of Sunmara 

and Tayla 

when he 

left court 

yesterday. 

PHOTO: 

GEORGE 

HEARD 

gone so fast around Port Hills 

before.” 

Lamborn replied: “Oh my god 

Tayla.” 

Alexander has been consumed 

by grief and lengthy court delays. 

He has had no contact and no 

apology from Fiddymont – in 

spite of making it clear he forgave 

him for the silly mistake he 

made. 

Two years on Alexander is less 

forgiving. 

“He is incredibly selfish. I 

offered him kindness when I 

was at my most vulnerable. This 

tragedy hasn’t just affected me 

but also the girls’ friends. I tried 

to take my own life and spent 

a week in an induced coma, I 

didn’t work for a year because 

I couldn’t be around anyone. I 

turned to the bottle and I had 

to pick up all the pieces from 

that, so it’s been hell,” Alexander 

said. 

The driver’s uncle, Paul Fiddymont, 

wants his nephew to know 

he is “there for him.” 

“I am relieved he has plead 

guilty, but disappointed he didn’t 

do it earlier. “ 

Tayla was a “mother hen” to 

Sunmara – they were close in 

life, and in death and are buried 

together in Ashburton. Alexander 

visits his daughters daily. 

Their brother, Dallas Thomson, 

is also a frequent visitor. 

“Tayla always put others before 

herself and Sunmara was a funloving 

rebel,” Alexander said. 

The last thing Alexander said 

to his daughters, Tayla, 17, and 

Sunmara, 15, on November 27, 

2019 was: “I love you and be 

good.” 

“I want the driver to know it’s 

not just my life he has ruined 

but so many others through his 

actions. He made a silly mistake 

but he hasn’t owned it. 

“My daughters are dead. He’ll 

be out by the time he is 23 and 

he gets to have a Christmas 

with his family. This is the third 

Christmas without my girls. 

“My girls were such a big part 

of me and now I have an empty 

hole. I just want us to be together 

again.’’ – NZ Herald 

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NEWS 

• By Susan Sandys 

A 28-YEAR-OLD died by 

suspected suicide, believed to 

be on the same day she was 

discharged from Christchurch 

Hospital. 

Her father is calling for changes 

to the Mental Health Act, to 

ensure patients seen at emergency 

departments for attempted 

suicides are sectioned, that is put 

into compulsory treatment. 

“I want my daughter to be able 

to change legislation so her life 

means something, so she can 

save other people,” the man said. 

However, the Government is 

considering minimising, rather 

than strengthening, the power to 

impose compulsory treatment. 

The Star has agreed not to 

name the Christchurch woman 

and her family, in order to 

protect the privacy of her two 

children. 

The Canterbury District 

Health Board undertook a serious 

event review to examine its 

care delivery leading up to the 

woman’s death at her home last 

year. 

The father has released the 

review to The Star as he alleges 

“professional negligence and 

system failures.” 

He has lodged a complaint 

with the Health and Disability 

Commissioner, who is investigating, 

and considering the review’s 


Family of suspected suicide victim calls for 

ANSWERS: The family of a 28-year-old woman, who died of a suspected suicide after 

being discharged from Christchurch Hospital, are calling for increased powers to 

compulsorily treat high risk patients. 

PHOTO: GETTY 

findings. The death is also the 

subject of a coronial inquiry. 

The review recommended 

the board review its suicide risk 

classification guidelines in order 

to ensure clarity of use and implementation. 

At Christchurch Hospital on 

January 19, the woman, who was 

diagnosed as bipolar two years 

earlier, was classified as high risk 

and monitored by security. She 

had been taken there by ambulance 

about 1am after phoning 

emergency services and reporting 

having drunk alcohol and 

taken more than 200 prescription 

tablets. 

Later that same day, a CDHB 

crisis team, which was two 

Specialist Mental Health Service 

crisis resolution social workers, 

undertook a home assessment 

and assessed her as low risk. 

The hospital had discharged 

the woman about 8am. She had 

refused a psychiatric assessment 

and walked out. She had denied 

trying to harm herself and toxicology 

results suggested she had 

not taken an overdose. 

The review also identified a 

care delivery problem. This was 

that the service did not follow 

protocol by failing to engage a 

Pukenga Atawha to attend the 

home assessment. The woman 

was Maori and not sending the 

specialist cultural practitioner 

had deviated beyond safe limits 

of practice. 

Among the review’s findings 

was that the service’s crisis 

resolution was “under-resourced 

and busy” at the time of her 

admission, necessitating 

prioritising of patients. It 

would have been preferable for 

the woman to be assessed at 

the hospital, but she had been 

followed up after discharge 

and received a “comprehensive 

assessment” at home. 

Her father wants the crisis 

team and managers to resign as 

he alleges they did not listen to 

the family’s appeals to section 

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changes to Mental Health Act 

He alleges it was clear she met 

the threshold for sectioning, 

which was having a mental disorder 

that posed a serious danger to 

her safety. 

CDHB acting chief medical 

officer Dr Richard French said he 

could not comment on the care 

provided to individuals. 

Minister of 

Health Andrew 

Little said he 

also could not 

comment on the 

specifics of individual 

cases. 

Submissions 

Andrew 

Little 

have recently 

opened on the 

repeal and replacement 

of the Mental Health 

(Compulsory Assessment and 

Treatment) Act 1992. A recent 

government inquiry recommended 

reforms minimise compulsory 

or coercive treatment. Submissions 

close January 22. 

Little said there had been concern 

about the compulsory nature 

of some people’s admission to 

facilities. 

“And I know that there are 

some people who are saying 

that the ability to do that under 

the law should be removed. 

The revised Mental Health Act 

won’t do that, but it will ensure 

people’s rights are protected,” 

Little said. 

Desperate pleas for assistance 

INTERVIEWS WITH family 

members of a woman who 

died of suspected suicide after 

leaving Christchurch Hospital 

reveal their desperation in 

trying to save her. 

The interviews are 

documented in the CDHB’s 

serious event review. 

Her father and cousin 

said the 28-year-old put up 

disturbing posts on Facebook 

on January 17, 2020, such as 

“I’ve had enough,” and “Watch 

this space – going out in a blaze 

of fire.” 

The following day she 

dropped her young children off 

to her former partner’s house 

after an outing, and for the 

first time dropped her dog off 

as well. 

“She wouldn’t give that dog 

up for anyone,” the cousin said. 

The former partner said he 

was so concerned about this that 

he contacted police, who looked 

for the woman for hours. He 

“pleaded with the police to find 

her, take her to the hospital and 

make her stay”. 

The cousin said she located 

the woman in hospital about 

1am on January 19 after a 

reported overdose. The first 

thing the woman did after getting 

home later that morning 

was take pills downed with 

bourbon. 

Three of the woman’s family 

members – grandmother, uncle 

and cousin – went to her house 

later that day. They were there 

when a crisis team, that is two 

crisis resolution social workers 

from the CDHB’s Specialist 

Mental Health Service, arrived 

on an unannounced “cold call” 

visit, prompted by a phone call 

from the woman’s mother. 

The cousin said the family 

wanted the woman to be 

admitted, under the Mental 

Health Act if necessary, but the 

team “had thrown them under 

a bus” by telling the woman 

this. 

The cousin said the woman 

would have been safer and felt 

more supported without the 

interaction of the crisis team. 

When family members left 

the premises, they understood 

the two social workers would 

check on her later that night 

with a phone call and follow-up 

visit if the phone was unanswered. 

However, there was 

no follow-up visit when two 

phone calls, about 9pm, went 

unanswered. 

Family members believe the 

woman died by suicide that 

evening. She was found deceased 

by police doing a welfare check 

the following day. 

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• Alcohol Drug Helpline: 

0800 787 797 

• Christchurch Community 

Alcohol & Drug Service: 

Hillmorton Hospital – 335 

4350 

• 0800 543 354 (0800 

LIFELINE) or free text 4357 

(HELP) (available 24/7) 

• https://www.lifeline.org. 

nz/services/suicide-crisishelpline 

• YOUTHLINE: 0800 376 633 

• NEED TO TALK? Free call 

or text 1737 (available 24/7) 

• KIDSLINE: 0800 543 754 

(available 24/7) 

• WHATSUP: 0800 942 8787 

(1pm to 11pm) 

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0800 111 757 or TEXT 4202 

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NEWS 7 

Second man 

charged with 

teen’s death 

remanded 

A SECOND man charged with 

murdering teenager Connor 

Whitehead outside a Casebrook 

party last week has been 

remanded in custody and his 

name kept secret for now. 

The 43-year-old was arrested on 

Tuesday after a raid on a house in 

the Avonside area. 

He had allegedly been on the 

run since Friday night when 

16-year-old Whitehead was shot 

dead during a “senseless and 

violent” attack. 

At Christchurch District Court 

on Wednesday afternoon, the 

43-year-old man, of Aranui, 

appeared from custody via audio 

visual link. 

Defence counsel Donald 

Matthews did not make any 

application for bail but asked that 

an interim name suppression 

order continue. 

Judge Tony Couch granted the 

order and remanded the man 

in custody without plea to the 

High Court in Christchurch on 

November 26. 

Three others have been charged 

with being accessories after the 

fact to Whitehead’s murder – a 

46-year-old man and two women, 

aged 36 and 43 – and appeared in 

the district court on Monday. 

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Labour’s forum to defend 

Three Waters criticised 

Recycling plant 

to be upgraded 

A DATE has been set to start the 

multi-million dollar upgrade of 

Christchurch’s recycling plant. 

