The Star: August 18, 2022

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2022 

community board Linda 

Stewart has decided not 

to stand this term but isn’t 

ruling out standing in the 

future. She talks to Emily 

Moorhouse about her 

Coastal-Burwood Community 

Board since 2007 when she was first 

Stewart (right) revealed she had 

plans to stand as councillor for the 

Burwood Ward for this upcoming 

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experience being a diving 

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what it was like being chair 

during the earthquakes 

and how at times she has 

felt as though residents in 

her ward were her children 

LINDA STEWART has chaired 

and been a member on the Waitai 

elected but now she is taking a step 

back. 

Maddie’s 

ongoing 

fight for 

health 

term but has since changed her 

mind. 

Instead, she wants to focus on 

her jewellery art business, something 

that she has “picked up and 

dropped” a few times and has plans 

to go overseas for a hip replacement 

operation due to pressure on New 

Zealand’s health system. 

However, she said she will still be 

involved in the community, pushing 

for issues that are importan to her 

such as a community facility for 

the Burwood Ward, reduction or 

abolishment of water rates for sandbased 

suburbs and a better spa at 

Queen Elizabeth II Park. 

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Plea to councillors to defy 

housing intensification laws 

• By Chris Barclay 

RESIDENTS GROUPS across 

Christchurch have banded together 

to implore city councillors to defy 

the Government’s new housing 

intensification laws. 

The plea also extends to outgoing 

Mayor Lianne Dalziel who, 

like the majority of current city 

councillors, has expressed serious 

reservations about the impact 

of a centralised and bi-partisan 

solution to the nationwide housing 

crisis. 

Although The Resource 

Management Amendment Act 

2021 is now law, 15 residents’ 

associations want city councillors 

to at least display a gesture 

of solidarity when housing 

intensification legislation features 

on the agenda for September 8. 

The city council has been 

developing a plan change to 

implement the requirements under 

the National Policy Statement 

on Urban Development and 

amendments to the RMA. 

City councillors will decide 

whether to effectively rubber stamp 

part of the bill, knowing resistance 

will essentially be futile. 

The legislation includes 

Government-directed medium 

density residential standards 

which will apply across the city 

and allow the construction of three 

townhouses of up to three storeys 

each on almost all residential sites. 


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the housing crisis means it will be easier for developers to build 

high density housing in Christchurch, like this townhouse project 

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• By Tina Grumball 

POLICE HAVE located and 

charged a 64-year-old man in 

relation to the alleged hit-and-run 

on Marshland Rd last Friday. 

Just after 8.20pm, a woman 

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Housing intensification: ‘We’re saying 

• From page 1 

Other parts of the city can be 

subject to even higher density 

intensification. 

The residents’ associations 

were also concerned the legislation 

allows six-storey residential 

buildings in precincts designated 

on city council maps as Merivale, 

Sydenham North, Bush Inn, 

Belfast North, Linwood Eastgate, 

North Halswell, Riccarton, 

Hornby, Northlands, Bishopdale, 

Prestons and Barrington. 

Tony Simons, 

chair of the 

Riccarton Bush- 

Kilmarnock 

Residents’ 

Association, 

challenged city 

Tony 

Simons 

councillors to at 

least delay the 

process by not 

voting to “give 

the law effect” next month. 

“Other councils around the 

country have basically rubber 

stamped this and said: ‘There’s 

nothing we can do about it, the 

Government has passed a law, we 

just need to do what we’re told’. 

Sorry guys. 

“What we’re saying to councillors 

is you can vote No,” Simons 

said, acknowledging the Government 

can still override that 

decision. 

“It’s possible the Government 

might bring in a statutory manager 

to manage the process on 

the council’s behalf. 

“Politically that wouldn’t necessarily 

be a bad thing. If councillors 

vote according to their 

conscience and the upshot is the 

Government intervenes then so 

be it,” Simons said. 

City councillors and Dalziel 

were emailed a message from the 

residents’ associations late last 

night, and Simons was hopeful 

they would comply with the bid 

to disrupt the process. 

“It’s a point of principle. You 

can argue it’s symbolic, you can 

argue it’s toothless and it’s not 

going to stop the inevitable,” he 

said. 

“My argument is that’s not the 

point. You stand up to people who 

try to bully you into submission. 

“If you’re all against it, why 

would you vote to be complicit 

in enabling it? September 8 is the 

last chance for the council to at 

least delay the process.” 

Dalziel was unavailable for 

comment yesterday but has 

previously described the bill as “a 

blunt one-size-fits-all approach”. 

City councillors will also 

consider a plan change which 

outlines what the council proposes 

regarding intensification in 

and around commercial centres, 

as well as areas where development 

will be restricted because 

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heritage and character considerations. 

“We might be able to tinker 

around the edges,” said Waimairi 

Ward representative Sam 

MacDonald, before the residents’ 

association delivered their 

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to councillors you can vote no’ 

He agreed with Dalziel that the 

legislation was inflexible. 

“It’s literally one-size-fits-all, 

which is not helpful when you 

have a district plan already. 

“I could live with two-storey. 

Three stories is huge in the suburbs 

and you have no ability to 

really challenge it. 

“We’re not 

getting a say on 

whether we accept 

housing density 

or not, we’re 

getting a say on 

what kind of stuff 

Megan 

Woods 

we can include to 

mitigate some of 

the fallout from 

what the government 

has imposed. 

“We can kick and scream all 

we like, we’ve got to hope at some 

stage either the government or 

opposition go ‘this isn’t good’ 

and back away from it.” 

“What would have been better 

is for the rules to apply, for example, 

within the Four Avenues, 

which would help lift our population 

in the CBD. 

“All you’ll see is more intensification 

in areas where it’s not 

warranted. There’s nothing to 

stop monstrosities going up right 

next door where you’ve got no 

say. I genuinely think it’s going to 

wreck suburbs. 

“I’ve been supportive of the National 

Party and even they agreed 

to this. This cross-party thing 

between Labour and National to 

fix the housing crisis . . . if you 

go back to Economics 101 the 

interest rates are correcting a lot 

of that as we speak.” 

Housing minister Megan 

Woods, the MP for Wigram, 

defended the Government’s 

remedy to the housing crisis, one 

endorsed by the National Party. 

“We know historically that as a 

country we had not been building 

enough homes in the right 

places to meet the needs of New 

Zealanders,” she said. 

“This makes our housing 

unaffordable. This Government 

has come up with a plan that 

includes taking aim at overly 

restrictive council planning rules 

which are sometimes confusing 

and arbitrary, and limit the 

numbers and types of houses we 

can build. 

“These measures support increased 

urban density which will 

enable more houses to be built in 

high demand, highly accessible 

areas. 

“The joint approach of this 

initiative, and why we brought 

the National Party into our plan 

on this was to provide greater 

certainty for developers that the 

rules would not be removed or 

reduced at a later stage.” 

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Medical mishaps and Maddie’s long, 

Maddie Collins has 

faced life threatening 

kidney problems for 14 

years, often hitting the 

headlines in the quest 

for the right donor. Now 

18, Maddie is facing 

a new battle. Tina 

Grumball reports 

TWELVE MONTHS ago, 

Maddie Collins was in 

Christchurch Hospital to have a 

peritoneal dialysis catheter tube 

removed so she could continue 

dialysis at home. 

It was another step to keep her 

alive on her long journey to find 

the right kidney. 

But, like the years of disappointment 

over finding it, the 

straight-forward procedure left 

Maddie ravaged by infection. 

During the procedure, plastic 

tubing was left inside of her, an 

oversight that stalled her transplant 

process. 

Since then, Maddie has been 

rushed to hospital twice to remove 

the pieces. 

This week, The Star caught up 

with Maddie and her mother, 

Sarah Manson, at their West 

Melton home. 

“In hindsight, none of this 

should have happened if they’d 

removed the piece of plastic at 

the very beginning,” Manson 

ONGOING: Maddie Collins has undergone countless 

surgeries in her 18 years, including in December when a 

hole in her stomach was repaired. 

said of the affliction Maddie 

suffered for months. 

In September last year, after 

about five weeks of antibiotics 

that did not work, Maddie was 

ready for surgery to remove the 

infected PD cuff. 

“So they booked her in, she’d 

MISTAKE: Pictured here is the PD catheter tube cuff left 

inside Maddie, which was removed in September last year, 

and the piece of plastic (right) removed in April this year. 

had her sedation, she was about 

to be wheeled into theatre and a 

young vascular-registrar came 

in and said ‘nope, she can’t go to 

theatre’.” 

Maddie was sent home with 

more antibiotics, but returned 

weeks later and was rushed into 

surgery to remove it. 

Fast-forward to April this 

year and Maddie was once 

again rushed to hospital with 

a bulge sticking out of her 

stomach. 

After a CT scan, it was 

discovered they had left another 

piece of plastic which was 

“sitting in a ball of pus”. 

Once removed, they were 

not able to sew her up, leaving 

a “gaping open wound” in her 

abdomen because there was so 

much pus and infection. 

After surgery in April, Manson 

said they left the hospital 

so Maddie could be more 

comfortable at home, but had to 

drive back to hospital every two 

days for “weeks on end.” 

Both infections left Maddie 

feeling anaemic and “really 

unwell,” her mother said. 

In April, “she ended 

up needing to have blood 

transfusions which was 

frustrating because when you 

have a blood transfusion, it 

introduces new antibodies into 

your system, and antibodies 

when you want a transplant 

are a big deal,” Manson recalled. 

Maddie was diagnosed with 

nephrotic syndrome, kidney 

disease, in 2008, but, after she 

did not respond to the typical 

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ongoing search for a suitable kidney 

In 2012, she had her first 

transplant from her father Adam, 

but her body rejected it. 

It also rejected the “miracle” 

kidney she was given in 2018, 

which left her with no kidneys 

after it was removed in 2020. 

Manson has been Maddie’s 

full-time carer, as her other 

daughter, Georgia, has started 

nursing training. 

