The Star: May 12, 2022

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Christchurch Arena 

Board member Callum Ward 

was approached by resident Jo 

Robertson, who is concerned 

abou the concentration of vape 

1 – 3 July 

2022 

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Thursday, May 12, 2022 

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Army Reserve Force Lance Corporal Christopher Nolan, of 

Avonhead, was one of 60 soldiers who took part in a training 

exercise on the West Coast. His section was involved in Exercise 

Kalami in dense forest near Maruia. Their task was to follow a 

defined path through the bush while under attack. But the 

decaying undergrowth and limited visibility challenged them all 

as they patrolled the area with their weapons and packs while the 

enemy confronted them at every turn. PHOTOS: JOHN COSGROVE 

requests 

briefing 

over vape 

store rise 

• By Emily Moorhouse 

FRUSTRATION from residents 

about vape stores opening in 

Addington has prompted the 

area’s community board to 

investigate vaping restrictions. 

The Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere 

Community Board has 

requested a briefing on vaping 

restrictions through smokefree 

legislation. 

Bob Parker’s 

home sells 

for $1.12m 

• By Kurt Bayer 

CHILD CAR thieves as young 

as 10-years-old are running 

rampant in Christchurch, 

targeting Mazda Demios, and 

going on nightly joyrides. 

There is frustration over the 

lack of options open to police 

officers and welfare workers in 

dealing with the repeat underage 

offenders. 

While the issue of youths embarking 

on a string of ram raids 

across Auckland is making 

headlines, gangs of youngsters 

are also running amok down 

south. 

In just one recent weekend, 

19 Demios – New Zealand’s 

most stolen car – were pinched 

across the Garden City alone. 

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Ward said the board hasn’t 

formed a position on the issue yet 

and is awaiting a briefing. 

“We know that vaping does 

have negative health consequences 

and is no longer just a replacement 

for smokers,” he said. 

Ward also mentioned the risk 

of vaping undoing a lot of work 

that’s being done in society to 

prevent people from getting 

addicted to nicotine, particularly 

young people who go straight to 

vaping. 

Robertson, who is school community 

liaison at Addington 

School, said vaping is being 

discussed among residents due to 

an increase in vaping shops se to 

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‘Roll back’ 

of prices 

on some 

grocery 

items 

SUPERMARKET operator 

Foodstuffs, which owns Pak’n 

Save, New World and Four 

Square, will cut the price of food 

by an average 10 per cent on more 

than 100 groceries. 

From Monday, Foodstuffs 

North Island and South Island 

will “roll back the prices” on some 

of its most shopped grocery items 

to what they averaged between 

January and April 2021. 

The reductions would be 

implemented at all New World, 

Pak’nSave, and Four Square stores 

on items such as meat, butter, 

cheese, vegetables and nappies. 

Most of the price reductions 

would be across its Pams and 

Value brand ranges. 

Foodstuffs said the reductions 

were expected to result in weekly 

savings of $500,000 for shoppers. 

The price reductions will stay in 

place until August 14. 

Chris Quin, Foodstuffs NZ 

managing director, said the 

co-ops considered the challenge 

of rising food prices and where 

rising costs were hitting shoppers 

hardest; using its data insight 

teams to identify the everyday 

products that its customers 

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• By Devon Bolger 

FORMER MAYOR Sir Bob 

Parker’s quirky inner-city 

apartment was sold at auction 

yesterday. 

The Stewart St property 

near Hagley Park was Parker’s 

bolt-hole as he guided the city 

through the tumultuous and 

devastating 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. 

The bidding started off at 

$700,000 and quickly reached $1 

million with strong interest in 

the property. 

It eventually sold with the winning 

bid being $1,120,000 and 

was purchased by a family. 

Harcourts has described the 

apartment as “gritty, recklessly 

urbane warehouse accommodation” 

that is “distinctly industrial, 

raw”. 

Parker was knighted for his 

leadership during the early days 

of the quakes where he was the 

voice of reassurance to Christchurch 

residents. 

The former This is Your Life 

host has been ill since 2020, suffering 

a heart attack, which was 

followed by a stroke. He was admitted 

to a long-term care facility 

last year. 

Parker and his wife Lady Jo 

Nicholls-Parker (above) bought 

the 240sq m property in 2008 

for $372,000. Its 2019 rating 

valuation is $500,000. 

“It is currently occupied as an 

unorthodox residence, the 1980s 

steel and concrete building is a 

far cry from your usual ‘attempt 

to impress’ apartment due to 

spaces being uniquely optioned,” 

the Harcourts listing said. 

“Our visionary sellers have 

cherished their 15-plus years here 

and are only relinquishing for 

compelling personal reasons.” 

The open-plan building has a 

“restaurant class” kitchen with 

two staircases leading to a mezzanine 

area. 

The estate agency said the 

property could be easily adapted 

back into commercial use and 

could suit a strictly business 

operation. 

Parker served two terms as the 

city’s mayor from 2007 to 2013. 

—NZ Herald 

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Barnes announces New Zealand tour dates 

JIMMY BARNES’ fans rejoice – 

the Australian music legend and 

his Soul Deep band have finally 

set a Christchurch tour date. 

The Working Class Man 

singer will be debuting his new 

album in arenas and theatres in 

Christchurch, Dunedin, Auckland 

and Wellington this July. 

Kicking off on Wednesday, 

July 20, at the Town Hall in 

Dunedin, the Soul Deep 30 

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Auckland’s Spark Arena on 

Saturday July 23, before wrapping 

up at Michael Fowler Centre, 

Wellington, on Monday 

July 25. 

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Soul Deep 30 which he will 

release on June 3. It is a reimagined 

and extended version 

of his record-breaking tripleplatinum 

original record. 

The 30th-anniversary 

reprise will feature three new 

recordings, a reworking of 

Do You Love Me, a previously 

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bandmate Ian Moss and a new 

mix of lead single I Gotcha. 

Opening for Barnes each 

night will be powerhouse soul 

and blues vocalist Mahalia 

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Mates. 

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singer-songwriter Karen 

Lee Andrews. 

Parker’s ‘gritty’ apartment 

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Parker’s Stewart St apartment near Hagley Park has 

been purchased by a family. PHOTOS: NZ HERALD 

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the city council. 

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local elections. 

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I’ve always aspired 

to do,” Henstock 

said yesterday. 

“It was really a 

matter of timing 

for me.” 

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Mike Davidson 

said he welcomes 

Henstock to the 

race. 

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important for our 

community to have 

real choice during 

an election,” Davidson said. 

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are telling me they want council to 

listen, and stop excessive spending 

on non-priority projects. 

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congestion and pedestrian safety. 

They also want the focus to be on 

getting the basics right like fixing 

roads and footpaths, maintaining 

and improving our parks and 

playgrounds. 

“Like others, I am frustrated at 

some of the spending priorities 

and decisions being made by our 

current council.” 

Davidson was elected with a 650 

majority vote at the 2019 local body 

elections. He said the next term of 

council is “a key one” for the work 

on climate change and building a 

sustainable city that’s affordable 

now and for future ratepayers. 

“I’m hoping to continue that 

work and continue to represent the 

Papanui Ward community,” he said. 

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‘Not a marketing stunt’ 

• From page 1 

He said the food price cuts on 

some items were not a marketing 

stunt. 

“This is not a marketing 

stunt. It’s a real saving for our 

customers and a real cost to our 

business, as a result of this price 

rollback our stores will be selling 

some items below cost. Other 

promotions will continue over 

this time,” said Quin. 

“These are extraordinary 

times and Kiwis must be able to 

afford the everyday items they 

need in their weekly shop over 

the next few months. As locally 

owned co-operatives we have a 

responsibility to step up and our 

store owners are committed to 

this initiative.” 

The move by Foodstuffs follows 

that of rival supermarket 

chain Countdown, which last 

week announced it would 

implement a prize freeze during 

winter. 

Countdown said it would not 

be increasing – or decreasing 

– the price of more than 500 

essential grocery items over 

winter. This included items such 

as diced tomatoes, butter, cheese, 

sugar, flour, deli meats, hot roast 

chicken, carrots and pumpkin. 

Countdown managing director 

Spencer Sonn said the move 

aimed to “buck the current 

inflationary environment” and 

that the company was “receiving 

millions of dollars of cost 

increase requests every month 

from suppliers who were facing 

higher fuel, raw material and 

freight costs.” 

The average increase request 

by its suppliers was just over 

nine per cent, it said. 

“As we head into the chillier 

months, the cost of living is 

undeniably top of everyone’s 

minds,” said Sonn. 

“We want to help Kiwis’ money 

go further despite the pressures 

everyone is facing with increasing 

costs, and that’s why we’ve 

pledged that the price of these 

500-plus essentials won’t change.” 

The $22 billion grocery sector 

– namely New Zealand’s two 

major supermarkets Foodstuffs 

and Countdown – has come 

under scrutiny over the past few 

months following a market study 

by the Commerce Commission 

which has found the lack of competition 

problematic. 

The duopoly is “not working 

for consumers”, according to the 

commission. 

It was revealed in March that 

supermarkets in this country 

make in excess of $1 million in 

profits each day. 

Commerce and Consumer 

Affairs Minister David Clark 

said consumers would get better 

prices if there was more competition, 

and has pledged to take 

action to achieve that. 

As a first step, the Government 

would be making it easier for supermarkets 

to enter the market 

by opening up more sites. 

Moving forward there would 

be a new regime around wholesale 

supply, as well as a mandatory 

code of conduct, addressing 

issues like bargaining power, and 

resolution schemes, he said. 

‘Why are these kids out 

there in the first place?’ 


One prolific offender behind 

multiple suspected car thefts 

across Christchurch is understood 

to be a 10-year-old boy. 

Others are believed to be 

12-years-old and early teens. 

“Police are aware of vehicles 

stolen by youths recently in the 

Christchurch region,” a police 

spokeswoman said, 

“The reasons young 

people are involved in 

this type of offending 

[are] complex. There are 

several factors that can 

contribute including 

the influence of social 

media. It’s not an issue 

police can address 

alone.” 

Under New Zealand 

law, children aged 10-11 can 

only be prosecuted for murder, 

manslaughter or minor traffic 

offences. 

Young people, defined as those 

aged 14-16, can be charged and 

dealt with by the youth justice 

system, while 12-13-year-olds 

may be charged in the Youth 

Court at the police’s discretion. 

Anyone aged 17 and over are 

treated as adults in the general 

court system. 

Police work closely with partner 

agencies to manage youth 

offenders, support their whānau 

and provide prevention opportunities, 

the spokeswoman said. 

“If you see any suspicious 

activity, such as people loitering 

around vehicles or looking into 

car windows, please contact 

Police immediately by phoning 

111,” she said. 

Police Minister Poto Williams 

told Newstalk ZB’s The Mike 

Hosking Breakfast on Monday 

the Auckland ram raids 

were not just a problem 

for police. 

“Why are these kids out 

there in the first place? 

Why are seven, eight, 

nine and 10-year-olds 

out in the middle of the 

night?” 

Poto Statistics released by 

Williams insurer AMI last month 

revealed that the Demio 

is easily the most targeted car in 

the country. 

Of the 12,000 claims AMI 

received between 2019 and 2021, 

the Demio accounted for 10 

per cent of the total, in spite of 

making up just 1.5 per cent of the 

country’s fleet. 

The next most popular car for 

thieves was the Mazda Atenza, 

followed by Nissan Tiida, Subaru 

Legacy, and Mazda Familia. 

AMI data shows that 94 per 

cent of Demios are recovered 

– often after a few hours of 

joyriding. 

– NZ Herald



NEWS 5 

Fed-up residents organise meeting 

as work starts on wastewater plant 

WORK WILL start today to 

remove the rotting material from 

the fire-damaged tricking filters 

at the Christchurch Wastewater 

Treatment Plant. 

Southern Demolition and Salvage 

Ltd has been contracted for 

the job, which is expected to take 

four months. 

It comes as Bromley residents 

plan to host a community meeting 

tomorrow over the ongoing 

stench. 

Resident Alyssa Tomlinson 

said the assault on their nostrils 

was falling on the city council’s 

deaf ears. 

“It’s just gone from never really 

having headaches to having 

constant migraines and scratchy 

throats, coughs . . . just generally 

feeling unwell quite a lot of the 

time,” she said. 

The highest levels of hydrogen 

sulphide were recorded at five 

parts per million in air quality 

testing around the plant last week. 

Niwa air quality expert Dr 

Guy Coulson said the workplace 

limit is 10 parts per million for 

an eight-hour shift. 

“The problem there, of course, 

is that is based on the idea that’s 

just for eight hours and that’s 

DAMAGE: Firefighters at the Christchurch Wastewater 

Treatment Plant in Bromley last November. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

based on normal, healthy people,” 

he said. 

“Outside of the workplace 

you might find more susceptible 

people.” 

But there are not really any 

other guidelines. 

Many residents were not aware 

the testing was taking place and 

said the city council’s communication 

had been terrible – so 

much so it has pushed Caleb 

Saunderson to help organise a 

public meeting in the Bromley 

Community Hall tomorrow 

night. 

“The whole reason why I’m 

doing it is I’m a concerned community 

member who’s sick of my 

kids not being able to play outside 

because of the smell and not 

being able to open my windows,” 

he explained. 

The meeting is public because 

while Bromley residents are 

worst affected, the stench can be 

smelt all over the city, he said. 

Saunderson lives 500 metres 

from the plant and said the city 

council had a history of not 

reacting quickly to problems. 

“I think everybody’s sort of 

feeling a little left in the dark 

about it. A lot of us don’t believe 

the necessary measures 

to contain the smell and 

everything else has been 

taken in a timely manner.” 

