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Parklands intersection 

• By Natalie Pham 

SAFETY improvements will not 

the Mairehau Rd and Inwoods 

Rd intersection. 

marking, kerb alignment, 

be made at a busy intersection 

in Parklands. 

Waitai Coastal-Burwood 

Community Board members 

debated whether to approve several 

proposed improvements at 

Bu the majority of board 

members opted to maintain the 

status quo, in spite of objections 

voiced by members Celeste 

Donovan and Bebe Frayle. 

City council staff recommended 

changing the lane 

island and road surface. Staff 

also noted the presence of two 

approach lanes added risk for 

pedestrians. 

But community board 

chair Kelly Barber said the 

majority of residents did not 

is to look a the city council’s 

recommendation and listen to 

the community’s feedback,” he 

said. 

The project will now be 

considered in the future city 

council annual or long term 

proposal to merge the two exit 

lanes on Inwoods Rd into one. 

Board member Phil Mauger 

seconded the motion to not 

approve the changes, stating he 

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WHEN THE call went out for 

volunteers to run the Peace 

Train that Yusuf Islam gifted to 

Christchurch after the mosque 

attacks, Andrew Wilson knew 

he had to put his hand up. 

One of his workmates was at 

the mosque when the attacks 

occurred and witnessed the 

shootings. 

“He rang me as he was due 

back to work on a project with 

me, saying there had been an 

event,’’ Wilson recalls. 

“It rocked me to the core – my 

peace-loving friend had been 

through such an ordeal. It took a 

long time for him to recover. He 

lost his best friend and flatmate.’’ 

Wilson did all that he could 

to support his workmate in the 

months that followed. 

When he heard the city 

council was looking for 

volunteers to help run the Peace 

Train, the 55-year-old saw 

another way to show his support 

so he volunteered to train the 

train drivers. 

“I have been involved 

with trains since my earliest 

memories. I have been known, 

accused even, of being obsessed 

with them. It’s not too far from 

the truth.’’ 

He collects model trains, 

has a huge garden railway in 

his backyard, and is railway 

manager at Steam Scene 

McLeans Island. He is also 

involved with the Little River 

Railway Station Trust and a 

member of miniature railway at 

Halswell. 

As a grandfather, Wilson says 

he loves putting a smile on kids’ 

faces and sharing his passion for 

trains with others. His years of 

experience with trains means 

that he knows exactly what it 

takes to be a good train driver. 

“Reasonable fitness, good 

health, a keen eye, a happy 

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‘It rocked me to my core’ 

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ROLLING: The Peace Train on a trial run as it prepares to open to the public on September 

4. Train driver trainer Andrew Wilson is in the green carriage. PHOTO: NEWSLINE 

disposition and a willingness to 

make someone’s day,’’ he said. 

Wilson is part of a team of 40 

volunteers who will be helping 

to run the Peace Train. 

Co-ordinating the volunteers 

is Brendon Eason. His wife, 

Elizabeth, has also volunteered 

to be a driver and conductor. 

“My wife and I saw the article 

about the council seeking 

volunteers and thought it was 

awesome. What a wonderful 

idea to promote unity and 

peace through families in 

Christchurch. This is what we 

believe in and what we support,’’ 

said Eason. 

“We want to bring smiles to 

faces and joy to people’s hearts. 

Even on our training run we had 

a group of older people taking 

photos and their faces told the 

story – they were smiling and 

laughing and they all wanted a 

ride.’’ 

Eason said the Peace Train is 

an amazing gift and he cannot 

wait to take people for a ride 

on it. 

The Al Noor mosque 

Yusuf Islam (previously 

known as Cat Stevens) 

gifted the miniature 

train to Christchurch 

after the 2019 mosque 

attacks on the condition 

it would run in a central 

location and that the 

rides would be free for 

the people of the city. 

The electric battery 

powered train in South 

Hagley Park will have 

its first public run on 

Sunday, September 4, 

and will run from 10am- 

4pm on the first and 

third Sunday of each 

month, apart from June, 

July and August. The 

13-metre long train can 

carry about 16 people 

and is wheelchair 

accessible. 

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No vehicle 

access to 

Ōtākaro 

Avon River 

Corridor for 

whitebaiters 

WHITEBAITERS will no longer 

be allowed to drive vehicles 

through the Ōtākaro Avon River 

Corridor Regeneration Area to 

access the river when the season 

starts on September 1. 

City council head of parks Andrew 

Rutledge said whitebaiters 

can still access the river, but will 

need to walk from public roads to 

their spots. 

“The OARC is becoming increasingly 

popular with recreational 

users, and allowing vehicles to 

operate inside the regeneration area 

where people aren’t expecting them 

creates health and safety 

issues for everyone,” said Rutledge. 

“While the vast majority of 

whitebaiters have used the regeneration 

area responsibly, last year 

we received several complaints 

of vehicles speeding in the area, 

which increased the risks to dogwalkers, 

cyclists and pedestrians.” 

He said the regeneration area 

needed to be a safe public space 

for all users. 

“As such, whitebaiters will always 

be welcome to fish the river 

during the season, but they’ll now 

need to park on the road and walk 

200m-300m to access their spot.” 

Rutledge said whitebaiters can 

still use their vehicles to access 

the river where public roads run 

along the river’s banks, such as 

along Avonside Drive to Kerrs 

Reach and Retreat Rd. 

The previous landowners, Toitū 

Te Whenua/Land Information 

New Zealand, used to lease keys 

to whitebaiters so they could use 

their vehicles to access the river. 

This would no longer happen, 

Rutledge said. 

The Department of 

Conservation has also shortened 

the 2022 whitebait season to 

eight weeks, from September 1 to 

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‘I don’t remember a lot about the 

• By Susan Sandys 

“IT WAS quite emotional really,” 

said Kevin Burney of the day he 

was able to return home. 

“I didn’t think I was ever going 

to; it didn’t look like the mending 

process was moving fast.” 

The 60-year-old suffered burns 

to 70 per cent of his body, when 

a metal drum he was using a 

grinder on in his Darfield driveway 

exploded in flames on April 

2. He was rushed to Christchurch 

in a critical condition, and airlifted 

to Middlemore Hospital in 

Auckland. 

The first four weeks were in 

intensive care, where doctors 

said they had not seen burns as 

severe since those they treated 

from the deadly White Island 

eruption. They did not know 

whether Kevin would survive 

as he battled for his life. One of 

his lungs collapsed, he suffered 

an infection, his heart stopped 

during surgery. 

Kevin’s family were overjoyed 

when he made enough progress 

to be taken out of intensive care, 

moving to the hospital’s specialist 

burns unit on April 30. 

Kevin said he did not remember 

anything from his time in 

intensive care, apart form “very 

vague memories of voices in the 

background”. 

Once in the burns unit, where 

he spent eight weeks, he began to 

focus on taking one day at a time. 

“I didn’t think I was going 

to die, the nurses and doctors 

were very encouraging and very 

supportive. But you didn’t want 

to think too far ahead, because I 

knew I was going to be there for 

four months or something, you 

don’t want to pin your hopes.” 

Sometimes those hopes would 

get dashed – it could feel like one 

step forward and two steps back. 

Skin graft surgeries would get 

postponed as doctors deemed 

he wasn’t quite ready, or other 

patients took priority. 

EXPLOSION: Kevin Burney remembers little of the 

accident that happened while he was grinding this metal 

drum. Now that he’s recovering, being able to sit up and 

do Sudoku puzzles is something he enjoys. 

PHOTOS: SUSAN SANDYS 

Kevin is not sure exactly how 

many skin graft surgeries he 

had, he just knows it’s more 

than five. The surgeries were 

nine-hour marathons involving 

three surgeons, where skin was 

taken from unburned areas of 

his tummy and buttocks, to be 

grafted onto the burned areas of 

his torso, arms, hands, and the 

front and back of his thighs. 

One time one of the hospital 

staff “casually” asked if he had 

a history of any heart trouble, 

which he hadn’t, and told him 

his heart had stopped during 

surgery. They added reassuringly: 

“Don’t worry about it though, we 

have everyone there to help.” 

Kevin said the healing process 

after each skin graft was painful 

to start with, but what he remembers 

most is a “nasty itch” as it 

healed. A radio was his constant 

companion, going softly in the 

background all day and all night. 

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day, just the drum going boom’ 

It was always tuned into the 

Magic station, playing classic 

hits of decades gone by, some of 

which would motivate him to 

move his hands and “boogie” 

along to. 

“Night times were so long, 

because you had been napping 

all day, you would find yourself 

at one, two, three o’clock in 

the morning just watching the 

clock.” 

One of his first goals had 

been to talk again, especially to 

wife Amanda, who was by his 

side each day. A breathing tube 

initially made speech impossible, 

and when this was removed, 

at first he could only talk in a 

whisper. 

“I was really desperate to tell 

her I love her, because she was 

telling me she loved me the 

whole way through.” 

Amanda remembers the moment 

this was finally achieved. 

“He did manage to say it, 

I couldn’t understand him. I 

thought about it – ‘Did you say 

you love me very much?’ He nodded 

his head,” Amanda said. 

As he neared the end of his 

stay at Middlemore, doctors took 

him into surgery and removed 

the last of an array of tubes, including 

catheter and rectal tube. 

“All of a sudden, at that point, 

I felt free. I could get up and go 

to the toilet, and move around,” 

FAMILY: Amanda Burney and son Marcus are happy to 

have husband and dad Kevin home at last. 

Kevin said. 

On June 28, he was transferred 

back to Christchurch, and was 

able to finally return home mid- 

July. 

Today he remembers little of 

the accident itself. In trying to 

mark the drum into three sections 

for garden plant frames, 

he accidentally cut through it. 

The drum had been used to 

store a cleaning chemical called 

isopropyl at his workplace, and it 

appears sparks from the grinder 

ignited fumes. 

“I don’t remember a lot about 

the day, just the drum going 

‘boom,’ seeing a flash of light.” 

He also recalls trying to get 

his shorts and T-shirt off as they 

melted and stuck to his skin. 

All the drama that followed 

– of Amanda, son Marcus and 

neighbours rushing to the scene, 

using a garden hose to cool his 

burns as he stood dazed and 

naked on the decking along side 

the driveway, talking to his rescuers 

– are blissfully absent from 

his memory. 

He said he does not recall feeling 

any pain, something common 

with victims of deep burns 

as nerve endings are destroyed. 

He said he felt “pretty stupid” 

about the accident itself, believing 

in retrospect that he should 

have known better than to use 

a grinder on the drum, while its 

lid was on. 

Today Kevin wears a compression 

suit and compression gloves, 

as his burns and skin grafts continue 

to heal. A physiotherapist 

visits three times a week, focusing 

on getting movement back, a 

district nurse visits twice a week 

to reapply dressings, while Kevin 

visits hospital specialists once a 

week. 

Kevin and Amanda are planning 

to fly to Perth in November, 

with Marcus and daughter Ange, 

to see their other son Eden and 

meet their two grandchildren. 

