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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2022</strong><br />
• By Natalie Pham<br />
JORDAN WILSON has found<br />
a way to beat rising vegetable<br />
prices – grow your own and<br />
give them away.<br />
Since starting the community<br />
garden project last year, 13-yearold<br />
Jordan has worked with<br />
other volunteers to grow a range<br />
of vegetables, including broccoli,<br />
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The garden has tripled in<br />
size, from six to 18 beds.<br />
Some harvested vegetables<br />
would be gifted to families in<br />
the area while the rest would be<br />
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and Pantry New Brighton.<br />
Food prices jumped 7.4 per<br />
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QEII sports<br />
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gets green<br />
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• By Natalie Pham<br />
A $12 MILLION multi-sport<br />
training and entertainment<br />
complex planned for QEII Park<br />
has received the go-ahead.<br />
The company Five Under Par<br />
Ltd will now have nine months<br />
to secure funding and provide<br />
sufficient financial information, a<br />
business plan and a final design.<br />
If satisfied with the provided<br />
information, the city council<br />
will enter into a lease with the<br />
company.<br />
The decision to grant an agreement<br />
was made by the Waitai<br />
Coastal-Burwood Community<br />
Board on Monday.<br />
The complex will include a mini<br />
golf course, a 40-bay golf driving<br />
range, batting cages for softball,<br />
cricket and baseball, function<br />
rooms and a cafe, and a pro shop.<br />
Alternate plans would be made<br />
for an eight-lane sack slide as the<br />
proposed area was not included in<br />
the available areas for lease.<br />
Said board chair Kelly Barber:<br />
“It’s very nice to see people<br />
prepare to take that risk to do<br />
something for the community.”<br />
Board member Linda Stewart<br />
said she was happy to see the plan<br />
go through.<br />
“It’s an element that we’ve been<br />
waiting for as QEII Park is in<br />
the middle of both wards and<br />
it’s a perfect location with the<br />
expressway.”<br />
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International Day of Peace:<br />
Poetry Competition<br />
From <strong>15</strong> -21 <strong>September</strong>, all day<br />
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Natural New Zealand Photo<br />
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Everyday until 30 <strong>September</strong>, all day<br />
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Monday, 10am-noon<br />
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Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>15</strong> <strong>2022</strong> 3<br />
Young chef wins prestigious golden hat<br />
BACKING HERSELF and<br />
reaching for any opportunities<br />
that come her way has landed<br />
Gabby Sanders a glittering<br />
Australasian award for young<br />
chefs.<br />
The St Albans resident and<br />
Ara Institute of Canterbury – Te<br />
Pūkenga second year cookery<br />
student was crowned with the<br />
prestigious Nestle Golden Chef’s<br />
Hat in Melbourne – scooping up<br />
a $10,000 prize and earning her<br />
the description of “hottest rising<br />
star of the trans-Tasman culinary<br />
scene”.<br />
Said Sanders: “The whole<br />
experience has been amazing.<br />
The people I’ve met have been<br />
incredible. It’s made me realise<br />
the biggest step is pushing<br />
yourself and putting yourself out<br />
there to have a go.”<br />
Now in it’s 57th year, the award<br />
seeks to develop young chefs and<br />
kick-start their careers by taking<br />
part in live cook-offs to globally<br />
recognised standards.<br />
Sanders, 23, was one of 12<br />
finalists chosen from New<br />
Zealand and Australia for <strong>2022</strong><br />
after regional finals in both<br />
countries. She took part in the<br />
final battle on the big stage at<br />
Fine Food Australia last week –<br />
her first trip out of the country.<br />
The final round of the<br />
competition, to create three<br />
complex courses in threeand-half<br />
hours were a were “a<br />
pressure-fuelled blur,” she said<br />
OUTSTANDING: Ara second-year cookery student Gabby Sanders and her gold medal winning main dish of glazed pork,<br />
caramelised soy dumpling and Asian pork jus.<br />
“It all feels kind of surreal.<br />
I didn’t look up once. I was<br />
absolutely sprinting. Everyone<br />
was just running. It was so<br />
much fun – the pressure of it is<br />
why we do what we do,” Sanders<br />
said.<br />
Sanders executed a triplegold<br />
winning medley of dishes<br />
comprising an entrée of leek,<br />
potato and smoked beurre blanc,<br />
nori and hazelnuts and a main<br />
of glazed pork, caramelised soy<br />
dumpling and Asian pork jus.<br />
Dessert was a chai spice cake,<br />
with caramel, coffee, walnut,<br />
pear and white chocolate.<br />
Ara manager culinary<br />
programmes Ryan Marshall said<br />
the Department of Hospitality<br />
and Service Industries was “over<br />
the moon”.<br />
“It’s very rare for someone to<br />
win a gold medal for every course<br />
for entrée, main and dessert<br />
under such massive pressure,” he<br />
said.<br />
Marshall said Sanders’<br />
achievement was a boost for Ara.<br />
“Our reputation for training<br />
chefs is known throughout New<br />
Zealand; now it is becoming<br />
known at an international level<br />
too.”<br />
Sanders was working in a<br />
supermarket deli when she was<br />
encouraged by her boss to try the<br />
Ara cookery course.<br />
“The chef I was working with<br />
said he’d really enjoyed it and I<br />
should give it a go,” she said.<br />
Sanders said the level 4 cookery<br />
course was new territory for<br />
her.<br />
“It was the first time I’d done<br />
anything like this other than<br />
always being keen on food and<br />
helping mum at home. I was<br />
probably a bit of a pain to be<br />
honest,” she laughed.<br />
“My family has always believed<br />
food is for sharing and for<br />
bringing people together, but I’d<br />
never really considered being a<br />
chef as a career for me.<br />
“I guess I never thought of<br />
myself as a ‘career person’ before<br />
because I’d never really had an<br />
idea in my head on what a career<br />
might look like for me. I was just<br />
open to trying new things and<br />
having new experiences under<br />
my belt,” Sanders said.<br />
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Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>15</strong> <strong>2022</strong> 5<br />
TRIPLE GOLD: Gabby Sanders’ entrée of leek, potato and smoked beurre<br />
blanc, nori and hazelnuts. Below – Dessert was a chai spice cake, with<br />
caramel, coffee, walnut, pear and white chocolate.<br />
Student chef showed<br />
‘flair, maturity and a<br />
willingness to learn’<br />
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Her inspiration to try the golden hat<br />
came from Ara.<br />
“I first saw the golden hat competition<br />
posters around campus and Ryan mentioned<br />
it. I tried out for the regionals last<br />
year and did okay winning a silver medal.<br />
This year I wanted to do better. The competition<br />
was really stiff, so I was kind of<br />
shocked when I won the South Islands.”<br />
Sanders also works two shifts a week<br />
at the Monday Room restaurant – an opportunity<br />
that also came about through<br />
her study.<br />
“I wasn’t sure if I was ready but towards<br />
the end of my first year, we were encouraged<br />
to apply to places for a work placement.<br />
I remember being very nervous, but<br />
it was only for two weeks, and I thought<br />
‘what have I got to lose? I’ll give it a go’.”<br />
Sander’s flair, maturity and willingness<br />
to learn were soon noticed by her tutors at<br />
Ara. One in particular, Mark Sycamore,<br />
who himself has competed in international<br />
culinary competitions, stepped in<br />
to offer extra support and mentoring in<br />
his own time.<br />
“But it wasn’t without its challenges,”<br />
Sycamore said.<br />
“With Gabby being so busy with school<br />
and her paid work, it was really full on<br />
helping her practise for this competition.<br />
These last few weeks have been busy.<br />
“But one of the things that sets Ara<br />
apart is our staffs’ wealth of knowledge<br />
and their desire to go further. The team<br />
love to see students excel and will do so<br />
much to support them in their careers.”<br />
Sanders is grateful for the guidance.<br />
“Everyone at Ara has been so supportive.<br />
Mark has especially helped me realise<br />
that if you are putting yourself out there<br />
and trying hard people will make time for<br />
you and support you. It’s made me realise<br />
things can be achievable.”<br />
Head judge and Nestlé professional<br />
commercial development chef Elke Travers<br />
said Sanders showed absolute attention<br />
to detail.<br />
“Gabby rose to the challenge and<br />
created a flawlessly executed and perfectly<br />
balanced menu that showcased her<br />
technical skills to a high level,” Travers<br />
said.<br />
Sanders is now focusing on enjoying the<br />
moment and completing her studies.<br />
“I’ve met such an amazing group of<br />
