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Thursday, <strong>March</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2023</strong> | Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper<br />
1860s archives going online – page 3<br />
Football,<br />
rugby<br />
league in<br />
full swing<br />
– page 31<br />
WHO SHOULD PAY<br />
FOR COSTLY<br />
BY-ELECTIONS?<br />
• By Heidi Slade<br />
THE COST of by-elections has<br />
resurfaced, with calls for law<br />
changes to ease the burden on<br />
ratepayers.<br />
It comes after Reuben Davidson<br />
was selected as Labour’s<br />
Christchurch East candidate for<br />
October’s general election - just<br />
months after he was re-elected<br />
to the Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū<br />
Banks Peninsula Community<br />
Board. He also chairs the board.<br />
Seventeen days after Shreejana<br />
Chhetri was elected to<br />
the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-<br />
Central Community Board in<br />
October last year, she resigned.<br />
Chhetri told media at the time<br />
she had to balance a passion<br />
to serve her community with<br />
maintaining a job to support<br />
her family.<br />
<strong>The</strong> subsequent by-election,<br />
which saw Ali Jones return to<br />
local body politics, cost ratepayers<br />
$75,000. Questions were<br />
asked at the time why Chhetri<br />
had stood in the first place.<br />
Both Davidson and Chhetri<br />
stood for <strong>The</strong> People’s Choice<br />
political grouping aligned to<br />
Labour.<br />
City councillor Sam MacDonald,<br />
who chairs the city council’s<br />
finance and performance committee,<br />
said yesterday legislation<br />
needs to change.<br />
Under the Local Electoral<br />
Act 2001, if a vacancy occurs in<br />
the office of an elected member<br />
of a local board or community<br />
board more than 12 months<br />
before the next triennial general<br />
election, the vacancy must be<br />
filled by an election.<br />
• Turn to page 4<br />
Reuben Davidson<br />
Shreejana Chhetri<br />
Kōrero mai | Have your say<br />
We’re finding the right balance<br />
Have we got it right?<br />
Have your say on our budget by 10 April.<br />
ccc.govt.nz/annualplan
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Stories from the archive......................................3<br />
Van linked to burglaries spotted.................5<br />
Herrera murder: Review released..........6-7<br />
$4m Merivale home snapped up..............9<br />
Claim quarry consents breached............10<br />
Charity desperate to recover Lego..........13<br />
Ukraine aid worker’s legacy............................14<br />
Rolleston Ave changes for museum.....17<br />
Candy Corner, cycleway letters..................22<br />
School holiday guide..................................25-27<br />
Big weekend match-ups..................................31<br />
Weather won’t cancel tennis final..........32<br />
Classified.............................................................. 34-39<br />
Gig guide.......................................................................39<br />
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ON OCTOBER 20 1862, the<br />
Albion Cricket Club wrote to the<br />
city council expressing outrage<br />
about a young man who insisted<br />
on riding his horse through<br />
cricket games in Latimer Square.<br />
Meanwhile on July 5, 1862,<br />
Officer of Customs W G Carver<br />
wrote to the city council<br />
wanting to step down from<br />
his responsibility for firing the<br />
signal gun every Saturday at<br />
2pm for the regulation of time<br />
for the public.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se and many more of<br />
our most vulnerable, fragile<br />
and fascinating early records<br />
from the city council archives<br />
collection are now being<br />
digitised.<br />
“We have a very interesting<br />
collection that isn’t very well<br />
known and we’re slowly working<br />
on digitising some of these to<br />
make them more accessible to<br />
the public,” said city council<br />
archivist Annabel Armstrong-<br />
Clarke.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y make for a wonderful<br />
glimpse into what life must have<br />
been like in the very early days<br />
of Christchurch.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> most recent digitised<br />
item from the collection to be<br />
published is the first volume of<br />
inward correspondence to the<br />
city council from May 1862 to<br />
<strong>March</strong> 1863.<br />
“We’ve also recently digitised<br />
the Christchurch Municipal<br />
Council minutes and city<br />
surveyor reports from 1862, as<br />
well as a very interesting set of<br />
reports and correspondence<br />
from the Inspector of Nuisances<br />
between 1862 and 1864,”<br />
Armstrong-Clarke said.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> inspector was appointed<br />
by the council sanitary committee<br />
in 1862 to report ‘nuisances’<br />
relating to rubbish, sewerage,<br />
drainage, health, traffic and<br />
roads. It didn’t seem like a great<br />
job as in 1863 they went through<br />
three inspectors alone.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> next five items to be<br />
published digitally will include<br />
the city surveyor records from<br />
1864 to 1865 and the Inspector<br />
of Nuisances from 1864.<br />
<strong>The</strong> archives collection is<br />
governed by the parameters of<br />
the Public Records Act 2005.<br />
Under the act the city council is<br />
required to preserve corporate<br />
records deemed as having<br />
long-term interest, to both aid<br />
accountability and enhance<br />
and promote the historical and<br />
cultural heritage of the city.<br />
Digitising frail archives that<br />
would not otherwise be publicly<br />
accessible fulfils part of those<br />
requirements.<br />
• Digitised items from the<br />
archives collection can be<br />
viewed on Christchurch<br />
City Libraries’ Canterbury<br />
Stories website.<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Vivid stories emerge<br />
as archive is digitised<br />
ONLINE: Archivist Annabel Armstrong-Clarke with early records from the city council<br />
archives collection, which are being digitised. PHOTOS: NEWSLINE, CCC ARCHIVES<br />
<strong>The</strong> 1862 Albion Cricket Club letter, and the first<br />
committee minute book of the city council.<br />
NEWS 3<br />
Cold snap,<br />
substation<br />
repairs<br />
nearly cause<br />
power cuts<br />
TRANSPOWER came very close<br />
to power cuts in Christchurch on<br />
Tuesday night – but says it won’t<br />
have to repeat its call to conserve<br />
electricity.<br />
<strong>The</strong> national grid operator put<br />
out the request to residents in<br />
the city, Rangiora and Kaiapoi<br />
about 6pm, as power use spiked<br />
due to the cold snap and one of<br />
its substation transformers was<br />
being repaired.<br />
“About five o’clock we got the<br />
call from the system operator that<br />
load was peaking<br />
higher than had<br />
been forecast,”<br />
Transpower grid<br />
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With one<br />
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Mark Ryall<br />
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It had now reconfigured the other<br />
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“Load was getting very close<br />
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taken.”<br />
Ryall said the repairs were<br />
ongoing but the operator would<br />
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happens again this morning so<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
4<br />
NEWS<br />
• From page 1<br />
MacDonald thinks the<br />
candidate who finished with the<br />
second-most votes should be<br />
promoted to the vacant position<br />
without having to have a byelection.<br />
Another way to alleviate the<br />
cost to ratepayers could be for<br />
the person who has resigned to<br />
pay for the by-election, if it was<br />
not for medical or similar type<br />
reasons.<br />
“(In the result of community<br />
board resignations) the person<br />
who came second would be<br />
elected . . . that’s my preference,”<br />
he said.<br />
“Or the person who resigns<br />
pays for it . . . unless the<br />
individual is under extenuating<br />
circumstances.”<br />
MacDonald said the cost of byelections<br />
should not be borne by<br />
ratepayers.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y’re a hugely expensive<br />
exercise and actually they don’t<br />
generate a lot of public interest.<br />
I don’t think that is a cost that<br />
should be paid by the ratepayer.”<br />
“At the moment we’re looking<br />
at a hundred grand in by-election<br />
costs that ratepayers will never<br />
see value from.”<br />
MacDonald said that these<br />
were workable solutions and that<br />
the legislation change was not a<br />
council decision, and would have<br />
to come from the Local Electoral<br />
Act.<br />
“I think it’s a discussion worth<br />
having,” MacDonald said.<br />
Davidson says he will donate<br />
his community board fees to the<br />
Mayoral Relief fund.<br />
He would not say when asked<br />
by <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> yesterday if he would<br />
have resigned had <strong>The</strong> People’s<br />
Choice or he had to pay for the<br />
by-election.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> People’s Choice believe<br />
in removing barriers to ensure<br />
people are empowered to stand<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
By-elections: ‘<strong>The</strong>re<br />
must be a better way’<br />
Sam<br />
MacDonald<br />
Ali<br />
Jones<br />
HAVE YOUR SAY: Share<br />
your views on local body<br />
politicians resigning soon<br />
after they are elected and<br />
forcing by-elections. Email<br />
heidi.slade@starmedia.kiwi<br />
Keep responses to 200<br />
words or less and supply<br />
your name and suburb you<br />
live in.<br />
and represent their communities<br />
across Christchurch and Banks<br />
Peninsula,” Davidson said.<br />
“Councillor MacDonald has<br />
some good suggestions; however,<br />
they aren’t current electoral<br />
law, I’d encourage Sam to seek<br />
legislative change to enable this.”<br />
Jones said was there must be<br />
a “better way” when someone<br />
resigns.<br />
“People stand down for all<br />
sorts of reasons and often it can’t<br />
be helped but there must be a<br />
better way to respond to this<br />
without having to run another<br />
election.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> CCC is hardly rolling in<br />
cash and the cost of these byelections<br />
is not insignificant.”<br />
Homeless man<br />
jailed for attacking<br />
disabled woman<br />
• By Emily Moorhouse<br />
A DISABLED woman who let<br />
a homeless man sleep on her<br />
couch was repaid by getting<br />
“thrown around” and sexually<br />
violated in an attack that led to<br />
her sleeping with a bat under<br />
her bed.<br />
Tyler Timu, who prefers the<br />
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the woman. He also stole the<br />
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<strong>The</strong> woman’s victim impact<br />
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and feeling “trapped” inside her<br />
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She told Timu she had been<br />
assaulted by men in the past,<br />
so was wary of letting him into<br />
her home but he assured her she<br />
was safe with him.<br />
<strong>The</strong> victim, whose name is<br />
suppressed, said she now sleeps<br />
with a bat under her bed. She<br />
rarely goes out and is constantly<br />
looking over her shoulder.<br />
Judge Tom Gilbert said<br />
Timu’s “undoubtedly serious”<br />
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on his victim, who now suffers<br />
from post-traumatic stress disorder<br />
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He acknowledged Timu’s<br />
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being homeless for most of his<br />
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Judge Gilbert gave Timu<br />
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pleas, difficult background and<br />
remorse, arriving at an end<br />
sentence of three years and 10<br />
months’ imprisonment.<br />
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NEWS 5<br />
Chance to catch burglar missed<br />
after van tip-off not acted on<br />
• By Susan Sandys<br />
A BURGLAR using a distinctive<br />
white van appears to have<br />
slipped through police hands at<br />
the weekend.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> reported last week the<br />
van, with registration KPD-407,<br />
was involved in two burglaries.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first was Boxing Day, when<br />
$50,000 in goods and a $<strong>30</strong>,000<br />
car were stolen from a Tai Tapu<br />
address.<br />
<strong>The</strong> van was captured on<br />
CCTV leaving the scene.<br />
<strong>The</strong> second was on <strong>March</strong> 9,<br />
when a Burnham homeowner<br />
surprised the burglar, tussled<br />
with him, and took a photo of<br />
the van as the offender escaped<br />
and drove off.<br />
Police told the <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
they have identified a suspect<br />
in relation to the Burnham<br />
burglary, but are still trying to<br />
find him.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y have not confirmed<br />
whether the van has been sighted<br />
at any other burglaries.<br />
A Woolston resident who saw<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> article called police<br />
on Friday morning, saying the<br />
vehicle, a Mercedes campervan,<br />
was regularly parked at a<br />
SIGHTINGS: A Woolston man says he spotted this van, linked to burglaries at Burnham (left) and Tai Tapu (right), parked<br />
at a social housing unit over the weekend.<br />
social housing unit in his<br />
neighbourhood.<br />
Police told him to call 111<br />
when the van returned.<br />
He did that on Friday<br />
afternoon, but believed police<br />
did not respond.<br />
<strong>The</strong> van was also there over<br />
the weekend and on Monday<br />
night.<br />
<strong>The</strong> description of the<br />
driver of the van matched an<br />
identification given to police by<br />
the Burnham householder, he<br />
said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> identification was<br />
made when police showed<br />
the Burnham man a mug shot<br />
which he confirmed was the<br />
man he tussled with in his<br />
house.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Woolston resident said<br />
the man was aged in his mid to<br />
late 50s, of stocky build, about<br />
175cm tall, with heavily tattooed<br />
arms and legs.<br />
A police media spokesperson<br />
did not respond to a question<br />
from <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> about whether<br />
police were aware of the van<br />
sightings in Christchurch.<br />
Last week, before the<br />
Christchurch sighting, police<br />
said they had conducted<br />
inquiries at the van owner’s<br />
registered address, which had<br />
“proved negative.”<br />
•Anyone with information<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
6<br />
NEWS<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Next door neighbour murder case:<br />
• By Anna Leask and Sam<br />
Sherwood<br />
AN independent Corrections<br />
review has dismissed the Parole<br />
Board’s allegations of a “serious<br />
failure” around the release of<br />
the man who murdered Juliana<br />
Bonilla Herrera in her Addington<br />
home just 72 days after getting<br />
out of prison.<br />
Joseph James Brider was<br />
sentenced to life in prison and<br />
preventive detention last month<br />
for the murder of the Colombian<br />
native in her Grove Rd flat – described<br />
by Justice Jonathan Eaton<br />
as brutal, cruel, callous, depraved<br />
and sadistic.<br />
At sentencing, Brider was<br />
described as a psychopathic<br />
offender who lacked any remorse<br />
or empathy and was undoubtedly<br />
a significant and “very real”<br />
danger to women. Brider had<br />
been released on parole – after<br />
being refused five times – with<br />
strict conditions including GPS<br />
monitoring and a curfew.<br />
He moved into a flat adjoining<br />
Herrera’s and within days<br />
became obsessed with her.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Parole Board had refused<br />
to release Brider on multiple<br />
occasions and only agreed to do<br />
so – shortly before his sentence<br />
end date – so they could impose<br />
conditions and put monitoring<br />
in place.<br />
REVIEW: Allegations<br />
of a serious failure<br />
around the release<br />
of Joseph Brider,<br />
who murdered<br />
Juliana Herrera just<br />
72 days after getting<br />
out of prison, have<br />
been dismissed by<br />
an independent<br />
Corrections review.<br />
PHOTO: NZ HERALD<br />
That monitoring – including<br />
GPS tracking and a curfew – fell<br />
to Corrections once Brider was<br />
living outside the wire.<br />
After last month’s sentencing<br />
Parole Board chairman Sir Ron<br />
Young released a statement<br />
highly critical of Corrections’<br />
management of Brider.<br />
His comments came after<br />
an independent report from<br />
Professor Devon Polaschek into<br />
the Parole Board’s decision in<br />
October 2021 to release Brider on<br />
