The Star: December 21, 2023

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– page 19 

Roo bounces back after 

going missing from ute 

• By Pierre Nixon 

WHEN A family’s puppy 

vanished from the back of their 

ute as they drove to walk him 

in a forest area they feared the 

worst. 

But a Christmas miracle 

came early for the Nichol 

family from West Melton. 

Their 9-month-old jack russell, 

Ruger – affectionately known 

as Roo – was found alive and 

completely unscathed 24 hours 

after he tumbled from the 

vehicle. 

The pup’s owner Sharon 

Nichol said her two teenage 

children and her father were 

preparing to take Roo on a 

walk around the Hanmer 

Heritage Forest. 

Nichol said as the trio were 

leaving, her son Cam carefully 

tied Roo to a clip on the back of 

her father’s Hilux. 

But when they arrived at 

the heritage park, Roo was 

nowhere to be seen. 

Cam took to social media 

to alert the local community, 

hopeful someone would come 

across Roo. 

• Turn to page 10 

FAMILY’S CHRISTMAS MIRACLE 

REUNITED: 

Lani Nichol, 

16, and her 

brother 

Cam, 15, 

with Roo, 

who sparked 

a frantic 

search after 

he fell off 

the back of 

a ute near 

Hanmer. 

Connor’s 

convicted 

killer 

denied 

parole 

• By Sam Sherwood 

ONE OF the men convicted 

of killing teenager Connor 

Whitehead at a party has 

been declined parole at his 

first appearance before the 

board. 

The 16-year-old 

was shot dead 

in Casebrook 

on November 5, 

2021. 

In May, Daniel 

Nelson Sparks 

and Joshua David 

Craig Smith were 

found not guilty 

of murder but 

guilty of manslaughter. 

Connor 

Whitehead 

Smith, who fired the fatal shot, 

was jailed for seven years. Sparks 

was jailed for six years and three 

months. 

On Tuesday, Sparks appeared 

before the Parole Board. A 

spokesman confirmed he was 

declined parole and the full 

hearing decision would be 

available in “due course”. 

Whitehead was an innocent 

bystander when he was shot dead 

at a party. 

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McEwan’s successful birthday drive.........3 

Coping with grief at Christmas................4,5 

Sex shop founder jailed for cocaine........7 

Santa parades’ increasing costs...................9 

Orchard planted for quake victims.........12 

Readers’ letters...........................................................14 

Opinion: Confusion over asset sales .... 16 

Gale’s win ‘extra special’.................................... 19 

Club cricket round-up........................................20 

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Thursday December 21 2023 The Star 

• From page 1 

Crown prosecutor Barnaby 

Hawes said at the pair’s 

sentencing while the jury 

found Smith did not act with 

murderous intent, both men 

were “responsible” for what 

happened. 

Precisely what occurred 

the night of Connor’s death 

will never be known, Hawes 

said. 

“What is known is these two 

men armed themselves with 

lethal weapons, travelled to the 

• By Sam Coughlan 

FORMER CRICKETER Paul 

McEwan celebrated his 70th 

birthday in style, playing 

72 holes of golf in a day at 

Waitikiri to raise money for two 

Canterbury charities. 

McEwan estimated over 

$30,000 had been raised so 

far with donations still rolling 

in. The Canterbury Neonatal 

Unit Trust Fund, set up by 

McEwan and his wife Julie 32 

years ago after the death of 

their son to provide care for 

sick or premature babies, and 

BrainTree, a wellness centre 

for people with neurological 

disabilities, will share the 

funds. 

The former Canterbury 

and New Zealand batter said 

Tuesday was a “fantastic day”. 

“It was pleasing to be able 

to celebrate this and raise 

money towards a good cause,” 

he said. 

McEwan shot 75 in his first 

round and continued that form 

throughout the day, shooting 75 

again in the second, 78 in the 

third and 75 in the fourth. 

He achieved a personal goal 

to score in the 70s on each full 

address where the party was 

held, and both fired shots.” 

Their actions led to the “worst 

consequences imaginable”. 

Justice Melanie Harland said 

Sparks also had an extensive 

criminal history. She accepted 

since he was imprisoned 

following Connor’s death he 

had made “considerable steps” 

to turn his life around. 

“In my view, you are 

genuinely remorseful for your 

role in the offending.” 

At trial, the Crown alleged 

round, but wasn’t able to go 

under 300 for the four rounds. 

Said McEwan: “I got a double 

bogey on the last hole of the 

fourth round so just missed 

out on another personal goal to 

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Killer ‘remorseful’ for manslaughter of teen 

both men responded to a call 

for help from Sparks’ son, as 

the party got out of control 

and he was threatened, by 

arming themselves with loaded 

firearms. 

About 11pm the two men 

arrived at the party. Sparks’ 

son pointed out the group 

of people acting aggressively 

towards him. Sparks 

approached them and there 

was a verbal argument. Gang 

signs were pulled and there was 

yelling. 

Four rounds in a day and 

$30k-plus for great causes 

GOLF CHALLENGE: Paul McEwan celebrates yet another 

successful putt on the first hole of his fourth round. 

PHOTOS: SAM COUGHLAN 

break 300 for the day.” 

In the fourth round he was 

joined by big-hitting former 

Black Cap Rod Latham and 

friend Kevin Simcock. 

Latham shot 78, Simcock 79, 

Two shots were eventually 

fired, one from each of the 

firearms, one by each of the 

defendants. 

The two shots were about six 

seconds apart. The Crown said 

the most likely scenario was 

that Smith fired the fatal shot 

that struck Whitehead and that 

Sparks fired a shot into the air, 

likely from the car. 

Whitehead was shot in the 

chest. His injuries were not 

survivable. 

– NZ Herald 

with the trio making with 10 

birdies. 

McEwan rated his best shot of 

the day as his second on the fifth 

hole of the final round, where he 

got to “within about two feet of 

the flag”. 

“Easy tap-in for birdie, my 

caddy told me I’d been short the 

last three rounds on this hole 

so should try the seven-iron for 

this one. 

“Definitely a case of caddy’s 

influence.” 

McEwan finished about 6pm, 

12 hours after teeing off, and 

celebrated with his family. 

“We had a good party, my 

two grandkids made sure it was 

a birthday party and not just 

about golf for the day.” 

In Brief 

NEWS 3 

More smart bins rolled 

out this summer 

Fifty-five new ‘smart’ bins will 

be rolling out across the city this 

summer. The bins have sensor 

technology that provides the city 

council’s maintenance contractor 

with daily data on how full each 

bin is. “We only have to send 

out staff to empty the bins when 

required, rather than having to 

manually check each one, saving 

time and money,” said city council 

acting head of parks Al Hardy. 

In 2021, 129 smart bins were 

installed. 

Entire precinct in 

council ownership 

Te Papa Ōtākaro/The Avon 

River Precinct is now under the 

exclusive stewardship of the city 

council with the transfer of its 

final feature – the North Frame 

pedestrian bridge – from the 

Crown. Stretching alongside 

the Avon River from the 

hospital to Fitzgerald Ave, the 

precinct includes the Margaret 

Mahy playground, Canterbury 

Earthquake memorial and 

the Avon Loop. It spans about 

48,000m 2 and has added 500 trees, 

45,000 plants, and 34 artworks and 

installations to the central city. 

Libby app popular 

Readers have hit a major milestone 

with one million eBooks, 

eAudiobooks and eMagazines 

borrowed from Christchurch City 

Libraries OverDrive’s Libby app 

account this year. Libby is an app 

where users can borrow digital 

items from the library straight 

to their devices for free. The alltime 

total of city libraries items 

downloaded from Libby hit five 

million in October. 

City council assets vote 

In last week’s issue, Celeste 

Donovan was omitted from how 

city councillors voted over whether 

to cede control of city assets like 

Lyttelton Port Company, Orion 

and the airport to city-council 

owned Christchurch City Holdings 

Ltd. Donovan voted against the 

proposal, which was carried 

8-7. Meanwhile on page 16 city 

councillor Sam MacDonald 

writes an opinion piece on the 

contentious subject. 

