The Star: October 05, 2023

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My life
with
Jodi
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RUGBY STAR TACKLES
TIM BATEMAN has many
strings to his bow.
A former professional rugby
player with the Crusaders,
Hurricanes, Japanese club
Red Sparks, and captain of the
Māori All Blacks, he has also
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penned children’s books The
Lonely Lemon and The Sad Banana
and operates two wellness
centres with his wife Laura.
And he had to use his rugby
skills when he was attacked by
a homeless man with a pole
who had been pestering female
staff at one of his wellness
centres. Bateman tackled the
homeless man and held him
until police arrived.
The incident has now had its
sequel in court, where the man
was sentenced to 12 months
intensive supervision.
Bateman holds no animosity
towards the man, saying he
hopes he gets the help and
support “he obviously needs”.
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Summer
conditions
to reach
scorching
40 deg C
• By Hamish MacLean
SUMMER EXTREMES this
year could include days where
temperatures climb to 40 deg C,
Niwa forecasters say.
Despite increased variability,
hot, dry conditions could present
fire risks along the east coast of
the South Island, particularly
Canterbury.
And the arrival of a strong El
Niño will bring “really windy
conditions” that could push fire
through green pastures.
Niwa meteorologist Ben Noll said
New Zealand’s hottest temperature
happened during an El Niño
summer – when temperatures
climbed to 42.4 deg C in Rangiora
in February 1973. In Christchurch
it got to 41.6 deg C.
This El Niño event, confirmed
last week, would be one of the
biggest in the last couple of
decades.
The weather pattern would
“elevate and enhance” the
variability of spring, which
could produce wild swings in
temperatures and strong winds.
Niwa forecasting principal
scientist Chris Brandolino said
it was more likely than not that
temperatures would climb to 40
deg C in parts of the country over
summer.
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‘I forgive you’ victim says to pimp.........6-7
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THE earthquake-damaged
South Library and Service
Centre will be rebuilt.
City councillors have supported
a recommendation from the
Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-
Heathcote Community Board
and decided on a full rebuild
instead of a repair. The city
council will now proceed with
detailed design.
The library and service
centre will be rebuilt on
its current riverside site on
Colombo St, Beckenham.
The concept design has been
developed with input from the
community and stakeholders,
and is based on the same floor
area as the current facility. It
provides for the same services
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– library, customer services,
learning centre, café, governance
spaces and meeting rooms
– with improved layout.
City council head of community
support and partnerships
John Filsell said the decision
to rebuild was the fastest, most
cost-effective and environmentally-friendly
option.
“The building was damaged
quite badly in the 2011
earthquakes, and since then the
council has made it safe with
temporary strengthening while
we focused on getting other urgent
library and service centre
projects up and running, such
as Tūranga.
“Today’s decision signals the
council’s ongoing commitment
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South Library rebuild gets the green light
to work with communities,
while carefully making the
most out of valuable resources,
to deliver a first-class, sustainable
and future-focused facility.”
Construction should take
about 20 months. Staff are looking
at options for temporarily
relocating library and customer
services while construction is
under way.
The rebuild project is
estimated to cost $32.75 million,
with $22.6 already set aside.
‘Your wife is dying’
– Barnett on his
life with Jodi
SIMON BARNETT has opened
up on his life with wife Jodi, who
died after a five-and-a-half-year
battle with brain cancer this
week.
The interview was published
in the NZ Herald on Saturday,
where the well-known
Christchurch broadcaster
revealed Jodi only had a short
time to live.
He told journalist Shayne
Currie a palliative care doctor
visited recently and was frank.
Barnett came off air from his
Newstalk ZB Afternoons show
straight away.
“She said, ‘We’ve always
known, Simon. I think you
need to understand that,’ – her
words – ‘your wife is dying’.
“It was very confronting. I
just sobbed.”
Barnett tells of how their love
story started on the slopes of
Mt Hutt in 1988.
He had first spotted the
striking brunette at the Les
Mills gym, during aerobic
classes.
“I just remember thinking
this girl was impossibly beautiful
not just physically – she was
clearly that. But there was just
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something that radiated from
her.”
Back then, Barnett was hosting
the TVNZ children’s showWhat
Now.
“So I was like big time,” he
jokes.
But, sadly for him, “she had
never heard of What Now, never
seen What Now . . . !”
While he was filming a segment
for the show on the Mt
Hutt skifield, he saw someone
struggling on the Poma lift, and
recognised her as the woman
from the gym.
“She just happened to be there
that day, by chance, and she was
quite possibly the world’s worst
skier.
“I was possibly the second
worst, although I pretended I
was immensely capable.
“She fell off the Poma lift and
the whole lift came to a standstill.
I saw this and I thought
‘That’s the girl from the gym!’”
He scrambled down the mountainside
on skis, not knowing
how to stop himself properly.
“I said, ‘Would you like a
hand?’, which is patently ridiculous
for me, given that I can’t
really ski.
“She said ‘That would be
really good, please’. I got her up
and that just started it. She was
jaw-droppingly kind from that
moment.
“Every time I was in her
company, I just felt so much
better.”
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“When you superimpose
these warm phases of natural
variability on to a warming
climate it’s hard not to think,
‘How do you not get warmer?”’
Otago University geography
senior lecturer Dr Daniel
Kingston said the El Niño
influence on top of the region’s
climate-change-affected
summers was adding “another
layer of extremeness”.
As global temperatures
increased over the coming
decades, the hot days were going
to get hotter as well.
“What we might think of
as an extreme hot day at the
moment will occur more
regularly into the future.
“If we used to expect El Niños
to make our summers that bit
drier or that bit hotter, under
climate change we are starting
from a higher baseline.”
El Niño would produce
more westerlies in particular,
Kingston said.
While the West Coast could
receive a lot of rain, it was the
eastern side of the South Island
that tended to produce drier
conditions.
Fire and Emergency NZ
national wildfire specialist Tim
SCORCHER:
Hot, dry
conditions could
create fire risks
for much of the
country this
summer.
Mitchell said strong winds
could push fire through green
paddocks as it burned through
thatch.
Through a variable spring, he
expected “a see-sawing of fire
danger risk”.
Heading into Christmas
though as the land dries out
there would be increasing risk
in the east coast of both islands,
he said.
“Normal is quite different to
what we’ve experienced for the
past couple of seasons.
“This year is going to be
different.”
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Sepuloni faces testy shoppers
CABINET Minister Carmel
Sepuloni was challenged on
her party’s record on crime,
the cost of living, veterans and
beneficiaries during a visit to
The Palms mall on Tuesday
afternoon.
Sepuloni, who has held several
portfolios including social development
and employment while
also filling the role of deputy
prime minister since Chris Hipkins
took over as prime minister,
did a walkabout at The Palms in
Shirley.
She chose a quiet time to visit,
but two women were keen to
express their concerns on crime
and how the cost of living was
hitting young people.
They said young people were
not facing consequences when
they committed crimes.
Sepuloni responded that there
were a lot of different issues going
on in young offenders’ lives,
including fallout from suffering
family harm or having other
family members who have been
to jail.
By offering them wraparound
services there had been a massive
reduction in ram-raids, she said.
“Then it’s not just them but
also their siblings and their
families who are getting the
support so they aren’t going on
to re-offend . . . if you just lock
them up and throw away the key
then in the future it’s just going
to cause more problems for us.”
She added the government had
also been trying to help retailers
who were affected by crimes.
Sepuloni was questioned about
people on benefits using their
dole to buy drugs.
It was too easy for these people
to do nothing, the woman said.
“What are you going to do
with these guys cos they’re just
taking taxpayers’ money and
getting high?”
When told that some drug
users needed support from
the health system rather than
punishment, the woman said she
doubted they would be willing,
or interested, in accepting this
help.
The majority of people went on
a benefit for a short time to get a
helping hand, Sepuloni said.
Her government had seen
higher numbers of beneficiaries
moving into jobs, in part because
of the government making it
easier to take up apprenticeships
and introducing programmes to
help them upskill, such as getting
their driver licences.
One woman said, in contrast
to Sepuloni’s day, it was much
harder for young people to move
out of home these days.
Sepuloni said Labour had
lifted the minimum wage each
year and had also raised the
student allowance.
Half-price public transport,
cheaper or free prescriptions
and plans for free dental care for
under-30s were other initiatives.
Sepuloni was approached by
an army veteran, James, who
RED: Carmel Sepuloni defended
Labour’s track record during a visit to
The Palms mall.
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asked why Labour does not have
a veterans policy.
He complained about the massive
delays to accessing veteran
support services which ranged
from 80 days to a year.
When she tried to respond, the
veteran said: “I’m going to keep
talking.”
After a long list of complaints,
he said: “None of this is being
discussed in the election and I
don’t think this is fair.”
He said it was a problem for
him that service during the aftermath
of the February 22, 2011
earthquake, which had caused
him to develop Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD), was not
covered by Veteran Affairs, while
ACC did not understand the
needs of veterans.
He refused to accept her offer
to shake hands at the end of the
conversation.
Sepuloni told RNZ Labour
does not have a veterans policy
and she will be following up.
