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THURSDAY, MAY <strong>26</strong>, <strong>2022</strong><br />

As this is the only way we can make a stand<br />

MESSAGE: <strong>The</strong> poem<br />

aims to unite people<br />

following the tragedy<br />

<strong>May</strong>or Lianne Dalziel<br />

attended the unveiling<br />

of the peace rock in<br />

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Christchurch Arena<br />

Unification aim of poem’s<br />

message on<br />

peace rock<br />

A POEM inspired to unite people<br />

connecting you with your neighbourhood<br />

1 – 3 July<br />

<strong>2022</strong><br />

following the mosque attacks has<br />

His dream was to have the poem,<br />

Thursday, <strong>May</strong> <strong>26</strong>, <strong>2022</strong><br />

Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper<br />

been installed on a peace rock for<br />

others to enjoy.<br />

After the March 15 mosque attacks<br />

Sirwan Mohamadi, of Riccarton<br />

wrote a poem to remember the tragedy<br />

and to inspire hope for a united<br />

future.<br />

Peace, Love and Unity<br />

A reoccurring theme in my book<br />

To a brighter future we must look<br />

Muslim, Christian or jew<br />

called Peace, Love and Unity, put on<br />

a plaque on a standing rock in Harrington<br />

Park for all to appreciate.<br />

He approached Oak Development<br />

Trust to find out if it was possible and<br />

the trust got behind him to make this<br />

project happen.<br />

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This is for all of you<br />

Black, brown, yellow or white<br />

Together we must unite<br />

And push back against hate<br />

Because there is no time to wait<br />

Now rise and take each other’s hand<br />

of the 2019 mosque<br />

attacks.<br />

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High praise for Milky Way photo – page 3 for cash – page <strong>26</strong><br />

• By Mick Jensen<br />

A MUSICAL written and<br />

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identity Robin Judkins will<br />

receive its ‘‘world’’ premiere<br />

at the James Hay <strong>The</strong>atre<br />

on Saturday, and could also<br />

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Judkins goes from<br />

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Edinburgh Fringe Festival.<br />

Free Bus To God was written<br />

by Judkins over two-and-a-half<br />

years. It’s about a group of<br />

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rehearse, use an old municipal<br />

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Sundays picking up their players<br />

– and anyone else at the bus<br />

stop.<br />

Judkins, who is well-known as<br />

the founder of the Coast to Coast<br />

race, said he was excited to get his<br />

musical on stage at last.<br />

‘‘We tried to put it on last<br />

year in Lyttelton and again in<br />

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE<br />

February this year, but Covid<br />

prevented it happening.<br />

‘‘Myself and the entire crew<br />

involved are so excited to be<br />

performing it at the James Hay<br />

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used in the raid had been found,<br />

or whether they had identified the<br />

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Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2022</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />

RECOGNITION: Solitude is of the Milky Way as seen from Castle Hill.<br />

• By John Cosgrove<br />

BEING RECOGNISED on the<br />

global stage for his creative<br />

skills came as a shock for<br />

Christchurch stargazer and<br />

astro-photographer Nick<br />

Faulkner.<br />

THe graphic artist/<br />

videographer found his photo<br />

Solitude, the Milky Way as seen<br />

over Castle Hill, was judged one<br />

of the top 25 in the world in an<br />

annual competition hosted by<br />

travel photography blog Capture<br />

<strong>The</strong> Atlas.<br />

THe competition showcases the<br />

year’s best 25 photos of the Milky<br />

Way taken during the peak of<br />

the Milky Way season, with the<br />

aim of inspiring and sharing the<br />

beauty of the galaxy.<br />

This year’s list included images<br />

taken by photographers from 12<br />

countries.<br />

“I was shocked, I didn’t expect<br />

it at all, especially with so<br />

many competitors and so many<br />

other people who are amazing<br />

photographers, it’s a big shock,”<br />

said Faulkner.<br />

Faulkner was one of three New<br />

Zealand photographers lauded in<br />

the latest competition. Images by<br />

Rachel Roberts of the West Coast<br />

and Evan Mckay of Palmerston<br />

North were also placed in the<br />

top 25.<br />

“I know of them, it’s a small<br />

group of enthusiasts who look<br />

to the stars with their cameras<br />

and I’ve chatted with them many<br />

times online,” he said.<br />

Outside of his day-to-day<br />

work schedule, Faulkner can be<br />

found catching the midnight<br />

sun in lonely quiet places in the<br />

Southern Alps.<br />

“We’ve got some of the best<br />

dark skies in the world here.<br />

“We don’t have too many big,<br />

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PHOTO: NICK FAULKNER/ HUEMAN PHOTOGRAPHY ​<br />

<strong>Star</strong>gazer’s Milky Way<br />

photo earns high praise<br />

SKILLS:<br />

<strong>Star</strong>gazer<br />

and astrophotographer<br />

Nick Faulkner.<br />

massive cities like you do in the<br />

States and other places, so you<br />

can easily get away from light<br />

pollution.<br />

“In my opinion, because we’re<br />

in the Southern Hemisphere we<br />

have the best view of our Milky<br />

Way,” he said.<br />

Faulkner runs Hueman<br />

Photography, which<br />

specialises in landscapes and<br />

astrophotography.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Castle Hill photo came<br />

about after 30 hours of waiting<br />

and hoping.<br />

“I had been at the site 24 hours<br />

earlier, and had shot a panorama<br />

of the sky and the stars.<br />

“Later, when I was looking at<br />

the weather forecast, I saw there<br />

was the possibility of snow on<br />

the way, so I rushed back and<br />

was just lucky I guess, as the<br />

weather cleared just in time for<br />

me to get a clear shot with snow<br />

on the ground, which made for a<br />

great picture,” he said.<br />

Using a specialist star tracker<br />

device to keep his camera lined<br />

up with the stars and counteract<br />

the earth’s rotation, Faulkner<br />

said he shot about 33 fourminute<br />

panorama exposures.<br />

“It’s very time-consuming, but<br />

the results are worth it later.”<br />

Faulkner said the attraction<br />

of astro-photography was about<br />

more than just being under the<br />

stars.<br />

“I’m usually out in the middle<br />

of nowhere, late at night, and<br />

although I guess it sounds<br />

cheesy, I love being at one with<br />

the sky, thinking about the<br />

universe.<br />

“It’s just incredible being out<br />

there alone, looking up and<br />

seeing how much you can see,”<br />

he said.<br />

• Watch the video on<br />

starnews.co.nz<br />

NEWS 3<br />

New Coke<br />

to hit the<br />

shelves<br />

in June<br />

COCA-COLA has made it official<br />

and announced the drink that<br />

will replace the soon-to-bediscontinued<br />

Coke Zero and Coke<br />

No Sugar drinks.<br />

<strong>The</strong> drink<br />

will be known<br />

as Coke Zero<br />

Sugar. Coca-<br />

Cola said fans<br />

won’t be disappointed<br />

with<br />

the new taste.<br />

Coca-Cola<br />

said the product<br />

will hit shelves<br />

next month,<br />

and it planned<br />

to market the<br />

drink by asking Kiwis if it was the<br />

“best Coke ever”.<br />

<strong>The</strong> confirmation comes after<br />

signage advertising the change<br />

started to appear in stores and<br />

quickly found its way to social<br />

media, where users discussed the<br />

proposed changes.<br />

Many wondered whether the<br />

new product would have the<br />

flavour of Coke Zero, Coke No<br />

Sugar, or something entirely different.<br />

Now Coca-Cola said it can<br />

answer those questions, promising<br />

the taste will be “as close as<br />

possible to Coca-Cola Classic”.<br />

Head of marketing for Coca-<br />

Cola New Zealand Tracey Evans<br />

said the move was part of the<br />

company’s commitment to reduce<br />

sugar through their range.<br />

“We’re constantly evolving<br />

with the changing nature of<br />

New Zealanders’ tastes and<br />

preferences, and we believe this<br />

new recipe will be popular with<br />

our current drinkers, as well<br />

as Coca-Cola Classic fans who<br />

are looking for a zero-sugar<br />

alternative,” she said.<br />

<strong>The</strong> new drinks will also feature<br />

a new design, which Coca-Cola<br />

said is being rolled out across all<br />

Coke products.<br />

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4<br />

NEWS<br />

Judkins’ show has<br />

‘world premiere’<br />

• From page 1<br />

<strong>The</strong> 73-year-old is working<br />

in collaboration with theatrical<br />

director Hester Ullyart and his<br />

musical co-stars are Janice Gray,<br />

Shay Horay, Tom Trevella and<br />

Emily Fairlight. <strong>The</strong> show’s musical<br />

director is Adam Hattaway,<br />

and his band is made up of Mike<br />

Kime, Thomas Isbister and Reuben<br />

Derrick.<br />

Free Bus To God was a distillation<br />

of 122 pieces that combined<br />

20 songs, rants and raves into an<br />

hour of madness, Judkins said.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re was humour in his show<br />

and also sad bits, which featured<br />

in some of the four love songs<br />

chosen.<br />

‘‘<strong>The</strong>re are some hard characters<br />

featured, but you can feel<br />

comfortable with them.’’<br />

Last week Judkins was busy<br />

assembling a number of stage<br />

pieces for the premiere, including<br />

10 bus seats, a hand brake,<br />

a steering wheel and a bus stop<br />

sign he’s recommissioned and<br />

worked on.<br />

He has road-tested the show by<br />

breaking it down into six parts to<br />

perform at open mic sessions.<br />

It flows well and features a broad<br />

range of music chosen by Adam<br />

Hattaway, he said.<br />

Judkins intended filming the<br />

show and has ambitions to put<br />

it on at the 2023 Edinburgh<br />

Fringe Festival.<br />

‘‘I’ve got to make sure we’ve got<br />

a winner first, but it’s an exciting<br />

proposition and taking everyone<br />

over to Scotland, including my<br />

daughter, would be a blast.’’<br />

Judkins said there was a<br />

Commonwealth section planned<br />

at next year’s fringe, which made<br />

the trip even more appealing.<br />

A full documentary of his<br />

journey with the Free Bus To God<br />

project is also planned.<br />

Judkins has been a Sumner<br />

resident for the last 36 years and<br />

has previously published two<br />

books of his poetry, a novel and a<br />

memoir.<br />

He is 56 pages into his current<br />

book, a thriller called <strong>The</strong><br />

Butcher, <strong>The</strong> Sniper And <strong>The</strong><br />

Journalist.<br />

REHEARSAL: Robin Judkins<br />

prepares for opening night<br />

on Saturday.<br />

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE<br />

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starnews.co.nz<br />

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‘No one is getting caught’<br />

• From page 1<br />

Brazen ram raids across New<br />

Zealand have accelerated in recent<br />

months, which has sparked<br />

debate over whether the justice<br />

system was tough enough on<br />

offenders, many of whom are<br />

young.<br />

Last week, ram raiders struck<br />

a dairy in Lincoln and a convenience<br />

store in Hornby .<br />

Deep said it was disappointing<br />

that there appeared to be no<br />

consequences for offenders carrying<br />

out ram raids.<br />

“I’m frustrated with the<br />

system. In my eyes if they want<br />

to do big boy crimes that should<br />

equal a big boy punishment.”<br />

Deep said if no one gets<br />

caught, the ram raids will continue<br />

happening, and questioned<br />

whether police were doing<br />

enough.<br />

Deep said he was frustrated<br />

there have been no arrests,<br />

especially after providing CCTV<br />

footage to police of the offenders<br />

in the act.<br />

“If they’re not getting anyone<br />

it must be a lack of something<br />

on their side. <strong>The</strong>y must be busy<br />

or something, I don’t know,” he<br />

said.<br />

“It’s happening every day and<br />

no one is getting caught. <strong>The</strong>re’s<br />

cameras all over the place, there<br />

should be a way to catch them.<br />

“At the moment they [ram<br />

raiders] are fearless, they are<br />

doing whatever they want,<br />

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Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2022</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />

NEWS 5<br />

Remote digger in cathedral a world-first<br />

A REMOTE-operated digger<br />

has started to clear out debris,<br />

masonry and some significant<br />

biohazards, as well as retrieve<br />

heritage items, from inside<br />

Christ Church Cathedral.<br />

<strong>The</strong> project, which is a worldfirst,<br />

marks the start of the major<br />

interior clean up and is another<br />

milestone in the cathedral’s<br />

reinstatement journey after it<br />

was severely damaged in the<br />

February 2011 earthquake.<br />

Controlled from an operations<br />

centre outside the cathedral<br />

using specially fitted cameras<br />

with live stream capability, the<br />

remote-operated digger is an innovative<br />

digital solution to keep<br />

workers safe.<br />

It has also permitted the<br />

cathedral’s interior clean-up to<br />

begin early, allowing the project’s<br />

critical work plan to gain about<br />

three months.<br />

Project director Keith Paterson<br />

said: “Introducing a remoteoperated<br />

digger is a safety-first<br />

approach that solves health and<br />

safety issues by keeping personnel<br />

out of the building while still<br />

getting the work done.<br />

“A manned digger would be at<br />

risk of falling debris or building<br />

collapse were an earthquake to<br />

occur at this stage of the project.”<br />

Personnel from Protranz<br />

Earthmoving Ltd and Aurecon,<br />

which first suggested the use of<br />

the remote-operated digger,<br />

LOGISTICS: Protranz excavator operator Vaughan Breen works remotely from the digger in a operations container nearby.<br />

PHOTOS: JOHN COSGROVE<br />

• Watch the video at starnews.co.nz<br />

are operating it.<br />

“We don’t have line of sight of<br />

the digger inside the cathedral,<br />

we can only see it via screens inside<br />

the operations centre,” said<br />

Protranz commercial manager<br />

Simon Gaynor.<br />

“In preparation, we set up a<br />

testing area that mirrors the internal<br />

geometry of the Cathedral<br />

and have been rehearsing over<br />

the past few months to get comfortable<br />

with the kit and ensure<br />

we could proceed safely.”<br />

Aurecon design technologist<br />

Simon Yorke said: “<strong>The</strong> remote<br />

camera system includes five individual<br />

cameras fitted at different<br />

points on the digger to relay realtime<br />

video back to the operations<br />

centre outside.<br />

“A sixth camera, located inside<br />

the cathedral, gives the operator<br />

a bird’s eye view of the location<br />

of the digger.”<br />

With the safe retrieval of<br />

heritage fabric a top priority for<br />

the Christ Church Cathedral<br />

Reinstatement Project, the digger<br />

is carefully focusing on specific<br />

areas.<br />

“We know there are several<br />

items of interest inside the<br />

nave, such as the old font,” said<br />

Paterson.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> digger will move carefully<br />

through the areas we think these<br />

items might be located in the<br />

hope we can retrieve them. Our<br />

heritage professional will then<br />

sift through everything collected<br />

to find any precious items before<br />

the rest is disposed of.”<br />

A special enclosure has been<br />

built on the cathedral worksite<br />

to provide a wash-down area for<br />

the digger and to allow skips to<br />

be removed and re-introduced.<br />

<strong>The</strong> remote-operated digger<br />

will be working in the cathedral<br />

for the next six weeks.<br />

—NZ Herald


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Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2022</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />

• By David Clarkson<br />

A CANTERBURY harness<br />

racing trainer has been granted<br />

interim name suppression after<br />

his arrest on three charges<br />

of indecently assaulting a<br />

woman.<br />

<strong>The</strong> man was remanded on<br />

bail without plea to June 15 by<br />

Judge Brian Callaghan when he<br />

appeared in the district court<br />

yesterday.<br />

Duty lawyer Sabrina Forrester<br />

asked for interim name suppression<br />

for the man because of<br />

the nature of the charges and<br />

because his employment could<br />

be in jeopardy. She said the<br />

application could be properly<br />

argued once the man had his<br />

own lawyer.<br />

<strong>The</strong> man faces six charges, all<br />

alleging offending on November<br />

11.<br />

He faces two indecent assault<br />

charges, and a third charge<br />

of indecent assault allegedly<br />

committed with another man,<br />

a 29-year-old harness racing<br />

driver. <strong>The</strong> court was told<br />

that man was no longer in<br />

Canterbury. His case has been<br />

transferred to the Invercargill<br />

District Court.<br />

<strong>The</strong> two are also jointly<br />

charged with assaulting the<br />

woman. <strong>The</strong> horse trainer is<br />

alleged to have assaulted her to<br />

commit the indecency offence,<br />

and to have unlawfully taken her<br />

car.<br />

Police prosecutor Sergeant<br />

Paul Scott said police opposed<br />

the name suppression being<br />

granted because the necessary<br />

grounds had not been<br />

established.<br />

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Horse trainer’s name suppressed<br />

over three sexual assault charges<br />

However, Judge Callaghan<br />

said the courts usually granted<br />

suppression in cases where the<br />

defendant had been represented<br />

at a first appearance by a duty<br />

lawyer who would not know all<br />

the circumstances.<br />

<strong>The</strong> man is expected to employ<br />

APPEARANCE:<br />

A harness racing<br />

trainer has been<br />

granted interim<br />

name suppression<br />

after his arrest<br />

on three charges<br />

of indecently<br />

assaulting a<br />

woman.<br />

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his own counsel for his next<br />

appearance.<br />

<strong>The</strong> judge granted bail on<br />

condition that the man not<br />

contact any police witnesses<br />

outside work hours – they work<br />

in the same industry – and not<br />

discuss the case with them.<br />

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McInerney<br />

awaits sanctions<br />

for racing injured<br />

greyhound<br />

ONE OF New Zealand’s leading<br />

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adequate care for a dog that raced<br />

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Greyhound New Zealand’s<br />

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Homebush Hero during<br />

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McInerney denied the charge.<br />

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8 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

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SCOTT WATSON can challenge<br />

crucial eyewitness evidence that<br />

placed him with Ben Smart and<br />

Olivia Hope in the Marlborough<br />

Sounds on the night he’s alleged<br />

to have murdered them.<br />

<strong>The</strong> former Picton boatbuilder<br />

is serving a life sentence, which<br />

came with a minimum nonparole<br />

period of 17 years, for the<br />

1998 murders of Smart, 21, and<br />

17-year-old Hope.<br />

Watson has always denied<br />

killing, or even ever meeting,<br />

Hope and Smart after New Year’s<br />

celebrations in a Marlborough<br />

Sounds holiday hideaway.<br />

Now aged 50, he has spent 24<br />

years behind bars, having been<br />

denied parole four times, and<br />

is currently preparing his last<br />

chance to overturn convictions.<br />

Yesterday, the Court of Appeal<br />

released a judgment that allows<br />

a photo montage to be included<br />

for the first time in the appeal<br />

grounds.<br />

A crucial part of the Crown<br />

case against Watson was his<br />

identification by the late Guy<br />

Wallace, the water-taxi driver<br />

who transported Smart, Hope,<br />

and another man that night to a<br />

mystery yacht.<br />

Wallace had identified Watson<br />

via a photographic montage during<br />

the police investigation.<br />

Although he rejected the<br />

proposition that Watson was<br />

the “third man” in evidence,<br />

he maintained that the person<br />

shown in photograph 3 of the<br />

montage – which was a photo of<br />

Watson – was the man he had<br />

transported.<br />

Watson’s lawyers have sought<br />

to have the photo montage identification<br />

evidence also included<br />

in his last-ditch appeal and this<br />

morning the Court of Appeal<br />

ruled that it can in the “interests<br />

of justice”.<br />

“If there is one lesson from the<br />

history of miscarriage of justice<br />

in the context of criminal appeals,<br />

it is that no good is done<br />

by the procedural suppression of<br />

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a tenable ground of appeal which<br />

has not yet seen the light of day<br />

in an appellate court, while other<br />

grounds of appeal are nonetheless<br />

allowed to proceed,” said former<br />

Court of Appeal president<br />

Stephen Kos.<br />

“As Lord Atkin once wisely<br />

observed, ‘finality is a good<br />

thing, but justice is a better’.”<br />

At an unsuccessful bail hearing<br />

in October last year, Watson’s<br />

lawyer Nick Chisnall argued it<br />

was in the interests of justice that<br />

bail be granted, saying it was<br />

a unique case given Watson’s<br />

steadfast assertion of innocence<br />

and the reference of a further<br />

appeal to the Court of Appeal in<br />

the exercise of the Royal prerogative<br />

of mercy.<br />

<strong>The</strong> evidence of two hairs<br />

found on a blanket in Watson’s<br />

boat, and said to match that of<br />

Hope, was one of two central<br />

planks in the Crown case at trial.<br />

Chisnall said the Court of<br />

Appeal now has two scientific<br />

reports completed by a forensic<br />

scientist, which have been peerreviewed,<br />

and point to a lack<br />

of due procedures to prevent<br />

sample contamination, and<br />

that the evidence overstated the<br />

strength of the match.<br />

<strong>The</strong> lawyer says that if that<br />

evidence was inadmissible, and<br />

should have been excluded, it<br />

is likely a miscarriage of justice<br />

occurred “inasmuch as the jury<br />

would have been substantially<br />

influenced by it”, said the Court<br />

of Appeal decision rejecting<br />

Watson’s bail.<br />

Chisnall also raised the photo<br />

montage issues at the bail hearing.<br />

<strong>The</strong> police investigation that<br />

led to Watson’s arrest has been<br />

Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2022</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />

NEWS 9<br />

Watson can challenge crucial evidence<br />

LAST CHANCE: Scott<br />

Watson (far left) has been<br />

permitted to include photo<br />

montage evidence in his<br />

appeal over the 1998<br />

murders of Ben Smart and<br />

Olivia Hope.<br />

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criticised in numerous newspaper<br />

articles, documentaries<br />

and books, particularly Trial by<br />

Trickery by Auckland journalist<br />

Keith Hunter, a stinging attack<br />

on those who put Watson<br />

away.<br />

Watson and his supporters<br />

– the case has long divided<br />

public opinion – were given<br />

fresh hope in June last year after<br />

Justice Minister Andrew Little<br />

announced that Governor-<br />

General Dame Patsy Reddy<br />

had referred his case back to<br />

the Court of Appeal for a new<br />

hearing.<br />

It came after an investigation<br />

by former High Court judge Sir<br />

Graham Panckhurst QC raised<br />

concerns about forensic evidence<br />

used to convict Watson.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> primary basis of his<br />

application was that the DNA<br />

evidence linking two hairs<br />

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10<br />

NEWS<br />

Three Head<br />

Hunters<br />

arrested<br />

• By Kurt Bayer<br />

THREE MEMBERS of the Head<br />

Hunters MC gang have been<br />

accused of hospitalising a man<br />

while allegedly chasing a $5000<br />

gang debt.<br />

<strong>The</strong> three men have been jointly<br />

charged with wounding with<br />

intent to injure and made brief<br />

appearances from custody at the<br />

district court before a community<br />

magistrate yesterday.<br />

It is understood the charges<br />

come after an incident yesterday<br />

afternoon while the men allegedly<br />

visited a man in Christchurch<br />

who was accused of owing $5000.<br />

More charges are expected.<br />

Patrick Ryde Rasmussen, 38,<br />

who also faces allegations of refusing<br />

an officer’s request to give<br />

a blood specimen and possession<br />

of a meth pipe, was remanded in<br />

custody without plea to June 13.<br />

<strong>The</strong> two other men – aged 36<br />

and 40 – had their cases stood<br />

down to appear before a district<br />

court judge yesterday afternoon.<br />

<strong>The</strong> home addresses of Rasmussen<br />

and the 36-year-old man<br />

were given on court charging<br />

documents as the Head Hunters’<br />

city gang pad headquarters at<br />

Sockburn.<br />

—NZ Herald<br />

• By Susan Sandys<br />

A MAN wearing a head lamp<br />

raced through the darkness,<br />

arriving as a shining light of<br />

rescue to a driver trapped in his<br />

vehicle.<br />

Richard Steel of Brookside says<br />

he is not a hero, but “just your<br />

average Joe.”<br />

Steel ran to the scene of a car<br />

crash last Wednesday night last<br />

week, from his garage where he<br />

had been working with a head<br />

lamp on.<br />

“I heard the skid and the<br />

crunch,” Steel said.<br />

“Within minutes the<br />

neighbours were behind me,<br />

calling the ambos.”<br />

He saw a four-wheel-drive<br />

car on its driver’s side in a water<br />

race, with an elderly man inside.<br />

“I called out to the fellow,<br />

he said ‘No I’m okay, just I’m<br />

stuck’,” Steel said.<br />

“He was coherent, we felt it<br />

was a better idea to get him out<br />

somewhere dry and warm.”<br />

<strong>The</strong> driver had failed to<br />

take a corner while travelling<br />

through the small settlement<br />

at the intersection of Brookside<br />

Burnham Rd and Boundary<br />

Creek Rd, about 11pm. His car<br />

hit a power pole before going<br />

into the water race.<br />

Steel said the car was filling<br />

up with water to the point of<br />

submerging the right side of the<br />

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‘Shining light’ rescues driver<br />