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NEWS 


Christmas initiative helps connect 

• By Pierre Nixon 

CHRISTMAS HASN’T been the 

same for Steph Beattie since her 

mother Nicki Beattie died. 

After a lengthy battle with 

triple-negative breast cancer, 

Nicki died surrounded by her 

family in August 2021. 

Since then, Beattie’s Christmas, 

which was normally filled with 

bubbles, dancing, and music, has 

been clouded by the grief of losing 

her mother. 

“People think that Christmas is 

a really happy time for everyone, 

and it can be, but it’s also a super 

sensitive time for those who have 

lost loved ones,” she said. 

Beattie was 21 when her mother 

died, and at the time, New 

Zealand was in lockdown due to 

the Covid-19 Delta outbreak. 

“It was a hard journey and not 

something that I ever thought I 

would go through, and lockdown 

was mingled in with all that, 

which made it difficult because 

we couldn’t see anyone.” 

Last Christmas Eve, Beattie was 

talking to friends and family about 

how she was struggling with not 

having her mother around during 

the holiday season. 

She told friends she wanted 

to find someone who could 

“support” her through the hard 

transition. 

That is when Beattie was 

introduced to the founder of the 

GRIEF: The Christmas Connection offers people like Steph Beattie the chance to write messages to their loved ones on 

wooden Christmas decorations that are then burned. Below – Beattie was 21 when her mum Nicki Beattie died in 2021. 

Christmas Connection initiative, 

Sarah Robb. 

Life coach Robb is very familiar 

with the grief that the holiday 

season can bring for those who 

have lost loved ones. 

When Robb was 20, her father 

died in a sudden accident. Six 

years later, her mother died from 

a brain aneurysm. 

That’s what sparked Robb’s 

idea to create the Christmas Connection, 

an initiative that helps 

people remember their deceased 

loved ones around the holiday 

season. 

“I was having this thought 

with my friend one day, and I 

used to write to my mum quite 

a lot when I was missing her at 

Christmas, and she said to me, 

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with lost loved ones 

The Christmas Connection 

offers people the chance to write 

messages to their passed loved 

ones on a wooden Christmas 

decoration, which is then placed 

on a wooden tree and displayed 

throughout December. 

“The reason that it’s on a piece 

of wood is that in the days leading 

up to Christmas, I burn all 

the messages on the wood,” Robb 

said. 

“And that’s because my kind of 

philosophy is that nothing can be 

destroyed, it can only be transformed 

into something else.” 

This Christmas is the first 

year Beattie is taking part in the 

Christmas Connection. 

For Beattie, it’s a chance to 

remember her mum but also to 

help manage the grief the holiday 

season brings. 

“There’s a lot to be gained from 

reflection and honouring those 

who have gone and connecting 

with other people that have been 

through the same experience,” 

she said. 

“It makes you feel less alone 

and less isolated.” 

Beattie’s mother, a doctor of 

30 years, started writing a book 

upon her cancer diagnosis, titled 

Just What The Doctor Didn’t 

Order. 

Beattie has vowed to complete 

the book as part of her 

Christmas Connection tribute to 

SENSITIVE TIME: Life coach Sarah Robb is very familiar with 

the grief the holiday season can bring for those who have 

lost loved ones. PHOTOS: GEORGE HEARD/NZ HERALD 

her mother. 

“Mum, I miss everything. It’s 

all the little things and the big 

stuff too. I know you’re proud 

of me. I’m going to finish your 

book. Love and miss you.” 

• For those wishing to 

share their messages, they 

can do so here:https:// 

springwithsarah.com/ 

christmas-connection 

– NZ Herald 

• By Dylan Smits 

A MOTHER is urging parents to 

give passwords to their children 

so they know what to do if they 

are approached by a stranger. 

It comes after her 8-year-old 

daughter said she was approached 

by a man after she left 

school for home. She felt a hand 

tap her on the shoulder from 

behind. 

She turned and saw a stranger 

who said her parents had asked 

him to pick her up from school. 

The incident happened about 

3pm on December 12 near Norman 

Kirk Memorial Pool on 

Oxford St, Lyttelton. The girl attends 

the nearby primary school. 

“I said, ‘what’s the password,’ 

and I was backing up at the same 

time. I didn’t know him. My 

parents wouldn’t send someone 

to pick me up,” the girl told The 

Star. 

The girl said he replied: “I’m 

the best.” 

She then ran off. “I turned and 

I spinned my little legs up the 

hill.” She felt “scared, nervous, 

worried”. 

When her daughter told her 

what had happened, the mother 


NEWS 5 

Password trips 

up stranger who 

approached girl 

warned the school and then 

called the police. 

Her mother is relieved they set 

up a password system when her 

daughter started school. 

Alert to the possible danger, 

the girl knew to run when the 

stranger failed to say the password. 

Police would not say if any 

suspects had been identified. 

The girl described the man 

as having olive skin, European, 

aged in his 30s or 40s, about 

1.9m tall, slim, with dark hair 

and wearing a black jumper and 

dark blue jeans. He may have 

had a septum (nose) piercing. 

The girl said the man was 

standing in front of a white van, 

but she is unsure if this belonged 

to him. 

The mother strongly 

recommends parents have a 

stranger danger talk with their 

children and set up passwords 

so they can check if an adult 

picking them up is genuine. 

• Anyone with 

information about this 

incident can contact 

police on the 105 nonemergency 

line, quoting 

file number 231213/4326


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NEWS 7 

Not all peaches 

and cream for 

cocaine importer 

• By Emily Moorhouse 

A 78-YEAR-OLD former adult 

entertainment figure has been 

jailed for eight years and six 

months for smuggling liquid 

cocaine into New Zealand. 

Fritz Petersen, a former director 

of adult “megastore” Peaches 

and Cream, which specialises 

in the sale of sex toys and other 

related items, was found guilty of 

importing 718 grams of cocaine 

into the country. 

He was caught after Customs 

intercepted a case containing 

two bottles of wine at the New 

Zealand border. 

Petersen, who reportedly 

opened the first of the Peaches 

and Cream sex shops about 30 

years ago, was sentenced in the 

district court last week. 

The facts on which he was 

found guilty at trial in October 

stated on March 23, 2021, Petersen 

arranged for the package to 

be sent from Germany to Alyse 

Wilson’s home in Christchurch. 

Wilson, 27, stood trial alongside 

Petersen but was acquitted 

on a charge of importing cocaine. 

Customs contacted Wilson to 

advise her of a package that was 

waiting for her at the international 

mail centre in Auckland 

and said it would be dispatched 

once she had made a payment. 

On March 27, an unknown 

person attempted to pay for the 

package using a Prezzy card but 

was unsuccessful. 

Two days later, Customs 

inspected the package and 

discovered a case containing two 

bottles of wine. 

Tests carried out revealed the 

bottles contained 718g of liquid 

cocaine, with a purity of 43 per 

cent. 

Police then launched an investigation 

dubbed Operation Vino 

and carried out a controlled 

delivery to Wilson’s address on 

April 7 of that year. 

Within 15 minutes, Petersen 

arrived at Wilson’s, then left moments 

later with the package. 

Police searched his Redwood 

home and found the wine bottles 

in the fridge, as well as around 

50g of cocaine and $11,000 in 

cash. 

Petersen was arrested and 

faced a further charge of failing 

to give the passcode to his phone 

when requested by police. On 

this charge, he was convicted 

and discharged. 

This report was produced by Open 

Justice – Te Pātītī, a Public 

Interest Journalism initiative 

funded by NZ on Air 

Wilson told police Petersen 

had arranged the delivery of the 

package and she had no idea it 

contained drugs. 

However, Petersen denied this, 

claiming he thought the bottles 

contained wine. 

At the sentencing hearing, 

Crown prosecutor William Taffs 

argued a starting point of at 

least 11 years’ imprisonment was 

appropriate and that Petersen 

should not get credit for remorse 

as he continued to deny the offending. 