EcoCentral Ltd, which owns 

the Materials Recovery Facility, 

received a $16.8 million 

grant from the Ministry for the 

Environment’s special Covid-19 

Response and Recovery Fund 

last year to help upgrade the 

mechanical and optical sorting 

equipment for plastics and paper/ 

cardboard. 

The upgrade is due to start in 

March 2022, and is expected to be 

finished in December. The facility 

will continue to process recyclable 

material during this time. 

EcoCentral chief executive 

Craig Downie said upgrading the 

equipment will improve EcoCentral’s 

ability to sort the material 

collected through the yellow 

wheelie bins into the separate 

material types. 

“This is key to making sure we 

maximise the amount of material 

we are recycling and minimise 

the amount of waste that is going 

to landfill.” 

Downie said it will still be essential 

people only put accepted 

items in their yellow wheelie 

bins, as contaminants damage 

the equipment and quality of the 

recyclable materials. 

He said the only items that 

belong in yellow bins are: clean, 

flattened cardboard and egg 

cartons; clean aluminium cans; 

clear and coloured glass bottles; 

jars (clean, with lids put in the 

red bin); metal tins (clean and 

loose, with lids put in the red 

bin); plastic containers and 

bottles numbered 1, 2 and 5 

(clean and loose, with lids put in 

the red bin); aerosol cans; and 

paper and magazines (no smaller 

than a standard envelope). 


UNDER SIEGE Labour MPs 

will hold an online forum 

to defend the Government’s 

controversial Three Waters 

reforms, though a city councillor 

who called for a public debate 

remains sceptical. 

Ilam MP Sarah Pallett and 

Christchurch Central representative 

Duncan Webb will host 

the discussion next Saturday 

from 2pm, the move following 

pressure from Waimairi Ward 

councillor Sam MacDonald. 

MacDonald, from the rightleaning 

Independent Citizens 

faction, had lobbied Pallett for 

a debate following the Government’s 

decision to push through 

plans to transfer drinking, stormwater 

and wastewater networks 

from local authority control to 

four new water entities in spite of 

widespread opposition. 

Minister of Local Government 

Nanaia Mahuta’s announcement 

on October 28 means the city 

council surrenders $6.9 billion 

of water-related assets – and $1.1 

billion of associated debt – to 

the Government, who will also 

make a $122.4 million payment 

to the council in 2024. 

MacDonald had sought a 

discussion with Pallett via the 

Avonhead-Russley Facebook 

page, which has 4200 members. 

“I wanted to have it set up 

there so those members could 

submit their questions. So many 

people in there are wanting that 

sort of engagement,” he said. 

“I’m not quite yet convinced 

Sarah 

Pallett 

Sam 

MacDonald 

that her and Duncan talking 

about how bad councils have 

failed is going to be the most 

healthy way to inform the public. 

“I’m not sure this is going to 

get as big a reach as what you’d 

get going through the local community 

groups,” said MacDonald, 

who planned to be involved 

in the forum. 

Pallett acknowledged Mac- 

Donald’s request for a discussion 

but it coincided with the announcement 

of Covid-19 cases 

in her electorate. 

“I explained to him that my 

focus was on the urgent need to 

support our community through 

this very challenging time,” she 

said. 

“I have been engaging with 

local businesses, supporting 

constituents and working with 

the CDHB (Canterbury District 

Health Board) to organise 

vaccination events, alongside my 

existing commitments.” 

A combined meeting with 

Webb was the logical scenario. 

“As this is not a single electorate 

issue we decided it was most 

appropriate for us as MPs to hold 

a public Zoom to enable people 

to express their views and hear 

more about the Three Waters 

proposal,” Pallett said. 

“Details on how to attend 

will be made available on 

our respective social media 

pages and via email for those 

interested.” 

Pallett, Webb and other city 

Labour MPs Megan Woods 

(Wigram), Poto Williams 

(Christchurch East) and Tracey 

McLennan (Banks Peninsula) 

all backed the proposed reforms 

while left and right-leaning 

factions on council are united in 

their opposition. 

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PROPOSALS FOR speed limit 

reductions on State Highway 

75 have been met with fierce 

resistance from some motorists 

on Banks Peninsula. 

The new plans would see the 

45km stretch of road between 

Halswell and Little River have 

an 80km/h speed limit imposed, 

reducing it from the current 

100km/h. 

Advocates for the reduction 

say the move would reduce the 

likelihood of crashes along the 

road and, when crashes did occur, 

the resulting injuries would likely 

be less serious and the number of 

deaths minimised. 

The changes come as Waka 

Kotahi NZ Transport Agency 

continues its Road to Zero safety 

campaign, which aims to create 

environments where no one is 

killed or seriously injured on the 

country’s roads. 

According to NZTA, 

Canterbury has the second 

highest rate of fatal crashes in the 

country, and SH75 was the route 

that carried the highest risk for 

accidents in the province. 

In the past decade alone, there 

has been more than 700 crashes 

along the highway, resulting 

in nine deaths and 72 people 

suffering serious injuries, 

with the majority of these 

happening on the Halswell to 

Little River stretch. 

However, the statistics have 

not stopped the uproar from 

some residents who believe the 

reduced speed 

limit will not 

prevent crashes 

or reduce the 

toll of dead and 

injured along 

the highway. 

Little River 

resident and 

strong advocate 

for roading infrastructure 

upgrades and not speed limit 

downgrades, Vanessa Mitchell, 

said the consultation between 

NZTA and local residents’ groups 

has been almost non-existent. 

This had led to great frustration 

within the community. 

“I think the whole thing has 

been a cop-out from NZTA,” she 

said. 

“I think they have been ignoring 

our community. They have 

refused to meet our community 

groups to consult on the plans.” 

“The consultations they 

did organise were so poorly 

advertised that hardly anyone 

knew it was on, and then they 

cancelled another one at the last 

minute when they learned of 

the feelings in the community 

and how many were planning to 

attend.” 

Mitchell said her post on 


the matter to the community’s 

Facebook group had more 

than 400 comments, 95 per 

cent of which were against 

speed reductions and pro speed 

limit enforcement and roading 

upgrades. 

“The state of the road and any 

maintenance of it has deteriorated 

completely,” she said. 

“We’ve also asked for stronger 

police enforcement of the current 

speed limits but were told we are 

too remote to have regular patrols 

and our poor lack of mobile 

phone coverage means our roads 

can’t have cameras.” 

Mitchell said the community 

would be willing to accept a 

90km/h limit but anything lower 

NEWS 9 

Uproar over proposal to lower speed limit 

Vanessa 

Mitchell 

CHANGES: 

Some 

residents at 

Little River 

say there has 

been ‘almost 

non-existent’ 

consultation 

between 

themselves 

and NZTA 

over the 

proposed 

80km/h speed 

limit. 


would be dangerous. 

“A 60-80km/h limit would just 

cause driver boredom and distraction, 

which is going to cause a 

lot more accidents.” 

NZTA spokesperson Frances 

Adank said road users’ safety 

was paramount in the agency’s 

changes and a few minutes 

added to a journey could be an 

acceptable price to pay for the 

saving of life and limbs. 

“Reductions in speed can make 

the difference between walking 

away from a crash or being 

stretchered away,” she said. 

There was a similar controversy 

in late 2020 when speed 

reductions were proposed on SH6 

between Nelson and Blenheim. 

The initial proposal was to 

drop the 100km/h limit down to 

80km/h, but after consultation 

and mitigation with the 

NZTA and motorists, it was 

decided that variable speed 

restrictions of between 60km/h 

and 90km/h would be put in. 

Early results indicate a 

significant drop in the number of 

crashes on the highway in the first 

four months of the reductions 

being imposed. Figures obtained 

from NZTA show there were 28 

crashes for the period December 

– March 2019/20, compared to 13 

during the same period in 

2020/21, a reduction of more 

than 50 per cent. 

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Ultramarathon goal after learning to walk again 

MILEAGE RATE: Aaron Williamson is in preparation mode 

for the Tarawera Ultramarathon, his second endurance test 

since he learned to walk again. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 


A SOLDIER wounded by 

friendly fire during a New 

Zealand army cycling race is 

targeting another endurance 

test, after learning to walk again 

before he could run. 

Major Aaron Williamson is 

preparing for next year’s 100- 

mile Tarawera Ultramarathon, 

an admirable goal considering 

what happened to him on the 

GrapeRide through Marlborough 

in April, 2016 after he collided 

with another rider. 

“I’ve been told I slid across the 

road head-first into a bank and 

ended up on my back with my 

torso in a ditch and pelvis and 

legs facing back down the road,” 

he said. 

“My pelvic area was run over 

several times while I was lying on 

the road.” 

Williamson doesn’t remember 

the accident, just waking up in 

Blenheim’s Wairau Hospital’s 

emergency department. 

“The doctor explained I’d been 

knocked off my bike and run 

over. They were examining me 

and I couldn’t feel anything in a 

lot of instances aside from parts 

of my torso and face,” he said. 

‘Learning to walk again as 

an adult is a strange thing 

and on top of that, I had 

gone from fit and healthy 

to broken and using a 

walking frame.’ 

– Aaron Williamson 

Williamson needed two years 

to get back on his feet, the shock 

and stress gradually subsided 

after fearing he had suffered 

permanent damage and may not 

walk again. 

“Learning to walk again as an 

adult is a strange thing and on 

top of that, I had gone from fit 

and healthy to broken and using 

a walking frame,” he said. 

Williamson endured several 

surgeries, a steady stream of 

pain medication and struggled 

mentally and physically to such 

an extent he resigned from the 

army. 

