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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 />

cabbages and silverbeet.<br />

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Green-fingered Jordan a dab<br />

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RESOURCEFUL: Jordan Wilson is hoping to get a permanent lease so he can start planting more fruit trees. ​<br />

PHOTO: NATALIE PHAM<br />

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 />

donated to Community Fridge<br />

and Pantry New Brighton.<br />

Food prices jumped 7.4 per<br />

cent in July <strong>2022</strong> compared to<br />

the same time last year, Stats<br />

NZ said.<br />

• Turn to page 6<br />

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QEII sports<br />

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gets green<br />

light from<br />

board<br />

• 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 />

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Board member Linda Stewart<br />

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“It’s an element that we’ve been<br />

waiting for as QEII Park is in<br />

the middle of both wards and<br />

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what’s on<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 />

Linwood Library<br />

Explore and enjoy our flora and<br />

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Every Tuesday, 10am-1pm<br />

Linwood Library<br />

A justice of the peace will be available<br />

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as well as sign citizenship, sponsorship<br />

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Better Digital Futures: Digital<br />

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Monday, 10am-noon<br />

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four 2-hour modules. This Digital<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 />

• From page 3<br />

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 />

on site.<br />

treatment for HYPERTHYROID cats. This<br />

treatment is a cure and means these cats don’t<br />

require lifelong daily medication and expensive<br />

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 />

difference in terms of<br />

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 />

PLUS WE<br />

WILL EVEN<br />

CASTRATE<br />

“PIGS” IF WE<br />

ARE ASKED…..<br />

Dr Michele<br />

McMaster<br />

Open 7 days Cnr Hoon Hay & Coppell place ph: 338 2534<br />

e. mcmasterandheap@yahoo.co.nz www.mcmasterheap.co.nz


6 Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>15</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

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 />

• From page 1<br />

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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Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>15</strong> <strong>2022</strong> 7<br />

<strong>2022</strong> LocaL ELEctions - meet your candidates<br />

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 />

Authorised by Carl Bromley, carlbromley@gmail.com<br />

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 />

<strong>2022</strong> LocaL ELEctions - meet your candidates<br />

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 />

Authorised by Reuben Davidson, Reuben@lyttelton.online<br />

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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Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>15</strong> <strong>2022</strong> 9<br />

<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 />

Authorised by Reuben Davidson, Reuben@lyttelton.online<br />

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 />

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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 />

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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 />

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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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SunitaGautamCHCHCentral<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 />

Authorised by Kevin McDonald, kevy52@gmail.com<br />

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 />

Authorised by Tane Apanui, 0223 173 760<br />

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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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 />

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