The Star: May 18, 2023

Thursday, May 18, 2023 | Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper 

Chlorination 

row: Petition 

launched 

– page 5 

New era 

for 

Fruean 

– page 24 

THE RAMPAGE 

CONTINUES 

• By Melissa Nightingale 

and Heidi Slade 

HORDES OF roving youths 

continue to smash their way 

into business across the city – 

and it is all being captured on 

CCTV security cameras. 

At 6am on Saturday morning, 

a Barrington Shopping Centre 

worker was left unnerved after 

witnessing a group trying to 

smash into The Warehouse 

with what looked like golf clubs 

and hammers. 

The witness, who did not 

want to be named, was working 

near The Warehouse when he 

saw two cars pull into the car 

park at about 6am. 

“It looked like early 

customers, which is nothing 

unusual . . . they parked just 

out the front of The Warehouse 

then backed up, which sort of 

made us stop and look and go 

‘that’s really strange at this hour 

to have two cars parked parallel 

backed up’,” he said. 

• Turn to page 4 

SMASH-AND-GRAB: 

Young offenders break 

into MetroMart Sumner 

Beach about 3.50am on 

Saturday. Right – At 6am, 

another group tried to 

break into The Warehouse 

at Barrington Shopping 

Centre. 

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• By Tony Simons 

THE HIGH school teacher 

who allegedly shared a sexually 

explicit video of himself online 

is now on leave. 

The Christchurch school is 

investigating the circumstances 

surrounding the publication 

and sharing of the video last 

month, which reportedly 

showed the teacher engaged in 

a sex act. 

The principal said the school 

is still limited in what it can say, 

except to add the staff member 

is currently on leave and “we 

continue to work through the 

school’s processes … to ensure 

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Sex act video: Male teacher on leave 

THE CITY’S restaurants will 

be trying a new way to attract 

customers over winter – and 

there are no tables or chairs. 

The new food ordering service 

Tiny Door will launch in the 

central city in July. 

The concept is like a click and 

collect restaurant, except different 

restaurants will share the 

kitchen on a rostered basis, and 

all collections are at the same 

place through the same small 

front door in the wall. 

The idea is a new approach 

in the fight by restaurants to 

combat fading interest in dining 

out. 

Tiny Door is co-founded by 

Ally and Fabian Kulpe, and 

Chris and Tori Spragg. Ally said 

the quirky idea offered a new, 

fun way for restaurants to engage 

with customers. 

“Restaurants can book a slot 

within our Tiny Door facility, 

whether it be breakfast, lunch or 

dinner, and then they come in 

and provide their food offering. 

“It’s a really cool way to give 

the hospitality producers of 

Christchurch an opportunity, 

and give people in Christchurch 

a cool experience with different 

food offerings,” she said. 

Ally said people would be able 

to order online or direct from the 

site, which would be a kitchen 

hidden behind a tiny door. 

“It’s about having quality food 

in the grab-and-go setting,” she 

said. 

There would be three different 

food partners at the site every 

day for breakfast, lunch and 

dinner, and a chef inside would 

hand diners the meals through 

the tiny door. 

Food partners for the first Tiny 

Door include Earl, Bootleg Burger, 

Bar Yoku and Smokey T’s. 

“I love that it gives a lot of the 

we meet all our responsibilities.” 

Parents and students at the 

school have been freely discussing 

the incident after the video 

was circulated. It had allegedly 

been circulating for some time. 

A police spokesperson said 

they are aware of concerns and 

associated rumours about the 

smaller guys a chance to get their 

creative juices flowing. Through 

this model, we are going to 

explore some different stuff that 

isn’t on our everyday menus,” 

said Smokey T’s owner Tristin 

Anderson. 

Anderson believes Tiny Door 

is going to be a gamechanger for 

smaller businesses starting out, 

as it eliminates high overheads. 

“It introduces you to the latest 

technology available. To be able 

video, but police are not investigating. 

The Star has chosen not to 

identify the school. 

“Our commitment (is) 

to a fair process and being 

transparent with our school 

and community,” the principal 

said. 

Tiny idea could be next 

big thing for restaurants 

VENTURE: Tiny Door co-founders Fabian Kulpe, Chris Spragg and Ally Kulpe. Inset – the 

Tiny Door in progress. 

to use that without having to 

put your hands in your pockets 

yourself is incredible, it takes all 

that pressure off,” said Anderson. 

“We can concentrate on what 

we’re good at – that’s cooking – 

and Tiny Door takes care of the 

rest.” 

Ally said if the Tiny Door 

idea was successful in the city it 

would be taken to the rest of 

the country. 

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Trial alcohol ban set 

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successful six-month trial. 

Waitai Coastal-Burwood- 

Linwood Community Board 

chair Paul McMahon said there 

was clear community support 

for the ban to continue. “The 

alcohol ban has definitely helped 

to improve community safety; 

people have said they can now 

visit the village shops and use 

the amenities without feeling 

intimidated or scared,” he said. 

The city council has agreed 

to continue the ban while 

consulting the community 

on whether it should be made 

permanent. 

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Matariki public holiday (July 

14). City council manager events 

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lighting displays, artworks and 

interactive installations included 

in the event. The displays will 

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About seven people jumped 

out of the cars and began taking 

items from the boots before 

rushing forward and “smashing 

the sh*t out of the front door of 

The Warehouse”. 

“(They were) trying to smash 

the front doors of The Warehouse 

using what looked like 

hammers and golf clubs. They 

made a few holes and they were 

kicking the absolute crap out of 

the doors.” 

