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“The way he broke in, he’s clearly 

been in our clubrooms before. 

He’s jumped a fence at an area 

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He would not elaborate on how 

the man gained access – security 

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PRIMARY school pupil 

Richie Tu will be the 

youngest musician on stage 

at the annual Mitre 10 Sparks 

outdoor concert in February. 

The Medbury School 

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Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. 

Richie has been learning 

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Young cellist to perform with CSO 

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Man charged over 

Castle Hill crash 

A man has been charged 

with causing the death of Sue 

Johnson, a Greymouth school 

librarian, following a crash near 

Castle Hill on Sunday. Police 

yesterday confirmed a 47-yearold 

man had been charged with 

careless or inconsiderate vehicle 

operation causing death. He 

is scheduled to appear in the 

district court on Monday. 

Developers drop anchor 

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the linchpins of Christchurch 

housing developer Williams 

Corporation has attracted 

interest domestically and 

overseas. 

Listed at $5.8 million or near 

offer on Trade Me, the 26.5-metre 

long Johnson Yachtsdesigned 

vessel, built in 2007, 

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Williams Corporation cofounders 

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and Blair Chappell own the 

yacht, and charged $10,000 

per day to hire it through their 

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Berthed in Auckland, the 

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month ago with the description 

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just a vessel; it’s an experience 

crafted for those who seek the 

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At 3pm yesterday the listing 

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SMOOTH SAILING: This opulent multi-million dollar yacht has been put on the market 

by the co-founders of Christchurch-based housing developers, Williams Corporation. 

the yacht was on 141 watchlists. 

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NEWS 


Grieving husband ‘forgotten’ 

Eighteen months after 

his wife was murdered 

by a violent mental 

health patient on 

community leave as 

she walked home from 

work, Nemani Tunidau 

has heard nothing 

from the health 

board responsible 

for her killer’s care. 

Sam Sherwood reports 

NEMANI TUNIDAU sits in 

the living room of his Sockburn 

home about a 10-minute walk 

from where he had lived with his 

wife, Laisa Waka Tunidau. 

He vividly recalls dropping her 

off at work and saying goodbye 

for the last time on June 25, 2022, 

before he drove to Waimate for a 

day trip. 

Laisa was on her way home 

that afternoon when she was 

murdered by a stranger, Zakariye 

Mohamed Hussein. 

The killer was an inpatient at 

Hillmorton Hospital and had 

10 years earlier been jailed for a 

stabbing rampage, nearly killing 

a man. 

Following Laisa’s murder, both 

Te Whatu Ora and the Ministry 

of Health announced reviews 

– one into Hussein’s care and 

the other into the secure unit at 

Hillmorton. 

Eighteen months on, Tunidau 

said he’d received no correspondence 

from either agency. 

“Nothing. Not one word.” 

He feels his family has been 

“forgotten”. 

“I feel helpless,” he says. 

“I want to ask them why in 

the first place did they release 

this guy out? They haven’t done 

anything. They haven’t come and 

said sorry for what has happened, 

nothing.” 

Hussein was granted community 

leave from the hospital 

about 2.30pm on June 25, 2022. 

He then took a bus to Sockburn 

and started walking to his family 

home. 

On the way he became angry 

about some issues arising at the 

TRAGIC: Eparama Tunidau flanked by his parents Nemani and Laisa Waka Tunidau before Laisa was murdered by 

Zakariye Hussein on June 25, 2022. Right – A member of the public photographed Hussein during his frightening knife 

rampage across Christchurch in 2012. 

hospital. Earlier that day he was 

frustrated with hospital staff, in 

particular, because they removed 

staples from a newspaper supplement 

advertising real estate 

that he had been examining and 

circling properties he was going 

to purchase. 

He believed God was going to 

give him money so he could buy 

houses and marry staff. While 

walking to his family home he 

saw a man mowing his lawns 

and decided to stab him. At his 

family’s house, he took a steak 

knife from the kitchen drawer 

and put it in his pocket. 

Once he went outside towards 

his intended victim he saw 

two men washing a car and 

considered stabbing them. 

However, he thought it was 

too close to home and did not 

want his own family to witness 

anything. As he walked down 

Cheyenne St, he saw a woman 

walking. He took out the knife 

and stabbed Laisa repeatedly as 

she tried to protect herself. 

He then threw away the knife 

and walked away from the scene. 

Said Tunidau: “If they kept 

that guy on the facility nothing 

would’ve happened. They should 

be the ones who get charged . . . 

they’re the ones whose responsibility 

this is. They let him out.” 

Tunidau pauses to compose 

himself as tears begin to fall 

when he talks about the moment 

he received a text from his son 

asking him to “please pray for 

mum”. 

The 11-year-old had heard the 

sirens and seen emergency services 

arrive, unaware it was his 

mother who lay injured. 

A police officer then knocked 

on the door and spoke with him. 

A relative was arranged to pick 

him up and take him to their 

address. He asked him what 

happened, and was told his mum 

was hurt and was on her way to 

the hospital. 

Tunidau had to break the news 

that evening to the little boy that 

his mum was dead. He then had 

to tell their other three children. 

Hussein was jailed for life, with 

a minimum non-parole period 

of at least 13 years in September 

2022 after pleading guilty to 

murder. 

He also pleaded guilty to injuring 

a nurse with a pen several 

months before the killing. 

In the days after Laisa’s murder 

then Canterbury District Health 

Board chief executive Peter 

Bramley said a serious event 

review would look into the care 

Hussein was provided. 

“I can assure the public that if 

there are recommendations for 

changes to be made as a result of 

our own, or any external review, 

these will be actioned.” 

However, 18 months on, 

Tunidau has heard nothing from 

anyone at Te Whatu Ora, or the 

Ministry of Health. 

“I feel helpless. I’m in a foreign 

land, if I was in Fiji I could just 

go to every department,” he says. 

“Everybody is silent, nobody is 

talking.” 

He also feels “forgotten”. 

“They just forgot about me, 

about what has happened. He’s 

in jail, she’s dead, and the family 

is struggling.” 

The unanswered questions are 

always in the back of his mind, 

often making him angry as he 

asks himself why it has taken so 

long. 

“If they kept that guy on 

the facility nothing would’ve 

happened. They should be the 

ones who get charged . . . they’re 

the ones whose responsibility 

this is. They let him out.” 

Te Whatu Ora Waitaha group 

director of operations Jo Gibbs 

said in a statement to the Herald 

on Sunday she wanted to express 

her condolences to Tunidau for 

his loss and the “continuing 

delays he has experienced” 

waiting to hear more about what 

happened. 

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NEWS 5 

after patient murdered wife 

“On behalf of the team here in 

Waitaha, I am extremely sorry 

that a patient in our care killed 

Mr Tunidau’s wife, and caused so 

much grief, loss, and distress.” 

She said the former health 

board chief executive wrote to 

Tunidau soon after the murder 

to express his sympathies and 

offered to meet him once reports 

were made public. 

Gibbs said that offer still stood, 

but she would now be the person 

to share the findings with him. 

The coroner’s inquiry was 

ongoing and the external review 

was “also being progressed”. 

“At this stage, we don’t have 

a date when the review will be 

finalised. This was an extremely 

serious event and it’s important 

that all relevant information is 

collected, interviews are carried 

out and facts checked as part of 

the review process. 

“This takes time and will 

help ensure the findings are 

meaningful, provide answers to 

all those impacted by this tragic 

event and identify opportunities 

to improve the way we work in 

future.” 

Gibbs said she, along with 

the senior clinical team, would 

be “very happy” to meet with 

Tunidau at any point if it was 

helpful for him and his family. 

Gibbs called Tunidau 

last Friday after getting his 

phone number from the NZ 

Herald. 

Tunidau said she apologised no 

one had said sorry to the family 

and was going to call him again 

this week to arrange to see him 

in person. He could not recall 

having received anything from 

the former DHB chief executive 

at the time as it was “not a happy 

time”, and he met a large number 

of people. 

A Ministry of Health 

spokesman said the director 

of mental health’s inspection 

of Canterbury’s Mental Health 

Services was ongoing, pending 

the findings of Te Whatu Ora’s 

review. 

High-profile victim advocate 

Ruth Money said the lack of 

communication was “absolutely 

FAMILY: Laisa Waka Tunidau (left), Sereana Dontea 

Tunidau, Eparama Tunidau and Nemani Tunidau. 

not good enough”. 

“That exacerbates the harm 

this delay is causing. There’s 

absolutely no reason why Te 

Whatu Ora haven’t reached out 

to the family,” she said. 

“There’s been nothing 

health-like in their response 

whatsoever.” 

She said Te Whatu Ora’s 

comments were “too little too late 

and has only eventuated after the 

Herald contacted them”. 

“They should be ashamed of 

how they are treating, or in fact 

ignoring and revictimising this 

poor family.” 

Money said there was 

“absolutely no reason” why the 

review could not have been 

completed and with the family 

by now. 

“How can Te Whatu Ora claim 

to have learned or improved 

anything if for 18 months the 

report has not been completed?” 

Money, who has been 

advocating for the family, 

said they were the “epitome of 

humanity”. 

“What they’re experiencing is 

the absolutely other end of that 

scale.” 

Tunidau is still coming to 

terms with his dual role as mother 

and father since Laisa’s death. 

He says he tries to be strong for 

their four children, but admits 

it has taken a toll on his health 

with the stress of losing her and 

trying to provide for the family. 