“The hospital did file a medical 

misadventure,” Manson said. 

However, she said she had 

to chase up the hospital to file 

the claim, then ACC had to 

work through their process of 

accepting it “which took weeks 

and plenty of emails from us”. 

When it was accepted in May, 

ACC cited the treatment injury 

– replacing the classification of 

medical misadventure – as an 

“infected retained foreign body 

of a peritoneal dialysis catheter 

cuff”. 

A Te Whatu Ora Waitaha 

Canterbury spokesperson said “a 

treatment injury claim is a claim 

to ACC to cover an injury caused 

[to] a patient by treatment from a 

Registered Health Professional. 

“In the event of a suspected 

treatment-related injury, our 

approach is to assist the patient 

to access the support they are 

entitled to.” 

Manson said she was left on 

her own to manage the open 

wound, Maddie’s sickness and 

her hemodialysis, until the 

claim enabled some payment for 

rehabilitation, help hours and 

travel costs. 

“Her quality of life has been 

really quite limited, and . . . 

looking back, all of that lethargia 

and tiredness was just all this 

infection building up which 

they’d missed,” Manson said. 

For Manson, keeping Maddie’s 

mental and physical well-being 

high was “top priority,” as well 

as making sure she could 

access as much normalcy as 

possible. 

“It’s hard right now because 

all of her mates are going off to 

university, working, travelling 

overseas and she’s stuck to this 

machine every 48 hours to stay 

alive.” 

They are currently in the 

process of getting Maddie ready 

to be presented to the transplant 

committee again. 

“From there, we’ll know 

whether or not they’re going to 

offer her another transplant or 

if that’s a life on hemodialysis.” 

GOOD DAYS: Maddie hopes to compete in dressage 

competitions nationally, when the family finishes building 

a portable hemodialysis unit in the back of an old truck. 

Right – in 2018. 

Maddie’s continued search for a 

kidney comes as a game-changing 

discovery in kidney transplant 

research was announced by 

Cambridge University. 

Since people with different 

blood types cannot donate to 

each other, researchers there 

were successful in changing three 

donor kidney’s blood types to the 

universal O. 

Their accomplishment could 

have a significant impact on the 

amount of kidneys available for 

those in need. 

On her good days, you can 

find Maddie outdoors, with her 

friends, or riding her ponies. 

She has just been selected to 

attend the Dressage NZ young 

dressage rider camp and hopes to 

compete nationally. 

“It’s really good for her to have 

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‘Not for the faint-hearted’ house sells 

• By Nikki Preston 

A BUNGALOW in need 

of serious renovation or 

demolishing has sold under 

the hammer for $235,000 after 

competitive bidding as house 

prices in the Canterbury region 

continue to hold their own. 

The number of Canterbury 

sales in July fell 29 per cent and 

took seven days longer to sell 

compared to the same time last 

year as people took advantage of 

the school holidays and flocked 

to the sun or the snow. 

But in spite of fewer sales, the 

region’s house prices remained 

steady with a median sales price 

of $678,000 – up 13.6 per cent 

year-on-year, according to the 

latest Real Estate Institute of 

New Zealand figures released 

this week. 

Christchurch’s median sales 

price in July was $660,000, up 10 

per cent year-on-year but down 

5.7% compared with the month 

prior. There were 432 sales in the 

Garden City, a 35 per cent drop 

on the same time last year. 

The original 1920s house on 

Sinclair St, New Brighton, attracted 

14 bids from five bidders 

last week as properties with 

realistic owners continued to sell 

well. 

The home was marketed as not 

being for the “faint-hearted” and 

needed “a little imagination, a lot 

DO UP OR DEMO: The two-bedroom bungalow on Sinclair St, in New Brighton, was sold 

‘as is, where is’. 

PHOTO: NZ HERALD 

of paint and a fair bit of work” 

or, according to the ad, the new 

buyer could demolish the twobedroom 

house 

with a study and 

build their dream 

home on the 

693sqm section. 

Bayleys 

Christchurch 

Barbara 

Johnston 

salesperson Barbara 

Johnston, 

who marketed 

the property, said the neglected 

house hadn’t had any EQC 

repairs carried out on it, but had 

attracted interest from investors 

in Auckland and Wellington as 

well as renovators because it was 

affordable. 

The new owner was a local 

builder who rented on the same 

street and planned to do it up to 

live in. 

One of the reasons Christchurch 

hadn’t seen a big drop 

in prices like other areas was 

because it was more affordable, 

Johnston said. 

“Some people are starting 

to see Christchurch as a little 

gem, some people have said. It’s 

a secret. We’ve got a lovely city 

centre and things are developing 

really beautiful now and I think 

people are seeing that and it’s 

becoming more attractive.” 

She was also marketing a 1950s 

four-bedroom, two-bathroom 

house at 15 Milnebank Rd in Upper 

Riccarton, which had been in 

the same family for 50 years and 

expected it to be snapped up as 

a student rental due to its close 

proximity to the university. 

“As is, where is” properties 

with earthquake damage were 

continuing to be popular with 

two more also selling under the 

hammer at Harcourts Grenadier’s 

auctions. 

A house on Silvester St in 

Woolston sold for $568,000 to 

a developer and another on Mt 

Pleasant Rd with sweeping views 

sold for $487,000. 

Harcourts Grenadier managing 

director Andy Freeman said 

there was usually a lot of interest 

in these properties because they 

were usually a whole lot cheaper 

and some of the damaged 

properties still got similar rental 

income to those that weren’t. 

The damage to the property 

could vary from needing to be 

written-off, while others could be 

easily repaired, he said. 

“There’s still a lot of them out 

there. To be fair, a lot of them 

haven’t been repaired.” 

Last month a two-bedroom 

earthquake-damaged house on 

Celia St in Redcliffs exceeded 

both vendor and agent 

expectations after selling in an 

intense auction for $562,000 – 

more than $70,000 above RV. 

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for 235k after competitive bidding 

A total of 13 of the 15 properties 

sold at Harcourts Grenadier’s 

auction this week, and all were 

under $900,000. The cheapest 

property was a unit on Burdale 

St in Riccarton that went for 

$380,000 and the most expensive 

was on Gammack Drive in 

Halswell, fetching $832,000. 

Bayleys 

Christchurch 

general manager 

of sales Rachel 

Dovey said 

houses were still 

selling well at 

Rachel 

Dovey 

auction and the 

agency had a 60 

per cent auction 

success rate in 

July, which was only 20 per cent 

less than when the market was at 

its peak. 

Dovey said the auction process 

was “helping line-up buyers” and 

even if they didn’t sell on the day 

the majority of properties were 

attracting multiple offers and 

selling within two weeks of being 

called. 

A four-bedroom, one-bathroom 

house on Ashbourne St in 

Burnside had no bidders at auction 

and sold within two weeks 

after being listed for $749,000 

and receiving three offers. 

A three-bedroom, twobathroom 

home on Balgay St in 

Upper Riccarton also passed in 

at auction sold within two weeks 

GOING, GOING: A two-bedroom unit on Burdale St, in Riccarton, fetched $380,000 under the hammer, while a fourbedroom 

home (right) at Milnebank St, in Upper Riccarton, goes to auction on September 1. PHOTOS: NZ HERALD 

after getting four offers. 

“I think the vendors are motivated, 

I think the people coming 

to market are listening and are 

ending up getting a reasonable 

result. I don’t think there’s too 

much stock where people are 

holding out for dream prices, 

I think people are realistic and 

those deals are coming together.” 

House prices were holding 

their own, Dovey said, and they 

had not seen the “extreme drops” 

like other regions. The only major 

shift had been the length of days 

it took to sell a property moving 

from 35 days, which was seven 

days longer than last July. The 

number of properties selling was 

also significantly down. 

“July was terrible. If people 

weren’t in Fiji they were in 

Queenstown. No one was 

around, it was the school 

holidays, it was miserable and the 

borders were open so quite a shift 

in mentality there. But days to 

sell were down seven days – that’s 

a real stretch out – but look on 

Facebook if people aren’t in the 

snow they are in the snow.” 

Properties were also still selling 

well at Harcourts Gold’s at 

auctions this week with six of 

the nine properties getting new 

owners. 

A four-bedroom, two-bathroom 

home on a 1464sqm section 

on Wairakei Rd in Bryndwr sold 

for $1.591m after 40 bids from 

two buyers. 

There were also three buyers 

competing for a property on 

Derby St in St Albans and on 

Chilcombe St in Fendalton. 

The Fendalton 

house sold under 

the hammer for 

$1.442m. 

Najib Real 

Estate managing 

director Nathan 

Najib said while 

Nathan 

Najib 

the market has 

slowed down 

across the board, 

they were still seeing strong 

demand for luxury homes, especially 

from out-of-towners. 

“We still have some national 

buyers who were cashed up 

last year or the start of this 

year and are moving down to 

Christchurch.” 

He said in the last two years 

both ex-pats and people from 

mainly Auckland, Wellington 

and Nelson had been moving 

down and taking advantage of 

the cheaper market. 

Najib recently sold a property 

to a Wellington couple who had 

sold their Wellington house for 

more than $3m and bought a 

380sqm house on a 3000sqm section 

in West Melton for $2.175m. 

“For $2.175m you can get one 

of the nicest houses in Christchurch.” 

Not only had they bought a 

better house, but they had also 

got a better lifestyle and still had 

$1.5m in the bank, he said. 

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Candidate’s campaign leaflet a copy? 


IMITATION IS not necessarily 

the sincerest form of flattery. 

Burwood Ward candidate Kelly 

Barber has been criticised for 

orchestrating a copycat advertising 

campaign, replicating the 

message used successfully 

by a rival in last year’s 

Coastal Ward by-election. 

Barber’s campaign leaflet 

is undeniably similar 

in tone and presentation 

to literature distributed 

by Celeste Donovan, a 

clear winner of October’s 

poll to succeed James 

Daniels, who stood down 

part way through his 

term. 

