The Star: January 04, 2024

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Pregnant 

shark cut 

open alive 

on beach 

• By Melissa Nightingale 

HORRIFIC FOOTAGE has emerged 

online of a pregnant shark being cut 

open alive on New Brighton Beach and 

beachgoers rushing to return its babies. 

Fisheries New Zealand say it will be 

speaking to the people involved about 

their responsibilities under the Animal 

Welfare Act. 

The graphic video shows what 

appears to be a mature school shark 

being cut open while still alive, with 

dozens of baby sharks spilling out on 

to the sand. 

While footage of members of the 

public running handfuls of the pups 

to the water was heartwarming, shark 

scientist Dr Riley Elliott was concerned 

at the inhumane death of the mother. 

The video showed the shark being 

cut open and its pups spilling out. 

“If you’re going to catch a fish and 

cut its belly open, the humane thing to 

do is make sure it’s dead first,” he said. 

“You can see there’s been an attempt 

to dispatch the animal by cutting 

around its neck. The animal’s clearly in 

pain and struggling as they’re cutting 

its belly open.” 

The disturbing footage shows the 

shark thrashing around even after its 

throat has been cut, and arching up in 

pain as the fishermen slice it open. 

Elliott wanted to remind the public 

that “fish can’t scream”. 

“Fish do have feelings, fish don’t have 

a voice – respect them as the animals 

that they are.” 

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• From page 1 

At this time of year sharks 

come close to the shore to give 

birth, and Elliott warned people 

to leave them alone 

at this time, as sharks 

were a keystone predator 

in the ecosystem 

whose numbers had 

plummeted globally. 

“While it may be 

fascinating, I think 

most people agree 

they would rather 

have seen that mother 

swimming off pregnant 

with her babies and giving 

birth when she wants.” 

Seeing people rush to return 

the pups to the ocean was a 

“positive” side to the video, he 

said. 

“That’s a nice, respectful 

thing that those guys did.” 

Elliott thought it was 

possible the pups could 

survive as they appeared 

to be close to full term. 

School sharks are fished 

commercially and often 

used in fish and chips, 

but Elliott said noncommercial 

fishers should 

leave them be. 

“The world has lost about 70 

per cent of its sharks in the last 

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Shark pups unlikely to survive 

• By David Hill 

OVERSEAS visitors are 

flocking back to Hanmer 

Springs. 

While numbers are not 

expected to return to pre-Covid 

levels for another year, Hurunui 

Tourism product development 

manager Graeme Abbot said the 

town was booming as it gears 

up for the summer holiday rush. 

‘‘We are seeing our old friends 

from Australia back and the 

cruise business is keeping us 

busy. 

‘‘We are seeing some American 

business, which we expect 

will grow with the new airlines 

coming into 

Christchurch. 

‘‘It is certainly 

a lot stronger 

than it was.’’ 

Visitors were 

starting to 

return from 

China, but 

Abbot said he 

didn’t expect as 

Dr Riley 

Elliott 

many visitors from the Asian 

market as four years ago. 

While September and October 

were ‘‘reasonably quiet’’, 

Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools 

& Spa experienced 9 per cent 

growth in November compared 

to last year. 

December had also started 

strongly and accommodation 

bookings in the town were 

‘‘very strong’’. 

Staff recruitment has been 

a challenge over the last three 

years, but the pools were fully 

staffed and operating at the full 

50 years. They breed very slowly 

and take a long time to get to 

maturity.” 

Cherie Smillie, who filmed 

the video, said she had not 

realised at the time the shark 

was still alive, and thought 

its movements were just postdeath 

nerve reactions. 

School sharks are an important 

part of the ecosystem. 

“What I was told happened 

was they actually seen it 

from the pier, they ran down 

and jumped on top of it and 

dragged it onto the beach,” she 

said. 

She was horrified to later 

summer hours, he said. 

‘‘We are always a bit scared to 

say we are fully staffed, in case 

someone leaves,’’ Abbot said. 

‘‘We have people from all 

around the world on our staff, 

which is lovely because it adds 

something to the environment.’’ 

Abbot said Hanmer Springs 

had a growing list of attractions, 

including the alpine scenery. 

Two new hydro slides, known 

as ‘‘Violet Vortex’’ and ‘‘Waiau 

realise the shark was alive as it 

was “brutally ripped apart”. 

“I think it’s absolutely cruel.” 

Smillie said she later saw the 

fisherman cutting up the shark 

and throwing all the pieces 

back into the ocean. 

Department of Conservation 

marine advisor Clinton Duffy 

said the school shark was not 

a protected species, with about 

3000 tonnes being caught annually 

for meat. 

“It is unlikely the pups would 

survive being released back into 

the ocean but there is no harm 

in trying.” 

– NZ Herald 

Tourism takes a turn for the 

better at Hanmer Springs 

Graeme 

Abbot 

BOOST: 

Hanmer 

Springs 

Thermal 

Pools & Spa 

experienced 

9 per cent 

growth in 

November 

compared to 

last year. 

PHOTO: RNZ 

Winder’’, were added to the hot 

pools this year and were proving 

popular. 

New walking and cycling 

tracks have been added, and the 

town has a new disc golf course 

to add to the mini golf and fullsized 

golf course. 

The Hanmer Springs Animal 

Park was also popular with visitors, 

Abbot said. 

– Local Democracy Reporting, 

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Trampers rescued at 

Stoddart Point 

Four hikers trapped by a fire 

were rescued by the Canterbury 

Coastguard on Tuesday. 