Rounding off her mall visit,
she joined volunteers hitting the
phones to ask people to vote for
Labour. There was no answer
on her first two calls and on her
third call the person answered
but did not want to chat.
Earlier on Tuesday, Sepuloni
and Ilam MP Sarah Pallett visited
Canterbury University.
When both met with a group
of Pasifika students, one asked
why politicians and Labour’s
Pacific caucus only visit the
Christchurch Pacific community
in an election year. Sepuloni said
she has visited Christchurch on
other occasions, as have Aupito
William Sio and Poto Williams.
One student asked what would
stop supermarkets from pocketing
profits if GST was removed
from fruit and veges. Sepuloni
said the grocery commissioner
would ensure that does not happen.
When asked what Labour was
doing to tackle racism, Sepuloni
said the party was calling it out.
On whether New Zealand
should cut ties with the monarchy
she said there were more
pressing issues.
– RNZ
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‘I forgive you’ victim says to man who
• By Emily Moorhouse
A MAN who organised sex
work for a 15-year-old girl and
took some of her earnings while
she was addicted to drugs and
desperately looking for guidance
has been offered forgiveness.
“I stand here to tell you that I
forgive you,” the now 20-year-old
woman, who has turned her life
around, told Mathew Stephens.
Stephens, 44, appeared in the
district court yesterday where
he was sentenced for “exploiting
an extremely vulnerable” girl by
organising a prostitution deal
and taking $100 of the girl’s
earnings.
After giving Stephens
discounts for previous good
character, Judge Gerard Lynch
sentenced him to three months of
community detention with a curfew
from 7pm to 6am daily, and
100 hours of community work.
He also ordered Stephens to
pay an emotional harm payment
of $1000 to the victim.
After a jury trial in June,
Stephens was found guilty of one
charge of assisting persons under
18 in providing commercial
sexual services and one charge
of receiving earnings from commercial
sexual services provided
by persons under 18.
The charges relate to Stephens
dropping the girl off at a motel to
HARM: Mathew Stephens was found guilty at trial of assisting a person under 18 in
providing commercial sexual services and receiving money from those services.
meet a client before taking $100
of her earnings when the job was
done, between October 2016 and
June 2018.
Stephens was found not guilty
of another assisting and receiving
charge.
The woman read her victim
impact statement in court,
describing feeling lost and alone,
turning to prostitution to fund
her drug addiction.
“You guided me to use my
body for money. I looked up to
you. I needed you to tell me I
didn’t need to do that, and I
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had choices.”
The woman said she couldn’t
face her own family and was
crippled for years not knowing
what to do with her life, looking
for guidance when she met
Stephens.
She has been working and
living in Christchurch and for
the past few years has done a lot
of reflection on what her life was
like.
“I am free now because of
God’s grace. I am able to love and
forgive myself.
“I stand here today to tell
you that I forgive you Mathew
Stephens.”
The woman, who has automatic
name suppression, said she hoped
Stephens was able to “change
your heart and forgive yourself”
as well.
The young woman said she
won’t ever get those years of her
life back but will continue with
her personal growth journey,
stating her “only wish” was for
Stephens to do the same.
Stephens was charged under
the Prostitution Reform Act
2003 and repeatedly denied any
involvement in the offending,
claiming the woman was
“vindictive and jealous” and
made up the allegations to get
back at him for sleeping with her
friend.
During the trial, the woman
said she met Stephens when she
was 15 and was very “mentally
fragile”.
She was also addicted to
drugs, using methamphetamine,
cannabis, speed, and MDMA,
and was already involved in
sex work.
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pimped her out at 15
No change to
The Crown alleged Stephens
introduced himself to the woman
and told her that he sorts out
deals for girls wanting to make
money through sex work.
He told her he was there to
protect her and make her feel
safe.
In an interview with the police,
which was played to the court,
the woman described herself as
a walking body with “no soul or
spirit”.
She said she was very broken,
suicidal, “basically homeless”
and felt like she had no genuine
connections with anyone during
the period she was associating
with Stephens.
She was raised in a Christian
household and was not aware of
what the real world was like and
was “probably an easy target”,
she said.
She and Stephens would message
each other often and see
each other roughly four times a
month, sometimes for sex work
or to just “hang out”.
The first time they met, Stephens
gave her $100, she said.
The woman also said Stephens
was always quick to give her
money and described him as
“grooming” her, stating he would
often pay her to spend time with
him.
She described “inappropriate
behaviour” from Stephens that
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she felt “obliged” to respond to,
such as kissing.
The court heard how she
sometimes felt uncomfortable,
and Stephens would act as if the
pair were a couple, on one occasion
asking her for sex but later
admitting it was wrong of him
to ask.
She described being high and
sleep-deprived most of the time
they saw each other. She eventually
admitted herself to a rehabilitation
programme to turn her
life around and in 2020, made a
statement to the police.
She described Stephens as “manipulative
and controlling” and
having “no boundaries”.
Crown prosecutor Patrick
Brand said deterrence and
denunciation for this type of offending
was an important part of
the sentencing process.
Brand stressed how vulnerable
victims were in this type of
offending and while the woman
was “extremely vulnerable” at
the time, she had gone on a “path
of self-discovery” and was much
stronger now.
Stephen’s lawyer Joshua
Grainger said his client was assessed
as having a low risk of reoffending,
stating the organised
prostitution happened one time
and was quite a few years ago.
“Mr Stephens is someone
who will hopefully remain a
stranger to this court once this
case is over,” Grainger told Judge
Gerard Lynch.
Grainger pointed out the
stigma that Stephens will have
attached to him with media
reporting on the case and asked
the Judge Lynch to consider a
sentence of community detention
rather than home detention.
Judge Lynch said while there
would be some attention on
Stephens’ case “that is simply a
result of criminal offending”.
Judge Lynch turned to the
woman in court and acknowledged
her generosity in forgiving
Stephens and her courage in
sharing the impact his offending
had on her.
“I wanted to acknowledge
today just how impressed I was
to learn how you did not wallow,
rather you pulled yourself up
and are a much different and
improved version of yourself
today.”
Judge Lynch said Stephens
exploited the woman who
was “extremely vulnerable”
and would have seen him as a
person she could trust given the
significant age gap.
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COURT 9
On June 3 about 7.10am, the
woman was inside the studio
when another employee came in
and said a man had followed her
into the studio.
The woman went outside and
asked the man what he was doing,
to which he replied, “Whatever
you want me to do”.
Kazakos then approached the
woman aggressively, causing
her to feel scared and go back
into the studio, locking the door
behind her.
Kazakos then began to shake
the door before calling the business
a total of 143 times, leaving
“aggressive” voice messages of
him “ranting and rambling”.
On June 11, Kazakos called the
woman’s personal phone multiple
times and left voice messages.
The same day. Bateman was
leaving the business when he saw
Kazakos. He confronted him
about calling the woman and
told Kazakos he was not allowed
back into the studio.
Kazakos shouted at Bateman,
“Do you want to go c***?”, before
running to a small doorway
and grabbing a long metal pole,
swinging it at Bateman in a baseball
bat fashion.
Kazakos put the pole down,
adopting a fighting stance and
lunging at Bateman several times
before picking up the pole again
and hitting Bateman on his left
arm.
Bateman then tackled Kazakos
to the ground and held him there
until police arrived.
Bateman told the NZ Herald
the biggest thing
for him, and his
team, was that
Kazakos got the
help and support
he obviously
needs.
He said they
Tim have hundreds
Bateman of customers
coming into the
studio every week, sometimes
forced to tackle problem head on
when it’s dark outside, and it was
important that they feel safe and
comfortable, as well as his staff.
“It’s not nice knowing people
like that are out and about just
out of control.”
He said Kazakos would call
up the business “ranting and
rambling” in an aggressive
manner, to the point where he
became concerned he might hurt
somebody.
Bateman said he had no animosity
towards Kazakos, saying
he would rather he be assaulted
by the man than one of his female
staff members.
PROTECT:
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and former
Crusader Tim
Bateman
used his rugby
skills to detain
Leoindos
Kazakos.
PHOTO: GETTY
He felt as though the matter
had been dealt with well.
Kazakos was also charged
relating to an incident on February
16, when he pushed and
threatened a security guard who
served a trespass order on him at
the South City shopping centre.
From the dock, Kazakos asked
the judge for permission to
speak, stating he would never
call the business 143 times or
approach the females in a sexual
way.
“Why would I be doing that to
females when I can just pay for
This report was produced by Open
Justice – Te Pātītī, a Public
Interest Journalism initiative
funded by NZ on Air
it?” he asked the judge.
Kazakos’ lawyer Kerri Bell said
her client had mental health issues
at the time of the offending
but is now getting the support he
needs.
She asked Judge Mark Callaghan
to impose a sentence of
intensive supervision and said
Kazakos had told her the three
and a half months he’d spent in
custody had been a good opportunity
for him to “get clean”, and
he is in a good space now.
He was also willing to pay
reparation to the victims, the
court heard.
Judge Callaghan said reports
provided to the court showed
Kazakos suffered from various
mental health issues and if he
didn’t continue taking his medication,
he would likely re-offend.
