The Star: September 14, 2023

Thursday, September 14, 2023 | Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper
From the royals
to Sumner brass
Netball’s
happy mum,
happy son
– pages 8-9
SILVERWARE SALE
A major
mistake
say readers
MAYOR PHIL Mauger has
been given a clear message
from readers of The Star –
don’t sell ratepayer owned
assets like Lyttelton port and
Christchurch Airport.
The Star asked readers for
their opinions on Mauger’s
plan to push for asset sales.
City councillors meet to
discuss the issue before
Christmas. The emails have
come thick and fast and the
vast majority say ‘no’.
It is a U-turn from Mauger
who said while campaigning
to become mayor last year he
wouldn’t sell assets. That has
not been lost on readers.
Mauger now says he believes
the city council will have to
sell off some of its assets to
off-set rates increases in the
future.
The city council owns 100
per cent of the port company,
City Care, fibre broadband
provider Enable and Eco-
Central, 75 per cent of the
airport, and 89 per cent of
Orion through its company
Christchurch City Holdings
Ltd.
Christchurch’s rates rose 6.4
per cent this year, up from the
4 per cent Mauger promised
he would deliver if elected
mayor.
• See what our readers are
saying pages 21-23.
– page page 25 24
$1200
more to
pay for
mortgage
HOMEOWNERS rolling onto
higher rates are having to find
on average more than $1200
extra a month, latest figures
show.
And there were 18,800 mortgage
accounts that had missed
a payment in July this year, a
31 per cent increase on July last
year, That though is lower than
March when 19,300 mortgage
accounts were reported as past
due.
The figures come amid a new
round of hikes in mortgage
interest rates. ANZ, ASB, BNZ
and Westpac have all bumped
up their home loan rates in the
last weeks, with standard rates
for one-year and two-year terms
above 7 per cent and stretching
towards 8 per cent.
The Centrix figures released
yesterday show 240,000 mortgage-holders
owe more than
$500,000 to their lender, with
42,500 owing less than $50,000.
Data released by the Reserve
Bank in July showed the number
of homeowners adding to their
mortgage, to fund big ticket purchases
or home renovations, has
nearly halved since 2021.
The value of mortgage top-ups
in the 12 months to July 2023
was $7.7 billion, down from
$13.6 billion in the 12 months to
July 2021.
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Mental health facility fundraising...............4
Swimmer saved by two kids...........................5
Mortgage pressures............................................6-7
From Salford to Sumner................................8-9
Police gang crackdown.....................................10
Jetty rebuild to open........................................... 16
Sea rise threatens golf course....................20
Selling the silverware letters................. 21-23
Mum’s netball mascot ..................................... 24
United seek double............................................25
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IT’S A FEEDING frenzy in
the central city with retailers
desperate to get a foothold.
Only a few properties remain
for lease, none of which front on
to the favoured Cashel Mall.
Among the latest changes to
the shops in the main centre is
the expansion of beauty retailer
MECCA, which will shift to
new premises three times its
current size. Its new home will
be the two-level store previously
occupied by Glassons, while
Hallensteins has leased a new
store on Cashel St between
Augustine and Lululemon.
This domino effect moves
the Glassons store into where
MECCA was previously based
– during the shift it will operate
as a pop-up store in the BNZ
Centre.
Glassons chief executive
April Ward said the retailer was
confident about the central city
and was looking forward to the
outlet’s new store opening in
mid-November.
“We’ve seen the city go from
strength to strength, especially
over the past couple of years as
the rebuild has continued.
“It has a great energy and
optimism about it with a strong
retailer mix that continues to
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
Grocery food driver in food price hike
ANNUAL FOOD prices were
8.9 per cent higher in August
2023 than in August 2022,
latest Stats NZ figures say.
The largest contributing food
group was grocery food, which
includes non-perishables and
dairy products. Fresh eggs,
potato crisps, and six-pack
yoghurt were the largest drivers
within the food group.
In August 2023, the annual
DEMAND:
Only a few
properties
remain for
lease, none
of which
are fronting
on to
Cashel Mall.
PHOTO:
STAR NEWS
increase was due to rises across
all the broad food categories,
Stats NZ measured.
The second largest contributor
to the annual movement
was restaurant meals and
ready-to-eat food.
On a monthly basis, food
prices rose 0.5 per cent in
August 2023 compared with
July 2023. After adjusting for
seasonal effects, they were up
0.4 per cent.
Prices for fruit and vegetables
such as tomatoes, grapes,
cucumbers, and nectarines
contributed the most to the
overall monthly rise.
While the price rises were
still steep, they represent a
slight decline in the rate of
increase compared to recent
months.
Food prices increased by 9.6
Demand huge for
shopping space
improve and evolve over time.”
The Glassons store will mark
the first of the retailer’s new
generation refits in New Zealand.
Meanwhile, Nike is set to
launch a new concept store
this month in Richard Peebles’
complex, which is beside
Westpac. Outdoor clothing
brand Helly Hansen’s first New
Zealand store has opened in the
central city.
German appliance brand
Miele has recently opened a
high-profile store on the corner
of Colombo and Hereford Sts in
the Spark building.
It’s the third Miele Experience
per cent in the 12 months ending
July 2023 and grocery food
prices increased by 11.9 per cent
in the same period.
Restaurant meals and readyto-eat
food prices increased by
8.9 per cent. Meat, poultry, and
fish prices increased by 8 per
cent. Non-alcoholic beverage
prices rose 9.1 per cent Fruit
and vegetables prices increased
by 5.4 per cent.
Centre in New Zealand.
Colliers retail-leasing
specialists, Nick Doig and
Annabelle Bramwell, said
the retailers’ moves to much
larger premises reflected the
“increasingly busy” CBD
retailing precinct.
“There are no vacancies facing
on to Cashel St and few options
available in the laneways,” said
Doig.
“Demand is set to outstrip
supply and retailers are eager
to see development of the final
two sites vacant sites in the retail
precinct.”
– NZ Herald
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In Brief
Police search farm
again for Yanfei Bao
The search for missing real
estate agent Yanfei Bao is
focusing back on Hudsons Rd,
Greenpark, near Lincoln. The
police specialist search group
will continue to zone in on
and around a farm where an
irrigation pond was drained. A
police spokesperson said officers
were searching Hudson’s Rd and
other areas in Greenpark, 30
minutes south of Christchurch,
yesterday. Previously, search
teams have scoured paddocks
and an irrigation pond that had
been drained at a dairy farm on
Hudson’s Rd in separate visits.
Earlier this month, Chinese
national Tingjun Cao, 52,
appeared in the High Court
at Christchurch charged with
Bao’s murder. He has pleaded
not guilty.
Young people arrested
after crime spree
Four young people were
arrested on Monday after stores
across the city were broken
into. Police said the offenders,
aged between 12 and 14, first
broke into a vape store on Ilam
Rd, Bryndwr, about 12.45am.
Just before 2am, a dairy in
Bishopdale was possibly looted
by the offenders, police said.
The dairy’s fog cannon was
activated. About 30min later,
another burglary took place at a
liquor store on Marshlands Rd,
Shirley. The offenders targeted
their final shop of the night
on Ferry Rd about 3am. The
offenders were found by police
in a stolen car and arrested.
They were referred to Youth
Aid.
One taken to hospital,
another arrested
after fight
A person was taken to
hospital on Sunday after a
fight between two people in
Halswell who were known to
each other. Police were alerted
to the incident on Caulfield
Ave about 3.25pm. One person
was taken into custody, police
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Former patient fundraising
for new mental health facility
• By Niva Chittock
A FORMER patient’s experience
at the city’s worn out, cramped
mental health facility for young
people has driven him to help
raise the money needed for an
upgrade.
Obsessive compulsive disorder,
or OCD, started to take over Jack
Robinson’s mind when he was
just 15, and he is determined to
make the recovery journey easier
for others.
The new out-patient facility
upgrade at Hillmorton Hospital
is being jointly funded by Te
Whatu Ora and the Māia Health
Foundation – but $1 million was
still needed to get it done.
During the 2020 Covid-19
lockdown, Jack’s relentless hand
washing stripped away his skin,
leaving his hands raw and bloody.
“Everyone had to be doing it,
but when I’m not leaving the
house because I’m not allowed
to leave the house and I’m still
washing my hands every five
minutes, it’s a bit much,” he said.
“Going through litres of hand
soap every week is not a normal
amount for one person.”
Jack’s mum, Kathryn Robinson,
said when he broke his
hand in early 2021, his symptoms
rapidly worsened.
His OCD meant he could not
GOAL: Jack Robinson on
the grounds of The Princess
Margaret Hospital. PHOTO:
NIVA CHITTOCK / RNZ
bring himself to swallow.
“Some people say you fall down
the hill with mental illness but
Jack was like he literally rolled off
a cliff,” she said.
“It was so horrible, he was literally
down to skin and bone – no
eating disorder, but he couldn’t
swallow. So you can’t eat, you
can’t ingest when you can’t swallow.”
By this point, Jack had lost
50kg.
His GP urgently referred him
to Te Whatu Ora Canterbury’s
Child, Adolescent and Family
mental health services.
Jack spent almost 11 weeks at
The Princess Margaret Hospital,
which took a toll on his family.
“There were times while Jack
was in the unit that were a real
struggle. They were pretty bad,”
Kathryn said.
“It got to the point where I’d
leave Jack after visiting and I’d sit
in my car and just ... sob. It wasn’t
just a little cry, my whole heart
was crying out. I just wanted my
son back.”
Little by little, with the help of
the unit’s staff, Jack got better.
He was discharged from hospital
in July 2021 and graduated
high school the following year.
Now the new unit, Kahurangi,
was under construction at Hillmorton
Hospital, with the $16
million facility expected to open
next year.
But the Māia Health Foundation
said it still needed $1 million
to get it over the line.
Jack had already helped to raise
more than $1000 towards the
services and planned to keep his
efforts up.
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unit can be made at www.
maiahealth.org.nz/betterspace
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Thursday September 14 2023 The Star
NEWS 5
Swimmer brought back from
the dead after rescue at QEII
• By Nathan Morton
A WOMAN who suffered
cardiac arrest at QEII Recreation
and Sport Centre has expressed
her “extreme thanks” to the
young children, a quick-thinking
mother and others who helped
rescue her.
The woman in her 60s named
Wendy, has spoken of the incident
that left her dead for several
minutes as the public worked to
revive her.
Two children - believed to
be aged under 12 - tried to lift
her head out of the water before
Penny Snelling who was watching
her son’s swimming lesson
dived into the water and dragged
her to safety.
Emergency services were
called to the afternoon water
incident at on August 28.
When Wendy was brought to
the poolside after her rescue, she
was “blue, lifeless” and it was
quickly determined that CPR
should be performed.
It took six minutes for members
of the public to revive her,
she was taken to hospital and is
expected to make a full recovery.
Two weeks on, Wendy still
THANKS: Penny Snelling said the rescue at QEII Recreation and Sport Centre was a case
of taking action and dealing with the consequences after.
cannot remember anything
about the incident - she said she
had been under the water for
close to 90 seconds.
“I’m extremely thankful to all
who helped bring me back to
life,” she said. “It wasn’t my time
to go.”
Wendy said three of her ribs
were broken whilst CPR was being
performed.
Snelling had been watching
her son’s swimming lesson at the
centre’s lap pools when she heard
another child call out: “Mum,
what’s wrong with that lady?”
“I looked at the lifeguard and
he still hadn’t woken up to the
fact,” she said.
It was a case of taking action
and dealing with the consequences
after, she said.
“So I said ‘screw this’ and took
my shoes off - heaven knows why
I took my shoes off - I didn’t even
say anything to my poor child,
I just leapt straight into the pool
and dove across my kid’s swimming
lessons.”
By the time Snelling reached
Wendy, she realised she was “one
hundred per cent” under the
water.
Reaching over the lane rope,
grabbing Wendy under the
shoulders and hoisting her on to
her own, the mother dragged her
across the lanes to the side of the
pool.
By this point, the lifeguard was
aware of the incident and came
to assist with getting Wendy out
of the water.
“We got her on to the side and
she was blue, totally dead,” said
Snelling.
“I’ve never seen anything as
close to lifeless. She was limp as
anything and totally gone.”
Given her state, Snelling
determined CPR would need to
be started straight away. So she
got to work with compressions,
something she’d been trained to
do in a life-saving course back in
high school.
Snelling was first, then an
off-duty nurse took over. Then
another member of the public,
then another, all taking turns
to compress Wendy’s heart and
trying to bring back life.
A defibrillator was sourced
and used. After six minutes
Wendy’s pulse was restored.
Wendy was rushed to the hospital
and immediately placed on
life support.
She survived the ordeal and
has since been in contact with
her rescuers to keep them updated
on her recovery.
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NEWS
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
Late payments rise as banks pile
Rising interest rates are
putting the squeeze on
finances, with a growing
number of homeowners
failing to pay their
mortgages on time.
Diana Clement reports
CREDIT AGENCY Centrix
says 18,800 mortgage accounts
missed a payment in July this
year – a 31 per cent increase on
July last year.