City council head of 

Three Waters Helen Beaumont 

said council meetings 

had not happened 

due to Covid-19 restrictions, 

but they had been 

communicating with residents. 

“We’ve got a dedicated page 

on the council’s website and we 

release stories every two to four 

weeks on that. We’ve also done 

a couple of flyer drops around 

the neighbourhoods close to the 

plant.” 

Beaumont said the clean up 

would involve 12-hour days, six 

days a week to remove the filter 

material. 

“They are aiming to have the 

task completed in four months, 

which means that by early September 

one of the main sources 

of the stench from the plant will 

have been eliminated,’’ she said. 

“This is four months earlier 

Helen 

Beaumont 

than we had originally thought it 

would be. The contractor has put 

a really good plan together to get 

the work done as quickly and as 

safely as possible. 

“Normally we’d go out 

for tenders for a project 

of this size, but we know 

the smell, which fluctuates 

depending on the weather 

conditions, is causing distress 

for nearby residents 

and we want to get rid of ii 

as quickly as possible.” 

Beaumont said it would 

be a complex task as the trickling 

filters have 8 metre-high (threestorey) 

concrete walls and there 

is about 26,000 cubic metres – 

about the volume of 10 Olympic 

swimming pools – of material to 

remove. 

The material will be loaded into 

sealed bins and transported to the 

Kate Valley landfill where it will 

be treated as hazardous waste. 

“Unfortunately, there are 

days when the smell could get 

worse as material deep inside the 

trickling filters gets exposed to 

the elements and starts rotting,” 

Beaumont said. 

—RNZ 

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Rugby star says ADHD diagnosis brings 

• By Katie Harris 

FORMER ALL Black and 

Crusader Zac Guildford has 

been charged with breaching 

intensive supervision earlier this 

year before he was sentenced for 

stealing from his grandfather. 

The latest charge related to him 

allegedly breaching the orders by 

consuming alcohol in February. 

Guildford had been serving a 

sentence of two years of intensive 

supervision after being convicted 

of punching a woman in December 

2019. 

Guildford is back living and 

working in Christchurch and is 

due to appear in the district court 

later this month. 

He allegedly broke the orders 

prior to being sentenced on separate 

charges for stealing more 

than $40,000 from his grandfather 

and deceiving a friend out of 

$60,000. 

In an interview with the NZ 

Herald in March, Guildford 

admitted things were spiralling 

before his sentencing on those 

charges and he was slipping back 

into addictive tendencies. His 

relationships were “falling to 

pieces”. 

Since being sentenced the 

former sports star has apologised 

for his offending and made a new 

start in Christchurch with a job 

at a construction company. 

RELIEF: Zac Guildford says of his ADHD diagnosis “that’s when the questions started to 

make sense around how my life played out”. PHOTO: GEORGE HEARD/NZ HERALD 

Guildford said at the time he 

had built up a strong support 

system in Christchurch. 

In February, Guildford moved 

to Upper Riccarton from the 

Wairarapa to start a new job with 

a construction industry company 

and to make a clean break. An 

introduction was organised via 

his probation worker and he also 

lives with his bosses, who have 

taken in convicted criminals in 

the past. 

When approached by the 

Herald this week his employer 

said any breach would have been 

prior to him working and living 

with them. As well as before his 

ADHD diagnosis. 

“He has been working really 

hard and is very positive about 

his future, he has joined many 

online ADHD support groups 

and we have also managed to put 

together a group of ADHD adults 

who will be having the support 

group meetings at our house as 

Zac can’t leave to go to them,” the 

employer said. 

The 33-year-old had been living 

with his 77-year-old grandfather, 

Frank Burt, in the Wairarapa 

when he transferred a total of 

$41,400 from his grandfather’s 

iPad to his own account between 

March 30 and April 9, 2021, to 

fuel his gambling addiction. 

In the interview with the 

Herald in March, Guildford said 

he first took money out of “pure 

addiction”, boredom, and the 

idea he could get out of the hole 

he was in if he just “took a little 

bit, then put some back”. 

“It didn’t work that way, as I 

found out the hard way – and 

most addicts will know it’s not 

just a little bit.” 

Prior to the offending, the pair 

had a close relationship, doing 

everything together including 

buying and breeding horses. 

Breaking his trust was “heartbreaking”, 

Guildford said. They 

haven’t spoken since, but he is 

hoping to soon iron things out. 

His construction boss in 

Christchurch boss asked him to 

get tested for a neurodevelopmental 

condition, attention deficit 

hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), 

and his diagnosis was confirmed 

days before sentencing. 

“That’s when the questions 

started to make sense around 

how my life played out, and why 

some of the mistakes I made 

were not because I was a horrible 

person but because of some of the 

impulses I have toward things.” 

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and impulsive behaviour, as well 

as attention difficulties. 

While Guildford said his 

diagnosis isn’t “an excuse” for his 

actions, he believes if he had been 

diagnosed earlier, his life could 

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relief, but isn’t an excuse for his actions 

“I feel a little bit of a relief, 

because deep down I thought, 

am I just a c***? Or, am I just a 

horrible person? Why am I doing 

these bad things? That makes no 

sense, because I’m a good person. 

“I want to make it clear, that 

I’m not being slapped with this 

hefty court thing, and then all of 

a sudden coming out the week 

later and saying, look Zac Guildford’s 

got ADHD, another f****** 

excuse.” 

In his mind, the diagnosis 

offers an explanation as to why 

others could spend $50 on a 

night out and he would spend 

the “whole $500”. 

His employer, who requested 

not to be named, said it became 

apparent something wasn’t right 

within the first two weeks of him 

living and working with them. 

“He lacked focus on tasks that 

made him uncomfortable or 

were boring. But the things he 

loved he was fully focused on. 

He would fidget, leave the room 

when it wasn’t appropriate. But 

then apologised profusely for not 

listening.” 

She said he was someone who 

wanted to change but had been 

struggling with how this would 

look and how to do it. 

“Basically Zac was exhausted 

and felt that he had tried everything 

and nothing was ever 

going to work.” 

Part of the reason she wanted 

him to be screened was because 

a nephew had faced similar issues 

and he became a “different 

man” after being diagnosed with 

ADHD. 

She said Guildford’s job with 

the company had had to be 

“changed around a bit to suit 

him”, but he would work in human 

resources. 

“In his spare time to keep 

himself busy he is building a 

long-term business plan of selling 

sports/gym equipment, and 

researching men’s multivitamins 

and food supplements. This 

seems to be something he is 

interested in so is really focused 

on making this happen.” 

Psychotherapist 

Kyle MacDonald 

said people who 

have ADHD are 

more likely to 

develop impulse 

Kyle 

MacDonald 

control issues. 

“We’re talking 

alcohol, we’re 

talking drug 

use, impulsive spending and 

of course gambling. But that 

doesn’t mean everyone who 

has ADHD does those things. 

But you are at increased risk for 

it, and that’s because decision 

making tends to be focused more 

RUGBY: Guildford played 10 tests for the All Blacks 

between 2009-2012. 

PHOTO: GETTY 

on the short-term than the longterm.” 

However, he said ADHD is not 

the cause of the offending. 

“I just really hope for his sake, 

he really gets the help that he 

needs now and we don’t feel the 

need to punish him for what he’s 

done wrong but (have) understanding 

that hopefully leads to 

treatment and a better outcome.” 

Guildford said he is hopeful 

he can find the right medication 

and said he wants to gain more 

knowledge and do behavioural 

therapy to help with his ADHD. 

At sentencing, Guildford’s 

uncle told the court he had been 

exposed to gambling from a 

young age and was given too 

much money when he was too 

young. 

Guildford said he believes he 

may have started gambling when 

‘I became bored. Who 

becomes bored with 

becoming an All Black?’ 

– Zac Guildford 

he was three and still in nappies. 

One example he pointed to on 

the impact ADHD may have had 

on his life was how he “walked 

out” on his rugby career that he 

had worked hard for since he was 

a child. 

“I became bored. Who becomes 

bored with becoming an 

All Black? Who becomes bored 

with earning half a million dollars 

in France and just having to 

go to the gym? Bored of being 

this person that everyone else 

wanted me and told me to be. I 

just couldn’t control it.” 

Guildford played 10 tests for 

the All Blacks between 2009 and 

2012 and was a member of the 

2011 Rugby World Cup-winning 

squad, scoring four tries in 

New Zealand’s 79-15 win over 

Canada. 

He was also part of the New 

Zealand side that won the 

under-20 World Cup in Tokyo 

in 2009, scoring two tries in the 

final. The occasion was marred 

by the tragic and sudden death of 

his father, Robert, as he watched 

the game from the stands. 


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Rugby not part of his 

future, Guildford says 


Now he said he holds a 

lot of resentment towards 

the sport and doesn’t believe 

his future will involve 

rugby. 

“They didn’t, the 

rugby community, didn’t 

understand me, or I didn’t 

understand myself so how 

could they understand 

me?” 

As part of his sentence, 

Guildford must also attend 

counselling programmes 

and not use alcohol or 

drugs not prescribed to 

him, as well as undertake 

a gambling addiction programme. 

In late 2020, Guildford 

did an interview like this, 

claiming he’d changed 

and was helping others 

turn their life around too. 

Shortly after, he was named 

as the sports star who assaulted 

a woman. 

“I think what’s different 

this time is I know why. 

Why a lot of the confusion 

of why I was going back 

Govt comms adviser hadn’t 

meant to injure with punch 

• By David Clarkson 

GOVERNMENT 

communications adviser 

Joel Benjamin Ineson says 

he didn’t realise he was 

holding a glass when he 

threw a punch that caused 

permanent disfigurement. 

The Christmas Eve 

punch in an upmarket 

Merivale bar injured the 

ear of the 21-year-old man 

he had argued with. 

The man’s Christmas 

holiday was ruined while 

he had stitches and ongoing 

medical treatment 

and he has been left with a 

disfiguring scar on his ear. 

District court Judge 

Quentin Hix released 

Ineson on supervision for a 

year, ordered him to abide 

by a nightly curfew under 

community detention for 

four months, and ordered 

a $2000 emotional harm 

payment. 

The victim had suggested 

$10,000 as a suitable payment, 

for his losses and expenses, 

and for emotional 

harm. 

However, Judge Hix said 

he had to be careful not to 

use the emotional harm 

reparations system as a 

to addiction was a lack 

of understanding about 

myself. Am I just a horrible 

person like all these voices 

in my head (are) telling 

me? Am I depressed? Am I 

anxious?” 

Guilt and shame still 

weigh heavily on the former 

sports star. 

“Letting my family and 

friends down through this 

gambling, that’s made the 

addiction bigger myself, is 

massive. I hate letting people 

down and to have done 

it to the extent I have.” 

In March, Guildford told 

RECKLESS: 

Joel Ineson was 

at Merivale’s 

Aikmans bar 

when he 

punched the 

victim. 

substitute for compensation 

under ACC. 

Thirty-year-old Ineson, 

a communications adviser 

for Kainga Ora, formerly 

Housing New Zealand, 

and formerly a reporter for 

The Press newspaper and 

its parent company Stuff, 

had earlier pleaded guilty 

to the charge of injuring 

with reckless disregard for 

safety. 

The two had gone to 

the Aikmans bar where 

they had been drinking 

and were moderately intoxicated 

when the victim 

took exception to Ineson 

speaking to a female family 

friend. 

the Herald he was sorry to 

the public and those who 

have supported him over 

the years. 

“Sorry to everyone that 

I’ve hurt. I don’t know 

how I can make it right in 

terms of the people, the 

relationships I’ve damaged 

through friendships, 

supporters I’ve let down, 

the false promises.” 

Guildford said the old 

Zac won’t come back. 

“I know deep down 

in the core I’m a good 

person.” 

—NZ Herald 

What is ADHD? 

• Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder 

(ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition 

that can cause hyperactive and impulsive 

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• Adults and children can be diagnosed with 

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In the altercation that 

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glass in his hand when he 

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• By David Clarkson 

A COUPLE has challenged 

police allegations that they failed 

to provide prescribed antibiotics 

to a 90-year-old dementia 

sufferer after his discharge from 

hospital following a bout of 

pneumonia. 

The police called medical 

evidence about the condition of 

the elderly man with advanced 

dementia – the father of the man 

now on trial in the district court 

– and the effects of not giving 

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The police allegations amount 

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old man in the trial which is 

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The other neglect allegations 

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or water. 

Further charges against the 

son allege he stole $275,239 from 

the man’s bank account and the 

family trust account when he 

had enduring power of attorney, 

to buy items for himself, including 

a car. 

The couple has interim name 

suppression because the two 

are indicating they will appeal 

against the decision of Judge 

Mark Callaghan at the start of 

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suppression. Suppression would 

normally continue until the appeal 

is heard. 

The trial has been shown a series 

of closed-circuit videos from 

the old man’s bedroom, when he 

knocked and called for help for 

more than an hour after soiling 

himself, and his efforts to clean 

himself up. The police allege he 

had been left with no means of 

cleaning himself, and the son 

called him a “filthy animal” and 

threatened to assault him after 

one of the times when he soiled 


Couple deny delaying supply of antibiotics 

himself. 

Dr Jennifer Butler, a senior 

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in June 2020. 

Dementia suffers sometimes 

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Risky territory seems 

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former Christchurch 

businessman Simon 

Henry, the CEO who 

stunned the business 

world by calling 

celebrity chef Nadia Lim 

“a little bit of Eurasian 

fluff”, judging by his 

ventures in beekeeping 

and dangerous 

chemicals. So who is 

he? Andrea Fox reports 

HAVING FLOWN under the 

radar for years, Henry exploded 

into the headlines last week after 

mouthing off about Lim’s minor 

photo part in the prospectus 

for My Food Bag’s sharemarket 

listing last year. 

