The Star: June 30, 2022

Thursday, June 30, 2022 | Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper 

Sneaky 

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hiding 

in products 

– page 12 

Ruby gets 

lost after 

nature call 

• By Emily Moorhouse 

IT WAS 5am, -3 deg C and 

dark and Ruby, an 11-year-old 

labrador, was standing outside a 

suburban laundromat, lost. 

She was cold and wet after 

somehow losing her way when 

she went for her nightly toilet 

stop. 

Shannon and a friend, who 

lived near Linwood Laundromat 

in Buckleys Rd, spotted the 

confused Ruby as they went to 

do some early morning washing. 

Just under 1km away, Ruby’s 

worried family had been up 

looking for her, as the temperature 

dropped below freezing 

point. 

• Turn to page 10 

REUNITED: Sam Mano has 

had 11-year-old Ruby since 

she was a puppy and said 

it wasn’t a nice feeling to 

have a family member go 

missing. 

PHOTO: STAR NEWS 

Buddies 

reunited on 

battlefield 

– pages 

19 & 20 

Murder 

accused 

was let 

out of 

secure 

unit 

• By Kurt Bayer 

and Anna Leask 

A FULL REVIEW has been 

launched by health board bosses 

after a mental health patient on 

community leave is accused of 

murdering a mother-of-four 

in a random street stabbing in 

Sockburn. 

The Canterbury District Health 

Board yesterday announced it 

is carrying out a review after 

days of questions into how the 

37-year-old man was allowed into 

the community. 

Stuff reported yesterday he 

had been in a secure unit at 

Hillmorton Hospital. 

Laisa Waka Tunidau, 52, 

had caught the bus home from 

work and was metres from her 

house on Cheyenne St, when she 

was attacked about 4.20pm on 

Saturday. 

CDHB chief executive, Dr Peter 

Bramley yesterday expressed his 

sympathy to her family. 

“My thoughts are with her 

family and friends at this 

very sad time,” he said in a 

statement. 

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Home & Leisure Show gears up.................3 

Faces behind mayoral hopefuls.............4-5 

Death prompts health board review......7 

Guilty plea to meth supply..............................9 

Ruby home at last................................................... 10 

Sneaky plastics hiding in plain sight....12 

Asphalt roads to get rejuvenated..........15 

Kiwi journos reunited in Ukraine..... 19-20 

Readers’ letters.......................................................23 

Mayor’s column .....................................................23 

Gardening....................................................................26 

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– NZ Herald 

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NEWS 3 

Quake 

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time 

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• By Georgia O’Connor- 

Harding 

THE FOG of the earthquakes 

is finally lifting for resilient 

Cantabrians. 

New research from the University 

of Otago, Christchurch, 

has found the brain function of 

otherwise-healthy individuals 

living through a traumatic event 

has the ability to bounce back 

over time. 

An initial study conducted 

about three years post-quake 

found a group of Cantabrians 

who didn’t develop psychological 

difficulties were still experiencing 

issues with cognitive function 

including memory and attention. 

But 10-11 years on from the 

earthquakes, researchers found 

that same group overcame those 

issues. 

Senior research fellow Dr Katie 

Douglas said it shows time does 

heal which is promising and 

hopeful for those that experienced 

that trauma. 

“This is good news as it offers 

preliminary evidence that 

there are no long-lasting effects 

on cognitive impairment after 

exposure to a traumatic event, at 

least in people who don’t develop 

a mental health condition. 

“It suggests changes in their 

cognitive functioning and emotion 

processing may be related to 

exposure to continued threat in 

the environment, which improves 

when the threat resolves,’ she said. 

Douglas said the findings back 

up similar international studies 

which show the brain’s ability to 

recover once distanced in time 

from the original trauma. 

“When the original studies 

were conducted, people were 

living in an environment 

of ongoing seismic activity 

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NEWS 


The faces behind the mayoral 

A candidate to 

challenge Phil Mauger’s 

mayoral bid has 

officially emerged four 

months before the local 

government election 

determines Lianne 

Dalziel’s successor. Chris 

Barclay details the key 

support crew behind 

the city councillor and 

new contender, former 

Canterbury District 

Health Board chief 

executive David Meates 

TEAM MAUGER 

First-term city councillor Sam 

MacDonald does not have an 

official role with Phil Mauger’s 

campaign. The former electoral 

chair for then National Party 

minister Gerry Brownlee will 

serve as an adviser for the high 

profile businessman. 

MacDonald, who is seeking 

re-election in the Waimairi 

Ward under the right-leaning 

Independent Citizen banner, 

described himself as Mauger’s 

“eyes and ears” from a financial 

perspective. 

“I’ve been very clear, with 

my chartered accounting 

background, that I’m happy to 

support Phil purely because he’s 

pragmatic. He doesn’t put up 

with the bureaucratic nonsense 

that can often happen in big 

organisations like this. 

“Everyone at the council now 

has worked with Phil. There’s 

an existing relationship even for 

the ones that sometimes may not 

agree with him. They understand 

how he operates.” 

MacDonald identified fellow 

Independent Citizens representative 

James Gough (Waimairi) 

as another source of assistance 

ahead of the polls on October 8. 

“There will be a range of people 

that will help out. From a commercial, 

institutional knowledge 

point of view James will be right 

in the thick of that,” he said. 

MacDonald was surprised at 

TEAM MAUGER 

Phil Mauger 

Sam MacDonald Erin Jamieson Garry Moore 

the timing of Meates announcement. 

“There’s an air of arrogance 

about it. To me, it’s like ‘I can 

just check back into the city and 

become the mayor’. Phil has been 

out there for three years at least 

doing the hard graft, understanding 

the issues.” 

Australian-born Erin Jamieson, 

a partner at Convergence 

PR, is co-ordinating a Mauger 

campaign for the second time, 

following his election as a firsttime 

city councillor for Burwood 

in 2019. 

The award-winning public 

relations and strategic 

communications expert also 

worked on two successful 

mayoral campaigns for Moore’s 

successor, Sir Bob Parker. 

“I’ve been doing this for a long 

time, I’ve been involved in political 

strategies and working with 

candidates for probably 15 years,” 

said Jamieson, who also worked 

with the West Coast District 

Health Board in the aftermath of 

the Pike River mining disaster. 

strategise as soon as the jet lag 

allows. 

“He’s a quiet, quite a humble 

leader and what we need in 

Christchurch, and New Zealand 

to an extent, is people who 

bring people together,” Moore 

said. 

“You can’t be a show pony 

doing that sort of thing. You 

need to actually have brains and 

modesty and I think he’s got both 

attributes.” 

Moore was approached by 

Meates several months ago and 

decided to join the bid as a ‘team 

member’. 

“There’s nothing like an old 

gargoyle sitting in the corner 

going ‘Nah, that won’t work’,” he 

told The Star. 

TEAM MEATES 

The late starter in the race for 

the mayoralty has one of Dalziel’s 

predecessors to lean on, threeterm 

mayor Garry Moore as an 

advocate and sounding board. 

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a year-long contract as a specialist 

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TEAM MEATES 

David Meates 

“I was looking to support 

someone who could see the 

big picture. One of the more 

challenging groups (to work 

together) in our society are 

doctors, and he succeeded with 

that brilliantly. 

“David led a good system and 

that’s what the council needs to 

get right, right now. This postearthquake 

thinking. This is a 

chance for us to select a mayor 

who will take us to the next 

stage. 

“We need a strong voice 

for Christchurch because 

Christchurch and the South 

Island gets forgotten in 

Wellington. 

“We need somebody who’s 

fought for resources for 

Aaron Campbell 

Christchurch, David did that for 

the CDHB and he paid the price,” 

Moore said of Meates decision to 

quit the post in 2020. 

Meates’ campaign secretary 

Aaron Campbell, a keen 

photographer and former 

community board member, was 

Dalziel’s campaign manager 

when she was re-elected in 2016 

and 2019. 

“I’d never volunteered or done 

any (campaign) work before 

Lianne,” said Campbell, who also 

has a background in catering. 

Campbell was tight-lipped on 

the identity of other individuals 

assisting Meates. 

“There’s a number of people on 

the team providing advice and 

speciality roles,” he said. 

Meates sidesteps big issue 

• By Chris Barclay 

IT’S A political football, but 

debate over the Te Kaha/ 

Canterbury Multi-Use Arena’s 

future is not yet a game David 

Meates is willing to play. 

Asked by The Star for his 

stance on the polarising project, 

whose estimated construction 

cost blew out $150 million earlier 

this month, Meates would not 

comment specifically. 

“David will have a definitive 

position on the stadium in 

the coming days after his 

announcement,” said campaign 

secretary Aaron Campbell via a 

statement. 

“David encourages all residents 

to submit to the council on this 

important issue.” 

Meates, who confirmed his 

candidacy today, is in the process 

of returning from the UK. 

The Star also sought Meates’ 

opinion on what he considered 

the five biggest issues facing the 

city and whether his campaign 

launch gave him sufficient time 

to launch a viable campaign 

given Mauger began his bid last 

August. 