He’s grateful for all the support 

the family has received and says 

their faith has helped them in 

their grief. 

He says the children seem to be 

getting better, but the memories 

and sadness just pop up at any 

moment and bring it all back. 

“It’s so hard to believe that it’s 

happened. You can’t just take it 

out of your mind.” 

Tunidau wants to “stand 

strong” for their children and 

plans to continue working until 

they have their own jobs and 

JUSTICE: Zakariye Mohamed Hussein pleaded guilty to 

murdering Laisa Waka Tunidau. Her grieving husband 

Nemani Tunidau gave an emotional victim impact 

statement at Hussein’s sentencing. 

are set up for their own futures 

in New Zealand. He says he will 

likely then go back to Fiji to live, 

not wanting to be a burden to his 

children. He constantly misses his 

wife, whom he married in 1998. 

“The more I think about it, it 

makes me weaker.” 

On a cabinet in the living room 

is some artwork bearing Laisa’s 

name. Behind it is a picture of 

Laisa taken on her youngest son’s 

PHOTO: 

ANNA LEASK 

PHOTO: 

GEORGE HEARD 

first school trip around Fiji, with 

some wild orchard flowers resting 

just behind. 

It’s a tribute to the woman the 

family miss so dearly. 

“She was so lovely,” 

Tunidau says as he recalls 

the smiling face in the picture. 

She’s my wife. I don’t know if 

I’d ever find another woman 

like that in my life.” 

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NEWS 


Buskers festival is back with fresh 

GAKU IMPRESSED judges in 

Australia and Spain before a 

live audience, and now 

Christchurch festival-goers can 

decide whether the juggling 

drummer has talent. 

The Japanese performer is 

among first-time international 

acts performing at the 31st 

edition of the Bread and Circus 

World Buskers Festival, which 

opens at a range of inner-city 

venues tomorrow. 

Billed as the world’s only 

juggling drum busker, GAKU’s 

fusion of dexterity and 

percussion gained even more 

prominence when he was an 

entrant in Australia’s Got Talent 

in 2022 and then the Spanish 

equivalent last year. 

GAKU, who has more than 

four million followers on TikTok, 

is joined by an American 

contortionist, a British trick 

cyclist, a two-man South 

American “freak show” and 

a dapper South Korean, who 

harks back to the halcyon days 

of Music Hall, in the contingent 

of overseas-based entertainers 

making their Christchurch 

debuts. 

Pint-sized contortionist Leah 

Orleans, her skills honed by 

coaches at Ringling Bros and 

Barnum & Bailey Circus and 

Cirque du Soleil, brings her Tiny 

Big Girl! Show, a captivating 

blend of flexibility, acrobatics and 

clowning from Chicago. 

A performer for 15 years, 

following a family tradition, 

Orleans strives to combine 

classical technique with modern 

humour. 

Hilarity also underpins Wire 

Attire, the stunt unicyclist Sam 

Goodburn, a Brit whose biscuitthemed 

and balance on a tight 

wire has transported him from 

the famed Edinburgh Fringe 

Festival to Japanese schools and a 

Central American orphanage in 

Nicaragua. 

GLOBAL ATTRACTIONS: Buskers from diverse backgrounds 

unite in a common goal to entertain at the Bread and 

Circus World Buskers Festival as GAKU The Juggling 

Drummer (left), Estupida Compania (above) and Leah 

Orleans bring their acts to Christchurch for the first time. 

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VARIETY SHOW: Sam Goodburn (above) and The 

Charming JAY are poised to showcase their contrasting 

skills while Architect of Air: Arborialis Luminarium provides 

a pathway for visitors to wander, explore and relax at their 

leisure. 

Further south, street performers 

from Argentina and Uruguay 

combine to flaunt their knifethrowing, 

whip-cracking and 

walking over broken glass skills 

through Estupida Compania 

– Indomitable, which unsurprisingly 

translates to Stupid 

Company. 

Jeremias Medina Montero 

(Argentina) and Martin Alarcon 

Haro (Uruguay) have been displaying 

a reckless disregard for 

personal safety throughout their 

home continent and Europe 

since 2016. 

While Korean music is often 

associated with Psy’s Gangnam 

Style and K-Pop, The Charming 

JAY (Jisu Park) marches to a 

different beat, mixing classical 

magic with elegance, pizzazz and 

showmanship to take his crowd 

back to a bygone era. 

While there is undeniably an 

exotic flavour to the 10-day programme, 

home-grown talent has 

not been overlooked with local 

favourites MulletMan & MiM 

back to highlight their acrobatic, 

juggling, contortion and foot 

archery prowess. 

Returning overseas acts 

include Australian Guru Dudu’s 

silent disco walking tours, where 

the public who participate are 

the stars before bemused onlookers. 

There are three busking pitches 

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adults this weekend while at the 

other end of the age spectrum, 

there is a kids gala at Isaac Theatre 

Royal during the festival’s 

closing weekend. 

Meanwhile, the most expansive 

act at the festival has only 

one human component – the 

people who venture into Architects 

of the Air: Arborialis Luminarium, 

an immersive labyrinth 

in Cathedral Square. 

A global phenomenon for 

the past 30 years, the UK-based 

attraction is a 1000sq m 

inflatable artwork with tunnels 

and cavernous domes, a 

mesmerising sensory-driven 

experience of colour, light and 

sound. 

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January 28. Details on 

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her partner, Andre, are 

desperate to leave the 

country after seven 

windows in their RV 

were smashed in the 

red zone. 

•From page 1 

Liss said after picking a 

“quiet and abandoned” part 

of Christchurch on January 8 

to park their RV, she and her 

partner were woken suddenly at 

5.45am by the sound of smashing 

glass. 

“I bolted upright all at once. 

I was made aware of what had 

happened, the sleep-induced 

delay of my response made it so 

the car sped away completely 

scot-free,” Liss said. 

“It left me and Andre standing 

in the middle of our shattered 

home, I sobbed and shook.” 

Seven windows in their 

Daihatsu RV were smashed while 

they were in the red zone. Police 

confirmed they are investigating 

the incident. The tourists’ 

struggled to get the van windows 

fixed, given the age of the vehicle. 

Liss said she has been 

“inundated” with panic attacks 

since the vandals struck the RV. 

She said the incident “allowed” 

her to accept what she had been 

thinking ever since she arrived in 

the country at the end of October 

– that she hates it here. 

Her bio on TikTok reads: 

“New Zealand is killing us”. And 

on Instagram she captioned a 

recent post: “Special thanks to @ 

purenewzealand for making this 

one hell of a ‘vacation’.” 


‘NZ is killing us’ 

She responded to a comment 

on a previous post about where 

she may go next, saying “sure as 

f*** not this rock in the sea”. 

Liss, who was born in 

Colorado, and her partner 

are now desperate to leave 

the country. Liss said she has 

felt nothing but “unsafe and 

unwelcome” since their arrival. 

“It’s destroying me to continue 

to push through each day. It’s 

destroying Andre too. 

“We both have each other but 

that feels like a lame excuse to 

keep trudging uphill in a place 

where neither of us are happy. 

“We’re going to be leaving as 

soon as we can.” – NZ Herald 

•From page 1 

Said Haughey: “That was the 

moment I knew I wanted to take 

her home as she had chosen me.” 

Jess is Haughey’s fifth dog 

adopted from the animal 

shelter in the last 30 years and 

offers her so much more than 

companionship. 

“Going through chemotherapy 

over the last year, with all its 

horrid side effects, as well as a 

double mastectomy has tested me 

and my family to the limits, but 

simply looking at Jess has filled 

my heart with warmth, love, 

satisfaction and a strong feeling 

of contentment in that I know we 

have saved each other,” she said. 

“For all the countless days 

where I lay on the couch feeling 

rock bottom, Jess would climb up 

and snuggle into me as if trying 

to share and ease my pain and 

discomfort. It worked and gave 

me hope and belief that we could 

beat this horrid disease together.” 

Haughey has recently been 

discharged from the oncology 

department as her doctors are 

satisfied that she is cancer free. 


NEWS 9 

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we could beat this 

disease together’ 

“Jess has played an integral 

part in my life to get me 

to this point and I love her 

unconditionally.” 

To anyone thinking about 

getting a new dog, Haughey said 

think seriously about saving a 

dog from the animal shelter. 

“Dogs end up at the shelter 

through no fault of their own 

and they all deserve to find a 

forever home to receive the love, 

responsible care, and affection 

from their owners. That love, 

care and affection is repaid in 

abundance by the dogs and can 

greatly enrich people’s lives.” 

She said it is a hassle-free 

process to visit the shelter and 

assess the dogs that best suit your 

needs and lifestyle. 

“The staff are all heavily 

invested in the process and 

collectively they all want the 

outcomes to be positive for both 

the animal and the adopters. 

When you take a dog from the 

shelter, you know they are in 

good health, vaccinated and the 

costs are minimal,” she said. 

•Time running out, page 10 

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‘Cancer does not choose those who 

can afford help and treatment’ 

• By Daniel Alvey 

LIZ MORRISH has a good 

reason to make every day a good 

day – she has been given only 

four-to-five months to live. 

The 68-year-old was diagnosed 

with bowel cancer five years ago, 

and after a number of operations 

thought she was in the clear. 

“December 2022 they discovered 

it had metastasized into my 

lungs so it was then stage four 

terminal cancer. 

“So I’ve had 13 rounds of 

chemo, two different lots of 

drugs, both stopped working. 