Kevin said while he had been 

excited about the trip when it 

FIGHT FOR 

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Kevin 

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specialist 

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was booked, which happened to 

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he had since given up hope of going. 

But now that excitement had 

returned, as doctors expected 

his skin would be undergoing 

significant healing in the next 

three months. 

Kevin is also looking forward 

to be getting back to his passion 

of jogging by Christmas, even 

if it is just around the block, 

back to his job as a printer next 

year, and ultimately making a 

full recovery. 

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City councillors put on spot over 

• By Chris Barclay 

A CITY councillor has urged 

colleagues not to rebel against 

the Government’s housing 

crisis solution – even if they 

sympathise with a residents’ 

association campaign railing 

against unfettered development. 

The 16-member city council 

and mayor Lianne Dalziel have 

been lobbied to vote against 

initiating government legislation 

which effectively enables up to 

three three-storey townhouses to 

be built on sections throughout 

Christchurch without resource 

consent. 

Councillors are set to consider 

rubber stamping the measures 

at a meeting on September 8, 

but they were emailed an open 

letter last week from a group of 

16 residents’ associations asking 

them to at least stall the process. 

The Star approached the 16 

city councillors on 

their views regarding 

housing intensification, 

10 provided a response. 

Those who did not 

respond were mayoral 

hopeful Phil Mauger, 

Deputy Mayor Andrew 

Turner, Celeste 

Donovan, Anne 

Galloway, Melanie 

Coker and Catherine Chu. 

Dalziel, who is not seeking 

Jake 

McLellan 

RISING: The Seaview Townhouses being built on the ‘Old School’ site in New Brighton. 

a fourth term in October, 

expressed her concerns at a 

select committee last November 

before the legislation was 

passed, and agreed with 

the residents’ associations 

sentiment. 

“I’ll be responding to 

them with advice we are 

receiving about the legal 

ramifications of what they 

are proposing,” she said. 

Any resistance 

appears futile, with the 

Government able to enforce 

the new measures, a point 

emphasised by Jake McLellan. 

He warned fellow city 

councillors not to jeopardise the 

opportunity to tailor the 

legislation by giving the 

Government cause to 

apply default settings. 

“The Government 

has set up a framework 

that comes into effect 

whether we like it or 

not,” he said. 

“What we have 

the power to do 

is to basically apply it to 

Christchurch. Yes, the law is 

Aaron 

Keown 

the law but you’re able to say: 

‘Here are some special character 

areas we think should be 

worthy of having a special 

dispensation’. 

“It wouldn’t be a good 

idea not to vote for it given 

it is actually softening the 

Government’s plan.” 

Aaron Keown queried 

why some councillors 

could be opposed to 

the policy. “You’ve got 

a number who are hard 

core in favour of walking, biking 

and public transport and yet 

they’re not into intensification. 

Just a wee word for the wise, one 

doesn’t work without the other,” 

he said. 

“Intensification is certainly 

better for the environment, 

businesses, people’s time 

management and for 

affordability of housing. 

It’s just got to be done with 

neighbourhoods, not to 

neighbourhoods.” 

Other councillors contacted by 

The Star would not reveal how 

they would vote. 

Sara Templeton said urban 

intensification was essential for 

all New Zealand cities to address 

housing affordability, 

climate 

change, and to 

protect productive 

soils. 

“The reality is 

we are obliged 

to implement 

the Government 

direction on this 

and if we don’t 

Sara 

Templeton 

approve the current proposal, 

then default settings may apply,” 

she said. 

“This could mean 

intensification everywhere across 

the city without the qualifying 

matters, such as natural hazards 

or character areas that we have 

identified, being able to be 

excluded.” 

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housing rules 

The remainder of the 

councillors who replied to 

The Star had issues with the 

Government’s remedy. 

“I’d favour planning regulations 

being further relaxed in the CBD 

to incentivise higher density 

development there, however, 

residents have 

chosen to live 

in suburban 

areas, specifically 

because they do 

not want a high 

density style of 

Sam 

MacDonald 

Yani 

Johanson 

living. This is 

centralisation 

gone mad,” said 

James Gough. 

Sam MacDonald agreed: “This 

will destroy suburbs and it’s 

counter-intuitive to our goal of 

increasing density and the population 

of the CBD.” 

Yani Johanson 

was “deeply 

concerned” 

about loss of 

sunlight, privacy, 

and amenity, 

such as trees and 

greenery, and did 

not agree with 

Christchurch being 

subject to the 

same measures as Auckland and 

Wellington. 

“Christchurch already has 

plenty of land zoned for housing, 

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and plenty of capacity for higher 

density due to land use planning 

changes brought in postearthquake,” 

he 

said. 

“Housing 

affordability 

dictates we can’t 

deny the need 

for housing 

intensification, 

the key concern 

is how it is 

implemented,” 

Tim 

Scandrett 

said Tim Scandrett who was still 

pondering which way to vote next 

month. 

Mike Davidson did not think 

the Government’s one-size-fits-all 

approach was 

appropriate. 

“A more 

bespoke 

solution 

developed with 

council would 

have created a 

better outcome 

for the city,” he 

said. 

“Infill housing needs to be 

Mike 

Davidson 


focused in areas that have 

good public transport and 

walkable amenities. Increasing 

housing density also needs to be 

accompanied with better tree 

protection, increased tree canopy 

and green spaces.” 

Pauline Cotter said the 

legislation was appropriate 

around 

shopping 

centres with 

good transport 

connections 

and the CBD, 

but should 

not be applied 

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especially when 

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Cotter 

the council is trying to attract 

people to live inside the CBD. 

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•Campaigner fights 


pages 14-15 

• By Tina Grumball 

A REDCLIFFS man has failed 

in his latest bid to make the 

Crown pay for damage to his 

land during the earthquakes 

and fix the cliff wall that still 

threatens his property. 

In a judgement given by 

Justice Kós this week, Kós said 

Steven Young had owned the 

land since 1979 and spent about 

35 years developing it. 

When the February 22, 2011, 

quake struck, more than 30,000 

tonnes of rock and debris fell 

from the cliffs behind him, 

deeming three of five dwellings 

uninhabitable. 

Though the neighbouring 

cliff-top properties were 

acquired by the Crown soon 

after they were red-zoned, 

Young rejected all offers to buy 

his land, even though it was 

red-zoned for the continued 

cliff instability. In 2017, Young 


NEWS 7 

DAMAGED: 

Steven Young 

wants to rebuild 

his Redcliffs 

property after 

the 2011 

earthquake 

caused 30,000 

tonnes of debris 

to rain from 

above. 

Landowner loses 

quake battle 

brought an action against the 

Crown, claiming they had an 

obligation to remove the rockfall 

and remediate the risk. 

Alternatively, he sought an 

award of damages for the value 

of property he lost. 

His claim was dismissed by 

Justice Dunningham, but he 

appealed her decision in front 

of Justices Kós, Cooper and 

Dobson in April. 

They ultimately found that 

the justice did not err in her 

judgement that the Crown was 

not liable for damage done by 

the quakes as it did not own 

the neighbouring properties in 

2010/11. 

Dunningham also did not err 

in ordering Young to pay the 

Crown costs, they found. 

The appeal was dismissed, and 

Young’s application was granted 

to file a further appeal against 

the costs. 

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Antarctic artefacts on their way home 

TWO HISTORIC Antarctic 

artefacts are on their way home 

after more than 60 years and a 

trip around the globe. 

The box of cocoa tins and a 

Shell motor spirits box is an 

unlikely pairing, but one of 

Antarctic significance. 

The items, which were 

both crucial supplies on the 

expeditions during the heroic 

age of Antarctic exploration, are 

now in the hands of Antarctic 

Heritage Trust in Christchurch, 

thanks to former United 

States naval captain Dave 

Baker. 

“With the Antarctic Treaty 

now in place and the excellent 

work of the trust caring for 

these expedition bases, I was 

comfortable in returning the 

items knowing that they will 

be preserved for posterity,” said 

Baker. 

Trust conservation collections 

manager Lizzie Meek said 

it is always an exciting day 

when items are returned to the 

organisation. 

“We know there are still some 

artefacts out there that were 

collected from Antarctica during 

some of the early 1940s-60s 

missions . . . We always welcome 

their return, and have a careful 

process for ensuring they are 

conserved and then located back 

to the expedition bases,” she said. 

The trust cares for five 

expedition bases in Antarctica, 

including those of famous 

explorers Sir Ernest Shackleton 

and Captain Robert Falcon Scott. 

It was when trapped outside in 

a storm in Antarctica during his 

voluntary service in 1956 

that Baker’s story crossed paths 

with those of Shackleton and 

Scott. 

Baker had volunteered to 

become a member of a rescue 

team (naval parachutists, 30 dogs 

and three dog handlers) to be 

stationed at McMurdo Base from 

December 1955-7. 

“Our team made a trip across 

the sea ice from McMurdo to 

Cape Evans. It was intended to 

be an overnight trip, returning to 

the navy’s base at Hut Point the 

following day,” said Baker. 

However, the wind picked 

up, forcing the team to hunker 

down in their tents. On day 

three, Baker and his teammates 

decided to investigate the 

interior of Scott’s Hut ‘partly out 

of curiosity and because they 

might have to shelter there if the 

storm continued much longer’. 

They pried open a window to 

catch a glimpse into a moment 

frozen in time. 

“Below and in front of me was 

a long table. It appeared to have 

been recently used, as there were 

cups, some with frozen cocoa 

in them. Someone unfamiliar 

with the hut’s history might have 

assumed that the occupants 

had stepped out to return any 

minute,” he said. 

The moment Baker refers to 

was the rescue of Shackleton’s 

Ross Sea Party in 1917, who 

boarded their ship the Aurora, 

leaving everything as it was 

found almost 40 years later. 

Baker and his rescue team, 

deeming the hut a ‘sacred space’, 

left the scene as they found it. 

However, while looking for food 

stores outside the hut, Baker 

found the case of Fry’s cocoa and 

a wooden box, labelled ‘Shell 

Motor Spirits & Scott’s Antarctic 

Expedition 1910’. 

Baker was inspired to return 

the artefacts to the Antarctic 

Heritage Trust. 

“They belong to Captain Scott, 

Sir Ernest Shackleton and polar 

history, so they needed to go 

home,” he said. 

Over the last 60 years he has 

used them as exhibits in lectures, 

speaking to tens of thousands 

of people, sharing his Antarctic 

experience with people. 

The artefacts will travel 

back to Scott’s Antarctic hut 

at Cape Evans with the Trust’s 

conservation team who return 

this season for their annual 

monitoring and maintenance 

programme. 

ESSENTIAL ITEMS: Historic artefacts returned to the Antarctic 

Heritage Trust. PHOTO: ANTARCTIC HERITAGE TRUST 

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Right – the interior of 

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Sex worker killer faces deportation 

• By Kurt Bayer 

A “COLD-BLOODED killer” who 

violently strangled a sex worker to death 

will be deported back to South Africa on 

his release from prison. 

