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Thursday, March 3, 2022 

Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper 

• By Fiona Ellis 

WALKING AND biking are 

common transport methods, but 

taking the bus is not, a Halswell 

Residents’ Association survey has 

revealed. 

Association 

co-secretary David 

Hawke said more 

than 300 people 

had taken part in 

the survey, which 

focused on community 

activities, 

use of facilities 

and transportation 

habits. 

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Hawke 

the importance of biking and 

walking. 

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Going underground 

in Kyiv to beat 

the missiles 

CHRISTCHURCH-RAISED war correspondent Tom 

Mutch has detailed his ordeal huddling underground 

during Russian bombardments of the Ukrainian 

capital Kyiv, before joining a mass exodus west 

towards the Polish border. 

The 30-year-old former Burnside High School 

student spent three days taking shelter in the city’s 

network of subway stations, 70m below the streets in 

bunkers originally designed by the Soviets to protect 

citizens from a nuclear attack. 

Mutch, who arrived in Kyiv a month ago following 

assignments in Afghanistan and Iraq, described 

how stark the contrast is now compared to his first 

experiences with the now rubble-strewn city centre. 

• Turn to page 4 

Freelance war correspondent Tom Mutch in the Ukrainian capital 

Kyiv before fighting broke out. 

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• By Fiona Ellis 

JIMINA WEIR spen the 

summer nurturing her 

sunflowers with plenty of 

water, but the Hei Hei resident 

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was still surprised to be 

awarded the tallest sunflower 

in a community competition 

for her 2.4m plant. 

She was one of about 60 to 

take part in the sunflower growing 

competition run by the Hei 

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“We expected cars would 

dominate, which they do, but 

actually walking and biking to 

community facilities is right up 

there,” Hawke said. 

“The importance of active 

transport really surprised us.” 

People were asked to select 

which method of transport they 

used and could select multiple options. 

Car was selected 264 times, 

walking 109 times and biking 45 

times. Just 24 people selected bus 

as a mode of transport. 

“Public transport is only of 

minor importance to access 

recreation and community 

facilities,” Hawke said. 


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THE FREEDOMS and Rights 

Coalition has been billed 

for another series of anti- 

Government protests with the 

city council now demanding 

almost $25,000 to cover traffic 

management costs. 

Founded by Destiny Church 

leader Brian Tamaki, the coalition 

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CHRISTCHURCH students 

don’t just carry the burden 

of learning, several are also 

weighed down by the stresses of 

carrying educational tools to and 

from class. 

School bag-related back 

injuries can follow a child 

through the system with 

Accident Compensation 

Corporation statistics revealing 

some cases are still requiring 

treatment over several 

years. 

Canterbury ranks third 

nationwide regarding school 

bag-related back injuries with 

118 claims for students aged 

5-18 made from January 1, 2017 

to December 31, 2021, behind 

Auckland (527) and Waikato 

(149). 

There are 112 active claims in 

Canterbury that have required 

$26,407 worth of treatment. 

ACC does not offer specific 

advice to schools for avoiding 

school bag-related injuries, but 

injury prevention leader James 

Whitaker suggested parents 

drip-feed items children take to 

school so they’re not all taken the 

same day. 

Only pack what is needed and 

check for any items that can be 

removed. Parents are also urged 

to test a range of bags before 

settling on a model that spreads 

weight evenly. 

The Ministry of Education 

recommends backpacks should 

be no wider than the wearer’s 

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Free Wi-Fi coming to the central city 

COMMUNITY-owned fibre 

broadband provider Enable 

approached the city council 

last year about partnering 

with it to roll out free Wi-Fi at 

access points within the central 

business district. 

Free public Wi-Fi is already 

available at libraries, some 

city council facilities and open 

public spaces. This will broaden 

the coverage. 

The service is intended to be 

available to the public from June 

30, once testing is complete. 

City council chief executive 

Dawn Baxendale said: “We 

saw this as a great opportunity 

for the city and really 

appreciate the social good 

that Enable will help 

achieve for our residents. 

“Having an efficient, 

reliable and fast public 

Wi-Fi network is a 

fundamental step in 

further promoting 

Ōtautahi-Christchurch 

as an innovative and 

progressive city.” 

According to the 2020-21 

digital inclusion action plan 

Dawn 

Baxendale 

by the Department of Internal 

Affairs, it is estimated that 

one-in-five people in 

New Zealand lack at least 

one of the four elements 

needed to be digitally 

included – motivation, 

access, skills or trust. 

Enable chief executive 

Johnathan Eele said the 

company wanted to help 

make high quality Wi-Fi 

access available for all. 

“Enable is committed 

to maximising its fibre 

infrastructure to deliver 

The burden of school bags: 

Back issues can be ongoing 

INJURY: Heavy school bags can cause ongoing back issues, ACC statistics show. 

chest, the straps should be 

shorted until the bottom of the 

bag is just above the child’s waist, 

and not sitting on their buttocks. 

Wide, padded shoulder straps 

help distribute weight evenly, 

financial and social returns to 

our community and support the 

realisation of new possibilities 

across our city.” 

Mr Eele said free Wi-Fi will 

bring significant social and 

economic benefits for the city. 

To deliver Christchurch Free 

Wi-Fi, Enable is installing 

equipment on existing city 

council street infrastructure 

such as traffic lights and 

streetlights. Enable’s fibre 

network will connect the access 

points to the city council’s 

internet service. 

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while a hip or chest belt can 

relieve some of the strain off a 

child’s neck or shoulders. 

The heaviest items should be at 

the base of the bag, closest to the 

child’s back. 

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stolen vehicle, before crashing 

into a police car on Fitzgerald 

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the crash was not injured, a 

police spokesperson said. The 

men were due to appear in the 

district court yesterday. 

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• From page 1 

He was working as a 

photographer when he first 

met Victoria Zavhorodnia, a 

vivacious former model who 

was liaising with media covering 

the Kyiv Fashion Week. Less 

than a month later they met 

again under rather different 

surroundings: inside one of the 

city’s metro stations. 

“It had been converted into 

a bomb shelter protected by an 

enormous steel blast door and 

half a dozen armed men and 

women standing guard behind 

it in case Russian troops attempt 

to enter,” Mutch wrote, in a 

dispatch for London’s Evening 

Standard newspaper. 

“Whole families have been 

living down here for days and 

conditions are cold and cramped 

and quickly turning squalid, with 

nothing in the way of supplies or 

essentials, only the possessions 

people thought to bring with 

them in those panicked minutes 

they had to leave their homes – 

mattresses, pillows, yoga mats, 

even pets like dogs and rabbits. 

“In the scariest moments, 

people have been handing out 

chocolate bars and water to boost 

spirits, and one couple, Platon 

and Barbara, even offered me a 

bottle of Jack Daniels over the 

weekend to take the edge off. On 

the streets above heavy fighting 

can be heard daily.” 

Mutch, who has covered 

conflicts in Asia’s South 

Caucasus region and 

Afghanistan in recent years, 

described the situation in 

Ukraine as “already on a scale 

my film and photography crew 

and I have never seen before. 

“In a matter of days, one of 

Europe’s largest, most vibrant 

capital cities has turned into the 

world’s worst war zone.” 

During a lull in the combat, 

Mutch emerged to street level and 

latched onto a refugee train heading 

to Lviv, 540km west of Kyiv. 

“It (the invasion) has also 

spawned one of the largest 

refugee crises in European 

history, with hundreds of 

thousands of Ukrainians fleeing 


‘People are burning clothes for warmth’ 

CHANGE OF SCENE: Tom Mutch covered Kyiv Fashion 

Week, a stark contrast to scenes a month later in the 

war-torn capital. 

towards the borders of Poland. 

“The evacuation train is full 

of refugees, mostly Ukrainians, 

but also large numbers of 

immigrants, particularly from 

India, Ghana and Nigeria. 

Groups of them huddle on 

the ground in the corridor, 

discussing the various European 

countries that might take them 

in,” Mutch said, adding: “People 

are burning clothes for warmth, 

a very hard thing to watch.” 

Although currently in a safe 

haven 70km from the Polish 

frontier, Mutch feared for the 

Ukrainians who had chosen not 

to flee. 

“The worst for Ukraine could 

be yet to come. Now, he (Russian 

president Vladimir Putin) could 

decide to bring the full weight of 

his heavy artillery, tanks and air 

power to take the cities street by 

street,” Mutch said. 

“If the Ukrainians defend 

block by block, he will have to 

level the cities to the ground. 

Putin has form for this – he has 

done it before in the cities of 

Grozny in Chechnya and Aleppo 

in Syria. But could he really do 

it to Kyiv, what he has called the 

‘mother of Russian cities’?” 

Meanwhile, Carol Mutch 

was comforted by her only 

child retreating from Kyiv after 

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Inhabitants of the 

Ukrainian capital 

Kyiv shelter in the 

city’s underground 

subway stations 

to avoid a Russian 

bombardment. 

watching columns of Russian 

tanks head for the city on 

television. 

“He’s gone to help the refugees. 

I can only admire him for that. 

We just put some money in his 

bank account to buy food, water 

and blankets and so on for the 

various people who are flooding 

(towards Poland),” she said. 

“I’m relieved he’s no longer in 

Kyiv but there are quite a few 

sleepless nights. I sleep with the 

phone beside my bed waiting 

for the buzz of an Instagram or 

WhatsApp message.” 

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• From page 1 

The bills, now totalling 

$24,697.36 were sent to Tait but 

a city council spokesperson said 

there had been no meaningful 

acknowledgement from him or 

the coalition regarding payment. 

The city 

council has 

previously 

indicated 

they can seek 

to recover 

the costs 

through the 

district court 

but action 

will only be 

taken once 

all invoices are overdue and 

another will be calculated after 

the coalition organised a march 

from Cranmer Square through 

the central city last Saturday. 

Meanwhile, the ongoing 

occupation of Cranmer Square, 

which the city council says is not 

connected to the coalition, hasn’t 

generated any significant costs. 

“We are only invoicing for 

traffic management costs that 

council has incurred as a result 

of the protest marches,” the 

council spokesperson said. 

Residents, council staff and 

police met last Friday to discuss 

the occupation, which began on 

February 14. 

City councillor Jake McLellan 

acknowledged residents were 

frustrated but council enforcement 

teams and the police were 

committed to a non-confrontational 

approach. 

“It’s definitely a holding 

pattern, it’s fair to say,” he said. 

McLellan had heard from 

many people claiming they 

would be moved on if they 

independently set up a tent in 

Cranmer Square and attempted 

to placate them. 

“You’d probably be given short 

shrift but the point I make to 

people who say that is if you 

refuse that short, sharp telling 

off from our enforcement team, 


Police cautious with protesters 

Jake McLellan 

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MEDIA 

probably not much would happen 

after that point. 

“It’s interesting. We kind of 

think we have to follow the rules 

otherwise bad things happen to 

us, but sometimes that’s just not 

true. 

“We have an enforcement 

team for bylaws, normally they 

would go down and say ‘do you 

guys know you’re in breach? 

Here’s a notice’ and that’s as 

much as our enforcement team 

would do. 

“Then it’s up to the police, and 

really that’s the point it’s fallen 

over,” McLellan said. 

The police, he added, were “being 

particularly cautious because 

of the right to protest”. 

Unlike the occupation outside 

Parliament, the Cranmer Square 

community had been peaceful 

to date. 

