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Britten home sold for $7.85m
– more than $4m above RV
THE FENDALTON house that
once belonged to renowned
inventor John Britten and which
appeared on an episode of Grand
Designs New Zealand sold at the
end of last year for close to $8
million, it can be revealed.
Britten Stables, which was
restored by Britten’s daughter
Isabelle Weston and her husband
Tim after the property was
damaged in February 22, 2011,
earthquake, was snapped up
by a Christchurch family in
November for $7.85 million –
more than $4 million above
rating valuation.
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EMOTIONAL: Isabelle and Tim Weston
have sold Britten Stables, a home that
featured on an episode of Grand Designs
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Head student Nadia Officer
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one of 24 young actors from
around the country heading to
the Globe Theatre in London
later this year.
Nadia was ‘shocked but
very ecstatic’ to be joining the
company after dedicating six
years to drama classes, rehearsals,
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part of the National Shakespeare
Schools Production,
where only 50 students were
selected nationwide. From there,
the 24 actors were chosen for
the SGCNZ Young Shakespeare
Company.
Principal Robin Sutton was
filled with pride recalling the
firs time he watched Nadia
perform.
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A TRADITIONAL Korean-roofed
pavilion to be installed in the
Songpa-gu Garden at Halswell
Quarry Park will commemorate
Canterbury veterans of the Korean
War.
The pavilion (jeongja) is being
shipped from Busan in Korea and
on arrival at Lyttelton Port will be
assembled a the quarry park and
placed on the western side of the
garden.
The installation is planned to be
completed by June.
It will join existing monuments
including a memorial bridge
commemorating the Korean War
and traditional Korean totem
poles – a symbol of friendship
between Christchurch and its
sister city Songpa-gu.
The Canterbury Korean War
Veterans’ Pavilion will have
plaques naming each veteran
located under the overhang of the
roof.
More than 6000 New
Zealanders served in Korea
between 1950-57. Forty five
men los their lives during this
engagement.
“The jeongja honours the
Korean War Veterans in
Canterbury and their sacrifices
made during the Korean
War,” says Korean Society of
Christchurch president and
member of the Christchurch-
Songpa-gu Sister City Committee,
Mary Yoon.
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• By Susan Sandys
PEOPLE ARE secretly putting
surveillance cameras on their
properties to try and help police
catch boy racers.
It comes as boy racer activity
continues to be a problem,
particularly in the Selwyn
District.
Senior Sergeant Anna Lloyd
said increasing numbers of
residents were putting up
surveillance cameras outside
their homes to capture night-time
footage of burnouts.
Police were then using the
footage to identify and then
take action against specific
drivers.
“If it assists us in identifying
some of these vehicles that are
doing burnouts we can use that
later on to go and impound the
vehicle,” Lloyd said.
Residents were allowed to
legally operate security cameras
at the front of their homes, as
long as they were not capturing
private spaces, such as a
neighbour’s home or yard, she
said.
Identifying offenders and their
vehicles was not always possible
for police to do at the gatherings
themselves.
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• By Jared Savage
A LOADED pistol was
allegedly found in the luggage
of a Christchurch Head Hunter
gang member as he prepared to
board a domestic flight.
He was returning home to
Christchurch after being in
Auckland to celebrate the 20th
anniversary of the gang’s influential
east chapter.
The firearm was allegedly
found by Aviation Security staff
when the luggage was checked
in and went through security
screening at the domestic terminal
at Auckland Airport.
A police spokesperson
confirmed a 38-year-old man
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Loaded pistol in flight luggage leads to arrest
• By John Cosgrove
THE WEATHER looks like
it will be fairly brutal but that
isn’t deterring Nicola Garlick
planning to have a yabba dabba
doo time on the annual Tranz
Alpine Scooter Safari Cancer
Society fundraiser on Saturday.
Garlick has dressed up her
50cc Yamaha scooter as the
Fred Flintstone Flintmobile
for the 250km journey from
McLeans Island to Hokitika.
“The inspiration I had, was
to copy what my late father had
once made for a Lions fundraiser
– a Fred Flintstone car
over a quad bike,” she said.
It will be Garlick’s third safari
over the alps. Nearly 300 people
have so far registered.
Garlick, a teacher aide from
West Melton, rode her first
safari with one of her sons
dressed as the Super Mario
brothers. Last year she dressed
as a chicken.
It took her three months to
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“The wheels are made of
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over the top, the dash and other
things are made from plastic
and cardboard. The pipes here
are drain pipes with a bit wood
bog for texture and the wooden
sides are plastic and cardboard
with old curtains stitched onto
them and stuffed with pillows,”
she said.
She lost both her parents to
cancer and rides the safari to
support the Cancer Society.
“It’s great riding with so many
others, many dressed up like
me,” she said.
The journey takes about nine
hours. Garlick said one of the
highlights, other than the Sheffield
pie stop, was making it to
was arrested shortly after 1pm
on Wednesday and charged
with unlawful possession of a
firearm and ammunition.
Court documents show the
firearm was a Browning 7.65
calibre pistol, which is understood
was loaded with four
rounds of ammunition.
The Christchurch man is next
the top of Porters Pass.
“When I finally made it up to
the top of Porters Pass last year
I gave dad a big fist pump as it
was very exciting just to have
made it up there, the chicken
suit caught the wind and made
it very hard to ride at times,” she
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due to appear in the Manukau
District Court at the end of this
month.
The alleged discovery of
the firearm in such a brazen
manner comes shortly before a
nationwide police crackdown to
“suppress, disrupt and enforce”
unlawful gang activity.
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HARDY: Nicola Garlick will be riding in her third Tranz Alpine Scooter Safari dressed as
cartoon character Fred Flintstone.
PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE ​
She said that because of all the
work in making her bike distinctive,
she needs to be aware
of other riders.
“But it’s all about enjoying
the reaction when others see
you. You know, the chicken suit
certainly made a lot of people
laugh.”
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“Often we can’t get close
enough. By the time they see
us coming they stop doing that
and move on, so we don’t get the
opportunity to identify these
vehicles,” Lloyd said.
And the sheer volume of the
gatherings, sometimes involving
more than 100 cars, could also
make it difficult for police to identify
offenders at the scene.
“Usually by the time we break
up a group like that, we can’t pinpoint
who has done what, but it is
really helpful to go back through
footage.”
Residents did not want boy
racers outside their homes damaging
roads. She said while the
gatherings themselves posed a
road safety risk, the black burnout
marks left behind could also present
a risk by covering white and
yellow road safety markings.
She said residents putting up
some cameras were also helping
deter boy racers from their areas.
“If they know they are going
to get caught in a particular area
they won’t go there, it’s a real
deterrent,” Lloyd said.
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Body in garden murder: Victim was
Rena Joyce was jailed
on Tuesday for the
brutal murder of her
partner Martin Berry.
His sister speaks about
her “funny, kind, quiet”
brother who was
portrayed as a monster
by Joyce. Anna Leask
reports
IN LATE December 2020, Rena
Joyce attacked Berry with a
kitchen knife – stabbing him
repeatedly, cutting his throat.
She dragged his body out of
his Papanui home and dumped
him in a compost heap, barely
covering him with vegetation and
rotting food.
Joyce, who also went by
the surname of Maloney, was
sentenced to life imprisonment at
the High Court at Christchurch
on Tuesday. She will have to serve
a minimum of 13 years and nine
months before she can apply for
parole.
Justice Joathan Eaton said Joyce
had not been able to show any
remorse for what she had done.
During her trial much was
heard about the life and times of
Joyce and her turbulent relationship
with Berry.
But the jury also heard about
the victim – a much-loved
FAMILY: Martin Berry’s sister Joanna Statham (right) said his final moments haunted her.
PHOTO: GEORGE HEARD/NZ HERALD
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brother, uncle and friend who, in
spite of an addiction to alcohol,
had a brilliant mind and a kind
heart.
Joyce made him out to be a
monster – a brutal and aggressive
alcoholic, a cruel and nasty bully,
a mean and controlling man who
tortured and terrorised her for
years.
But for those who knew Martin
Berry, his murderer’s narrative
was a vile fabrication.
No one in his inner circle will
shy from the fact Berry was
plagued by alcoholism – but they
all vehemently maintain he was a
good man, non-violent, thoughtful,
gentle, kind and extremely
loving.
“He was our big brother,
uncle to his nieces and nephews,
brother-in-law and son,” his sister
Joanna Statham said.
“He was funny, kind, quiet and
he enjoyed a simple life . . . What
Martin wasn’t always able to put
into words he would show you
through his actions and time he
would spend with you.
“Martin was very witty and
had a great sense of humour.”
Berry’s story began in Whanganui
in 1965.
The oldest of Shirley and Joe
Berry’s three children was quiet
but highly intelligent and keen on
nature and sport.
The family lived a few years in
the United Kingdom but settled
in Whanganui.
They had no other family in
New Zealand so the three Berry
children became close.
As a youngster, according to
“He was a real whizz
mathematically, and he
loved chess”
– Joanna Statham
Statham, Berry was “passionate
about a lot of things”.
“He was a real whizz
mathematically, and he loved
chess,” she said.
“He always loved insects and
spiders and little creatures and
was always trying to save
them.”
Berry also loved all things
gardening and, like his father,
was voracious when it came to
planting and tending.
