The Star: December 07, 2023

Thursday, December 7, 2023 | Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper 

Love of 

trams runs 

in the family – page 3 

Mosque attacks prompt new radio network 

• By Danielle Clent 

A NEW emergency services 

radio network will be trialled in 

Canterbury next year to try to 

improve co-ordination between 

police and St John, which were 

hampered by communication 

breakdowns during the terror 

attacks. 

Poor communication between 

police and paramedics has 

emerged as a key issue in the 

inquest into the murder of 51 

worshippers at Al Noor Mosque 

and Linwood Islamic Centre on 

March 15, 2019. 

The Coroners Court has 

heard crucial information, such 

as dispatching ambulances to 

Linwood and safety clearances at 

both mosques, was not passed on 

as it should have been. 

An Armed Offenders Squad 

commander, who cannot be 

named, told the inquest he 

believed the new Public Safety 

Network would be trialled next 

year. 

“There will be dedicated 

emergency services channels so 

emergency services will operate 

independently but when a big job 

that requires better co-ordination 

comes up, everyone can just 

switch to a new digital channel 

that will provide that,” he said. 

The commander, who is one of 

New Zealand’s foremost tactical 

experts, said staff would require 

training so they knew how to use 

the network properly without 

overloading it. 

Emergency channels were 

overloaded during the terror 

attack, with many witnesses 

saying it was almost impossible 

to use the police radio during a 

constant stream of transmissions. 

• Turn to page 7 

Quakes lead to faster sea-level rise 

A new study shows sea-level rise 

in places such as Southshore and 

Sumner could happen up to twice as 

fast as previously thought 

• Story, pages 4-5 

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Radio man shares love of trams..................3 

Sea level rise could happen faster........4,5 

Buskers festival returns.........................................8 

More mortgage payments in arrears......9 

‘My wee man trusted you both’.................14 

The Pogues’ wild night in Chch................22 

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Cheaper petrol predicted by Christmas 

Corbett’s love of trams 

shared with grandson 

• By Geoff Sloan 

FORMER CITY councillor and 

high profile radio personality Barry 

Corbett now spends some of his 

time as a tram driver in the central 

city. 

And his grandson Daniel is also a 

tram buff. 

So to celebrate the four-year-old’s 

birthday, Corbett’s wife Tina made 

their grandson a tram driver’s 

uniform, which he was able to put to 

the test on one of Corbett’s runs on 

Monday. 

“He loves the tram, comes on 

them all the time, especially when 

granddad’s driving,” Corbett said. 

Corbett says he enjoys driving 

the tram and sharing his love of 

Christchurch with tourists. 

“I started driving when I retired 

from council about nine years ago. 

And I just do it a couple of days a 

week. It’s a great little pensioner job, 

and it’s a bit of fun.” 

But he is not sure how long he will 

keep driving for. 

“Oh, gosh, I’m 71 now. I’ll 

probably keep going for a few more 

years while I still got my licence. 

It’s always good to have it checked 

out. But no, I can see me going for a 

while longer. It’s good fun.” 

– Public Interest Journalism 

funded through NZ On Air 

• By Liam Dann 

THERE’S GOOD news for 

motorists with a slump in 

oil prices pointing to a pre- 

Christmas fall in the cost of 

petrol. 

Crude oil prices fell this week 

shaking off efforts by OPEC to 

cut production and reduce supply 

to the market. 

Brent crude – the benchmark 

for local petrol prices – fell 

from US$81 on Friday to US$77 

‘I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE 

INSURANCE’: Daniel at the 

controls. 

yesterday. It now is off by almost 

10 per cent since the start 

of the month. 

Meanwhile, the average local 

price for unleaded 91 petrol 

has already fallen about five 

per cent since the start of the 

month (currently $2.77 per 

litre, website Gaspy says). 

The fall bucks the prediction 

from the AA earlier this year 

petrol prices could hit $3.50 a 

litre by Christmas, and will be 

welcome relief for beleaguered 

motorists already battling high 

inflation and a cost of living 

crisis. 

Last week OPEC+ moved to 

reduce oil output in a move to 

match falling demand and prop 

up prices. It didn’t work. 

OPEC+ agreed to a cutback 

of about 900,000 barrels a day, 

but crude prices kept falling 

as traders bet they would be 

difficult to fully implement, 

Bloomberg reported. 

– NZ Herald 

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video on 

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TRAM BUFFS: Barry Corbett and his 4-year-old grandson, 

Daniel Stewart. 

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In Brief 

NEWS 3 

Spring sun shines 

over Christchurch 

Christchurch was the sunniest 

main centre over the past three 

months, the National Institute of 

Water and Atmospheric Research 

seasonal climate summary 

showed. The city recorded 657 

sunshine hours, followed by 

Tauranga on 643. Most of the 

country had above-normal 

average temperatures for spring, 

researchers said on Tuesday. It has 

been New Zealand’s 10th-warmest 

spring since records began in 

1909. The highest temperature was 

recorded in Blenheim which hit 30 

deg C on November 23. 

Sentencing pushed 

back for mum who 

murdered children 

The sentencing of the South 

African doctor found guilty 

of murdering her three young 

daughters 19 days after arriving in 

Timaru has been pushed to 2024. 

Lauren Anne Dickason, 41, was to 

be sentenced in Christchurch on 

December 19. However, a nominal 

date of February 2 has now been 

set for her case to be called and 

a new sentencing hearing date 

could be set. Dickason is set to 

be sentenced to life in prison and 

Justice Cameron Mander will set 

a minimum non-parole period. 

He will also decide where she 

spends the start of her sentence 

– in prison or at the forensic 

psychiatric facility. Dickason 

smothered her daughters Liane, 

6, and 2-year-old twins Maya 

and Karla to death in Timaru on 

September 16, 2020. 

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Party is standing down after 

failing to win the Ilam seat in 

the General Election. Raf Manji 

made the announcement after 

meeting with the party board 

and members. “It wasn’t an easy 

decision to make but after a 

great deal of consideration I felt 

it was the right one for me and 

it’s time to hand it over to the 

next generation,” he said. The 

Opportunities Party received 2.22 

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‘Gold-plated’ Coastal 

Pathway officially 

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Sea level rise could 

A RECENT study of vertical 

land movement has shed new 

light on the extent and speed of 

sea-level rise happening in parts 

of Christchurch. 

The GNS Science study has 

shown that sea-level rise in 

some parts of the district could 

happen up to twice as fast as 

previously thought, as a result 

of increased land subsidence 

following the Christchurch and 

Kaikōura earthquakes. 

“We all knew that the land 

changed dramatically as a result 

of the Canterbury earthquakes, 

and this new data shows the 

extent to which some areas have 

continued to subside after the 

earthquakes,” said city council 

team leader coastal adaptation 

planning Jane Morgan. 

“It’s also confirmed that, since 

then, most parts of the district 

are subsiding faster than before 

the earthquakes. 

“The greatest subsidence is 

happening around the edges 

of Ihutai Avon Heathcote 

Estuary, at Bexley, South New 

Brighton and Southshore, and 

at Sumner, Redcliffs, Lyttleton 

Harbour and Koukourarata Port 

Levy. 

“We don’t yet have a good 

understanding of what’s 

happening in other parts of 

Banks Peninsula, due to the 

availability of data at the time of 

this work. 

“But generally, where we 

have low-lying and coastal 

areas subsiding, it means the 

impacts of sea-level rise – coastal 

flooding, erosion and rising 

groundwater levels – will happen 

sooner, giving us less time to 

plan ahead and adapt.” 

North Canterbury’s turn 

to Toot for Tucker 

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NEWS 5 

happen twice as fast as expected 

“For example, in some 

locations where the land has 

sunk 10 to 20 centimetres since 

the earthquakes, the amount of 

sea-level rise previously projected 

to happen by 2050 could’ve 

already happened.” 

Vertical land 

movement 

is caused by 

movements 

in the earth’s 

crust. The 

upward or 

downward 

Jane Morgan 

movements can 

be very fast, 

such as during 

an earthquake, 

or slow and gradual. Local 

land movements can happen 

from other processes too, such 

as liquefaction that might be 

triggered by an earthquake. 

Global sea-level rise 

projections suggest Christchurch 

could see 14 to 23 centimetres 

of sea-level rise over the next 

30 years. However, in places 

where land is subsiding at about 

8 millimetres per year, such as 

parts of South Brighton Spit 

and parts of Lyttelton Harbour 

and Koukourarata Port Levy, 

sea levels could rise by 38 to 47 

centimetres – twice as much over 

the same 30-year timeframe. 

Said Morgan: “We understand 

NEW STUDY: The GNS Science study has shown that sea-level rise in some parts of the 

district could happen up to twice as fast as previously thought, as a result of increased land 

subsidence following the Christchurch and Kaikōura earthquakes. PHOTO: NEWSLINE 

it’s common for land to 

keep subsiding after large 

earthquakes. While there’s no 

sign the subsidence has slowed 

down in Christchurch, evidence 

from other parts of the world 

tells us that, eventually, the speed 

of vertical land movement will 

return to normal. However, it 

might take another few decades 

and will depend on whether 

we experience more large 

earthquakes.” 