Jule Patrick Burns, now aged 47, 

continues to deny murdering Susan ‘Suzie’ 

Sutherland more than 17 years after her 

brutal slaying, it can be revealed. 

Burns was jailed for life with a 

minimum non-parole period of 17 years 

in what was, at the time, one of New 

Zealand’s longest sentences. 

He picked up 36-year-old Sutherland 

for sex from the city’s red-light district of 

Manchester St in April 2005, drove her 

to a vacant inner-city section in the dark, 

and strangled her in an attack described 

by an expert as among the most violent he 

had seen. 

Now, the NZ Herald has revealed the 

South African-born immigrant appeared 

before the Parole Board for the first time 

earlier this year. 

However, even though the board noted 

that Burns will be deported to South 

Africa upon his release from jail, his first 

bid for release was declined. 

The Parole Board said, in a May 

judgement obtained by the Herald, 

that although it did not have detailed 

information about the “extremely violent 

strangulation”, they noted that Burns has, 

and still does, deny the offending. 

When Burns first came to prison, there 

were “a number of aggressive incidents” 

behind bars, but had generally got more 

positive reports, the board heard. 

They were told that Burns can appear 

“entitled” and that he thought he had been 

treated unfairly. 

He has filed a number of unsuccessful 

challenges to his conviction. 

Burns, assessed as low risk of 

reoffending, wants to be released to family 

in South Africa, the board heard. 

But a planned “whānau hui” was 

unable to be fully completed because of 

“connections problems”. 

“We think it vital that does take place, 

so that at least his family in South Africa 

where, ultimately, he is likely to be 

released to, will be aware of his offending 

and the facts that gave rise to a conviction 

for murder,” the Parole Board decision 

says. 

“In the meantime, from our perspective, 

although a low risk he remains an undue 

risk given his conviction for murder and 

our inability to fully understand the 

circumstances of the killing, what drove it, 

and what the background issues were and 

therefore fully understand his risk and 

what rehabilitation might be required to 

address that risk.” 

Burns will come back before the Parole 

Board in December. 

When Burns was sentenced at the 

Christchurch High Court in April 2006, 

Justice John Hansen was convinced 

Sutherland’s killing justified the extended 

minimum non-parole period, which 

can be imposed for murders with a high 

degree of brutality, cruelty, callousness 

or depravity, or where the victim is 

considered vulnerable. 

The sentence was praised by the 

Prostitutes Collective as a strong deterrent 

to anyone with a desire to hurt a sex 

worker. 

The judge said he could not ignore 

the evidence of experienced forensic 

pathologist Dr Martin Sage, who said 

the violence used was at the top end of 

the scale. 

“It spoke volumes of the force and 

strength you used,” Justice Hansen told 

Burns. 

The evidence of people who overheard 

the attack from their beds was “graphic as 

to Ms Sutherland’s last moments”, while 

Crown prosecutor Phil Shamy said it was 

apt to describe Burns as a “cold-blooded 

killer”. 

“This woman was little in stature and 

didn’t stand a chance against this man 

who was standing over her. She was 

particularly vulnerable, as all prostitutes 

who work on the street are to this type of 

offending,” Shamy said. 

Christchurch pimp Kane Wayman, who 

died after an alleged assault at a Mongols 

MC gang pad last New Year’s Day, which 

is subject to an ongoing murder trial at 

the Christchurch High Court, was a key 

witness during Burns’ trial. 

Wayman, the court heard, had been 

acting as a minder for another sex 

worker on Manchester St that night 

and saw Sutherland get into a white 

Honda Prelude – the same car that Burns 

owned. 

– NZ Herald 

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Rapist, murderer fails to get off prison charges 


A CONVICTED murderer and 

rapist has failed in his second 

appeal to get his charges for 

breaking prison rules reviewed. 

Richard Lyall Genge was 

imprisoned for a minimum 

non-parole period of 15 years 

after the fatal attack of 22-yearold 

Anne Maree Ellens in 1994. 

Genge and two others raped 

her before beating her to death 

at Christchurch East School. 

Since he was jailed for Ellens’ 

murder, Genge has frequently 

taken the justice system to court 

over perceived grievances. 

The most recent appeal relates 

to two disciplinary charges for 

breaches of prison rules, one of 

which was for sparring and the 

other for refusing to go back to 

his cell. Visiting justices found 

the charges proven, and Genge’s 

first appeal was dismissed by 

Justice Gendall last year. 

Genge then appealed 

this judgement in front of 

Justice Courtney, Justice 

Collins, and Court of Appeal 

president Justice Cooper. 

In the decision given by 

Courtney this month, she stated 

the sparring charge related to 

an incident in April, 2017, a year 

after Genge had signed a form 

acknowledging the existence 

of a zero-tolerance for violence 

rule. 

Corrections officers at 

Christchurch Men’s Prison 

observed Genge throwing 

punches at another prisoner 

who was wearing jandals on 

each hand and moving his head 

as if to avoid blows. 

Genge was charged with 

misconduct for failing to comply 

with the zero-tolerance policy. 

Though Genge argued 

they were engaged in pads’ 

training – exercising, not 

sparring – Courtney said they 

were satisfied the definition of 

sparring included making the 

motions of boxing as well as 

boxing itself. 

Any ambiguity about the 

sparring rule or unfairness 

in charging Genge was also 

rejected. 

The cell decision relates to an 

incident in July, 2019, when the 

upper level of the centre unit at 

Invercargill Prison lost power 

and prisoners refused to go back 

to their cells when they were 

told to lockdown for the night. 

Many of the inmates did 

slowly return to their cells as 

more staff arrived and warnings 

were given, but Genge took the 

long way back, stopping along 

the way, and waiting outside of 

his cell until an officer directly 

told him to enter. 

He was charged with failing to 

obey an order. 

Genge argued he had been 

blocked by other prisoners, but 

CCTV footage showed he was 

not blocked and could have 

taken a shorter route, Courtney 

said. 

The justices also rejected 

claims Genge had not been 

personally asked to return, he 

had been unfairly charged, and 

the lack of power was in breach 

of United Nations minimum 

standard for the treatment of 

prisoners. 

Both appeals for a judicial 

review of Gendall’s 2021 

decision were also dismissed. 

CONVICTED: Richard Lyall 

Genge was jailed for life after 

the fatal attack on Anne 

Maree Ellens. 

BAD LOOK: Sir William Young was 

appointed to Dubai’s international 

financial court last month but has 

now left the role. PHOTO: NZME 

Judge quits controversial Dubai job 

• By Kurt Bayer 

A RETIRED Christchurch judge 

appointed to a Dubai role quietly 

resigned just weeks into the job 

after mounting pressure from 

human rights campaigners. 

Sir William Young, a former 

Supreme Court judge who 

led the Royal Commission 

of Inquiry into the March 

15, 2019, Christchurch terror 

attack, stepped down less than 

a fortnight after joining Dubai’s 

international financial court. 

Two Irish judges virtually 

sworn in alongside Young on July 

27 to the Dubai International 

Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts 

– the republic’s former chief 

justice, Frank Clarke and former 

High Court president Peter Kelly 

– resigned after pressure from a 

leading politician who said their 

appointments were part of a 

“deliberate strategy by . . . [the] 

regime to use respected former 

judges as a way to legitimise it”. 

Amnesty International claims 

the United Arab Emirates 

Government continues to 

commit serious human rights 

violations, including its courts 

passing death sentences. Young, 

70, who retired from the bench 

of the Supreme Court earlier this 

year after 25 years as a judge, had 

been listed on the DIFC’s website 

as one of its judges, alongside 

high-profile figures from 

England and Wales, Scotland, 

Australia, Malaysia and the 

UAE. 

But his photograph and details 

have vanished from the site. 

After inquiries from the 

Herald, Young confirmed he has 

stepped down. He said he was 

first approached to consider the 

position late last year. 

Young said he was pleased 

to accept the appointment, 

believing that the DIFC 

Courts played a valuable role 

in providing “independent, 

impartial and efficient resolution 

of commercial disputes for those 

who seek redress through them”. 

“They are credited with 

providing a stable legal 

environment, and predictable 

outcomes, in which business can 

be done. Impartial and efficient 

adjudication of commercial 

disputes is in the public interest 

wherever it occurs,” Young said. 

However, criticism over the 

appointments of the Irish judges 

and the “concerns that underlie 

that criticism” made Young 

rethink his decision, he said. 

“Underlying the criticisms are 

issues of perception: How sitting 

as a judge on the DIFC Courts 

may be seen by others. As an 

acting judge in New Zealand, I 

concluded that I could not brush 

aside the possibility of such 

adverse perceptions and any 

controversy they may lead to,” 

he said. 

“I therefore decided to resign 

from the DIFC Courts and did 

so by email to the chief justice of 

the DFIC Courts on August 9.” 

The resignation was received 

with “polite regret”, he said. 

New Zealand’s chief justice 

approved Young holding office 

as a judge of the DIFC Courts 

pursuant to section 142(2) Senior 

Courts Act 2016. 

Section 142(2) of the Senior 

Courts Act provides that if a 

judge is to hold any other office, 

it must be with the approval of 

the chief justice who must be 

satisfied that holding such office 

is consistent with the judge’s 

judicial office in New Zealand. 

The chief justice’s assessment 

was that the appointment was 

consistent with judicial office. 

Human rights activist and 

retired Irish barrister Bill 

Shipsey, who has been outspoken 

in criticising judges for signing 

up to the Dubai jobs, praised 

Young for making a “courageous 

decision” to step down. 

Shipsey wrote in the Irish 

Times earlier this month, asking 

“what were they thinking” given 

what he calls Dubai’s “appalling 

human rights record and the 

conduct of their appointer, the 

ruler of Dubai, Mohammed Al 

Maktoum”. 

Within four days of his 

column, both Irish judges had 

resigned. 

When he stepped down, Kelly 

said in a statement: “I have 

decided to resign from the Court 

of Appeal of the DIFC since, as a 

private citizen, I do not want this 

controversy to disrupt my future 

time in retirement.” 

The DIFC is yet to make any 

public comments around the 

resignations. 

The appointment of highprofile 

respected judges has been 

branded “judge washing”, which 

has been likened to “sports 

washing” – a term popularised 

by Amnesty International to 

describe the use of sports by 

oppressive governments to 

legitimise their regimes and 

distract from their human rights 

abuses. It includes the LIV Golf 

tour – an upstart league backed 

by the Saudi Government to 

compete with the established 

PGA Tour by attracting top 

players with prize purses worth 

tens of millions. 

The NZ Herald understands 

the Dubai court has been 

reluctant to share the oath that 

the judges are required to take. 

And it’s not known how much 

the judges are being paid. 

Young, who graduated 

from Canterbury University 

in 1974 and later gained a 

doctorate from Cambridge 

University, was appointed a 

Queen’s Counsel in 1991. He 

was made a High Court judge in 

1997 before the Court of Appeal 

before becoming a judge of the 

Supreme Court in 2010. 