“He’ll be happy to cover these 

topics in detail face to face on his 

return,” Campbell said. 

Phil Mauger, the other mayoral 

candidate, was last year in 

favour of boosting the arena’s 

capacity to 30,000 and in spite 

of the spiralling costs revealed 

by the city council on June 1, he 

wants to persevere with 

the project which is now 

estimated to cost at least $683 

million. 

He initially thought it would 

be prudent to pause and reevaluate, 

but on June 10 he had a 

change of heart via a video shot 

at the construction site. 

“Christchurch is the second 

biggest city in the country. If we 

want to be a world class leading 

city, we need world class leading 

infrastructure and this is the 

place it’s going to happen,” he 

said. 

“My personal opinion is we 

can’t do without the stadium, we 

have to have it.” 

Meanwhile, the city council 

had received 23,100 submissions 

by close of business Tuesday. 

The time frame for submissions 

opened on June 10 and closes on 

Tuesday. 

The council will consider the 

submissions and then decide 

whether to proceed as planned, 

mothball the project or abandon 

it. 

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NEWS 7 

Family devastated after fatal stabbing 

• From page 1 

“I can confirm that the man 

accused of her murder was a 

patient of the DHB’s specialist 

mental health service based at 

Hillmorton, who had been on 

community leave. 

“Whenever a serious adverse 

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“I can assure the public that if 

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these will be actioned. 

“We continue to assist police 

with their investigations and as 

this matter is before the courts 

it is not appropriate for us to 

provide any further comment at 

this time.” 

Tunidau’s 11-year-old son has 

been left “traumatised” after 

watching emergency services 

try to save a woman outside his 

family home, not then knowing it 

was his mother. 

The small and tight-knit community 

is rallying around the 

father and son. They haven’t 

returned home yet but have been 

given a safe place to stay. 

A Givealittle page launched to 

support the family has already 

raised more than $51,000. 

Fijian community leader and 

parish member Una Tikoi earlier 

said the fatal stabbing has devastated 

family and friends. 

“The community is not happy 

. . . the community is angry for 

our beloved friend and mother 

whose life has been taken away 

recklessly,” Tikoi said. 

People are asking why the man 

was allowed to be in the community 

when he was a “sick man”, 

Tikoi said. 

Funeral plans are still being 

finalised but it’s likely that Tunidau 

will be returned to Fiji to be 

farewelled with loved ones. 

She has four children, with 

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Waqasokolala, who knew the 

family well and often stayed at 

their Sockburn home, rushed to 

Cheyenne St on Saturday after 

the fatal assault. 

He said grieving husband 

Nemani Tunidau was distraught 

but trying to stay strong for his 

children. 

“He lost a wife, his loved one,” 

Waqasokolala said. 

“Only time will heal and that 

with God’s blessing and God’s 

permission he will come through. 

“He is trying to be a very 

strong and supportive father figure 

for his son at the moment.” 

Waqasokolala is grateful 

for the support of the wider 

Christchurch community, with 

stories of workmates showing up 

with flowers and offering sincere 

condolences. 

“That’s pretty cool eh, and 

that’s what Christchurch is 

known for,” he said. 

Just before the accused appeared 

in court, Tunidau’s adult 

Laisa Maraia Waka 

and flowers left 

at the Sockburn 

crime scene. 

daughter in Fiji spoke of her 

heartbreak at losing her beloved 

mother. 

“I can’t begin to express how 

much I will miss you. There is a 

huge hole in my heart and I don’t 

know how I’m going to cope. I 

will always be thinking of you, 

mum.” 

The man accused of stabbing 

Tunidau to death was granted 

interim name suppression during 

a brief appearance from custody 

at Christchurch District Court 

on Monday. 

He will appear at the High 

Court in Christchurch on 

July 15 – and a judge has called 

for a report under Section 38 

of the Criminal Procedure 

(Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 

2003 to assess his fitness to stand 

trial. 

Health Minister Andrew Little’s 

office has also declined to 

comment so far. 

Christchurch residents’ hearts 

went out to the family and 

friends of Tunidau who was 

“killed in such a senseless, violent 

attack”, the city’s mayor Lianne 

Dalziel said. 

“A crime of this nature will 

have a devastating impact on the 

community as well, and they too 

will want answers as to how and 

why this happened.” 

Canterbury District Commander 

Superintendent John 

Price said the alleged murder 

was “a horrific, traumatic and 

random attack on an innocent 

person who was simply making 

her way home from work”. 

The traumatic, senseless act 

would have a huge impact on the 

community as a whole and right 

across New Zealand, he said. 

“No one deserves this,” Price 

said. – NZ Herald 

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8 The Star Thursday June 30 2022


• By David Clarkson 

A TRIBESMEN gang prospect 

has admitted his role in 

shifting millions of dollars of 

methamphetamine around the 

country during Covid lockdown. 

Police seized a shipment worth 

between $2 and $3 million in 

May 2020, and in the High 

Court at Christchurch this week, 

Tamal Edward McMeekan 

admitted possession of the drugs 

for supply. 

The Crown is seeking to seize 

$38,834 in cash the police found 

in a car and at the Bryndwr 

property when they carried out 

their search. 

Justice Rob Osborne remanded 

McMeekan in custody for 

sentencing on October 5, but did 

not enter convictions because 

that would likely stop him attending 

anger management and 

parenting courses in prison. 

Defence counsel Thomas 

Harre said he would seek a 

cultural report and psychiatric 

report on McMeekan ahead of 

sentencing. Justice Osborne has 

asked for a pre-sentence report 

by Community Probation. 

McMeekan, 41, admitted 

charges of meth possession 

for supply, possession of 

cannabis, a breach of the Covid 

lockdown rules in May 2020, 

and failing to assist an officer 

doing a search by denying access 

to his cellphone. 

Before his guilty pleas, the 

case had been heading for trial. 

Crown prosecutor April Mills 

said the police’s Canterbury 

Organised Crime Unit began 

Operation Soul, which was an 

investigation into drug dealing 

activities by members and associates 

of the Canterbury-based 

Tribesmen Motorcycle gang in 

October 2019. 

The investigation showed the 

Canterbury-based Tribesmen 

and associates were regularly 

involved in the purchase of significant 

quantities of methamphetamine 

from Aucklandbased 

supplies. The meth would 

be distributed to various South 

Island dealers. McMeekan was a 

gang prospect. 

The Crown said that the 

national Covid emergency lockdown 

was declared in March 

2020, and while the country was 


Guilty plea to meth supply 

in level 3 lockdown with limits 

on travel, movements and associating 

with others, McMeekan 

arrived in Christchurch from 

Wellington on May 3. He had no 

legal basis allowing the travel. 

The next day, police swooped 

in when McMeekan and another 

man arrived in a car at a Bryndwr 

address. The other man has 

already admitted charges and is 

due for sentence in August. 

At McMeekan’s feet was a 

cardboard box containing three 

plastic bags with almost 3kg of 

methamphetamine with a street 

value of $2 to $3 million. Cash 

totalling $38,834 was found 

in 10 locations throughout the 

house and garage, the car, and 

in a shoulder bag belonging to 

McMeekan. 

The shoulder bag also had 

cannabis inside. 

In the other offender’s bedroom, 

the garage, and a sleepout, 

35 used Prezzy cards worth 

more than $8500 were found. 

They are a non-traceable credit 

card payment form that can be 

used in person, or online. 

McMeekan refused to give a 

detective constable the PIN code 

for his cellphone. He gave no 

explanation for his travel during 

lockdown. 

The Crown said: “The 

investigation established the 

Christchurch Tribesmen gang 

were involved in transporting 

significant sums of money to 

enable the purchase of up to 3kg 

to 4kg of methamphetamine at 

a time. 

“McMeekan was likely utilised 

by the gang due to his expertise 

with motorcycles, ability and 

flexibility to travel domestically 

to facilitate TMC drug offending 

around New Zealand, and his 

loyalty to TMC. 

“It is not believed that the 

defendant McMeekan held any 

degree of control or influence 

in the criminal enterprise, 

nor would he have received 

significant financial reward for 

his involvement.” 

NEWS 9 

Accused no 

stranger to 

crime 

MCMEEKAN WAS jailed for 

seven years nine months in 2015 

for his involvement in a drugs 

courier operation. 

Then aged 34, he was sentenced 

on two charges of possession of 

methamphetamine for supply, 

two of unlawful possession of a 

pistol, possession of implements 

for using methamphetamine, 

dealing in methamphetamine, 

and possession of cannabis for 

supply. 

After he had been arrested at a 

motel in Blenheim Rd and bailed, 

he arranged for other people 

to fly to Auckland and uplift 

methamphetamine and bring it to 

his address, Court News website 

reported. 

Two people were stopped by police 

at the Christchurch Airport, 

and found the drugs on a woman. 

When they searched McMeekan’s 

house they found a loaded 

shotgun, and charged him with 

possession of the shotgun, possession 

of methamphetamine, and 

supplying methamphetamine. 

McMeekan also made headlines 

in 2009 when he appeared in 

court with another man for 

what was described as a Dukes 

of Hazzard style raid on a 

Christchurch car yard where 

a car was jumped over the low 

perimeter fence. 