Defence lawyer Phillip Allan 

submitted his client was entitled 

to a discount for his age as he 

has health concerns and prison 

would not be easy for him. 

While Allan accepted Petersen 

continued to deny the offending, 

he said he had been out of trouble 

for an “awfully long time” as 

his last conviction was in the 90s 

and was not drug-related. 

Judge David Ruth acknowledged 

Petersen’s older age but 

said unlike in most cases, the 

offending had happened recently 

and wasn’t of a historical nature. 

“You, at a mature age, must 

have known that if you were 

caught and convicted, a term of 

imprisonment must have been the 

risk that you knowingly took.” 

Petersen had spent time on 

bail while awaiting trial, but 

because he did not have many 

restrictions imposed, the judge 

only allowed a limited discount. 

Judge Ruth jailed Petersen for 

eight years and six months and 

ordered forfeiture of the $11,000 

and destruction of the drugs. 

As Petersen was taken into 

custody, one of his supporters 

kicked the seat in front of him 

in the public gallery and began 

swearing at court security staff. 

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NEWS 9 

Traffic management 75% 

of Santa parade’s budget 

• By Polly Nichols 

COMMUNITY groups are 

spending thousands of dollars 

on traffic management for 

Santa parades and relying on 

donors and sponsors to cover 

budget shortfalls. 

Depending on the size of the 

event, they must pay companies 

for traffic controllers, road 

cones and signage for family 

Christmas festivities to comply 

with road regulations. 

New Brighton Project coordinator 

Martha Baxendell 

said traffic management for 

the not-for-profit organisation’s 

parade had jumped from 

$874 in 2014 to more than 

$8000 this year. 

She said it accounted for 

about 75 per cent of the Santa 

parade’s budget. 

“I think at the time, we were 

just like ‘well, we haven’t got a 

choice. We still just gotta pay 

it. So we’re just gonna get on 

with it’,” she said. 

Baxendell said the New 

Brighton Project was facing a 

$2000 budget shortfall until a 

different traffic management 

company stepped in to help 

cover remaining costs. 

TEN-FOLD INCREASE: Traffic management for the New Brighton Seaside Santa 

Parade jumped from $874 in 2014 to more than $8000 this year. 

The donor has now offered 

to provide traffic management 

for free next year. 

Christchurch’s Christmas 

Show Parade was held at 

the Canterbury A&P Showgrounds 

but organisers were 

still spending $20,000 on traffic 

management because the 

event affected the normal use 

of local roads. 

The money also covered 

the costs of manufacturing 

event signage and transporting 

floats from New Brighton 

to the showgrounds at a speed 

of just 20km/h. 

City council transport 

operations manager Stephen 

Wright said legislative changes 

were partly to blame for the 

price hikes. 

“We are unable to surmise 

why costs from TTM (temporary 

traffic management) 

companies have risen, however 

there is a growing awareness 

of risk due to changes in 

legislation within the last eight 

years which require organisers 

to make sure that they take 

reasonably practicable steps 

to not cause harm or injury 

to anyone as a result of their 

activities,” he said. 

New Zealand Transport 

Agency Waka Kotahi road 

works safety programme 

director Ryan Cooney said 

traffic management costs 

depended on the scale of the 

event. 

“If an event does not 

change the normal operating 

conditions of the road, 

temporary traffic management 

is likely to be cheaper,” he said. 

– RNZ 

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Probe into 

Chch mum’s 

death in 

detention 

• By Anna Leask 

THE DEATH of former 

Christchurch woman at an Australian 

detention centre is under 

scrutiny by a senior New South 

Wales coroner. 

Leah Porter, 53, was found 

dead in her room in May 2022 at 

Villawood Immigration Detention 

Centre in Sydney. 

Porter’s visa had been 

cancelled after she served a 

12-month prison sentence for 

assaulting a police officer. 

The mother of two was originally 

from Christchurch but she 

had lived in Australia for more 

than a decade. 

It is thought Porter took her 

own life as she awaited deportation 

to New Zealand. 

Her family told media after 

her death that she “should never 

have been in detention”– and 

her mental illness became worse 

when she didn’t take her prescription 

medication. 

9 News in Australia reported 

there were conflicting reports as 

to whether Porter had refused to 

take her medication – or denied 

access to it. 

– NZ Herald 

• From page 1 

The group then retraced their 

journey on bike and on foot. 

There was no sign of the small 

pooch and the family was devastated. 

“It was just a really horrible situation, 

I just felt sick and because 

I’m still in Christchurch working, 

getting through the last of my 

work before Christmas, I just felt 

helpless, like I just couldn’t do 

anything,” Nichol said. 

Then, when it felt like all hope 

was fading, Sharon received a 

message, suggesting she contact 

Don Schwass, who runs the Nelson 

search dog/tracking page. 

Schwass, who has a background 

in tracking from 30 

years of search and rescue land 

tracking experience, first began 

helping people find lost dogs 20 

years ago. 

“He rang me and asked me to 

send him a pin drop of the start 

and finish points of the journey 

that they took in the Hilux, and 

he came back to me this morning 

with an idea of where Roo would 

most likely be found,” Nichol 

said. 

“Part of his theory was Roo was 

unlikely to be in the area of the 

Hanmer Springs Village, based on 

the fact that no one had seen him.” 

Sharon’s father Gary Rule, from 

Hamner, also played a major part 

in finding the young pup. 


‘I’m just massively relieved’ 

RECOVERY: Roo resting after his ordeal. Above – master 

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“My dad, in an absolute piece 

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the local police officer to see if 

they had any camera footage of 

the road where they were travelling 

yesterday morning – and 

they found footage of the truck 

with the dog on it and without 

the dog.” 

The CCTV footage helped 

narrow down the search to a few 

hundred metres. 

It was then, after 24 anxious 

hours, Cam found Roo at Dog 

Stream Reserve under a log, inside 

the Hanmer Heritage Forest. 

“It was probably a 60 or 70km 

trip and he would have landed 

on the road but he’s literally got 

nothing, no injuries, no scars or 

anything, he was just a little bit 

hungry,” she said. 

She described how she felt 

when she heard Roo had survived. 

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you have a near miss in your 

car and it’s like your body is just 

flooded with adrenaline and 

relief. 

“(I’m) just massively relieved, 

so proud of my dad and both 

of my kids, you know, they just 

didn’t give up looking for him.” 

– NZ Herald 

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Orchard remembers quake victims 

• By Dylan Smits 

A LONG-AWAITED memorial 

orchard for two Lyttelton men 

who died in the February 22, 

2011 earthquake is finally under 

way. 

Volunteers have been planting 

apple trees over the past two 

Sundays at the orchard on the 

corner of Somes Rd and Norton 

Cl. 

Owen 

Wright was 

in Woolston 

when the 6.3 

magnitude 

earthquake 

struck. 

Owen Wright 

He drove 

other stranded 

Lyttelton residents 

up the Bridle Path in his 

vehicle, before setting off on foot 

to get home on the other side of 

the hill. 

He was on the Major Hornbrook 

track, 10 

minutes from his 

Norton Cl home 

when boulders 

loosened by an 

aftershock struck 

him. 

His mother, 

Faith Wright, 

said the family is 

Ian Foldesi 

TRIBUTE: An orchard is being planted by volunteers in memory of Owen Wright and Ian 

Foldesi who died in the February 22, 2011 earthquake. 

pleased the orchard is underway. 

“I’m happy that they are doing 

the memorial orchard for two 

people who died on the day of 

the earthquakes.” 

Ian Foldesi was walking the 

Stan Helms track when the 

earthquake triggered a rockslide 

that swept across the track and 

carried him 25 metres down a 

cliff face. His body was found by 

the eldest of his three daughters, 

Sarah. 

The original idea for the 

memorial orchard was 

inspired by the fruit trees, 

owned by Owen Wright, already 

on the site. 

The land has passed through 

various owners since it was red 

zoned after the earthquakes. 