parole.<br />
Polaschek had concluded the<br />
Parole Board’s decision to release<br />
Brider was reasonable based on<br />
the information available to it.<br />
Young said the board’s<br />
preferred address for Brider was<br />
the Salisbury Street Foundation.<br />
He said the address was<br />
“discussed extensively” at his<br />
parole hearing.<br />
However, the board was unable<br />
to release Brider there because<br />
there was no room for him.<br />
”I now believe the information<br />
provided to the Board by<br />
Corrections that there was no<br />
room available at the Salisbury<br />
Street Foundation for a release on<br />
parole was not correct.<br />
“It is my understanding<br />
that after the June 2021 parole<br />
hearing, where it was clearly<br />
intended that Mr Brider would<br />
be released to the Salisbury<br />
Street Foundation, Corrections<br />
contacted the Foundation and<br />
cancelled the referral. This<br />
occurred in August of 2021.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Parole Board was not<br />
made aware of this significant<br />
change in the release plan by<br />
Corrections at any time before<br />
Mr Brider’s release on parole.”<br />
Juliana Bonilla-Herrera was<br />
murdered by her neighbour,<br />
Joseph Brider while he was on<br />
parole for rape.<br />
Young said the Salisbury<br />
Street Foundation had now<br />
told the Parole Board it had a<br />
bed available for Brider “if he<br />
had been released in June” and<br />
“would have still made a room<br />
available for him following the<br />
October parole hearing”.<br />
“Given the Board’s clear<br />
commitment to releasing Mr<br />
Brider to the Salisbury Street<br />
Foundation, as shown in the<br />
Board’s hearing decision of June<br />
2021, this was a very serious<br />
failure by Corrections to tell the<br />
Board of the cancellation,” Young<br />
blasted.<br />
“It is the Parole Board and not<br />
Corrections that decides where<br />
an offender may be released to<br />
on parole. To do that effectively<br />
the board relies on accurate<br />
information from Corrections.<br />
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Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
NEWS 7<br />
Review refutes Parole Board claims<br />
“Corrections had no authority<br />
from the board to withdraw the<br />
application to the Salisbury Street<br />
Foundation when it was aware<br />
that was the board’s preferred address<br />
and that a bed was available<br />
for Mr Brider.<br />
“It is clear to me that Corrections’<br />
failure to provide this vital<br />
information compromised the<br />
board’s decision-making.<br />
”<strong>The</strong> Board would most definitely<br />
have released Mr Brider to<br />
the Salisbury Street Foundation if<br />
it had known the correct facts.”<br />
Corrections launched an independent<br />
review into the claims.<br />
That was released on Wednesday,<br />
undertaken by Victoria<br />
Heine KC.<br />
Corrections chief executive<br />
Jeremy Lightfoot said he accepted<br />
the findings of the report – and<br />
its two recommendations.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> review found that Corrections<br />
did not provide incorrect<br />
information to the Parole Board<br />
ahead of Mr Brider’s final parole<br />
hearing, and that Corrections<br />
was entitled to form the view,<br />
based on the information our<br />
staff had, that there was no<br />
guarantee of a bed being available<br />
for Mr Brider on his release<br />
date with (the Salisbury Street<br />
Foundation).<br />
“I remain confident that my<br />
staff were focused on securing an<br />
appropriate placement for him<br />
MURDERED: Juliana Hererra was killed by Brider in her<br />
Addington home in January 2022.<br />
in advance of his parole date and<br />
worked within available guidance<br />
to do so.”<br />
Lightfoot said information<br />
provided by Corrections to the<br />
Parole Board for the October<br />
2021 hearing outlined that it had<br />
pursued an alternative release<br />
address for Brider with another<br />
support service for a number of<br />
reasons.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>se included that there was<br />
no guaranteed bed at (Salisbury<br />
St), concerns around Mr Brider’s<br />
ability to engage with (its) longterm<br />
intensive reintegration programme<br />
due to the short period<br />
of time he would be on parole,<br />
and to continue his engagement<br />
with (another provider) in the<br />
community.<br />
“However, the review also<br />
found that the Parole Board<br />
would have benefited from being<br />
explicitly advised that we had<br />
cancelled the referral to (SSF)<br />
due to the uncertainty around<br />
whether or not a bed would be<br />
available in time for release.<br />
“I take this finding seriously<br />
and am fully committed to ensuring<br />
the Parole Board has all<br />
the information it needs to make<br />
an informed decision in cases<br />
involving high-risk offenders.”<br />
Lightfoot said he and Young<br />
“agree that Corrections’ current<br />
guidance to our frontline staff<br />
could be clearer” in terms of<br />
what information is shared with<br />
the Parole Board in high-risk<br />
cases to “ensure different release<br />
proposals can be fully explored<br />
before deciding to grant someone<br />
parole”.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> chair of the Parole Board<br />
and I have agreed to work<br />
together on strengthening our<br />
information-sharing processes.<br />
“As part of this, we will be issuing<br />
updated guidance to frontline<br />
staff on what information to<br />
include in parole assessment reports.<br />
This will include guidance<br />
on when staff should include<br />
additional information about any<br />
changes to a release proposal that<br />
is different to the proposal put<br />
forward in a previous hearing.”<br />
Lightfoot said he also accepted<br />
the review’s recommendation<br />
that where a referral to a provider<br />
has gone through Corrections’<br />
internal panels, any proposals to<br />
withdraw such referrals “must go<br />
back through the same panel to<br />
ensure additional oversight into<br />
this decision-making”.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> review also recommended<br />
working with our accommodation<br />
service providers to improve<br />
the processes for confirming<br />
whether or not a bed is available<br />
for people released from prison,<br />
and the timeframe for this confirmation,”<br />
he explained.<br />
“I have accepted this recommendation<br />
we will be working<br />
with our providers on how we<br />
can achieve this.<br />
“Once again, we must always<br />
learn from any case where a person<br />
has reoffended in the most<br />
horrific way.”<br />
Lightfoot said Herrera’s murder<br />
was “tragic”.<br />
“And our thoughts remain with<br />
Juliana’s family and loved ones,”<br />
he said.<br />
“Corrections manages the<br />
most complex, dangerous people<br />
in New Zealand and we must<br />
always learn from any case where<br />
a person has re-offended in the<br />
most horrific way.”<br />
– NZ Herald<br />
• Read more from the review<br />
at www.nzherald.co.nz<br />
<strong>March</strong> is<br />
B Corp month<br />
Christchurch pioneers are making<br />
business better for the city<br />
Sustainable business is a growing movement that<br />
aims to create significant impact on the environment<br />
and society. Increasingly, consumers are choosing<br />
brands that align with their values and businesses are<br />
picking up on it. In a recent survey by the Canterbury<br />
Employers’ Chamber of Commerce, two-thirds of<br />
local businesses said they considered sustainability<br />
when making decisions while almost a third said<br />
sustainability was at the front of their minds.<br />
Enter B Corp, a certification that has been available in<br />
New Zealand since Christchurch business Eagle Protect<br />
became the first to be accredited in 2014. Rather than being<br />
driven solely by profit, B Corps are grounded in environmental<br />
and social good. As it was for women’s suffrage, Christchurch<br />
was the birthplace of the movement in New Zealand.<br />
<strong>The</strong> application to be certified has a rigorous structure so the<br />
B Corp journey is at the leading edge of the sustainability<br />
movement. Businesses can tell their stories about the good<br />
they’re doing for the planet, but getting the B Corp stamp<br />
of approval really puts those claims to the test. <strong>The</strong> ‘B’ let’s<br />
customers instantly recognise they are buying from a brand<br />
that is doing a business in a different way.<br />
Early adopters leading<br />
the B Corp movement<br />
This growing Ōtautahi-based beauty and wellness brand<br />
has generated more than $<strong>30</strong>m in online sales and earned<br />
their B Corp certification last year.<br />
<strong>The</strong> highest rated B Corp in New Zealand is in Christchurch.<br />
A social enterprise providing commerical and financial<br />
advice to social enterprises who use 100% of their profits to<br />
support KidsCan in Ōtautahi and Habitat for Humanity, NZ.<br />
Christchurch-based, this trusted brand is part of the<br />
KMD Brands group who recently became one of the first<br />
multinational companies to have all its brands – Kathmandu,<br />
Rip Curl and Oboz – individually certified as B Corps.<br />
Just 100 businesses are certified in<br />
Aotearoa as of <strong>March</strong> <strong>2023</strong>, with 16<br />
of those in Christchurch.<br />
What does B Corp mean for the wellbeing of Christchurch?<br />
Christchurch City Council has set a target to halve Christchurch’s<br />
emissions by 20<strong>30</strong> and become carbon zero by 2045. B Corps<br />
show the way forward for other businesses as they adapt to a<br />
reduced carbon economy.<br />
ChristchurchNZ is leading a piece of work on behalf of the city to<br />
develop a long-term Economic Ambition for our city. A draft will<br />
go out for consultation shortly, but in essence our proposed city<br />
ambition is to move from an extractive to a regenerative economy.<br />
Moving to a regenerative economy means shifting away from<br />
market systems that rely on depleting our resources to generate<br />
profit, towards an economy that unlocks the potential for<br />
businesses to benefit people and the planet. This is strongly<br />
aligned with the B Corp ethos.<br />
Founded by an ex-accountant, an educator, a designer and<br />
a developer in 2015 and now based in Christchurch, Banqer<br />
builds financial life skills through an online platform to<br />
create life-long impact for its users.<br />
Another Christchurch beauty brand that is arguably the<br />
most well-known local climate-focussed company. Ethique<br />
only makes products that are plastic-free, cruelty free,<br />
vegan and palm oil free, works directly with producers to<br />
ensure fair pay and sustainable practices and donates<br />
2% of sales to charity.<br />
Are proud to be a B Corp certified company playing a<br />
part in creating an inclusive and sustainable economy.<br />
All Kiwibank actions, from sustainable lending to support<br />
of financial education programmes, contribute to making<br />
Kiwis better off.<br />
Jeuneora COO<br />
Colleen Itterman<br />
and CEO & founder<br />
Monique Kaminski at the<br />
company’s distribution<br />
centre in Christchurch.<br />
Why?<br />
Because we love our city, and we want our people to have it all.<br />
Prosperity. Possibility. Purposeful careers. Equal opportunity.<br />
Balanced places for people and nature.<br />
Time and space for play.<br />
This Christchurch B Corp Consultancy company practice<br />
what they preach and became the third Ōtautahi business<br />
to get certified back in 2016. To date, they have helped<br />
more than 100 companies successfully navigate the B Corp<br />
Impact Assessment.
8 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
If you had one chance<br />
to start again, what<br />
would you keep?<br />
What would you lose?<br />
We’re keeping 021,<br />
keeping the Warriors,<br />
keeping global roaming,<br />
keeping the music,<br />
keeping more dollars<br />
here in NZ,<br />
losing UK ownership<br />
and control,<br />
gaining the freedom<br />
to do more for you.
Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2023</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
NEWS 9<br />
Merivale home snapped up<br />
for almost $4m within days<br />
• By Nikki Preston<br />
AN ARCHITECT’S clever twist<br />
on Christchurch’s classic villa<br />
design has proved a hit, with<br />
the new home selling for $3.925<br />
million – more than $200,000<br />
above its reserve.<br />
<strong>The</strong> auction for the<br />
Shrewsbury St property in<br />
Merivale was brought forward<br />
after an acceptable offer was<br />
made within a week-and-a-half<br />
of it going on the market.<br />
Of the six registered bidders,<br />
only three battled it out after the<br />
auction opened at $3.7 million.<br />
In the end the<br />
hammer came<br />
down after 12<br />
bids on $3.925<br />
million.<br />
Harcourts<br />
Grenadier listing<br />
agent Alison<br />
Alison<br />
Aitken<br />
Aitken said the<br />
sale showed<br />
the market<br />
is in good stead for top-end<br />
properties. She said there<br />
was immense interest. In the<br />
first weekend of open homes,<br />
70 groups went through the<br />
property.<br />
<strong>The</strong> home was popular with<br />
people wanting to downsize<br />
from their larger Fendalton<br />
homes and preferred this style<br />
over an apartment. Families had<br />
CLEVER DESIGN: <strong>The</strong> sale of this new Merivale home was brought forward when an offer<br />
was made within a week-and-a-half of it hitting the market.<br />
also shown interest, Aitken said.<br />
She expected it would be<br />
popular because of its clever<br />
design and being just a stone’s<br />
throw from Hagley Park.<br />
“It’s just a very clever, very<br />
smart home. I thought I would<br />
be busy with it, but I didn’t<br />
realise how busy I would be.”<br />
People loved the fact it was<br />
a single-level home and “not<br />
another box,” she said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> four-bedroom, threebathroom<br />
home was designed<br />
by well-known architect Chris<br />
Yandle as his own family home<br />
and was completed about 14<br />
months ago.<br />
However, his next project<br />
is calling so Yandle put his<br />
Merivale masterpiece up for sale.<br />
Aitken said the property has<br />
everything you need, including<br />
a big study, separate guest wing,<br />
and two large living areas all<br />
wrapped around the outdoor<br />
pool area to shelter it from the<br />
wind.<br />
<strong>The</strong> impressive 370sq m<br />
property, inspired by traditional<br />
Merivale villas, has state-ofthe-art<br />
features, such as a<br />
strategically placed floor-to-glass<br />
ceiling, two Escea gas fires, European<br />
oak floors and a freshwater<br />
swimming pool.<br />
Yandle returned to<br />
Christchurch in 2018 after living<br />
in Sydney for 20 years. He is<br />
quickly establishing a name for<br />
himself in the<br />
city. He worked<br />
for architecture<br />
firms Bates<br />
Smart and<br />
Hassell in<br />
Sydney and<br />
Warren and<br />
Mahoney in<br />
Christchurch<br />
before setting up<br />
his own practice<br />
in his hometown.<br />
<strong>The</strong> outdoor living spaces<br />
Chris<br />
Yandle<br />
showcase Yandle’s landscape<br />
architecture and urban design<br />
background. He put mature<br />
hedging around the outdoor<br />
kitchen and its teppanyaki grill<br />
like those found in Japanese<br />
restaurants, wine fridge and<br />
custom-made pizza oven.<br />
–NZ Herald
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
10<br />
NEWS<br />
Time<br />
to test<br />
coastline<br />
tsunami<br />
sirens<br />
WITH DAYLIGHT savings<br />
finishing this weekend, the<br />
tsunami warning sirens along<br />
the coastline will be tested on<br />
Sunday at 11am.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 45 sirens between Taylors<br />
Mistake and Brooklands will<br />
sound for up to three minutes.<br />
“Residents living near the<br />
coast don’t need to evacuate<br />
or be alarmed. This is just a<br />
test to make sure the system is<br />
working,” said city council civil<br />
defence and emergency manager<br />
Brenden Winder.<br />
<strong>The</strong> tsunami sirens are tested<br />
each year at the beginning and<br />
end of daylight saving time.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y will sound pre-recorded<br />
voice messages. For this test you<br />
should hear a tone, followed<br />
by ‘This is a test of the tsunami<br />
warning sirens. Do not be<br />
alarmed. This is only a test.’<br />
People can check the city<br />
council’s website to find out if<br />
they live or work in a tsunami<br />
evacuation zone.<br />
• By Daniel Alvey<br />
THE FINDINGS of an<br />
investigation into several alleged<br />
resource consent breaches at<br />
Fulton Hogan’s Roydon Quarry<br />
site are expected to be released<br />
within the next week.<br />
Former Selwyn mayor Bill<br />
Woods, who was among a large<br />
number of people opposed to<br />
the original quarry plans, sent a<br />
complaint to the Selwyn District<br />
Council in late<br />
February, citing<br />
numerous alleged<br />
breaches by<br />
Fulton Hogan.<br />
Fulton Hogan<br />