McLellan attended Friday’s 

meeting and said residents 

were told there were plans in 

place if the situation started 

resembling the stand off in Wellington. 

“They made the case the 

residents could be in for a lot 

tougher time if police were to go 

in their with the riot squad,” he 

said. 

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walking the same route the 

terrorist took from Dunedin to 

Christchurch. 

But his goal is to support peace 

and unity, rather than hatred and 

division. 

Atacocugu’s 350km marathon 

journey is due to end on March 

15 as he joins commemorations 

at Al Noor mosque and Linwood 

Islamic Centre to mark the third 

anniversary of the attacks that 

killed 51 people and injured dozens 

more. 

He was sent off in an emotional 

ceremony in Dunedin’s Octagon 

on Tuesday afternoon, surrounded 

by supporters. 

He shared the story of threeyear-old 

Mucaad Ibrahim, the 

youngest victim killed in the terror 

attack. 

Atacocugu recalled seeing 

Mucaad playing and hugging 

his family at Al Noor mosque 

that day. He said he smiled at the 

time, but just 10 minutes later the 

young boy’s lifeless body was lying 

beside him. 

He was struck by nine bullets 

during the terror attack. Five 

bullets hit his legs. The injuries 

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‘Like winning Lotto’: Christchurch house 

Christchurch property 

sellers are riding 

a windfall wave. 

Catherine Masters 

reports 

NEARLY everyone who 

took their house to market 

in Christchurch in last three 

months of 2021 made a 

profit, according to CoreLogic’s 

latest Pain and Gain Report. 

New Zealand’s second biggest 

city saw a median resale gain of 

$328,250 for the quarter. 

That’s lower than other main 

centres but still huge, especially 

for one of the country’s most 

affordable cities where price 

growth had been flat for much 

of last decade, and the median 

resale profit was $160,000 at the 

end of 2020. 

The percentage of properties 

reselling for a loss was 0.6 per 

cent, down from 1.6 per cent 

in the third quarter of the year, 

with the median loss sitting at 

$3500, the lowest of all the major 

metros. 

Nationwide 99.3 per cent of 

property resales from October to 

December sold above their last 

purchase price. 

Agents spoken to by OneRoof 

described Christchurch’s housing 

market in 2021 as phenomenal, 

adding that they had never 

BUOYANT: Houses in Mt Pleasant. Christchurch’s median resale gain in the last three 

months of 2021 was $328,250, according CoreLogic’s latest Pain and Gain report. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

seen the market so hot. 

Happy vendors were scooping 

up over and above what they had 

expected, with one agent saying 

some sellers felt like they had 

won the lottery. 

Two years ago, about 90 per 

cent of Christchurch resales 

made a profit but in the last three 

months of 2021, 99.5 per cent of 

resales by owner occupiers and 

99.2 per cent by investors were 

over and above their last sale 

price. 

The growth in property values 

since the Covid pandemic struck 

in 2020 has boosted resale profits 

in both Christchurch and Auckland 

but while “Auckland’s affordability 

has deteriorated again 

to concerning levels, Christchurch 

still has some appeal”, says 

the report. 

“Accordingly, it wouldn’t 

be a surprise to see the gain 

figures stay higher for longer in 

Christchurch than in some of the 

other main centres.” 

The report points out that 

Christchurch, like all main 

centres, will be affected by 

tighter lending rules and higher 

mortgage rates. 

“But with unemployment low 

and mortgages already tested not 

only at current rates but also theoretical 

peak future rates, these 

should prove to be a challenge 

not a crisis,” says the report. 

That Christchurch resale gains 

were lower than New Zealand’s 

other major metros was understandable 

given that house 

prices in the city were lower to 

start with, said Kelvin Davidson, 

CoreLogic’s chief property 

economist. 

“Affordability is getting more 

stretched in Christchurch, too, 

but it’s still less stretched than 

elsewhere.” 

Davidson’s gut 

feeling is that in 

the year ahead, 

Christchurch 

will do a bit 

better than 

the rest of the 

country: “I think 

Christchurch’s 

growth in 

Kelvin 

Davidson 

value will slow but it still could 

outperform the national average 

because it’s still got affordability 

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growth include the fact a lot of 

land was opened up for developments 

in greater Christchurch, 

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“There’s not as many subdivisions 

being opened up so one of 

those constraints on Christchurch 

values which has been quite 

a lot of supply is now not there 

so much anymore so they are 

facing similar sort of supply and 

demand pressures that have been 

in place elsewhere,” Davidson 

said. 

Justin Haley, of Bayleys 

Christchurch, said last year’s 

market performance had been 

surprising. 

“There’s never been a stronger 

market. Talking to agents particularly 

who had been around 

for 30-plus, 40 years, they’ve 

never seen a market like it,” he 

said. 

“What that meant was vendors 

were having their expectations 

exceeded on a regular 

basis.” 

He cited a recent sale 

where the auction was 

brought forward at $1.92 

million which then bid out 

to $2.25 million. 

“There were 10 bidders 

in the room. It just shows 

how popular single-level, 

smaller floor-plated modern 

post-earthquake construction 

is,” he said. 

“That’s another lazy $330,000. 

That was very common last year. 

We were seeing auctions brought 

forward regularly and consistently 

bidding over and above 

what the vendor had already 

agreed to – we’ve never seen that 

type of activity or behaviour 

before.” 

This was down to the 

perfect storm of record 

low interest rates and 

record low stock levels, 

but stock levels are back 

up now. 

This time last year 

there were around 850 

listings whereas normally 

they there would be 

around 1400 or 1500 but “we’re 

back up to 1500, 1600 listings 

now so there’s going to be more 

choice for buyers”. 

Haley said the clearance rate at 

auctions was still at 76 per cent, 

and while there aren’t as many 

buyers per property, properties 

Justin 

Haley 

are still selling well. 

“Are we working a little bit 

harder? Probably, but that’s 

because vendors have expectations 

that had been elevated over 

the last two years of significant 

growth and buyers are just simply 

saying: ‘Hey, look, well, that’s 

the best I can do at the moment 

because I’m going to go and have 

a look at the other one round the 

corner tomorrow’.” 

Interest rates and inflation 

were rising and the CCCFA was 

making money harder to get, yet 

banks were still lending, he said. 

“If they don’t lend they don’t 

make money. I think we’ve got a 

positive outlook. I see it as being 

a steady, normalised market, 

which is really healthy.” 

And Christchurch was heavily 

BOOMTOWN: 

Almost 

everyone 

who put their 

house on the 

market in 

Christchurch 

in the last 

three months 

of 2021 made 

a profit. 

still undervalued compared to 

the rest of the country, he said. 

Tony MacPherson, from Ray 

White, agreed. “I’ve been in the 

business over 30 years and it’s the 

best market I’ve seen,” he said. 

A lot of auctions were brought 

forward and it wasn’t unusual 

for vendors to pick up an extra 

$100,000 on a median priced 

house, he said. 

“Some of them really came 

away feeling like they’d won 

Lotto. I had one lady say to me 

she was going to retire early.” 

The auction clearance rate for 

his agency was huge at 81 per cent. 

“People out of Auckland can 

move down here and basically 

halve their housing costs, and 

the wages aren’t that much 

different.” – NZ Herald 

NEWS 7 

Nationwide 

downturn 

could affect 

Christchurch 

CHRISTCHURCH has so far 

defied a weakening residential 

property market but a leading 

industry analyst this week predicted 

the city will eventually get caught 

up in a nationwide downturn. 

THe latest CoreLogic’s House 

Price Index released on Tuesday 

reported prices increased an 

average 1.1 per cent in February 

- the second largest jump among 

the main centres behind Auckland 

(1.8 per cent) - to produce a median 

value of $759,591. 

Dunedin (1.0 per cent) and 

Hamilton (0.9 per cent) had the biggest 

drop in value; Wellington and 

Tauranga rose by 0.4 per cent and 

1.0 per cent respectively. 

While property values in 

Christchurch retained some 

momentum from the end of 2021, 

growth has trended lower over the 

past few months. 

“Our expectation is the index will 

dip further over the coming months 

as continued (interest) rate hikes 

and tighter credit controls weigh on 

market conditions,” CoreLogic NZ 

head of research Nick Goodall said. 

The national measure of housing 

prices was 0.8 per cent higher in 

February, a sharp drop from the 

January reading of 2.1 per cent. 

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• By Susan Sandys 

BILL WOODS is warning 

people not to engage with 

unsolicited callers after being 

scammed out of $6000. 

A scammer gained access to 

his online banking details on 

two separate occasions over the 

last month. Luckily, the second 

time Woods was clued up and 

prevented his bank accounts 

being emptied out. 

Woods took the first call from 

the scammer on his cellphone, 

ostensibly from the Bank of 

Toronto, via WhatsApp. The 

caller said he was representing 

the bank and acting for a shareholding 

company, wanting to 

return $15,000 from a previous 

investment Woods made about 

10 years ago. 

It was money Woods had previously 

written off, but the caller 

was convincing. Over the next 

four hours, the man kept phoning 

Woods, to get a little more 

information each time about 

Woods’ Westpac bank account, 

into which he was wanting to 

deposit the $15,000. 

Woods did not give out his 

password or pin number, but 

gave his driver licence number 

and other online security details 

such as his mother’s maiden 

name. 

“That was enough for them to 

convince the bank,” said Woods, 

who was mayor of the Selwyn 

district from 1992 to 1995. 

The caller was able to access 

Woods’ personal information 

held by Westpac, and change 

the contact cellphone number. 

This meant that when the bank 

sent security text messages, they 

went to the scammer and not to 

Woods. 

Woods was later alarmed to 

see about $6000 missing from 

his bank accounts. However, he 

got this back within 72 hours 

after immediately contacting 

Westpac. 

He said the scammer tried 

again about three weeks later. 

This time it was a man saying 

he was from Westpac. He said 

he could see there had been two 

suspicious withdrawals from 

Woods’ bank accounts. He was 

able to tell Woods the balances 

of the accounts. 

“That made me start to think 

– how would anybody know 

how much was in all of my 

accounts? So it sounded pretty 

convincing,” Woods said. 

Once again the scammer 

was able to get enough security 

information from Woods to 

change his cellphone number on 

the bank’s records. 

However, this time Woods 

told the caller he had to go and 


$6000 scam prompts warning 

would phone him back. He instead 

directly phoned his bank, 

which was able to tell him about 

the scamming activity under 

way on his accounts. 

‘If I hadn’t of smelt a rat, I 

could have had my bank 

accounts cleaned out. 

– Bill Woods 

Woods said he suspected 

both calls were from the same 

scamming organisation, as the 

second caller had information 

apparently gleaned from the first 

scamming incident. 

“They both spoke very good 

English, with a hint of an accent,” 

Woods said. 

“My advice to people, if they 

get an inquiry by telephone, 

hang up or tell them to email 

you with the paper work, so it 

can be verified. For a bank deposit, 

all you need to say is your 

SECURITY: 

Former 

Selwyn 

mayor Bill 

Woods was 

convinced 

to hand 

over 

personal 

banking 

details that 

were then 

used to 

withdrawal 

money 

from his 

accounts. 

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MEDIA 

bank account number,” he said. 

“If I hadn’t of smelt a rat, I 

could have had my bank accounts 

cleaned out.” 

Former computer technician 

Jason Barnes checked out 

Woods’ personal computer and 

cellphone. He cleaned it of “potential 

unwanted programmes”, 

or PUPs, which may have had 

potential to yield banking information 

to scammers. 