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‘Yeah, she was pretty happy to see us’ 


For the next two-and-a-half 

days they would continue the 

search, not knowing what had 

happened, fearing she may have 

been stolen. 

Ruby was staring at Shannon 

and his friend as they approached 

the laundromat. He thought it 

was the dog that belonged to a 

homeless man who frequented 

the area. He approached Ruby 

but she took off. He later found 

her curled up in a ball “soaking 

wet and cold” near a bus stop. 

He walked Ruby back to his 

house nearby. She was happy to 

go and after giving her some of 

his dog’s biscuits, she curled up 

on the couch. 

Ruby stayed at Shannon’s place 

for the next two nights, as he 

tried in vain to find the homeless 

man in Linwood he thought 

Ruby belonged to – unaware 

Ruby’s owner Sam Mano was 

desperately posting on social media 

to try and track her down. 

The ordeal had started last 

Wednesday night when Ruby, 

who doesn’t wear a collar at 

home, went outside for a wee. 

Mano, who has had Ruby since 

she was a puppy, went out looking 

for her for a couple of hours 

after she failed to come back. 

“There’s that fear of people 

taking dogs for whatever reason 

. . . it’s not a nice feeling having 

a family member go missing,” 

Mano said. 

The next morning when Ruby 

still hadn’t returned, the Mano 

family began posting on Facebook 

community groups and 

lost and found pet pages in hopes 

someone would know of her 

whereabouts. 

In total the posts reached 

almost 500 shares and more 

than 100 comments from people 

showing their support towards 

the family. 

On Saturday, Shannon’s friend 

saw social media posts, and realised 

the labrador they had wasn’t 

the homeless man’s. 

He contacted the Manos to 

come over and see if Ruby was 

theirs. He was surprised Ruby 

had got as far as she did. 

FRIENDLY: Sam Mano said Ruby will happily 

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calls out to her with the hopes they will give 

her food. Above – The Linwood Laundromat 

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“That’s quite a fair distance for 

an old dog like that, especially 

cold in the night . . . no poor soul 

should be left outside in this cold 

weather,” Shannon said. 

A $300 reward posted for the 

return of Ruby came at a “helpful 

time”, Shannon said. 

Mano said when he arrived 

at Shannon’s house Ruby began 

jumping up and down excitedly 

as soon as she saw his car. 

“If you know Ruby her tail flies 

at 100 miles an hour. Yeah, she 

was pretty happy to see us.” 

Mano said Ruby’s return was a 

team effort by the community. It 

was amazing to see the response. 

“The general public was 

amazing . . . [we had] offers from 

strangers to help put flyers out,” 

he said. 

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microplastics, a Canterbury 

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Clothing and soft furnishings, 

glitter, kitchen sponges, nail 

polish, sunscreen, mascara, and 

lipsticks are bursting with what 

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plastics.’ 

Ruffell began researching 

microplastics – plastic particles 

smaller than 5mm – for her 

master’s project by investigating 

the levels and types going into 

and out of wastewater treatment 

plants. She is now researching 

how microplastics impact the 

health and function of New Zealand 

soils, and how they get into 

the soils in the first place. 

“Unfortunately, microplastics 

are everywhere, including in 

places you wouldn’t expect. I’ve 

found microplastics in every single 

sample I’ve looked at,” she said. 

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we tend to think of a rigid shiny 

product like a drink bottle. A lot 

of the time we don’t realise that 

microplastics are lurking in a 

myriad of other everyday items. 

“For instance, I hadn’t realised 

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And we all know how incredibly 

hard it is to get rid of it and 

how easily it can rub off toys, 

clothing, art work, makeup, nail 

polish and remain on clothing, 

carpets and other surfaces for a 

long time. Makeup, nail polishes 

and glitter paints for hair and 

body are all washed down the 

drain during hand washing and 

showers or baths and into the 

wastewater treatment plants, and 

are eventually released into the 

environment. 

“A lot of our clothing and 

soft furnishings, for example 

blankets, cushions, curtains, 

and carpet, are actually made 

of plastic. These synthetics all 

continually shed microfibres and 

this is accelerated when we wash 

them. Then the water from the 

washing machine goes down the 


Microplastics hiding in everyday products 

drain and eventually out into the 

environment.” 

The quantity of microplastics 

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Ruffell by surprise. 

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finding any plastics in the wastewater 

treatment plants would 

be very low because of the sheer 

volume of water that’s there. I 

was wrong. Some samples are so 

full of microplastics it looks like 

someone sprinkled hundred and 

thousands over them. 

“And I’m continuing to find 

lots of microbeads even though 

they were banned for sale in personal 

care products in 2018. But 

they are clearly still being used 

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or are found in other products,” 

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microplastics are present in each 

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•Cut down on glitter 

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microplastics 

•Ask companies if 

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sunscreen and cleaning 

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growth,” Ruffell said. 

Supervisor Professor Sally Gaw 

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Ruffell’s PhD work is part 

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Innovation and Employment 

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ASPHALT ROADS in 

Christchurch will get a 

rejuvenation seal in a bid to 

extend their life. 

The city council says the seal 

will extend the life of an existing 

road by six to 10 years. 

“Asphalt is a 

great surface 

for roads, but as 

it ages it loses 

oils and resins, 

which causes 

the surface 

to become 

brittle and 

break apart,’’ 

said city council city streets 

maintenance manager Steve 

Guy. 

“We spend on average $3 

million each year milling out 

brittle asphalt and replacing 

it. With the rising cost of 

materials and an ageing 

roading network, this works 

out to be approximately 25km 

renewed each year. 

“We have 584km of asphalt 

roads across the city which 

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existing budgets, it would take 

us about approximately 23 

years to resurface the whole 

network. It is not a sustainable 

option to carry on doing what 

we are doing without increasing 

our budgets, so we have 

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that allow us to rejuvenate our 

roads, rather than waiting until 

we have to replace them.” 

Guy said applying a 

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have been lost due to ageing. 

The product sinks down into 

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effects of ageing by filling in 

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the road surface (best 

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Sealing the deal for asphalt roads 

Steve Guy 

NEW SURFACE: Asphalt roads will have their life extended with a rejuvenation seal. 

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“In the coming financial 

year, we are not only planning 

to replace the same amount of 

old asphalt, but also rejuvenate 

an additional 22.6km of asphalt,’’ 

he said. 

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NEWS 19 

Buddies reunited on the battlefield 

They lived down the 

road from each other 

in Christchurch. Twenty 

years later, Tom Mutch 

finds himself reunited 

in a war zone with his 

childhood friend 

“I WONDER what Miss Wade 

would think if she could see this,” 

Nick Fisher says as 30 Ukrainian 

rockets fly over our heads to their 

targets in the Russian-occupied 

areas of Kharkiv. 

He was talking about our 

intermediate school teacher Jude 

Wade [now Garrett] who, when 

I reached out to her later, said: “I 

always said there were amazing 

kids in that class who would go 

far in the world, not sure I was 

anticipating a war zone.” 

Ukraine’s second-largest city 

and its surrounding area had 

been attacked since the start of 

Russia’s invasion on February 

24 and me and my old classmate 

were there to report on it. I hadn’t 

seen Nick in nearly 20 years, yet 

here we were reunited for the first 

time on one of the world’s most 

terrifying battlefields. 

“As soon as I woke up on the 

morning the war started, I knew 

I just had to go there and tell the 

story,” Nick tells me. I had been 

in Kyiv on the same day and I felt 

a similar compulsion to stay. 

We had grown up just down 

the road from each other in 

Christchurch and had been 

friends in our class for two 

years at Cobham Intermediate, 

but had gone to different high 

schools and lost touch. Since we 

had parted ways, we had taken 

divergent paths to meet where we 

were, both aged 30, as journalists 

to cover the story of our lifetimes. 

I’m a freelance magazine 

journalist and he is one of the 

most well-known travel video 

bloggers in the world. 

I had left New Zealand to do 

my undergraduate degree at 

Oxford University, before going 

to work as a parliamentary 

researcher in the British 

Parliament. 

Having gotten bored of a 

desk job interviewing besuited 

politicians and generals in 

swanky hotels in central London, 

I decided to become a freelance 

conflict journalist. I had 

covered the Nagorno Karabakh 

conflict between Armenia and 

Azerbaijan in 2020 and then the 

fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban 

the year after that. 

Hearing reports of the Russian 

military build up on the border 

of Ukraine at the start of the 

year, I decided to go and report 

on how Ukrainian society was 

dealing with this. I stayed and 

the rest is history. 

Nick had a different route 

to Kharkiv. After studying at 

Christchurch Boys’ High School, 

he studied horticulture before 

becoming a tour guide in the 

South Island. But after doing 

his OE, he soon found his true 

passion was film-making. 

CLASSMATES: Nick Fisher (left) and Tom Mutch grew up together in Christchurch before venturing abroad. Today they 

are both journalists, covering the war in Ukraine. 

“It started when I was in Nepal 

during the earthquake,” he tells 

me. “I was supposed to just be 

travelling and I was about to start 

teaching English.” 