was given resource<br />
consent in April<br />
2020 to build<br />
a 170ha quarry close to State<br />
Highway 1 between Templeton<br />
and Weedons.<br />
<strong>The</strong> alleged breaches include<br />
but were not limited to:<br />
• Incorrect construction of the<br />
bund (perimeter bank).<br />
• <strong>The</strong> excavation of gravel from<br />
the new loading and weighing<br />
area in section one was extracted<br />
without valid consent.<br />
• Construction taking place<br />
before the bund completion.<br />
• <strong>The</strong> removal of saleable<br />
material before the completion<br />
of construction. Woods claims<br />
he has also seen inadequate<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Claim quarry consents breached<br />
Bill Woods<br />
SITE: Former mayor of Selwyn Bill Woods claims<br />
construction on the Roydon Quarry started before the<br />
bund was completed.<br />
cleaning of trucks and the<br />
surrounding roads.<br />
“I followed a truck from the<br />
quarry, where I didn’t see any<br />
evidence of the wheels being<br />
washed and I followed it to their<br />
Pound Rd facility,” Woods said.<br />
He is calling on the district<br />
council to serve the quarry with<br />
an abatement notice to stop<br />
construction until any breaches<br />
are resolved. “An abatement<br />
notice must be served on them<br />
immediately as any delay will be<br />
seen as condoning the actions<br />
of the applicant by the (district<br />
council),” Woods said in the<br />
official complaint. “<strong>The</strong>re have<br />
been public statements made by<br />
the applicant (Fulton Hogan) to<br />
become an exemplar quarry with<br />
intentions to become a model for<br />
others to follow.<br />
“This statement has now<br />
become a joke.”<br />
Woods alleges the district<br />
council failed to monitor the<br />
construction of the quarry and,<br />
if it had, the alleged breaches<br />
would have been picked up.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> (district council) has<br />
failed the responsibility of<br />
monitoring this consent, which<br />
is now apparent from the volume<br />
of non-compliance that is taking<br />
place,” Woods said in the official<br />
complaint.<br />
District council regulatory<br />
manager Susan Atherton said<br />
the compliance team has been<br />
making enquires and is due<br />
to report back within the next<br />
week.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> compliance team<br />
have visited the site and met<br />
with the quarry operators as<br />
part of the review of those<br />
conditions and to investigate the<br />
allegations.”<br />
Fulton Hogan quarries<br />
environment and sustainability<br />
manager Don Chittock said<br />
the company has<br />
“provided our<br />
responses to the<br />
council officers.”<br />
Fulton Hogan<br />
declined to<br />
comment on<br />
what was in the<br />
compliance team’s<br />
report, and is<br />
Don<br />
Chittock<br />
waiting for the district council to<br />
complete its investigation.<br />
Said quarry neighbour<br />
Simon Moore: “Nothing (Fulton<br />
Hogan) said they would do is<br />
happening.<br />
“All these assurances and<br />
promises are absolute garbage.<br />
“If these breaches are correct,<br />
these are serious breaches of<br />
their resource consent and they<br />
should be told to stop.”<br />
Onsite processing and sales<br />
at Roydon Quarry are set to get<br />
under way in mid-2024.<br />
Crimes of the<br />
Heart<br />
Riccarton Players Inc is proud to present “Crimes of the Heart,” a<br />
Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Beth Henley, directed by acclaimed<br />
theatre director, Doug Clarke. <strong>The</strong> play will be performed at the Rangi<br />
Ruru Girls’s School Drama <strong>The</strong>atre, Christchurch, from 13th <strong>March</strong> to<br />
22nd April <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
Set in a small town in Mississippi, “Crimes of the Heart” tells the<br />
story of the three Magrath sisters - Lenny, Meg, and Babe - who<br />
reunite at their family home after a long time apart. <strong>The</strong> sisters each<br />
struggle with their own personal crises, including marital problems,<br />
mental health issues, and legal troubles. As they confront their past<br />
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We’re planning for our<br />
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Christchurch’s housing and business development rules are changing<br />
Ōtautahi Christchurch’s population is growing. Over the next <strong>30</strong> years, it’s predicted we’ll need more than 40,000<br />
new houses to ensure everyone has a place to live, and Christchurch City Council is planning for that now.<br />
Our growth challenge<br />
We need to provide for the growth of housing and<br />
business in the best locations in Christchurch, to<br />
help address issues like climate change and housing<br />
shortage. This means more houses where there’s good<br />
access to shops, services, work, school, public transport<br />
networks and infrastructure.<br />
Where there’s good reason, we also need to ensure<br />
development remains restricted or limited to protect<br />
and maintain areas of value.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se changes won’t happen overnight. Over time the<br />
look and feel of the city will change, and we want to plan<br />
for that and keep what people value.<br />
A new direction in urban planning<br />
<strong>The</strong> planning rules have changed for New Zealand’s main urban areas. We need to<br />
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within Christchurch’s existing urban footprint.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are new national standards for multi-unit housing developments called the<br />
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to apply for a resource consent, as long as all other rules have been met.<br />
Not all parts of Christchurch are suitable for the MDRS, so we’re proposing special<br />
rules, called Qualifying Matters, apply to recognise heritage and cultural features, to<br />
protect major utility, infrastructure, and people in areas vulnerable to natural hazards,<br />
among other things.<br />
What we’re proposing<br />
We’re proposing important changes to the city’s planning rulebook, the District Plan, via two plan changes – the Housing and Business Choice<br />
Plan Change (Plan Change 14), and the Heritage Plan Change (Plan Change 13). Both plan changes were formally notified on 17 <strong>March</strong> <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
Replacing some existing residential zones in<br />
the city with two new ones – a Medium-Density<br />
Residential Zone and a High-Density Residential<br />
Zone. <strong>The</strong> Medium-Density zone is the baseline for<br />
increasing housing in our city. <strong>The</strong> High-Density<br />
zone would allow apartment buildings and multistorey<br />
flats in the central city.<br />
Increased height limits for residential and<br />
commercial buildings in and around the<br />
central city, suburban centres and along public<br />
transport routes, as well as enabling residential<br />
development in some industrial areas around the<br />
central city and larger suburban centres.<br />
Special rules (Qualifying Matters) to limit greater<br />
development of housing and business under<br />
the MDRS, in order to better reflect our city’s<br />
environment and climate. One proposes changing<br />
recession planes to increase sunlight access from<br />
what would be possible under the MDRS. This<br />
applies citywide and means the MDRS won’t come<br />
into effect for Christchurch until 2024, when Plan<br />
Change 14 is decided on.<br />
Heritage that should be protected, with a number<br />
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Have your say on our growing city<br />
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NEWS 13<br />
Stolen Lego kits may be sold online<br />
• By Nathan Morton<br />
A CHARITY is desperate to<br />
recover about $15,000 in Lego<br />
products stolen from one of its<br />
parked vans.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Imagination Station van<br />
was broken into at the weekend<br />
while in a Wilson car park on<br />
Gloucester St overnight. It was<br />
parked near Tūranga library,<br />
where Imagination Station<br />
operates.<br />
Charity director Rachel<br />
Westaway said it was clear the<br />
theft was premeditated. She said<br />
the front lock had been broken<br />
and the thieves then smashed the<br />
back window and took several<br />
Lego kits.<br />
<strong>The</strong> kits varied in value.<br />
Westaway said the Lego<br />
taken would fill seven six-litre<br />
containers and some of the<br />
stolen products were no longer<br />
available on the market.<br />
Lego Technic, EV3 and Spike<br />
Prime were among the stolen<br />
kits.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>re were specialised kits,<br />
which cost around $250 each,<br />
and some equipment isn’t made<br />
by Lego any more, like the WeDo<br />
kits. So we can’t replace them<br />
like-for-like,” Westaway said.<br />
“We’re putting an asset list<br />
together of what was taken.”<br />
Imagination Station has been<br />
operating out of Tūranga for<br />
the past three years. It was given<br />
the Wilson spot by the car park<br />
company as the charity was<br />
having difficulty finding a park<br />
near the library.<br />
Imagination Station works<br />
with children to provide<br />
education and resources using<br />
Lego technology at its play area<br />
or after-school and holiday<br />
classes.<br />
One of its key values is<br />
BREAK-IN: Imagination<br />
Station operations manager<br />
Anna Ross with the van<br />
which was broken into<br />
at a Wilson car park on<br />
Gloucester St.<br />
Left – <strong>The</strong> charity has been<br />
operating out of Tūranga<br />
for three years.<br />
accessibility, which is why it<br />
bought a charity van to transport<br />
the Lego products to different<br />
locations across the city.<br />
“(It’s) for schools and places<br />
where potentially some students<br />
can’t afford to make it to the<br />
library or where parking is an<br />
issue,” said Westaway.<br />
“So coming to them makes<br />
it easier for them to use our<br />
equipment.”<br />
Police have been notified<br />
of the theft. Westaway said it<br />
was unfortunate there were no<br />
CCTV cameras in the area.<br />
“From our perspective, we had<br />
great support from Wilson and<br />
felt really safe there for the last<br />
three years.<br />
“So it’s unfortunate somebody<br />
took it upon themselves to steal<br />
from a charity.”<br />
Westaway hopes somebody<br />
will notice the Lego products<br />
for sale. <strong>The</strong> rarity of certain<br />
products should make it easy to<br />
identify the stolen Lego if the<br />
thieves try to sell them online.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> suspicion is that they<br />
were stolen for resale,” said<br />
Westaway.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>re is the potential they’ll<br />
try to sell in bulk, either through<br />
Lego or other channels online,<br />
so we want people to keep<br />
an eye out and let us know if<br />
they see anything suspicious –<br />
particularly in terms of<br />
volume.<br />
“We just want to return it to<br />
the community, no questions<br />
asked.”<br />
– NZ Herald<br />
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NEWS<br />
• By Kurt Bayer<br />
THE AID worker from<br />
Christchurch killed volunteering<br />
in war-torn Ukraine has had a<br />
final scientific research paper<br />
published posthumously, which<br />
has been hailed a breakthrough<br />
discovery in the field of DNA<br />
research.<br />
Dr Andrew Bagshaw, 47, was<br />
killed alongside British volunteer<br />
Christopher Parry, 28, while trying<br />
to rescue an elderly woman<br />
in an area of intense military<br />
action in Soledar, when their car<br />
was hit by an artillery shell in<br />
January.<br />
Now, just weeks after his<br />
death, a new study the geneticist<br />
led during his time as a researcher<br />
within Otago University’s<br />
Department of Anatomy has<br />
been published in the prestigious<br />
journal Nucleic Acids Research.<br />
<strong>The</strong> study breaks new ground<br />
in showing that DNA sequences<br />
bend and twist in ways which<br />
were previously unknown.<br />
Bagshaw’s paper was supervised<br />
by the Department<br />
of Anatomy’s Professor Neil<br />
Gemmell, who said the findings<br />
are an important technical<br />
discovery, spanning the fields<br />
of genetics, biochemistry and<br />
biophysics, with the potential to<br />
benefit human health in future<br />
years.<br />
“Andrew’s remarkable work<br />
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REMEMBERED: People lay flowers to commemorate British volunteer Chris Parry and<br />
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could lead to a better understanding<br />
of how genetic diseases<br />
arise and how they can be<br />
treated,” he said.<br />
“It also opens up new avenues<br />
for research into the mechanics of<br />
DNA and could ultimately lead to<br />
the development of new technologies<br />
for manipulating DNA.”<br />
He said the paper reflects<br />
the work of someone who was<br />
“exceptionally talented”, able to<br />
synthesise a great deal of information<br />
from subdisciplines and<br />
disciplines that “don’t always<br />
connect as directly as you might<br />
imagine”, to address how DNA<br />
bends and changes, in a new and<br />
innovative way.<br />
“Andrew possessed extremely<br />
strong analytical skills and was<br />
easily one of the most extraordinary<br />
students I have trained,”<br />
Gemmell said.<br />
“This, his final body of work,<br />
is a lasting legacy to a scientist of<br />
immense promise and ability.”<br />
Gemmell says Bagshaw’s work<br />
reveals that DNA is bending in a<br />
way nobody knew about before.<br />
“This new insight is important<br />
because DNA ‘secondary structures’<br />
can affect how genes are<br />
turned on and off, and the way<br />
a DNA sequence is bent influences<br />
its propensity to change or<br />
‘mutate’.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> paper reveals that DNA<br />
sequences bend more in regions<br />
that are rich in the nucleotides<br />
cytosine and guanine, and bending<br />
is particularly pronounced<br />
at the start of a sequence, the<br />
so-called 5’ end.<br />
Bagshaw also observed where<br />
sequences are predicted to bend<br />
the most is where changes or<br />
“mutations” in the DNA are<br />
more likely to happen. <strong>The</strong> findings<br />
help establish how DNA<br />
functions, how it changes over<br />
time, how it folds, and how it is<br />
packaged into cells.<br />
Bagshaw, whose death was<br />
confirmed in late January, had<br />
been working as a volunteer in<br />
Ukraine since April last year.<br />
He had completed a PhD in genetics<br />
at Canterbury University<br />
before joining Otago University<br />
Christchurch’s Department of<br />
Pathology and Biomedical Science<br />
in 2008.<br />
His parents Dame Sue and<br />
Professor Phil Bagshaw said they<br />
were “immensely proud” of their<br />
son’s achievements.<br />
But they have been left feeling<br />
that his death is an enormous<br />
loss to the scientific community.<br />
“He was an outstandingly<br />
intelligent fellow and his life was<br />
cut short, which is sad,” said<br />
Phil.<br />
“He was a very gifted person,<br />
very highly intelligent and<br />
very committed to this area of<br />
research.”<br />
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CITY COUNCILLOR Sara Templeton is <strong>The</strong> only candidates confirmed a this<br />
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Villa Maria College<br />
Learn To Prize What Is Of Value<br />
mercy spirit for Cyclone Gabrielle relief<br />
<strong>The</strong> college was awash with blue recently as students got<br />
behind an initiative to collect funds for Cyclone Gabrielle<br />
disaster relief. A total of $3,500 was raised! Villa’s largest<br />
fundraising collection for a non-uniform day! Well done<br />
to everyone for going blue and being so generous in their<br />
donations.<br />
TeRm 1 UPdaTe<br />
Book presentation to Islamic Community<br />
leaders<br />
Peaceful message from the College<br />
College Leaders Momo Seino (International Leader) and Isla<br />
Kelliher (Mercy Ambassador) recently met with Imq Idris at<br />
Masjeed An Nur to present the Islamic Community with a book of<br />
peaceful messages that utilised different languages found within<br />
the College. Each house incorporated another language into their<br />
messages to provide An Nur with words of peace, hope and love.<br />
Thank you very much Momo for organising and leading such a<br />
beautiful expression of solidarity, faith and hope with our brothers<br />
and sisters at Masjeed An Nur.<br />
Very pleasing NCea results 2022<br />
Congratulations to all our students who have been<br />
so successful in the NCEA exams. We are very proud<br />
of you all!<br />
<strong>2023</strong> Canterbury Polyfest<br />
Villa Maria College students took part in the Canterbury Polyfest<br />
recently. <strong>The</strong> event is a celebration of Pasifika culture and provides<br />
an opportunity for secondary school students to showcase<br />
traditional dance, music and customs.<br />