The figures, which are lower
than March when 19,300
accounts were reported as past
due, come amid a new round of
hikes in mortgage interest rates.
ANZ, ASB, BNZ and Westpac
have all bumped up their home
loan rates over the past weeks,
with standard rates for one-year
and two-year terms above 7 per
cent and stretching towards 8 per
cent.
The jumps mean homeowners
who are now rolling onto higher
rates are having to find on
average more than $1200 extra a
month.
For some homeowners, the
cost of servicing their mortgage
could be a lot higher. Centrix
says 240,000 mortgage-holders
in New Zealand owe more than
$500,000 to their lender, with
42,500 owing less than $50,000.
Data released by the Reserve
TROUBLE: Homeowners rolling onto higher interest rates have to find on average more than
$1200 extra a month.
Bank in July shows that the
number of homeowners adding
to their mortgage, to fund
big ticket purchases or home
renovations, has nearly halved
since 2021.
The value of mortgage top-ups
in the 12 months to July was $7.7
billion, down from $13.6 billion
in the 12 months to July 2021.
It’s a trend that mortgage
advisers are seeing in their dayto-day
work.
Mortgage adviser Neville
Modlin from The Lending Team
said rising interest rates had
led to a decline
in top-ups,
with many
homeowners
worried
about how to
meet existing
Neville
Modlin
payments. Other
factors included
an increase in
bank test rates and the October
national election. Also likely to
have had an impact was Cyclone
Gabrielle and the Auckland
floods, which will have resulted
in some renovation work
requiring top-ups being covered
by insurance claims.
Loanmarket adviser Rodney
King suspects that there may be
an even greater drop off in topups
for renovations such as new
kitchens or extra rooms than the
Reserve Bank numbers suggest.
“The top ups
we are seeing
[tend] to be for
energy efficient
purposes, such as
hybrid/EV cars,
solar panels or
double glazing
to homes, taking
advantage of
banks’ various
offers to encourage these loans,”
he said.
However, Jeff Royle, adviser
at iLender.co.nz, thinks some
borrowing has moved from topups
to general refinance, with
borrowers going
to new lenders
to get cash back
offers or better
terms.
He said that
while there
was not a lot of
difference in
interest rates
Rodney
King
Jeff Royle
between lenders, there was quite
a difference in how the banks
calculate income.
Campbell Hastie, of Hastie
Mortgages Ltd, said client topups
had dropped off.
“In terms of numbers, it’s
about 40 loans [last year] and
15 loans now, so quite the drop.
Most of these loans are under
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$50,000,” he said.
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“With interest rates going up
and the cost of living going up,
I think people are more focused
on getting by than trying to do
more. Joe Public has also got
the message that the CCCFA
[Credit Contracts and Consumer
Finance Act] meant their KFC
habit would kill their chances of
getting a loan. While things have
softened in that regard, the message
is still in people’s brains,”
Hastie said.
“Put those things together
[and there is] less demand for
top ups, and lending full stop.
Are Kiwis focused on paying
their mortgages off instead? Not
as such. Focused on getting by
rather than focused on principal
reduction is probably more accurate.
“We are seeing more lump
sum payments at refix time than
in previous years, [with] similar
sized amounts to your average
top up, such as
$20k to $50k. People
with cash lying
around are not
spending it: they
are either holding
it in reserve or
dropping it into
the mortgage
which helps soften
the blow.”
He is also seeing more “green”
loans for hybrid/electric cars or
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on the mortgage pressure
Campbell
Hastie
DEBT: This graph
shows the number
of mortgages in
New Zealand by
debt size. While
only 2.7 per cent of
mortgages are $2
million-plus, just 15
per cent are for less
than $500,000.
solar panels. Canstar general
manager Jose George , said surveys
showed New Zealanders
were in a “hunker down” phase
right now.
“If Kiwis do find themselves
with some spare cash, overpaying
the mortgage is a smart move.
Every extra payment makes a
big difference to the interest
ultimately paid over the lifetime
of the loan,” he said.
“There are other ways to
crunch down the mortgage
repayments, too. For example,
if you are coming up for a refix
you can also lower the term of
the mortgage, which has the effect
of increasing payments and
decreasing interest over time.
“Refixing also gives you an
opportunity to repay a bulk
sum without being charged any
break fees. If you do have a bulk
amount you can repay now, it
will be worth checking with your
bank as to any break fees. There
may be none given we’ve been in
a rising interest rate market.
“If you’re nervous about losing
access to extra funds you can always
park them in a term deposit
or savings account. Term deposit
rates are really attractive right
now and offer safe, easy returns.
Given we’re in such a difficult
financial time, this could well be
a good option.” – NZ Herald
Thursday September 14 2023 The Star
NEWS 7
Cancer
patients
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treatment
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to $7000 in accommodation and
travel as doctor shortages force
them to other regions, the Cancer
Society says.
Patients must sometimes
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families for difficult treatments at
hospitals in other regions. But as
doctor shortages worsen, patients
are increasingly being shunted
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says it is having to use motels
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Playing to royals and touring with
Vickie van Uden took
up the role of Sumner
Silver Band conductor
about a year ago. But her
musical career has seen
her play for Prince Charles
and work with Kanye West
as part of the all-women
brass quartet Bella Tromba.
She talks to reporter
Sasha Watson
VICKIE VAN Uden has
travelled the globe to perform at
top international music events
and featured on television and
radio many times.
But after more than 20 years
as a professional trumpet player,
van Uden moved to Sumner in
2021 then took up the role as
conductor of the Sumner Silver
Band.
One of the greatest memories
of her career was performing
with Bella Tromba at Buckingham
Palace and Windsor Castle
several times between 2010 and
2014 in front of Queen Elizabeth
and the then Prince Charles.
The award-winning British
chamber ensemble was founded
in 2004, when four female
trumpet students – Becca Toft,
Emma Bassett, Jo Harris and van
Uden – were waiting for their
orchestral auditions at the Royal
Academy of Music in London.
“Prince Charles was lovely –
he thanked each musician after
every performance. He once
spoke about how he played the
cello, although he would’ve loved
to play the trumpet. He said he
could never make the sound
come out right,” said van Uden.
“One time, I accidentally
opened the wrong door after
getting lost in Windsor Castle. I
didn’t realise the Queen was in
residence only a few doors down,
and I came face to face with one
of the guards who was holding
a gun – I have never been so
scared.”
Van Uden says performing at
the brass band national finals at
the Royal Albert Hall as a member
of Bella Tromba was a high
point in her career.
“Twenty-odd years ago, brass
instrument playing was very
male-dominated. Nearly all of
the students at the (Royal Academy
of Music) were men. We were
very lucky to be able to take such
a niche opportunity and play
together. I think perhaps why we
did become so well established
was partly because we were
breaking the mould for other
women coming into music.”
The ensemble has performed
TALENTED: Vickie van Uden
has travelled the globe as a
trumpet player and is now
the Sumner Silver Band
conductor.
with famous artists, such as
United States rapper Kanye
West and English pop rock band
McFly.
“Working with McFly was
great – we were on a tour bus
travelling with them for about
three months. Kanye was, of
course, very cool to work with
too. We did pre-recorded live
shows with him for charity and
variety shows,” said van Uden.
“Kanye was quite envious
he couldn’t play any brass
instruments. Now, both McFly
and Kanye are very famous, and
Kanye, although controversial
nowadays, remains very
talented.”
United Kingdom stations
Classic FM and BBC Radio have
featured Bella Tromba and the
group has performed sold-out
shows at the Cheltenham, Henley
and St David’s music festivals.
“Bella Tromba was also invited
to a perform as guest artists at
the International Women’s Brass
Conference in Toronto, Canada.
It was an amazing experience
to be around so many talented
women. I felt on top of the world
over there.”
Bella Tromba was recognised
as Live Music Now fellows
from 2005 to 2010, a charity
working and campaigning to
create inclusive social impact
through music. Bella Tromba
have also received several awards,
including the prestigious Park
Lane Group Award. Born in
Salford, northern England, van
Uden found her passion for
music after going for a bike ride
with her father Barry.
“He had us stop outside a
beautiful hall one day when
I was very young. I heard the
most beautiful sound coming
from the doors, and found my
grandfather, Francis Frederick
Curran, conducting a band of
30-plus members. That was it – I
was hooked and began to play the
cornet.”
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Kanye worth trumpeting about
Van Uden began her musical
education at Chetham’s School
of Music in Manchester. She
took up playing the trumpet
and flugelhorn before moving to
London to study at the Guildhall
School of Music and Drama
and then the Royal Academy of
Music.
While studying at the Royal
Academy, van Uden met her
husband Paul van Uden who was
from Sumner.
“Paul, as he had played the
trombone as a youngster, wanted
to join a brass band in London
to fulfil his hobby while he was
travelling the world,” van Uden
said.
“We fell in love, performed
at concerts together, and set up
our bands, before marrying and
having our two children – Harry
age seven and Lydia age four. We
have been married for eight years
now.”
The family moved to New
Zealand in 2021 where van Uden
was offered a conductor’s role
with the Sumner Silver Band.
“Sumner Silver Band
reminds me very much of my
grandfather’s band. It has the
same community feel. I think
it’s pretty cool that we’ve turned
a full circle – from playing in
Brookstown Brass Band, led
by my grandfather, to now me
leading the same sort of band on
the other side of the world,” said
van Uden.
“I love the Sumner
community; the vibe and the
pace of life are very chilled, with
beautiful scenery and everyone
is so welcoming. The glorious
beach is just a stone’s throw away
from our home too. If we went to
the beach in England, it would
have to be an all-day outing.
“And there is very little traffic
compared to England, especially
in London. New Zealand is
heaven on Earth and we are
loving every minute.”
Van Uden is also the music
director with the Woolston
Junior Band.
“I always try to encourage
young people to be determined,
try hard and take exciting
opportunities.
“I am also very excited and
thankful to be directing the
National Secondary Schools’
ROYAL: Vickie
van Uden,
(second from
left) and Bella
Tromba quartet
members Jo
Harris (left),
Claire Thorn and
Nicole Fry have
performed in
front of Prince
Charles at
Windsor Castle
and toured with
Kanye West
(inset).
FAMILY: Vickie
van Uden’s
huband Paul
and son Harry
both play the
trombone.
Brass Band, which will perform
in Cambridge (New Zealand) in
October.”
Son Harry has taken to
learning the trombone. And van
Uden hopes daughter Lydia will
learn to play the tuba. Paul works
for Datacom as a consulting
director.
“Sumner Silver Band is such
a cool band to be working with
– they have helped me as much
as I have helped them. Behind
the scenes, the members practice
hard, are diligent, and are worth
recognising and I’m happy to see
brass music is still very much
alive.”
Sumner Silver Band has more
than 30 regular musicians and
the doors remain open to anyone
– beginner or advanced – who
wants to join. The band is set
to perform at the inaugural
Canterbury Provincial Brass
Band Contest at Te Aratai
College on September 23.
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“Police investigators recently identified
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members of the Comancheros gang. We
have no tolerance for this offending and
will act without hesitation,” she said.
Police impounded two motorbikes
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traction” offences. Inquiries were
ongoing and charges were being
considered, she said.
“(The) operation is part of the
ongoing disruption of unlawful activity
by organised crime groups through
Operation Cobalt. Police are committed
to holding offenders to account for
criminal activity and to disrupting gang
activities,” said Rodley.
The Comancheros had enveloped the
Rebels gang in Christchurch, bolstering
its ranks with their once-rival members.
A photograph obtained by the
NZ Herald showed former patched
Christchurch Rebels member Jarrad
Singer in Comancheros colours.
The Rebels MC has operated out of a
fortified headquarters in an industrial
cul-de-sac in Woolston in recent times.
After the sudden patching over, its large
“Rebels MC Christchurch” sign, with
the gang’s confederate flag, grinning
skull and 1% symbol, was swiftly taken
down from the heavily secured, highfenced
building.
A large sign was then put up declaring,
“Comanchero Motorcycle Club” and the
gang’s insignia.
The Rebels and Comancheros
have always had close links in New
Zealand, particularly Rebels MC
Christchurch president Luke Mathers
and former Comancheros national acting
commander Seiana Fakaosilea.
The relationship between Fakaosilea
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New Zealand police launched
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a spike in intimidating behaviour and
violence by gangs in the first half of
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‘Balls of fruity deliciousness’
• By Adam Burns
SCIENTISTS BELIEVE fruit
production using lab-grown
plant cells could be a solution to
the challenges facing growers.
The work of the Plant and
Food Research team in Lincoln,
which is exploring fruit production
with not a tree, bush or vine
in sight, has been described as
ground-breaking.
Researchers on the trials hope
to recreate the taste and nutritional
benefits of regular fruit.
The team has been working
with cells from several different
fruits, including blueberries,
apples, cherries, feijoas, peaches,
nectarines and grapes, for the
past 18 months.
Plant and Food Research’s fiveyear
trials are funded through
the Ministry of Business, Innovation
and Employment’s strategic
science investment fund.