“So there are no more options 

for me drug-wise, unless you pay 

for it which is exorbitant, and 

no guarantees of making much 

difference. 

“It’s pretty tough,” Liz said. 

Liz does not want to think 

about the time she has left. 

Instead, having lived in Lincoln 

all her life on her family’s 

150-year-old farm, she decided 

to do something to help the community. 

Liz and friends have organised 

a game of walking netball on 

Sunday at the Lincoln Event 

Centre, with funds going to the 

ACTIVE: Given four-to five months to live, Liz Morrish has 

organised a fundraiser to help fellow cancer sufferers. 

Selwyn Cancer Society. 

“The fundraiser is about helping 

those who are less fortunate 

than I am, because cancer does 

not choose those who can afford 

help and treatment,” she said. 

Always sporty, Liz has played 

netball, badminton, tennis, and 

more recently golf. 

“I’ve got to keep doing something,” 

she said. 

Lincoln-based teams the 

Lustys and Springlincs, which 

have been playing netball locally 

and at the masters games over 

the past 25 years, will face off 

again, this time for a good cause. 

“We’ve been rivals and friends 

for many years and over a couple 

of wines we decided to do something. 

“We’re all too old to actually 

play netball so we decided to do 

a walking netball, which is actually 

a sport.” 

Liz said she has received great 

support from Lincoln businesses, 

which have provided items for 

raffles for the fundraiser. 

“It has been fabulous, not one 

single person turned me down. 

It has been so generous so I’m 

blown away and very humbled.” 

Helping organise the afternoon 

is Lincoln resident Carol 

Townsend. 

“The Lincoln community is 

very caring . . . and Liz is such a 

lovely person,” Carol said. 

As well as the lung cancer, Liz 

also has a tumour in her lower 

groin and in the past fortnight 

found out the cancer has spread 

even further. 

“Last week I lost the use of 

my right hand completely . . . 

ended up a night in hospital and 

had a brain scan, and it has now 

moved into my brain.” 

This time there may be options 

for surgery or radiation 

treatment to regain control of 

her right hand, but Liz is yet to 

decide on whether she’ll pursue 

them. 

Along with the fundraiser Liz 

has decided to get some bucket 

list travel items ticked off. 

“This week we’re going down 

south. I’ve always wanted to go 

to Doubtful Sound and have a 

look around if they can get me in 

a kayak . . . my ultimate one is to 

go to Rarotonga. 

“I’m making the most of 

everything now, there’s no point 

sitting at home saying ‘poor 

me’, I have to create the best 

memories I can from now on in.” 

• The walking netball 

fundraiser will be held 

at 4pm on Sunday at 

the Lincoln Event Centre. 

Admission $10 for adults, 

children free. An aftermatch 

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NEWS 

Witnesses 

sought 

after shark’s 

grim killing 

INVESTIGATORS probing 

the grisly killing of a pregnant 

shark on New Brighton Beach 

are appealing for more witnesses, 

while refusing to confirm whether 

the knife-wielding individuals 

have been identified. 

The Ministry for Primary Industries 

was alerted to the incident 

after a graphic video showing the 

school shark being cut open went 

viral. 

An adult and two boys were 

involved in the incident, with MPI 

animal welfare director compliance 

and response Glen Burrell 

saying they would be made aware 

of their responsibilities under the 

Animal Welfare Act. 

There was no indication if 

prosecution was an option but the 

shark was not killed according to 

Fisheries New Zealand guidelines. 

Guidelines to minimise suffering 

include severing its spine across 

the back of its head, Burrell said. 

“While there appears to be some 

attempt to do this, we consider the 

shark was made to suffer unnecessary 

pain and distress.” 

Some witnesses have been 

interviewed. Others are asked to 

contact MPI on 0800 008333. 

• By Dylan Smits 

THE PARENTS of a young girl 

who said a stranger tried to pick 

her up as she walked home from 

school have laid a complaint 

over the way police handled the 

case. 

Police have closed their 

investigation, saying their 

inquiries yielded no leads. 

But the parents are concerned 

about the investigation and 

have laid a complaint with the 

Independent Police Conduct 

Authority. 

“I also would like to know 

what they’ve actually done in 

relation to this investigation,” the 

girl’s father told The Star. 

A man allegedly approached 

the 8-year-old outside Lyttelton 

Primary School on December 12, 

saying her parents had told him 

to pick her up. 

She ran home when the 

stranger did not know a 

password she and her parents 

had created should anyone she 

didn’t know approach her. 

The father said he believed 

police did not check CCTV 

cameras, which could have 

provided clues to the vehicle 

the stranger could have been 


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The officer he was dealing with 

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around Lyttelton. 

The father also says he told 

police about a grey vehicle which 

could have been involved in 

another girl being approached at 

Opawa School, also in December. 

The person associated with 

that vehicle had similar features 

to the man who his daughter said 

approached her. 

The father’s inquiries have also 

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footage is deleted after about 

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deleted because of storage costs. 

CCTV footage on Norwich 

Quay is stored in a city council 

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Police would not comment on 

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NEWS 15 

Te Kaha stadium 

reaches new heights 

TE KAHA – Canterbury’s 

multi-use arena – has hit a new 

milestone, with the first of 40 

radial trusses being installed. 

The trusses are large steel 

structures that will support the 

roof of the 30,000 seat arena. 

“The individual steel components 

are delivered to site and assembled 

into large radial trusses. 

Each truss weighs between 45 

and 75 tonnes and will be lifted 

into place by a 400-tonne crane 

that we have brought in for 

the job,” said Te Kaha project 

delivery chief executive David 

Kennedy. 

The radial trusses and roof 

structure will continue to be 

built and installed over the next 

12 months. 

“This is an exciting milestone in 

the project. Passers-by will start 

to see the spectacular scale of the 

arena as the 37m-tall trusses are 

put in place. When finished, Te 

Kaha will stand 48m at its highest 

point, or around seven stories 

high,” said Kennedy. 

Construction of the $683 

million stadium is due to be 

completed midway through 

2026 after years of planning 

conjecture and stalled progress. 

SKY HIGH: The first of 40 radial trusses has been installed 

on Te Kaha arena. 

PHOTO: NEWSLINE 

Theatre’s shipping 

containers removed 

• By Geoff Sloan 

THE EYESORE shipping 

containers that have been 

propping up the facade of the 

former Odeon Theatre for more 

than a decade have finally been 

removed. 

Their removal from the front of 

the Tuam St building will allow 

temporary structural strengthening 

work to begin. 

The 19th century Italianatestyle 

building opened in 1883, 

and is the oldest masonry theatre 

in New Zealand. 

It was badly damaged in the 

February 22, 2011 earthquake, 

with Environment Canterbury 

buying the category 1 heritage 

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building in 2020, on an ‘as is, 

where is’ basis. 

The auditorium and rear section 

of the Odeon Theatre was 

demolished in 2015 due to safety 

concerns. 

ECan called for public feedback 

last year on what should happen 

to the historic building, but a 

decision on its future is yet to be 

made. 

Repairs to the road and 

surrounding footpaths are 

expected to be completed by 

March, allowing the path and 

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New wildfire research aims 

Heist, humour 

novels planned 

for residency 

CRAFTING a literary heist 

novel will be the goal for author 

Nic Low when he returns to 

Canterbury University to take up 

one of two Ursula Bethell Writers 

in Residence placements. 

“I’ll be working on a novel about 

a group of Māori soldiers who, 

heading home through London 

after World War 1, decide to rob 

the British Museum,” said Low. 

“The idea is to write a literary 

heist novel that explores how we 

think about taonga as living ancestors, 

and the legacy of colonial 

museums. I guess I’m interested 

in who gets to keep what they 

stole, and why.” 

Wellingtonian Pip Adam will 

take up the residency in the 

second half of the year. Adam will 

work on a new novel that explores 

the ways humour is weaponised. 

“It’s kind of fuelled by all the 

times I’ve been told I need to 

‘lighten up’ or that it’s ‘just a 

joke’. I have written a bit toward 

the novel but I’m really looking 

forward to challenging what I’ve 

written and being open to the 

possibility of starting over,” she 

said. 

to protect communities 

CANTERBURY University 

researchers are building models 

to give more accurate predictions 

of where large wildfires could 

spread as they burn. 

Associate 

Professor in 

atmospheric 

dynamics, 

Marwan 

Katurji, who 

was an expert 

witness for the 

Port Hills fire 

and is studying 

the Lake Ōhau 

Marwan 

Katurji 

fire incident, is creating detailed, 

localised modelling systems that 

provide accurate predictions 

of fire spread by incorporating 

weather changes driving fire 

behaviour. 

The research comes as New 

Zealand faces its worst fire season 

for years. 

Wildfire costs in New Zealand 

since 2017 have reached $82 

million. 

“Previous studies assessing the 

future wildfire risk in Aotearoa 

New Zealand have found that 

climate change will increase fire 

risk in many regions, so being 

able to get ahead of fires and 

their movement will be crucial 

FIRE MODELLING: Marwan Katurji, who was an expert 

witness for the Port Hills fire, is creating detailed, localised 

modelling systems to predict fire spread. PHOTO: RNZ 

in protecting communities and 

the environment,” said Katurji. 

He said the models are 

considered high-fidelity and 

use atmospheric and spatial 

predictions, meaning “they can 

represent specific locations’ realtime 

conditions, unlike other 

models which use data that is 

not tied to a specific location to 

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forecast said it would?’ Well, 

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to predict the forecast underestimate 

the processes causing 

rain at the very local scale, so 

the actual rain happening in 

Canterbury isn’t represented in 

those models.” 