The next day the school he 

was to teach in was flattened. He 

decided to document his escape 

from the Nepalese mountains 

in the chaos and his YouTube 

channel Indigo Traveler was 

born. 

His first videos are rough and 

ready, covering well-trodden 

destinations such as Vietnam, 

Cambodia and India. The 

camera is shaky and the editing 

amateurish. 

“Really good production values 

filming a video from across the 

road whilst trucks drive in front 

of you,” he jokes. He never had 

any training. 

“I was always really into 

mountain biking and there is a 

big video culture around that, 

but I didn’t do it professionally,” 

he says. 

But from the beginning he had 

a flair for engaging storytelling 

and a genuine curiosity that 

led him to interesting and 

unexpected encounters, which set 

him apart from the many other 

travel writers or bloggers. He said 

it took him about a year-anda-half 

to become self-sufficient 

from his video work. 

Nick started exploring the 

quirkier, more remote and 

dangerous areas of the world. His 

first outside-the-box travel was 

to North Korea which still rates 

among his best-ranked videos. 

‘Inside North Korea: Surreal 

Experience’ is his most popular 

with 9.5 million views. Nick 

started to become a YouTube 

success. Collectively, his videos 

have been viewed more than 

155 million times, but he says he 

started to become dissatisfied 

with pure travel blogging. 

“In around 2019 I began to 

pivot away from your regular 

‘I looked like I was living the dream, being able to 

get paid to travel around the world, but I felt it was 

getting a bit empty and I wanted to do something more 

meaningful’ – Nick Fisher 

travel videos. 

“I looked like I was living the 

dream, being able to get paid to 

travel around the world. But I felt 

it was getting a bit empty and I 

wanted to do something more 

meaningful.” 

He started with a trip to 

Venezuela in 2019. The country, 

which used to be one of Latin 

America’s most prosperous, 

has been in the middle of a 

major economic collapse and 

is now one of the world’s most 

impoverished and dangerous 

nations. He decided to use his 

channel to raise money for a local 

social project, which ended up 

overwhelming his expectations. 

“The response blew me out of 

the water.” 

Nick says his family are still 

most proud of the charitable side 

of his work. He raised more than 

$400,000 for a series of soup 

kitchens in Petare, the biggest 

slum in Latin America. 

“Someone in UNICEF saw my 

videos in Venezuela and really 

liked them so they invited me to 

come with them to Afghanistan. 

So, it just continued from there.” 

The journeys became wilder 

and the countries more 

dangerous and war-torn. 

Alongside Afghanistan, his 

recent videos have been a 

smorgasbord of the world’s worst 

political and humanitarian 

crises: Libya, Yemen, Lebanon, 

and Somalia. 

The cameras became more 

expensive and his editing much 

crisper and more professional 

until the production values 

approached that of major news 

networks. 

The story he is most proud of 

is about a floating slum in the 

Nigerian capital of Lagos – think 

Slumdog Millionaire crossed with 

Venice. 


• Interview with teacher Jude 

Wade p20 

SCHOOL TIES: Nick Fisher (second row, second from left) 

and Tom Mutch (front row, first left) attended Cobham 

Intermediate in 2004 and were taught by Jude Wade.


20 

NEWS 


From YouTuber to ‘full-out’ journalist 


As Nick pivoted to dangerous 

destinations, he was aware of the 

risk and that his family sometimes 

worries, but he insists he 

takes all reasonable precautions. 

“Of course, I always have common 

sense. I use a local fixer who 

has grown up there and speaks 

the language. I’ve had some 

amazing people take care of me. 

When I was in Venezuela, we 

would be walking down a dangerous 

slum and my guy Lenny 

would always be looking behind 

us. I’ve met some of the most 

amazing people on my travels 

this way.” 

He insists there is not a single 

country on Earth he wouldn’t be 

willing to visit. 

For any aspiring filmmakers 

his advice is simple: “I would say 

you have to just go. You just must 

go out there and make all the 

standard mistakes and take bad 

video and gradually get better as 

you go along and learn.” 

Nick was in Hungary where 

he lives with his girlfriend of five 

years when the war in Ukraine 

broke out. 

“I’ve been to the country about 

five or six times. I’ve always loved 

Ukraine and its people. They are 

always so welcoming and chilled 

out, which is not always the case 

in this part of the world.” 

We had reconnected the 

previous year after I’d watched 

his videos about the crises in 

Lebanon and Venezuela, which 

I had reported from in the past. 

My mum, who used to help 

supervise our old school camps, 

connected us after I sent her a 

link to one of his videos. 

He reached out when he was 

planning to come to Ukraine. 

When we met for beers at one 

of the recently reopened bars in 

Kyiv it was perfectly pleasant and 

completely surreal. Nearly 20 

years had gone by and here we 

were in the middle of a war zone 

trading old stories about people 

we’d known in what felt like a 

different lifetime on the other 

side of the world. 

Nick’s first two videos in 

Ukraine are trips through 

WAR ZONE: Fisher and Mutch in Ukraine. Below – Fisher interviewing Mykola, who was 

born at the outbreak of World War 2. 

PHOTOS: TOM MUTCH/NZ HERALD 

the reopening of Kyiv and the 

suburbs of Irpin and Bucha that 

were the scene of serious war 

crimes. It is full of evocative and 

moving moments. He warns his 

viewers as he steps into Bucha: 

“I’ve been told to watch my step 

for booby traps that the Russians 

might have left.” Looking around 

at the destruction he tells us: 

“It is really quite hard for me to 

convey how many bullet holes 

there are here… every building I 

can see here is destroyed.” 

But his best skill has always 

been allowing the residents of 

places to tell their own stories 

and putting himself in the story 

as an observer rather than the 

protagonist. An elderly woman 

he interviews who lived under 

the Russian occupation tells him 

that “your heart and mine are 

close”, asks if he is married and 

promises he will have a “lovely 

bride” one day. 

But while the Russians had 

been pushed out of Kyiv, we 

decided to see the real war in a 

place that was still under heavy 

fire and tell the stories of the 

civilians sheltering from Russian 

artillery and the soldiers defending 

their homelands. 

On the train to Kharkiv we 

scrolled through social media, 

checking out old friends and 

classmates now scattered around 

the world. There was Ann Yoo 

who had married my best friend 

from high school and had just 

given birth to their first child. 

There was Alex Upjohn Beatson, 

a machine learning engineer living 

in the US, and Michael Vink, 

a pro-cycling champion. 

“It would be so cool to do a roll 

call now to see what everyone is 

up to,” Wade told us later. 

And that was how we found 

ourselves outside a deserted 

farmhouse in eastern Ukraine 

on the frontlines. The carcass 

of a destroyed Russian tank lay 

in front of it and on the field 

behind us a Russian helicopter 

had been shot down. We could 

hear the crack and boom of the 

artillery duel that was taking 

place all around us. Russia 

had captured these villages in 

the first days of its offensive 

when the city of Kharkiv was 

expected to capitulate. Instead, 

the Ukrainians repulsed the 

invaders in a desperate battle at 

the gates of the city. Since then, 

the Russian army had planted its 

artillery and pounded the hell 

out of Kharkiv. 

We met a man in his eighties 

named Mykola who was born at 

the outbreak of World War 2 and 

grew up on his parents’ stories 

of the fighting. “This was worse 

than World War Two,” he tells 

Nick, describing the awesome 

power of modern weaponry that 

thundered around him. 

We didn’t have time to discuss 

what our teacher would have 

really thought before one of the 

Ukrainian army soldiers accompanying 

a young lieutenant 

named Leila came over to us and 

told us to stay alert. 

“Stay here and if anything 

happens take cover in the bar. 

The Russians could locate our artillery 

and fire back on us at any 

moment.” 

And in the middle of a short 

clip of Nick talking to the camera 

describing the scene, another 

rocket barrage streamed over 

our heads in the background. I 

checked his camera: it had been 

one of those rare moments of 

lucky film-making magic. The 

most liked comment on his new 

video is, “You’ve developed from 

a regular travel YouTuber to a 

full-out modern-day journalist. 

Your progress is massive.” His 

latest video on Ukraine is the 

fastest-watched video he’s had on 

his channel. 

Wade still remembers him as 

the kid she made run so many 

laps in phys ed that he threw up 

on the classroom couch. 

—NZ Herald 

Teacher says Fisher was ‘a strong, determined young lad’ 


NICK FISHER’S interest in 

Genghis Khan while studying 

in Jude Wade’s class at Cobham 

Intermediate meant his former 

teacher wasn’t totally surprised 

when an email arrived from the 

Ukraine. 

It in, Fisher asked if Wade, 

now Jude Garrett, a hub teacher 

at Oamaru Intermediate School, 

had any photos he might be able 

to use in the story written by 

Tom Mutch (pages 19-20). 

“When I got the email I 

remembered Nicholas – he was 

always Nicholas – absolutely,” 

said Garrett, who taught Mutch 

and Fisher in 2003 and 2004. 

