The Star: March 21, 2024

Thursday, March 21, 2024 | Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper 

Keas or kea 

name 

ruffles 

feathers 

– page 20 

Christchurch 

pornographer 

jailed for 

14 years in US 

• By Anna Leask 

A CHRISTCHURCH man 

has been sentenced to 

14 years in prison in the 

United States after he helped 

his childhood friend trick 

scores of women into the porn 

industry. 

Matthew Isaac Wolfe was 

sentenced yesterday in the 

United States District Court in 

San Diego – where he claimed 

he was effectively forced to go 

and work for his mate after 

the Christchurch earthquake 

destroyed job prospects for 

young people. 

He also claimed his role in 

the offending was secondary 

to his friend and boss Michael 

Pratt. 

In July 2022, Wolfe pleaded 

guilty to conspiracy to commit 

sex trafficking by force, fraud 

and coercion. 

He admitted he moved to the 

US in 2011 to work for Pratt, 

who owned the now-defunct 

GirlsDoPorn website. 

Pratt and Wolfe met at 

primary school and while they 

attended different secondary 

schools – Christchurch Boys’ 

High School and Burnside 

High respectively – they 

remained friends. 

Straight out of school,Pratt 

and Wolfe entered the porn 

industry, launching the 

websites Wicked Movies, 

TeenieFlixxx and Kute Kitten 

in 2000. 

In the US, Wolfe persuaded 

women aged between 18 and 

23 to appear in adult videos – 

telling them the videos would 

never be posted online or 

released in the US. 

Further, he promised no 

one who knew the women 

would ever find out about their 

production. 

Despite his promises, Wolfe 

was well aware that personal 

identifying information and 

social media accounts for some 

women were being posted 

onpornwikileaks.com – a site 

controlled by Pratt 

and dedicated to “exposing” 

the true identities of 

individuals appearing in 

sex videos. 

Many of those duped into 

filming were struggling 

financially and were offered 

between US$3000 and 

US$5000 (NZ$5000 to $8000) 

as payment, as well as an “all 

expenses” trip to San Diego. 

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HERITAGE-LISTED convent 

buildings that once housed New 

Zealand’s only female Anglican 

order have sold to a Singaporean 

investor for $1.7 million. 

The complex, built for the 

Sisters of the Community of 

the Sacred Name in the late 

19th century, is on St Asaph St. 

Stuff reported the property 

was put up for sale earlier this 

year by local charity the Home 

and Family Society, which took 

it over in as-is condition from 

the Anglican sisters in 2018. 

The deal was brokered by 

Heritage New Zealand to save 

the buildings from demolition. 

The society spent almost $3m 

repairing and restoring the 

quake-damaged buildings. 

The project was helped by a 

$950,000 city council heritage 

grant, $800,000 of lottery money, 

a Heritage New Zealand 

grant and other donations. 

The society used the offices 

and meeting rooms as a base 

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz 

Overseas investor buys convent buildings 

Miss Canterbury following in 

her grandmother’s footsteps 

SUCCESS: Paige Sullivan was crowned Miss Canterbury on 

Sunday, 66 years after her grandmother. 

for its work with troubled 

families and children. 

After taking on more work 

the society is now seeking 

alternative premises able to 

house all its activities and staff. 

The Good Habit cafe is a 

tenant in the property and 

remains in business on the site. 

There is also a chapel which 

has been used for weddings. 

The unidentified buyer is still 

deciding on his plans for the 

property. 

• By Daniel Alvey 

SIXTY-SIX YEARS after her 

grandmother claimed the title, 

Paige Sullivan has won the 

Miss Canterbury title. 

“I felt sick I was so nervous. I 

really didn’t expect to be at that 

point and I honestly still don’t 

believe it,” she said. 

It was Sullivan’s first beauty 

pageant. 

“It was really incredible, all 

of the girls were amazing and 

so kind . . . the whole process 

from start to finish was really 

empowering.” 

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Canterbury was more than just 

being “pretty”, compared to 

when her grandmother Dianna 

McFarlane competed in 1958. 

“I found out that half of the 

score is made up of community 

work, and I thought I was 

already doing that anyway, and 

it’s really aligned with me.” 

Sullivan also won best in 

interview, Miss Charity and 

Miss Positivity. 

As part of the competition, 

she ran a fashion show and 

raised $9000 for the I Am 

Hope charity, which helps 

youth receive mental health 

counselling and other support. 

LEGACY: Miss Canterbury 

Paige Sullivan’s 

grandmother, Dianna 

McFarlane, won the 

competition in 1958. 

“I’m really proud of that and 

I think it will make a difference 

for the organisation as well,” 

she said. 

Sullivan said she is likely to 

enter Miss New Zealand next 

year. 

NEWS 3 

In Brief 

No public showing 

for Goldie paintings 

Six artworks by Charles Goldie 

will no longer be exhibited in 

Christchurch before they are 

sold at auction in Auckland on 

Monday. Art + Object director 

of art Ben Plumby said they were 

unable to find a suitable location 

for the exhibit. The artworks 

were owned by late Mainfreight 

co-founder Neil Graham. 