Now the land is owned by 

the city council and came 

under the management of 

Georgina Stanley, the Smith 

Street Community Farm 

manager, last month. 

Stanley and her team have 

stepped up to develop the 

orchard after five years of the 

site lacking management which 

halted progress. 

“We manage a 1ha urban 

farm in Linwood, so we’ve got a 

really good team who over the 

last three years have got a lot of 

experience.” 

She believes the steep angle of 

the site was a factor in why no 

one was willing to develop the 

orchard until now. 

Stanley said it feels good to 

fulfil the hopes of the families for 

a memorial orchard after many 

years. 

“Spaces created by the 

community have a special kind 

of whimsy. They’re not the usual 

big, monumental places. They 

have a warmth to them.” 

Using the memorial orchard to 

help increase local food security 

in case of a disaster is a focus for 

Stanley. 

“Lyttelton being isolated on the 

other side of the hill, they end up 

not having a lot of flat land, so 

fruit trees make a lot of sense.” 

Stanley plans to extend the 

orchard by about 20 fruit trees 

every year, but she is keeping in 

mind community requests to 

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14 

LETTERS 


Home detention for killer ‘beyond belief’ 

Mark Nagel took a life of a 

loving father and finished with a 

high five with one of his mates. 

Yet Justice Dunningham 

acknowledged he will be “well 

supported” on home detention. 

This decision is beyond belief 

and was opposed by the Crown. 

I am at an absolute loss as to why 

this killer was given home detention. 

People on fraud charges 

have been given more jail 

time than this disgusting man. 

The judge’s decision is shameful. 

The killer should be deported. 

-J Morgan 

Five months home detention 

for killing an innocent man 

and just walking away is not 

what I would call justice. He 

should have got an Americanstyle 

life imprisonment with no 

possibility of parole. Nagel is not 

the sort of person we want on 

our streets. When his sentence 

ends he should be deported back 

to South Africa. 

-Michael J Brathwaite 

I think it’s an absolute joke 

that he has been let out if prison. 

He killed an innocent person 

he should be serving 10 years at 

least and be deported afterwards 

-Scotty Wilson 

What’s the justice system coming 

to? 

Two persons recently should 

MANSLAUGHTER: Teenager Mark Nagel will serve the rest 

of his sentence on home detention for killing Tony Kelly, 61. 

PHOTO: ANNA SARGENT/RNZ 

have been jailed long term for 

killing innocent victims. 

A cyclist died on SH1 near 

Blenheim on his way to see 

his family, run off the road by 

Samuel Paterson who at the time 

was drunk and sentenced to 11 

months home detention and a 

few dollars compensation to the 

grieving family, and Mark Nagel 

killed another with a high kick to 

the head and was initially given 

five months in prison but then 

granted home detention, whilst 

a rapist received two years in jail 

for his crimes but no-one died. 

I’m not saying one crime is 

any more or any less than the 

other, but when a person has 

died the punishment should be 

harsher. 

A smack on the hand and a 

few months in confinement does 

nothing to deter others from 

breaking the law. 

The police do their jobs to the 

best of their abilities but judges 

seem too frightened to carry out 

a sentence that fits the crime. 

-G.F Duncan 

Broken council bin 

It is disappointing my red 

bin has a broken handle. I 

contacted the council over three 

months ago to advise them, but 

after three months and three 

calls still no repair. 

Maybe they will deduct something 

off my rates? 

-John Henderson 

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16 

OPINION 


City’s assets: How can we decide 

if we don’t hear from the public? 

The debate over the 

future of Christchurch’s 

public assets continues. 

Today city councillor 

and a director of 

city council owned 

Christchurch City 

Holdings Ltd Sam 

MacDonald 

says the 

people of 

Christchurch 

have been 

denied the 

chance to 

have their say on how 

to maximise the value 

of the city’s assets 

How did the discussion 

around maximising the longterm 

value from Christchurch’s 

assets become about ‘asset sales’? 

Yes, asset sales make for 

emotive headlines and slogans. 

But selling assets had little to 

do with what was, in fact, a 

proposal to grow the city’s assets, 

secure investment to enable our 

companies to grow, start to pay 

down debt and minimise rates 

demands. 

Where did all the confusion 

come from and what actually 

happened here? 

In early 2022, council decided 

that, for the first time in its history, 

Christchurch City Holdings 

Ltd (CCHL), the ratepayerowned 

investment company, 

should be reviewed. This review 

was long overdue. This is in stark 

contrast to previous adhoc council 

decisions regarding CCHL, 

for example you may recall in the 

early 2000’s when Garry Moore 

was the mayor, they attempted 

to sell off 49 per cent of the Lyttleton 

Port to Hong Kong-based 

Hutchison Port Holdings. 

CCHL owns Lyttelton Port, 

Enable, EcoCentral, CityCare 

and majority shares in Orion 

and Christchurch Airport. The 

combined value of these assets 

is close to $6 billion and CCHL 

as the parent company holds 

$2.3 billion of debt. Council 

gets an annual dividend from 

these companies’ profits which is 

reused to offset rates. 

Christchurch is fortunate 

to have these companies as to 

meet steadily rising cost we can 

either cut costs, reduce services, 

increase rates, borrow money or 

maximise the financial contribution 

from CCHL. For context, 

council is working through its 

10 year Long Term Plan, and the 

draft rates increase is hovering 

around 13 per cent for next year. 

This year, CCHL anticipates 

to pay around $50 million in 

dividends to council but, with 

volatility and borrowing costs, 

this is expected to drop to $33 

million in 2024. 

Some people have been quick 

to point to the new stadium as 

the primary driver, but this is 

incorrect. We have separated 

out the cost of the stadium for 

transparency – of the 13 per cent 

draft rates increase, the stadium 

is around 3 per cent. 

As part of the council’s review, 

it was found CCHL could be 

generating significantly more 

through higher, more stable dividend 

flows. Maximising contributions 

from the city’s assets was 

the basis of the recommendation 

last week. 

There are three questions 

people have asked me this week 

which I think are useful to 

consider: 

“What has CCHL done and 

identified?” 

At council’s instruction, 

CCHL reviewed each of the city’s 

six subsidiaries and considered 

their performance and contribution 

to the city. 

CCHL, including through an 

independent and comprehensive 

report, identified the returns 

back to council were much lower 

than they should be. 

“What was proposed and what 

did council decide?” 

There’s been general acceptance 

that council’s assets are not 

delivering enough value to the 

city. 

CCHL presented two draft 

options to council and discarded 

another two. 

The two discarded options 

were the status quo and the two 

options presented to council 

were called the Enhanced Status 

Quo and the Active Portfolio 

Manager. 

Briefly, the Enhanced Status 

Quo option would see a reduction 

in investment in the city’s 

companies, a push for improvement 

and a more commercial approach 

from under performing 

businesses, like Lyttelton Port. 

This option would see a 

projected $220 million uplift in 

dividends over the next decade – 

that averages about 4 per cent off 

our rates each year. 

The Active Portfolio Manager 

option – the option recommended 

by CCHL – would ensure the 

level of ratepayer investment in 

city assets would not drop below 

what it is now. The ability to attract 

growth capital from other 

investors would enable the companies 

to grow, for debt to start 

to be paid down and for CCHL 

to invest in new assets that might 

better serve the city’s changing 

needs. 

An endowment fund would 

be set up allowing CCHL to 

invest in new opportunities. This 

scenario would have enabled 

dividends to the city to increase 

by up to $450 million over the 10 

year plan. This scenario would 

have allowed a stable dividend to 

council each year and potentially 

reduce rates by 7.5 per cent. 

A proposal to invest more in 

our companies, invest in new 

assets, protect the level of current 

public investment, pay down 

debt and start reducing rates demands 

got oversimplified down 

to an ‘asset sales’ slogan. This is 

misinformation. 

“So, what happened and what 

does it mean for Christchurch?” 

Last week, these proposals 

came to council with a request to 

go to public consultation and ask 

ratepayers for their views. 