“I tended to blame others when 

in fact it was me being defeatist 

and not taking ownership of my 

ROAD TO RECOVERY: Aaron Williamson recuperates in 

Blenheim’s Wairau Hospital after a cycling crash. 

situation, that was the real issue,” 

he said. 

“I sat at home for a year not doing 

much, lacking the motivation 

and drive to do anything.” 

On a positive note Williamson 

met his future wife, Charlene 

while in hospital – coincidentally 

the army public affairs officer’s 

father had a spill in the same race 

and needed a hip replacement. 

“Him and I ended up in the 

same room and things progressed 

from there,” Williamson 

said. 

Once the couple had their 

first child, Hunter, Williamson 

had a healthier outlook on life, 

which inspired him to rejoin the 

defence force. Fitness permitting. 

The GODZone adventure race 

with three serving soldiers in 

2019 was the mountain he had 

to climb – a 600km mission 

through Canterbury over seven 

days that featured running, 

kayaking, rafting and mountain 

biking. 

“I arrived at the start line 

feeling very sick and nervous, but 

at the same time I had already 

won at that point just by making 

it to the start line. Perspective is 

everything,” said Williamson, 

who was soon back in uniform 

with the Royal New Zealand 

Army Logistics Regiment. 

Williamson tackles his latest 

test of stamina around Rotorua 

in February, the 14th edition of 

an event which winds its way 

through – and past – volcanic 

trails, waterfalls and seven lakes. 

“I don’t know if I can go 

the distance or meet my own 

expectations, but my reason for 

entering the ‘Miler’ is simple, 

I need to answer the questions 

I have and not make excuses 

as I had done previously,” 

Williamson said, who now 

avoids road cycling. 

“I had difficulty sitting on 

the seat, I had to sit on an angle 

because I’d done so much 

damage to my pelvis and sacrum. 

“I’m still not as mobile as I was, 

I can’t run as much as I used to.” 

Still, he pounds the pavements 

around Lincoln on a regular 

basis. 

“I’ve completed various 

distances up to 50km. I put in 

my qualifiying distance in (for 

the ultramarathon) the other day. 

“I’ve got a 50km ultra (this 

weekend) on the Port Hills – the 

Krayzie Kapers Ultra. After after 

that I’ll be working up to 80ks 

and get into it in February.” 

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Thursday November 11 2021 The Star 11

12 The Star Thursday November 11 2021


I’M TIRED of people latching 

onto our collective frustration 

about chlorine to justify the Three 

Waters reforms. 

According to an ill-informed 

correspondent last week, we were 

forced to chlorinate our drinking 

water because ‘old wellheads 

hadn’t been maintained properly 

and had to be replaced’. What a 

load of nonsense. 

Everything was fine … until 

the Havelock North incident in 

August 2016 when 5000 people 

were affected by contaminated 

water; several were hospitalised 

and up to four people died. An 

inquiry followed. 

It was a complete failure by the 

local councils and the regulators 

– the district council, the regional 

council, drinking water assessor, 

medical officer of health and 

Ministry of Health. 

The contamination was traced 

back to a below-ground wellhead, 

and that’s what had an effect here. 

The independent engineers who 

signed off our city’s wellheads 

every year were suddenly not 

willing to do so. And that is why 

we were forced to temporarily 

chlorinate our water, while we 

completed a massive programme 

of work, which involved bringing 

our wellheads above ground. 

The Ministry of Health decided 

to lift its game in the face of being 

replaced by a new regulator, (Taumata 

Arowai), and required us 

to update our Water Safety Plan 

in line with a stricter guidance 

framework. 

We highlighted additional risks 

that we are also addressing in 

what is a multi-million-dollar upgrade 

across our drinking water 

network. 

But wait there’s more. 

The Water Services Act, which 

takes effect next Monday, now 


Three Waters reform has 

nothing to do with chlorine 

Mayor 

Lianne Dalziel 

requires drinking water to have 

residual disinfection – which 

means chlorine – unless we have 

an exemption, something we can 

apply for from March 1 next year. 

The rules have kept changing 

and the bar just keeps getting 

higher, but we remain as determined 

as ever. 

And, anyone who says 

chlorination is a result of neglect 

by successive councils has their 

head firmly buried in the sand. 

• Three Waters letters, page 14 

Covid-19 

vaccine 

The Government’s political extension 

to mandate the vaccine 

on those with medical problems 

is questionable as it appears they 

are insisting the vaccine to be 

pumped into everyone, no matter 

what. 

People are in hospital now 

with reactions from the vaccine, 

not Covid. 

Are we no longer permitted 

to protect those we love? As a 

parent I’m aware what is safe for 

my child. For the Government 

to override my knowledge is 

beyond incredible, their determined 

push to force, coerce or 

bribe perfect bodies with an 

killer product is a horror movie 

in the making. 

Why are parents God-given 

rights being removed. 

When someone is allergic to 

peanuts, do you force them to 

eat peanuts? 

Before these mandates murder 

people, there must be a debate 

to discuss the pros and cons of 

the vaccine from both sides. 

It is long overdue. 

Where is wisdom in all this? – 

Jane McKenzie 

OPINION 13 

Traffic light 

system 

This whole thing is 

completely around the wrong 

way. 

We should have been operating 

in this system some time ago 

and once 90 per cent vaccination 

rate is achieved, all restrictions 

should be gone. 

It’s just so wrong on so many 

levels. 

Jacinda has destroyed the 

team of five million, she most 

definitely can’t use this term any 

longer. – Vanessa Barker 

Methane 

emissions 

I know we have a very antifarming 

Government and now 

that the price of milk solids has 

jumped considerably we will be 

looking at a climate change tax 

for methane. 

Farmers must be congratulated 

for the work they have done and 

are continuing to do in this area 

and be assisted not penalised for it. 

However, everyone goes on 

about methane pollution tell 

me where it is as methane in the 

atmosphere is only a trace. 

Less than .01 per cent and is 

not increasing. – Lola Roberts 

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14 

LETTERS 


Three Waters decision: Readers respond 

I was surprised to read Kerry 

Burke’s letter to the editor (The 

Star, Nov 4). 

No one disagrees that we 

should have clean and safe 

drinking water, the new Water 

Standards Bill will remove enforcement 

obligations from the 

Ministry of Health, and instead 

place them with a standalone 

regulator – this is great, and 

already we are seeing councils 

across the country lift their 

game. 

As for the reference to these 

assets retaining in council 

ownership, these assets are being 

removed from the ratepayers 

balance sheet – we can’t borrow 

against them or control them. 

Let’s be very clear – this is an 

asset grab by central government. 

– Sam MacDonald, city 

councillor 

I have to say that I am very 

disappointed in Labour over this 

water business, it is fair to say 

that the council has not done 

anything about replacing underground 

services. 

One doesn’t need to be a brain 

surgeon to know that this should 

have been a replacement strategy 

many years ago. 

I have noted that a lot of water 

pies have of late been upgraded, 

but not the laterals, this does not 

give the Government the right to 

take our democracy and infrastructure 

away. 

I can see where this is going for 

the future and I really don’t want 

to be part of it. 

As for Megan Woods, I 

don’t think she is doing anything 

for Canterbury she is the one 

who was going to deal with 

insurance companies over the 

long battle the people have been 

having. She is just towing the 

Labour line. 

Will this have anything to 

do with my voting? Yes as with 

the council there are too many 

Labour-aligned people. – Dave 

Mulligan 

In response to those who have 

complained that councils haven’t 

taken care of infrastructure, and 

are therefore glad Wellington 

is now going to take control of 

Three Waters, I have a few questions. 

How many times did you write 

to councillors imploring them to 

forgo niceties in favour of unseen 

but important infrastructure? 

Did you vote for those who 

wanted to be fiscally responsible 

and get back to basics? 

Do you honestly think that a 

Government that promised to 

build thousands of houses and 

delivered a few, or promised to 

fix mental health with millions 

of our taxpayer dollars which 

resulted in only a few extra 

beds, can be trusted to fulfil this 

promise of better, cheaper water 

services? 

Yes, we need to refocus on the 

basics and make our councils 

accountable, rather than allowing 

our assets to be hijacked by 

Wellington where there will be 

even less accountability. – D 

Downward 

We all agree that the Three 

Waters reform is desperately 

overdue because as one ex-city 

councillor said to me: “What 

people don’t see they don’t worry 

about until they absolutely have 

to.” 

Central Government involvement 

and funding is needed, 

especially for areas that are huge 

with few people. 

Surely this can be done via 

regional authorities based on 

water catchment areas and the 

resources mandated, and forcibly 

taken from local authorities via 

a formula and elected regional 

councillors would allocate the 

priority of jobs. 

Those areas, such as the West 

Coast, with few people, could be 

topped up by Central Government. 

Ban privatisation. The South 

Island, for example, could be divided 

up along mountain ranges 

and river catchments. 

Otago, Southland to say the 

Waitaki, north of that to say the 

Clarence and then Nelson Marlbough 

and the then the West 

Coast. 

The exact boundaries, leave to 

water experts. 

These bodies would have 

strong direction and obligations 

from central government as to 

their functions but with local 

input. 

Local authority boundaries 

should be re-organised at the 

same time to fit in with regional 

water boards. 

The proposals of four large 

entities with a convoluted and 

many tiered, non-democratic, 

appointment procedure could 

not be more stupid if you held a 

competition. 

What commonality does Napier 

have with Nelson? The hidden 

agenda is obvious to most people. 

– Paul Grainger, St Albans 

I think Three Waters is just 

part of the Government’s plan to 

get the country’s water fluoridated. 