The store’s alarms activated, 

but the witness said the group 

appeared unfazed. 

“Even one of the real short 

ones that looked like a real 

young kid was in there swinging 

like crazy.” 

Eventually the group “obviously 

decided they weren’t going 

to get in” and turned away. 

However, one of the group 

turned towards the shop the man 

was working in and appeared 

to raise a weapon briefly in his 

direction before heading back to 

the waiting cars. 

“It was a little bit nervewracking. 

I didn’t know if 

they were adjusting their 

face covering or if they were 

threatening a weapon or what 

they were doing. I was hoping 

they weren’t going to come in to 

us.” 

The man said his business 

opens at 6am and the incident 

now has him wondering whether 

they should be open at that time. 

“What do we do? Do we lock 

ourselves in, do we not have 

customers, do we have to arm 

ourselves? There’s so much 

running through your mind.” 

He was concerned at the 

brazen attitude of the attackers, 

who didn’t seem to care about 

committing violent crimes with 


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people around to witness. 

One of the group even 

appeared to be filming the 

attack, he said. 

The incident has left him 

worried about what might 

happen again – whether the 

attack was random or if they 

were going to come back and try 

again, or try to “retaliate” against 

the man and his co-workers for 

witnessing it. 

“You’ve seen it on the news for 

so long, you know it’s around, 

but it really hits home when you 

see it first-hand and know that 

they’re probably going to get 

away with it.” 

The man said police were 

“amazing” and showed up “super 

quick”. 

“They were there within a 

couple of minutes.” 

Just over two hours earlier four 

young teenagers, including one 

who looked as young as about 

11 or 12, smashed their way 

into MetroMart Sumner Beach, 

targeting vaping products. 

The break-in lasted four 

BRAZEN: 

Far left – One 

of the group 

outside The 

Warehouse 

in Barrington 

turned towards 

the witness’ 

business briefly 

and appeared 

to raise his 

weapon. 

Left – Burglars 

smashed a hole 

in the window 

of MetroMart 

Sumner Beach, 

taking vaping 

products. 

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minutes. One of the offenders 

waited in a car parked outside 

the store. 

“They know what they’re doing. 

(It) seems like they know the 

store,” the owner said. 

At 4.40am there was an 

attempted burglary at a commercial 

premises on Main South 

Rd. However, offenders did not 

gain entry. 

Another break-in at two commercial 

premises on Weedons 

Ross Rd in West Melton happened 

at about 6.50am. 

An apparent ram-raid at a 

service station on Withells 

Rd about 4.35am set off a fog 

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Chlorination row: Petition launched 

SENIOR CITY councillor 

Sam MacDonald wants the 

Government to intervene in 

the chlorination row which has 

blown up this week. 

National water regulator 

Taumata Arowai has told the 

city council it will decline its first 

application for a chlorine exemption. 

This has prompted fears 

chlorine will become permanent 

in the city’s water supply. 

MacDonald yesterday 

launched 

a petition calling 

on Local Government 

Minister 

Kieran McAnulty 

to rein in Taumata 

Sam 

MacDonald 

Arowai, saying 

the rules were not 

pragmatic enough 

for Christchurch. 

“The rules are obviously way 

out of whack with where the city 

is,” he said. 

But McAnulty ruled out getting 

involved, saying it was a 

matter for the city council and 

Taumata Arowai. 

MacDonald’s move follows 

Mayor Phil Mauger’s strong 

words on Tuesday over the issue. 

He believed Christchurch would 

never be free of chlorine. 

“My (council) colleagues and I 

are outraged to learn of this decision 

and know many Christchurch 

residents will feel the same,” 

Phil 

Mauger 

he said. 

“While we’re 

being forced to 

chlorinate our 

water supply, we 

will continue to 

fight and advocate 

for the people 

of Christchurch. 

“We’ve heard 

that if we want to 

gain exemptions for any of our 

water supply zones, we’ll need to 

go over and above the standards 

set out by the Government. To 

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City councillor 

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has launched 

a petition 

after national 

water regulator 

Taumata 

Arowai 

declined 

Christchurch’s 

application 

for a chlorine 

exemption. 

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He said the city council agreed 

with Taumata Arowai being 

established, but it had always 

been assured exemptions would 

be achievable. 

“Now we are being told that 

the goal posts have moved again 

and that chlorination will effectively 

be mandatory.” 

The Taumata Arowai ruling 

means the remaining 20 per 

cent of the Christchurch and 

Banks Peninsula water supply is 

now required to be chlorinated, 

which will take a number of 

weeks. 

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The process started this week 

and it will be the end of the 

month before the first areas have 

chlorine reintroduced. 

The city council always 

intended to apply for exemptions 

on a zone-by-zone basis and 

started the process in October 

2022 with an application for 

Brooklands-Kainga, as this 

water zone was identified as 

having the best chance of 

getting an exemption due to the 

quality of infrastructure and 

groundwater. 

The Water Services Act 2021 

makes it mandatory for owners 

of reticulated water supplies to 

add a residual disinfectant – 

chlorine – to the water, unless 

they obtain an exemption from 

Taumata Arowai. 

Mauger said Taumata Arowai 

had “dashed our hopes of this.” 

He has asked Taumata Arowai 

chief executive Allan Prangnell 

come to a public city council 

meeting to explain its position 

around exemptions. 

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Kāinga Ora accused of keeping 


SOCIAL HOUSING agency 

Kāinga Ora has been accused of 

being secretive over a housing 

development it is building. 