He was being interviewed as 

a prospective candidate for the 

NBR list of wealthy people and 

abruptly swerved from discussing 

his DGL Group company’s 

listing on the NZX and ASX last 

year into an attack on Lim and 

the subsequent share price performance 

of My Food Bag. 

Lim co-founded My Food 

Bag, and is an ambassador for 

the meal-kit company, having 

stepped down from its board 

RICH LISTER: Simon Henry made his early money in 

property before branching out into chemicals, founding 

dual listed company DGL Group. PHOTO: NZ HERALD 

some time ago. 

Since his outburst, Henry has 

been variously described in investment 

circles on both sides of the 

Tasman as “a spiky character”, 

“difficult”, a self-promoting 

entrepreneur impervious to public 

opinion, and mostly someone who 

doesn’t feel answerable to anyone. 

One market watcher said he 

had never seen anything “so 

naive” as Henry’s reading of “the 

world out there” in all his years 

in the investment sector. 

“There were so many other 

ways to attack My Food Bag (performance) 

. . . why he would do it 

that way . . .” 

Henry told NBR: “I can tell 

you, and you can quote me, when 

you’ve got Nadia Lim, when you’ve 

got a little bit of Eurasian fluff in 

the middle of your prospectus 

with a blouse unbuttoned showing 

some cleavage, and that’s what it 

takes to sell your scrip, then you 

know you’re in trouble.” 

He continued: “Go back to that 

prospectus and find that photo. 

You know you’re in trouble. I 

mean, you know, when you got 

a TV celebrity showing off her 

sensuality to hock scrip, then you 

know you’re in trouble. The uglier 

the board, the more successful 

the share.” 

Lim shows no cleavage in the 

photo and there are no buttons 

on her top. 

Whether Henry is surprised by 

the outcry is anyone’s guess. He’s 

gone to ground. Details about his 

personal background are slim. 

He does not respond to requests 

for comment. 

Henry grew up in Rangiora, 

and, according to Companies 

Office records, now lives in 

Parnell, Auckland. In his early 

investment days he had an office 

on the corner of Gloucester and 

Colombo Sts. 

He also changed his name 

from Simon Henry Whimp to 

Simon Henry. A brother, Bernard 

Whimp, is known for his controversial 

business dealings. Bernard 

Whimp was bankrupt in 1998 but 

discharged in 2001 after reaching 

agreement with creditors. 

Henry’s DGL business has 

grown mostly by acquisitions on 

both sides of the Tasman. And 

with $100m in hand since DGL’s 

capital raising and listing last 

year, the shopping pace has been 

turbocharged, with five acquisitions 

and the purchase of 100 per 

cent of the share capital of two 

companies in the half year to 

December 31 alone. 

DGL, formerly known as 

Dangerous Goods Logistics, is an 

Australian-registered company, 

based in Melbourne. It has an 

all-Australian board with the 

exception of Henry, who is an 

executive director as well as chief 

executive. He owns 57 per cent of 

DGL Group. 

The fact he calls himself “sole 

shareholder” of DGL on the 

company’s website, despite it having 

NZX and ASX investors, says 

quite a lot about the person, one 

New Zealand corporate leader 

observed. 

And the fact that it took three 

days of intense media scrutiny 

for the board to comment on his 

derogatory comments about Lim 

tends to cement the impression 

he sees himself as the company. 

As one market analyst observed, 

Henry has yet to get comfortable 

with the idea that a stock exchange 

listing comes with public 

scrutiny. 

While a PR company-issued 

statement out of Australia on Friday 

night, May 6, said the DGL 

board had “conveyed its deep disappointment 

to Mr Henry” and 

that his comments were contrary 

to DGL culture. 

Repeated requests to speak to 

Henry and the board chairman 

have been ignored. Interestingly, 

the Sydney PR company 

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emphasised it is acting for the 

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So who is Henry, whose personal 

shares in DGL were – by 

his calculation, and before the 

Lim attack – worth $700 million? 

That figure has not aged well 

in the ensuing publicity – this 

week more than $140m had been 

wiped off his personal share 

value as DGL’s share price plummeted. 

Henry is paid A$600,000 

($659,000) a year as DGL’s chief 

executive. 

(In 2016 ,The Rich List 

reported Henry’s wealth to be 

$145m. It noted he was a keen 

tennis player, an avid reader and 

had travelled extensively in Asia 

and Europe.) 

Henry has been reported as 

saying the lessons from his first 

business venture as a beekeeper 

and honey exporter were a 

constant reminder of the need to 

focus sharply on investment returns. 

He said the fundamentals 

of business had been drummed 

into him as a young man when 

he started with a single beehive 

and turned that into a business 

with 1400 hives in a “ranch style” 

operation. He said he built cheap 

beehives while competitors were 

spending big on infrastructure. 

After the 1987 sharemarket 

crash, it’s reported, he got interested 

in property investment, 

buying commercial property in 

Christchurch and Wellington. 

Moving to Auckland, he bought 

more properties, and is reported 

to have built a property portfolio 

worth more than $100m. 

An example of how he built his 

wealth was his sale of Christchurch’s 

former IRD building in 

Cashel St to the Crown for $32m 

in 2013. Property records show the 

building sold in 2020 for $13m. 

Henry’s foray into the chemicals 

industry came in 1999 when 

he bought a 3.6ha chemical 

logistics site in Wellington. 

The DGL prospectus said this 

was the foundation asset “to 

service customers requiring the 

specialist provision of safe and 

compliant chemical supply chain 

management”. 

In 2012, after securing the 

business of international water 

treatment and chemical distributor 

Ixom and Shell, the company 

expanded to Australia by buying 

listed company Hydromet 

Corporation in an off-market 

takeover. This added recycling 

and treatment capabilities to its 

services range. 

Over the next six years DGL 

expanded its transport and treatment 

capabilities with acquisitions 

and further investment in 

logistics, smelter and recycling 

facilities. 

In 2018, Henry acquired the 

Dangerous Goods Logistics 

business in Australia and the 

company’s name and branding 

was changed to DGL. 

Its most recent acquisition is 

in Western Australia with the 

A$2.5m purchase of Total Coolant. 

It’s the third acquisition in 

WA in the past 12 months. 

One of Henry’s acquisitions, 

of New Zealand company 

Chemsafe in 2015, has turned 

sour. Former Chemsafe founder 

and owner Rod Simmonds is 

reported to be seeking around 

$2.6m he alleges is still owed to 

him on the sale of the business 

and its assets to Henry in 2015. 

The case is due to be heard in the 

High Court at Auckland next 

month. 

Meanwhile, DGL, which has 

three divisions, last month upped 

its earnings guidance for the 12 

months ending June this year, 

forecasting ebitda (before deducting 

acquisition costs) of around 

$65m on sales revenue of $354m. 

For the financial year 2021 it 

posted sales revenue of $196m, 

up 9 per cent on the previous 

financial year and 3 per cent 

higher than the prospectus 

forecast. Pro-formal net profit 

after tax was $11.3m, ahead of 

prospectus forecasts. 

But Henry’s outburst has not 

escaped the attention of investors. 

The stock fell 4.57 per cent 

yesterday following a 15 per cent 

fall on Monday. 

—NZ Herald 

SIMON HENRY has apologised 

to Nadia Lim for calling her 

“Eurasian fluff”, acknowledging 

that he used “inappropriate 

language”. 

Lim confirmed yesterday that 

she received the emailed apology 

on Tuesday night – “six days 

after the crises erupted”. 

“It was accompanied by an offer 

for Nadia to call him, which 

will not be acted on,” Lim’s 

spokeswoman Deborah Pead 

said. 

While Henry had claimed to 

have called the celebrity chef 

several times “Nadia’s phone 

records will confirm she neither 

received nor missed a call from 

him”. 

“In my opinion his acknowledgement 

adds further insult to 

injury and one has to wonder 

why he even bothered,” Pead 

said. 

Henry’s employer DGL Group 

had said it had been sent on 

Friday. 

The post suggested Henry 

had tried “several times” to call 

Lim. He offered a “sincere and 

formal” apology for his “inappropriate 

language”. 

The apology was emailed 

from DGL’s office manager. 

Meanwhile Lim is in isolation 

after testing positive for 

Covid-19. 

The 36-year-old revealed via 


NEWS 13 

Henry apologises 

PHOTO: DOUG SHERRING/ 

NZ HERALD 

Facebook and Instagram she 

has the virus. 

“I have Covid right now and 

(chef Vaughan Mabee) drops 

off a home-made pie for us,” she 

wrote online. 

Lim shared a short video clip 

showing off the creation by fellow 

MasterChef NZ judge Mabee, 

of central Otago’s Amisfield 

Restaurant, in an Amisfield box. 

A second post shows her two 

sons in bed and a shout-out to 

her other fellow MasterChef 

judge – Michael Dearth – for 

sending them his children’s 

favourite storybooks from when 

they were young, she says. 

It is not known, however, 

whether Lim’s children or husband 

have tested positive for 

Covid too. 

—NZ Herald 

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• By Devon Bolger 

LUCKY CRUISE passengers in 

Akaroa Harbour have caught 

a rare glimpse of a humpback 

whale in the area. 

The whale was spotted near 

the entrance to the harbour, 

travelling north on Saturday 

with the skipper moving to get a 

closer look. 

George 

Waghorn, part 

owner 

of cruise 

company 

Akaroa 

Dolphins, 

said it was 

an exciting 

moment for all 

on board. 

“We were 

heading back into the harbour 

and I saw it in the back of my eye. 

It looked like a big boat in the 

distance but I saw its blowhole 

and knew what it was.” 

Waghorn said it is a reasonably 

rare occurrence that seems to be 

more frequent this year than in 

previous years. 

He said it was a treat for the 

many Australian passengers on 

board. 

“It was a great surprise for 

them. 

“They loved it, they all got 

out the front of the boat, lots of 

cameras were out.” 

Akaroa Dolphins uses 

specially-trained dogs to help 

locate the hector’s dolphin, one 

of the rarest in the world. 

On board on Saturday was 


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George 

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RARE GLIMPSE: Lucky cruise passengers in Akaroa Harbour 

have caught sight of a humpback whale. 

Albie the dog, Waghorn said 

he was not too keen on the big 

mammal. 

“He wasn’t too sure about it. 

Was giving it a bit of a look from 

the boat.” 

The whale spent about 20 

minutes breaching in the water, 

Waghorn said. 

– NZ Herald 

Police criticised over 

bar CCTV footage 


A BAR is disappointed with 

police for not responding to 

CCTV footage they supplied 

after a suspected arson. 

Two weeks ago The Bower on 

New Brighton Rd suffered damage 

to its outdoor area after it 

caught fire. 

CCTV footage sent to the 

police showed a man hanging 

around the outdoor area when 

the fire started, and two weeks 

before the fire. 

The fire started about 6.40pm 

on April 26. The bar was closed 

at the time. 

A rugby team training in 

nearby Bower Park saw it and 

helped extinguish it. 

Pierre de Lautour, whose partner 

owns the bar, said he was 

still waiting to hear from police 

about the CCTV footage. 

“We’ve been asking if they’ve 

got hold of the guy and that but 

there’s been no reply,” de Lautour 

said yesterday. 

“Last Thursday I’ve seen him 

out on his push bike again going 

past the pub and down New 

Brighton Rd so I don’t know 

what the story is.” 

A police spokesperson told 

The Star yesterday anyone who 

could identify the person in the 

stills from the CCTV footage 

should contact them. 

The spokesperson said police 

believed the person in the 

footage could “assist us with 

inquiries.” 

Said de Lautour: “I just would 

have thought that there might be 

a bit more follow up but I don’t 

know if they’re too busy or what. 

It would be good to kind of just 

put it all to rest and just move on 

kind of thing.” 

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• By Mick Jensen 

PROMINENT Lyttelton building 

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and he plans to restore it to its 

original status. 

Roland Logan has purchased 

the building from previous 

owners Rebecca Lovell-Smith and 

Christian Carruthers on an as-is, 

where-is condition. 

Work on restoring the 1940s 

building will begin straight away. 

It will be completed in two 

stages with stage one involving 

the reinstating of the parapet, 

new roof and guttering and the 

replacement of glass on the top 

floor. 

The second stage will require 

consents and will involve some 

redesign, fire upgrades, toilets 

in the basement and earthquake 

strengthening. 

Logan said the restoration 

project was well worth doing 

and he wanted to reinstate the 

building to how it once was. 

It would include restoring the 

five hotel rooms upstairs. 

He and some mates would 

work on stage one, which was 

expected to take three months. 

He hoped to have the project 

wrapped up entirely by early next 

year. 

Logan said he was a ‘‘handson’’ 

person, who didn’t consider 

himself to be a businessman as 

such, but rather a supporter of 

heritage. 

‘‘I am frustrated by the way 

heritage is largely ignored in this 

country and I want to do my 

bit to preserve something 

here.’’ 

Another reason he is taking on 

the project is because he has been 

denied permission to move the 

centrally-located NG building 

on Madras St to a new site for 

restoration. 

Instead that building will now 

be demolished to make way for 

Christchurch’s new stadium. 

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NEWS 

WORK HAS started on building 

a new lookout and upgrading 

the sealed car park opposite the 

historic 1914 rest house Sign of 

the Bellbird. 

It’s one of four rest houses 

built along the Summit Rd by 

conservationist Henry (Harry) 

George Ell. 

The project is an initiative 

of the Summit Road Society, a 

charitable organisation set up in 

1948 to further Ell’s vision. 

The car park will remain 

closed for the entire construction 

period, which is expected to take 

up to four months depending on 

the weather. Pedestrian access 

to the tracks will be maintained 

throughout. 

Alternative parking is available 

at other parking bays and car 

parks along the Summit Rd. 