They were going to pass a law 

giving health boards the right 

to order councils to do it, but 

evidently weren’t confident all of 

them would, so have introduced 

this new scheme so unelected 

government employees can do it. 

If I bathe in fluoridated water, 

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painful, weeping eczema. 

When I told Megan Woods 

that, she just told me to get a 

filter, but I have been unable to 

obtain one to fit my shower. 

When the Waimairi council 

stopped fluoridating its water, 

a lot of people who had grown 

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has been so delicately wafting 

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don’t see a lot of action for my 

money. 

No doubt there would be fast 

movement if it hit Merivale but 

because we already have to put 

up with the compost stink I 

guess councillors thought we 

might not notice. 

If the Government can do 

better than you lot they get my 

support. – Nik Rakels, Bromley 

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Danger in looking after menagerie at 

Willowbank Wildlife 

Reserve’s founder 

Michael Willis has 

survived many an 

encounter with the 

feathered and furry 

creatures in his care, 

including having half 

his thumb bitten off. 

He talks to Susan 

Sandys 

What motivated you to 

establish Willowbank? 

Willowbank was an 

establishment of a dream I 

had since I was a wee boy. I 

come from a large family of six 

children, and we are all back 

country orientated in a big way. 

My father established a bach 

up in the Craigieburn Valley. I 

kept a whole lot of pets. I had 

hares, keas, possums and hawks. 

I always wanted to have a zoo, 

ever since I was big enough to 

read Gerald Durrell and Richard 

Attenborough. When I came 

back to New Zealand in my 20s, 

I looked for a block of land to 

establish a zoo on. I had worked 

in the United Kingdom with 

animals, in a wildlife refuge. 

In Africa I was offered a job in 

Kruger National Park but came 

home instead. 

CARING: Michael Willis at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve with a capybara, a South 

American rodent. 

PHOTO: RNZ 

And you found that block 

of land, where Willowbank is 

today, at Northwood, in your 

home city of Christchurch? 

I was buying some eggs and 

asked the farmer if he knew of 

any land for sale. He pointed me 

in that direction. It was 11 acres, 

covered in gorse and broom and 

rubbish and so on. It’s an old 

riverbed that the Waimak used 

to come through. So I bought it. 

It was 1968. It was ideal for what 

I wanted, near the airport, near 

the main road. 

When did you open it? 

It was 1974 before I could 

open it as a wildlife park. I had 

no money, so it was a very poor 

excuse for a wildlife park. I built 

a house on the property, we 

(myself and former wife Kathy 

and then two children) lived 

there. I couldn’t even afford to 

have an entrance box. I had an 

old Land-Rover and sat in the 

front seat with a shoe box, and 

put the money in that. It opened 

Labour Weekend in 1974 and 

the rest is history I suppose. All 

the money we got, we just kept 

putting back into it. 

Did you envisage it would 

become the facility it is today? 

No, at that stage I wanted 

a zoo. So I kept on getting 

animals. I kept on getting 

monkeys, mountain lions, we 

had camels, we had agoutis, we 

had otters, we had chimpanzees. 

The chimpanzees were the 

tipping point, when I realised 

there was really no future in 

keeping exotic animals in New 

Zealand. We’ve got so much 

exciting and valuable wildlife 

that needs preservation, I 

decided there was no future in 

being a zoo. So my childhood 

dream didn’t shatter, but it 

changed completely. I changed 

the direction of the park 

totally to become New Zealand 

focussed. 

Are there any exotic animals 

at Willowbank today? 

We still have otters, there’s 

talk that New Zealand had 

an otter. We have capybara, 

gibbons, capuchin monkeys, 

lemurs and we have exotic birds 

like macaws. We try and have 

a story of New Zealand when 

people visit here. It starts with 

introduced animals, then it goes 

into the exotic sections. They fit 

into the story of zoos in 

New Zealand. 

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There is a big focus on New 

Zealand species? 

The story finishes with the New 

Zealand section. This is where we 

breed all our kiwi, and we have 

takahe and tuatara and a wide 

range of native species. When 

I changed the direction of the 

park, by that stage I had been 

to Arapawa Island mustering 

goats, and saw the wild sheep 

up there. That led to a whole 

field of conservation which I 

hadn’t thought about, which was 

conserving rare breeds in New 

Zealand. 

Did otters live in New 

Zealand? 

The Southland Maori had an 

animal called waitoreke. They 

described this four-legged animal 

that lived there. When Cook 

was here, his men saw an otterlike 

animal in Fiordland. Early 

explorers and others reported 

seeing otters. There has really 

been no sightings since about 

1954. One theory is (they came 

from a ship after) Tamil Indians 

wrecked in the area. 

Otters are very cute creatures. 

They are dynamite to handle. 

I have had them in the house, 

we have bred them and reared 

babies. We bred some and the 

mother couldn’t feed them and 

we had a cavalier king charles 

spaniel belonging to my son. She 

just had some pups, so I put the 

two otter cubs on with her, she 

looked after them with her pups. 

So they bounced round with the 

pups. They are dynamite, they 

smell very fishy. They would get 

in the pot cupboard, fly around 

the pot cupboard, they like 

poking into everything. 

When you look back on 

the years that you kept exotic 

animals, do you have any 

regrets at all? 

The chimpanzees were an 

interesting one. It’s not like 

keeping an animal, it’s like 

keeping your grandmother in a 

cage. They are hugely intelligent, 

hugely emotional. The public 

used to jump up and down 

outside their cage, hooting and 

scratching themselves and so 

on. The chimps would sit there 

watching them, wondering what 

the hell they were doing. It used 

to upset the chimps actually, 

they would be quiet after a busy 

weekend. It makes you realise 

you shouldn’t have them. We 

only got them because they were 

in a zoo in Dunedin that closed 

down, and there was no place for 

them to go. I took them on, but 

it took me about 12 years to find 

a home for them. They went to 

Mogo Zoo in Australia. 

Was that a happy ending for 

their story? 

Charlie the male, who was a 

BEST FRIEND: Charlie the chimp 

was among many exotic creatures 

at Willowbank. Above – Michael 

Willis’ daughter Kirsty, with one of 

Willowbank’s former mountain lions. 

Kirsty and brother Mark are now adults 

and help their father run the park. 

real favourite friend of mine, 

he was killed by another 

chimpanzee. It wasn’t entirely 

their (the zoo’s) fault, they were 

trying to integrate him. It was 

good for the female, she later 

went to Rockhampton Zoo. She 

is with a crew there, and she has 

had babies and she is in a good 

breeding programme. They 

were probably as happy as they 

had ever been with us, we spent 

a lot of time with them. I had 

a wonderful relationship with 

them, even if Charlie took half 

my thumb off, he bit it off. 

He wouldn’t have done that on 

purpose? 

It was deliberate. I had some 

sunflower seed and I had my 

hand like that (cupped) against 

the wire, and he was picking the 

seed out of my hand. Somebody 

called to me and I turned my 

head away to answer them, and 

his finger shot out and grabbed 

my hand and pulled it against 

the netting so my thumb went 

through and he went “bang”, got 

it. 

Were you still friends with 

him after that? 

He was strutting around 

the place weeks after that, full 

of himself, top dog. So after a 

while, when I got myself back 

together again, I went down 

there and had a plasterer’s 

trowel in my hand. I put some 

sunflower seed just outside the 

cage. He put his fingers through 

to get the sunflower seed. I 

went “whack” (smacking his 

fingers with the trowel). Then 

we were the best of friends. He 

was lovely, you would go down 

there, I would be able to hold 

his hand. We would kiss each 

other through the netting and 

he would hoot away, we had a 

wonderful relationship. He 

knew all the hierarchy of the 

staff, who had just started, 

who was the boss and who 

wasn’t. He knew who to have on. 

Really incredibly clever, really 

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‘She was going to kill me’ 

• From page 17 

Have you had other injuries 

from animals? 

I had an emu that knocked 

the hell out of me. I had to be 

stitched up from that. Both 

hands were ripped up by a wild 

boar which just flew at me. I was 

going backwards with my hands 

out, and he just ripped my hands 

to pieces. I was almost killed 

by a highland cow. She was bad 

tempered. She had a sick calf, I 

wanted to give it antibiotics. I 

went out to bring her into the 

yards. She took one look at me 

and she just went straight into 

me, tossed me in the air, got me 

on the ground. I was hanging 

onto her horns, one in each hand. 

She had her head in my chest, 

she was ripping around and 

punching holes in my thighs. She 

threw me over the fence. I was 

really badly bruised and holed. 

She was going to kill me. 

As well as having all the 

animals at Willowbank, do you 

have pets at home? 

I have some exotic parrots, 

macaws, cockatoos, black 

cockatoos, some cochin chooks, 

couple of donkeys, couple of 

horses, african four-horned 

sheep, african pygmy sheep, 

meatmaster sheep. I have 

miniature zebu cattle, which are 

the only ones in New Zealand 

that have been recorded, 

miniature galloway cattle, 

chinese geese. 

What is your role today at 

Willowbank? 

Managing director. My 

daughter Kirsty and son Mark 

have both come back into the 

park in different roles. They are 

both directors. Kirsty and her 

husband Dale Hedgcock are here 

day to day. She does the internal 

management, and he manages 

the outside to a large extent. 

Mark does the promotional work 

and public relations. I don’t feed 

the animals now. That’s why I 

have my place at home, I have to 

have my animals. 

Do you have any favourite 

animals at Willowbank? 

Everybody asks me that. No, 

they are all different. Some are 

pretty, some have got a fantastic 

personality, some are serious, 

some want to love you and you 

can’t get away from them. They 

are all different, so I don’t really 

have a favourite one. 