people. We kind of forgot that we were<br />
competing against each other it feels like<br />
we meshed as a group.<br />
“But now I’m looking forward to<br />
finishing this year. I feel like my study has<br />
been on the backburner a bit while I’ve<br />
been distracted on this event.”<br />
OTHER SERVICES ON OFFER<br />
AT MCMASTER & HEAP VETS<br />
We are a large Practice with 11 vets and over 20 nurses and offer many services<br />
to your amazing animal family. Id thought I’d just talk about a few things that<br />
you may not be aware that we do....<br />
CAT GROOMING<br />
Many long haired<br />
cats are booked in for<br />
sedation to have there<br />
knots groomed out<br />
or a Lion clip, to keep<br />
them cool for summer.<br />
These grooms can<br />
take 40 minutes and<br />
we can clip nails and<br />
clean ears too. Sedation is necessary as grooms<br />
take a while and can be painful especially if<br />
there are dense matts all through the coat. Most<br />
long haired cats won’t tolerate their owners<br />
grooming them. Skaapie has just had a Lion Clip<br />
with Letitia.<br />
NAIL TRIMS UNDER SEDATION<br />
Most dogs loathe their nails being clipped.<br />
Nails continue to grow and if not kept short<br />
can result in pain, lameness, fractured nails and<br />
infections due to excess licking. I book clients in<br />
for a 30 minute appointment at the end of my<br />
consulting schedule, as these patients require<br />
sedation to effectively clip the nails to the length<br />
they should be. I can reverse the sedation and<br />
then the dog goes home with pain relief on<br />
board.<br />
BREED ETE TESTING WITH Dr Steve Heap<br />
Steve eye tests dogs<br />
of all ages to rule in<br />
or out specific breed<br />
ocular abnormalities<br />
( Cataracts and<br />
Progressive Retinol<br />
atrophy and others)<br />
to see whether they<br />
are a candidate for<br />
Breeding purposes.<br />
NEW MRI on Site<br />
We are so pleased to be able to offer MRI for<br />
all pets in partnership with Pacific Radiology<br />
Services. Steve and I have always believed that<br />
our special furries deserve the same deal as<br />
us humans. Patients are referred to us for MRI,<br />
we sedate or anaesthetize the pet and closely<br />
monitor while the MRI is in progress. Once the<br />
images are complete we send off to a radiologist<br />
for their interpretation and then formulate<br />
the appropriate treatment plan whether it be<br />
surgery or conservative treatment. We are the<br />
very first Veterinary Clinic in NZL to have MRI<br />
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treatment for HYPERTHYROID cats. This<br />
treatment is a cure and means these cats don’t<br />
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ongoing blood testing and monitoring. There<br />
are a few criteria that must be met as not all<br />
cats are candidates for this treatment. These<br />
cats can’t be in kidney or heart failure. It is a<br />
painless injection of Radioactive Iodine that<br />
must be administered safely by a Veterinarian<br />
and then the cats board at our Practice for 7<br />
days to ensure we dispose of their waste safely.<br />
We usually do these treatments in batches of<br />
3-4 cats so they have company while they are<br />
boarding for the week.<br />
CHILL PROTCOAL FOR ANXIOUS/FEARFUL<br />
DOGS or CATS<br />
Many patients these days don’t enjoy a trip to<br />
the Vet clinic. We seem to be seeing more and<br />
more dogs that suffer general anxiety, OCD<br />
disorders, fear aggression and nervousness<br />
around other dogs. We have a concoction of<br />
three medications that are staggered and given<br />
at different times before the vet visit to hopefully<br />
somewhat decrease the anxiety and stress your<br />
pet feels on entering McMaster & Heap. This<br />
will often allow a vet to perform a limited exam,<br />
vaccinate the pet safely and possibly go onto<br />
sedate so more testing or a closer examination (<br />
like a nail trim, examine teeth, clean ears) can be<br />
performed.<br />
BLOOD<br />
TRANSFUSIONS<br />
Our Skilled team of<br />
vets and nurses are<br />
able to blood transfuse<br />
patients urgently if<br />
required. We have<br />
donor patients we use (<br />
plus stored refrigerated<br />
whole blood) but first<br />
we need to find out<br />
their blood type so we know if they are a match<br />
or not. The first transfusion for a dog can be any<br />
blood type though, but cats must always be<br />
transfused with their own blood type.<br />
CHEMOTHERPAY<br />
Dr Kirsty Thompson<br />
sees Chemotherapy<br />
referrals from all over<br />
the South Island. She<br />
has become very<br />
skilled, knowledgeable<br />
and passionate in the<br />
field of cancer and is<br />
able to make a real<br />
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quality and extension<br />
of life in these patients. In the photo, a slow<br />
2-3 hour infusion of chemotherapy is delivered<br />
to Buffy, who was sedated, to treat Pancreatic<br />
Cancer.<br />
RADIOACTIVE IODINE TREATMENT FOR<br />
CATS<br />
We are one of a select group of Veterinary<br />
practices able to offer Radioactive Iodine<br />
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CONCEPT DESIGN: The complex will include an 18-hole<br />
indoor mini golf course, 40-bay golf driving range, pro shop,<br />
function rooms and cafe, and batting cages for softball,<br />
cricket and baseball. <br />
QEII multi-sport<br />
and entertainment<br />
complex to proceed<br />
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City council head of city<br />
growth and property Bruce Rendall<br />
said the lease will be<br />
20 years, plus one right<br />
of renewal for a further<br />
term of <strong>15</strong> years less one<br />
day.<br />
“This makes a total<br />
lease term of 35 years less<br />
one day,” he said.<br />
The idea of bringing<br />
golf back to QEII first occurred<br />
to sole director of<br />
the company Chris Bond about<br />
Chris Bond<br />
five years ago.<br />
He was a former staff member<br />
at the Ascot driving range – the<br />
golf course that previously<br />
occupied the site.<br />
Said Bond: “[I] had so<br />
much fun working in<br />
the shop helping run the<br />
complex.”<br />
He said the complex<br />
will benefit all of<br />
Canterbury.<br />
About 25 retail and<br />
hospitality staff will be<br />
employed at the facility.<br />
GIFTED: Avondale Community Garden has received donations from the community,<br />
including a water tank and a compost bin, a wheelbarrow and a signboard.<br />
PHOTO: NATALIE PHAM<br />
Hope the garden will be<br />
allowed permanent status<br />
• From page 1<br />
Prices for fruit and vegetables<br />
rose 10 per cent, while grocery<br />
food prices increased 7.1 per<br />
cent.<br />
To prepare for the coming<br />
summer, the garden will have<br />
a grand opening in November<br />
to build relationships with the<br />
community and attract more<br />
volunteers. There are currently<br />
four volunteers, including<br />
Jordan’s father.<br />
“A lot of people have offered<br />
help, but there isn’t much to do<br />
in the winter. So we’re hoping to<br />
utilise their help with watering<br />
and gardening in the summer,”<br />
Jordan said.<br />
At the moment, he can only<br />
plant in the garden beds and not<br />
into the ground because the city<br />
council has not made the final<br />
decision on whether the garden<br />
can stay permanently.<br />
“In November, co-governance<br />
will hopefully make a decision<br />
on who is going to stay permanently,”<br />
he said.<br />
If granted permission, Jordan<br />
will start planting fruit trees.<br />
The garden has received a lot<br />
of support from the local community,<br />
businesses, and individuals,<br />
who have donated time<br />
and materials to help Jordan<br />
achieving his goal.<br />
“We have bits and pieces from<br />
the community being donated,”<br />
Jordan said.<br />
On top of a water tank and<br />
compost bin gifted earlier this<br />
year, he recently received a used<br />
wheelbarrow, a small shed, and a<br />
signboard.<br />
However, it has not always<br />
been smooth sailing.<br />
The garden beds have been<br />
breaking as some people were<br />
stomping on the edges, Jordan<br />
said.<br />
Last year, it also had problems<br />
with people coming in and ripping<br />
off vegetables.<br />
“Our water tank was turned<br />
on and two garden boxes were<br />
stolen,” he added.<br />
“But apart from that, it has<br />
been pretty good.”<br />
Since the garden has been<br />
getting more attention from the<br />
local community, the incidents<br />
have decreased.<br />
Avondale Community Garden<br />
will have its grand opening on<br />
November 6.<br />
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Carl Bromley Standing for Mayor and Councillor for Innes Ward<br />
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Hello, Kia Ora! I’m Carl Bromley. I am honoured<br />
to stand for Christchurch Mayor for Innes Ward<br />
as Councilor.<br />
I’m 52yrs of age, been married for 27yrs to an<br />
amazing woman. I have three adult children and<br />
three grandchildren. I am a Registered Nurse<br />
(non-practicing), and an ordained Pastor. I<br />
have 30yrs professionally specialising in Mental<br />
Health working with Adults, and young people,<br />
while concurrently serving the community as<br />
a Pastor, supporting families through their life<br />
journeys of ups and downs. I had a private<br />