However, he suspected the 

scammer had mostly benefited 

from being able to get Woods’ 

trust on the phone. 

“In Bill’s case it was more of a 

verbal con,” Barnes said. 

“They will take people for 

multiple rides if they can. They 

gain your confidence, they 

confuse people with the technology.” 

He believed the call was most 

likely made from a professional 

scamming call centre overseas. 

NEWS 9 

Cancer 

Society’s 

driver 

service 

halted 

THE CANCER Society’s fleet 

of volunteer drivers who ferry 

patients to and from Christchurch 

Hospital has been parked due to 

the escalating Covid-19 outbreak. 

A free service that takes clients 

to radiation treatment, chemotherapy 

and other cancer-related 

treatment from Monday to Friday 

was suspended after Tuesday’s 

schedule. 

“The current Omicron outbreak 

means we do not have the usual 

number of drivers available to 

provide the service so it is both a 

capacity issues and a health and 

safety precaution,” a Cancer Society 

spokesperson said. 

The decision to temporarily 

suspend the service was made in 

consultation with the Canterbury 

District Health Board. 

Both organisations are providing 

taxi vouchers for cancer sufferers 

who are unable to arrange 

alternative transportation with 

family members. 

The society had more than 150 

drivers on call in the Christchurch 

metropolitan area while others 

are based in Ellesmere, Banks 

Peninsula and North Canterbury. 

Redwood-based driver Don 

Rapley backed the decision. 

“Those people are compromised 

so it’s understandable,” he said. 

Clients had to be vaccinated to 

use the service, which has been 

running since the 1980s. 

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Polarising Cave Rock lights 

could stay on year round 

• By Kristie Boland 

THE CONTENTIOUS lights on 

top of Cave Rock can be turned 

on 365 days a year. 

The issue of when the lights 

can be turned on has been a 

subject of debate, prompting the 

Linwood-Central-Heathcote 

Community Board to get 

answers from the city council. 

The board has been told the 

lease for the lighting, which is 

solar-powered, does not limit the 

number of nights the lights can 

be turned on. 

Board member 

Sara Templeton 

said: “This is 

different to what I 

had expected.” 

Templeton 

said she had 

Sara 

Templeton 

originally 

thought the 

lighting would 

only be turned on 

at Christmas and Easter, as it was 

in the past. 

Templeton requested 

information on the lease terms 

from the council after several 

members of the public indicated 

to her that they were going to 

approach the board with their 

concerns. 

But no one came forward with 

concerns at the latest meeting 

said Templeton. 

“I’d encourage residents to get 

in contact with the board if they 

have concerns about the lighting 

and at that stage we’d be able 

to ask for further advice,” said 

Templeton. 

It is the cross shape of the 

lighting that has caused an ongoing 

public debate. 

A photo of the mast posted to 

the Sumner Facebook community 

page on Saturday sparked a 

heated discussion. 

Some comments said the 

lighting was “stunning” while 

others were unhappy with it, 

calling it “a Christian beacon.” 

The lighting is a navigational 

VIVID: 

The Cave 

Rock signal 

mast was 

constructed 

in 1864 and 

was used 

to alert 

ships of 

dangerous 

conditions. 

mast put up in 1864 to guide 

shipping. 

The mast lighting in the past 

has been used to celebrate Easter, 

Anzac Day, Christmas and 

significant national events such 

as the coronation of King George 

VI in 1937. 

The community tradition 

of lighting on the mast 

continued until the February 22, 

2011, earthquake damaged the 

signal house. 

Following its repair in 2016, 

the lighting was not reinstated 

until December last year. 

Sumner-Redcliffs Historical 

Society members and the 

Sumner Community Residents’ 

Association lobbied and raised 

funds for the lights to reinstated. 

Christchurch City Council COVID-19 update 

New headstone 

for solider’s plot 

to be unveiled 


A WORLD War 1 veteran 

who committed suicide after 

returning home from the 

Western Front seriously wounded 

has finally had a headstone 

designed in his honour. 

The granite memorial for 

Sergeant Thomas Wilson, which 

also commemorates the service 

of his brother-in-law Private 

Robert Moore, will be unveiled at 

Linwood Cemetery on April 23, 

Anzac weekend. 

Wilson, who had an arm 

amputated while fighting at 

Passchendaele, hung himself in a 

Moorhouse Ave property on his 

44th birthday – May 9, 1919 – 

having been unable to overcome 

his wartime experiences. 

He was buried without recognition 

in the Moore family plot. 

Robert Moore was interred 

in the same plot when he died 

in October, 1960 aged 74. His 

name was also not recorded – his 

mother Sarah Moore, who died 

in 1913, is the only occupant with 

her name etched in stone. 

The New Zealand Remembrance 

Army, a trust devoted to 

restoring war graves, will rectify 

that oversight after tracing the 

history of the two New Zealand 

Rifle Brigade soldiers, who fought 

in France and Belgium after enlisting 

on the same day in 1915. 

Remembrance Army chief 

executive Simon Strombom 

believes Moore decided Wilson 

should be buried in his family 

plot, which was subsequently 

damaged by earthquakes more 

than a decade ago. 

“He’s done that because of the 

bond forged in combat. It’s a real 

bond of brotherhood, they would 

have been through the Somme 

and Passchendaele together,” 

Strombom said. 

The headstone has been 

designed and will be placed 

alongside Sarah Moore’s, which 

will be righted after toppling in 

the 2010-2011 quakes. 

Descendants of Wilson and 

Moore are still sought to take 

part in the ceremony. 

There are 13 restored 

headstones nationwide to be 

unveiled during Anzac weekend. 

They were either broken or did 

not have the veteran’s name 

recorded before being restored by 

Remembrance Army volunteers. 

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ARA INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY 

Dream finally realised 

with career change 

Not so long ago, Saulo Faafoe was 

working two jobs – as a taxi driver and 

benchtop installer – but he was a long way 

from his dream career. 

“I always felt a pull to construction,” he 

says. At school in Samoa, Saulo particularly 

enjoyed woodwork and any classes that 

involved making things. He also loved 

working with family and friends on building 

projects. 

Saulo knew he needed to get proper skills 

and training in order to get into his dream 

career, but financial constraints always 

seemed to be an obstacle. 

“I was earning barely enough to 

support my young family,” he says. So 

when he found out about Ara Institute of 

Canterbury’s free Pacific Trades Training 

options, he took the bull by the horns and 

enrolled in a Certificate in Carpentry. 

Fast forward and Saulo is now a qualified 

carpenter working at Hi Spec Homes in 

Christchurch. “Getting work straight away 

was an absolute highlight,” he says. “The 

practical skills I learned made transitioning 

into work easy and I felt more than capable 

on my first day in the job.” 

Saulo encourages anyone considering 

changing career to make that leap of faith. 

“Study has a big impact on your life. The 

skills I’ve learned, and the knowledge and 

experience I’ve gained, have contributed 

greatly to my family and the wider 

community.” 

To those who maybe think it’s too late 

to change careers, Saulo has this to say: 

“Follow your passion because age doesn’t 

matter in the world of studies. No matter 

how busy life is or how tough it might get, if 

there’s a will there’s a way.” 

Ara Institute of Canterbury offers more 

than 150 career-focused study options 

ranging from certificates and diplomas to 

degrees and postgraduate qualifications. 

Ara offers a wide range of subject 

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Places are still available for study 

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applications are open for courses starting 

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12 

NEWS 

Owners of dog 

that mauled bail 

officer appear 

in district court 

• By David Clarkson 

THE DRAMATIC sounds of two dogs 

savaging a security officer making 

an electronic monitored bail visit in 

Christchurch were recorded on his phone 

and played in court. 

“I didn’t think I was going to get out of 

there,” said experienced security guard 

Jason Warden as he gave evidence in the 

judge-alone trial before district court 

Judge Quentin Hix. 

Warden was left with injuries to his face, 

arms and thigh, and needed a night in 

hospital after the July 16, 2020 dog 

attack. 

The recording was played at the trial 

of Genisis Pure and Kathleen Pure, on 

charges of being the owners of the dogs 

involved in an attack - Naahni and Boss. 

Hix asked before the trial began about 

whether there could be resolution, but 

defence counsel Richard Peters and Kiran 

Paima said it had to go ahead because 

the issue involved was whether the dogs 

would be destroyed. 

City council prosecutor Penny Brown 

said destruction of the dogs followed 

conviction on these charges, unless there 

were exceptional circumstances. “And this 

is not an exceptional case,” she said. 

Warden told the court he was sent to the 

Redwood address through First Security, 

on instructions from the Department of 

Corrections. He had been there a few days 

before, and knew there was a dog present, 

but it had previously been kept at the back 

of the house. 

When he arrived, he called his office 

and then spoke through a headset 

throughout the visit while the phone 

transmitted from his pocket. 

He found the house in darkness, he 

rattled the gate and whistled, and heard 

a dog barking – recorded on his phone 

– but he was adamant that was a dog at 

another property. 

When he went to the front sliding door, 

two dogs attacked, biting his thigh and 

arm, scratching or biting his face and 

smashing his glasses off. The recording 

continued as he struggled and kicked, and 

yelled at the attacking dogs as he made his 

way back out the gate. He had to 

have stitches and spent the night in 

hospital. 

“I could not sleep for quite a while – I 

had a lot of nightmares. The injuries 

mended, but I have a scar on my nose. It 

may have improved my looks,” he said. 

It was very dark in the yard, but he was 

sure there had been two dogs attacking 

him. “One’s attached to my leg, and the 

other’s attached to my arm. There’s two 

dogs.” 

The court heard evidence of the officer 

being sent incorrectly to the address at the 

request of the Department of Corrections, 

because the “subject” of the visit was in 

Auckland where he had already had a 

monitoring anklet fitted the previous day. 

The trial was told that the dogs had 

already been classified as dangerous after 

an attack on a police officer in December 

2019. 

Kathleen Pure gave a statement saying 

that there was a gate separating the back 

from the front of the property. It was 

secured by a boulder and a nail, but the 

dog Boss was able to open it to get to a 

bowl of cat food on the front deck. 

She said: “I love my dogs. I have had 

them for eight years. I just don’t want to 

lose them. I take full responsibility for 

what happened.” 

In evidence, she said that Boss had been 

able to get through a previous gate, which 

was replaced. Until the incident, she did 

not believe the dogs could get through the 

new gate to the front of the property. 

Following hearing legal arguments, Hix 

reserved his decision and said he would 

deliver it on Friday. 

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“The researchers in this 

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Thai restaurant staffer gets $12,500 

ERA finds 

impacts of 

unjustified 

dismissal 

‘real and 

need to be 

recognised’ 

• By Belinda Feek 

A THAI restaurant owner has 

been ordered to pay a former 

staff member more than $12,000 

after using her annual leave to 

bump up her pay during the 

2020 lockdown, in spite of being 

paid the Covid-19 wage subsidy. 

The Employment Relations 

Authority found the owner and 

sole director of the Thai Orchid 

restaurant on Riccartion Rd, 

Julian Stokes, unjustifiably dismissed 

his former front-of-house 

staff member after she took 

umbrage at the unusually low 

payments she began receiving. 

The authority issued a plethora 

of payments including $2258.87 

in seven weeks’ adjusted lost 

wages and $5000 for hurt and 

humiliation at her experience. 