– NZ Herald

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Bromley woman wins 

battle with city council 

• By Jean Edwards 

A BROMLEY woman has won a 

battle with the city council over 

the cost of two air purifiers she 

bought to cope with the stench 

from the burnt-out wastewater 

treatment plant nearby. 

Vickie Walker 

said she was 

doing a “little 

happy dance on 

the inside” after 

the city council 

Vickie 

Walker 

backed down 

and agreed to 

reimburse her 

$695 ahead of 

a Disputes Tribunal hearing 

scheduled for tomorrow. 

Walker owns two air purifiers 

bought since the rotten stench 

emerged earlier this year to 

help her manage headaches and 

nausea caused by months of 

exposure to sulphurous gases. 

The units also helped Walker 

control the smell while sick at 

home with Covid-19 and in 

isolation from her husband, who 

has a lung disease. 

Walker said the city council 

was not legally obliged to foot 

the bill but staff had shown 

some heart and apologised. 

“It would look pretty 

inhumane to say no to me with 

everything that’s happened. 

I think they’ve used a wee bit 

of humanity and ignored the 

legality, which is nice,” she said. 

“I really needed the air 

purifiers because I had the smell 

of s*** in my house and I just 

couldn’t stand it.” 

Walker said the city council 

initially refused her claim 

on the grounds it would set a 

precedent, but had since taken 

her unique circumstances into 

account. 

That included acknowledging 

an accumulation of odour issues 

from both the wastewater and 

nearby composting plant, her 

home’s proximity to them, the 

effect of the stench on shop 

fabrics stored at home and 

evidence of her expenditure, 

Walker said. 

She said she was still using 

the air purifiers to manage the 

smell and hoped her win would 

encourage others with a strong 

case to make a claim. 

“It’s up to people now to 

make a stand, if they feel strong 

enough, they should go ahead,” 

she said. 

City council infrastructure, 

planning and regulatory 

services general manager Jane 

Davis said staff had agreed to 

reimburse Walker because of 

her special situation. 

– RNZ 

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Fighting against the Government’s 

Tony Simons spent 26 

years with the New 

Zealand Broadcasting 

School and once that 

career wound down 

he found new voice, 

articulating widespread 

community concerns 

about the Government’s 

housing intensification 

policies. Chris Barclay 

reports 

TONY SIMONS wanders down 

memory lane on Harakeke 

St, Riccarton, and pauses to 

reminisce about how much has 

changed – and not for the better, 

in his estimation. 

The majestic magnolia 

dominating the front yard at 

No.16 has been felled, the pre- 

World War 2 era house it shaded 

demolished to accommodate 

what Simons’ cuttingly describes 

as yet another a “sausage flat” 

development. A productionline 

of six duplex townhouses 

running from front to back on 

the section, all of which have 

been sold. 

Simons, who lives nearby on 

the fringes of Riccarton Bush, 

bristles at the term NIMBY 

(Not in My Backyard), with 

one exception: he is happy to 

post on the NIMBY Nature in 

my Backyard – Christchurch 

Facebook page. 

The charity organisation is 

dedicated to creating a better 

Christchurch by growing and 

protecting trees and natural 

spaces for a healthier and 

more climate-ready urban 

environment. 

Until recently, social media was 

his platform to express concern 

at housing intensification in 

the suburb he has called home 

for more than 14 years since 

relocating from Burnside, where 

he still plays social grade tennis. 

Last Thursday he posted 

before and after images of the 

treeless property on Harakeke 

St, lamenting: “We have another 

insight into what Christchurch 

will look like in the future (except 

they’ll be three storeys instead of 

two).” 

About 24 hours earlier he 

emailed city councillors and 

mayor Lianne Dalziel, urging 

them to resist the Government’s 

solution to the housing crisis 

– legislation which effectively 

allows the construction of three 

BEFORE AND AFTER: 16 Harakeke St, Riccarton, before 

(above) and after redevelopment. Riccarton Bush- 

Kilmarnock Resident’s Association chair Tony Simons is 

concerned about the environmental impact of townhouse 

developments like these. 

PHOTO: KAREN CASEY 

townhouses of up to three storeys 

on almost all residential sites in 

the city. 

Simons distributed the open 

letter on behalf of 15 residents’ 

associations, though he and 

the councillors are aware the 

Government can push ahead 

with a policy also backed by 

National. 

A 16th, the St Albans Residents’ 

Association, has subsequently 

joined the campaign. 

Simons, a former head of 

the ARA-based New Zealand 

Broadcasting School, has chaired 

the Riccarton Bush-Kilmarnock 

Residents’ Association for 

five years, an organisation 

established in 1996 to safeguard 

the area from another form of 

intensification. 

Residents were concerned 

commercial development could 

expand north towards the bush 

and its dense stand of kahikatea, 

an enclave gifted to the city by 

the Deans family in 1914. 

“As it happens, it hasn’t really 

done that because Westfield has 

become the centre of commercial 

development,” Simons said. 

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housing intensification policy 

“It’s probably not so much of 

a concern now, but it should be 

because that’s a commercial zone 

and under this policy buildings 

can go 15 or 20 storeys high. 

It’s pretty dramatic what’s been 

proposed.” 

Simons, who 

ended his stint 

with the NZBC 

as part-time head 

of professional 

placements in 

Tony 

Simons 

July, has been 

focused on housing 

intensification 

since he studied 

the implications 

of a 2021 amendment to The 

Resource Management Act and 

the National Policy Statement on 

Urban Development. 

“The catalyst was in July when 

we (residents’ associations) 

realised the entire city was going 

to be three storeys, that gelled us 

into action,” he said, adding he 

was still coming to grips with the 

issue. 

“I’m still learning, every time I 

look at the council maps I think 

I understand what’s happening, 

and then I think ‘I don’t know if 

I’ve got that right’. 

“It’s very difficult for an 

average person to understand. 

They might know what zone 

they’re in, but they don’t 

necessarily know what that 

means. 

“When someone is within 

walking distance of a town 

centre, that means something. It 

means you are in a zone which 

can have six storey buildings 

around you. Most people don’t 

know that.” 

Simons pointed out the 

residents’ associations 

attached to the open letter 

don’t necessarily object to 

intensification if, when and 

where it was warranted but: “We 

definitely object to the way it’s 

being enforced on everybody. 

“We suddenly realised it’s 

going to happen next month 

and we wanted councillors to be 

aware they can say ‘no’ if they 

want to.” 

Councillors can decide to 

effectively rubber stamp the 

legislation at a council meeting 

on September 8, although many 

have expressed reservations. 

The residents’ association urge 

councillors and Dalziel to resist 

on principle. 

“This is a point of action rather 

than words,” said Simons, who 

admitted he had not had any 

definitive support following 

the email, just the occasional 

acknowledgement. 

Simons is obviously concerned 

about what lies close to his 

HOUSING: A recent development at 8 Peverel St, Riccarton. 

backyard. 

“Over the last 20 years there’s 

already been intensification 

around Riccarton Bush as 

properties get broken up and 

houses get built on the back,” he 

said. 

“Every time a tree gets cut 

down that’s one less tree for 

the birds to meet on. You’ve 

got a bush that’s supposedly 

sacrosanct, but we’re quite happy 

to chop down every tree in the 

suburbs around it.” 

Yet, while intent on protecting 

his own environment, Simons 

also fears for the Garden City 

outside the 8011 postcode. 

“We’re trying to protect 

liveability, amenity, privacy, trees 

. . . we’re trying to protect our 

‘Perversely, we argue against sprawl but by intensifying 

the city we actually encourage it’ – Tony Simons 

greenfields out in the suburbs as 

well,” he said. 

“We’ve got residents’ 

associations from all over 

Christchurch. This is not a 

Fendalton, Merivale thing. This 

is Somerfield, this is Hornby, this 

is Westmoreland . . . Dallington. 

“They’ve all agreed the 

Government has no place 

imposing urban planning 

rules on city councils, who are 

supposed to be making these 

decisions themselves.” 

When asked, Simons said he 

had no intention of selling his 

property to a developer, though 

he considered it a fair question. 

“No, but it’s hard not to think 

about,” he said. 

“I don’t think there would be a 

person in Christchurch who isn’t 

thinking: ‘What would I do if 

the place next door was suddenly 

four or five or six storeys?’. 

“Some people would say: 

‘It wouldn’t worry me’. But if 

people do decide to move, if we 

force people to flee the suburbs 

because of the intensification 

going on around them, where are 

they going to go?” Simons said, 

before answering his own query. 

“Where they’re going to go is 

Lincoln or Prebbleton, or Ohoka. 

That’s exactly what we don’t want 

happening because we’re trying 

to save that farm land, we’re 

trying to preserve it. 

“Perversely, we argue against 

sprawl but by intensifying the 

city we actually encourage it. A 

lot more thought should have 

gone into this before someone in 

Wellington drafted this policy.” 

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24 Hour Swim 

500KM: 

City council 

lifeguard 

supervisor 

Martin Martinez 

D’Orso has 

organised the 

challenge, to 

raise money for 

St John. 

A TEAM of lifeguards is 

planning to raise funds for 

St John by swimming 500 

kilometres – slightly more 

than the distance between 

Christchurch and Queenstown – 

in just 24 hours. 

The 24-Hour Swim Challenge 

is the initiative of city council 

lifeguard supervisor Martin Martinez 

D’Orso, who has organised 

similar events in Queenstown. 

City council lifeguards will 

spearhead the challenge, which 

will take place from midday 

Saturday, September 3 until midday 

Sunday, September 4 at the 

Graham Condon Recreation and 

Sport Centre, in Papanui. 

A number of groups that regularly 

use the pools have also been 

invited to participate. 

The pool will be open for 

general public admission, but a 

couple of lanes will be set aside 

specifically for swimmers taking 

part in the challenge. 

“Anyone can participate in the 

challenge and there’s no minimum 

amount of laps that you 

need to complete. Every lap that 

is swam will get us a step closer 

to our goal of swimming at least 

20,000 laps of the pool – or about 

500 kilometres – in 24 hours,’’ 

Martinez D’Orso said. 

Overnight, it will be up to 

Martinez D’Orso and the other 

lifeguards to keep the challenge 

on track by taking turns swimming 

laps of the pool. 

People can support the 

24-Hour Swim Challenge by 

donating money through the 

Givealittle page that has been set 

up or by coming along on the day 

and making a cash donation. 

“Our goal is to raise $5000 to 

support Hato Hone St John South 

Island because as lifeguards we 

really value the life-saving work 

they do. They are always there to 

help,’’ Martinez D’Orso said. 

• Groups wanting to help 

with the 24-Hour Swim 

Challenge should email 

martin.martinezdorso@ccc. 

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ACC SAYS it settled the 

treatment injury claim for 

Maddie Collins’ medical snafu 

in just three weeks. 