Statham said her brother had
an “amazing general knowledge”
and was very interested in events
around the globe.
“He would read newspapers
whenever he could get hold of
them and his nieces were always
fascinated at how quickly he
would complete sudoku puzzles,”
she shared.
“When he was younger he
loved playing soccer and he loved
cricket as he got older too.”
One thing Berry did not master
was making friends.
He was known to keep to
himself and found it hard to form
relationships.
But his gentle nature and love
for those close to him was never
in question.
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‘funny, kind and quiet’ says sister
Berry started his education at
Tawhero School before moving
through George’s Intermediate
and Whanganui Collegiate.
When he left school he got a
job at a bank – which was no
surprise to his family.
“Numbers were his thing, so it
made sense for him to go into the
bank and work there,” Statham
told the court during the trial.
“He enjoyed that because I
think he enjoyed belonging to
something and being part of
something and being able to use
his talents.”
Berry seemed to come out of
his shell a bit, joining an indoor
netball team and playing soccer
and cricket with colleagues.
He also joined the company
social club and started getting
out more.
“He made friends,” Statham
recalled fondly.
“He did have a group of friends
that saw him through a lot of
hard times later on.”
Those hard times came when
Berry started to drink.
In the beginning, it wasn’t an
issue, but over time it was clear
he had a problem.
“When he started drinking I
think it was because, at times, he
was a little bit socially awkward,”
his sister said.
“And (alcohol) probably gave
him confidence. He hadn’t really
grown up with many friendships
so the drinking probably gave
him that little bit of courage to be
more social.
“But he eventually lost his job
due to drinking – I don’t know
the exact details but I imagine he
was probably late and just found
it hard to maintain a job.”
Berry’s drinking would take
over his entire life.
“He was drinking quite a bit,
Mum and Dad wanted to help
him but he needed to be the
one to decide to change things,”
Statham said.
“I don’t know what triggered it
BURIED: Martin Berry (left) and police arriving at the scene of his murder.
PHOTO: ANNA LEASK/NZ HERALD
but he came around to Mum and
said ‘I really need help’.
“He had found a place or
been advised of a place in
Christchurch. In some ways, he
needed a break from his group
of friends in Whanganui . . . so
quite courageously he got on a
plane.”
Berry admitted himself to The
Deanery, an alcohol rehabilitation
centre in the central city.
His family said it “really did
help him” and Berry was able to
regain control of his life.
Eventually, he left the facility
and went flatting in Christchurch.
After the death of his
father, his mother Shirley decided
to sell her property in Whanganui
and move south to be near
him.
She purchased a house on
Main North Rd in Papanui and
Berry moved in with her.
“They lived together, helped
each other out, shared the costs,”
said Statham.
“It was company for them both,
they could both really relate to
each other.
“He loved it because (the house)
had a garden; it wasn’t all set up
but he could see the potential of
what he could create.”
After a while, Berry was back
on his feet and he wanted a bit
more independence.
Statham and her husband had
moved to Leeston and Shirley
went to live with them.
Berry would bus out to see his
family regularly and they in turn
visited him in Papanui.
They would go to lunch and
then he would take them back to
the house to show off his latest
garden projects and upgrades.
“He was very proud of it,”
Statham remembered.
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‘We implored him to get away, but he
• From page 5
Berry still drank and still
struggled at times but by and
large he was doing well.
“He would have periods of
abstinence and drinking over the
years,” his brother David Berry
said.
“Martin was not an ‘all or nothing’
alcoholic – he could have a
drink or two if we went out.”
In 2006, Statham moved overseas
and Shirley bought a flat on
Blair Ave in Papanui, about 1km
from her son’s place.
“They could walk and meet up
at the mall or go to each other’s
houses,” Statham said.
“We just knew how much he
enjoyed the connection – both of
them did.
“He had my dad’s little dog, he
took care of him, and they would
meet up and go to the park.”
Life was going well for Berry,
his sister felt, until he met Rena
Joyce.
That meeting came over
Christmas, 2017.
Berry flew home to Whanganui
to spend the holiday with his
brother David and his partner
Pearl. They went to a neighbourhood
Christmas party and Joyce
was a friend of the host.
It wasn’t long before Joyce was
moving to Christchurch and into
Berry’s home.
Statham said Joyce moving
CONVICTED: Rena Joyce, also known as Maloney, in court
before her trial. PHOTO: PETER MEECHAM/NZ HERALD
in was “quite sudden” – just six
months after they met, but her
brother was “very excited”.
Berry’s siblings were concerned
but he seemed happy so they
supported him in his new relationship.
But that support quickly began
to waiver.
Like Berry, Joyce also had
issues with alcohol and from
almost the beginning, their union
was punctuated by arguing,
fighting, abuse and violence.
“Initially I think it was all
lovey-dovey and then I think
reasonably quickly it deteriorated
into violence – drunken violence,”
David Berry told the court
during the trial.
“He would tell me that she’d
attacked him and this became a
regular occurrence. I went down
there and stayed and she attacked
me one night, for no reason.
“Pretty much whenever she got
drunk it would degrade into violence.
She nearly bit his nose off
once, she smashed a chair over
him, she beat him, she smashed
the telephone and hid phones so
he couldn’t ring.
“Sometimes he said he’d just
leave and walk the streets all
night. He couldn’t go home for
fear of further violence.”
David Berry said his older
brother “didn’t know how” to
‘I feared for his life’
– David Berry
leave his abusive partner.
“It was really bad,” said David
Berry.
“I feared for his life – it was an
incident away in my eyes.
“We implored him to get away,”
David Berry told the court.
“He couldn’t leave, he didn’t
know how to get away from her.
She just wouldn’t leave and he
didn’t know what to do.”
Martin Berry would call his
brother “covertly” to disclose
what was going on.
He had to call in secret because
Joyce “was always hovering” when
he was able to use the phone.
“He was beaten up so bad once
they called an ambulance,” said
David Berry.
“She would throw things at
him, she would chase him with
household objects. She chased
him with a knife several times.
“I think she would use anything
that was available.”
Statham spoke with her brother
at least once a month but that
stopped almost completely when
Joyce came on the scene.
Statham told the court during
the trial that Joyce “was quite
racist and verbally abusive” on at
least one phone call.
She said “it was hard to get past
what she said” and that resulted
in fewer phone calls to Berry to
avoid engaging with his
partner.
Her last conversation with
Berry is haunting.
“He told me he wanted to leave
and buy a bit of land in Whanganui
to get away from Rena,”
Statham told the Herald.
“I wish he had let David and
I help him to do this, then he
would have been free from her.
“He could have been happy
being home again in Whanganui
with a big garden to potter in.”
Statham, who only met Joyce
once, said her brother confided
in her about the abuse a number
of times.
“It was quite violent,” she said
of the relationship.
“I knew he was scared, I knew
he wanted to leave her but he
didn’t know if he could.
“He was scared of Rena. He
was trapped.
David Berry last saw his
brother on December 29 2020 –
just hours before Joyce murdered
him.
He and Pearl were in Christchurch
and they invited Berry
and Joyce to lunch at an Indian
restaurant.
“He looked really good. I had
no reason to think anything
untoward would happen,” said
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didn’t know how to leave her’
After Berry died it emerged that
Joyce had a string of convictions
for assaulting Berry and had spent
time in prison as a result.
On one occasion Berry called
police and said Joyce had attacked
him and “had a knife”.
Another time she “told him she
would kill him if he rang police
again”.
The courts granted Berry a
protection order against Joyce,
but that did not keep them apart.
Soon after, police attended a
callout to the house and found
Berry with his t-shirt “ripped
and hanging off him”, bloodied
tissues nearby, broken plates and
smashed glass from the oven door.
That day, Berry told police he
did not want to make a complaint
but “wanted her out of the
house”.
Berry was also convicted of assaulting
Joyce on one occasion.
He pleaded guilty, admitting
he punched her but that “it was
in self-defence”.
Berry was open about the conviction
with his brother.
“She’d attacked him and he
just couldn’t do anything to get
away from her,” David Berry
recalled.
“He was just in a corner and
lost it and hit her, hit her once
in the face and I think she got a
couple of black eyes.”
He said he had never seen his
VICTIM: Police outside Berry’s Papanui home.
PHOTO: ANNA LEASK/NZ HERALD
brother hit another person in his
life and he was known to be a
gentle person.
“Martin was not the sort of
person who would hurt a fly,”
David Berry said.
“I’ve never seen Martin hurt
anyone or be offensive towards
anyone.”
Statham said it was “impossible”
to put into words the impact
her brother’s “horrendous” murder
has had on the family.
“Martin’s horrific death is the
most distressing thing that has
ever happened to our small family,”
she told the Herald.
“Life has changed and will never
go back to what it was before.
“The heavy feelings of sadness
are present daily and the images
we have in our heads of his final
seconds are ever-present.
“The cruel way that Martin
was murdered along with finding
his belongings missing from his
house was a double shock.”
Statham said Joyce “denied
Martin any dignity he may have
had left by leaving him to rot in
the garden”.
“She denied us our last farewells
with Martin by being able
to see his body before he was
cremated,” she said.
“The funeral director asked if
we had any items of his clothing
to lay over his body bag, but she
had got rid of everything, there
was nothing left.