Stokes was granted the Government’s 

wage subsidy and in 

spite of paying her first week as 

entitled, for the remaining seven 

weeks he began paying the staff 

member 80 per cent of the wage 

subsidy and topping it up with 

the woman’s annual leave – in 

spite of not having approval and 

later protestation. 

He would later tell the authority 

he used the excess from the 

staff member’s subsidy to top up 

UNFAIR: A Thai restaurant owner who used an employee’s annual leave to top up her pay 

during lockdown and then dismissed her when she objected has been ordered to 

pay compensation. 

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more highly paid chefs in 

his team. 

In May 2020, following the nationwide 

lockdown, Stokes told 

the staffer due to business downturn 

by Covid-19 he couldn’t employ 

her at the same number of 

hours she had previously worked 

and began a redundancy process 

while offering to continue to 

employ her at reduced hours. 

She in turn asked for more 

hours, however, Stokes declined 

and ended her employment 

after more than two years at the 

restaurant. 

After initially working just 15 

hours a week, that ultimately 

grew to around 36 after she was 

granted a work visa and she 

moved into a front-of-house 

position. 

When the country went into 

level 4 lockdown, the woman 

understood she would be paid 

80 per cent of wages at her new 

reduced rate of 29 hours. 

While Stokes paid the first 

weeks at 29 hours, he then paid 

her next four weeks’ pay using 

entirely annual leave. 

Stokes told the authority he 

had intended that 80 per cent of 

the 29 hours would be paid as 

ordinary time and the remainder 

would be taken from the staffer’s 

leave entitlements. 

However, in a staff meeting 

recorded by the woman when the 

country entered level 4, Stokes 

advises staff that the business has 

already applied for the wage subsidy, 

and should this be granted, 

he would pay the full amount to 

staff. 

That wage subsidy was slightly 

higher than her normal weekly 

pay. 

On May 8, 2020, [she] received 

her weekly pay calculated at 20 

hours per week instead of the 

29 hours she was expecting to 

receive. 

She texted and emailed Stokes 

to query this and a week later 

again only received 20 hours’ 

pay. 

On May 16, he emailed her 

back referring to the business’s 

“lack of economic profitability”, 

saying she had two options: 

move to a casual employment 

contract for 20 hours minimum 

or end her current contract with 

one weeks’ notice at 29 hours. 

The staff member sought 

advice and rejected the offers 

asking her to repay the outstanding 

monies and continue her at 

29 hours to renegotiate at a later 

date. 

Stokes replied rejecting her 

compromise and ended her 

employment. 

For using her annual leave 

to subsidise her pay during the 

period, the authority did not find 

any contemporaneous record to 

show that was communicated 

to her or that she understood or 

agreed for that to happen. 

“If Mr Stokes had intended to 

deduct 5.8 hours each week from 

[her] leave balance, the onus was 

on him to have clearly communicated 

this so as to achieve [staff 

member’s] consent. 

“For the last nine weeks of 

her employment, [she] should 

be paid at the rate of 29 hours 

ordinary time each week, as 

this is what was agreed between 

herself and Mr Stokes. No other 

alternative agreement was ever 

reached. 

“An employer is not able to 

unilaterally vary the terms of 

an employment agreement and 

Mr Stokes’ attempt to reduce 

[her] hours and pay without her 

agreement is not effective.” 

In spite of the difficulties the 

restaurant was facing at the time, 

the authority found the staff 

member’s dismissal unjustified. 

The authority granted her 

seven weeks’ lost wages at 

$2258.87 plus $180.71 in annual 

leave entitlements and $5000 for 

hurt and humiliation. 

Along with payments for 

short-paid wages, short-paid 

notice, and three unworked 

public holidays, the applicant 

was granted around $12,500 in 

total. 

“The impacts on [staff 

member] of her dismissal were 

real, and need to be recognised.” 

The authority found that given 

the subsidy payments ran from 

March 26 to about June 16, 

Stokes had an obligation to “use 

best endeavours” to retain her 

job until that date. 

“Instead, he terminated her 

employment on May 22, 2020, 

with her notice being paid up to 

May 29, 2020. 

“It is at best unfortunate that 

Mr Stokes chose not to continue 

[her] employment for the short 

number of days it would have 

taken to comply with the subsidy 

obligations.” 

• Feek is an Open Justice 

journalist 

Confusion over dog signage at beaches 

• By Kristie Boland 

OUT OF date dog control 

signage at Sumner and 

Scarborough beaches has left 

some people questioning where 

dogs can and cannot go. 

The Linwood-Central- 

Heathcote Community 

Board has discussed the 

differences in restrictions 

at the beaches and how 

to make the signs more 

simple. 

There is also no dog 

control signage along 

the southern side of the 

estuary to advise people 

dogs are not permitted 

to protect wildlife. 

The board will request city 

council staff set up more simple 

signage around the estuary to 

say dogs are not permitted. 

Darrell 

Latham 

Board member Darrell Latham 

brought the matter to the board’s 

attention, asking why the signage 

at Sumner states no dogs are 

allowed on the beach between 

November 1 and March 31, but 

at Scarborough they say 

dogs are allowed as long 

as they are under “effective 

control”. 

Dogs are not allowed 

on Sumner Beach during 

this time because it 

is a patrolled swimming 

beach. 

However, Latham 

pointed out Scarborough 

Beach also became a patrolled 

swimming beach 

in December. The Sumner Surf 

Life Saving Club set up its first 

official patrol at Scarborough for 

60 years, which has encouraged 

more swimmers to the area. 

However, the dog signage at 

Scarborough says to keep dogs 

under “effective control”, which 

means they are allowed to run 

on that part of the beach without 

being on a leash as long as the 

owner is within a short distance. 

Latham said he has requested 

information from the city council 

on why the signs had not been 

changed. 

But changes to the dog rules 

are not a simple matter. The city 

council regulates where dogs 

can and cannot go through the 

Dog Bylaw, which is due to be 

reviewed in 2023. 

The city council has said it will 

change the signs for the next 

summer season. 

“My point was that the signs 

will still be out of date because 

the review wouldn’t have taken 

place by then,” Latham said. 

RESTRICTED: The signage showing the rules for dogs at 

Sumner and Scarborough beaches needs to be updated.



OPINION 21 

Changes to car parking regulations 

will negatively impact every street 

Longtime 

local body 

politician 

Helen 

Broughton 

is worried 

about 

the removal of 

requirements for on-site 

residential parking 

UNAWARE of parking 

changes? So are the majority of 

Christchurch residents. 

There has been a mindblowing 

lack of transparency on a planning 

requirement that will negatively 

impact residential living. 

The city council was directed 

by central Government to remove 

all requirements for on-site 

residential parking from the 

Christchurch District Plan by 

February 2022. 

The city council did so on 

February 18 without any paper 

being referred to council. Consequently 

there is minimal public 

awareness. 

In August 2020, the National 

Policy Satement On Urban Development 

required all councils 

to remove car parking requirements 

on residential sites from 

their district plans. This legislation 

spearheaded by Minister 

Phil Twyford went through 

Parliament with an omnibus of 

other legislation at the end of the 

previous parliamentary term. 

The impact of the legislation at 

the time was largely missed. 

The bulk of the legislation 

FUTURE: On-street parking is already a problem in Auckland. We’re likely to see more 

of it in Christchurch as a result of new planning regulations, which have removed the 

requirement for off-street parking. 

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deals with intensification for 

‘Tier One’ cities and the parking 

requirements appear as an 

afterthought – section 3.8. It is 

extraordinary that the parking 

changes apply to all New Zealand 

– smaller cities like Timaru 

and Levin cannot require on-site 

parking. Selwyn and Waimakariri’s 

residential areas are 

also included as part of greater 

Christchurch. 

Prior to February 18 the 

Christchurch District Plan 

required two car parks on site 

since Environment Canterbury 

climate-change emergency 

for suburban density zones and 

generally one car park on site for 

the medium density zones. Now 

a developer can build four to five 

units on site without car parking 

space. 

Residents will experience more 

cars parking on the streets, making 

streets unsafe and visually 

unattractive. The medium density 

area south of Riccarton Rd is 

already experiencing problems – 

cars parked on footpaths, berms 

and over council plantings, with 

traffic congestion on the narrower 

streets originally designed 

to enhance residential amenity. 

Regional and district plans 

must give effect to National 

Policy Standards. 

The focus of the 2020 National 

Policy Statement was to permit 

apartments of up to six stories 

in residential areas close to 

commercial shopping centres 

for Tier One cities. The Tier One 

cities are Auckland, Hamilton, 

Christchurch, Tauranga and 

Wellington. 

The city council presented a 

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detailed submmission in 2019 

arguing against Christchurch 

being a Tier One city on the 

grounds there was sufficient 

land capacity for housing for 30 

years, as a lot of rural land had 

been rezoned residential after the 

earthquakes. However, the city 

council’s submision was completely 

ignored. Councils must 

modify their plans by August 

this year and there will be some 

public consultation. 

A further alarming development 

is intensification across 

the whole city arising from the 

second National Policy Statement 

on Urban Development, 

rushed through parliament by 

both National and Labour at the 

end of last year. 

This merits a topic on its own; 

however, the three-storied complexes 

enabled by this policy will 

compound the difficulties residents 

will face with the removal 

of parking. 

This is the first time that Wellington 

has dictated so strongly 

to councils on their district 

plans. I am very concerned. 

• Broughton is the Halswell- 

Hornby-Riccarton Community 

Board deputy chairwoman, and 

served on the city council from 

2001 and 2013 with a focus on 

planning. She is accredited to sit 

on Resource Management Act 

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spread of new, exotic weeds and Wetlands are also ecosystems ceased in 1992. The Board got 

Canterbury Chair 

pests from warmer climates. at-risk nationally and regionally, the pest down to very low numbers 

by the early 1990s. 

Jenny Hughey 

All these eventualities have degraded by draining, damming 

to be planned and prepared for, and diversion affecting their MPI estimates the economic 

impact of wallaby spread could 

and enhance that work. 

fleet hybrid or long-range electric 

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reach an eye-watering $84 

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will remain in the vanguard of cleanse freshwater and mitigate 

million a year by 2025, so it’s 

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these climate change efforts. flooding, as well as impacting city dwellers, the reality is this native trees. On farms, they 

One example is the $40 million biodiversity and mahinga kai. imperative we take this issue 

programme in the Long-term Plan are offset via our own biodiversity 

sneaky pest is causing serious compete with livestock for food Waimakariri River flood 

With biosecurity, we are seriously. 

2018-28, ensuring climate change programmes. 

harm. 

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was actively considered across According to a Madworld report 

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workstreams, increasing visibility in 2019, our gross emissions were 

Zealand in the late 1800s, mainly fences, and destroy small plants. last two 

floodgates 

years. 

and stopbanks will 

has been 

in Canterbury. 

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for hunting, wallaby numbers A 900,000 hectare containment 

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community and primary new control land uses 

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about the impact of climate (CO2) equivalent, compared with 

have risen dramatically in recent 

to report it at reportwallabies.nz. 

methods. mean new weeds 

change on Canterbury, and liaising removals of 7883 tonnes of CO2- 

This includes sightings of their 

years. 

Rangitata and Waitaki rivers, launched business July assets 2020, from is a a possible Many especially, of the sightings will be can able be to gain a 

on the issue with iwi and regional equivalent through our efficiency 

paw prints, or scat (droppings). 

