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Builder suspended for 

threatening clients 

• By Jeremy Wilkinson 

A BUILDER harassed his 

former clients with a flurry 

of threatening emails and 

even made an unfounded 

complaint to Immigration NZ 

after they asked him for their 

deposit back for work he didn’t 

complete. 

“Getting immagration [sic] 

involved il find something on 

you watch out,” the builder texted 

Christchurch couple Esmail 

and Maryam Fathi-Loshani 

at nearly 11pm one night after 

what he said was an evening of 

heavy drinking. 

It was the prelude to a series 

of texts, emails and complaints 

he made to the city council, 

Immigration, the Law Society 

and MBIE about the couple and 

their lawyer. 

The builder appeared before 

the Building Practitioners 

Board last month facing charges 

of breaching the Licensed 

Building Practitioner’s code of 

ethics. 

He is the first person to be 

charged under that new code 

which came into effect at the 

end of last year. 

The board yesterday morning 

released its formal decision 

to suspend the man’s licence 

DECISION: The builder, who has name suppression, has had his licence suspended 

after harrassing his former clients. 

and also grant him name 

suppression on the basis he 

hired immigrant workers who 

might lose their jobs if their 

employer’s name was published 

and his work opportunities 

diminished. 

At the hearing the builder 

admitted his conduct and told 

the board he had issues with 

drinking, mental health and 

his company had been under 

financial stress at the time. 

The summary of facts stated 

he had been hired by the couple 

to build a conservatory at their 

home. 

• Turn to page 5 

Emergency 

call made 

one minute 

before 

attacks 

• By Anna Leask 

SIX MINUTES after the 

Christchurch gunman sent 

a chilling manifesto to the 

Prime Minister’s office, a 

parliamentary staffer called 

111 to report the “concerning” 

contents. 

That would be the first of 

many calls to 111 about the 

unfolding terror attack and its 

ghastly aftermath. 

The staffer told police that the 

email outlined an “attack on 

Christchurch”, threatened the 

use of firearms and explosive 

devices – and named three particular 

mosques. 

The sender was “claiming 

some sort of political ideology” 

and his manifesto had “a white 

supremacist theme”. 

The parliamentary staffer told 

police while he suspected the 

email was a hoax, he was still 

concerned enough to alert them 

almost immediately after he 

received it. 

He never could have imagined 

what would happen next. 

That staffer who made that 

emergency call gave evidence 

yesterday at the coroner’s 

inquest into the 2019 terrorist 

attack. 

His name cannot be 

published. 

• Turn to page 6

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Implants change twins’ lives...........................3 

Mosque attack inquest....................................6-7 

Wedding ring burglar sentenced...............8 

Man held knife to 80yo’s throat....................9 

Davidson predicts by-election date.........10 

Bill Hammond charity auction ....................14 

Mates’ World Cup travel pact...............16-17 

Letters...........................................................................17-18 

Sport.............................................................................20-21 

Gardening.......................................................................23 

Classified.............................................................. 24-27 

Gig guide.......................................................................29 

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COCHLEAR IMPLANTS have 

changed the lives of deaf twins 

Thomas and Ryan McLiskey. 

The 21-year-olds were born 

14 weeks premature and profoundly 

deaf. 

To help their hearing, the 

twins received cochlear implants 

when they were three-years-old. 

“While we didn’t talk until we 

were four or five, the cochlear 

implants helped us with that 

confidence to be who we are, to 

be treated as equal to everyone 

else,” Thomas said. 

A cochlear implant is a small, 

complex electronic device that 

can help to provide a sense of 

sound to a person who is profoundly 

deaf or severely hard-ofhearing. 

A national fundraiser for 

cochlear implant programme, 

Loud Shirt Day, is taking place 

on Friday. 

Originally from Invercargill, 

the twins have been based in 

Christchurch at the Ko Taku 

Reo campus, formerly the van 

Asch Deaf Education Centre, 

since they were 15. 

THE CITY council’s animal 

management team is urging 

pet owners to take special care 

of their animals as the firework 

season approaches. 

Guy Fawkes on November 5 

is typically the busiest time of 

the year for the team, as it deals 

with animals on the loose after 

being frightened by fireworks. 

“This time is incredibly 

stressful for pets and their 

owners, with animals getting 

spooked and confused by the 

loud noise of fireworks which 

can often prompt them to run 

away,” said city council animal 

services manager Lionel 

Bridger. 

“If you have pets, we recommend 

keeping them inside 

or confined in a safe space at 

night during the period which 

fireworks are available, which 

is from November 2 to 5. 

“Keep your doors, windows, 

and curtains closed to try and 

lessen the noise and minimise 

any flashing lights outside. You 

can also leave on the TV or 

radio to distract your pets from 

what’s going on outside.” 

Bridger said if you usually 

take your dog’s collar and ID 

They learnt sign language and 

lip reading, and attended Hillmorton 

High School and Hagley 

College. 

After learning to live 

independently, the twins now 

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Guy Fawkes a scary time for pets 

tag off when at home, it may 

pay to leave it on until Guy 

Fawkes is over. 

“We can normally reunite 

animals with their owners 

very quickly if they are microchipped 

or have an ID/registration 

tag, so now is a great time 

to check that we have your 

contact details correct in our 

system.” 

Animal owners should call 

the city’s council contact centre 

on 03 941 8999 or 0800 800 169 

immediately if their pet goes 

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The centre is open 24/7. 

Implants gave twins 

confidence to thrive 

HEARD: Twins Thomas and Ryan McLiskey are sharing 

their story ahead of Friday’s Loud Shirt Day, a national 

fundraiser for the cochlear implant programme. 

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flat together. 

Thomas is the quieter of the 

two; Ryan said Thomas was bullied 

at primary school because 

he speaks fast. Ryan said he’s 

more social with many hearing 

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friends. He said his deafness is 

irrelevant to them. 

Despite sight impairments, the 

twins are both keen sportsmen. 

In 2023, Thomas represented 

New Zealand at the world championship 

for deaf basketball in 

Greece. He took up basketball in 

primary school and returned to 

the game through social competition 

in his late teens. 

Meanwhile, Ryan is passionate 

about scootering – practicing 

tricks, and collecting rare parts 

to customise scooters for sale. 

He recently started a 

caretaking role at Ko Taku Reo 

and would like to become an 

entrepreneur one day, while 

Thomas wants to become a 

youth worker and help young 

people turn their lives around. 

This year the Southern Cochlear 

Implant Programme (SCIP) 

is celebrating 20 years. Thomas 

and Ryan’s stories are included 

in SCIP’s commemorative book 

Hear our stories – Celebrating 20 

years. 

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NEWS 3 

In Brief 

Increased hospital 

parking trial under way 

A two-week trial lane closure 

for increased hospital parking is 

beginning this week on Hagley 

and Riccarton avenues, to scope 

the feasibility of permanently 

removing the lane to increase 

on-street parking. The first 

week of the trial will see the 

kerbside lane, on the Hagley 

Park side of the road, coned 

off, while the second week will 

include rephasing the traffic 

lights. Once the trial ends the 

council will analyse the data and 

a report will go councillors to 

decide if the lane will be closed 

permanently to create more car 

parks. 

One dead after SH1 

Cheviot crash 

One person has died after 

a multi-car crash in North 

Canterbury, which injured six 

others and forced a closure of 

State Highway 1. The crash north 

of Cheviot happened around 

4pm on Tuesday, with fire crews 

from Cheviot responding. A St 

John Ambulance spokesperson 

said they sent three helicopters, 

four ambulances and one 

operations manager to the scene. 

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survey has three sections – 

climate action, land use and 

biodiversity, water and coast 

– and asks people to rank their 

conflicting priorities around 

environmental outcomes and 

goals. ECan chair Peter Scott 

said the feedback will help 

the regional council update 

its plans and policies, such 

as the Canterbury Regional 

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directs regional, district and 

climate action plans that 

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sausages revealed 

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Lansdowne goes up for sale 

ONE OF Canterbury’s oldest 

European building sites is on 

the market. 