“Anything she couldn’t remove
from his house, she broke and
threw over the fence.
“All we have left to remember
Martin by were the bloodstains
left on the lounge floor and
initially the faint smell of where
his decomposing body had lain
in the garden.
“No family should ever be left
with this,” she said.
“Rena murdered the only
person who ever really loved her,
she will have to live with that
realisation forever.
“Her time in jail is a mere
formality, the real jail for her is
replaying in her head how she
took his life so cruelly – how she
destroyed any chance of happiness
with someone who actually
saw her, understood her and her
brokenness and loved her all the
more for it.
“Every day she will have to
wake up and remember she brutally
stole a life from a kind and
humble person.
“Our only hope is that one day
she will understand how senseless
it all was.”
Statham said Berry would
“forever be our big brother”.
“He will always be remembered
and loved and he can be
hurt no more now,” she said.
“David and I loved Martin so
much and we know that he knew
it. Nothing else matters in
the end.”
—NZ Herald
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NEWS 9
Call for Three Waters referendum
Ardern sent
letter after
MP’s no show
at meeting
A RESIDENTS’ association
has sent an open letter to Prime
Minister Jacinda Ardern after
Ilam Labour MP Sarah Pallett’s
no show at a water reform public
meeting.
The Avonhead Community
Group says it had now decided
to go to Ardern directly over
concerns about the Three Waters
reform.
It wants a
public referendum
on the
issue.
“We are a
voluntary,
non-political
residents’ group
Somnath
Bagchi
representing
more than 8000
households in
and around the suburb of Avonhead
in Christchurch,” the letter
written by the group’s chair Prof
Somnath Bagchi says.
“On April 26, 2022, we held
a public meeting at which we
invited local elected representatives
to discuss the Three Waters
reform and urban development
with residents. More than 400
residents attended and there
was almost unanimous
consensus that the Three
Waters reform should be
scrapped.
“Unfortunately, the
local Member of Parliament,
Ms Pallett, declined
to attend and was
not there to listen to what
her constituents had to
say. As a result, we have resolved
to write to you (Ardern) directly
to convey the community’s deep
Sarah Pallett
concerns about the Three Waters
reform.
“These concerns not driven by
political outlook but a
genuine fear about what
the reform will mean for
us and future generations
of New Zealanders.”
In the letter, Bachi told
Ardern while the group
“appreciate” the Government’s
purpose in reviewing
the Three Waters
infrastructure was to prevent a
repetition of Havelock North, the
reform was not the solution.
Bachi told Ardern: “It will lead
to the loss of local democracy.
Until now, our elected representatives
at local councils made
decisions on Three Waters. The
Government proposes to unilaterally
disempower citizens by removing
these assets from elected
bodies to the management of
appointed boards. If this happens,
we will have absolutely no
influence over decision-making
on rates, upgrades, or priorities.
“There is no way that
infrastructural issues at
suburban levels can be reported
effectively to a board which
oversees Three Waters for
most of the South Island.
In our experience, excessive
centralisation typically leads
to bureaucratic blind spots and
delays. We fear that pressing
local issues will be overlooked in
favour of grand-scale changes,
until we have another ‘Havelock
North’ on our hands.
“As ratepayers, we are especially
concerned that the transfer of
the Three Waters infrastructure
to the Government will make a
number of councils significantly
poorer. Us ratepayers will bear
the burden as local councils are
forced to increase rates to make
up for their loss.”
Bagchi told Ardern the
residents’ group felt down by the
way in which the Government
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has pressed on with the reform
in spite of widespread public
concern.
“An opportunity for
submissions at a select
committee stage has little value,
as by then there will be no scope
for fundamental change to the
intended reform.
“As head of Government,
you have the ultimate say as to
what goes ahead and what stops.
Please listen to the public’s concerns.
By all means monitor local
bodies more closely so that they
maintain infrastructure better.
But do not take away democratic
control of Three Waters. Scrap
the Three Waters reform.
If you do not feel that the vast
majority of New Zealanders
share our concerns, then
we suggest that you hold a
referendum before pressing
ahead with the reform. You
have held referenda previously
on cannabis and euthanasia.
The Three Waters reform is
no less significant. Let New
Zealanders decide their future
for themselves.”
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With most people now having
access to online technology,
the city council is moving to
introduce online meeting sessions
or “webinars” for public consultations
on key issues.
“Because of the Covid-19 pandemic
many of us are now very familiar
with the concept of online
meetings and webinars,” said city
council head of communications
and engagement Katy McRae.
“They have become a key business
tool and they’re also a really
effective way of reaching residents
who might not otherwise have the
time to engage with us.’’
McRae said the city council
trialled the use of webinars
recently with consultations on the
Draft Plan changes and the results
were positive, with attendance
numbers higher than what they
usually received in face-to-face
meetings.
“We want to reach as many
people as we can, in ways that are
most convenient for them. This
means doing things differently
from how we have approached
things in the past,” McRae said.
• From page 1
The sale has only just settled,
with the sale price, one of the
highest for Christchurch last
year, now in the public domain.
The Westons’ efforts to bring
the Victorian stables back to life
and turn it into a luxury accommodation
business featured in
an episode of Grand Designs New
Zealand in 2018.
The listing agent, Harcourts’
Alison Aitken, said in November
the family which purchased the
property and intended to turn it
back into a family home.
“The buyers are a local family
who love the house. This is going
to be a family home for them.
They are a lovely family,” she said.
She added: “It was always going
to be one of the highest sales [in
that corner of Fendalton] because
it is unique. People buy on emotion.
No one can replicate that
home. The history that has gone
with it.”
Another Grand Designs home,
on Waiheke Island, sold for
$3.55 million last year, and a
Mangawhai, Northland, bach
that featured on the show in 2018
sold for $4 million at auction at
the end of 2020.
Isabelle Weston told the New
Zealand Herald just before the
sale that the decision to sell the
property on Matai St West, in
Fendalton, was a “difficult and
emotional” one.
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House a nod to Britten’s legacy
She said that since the
restoration and opening of
the accommodation business,
the couple’s lives had become
incredibly busy. They wanted to
spend more time with their young
children Adaline, 6, and Rafaella,
1, and needed a “dramatic change
of lifestyle” to do so.
“It’s a roller coaster of emotions.
I feel really, really sad but
also relieved with the decision
I’ve made to prioritise the kids,”
she said.
“It sits uneasily with you as a
mother when you really want to
give them more when you can’t.”
She said the decision to sell
was influenced by the fact that
Tim was fast approaching the age
at which her father John passed
away.
“Life can be really short. We
hope ours aren’t and we certainly
don’t want to miss out on the
kids’ foundational years but that
is what’s happening because we
are so busy.”
The property was bought
by motorcycle designer John
Britten in the late 1970s. He
died in 1995, and his house
was left uninhabitable after the
earthquake.
The Westons chronicled the
long restoration on Grand Designs
New Zealand. Their build
was ambitious, aiming not only
to bring the home back to life
but to also update it, with a new
garage that doubles as a studio
apartment.
The episode showed the rebuild
was thwarted by the discovery
of asbestos, miscommunications
and setbacks, with their initial
$2 million budget ballooning as
complications continued.
“It looks absolutely stunning,”
said host Chris Moller.
“I can see Tim and Isabelle’s
bold, modern influence here. The
sitting room . . . truly embodies
John’s wonderfully unconventional
style.”
The house featured many nods
to Britten’s legacy, including one
of his beloved motorbikes, which
lives in the sitting room.
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Kiwi fantasy card game takes world by storm
Christchurch trading
card businesses have
seen an upsurge as a
popular Kiwi-developed
fantasy card game
continues to attract
thousands of new
players around the
world, both to progaming
and to lucrative
online card trading.
John Cosgrove reports
IN HIS right hand, card trader
Sam Smith holds a Flesh and
Blood ‘Heart of Fyendal’ card
worth approximately $300; in his
left hand is another worth over
$30,000.
The difference is when the
cards were made, what they’re
made of or printed on, and
how rare or desirable they are
among a growing number
of enthusiastic gamers and
professional trading card
collectors.
“It’s always a lottery when you
buy a packet of cards from the
shop,” Smith said from his recently
opened FAB Armory shop
in Sydenham.
“Last Friday a dad brought
in his two young boys to buy a
packet each so that they could
learn the game, and in one of
the packs was an unlimited
run, rainbow foiled ‘Heart of
Fyendal’. I immediately offered
to swap him 30 packets of cards
for it, so he was real pleased his
son now has heaps of cards to
play with.”
On the other hand, if you
wanted a cold foiled, alpha print,
first edition ‘Heart of Fyendal’,
like one of the two Smith recently
sold for $35,000 each, then
he said he will talk terms.
Trading cards have been
around for generations, with US
baseball cards being the first,
packaged with cigarettes and
sweets to stiffen the packaging in
the 1860s.
As colour printing technologies
developed, the popularity
of the cards grew and so too did
the value of trading, reaching
TRADING:
In his right
hand Sam
Smith holds
a Flesh and
Blood ‘Heart
of Fyendal’
card worth
approximately
$300; in his
left hand is
another worth
over $30,000.