Volunteers teamed up with fire 

crews to tackle a large fire at 

Stoddart Point in Purau Bay. 

Four people trapped on the 

rocks underneath the blaze were 

rescued near the bay entrance. 

A fire hose was used to keep the 

fire at bay while the four were 

rescued. 

Community loses two 

stalwarts 

Two community advocates 

have died. Norm Dewes 

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and social services for Māori, 

actively working with various 

community and government 

entities. He was made a Member 

of the New Zealand Order of 

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executive, and was instrumental 

in setting up a driver training 

programme in the red zone. In 

2004, Dewes began overseeing 

the management of Ngā Hau e 

Whā Marae, where he opened 

up the space to 27 organisations 

who had been displaced 

following the 2011 quakes. 

Hornby identity Ross Houliston, 

77, has also died. He played 

an integral part in the Save 

Denton Park group and helped 

prevent the park from becoming 

the Matatiki Hornby Centre. 

Houliston was a Greater Hornby 

Residents Association member. 

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• By Alex Spence 

A NEW consumer action 

group is taking aim at the 

two supermarket giants and 

promising to lobby aggressively 

for lower grocery prices. 

The group, which does not yet 

have a name, is being fronted 

by Sue Chetwin, a former newspaper 

editor-turned-consumer 

advocate who says it is time for 

a “consumer-led response” to 

the consolidation that has led 

to Foodstuffs and Woolworths 

dominating New Zealand’s $22 

billion supermarket industry. 

Said Chetwin: 

“There’s a social 

emergency here 

that needs more 

decisive action 

than has been 

shown so far. The 

issue needs to be 

on the new Government’s 

‘to-do’ list. 

We need solutions now.” 

Chetwin declined to name 

the other members of the group, 


New lobby group to hold 

grocery commissioner’s 

‘feet to the fire’ 

Sue 

Chetwin 

saying only that it involves other 

prominent figures who “understand 

the impact that our failed 

grocery distribution market has 

had on low and middle-income 

New Zealanders”. 

She said the organisation is 

not affiliated with any political 

party or financially backed by 

a potential competitor to the 

supermarket companies. More 

details about the group will be 

made public later this month. 

Chetwin said the group 

will use contacts in the media 

and politics to lobby the new 

National-led coalition Government 

to open up the market and 

hold new grocery commissioner 

Pierre van Heerden’s “feet to the 

fire”. 

“He has to start using the powers 

he has to fine the duopolists 

when they breach the new 

mandatory code of conduct,” 

Chetwin said, referring to rules 

promoting competition and 

transparency in supply agreements 

that came into force in 

September. 

It will also push the Government 

to expand the legal powers 

available to the grocery commissioner 

and Commerce Commission 

to regulate supermarkets; 

“furiously monitor” new pricing 

rules; and expose “opaque” or 

“misleading” pricing practices. 

Chetwin said she envisages 

the group working closely with 

other activist organisations, 

including Consumer NZ and 

Monopoly Watch. It will also 

work with supermarket suppliers 

to “encourage them to speak out 

about dubious and unfair practices 

which are bad for them and 

consumers”. 

In 2022, a market study by the 

Commerce Commission found 

that competition “is not working 

well for consumers” in the retail 

grocery market, with little prospect 

that new competitors could 

emerge to challenge the duopoly 

of Woolworths and Foodstuffs. 

In response, the Labour 

government introduced a new 

regulator, a code of conduct, 

pricing regulations and other 

measures to promote competition. 

Chetwin said these moves 

PHOTO: GETTY 

were encouraging but did not go 

far enough. 

“Prices have continued their 

inexorable rise,” she said. 

Potential competitors have 

been unable to make a dent in 

the market, she said. 

Woolworths said in a statement: 

“Without knowing the remit 

and membership of the new 

group, we can only make general 

comments on their requests to 

the Government.” 

“We played a constructive role 

throughout the market study 

process and are already well 

under way with implementing 

the Commerce Commission’s 

recommendations, including 

taking steps to remove land covenants 

and creating a wholesale 

business.” 

A Foodstuffs spokesperson 

said “We understand the financial 

pressure that persistently 

NEWS 5 

high inflation and measures 

to tame it are putting on New 

Zealanders. We’ve been working 

hard to keep a lid on food inflation, 

despite record cost pressures 

from here and overseas.” 

Foodstuffs added that regulation 

should be “fit for purpose” 

and reduce the cost of business 

and prices for consumers. 

“Any further regulatory action 

should be preceded by a robust 

cost-benefit analysis and assessment 

of existing regulation. New 

Zealand’s grocery industry is 

highly scrutinised and regulated, 

with an active and engaged community 

of advocates for suppliers 

and consumers.” 

Foodstuffs said it would 

“work constructively with the 

new grocery commissioner as 

the extensive regulatory regime 

takes effect”. 

– NZ Herald 

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A home swimming with turtles 

• By Anna Sargent 

DONNA MOOT is an expert on 

the shelled creatures, having run 

Turtle Rescue and Rehoming out 

of her house in Somerfield for 

almost 20 years. 

She said turtles can live five 

times longer than a dog. That 

makes it a lifetime commitment, 

and most people do not think in 

terms of caring for a pet for 50 

years. 

She has seen a steady stream of 

unwanted, injured, and poorly 

cared for turtles come through 

her door. She even has turtles 

brought to her which have been 

dumped in the Avon River. 

It is a voluntary job she 

self-funds and fits around her 

full-time working life, but turtle 

welfare is a cause she is passionate 

about. 