Katurji hopes the models can 

be used in fighting wildfires and 

in fire engineering. 

“Ideally Fire and Emergency 

New Zealand will use this technology 

to predict or re-analyse 

real-time movement of the fire 

so they can get ahead of where it 

is going, but fire engineers could 

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practices to protect against 

fire by understanding how fire 

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impacts fire behaviour.” 

For understanding extreme 

fire behaviour, the team has 

been running fire whir experiments 

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Said Katurji: “During these 

world-first field-scale experiments 

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Currently there is no theory 

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insights on fire movement 

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18 

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Dream of cycling around 

A decade ago, James 

Beatty had decided 

he did not want to be 

someone who worked 

9-5 for the rest of his 

life. So he packed up 

his life and started 

travelling across the 

world. Reporter 

Daniel Alvey finds out 

how he does it 

‘ONCE YOU learn to ride a 

bicycle, you never forget’. This 

was the saying author James 

Beatty relied on when he set off 

with his partner for an 11,000km 

ride across Africa. 

“I hadn’t owned a bike since I 

was 14-years-old,” Beatty said. 

His partner McKenzie Barney 

was more prepared, having spent 

the last five years cycling around 

the world. 

“I’d never had panniers on a 

bike or anything with different 

weight when it’s strapped onto 

the front forks and back,” Beatty 

said. 

“It was definitely a learning 

curve, she was all fit and ready to 

cycle and I was not.” 

Beatty, 33, has now released 

a book about his six-month 

adventure between October 2021 

and March 2022 called The Road 

South: An adventure 

cycling the length of Africa. 

Their journey took them 

through Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, 

Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, 

Botswana, Namibia, and 

finished in Cape Town, South 

Africa. 

Beatty grew up in Leeston 

before moving to Christchurch 

for a couple of years. 

In 2013, while living in the 

city, Beatty said he had two 

dreams back-to-back 

which kicked off his 

global adventure. 

“In our early 20s, 

we all think: ‘Is this 

it?’ You’re doing 

the exact same 

thing as what 

your parents 

are doing at 

that time. 

“You 

work a 

40-hour 

week, you 

empty 

the 

dishwasher, 

do 

the laundry, 

collect a 

paycheck, 

and pay 

the bills,” 

Beatty 

said. On 

the third 

morning, he 

woke up and told his partner at 

the time he was going to travel 

the world. A couple of months 

later he was off and he has never 

looked back. 

Over the years that followed, 

he has walked the length of New 

Zealand, from Mexico to Canada, 

through the High Andes, and 

over the Himalayas. 

Beatty has hitchhiked across 

North and South America, Europe, 

and Australia. 

Before the Covid pandemic, 

Beatty would only spend a maximum 

of four to six weeks in one 

place. During Covid he hunkered 

down in Mexico 

for months, the longest 

he had stopped since 

starting his journey. 

Early on in the 

African journey, 

they quickly discovered 

traversing 

the continent was 

proving to be 

tricky. 

While Egypt is 

a common spot 

for tourists, 

they found 

anywhere 

beyond the 

tourist areas is 

somewhat offlimits. 

“Day two we 

got stopped and 

the police said 

we had to turn around and go 

back to Cairo.” 

Then the police escorted them 

onto a train to Luxor, a city in 

Upper Egypt. Once off the train, 

they had a police escort for the 

remainder of Egypt constantly 

following them at about 10km/h. 

“The police were with us the 

whole time (on the train). 

“For the rest of the time (in 

Egypt) we had police behind us 

in their vehicles.” 

But if they thought 

Egypt was interesting 

they then rode into 

a political coup 

in Sudan. 

“It was the 

day before 

my birthday, 

and I had 

teed up a 

call with 

mum and 

dad back 

in New 

Zealand 

and the 

next day 

there was 

no phone 

service.” 

It 

wasn’t 

until later 

in the 

day they 

realised 

Prime 

Minister Abdalla Hamdok had 

been kidnapped and the military 

had taken over, knocking out 

all connectivity to the outside 

world. 

“When we cycled into the 

capital Khartoum it was like 

a ghost town . . . there were 

military tanks and humvees 

everywhere and just two white 

people on bicycles.” 

The pair then spent two 

weeks in a hotel before flying to 

Ethiopia due to the land border 

being closed. 

That was not the only close 

call they had. In northern Kenya 

they were targeted by a flying 

spear. While cycling a teenager 

ran out from behind tree and 

threw a spear, which landed 

about 30cm from Beatty’s back 

tyre. 

“I’m sure if he wanted to hit 

us he could have, I think it was 

more of a scare tactic to get us 

out of their land,” Beatty said. 

“It was safe to say we didn’t 

stop riding for a while after that.” 

The pair had mixed 

experiences when cycling 

through some of the more 

remote parts of the continent. 

“We were cycling through 

villages that hadn’t seen white 

people for over 10 years. 

“There were teenagers who as 

soon they saw us were yelling out 

what translated from swahili to 

english as ‘white devil’. 

HIGHWAY: McKenzie 

Barney and James 

Beatty on the road in 

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the world made a reality 

“They would be yelling at our 

bikes, calling them ‘white devil 

horses’ and throwing stones at 

us.” 

To help them through some 

communication issues they had 

a ‘magic letter’. It explained what 

they were doing in each of the 

languages. 

“For the most part if we’re 

stopped by military or police we 

would show them that, and they 

would smile and tell us to head 

on our way.” 

If that failed they would keep 

a certain amount of cash with 

them for bribes when required. 

Each day they were averaging 

180-200km on their bikes, riding 

for five or six days at a time then 

taking a day off. 

For the most part, they would 

use a tent, with the treat being 

brothels used by truck drivers. 

“We would have to go and 

talk to the girls and see if it was 

possible to rent a room for a 

whole night just to sleep. 

“It would be a mattress 

that would be pee stained, no 

bed sheets, no pillowcases or 

anything like that, but that was 

almost our luxury.” 

Traversing the continent, they 

also found pockets of European 

colonisation. 

“In West Africa, down in 

Namibia, it was the Germans. 

We were in the capital city of 

Windhoek (Namibia) and they 

would have beer halls. So you 

would have a beer garden where 

you could get a pint of beer 

and pork knuckle. Then a week 

later you’d be back in mud hut 

villages.” 

When they arrived in 

Capetown, South Africa, Beatty 

was exhausted. 

“Over six months of eating 

two-minute noodles, and packets 

of oatmeal we were pretty 

skinny.” 

“The energy levels were 

dipping,” Beatty said. 

The last few weeks they were 

getting into summer, with the 

temperature getting up to about 

45 deg C. The hottest day was in 

the Sahara Desert earlier on in 

the trip – about 52 deg C. 

HEAT: James Beatty riding through the desert in Sudan where temperatures would reach about 50 deg C. A common 

site on the road were mud and thatched roof huts like this one in Zambia. 

Beyond some sores from the 

seat, the pair finished the ride in 

good condition and with a good 

tan. 

“I was wearing sandals the 

whole time, so the tops of my feet 

were half African by the end.” 

While they did not struggle 

with getting water, the water 

they were getting was like 

something from a cow trough. 

“We would have chlorine and 

iodine tablets that we would 

drop into the water.” 

On the ride, they struggled 

with the heat in some parts. 

“There was heat exhaustion a 

few times a week when we went 

to the Sahara with 50 deg C plus 

every day. You’d be on the verge 

of vomiting or sh**ting your 

pants because of the heat.” 

Despite the tough going Beatty 

loved it. 

“I’d never been to Africa 

before that. I’m glad I’ve gone 

and now I’m itching to go back. 

“I’m itching to get into the 

centre of Africa and the Congo.” 

Over the past decade, Beatty 

has travelled to more than 100 

countries but still has yet to see 

it all. 

“I’ve seen a little bit. I haven’t 

been to Antarctica, I haven’t 

travelled to China or Mongolia, 

or Russia and Siberia.” 

Beatty compared his travel 

style to a buffet. 

“Do you go to a buffet 

restaurant and just eat the 

chicken and corn soup? Or 

do you go and have a taster of 

everything and try the sushi, the 

mac and cheese etc? So by the 

end of it, you’ve at least had a 

little taste test of everything.” 

FINISH: McKenzie Barney 

and James Beatty at the 

end of their journey in Cape 

Town, South Africa. 

For the most part, Beatty lives 

off the smell of an oily rag to 

fund his adventures. 

“Over the years I’ve picked up 

either tree planting or carpentry 

jobs.” 

Every 18 months Beatty would 

pick up two to three months’ 

worth of work. 

“I really don’t work that 

much. In the last 10 years, if you 

calculated all the work, I would 

probably have done less than two 

years of work.” 

Annually he lives off about 

$8000-$10,000. 

While Beatty has no 

immediate plans for his next big 

adventure he is planning to slow 

down in the years to come. 

“Now we’re getting older we 

don’t have to travel the entire 

time. So we could travel for 

eight months and then stop for 

months in a beachside town or 

something. 

“That’s what we’ve done for the 

last year.” 

The pair will be back in New 

Zealand in April where they 

will do a book tour and screen 

Barney’s film Cycling the World. 