The latest study, which was 

co-funded with Environment 

Canterbury, highlights the 

importance of early planning. 

It will help inform the city 

council’s work with communities 

to adapt public infrastructure 

and assets, such as roads, pipes 

and parks, Morgan said. 

“Our initial adaptation 

planning is already well under 

Global sea-level rise 

projections suggest 

Christchurch could see 14 

to 23 centimetres of sealevel 

rise over the next 30 

years. That could be twice 

as much at parts of South 

Brighton Spit, Lyttelton 

Harbour and Port Levy. 

way with communities in the 

Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour 

to Koukourarata Port Levy area, 

which is one of the areas most 

affected by this new information. 

“We’ve been working 

closely with a coastal panel 

of community and rūnanga 

representatives to develop 

adaptation pathways for public 

assets, to make sure that local 

values and knowledge are a key 

part of these discussions. 

“Over time, sea-level rise 

is going to have a big impact 

on how we live, use and move 

around our coastline and lowlying 

inland areas. In some 

places, we’re already seeing the 

impacts of more frequent and 

severe weather events. 

“We don’t have all the answers 

about what life is going to look 

like in the future, but we know 

there are some important 

decisions we can all be making 

now to make sure we’re better 

prepared.” 

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Jury deliberating in 

Blackmoore case 

• By Adam Burns 

THE JURY in the Angela 

Blackmoore murder trial retired 

yesterday to consider the fate 

of the two co-accused David 

Hawken and Rebecca Wright- 

Meldrum. 

The pair have 

been standing 

trial at the 

High Court at 

Christchurch 

charged with 

Angela 

Blackmoore 

the murder of 

the Blackmoore 

in her Wainoni 

home in 1995. 

A third person, Jeremy Powell, 

pleaded guilty to the killing in 

2020 and received a sentence of 

life imprisonment, with a nonparole 

period of 10 years. 

A pregnant Blackmoore was 

bludgeoned and stabbed 39 

times while her two-year-old 

son slept in a nearby room. 

The first trial was abandoned 

in May after new material came 

to hand that lawyers needed 

time to review. 

Powell was previously called 

as a Crown witness, and told the 

court Hawken offered him and 

Wright-Meldrum $10,000 for 

Blackmoore’s murder. 

Follow the jury’s 

deliberations and 

verdict on starnews. 

co.nz 

He also alleged Hawken 

threatened to kill his family if 

he did not carry out the murder, 

and boasted about his gang connections. 

Justice Rachel Dunningham 

summed up the case for the 

12 jurors yesterday, reminding 

them to take caution when 

interpreting historical evidence 

heard during the trial which had 

the potential to be “unreliable”. 

“I want to warn you that there 

is a particular need for caution 

in assessing the evidence in this 

case. 

“This is because there has 

been a delay of 28 years before 

the events that led to these 

charges and the charges brought 

to trial. 

“Many of the witnesses admitted 

to struggle to recall matters 

because of the time delay. 

“Our memories are not like a 

video recording where you can 

simply replay them accurately 

every time you bring them up.” 

– RNZ 


Request to pause Chch 

housing density hearings 

PRESSURE FROM residents 

groups appears to have paid off 

over the contentious housing 

density rules planned by the 

former Labour Government. 

City councillors decided yesterday 

to ask new Environment 

Minister Penny Simmonds to 

pause the $4.2 million independent 

hearings process. 

It came after months of 

opposition to the new rules from 

many of Christchurch’s residents’ 

associations, particularly the 

Riccarton Bush-Kilmarnock 

group. 

The intensification plan being 

considered would allow for three 

residential buildings of three 

storeys each to be built, without 

a resource consent, across large 

parts of the city, and higher 

storeys – potentially up to 10 – in 

main suburban centres. 

The new Government said it 

would make the density standards 

optional for councils across 

New Zealand. But councils must 

comply with the current laws 

until they are changed, meaning 

decisions must be made by September 

12 next year. 

Hearings in Christchurch over 

the issue are set to resume in 

HOUSING DENSITY: City councillors have decided to ask 

new Environment Minister Penny Simmonds to pause the 

$4.2 million independent hearings process. 

PHOTO: NATE MCKINNON/RNZ 

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Continuing the hearing would 

be a waste of money, he said. 

Cr Sam MacDonald echoed 

the views of many councillors 

saying requesting a pause was a 

pragmatic solution. 

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RESPONSE: The inquest into the mosque attacks has heard better 

communication would have allowed the Armed Offenders Squad to know 

other specialist police were training in Christchurch. PHOTO: RNZ 

Poor communication 

between first responders 

• From page 1 

The AOS commander, who was on leave 

when the shooting happened, led team 

debriefs afterwards. 

He told the inquest he only recently 

learned that badly injured people were 

left alone at Al Noor Mosque for more 

than 10 minutes because AOS staff were 

redeployed to the Linwood Avenue 

mosque. 

“I was upset about it, certainly,” he said. 

International counter-terrorism experts 

earlier told the court it was unacceptable 

for police to leave the victims alone. 

The commander told counsel assisting 

the coroner David Boldt that better coordination, 

including accurate situation 

reports from officers on the ground, 

would help to ensure that did not happen 

again. 

The officer also told the inquest the 

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co-ordinating resources. 

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Inflatable ‘cathedral’ of 

fun for buskers festival 

• By Thomas Bywater 

A GIANT inflatable cathedral 

will pop up in the central city 

to mark the return of the World 

Buskers Festival. 

The annual street 

performance event will run 

from January 19-28 and feature 

more than 20 acts, including 

Mullet Man & Mim, The Circus 

Firemen and the festival’s 

mascot Space-Man, 

But the 1000m 2 inflatable 

artwork Arborialis 

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womb”, will be a focal point of 

the festival. 

The structure, developed by 

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NEWS 9 

More homeowners 

falling behind on 

their mortgages 

• By Cameron Smith 

THE NUMBER of people 

behind on their mortgages 

spiked back up again in October, 

latest data shows. 

Centrix’s credit indicator 

report revealed the proportion 

of home loans in arrears 

climbed to 1.29 per cent, 

up from 1.25 per cent in 

September. 

There are 19,200 mortgage 

accounts past due in 

October, up 25 per cent 

year-on-year. 

“As loans continue to 

be refinanced with higher 

interest rates due to the 

current economic climate, this 

activity could continue well into 

2024,” Centrix managing director 

Keith McLaughlin said. 

Homeowners under pressure 

are unlikely to find relief in lower 

interest rates any time soon after 

the Reserve Bank’s official cash 

Keith 

McLaughlin 

rate, which forecast rates would 

need to stay higher for longer. 

Cuts to the OCR could now be 

on the table from mid-2025. 

“The recent OCR announcement 

will no doubt be disappointing 

for some households 

who would have been 

hoping for an indication 

of interest rate cuts 

next year to help relieve 

some financial pressure,” 

McLaughlin said. 

Mortgage arrears had 

been dropping from a 

year-high of 1.32 per cent 

in May. At the time that 

was the highest level reported 

since March 2020 

(1.49 per cent), albeit still below 

historical highs. 

Retail sales also drove a rise 

in consumer credit, in line with 

seasonal trends, with demand 

up 8 per cent year-on-year in 

November. 

Demand for credit cards rose 

11.8 per cent year-on-year. 

“We’ve seen credit card, Buy 

Now Pay Later and personal loan 

demand all rising in November. 

Credit demand has a seasonal 

peak in November in the lead-up 

to Black Friday sales and the 

holiday season,” McLaughlin 

said. 

It comes with a warning, however, 

to be mindful of stretching 

finances beyond your means, he 

said. 

“It’s this time of year where people 

can easily fall into debt traps as 

they try to make ends meet in the 

lead-up to the Christmas and the 

New Year period.” 

McLaughlin said the consequences 

of not meeting repayment 

obligations could include 

an individual’s credit score being 

negatively affected for years, 

impacting financial decisions in 

the future. 

Alongside increased demand, 

arrears for personal and vehicle 

loans, and credit cards also continued 

to climb. 

Consumer arrears rose to 11.78 

per cent (431,000 people) of the 

credit active population in October 

behind on their payments, 

compared with 11.70 per cent in 

the prior month. 

The current arrears level is up 

6.1 per cent year-on-year, which 

is tracking closely to levels seen 

in 2018 after coming off historic 

lows during the Covid-19 years. 

Personal loan arrears climbed 

9.5 per cent in October, increasing 

for the fourth consecutive 

month. 

Credit card arrears rose 4.4 per 

cent in October when compared 

with September and were up 8 

per cent year-on-year. 

Vehicle loan arrears climbed 

5.8 per cent monthly and were 19 

per cent higher year-on-year. 

Company liquidations also 

remain high as businesses struggle 

with the current economic 

climate, Centrix said. 