The Bennett’s wallaby has potentially 

spread across 2 million system. There are thousands of includes The regional last major councils, flood the was in of ‘search More and destroy’, broadly, but we have this to 

and inland to the Tekapo River partnership “super flood”. programme that attributed better to foothold the increased across level the region. 

partners, other local authorities efforts and from forestry planting 

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will require some deeper 

hectares 

and central 

of land 

government. 

in Canterbury wallabies 

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Department December of Conservation, 

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thought. 

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of wallabies 

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will pose 

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If we fail to stop this pest in 

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also made 

warns 

significant 

that, if 

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left unchecked, 

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cover space in Canterbury. is growing rapidly. In recent years 

in 

its 

and 

tracks, the consequences will 

Canterbury flow peaking Regional at 3990 Council cubic important. hydrogen, to power our public 

affect us all. 

a gas third emissions, of the country with our over the Last we have year, seen there how were occasional, 630 (Environment metres per Canterbury) second (cumecs). holds There transport. are growing calls for 

next Christchurch 50 years. building receiving a reported but extreme, sightings weather – up from events 405 have 

Wallabies damage the environment 

rating by of It’s feasting 5.0 out on of a native 6 in the seed- 

year In fact, since half of all known Environment sight- 

within our region, targeting the problem. 

pest both inside and outside of Canterbury 

infrastructure around the South 

in 2020 and 307 the year before. 

the funds The protection for the control scheme work has been more funding When to my tackle predecessor the Steve 

“market-leading” energy efficiency had huge effects on residents and designed to defend Christchurch Lowndes retired as chair of 

from a flood of as much as 6500 However, this council pressing late questions last year, he 

lings, to February shrubs and on the ferns, National which ings Island. outside the containment 

prevents the regeneration of zone have occurred in the 

the containment area. 

remain about whether other 

Australian Built Environment The driest parts of our region, 

cumecs. 

highlighted some of the big 

Our work Environment outside of Canterbury’s that zone avenues changes should on also the be way. explored. He was 

declared a climate-change emergency


22 

OPINION/LETTERS 

IT WAS TWO years ago that we 

had our first case of Covid-19 in 

New Zealand. 

So much has happened since 

then. The first lockdown started 

only three weeks later as we 

entered a mild autumn as I 

recall. 

I remember going for daily 

walks in Hagley Park with the 

autumn leaves underfoot and a 

clear blue sky above. 

The evening walks came to 

an end with the end of daylight 

saving. And here we are, only 

four weeks until daylight saving 

ends again. 

I know we are not 

in lockdown, however, 

organisations and businesses 


Let’s do all we can to soften the Covid curve 

Mayor 

Lianne Dalziel 

are being careful – rotating 

teams to work at home/at work 

to minimise the risks of losing 

sufficient staff to run the show. 

The sign on my weekday coffee 

shop – ‘closed today due to staff 

shortage’ says the notice on the 

door. 

Lack of trade is hitting 

businesses too. Let’s those of us 

who can, get out and support 

them. 

Overseas arrivals who are 

vaccinated and have a clear test 

at the border can start mixing it 

with family and friends from day 

one now. This has to be good for 

our local businesses too. 

I know some people will 

continue to be super-cautious 

when it comes to going out. 

But remember, that our best 

collective defence is the vaccine 

– if you had your second vaccine 

in December, then you will 

be ready for your booster this 

month. And the other defence is 

wearing our masks properly. 

Omicron will continue to rise, 

but it will peak and then it will 

start to fall. Let’s do all we can to 

soften that curve. 

We have done it before, and we 

can do it again. 

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Water reform 

The mayor has spoken about her frustration 

of Three Waters focus being on the 

infrastructure rather than the well-being 

of water and how it serves the needs of our 

community. 

Isn’t that exactly what the infrastructure 

does? Serve the needs of the community 

through making sure we are provided with 

clean, safe drinking water and our waste 

disposed of properly. 

I personally think we need to have greater 

treatment of wastewater but how are we 

going to do that without infrastructure? 

The mayor states iwi are not interested 

in owning infrastructure and only want 

marae to have the same water services that 

other communities have. 

If some marae on Banks Peninsula are 

lacking proper water collection and septic 

tank systems that there neighbours have, 

why is the mayor only now speaking about 

equity when she had nine years to take 

steps towards fixing this situation and the 

health of our rivers. 

It’s not the system that is broken but the 

vision and will of the people running it. – 

D Downward, Bryndwr 

Protesters 

We Kiwis should be grateful for the selfless 

protesters fighting for our rights. 

I feel the weight of repression lifting 

now we’re allowed to walk on motorways, 

freedom camp on Parliament’s lawn, and 

tip sewerage into the stormwater drains. 

I’m particularly uplifted by terrorising and 

spitting on children wearing mask; how 

dare they? 

Now we’re free to ignore the laws of 

the Government we elected, we can park 

over driveways while revelling in our new 

found right to conduct germ warfare from 

camp stink hole on Parliament’s lawn. 

It’s merely a bonus that we can spit and 

throw acid into the faces of police officers 

while doing so? 

Exercising these new found freedoms 

I’m sure, will help bring everyone together? 

Then we can symbolise our country’s 

unity by all wearing our foil hats. – Harry 

L Gilmore, Halswell



SPORT 23 

Tough game looms after long break 

Cashmere Tech 

to take on 

Miramar Rangers 

in Chatham Cup 


CASHMERE Technical hope a 

lack of competitive match play 

will not thwart their bid to win 

football’s Chatham Cup for a 

third time when they finally take 

on favourites Miramar Rangers 

in Wellington. 

Christchurch football’s dominant 

force are striving to add the 

coveted knockout trophy to a 

cabinet already brimming with 

the Mainland Football’s premiership, 

the English Cup and 

Southern League silverware. 

Covid-19 outbreaks and 

restrictions meant the Chatham 

Cup, which was not contested in 

2020 due to the pandemic, will 

not awarded until Sunday afternoon 

at Jerry Collins Stadium. 

Cashmere Technical, who 

claimed the Chatham Cup in 

2013 and 2014, last played a competition 

game when they beat 

final-bound Wellington Olympic 

5-1 during the last round of the 

South-Central Series on December 

5. 

Miramar beat Olympic 7-2 a 

week later in the decider. 

Cashmere Technical had a 

break after beating Olympic as 

they awaited for the outcome of 

the other Chatham Cup semifinal 

between Miramar and 

North Shore United. 

The Auckland side ultimately 

defaulted citing Covid-19 fears 

although they did also lose 

several players at the end of the 

South-Central Series. 

RUSSLEY-BASED golfer Zach 

May strives to defend his 

Canterbury Match Play title at 

Bottle Lake this weekend, where 

Otago’s Tom Lee looms as a 

major threat. 

The pair could not be 

separated when finishing 

second-equal to Kazuma Kobori 

in the Canterbury Stroke Play 

Championships at Russley on 

February 8 and they look set to 

feature in another tight tussle for 

this title. 

Otago No 1 Lee was deemed 

top seed for the two-day 

tournament on a countback 

while other leading contenders 

in the men’s elite field include 

Hororata’s Dominic Brettkelly, 

the champion in 2020, and 

Canterbury representative Reid 

Hilton. 

Aucklander Joshua Bai is 

among a small contingent of 

golfers who have travelled from 

outside Canterbury to compete 

in one of the province’s most 

prestigious tournaments. 

There is only one division in 

the men’s competition this year 

Cashmere Technical and 

Miramar last met in the South- 

Central Series, where the visitors 

won 2-1 at English Park last 

November. 

“We know quite a lot of their 

players and we expect a very 

strong team,” said Cashmere 

Technical head coach Dan 

Schwarz, whose biggest concern 

is switching his squad back into 

game mode. 

The squad, who advanced to 

the final by beating Wellington’s 

Western Suburbs 1-0 in October, 

had five weeks off before resuming 

training in late January. 

“In terms of a pre-season it’s 

been very difficult. We’ve tried 

to do everything in house,” said 

Schwarz, who still arranged 

friendlies against Christchurch 

United and Tasman United. 

They also had a training camp 

for 23 players in Methven earlier 

this month. 

as Covid-19 impacts on entries 

while the women’s championship 

has only eight contenders, spearheaded 

by top-seed Lizzie Neale 

from Nelson. 

Naomi Yacyshen (Waikato) 

and Tasman provincial rep Aroha 

Minhinnick are also highly 

rated while local hopes like rest 

with Canterbury squad member 

Olive Tapu. 

While the senior fields are 

light compared to previous years, 

CHALLENGE: Switching his 

squad back to game mode 

is the focus for Cashmere 

Technical head coach Dan 

Schwarz. 

PHOTO: CHRIS BARCLAY 

Sydney-based defender Sam 

Field, who scored in the loss to 

Miramar, is the only player missing 

from last year’s squad. 

Threat to May’s title defence 

TOP SEED: 

Otago’s Tom 

Lee is favoured 

to win the 

Canterbury 

Stroke Play 

Championship 

this weekend 

after a strong 

showing in the 

match play 

format last 

month. 

on Saturday morning the men’s 

masters field has 18 golfers qualifying 

for eight-strong championship 

and division two brackets 

meaning two will drop out. 

Ben Crawford (Nelson), 

winner of the Canterbury Stroke 

Play masters title is favoured to 

complete the double, though 

top locals Aaron Forsyth and 

Jason Sincock could thwart that 

bid after sitting out last month’s 

tournament. 

TRAINING 

PITCH: 

Yuya 

Taguchi, 

who scored 

the goal 

to send 

Cashmere 

Technical 

into 

Sunday’s 

Chatham 

Cup final 

with 

Miramar 

Rangers, 

has been 

back in 

training 

since 

January. 

PHOTO: 

CHRIS 

BARCLAY 

“It’s basically been business as 

usual, the lads have dine a lot of 

work in the off-season.” 

Now the challenge is transferring 

that work to a cohesive 

performance on the pitch, a task 

that recently proved beyond 

Christchurch’s premier women’s 

side. 

Coastal Spirit coach Juan 

Chang is acutely aware of the 

challenge facing Cashmere Technical 

after his side suffered their 

first defeat since early in the 2019 

Mainland Football premiership 

when they bowed out of Kate 

Sheppard Cup - the women’s 

Chatham Cup - contention at the 

semi-final stage. 

Playing their first game since 

the Reta Fitzpatrick Cup final 

victory over Cashmere Technical 

on August 14, Coastal Spirit were 

beaten 3-1 by Hamilton Wanderers 

at English Park on February 

19. 

A GROUND-breaking Sport 

Canterbury initiative designed 

to prevent burnout among 

junior and youth players during 

the winter season is set to be 

extended to summer codes. 

Six winter sports – rugby, 

league, football, basketball, 

hockey and netball – agreed to 

start their club seasons on the 

same day in early May last year 

so there was no crossover with 

summer sports. 

The summer sport season 

traditionally ended in late March 

with winter codes kicking off in 

early April but a defined break 

was incorporated to guard 

against burnout and overuse 

injuries as overlapping seasons 

limited recovery time. 

Players might also have to specialise 

too soon when confronted 

with tough choices. 

“There would be kids out there 

trying to finish their semi-finals 

in cricket and we’d have football 

clubs saying: ‘We need you to trial 

and if you don’t trial we can’t 

pick you’,” said Sport Canterbury 

Chang was philosophical 

after a rare setback rather than 

cite mitigating factors, like key 

players Zoe McMeekan and 

Alyssa Whinham being across 

the Tasman with the Wellington 

Phoenix. 