Food by Design programme
leader Ben Schon said although
it’s “early days”, he was excited
by what the team had found so
far.
“Cellular horticulture currently
has a smaller profile than
cellular agriculture and aquaculture,”
he said.
“But we believe this is a really
exciting area of science where
we can utilise our expertise in
plant biology and food science to
SCIENCE: Food by Design programme leader Ben Schon and strategy leader Samantha Baldwin look at a collection of
cells in the laboratory. Right – A cluster of blueberry cells. PHOTOS: ADAM BURNS / RNZ / PLANT & FOOD RESEARCH
explore what could become a significant
food production system
in the future.”
The challenge was to create an
end product that was nutritious
and had a taste, texture and appearance
that people were familiar
with. Schon said the team are
yet to hit this key marker.
“In order to grow a piece of
food that is desirable to eat, we
will need more than just a collection
of cells. So we are also
investigating approaches that are
likely to deliver a fresh food eating
experience.
“The aim isn’t to try and completely
replicate a piece of fruit
that’s grown in the traditional
way, but rather create a new food
with equally appealing properties.”
Unlike the burgeoning labgrown
meat sector, its fruit
counterpart is small globally.
High interest and development
in controlled environment and
cellular food production systems
have been reported, with more
than 80 companies worldwide
looking to commercialise labgrown
meat and seafood
Strategy leader Dr Samantha
Baldwin said cellular growing
could solve some major hurdles
food producers are facing,
including climate change and
urban population growth.
“Globally, we are seeing
rapid growth in both the vertical
farming, controlled environment
growing as well as cell-cultured
meat spaces.
“It’s possible that cell-cultured
plant foods could be a solution to
urban population growth, with
requirements for secure and safe
food supply chains close to these
urbanised markets.”
Baldwin said the methods
could be of use to outdoor fruit
growers, including providing a
better understanding of fruit cell
behaviour.
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14
COURT
24-year-old
who had
sex with
teenager
named
A 24-YEAR-OLD who was in
a sexual relationship with a
13-year-old was caught while
trying to leave the country on a
plane to China.
Name suppression for Kwan
Loong Lee was lifted after he
admitted two charges of sexual
connection with a young person
aged 12 to 16.
Lee and the young person
were known to each other and
had been in what was described
in the summary of facts as a
consensual sexual relationship
for about two months. The
victim was 13 and Lee was 24 at
the time of the offending.
They met sometime in 2022
and began communicating,
leading to a total of 7093
messages found by police on the
victim’s phone, from April 28
this year until May 26.
Police said Lee was “clearly
aware” the victim was schoolaged
because the word “school”
was featured in the messaging 55
times.
Lee was remanded on bail for
sentencing on December 12.
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
Man sexually violated
as she slept, jailed for
• By Emily Moorhouse
A MAN who sexually violated
his co-worker at a flat party
continued to maintain the
encounter was consensual,
despite the woman being asleep,
intoxicated, and having already
told him no.
The woman was then subject
to workplace bullying as
rumours of the assault spread.
The man, who cannot be
identified to protect the identity
of the victim, appeared in the
district court on Friday for
sentencing where he was jailed
for two years and four months.
He continued to maintain he
was wrongly accused, stating
the woman consented to the act
and had made a false allegation
out of concern for what her
boyfriend would think.
The 30-year-old took his case
to trial; however, the jury was
unconvinced by his defence and
found him guilty on one charge
of sexual violation by unlawful
sexual connection.
Judge Gerard Lynch has
blasted the man for his views
on consent, stating there was no
The man claimed the sexual assault was consensual despite the victim being asleep,
intoxicated and having already told him no. PHOTO: GETTY
reasonable possibility he could
have believed the woman was
truly consenting.
In July 2020 the woman was
hosting a party at her flat and
invited the man, along with
some other colleagues. The court
heard the woman drank too
much and was assisted to bed.
The partygoers continued
drinking and then went to town,
leaving the man and a flatmate
and his partner at the flat, with
the woman asleep in her bed.
The man was asked multiple
times by the flatmate if he
wanted a taxi organised for him
to get home which he refused.
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into bed with her, while she was
asleep. He asked her if they could
have sex among other sexual This report was produced by Open
acts.
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The woman refused the man’s Interest Journalism initiative
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advances. Eventually, he stopped
persisting and the woman fell witness, who demonstrated
asleep again.
“incredible strength and
She later woke to the man resilience” throughout the trial.
pulling her underwear down The man, who was supported
and sexually violating her. She in court by his wife, attends
pushed him off and wriggled church regularly and was
away, telling him to stop. described as “respectful and
He continued making sexual humble” by his pastor and this
comments about her body and offending was “out of character”.
she turned away from him and The judge refused this
began to cry.
argument and said the man
After the assault, the victim “took advantage” of the woman
was bullied in her workplace, by “essentially helping himself
victim-blamed and portrayed to her” while she was incredibly
as a “slut and a tease”. She was vulnerable.
shamed for being “unfaithful” to The man’s lawyer Jessica Bibby
her partner because of the sexual asked the judge to impose a
assault.
sentence of home detention and
She suffered from posttraumatic
stress disorder and remorse.
give her client discounts for his
anxiety and had to withdraw But Judge Lynch refused and
from her university studies. Her said the only discount available
international sporting career was to the man was for previous
also “severely impacted”. good character, seeing him jailed
Judge Lynch commended for two years and four months.
the woman for her bravery, The man’s wife wept in court
describing her as a “compelling’ as he was taken away.
firearm charges
• By Sam Sherwood
A PROMINENT far-right
activist was allegedly in
possession of a prohibited
firearm despite not holding a
firearms licence.
Kyle Chapman, the former
leader of the far-right National
Front white nationalist group,
was arrested following a search
warrant at a Christchurch
address on September 8.
The 52-year-old has been
charged with the unlawful
possession of firearms and
ammunition.
Court documents seen by the
NZ Herald allege Chapman,
listed as a driver, was unlawfully
in possession of a prohibited
firearm, a Norinco NHM 90
the immediate supervision of
Sporter Rifle.
a person who was the holder of
He also faces charges of
a firearms licence, had in his
unlawfully possessing explosives,
namely 128 rounds of .22
possession a magazine for a
ammunition and three rounds
firearm that is not a prohibited
of .762 ammunition except magazine, namely two .22
for some lawful purpose as magazines.
well as unlawfully possessing He is due to reappear in the
a prohibited part, namely a district court on September 28.
magazine, without reasonable “As this matter is before
excuse.
the court police are unable to
Chapman, who is also charged comment further,” a police
with neither being the holder spokeswoman earlier said.
of a firearms licence nor under Chapman posted on Facebook
ACTIVISM: Kyle Chapman co-founded the Right Wing
Resistance group.
PHOTO: NZ HERALD
that he “got raided and arrested”.
“Thank (sic) a miracle from
God I was not held in custody.
But I am looking at jail in the
future.”
Lawyer Sue Grey told the NZ
Herald: “Kyle rang me for Bill
of Rights advice after he was
arrested on Friday. I understand
he was given bail when his case
was called in the Christchurch
district court, where he was
assisted by a duty solicitor.”
– NZ Herald
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community-led rebuild of the
300m long Governors Bay jetty is
just over two weeks away.
The free public event on
September 30 will celebrate years
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Miller said.
The jetty was badly damaged
by the February 22, 2011
earthquake, and closed.
“Construction of the top
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Rough times loom for
idyllic coastal golf course
• By Nathan Morton
A POPULAR golf course is
under threat from rising sea
levels, with members facing the
prospect of losing their 14th hole.
To save the fairway, the
101-year-old Amberley links
course will need to secure an
“impossible” consent to build a
road over a protected wetland.
The club boasts 220 members
but attracts nearly 4000 patrons
a year, many of whom visit from
Christchurch.
There is only one way to access
its picturesque 18-hole course – a
scenic coastal drive down a dusty
road that runs parallel to the
town’s beach.
In recent years, the road has
been flooded on a consistent
basis as rising sea levels
contribute to high tides and
stormy weather.
It has forced the club and
the Hurunui District Council
to build an alternative road
to access the course, but the
million-dollar question is where
to put it.
An option was tabled at a
Hurunui District Council
meeting in February, with the
local authority keen to see a road
built north of the course.
However, doing so would
cut off the club’s 14th hole and
TRACK: The road to the golf course runs parallel with the sea.
require two other holes to be
modified.
Golf club president Bruce
Yates said the proposed road also
lengthened the journey to reach
the course by 2.5km.
“We felt it was totally
ridiculous,” he said.
An initially proposed road
would have cut off the club’s
14th hole and required two other
holes to be modified.
Yates and the club’s organisers
had an alternative idea to where
the road should be built – south
of the course where the fairway
wouldn’t be touched.
The only problem with this
suggestion, Yates said, comes
in the form of a 30m strip of
wetland smack in the middle of
where their road would run.
Ministry for the Environment
rules introduced in 2020 heavily
PHOTOS: GEORGE HEARD
restricted the works that could
be carried out in and near
wetlands.
In order for the golf club to
have its proposed road built
and save its course, it would
need to secure consent from
Environment Canterbury.
Despite the road being the
more expensive and complicated
option, Hurunui councillors
opted last week to explore the
possibility of gaining consent.
But the club isn’t out of the
woods yet.
Hurunui council chief
executive Hamish Dobbie,
told Yates and the club that he
would organise a pre-application
meeting with the regional
council – but hopes aren’t high.
“The council has had issues
with (Environment Canterbury)
in the past over other issues, they
believe consenting to any works
in a wetland is impossible,” said
Yates.
“But we’re hoping that’s not the
case.”
Yates said the golf club
spoke with an Environment
Canterbury ecologist who
believes a culvert could possibly
be installed to protect the
wetland and secure consent.
The alternative, Yates said, is
seeing their course and business
impacted.
“You can’t have a 16-hole golf
course, we’ve got a beautiful
course and it’s a great place to
come to,” he said.
“Close to 4000 people
come here, being close to
Christchurch, because they’re
virtually guaranteed a free game
– so that’s the scale of risk we
face.”
– NZ Herald
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LETTERS 21
Ratepayer referendum
should be bottom line
Readers respond to
Mayor Phil Mauger’s
plan to push for
ratepayer owned assets
to be sold, or partly
sold, off to private
interests. The issue
will be considered by
city councillors before
Christmas
I am very strongly opposed to
selling assets in order to reduce
rates. The funds realised would
give a temporary breather in
rates increases but it would mean
reduced income in the future
so rates would then need to be
increased more.
Selling even a proportion of
the assets would weaken council
control through the democratic
process.
With the looming threats
posed by climate change the
council will need all the resources
at its disposal to enable it to
pay the costs inevitably involved.
– Norman Wilkins
Selling council assets that have
been built up over many years
is a matter that deserves the
scrutiny of all ratepayers. I think
a referendum would be the best
way to ensure the issues are fully
examined and the ratepayers
properly informed. We need
information on whether these assets
are making good returns on
the capital invested either now or
in the future. Once they’re sold
the council has lost the ability
to influence vital activities that
affect everyone.
This is not a debate about
‘right’ or ‘left’ politics. It’s about
prudent financial management
both now and in the future.
Long-term, their value may far
exceed our expectations.
– Ormond Wilson
It’s bad enough the city council
has handed over a huge number
of revenue-gathering car parks to
Wilson. As ratepayers, we can’t
afford for any more assets to be
sold off.
We definitely need to manage
and maintain assets such as the
Lyttleton Port, and the airport.
They belong to Christchurch
city and ratepayers. Why would
the city council be considering
selling off our airport on one
hand, and pouring money into
Tarras airport on the other? It
beggars belief.
– Margaret Ingram
I came to New Zealand after 18
years in China. China achieved
the biggest jump in living
standards in history, largely due
to letting selfish motivation run
free. It’s currently experiencing a
significant downturn because of
curves on that selfishness. Nothing
in my experience which is in
public ownership ever runs efficiently.
I totally support the sale
of Lyttelton port and all other
major council assets.
– Michael Pendleton
Absolute no to asset sales,
short term gain based on short
term political cycles. Financial
challenges have to be managed
in ways that retain our control
over environmental issues and
infrastructures.
– Felicite Jardine
Under no circumstances
should we sell the silverware.
We need to decide what to do
that is within our budget.
We have to pull back on some
things that are nice to have. We
are lucky to have an airport and
UP IN THE AIR: Ratepayer-owned Lyttelton Port and Christchurch Airport could be sold.
wharf. It is easy to say ‘to keep or
sell?’ We need to think about our
children’s futures.
Didn’t we have a mayor who
promises lots of things? He
needs to be strong and keep his
promises.
Do not sell the silverware.
– Peter Fitzgerald
The port of Lyttelton is another
drain on the council’s resources
and should be sold to private
interests. It is all very well to
say that this and other council
‘assets’ have paid dividends of
around $2 billion over 30 years,
but that averages out at around
$66 million a year, whereas in
2022 the council’s total revenue
was quoted as $938 million, so
to keep these enterprises on the
books will make little differences
to what ratepayers have to fork
out each year.