PHOTO: JOHN
COSGROVE
million-dollar status, courtesy
of keen-eyed investors and card
sleuths scouring garage sales
for an elusive-but-pristine ‘52
Mickey Mantle or LeBron James
rookie year card – currently
worth over $8.3 million
each.
In the 1990s, the advent of the
trading card game Magic – a
game involving a combination
of luck and skill, with two or
more players battling it out
as powerful wizards, using
collections of cards (spells) in
their decks – started to make a
toe-hold in the gaming industry.
Then along came Pokémon
cards, KeyForge, Yu-Gi-Oh!,
Game of Thrones, Sorcerer and
the latest world hit – Flesh and
Blood, a Kiwi-developed card
game popular with all ages.
Fast forward to the pandemic
and thousands of bored people
sitting around home and its
popularity only increased, with
many playing online or looking
to capitalise on their collections
by trading their cards.
“The game and the trading of
cards is booming,” said Smith.
“Last weekend there were 1100
professional players gathered
in New York, competing for
USD$100,000 in prize money,
with over 15,000 others watching
online.
“The game’s lead developer,
Chris Gehring from Legend
Story Studios in Auckland,
travelled to the tournament and
it was great to see him speaking
there.”
Smith said the fundamental
thing about the game is it’s very
social, and it just helps people
gain confidence and learn skills.
“Everyone can be as confident
as they want behind a computer
screen, but you develop a lot
more confidence interacting
with people on a physical and
social level.
“Basically, people are using the
card games to teach their kids
maths and stuff like that because
of the different attack and block
values.”
He believes it’s the modern
generation’s variation of society
card games like Poker, Euchre,
Bridge, Go Fish and others.
“You’ve got to make decisions
on the fly or just work out if
you’re basically going to have the
right resources to keep yourself
alive.”
Smith has been playing games
since he was young and after
learning the trading business
in Auckland, he returned to
Christchurch to train as a
plumber while still trading cards
online from his bedroom in
Wigram.
But a broken hand meant he
looked to his rapidly expanding
online sales for income and soon
FAB Armory grew into the retail
store it is today.
“There are often 10-20 players
coming here twice a week to play
in the shop in Sydenham and
we are still working hard online
to cater to the huge demand for
single cards.”
He said people of all ages,
lifestyles and incomes want
specific cards to make up a set or
collection – and are prepared to
pay for them.
“I sold a F&B Fyendal’s ‘Spring
Tunic’ to a famous client recently
for $35,000.
“It’s all about looking at the
market, understanding the
attraction of first editions cards,
finding them and gauging the
market to get the best price for
them,” he said.
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• By Damien Venuto
A CHRISTCHURCH-raised
journalist filming a documentary
in Ukraine believes the
Ukrainian people will never
accept a settlement that sees
territory handed over to Russia,
as a result of the atrocities the
invading forces have inflicted on
the people.
Tom Mutch has been reporting
in Ukraine since before Russia
invaded at the end of February,
and is currently reporting out
of Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk
Oblast near where much of the
fighting is happening on the
Ukraine-Russia border.
Mutch, who went to Burnside
High School, said that while
the town he is currently in has
avoided much of the conflict,
one he passed through – Malaya
Rohan, 15 minutes from Kharkiv
– has experienced the brutality of
Russia.
“The town was under Russian
occupation for roundabout five
weeks. And they said that for
instance, some of the Russian
troops got drunk and they raped
a young woman in the area.
Another one shot and killed one
of the villagers, again, drunkenly.
One of the women said that
the Russian officers would take
potshots at her for fun late at
night and stuff like that,” he
said.
Mutch said the Ukrainians
have reacted with “revulsion
and horror” at each new report
of these atrocities – and it will
make it very difficult for them to
accept a deal that involves giving
up territory.
“Maybe in the past you might
be able to sell something like:
‘We have to like give up a certain
piece of territory so that the rest
of the country is sort of saved’.
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“But now that we seem to
know what goes on in the areas
that Russia controls, people
would effectively see their country
folk being left to their deaths
more than anything.”
The atrocities are helping
further the Ukrainian resistance,
with more people signing up for
the military then there are guns
to provide. Military service was
compulsory prior to the invasion,
and Mutch said one recruitment
officer told him that people
would try to bribe them to get
out of the service.
“Now people are so desperate
to join up and fight that they’re
trying to bribe recruitment
officers to let them join the fight,
let them go to the frontline.”
He said everyone he has come
across all resent the Russians,
and that people are united in one
goal – forcing them out of the
country.
Their morale is aided by the
fact that the Russian armies
Thursday May 19 2022 The Star
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Russia will never be able to break Ukraine’s
spirit, says former Christchurch war journalist
WAR ZONE:
Tom Mutch
has been on
the ground in
Ukraine since
the early
days of the
fighting.
are struggling to make any
gains. While Mariupol has
been devastated by the invasion
– “wiped off the map” is how
Mutch described it – Russia
notably failed to take the
capital city of Kyiv, and is now
struggling in the Donbas region
where most of their firepower is
targeted.
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Shrimpy Boy making his mark on
• By John Cosgrove
HE MAY be called Shrimpy
Boy – but his field of expertise
is far removed from eating
crustaceans.
Instead Jayden Jackson races
drones at speeds of up to 180-
190km/h, which requires him
to memorise racing circuits and
learn how to navigate them in
the shortest time. To do this he
possesses excellent hand-eye coordination.
The drone racing pilot is the
first New Zealander to be invited
to join the Drone Champions
League in Europe.
The 25-year-old builder from
Lincoln is the latest addition to
the SDT Euroflytec drone racing
team, based in Spain.
His dream of racing
‘first person view’ drones
internationally has come to
fruition.
He said it all came as a bit of a
shock when his name was posted
on the team list.
“Somehow, my name came
up first in the draft – it blew me
away and I couldn’t believe it,”
Jackson said.
“The British team said they
would like to talk to me but the
Spanish team called first.”
The champions drone league is
one of the fastest-growing team
sports in the world.
Currently six teams representing
SPEED: The racing drone has a mini video camera on its nose which is linked to the head
set worn by ace pilot Jayden Jackson.
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China, Japan, United States,
United Kingdom, Spain,
and Korea compete with 12
international players each.
All the drone racers attempt
to qualify for the final with
only one hour of practice on
purpose-built tracks that vary in
complexity from race to race.
The four fastest from each
team wins the chance to race in
the final grand prix event.
“So the competition is crazy
for those slots,” Jackson said.
“It will be like this throughout
the whole year, just like a
formula one qualifying session.”
To find the best of the best
worldwide, aspiring drone FPV
racers compete on the league’s
drone racing simulator online,
trying to earn the fastest time on
the circuits offered – all within
a strict seven-day window of
competition.
Jackson said anyone,
anywhere has the chance to
compete.
“But first you have to make
it into the top 300 worldwide.
That’s made up of the top 200
pilots from the pc steam gaming
software and the top 100 of
those playing on Xboxes and
PlayStations.
“You race again and then the
final 100 pilots selected have
five attempts during a 24-hour
window of opportunity to be
the fastest around the track.
From those results the draft
comprising of the top players are
selected.”
Before Covid-19 forced the
hybrid indoor/outdoor sport
to go online, competitors only
used the game to qualify for each
actual race, now this form of
hybrid racing is used for the real
grand prix too.
“It’s an awesome prospect
and it has been my dream since
I started in the sport two years
ago,” Jackson said.
The physical racing drones are
custom-built and made purely
for racing. They can’t be bought
off the shelf.
Each drone is hand-made by
the teams using cutting edge
technology, electronics and
software.
“The drones are one of a kind.
They’re custom-built and very
fast, full of titanium and carbon
fibre. It’s all the computing in
them, they’re a different kettle
of fish to the DJI’s most people
think of when you say you fly a
drone.”
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drone racing circuit
The pilots use integrated
goggles, which relay the picture
from a wireless video camera
mounted on the nose of the
drone to the headset. It allows
the pilots to make course
corrections in a fraction of
a second using a hand-held
controller. The ones with the best
hand-eye co-ordination win.
“It’s either get it right or you
crash. At the speeds we travel at,
there are no second chances,”
Jackson said.
Like the car racing world,
Jackson said drone racing is all
about the amount of time spent
practicing and ensuring your
hand and eye co-ordination is
fast enough for the speeds raced
at. He spends as much time as
he can training online and races
real drones in the red zone most
weekends.
“Races are timed and won by
the smallest of margins – 100th of
a second in many cases,” he said.
The actual drone races are
held on circuits that vary in
length and force the pilots to
corner at high speeds, dipping
down under barriers or flying
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a couple of minutes, but the
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experience.
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restrictions there mean I’m still
here practising and trying to
speed up my pace while I work
as a builder to make ends meet
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he said.
Jackson said he is also
developing a creative eye by
working his bigger slower drones
as race cameras at motorsports
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WHILE THE increasing number
of severe droughts is playing havoc
with our waterways, more floods
could prove to be their friend.
Professor Angus McIntosh,
a specialist in freshwater
ecology at Canterbury
University, is heading
research into how climate
warming is affecting our
freshwater ecosystems and
how to best deal with those
influences in the future.
“A major climate-drive threat
to freshwater life in New Zealand
is increased frequency and magnitude
of drought,” he said.
“We know that river communities
collapse when rivers
dry completely, but we’re trying
to find the early warning signs
indicating when communities
start that process so we can offer
better advice in water allocation
decisions.”