Liquidations are up 36 per 

cent year-on-year in October, 

but down from the 40 per cent 

year-on-year rise recorded in 

September. 

Notably, liquidations for retail 

companies rose 73 per cent yearon-year 

as “the bite of reduced 

spending continues to hit the 

pockets of businesses across the 

country,” the report said. 

“Business credit defaults, 

liquidations and closures are 

always tough. It’s imperative 

business owners get into the 

habit of credit checking potential 

customers, business partners and 

suppliers to ensure they aren’t 

unknowingly extending funds 

to entities with bad credit risk,” 

McLaughlin said. 

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Call to halt cold-case DNA tool trial 

• By Sam Sherwood and 

Jared Savage 

THE PRIVACY Commissioner 

has asked police to pause future 

use of a controversial DNA 

tool being trialled to solve two 

cold-case murders until there is 

legislative reform. 

Police are trialling the genetic 

investigative tool for two of the 

country’s most high-profile cold 

cases – the murder of Mellory 

Manning Christchurch in 2008 

and the murder of Alicia O’Reilly 

in Auckland 1980. 

Law enforcement agencies 

overseas have had success 

comparing the DNA of 

unidentified suspects with 

genetic profiles uploaded to 

popular genealogy websites, 

most famously leading the FBI to 

catch the so-called “Golden State 

Killer”. 

Forensic Investigative 

Genetic Genealogy (FIGG) 

combines DNA testing with 

genealogical research to analyse 

genetic relationships between 

individuals who share very small 

amounts of inherited DNA with 

the crime scene DNA sample. 

It uses genealogy databases and 

publicly available records and is 

being utilised overseas to help 

solve cold cases and identify 

human remains. 

To meet New Zealand 

conditions, the Institute of 

Environmental Science Research 

ensured all physical sample 

testing was completed in New 

Zealand and the extraction of 

the digital genetic code would 

be provided to a third-party 

international service provider. 

This meant no physical DNA 

material would leave the country. 

In an email to then Justice 

Minister Ginny Andersen 

on September 5, Privacy 

Commissioner Michael Webster 

outlined his concerns about the 

trial. 

A review by the Law 

Commission, published in 

November 2020, found the 

Criminal Investigations (Bodily 

Samples) Act was “no longer 

fit for purpose”. It made 193 

recommendations for change. 

Given the significant privacy 

concerns around turning 

users of ancestry websites into 

unwitting “genetic informants” 

against their relatives, the Law 

Commission said any new 

legislation needs appropriate 

safeguards for police to use 

genetic genealogy. To date, no 

progress has been made on 

changing the law. 

Webster said he was 

“supportive” of the safe use of 

emerging techniques to assist 

police investigations if it was 

JUSTICE: Mellory Manning, 

who was murdered in 

Christchurch in 2008, and 

Nancye O’Reilly with a 

portrait of her daughter 

Alicia O’Reilly who was 

killed in Auckland in 1980. 

“justified and proportionate”. 

However, he had concerns 

about the use of FIGG without 

an “appropriate legislative 

framework in place”. 

“In my view, the best course 

of action would be to pause the 

use of FIGG beyond this trial 

until there is legislative reform in 

this area. Genetic data is highly 

sensitive personal information, 

not only for individuals, but also 

for their whānau. 

“FIGG can be useful to create 

investigative leads. However, it is 

a technique that raises a number 

of ethical and privacy issues.” 

Webster said he had previously 

discussed with police any 

trial should be aligned as 

much as possible with the 

recommendations in the Law 

Commission’s report. 

“I would be very 

concerned if this trial were to 

lead to use of FIGG generally 

before appropriate legislative 

safeguards are put in place,” he 

said. 

“I am conscious of the 

precedent-setting effect of the 

trial and the risk of extending 

the use of FIGG against the Law 

Commission’s recommendations 

and the advice of my office.” 

In a briefing to Andersen 

about the commissioner’s 

concerns, police wrote that while 

the Government had agreed a 

new act was required, this would 

require “considerable work” 

and its priority had yet to be 

confirmed. 

“Legislative reform is often 

a lengthy process and police 

considers that there is a balance 

to be struck between using new 

and emerging techniques to aid 

with serious crime resolution 

and waiting for legislative reform 

processes to be undertaken.” 

An evaluation at the end of 

the trial would be undertaken 

to assess the effectiveness 

of the pilot for future police 

investigations. 

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House ‘unworthy’ of beachfront 

location sells for $1.6 million 

• By Nikki Preston 

A REDCLIFFS cottage 

surrounded by mansions 

but deemed unworthy of its 

beachfront location has sold 

under the hammer for $1.675m. 

The owners had shelled out 

$1.6 million for the development 

site on Beachville Rd in 2020 

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The listing 

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Karen 

Phillips 

Alison 

Aitken 

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position 

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The cottage was 

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“Our sellers’ 

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development plans 

is tempered by how settled they 

are in their new home in the 

countryside,” Harcourts agent 

Alison Aitken said in the listing. 

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resource consent for a home 

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which was spread over two titles, 

before deciding to stay put so 

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Harcourts Grenadier auction 

manager Karen Phillips said it 

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where is” property especially 

because it was always hard to 

know how they would go in the 

current market. 

The auction attracted three 

registered bidders with two 

bidding competitively for it. It 

TO BE DEVELOPED: The 

two-bedroom home on 

Beachville Rd was habitable 

but uninsurable. 

PHOTOS: NZ HERALD 

paused for negotiation before 

finally selling for $1.675m. 

Beachville Rd was a prime 

location close to the water and 

away from any busy road noise, 

she said. “It’s a beautiful spot.” 

– NZ Herald 

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14 

COURT 


‘My wee man trusted you both’ 

Pair sentenced after 

giving 20yo ecstasy, 

filming his demise 

• By Emily Moorhouse and 

Sam Sherwood 

A YOUNG man in the throes 

of dying from a drug overdose 

thrashed about in a shower in 

distress while the person who 

gave him the drug filmed his 

demise and sent it to friends. 

Jared Wayne Croft’s “inhumane” 

lack of action in failing to 

get help for the young man has 

ended in a jail sentence, while 

the man’s family is grieving the 

devastating loss of their son and 

brother. 

The 20-year-old Christchurch 

victim, who has permanent 

name suppression, was encouraged 

to take a rock of MDMA, a 

large amount of the Class B drug 

also known as Ecstasy, all at once 

by Croft and associate Janna 

Mereama Clarke last September. 

Now Croft and Clarke, both 

34, have been sentenced in the 

district court for their part in encouraging 

the man to consume 

the lethal dose of the popular 

party drug. 

The court heard the young 

man arrived at Croft’s home in 

the early hours of September 4 

last year. 

Croft and Clarke were sitting 

in the kitchen when Croft filmed 

himself with a rock of MDMA, 

about 10mm in diameter. 

He gave the rock to the man 

and said he could have it for free 

if he took it all at once. 

The man asked if he should 

split it into smaller amounts but 

Clarke told him to take it all. 

“Drop it right in your mouth,” 

she encouraged him. 

Croft recorded the drug supply 

and sent it to contacts on 

Snapchat. 

After taking the drug, the 

man’s mood began to fluctuate, 

he displayed signs of hyperactivity 

and he suffered hallucinations 

and dramatic changes in body 

temperature. 

Croft made several videos of 

the man as his condition deteriorated 

and sent the footage to 

people on Snapchat. 

One person responded by 

telling Croft the man’s heart rate 

would be “through the roof”. 

Croft agreed. 

Another said the man was “in 

a bad way”. 

A friend messaged Croft he 

needed to help the man and suggested 

giving him more drugs to 

bring down the high. Croft asked 

the friend to come to his house 

and help. 

In the meantime, Croft and 

Clarke put the man in the 

shower for two hours, where he 

thrashed around under the water 

so violently that he smashed a 

hole in the floor of the shower 

and cut his foot. 

All the while, Croft continued 

to take videos and send them to 

others. 

When Croft’s friend arrived, 

the man was still in the shower 

and the trio carried him to a bed 

and left him alone. The friend 

told Croft to call an ambulance 

and left. 

Croft and Clarke checked on 

the man and found his skin had 

turned grey and cold. They were 

told by emergency services to begin 

CPR. At 11.33am, paramedics 

arrived and continued CPR 

but the man was pronounced 

dead at the scene. 

A post-mortem examination 

later determined his cause of 

death was mixed drug toxicity, 

from MDMA, methamphetamine, 

cocaine and alcohol. 

The level of MDMA present in 

his blood was 10 times the level 

of that consumed for recreational 

use. 

When police arrived at Croft’s 

house soon afterwards, he and 

Clarke agreed to hide a container 

holding 21 grams of ecstasy. 

Croft took it to the shed and 

moved $18,000 in cash from his 

house into a bag before leaving. 

Police searched Croft’s property 

and found two containers of 

MDMA, 0.01 grams of methamphetamine, 

a rolled-up $5 note 

discarded in a bin and various 

point bags. 