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All-rounder back in spotlight 

with record-breaking innings 

• By Sam Coughlan 

OLD BOYS Collegians 

all-rounder Dylan Hunter 

isn’t holding out hope of an 

immediate Canterbury recall 

after a record-breaking innings 

in the Christchurch Metro 

premier competition. 

Hunter slammed 180 runs off 

just 86 balls against Heathcote 

at Elmwood Park on Saturday, 

including 15 fours and a record 

16 sixes to set a new record for 

the highest score in the history of 

the one-day competition, breaking 

the previous best of 178 set 

by Sydenham’s Bevon Jacobs in 

January last year. 

But Hunter is not expecting 

that to culminate in an immediate 

return to domestic cricket. 

He played four games for 

Canterbury in October and 

November while the side was in 

the midst of an injury crisis, and 

enjoyed the environment. 

“The coaches are going to pick 

and choose what’s best for the 

team, and there’s a few people 

back now from international 

duties and back from injury, so I 

don’t imagine that I’ll be in and 

around it (the team).” 

The 29-year-old was disappointed 

with how he took his 

chance when he got an opportunity 

to play. 

“I probably didn’t have the 

same intent there as to what I 

can normally bring,” Hunter 

said. 

He scored just 102 runs across 

five innings in the Plunket Shield 

• By Sam Coughlan 

THE CHRISTCHURCH Metro 

one-day competition ticks over 

its halfway point this weekend as 

the ladder starts to take shape. 

A top-of-the-table clash between 

East Shirley and Burnside 

West Uni headlines the round 

with both teams coming off wins 

last week and occupying the top 

spots on the ladder. 

East Shirley will be armed with 

Canterbury batter Leo Carter 

who scored 141 not out in their 

win over Sydenham last week, 

while experienced captain and 

all-rounder Matthew Hay will 

boost Burnside. 

Defending champions Old 

Boys Collegians will look to get 

back to winning ways against 

St Albans, having gone down to 

Heathcote last week. 

Record-scoring Dylan Hunter 

and Ford Trophy competitions 

at strike rates of 32.6 and 42 runs 

per hundred balls respectively. 

But after being dropped from 

the team when players returned, 

Hunter went and quietly worked 

on his game. 

“I did some reflection and it 

was probably a mix of going 

away and working on my swing 

and wanting to have a little more 

intent,” he said. 

That resulted in his whirlwind 

knock against Heathcote. 

will provide the spark for Old 

Boys, while St Albans will look 

to Matthias Paltridge to continue 

his good form with the bat, 

after he made 86 not out against 

Lancaster Park. 

Win-less Sydenham will have 

the task of beating Heathcote, 

who completed the highest 

run chase in the competition’s 

history last week when they 

chased 341 against Old 

Boys. 

Tyler Lortan scored 144 in 

that game and Heathcote will 

hope the former Canterbury 

representative continues to 

impress. 

Sydenham promoted allrounder 

Raunaq Kapur to open 

the batting last week and while 

the move didn’t pay dividends 

(he scored two runs) they will 

back him to score in conjunction 

with Bevon Jacobs. 

Said Hunter: “I was really 

pleased with the way I went 

about each ball as well, maybe a 

younger version of myself would 

have hit a couple of sixes and got 

carried away with it. But now it’s 

just about playing each ball as it 

comes.” 

Hunter came to Christchurch 

from Sydney in January last year, 

and said a lack of further opportunities 

was a part of the reason 

for his move. 

“I was playing second XI there 

Lancaster Park and Merivale- 

Papanui meet in the other game, 

coming off a narrow win over 

St Albans and a massive loss to 

Burnside respectively. 

Park batter Kalhan Marc 

Challu top-scored 83 last 

week in a season that has seen 

some fine form from him, and 

Merivale-Papanui will hope Bert 

Medhurst shows his all-round 

abilities again after taking four 

wickets and scoring 37 in a 

losing cause. 

POWER: Dylan Hunter 

plays a shot during his 

record-breaking innings 

against Heathcote at 

Elmwood Park. PHOTO: 

EMMA BREITMEYER 

(for New South Wales), but for 

me I felt like there was a lot of 

depth and there were plenty 

of players that could do what I 

did. 

“I had some friends that played 

for Canterbury (Daniel Sams 

and Mitchell Claydon) and they 

spoke really highly of the set-up 

here and of Christchurch as 

a place.” 

He said he sees himself being 

in the Garden City for a long 

time – even if he’s still completing 

a physiotherapy degree back 

home. 

“I’ve done the bulk of my 

university, still have a few placements 

to do so I have to go back 

(to Sydney) and tick those off 

and keep that moving forward,” 

he said. 

“In the winters I’d love to 

travel around and play cricket 

and get my uni done, but for the 

summers, I definitely would like 

to be here and be involved for as 

long as possible.” 

Metro premier competition still wide open 

Standings (three 

games played) 

East Shirley 21; Burnside 

21; Old Boys 21; 

Heathcote 20; Lancaster 

Park 20; St Albans 11; 

Merivale-Papanui 10; 

Sydenham 0 

IMPACT: East Shirley’s Leo Carter plays a sweep shot 

against Sydenham’s Raunaq Kapur during his innings of 

141 not out. PHOTO: KEVIN CONGDON



SPORT 21 

Lucky golfer’s shot 

at world stage 

A CASUAL nine-hole game of 

midweek golf with friends has 

earned a Waimairi Beach golfer a 

‘once in a lifetime’ shot at flying 

off to Scotland to play in a world 

invitational golf tournament 

leading into the famed Open 

Championship. 

Karalyn Johnston was randomly 

selected as a monthly 

winner in a promotion being run 

by Golf New Zealand. The highly 

patronised event, called Make 

Time Play 9, runs throughout 

summer, and encourages golfers 

of all ages and skill levels across 

the country to participate in a 

shorter format of the game. 

Golfers go in the prize draw 

by simply submitting their 

nine-hole score card. As a 

starter for winning the most 

recent monthly draw, Johnston 

won return airfares and 

accommodation to Queenstown 

to compete in the Make Time 

Play 9 final event – being 

held in March in conjunction 

with the New Zealand Open 

championship. 

Johnston will join eight other 

winners from around New 

Zealand to tee up for nine holes 

at Millbrook – with the two best 

players going on to represent 

New Zealand at the R&A ninehole 

challenge on the eve of the 

152nd Open Championship at 

the Royal Troon Golf Club in 

Scotland in July. The world final 

will feature 42 nine-hole players 

from 22 countries. 

‘I feel a bit like Lydia Ko/ 

Ryan Fox. I’ll certainly be 

hitting the driving range 

and putting greens over 

the coming months to get 

in a bit of extra practice, 

as there’s a lot on the 

line for winning’ – Karalyn 

Johnston 

Johnston, who plays off a 22 

handicap, says winning a trip to 

Queenstown wasn’t on her mind 

when playing in the qualifying 

lucky draw nine-hole round. 

“Just winning a trip to 

Queenstown is an amazing 

prize . . . let alone being in with 

a chance to go and play the leadin 

event for one of the world’s 

most special golfing majors,” 

the 67-year-old said, who was 

introduced to the sport by her 

golf-loving husband, Michael. 

“I feel a bit like Lydia Ko/Ryan 

Fox. I’ll certainly be hitting the 

driving range and putting greens 

over the coming months to get in 

a bit of extra practice, as there’s a 

lot on the line for winning.” 

Golf New Zealand golf 

development general manager 

Thiem Nguyen said the Make 

Time Play 9 initiative truly was a 

“money can’t buy experience” for 

every golfer enjoying nine-holes 

over the coming months. 

“For two lucky amateur Kiwi 

golfers who play the sport for 

the pure love of it, they will 

have the opportunity to play on 

the same golf course as Rory 

McIlroy, Ryan Fox, and the best 

professional golfers in the world 

in conjunction with The Open 

Championship,” said Nguyen. 

“I know that Karalyn, along 

with the other qualifying 

finalists, will be excited about the 

Queenstown experience, and will 

practicing incredibly hard over 

the coming weeks and months to 

BIG CHANCE: Karalyn Johnston was randomly selected to 

compete in the Make Time Play 9 final, giving her a chance 

at representing New Zealand at an invitational match 

ahead of The Open Championship. 

sharpen up their games – 

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finals. 

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made in the middle February so 

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Players ‘raring’ to resume interclub early 

• By Diane Keenan 

CANTERBURY’S premier 

players could not be happier to 

get on court earlier than usual 

for the second round of the 

interclub competition. 

Interclub is set to resume 

two weeks earlier than last 

season, with the women playing 

tomorrow night and the men on 

Saturday afternoon. 

Cashmere captain Tim 

Meredith said Tennis 

Canterbury general manager 

Bevin Johns has improved the 

competition with some positive 

changes. 

“The new competition format 

is great from a player perspective 

– it means more tennis. We are 

now raring to get back on court. 

“Bevan is doing an amazing 

job. He definitely has the locker 

room support for what he is doing 

for our sport.” 

Johns said the interclub format 

now includes five round robin 

games followed by the semifinals 

and final. 

Tim and brother James 

Meredith will be in the top 

slots to play Te Kura Hagley 

on Saturday at Te Kura Hagley. 

The regulars are also back for 

Cashmere, apart from Lucas 

Evans who will be in Wellington 

playing an International 

Tennis Federation (ITF) junior 

tournament. Evans’ regular 

double’s partner Liam Barrett is 

available and Tim McHarg who 

was injured in his first match 

earlier this season, has recovered 

and will play doubles. In the 

women’s competition Elmwood 

captain Louise Oxnevad is 

feeling positive about the 

interclub competition. Elmwood 

will play Shirley in a repeat of the 

semi-final from the 

pre-Christmas competition, in 

which three of the five roundrobin 

matches were cancelled 

due to bad weather. 