Last week, The Star reported 

on the progress of Maddie’s 

struggles with infected pieces 

of plastic left inside of her, after 

initial surgery to have her peritoneal 

dialysis catheter removed 

in August last year so she could 

continue dialysis at home. 

Maddie had to return to 

Christchurch Hospital twice to 

have the infected pieces surgically 

taken out, with both infections 

leaving her feeling anaemic 

and “really unwell”. 

Diagnosed with nephrotic 

syndrome, kidney disease, in 

2008, Maddie did not respond 

to the typical treatment and so 

her kidneys were removed so she 

could receive new ones. 

However, her body rejected a 

first transplant from her father 

in 2012, and a second “miracle” 

transplant in 2018, leaving her, 

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After the most recent surgery 

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KIDNEY DISEASE: Maddie Collins has undergone countless 

surgeries in her 18 years. 

said their treatment injury claim 

to ACC “took weeks and plenty 

of emails from us”. 

ACC deputy chief executive 

service delivery Phil Riley said 

the claim was lodged on April 

14 and was accepted on May 5, a 

total of 21 days. 

“For claims lodged in 2017 to 

2021, the average time to reach 

a cover decision on these claims 

has been 57 days,” he said. 

“Assessing these claims can 

be quite complex and clinical 

experts need to assess medical 

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between the treatment and the 

injury.” 

A treatment injury is a “physical 

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To fulfil the criteria, there 

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to date. 

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residents to come. 

So there is a need for more 

(affordable) housing, but it is 

encumbent on this generation to 

ensure they’re not future slums, 

cells for the troubled, underprivileged 

and under-stimulated. 

What is proliferating now is 

largely aesthetically unacceptable, 

depressing in appearance, 

and too small for families. 

Let’s all ask for a major 

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featureless, mulit-storeyed 

white plaster boxes with token 

brown or black board, and 

WE LOOK back not to blame, 

but to understand. These are the 

words I used when speaking at 

the book launch of A Decade of 

Disaster Experiences in Ōtautahi 

Christchurch. 

This is an incredibly significant 

book about our disaster 

experience, because it engages a 

range of critical disaster studies 

perspectives. 

From the opening chapter on 

the critical studies imperative 

through to the concluding reflections 

– making social choices in 

turbulent times – we are asked 

to reflect on the events that occurred, 

the order of priorities 

that were chosen and how decisions 

were made. 

It is an important contribution 

to the literature that will inform 

best practice for the future. I 

recall the despairing message 

given by one of the speakers at 

the International Speakers Series 

– an important component of 

the city council’s extraordinary 

insist on a little beauty by way 

of architectural detail, larger 

room sizes, interesting claddings, 

colours, retention of large trees 

and curved paths and driveways, 

to enhance pride and privacy in 

our suburbs. 

Make no bones about it; no 

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developers and builders of same, 

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them. It’s up to us NIMBYs 

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for future Christchurch. 

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Share an Idea campaign – that 

the model imposed by central 

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worst practice. There is considerable 

reflection in the book on the 

importance of Share an Idea and 

the imposition of the blueprint 

that followed. 

Learning lessons is an 

important part of our shared 

The Star article (August 11) 

about Sam MacDonald choosing 

to stay in local government over 

other possibilities also mentions 

one of his challengers to the Waimairi 

Ward, Independent Kevin 

List. 

Although List identifies as 

Independent, it mentions he has 

worked for the Greens and The 

People’s Choice. This leads one to 

ask if anyone is truly independent? 

All candidates will offer 

a brighter, better future for 

Christchurch, but what does that 

mean? For one it could mean all 

roads are turned into cycleways 

and for another it could mean 

OPINION/LETTERS 19 

Learn from the past to shine a light on the future 

Mayor 

Lianne Dalziel 

responsibility post-disaster. But, 

most importantly, we need to 

ensure the lessons we learn from 

our experience are embedded 

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and again. 

We often learn more from 

the things we get wrong, as the 

things we do well. 

This is a timely book and 

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to community members and 

academics alike. A big congratulations 

to the contributors and 

editors, especially Bruce Glavovic, 

who I met after the February 

Housing choices need to consider future generations 

something entirely different. 

Therefore we need to find out 

how they voted on issues that 

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new candidates, ask direct, practical 

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Local council decisions have 

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and not the people that live here. 

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CASHMERE Technical ended 

Christchurch United’s quest to 

complete the Southern League 

undefeated, leaving the trophy 

up for grabs this weekend 

between the two dominant 

teams. 

United thrashed Cashmere 

Technical 4-1 in their first meeting 

back in May, but a 1-0 defeat 

at Garrick Memorial Park means 

they missed an opportunity to 

claim the silverware last Saturday. 

Instead, Cashmere Technical 

seem to be in the box seat with 

a positive goal difference of +6 

over United, who host cellar 

dwelling Mosgiel AFC, a clash 

that gives Cashmere Technical 

coach Dan Schwarz some cause 

for concern. 

“I don’t want to speak ill of 

Mosgiel but they’ve had some 

hidings this year,” said Schwarz, 

who watched his side score 19 in 

two outings against the Dunedin 

side. 

United beat Mosgiel 4-0 in 

May, but Schwartz reckoned they 

could more than double that 

margin. 

“I wouldn’t write them off 

yet. They could definitely get 

double figures against Mos,” 

said Schwarz, whose squad faces 

fourth-ranked 

Dunedin City 

Royals away, a 

team they beat 

4-2 in May. 

Cashmere 

Technical and 

Christchurch 

United nailed 

National 

Dan Schwarz 

League spots 

with ease, with 

the rivals only losing a game 

apiece so far. 

“It’s not a bad run for both 

teams and it makes it exciting 

for the final game as well,” said 

Schwarz. 

Other than thwarting United’s 

unbeaten campaign, Cashmere 

Technical were also motivated to 

retain the Hurley Shield. 

Christchurch football’s equivalent 

of the Ranfurly Shield goes 

on the line when the holder hosts 

games. 

The prospect of a softer draw 

Top of the tables 

Southern League Football 

P W D L GD Pts 

Cashmere Technical 17 15 1 1 58 46 

Christchurch Utd 17 15 1 1 52 46 

Nelson Suburbs 16 9 3 4 5 30 

Dunedin City Royals 16 9 1 6 11 28 

Ferrymead Bays 17 8 3 6 6 27 

Coastal Spirit 17 3 7 7 -7 16 

Green Island 17 4 1 12 -33 13 

Nomads Utd 17 3 3 11 -31 12 

Selwyn United 17 2 5 10 -22 11 

Mosgiel AFC 17 2 3 12 -41 9 

GOAL: Cashmere Technical’s Cory Vickers celebrates 

scoring in the Southern League’s top of the table clash 

with Christchurch United. 

PHOTO: JIM WATTS PHOTOGRAPHY 

in the domestic competition was 

another carrot for Cashmere 

Technical if they keep United at 

bay. 

“I think we get more home 

games when the National League 

draw comes out so it’s not 

just bragging rights at stake,” 

Schwarz said. 

He said beating United was 

among the highlights of a season 

which also saw Cashmere 

Technical win the delayed 2021 

Chatham Cup. 

“United are a very, very good 

team and it was quite a tense 

spectacle,” he said. 

Cashmere Technical ended 

the contest with nine players 

after Cory Vickers and Lachie 

McIsaac were red carded in the 

76th and 81st minutes respectively 

for late tackles. 

Vickers was still in credit with 

the coach after heading in the 

winning goal early in the second 

half – the defensive midfielder 

had entered the fray as a fourthminute 

replacement for Fraser 

Angus, who suffered a seasonending 

knee injury. 

“Cory came on and did a 

reasonable job until he got sent 

off. When we signed him (from 

Auckland’s Eastern Suburbs) we 

knew he’d bring a bit of feistiness. 

It was a hell of a goal, so I 

still call him the hero of the day.” 

While Vickers received a 

straight red, McIsaac departed 

after his second yellow card, 

both players warranting the 

punishment. 

“It was a definite red, they both 

were. The referee was excellent, 

he got all the big decisions right,” 

said Schwarz. 

At the other end of the table, 

Selwyn United’s anxiety levels 

eased after a 3-1 victory over 

Ferrymead Bays lifted them two 

points clear of Mosgiel ahead of 

their trip to Nelson Suburbs. 

With the game scheduled for 

Sunday they will know if they 

have avoided relegation – if Mosgiel 

lose – or whether they need a 

point to preserve their Southern 

League status. 

HOCKEY 

Harewood completed a 

Canterbury Hockey women’s 

Weekend match-ups 

Southern League 

football final round 

fixtures 

Dunedin City Royals 

v Cashmere Technical, 

Football Turf, Saturday 

12.30pm; Christchurch 

United v Mosgiel AFC, 

Christchurch Football 

Centre, Saturday 2pm; 

Ferrymead Bays v Green 

Island, Ferrymead Park, 

Saturday 2pm; Coastal 

Spirit v Nomads United, 

Linfield Park, Saturday 

2.45pm; Nelson Suburbs 

v Selwyn United, Saxton 

Field, Sunday midday. 

Miles Toyota 

Championship 

first XV final 

Nelson College v St 

Bede’s College, Trafalgar 

Park, Saturday 11.05am. 

premier league treble in dramatic 

circumstances, keeping 

their nerve after Marist forced a 

penalty shootout with a last gasp 

equaliser. 

Marist gave themselves a 

chance of a maiden title at Nga 

Puna Wai on Saturday when 

Emily Baker hit the target with 

the last play of regulation from 

a well-worked penalty corner to 

level the contest at 2-2. 

However, Harewood’s 

championship qualities 

ultimately came to the fore as 

they refocused and claimed the 

shootout 4-2 to consign Marist 

to runners-up status for a second 

successive year. 

Harewood head coach Matt 

Ling praised a new-look squad 

who emulated their predecessors 

by winning when it mattered 

most. 

Bella Ambrosius, Breana 

Catley, Charlotte Lee and 

Georgie McKay Stewart scored 

for Harewood, while goalkeeper 

Sandy Mitchell – a key off-season 

acquisition – saved one shot and 

forced another Marist player to 

shoot wide. 

Ling said this title was the 

most satisfying due to the personnel 

changes from 2021. 

“This one is a little bit sweeter. 

It wasn’t as expected as previous 

years. It took us a little bit longer 

to get our processes in place in 

pool play with a reasonably new 

team,” Ling said. 

“We lost six players at the start 

of the season, some of them 

were just outside or had made 

the Black Sticks so they were key 

players for us. 

“We had to bring up a few 

div one players, the only out-oftowner 

we brought in was our 

goalkeeper.” 

Harewood were unbeaten last 

season but were third at the end 

of the regular season so they had 

to beat HSOB/Burnside and top 

qualifiers Carlton Redcliffs to 

make the decider. 

“To fight through that finals 

series, having to play three 

games in a week to get the job 

done, was pretty satisfying,” Ling 

said. 