Halswell residents have 

signed a 157-signature petition, 

demanding work stop on a 

17-dwelling social housing 

development at Copper Ridge on 

Halswell Junction Rd. 

The complex (mainly twostoreys) 

is now partly completed 

after two companies obtained resource 

consents last year, started 

building, then sold the project to 

Kāinga Ora six weeks ago. 

Residents told the Waipuna 

Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton 

Community Board the first they 

learned about it was when flyers 

were delivered to nearby homes 

last month. 

The city council confirmed it 

knew Kāinga Ora had an interest 

in the development back when 

the consent applications were 

first lodged, but that makes no 

difference. 

“The council approves developments 

based on the rules in 

the District Plan. The developer 

or owner of units is not something 

we consider in a resource 

consent process,” said planning 

and consents head John Higgins. 

The situation is similar to 

another controversy early 

CONTROVERSIAL: Residents are demanding work stop on this 17-dwelling social 

housing development at Copper Ridge on Halswell Junction Rd. 

this month when former New 

Zealand First MP Shane Jones 

accused Kāinga Ora of sneaking 

20 new medium-density 

homes “looking like battery-cage 

enclosures” into Kerikeri, Bay of 

Islands, “like a thief under the 

cover of night”. 

Hundreds of Kerikeri residents 

turned out at a public meeting, 

protesting the development. 

Kāinga Ora did not attend and 

local media reported it had 

instructed the private developer 

not to attend either. 

Copper Ridge resident Jules 

Atkinson told the community 

board: “This is now happening 

everywhere in New Zealand. It 

is not transparent or honest but, 

if nothing is done, it is going to 

continue. 

“It has all been really sneaky 

and we are perhaps not going to 

stop this complex, but we can 

help other neighbourhoods.” 

Kāinga Ora promises on its 

website to inform neighbours 

and stakeholders at every stage 

of a new development but the 

Copper Ridge development is not 

on its website, despite the Urban 

Development Act requiring it to 

publish details. 

Community board member 

Henk Buunk described it as a 

much wider issue than just one 

development. 

“If we can talk to Kāinga 

Ora we might 

be able to 

persuade them 

to change their 

tactics because 

they appear 

to be fairly 

underhand,” he 

said. 

Kāinga Ora 

said plans for 

Henk 

Buunk 

the Halswell complex started 

early last year but city council 

documents show talks started as 

early as August 2021. 

The first consent was 

granted to a private company 

eight months ago, followed soon 

after by a second consent to a 

related company. Foundations 

were already laid when Kāinga 

Ora took formal ownership on 

April 5. 

Atkinson told the board most 

of the new housing complex will 

be accessed off a cul-de-sac and 

will create major parking, access 

and traffic safety problems that 

neither Kāinga Ora nor the city 

council have properly addressed. 

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development secret 

“There is no traffic 

management plan. 

“There is limited public 

transport in the area and 

vehicles parking on narrow 

streets and footpaths nearby 

will almost certainly block 

emergency vehicles and rubbish 

trucks.” 

“Our MP, Megan Woods, is 

telling us we have to live with it. 

It’s the same message we seem to 

be getting from our councillor, 

Andrei Moore,” 

another resident 

said. 

Woods denies 

she told residents 

they would have to 

Megan 

live with it. 

“I told them 

Kāinga Ora needs 

Woods 

to build more houses and that 

is something I, as minister of 

housing, support,” she said. 

“It’s my understanding the 

earliest Kāinga Ora could start a 

conversation with residents was 

after the commercial deal was 

signed but I told them, as their 

local MP, I would help to make 

sure their concerns about the late 

notification were heard.” 

Moore said he learned about 

the development at the same 

time as the residents. 

“When I heard about 

it, I immediately wrote to 

Kāinga Ora on behalf of the 

residents. I’m very mindful of 

the need for effective lines of 

communication,” he said. 

The community board agreed 

to contact Kāinga Ora with 

questions. Board chair 

Helen Broughton said 

she will ask for a meeting 

with city council planners 

to discuss issues raised 

around the consenting 

process. 

Kāinga Ora regional 

director for Canterbury 

Liz Krause said it can take 

Kainga Ora some time to get to 

a point where it is ready to sign a 

contract with a developer. 

“With the Halswell Junction 

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extensive discussions over a 

number of months to ensure 

the homes would meet our 

requirements,” she said. 

“At any given time, we 

may be having multiple 

discussions but, for 

commercial reasons, we 

are unable to provide 

details of partnership 

opportunities we are 

currently exploring,” she 

said. 

Kāinga Ora expects the 

Halswell homes to be completed 

by May next year. 

“Kāinga Ora customers will 

move in after that,” said Krause. 

Name suppression 

battle continues 

• By Anna Leask 

NAME suppression will 

continue – for now – for two 

men convicted of rape after 

a trial centred around the 

drugging and sexual assaults 

of more than 20 women at a 

Christchurch bar. 

In April, following a lengthy 

trial, Judge Paul Mabey found 

the men guilty of a litany of 

offending including rape, 

sexual violation, stupefying 

and making intimate visual 

recordings. 

The men – aged 40 and 38 

– will be sentenced across two 

days in late August for the offending 

against more than 20 

women – described in court as 

“predatory”. 

The men were granted ongoing 

suppression until the end of 

their trial. 

That suppression was to protect 

fair trial rights for a second 

trial where they were facing 

further similar charges. 