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SMALL: Willis with a camel 

and other park inhabitants 

in the early 1980s.


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It is a busy and very rewarding 

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Houseplants 

With houseplants in active 

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Yacht club celebrates centenary 

THE ROLL of national and 

international sailing champions 

at Lyttelton’s Naval Point Club 

would be hard to match at any 

New Zealand club. 

Dozens of New Zealand 

champions in a variety of classes 

have been members of the club, 

which celebrates its centenary 

this weekend. 

It was founded as the Canterbury 

Yacht & Motor Boat Club in 

1921 and merged with the Banks 

Peninsula Cruising Club to form 

Naval Point Club in 2001. 

The club’s star sailors include 

1956 Olympic gold medal winners 

Peter Mander and Jack 

Cropp, other Olympic representatives 

in Andrew Brown, 

Simon Mander, and Shelley 

Hesson, and world champions 

in Peter Mander, Hesson, Peter 

Lester, Matthew Stechmann, and 

Andrew May. 

Many of these champions like 

Lester, Stechmann, and Brown 

and other top sailors were Lyttelton 

kids who grew up mucking 

about in boats at the club. 

Lester, who won the world OK 

dinghy championship, the One 

Ton Cup for a German owner, 

and the Admiral’s Cup with 

both New Zealand and Germany 

before his career as the America’s 

Cup and Olympics commentator, 

grew up on the harbour. 

“When I was little, living in 

Lyttelton, all I can recall is you 

either went to to the yacht club 

or played rugby or went to the 

pub,” he said. 

“The yacht club was for our 

family a lifestyle.” 

The club was formed in 1921 

as a vehicle for Canterbury to 

challenge for the interprovincial 

Sanders Cup, which for many 

years aroused similar provincial 

enthusiasm and support to the 

Ranfurly Shield. 

Legendary club members like 

George Brasell, Eliot Sinclair, 

and Peter and Graham Mander 

gave Canterbury many successes 

in the cup when it was the sport’s 

holy grail. 

The Sinclair family had so 

many members involved with 

the club that in the 1950s there 

was an annual Sinclair family 

yacht race, and this is being 

revived for the jubilee weekend 

with seven Sinclairs competing 

in a race in Young 88 keelboats 

on Friday. 

It is a tribute to the character 

SAILING 

HISTORY: 

The Naval 

Point Yacht 

Club in 

Lyttelton, 

home of 

several 

of New 

Zealand’s 

leading 

sailors, is 

gearing 

up for its 

centenary 

celebrations. 

of the club that some of its 

members have been sailing at 

the club for five and even six 

decades, with the standout probably 

being Sumner’s Tony Park, 

who has been sailing at the club 

since 1961 and competing in the 

physically demanding R class 

since 1975. 

A centenary history of the 

club, Sailing in a Volcano, has 

been compiled by former The 

Star sports editor Nick Tolerton 

and club members Wayne Nolan 

and Mandy and Grant Nelson, 

and will be launched on Friday. 

One story it records is how 

for the 1947 Sanders Cup in 

Auckland, Brasell and his crew 

shipped their boat Venus up on 

his trawler Tawera, after fitting 

out the fish hatch with bunks to 

accommodate the Sanders Cup 

crew plus some supporters for 

the five day passage from Lyttelton 

to Auckland. 

Perhaps not surprisingly, they 

didn’t win. 

Challenges club members have 

faced don’t just include getting to 

the next mark first. 

Nautical tales in the book 

include the story of the racing 

dinghy crew who suddenly 

found themselves with an angry 

barracouta for company in the 

boat, the club member training 

in Sydney who took on the 

Manly ferry, the first six-year-old 

to win a national title, and the 

skipper flying to Fiji on American 

Airlines for the 1972 South 

Pacific Javelin championships 

who unwisely said he had a 

bomb. 

The show weekend celebrations 

include the Sinclair family race 

and races for classic yachts, 

keelers, trailer yachts, and 

dinghies on Friday, and more 

racing and a gala dinner on 

Saturday.

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School exams give way to professional football 


ZOE MCMEEKEN finished up 

at Lincoln High School before 

her final exams, but the learning 

experience is far from over for 

the youngest member of the 

Wellington Phoenix’s inaugural 

squad. 

The 17-year-old defender arrived 

in the A-League Women 

newcomer’s base in Wollongong, 

south of Sydney, last week and 

the whiteboard will be given 

a decent workout before the 

Phoenix debut against Western 

Sydney on December 3. 

Tactically, leaving year 13 prematurely 

was a calculated risk, 

and one McMeekan was willing 

to take after setting her sights on 

life as a professional footballer. 

“I only did my mocks and I’m 

not sure if they can be used yet, 

hopefully they can,” she said, as 

her former classmates study for 

external exams which start on 

November 22 and run to mid- 

December. 

Had the Phoenix been based 

in Wellington, McMeekan could 

have found a classroom in the 

capital. There is no scope to 

sit physics, chemistry, biology, 

statistics and English exams 

remotely in Australia. 

“The annoying thing is I 

mainly did external subjects but 

it wasn’t a hard decision,” said 

McMeekan, who has represented 

Canterbury at age-group level. 


CASHMERE Technical opened 

their quest for yet another 

football title in predictable 

fashion with victory, albeit 

it narrow, in the new South 

Central League. 

Tom Schwarz broke the 

deadlock with Selwyn United 

in added time, the captain and 

250-game centre-back heading 

a Garbhan Coughlan cross 

into the net at English Park on 

Sunday. 

“He left it late but he popped 

up when we needed him to,” said 

head coach Dan Schwarz, the 

goal scorer’s brother. 

The Mainland Football 

premiership winners, Southern 

League champions and English 

Cup holders now host Western 

Suburbs, the team they 

eliminated in the semi-finals 

to make the yet-to-be-held 

Chatham Cup final. 

In spite of the defeat, Selwyn 

United head coach Chris Brown 

was rapt the squad was able to 

play at national league level for 

the first time after qualifying 

through the Southern League. 

The Covid-enforced absence 

TEAM SPIRIT: Zoe McMeekan (left) with Wellington Phoenix 

teammates Saskia Vosper (centre) and Chloe Knott during 

training in Wollongong. 

A dedicated player since the 

age of five, McMeekan realised 

early last month she was earmarked 

for the squad when she 

had a Zoom call with head coach 

Gemma Lewis, who knew the 

former Selwyn United player 

from national age-group teams. 

of four Auckland and Waikatobased 

clubs was unfortunate, 

though at least all those 

hours of training while New 

Zealand Football worked on an 

alternative was worthwhile. 

“There was always the concern 

Brought 

to you by 

“I knew I was on the radar but 

I was still shocked and grateful 

to get in the team, especially being 

so young,” she said. 

McMeekan developed through 

the Selwyn United system, 

playing alongside the boys in 

15th grade before switching to 

HEADING FOR GLORY: Cashmere Technical captain Tom 

Schwarz directs a cross goal-bound to beat Selwyn United 

in added time. 

PHOTO: MATT HASTINGS 

we wouldn’t get any games. The 

players were going ‘we’re doing 

a lot of training but we’re not 

guaranteed to play a game’ so 

to find out we were was nice,” 

Brown said. 

“For a lot of the players it’s 

Curtains 

Blinds 

Shutters 

Mainland Football’s dominant 

female force Coastal Spirit two 

seasons ago. 

Goal scoring has never been 

a focus for McMeekan, who has 

specialised in the fullback role 

for a decade, a defender who 

loves to make ground down the 

flank. 

“I enjoy fullback because they 

don’t always expect you to go 

forward, but I’m always trying to 

run in behind,” said McMeekan, 

whose primary responsibility is 

to ensure fellow Lincoln product, 

goalkeeper Lily Alfeld, is not 

kept busy between the posts. 

Although it is early days, Mc- 

Meekan, who nominates Liverpool 

right-back Trent Alexander- 

Arnold as her favourite player, is 

thriving in her first professional 

environment. 

“I never expected it to happen 

so fast. It’s been so great to fully 

concentrate on football, I enjoy 

always being surrounded by 

football people. It’s going to suck 

when I have to start studying 

again.” 

McMeekan intends to study 

online, possibly a Bachelor of 

Science degree through Massey 

University, though for now she is 

swotting up on attacking threats 

like fellow Kiwi, Sydney FC forward 

Paige Satchell. 

Selwyn United director of football 

Chris Brown was confident 

McMeeken would be up to the 

assignment. 

their first taste of the national 

league so to get some type of 

games in is awesome.” 

After copping another defeat 

to a familiar foe, Brown said the 

players were looking forward 

to heading to the capital, where 

they play Wellington Olympic on 

Saturday. 

“As much as home games are 

great and we can get our own 

supporters to games (when 

restrictions allow) a lot of them 

have never played outside the 

South Island, Dunedin or maybe 

a trip to Nelson,” he said. 

“It’ll be a new experience for a 

lot of them, we’ve got three away 

games (in Wellington).” 

Miramar Rangers, who beat 

Western Suburbs, play the 

Wellington Phoenix – beaten 4-2 

by Olympic last weekend – in a 

local derby. 

In the four-team women’s 

South Central Series, Canterbury 

United Pride were beaten 2-1 

by Dunedin’s Southern United 

while Capital Football recorded 

a 2-0 win over Central in 

Palmerston North. 

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“She’s been involved with the 

club on and off for quite a few 

years. She’s put in a lot of work 

to get where she’s got. It’s great to 

see she’s been given a chance by 

the Phoenix,” he said. 

“It’s going to be a huge step 

up for her but it’s exciting. There 

will be a lot of development going 

on day-by-day I imagine. 