New sites added to 

historic place listings 

A Futuro House and the 

cemetery where suffragist Kate 

Sheppard is buried have been 

awarded heritage status. Heritage 

New Zealand Pouhere Taonga 

has moved to list the rare UFOshaped 

house in Ohoka as a 

category 1 historic place. Only 

about 100 of the architectural 

oddities were ever made, with 

12 of those in New Zealand. 

Developed by Finnish architect 

Matti Suuronen, they were 

intended to be easy-to-relocate 

ski huts. Addington Cemetery 

has also been listed as a category 

1 historic place. Established 

in 1859, it is the final resting 

place of prominent Cantabrians 

like suffragist Kate Sheppard, 

members of the Deans family, 

former Christchurch mayor 

Tommy Taylor and wealthy 

philanthropist Allan McLean. 

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NEWS 

• From page 1 

They were taken to motel 

rooms where the footage was 

filmed. 

The videos were then posted 

to the company’s subscriptionbased 

website, while shorter 

versions were posted to some of 

the world’s largest pornography 

sites. 

The videos were viewed 

more than a billion times – a 

conservative figure that doesn’t 

take into account pirated copies 

of the files. 

Wolfe admitted to filming 

about 100 videos and faced a 

maximum of life in prison for his 

offending. 

Pratt went on the run in 2019 

and was on the FBI’s list of 10 

Most Wanted Fugitives before 

his arrest in Spain in December 

2022. 

He has recently been extradited 

to the US and is expected to 

make his initial appearance in a 

San Diego federal courtroom. 

US District Judge Janis 

Sammartino told Wolfe: “It’s my 

view that you played an essential 

role.” 

The San Diego Union-Tribune 

newspaper reported Wolfe’s lawyers 

filed documents to the court 

claiming he and Pratt were “not 

particularly close friends”. 

Further, the lawyers claimed 

Pratt offered him a job only after 

the 2011 earthquake where the 

“economy ground to a halt, leaving 

young people like Wolfe with 

few job prospects”. 

Wolfe claimed Pratt said he 

needed “technical help to run 

his business” and the job offer 

included a flight to the US, an 

apartment and pay of $500 a 

week. 

While he started “in the office 

maintaining the computer servers, 

handling payroll and taking 


‘It’s my view you played a substantial role’ 

LIES: Matthew Wolfe persuaded women to appear in adult videos, telling them the videos 

would never be posted online or released in the US – despite knowing the women’s 

identities were being exposed by his friend and boss Michael Pratt (right). PHOTO: GETTY 

care of other routine office tasks” 

he “eventually began filming 

videos and taking a more handson 

role within the company”, the 

Union-Tribune reported. 

While Wolfe’s team told the 

court Pratt was the “undisputed 

leader” and “called all the shots”, 

the judge did not agree. 

The victims’ impact statements 

included: 

“A decade ago, Wolfe sentenced 

me to a lifetime of fear, anxiety, 

and loneliness,” one woman said. 

“I have lived with the shame, 

the fear, the blame, and the consequences 

long enough and so 

have the other survivors. 

“It is now Mr Wolfe’s turn to 

carry that burden.” 

Wolfe’s actions drove some of 

the women to attempt suicide – 

and many of them to seriously 

consider it. 

“Every day since meeting Mr 

Wolfe, I have had to make a very 

conscious decision just to stay 

alive. Living is a daily debate with 

myself, not a certainty,” said one 

woman. 

“There are days I wish I had 

died . . . because dying would 

have been less painful. 

“All I want to do is hide . . . I 

dream of fading into oblivion.” 

Two of Wolfe’s co-offenders 

were sentenced last year – 

recruiter, actor and producer 

Ruben Garcia to 20 years in 

prison and cameraman Theodore 

Gyi to four years. 

“Wolfe lied to and preyed 

on vulnerable young women, 

subjecting them to years of 

relentless harassment, fear and 

mental anguish,” said Stacey 

Moy, special agent in charge of 

the FBI San Diego Field Office. 

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A HIGHLY regarded staff 

member at one of New 

Zealand’s oldest rugby clubs left 

Christchurch after a suspected 

$105,000 fraud had been detected. 

The woman has returned to 

England where she is from. 

The Christchurch Football 

Club is now hoping insurers will 

cover the missing money. 

The club laid a complaint to 

police in November after an 

audit of club finances for the 

2022-2023 financial year. More 

information was provided to 

police in January. 

A police spokesperson said 

only “initial routine inquiries” 

have been made to date. 

“Police have to prioritise investigations 

and an investigator will 

be assigned in due course,” the 

spokesperson said. 

A club spokesperson said: 

“There’s zero confidence the 

money will come back.” 

The woman who left Christchurch 

after the money was 

discovered missing was lauded as 

a “true legend” by club members 

in 2021. 