When the charges in the second 

proceeding were resolved – 

some not pursued by the Crown 

and an indecent assault charge 

admitted by one of the men – 

Judge Mabey said there was no 

further basis for keeping their 

names secret. 

Justice Jonathan Eaton heard 

the appeals on Tuesday in the 

High Court at Christchurch. 

The 38-year-old claimed 

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He will deliver his decision on 

suppression for both men by the 

end of next week. 

The sentencing for the men 

has been moved to August. 

– NZ Herald 

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• By Anna Sargent 

DOGS ARE threatening – and 

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and migratory birds on Avon- 

Heathcote Estuary. 

Conservationists want dogs 

banned from the estuary, a 

crucial stop-off point for the bartailed 

godwit on its migration to 

Alaska. 

It is also a popular dog walking 

spot. 

The estuary is home to around 

33,000 birds at this time of year, 

including oystercatchers, gulls 

and little penguins. 

Estuary Trust 

manager Tanya 

Jenkins said dog 

owners were 

ignoring estuary 

rules and letting 

their pets run 

over the mudflats, 

a crucial feeding 

spot for birds. 

She said some 

dogs killed birds, but disturbing 

them on the mudflats could also 

be fatal. 

Jenkins said birds could only 

feed on the mudflats at low tide, 

so they only had a short window 

of a few hours to eat enough to 

last the day. 

“If they are disturbed by dogs 

it can take them up to 45 minutes 

before they will settle again 

and continue eating. By then, 

often the tide is coming in again 

so they’ve missed out on dinner. 

“If that happens a few days in a 

row they get very hungry. If that 

happens during their migration, 

like for the godwits who leave for 

Alaska in March and need to fly 

12,000 kilometres, if they don’t 

have enough to eat they won’t 

make it.” 

Estuary Trust data showed the 

number of bar-tailed godwits 

had massively declined at the estuary. 

Last November there were 


CONFLICT OF INTEREST: A dog chases a banded dotterel 

bird at the Ashley River. There are concerns they are also 

disturbing birds at the Avon-Heathcote Estuary. 

PHOTOS: RNZ 

about 1200 godwits, but that was 

only half the number recorded 

in 2013. 

The trust wanted dogs banned 

from the entire estuary. 

Jenkins said the big problem 

with many areas was the limits 

on dogs were simply that they 

be under effective control, and 

that was not protecting the birds 

adequately. 

Forest and Bird Canterbury 

manager Nicky Snoyink 

agreed estuary rules were not 

being enforced. 

“Dog are a significant threat 

particularly when they are running 

free. The lack of enforcement 

of the bylaw where dogs are 

supposed to be leashed, that’s a 

real problem for the ecological 

area and the species that live 

there.” 

The city council had received 

26 complaints since July last year 

about dogs in prohibited areas at 

the estuary. But it said none were 

taken further, because there was 

not enough evidence to identify 

dogs or dog owners from photos 

taken from a distance. 

Checkers Dog Walking owner 

Julia Knoef has exercised her 

dogs at the estuary a number of 

times. She said it was a popular 

spot for walkers, and dog control 

NEWS 9 

Call for dogs to be banned from estuary 

Tanya 

Jenkins 


MUDFLATS: A dog chasing oystercatchers and godwits at 

the estuary. 

signs were not clear enough. 

“I could understand how people 

don’t realise that some birds 

nest in the area, or that dogs 

need to be on a lead for reasons. 

The city council could do a lot 

more around the information 

they have available.” 

The city council planned to 

update its dog control policy and 

bylaw this year, and put in better 

signs. It said it had already put in 

additional signage after working 

with the Estuary Trust. 

The godwits are breeding 

in Alaska and will arrive back 

at the estuary in September, 

exhausted and starving after a 

non-stop flight. Bird groups hope 

they will not be greeted by dogs 

stretching their legs. 

– RNZ 

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FORMER BLACK Caps star Nathan 

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stores. 

Astle and his wife Kelly have taken 

over Anderson & Hill Sports Power 

at Barrington mall after selling their 

childcare business in Hillmorton late last 

year. 

Anderson and Hill has been a wellknown 

sports gear retailer in Christchurch 

for about 75 years. Its former owner Mark 

Carter was involved with the store for 

nearly 50 years. 

Astle, 51, said he was playing golf when 

he heard Carter was planning to retire and 

thought the business would be a challenge 

he and Kelly could take on. 

Carter retired last Thursday after 

showing Astle the ropes. 

Said Astle: “It’s a genuine serviceoriented 

sports store, probably one of the 

last left in Christchurch, and we don’t plan 

on making any immediate changes. 

“We have good relationships with 

clubs and schools in 

Christchurch and that 

is something I will look 

to extend.” 

Astle is regarded as 

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weeks before the start 

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Nathan Astle 

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Advances in fight 

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Myrtle rust was first detected 

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Christchurch in 2021. 

Over time infected trees can 

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Pōhutakawa, mānuka, rātā, 

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Crown Research Institute 

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– RNZ 


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TŪRANGA’S upcoming 

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Donald (1815-84) was a doctor, 

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He was an administrator par 

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City council head of libraries 

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Uber driver indecently assaults teen 

• By Emily Moorhouse 

AN UBER driver who 

inappropriately touched and 

took intimate photos of his 

intoxicated teenage passenger 

while she was sleeping has been 

accused of trying to justify his 

behaviour. 

Teck Wong, 47, picked up his 

18-year-old victim from outside 

a Christchurch bar and then 

“took advantage” of her when 

she fell asleep in his car. 