“It’ll be tough for them but 

they’ve got to try and enjoy it 

and see it as a long-term project.” 

Late goal breaks deadlock for frontrunners 

also sees Canterbury Hockey 

host the inaugural Otautahi 

Cup this weekend for men and 

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In Tennis Canterbury premier 

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Te Kura Hagley still lead the 

competition by a point from 

Burnside Park-Bishopdale 

and Cashmere, who drubbed 

Waimairi 6-0. 

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Collect paint charts and purchase test 

pots of colours you like then paint large 

pieces of cardboard to get an idea of their 

effect. Visit showhomes too, asking about 

their colour schemes. 

Planning ahead will help take stress out 

of the building process. 

Your 

Earthquake 

damaged 

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 pay top $ 

We have achieved 

record breaking 

prices recently! 

In Any Condition or Location 

in Christchurch 

• No fees (Save $15-$30,000 or more) 

• No open homes 

• No need to clean and tidy 

• Up to 12 months to find your next home 

Simple, straight forward and 

stress free, Guaranteed! 

Call Rob to discuss your 

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www.webuyhomes.net.nz 

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


SYDENHAM CHRISTIAN 

SPIRITUAL CHURCH 

Sydenham Community 

Centre 

23/25 Hutcheson St 

Address 

Janet 

Clairvoyance 

Janet 

Sunday 7pm 

All Welcome 

Curtains 

A1 CURTAINS & 

DRAPES. 

Roman blinds, tie backs, 

cushions, nets, voiles, & 

squabs, plus alterations. 

Free quotes. Ph Kay 980 

1501 or 021 257 1823. kay. 

tainui88@gmail.com 


Community Events 

ADDICTIVE EATERS 

ANONYMOUS Had 

enough of battling 

food? Tired of under or 

overeating or obsessing 

constantly about food? We 

have found freedom from 

food addiction through the 

Twelve Steps. We have 

three meetings each week 

in Christchurch. For more 

information phone 03 

662-9128 or visit www. 

AEAnz.org 

ADD SOME 

COLOUR 

TO YOUR ADVERT! 

Christian sPiritUaList 

ChUrCh ChCh inC 

(Formally 182 Edgeware Road) 

have now amalgamated with 

GLEnrOY sPiritUaList ChUrCh 

(41 Glenroy Street) 

We will now be operating as 

UNITED SPIRITUALISTS OF 

AOTEAROA 

Please come and support 

our new Spiritualist Centre 

For further information please go to 

Glenroy Spiritualist Church Facebook page 

Deaths 

ARANUI, Dean Gilbert 

14.12.1963 – 2.10.2021 

Peacefully on 2 October 

2021 at Christchurch Public 

Hospital aged 58 years. 

Beloved son, husband, 

father, uncle, brother, koro 

to his mokopuna. 

Funeral service was held at 

Sydenham, Christchurch 

at 11.00am followed by 

private cremation. Rest 

in Peace Dean. Love you 

always Diane, the Te Kare 

and Aranui whanau. 

On behalf of Dean's 

whanau our thanks for 

Doctors, nursing staff 

of Christchurch Public 

Hospital over 6 years and 

the care provided; Nurse 

Maude's nursing staff; 

and St John Ambulance. 

All words of sympathy, 

personal support, cards, 

food, many phone calls, 

visits to the Blues Bar, all 

the many muso's who have 

crossed paths with Dean in 

the music industry. Brother 

Bayliss from The Church of 

Jesus Christ of Latter – Day 

Saints who presided over 

Dean's service. Moe mai te 

rangatira, moe mai. The Te 

Kare whanau. 

Funeral Directors 

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 

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 

Flatmates 

HORNBY Large unfurn 

bdrm. $160 p/w. Must be 

working. 1 weeks bond. 

027 8797 227 

HORNBY Large unfurn 

bdrm. $160 p/w. Must be 

working. 1 weeks bond. 

027 8797 227 

For Sale 

drive 20 in cut. Had very 

all extra’s. Just had $400 

QUEEN size head board 

LAWNMASTER twin 

little use, cost $2500. Want 

$750. Ph 3844 700 

MOBILITY SCOOTER 

Heartway, great cond, 

battery and service. 

$800.00. Ph 384 4700 

& bed side cabinets 

(white). $120 ono. Ph 027 

8797 227 

STEEL for sale all 

sections, off cuts cut 

lengths. siteweld@ xtra. 

co.nz Ph 0274 508 785

Garage Sales 

SPREYDON 

Domain Tce, Sat 9am - 

1pm, general household 

goods and more 

SPREYDON 

12 Sefton Place Saturday 

from 8am. Golf clubs, 

bikes, clothing, nic nacs 

Gardening 

& Supplies 

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 

Health & Beauty 

Trades & Services 

SHOWER 

CLEANING 

BY PROFESSIONALS 

CALL TODAY 

021 0228 2485 

House & Garden 

Property services Ltd 

Tree & hedge trimming 

Stump grinding 

Gardening 

Landscaping 

Gutter cleaning 

All aspects of 

property maintenance 

CALL us 021 405 277 

Your guide to our LOCAL & TRUSTED 

Trades & Professional Services 

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

DECORATORS 

Selwyn based but 

service the whole of 

the South Island 

• New Paint • Floor & Roof 

• Repaints Painting 

• Wallpapering • Spray Painting 

• Fences • Commercial 

• Repairs • Timber Finishing 

• Feature Walls • Plastering 

027 724 6846 027 PAINTIN 

email: andertondecorators@gmail.com 

DRIVEWAYS 

Exposed Aggregate 

Stamped Concrete Plain 

Concrete Resurfacing 

Things we offer... 

Competitive/affordable pricing 

Attention to detail 

Professional service 

free quotes/insurance scopes 

Cell 0278 145 848 

www.drivecrete.co.nz 


ELECTRICIAN 

Contact for a free quote 

phone 027 331 0400 

dave@davesimpsonelectrical.co.nz 

davesimpsonelectrical.co.nz 

Experienced Domestic Electrician 

Quality Workmanship 

• New Build 

• Renovations 

• Fault finding 

• Power 

• Lighting 

• Switchboards 

Musculoskeletal Medicine 

Dr Nick Penney PhD 

Osteopath 

Shelley Joe MScMed 

Selway House, 149 Papanui Rd, Merivale 

0800 888 578 | www.coherenthealth.co.nz 

Appointments available, no referral required 

Massage 

FOR ladies only, soft and 

sensual full body massage. 

Enjoy the sense of touch 

with mature / discreet gent. 

Ph 027 251 4660 

Personals 

SINGLE OLDER GENT. 

N side of city, indep, nice 

lifestyle & enviornment, 

seeks a slim, perky, 

vibrant lady 55+ to enjoy 

fun, laughter & dining out 

with .Open to any sort of 

arrangement. 027 6594425 

Pets & Supplies 

CATS UNLOVED 

can help with the cost 

of desexing your cat. 

catsunloved@xtra.co.nz 

Real Estate 

FIRST HOME BUYERS. 

Cash buyers wanting to 

buy up to 600K. 3 or more 

bdrms,. Prefer Spreydon, 

Hoon Hay, Somerfield, 

Hillsborough. Dont mind 

if it needs work.Thinking 

of selling? Ring Les 027 

710 1944 

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 

Remote Controlled 

WANTED to buy - old 

remote control cars with 

glow plug engines, any 

cond PH 027 434 1014 or 

03 388 5521 

To Let 

HOMESITTERS reqd 

from 20 Dec. Lovely 

homes / pets. Ph Lisa 

021 547 262 www. 

townandcountryhomesit. 

co.nz 


• Driveways 

• All concrete 

• Building 

• Decorating 

Licenced builder 

Phone John: 027 224 2831 

www.dohertybuilders.co.nz 

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 

PAINTING 

older painter 

for older houses 

50 years in trade 

“All the skills” 

GST FREE 

Contact Jimmy Bell 

0211221487 

SHOWER 

CLEANING 

BY PROFESSIONALS 

CALL TODAY 

021 0228 2485 

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 

Painters and Decorators Ltd 

Canterbury Owned and Operated 

A husband and wife team 

Specializing in: 

• Roof Painting 

• Interior/exterior 

residential 

• Small commercial 

painting 

PAINTERS 

Noel 027-411-3596 

kemp.painters@gmail.com 

kemp painters and decorators 

TRADES 

Advertise your 

business & services 

in Christchurch’s 

best read & 

largest circulation 

newspaper 

Delivered into over 93,000 

Christchurch homes every week. 

Ask us about our fantastic 

cost affordable packages. 

• Tennis Courts & 

Swimming Pools 

• Chip Seal Driveways 

• Diggers – 2 Ton 

up to 20 Ton 

• Excavators 

• Bobcat & Drilling 

• For Posthole & 

Fence hole 

Free 

QuoTe 

We offer 

free quotes 

Quality not 

Quantity 

Phone: 03 379 1100 | www.star.kiwi 

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 

NEED A PLUMBER? 

• Father & son Plumbing Business with over 

40 years experience. 

• Bathroom alterations a specialty. 

• Cylinder replacements. 

• We do all small jobs. 

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 

TREE SERVICES 

CRAIGS 

TREES 

Our services include: 

Tree felling 

Branch chipping 

Trimming and pruning 

Crown reduction 

Stump grinding 

P: 027 2299 454 

E: craigstrees@xtra.co.nz 

www.craigstrees.co.nz 

Fully insured 

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 

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 

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



“I WILL TURN UP 

WHEN I SAY I WILL” 

Need a certified and reliable plumber for filtration 

systems or hot water cylinder replacement? 