– Terry McLaughlin
In my option now is not the
time to think about selling off
assets. If they bring in $2 billion
and possibly more, surely the
best thing to do is to try and
maximise the profit from the
assets and increase the amount.
Once you have sold the family
silver it can never be replaced,
and the assets owned by the
ratepayer not the council will
continue to provide well into the
future for the city.
– Chris Irons
Irrespective of political views,
I do not support the council selling
all or part of its assets. First
review inefficiencies, outputs and
reasons for excess expenditure.
Selling assets is only a short term
fix and even then disputable.
– Philip Robinson
Thank you for providing
somewhere for ratepayers to have
a say on the sales of our assets.
This is short term thinking. I
am strongly opposed to any, or
part sales of the port company or
the airport.
I am also strongly opposed to
the proposed airport at Tarras.
– Jen Cotter
I am strongly opposed to the
council selling any of the city’s
assets.
– Brian Smith
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LETTERS
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Keep to pre-election promise
• From page 21
I disagree entirely with elected
people changing their pre-electon
promises once elected.
City council assets are owned
by all ratepayers and should be
retained by all ratepayers. If they
want to sell them it should be
a referendum, allowing every
ratepayer to voice their opinion.
Returns from these assets
benefit all ratepayers in terms
of rates rebates and any other
services that add vibrancy to our
community.
The only benefits to selling are
a one-off sugar hit for council. It
will not give ratepayers long term
benefits.
The only other beneficiaries
with long term gain are those
individuals/companies/
internationals who stand to
benefit from returns on their
investment. Those investors
(often international corporates,
e.g. superannuation funds) do
not care for our community, our
ratepayers, our city.
The mayor and his right wing
councillors have no mandate to
sell off the city’s silverware.
– Chris McGill
I agree with the Maritime
Union in not selling the port
company.
– Jeremy Light
We should not even consider
selling our silverware.
Our councillors were elected
to run our city, not to sell it off to
the highest bidder.
Without our port and airport,
what prices would we, not only
Christchurch but all Canterbury
and South Island, have to bear?
– Daphne Crampton
I think the first asset to be sold
is the land the city council have
shares in for the proposed Tarras
airport. This airport plan is
ecologically unsound, disruptive
to a beautiful part of Central
Otago and is going to end up
costing us the ratepayers a huge
amount of money to get it off the
ground.
There is already a perfectly
good airport in Invercargill that
could be developed further to
suit the extra business that has
been proposed for the Tarras
airport. The other assets are
already creating an income, and
this should remain.
– Vivien Jones
If these assets are sold off, there
will be no rates reduction and if
there is it will temporary.
Once these assets are sold there
will be no dividend returns,
which will lead to even higher
rates. This mayor got in on
broken promises, so why would
we trust him now. While the
council may see this as a short
term fix, you can be assured that
if these assets are sold it will be
a long term pain for rate payers,
long after this current mayor and
the council are gone.
– C.I Macdonald
Don’t sell the assets.
Why would the decent people
of Christchurch be selfish and
choose a short-term infusion of
cash from these valuable working
assets when returns from them
over time will continue to benefit
future residents?
Why would the far-sighted
council, on our behalf, choose to
relinquish control of these key
infrastructure companies and
jeopardise the city’s ability to
shape our destiny – especially
given the impacts of climate
change and sea level rise?
Why would our
straightforward ‘what you see is
what you get’ Mayor Phil Mauger
renege on his promise not to sell
assets, thereby damaging his
reputation?
I thank those councillors who
have stood firm against pressures
to sell the silverware.
– Belinda Meares
It didn’t take long, but some of
us knew this was coming, these
ideologues inflicting despair and
SELL: Last week Mayor Phil Mauger said the city council
will have to sell off assets to off set future rates increases.
destruction upon civil society.
Politicians who treat everything
with contempt including themselves.
These barbarians are not at the
gate anymore but have overrun
the city. They have come like days
of old to pillage the wealth of the
population and make slaves of
those who remain.
Who will defend the people,
what sort of society will our
grandchildren inherit? Maybe
this is some form of divine justice
handed out to a lazy, decadent,
indifferent and self
indulgent population who would
rather build a $680 million
stadium and drive around in utes
all day than pay their debts. They
say there is nothing new under
the sun and that history tells us
civilizations rise and fall over a
long period of time; could it be
that we have been living in a time
of enlightenment for too long
now and it is time for a
new ‘Dark Age’ to descend? I
hope Christchurch citizens will
wake up, stand up and run these
bandits out of town.
– Neville Palenski
I don’t believe it is a good idea
to sell off all or part of our assets
including the airport, Lyttelton
port, etc.
– Regan Courtney
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– call from readers
I would sell a percentage of the
council owned assets, but keep a
majority.
But I would also look at why
these companies have such a poor
return.
– Peter Bartley
Definitely not, soon there will
be nothing left. They could of
saved money by not spending
billions of dollars on the
cathedral. Would of been cheaper
to rebuild something that goes
with the new Christchurch. If I
new he would consider selling
off I’d never have voted for him.
I honestly thought he’d be a
good mayor but he’s turning out
like most other politicians and
council people. Disappointing.
– Elizabeth Crowe
I am very opposed to this idea.
Who would purchase these
assets? Are we going to allow
our essential ports to go into the
hands of another country? We,
as ratepayers, have paid for these
ports over our lifetimes and they
essentially belong to us.
I am very wary of our mayor
changing his mind about
selling assets. Can we trust his
judgement anymore?
This should be taken to a
referendum. The city council is
playing down the income of the
ports, but we all know the last few
years have been hard for business.
Using the threat of rising
rates scares many ratepayers
understandably, but a plea is to
look ahead to the consequences
of these sales. We know our rates
will rise anyway.
– Gillian Porter
We’re absolutely against selling
any of our city council assets.
It makes no sense to sell
companies that are providing
good returns, whose number one
priority is serving the people of
Canterbury.
– Graeme Boddy and Linda
Morris
I am strongly opposed to
selling off assets. There is a lot of
money received annually with
possibly more available and what
happens once they are sold. It
is also what the mayor said he
wouldn’t do when canvassing just
last year.
Maybe a survey should be
done on just how many people
are actually using cycleways and
cease this expensive exercise.
Would the right wing
councillors sell off their business
assets? Highly unlikely.
– Doreen Collins
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Who do we trust
in a pandemic?
I trust someone who
is open to discussing all
viewpoints with facts and
data, not a government
who claims to be the
only source of truth and
disregards other experts
and medical professionals
who have a different
opinion.
At the beginning of
Covid, there was no data
on the long term effects of
the mRNA jabs, so how our
public health officials could
have been so confident that
it was safe and effective is a
mystery to me.
We now know it doesn’t
stop transmission,
hospitalization and it also
has some nasty side effects.
If (the Canterbury
University) survey was
done today I think we
would find a very different
result with trust in both
government and health
officials low indeed.
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Mum’s ‘little mascot’
• By Jaime Cunningham
TODDLER ARTHUR Grant
was all smiles as he cheered on
his mum during Christchurch
Red’s successful Netball NZ open
champs campaign.
Kate Grant, 33, was an integral
member of the team which
secured the Annie Brown Cup
as runner-up, Lady Jane Blundell
Silver Salver (highest number of
goals scored) and Violet Gilmour
Trophy (lowest goals scored
against) at the five-day tournament
in Dunedin last week.
Both of her children – including
three-year-old daughter Madeleine
– and her husband Nick were at
the tournament to show
their support.
Grant said she felt
lucky to be able to
play at a high level
as a young mum,
even though the
team lost to Auckland
36-30 in the
final on Saturday.
“I couldn’t do it
without the management
and players
creating such a supportive
environment, as well as my
husband for encouraging me
to continue
to do what I love,” she said.
Head coach Rachel Stead said
11-month-old Arthur had became
the team’s “little mascot”.
Stead said he went “pretty much
everywhere” with the team, including
“on the beach and on our
walks”.
She said Grant expressed an interest
in returning to play at open
level after having Arthur – and
everything was done to ensure she
could play.
“I said go for it,” Stead said.
“Then it was about what we had
to do to make sure she could be
there. She’s like a superwoman.”
Stead said Arthur and Madeleine
weren’t the only young
children on the sideline,
which demonstrated
the rising number of
woman returning to
top-grade sport after
having children.
“It was very inclusive,
there were
a lot of mum’s
at the tournament,”
Stead
said.
“There’s a lot more pro sportswomen
who return to sport as a
mum now.”
The team has a mixture of youth
and experience with Grant and
35-year-old former Tactix player
Louise Thayer in te side.
But Stead said
the team’s connections
on and off the
court were a large
part of why they
have been so successful.
“We didn’t have a
Rachel
Stead
starting seven – no
matter who we put
on the court, we
knew they would perform,” she
said.
“There was no one player who
really stood out, and I think that’s
the character of our team.”
Christchurch scored a record
338 goals, and conceded just 207
in their seven games a the tournament.
Christchurch Black, the only
B team in the competition, finished
14th.
•For all the
tournament’s
scores, go to:
www.netballnz.
co.nz/netball-nz/
competitionsevents/domesticevents/openchamps/overview
PHOTOS:
MICHAEL
BRADLEY
PHOTOGRAPHY
FAMILY: Kate Grant (left) with her son Arthur and (above)
lining up a goal shot for Christchurch Red.
Below – Goal keeper Louise Thayer gets airborne during
Christchurch Red’s final loss to Auckland on Saturday.
PHOTO:
MICHAEL
BRADLEY
PHOTOGRAPHY
Strong Canterbury presence
in Black Ferns XV squad
• By Jaime Cunningham
EIGHT CANTERBURY
players have made the Black
Ferns XV squad after standout
performances in the Farah
Palmer Cup.
Maddi Robinson, 22, Atlanta
Lolohea, 20, Emma Dermody,
22, and Holly Watt-Groeneweg
(right), 20, will be players to look
out for after their impressive
season for Canterbury which
ended on Saturday with a 39-27
loss to Auckland in the final.
Midfielder Grace Brooker will
be a leader within the backs as
she looks to climb back into the
Black Ferns squad.
Matatū teammates Marcelle
Banks and Di Hiini have also
been selected alongside lock
Laura Bayfield. The Black Ferns
XV will be coached by Matatū
head of rugby Whitney Hansen.
She said the young squad is a
sign of a bright future for the
Black Ferns.
“One of the highlights of this
year’s Farah Palmer Cup was
the number of young players
that really impressed for their
provinces. So many players put
their hand up for selection that
made it a tough job for us as
coaches,” she said.
The Black Ferns XV
play Manusina (Samoa) at
Navigation Holmes Stadium
in Pukekohe on September 23,
before the WXV1 series starts on
October 20.
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United seek first
double since 91
• By Jaime Cunningham
WHEN CHRISTCHURCH
United meet rivals Cashmere
Technical in the English Cup
final on Saturday, the goal will be
to repeat the feat they achieved
32 years ago.
United won their first
Chatham Cup since 1991 when
they beat Hamilton’s Melville at
the weekend. United also haven’t
won the English Cup since 91.
The royal-blues won 4-2 on
penalty shootouts following Melville
goalkeeper Max Tommy’s
98th minute equaliser to send
the game to extra time.
Head coach Paul Ifill said to
expect a different game plan
from United in
Saturday’s final
at English Park.
“We’re going
to change what
we’re doing
because we have
a few players
Paul Ifill
away, who assumed
there was
a break before
the National League,” he said.
“It’s been difficult balancing
the competitions, but we’re lucky
we’ve got good support and plenty
of youth coming through.”
Eleven teenagers from the
club’s academy have played
throughout this year, with
several expected to feature on
SPEED: Sam Philip charges down the sideline in
Christchurch United’s win against Melville in the Chatham
Cup final on Sunday. PHOTOS: JIM WATTS PHOTOGRAPHY
Saturday. However, claiming the
English Cup will be no easy feat
for United who lost to Technical
2-1 two weeks ago in the final
round of the Southern League.
Technical have been the
perennial English Cup
contenders in recent years and
claimed their sixth win in a
row last year, while United have
won the Cup six times in their
history.
Ifill said a focus this week will
be ensuring the team maintains
momentum across 90 minutes
after they coughed up a 2-0 lead
against Melville.
“We missed a few really good
chances in the first half,” he said.
“At 2-1, we were just trying to
hold on but as soon as the keeper
came up, I was like ‘oh no.’”
“It was a chaotic end to full
time, and I thought we probably
should have won in extra time,
but the way we won was perfect.”
Winning the national club
knockout competition for the
first time is arguably Ifill’s
biggest coaching achievement in
his career.
But the former Wellington
Phoenix forward credits the
milestone to his first team
assistant coach Ekow Quanioo
and other assistant Daniel
Godden. It was the first year the
three had worked together.
Although Ifill said the team
won’t feel as much pressure for
this weekend’s final, United are
still focused on claiming a third
title this year.
“I think the boys will be
relaxed after winning the big
one,” he said.