Lansdowne at 132 Old Tai 

Tapu Rd was created in the 

1850s by William Guise Brittan, 

a prominent pioneer colonist 

who significantly contributed 

towards the early development 

of the Canterbury Settlement 

and was an ancestor of Captain 

Charles Upham VC & Bar. 

When sold, the majority of 

the sale proceeds will go to the 

John Robert Godley Memorial 

Trust in support of Cantabrian 

heritage and arts. 

Canty Uni student in court after 

allegedly possessing weapons 

• By Emily Moorhouse 

A CANTERBURY University 

student has appeared in court 

after police allegedly found 

offensive weapons in the halls of 

residence. 

But his lawyer has argued the 

student, who has name suppression, 

has been wrongfully 

charged in relation to possession 

of a restricted weapon, stressing 

he faced no firearms charges. 

The man appeared at the 

district court yesterday, charged 

Later, in the 1870s, 

Lansdowne became home to 

New Zealand’s foremost early 

statesman and the country’s 

longest-serving 19th century 

Premier, Edward (later Sir 

Edward) Stafford. 

Said Bayleys salesperson 

Chris Jones: “Both Brittan and 

with possession of an extendable 

baton and a knife after police 

were called to a university address 

on October 19. 

In court, police withdrew the 

possession of a restricted weapon 

charge and replaced it with possession 

of an offensive weapon. 

The man’s lawyer said media 

had “speculated” as to what his 

client was charged with and the 

possession of a restricted weapon 

charge “should have never been 

laid”. 

Stafford played significant roles 

in New Zealand’s move towards 

self-governance and privately 

shared a passion for 

landscaping, to the lasting 

benefit of Lansdowne.” 

The property is for sale by 

auction on November 23, unless 

sold prior. 

He asked the judge to grant his 

client interim name suppression 

as well as suppressing the summary 

of facts. The man’s lawyer 

said there were issues around 

allegations of self-harm so it was 

“prudent” to ensure his name 

was suppressed. 

Judge Murray Hunt granted 

the man name suppression, and 

suppressed the summary of facts. 

The man was remanded on 

bail until his next appearance on 

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NEWS 5 

Builder refuses to return $7k deposit 

• From page 1 

He had visited their property 

several times midway through 

2022 before providing them 

with quotes. They paid a $7000 

deposit and expected the work to 

be completed before Christmas 

the same year. 

However, come November the 

man informed them he couldn’t 

complete the work and they 

asked for their money back. 

Esmail Fathi told the board 

that he attempted to contact 

the builder via phone, text and 

email over the course of several 

months attempting to get his 

deposit back with no success. 

“I couldn’t understand why he 

could not pay back a $7000 debt 

for such a big business,” he said. 

“It’s not a big amount of 

money for a builder with 10 

years’ experience.” 

Then on November 29 the 

builder emailed Fathi saying; 

“I’m sending you a bill for pissing 

me around. I’m not paying 

anything until next year. Don’t 

call me anymore piss off. And 

don’t try coming to my home or 

I’ll f**k you up.” 

From there Fathi took the 

matter to the Disputes Tribunal 

to get his deposit back and won. 

But their builder still wouldn’t 

pay up until March 2023 after 

Fathi hired a lawyer to file a debt 

enforcement order and make a 

complaint to the Building Practitioners 

Board. 

The builder then paid the 

principal debt but refused to pay 

outstanding fees of roughly $300 

which encompassed filing fees 

to the tribunal and interest on 

Fathi’s deposit. 

After becoming aware of the 

complaint against him, despite 

having repaid the deposit, the 

builder sent a flurry of emails 

to the city council claiming the 

Fathi-Loshanis had engaged 

another builder to carry out unconsented 

works on their garage, 

another to Immigration NZ 

where he alleged they might be 

in the country illegally, a complaint 

to the Law Society about 

the couple’s lawyer and a further 

complaint to MBIE. 

The council investigated 

Fathi’s property and issued them 

a warning for potentially unconsented 

insulation in their garage. 

No action was taken by Immigration 

as the couple are New 

Zealand citizens and it is unclear 

about what stage the Law Society 

complaint is currently at. 

The following few mornings 

the builder emailed Fathi outlining 

what he was going to do to 

him day by day, in apparent retaliation 

for the complaint made 

against him. 

“I was receiving heaps of 

LASH OUT: 

The builder, 

who has name 

suppression, 

contacted the 

city council, 

Immigration, the 

Law Society and 

MBIE to complain 

about the couple. 

emails from him. Every morning 

I wake up and see an email in my 

inbox from him,” Fathi told the 

board. 

“Any time he was busy with his 

work I was okay, but any time he 

had some time in the evening he 

would email me.” 

Fathi filed a complaint to 

police about the threats, which 

ceased shortly after. 

By way of explanation, the 

builder said it had been a bad 

year for business and his company 

had been stung with an 

unexpected tax bill shortly after 

Fathi paid him a deposit and 

didn’t have the finances available 

to pay them back. 

“I think the alcohol didn’t stop 

me . . . I was upset more than 

angry . . . I’m not sure what I was 

thinking,” he told the board at 

his hearing last month. 

Board chair Mel Orange asked 

how he’d deal with a similar 

situation in the future. 

“I’d pay it,” the builder said, 

before accepting that he knew 

his conduct was unprofessional. 

However, he denied that contacting 

Immigration was racially 

motivated. 

“I don’t know why I said it but 

it was nothing to do with racism,” 

he said. 

“I’m just so sorry . . . It’s out of 

character for me. I’ve never done 

this ever before. I was just highly 

stressed at the time.” 

Ultimately the board chose 

to suspend the man’s building 

licence until he could complete 

several training modules that 

focused on time management 

and conflict resolution. 

The builder sought permanent 

name suppression and said that 

he could likely lose contracts 

if his name was published and 

in that event his six Filipino 

employees who were on work 

visas might have to go home. 

This report was produced by Open 

Justice – Te Pātītī, a Public 

Interest Journalism initiative 

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Mosque inquest: Call 


The parliamentary staffer was contacted 

by a colleague on March 15, 2019 after the 

manifesto landed in a generic inbox for 

then Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. 

The colleague was worried about the 

contents of the email – which was also 

sent to about 70 other recipients including 

then National leader Simon Bridges, other 

political figures and media at 1.33pm. 

After looking over the email – at 

1.39pm – the staffer was equally concerned 

and called 111. 

“It will be a nutter, I’m sure,” he said to 

the operator. 

“The more and more you read it, it 

sounds more like a prank. 

“It almost appears like this may have 

already occurred . . . or in progress as we 

speak.” 

At 1.40pm, the gunman stormed into 

the Al Noor Mosque on Dean’s Ave and 

started shooting at men, women and children 

gathered for Friday prayers. 

He inflicted fatal bullet wounds on 51 

people and injured another 40 after he 

opened fire indiscriminately at both Al 

Noor and the Linwood Mosque. 

The parliamentary staffer told the 

inquest today after assessing the email 

quickly – for about a minute – he had seen 

enough to alert the police. 

“I was concerned enough that I called 

police via 111, I was still reading the 

manifesto,” he explained. 

“There were references to an actual 

place . . . Comment around the attack 

‘today’ . . . all that led me to believe there 

was enough concern to follow up pretty 

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quickly. 

“There was stuff in there that . . . I didn’t 

want to leave it any longer . . . the title of 

the email, the content was enough that I 

felt I needed to report that pretty quickly. 

“I had no idea at that time it would lead 

to what it sadly did lead to.” 

He told the court that at the time he 

received the email, he had no idea if it was 

credible or not – but was sure he needed 

to report it to police so they could assess it 

properly. 