Nia Fenika-Slater, Year 12, performed a traditional Taualuga, a<br />
Samoan traditional<br />
dance only performed<br />
by the Taupou (Nia’s<br />
role). <strong>The</strong> Taupou is a<br />
very special role to be<br />
given, and in this case<br />
reflects Nia’s closeness<br />
to her culture, positive<br />
attitude and highperformance<br />
ability.<br />
Nia and her aunty,<br />
brought Nia’s grandmother onto the stage in a wheelchair. This<br />
represented the passing down of culture and honours those<br />
important women in Nia’s life. Villa’s entire polyfest performance<br />
showcased an acknowledgement of the relationships between the<br />
students and key women in their lives.<br />
Addison Buck (Yr 11), pictured, back row second from the right,<br />
after the team Nationals win.<br />
Under 15 Canterbury Pride Futsal<br />
wins Nationals<br />
Addison was selected for Under 15 Canterbury Futsal<br />
Nationals, in the positions of target or flanker. In mid-<br />
December, the team played two games a day in a four-day<br />
tournament in Wellington. <strong>The</strong> final against Capital Wellington<br />
ended with a 5-3 win to the Canterbury team, placing them at<br />
the top of their game nationally. Congratulations to the team<br />
and Go Addison!<br />
Youth Commonwealth Games hopefuls<br />
Congratulations<br />
to Brooke Bennett<br />
(Year 12) and Hope<br />
Chmiel (Year 13) for<br />
being named on the<br />
Swimming NZ “Long<br />
List” for the Youth<br />
Commonwealth Games<br />
to be held in August in<br />
Trinidad and Tobago.<br />
We wish them all the<br />
best in trying to qualify<br />
for this prestigious<br />
event. We are super<br />
proud of you both!!<br />
Perseverance reaps rewards<br />
Challenging conditions did not deter the Villa Maria equestrian team in the<br />
Inter-secondary School Show Jumping Competition, held at McLeans Island<br />
recently. Despite the rain, the girls showed perseverance, each obtaining a<br />
personal ‘win’. It was awesome to see Ruby and Chilli riding smoothly and<br />
taking the jumps in their stride and getting a 6th in the two phase 105cm.<br />
Congratulations too to Molly and Jimmy. Jimmy loves to jump and earned a<br />
3rd in the 85cm ISO with a beautiful round. <strong>The</strong>re was super work from Lilia<br />
and Pumba. Pumba is developing a nice rhythm and building his confidence<br />
in the ring. Thank you to the mums and dads who supported the girls in the<br />
pouring rain; the sport wouldn’t happen without them.<br />
College Production: annie<br />
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VmC reception, don’t miss out!<br />
Based on the popular comic strip, Annie tells the<br />
extraordinary story of a little orphan who ends up in<br />
the lap of luxury with Depression-era billionaire Oliver<br />
Warbucks. Unlike most of the other children at Miss<br />
Hannigan’s orphanage, spunky Annie believes that<br />
her parents are still alive and will one day return to<br />
claim her. So, when Mr. Warbucks offers to adopt her,<br />
she asks the most powerful man in America to help<br />
find her real mom and dad instead, and he agrees.<br />
Warbucks’ whopping reward for Annie’s parents<br />
attracts the attention of con artists Rooster, Lily and<br />
the wicked Miss Hannigan, who hatch a plot to<br />
kidnap Annie and take the $50,000 reward.<br />
Will Annie ever find her parents? Maybe. Will Miss<br />
Hannigan ever find a man and escape the clutches<br />
of Little Girls? Will Rooster and Lily ever live on Easy<br />
Street? Will President Roosevelt provide a ‘New Deal’<br />
for the Hooverites? Will the orphans no longer live a<br />
Hard-Knock life? Only one thing is for certain…<br />
You can bet your bottom dollar that the sun will<br />
come out tomorrow.<br />
<strong>The</strong> group performed a Siva Samoa. <strong>The</strong> song was written by one<br />
of the tutors, Seira Ale. Through the song lyrics the girls formally<br />
introduced themselves and stated they were from Villa Maria<br />
College.<br />
Raquel Tikolevu, Year 8, dressed in the black, white and brown<br />
costume, had a special role singing and leading the Fijian song<br />
“Noqu Masu”. Earlier in the performance she was also brought out<br />
by her mother when Noqu Masu was sung.<br />
Well done to all our students who took part, delivering such<br />
beautiful performances.<br />
Crêpes et conversations<br />
On Wednesday 15th February, our Senior French class went to<br />
La Maison de Crêpe to bond over a French meal and conversation.<br />
Students ordered their<br />
meal in French and<br />
talked about their meal<br />
preferences with one<br />
another. We celebrated an<br />
early Mardi Gras in a relaxed<br />
and warm atmosphere.<br />
In the words of Dr Maria<br />
Montessori “Education is<br />
a natural process carried<br />
out by the child and is not<br />
acquired by listening to<br />
words but by experiences<br />
in the environment”.<br />
Merci tout le monde pour ce bon moment ensemble.<br />
21 Peer Street, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041 Phone: 03 348 4165 www.villa.school.nz
Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2023</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
IMPROVEMENTS to make<br />
it safer for people walking,<br />
cycling and scooting during<br />
Canterbury Museum’s multimillion<br />
dollar redevelopment<br />
are about to be installed.<br />
<strong>The</strong> city council is making<br />
alterations to the Rolleston Ave<br />
and Park Tce shared path to<br />
accommodate containers and<br />
fencing for the museum work.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> changes are being<br />
made to safely move people<br />
through the area over the fiveyear<br />
redevelopment period,”<br />
city council transport operations<br />
manager Stephen Wright<br />
says.<br />
A temporary two way<br />
on-road cycleway from<br />
the Antigua Boatsheds to<br />
Salisbury St will be installed.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re will also be P3 school<br />
pick-up and drop-off car<br />
parks on Gloucester St, while<br />
coach parking will move from<br />
outside the Botanic Gardens.<br />
Traffic calming will be<br />
installed to help lower speeds<br />
in locations where there are<br />
lots of people travelling in<br />
different ways.<br />
“Moving cyclists on-road<br />
will help to ease congestion<br />
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on this busy shared path and<br />
make it a safer and more<br />
enjoyable experience for<br />
visitors, walkers, runners,<br />
cyclists, and people riding<br />
scooters,” Wright said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Botanic Gardens gates<br />
are moving in line with the<br />
peacock fountain.<br />
<strong>The</strong> work will be installed<br />
under a traffic management<br />
plan, however staff will present<br />
a report to the city council<br />
at an upcoming meeting for<br />
formal approval.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> use of temporary<br />
materials means there will be<br />
limited construction impacts,<br />
and we can easily make<br />
any tweaks to the layout if<br />
something isn’t working well,”<br />
Wright said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> current entrance to the<br />
Botanic Gardens adjacent<br />
to the museum as well as<br />
the pedestrian crossing at<br />
Worcester Boulevard will also<br />
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Work on the gates will begin<br />
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Rolleston Ave will be in place<br />
by mid-May.<br />
To allow contractors to<br />
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18<br />
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Little River’s big pumpkin festival<br />
HUGE: Posing on last year’s<br />
giants are Fiona Matheson-<br />
Grant (left) and Wendy,<br />
Brendon and Nathan<br />
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Right – Marie Backhouse<br />
unloads pumpkins donated<br />
for the big community soupmaking<br />
day last year.<br />
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THE LARGEST, ugliest and most perfect<br />
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It’s the township’s annual pumpkin<br />
festival, a regular event for nearly <strong>30</strong> years<br />
that focuses on the prize for the biggest<br />
pumpkin – a record held by Mike Rask,<br />
who produced a 250kg monster in 2019.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first festival was in 1996.<br />
Seedlings germinated in spring have<br />
travelled from all over the country to be<br />
carefully nurtured, fed and watered in an<br />
attempt to win the ultimate “big boy” accolade,<br />
said festival marketing leader Sandra<br />
Tuckwell.<br />
<strong>The</strong> big ones don’t taste too good, but<br />
they pull in the crowds.<br />
Pumpkins of all kinds can win prizes,<br />
including the widest, smallest and best<br />
dressed, Tuckwell said.<br />
Thousands of visitors come from all<br />
around the South Island to enjoy the event,<br />
she said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> festival also features music and<br />
dance, country stalls, sideshows and the<br />
famous Little River pumpkin soup.<br />
<strong>The</strong> rules are simple: all pumpkins<br />
entered must be pumpkins, no steroids can<br />
be used, and any pumpkin weighing over<br />
600kg must have its own truck.<br />
<strong>The</strong> winning ‘big boy’ pumpkin will be<br />
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Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2023</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 19<br />
WITH MARY IN FAITH<br />
TĀTOU KO MERE E WHAKAPONO ANA<br />
Our New Home: <strong>The</strong> Campaign for Marian College launched<br />
A campaign to raise $4 million<br />
towards the new Marian<br />
College on Lydia Street has been<br />
launched.<br />
<strong>The</strong> new school is expected to be<br />
finished in September- 12 years<br />
after students lost their school in<br />
the Christchurch earthquake.<br />
Our New Home – <strong>The</strong><br />
Campaign for Marian College<br />
– is a community-based<br />
fundraising campaign which<br />
seeks to raise $4 million towards<br />
the $50 million cost of the new<br />
school.<br />
<strong>The</strong> campaign has already raised<br />
more than $1.2 million thanks<br />
to donations from the Marian<br />
Foundation and the Lottery Grants<br />
Board.<br />
Now the school<br />
community and<br />
general public have<br />
the opportunity<br />
to support the<br />
school to reach its<br />
$4 million target<br />
by contributing<br />
towards six projects within the new<br />
school.<br />
“Our ākonga, staff and whānau<br />
are very excited and we appreciate<br />
the support of our own past pupils<br />
and families, and that of the wider<br />
community,” Marian College Principal<br />
Mary-Lou Davidson said.<br />
Among the projects people can<br />
donate to are: the Sports Precinct;<br />
the Performing Arts facility; the Art,<br />
Textiles and Technology Centre;<br />
the Science Block; the Library, and<br />
a whare which will be built at the<br />
entrance of the school.<br />
“Our New Home will be for<br />
Marian College, our whānau<br />
and will be shared with the<br />
local and wider communities.<br />
As a school, our students<br />
will have excellent facilities<br />
and in our tradition of<br />
social justice, we will also be<br />
able to share these with the<br />
community.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>re are many opportunities<br />
in this remarkable new<br />
design for others to use,<br />
such as meetings, functions,<br />
performance spaces and<br />
sporting facilities. We are fully<br />
supportive of the campaign to<br />
support the fundraising target<br />
which will allow these facilities<br />
for present and future use,”<br />
Mary-Lou said.<br />
If you would like to learn more<br />
or donate to the project please<br />
visit ournewhome.nz<br />
Photo: Members of the Marian College<br />
community including past and present<br />
staff and students, Board of Trustees,<br />
the Marian Foundation, and the<br />
Catholic Diocese celebrated the launch<br />
of Our New Home: <strong>The</strong> Campaign for<br />
Marian College recently.<br />
Encounter Day inspires Year 10 students<br />
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Recently the Year 10s’ went to an Encounter day run by<br />
the National Evangelisation Team (NET). <strong>The</strong> theme was<br />
‘Brave’ with a focus on self-acceptance and self-worth.<br />
Beth Andrew shares her experience:<br />
“My biggest takeaway was from the video we watched<br />
about Keala Settle (<strong>The</strong> Bearded lady from <strong>The</strong> Greatest<br />
Showman). In the video, she was singing a song and had<br />
zero confidence.<br />
“As the song progressed she became more confident in<br />
herself and by the end, she was putting her whole heart<br />
into the song. It really made me think about how hard it<br />
can be sometimes to have confidence in ourselves.<br />
“My favourite part was when we made costumes out of<br />
newspaper that an ideal woman would be stereotyped<br />
to wear. On the costume, we had to write adjectives to<br />
describe how a woman is perceived by society to be/act.<br />
Some of the words that came up were that women have to<br />
be ‘smart, pretty, thin, talented, multitaskers’ making us<br />
aware of how society puts pressure on us as girls.<br />
“We also learned about how God has us on Earth for<br />
a reason and how everyone will end up in their unique<br />
place at some point in their life. <strong>The</strong> day ended with Father<br />
Edwin celebrating Mass with us.<br />
Overall I really enjoyed the day and appreciated NET for<br />
running such an organised fun day.”<br />
Congratulations to…<br />
You are invited to<br />
Marian College<br />
Isla Martin-McKenzie who won a gold<br />
medal in the U20 pole vault event and<br />
placed 4th in the U18 pole event at the NZ<br />
National Track and Field Championships.<br />
Our Rowing crews who recently competed<br />
in the South Island Secondary Schools<br />
Regatta. Our U17 coxed quad and U17<br />
Double both achieved silver.<br />
At our recent Athletics Day, Mya Phillips broke a<br />
Marian College discus record set in 1984 by past<br />
student and NZ representative Elizabeth Ryan.<br />
Mya threw 36.<strong>30</strong>m to beat the previous distance<br />
of 36.06m.<br />
Mya then took the Senior Javelin record throwing<br />
33.10m surpassing the previous record of 32.10m<br />
which was set by Kate Taylor in 2020.<br />
Our Pasifika Group who performed<br />
beautifully at Polyfest. A wonderful way to<br />
celebrate culture and we are so proud of their<br />
performance!<br />
Our Bishop Lyon’s team who competed in the<br />
Catholic Secondary Schools’ public speaking<br />
competition in Greymouth.<br />
Monday 1 May<br />
2 - 6.<strong>30</strong>pm<br />
Tours begin on the hour with the Principal’s Welcome<br />
Bookings essential. Please book online at<br />
www.mariancollege.school.nz/openday<br />
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Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2023</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 21<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
22<br />
LETTERS<br />
Candy Corner’s detractors<br />
(<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong>, <strong>March</strong> 23) ought<br />
consider the alternative – more<br />
of the brown, black and white<br />
pointed roof barracks, which<br />
have sprung up like dull fungi<br />
in all of our suburbs in recent<br />
times. Realistically, there is no<br />
third option in that price range.<br />
As Brooksfield’s director<br />
Vinny Holloway says, his<br />
trade is changing the face of<br />
Christchurch. We who live here<br />
must like or lump it, as local and<br />
central government has given the<br />
proliferation carte blanche.<br />
Brooksfield at least has listened<br />
to our conversations about<br />
aesthetics and the importance<br />
of colour and greenery in a<br />
future Christchurch. <strong>The</strong>y’ve<br />
acknowledged our concerns<br />
about the rampant, dominant,<br />
same-same, characterless,<br />
featureless ugliness which will<br />
be the legacy of the young and<br />
ambitious developers, who will<br />
never have to live in such a<br />
home.<br />
Eyes will not be offended when<br />
we drive past Candy Corner<br />
in 50 years’ time. It may be repainted<br />
an overall classic colour,<br />
and more trees can only improve<br />
it. Brooksfield’s families will be<br />
able to hold their heads high. I<br />
wouldn’t want to be a descendent<br />
of any of the others.<br />
-June Peka<br />
St Albans<br />
Those apartments are just so<br />
superior to many being erected<br />
in our city, but Candy Corner is<br />
not what I would have called it.<br />
<strong>The</strong> article brought back so<br />
many memories of times gone by.<br />
Selwyn St was a hub of shops<br />
of all descriptions and local<br />
residents frequented them.<br />
In 1952, our family moved<br />
from Lismore (west of<br />
Ashburton) to Simeon St,<br />
Spreydon.<br />
We unknowingly lived in<br />
the cottage that was originally<br />
owned by a Mr Simeon who<br />
owned and farmed all the<br />
surrounding land. Apparently he<br />
migrated from England, caused<br />
a flurry when he arrived with<br />