Moot’s home is crawling – and 

swimming – with turtles, living 

in tanks across different rooms 

and ponds outside. 

“I do remember very distinctly 

years ago going to the supermarket 

to get some turtle food and 

talking to the checkout person 

and mentioning at the time I 

had 13 turtles. She was quite 

astounded by that, and I was 

thinking at the time ‘wow I’ve 

got 13 turtles’, whereas now it’s 

normal for me to have 60 to 70 at 

CARE: Turtle rescuer Donna Moot with one of her longnecked 

turtles. 

any one time and anything up to 

120,” she said. 

Moot said she would like to 

see turtle buyers and sellers have 

much more knowledge about the 

reptiles and what it takes to look 

after them properly. 

“We’ve had cats and dogs in 

New Zealand for years so people 

generally have an idea that, ‘I 

have a dog I need to do this, I 

have a cat I need to do that’, but a 

turtle is quite different . . . People 

are getting these little cute things 

and doing the wrong thing 

without realising. And it’s the 

long-term effect on that animal 

PHOTO: ANNA SARGENT 

that then I see when it comes in 

as a surrender or as a stray.” 

Moot said long-necked turtles 

can live as long as 70 years. She 

points out a long-necked turtle 

swimming in one of her tanks 

called Mozzie who is 46, and 

was surrendered after the 2011 

earthquake when his owners lost 

their home. 

She said red-eared sliders – the 

most common turtles in New 

Zealand – live about 50 years. 

“People buy them for their 7 or 

8-year-old child and when that 

child is 57 or 58 that turtle is still 

alive, and that’s the problem, that 

people don’t realise what a longterm 

commitment it is,” she said. 

She said a lot of turtles come 

to her that have been bought on 

Trade Me, with shell injuries and 

deformities, because buyers have 

been given incorrect information 

about how to care for them. 

“I’ve seen one breeder recommend 

that it could sit in a tank 

on a windowsill with a rock so 

the sun goes through – all of 

which is wrong. For a start, it 

needs a really big tank or it’s 

going to get deformed, because 

the spine shell gets deformed . . . 

people are getting this turtle but 

it might only live two or three 

years because they’re not looking 

after it.” 

She said sellers have even 

posted live turtles across the 

country. Ideally she would like 

Trade Me sales of turtles banned. 

Trade Me policy and 

compliance manager James 

Ryan said it was not illegal to sell 

turtles through Trade Me. 

He said the welfare of the 

turtles was covered by the 

Animal Welfare Act 1999, so 

it is up to people who own 

the animals to follow their 

obligations under the Act. 

Ryan said Trade Me has a 

good working relationship with 

the SPCA, and if it has concerns 

about a listing, or thinks the 

Animal Welfare Act might be 

being breached, it will pass on 

information to the SPCA to 

investigate. 

He encourages people to 

research and think carefully 

before buying animals. 

Moot said turtles were very 

good at hiding if they were 

in distress or being kept in 

unsuitable conditions. 

“Sometimes the turtles I get 

in – like one that’s just arrived – 

he’s incredibly pale and that tells 

me his lighting hasn’t been right, 

his food hasn’t been right and he 

could live like that for another 

year or so but then he could get 

really lethargic and he could 

actually potentially die,” she said. 

Moot adopts turtles out for an 

optional fee of $20. She said it 

was so rewarding getting turtles 

to good homes. 

She said if looked after 

properly, they can be a 

wonderful pet, and she just 

wishes people took the time to 

work out if turtles were right for 

them. 

– RNZ 

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Feminist pioneer Kate Sheppard 

also a vegetarian, research finds 

SUFFRAGIST, social reformer 

and internationally renowned 

feminist changemaker are 

just some of the words used 

to describe Kate Sheppard, 

whose leadership was largely 

responsible for New Zealand 

becoming the first country in the 

world to grant women the right 

to vote in 1893. 

And to these illustrious 

descriptors you can also add 

vegetarian. Kate Sheppard 

enjoyed a plant-based diet, and 

she was by no means alone. 

“There was a clear link between 

vegetarianism and the 

women’s suffrage movement 

around the world – in fact many 

leading New Zealand suffragists 

were also vegetarians,” says Te 

Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard 

House Property Lead Helen 

Osborne. 

Today Kate Sheppard’s house 

– a charming nine-roomed villa 

in the leafy Christchurch suburb 

of Ilam – is cared for by Heritage 

New Zealand Pouhere Taonga 

and is open to the public. Part 

of Helen’s role is to undertake 

research on the life of New 

Zealand’s foremost suffrage 

leader whose home became the 

headquarters of a movement that 

brought about profound social 

and political change in New 

Zealand. 

“Kate’s dietary choices were 

unusual for her time, with 

vegetarians often regarded 

as eccentric and against the 

mainstream,” she said. 

“We can learn more 

about Kate’s vegetarian 

lifestyle by piecing 

together some clues from 

her contemporaries who 

recorded their thoughts 

about their beliefs.” 

A good person to start 

with is Cantabrian poet, 

journalist, activist and 

colleague of Kate Sheppard, 

Jessie Mackay, who 

was never backward in 

recording her thoughts on 

the evils of eating flesh: 

“The miseries…(in the 

world) do not come to 

us by chance, but by a 

system of utterly false 

relations of people 

to one another and 

towards the animal 

creation,” she once 

Kate W. 

Sheppard. 

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wrote. 

“Jessie Mackay was one of 

many people who were challenging 

established beliefs of society 

– including diet,” said Osborne. 