She then briefly held a 

position at a prestigious 

Christchurch girls’ school 

before leaving. 

It is understood her husband 

and children followed 

the woman to England, 

leaving a house and 

other assets behind. 

“It’s pretty frustrating. 

In many ways it ripped 

the heart out of our 

club,” the club spokesperson 

said. 

“It’s particularly hurtful 

because the majority 

of the money came from the 


‘In many ways it ripped the 

heart out of our club’ 

MISSING MONEY: The Christchurch Football Club is relying 

on insurers to cover $105,000. 

Craig Calder 

junior section of the club, hardworking 

junior teams had spent 

many hours fund-raising.” 

The club source said the 

organisation was now resigned 

to a waiting game. 

“We spent three months 

and quite a lot of money on 

a forensic accountant, the 

police have everything they 

need.” 

The missing money 

relates to the alleged creation 

of fraudulent invoices which 

were sent to sponsors for events 

held at the club’s Christchurch 

Park headquarters on Westminster 

St, Mairehau. 

Evidence of these transactions 

was discovered when a club 

email account was searched. 

The club’s board chairman 

Craig Calder would not comment 

in depth on the issue, 

although he confirmed “a number 

of major internal financial 

irregularities” were discovered 

last November. 

“In January the forensic accountants’ 

investigations were 

concluded and those findings 

along with other evidence, facts 

and statements were provided to 

police.” 

He would not comment on the 

veracity of the police investigation 

or whether he was confident 

the money could be recovered. 

“A complaint has been lodged 

with the police, who are working 

through their processes,” he said, 

adding the club was still in a 

healthy financial state. 

The Christchurch Football 

Club was founded in 1863, 

although Nelson Rugby Club 

(1870) is widely considered the 

oldest in New Zealand. 

NEWS 5 

Fire still a 

concern 

as bike park 

reopens 

THE THREAT of fire is becoming 

an increasing concern for 

Christchurch Adventure Park, its 

manager says. 

Fire tore through 650ha of forest 

and scrub on the Port Hills 

last month. The blaze spread to 

the adventure park, which had to 

be closed for the second time in 

seven years due to wildfire. 

Park manager 

Anne Newman 

(right) said last 

month’s fire has 

definitely left workers 

with a sense of 

déjà vu from the 

2017 fires. The park 

is set to reopen today following 

the month-long closure. In 2017, it 

was closed for nearly a year while 

repairs were carried out. 

The fire has also left staff 

with concerns about the future, 

Newman said. 

“Fire seems to be becoming a 

more common occurrence and 

it’s pretty worrying for us as a 

business in terms of the ongoing 

impacts. We’re doing obviously 

everything we can around fire 

breaks and making sure that we’ve 

got all the measures in place that 

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DOC forced to euthanise 

stranded pilot whale 

A JUVENILE pilot whale 

that was stranded on a Banks 

Peninsula beach yesterday 

morning has been euthanised. 

Local residents, Department 

of Conservation rangers and 

representatives from Project Jonah 

worked to re-float the whale 

after it was found about 3km 

from Birdlings Flat. 

However, a Project Jonah 

New Zealand spokesperson said 

yesterday afternoon DOC had to 

euthanise the whale. 

“Kia ora, the decision to 

euthanise is made by Department 

of Conservation often in 

consultation with other agencies 

who are on the beach including 

Project Jonah and iwi,” the 

spokesperson said. 

“It’s not a decision that is 

made lightly and is always done 

with the welfare of the whale 

front and centre. 

“Thank you to everyone who 

helped with this beautiful animal 

today. Ngā mihi and look 

after yourselves.” 

DOC mahaanui operations 

manager Andy Thompson said 

earlier yesterday staff were 

providing technical and logistical 

support and were assessing 

whether there were other whales 

in the area. 

RESCUE ATTEMPT: Birdlings Flat residents, DOC and 

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Thompson said DOC was 

not sure why the whale had 

stranded. 

“The whale is at a remote and 

challenging site a few kilometres 

south of Birdlings Flat,” he said. 

“While we do not regularly 

see pilot whales stranding on 

Kaitōrete, the Banks Peninsula 

area is a hotspot for a wide range 

of marine life including whales. 

It is not unusual for pilot whales 

to be in this area.” 

A Project Jonah spokesperson 

said: “We’re also looking for any 

signs of a pod in the area and 

potentially at risk of stranding.” 

Residents tried to keep the 

whale alive yesterday morning 

by digging a moat as the waves 

came in. DOC had been hoping 

to re-float it at high tide about 

1.30pm. 

A helicopter was also called 

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NEWS 7 

Mysterious death 

of mum-of-four 

explained by 

Coroner 

• By Anna Leask 

A CORONER has ruled the 

death of a mother-of-four found 

at her Heathcote home as the 

result of an “accidental fall whilst 

intoxicated”. 