practice as a Therapist, hence business<br />
experience. I have committed many hours to<br />
the community pro bono as a Therapist and<br />
minister.<br />
My vision is for Christchurch is to become the<br />
envy of all New Zealand through my five-point<br />
policy which I call ‘Giving Christchurch a High<br />
Five’:<br />
1. Empowering Christchurch To Thrive<br />
2. Freeing Christchurch To Choose<br />
3. Supporting Christchurch To Heal<br />
4. Leading Christchurch To Live<br />
5. Urging Christchurch To Unite<br />
I oppose any policy, or legislation, that<br />
prejudices people based upon Race, Religion,<br />
Gender, Political Viewpoint, or Medical Status.<br />
I am a strong advocate of the New Zealand Bill<br />
of Rights, justice, safety, freedom, and health.<br />
I bring conviction, courage, commitment, and<br />
compassion. Support me to support you to<br />
secure a ‘Happy, Healthy, Thriving and Free<br />
Christchurch’ for all.<br />
Let Common sense, and the voice of the people<br />
prevail! You can find me on Facebook:<br />
www.facebook.com/CarlBromleyForMayor<br />
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Phil Mauger Standing for Christchurch Mayor<br />
I am running for Mayor because I want to regain<br />
people’s trust in Council and get stuff done.<br />
With only 42% of residents having faith in what<br />
we do, this has got to be turned around.<br />
I have lived in Christchurch all my life working in<br />
our contracting business, building subdivisions<br />
and infrastructure all over the city. I have<br />
resigned from the business to focus on running<br />
for Mayor.<br />
My wife Chrissy and I have five children and<br />
nine grandchildren between us. I am the current<br />
Councillor for Burwood. I enjoy this role, but I<br />
can see how we can make things better and<br />
take Christchurch forward and make it a city<br />
that our kids and grandkids want to live in and<br />
return to.<br />
I have six policy platforms that if elected Mayor<br />
I will be promoting and actively supporting:<br />
• Keep rates affordable and reduce debt<br />
• Regain ratepayers’ confidence in the Council<br />
• Finish our roads and footpaths<br />
• Deliver core services better<br />
• Make Christchurch an even better place to live<br />
• Look after our Environment<br />
Council needs to regain your trust and listen to<br />
the community. I will work hard to do that.<br />
We need to listen to your concerns and together<br />
we need to make Christchurch the best city to<br />
work, live, play and invest in.<br />
Authorised by Phil Mauger, phil4mayor.co.nz<br />
David Meates Standing for Christchurch Mayor<br />
I’m standing for Mayor because I truly believe<br />
in the potential of Christchurch - but we need<br />
experienced, transparent and collaborative<br />
leadership to make it a reality. We need to<br />
move beyond petty, partisan, politics, for the<br />
good of our city.<br />
The top issue that I’m hearing and seeing is<br />
a lack of trust and confidence in the Council<br />
itself. In a recent poll, only 42% of 7,038<br />
residents were satisfied with the Council’s<br />
performance; the lowest satisfaction level in <strong>15</strong><br />
years. This needs to be addressed, as a matter<br />
of urgency - and it requires open, transparent<br />
and experienced leadership to do so.<br />
I was the CEO of the Canterbury District<br />
Health Board (CDHB) from 2009 to 2020,<br />
directly responsible for 12,000 direct<br />
employees and working in partnership<br />
with a further 9,000 health professionals in<br />
the community. Now is the time to use my<br />
experience, and collaborative approach to<br />
working with residents, to make our place<br />
New Zealand’s most attractive and vibrant city.<br />
Collaboration is key for me – not just listening<br />
to and engaging with our people, but also<br />
ensuring Council works actively with the<br />
arts community, with business, with tangata<br />
whenua, with our rangatahi (young people),<br />
with universities and social enterprises.<br />
We have a range of ‘big picture’ issues that<br />
we need to grapple with as a city - climate<br />
change, housing challenges, transport and<br />
connectedness, to name a few – together we<br />
can do so much more.<br />
I look forward to working with you as Mayor<br />
to become a truly 21st Century city where<br />
innovation and connectedness thrives.<br />
I promise that I will listen, lead and get results.<br />
For more information about why I am standing,<br />
visit www.davidmeates.nz<br />
Authorised by Stella Ward, wardstella007@gmail.com<br />
The Wizard of NZ Standing for Christchurch Mayor<br />
A mayor is the democratically elected icon<br />
or face of the city, both to its citizens and to<br />
the world. Only resourceful and well-known<br />
individuals with a lengthy record of public<br />
service, influence on public affairs and<br />
independence from personal pressure, can<br />
in good faith stand for the office of Mayor of<br />
Christchurch.<br />
My position on social and cultural matters<br />
has been clearly expressed in my public<br />
actions and publications over the past fifty<br />
years. I make no secret of the fact that I share<br />
the good taste, aspirations and remarkable<br />
achievements of the Romantic Neo-Gothic<br />
founders of this special city.<br />
I am respected by those who love Christchurch<br />
and have for years stood beside those<br />
protesters who have tried to stop that dream<br />
being destroyed for money or power.<br />
As part of my heritage as a proud British<br />
subject and New Zealand citizen I despise<br />
racism especially when it is disguised as antiracism<br />
that is increasingly used as a tool to<br />
help ambitious politicians and businessmen to<br />
gain their objectives.<br />
Ask yourselves this question. What other<br />
mayoral candidate will make any substantial<br />
impact on the dysfunctional and costly<br />
complacency of the self-enriching City Council<br />
bureaucracy which behaves as if we are the<br />
public servants and they are our masters? I<br />
have demonstrated the determination and skill<br />
needed to outmanoeuvre bullies that I first<br />
demonstrated since the City Council daily tried<br />
unsuccessfully to have me arrested almost fifty<br />
years ago for “speaking out loud in Cathedral<br />
Square”.<br />
Authorised by The Wizard of NZ: jack@wizard.gen.nz<br />
Kelly Barber Independent for Burwood<br />
My message is simple: Our city needs change.<br />
We need to get the basics right. Roads,<br />
rubbish, recycling and rates, and we need to<br />
push through the red tape holding our city back<br />
to get things done.<br />
As current Chair of the Waitai Coastal-<br />
Burwood community board, I know the issues.<br />
I will vote on what’s best for the people of the<br />
Burwood Ward as your independent voice.<br />
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family for 30+ years. My wife was born here,<br />
and we raised our children here. This is our<br />
home.<br />
I’ve always strived to be a person of action and<br />
not just talk.<br />
I helped start the Burwood East Residents’<br />
Association, volunteer as a Trustee of a<br />
local group planning our new Community<br />
Centre, and I volunteer for the Community<br />
Watch, helping keep our community safe. I’ve<br />
chaired a school football club, coached teams,<br />
mentored youth. I love my community and am<br />
here to serve it.<br />
As a 17 time Coast to Coast athlete and the<br />
author of 2 books I know the value of hard<br />
work, perseverance and determination.<br />
A vote for me is a vote for change.<br />
Vote Kelly Barber for Council.<br />
Contact me anytime 02108676195 or<br />
kelly4burwood@gmail.com<br />
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8 Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>15</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />
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Michelle Lomax Labour candidate for Councillor - Burwood Ward<br />
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Burwood ward needs someone who’s not afraid<br />
to challenge the status quo and can get stuff<br />
done – I’ve got a track record of that.<br />
I grew up in the East, trained as a lawyer, am<br />
Mum to six grown-up kids, and am a community<br />
board member.<br />
I’ve spent my adult life getting stuff done for<br />
my community. From advocating on maternity,<br />
disability and mental health issues, to being a<br />
school board chair, Playcentre president, St<br />
John Youth leader, Community Law lawyer and<br />
DHB member. I’m also a small business owner.<br />
Residents have generously shared their<br />
concerns with me, and they’ve told me their top<br />
priorities are:<br />
• Safe roads and footpaths – they still need<br />
fixing; some footpaths are dangerous<br />
• Flood remediation across the ward, especially<br />
in Avondale, Dallington and the Burwood/New<br />
Brighton Rd area<br />
• Extending Prestons Park Dv onto Mairehau Rd<br />
• Red Zone – safety and developing it as a<br />
sustainable community asset<br />
• Prudent council spending, including mitigating<br />
spending on the Stadium<br />
As Community Board deputy chair, some of<br />
my initiatives were working with the Police<br />
to improve safety for residents; working<br />
on improvements to Linwood Village; and<br />
advocating for Cranmer Square residents during<br />