He said his use of the words “nutter” 

and “prank” were not intended to influence 

the police reaction to the threat. 

“I definitely remember feeling uneasy 

after making that phone call, and then 

there was live reporting of shots fired in 

Christchurch and that heightened everything,” 

he said. 

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initially deemed ‘prank’ 

by the Chief Censor as “a crude 

booklet that promotes murder 

and terrorism”. 

The staffer was questioned by 

lawyers for the victims’ families 

and the wounded on whether he 

took the threat seriously enough. 

They asked him why, given 

the terrorist gave his name and 

outlined his intentions clearly, he 

stated it was probably a “prank”. 

He said he was “literally 

two minutes into receiving it” 

when he passed on his concerns 

directly to the police – and was 

adamant he had acted as quickly 

as possible. 

The staffer was questioned if it 

would have been more helpful to 

have a “more senior police” contact 

for threats like the gunman’s 

instead of calling 111. 

He said “that would be nice” 

but staff were still advised to call 

111 directly with any received 

threats or concerns. 

Deputy Chief Coroner Brigitte 

Windley asked the staffer if, looking 

back, he would have done 

anything differently. 

“No, not at all – I don’t know 

what more we could have done,” 

he replied. 

The inquest began on Tuesday 

before Coroner Windley in 

Christchurch. It is set to run for 

at least six weeks. 

More than 600 people have 

CRUCIAL: 

Deputy Chief 

Coroner Brigitte 

Windley explained 

the inquest process, 

saying it was 

important to seek 

answers for the 

victims’ families, 

and for the country 

as a whole. 

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registered to attend in person 

over that time and another 100 

will watch via a livestream link 

in New Zealand and around the 

world. 

Coroner Windley explained 

the inquest process and why it 

was crucial to seek answers, for 

not just the families of the dead 

and survivors but for the whole of 

New Zealand. 

She said the objective was to 

provide answers to outstanding 

questions for grieving families 

about what happened to their 

loved ones – and to examine 

whether anything further can be 

done to prevent more tragedies. 

A PRE-TRIAL date in 

Wellington has been set for two 

far-right activists facing charges 

over sharing the live stream 

of the Christchurch mosque 

attacks. 

Kelvyn Alp 

and Hannah 

Spierer, presenters 

on the Counterspin 

platform, 

are charged with 

distributing 

objectionable 

NEWS 7 

Far right activists 

receive pre-trial 

date for sharing 

livestream 

Kelvyn Alp 


material. The publication is a 

so-called documentary which included 

the full livestream of the 

Christchurch mosque attacks. 

The video was banned by the 

chief censor just days after the 

attacks happened in March 2019. 

The pair did not appear in 

Wellington District Court on 

Tuesday but their defence lawyer 

represented them over the 

phone. 

Judge Bruce Davidson 

confirmed the case had been 

transferred to Wellington from 

Christchurch, largely for the convenience 

of the defence counsel. 

He said a pre-trial will be held 

on February 14, 2024, on the 

basis witnesses were available, 

to deal with issues around the 

admissibility of evidence. 

Judge Davidson also ruled that 

Alp and Spierer’s bail continued 

and excused them from attending 

the next hearing. 

The defendants were also facing 

charges for failing to carry 

out obligations in relation to a 

computer search, while Spierer 

is also charged with failing to 

supply identifying particulars 

and obstructing 

police. 

Alp and Spierer 

first appeared in 

District Court 

over the charges 

in August and 

December 2022. 

In August 2022, 

the pair refused 

Hannah 

Spierer 

to enter the dock while a group 

of their supporters clashed with 

protesters outside the building. 

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COURT 


Parents-to-be lose $100k of items 


A PREGNANT woman whose 

home was targeted in a $100,000 

burglary, had not only baby 

clothes and her wedding ring 

stolen but also her passport, 

meaning she couldn’t visit her 

dying father overseas. 

The woman had travelled from 

South Africa to New Zealand 

because she thought it was safe. 

However, Judge Kevin Phillips 

told the offender, Santana Smith, 

in court: “You put all those beliefs 

down the toilet for her.” 

Smith, 25, appeared at the 

district court last week for sentencing 

after she and an associate 

broke into two homes and “ransacked” 

them. One of the homes 

was that of a widow whose 

husband had recently died. 

According to the summary of 

facts, between January 5 and 8 

this year, Smith and an associate 

broke into the expecting couple 

Hugh and Janene Burnett’s Richmond 

home through a window 

while they were away on a camping 

trip. 

Smith and her accomplice 

“ransacked” the house to the 

point that every room was 

littered with the Burnetts’ property. 

More than 300 items were 

stolen including wedding rings, 

laptops, computers, electronic 

equipment, a TV, speakers, food, 

RANSACKED: Hugh and Janene Burnett’s Richmond home was stripped of all sentimental belongings. 

passports and nursery items for 

the baby. 

Judge Phillips said, “to add 

insult to injury”, Smith loaded 

up the items into the Burnetts’ 

car and left. 

The combined value of the 

property stolen was approximately 

$100,000. 

The court heard how Burnett 

could not visit her dying father 

in South Africa due to her passport 

being stolen. All her family 

pictures on her laptop were also 

“gone forever”. 

Judge Phillips said Smith also 

smoked cigarettes in the house 

and put them out on the bedroom 

walls. 

In November last year, Smith 

and an associate also targeted a 

widow’s home, whose husband 

of 33 years had died around a 

similar time to the burglary. 

The woman’s engagement ring 

was stolen, as well as cameras 

containing pictures and videos 

of weddings and family footage. 

Smith and an associate had 

also stolen a golf cart from a golf 

club. 

Following the burglaries, 

police were “thrilled” to recover 

a “significant amount of the 

property” from both of them. 

Hugh Burnett said police had 

found “a few” items stolen as well 

as property suspected to have 

been stolen from others. 

“We’ve at least got some sentimental 

stuff back, so it’s a little 

bit of a win,” he said. 

“We’ve had great support from 

friends and family, neighbours 

and even people we don’t know. 

It’s been pretty overwhelming.” 

Smith’s lawyer Matt Smith said 

she has shown remorse, but was 

unable to pay back any reparation 

to the victims or make any 

emotional harm payments. 

He asked the judge to impose 

a community-based sentence 

for his client, stating she needed 

rehabilitation. 

However, Judge Phillips 

doubted Smith’s remorse, stating 

she had told her victims during 

a restorative justice meeting that 

she did not play a lead role in the 

burglaries, something the judge 

had “difficulties” with. 

He said Smith’s victims had 

lost items that had no value to 

her but were “absolutely irreplaceable” 

to them. 

“You were thoroughly and 

absolutely involved in it. There 

was no thought of the people you 

were victimising at the time.” 

The court heard Smith had 

struggled with addiction issues, 

using meth at 18 and was abused 

in her family home. 

Judge Phillips sentenced Smith 

to three years imprisonment. As 

Smith could not pay reparation 

to any of the victims, this was 

not sought by the judge. 





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COURT 9 

Elderly woman robbed at knifepoint 


AN ELDERLY woman thought 

she was going to die when a 

stranger walked through her 

retirement village front door and 

held a knife to her throat. 

Kalib Kerr-Millar then 

searched her home before stealing 

the woman’s late husband’s 

watches and fleeing in her car. 

The 27-year-old appeared at 

the district court on Tuesday, 

where he admitted two burglaries 

of elderly people and driving 

on the wrong side of the road as 

he left the scene. 

He pleaded guilty to a raft of 

charges including aggravated 

burglary, theft, assault with a 

weapon, burglary, unlawfully 

getting into and taking a 

motor vehicle and dangerous 

driving. 

The summary of facts said on 

July 12 last year, Kerr-Millar was 

travelling with an associate from 

Timaru to Christchurch in a 

stolen vehicle. 