On September 7, Croft and 

Clarke were travelling to Rangiora 

when they were stopped by 

police and arrested. 

Their cellphones were seized 

and $18,000 was found in the 

car. Croft refused to provide the 

passcode to his phone. 

During the sentencing, the 

man’s father said the death of 

his son was the worst day of his 

life and it played on repeat in his 

mind. 

The fact Croft and Clarke did 

not get help when the man was 

clearly distressed was “inhumane”. 

“My wee man trusted you both 

. . . To learn that you are a father 

and did this to a young man is 

beyond horrifying,” he said to 

Croft. 

“(My son) was in a great deal 

of stress and you videoed it. That 

rips me apart.” 

The father had to explain to his 

son’s siblings, who are 10 and 5, 

their big brother was not coming 

home. 

He said his son was one of his 

best friends and had the unique 

ability to light up a room. 

“We have lost a fantastic 

person.” 

The man’s mother said her boy 

was a month shy of turning 21, 

full of life and loved by everyone 

who knew him. 

“The day (he) died, I died,” 

she sobbed. “I live on but it’s not 

living, it’s existing in complete 

misery . . . I am totally unhappy. 

“I am unable to comprehend 

how a person can watch someone 

take a drug they know 

could harm or kill them and do 

nothing to help them when they 

become distressed. 

‘INHUMANE’: Jared Croft was jailed for 28 months for 

supplying a rock of MDMA to a 20-year-old, encouraging 

him to take it all at once before filming him. The man later 

died. 

PHOTO: NZ HERALD 

“I just wish someone would 

have been able to stop you earlier 

and save (my son’s) life.” 

In a letter of apology to the 

grieving family, Croft said he 

was “immensely sorry” for the 

pain and trauma he had caused. 

“I will carry the weight of this 

every day for the rest of my life 

and I know you will too.” 

Crown prosecutor Aaron Harvey 

pushed for Croft to be jailed, 

stating it was clear the victim 

needed an ambulance earlier. 

Croft’s lawyer, Kerry Cook, 

said Croft was not aware of the 

seriousness of the situation, was 

genuinely remorseful and had 

made significant efforts toward 

rehabilitation. 

He argued that the friend who 

turned up to help, and who was 

the only sober person there at the 

time, expressed the view that the 

man may have been dehydrated 

and would “come right”. 

However, Judge Raoul Neave 

rejected this, stating it was “blindingly 

obvious” the man was in 

“significant distress”, and nothing 

was done until the friend 

advised calling an ambulance. 

Judge Neave struggled to understand 

why no help was sought 

for the man immediately. 

This report was produced 

by Open Justice – Te Pātītī, 

a Public Interest Journalism 

initiative funded by NZ on Air 

“On any view of it, the distress 

that the young man was suffering 

had to be completely and 

utterly obvious to anyone and it 

shouldn’t have taken the words 

of someone else that you needed 

to phone an ambulance. 

“That needed to be done immediately, 

rather than film it on 

a cellphone.” 

Clarke’s lawyer, Elizabeth 

Bulger, said her client, who admitted 

being a party to supplying 

MDMA and perverting the 

course of justice, felt “guilt and 

shame” for her part in the offending 

and had written an apology 

letter to the man’s family. 

Croft earlier pleaded guilty to 

supplying MDMA, possession 

of a Class B controlled drug for 

supply, perverting the course of 

justice and failing to carry out 

obligations in relation to a computer 

search. 

He was jailed for 28 months. 

Clarke was sentenced to 12 

months of home detention. 

– NZ Herald 

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Remembering The Pogues’ 

wild night in Christchurch 

Neil Reid looks back 

on the life of legendary 

Irish musician Shane 

MacGowan, 65, who 

died late last week, 

and a wild night in 

Christchurch during 

one of his tours with 

The Pogues 

AMAZING SONGS – and 

wild times both on and off the 

stage – were a constant in Shane 

MacGowan’s music career. 

And some of his hell-raising 

antics while touring New 

Zealand with the legendary Irish 

band The Pogues were laid bare 

in a book on his life, which he 

gave his approval to, including 

how a visit here in 1988 first 

truly highlighted to bandmates 

that he was on a path to selfdestruction. 

MacGowan’s drug and alcohol 

abuse had started spiralling 

out of control prior to the tour, 

with his reliance on substances, 

including heroin, leaving him 

comatose during some gigs. 

In the only authorised 

biography of the music great – 

Furious Devotion: The Life of 

Shane MacGowan, which was 

released in late 2021 – author 

Richard Balls charted the highs 

and lows of the musician’s life. 

That includes band members 

talking about the group’s wild 

1988 and 1990 tours to New 

Zealand; a country where The 

Pogues had huge chart success 

and attracted sell-out crowds to 

their gigs. 

Balls wrote in the book of the 

1988 tour: “It was amid that 

Antipodean heat that alarm bells 

about his sanity rang louder than 

ever. 

“Shane’s erratic behaviour was 

hardly a news story. But it was 

getting worse. 

“Other band members had 

been patient down the years, but 

they were being sorely tested, 

especially when it affected the 

group’s performance. Audience 

members might not have minded 

what state Shane was in. In fact, 

some seemed to turn up wanting 

to see him wasted.” 

After one 1988 Christchurch 

show during the chaotic 

tour, The Pogues’ incensed 

sound engineer Paul Scully 

asked whether band members 

were going to put up with 

MacGowan’s booze and drug use 

impacting the band. 

During the heated dressing 

room showdown, Scully yelled: 

“Is this how it’s going to be? 

You’re just going to watch the 

guy die in front of your eyes”. 

Balls wrote that the band, 

minus MacGowan, had another 

crisis meeting at 4am to discuss 

how they should handle their 

singer’s addictions, which a 

growing number of people feared 

would kill him. 

Meanwhile, the singer was 

holed up in his Christchurch 

hotel room, on another drug 

bender, with a paintbrush in his 

hand. 

“He had taken to bringing pots 

of paint around him on tour 

and during the early hours of 

the morning, driven by copious 

amounts of speed, he went into 

a creative frenzy,” Balls writes in 

Furious Devotion. 

Initially joining him in 

the Christchurch hotel room 

were The Pogues’ roadie and 

MacGowan’s long-time friend 

and future personal manager, 

Joey Cashman. 

“We were on the floor and we 

had all those pens with indelible 

ink and these huge pads. I said, 

‘I’m going to have to get some 

kip, at least a couple of hours,’ 

and I f***ed off,” Cashman said. 

“I came round in the morning 

and Shane had painted himself 

with indelible ink. He’d 

painted himself blue and the 

whole room, even the mirror – 

everything was blue. 

“Frank (band manager Frank 

Murray) said, ‘Where’s Shane, 

what’s keeping him?’, and I 

said, ‘Maybe you should have a 

look yourself’. He went ballistic. 

When I see Shane painting 

himself and the room blue, I go, 

‘This is quite cool’.” 

MacGowan later reasoned that 

the impromptu 1988 artwork in 

the Christchurch hotel room was 

inspired both by his drug intake 

and links that he thought he had 

with Māori. 

“This particular night I started 

getting a very strong, totally 

real feeling that the Māoris were 

talking to me,” MacGowan said. 

“You see, you talk to yourself 

in your head when you’re 

speeding and you get turned 

into two people, who talk to each 

other in your head.” 

The Pogues were to return to 

New Zealand two years later. 

No hotel rooms were defaced 

during the tour, but again 

the band was plagued by 

MacGowan’s severe addiction 

issues. 

Balls wrote that things had 

DIVIDE: While some fans of The Pogues turned up to see 

how wasted Shane MacGowan would be, his drug and 

alcohol abuse left band mates (above) fuming. 

“reached an all-time low”, and 

in a tour of Germany prior to 

The Pogues’ arrival in New 

Zealand “Shane was so wrecked 

some nights that the band left 

him face-down on the dressing 

room floor and walked on stage 

without him”. 

The subsequent tour of New 

Zealand and Australia was a 

“disaster”, he wrote. 

Co-vocalist and tin whistle 

player Spider Stacy had to take 

over singing duties on the 

tour-opening gig in Perth after 

MacGowan “staggered off” the 

stage. 

“In Wellington, New Zealand, 

Shane collapsed on stage 

and then hauled himself up, 

smashing the microphone stand 

against the floor,” Balls wrote. 

“Back in the dressing room, he 

sat slurring, apparently asking 

for a cigarette. 

“Andrew’s (drummer Andrew 

Rankin) anger got the better of 

him and he knocked him off the 

bench he was slumped on and 

caused him to hit his mouth 

as he fell. A scuffle broke out. 

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Things were unravelling.” 

Balls wrote that by the 

time Rankin unleashed his 

physical frustrations backstage, 

MacGowan was well out of 

control. 

“Shane’s isolation from the rest 

of the band had never been so 

pronounced and his deepening 

heroin addiction meant things 

would only deteriorate further,” 

he wrote. 