An inquest will not be held 

into Heather Foote’s death as the 

Coroner is satisfied the cause 

and circumstances of the fatal 

incident have been determined 

by investigating police and a 

pathologist. 

Foote, 56, died on July 28, 2021 

– two days after she was found 

with critical injuries at her Port 

Hills Rd home. 

In September 2021, police confirmed 

there were no suspicious 

circumstances and the death 

had been referred to Coroner 

Heather McKenzie. 

After reviewing all of the 

information provided to her, she 

did not consider it “necessary nor 

desirable to open and conduct an 

inquiry” into Foote’s death. 

She said Foote’s direct cause of 

death was acute subdural haemorrhage 

– a serious condition 

where blood collects between 

the skull and the surface of the 

brain – which was the result of 

a blunt force head injury from a 

“probable accidental fall whilst 

intoxicated”. 

She said post-mortem results 

indicated Foote was a “chronic 

alcoholic”. 

Her two daughters saw her 

before they left for school on 

July 27 and her son found her at 

about 11.20am. 

She was face down on the 

kitchen floor and unresponsive. 

Foote died in Christchurch 

Hospital two days later. 

Police carried out an extensive 

investigation – including a report 

by a passer-by of “two people 

loudly arguing” at Foote’s house 

at about 11.04am. 

Coroner McKenzie said neither 

police nor the pathologist 

found any evidence of foul play. 

“In the days before her death, 

Ms Foote had been generally 

unwell and vomiting, saying that 

she had the flu,” she said. 

“A challenging aspect of Ms 

Foote’s life was that she was a 

heavy alcohol user. 

“Ms Foote was known to fall 

or bang into things while intoxicated 

which reportedly caused 

her to bruise and have marks on 

her body. 

“Ms Foote’s alcohol consumption 

had reportedly increased in 

the several years before her death 

and possibly after she lost her job 

PROBABLE FALL: Police 

at the Port Hills Rd home 

where Heather Foote was 

found critically injured in 

2021. She died days later. 

PHOTO: GEORGE HEARD/ 

NZ HERALD 

during the Covid-19 pandemic.” 

Coroner McKenzie said Foote 

was a “very keen runner” but had 

not been going out as much in 

the lead-up to her death. 

“She had also started isolating 

herself, though kept in regular 

contact with and supported her 

father,” she noted. 

A forensic pathologist told 

the Coroner he believed Foote’s 

“lethal” head injury was “most 

likely the result of an accidental 

fall whilst intoxicated”. 

She sought further explanation 

from him and he advised Foote 

had “multiple recent falls, known 

alcoholism, and a known haematological 

abnormality – most 

likely induced by her alcoholism 

– making her more likely than 

usual to bleed following trauma”. 

“The evidence of multiple 

bruises of different ages indicated 

that Ms Foote had multiple 

head impacts over at least several 

days before her death and any 

one or a combination of these 

could have been responsible for 

Ms Foote’s gradually progressive 

fatal intra-cranial bleed,” the 

Coroner explained. 

“Ms Foote’s fatal haemorrhage 

could have started earlier than 

approximately 8.30am when 

last seen by her daughter and 

could have been the culmination 

of slower bleeding reaching a 

critical mass.” 

– NZ Herald 

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• By Chris Barclay 

CHRISTCHURCH Marathon 

competitors can relax to a point. 

The first City2Surf runner across 

the line won’t be going the extra 

mile next month. 

Oska Baynes used the fun run 

as a tune-up for the April 21 

marathon – not that he intends to 

complete the 42km test of endurance. 

Baynes will be a pacemaker 

for fellow long-distance runner 

Andy Good, and anyone else 

aiming to clock two hours 20 by 

the 32km mark. 

“I’ll be the metronome at the 

front and take some of the wind. 

I’ll do three laps then pull out 

and leave the boys to it,” he said. 

Baynes, who fittingly owns The 

Frontrunner branch in Sydenham, 

was not about to stop short 

in the City2Surf however, despite 

racking up 17km before most 

runners had their shoes on. 

“It was a standard Sunday,” 

MARATHON 

EFFORT: 

City2Surf 

winner Oska 

Baynes (fourth 

from left in 

the front row 

wearing a 

FFRC top) at 

the start line. 

At front runner pace 

shrugged the 32-year-old, who 

routinely runs 160km a week. 

Baynes drove to the finish line 

at New Brighton, then ran back 

to his store at The Colombo, 

before loping back to join the 

10,000 social and serious runners 

assembled at Latimer Square for 

the 12km route start at 9am. 

Factor in a post-race warm 

down and Baynes managed a 

perfunctory 35km before midday. 

“I was trying to replicate being 

a little bit tired before we started, 

running an hour and a bit beforehand 

you notice a little bit of 

fatigue,” he said. 

“Then you try and do the event 

at marathon-level pace.” 

Baynes, who represented New 

Zealand at the world half marathon 

championships in Latvia 

last October, timed 39 min. 

Other than assisting his running 

mates next month, Bayes has his 

sights on Australia’s Gold Coast 

marathon in early July. 