The pair filled up the car with 

$218 of petrol at a BP station on 

Evans St, Timaru, and left without 

paying. 

When they were driving 

through Methven, police noticed 

the stolen vehicle and used road 

spikes to deflate its tyres. 

The pair then began to overtake 

other cars at speed, fishtailing 

across the road and accelerating 

towards officers preparing 

to spike the vehicle again. 

Kerr-Millar and his associate 

abandoned the vehicle and Kerr- 

Millar hid from police. 

Between 2.35pm and 7.15pm 

that day, he went to an 81-yearold’s 

home in a retirement 

complex on Ross St, in Darfield. 

He entered through the external 

garage door and attempted to 

steal a Toyota IST but was unable 

to start the vehicle because it had 

a steering lock. 

He stole a black shoulder bag 

containing film, a camera and a 

pair of socks before leaving. 

About 7.15pm, he entered 

another home at a retirement 

village in Darfield, through the 

front door. 

The 80-year-old occupant was 

watching rugby. Kerr-Millar 

approached her holding a knife 

and demanded she hand over her 

money and car keys. 

He then looked through her 

medication before demanding 

again that she hand over her keys 

and money. 

The woman looked for the 

SCARED: 

An elderly 

woman 

thought she 

was going 

to die when 

a stranger 

walked 

through 

the front 

door of her 

retirement 

village 

home 

and held 

a knife to 

her throat. 

PHOTO: 

GETTY 

keys in a drawer that had some 

of her late husband’s watches 

in it. Kerr-Millar grabbed some 

of the watches and put them in 

his pocket before searching the 

drawer for money and taking the 

woman’s car keys. 

He also took her handbag and, 

holding the knife to the left side 

of her body, walked her to her 

car. 

She opened the external garage 

door so he could drive her 2017 

Mazda 3 away. As she did so, 

she closed and locked the 

internal garage door to get away 





from him. 

When Kerr-Millar realised she 

had locked the internal door, he 

crashed through it, pinning her 

to the wall. 

He then placed the knife 

against her throat and traced 

it back and forth. Although he 

did not cut her, she could feel 

the blade against her neck and 

thought she was going to die. 

She suffered a lumbar sprain as 

a result of the incident. 

Kerr-Millar then left in her car. 

Shortly afterwards, police saw 

him driving erratically at speeds 

of up to 160km/h on the wrong 

side of the road in the stolen car 

when there was heavy rain and 

surface flooding in the Canterbury 

region. 

Police stopped him and found 

the stolen black shoulder bag, the 

woman’s handbag, clothing from 

the first burglary, watches and a 

large knife. 

Kerr-Millar was remanded in 

custody until his sentencing in 

February next year. 

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Davidson 

to formally 

resign on 

Monday 

• By Dylan Smits 

LABOUR MP-ELECT Reuben 

Davidson expects a by-election 

will be held for his seat on the 

Banks Peninsula Community 

Board in February. 

Davidson (left) 

won the Christchurch 

East electorate, 

beating National’s 

Matt Stock. 

City council 

electoral officer Jo 

Daly said the by-election date 

will depend on when the council 

receives Davidson’s resignation. 

Davidson said he will formally 

resign from the board at its next 

meeting on October 30. He resigned 

from his position as chair 

in July, but kept his Lyttelton seat 

while campaigning. 

The new MP has moved into a 

North New Brighton home. 

Reflecting on his time on the 

community board, Davidson said 

he is proud of its involvement in 

the redevelopment of Naval Point. 

He believes there are several 

good potential candidates for the 

Lyttelton seat. 

“My hope is that some of these 

people will step forward again to 

serve and represent.” 

• By Geoff Sloan 

A COLOURFUL new eyecatching 

sculpture now greets 

motorists as they enter New 

Brighton. 

The Jester is the creation of 

well-known sculptor Don Paterson 

and sits on the corner of 

Paterson’s property on Seaview 

Rd at the entrance to the suburb. 

The colourful piece has replaced 

his controversial Bearman 

sculpture. 

“(It’s) a bit different from the 

bear, which was talking about 

the chaos that New Brighton 

was facing, and it was time 

for something a little bit more 

people-friendly and jovial,” Paterson 

said. 

Paterson is a big rugby fan who 

can often be found at Rawhiti 

Domain on Saturdays watching 

New Brighton. He painted The 

Jester black and yellow, the colours 

worn by the rugby club. 

Paterson says the sculpture is 

a self-portrait with bits of other 

artists he knows thrown in. It is 

also a commentary on the nature 

of art and the creative process. 

As one of New Zealand’s leading 

civic sculptors, Paterson was 

instrumental in the development 

of large-scale steampunk projects 

in Oamaru. But the sculptor 

admits he has found it harder 

to get his ideas accepted in New 

Brighton. 


New sculpture more in jest 

• Watch the video at starnews.co.nz 

“Perhaps I’m too controversial,” 

Paterson said. 

“That my ideas are a little bit 

too far out for some people, but I 

think you need that. 

“You need that when you’re rebuilding 

a community and how 

do we draw people here? 

“We don’t draw them here by 

doing what we can see all over 

the country.” 

He and his wife love living in 

New Brighton and have met a 

lot of talented people in the area. 

Paterson believes the suburb’s regeneration 

is a great opportunity 

for residents to work together 

to make it a more dynamic and 

attractive place to live. 

The regeneration plan includes 

a new $2.5 million village green 

surrounded by bars, restaurants 

and shops at New Brighton 

mall. The community-led project, 

funded by a grant from the 

Canterbury Earthquake Appeal 

Trust, would also turn 1000m² 

of mostly vacant land off Marine 

Pde into an area where the 

community can gather and hold 

events. 

The former Westpac building 

at 56 Brighton Mall was bought 

by the city council as part of the 

Oram Ave extension project, 

which proposes to develop a 

new corridor from Oram Ave to 

Hawke St. The city council also 

plans to replace the earthquakedamaged 

Pages Rd bridge as part 

ART: Don 

Paterson’s The 

Jester is more 

jovial and less 

controversial than 

his Bearman 

(inset). PHOTOS: 

GEOFF SLOAN 

of the $65 million Gateway to 

New Brighton project. 

“Art could really be used as a 

drawcard for New Brighton and, 

perhaps, if some of the people 

in power could maybe embrace 

me, I’m not telling anyone they 

have to do my ideas, but just do 

something that’s different. 

“And I can help them if they 

want.” 

He’s working on a number 

of other pieces at the moment, 

some of which he would like to 

see displayed around the suburb. 

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Hammond original 

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IF YOU’D LIKE a Bill Hammond in 

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$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. 

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16 

NEWS 


Friends make pact to go to every 

• By Tiffany Salmond 

THREE HIGH school friends 

from Christchurch made a pact 

to go to every Rugby World Cup 

together. 

Twelve years later, they have 

made it to their fourth. 

Andy Peat and Adam John 

have made appearances at the 

World Cup in New Zealand 2011, 

England 2015, Japan 2019 and 

France 2023. 

Kim Boustridge completed a 

trio of tournaments, with the 

minor exception of England. 

Before the February 22, 2011 

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with that earthquake but the 

previous ones,” Peat said. 

The group of three decided to 

scrape together the money they 

had and fly to Wellington where 

some of the games had been 

relocated. 

It was in Wellington where 

they came up with the idea. 

“It was an awesome experience,” 

Peat said. 

“Obviously we love rugby and 

FOURTH WORLD CUP: Kim Boustridge (left), Andy Peat and Adam John at the 2023 

Rugby World Cup ahead of the Ireland v All Blacks quarter final. 

PHOTO: RNZ 

the All Blacks and it would have 

been such a shame if we didn’t 

make that trip and allowed the 

earthquake to stop us from going. 

“We were like, let’s not miss 

this again. 

“We’ll make a vow, which is 

‘every World Cup until we die’.” 