“Increasingly the morality of 

killing animals for food was 

being questioned.” 

Although the White 

Ribbon newspaper – the 

official publication of 

the Women’s Christian 

Temperance Union in 

New Zealand – never 

pushed a vegetarian line 

in its editorial content, 

it didn’t shy away from 

raising questions either. 

One correspondent – 

JM (possibly Jesse Mackay 

writing anonymously, 

but not confirmed) – 

wrote in a 1908 edition of 

the newspaper: “So long 

as animals were killed for 

food, there must be cruelty 

and there must be callousness. 

It is a question for all women 

whether we can defend our 

individual complicity in a traffic 

which inflicts untold pain on the 

lower creation.” 

The reformer’s zeal for change 

is likely to have been encouraged 

by the position of Ohio-based 

leader of the international 

Women’s Christian Temperance 

Union movement, Frances Willard, 

who expounded a ‘do everything’ 

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feminism and temperance – 

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movement – whose beliefs 

incorporated free thinkers, 

spiritualists who drew ideas and 

values from Hinduism, Buddhism, 

Christianity and even the 

occult – embraced vegetarianism 

along with an agenda for social 

change.” 

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Plant-based diet was 

‘more practical’ for 

leading suffragists 

• From page 9 

Jesse Mackay’s idealism was 

similarly fuelled by an almost religious 

zeal, which she expressed 

in semi-theological terms in the 

feminist magazine Woman Today: 

“…Eden will never be seen 

on earth till women arise and 

instruct the merciful generation,” 

she wrote. 

With these philosophical influences 

in play at what was one 

of the most exciting times for 

women in New Zealand, the possibility 

for endless change must 

have seemed real, evidenced by 

the passing of the Women’s Suffrage 

legislation itself in 1893. 

In addition to changing philosophies, 

spiritual awakenings 

and medical ‘evidence’ there was 

one other factor that may well 

have been a significant influence 

in encouraging a vegetarian diet 

and lifestyle for women in particular. 

Sheer practicality. 

“One commentator compared 

the idea of ‘labouring in the 

kitchen over unnecessary pies 

and stews’ with the ‘dusting 

of unnecessary vases’. A more 

simple plant-based diet and a 

less materialistic lifestyle allowed 

a woman more time for intellectual 

pursuits – so in a very real 

sense, a simple vegetarian diet 

bought women spare time; and 

the option of using it to work for 

change,” said Osborne. 

Ultimately, it came down to 

personal conviction summed up 

nicely in the three core tenets of 

the Christchurch Vegetarian Society 

– the first such organisation 

in the country: ‘First, that animal 

food is injurious to the human 

system; second, that man can 

live on vegetable food alone; and 

third, that to kill unnecessarily is 

cruel’. 

Clearly, Kate Sheppard was one 

of the many women who came to 

the conclusion that a vegetarian 

diet and lifestyle was the right 

choice. 

“It’s fascinating – and also quite 

cool in light of evolving dietary 

trends today – to think that the 

work of New Zealand’s foremost 

suffragist and feminist reformer 

was fuelled entirely by plant 

power,” said Osborne. 

“When visitors learn that Kate 

was a vegetarian they are often 

surprised at how ahead of her 

time she was.” 


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12 

COURT 


High-profile businessman groomed, 

abused partner’s teenage daughter 

He was a “highprofile” 

and successful 

businessman. She was 

his de facto partner’s 

teenage daughter. 

One night in 2016 he 

showed her a lewd 

video on his phone, 

sexually assaulted her 

and threatened her 

when she said she’d 

call the police. She kept 

the horrifying incident 

secret for years but 

found the courage to 

report the man in 2020. 

Senior journalist Anna 

Leask reports on the 

crime, the court case 

and why the man can 

never be named 

A HIGH-profile Christchurch 

businessman has admitted 

sexually abusing his partner’s 

daughter – but has been granted 

permanent name suppression 

to protect the victim, and so the 

companies he is linked to do not 

suffer “negative consequences”. 

The man pleaded guilty to 

three charges of indecently 

assaulting a 16-year-old girl in 

2016. 

He had initially faced two further 

charges of unlawful sexual 

connection and having a sexual 

connection with a dependent 

family member but those were 

dropped. 

The court heard that the offender 

was in a de facto relationship 

with the victim’s mother 

when the assault happened. 

He went to the girl’s room one 

night and “spoke to her about 

school and then masturbation” 

and showed her “masturbation 

videos” on his cellphone and 

placed his hand on her thigh. 

The girl felt uncomfortable and 

left the room. 

Later that evening the offender 

went back to her bedroom and 

offered her $50 to “flash”. 

She refused and asked him to 

leave. 

She went to sleep but woke later 

when he came into her bedroom 

a third time. 

“(He) approached the victim 

and placed his hand on top of her 

pyjamas and touched her upper 

leg, breasts and then vagina,” said 

the police summary of facts. 

“The victim told him to leave 

or she would call the cops . . . approximately 

two hours later (he) 

entered the victim’s bedroom 

wearing only a robe. 

“He tried to apologise to the 

victim – she again told him to 

leave or she would call the cops. 

“In a threatening manner (he) 

stated ‘I wouldn’t do that if I was 

you’ and again left the bedroom.” 

The man initially denied the 

offending, but in August pleaded 

guilty to the three charges. 

He was sentenced in the 

district court by Judge Jane Farish 

last month and she released 

her written decision to the NZ 

Herald. 