Given the significance of this 

decision – including ratepayers’ 

interests – this should have been 

put to the public. Sadly, discussing 

these options with the public 

was voted down by 8 votes to 7. 

You will not have a say. 

As Mayor 

Mauger said: 

“These are companies 

owned by 

everyone. How 

can we make an 

informed decision 

if we don’t 

hear from the Phil Mauger 

public? Nothing 

may have changed but while we 

are working to rebuild trust and 

confidence in council, it seems 

silly not to hear from the people 

of Christchurch.” 

• McDonald and fellow city 

councillor Sara Templeton were 

not able to take part in last 

week’s vote on assets because 

they are directors of CCHL. 

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Canterbury Open is extra special 

given she moves to Brisbane 

next month to further her tennis 

career. 

Gale, 15, beat highly ranked 

Louise Oxnevad 6-3 6-3 at the 

weekend. 

“It is one of the more significant 

trophies I have won and 

definitely more meaningful and 

significant to win at home,” said 

Gale, who chose to play at Wilding 

Park instead of this week’s 

International Tennis Federation 

tournament in Papamoa. 

Gale and her family, which 

includes New Zealand under 

12s champion Emme, 12, and 

tennis-mad brother Samuel, 

10, are moving across the 

Tasman where they will play the 

Australian circuit and be closer 

to international competition. 

Parents Sarah and Jamie say 

it is hard to leave Christchurch 

given their many supporters, 

including coaches Stu Chalmers 

and James Meredith, the 

Cashmere Tennis Club and their 

schools St Margaret’s College 

and Prebbleton Primary. 

“Staying together as a family 

while the children pursue their 

tennis dream internationally 

is our priority. Brisbane 

is definitely more feasible 

financially than Auckland and 

has the added benefit of an even 

TEEN TRIUMPH: Lucia Gale beat Louise Oxnevad 6-3 6-3 to 

win the Canterbury Open women’s singles. 

larger pool of young players,” 

said Sarah. 

“We are now very familiar 

with the Australian tennis 

environment as the children 

compete there regularly in July. ” 

Lucia’s titles include Kiwi 

indoors national singles and 

doubles for both 14s and 16s, and 

last year she won the 14s nationals 

singles and doubles titles. She 

was top seed in this month’s 16s 

nationals, but had to withdraw 

due to an abdominal strain, 

while Emme won this year’s 

Kiwi indoors tournament for her 

age and the recent 12s national 

championships where she was 

also runner-up in the doubles. 

Both have represented New 

Zealand as juniors. Lucia spent 

three months this year playing in 

Korea and Kazakhstan for New 

Zealand’s junior Billie Jean Cup, 

and Spain. 

“We missed her dreadfully. I 

kept waiting for the call to say 

she was homesick, but it never 

came as she so enjoyed the experience,” 

Sara said. 

Emme played in Serbia, Montenegro 

and Bulgaria on a Tennis 

New Zealand organised trip. 

Lucia has a big summer of 

tennis ahead, playing in four 

ITF tournaments – Christchurch, 

Wellington, Auckland 

and Brisbane – in January and 

February, with a family camping 

holiday to Kaiteriteri and a trip 

to the Australian Tennis Open 

squeezed in around the schedule. 

She hopes to then play in Asia 

and is seeking selection for New 

Zealand’s junior Billie Jean Cup 

team again. 

Emme has qualified for the 

Race to the ASB classic for the 

country’s top juniors in Auckland 

in early January. 

They each train 10 to 15 hours 

a week. 

Longer term, both sisters want 

to go to United States colleges 

on tennis scholarships and then 

progress to the professional tennis 

circuit. 

Emme also plays netball and 

was playing touch rugby the 

night before she knocked out 

the top seed at this month’s 

nationals. Lucia played hockey 

until last year and Samuel loves 

cricket and football. 

Other Canterbury 

Open winners 

(Canterbury players 

unless otherwise stated) 

Men’s singles: Lucas 

Evans beat Jamie 

Garbett 6-3 6-3 

Men’s doubles: Jamie 

Garbett and Paddy Ou 

(Otago) beat Alistair and 

Lachlan Hunt (Southern 

Districts) 7-6 6-4 

Women’s doubles: 

Abby Mason and Louise 

Oxnevad beat Charlie 

Byers (Otago) and Lucia 

Gale 6-4 6-0. 

Lucia with her sister Emme, 

who is the New Zealand 

under 12s champion. 

Adventure park to host world MTB series 

TOP TALENT: Mountain biker Sam Blenkinsop has signed 

up for the March 2024 event. PHOTO: CRANKWORX 

CHRISTCHURCH Adventure 

Park is gearing up to host 

mountain biking excellence 

when the internationally 

renowned Crankworx Summer 

Series visits the city for the first 

time in March. 

While this is the first time 

Christchurch will host the series, 

it is the third time the event will 

be held in New Zealand, following 

previous trips to Queenstown 

in the last two years. 

Adventure Park general manager 

Anne Newman said she 

can’t wait to showcase the park to 

an international audience. 

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and exciting event on the riding 

calendar,” she said. 

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riders and spectators alike.” 

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series yearly until 2027, with 

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of major events Karena Finnie: 

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Christchurch, we can’t wait for 

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Mo’unga, Frizell get one over Kane in Japan 

INVALUABLE: Richie Mounga of Toshiba Brave Lupus 

Tokyo in action during the Japan Rugby League One 

match against Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath. PHOTO: GETTY 

FORMER ALL Blacks Richie 

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30-26. A late Kanta Matsunaga 

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Barrett both started in Toyota 

Verblitz 24-22 loss to Yokohama 

Canon Eagles. Smith scored 

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Defending champions 

in top spot at halfway 

Cruisy win 

for Park in 

premier 

women’s 

T20 final 

• By Sam Coughlan 

LANCASTER PARK have 

waltzed to victory over North 

West in the final of the premier 

women’s T20 competition at the 

Hagley Nursery Ground. 

Park won the toss and bowled 

first, with Jess Simmons ripping 

through North West’s top order. 

The quick bowler took five 

wickets for just 12 runs in her 

four-over spell at the start of the 

innings to ensure North West 

never got going. 

Jacinta Savage took two wickets 

as well, with North West bowled 

out for just 44. 

Lancaster Park’s opening pair 

of Harriet Graham (24 not out) 

and Sarah Parker (11 not out) 

were under little pressure in the 

chase, cruising home to win by 10 

wickets. 

The result sees Park go one better 

than in last year’s competition 

where they lost to Sydenham in 

the final. 

The one-day competition 

resumes on January 20, with Park 

leading the way heading into 

the Christmas break, five points 

clear of Sydenham and Old Boys 

Collegians. 

Club cricket has taken a 

break for Christmas and 

New Year, and returns 

on January 13. Sam 

Coughlan reports on 

the state of play 

DEFENDING champions 

Burnside West University lead a 

close two-day competition at the 

halfway mark of the season. 

They are 13 points clear of 

Lancaster Park, and are unbeaten 

in the competition heading 

into the break – with Old Boys 

Collegians right behind Park in 

third. 

Burnside captain Matthew 

Hay said they are working hard. 

“Our win (of the two-day 

competition) last year was the 

first since 1991 so we know 

how hard it is to win this 

competition. 

“Our cricket’s been really good 

so far, we’ve dug ourselves out of 

a lot of holes.” 

In the one-day competition, 

two teams claimed their first 

victory of the season while one 

of the top teams slipped up in a 

game they might have expected 

to win. 

Defending champions OBC 

lead the way at the break after securing 

their second one-day win 

from as many games, beating 

East Shirley by one wicket. 

Canterbury representative 

Matt Boyle starred, taking 2/43 

to restrict Shirley to 200 from 

their 50 overs before scoring 66 

from just 40 balls to kick-start 

the chase. 

The fact Shirley got through 

to 200 was thanks to Tim 

Hampton-Matehe, who finished 

99 not out, agonisingly short of a 

century. 