the occupation by protesters.<br />
If elected, I promise to:<br />
• Fight for a fair deal for the East<br />
• Hold monthly residents’ clinics<br />
• Make Council more transparent<br />
• Get cracking on day one on residents’ priorities<br />
With your support, I’ll get stuff done for the<br />
Burwood ward.<br />
See MichelleLomax.wordpress.com<br />
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Alexandra Davids Standing for Councillor, Chch Central Ward<br />
As the current Chair of the Waikura Linwood-<br />
Central-Heathcote Community Board<br />
for the last two years, and a community<br />
board member for another seven years, I<br />
have acquired an in-depth understanding<br />
of how Council works and a strong base<br />
of governance and relationship-building<br />
experience. I have proven my ability to support<br />
residents and community groups across the<br />
ward.<br />
The Council needs a bold and exciting vision<br />
for the City, but also needs to be commercially<br />
responsible and ensure ratepayers money is<br />
spent prudently.<br />
We need to make sure we get our basics right,<br />
including footpaths, roads, green spaces and<br />
increasing the tree canopy in the central city<br />
but we also must be better than basic.<br />
I am independent and not politically aligned. I<br />
will listen to the Central Ward community, and<br />
will make decisions and advocate for them<br />
based on merit and common sense, rather<br />
than on a political agenda set by others.<br />
Our community needs to be at the centre of<br />
all we do. As the city intensifies, we need to<br />
be providing well maintained green spaces for<br />
people to connect, relax, and play. It would be<br />
wonderful to have a dedicated central city dog<br />
park for all those fur babies in the Ward!<br />
We need a city that is safe and affordable for<br />
our rangatahi (youth) and our elderly.<br />
Brave climate action is essential, and its<br />
implementation should be intertwined with all<br />
other city decision making. Ultimately, climate<br />
action is about protecting and future-proofing<br />
our city – for future generations.<br />
Authorised by Alexandra Davids davids.alexandra@gmail.com<br />
Stephen McPaike Central Ward Candidate<br />
Being on council is about representing your<br />
concerns at the city’s top table. As your<br />
Elected Member it’s my job to represent<br />
our view, not impose my political beliefs or<br />
ideology on you.<br />
It will be my job to bring us together to get<br />
things done. I have been doing this as a<br />
community advocate for the past few years<br />
and discovered that I have a passion for it and<br />
can get results. I advocated for the installation<br />
of over 2300 heat pumps in our council social<br />
housing. We got $16m and put a massive<br />
amount of pressure on the rental market to<br />
also lift its game.<br />
This has benefits for everyone in our<br />
community. Warmer homes cause less winter<br />
illnesses, reducing our health costs and<br />
keeping more doctors free to help people<br />
with other health issues. You can often find<br />
me behind the scenes. I helped build the<br />
sewercrisis.nz social media platform to put real<br />
pressure on the council to allocate $1m to help<br />
the Bromley and surrounding communities.<br />
I am that guy behind the camera in the<br />
live streaming we did to connect over 450<br />
residents to public meetings that they couldn’t<br />
get to. You may have seen me on TV or heard<br />
me on the radio. Making good use of the media<br />
to raise community concerns is important and<br />
not just the role of the mayor. Making sure we<br />
have a strong voice that is heard is important<br />
Authorised by Stephen McPaike, stephen4chch@gmail.com<br />
Celeste Donovan The Coastal Candidate for Council<br />
Kia ora, I’m Celeste Donovan. Last year you<br />
elected me as your City Councillor, and now<br />
I’m asking you to re-elect me so I can continue<br />
working on your behalf. Since I was elected last<br />
year, I’ve worked hard advocating for our ward.<br />
Together we have already achieved a lot.<br />
We are bridging the gap between Council and<br />
our community, with live-streamed Community<br />
Board meetings and a community advisory<br />
group for the wastewater plant issues. Let’s<br />
keep the engagement going.<br />
Working with the local community, I successfully<br />
advocated for $400,000 of council funding<br />
towards the Pūkeko Centre in Parklands,<br />
$180,000 to support residents impacted by<br />
wastewater plant odours, and have had funding<br />
bought forward for Mall upgrades.<br />
There is positive progress across the Coastal<br />
ward from Brooklands to Southshore, with<br />
new community facilities and planning nearly<br />
complete for the estuary edge project and<br />
Pages Road bridge. We also know there is<br />
much more to do to fix our broken infrastructure,<br />
and I want to ensure there are no further delays.<br />
We need to help our communities prepare and<br />
adapt to climate change. Working together, we<br />
can make sure the community is at the forefront<br />
of decision-making, and create a better, more<br />
climate-resilient future.<br />
With experience at council, degrees in politics<br />
and law, I know how to advocate for you and<br />
get results. I am passionate about the area and<br />
asking for your vote this <strong>September</strong> to ensure<br />
we can continue this work. Let’s get the better<br />
future we all deserve.<br />
Authorised by Celeste Donovan www.celestedonovan.co.nz<br />
Kim Money An Independent Candidate for Council - Coastal Ward<br />
I love this place! For over 40 years, I have<br />
lived, raised a family, worked, volunteered, led<br />
projects, and developed relationships in our<br />
area. What drives me is seeing our area reach<br />
its full potential. What guides me is what is<br />
important to you. I am not interested in party<br />
politics and am independent!<br />
As previous Chairperson of our Community<br />
Board (2016-2019), I bring a proven record<br />
of successful advocacy. During that time, I<br />
worked alongside community organisations<br />
and key stakeholders on many of the recent<br />
developments and projects, contributing to the<br />
current momentum.<br />
However, there is still a lot to do! Overdue<br />
earthquake repairs, core infrastructure<br />
spending continually deferred, and flood<br />
mitigations not completed. Urgent action is<br />
needed as these issues affect our well-being<br />
daily.<br />
The Council’s perception of our area must<br />
change, and planning needs to be based on<br />
information and reports that reflect what is<br />
really happening in our area.<br />
I want to see more openness and transparency<br />
around the information that the Council<br />
provides and genuine consultation processes<br />
so we can challenge and question where<br />
necessary. We need urgent action! To do<br />
this, we need a Council that really values and<br />
respects us. I am standing to help bring about<br />
these changes.<br />
My experience, knowledge and decades of<br />
community connections are invaluable and are<br />
needed at the Council table. I have the vision,<br />
and determination to staunchly advocate for<br />
you to ensure your voice is heard and our area<br />
reaches its potential. Thanks, Kim.<br />
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<strong>2022</strong> LocaL ELEctions - meet your candidates<br />
Pauline Cotter The People’s Choice candidate for Councillor - Innes Ward<br />
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Our City can only be as strong as its people<br />
and that’s why community facilities and<br />
projects are crucial for social connections,<br />
education and well-being. I have a proven<br />
track record of empowering local residents<br />
and organisations, such as supporting the<br />
Residents Association to manage the St<br />
Albans Community Centre, and advocating<br />
for the acquisition of the adjacent section for<br />
a community garden. The Edgeware Pool<br />
groups’ vision to rebuild their pool has been<br />
accelerated by my successful Annual Plan<br />
bid for a Council grant of $3M, and I continue<br />
to advocate for a new community centre for<br />
Shirley, another community-led project.<br />
Councillors around the table next term<br />
will have major challenges in dealing with<br />
the multiple reforms coming from Central<br />
Government, and I am equipped with the<br />
experience as an RMA Commissioner, Board<br />
Chair, Director, and as a decision maker to<br />
contribute to this work.<br />
Top priority is mitigating climate change<br />
impacts, and this needs to be the lens through<br />
which we view all our planning and services,<br />
including providing safe, zero emission<br />
transport choices. By retaining and increasing<br />
our tree canopy and the increased level of<br />
funding for Councils’ Biodiversity partnership<br />
programmes and our Community Waterways<br />
Partnership we can achieve the vision of<br />
“Christchurch: A City in a Park”.<br />
I am committed to ensuring Council contributes<br />
within its areas of responsibility to a positive<br />
operating environment for business in the<br />
Central City and suburban areas.<br />
Vote Pauline Cotter “Inspiring Innes”.<br />
Authorised by Reuben Davidson, Reuben@lyttelton.online<br />