He sentenced Kazakos to 12
months’ intensive supervision
with special conditions,
including not to possess or
consume alcohol or nonprescribed
drugs, not to contact
the victims of his offending
and to attend mental health
appointments.
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Judge rules disciplinary action can be
taken against Reay over CTV disaster
• By Soumya Bhamidipati
THE professional engineering
body can take disciplinary
action against the man
whose company designed the
Canterbury Television building,
a judge has ruled.
The six-storey CTV building
collapsed during the February
22, 2011, earthquake, killing 115
people.
Engineering New Zealand
(ENZ – formerly known as the Institution
of Professional Engineers
New Zealand, or IPENZ) wants to
investigate whether Dr Alan Reay
should have better supervised
his employee who designed the
building.
However, Reay is calling for
the disciplinary action to be
abandoned because of how much
time has passed.
It follows years of litigation,
including judicial decisions on
whether a disciplinary committee
had the jurisdiction to
investigate someone who was no
longer a member of the professional
body.
Now, Justice Paul Radich has
ruled in ENZ’s favour.
“The disciplinary process is
able to, and should, see itself
through,” he said, noting the
court would not normally intervene
before a complaint process
was completed.
“I am satisfied that in this case
it continues to be in the public
interest to enable the disciplinary
committee to consider the complaints
substantively.”
At a hearing at the High
Court at Wellington last month,
Reay’s lawyer, Kristy McDonald,
Alan Reay
TRAGEDY:
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collapsed
during the
February
22, 2011
earthquake,
killing 115
people.
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GEOFF SLOAN
argued there was no explicit
requirement under the 1986
rules – when the building was
constructed – for her client to
supervise his employee.
She argued the agency had not
specified which rule her client
was meant to have broken, and
had drawn the matter out over
more than a decade.
There was no need to protect
the public, McDonald said, as
Reay was now 82 and had retired
from engineering.
Justice Radich said while the
1986 code did not refer explicitly
to supervision, it was implied in
how the provisions were worded.
“A member operating a
business that employs other
engineers will, if they are to act
professionally and with integrity,
and if they are to recognise their
responsibilities in the public
interest and to their profession,
supervise those employees,” he
said.
“Accordingly, it is for the disciplinary
committee to determine,
based upon evidence of the
nature of Dr Reay’s practice in
1986, whether his peers would
regard that conduct as being
in line with generally accepted
standards of the profession at the
time.”
While he acknowledged the
time that had elapsed, Justice
Radich found the delays should
not prevent the disciplinary
hearing from proceeding, and
would not unfairly impact Reay.
ENZ chief executive Dr Richard
Templer said he was encouraged
by the court’s decision.
“The reality is it’s been 12
years since the Christchurch
earthquake, whereby 115 people
tragically lost their lives when
the CTV building collapsed.
“People are looking for answers
and this decision confirms
this complaint must be allowed
to continue through the normal
process and be heard by a disciplinary
committee from the
profession.”
The disciplinary process would
begin as quickly as possible,
Templer said.
A 2012 Royal Commission of
Inquiry found Reay’s employee,
engineer David Harding, made
fundamental errors in designing
the building.
It criticised Reay for handing
sole responsibility for the design
over to somebody so inexperienced.
That same year, 54 family
members and the Ministry of
Building, Innovation and Employment’s
chief engineer made
complaints about both men to
the professional body.
A separate police
investigation, which concluded
in November 2017, resulted in
no criminal prosecution for the
building’s collapse.
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Thursday October 5 2023 The Star
NEWS 13
Community board infighting, insults
• By Daniel Alvey
INFIGHTING and name calling
on a community board has led
to resignations, triggering a byelection.
The Malvern Community
Board in the Selwyn District is in
disarray after member Sean Ellis
resigned in late August followed
by chair Ken May a week later.
May and Ellis appear to have
been in regular conflict.
May said Ellis thought he
was “god” and was trying to
undermine him as the chair.
But Ellis responded saying
he, along with the other board
members, were trying to change
May’s approach and attitude.
“The rest of the board tried
to change it and make it more
professional and more open and
we were getting knocked back all
the time,” Ellis said.
“He wasn’t behaving correctly
as chair.”
Ellis said he left the board out
of “frustration” with May which
was affecting his personal and
family life.
“It was getting to a position
where it was very unhappy and
very frustrating and that was
starting to impact on my family
lead to resignations and by-election
life,” said Ellis.
May also took a swipe at other
board members saying, “I’m too
old to be pissing around with
children.”
He singled out Calvin Payne
and Sharn Nu’u, saying they
were “no brainers”.
“There was a severe lack of
desire on my part to deal with
idiots. The only two sensible ones
were Bruce Russell and myself,
in my opinion,” he said.
Ellis said May’s comments
were “vulgar” and “uncouth”.
May and Ellis’ resignations
mean a by-election will now be
needed.
May said what finally led to his
resignation were issues around
the Springfield Donut, the
township’s symbol and tourist
attraction which the Selwyn
district council has copped
criticism for bad paint leaving it
looking tatty.
Between 2020 and 2022 the
donut has been painted four
times at a cost of $17,864.
“Calvin ‘no brain’ Payne went
up to Springfield because there
were problems with the donut
and came up with a whole lot
of bs about the donut. That it
should be encased in scaffolding
and it was dangerous, the stand
behind it was unsteady.
“Then the other no-brainer
Sharn Nu’u got onto it and made
some comment about how she’d
CONFLICT:
The Malvern
Community Board
in happier days –
Sharn Nu’u (left),
Sean Ellis, Ken May,
Bruce Russell and
Calvin Payne.
taken her kids up there once and
it felt unsafe and that she might
hurt herself,” May said.
Payne confirmed he had raised
safety issues with the donut, but
he had no response for being
called a “no-brainer”.
Nu’u also confirmed she had
raised the issue of feeling unsafe
on the donut in a conversation
outside a public meeting.
Nu’u said May’s comments
were an example of what they
were dealing with.
“The board lost confidence in
the chair.”
She said May’s comments were
unacceptable and unprofessional.
May claimed Payne had
been going around other
board members calling for his
resignation. Payne said that
wasn’t correct.
“I did not want Ken to resign.
Not from the board, no,” Payne
said.
Nu’u also said May’s claim was
incorrect.
STICKY SITUATION:
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Innovative research using patients’
heart cells to reduce stroke risk
HEART ATTACKS and
strokes should not happen
says a scientist whose research
into these diseases has won a
$155,000 grant.
Canterbury University school
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professor Steven Gieseg is
leading the research project ‘Is
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inflammatory
process that causes strokes and
heart attacks,” said Gieseg, who
REGULATE: Canterbury University research is examining artery plaques removed from
stroke patients to illuminate the inflammation process.
PHOTO: GETTY
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disease and heart health since
1990.
“Within the arteries though,
the control systems appear to
become ineffective, allowing
cholesterol filled pus to build up
inside the artery wall, forming
artery plaques.
“It is the rupture of these white
blood cell-filled artery plaques
that causes blood clots to form
and stops the flow of blood to the
brain or heart.”
About 1700 New Zealanders
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arrest each year.
Better understanding of the
inflammation activity in heart
cells could lead to a reduction in
heart attacks and strokes, while
an innovative new approach
developed over the last six
years could lead to research
breakthroughs.
Said Gieseg: “We have
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where we can take artery plaques
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our surgical collaborators and
keep it alive in the laboratory
for up to a week. This allows us
to examine the inflammation
process in actual human artery
plaque instead of relying on
mouse models.”
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the tissue down and count the
individual cell types generating
and causing the inflammation.
For the first time researchers will
be directly measuring cause and
effect.
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what exactly is driving the
inflammation in the artery that
creates heart disease. If we know
what the drivers are we could
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damage triggered
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landslides. Left –
Clifton Hill after the
February 22, 2011
earthquake.
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Thursday October 5 2023 The Star
NEWS 15
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Landslides cause more deaths
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RESEARCHERS have received
EQC funding to investigate how
climate change could increase
the risk of damage triggered by
earthquakes and landslides.
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frequent storms will continue
to increase the cost of insurance
claims and have a profound
impact on people’s lives and
property.
“It’s very important because
climate change, which is linked
to varying storm frequency,
intensity and duration, has
an impact on several other
hazards.
“If you have more saturated
ground prior to an earthquake
this increases the risk of
earthquake-induced flooding
and also means there’s a greater
risk of landslides on hillsides.
“Rising sea levels and rivers
running higher will also change
patterns of earthquake-induced
flooding.”
The research team is one
of three from the university
awarded funding from EQC
to fill knowledge gaps and
improve engineering practices.
Each programme will receive
$450,000 over three years from
2024.
Stahl said the study will
expand geological data at key
locations along active faults,
produce better models of
earthquake and landslide multihazards,
and improve guidance
for building near active faults.
POLICE HAVE charged a
41-year-old man following
an aggravated robbery at a
Sydenham service station.
The man allegedly entered
the Mobil service station on
Colombo St about 9am on
September 23 and demanded
cash and cigarettes.
Police said he then threatened
the service station attendant
with a weapon and fled the scene
on a black Milazo mountain
bike, heading west down
Milton St.