She oversaw a teaching philosophy 

dubbed Inquiry for a 

34-strong class which, where 

possible, gave students “more say 

in what they did and how they 

did it”. 

“We did a lot of stuff out in the 

community. One of the inquiries 

was around heritage, we looked 

at old buildings and Shakespeare,” 

Garrett said. 

“We did a challenge and crisis 

one, we went to the Civil Defence 

headquarters, we went to the 

City Mission and did volunteer 

work.” 

It was a learning environment 

where Fisher thrived. 

“It [Inquiry] created a pathway 

of what they wanted to learn 

next and I vividly remember 

CAREER CHOICE: Jude 

Garrett started teaching in 

1997 and spent nine years 

at Cobham Intermediate 

before returning to her 

home town, Oamaru. 

Nicholas not being swayed to 

join any other group,” Garrett 

said. 

“He set up his own inquiry 

about Genghis Khan and what 

he was like as a leader. 

“The parallels are vaguely 

there. Now he’s off doing these 

amazing things, he’s making his 

own path in the world. 

“He was quite a strong, determined 

young lad who knew his 

mind and wanted to do what he 

wanted to do.” 

Garrett also recalled Mutch as 

another student “that walked to 

the beat of their own drum”. 

“They were those kind of kids, 

it doesn’t surprise me they’re off 

doing these things.” 

With a personal connection 

to Ukraine, Garrett admits she 

now views the media coverage 

through a different lens, as two 

former students willingly place 

themselves in danger to document 

the conflict. 

“It’s pretty frightening. Whenever 

it comes up on the news I’m 

looking at the photos . . . they’re 

doing something that’s incredibly 

scary, the world needs people 

like that,” said Garrett, who 

taught at Cobham Intermediate 

between 2002 and 2011. 

“I often say to kids, they are 

the leaders of the future, they’re 

the ones making a difference in 

the world and these boys are a 

prime example.”


Villa Maria College 

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House Sports day: colourful, loud, fun! 

After some changes in Term 1 due to Covid restrictions, we were delighted to be able to hold our annual House Sports Day in 

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aim of earning House Points. The students competed in various activities, earning the all-important House Points along the way. 

Activities included long and short distance running, sack race, long jump, basketball and a water activity. As is Villa tradition, the 

day finished with our famous Spiral Relay, which sees the entire College compete in a colourful circular relay – a sight to behold! 

Congratulations to Year 13 students 

Ruthie Atherton and Flora Tafili, who 

have been named the Ōtautahi regional 

winners of the Programming Māori and 

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idea “RAFT”. 

The competition focuses on solving 

problems using digital technology as 

a solution. At the regional final, groups 

from schools around Ōtautahi shared 

their business proposals and prototypes 

to a panel of judges, which included 

representatives from Air NZ Marketing, 

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Ministry of Education. 

Ruthie and Flora’s concept is RAFT 

Education - Te Moana-nui-a Kiwa, 

The great Pacific Ocean that binds us 

together. RAFT is an educational tool 

targeting high school, tertiary students 

and teachers on the forgotten, incorrect 

and neglected parts of Māori and 

Pasifika history that is significant to New 

Zealand. 

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such as, The Treaty of Waitangi, The 

Mau Movement, Dawn Raids, and 

Parihaka. We created a platform where 

people can share their perspectives that 

have been passed down, through iwi, 

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Ruthie. 

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people learning about Māori and 

Pasifika history. They can come to our 

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perspectives. We want everyone’s voices 

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The national winners will receive seed 

funding to bring their business to life. 

Swimming: 

Villa named Top Girls’ 

School 

Villa Maria College has once again won the 

award for Top Girls’ School at the Canterbury 

Secondary Schools’ Swimming awards. Hope 

Chmiel took out the award for Outstanding 

Female Swimmer, and Bridie Quayle 

was named in the Outstanding Junior 

Swimmer Awards. These accolades follow 

our swimmers’ incredible results at the 

Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Swimming 

Championships. Congratulations Hope and 

Bridie, and all our Villa swimmers. 

Year 12 Retreat at Living Springs 

This term, our Year 12 students spent time at Living Springs for 

their annual Retreat. Retreats are an important experience for 

our students, where they spend time connecting as a group, 

reflecting on themselves and their relationship with God. 

On this Retreat the students involved themselves in a range 

of activities that included Lectio Divina, formation around the 

Sisters of Mercy and our College Charism, yoga, and a variety of 

team building and personality tests to help them as they look to 

expand on their Christian leadership roles in the College. 

Bullying-Free 

New Zealand Week 

Bullying-Free New Zealand Week was 

held in May in conjunction with Pink 

Shirt Day. The week follows the theme 

He kōtuinga mahi iti, he hua pai-ā rau: 

Small ripples create big waves. At Villa, 

each Ako group was challenged to 

make a small ripple so that across the 

College we felt a wave of kindness and 

anti-bullying attitude. A wide range of 

initiatives were undertaken and brought 

a lot of positivity to the College. 

This picture shows one of the ways in 

which kindness was shown, by the creation 

of a rainbow of positive messages. 

Villa’s runners shine at CSS Road Race 

Villa had a number of students compete in the recent Canterbury Secondary 

Schools’ Road Race. Our runners had fantastic results, including an impressive 1st 

place for Amelia Henstock in the Year 9 race; and 3rd place for Kobe Maslin also 

in the Year 9 race. In the Senior Girls’ race Bridie Restieaux was 2nd and Rosaria 

Gibson 4th! Villa also won the school teams Year 9 and Seniors races. 

Great results in the CSS Cross Country 

Villa’s runners competed at the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Cross Country 

championships earlier this term. 

Congratulations to Amelia Henstock, who came 2nd in the Year 9 Race, and Kobi 

Maslin who came 5th. In the Senior Girls’ Race, Bridie Restieaux came 3rd, and 

Jarrah Prentice 12th. 

Keeping our 

community warm 

this winter 

Villa students are helping to keep 

those in need warm this winter, by 

donating a vast amount of good 

quality blankets, winter clothing and 

jackets to the Society of St Vincent 

de Paul. The donated goods have 

been distributed to families in need 

who may be struggling to keep 

warm this winter. 

Lola represents Villa at aNZaC day ceremony 

Pictured here is Year 8 student 

Lola O’Connor with her 

grandfather, Paul O’Connor M.B.E. 

at the 2022 Halswell ANZAC Day 

commemorations. 

Lola was asked to play a part in 

this year’s ceremony by reading 

the Flanders Field poem. She did 

a beautiful job on the day, and 

we are very proud of the way she 

represented our College at this 

important occasion. 

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Driver ‘seconds too late’ to stop thief 

MY SUZUKI Liana was broken 

into through rear passenger 

window a few months ago at Mt 

Vernon track car park at top of 

Bowenvale Ave. 

We arrived at car from our 

walk a few seconds too late to 

stop a young woman smashing 

the window and taking my 

backpack from back seat. I took 

my wallet and phone on my 

walk, luckily. 

The woman ran to getaway car 

parked there and young man 

drove her away. I was in front of 

their car and got out of the way. 

We got number plate and car 

model (a Peugeot) and rang 

WHEN THE Christchurch 

Foundation was established 

to help philanthropic giving, 

it undertook a scan of our 

residents’ hopes and dreams for 

our city. 

When I say our residents, I 

mean Waimakariri and Selwyn 

District residents as well – 

Greater Christchurch. 

The purpose was to match the 

generosity of donors – corporate 

and personal – to those hopes 

and dreams to make us a vibrant 

place to live and visit, a place 

that cares for the environment 

police. 

They identified the car as 

stolen, but no one has been 

apprehended. Police say 

they’ve tried to contact the 

owner several times and got no 

response. 

Still hoping. I would love to 

get my artwork and prescription 

glasses and backpack back. – 

Hilaire Campbell 

I had my BMW broken into 

in my own driveway a couple of 

weeks ago. It has an immobiliser 

installed so the police thought 

the crims were frustrated 

they could not steal it, so they 

through kaitiakitanga, and one 

that creates and supports opportunities 

for residents of all ages 

and stages of life. 

I was thinking about this, 

as I went to a talk about Better 

City Business this week, a 

Mayor 

Lianne Dalziel 

proceeded to vandalise the rest 

of the car windows. 

Hope you get your karma back 

buddy. – Ben Blakemore 

Stormwater 

I have read with interest 

the Environment Canterbury 

suggestions of what we ought 

to do to be a ‘stormwater 

superhero’. Some years ago our 

mayor talked about the issue of 

copper-free brake pads. 

Surely both ECan and the city 

council have lobbied their body 

Local Government NZ and the 

government to ban brake pads 

new platform that enables 

local businesses to support 

the Foundation as it moves 

beyond the set-up phase we 

have supported through the 

city council. This is one of 

the innovative ways that the 

that have copper in them. If 

not, why not? The rest of it we 

can all take responsibility to 

do. – Bronwen Summers, 

Waltham 

Stadium 

The answer to the problem of 

building the stadium is to invite 

the Chinese Government to 

build it for us. 

No doubt it would be built 

very quickly on budget, no or 

very little cost to ratepayers and 

would be commercially viable. 

