The Star: October 26, 2022

The Star Thursday October 26 2023
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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.
Then 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.”
The family sold one car and bought
electric cargo bikes. Jamie has clocked
up 5000km on his bike since March. The
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.”
The same is true for the kids, he says. “I
think they’ve almost forgotten about the
car. There 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 (October 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
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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.
The 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.
The 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
The 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: “The 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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