Marist coach Joe Bartholomew 

had mixed feelings on finals 

day, winning the men’s premier 

league – the third in four years 

THREE-PEAT: 

Harewood 

claimed their 

third straight 

Canterbury 

Hockey 

women’s 

premier 

league title 

with a penalty 

shootout 

victory 

over Marist. 

PHOTO: 

GEOFF SOPER 

– as a player before the women 

were denied. 

“The guys went into the changing 

rooms and sung the song, I 

could hear it from the dugout,” 

said Bartholomew, the first year 

head coach. 

Later that night Bartholomew 

was as devastated as his players. 

“When Emily equalised, I 

thought: ‘We’re a shot here’ but 

unfortunately the Harewood 

goalkeeper had other plans,” he 

said. 

Marist’s men lost in the first 

phase of the finals to Carlton 

Redcliffs but the top seeds 

bounced back to beat HSOB/ 

Burnside before powering to a 

3-1 victory in a rematch with 

Carlton Redcliffs. 

They trailed 1-0 before Rupert 

Starc, George Baker and Will 

Georgeson put Marist on track 

for glory. 

RUGBY 

St Bede’s College practically 

had one foot on the bus to the 

Miles Toyota Championship first 

XV final when the brakes were 

applied by Nelson’s deluge, a 

comparatively minor setback as 

the school targets their first title 

since 2015. 

Waiting another seven days 

for their first final since Shirley 

Boys’ High were beaten seven 

years ago was embraced by 

the squad, who eliminated 

top qualifiers St Thomas of 

Canterbury in the semi-finals. 

“We’ve just deferred plans for 

a week,” said head coach Daniel 

Winchester, ahead of the team’s 

departure today. 

The squad trained last 

Thursday once the journey 

was canned 90 minutes before 

departure, and they also had a 

tougher than usual session on 

Friday before taking the weekend 

off. 

“The boys were teed up (last 

Thursday) so we were pretty flat, 

but the extra recovery time will 

do a couple of boys some good,” 

Winchester said. 

Nelson College won the 

regular season clash 22-16 in 

Christchurch on June 30, a 

valuable learning experience in 

Winchester’s eyes. 

“I don’t think we’d be where 

we are now if we didn’t have that 

loss,” he said.

Thursday August 25 2022 The Star 25 

Off-road champion and city slicker 

I FIND IT HARD to believe there 

has been a model nameplate that 

has been around for longer than 

I have. 

Well, it’s not older by much, 

but Toyota’s Land Cruiser has just 

reached 70 years in production 

and to celebrate a new model has 

just landed. 

While its basic concept hasn’t 

changed, the Land Cruiser 300 

is very fresh, it gets a brand new 

engine and, what’s more, there is 

a GR option that adds ingredients 

through Toyota’s performance 

arm – Gazoo Racing. 

The Land Cruiser 300 has a 

platform that has served the test 

of time in terms of how it has 

been engineered for purpose, its 

reputation as one of the industry’s 

best off-road drivelines is still 

well intact. The ladder chassis, 

the four-wheel-drive mechanicals 

and a big engine all combine 

to provide a vehicle that is an 

off-road champion and a station 

wagon/sport utility vehicle with 

few competitors. 

The Land Cruiser 300 (no 

longer 200) in Gazoo Racing 

form gets plenty of adornments, 

the interior is coloured with rich 

red leather highlights, sporty 

GR badging and logos splashed 

throughout the model. 

Under the bonnet things 

have changed dramatically, no 

longer does that wonderful V8 

turbo-diesel lurk there, Toyota 

has lopped off two cylinders, the 

new model now has a diesel-fed 

twin-turbocharged V6. If you are 

thinking that’s a backward step, 

think again, the new engine is 

more powerful (up 27kW and 

50Nm), it is a lot lighter and, 

according to Toyota, at 10.2-litres 

per 100km/h, it has an improved 

combined cycle fuel usage average 

over its predecessor. 

For the record, during my time 

with the evaluation car the fuel 

usage readout was sitting around 

12l/100km with 9.8l/100km available 

instantaneously at 100km/h, 

the engine loping over gently at 

just 1400rpm. 

In terms of power, the new V6 

is rated at 227kW and a massive 

700Nm of torque, both outputs 

available low in the rev band at 

4000rpm and 1600rpm respectively, 

and that is the type of 

power delivery you want when it 

comes to off-road travel, a gentle 

harnessing of power and delivered 

smoothly through a series of 

complex drive modes. 

Another big change for Land 

Cruiser 300 is the fitment of a 

10-speed automatic transmission, 

it is delightful with undetectable 

shifts and ratios that cater for all 

environments. I would have liked 

to see paddle shifters but even 

though they aren’t fitted, manual 

changes can be made from the 

main gearshift lever itself. 

The Land Cruiser 300 has an 

uncanny willingness beneath 

the throttle and it does so with 

GRIP: Off-road tracks are not trouble to the Land Cruiser. 

TOYOTA LAND CRUISER 300 GR SPORT: Gazoo Racing has had an influence on trim details. 

a characteristic V6 growl that is 

delightful to listen to. Where the 

Gazoo Racing aspect comes in 

is through a choice of multiple 

sport driving modes, they are 

largely functioned through electronics 

hastening engine urgency, 

ideal for the long haul over the 

Akaroa hill or other demanding 

situations. For interest’s sake 

the new engine has the ability to 

take 2630kg from a standstill to 

100km/h in under 7sec, which I 

think is pretty impressive. 

The Land Cruiser has ride quality 

to envy, it merely floats over 

bumps and lumps, yet has the 

rugged essentials so that off-road 

travel can be completed capably. 

That is the secret of Land Cruiser, 

it is soft and sultry to drive in 

the everyday environment, yet 

it is technically superior when it 

comes to travel off-road. 

I took the evaluation car on 

some easy tracks that lead parallel 

to one of our main rivers, it was 

perfect for the role with huge grip 

and drive programs which can be 

dialled in depending on the surface 

likely to be encountered. The 

main switch is for low and high 

range, but there are also a host 

of other mechanisms that can be 

initiated in advance of the terrain 

ahead. The driver can dial up the 

appropriate setting through those 

choices. 

The Land Cruiser is complex, 

there’s no denying that, but the 

• Price – Toyota Land 

Cruiser 300 GR Sport, 

$147,990 

• Dimensions – Length, 

4995mm; width, 1990mm; 

height, 1945mm 

• Configuration – V6, 

four-wheel-drive, 3346cc, 

227kW, 700Nm, 10-speed 

automatic 

• Performance – 

0-100km/h, 6.7sec 

• Fuel usage – 10.2/100km 

result is extraordinary off-road 

prowess, it is so capable the driver 

can glean confidence from the 

vehicle, and yet at the same time 

each occupant is cocooned in a 

lap of luxury. 

If the GR treatment isn’t to 

your liking and its price tag of 

$147,900 is a little overwhelming, 

then there are VX and VX 

Limited variants of the new 300 

series, they list at $127,990 and 

$141,990 respectively. If you are 

serious about off-road travel and 

want all of the best mechanisms 

in place, then the GR with its kinetic 

dynamic suspension system 

will give you the best ride quality 

and performance off-road. 

Even though the Land Cruiser 

has been given a massive refresh, 

it is still the quintessential family 

wagon with vast interior space 

and associated comfort. 

I picked up a friend from the 

central city and took him to the 

airport. He travels light so there 

was no problem with cargo space 

but even though it is a big vehicle 

I felt comfortable tackling a Hereford 

St car park. At almost 5m in 

length it was a bit of a mission but 

with good vision all round and 

clever parking assistance devices 

the job was completed without 

concern. 

Convenience features are too 

numerous to mention, but there 

are the usual high profile items 

that add to the luxury feel within 

the vehicle. It’s also important to 

mention that the Land Cruiser is 

rated with a 3500kg tow figure, 

that’s massive and way in advance 

of the weight that I loaded onto 

the tow bar when I took advantage 

of the free Mitre 10 trailer 

hire after purchasing several 

lengths of Marley guttering for 

the garage spouting project I’m 

working on. 

The Land Cruiser 300 serves 

in the everyday role. I’m not 100 

per cent convinced with the GR 

badging, Gazoo Racing has done 

an important role in building a 

sporting image in the Toyota lineup, 

the Land Cruiser is no sports 

car, it is designed for a completely 

different role. 

But I will say I do like the 

interior GR treatment; it wouldn’t 

be fair to say the Land Cruiser 

300 is ageing gracefully, it is 

looking extremely youthful. 

KIRST & BEAVS 

IZZY & KEMPY 

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Church Notices 

PAPANUI 

SPIRITUAL 

CENTRE 

150 Harewood Rd 

(formally Edgeware 

Spiritualist Centre) 

Closed till 

further 

notice due to 

flooding 


SYDENHAM CHRISTIAN 

SPIRITUAL CHURCH 

Sydenham 

Community Centre 

23/25 Hutcheson St 

Sunday 7pm 

Address 

Davida 

Clairvoyance 

Davida 

All Welcome 

NEW AGE CHRISTIAN 

SPIRITUAL CENTRE 

61 Grafton Street 

Sunday 7pm 

Address: 

Carole 

Clairvoyance: 

Carole 

Tuesday 

Healing 1-1.45pm 

Clairvoyance 2pm 

All Welcome 


SPIRITUAL & 

WELL BEING 

EXPO 

Sat 27 Aug, Spreydon 

School, 50 Hoon Hay Rd. 

10anm -3.30pm 

Entry by donation 

Clothing & 

Accessories 

RETRO Clothing wanted 

for a dress up 70’s party. 

Would love to get a 

safari suit but anything 

considered.Ph or txt 

021861732 

Curtains 

A1 CURTAINS & 

DRAPES. 

Roman blinds, tie backs, 

cushions, nets, voiles, & 

squabs, plus alterations. 

Free quotes. Ph Kay 980 

1501 or 021 257 1823. kay. 

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Funeral Directors 

direct 

cremation 

$2,000 GSt inclusive 

(includes committal) 

0800 27 28 29 

www.mainland 

crematorium.co.nz 

For Sale 

SOLITAIRE & CRIB 

BOARD GAMES. 