“For all intents and purposes, 

you were in a caregiving role 

to her. You had been in a longstanding 

relationship with her 

mother . . . you were supposed to 

West Coasters 

Are you living off the Coast and would like to 

keep up with the local news and events? 

be there as someone to look up 

to, a role model, and someone 

who they were encouraged to 

consider as a father figure,” Judge 

Farish told the businessman. 

She said showing the teen the 

video was “a grooming exercise”. 

Judge Farish blasted the man’s 

response to the victim when 

she said she would call police, 

saying it was “forceful” and “an 

adult against a child and as a 

man against a vulnerable young 

woman”. 

“She took that as a threat. She 

did not know what you were going 

to do. From then on, she kept 

that a secret until she could no 

longer hold that in,” she said. 

The man was charged in 2020 

and did not plead guilty until 

this year, which Judge Farish 

criticised. 

“The problem with that course 

of conduct – you are entitled to 

take that – but it locks her into a 

court process which is harmful. 

Really harmful, because it does 

not allow her to move forward,” 

she said. 

“If you were genuinely remorseful, 

you would have put 

your hand up right at the beginning 

and you would have said: 

“I’m sorry,” and you would have 

ABUSE: 

The man 

showed his 

partner’s 

daughter 

a lewd 

video on 

his phone, 

sexually 

assaulted 

her and 

threatened 

her when 

she said 

she’d call the 

police. 

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pleaded guilty to those charges. 

Judge Farish said she needed to 

hold the sex offender accountable 

for the harm he had caused and 

it was evident the incident has 

had a “significant effect” on the 

victim that would be “lifelong”. 

“It is also in order to deter your 

offending, that is, not only to you 

personally but publicly, to others 

who think sexually offending 

against young people, particularly 

in a familial relationship, is 

appropriate,” she said. 

She said given his profession, 

lengthy experience and success in 

his field the man “definitely knew 

better”. 

She accepted he had been 

drinking and his alcohol consumption 

at the time was “most 

probably out of control”. 

She acknowledged he had 

undertaken counselling “for an 

excess of 13 months” to address 

his alcohol issues and to make 

sense of his “serious” offending. 

But that did little to explain his 

actions. 

“The problems in your relationship 

are not an excuse for what 

you did. The problems with your 

financial affairs, again, are not 

an excuse for what you did,” said 

Judge Farish. 

“What you did was, you 

were sexually attracted to the 

complainant and you acted on 

that, and she was vulnerable, and 

you hoped that because of those 

vulnerabilities, you might be successful. 

“You really overstepped both a 

moral boundary but also a criminal 

boundary.” 

The man claimed he was remorseful 

but Judge Farish said it 

was “too late” given he had forced 

the young victim through a 

three-year ordeal in court before 

admitting the offending. 

After considering the facts of 

the case, Judge Farish set a starting 

point of two years in prison. 

The time was reduced slightly 

by the guilty plea – albeit late – 

and the payment to the victim. 

Because the sentence landed 

under the two-year mark the 

man was eligible for home detention 

and Judge Farish ruled that 

was an appropriate punishment. 

“A sentence of home detention 

will have a significant impact 

upon you – it will impact you in 

relation to your employment,” 

she said. 

Judge Farish said to minimise 

the impact of the sentence on the 

man’s business and employees, 

he would serve six months home 

detention. 

He is subject to a further six 

months of special release conditions. 

Judge Farish then granted the 

man permanent name suppression. 

She said his application alone 

was not strong enough to meet 

the threshold to keep his name 

secret. 

But the victim’s fears of being 

identified if the man’s name was 

published satisfied her it was the 

right decision. 

“As a matter of law, she is not 

able to be identified unless she 

wishes to waive that right to be 

identified, and she does not want 

that. She wants to be able to move 

on in her life.” 

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NEWS 13 

Retired builder 

looks to sell 

huge rock 

collection 

• By Dylan Smits 

THE TINY settlement of 

Birdlings Flat is home to New 

Zealand’s largest private rock 

collection. 

But now, Vince Burke says it’s 

time to pass on the 10,000 plus 

pieces he has in his Gemstone 

and Fossil Museum. 

The 85-year-old has been 

collecting rocks since he started 

fishing with his father as a child, 

but time is now catching up with 

him. 

Burke is now looking to sell his 

collection, either in its entirety 

or as individual items, which he 

estimates is worth $650,000. 

Burke opened the museum 

at his Birdlings Flat property 

in 2003 as a way to house his 

steadily growing hoard. 

With nearly every cabinet and 

surface in his bach taken up by 

the rocks, a new storage location 

became necessary. 

“My wife wanted them out.” 

He built a museum building 

on his property and moved the 

collection in. 

The same year the museum 

opened, at age 65, Burke retired 

from his career as a builder. 

Since retiring, he has spent 

numerous hours hunting for even 

RARE FIND: The Gemstone and Fossil museum’s agatised 

or petrified log is a unique find. Weighing 86kg, it is the 

focal piece of the 10,000-strong collection. 

more rocks across New Zealand 

to add to his collection. 

“The passion only grew since.” 

Burke grew up in Addington, 

but he often stayed at his family 

bach in Birdlings Flat. 

During the 1970s, a wave of 

interest in rock collecting swept 

through the area. 

“There was a guy who had quite 

a collection in his garage, and I 

think that triggered my interest a 

bit because I was really fascinated 

by the polishing of them. 

“I think just the beauty of 

a rock, that’s what got me so 

passionate.” 

Burke built his own bach 

in Birdlings Flat in 1971 and 

moved in permanently with his 

wife Colleen in 2013. 