The store attendant was
uninjured, but police said at the
time they were shaken and upset
by the experience.
He has been charged with
aggravated robbery and will
re-appear in the district court on
October 24.
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NEWS
Governors Bay jetty
Christchurch
Heritage
Festival
6 – 23 October 2023
makes a big splash
Our Stories
of Living and Learning
Discover some of the exciting events on offer…
Whakaraupō Time Warp Walk
Ōhinehou Lyttelton, weekends 7–23 October
Some like it Polish
The Piano: Centre for Music and the Arts, Central City, 8 October
Windows on the Past: learning from our city’s archaeology
Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House, 11 October
For the full programme and event details, visit
ccc.govt.nz/heritagefestival
• By Sasha Watson
FOR OVER a decade, the Governors Bay
Jetty was closed to the public.
The jetty, which was damaged by the
February 22, 2011 earthquake, officially
reopened at the weekend to an audience of
over 400 supporters.
Said Governors Bay Jetty Restoration
Trust chair Prue Miller: “I’m actually a bit
speechless about it, knowing that it will be
used for the next hundred years.”
Miller said children were among the first
to wander down the new jetty.
“Most children in Governors Bay had
never had that experience.
“It was an amazing turn out and a
fantastic vibe.
“Sixteen jetty jumpers braved the cold
early-morning water – not just by
jumping in but by swimming around the
DIVE RIGHT IN:
Open water swimmers
were the first jumpers
off the new jetty.
harbour too.”
The Canterbury Open Water Swimming
Association made the winning $1100 bid
to be the first jetty jumpers.
The online Trade Me auction was set up
by the trust to raise funds to pay for the
jetty.
The total cost of the rebuild was $3.7
million, and the trust received financial
backing from the city council to fund the
project. After sourcing the $1.5 million
of their share, the trust has $350,000 left
to raise for the rebuild. Miller said the
next major project will be starting on the
boathouse.
“There is still a lot of work to do, but we
have four years to pay for the jetty.
“We have all had the same vision since
the beginning of the project, and a great
many people were a part of making the
jetty restoration such a success.”
THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTION
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The ultimate event for women is back
GIRLS’ DAY OUT: The Christchurch Women’s Lifestyle Expo
brings together 180 of the best lifestyle companies under
one roof this weekend.
THE Christchurch Women’s
Lifestyle Expo is returning for
2023, bringing together 180
of the best lifestyle companies
under one roof at Wolfbrook
Arena on October 7 and 8.
The expo will have something
for everyone’s taste. Whether
you’re looking for the perfect gift
for a friend or family member
with the unique range of artisan
goods and giftware, after a bit of
pampering for yourself, or need
to stock up on your eco-friendly
essentials, you can be sure you’ll
find what you need.
The best of local companies
will be exhibiting at the expo,
alongside a number of national
companies who will travel to
Christchurch especially for the
event. It’s the perfect opportunity
for a girls’ day out, or to
treat yourself to a day leisurely
wandering between exhibitors.
Says NZME event director
Renee Murray: “It’s been incredible
seeing our communities
coming together to support local.
We are so pleased to be able to
provide an opportunity for Kiwi
businesses and local Christchurch
companies to connect with
thousands of women.
“We have some incredible
companies exhibiting this year,
from young entrepreneurs to
larger well-known brands. There
are some amazing new businesses
like NEXTANN, a sustainable
beauty brand who offer plantbased
tanning solutions, The
Book Shoppe, a book subscription
giftbox, and Fling Cocktails,
showcasing New Zealand’s home
of Premium Canned Cocktails
made with fresh ingredients.”
The popular Artisan Zone will
include artisan crafters from all
over New Zealand with unique
products including soaps and
organic beauty goods, jewellery,
original art, home decor, clothing
and more.
Appreciating that shopping,
pampering, trying and testing
can be hard work, the expo Taste
Zone (a mini food show) will be
on hand to offer pick-me-ups,
and tasty treats and bites to keep
you going. Sample an array of
gourmet food and beverages
with everything from gin and
vodka to plant-based slices,
boutique condiments, gourmet
cookies, liqueurs, tea, handcrafted
chocolate and so much more
– you can buy what you love to
take away and enjoy at home.
• The expo is happening
on Saturday, October 7
(10am-5pm) and Sunday,
October 8 (10am-4pm) at
Wolfbrook Arena. Earlybird
tickets are available on
iTICKET and door sales will
also be available across
the event weekend. Follow
the buzz on the Women’s
Lifestyle Expo Facebook
page or find out more on
the website
The
YUMMI
study.
The role of cow, goat or sheep milk in
the nutrition and health of older women.
Milk provides important nutrients that help older people to maintain
muscle and bone health, and low milk intake is often associated with
poor nutrition in older adults.
We are looking for female volunteers aged 60 to 80 years to participate
in the YUMMI study, a 12-week research study investigating the health
effects of consuming different types milk – cow, goat, or sheep.
We will provide you with cow, goat or sheep milk powder to drink
twice a day for 12-weeks, or you will be asked to eat your normal diet
(control group). The time commitment for the study will be about 11
hours and you will attend five clinic visits. You will receive up to $220 in
supermarket vouchers in recognition of the actual or reasonable costs
involved with participating in this study (e.g. parking and/or travel costs).
If you are a woman aged 60 to 80 years and can drink milk, we would
love to hear from you.
Department of Human Nutrition
Ping Ong
yummistudy@otago.ac.nz | 021 2798214
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your community
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communities with the Certificate in Health and Wellbeing,
starting in February. Course options include mental health
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Learn more and apply at
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Papanui’s fundraiser line-up
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MATCH-UP: Riley Te Ao will face Blenheim’s Taine McNaulty at the heavy hitters fundraising
event on Saturday, organised by Papanui’s Sam Watt (right). ​
Top right – South Island champion Christian Tikao will also feature.
• By Jaime Cunningham
A NUMBER of national and
South Island champions will
headline Papanui Boxing Club’s
heavy hitters fundraising event,
which returns for an eighth year
on Saturday.
Although the club has lost
some top fighters overseas and
to injury, the event is a chance
for Papanui to showcase their
club and the region’s talent in
the 19 bouts.
Event organiser and five-time
New Zealand champion Sam
Watt said the smaller clubs in
Canterbury have grown and
impacted on the level of competition.
“The Canterbury boxing scene
is growing from strength to
strength,” he said.
“In the past, Riverside boxing
have dominated throughout the
mid-2000s to mid-2010s and
lately the traditional strong clubs
Woolston, Papanui and Smiling
Tigers.
“These clubs have now been
joined by Rangiora boxing and
Champ Nation also having
strong stables. This has meant
the local scene is really competitive
and a great camaraderie has
been built.”
While Papanui’s stable is
rebuilding after dominating over
the past couple of years, there
will be plenty of up and coming
talent in the ring on Saturday.
Riley Te Ao will be one of the
headliners, despite his short time
competing.
Watt said he has only been in a
boxing gym since February last
year.
“But (he) has racked up a
number of wins with his great
footwork and fierce body punching,”
he said.
Riley was the most scientific
junior boxer at both the Canterbury
championships and South
Island Golden Gloves this year.
The ages of boxers will range
from 14 to 36 at the event, which
will have four female bouts.
Welterweight and multiple
South Island champion Christian
Tikao will also feature.
Watt said Tikao is an “absolute
headache” for any opponent,
with other welterweights declining
to fight him.
The night will finish with a
bout between Papanui’s William
Vuidreketi and Champ Nation’s
Jacob Hermens.
Vuidreketi is the current South
Island Golden Gloves champion
and has won his last four fights.
Four-time New Zealand
champion Azeez Ghazizada
won’t be on the card after his
opponent Ryley Sutherland
(Woolston) withdrew earlier this
week.
Ghazizada won a silver medal
at the Oceania championships
in May, losing his final by a split
decision to Australian Redhu
Diyanshu.
• The first fight starts
at 6pm at Christchurch
Rugby Club on
Westminster St. Entry is
$20 for adults and $10
for under-18s on the door
(cash only). For more
information go to Papanui
Boxing Club’s Facebook
page
Teenager revs up for race of his life
• By Daniel Alvey
CHRISTCHURCH teenager
Louis Sharp is preparing for
the biggest event of his motor
racing career as he faces a
championship showdown.
The 16-year-old Rodin Carlin
driver is leading by one point
in the 2023 ROCKiT F4 British
championship, ahead of Hitech
Pulse-Eight’s William Macintyre.
The three-race showdown will
take place this weekend at the
Brands Hatch race track near
London.
“There’s nothing to lose now,”
he said on Facebook.
“We’re heading into the last
round. With how close it is we
really need to go out and nail it.”
Sharp has had five wins so far
in his second championship season,
three more than Macintyre.
He hopes winning the championship
will move him to the next
step on the ladder.
“I’m hoping we will be moving
onwards from F4, there’s a bit
of chat about what we do next
year but apart from that I’m
fully focused on closing out the
championship,” Sharp told the
Barc’ing Mad podcast.
Born in the United Kingdom,
Sharp spent most of his childhood
in Christchurch, attending
St Joseph’s School and St Bede’s
College before moving back to
the UK last year with his dad
Jason to pursue his F1 dream.
