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14 Bay Harbour News Wednesday June 14 2023 keep it local and support businesses in your community New Shipment of Nautical Brassware WOMENS COMFY WINTER CASUALS Gemma and many more NEW CLIENT SPECIAL 20 OFF % HAIR SERVICES WITH Jena Offer expires 31.7.23 Range of colours – Taupe, Black & Brown from $125 pair JENA IS AVAILABLE MONDAY 9AM-3PM, THURSDAY 10AM-8PM, AND EVERY 2ND SATURDAY 9AM-3PM LYTTELTON GALLERY 32 London Street, Lyttelton Ph. 328 7350 Many items back in stock plus lots of new ones including full sized Divers Helmets, Sextants, Compasses, Ship Bells, Sundials and Wooden Ship Wheels and many other items 47c Garlands Road, Woolston Phone 389 3431 www.thefootwearfactory.co.nz Ph 03 384 1743 | 4/2 Soleares Ave | Mt Pleasant TORIE NVENIENCE For residents across the Bay Harbour area, having a Saunders & Co law office in Ferrymead means easy access to leading expertise and a full range of legal services. Saunders & Co also has offices in the city centre, Wigram and Papanui. The helpful, friendly team at Ferrymead includes specialists in particular areas of law. One of their newer team members is Margita Grins, a general practice lawyer who offers a range of services including residential conveyancing, estate administration, elder law, relationship property, wills and enduring powers of attorney, trust work, and small business sales and acquisitions. Margita studied law at the University of Canterbury and was admitted to the bar in 2004. She was previously with the firm’s Papanui office and at Bishopdale Law, which merged with Saunders & Co in 2022. Drawn by the opportunity to be near to the sea and be part of a team that supports communities closer to her home, she joined the Ferrymead office almost a year ago. The variety of her role and the interaction with clients of all ages is what Margita particularly enjoys; from the satisfaction and excitement of assisting first home buyers to providing support and legal services for older clients, such as when they are selling their home and moving into a retirement village. “I love meeting with these clients, hearing all their stories, and helping them through the process to hopefully make it less stressful and more enjoyable,” she says. Away from work, Margita enjoys spending quality time with her partner, children, and grandchildren, and going for long walks with her two dogs. For legal services and full support, call Margita and the Ferrymead team at Saunders & Co. MARGITA GRINS SENIOR ASSOCIATE M 022 462 9810 DD (03) 662 9071 E MARGITA.GRINS@SAUNDERS.CO.NZ W SAUNDERS.CO.NZ FERRYMEAD OFFICE 987 FERRY ROAD, FERRYMEAD PO BOX 18, CHRISTCHURCH 8140 Anyone can provide a piece of advice. We provide peace of mind. FOR LEGAL EXPERTISE THAT GIVES YOU THAT WEIGHT-OFF-YOUR-SHOULDERS FEELING, LET’S TALK. 03 349 5111 | WIGRAM.LAWYER@SAUNDERS.CO.NZ | CITY, WIGRAM, PAPANUI, FERRYMEAD | SAUNDERS.CO.NZ Advertising enquiries Jo Fuller | Ph: 027 458 8590 | jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi
15 TREASURES FROM THE PAST Pastime and Little Wonder with Mahanga trailing in the 1890 Lyttelton New Year’s Day Regatta. Te Ūaka The Lyttelton Museum ref. 14692.1 https://www.teuaka.org.nz/online-collection/1135601 The 1890 Lyttelton Regatta rivalry YACHTING HAS long been a favoured pastime in Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour, with the Lyttelton Regatta Committee’s first competition being held on May 24, 1851 to celebrate Queen Victoria’s 32nd birthday – barely six months after the arrival of the Canterbury colony’s ‘first four ships’. A decade later, in 1862, the Lyttelton New Year’s Day Regatta was established. After the railway tunnel opened in December 1867, the regatta began to attract large crowds from the growing city of Christchurch and the Waitaha Canterbury Plains beyond. By the 1870s, Lyttelton’s annual New Year’s Day Regatta had become the colony’s largest aquatic sporting festival. In 1870, Scotsman William Sinclair and his Australian-born son Jimmy set up their shipwright business in Lyttelton Port’s Dampier Bay next to what would become, in 1883, the port’s graving or dry dock. They were especially active in the competitive yachting scene through the 1880s with Jimmy Sinclair’s prize-winning racer Little Wonder. A lightly built centreboarder, she included an innovative stacking board for the crew to ‘hike’ or ‘lean out’ over the side as the yacht heeled upwind. Taking on all-comers, Little Wonder was the region’s champion racing yacht through the mid-1880s. Attracted by the ‘fame and fortune’ the Sinclair’s were winning for their business, fellow Scotsman and shipwright Malcolm Miller decided to join the competition, and in 1886 built his own racing yacht, the famous Pastime, in his shipbuilding yard at Corsair Bay. At five tonnes, she was cutter-rigged and carvelbuilt of kauri and red birch timbers. Initially 8.5m long with a 2m beam, 1.2m draft and a lead ballast jarrah keel, she was built to take on Sinclair’s Little Wonder as well as the champion Dunedin built yacht Mahanga, but she failed to dominate in a series of races over the next two years. Not one to give up, Miller went back to the drawing board and rebuilt Pastime