Principal’s A+ effort 


DONNA BILAS did her 

homework and completed the 

assignment. 

The principal of Addington Te 

Kura Taumatua also has a certificate 

to prove she completed her 

first City2Surf, the end goal after 

losing 99kg. 

Bilas told a school assembly 

last June she would tackle the 

12km course from Latimer 

Square to Rawhiti Domain on 

Sunday and she fulfilled that 

pledge, crossing the finish line in 

2hr 40min. 

“What a feeling! I wasn’t 

last and I finished before the 

prizegiving,” said Bilas, who had 

a gastric bypass in 2021 to fasttrack 

her weight loss. 

The 51-year-old had spent the 

summer holidays walking around 

Hagley Park and the central city 

every second day, and continued 

that exercise regime when the new 

school year started. 

That preparation paid off as 

she walked the long route – no 

mean feat after she underwent 

two knee replacement surgeries 

last year. 

She completed her preparation 

on Friday with her race bib on, 

leading students around the 

school’s cycle track. 

“There were moments of quite 

big emotion, feeling ‘Wow I’m 

doing this’, especially when it got 

to 6km.” 

Bilas paused for a brief photo 

opportunity at the midway 

point and then carried onto the 

finish where one of her students, 

7-year-old Jack Burrell-Peddie, 

escorted her over the line. 

“That meant everything,” she 

said. 

“He walked the 6km, waited 

WALKING TALL: 

Donna Bilas and 

Jack Burrell- 

Peddie at the 

finish line at 

Rawhiti Domain. 

Below – Bilas 

before she had 

gastric bypass 

surgery in 2021. 

and when he saw me coming he 

rejoined the course and walked 

across with me.” 

Bilas now has her sights set 

on next year’s 12km walk/run 

at Marlborough’s Saint Clair 

Vineyard half marathon. 

“I feel so proud, now on to the 

next one,” she said. 

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A WOMAN on an electric 

scooter with a wheelie 

bin on the front has been 

caught on security camera 

stealing plants from Mona 

Vale Garden Park. 

It was one of several 

brazen thefts at the park 

over the past six months 

which have been captured 

by the cameras. 

Bedding plants and 

annuals are being 

targeted. Established 

plants, such as roses, 

ferns and perennials, 

had also been dug out 

and stolen. 

Friends of the 

Christchurch Botanic 

Gardens and Mona 

Vale sub-committee member, 

Susan Lawrence, leads 

guided tours and organises 

volunteers at the park. “We 

wanted to highlight this 

growing problem as many 

locals will feel as deeply 

about it as we do. 

Mona Vale deputy director 

Nicky Brown called the 

repeated thefts “selfish and 

dispiriting”. 

“We put new plants in 

and they disappear overnight. 

In the spring, 

we had all our tulips 

stolen for the second 

year in a row, there 

were up to 150 stems 

being cut each night. 

The result is we’re no 

longer putting tulips 

in one bedding display 

because they’ve 

been repeatedly 

targeted. 

“It’s blatant. There’s 

people coming through 

and helping themselves 

NEWS 9 

Thieves target plants 

at Mona Vale garden 

Susan 

Lawrence 

SPOTTED: 

This 

woman 

was seen 

stealing 

plants 

from 

Mona Vale 

Garden 

Park. 

like they’re doing the 

shopping.” 

Brown wants the public’s 

help to stop the thefts. 

“We’re extending a 

plea for people to come 

forward if they have any 

information which might 

help us identify possible 

offenders. 

“We haven’t been able 

to identify the individuals 

from the footage thus far, 

and because there are no 

vehicles involved, we can’t 

trace a registration number. 

“We’re asking the public 

to please let us know if they 

see or notice any suspicious 

behaviour.” 

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information 

that may help, 

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Recently our son Connor, who is a 

veterinarian, had the privilege to work 

alongside two of NZLs finest surgeons 

at McMaster & Heap Vets. This doesn’t 

happen very often, but Connor was 

between jobs and had a month in 

Christchurch, and it just so happened we’d 

lined the surgeries up. 

Dara waiting patiently for her stifle 

surgery 

First up was on the delightful Dara, a 10 

year old Labrador cross with Hip Dysplasia 

and stifle disease. Dara is now living in 

Geraldine, so a big trip for mum and dog. 

Originally we organised Dr Helen Milner 

to surgically correct the subluxated and 

osteoarthritic hip but two weeks before 

the scheduled surgery, Dara had pulled 

up lame due to torn ACL ligaments in 

the stifle. So it was decided on the day of 

surgery, that the stifle was giving her more 

pain and discomfort, so Connor scrubbed 

in and saw Helen doing what she does 

best. Suffice to say the surgery was a 

huge success and Dara is back to normal 

activity levels, pain free and enjoying life 

in the country. If the hip ends up being 

problematic for her we will schedule 

another surgery, but for now she’s doing 

great. 