Jeff Case stood tall, scoring 91 

HIGH SCORERS: Richard Faust (left) celebrates his century for Merivale-Papanui; Tim 

Hampton-Matehe bats for East Shirley; Mitchell Hay in action for Burnside. 

PHOTOS: KEVIN CONGDON, MIKE HARVEY 

not out as wickets fell around 

him to secure the win for OBC 

in partnership with No 11 batter 

Harrison Cox. 

Newly promoted Merivale- 

Papanui claimed their first win 

of the season away at Sydenham, 

after Richard Faust scored 126 

not out to set an imposing chase 

of 250. 

Sydenham fought hard but 

were bowled out for 224, as 

Samuel Medhurst took the final 

wicket and finished with figures 

of 3/49 to seal victory by 25 runs. 

Burnside suffered an unfortunate 

loss to Lancaster Park as 

they look to avenge last year’s 

loss in the final of this competition 

which denied them a second 

trophy. 

Batting first, Park struggled 

to 192 all out thanks in no small 

part to a score of 84 from opening 

batter Kalhan Marc Challu, 

with the next highest score only 

18. 

In reply, Burnside fell to 180 

all out to lose by 12 runs, with 

their only shining light being 95 

not out from Canterbury player 

Mitchell Hay who kept his side 

in it but couldn’t find support. 

St Albans also claimed their 

first win of the season, beating 

Heathcote by 48 runs. 

Sam Kearns (68) and Nabil 

Moughal (50 not out) ensured 

St Albans managed 221/9 from 

their 50 overs. 

In reply, Heathcote never 

got close with frequent wickets 

derailing their chase, and 

were bowled out after Kearns, 

Moughal and skipper Joe Lowe 

took two wickets each. 

The season resumes on 

January 13 with the third round 

of one-dayers. 

OPENER: Kalhan 

Marc Challu bats 

during his matchwinning 

knock of 

84 for Lancaster 

Park. PHOTO: 

MIKE HARVEY

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Excavations 

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N A BARRELL 

ROOFING LTD 

Ph: 0275 389 415 

Email: nabroofing@xtra.co.nz 


BRICK & BLOCK 

LAYING 

all restoration work 

and new work plus 

foundations, ph 342 9340 

or 021 853 033 

BUILDER QUALIfIED 

50 yrs exp. Bathrooms, 

Kitchens, Renovations, 

Repairs & Extensions 

Free quotes. Discount for 

pensioners. Ph Mike 03 

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BUILDER 

New builds, alterations, 

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ability to build to a high 

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Brent 027 241 7471 

BUILDER 

MAINTENANCE 

Chris has a wide-ranging 

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Chris on 027 3888 211. 

office@prowessbuilding. 

co.nz 

CARPET LAYING 

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Phone John on 0800 

003181, 027 240 7416 

jflattery@xtra.co.nz 

CARAVAN SERVICING 

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Competetive rates. 

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All work undertaken, 

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TV Sat, Solar etc. Phone 

Gary 0274 886 137 

anytime. 


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027 516 0669 

fAST COMPUTER 

REPAIRS 

Helping locals since 

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Computer Help 0800 349 

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027 3300 595 

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7154 

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021 529 022 / 342 8950 

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Entire spouting system 

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Jo 021 164 0365 

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3887 

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0274314720 

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PROPOSED 

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Resource Management Act 1991 Christchurch District 

Plan notice of Proposed Plan Change 5 to be made 

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These changes will become operative on 16 January 

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Come & see what the club has to offer. 

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New Year 

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CLUB CLOSED 

Christmas Day 

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Pavilion - Open 9am daily 

Legends - Open 10am Daily 

Chalmers - 

New Years Eve Buffet 5pm 

Reopens Sunday 21 January 

(Wed - Sun) 

Office - 9am-3.30pm until 8 Jan 

Raffles - Restart 10 January 

Members Draws - 

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GIG GUIDE 

Thursday 21 to Wednesday 27 Dec 2023 

ARMADILLO'S BECKENHAM, 155 

Colombo St: Saturday 9pm - Mama Rock. 

Sunday 31st Dec - Red Zone. 

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St: 

Thursday 7pm – Open Mic and Jam 

Christmas Party, all welcome, full back-line 

provided, bands welcome, come and 

celebrate the end of the year with us! Friday 

8pm – Karaoke Christmas! – The stage is 

yours, sing your favourite Christmas songs, 

or any songs at all, all welcome, free. Saturday 

8pm – Christmas Eve Eve – catchy rock 

originals and banging covers with The Late 

Starters, and special guests Big John’s House, 

koha entry. Sunday 7pm – A Rolling Stone 

Presents – A Toast to Shane MacGowan – a 

candle-lit Christmas Eve tribute to the great 

poet and songwriter and one of the most 

important Irish artists of our time, with MC 

Dan Crossen and feat Davey Backyard, The 

Norwesters, Johnny & The Fox (Johnny 

Ginger and Brendan Gregg) with Drummie 

Dan Heatley (ex Shane MacGowan & The 

Popes!) and special guest appearance by the 

fabulous Heather McFarlane – FREE event. 

Monday – Christmas Day – Closed – 

Wishing all our patrons, supporters, and the 

music community of Christchurch a very 

Happy Christmas and a safe and Happy New 

Year. Tuesday – Boxing Day – Closed. 

Wednesday – Closed. 

AVONHEAD TAVERN, 120 Withells Rd: 

Friday 7.30pm - Flat City Brotherhood. 

BAILIES BAR, Edgeware Village, 1066 

Edgeware Rd: Thursday 6.30pm - Nick 

Jackman. Sunday Christmas Eve 2pm - 

Willie McArthur. 

BILL'S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: Thursday 

7pm - Mickey Rat Karaoke. Friday 7.30pm - 

Wendy Wiparata. Saturday 7pm - Reminisce 

with Anthony. Sunday 6.30pm - Mickey Rat 

Karaoke. 

BLUE PUB, 1 Barkers Rd, Methven: 

Saturday 8pm - Flat City Brotherhood. 

BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St: Friday 

4pm - DJ Rakinem. Saturday 3pm - 12 

Gauge; 6pm - DJ Rakinem. 

CHATS BAR, 251 Travis Rd: Friday 

7.30pm - Hit n Run. 

CHCH CASINO, 30 Victoria St: Thursday 

7pm - Smooth Talk. Friday 5.30pm - 

Diamond Blue Duo; 9pm - Girl from Mars. 

Saturday 5.30pm - Lissel; 9pm - Red Zone. 

Sunday Xmas Eve 4pm - Peter Cairns. 

FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday 

330pm - King Tubbs Duo; 6.30pm - Lead 

Vocals Christmas Carols; 7.30pm - Christmas 

Live Band Karaoke; 11pm - Black & Gold. 

Friday 2.30pm - Zoe 7 Liam; 5pm - The 

Curio Club; 8.30pm - Mirrors; 12am - Jinx. 

Saturday 2.30pm - Penny Blues Band; 

5.30pm - Zoe & Liam; 8pm - Black & Gold; 

11.30pm - Diamond Blue. Sunday Christmas 

Eve 2.30pm - Diamond Blue Duo; 6pm - 

King Tubbs Duo; 8.30pm - Black & Gold. 

FOOD TRUCK ALLEY, 3 McCormacks 

Bay Rd: Sunday 4pm - Sound Hunters. 

GRETA VALLEY, 9 Tavern Dr, Greta 

Valley: Saturday 7.30pm - Zayde Blair. 

HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd: Sunday 

NYE 31st Dec, 8.30pm - DnD Showband. 

KAIAPOI CLUB, Raven's Quay: Sunday 

4.30pm - Xmas Eve Party feat, A Family 

Affair. Sunday 31st Dec, 8.30pm - New Years 

Eve feat. Don't Tell Mama. 

KAIKANUI TAVERN, 67 Williams St, 

Kaiapoi: Saturday 8.30pm - The Party 

Singers. 

To add a listing, contact 

Jo Fuller 03 379 7100 or 

027 458 8590 

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi 

LYTTELTON CLUB, 23 Dublin St, 

Lyttelton: Sunday 31st Dec, 8pm - New 

Years Eve with Maiden England. 

MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: 

Thursday 8pm - D'Sendantz. Friday 10.30pm 

- Shadow Puppet. Saturday 10.30pm - 

Uncovered. 

OAK N FERRY, 608 Ferry Rd: Friday 

7pm - The Party Singerss. 

OHOKA MARKET, Ohoka: Friday 29th 

Dec, 10am - Mandi Miller. 

RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118 

Racecourse Rd: Friday 7pm - DJ Chick 

Karaoke. 

RICHMOND CLUB, 'The Borough', 75 

London St: Sunday 31st Dec, 8pm - NYE 

with MockingBird. 

ROSE & THISTLE, 24a Main North Rd: 

Friday 8.30pm - A&J Karaoke. Saturday 

8.30pm - Red Weekend. 

SHARKEY'S BAR, 96 Hoon Hay Rd: 

Sunday Christmas Eve 4pm - Open Mic with 

Ricthie Gilles feat. Solfire. 

SIDELINE BAR, 331 Stanmore Rd: 

Thursday - Jam Night with Ritchie Gillies & 

Nick Buchanan. 

SUMNER SOCIAL, 22a Esplanade, 

Sumner: Friday 5pm - Live music. Saturday 

1pm - Live music. 

TEMP'S BAR, 21 Goulding Ave: Saturday 

8.30pm - Titanic. 

THE BLACKHORSE, 33 Lincoln Rd: 

Friday 7pm - Sign of the Firebird. 

THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Thursday 7pm 

- Josh Keating. Friday 6pm - Neil Alexander; 

10pm - Live music. Saturday 7pm - Live 

music; 11pm - Live music. Sunday Xmas Eve 

5pm - Live music. 

THE BOWER, 487 New Brighton Rd: 

Thursday 6pm - Flat City Brotherhood. 

Friday 6pm - Red Weekend. Saturday 6pm - 

Triple H. 

THE COMMONERS BAR, 10 Oxford St, 

Lyttelton: Thursday 7.30pm - Blue Beats 

Trio & friends. 

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: 

Friday - Open Mic. Wednesday 9pm - 

Titanic. 

THE GOLDEN MILE, 2 Trents Rd, 

Templeton: Saturday 7pm - Mandi Miller. 

THE LITTLE FIDDLE, 132 Oxford Tce: 

Thursday 9pm - Topia. Friday, Saturday 9pm 

- DJ's. Sunday 4pm - Sunday Session. 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd: 

Thursday 6pm - Chris Lake. Friday 5pm - 

Nostalgia with Kevin Kearns; 9.30pm - 

Doubtfire. Saturday 9.30pm - Nexus. Sunday 

6pm - Karaoke with Lance. Tuesday 8pm - 

Quiz. Wednesday 7.30pm - Karaoke with 

Lance. 

THE ROCKPOOL, 85 Hereford St: 

Thursday 9pm, Friday 8.30pm, Saturday 

8.30pm, Sunday 8pm - DJ's. 

WOODSTOCK, 291 Lincoln Rd: 

Thursday 7pm - Quiz. Friday 7.30pm - Live 

music. Saturday 7.30pm - Live music. 

Wednesday 7pm - Willie's Open Mic. 

WOOlSTON SPORTS BAR, 669 Ferry 

Rd: Saturday 8pm - Speedboat. 

Christmas at Hoofbeats 

SPOT THE ELVES 

AND WIN A TREAT 

*DINING KIDS, WE HAVE 9 PESKY 

ELVES HIDING IN HOOFBEATS. 

SPOT THEM ALL AND WIN A TREAT! 

KID'S TWO COURSE 

SPECIAL 

$ 

13 

*CONDITIONS APPLY 

RESTAURANT & CAFÉ 

The 

RACECOURSE HOTEL 

& Motorlodge 

118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn, 

Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150 

www.racecoursehotel.co.nz 

NEW YEAR'S EVE 

Party WITH 

DON'T TELL MAMA 

SUNDAY 31ST DEC, 8.30PM 

CHRISTMAS SET MENUS 

TWO COURSE 

$ 

30 

MAIN-DESSERT 

THREE COURSE 

$ 

39 

ENTRE-MAIN- DESSERT 

AVAILABLE LUNCH & DINNER DAILY 

UNTIL 24/12/23. 

SORRY, WE ARE 

CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY 

SILLY SEASON 

OR ANY REASON! 

FUNCTION ROOMS 

AVAILABLE FOR ANY OCCASION 

HOOFBEATS OPEN 

from 6.30am Mon - Fri 

from 8.30am Sat/Sun 

THE ENTERTAINMENT HUB OF THE NORTH 

SUN 24 DEC, 4PM 

CLUB CLOSES AT 8.30PM 

Holiday Hours 

Christmas Eve: 

Bistro closing 7.30pm 

Club closing 8.30pm 

Christmas & Boxing Day: 

Club closed 

Wed 27th Dec: 

Open Normal Hours 

Bistro closed 

Thur 28th - Sat 30th Dec: 


Bistro open from 4pm 

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS 

A FAMILY AFFAIR 

ELFIE THE CIRCUS ELF 

KID'S RAFFLES 

and...SANTA! 

Sun 31st Dec: 


Bistro open from 12pm 

WE DO IT ALL 

FOOD+BEVERAGE 

FOR GROUPS OF 50 TO 300 PAX 

CALL TODAY TO CHECK OUT 

OUR AMAZING FACILITIES! 

113 RAVEN QUAY | P 03 327 7884 

WWW.KAIAPOICLUB.CO.NZ 

Mon 1st Jan: Club closed 

Tues 2nd Jan: Open at 11am 

Bistro closed 

Wed 3rd Jan: Open at 11am 

Bistro closed 

Thu 4th Jan: Open at 11am 

Bistro open from 4pm

Christmas 

YOUR 

PART Y STARTS HERE 

$12.99 

EACH 

$15.99 

EACH 

$16.99 

EACH 

$23.99 

EACH 

$23.99 

EACH 

$24.99 

EACH 

$26.99 

EACH 

$27.99 

EACH 

Jim Beam 

Canadian Club 

4.8% (incl Zero) 440ml 4pk cans 

Hyoketsu 

Lemon 

6% 330ml 6pk cans 

Diesel 


Tui Vodka Soda 

(ex bourbon) 7% 12pk 

can range 

Smirnoff Soda 

330ml 10pk can range 

Scapegrace 

330ml 10pk can range 

Smirnoff Double 

Black Guarana 

(inc zero) 7% 250ml 12pk canss 

Woodstock (incl zero) 


$27.99 

EACH 

$36.99 

EACH 

$39.99 

EACH 

$35.99 

EACH 

$8.99 

EACH 

$42.99 

EACH 

$43.99 

EACH 

$44.99 

EACH 

Long White 


KGB 

18pk can range 

Cody’s 


$47.99 

EACH 

Jim Beam 

1.125ml 

$48.99 

EACH 

Absolut 

1L 

$49.99 

EACH 

Johnnie 

Walker 

Red 1L 

Jack Daniel’s 

Jagermeister 

Mt Gay Eclipse 

1Ltrs 

Woodford 

Reserve 

Gentleman 

Jack 

700mls 

Jim Beam; JB Honey, CC 700ml 

Non alc mixer 6pk 250ml Coke, Sprite, 

L&P etc. 