Barber finished a distant fifth 

behind Donovan when he stood 

under the Labour banner. He is 

now focused on his home ward 

as an independent aligned to 

mayoral candidate and outgoing 

Burwood representative Phil 

Mauger. 

A Burwood resident emailed 

The Star pointing out the common 

threads between the leaflet 

Donovan used for the by-election 

and Barber’s version for the local 

government election. 

“It looks like Kelly has just copied 

it for his own letterbox drop, 

it is a pretty lazy way of creativity,” 

the resident wrote. 

Donovan was initially relaxed 

when realising Barber’s messaging 

struck a chord. 

“I did notice it was so similar, 

it was almost a carbon copy,” 

said Donovan, who is yet to do 

a leaflet drop for her re-election 

campaign. 

“He had been quite complimentary 

of my campaign 

last year and he seemed 

particularly enamoured 

with my leaflet. 

“I had a feeling he might 

use it for inspiration, but 

I didn’t realise it would be 

Kelly quite so similar.” 

Barber Side by side the leaflets 

display the same core values, 

from the opening paragraph. 

Donovan: Kia Ora, I’m Celeste 

Donovan and I’m running to be 

your councillor. 

Barber: Kia Ora, I’m Kelly Barber 

and I’m running to be your 

Independent City Councillor for 

Burwood. 

The parallels continue, with 

Donovan declaring: It’s time for 

a fresh start; Barber agrees: “It’s 

time for change in our city! 

Barber also shares Donovan’s 

attributes. Where she highlights: 

‘Engaged’ ‘Committed’ and ‘Take 

Action’ Barber has bolded: ‘I’m 

Engaged’ ‘I’m Committed’ and ‘I 

Take Action’. 


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Author Bishop takes fifth 

young adult book award 

‘I was initially 

flattered’ 

THE AUTHOR of a book 

described as a taonga for this 

generation and the next has 

taken out the Margaret Mahy 

Book of the Year award for the 

fifth time. 

Gavin Bishop’s book Atua: 

Māori Gods and Heroes 

was praised for its sense of 

magic and the way it validates 

mātauranga and te ao Māori 

truths at the New Zealand Book 

Awards for Children and Young 

Adults. 

Christchurch-based Bishop 

has now been awarded the 

supreme prize more times than 

any other children’s author or 

illustrator - even the award’s 

namesake Margaret Mahy, who 

won it twice. 

Atua also won the Elsie Locke 

Award for Non-Fiction and 

the Russell Clark Award for Illustration. 

Judge convener Pauline 

(Vaeluaga) Smith said Atua is 

an instant classic and a “must 

have” for every New Zealand 

household and library. 

“The book is much more than 

a list of gods and legendary 

heroes – it’s a family tree, presented 

with power and simplicity,” 

she said. 

SUCCESS: Gavin Bishop and his new book Atua: Māori 

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PHOTO: RNZ 

“The text is never overstated, 

with the glory of the illustrations 

as the primary mode of 

storytelling, rewarding the 

reader who closely examines 

them.” 

Bishop was born in Invercargill, 

but moved to Christchurch 

to study at the Canterbury 

University School of Fine Arts 

and graduated with an honours 

degree in painting in 1976. 

He then became an art 

teacher at Te Aratai College, 

formerly Linwood College, 

before moving to Christ’s College, 

when another art teacher 

suggested he write a book for 

children. 

This year’s awards, governed 

by the New Zealand Book 

Awards Trust Te Ohu Tiaki i Te 

Rau Hiringa, attracted a recordbreaking 

199 entries with 28 

titles announced as finalists. 

– RNZ 


While Donovan originally had 

no issue with Barber’s tactic, her 

stance changed yesterday when 

noticing his flyer was shared on 

social media platforms. 

“I was initially flattered but the 

flip side is there is a cost for the 

design and preparation of these 

leaflets and quite a bit of work 

goes into writing content and 

developing a unique style/design 

for my campaign,” she said. 

“So it’s disappointing as I put 

a lot of time, energy and money 

into providing a clear view on 

what I stand for. 

“Now that Kelly is widely promoting 

his leaflet as representing 

his own views and effort, maybe 

Kelly could publicly acknowledge 

he did base his design material 

on mine so at least people know it 

wasn’t the other way around. 

“Perhaps he might want to look 

at what he stands for rather than 

relying on where other people 

are coming from. Being his own 

man, I guess,” said Donovan, 

who added she would not seek a 

contribution towards her costs. 

“I’m not looking for financial 

reimbursement, more recognition 

for his ‘inspiration’,” she said. 

Barber, meanwhile, was 

Celeste Donovan 

unrepentant. 

“I’m certainly capable of 

my own thoughts and no one 

has a mortgage on the English 

language,” he said. 

“I don’t see what difference it 

makes. At the end of the day the 

statements are true and I’m sure 

those words have been used in 

many different flyers. I don’t see 

what the issue is. 

“That’s one of the things we do, 

we look at material and look for 

good ways to express our ideas,” 

he said. 

“It’s petty, to put it mildly. I’m 

not running against her so I don’t 

know why she’d be concerned. I 

think she’s playing politics and I 

don’t want to play.” 

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NEWS 17 

Nuclear research becomes personal 

• By Tina Grumball 

FOR OLIVIA Shimasaki, her 

research into those affected by 

nuclear weapons and testing 

uncovered a personal twist. 

Her grandmother was nineyears-old 

in 1945 when atomic 

bombs were dropped on Japan, 

first on Hiroshima on August 

6 and then Nagasaki three days 

later. 

Living in a village about 

three hours north of Tokyo, 

Shimasaki said her grandmother 

remembered the bombings 

and the “shock to the nation” 

they caused. 

Between 60,000 and 

80,000 people were killed 

immediately in Hiroshima, 

and more than 70,000 were 

killed in the subsequent 

bombing of Nagasaki. 

“I think it would have 

been something people all 

over Japan felt a connection 

to as it happened to their 

citizens and country,” 

Shimasaki said. 

“I’ve been studying specifically 

oral histories associated with 

experiences of nuclear weapons 

and testing and exposure to 

radiation for the past seven years 

now.” 

To further her research, 

she has been picked for an 

internship opportunity with the 

International Atomic Energy 

Agency. 

There were seven women 

globally picked for the 

programme that focuses on 

getting women into the nuclear 

field. 

Shimasaki is the first from 

New Zealand. 

Shimasaki lives and works in 

Christchurch as a part-time 

youth programmes coordinator 

for The Peace 

Foundation, and a youth 

and young adults officer 

for the Society of St 

STUDY: Olivia Shimasaki is pictured here with her Master’s thesis: 

Seventy-Five years on: an ethnographic exploration of oral histories of the 

atomic bombing of Hiroshima. It is open on the photo of the green shirt. 

PHOTO: TINA GRUMBALL 

Vincent De Paul. 

Her interest in the area began 

during a university lecture. 

“This individual came in and 

showed a video on the effects of 

nuclear weapons in the Pacific,” 

she recalled. 

“It was really heavily oral 

history-based, looking at 

individuals who are impacted.” 

That lecture made her question 

why she had never heard about it 

and what she could do for those 

affected. 

“So I went off and I did a lot 

more research.” 

Shimasaki was granted a 

scholarship by the Peace and 

Disarmament Education 

fund to travel to Japan and 

interview Hibakusha, who are 

“people affected by nuclear 

bombs, atomic bombs and 

radiation.” 

“I got to talk with 

these people, around my 

grandparents’ age, and hear 

their oral histories and share 

those with the world,” she said. 

What drove her was trying 

to get their stories out there 

and show others the lasting 

effects, and what others 

can do to support those 

already exposed. 

She also 

interviewed two 

nuclear test 

veterans in New 

Zealand, including 

Roy Sefton and the 

wife of an atomic 

bomb tester. 

“All of the oral histories in 

my thesis I feel are so impactful 

which is why I’m going to do 

this internship and going to 

learn more, and hopefully 

speak out for peace because they 

all have something to contribute 

to the nuclear discussion,” she 

said. 

The internship itself is between 

three months to a year at the 

IAEA, and Shimasaki has been 

placed in the Department of 

Safeguards. 

The department focused on 

education and making sure 

nuclear materials are being used 

in the right way. 

A few years ago, she was one 

of 100 women globally to receive 

the IAEA Marie Sklodowska- 

Curie fellowship and through 

that she was contacted and 

offered the internship to 

continue the research she had 

done. 

“I just hope that we can 

continue to speak out for peace 

and we take the time to listen 

to these people’s stories so that 

we can learn from the past,” 

Shimasaki said. 

“I guess the threat of nuclear 

warfare isn’t new, but the ways 

that we can address it have 

changed.” 

While every story stuck with 

her, Shimasaki said one that 

stuck out was about a green 

shirt; “it seems like the most 

simple thing if you saw it.” 


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‘Powerful, sad stories need to be heard’ 


“I’d seen [the green shirt] in 

the War Memorial Museum 

when I’d visited . . . I thought it 

was such a sad, touching story 

that it was the only item left that 

this family had in remembrance 

of their daughter; they had 

nothing else. 

“The following day, I spoke 

with one of my interviewees 

and it actually turned out that 

that was one of his sisters’ shirt 

and they only found it decades 

later in their mother’s drawer, 

wrapped up really preciously, 

and they had no idea that she’d 

kept that from their sister, and 

that she’d held onto that trauma 

and that loss, up into her old 

age.” 

“There’s really so many 

powerful, sad stories that I 

think just need to be heard,” she 

said. 

Shimasaki noted that all of 

the people she spoke to “have 

made a conscious decision to 

speak out for peace.” 

She recalled a man she 

spoke to that had only attended 

the Hiroshima Memorial 

Museum decades after he was 

exposed to radiation in the 

atomic bombing. 