“I actually think this round 

of the competition will be more 

competitive,” Oxnevad said. 

First round runners-up in the 

men’s competition, Elmwood, 

have 10 highly-ranked players 

from which to select their 

starting line-up. They take on 

the Nic Jenkins-led Edgeware 

Waimairi team at Waimairi, 

while Bishopdale play Burnside 

Park at Burnside Park. 

Cashmere play Bishopdale 

POWER PLAY: 

Elmwood captain 

Louise Oxnevad (left) 

will lead Danielle 

Scheepers, Holly Jane 

Feutz, Tessa McCann 

and Abby Mason 

in their interclub 

match against Shirley 

tomorrow night. 

at Bishopdale tomorrow night, 

while Waimairi take on the 

experienced Te Kura Hagley 

featuring Michelle North Kelsen, 

Beth Williamson, Petra Belzova 

and Bailee Wilson. 

Over the first round, a number 

of women’s players juggled Caro 

Bowl tennis in Auckland on 

Friday night with interclub in 

Christchurch. The Caro Bowl 

competition is now finished. 

However, for the next two weeks 

several premier interclub players 

will compete at ITF events in 

Wellington and Auckland. 

Oxnevad, Ruby Young 

(Cashmere No 1) and Charlie 

Byers (Waimairi No 1) have 

READY: Cashmere 

teammates 

(from left) James 

Meredith, Harry 

Weeds, Tim 

McHarg, Tim 

Meredith and 

Johnny Mcharg will 

take on Te Kura 

Hagley on Saturday. 

played at tournaments in 

Christchurch and Wanaka over 

the past month. Young won 

the Wanaka Open singles and 

combined titles, while Byers won 

the doubles against Oxnevad and 

her mother, Felicity. Young and 

her Cashmere teammate, Lucia 

Gale, also made the quarterfinals 

in both the singles and 

doubles at last week’s ITF junior 

event at Wilding Park. 

In the pre-Christmas finals, 

Cashmere defeated Elmwood 

in the first round of the men’s 

competition. In the women’s 

final, the experienced Elmwood 

team beat the young Bishopdale 

line-up. 

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TraInInG ProGraMMe 

weeK Three: Knuckling down and some tips on nutrition and weight loss 

In week 3 the early excitement of the City 2 Surf project you have undertaken is wearing off. You may not have 

sensed a big improvement in fitness levels yet and other commitments are getting in the way of training. After 

your determined start the first doubts set in: “Can I do this?” This is the time to knuckle down. You need another 

2 or 3 consistent weeks before you notice a significant improvement in fitness and energy levels and perhaps 

some noticeable weight loss. Once that happens you will be well on your way. The best time of day to exercise is 

early morning. It is good to get it out of the way and it will energise you for the rest of the day. Later in the day you 

might just feel that little bit of fatigue or things crop up which will tempt you to say “tomorrow is another day….” 

This can easily become habit and before you know it you have lost one or 2 training sessions every week. Of 

course you might have a good reason for not being able to get out early. Other times of the day for your training 

session are perfectly fine too but good planning is required. A light snack (toast/bread, fruit) before your early 

morning training session is generally recommended to assist your blood sugar levels. This also applies if you 

exercise later in the morning or afternoon. Breakfast or a meal after training will assist with replenishing energy 

stores. Exercising before going to bed might keep you awake for a while if you are a light sleeper. 

LeveL Monday wedneSday ThurSday SaTurday 

Beginner 

12km Jog/run 

Intermediate 

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Jog/run 

6km 

walk 

6km/12km 

24 min 

Run 5 min x 4 

Walk 1 min x 4 

35 min 

Easy jog 

20 min 


Jog 4 min x 4 

6km 20 min (light) 


36 min 

Jog 5 min x 6 


40 min 

Easy Jog 

30 min 


Jog 3 min x 6 

6km 15 min (mod) 


40 min 

Walk 

30 min 

Easy Jog 

40 min 

Walk 



42min 


Run 5 min x 7 

60 min 

Easy Jog 

40 min 


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12km 75min 

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To achieve this goal you 

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1. How often do you train? To 

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2. How long are your sessions? The 

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any stage please undergo a health check with your GP. 

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Multiple muscle cars to set 

Geoff Omnet from Oamaru has 

entered his very rare 1932 Ford. 

Trillo Metals 34th Muscle Car Madness 

January 27th-January 28th 

A&P Showgrounds Rangiora 

Early ‘70s Falcons are very popular with 

many great examples at the show. 

Excitement is building as not only the best, but also 

the South Island’s largest automotive frenzy is about 

to happen, says spokesperson Craig Stare. 

Described as a “huge family event”, Trillo Metals 

Muscle Car Madness is held on the last weekend of 

the school holidays, only days before school resumes. 

“So, if you are a ‘petrolhead’ of any age, this is 

the place to go, smack in the middle of the South 

Island at the A&P showgrounds in the beautiful 

country town of Rangiora, just 27 kilometres from 

Christchurch,” Craig says. 

The show will take place on the weekend of January 

27 and 28 from 9am to 4pm, while the lead-up week 

will see the town buzzing with the sound of welltuned 

V8 engines and the sight of glistening paint and 

chrome from 6pm on Wednesday night. 

Amongst the entries are 11 cars from Kaitaia, 26 

cars from the Toy Shed in Rotorua, a contingent from 

Rocket Speed Equipment in Hamilton, and even a 

couple of cars from Bluff. 

“The Saturday is always the bigger day, weather 

dependent of course,” Craig says, “and regularly has 

1500 cars-plus on display, with Sunday having 800 to 

900 cars. Don’t come late on Sunday as some out-oftowners 

get away early.” 

This year’s drawcards are Trevor Halstead’s “bullet 

nose” radical custom Studebaker, which Craig notes 

has every panel changed from the original and is a 

contender to take out some of the awards. 

“It is currently the top custom in New Zealand. 

Trevor does all the work himself in a modest 

shed in the Waikato and has a fleet of owner-built 

Studebakers. 

“The other drawcard is the top hot rod in the 

country belonging to Greg Haliday. His 1941 Willys 

coupe is world class. It took eight years to build by 

Rocket Speed Equipment. It was shipped to California 

to be upholstered by the famous Gabe and went on 

to enter the very exclusive Detroit Autorama where it 

won its class. 

“This is the first public showing of the car and 

its only South Island appearance. The 800-plus 

Another new car, this time a chopped 1936 

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Top hot rod in New Zealand is Greg Haliday’s 

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This 1955 Chevrolet convertible 

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display. 

Steve Taylor is showing another top 

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34th 

YEAR 

horsepower coupe is fully certified and street legal.” 

As Craig explains, many specialised shops use the 

event to promote their business and display cars they 

have built and to show potential customers what can 

be done. 

Other group displays are from car clubs such as 

Falcon, Holden, VW classic and Hot Rod, with many 

running membership drives during the show. In 

addition, a huge van display around an American 

diner backdrop includes vans from all over New 

Zealand. 

Specialised car insurance companies are on site 

such as Classic Cover insurance to give exhibitors a 

quote on insuring that piece of precious metal. Also 

on site to give your car that finishing touch are some 

of the country’s top pin-stripers in action, free-hand 

striping your entire car or even children’s pedal cars. 

The Stadium Finance-sponsored burn-out 

competition is one of the most popular events, 

starting just after 1pm each day, with the finals on 

Sunday. If you get to the burn-outs early, ‘Sign of the 

Firebird’ plays from around 12 noon at the pad. If it 

rains on Saturday, the burn-outs will be on for longer 

on Sunday. 

The rockabilly pageant will take place on Saturday 

in the big concrete shed, which was trialled last year 

due to rain. The shed was perfect for this event, Craig 

says, so will be held there again this year. All classes 

are catered for, even classes for the kids – Lil Miss 

Rockabilly, and Koolest Lil’ Dude. 

“For wives and partners, there is even a class for 

‘your man’ so he won’t get bored,” he adds. 

“On the music front there are three Australian 

Rockabilly acts this year. The amazing Rockadees, 

Queen of Rockabilly, Miss Cherry Devine and Hellcat 

III. Other bands include the Recliner Rockers from 

Auckland and Sinner Man Saint from Wellington, 

amongst others.” 

There is a wide range of food trucks on site, and 

a huge number of trade and craft stalls. The official 

event T-shirts sell out quickly and can be purchased 

at $30 from the blue T-shirt container. Admission is 

adults $20, children under 16 free and a two-day pass 

(public hours only) is available at the gate for just $30. 

Craig advises: “Keep in mind, each day has a lot of 

different cars and music. This huge family event has 

everything you could imagine. It also brings three to 

four million dollars into the community.” 

For further information, call Correna on 027 545 

7877 or email musclecarmadnessnz@gmail.com. 

Entrance fees are 

$20 adults, kids 16 

and under free, and 

a two-day pass $30 

(public hours only) 

Karen Collins is displaying her perfect 

1961 Cadillac coupe DeVille. 

New Zealand’s fastest street legal bucket 

is owned by Kerry Stewart from Dunedin. 

Trevor Halstead is driving his multi-award-winning 

Studebaker from Waikato for the show. 

Hayden Mitchell from 

Auckland has just finished this 1932 Ford coupe 

and is driving down with his son from Auckland.