$59.99 

EACH 

Jameson 1L 

Jameson 

Black Barrel 

Malfy 

Altos Plata 

700ml ranges 

Seagers (incl lime) 

Ivanov 1Ltrs 

$59.99 

EACH 

Gordon’s Pink / Orange 

Sicilian Lemon 700mls 

Hennessy 

VS 

700ml 

$64.99 

EACH 

Larios Original 

Canadian Club 

(incl spiced) 1Ltrs 

$79.99 

EACH 

$21.99 

EACH 

JB 1.75ltr 

Laphroaig 10yr 

Toki 700mls 

$12.99 

EACH 

Heineken 

12pk bottles 

$24.99 

EACH 

Heineken 

250ml 12pk cans 

$22.99 

EACH 

Heineken 

Heineken Silver 

24pk bottles 

Heineken Silver 

12pk 330ml bottles 

$44.99 

EACH 

Villa Maria 

Private Bin 

(ex PN, Syrah, Sparkling) 

Thornbury 

(ex PN) ranges 

$14.99 

EACH 

Lindauer 

Classics 

range 

$13.99 

EACH 

2 FOR 

$25.00 

Hardy’s VR 

1L range 

or $12.99 each 

2 FOR 

$30.00 

19 Crimes 

(ex Cali Red, Rose) 

range or $15.99 each 

$34.99 

EACH 

Prestige 

$39.99 

Mumm Marlborough 

Prestige Brut 

Mumm Marlborough 

Rose 

EACH 

Rose $64.99 

EACH 

Moet 

Chandon 

Brut NV 

$19.99 

EACH 

BRB 

6pk can range 

THIRSTY LIQUOR PAPANUI 

495 PAPANUI RD, PAPANUI 

03 260 2380 

Fortune Favours 

6pk range 

$43.99 

Corona 18pk Bottles 

Promotion period between 1/12/2023 to 31/12/2023. While stocks last. Promotion only available at participating stores – please contact your 

local store to confirm whether they are participating in the promotion and check the pricing in-store prior to purchase. Online pricing will vary. 

EACH

Thursday, December 21, 2023 

Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper 

From the team at 


Left the gift hunt to the last minute? 

When it comes to gifts, 

it’s the thought that counts. 

So we did some thinking for you. 

Breville Nespresso 

Creatista Plus 

Espresso Machine 

Get your coffee 

fix, while the 

shops are 

closed. 

JBL Tune 520BT 

Wireless On-Ear 

Headphones 9077370 

9032332 / BNE800BSS 

$699 $59 99 

Drown out the 

Christmas 

carols. 

OPPO A78 4G 

- Aqua Green 

60001103 

$425 

Gifts that 

will be met 

by complete 

silence. For 

days, if you’re 

lucky. 

Sheffield Portable 

Mini Fridge & Warmer 

Great for 

camping these 

holidays. 

Remington Illusion 

Hair Dryer 

60001703 / PLA1722 

60001717 

was 

$79 $199 

$59 

Give them a 

very unsubtle 

hint. 

JBL Boombox 3 

Bluetooth Speaker 

9074900 

$449 

A good gift, 

for someone 

else’s kids. 

Appliances, Beds, Furniture, TVs, Audio & more. 

SEE PAGE OVER FOR DEALS 

#Discount is off our full retail price. Not available in conjunction with any other offer. *2 Visit www.nespressopromotion.co.nz by 12/02/24 to claim and to view full terms and conditions. The 50 or 80 complimentary 

Nespresso coffee capsules will be made up of a pre-selected range chosen by Nespresso which cannot be changed or substituted for any other variants (for list of free coffee capsules see the full T&Cs). However, if 

stocks of the free coffee run out, we substitute it with another of equal or higher value. Offer can be redeemed multiple times in separate transactions but cannot be combined with any other offer unless specified.

But, Christmas isn’t all about gifts. 

Get your home ready to host the rellies, at Smiths. 

Then, put your feet up. 

DEALS ON WHITEWARE 

Give the leftovers a 

nicer place to live. 

DEALS ON TVs 

Watch the Christmas drama 

unfold. On TV, hopefully. 

DEALS ON FURNITURE 

Enough seats for the whole 

fam? And extended fam? 

DEALS ON BEDS 

DEALS ON OUTDOOR 

DEALS ON FLOOR CARE 

Is it really a gift if you’re 

going to use half of it? 

Rellies moving in for Xmas? 

Move outside. 

Christmas clean up just 

became a breeze. 

Available STOREWIDE until 5pm 24 Dec 

60 MONTHS 

INTEREST FREE 

on purchases $499 & over* 

Smiths City 

Colombo Street 

550 Colombo Street, 

Christchurch 

Smiths City 

Northwood 

1 Radcliffe Rd, 

Christchurch 

Smiths City 

Hornby 

6 Tower Street, 

Christchurch 

Appliances, Beds, 

Furniture, TVs, 

Audio & more. 

* 60 months interest free is available on Long Term Finance (LTF) for in-store and online purchases $499 and over from 20 - 5pm 24 December 2023. Lending criteria, $50 annual Account Fee, fees, Ts&Cs apply. Minimum spend 

applies. Excludes gift cards and some promotional items. $55 Establishment Fee applies to your first LTF transaction, $35 Advance Fee applies to subsequent LTF transactions. Min payments of 3% of the monthly closing balance or 

$10 (whichever is greater) are required 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 Rate (both 27.99% p.a.) applies at the end of LTF Interest Free Period. (See Ts&Cs for Q Mastercard Standard Interest Rate applicable to outstanding balance of a Standard Purchase.) Mastercard and the 

circles design are registered trademarks of Mastercard International Incorporated. Finance is issued by Columbus Financial Services Ltd. Ask in-store or see online at smithscity.co.nz/q-mastercard for details. #Discount is off our 

full retail price. Not available in conjunction with any other offer.


Thanks for bin good 

this Christmas 

By putting the right items 

in the right bins you’re 

making it possible for us to 

recycle and reduce waste. 

Collection changes 

All bin collections will be a day later than usual for weeks beginning 

Monday 25 December and Monday 1 January: 

If your usual collection day is: 

Monday 

Tuesday 

Wednesday 

Thursday 

Friday 

Put your bin out on: 

Tuesday 

Wednesday 

Thursday 

Friday 

Saturday 

To check your collection dates, visit 

ccc.govt.nz/collections 

Having a clean out? 

Our EcoDrop Recycling Centres, located at the transfer stations will accept 

a wide range of household items and metal for free. Examples include: 

• Metal tools 

• Kitchenware 

Acceptance on inspection. 

• Household appliances 

• Household batteries 

• Electrical items 

• Larger plastic items 

e.g. chilly bins 

Open every day 7am–4.30pm except Christmas Day, Boxing Day 

and New Year’s Day.


Bin good this Christmas 

By putting the right stuff in the yellow bin, you’re making it 

possible for us to recycle. If the wrong stuff goes in the yellow 

bin, the entire truck load might have to go to landfill instead 

of being recycled. 

Only put these clean items in the yellow bin: 

Remember: 

take the lids, caps or 

tops off bottles and 

containers and put 

these in the red bin. 

Cardboard boxes (flattened) 

2 litre plastic ice cream containers 

Plastic bottles numbered 1,2 and 5 

(3 litre and smaller) 

Drink cans 

Metal tins 

Glass bottles 

Plastic meat trays without wrapping 

numbered 1,2 and 5 

Plastic containers numbered 1,2 and 5 

(3 litre and smaller) 

Bin good or bin great? Play the bin game and challenge your 

friends and family to find out: ccc.govt.nz/bingoodgame



By putting the right stuff in the green bin you’re making 

it possible for us to produce local organic compost. 

Put food and garden waste in your green organics bin. 

Ham bone 

Chicken bones 

Half eaten food scraps (Christmas pudding, strawberries, cherries) 

Christmas lilies 

Real Christmas tree in small cut-down pieces 

Lawn clippings



By putting the right stuff in the red bin you’re keeping the other bins free from 

contamination. Put general rubbish, including these items, in the red bin. 

Plastic plates, cups and utensils 

Takeaway soft drink cups 

All bottle and container lids, corks, caps and tops 

Foil wrapping, chocolate wraps, bubble wrap, courier bags 

Polystyrene 

Juice and alternative milks cartons 

Fabric tote shopping bags 

Chip and snack packets 

Ribbons 

Christmas gift tags 

Shopping receipts 

Takeaway coffee cups and takeaway containers 

Plastic containers bigger than three litres 

Bio degradable and compostable bags and packaging

The Star: December 21, 2023

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