Burke’s main interest is in 

agates, a crystal-like, colourful 

mineral formed inside rocks 

when silica accumulates in gaps. 

One of Burke’s most unique 

discoveries is a petrified 

log, which he says has been 

preserved in agate for about 65 

million years. 

Burke and two other rock 

enthusiasts found the log in 

2007 while digging for agates 

in a creek on one of his regular 

rock hunting trips in the 

Hororata hills. 

“It’s one of the best finds we’ve 

ever had. We didn’t know how 

big it was until we started to get 

it out.” 

The monkey puzzle tree log 

weighed 86kg due to the agate, so 

the trio had to tow it out of the 

creek and roll it on to a truck. 

Burke said he will likely 

donate the log to the Canterbury 

Museum due to its rarity as the 

only fully intact agatised log 

known to him in New Zealand. 

Riverbeds are the best place to 

go agate hunting according to the 

rock hunter. 

“What you’re looking for is 

a chunk of glass. The glass is 

an agate. So it shines and it’s 

translucent.” 

Burke said exploring areas like 

the Ashburton River, Rangitata 

River, Mt Barrosa and Mt Somers 

have all yielded exciting finds. 

Burke doesn’t let his age stop 

him from rock hunting. He 

regularly goes on trips with his 

friends from the Canterbury rock 

club in search of new additions to 

his collection. 

“It keeps me pretty fit and 

active, and I really do like getting 

out there.” 

ROCK 

HOUND: 

Vince Burke, 

85, has been 

collecting 

rocks since he 

was a young 

boy. 

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He is uncertain about the fate 

of his collection. 

Burke has approached the 

Canterbury Museum and Te 

Papa about donating it, but says 

they told him they do not have 

the space. 

He also has the desire to leave 

an inheritance for his three 

children and four grandchildren. 

“If I can sell the collection, I’d 

sooner leave the children some 

money, then a pile of bloody 

rocks.” 

If he does not find a buyer for 

the whole collection, Burke said 

he will try donating a few rare 

pieces to museums and sell the 

rest individually. 

The Gemstone and Fossil 

Museum, on Hillview Rd, is 

open from 9.30am to 5pm, 

seven days a week. 

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Volleyball New Zealand high 

performance beach coach Jason 

Lochhead said having the pair in 

the country is a massive coup for 

the sport – on and off the sand. 

“This is an amazing 

opportunity for our New 

Zealand community to not only 

see and meet one of the best 

players ever in our game, but a 

chance for our players to play 

against him as well,” Lochhead 

said. 

Dalhausser will play alongside 

his regular partner, American 

Taylor Crabb, who also boasts 

an impressive record. 

Crabb won gold at the world 

tour event in Chetumal, Mexico, 

in 2019 and was named AVP 

MVP in 2018 and 2019. 

TEAM: Phil Dalhausser (left) is set to hit the sand in 

Christchurch in February. 

PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES 

Don’t Stop Dreaming 

prioritises 4yo races 

• By Michael Guerin 

DON’T STOP Dreaming may 

have sealed his open class 

credentials at Alexandra Park 

on Sunday night but that doesn’t 

mean he will become a big-time 

regular just yet. 

Because co-trainer Nathan 

Purdon says while Don’t Stop 

Dreaming is good enough to 

compete in a race like the open 

class A$500,000 Hunter Cup in 

a month’s time, they will target 

four-year-old races while they 

can. 

Don’t Stop Dreaming arrived 

in the big time on the last day of 

his three-year-old career. Given 

a beautiful run by Tony Herlihy, 

he blew straight past open class 

stars Old Town Road and Akuta 

in the $60,000 Lincoln Farms 

Franklin Cup. 

It was a comprehensive victory 

against two of the best pacers 

and confirmed what all 

harness racing fans have 

known for months; Don’t Stop 

Dreaming is a Group 1 cups 

horse in waiting. 

He now heads to Victoria with 

stablemate Akuta and while they 

could clash again in some open 

class races this month, when the 

biggest money is up for grabs, 

Don’t Stop Dreaming will revert 

to four-year-old company. 

“He would fit into the Hunter 

Cup on February 3 but that is the 

same night as the four-year-old 

race called The Bonanza,” said 

Purdon. 

“The Hunter Cup is worth 

A$500,000 and the Bonanza 

BIG FUTURE: Co-trainer Nathan Purdon says Don’t Stop Dreaming will focus on four-yearold 

races for the time being, despite being a clear Group 1 cups horse in the making. 

PHOTO: HRNZ 

only A$75,000 but the difference 

is the Bonanza is an automatic 

qualifier for the Chariots Of Fire 

(four-year-olds only) in Sydney a 

month later. 

“That is his big target – the 

race we want to win – so he will 

go to the Bonanza, hopefully 

earn a spot in the Chariots Of 

Fire and then head to Sydney to 

contest that.” 

That will mean Don’t Stop 

Dreaming could ultimately take 

on his arch rival, Merlin, who is 

also being aimed at the Chariots 

but trying to qualify via Sydney. 

If either of the Kiwi four-yearolds 

were to win the Chariots 

they would almost certainly 

get invited to the A$1million 

Miracle Mile a week later. 

Akuta was fairly and squarely 

beaten on Sunday night but 

Purdon says he will improve and 

he was chasing the whole race 

from his 30m back mark. 

“It was always going to be 

tough for him, but he will 

improve with the race and be 

better in Victoria.” 

Old Town Road was a brave 

second and looks to be returning 

to his best now he is home in the 

north. 