DAMAGE: Richard Steel with the vehicle that crashed into<br />

the water race near his property. Earlier Steel rescued the<br />

elderly driver trapped inside.<br />

man’s body.<br />

<strong>The</strong> obvious way to extract him<br />

was through the front passenger<br />

door, which was on the upside<br />

of the car. However, this was<br />

obstructed by the branch of an<br />

oak tree. Steel ran back to his<br />

house and grabbed a hand saw.<br />

He sawed the branch off, opened<br />

the door and climbed into the car.<br />

<strong>The</strong> man’s right leg was trapped<br />

under the steering wheel, but Steel<br />

freed him by tilting the seat back a<br />

couple of notches.<br />

<strong>The</strong> man appeared to be in<br />

shock and to have taken a knock<br />

to the head.<br />

One of the neighbours held<br />

open the door as Steel pulled the<br />

man from the car, then helped<br />

him onto the bank of the water<br />

race.<br />

Steel believed a contributing<br />

factor to the crash was a lack<br />

of street lighting at the corner,<br />

where crashes had occurred in<br />

the past. He had complained to<br />

the district council about two<br />

months ago about a street light<br />

on the corner not working.<br />

“It’s quite a nasty corner, I<br />

think a lack of lighting on the<br />

corner certainly contributed.”<br />

Leeston Volunteer Fire<br />

Brigade deputy chief Matt Walker<br />

said firefighters responded to the<br />

scene, having received a report<br />

of a trapped driver. <strong>The</strong>y were<br />

pleased to see the man had been<br />

freed by residents, and thanked<br />

them. <strong>The</strong> man was talking to<br />

paramedics who were treating<br />

him.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> outcome was great,”<br />

Walker said, adding the driver<br />

had been lucky to survive.<br />

“He hit a very large power<br />

pole.”<br />

Confirming the car was<br />

not leaking any diesel or oil,<br />

they left it in the water race.<br />

Firefighters liaised with police<br />

regarding salvage, which was the<br />

responsibility of the car owner<br />

and their insurance company.<br />

<strong>The</strong> trapped man was taken<br />

to Christchurch Hospital by<br />

ambulance in a moderate<br />

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12<br />

NEWS<br />

• By Georgina Campbell<br />

A CHANGE to the Building<br />

Code is being proposed after the<br />

Kaikōura earthquake resulted in<br />

widespread damage to buildings<br />

with hollow-core flooring.<br />

Meanwhile, Cabinet has<br />

agreed to a new regulatory<br />

regime for engineers, meaning<br />

they will have to be registered<br />

and subject to a code of conduct.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> collapse of the CTV<br />

building in the 2011 Canterbury<br />

earthquake highlighted the<br />

risks of inexperienced engineers<br />

working in high-risk engineering<br />

fields and the difficulty in holding<br />

substandard or unprofessional<br />

engineers to account,” a<br />

Cabinet paper from earlier this<br />

year said.<br />

Both the Kaikōura and Canterbury<br />

earthquakes have led to<br />

a seismic shift in how engineers<br />

understand building performance,<br />

the regulatory effects of<br />

which are still emerging.<br />

Hollow-core floors are a type<br />

of pre-cast floor that were increasingly<br />

popular from the early<br />

1980s because they were fast to<br />

construct and cost-effective.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y have hollow tubes in the<br />

concrete units, making them<br />

lighter than solid concrete floors.<br />

<strong>The</strong> units are manufactured offsite,<br />

then craned in to sit on the<br />

building’s beams and walls, and<br />

a thin mesh concrete topping is<br />

applied over them.<br />

However, cracks were discovered<br />

in the floors of many<br />

buildings across Wellington with<br />

these type of units following the<br />

Kaikōura earthquake.<br />

Even the BNZ building, completed<br />

in 2009, showed cracks,<br />

the Ministry for Business Innovation<br />

and Employment said in a<br />

consultation document.<br />

“This reaffirmed that even<br />

modern hollow-core floor systems<br />

are vulnerable to excessive<br />

damage during earthquakes,<br />

some beyond economic repair,<br />

potentially impacting building<br />

function and health and safety<br />

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

Moves to change code, regulate engineers<br />

QUAKE: <strong>The</strong> CTV building collapse highlighted risks in the<br />

field of engineering. PHOTO: MARK MITCHELL/NZ HERALD<br />

of occupants.”<br />

<strong>The</strong> BNZ building has since<br />

been demolished.<br />

A subsequent study said the<br />

use of hollow-core floors in new<br />

buildings was not considered<br />

good structural engineering<br />

practice and was not recommended.<br />

MBIE building performance<br />

and engineering manager Dave<br />

Gittings said the proposed<br />

change will require engineers to<br />

go over and above the existing<br />

design method for hollow-core<br />

flooring.<br />

“We expect that engineers<br />

and designers looking to use<br />

these types of floors would be<br />

required to provide additional<br />

evidence (testing and analysis)<br />

to demonstrate that the design<br />

of the support complies with the<br />

Building Code as an alternative<br />

solution.”<br />

Gittings said MBIE expected<br />

the proposed change will<br />

minimise the chance of excessive<br />

damage or injury from poorly<br />

designed hollow-core floor systems<br />

in future earthquakes.<br />

Engineering<br />

New Zealand<br />

chief executive<br />

Dr Richard<br />

Templer said the<br />

organisation will<br />

make a submission<br />

on the proposal<br />

once it has Richard<br />

consulted with Templer<br />

members.<br />

“However, we know hollowcore<br />

units have known fragility<br />

issues and numerous failure<br />

mechanisms.”<br />

MBIE’s consultation on the<br />

proposed amendments to the<br />

Building Code runs until July 1,<br />

<strong>2022</strong>.<br />

Separate to this, the Government<br />

is moving to regulate<br />

engineers themselves.<br />

Officials estimate around<br />

38,000 engineers are not subject<br />

to any occupational regulation.<br />

“Without occupational regulation<br />

and the checks and sanctions<br />

it involves, there is a risk<br />

that substandard engineering<br />

work will lead to catastrophic<br />

failures, harm to the public or<br />

the environment, significant<br />

economic costs, and damage to<br />

the public’s confidence in the<br />

engineering profession,” the<br />

Cabinet paper said.<br />

A new two-tier regime is being<br />

designed that will require anyone<br />

providing professional engineering<br />

services to be registered. A<br />

new regulator will be established<br />

to oversee the regime.<br />

Building and Construction<br />

Minister Poto Williams said<br />

there was lack of clarity around<br />

who could call themselves an<br />

engineer, making it difficult for<br />

consumers to know whether<br />

an engineer was qualified to<br />

practice.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> registration requirement<br />

will lift the professionalism of<br />

the engineering profession and<br />

provide an avenue for addressing<br />

poor behaviour and performance.”<br />

Engineers will also be<br />

subject to a code of conduct<br />

and there will be new licensing<br />

requirements to restrict practice<br />

in high-risk engineering<br />

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“Officials are currently<br />

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

14<br />

NEWS<br />

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

Town hall concert a triple celebration<br />

A FREE concert at the town hall<br />

on Queen’s Birthday Monday<br />

will celebrate several special<br />

occasions.<br />

It will be 25 years since the<br />

Austrian-built Rieger organ was<br />

first opened, and it marks 25<br />

years of service from the town<br />

hall’s eminent organist Martin<br />

Setchell.<br />

Also, the Organ Curator’s<br />

Concert <strong>2022</strong> joins a weekend<br />

of celebrations across the world<br />

in honour of Queen Elizabeth’s<br />

Platinum Jubilee, as she becomes<br />

the first British monarch to<br />

complete 70 years of service.<br />

<strong>May</strong>or Lianne Dalziel will be<br />

speaking before the concert.<br />

Setchell said the programme<br />

will include a special arrangement<br />

of Handel’s famous<br />

Coronation Anthem ‘Zadok the<br />

Priest.’<br />

“I’ve also included two popular<br />

works by the great French composer<br />

Cesar Franck, to mark his<br />

birth 200 years ago in 1822. As<br />

a European organ the Rieger’s<br />

tonal colours do lend themselves<br />

to the French and German organ<br />

repertoire.”<br />

Setchell said it was a day of<br />

“absolute joy and enthusiasm”<br />

when the organ was first opened<br />

25 years ago.<br />

“A team of six people took two<br />

months to assemble it in place<br />

and it then took three weeks to<br />

CONNECTION: <strong>The</strong> concert marks 25 years since the town hall’s Rieger organ was first<br />

opened and 25 years of service from eminent organist Martin Setchell. PHOTO: NEWSLINE<br />

voice and fine-tune it in <strong>May</strong><br />

1997. Often the team had to work<br />

at night for silence and to allow<br />

the normal use of the space in<br />

the day.<br />

“This organ was designed and<br />

built specifically for the unique<br />

properties of our town hall so it<br />

‘completed’ the acoustic of the<br />

building and is literally<br />

an inseparable part of the<br />

whole structure. <strong>The</strong> sound it<br />

produces is brilliant, clear and<br />

clean.<br />

“I shudder to think what<br />

might have happened had the<br />

auditorium been bowled after<br />

the earthquakes.”<br />

Representatives from Rieger<br />

were in the town hall completing<br />

a five-week project to add 12<br />

new ranks of pipes to the organ<br />

and to upgrade its electronic<br />

memory when the magnitude 6.4<br />

WORLD CLASS: <strong>The</strong> town<br />

hall has been strengthened<br />

and refurbished.<br />

PHOTO: CCC<br />

earthquake struck on February<br />

22, 2011.<br />

<strong>The</strong> organ suffered only<br />

minor damage in the quake,<br />

but because of the damage to<br />

the town hall it took eight years<br />

before it could be played again.<br />

Setchell said playing the organ<br />

was not for the faint-hearted.<br />

“It involves the whole body and<br />

requires perfect co-ordination<br />

of mind, hands and feet. Now<br />

I’m no longer teaching full-time<br />

at the University of Canterbury<br />

I aim for two-to-three hours of<br />

practise every day.”<br />

After a quarter of a century as<br />

organ curator he has “absolutely<br />

no plans to retire” and is looking<br />

forward to the next 25 years.<br />

• <strong>The</strong> concert will take<br />

place at the Christchurch<br />

Town Hall on Monday,<br />

June 6 at 2pm. Entry is free<br />

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

16<br />

NEWS<br />

FOUR GENERATIONS: Conrad Eilken was one of Lincoln Primary School’s<br />

original pupils when he enrolled in 1929. His great granddaughter, fiveyear-old<br />