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The 60th Anniversary of Christchurch School of Nursing 

for those who commenced training in April 1964 is to be 

held in Christchurch on the weekend of 19th and 20th 

April 2024. 

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our 60 years, followed by a luncheon at 1pm. 

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or 03 312 5488 and leave a message. 

Public Notices 

FEBRUARY 2024 

CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS 

COUNCIL 

Date Time Venue 

7, 14, 21 9.30am Council Chambers, Level 2, Civic Offices 

COMMITTEES 


8 9.30am Audit and Risk Management Committee, 

Level 2, Civic Offices 

16 9am Greater Christchurch Partnership 

Committee, Council Chambers, 

Environment Canterbury, 200 

Tuam Street 

20 4pm Banks Peninsula Water Management 

Zone Committee, Lyttelton Community 

Boardroom, 25 Canterbury Street, 

Lyttelton 

22 6pm Christchurch West Melton Water 

Management Zone Committee, Te Hapua 

Halswell Library, Piharau Room, 341 

Road, Halswell 

23 9.30am Central City Parking Restrictions 

Committee, Level 2, Civic Offices 

28 9.30am Finance and Performance Committee, 

Level 2, Civic Offices 

COMMUNITY BOARDS 


12 10am Tē Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks 

Peninsula Community Board, Akaroa 

Boardroom, 78 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa 

12 4.30pm Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood 

Community Board, The Boardroom, 

Corner Beresford and Union Street, 

New Brighton 

12 4.30pm Waimāero Fendalton Waimairi- 

Harewood Community Board, 

The Boardroom, Fendalton Service 

Centre, Corner Jeffreys and Clyde Roads 

13 4.30pm Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central 

Community Board and Waitai Coastal- 

Burwood-Linwood Community Board 

Joint Meeting, The Boardroom, Papanui 

Service Centre, Corner Langdons Road 

and Restell Street 

15 4pm Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central 

Community Board, The Boardroom, 

Papanui Service Centre, Corner 

Langdons Road and Restell Street 

15 4pm Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere- 

Heathcote Community Board, MR 

Beckenham Boardroom, Beckenham 

Service Centre, 66 Colombo Street 

15 4.30pm Waipuna Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton 

Community Board, Horoeka Room, 

Rarakau: Riccarton Centre, 199 Clarence 

Street, Riccarton 

26 10am Hui A Hapori Community Open Forum - 

Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula 

Community Board, Little River 

Boardroom, 4238 Christchurch Akaroa 

Road, Little River 

COMMUNITY BOARD SUBCOMMITTEES 


5 7pm Lyttelton Reserves Committee Meeting, 

Lyttelton Community Boardroom, 

25 Canterbury Street, Lyttelton 

13 5.30pm Garden of Tane Reserve Committee, 

Garden of Tane, Akaroa (Grand Hotel 

Akaroa if wet) 

21 9.30am Stanley Park Reserve Committee, Akaroa 

Service Centre Boardroom, 78 Rue 

Lavaud, Akaroa 

21 2pm Akaroa Museum Advisory Committee, 

Akaroa Service Centre Boardroom, 78 

Rue Lavaud, Akaroa 

Copies of the agendas will be available online. Members of the public are welcome to attend 

any meetings that are not marked as being held in Public Excluded. 

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meeting ring the call centre on 03 941 8999 or email CouncilSupportSSO@ccc.govt.nz 

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Thursday 18 to Wednesday 24 January 2024 

ARMADILLO'S BECKENHAM, 155 

Colombo St: Saturday 9pm - Hot Wired. 

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St: 

Thursday 7pm – Monthly Open Mic restarts 

for 2024, all welcome, full back-line including 

drums and piano, free. Friday 7.30pm – Skule 

B4 Mule, feat Josh Metzger & The Duff Men 

with special guest Courtenay Washington 

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party band The Mule, 8.30pm, playing Britpop, 

rock, ska, soul & party favourites, koha 

entry. Saturday 8pm – Rocking line-up with 

Traficante (rock/soul), Anti Warhole 

(rock/satire), The Dismemberists (music of 

The Decemberists) and The High Kats 

(pop/punk – in maybe their last ever show!) 

$10 on the door. Sunday 4.30pm – All Ages 

Show – Atomic Minds, with special guests 

HOIHOI, Mental Joy, Only You, & Saint 

Peter’s Thursday, $5 on the door; 8pm – 

Sunday Sensual Latin Dancing with DJ’s Max 

G & Zee, all welcome, social dancing, dancers 

$5 floor fee at the bar. Monday 7pm – Believe 

It or Not Quiz, bookings on 03-377-4787, 

spot prizes, hamper, prizes, free entry. 

Tuesday 8pm – ‘AOSI’s Metal Mixer’ - 

Wellington band AOSI’s NZ Mini-Tour, feat 

special guests Singularity (rock), 

FLOODGATE (prog/rock/math), and 

Desoration (melodic metal) - AOSI boasts a 

unique, high-energy, melodic and intricate 

sound – tickets $15+BF from UTR.co.nz, or 

door sales. 

BAILIES BAR, 1066 Edgeware Rd: 

Thursday 6.30pm - Live music. 

BILL'S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: Thursday 

7pm - Mickey Rat Karaoke. Friday 7.30pm - 

TP Karaoke. Saturday 7pm - L&B Duo. 

Sunday 6pm - Mickey Rat Karaoke. 

BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St: Friday 

4pm - DJ Rakinem. Saturday 3pm - 

Unhinged; 6pm - DJ Rakinem. 

CHCH CASINO, 30 Victoria St: Friday 

5.30pm - Ananda & Ants; 9pm - Girl from 

Mars. Saturday 5.30pm - Smoothtalk; 9pm - 

The Meaniez. 

DARKROOM, 336 St Asaph St: 

Wednesday 24th Jan, 7pm - Songwriters' 

Collective 4 feat. Blair Morgan, Deborah 

Wilding & Rob Grover. 

DEBORAH WILDING: Thursday to Sunday 

- Spirit Fest Sth, Orton Bradley Park, 

Charteris Bay. Wednesday 24th Jan, 7pm - 

Songwriters' Collective 4 feat. Blair Morgan, 

Deborah Wilding & Rob Grover, Darkroom. 

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 

4pm - King Tubbs Duo; 7.30pm - Steven Gill 

Duo; 11pm - House of Groove. Friday 5pm - 

Fuchsia Haze; 8.30pm - Liberator; 12am - 

Castaway. Saturday 1.30pm - Eve Kelly Duo; 

5pm - The Calzones; 8.30pm - Mr Speaker; 

12am - Diamond Blue. Sunday 1pm - Curio 

Club; 5pm - Holly & Mac. 

HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd: Sunday 

3pm - Reminisce with Anthony. 

LITTLE RIVER INN, 4099 Christchurch 

Akaroa Rd, Little River: Friday 6pm - 

Hera & Emma Dilemma. 

LIVE AT THE POINT, Godley House 

Gardens, Diamond Harbour: Sunday 

1pm - Burdock; 1.45pm - DJ Drummie Dan; 

2pm - Tess Liautaud; 3.15pm - DJ Drummie 

Dan; 3.40pm - Adam Hattaway & the 

Haunters. 

MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: Friday 

10.30pm - D'Sendantz. Saturday 10.30pm - 

Cropduster. 

MONTEITHS, Hanmer Springs: Sunday 

4pm - Mandi Miller. 

NZ SPIRIT FESTIVAL SOUTH ISLAND 

2024, Orton Bradley Park, Chateris 

Bay: Thursday to Sunday 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. 

OHOKA MARKET, Ohoka: Friday 10am - 

Mandi Miller. 

OPAWA BOWL & JACK, 15 Opawa Rd: 

Saturday 8pm - Hired Guns. 

RICHMOND CLUB, 'The Borough', 75 

London St: Friday 7pm - Speedboat. 

Saturday 7pm - Ananda & Ants Duo. Sunday 

3pm - Sign of the Firebird. 

ROSE & THISTLE, 24a Main North Rd: 

Live music returns Saturday 27th Jan. 

SOUL SEARCHER - MANTRA BAND 

South Island Summer Roadtrip: 

Thursday to Sunday - Spirit Fest Sth, Orton 

Bradley Park, Charteris Bay; Tuesday 22nd 

Jan, 7pm - Risingholme Hall Kirtan Party, 99 

Hawford Rd, Opawa. 

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SUMNER SOCIAL, 22a Esplanade, 

Sumner: Friday 5pm - Live music. Saturday 

1pm - Live music. 

TEMP'S BAR, 21 Goulding Ave: Live 

music returns Saturday 27th Jan. 

THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Thursday 6pm - 

Quiz. Friday 10pm - Black & Gold. Saturday 

10pm - Mama Rock. Sunday 4pm - Neil 

Alexander. 

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: 

Wednesday 9pm - Titanic. 

THE FEELERS, The Good Home, 2a 

Waterman Pl, Ferrymead: Friday 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 8.30pm - Speedboat. 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd: 

Friday 9.30pm - Doubtfire. Saturday 9.30pm - 

Flat City Brotherhood. Tuesday 7pm - Quiz. 

THE RICCS, 280 Blenheim Rd: Saturday 

8.30pm - The Party Singers. 

THE ROCKPOOL, 85 Hereford St: 

Thursday 9pm, Friday 8.30pm, Saturday 

8.30pm, Sunday 8pm - DJ's. 