his family entourage at Lyttelton<br />
and then made his mark in<br />
Christchurch.<br />
But Candy Corner? Not what I<br />
would have named it.<br />
-Dawn Dell,<br />
Papanui<br />
Cycleway<br />
We cannot afford the<br />
$22 million needed for the<br />
Harewood Rd cycleway and the<br />
promised money from Waka<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Candy Corner better than ‘dull’ alternative<br />
Kotahi cannot be counted on as<br />
there is a greater need for funds<br />
to rebuild the infrastructure in<br />
the North Island.<br />
I would feel ashamed to pull<br />
any money away from those<br />
truly in need up there and add<br />
even great debt to Government<br />
for our grandchildren to pay<br />
off. <strong>The</strong>refore I say pause the<br />
cycleway and no to any more<br />
money being put towards further<br />
designs until there is proper<br />
consultation with the councillors<br />
involved.<br />
-D Downward<br />
Bryndwr<br />
Rugby success<br />
It has been a great week for<br />
rugby in this area.<br />
Congratulations to the<br />
South Island Matatu women<br />
on winning the final on<br />
Saturday against a tough Chiefs<br />
Manawa team.<br />
Earlier in the week the<br />
Crusaders coach Scott Robertson<br />
got the All Black coaching job<br />
for 2024. He so deserved this.<br />
Let’s hope the Crusaders win<br />
Super Rugby and send him off<br />
and brilliant first-five Richie<br />
Mo’unga and all time great Sam<br />
Whitelock in fitting fashion.<br />
-Graham Paterson<br />
Redwood<br />
CONTROVERSIAL: Brookfield’s colourful row houses, on<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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SPONSORED CONTENT<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
What will local government look like?<br />
Environment<br />
Canterbury<br />
Deputy Chair Craig Pauling<br />
IT’S EASY to be swayed by the<br />
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<strong>The</strong>se matters have been magnified<br />
recently by public debate<br />
on Three Waters, as well as the<br />
Government’s Future for Local<br />
Government review, which could<br />
have far-reaching consequences<br />
for who does what, what gets<br />
prioritised, and how everything<br />
is funded.<br />
Some have also suggested a<br />
unitary authority for Greater<br />
Christchurch, or a super-city<br />
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be better than the status quo –<br />
particularly when we consider<br />
the challenges we face in relation<br />
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well as upholding the Treaty of<br />
Waitangi?<br />
As the regional government,<br />
Environment Canterbury manages<br />
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use, biodiversity and region-wide<br />
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Local councils manage things<br />
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development and community<br />
facilities, including libraries.<br />
REVIEW: <strong>The</strong> Future for Local Government review is<br />
exploring all aspects of what local and regional councils do.<br />
Like Three Waters, it could have far-reaching consequences.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y also manage supply of<br />
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services. This work is more<br />
people-focused and provides the<br />
facilities and services needed for<br />
communities.<br />
A unitary authority would<br />
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out above – and while this may<br />
seem attractive – we should consider<br />
what this may mean, what<br />
could be lost and whether alternatives<br />
may, in fact, be better.<br />
For example, regional councils<br />
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of our precious natural<br />
resources.<br />
Environment Canterbury<br />
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and planning across Waitaha<br />
Canterbury, assisting with collaboration,<br />
alignment and benefits<br />
– for example, regional land<br />
transport, river and catchment<br />
management, coastal marine<br />
issues, and biodiversity and<br />
biosecurity programmes where<br />
city and district boundaries don’t<br />
always take into account key<br />
environmental factors.<br />
Regional government has also<br />
led the way in building stronger<br />
and more meaningful relationships<br />
with mana whenua, largely<br />
due to the shared interests in<br />
natural resource and environmental<br />
management that iwi and<br />
hapū hold along with the responsibilities<br />
of regional councils.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se relationships are vital for<br />
our future and will enable us to<br />
confront the key environmental<br />
challenges we face.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re will be change, that’s for<br />
certain. <strong>The</strong> review is exploring<br />
all aspects of what local and<br />
regional councils do, including<br />
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te Tiriti o Waitangi areas of responsibility,<br />
and involvement of<br />
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It’s important there is full understanding<br />
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new form and function for local<br />
government actually means. Ultimately,<br />
it must deliver a healthy<br />
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one where Waitaha Canterbury<br />
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We need to ensure we design<br />
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Canterbury is committed<br />
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Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2023</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 25<br />
& april<br />
School holiday Guide<br />
Jurassic Adventure<br />
Jurassic Adventure opened<br />
to rave reviews and is New<br />
Zealand’s newest dinosaur<br />
themed attraction. Built in<br />
stages, this park has fast become<br />
a family favourite. for all ages.<br />
Christchurch’s longest mini<br />
golf course is set amongst life<br />
size dinosaurs that come alive<br />
every day, and winding through<br />
a jungle theme, guests enjoy 18<br />
holes of super fun mini golf with<br />
wheelchair access to all 18 holes.<br />
Stage two saw New Zealand’s<br />
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Another popular attraction is the <strong>The</strong><br />
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<strong>The</strong> recently opened, <strong>The</strong> Rapture<br />
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Look for the 5 Raptors trapped in the<br />
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School holiday Guide<br />
Easter Eggs for dogs<br />
Scoop Dog is a Dunedin-based company<br />
that has made big waves with dog-lovers<br />
across the country. When launching in<br />
2011, owners Jono & Aleisha set out with<br />
a mission: to make sharing your favourite<br />
foods with your dog, healthy and fun. It all<br />
started with the first New Zealand-made,<br />
Ice Cream for dogs. Nowadays their range<br />
is a lot bigger and Easter saw another New<br />
Zealand first – Easter Eggs for dogs.<br />
Join the Scoop Dog team at the Sumner<br />
Surf Lifesaving Club this Easter for their<br />
Goodest (Friday) Easter Egg Hunt. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
are loads of great prizes up for grabs for the<br />
whole family, and the dog too! You might<br />
even be lucky enough to get your hands (or<br />
paws) on some of the sold-out Scoop Dog<br />
Easter Eggs.<br />
Register at the Surf Club from 11am,<br />
Friday 7th April. Entry is by gold coin<br />
donation, with all proceeds going to local<br />
charity, New Zealand Chihuahua Rescue.<br />
Flip & Tumbles!<br />
Our team of top coaches provide a<br />
range of sessions for all ages, abilities and<br />
confidence levels! Our team of coaches<br />
have represented New Zealand at a global<br />
scale, with multiple word titles and<br />
Olympic games under their belt!<br />
Our students learn body awareness<br />
to fall safely, as well as tumbling and<br />
trampoline skills and parkour skills. Flips<br />
& Tumbles proudly owns 9 olympic style<br />
trampolines - the largest amount of any<br />
gymnastics school in Christchurch, a<br />
power track, as well as a <strong>30</strong>ft. purpose<br />
built parkour structure designed with<br />
every ability in mind!<br />
We teach structured tumbling,<br />
trampoline and parkour classes, host<br />
unstructured ‘free play’ sessions and have<br />
dedicated time for our under 5’s seven<br />
days a week. We also offer workshops,<br />
bootcamps and private lessons for anyone<br />
who is wanting to hone in on a particular<br />
skill and master it. With term classes on<br />
every day after school, Flips & Tumbles<br />
is your one stop shop for extra curricular<br />
activities!<br />
Mum and Dad working during the<br />
school holidays? No worries! Flips &<br />
Tumbles have you covered! We have<br />
Holiday Programme availability to fit all<br />
schedules - whether that be ¼ day or full<br />
day.<br />
We can’t forget our adults! Want<br />
to master your childhood dream of<br />
completing a backflip? Flips & Tumbles<br />
have you covered with our adult sessions<br />
every Wednesday evening!<br />
Located at 12 Musgrove Close in<br />
Wigram, Flips & Tumbles is your go-to<br />
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Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2023</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 27<br />
& april<br />
School holiday Guide<br />
Orana Wildlife Park,<br />
New Zealand’s only<br />
open range zoo<br />
Orana Wildlife Park provides amazing<br />
opportunities for people to connect with<br />
wildlife. Meet Kevin our delightful giraffe<br />
calf. See New Zealand’s only gorillas,<br />
eyeball mighty rhino, hand feed majestic<br />
giraffe, see the stunning tigers, travel<br />
through the Lion Reserve (additional cost,<br />
T&C’s apply) observe kiwi and encounter<br />
mischievous kea. With 12 scheduled<br />
presentations daily, visitors can enjoy the<br />
antics of our meerkats, Tasmanian devils,<br />
friendly farmyard creatures, monkeys<br />
and much more! Visitors can board our<br />
Safari Shuttle for a tour of the zoo, join our<br />
walkabout guides or explore the Park at<br />
your leisure. Orana’s adventure playground<br />
is fun for young and old, especially the<br />
50m flying fox! Our wildlife themed shop<br />
is stocked with fabulous gifts for any<br />
occasion.<br />
Orana is operated as a registered<br />
charity, heavily relying on gate-takings to<br />
operate. We separately raise 100% of funds<br />
for all developments, animal transfers<br />
and involvement in key conservation<br />
programmes. Park staff are proud to make<br />
genuine contributions to breed for release<br />
recovery programmes for threatened New<br />
Zealand native wildlife such as kākāriki<br />
karaka/orange-fronted parakeet. By visiting<br />
the zoo, you are directly supporting our<br />
conservation work.<br />
www.oranawildlifepark.co.nz<br />
Escape with us these holidays<br />
With an hour on the clock, it’s up to<br />
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Whether it’s escaping off a Pirate Ship,<br />
solving an FBI investigation, assisting a<br />
Wizarding Professor, or unravelling the<br />
secrets of Nikola Tesla; there’s a theme to<br />
suit everyone.<br />
Originally designed with adults in mind;<br />
locally owned Escape Artists is a great ice<br />
breaker for Hens and Stag parties, team<br />
building or just great fun.<br />
Our helpful team are ready to welcome<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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GARDENING<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
It’s time to get silverbeet planted<br />
As autumn intensifies,<br />
it’s time to get planting<br />
hardy greens – as well<br />
as colourful bulbs<br />
Vegetables<br />
Cabbage, cauliflower and<br />
silverbeet stalks should be<br />
cleared from the ground once<br />
the plants have been harvested.<br />
Left in, they will deplete the<br />
soil and, more seriously, make<br />
excellent shelter for insect pests<br />
such as grey aphids.<br />
Spinach, lettuce and turnips<br />
can still be sown – the latter in a<br />
warm, sheltered place.<br />
Onions need to be lifted soon.<br />
If the foliage is still growing,<br />
bend over the tops to hasten bulb<br />
maturity. If onions are already<br />
being used, dig those with thick,<br />
soft stems first, as they will not<br />
keep well.<br />
Cabbage, cauliflower and leek<br />
crops need to be kept cultivated<br />
and weed-free. Control moth<br />
and caterpillar attacks with<br />
derris dust. A pesticide spray<br />
may be needed to combat grey<br />
aphid infestations.<br />
Parsley can still be sown. <strong>The</strong><br />
hardy herb will stand the winter<br />
without harm, but seed can be<br />
slow to germinate. Soaking in<br />
water overnight can help, but<br />
more important is using fresh<br />
seed to ensure good germination.<br />
Young parsley plants respond to<br />
good soil and an abundance of<br />
nitrogen.<br />
Silverbeet grows well in cool<br />
conditions and, in most areas,<br />
a late-<strong>March</strong> sowing still gives<br />
enough time for plants to<br />
become established before cold<br />
weather stops growth.<br />
Mixing lime (280g per sq m)<br />
and a similar quantity of blood<br />
and bone will help the crop.<br />
Alternatively, apply a good<br />
general fertiliser.<br />
Sow silverbeet seed 1cm deep<br />
in rows 0.5m apart. Water the<br />
ground well if conditions are dry.<br />
Being coastal in origin,<br />
silverbeet also responds to<br />
some salt in the soil. Place some<br />
seaweed <strong>30</strong>cm below where the<br />
seeds are to be sown, cover with<br />
NUTRITIOUS: A late <strong>March</strong> sowing still gives silverbeet plants time to become established<br />
before winter.<br />
PHOTO: GETTY<br />
soil, then put in the seeds. This<br />
leafy vegetable also responds<br />
to a plentiful supply of organic<br />
material.<br />
Flowers<br />
Carnation layers pegged<br />
down in late January should be<br />
ready for separating from the<br />
old plants. Scrape a little of the<br />
soil away and see how rooting is<br />
proceeding.<br />
Carnation blooms can be<br />
improved if manure is added,<br />
<strong>30</strong>cm or more below the surface,<br />
and carnations also like plenty<br />
of lime and bone meal added<br />
to the soil. If it is light and<br />
sandy, improve it by mixing<br />
in rotted turf, straw or garden<br />
compost.<br />
When planting rooted<br />
carnation layers, set 40cm apart<br />
and try not to disturb the ball<br />
of young roots. Do not plant<br />
too deeply. <strong>The</strong> upper roots<br />
should be just below the<br />
surface.<br />
Lilies can be planted in rich,<br />
well-drained, lime-free soil,<br />
giving the bulbs a chance to<br />
settle down before winter.<br />
Lilium regale is popular in home<br />
gardens, being easy to grow and<br />
less sensitive to soils containing<br />
lime.<br />
Most tolerant of lime is the<br />
Madonna (Lilium candidum).<br />
<strong>The</strong> other main difference is<br />
that Madonna lilies, which have<br />
no dormant period, should be<br />
planted in a hot, dry spot with<br />
a-third of the bulb above the<br />
soil.<br />
Other lilies need plenty of leaf<br />
mould or peat to maintain the<br />
acidity in which they thrive.<br />
Most lilies like to have shade<br />
over their roots and look good<br />
beside azaleas, rhododendrons<br />
and kalmias.<br />
In heavy soils, drainage can be<br />
improved by sitting the bulb on a<br />
layer of river sand.<br />
Stem-rooting lilies should be<br />
planted 8cm-10cm deep, basalrooting<br />
15cm or more deep.<br />
Fruit<br />
Loganberries, boysenberries,<br />
tayberries and cultivated<br />
blackberries need to be pruned<br />
after fruiting.<br />
Cut from the base of the plant<br />
all canes which have fruited and<br />
train young canes in their place.<br />
If there are not enough of those<br />
to replace the fruit-bearing ones,<br />
the plant has been starved.<br />
Mulch with stable manure or<br />
garden compost, at least half a<br />
metre out, around all sides of the<br />
stems.<br />
Raspberry bushes can be<br />
cleaned up by tying the canes<br />
into place, removing all weeds<br />
and any suckers that have<br />
appeared.<br />
Leave seven or eight newlygrown<br />
canes to each plant and<br />
remove old ones which bore fruit<br />
this season.<br />
A mulch of half-rotted manure<br />
or compost will help the plants<br />
develop.<br />
– ODT<br />
READY: Raspberry canes<br />
can be tied into place, while<br />
lilies can be planted in rich,<br />
well-drained soil.<br />
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Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2023</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 29<br />
STREET<br />
AND GARDEN<br />
<strong>2023</strong>CHRISTCHURCH<br />
AWARDS<br />
association<br />
PREMIER STREETS<br />
Premier Long Street<br />
Fisher Avenue, Beckenham<br />
Premier Short Street<br />
Saracen Avenue, Northwood<br />
Premier Cul de Sac<br />
Molesworth Place, Cashmere<br />
SPECIAL AWARDS<br />
Harcourts Real Estate Tray,<br />