Don’t Stop Dreaming’s win 

will also only enhance his 

chances of securing one of the 

10 spots in the $1 million Race 

by Grins at Cambridge on April 

12 as he already looks well and 

truly in the top five or six pacers 

in the country in the slot race 

that should attract at least two of 

Australia’s best pacers. 

– HRNZ 

Homebush 

Lad makes 

Reefton 

Cup history 

WOODEND BEACH trainers 

Greg and Nina Hope created 

history when Homebush Lad 

won the Rosco Contractors 

Reefton Cup on Saturday for 

the third consecutive time – the 

first horse to achieve such a feat. 

“He’s a really cool horse. 

When he’s on song he’s a lovely 

horse to drive. To get three 

Reefton Cups is really cool,” 

said driver Ben Hope. 

Homebush Lad began well 

from his 20m handicap. Settling 

fifth on the markers 

early in a strung out field, Hope 

waited patiently for the right 

time to move, which came at 

1400m when he dashed around 

to lead at the winning post with 

a lap to go. From there Hope 

and the 9-year-old controlled 

the race and shot away at the 

top of the straight to hold on 

and win from Smoke On The 

Water and Johnny Mac. 

“He thrives on these kind 

of circuits. By the time we get 

to day three he’s usually at his 

best. I was reasonably confident 

with him. I thought I’d drive 

him like the best horse in the 

race and see if it pays off. And 

it did!” 

Homebush Lad, owned by 

Adeline Smith, has now won 14 

races and more than $200,000 

in stakes. 

– HRNZ


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CROSSWORD 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

8 

9 10 

329 

SUDOKU 

Every row, column and box should 

contain the digits 1 to 9. 

WordBuilder 

WORDBUILDER 

229 

6 

R T O 

G F E 

11 12 

13 14 15 

16 17 18 19 

How many words of three or more letters, 

How including many plurals, words can you of make three from or the more six 

letters, using each letter only once? No foreign 

words or words beginning with a capital are 

allowed. There's at least one six-letter word. 

once? 

TODAY 

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foam, for, fora, form, FORMAL, fro, from, lam, loaf, 

word. 

loam, mar, marl, moa, molar, moral, oaf, oar, oral, 

ram, roam. 

letters, including plurals, can you make 

from the six letters, using each only 

No words beginning with a capital are 

allowed. There’s at least one six-letter 

Good 22 Very Good 27 Excellent 32 

20 

21 22 23 

24 25 

26 27 

Across 

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9. Stun (4) 

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11. Killjoy (colloq) (6) 

12. Australian state (8) 

13. Attacker (9) 

15. Medal (colloq) (4) 

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17. Persecuted (9) 

21. Avoid (8) 

22. Sunglasses (colloq) (6) 

24. Hindrance (10) 

25. Genuine (4) 

26. Chop (6) 

27. Sleazy (6) 

Down 

1. Filled with envy (7) 

2. Oozes (5) 

3. Spellbind (7) 

5. Alter (6) 

6. Savage (9) 

7. Close of day (7) 

8. Seasoning (4,3,6) 

14. Amends (9) 

16. Of, or produced, by an 

earthquake (7) 

18. Italian rice dish (7) 

19. Precious stone (7) 

20. Garb (6) 

23. Pungent (5) 

Crossword 

Across: 1. Jester, 4. Bauble, 

9. Daze, 10. Tearjerker, 11. 

Wowser, 12. Tasmania, 13. 

Assailant, 15. Gong, 16. 

Scot, 17. Oppressed, 21. 

Sidestep, 22. Shades, 24. 

Impediment, 25. Real, 26. 

Cutlet, 27. Sordid. 

Down: 1. Jealous, 2. Seeps, 

3. Enthral, 5. Adjust, 6. 

Barbarous, 7. Evening, 

8. Salt and pepper, 14. 

Atonement, 16. Seismic, 18. 

Risotto, 19. Emerald, 20. 

Attire, 23. Acrid. 

WordBuilder 

eft, ego, erg, ergo, ergot, 

fetor, foe, fog, for, fore, 

forge, FORGET, fort, forte, 

fret, fro, frog, get, goer, gofer, 

gore, got, grot, oft, ogre, 

ore, ref, reft, ret, roe, rot, 

rote, teg, toe, tog, tor, tore 

DECODER 

Each number represents a different letter of the alphabet. Write the 

given letters into all squares with matching numbers. Now work out 

which letters are represented by the other numbers. 

Decoder 

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St: Thursday – Closed. Friday 7pm - 

Karaoke on the big stage, free. Saturday 

8pm – Live music TBC, free. Monday 7pm 

– Believe It or Not Quiz, prizes, hamper, 

free entry. 

BILL'S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: Thursday 

7pm - Mickey Rat Karaoke. Friday 7.30pm 

- TP Karaoke. Saturday 7pm - Mandi 

Miller. Sunday 6pm - Mickey Rat Karaoke. 

BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St: 

Friday 4pm - DJ Rakinem. Saturday 3pm - 

The Bottlejacks; 6pm - DJ Rakinem. 

CHCH CASINO, 30 Victoria St: Friday 

5.30pm - Steve & Kat; 9pm - End Game. 

Saturday 5.30pm - Fuschia Haze; 9pm - 

Unhinged. 

DEBORAH WILDING: Thursday 18th - 

Sunday 21st Jan - Spirit Fest Sth, Orton 

Bradley Park, Charteris Bay. 