“Not until he and (road 

manager) Charlie MacLennan 

had disappeared for a fix could 

he stagger – or be dragged – on 

to the stage.” 

The Pogues’ accordion player 

James Fearnley added: “Charlie 

would take him into a room and 

put whatever up his nose was 

deemed to be necessary to get 

him through a couple of hours 

on stage. 

“I’m not saying that was a 

regular thing, but I’m not saying 

it wasn’t either. But it was a 

routine they had that enabled 

Shane to get on stage and it 

involved locking themselves in a 

room.” 

MacGowan battled severe 

ill-health for more than two 

decades before his death. 

That included being confined 

to a wheelchair after suffering a 

hip injury. Doctors believed that 

given the state of his health, if 

he underwent surgery to repair 

damage to the joint he would not 

survive the operation. 

Despite the majority of the 

band members being born 

in England, The Pogues are 

regarded as one of Ireland’s 

greatest musical exports. 

During their legendary career 

– which includes a stint when 

MacGowan was let go due to 

his alcohol and drug use – their 

greatest hits included Fairytale 

of New York, If I Should Fall 

From Grace From God, A Rainy 

Night in Soho, The Body of an 

American, Streams of Whiskey 

and Dirty Old Town. 

– NZ Herald


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Expecting his 13-year-old dog 

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Porscha made a 

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a miniature schnauzer, got 

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I couldn’t even get her to move 

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Wayne took Sophie to the vet 

and she has since recovered from 

her injuries. 

“Everyone has a responsibility 

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Wayne. 

He said dog walkers have been 

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hooks and lines themselves. 

“It’s a real major problem for 

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Not wanting to cast blame on 

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“I like watching fishermen 

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It’s not so cool when they leave 

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Hewitt believes part of the 

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City council ranger Robbie 

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He said rubbish bins could 

encourage more dumping on the 

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Redcliffs resident Faye Ryan 

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She warns as many walkers as 

she can of the threat to dog safety 

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“It’s just about making people 

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NEWS 25 

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NEWS 27 

Rikki Morris steps up to open concert 

• By Dylan Smits 

EIGHTIES MUSIC star Rikki 

Morris has been added to the 

Selwyn Sounds line up and is 

scheduled to open the day-long 

festival in March. 

Morris is best known for his 

chart-topping hit Nobody Else 

which won him New Zealand 

songwriter of the year in 1988. 

“We’re really, really pleased 

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gives us more depth to our 

already fantastic lineup,” 

said festival promoter David 

Parlane. 

The singer-songwriter 

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New Zealand musicians known 

as The Golden Kiwis. 

He will play to an expected 

crowd of 10,000 at Lincoln 

Domain on March 2. 

Morris has a long history in 

New Zealand music. 

He is younger brother of the 

late Th’ Dudes member, Ian 

Morris, with whom he released 

music. 

The musician has worked as a 

sound technician for tours and 

as a TV presenter. 

He was also briefly a member 

of The Crocodiles pop band. 

After a 25-year hiatus, Morris 

made a strong return in 2021 

with the release of his single 

ROCK ON: The Selwyn Sounds music festival will take place in March and play to an 

estimated crowd of 10,000. 

The One Thing I Can’t Live 

Without. The song topped the 

New Zealand iTunes charts 

after its release. 

In celebration of the 35th 

anniversary of Nobody Else, a 

duet version of the song was 

released in October, featuring 

Morris and Anika Moa. 

Headliners for Selwyn 

Sounds are synth-pop duo The 

Human League, pop duo Go 

West and singer-songwriter 

Nik Kershaw. 

“Three major 80s UK artists 

coming to New Zealand will 

certainly be a highlight of the 

festival,” said Parlane. 

The 1980s cover band, 

AutoMatic80s will also return 

as part of the lineup. 

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UNIQUE: Six-star property Broadfield 

Garden is for sale by auction today. 

Landmark garden up for auction 

A SIX-STAR landmark garden 

with a focus on natives is on the 

market. 

Broadfield Garden, a 4.9ha 

property on Selwyn Rd, 

Rolleston, is one of New 

Zealand’s most awarded. 

It is for sale by auction 

today, unless sold prior. 

Bayleys salesperson 

Chris Jones said Broadfield 

was recognised by the 

New Zealand Gardens 

Trust as a six-star “garden 

of international significance”. 

“The grounds . . . sit amongst 

the country’s most beautifully 

Chris Jones 

designed and delivered outdoor 

spaces. 

“A regular feature in gardeners’ 

digests, with 20 carefully curated 

garden plots, including 

pristine lawn, a beech 

forest, rose garden, 

daffodil walk, berry 

house and kauri forest, 

the 30-year-old property 

is in a league all of its 

own,” he said. 

Jones said the owner, 

David Hobbs, had 

planned the plantings to reflect 

a devotion to natives and New 

Zealand-bred varieties of exotics. 

“The result is a one-of-akind 

property which has been 

beautifully maintained to offer 

an abundance of opportunity, 

whether a new owner wishes 

to investigate commercial use 

options, expansion as a private 

lifestyle property, or continue 

Mr Hobbs’ legacy as a landmark 

garden open for visitation.” 

Initially a retirement project 

that grew from a paddock, 

Hobbs engaged landscape 

architect Robert Watson to 

support his plan for the property 

with themed areas. 

Space was set aside for a house 

to be built, Jones said. 

“A portion of the site’s western 

flank has been reserved as a 

future build site for a luxurious 

home, with a cricket oval and 

totara hedge immediately in 

front, followed by a reflective 

view of established treeline in 

a manmade canal and circular 

sedge pond,” he said. 

Flower plantings include a rose 

garden, and magnolias, azaleas, 

camellias and rhododendrons. 

Jones said the extensive natives 

attract plenty of birdlife. 

“The native cohort of kauri, 

totara, lancewood and kowhai 

have attracted about 20 bird 

species, including a resident 

population of silvereyes, fantails 

and grey warblers,” he said. 

Numerous community events 

have been held at Broadfield, 

including the annual Ellesmere 

Spring Fling. Jones said the 

new owner could also use it 

for weddings and private 

events. 

“Equally, we expect a serious 

gardener to fall in love with 

the grounds and resolve to 

add a dwelling so they can live 

amongst this award-winning 

botanical oasis,” he said. 

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The world-first 

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Flat and was a step towards 

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the ultimate goal of commercial 

autonomous flights. 

Wisk Asia Pacific 

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Gowan said the California-based 

aerospace 

manufacturer teamed 

up with the New Zealand 

Government and 

other aviation groups to 

carry out the trial. 

The latest test flight 

was part of Wisk’s multiphased 

programme under 

the Government’s airspace 

integration trial programme. 

The testing involved multiple 

flights between November 

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a remotely piloted 

aircraft (RPA) can be operated 

under instrument flight rules 

in controlled airspace and 

integrated with regular crewed 

air traffic, MacGowan said. 

The flights involved takeoffs, 

landings and uncontrolled 

and controlled airspace 

navigation. “The successful 

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testing demonstrates that it 

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“The processes, data, 

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hill available if required. 

Eleven stop points along the walkway 

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visitors can climb a 47-metre-high tower, 

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After completing the excursion, visitors 

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delicious food, and also has a liquor licence. 

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MAGIC MAKERS: The Shands Rd Christmas Experience 

owners Carl and Yvonne Yates. 

Shands Rd Christmas Experience 

keeps getting bigger and brighter 

• By Geoff Sloan 

A POPULAR Canterbury 

Christmas light display, billed 

as the biggest of its kind in 

Australasia, switched on its 

lights over the weekend. 

The Shands Rd Christmas 

Experience opened on Saturday 

and will be on every night 

during December. 

About 50,000 people visit 

the Prebbleton property each 

Christmas. And its owners, Carl 

and Yvonne Yates, say they are 

predicting a bumper turnout 

again this year. 

“We’re slightly insane and 

people seem to enjoy seeing what 

insane people get up to.” 

The festive attraction features 

dozens of colourful new lighting 

designs and animated carnival 

displays, all choreographed to 

rock music. 

The interactive Christmas 

wonderland expanded into 

a neighbouring paddock last 

year, doubling the display space 

available. 

Yates said their ‘village’ has 

now been fully completed, taking 

the whimsical wonderland to 

“the next level”. 

SPECTACLE: The Christmas Experience will run until December 30. 

He has no plans to expand 

the display further at this stage 

and plans to re-design the 

main display area as next year’s 

project. 

“It’s not going to end. There’s 

so much new stuff that is 

wanting to jump out of my brain 

that I want to give it a go.” 

Yates admits it cost a lot to run 

the light show, with hardware, 

traffic management, and $80,000 

a year spent just on the lights 

alone. 

He said, surprisingly, power is 

their cheapest expense at $2500 

for December, thanks to the 

energy-efficient LED lights. 

“Hundreds of thousands of 

dollars go into this, but it’s worth 

it. 