“Winning the league and the
Chatham Cup was always a goal
from the start of the season, but
don’t get me wrong, it would be
the icing on the cake to do the
treble.”
MAKING HISTORY: Christchurch United celebrate after claiming the Chatham Cup for the first time since 1991. Goalkeeper
Scott Morris made a crucial save for United in the penalty shootout against Melville.
In Brief
Bulls eye first win in
league premiership
The Canterbury Bulls will
look to record their first win
of the National Rugby League
Premiership against the Otago
Whalers on Sunday. After
going down to the Counties
Manukau Stingrays two weeks
ago, the Bulls suffered another
heavy loss to the Auckland
Vulcans 56-8 on Sunday. The
women’s side return with a
clash against the Wellington
Orcas on Sunday following
a bye. Both games will be
broadcast on Sky Sport 4 from
noon.
Tactix names
10th player
Erikana Pederson has been
named as the Mainland Tactix
10th player for next year’s
ANZ Premiership season. The
midcourter will return to the
Tactix after retiring last year.
Pederson played for the Tactix
from 2015-2020, and was part
of the Central Pulse side which
won the competition in 2021.
Marianne Delaney-Hoshek
will return as head coach for
a seventh season. The Tactix
squad: Jess Allan, Karin
Burger, Aliyah Dunn, Paris
Lokotui, Kate Lloyd, Erikana
Pederson, Kimiora Poi, Te Paea
Selby-Rickitt, Greer Sinclair,
Jane Watson.
Cantabrians end
season on a high
The Cantabrians capped off
their Tane Norton Trophy
rugby campaign with a
convincing 83-26 win over
Waitaha on Saturday. Waitaha
were limited to seven points
in the second half, while the
Cantabrians piled on 57 points.
The dominant win finished the
competition for the year. North
Canterbury beat Ellesmere 26-
13 on September 2 to claim the
trophy for the first time.
Black Caps’
Canterbury players
World Cup bound
Canterbury cricketers Tom
Latham, Matt Henry, Ish
Sodhi and Daryl
Mitchell have
been named in
the Black Caps
squad for the
Cricket World
Cup. Current
captain Latham
(left) has been
announced
as vice-captain for the
tournament to make way for
Kane Williamson’s return. The
team will travel to Bangladesh
next week for three games
ahead of the World Cup. The
Black Caps take on England in
the opening game of the World
Cup on October 5.

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Dad tragically killed before
son named in NZ Schools
INFLUENCE: Dave Kempton, seen here congratulating
Shaun when he was awarded his Selwyn Schools’ honours
tie for 25 games last year, was a “big mentor” for his son.
Right – Shaun Kempton playing for Selwyn Schools.
Below – Manumaua Letiu is one of three Christchurch
Boys’ High players named in the NZ Schools squad.
PHOTO: LIZ
GILTRAP
• By Jaime Cunningham
WHEN SHAUN Kempton pulls
on the black jersey for the first
time, he knows his father would
have been proud.
The Rolleston College student
is one of four Canterbury players
selected in the New Zealand
Schools squad to play the
Barbarians on September 23 and
two matches against Australia the
following week.
Christchurch Boys’ High players
Jake Frost, Manumaua Letiu
and Marshall Blakely have also
been named in the 26-strong
squad.
It has been an overwhelming
year for Kempton, the Selwyn
Schools captain, who achieved his
goal of making the squad after his
father Dave was tragically killed
in April.
Dave died outside a Blenheim
BP station in what is being investigated
as a work place incident.
Kempton, 17, said his dad was the
reason he started playing rugby
in Invercargill when he was 3.
“I know he would be proud.
“Dad was always a big rugby
fella. He was the kind of guy who
was down at the clubrooms from
nine o’clock.
“(Dad) was never really a coach,
more of a bloke that stood on the
sidelines,” Kempton said.
“But he was a big mentor for
me, and has definitely helped me
get to where I am now.”
Kempton’s mum Nichola and
sister Olivia are also heavily
involved in the sport. Nichola
was the Selwyn Schools manager
this year, while Olivia managed
the Lincoln-Rolleston combined
team.
Said Kempton: “(Rugby’s)
always been a part of the family.
I think mum cried after I got the
call.”
The hooker is the first Rolleston
College student to be selected in
the NZ Schools side. He is also
believed to be the second Selwyn
Schools player to make the team
after Crusaders back Wil Gualter
was selected in 2019.
With a Crusaders Academy
spot already secured for next
year, Kempton is hoping to progress
through the ranks.
“Next season a focus will be on
making Canterbury under-19s
and Crusaders under-20s,” he
said.
“In three to five years, I’d
love to make my NPC debut at
whatever province takes me, then
Super Rugby and every Kiwi’s big
dream of one day playing for the
All Blacks.”
Kempton is hoping to play for
a Christchurch premier club side
next season. He made his debut
in Ellesmere’s division 1 competition
for Lincoln-Rolleston against
Springston in July.
“I’ll be mainly focused on the
academy and just work on the
side,” he said.
“So if playing prems in (the
PHOTO:
GRAEME
TILTMAN
city) is an option, then that’s what
I’ll do.”
Although Kempton is not sure
what club he will play for, it is
likely he will be in demand following
his standout season with
Selwyn. There were no camps
or trials for the NZ Schools side,
and Kempton was selected on his
Miles Toyota Premiership form.
He aims to continue improving
over the three weeks with NZ
Schools.
“I’m just hoping to get more
knowledge of the game,” he said.
“There’s always things to work
on in my game, so it’s just about
putting my best foot forward.”
St Andrew’s College players
Radford Powell and Lucas Te
Rangi have also been selected
in the New Zealand under-18
Barbarians and Māori Ngā
Whatukura teams respectively.
•The full draw and
squad list for all three
teams can be found at
www.allblacks.com/news/
international-competitionreturns-for-new-zealandschools
Light Bears book place in
first under-85kg final
• By Jaime Cunningham
EARLY MOMENTUM, patients
on attack and a high-energy style
of play saw the High Schools Old
Boys’ Light Bears book a place
in the under-85kg National Club
Cup final.
And all that stands in their
way of their first title are the
Takapuna Bombers. The two
sides will meet at North Harbour
Stadium on Saturday in a curtainraiser
to the North Harbour
v Northland NPC clash.
HSOB beat Grammar TEC
Old Boys 20-5 in the semi-final
in Auckland over the weekend.
The Light Bears will want to mirror
the explosive start they made
against Grammar TEC.
Fullback George Coull
recorded the first points of the
game by scoring 90 seconds after
the opening whistle. Halfback
Taine Cordell added the extras
by slotting a conversion, extending
HSOB’s lead to 7-0.
The Light Bears made the most
of a Grammar TEC penalty, with
Cordell converting a penalty kick
in the eighth minute.
HSOB continued to dominate
possession for the remainder of
the first half and went out to a
13-0 lead with another successful
penalty attempt by Cordell.
Although HSOB couldn’t manage
any more points for the last
20 minutes of the first half, their
consistent defence prevented
Grammar TEC from reaching
their 22.
However, it was a better second
half from Grammar TEC with
the team coming close to scoring
a couple times before second-five
Ben Megson dotted down in the
52nd minute.
HSOB wing Ben Scott scored
the Light Bears’ first points of
the second half. Experienced
first-five Jarred Percival was able
to convert the try with a minute
remaining.
Takapuna recorded a
nailbiting 33-30 win over Old
Boys’ University (Wellington)
in the semi-final. Takapuna
made the quarter-finals of
the competition last year, but
were knocked out by finalists
Auckland University.
•The final kicks off at
2.05pm. Tickets cost $20 at
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co.nz/events.
TARGET: High School Old
Boys’ hooker Jose de Sousa
prepares for a lineout
throw in their 20-5 win over
Grammar TEC Old Boys.

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What to plant in September
Vegetables
Many types of vegetables can
be sown this month, weather
permitting.
Once early-sown peas are well
up, fortnightly sowings of small
quantities of peas can begin, to
give crops over a longer period.
Peas like good, firm soil, not
too heavily manured, with lime
added.
Onions can be sown now.
Rich ground is required for good
growth so dig rotted manure into
the soil with some all-purpose
fertiliser, such as Nitrophoska
Blue. Sow spring onion seed no
more than 0.5cm deep and firm
the soil over them.
White and golden turnips
and spinach, as well as lettuce,
radish and other salad plants can
be sown as soon as the soil is in
suitable condition. If mud clings
to your boots and garden tools,
it is too wet, so wait for sun and
wind to dry the soil. At this time
of year, seeds can be sown quite
shallowly to a depth of about
twice to three times their size as
it is unlikely they will dry out
before getting established.
Brussels sprouts need a long
growing season and should be
the first winter vegetable sown.
Sow thinly in a warm spot and
thin if necessary when the
seedlings have developed two or
GROWTH: Onions can be planted now in rich ground.
three true leaves.
Leeks, which also need a long
growing season, can be sown this
month for planting out later.
It is too early to sow celery
outdoors, but seed can be put
into trays of seed-raising mix in
an unheated glasshouse.
Pumpkin, marrow, cucumber
and tomato seeds can be sown
in seed trays or pots in a heated
glasshouse or warm spot indoors
for planting out in late October to
early November, when all danger
of frost has passed.
Fruit
Aphids are small sucking
insects responsible for damaging
leaves and spreading disease.
Aphids can be killed with
ready-to-use commercial mixes
available in trigger-spray bottles.
When fruit trees are just
showing tiny green leaf tips,
a copper oxychloride spray is
advised. Copper oxychloride
controls a wide range of fungal
and bacterial diseases on fruit,
vegetables and roses, including
black spot, fire blight, leaf curl,
downy mildew and rust.
As with any spray, thorough
coverage of all foliage, buds
and stems is necessary for good
disease control. Spray when
PHOTO: ODT
foliage is dry and the weather
calm.
Flowers
Hardy annuals for the flower
garden can be sown now and
again next month. Sow them
where they will flower, then thin
as they grow. Poppies, candytuft,
larkspur, Godetia, cornflower,
mignonette, Clarkia, sweet sultan
and scabious are old favourites
that grow happily in average
soils.
Half-hardy annuals, such
as zinnia, asters and bedding
dahlias — actually a perennial
— sown under glass for planting
out in November should have
germinated now. However, there
is still time to sow seed.
Cowslips (Primula veris),
polyanthus and primula are
easily raised from seed sown now
and will flower next spring. The
word cowslip comes from an
old word for cowpat, as cowslips
would grow alongside cow
manure in English meadows.
That indicates how fond
members of the Primula family
are of manure and an old practice
was to empty the chamber pot
over polyanthus plants. History
does not record whether the
flowers were taken indoors; one
can only assume not.
Sow Primula seed thinly in
seed-raising mix. Cover with
a sheet of glass, then a sheet of
cardboard. Keep the soil moist
and seedlings will appear in
three or four weeks. When they
are large enough to handle, lift
the seedlings out and plant where
they can enjoy summer shade in
the middle of the day. Transplant
to their flowering position in late
autumn.
New growths of fuchsia,
fibrous-rooted begonia, abutilon
and other plants can be cut off at
this time of the year and put into
pots of moist, sandy soil to strike
new plants.
– ODT
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GARDENING 29
The height of
Thursday September 14 2023 The Star
WEST COAST GETAWAY
rose growing
A STANDARD rose is a rootstock grown
to a selected height, then a desired rose
type is budded on to the top. They come
in various heights but the most common
are at 800mm, which tend to be hybrid
tea and floribunda selections, or as a
450mm suitable for patio or mini roses.
These roses are generally planted to
create some feature in a garden or add a
bit of height.
They look great planted down the edge
of a pathway and are also suitable for
planting in containers.
Standard roses need to be staked and
kept well pruned to avoid being broken
by the wind.
When planting a standard rose it is a
good idea to place a stake in at the time of
planting, tying the stem at the top below
the bud union.
Pruning a standard rose is very similar
to pruning a bush rose but you are
dealing with rose growth higher up. This
means it’s important to prune a little
harder than you would a bush rose.
Start with the three Ds – dead, diseased
and damaged. Then remove any of the
small and unproductive growth.
Reduce the main canes by one third,
ROSES: Plant these to create a
feature in your garden.
PHOTO: GETTY
cut to an outward facing bud and open
the centre as well.
Remove any foliage that remains to
minimise disease risk. Also remove all
the rose leaves from the ground and
dispose of them in the bin instead of your
garden compost.
– ODT
Purposeful planting
WHEN PLANNING what to include
in your garden, consider the fact that
many plants have more than one use or
moment of appeal.
You may plant a flowering cherry
because you love the spring blossom, but
there’s the additional bonus of summer
shade, autumn foliage and the silhouette
of branches in winter.
In a garden border, hedge or shelter
belt, reflect upon other things the
planting could provide besides the
aesthetic beauty, buffer or privacy you
require.
Foliage colour, texture and fragrance
is extremely varied among plants, and
new spring growth or deciduous autumn
colour can provide further visual delight.
Flowers can be pretty, scented, provide
food for insects and birds, and then go
on to develop into fruit for harvesting.