“We did have players to fill 

their spots, we’re really happy 

for them to go and it was good 

to bring in some youth players 

to experience these types of 

games,” he said. 

“Unfortunately the result 

didn’t go our way but we’re just 

happy to be back on the pitch, no 

excuses, Hamilton were strong 

and better on the day.” 

The squad kept training until 

October when the semi-finals 

were rescheduled until last 

weekend and they reassembled 

in the second week of January. 

Unfortunately they could not 

find opposition for a warm-up 

game so they had to play the 

Spirit’s under-15 boys team. 

In spite of the setback, Chang 

was justifiably proud of a squad 

that became the first premier 

women’s side to complete a 

Mainland Football campaign not 

just unbeaten, but without being 

held to a draw. 

They won all 15 games 

while in 2020 they had one 

stalemate - their previous loss 

was 2-1 to Cashmere Technical 

in round two of the 2019 schedule. 

Coastal Spirit also retained 

the Reta Fitzpatrick Cup, the 

women’s equivalent of the English 

Cup. 

The focus is now on the 

upcoming premiership season, 

which gets under way on March 

26. 

“We’ll start the new season 

afresh, the girls are really 

motivated,” he said. 

Junior codes to incorporate 

break between seasons 

sport development adviser Mike 

Peacock. 

The collaboration, the first of 

its kind in New Zealand, was 

successful in spite of Covid-19 

disrupting the back end of the 

winter season and now cricket, 

tennis, athletics, touch rugby, 

softball and rowing have committed 

to running their schedules 

from mid-October to late 

March. 

This year’s winter sport season 

starts on April 30 and should be 

wrapped by September 4 to allow 

a break which also allows the 

city council’s grounds to recover.


24 

SPORT 

AS IF their belated Super Rugby 

Pacific debut wasn’t already 

daunting enough, Moana 

Pasifika will have to contend 

with two of the Crusaders key 

All Blacks as head coach Scott 

Robertson ushers back Richie 

Mo’unga and Codie Taylor. 

The duo, who have not played 

since the All Blacks northern 

hemisphere tour in November, 

add nous to an inexperienced 

line-up after being named on 

the bench for tomorrow night’s 

third round clash at Dunedin’s 

Forsyth Barr Stadium. 

Flanker Ethan Blackadder, who 

had been sidelined with a hamstring 

injury since the end of an 

impressive test season, is a notable 

inclusion in a starting line-up 

which features multiple changes 

from the side that beat the Highlanders 

34-19 last Friday. 

Robertson has the luxury of 

omitting All Blacks Joe Moody, 

Sam Whitelock, Scott Barrett, 

David Havili, Braydon Ennor, 

Sevu Reece and Will Jordan 

while Cullen Grace and Mitchell 

Drummond can also rest up. 

Blackadder’s return sees Pablo 


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utility back Isaiah Punivai. 

Ominously Moana Pasifika 

have only managed one warm-up 

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Chiefs on February 4 – before 

Covid-19 outbreaks within the 

squad forced the postponement 

of their first two fixtures against 

the Blues and Chiefs. 

The match kicks off at 7.05pm. 

Crusaders: Chay Fihaki, 

George Bridge, Leicester 

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Kini Naholo, Simon Hickey, 

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2013 Ford FoCuS S 

$13,999 

Popular family hatch, features a 2.0L engine, 

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Stylish and luxurious RWD sedan, features a V8 4.6L 

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26 

GARDENING 

Plenty of tasks to do 

in the autumn garden 

AUTUMN DAYS herald 

a change towards cooler 

weather, the soil stays 

moist and there’s colour 

everywhere. 

It can also be the best 

season for planting, 

because new plants have 

time to settle in before 

they’re faced with their first 

summer. 

Fertilising 

Spread organic pellets 

around shrubs and flowerbeds. 

Feed citrus and other 

fruit trees with citrus food. 

Clear away weeds and 

grass at the base and spread 

a layer 

of organic mulch over the 

root area (keeping well 

clear of the trunk). 

Remember, feeding with 

high potash fertilisers 

encourages blooming and, 

even more importantly, 

builds plants’ resistance to 

disease (essential at this 

time of year when fungal 

problems are rife). 

Lawn care 

Give lawns a feed with a 

long-lasting fertiliser. Early 

autumn is the ideal time 

to rejuvenate tired lawns. 

HEALTH: Spike your lawn with a purpose- 

designed aerator. 

Spike with a fork or a purpose-designed 

lawn aerator 

and oversow with a lawn 

seed blend. 

Pest control 

Watch out for the 

autumn influx of caterpillars. 

White moths and butterflies 

attack cabbages, 

cauliflowers, rocket and 

their relatives, vine moth 

caterpillars are demolishing 

grape leaves, flax caterpillar 

is stripping leaf sections of 

leaves, leaf rollers are knitting 

leaves and emerging to 

graze on apples, feijoas and 

other fruit. 

Use low toxic options for 

controlling most caterpillars. 

Treat weeds 

Many annual weeds are 

approaching maturity and 

should be removed before 

they have the chance to 

spread their seeds. 

Other autumn tasks 

Prune the hydrangea 

stems that flowered last 

summer. 

Reduce clusters of camellia 

buds to one per stem. 

Divide perennial plants and 

spread to other parts of the 

garden. 

After their leaves have 

fallen, spray deciduous 

fruit trees (eg peaches) with 

a copper fungicide. 

Good coverage will clean 

up the remains of summer 

pests and diseases. 

New Peugeot 208 

in smart company 

PEUGEOT’S new 208 

hatchback didn’t win 

the 2021 New Zealand 

Motoring Writers’ Guild 

Car of the Year Award. 

However, it was 

nominated 

and was up against some 

pretty tough competition, 

and that is worthy in itself. 

Incidentally, the trophy 

went to Hyundai’s fully 

electric Ioniq 5, which gives 

some idea of the calibre of 

cars that were amongst the 

10 finalists. 

The 208 has just landed 

in New Zealand and 

is available in just two 

variants – that may seem a 

little underwhelming, but if 

you take into account one 

of those is a fully electric PEUGEOT 208 GT: Three-cylinder petrol engine or 

model then that is a car the choice of electric power only. 

that is targeting an evergrowing 

market as buyers dash panel, there are many to the power output, 

switches dominate the that is well matched 

realise EVs look to be the functions and they are drive thereafter is then 

way of the future. 

displayed on a dominant channelled to the front 

I drove the EV in centre graphic panel. wheels through driverselectable 

modes – sport, 

December and formed 

the conclusion it is a car • Price – Peugeot 208 economy or normal. 

that fills its role well – the GT, $38,990 

The other figures to 

daily commute – and with 

• Dimensions – 

note are that of fuel 

its 348km range between 

Length, 4055mm; consumption and 

charges it will happily 

tackle a long highway haul. 

width, 1745mm; performance. Peugeot 

For those who are not yet height, 1430mm list a 6.3-litre per 100km 

ready to join the electric • Configuration – 

combined cycle average 

which is a pretty bold 

revolution Peugeot has also Three-cylinder, frontwheel-drive, 

1199cc, 

claim, and my average was 

introduced the new 208 

a little distant to that at 

with its 1.2-litre threecylinder 

petrol engine speed automatic car back to the dealership. 

96kW, 230Nm, six- 

8l/100km when I took the 

which, incidentally, is • Performance – 

There are several reasons 

pretty much a carryover. 0-100km/h, 8.3sec for that, the evaluation car 

While that driveline is 

• Fuel usage – 

was showing just 40km 

very familiar, the new 208 

6.3l/100km 

on the odometer when I 

is a vastly different car, EV 

picked it up, the engine 

aside. For one, the new It must be remembered barely loosened up, the 

body style is dramatic, it is the new 208 comes with other was because the car 

smooth and sweeping along a GT badge and the was so new and a dealer 

with bold frontal treatment manufacturers have given demonstrator I didn’t travel 

that looks quite aggressive, it a sporty look through for a long distance on the 

and it must be said it is and through, take the twin open road. 

hard to design a small car exhausts for example, they 

so that it looks perfect. 

I’m not arguing against 

are classy and they add to 

The two model range lists 

Peugeot’s figures because 

the look Peugeot is trying 

at $38,990 for the petrol 

I know they would be 

to encapsulate. 

and $61,990 for the EV, 

achievable; at 100km/h 

Under the bonnet sits 

the latter easily qualifying 

the engine is sipping fuel 

the wonderful 1199cc 

for the $8625 Government 

at a rate of just 4.2l/100km 

engine. It is a real gem in 

rebate, an incentive to get 

instantaneously, if you are 

terms of honesty and thrift, 

people driving affordable 

on a long journey and then 

three-cylinder engines 

EVs. 

tackle the inner-city traffic 

develop a lot of natural 

The petrol model lists a 

on the way home, that 

torque low down which 

lot of goodies for its price 

would average out to be 

is what you want in any 

tag. You get leather-type 

around Peugeot’s claim. 

engine, and if you add in 

trim, heated 

When presented with 

turbocharged boost then all 

front seats, satellite 

a corner or two the 208 

the performance you need 

navigation, Apple CarPlay 

has positive directional 

is on tap. 

and Android Auto, voice 

accuracy and a wonderful 

recognition, keyless entry In terms of figures, steering feel. It is 

and ignition, speed limiter Peugeot claims power surprisingly compliant 

and radar cruise control, outputs of 96kW 

underneath and that is 

the latter are part of a (5500rpm) and 230Nm, the a Peugeot hallmark, the 

comprehensive safety suite. latter available from just balance between handling 

The look inside is very 1750rpm, which translates and comfort is far from 

modern with sophisticated to a constant delivery compromised. 

style elements and control of power. For interest’s You could say I was a 

functions. It impresses with sake the 208 GT is also little disappointed the 

its functionality yet quirky listed as GT130, the 130 208 didn’t win the Car of 

design features – take the representing horsepower in the Year, it scored highly 

steering wheel for example, imperial terms. 

on my individual voting 

it is squared off at the top The engine is coupled sheet, it is a car that has low 

and bottom which gives the to a six-speed traditional running costs both petrol 

interior a sporty look and automatic gearbox and and electric, yet it still adds 

feel. 

it, too, is a real gem with an element of fun and 

Elsewhere, toggle smooth shifts and gearing functionality.

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0374 

BUILDER AvAILABLE 

All types of work. Ph 027 

224 2831 

CARPET LAYING 

Exp. Repairs, uplifting, 

relaying, restretching. 

Phone John on 0800 

003181, 027 240 7416 

jflattery@xtra.co.nz 

CARPENTER 

BUILDER 

Licensed Building 

Decking, 

Practitioner no. 100981. 

All carpentry & building 

repairs & maintenance. 

Alterations & property 

upgrades.Laundries / 

bathroom / kitchens 

replaced. Specialising in 

replacement of all rotten 7154 

timber, fascia boards, MOBILE 

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 

DRIvEWAYS & DECKS 

Free quotes. Ph John 027 

22 42 831 

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 

A 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 (CERT) 

Prompt, quality. Call Jack 

027 206 0080 

GASfITTING 

N.T. Gas Services. 

Domestic gas installations. 

Reg Craftsman Gas Fitter. 

Ph Nick 021 892 491 

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. 

LANDSCAPING 

Paving, Lawns, Irrigation, 

Fencing. 

Kanga & small digger 

services. Check out Squire 

Landscaping on facebook. 