A big challenge, especially in
some recent Environment Court
decisions, has been how to manage
river flows when interactions
between trout and native fish
(galaxiids) are involved, McIntosh
said.
“It’s often thought that native
fish will benefit when rivers are
lower because there will be fewer
of their predators – trout. What
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actually happens with no trout
present is that the number of
non-migratory native fish decline
as the river flow slows.
“Just how to manage
native fish populations and
how their interactions are
affected by longer periods
of low flow is going to be
tricky as climate change
bites.”
McIntosh says the flip
side of climate warming
is that large magnitude floods
could also be very influential.
“We were worried that Canterbury’s
autumn floods last year
would have wiped out native
fish in the headwater and alpine
areas.
“But, to our surprise, all
the populations have held on.
They’ve been greatly reduced,
but they’re still there. We’re now
interested in how quickly they
recover, whether the trout were
more or less affected and what
the long term effects are.”
McIntosh said the ability of
those native fish to deal with
ongoing extreme events such as
flooding will depend on the resilience
of their populations and
his freshwater ecology research
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Why did it take so long to
address Bromley stench?
I attended the community
meeting in Bromley about
the stench they’ve had to
endure for seven months.
It was heartbreaking
to listen to the toll it has
taken on their lives and
the uncertainty of all and
any health implications.
Seven months and they
still don’t know what started
the fire.
The clean-up has begun
but only after the community
started making so
much noise they could no
longer be ignored. Why
the delay?
Some will say central
government would have
been onto it sooner. If
that’s true, why didn’t the
local MPs put pressure on
the city council to act or
offer other assistance?
Why did it take so long
to listen to the community?
The mayor could have
called a meeting months
ago instead of waiting
for the community to do
so?
When Three Waters is
in place, will a far away
unelected water board be
more accountable or act
any swifter than elected
locals? I think not. – D
Downward, Bryndwr
Mask wearing
Isn’t it time to lift the
mask mandate?
Every other mandate has
gone, so why are we still
wearing masks? Infection
has been rampant, passing
its peak.
Many people I know
have had Covid, including
myself, and it was hardly
devastating (apart from
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the lethargy), just like the
flu really.
My son, a doctor, was
over from Australia and
was amazed to see masks
everywhere.
Apparently, masks don’t
actually prevent infection,
although they’re important
for those who are positive
so as not to infect others;
long-term, however, they
are not good for oral health
and also deprive the lungs
of oxygen.
So why continue? What
a boost for public morale
it would be, to see some
smiles again. – Chris
Watkins, St Albans
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BUSINESS
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Vodafone, Commerce Commission
both appeal record $2.24m fine
• By Chris Keall
VODAFONE NZ and the
Commerce Commission both
say they’ll appeal a $2.24 million
fine over the telco’s historic
“FibreX” marketing.
The regulator says the fine,
which was handed down in the
Auckland District Court on
April 14, is too low to act as a
deterrent.
The telco wants to overturn
both the fine and the High
Court conviction that led to the
penalty.
On April 3 last year, Vodafone
was found guilty of misleading
consumers with its 2016-2018
“FibreX” marketing campaign
for the hybrid fibre-coaxial (aka
copper) cable service it offers in
parts of Christchurch, the Kapiti
Coast and Wellington. It began
as a cable TV service operated by
Telstra Saturn, and was inherited
by Vodafone when it bought
TelstraClear in 2012. Vodafone
says it’s spent tens of millions on
upgrades since.
Charges were brought under
the Fair Trading Act and the
telco faced potential fines of
up to $16m. The ComCom had
sought a $5.8m penalty.
Judge Pippa Sinclair found
Vodafone’s branding and advertising
was liable to mislead
MARKETING: Fibre X promoted at a Vodafone store in October 2017.
PHOTO: CHRIS KEALL/NZ HERALD
consumers into thinking that the
FibreX branded service was part
of the UFB fibre network.
She rejected Vodafone’s argument
that consumers would
understand that FibreX was a
“fibre-like” network delivering
superfast reliable broadband but
not pure fibre, due to the ‘X’ in
its name.
Commerce Commission
chair Anna Rawlings said this
morning that the $2.25m fine
did not appropriately reflect the
seriousness of the offending, and
the size and financial resources
of Vodafone.
The commission will argue
in its appeal that Vodafone’s
conduct was wilful, rather than
grossly careless, and allowed
Vodafone to make significant
commercial gains, Rawlings said.
“The fines imposed for this
type of offending must be
significant enough to deter
Vodafone and other large
businesses from engaging in this
type of conduct in the future.”
“We are very disappointed
with the outcome and
respectfully disagree with the
court’s decisions,” Vodafone NZ
said in a statement.
“Our appeal will set out
our strong belief that there
are several errors with the
original conviction decision
and that there are aspects of the
FibreX judgment that simply
misunderstand the services
we sell and are not in the best
interests of consumers or future
competition.”
The telco says its HFC service
does indeed offer fibre-like
service, and says that has been
proven by the Commerce
Commission’s own benchmark
testing, which found that, in
Vodafone’s summary, 100 per
cent of HFC Max plans were all
able to stream four simultaneous
UHD (ultra high definition or
4K) Netflix streams, offering an
equivalent experience to Fibre to
the Home plans in this respect.
The twin appeals come a
day after the telco industry
introduced two new marketing
codes, at the Commerce
Commission’s direction, which
are aimed, in part, at boosting
customer rights and making
it easier to compare different
broadband options.
—NZ Herald
Merger, acquisition activity still high – PwC
• By Jamie Gray
MERGER AND acquisition
(M&A) activity in New Zealand
remained high in the first
quarter, with private equity
investors again featuring
prominently, PwC said.
Corporate activity in the
education technology sector is
booming and PwC said it was
not seeing any signs of a slowdown.
Deal volume is in line with
levels seen throughout 2021 – a
record year, PwC said.
A number of 2021 deals also
continued into 2022 and have
been announced in this first
quarter.
Healthcare and educational
technology featured strongly in
the data.
Significant levels of deal activity
continued during the first
quarter of 2022 with 45 deals
completed or announced.
“While this is below the
numbers we saw in Q2, Q3, and
Q4 of 2021, it is still considerably
higher than pre-pandemic levels
and more than Q1 2021,” PwC
said.
Regan Hoult, corporate
finance leader at PwC told the
Herald M&A activity had driven
by a combination of factors.
“Looking at the data, there
has been strong international
interest.
“The other
theme that came
through was
strong private
equity activity
throughout the
quarter.
Regan
Hoult
“We continue
to see private
equity, both on
the demand
side of transactions – being big
acquirers of businesses and also
ultimately suppliers of businesses,”
he said.
Low interest rates have helped
corporate balance sheets and
how they look at acquisitions.
“Institutions are looking at
private equity as an asset class
that can provide strong returns
against the other asset classes,
which ultimately flows through
into deal activity.
“Yes, there are definitely headwinds
around inflation, supply
chains, rising interest rates and
the geopolitical situation, but
there is still a lot of private equity
capital looking to invest,” Hoult
said.
Corporates “may sit on their
hands”, focus on their balance
sheets, and look at their strategy
in the current environment.
“With the challenges that
STEADY: PwC says private equity investment in New
Zealand companies has continued unabated in the first
quarter.
PHOTO: NZ HERALD
come up through supply chain
issues and inflation, consolidation
can often be something that
can drive value,” he said.
In its report, PwC said that in
education technology (EdTech),
products that demonstrate
improved learning outcomes
and means of adapting learning
to changing learner and teacher
expectations are increasingly
sought after.
Since the beginning of the
Covid-19 outbreak in early 2020,
PwC has advised on three New
Zealand based EdTech transactions
with international investors
– Totara Learning, Education
Perfect, The Mind Lab.
Buyer interest in the sector
was not showing any signs of
reducing
PwC expects to see robust deal
activity continue throughout
2022 due to the significant
amounts of capital still available
in the market.
“Strong valuations and increasing
market uncertainty may
lead to business owners wanting
to accelerate the timing of exits.”
PwC cross-border deal flow
was strong in the quarter -–20
of the 45 deals involved offshore
buyers.
Australia (nine deals) and the
USA (six deals) continued to drive
international buyer activity.
The technology, media and telecoms
(TMT) sector continued
to see the most activity, while
financial services and industrials
and chemicals also featured
prominently.
TMT (14 deals) accounted for
almost a third of all activity during
the quarter.
Nine of the 45 deals announced
during Q1 2022 involved
a private equity buyer.
Over the last couple of years
M&A activity in the healthcare
sector had significantly increased
and valuations were higher than
ever before, PwC said.
There have been a number of
substantial transactions in recent
months including the sale of
Evolution Healthcare, Canopy
Cancer, Fertility Associates,
Pacific Radiology, Obex Medical
and The Selwyn Foundation’s
aged-care assets.
Work on healthcare-related
transactions in the past year
would represent circa 20 per cent
of PwC’s M&A related work.
“Covid-19 has heightened
investor awareness in the healthcare
sector and the importance
of the health system, leading to
increased interest and activity,”
the report said.