Bathroom upgrades or refurbishments? 

FREE CALL 

TEXT 

EMAIL 


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 


0508 H2O BOY 

426 269 

027 245 5100 

NICK@NICKJONESPLUMBING.CO.NZ 

It’s time to 

SPRING CLEAN 

the exterior of your 

property 


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 


AAA HANDYMAN 

licensed carpenter 

LBP, all property and 

building maintenance, 

repairs, bathroom/shower 

installations, with free 

quotes 03 383 1927 or 027 

245 5226 ciey@xtra.co.nz 

ARBORIST 

Qualified.Copper 

Beech Tree Services. 

Tree removal, pruning, 

height reduction, hedge 

trimming, shaping, tree 

planting, firewood. Free 

Quote. Contact Angus 

Edwaards 027 259 6741. 

copperbeechtreeservices@ 

gmail.com 

We are your local specialists 

in House Washing and Moss 

Treatments, including paths, 

roofs and decks and much more. 

Rejuvenate and prolong the life of 

your paint work – saving you money! 

Call us today on 0274 907 364. 


GLAZING 

TWISTY GLASS & 

GLAZING LTD 

• Mirrors • Pet Door Specialists 

• Splashbacks • All Broken Windows 

THE CAT DOOR MAN 

Phone Cushla or Darren Twist 

027 352 6225 

DIRTY TILES 

& GROUT? 

Our unique restoration 

processes will make your 

tiled areas look NEW again! 

We specialise in professional 

cost effective solutions for 

all your tile & grout issues. 

• Tiled shower makeovers 

• Re-colouring old grout 

• Mouldy silicone replacement 

• Professional tile/grout 

cleaning, sealing & repairs 

Call today for a FREE quote on 0800 882 772 

www.theprogroup.co.nz/dpc9385 


BRICK & BLOCK 

LAYING 

all restoration work 

and new work plus 

foundations, ph 342 9340 

or 021 853 033 

BUILDER QUALIfIED 

50 yrs exp. Bathrooms, 

Kitchens, Renovations, 

Repairs & Extensions 

Free quotes. Discount for 

pensioners. Ph Mike 03 

980 9771 or 027 2266 930 

BUILDER, 

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 

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 



CARPENTER 

BUILDER 

Licensed 

Building 

Practitioner no. 100981. 

All carpentry & building 

repairs & maintenance. 

Alterations & property 

upgrades.Laundries / 

bathroom / kitchens 

replaced. Specialising in 

replacement of all rotten 

timber, fascia boards, 

window, windowsills etc. 

John Sandford, ph 329 

4616, mob 027 5189 598 

johnsandford2@gmail. 

com 

COMPUTER REPAIRS 

fAST 

Friendly experienced 

techs available to help you 

now. Christchurch based. 

All work guaranteed. 

Computer Help 0800 349 

669 

CONCRETE CUTTING 

Affordable Concrete 

Cutting with Quality, 

and removal work. Free 

quote. No job to small. 

Phone 027 442-2219, Fax 

359-6052 a/h 359- 4605 

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 


STOP BIRDS 

hail, leaves, snow & vermin from 

blocking & damaging your spouting 

Quality materials: BHP Colorbond steel mesh with 

unique patented louvre will even keep out pine needles. 

Will not rust or sag with age or load. 10 year warranty, 

range of colours. 

Proven in Australia & New Zealand over the last 15 years. 

FOR SAFE, PURE DRINKING 

WATER FROM YOUR ROOF. 

NOW AVAILABLE: STAINLESS STEEL 

MICO MESH 

Call Rohan anytime Mon-Sat for a 

no-obligation assessment & quote 

03 982 8850 0800 486532 


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, immediate 

start, competitive rate, 

ph Brian 027 433 9548 

No Call out fee 

ELECTRICIAN (REG)) 

Prompt, quality. Call Jack 

027 206 0080 

fENCING 

All types of fencing . Free 

quotes. Ph Jim 022 137 

1920 

GARDENER 

Available from basic 

weeding to tidyup’s. Has 

own tools. Owner to 

dispose of green waste. 

Ph 366-5325 

GASfITTING 

N.T. Gas Services. 

Domestic gas installations. 

Reg Craftsman Gas Fitter. 

Ph Nick 021 892 491 

GLAZIER 

Glass repairs - pet doors 

- conservatory roofs. Exp 

Tradesman. Call Bill on 

022 413 3504 or 981-1903 

GUTTER CLEANING 

SUMMER SPECIAL 

www.gumleaf.co.nz 

Total gutter/spouting 

cleaning and repairs. 

renovations, 

For Fast and friendly 

Service call Canterbury 

Spouting Services on 0508 

SPOUTING or 022 375 

8506. FREE QUOTES 

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. 

HOUSE PAINTING 

and Repairs. 30 years exp. 

Ph 027 3886125 


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 

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 

PAINTER 

Free quotes & advice. 

Trade cert,36 yrs exp. Int/ 

Ext. John Anderson 021 

050 6151 

PLASTERER 

Phone Finn for all your 

interior plastering needs. 

No job too small - 

alterations, 

holes & cracks. Free 

quotes. I’ll beat any quote 

by 10% .25 yrs exp. Canty 

born. Ph 022 087 4351 

PLASTERING 

Gary 4 Fixing, stopping, 

solid plastering, brick 

repairs & painting. 021 

529 022 / 342 8950 

PLASTERER 

Avail for mid to small 

jobs. Ph 022 4300 277 

PLASTERER 

Avail for mid to small 

jobs. Ph 022 4300 277 

PLUMBER 

A Top Plumbing job 

completed at a fair price, 

all work guaranteed, ph 

Brian 021 112-3492 or 03 

960 7673 


PLUMBER 

Do you need a reliable 

plumber? Quality and 

timely services. No job 

too big or small. Phone 

V Plumbing Ltd. 022 351 

4125 

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 

0274346047 

ROOfING 

All Roof repairs, Roof 

painting, moss treatments, 

Gutter cleaning 10 + yrs 

exp, free quotes 24 / 7, Ph 

027 516 6609 

ROTARY HOEING 

Vege gardens. New 

sections. Ph Dave 382 

5779 / 027 673 0495 

RUBBISH REMOVAL 

Van, Trailer Rubbish 

Removal. Ph Gary 342- 

8950, 021 529 022 

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 hedge 

trimming, 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 

Tuition 

COMPUTER LESSONS 

avail for computer, IPad, 

or Mobile. Please contact 

Jobee 027 290 9246 www. 

computertutor.nz 

Wanted To Buy 

STEVE PURCELL 

ANTIQUES 

BUYING 

NOW 

Gold jewellery, 

watches, coins, 

medals, scrap 

gold, sterling 

silver, pewter, 

original paintings, 

modern art. 

351 9139 

stevepurcellantiques.com 

service. Selwyn Dealers. 

Phone 980 5812 or 027 

AAA Buying goods 

quality furniture, beds, 

stoves, washing machines, 

fridge freezers. Same day 

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 

BOOKS. 

Old wanted. 

Anything considered incl 

hunting, 

mountineering, 

fishing,childrens. 

Ph 354 1621 

TOOLS, Garden garage, 

MILITARIA Any 

country, firearms, 

uniforms, badges, medals, 

memoribilia, WW2 or 

earlier ph 338-9931 

saw benches, Lathes. Cash 

buyer Phone 355-2045 

Wanted To Rent 

One bdrm flat wanted 

New Brighton area up to 

$250 p/w. Ph Natalie 021 

0838 1112 

One bdrm flat wanted 

New Brighton area up to 

$250 p/w. Ph Natalie 021 

0838 1112


Vehicles Wanted 

CAR REMOVALS 

$$CASH PAID$$ 

CARS, VANS, UTES & 4X4 WANTED 

NZ OWNED AND OPERATED FOR 24 YEARS 

We use world class vehicle depollution systems 

0800 77 80 80 

www.pickapart.co.nz 

SCHOOLS. SPORTS CLUBS OR CULTURAL EVENTS 

OUTSTANDING 

Fundraising opportunity 

The Star has a fantastic opportunity that is an ideal way 

to fundraise while at the same time helps to profile and 

promote your team and their goals and ambitions. 

Call now to find out more about how you can fundraise 

those hard to get dollars, while at the same time 

promoting some of the great positive work being done 

in the community. It also offers exceptional value for 

your supporters and sponsors. 

Contact: 

Mike Fulham 

379 7100 

mike@starmedia.kiwi 



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Public Notices 

Day 3: Tekapo to Christchurch with 

“brunch” at Barkers of Geraldine (included) 

Single rooms (no sharing) - your own tour 

hostess for any assistance you may need. 

Free home pick up/drop off included. 

Our price $880.00 on a D.B.B. basis. 

We do not travel over the busy holiday period. 

PHONE PETER ON 0800 453 873 fOR bOOkiNgs. 

(All OuR sTAff HAvE bEEN vAcciNATEd) 

Call us and we’ll 

help you place your 

classified advert 

(with no hassles!) 

Nobody knows 

Christchurch 

like a local 

We’re local, we’re in 

Christchurch and we 

speak your language! 