<strong>The</strong> Most Attractive Garden selected from<br />
the Premier Streets<br />
Peter Lawrence, 20 Saracen Avenue, Northwood<br />
Stuart Watson Trophy, All Year Round Garden<br />
Ursula Schmidtke, 25 Molesworth Place, Cashmere<br />
Uplift of Surroundings<br />
Vicki’s Hair Studio, 205 Avonhead Road, Avonhead<br />
Street Frontage Plantings<br />
Ann Tindle, Villa 15 73 Roydvale Avenue, Russley<br />
Environmental Award<br />
Commodore Airport Hotel, 449 Memorial Avenue,<br />
Burnside<br />
Living Fence<br />
Ann & Mark Clarkson, 41 Idris Road, Fendalton<br />
COMMUNITY BOARD STREET AWARDS<br />
Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood<br />
Long Street<br />
Glen Oaks Drive, Northwood<br />
Short Street<br />
Saracen Avenue, Northwood<br />
Cul de Sac<br />
Caleb Place, Northwood<br />
Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton<br />
Long Street<br />
Rannoch Drive, Broomfield<br />
Short Street<br />
Showgate Avenue, Sockburn<br />
Cul de Sac<br />
Ilam Park Place, Ilam<br />
Coastal-Burwood-Linwood<br />
Long Street<br />
Staffa Street, Woolston<br />
Short Street<br />
Shetland Street, Woolston<br />
Cul de Sac<br />
Strathmore Gardens, Burwood<br />
Papanui-Innes-Central<br />
Long Street<br />
Purchas Street, St Albans<br />
Short Street<br />
Holiday Drive, Mairehau<br />
Cul de Sac<br />
Maurice Stanton Place, Shirley<br />
Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote<br />
Long Street<br />
Fisher Avenue, Beckenham<br />
Short Street<br />
Gamblins Road, St Martins<br />
Cul de Sac<br />
Molesworth Place, Cashmere<br />
CITY “GATEWAY”<br />
GARDEN AWARDS <strong>2023</strong><br />
Memorial Avenue<br />
Residential Commodore Airport Hotel Trophy<br />
1st Lee Wilkinson & Sam Wright,<br />
336 Memorial Avenue<br />
Runner up Mr & Mrs N Drain,<br />
217 Memorial Avenue<br />
Commercial Paparua County Council Tray<br />
1st Commodore Airport Hotel,<br />
449 Memorial Avenue<br />
Runner up Sudima Christchurch Airport Hotel,<br />
550 Memorial Avenue<br />
Main South Road<br />
Residential Avon City Ford Cup<br />
1st Mrs K Smith, Main South Road<br />
(Postal, 109 Denise Crescent)<br />
Commercial Hornby Mall Cup<br />
1st Cookie Time, 789 Main South Road<br />
Runner up Denton Park Motel,<br />
446 Main South Road<br />
Yaldhurst Road<br />
Residential Denis Cunningham Cup<br />
1st Kathy & John Tapper, 87 Yaldhurst Road<br />
Commercial<br />
1st United Sports Complex,<br />
466 Yaldhurst Road<br />
Runner up McDonalds Yaldhurst, 473 Yaldhurst Road<br />
Main North Road<br />
Residential Foodstuffs (SI) Ltd Tray<br />
1st Mr Bruce & Mrs Shirley McFadden,<br />
834 Main North Road<br />
Commercial City Gateway Garden Award Trophy<br />
1st Avon City Motel, 402 Main North Road<br />
Runner up Garden City Motel, 242 Main North Road<br />
Ferry Road<br />
Residential Portstone Cup<br />
1st Mrs June Hines, 921 Ferry Road<br />
Runner up Mr Peter Frisken, 761A Ferry Road<br />
Commercial Mobil Edmonds Garden Cup<br />
1st Casual and Country Homestore,<br />
1027 Ferry Road<br />
Runner up Altered Images Christchurch Upholstery,<br />
654 Ferry Road<br />
<strong>The</strong> Awards Evening will be held 13th April <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
For further details of this event contact Trevor Tubman Tel 03 3229 540 or email tubman@snap.net.nz
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SPORT<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Counting down the highlights<br />
of the premier grade season<br />
Club cricket finished up<br />
over the weekend after<br />
six months of hopping<br />
between three formats.<br />
Jaime Cunningham<br />
looks at some of the<br />
highlights in the men’s<br />
and women’s premier<br />
grades by the numbers<br />
535: <strong>The</strong> number of runs<br />
scored in the one-day format by<br />
BJ Jacobs. <strong>The</strong> batting records<br />
over the past season have been<br />
dominated by Jacobs, who plays<br />
for Sydenham’s men’s premier<br />
side. He scored 535 from eight<br />
one-day innings throughout the<br />
season, breaking Scott Pawson’s<br />
long-standing record of 475<br />
in the 2000/01 season. Jacobs<br />
scored three hundreds and now<br />
holds the record for the highest<br />
score in a Christchurch premier<br />
one-day match after his 178<br />
against Old Boys Collegians.<br />
Jacobs also hit the most<br />
boundaries, with 112 fours and<br />
54 sixes.<br />
371: <strong>The</strong> largest team total<br />
of the season, which was set by<br />
Burnside West. In this year’s<br />
two-day competition, scores<br />
over <strong>30</strong>0 were vast. But Burnside<br />
West’s 371 was the highest total<br />
in any format and they got their<br />
in just 51.4 overs at a run rate of<br />
7.2. Matthew Hay, Scott Janett,<br />
and David Zohrab dominated<br />
Riccarton with strike rates of<br />
more than 100 in the innings.<br />
However, it was vice-captain<br />
Carl Huyser who blitzed the<br />
Riccarton bowlers to take<br />
Burnside West’s score well and<br />
truly over 350. Huyser finished<br />
on 60 from 24 with a strike rate<br />
of 250.<br />
2: <strong>The</strong> amount of titles won<br />
by the Sydenham premier<br />
women and OBC men this<br />
season. OBC were dominant<br />
in the white ball formats of the<br />
men’s premiership. In December,<br />
UNSTOPPABLE: BJ Jacobs scored 535 runs in eight<br />
one-day innings for Sydenham, breaking Scott Pawson’s<br />
record of 475 set in 2000/01. Below – Old Boys’ Collegians<br />
captain Jack Lewis holding the one-day trophy which the<br />
team won last month.<br />
they won the T20 competition,<br />
beating Sydenham in the final<br />
with a strong bowling display<br />
led by former Black Cap Todd<br />
Astle who took 3/25. OBC then<br />
took down unbeaten Burnside<br />
West in the one-day format in<br />
February. Sydenham’s premier<br />
women team made all three<br />
finals this season, winning two<br />
of them. A team bowling effort<br />
helped them claim the T20<br />
TITLE: Sydenham’s premier women’s side celebrate after<br />
winning the T20 competition last month.<br />
title against Lancaster Park in<br />
February. Lancaster Park only<br />
managed 56 runs in the final,<br />
which proved to be an easy chase<br />
for Sydenham. At the weekend,<br />
Sydenham claimed the Four20<br />
Fizz competition, even though<br />
the match was abandoned.<br />
40: <strong>The</strong> lowest score<br />
recorded in the men’s and<br />
women’s premier grades went<br />
to North West when Lancaster<br />
Park bowled them out. When<br />
Lancaster Park’s full bowling<br />
stocks were available this<br />
season, they were unstoppable.<br />
In December, Canterbury<br />
Magicians leg-spinner Sarah<br />
Asmussen (4/5) and all-rounder<br />
Jacinta Savage (3/5) ran through<br />
North West’s batting line-up in<br />
a one-day match, assisted by Jess<br />
Simmons (1/9), Katie Midwood<br />
(1/7) and a Kate Anderson<br />
run-out. Lancaster Park won<br />
by a mammoth 205 runs, after<br />
a strong batting display saw<br />
them finish on 249/6. Former<br />
White Ferns spin bowler Frankie<br />
McKay top-scored in the match<br />
with 77 before she retired hurt.<br />
109 (n/o): OBC captain<br />
Jack Lewis’ score in the men’s<br />
one-day final. With OBC 7/3<br />
chasing 219 in the final in<br />
February, Burnside West looked<br />
like they would easily continue<br />
their two-year unbeaten streak.<br />
However, Lewis quite literally led<br />
his team to their second title of<br />
the season. He smashed 10 fours<br />
and three sixes to finish on 109<br />
not out. He also hit the winning<br />
runs to claim the team’s second<br />
title. <strong>The</strong> innings was Lewis’<br />
maiden century at premier level.<br />
It was also his first season as<br />
captain.<br />
<strong>30</strong>7: <strong>The</strong> number of<br />
wickets taken in the 23-game<br />
women’s one-day competition.<br />
<strong>The</strong> bowling calibre of women’s<br />
cricket in Christchurch is no<br />
doubt the talking point of the<br />
premier grade. Across 12 rounds<br />
of the one-day format, <strong>30</strong>7<br />
wickets were taken. This works<br />
out to be at an average of 13.3<br />
wickets a game. Of the 46 oneday<br />
innings played, 20 of them<br />
saw a team bowled out.<br />
8/20: <strong>The</strong> best bowling<br />
figures out of all three formats<br />
played by the premier men’s<br />
team. Heathcote’s Tyler Lortan<br />
swept through Riccarton in<br />
a two-day match earlier this<br />
month to finish with the best<br />
bowling figures of the three<br />
competitions this season. He<br />
took the eight wickets in just 7.3<br />
overs and bowled one maiden.<br />
Lortan’s heroics prevented<br />
Thomas Walshe and Morgan<br />
Topping reaching three-figures<br />
in Riccarton’s second innings at<br />
Riccarton Domain. Heathcote<br />
went on to win the match.<br />
CANTERBURY<br />
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SPORTS CORNER<br />
WITH NEW ZEALAND WOMEN’S CRICKETER<br />
FRANKIE MACKAY SATURDAY 7– 8AM
FOOTBALL<br />
•Men’s Southern League<br />
After five comfortable wins and<br />
lots of goals over the weekend,<br />
the Southern League will likely<br />
see some closer matches when the<br />
second round gets under way this<br />
weekend.<br />
Newcomers to the league FC<br />
Twenty 11 will be in search<br />
of their first win in the competition<br />
when they travel to<br />
Dunedin to play Green Island<br />
on Saturday. Both teams lost in<br />
the first round, with Cashmere<br />
Technical dominating FC Twenty<br />
11 6-0.<br />
Cashmere head coach Dan<br />
Schwarz<br />
said he was<br />
happy<br />
with<br />
how<br />
clinical<br />
his team were against the newest<br />
addition to the league.<br />
“It’s always difficult coming<br />
from preseason, and we didn’t<br />
know too much about FC but we<br />
definitely showed our class on the<br />
day,” he said.<br />
Last year’s golden boot winner<br />
Garbhan Coughlan (right) netted<br />
four goals for Cashmere, two of<br />
them within three minutes in the<br />
second half.<br />
Declan Tyndall and promising<br />
young striker, Zander Edwards<br />
also scored for Cashmere. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
will travel to Nelson to take on<br />
Nelson Suburbs – who finished<br />
third last year – on Sunday.<br />
“Nelson’s always a difficult<br />
one,” Schwarz said.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> pitch is always heavy<br />
to play on, especially after the<br />
weather we’ve had this week. Nelson<br />
also have a very good squad<br />
at home, and it’s usually a tight<br />
battle with them.”<br />
Selwyn United will host<br />
Dunedin City Royals at Foster<br />
Park on Saturday. Both teams<br />
recorded large wins<br />
over Nelson<br />
Suburbs<br />
and Nomads at the weekend.<br />
Former Coastal player, Liam<br />
Coleman scored the first goal<br />
for Selwyn, with Scott Mc-<br />
Kay picking up another<br />
later in the first half.<br />
Jamie Carrodus<br />
and Darius van<br />
Wyk added<br />
more goals<br />
to give<br />
the home<br />
team a<br />
4-1 win.<br />
Nomads will take on Ferrymead<br />
Bays at home on Saturday following<br />
their 3-0 loss to Dunedin City<br />
Royals. Ferrymead beat the Tulett<br />
Park-based team in their two<br />
encounters last season and will<br />
be confident of making it three<br />
in a row against Nomads after<br />
last weekend’s 3-0 win against<br />
Coastal Spirit.<br />
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MATCH-UPS: <strong>The</strong> Linwood Keas face the Northern Bulldogs on Saturday, while the Eastern Eagles will take on Hornby.<br />
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Football and league<br />
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COZZONE<br />
Defending champions<br />
Christchurch<br />
United produced a<br />
3-0 win over Green<br />
Island after leading<br />
2-0 at the half. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
will take on Coastal<br />
Spirit at Linfield Park<br />
on Sunday. <strong>The</strong> two<br />
sides haven’t met in the<br />
league since June last<br />
year, when Christchurch<br />
were clinical during their 4-0<br />
win on Coastal’s home ground.<br />
•Women’s South Island<br />
Qualifying League<br />
<strong>The</strong> newly merged Halswell-<br />
Christchurch United premier<br />
women’s team will take the pitch<br />
for the first time on Monday<br />
night. <strong>The</strong> top four teams will<br />
qualify for the women’s South Island<br />
League, which will combine<br />
with the top two teams from the<br />
Southern Football competition.<br />
Halswell-Christchurch will<br />
face University of Canterbury<br />
at the United Sports Centre on<br />
Monday. On Saturday, FC Nomads<br />
will travel to Nelson’s Saxton<br />
Oval, while Selwyn United is<br />
set to host Cashmere Technical<br />
at Foster Park. <strong>The</strong> 2022 South<br />
Island championship winners<br />
Coastal Spirit have a bye.<br />
RUGBY LEAGUE<br />
Round 1 of the men’s<br />
premiership saw two teams<br />
overcome half-time<br />
deficits to win their<br />
season-openers at<br />
the weekend. <strong>The</strong><br />
Hornby Panthers<br />
were down 14-0<br />
against<br />
the<br />
Halswell<br />
Hornets<br />
on<br />
Saturday before No 9 Solomon<br />
Alaimalo produced a matchwinning<br />
hat-trick in the second<br />
half. <strong>The</strong> Panthers took out the<br />
game 26-20.<br />
On Saturday, the Panthers will<br />
take on the Eastern Eagles, who<br />
lost against defending champions,<br />
the Linwood Keas, at home in<br />
the first round. <strong>The</strong> Eagles will<br />
be looking for momentum when<br />
they take on the Panthers at<br />
Wainoni Park, after they lost an<br />
early lead last weekend and ended<br />
up losing 24-14.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Keas will take on the<br />
Northern Bulldogs at home on<br />
Saturday. <strong>The</strong> Bulldogs produced<br />
a solid second half to overcome<br />
the Riccarton Knights 22-12,<br />
after they trailed 12-6 at halftime.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hornets travel to<br />
Crosbie Park to play the Knights<br />
after their loss against the<br />
Panthers. Both will be searching<br />
for their first win of the season<br />
before the Easter break after<br />
they lost half-time leads in their<br />
season-openers at the weekend.<br />
Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2023</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
SPORT 31<br />
New-look<br />
premiership<br />
down to<br />
six teams<br />
• By Will Evans<br />
THE CLUB rugby league<br />
competition enters its second<br />
round on Saturday with major<br />
changes to how it operates.<br />
<strong>The</strong> premiership has six teams<br />
this season, Linwood Keas,<br />
Hornby Panthers, Eastern Eagles,<br />
Halswell Hornets, Northern<br />
Bulldogs and Riccarton Knights,<br />
after the Papanui Tigers and<br />
Celebration Lions couldn’t field<br />
premier teams.<br />
<strong>The</strong> clubs will face each other<br />
three times across 15 rounds.<br />
Triple round-robin play finishes<br />
on July 22.<br />
Said Canterbury Rugby<br />
League chief executive Malcolm<br />
Humm: “Four Massetti Cup<br />
rounds in May and June will<br />
feature a Friday night match<br />
under lights at Ngā Puna Wai.<br />
On Saturday, June 24, Ngā Puna<br />
Wai will host its inaugural ‘magic<br />
round’, with all three premiership<br />
encounters to be played<br />
simultaneously on the venue’s<br />
three rugby league fields.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> six clubs fielding a premier<br />
grade team have entered a side<br />
in the ISC Canterbury Cup<br />
(premier reserves), joined by<br />
Papanui Tigers, Ashburton<br />
Barbarians, Shirley Hawks,<br />
Burnham Chevaliers and<br />
Greymouth Greyhounds in<br />
what will initially be an 11-team<br />
competition. After one full<br />
round-robin, the top six teams<br />
will remain in the Canterbury<br />
Cup for the remainder of the<br />
season and the bottom five will<br />
recreate the third-tier division<br />
one, which returns for the first<br />
time since 2019. All teams retain<br />
their points from the original<br />
round-robin and, following the<br />
split, will play each team in their<br />
respective grade again.<br />
“In what promise to be among<br />
the most absorbing club matches<br />
of the season, two promotionrelegation<br />
fixtures are scheduled<br />
for August 5 (provided the teams<br />
from the lower grade accept the<br />
challenge),” said Humm.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> sixth-placed Massetti<br />
Cup team at the end of the homeand-away<br />
rounds will face an<br />
invitational non-premier team<br />
with a place in the 2024 men’s<br />
premiership on the line, while the<br />
sixth-placed Premier Reserves<br />
team will play the top-placed<br />
division one side for a spot in the<br />
2024 ISC Canterbury Cup.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> women’s premiership<br />
starts on April 16, featuring<br />
reigning champs Linwood Keas,<br />
runners-up Sydenham Swans,<br />
Woolston Rams, Eastern Eagles<br />
and Burnham Chevaliers.<br />
Several appealing initiatives<br />
have been introduced for <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
Humm said long-term<br />
objectives centre around<br />
increasing player numbers across<br />
all junior, senior and women’s<br />
competitions.