Iris Norton, had her first day at the school on Monday. Her mother<br />

Haylie Eilken and grandfather Ian Eilken (also pictured) also attended<br />

the school.<br />

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Family proud to be<br />

fourth generation<br />

• By Susan Sandys<br />

MEMORIES OF Lincoln Primary School<br />

going back to the 1920s were recalled<br />

this week as a local family moved into its<br />

fourth generation of attendance.<br />

Lincoln’s oldest living resident to have<br />

been born in the town, 97-year-old Conrad<br />

Eilken, was proud to see his great granddaughter,<br />

five-year-old Iris Norton, enter<br />

through the school gates for her first day on<br />

Monday.<br />

“I knew every person in every house in<br />

Lincoln when I was a kid,” Conrad said as<br />

he remembered his childhood days.<br />

<strong>The</strong> school was at the same site. It had<br />

three classrooms, with only two in use, one<br />

for primers and one for standards.<br />

Converting a rugby try on the school<br />

field was by kicking the ball over a specific<br />

section of fencing, out onto Boundary Rd<br />

at one end or into the neighbour’s paddock<br />

at the other end. Retrieving the ball from<br />

the road was not a problem.<br />

“<strong>The</strong>re was not a lot of traffic in those<br />

days. Mr Henly (a local farmer) used to go<br />

past in his old Fiat car, and that was about<br />

it,” Conrad said.<br />

<strong>The</strong> road was shingle, conditioned by a<br />

horse-drawn grader.<br />

<strong>The</strong> town had a train station, and pupils<br />

would catch the train to Hornby for<br />

school dental clinics. When they were not<br />

in the dental chair, they could be powering<br />

the dental drill by moving one of their feet<br />

up and down on a treadle.<br />

Conrad recalled one occasion when<br />

fellow pupil Rex Moir was in the dental<br />

chair, and he was working the treadle<br />

relatively slowly, thinking he was being<br />

kind to his friend.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> dentist said go faster with the<br />

treadle, I thought I was going as fast as I<br />

should!”<br />

Lincoln Primary School’s roll was only<br />

about 50. Today, it has grown to more than<br />

600.<br />

Iris was excited to be attending on her<br />

first day, having been impressed by what<br />

she saw on previous school visits.<br />

“I like all of it,” she said when asked<br />

what was her favourite thing about the<br />

school.<br />

Conrad’s son and Iris’s granddad Ian<br />

Eilken, and Ian’s daughter and Iris’s<br />

mother Haylie Eilken, also attended<br />

Lincoln Primary School. <strong>The</strong>y said they<br />

were proud to see the family’s attendance<br />

move into its fourth generation.<br />

“It’s nice for our family, because we were<br />

one of the first families in Lincoln,” Haylie<br />

said.<br />

FAMILY TIES: Former pupil Conrad<br />

Eilken with his great granddaughter<br />

Iris Norton on her first day at Lincoln<br />

Primary School.


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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

18<br />

LETTERS<br />

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

Time for a referendum on Three Waters<br />

A de-facto memorial<br />

in Cathedral Square<br />

commemorates when Nick<br />

Smith (National) disestablished<br />

Environment Canterbury and<br />

David Caygill (Labour) became<br />

commissioner of that body.<br />

Together, they turned the Canterbury<br />

Plains into a dairy farm<br />

and in the process poisoned<br />

our water. <strong>The</strong> 76 councils of<br />

Aotearoa NZ cannot reverse this<br />

process as they are unable raise<br />

sufficient rates to protect our<br />

waters.<br />

Dame Anne Salmond believes<br />

taxation on businesses and individuals,<br />

who use the water, is the<br />

only way for a clean water future.<br />

User pays.<br />

I am happy for Ngai Tahu to be<br />

kaitiaki of our water, but cannot<br />

understand why they flattened<br />

Balmoral Forest to bring more<br />

We want to hear your views<br />

on the issues affecting life<br />

in Canterbury<br />

Send emails to:<br />

barry@starmedia.kiwi<br />

cows into Te Waipounamu.<br />

Medical scientists say<br />

Christchurch is the bowel cancer<br />

capital of New Zealand because<br />

of dairying nitrates leeching our<br />

soils. If making our waters clean<br />

for our mokopuna and their<br />

mokopuna is the goal of Three<br />

Waters I support it, but Labour<br />

needs to explain the finer details<br />

of the proposed partnership<br />

and the Greens need to be more<br />

courageous in advocating mixed<br />

farming or biodynamic dairying<br />

as a way to start cleaning up the<br />

pollution of our waterways.<br />

A referendum may be the only<br />

way for an open discussion on<br />

this important issue. – Defyd<br />

Williams<br />

Letters may be edited or rejected at <strong>Star</strong> Media’s<br />

discretion. Letters should be about 200 words.<br />

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provided.<br />

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name or abbreviation.<br />

Ilam Labour MP Sarah Pallett<br />

is a ‘no show’ at a Three Waters<br />

referendum discussion in Avonhead<br />

(<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong>, <strong>May</strong> 19).<br />

Surprising you may think,<br />

perhaps not.<br />

I have written three times<br />

to my area Labour MP Tracey<br />

McLellan, to ask her to give me<br />

her opinion about the Three<br />

Waters proposals.<br />

She has not responded to this.<br />

<strong>May</strong>be there is a gagging order<br />

on MP’s personal opinions about<br />

this very important matter.<br />

Westland <strong>May</strong>or Bruce Smith<br />

hit the nail on the head months<br />

ago when he described how this<br />

would affect all ratepayers hard,<br />

in the pocket. A referendum is<br />

the only answer otherwise we<br />

will be screwed again by this<br />

ambitious Government. – Gary<br />

Blair, Redcliffs<br />

McLellan responds: My<br />

executive assistant provided my<br />

response to Mr Blair’s email<br />

following a discussion with me<br />

about what I’d like to say.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re are four staff working<br />

with me across my Wellington<br />

and Christchurch offices and<br />

together we all attend to email<br />

responses and requests. If our<br />

email responses to date have<br />

not given Mr Blair the specific<br />

answers/information he sought<br />

then I’d be only too happy to discuss<br />

the issue further in person<br />

or via phone, as I have done with<br />

several constituents who wanted<br />

to have a conversation about<br />

Three Waters reform.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Avonhead Community<br />

Group has asked the prime<br />

minister for a referendum on<br />

the Three Waters and I agree.<br />

Since the meeting in<br />

Avonhead, city councillor Sam<br />

MacDonald has received his<br />

Official Information Act request<br />

as to how much money has<br />

already been spent on Three<br />

Waters.<br />

A whopping $34 million of<br />

our money has been spent on<br />

such things as travel, lawyers,<br />

consultants, accommodation,<br />

advertising, Scottish Water, and<br />

more.<br />

None of it has been spent on<br />

any infrastructure in any part of<br />

the country.<br />

Housing intensification<br />

with no off-street parking is<br />

another issue the government<br />

should have asked the people<br />

about instead of dictating to<br />

local councils, and therefore<br />

ratepayers, about what kind of<br />

housing we should have and<br />

where it should be.<br />

All this from a government<br />

who has promised so much and<br />

delivered so very little.<br />

In a democracy government<br />

is meant to represent the people,<br />

not to dictate to the people.<br />

It makes me wonder what kind<br />

of government/country we are<br />

turning into. – D Downward,<br />

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Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2022</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 19<br />