The lookout will feature stone 

walls and native plantings, a pou 

whenua area, educational panels 

and a plaque commemorating 

the work of society founder John 

Jameson. 

Project funding of $150,000 

has come from the city council’s 

capital endowment fund with 

the remainder of the costs fundraised 

by the society, which is 

managing the project. 

Banks Peninsula Community 

Board chairperson Tori 

Peden said once completed 

the new lookout will capture 

spectacular views of 

the harbour. 

“For a number of years 

now the society has been 

working to create a lookout 

and heritage education area 

here. We’re pleased to have 

been able to work in partnership 


Work starts on new Sign 

of the Bellbird lookout 

UNDER WAY: Historic rest house the Sign of the Bellbird 

will have a new lookout and an upgraded car park. 

PHOTO: NEWSLINE 

Tori 

Peden 

with them to help bring this special 

project to fruition. 

“I’m looking forward to 

seeing the finished result 

in a few months’ time and 

ask the community to bear 

with us while the work is 

carried out and car park is 

closed.” 

Work was intended to 

begin in February but has 

been delayed due to Covid. 

Cobham pupils selling 

school memorabilia 

• By John Cosgrove 

INSTEAD OF simply throwing 

it away in a landfill, students 

at Cobham Intermediate are 

holding a garage sale this 

weekend to repurpose hundreds 

of items not needed when they 

move into their new school. 

Fancy an old ink well, or some 

used rimu desks or chairs, or 

even a couple of 1960s-era school 

milk bottles, plastic chairs or 

maybe even some used iPads? 

Then the Cobham reclaim sale 

this Friday after school, and 

Saturday, may be of interest for 

those keen to retain a memory of 

their school days at Cobham. 

Ten year 8 students from 

the Cobham Young Enterprise 

Group have organised the sale to 

help subsidise needed new equipment 

as the pupils and teachers 

plan their move into some of the 

newly-constructed classrooms 

next to the old school premises. 

Digital technology teacher 

Steve Morgan said the group has 

a unique opportunity with the 

rebuild. 

“The fact that we’ve got a whole 

lot of furniture that’s not being 

used anymore, and many other 

items, the group decided that 

instead of just dumping them, 

let’s see if we can upsell them 

and someone else can basically 

OLD SCHOOL: Holding 

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this Friday and Saturday 

are (from left) Alexa O’Neill, 

Jason Yang, Saoirse Mostyn- 

Waldron and Felix Winsley. 

reclaim the which is where the 

whole idea of the reclaim sale 

came from,” he said. 

Group member Aimee Muncaster, 

12, said she hopes that 

instead of just putting them in 

a skip, hopefully someone will 

take the items home. 

Whatever’s left over after the 

two-day sale will be donated to 

a charity shop, should it be suitable. 

The school, which was first 

built in 1963, will start moving 

selected classes over to the new 

classrooms later this year and 

expect the rebuild work to be 

completed by the end of 2023. 

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pieces of DNA from moa 

fossils, to explore how 

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climate heated and 

cooled. 

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during the last ice 

age 25,000 years 

ago, the eastern 

moa – a subspecies 

once spread 

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and southern South Island 

– retreated to the south, 

leading to lower genetic diversity 

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The heavy-footed moa, 

meanwhile, headed to both 

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Verry said the species was 

spread across the eastern 

and southern South 

Island during the warmer 

Holocene period, but was 

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South Island during the 

height of the last Ice Age 

about 25,000 years ago. 

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which retreated to both 

southern and northern regions 

of the South Island, 

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Alex Verry 

and genetic diversity – 

the last Ice Age lead to a 

pronounced genetic bottleneck 

which meant it ended 

up with lower genetic 

diversity than other moa 

living in the same areas,” 

Verry said. 

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Biology Letters, marked 

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which simultaneously 

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of pieces of DNA, 

has been used to 

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at the population 

level. 

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highlighted how 

past climate change 

impacted species 

in different ways 

and that a “one 

size fits all” model was not 

practical. 

“It makes us wonder 

what is going to happen 

to species as they attempt 

to adapt to climate change 

today and into the future?” 

Verry said. 

“Will they also attempt 

to move to new areas in 

order to survive? For some 

species this will not be 

possible, some species will 

run out of space, such as 

alpine species which will 

have to move upward but 

can only go so far until 

there is no more ‘up’.” 

Co-author Dr Nic Rawlence, 

director of Otago’s 

Palaeogenetics Laboratory, 

said the research 

was a rare example of the 

impacts of past climate 

change on extinct megafauna 

from New Zealand. 

“It showed that we had 

all of these individualistic 

responses to climate 

change – and that you 

can’t put everything in the 

same basket. 

“So, in terms of future 

species, we’re actually going 

to need conservation 

management tailed to 

individual species – and 

ensuring that they have 

habitat available so that 

they can respond.” 

Evidence gathered from 

sediment and ice suggests 

it’s been about 10,000 years 

since the average annual 

temperature was as high as 

it is today – and temperatures 

we’re now feeling are 

therefore likely to be near 

the top of the range that 

current ecosystems have 

experienced. 

That’s already limiting 

where our species can live. 

Early signs include two 

weta species moving to 

higher elevations on Mt 

Taranaki, while native 

birds have retreated into 

cooler parts of their former 

habitats because there are 

more predators like possums, 

rats, and stoats in 

warmer lowland forests. 

As the area of cooler 

forests shrinks, that 

pressure from predators 

will increase further - 

especially on large birds 

like kiwi, whio and North 

Island kokako that can’t 

easily move. 

Rawlence said the study 

also demonstrated how 

fossil remains and museum 

collections could be 

used to answer new questions 

about the past. 

“This is really bringing 

the power of palaeogenomics 

to New Zealand 

research questions, 

whereas previously most 

research and interest has 

focused on Eurasian or 

American species. 

“We are really starting 

to build capacity for this 

research in New Zealand.” 

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ince Environment Canterbury 

climate-change emergency 

Don’t let ratepayer money go up in smoke 

Environment 

Canterbury Chair 

Jenny Hughey 


by sea-level rise this century and 

our productive and protected land 

jeopardised by the arrival and 

spread of new, exotic weeds and 

pests from warmer climates. 

All these eventualities have 

to be planned and prepared for, 

and Environment Canterbury 

will remain in the vanguard of 

these climate change efforts. 

One example is the $40 million 

Waimakariri River flood 

protection project, completed 

late last year. The network of 

floodgates and stopbanks will 

protect half a million people and 

$8 billion of community and 

business assets from a possible 

“super flood”. 

The last major flood was in 

December 1957, when parts 

of Coutts Island in Belfast and 

Kainga were swamped by river 

flow peaking at 3990 cubic 

threatened and facing increased 

pressures due to river system 

change. 

Wetlands are also ecosystems 

at-risk nationally and regionally, 

degraded by draining, damming 

and diversion affecting their 

ability to sequester carbon, 

cleanse freshwater and mitigate 

flooding, as well as impacting on 

biodiversity and mahinga kai. 

With biosecurity, we are 

putting greater emphasis on the 

risks of new pests establishing 

in Canterbury. Warming 

temperatures, changing soils and 

new land uses mean new weeds 

especially, will be able to gain a 

better foothold across the region. 

More broadly, we have to 

curb reliance on fossil fuels and 

find environmentally suitable 

alternatives, such as electricity and 

hydrogen, to power our public 


OPINION 27 

and enhance that work. 

fleet hybrid or long-range electric 

SMOKE That work ON included the horizon setting is not Last by 2022. year, Carbon more than emissions 850 from 

an up unfamiliar a climate-change sight in integration Canterbury. 

programme in the Long-term Plan lodged are offset with via us. our Each own callout biodiversity 

smoke-related air travel across complaints the organisation were 

2018-28, I’ve previously ensuring written climate about change costs programmes. ratepayers about $350. 

the was importance actively considered of doing across stubble It quickly According adds up, to a so Madworld we really 

report 

burning 

workstreams, 

right, 

increasing 

but it’s not 

visibility 

just a 

in 

want 

2019, 

to 

our 

see 

gross 

those 

emissions 

numbers 

were 

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of the science 

issue. 

and what we know 

come 

2253 

down 

tonnes 

through 

of carbon 

better 

dioxide 

and 

Many of the smoke callouts safer burning, and other ways of 

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

our regional council (Environment 

taking care of garden waste or 

change 

Canterbury) 

on Canterbury, 

staff 

and 

attend 

liaising 

rubbish. 

removals of 7883 tonnes of CO2- 

involve 

on the issue 

residential 

with iwi 

and 

and 

lifestyle 

regional 

First, 

equivalent 

ask yourself 

through 

– 

our 

do I 

efficiency 

really 

blocks partners, – as other people local burn authorities rubbish, need efforts to light? and from Instead forestry of taking planting 

garden and central material government. and other types a match across to 2700 those hectares. lawn clippings 

of As waste an organisation, outdoors. we have and The leaves, changing why not climate use them will pose 

also The made resulting significant smoke progress can be a in for many mulching? risks to And life that and pile livelihood of 

real addressing hassle for our neighbours own greenhousegas 

emissions, when rules with to our minimise station we have an option? seen how occasional, metres per second (cumecs). transport. 

– especially 

debris in Canterbury. – is taking In it to recent a transfer years 

the Christchurch impact are building ignored. receiving It can a If but you extreme, do decide weather to burn events (re-havmember 

had huge – your effects property on residents must and help designed disperse to smoke. defend Also, Christchurch small burning. Lowndes To report retired a burning- 

as chair of fire – before taking a match 

usually The have protection light winds scheme that has been found at When ecan.govt.nz/outdoor- 

my predecessor Steve HAZARD: Be careful with 

cause “market-leading” health irritations energy such efficiency as 

itchy rating eyes of 5.0 and out scratchy of 6 in throats, the year be infrastructure larger than 2ha), around you must the South piles from with a good flood airflow of as much under as 6500 related this incident, council you late can last phone year, he to foliage decide if it is 

not to February to mention smelly the National laundry visit Island. checkitsalright.nz for rules, them cumecs. are better than big ones – Environment highlighted Canterbury some of anytime 

on changes 0800 765 on the 588 way. – or He phone was station, and work out if 

the big better taking it to a transfer 

and Australian reduced Built visibility Environment 

the risks The and driest current parts conditions. of our region, they burn Environment faster and Canterbury’s 

hotter with 

roads. Rating System New Zealand. This along handy the Fire Marlborough and Emergency coast and less leadership smoke. of biodiversity and 111 if optimistic there’s a danger we would to people be able to your property fits within the 

Some The building’s burning features is allowed include NZ across online much tool of has the details Canterbury about It’s biosecurity also good to programmes burn before is also or property. deal with the “pressing issues” 

allowable 

of 

size. 

on 184 properties solar panels larger which than can 2ha any Plains, fire restrictions are expected for to your get even night-time. underpinned Cooler by temperatures climate-change Ultimately, climate burning change and creates sustainability. 

hectares, generate more but that than doesn’t 55,000 mean area, drier. as well North-westerly as information storms on are can 

concerns. 

make smoke sink, and pollution I share – and his I encourage confidence. As a 

you kilowatt can burn hours whatever of electricity you like, per other things like wind speed and evening breezes can then take all residents to 

whenever you like. Many people predicted to become more intense, 

year. 

it to low-lying areas where it on land It’s smaller than a 2ha year don’t Once since you have the green Environment light, can become trapped near the Canterbury 

Canterbury’s distinct braided community, and as a council, 

There has been a 26% reduction turning our braided rivers into 

we are taking some bold steps to 

many challenges. The rivers form 

possible. 

ensure we are in a better place to 

actually 

per staff 

realise 

member 

they 

in 

can’t 

emissions 

light you need to ensure you’re burning 

roaring as efficiently rapids, as fuelling possible. landslides 

a hazard. a vital ecological link and provide cope with the changing climate 

ground, creating a nuisance and The last thing we want to see 

up at all, 

declared 

except when cooking 

a climate-change emergency 

since 30 June 2010. We now have and causing widespread erosion. 

is ratepayer money going up in 

an abundant food supply and and the tests it will set us. But 

under certain conditions. 

Cloudy days are best as they The full list of rules can be smoke. 

access to electric and hybrid 

Canterbury’s coastal 

nesting grounds for 26 species of there will always be a need to do 

JENNY HUGHEY explains what 

by sea-level rise this century and threatened and facing increased 

vehicles 

the 

and 

council 

hope 

has 

to have 

been 

half 

doing. 

our communities will be threatened native birds – most classified as 

our 

more. 

productive and protected land pressures due to river system 

Environment 

The formal declaration of a 

jeopardised by the arrival and change. 

state of climate emergency across 

spread of new, exotic weeds and Wetlands are also ecosystems 

Canterbury Chair 

Canterbury was one of the most 

pests from warmer climates. at-risk nationally and regionally, 

serious, and colourful, moments 

Jenny Hughey 

All these eventualities have degraded by draining, damming 

in the regional council’s more than 

to be planned and prepared for, and diversion affecting their 

30-year history. 

and enhance that work. 

fleet hybrid or long-range electric 

and Environment Canterbury ability to sequester carbon, 

A year ago this Saturday, 

That work included setting by 2022. Carbon emissions from 

will remain in the vanguard of cleanse freshwater and mitigate 

at 11.49am, Environment 

up a climate-change integration air travel across the organisation 

these climate change efforts. flooding, as well as impacting on 

Canterbury became New Zealand’s 

One example is the $40 million biodiversity and mahinga kai. 

