The Star: February 15, 2024

Thursday February 15 2024 The Star
• By Pierre Nixon
A CHRISTCHURCH couple
have become the first to get
married at the popular arcade
Timezone.
Data scientist Dr Grace
Walker and butchery apprentice
Adam Brown officially tied the
knot at a private ceremony at the
Westfield Riccarton branch on
Monday.
They first met through a dating
app and bonded over their
love of gaming.
Swapping the aisle for the
bowling alley, they chose Timezone
as their wedding venue
because it was the site of their
first date.
“It’s our happy place, and we
go to Timezone often to relax
and for a short time forget about
all the adult stresses of life,”
Walker said.
“We come for regular date
nights because we are competitive
with each other, and we love
winning prizes. On an early
date, Adam won an owl from the
claw machine for me that I still
have. Ironically, I have an owl
tattoo on my arm because I have
always loved owls.”
Timezone is not usually
STAFF AT Eastgate
Countdown did not shut down
its deli bar after a mouse was
discovered on an over-thecounter
salad.
The food safety body is looking
into pest management at all
Woolworths supermarkets after
rats were spotted in two South
Island stores.
A video online showed a
mouse scurrying across a salad
in the deli section at the Eastgate
Countdown on Wednesday
last week.
Woolworths stores director
Jason Stockill said staff disposed
of the salad contaminated by the
mouse, but did not close the deli.
He accepted the supermarket
should have done more.
“It’s unacceptable what we
did as a store team, as a leadership
team as well,” he said.
“Our learning is we should
have disposed of more than
just the two bowls . . . and we’ll
review all our processes and
marketed as a wedding venue
but was supportive when approached
by the couple.
Anna Romano, marketing
director of Timezone’s parent
company TEEG, said: “We are
absolutely thrilled that Adam
and Grace have chosen to get
married at Timezone. It is a
privilege to be their designated
‘happy place’ where their occasions
have evolved from date
nights to celebrating their wedding.”
The wedding was officiated
by celebrant Louise Phillips and
attended by Romano and Lachland
Sollitt from Timezone, who
acted as witnesses.
As part of their celebrations,
the newlyweds took on each other
in a series of games including
the claw machine, bumper cars,
mini golf and social bowling.
They had a comic strip-themed
wedding cake topped with characters
Spock and Harley Quinn.
They are planning a trip to
Surfers Paradise in Australia
for their honeymoon, with
their chosen hotel within easy
walking distance of one of the
world’s largest Timezone sites.
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Supermarket deli bar not squeaky clean
procedures to make sure they’re
right, and if that means we’ve
got to do more training we’ll
absolutely do that.”
Meanwhile, the South Dunedin
Countdown, where 19 rats
have been trapped since Friday,
will remain closed until 48
hours after zero rats have been
sighted. A mouse was also spotted
running through the aisles
at Pak’nSave on Lincoln Rd,
West Auckland, by a customer
on Tuesday. – RNZ
Happy couple tie the
knot at Timezone
I DO: The newlyweds took on each other in a series of
games including claw, bumper cars, mini golf and social
bowling. PHOTO: FACEBOOK/DEAN KOZANIC/NZ HERALD
NEWS 3
Assault
charge for
trainer
A CANTERBURY horse trainer
charged with assault after an
alleged altercation with another
man after a Westport Trotting
Club meeting last year did not
plead when he appeared in
the Greymouth District Court
yesterday.
Matthew Charles Purvis, 33,
was remanded on bail until
March 6, pending the matter
potentially being transferred to
Christchurch.
Police said diversion was not
an option for Woodend Beachbased
Purvis, whose bail conditions
include not consuming
alcohol and not to threaten or
use violence against any person.
The alleged assault on another
racing industry member took
place in a toilet block following
the meeting at Patterson Park on
December 28.
The Racing Integrity Board
confirmed a misconduct
charge had been laid against an
unnamed licenced participant
and a hearing date is still to be set.
• Call for greyhound racing
ban, page 21
Cream cheese
demand rises
GROWING DEMAND for
cream cheese in China has seen
Fonterra ramp up production
at its Darfield site. The cream
cheese factory is forecast to
export around 20,000 tonnes
of cream cheese to China this
season, and 1500MT to South
East Asia.
Plant manager Matt Smith said
exports were growing year-onyear
and sales had really picked
ahead of Chinese New Year.
“Due to the growing demand
we’ve been able to increase
production; the team recently
made significant efficiency,
quality, and yield improvements
– to increase annual throughput
by an additional 2100MT per
year – all executed with zero
capital spend.”
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