—NZ Herald

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It was only weeks ago that I
evaluated Hyundai’s stroppy i30N
hatchback, a car that I delighted
in with its power and handling, it
is a car that constantly tantalises
with its high boost turbocharged
2-litre engine, and although it’s
only a front-wheel-drive model
it competes well with those great
hot hatchbacks that are legendary
in that segment. Well, the Kona
N shares the same driveline as the
i30N, even to the point where it
drives out the front wheels only.
Just like the i30N, the Kona N’s
four-cylinder engine develops
206kW and 392Nm, maximum
power is realised comparatively low
at just 5500rpm, although it will
pull happily to almost 7000rpm,
but it’s the area of maximum
torque that is most interesting.
It is realised all of the way from
1950rpm to 5600rpm, which when
you diagnose all of the figures there
is a lot of mid-range pull that never
wilts.
Unlike the I30N, the Kona N
doesn’t get a manual gearbox
option. It shares the dual clutch
system which you treat just like an
automatic transmission, there are
simply just two pedals – accelerator
and brake.
I like DCT gearboxes, they have
quick, sharp shifts that in the Kona
N’s case can be made manually by
the gearshift lever itself or through
steering wheel-mounted paddles.
In terms of how all this gels
is quite remarkable, the Kona N
is a deliberate sports car and it
has all the equipment to usher in
and contain movement. Take the
brakes, for example, they are huge
and have friction compounds that
FEISTY: Huge rear wing sits above the tailgate.
HYUNDAI KONA N: Race-track potential thanks to high performance engine and brakes.
can take prolonged use. Hyundai
even encourage track time in
the Kona N, there are features
to support that – an on-screen
stopwatch and a shifting pattern
that recognises dynamic driving,
activating automatically by
selecting the appropriate gear, and
shift timing that provides optimal
performance.
One of the systems that is quite
quirky is what Hyundai label
N grin shift, it works alongside
the standard N buttons which
in themselves provide a turbo
overboost function lifting power
an extra 7kW. The NGS button
releases maximum power of
the engine and transmission for
20sec, according to Hyundai,
performance that is sure to bring
a grin to the driver’s face. When
the button is pushed, a countdown
begins on the instrument cluster
showing the remaining seconds.
There is also a power shift
feature, it engages when the car
accelerates with more than 90 per
cent of throttle, thereby mitigating
any reduction in torque by using
upshifts to deliver maximum
power to the wheels. This initiates
a type of push feel through the
driveline.
With all of these systems
available there’s no doubt the Kona
N becomes an exciting car to drive,
it is truly a car that likes to have
its freedom. It hunts at open road
speed and it definitely wants to
deliver. Of course, I had to drive
within the legal requirements but
• Price – Hyundai Kona N,
$69,990
• Dimensions – Length,
4215mm; width, 1800mm;
height, 1565mm
• Configuration – Fourcylinder,
front-wheeldrive,
1998cc, 206kW,
392Nm, eight-speed DCT
automatic
• Performance –
0-100km/h, 5.5sec
• Fuel usage – 8l/100km
I can report it is an absolute blast
getting to 100km/h, that time
takes around 5.5sec. According
to overseas reports it will also fly
through a highway overtake –
80-120km/h – in 3.5sec. On the
subject of figures, Hyundai also
claims a 240km/h top speed.
For me, though, the Kona N was
more about its handling prowess.
Just like the i30N, the suspension
has been engineered to deliver
stable, controlled yet exciting
cornering ability.
Providing the grip in the first
instance are wonderful Pirelli
PZero tyres (235/40 x 19in), they
steer beautifully and provide
solid feedback. The Kona N’s fully
independent suspension
is electronically adjustable,
depending on what drive mode
is selected, but you can feel the
dampers tighten and become
firmer in N mode, the car squats
and sits tidily in the rear as
gravitational load shifts in a corner.
I took the test car west and
presented it with some of
the trickiest corners on the
Canterbury Plains, it fair blasts
between corners and attacks
the bends with precision and
accuracy, turn-in is decisive and
body balance uncannily stable for
a vehicle that sits relatively high at
well over 1.5m.
If you also like the feel of
pressure when the brakes are
activated firmly, then they won’t
disappoint, retardation is decisive.
The Kona N is a true
performance model and I guess
that is why it commands a $69,990
price tag.
However, for that money you
get a lot of kit – alcantara trim,
electrically-adjustable and heated/
cooled front seats, heated steering
wheel, satellite navigation, headup
display, smart cruise control,
keyless entry and ignition and a
host of clever safety features.
You are also getting many cars
all in one package, it’s an SUV for
sure, but it’s also a handy sports
wagon. Money depending, I’d be
very interested in the Kona N as I
head towards retirement, it is a fun
car and one that provides the grin
factor that Hyundai is so keen to
develop.
Hyundai is also broadening
the N concept, the Kona N
sits alongside the desirable hot
hatchback i30N, and it’s recently
been joined by the i20N. I certainly
hope I get to sample the latter.
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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
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exp, free quotes 24 / 7, Ph
027 516 6609
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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
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The Branch Manager
0274314720
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TREE SERVICES
Specialist tree pruning
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trimming, tidy-ups &
mulching. Ph Hugh The
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silver, pewter,
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service, cash paid for
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machines, ovens. Also
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considered. Ph Dave 960-
8440, 027 66 22 116
Wanted To Buy
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postcards, coins, gold,
bank notes, badges,
medals, jewellery,
watches, china, crystal,
books, furs, vintage
clothing, paintings,
furniture, estates &
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Antiques, 194 Edgeware
Rd 385 5117
ACADEMY ANTIQUES
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Royal Doulton , Royal
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4229 academyantiques.
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fridges, freezers, washing
machines, ovens. Good
cash paid. Ph Paul 022
0891 671
A records and Hi-Fi
gear wanted. Pennylane
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BOOKS old wanted.
Phone 354 1621
MILITARIA Any
country, firearms,
uniforms, badges, medals,
memoribilia, WW2 or
earlier ph 338-9931
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buyer Phone 355-2045
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Situations Vacant
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Public Notices
STAMP AND
POSTCARD FAIR
The Philatelic Centre
67 Mandeville Street,
Riccarton
Saturday 21st May
9am-12pm
Sellers tables available
Phone 027 6354 957
Vehicles Wanted
Situations Vacant
NIGHT CLEANER
Merivale Area
Monday to Friday, Hours 9pm to 1am
Must be willing to relieve longer hours
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Police check is required
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but not necessary
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Public Notices
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
ACT 1991
CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF
APPLICATION
FOR RESOURCE CONSENT
Details of the application for resource consent
listed below may be examined during normal
office hours at the Reception Counter of the
Council’s Civic offices, 53 Hereford Street,
Christchurch, or the Council’s website (refer link
below).
Submissions must be made in writing on
Form 13 or similar, and will be received at any
Council Office until 5:00pm on Thursday 16
June 2022. The submission form is available on
the Council’s website or at any Council Office.
Submissions may be made online, or emailed to
resourceconsentsubmissions@ccc.govt.nz,
or posted to the Resource Consents Unit,
Christchurch City Council, PO Box 73013,
Christchurch Mail Centre, Christchurch 8154.
A copy of the submission must also be served on
the applicant via their address for service below.
ADDRESS: 165 Racecourse Road, Sockburn
CONSENT SOUGHT: Land use consent
PROPOSAL: Demolition of the heritage listed
Grand National Grandstand at Riccarton
Racecourse
APPLICANT: Canterbury Jockey Club
APPLICANT’S ADDRESS FOR SERVICE:
Planz Consultants Ltd
Attn: Tim Joll
PO Box 1845
Christchurch 8140
REFERENCE NO: RMA/2021/3921
WEBSITE LINK: https://cccweb.cwp.govt.nz/thecouncil/haveyoursay/show/513
The application includes an assessment of
environmental effects.
Please contact Odette White,
telephone 03 9416369 if you have any
questions about this application.
Dated at Christchurch this 13th day
of May 2022.
Paul Lowe
Manager of Resource
Consents
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CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL
JUNE 2022 MEETINGS
The next meetings of the Christchurch City Council, Committees,
Subcommittees, Council Hearings Panels, and Community Boards will be held
as below: Where stated, the Civic Offices are located at 53 Hereford Street.
COUNCIL
Date Time Venue
9 9.30am Council Chamber, Civic Offices
21 9.30am Council Chamber, Civic Offices
COMMITTEES OF THE WHOLE
Date Time Committee
1 9.30am Sustainability and Community Resilience Committee,
Council Chambers, Civic Offices
2 9.30am Urban Development and Transport Committee, Council
Chambers, Civic Offices
8 9.30am Three Waters Infrastructure and Environment
Committee, Council Chambers, Civic Offices
30 9.30am Finance and Performance Committee, Council Chamber,
Civic Offices
COMMITTEES
Date Time Committee
2 2pm Central City Parking Restrictions Subcommittee, Civic
Offices
8 1.30pm Multicultural Committee, Civic Offices
8 5.30pm Te Hononga Council – Papatipu Runanga Committee,
Civic Offices
15 2pm Audit and Risk Management Committee, Civic Offices
29 4.30pm Youth Advisory Committee, Civic Offices
30 6pm Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone
Committee, North New Brighton Community
Centre, 88-93 Marine Parade, New Brighton
COMMUNITY BOARDS
Date Time Venue
1 4.30pm Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Board,
Linwood Board Room, 180 Smith Street, Woolston
13 10am Banks Peninsula Community Board, Akaroa Boardroom,
27 78 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa.