“As a family, we have had to
sacrifice a lot to make this happen,
but if I want to achieve my
dream I need to be in the UK.”
Sharp is hoping to follow in
the footsteps of fellow Rodin
driver Liam Lawson, who has
been making his mark on Formula
One as he stands in for the
injured Daniel Riccardo at Alpha
Tauri.
A former winner of the
championship was McLaren F1
driver Lando Norris in 2015.
IN FRONT: Christchurch
teenager Louis Sharp is
leading the British F4
Championship by one
point. PHOTO: JAKOB
EBREY PHOTOGRAPHY

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
• By Diane Keenan
FORMER NEW Zealand
billiards and snooker champion,
Dave Meredith will make his
debut on the international
tennis circuit at the International
Tennis Federation World
Tennis Masters in Mallorca this
month.
Meredith (left), the country’s
current 75s champion, is part of
the four-man New Zealand team
competing in the world event for
ages 65 to 85, which has attracted
entries from 21 countries. His
team mates are former Davis
Cup representative David
Hawkes of Wellington, Gavin
Dunn, also from Christchurch
and Phil Crozier of Ashburton.
He leaves this week for the
teams’ event, which runs from
October 8-13. Meredith will then
line up for individual honours
against 66 other players from
around the world in his age
group from October 14-21.
“For me playing tennis
overseas is definitely unchartered
territory. I will be on a learning
curve as there are a lot of
unknown factors to overcome
such as playing on clay and
playing opponents who I know
nothing about,” he said.
Thursday October 5 2023 The Star
SPORT 25
Snooker veteran off to tennis world masters
On the plus side for Meredith
– currently ranked 262 in the
world – is his experience in
international competition. He
competed in three world amateur
snooker championships in 1978,
1980 and 1987 and six world
amateur billiards championships
in 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1990
and 1996.
“I am definitely looking
forward to the tennis and
will give it my best shot,”
said Meredith who still plays
regularly at a high level and is
coach and mentor to a number
of aspiring players, including his
grandchildren.
Experienced hands ready
for premier competition
New format
will ‘keep
game alive’
• By Diane Keenan
FAMILIAR FACES will be on
court for Cashmere and Te Kura
Hagley as they seek to defend
their titles in Christchurch’s
premier men’s and women’s
tennis competition.
Competition starts on
Saturday with the Cashmere
men having a home tie against
Burnside Park, while in the
women’s competition Te Kura
Hagley plays Shirley at Shirley.
The men’s and women’s
competitions have both
attracted six teams – Cashmere,
Elmwood, Burnside Park,
Bishopdale, Te Kura Hagley and
Edgeware/Waimairi contest
the men’s competition, and the
women’s teams are Te Kura
Hagley, Bishopdale, Cashmere,
Elmwood, Shirley and Waimairi.
South Brighton is missing from
the men’s ranks this season while
in the women’s competition,
Cashmere is only fielding one
premier team and Shirley
rejoins the premier ranks after
dominating the Division One
grade.
Tennis Canterbury General
Manager Bevan Johns said the
competition format has changed
this season following player
feedback with a round, including
semi-finals and finals played
before Christmas, and a second
round starting on January 20,
2024, also with play-offs. If
different teams win both rounds,
they will contest a grand final in
March.
Captain of last year’s winning
Cashmere team Matt Meredith
supports the change, saying it
means more tennis for top-level
players. Cashmere is fielding the
same team at last year, with the
addition of highly ranked New
Zealand junior Alvin Na.
Meredith said Cashmere has
a policy of bringing in younger
players, including Liam Barrett
and Lucas Evans through into
premier ranks so they benefit
from playing alongside its
experienced core of players.
The team includes all Meredith
brothers, Matt, Tim and James,
Harry Weeds, and Johnny
McHarg, who returns after a
spell last season due to injury.
Burnside Park, Cashmere’s
competition on Saturday,
features club coach Remi Feneon,
Finn Emslie-Robson, Jordan
Edwards, Liam Adams and
Jaimie Poole. The team also has
a very strong division 1 team to
draw on for its premier team,
including nationally ranked
juniors, Jack Hansen Ratter and
Ricky Kotepong.
Bishopdale plays a strong,
unchanged Elmwood team
at Bishopdale and Edgeware
Waimairi plays Te Kura Hagley
at Edgeware.
In the women’s competition Te
Kura Hagley’s experienced lineup
including Beth Williamson,
Michele Kelsen, Adele Orangi,
Petra Belzova and Bailey Wilson
face an unknown in Shirley,
which includes sisters Casey
and Nicole Fitchett and Rebecca
and Aleisha McConnell. Former
Cashmere player Nishitha
Maarka joins Shirley as its likely
top player, along with Dasha
Sanina who has come through
the club’s junior ranks.
Te Kura Hagley captain Beth
Williamson, who credits her
team of “probably having the
highest average age” in the
competition, also supports the
format change.
“The competition is probably
the strongest it has been for a
number of years and this format
will keep it alive,” she said.
There will be a lot of interest
READY: Te Kura Hagley captain
Beth Williamson supports the
format change and said the
premier tennis competition is the
strongest it has been in years.
in the clash between Elmwood
and Bishopdale. Elmwood is
fielding an extremely strong
team boosted by the addition
of Louise Oxnevad, who played
college tennis in the United
States. The team includes the
Mason sisters, Abby and Emma,
and Tessa McCann, who played
for Cashmere last season.
Bishopdale’s line-up features
mother and daughter Joelene and
Jade Feneon, along with juniors
Aliyah Daley, Marija Filipovic
and Honor Barry.
Waimairi plays a formidable
Cashmere team which includes
Lucia Gale and Ruby Young who
are competing this week in the
International Tennis Federation
Junior 100 event at Wilding Park.
Gale is fifth seed in the
women’s draw and Young
seventh seed. In the men’s singles
local player Diego Quispe-Lim is
the top seed ahead of Australian
Cruz Hewitt, the son of tennis
great Leyton Hewitt.
Bowlers
in town
for U26
event
A TOP-CLASS field of young
bowlers from New Zealand,
Australia and the Cook Islands
will vie for honours at the annual
Living House Burnside under-26
singles tournament at the
weekend.
Of the 32 players, 15 are from
the North Island, 12 from the
South Island, three from Australia,
and two from the Cook
Islands.
The timetable can be found at
www.burnsidebowlingclub.com
There is no entry charge for
spectators. Bowls NZ will be
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the division 1 final on Sunday
(and likely an afternoon game
on Saturday) through Bowls NZ
YouTube
Disappointing
end to season
for Canty Bulls
AN underwhelming season for
the once powerful Canterbury
Bulls has seen them lose 34-22
to Waikato Mana in the national
rugby league premiership
relegation match.
The defeat means the Bulls will
spend next year’s season striving
to regain a place in the premiership
from the second-tier national
championship.
Continuing the trend of their
winless pool stage, the Bulls
defensive lapses, poor completion
rate and inability to ice scoring
chances proved the difference
against a more clinical Waikato.
“It’s not a campaign we’re proud
of,” said Bulls captain Uale Peneli.
“We tried to put what happened
the last few weeks behind us and
try to come down and compete,
but we weren’t good enough.
“No excuses, just disappointed.”

26 The Star Thursday October 5 2023
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Thursday October 5 2023 The Star
SPORT 27
Top three the target for veteran
• By Jaime Cunningham
BARRY Washbourne will be
the oldest clay target shooter
at the Oceania continental
championships in Brisbane.
But that won’t stop the
Christchurch shooter from
firing on all cylinders against
competitors who weren’t even
born when he took up the
sport.
Throughout his 40-year career,
Washbourne has competed
in three different disciplines,
represented New Zealand 12
times and travelled the world.
This month, the two-time
national champion will compete
in the skeet events at the Oceania
competition for a fourth time.
Washbourne, 64, admits
the competition will be tough,
considering the majority are in
their 20s.
“I’m by far the oldest competitor
there,” he said.
“I’ve only taken on this discipline
in the last 10 years and
probably should’ve taken it up
40-odd years ago.”
But age is just a number for
Washbourne, who goes into the
competition as the second-ranked
New Zealander, behind Paul
Wilson. Washbourne scored
299 in his best three events since
September last year, while Wilson
top-scored with 322.
Washbourne will be looking
to improve on his best placing of
fifth, which he achieved in 2017.
“Obviously doing better than
fifth is the goal, a placing like
first, second or third would be
the best,” he said.
“Just as high of a result as I can
manage.”
He will also compete in the
new mixed pairs event with
Christchurch’s Chloe Tipple.
Eleven countries from Guam
to Norfolk Island will take part
in the eight-day, biennial event.
Because of Covid, it will be the
first Oceania competition since
2019.
Although there is one Paris
Olympic qualification up for
grabs, the ins and outs of being
able to qualify as the ‘quota’
makes Washbourne’s chances
difficult.
“It’s quite a long-winded
process and to be picked for
your country, you have to fly to
compete at the world (championships)
next year,” he said.
“Nine out of 10 miss the quota
to go to the Olympics due to the
certain requirements.