Hornby Club’s multi-million<br />

dollar revamp complete<br />

ADVERTORIAL<br />

<strong>The</strong> Hornby Club has finally completed its multi-million<br />

dollar redevelopment after three years. A part of the<br />

community for more than 65 years, <strong>The</strong> Hornby Club has<br />

been extensively modernised to become an inviting and<br />

contemporary events and entertainment facility.<br />

Tim Mathews, Hornby Club’s General Manager, says<br />

the Club carefully walks the line between a member’s<br />

organisation that supports the needs of its long-time<br />

members and also its new role as a dining and events<br />

destination for Christchurch.<br />

“It’s very exciting to finally open the doors to our<br />

beautiful new facility. It is a bright, light and welcoming<br />

space that our members are thrilled with. We still offer<br />

many of the activities that Clubs are known for like<br />

section sports, affordable meals and a fantastic sports bar<br />

and gaming room, but we now offer a lot for families and<br />

for our corporate events community,” says Tim.<br />

What Tim is referring to, is the new Chalmers<br />

Restaurant with its colourful indoor playground and its<br />

famous Sunday night buffet.<br />

“We know families want somewhere to watch their kids<br />

safely play, while they enjoy a quiet drink with friends<br />

and a family-style meal. This is the gap that Chalmers<br />

Restaurant fills in the local area and Christchurch dining<br />

market,” says Tim.<br />

In addition, the new Club includes a 450 pax Events<br />

Centre and multiple Board Rooms, party spaces and<br />

meeting rooms. <strong>The</strong> Club’s Corporate clients are quickly<br />

booking available spots, a strong indication that the events<br />

industry is starting to return under the new Orange light<br />

setting.<br />

“We are starting to see a solid return of corporate events<br />

and private bookings for our state-of-the-art events space.<br />

We can hold weddings, birthday parties, anniversaries,<br />

conferences, expos and more. <strong>The</strong> Hornby Club really is a<br />

super versatile venue that can host a variety of events. Our<br />

Events team is dedicated to delivering top class events for<br />

all our clients, whether it’s a kid’s birthday party or a threeday<br />

conference with 500 people in attendance. We really<br />

can do it all,” says Tim.<br />

Life and long-term members are excited to see a new<br />

generation of Club members joining and exploring the<br />

section opportunities. Tim says the sections are at the<br />

heart of Hornby Club and anyone looking for friendship<br />

or a new hobby should explore what sections have to offer.<br />

“We have already welcomed thousands of new members<br />

to the Club since reopening and many are interested<br />

in learning more about section activities. Our sections<br />

include Fishing, Golf, Cards, Travel, Darts, Pool and<br />

more. In fact, this year we are hosting the National Darts<br />

Tournament and the South Island Ladies and Open Pool<br />

Champs,” says Tim.<br />

If you would like to join the Hornby Club, it is $34 per<br />

year and membership comes with a food and beverage<br />

discount. You can join at the reception; it takes less than<br />

five minutes and can be done on the day of your visit or<br />

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

ARA INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY<br />

Open Day a chance to<br />

explore new directions<br />

For anyone contemplating<br />

their future in the workforce,<br />

Ara Institute of Canterbury’s<br />

Open Day is a great<br />

opportunity to find inspiration<br />

and start making plans.<br />

With more than 150 fulltime,<br />

part-time and distance<br />

study options on offer at Ara,<br />

there’s potentially something<br />

to suit everyone, from school<br />

leavers and career changers<br />

through to individuals seeking<br />

to return to the workforce or those wanting<br />

to gain more skills in their current line of<br />

work. Options range from non-assessed<br />

short courses through to postgraduate<br />

diplomas and Master’s qualifications.<br />

<strong>The</strong> event takes place on Thursday 9 June<br />

from 3pm to 6pm at four Ara campuses:<br />

City, Woolston, Manawa and Timaru.<br />

<strong>The</strong> City and Timaru campuses will offer<br />

information on all study options, while<br />

Woolston will be the focus of trades<br />

training and Manawa is the place to go to<br />

see where Ara’s health-related degrees and<br />

diplomas are taught.<br />

Tutors and representatives from all<br />

subject areas will be on hand to provide<br />

information and answer questions about<br />

study options. <strong>The</strong>re will also be several<br />

information sessions held throughout the<br />

afternoon regarding specific study options<br />

and enrolments can be made on the day.<br />

Student Support staff will also be<br />

available to talk about scholarships and<br />

other financial assistance, learning support,<br />

targeted support for Māori and Pacific<br />

students and students with disabilities,<br />

accommodation, childcare, student clubs<br />

and more.<br />

Campus tours are always a popular<br />

feature of Ara’s open days. <strong>The</strong> tours explore<br />

classrooms, workshops and learning<br />

facilities as well as student amenities like<br />

libraries, study spaces, cafes and gyms. At<br />

the City campus you can also join a tour<br />

of Otautahi House to see the modern,<br />

apartment-style student accommodation<br />

located just across the street from the<br />

campus.<br />

Study can be a big commitment – not just<br />

for students but also for the whole whānau,<br />

so potential students are invited to bring<br />

parents, partners and friends along so they<br />

can understand what’s involved and know<br />

what support services are available.<br />

Ara’s Open Day takes place on Thursday<br />

9 June at the City, Woolston, Manawa and<br />

Timaru campuses from 3pm to 6pm. A<br />

free shuttle will operate between the City<br />

and Manawa campuses. Further details<br />

are available at ara.ac.nz.<br />

20<br />

LETTERS/OPINION<br />

<strong>The</strong> Budget<br />

It is certainly a backwards<br />

Budget.<br />

This is another one adding<br />

to the many previous<br />

ones dropping our standard<br />

of living from no 3 in<br />

the world to 25.<br />

With wasteful spending,<br />

more bureaucracy and<br />

red tape the more we go<br />

AFTER THE fire at the<br />

wastewater treatment<br />

plant, in November last<br />

year, local residents were<br />

pretty tolerant to start<br />

with.<br />

But fast forward to the<br />

beginning of March and<br />

after the first two months<br />

of the year almost at lockdown<br />

with Omnicron,<br />

patience was wearing<br />

thin across a wide range<br />

of community issues, the<br />

tolerance levels dropped<br />

and the people’s voice<br />

became louder.<br />

February brought cycles<br />

of wet weather and the<br />

smells coming from the<br />

wastewater plant got much<br />

more intense as every time<br />

it rains it makes a stinking<br />

cocktail of putrid material<br />

in the trickling filters.<br />

THe stench became<br />

unbearable, and people<br />

demanded to know what<br />

was being done to get rid<br />

of the smell and relieve<br />

their distress.<br />

Reaching out into<br />

the community, with<br />

letterbox drops, drop-in<br />

sessions and focused<br />

meetings letting people<br />

know what was going<br />

on and responding to<br />

concerns as they arose<br />

was the obvious way to<br />

grow communication that<br />

brought people into the<br />

planning.<br />

City councillor Yani<br />

backwards.<br />

A good example of this is<br />

how regulation has put up<br />

house rents, housing costs,<br />

and cost of living.<br />

<strong>The</strong> real insult in the<br />

Budget is the plan to spend<br />

$325 million to amalgamate<br />

state owned television<br />

and radio.<br />

You can guess it is for the<br />

state to have more control.<br />

Johanson had raised<br />

this at meeting after<br />

meeting, but there was<br />

an assumption that wider<br />

communication was<br />

happening.<br />

When the community<br />

organised its own<br />

meeting and demanded<br />

we front, I stood up and<br />

apologised not just for our<br />

failure to communicate<br />

– communication is a<br />

two-way thing – but<br />

for not listening to the<br />

community.<br />

Your frustrations<br />

are completely<br />

understandable and we<br />

promised to not only<br />

listen to your concerns<br />

but act in new and<br />

constructive ways to make<br />

things better for you while<br />

the process of removing<br />

the burnt material and<br />

aerating the ponds is<br />

under way.<br />

Today, the city council<br />

will consider a report on<br />

a support package which<br />

will offer some assistance<br />

for those most badly<br />

affected by a stench that<br />

has pervaded their daily<br />

lives.<br />

Our four partners the<br />

I really feel sorry<br />

for the children who<br />

can’t get drugs to treat<br />

their diseases, but the<br />

Government can spend<br />

$325 million, plus<br />

have already spent $34<br />

million so far on another<br />

unnecessary spend of<br />

Three Waters which will<br />

be a dead duck. – Alan<br />

Roberts, West Melton<br />

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />

Financial assistance<br />

for residents will be<br />

considered today<br />

<strong>May</strong>or<br />

Lianne Dalziel<br />

Bromley Community<br />

Centre, <strong>The</strong> Loft upstairs<br />

at Eastgate Mall, Nga Hau<br />

e Wha Marae, Pages Rd<br />

and He Waka Tapu also<br />

on Pages Rd, are setting<br />

up to take applications<br />

and offer financial<br />

assistance to local<br />

residents.<br />

We have now got<br />

booklets and leaflets<br />

that explain what is<br />

happening on site and<br />

these are available to<br />

those who can’t access the<br />

internet.<br />

And I’ve been out in the<br />

community on my own<br />

and with Yani, that’s why<br />

I know many people can’t<br />

go out at night to meetings<br />

in the winter – drop-in<br />

sessions will give more<br />

options for them.<br />

Also we are meeting<br />

directly with the most<br />

affected schools this<br />

week.<br />

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Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

ince Environment Canterbury<br />

climate-change emergency<br />

OPINION 23<br />

Metrocard offers many benefits<br />

IF and THERE’S enhance EVER that work. an example explained fleet hybrid how, or if long-range used well, the electric<br />

of That democracy work included action, setting then Annual<br />

up a Plan climate-change hearings would integration be it. “very, air travel very cheap across bus the fares.” organisation<br />

card by provides, <strong>2022</strong>. Carbon in his emissions words, from<br />

programme During the in final the week Long-term of April, Plan <strong>The</strong> are offset man told via our councillors own biodiversity<br />

110 2018-28, Canterbury ensuring residents climate spoke change about programmes. a trip he makes every three<br />

in was front actively of our considered regional council across weeks According for an appointment to a Madworld across report<br />

(Environment workstreams, increasing Canterbury) visibility to town, in 2019, and how our gross some emissions of the proposed<br />

2253 changes tonnes of to carbon fare structures dioxide<br />

were<br />

give of the their science views and on what topics we we’ve know<br />

asked about for the feedback impact of on. climate would (CO2) be equivalent, ‘unacceptable’ compared for him with<br />

change We received on Canterbury, more than and 2800 liaising – if removals adopted. of 7883 tonnes of CO2-<br />

submission the issue in with total iwi – and well regional over This equivalent individual through is one our of efficiency a<br />

“super flood”.<br />

better foothold across the region.<br />

double partners, the other number local for authorities last year’s growing efforts number and from of forestry Canterbury planting <strong>The</strong> last major flood was in<br />

Long Term Plan.<br />

residents who now see bus use as<br />

COST-EFFECTIVE: More broadly, Getting we have to more people on buses is one<br />

and central government.<br />

across 2700 hectares.<br />

For many, it was bus fares that a viable transport option.<br />

December 1957, when parts of the curb regional reliance council’s on fossil fuels key and goals.<br />

As organisation, we have <strong>The</strong> changing climate will pose<br />

got their wheels spinning.<br />

Soaring fuel prices and reduced<br />

bus fares mean now is a<br />

of Coutts Island in Belfast and find environmentally suitable<br />

also made significant progress in many risks to life and livelihood<br />

As you’ll be aware, public<br />

Kainga were swamped by river<br />

five always<br />

alternatives,<br />

ride for<br />

such<br />

free).<br />

as electricity and<br />

addressing our own greenhousegas<br />

emissions, with our<br />

we have seen how occasional,<br />

hear about this resident’s experi-<br />

in Canterbury. In recent years<br />

I was genuinely interested to<br />

transport a hot topic nationwide<br />

– especially since the car keys.<br />

metres per second (cumecs).<br />

better time than ever to ditch the<br />

flow peaking at 3990 cubic<br />

• Daily<br />

hydrogen,<br />

and weekly<br />

to power<br />

fares<br />

our<br />

are<br />

public<br />

capped<br />

transport.<br />

Christchurch building receiving a but extreme, weather events have<br />

for Metrocard users. For ence with our bus network – and<br />

Government announced that Transport is also the largest <strong>The</strong> protection scheme has been<br />

example,<br />

When<br />

you’ll<br />

my<br />

never<br />

predecessor<br />

pay for<br />

Steve<br />

“market-leading” energy efficiency had huge effects on residents and<br />

it’s stories like his that help shape<br />

fare prices would be temporarily single contributor to Christchurch’s<br />

carbon emissions – so from a flood of as much as 6500 in the this same council zone. late last year, he When it comes to giving<br />

designed to defend Christchurch more Lowndes than two retired bus trips as per chair day of<br />

rating of 5.0 out of 6 in the year infrastructure around the South<br />

our final decisions.<br />

halved.<br />

to<br />

It’s<br />

February<br />

been great<br />

on the<br />

to see<br />

National<br />

an upswing<br />

Island.<br />

getting more people on the bus is cumecs.<br />

Check highlighted out metro.co.nz some of to the see big feedback and making<br />

Australian<br />

in patronage<br />

Built Environment<br />

numbers one<br />

<strong>The</strong><br />

of our<br />

driest<br />

council’s<br />

parts<br />

key<br />

of our<br />

goals.<br />

region,<br />

here are Environment three reasons Canterbury’s why you how it changes could work on the for way. you He and was submissions on council plans, I<br />

since Rating the System offer launched. New Zealand. In the This<br />

along<br />

week<br />

the Marlborough<br />

the council met<br />

coast<br />

to<br />

and<br />

should: leadership of biodiversity and your family. optimistic Metrocards we would cost be just able to encourage you all to hop onboard<br />

and help keep the wheels<br />

wider <strong>The</strong> Christchurch building’s features area, the include discuss across bus much fares of as the part Canterbury of our • You biosecurity get discounts programmes of at least is also $5 and deal can with be ordered the “pressing online issues” or of<br />

final 184 solar two weeks panels of which April can saw an Annual Plains, Plan. are expected After public to get consultation,<br />

drier. North-westerly are proposing storms a $2 are fares. concerns. Any bus trip within Christ-<br />

city. I share his confidence. As a<br />

even<br />

25 per underpinned cent compared by climate-change<br />

to cash at various climate outlets change throughout and sustainability. the of democracy turning.<br />

eight generate per more cent increase than 55,000 compared<br />

to kilowatt the first hours two weeks. of electricity Numbers per flat predicted fare for greater to become Christchurch. more intense,<br />

are continuing to rise into <strong>May</strong>. If approved, this won’t kick church is just $2.65 with a Metrocard<br />

rivers and and just unique $1.30 wetlands with the face giving we feedback are taking on council some bold plans steps to<br />

For anyone who believes that<br />

year.<br />

It’s a year since Environment Canterbury<br />

with torrential alpine rainstorms<br />

Canterbury’s distinct braided community, and as a council,<br />

<strong>The</strong>re submitters has been we a <strong>26</strong>% heard reduction from until turning early our 2023. braided rivers into current many half-price challenges. fares. <strong>The</strong> rivers form won’t ensure make a we difference, are in a better I implore<br />

cope you to with think the of changing the submit-<br />

climate<br />

place to<br />

included per staff member a man who in emissions<br />

a staunch In roaring the meantime, rapids, fuelling if you’ve landslides<br />

advocate of the Metrocard. He never looked into a Metrocard,<br />

• Those a vital aged ecological 18 and link under and get provide<br />

since 30 declared June 2010. We now have and a causing climate-change widespread erosion. 40 per an abundant cent off (children food supply under emergency<br />

and ter I’ve and mentioned the tests it above. will set us. But<br />

access to electric and hybrid<br />

Canterbury’s coastal<br />

nesting grounds for <strong>26</strong> species of there will always be a need to do<br />