Now retired, it was after 

reading that hundreds of people 

in the same year at school as 

him had died that he felt an 

“obligation, in a way, to speak 

out for those people that had 

died because they couldn’t do it 

themselves.” 

“[What’s] really inspirational 

is these people, after all these 

years, are still choosing to 

[speak for peace] and wanting 

to spread peace so that they 

know no one ever has to go 

through that again,” she said. 

Shimasaki leaves for the 

internship, in Austria, in 

September and is excited to 

go. 

“I think it’s going to be a 

very exciting challenge and 

a big change for me, but it’s 

something I’m really looking 

forward to going and doing.” 

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• By Natalie Pham 

INTERNING AT Disney World 

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students selected from a pool of 

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Zealand. 

“I have always wanted to get a 

role in Disney, ever since I was a 

little girl,” Haswell said. 

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Having worked part-time in 

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difficult,” she said. “I was being 

myself the whole interview.” 

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in the attractions department, 

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of customer service. 

“I like interacting with people 

and getting to know them,” she 

said. 

“By going to Disney, I would 

get a chance to learn different 

cultures. On top of that, I 

hope people could learn 

more about New 

Zealand too!” 

Her bubbly 

and outgoing 

personality also 

landed her an 

internship 

with The Edge 

radio station 

in year 11. 

Unfortunately, it was cancelled 

due to Covid-19. 

But it was during that 

time Haswell realised 

high school was not 

for her. 

“I entered high 

school like any 

normal [person],” 

she recalled, “but 

then I knew that I 

wanted to pursue 

other things that I 

am passionate for.” 

Haswell left school 

a year later. 

“Looking back 

I don’t have any 

regret,” she 

said. 

THRILLED: Maddison Haswell described the Disney 

internship as ‘a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’. 

THRIVING: Haswell (third from right) with her NZST 

classmates. She will spend six months at Disney World, 

Florida (below). PHOTO: BARBARA ANN SPENGLER 

“I think at the time, I was 

stuck at what I wanted to do 

until I heard about tourism 

school.” 

She then enrolled in the New 

Zealand School of Tourism, 

where she quickly found herself 

leaning towards travel and 

tourism roles. 

“Without the school’s support, 

I don’t think I would have ever 

got this internship,” she said. 

Haswell is scheduled to leave 

for the US next month. 

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LETTERS 


Three Waters not the best way forward 

I FULLY agree with Gerry 

Brownlee where Three Waters is 

concerned (The Star, August 11). 

The “ownership” councils will 

supposedly still have under 

it conforms to no legal definition 

of ownership, and Three Waters 

is pure theft. It’s all part of the 

New World Order, to which 

Jacinda has committed New 

Zealand. This Government needs 

to be voted out, but National is 

likely to be just as bad. I fear for 

the future of New Zealand with 

our current batch of politicians. 

-Michael J. Brathwaite, 

Spreydon 

It is not often that National 

list MP Gerry Brownlee and I 

are on the same page. As far as I 

am concerned, he is right on the 

nail concerning Christchurch 

flooding woes and the new water 

authority. 

Thank you Mr Brownlee. 

-Libby Durey, 

Bishopdale 

Housing 

intensification 

The article (July 28) about 

the expansion of the so-called 

affordable housing in the 

suburbs, and the kick-back by 

Tony Simons from the Riccarton 

Bush - Kilmarnock Residents’ 

Association is long overdue. 

The developments are being 

pushed by Labour, National 

RESPONSE: National List MP Gerry Brownlee’s take on Three Waters last week resonated, 

as did a tribute to the late John Butcher, who recently died of Covid-19. 

and the Greens. Residents need 

to wake and smell the coffee 

made by the globalist United 

Nations Agenda 2030 with its 

euphemistic 17 “sustainable 

development goals and the 169 

targets”. 

National’s Jim Bolger signed 

us all up to it in 1992 at Rio de 

Janeiro, yet it is non-binding. 

Central government acts as 

though it is binding and the 

Christchurch [City] Council 

then claim that their hands are 

tied and they have to implement 

this hideous “smart city” plan. 

-Peter F Coleman, 

Barrington 

John Butcher 

Your excellent article on the 

late John Butcher highlighted the 

wonderful talents and achievements 

of this quiet achiever. 

One of the areas not mentioned 

in the article was the role 

that John had played in the role 

of darts. He was heavily involved 

in the local and national scene 

for Clubs NZ Darts. 

On the local scene, John played 

for the Christchurch Working 

Men’s Club in the Christchurch 

inter-club competition and had 

a great influence in the administration 

of the Christchurch 

Working Men’s Club Darts Association 

(now called Canterbury 

Combined Chartered Clubs 

Darts Association). 

He was a major influence in 

the establishment of the first 

inter-club South Island tournament 

and the first New Zealand 

tournament and formation of 

what is currently known as the 

Clubs NZ Darts Association 

(initially the NZ Working Men’s 

Clubs Darts Association). 

He held the role of secretary 

to this organisation from its 

formation in 1968 until retiring 

around 1980. Additionally he 

organised the first overseas tour 

for the representative team to 

Australia in 1975, arranging all 

the travel and accommodation. 

Upon his retirement from 

CNZDA he was awarded a 

life membership, which at the 

time was carried by standing 

acclamation. This self-effusing 

man was completely overcome 

by this award even though it was 

thoroughly deserved and never 

in doubt. 

John was deeply respected 

and admired by all of these 

associations and his passing 

is the passing of a legend. For 

me personally, I admired and 

respected him and his work for 

us. 

-Stephen Long, 

President 

Clubs NZ Darts Association 

Bishopdale 

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The Hurunui Garden Festival returns in October 

for the fifth celebration of inspirational 

gardens, coupled with the hospitality of 

their owners, and the people of the Hurunui 

district. There is a bounty of gardens on offer 

to admire and inspire, with some properties 

also hosting events. 

The festival runs from Thursday, October 27 

to Sunday, October 30, and will showcase 25 

private gardens, each of which will open from 

9am to 5pm each day. 

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come on board, to host visitors keen to enjoy 

gardens from Amberley, Hawarden, Waikari 

and Hanmer Springs to Gore Bay, Greta Valley, 

Scargill, Culverden and Rotherham. 

They are arranged in six geographically-based 

clusters making it easy to plan visits to multiple 

gardens. Each cluster has its own detailed map 

in the guide which can be printed from the 

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food outlets. 

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their gardens, despite Mother Nature sending 

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their preparation. 

Gardening guru, Lynda Hallinan, who is also 

an author, broadcaster, journalist, parttime 

farmer, parent and plantaholic, will be 

attending the festival. The former editor of 

the New Zealand Gardener magazine will join 

the festival for a speaking and dinner event 

designed to educate, entertain and inspire. 

To book tickets to the Italian dinner at the 

Hanmer Springs Hotel on Friday, October 28 at 

7pm, go to hurunuigardenfestival.com. 

Julie Atkinson-Dunn, from the home and 

garden website Studiohome.co.nz and author 

of Petal Power and Flowers for Friends, will 

host a series of free talks at the owners of 

three inspiring gardens in this year’s festival. 

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works, sculpture, a photography exhibition, 

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prints, easy listening jazz and even a Christmas 

Grotto. 

A Fossils and Concretions tour, where visitors 

can discover the history and uniqueness of the 

Waipara River, is a guided tour with geologist 

Dr Kate Pedley. 

It runs from 12.30pm, Saturday, October 

29, and Sunday October 30. For bookings 

and more information refer to facebook. 

com/Karetudowns, or contact karen@ 

karetudowns.co.nz. There is also tours of 

some homesteads. 

The event has become popular, with many 

visitors making it a long weekend so they can 

enjoy as many gardens as possible, along with 

the many attractions the district has on offer. 

♦ It costs $10 to visit each property, payable 

on the day as you enter. School aged children, 

accompanied by an adult, are free. Please 

have cash available. 

The website shop - hurunuigardenfestival.com 

- is open for on line ticket sales until August 

31. Some gardens may have an extra charge 

for events which can be accessed in the guide.


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OPINION 

MODEL: The competitive public transport tendering system that forced 

the selling of Red Bus is coming to an end. 

New framework for 

transportation great 

news for the city 

I DON’T know how many 

times I have written an 

opinion piece about the 

need for us to have a fully 

integrated public and 

active transport system, 

but finally this week the 

Minister of Transport 

announced the operating 

model that has been the 

barrier to achieving this is 

to go. 

The Star readers may 

recall that I have worked 

hard to get successive 

governments to address 

this issue over several 

years. It takes so long! 

Even getting a simple 

law change to allow the 

regional council to transfer 

its role in public transport 

to councils took until 

2019. 

However, there was 

no point transferring a 

broken model; it needed 

to be fixed first, and that’s 

what this announcement 

signals. 

The Public Transport 

Operating Model is 

coming to an end, and 

with it the competitive 

tendering system. This 

was why we were forced 

to sell Red Bus when 

we lost all the routes we 

tendered for, leaving only 

the route that had been 

directly negotiated with 

Environment Canterbury. 

If only we knew at the 

time the Government 

would announce a 

Sustainable Public 

Transport Framework 

three years later. 

However, it means we 

should be able to trial new 

models of public transport 

– electric shuttles that can 

be waved down around 

Mayor 

Lianne Dalziel 

the CBD; and Mobilityas-a-Service, 

with an 

app or a dial-up service 

connecting people to rapid 

transit routes, with smart 

technology to prioritise 

the movement of public 

transport. 

These will help make 

getting around the city 

and commuting easy for 

everyone. 

This is great news for 

our city and even though 

it won’t be progressed in 

my time as Mayor, I will 

always remember this 

announcement as a real 

turning point in making 

Greater Christchurch, 

the city of the future 

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ABOUT PEGASUS HEALTH 

Who we are 

Pegasus Health is a charitable organisation committed to 

‘all people living in Canterbury leading healthy lives’ 

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

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

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

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

CANCER RISK PROMPTS DIFFICULT DECISIONS 

Testing positive for a high-risk cancer gene forced 

some tough decisions on Nicola Coom, but also 

ignited a passion for improving the lives of those 

impacted by cancer. 