Users pay. – Ray O’Rourke, 

Casebrook 

foundation has adopted to make 

itself independent. 

I came away from the talk 

grateful that we had committed 

to doing so, and secondly, determined 

to visit Tīrama Mai this 

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I am told that people literally 

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they were still buzzing when I 

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GARDENING 

Try nemesia 

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lot of colour 

IF YOU HAVE an area in your 

garden you’d like to blanket with 

colour, then nemesia is the plant 

for you. 

It is a lovely small bedding 

plant that can be used for edging, 

in borders and as a ground cover 

and, in the right conditions, will 

produce so many flowers it’s hard 

to see the greenery. 

Growing to a height of around 

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including orange, white, red and 

pink. 

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soil is rich and moist and that 

the plants will be mostly in full 

sun to part shade. Then simply 

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apart from each other. 

Depending on the weather, 

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expect a beautiful array 

of different coloured flowers 

in your chosen garden bed or 

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JUNE OFTEN brings the start 

of rain and there is always cold 

weather, but there is still plenty to 

do in the garden such as pruning 

and planting trees. 

Here are some top tasks to keep 

you busy and warm. 

Now is the time to start planting 

any pip and stone fruit trees. 

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Consider your planting areas 

carefully, making sure your young 

tree has full exposure to the sun 

and is sheltered from strong prevailing 

winds. 

For existing pip and stone fruit 

trees, you can now begin pruning. 

Try to keep the tree height under 

three metres to allow for easier 

harvesting and netting of trees 

where birds are a problem. 

June is also a safe time to plant 

new ornamental trees and shrubs. 

Planting technique is important 

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in both climatic extremes for 

example wet winters and hot dry 

summers. Also incorporate plenty 

of compost into the soil when 

planting new specimens. Spread 

compost around existing trees 

and shrubs to give them a boost. 

Continue to keep sowing and 

planting winter veges such as 

broccoli, cabbage cauliflower, 

peas and spinach to ensure a 

continuous supply. 

Protect empty garden beds by 

sowing green manure crops for 

example lupins. They protect the 


Prepare for spring planting 

top soil from wind and water erosion 

and add organic matter back 

to the soil when dug in. Wait till 

they are about 15-20cm high then 

chop up with a spade as you dig 

them back into the soil. 

Prune roses when all the leaves 

have fallen and apply a winter 

clean up spray of copper oxychloride 

or lime sulphur after 

pruning. Remove and destroy 

any diseased wood after pruning. 

Replace any rose specimens that 

have not performed adequately or 

were heavily infected with black 

spot or rust during the growing 

season. Choose new varieties 

from catalogues or visit your local 

gardening centre. 

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vegetables, 

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shrubs can be 

planted now. 

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new gardens in your property in 

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is a good idea to monitor future 

garden areas for cold winds and 

excessive moisture, as both conditions 

will influence what you can 

plant in that area. 

Plant new shelter belts and or 

hedges where they are required. 

A lot of vegetables grow 

happily through the cold weather. 

Don’t forget, though, that winter 

is also a good time to leave 

some beds empty so that they 

have a rest. It’s also a good season 

to create some new vege beds. 

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start by constructing an aboveground 

edging. Then fill the 

enclosed bed with manure, 

leaves, straw or grass clippings. 

Leave this alone for a couple of 

months and you’ll have the perfect 

base for your spring plantings. 

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lime encourages biological activity 

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beneficial for most veges. 

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broccoli, cauliflowers and coldloving 

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Christchurch Metro Premier Cup men’s rugby 

P W L D PD Pts 

Sydenham 11 9 2 0 159 46 

New Brighton 11 9 2 0 130 43 

Marist Albion 11 8 3 0 139 43 

Lincoln University 11 8 3 0 243 42 

HSOB 11 7 3 1 125 39 

Linwood 11 7 3 1 101 38 

Shirley 11 5 6 0 -7 27 

Christchurch 11 5 6 0 -25 25 

University 11 4 7 0 -89 22 

Sumner 11 2 9 0 -121 13 

Belfast 11 1 10 0 -407 5 

Burnside 11 0 11 0 -248 2 

Canterbury Rugby League men’s premiership 

P W L D PD Pts 

Linwood Keas 10 10 0 0 335 20 

Halswell Hornets 10 8 2 0 321 16 

MINOR SUCCESS: Sydenham qualified top for the 

Christchurch Metro Premier final series, but are intent to 

celebrating a more significant victory. PHOTO: BILL KING 

SYDENHAM’S team photo 

after finishing the regular 

season as top qualifiers for the 

Christchurch Metro Premier 

finals series was muted, the 

trophy presentation was 

downplayed. 

“I can’t remember what it’s 

called. No one remembers who 

wins that cup,” said head coach 

Ben Rhodes as the squad resets 

for Saturday’s qualifying final 

with Lincoln University. 

While securing home advantage 

and a second life was pleasing, 

Rhodes was more intent on 

Sydenham atoning for a rare loss 

– one of only two in the regular 

season – to Lincoln University. 

“They did a bit of a job on us,” 

Rhodes said, of the 37-20 setback 

on June 11. 

“They’re a very good team 

at taking their opportunities. 

They play fast footy and they are 

coached really well. 

“They’re going to be a massive 

game for us, you’ve got to beat 

them at some stage to keep moving 

forward.” 

The winners of the qualifying 

finals – second seeded New 

Brighton host champions Marist 

Albion in the other top four 

clash – have a week off to prepare 

for the semi-finals; the losers face 

the winner of elimination finals. 

Rhodes was aware top seed 

offered no guarantees – Lincoln 

University led the regular season 

in 2021 but sixth-ranked Marist 

Albion claimed the grand prize. 

Sydenham qualified fourth last 

season and were bounced out by 

Linwood and eventual runnersup 

Burnside. 

“Any of the top eight can do 

the job on the day,” he said. 

Sydenham warmed up for the 

knockout rounds with a 59-7 win 

over Belfast; Lincoln University 

relegated HSOB – 34-28 losers to 

New Brighton – to fifth by beating 

Christchurch 39-8. 

Marist Albion stalwart Rowan 

O’Gorman finally eclipsed former 

Canterbury prop Tala Kele’s 

330 games for the club when he 

started at hooker in the 48-21 

win over Sumner. 

O’Gorman, who earned 

promotion from division two for 

his milestone, justified selection 

with two tries. 

“The boys put on a good performance, 

that’s all we wanted,” 

said O’Gorman, who made his 

senior debut in 2000. 

The elimination finals pit 

HSOB (fifth) against Christchurch 

(eight) and Linwood (sixth) 

play Shirley (seventh) with the 

loser exiting title contention. 

In the eight-team women’s 

premiership competition top 

qualifiers Christchurch retained 

the title by beating University of 

Canterbury 38-25 at Nga Puna 

Wai on Saturday night. 

Christchurch and University 

of Canterbury advanced to the 

decider in contrasting style, with 

the champions swamping High 

School Old Boys 100-5. 

University of Canterbury had 

a tougher outing, edging Lincoln 

University 24-20. 

Lincoln University claimed the 

third and fourth play-off, beating 

HSOB 24-17. 

Football 

Christchurch United sharpshooter 

Daniel Maclennan was 

cast as hero and potential villain 

as the Southern League leaders 

extended their perfect competition 

record in spite of a red card 

for a key goalscorer. 

Maclennan ultimately scored 

the decisive goal on the hour 

mark of a 4-3 cliffhanger at Dunedin 

City Royals last Saturday, 

but he also endured an anxious 

wait on the sidelines after being 

sent off for a studs-up challenge 

with 22 minutes to play. 

The forward was shown a 

straight red for the tackle to take 

some gloss from two goals and 

an assist. 

There was also a seven goal 

thriller in Rolleston, where Selwyn 

United finally celebrated their 

first league win of the season at 

Coastal Spirit’s expense. 

The signs were ominous for 

Selwyn with Jamie Carrodus 

suspended plus Luke Pritchard 

and Aiden Barbour-Ryan in the 

process of transferring to Coastal 

and Cashmere Technical respectively 

but returning veteran Dan 

Ede played a key role after being 

coaxed back into action. 

He scored a 68th minute penalty 

before Luke Jerkovic fired 

home the botched clearance of 

an Ede cross deep in added time 

- from the restart after Cameron 

Rean drilled a free kick to draw 

Coastal level at 3-3. 

The loss continued a tough run 

of results for Coastal, who have 

only one win from 11 games – 

and six draws – to sit sixth. 

In other games, Ferrymead 

Bays extended their unbeaten 

run in the league to six games 

with a 4-0 win over Mosgiel 

Eastern Eagles 10 7 3 0 80 14 

Northern Bulldogs 10 6 4 0 80 12 

Hornby Panthers 10 4 6 0 -6 8 

Riccarton Knights 10 4 6 0 -62 8 

Celebration Lions 10 1 9 0 -148 2 

Papanui Tigers 10 0 10 0 -600 0 

Southern League Football 

P W D L GD Pts 

Christchurch Utd 11 11 0 0 35 33 

Cashmere Technical 11 9 1 1 29 28 

Ferrymead Bays 11 6 2 3 8 20 

Nelson Suburbs 11 6 2 3 5 20 

Dunedin City Royals 11 5 1 5 6 16 

Coastal Spirit 11 1 6 4 -9 9 

Nomads Utd 11 2 3 6 -19 9 

Mosgiel AFC 11 2 2 7 -19 8 

Selwyn United 11 1 4 6 -14 7 

Green Island 11 1 1 9 -22 4 

AFC though a top-two place and 

berth in the National League is 

someway off with Christchurch 

United and Cashmere Technical 

still enjoying a handy advantage. 