Travelling overseas for a World 

Cup does not come cheap, but 

the friends have a unique strategy 

to ensure money is never the 

reason their pact fell through. 

Each weekend, the trio take 

turns spending $100 each on 

sports bets and deposit the winnings 

into a fund for the upcoming 

World Cup. 

“It actually became this amazing 

way of keeping in touch,” 

Peat said. 

“As you get older you naturally 

lose touch, and that’s okay, but 

this ‘vow’ and the $100 each 

week has really kept us in touch 

considering we all live in different 

parts of the world now.” 

They began saving for France 

two years ago and have contributed 

to their fund every weekend 

since. 

“We’ve notched up about 

$30,000, so the trip is essentially 

paid for. The next World Cup, 

which is in Australia, the goal 

‘I went to the airport but I 

had some passport issues. 

You can’t make this up 

but a dog had eaten my 

passport’ – Andy Peat 

is to get to about $75,000,” Peat 

said. 

Adam John said his favourite 

memory so far was from the 

Ireland v All Blacks quarter-final 

on October 14. 

“When Sam ‘Greatlock’ won 

the turnover and the three of us 

launched into celebratory jumping 

hugging chaos surrounded 

by an Irish sea of dismay. The 

Irish fans were super gracious 

and good fun throughout 

though,” John said. 

Sometimes in life, the best 

times are when things do not 

go to plan. This was all too true 

for Peat and the crew when they 

planned to fly home after the 

2015 semi-final when the All 

Blacks beat South Africa. 

“I went to the airport but I had 

some passport issues. You can’t 

make this up but a dog had eaten 

my passport,” Peat said. 

Although he had a temporary 

passport, it was not sufficient for 

the American airline to allow 

him to board the plane. 

“That was my sort of ‘higher 

power’ moment where I thought, 

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They stayed in London and 

thankfully managed to grab a 

couple of tickets. 

“I ended up shouting an 

Australian friend of mine to 

the game who I’d met on Sail 

Croatia three weeks earlier. It 

was great because we ended up 

beating Australia.” 

“That’s probably my best 

memory,” Peat said. 

Making a lifelong pact was 

a hefty commitment, but Kim 

Boustridge said having something 

to look forward to every 

four years kept them motivated 

to navigate the forward-planning 

needed. 

“We’re already talking about 

the next World Cup in Australia 

and the likelihood that we will 

need to accommodate partners. 

“It was supposed to happen 

this World Cup but unfortunately, 

none of the boys landed 

that big fish,” Boustridge said. 

Peat was also welcoming the 

potential of a different dynamic 

in the years to come. 

“Everyone always says ‘is it a 

HAPPY TRIO: Adam John 

(left), Kim Boustridge and 

Andy Peat at the Eiffel 

Tower. Above – Peat and 

his dog-chewed passport 

in 2015. 

lads trip?’, and the answer is not 

really. 

“We’re all single but the idea is 

if we end up with families, that 

we bring them on the journey 

and hopefully the kids would 

carry it on as well.” 

After this weekend’s final, 

all three fly home and go their 

separate ways. But it will not be 

long until they begin planning 

for Australia 2027, where they 

were hopeful there will be a few 

plus ones in tow. 

– RNZ 

Readers respond to the 

two-year jail term Mark 

Nagel received for the 

manslaughter of Tony Kelly 

outside Ballantynes 

Our justice system is 

broken. Time and again we 

hear of inappropriately low 

sentences given for horrific 

crimes, especially where gangs 

are involved. It appears that 

as a general rule our police 

department is doing their job, but 

so often offenders come before 

judges and are not appropriately 

punished. 

In this instance, the sentence 

is abysmal and makes life appear 

cheap here in our country. 

We look back to the referendum 

that Norm Withers instigated 

years ago after his mother 

was brutally beaten. It was asking 

for harsher sentencing for violent 

crimes. A huge percentage of the 

population voted in favour of 

change, it was quite overwhelming, 

but nothing has changed. 

Whatever was this judge thinking? 

There is no justice in this 

sentence. What ever is happening 

to New Zealand? 

- Shelley and Rod Hickling 

Martial art techniques are 

NEWS/LETTERS 17 

Nagel’s sentence 

‘a disgrace’ 


skilled and designed for self 

protection. Not for killing. A twoyear 

sentence with right to apply 

for home detention is an absurd 

sentence for killing a man. My 

heart goes out to Kelly’s family 

and loved ones. 

What is happening to our 

justice system? 

- Libby Durey 

Was appalled to read the sentencing 

of this offender, plus the 

judge telling him he could apply 

for home detention. The offender 

and his associates should be held 

to account. Two years is just a 

joke, his life needs to be impacted 

for this terrible senseless attack. 

What a sad day for justice in 

our wonderful country. 

- Ruth McMorran 

If this is the best that our justice 

system can do with this sort 

of sentencing of Mark Nagel, then 

perhaps we should just hand the 

whole of sentencing over to AI. 

It’s a joke. Take a life, do life. 

He should receive a life sentence. 

Meaning that he must spend 

the rest of his life behind bars, 

no parole. New Zealand needs 

harsher punishment for offenders. 

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Two years jail for manslaughter ‘a joke’ 


The sentence is disgraceful. 

Lock him up for at least 10 years 

before he is even eligible for 

parole. And put the mates in 

jail as well for not helping Tony 

Kelly. Make thugs accountable 

even if they have had a “poor 

upbringing”. 

- June Milne 

Why didn’t the judge throw 

in a big bag of lollies as well. 

He shouldn’t be seeing daylight 

for at least 25 years. Time to get 

a petition going and make it 

harder for criminals and then 

they might think before they act. 

- Corall Luscombe 

The justice system needs a kick 

up the backside, 

Toughen up justice system. 

- A Syme 

KICK TO THE HEAD: Mark Nagel was sentenced to two 

years’ imprisonment for the manslaughter of Tony Kelly. 

Justice Rachel Dunningham told Nagel he could apply for 

home detention. PHOTO: POOL/STUFF/ALDEN WILLIAMS 

such a low sentence. My thoughts 

– should be at least 10 years to be 

fully served and only released at 

the end of the sentence to give 

some comfit for the aggrieved 

family. The justice system seems 

to support the perpetrator and 

not the victim/s. 

- Cyril Smith 

A sad illusion that justice was 

served when the reality of it is 

these kind of people don’t learn 

and the law allows them to get 

away with murder, literally. I feel 

there should be a minimum of 10 

years with a two-year probation 

to follow. While manslaughter is 

an accident, actions need 

to be accounted for. This young 

boy in my eyes looks like a little 

smart ass. 

Martial arts is a sport that is 

taught with discipline. When 

learning such a sport it is well 

known knowledge such powerful 

kicks and punches should 

only be used as a self defence, 

to just use it as a random act of 

violence goes against everything 

taught in such art. 

Nagel obviously knew what 

he was doing when he delivered 

a kick to the victim, and what’s 

worse he showed no remorse, 

knocking the person to the 

ground and instead high fived 

his mates. 

This is sadly why we have repeat 

gang raids, repeat violence 

and constant general public 

crime because the justice system 

is too weak. Enrol them into the 

army, send them off to the front 

line. They enjoy violence but two 

years jail, that’s laughable. 

-Mandy Smyth 

(Abridged) 

I’m outraged that a thug can 

get only two years for taking a 

life, home detention, what a joke. 

- Brent Ashworth 

Time for us citizens to reject 

these judgments and protest, 

especially when we have a new 

government. The harshest sentence 

was required here and for 

future crimes like this. 

- Murray Metz 

Absolutely disgusted with the 

two-year sentence. The police 

should definitely appeal the 

sentence. 

- Bob Jaslarz 

Two years jail for killing Tony 

Kelly is an insult to his loved 

ones. 