“And in New Zealand, they
expect you to finish in the top
15 (at the Olympics) – that’s the
standard they set.”
EXPERIENCE: Barry
Washbourne will
compete in his fourth
Oceania continental
championships, in
Brisbane this month.
He is pictured at the
2019 event.
Below – Washbourne
takes aim at the 2020
Australia nationals in
Newcastle.
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Free Quotes
Phone 348 3482
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
Trades & Services
021 049 0902
Trades & Services
rooF
painting
by Certified Tradesman
Book now
and receive
20% discount.
Rope and harness
a speciality.
No scaffolding
required.
30 years
experience.
Free Quotes
Call Chris
021 080 31669
Trades & Services
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
BENNET & SONS LTD
Qualified & licenced
builders. New homes, villa
restoration, extensions,
decks, weatherbord
repairs, t&g flooring.
Phone Sam 0274 969 362
or sambennet@live.com
BEST BATHROOMS
Full renovations
specialists, LBP builder.
Free quote, all building
property maintenace. Ph
387-0770 or 027 245 5226
ciey@xtra.co.nz
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
Mailer Deliveries
For a local, reliable
mailer delivery
service contact
Star Media
• Newspaper inserts
• Magazine inserts
• Letterbox deliveries
• Urban & Rural deliveries
For a cost effective, targeted
delivery please call 03 379 7100
or email mike@starmedia.kiwi
www.star.kiwi
PLUMBER
Need your
hot water fixed
quicksmart?
Call your
specialist
for a FREE
quote!
0800 468 928
hotwatershop.co.nz
TRADES
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business & services
in Christchurch’s
best read &
largest circulation
newspaper
Delivered into over 93,000
Christchurch homes every week.
Ask us about our fantastic
cost affordable packages.
Phone: 03 379 1100 | www.star.kiwi
Thursday October 5 2023 The Star 29
Your guide to our LOCAL & TRUSTED
Trades & Professional Services
Specializing in:
• Roof Painting
• Interior/exterior
residential
• Small commercial
painting
To advertise: Phone 379 1100 or email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
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
PAINTERS
Painters and Decorators Ltd
Canterbury Owned and Operated
A husband and wife team
Noel 027-411-3596
kemp.painters@gmail.com
kemp painters and decorators
• Tennis Courts &
Swimming Pools
• Chip Seal Driveways
• Diggers – 2 Ton
up to 20 Ton
• Excavators
• Bobcat & Drilling
• For Posthole &
Fence hole
PLUMBER
Free
QuoTe
We offer
free quotes
Quality not
Quantity
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
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
PAINTING & PlAsTerING
• PAINTING • TILING
• PLASTERING
• WALLPAPERING
Phone Kevin Steel
• Interior/Exterior
• New Homes & Repaints
• Quality workmanship assured
• Correct preparation always undertaken
• 20+ years experience
• Earthquake repairs
(Painting/Plastering/Wallpapering/Tiling)
Ph 027 216 8946
www.facebook.com/kevinsteelpainters&decorators
Email: kpsteel@xtra.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
WINDOW TINTING
tintawindow
advanced film solutions
99% uv block
fade protection
heat control
reduce glare
25 Years Experience
privacy films
frosting designs
non-darkening films
Workmanship Guaranteed
Lifetime Warranties on Most Films
UV
block
Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts
03 365 3653 0800 368 468

30 The Star Thursday October 5 2023
The Star Classifieds
Professional roof
restoration
Roof Painting, Concrete, Decramastic, Iron
Rope & Harness, Access Specialist
12 Year Guarantee
• Waterblasting • All Roof Repairs
• Moss Treatments • Leaks
• Gutter Cleaning & Repairs
20 Years in
Roofing Industry
Trades & Services
Free Roof
Inspections & Quotes
Ph: Vinnie 027 505 7779
Trades & Services
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
Semi-retired. Available for
bathrooms, decks, small
projects and all repair
work. Ph 027 3266 114
or brentew@outlook.com.
Excellent work. Great
rates.
BUILDER
Exp in all aspects of
building works, new
builds, home renovations
& extensions, property
repairs. Free quote. Ph
Stuart 0274 661058
BUILDING
Reno’s, repairs. Free
Quote .Master Builder. Ph
027 224 2831
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
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
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
ELECTRICIAN
A Prompt & reliable
Trades & Services
Trades & Services
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
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
Trades & Services
GARDENING
Lawns, weeding, pruning,
garden clean ups. Call Phil
021 661 246 for your free
quote
GARDEN SORTING
Planting/ maintenance .
Lawn sowing/patching
Ph Graeme 027 341 8596 ,
342 5151
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.
HANDYMAN
Some jobs don’t need a
tradie, so why pay more?
Gardening, building,
electrical, plumbing. No
charge for quotes. Ph Dave
022 451 7314
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
and pruning from $30
Garden cleanups.. Ph Gary
021 529 022 / 342 8950
PAINTING
Exterior experts. 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
PAINTER
Plastering. Trade qualified.
20 yrs exp. Int / Ext.
Reasonable rates. Ph Paul
0272 383 224 or 331 8133
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
• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
Trades & Services
ROTARY HOEING
It’s time to create the
perfect garden for your
fresh spring and summer
vegetables and herbs. I
can provide a prompt and
efficient service. Contact
Murray on 027 694 5275
RUBBISH REMOVAL
Furniture Deliveries
Van, Trailer Rubbish
Removal.Phone Gary 342-
8950, 021 529 022
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
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
Tuition
COMPUTER LESSONS
avail for computer, IPad,
or Mobile. Please contact
Jobee 027 290 9246 www.
computertutor.nz
Wanted To Buy
ALWAYS
BUYING
Estates, China,
Antiques, Art, Royal
Albert, Royal Doulton
etc. Best Prices,
Free Appraisal. Call
Rob at 349-4229 or
027 299 7232
academyantiques.co.nz
WANTED
SLEEPOUTS
Sleepouts Galore
Buyers and sellers of
relocatable buildings
11 Brixton Street, Hornby
Phone: 021 1062 900
Wanted To Buy
TOYS WANTED
Suitable 5yr old and up.
Would consider damaged.
Ph 021 0268 6514
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
A+ Household effects,
fridges, freezers, washing
machines, ovens. Good
cash paid. Ph Paul 022
0891 671
A Records Wanted. Don’t
play them? Recycle them!
Excellent prices paid.
Pennylane Records, ph
366-3278 Sydenham, 7
days.
CARAVAN. With, shower
& toilet . Any condition.
Reasonable price. Ph
Steve 027 622 0011.
GOLD AND SILVER
BUYER. Pay up to the
following prices: 1/2
Sovereigns $400. Full
Sovereigns $800. Gold
nuggets $3100oz. 18ct
gold $75gram. 9ct gold
$37gram. Also wanting
Gold rings, Bar Brooches.
Gold & Silver Chains,
Sovereign Cases, Medals,
any damaged jewellery. Ph
Murray 021 441 400
MILITARIA Any
country, firearms,
uniforms, badges, medals,
memoribilia, WW2 or
earlier ph 338-9931
Stafford Trading wanting
to buy duchesses, bedside
cabinets, whiteware &
deceased estates. Phone
366 5994 and leave
message.
TOOLS, Garden garage,
saw benches, Lathes. Cash
buyer Phone 355-2045
Wanted To Rent
Male wanting 1 bdrm flat
with garage. Call Dan 021
024 59 679
Situations Vacant
PAINTER REQUIRED
Suit semi retired person to
repaint windows and sills
on single storey family
home in Papanui. Hourly
rate neg. Ph 021 372 479
Property Maintenance
Business established since
1982 requires a qualified
appointment person based
in greater Christchurch
area. Phone or text 021
472 737 or email office@
strada.nz
Public Notices
STAMP AND
POSTCARD FAIR
The Philatelic Centre
67 Mandeville Street,
Riccarton
Saturday 7th October
9am-12pm
Sellers tables available
Phone 027 6354 957
Public Notices
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:
gmail.com
clallnations@
Public Notices
Senior Citizens
Outings
with Travel 88 Ltd
KAIKOURA - PICTON - MAIL BOAT -
COASTAL PACIFIC TRAIN BACK TO CHCH.
DePARTINg OCT 17
FOR 2 NIgHTS / 3 DAyS.
day 1: Free home pickup then coach to
Kaikoura & overnight at The Panorama Motel
with dinner at The Pier Restaurant.
day 2: After breakfast we travel to Picton
and after lunch we take the magic MAIL RUN
CRUISE up The Queen Charlotte Sounds.
Overnight at THE HARBOUR VIEW MOTEL.
day 3: Picton sights & shopping then we take
THE COASTAL PACIFIC TRAIN back to ChCh.
We meet and take you back home.
Our price of $1390.00 includes your own
motel unit (no sharing) - all evening meals &
breakfasts - The Mail Boat fare - The Coastal
Pacific train fare - home pickup & drop off.
PHONE PETER ON 0800 453 873 fOR bOOkiNgs
- NO PaymENT uNTil day Of TRavEl.
TRavEl 88 lTd.