JENNY HUGHEY explains what<br />

by sea-level rise this century and threatened and facing increased<br />

vehicles<br />

the<br />

and<br />

council<br />

hope<br />

has<br />

to have<br />

been<br />

half<br />

doing.<br />

our communities will be threatened native birds – most classified as<br />

our<br />

more.<br />

productive and protected land pressures due to river system<br />

Environment<br />

<strong>The</strong> formal declaration of a<br />

jeopardised by the arrival and change.<br />

state of climate emergency across<br />

spread of new, exotic weeds and Wetlands are also ecosystems<br />

Canterbury Chair<br />

Canterbury was one of the most<br />

pests from warmer climates. at-risk nationally and regionally,<br />

serious, and colourful, moments<br />

Jenny Hughey<br />

All these eventualities have degraded by draining, damming<br />

in the regional council’s more than<br />

to be planned and prepared for, and diversion affecting their<br />

30-year history.<br />

A year ago this Saturday,<br />

at 11.49am, Environment<br />

Environment<br />

Canterbury Chair<br />

Jenny Hughey<br />

Canterbury became New Zealand’s<br />

first council to proclaim such an<br />

emergency, formally dedicating<br />

itself to consideration of climate<br />

change at the heart of all it does.<br />

<strong>The</strong> declaration highlighted<br />

that all the work Environment<br />

programme in the Long-term Plan<br />

2018-28, ensuring climate change<br />

was actively considered across<br />

workstreams, increasing visibility<br />

of the science and what we know<br />

it – that responsibility is the Had your<br />

to<br />

house<br />

February<br />

insured<br />

on the<br />

by<br />

National<br />

Government’s, but could change. Australian Built Environment<br />

AMI and<br />

Even in ‘adapt mode’ many Rating made System an insurance New Zealand.<br />

of Environment Canterbury’s claim for earthquake <strong>The</strong> building’s damage features include<br />

existing policies and plans already to that property 184 solar arising panels which from can<br />

contribute to reduced emissions. the Canterbury generate Earthquake<br />

more than 55,000<br />

In declaring the climate<br />

kilowatt hours of electricity per<br />

Sequence; and<br />

emergency, the Council noted it year.<br />

would continue to show leadership <strong>The</strong>re has been a <strong>26</strong>% reduction<br />

on climate-change and do so per staff member in emissions<br />

without adding new programmes since 30 June 2010. We now have<br />

at ratepayers’ expense. It also gave access to electric and hybrid<br />

staff a clear mandate to continue vehicles and hope to have half our<br />

by sea-level rise this century and<br />

our productive and protected land<br />

jeopardised by the arrival and<br />

spread of new, exotic weeds and<br />

pests from warmer climates.<br />

All these eventualities have<br />

to be planned and prepared for,<br />

and Environment Canterbury<br />

will remain in the vanguard of<br />

these climate change efforts.<br />

One example is the $40 million<br />

Waimakariri River flood<br />

protection project, completed<br />

late last year. <strong>The</strong> network of<br />

floodgates and stopbanks will<br />

protect half a million people and<br />

$8 billion of community and<br />

business assets from a possible<br />

fleet hybrid or long-range electric<br />

by <strong>2022</strong>. Carbon emissions from<br />

air travel across the organisation<br />

are offset via our own biodiversity<br />

programmes.<br />

According to a Madworld report<br />

in 2019, our gross emissions were<br />

2253 tonnes of carbon dioxide<br />

(CO2) equivalent, compared with<br />

removals of 7883 tonnes of CO2-<br />

equivalent through our efficiency<br />

efforts and from forestry planting<br />

across 2700 hectares.<br />

about the impact of climate<br />

$8 billion of community and<br />

change on Canterbury, and liaising<br />

Canterbury does – from<br />

business assets from a possible<br />

on the issue with iwi and regional<br />

freshwater management to<br />

“super flood”.<br />

partners, other local authorities<br />

biodiversity and biosecurity,<br />

<strong>The</strong> last major flood was in<br />

and central government.<br />

transport and urban development<br />

December 1957, when parts<br />

to air quality, contingencies and also regional if As they an organisation, did not we have receive <strong>The</strong> those changing costs climate will at pose the of time. Coutts Island in Belfast and<br />

leadership – has a climate change<br />

also made significant progress in many risks to life and livelihood Kainga were swamped by river<br />

focus.<br />

addressing our own greenhousegas<br />

emissions, with our<br />

we have seen how occasional,<br />

in Canterbury. In recent years flow peaking at 3990 cubic<br />

Currently, under the Resource Am I eligible?<br />

Management Act, regional Christchurch If you:<br />

metres per second (cumecs).<br />

building receiving a but extreme, weather events have <strong>The</strong> protection scheme has been<br />

councils are required only to adapt “market-leading” energy efficiency had huge effects on residents and designed to defend Christchurch<br />

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<br />

Island.<br />

Settled your insurance cumecs. Cash settled your claim<br />

<strong>The</strong> driest parts of our region,<br />

claim along with the Marlborough AMI or Southern coast and<br />

across Response much of between the Canterbury<br />

10 Plains, September are expected 2010 to get and even<br />

drier. 1 October North-westerly 2014; storms and are<br />

predicted to become more intense,<br />

with torrential alpine rainstorms<br />

turning our braided rivers into<br />

roaring rapids, fuelling landslides<br />

and causing widespread erosion.<br />

Canterbury’s coastal<br />

communities will be threatened<br />

threatened and facing increased<br />

pressures due to river system<br />

change.<br />

Wetlands are also ecosystems<br />

at-risk nationally and regionally,<br />

degraded by draining, damming<br />

and diversion affecting their<br />

ability to sequester carbon,<br />

cleanse freshwater and mitigate<br />

flooding, as well as impacting on<br />

biodiversity and mahinga kai.<br />

With biosecurity, we are<br />

putting greater emphasis on the<br />

risks of new pests establishing<br />

in Canterbury. Warming<br />

temperatures, changing soils and<br />

new land uses mean new weeds<br />

especially, will be able to gain a<br />

SOUTHERN RESPONSE PRE-OCTOBER 2014<br />

and enhance that work.<br />

That work included setting<br />

PAYMENT up a climate-change PACKAGE<br />

integration<br />

and Environment Canterbury<br />

will remain in the vanguard of<br />

these climate change efforts.<br />

One example is the $40 million<br />

Waimakariri River flood<br />

protection project, completed<br />

late last year. <strong>The</strong> network of<br />

floodgates and stopbanks will<br />

protect half a million people and<br />

AMI policyholders who cash settled with Southern Response prior to October<br />

2014 may be eligible for an additional payment of certain professional fees and<br />

Visit www.southernresponse.co.nz/payment-package<br />

for more information or to register your interest.<br />

Environment Canterbury’s<br />

with Southern Response,<br />

leadership of biodiversity and<br />

biosecurity as opposed programmes to Southern is also<br />

underpinned Response by climate-change<br />

managing the<br />

concerns. repair or rebuild of<br />

Canterbury’s<br />

your<br />

distinct<br />

home;<br />

braided<br />

rivers and unique wetlands face<br />

many challenges. <strong>The</strong> rivers form<br />

a vital ecological link and provide<br />

an abundant food supply and<br />

nesting grounds for <strong>26</strong> species of<br />

native birds – most classified as<br />

Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2022</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />

ability to sequester carbon,<br />

cleanse freshwater and mitigate<br />

flooding, as well as impacting on<br />

biodiversity and mahinga kai.<br />

With biosecurity, we are<br />

putting greater emphasis on the<br />

risks of new pests establishing<br />

in Canterbury. Warming<br />

temperatures, changing soils and<br />

new land uses mean new weeds<br />

especially, will be able to gain a<br />

better foothold across the region.<br />

More broadly, we have to<br />

curb reliance on fossil fuels and<br />

find environmentally suitable<br />

alternatives, such as electricity and<br />

hydrogen, to power our public<br />

transport.<br />

When my predecessor Steve<br />

Lowndes retired as chair of<br />

this council late last year, he<br />

highlighted some of the big<br />

changes on the way. He was<br />

optimistic we would be able to<br />

deal with the “pressing issues” of<br />

climate change and sustainability.<br />

I share his confidence. As a<br />

community, and as a council,<br />

we are taking some bold steps to<br />

ensure we are in a better place to<br />

cope with the changing climate<br />

and the tests it will set us. But<br />

there will always be a need to do<br />

more.


24 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

Thank you for<br />

helping your<br />

community<br />

Fall Zones<br />

To all of you who have had your<br />

trees trimmed before they became<br />

a problem, thank you for keeping all<br />

the families in your community warm,<br />

happy, healthy and connected.<br />

We know it can be a hassle, but tree branches touching the<br />

powerlines are one of the main causes of power cuts. So, you can<br />

be proud of the fact that you have allowed your neighbours to stay<br />

warm, cook dinner and even charge their mobile phones. And if it’s<br />

still on your to-do list, now’s the time to do it, as winter sets in.<br />

You’re our priority.<br />

Notice and Growth limit zones<br />

B<br />

A<br />

Power line voltage A. Growth limit zone B. Notice zone<br />

66,000 volts 4.0m 5.0m<br />

33,000 volts 2.5m 3.5m<br />

11,000 volts 1.6m 2.6m<br />

400/230 volts 0.5m 1.5m<br />

We’re not exaggerating.<br />

On our network, 10-20% of all unplanned power outages are<br />

caused by trees — including vegetation — coming into contact<br />

with power lines. Other than this, fire damage to property from<br />

branches sparking in dry conditions and serious injury from<br />

electrocution from contact with trees touching power lines are<br />

also possible consequences of not maintaining your trees.<br />

How close is too close?<br />

While most damage is caused by trees falling on power lines,<br />

significant risk exists from trees merely touching them. This risk<br />

increases the higher the voltage of the power line.<br />

<strong>The</strong> minimum distances that must be maintained between trees<br />

and power lines, as defined in the Electricity (Hazards from<br />

Trees) Regulations 2003, are outlined in the diagrams above.<br />

All vegetation should be kept out of the growth limit zone and<br />

preferably the notice zone.<br />

Sometimes it may not be practical to have a tree trimmed at the<br />

rate at which it grows and unfortunately, this means it may need<br />

to be removed. Other situations may require trees to be removed,<br />

most commonly when they are at a high risk of falling due to<br />

disease or adverse weather events.<br />

Where do I start?<br />

Before you begin, remember to keep yourself, and those around<br />

you, safe. We recognise that not everyone is experienced in tree<br />

trimming and are happy to advise you on what to do. We can arrange<br />

for trees near power lines to be trimmed at your expense, however<br />

we recommend you hire professionals to safely carry out the work.<br />

If you or someone working for you intends to work within four<br />

metres of power lines, a close approach consent is required from<br />

Orion before you start. As a tree owner, you may be liable for any<br />

damage caused by carrying out trimming or felling of trees.<br />

Will I be fined if I don’t comply?<br />

If a cut or trim notice is given to you and you fail to have the tree<br />

trimmed and/or advise us of the time and location of the trim<br />

without a reasonable excuse, this is an offence. This will make you<br />

liable for a fine not exceeding $10,000. If the offence continues,<br />

you will be liable for a further fine of not more than $500 for every<br />

day or part day during which the offence continues.<br />

More info can be found on our website and if<br />

you have any questions or notice any trees<br />

touching power lines in your area, please call<br />

us on 03 363 9898 or 0800 363 9898.<br />

oriongroup.co.nz<br />

Orion operates, and maintains, the electricity distribution<br />

network that provides power to central Canterbury.<br />

We are always here to help if you have any questions or<br />

concerns about the network.