WOODSTOCK ADDINGTON, 291 

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Club Jam Night, $5 entry (Members free). 

Wednesday 7pm - Open Mic. 

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BROUGHAM ST 

GASSON ST 

BURLINGTON ST 

BRISBANE ST 

WALTHAM RD WALTHAM RD 

Construction Area 

Traffic Flow 

Upcoming Cable Work 

BROUGHAM ST 

WILSONS RD 

N 

Night works on SH76 

Brougham Street 

Waltham Road intersection 

Orion is installing new 66kV 

underground power cable 

across the intersection of 

Brougham Street and Waltham 

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: 

• Brougham Street will have a lane open 

in each direction 

• No travel on Waltham Road across 

Brougham Street 

• Left in left out access only at Waltham 

Road and Brougham Street. 

The traffic management will change as work 

progresses. Follow all signs and instructions 

from our crew. 

We’re strengthening 

our electricity network


WORLD 

BUSKERS 

FESTIVAL 


STARTS 

TOMORROW! 

19 – 28 JAN 2024 

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS INSIDE! 

BREADANDCIRCUS.CO.NZ


ARCHITECTS OF AIR: 

ARBORIALIS LUMINARIUM 

CATHEDRAL SQUARE 

THE BREAD & CIRCUS 

FESTIVAL GALA 

ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL 

BREAD & CIRCUS 

SING IT! 

THE CHURCH 

A DAY AT THE BEACH 

BUSKING PITCHES 

THE CHARMING JAY 


TICKETED 

TICKETED 

TICKETED 

BUSKING/HATTED 


THE CIRCUS FIREMEN 



GURU DUDU’S SILENT 

DISCO WALKING TOURS 


CHRISTCHURCH CASINO SPECIAL EDITION 

TICKETED 

BUSKERS’ COMEDY CLUB 

THE CHURCH 

TICKETED & HATTED 

TREVOR JONES 

PIANO BAR 

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO - SKYLARK BAR 

FREE 

JARRED FELL 

BELIEF 

THE CHURCH 

TICKETED 

PUNK THE CLOWN 


JASON MAHER 

STREET MAGICIAN DUDE 


THE BREAD & CIRCUS 

KIDS COMEDY GALA 

ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL 

MULLETMAN & MIM 


SAM GOODBURN 

WIRE ATTIRE 




TICKETED 



ESTUPIDA COMPAÑIA 

INDOMITABLE 


GAKU THE JUGGLING 

DRUMMER 


LEAH ORLEANS 

TINY GIRL BIG SHOW! 


HAPPY YOGA 

AT THE ARCHITECTS OF AIR: ARBORIALIS 

LUMINARIUM, CATHEDRAL SQUARE 

PAUL CURRIE 





TICKETED 


FOR TICKETS AND MORE INFO GO TO WWW.BREADANDCIRCUS.CO.NZ


WORLD 

BUSKERS 

FESTIVAL 

EVENTS CALENDAR FRI 19 - SUN 28 JAN 2024 


FRI 19 JAN SAT 20 JAN SUN 21 JAN MON 22 JAN TUE 23 JAN WED 24 JAN THU 25 JAN FRI 26 JAN SAT 27 JAN SUN 28 JAN 

HAPPY YOGA 

9am - 10am 

At the Architects 

of Air: Arborialis 

Luminarium, 

Cathedral Square 

HAPPY YOGA 

9am - 10am 



Luminarium, 


HAPPY YOGA 

9am - 10am 



Luminarium, 


HAPPY YOGA 

9am - 10am 



Luminarium, 


ARCHITECTS 

OF AIR 

From 10:30am 

Last Entry 5pm 


ARCHITECTS 

OF AIR 

From 10:30am 



ARCHITECTS 

OF AIR 

From 10:30am 



ARCHITECTS 

OF AIR 

From 10:30am 



ARCHITECTS 

OF AIR 

From 10:30am 



ARCHITECTS 

OF AIR 

From 10:30am 



ARCHITECTS 

OF AIR 

From 10:30am 



ARCHITECTS 

OF AIR 

From 10:30am 



ARCHITECTS 

OF AIR 

From 10:30am 



ARCHITECTS 

OF AIR 

From 10:30am 



BUSKING 

PITCHES 

10:30am-18:20pm 

Bridge of 

Remembrance, 

Hereford Street 

& Hack Circle 

BUSKING 

PITCHES 


Bridge of 

Remembrance, 


& Hack Circle 

BUSKING 

PITCHES 


Bridge of 

Remembrance, 


& Hack Circle 

BUSKING 

PITCHES 


Bridge of 

Remembrance, 


& Hack Circle 

BUSKING 

PITCHES 


Bridge of 

Remembrance, 


& Hack Circle 

BUSKING 

PITCHES 


Bridge of 

Remembrance, 


& Hack Circle 

BUSKING 

PITCHES 


Bridge of 

Remembrance, 


& Hack Circle 

BUSKING 

PITCHES 


Bridge of 

Remembrance, 


& Hack Circle 

BUSKING 

PITCHES 


Bridge of 

Remembrance, 


& Hack Circle 

BUSKING 

PITCHES 


Bridge of 

Remembrance, 


& Hack Circle 

BREAD & 

CIRCUS 

SING IT! 

5pm 

The Church 

BREAD & 

CIRCUS KIDS 

COMEDY GALA 

2pm 

Isaac Theatre Royal 

SILENT DISCO 

5pm & 6:30pm 


SILENT DISCO 

1:30pm, 5pm 

& 6:30pm 


SILENT DISCO 

1:30pm, 5pm 

& 6:30pm 


SILENT DISCO 

5pm & 6:30pm 


SILENT DISCO 

5pm & 6:30pm 


SILENT DISCO 

5pm & 6:30pm 


SILENT DISCO 

5pm & 6:30pm 


SILENT DISCO 

5pm 


SILENT DISCO 

1:30pm, 5pm 

& 6:30pm 


SILENT DISCO 

1:30pm, 5pm 

& 6:30pm 


JARRED FELL 

7pm 


TREVOR JONES 

PIANO BAR 

7pm 

Skylark Bar 

Christchurch 

Casino 

SILENT DISCO 

Christchurch 

Casino Edition 

7pm 

Skylark Bar 

Christchurch 

Casino 

BREAD & 

CIRCUS 

FESTIVAL GALA 

7:30pm 


BUSKERS’ 

COMEDY CLUB 

8:30pm 


BUSKERS’ 

COMEDY CLUB 

7:30pm & 9pm 


For a detailed busker session times, visit 

breadandcircus.co.nz/timetable 

and be sure to keep an eye on the website 

throughout the festival as busking schedule 

is weather dependent and subject to change. 



In Ōtautahi Christchurch you are spoilt for choice when 

wining and dining. Right in the heart of all the busking action 

is Riverside Market – an indoor market and one of Ōtautahi’s 

most loved foodie spots. 

If you are heading to an evening show and fancy making a 

night of it, head to The Terrace for world-class dining, set 

along the beautiful Ōtākaro, Avon River or head along to the 

chic Skylark Bar & Lounge at Christchurch Casino. 

Check out New Regent Street. It boasts an abundance of 

unique restaurants, vibrant bars and indulgent dessert spots. 

You might even catch the tram running down the middle of the 

street. It’s as iconic to Christchurch as it gets! 

Go to www.breadandcircus.co.nz/christchurch/ 

to find out more about what to see and do in our 

wonderful city. 

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2 

3 

BUSKING PITCHES • 19 - 28 JAN 

Bridge of Remembrance 

Cashel Street 

Hack Circle 

Intersection of Cashel & High Streets 


Junction of Colombo, Hereford & High Streets 

CHRISTCHURCH 

CASINO 

P 

KILMORE STREET 

TOWN HALL 

4 

5 

6 

7 

FESTIVAL VENUES 


Cathedral Square, Christchurch Central City 

19 - 28 JAN 

Architects of Air: Arborialis Luminarium 

19 - 28 JAN (excl Mon Jan 22) 

Guru Dudu’s Silent Disco Walking Tours 

20, 21, 27, 28 JAN 

Happy Yoga (inside Luminarium) 


124 Worcester Street, Christchurch Central City 

19 JAN 

Jarred Fell - BELIEF 

19 & 20 JAN 

Buskers’ Comedy Club 

21 JAN 

Bread & Circus - SING IT! 


145 Gloucester Street, Christchurch Central City 

27 JAN 

Bread & Circus Kids Comedy Gala 

27 JAN 

Bread & Circus Festival Gala 

Christchurch Casino 

30 Victoria Street, Christchurch Central City 

CHESTER ST WEST 

GLOUCESTER STREET 

WORCESTER BLVD 

CAMBRIDGE TERRACE 

DURHAM STREET 

OXFORD TERRACE 


HEREFORD STREET 

VICTORIA SQ. 

ARMAGH STREET 

TE PAE CONVENTION 

CENTRE 

COLOMBO STREET COLOMBO STREET 

COLOMBO STREET 

CATHEDRAL 

SQUARE 

OXFORD TCE 

GLOUCESTER STREET 

WORCESTER STREET 

MANCHESTER STREET 

20 JAN 

Trevor Jones - Piano Bar 

CASHEL STREET 

RIVERSIDE 

MARKETS 

HIGH STREET 

26 JAN 

Dudu’s Silent Disco Walking Tours 

Christchurch Casino Edition! 

DURHAM ST S 

LICHFIELD STREET

The Star: January 18, 2024

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