Connor assisting Dr Andrew Worth in 

Altezza -Graces thoracic surgery to 

repair a PDA 

Dr Andrew Worth ( Specialist Small Animal 

Surgeon at Massey University) happened 

to be in town for Altezza - Grace’s thoracic 

surgery to repair a Congenital PDA ( Patent 

Ductus Arteriosus). Just so happened I 

had my 33rd Veterinary reunion, held at 

our home, and so we had 33 vets all in 

one spot for a weekend. Was enormous 

fun, seeing classmates I hadn’t seen since 

we graduated. We are all doing a variety 

of careers within the veterinary industry 

and most of us are still working…. hard! 

Altezza’s mum was very hesitate to fly 

her anywhere for surgery as she had the 

beginnings of heart disease from the PDA 

and is a very anxious puppy anyway. 

Altezza 

-Grace 

before 

surgery 

Also not having her insured yet, meant 

referral to a specialist hospital was out of 

the question. 

Altezza’s congenital PDA meant that left 

sided oxygenated blood was flowing into 

the right sided lungs and not circulating 

around the body, potentially leading to 

congestive heart failure. No medications 

could fix this mechanical problem, 

she required thoracic surgery to ligate 

the vessel that should have closed off 

naturally once she was born. This surgery 

is most definitely for the specialists so we 

were so lucky to have Andrew in town 

and our superb anaesthetic team. PDAs 

can be difficult to detect therefore can 

go undetected until the patient goes into 

congestive heart failure. Dr Richard Lucy, 

performed Echocardiography at MMH 

and diagnosed her condition. Altezza 

recovered excellently and to date is just 

like a normal puppy, enjoying her life 

to the fullest with no more medications 

required. 

Connor was very fortunate to assist 

these experienced surgeons. Connor is 

going down the path of specialisation 

in the small animal surgical field so any 

experience working alongside the best 

is always so valuable. Connor has now 

started his next internship, a straight 

surgical one for a year, at Greencross 

Veterinary Hospital in Melbourne. He’ll 

be working alongside two surgeons and 

many other specialists in a very busy 

referral and first opinion practice where 

they teach the 4th year Melbourne Vet 

students. 

So now we have two sons in Melbourne. 

Isaac is a second year at Melbourne Uni, 

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Tana and the Roxy handbag: Most 

IT WAS a foggy night, and not 

just during the 2006 Super Rugby 

final at Jade Stadium. 

So it is probably little surprise 

there is a lack of clarity concerning 

the whereabouts of New 

Zealand’s most infamous, and 

arguably overpriced, handbag. 

The fashion accessory Tana 

Umaga used to whack Hurricanes 

teammate Chris Masoe 

repeatedly over the head in the 

Jolly Poacher bar on Victoria St 

retains iconic status among the 

25 quirkiest items sold on Trade 

Me, New Zealand’s largest online 

auction and classifieds website. 

Valued at $30, the Roxybranded 

handbag attracted a 

record 1,072,893 views before Susie45 

– Wanganui woman Susie 

Langmaid – paid $22,750 for the 

most bizarre souvenir from that 

season’s fog-bound spectacle. 

Nicole Davis listed the handbag 

for sale after it was used by 

Umaga to reprimand Masoe after 

the loose forward punched a 

friend of hers he accused of tripping 

him up in the bar around 

6am, as the Hurricanes drowned 

their sorrows after losing 19-12 to 

the Crusaders. 

“At the moment I’m thinking 

it’s pretty crazy, it’s right up there. 

I thought I would get $600. I’m 

thinking it’s an insane amount of 

money,” Davies told media after 

the auction. 

“I’ve definitely been lucky, it’s 

quite like winning Lotto.” 

Her windfall more than covered 

the fact Umaga struck Masoe 

with such force a cellphone 

inside the handbag broke. 

The post-match wake was 

chastening for Masoe, who was 

ridiculed by bar patrons after 

tearing up following Umaga’s 

punishment, and then fined 

$3000 by the New Zealand Rugby 

Union. Umaga escaped censure. 

Psychologist Sara Chatwin said 

the ‘weirdo factor’ along with 

Umaga’s standing as a national 

icon were behind people’s desire 

to own the handbag. 

“Tana was, and still is, a 

national hero. He’s an absolute 

gem, and all of a sudden he’s gone 

from rugby captain to Dame 

Edna wannabe,” Chatwin said, 

BANG ON: Sue Langmaid, the successful bidder on the TradeMe auction for the handbag used by Tana Umaga to hit 

Chris Masoe at the Jolly Poacher, recreates the infamous scene with her partner Aaron Crapp. PHOTO: NZ HERALD 

The 

Cardborghini 

Aventador 

sold for 

$10,420 in 

2021. 

Chris Masoe 

(right) 

and Tana 

Umaga were 

on better 

terms as the 

Wellington 

captain was 

carried off 

Westpac 

Stadium 

after his 

100th and 

final match 

for the 

province in 

2007. Fellow 

All Black 

Ma’a Nonu 

also gave 

Umaga a lift. 