FREE QUOTES. Ph 

Arthur 347-8796, 027 

220-7014 Edwin 027 220- 

CAR 

CLEANING SERvICES 

We come to you where 

ever you are. Ring us 

at 03 281 8054 for free 

quotation. 

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 


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,QUALIfIED 

local professional, Int / 

Ext,roofs,wallpaper, call 

or text Corban 027 846 

5035 

PAINTING 

Interior & Exterior, 

Fences, airless spraying. 

Ph 027 224 2831 

PAINTING 

DECORATING 

Free quotes, affordable 

quality painting & 

decorating services. 

Ph 020 4098 3213 

tpagepaint@gmail.com. 

PLASTERER 

Phone Finn for all your 

interior plastering needs. 

No job too small - 

renovations, alterations, 

holes & cracks. Free 

quotes. I’ll beat any quote 

by 10% .25 yrs exp. Canty 

born. Ph 022 087 4351 

PLASTERING 

Gary 4 Fixing, stopping, 

solid plastering, brick 

repairs & painting. 021 

529 022 / 342 8950 

PLUMBER 

Do you need a reliable 

plumber? Quality and 

timely services. No job 

too big or small. Phone 

V Plumbing Ltd. 022 351 

4125 

“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 


0508 H2O BOY 

426 269 

027 245 5100 


PLUMBER 

Highly experienced 

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service.Ready to help with 

all your plumbing needs. 

Call today! MJ Plumbing 

Ltd 021 109 2397 

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, scrap & old 

cars in going order & 

motorbikes. ph Chch 022 

434 6047 or 027 380 4934 

ROOfING 

All Roof repairs, Roof 

painting, moss treatments, 

Gutter cleaning 10 + yrs 

exp, free quotes 24 / 7, Ph 

027 516 6609 

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 

NICK@NICKJONESPLUMBING.CO.NZ



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 & 

mulching. Ph Hugh The 

Little Green Groomer 

021 275 5445 

TREE SERVICES 

Hedges, shrubs, tree 

trimming & rubbish 

removal. Phone for free 

quotes 022 540 4900 

Wanted To Rent 

Semi retired gent with 

excellent refs wants 2 

bdrm house long term. Up 

to $400 p/w. 027 557 1616 

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 

Wanted To Buy 

AAA Buying goods 

quality furniture, beds, 

stoves, washing machines, 

fridge freezers. Same day 

service. Selwyn Dealers. 

Phone 980 5812 or 027 

313 8156 

A+ ALL whiteware 

wanted. Same day 

service, cash paid for 

freezes, fridges, washing 

machines, ovens. Also 

buying furniture & h/ 

hold effects.Anything 

considered. Ph Dave 960- 

8440, 027 66 22 116 

A1 Albums, old photo’s, 

postcards, coins, gold, 

bank notes, badges, 

medals, jewellery, 

watches, china, crystal, 

books, furs, vintage 

clothing, paintings, 

furniture, estates & 

downsizing. Etcetera 

Antiques, 194 Edgeware 

Rd 385 5117 

ACADEMY ANTIQUES 

Buying estates, antiques, 

old china, crystal, art, 

Royal Doulton , Royal 

Albert etc. Best prices, 

free appraisal. Call Rob 

349-4229 

Wanted To Buy 

A+ Household effects, 

fridges, freezers, washing 

machines, ovens. Good 

cash paid. Ph Paul 022 

0891 671 

MILITARIA Any 

country, firearms, 

uniforms, badges, medals, 

memoribilia, WW2 or 

earlier ph 338-9931 

Retro Clothing wanted for 

a dress up 70’s party.Would 

love to get a safari suit but 

anything considered.Ph or 

txt 021861732 

TOOLS, Garden garage, 

saw benches, Lathes. Cash 

buyer Phone 355-2045 

Public Notices 

STAMP AND 

POSTCARD FAIR 

The Philatelic Centre 

67 Mandeville Street, 

Riccarton 

Saturday 5th March 

9am-12pm 

Sellers tables available 

Phone 027 6354 957 


Senior Citizens 

Holiday Outings 

with Companion Driving Service Ltd 

FRIDAY 18 MARCH 

To the Topp Twins Cafe in Methven for 

morning tea. Home pick up/drop off & 

morning tea included in our price of $89.00 

THURSDAY 31 MARCH 

Lunch at Barkers Cafe in Geraldine. 

Home pick up/drop off & lunch included in 

our price of $92.00. 

A few seats left on our Central 

Otago Autumn Leaves tour 

departing April 11. 

PH PETER ON 0800 453 873 

FOR FURTHER INFO & BOOKINGS. 

COVID PASSPORT NECESSARY PLEASE. 

(ALL OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN VACCINATED) 

COMPANION DRIVING SERVICE LTD. 

Vehicles Wanted 


The Ihutai-Estuary and Coastal 

Stormwater Management Plan 

A stormwater management plan sets out the ways 

in which Christchurch City Council will meet the 

requirements of its stormwater resource consent, 

which was granted by Environment Canterbury 

in 2019 – the Comprehensive Stormwater 

Network Discharge Consent (CSNDC). Its purpose 

is to improve surface and groundwater quality 

and address problems caused by the nature 

of stormwater discharged into waterways. It 

promotes water quality improvements over time 

in order to meet targets in the Land and Water 

Regional Plan. This is one of seven plans being 

prepared over the period 2020 to 2023. 

We want to hear your thoughts on the Ihutai- 

Estuary and Coastal Stormwater Management 

Plan. Feedback is open from 28 February to 26 

April 2022. You can read the plan and have your 

say online at ccc.govt.nz/haveyoursay 

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 


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

Situations Vacant 

CLEANERS 

REQUIRED 

Halswell Area 

Monday – Friday 

From 3.15pm 

2-3 hours per day 

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. 

Situations Vacant 

GARDENER WANTED. 

To do some general tidy 

up work on property in 

Bryndwr.Tree cutting & 

pruning skills required. Ph 

Steve 021 372 479 

Therapeutic Masseuse, 

ideally experienced, 2 hrs 

twice a week. $30 p/hr. Ph 

027 5296 560 

Situations Vacant


To add a listing, contact 

Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or 

027 458 8590 

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi 

www.star.kiwi/whatson 

CLUB OPEN DAILY FROM 9AM 

RED 

FACILITY OPERATIONS 

UNDER RED 

MASKS REQUIRED AT ALL TIMES, 

UNLESS EATING OR DRINKING 

COVID VACCINE CERTIFICATES, 

(MY VACCINE PASS) REQUIRED 

SECTION ACTIVITY, POOL, 

SNOOKER & DARTS 

ARE NOT PERMITTED 

THE ENTERTAINMENT HUB OF THE NORTH! 

OPEN FROM 11AM 

RENEW YOUR 

MEMBERSHIP BY 

31ST MARCH 2022 

GO INTO THE 

DRAW TO WIN 

ONE OF TWO 

58" TVs 

DRAWN FRIDAY 1st APRIL 

BETWEEN 6PM & 7PM 

YOU MUST BE HERE TO WIN 

LIVE MUSIC 

THIS FRIDAY, 7PM 

DND TRIO 

NEW BISTRO HOURS 

Wednesday, Thursday 

& Sunday 

12pm-2pm & 

4.30pm-7.30pm 

Friday & Saturday 

12pm-2pm & 4pm-8pm 

CLOSED Monday & Tuesday 

WE ARE NOW 

OPERATING AS A 

VACCINE PASS 

REQUIRED BUSINESS 

AS OUTLINED IN THE 

'TRAFFIC LIGHT SYSTEM' 

(COVID PROTECTION 

FRAMEWORK). 

COVID VACCINE 

CERTIFICATE 

(MY VACCINE PASS) 

REQUIRED FOR ENTRY 

FROM EVERYONE AGED 

12 YEARS AND OVER. 

MASKS REQUIRED 

WHEN NOT SEATED. 

MAIN DOOR 

ENTRANCE ONLY 

TAB DOOR CLOSED 

LIMITED 100 PEOPLE 

IN MAIN/SPORTS BAR 

POOL TABLES CLOSED 

HOUSIE & QUIZ 

STILL ON 

POSTPONED 

METHVEN RACES 

NEW DATE 10 APRIL 

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

EVERY TUES, WEDS & 

THURS 4.30PM-6PM 

or until sold out 

Due to red light setting, we ask that 

you please follow the instructions 

of our team for your safety. 

SEPARATE 

FUNCTION 

& MEETING 

SPACES 

for up to 100 

people available. 

Call now to book. 

SHUTTLE 

VAN 

OPERATING 

Monday 4pm-9pm 

Tuesday 3pm-9pm 

Wednesday & 

Thursday 3pm-10pm 

Friday & Saturday 

2pm-12am 

Sunday 3pm-9pm 

 

 

 

9AM - 4PM 7 DAYS 

PAVILION CAFE 

OPEN DAILY 9AM-5PM 

GREAT MENU 

BREAKFAST MENU UNTIL 2PM 

We have 5x $100 Club vouchers 

to give away on Friday 11 March. 

To be in the draw - all you have 

to do is renew your Hornby Club 

membership before 10 March. 

Senior Gold Card *Discounts 

*Excludes Friday to Sunday Dinner 

Bookings Essential PH 386 0088 

@GardenRestaurantBuffet 

TUESDAY: 

CHICKEN NIBBLES 

& CHIPS 

THURSDAY & FRIDAY: 

FISH & CHIPS 

SATURDAY: 

CHICKEN NIBBLES & CHIPS 

CAFÉ 

COFFEE 

CLICK & 

COLLECT 

WEDNESDAY: 

ROAST MEAL 

SUNDAY: 

ROAST MEAL 

Available 11.30am-2pm 

@GBCCHCH 

*Membership is $34 per annum. Join now and 

membership will run until 31 March 2022. 

You do not have to attend the draw to win. 

Come on down! 

17 CARMEN RD. PH. 03 349 9026 

WWW.HORNBYWMC.CO.NZ 

RED = WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS 

The Garden Hotel complex is complying with the Covid Protection Framework or 

'Traffic Light System' as a Vaccine Pass Required Business. 

Covid Vaccine Certificate (My Vaccine Pass) required for entry from everyone 

aged 12 years and over. Masks are required.


christchurch 

GIG GUIDE 

Thursday 3 to Wednesday 9 March 2022 

‘Famous for their roasts!’ 

SENIORS SPECIAL 

Two courses: $ 

24 

Soup/Roast or Roast/Dessert 

Special available lunch only 

Monday - Friday 12pm - 2.30pm 

Conditions apply 

FAMILY FRIENDLY 

Kid’s Special 

Two courses 

Great Kids menu plus 

designated play area. 

$ 

13 

RESTAURANT & CAFÉ 

12 BAR, 342 St Asaph St: Thursday 

7.30pm - Jaz Paterson. Friday 9pm - 

Capgun Corp presents The Rhyme 

Lottery, $10 entry. 

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo 

St: Thursday 7.30pm - Live at the Stone 

with Myllo, Hannah-Grace & Friends 

(talented young singer-songwriter 

series), free. Friday 7pm - Ron Livne 

(young pianist playing energetic swing, 

boogie-woogie, ragtime, jazz & blues), 

free; 8pm - King Tubbs feat. Harry 

Harrison & Justine Snelgrove free. 

Saturday 8.30pm - The Cha5ers, & 

more (smooth pop originals & covers 

feat. the gorgeous vocals of Bex Down), 

free. Monday 7pm - Quiz, free. 