Phone: 379 1100 

Classifieds 

The Star is published every Thursday, is home delivered free into 

92,000 households and is available at over 500 pick up points 

throughout Christchurch 

www.starkiwi 

Situations Vacant 

Store/ 

WarehouSe 

Staff 

Monday to Friday, $20-$23 p/h 

Avonhead, Wigram & Middleton Areas 

Dayshift 

• Physically fit and able 

• Pick/Pack and manual lifting 

• Experience in inwards/outwards goods 

Call Steve on 03 550 0503 or 

email steve@ryan.co.nz 

Or visit ryan.co.nz 

FORKLIFT 

OPERATORS 

Monday to Friday. $23-$25 p/h 

Wigram & Sockburn Areas 

Day Shift 

• Current OSH cert 

• Physically fit and able 

• Able to pass a drug screen 

Call Stu on 03 550 0511 or 

email stu@ryan.co.nz 

Or visit ryan.co.nz 

CLEANERS 

REQUIRED 

Airport Area 

Monday to Friday 

6pm-8pm 

Burnside Area 

Monday to Friday 

4.30pm-8pm 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. 


Christchurch 

RESIDENT HOUSEKEEPER/COOK 

Do you enjoy cooking and supporting older people? 

Abbeyfield Christchurch seeks a responsible, caring, 

and well-organised housekeeper/cook for our family 

style household of 12 older people at Abbeyfield Hornby. 

Key duties include: 

• Budgeting, planning and preparation of nutritious 

appetising meals 

• Helping ensure the harmonious running of the house 

• Cleaning of house common areas 

The successful applicant will have catering experience, 

empathy for and understanding of the needs of older 

people and a cheerful and flexible disposition. You must 

be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. A self contained 

flat is available on the premises. This is a full-time 

position, 5 days a week, with a start date in early 

January. Abbeyfield is a registered charity—see 

www.abbeyfield.nz for information. 

For a copy of the job description and to 

apply, please send your current CV to 

valda.sam@xtra.co.nz, by 24th November. 


Vegetation Control Operator 

Delta’s Greenspaces team is looking for 

someone to join this fast paced crew, primarily 

working within the Canterbury region, based 

out of our Christchurch depot. The role 

involves a variety of grounds maintenance, 

weed spray operations, mowing and pilot 

driving for our main customers in the area. 

The successful applicant will be experienced in 

various pieces of machinery including Mowers 

and Spray equipment. Full training given to the 

right applicant. 

If this sounds like you, and you have the ability 

to work independently, and will exhibit tidy and 

methodical work practices, we want to hear 

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199,000 

readers 

every week 

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Children $5 Under 5yrs free 

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To add a listing, contact 

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027 458 8590 

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi 

www.star.kiwi/whatson 

SUBJECT TO ALERT LEVEL 2 RESTRICTIONS 

THE ENTERTAINMENT HUB OF THE NORTH! 

housie 

THURSDAYS 

12.30PM 

quiz 

EVERY SECOND 

THURSDAY 7PM 

Next date: TONIGHT! 

LEVEL 2 

OPEN 

FROM 11AM 

BISTRO 

BOTH SIDES OPEN. 

Order at counter. 

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) 

NO POOL - NO SNOOKER 

NO DARTS AND NO 

MEMBERSHIP DRAW 

UNTIL LEVEL 1 

THIS SATURDAY, 8.30PM 

CAPITOL CITY PROUDLY PRESENTS 


GOvember 

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10 PIECE BAND COMPLETE WITH 

HORN SECTION PLAYING 

THE COMMITMENTS, BLUES BROTHERS, 

PULP FICTION, RESERVOIR DOGS 

TICKETS $25 AVAILABLE AT THE CLUB BAR 

The proposed Government traffic light system is 

expected to take effect from 29th November 

(depending on various factors). 

Under GREEN and ORANGE hospitality will be able to 

operate with NO LIMITS, so the Club can operate 

as normal if the Club is operating within vaccination 

certificate requirements. 

This means that to enter the Kaiapoi Club you will 

need to have a double vaccination certificate as 

mandated by the Government. 

To be prepared for this, Staff, Members, and any other 

people entering the Club will need to be aware that 

the vaccination process takes 3-4 weeks, so you 

need to plan for this if you are not already vaccinated. 

We understand that there will 

be some strong opinions on 

the above policy, but it 

really is out of our hands. 

We must comply 

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LIVE MUSIC 

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REMINISCE 

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Christmas 

Upstairs in the 

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(new building) 

THURSDAY 25 NOV 

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Afternoon tea & drinks 

LIVE MUSIC 

Allan Barron & 

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PAVILION 

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christchurch 

GIG GUIDE 

Thursday 11 to Wednesday 17 November 2021 

SUBJECT TO ALERT LEVEL 2 RESTRICTIONS 

12 BAR, 342 St Asaph St: Thursday 

8pm - Mac & TJ. Friday 8pm - Sins of 

Eve; The Snake Behaviour; Divebomber, 

tix cosmicticketing.co.nz 

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo 

St: Friday 9pm - Opiate, NZ's premier 

tribute to Tool, SOLD OUT. Saturday 

9pm - Opiate, NZ's premier tribute to 

Tool. second show added to to demand, 

tix Cosmicticketing $20+BF, door sales (if 

available). Sunday 1pm - Country rock 

classics with JC & the Disciples, free. 

Monday 7pm - Believe It or Not Quiz, 

free. Tuesday 8pm - Thy Kingdom 

Comedy presents Standup Comedy Lineup, 

free. All gigs seated, phone 03 377 

4787 to book your seat. 

BLACK PEARL, 9 Humphreys Dr, 

Ferrymead: Friday 7.30pm - Karaoke. 

BOO RADLEY'S, 98 Victoria St: 

Thursday 8pm - Lauren Marshall. Friday 

8.30pm - VOXY Duo. Saturday 8.30pm - 

Sam Beal. Wednesday 9.30pm - Open 

Mic. 

CHATS BAR, 251 Travis Rd: Friday 

8pm - Live music. 

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO, 30 

Victoria St: Friday 6pm - Peter Cairns; 

9.15pm - Smooth Talk. Saturday 6pm - 

Live music; 9.15pm - Acoustic Solution. 

FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: 

Thursday 6pm - Ed's Jazz Club feat. The 

Calzones, tickets $15; 8pm - Mirrors. 

Friday 7pm - Black & Gold; 10pm - 

Chilton House. Saturday 3pm - Nick & 

Dan; 7.30pm - Amber Carly Williams; 

10pm - Voxy. 

HORNBY CLUB, Carmen Rd: Sunday 

3pm - Reminisce with Anthony. 

KAIAPOI CLUB, 113 Raven Quay: 

Saturday 8.30pm - Capitol City presents 

The GOvember mishmashbash (10 piece 

band including horn section playing 

Commitments, Blues Bros, Pulp Fiction, 

Reservoir Dogs), tickets $25 at the club. 

MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: 

Friday 10.30pm - Mammoth. Saturday 

10.30pm - Shadow Puppet. 

MOON UNDER WATER, 152 

Somerfield St: Sunday 2.30pm - 

Sunday Sesh feat. Nick Jackman. 

SHARKEY'S BAR, 96 Hoon Hay Rd: 

Thursday 6.30pm - Open Mic. Sunday 

4pm - Open Mic. 

SULLIVANS IRISH PUB, 291 Lincoln 

Rd: Friday 7.30pm - Live music. Saturday 

7.30pm - Live music. Wednesday 7pm - 

Willie's Open Mic. 

THE BOG IRISH BAR, 50 Victoria St: 

Sunday 4pm - Elly & friends with Violette 

& Myllo. 

THE BOWER, 487 New Brighton Rd: 

Sunday 3.30pm - Mandi Miller Band, 

Rockin the 80s. 

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: 

Friday 7.30pm - Open Mic & Jam. 

Wednesday 9pm - Titanic (Kevin 

Emmett, Nick Buchanan, and Peter K 

Malthus). 

THE LOCAL BAR, 250d Barrington 

St: Thursday 7.30pm - Mandi Miller. 

THE LOONS BAR, 16 Canterbury St, 

Lyttelton: Wednesday 8pm - Al P & his 

P.A.L's (Downstairs Bar). 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd: 

Thursday 7pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke. 

Sunday 6pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke. 

Tuesday 7pm - Quiz. Wednesday 7.30pm 

- Lance Kiwi Karaoke. 

THE TURF BAR, 6 Inwoods Rd: 

Thursday 7pm - Mandi Miller. Thursday 

18 November 7pm - Willie Mcarthur. 

TWO THUMB BREWERY, 352 

Manchester St: Saturday 7pm - The In 

Crowd (funk). 

WUNDERBAR LYTTELTON, 19 

London St: Saturday 8pm - Magic & 

Mayhem, A Standup Comedy Show feat. 

Gavin Hews; Kozo Kaos; & special guests, 

tickets $16 Eventfinda or $20 door (if 

available). Wednesday 7pm - Jam Night. 

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2021 

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any of our restaurants nationwide! 

• Buy merch online, get your Vietnamese 

beer, rice, noodle curry paste & more! 

• Purchase your cooking class from our Asian 

Garden Cooking School! 

Purchase your E-Gift Card today from our website www.agh.co.nz! 

Our E-Gift Cards can be used at any AGH restaurant for dine in AND takeaway! 

Halswell Papanui Riccarton 

265 Halswell Road, Halswell 484 Cranford Street, Papanui 

74 Riccarton Road, Riccarton 

Beckenham 

Sumner 

Harewood 

Cnr Somerfield/Colombo Sts, Beckenham 

6 Wakefield Ave, Sumner 10 Whitchurch Place, Harewood 

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

Halswell 

Hoi an House 

thai and Vietnamese cuisine 

Hoi An House means “The perfect meeting place” a 

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

table hungry! Function area caters up to 80 people. 

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

Papanui 

Only a 10 minute drive from Beckenham 

Book your table online! 

Order takeaways online! 

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 

Harewood 

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. 

On-site 

accommodation 

is available! 

Book a 

class today! 

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

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

The Star: November 11, 2021

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