ELECTRIC AVENUE, North Hagley 

Park: Saturday 24th Feb, 11am - The 

Chemical Brothers; Six60; Hybrid Minds; 

L.A.B; Lime Cordiale; Shapeshifter; 

Synthony No.2; Flight Facilities; Lee 

Mvtthews; Cosmo's Midnight; Greentea 

Peng; JessB; Shockone; Fleetmac Wood; 

Lady shaka; Opiuo; The Rions; KC Lights; 

Cassie Henderson; Luca George; Rei; Dick 

Johnson; Frank Booker; Kedu Carlo; 1 

Drop Nation; Ashby; Beacon Bloom; 

Sandi; Aragorn; Corban Tupou; Goose; 

Jack Page; Patella. 

FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday 

5.30pm - The Flirts; 9pm - House of 

Groove. Friday 5.30pm - Steven Gill Trio; 

9pm - Diamond Blue. Saturday 5.30pm - 

Ben & Reuben; 9pm - Black & Gold. 

Sunday 5pm- Mike Ferrar Trio. 

HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd: 

Friday 7pm - Jo's Karaoke. 

LIVE AT THE POINT, Godley House 

Gardens, Diamond Harbour: Sunday 

12pm, 2.30pm & 3.45pm - DJ Drummie 

Dan; 1.30pm - Main Divide; 2.45pm - 

Carmel Courtney; 4pm - Surfing USSR. 

MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: 

Friday 10.30pm - Hired Guns. Saturday 

10.30pm - Smoke & Mirrors. 

NUT POINT CENTRE, 222 Langdales 

Rd, West Melton: Saturday 13th Jan, 

7.30pm - Steph McEwin, tickets $28. 

NZ SPIRIT FESTIVAL SOUTH 

ISLAND 2024, Orton Bradley Park, 

Chateris Bay: Thursday 18th to Sunday 

21st Jan, 10am - Wellness extravaganza 

where you'll immerse yourself in a 

harmonious blend of community, art, 

culture, yoga, dance, fitness, meditation, 

music, talks, education, markets, healers, 

and delicious food. www.nzspirit.com. 

RICHMOND CLUB, 'The Borough', 75 

London St: Friday 7pm - Smooth Talk. 

Saturday 7pm - MindBlank. Sunday 3pm - 

Reminisce with Anthony. 

ROSE & THISTLE, 24a Main North 

Rd: Live music returns Saturday 27th Jan. 

SOUL SEARCHER - MANTRA BAND 

South Island Summer Roadtrip, 22a 

Esplanade, Sumner: Thursday 18th - 

Sunday 21st Jan - Spirit Fest Sth, Orton 

Bradley Park, Charteris Bay; Tuesday 

22nd Jan, 7pm - Risingholme Hall Kirtan 

Party, 99 Hawford Rd, Opawa. 

www.facebook.com/MantraBandNZ 

SUMNER SOCIAL, 22a Esplanade, 

Sumner: Friday 5pm - Live music. 

Saturday 1pm - Live music. 

TAI TAPU HOTEL, 780 Old Tai Tapu 

Rd: Saturday 1pm - Page 28. Sunday 1pm 

- Sign of the Firebird. 

TEMP'S BAR, 21 Goulding Ave: Live 

music returns Saturday 27th Jan. 

THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Friday 

9.30pm - 12 Gauge. Saturday 9.30pm - 

Mama Rock. Sunday 4pm - Stephen 

McDaid. 

THE CHURCH, 124 Worcester St: 

Friday 9pm - Oval Office. 

THE CRAIC IRISH BAR, 84 Riccarton 

Rd: Friday 8pm - Willie McArthur. 

Saturday 9.30pm - Karaoke. 

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: 

Wednesday 24th Jan, 9pm - Titanic. 

THE FEELERS, The Good Home, 2a 

Waterman Pl, Ferrymead: Friday 19th 

Jan, 7.30pm - Reimagined - Greatest Hits 

NZ Tour. 

THE LITTLE FIDDLE, 132 Oxford Tce: 

Thursday 9pm - Topia. Friday, Saturday 

9pm - DJ's. Sunday 4pm - Sunday Session. 

THE GREAT KIWI BEER FESTIVAL, 

North Hagley Park: Saturday 27th Jan, 

11am - Kora Racing; 1 Drop Nation; 

Dophin Friendly; Katie Thompson; Mim 

Jensen. 

THE MAK, 1276 Main North Rd, 

Kainga: Saturday & Sunday - Free 

Jukebox. 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd: 

Friday 9.30pm - In the City. Saturday 

9.30pm - Raisin Tooth. 

THE RICCS, 280 Blenheim Rd: 

Saturday 8.30pm - Sign of the Firebird. 

THE ROCKPOOL, 85 Hereford St: 

Thursday 9pm, Friday 8.30pm, Saturday 

8.30pm, Sunday 8pm - DJ's. 

WOOLSTON SPORTS BAR, 669 

Ferry Rd: Saturday 8pm - Speedboat. 

WEST OXFORD HOTEL, 159 Main St, 

Oxford: Saturday 8.30pm - 12 Gauge. 

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Night works on SH76 

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Orion is installing new 66kV 

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Road from Tuesday 9 January 

until late January. 

Please expect delays and allow extra 

time for your journey. Thank you. 

For more info phone 0800 363 9898 

or visit haveyoursay.oriongroup.co.nz. 

To do this construction work safely, traffic 

management will be in place at night from 

6pm until 6am, Sunday night to Friday 

morning: 

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in each direction 

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• Left in left out access only at Waltham 

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The traffic management will change as work 

progresses. Follow all signs and instructions 

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