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SPORT<br />

• By Chris Barclay<br />

A TALENTED Christchurch boxer<br />

is hoping his plans to fight for New<br />

Zealand overseas this year do not<br />

cop a knockout blow, financially.<br />

Hamuera Tainui, a four-time<br />

national amateur champion, has<br />

tournaments in Australia and Serbia<br />

on the cards to prepare for the<br />

pinnacle – the World Youth Boxing<br />

Champions in La Nucia, Spain,<br />

from November 1.<br />

However, the 17-year-old requires<br />

about $40,000 to undertake preparation<br />

which includes competing at the<br />

Australian Golden Gloves in Brisbane<br />

in August and the Serbian Youth<br />

Golden Gloves later that month.<br />

Ideally, Woolston Boxing Clubbased<br />

Tainui, who usually fights<br />

in the 67kg division, will be able to<br />

spend six months devoted to training<br />

for the world’s premier event for<br />

young fighters.<br />

Tainui hopes to have two support<br />

crew in his entourage, coach<br />

Holly Sullivan and assistant Trevor<br />

Swainson.<br />

“It’s absolutely unreal,” said Sullivan,<br />

after Boxing New Zealand confirmed<br />

Tainui’s selection for Spain.<br />

“It’s going to be a journey. We are<br />

asking everyone and anyone for any<br />

support.’’<br />

However, financial assistance was<br />

required to cover flights and accommodation,<br />

tournament entry fees,<br />

team uniforms plus training and<br />

preparation requirements.<br />

“Our goal is to create opportunities<br />

that elevate people both in and<br />

out of the rings, helping them reach<br />

their full potential,” Sullivan said.<br />

“It’s important for us to give these<br />

talented athletes the opportunities<br />

they deserve. <strong>The</strong> first step is<br />

reducing the financial barriers to<br />

participation.”<br />

Tainui, who joined the Woolston<br />

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Boxing Club as a 10-year-old,<br />

claimed his most recent title at the<br />

national amateur championships in<br />

Whanganui last month.<br />

<strong>The</strong> year 13 Te Aratai College<br />

(Linwood College) student moved<br />

up a weight division to the 71kg<br />

youth class, two decades after his father<br />

Jamie and uncle Steven claimed<br />

silver at the 2002 tournament.<br />

<strong>The</strong> next assignment for Tainui,<br />

who has built a perfect 22 and 0<br />

record, is the South Island Golden<br />

Gloves at the Woolston Boxing Club<br />

over Queen’s Birthday weekend.<br />

Kalani Marra (New Plymouth) is<br />

New Zealand’s other representative<br />

at the world championships after<br />

gaining selection for the 63.5kg<br />

division.<br />

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United’s storming wins make statement<br />

• By Chris Barclay<br />

THE BALANCE of power<br />

among Mainland Football’s<br />

top-tier clubs might be tilting<br />

from Cashmere Technical after<br />

Christchurch United inflicted<br />

a rare, and emphatic, defeat to<br />

regain leadership of the Southern<br />

League.<br />

United’s first campaign under<br />

former Wellington Phoenix<br />

talisman Paul Ifill cleared its first<br />

major obstacle in style, with a resounding<br />

4-1 victory launching<br />

the eighth round of the competition<br />

under lights last Friday.<br />

After a goalless first half,<br />

unbeaten United opened the<br />

scoring through captain Matt<br />

Todd-Smith in the 53rd minute.<br />

Sanni Issa then nailed a brace<br />

either side of Fraser Angus<br />

providing Cashmere Technical’s<br />

only response.<br />

Substitute Eddie Wilkinson<br />

iced the triumph two minutes<br />

from the end of regulation at the<br />

Christchurch Football Centre.<br />

<strong>The</strong> win was believed to be<br />

Christchurch United’s first<br />

over Cashmere Technical since<br />

they upset the city’s dominant<br />

footballing force during the 2019<br />

Chatham Cup.<br />

United indicated they would<br />

not be overawed by the reigning<br />

Mainland Football premiership<br />

winners, plus Chatham Cup and<br />

English Cup holders, when they<br />

shared a 10-goal friendly with<br />

Cashmere Technical in February.<br />

And now this three-goal margin<br />

equates to a statement win<br />

for United, who welcomed Ifill as<br />

coach and occasional substitute<br />

during the off-season.<br />

<strong>The</strong> club is now six points<br />

clear and on course to secure<br />

one of two available places in<br />

the National League, alongside<br />

Cashmere Technical, who should<br />

get back on track when they host<br />

Dunedin City Royals on Saturday.<br />

Ferrymead Bays and Coastal<br />

Spirit are the next best Christchurch<br />

clubs in fifth and sixth<br />

respectively behind third-placed<br />

Nelson Suburbs and Dunedin<br />

City Royals.<br />

Selwyn United props up the<br />

10-team ladder, a point adrift of<br />

Nomads United.<br />

Rugby<br />

Lincoln University are in the<br />

unfamiliar position of experiencing<br />

a sequence of losses while<br />

New Brighton and High School<br />

Old Boys are currently the significant<br />

improvers compared to<br />

last season’s Christchurch Metro<br />

Cup competition.<br />

Sydenham remain the only<br />

unbeaten club after seven rounds<br />

of this campaign, following a 45-<br />

22 victory over winless Burnside,<br />

with New Brighton the closest<br />

challengers after they downed<br />

University to enhance their<br />

record to six wins and a solitary<br />

defeat.<br />

New Brighton were third<br />

from bottom in 2021 and they<br />

have already exceeded last year’s<br />

number of wins; HSOB have also<br />

matched their five successes last<br />

season as they prepare for an<br />

eighth-round assignment with a<br />

in-form Linwood.<br />

Lincoln University led the<br />

table after four straight wins<br />

but they have subsequently lost<br />

to Linwood, New Brighton and<br />

reigning champions Marist<br />

Albion to slip to sixth on the<br />

standings.<br />

However, they appear<br />

equipped to arrest that slide<br />

when hosting 10th-placed Sumner<br />

on Saturday.<br />

New Brighton face a tough<br />

test against Marist Albion while<br />

HSOB and Linwood meet in the<br />

other plumb tie of the schedule<br />

between the fourth and fifthranked<br />

sides.<br />

Rugby League<br />

Canterbury Rugby League<br />

premiers Hornby and last year’s<br />

beaten semi-finalists Halswell<br />

meet in Saturday’s tantalising<br />

clash of the round, where the<br />

Panthers will strive to continue<br />

their recovery from a surprisingly<br />

poor start to their title defence.<br />

After dropping their first three<br />

DOUBLE<br />

STRIKE: Sanni<br />

Issa scored twice<br />

as Christchurch<br />

United beat<br />

Cashmere<br />

Technical 4-1 in<br />

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matches Hornby have rebounded<br />

to an extent, though the secondplaced<br />

Hornets present a daunting<br />

task at Halswell Domain.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Panthers lost to the Northern<br />

Bulldogs, leaders Linwood<br />

and the Eastern Eagles before<br />

morale boosting wins over the<br />

Celebration Lions and Riccarton,<br />

44-16 last weekend.<br />

A one-point opening round<br />

loss to Linwood is the only<br />

blemish on Halswell’s record,<br />

while the Keas are yet to endure<br />

another close encounter as the<br />

competition’s only unbeaten side.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y continued their domination<br />

with a 30-16 victory over<br />

the Eastern Eagles and last year’s<br />

runners-up will be favoured<br />

to rack up another win, at the<br />

struggling Celebration Lions expense,<br />

who had to default against<br />

Halswell last weekend.<br />

Linwood built an 18-point<br />

buffer before the Eagles responded<br />

with three tries before<br />

the Keas reestablished their<br />

momentum.<br />

Papanui remain at the bottom<br />

of the table after copping an 82-0<br />

Weekend match-ups<br />

Christchurch Metro<br />

Premier Rugby (all<br />

Saturday 2.45pm):<br />

Shirley v Burnside,<br />

Burwood Park;<br />

Christchurch v Sydenham,<br />

Christchurch Park; Marist<br />

Albion v New Brighton,<br />

Edgar McIntosh Park;<br />

University of Canterbury<br />

v Belfast, Ilam Fields;<br />

Lincoln University<br />

v Sumner, Lincoln<br />

University; Linwood v<br />

HSOB, Linfield Park.<br />

Canterbury Rugby<br />

League Premiership (all<br />

Saturday 2.45pm):<br />

Celebration Lions v<br />

Linwood Keas, Cuthbert<br />

Park; Halswell Hornets<br />

v Hornby Panthers,<br />

Halswell Domain; Papanui<br />

Tigers v Riccarton<br />

Knights, Papanui Domain;<br />

Northern Bulldogs v<br />

Eastern Eagles, Murphy<br />

Park.<br />

Southern League<br />

football 9th round<br />

fixtures:<br />

Selwyn United v Nelson<br />

Suburbs, Foster Park,<br />

noon Saturday; Green<br />

Island v Ferrymead Bays,<br />

Sunnyvale, 12.30pm<br />

Saturday; Cashmere<br />

Technical v Dunedin City<br />

Royals, Garrick Memorial<br />

Park, 2pm Saturday;<br />

Nomads United v Coastal<br />

Spirit, Tulett Park, 2.45pm<br />

Saturday; Mosgiel AFC<br />

v Christchurch United,<br />

Memorial Park, 12.30pm<br />

Sunday.<br />

defeat to the Northern Bulldogs,<br />

but on a positive note the Tigers<br />

were able to field a side after they<br />

defaulted to the Eagles in the<br />

previous round.<br />

Armstrong Beedles notched a<br />

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Big Skoda Superb goes hybrid<br />

NEW ZEALAND’S Skoda<br />

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and so must its dealers.<br />

Not only did Skoda secure a<br />

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<strong>The</strong> Superb spearheads the<br />

company’s line-up here and<br />

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a desirable large car with its<br />

cavernous interior space and<br />

desirable engineering elements –<br />

clever engines and transmissions.<br />

None of that is really a surprise,<br />

the Czech Republic manufacturer<br />

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much of the product that comes<br />

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cross-pollinate other VW product.<br />

Given its alignment to<br />

Volkswagen, it’s no surprise that<br />

a view towards electric vehicles is<br />

arriving fast and the Superb has<br />

just landed in New Zealand with<br />

a plug-in hybrid option – the iV –<br />

joined as well with Octavia iV and,<br />

soon to follow, the fully electric<br />

Enyaq.<br />

Let’s make it clear, the Superb<br />

iV is not a full EV, it has a petrol<br />

engine and that is the catalyst of<br />

the hybrid system, it charges the<br />

batteries and works in conjunction<br />

with an electric motor to provide<br />

drive. Not only are you getting a<br />

cracker of a car, but you are also<br />

doing something that can only be<br />

beneficial to the environment.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Superb iV lands here from<br />

$72,990 in standard form, a highspec<br />

Sportline adds $4k, that makes<br />

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rebate, a discount of $5750 comes<br />

off the top end, the evaluation car<br />

was actually a wagon and that adds<br />

$3000 in each specification, but<br />

it would be the car for me, I like<br />

wagons and the Superb in this form<br />

really appeals.<br />

Interestingly, the price of the iV<br />

compares well to its petrol engineonly<br />

counterparts, the standard<br />

Superb lists from $56,990 which<br />

to me is also very good value.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re are a host of Superb models<br />