Ali Jones Standing for Councillor – Innes Ward<br />
With nine years on our local community board<br />
and three as a city councillor (2013-2016),<br />
I’d love your vote again. After a decade of<br />
working with earthquake claimants and groups<br />
including the community reference group (EQC<br />
inquiry) and EQC’s Claimant Representative<br />
Group, I have successfully advocated for<br />
people who need support and a voice. That is<br />
why I am standing for the City Council in <strong>2022</strong>.<br />
I’m politically independent and not beholden to<br />
any political party. With strong relationships in<br />
the not-for-profit, business, government, media<br />
and arts sectors, I’m well connected and have<br />
a broad knowledge.<br />
Traffic volumes and congestion continue to<br />
challenge. Buses and cycling are part of the<br />
answer but there are many other tools we<br />
must use. Improving light phasing; passengers<br />
and freight on rail; assessing effectiveness of<br />
road design; and understanding behavioural<br />
psychology when it comes to implementing<br />
changes because we need to be taking people<br />
with us not forcing them into doing something<br />
because there is no other choice.<br />
Issues in Innes need urgent innovative,<br />
focused and common-sense solutions, and<br />
I know they are there.<br />
Successfully managing environmental<br />
challenges is a top priority. Enough “green<br />
speak”; we need an holistic approach,<br />
supported by innovation and inspiration,<br />
and much ‘bigger’ thinking. The flooding in<br />
Edgeware has to be resolved; it’s gone on too<br />
long.<br />
We need green spaces and amenity to support<br />
the huge amount of new housing - this is a<br />
priority.<br />
If you want positive change, vote for Ali Jones,<br />
Innes City Councillor.<br />
Authorised by Ali Jones, ali@redpr.co.nz<br />
Yani Johanson The People’s Choice - Labour candidate for Councillor – Linwood Ward<br />
I am an experienced Councillor from Woolston<br />
with a strong record of getting positive things<br />
done to improve the East.<br />
Achievements this term include getting the<br />
Linwood Pool built, a lower Heathcote River<br />
guidance plan adopted, restoring Lancaster<br />
Park for recreation, and fighting hard to get<br />
rid of the offensive and objectionable odours<br />
from the Organics Processing Plant and the<br />
Wastewater Treatment Plant.<br />
I’m supportive of: reducing flooding risk,<br />
keeping strategic assets in public ownership,<br />
improving maintenance of parks, footpaths,<br />
roads, cemeteries, and rivers. I firmly<br />
believe the priority should be fixing broken<br />
infrastructure in the suburbs ahead of goldplating<br />
central city streets. I’m opposed to:<br />
the permanent chlorination/privatisation of<br />
water, excessive CEO salaries, and ugly<br />
urban development that ruins amenity and<br />
neighbourhoods.<br />
I’m proud to stand up for social justice,<br />
environmental equity, and transparent<br />
decision-making that puts local people and<br />
communities at the heart of what gets done.<br />
Authorised by Reuben Davidson, Reuben@lyttelton.online<br />
Tim Baker Labour candidate for Community Board - Burwood Ward<br />
I represented the people in Burwood for nine<br />
years during 2010-2019 and have been asked<br />
by residents to return.<br />
While on the Board my colleagues and I<br />
championed many community projects in<br />
Burwood and the east, such as the new Aranui<br />
library and community hall.<br />
I was involved in the creation of Ripene Ma<br />
Reserve, the Tai Ora/QE2 build and use of<br />
Red Zone land, to name a few. Hundreds<br />
of kilometres of services and roading was<br />
replaced during my tenure.<br />
The years following the quakes were<br />
exhausting – thousands of meetings and<br />
planning. After three years’ rest I have been<br />
encouraged by ex-colleagues to return to<br />
community projects, help protect residents<br />
from flooding in low-lying areas by pushing<br />
Council to prioritise flood mitigation plans,<br />
affordable housing options and fixing sewer<br />
issues.<br />
A vote for me is for someone with experience<br />
and knowledge and here to make a difference.<br />
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Mike Gibbs An Independent candidate for Burwood Ward<br />
Who am I?<br />
I’m Mike, I have Cerebral Palsy, I’m a father of<br />
4, and I have a big extended family including<br />
mokopuna. I belong to the Salvation Army<br />
Linwood. I live in this ward and understand the<br />
issues.<br />
What I stand for/ What needs doing?<br />
I believe in residents having a voice, we need<br />
to continue to build up our communities,<br />
getting neighbours talking, looking after<br />
Why should you vote for me?<br />
that need remediation, different thinking is<br />
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get things done.<br />
I think of solutions outside of the box.<br />
community watch areas within our suburbs.<br />
I believe in a collaborative approach like<br />
establishing better communication between<br />
residents and Red Zone interest groups.<br />
I believe we need more services for older<br />
people within their suburbs, like bus routes<br />
through the suburbs, closer to where they<br />
live. Free bus fares for all under 18 and the<br />
disabled.<br />
I believe for a long time now, the East has<br />
been neglected, roads, gutters, footpaths, and<br />
sewage all need fixing, when other areas get<br />
all the attention. There are areas of flooding<br />
needed here!<br />
Exits from Preston’s Park onto Mairehau Road<br />
need completing.<br />
Free access to Tairoa QEII for all residents and<br />
free swim lessons for 5–9 year olds.<br />
My experience.<br />
I’ve been on school boards, trusts since 2016,<br />
have worked within the community since 2011,<br />
I have experience in advocacy, love helping<br />
people.<br />
Nothing is impossible with a positive mindset.<br />
Because I care about everyone<br />
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Greg Mitchell Community Board Candidate for Burwood Ward<br />
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Who am I?<br />
I have lived in the Burwood ward my whole<br />
life, attending Windsor (now Waitakiri),<br />
Chisnallwood and Shirley Boys High Schools,<br />
my two children now attend those schools.<br />
I put myself for nomination at the last minute<br />
as I saw a real lack of independent candidates<br />
with the required skill and experience. I am not<br />
a member of any political party, I have no links<br />
with any groups whose aim is to destabilize<br />
New Zealand government.<br />
I am an active community member<br />
volunteering for Canterbury Wheelchair rugby<br />
for the last 17 years and coaching a Junior<br />
cricket team for East Christchurch Shirley for<br />
the last six years.<br />
I also have local and international leadership<br />
experience as the coach of the New Zealand<br />
Wheelblacks. I led the team to the Tokyo<br />
Paralympics last year.<br />
I have a sound business background<br />
managing a manufacturing business for the<br />
last 11 years, so I understand how to make<br />
practical commercially sensible decisions.<br />
Why should you vote for me?<br />
I have no political agenda and prefer to listen<br />
to my community and respond accordingly.<br />
However, I will be guided by the following<br />
priorities:<br />
• Repair our physical spaces such as roading,<br />
footpaths and bridges so they are accessible<br />
to all.<br />
• Rebuild our wellbeing through access to sport<br />
and recreation.<br />
• Build a new community facility in the north of<br />
our ward where there is an identified lack, so<br />
as to bring our community together.<br />
A vote for me is a vote for our community.<br />
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Dr Sunita Gautam Labour candidate for Community Board - Central Ward<br />
My day-to-day life is grounded in the Central<br />
ward and Christchurch has been my home<br />
for 19 years. I’m passionate about building<br />
people, business and the environment. As your<br />
Community Board member, I have engaged<br />
with the local community via community<br />
meetings at Linwood Village, resident group<br />
meetings and supporting community events.<br />
I have been a strong voice on the Board<br />
and championed several wins such as<br />
the Greening The East project, uplifting<br />
Linwood Village, working with residents on<br />
Armagh Street traffic safety, and improving<br />
the Welcome Rest Park. I also serve our<br />
community as a JP, marriage/civil union<br />
celebrant, business mentor, career mentor,<br />
leadership and life coach and work at ARA as<br />
a Business lecturer.<br />
I am committed to working hard for the Central<br />
Ward. Let’s work together to make it a place<br />
where all the people feel safe, valued, and<br />
have a sense of belonging.<br />
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Kevin McDonald Standing for Community Board, Christchurch Central Ward<br />
Kia ora my name is Kevin. I’m a retired<br />
business person/social worker. I have 4<br />
adult children and 1 rascally grandson. I live<br />
in Linwood and I love it. I’m standing as an<br />
independent for Ch-ch Central Community<br />
Board.<br />
I believe that politics, especially at this level,<br />
can be a noble occupation. I want to connect<br />