Christchurch United lead on 

33 points, followed by Cashmere 

Technical (28), who beat Nelson 

Suburbs 3-1 away. 

Ferrymead Bays, who face 

Christchurch United in Friday 

night’s round opener, and Nelson 

Suburbs complete the top four 

with 20 apiece. 

Christchurch United also has 

an English Cup quarter-final on 

their schedule, they host Selwyn 

United next Tuesday. 

Nomads United were the first 

team to advance to the semifinals 

when they beat Coastal 

Spirit 3-1 last month while 

Ferrymead Bays eliminated 

Halswell United by the same 

margin on June 21. 

FC Twente 11 and holders 

Cashmere Technical complete 

the quarter-final programme 

when they meet on July 19. 

Coastal Spirit SAS can complete 

another perfect Mainland 

Football women’s premiership 

campaign if they beat closest 

rivals Cashmere Technical in 

Saturday’s final round. 

The defending champions 

retained their crown with two 

rounds to spare and are now 

seeking a ninth consecutive 

victory, and retention of the 

Hawkey Shield. 

Rugby League 

Hornby’s Canterbury Rugby 

League premiership defence is 

in danger of ending before the 

play-offs after the Eastern Eagles 

resurgence continued with an 

impressive victory solidifying 

their top-four status. 

After facing a 28-20 deficit early 

in the second half the Eagles 

reeled off five unanswered tries 

to run out comfortable 46-28 

winners to maintain their hold 

on third spot, behind unbeaten 

Linwood and second-placed 

Halswell. 

Weekend match-ups 

Christchurch Metro Premier 

rugby finals series (all Saturday 

2.45pm): 

Qualifying final 1: Sydenham v 

Lincoln University, Sydenham Park; 

Qualifying final 2: New Brighton 

v Marist Albion, Rawhiti Domain; 

Elimination final 1: HSOB v Christchurch, 

Bob Deans Field; elimination 

final 2: Linwood v Shirley, Linfield 

Park; Bottom 4 (9 v 12): University of 

Canterbury v Burnside, Ilam Fields; 

Bottom 4 (10 v 11): Sumner v Belfast, 

St Leonards Square. 

Southern League football round 

11 fixtures: 

Christchurch United v Ferrymead 

Bays, Christchurch Football Centre, 

TRY MACHINE: Halswell 

Hornets second rower Josh 

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after returning from injury. 

Northern Bulldogs occupy 

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weekend. 

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start to beat Celebration Lions 

36-18 at Murphy Park while the 

Hornets opened their new clubrooms 

in style on legends day at 

the Halswell Domain by blanking 

Riccarton Knights 36-0. 

Second rower Josh Everett 

extended his scoring spree after a 

belated start to the season due to 

injury by recording a hat-trick, 

to lift his season tally to nine 

from just three games. 

Massetti Cup frontrunners 

Linwood, last year’s beaten 

grand finalists, moved closer 

to a perfect season by logging a 

66-0 romp over cellar-dwelling 

Papanui. 

The Keas are on track for an 

11th straight win when they 

host Riccarton on Saturday; 

the Bulldogs and Hornets meet 

in the clash of the round in 

Kaiapoi. 

Friday 7pm; Green Island v Selwyn 

United, Sunnyvale 1, Saturday 

12.30pm; Mosgiel AFC v Nelson 

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Royals, Linfield Park, Saturday 2pm; 

Cashmere Technical v Nomads 

United, Garrick Memorial Park, 

Saturday 2.45pm. 

Canterbury Rugby League 

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Hornby Panthers v Celebration 

Lions, Leslie Park; Linwood Keas v 

Riccarton Knights, Linwood Park; 

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The PVC specialist. 

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0274314720 

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RETAIL Person required, 

part time, must be able to 

use an IPhone,, ph 027 227 

3740 

marketing executive 

– part-time permanent, 

Christchurch 

We are looking for a fun-loving, talented, and creative marketing 

executive to join the Allied Press Magazines team for 20 hours per 

week. This is a rare opportunity to be a part of an award-winning 

media company, joining a tight-knit team who work hard but laugh 

even harder. 

Based in Christchurch, this is an incredibly varied and exciting role 

covering all facets of marketing. You will play a part in a diverse 

stable of publications, with subject matters ranging from rugby stars 

to practical gardening advice through to the latest fashion trends. 

The ideal candidate will be: 

• Experienced – Ideally two years’ experience in a marketing role, as 

well as a related qualification. 

• A quick learner - Who is comfortable using MS Office, 

ElasticEmail/MailChimp, Survey Monkey, Wordpress and Meta 

business suite. Basic design and photography skills would also be 

an advantage. 

• Creative – Constantly delivering fresh ideas and keeping on top of 

current trends. 

• Flexible – able to work across multiple projects at once with 

competing demands. 

• Deadline focused – personal time management is crucial in this 

fast-paced environment. 

• Approachable – you will be dealing with all departments from sales 

to editorial, as well as clients and suppliers. 

For more information please see the full advert on 

alliedpress.co.nz/employment 

If this sounds like a role that excites you, we’d love to hear from you! 

Apply now with your cover letter and CV via Seek, or by emailing 

recruitment@alliedpress.co.nz 

Allied Press Limited has proudly been independently owned for 

nearly 160 years. Employing over 1,100 staff and contributors 

across its 15 South Island locations. We operate across multiple 

media platforms (print, on-line, digital) delivering news, information 

and entertainment through our various regional and city publications 

including the Otago Daily Times and The Star. 

Please note you must have the right to work in New Zealand to apply 

for this role. Applicants must be vaccinated against COVID-19.

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 20 2 

co necting you with your neighbourh od 

w.starnews.co.nz 

1 – 3 July 

20 2 


in Cambridge, the talented t enagers 

made a sm oth transition to November, so her progre s has 

development progra me last 

THEY MIGHT not stand out the age group road race national b en remarkable. 

riding to and from sch ol championships in Hokitika. 

“I was talking t one of my 

the roads of New Brighton or Sayers, who lives in Avondale, coaching leagues we were 

Avondale, but Amelia Sykes and ca ped an unbeaten debut season trying to think: ‘Has an under-15 

Shaylah Sayers are already on the as competitive cyclist by securing bike rider ever dominated and 

fas track to su ce sful cycling the under-15 time trial and road won everything the under-15 

car ers. 

race on the West Coast over Anzac women’s grade?’ And for the life 

After dominating thei respective 

categories a the track national title haul to eight. 

in the past 20 years,” said Sayers’ 

w ekend, to b ost her national of us we couldn’ think of anyone 

championships inside Cycling The 13-year-old only joined coach Te ry Gyde. 

New Zealand’s flagship velodrome the Canterbury Track Cycling • Turn to page 5 


DOUBLE TIME: Amelia Sykes defended her under-19 time trial title a the age group road race national championships. 

PHOTO (right): GRANT HA RIS PHOTOGRAPHY 

Jayne and I would like to thank you for the work you’ve done to get us where 

we are today. Bit of a blu rea ly. Every step in the proce s has gone into 

achieving the resul today that exc eded our expectations. The detail and 

profe sionalism has b en on point. Staging, photography, the video along 

with the marketing campaign a leading to a great property to presen to 

the market. These aspects a l se the scene perfectly for the open homes and 

visits leading to today’s outstanding auction result. Quiet nigh tonight but 

sure there wi l be a few celebratory drinks later in the w ek. 

- Jason Sco t & Jayne Lesley Rhodes - 

Phone or text 027 5 7079 

cameron.bailey@harcourts.co.nz 

w.cameronbailey.harcourts.co.nz Licensed Sales Consultant RE A 2 08 

REINZ Residential Salesperson of the Year acro s a l brands in NZ 

No.1 Harcourts Canterbury 2012-2021 

No.1 Harcourts New Zealand 2017-2021 

No.1 Harcourts International 2017-2021 

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 20 2 

- Jason Sco t & Jayne Lesley Rhodes - 



co necting you with your neighbourh od 


w.starnews.co.nz 

REINZ Residential Salesperson of the Year acro s a l brands in NZ 

No.1 Harcourts Canterbury 2012-2021 

No.1 Harcourts New Zealand 2017-2021 

No.1 Harcourts International 2017-2021 

1 – 3 July 

20 2 


in Cambridge, the talented t enagers 

made a sm oth transition to November, so her progre s has 

development progra me last 

the age group road race national b en remarkable. 

championships in Hokitika. 