SCHOOLS. SPORTS CLUBS OR CULTURAL EVENTS
OUTSTANDING
Fundraising opportunity
The Star has a fantastic opportunity that is an ideal way
to fundraise while at the same time helps to profile and
promote your team and their goals and ambitions.
Call now to find out more about how you can fundraise
those hard to get dollars, while at the same time
promoting some of the great positive work being done
in the community. It also offers exceptional value for
your supporters and sponsors.
Contact:
Mike Fulham
379 7100
mike@starmedia.kiwi
Public Notices

The Star Classifieds
Public Notice
Thursday October 5 2023 The Star 31
• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
Entertainment Entertainment Entertainment
COLLECTORS
NEEDED
Can you help us raise funds on
Friday 10 or Saturday 11 November 2023?
Help support one of our biggest events of the year,
the Annual Appeal.
We are looking for volunteers to collect donations at
various locations through Ōtautahi Christchurch.
If you can help, please get in touch via the email
below to register!
Thank you - we appreciate your support.
How you can support:
Over the years, Grant Amos has helped thousands
of people overcome their fear of flying.
Enrolments for our next “Flying Without Fear”
Programme are now being taken in your area.
HURRY! ONLY CHRISTCHURCH COURSE FOR THIS YEAR!
REMEMBER, FEAR OF FLYING IS NOT
IRRATIONAL - DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT IS
For further details, contact Sue on 09 483 5547
or 0800 737 225 www.flyok.co.nz
Entertainment
Donate!
Scan the QR code, or visit:
givealittle.co.nz/org/
Dementia-Canterbury
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appeal@dementiacanterbury.org.nz
or phone 03 379 2590 extn 217
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DELIVERERS WANTED
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Email:
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CODE
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32 The Star Thursday October 5 2023
PAVILION CAFE OPEN DAILY FROM 8AM
LEGENDS BAR OPEN DAILY FROM 10AM
MAIN RECEPTION HOURS DAILY FROM 9AM. MONDAY & TUESDAY
UNTIL 5PM AND WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY UNTIL 8PM
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Draw to take place by 7.15pm.
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FRIDAY 6 OCT, 8AM
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AND
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THURSDAY 19 OCT
11.30AM-2PM
Tickets $25pp on sale now!
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Get in quick. We will sell out!
CRACK
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FRIDAY
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JUST 1 PADLOCK LEFT!!
Draw is at 6.30pm
= Live Music =
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7PM FRIDAY
ON TAP
8PM SATURDAY
MEZZANINE
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GIG GUIDE
Thursday 5 to Wednesday 11 October 2023
RESTAURANT & CAFÉ
WEEKEND
BRUNCH
SATURDAY
& SUNDAY
8.30am-2pm
AMAZING
SELECTION
PLUS A SPECIAL
KID'S MENU
‘Famous
for their
roasts!’
$ FROM
20
ARMADILLO'S BECKENHAM, 155
Colombo St: Saturday 9pm - Speedboat.
A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St:
Thursday 8pm – Open Mic on the big stage,
all welcome, full back-line, free; Friday
7.30pm - Monk Seals EP Release Show, with
special guests Pool House, and Crustaceanz,
tix from UTR.co.nz – early bird $17.50+BF,
GA $22.50+BF, door sales if not sold out
prior; Saturday 7.30pm – Skule B4 Mule
featuring The C-Side from Rangiora High
School, followed by The Mule, everyone’s
favourite party dance band, 8-10-piece with
brass, playing ska, soul, RnB, reggae, funk
and all the rest, koha entry; Sunday 6pm –
La Mer (Taranaki), 5-piece authentic French
gypsy swing band in concert, fresh from
Akaroa French Festival, tickets $15+BF
UTR.co.nz or $20 door sales; Monday 7pm
– Believe It or Not Quiz, free; Wednesday
7.30pm – Swing Dancers take over A Rolling
Stone - Swingtown Rebels host a Band Night
with 3Kg, plus free swing-dance taster class
(taster class is at 7.30pm at St Michael’s
School Hall, 249 Durham St, no registration
required, just turn up). Then come join fab
live act 3Kg for a night of dancing from
8.30pm at A Rolling Stone, kitchen open
from 5pm, free entry!
BILL'S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: Thursday -
Micky Rat Karaoke. Friday - Wendy
Wiparata. Saturday - Mandi Miller. Sunday -
Micky Rat Karaoke.
BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St: Friday
4pm - DJ Rakinem. Saturday 3pm - Blue
Groove; 6pm - DJ Rakinem.
CARLTON, 1 Papanui Rd: Saturday 8pm
- Flat City Brotherhood.
CASHMERE CLUB, 50 Colombo St:
Friday 7pm - The Party Singers. Wednesday
7pm - Quiz. Friday 13th, 7pm Jingo.
CBS MUSIC, Catholic Pro-Cathedral,
373 Manchester St: Wednesday 1.10pm -
Wednesday's at One feat. Janet Cubey &
friends.
CHAT'S BAR, 251 Travis Rd: Thursday
7pm - Nautilus feat. Kev Emmett & Nic
Pegg.
CHCH CASINO, 30 Victoria St:
Thursday 6pm - Page 28. Friday 5.30pm -
Absolut; 9pm - The Meaniez. Saturday
5.30pm - Delta Bros; 9pm - In the City.
Sunday 4pm - Lissel.
CHCH FOLK MUSIC CLUB, Irish
Society Hall, 29 Domain Tce: Sunday
7.30pm - Renaissance: an Elizabethan
Consort.
FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday
6pm - Jazz Club with the Curio Club;
8.30pm - Live Band Karaoke. 11pm - Black
& Gold. Friday 5pm - Heather & Darren;
5pm - Penny Blues Band; 8.30pm - Black &
Gold; Midnight - Mr Speaker. Saturday
4.30pm - King Tubbs Duo; 5.30pm - Steven
Gill Trio; 8pm - Headrush; 11.30pm -Jinx.
Sunday 5pm - Black & Gold.
FOOD TRUCK ALLEY, 3 McCormacks
Bay Rd: Sunday 4pm - The Nowhere Men.
Sunday 15th Oct - Eastside. Sunday 22nd
Oct - The Sound Hunters. Sunday 29th Oct
- Te Aratai College Bands.
To add a listing, contact
Jo Fuller 03 379 7100 or
027 458 8590
jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi
HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd: Friday
7pm - Jo's Karaoke. Saturday 7pm - Sweet
Azz, $5 entry (Events Centre); 8pm - On
Tap (Mezzanine). Sunday 3pm - Topia
(Pavilion).
LITTLE BROWN JUG, 290 Wairakei
Rd: Saturday 7pm - The Meaniez.
LYTTELTON CLUB 328, 23 Dublin St,
Lyttelton: Friday 13th Oct - Rocky Horror
Juke Box Night. Sunday 28th Oct - Pre-
Halloween Party. Sunday 29th Oct - Lyttel
Spooks Halloween Party.
MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St:
Thursday 8pm - Sionna. Friday 10.30pm -
Uncovered. Saturday 10.30pm - Cropduster.
OLD LEITHFIELD HOTEL, 11 Old Main
North Rd: Friday 7.30pm - Flat City
Brotherhood.
NEW BRIGHTON CLUB, 202 Marine
Pde: Friday 27th Oct, 7pm - Level 6.
RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118
Racecourse Rd: Friday 7pm - DJ Chick
Karaoke.
REDWOOD BAR, 340 Main North Rd:
Friday 7pm - Old Skool.
RICHMOND CLUB, 'The Borough', 75
London St: Friday 7pm - Smooth Talk.
Saturday 7pm - End Game. Sunday 3pm -
Topia.
ROSE & THISTLE, 24a Main North Rd:
Friday 8.30pm - A&J Karaoke. Saturday
8.30pm - Shameless Two.
SHARKEY'S BAR, 96 Hoon Hay Rd:
Friday 7pm - Sandy's Girl Power. Saturday
7pm - Karaoke. Sunday 4pm - Open Mic.
TEMP'S BAR, 21 Goulding Ave:
Saturday 8.30pm - Titanic.
THE AVONHEAD TAVERN, 120
Withells Rd: Friday 7.30pm - Live music.
THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Thursday 7pm
- Quiz. Friday 7pm - Joel Lee; 10pm - The
Corks. Saturday 7pm - Topia; 11pm - Black
& Gold. Sunday 5pm - Willie & Friends.
THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd:
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 MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd:
Thursday 6pm - Music Bingo. Friday
9.30pm - Girl from Mars. Saturday 9.30pm -
Oblivion. Sunday 6pm - Karaoke with
Lance. Tuesday 7pm - Quiz. Wednesday
7.30pm - Karaoke with Lance.
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.