my community to the decision making process<br />
and restore trust in local democracy. To this<br />
end, if elected, I will set up a regular weekly<br />
open information exchange meeting, in<br />
Linwood Village. Residents will be welcome to<br />
chat about local issues, which I will feed back<br />
to the board and where they can find out about<br />
Council plans for our ward.<br />
Christchurch central ward is undergoing the<br />
greatest housing intensification in recent<br />
history. With many new dwellings having little<br />
outdoor space, with no garage or even off<br />
street parking. When these new residents and<br />
vehicles arrive they will have a huge impact on<br />
our streets and infrastructure.<br />
Although the ‘big’ decisions are made by the<br />
Government, through the RMA, Local Govt.NZ<br />
and City Council the Community Board have<br />
an important lobbying role and ability to input<br />
into Council decisions.<br />
Historically voter turnout for local elections is<br />
low. I’m hoping that a chance to be involved in<br />
decision making will excite you enough to vote.<br />
I respect individual freedom of choice and the<br />
truth.<br />
Thank you. Aroha. Kevin.<br />
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Jake McLellan The Labour candidate for Councillor - Central<br />
Three years ago I asked for your support and<br />
was humbled to become your Councillor. I’m<br />
proud of what we’ve achieved together and<br />
I’m asking for your continued support to keep<br />
delivering for our community.<br />
I’ve secured a much-needed refresh of the<br />
area around the Stanmore Road shops, and<br />
a well-deserved Living Wage for city workers.<br />
I’m working on free pool access for children,<br />
because water safety is important and we need<br />
to reduce tragedies, and I’ve championed the<br />
crack down on land banking in our central city.<br />
But I know there’s still more to do and I’ve got<br />
a long list of things to crack on with including<br />
getting our shuttle bus back and investing in<br />
light-rail.<br />
I’m more committed than ever to working hard<br />
with our community to ensure the Central Ward<br />
continues to have a strong voice. facebook.<br />
com/jakemclellanchch<br />
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John Miller Labour candidate for Community Board - Central Ward<br />
I want to improve the interface between<br />
citizens and the Council. As a community<br />
advocate and helper, I’ve learned how to<br />
navigate the many parts that make up the<br />
Council organisation.<br />
My name’s John Miller, and I’ve lived and<br />
worked in the Central Ward for 20 years. My<br />
experiences include managing communityowned<br />
properties, marketing communications,<br />
community development and advocacy. In<br />
recent years I was one of several volunteers<br />
who developed a Revitalisation Plan for the<br />
Inner City East. Successes from our work<br />
include a substantial reduction in kerbside<br />
dumping, and an interagency group that<br />
addressed crime and safety concerns around<br />
Linwood Village. Many lessons from these<br />
projects can be applied across other parts of<br />
Central. I’d like to expand these projects to<br />
continue improving public safety. I also believe<br />
that a service similar to the pre-2011 yellow<br />
City Shuttle buses is key to revitalising the<br />
inner city.<br />
We need a Community Board that empowers<br />
community and makes it easy to get good stuff<br />
done.<br />
john@johnmiller.co.nz<br />
027 422 0893<br />
facebook/JohnMillerForCentral<br />
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Samantha Fay Candidate for Coastal Community Board<br />
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I love our community, it’s a diamond in the<br />
rough which is often overlooked by the<br />
wider city. My background is in education,<br />
having taught at Mairehau High School/<br />
Kaikoura Primary School and now in the area<br />
of specialist education programmes. I am<br />
currently working as a Community Worker and<br />
also dedicate my time to working as a textile<br />
artist.<br />
For the Southshore and South Brighton<br />
Communities the completion of legacy<br />
earthquake repairs is vital for the communities<br />
wellbeing. We must ensure this does not get<br />
lost amidst future planning.<br />
We are uniquely positioned at the moment in<br />
New Brighton to maximise the impact of an<br />
explosion in residential development to see the<br />
vision for the mall area realised. Ensuring we,<br />
as a community board, support and advocate<br />
for those who are working in this area will<br />
be essential for success, while working<br />
collaboratively for the social impacts this may<br />
have.<br />
The Parklands community needs advocacy in<br />
the form of the provision of equtiable access to<br />
quality community facilities. The team behind<br />
the Pukeko Centre have done amazing work<br />
in this area and Council have an obiligation to<br />
ensure the facilities and resources they own<br />
and operate are on par with other parts of the<br />
ward and wider city.<br />
Both the Brooklands and Spencer Park<br />
communities need support and certainty going<br />
forward as they respond to the threat of rising<br />
sea levels and climate change.<br />
A vote for me is a vote for community, open<br />
and honest communication and future thinking.<br />
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Alex Hewison The People’s Choice - Labour candidate for Community Board - Coastal Ward<br />
The need for better infrastructure has been a<br />
constant struggle for our ward, it’s time this is<br />
prioritised. I am a young lad, studying Law and<br />
Economics, and am proud to have grown up in<br />
North New Brighton. I went to Freeville School,<br />
and was Deputy Head-boy at SBHS.<br />
I know our local struggles; whether it is<br />
community groups not receiving enough<br />
funding, or constantly driving down broken,<br />
flooded roads and footpaths. It’s time to bring<br />
attention back to the east, with real change.<br />
Having spoken to thousands of residents<br />
already, and many organisations, I have set<br />
out key commitments for the East:<br />
• I will advocate staunchly to ensure our roads,<br />
footpaths and other infrastructure are a key<br />
focus, and ensure that they are done right the<br />
first time.<br />
• I will continue to push for more funding for<br />
our community-led organisations and clubs<br />
that play a key role in uplifting our youth and<br />
the wellbeing of our ward.<br />
• I will push to ensure that our ward is safer.<br />
• I will make sure that when we make<br />
decisions, we do so with climate change<br />
mitigation at the forefront.<br />
It’s time for change. We need passionate,<br />
energetic candidates who will finally get things<br />
achieved for the East. The local body election<br />
is our chance to do this, so join me on this<br />
journey and vote Hewison.<br />
Authorised by Reuben Davidson, Reuben@lyttelton.online<br />
Matthew Stock An Independent candidate for Coastal Ward Community Board<br />
“Leaders are made, they are not born. They<br />
are made by hard effort, which is the price<br />
which all of us must pay to achieve any goal<br />
that is worthwhile.” Vince Lombardi.<br />
Who am I?<br />
I have always worked with dedication and<br />
integrity. From working at KFC every Friday<br />
and Saturday night midnight - 8am, to teaching<br />
Science at Aranui High School, to where I am<br />
now at Hornby High School as a Senior Dean<br />
and Head of Science.<br />
During the Christchurch earthquakes, I found<br />
the resilience of community. I felt connected to<br />
neighbours who lived down the road who came<br />
to help me dig the liquefaction off my property.<br />
For nine years and counting, I have coached<br />
my children’s rugby teams at Parklands<br />
Roosters RFC. Now as Club Captain, every<br />
two weeks we come together where I lead the<br />
celebration of our tamariki. This is where I<br />
found the purpose of community.<br />
Why am I running for Community Board?<br />
I have a genuine invested interest in our<br />
community. I have three children that I would<br />
like to walk to the park without being harassed.<br />
I want to have neighbourhoods that aren’t<br />
being treated like racing car circuits and<br />
burnout pads. I want to cycle to work without<br />
having to negotiate substandard roads and<br />
flooding. I want more trees and native birds<br />
flying around. I want my children to choose<br />
East Christchurch to raise their own children. I<br />
want everyone to feel the power and the love<br />
of community.<br />
Let’s do this together.<br />
Authorised by Matt Stock mattjstock@gmail.com<br />
Shreejana Chhetri The People’s Choice candidate for Community Board – Innes Ward<br />
My family and I immigrated to New Zealand<br />
from Nepal in the year 2008. I’ve lived in the<br />
ward most of my life and some of my greatest<br />
memories are from attending both Mairehau<br />
Primary and High School. While growing<br />
up here, I used to perform Nepali dance at<br />
cultural events, school galas, and at elderly<br />
care facilities. My parents had taught me to put<br />
people at heart, and to give back to society.<br />
My passion to make positive impact became<br />
a driver of my career choice, working at the<br />