Wong was sentenced to 10 

months of home detention with 

special conditions when he 

appeared in the district court on 

one charge of indecent assault 

and one of making an intimate 

visual recording. 

According to the summary of 

facts, in August last year Wong 

picked up the teen in the early 

hours of the morning. 

He drove her to where she was 

staying but the victim asked if 

she could wait in his car until 

her friends arrived, which Wong 

agreed to. 

But when the victim fell asleep, 

her skirt slipped up slightly, the 

court heard. 

Wong reached over to brush 

her underwear to the side, 

making contact with her private 

parts. He then took three photos 

of her genitals on his phone. 

When Wong was later spoken 

to by police, he said he had 

HARM: An Uber driver ‘took advantage’ of an intoxicated teenage passenger after she fell 

asleep, taking photos of her genitals on his phone. 

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deleted the photos and his phone 

was seized. 

In court, Judge Tony Couch 

said the offending was a “gross 

breach of trust” and Wong 

could not have believed she was 

consenting as she was asleep. 

“You saw this as an 

opportunity for personal 

gratification and you took it. 

As a mature adult you should 

have known this was totally 

unacceptable.” 

Judge Couch said passengers 

of taxis or similar vehicles are 

entitled to feel “entirely safe” 

from interference or attack from 

drivers, something Wong had 

not demonstrated. 

“The victim remains seriously 

affected by what you’ve done 

which is likely to continue into 

the future. You are responsible 

for that.” 

Wong’s lawyer Chris Nolan 

said his client had shown 

genuine remorse, was willing to 

engage in treatment to address 

his behaviour and presented a 

low risk of reoffending. 

But the judge rejected Wong’s 

remorse, stating reports provided 

to the court suggested he was 

repeatedly trying to “justify or 

rationalise” his offending. 

“I see little or no recognition of 

the harm you have caused to this 

victim. I do not accept you are 

genuinely remorseful,” he told 

Wong. 

Nolan said Wong acknowledged 

the victim was vulnerable 

as she was intoxicated and asleep 

and should have been safe in his 

Uber. He said while Wong’s hand 

brushed against the victim’s 

genitals when he pulled her underwear 

back, this wasn’t sexual 

in nature. 

Nolan said an emotional 

harm payment of $1000 had 

been paid to the victim following 

a restorative justice meeting. 

The court heard Wong had 

since been prohibited from 

holding a passenger endorsement 

license, meaning he could no 

longer work as an Uber driver. 

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Drug dealer ordered to pay up 

A MAJOR player in a 

Christchurch synthetic cannabis 

ring has failed in his legal bid 

to stop the police commissioner 

from recovering more than $2 

million of his ill-gotten gains. 

Sui Jun Zhou, a real estate 

agent in his 30s, was jailed for 26 

months in 2019 for his role in a 

synthetic drug dealing venture 

which operated out of the small 

Sockburn Dairy and, at one 

point, spanned the South Island. 

Prosecutors said Zhou was the 

“right-hand man” or lieutenant 

of an operation masterminded 

by Fei He who owned the dairy. 

When police terminated 

their lengthy investigation 

in 2016, three years after the 

trade in synthetic cannabis was 

outlawed, they found 173kg of 

the substance in the possession 

of Zhou and others. 

He pleaded guilty to one 

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non-approved psychoactive 

substances and two charges 

of possession or supply of 

non-approved psychoactive 

substances. 

Police calculated he had 

obtained $2,214,000 in unlawful 

benefit and Justice Jan‐Marie 

Doogue found the commissioner 

of police was entitled to recover 

that amount under the Criminal 

Proceeds (Recovery) Act from 

Zhou and his business, Levonz 

Investment Ltd. Zhou’s appeal 

against Doogue’s ruling was 

heard by the Court of Appeal on 

March 27, and the court released 

its reasons for rejecting the 

appeal in a judgment delivered 

by Justice David Collins on May 

2. 

Zhou’s lawyers challenged 

the final calculation of his illgotten 

gains, arguing the price 

per gram used did not take into 

account wholesale customers and 

that some of the profit derived 

from the sale of a legal substance 

in conjunction with the synthetic 

cannabis. 

This was rejected by the Court 

of Appeal, which found the 

FAILED BID: Sui Jun Zhou lost an appeal against his jail 

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which operated out of the Sockburn Dairy. 

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judge was entitled to accept the 

calculations by the detective. 

Collins said other arguments 

were inconsistent with the fact 

he pleaded guilty to hundreds of 

synthetic cannabis sales. 

The legal team also argued 

the commissioner unreasonably 

recovered twice from the benefit 

received by Zhou and He, who 

was subject to a $3.5 million 

profit forfeiture order. 

This argument was thrown out 

by the Court of Appeal because 

it found Zhou did not prove he 

and He were jointly benefiting 

from the offending. Zhou’s 

third and final argument – that 

Justice Doogue failed to properly 

assess his claim he would suffer 

undue hardship unless all his 

real estate property was excluded 

from the order – also did not 

gain any traction with the Court 

of Appeal. “Mr Zhou did not 

raise any matters which went 

beyond the hardship that most 

people would suffer if they had 

their property confiscated under 

the Act,” ollins said. The Court 

dismissed the appeal and found 

the Commissioner of Police, as 

the respondent, was entitled to 

costs. – NZ Herald 

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A SENIOR LECTURER whose life was 

“badly dislocated” by a string of events 

since the Christchurch earthquakes has 

lost her job – and the subsequent case she 

brought against her former employer. 