There may be other plant parts useful for
culinary or herbal purposes.
Bark is often textured and coloured.
The planting can provide a haven for
wildlife and a natural framework for
climbing plants.
Rosmarinus officinalis "Renzels" (also
known as Irene) is an excellent prostrate
rosemary for a hot, dry bank. It smothers
weeds and stops the soil from eroding.
The gorgeous violet-blue flowers are
loved by bees, the delicious scent of the
foliage wafts around the garden and you
can harvest it for culinary or other herbal
uses. The long flowering season starts in
late winter, going right into summer.
– ODT
Enjoy scenic views
from the treetops
Just 15 minutes’ drive south from
Hokitika, visitors have the opportunity to
enjoy the stunning West Coast scenery
from a different perspective – the treetops.
This unique West Coast Tree Top Walk
& Café attraction features a 1.2km-long
walkway situated 20 metres above the
ground, giving panoramic views of the
surrounding native bush. It is reached
via a 300-metre walk up a hill, with
complimentary golf-cart transport up the
hill available if required.
Eleven stop points along the walkway
have plaques with information on what
can be seen from that point. In addition,
visitors can climb a 47-metre-high tower,
which offers 360-degree views of the
Southern Alps, the Tasman Sea and Lake
Mahinapua.
After completing the excursion, visitors
can enjoy refreshments at the delightful
on-site café, which offers a wide selection of
delicious food, and also has a liquor licence.
West Coast Tree Top Walk & Café is
open every day except Christmas Day.
Entrance fees are $36 for adults, $32 for
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30 The Star Thursday September 14 2023
WEST COAST GETAWAY
Finding solitude and solace
among relics of pre-history
Summer offers a welcome opportunity to break
free and achieve the satisfaction that comes from
taking time out with family and friends.
Research reveals that multiple short breaks are
infinitely beneficial for bringing balance to body and
soul. Relax, restore and rejuvenate should be top of
mind right now.
An ideal location for short breaks sits on
Canterbury’s back door step, within easy striking
distance of Christchurch and the wider region.
Glacier Country is just five hours’ drive away, give
or take time for mandatory coffee stops along the
way.
But for those seeking a more rapid transition to an
entirely different world take a flight to Hokitika. This
serves as a great entrée to what’s ahead - 45 minutes
from east to west with a bird’s eye view of the
Arthur’s Pass National Park before grabbing a rental
for the stunning coastal drive south.
A major attraction within the untamed natural
wilderness that is the West Coast, Glacier Country
offers a myriad of experiences to suit all budgets,
with something for everyone - as active or passive as
one wants.
In the space of a few hours you can be marvelling
at the sheer beauty and elegance of the kotuku, or
white heron, in their only breeding ground in New
Zealand, spotting kiwi in the wild at Okarito or
admiring the lush rainforest that surrounds Lake
Mapourika.
A day on the ice of a glacier should certainly be
followed by a long, relaxing soak in the hot pools.
Decadent it may seem but there’s nothing better for
easing stresses and strains - and providing a solid
night’s sleep.
There’s a diverse range of activities, attractions
and accommodation in and around the glaciers
- flightseeing over the tallest mountains in the
country, hikes on the ice, eco-experiences, jetboating
and skydiving amid some of the world’s most
spectacular scenery among them.
Kayaking on, or short walks beside Lake Matheson
provide opportunities to capture mirror-image
views, with Aoraki/Mount Cook as the towering
backdrop.
Then there’s the coastline itself. Wild, rugged and
at times serving up thunderous seas as giant swells
swoop in from Australia, 3000 kilometres further
west.
Gillespie’s Beach, near Lake Matheson, is the
location of a small settlement which briefly existed in
the early 20th century, the historic cemetery an everlasting
reminder of some who came and never left.
Jackson’s Bay is another gem in that locality and
there should be no going past Haast township,
the global capital for whitebait capture, and
consumption.
The West Coast is the Hot Coast in summer and
right now there are really Cool Deals available. The
Coasters are always welcoming - they are among
the most hospitable folk on the planet - and with
a history of tragic events of their own they have
empathy for those from the other coast.
Plan a summer escape to Fox and Franz Josef
glaciers now. The adventures you have there will
provide memories that last a lifetime.
Star gazing glow wormS walking trackS bike track
lake brunner Scenic trail boat tourS lake activitieS
kayaking paddleboarding Swimming picnicS
extinct glacier gold hiStory maori hiStory
greenStone trail bird life wild life te kinga
reStaurantS Service centre campground
accommodation optionS brown trout fiShing bain bay
genuine hiStoric nz hotel Serving local kai
diStance from chriStchurch international airport
tranzalpine train tourS arnold river fairy dell
don’t mention freedom camping
Lake Brunner, steeped in a rich history
of our Iwi ancestors, a lake carved out
of an old glacier forming an abundant
home of kai on an ancient pounamu
trail with remnants of battles over our
precious pounamu and gold from a time
gone by. An untamed wilderness waiting
to be explored offering a surrounding of
pristine native bush with trails around the
lake edge and the Arnold River to fairy
dells and glow worms!
Moana Kotuku given to it by mana
Whenua, and shortened to Moana. The
shores of Lake Brunner, one of seven
lakes in the area and the largest and
warmest lake making it a popular summer
destination for locals and visitors.
On the scenic route, just 2.5 hours from
Christchurch offers the nature
lover a playground of native
bush walks with swing bridges,
climb Mt Te Kinga for the best
views of the lake!
Hiring a bike from Hotel
Lake Brunner to complete
the newly developed bike
trail taking you around the
scenic Western shores of the lake
with boardwalks and beach picnic
spots taking you through to Bain Bay,
Mitchells.
Grab a kayak or paddle board and
explore the edges of the lake. If wanting
to get a real insight into the size of
the lake and the hidden sandy bays to
explore book a scenic lake tour and if
keen on a fish, then book a fishing safari.
Lake Brunner is one of the South Island’s
best brown trout fishing locations.
Ending your adventurous day out
with a soak in our wood fired lake view
hot tubs, with the clear starry night sky,
mountain views and privacy this is the best
way to destress and relax.
Lake Brunner village offers a range of
accommodation with hotel,
motels and a camp ground
with lake views and close to
all amenities. With lake view
restaurants and bars in the
village it creates a fun, relaxed
atmosphere where visitors can
have a day full of fun outdoor
activity or relax and rejuvenate.

WEST COAST GETAWAY
They’re pioneers by
nature on the West Coast!
Spring is the perfect time for exploring
one of New Zealand’s most famous
cultural and heritage attractions.
Surrounded by lush native rainforest
just south of Greymouth. The historically
accurate Shantytown Heritage Park reflects
upon the incredible sawmilling and gold
mining endeavours of the 19th century.
One major highlight of any visit is
their Infants Creek Railway. Visitors can
board a heritage steam or diesel train and
See white heron up close
Whataroa is the departure point for
White Heron Sanctuary Tours.
The tour consists of an informative
minibus ride through private farmland
into the Waitangiroto Nature Reserve.
In the reserve a short walk takes visitors
through ancient Kahikatea rainforest to
the purpose-built viewing hide to observe
the magnificent White Heron (kotuku) in
their natural nesting environment – a truly
unique experience.
journey through native forest once milled
for timber and dug over for gold. You will
then be dropped back at the Ajax Gold
Claim and sluice area, where you can
attempt to pan your own riches. Perhaps
even striking it lucky once you get the
technique sussed!
Shantytown Heritage Park is the perfect
activity for all ages and all weather
conditions. A must-see inclusion on any
authentic West Coast holiday itinerary.
VISIT NEW ZEALAND’S ONLY
WHITE HERON NESTING COLONY
They are there during spring and
summer, when they use the area for
breeding.
Entry is by permit only.
VISIT NEW
ZEALAND’S
ONLY WHITE
HERON
NESTING
SITE
WHITE HERON
Sanctuary Tours
WHATAROA
Mitre 10 Mega Greymouth
Motorcycle Street Race
One of very few events like it, the Mitre
10 Mega Greymouth Motorcycle Street
Race has been part of the West Coast
events calendar for now 34 years!
This is motorcycle street racing at its
very best where the spectator gets to be
up close and feel the exhilaration as these
motorcycles roar through the streets of
Greymouth Mawhera.
This event features ten racing classes
with some of NZ’s best riders, with up to
100 riders testing their motorcycles and
skills. Spectators can access the pits to talk
to riders and view up close the wide range
of motorcycles.
This iconic West Coast event is held
Labour Weekend which is the perfect
time for you to plan your getaway to this
untamed, natural, wilderness, the West
Coast Tai Poutini.
Run by a volunteer dedicated local
committee this not-for-profit event gives
Thursday September 14 2023 The Star 31
back to the community and volunteer
groups.
This family friendly event has timed
sprints on Saturday morning, followed
by a market day in the town square and a
get together for motorcycle enthusiasts at
Monteiths Brewery in the evening, and the
main racing event is held on Sunday, wet
or fine!
Seasonal, Sept to to Feb. White Herons,
Royal Seasonal, Spoonbill Sept & to an Feb. abundance
White Herons, of of other Royal birdlife. Spoonbill A unique & experience. other birdlife.
A unique experience.
Freephone: 0800 523 456
info@whiteherontours.co.nz
info@whiteherontours.co.nz
Accommodation Available
www.whiteherontours.co.nz

32 The Star Thursday September 14 2023
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Creating an attractive outdoor environment
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pergolas, garaging, fencing, paths, entrance
and driveway, in addition to the exterior
decoration of the house itself. However, be
careful not to over-capitalise on elaborate
landscaping, if a simple make-over can
achieve a desirable effect.
Draw up plans and a budget for the
areas you plan to re-develop. Ensure any
additional structures such as garaging,
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required permits and seek advice on the
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Planting
Discuss with your local garden centre or
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Decks, Patios and Courtyards
The New Zealand climate has always
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house whether a colonial verandah, timber
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Screened for shelter and privacy they are
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entertaining and outdoor dining and a sure
way to enhance the value of almost any
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Fences and Gates
Garages and Carports
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Church Notices
Funeral Directors
Funeral Directors
Pets & Supplies
Public Notices
SUZUKIS WANTED.
We want to buy your
Suzuki! Great prices for
good quality vehicles, all
considered. Call Barrie
027 868 6060
Wanted Car, 4WD
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Car Parts
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Church Notices
SYDENHAM CHRISTIAN
SPIRITUAL CHURCH
Sydenham Community
Centre
23/25 Hutcheson St
Address
Sandy
Clairvoyance
Sandy
Sunday 7pm
All Welcome
PAPANUI
SPIRITUAL
CENTRE
150 Harewood Rd
(formally Edgeware
Spiritualist Centre)
Sunday 7pm
Medium
Angela
Guest Speaker
Angela
NEW AGE CHRISTIAN
SPIRITUAL CENTRE
61 Grafton Street
Sunday 11am
Address:
Tawera
Clairvoyance:
Tawera
Tuesday
1-1.45pm Healing
2pm Clairvoyance
Psychic Fair
Sat 23rd Sept
10am – 2pm
All Welcome
Family Funeral with Cremation $4,800
Chapel - 35 people, casket, hearse, cremation fees
Phone 0800 804 663 - 24 Hour Availability
Email: info@justfunerals.co.nz
christchurch.justfunerals.co.nz
Curtains
A1 CURTAINS &
DRAPES. Roman
blinds, tie backs,
cushions, nets, voiles, &
squabs, plus alterations.
Free quotes. Ph Kay 980
1501 or 021 257 1823.
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com
Garage Sales
BURWOOD
16 Mairehau Road.
Saturday 16 Sept. Signs
out at 8am. Household
effects, Builders tools
& supplies, (Planner,
Skilsaw, Bandsaw,
Buzzer, Boxes of nails,
brand new Rangehood,
Woodburner & Flue,
Toilet & cistern) Cash
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No Service
Cremation
$2,495
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Lawn mowing
Waterblasting
All aspects of
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Macrocarpa raised
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kitset, standard size 2.4 x
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Health & Beauty
MOBILE Toe Nail
Cutting Service with foot
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regd nurse. $50. Phone
022 281 6647
direct
cremation
$2,200 GSt inclusive
(includes committal)
0800 27 28 29
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crematorium.co.nz
Massage
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Varying degrees of
massage are available. Ph
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Personals
SEMI RETIRED GUY
would like to meet
attractive Asian lady 35-
55 approx. for friendship
possible relationship.
I’m 5’9’ tall, slim build,
brown hair, financially
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interests are sport, music,
live theatre, movies,
cafe’s & travel. Lets meet
for coffee. Txt 021 0278
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Comp priced. Flexible
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381 765
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SCHOOLS. SPORTS CLUBS OR CULTURAL EVENTS
OUTSTANDING
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to fundraise while at the same time helps to profile and
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Public Notices
• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
New Brighton Bowling
Club Inc
Looking for new members
Open Day
23rd September 1pm
Call into
21 Mafeking Street
For further information
contact Su 027 277 7872
Public Notices
COLLECTORS FAIR
Trade Cards, Trading Cards,
Cigarette Cards, Postcards,
Ephemera & Stamps
The Philatelic Centre
67 Mandeville Street,
Riccarton
Saturday 16th September
9am-12 noon.
