<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>October</strong> <strong>26</strong> <strong>2023</strong> SPONSORED CONTENT Chance encounter changes family’s life JAMIE AND Kath Lang moved to Christchurch about a year ago. At that stage, they were a typical two-car twochild family. <strong>The</strong>n Jamie saw a woman riding a bicycle with a child in box on the front. “I had never encountered cargo bikes before. It sparked this idea in my head – that’s a genius way to get around the city.” Jamie was not a regular cycle commuter. “I never looked at riding my bike as a viable way of getting around.” <strong>The</strong> family sold one car and bought electric cargo bikes. Jamie has clocked up 5000km on his bike since March. <strong>The</strong> other car stays in the garage most of the time. Asked what happens when it rains, Jamie invokes a dutch phrase that translates as ‘you’re not made of sugar’. “Either wrap up, or don’t go out.” No single mode of transport is perfect, he says. “I get quite frustrated driving, being part of traffic, but when I bike, I’m very happy.” <strong>The</strong> same is true for the kids, he says. “I think they’ve almost forgotten about the car. <strong>The</strong>re are so many options for where we can go on the bike . . . we can do a quick detour to a playground . . . and they see a lot more.” Christchurch Electric Bicycles is organising a Cargo Bike Picnic on Saturday (<strong>October</strong> 28) as part of Biketober, so families like the Langs can meet each other. POWER ON: Jamie and Kath Lang sold a car and bought electric cargo bikes to commute around the city. Jamie has clocked up 5000km since March. “I get a lot of people staring at me, and saying ‘Wow, look at that thing!’ Sometimes I wish cargo bikes weren’t such a novelty,” says Jamie. Other Biketober events this weekend include a workshop to make bike trailers, and Dogs on Bikes, illustrating the loadhauling versatility of the trusty bicycle. • For event details, check www. biketoberchch.nz TRADE TOOLS & CALL IN AND SEE US TODAY! Mon to Fri 7am - 5pm 40 Hammersmith Dr, Wigram Ph 03 982 0443 www.totalsitesupplies.co.nz 14 NEWS Hammond original donated to auction IF YOU’D LIKE a Bill Hammond in your art collection and don’t have a spare $1.75m, you’ll want to be at the biennial Peninsula Art Auction this weekend in Lyttelton. <strong>The</strong> auction, of which Hammond was a long-time benefactor, was first held in 2005 in the late artist’s hometown and is organised by the Lyttelton Education Charitable Trust. In 2019 and 2017, original Bill Hammond works went under the hammer for GENEROUS: Hammond’s Bone under $10,000. Eagle C is expected to fetch This year, Bill Hammond’s widow Jane upwards of $4000. has generously donated a 2007 etching Bone Eagle C, with price expectations of Jackson, and the late Llew Summers’ son anywhere from $4000. Dan Summers. <strong>The</strong> Peninsula Art Auction is a Kim Hickford, a spokesperson from the collaboration of local artists, Lyttelton Peninsula Art Auction organising team, Primary School and local businesses, said it was a joy to see creatives being making this year’s auction a community brought together for a good cause. effort. “I love the cyclical nature of the event <strong>The</strong> most recent auction in 2019 raised this year,” she said. over $40,000 for the primary school and “Some of the kids who have benefited the team are looking forward to bringing from the funds raised in the past are now the auction back after its hiatus exhibiting right next to Bill Hammond, due to Covid. including his granddaughter, Akilah.” Said Lyttelton Primary principal Jenny Up to 200 works, including paintings, Felton: “<strong>The</strong> Peninsula Art Auction is sculpture, jewellery, ceramics, and photography, will be exhibited with a silent a major fundraiser for us and is well supported by our creative and talented auction, running across the weekend at a community. We are privileged to be part contemporary ‘pop-up’ gallery at Lyttelton of such an enduring and successful event.” Primary School. More than 100 artists in this year’s Twenty premium works will be auction have links to the port town and auctioned live by Shay Horay at a gala wider Banks Peninsula, and it is an evening on Sunday at the school in what is opportunity for up-and-coming artists to expected to be a sell-out event. exhibit right next to the famous. Tickets to attend the gala evening are Highlights this year also include on sale for $45, which includes drinks and works from, Jason Greig, Asher Raawiri canapés. You can purchase tickets online Newbery, Nichola Shanley, Hannah at peninsula-art.co.nz or from Lyttelton Beehre, Ben Reid, Mark Whyte, Scott Primary School. 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