The Employment Relations Authority 

said Canterbury University was justified 

in sacking Dr Christina Stachurski after 

it found she subcontracted some of her 

lecturing responsibilities to another university 

employee. 

Stachurski said she was disappointed 

with the process and outcome, including 

the length of time to get a result. 

She said the ERA stipulated a determination 

was due within 90 days of the 

hearing but it took 16 months. 

ERA member Andrew Dallas said in the 

decision the dismissal occurred within the 

context of a complaint about “aggressive 

and unreasonable behaviour” Stachurski 

made in 2019 against a head of department 

at the time. The university became 

aware of the subcontracting during its 

investigation. 

Stachurski said she believed her insistence 

her complaint should be addressed 

had made her a target for retaliatory behaviour 

and the staff members involved in 

the investigation “worked together to find 

a way to eject me from the university”. 

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In 2018, Stachurski reached an agreement 

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concentrate on writing a play about claimants’ 

interactions with the Earthquake 

Commission. 

The ERA noted Stachurski’s life had 

been “badly dislocated” by the earthquakes 

and then the grief caused by the 

death of her partner in 2014. 

She requested further sabbatical leave 

covering part of 2019 but it was declined. 

The play, EQ f@#%ing C, ran into difficulties 

in early 2019 over its apparent 

depiction of a central government politician. 

It required a number of re-writes, 

which were completed only weeks before 

its scheduled premiere on March 30, 2019. 

Stachurski’s sabbatical had ended and the 

first semester of the new academic year 

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She entered into an arrangement with 

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there was some dispute between the 

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change hands again 

on Saturday and the 

Southern League returns 

after the Chatham Cup. 

Jaime Cunningham 

reports 

RUGBY 

High School Old Boys have a 

chance to win the DCL Shield 

back after they lost it to Marist 

Albion less than a month ago. 

HSOB will challenge 

University for the shield on 

Saturday after a hard-fought 19- 

16 loss to Sumner in round 5. 

University handed Marist their 

first loss of the season to claim 

the shield in a high-scoring 

match last Saturday. 

University 

led 23-5 at halftime, 

but a late 

fight-back from 

Marist brought 

them within six 

points before 

University’s 

fourth try sealed 

Daniel 

O’Brien 

the win 37-24. 

University 

now sit at the 

top of the Metro 

premier ladder with 22 points, 

the same number they finished 

on last season. 

After winning only seven 

matches last year, University 

head coach Daniel O’Brien said 

they have rebuilt the team. 

“We talk a lot more about 

processes,” he said. 

“Obviously winning the 

competition is a goal, but we 

haven’t actually talked about 

that.” 

“Having a high performance 

culture and developing our 

players is more important.” 

Sydenham will aim to continue 

their momentum when they host 

New Brighton. 

Sydenham come off a 50- 

18 win over Belfast, while 

New Brighton dominated 

Christchurch 40-14. 

Winless Christchurch face 

third-placed Lincoln University 

who are set to host their club 

TARGET: University winger Cooper Roberts charges towards 

the tryline in their win over Marist Albion. 

` 

PHOTO: HARRY ALLEN 

day at Lincoln. A strong second 

half helped the Rams to a 45-29 

victory over Linwood. 

Linwood will be looking for 

their fourth win of the season 

when they take on Burnside. 

Burnside go into round 6 after 

a narrow 29-26 win over Shirley. 

Confident Sumner travel to 

Burwood Park to play Shirley. 

Both Burside and Shirley hold 

their club days on Saturday. 

Marist Albion are looking to 

bounce back from their first loss 

when they take on struggling 

Belfast. 

FOOTBALL 

The Southern League returns 

after a break for the Chatham 

Cup. 

Ninth-placed FC Twenty 11 

face unbeaten Christchurch 

United on Friday. United go into 

the round 8 clash after a 9-0 

thrashing of Parklands United in 

the Chatham Cup. 

FC Twenty 11 also managed a 

2-1 win over Halswell United. 

Selwyn are looking for their 

first league win since round 3 

when they beat FC Twenty 11 

1-0. Selwyn go into their game 

against Coastal Spirit following a 

1-0 loss to Cashmere Technical. 

Coastal cruised to a 5-1 win 

against Burwood in the first 

round of the Chatham Cup. 

Ferrymead Bays fittingly beat 

Nomads 2-1 in club stalwart 

Chris Murphy’s 400th game 

at premier level. They now 

play Cashmere Technical who 

suffered their first league defeat 

two weeks ago. 

Nomads travel to Saxton 

Oval to meet Nelson Suburbs 

after their Chatham Cup loss. 

Dunedin City Royals host Green 

Island in a battle of the Otago 

teams. 

NETBALL 

Kia Toa take on UC in round 5 

after their first win of the season 

moved them into sixth place on 

the table. 

Kia Toa were on zero points 

before their win over Technical. 

Leading 22-19 after 30 minutes, 

shared shooting loads between 

Chelsea Corbett and Fia LaiKong 

helped Kia Toa to a narrow 43- 

42 win. 

It was the third loss by five 

goals or less for Technical who 

now sit at the bottom of the 

ladder. They face a daunting 

task against unbeaten Lincoln 

University A on Tuesday, while 

Kia Toa take on UC. 

UC suffered their second loss 

of the season, 48-45, to Lincoln 

University B after leading for 

most of the game. 

Lincoln University B play 

Kereru B who went down 45-34 

to a tidy Saints A. 