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• By Diane Keenan<br />
THE PREMIER men’s tennis<br />
interclub final will be played<br />
on Saturday after rain delayed<br />
the season decider between<br />
Elmwood and Cashmere last<br />
weekend.<br />
<strong>The</strong> decision to postpone the<br />
final was made around 3pm<br />
last Saturday after rain twice<br />
thwarted players’ attempts to<br />
start the tie.<br />
<strong>The</strong> starting time this weekend<br />
has been brought forward to<br />
the morning due to Cashmere’s<br />
centenary celebrations at its club<br />
on Saturday afternoon.<br />
Tennis Canterbury general<br />
manager Bevan Johns said<br />
the final will be played<br />
at the Elmwood courts,<br />
however the Wilding<br />
Park indoor centre will be<br />
available in the case of bad<br />
weather. <strong>The</strong> competition<br />
must finish this weekend,<br />
he said.<br />
Elmwood is looking to<br />
defend its title after last<br />
year’s win, however there is<br />
a lot at stake for Cashmere.<br />
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Men’s final to go ahead regardless of weather<br />
“This final is special for us. It<br />
is Cashmere’s centenary and that<br />
is an extra incentive for us to<br />
win. Everyone is quite<br />
motivated,” Cashmere<br />
captain Tim Meredith<br />
said.<br />
It will be a family<br />
affair for the two<br />
teams. Cashmere has<br />
the three Meredith<br />
brothers Matt, Tim<br />
Tim<br />
Meredith<br />
and James, while<br />
Elmwood has the<br />
Darling brothers,<br />
Elliot and Lawrence,<br />
and the Batt brothers, Tom and<br />
Eddie.<br />
James Meredith is likely<br />
to play in the top slot for<br />
Cashmere supported by<br />
brothers, Tim and Matt, and<br />
Harry Weeds.<br />
<strong>The</strong> other two team members<br />
Liam Barrett and Lucas Evans<br />
will be coming off a busy week<br />
of tennis, having played for<br />
Christ’s College in the national<br />
secondary schools’ tennis<br />
championships at Wilding<br />
Park.<br />
“Liam and Lucas have played<br />
a really high standard of tennis<br />
this season,” Tim Meredith said.<br />
Elmwood has a pool of very<br />
strong players to draw on. All<br />
are highly ranked, in-form and<br />
available every week.<br />
It is expected to field the same<br />
players as in the semi-finals –<br />
the Batt and Darling brothers<br />
for the singles and possibly Mid<br />
Canterbury coach Jack Tiller,<br />
bringing in the experienced<br />
James Spence in the doubles.<br />
Te Kura Hagley won the<br />
women’s final earlier this<br />
month.<br />
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Fuel-friendly and clean Skoda Kamiq<br />
I’m of the firm opinion that<br />
development of the internal<br />
combustion engine is far from<br />
over, especially in terms of fuel<br />
efficiencies.<br />
Sure, the world is viewing<br />
electric vehicles as the way forward<br />
to combat climate change and our<br />
reliance on fossil fuel, but there<br />
are many petrol engines in today’s<br />
market that run on the smell of<br />
an oily rag and are clean to the<br />
environment.<br />
One such engine is Skoda’s 1-litre<br />
turbocharged three-cylinder unit<br />
that is rated with a 5.8l/100km<br />
combined cycle average and emits<br />
just 131g/km of CO2. As such,<br />
it qualifies for a New Zealand<br />
Government Clear Car Program<br />
rebate of $1870. If you take that<br />
amount off the purchase price –<br />
$38,990 – you are getting a quality<br />
car and one that won’t bite you<br />
much in the way of day-to-day<br />
running costs.<br />
Of course, this engine comes<br />
courtesy of Skoda’s incorporation<br />
into the Volkswagen Group, and it<br />
is one of many fuel-friendly units<br />
that are constantly being placed in<br />
production. I see it as an alternative<br />
to electric power and, what’s more,<br />
it is very traditional in the way<br />
it operates and very much suits<br />
its placement in Skoda’s Kamiq<br />
Scoutline.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Kamiq’s body shape puts the<br />
vehicle most definitely in the SUV<br />
category, but I’d label it more of a<br />
crossover vehicle. That’s because<br />
it is just a two-wheel-drive (front)<br />
model only, and although the<br />
suspension is raised to give it more<br />
wheel travel and freedom it can’t be<br />
described as anything other than<br />
an all-road vehicle.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Kamiq is not new to the New<br />
Zealand market, but it has just had<br />
a major refresh with distinctive<br />
styling cues giving it a bolder but<br />
fresh appearance.<br />
Major specification items include<br />
push-button ignition, cruise<br />
control, touch screen display and<br />
safety systems which count towards<br />
a five-star Euro NCAP rating.<br />
What I like about the Kamiq is<br />
its practicality. It is a compact car<br />
at just 4.24m, but it has good space<br />
inside and great load space. Skoda<br />
claims a cargo carrying area of<br />
400-litres extending to 1395-litres<br />
with the rear seats folded down.<br />
At the other end sits the wee<br />
gem of an engine. Developing<br />
85kW and 200Nm, it has healthy<br />
outputs for its 999 cubic capacity.<br />
<strong>The</strong> turbo isn’t overly boosted so<br />
there is no great rush of power,<br />
but it does have a solid flow of<br />
energy right through the power<br />
band. That’s attributable to where<br />
the power outputs are developed,<br />
CROSSOVER: <strong>The</strong> Skoda Kamiq is a blend between a<br />
traditional hatchback and a sport utility vehicle.<br />
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peak power is available from just<br />
5000rpm, while maximum torque<br />
spreads from 2000 to 3500rpm.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se figures result in low down<br />
energy, and that is what you want<br />
in an engine, it churns away with a<br />
characteristic three-cylinder growl,<br />
it is well muffled but there’s no<br />
denying the harmonics associated<br />
with this design.<br />
Drive is channelled through a<br />
seven-speed direct shift gearbox,<br />
this is the Volkswagen group’s<br />
preferred choice of transmission<br />
and it stands out for quick, clean<br />
and smooth shifts.<br />
In terms of acceleration, it will<br />
lunge through a highway overtake<br />
(80 to 120km/h) in 7sec, while<br />
Skoda claims a 9.9sec run from a<br />
standstill to 100km/h, and a top<br />
speed of 191km/h. All of these<br />
figures are remarkable for an<br />
engine that is just under 1-litre.<br />
I took the evaluation car on a<br />
long highway loop taking in the<br />
high country roads and home<br />
through Burnham and Lincoln.<br />
When presented with a handling<br />
challenge the Kamiq steers with<br />
accuracy and there is good<br />
feedback through the steering<br />
wheel.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Scoutline model has fuel<br />
efficient Good Year tyres (205/55)<br />
sitting on 17in wheels, but there<br />
• Price – Skoda Kamiq<br />
Scoutline, $38,990<br />
• Dimensions – Length,<br />
4241mm; width,<br />
1988mm; height,<br />
1453mm<br />
• Configuration – Threecylinder,<br />
front-wheeldrive,<br />
999cc, 85kW,<br />
200Nm, seven-speed<br />
automatic<br />
• Performance –<br />
0-100km/h, 9.9secc<br />
• Fuel usage –5.8l/100km<br />
is solid grip to be found, and even<br />
with the limitation of tube beam<br />
rear axle, suspension movement is<br />
flexible and the spring and damper<br />
rates are just firmed enough to<br />
contain any gravitational force of<br />
the body over the suspension.<br />
More importantly, ride comfort<br />
in relation to quick cornering isn’t<br />
compromised, the suspension<br />
settings make for an almost perfect<br />
balance, and that’s important on<br />
Christchurch’s mixture of road<br />
surfaces, bumps and ruts are<br />
absorbed beautifully without any<br />
in-cabin shock.<br />
During my time in the<br />
Scoutline the fuel usage readout<br />
was constantly showing around<br />
6.6l/100km with an amazing<br />
4.8l/100km usage at 100km/h,<br />
the engine working over slowly at<br />
just 2250rpm – right in the area of<br />
maximum torque.<br />
I’ve long been a fan of threecylinder<br />
engines, and the Kamiq<br />
in this form really appealed to me.<br />
However, I do realise that some of<br />
the harmonics and driving feel may<br />
not appeal to everyone. That being<br />
the case, there is a four-cylinder<br />
offering in the form of the Kamiq<br />
Monte Carlo, the 1.5-litre unit adds<br />
an extra $9k but it also reaps the<br />
rewards of its efficiency and it is<br />
eligible for an extra $100 from the<br />
Government, its clean car rebate<br />
amounts to $1970.<br />
I’ve experienced this engine<br />
previously and can also report it is<br />
a cracker with its 5.7l/100km fuel<br />
usage average and healthy power<br />
outputs (110kW and 250Nm).<br />
Skoda is also entering the<br />
electric vehicle market with its<br />
Enyaq SUV due to land in New<br />
Zealand soon, but with a foot<br />
in each camp it’s fair to say the<br />
company still sees a future with<br />
internal combustion engines,<br />
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✓ Quality roofing at the best<br />
price around<br />
✓ Licensed building practitioner<br />
Robinson Roofing<br />
Call Hamish for a fast friendly quote<br />
03 347 9045 or 021 165 1682<br />
www.robinsonroofing.co.nz<br />
E: robinsonroofing99@gmail.com<br />
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& GROUT?<br />
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Call today for a FREE quote on 0800 882 772<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Classifieds<br />
We have two businesses in Christchurch for sale at<br />
reduced prices. Cost to get in to your own business<br />
will never be cheaper. <strong>The</strong>se businesses are for sale<br />
due to retirements, introduction to clients will be<br />
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Contact us today for information<br />
chchadmin@jimsmowing.net.nz<br />
or Phone 0800 454 546<br />
Boating Accessories<br />
& Equipment<br />
WINDSCREENS<br />
Perspex cut to size and<br />
shape, Fab Plastics ph<br />
366 3634<br />
Caravans, Motorhomes<br />
& Traliers<br />
CARAVAN Wanted to<br />
buy. Up to $5000 cash<br />
today 027 415 9458<br />
Car Parts<br />
TYRES Secondhand,<br />
most szs from $<strong>30</strong> - $80<br />
fitted, Also new tyres &<br />
batteries.Brake pads fittted<br />
from $125 . 217 Waltham<br />
Road, 027 476 2404<br />
Curtains<br />
A1 CURTAINS &<br />
DRAPES.<br />
Roman blinds, tie backs,<br />
cushions, nets, voiles, &<br />
squabs, plus alterations.<br />
Free quotes. Ph Kay 980<br />
1501 or 021 257 1823. kay.<br />
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Business for Sale<br />
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YOUR<br />
FUTURE<br />
Church Notices<br />
SYDENHAM CHRISTIAN<br />
SPIRITUAL CHURCH<br />
Sydenham Community<br />
Centre<br />
23/25 Hutcheson St<br />
Address<br />
Angela<br />
Clairvoyance<br />
Angela<br />
Sunday 7pm<br />
All Welcome<br />
ADD SOME<br />
COLOUR<br />
TO YOUR ADVERT!<br />
You are in the market for a new property.<br />
You may have visited show homes<br />
and open homes becoming confused,<br />
overwhelmed or swept away with<br />
emotional factors like having everything<br />
new, or extra features such as three car<br />
garaging.<br />
To be happy with your choice, list the<br />
features that you need, considering:<br />
; Family space – Is there room for<br />
the children to play indoors and<br />
for television and entertainment<br />
units? Should this be open plan or<br />
separated?<br />
; Kitchen – What needs to be in your<br />
kitchen? Is it a whim or something that<br />
offers a practical solution to the way<br />
you use your kitchen?<br />
; Bedroom sizes – What are optimum<br />
sizes? Smaller bedrooms may<br />
translate to slightly lower building<br />
costs while extra space can be useful.<br />
; Garaging – A standard double garage<br />
once two cars are parked there offers<br />
little space for the toys. What toys<br />
throughout do you have Christchurch<br />
and could they live with<br />
the lawnmower in a garden shed, a<br />
cheaper option to three car garaging?<br />
Home & Property appears every Thursday, delivered FREE<br />
throughout Christchurch<br />
For more information and bookings, contact Mike Fulham<br />
M: 021 <strong>30</strong>0 567 E: mike@starmedia.kiwi<br />
Looking for a Property?<br />
What really counts<br />
; Size of land – Lifestyle properties<br />
offer space for children, pets, hobbies,<br />
an expansive garden and perhaps a<br />
home-run business but they require<br />
work so are not for everyone and<br />
a compact section might be more<br />
sensible if a tight budget or busy<br />
lifestyle.<br />
; Bathrooms – Second bathrooms are<br />
great in homes with teenagers and a<br />
wet shower room is ideal for young<br />
children. A bath might be fashionable<br />
though is often not used and its<br />
absence could mean a more spacious<br />
bathroom.<br />
; Laundry – Would a laundry in the<br />
garage do the job?<br />
; Storage – How much storage do you<br />
need? Weigh up what can truly be<br />
stored in the garage once vehicles<br />
are in, a preference in winter. Garages<br />
vary in size so check the size to ensure<br />
your vehicles will fit. Look also at<br />
where else the house offers storage<br />
capacity such as in hall cupboards,<br />
a large hot water cylinder cupboard,<br />
wardrobes, walk-in robe, attic storage<br />
trusses, as well as the potential for<br />
hooks and shelving in the garage for<br />
bikes, tools, garden equipment and<br />
even kayaks.<br />
; Off-street parking – How many<br />
vehicles can be parked on the<br />
driveway? Will this space be sufficient?<br />
; Garden - Is there sufficient space<br />
for your children to play or for<br />
entertaining?<br />
Home & Property appears every Thursday, delivered FREE<br />
For more information and bookings, contact Mike Fulham<br />
M: 021 <strong>30</strong>0 567 E: mike@starmedia.kiwi<br />
Church Notices<br />
NEW AGE CHRISTIAN<br />
SPIRITUAL CENTRE<br />
61 Grafton Street<br />
Sunday 7pm<br />
Address:<br />
Gaynor<br />
Clairvoyance:<br />
Gaynor<br />
Tuesday<br />
Healing 1-1.45pm<br />
Clairvoyance 2pm<br />
All Welcome<br />
Funeral Directors<br />
direct<br />
cremation<br />
$2,200 GSt inclusive<br />
(includes committal)<br />
0800 27 28 29<br />
www.mainland<br />
crematorium.co.nz<br />
Family Funeral with Cremation $4,100<br />
Chapel - 35 people, casket, hearse, cremation fees<br />
Phone 0800 804 663 - 24 Hour Availability<br />
Email: info@justfunerals.co.nz<br />
christchurch.justfunerals.co.nz<br />
Your<br />
Earthquake<br />
damaged<br />
home!<br />
Talk to us if you are serious about<br />
selling your “As is Where is” home.<br />
We have sold over<br />
150 “As is Where is”<br />
homes and we have<br />
a huge database of<br />
qualified buyers.<br />
Phil & Holly Jones<br />
Ph 03-382-22<strong>30</strong><br />
Phil 027 435 7711<br />