Nicola was in her early 30s when her mother was 

diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Two other 

close female relatives had already died 

of the disease. Nicola got tested for 

the BRCA (breast cancer) genetic 

mutation, which is passed down 

through families and associated 

with a greatly increased risk of 

developing breast and ovarian 

cancer. 

Nicola says having the 

mutant gene threw her many 

difficult decisions, such as 

whether to have her health 

closely monitored or undergo 

preventative measures such 

having her breasts or ovaries 

removed. 

At the time, Nicola’s mother was 

having treatment for late-stage ovarian 

cancer. 

“I made the decision pretty quickly to have a double 

mastectomy and breast reconstruction using tissue from 

my abdomen. Mum was right there in front of me going 

through chemo so if I could take steps to avoid that, why 

not?” she says. 

Very soon after getting the news she had a BRCA 

mutation, Nicola began researching the subject and 

travelled overseas to hear from international experts. 

She discovered a lack of easily digestible information 

in New Zealand for those impacted by a genetic predisposition 

to cancer, so started a peer-support group 

and foundation called Gift of Knowledge. 

Just months before her scheduled 

mastectomy, Nicola met her now 

husband. The possibility she might in 

future choose to have her ovaries 

removed fast-tracked the fledgling 

couple’s family plans. The pair now 

have three sons, born within a year 

of each other. In 2015, following 

the birth of her third son Nicola 

had her ovaries removed. 

“Your body is forced into 

menopause before it is ready and 

it is not pleasant, but for me the 

positives outweighed the negatives. 

I wanted to be around for my family,” 

says Nicola. Since then, she has 

fostered the growth of Gift of Knowledge 

Foundation and worked as the Executive 

Director of a national mental health trust. 

In July, she took on her ‘dream job’ as Chief Executive of 

the Cancer Society Canterbury – West Coast. 

“When I got the job it was a ‘pinch me’ moment. It was 

an opportunity to use all my professional skills and my 

passion for working towards better outcomes for cancer 

patients,” she says. 

Within weeks of starting the Cancer Society role, Nicola’s 

father was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer and she was 

diagnosed with a basal cell carcinoma on her face which 

she has just had removed. 

“It is not ideal, but I know that we are just one of many 

families receiving this kind of news. It is also a good 

reminder that people can live well with cancer. That 

is why I am so passionate about the work the Cancer 

Society does in supporting people impacted by cancer,” 

Nicola says. 

The BRCA gene 

• All cancer is caused by changes in our genes, 

but many occur by chance or with age. Some people, 

however, develop cancer or are at a high risk of 

developing it because of a genetic susceptibility they 

have inherited. 

• The BRCA gene is an inherited mutation that 

significantly increases the chance of developing 

breast or ovarian cancer. 

• 1 out of every 400-800 people carry a BRCA gene 

mutation. 

• If you have a strong history of breast or ovarian 

cancer, it may be appropriate for your general 

practitioner to refer you to the Genetic Service. 

• A strong family history may include two or more 

close blood relatives on the same side of the family 

with breast or ovarian cancer. 

· If you are referred to genetic services, they will 

discuss and calculate the risk of developing cancer 

and may arrange testing for you and your family. 

PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO IMPROVE CERVICAL 

SCREENING RATES 

Pegasus Health and ScreenSouth recently cemented 

their commitment to supporting general practice 

with their cervical screening work. A Memorandum 

of Understanding was signed by Keiran Horne, the 

ScreenSouth Board Chairperson, and Mark Liddle, 

CEO of Pegasus Health. 

“This partnership just makes so much sense. 

ScreenSouth is founded on partnership and the 

relationship between Pegasus Health and Pacific 

Radiology Group,” says Keiran. 

Over the past couple of years, cervical screening rates 

have fallen as the COVID-19 pandemic saw a shift in 

priorities for both GPs and patients. 

In the last eight months, cervical screening rates in 

Canterbury have dropped from 68% to 66%, far below 

Ministry of Health targets of 80%. 

ScreenSouth General Manager, Louise McCarthy, notes 

that it is a steady downward trend. 

“With the impact of COVID, we have seen the equity gap 

is widening but we have also seen numbers come down 

for women in the total population as well. And that is 

not just Waitaha, Canterbury, but across the country,” 

she says. 

A pilot group of seven Pegasus Health practices has 

been selected to receive targeted help from a kaimahi 

and support worker to help improve their screening 

rates. They were chosen based on the number of priority 

group women, cervical screening rates and the rates 

for claiming funded screens. These practices were seen 

as those that could benefit the most from a targeted 

approach. 

“It is about our teams working collectively and using 

the resources we have, to achieve the best outcomes. 

Pegasus are providing the kaimahi, ScreenSouth will 

provide the support worker and then we have got data 

and health promotion teams that can reach in and 

provide support,” says Louise. 

Director of Hauora Maori and Equity, Irihapeti Mahuika 

shared a whakatauki at the signing that reflects the 

importance of this partnership. 

Ehara tāku toa i te toa takitahi, 

engari he toa takitini 

My strength is not as an individual, 

but as a collective. 

NEW CANTERBURY 

CANCER FACILITY 

OPENING IN 2023 

A new building to house the Cancer Society’s 

Christchurch-based patient accommodation and 

support services is due to be completed in early 2023. 

Chief Executive of the Cancer Society Canterbury – West 

Coast, Nicola Coom, says the facility is planned to cater 

for those with all cancers. It will have 50 accommodation 

rooms and be available for people with cancer 

from around the South Island who need to come to 

Christchurch Hospital for treatment. 

“It’s very exciting to be involved in this project as it is our 

aim for it to become a centre of innovation for cancer 

support for the people of Canterbury and the South 

Island,” she says. 

Nicola and the team aim to expand the services offered 

from the new centre to include therapeutic cancer 

services such as lymphatic drainage massage, counselling 

and more. 

The facility in Langdons Rd, Papanui will replace its 

facilities destroyed by the Christchurch 

earthquakes. 

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in your community at pegasus.health.nz

Biggest ever recorded 

jump in weekly earnings 

as median NZ wages rise 

A KEY MEASURE of Kiwi wages 

and salaries has shot up by its 

largest margin since records 

started 24 years ago. 

Stats NZ data released yesterday 

showed median weekly 

earnings from wages and salaries 

rose 8.8 per cent in the year to 

June 30. 

In spite of the big increase, a 

trade union confederation said 

women were still suffering from a 

major pay gap. 

According to the income survey, 

median earnings were now 

$1189. 

Women’s median weekly earnings 

increased by $95 to $1055. 

As with the overall jump, that increase 

was the highest for women 

since the data series started in 

1998. 

The big rise in median weekly 

earnings for women coincided 

with more women working fulltime 

and fewer part-time, labour 

market manager Malak Shafik 

said. 

Self-employed people had 

stagnant incomes, according to 

today’s Stats NZ release. 

In the year to the June 30, 

median weekly income from all 

sources increased by $78, or 10.1 

per cent. 

Median income from wages 

and salaries increased by $96, or 

8.8 per cent. 

Income from government 

transfers increased by $31 million, 

or 8.3 per cent. 

But income for the 

self-employed was flat at $767 a 

week. 

The new wage and income data 

comes at a time of high inflation 

and low unemployment. 

The median wage increase is 

even greater than a major recent 

inflation indicator. 

The Stats NZ quarterly Consumer 

Price Index for the three 

months to June 30 rose 7.3 per 

cent. 

That was the highest CPI increase 

since 1990. 

The Council of Trade Unions 

said nowhere near enough progress 

had been made closing the 

gender pay gap. 

Last year the CTU said women 

started working effectively for 

free on November 22, 2021, 

if their lower incomes were 

compared to what men earned 

annually. 

The CTU said this year the data 

showed that day only moved to 

November 23. 

“The overall gender pay gap 

has stubbornly persisted across 

the past decade,” the CTU said 

yesterday. – NZ Herald 


Flexibility the key to business 

at the Air Force Museum 

THERE’S A saying in the air 

force that flexibility is the key to 

air power; this is certainly the 

philosophy driving business at 

the Air Force Museum of New 

Zealand. 

Museums are by nature not-forprofit 

entities, morally bound to 

make their collection and spaces 

as freely accessible as possible. In 

order to achieve this, however, a 

certain flexibility is essential. 

Located at the former Wigram 

air base, the Air Force Museum 

is the national museum for the 

Royal New Zealand Air Force. It 

is a registered charity, operated 

in partnership between the New 

Zealand Defence Force and a 

board of trustees. 

While the defence force covers 

operational costs, the board is responsible 

for generating sufficient 

revenue to ensure our air force’s 

history is preserved and shared in 

the context of an accessible, world 

class visitor attraction. 

It’s a model that works. The museum 

has been hosting corporate 

events in its spaces for most of its 

35-year history. This income has 

enabled both free admission and 

free education programmes, as 

well as helping fund collections 

care, exhibitions, and other visitor 

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While it is the large events 

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30 

SPORT 


Coach sympathetic after semi-final win 


AS JUBILANT St Bede’s College 

1st XV players were enveloped 

by fellow students, family and 

friends, head coach Daniel 

Winchester distanced himself, 

and felt for the vanquished. 

In stark contrast to the winners 

of Christchurch’s Miles Toyota 

Championship semi-final, St 

Thomas of Canterbury College’s 

squad were forlorn in the middle 

of their No 1 field. 

Having qualified for the competition’s 

trophy semi-finals for 

the first time, the top seeds were 

a win away from hosting defending 

champion Nelson College, 

who pipped Christchurch Boys’ 

High School 27-24 earlier last 

Saturday. 

Instead, they suffered a 20-15 

defeat to the team which ended 

their play-off aspirations in the 

last minute of their final regular 

season round clash in 2021. 