Department of Corrections, working in an NGO<br />
supporting women and children encountering<br />
domestic violence, serving on advisory<br />
committees to the City Council, and leading<br />
various community projects and workshops<br />
focused on building a more cohesive and<br />
inclusive society. This is the neighbourhood I<br />
love and I want to ensure everyone’s voices<br />
are represented and heard, and I would love<br />
the opportunity to serve in our Community<br />
Board.<br />
Focus areas of particular interest to me<br />
include funding and resourcing community led<br />
initiatives, over intensified housing, crimes and<br />
safer roading and intersections.<br />
Most importantly, I’m keen to hear from the<br />
people and support their ideas and visions.<br />
I am positive that I will do well in terms of<br />
achieving good outcomes for the ward and<br />
I will be 100% committed to this role. I want<br />
to join hands with you to resolve issues, and<br />
harness the strength that is our communities.<br />
I would really appreciate your vote in this<br />
year’s election.<br />
Email: Shreejana.chhetri33@gmail.com<br />
Phone: 02102213016<br />
Authorised by Reuben Davidson, Reuben@lyttelton.online<br />
Paul McMahon The People’s Choice - Labour candidate for Community Board - Linwood Ward<br />
I am passionate about the East, it’s my home<br />
and community, but the Council has given us a<br />
stink deal - we deserve better!<br />
I am lucky to live in Woolston with my wife and<br />
sons (10 & 13), and we love the Linwood Pool,<br />
libraries, the tracks along the river, and being<br />
close to the hills and to the beach. There’s so<br />
much going for our side of the city, but so often<br />
we seem to come off second-best.<br />
I work for a community organisation in Wainoni<br />
combatting harm to young people from drugs<br />
and helping communities resist the spread of<br />
bottle shops. I’ve also sat on a local school<br />
Board of Trustees and a charitable trust, been<br />
a local community board chairperson, and<br />
worked in youth mental health. I chose to do<br />
this work because I want our communities to<br />
be places where we look out for one another<br />
and treat each other with respect.<br />
My focus on the Board will be working<br />
collaboratively to stop the stink, investing in<br />
green space, repairing damaged roads and<br />
footpaths, reducing heavy traffic on residential<br />
streets, getting a fair deal for the East, and<br />
speaking up for those who need a strong<br />
advocate.<br />
A vote for me is for someone who listens and<br />
has the experience and ability to get things<br />
done.<br />
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Jackie Simons The People’s Choice - Labour candidate for Community Board – Linwood Ward<br />
I have lived in Woolston for over thirty years<br />
and I’m proud to call it home. Recently, we<br />
have had some good wins for our community,<br />
including: a new swimming pool, the Woolston<br />
Village makeover, and lots of smaller projects<br />
that have been completed.<br />
Council sometimes takes an extraordinary<br />
length of time to get even the smallest of<br />
things done. There is no excuse for the lack of<br />
resolution to the odour issues, nor the lack of<br />
progress in fixing our roads and footpaths over<br />
a decade on from the 2010/11 earthquakes - it<br />
is not good enough, and I will keep fighting for<br />
a fair deal for the East.<br />
As a healthcare worker, I’m concerned about<br />
rising poverty and inequality. We need to do<br />
more to support those most in need in our<br />
community. I’m prepared to work hard for you<br />
to secure a better future for us all.<br />
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Genevieve Robinson Standing for Environment Canterbury Central/Ohoko<br />
As a trained journalist, I am used to asking the<br />
gnarly questions on behalf of the community,<br />
and the environment.<br />
My petition opposing the freshwater bottling<br />
consents in Belfast, was signed by 114,000,<br />
and as a founding member of Aotearoa<br />
Water Action, along with the community, we<br />
effectively challenged these consents in the<br />
Court of Appeal.<br />
With a family history of bowel cancer and<br />
a clear link between synthetic nitrogen<br />
fertiliser (SNF) and an increased prevalence<br />
of colorectal cancer, I want to see SNF<br />
reduced in all farming practices. I believe<br />
that with regenerative practices in place,<br />
and with government support, we can make<br />
serious changes at a grass roots level in both<br />
agricultural and horticultural farming.<br />
As deputy chair of Māui and Hector’s Dolphin<br />
Defenders and lead campaigner of The Pod,<br />
I have investigated the impacts and challenged<br />
the construction methods of the new cruise<br />
ship berth in Lyttelton.<br />
I will seek greater public engagement on<br />
consents affecting biodoversity, and campaign<br />
for Marine Protected Areas, and for the<br />
removal of all set nets from harbours, estuaries<br />
and rivers.<br />
We can no longer carry on with a “business as<br />
usual” approach to water use.<br />
As councillor, I will make sure a precautionary<br />
approach is taken on all new water consents,<br />
and will advocate for the mandatory forfeiture<br />
of all water consents prior to land sale.<br />
As an independent voice at Environment<br />
Canterbury, I will be a genuine holistic voice<br />
for the future of the community, and the<br />
environment.<br />
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Brynlea Stocks The People’s Choice candidate for Environment Canterbury - Christchurch Central / Ohoko<br />
Kia ora my name is Brynlea Stocks and I was<br />
born and raised in Christchurch/Ōtautahi. I’m<br />
standing for the Canterbury Regional Council<br />
to represent those who are concerned about<br />
our future. The outcomes of the plans we<br />
decide today, will directly influence what kind of<br />
future the next generation inherits.<br />
I completed a Bachelor of Sustainability<br />
and Outdoor Education at Ara Institute of<br />
Canterbury in 2020. I have worked as a<br />
Compliance Monitor and Consents Planner for<br />
the last two years at Environment Canterbury.<br />
I’m an active member of the Riccarton<br />
Community Garden and the Christchurch West<br />
Melton Water Zone Committee.<br />
For too long we have prioritised economic<br />
growth at the expense of the environment. I will<br />
work to develop long-term solutions to climate<br />
change and other environmental challenges.<br />
Let’s create a Canterbury where everyone has<br />
access to clean drinking water, swimmable<br />
rivers and where cycling and buses are a<br />
viable alternative to cars.<br />
I believe it is crucial to take time to understand<br />
these issues from other people’s perspectives<br />
in order to come up with workable solutions to<br />
the environmental challenges that we face. By<br />
facilitating open and honest conversations and<br />
establishing strong communities, we will create<br />
effective and long lasting change.<br />
With your support I will fight for a resilient<br />
Canterbury for now and for future generations.<br />
If you would like to contact me with further<br />
questions or any concerns you can via email<br />
hellobrynlea@gmail.com or on my Facebook<br />
Page, Brynlea Stocks – For Central/Ōhoko<br />
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Tane Apanui Canterbury Regional Councillor – standing for re-election<br />
Vote for one of your own.<br />
Every person that’s cleaned, pushed a<br />
tool, driven a truck, operated a machine or<br />
that’s worked in or along side transport and<br />
infrastructure teams deserves representation<br />
from one of their own.<br />
The Regional Council spends nearly half<br />
of its budget on transport and provides<br />
the leadership to the Regional Transport<br />
Committee which has a half billion dollar<br />
budget per year.<br />
I spent 20 years getting my hands dirty in<br />
industry and have three years experience in<br />
local government as the Deputy Chair of the<br />
Regional Transport Committee.<br />
The only way to have smarter infrastructure<br />
and stop project wastage is to know what it<br />
looks like.<br />
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Ashley Campbell The ECan candidate for Christchurch North East/Orei<br />
Our future is in our hands.<br />
Let’s make it a future we’re proud of.<br />
Climate change is here – we must act, to<br />
protect our world and our children’s futures.<br />
Sometimes it seems overwhelming – but our<br />
actions can make a difference. And bodies<br />
such as ECan help us make that difference,<br />
through education, regulation, and good<br />
governance.<br />
If you elect me, I will focus on:<br />
• Restoring natural environments, to help<br />
protect our homes from rising waterways,<br />
provide habitat for native wildlife, and create<br />
carbon sinks to absorb and store greenhouse<br />
gasses.<br />
• Providing real transport choices by<br />
ensuring public transport is frequent, reliable,<br />
affordable, convenient, and safe.<br />
• Cleaning up our rivers so they become<br />
ecologically sustainable, swimmable, and<br />
safe.<br />
Why vote Ashley Campbell?<br />
I already have 11 years’ experience in a grassroots<br />
ecological campaign that is changing the<br />