13 4.30pm Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board,
Board Room, Fendalton Service Centre, Cnr Jeffreys and
Clyde Roads, Fendalton
13 5pm Coastal-Burwood Community Board, Board Room, Cnr
Beresford and Union Streets, New Brighton
14 5pm Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board, Horoeka
28 Room, Rārākau: Riccarton Centre, 199 Clarence Street,
Riccarton
15 8am Spreydon-Cashmere Community Board, Board Room,
28 5pm Beckenham Service Centre, 66 Colombo Street,
Beckenham
17 9.30am Papanui-Innes Community Board, Board Room, Papanui
Service Centre, Cnr Langdons Road and Restell Street,
Papanui
COMMUNITY BOARD COMMITTEES
Date Time Committee
1 7.30pm Cass Bay Reserve Management Committee, Steadfast
Community Hall, Ward Room, Governors Bay Road, Cass
Bay
2 9am Stanley Park Reserve Management Committee, Akaroa
Yacht Club, Beach Road, Akaroa
13 7pm Diamond Harbour Reserve Management Committee,
Diamond Harbour, Community Centre Committee
Room, Waipapa Ave
14 5.30pm Okains Bay Reserve Management Committee, Okains
Bay Community Hall, Okains Bay Road
20 5.30 Duvauchelle Reserves Management Committee,
Duvauchelle Community Centre, 6039 Christchurch
Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle
Copies of the agendas will be available online and to the public at the
meetings. Members of the public are welcome to attend any of these
meetings.
To make a deputation or presentation to a Council, Committee or
Community Board meeting ring the call centre on 03 941 8999 or email
info@ccc.govt.nz.
Information about Alcohol Licensing can be found online at
ccc.govt.nz/alcohol
Megan Pearce
Hearings and Council Support
APPLICATION FOR RECORD OF TITLE
TO ACCESS STRIP
– 148A ST ASAPH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH
Notice is given under section 186(1) of the Land Transfer Act
2017 (the Act) of an application to issue a record of title to an
access strip between St Asaph Street and Durham Street South,
Christchurch.
We intend to create a record of title for the access strip in the
name of the applicants in shares, unless a caveat preventing
the application is lodged with us under section 187(1) of the Act
before the 18th of July 2022.
The applicants are claiming upon the grounds that they are the
registered owners of all the lots that adjoin the access strip.
The access strip was set aside on Deposited Plan 8062 for
the purpose of providing access from adjoining land to existing
roads and is principally still being used for that purpose.
Access Strip:
Application Id: 12266108.1
Applicant:
Applicant:
148A St Asaph Street being 364 square metres
more or less, Lot 11 on Deposited Plan 8062
in Record of Title CB5C/685, Canterbury Land
District in the name of James Alfred Harrow.
Gold Properties Limited, 471 Papanui Road
Christchurch P O Box 5400, Papanui,
Christchurch 8542 as owner of
144 and 148 St Asaph Street and
186, 188 and 190 Durham Street South,
record of titles CB29K/610,CB679/35,
CB421/191, CB443/119 and CB443/120,
Canterbury Land District that adjoins the
access strip.
The Order of St John South Island Region
Trust Board, 40 Lichfield Street Christchurch,
P O Box 1443 Christchurch 8011, as owner of
180 and 184 Durham Street South, record
of title CB4D/323, Canterbury Land District
that adjoins the access strip.
Dated at the Hamilton Office of Toitū Te Whenua Land
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GIG GUIDE
Thursday 19 to Wednesday 25 May 2022
12 BAR, 342 St Asaph St: Thursday
7.30pm - Castaway Trio. Friday 9pm -
Boom Candy Sessions, tickets at
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Women Up Front feat. Moonflower; Sins
of Eve; The Deadlights, $10 entry.
Wednesday 7.30pm - Steffany Beck &
Nick Burson, free.
A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo
St: Thursday 7pm - NEW! An intimate
evening, unplugged with 'Chulainn's
Dog's feat. members of The Eastern, with
friends (incl Black Velvet Band
members), powering up and bearing
witness to the great true songs of the
Irish and Celtic tradition - hearty &
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Friday 9pm - The Mule, high energy 8-
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Saturday 8.30pm - 3Kg, fem-fronted 7-
piece fund, rock & swing, free. Sunday
1pm - NEW! Open Mic Sundays, all
welcome, hosted by Myllo & Hannah-
Grace, free; 3.30pm - Young Stars
Sundays, celebrating C-city's amazing
young musical talent feat. Morvern
Tuathlaith, Ron Livne, Markus, Thomas
Brooks, James Constable, & Black Wired,
free. Monday 7pm - Quiz. Tuesday
6.30pm - Stephen McDaid 'Trail Maps'
Album Release Show, free.
BOO'S BAR, Level 1, 98 Victoria St:
Thursday 8pm - Marcel. Friday 8pm -
Sam Beal; 10.30pm - Duo. Saturday 8pm
- Libby Barker; 10.30pm - The Fillets.
Wednesday 9pm - Open Mic.
BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St:
Saturday 3pm - Unhinged. Sunday 3pm -
Nick Buchanan.
CHRISTCHURCH CASINO, 30
Victoria St: Thursday 7pm - X-Files.
Friday 7pm - Corner Sounds Duo;
10.15pm - Acoustic Solution. Saturday
7pm - Reckless; 10.15pm - HeadRush.
CHRISTCHURCH FOLK MUSIC
CLUB, Irish Society Hall, 29
Domain Tce: Sunday 7.30pm - David
Thorpe, $10 members/$15 non/$5
students with ID.
CHRISTCHURCH TOWN HALL,
Kilmore St: Saturday 7.30pm -
Salmonella Dub 'Return to our Kowhai'
Autumn Tour 2022, door sales only.
FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St:
Thursday 6pm - Ed's Jazz Club presents
Sidecar 1, tix at events.humanitix.com;
10pm - Corner Sounds. Friday 5pm -
Vincent Leahy Trio; 8pm - Mr Speaker;
11pm - Myllo; 11.30pm - Chilton House.
Saturday 5pm - Vintage Blue; 8pm -
Sound Sensation; 11pm - Liam & Chay;
11.30pm - Perry.
HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd:
Saturday 3pm - SweetAz. Sunday 1.30pm
- Heart of Country; 3pm - Natalie Elms.
LITTLE BROWN JUG, 290 Wairakei
Rd: Saturday 7.30pm - Old Skool.
KAIAPOI CLUB, 113 Raven Quay:
Saturday 8pm - DnD Showband presents
Tributes to Fleetwood Mac & ABBA,
tickets $25 at the club, door sales $30.
MACKENZIES HOTEL, 51 Pages Rd:
Friday 9pm - Reboot.
MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St:
Friday 10.30pm - Mammoth. Saturday
10.30pm - Uncovered.
RICHMOND CLUB 'The Borough',
75 London St: Friday 7pm -
DangerBaby. Saturday 7pm - Reminisce
with Anthony. Sunday 3pm - Stephen
James.
SHARKEY'S BAR, 96 Hoon Hay Rd:
Saturday 6pm - Barry Clausen followed
by Karaoke. 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
Shameless Few. Saturday 7pm - Holly
Kimber; 11pm - Smashbox. Sunday 3pm
- Southern Cross Irish Dancers; 5pm -
Willie & 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 8pm - The Renderers.
Saturday 8pm - You Should Be Dancing.
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 - Red Zone. Saturday
9.30pm - The Meaniez. Sunday 6pm -
Lance Kiwi Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm -
Quiz. Wednesday 7.30pm - Lance Kiwi
Karaoke.
THE PIANO, 156 Armagh St: Friday
to Sunday (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.
THE TURF SPORTS BAR, 6
Inwoods Rd: Thursday 7pm - Willie
Mcarthur.
b ru
n c
h
all
$20
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
THE ENTERTAINMENT HUB OF THE NORTH!
OPEN FROM 11AM
COMING UP...
SATURDAY
4th JUNE
WALK IN TEAMS WELCOME!
FRIDAY 6PM
MEMBER'S JACKPOT DRAW
SATURDAY 8PM
A tribute to
A
followed by
CRUSADERS v FIJI
A
LAST CHANCE!
ONLY A FEW
TICKETS LEFT!
$25 AT THE CLUB
PRE SHOW DINING
AVAILABLE - DOWNSTAIRS
BISTRO & UPSTAIRS
RESTAURANT BOTH OPEN
PRE-SHOW DINNER
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
Tickets
$25
at the club
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
THIS
WEEKEND'S
LIVE
MUSIC
UNHINGED
SAT. 3-6PM
NICK
BUCHANAN
SUN. 3-6PM
BRIDIE'S BAR & BISTRO | 401 WORCESTER ST
PH (03) 260 0325 | WWW.BRIDIESBAR.CO.NZ

32 The Star Thursday May 19 2022
FOR
LESS
THAN
Nissan LEAF
100% ELECTRIC
155 $ PER WEEK *
*Finance offer available to approved applicants of Nissan Financial Services only and excludes lease and some fleet purchasers. Nissan LEAF model at a price of $63,285 (includes ORC of $1,295). Deposit of $12,657, weekly repayments of $154.86
financed over a maximum 60 months, one lump sum payment of $8,625 and a final balloon of $18,985.50. Total amount payable over the term $67,564.38 with a fixed interest rate of $9.95% p.a. An establishment fee of $375, Dealer origination fee
of $250, PPSR fee of $8.05 and $6 per month account keeping fee is included in the above costs. Nissan reserves the right to vary, extend or cancel this offer.