St Bede’s duly qualified top 12 

months ago, but were knocked 

out by Christ’s College, who 

snuck in fourth. 

“We finished 

top of the table 

last year and 

lost our semi. 

We were in 

their position, 

went in hot favourites 

and we 

Daniel 

Winchester 

didn’t perform, 

didn’t manage 

the game. 

Rugby’s about learning lessons,” 

Winchester said. 

“I’ve coached this team for 

four years and we’ve lost at this 

stage in the last three, so it’s nice 

to finally get over the line and 

make the final. It’s pretty sweet.” 

St Bede’s were well beaten on 

their previous visit to St Thomas, 

the hosts winning their seasonopener 

31-19 in early May, an 

experience that fortified the underdogs 

for the knockout rounds. 

“The key for us was around 

game management and nullifying 

their big threats,” said 

Winchester, who was promoted 

to head coach last year. 

Threat-wise St Thomas No 8 

Richie Tuipelehake Tupua’ilei 

loomed large but St Bede’s defence 

kept him in check. 

“Every team tries to stop him 

DOWNWARD PRESSURE: St Bede’s College prop Suilasi Faiva reaches out to score in the second half of the Miles Toyota 

Championship 1st XV semi-final with St Thomas of Canterbury College. After winning 20-15 St Bede’s now head to the 

final at Nelson College. 

PHOTOS: CHRIS BARCLAY 

and he generally scores a try a 

game, if not two,” Winchester 

said. “Our whole game was to try 

and stop him. He didn’t get any 

points, which was good for us.” 

Although St Bede’s trailed 10-8 

at the break, goal-kicking wing 

Ben Trillo’s second try broke a 

15-all deadlock before tactical 

kicking by first five-eighth Flynn 

Bainbridge and fullback Cam 

Rawlings helped keep St Thomas 

at bay. 

Winchester sensed his side was 

confident at half-time. 

“Our boys ran to the huddle 

and theirs didn’t. We knew we 

were in a really good spot and 

once we got some ball and played 

some rugby we looked really 

sharp,” he said. 

“We knew if we let them into 

our 22 we’d suffer so it was about 

limiting those chances.” 

Nelson College beat St Bede’s 

22-16 in Christchurch on July 30 

but they head north for Saturday’s 

final in a confident frame 

of mind. 

“That was probably one of our 

poorest performances, but it was 

a really good learning experience,” 

Winchester said. 

“I don’t think we’d be where 

we are now if we didn’t have that 

loss. It gives us great insight into 

what we’re going to get up there. 

It was a good test run for us.” 

Like each of the 13 teams chasing 

the title St Bede’s will experience 

a significant loss of personnel 

this year; St Thomas farewell 

at least a dozen members of their 

squad, hence the devastation at 

full-time. 

“We’re losing a lot of forwards 

… two props, both locks, two 

loose forwards plus both halfbacks, 

a centre and fullback,” 

said Winchester, so motivation 

will not be an issue. 

“Every year you have those 

last-chance Year 13 players. Every 

game’s their last game once 

they get to knockout football.” 

The second-tier plate final will 

be contested between Shirley 

Boys’ High School and Marlborough 

Boys’ College after they 

beat St Andrew’s College (38-36) 

and Timaru Boys’ High School 

(20-10) respectively. 

Football 

Christchurch United will wrap 

up the Southern League with a 

round to spare if they can continue 

their unbeaten campaign 

against closest challengers Cashmere 

Technical on Saturday. 

United, who lead Cashmere 

Technical by three points, have 

already outplayed the other 

National League-bound outfit, 

winning their first outing 4-1 in 

late May. The clear front-runners 

have already nailed down the 

two berths designated for the domestic 

competition so Saturday’s 

highlight of the round has only 

the silverware at stake. 

United and Cashmere Technical 

both recorded eight-goal 

margins last weekend as they 

swept Dunedin-based opposition 

aside as they warmed up for this 

local derby. 

The league’s leading goal scorer, 

Garbhan Coughlan, netted 

five times for Cashmere Technical 

as they trounced Mosgiel 

AFC 8-0 while Eddie Wilkinson 

scored a quartet as United recovered 

from a one-goal deficit to 

hammer Green Island 9-1. 

Cashmere Technical will likely 

have to bridge the gap on United 

at Garrick Memorial Park given 

they both face out of contention 

southern opposition - Dunedin 

City Royals and Mosgiel AFC 

respectively - in the final slate 

of fixtures. At the other end of 

the table, relegation candidate 

Selwyn United lost 3-2 at Dunedin 

City Royals, to stay one 

point adrift of Mosgiel. 

The Rolleston-based club will 

be hoping for a result, or at least 

a point, from their encounter 

with third-ranked Ferrymead 

Bays and hope Coastal Spirit can 

work in their favour when they 

travel to Mosgiel. 

Coastal Spirit SAS underscored 

their dominance of the 

women’s game locally when they 

retained the Reta Fitzpatrick Cup 

with a 6-0 defeat of Universities 

in last Saturday’s final at English 

Park. 

The reigning Mainland Football 

Premier League and inaugural 

Southern League champions 

retained the women’s equivalent 

of the English Cup for a third 

successive year..Whitney Hepburn 

spearheading this triumph 

with a hat-trick. 

It was also their 10th Reta 

Fitzpatrick Cup final victory 

since the trophy replaced the 

Knockout Cup in 2005. 

Hockey 

Carlton Redcliffs and Marist 

advanced to their respective 

finals of Canterbury Hockey’s 

premier league after tight victories 

in the open phase of the 

postseason. 

Top qualifiers Marist were 

close to forcing a shootout in the 

men’s preliminary final at Nga 

Puna Wai but a penalty stroke 

after the hooter flashed wide of 

the goal, giving Carlton Redcliffs 

a 2-1 victory. 

Marist now have a second life 

to make Saturday’s final when 

they take on HSOB/Burnside – 

who eliminated Harewood with 

a 2-1 victory – in tonight’s major 

semi-final at Nga Puna Wai. 

In the women’s competition, 

Marist edged a shootout after a 

goalless clash with Carlton Redcliffs, 

who could only convert 

one of their five opportunities. 

Marist were marginally more 

effective against the Carlton 

Redcliffs goalkeeper, converting 

their first two chances before 

also experiencing some anxious 

moments. 

Carlton Redcliffs, the regular 

season Rosebowl winners, must 

beat Harewood, 2-1 winners 

over HSOB/Burnside to earn 

a rematch with Marist, in a 

clash which plays out after this 

edition’s deadline. 

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Top of the tables 

Southern League Football 

P W D L GD Pts 

Christchurch Utd 16 15 1 0 53 46 

Cashmere Technical 16 14 1 1 57 43 

Ferrymead Bays 16 8 3 5 8 27 

Nelson Suburbs 15 8 3 4 3 27 

Dunedin City Royals 15 8 1 6 10 25 

Coastal Spirit 16 2 7 7 -12 13 

Green Island 16 4 1 11 -32 13 

Nomads Utd 16 3 3 10 -29 12 

Mosgiel AFC 16 2 3 11 -36 9 

Selwyn United 16 1 5 10 -22 8 

Weekend match-ups 

Canterbury Hockey finals series: 

Men’s major semi-final: Marist 

v HSOB/Burnside, Nga Puna Wai, 

Thursday 7.30pm; 3rd v 4th playoff: 

TBC v TBC, Nga Puna Wai, Saturday 

1.30pm; Grand Final: Carlton 

Redcliffs v TBC, Nga Puna Wai, 

Saturday 3pm. 

Women’s major semi-final: 

Harewood v Carlton Redcliffs, Nga 

Puna Wai, Wednesday 7.30pm; 

third v fourth play-off: TBC v TBC, 

venue and time TBC Saturday; fifth 

v sixth play-off: Hornby v Avon, Nga 

Puna Wai, Saturday 3pm; Grand 

Final: Marist v TBC, Nga Puna Wai, 

Saturday 4.30pm. 

Southern League football round 17 

fixtures (all Saturday): 

Nomads United v Nelson 

Suburbs, Tulett Park noon; 

Mosgiel AFC v Coastal Spirit, 

Memorial 1, Saturday 12.30pm; 

Green Island v Dunedin City Royals, 

Sunnyvale 2.45pm; Selwyn United v 

Ferrymead Bays, Foster Park 2.45pm; 

Cashmere Technical v Christchurch 

United, Garrick Memorial Park 

2.45pm.



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MATCH-WINNER: Linwood wing Penitito Ilalio entered 

Canterbury Rugby League premiership grand final folklore with 

his championship-winning try in the dying seconds against 

Hornby. 

CHAMPIONS: The Linwood Keas celebrate their sixth grand final victory in seven 

years by avenging last season’s loss to Hornby in the decider. 

Smiles after epic league final decider 


PENITITO ILALIO had time to 

turn and grin, Linwood’s smiling 

assassin delivered the killer blow 

to Hornby’s hopes of securing 

back-to-back Canterbury Rugby 

League premierships in the 

dying seconds of an epic grand 

final. 

The Panthers were tracking 

to complete their late season 

resurgence in style at Nga Puna 

Wai on Sunday when the Keas 

wing scythed through Hornby’s 

defensive line on halfway before 

wrong-footing fullback Muipu 

Nati and surging to score under 

the crossbar. 

Linwood’s sixth premiership 

in seven seasons was being 

celebrated before potentially 

retirement-bound reserve prop 

Matthew Molioo had the honour 

of slotting the inconsequential 

extras to ice a 34-30 triumph. 

“In the last five minutes I was 

looking at the game, looking 

at the clock and it came down 

to that last set,” said Linwood’s 

third-year head coach Iuma 

Mulitalo. 

“It was unbelievable. Peni 

pulled a rabbit out of the hat.” 

Mulitalo said the cliffhanger 

brought back memories of the 

2018 decider, when prop Alex 

Todd scored to pip Hornby in 

the last two minutes. 