“And, (as) the old saying goes, 

we can’t take it with us when we 

die so we might as well enjoy it 

PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN 

and share it around a bit.” 

The Shands Rd Christmas 

Experience is open from 8.30pm 

to 11.30pm, until December 30. 

Entry is $5 per child and $15 for 

an adult. 

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I AGREE that all council departments 

need to be looked at how they operate and 

save money. 

For example, roading engineers are 

redesigning many of our intersections 

across the city in an attempt to make us 

all better drivers. 

The Main South, Yaldhurst, Riccarton 

Rds intersection is one that has needed 

attention for years, but no care has been 

given to make it safer and alleviate accidents. 

Why wasn’t the now favourite ‘cure 

all’ of speed bumps ever tried in this spot 

to see if it would help with the accident 

rate? Or traffic lights? 

Instead it has been neglected and now 

is earmarked for an over-the-top redesign 

of this and other intersections in the area, 

without consideration of cost/benefit or 

trying these other measures first. 

Having previously lived in the area for 

over 25 years I have a lot of experience 

using these intersections at all hours both 

walking and driving, and although the 

redesign looks attractive I’m not sure how 

much it will actually help traffic flow/accidents 

or be affordable at this time. 

-D Downward, Bryndwr 

Chlorination 

I am very disappointed that we are continuing 

with this terrible situation. We 

have some of the best water in the world 

yet the Government are so set in their 

ways they are not looking at our situation 

in Christchurch. 

LETTERS 33 

Intersection redesign 

appears ‘over the top’ 

I hope someone has the courage to keep 

trying to get our water back to 

the way it was without additives. 

-Tricia Scarlett 

Richie Mo’unga 

Great insight in to Richie Mo’unga’s 

decision to play rugby in Japan (The 

Star, November 30). Richie was a great 

Crusader and a fine person to know off 

the field. His brilliance on the field was 

crucial to the Crusaders winning seven 

titles in a row under Razor. I wish him 

all the best. Good to hear Owen Franks 

(another Crusader great), is back with the 

team for the first time since 2019. He will 

add a lot to the team. 

-Graham Paterson, Redwood 

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Watt has ‘all the ingredients’ 

• By Diane Keenan 

FORMER NEW Zealand 

Davis Cup captain Jeff Simpson 

believes Elmwood’s top tennis 

player James Watt has the 

attributes needed to succeed on 

the tough international tennis 

circuit. 

Simpson, 

who is in 

Christchurch 

this week for 

the national 

junior championships, 

can 

see similarities 

Jeff Simpson 

between the 

2.08m tall Watt 

and Argentina’s 

Juan Martin del Potro (1.98cm) 

who beat the five-time defending 

champion Roger Federer to win 

the 2009 US Open singles title. 

“James is a big guy, with a big 

game who, like del Potro, moves 

extremely well on court for 

someone so tall,” said Simpson, 

dubbed the “Godfather of New 

Zealand tennis”. 

Simpson reached a career high 

ATP ranking of 65 in 1975 and 

was the longest serving national 

coach and Davis Cup captain in 

New Zealand history. He is now 

advising Watt, 23, alongside the 

his long-time coach and mentor 

Kane Newland. 

“I saw James playing in Papamoa 

last year and he stood out 

because he is an athlete and has 

all the ingredients needed in a 

professional player,” he said. 

Simpson’s praise mirrors that 

of Elmwood club stalwarts who 

have watched Watt playing for 

the last two weeks in the inter 

club semi-finals and finals. 

Cashmere beat Elmwood in 

the final on Saturday, but Watt 

clinched a 7-6 7-6 win in a highclass 

match against Cashmere’s 

James Meredith. Elmwood had 

a clean sweep in the women’s 

final being too strong and experienced 

for the young Bishopdale 

team. 

Newland, who has coached 

Watt since he started school at 

Timaru Boys’ High as a 13-yearold, 

always saw the potential in 

his protégé and from the outset 

began developing him as an 

adult player, based on a strong 

serve, lethal ground strokes and 

net play. 

“He didn’t always get the 

results as a junior, but we were 

looking to the future and James 

was happy with that,” Newland 

said. 

Newland will accompany Watt 

on what will be a hectic summer 

of tennis which started yesterday 

with the Wellington Open. Watt, 

second seed behind Davis Cup 

player KP Pannu, had a bye 

yesterday. 

The event dovetails into the 

International Tennis Federation 

World Tour professional tournament 

which starts on Sunday. 

BIG GUYS, BIG GAMES: ‘Godfather’ of New Zealand tennis 

Jeff Simpson can see similarities between top Elmwood 

tennis player James Watt (2.08m) and Argentina’s Juan 

Martin del Potro (1.98cm, below right). PHOTOS: GETTY, SMC 

Last year the ITF tournament, 

in which he finished runner up, 

was his first professional tournament 

after four years studying 

and playing tennis in the United 

States at Saint Mary’s College 

California. 

From Wellington Watt will 

head to Papamoa for the ITF 

World Tour tournament starting 

on December 17. He then plays 

the Te Anau invitational event 

on December 28-29 where the 

winner earns a wildcard into 

the country’s premier tennis 

tournament, the ASB Classic in 

Auckland in January. 

Watt has also signed up as a 

hitting partner at the Australian 

Open where he is looking forward 

to the experience of training 

with some of the world’s best. 

The positive feedback about his 

potential from Newland, Simpson 

and other tennis experts, is giving 

Watt confidence to pursue his 

dream as a tennis professional. 

“I want to give tennis a shot 

while I am still young,” the 1013 

world-ranked Watt said. 

He graduated with an economics 

degree and says it is “brutal 

financially” being on tour 

ranked outside the world’s top 

200. On tour he shares accommodation 

with fellow players and 

any money made playing club 

tennis or tournaments goes into 

another flight. He would like to 

have Newland travel with him 

full-time – coaching from afar 

means long phone calls between 

the pair. 

“Mum and dad are fantastic 

and help out as they can 

financially. And in spite of the 

cost, they never put any pressure 

on me. The decisions are all 

mine – I am the chief executive 

of myself and it’s up to me to 

succeed,” said Watt, who was 

also at the nationals this week 

supporting his younger brother 

Ryan. 

Diego takes national title for second year 

• By Diane Keenan 

DIEGO Quispe-Kim won his 

second New Zealand 18-andunder 

boys’ championship at 

Wilding Park this week. 

Quispe-Kim, 17, beat the top 

seed Harry Pugh of Nelson 7-6, 

6-2, to take the title, which was 

played in blustery conditions. 

The national championships, 

which he also won last year, was 

Quispe-Kim’s final event as a 

junior. He will start his professional 

career this week by playing 

in the International Tennis Federation 

World Tour event starting 

in Wellington on Sunday, followed 

by the Papamoa ITF event 

the following week. 

Cashmere’s Lucia Gale and 

Ruby Young were runners up in 

the national girls doubles event, 

losing to the top seeds Renee 

Zhang and Maria Galatescu. 

Gale, 15, who beat Young in 

the quarter-finals of the singles 

championship, finished fourth 

in the national girls’ championships. 

Gale is now playing in the U16 

national girls’ championship at 

Wilding Park where she is top 

seed, while Young is playing in 

the upcoming ITF world tour 

tournaments. 

Bishopdale’s Aliyah Daly 

finished in fourth place in the 

girls 14 and under national 

championships.



RACING / SPORT 39 

Ottley first female driver to 700 wins 

• By Mike Love 

NEW ZEALAND’S most 

successful female driver Samantha 

Ottley is feeling “very thankful” 

after bringing up her 700th 

driving success at Methven on 

Sunday. 

Ottley steered the Kevin 

Fairbairn-trained horse Holly 

Highlander to a narrow victory in 

the Hekeao Feed Company Trot, 

beating Sunny Louis by a nose. 

“It’s a pretty cool achievement 

to have next to my name,” said 

Ottley. 

“It was good to bring it up with 

Kevin and Wendy (Nordqvist) 

who have been a big supporter of 

mine. I’ve driven for them for a 

long time, so it was good to get a 

milestone win with them.” 

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the lead early, before handing 

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Sunny Louis at the mile. Ottley 

waited patiently in the trail before 

using the passing lane to wear 

down Sunny Louis to win by the 

WAIMAIRI BEACH will return 

to the Woodward Cup next 

year after beating Avondale in a 

promotion-relegation decider on 

Sunday. 

The seasiders won 6-2, pulling 

away towards the end after being 

narrowest of margins. “I knew 

it was a really close finish. It 

was pretty cool, Mark (Purdon) 

congratulated me after the line 

and said that I’d got it. 

“All the messages of congratulations 

and comments on Facebook 

that I’ve got, just shows how lucky 

I’ve been with the support I’ve had 

all these years. I couldn’t thank 

them enough.” 

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successful female driver in the 

country, with her 678th career 

success putting her ahead of Nicky 

Chilcott who has 686 wins. 

Ottley has been a popular driving 

choice for trainers and owners 

tied 4-all after 14 holes on the 

Russley course. 