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

first council to proclaim such an 

Waimakariri River flood 

With biosecurity, we are 

2018-28, ensuring climate change programmes. 

emergency, formally dedicating 

protection project, completed putting greater emphasis on the 

was actively considered across According to a Madworld report 

itself to consideration of climate 

late last year. The network of risks of new pests establishing 

workstreams, increasing visibility in 2019, our gross emissions were 

change at the heart of all it does. 

floodgates and stopbanks will in Canterbury. Warming 

of the science and what we know 2253 tonnes of carbon dioxide 

The declaration highlighted 

protect half a million people and temperatures, changing soils and 

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

that all the work Environment 

$8 billion of community and new land uses mean new weeds 

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

Canterbury does – from 

business assets from a possible especially, will be able to gain a 

on the issue with iwi and regional equivalent through our efficiency 

freshwater management to 

“super flood”. 

better foothold across the region. 

partners, other local authorities efforts and from forestry planting 

biodiversity and biosecurity, 

The last major flood was in More broadly, we have to 

and central government. 

across 2700 hectares. 

transport and urban development 

December 1957, when parts curb reliance on fossil fuels and 

to air quality, and also regional 

As an organisation, we have The changing climate will pose of Coutts Island in Belfast and find environmentally suitable 

leadership – has a climate change 

also made significant progress in many risks to life and livelihood Kainga were swamped by river alternatives, such as electricity and 

focus. 

addressing our own greenhousegas 

emissions, with our 

we have seen how occasional, metres per second (cumecs). transport. 

in Canterbury. In recent years flow peaking at 3990 cubic hydrogen, to power our public 

Currently, under the Resource 

Management Act, regional Christchurch building receiving a but extreme, weather events have The protection scheme has been When my predecessor Steve 

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

to climate change, not mitigate rating of 5.0 out of 6 in the year infrastructure around the South from a flood of as much as 6500 this council late last year, he 

it – that responsibility is the to February on the National Island. 

cumecs. 

highlighted some of the big 

Government’s, but could change. Australian Built Environment The driest parts of our region, Environment Canterbury’s changes on the way. He was 

Even in ‘adapt mode’ many Rating System New Zealand. along the Marlborough coast and leadership of biodiversity and optimistic we would be able to 

of Environment Canterbury’s The building’s features include across much of the Canterbury biosecurity programmes is also deal with the “pressing issues” of 

existing policies and plans already 184 solar panels which can Plains, are expected to get even underpinned by climate-change climate change and sustainability. 

contribute to reduced emissions. generate more than 55,000 drier. North-westerly storms are concerns. 

I share his confidence. As a 

In declaring the climate 

kilowatt hours of electricity per predicted to become more intense, Canterbury’s distinct braided community, and as a council, 

emergency, the Council noted it year. 

with torrential alpine rainstorms rivers and unique wetlands face we are taking some bold steps to 

would continue to show leadership There has been a 26% reduction turning our braided rivers into many challenges. The rivers form ensure we are in a better place to 

on climate-change and do so per staff member in emissions roaring rapids, fuelling landslides a vital ecological link and provide cope with the changing climate 

without adding new programmes 

at ratepayers’ expense. It also gave 

staff a clear mandate to continue 

since 30 June 2010. We now have 

access to electric and hybrid 

vehicles and hope to have half our 

and causing widespread erosion. 

Canterbury’s coastal 

communities will be threatened 

an abundant food supply and 

nesting grounds for 26 species of 

native birds – most classified as 

and the tests it will set us. But 

there will always be a need to do 

more. 

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ABOUT PEGASUS HEALTH 

Who we are 

Pegasus Health is a charitable organisation committed to supporting 

‘all Cantabrians leading healthy lives’. 

We support general practices and community-based health providers within Canterbury 

to deliver quality health care, to more than 445,000 enrolled patients. We have primary 

care teams that are responsive to the wellbeing needs of our patients and communities. 

Prioritising Māori, Pasifika and people with mental health needs, is important to our work. 

PEGASUS HEALTH’S NEW CEO COMMITTED 

TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 

A family man with a blended family of six kids, 

Mark has been in New Zealand for 21 years. 

He came here for a better life for himself, 

his wife, and his family. He is also a keen 

musician and plays bass guitar in a 

grunge band after growing up listening 

to 90s bands such as Soundgarden and 

Nirvana. 

Born and educated in England, Mark 

has spent his working life in the health, 

disability, and community sectors. His 

leadership potential was recognised from 

an early age when he was offered a Head of 

Department position with the National Health 

Service (NHS) in London at 20 years old. 

Before leaving the UK for the greener pastures of 

Aotearoa, Mark spent five and a half years at the Great 

Ormond Street Children’s Hospital in London. 

“The place that gave me as much passion for my job as 

Pegasus does, was Great Ormond Street 

Children’s Hospital. The work Great 

Ormond Street does is phenomenal, 

and I still stay in contact with them 

now,” says Mark. 

Since working in New Zealand, 

Mark’s commitment to community 

engagement has become a central 

tenet to his approach to developing 

health care services. 

He grabbed the opportunity to be 

the Inaugural Manager of a brand new 

purpose-built Medical Centre, Central Med, 

in Tauranga. That was his first introduction 

to primary care, learning about engagement with 

population and building services around what people’s 

needs and wants were. 

“For me, Pegasus an organisation with people living well 

at the heart of its purpose really resonated with me. I 

have seen how small changes in primary care can make 

a massive difference in the lives and wellbeing of our 

communities,” Mark says. 

Being at Pegasus for over a decade, Mark is proud and 

privileged to be where he is now and considers it an 

honour to be the Manukura at Pegasus. 

“It has got the best culture and probably the most 

committed people of any organisation I have ever 

worked in,” he says. 

With change on the horizon, Mark is quietly confident in 

his ability to lead Pegasus through the health reforms. 

“There is a lot of change coming and most of what the 

health reforms are aspiring to see in the community is at 

the heart of what we do. There will be some change, but 

my job over the next year or two is to position us well for 

the future and keep building on the legacy that comes 

from this organisation that was born of general practice,” 

says Mark. 

UC POP-UP PROVIDES ACCESS TO 

TESTING FOR ĀKONGA 

During the start of the Omicron outbreak, the 

University of Canterbury (UC) had one of the largest 

clusters of positive cases amongst students. 

The decision to have a pop-up site on campus was 

to help aid the demand of the cluster, specifically for 

those ākonga in the halls of residence, where initial 

cases swiftly increased. 

Jamiee Cairns, Site Lead for the pop-up 

COVID-19 testing station, says they had 

hundreds of students coming through 

every day, starting off with Polymerase 

Chain Reaction (PCR) testing. Eventually 

this changed to Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) 

to keep up with the demand and allow 

students to self-test at home. 

“The testing clinic was greatly appreciated and 

made a significant difference for our students,” says 

Ripeka Tamanui-Hurunui, Director of Equity. 

“Having your team on campus meant that hundreds 

of students were able to access testing that would not 

have been accessible to them otherwise,” Ripeka says. 

Many students on campus are first-time students with 

no access to transportation and living away from their 

hometown. Having a testing station on site meant that 

it was accessible for them to get tested and reduced 

demand at other testing sites. 

“There was a high level of need and anxiety about 

accessing testing; the team arrived just in time. It took 

the pressure off when we most needed it and allowed 

us to focus on those who needed medical attention,” 

says Teàrlach MacLean, General Practitioner at UC 

Health Centre. 

Vikram Selvaraj, University of Canterbury’s Student 

President says he was glad to see the testing site on 

campus. 

“It gave students the opportunity to 

get tested, keeping themselves and 

others safe. The site was open for 

several days, giving students 

the opportunity to drop in 

whenever they could,” says 

Vikram. 

The pop-up testing station at 

the University of Canterbury 

saw over 1,300 students, staff 

and whānau. More than 650 

PCR tests were done and close 

to 1,000 RATs were distributed 

during the seven days they were 

on campus. 

“Our team thoroughly enjoyed working at 

UC, with several requesting to be rostered there. 

The students, despite being sick, were friendly and 

supportive of each other,” says Jaimee. 

YOU CAN STILL GET 

HEALTH CARE IN 

CANTERBURY AT ANY 

COVID-19 TRAFFIC 

LIGHT LEVEL 

It’s important to get your usual health care, medicines 

and advice. If you’re over 70 or have pre-existing 

health conditions, check with your usual health team 

about whether it’s safe to attend appointments – you 

can have a phone or video call consultation instead if 

needed. 

WHAT HEALTH SERVICES 

CAN I ACCESS? 

Call your general practice 

about any new or existing medical condition. 

Your consultation can be over the phone or 

by video call. 

Evening and weekend care 

You can still call your general practice 

and your call will be answered by a health 

professional. 

Order prescriptions 

as you usually would and collect these from 

your pharmacy as normal. 

Don’t have a general practice? 

Call Healthline on 0800 611 116, 

24 hours a day, seven days a week. 

Hear more about what is happening 

in your community at pegasus.health.nz

Get planting before the soil gets too wet 

DAYS ARE NOW shorter and 

nights longer, temperatures are 

dropping, all signs that winter 

is very near. A lot of tasks in the 

garden to be carried out before it 

becomes too cold and wet. 

Vegetable garden 

Continue planting traditional 

winter vegetables, broccoli, Brussel 

sprouts, cabbages, cauliflower, 

onions, peas, silverbeet and 

spinach. 

May is also the preferred month 

for sowing broad beans. To do 

this, enrich the soil thoroughly, 

add a ‘dressing’ of lime along with 

fresh compost. 

Sow the seed 10-15mm deep 

and 100-150 mm apart. Single or 

double rows can be sown. 

Garlic can also be planted in 

May; they prefer well-drained soil 

with generous amounts of compost. 

Plant the cloves 30-40mm 

deep and 50-60 mm between 

each clove. 

Flowering annuals 

Continue planting winter flowering 

annuals throughout May. 

Maintain a watch for slugs and 

snails that may still be operating. 

Winter flowers annuals to plant 

include alyssum, calendulas, 

cineraria, cornflowers, lobelia, 

pansies, poppies, primulas, snapdragons, 

stock, sweet pea, Sweet 

William, wallflowers, and violas. 

Perennials 

While many perennials 

prefer to grow undisturbed 

for many years, they eventually 

become overcrowded producing 

poor growth and flowering. 

May is an ideal month for 

safely dividing and replanting 

A LOT of vegetables grow happily 

through the cold weather. 

Don’t forget, though, that 

winter is also a good time to leave 

some beds empty so that they 

have a rest. It’s also a good season 

to create some new vege beds. 

The easy way to do this is to 

start by constructing an aboveground 

edging. Then fill the 

numerous perennials. Prepare 

new sites thoroughly prior to 

division and then swiftly replant 

newly divided plants into the 

selected sites in the garden. Any 

old/diseased plant mater should 

be disposed of. 

Strawberries 

The planting of next 

season strawberries should 

be completed in May. Even 

though there are cold winter 

months ahead, the earlier 

strawberries are planted the 

better the spring growth. Always 

plant some new varieties as well 

as the runners from your old 

strawberry plants. You can also 

extend the harvesting season, 

enclosed bed with manure, leaves, 

straw or grass clippings. 

Leave this alone for a couple 

of months and you’ll have the 

perfect base for your spring 

plantings. An additional 

sprinkling of lime encourages 

biological activity in the bed and 

will prove to be beneficial for 

most veges. 


by planting a mixture of both 

early, late and day neutral 

varieties. 

Fruit trees 

The pruning of pip and stone 

fruit trees can begin towards the 

end of May. Aim to reduce the 

height of fruit trees to manageable 

levels for picking and 

maintenance work. Remove all 

inward growing branches and any 

‘crisscrossing’ branches. Always 

observe during the summer 

months, where the fruit are on 

the tree i.e., the age of the branches 

that produce the fruit. After 

pruning is completed follow up 

with a copper spray. Be prepared 

to protect young citrus trees from 

Members of the cabbage 

family, for example, chinese 

cabbages, broccoli, cauliflowers 

and cold-loving brussels sprouts 

are ideally suited to the winter 

garden. 

Broad beans and peas grow 

well in the winter months but 

won’t always set their pods until 

spring. 

FLAVOUR: May is the time to plant garlic. Find well drained soil and 

plant 100-150mm apart. It is also the time to divide and replant 

perennials such as alstroemeria. 

winter frosts with frost cloth. 

Rose care 

The flowering season is now 

finished, apart from iceberg that 

will continue blooming indefinitely 

it seems! It is still too early 

to start pruning as a warm spell 

will encourage immediate new 

growth after pruning, even in 

early winter. 

In the herb garden 

The herb garden is new in what 

can be termed ‘winter mode’! 

As many of our culinary herbs 

originated from warmer climates, 

they often struggle over wet, cold 

winter months. Plant frequently 


GARDENING 29 

used herbs like mint, parsley, and 

chives in containers to improve 

winter performance. 

Lawns 

As temperatures drop, so will 

the rate of grass growth. Check 

for early signs of ‘wet spots’ in the 

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moist but not too wet and minor 

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SPORT 


TWO organisations synonymous 

with sporting success revealed 

their ruthless streak, but there 

was still a feel-good storyline 

for one of club rugby’s battlers, 

Belfast. 

Cashmere Technical reasserted 

their dominance in football’s 

Southern League with an 

11-2 demolition of Mosgiel 

AFC, enabling the defending 

champions to keep the pressure 

on leaders Christchurch United, 

the only other unbeaten side in 

the competition featuring sides 

from Canterbury and Otago. 

Rugby League 

In the Canterbury Rugby 

League premiership, perennial 

grand finalists and last season’s 

runners-up Linwood posted a 

century against Papanui, a 20- 

try, 102-0 rout which emphasised 


Cashmere Technical reassert dominance 

DOUBLE STRIKE: 

Cashmere Technical’s Lyle 

Matthysen watches one of 

his two goals head for the 

net against Mosgiel AFC. 

PHOTO: MATT HASTINGS 

THIS WEEKEND’S TOP CLASHES 

the gulf in class from top to 

bottom. 