PHOTO: 

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explaining the item’s appeal 

while referencing the character 

created by late Australian comedian 

Barry Humphries. 

As Trade Me released its list to 

coincide with the site’s 25th anniversary, 

attempts to revisit Langmaid’s 

side of the story proved 

challenging. 

Tracked down to Australia, 

possibly the Gold Coast, the only 

Susie Langmaid listed on Facebook 

did respond to an initial 

message from The Star: LOL 

. . . well you are a blast from the 

past!!! Yes, it’s me.” 

However, subsequent attempts 

to secure an interview proved 

unsuccessful. 

There was also a local 

connection to another item 

on Trade Me’s greatest hit 

list – a cardboard model of a 

Lamborghini bought by Dean 

Graham, son of late Mainfreight 

transport company founder Neil 

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iconic Trade Me listings of all time 

Other listings to receive 

an honourable mention 

included a scrap of sandpaper 

that symbolised Australian 

test cricket’s infamous ball 

tampering scandal in South 

Africa in 2018 and the “last 

cigarette” smoked inside 

Auckland’s Malt restaurant and 

bar before the smoke-free laws 

came into effect at midnight on 

December 9, 2004. 

A lollipop actor Orlando 

Bloom sported during the 2003 

Lord of the Rings premiere in 

Wellington later sold on the site 

for $330. 

In more recent history, there’s 

a Sky Tower creatively made 

from MIQ rubbish and of course, 

the timeless phallic-shaped fruit 

and vegetables that dominate the 

listings each year. 

Trade Me’s Jessamy Malcolm 

Cowper said the listings that 

made the top 25 weren’t just 

there because of the number 

of views they’d had, but how 

memorable they were to Kiwis. 

“Trade Me has this ability 

to reflect New Zealand back 

to itself. Our list includes 

references to events like the ban 

on smoking indoors, single-use 

plastic bags, and the impact 

of Covid-19. It’s a fascinating 

look back at moments in our 

collective history,” she said. 

Someone even tried to auction 

off the country of Australia in 

2006, affectionately labelled 

“large brown boring featureless 

land mass”. Unsurprisingly, it 

didn’t see any bids, as Australia 

was not for sale. 

And who could forget former 

prime minister Jacinda Ardern 

calling ACT leader an “arrogant 

prick” under her breath in 

December 2022. 

Instead of igniting the feud 

further, Seymour and Ardern 

decided to frame the comment 

and auction it off to raise money 

for prostate cancer research – 

proving they could set aside their 

differences for a good cause. 

The framed transcript sold for 

$100,100. 

MEMORABLE MOMENTS: David Seymour’s twerking outfit fetched $1240, while this piece of sandpaper immortalising 

cricket scandal ‘Sandpapergate’ sold for $58. 

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$32,290,000.00 asking 

price 

Used cigarette butt 

(2005) - $7475.00 

Iconic Big FRESH 

characters (2019) - 

$4520 

Orlando Bloom’s lollipop 

(2003) - $330 

Toyota Townace Boatace 

1990 (2009) - $9100.00 

Pak’nSave bag (2019) - 

$52 

Launch payload to space 

Trade Me’s 25 most legendary listings 

and attend rocket launch 

(2009) - $5560.00 

Ed Sheeran ticket and 

date (2018) - $205 

Cardborghini Aventador 

(2021) - $10,420 

Ardern, Seymour 

join forces for pricks 

everywhere (2022) - 

$100,100 

Sky Tower made from 

MIQ trash (2021) - $605 

John’s cast off (2009) - 

$18,500.10 

Spa boat (2022) - $9,538 

Scary washing machine. 

No really, it’s terrifying! 

(2009) - $5160 

Sandpapergate (2018) - 

$58 

‘A wicked wing taste 

tester’ for KFC (2024) - 

price N/A 

Demonic printer (2020) 

- $200 

‘Bernie’ the fire engine 

(2020) - price unknown 

Phallic shaped 

vegetables (2007-2024) - 

$151 - $274.99 

David Seymour twerking 

outfit (2018) - $1240 

Hurricanes handbag 

and cellphone (2006) - 

$22,800.00 

Travelling hat (2019) - 

$1000 

Australia (2006) - not 

sold 

Stormtrooper costume 

(2021) - $2499 

The infamous beehive 

sketch signed by Helen 

Clark (2007) - no bids, 

listed for $4562 

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Catholic food 

bank closes 

due to costs 

THE CITY’S hungry have one less 

option for sustenance following the 

closure of a food bank which had 

served the needy for 60 years. 

Catholic Social Services 

reluctantly shut down its Cashel St 

food bank earlier this month, citing 

the rising cost of essential food 

items and a lack of donations. 

“It’s terribly sad our efforts to 

feed those who cannot afford 

food ceased because it had 

become unaffordable,” said Simon 

Thompson, general manager of the 

Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 

“The difficult decision came 

after 12 months of effort to find 

additional funding streams. 