Handmade & a great gift 

idea, brand new & just 

$10 each. All monies paid 

donated to St Vincent de 

Paul. Ph Alan on 981 9340 

STEEL for sale all 

sections, off cuts cut 

lengths. siteweld@ xtra. 

co.nz Ph 0274 508 785 

Gardening 

& Supplies 

White’s 

Tree Service 

• All types of tree work 

• Stump grinding 

• Firewood 

www.whitestreeservice.co.nz 

Phone Chris White on 

0210 4044 13 

NPTC Arb, BSC forestry 

FULLY INSURED 

No Service 

Cremation 

$2,300 

Family Funeral with Cremation $4,100 

Chapel - 35 people, casket, hearse, cremation fees 

Phone 0800 804 663 - 24 Hour Availability 

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Gardening Trades & Services 

& Supplies 

Gardener available for 

ARBORIST 

maintenance, weeding 

Qualified. COPPER 

pruning, spraying, 

BEECH TREE 

planting, advice. Qual & 

SERVICES.Tree 

exp. Ph Richard 0274 918 

removal, pruning, 

234, 03 349 4022 

height reduction, hedge 

PETE’S GARDENING 

trimming. shaping, tree 

SERVICE Gardening, 

planting, firewood, .Free 

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expert pruning, hedge 

Edwards 027 259 6741. 

trimming, tree cutting, 

copperbeechtreeservices@ 

good rates, no job too big 

gmail.com 

or too small, half the price 

of a franchise. Ph 027 551 House & Garden 

4118 

Property services Ltd 

Tree & hedge trimming 

Health & Beauty 

Gardening 

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MOBILE Toe Nail Gutter cleaning 

Cutting Service with foot All aspects of 

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regd nurse. $50. Phone CALL us 03 260 4499 

022 281 6647 

Massage 

NEW THAI MASSAGE 

SHOP IS OPEN HERE, 

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experienced team can help 

ease your pain. Call now 

020 4052 6665 

Personals 

Phil, 70 yrs old, still 

working, looking for 

lady 50-60s, slim build. 

Friendship or more. Ph 

027 227 3740 

Pets & Supplies 

CATS UNLOVED 

can help with the cost 

of desexing your cat. 

catsunloved@xtra.co.nz 

Ph 355 5022 

To Lease 

Office space to lease, 

CBD area. 60 - 100 sqm. 

Comp priced. Flexible 

lease period. Call Shane 

for more details on 021 

381 765 

To Let 

HOMESITTERS 

reqd. Lovely homes and 

pets. Town & country, 

month sits avail. Ph 

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townandcountryhomesit. 

co.nz 

Tuition 

COMPUTER LESSONS 

avail for computer, IPad, 

or Mobile. Please contact 

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CALL us 021 405 277 

EXPERIENCED 

GARDENER 

(Kevin Garnett) 

30 Years 

Christchurch Botanic 

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ALL landscape 

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Free Quotes 

Phone 348 3482 

PAINTING 

older painter 

for older houses 

50 years in trade 

“All the skills” 

GST FREE 

Contact Jimmy Bell 

0211221487 

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hail, leaves, snow & vermin from 

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FOR SAFE, PURE DRINKING 

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NOW AVAILABLE: STAINLESS STEEL 

MICO MESH 

Call Rohan anytime Mon-Sat for a 

no-obligation assessment & quote 

03 982 8850 0800 486532 

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House & Garden 

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Tree & hedge trimming 

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Registered Electronics Service Technician 

• Internet & Email Setup 

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Website: onsiteelectronic.co.nz 

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Established 1982 

ELECTRICIAN 

Contact for a free quote 

phone 027 331 0400 

dave@davesimpsonelectrical.co.nz 

davesimpsonelectrical.co.nz 

Experienced Domestic Electrician 

Quality Workmanship 

• New Build 

• Renovations 

• Fault finding 

Specializing in: 

• Roof Painting 

• Interior/exterior 

residential 

• Small commercial 

painting 

PAINTERS 

Noel 027-411-3596 

kemp.painters@gmail.com 

kemp painters and decorators 

• Power 

• Lighting 

• Switchboards 

Painters and Decorators Ltd 

Canterbury Owned and Operated 

A husband and wife team 

TRADES 

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Phone: 03 379 1100 | www.star.kiwi 


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

DECORATORS 

Excavations 

• Driveways 

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Removal 

• Asphalt Concrete 

Wide range 

oF TruckS 

For a Free Quote 

on your next project 

Phone Steve on 

021 338 247 

Selwyn based but 

service the whole of 

the South Island 

• New Paint • Floor & Roof 

• Repaints Painting 

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027 724 6846 027 PAINTIN 

email: andertondecorators@gmail.com 

• Tennis Courts & 

Swimming Pools 

• Chip Seal Driveways 

• Diggers – 2 Ton 

up to 20 Ton 

• Excavators 

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• For Posthole & 

Fence hole 

PLUMBER 

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• Father & son Plumbing Business with over 

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• Bathroom alterations a specialty. 

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• We do all small jobs. 

Call us now for fast friendly service. 

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quick smart - on time!! 

THOMSON PLUMBING 

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Phone 03 377 1280 | Mobile 021 898 380 

TREE SERVICES 

CRAIGS 

TREES 

Our services include: 

Tree felling 

Branch chipping 

Trimming and pruning 

Crown reduction 

Stump grinding 

P: 027 2299 454 

E: craigstrees@xtra.co.nz 

www.craigstrees.co.nz 

Fully insured 

DRIVEWAYS 

Exposed Aggregate 

Stamped Concrete Plain 

Concrete Resurfacing 

Things we offer... 

Competitive/affordable pricing 

Attention to detail 

Professional service 

free quotes/insurance scopes 

Cell 0278 145 848 

www.drivecrete.co.nz 

landscaping 

Landscape 

Construction and 

Garden Maintenance 

You can have your gardens, trees, 

shrubs, plants and lawns maintained to look their best 

all year round, for a great price. 

Residential & Commercial Landscaping 

• Maintenance • Pruning • Reconstruction & Rejuvenation 

• Rental Property and Commercial Maintenance 

• Pre-Sale Tidy-Ups 

New Home Landscaping 

Lawns • Gardens • Decks • Paving • Water Features 

• Quality • Value for money • Experienced • Punctual 

• Professional • Flexible • Knowledgeable • Reliable 

Call Ross Legg - 027 222 0388 

Email ross@revivelandscaping.co.nz 

www.revivelandscaping.co.nz 

SCRAP METAL 

Dominion Trading Co Ltd 

• Scrap metal buyers 

• Canterbury owned & operated 

• Top prices paid $$$ 

• Open Saturday morning 

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

www.happyscrappy.co.nz 

03 343 9993 333 Blenheim Rd 

WINDOW TINTING 

tintawindow 

advanced film solutions 

99% uv block 

fade protection 

heat control 

reduce glare 

25 Years Experience 

privacy films 

frosting designs 

non-darkening films 

Workmanship Guaranteed 

Lifetime Warranties on Most Films 

UV 

block 

Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts 

03 365 3653 0800 368 468



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GLAZING 

TWISTY GLASS & 

GLAZING LTD 

• Mirrors • Pet Door Specialists 

• Splashbacks • All Broken Windows 

THE CAT DOOR MAN 

Phone Cushla or Darren Twist 

027 352 6225 


30 years + experience 

Older house 

restorations: 

no problem! 

Quotes: FREE! 

Rates: Reasonable 

Paint supplied at 

trade price! 

NO JOB TOO SMALL 

Light industrial also 

Roger Brott 

Painter & Decorator 

021-1966-311 

Water 

Blasting 

Industrial 

Commercial 

Domestic 

Contact Kerrie Ling: 

027 683 0033 

iss.clean@xtra.co.nz 

ROOF 

PAINTING 24/7 

Rope & harness 

a speciality, 

no scaffolding 

required, 

30 years of 

breathtaking 

experience. 

FREE QUOTES 

20% OFF other 

roof quotes 

Exterior staining, 

exterior painting, 

water blasting. 

Moss and mould 

treatment $300. 

Phone Kevin 

027 561 4629 


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Call: 022 375 8506 

Email: morgan@mtpd.co.nz 

Website: www.mtpd.co.nz 



“I WILL TURN UP 

WHEN I SAY I WILL” 

Need a certified and reliable plumber for filtration 

systems or hot water cylinder replacement? 

Bathroom upgrades or refurbishments? 

AAA HANDYMAN 

licensed carpenter 

LBP, all property and 

building maintenance, 

repairs, bathroom/shower 

FREE CALL 0508 H2O BOY 

installations, with free 

426 269 

quotes 03 387 0770 or 027 

245 5226 ciey@xtra.co.nz 

BRICK & BLOCK 

TEXT 

EMAIL 

027 245 5100 

NICK@NICKJONESPLUMBING.CO.NZ 

LAYING 

all restoration work 

and new work plus 

foundations, ph 342 9340 

or 021 853 033 

Trades & Services Trades & Services 

BUILDER 

ELECTRICIAN 

PAINTING 

QUALIfIED 

All types of domestic PLASTERING 

50 yrs exp. Bathrooms, 

& commercial work Free quotes. Int/ext & 

Kitchens, Renovations, 

undertaken, new housing, roof painting Family run 

Repairs & Extensions 

alterations, extensions, business, work guaranteed. 

Free quotes. Discount for 

ranges, security lights, Pensioner discounts. Ph 

pensioners. Ph Mike 03 

quick response, efficient Kerin or Paul 022 191 

980 9771 or 027 2266 930 

service, free quotes, 7877 or 379-1281. Website 

BUILDER 

city -wide. No call out www.swedekiwipainting. 

New builds, alterations, 

fee. M/S, 8-5. Call Pat co.nz 

decks, fencing. 30 yrs in 

Barrett 03 359 2087/ 027 PAINTER 

the trade has given me 

7331384. 

QUALIfIED 

ability to build to a high 

ELECTRICIAN 

local professional, Int / 

standard. Free quotes. Ph 

A Prompt & reliable Ext,roofs,wallpaper, call 

Brent 027 241 7471 

registered electrician or text Corban 027 846 

BUILDER 

with 24 years experience 5035 

Exp in all aspects of 

for all residential and PAINTING 

building works, new 

commercial work, new Int, Ext, Roofs and 

builds, home renovations 

housing and switch board Fencing . Phone John 027 

& extensions, property 

replacements. Phone Chris 224 2831 

repairs. Free quote. Ph 

027 516 0669 

Stuart 0274 661058 

PAINTER 

ELECTRICIAN 

QUALIfIED 

CARPET 

Available, repairs and 

LAYING 

Int/ Ext. Quotes ph 021 

small jobs. Phone Brian 197 5597 

Exp. Repairs, uplifting, 

027 433 9548 

relaying, restretching. 

PLASTERER 

ELECTRICIAN (CERT) 

Phone John on 0800 

Phone Finn for all your 

Prompt, quality. Call Jack 

003181, 027 240 7416 

interior plastering needs. 

027 206 0080 

jflattery@xtra.co.nz 

No job too small - 

ENGINEERING 

CARPENTER/ 

renovations, alterations, 

General engineering. 

BUILDER 

holes & cracks. Free 

Maintenance engineering. 

Licensed Building 

quotes. I’ll beat any quote 

Breakdowns 24/7. 

Practitioner no. 100981. 

by 10% .25 yrs exp. Canty 

Machining, welding / 

All carpentry & building 

born. Ph 022 087 4351 

fabrication. Thread repair, 

repairs & maintenance. 