“We went the whole season 

undefeated then too and almost 

choked in the last game but we 

found a way to win. This year’s 

is probably the best one, to score 

in the final play of the game,” he 

said. 

Linwood were never beaten in 

2022, a regular season draw with 

Halswell the only blemish on an 

outstanding record. 

Hornby led 18-6 at halftime 

but Linwood rallied with three 

tries in 11 minutes to build a 

six-point advantage before the 

Panthers struck back through Eti 

Collins and Nati. 

The Panthers had one hand on 

the Pat Smith Trophy until they 

could not grab Ilalio, whose try 

enabled Linwood to avenge last 

season’s grand final defeat to 

their long-term rivals. 

PROPPING UP: Linwood front rower George Faaiva gets the 

Keas on the board with a powerful surge. 

Multialo’s counterpart Jed 

Lawrie said a tight playing group 

had eventually come to terms 

with the devastation. 

“It’s just a moment we missed, 

that’s footy I guess. It’s definitely 

tough, but we’ve had a couple of 

days together which made it a bit 

easier,” he said. 

Hornby had needed a massive 

win over struggling Papanui 

in the final round plus the Linwood/Northern 

Bulldogs result 

to fall their way to claim the final 

play-off berth. 

“After the game we had a big 

huddle in the shed. We were 

at the bottom of the mountain 

most of the year and we nearly 

climbed to the top,” Lawrie said. 

Although Hornby had a handy 

lead at the break, they lost influential 

veteran Corey Lawrie, 

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One more sale for Mazda’s CX-30 

AS A motoring journalist for 

more than 30 years, I’ve long 

wanted to write – ‘I loved the car 

so much I went out and bought 

one.’ 

That has happened, and my 

wife and I are now the proud 

owners of a Mazda CX-30 GTX 

sport utility vehicle, only the second 

time we have bought a brand 

new car, the first being way back 

in 1982. 

Weighing up the CX-30 

against other SUVs of a similar 

ilk was a lengthy process for us, 

we needed to be 100 per cent certain 

the Mazda was the right fit. 

I wasn’t in much doubt though, 

after having driven several since 

its introduction here just on two 

years ago, the CX-30 had already 

made an impression on me with 

its quality of build and, in this day 

and age of soaring fuel costs, relative 

economy. 

This evaluation doesn’t focus on 

the GTX, but on a newcomer to 

the CX-30 range, simply badged 

SP20 Blackout. It, as you would 

guess, has black wheels, black 

grille, black mirror caps, black 

cabin theme with red stitching 

and other discreet highlights. The 

special edition model certainly 

adds depth to the line-up and it is 

priced rather well at just $44,390. 

There are now five CX-30 models, 

front-wheel-drive and all-wheeldrive, 

and sharing between the 

2.5-litre engine and the 2-litre 

mild hybrid driveline that is fitted 

to the Blackout model. 

Let’s get one thing straight, 

Mazda’s mild hybrid system 

isn’t like the hybrid operation 

we know so well in, say, Toyota’s 

Prius; Mazda’s battery system 

works solely on the energy gained 

from braking and deceleration, 

that is called regenerative energy 

and it is stored to power the 

electrical systems and assist the 

engine under acceleration. 

In terms of the mechanicals to 

make this happen, the traditional 

alternator and starter motor have 

been replaced with an integrated 

starter/generator, the benefit of 

all of this is taking the load off the 

petrol engine, thereby saving fuel 

in the process. 

It’s not a new system, some 

premium brands have been using 

regenerative energy for many 

years but not so many mainstream 

models come with it, and 

it is just another way Mazda has 

developed its drivelines so that 

fuel economy has been a major 

manufacturing priority. 

During my time with the 

Blackout model the combined 

cycle fuel usage gauge never went 

higher than 8l/100km, and at 

100km/h the engine merely sips 

fuel at the instantaneous rate 

of 5l/100km, the engine turning 

over at just 1900rpm at that 

speed. Those figures sit well with 

Mazda’s figures of 7l/100km on a 

STRONG LINES: The Mazda CX-30 has a flowing shape 

that also combines with practicality. 

MAZDA CX-30 SP20: Black wheels, grille and mirrors are features of the Blackout edition. 

combined cycle average. 

the car filthy as it was beautifully 

If you think this economy • Price – Mazda CX-30 SP20 presented when I picked it up. 

comes at the expense of power, Blackout, $44,390 

It’s fair to say, though, at all 

then that is not the case. Mazda • Dimensions – Length, speeds the CX-30 is a dream to 

rates the 1998cc unit with 114kW 4395mm; width, 1795mm; drive and it just feels so nice and 

and 200Nm, which are healthy height, 1540mm 

involving from behind the wheel, 

outputs and energy that is useful • Configuration – Fourcylinder, 

four-wheel-drive, pants. I asked my wife to drive for 

and that is the case for all occu- 

right through the rev band, peak 

power developed at 6000rpm and 

maximum torque at 4000rpm. 

If there was one other thing 

that steered me towards the CX- 

1998cc, 114kW, 200Nm, 

six-speed automatic 

• Performance – 

0-100km/h, 9sec 

a feel of the Blackout model and 

during my time as passenger I got 

a good account for the quality of 

build and the level of fitment. 

30 GTX, it is that drive is directed • Fuel usage – 7l/100km While the Blackout edition 

through a traditional six-speed 

doesn’t get all the trimmings 

automatic gearbox and it is similar 

to that of the Blackout model, and it loads up pleasantly when Takami grade models, it satisfies 

gentle firming on the steering that come with the Limited and 

with drive thereafter sent to all turned into a corner. Sport utility with what it does have. Of course, 

four wheels in an on-demand vehicles have become so well nothing has been compromised 

basis. I like transmission simplicity, 

and Mazda’s driveline is well- 

there is quite a bit of height in Mazda range gets a five-star Aus- 

balanced it’s hard to keep in mind in the way of safety, the entire 

proven and reliable. 

the CX-30 (1.5m), but there is tralasian New Car Assessment 

Power is eased gently through little transition of weight over the Program rating. 

the gearing, shifts are smooth suspension. 

I’ve looked at the CX-30 Blackout 

as I would any potential buyer 

and clean while the ratios work On that subject, the fully independent 

front-strut/rear mul- 

heading into a dealership to buy 

fluidly with the power and torque 

characteristics of the engine. The tiple link set-up has spring and a new car, and I came out very 

boost you get when the load is damper rates with definite firming. 

However, that doesn’t come ence. That is something quite new 

impressed with the entire experi- 

taken off the engine through the 

hybrid system is quite noticeable at the cost of occupant comfort, to me, I’m generally looking at 

under acceleration, there is about there is just enough compliance 

to soak up bumps and ruts evaluation, but there’s also a very 

more of a mechanical aspect in an 

an extra 6kW on tap. For the 

record, the CX-30 Blackout will without jolting the in-cabin. The human element as buyers and 

make 100km/h in 9sec and will benefit of that is also the right sales staff discuss options. 

complete a highway overtake (80- amount of firming to promote It must also be mentioned the 

120km/h) in 6.5sec. If you like a controlled behaviour in a corner MazdaCare after sale package of 

constant feel of engine urgency and, of course, that four-wheeldrive 

system is there to glean grip warranty and five-year roadside 

five-year free servicing, five-year 

there is also a sport mode button 

that will constantly liven throttle on all surfaces when required. assistance played an important 

pedal response. 

I didn’t take the evaluation car part in our purchasing decision. 

On the open road the CX-30 off sealed roads, winter in Canterbury 

means roads never dry lot of the worry as I head towards 

That, going forward, takes away a 

cruises quietly and feels fabulous 

from behind the wheel, there is out fully and I didn’t want to get retirement. 

STAFFY 

IAN SMITH 

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jflattery@xtra.co.nz just about anything else 

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67 Mandeville Street, 

Riccarton 

Saturday 20th August 

9am-12pm 

Sellers tables available 

Phone 027 6354 957 

Everyone welcome to 

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A Retreat by JOY COWLEY 

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9.30am to 4.30pm 

@ The McFaddens Centre, 

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Phone Helen 021 133 5132, 

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Resource Management Act 1991 

Christchurch District Plan 

Proposed Private Plan Change 11 – 

Enable residential development at 

254 Fitzgerald Ave, part of 

256 Fitzgerald Ave, and 5 Harvey Tce 

Private Plan Change 11 

This Private Plan Change seeks to enable residential development on 

privately owned sites located on the outer edge of the Specific Purpose 

(Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor) Zone, at 254 Fitzgerald Ave, part of 256 

Fitzgerald Ave, and 5 Harvey Tce. The scope of the plan change is: 

• To add 5 Harvey Tce to a list of private properties in Appendix 13.14.6.2 

that can continue to be used for pre-earthquake activities according to 

the Residential Medium Density Zone rules; and 

• To include 254 and a small part of 256 Fitzgerald Ave in the Edge 

Housing Area overlay to allow redevelopment according to the 

Residential Suburban Density Transition Zone rules; and 

• To add a new Edge Housing Area for 254 and part 256 Fitzgerald Ave to 

Appendix 13.14.6.1 Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor Development Plan; and 

• To restrict vehicle access to the sites to Harvey Tce only, and make any 

other consequential amendments. 

More information 

You can view the proposed Plan Change and other associated information 

on the Council website at https://www.ccc.govt.nz/plan-change-11 , in 

hard copy at the Civic Offices on Hereford Street or at any of the Council’s 

service centres and libraries during normal opening hours. 

Submissions 

Anyone can make a submission on this Plan Change either in writing or 

electronically. Online submissions can be made at 

https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/haveyoursay/show/540 or you can 

download a form, or collect a hard copy form from Civic Offices, Hereford 

Street or from Council service centres and libraries. For details of your 

nearest Service centre or library please visit ccc.govt.nz/contact-us or 

phone 03 941 8999. 

Submissions must be received before 5pm on 

Wednesday, 14 September 2022. 