– sedan, wagon and Scout – but<br />

unfortunately the diesel option in<br />

Superb is no longer with us.<br />

That aside, the iV is powered<br />

by a 1395cc, four-cylinder engine<br />

that is both turbocharged and<br />

supercharged. <strong>The</strong> twincharger<br />

system is more than adequate<br />

when you take into account<br />

that it is constantly working<br />

alongside an electric motor. Skoda<br />

rates the Superb iV with a total<br />

power package of 160kW and<br />

up to 400Nm. <strong>The</strong> latter figure is<br />

available from 1550rpm.<br />

As with all hybrid systems, the<br />

manufacturing objective is to<br />

incorporate fuel economy into<br />

the design. <strong>The</strong> TSi system is<br />

long revered for thrifty use of<br />

SLEEK: <strong>The</strong> Skoda Superb is available in wagon or sedan<br />

form. Both have dynamic looks.<br />

SKODA SUPERB iV: Large wagon with huge space and hybrid power.<br />

fuel, and when you add the<br />

benefits of electric propulsion it<br />

merely sips fuel. Skoda rates the iV<br />

in hybrid mode with an amazing<br />

1.6-litre per 100km combined cycle<br />

average.<br />

Bear in mind that is at best<br />

possible usage, even driving with<br />

fuel economy in mind I couldn’t<br />

replicate those figures, but I did<br />

take the evaluation car back to the<br />

dealership with the readout listing<br />

at 6.6l/100km after four days in<br />

my care, which included some<br />

inner-city stop-start travel and my<br />

usual highway run. At 100km/h on<br />

the open road the instantaneous<br />

readout sits at 4.4l/100km with the<br />

engine loping over at just 2000rpm.<br />

Other figures of relative<br />

importance are a smart 7.8sec<br />

standstill to 100km/h acceleration<br />

time, and 7sec for a highway<br />

overtake (80-120km/h). <strong>The</strong>se all<br />

make for good reading.<br />

Drive is channelled through<br />

a direct shift transmission, it’s a<br />

driveline that doesn’t work much<br />

differently than other vehicles from<br />

the VW group and there’s nothing<br />

wrong with that, it is fluid, smooth<br />

and doesn’t need any kind of<br />

special driving technique.<br />

Incorporated into the system<br />

are traditional drive mode options<br />

– economy, sport and normal,<br />

and if you want to manipulate the<br />

gearing, that can be done through<br />

steering wheel-mounted paddles.<br />

Each of the drive modes work<br />

• Price – Skoda Superb iV,<br />

$79,990<br />

• Dimensions – Length,<br />

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• Configuration – Fourcylinder,<br />

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• Performance –<br />

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• Fuel usage – 1.6/100km<br />

quite differently, it is a complex<br />

system, but in essence it operates<br />

with the driver completely unaware<br />

of its operation.<br />

Put simply, when using e-mode<br />

the Superb will drive purely on<br />

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Along with all the high-tech<br />

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remembered that comfort and<br />

convenience has been a high<br />

manufacturing priority, and<br />

the ride quality of the Superb is<br />

unsurpassed.<br />

With its length of nearly 4.9m<br />

the Superb is a big car but it doesn’t<br />

feel like it is, it has light steering<br />

feel and there’s no suggestion of<br />

bulk. I took the test car through<br />

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west towards our high country and<br />

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presented.<br />

It must be said the Superb in this<br />

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As part of an organisational<br />

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It’s no wonder that it has found<br />

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Skoda have capitalised on<br />

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those passengers who travel by<br />

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Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2022</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 35<br />

christchurch<br />

GIG GUIDE<br />

Thursday <strong>26</strong> <strong>May</strong> to Wednesday 1 June <strong>2022</strong><br />

12 BAR, 342 St Asaph St: Thursday<br />

7.30pm - Merlot Heights. Friday 8pm -<br />

Aotearoa Prog Alliance Tour feat. Pull<br />

Down the sun (Whanganui); Elidi (Chch);<br />

Claemus (Wellington) with support Via<br />

Kaleidoscope; distance, $20 entry.<br />

Saturday 8pm - Lunar Intruder '<strong>The</strong><br />

Moonlight Tour', tickets at eventbrite.co.nz<br />

. Wednesday 7.30pm - Sign of the Firebird<br />

duo, free.<br />

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo<br />

St: Thursday 7pm - An intimate evening,<br />

unplugged with Chulainn's Dog's feat.<br />

members of <strong>The</strong> Eastern & with friends,<br />

round table Irish song session, free. Friday<br />

6pm - Boogie House feat. Steve Drive,<br />

Harry Harrison, Justine Snelgrove, Allan<br />

Cattamole, & Rob Carpenter, free; 9pm -<br />

Backshift Heelers & the Deadlights feat.<br />

two bands from Chch & the West Coast,<br />

with rocking sisters Anna & Joela<br />

Hagenaar, free. Saturday 7pm - <strong>The</strong><br />

Burlesque Collective presents Lol-Esque<br />

Emporium of Curiosities feat. Aurora<br />

Storm, Frankie Bordeaux, Kozo Kaos<br />

(Wtgn), Tiger Luci, Lily Von Tryx,<br />

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La Frou Frou (Qwstn), Miss Sultra Lee,<br />

Hester Hawthorne (Wtgn), AKA Damian,<br />

Viola Nightshade (Wgtn), & Sausage<br />

Sizzle, tickets $25+bf eventfinda.co.nz,<br />

door sales if not sold out prior. Sunday<br />

1pm - Open Mic Sundays hosted by Myllo<br />

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instruments available incl guitar, piano,<br />

amps & cajon, free; 5pm - Malarkey Irish<br />

Band Sunday Shindig feat. O'Neill School<br />

of Irish Dance dancers, free. Monday 7pm<br />

- Quiz. Wednesday 7pm - Dig <strong>The</strong> gig,<br />

UC Band Competition, Heat 3, feat.<br />

House Band Carne, Cameron Giddens,<br />

Monk Seals, Helicopter, Second Hand<br />

Goods, & more, doors 7pm with free Sal's<br />

Pizza, free.<br />

BOO'S BAR, Level 1, 98 Victoria St:<br />

Thursday 8pm - VOXY. Friday 8pm -<br />

Connor Hartley Hall; 10.30pm - Chilton<br />

House. Saturday 10.30pm - Mirrors.<br />

Wednesday 9pm - Open Mic.<br />

BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St:<br />

Saturday 3pm - Unhinged. Sunday 3pm -<br />

Nick Buchanan.<br />

CARLTON, 1 Papanui Rd: Friday<br />

9.30pm - Flat City Brotherhood.<br />

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO, 30<br />

Victoria St: Thursday 7pm - D'Sendantz.<br />

Friday 7pm - Page 28; 10.15pm - Cantora.<br />

Saturday 7pm - Smooth Talk; 10.15pm -<br />

Chur Bro.<br />

CHRISTCHURCH FOLK MUSIC<br />

CLUB, Irish Society Hall, 29 Domain<br />

Tce: Sunday 7.30pm - <strong>The</strong> Ferris &<br />

Fellow Muso Show, $15 members/$20<br />

non/$5 students with ID.<br />

FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St:<br />

Thursday 6pm - Ed's Jazz Club presents<br />

Fiona Pears, tix at events.humanitix.com;<br />

10pm - Black & Gold. Friday 5pm - Sam<br />

White Trio; 8pm - Mirrors; 11pm - Delta<br />

Bros; 11.30pm - House of Groove.<br />

Saturday 5pm - Nick & Dan; 8pm -<br />

Fat Eddie's cont...<br />

Gumbo No 5; 11pm - Rolleston Ave;<br />

11.30pm - VOXY. Sunday 3pm - Mats at<br />

Fats presents Pride & Joy feat. a Tribute to<br />

Jimi Hendrix & Stevie Ray Vaughan,<br />

ticketed.<br />

HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd:<br />

Saturday 3pm - Rockabella. Sunday 3pm -<br />

Ian Mac.<br />

LITTLE BROWN JUG, 290 Wairakei<br />

Rd: Friday 7pm - Level 6.<br />

KAIAPOI CLUB, 113 Raven Quay:<br />

Saturday 4th June, 7.30pm - Madsen<br />

Promotions presents Queen Live Tribute<br />

feat. Paul Madsen + Band, tickets $25 at<br />

the club.<br />

MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St:<br />

Friday 10.30pm - D'Sendantz. Saturday<br />

10.30pm - Smoke & Mirrors.<br />

OAK & FERRY, 608 Ferry Rd: Saturday<br />

8pm - Nexus.<br />

RICHMOND CLUB '<strong>The</strong> Borough', 75<br />

London St: Friday 7pm - Chur Bro.<br />

Saturday 7pm - Unhinged. Sunday 3pm -<br />

Mystery Band.<br />

SHARKEY'S BAR, 96 Hoon Hay Rd:<br />

Saturday 6pm - Karaoke. Sunday 4pm -<br />

Open Mic. Tuesday 7pm - Karaoke.<br />

SULLIVANS IRISH PUB, 291 Lincoln<br />

Rd: Friday 7.30pm - Willie McArthur.<br />

Saturday - Live music. Wednesday 7pm -<br />

Willie's Open Mic.<br />

TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding Ave:<br />

Saturday 8.30pm - Nightwatch.<br />

THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Thursday<br />

7pm - Quiz. Friday 10pm - <strong>The</strong> Corks.<br />

Saturday 7pm - Harry Burt; 11pm -<br />

Mama Rock. Sunday 4pm - Elly & friends.<br />

THE CRAIC IRISH BAR, 84b<br />

Riccarton Rd: Friday & Saturday 9pm -<br />

Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm - Quiz. Wednesday<br />

10pm - Karaoke.<br />

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd:<br />

Friday 7.30pm - Open Mic. Wednesday<br />

9.30pm - Titanic Pub Rock Covers Band.<br />

THE LOONS, 16 Canterbury St,<br />

Lyttelton: Friday 7pm - Al Park 'Pony'<br />

album release with special guest Adam<br />

McGrath, Jess Shanks, Adam Hattaway,<br />

and Tess Liautaud, tickets at<br />

undertheradar.co.nz.<br />

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd:<br />

Friday 9.30pm - Misconduct. Saturday<br />

9.30pm - Flat City Brotherhood. Sunday<br />

6pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm<br />

- Quiz. Wednesday 7.30pm - Lance Kiwi<br />

Karaoke.<br />

THE TURF SPORTS BAR, 6 Inwoods<br />

Rd: Thursday 7pm - Live music.<br />

WOOLSTON SPORTS BAR, 669<br />

Ferry Rd: Saturday 8pm - Red Zone.<br />

Indian Cuisine week<br />

THE ENTERTAINMENT HUB OF THE NORTH!<br />

OPEN FROM 11AM<br />

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Wednesday<br />

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THURsday 7pm<br />

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FRIDAY<br />

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LIVE MUSIC<br />

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NICK BUCHANAN<br />

BRIDIE'S BAR & BISTRO | 401 WORCESTER ST<br />

PH (03) <strong>26</strong>0 0325 | WWW.BRIDIES.CO.NZ


36 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

HEAPS of HOT DEALS!<br />

ALL BEDROOM, LOUNGE, DINING, OUTDOOR ON SALE!<br />

SCAN QR TO SHOP<br />

Burano Queen Bed<br />

WAS $<br />

999<br />

NOW<br />

$<br />

799<br />

Malone Modular<br />

Corner Suite – Charcoal<br />

WAS $<br />

4697<br />

NOW<br />

$<br />

3999<br />

LARVIK RANGE<br />

ON SALE<br />

Bookcase NOW $ 899<br />

VINTAGE RANGE<br />

ON SALE<br />

Haines Chair – Light Grey<br />

WAS $<br />

699<br />

NOW<br />

$<br />

549<br />

Entertainment Unit<br />

– W190 NOW $ 699<br />

Lamp Table NOW $ 299<br />

Carter Barstool<br />

NOW $<br />

125<br />

Dallas Queen Bed<br />

NOW $<br />

359<br />

Fallon Chair with<br />

Ottoman<br />

NOW $<br />

499<br />

Capri<br />

Egg Chair<br />

NOW $<br />

699<br />

Scan to find store<br />

250 Moorhouse Ave, Christchurch<br />

0800 TARGET (0800 827438)<br />

targetfurniture.co.nz<br />

Offers and product prices advertised here expire<br />

13/06/22. Sale Excludes Accessories.

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