Holly 027 222 0220<br />
holly.jones@raywhite.com<br />
Licensed (REAA 2008) Results Realty Ltd<br />
We have achieved<br />
record breaking<br />
prices recently!<br />
Re Roofing<br />
Roof Repairs<br />
Approved Age Concern provider<br />
Over <strong>30</strong> years experience<br />
Licensed Building Practitioner<br />
N A BARRELL<br />
ROOFING LTD<br />
Ph: 0275 389 415<br />
Email: nabroofing@xtra.co.nz<br />
• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi<br />
Health & Beauty<br />
HAIRDRESSER<br />
MOBILE .Fully qualified,<br />
available for perms & cuts<br />
etc. Ph 352-8208 or 027<br />
221 8616<br />
MOBILE Toe Nail<br />
Cutting Service with foot<br />
and lower leg massage by<br />
regd nurse. $50. Phone<br />
022 281 6647<br />
Massage<br />
Come to my Massage<br />
Studio and have a great<br />
deep tissue or therapeutic<br />
massage Daniel 027 247<br />
3900 www.massagechristchurch.co.nz<br />
LADIES ONLY<br />
:Is the sense of touch<br />
missing in your life”?<br />
Enjoy a full body sensual<br />
massage with a mature<br />
gent. Ph 027 251 4660<br />
Personals<br />
50’s male seek intimate<br />
lady, playmate any age/<br />
size. 021 146 8156<br />
50’s male seek intimate<br />
lady, playmate any age/<br />
size. 021 146 8156<br />
No Service<br />
Cremation<br />
$2,<strong>30</strong>0<br />
Pets & Supplies<br />
WET NOSE<br />
DOG<br />
GROOMING<br />
245 FERRY ROAD<br />
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY<br />
Locally owned, stress<br />
free environment<br />
0275 766 353<br />
wetnosedoggrooming.co.nz<br />
Pets & Supplies<br />
CATS UNLOVED<br />
can help with the cost<br />
of desexing your cat.<br />
catsunloved@xtra.co.nz<br />
Photography<br />
EXPERIENCED<br />
PHOTOGRAPHER<br />
Commercial, personal<br />
events, and more. Flat rate<br />
. Call Tim for a quote. 027<br />
7723 467<br />
To Lease<br />
Office space to lease,<br />
CBD area. 60 - 100 sqm.<br />
Comp priced. Flexible<br />
lease period. Call Shane<br />
for more details on 021<br />
381 765<br />
Real Estate<br />
PRIVATE PROPERTY<br />
INVESTOR<br />
• NO agents fees,<br />
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• We specialise in<br />
purchasing properties<br />
with deferred<br />
maintenance,<br />
as-is-where-is,<br />
partially complete<br />
projects/ renovations<br />
and urgent cash sales<br />
• Your solicitors fees<br />
covered up to $2,000,<br />
with all contracts<br />
drafted subject to your<br />
solicitors approval.<br />
Call Duncan today on<br />
022 421 7727 to see if<br />
selling privately could<br />
benefit YOU!<br />
Select Services<br />
To Let<br />
Self contained sleepout<br />
with heatpump. Free pwr<br />
& WiFi . $<strong>30</strong>0 p/w. Refs<br />
reqd. Ph 027 514 7267<br />
STOP BIRDS<br />
hail, leaves, snow & vermin from<br />
blocking & damaging your spouting<br />
Quality materials: BHP Colorbond steel mesh with<br />
unique patented louvre will even keep out pine needles.<br />
Will not rust or sag with age or load. 10 year warranty,<br />
range of colours.<br />
Proven in Australia & New Zealand over the last 15 years.<br />
FOR SAFE, PURE DRINKING<br />
WATER FROM YOUR ROOF.<br />
NOW AVAILABLE: STAINLESS STEEL<br />
MICO MESH<br />
Call Rohan anytime Mon-Sat for a<br />
no-obligation assessment & quote<br />
03 982 8850 0800 486532<br />
www.gumleaf.co.nz<br />
Tours<br />
Tuition<br />
COMPUTER LESSONS<br />
avail for computer, IPad,<br />
or Mobile. Please contact<br />
Jobee 027 290 9246 www.<br />
computertutor.nz<br />
Trades & Services<br />
PAINTING<br />
• Interior/Exterior<br />
• Roofs / Fences<br />
• Airless Spraying<br />
PhoNe JohN<br />
027 224 2831<br />
House & Garden<br />
Property Services Ltd<br />
Tree & hedge trimming<br />
Gardening<br />
Landscaping<br />
Lawn mowing<br />
Waterblasting<br />
All aspects of<br />
property maintenance<br />
CALL uS 03 260 4499<br />
or 021 405 277<br />
THE ROOF<br />
SPECIALISTS<br />
CANTERBURY LTD<br />
Protective coatings<br />
10 year guarantee on:<br />
Faded coloursteel<br />
Tiles & iron<br />
Decramastic<br />
Phone NOW 4 FREE<br />
Roof check & report<br />
Scott McKenzie<br />
022 044 <strong>30</strong>08
Tours<br />
North Island West Coast Tour<br />
6 days 18th May<br />
Wanganui New Plymouth Raglan<br />
$1895pp twin share<br />
Hokianga Cape Reinga Paihia<br />
8 Days 23rd August<br />
Tasmania 2024<br />
Chathams Islands <strong>2023</strong><br />
Autumn Colours<br />
North Canterbury<br />
Wednesday<br />
19th April $25pp<br />
Tours<br />
Day trips<br />
Mt Cook<br />
Saturday<br />
27th May<br />
$65pp<br />
Join our<br />
Mailing<br />
List<br />
Two Passes<br />
Saturday<br />
24th June<br />
$55pp<br />
We can provide shuttle and coach hire<br />
Call Reid Tours 0800 446 886<br />
Email: reidtours@xtra.co.nz www.reidtours.com<br />
Email to join our mailing list<br />
Trades & Services<br />
EXPERIENCED<br />
GARDENER<br />
(Kevin Garnett)<br />
<strong>30</strong> Years<br />
Christchurch Botanic<br />
Gardens.<br />
ALL landscape<br />
work done.<br />
Maintenance, pruning,<br />
tidy up, lawn work,<br />
landscape planning<br />
and planting etc.<br />
Free Quotes<br />
Phone 348 3482<br />
PAINTING<br />
older painter<br />
for older houses<br />
50 years in trade<br />
“All the skills”<br />
GST FREE<br />
Contact Jimmy Bell<br />
0211221487<br />
Digga Rental<br />
• 1.5t, 1.8t, 3t, 6t, 12t, 22t Excavators<br />
Very Short to Long Term Hire<br />
Very Competitive & Flexible Rates<br />
16 Weedons Ross Rd, Rolleston<br />
Millars Machinery, High St, Leeston<br />
0800 344 425<br />
Trades & Services<br />
<strong>30</strong> years + experience<br />
Older house<br />
restorations:<br />
no problem!<br />
Quotes: FREE!<br />
Rates: Reasonable<br />
Paint supplied at<br />
trade price!<br />
NO JOB TOO SMALL<br />
Light industrial also<br />
Roger Brott<br />
Painter & Decorator<br />
021-1966-311<br />
Architectural<br />
Designer<br />
Residential &<br />
Commercial alterations<br />
and new builds<br />
LBP Design 3 registered<br />
13+ years experience<br />
Fixed price available<br />
First consultation is<br />
FREE<br />
Contact Michael<br />
021 0722 423<br />
michael@onesixtyone.studio<br />
GLAZING<br />
TWISTY GLASS &<br />
GLAZING LTD<br />
• Mirrors • Pet Door Specialists<br />
• Splashbacks • All Broken Windows<br />
THE CAT DOOR MAN<br />
Phone Cushla or Darren Twist<br />
027 352 6225<br />
BUILDER<br />
• New Builds<br />
• Renovations, extensions<br />
• Repairs and maintenance<br />
Ring Mark<br />
027 229 7310<br />
for a free quote<br />
www.longsilverconstruction.com<br />
landscaping<br />
For a proFessional job call<br />
ross legg 027 222 0388<br />
email ross@revivelandscaping.co.nz<br />
PLUMBER<br />
Need your<br />
hot water fixed<br />
quicksmart?<br />
Call your<br />
specialist<br />
for a FREE<br />
quote!<br />
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• Landscape construction and<br />
garden maintenance<br />
• Residential & light commercial<br />
• Garden makeovers<br />
0800 468 928<br />
hotwatershop.co.nz<br />
TRADES<br />
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Ask us about our fantastic<br />
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Phone: 03 379 1100 | www.star.kiwi<br />
Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2023</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 35<br />
Your guide to our LOCAL & TRUSTED<br />
Trades & Professional Services<br />
To advertise: Phone 379 1100 or email star.class@starmedia.kiwi<br />
DRIVEWAYS<br />
Exposed Aggregate<br />
Stamped Concrete Plain<br />
Concrete Resurfacing<br />
Things we offer...<br />
Competitive/affordable pricing<br />
Attention to detail<br />
Professional service<br />
free quotes/insurance scopes<br />
Cell 0278 145 848<br />
www.drivecrete.co.nz<br />
PAINTING<br />
BAILEY PAINTING<br />
CONTRACTORS<br />
Thinking of painting?<br />
Interior / Exterior Residential<br />
Large and small jobs<br />
Non toxic paints<br />
Natural Paint Company<br />
(approved applicators)<br />
Paint discounts passed onto you<br />
View our website<br />
www.baileypaintingcontractors.com<br />
Call Brent today 021 363 432<br />
brentbailey.bpc@gmail.com<br />
Christchurch (Prebbleton based)<br />
PLUMBER<br />
NEED A PLUMBER?<br />
• Father & son Plumbing Business with over<br />
40 years experience.<br />
• Bathroom alterations a specialty.<br />
• Cylinder replacements.<br />
• We do all small jobs.<br />
Call us now for fast friendly service.<br />
Get your problems sorted out<br />
quick smart - on time!!<br />
THOMSON PLUMBING<br />
Previously Elite Plumbing Christchurch<br />
Phone Eugene now<br />
Phone 03 377 1280 | Mobile 021 898 380<br />
TREE SERVICES<br />
CRAIGS<br />
TREES<br />
Our services include:<br />
Tree felling<br />
Branch chipping<br />
Trimming and pruning<br />
Crown reduction<br />
Stump grinding<br />
P: 027 2299 454<br />
E: craigstrees@xtra.co.nz<br />
www.craigstrees.co.nz<br />
Fully insured<br />
Excavations<br />
• Driveways<br />
• Car Parks<br />
• Site Cleaning<br />
• Demolition<br />
• Farm Tracks<br />
• Drain Cleaning<br />
• Stump & Hedge<br />
Removal<br />
• Asphalt Concrete<br />
Wide range<br />
oF TruckS<br />
For a Free Quote<br />
on your next project<br />
Phone Steve on<br />
021 338 247<br />
• Tennis Courts &<br />
Swimming Pools<br />
• Chip Seal Driveways<br />
• Diggers – 2 Ton<br />
up to 20 Ton<br />
• Excavators<br />
• Bobcat & Drilling<br />
• For Posthole &<br />
Fence hole<br />
Free<br />
QuoTe<br />
PAINTING & PlAsTerING<br />
• PAINTING • TILING<br />
• PLASTERING<br />
• WALLPAPERING<br />
Phone Kevin Steel<br />
• Interior/Exterior<br />
• New Homes & Repaints<br />
• Quality workmanship assured<br />
• Correct preparation always undertaken<br />
• 20+ years experience<br />
• Earthquake repairs<br />
(Painting/Plastering/Wallpapering/Tiling)<br />
Ph 027 216 8946<br />
www.facebook.com/kevinsteelpainters&decorators<br />
Email: kpsteel@xtra.co.nz<br />
SCRAP METAL<br />
Dominion Trading Co Ltd<br />
• Scrap metal buyers<br />
• Canterbury owned & operated<br />
• Top prices paid $$$<br />
• Open Saturday morning<br />
Open Mon-Fri 8am – 4.<strong>30</strong>pm Sat. 8.<strong>30</strong>am-12.<strong>30</strong>pm<br />
www.happyscrappy.co.nz<br />
03 343 9993 333 Blenheim Rd<br />
WINDOW TINTING<br />
tintawindow<br />
advanced film solutions<br />
99% uv block<br />
fade protection<br />
heat control<br />
reduce glare<br />
25 Years Experience<br />
privacy films<br />
frosting designs<br />
non-darkening films<br />
Workmanship Guaranteed<br />
Lifetime Warranties on Most Films<br />
UV<br />
block<br />
Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts<br />
03 365 3653 0800 368 468
36 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Classifieds<br />
Trades & Services<br />
Re Roofing<br />
Roof Repairs<br />
Approved Age Concern provider<br />
Over <strong>30</strong> years experience<br />
Licensed Building Practitioner<br />
N A BARRELL<br />
ROOFING LTD<br />
Ph: 0275 389 415<br />
Email: nabroofing@xtra.co.nz<br />
Trades & Services<br />
ROOF<br />
PAINTING 24/7<br />
Rope & harness<br />
a speciality,<br />
no scaffolding<br />
required,<br />
<strong>30</strong> years of<br />
breathtaking<br />
experience.<br />
FREE QUOTES<br />
20% OFF other<br />
roof quotes<br />
Exterior staining,<br />
exterior painting,<br />
water blasting.<br />
Moss and mould<br />
treatment $<strong>30</strong>0.<br />
Phone Kevin<br />
027 561 4629<br />
rooF<br />
painting<br />
by Certified Tradesman<br />
Book now<br />
and receive<br />
20% discount.<br />
Rope and harness<br />
a speciality.<br />
No scaffolding<br />
required.<br />
<strong>30</strong> years<br />
experience.<br />
Free quotes,<br />
call Craig<br />
021 060 2392<br />
Trades & Services<br />
Dirty Grout &<br />
Tiles?<br />
Patios Need Cleaning<br />
Mouldy Silicone?<br />
+6421-2088-183<br />
Trades & Services<br />
*<br />
FREE<br />
Quote<br />
Trades & Services<br />
BUILDER<br />
CARPENTER<br />
Licensed<br />
Building<br />
Practitioner no. 100981.<br />
All carpentry & building<br />
repairs & maintenance.<br />
Alterations & property<br />
upgrades.Laundries /<br />
bathroom / kitchens<br />
replaced. Specialising in<br />
replacement of all rotten<br />
timber, fascia boards,<br />
window, windowsills etc.<br />
John Sandford, ph 329<br />
4616, mob 027 5189 598<br />
johnsandford2@gmail.<br />
com<br />
BUILDER<br />
New builds, alterations,<br />
decks, fencing. <strong>30</strong> yrs in<br />
the trade has given me<br />
ability to build to a high<br />
standard. Free quotes. Ph<br />
Brent 027 241 7471<br />
BUILDER<br />
Semi-retired. Available for<br />
bathrooms, decks, small<br />
projects and all repair<br />
work. Ph 027 3266 114<br />
or brentew@outlook.com.<br />
Excellent work. Great<br />
rates.<br />
BUILDER<br />
Exp in all aspects of<br />
building works, new<br />
builds, home renovations<br />
& extensions, property<br />
repairs. Free quote. Ph<br />
Stuart 0274 661058<br />
CARPET LAYING<br />
Exp. Repairs, uplifting,<br />
Trades & Services<br />
ROOFING<br />
✓ Re-roofing or new roofing<br />
✓ Quality roofing at the best<br />
price around<br />
✓ Licensed building practitioner<br />
Robinson Roofing<br />
Call Hamish for a fast friendly quote<br />
03 347 9045 or 021 165 1682<br />
www.robinsonroofing.co.nz<br />
E: robinsonroofing99@gmail.com<br />
• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi<br />
Trades & Services<br />
ELECTRICIAN<br />
A Prompt & reliable<br />
registered electrician<br />
with 24 years experience<br />
for all residential and<br />
commercial work, new<br />
housing and switch board<br />
replacements. Phone Chris<br />
027 516 0669<br />
fENCING<br />
All types of fencing . Free<br />
quotes. Ph Jim 022 137<br />
1920<br />
GENERAL<br />
HANDYMAN<br />
for all your maintenance<br />
requirements. I specialise<br />
in fences and decking, also<br />
do spouting cleans and<br />
repairs and everyday home<br />
maintenance. Complete<br />
landscape packages, NO<br />
JOB TO BIG OR SMALL<br />
I can do it all, please<br />
don’t hesitate to call me<br />
on 022 600 7738 for a no<br />
obligation free quote.<br />
GLAZIER<br />
Glass repairs - pet doors<br />
- conservatory roofs. Exp<br />
Tradesman. Call Bill on<br />
022 413 3504 or 981-1903<br />
HANDYMAN<br />
For gardening, fence<br />
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Thursday <strong>30</strong> Mar to Wednesday 5 Apr <strong>2023</strong><br />
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ARMADILLO'S BECKENHAM, 155<br />
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A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St:<br />
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ELEVATE MARKET IN THE PARK,<br />
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Heart of Groove; 11.<strong>30</strong>pm - VOXY.<br />
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Saturday 7.<strong>30</strong>pm - Chch Rock n Roll Club<br />
Birthday Dance with Sweetazz, tickets $10.<br />
Sunday 3pm - Reminisce Anthony.<br />
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Thursday 7.<strong>30</strong>pm - Karaoke. Friday 10.<strong>30</strong>pm<br />
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- Quiz.<br />
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