Process for public participation 

Once all submissions have been received, they will be made publicly 

available. Further submissions will then be invited, allowing certain 

persons and organisations to support or oppose any of the initial 

submissions. 

A hearing will then be held to consider all submissions, and a decision will 

be made following this hearing. Anyone who has made a submission has 

the right to appeal the decision to the Environment Court. 

This Plan Change will have no legal effect until the Council gives 

public notice of its decision on the plan change and matters raised in 

submissions (under Section 9 and Clause 10(5) of the First Schedule of the 

Resource Management Act). 

If you’d like more information, please contact the City Planning Team at 

941-8999 and ask to speak to Anita Hansbury, Policy Planner, about 

Private Plan Change 11 or email us at PlanChange@ccc.govt.nz. 

Mark Stevenson 

Manager Planning 

Infrastructure, Planning and Regulatory Services 


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The Philatelic Centre 

67 Mandeville Street, 

Riccarton 

Saturday 20th August 

9am-12pm 

Sellers tables available 

Phone 027 6354 957



CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL 

SEPTEMBER 2022 MEETINGS 

The next meetings of the Christchurch City Council, Committees, 

Subcommittees, Council Hearings Panels, and Community Boards will be held 

as below: Where stated, the Civic Offices are located at 53 Hereford Street. 

COUNCIL 

Date Time Venue 

8 9.30am Council Chamber, Level 2, Civic Offices 

15 

29 

COMMITTEES 

Date Time Committee and Venue 

1 10am Audit and Risk Management Committee, Civic Offices 

23 2pm 

1 2.30pm Chief Executive Performance and Employment 

Committee, Civic Offices 

5 12.30am Canterbury Waste Joint Committee, Civic Offices 

9 9am Greater Christchurch Partnership, Civic Offices 

9 9.30am Multicultural Committee, Civic Offices 

12 4pm Selwyn-Waihora Zone Committee, Te Waihora Lounge, 

Tai Tapu Community Centre 

20 4pm Banks Peninsula Water Management Zone Committee 

Meeting, Little River Library & Service Centre, SH75, 

Little River 

SUBCOMMITTEES 


19 3pm Insurance Subcommittee, Civic Offices 

19 11am Road Closure Subcommittee, Committee Room 1, 

Civic Offices 

COMMUNITY BOARDS 

Date Time Board 

2 9am Papanui-Innes Community Board, Board Room, 

Papanui Service Centre, Cnr Langdons Road and 

Restell Street, Papanui 

6 5pm Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board, 

20 Horoeka Room, Rārākau: Riccarton Centre, 

199 Clarence Street, Riccarton 

12 10am Banks Peninsula Community Board, 

Akaroa Service Centre, 78 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa 

12 4.30pm Coastal-Burwood Community Board, Board Room, 

Cnr Beresford and Union Streets, New Brighton 

12 4.30pm Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board, 

Board Room, Fendalton Service Centre, Cnr Jeffreys and 

Clyde Roads, Fendalton 

14 8am Spreydon-Cashmere Community Board, Board Room, 

Beckenham Service Centre, 66 Colombo Street, 

Beckenham 

14 4.30pm Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Board, 

Linwood Board Room, 180 Smith Street, Woolston 

HEARINGS PANEL 


1 9am RMA Hearing, Committee Room 2, Civic Offices 

COMMUNITY BOARD COMMITTEES 


1 9am Stanley Park Reserve Management Committee, 

Akaroa Yacht Club, Akaroa 

17 1pm Pigeon Bay Reserve Management Committee Pigeon 

Bay Hall, Wharf Road, Pigeon Bay 

19 5.30pm Duvauchelle Reserves Management Committee, 

Duvauchelle Community Centre, 6039 Christchurch 

Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle 

Copies of the agendas will be available online and to the public at the 

meetings. Members of the public are welcome to attend any of these 

meetings. 

To make a deputation or presentation to a Council, Committee or 

Community Board meeting ring the call centre on 03 941 8999 or email 

info@ccc.govt.nz. 

Information about Alcohol Licensing can be found online at ccc. 

govt.nz/alcohol 

Megan Pearce 

Manager Hearings and Council Support 



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Thursday 18 to Wednesday 24 August 2022 

12 BAR, 342 St Asaph St: Thursday 

7.30pm - The Fox & Raccoon. Friday 7.30pm 

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Winterfest MMXXII feat. Men An Tol; 

Jormungandor; Abyss Crawler Altar of Achlys; 

Bloody Hell; Abhor, tickets at 

cosmicticketing.co.nz. Wednesday 7.30pm - 

Sentimental Shade, free. 

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St: 

Thursday 7pm - Irish round-table songs from 

Chulainn's Dogs feat Adam McGrath and 

friends, free. Friday 6pm - Smoking hot blues 

& New Orleans with Boogie House feat Steve 

Driver, Harry Harrison, Justine Snelgrove, 

Allan Cattermole, & Rob Carpenter, free; 9pm 

- All kinds of everything from funky 8-piece, 

3Kg, free. Saturday 1.30pm - Burnside High 

School Music Performance Showcase, all 

welcome, free; 8pm - Stonking fem-fronted 

rock originals & covers from Moonflower, and 

The Deadlights, free. Sunday 1pm - Open Mic 

Sundays hosted by Myllo and Hannah-Grace, 

instruments provided incl drums, guitar, 

piano, all welcome, free; 8pm - Revolucion 

Latin Dance Nights with DJ Zee, all welcome, 

free. Monday 7pm - Believe It or Not Quiz, 

free. 

BOO'S, 98 Victoria St: Thursday 8pm - 

Wonderland Duo. Friday 8pm - Amber Carly 

Williams; 10.30pm - Mac & TJ. Saturday 8pm 

- Lauren Marsh; 10.30pm - Mr Speaker Duo. 

BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St: 

Thursday 7pm - Believe It or Not Quiz. 

Saturday 3pm - The Meaniez. Sunday 3pm - 

Housie-Bingo. 

CARLTON, 1 Papanui Rd: Friday 8pm - 

Flat City Brotherhood. 

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO, 30 Victoria 

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FHMS; 10.15pm - Rockabella. Saturday 7pm - 

The Porter Duo; 10.15pm - Acoustic Solution. 

CHRISTCHURCH FOLK MUSIC CLUB, 

Irish Society Hall, 29 Domain Tce: 

Sunday 7.30pm - Two's Company. 

FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday 

6pm - Ed's Jazz Club presents Ambush Brass; 

10pm - House of Groove. Friday 5pm - The 

Chemist & the Queen; 8pm - Mirrors; 

11.30pm - Mr Speaker. Saturday 5pm - Nick & 

Dan; 8pm - Sound Sensation; 11.30pm - Black 

& Gold. 

HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd: Saturday 

7pm - SweetAzz. Sunday 3pm - Robbie Drew. 

INTO SPRING FAMILY VARIETY 

CONCERT, Isaac Theatre Royal, 

Gloucester St: Sunday 2pm - Featuring 

Yulia - NZs own Edith Piaf, Fiona 

Pears and her Gypsy violin and the magical 

Southern Cross Irish Dance troupe. There will 

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musicians, some originally from the NZ 

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KAIAPOI CLUB, 113 Raven's Quay: 

Sunday 4th Sept, 3pm - SweetAzz. Friday 9th 

Sept, 7pm - Retro Party with DnD Trio. Friday 

16th Sept 7.30pm - Beatles/ELVIS Tribute. 

LITTLE BROWN JUG, 290 Wairakei Rd: 

Saturday 7pm - Sign of the Firebird. 

MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: Friday 

10.30pm - Keenan's Revenge. Saturday 

10.30pm - Shadow Puppet. 

NEW BRIGHTON CLUB, 202 Marine 

Pde: Saturday 7pm - Speedboat. 

RICHMOND CLUB, 'The Borough', 75 

London St: Friday 6pm - DangerBaby. 

Saturday 7pm - MockingBird. Sunday 3pm - 

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SHARKEY'S BAR, 96 Hoon Hay Rd: 

Saturday 6pm - Karaoke. Sunday 4pm - Open 

Mic. Tuesday 7pm - Karaoke. 

SULLIVANS IRISH PUB, 291 Lincoln Rd: 

Friday 7.30pm - Live music. Saturday - Live 

music. Wednesday 7pm - Willie's Open Mic. 

TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding Ave: Saturday 

8.30pm - Titanic. 

THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Thursday 7pm - 

Quiz. Friday 6pm - Elly Rydge; 10pm - 

Diamond Blue. Saturday 7pm - Stephen 

McDaid; 11pm - HeadRush. Sunday 4pm - 

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THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: Friday 

7.30pm - Open Mic. Saturday 7.30pm - R&H 

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Scizerac; Swarf; Locked In Stasis; Bandemic. 

Doors open at 7:30pm. $10 Entry Fee. 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd: 

Friday 9.30pm - Bite the Bullet. Saturday 

9.30pm - Reckless. Sunday 6pm - Lance Kiwi 

Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm - Quiz. Wednesday 

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eggs florentine 

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pancakes 

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french toast 

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b.l.t. on focaccia 

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10am - 2pm 

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Tuesday 

Parmy Mania 

any Parmy for $18 

Wednesday 

Steak Night 

all steaks 25% off 

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RESTAURANT & CAFÉ 

all day 

english breakfast 

Hash Browns, Sausages, 

Bacon, Eggs, Grilled Tomato, 

toast & spreads 

mince on toast 

Savoury mince served on 

toast topped with 

Poached Eggs. 

bacon & 

mushroom 

served on garlic toasted roll 

with salad or coleslaw & fries 

Kid's brunch menu also available 

The 

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118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn 

Ph 03 342 7150 

www.racecoursehotel.co.nz 

Thursday 

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Quiz 7pm 

Friday 

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Saturday 

Live music 3pm 

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Sunday 

Sunday Roast $15 

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4 Drawer Lowboy $479 

6 Draw Tallboy $699 

King single Headboard $269 

Queen Headboard $319 

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