PLASTERING 

jobs big or small. Pick up/ 

Alterations & property 

30 yrs exp. Small patches 

delivery availabe for large/ 

upgrades.Laundries / 

to renovations. Small 

heavy jobs. 027 2399 489 

bathroom / kitchens 

painting jobs considered. 

fENCING 

replaced. Specialising in 

Ph Tim 022 538 0959 

All types of fencing . Free 

replacement of all rotten 

PLUMBER 

quotes. Ph Jim 022 137 

timber, fascia boards, 

Do you need a reliable 

1920 

window, windowsills etc. 

plumber? Quality and 

HANDYMAN 

John Sandford, ph 329 

timely services. No job 

4616, mob 027 5189 598 

For gardening, mowing 

too big or small. Phone 

johnsandford2@gmail. 

lawns, fence repairs and 

V Plumbing Ltd. 022 351 

com 

just about anything else 

4125 

phone Len 0274 335 956 

LANDSCAPING 

Paving, Lawns, Irrigation, 

Decking, Fencing. 

Kanga & small digger 

services. Check out Squire 

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FREE QUOTES. Ph 

Arthur 347-8796, 027 

220-7014 Edwin 027 220- 

7154 

BT LANDSCAPING 

General landscaping 

services Free quotes. Ph 

Ben 027 350 1963 

ODD JOB SPECIALIST 

Small jobs specialists. 

eg: drippy taps, sticky 

doors, locks, spouting/ 

fence repairs Discount for 

pensioners. 

Ph 390 1565 or 022 5275 

668. Avail now. 

PAINTING 

Indoor / Outdoor, over 30 

yrs exp, same day quotes, 

ph Steve 021 255 7968 

Re Roofing 

Roof Repairs 

Spouting 

Approved Age Concern provider 

Over 30 years experience 

Licensed Building Practitioner 

N A BARRELL 

ROOFING LTD 

Ph: 0275 389 415 

Email: nabroofing@xtra.co.nz 


Kitchen 

Installer 

20 YEARS EXPERIENCE 

I can also supply cabinets 

and tops if needed. 

Come direct to the installer 

instead of the companies that 

make the mark up on subbies. 

Happy to give a free quote, 

can also do rangehood 

installs if needed. 

Phone: 0275 283 536 

elitesolutionschch@gmail.com 


PLUMBER. 

All plumbing work, HWC 

replacements. Pensioner 

discount. No job too 

small. Friendly, reliable 

& professional service & 

workmanship. Ph Nigel 

027 4136004 

or 385 2930 

PLUMBER. 

Highly experienced 

Plumber.Exceptional 

service.Ready to help with 

all your plumbing needs. 

Call today! MJ Plumbing 

Ltd 021 109 2397 

PREPARED TO 

LOSE... 

all your computer stuff? 

Get an effective backup 

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ChCh 0800 349 669 

REMOVALS 

Small furniture removals, 

have own van, can fit 

various types of whiteware 

appliances, some furn, 

bedding, boxes etc, honest 

& reliable, any area 

considered, also rubbish 

removals, scrap & old 

cars in going order & 

motorbikes. ph Chch 022 

434 6047 or 027 380 4934 

REMOVALS 

Round town, out of town. 

4.2 deck size, high roof, 

tail lifter. Ring for quote 

027 227 3740 

ROOfING 

All Roof repairs, Roof 

painting, moss treatments, 

Gutter cleaning 10 + yrs 

exp, free quotes 24 / 7, Ph 

027 516 6609 


RUBBISH REMOVAL 

Van, Trailer Rubbish 

Removal. Ph Gary 342- 

8950, 021 529 022 

SPOUTING CLEANING 

SPECIALIST 

Entire spouting system 

cleared. Single or 2 storey. 

Jo 021 164 0365 

SPOUTING 

CLEANING 

Spouting Unblocked, 

Cleaned Out and Flushed 

Out, Call Trevor 332 8949 

or 021 043 2034 

SPOUTING 

Select Spouting 

The PVC specialist. 

Repairs & replacement. Ph 

022 197 2351 

STUMP GRINDING 

Best price guarantee Tony 

0275 588 895 

TREE SERVICES 

Free quotes 20+ yrs exp. 

Tree, hedge or shrub 

Call us 

and we’ll 

- reduction, shaped or 

removed. Ph/text Paul 

The Branch Manager 

0274314720 

help you 

TREE SERVICES. 

Specialist tree pruning & 

shaping, place hedges & tidyups.Book 

now for winter 

pruning your Eg Roses & fruit 

trees. Ph Hugh The Little 

Green classified 

Groomer 021 275 

5445 

TREE SERVICES 

advert 

Hedges, shrubs, tree 

trimming (with& no rubbish 

removal. Phone for free 

quotes 022 540 4900 

hassles!) 

Nobody knows 

Christchurch 

like a local 

We’re local, 

we’re in 

Christchurch 

and we speak 

your language! 

Ph: 379 1100 

Classifieds 

The Star is published every 

Thursday, is home delivered 

free into 93,000 households and 

is available at over 500 pick up 

points throughout Christchurch 

www.starkiwi 

Kaikoura Day Trip 

Wednesday 21st Sept 

$25pp return 

Tours 

Tours 

10 Day Napier Coromandel East Coast 

Coach Tour 2023: Departs 17th May 

Taupo Wellington Wairarapa Napier 9 Days 

Departs 22nd September $2,545pp twin share 

Xmas Tour 6 Days Oamaru Mt Cook 

Departs 24th December 

Chatham Islands April 2023 

Day trips 

Longbeach 3 garden Tour 

Sunday 30th October 

$65pp 

We can provide shuttle and coach hire 

Call Reid Tours 0800 446 886 

Email: reidtours@xtra.co.nz www.reidtours.com 

Email to join our mailing list 

Public Notices 

SPIRITUAL & 

WELLBEING 

EXPO 

Hosted by 

Mystic Threading 

Saturday 

27 August 

10am-3.30pm 

Spreydon School 

50 Hoon Hay Rd 

Entry by donation 

Community event 

Senior Citizens 

Outings 

with Travel 88 Ltd 


AGM 

The Braided 

Women’s 

Gathering 

Charitable Trust 

You are all warmly 

invited to attend. 

Date: 8th Sept 2022 

Time: 7.30pm to 9pm 

Venue: 

109A Pine Avenue, 

South Brighton, 

Christchurch 

Please RSVP to 

braidedwomen.nz@ 

gmail.com by 4 Sept 

OVERNIGHT WEST COAST SPECIAL 

Departs Sun 4 Sept. 

Day 1: ChCh to Hokitika by coach. Lunch then onto 

Greymouth then onto Punakaiki. Overnight at The 

Ocean View Resort Hotel with evening buffet dinner. 

Day 2: Punakaiki to Greymouth for lunch then board 

The Tranz Alpine train back to ChCh where we will 

meet you at the station and take you home. 

Our price of $842.00 includes D.B. & B your own hotel 

room (no sharing) Tranz Alpine Train fare - our tour 

hostess on the coach & train to assist if necessary. 

Free home pick up & drop off. 

PHONE PETER ON 

0800 453 873 fOR bOOkiNgs. 

Papanui Returned And 

Services Association 

55 Bellvue Avenue, Christchurch 

PAPANUI RETURNED AND 

SERVICES ASSOCIATION (INC) 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 

THAT THE TWENTY NINTH 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 

of the above association will be 

held in the RSA Club 

55 Bellvue Avenue 

24th September 2022 at 9.30am 

Nominations for the office of President, 

Vice President, Hon Treasurer and 

Executive Committee will be received at 

the Associations office up to 5pm Friday 

2nd September 2022 

Notices of Motion will be received at 

the Associations office up to 5pm Friday 

2nd September 2022 

WJ Clark 

General Manager

THURSDAY, MAY 5, 20 2 

co necting you with your neighbourh od 

w.starnews.co.nz 

1 – 3 July 

20 2 

Christchurch Arena 

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 - 

Phone or text 027 5 7079 

cameron.bailey@harcourts.co.nz 

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 

Christchurch Arena 

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 



The Te Kura o Huriawa Thorrington Board of Trustees invites 

applications from parents who wish to enrol their children 

for Terms 1 & 2 2023. 

Enrolment at the school is governed by an enrolment scheme, 

details of which are available from the school office and on our 

website. The deadline for receipt of applications for out-of-zone 

places is Wednesday 21 September 2022 at 3.30pm. 

Parents of students who live within the home zone should also 

apply by this date to assist the school to plan appropriately for 

next year. The Board advises that up to 10 places are likely to be 

available for out of zone students at new entrant level at 

Te Kura o Huriawa Thorrington. 

The exact number of places will depend on the number of 

applications received from students who live within the school’s 

home zone. If the number of out of zone applications exceeds the 

number of places available, students will be selected by ballot. 

If a ballot is required, it will be held on Friday 23 September 2022. 

Parents will be informed of the outcome of the ballot within three 

school days of the ballot being held. 

To apply for an out-of-zone application or any further 

information please email admin@thorrington.ac.nz 

The board invites applications from parents 

who wish to enrol their sons and daughters at 

Breens Intermediate School for next year. 

Enrolment at the school is governed by an 

enrolment scheme, details of which are 

available from the school office. A digital 

enrolment form is available at www.breens. 

school.nz 

The deadline for receipt of applications for 

out-of-zone places is 31 August 2022. 

Parents of students who live within the home 

zone should also apply by this date to assist 

the school to plan appropriately for next year. 

The board has determined that 100 places are 

likely to be available for out-of-zone students 

next year. 

The exact number of places will depend on 

the number of applications received from 

students who live within the school’s home 

zone. 

If the number of out-of-zone applications 

exceeds the number of places available, 

students will be selected by ballot 

If a ballot is required it will be held on the 

week of 5 September. 

Parents will be informed of the outcome of the 

ballot within three school days of the ballot 

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CHRISTCHURCH FOLK MUSIC CLUB, 

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Sunday 7.30pm - AGM followed by Music 

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FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday 

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- Mike Ferrar Trio; 8pm - Castaway; 

11.30pm - Perry. Saturday 5pm - Vintage 

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Sunday 1.30pm (upstairs) - Heart of 

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KAIAPOI CLUB, 113 Raven's Quay: 

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Friday 16th Sept 7.30pm - Beatles/ELVIS 

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MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: Friday 

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Saturday 6pm - Unhinged. Sunday 3pm - 

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SCOTTISH HERITAGE CEILIDH, 

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Caledonian/Edgeware Rds: Sunday 

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SHARKEY'S BAR, 96 Hoon Hay Rd: 

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SULLIVANS IRISH PUB, 291 Lincoln 

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TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding Ave: 

Saturday 8.30pm - Titanic. 

THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Thursday 7pm 

- Quiz. Friday 6pm - Lauren Marshall; 

10pm - Black & Gold. Saturday 11pm - 

Smashbox. Sunday 3p - Southern Cross 

Irish Dance; 5pm - Elly & Friends. 

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: 

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THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd: 

Friday 9.30pm - Flat City Brotherhood. 

Saturday 9.30pm - Red Zone. Sunday 6pm - 

Lance Kiwi Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm - Quiz. 

Wednesday 7.30pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke. 

Scottish Heritage Ceilidh 

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