- Marcel van Leeuwen 

Killing an innocent man and 

the penalty is two years prison 

with the ability to apply for home 

detention is a complete and utter 

disgrace to our legal system. I 

feel deeply for Mr Kelly’s family. 

I also see that young man 

from South Canterbury has been 

released from prison after a short 

term for the deaths of five young 

kids. Our justice system is weak 

and meaningless. 

- Jimmy Wallace 

Justice has not been adequately 

delivered in the case of the of 

Tony Kelly. A two-year sentence 

with a right of home detention. 

How pathetic. The family of 

the victim must be enormously 

grieving for his death and to see 

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after bad luck with weather 

• By Diane Keenan 

PREMIER TENNIS players are 

itching to get on court for their 

first premier interclub game of 

the summer season after bad 

weather has twice thwarted the 

season opening. 

After the opening week of play 

was washed out by rain, extreme 

wind conditions the following 

week and there was no play at 

Labour weekend, players could 

not be happier that Saturday’s 

forecast is for fine weather. 

“It has been a real shame that 

we haven’t been able to play so 

far this season,” said Elmwood 

premier women’s team captain 

Louise Oxnevad. 

“We all just want to get out on 

court.” 

Oxnevad and fellow Elmwood 

player Tessa McCann have a 

busy weekend of tennis ahead. 

Both will play for Kohimarama 

in the first round of Caro Bowl, 

Auckland’s premier interclub 

competition on Friday night 

before flying home the following 

morning in time for interclub 

against Cashmere at 1pm at 

Cashmere Courts. 

Kohimarama is drawn to play 

Royal Oak, which has Ruby 

Young, Cashmere’s top player, in 

its ranks. 

“It is possible that Tessa and 

Ruby could be playing interclub 

against each other twice this 

weekend,” says Oxnevad. 

Oxnevad, a former top New 

Zealand junior who grew up 

in Queenstown, is a welcome 

addition to Christchurch 

premier tennis, having joined 

Elmwood for its final two games 

last season. 

Oxnevad says she was 

fortunate to be coached by Lan 

Bale at the same time he was 

coaching a number of promising 

juniors including Ben and Riki 

McLachlan. 

Oxnevad was awarded a tennis 

scholarship and played college 

tennis while also studying 

architecture at California 

Polytechnic State University. 

After graduating, she worked in 

Sydney for several years before 

her shift to Christchurch where 

she now works as an architect. 

Her mother Felicity is also 

an accomplished representative 

player. 

Elmwood’s team is formidable 

with Abby Mason, McCann and 

Oxnevad as its top players. 

Jenny Blackburn, the captain 

of Cashmere’s premier women’s 

team, is also enthusiastic about 

a possible start to the season this 

weekend. 

“We want it to be a good 

competitive tie against 

Elmwood,” she said. 

Blackburn is a club stalwart for 

Cashmere and, with sister Heidi, 

played her junior tennis for the 

club. 

“We are really looking forward 

to playing a home game this 

weekend. Cashmere members 

always turn up to support us 

when we are playing at home.” 

Blackburn will be joined by 

Ruby Young, Ruby McPhail, Lily 

McHarg and Mandy Wilson. 

In other women’s match-ups, 

Shirley will host Waimairi, 

while last year’s competition 

winners Te Kura Hagley plays 

Bishopdale. 

Cashmere, last season’s 

competition winners, are at 

home to Bishopdale in the men’s 

competition. Players include the 

three Meredith brothers, Matt, 

Tim and James, along with 

Harry Weeds, Jonny McHarg 

– who returns this season from 

injury – Lucas Evans and Liam 

Barrett. Bishopdale will include 

Will Schneideman and Grayson 

Cullen. 

Elmwood, a team stacked 

with experience, will be a tough 

opponent for Te Kura Hagley, 

a team which is in a rebuilding 

phase. Elliot Darling is playing 

with brother Lawrence, Mid 

Canterbury coach Jack Tiller and 

Benji McGillivray for Elmwood, 

while Te Kura Hagley includes 

Pat Nolan and Ben Smith. 

Burnside Park, with club coach 

Remi Feneon at the helm and a 

talented lineup in Finn Emslie- 

Robson, Jordan Edwards, Liam 

Adams and Jamie Poole, will 

play at home against Edgeware 

Waimairi. 

The new competition format 

means there are now only three 

round-robin games to earn a 

place in the pre-Christmas 

semi-finals. 

EYE ON THE BALL: Louise Oxnevad, Elmwood premier 

women’s team captain, is looking forward to getting back 

on the court. 

Kobori clinches individual honours at 

Eisenhower Trophy championship 

PHOTO: GETTY 

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Kazuma Kobori has won the 

individual honours at the 

Eisenhower Trophy world 

amateur teams championship, 

leading New Zealand to a 

top-five finish in Abu Dhabi. 

Kobori is the second New 

Zealander to claim the top 

individual spot at the biennial 

global tournament, following 

Phil Tataurangi in 1992. 

The 21-year-old fired a 

brilliant seven-under 65 at Abu 

Dhabi Golf Club, finishing 

with a chip-in on the 18th hole, 

helping the three-man New 

Zealand side to an eight-under 

team total in the final round 

and a vast improvement on 

their overall placing of 35th two 

years ago. 

Their tally of 23-under was 

good enough for equal fifth, 13 

shots behind runaway winners 

the United States. 

Kobori, who battled illness for 

much of the week, said his game 

felt solid over the weekend. 

“I played really nicely over 

the last few days. I think I made 

a total of 16 birdies which is 

always fun,” he said. 

He shot 70, 70, 67 and 65 to 

seal the individual honours 

over US Amateur champion 

Nick Dunlop. 

It continues a brilliant year 

for Kobori, who has already 

won the Australian Amateur, 

the Western Amateur, and the 

US Elite Amateur Series. 

Taranaki’s Sam Jones shot 

the second counting score on 

Sunday, shooting a one-under 

71, contributing to the team 

score for a third time, while 

Jayden Ford shot even in his 

final round. 

The trio head to Melbourne 

to compete in the Asia-Pacific 

Amateur Championship this 

week. 

– RNZ


Double for ‘Dobbie’ 

• By Jonny Turner 

Driver Ben Hope saluted as 

Muscle Mountain powered away 

COOL, CALM, and collected is 

from his rivals to win by a huge 

the only way to describe Olivia 

six-length margin. 

Thornley’s winning drive behind 

Like Thornley, Hope was 

superstar pacer Akuta in the 

wearing a black armband in 

Ashburton Flying Stakes on 

honour of Dobson. 

Monday. 

“I’m not one to do a salute, but 

Thornley set up the first leg 

I’m incredibly honoured to be 

of a winning double for the late 

driving this horse, and a huge 

Ian Dobson and his family as 

part of that is to Ian, and that 

Akuta strode to an easy win 

salute was for him.” 

just a matter of minutes before 

Muscle Mountain was 

Muscle Mountain took out the 

surprisingly beaten in his last 

Ashburton Trotters Flying Mile. 

start in the Canterbury Park 

Pulling on Ian ‘Dobbie’ 

Trotting Cup. 

Dobson’s green colours to drive 

The classy trotter showed he 

the New Zealand Cup favourite 

was right back on track with his 

put all eyes firmly on Thornley in BIG SMILES: Olivia Thornley donned Ian Dobson’s colours emphatic win on Monday. 

the cup’s most important race. to drive Akuta to success in the Flying Stakes. 

“There’s a few doubters out 

And she took it all in her would be happy.” 

Rasmussen. 

there, but we know we’re going to 

stride, while honouring Dobson Thornley moved up to sit 

Purdon, along with son and have him tip-top on Dominion 

in the process. 

parked before any serious pace training partner Nathan, put day, and today I just wanted to 

“It meant a lot to get the win, went into the race, and from their trust in Thornley on prove to people that he still has 

especially with the passing of there, her four-year-old delivered Monday, and she repaid that to be respected.” 