FAMILY
FRIENDLY
SENIOR'S
LUNCH
SPECIAL
Great Kids menu
plus designated
play room
$25
Two courses
Soup/Roast or
Roast/Dessert
SAT. 7 OCTOBER
8.30PM
Doors open 7pm
Tickets $40pp at the club
$13
Kid’s
Special
Two courses
Lunch only
Monday - Saturday
12pm - 2.30pm
Conditions apply
RESTAURANT & CAFÉ
The
RACECOURSE HOTEL
& Motorlodge
118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn,
THE ENTERTAINMENT HUB OF THE NORTH
Time
$1
POOL
Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150
www.racecoursehotel.co.nz
THE BIG O
TRIBUTE SHOW
FRI. 13 OCT, 7.30PM
Tickets $20pp at the club
FRIDAY 27TH OCTOBER
PARTY NIGHT
LIVE MUSIC FROM 6.30PM
PRIZE FOR BEST COSTUME
FEATURING:
TONY GREGORY HUNT
as ROY ORBISON
Dave Petrie, keyboards
Mark Cullen, drums
Peter Graham, pedal steel
Ray Harris, bass guitar
Geoff Tavendale, rhythm guitar
Gerry Gregory Hunt, bv
Chrissy Hart, bv
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$18
TIGER +
CURRY
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Curry of the Day washed down with a
refreshing Tiger Lager (330ml Regular or Crystal)
AVAILABLE FROM 5PM-8PM
EVERY MONDAY - THURSDAY
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PHONE 03 379 9461
WHAT’S ON AT THE RICHMOND CLUB
FRIDAY 7PM
SMOOTH TALK
SATURDAY 7PM
SUNDAY 3PM
RAFFLES
Thursday
4.30pm
Friday 4.30pm
Saturday 4pm
75 London St,
Richmond
Christchurch 8013
P: 03 389 5778
theborough.nz
richmondclub.nz

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2023
connecting you with your neighbourhood
Locals
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Supporting
Thursday, October 5, 2023
Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper
Young
ballerina
faces
decision
of a
lifetime
EN POINTE: Tamison
Soppet has gained a
scholarship to some of
Rotary club
funds TVs
for cancer
patients
CANCER PATIENTS and their
visitors can now watch TV in
their rooms thanks to a Rotary
fundraising effort.
The Bishopdale-Burnside
Rotary Club has made a $20,000
donation to the Cancer Society
Canterbury from money raised
from its successful Bookarama.
The money will pay for TV sets
the society has installed in each of
its patient rooms.
Said the society’s chief executive
Nicola Coom: “We are very grateful
to the Bishopdale-Burnside
Rotary for their donation of
$20,000. This donation has meant
we have been able to purchase televisions
for each of the 50 patient
rooms.
“Patients come to us from all
over the South Island. They’re in
an unfamiliar city undergoing
cancer treatment, which can
mean they spend a fair amount
of their time in bed or exhausted,
the world’s best ballet
schools after winning
unwell and sometimes confined to
their room.
• By Sasha Watson
TAMISON SOPPET might only
be 13, but she has what could be
a life-defining decision to make.
The Convergence Dance
Studios student has been offered
scholarships to the Royal Ballet
School in London, John Cranko
Ballet in Germany, Princess
Grace Dance Academy in
Monaco and the Australian
Ballet School in Melbourne.
Tamison has the opportunity
to follow in the footsteps of
Italian Alessandra Ferri, who
attended the Royal Ballet
School in the early 1980’s; or
Queen Elizabeth II’s appointed
school, Dame Margot Fonteyn;
or even the famous Rudolf
Nureyev.
“Tamison has been competing
all her life and dancing since
she was four. Her dream is to
become a professional dancer,”
said her mother, Toni Soppet.
a major competition in
Sydney.
dancing at different schools,
and see what is ou there for
her.”
Tamison competed a the
Youth America Grand Prix
ballet competition, held in
Sydney late last month, against
“Having a television for entertainment
purposes and staying
connected with the outside
world contributes greatly to their
recuperation and relaxation,” said
Coom.
“It also helps us create that
‘home away from home’ that we
strive to achieve.
“A heartfel thanks from
prima ballerina assoluta of the
“Now, she has an opportunity
to travel the world, experience
more than 200 dancers aged
12-14.
• Turn to page 5
all of us at Cancer Society to
Bishopdale-Burnside Rotary. We
cannot do what we do withou the
generosity of people and groups
like you.”
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Thursday October 5 2023 The Star 37
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54 Harewood Rd
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Beckenham
360 Colombo St
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Ferrymead
1005 Ferry Rd

38 The Star Thursday October 5 2023
Lounge around outdoors
Big Range, Low Price, Local Advice
Barcelona Corner Lounge Setting 4 Piece $3999 378985 Tuscany Lounge Setting 4pc $2499 2011318
Mix&
match
Barcelona Single Outdoor Lounger
$949 378961
Barcelona Double Outdoor Lounger
$1499 378959
Tuscany Triple Outdoor Lounger
$1499 2001416
Tuscany Round Side Table
$189 2001502
Weber Q
Q Plus 2600N+
BBQ LPG Red
2016385
NEW
Meteor
Hooded Gas
BBQ 4 Burner
335923
Masterbuilt
Gravity Series 560
Digital Charcoal
Grill & Smoker
377835
$699 $249
Was
$1499
$1699
Nouveau
Outdoor Cushion
Storage Box 360L
2001409
NEW
Nouveau
Square Cantilever Umbrella 3m Carbon
354100
Nouveau
Shutter Gazebo
2.3 x 3.6 x 3m
Charcoal
320230
$199
Was $219
$1099
$3499
RRP $4499
Mitre 10 MEGA
Hornby
☎ 03 349 8497
Mitre 10 MEGA
Papanui
☎ 03 359 5443
Mitre 10
Beckenham
☎ 03 332 7557
Mitre 10 MEGA
Ferrymead
☎ 03 366 6306
Prices valid until October 23 rd 2023
*Terms & conditions apply.
Accessories not included.
If you find a lower price on an identical in-stock product locally we will beat it by 15%
*if you find the same product cheaper from another Mitre 10 store or Mitre 10 website we’ll match that price.
Excludes trade and special quotes, stock liquidations and commercial quantities. The in-store price may be lower than advertised.
www.mitre10.co.nz

Thursday October 5 2023 The Star 39
Dining & Grilling Alfresco
Big Range, Low Price, Local Advice
Mondo Dining Setting 5pc $1399 2010457 Montego Round Outdoor Dining Setting 7pc $1849 !11670
Mix&
match
Havana
Dining Chair
$79 99 378982
Vivace
Dining Chair Charcoal
$149 354004
Havana
Dining Arm Chair
$99 99 378974
Siena
Deluxe Wicker Dining Chair
$469 354010
Montego
Dining Chair
$349 2001437
Grilled
Atlanta Gas BBQ
4 Burner
2000811
Masport
Classic 6 Burner
Gas BBQ
320987
TRAEGER
Pro 575 Wood
Pellet Smoker
353681
$599
$999
Was $1099
$1599
Was $1699
Available in Black or White
Nouveau
Concrete Umbrella
Base 25kg
107649
Nouveau
Aluminium Market
Umbrella
2.7m Red
379030
Nouveau
Market
Umbrella
2.7m Taupe
337277
$69 99 $169 $249
Mitre 10 MEGA
Hornby
☎ 03 349 8497
Mitre 10 MEGA
Papanui
☎ 03 359 5443
Mitre 10
Beckenham
☎ 03 332 7557
Mitre 10 MEGA
Ferrymead
☎ 03 366 6306
Prices valid until October 23 rd 2023
*Terms & conditions apply.
Accessories not included.
If you find a lower price on an identical in-stock product locally we will beat it by 15%
*if you find the same product cheaper from another Mitre 10 store or Mitre 10 website we’ll match that price.
Excludes trade and special quotes, stock liquidations and commercial quantities. The in-store price may be lower than advertised.
www.mitre10.co.nz

40 The Star Thursday October 5 2023
Enjoy the outdoors, no matter your space
Big Range, Low Price, Local Advice
Siena Outdoor Pod Setting 3 Piece $1699 336875
Sanremo Outdoor Bistro Setting 3 Piece $2099 !10226
Malay Outdoor Lounge Setting 3 Piece $1099 354033
Weber
Baby Q 1000N
BBQ LPG
107649
NEW
Meteor
Kettle Charcoal
BBQ & Pizza Oven
377572
Woodland Outdoor Bistro Setting 3 Piece $1899 !10228
Meteor
Homestead
Portable Gas
BBQ 2 Burner
2000635
$449
Nouveau
Cantilever
Umbrella 3m
Black
304376
$119
Available in Black or Red
$349
Nouveau
Outdoor Cushion
Box 254 Litre Black
2001408
$249
Was $269
Outdoor Cushions
45cm Reversable
Patterns
Various Colours
Nouveau
$89 99 From
$29 99
Mitre 10 MEGA
Hornby
☎ 03 349 8497
Mitre 10 MEGA
Papanui
☎ 03 359 5443
Mitre 10
Beckenham
☎ 03 332 7557
Mitre 10 MEGA
Ferrymead
☎ 03 366 6306
Prices valid until October 23 rd 2023
*Terms & conditions apply.
Accessories not included.
If you find a lower price on an identical in-stock product locally we will beat it by 15%
*if you find the same product cheaper from another Mitre 10 store or Mitre 10 website we’ll match that price.
Excludes trade and special quotes, stock liquidations and commercial quantities. The in-store price may be lower than advertised.
www.mitre10.co.nz