Waimairi Beach had won the 

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face Avondale, which finished last 

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RECORD: 

Samantha 

Ottley 

steered Holly 

Highlander to a 

narrow victory 

in the Hekeao 

Feed Company 

Trot for her 

700th win. 

throughout her career. Her employer 

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on Rocker Band at the 2016 Jewels. 

Ottley drove Nigel Paul to her first 

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Also Just Rose for Colin and Julie 

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more details on 021 381 

765 

To Let 

HOMESITTERS reqd 

for Dec/Jan. Pref not 

wkng/retired. Lovely 

homes/pets. Phone 

021 547 262 www. 

townandcountryhomesit. 

co.nz 

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for Dec/Jan. Pref not 

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Trades & Services 

PAINTING 

• Interior/Exterior 

• Roofs / Fences 

• Airless Spraying 

PhoNe JohN 

027 224 2831 

GUTTER 

CLEANING 

SERVICES 

Gutter, Roof Repair/ 

Replacement. 

Phone Glen @ 

Clean Gutters 

021 049 0902 


GLAZING 

TWISTY GLASS & 

GLAZING LTD 

• Mirrors • Pet Door Specialists 

• Splashbacks • All Broken Windows 

THE CAT DOOR MAN 

Phone Cushla or Darren Twist 

027 352 6225 


THE ROOF 

SPECIALISTS 

CANTERBURY LTD 

Protective coatings 

10 year guarantee on: 

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Tiles & iron 

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Scott McKenzie 

022 044 3008 

30 years + experience 

Older house 

restorations: 

no problem! 

Quotes: FREE! 

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Paint supplied at 

trade price! 

NO JOB TOO SMALL 

Light industrial also 

Roger Brott 

Painter & Decorator 

021-1966-311 

EXPERIENCED 

GARDENER 

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30 Years 

Christchurch Botanic 

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ALL landscape 

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Maintenance, pruning, 

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Free Quotes 

Phone 348 3482 

PAINTING 

• Interior/Exterior 

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• Airless Spraying 

PhoNe JohN 

027 224 2831 

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CLEANING 

sPECIAL 

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Phone Kevin 

027 561 4629 


AAA HANDYMAN 

licensed carpenter 

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repairs, bathroom/shower 

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245 5226 ciey@xtra.co.nz 

A CARPENTER 

Licensed Building 

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All carpentry & building 

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4616, mob 027 5189 598 

johnsandford2@gmail. 

com 

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OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE 

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Your guide to our LOCAL & TRUSTED 

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To advertise: Phone 379 1100 or email star.class@starmedia.kiwi 

Excavations 

• Driveways 

• Car Parks 

• Site Cleaning 

• Demolition 

• Farm Tracks 

• Drain Cleaning 

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Removal 

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oF TruckS 

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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 

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CRAIGS 

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P: 027 2299 454 

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Fully insured 

landscaping 

25 Years experience 

• Landscape construction and 

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• Residential & light commercial 

• Garden makeovers 

For a proFessional job call 

ross legg 027 222 0388 

email ross@revivelandscaping.co.nz 

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• Waterblasting • All Roof Repairs 

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Ph: Vinnie 027 505 7779 


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repairs, t&g flooring. 

Phone Sam 0274 969 362 

or sambennet@live.com 

BEST BATHROOMS 


CARPET LAYING 

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relaying, restretching. 

Phone John on 0800 

003181, 027 240 7416 

jflattery@xtra.co.nz 

CARAVAN SERVICING 

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• Approved Age Concern 

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N A BARRELL 

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Ph: 0275 389 415 

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We specialise in professional cost 

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Full renovations 

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local 

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property maintenace. Ph Repairs, Registered Self- highspecpainters.co.nz Ph: 

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All work undertaken, LANDSCAPING 

BRICK & BLOCK 

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TV Sat, Solar etc. Phone Decking, Fencing. 

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all restoration work 

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services. Check out Squire 

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ELECTRICIAN 

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foundations, ph 342 9340 

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quick response, efficient Free quotes. You Grow I 

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980 9771 or 027 2266 930 

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BUILDER 

Barrett 03 359 2087/ 027 Garden cleanups.. Ph Gary 

New builds, alterations, 7331384. 

021 529 022 / 342 8950 

decks, fencing. 30 yrs in ELECTRICIAN 

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ability to build to a high registered electrician grub & other lawn 

standard. Free quotes. Ph with 24 years experience enhancement products. Ph 

Brent 027 241 7471 for all residential and for a quote 021 211 5911. 

BUILDER 

commercial work, new Love Your Lawn 

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bathrooms, decks, small replacements. Phone Chris Exterior experts. Free 

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quotes. Int/ext & roof 

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Excellent work. Great Helping locals since Pensioner discounts. Ph 

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Chris on 027 3888 211. 

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Computer Help 0800 349 

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1920 

fLYSCREENS 

- Supplied & fitted. 

Good rates. Phone Andrew 

027 3300 595 

GLAZIER 

Glass repairs - pet doors 

- conservatory roofs. Exp 

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022 413 3504 or 981-1903 

www.swedekiwipainting. 

co.nz 

PAINTING 

Indoor / Outdoor, over 30 

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ph Steve 021 255 7968 

PAINTER 

Plastering. Trade qualified. 

20 yrs exp. Int / Ext. 

Reasonable rates. Ph Paul 

0272 383 224 or 331 8133 

PLASTERER. 

Available for mid to small 

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430 0277 

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V Plumbing Ltd. 022 351 

4125 

PLUMBER. 

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Call today! MJ Plumbing 

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RUBBISH REMOVAL 

Furniture Deliveries 

Van, Trailer Rubbish 

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SPOUTING CLEANING 

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Entire spouting system 

cleared. Single or 2 storey. 

Jo 021 164 0365 

SPOUTING 

Select Spouting 

The PVC specialist. 

Repairs & replacement. Ph 

022 197 2351 

STUMP GRINDING 

Best price guarantee Tony 

0275 588 895 

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Robotic cleaners & 

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Floor & walls. Kitchen & 

splashback specialist. No 

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Free quotes Ph 027 483 

3887 

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Free quotes 20+ yrs exp. 

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0274314720 

* 

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Pensioner discounts. 

Tree & hedge reduction. 

Professional advice. 

Stump grinding and 

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Specialist tree pruning 

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Ph Hugh, The Little 

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5445 

Wanted To Buy 

TOYS WANTED 

Suitable 5yr old and up. 

Would consider damaged. 

Ph 021 0268 6514 

ALWAYS 

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Estates, China, 

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lots .Gold jewellery 

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Phone 980 5812 or 027 

313 8156 

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+ 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 

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machines, ovens. Good 

cash paid. Ph Paul 022 

0891 671 

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Ph 027 6220 011 

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uniforms, badges, medals, 

memoribilia, WW2 or 

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area with power. Ph 021 

168 6338 

Public Notices 

Situations Vacant 

MATURE LADY wanted 

for escort work. Private. 

027 6019 777 

Vehicles Wanted 

Public Notices 

Senior Citizens 

Outings 

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our Christmas speCial is now open 

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Day 1 Christmas Day we travel to Oamaru - Christmas dinner 

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PHONE PETER FOR A NON COMMITTAL BOOKING 

ON 021 250 5816. 

NO PAyMENT uNTIL DAy OF TRAvEL 

TRAvEL 88 LTD. 

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promoting some of the great positive work being done 

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Contact: 

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379 7100 

mike@starmedia.kiwi 

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PAVILION CAFE OPEN DAILY FROM 8AM 

LEGENDS BAR OPEN DAILY FROM 10AM 

Get ready to indulge 

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the Garden Restaurant 

MAIN RECEPTION HOURS DAILY FROM 9AM. MONDAY & TUESDAY 

UNTIL 5PM AND WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY UNTIL 8PM 

Hornby Club's 

Pavilion Cafe ´ 

is now 

open to all! 

*Purchases beyond the 

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**To purchase alcohol, 

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Draw to take place by 7.15pm. 

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$800 

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Live Music 

IAN MAC 

7PM SATURDAY 

REMINISCE 

3PM SUNDAY 

Christmas 

New Year 

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Christmas 

Day 

CLUB 

CLOSED 

From Saturday 23rd December 

Pavilion - Open 9am daily 

Legends - Open 10am Daily 

Chalmers - 

New Years Eve Buffet 5pm 

Reopens 22 January (Wed - Sun) 

Office - 9am-3.30pm until 8 Jan 

Come & see what the 

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NYE 

Countdown Party 

2024 

8.30PM SUNDAY 

31ST DEC 

DND 

SHOWBAND 

SHOW TICKETS $10 ON SALE 

AT RECEPTION 5TH DEC 

CHALMERS 

PRE-SHOW 

BUFFET $30 

Come on down! 