‘Dobbie’,” Thornley said. 

a first-over crush. 

faith with a calculated drive. There were plenty more 

In a straggly old start to the “The horsepower he has, you “It is amazing, I am so grateful outstanding performances on 

Ashburton Flying Stakes, Akuta can put him anywhere in a race, to them for putting me on. Monday’s huge afternoon of 

was safely into stride but left well and he just relaxes, and when “I am just rapt to be able to harness racing at Ashburton. 

back in the field. 

you ask him to go, he just keeps repay the faith.” 

Cold Chisel and 

“Going into the race all that trying,” the reinswoman said. Dobson’s colours were back in Aardiebytheseaside ran to 

mattered was I stepped – it 

Thornley was thrust into the the winner’s circle just two races excellent Sires Stakes heat wins, 

didn’t matter how fast or slow,” spotlight this week following later when Muscle Mountain while Aardies Express and 

Thornley said. 

the suspension of Mark Purdon powered to victory in the green Sooner The Bettor were also big 

“So long as I took off pacing, I and unavailability of Natalie Cullen Racing silks. 

winners. 

– HRNZ 

Muscle Mountain proves 

too good once again 

• By Michael Guerin 

NOBODY WOULD have 

begrudged driver Ben Hope the 

rarest of all racing celebrations 

at Ashburton if he had had the 

audacity to launch into a double 

whip salute. 

Hope restricted himself to just 

one though as Muscle Mountain 

strode to one of the easiest wins 

of his career in the What The 

Hill Trotters Sprint, the salute 

dedicated to the great trotter’s 

late owner Ian Dobson. 

Dobson showed faith in Hope 

when many others lacked it, 

allowing him to drive Muscle 

Mountain throughout his career 

when he could easily have opted 

for a more experienced driver. 

Hope and Muscle Mountain 

have grown up together so ‘Dobbie’ 

deserves his salute to cap a 

poignant day for his family after 

Akuta’s win earlier. 

But Hope also would have been 

justified in saluting again, this 

time as the exclamation mark on 

a win Muscle Mountain needed 

to regain maximum respect. 

He cost himself his previous 

start at Addington when he was 

divebombed by Oscar Bonavena, 

and his tendency to shut off late 

was going to start costing him 

far bigger races if he didn’t get it 

out of his system. 

So Team Hope opted for slide 

HOPE: Muscle Mountain regained respect, with trainers opting for slide down blinds and 

controlled aggression. 

down blinds and controlled 

aggression and now Muscle 

Mountain is back as king of 

trotting’s castle, his fear factor 

re-established. 

“I might have been a bit easy 

on him in front a few times, but 

it is time to start driving him like 

the best horse,” says Hope. 

If that re-ignites Muscle 

Mountain’s home straight desire 

then he has the potential to go to 

another level. 

He is already one of our best 

ever trotting sprinters and now 

the Dominion beckons, with 

him potentially giving Bolt For 

Brilliance a start in what will be 

one of the great highlights of cup 

week. 

Muscle Mountain’s win was 

his third straight in the Trotters 

Sprint and his 1:54.5 mile rate for 

the 1700m was slick enough on a 

track holding plenty of top. 

Smokin Bandar looked happy 

to be home with a super second 

and Time Up The Hill roared 

into third, another emotionfilled 

placing with the mare’s 

connection to regular driver 

Katie Cox as the industry rallies 

around her. 

Oscar Bonavena could manage 

only fourth, coming to the end of 

his run after looming at the top 

of the straight. – HRNZ 


RACING 21 

The best 

of the rest 

Ashburton 

• By Michael Guerin 

MONDAY’S Ashburton meeting 

was one of the strongest harness 

racing programmes of the season 

and the best form guide to New 

Zealand Cup week. 

Here is what unfolded in the 

other features outside of the two 

open class races: 

Race 4, Two-Year-Old 

Pacing Fillies: Treacherous Love 

continued the great recent run 

of North Island-trained horses 

at the south’s biggest meetings 

when she bolted away for trainer 

Brent Mangos. She went straight 

to the front and driver Ricky May 

got away with a very slow early 

section before she blasted up the 

straight in 26.5 seconds for her 

last 400m. Already the winner 

of the Delightful Lady Final she 

headed home a trifecta for pacing’s 

new rave stallion Captaintreacherous. 

Race 5, Two-Year-Old Pacing 

Boys: Favourite Vessem worked 

hard early but Cold Chisel still 

worked hard and over-powered 

him so now must rate as our best 

male juvenile pacer, albeit it in an 

even crop. 

Race 6: Three-Year-Old Pacing 

Fillies: The biggest talking point 

out of the race was the scratching 

of Millwood Nike, who was 

unbeaten in 15 and still is. 

She got kicked by another horse 

so didn’t start and Aardiebytheseaside 

was the major beneficiary 

after working early, then copping 

a trail and holding out the luckless 

Treacherous Gal. 

Race 7, Three-Year-Old Trot: 

Star trainer of trotters Phil Williamson 

thought Aroha Kenny 

was his best three-year-old trotter 

but Isolate is making a strong case 

to change his mind. The big, fast 

and raw daughter of former age 

group star Escapee, Isolate gave 

most of our better three-year-old 

trotters a start and the go by in a 

1:56.6 mile rate for 1700m. The big 

improver out of the race and the 

horse to beat in the NZ Trotting 

Derby on December 10 is Confessional. 

Race 8: Three-Year-Old Pacing 

Boys: Tony moved at the right 

time on Cold Chisel earlier in the 

card and again on Sooner The 

Bettor in this race to comprehensively 

beat two Dunn racing 

runners in Triple G and Who’s 

Delight. These horses all have two 

problems blocking their future 

pathways in every major race: 

Don’t Stop Dreaming and Merlin, 

who will be favourites when this 

crop get to their NZ Derby. 

Race 10, Aged Pacing Mares: 

Aardie’s Express sat four wide for 

the first half of the race and won 

so easily she could have sat four 

wide the entire 1700m and she 

still would have won. She rated 

1:52.6 for the 1700m and looks 

well capable of breaking 1:50 

if she makes it to Menangle in 

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200 projects to enhance our 

biodiversity which has resulted 

in 45ha of native plantings, over 

PHOTO: STEVE ATTWOOD 

THREATENED: The black stilt and the white heron are among the 75 per cent of 

indigenous species at risk of extinction, according to Stats NZ. 

45,000 plants, 41,000m of fencing, 

83,000ha of weed control 

and almost 3000ha of active pest 

control. 

While the NPS-IB is a big win 

for biodiversity outcomes in 

Canterbury and Aotearoa, it also 

comes with challenges for us as 

a regional council as we work to 

balance competing priorities to 

maintain the good work that’s 

being done, with the work we 

know needs to be done to help 

future-proof the region. 

We’ll be exploring how to best 

do this over the next six months 

as we turn our attention to 

developing our next Long-Term 

Plan, which will guide us on the 

decisions we make over the next 

three years. 

We’ll also be working to 

develop our Regional Policy 

Statement, which will include 

some new biodiversity outcomes 

to align with the NPS-IB. 

You have an opportunity 

to have your say on what you 

value most, ahead of us having 

to make some tough decisions 

that will impact you and your 

whānau. For more information 

and to complete a survey that 

we’ll be running over the coming 

weeks, visit: ecan.govt.nz/ 

ourfuture 

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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. 

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GARDENING 23 

Plant pumpkins and prune poppies now 

Vegetables 

Given rich soil, zucchini, 

marrows and pumpkin are easily 

grown in the home garden. 

Pumpkins need a hot, dry 

summer to do well, so this year 

looks promising for harvest. 

Bush marrows, such as Cocozelle 

di Napoli, require less room than 

the trailing types but zucchini 

are more popular than marrows, 

so seed of the latter can be 

difficult to obtain. 