shape of our city.<br />
In June 2011, when the Ōtākaro/Avon<br />
River red zone was announced I began<br />
the campaign to return it to nature. I was a<br />
founding member of Avon-Ōtākaro Network<br />
(AvON), and founder and former co-chair of<br />
Greening the Red Zone.<br />
For two years, I have been a community<br />
member of Te Tira Kāhikuhiku, the group<br />
advising on transitional uses of the red zones.<br />
As an ECan councillor I will use my experience<br />
to help us restore our region and protect our<br />
future.<br />
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Joe Davies The People’s Choice - Labour candidate for Environment Canterbury<br />
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I will place the health of our water and our<br />
community at the forefront of my decision<br />
making and will prioritise action on light rail<br />
and climate resilience. I will work for increased<br />
funding for tree planting projects and an<br />
affordable and accessible public transport<br />
system that reduces congestion on roads.<br />
I was head boy at Linwood College through<br />
the 2011 earthquakes where I worked with<br />
our community to look after our students and<br />
families. I have experience as an elected<br />
Community Board Member at the Council and<br />
have qualifications in health sciences and web<br />
design and am a self-employed designer and<br />
contractor.<br />
I’ve spoken to many households throughout<br />
this campaign that want the basics done right<br />
and our children and grandchildren to inherit<br />
a natural and liveable environment. With your<br />
support I will work for a resilient Canterbury for<br />
now and for future generations.<br />
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Authorised by Reuben Davidson, Reuben@lyttelton.online<br />
Vicky Southworth - ECan candidate for South Christchurch - Owhanga<br />
Who am I?<br />
I’m a geologist with a Masters in Water<br />
Resource Management and <strong>15</strong> years<br />
experience in the environmental sector.<br />
As your regional councillor this term I<br />
supported: expanding the Enviroschools<br />
programme; access to the bus for a child<br />
fare for all 18 year olds and tertiary students;<br />
extended free-period on the bus for Gold Card<br />
holders; and increased contestable funding for<br />
community-led environmental projects.<br />
Why should you vote for me?<br />
If re-elected, I will continue to focus on climate<br />
change and loss of our natural environment:<br />
- Our rivers and aquifers need urgent<br />
attention. Sediment and heavy metals are<br />
polluting our urban rivers and harbours.<br />
Agricultural inputs are causing algal blooms<br />
and poor quality drinking water. I will push<br />
for tighter regulation, more education and<br />
innovation, monitoring and enforcement.<br />
- Let’s protect, enhance and connect the green<br />
spaces through the city to the hills and the<br />
Peninsula to provide for wildlife and wellbeing.<br />
I will advocate for greater collaboration with<br />
environmental organisations with a proven track<br />
record in delivering biodiversity improvements<br />
with the community and landowners.<br />
- More frequent, reliable and better connected<br />
public transport for communities as well as<br />
commuters is essential if we are to reduce<br />
our car dependence. I will work constructively<br />
to speed up delivery and increase central<br />
government investment.<br />
I will listen to understand your priorities. I will<br />
give a voice to future generations. Vote for<br />
positive change.<br />
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CHRISTCHURCH<br />
CREMATORIUM<br />
FUNERALS<br />
CROSSWORD<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
8 9<br />
10 11<br />
261<br />
SUDOKU<br />
Every row, column and box should<br />
contain the digits 1 to 9.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
WORDBUILDER<br />
161<br />
6<br />
R U B<br />
L T E<br />
12 13 14 <strong>15</strong><br />
16<br />
17 18<br />
19<br />
20 21 22 23 24<br />
How many words of three or more letters,<br />
How including many plurals, words can you of make three from or the more six<br />
letters, using each letter only once? No foreign<br />
words or words beginning with a capital are<br />
from allowed. the There's six letters, at least one using six-letter each word. only<br />
once?<br />
TODAY<br />
Good 18 Very Good 22 Excellent 27<br />
Solution 160: den, due, dun, dune, end, fed, fen,<br />
fend, fern, feud, fun, fund, FUNDER, fur, nerd, nude,<br />
word.<br />
red, ref, REFUND, rend, rude, rue, rued, run, rune,<br />
under, unfed, urn.<br />
letters, including plurals, can you make<br />
No words beginning with a capital are<br />
allowed. There’s at least one six-letter<br />
Good 18 Very Good 22 Excellent 27<br />
25 26<br />
27 28<br />
29 30<br />
31 32<br />
33 34<br />
Across<br />
1. Mourn (6)<br />
5. Stomach (6)<br />
10. Silhouette (7)<br />
11. Military storehouse (7)<br />
12. Arouse, awaken (6)<br />
<strong>15</strong>. Ship’s flag (6)<br />
16. Rotate (7)<br />
17. Diminutive (4)<br />
18. Dried-up (4)<br />
19. Overture (7)<br />
20. Deceive, trick (4)<br />
22. Badly behaved child (4)<br />
25. Dusk (7)<br />
27. Sumptuous, expensive (2,4)<br />
28. 50/50 decision (4-2)<br />
31. State of bliss and delight (7)<br />
32. Financially comfortable (4-3)<br />
33. Grab (6)<br />
34. Bet on four horses in four races (6)<br />
Decoder<br />
Down<br />
2. Skilled tradesman (7)<br />
3. Magic potion (6)<br />
4. Layer (4)<br />
5. Address a deity (4)<br />
6. Bear-like (6)<br />
7. Scheme, collude (7)<br />
8. Powerful Australian native (6)<br />
9. Dive (6)<br />
13. Rebuke (7)<br />
14. Car bonnet (7)<br />
<strong>15</strong>. Obvious (7)<br />
20. Concealing (6)<br />
21. Wing flap (7)<br />
23. Return to original condition (7)<br />
24. Exemplify (6)<br />
25. Surviving (6)<br />
26. Ugly mythical creature (6)<br />
29. Every one (4)<br />
30. Amiss (4)<br />
N A I P C Z F E T L H G Q<br />
14 <strong>15</strong> 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26<br />
K S W J R M U Y B D V X O<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />
I T<br />
14 <strong>15</strong> 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26<br />
H<br />
All puzzles copyright<br />
T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y<br />
www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz<br />
SOLUTION<br />
No.161<br />
9 9 2 18 4 1<br />
Crossword<br />
Across: 1. Lament, 5. Paunch,<br />
10. Outline, 11. Arsenal, 12.<br />
Bestir, <strong>15</strong>. Ensign, 16. Revolve,<br />
17. Tiny, 18. Sere, 19. Prelude,<br />
20. Hoax, 22. Brat, 25. Evening,<br />
27. De luxe, 28. Toss-up,<br />
31. Nirvana, 32. Well-off, 33.<br />
Snatch, 34. Yankee.<br />
Down: 2. Artisan, 3. Elixir,<br />
4. Tier, 5. Pray, 6. Ursine, 7.<br />
Connive, 8. Wombat, 9. Plunge,<br />
13. Reprove, 14. Cowling, <strong>15</strong>.<br />
Evident, 20. Hiding, 21. Aileron,<br />
23. Restore, 24. Typify, 25.<br />
Extant, 26. Goblin, 29. Each,<br />
30. Awry.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
bel, belt, bet, blue, bluer,<br />
blur, blurt, brut, brute, bur,<br />
burl, but, BUTLER, let, leu,<br />
lube, lure, lute, rebut, ret,<br />
rub, rube, ruble, rue, rule,<br />
rut, true, tub, tube, tuber.<br />
Sudoku<br />
Each number in our DECODER grid represents a different<br />
letter - there is a number for all 26 letters of the alphabet.<br />
DECODER<br />
Enter the given letters into all squares with matching numbers.<br />
The challenge now is to work out which letters are represented<br />
Each by the number other represents numbers. a As different you get letter the of letters, the alphabet. enter them Write into the<br />
given the main letters grid, into all and squares the reference with matching grid. numbers. To keep Now track work of out the<br />
which letters letters you are have represented found, cross by them other off numbers. the alphabet provided.<br />
2 7 9 23 16 6 21 20 13 3 23 2<br />
26 7 12 5 <strong>15</strong> 21<br />
7 17 13 14 2 24 13 7 23 10 21 5<br />
<strong>15</strong> 8 2 7 2 21 11<br />
9 23 <strong>15</strong> 18 1 2 6 16 22 24 16<br />
L<br />
E<br />
G<br />
14 8 21 5 4 18<br />
16 14 18 16 2 21 6 <strong>15</strong> 14 7 5 21<br />
23 8 18 2 22 9<br />
23 17 5 13 18 21 21 10 16 14 25<br />
21 20 <strong>15</strong> 5 10 23 7<br />
25 5 <strong>15</strong> 17 17 23 21 10 19 <strong>15</strong> 17 2<br />
<strong>15</strong> 14 21 <strong>15</strong> 14 22<br />
23 <strong>15</strong> 25 21 5 6 <strong>15</strong> 21 2 22 5 13<br />
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />
SOLUTION<br />
No.160<br />
161<br />
14 <strong>15</strong> 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26<br />
E L G<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />
G F L D U W X M K I Q P C<br />
R Z O H N B Y A T S J V E<br />
14 <strong>15</strong> 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26<br />
12 8 8 1 8 12 18<br />
5 17 1 4 16 10 8 1 9<br />
16 13 23 22 13 25 <strong>15</strong><br />
14 3 11 11 <strong>15</strong> 10 13 1 10<br />
26 10 9 10 7 1 13<br />
18 3 8 26 18 9 8 5 13 16 1 12<br />
H I T<br />
10 2 11 8 20 2 10<br />
5 6 10 24 20 1 10 26 18 3 4 25<br />
CHRISTCHURCH<br />
25 2 10 21 3 1 13 9 6 1 2 8<br />
CREMATORIUM<br />
FUNERALS<br />
4 1 19 19 2 8 4<br />
3 4 23 10 13 12 26 5 13 6 9 1
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