17 CARMEN RD. PH. 03 349 9026 

WWW.HORNBYWMC.CO.NZ 

e Garden Restaurant's in-house chefs 

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CHRISTMAS DAY LUNCH. Monday 

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Time 

$1 

POOL 

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Book your table today on 03 386 0088 

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Spaces are lling fast! 

e Garden Hotel Restaurant, 110 

Marshland Rd, Shirley. 

WHAT'S ON 

FRI.4PM: DJ RAKINEM 

SAT.3PM: LIVE MUSIC 

NEXUS 

FOLLOWED BY DJ RAKINEM 

$18 

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GIG GUIDE 

Thursday 7 to Wednesday 13 Dec 2023 

50's UP BRASS XMAS CONCERT: 

Friday 15th Dec, 2pm - Cashmere Club. 

Spot prizes, raffles, guest artists + Father 

Christmas, $5 entry. 

ARMADILLO'S BECKENHAM, 155 

Colombo St: Saturday 9pm - Speedboat. 

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St: 

Friday 8pm – Blues & Boogie Fridays feat 

The Blues Mamas, Susan Leigh Grant & 

Izzy Miller Bell from 8pm and the fabulous 

Boogie House from 9pm, feat Steve Driver, 

Harry Harrison, Justine S, Robbie 

Carpenter & Allan Cattermole, koha entry. 

Saturday doors 8pm, show 9pm, Damage 

Effect presents their Classic Metallica 

Tribute Show, tickets $25+BF 

cosmicticketing.co.nz or limited door sales. 

Monday 7pm – Believe It or Not Quiz, free, 

bookings on 03-377-4787. Wednesday 8pm 

– Christmas in Swingtown – Swingtown 

Rebels’ last dance night for the year, feat live 

music from Silverlocks and Her 3 Bears, 

AKA Katie Martin, Mike Bickers, Louie 

Moverley, Russel Steadman and special 

guest Lana Law, all welcome to dance or 

just enjoy the music, free. 

AVONHEAD TAVERN, 120 Withells 

Rd: Friday 7.30pm - Live music. 

BILL'S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: Thursday 

7pm - Mickey Rat Karaoke. Friday 7.30pm 

- Tracey Rockhouse. Saturday 7pm - 

Wahines. Sunday 6.30pm - Mickey Rat 

Karaoke. 

BOO'S, Level 1, 98 Victoria St: 

Thursday 8pm - Nicole & Freddie. Friday 

8pm -Alice Tanner; 10.30pm - Fuchsia 

Haze. Saturday 8pm - Luca Joass; 10.30pm - 

D'Sendantz Duo. 

BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St: 

Friday 4pm - DJ Rakinem. Saturday 3pm - 

Nexus; 6pm - DJ Rakinem. 

CASHMERE CLUB, 50 Colombo St: 

Saturday 8.30pm - Christmas Latin Ball, 

$15 entry. 

CHATS BAR, 251 Travis Rd: Friday 

7.30pm - Hired Guns. 

CHCH CASINO, 30 Victoria St: 

Thursday 7pm - Double or Nothing. Friday 

5.30pm - Nicole & Freddie; 9pm - The 

Meaniez. Saturday 5.30pm - Tumehe; 9pm - 

HeadRush. 

CHCH FOLK MUSIC CLUB, Irish 

Society Hall, 29 Domain Tce: Sunday 

7.30pm - 'A Fruitful Life' End of Year BBQ 

& Concert. 

FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday 

4.30pm - Penny Blues Band; 7.30pm - Black 

& Gold; 11pm - Jinx. Friday 2.30pm - 

Fuchsia Haze; 5pm - The Kingsmen Trio; 

8.30pm - The In Crowd; 12am - Castaway. 

Saturday 2pm - Diamond Blue Duo; 

4.30pm - Lee Martin Duo; 8pm - Liberator; 

11.30pm - Jinx. Sunday 2.30pm - King 

Tubbs Duo; 6pm - Nick Pitts Trio. 

FERRYMEAD HERITAGE PARK, 80 

North Ferrymead Park Dr: Sunday 

10am - Christmas Spectacular, tickets at 

eventfinda. 

FOOD TRUCK ALLEY, 3 McCormacks 

Bay Rd: Sunday 4pm - Nowhere Men; 

Sunday 17th Dec, 4pm - Sound Hunters. 

GRETA VALLEY, 9 Tavern Dr, Greta 

Valley: Saturday 23rd Dec, 7.30pm - Zayde 

Blair. 

HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd: 

Saturday 7pm - Ian Mac. Sunday 3pm - 

Reminisce with Anthony. 

To add a listing, contact 

Jo Fuller 03 379 7100 or 

027 458 8590 

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi 

KAIAPOI CLUB, Raven's Quay: 

Saturday 8.30pm - Girls' Night Out feat. 

Wolfpack Male Revue, tickets $25. 

MACKENZIES HOTEL, 51 Pages Rd: 

Friday 8pm - Speedboat. 

MANDEVILLE TAVERN, 99 Raven 

Quay, Kaiapoi: Saturday 7pm - 

Krakkajack Good-Time Band. Sunday 17th 

Dec, 1.30pm - Deb's Country Christmas 

Special feat. Aroha Williams; Allan Barron; 

Lynne James; Tony Rae; Vicki Downes; 

Even Coster; Barb Lloyd; Ross Arthur; Jad 

Nicol; Anthony Easterbrook Carter; The 

Krakkajack Daniels Band, $10 entry. 

MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: 

Thursday 8pm - D'Sendantz. Friday 

10.30pm - D'Sendantz. Saturday 10.30pm - 

Flat City Brotherhood. 

OAK N FERRY, 608 Ferry Rd: Friday 

7pm - The Party Singers. 

RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118 

Racecourse Rd: Friday 7pm - DJ Chick 

Karaoke. 

RANGIORA MARKET, Victoria Park, 

Rangiora: Friday 3pm - Mandi Miller. 

RICHMOND CLUB, 'The Borough', 75 

London St: Friday 7pm - Single Malt 

Whiskey. Saturday 7pm - Pepa Jack. Sunday 

3pm - Neil Alexander. 

ROSE & THISTLE, 24a Main North 

Rdn St: Friday 8.30pm - A&J Karaoke. 

Saturday 8.30pm - Unhinged. 

SIDELINE BAR, 331 Stanmore Rd: 

Thursday - Jam Night with Ritchie Gillies & 

Nick Buchanan. 

TEMP'S BAR, 21 Goulding Ave: 

Saturday 8.30pm - Titanic. 

THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Thursday 

7pm - Quiz. Friday 6pm - Neil Alexander; 

10pm - Keenan's Revenge. Saturday 7pm - 

Callian Duo; 11pm - Level 6. Sunday 5pm - 

Brogues Gallery. Monday 6pm - Sionna. 

Tuesday 7.30pm - Jamesons Irish Sessions. 

THE BOWER, 487 New Brighton Rd: 

Friday 6.30pm - 12 Gauge Rock Band. 

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: 

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THE LITTLE FIDDLE, 132 Oxford Tce: 

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THE MAK TAVERN, 1276 Main North 

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THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd: 

Friday 9.30pm - Decoy Duck. Saturday 

9.30pm - Bite the Bullet. Sunday 6pm - 

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THE ROCKPOOL, 85 Hereford St: 

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Kirwee: Sunday 3pm - X-Files Duo. 

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Said director Carey Ewing: “We 

hope this is jus the beginning of 

the conversation. The response 

from the youth panel reinforced 

wha the October Hornby Youth 

Voice survey results showed and 

a lot of common themes were 

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CONNECTION, acceptance and 

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most desirable things for Hornby 

youth. 

These were among the most 

prominen themes spoken about 

during a Hornby youth meeting 

last week, which was held a the 

Hornby Club and hosted by Te 

Whare Awhero Hope House. 

A FOREST FULL: (From left) Zara Clark, Tess Sitjes, Sana Fujii and Ruby Young of St Margaret’s College were part of 

24 school teams which played a part in planting more than 30,000 natives this year. 

ST MARGARET’S College 

was one of 24 schools which 

played a part in planting more 

than 30,000 natives in the city’s 

red zone this year. 

They have been recognised 

as part of an outstanding collaboration 

with the Eco Action 

Paul and the team at Somerfield 

David 

Newton 

Nursery Trust, and the wider 

community. 

Trust chair David Newton 

said while it was the trust 

which received the outstanding 

collaboration award a the 

Sustainable Business Network 

awards ceremony, it was 

the “multiple collaborations 

between the trust, the community, 

the us that we can’t do this alone 

council, the and recognises the strength of 

schools and working together.” 

organisations” The trust grows native trees 

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an integral bird food and habitats within 

part in the the red zone, sourced from the 

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adulthood.” 

The panel discussion included 

Hornby High School students 

and staff, youth workers, the 

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police and the Graeme Dingle 

Foundation Canterbury 

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audience of about 60 people. 

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throughout interest free period. Paying only the minimum monthly payments will not fully repay the loan before the end of the interest free period. Q Mastercard Expired Promotional Rate or Q Card Standard Interest 

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50 The Star Thursday December 7 2023



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