CHRISTCHURCH NISSAN, 380 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch
Ph: 03 595 6820
www.christchurchnissan.co.nz
christchurchnissan.co.nz
RUNOUT
OUTLANDER LS 2.4L 2WD
$33,990+ORC *
The 7 seater Mitsubishi Outlander
brings everything you would need in a
family SUV: safety, technology, comfort,
unrivaled economy and that all important
space, plus a 10 Year Powertrain Warranty † .
Call 03 379 0588 or visit
christchurchmitsubishi.co.nz
RRP WAS $41,990 +ORC
*Price listed is for Outlander LS 2.4L 2wd and excludes on road costs which includes registration, WoF and a full tank of fuel. Available while stocks last.
†
Visit mmnz.co.nz for full Diamond Advantage warranty conditions.
CHRISTCHURCH MITSUBISHI
386 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch
Ph 03 379 0588 | christchurchmitsubishi.co.nz

Thursday May 19 2022 The Star 33
Turn the rainy
season into
the dry
season.
Get loads
and loads of
Airpoints Dollars ṬM
Earn 4x Airpoints Dollars TM on
washing machines and dryers *
We’ve got the goods. Good range, good brands, good prices.
*4x Airpoints Dollars TM valid 11th - 24th May 2022. Earn 4 Airpoints Dollars TM for every $100 you spend. Available on washing machines & dryers only. Airpoints TM terms, conditions and exclusions apply, see smithscity.co.nz/airpoints
Earn 1 Airpoints Dollar TM for every $100 you spend. *1 * 1 Airpoints TM terms and conditions apply.

34 The Star Thursday May 19 2022
Save $380 bucks a seat
Bremen Fabric 6 Seater Recliner Lounge Suite
Available in Graphite (Pictured) and Smoke
$3999
9045665
was
$
6299
Valid until 21st June 2022.
less than
$20
per week for
50 months on
interest free*
Get couch
potato season
ready today.
Samsung
65” 4K UHD TV
UA65AU8000 9068321
$1598
less than
$17
per week for
24 months on
interest free*
Avoid partner disturbance.
Get the right bed, for a
great price.
$2999
9070936
Matrix MKII Medium Queen Bed
was
$
5999
less than
$15
per week for
50 months on
interest free*
Time for a family reunion.
You know, with those people
you share a home with.
Turin 7 Piece Dining Suite - Dark Oak/Pumice
Available in Silver (Pictured), Steel, and Charcoal
was
less than
$1929 $
3859 $10
9054007
Valid until 7th June 2022.
Valid until 7th June 2022.
per week for
50 months on
interest free*
PURCHASE AN
Urban Jungle
or Terrain Buggy
AND GET A
Sun Cover, Storm
Cover and Cup
Holder FREE^1
worth $130 97
The battery will last
longer than your
will to vacuum.
Samsung Jet 90 Pet
Handstick Vacuum Cleaner
$949
less than
$11
9067815
per week for
24 months on
interest free*
+
BONUS
BATTERY
PACK
was
$
1099
Samsung 8.5kg QuickDrive
Smart Front Load Washer
WW85T984 9067983
• AddWash TM gives you the flexibility to add
clothes you’ve forgotten even after the
cycles started.
• AI Wash optimises your cleaning using four
types of sensors.
• QuickDrive reduces the washing time
by up to 50% and energy use by up to
20%, without compromising the cleaning
performance.
• BubbleWash: Powerful cleaning.
• BubbleSoak: For stubborn stains.
$1999
Head into your local store or stay out
of the rain and shop online. Easy.
smithscity.co.nz

Thursday May 19 2022 The Star 35
Haier 6kg Top Load
Washing Machine
Haier 8kg
Condensing Dryer
HWT60AA1 9072423 HDC60E1 9040255
With generous capacity and a softclose
lid to make loading easy, as well
as an intuitive LED display to make
selecting your cycle simple.
$599 $1149
No need for venting, so this dryer
can be placed anywhere. It collects
the moisture released by drying in a
handy tank that’s easy to empty.
Samsung 8.5kg AddWash
Front Load Washer
WW85T554 9067982
• Control and monitor your washing
from anywhere with Smart Control.
• AddWash TM gives you the flexibility
to add clothes you’ve forgotten
even after the cycle’s started.
$1299
LG 9kg Front Load
Washer with Steam
WV5-1409W 9062206
• Intelligent clothing care with AI
Technology.
• Reduce allergens with Steam Cycles.
• Outstanding wash with 6 Motion Wash
Technology.
$1399
Beko 10kg Front Load
AutoDose Washer
Fisher & Paykel 8.5kg
Front Load Washer
Bosch Serie 6 10kg 1400rpm
Front Load Washer
Bosch Serie 6 8kg
Heat Pump Tumble Dryer
BFL103ADW 9049609
WH8560P3 9067363
WGA254U0AU 9068082
WTR85T00AU 9063736
• Hair-free clothes for pet owners.
• GentleCare: Protects the colour and
texture of delicate fabrics.
• Outdoor/Sports Programme: Low
tumbling action prevents friction
and helps preserve the features and
breathability of waterpoof clothing.
$1399
Reduce odours, refresh and de-wrinkle
clothes with no need for a full wash
cycle using Steam Refresh.
Save time or maximise energy
efficiency and reduce water usage
with the Optimise Wash option.
$1599
• AntiStain
• ActiveWater Plus
• EcoSilence Drive
• AntiVibration Design
$1789
• AutoDry
• AntiVibration Design
• Sensitive Drying System
• Anti-crease
$1799
Earn a huge 4x Airpoints Dollars TM on washing machines and dryers*
If you find a better bargain on the same
product somewhere else, we’ll match it. +
That’s what we like to call the ‘money where our mouth is’ guarantee.

36 The Star Thursday May 19 2022
Great deals for
your favourite
winter inactivity.
20% off
Nobo Panel Heaters #
30-60% off
Slow Cookers #
30% off
all Sunbeam Electric Blankets #
THIS
WEEKEND
ONLY.
Saturday 21 May
& Sunday 22 May
60 months
INTEREST FREE
on purchases $999 & over^
spend $ 999
$ 5 PER
*
& pay less than
WEEK
spend $ 1099 $ PER
& pay less than 6
*
WEEK
spend $ 1199
& pay less than
spend $ 1299
& pay less than
spend $ 1399
& pay less than
$
6
$
7
PER
*
WEEK
PER
*
WEEK
$
7 PER
WEEK *
spend $ 1499 $
7 PER
& pay less than
*
WEEK
spend $ 1599 $ PER
& pay less than 8
*
WEEK
spend $ 1699
& pay less than
spend $ 1799
& pay less than
spend $ 1899
& pay less than
$
8
$
8
PER
*
WEEK
PER
*
WEEK
$
9 PER
WEEK *
spend $ 1999
& pay less than
spend $ 2199
& pay less than
spend $ 2299
& pay less than
spend $ 2399
& pay less than
$
9 PER
WEEK *
spend $ 2099 $
10 PER
& pay less than WEEK *
$
10 PER
WEEK *
$
10 PER
WEEK *
$
11 PER
spend $ 2499 $
& pay less than 11 PER
WEEK *
spend $ 2599
& pay less than
spend $ 2699
& pay less than
spend $ 2799
& pay less than
spend $ 2899
WEEK * & pay less than
$
12 PER
WEEK *
$
12 PER
WEEK *
$
12 PER
WEEK *
$
13 PER
WEEK *
Offer valid dates vary, please check individual product pages online for details. Available while stock lasts, or unless otherwise stated. Some products on display in selected stores only - please call 0800 764 847 to check availability. *Extended finance offer only available Saturday
21st May and Sunday 22nd May. Apple, selected computers, game consoles, gift cards, clearance items and some promotional items are not available in conjunction with interest free offers. Flooring available on a maximum of 18 months interest free. Exclusions, fees, terms,
conditions and credit criteria apply. Equal instalment amounts include one-off booking fee of $45.00, and a maintenance fee of $3.75 per month. The current interest rate of 23.95% applies to any unpaid minimum payments during the interest free period, and any balance after the
expiry of (any) interest free period. In circumstances of default, a $19 notification fee may apply. See in-store or visit smithscity.co.nz/interest-free for details.. #Discount is off our full retail price. Not available in conjunction with any other offer. ^1/2 price item either equal to or lesser
value than first item. Applies to qualifying products purchased at the same time within a single transaction. Discount is off our full retail price. Subject to availability. Not available in conjunction with any other offer. Exclusions apply. Limits may apply. Personal shoppers only, trade
not supplied. + Price Promise terms and conditions apply. Visit smithscity.co.nz/price-promise for more details. *4x Airpoints DollarsTM valid 11th - 24th May 2022. Earn 4 Airpoints Dollars TM for every $100 you spend. Available on washing machines & dryers only. Airpoints terms,
conditions, and exclusions apply. Visit smithscity.co.nz/airpoints for details.