Phone 027 6354 957.
FREE CHRISTIAN
EVENT Join us, a free
Christian Event with a
powerful message, prayer,
and healing, including
lunch and refreshments
on October 7th 2023 from
10am to 2pm at Te Hapua
Halswell Centre, 341
Halswell Road, Halswell,
Christchurch 8025. More
details: clallnations@
gmail.com
Grey Power Christchurch
monthly Social,
Wednesday 20th
September, St Martins
Church Hall, 50 Lincoln
Rd, Addington at 1pm.
Topics: Citizens Advice
to talk and Wendy to
entertain. Afternoon tea,
raffles. Neville Wootton,
Vice President.
Situations Wanted -
Jobs Wanted
My name is Francis, I’m
looking for a part time
job. Anything considered,
willing to train. Ph 027
3222 556
Sporting Notices
Wanted To Buy
AAA Buying good
quality furniture, beds,
stoves, fridge freezers,
house lots .Gold jewellery
& antiques. Same day
service. Selwyn Dealers.
Phone 980 5812 or 027
313 8156
A+ ALL whiteware
wanted. Same day
service, cash paid for
freezes, fridges, washing
machines, ovens. Also
buying furniture & h/
hold effects. Anything
considered. Ph Dave 960-
8440, 027 66 22 116
A1 Albums, old photo’s,
postcards, coins, gold,
bank notes, badges,
medals, jewellery,
watches, china, crystal,
books, furs, vintage
clothing, paintings,
furniture, estates &
downsizing. Etcetera
Antiques, 194 Edgeware
Rd 385 5117
ACADEMY
ANTIQUES Buying
estates, antiques, old
china, crystal, art, Royal
Doulton, Royal Albert
etc. Best prices, free
appraisal. Call Rob 349-
4229 academyantiques.
co.nz
A+ Household effects,
fridges, freezers, washing
machines, ovens. Good
cash paid. Ph Paul 022
0891 671
CARAVAN. With,
shower & toilet. Any
condition. Reasonable
price. Ph Steve 027 622
0011.
MILITARIA Any
country, firearms,
uniforms, badges, medals,
memorabilia, WW2 or
earlier ph 338-9931
TOOLS, Garden garage,
saw benches, Lathes.
Cash buyer Phone 355-
2045
Sports Reporter
(Christchurch)
Situations Vacant
Star Media is seeking a sports reporter to join its
newsroom. The role would suit someone with a
proven track record in covering sport, or someone
who is embarking on their journalism career and
can demonstrate they have what it takes to cover
sport.
The role may also involve some general news
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34 The Star Thursday September 14 2023
Your guide to our LOCAL & TRUSTED
Trades & Professional Services
To advertise: Phone 379 1100 or email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
building
Bring your next project to life!
With over 10+ years experience in the building
Industry Bloomfield Building has you covered.
From New Builds, Alterations, Extensions,
Renovations , Decks, Cladding
and anything in between.
Get in touch with Matt from Bloomfield
Building to get your next project started.
LBP & Certified Builder
Bloomfieldbuilding@hotmail.com
0212201011
landscaping
25 Years experience
• Landscape construction and
garden maintenance
• Residential & light commercial
• Garden makeovers
For a proFessional job call
ross legg 027 222 0388
email ross@revivelandscaping.co.nz
PLUMBER
NEED A PLUMBER?
• Father & son Plumbing Business with
over 40 years experience.
• Specialising in Bathroom Alterations,
Shower Replacements and Cylinder
replacements.
• We do all small jobs.
Call us now for fast friendly service.
Get your problems sorted out
quick smart - on time!!
THOMSON & SON PLUMBING
Previously Elite Plumbing Christchurch
Phone Eugene now
Phone 03 377 1280 | Mobile 021 898 380
TREE SERVICES
CRAIGS
TREES
Our services include:
Tree felling
Branch chipping
Trimming and pruning
Crown reduction
Stump grinding
P: 027 2299 454
E: craigstrees@xtra.co.nz
www.craigstrees.co.nz
Fully insured
Excavations
• Driveways
• Car Parks
• Site Cleaning
• Demolition
• Farm Tracks
• Drain Cleaning
• Stump & Hedge
Removal
• Asphalt Concrete
Wide range
oF TruckS
For a Free Quote
on your next project
Phone Steve on
021 338 247
WINDOW TINTING
tintawindow
advanced film solutions
99% uv block
fade protection
heat control
reduce glare
25 Years Experience
PLUMBER
Need your
hot water fixed
quicksmart?
Call your
specialist
for a FREE
quote!
0800 468 928
hotwatershop.co.nz
SCRAP METAL
Dominion Trading Co Ltd
• Scrap metal buyers
• Canterbury owned & operated
• Top prices paid $$$
• Open Saturday morning
Open Mon-Fri 8am – 4.30pm Sat. 8.30am-12.30pm
www.happyscrappy.co.nz
03 343 9993 333 Blenheim Rd
privacy films
frosting designs
non-darkening films
Workmanship Guaranteed
Lifetime Warranties on Most Films
UV
block
• Tennis Courts &
Swimming Pools
• Chip Seal Driveways
• Diggers – 2 Ton
up to 20 Ton
• Excavators
• Bobcat & Drilling
• For Posthole &
Fence hole
Free
QuoTe
Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts
03 365 3653 0800 368 468
The Star Classifieds
Trades & Services
EXPERIENCED
GARDENER
(Kevin Garnett)
30 Years
Christchurch Botanic
Gardens.
ALL landscape
work done.
Maintenance, pruning,
tidy up, lawn work,
landscape planning
and planting etc.
Free Quotes
Phone 348 3482
AAA HANDYMAN
licensed carpenter
LBP, all property and
building maintenance,
repairs, bathroom/shower
installations, with free
quotes 03 387 0770 or 027
245 5226 ciey@xtra.co.nz
ARBORIST
Qualified. COPPER
BEECH TREE
SERVICES. Tree
removal, pruning,
height reduction, hedge
trimming. shaping, tree
planting, firewood. Free
Quotes. Contact Angus
Edwards 027 259 6741.
copperbeechtreeservices@
gmail.com
BEST BATHROOMS
Full renovations
specialists, LBP builder.
Free quote, all building
property maintenance. Ph
387-0770 or 027 245 5226
ciey@xtra.co.nz
BRICK & BLOCK
LAYING all restoration
work and new work plus
foundations, ph 342 9340
or 021 853 033
BUILDER QUALIfIED
50 yrs exp. Bathrooms,
Kitchens, Renovations,
Repairs & Extensions
Free quotes. Discount for
pensioners. Ph Mike 03
980 9771 or 027 2266 930
BUILDER
New builds, alterations,
decks, fencing. 30 yrs in
the trade has given me
ability to build to a high
standard. Free quotes. Ph
Brent 027 241 7471
BUILDER
Exp in all aspects of
building works, new
builds, home renovations
& extensions, property
repairs. Free quote. Ph
Stuart 0274 661058
BUILDER/
MAINTENANCE
Chris has a wide-ranging
skillset and is available
now for all improvements,
makeovers, and fitouts to
any style of property. We
also cover Healthy Homes
Reporting and remedial
works. Have peace of
mind with a fully qualified
and widely experienced
owner operator LBP. Call
Chris on 027 3888 211.
office@prowessbuilding.
co.nz
CARPET LAYING
Exp. Repairs, uplifting,
relaying, restretching.
Phone John on 0800
003181, 027 240 7416
jflattery@xtra.co.nz
GLAZING
TWISTY GLASS &
GLAZING LTD
• Mirrors • Pet Door Specialists
• Splashbacks • All Broken Windows
✓
✓
✓
✓
Trades & Services
THE CAT DOOR MAN
Phone Cushla or Darren Twist
027 352 6225
DIRTY TILES
& GROUT?
Tile & Grout Cleaning
Mouldy Silicone Replacement
Tiled Shower Makeovers
Old Grout Re-Colouring
✓ Tile & Grout Sealing/ Repairs
We specialise in professional cost
effective solutions for ALL your tile &
grout issues.
Call 0800 882 772 for a FREE quote
www.theprogroup.co.nz/dpc9385
CARPENTER
Licensed Building
Practitioner no. 100981.
All carpentry & building
repairs & maintenance.
Alterations & property
upgrades. Laundries /
bathroom / kitchens
replaced. Specialising in
replacement of all rotten
timber, fascia boards,
window, windowsills etc.
John Sandford, ph 329
4616, mob 027 5189 598
johnsandford2@gmail.
com
CARPET CLEANING
Special - 3 rooms &
hallway from $59.00.
Over 20 yrs exp. Ph 027
220 2256
CHIM
CHIM
CHIMNEY SWEEPS
We’ll sweep your
logburner’s flue, check
firebricks, baffles, airtubes
& controls. We’re experts
on coal-rangers, and can
sweep any sized open fire.
We quote & undertake
repairs, flue extensions &
install bird netting. 0800
22 44 64 www.chimchim.
nz
CONCRETE
Driveways, Paths, Patios.
Free Quotes. Ph John 027
224 2831
ELECTRICIAN
A Prompt & reliable
registered electrician
with 24 years experience
for all residential and
commercial work, new
housing and switch board
replacements. Phone Chris
027 516 0669
fAST COMPUTER
REPAIRS
Helping locals since
1997. Work guaranteed.
Windows or Mac.
Computer Help 0800 349
669
fENCING
All types of fencing . Free
quotes. Ph Jim 022 137
1920
GENERAL
HANDYMAN
For all your maintenance
requirements. I specialise
in fences and decking, also
do spouting cleans and
repairs and everyday home
maintenance. Complete
landscape packages, NO
JOB TO BIG OR SMALL
I can do it all, please
don’t hesitate to call me
on 022 600 7738 for a no
obligation free quote.
GLAZIER
Glass repairs - pet doors
- conservatory roofs. Exp
Tradesman. Call Bill on
022 413 3504 or 981-1903
HANDYMAN
SERVICES
Builder / Joiner. 30
years experience. Decks,
fencing, small renovations,
general house repairs and
odd jobs. Phone Robert
021 044 2272
HIGH
SPEC
PAINTERS
Quality
local
professionals. E: corban@
highspecpainters.co.nz Ph:
027 846 5035
LANDSCAPING
Paving, Lawns, Irrigation,
Decking, Fencing.
Kanga & small digger
services. Check out Squire
Landscaping on facebook.
FREE QUOTES. Ph
Arthur 347-8796, 027
220-7014 Edwin 027 220-
7154
LAWNMOWING
Free quotes. You Grow I
Mow, Chris 021 252 1801
LAWNMOWING/
PRUNING
From $30. Garden
cleanups.. Ph Gary 021
529 022 / 342 8950
PAINTING
& PLASTERING
Free quotes. Int/ext &
roof painting Family run
business, work guaranteed.
Pensioner discounts. Ph
Kerin or Paul 022 191
7877 or 379-1281. Website
www.swedekiwipainting.
co.nz
PAINTING
Indoor / Outdoor, over 30
yrs exp, same day quotes,
ph Steve 021 255 7968
Trades & Services
PAINTING
• Interior/Exterior
• Roofs / Fences
• Airless Spraying
PhoNe JohN
027 224 2831
PAINTING &
DECORATING
All types of int/ext
painting undertaken.
30+ years exp.
Ph Michael
022 496 3322
30 years + experience
Older house
restorations:
no problem!
Quotes: FREE!
Rates: Reasonable
Paint supplied at
trade price!
NO JOB TOO SMALL
Light industrial also
Roger Brott
Painter & Decorator
021-1966-311
ROOF
PAINTING 24/7
Rope & harness
a speciality,
no scaffolding
required,
30 years of
breathtaking
experience.
FREE QUOTES
20% OFF other
roof quotes
Exterior staining,
exterior painting,
water blasting.
Moss and mould
treatment $300.
Phone Kevin
027 561 4629
PAINTER
Plastering. Trade qualified.
20 yrs exp. Int / Ext.
Reasonable rates. Ph Paul
0272 383 224 or 331 8133
PLASTERING
Gary 4 Fixing, stopping,
solid plastering, brick
repairs & painting. 021
529 022 / 342 8950
PLUMBER
Do you need a reliable
plumber? Quality and
timely services. No job
too big or small. Phone
V Plumbing Ltd. 022 351
4125
PLUMBER
Highly experienced
Plumber. Exceptional
service. Ready to help with
all your plumbing needs.
Call today! MJ Plumbing
Ltd 021 109 2397
PLUMBER
All plumbing work, HWC
replacements. Pensioner
discount. No job too
small. Friendly, reliable
& professional service &
workmanship. Ph Nigel
027 4136004 or 385 2930
RUBBISH REMOVAL
Furniture Deliveries Van,
Trailer Rubbish Removal/
Phone Gary 342-8950, 021
529 022

Thursday September 14 2023 The Star 35
The Star Classifieds
Trades & Services
Re Roofing
Roof Repairs
• Approved Age Concern
provider
• Over 30 years experience
• Licensed Building Practitioner
N A BARRELL
ROOFING LTD
Ph: 0275 389 415
Email: nabroofing@xtra.co.nz
Tree Work & Garden
Maintenance
Need Trees removed or
pruned, garden hedges
tidied, or a bit of both?