Six tries inside the opening 

quarter set the tone as the Keas 

powered to a 56-0 lead at halftime 

and they far from rested on 

their laurels after the break. 

Canterbury Bulls forward Kyle 

Amer notched four tries while 

wing Maka Mohi finished with 

a hat-trick as Linwood, who 

featured 12 try-scorers - firmed 

as competition favourites after 

ceding the title to Hornby last 

year. 

Hornby’s premiership defence 

is yet to gather momentum with 

the Eastern Eagles adding to 

the Panthers early season woes 

through an 18-8 victory at Leslie 

Park, highlighted by centre Pio 

Ioane’s treble. 

The Eagles can build on that 

momentum on Saturday against 

Papanui while Hornby have another 

opportunity to get off the 

mark against Celebration Lions, 

who were shaded in a tight clash 

by the Northern Bulldogs, 16-10. 

The Kaiapoi-based side now 

take on the in-form Halswell 

Hornets – who beat Riccarton 

36-10 last weekend – while 

Linwood, the only unbeaten 

team in the quest for the regular 

season’s Massetti Cup, are 

expected to extend that record 

when they are hosted by an 

improving Riccarton at Crosbie 

Park. 

Rugby 

Hornby are not alone in experiencing 

contrasting fortunes, 

with last year’s Christchurch 

Metro Premier runners-up 

Burnside also unable to replicate 

the highs of 2021. 

Burnside are the only winless 

side in the division one club 

rugby competition after Belfast 

won their bottom of the table 

clash 19-10. 

Wooden spooners in 2021, Belfast 

have already matched their 

solitary win last season with a 

spirited performance. 

Shirley lock poised for his 

300th division one game 


HE’S NOT the tallest lock 

bounding around, but when it 

comes to experience Phil Watson 

is head and shoulders above his 

teammates. 

The converted loose forward 

is a game away from the 300 

division one match milestone, 

and the Christchurch Metro 

Cup stalwart continues to 

display the qualities which 

make the 37-year-old such a 

vital cog in the Shirley engine 

room. 

When last Saturday’s match 

with Christchurch was in the 

balance at 24-18 as the clock 

wound down, 1.88m Watson was 

hoisted perfectly by his lifters to 

snatch a lineout against the feed, 

an intervention that enabled 

the visitors to absorb valuable 

seconds before full-time. 

The most seasoned campaigner 

in Shirley’s top squad, Watson 

was constantly cajoling and 

directing his teammates around 

Christchurch Park, before 

celebrating victory – Shirley’s 

second from five games – with 

a bite-sized chocolate bar, and a 

water. Post-match refreshments 

will undoubtedly be stronger 

this Saturday, as Watson records 

the latest landmark appearance 

of a one-club career which 

started in 2003. 

He joined Shirley after moving 

from Ashburton to study 

at Canterbury University and 

debuted against New Brighton as 

an openside flanker. 

Later that season he harried 

former Canterbury, Crusaders 

and All Blacks first five-eighths 

Andrew Mehrtens; he also 

duelled at the breakdown with 

some of the province’s other 

favourite rugby sons, Matt Todd 

and Reuben Thorne. 

Watson has been in the wars – 

he missed a season after tearing 

MILESTONE: Shirley rugby stalwart Phil Watson makes his 300th senior appearance for the club on Saturday. 

(Right) – Watson claims a crucial lineout possession in Shirley’s tight win over Christchurch. PHOTOS: CHRIS BARCLAY 

an anterior cruciate ligament in 

the opening game and endured 

three ACL reconstructions 

before recording his 200th appearance 

in 2016. 

Since then, the department 

head of physical education and 

health at Christchurch Boys’ 

High School, has proved remarkably 

durable. 

“I’ve been really lucky with 

injuries, I’ve had niggles but 

nothing too major,” he said. 

“I think the reason is when 

you get older, you get a bit wiser. 

You know where not to go on the 

field and you know what to do 

after the game.” 

However, the after match 

ritual will be more old school at 

Burwood Park after Saturday’s 

clash with Belfast. 

“I’ll have a couple and hopefully 

a few boys can come and 

celebrate with me. It’ll be a 

pretty cool occasion being at 

home as well,” Watson said. 

He put in an 80min shift 

against Christchurch, indicating 

father time is yet to catch up on 

the father-of-two. Their mother, 

however, has gently blown the 

whistle. 

“This will be the last year, this 

is definitely it,” he said. 

“I’ve told the wife (Teresa) 

about four years in a row: ‘This 

is my last year’. It took a lot of 

convincing to get it over the line 

this year. 

“She’s a very, very tolerant 

woman. I’m very fortunate she 

looks after the kids and let’s me 

off on a Tuesday, Thursday and 

Saturday. 

“I still love the game and I feel 

like I can contribute, but I’ve got 

two young kids (aged 2-½ and 

seven months).” 

While proud of his longevity, 

his contribution to the team 

counted more than any number. 

“I don’t really care too much 

about numbers. I’m more about 

doing what I can to help the 

team,” said Watson, who has 

transitioned from a fetcher to the 

tight five. 

“I started as a seven, then went 

to six and eight. The last three to 

four years I’ve gone to lock. I’m 

getting a bit slower. For what I 

can do, that’s my best position.” 

Watson celebrated his 100- 

game milestone with success 

over Belfast, and although the 

club has been struggling, they 

did break their 2022 duck with 

victory over last year’s runnersup 

Burnside last weekend. 

So, there will be no room for 

complacency for the milestone 

man and his mates. 

“I hate to say it, but they are 

our bogey team,” Watson said. 

“We constantly underestimate 

them, and you can’t 

underestimate any team. If 

they get on a roll they can be 

dangerous.”

Shirley now loom, with veteran 

lock-loose forward Phil Watson’s 

300th division one appearance 

providing added motivation for 

the Vikings. 

Sydenham lead the standings 

as the only unbeaten side in 

the competition after Lincoln 

University experienced their first 

setback of the season, a 36-24 

defeat to Linwood. 

They strive to get back on track 

against New Brighton, while 

Sydenham take on champions 

Marist Albion in the game of the 

round. 

Football 

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an extra game. 

Coughlan completed his hattrick 

– and the hammering – in 

the 89th-minute while Lyle Matthysen 

and Kian Donkers both 

netted twice. 

Christchurch United also 

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prevailed 3-1 away at Green 

Island. 

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round eight when United host 

Cashmere Technical in a Friday 

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buying, the Dolcevita adds $3k. 

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• Price – Fiat 500, $22,990 

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areas M: 021 around 300 sinks, 567 toilets, E: mike@starmedia.kiwi 

showers, 

Adult Information 

A SEXY BLONDE talk 

live or listen. Ph 0900 44 

666. $3.99 + GST pm. 

R18. 

Caravans, Motorhomes 

& Traliers 

CARAVAN Wanted to 

buy. Up to $5000 cash 

today 027 488-5284. 

Car Parts 

TYRES Secondhand, 

most szs from $30 - $70 

fitted, Also batteries, 217 

Waltham Road, 027 476 

2404 

0800 245 246 

info@kingcashforcars.co.nz 

Your 

Earthquake 

damaged 

home! 

Talk to us if you are serious about 

selling your “As is Where is” home. 

We have sold over 

150 “As is Where is” 

homes and we have 

a huge database of 

qualified buyers. 

Phil & Holly Jones 

Ph 03-382-2230 

Phil 027 435 7711 

Holly 027 222 0220 

holly.jones@raywhite.com 

Licensed (REAA 2008) Results Realty Ltd 

We have achieved 

record breaking 

prices recently! 

Re Roofing 

Roof Repairs 

Spouting 

Approved Age Concern provider 

Over 30 years experience 

Licensed Building Practitioner 

N A BARRELL 

ROOFING LTD 

Ph: 0275 389 415 

Email: nabroofing@xtra.co.nz 

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

Cars Wanted 

CARS WANTED We buy 

small Japanese vehicles, 

must be tidy, cash paid 

Ph Doug Drake Motors, 

ChCh 03 389-1121 or 027 

432 9947 

CLASSIC Car wanted 

1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s, or a 

modern classic. 

American, Japanese, 

English or what have 

you., Mazda RX2, 3, or 

4. Keeping options open. 

Text me with what you 

have, I can call / txt you 

back, Ph 021 861 732. 

Church Notices 

SYDENHAM CHRISTIAN 

SPIRITUAL CHURCH 

Sydenham Community 

Centre 

23/25 Hutcheson St 

Address 

Janet 

Clairvoyance 

Janet 

Sunday 7pm 

All Welcome 

NEW AGE CHRISTIAN 

SPIRITUAL CENTRE 

61 Grafton Street 

Sunday 7pm 

Address: 

Shirley 

Clairvoyance: 

Shirley 

Tuesday 

Healing 1-1.45pm 

Clairvoyance 2pm 

PSYCHIC FAIR 

Saturday 

14th May 

10am-2pm 

$10 per reading 

All Welcome 

Clothing & 

Accessories 

RETRO Clothing wanted 

for a dress up 70’s party. 

Would love to get a 

safari suit but anything 

considered.Ph or txt 

021861732 

Community Events 

ADDICTIVE EATERS 

ANONYMOUS Had 

enough of battling 

food? Tired of under or 

overeating or obsessing 

constantly about food? We 

have found freedom from 

food addiction through the 

Twelve Steps. We have 

three meetings each week 

in Christchurch. For more 

information phone 03 

662-9128 or visit www. 

AEAnz.org 

For Sale 

STEEL for sale all 

sections, off cuts cut 

lengths. siteweld@ xtra. 

co.nz Ph 0274 508 785 

Funeral Directors 

Funeral Directors 

direct 

cremation 

$2,000 GSt inclusive 

(includes committal) 

0800 27 28 29 

www.mainland 

crematorium.co.nz 

Direct 

Cremation 

No frills, No Service, 

No fuss, simply 

straight to the crem. 

Other options 

available. 

Ph: 379 0178 

for our brochure 

or email 

office@undertaker.co.nz 

No Service 

Cremation 

$2,300 

Family Funeral with Cremation $4,100 

Chapel - 35 people, casket, hearse, cremation fees 

Phone 0800 804 663 - 24 Hour Availability 

Email: info@justfunerals.co.nz 

christchurch.justfunerals.co.nz 

Garage Sales 

REDWOOD 20 Rathlin 

St, Sat 9am. Gardening, 

tools, decorating, books, 

furniture, home wares & 

appliances. Many bargains 

SOCKBURBN 103 

Middlepark Road, Sat 

9am - 2pm, furniture tools, 

books, camp chairs, chilly 

bins & household goods 

WALTHAM 32 

Shakespeare Rd, Sat 8am. 

Mountain bike, whiteware, 

lawnmowers, floor panels, 

weather boards, h/hold 

goods. 

Gardening 

& Supplies 

PETE’S GARDENING 

SERVICE Gardening, 

rubbish removal, cleanups, 

expert pruning, hedge 

trimming, tree cutting, 

good rates, no job too big 

or too small, half the price 

of a franchise. Ph 027 551 

4118 

Health & Beauty 

MOBILE Toe Nail 

Cutting Service with foot 

and lower leg massage by 

regd nurse. $50. Phone 

022 281 6647

Personals 

Single 

Gentleman 

Looking For 

Companionship 

Ian is a young 

75yrs old gentleman, 

financially secure, fit & 

active. He enjoys the 

outdoors, gardening, 

fishing, reading, 

travelling and a good 

conversation. He is 

looking for a genuine 

lady to enjoy life with. 

To meet, please call 

0800 446 332 

SINGLE INDEP 

CHARMING GENT. 

5’11 ,NS, SD, a little older 

& bloder, seeks a zippy 

loving well presented slim 

lady who may be a bit 

lonely or looking for some 

company. Ph/txt 027 659 

4425 

Pets & Supplies 

CATS UNLOVED 

can help with the cost 

of desexing your cat. 

catsunloved@xtra.co.nz 

Ph 355 5022 

Remote Controlled 

Wanted to buy old R/C 

cars 80’s to 90’s, 1/8 on 

road cars, engines, parts 

etc. Kyosho, Tamiya, PB 

any cond PH 027 434 1014 

Storage 

STORAGE Long or 

short term. H/hold, 

boats, caravans. Popey’s 

Contracting Ltd. Avail 

now in Marlborough. Ph 

03 577 9238 

Select Services 

STOP BIRDS 

hail, leaves, snow & vermin from 

blocking & damaging your spouting 

Quality materials: BHP Colorbond steel mesh with 

unique patented louvre will even keep out pine needles. 

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

range of colours. 

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

FOR SAFE, PURE DRINKING 

WATER FROM YOUR ROOF. 

NOW AVAILABLE: STAINLESS STEEL 

MICO MESH 

Call Rohan anytime Mon-Sat for a 

no-obligation assessment & quote 

03 982 8850 0800 486532 

www.gumleaf.co.nz 

To Lease 

Office space to lease, 

CBD area. 60 - 100 sqm. 

Comp priced. Flexible 

lease period. Call Shane 

for more details on 021 

381 765 

To Let 

RooM 

to Rent 

phillipstown 

Includes furniture, heat pump, 

smart TV, power & internet. 

(Subsidy & assistance may be available) 

ph/txt steve 

021 472 737 

Trades & Services 

SHOWER 

CLEANING 

Gold card 

discounts 

for sparkling 

results 

021 0228 2485 

EXPERIENCED 

GARDENER 

(Kevin Garnett) 

30 Years 

Christchurch Botanic 

Gardens. 

ALL landscape 

work done. 

Maintenance, pruning, 

tidy up, lawn work, 

landscape planning 

and planting etc. 