Saints play Kereru A who need 

a stronger first quarter after 

it cost them the game against 

Lincoln University A. 

Lincoln powered to a 16-10 

lead after the first 15 minutes, 

which they maintained for the 

rest of the game, winning 50-43. 

Premier 1 statistics: Saints A 

45 (B Ferguson 19/24, T Dunn 

24/34, T Hardy 2/3) def Kereru 

B 34 (C Cramond 3/6, S Cusack 

18/23, G Nicholls 12/17, K 

Timpson 1/2). Qtrs: 9-6, 20-15, 

34-24, 45-34. 

Lincoln University A 50 (E 

Hargreaves 13/19, K Grant 24/29, 

T Day 13/19) def Kereru A 43 (L 

Clark 32/41, H Tallentire 5/7, J 

Wolfgramm 6/8) . Qtrs: 16-10, 

27-21, 39-32, 50-43. 

Kia Toa A 43 (C Corbett 18/22, 

F LaiKong 25/35) def Technical 

A 42 (A Hendry 26/29, K Ralph 

5/8, J Prosser 11/12). Qtrs: 13-9, 

22-19, 35-29, 43-42. 

Lincoln University B 48 (A 

Guard 41/49, E Wilke 5/12, G 

Cameron 2/3) def UC A 45 (T 

Hassan 32/36, M Hill 12/13, K 

Lane 1/2). Qtrs: 11-9, 18-21, 30- 

33, 48-45. 

RUGBY LEAGUE 

Hornby will look to regain 

momentum in their clash against 

the Riccarton Knights tomorrow 

night, while the Eagles host the 

Northern Bulldogs on Saturday. 

The Linwood Keas play the 

Halswell Hornets on Saturday. 

Linwood continued their 

unbeaten start to the season 

last weekend, while the Eastern 

Eagles surprised second-placed 

Hornby in round 7. 

The Eagles were able to hang 

on to their 14-12 halftime lead, 

taking the game 30-18. 

Linwood delivered a stellar 

second half performance against 

the Bulldogs in round 7, turning 

an early 12-6 lead in the first 

half into a 44-10 win. The Keas 

play the Halswell Hornets who 

go into round 8 off the back 

of a hard-fought win over the 

Knights. The Hornets managed 

to hold on to their 12-6 lead after 

40 minutes, winning 18-12. 

HOCKEY 

After four rounds, the 

competition has been fierce in 

both Canterbury premier league 

grades. 

In the women’s grade, little 

separates Marist and Carlton 

Redcliffs who are both on 10 

points. Carlton drew 2-2 with 

HSOB/Burnside in round 4, 

while Marist powered to a 5-1 

win over Harewood. 

Carlton have a bye, while 

Marist are looking to add 

another three points to their tally 

with a win against Hornby. 

Hornby are in search of their 

first win following a bye last 

week. 

Avon take on Harewood after 

their 3-0 victory over winless 

Southern. 

Southern face HSOB/Burnside 

who come off a hard-fought 

draw. 

Carlton Redcliffs are heavily 

favoured to beat winless 

University on Saturday. 

However, Carlton will be hurting 

after they went down to HSOB/ 

Burnside 4-0 in their first loss of 

the season. University lost by the 

same scoreline to Hornby. 

HSOB/Burnside will want 

to retain top spot with a win 

over seventh-placed Southern. 

Southern handed Avon their first 

win of the season 2-0 last week. 

Avon take on Harewood who 

narrowly beat Marist 5-4 in a 

high scoring match at Marist 

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Marist will look to bounce 

back from their first loss of the 

year with a win over Hornby on 

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TOP YOUNG golfer Cooper 

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Cooper beat Canterbury 

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• By Jaime Cunningham 

OLD RIVALS Christchurch 

Boys’ High and Nelson College 

will headline round 2 of the 

Miles Toyota Premiership in a 

blockbuster clash. 

After winning their first two 

matches, defending champions 

Nelson will travel to Christchurch 

to take on CBHS at their 

club day on Saturday. 

Nelson are coming off a dominant 

game against last season’s 

finalists St Bede’s College. They 

gained their second bonus point 

of the season in the 32-17 home 

win. 

After a close start to their first 

round match against Timaru 

Boys’ High, CBHS scored 31 

unanswered points in the second 

half to win 53-22. 

St Andrew’s College look for 

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Boys’ College who beat 

Shirley Boys’ High 32-14 in 

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Shirley host St Thomas’ of 

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St Thomas, who were semi finalists 

las season, went down 21-7 to 

Christ’s College in the previous 

round. Christ’s travel to Darfield 

to play Selwyn Combined on 

Saturday after Selwyn handed St 

Andrew’s their second loss 31-24. 

After losing their opening 

games, Timaru and St Bede’s 

face each other in Timaru. 

When Cooper first won he was 

the youngest player to have won 

the trophy since its inception in 

1939. 

The championship began with 

two qualifying rounds where 

Cooper shot 67 then a course 

record equaling 64, to be the top 

seed for the 16-player knockout 

matchplay. He comfortably 

won his first two matches 

before being fully tested in the 

• By Jaime Cunningham 

WHEN FORMER Crusaders 

centre Robbie Fruean wanted 

to get back into the rugby 

environment, he wasn’t 

expecting to be coaching a team 

so soon. 

Fruean, 34, is leading the new 

Horomaka Combined first XV in 

the Miles Toyota Championship. 

The team is made up of players 

from Hillmorton, Hornby and 

Riccarton high schools, as well 

as Middleton Grange and Hagley 

Community College. 