Qualified and
insured arborist,
I offer a professional
and affordable
service with an
attention to detail that
brings out the best in
your trees.
Contact me for a free quote
Ph: 022 303 7133
E: thetimberwolf37@gmail.com
Trades & Services
THE ROOF
SPECIALISTS
CANTERBURY LTD
Protective coatings
10 year guarantee on:
Faded coloursteel
Tiles & iron
Decramastic
Phone NOW 4 FREE
Roof check & report
Scott McKenzie
022 044 3008
SPOUTING CLEANING
SPECIALIST
Entire spouting system
cleared. Single or 2 storey.
Jo 021 164 0365
SPOUTING
Select Spouting The
PVC specialist. Repairs &
replacement. Ph 022 197
2351
SPOUTING CLEANING
Spouting Unblocked,
Cleaned Out and Flushed
Out, Call Trevor 332 8949
or 021 043 2034
STUMP GRINDING
Best price guarantee Tony
0275 588 895
TILING
Floor & walls. Kitchen &
splashback specialist. No
job too small.35 yrs exp.
Free quotes Ph 027 483
3887
TREE SERVICES
Free quotes 20+ yrs exp.
Tree, hedge or shrub
- reduction, shaped or
removed. Ph/text Paul
The Branch Manager
0274314720
• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
Trades & Services
EXPERIENCED
GARDENER
(Kevin Garnett)
30 Years
Christchurch Botanic
Gardens.
ALL landscape
work done.
Maintenance, pruning,
tidy up, lawn work,
landscape planning
and planting etc.
Free Quotes
Phone 348 3482
TREE SERVICES
Pensioner discounts.
Tree & hedge reduction.
Professional advice.
Stump grinding and
branches chipped. Txt or
ring Andrew on 027 20 44
949
TREE SERVICES
Specialist tree pruning
& shaping. Also hedge
trimming and garden tidyups.
Ph Hugh, The Little
Green Groomer 021 275
5445
TREE SERVICES
Hedges, shrubs, tree
trimming & rubbish
removal. Phone for free
quotes 022 540 4900
WINDOW CLEANING
Brown & White Ltd.
Family owned since 2001.
Ph Paul 027 229 3534
WINDOW CLEANING
Brown & White Ltd.
Family owned since 2001.
Ph Paul 027 229 3534
Call Aaron &
the team today!
0800 77 80 80
www.pickapart.co.nz
Select Services
For the
Outdoor
Space
of your
Dreams...
Paving, Irrigation,
Lawns, Planting,
Fences, Pergolas,
Water-features,
Outdoor fires,
Raised Vege beds,
Decks, Artificial
grass, Garden
maintenance &
more...
Phone: 03 347 4422
or 021 542 402
Email: Aaron@theoutdoorspace.co.nz
www.theoutdoorspace.co.nz
Vehicles Wanted
CAR REMOVALS
$$CASH PAID$$
CARS, VANS, UTES & 4X4 WANTED
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We use world class vehicle depollution systems
Tours
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Top of South / West Coast 8 Day Coach Tour
Departs 14th November 2023
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Departs 22nd April 2024
Includes flights and home pick up $5995
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Akaroa Saturday 11th November $30pp
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Sunday 12th November $65pp
We can provide shuttle and coach hire
Call Reid Tours 0800 446 886
Email: reidtours@xtra.co.nz www.reidtours.com
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Contact us today for
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Contact Mark Kelly
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WHAT S ON
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PAVILION CAFE OPEN DAILY FROM 8AM
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MAIN RECEPTION HOURS DAILY FROM 9AM. MONDAY & TUESDAY
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SUMPTUOUS BUFFET
OPEN TUESDAY TO SUNDAY
DINNER FROM 5.30PM TUES - SUN
LUNCH FROM 11.30AM WEDS - SUN
SENIOR GOLD CARD
DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
PH 386 0088
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9AM - 4PM, 7 DAYS
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LUNCH
DEALS
DEAL OF THE DAY
AVAILABLE TUESDAY
TO SATURDAY
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WITH A
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TUESDAY, THURSDAY
& SATURDAY
PH 385 8880
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THE GARDEN HOTEL COMPLEX
110 MARSHLAND RD, SHIRLEY | www.gardenhotel.co.nz
CHASE
THE ACE!
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To enter, simply make a
purchase between 5pm
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Draw to take place by 7.15pm.
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ALL BLACKS
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7am | 16 September
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A chance to win
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Legends Bar
Draw is at 6.30pm
= Live Music =
PETER CAIRNS
3PM SUNDAY
PAVILION
MADSEN PROMOTIONS
PRESENTS
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JERSEY BOYS
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GIG GUIDE
Thursday 14 to Wednesday 20 Sept 2023
ARMADILLO'S BECKENHAM, 155
Colombo St: Saturday 9pm - Decoy Duck.
A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St:
Thursday 7pm – NZ Songwriters in the
Round presents Songwriters’ Open Mic Night,
all original material welcome, free. Friday
7.30pm – Vorsen ‘World on Fire’ Tour, Vorsen
are John Halvorsen (The Gordons, The
Skeptics, Bailterspace), Hayden Ellis & Steve
Cochrane, with special guests The Outsiders,
and [Allophones], tickets $30+BF UTR.co.nz.
Saturday 8pm – Back to the 80s, Dance Party
feat DJs Regress and 59 to 1, tickets $17.50+BF
from UTR.co.nz. Sunday 7pm – The Variety
Spectacular, A Variety Show Out of This
World! Tickets $25+BF from Humanitix.com.
Monday 7pm – Believe It or Not Quiz, ph 021
078 6037 for bookings, free. Tuesday 7pm – St
Andrew’s College Rock Night, feat a great lineup
of talented performers, all welcome, free.
Wednesday 7pm - Reaching Out, Reaching In,
Charity Event feat The Wax Birds, Mac &
Mates, Nyree Huyser (The Voice, Australia).
Fundraiser for mental health, suicide
prevention, domestic violence. Tickets at the
door, $20 and upwards, includes a drink and
nibbles.
BILL'S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: Thursday -
Micky Rat Karaoke. Friday - Tony Rae.
Saturday - Oblivion. Sunday - Micky Rat
Karaoke.
BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St: Friday
4pm - DJ Rakinem. Saturday 3pm - End
Game; 6pm - DJ Rakinem.
CASHMERE CLUB, 50 Colombo St:
Friday 22nd Sept, 8pm - Smooth Talk.
CBS MUSIC, Catholic Pro-Cathedral,
373 Manchester St: Wednesday 1.10pm -
Wednesday's at One feat. Christchurch Girls' &
Boys' High Schools' Orchestra with maestro
Michael Langdon.
CHAT'S BAR, 251 Travis Rd: Thursday 21st
Sept, 7pm - Nautilus feat. Kev Emmett & Nic
Pegg.
CHCH CASINO, 30 Victoria St: Friday
6pm - Absolut. Friday 5.30pm - Lee Martin;
9pm - Nightwatch. Saturday 5.30pm - Cantora;
9pm - In the City. Sunday 4pm - Marcel.
CHCH FOLK MUSIC CLUB, Irish Society
Hall, 29 Domain Tce: Sunday 7.30pm -
Ariana Tikao & Lisa Tui.
FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday
6pm - Jazz Club with Tiger Moth; 8.30pm -
Live Band Karaoke. 11pm - House of Groove.
Friday 6pm - The Curio Club; 8.30pm -
Capitol City; Midnight - Chilton House.
Saturday 5.30pm - King Tubbs Trio; 8pm -
Mirrors; 11.30pm - Perry. Sunday 6pm - The
Local Vocals.
HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd: Sunday
3pm - Peter Cairns (Pavilion).
KAIAPOI CLUB, 113 Raven Quay: Friday
7pm - Don't Tell Mama.
LYTTELTON CLUB 328, 23 Dublin St,
Lyttelton: Saturday 23 Sept, 8pm - DnD Trio
(Jojo, Mark & Gigi).
MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St:
Thursday 8pm - The Norwesters. Friday
10.30pm - Red Zone. Saturday 10.30pm -
D'Sendantz.
To add a listing, contact
Jo Fuller 03 379 7100 or
027 458 8590
jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi
OLD LEITHFIELD TAVERN, 11 Old Main
North Rd, Leithfield: Friday - Flat City
Brotherhood.
RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118 Racecourse
Rd: Friday 7pm - DJ Chick Karaoke.
RICHMOND CLUB, 'The Borough', 75
London St: Friday 7pm - Hot Wired Rock
Band. Saturday 8pm - Mockingbird. Sunday
3pm - Stephen James.
ROSE & THISTLE, 24a Main North Rd:
Friday 8.30pm - A&J Karaoke. Saturday
8.30pm - 30 Cent Spins. Sunday 3.30pm -
Halfway to St Paddy's Day with Malarkey Irish
Band.
SHARKEY'S BAR, 96 Hoon Hay Rd:
Thursday 7.30pm - Poker Night. Friday
7.30pm - Nautilus feat. Kev Emmett & Nic
Pegg. Saturday 7pm - $100 Karaoke. Sunday
4pm - Open Mic.
STEDFAST BRASS, Salvation Army
Citadel, 853 Colombo St: Saturday 7.30pm
- Loyal Variety Concert 2023 feat. the
Christchurch Youth Choir & The Red & Black
Jazz Band. Tickets Adults $12 / Senior &
unwaged $10 / Children $5 / Family (2 adults,
2 children) $25. For tickets Rose
rosebrian@xtra.co.nz or 03 359 9254 Kim
Kimblackmore1@yahoo.com or 027 223 4386.
TEMP'S BAR, 21 Goulding Ave: Saturday
8.30pm - No Secrets.
THE AVONHEAD TAVERN, 120 Withells
Rd: Friday 7.30pm - Live Music.
THE BLACK PEARL TAVERN, 9
Humphreys Dr: Saturday 7.30pm -
Krakkajack. Sunday 1.30pm - Deb's Country
feat. Allan Barron; Vicki Downes; Tony Rae;
Krakkajack Daniels Band, $10 entry.
THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Thursday 7pm -
Quiz. Friday 6pm - Willie McArthur; 10pm -
Keenan's Revenge. Saturday 11pm - Smash
Box.
THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd:
Thursday 9pm - Nautilus feat. Kev Emmett &
Nic Pegg. Friday - Open Mic. Wednesday 9pm
- Titanic.
THE LITTLE FIDDLE, 132 Oxford Tce:
Thursday 9pm - Topia. Friday, Saturday 9pm -
DJ's. Sunday 4pm - Sunday Session.
THE LITTLE RIVER INN, 4099
Christchurch Akaroa Rd, Little River:
Saturday 4pm - Luca Joass.
THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd:
Thursday 6pm - Music Jingo. Friday 9.30pm -
Doubtfire. Saturday 9.30pm - Nexus. Sunday
6pm - Karaoke with Lance. Tuesday 7pm -
Quiz. Wednesday 7.30pm - Karaoke with
Lance.
THE REDWOOD BAR, 340 Main North
Rd: Friday 7pm - Old Skool.
THE ROCKPOOL, 85 Hereford St:
Thursday 9pm, Friday 8.30pm, Saturday
8.30pm, Sunday 8pm - DJ's.
WOODSTOCK, 291 Lincoln Rd: Thursday
7pm - Quiz. Friday 7.30pm - Live music.
Saturday 7.30pm - Live music. Wednesday
7pm - Willie's Open Mic.
RESTAURANT & CAFÉ
WEEKEND
BRUNCH
FAMILY
FRIENDLY
SENIOR'S
LUNCH
SPECIAL
SAT 16 SEPT
SATURDAY
& SUNDAY
8.30am-2pm
Great Kids menu
plus designated
play room
$25
DINNER & SHOW
DOORS OPEN UPSTAIRS AT 5.30PM
DINNER FROM 6PM
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and internal painting, as well as
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The city council is not planning
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FRUSTRATING: Rule-abiding whitebaiters are frustrated by what is happening in the red zone.
• By Emily Ansell
Avon River in tents and selfcontained
SOME whitebaiters are
buses.
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Two fences were broken at “People see tha there are He said the rules are there
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other people to do it as well. “It creates a bit of a free-forall,
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which is not great.”
Frayle said the area been dealing with whitebaiters forcing entry and parking up already had a problem with unauthorised One whitebaiter, who doesn’t “And it annoys the rest of us.
step too far.
illegally along the Ōtākaro wan to be named, said this is vehicles “hooning round” in the That’s where fights between
whitebaiters start, and again
the kind of behaviour that gives red zone, which she says invites the rest of them a bad rap.
that just makes us look bad.”
• Turn to page 7
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