Sow the seeds now in pots or 

seed boxes. Mini greenhouses, 

a little like an old-fashioned 

cold frame, are ideal for these 

tender vegetables, as is a 

bottomless box, with a square 

of glass set over the top and 

placed in the warmest part of 

the garden. Plants can be put in 

their permanent place from the 

end of the month, or once the 

likelihood of frost has passed. 

When fruits form, liquid manure 

will encourage good growth. 

Watering is needed only when 

the soil is dry in the plants’ 

earlier stages. 

Celery can be sown in the 

same way as marrows or pumpkins. 

Trenches can be prepared 

now for planting out early in 

December. Dump plenty of manure 

in the bottom of the trench 

and top with soil but leave the 

surface 5cm to 10cm lower than 

the surrounding garden to help 

retain moisture, as celery will 

quickly go to seed if the ground 

dries out. 

Flowers 

Outdoor fuchsias, Californian 

tree poppy (Romneya coulteri) 

and willows grown for bark 

effects can be pruned now. Cut 

them hard, trimming last year’s 

growth close to older wood. 

Young, rooted pieces can be 

taken from the outside of violet 

plants and the central portion of 

old clumps discarded. Violets do 

best in partial shade with rich, 

heavy soil. 

Herbaceous perennials, such as 

Michaelmas daisies, can still be 

increased by taking side growths 

with a few roots attached. 

Hardy annuals can be sown 

outdoors this month. Clarkia, 

Asters, nasturtiums, Calendula 

and sweet peas are good options. 

Dwarf sweet peas do not need 

staking. Little Sweetheart is one 

of the smallest, growing to 25cm, 

making it suitable for bedding, 

pots and hanging baskets. The soil 

for sweet peas should be welllimed 

and the ground worked to a 

fine crumb. Phosphate worked into 

the soil (30g per sq m) will give the 

seedlings a good start and a sturdy 

root system. 

Lawns that have become 

patchy because of grass grub 

damage or the removal of weeds 

on a large scale can be brought 

back to order with a dressing 

now of one part superphosphate, 

three parts sulphate of ammonia 

mixed and spread at the rate of 

30g per sq m. Apply this mix 

now and in early autumn as 

growth restarts after summer. 

Mossy soil can be dressed with 

the same mixture, with the addition 

of a half-part of sulphate 

of iron to suppress moss. Some 

damage to the leaves of nearby 

grass will appear, but recovery is 

quick. 

Dwarf annuals for a rockery 

or the front of garden beds 

include Phacelia (blue shades), 

Nemophila (blue), Linum 

grandiflorum and Limnanthes 

(yellow). Linaria produces 

flowers resembling miniature 

PREPARE: 

Plants can be put 

in their permanent 

place from the end 

of the month as 

we near frost-free 

mornings. 

Pumpkins can 

be planted, and 

poppies – such as 

the Californian tree 

poppy – should be 

pruned now. 

PHOTOS: GETTY 

snapdragon on slender stems, 

15cm-25cm high. 

Fruit 

Tomatoes can be planted now 

in unheated greenhouses. The 

ground or container mixture 

does not need to be over-rich, as 

fertilisers applied when the fruits 

set will provide a heavy crop to 

the ripening stage. 

The soil must be free from 

disease, though, and growing 

tomatoes in pots or bags of 

new mix each season is recommended. 

In autumn, put the soil 

on the vegetable garden. Avoid 

over-watering young tomato 

plants during the first few weeks, 

as this can damage their roots. 

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Looking confident may be all you need 

to be the last bidder standing when the 

hammer goes down. 

Does your blood pressure go sky-high 

at the sight of an auction room? Chances 

are some of your fellow bidders are doing 

all in their power to psych you out and 

win the bidding. 

Securing a property isn’t just about 

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Too often, buyers have preconceived Immediately your opposition is going 

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Call each bid out confidently. “It shows 

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“The more confident you seem the 

Looking confident may be all you need more people will think you have done it 

to be the last bidder standing when the before.” 

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8am - 12pm. There will 

be approximately thirty 

homes taking part, mostly 

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There is usually a variety 

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Come and walk around our 

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Gardening 

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House & Garden 

Property Services Ltd 

Tree & hedge trimming 

Gardening 

Landscaping 

Lawn mowing 

Waterblasting 

All aspects of 

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CALL uS 03 260 4499 

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Health & Beauty 

MOBILE Toe Nail 

Cutting Service with foot 

and lower leg massage by 

regd nurse. $50. Phone 

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Lost & Found 

LOST Red cover 

school excercise book 

in Christchurch between 

dates of 6-7 October. 

Has photos of NZ Steam 

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please leave a message 

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via NZ Couriers. 

Massage 

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can help with the cost 

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• Splashbacks • All Broken Windows 

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Phone Cushla or Darren Twist 

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CARPET LAYING 

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Phone John on 0800 

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Ph Graeme 027 341 8596 , 

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ANTHONY KUTOVOY is 

weeks away from the next step 

in a promising future in speed 

skating. 

The St Andrew’s College year 

11 student will compete in the 

junior world cup speed skating 

series in the Netherlands in late 

November and early December. 

After winning the national 

title for the sub junior men 

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structure 

for red 

zone 

projects 

Thursday, October 26, 2023 

Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper 

(under 15) division a the New 

Zealand open shor track 

championship in Dunedin in 

September, he gained entry to 

the firs two junior world cups. 

A these competitions, he will 

be seeking to qualify for a third 

junior world cup and the junior 

world championship, held in 

February 2024. 

“A the Dunedin competition, 

I also set a new record in the 

1000m distance for my age 

group,” said Anthony. 

“Since I’ve started skating, 

I have improved a lot . as 

well as being the New Zealand 

champion for my age group.” 

The 15-year-old is part of 

the Canterbury Alpine Ice 

Skating Club. He has been 

skating since 2019, originally 

for the Mainland Ice Racing 

Club before transferring to 

Canterbury Alpine in 2021. 

Said the Parklands resident: 

“One of the things that caught 

CARVING OUT A FUTURE: Anthony Kutovoy (right) will compete in the junior world 

cup speed skating series in the Netherlands in late November and early December. 

THE ŌTĀKARO Avon River 

Corridor co-governance 

establishment committee has 

adopted a new framework to 

assess any city council-led 

projects planned for the former 

residential red zone. 

Co-chairs Te 

Maire Tau and 

Lianne Dalziel said 

the new assessment 

framework will be 

used as a sounding 

board for future 

projects. 

“The framework 

covers factors such 

as climate change 

resilience, ecological 

improvements, 

innovation and the 

ability to practice 

mahinga kai,” the 

co-chairs said. 

“As well as being 

a measuring stick 

Te Maire 

Tau 

Lianne 

Dalziel 

for us to determine the merits of 

my eye with shor track is the 

compete overseas against other, 

competitiveness and adrenaline 

like-minded people whose goal 

The first junior world cup 

council-led projects, the new assessment 

framework also be used 

of trying to hit your top speed 

and push your boundaries. 

“All while having to try to 

pass and block other skaters. I 

is like mine – to be the best version 

of myself.” 

Anthony said he is training 

six times a week with 

is from November 26 to 

27. Anthony and his coach 

have self-funded flights for 

November 18, to train in 

New Zealand with the very 

limited ice time and old equipment,” 

said Anthony. 

“(Speed skating) is very 

by anyone proposing projects in 

the ‘activity areas’ of the OARC, 

where non-council-led projects 

can occur. 

love skating because you ge to 

Canterbury Alpine coach Ben 

Whiteside. 

the Netherlands for a week 

beforehand. 

competitive and requires a lot of 

training and self-improvement, 

“Our overwhelming interest is 

to ensure we return the area to its 

“It is very hard to train in 

which results in a healthy 

lifestyle.” 

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