Fruean was forced into retirement 

in 2017 due to ongoing 

heart problems. 

He was Hillmorton High’s 

first XV head coach last year and 

remains as the school’s director 

of rugby. 

“I wanted to get back into 

rugby in some way, so I reached 

out to some church friends and 

asked if there was any space at 

Hillmorton,” he said. 

“I went from that to head of 

rugby and coaching the school’s 

team pretty quickly.” 

Fruean and Hillmorton High 

staff discussed the school fielding 

a team in the competition 

alone. But the goal did not look 

achievable for another 10 years. 

“We didn’t have enough competition 

within players and no 

opportunity to grow,” he said. 

So Fruean reached out to other 

schools with students from similar 

backgrounds and no current 

rugby programme. 

“It was a case of who best suits 

the combination of schools, with 

the aim to change the stereotypes 

from those school areas” 

he said. “Now they don’t have 

to go anywhere else to play first 

XV and can stay at their local 

school.” 

The championship feeds into 

the first XV premiership and 

includes several second XVs and 

semifinal. Cooper eventually 

prevailed against Canterbury 

masters representative Brett 

Turner 2 and 1. 

Cooper’s hot form here and 

in Australia has seen him make 

the New Zealand under-19 team 

for the Toyota Junior Golf World 

Cup in Aichi, Japan, in June. 

It will be the first time New 

Zealand has sent a team to the 

World Cup since 2018. 

LEADER: 

Robbie 

Fruean, 

pictured 

here playing 

for the 

Crusaders in 

2013, is now 

head coach 

of the new 

Horomaka 

combined 

first XV. 

PHOTO: 

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IMAGES 

first XVs from schools not typically 

known for playing rugby. 

The changed 10-team Miles 

Toyota Premiership and the 

establishment of the new 

championship grade means 

Horomaka are able to play in a 

competitive grade. 

In a few years, the team may 

be able to compete in the premiership 

due to the promotion/ 

relegation format. 

“We’ve got a really young 

Cooper Moore 

Fruean leads combined 

side into new first XV era 

team this year so, honestly, it’s 

been more about setting some 

foundations in place for the years 

to come.” 

Fruean is a “big fan” of the 

changes to the first XV competitions. 

“It’s allowed us to compete. It 

just means that the competition 

is a lot more even. I think it’s a 

great initiative,” he said. 

Horomaka had a promising 

start to the season at the weekend, 

going down to Roncalli 

College combined 10-3. But being 

able to play in the competition 

means more than a winning 

for the team. “It’s about allowing 

opportunity for these kids who 

might have not had this opportunity 

otherwise,” Fruean said. 

“I think the boys actually 

realised how close to the 

competition they are in a 

competition that feels so far 

away.” 

•Horomaka play Christ’s 

College second XV at 

Hornby High School at 

1pm on Saturday 

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ARMADILLO'S BECKENHAM, 

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covers, free. Saturday 8pm – Tahu 

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The Hootz & Tay Renee, Hosted by 

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1pm – Jazz Jam at the Stone feat 

House Band Chicks from Corea, all 

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4.30pm – NZ Music Month Special 

with Andy Thompson, Kristina 

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Monday 7pm – Believe It or Not 

Quiz, free. Wednesday 7.30pm – 

Songwriters’ Collective #2, a Music 

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Birds, tickets $10+BF from 

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BILL'S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: 

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BLACK PEARL, 9 Humphreys 

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Sunday 1.30pm - Country Arvo feat. 

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CARLTON, 1 Papanui Rd: 

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CHCH TOWN HALL, James Hay 

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May - The Greatest Love of All, A 

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7pm - 80s Night with the DnD 

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LYTTELTON CLUB 328, 23 

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MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: 

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10.30pm - D'Sendantz. Saturday 

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Oxford: Saturday 7pm - 80s Night 

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TEMP'S BAR, 21 Goulding Ave: 

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uy a turtle needs be wary of 

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welfare issues such as sending 

Moot runs her Turtle Rescue 

and Rehoming operation out of 

Unfortunately, many of them 

have significant shell injuries, 

deformities and are quite unwell 

because (the owners) have been 

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People often don’t realise turtles 

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Donna Moot has rescued 

hundreds of sick, injured or 

abandoned turtles over the past 15 

Over winter, Moot may spend 

up to a $1000 a month on electricity 

to run and heat the many water 

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turtles aren’t strong enough to hibernate 

outside through the winter 

and have to be brought indoors. 

But Moot believes turtles make 

years – many of which were once 

people’s pets. 

She says anyone planning to 

great pets – for the right person. 

“I get a lot of turtles that have 

been bought on Trade Me. 

turtles by post across the country. 

“People find them and sometimes 

they’re surrendered and they 

come here until I can get them 

rehabilitated and re-homed.” 

SAVED: 

Donna Moot 

with Turbo 

the turtle. 

her house in Somerfield, which is 

currently home to about 75 turtles. 

“All the food, all the equipment 

I pay for myself. I’m very fortunate 

here tha the Canterbury SPCA, 

they will support me with the 

stray turtles, so they’ll help with 

vet bills for that.” 

minimum donation of $20, which 

isn’t very much, but I expec that 

the person can show me that 

they’ve go the correct set up, so 

they may have to fork out quite a 

bit of money for that.” 

•To find more about 

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Left – Long 

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like Minnie 

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years. 

•Watch the video on starnews.co.nz 

PHOTOS: 

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