“I was talking t one of my 

Sayers, who lives in Avondale, coaching leagues we were 

ca ped an unbeaten debut season trying to think: ‘Has an under-15 

as a competitive cyclist by securing bike rider ever dominated and 

the under-15 time trial and road won everything the under-15 

race on the West Coast over Anzac women’s grade?’ And for the life 

w ekend, to b ost her national of us we couldn’ think of anyone 

title haul to eight. 

in the past 20 years,” said Sayers’ 

The 13-year-old only joined coach Te ry Gyde. 

the Canterbury Track Cycling • Turn to page 5 

Waimakariri 

Hurunui 

NORTH CANTERBURY 

Waimakariri 

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Entertainment 

Video Journalist - fixed term 

Christchurch | Full time 

Star Media is seeking an ambitious and adaptable videographer with 

proven reporting skills. This is a full-time position for 1 year fixed term. 

Star Media is a division of Allied Press Limited, which employs over 

450 people on a permanent basis across our 15 sites in the South Island. 

We operate across multiple media platforms (print, online, digital) 

delivering news, information and entertainment through our various 

regional and city publications. 

You’ll be working from our newsroom in Addington, Christchurch, 

producing entertaining and informative video content for Star News 

and its associated regional titles, along with The South Today regional 

news bulletin. 

Your major roles are shooting, scripting, voicing, and editing video 

stories for online and The South Today, so you’ll have a track record of 

visual journalism and/or a recognised qualification. Deadlines can often 

be tight, and you must demonstrate a high level of energy, a passion for 

news, and have the ability to produce compelling and accurate stories 

for our viewers, covering the Canterbury area. 

Candidates should ideally have experience in both Videography as 

well as stills photography. Knowledge of Adobe Premiere Elements or 

similar editing software is also an advantage. 

You’ll be working in conjunction with Star Media reporters and report 

to the Director of Video News, based in Dunedin. However the ability 

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This role includes some evening and weekend work. 

Please send a cover letter and CV by Friday 1 July 2022. 

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DELIVERERS WANTED 

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Are you aged 11 or over? Do you want to join our 

dynamic team and deliver The Star newspaper 

to local homes every Thursday? 

Need 

some extra 

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not get fit 

earning it! 

Driver also wanted! 

• With suitable vehicle. 

• For bulk delivery to 

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• Hours negotiable, early 

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Thursday, May 5, 2022 

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How much Vitamin C? – page 9 

How much Vitamin C? – page 9 

Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper 

If this sounds like you, email your interest along 

with your name, address and phone number to: 

deliveries@alliedpress.co.nz 

Racers set blistering 

pace on two wheels 

THEY MIGHT not stand out 

riding to and from sch ol the roads of New Brighton or 

Avondale, but Amelia Sykes and 

Shaylah Sayers are already on the 

fas track to su ce sful cycling 

car ers. 

After dominating thei respective 

categories a the track national 

championships inside Cycling 

New Zealand’s flagship velodrome 

DOUBLE TIME: Amelia Sykes defended her under-19 time trial title a the age group road race national championships. 

PHOTO (right): GRANT HA RIS PHOTOGRAPHY 

Jayne and I would like to thank you for the work you’ve done to get us where 

we are today. Bit of a blu rea ly. Every step in the proce s has gone into 

achieving the resul today that exc eded our expectations. The detail and 

profe sionalism has b en on point. Staging, photography, the video along 

with marketing campaign a leading to a great property to presen to 

the market. These aspects a l se the scene perfectly for the open homes and 

visits leading to today’s outstanding auction result. Quiet nigh tonight but 

sure there wi l be a few celebratory drinks later in the w ek. 

New perspective 

on life for 

Chris Cairns – page 12 

w.cameronbailey.harcourts.co.nz Licensed Sales Consultant REAA 2 08 

Templeton hints at 

mayoralty bid 


No candidate from 

The People’s Choice 

• By Susan Sandys 

CITY COUNCILLOR Sara Templeton is 

reassessing her previous decision no to 

stand for the mayoralty. 

The Heathcote Ward representative said 

the city needed a future-focused mayor, 

particularly in light of the threat of 

climate change. 

Phil Mauger 

David Meates 

It comes as left-leaning The People’s 

Choice says it wi l not field a candidate. 

The only candidates confirmed a this 

stage are fe low city counci lor 

Phil Mauger, and The Wizard. Former 

health board boss David Meates 

is considering standing. 


BUYING 

OLD AND NEW STAMPS 

COINS, BANKNOTES 

and MEDALS 

Postcards, Militaria 

and Co lectables 

Gold, Silver, Platinum 

and Watches. 

The Wizard 

134A Riccarton Road, 

Opposite Westfield. 

Licensed 2nd Hand Dealers We can come to you if you are unable to travel 

Call 0800 39 24 26 

Racers set blistering 

pace on two wheels 

New perspective 

on life for 

Chris Cairns – page 12 

Templeton hints at 

mayoralty bid 

No candidate from 

The People’s Choice 

• By Susan Sandys 

CITY COUNCILLOR Sara Templeton is 

reassessing her previous decision no to 

stand for the mayoralty. 

The Heathcote Ward representative said 

the city needed a future-focused mayor, 

particularly in light of the threat of 

climate change. 

Phil Mauger 

It comes as left-leaning The People’s 

Choice says it wi l not field a candidate. 

The only candidates confirmed a this 

stage are fe low city counci lor 

Phil Mauger, and The Wizard. Former 

health board boss David Meates 

is considering standing. 


David Meates 

BUYING 

The Wizard 

OLD AND NEW STAMPS 

COINS, BANKNOTES 

and MEDALS 

Postcards, Militaria 

and Co lectables 

Gold, Silver, Platinum 

and Watches. 

FREE 

APPRAISALS! 

134A Riccarton Road, 

Opposite Westfield. 

Licensed 2nd Hand Dealers We can come to you if you are unable to travel 

Call 0800 39 24 26 

FREE 

APPRAISALS! 

or have a large co lection or item. The best prices 

paid for your old co lectables and metals. 

STAMP AND 

POSTCARD FAIR 

The Philatelic Centre 

67 Mandeville Street, 

Riccarton 

Saturday 2nd July 

9am-12pm 

Sellers tables available 

Phone 027 6354 957 

or have a large co lection or item. The best prices 

paid for your old co lectables and metals. 

Call us 

and we’ll 

help you 

place 

your 

classified 

advert 

(with no 

hassles!) 

Nobody knows 

Christchurch 

like a local 

We’re local, 

we’re in 

Christchurch 

and we speak 

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tickets $15/$5+bf humanitix.com or door 

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Sundays hosted by Hannah-Grace & 

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When we decided to sell, Cameron was the logical choice to help us. From our 

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being provided and the council 

1 – 3 July 

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Learning 

through 

bottle 

top 

lids 


connecting you with your neighbourhood 

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CREATIVE: Chris Koch is 

trialling his latest creation 

Liddy Boards at a primary 

school and said it could 

help children who find it 

difficult to concentrate or 

sit still. 

2022 


Road work 

ruled out 

– Yani not 

happy 


WORK ON streets in the east 

not being included in the city 

council’s annual plan made for a 

“pretty frustrating day”, a local 

councillor said. 

Linwood Ward 

councillor Yani 

Johanson said the 

decision to rule out 

his amendment 

to fix roads in the 

east in the annual 

plan “makes no 

sense”. 

The city coun- 

Yani 

Johanson 

WHILE MOST people throw 

away bottle top lids when they’re 

finished with them, one man 

sees the value they hold, 

and collects every lid he 

can get his hands on. 

In Chris Koch’s garage 

at his New Brighton 

home lies around one 

million bottle cap lids, 

waiting to be repurposed into art, 

jewellery or his latest creation, 

Liddy Boards. 

Koch collects bottle lids from 

the community at the New 

Brighton Seaside Market and uses 

them to reduce plastic waste and 

He 

moved to 

New Zealand 

from Germany eight 

years ago with his wife 

raise awareness on how things 

can be recycled. 

Vicky and they started their 

business Poly Lab NZ just before 

Covid hit. 


cil’s annual plan was finalised last 

week, with funding allocated 

to various projects around the 

city. 

Johanson had put forward 

specific streets, which had been 

assessed and costed over the last 

two years as part of the Capital 

Acceleration Fund process, in 

Bromley and North Linwood. 

The streets Johanson had put 

forward were Hay, Jollie and 

Thomas Sts in Bromley, and 

McLean, Norwich, Carnarvon, 

Worcester and Dacre Sts in North 

Linwood. 

However, these were ruled 

out because improvement 

requirements were unable to be 

assessed within the timeframe 

– between the draft amendment 

ON THIS 

WEEKEND! 

meeting – a city council 

spokesperson said. 


What’s on offer this year? 

Whilst our expectations on auction day were high, the result Cameron 

achieved for us blew us away . far beyond what we could have ever hoped. 

We unreservedly recommend using Cameron to sell your property. 

- Roger & Caroline - 



REINZ Residential Salesperson of the Year across a l brands in NZ 

No.1 Harcourts Canterbury 2012-2022 

www.cameronbailey.harcourts.co.nz Licensed Sales Consultant REAA 2008 

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