in 1889, adding extra length to her hull and rigging 125sq m of sail. The new Pastime was completed in time for what would become the race of the century at the 1890 Lyttelton New Year’s Day Regatta. The 1890 regatta began promisingly enough with the morning’s fine weather welcoming the growing crowds along with his excellency, the newly appointed Governor of New Zealand, Sir William Hillier Onslow. However, as people gathered along the port town’s wharves and vantage points, the festivities were rudely interrupted by a sudden mid-morning storm that scuppered a number of rowing and swimming events while drenching their audience. The storm cleared soon enough and the sun shone through to allow the main yacht race to start with Pastime, Mahanga, Zephyr and Little Wonder all getting away in a handy north-easterly breeze. Unfortunately, this reprieve from the inclement weather did not last long and the harbour waters were soon whipped by a fierce sou’wester gale that cancelled the day’s remaining events, while the racing yachts, at times barely visible, battled on in heavy winds. While the lead changed hands several times over the first half of the race, the increasingly rough conditions favoured Pastime. In a photograph from the race we can see Pastime spoiling Little Wonder’s clear air as Mahanga trails behind, before the storm forced the latter to retire along with Zephyr. In the end, Malcolm Miller’s Pastime took the honours in heavy squalls with his arch-rival Jimmy Sinclair’s Little Wonder the runner up some 50 minutes behind. Little Wonder would never challenge Pastime again, and it would be Jimmy Sinclair’s turn to up the ante with a new champion racing yacht, the Mascotte, launched just 11 months later. SPONSORED CONTENT Surprise over Government decision not to fund flood prevention plan Environment Canterbury Chair Peter Scott I AM FEELING deflated and disappointed by the lack of Government foresight and investment in flood protection for our region. As the regional council in New Zealand’s largest region, it feels like we are being neglected when it comes to future-proofing Canterbury. I know others feel the same. That’s not to say support isn’t needed for areas badly impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle – we received considerable support during the earthquake recovery, so we know the response up north is critical – however, to not invest in protection of other at-risk areas in Waitaha is short-sighted. Flooding is the number one natural disaster in New Zealand and, with the impacts of climate change becoming more significant and frequent, we are at risk here in Canterbury. Along with other regional councils, Environment Canterbury made a joint submission to the Government asking for co-investment in a major flood protection programme. Our proposal was for central and local governments to co-invest $257 million over the next three years, to fund 92 urgent flood protection projects across Aotearoa. Looking for your next adventure? Experience the "Big Five" rail journeys of the South Island 13-DAY TOUR “BIG FIVE” ex-Christchurch $7,950 pp twin share Inspired by one of the greatest and most iconic adventurers of our time, The Sir Edmund Hillary Explorer invites you on an epic journey by rail and luxury coach throughout the majestic South Island of Aotearoa. Highlights include: • Franz Josef hot pools • Milford Sound day trip & cruise • Guest speaker from the Hillary Family • Sir Edmund Hillary Apline Centre at Aoraki Mt Cook • PLUS experience all of the “Big Five” rail journeys in the South Island THE BIG FIVE Wednesday June 14 2023 Bay Harbour News We have been asking central Government to co-invest with us in flood prevention measures and river management since 1989, however it has been ratepayers across the country footing the bill. The recent devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle could happen anywhere in the South Island, and we shouldn’t wait for that to happen before taking action. Prevention is still better than a cure. We thought we had a strong case for funding in the 2023 Budget, especially given what’s at risk if there is significant flooding along our 78,000 kilometres of river systems. That includes national assets such as Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency roads, KiwiRail bridges that run near rivers, power and internet infrastructure – which would all be impacted, and disrupt our supply chains in the event of another major flood event. And that doesn’t factor in our ongoing ability to live in some areas, or people’s ability to get insurance or how events might impact on premiums – a sad reality that some families in the badly affected areas in the North Island are grappling with. I am hoping this decision by the Government isn’t final. I will be working over the coming days and weeks with my regional colleagues around the country to make sure our concerns are heard in Wellington. TranzAlpine • Kingston Flyer • Taieri Gorge • Coastal Pacific • Marlborough Flyer Contact ODT Journeys today for 2023/24 departure dates To request a brochure or talk to a team member, scan the QR code, call 0800 373 363 or visit www.journeys.odt.nz
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