Free Quotes 

Phone 348 3482 

CAR REMOVALS 

CASH PAID 

FOR DAMAGED 

CARS & TRUCKS 

ELECTRICIAN 

Contact for a free quote 

phone 027 331 0400 

dave@davesimpsonelectrical.co.nz 

davesimpsonelectrical.co.nz 

Experienced Domestic Electrician 

Quality Workmanship 

• New Build 

• Renovations 

• Fault finding 

Phone or text 

details to 

021 1056 797 - 24/7 

PAINTING & PlAsTerING 

• PAINTING • TILING 

• PLASTERING 

• WALLPAPERING 

Phone Kevin Steel 

• Power 

• Lighting 

• Switchboards 

• Interior/Exterior 

• New Homes & Repaints 

• Quality workmanship assured 

• Correct preparation always undertaken 

• 20+ years experience 

• Earthquake repairs 

(Painting/Plastering/Wallpapering/Tiling) 

Ph 027 216 8946 

www.facebook.com/kevinsteelpainters&decorators 

Email: kpsteel@xtra.co.nz 


Your guide to our LOCAL & TRUSTED 

Trades & Professional Services 

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

DECORATORS 

Selwyn based but 

service the whole of 

the South Island 

• New Paint • Floor & Roof 

• Repaints Painting 

• Wallpapering • Spray Painting 

• Fences • Commercial 

• Repairs • Timber Finishing 

• Feature Walls • Plastering 

027 724 6846 027 PAINTIN 

email: andertondecorators@gmail.com 

Excavations 

• Driveways 

• Car Parks 

• Site Cleaning 

• Demolition 

• Farm Tracks 

• Drain Cleaning 

• Stump & Hedge 

Removal 

• Asphalt Concrete 

Wide range 

oF TruckS 

For a Free Quote 

on your next project 

Phone Steve on 

021 338 247 

• Tennis Courts & 

Swimming Pools 

• Chip Seal Driveways 

• Diggers – 2 Ton 

up to 20 Ton 

• Excavators 

• Bobcat & Drilling 

• For Posthole & 

Fence hole 

TRADES 

Free 

QuoTe 

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business & services 

in Christchurch’s 

best read & 

largest circulation 

newspaper 

Delivered into over 93,000 

Christchurch homes every week. 

Ask us about our fantastic 

cost affordable packages. 

Phone: 03 379 1100 | www.star.kiwi 

DRIVEWAYS 

Exposed Aggregate 

Stamped Concrete Plain 

Concrete Resurfacing 

Things we offer... 

Competitive/affordable pricing 

Attention to detail 

Professional service 

free quotes/insurance scopes 

Cell 0278 145 848 

www.drivecrete.co.nz 

landscaping 

Landscape 

Construction and 

Garden Maintenance 

You can have your gardens, trees, 

shrubs, plants and lawns maintained to look their best 

all year round, for a great price. 

Residential & Commercial Landscaping 

• Maintenance • Pruning • Reconstruction & Rejuvenation 

• Rental Property and Commercial Maintenance 

• Pre-Sale Tidy-Ups 

New Home Landscaping 

Lawns • Gardens • Decks • Paving • Water Features 

• Quality • Value for money • Experienced • Punctual 

• Professional • Flexible • Knowledgeable • Reliable 

Call Ross Legg - 027 222 0388 

Email ross@revivelandscaping.co.nz 

www.revivelandscaping.co.nz 

SCRAP METAL 

Dominion Trading Co Ltd 

• Scrap metal buyers 

• Canterbury owned & operated 

• Top prices paid $$$ 

• Open Saturday morning 

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

www.happyscrappy.co.nz 

03 343 9993 333 Blenheim Rd 

LANDSCAPING 

Call Aaron & 

the team today! 

For the Outdoor 

Space of your 

Dreams... 

Paving, Irrigation, 

Lawns, Planting, 

Fences, Pergolas, 

Water-features, 

Outdoor fires, 

Raised Vege beds, 

Decks, Artificial 

grass & more... 

Phone: 03 347 4422 

or 021 542 402 

Email: Aaron@theoutdoorspace.co.nz 

www.theoutdoorspace.co.nz 

PLUMBER 

NEED A PLUMBER? 

• Father & son Plumbing Business with over 

40 years experience. 

• Bathroom alterations a specialty. 

• Cylinder replacements. 

• We do all small jobs. 

Call us now for fast friendly service. 

Get your problems sorted out 

quick smart - on time!! 

THOMSON PLUMBING 

Phone Eugene now 

Phone 03 377 1280 | Mobile 021 898 380 

TREE SERVICES 

CRAIGS 

TREES 

Our services include: 

Tree felling 

Branch chipping 

Trimming and pruning 

Crown reduction 

Stump grinding 

P: 027 2299 454 

E: craigstrees@xtra.co.nz 

www.craigstrees.co.nz 

Fully insured 

WINDOW TINTING 

tintawindow 

advanced film solutions 

99% uv block 

fade protection 

heat control 

reduce glare 

25 Years Experience 

privacy films 

frosting designs 

non-darkening films 

Workmanship Guaranteed 

Lifetime Warranties on Most Films 

UV 

block 

Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts 

03 365 3653 0800 368 468




Re Roofing 

Roof Repairs 

Spouting 

Approved Age Concern provider 

Over 30 years experience 

Licensed Building Practitioner 

N A BARRELL 

ROOFING LTD 

Ph: 0275 389 415 

Email: nabroofing@xtra.co.nz 


PAINTING 

older painter 

for older houses 

50 years in trade 

“All the skills” 

GST FREE 

Contact Jimmy Bell 

0211221487 

30 years + experience 

Older house 

restorations: 

no problem! 

Quotes: FREE! 

Rates: Reasonable 

Paint supplied at 

trade price! 

NO JOB TOO SMALL 

Light industrial also 

Roger Brott 

Painter & Decorator 

021-1966-311 

SHOWER 

CLEANING 

Gold card 

discounts 

for sparkling 

results 

021 0228 2485 



ROOF 

PAINTING 24/7 

Rope & harness 

a speciality, 

no scaffolding 

required, 

30 years of 

breathtaking 

experience. 

FREE QUOTES 

20% OFF other 

roof quotes 

Exterior staining, 

exterior painting, 

water blasting. 

Moss and mould 

treatment $300. 

Phone Kevin 

027 561 4629 

rooF 

painting 

by Certified Tradesman 

Book now 

and receive 

20% discount. 

Rope and harness 

a speciality. 

No scaffolding 

required. 

30 years 

experience. 

Free quotes, 

call Craig 

021 060 2392 

Get your property in 

ship-shape 

before winter 

We are your local specialists 

in House Washing and Moss Treatments, 

including paths, roofs and decks, gutter 

cleans and much more. 

Rejuvenate and prolong the life of your 

paint work – saving you money! 

Call us today on 0274 907 364. 


AAA HANDYMAN 

licensed carpenter 

LBP, all property and 

building maintenance, 

repairs, bathroom/shower 

installations, with free 

quotes 03 387 0770 or 027 

245 5226 ciey@xtra.co.nz 

ARBORIST 

Qualified.Copper 

Beech Tree Services. 

Tree removal, pruning, 

height reduction, hedge 

trimming, shaping, tree 

planting, firewood. Free 

Quote. Contact Angus 

Edwards 027 259 6741. 

copperbeechtreeservices@ 

gmail.com 

BRICK & BLOCK 

LAYING 

all restoration work 

and new work plus 

foundations, ph 342 9340 

or 021 853 033 

BUILDER QUALIfIED 

50 yrs exp. Bathrooms, 

Kitchens, Renovations, 

Repairs & Extensions 

Free quotes. Discount for 

pensioners. Ph Mike 03 

980 9771 or 027 2266 930 

BUILDER 

MAINTENANCE 

Chris has a wide-ranging 

skillset and is available 

for all those pressing jobs 

around your property, 

(includes Healthy Homes 

Reporting and all related 

remedial works). 

Have peace of mind 

with a fully qualified 

owner operater LBP. 

Servicing Christchurch 

and Kaikoura. Call Chris 

on 027 3888 211. office@ 

prowessbuilding.co.nz 

www.prowessbuilding. 

co.nz 

BUILDER 

New builds, alterations, 

decks, fencing. 30 yrs in 

the trade has given me 

ability to build to a high 

standard. Free quotes. Ph 

Brent 027 241 7471 

CARPET LAYING 

Exp. Repairs, uplifting, 

relaying, restretching. 

Phone John on 0800 

003181, 027 240 7416 

jflattery@xtra.co.nz 

CARPENTER 

BUILDER 

Licensed Building 

Practitioner no. 100981. 

All carpentry & building 

repairs & maintenance. 

Alterations & property 

upgrades.Laundries / 

bathroom / kitchens 

replaced. Specialising in 

replacement of all rotten 

timber, fascia boards, 

window, windowsills etc. 

John Sandford, ph 329 

4616, mob 027 5189 598 

johnsandford2@gmail. 

com 

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 


“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 

ELECTRICIAN 

Available, repairs and 

small jobs. Phone Brian 

027 433 9548 

ELECTRICIAN (CERT) 

Prompt, quality. Call Jack 

027 206 0080 

fENCING 

All types of fencing . Free 

quotes. Ph Jim 022 137 

1920 

GLAZIER 

Glass repairs - pet doors 

- conservatory roofs. Exp 

Tradesman. Call Bill on 

022 413 3504 or 981-1903 

GLAZIER 

Glass repairs - pet doors 

- conservatory roofs. Exp 

Tradesman. Call Bill on 

022 413 3504 or 981-1903 

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, 

Decking, Fencing. 

Kanga & small digger 

services. Check out Squire 

Landscaping on facebook. 

FREE QUOTES. Ph 

Arthur 347-8796, 027 

220-7014 Edwin 027 220- 

7154 

NICK@NICKJONESPLUMBING.CO.NZ 


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 


BT LANDSCAPING 

General garden 

maintenance, paving, 

concreting & footpaths. 

Free quotes. Ph Ben 027 

350 1963 

LAWN SCARIfYING/ 

DETHATCHING 

Scarifying allows moisture 

and nutrients to reach the 

soil. All material removed. 

Love Your Lawn. 021 211 

5911 

MOBILE CAR 

CLEANING SERVICES 

We come to you where 

ever you are. Ring us 

at 03 281 8054 for free 

quotation. 

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 

PAINTER 

Free quotes & advice. 

Trade cert,36 yrs exp. Int/ 

Ext. John 0211 975 597 

Call today for a FREE quote on 0800 882 772 

www.theprogroup.co.nz/dpc9385 


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 

PLUMBER 

Highly experienced 

Plumber.Exceptional 

service.Ready to help with 

all your plumbing needs. 

Call today! MJ Plumbing 

Ltd 021 109 2397 

PLUMBER 

All plumbing work.. 

Pensioner discount. No 

job too small. Friendly, 

reliable & professional 

service & workmanship Ph 

Nigel 027 4136004 

or 385 2930 

PREPARED TO 

LOSE... 

all your computer stuff? 

Get an effective backup 

from us. Computer Help 

ChCh 0800 349 669 

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 

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 

Tuition 

COMPUTER LESSONS 

avail for computer, IPad, 

or Mobile. Please contact 

Jobee 027 290 9246 www. 

computertutor.nz 

Public Notices 

OUT OF ZONE ENROLMENT 

TERM 3 & 4 2022 

Enrolment at our school is 

governed by an enrolment 

scheme, details of which are 

available from the school office 

and on the website. Applications 

for 4 out-of-zone places are now 

being invited for new entrants 

who will become eligible for 

enrolment during the period 

Term 3 & 4 2022. 

To apply for an out-of-zone 

application please email 

admin@thorrington.ac.nz 

The deadline for receipt of 

applications for out-of-zone 

places is 3.30pm Wednesday 8 

June 2022. 

If a ballot for out-of-zone places 

is required, it will be held on 

Friday 10 June 2022. 

Parents will be informed of the 

outcome of the ballot within 

three school days of the ballot 

being held. Any questions can 

be directed to the email address 

above or phone 03 332 7480. 


Tuition 

COMPUTER LESSONS 

avail for computer, IPad, 

or Mobile. Please contact 

Jobee 027 290 9246 www. 

computertutor.nz 

Senior Citizens 

Outings 

with Companion Driving Service Ltd 

Our happy group on last weeks tour to fox glacier 

WINTER CLOSE DOWN 

Because of impending road conditions 

during the winter months we will take a 

break until September. Listed below are 

some of the upcoming tours we intend 

to take: 

Tour 1: Kaikoura - Picton & mail boat run - Coastal 

Pacific train back to ChCh. 2 nights/3 days. 

Tour 2: ChCh to Omarama - Omarama to Fox 

Glacier - Arthurs Pass onto ChCh by Trans Alpine 

train. 2 nights/3 days 

Tour 3: ChCh to Omarama - Te Anau - Milford 

Sound - Dunedin - return home - 4 nights/5 days. 

Tour 4: ChCh to Omarama - Gore - Riverton - Bluff 

- Invercargill - Catlins - Dunedin & return home - 4 

nights/5 days. 

Prices & dates to be advised nearer to the travel 

time. All tours are single room (no sharing) – tour 

hostess for any assistance required. Free home 

pickup and drop off 

We are happy to take non - commitment bookings 

at any time. 

PHONE PETER ON 0800 453 873 

fOR bOOkiNgs aNd fuRTHER iNfO. 

COMPANION DRIVING SERVICE LTD.

$15,999 


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NOTICE OF 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 

THE CHRISTCHURCH 

HIGH SCHOOL OLD BOYS’ 

ASSOCIATION (INC.) 