BLACK PEARL TAVERN, 9 

Humphreys Dr, Ferrymead: Friday 

7.30pm - Karaoke. Saturday 8pm - 

Reminisce with Anthony. 

BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St: 

Saturday 6.30pm - Karaoke. 

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO, 30 

Victoria St: Friday 6pm - Lino; 

9.15pm - Reckless. Saturday 6pm - Peter 

Cairns; 9.15pm - Smoothtalk. 

CHRISTCHURCH FOLK MUSIC 

CLUB, Irish Soceity Hall, 29 

Domain Tce: Sunday 7.30pm - River 

City Jazzmen, cash door sales only $10 

members, $15 non, $5 students with ID. 

CONCERT, St Christopher's 

Anglican Church, 244 Avonhead 

Rd: Saturday 2.30pm - New Brighton 

Silver Band and several well-know local 

artists. Tickets $20 at the door. Vaccine 

Pass required. Sponsored by the 

Ingwavuma Orphan Trust fund of NZ. 

DARKROOM, 336 St Asaph St: 

Thursday 8.45pm - Saint Peter's 

Thursday; Cortizera; Moonflower, $10 

entry. Friday 8pm - With A Little Help 

From My Friends #1 feat. Gecho; Harry 

Burt Band; The Beauchamps, tickets 

$10 at undertheradar.co.nz. Saturday 

8pm - Melody & Myth feat. Hob; Violet 

French; Admiral Drowsy, tickets $10 at 

undertheradar.co.nz. 

FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: 

Thursday 6pm - Ed's Jazz Club feat. 

River City Jazzmen, tickets $10/$15; 

8pm - House of Groove. Friday 7pm - 

Jack Bubb; 10pm - Nick & Dan. 

Saturday 7pm - Oval Office; 10pm - 

Mirrors. Tuesday 7pm - Live music. 

Wednesday 7pm - Quiz. 

KAIAPOI CLUB, 113 Raven Quay, 

Kaiapoi: Friday 7pm - DnD TRIO 

(Jojo, Gigi, & Mark). 

MACKENIZES HOTEL, 51 Pages 

Rd: Friday 9pm - Speed Boat. 

MAK TAVERN, 1276 Main North 

Rd: Saturday 8.30pm - Krakkajack. 

Sunday 3pm - Sign of the Firebird. 

MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: 

Friday 10.30pm - Live music. Saturday 

10.30pm - Dropduster. 

SHARKEY'S BAR, 96 Hoon Hay 

Rd: Friday - Free juke box. Saturday 

7pm - Karaoke. Sunday 3.30pm - Open 

Mic. Tuesday 7pm - Karaoke. 

SULLIVANS IRISH PUB, 291 

Lincoln Rd: Friday & Saturday 7.30pm 

- Live music. Wednesday7pm - Willie's 

Open Mic. 

TAI TAPU HOTEL, 780 Old Tai 

Tapu Rd: Sunday 1pm - Branded. 

THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Thursday 

7pm - Quiz. Friday 10pm - Keenan's 

Revenge. Saturday 10pm - Black & 

Gold. Sunday 4pm - Elly Rydge. 

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: 

Friday 7.30pm - Open Mic. Saturday 

8pm - Blowout Comedy. Wednesday 

9.30pm - Titanic Pub Rock Covers 

Band. 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd: 

Friday 9.30pm - One Night Stand. 

Saturday 9.30pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke. 

Tuesday 7pm - Quiz. Wednesday 

7.30pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke. 

THE SIDELINE SPORTS BAR, 331 

Stanmore Rd: Thursday 7pm - Jam 

Night. 

WUNDERBAR LYTTELTON, 19 

London St: Wednesday 7pm - Lee 

Martin Show SOLD OUT. 

Open Monday to Friday from 6.30am and Saturday & Sunday from 8.30am - Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

The 

RACECOURSE HOTEL 

& Motorlodge 

118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn, 

Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150 

www.racecoursehotel.co.nz 

ROLLICKIN' LIVE MUSIC 

ON THE MEZZANINE WITH THE 

DnD Duo 

Thursday 

17th March 

(JOJO & MARK) 

FROM 3-6PM 

IRISH DANCE 4PM 

O'Neill School of Irish Dance 

HORNBY CLUB | 17 CARMEN RD | PH. 03 349 9026 

WWW.HORNBYWMC.CO.NZ 

BRIDIE'S BAR & BISTRO 

BOOK YOUR 

TABLE NOW! 

BRIDIE'S BAR & BISTRO 

$10 

BREAKFAST 

SPECIAL 

FREE RANGE EGGS 

STREAKY BACON 

HOMEMADE TOAST 

COFFEE 

85 Hereford St | Ph 03 374 9461 

www.therockpool.co.nz


BEAT 

THE TAX 

From 1 st April the Clean Car Scheme comes into effect, 

Christchurch Nissan has these vehicles in stock ready to delivery. 

13 

INSTOCK 1 

ONLY 

2 

ONLY 

10 

INSTOCK 

SAVE $1,610 in Tax* 

ST 2WD [rrp $42,100] 

SPECIAL PRICE $36,990 

ST 4WD [rrp $44,650] 


ST-L 4WD - $49,390 

Ti- 4wd - $55,640 


Ti - $46,590 

*Indicative Clean Car Scheme charges shown as supplied by Nissan New Zealand, payable at the time of vehicle registration. 

Prices shown excluding On Road Costs. Numbers and models listed available correct at time of print, subject to change if sold. 

CHRISTCHURCH NISSAN, 380 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch 


www.christchurchnissan.co.nz 

No Fuel Tax* 

Ti - $44,990 

NISSAN 

150,000 KM’S 

5YR 

FACTORY 

WARRANTY 


SL 2WD Auto - $48,490 

SL 4WD Auto [rrp $57,490] 


ST 2WD Auto - $52,990 

ST 4WD Auto - $62,990 

ST-X 2WD Auto - $57,490 

PRO-4X 4wd M - $67,990 

christchurchnissan.co.nz 

RUNOUT 

OUTLANDER LS 2.4L 2WD 

$33,990+ORC * 

The 7 seater Mitsubishi Outlander 

brings everything you would need in a 

family SUV: safety, technology, comfort, 

unrivaled economy and that all important 

space, plus a 10 Year Powertrain Warranty † . 

Call 03 379 0588 or visit 

christchurchmitsubishi.co.nz 

RRP WAS $41,990 +ORC 

*Price listed is for Outlander LS 2.4L 2wd and excludes on road costs which includes registration, WoF and a full tank of fuel. Available while stocks last. 

† 

Visit mmnz.co.nz for full Diamond Advantage warranty conditions. 

CHRISTCHURCH MITSUBISHI 

386 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch 

Ph 03 379 0588 | christchurchmitsubishi.co.nz


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LG 48” 

4K OLED TV 

9068324 OLED48C1 

$2199 

less than 

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Haier 

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Fridge Freezer 

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$699 

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less than 

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TCL 65” QUHD 4K 

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Haier 9.5kg Front Load 

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$1299 

less than 

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$1799 

less than 

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Panasonic 

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9069076 

$349 

$8 

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$1049 

less than 

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9065657 HDW15V2B2 

$1299 

less than 

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Panasonic 65” 

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9068597 TH65JX700 

$1449 

less than 

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30 % off # 

Tango Leather - 

Powered Recliner 

Sofa Range - Cigar 

3 Seater 9064240 2 Seater 9064238 Recliner 9064242 

less than 

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$14 

less than 

per week for 

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50 months on 

$3199 Interest Free* $2589 Interest Free* $1599 

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Globe Fabric Sofa Bed - 

Galaxy Charcoal 9069836 

$8 

was 

less than 

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$1399 $1999 

Interest Free* $3149 

Perla 5 Seater Lounge Suite - Grey 

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was 

$4499 

less than 

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50 months on 


Avalon Queen 4 Piece Bedroom 

Suite with Lowboy 9072217 

Limited stock 

was 

was 

less than 

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50 months on 

24 months on 

$1999 $3886 


$599 $859 

$1799 


less than 

$11 

Oslo 4 Piece Offset Dining Suite 

9064246 Avalon 6 Piece Dining Suite 9036739 

$8 

BUY ONE, GET ONE 

Half Price 

on selected Nursery^ 

was 

$2599 

$9 

less than 

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24 months on 


Sleepyhead Chiropractic HD Evolve 

Medium Queen Bed 9067782 

less than 

$15 

was 

per week for 

50 months on 

$2999 $5999 

Interest Free* $3999 

Sleepyhead Chiropractic HDX 

Latitude Medium Queen Bed 9067766 

was 

$7999 

less than 

$20 

per week for 

50 months on 


50% off 

Chiropractic HD 

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Excludes Limited Edition 

24 

MONTHS 

$499 & over* 

INTEREST FREE 

on purchases 

INTEREST FREE 

on furniture and beds 

50MONTHS 

$999 & over*

Colombo St 

Colombo St 


40% off 

Russell Hobbs Brooklyn Appliances # 

Breville Nespresso Essenza 

Mini Coffee Machine 

Russell Hobbs 

6L Slow Cooker 

9036182 BEC250BLK 7095490 RHSC600 

$269 $59 

was 

$349 

was 

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Beko PractiClean 

2 in 1 Stick 

Vacuum Cleaner 

Beko PowerClean 

2 in 1 Stick 

Vacuum Cleaner 

9068978 VRT82821BV 9068980 VRT94929VI 

was 

$599 

less than 

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52 weeks on 

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The Colombo 

Corner of Colombo and 

Elgin Street, Sydenham 

Comes with 

2 Batteries 

$449 $599 

was 

$699 

less than 

$16 

Smiths 

Colombo St 

550 Colombo Street, 

City Centre 

per week for 

24 months on 


Smiths 

Northwood 

Comes with 

2 Batteries 

Corner of Main North Rd 

& Radcliffe Rd, Belfast 

Elgin St 

New World 

Northwood 

The Colombo Mall 

South City 

Shopping Centre 

Main North Rd 

Dundas St 

Stanley St 

Bath St 

Brougham St 

Radcliffe Rd 

Shop these and more deals at your local Christchurch 

store, or buy them online from the comfort of your home. 

smithscity.co.nz 

Offer valid dates vary, please check individual product pages online for details. Available while stock lasts, or unless otherwise stated. Some products on display in selected stores only - please call 0800 764 847 to check availability. 

#Discount is off our full retail price. Not available in conjunction with any other offer. ^Valid 16th February - 15th March 2022. Buy any two qualifying items and get the second item half price. Second item must be of equal or lesser value 

than the first item. Exclusions, terms and conditions apply. *Apple, selected computers, game consoles, gift cards, clearance items and some promotional items are not available in conjunction with interest free offers. Flooring available on 

a maximum of 18 months interest free. Exclusions, fees, terms, conditions and credit criteria apply. Equal instalment amounts include one-off establishment fee of $45.00, a maintenance fee of $3.75 per month and exclude any insurance 

premium financed. Current interest rate of 23.95% applies to any unpaid minimum payments during the interest free period, and any balance after the expiry of (any) interest free period. See in-store or visit smithscity.co.nz/interest-free 

for details. Airpoints TM terms and conditions apply. See smithscity.co.nz/airpoints for detail. + Price Promise terms and conditions apply. Visit smithscity.co.nz/price-promise for more details.

The Star: March 03, 2022

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