Registered Office: C/- C.B.H.S., Straven Road, Christchurch 

Notice is hereby given the 110th Annual General 

meeting of the Association will be held in the 

Old Boys Collegian Cricket club 

83 Heaton Street Christchurch 

Monday 23rd May 2022 at 7.00pm 

Authorised by the HSOB Secretary C J Carthy 

Email secretary@oldboys.cbhs.school.nz 

enquires@altiorapeto.org 

All past pupils are automatically now full 

members of the association. 


GREYPOWER 

CHRISTCHURCH 

SOCIAL 18 May. St 

Martins Church Hall, 50 

Lincoln Road at 1pm. 

Speaker: Jackie Foulkes 

St John. Lois Jones to 

entertain. Neville Wootton, 

Vice President. 

Wanted To Buy 

ALWAYS 

BUYING 

Estates, China, 

Antiques, Art, Royal 

Albert, Royal Doulton 

etc. Best Prices, 

Free Appraisal. Call 

Rob at 349-4229 or 

027 299 7232 

academyantiques.co.nz 

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 

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 

TOOLS, Garden garage, 

saw benches, Lathes. Cash 

buyer Phone 355-2045 

WHITEWARE , furniture 

& house lots. Must be tidy 

and clean. Cash paid. 027 

227 3740 

Vehicles Wanted 

0800 77 80 80 

www.pickapart.co.nz 



Situations Vacant 

CLEANERS 

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Monday – Friday 

3.15pm – 5.15pm 

We are looking for 

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You will need to pass a 

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MUST have your 

own transport. 

Must be eligible to work 

in New Zealand. 

Please email your 

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or phone 338 9056 

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2016 NIssAN LeAf 24s 

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lEd headlights, heated seats & 

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2006 mitsubishi outlander 

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See page 5 



2004 BMw 530d Nz NEw 

151, 0kms, black leather interior, very 

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Payment options available. Terms & Conditions apply.


Back in action! 

To add a listing, contact 

Jo Fuller 03 379 7100 or 

027 458 8590 

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi 

www.star.kiwi/whatson 

CLUB OPEN DAILY FROM 8AM 

MAIN RECEPTION OPEN 9AM-5PM DAILY 

MUSIC IS 

BACK! 

SATURDAY 7.30PM: 

IAN MAC 

SUNDAY 3PM: 

REMINISCE 

with 

ANTHONY 

RAFFLES 

WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY 

4PM to 6PM 

-and- 

SATURDAY 

11AM to 1PM 

HAVE YOU GOT 

YOUR 2023 

GOLD CARD 

YET? 

Renew your membership 

now for the upcoming 

elections and to keep your 

membership number. 

Crack the cube 

Crack the cube 

A chance to win 

$$$ every Friday 

Legends Bar 

Draw is at 6.30pm 

Includes a glass of house 

wine or pint of beer*. 

Available from 5pm in 

Legends Bar only. 

*Bay & Barnes Range, Kopiko Bay Range 

or Speights Tap Beer Range. 

Non -alcoholic options available. 

AS with all 

entertainers across 

the country, 

DnD Showband 

is delighted that 

restrictions on 

venues have 

relaxed and 

dance floors are 

no longer out of 

bounds. 

The group is set to 

play a stunning 

tribute to two of the 

world's greatest 

recording artists - 

Fleetwood Mac, 

and ABBA at the 

Kaiapoi Club next 

Saturday night. 

 

 

'e 

future's so bright, I gotta wear shades' 

 

 

 

DnD Showband 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark Newburn, Ben Harvey, Phil Dobson 

Gina Gilbreath, Jo Davern 

 

 

DnD Showband 

 

 

 

 

 

AlbatrossLittle Lies 

 

Waterloo 

Super Trouper 

 

Tributes to Fleetwood Mac & ABBA 

Saturday 21st May 2022, 8pm 

Kaiapoi Club, 113 Ravens Quay 

ph 03 327 7884. 

 

 

www.dndshowband.com 

9AM - 4PM 7 DAYS 

Senior Gold Card *Discounts 

*Excludes Friday to Sunday Dinner 

Come on down! 

17 CARMEN RD. PH. 03 349 9026 

WWW.HORNBYWMC.CO.NZ 

Bookings Essential 

PH 386 0088 

@GardenRestaurantBuffet 

ORANGE = WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS. 

THE GARDEN HOTEL COMPLEX, 110 MARSHLAND RD 

www.gardenhotel.co.nz 

$16 LUNCH SPECIAL 

PH 385 8880 

@GBCCHCH


christchurch 

GIG GUIDE 

Thursday 12 to Wednesday 18 May 2022 

12 BAR, 342 St Asaph St: Thursday 

7.30pm - Sam Heselwood. Friday 8pm - 

Urge to Kill! MMXXII, $10 entry. 

Saturday 8pm - Imperial Slave, tickets at 

undertheradar.co.nz. Wednesday 7.30pm 

- Mac & TJ, free. 

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo 

St: Thursday 7pm - NZ Songwriters in 

the Round presents Songwriters' Open 

Mic Night, original material welcome, 

free. Friday 9pm - Live music, free. 

Saturday 8.30pm - The Convincers 

(rock'n'roll with attitude), free. Sunday 

5pm - Miller Bell Music presents The 

Manuka Hunnies Live in Concert, feat. 

Lynette Diaz, Susan L Grant, Nicole 

Reddington & Sophia Bidwell, tickets 

from millerbellmusic.com or Eventfinda, 

door sales (cash only) $20. Monday 7pm 

- Quiz. Wednesday 7pm - Dig The Gig 

2022 UC band competition feat. Gecho, 

Kenring, Crown, & Missing Mabel, free. 

BOO'S BAR, Level 1, 98 Victoria St: 

Thursday 8pm - Topia. Friday 8pm - 

Anand; 10.30pm - VOXY Duo. Saturday 

8pm - Kate Owen; 10.30pm - 

D'Sendantz. Wednesday 9pm - Open 

Mic. 

BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St: 

Saturday 3pm - DnD DUO (Jojo & 

Mark). Sunday 3pm - Nick Buchanan. 

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO, 30 

Victoria St: Thursday 7pm - Chur Bro. 

Friday 7pm - Cairns & Downes; 10.15pm 

- D'Sendantz. Saturday 7pm - Chur Bro; 

10.15pm - Rockabella. 

CHRISTCHURCH FOLK MUSIC 

CLUB, Irish Society Hall, 29 

Domain Tce: Sunday 7.30pm - Braggins 

& Wardrop & Dunne, $20 members/$25 

non/$5 students with ID. 

FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: 

Thursday 6pm - Wranglin, tickets at 

events.humanitix.com; 10pm - Black & 

Gold. Friday 5pm - The Curio Club; 8pm 

- Chilton House; 11pm - Liam Pram; 

11.30pm - Mirrors. Saturday 5pm - Funk 

City Duo; 8pm - The In Crowd; 11pm - 

Tumehe Rongonui; 11.30pm - VOXY. 

Sunday 3pm - Sunday Swing Garden City 

Big Band. 

HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd: 

Saturday 7pm - Ian Mac. Sunday 3pm - 

Reminisce with Anthony. 

KAIAPOI CLUB, 113 Raven Quay: 

Saturday 21st May, 8pm - DnD 

Showband presents Tributes to Fleetwood 

KAIAPOI CLUB cont... 

Mac & ABBA, tickets $25 at the club, 

door sales $30. 

MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: 

Friday 10.30pm - Uncovered. Saturday 

10.30pm - Shadow Puppet. 

RICHMOND CLUB 'The Borough', 

75 London St: Friday 7pm - The 

Pistons. Saturday 7pm - Mockingbird. 

Sunday 3pm - Lissel. 

SHARKEY'S BAR, 96 Hoon Hay Rd: 

Sunday 4pm - Open Mic. Tuesday 7pm - 

Karaoke. 

SULLIVANS IRISH PUB, 291 Lincoln 

Rd: Friday & Saturday - Live music. 

Wednesday 7pm - Willie's Open Mic. 

TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding Ave: 

Saturday 8.30pm - Titanic. 

THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Thursday 

7pm - Quiz. Friday 10pm - The 

Wolverines. Saturday 7pm - Derin 

Thompson; 11pm - Diamond Blue. 

Sunday 4pm - Elly & friends. 

THE CRAIC IRISH BAR, 84b 

Riccarton Rd: Friday & Saturday 9pm - 

Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm - Quiz. 

Wednesday 10pm - Karaoke. 

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: 

Friday 7.30pm - Open Mic. Wednesday 

9.30pm - Titanic Pub Rock Covers Band. 

THE LOONS, 16 Canterbury St, 

Lyttelton: Friday 27th May 7pm - Al 

Park 'Pony' album release with special 

guest Adam McGrath, Jess Shanks, Adam 

Hattaway, and Tess Liautaud, tickets at 

undertheradar.co.nz. 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd: 

Friday 9.30pm - Hot Sauce. Saturday 

9.30pm - Old Skool. Sunday 6pm - Lance 

Kiwi Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm - Quiz. 

Wednesday 7.30pm - Lance Kiwi 

Karaoke. 

THE PIANO, 156 Armagh St: Friday 

20th to Sunday 22nd May (5 shows) - A 

Natural Woman. Join Ali Harper and a 

stellar band as she showcases all the hit 

songs of legendary singer/songwriter 

Carole King. Bookings at 

www.aliharper.com 

b ru 

n c 

h 

all 

$20 

THE ENTERTAINMENT HUB OF THE NORTH! 

OPEN FROM 11AM 

A tribute to 

A 

eggs florentine 

Two poached Eggs on 

Smoked Salmon & 

Baby Spinach with 

toasted muffin & lemon 

pancakes 

with Berry Coulis & Cream 

french toast 

with Banana, Bacon & 

Maple Syrup 

b.l.t. on focaccia 

with Hash Browns 

SATURDAY & SUNDAY 

10am - 2pm 

WWW.DNDSHOWBAND.COM PRESENTS 

TWO SHOWS IN ONE 

A 

SATURDAY 21 MAY, 8PM 

PRE SALE TICKETS $25 AT THE CLUB.. DOOR SALES $30. 

COMING UP... 

SATURDAY 4th JUNE 

Tickets 

$25 

at the club 

RESTAURANT & CAFÉ 

all day 

english breakfast 

Hash Browns, Sausages, 

Bacon, Eggs, Grilled Tomato, 

toast & spreads 

mince on toast 

Savoury mince served on 

toast topped with 

Poached Eggs. 

bacon & 

mushroom 

served on garlic toasted roll 

with salad or coleslaw & fries 

Kid's brunch menu also available 

The 

RACECOURSE HOTEL 

& Motorlodge 

118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn 

Ph 03 342 7150 

www.racecoursehotel.co.nz 

VACCINE PASS 

NO LONGER 

REQUIRED 

POOL TABLES 

OPEN 

HOUSIE 

12.30PM 

THURSDAY 

NEXT QUIZ 

7PM THUR 26th 

BISTRO 

OPEN 

Wednesday, 

Thursday & 

Sunday 

12pm-2pm & 

4.30pm-7.30pm 

Friday & Saturday 

12pm-2pm & 

4pm-8pm 

CLOSED 

Monday & Tuesday 

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

Choose between 

Bacon Cheese Burger, 

Fried Chicken Burger, 

Lamb Burger, or 

Falafel Burger 

+ House Drink 

LIVE MUSIC 

DnD DUO 

SAT. 3-6PM 

NICK 

BUCHANAN 

SUN. 3-6PM 

BRIDIE'S BAR & BISTRO 

401 WORCESTER ST 

PHONE (03) 260 0325 

WWW.BRIDIESBAR.CO.NZ


STYLE & QUALITY 

FOR LESS 

LAST WEEK - SUPER AWESOME SALE 

SALE 

Lacando 

Collection 

Dark Green 

Golden 

Greenery 

Daintree 

WAS $1539 

$ 

1299 Madison 3 Seater 

Armchair $ 819 $749 

3 Seater $1079 $1089 

Seater $829 $769 

Sofa Bed $1649 $1499 

Charcoal 

Black PU 

SALE 

Melle 

Barstool 

Dark Grey 

Black 

Blue 

Light Grey 

WAS $179 

$ 

169 

Available in Light 

Grey, Dark Grey, 

Dark Blue and Black 

SALE 

Zurich Chair 

WAS $199 

$ 

179 

$ 

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awesome 

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SALE 

Finn Chair 

$ 

WAS $549 

$ 

489 

Radius Dining Table160 

WAS $749 

$ 

649 

Radius Dining Round 

Table 

Madrid 

Collection 

Raglan Bedroom 

Collection 

Queen Headboard $529 $479 

Bedside $399 $369 

Chest $1249 $1129 

Dining Table $899 $839 

Coffee Table $469 $439 

Buffet $1249 $1129 

TV Unit $899 $869 

SALE 


SALE 


Sumata 

Fabric Headboard 

Riviera Mattress 

FROM 

$ 

479 

Queen $519 $479 

King $549 $499 

California King $589 $539 

Lending criteria, $50 Annual Account Fee, fees, Ts&Cs apply. Standard Interest Rate 

(currently 25.99%p.a.) applies to any outstanding balance at end of interest free period. 

Offer ends 31 December 2023. Min spend and exclusions may apply, 

$55 Establishment Fee or $35 Advance Fee applies to Long Term Finance Purchases*. 

FROM 

$ 

479 

Single $519 $479 

King Single $559 $499 

Double $649 $599 

Queen $719 $659 

King $769 $699 

California King $929 $849 

FREE 

CARPARKING 

SOUTH CITY 

BATH ST 

WE ARE 

HERE 

255 MOORHOUSE AVE 

REBEL SPORT 

COLOMBO ST 

WWW.AFFORDABLEFURNITURE.NZ 

MON-FRI 9:30AM – 5:00PM 

SAT-SUN 10AM – 5:00PM 

0800 268 264

The Star: May 12, 2022

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