“With Catholic Social Services 

receiving very few donations of 

food and only a tiny discount from 

supermarkets, it was no longer 

financially viable to operate the 

food bank.’’ 

When the food bank closed 

down, it was limited to supplying 

about a dozen food parcels 

delivered weekly. 

Thompson recommended 

people seeking food parcels from 

Catholic Social Services should 

first approach their partner 

organisation, St Vincent de Paul. 

Although the food bank has 

closed, Catholic Social Services 

expects to resume its soup kitchen 

programme soon. 


THE CITY’S longest-serving 

local government politician has 

staved off a leadership coup at 

her community board, despite 

ongoing concerns over her 

stewardship. 

Helen Broughton tendered 

her resignation before last 

Thursday’s monthly meeting of 

the Waipuna Halswell-Hornby- 

Riccarton Community Board, 

contingent on being able to act as 

spokesperson on planning issues. 

Broughton’s move to step 

aside was related to pressure she 

felt was being exerted by some 

younger colleagues over her 

performance in the role she was 

elected unopposed for following 

the 2022 local government 

elections. 

Her use of social media to 

communicate board messages 

to the public was identified as 

a shortcoming, one Broughton 

acknowledged and intended to 

address. 

However, her vast experience 

with planning issues enabled her 

to retain both the chair and lead 

on planning matters because the 

majority of board members did 

not want to separate the roles. 


Broughton’s resignation rejected 

by community board colleagues 

Broughton voted to accept her 

own resignation, pending the 

retention of her planning brief, 

along with Henk Buunk and 

Mark Peters. 

But deputy chair Marie 

Pollisco, Sarah Brunton, Gamal 

Fouda, Tyla Harrison-Hunt, 

Andrei Moore and Debbie Mora 

rejected that scenario. 

Broughton, who first 

represented Riccarton on the 

board in 1995 and served as a 

city councillor from 2001-2013, 

expected to be replaced as chair. 

“It took me by surprise,” she 

admitted. 

Aware of some discontent with 

her performance, Broughton 

said she would hold individual 

discussions with her eight board 

colleagues. 

“I want to know how things are 

going from their perspective and 

what needs to change,” she said. 

Broughton conceded the 4.5 

hour long meeting did not run 

neatly throughout, particularly 

debate regarding her role as 

chair and then contentious safety 

measures for the crash-prone 

Church Corner intersection. 

“We got through 15 items 

smoothly, the 16th item (her 

role as chair) and 17th (Church 

Helen Broughton 

Corner) were difficult items,” she 

said. 

“It was chaired reasonably well 

but it probably wasn’t quite as 

tight as it should have been.” 

Broughton was also a 

central figure in the board’s 

second decision not to follow 

city council staff advice and 

implement safety-related changes 

designated for the intersection of 

Riccarton, Yaldhurst and Main 

South Rds. 

The board rejected the plan 

to close down the right hand 

turn from Main South Rd onto 

Riccarton Rd and also add a 

pedestrian crossing to Yaldhurst 

Rd at a meeting on February 

15, and were asked by staff to 

reconsider. 

Board members opposed to the 

changes claimed logjams would 

ensue if Main South Rd traffic 

were forced to turn onto Curletts 

Rd as a means of reaching 

Riccarton Rd. 

Broughton was the last 

member to vote and she opted 

to reject the changes, leading 

to a tie and per council rules, 

the February 15 decision was 

retained. 

Buunk, Mora and Peters voted 

against the changes; Pollisco, 

Brunton, Harrison-Hunt and 

Moore were in favour while 

Fouda had left the meeting at 

that stage to attend a Mosque 

attack commemoration. 

After voting ,it appeared 

Broughton wanted to backtrack 

and send the issue back to the 

board for a third time, only to be 

informed by council staff it was 

too late for a u-turn. 

But Broughton told The Star 

there was no confusion on her 

part. 

“I was clear how that vote 

would go and I knew it would be 

the status quo. I was clear about 

how I was voting.” 

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16 

LETTERS 


Concerns over influence of council staff 

THE SITUATION at Church 

Corner raises serious concerns 

about the undermining of the 

democratic process by council 

staff. 

When community board 

members, our elected 

representatives, vote on an issue 

– such as the modification of 

the Church Corner intersection 

– only to face behind-closeddoors 

pressure to reverse 

their decision, it suggests an 

alarming bypass of democratic 

protocols. 

This is particularly 

disconcerting when staff 

reports are presented after a 

decision has been made, as a 

means to sway board members. 

This move, as highlighted by 

Debbie Mora of the Waipuna 

Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton 

Community Board, is 

unprecedented in her extensive 

experience in local government. 

Hiding behind legal 

professional privilege for a nonsensitive 

issue to avoid public 

scrutiny is not justifiable. This 

behaviour isn’t isolated. 

A poignant example is the 

council staff’s decision to 

proceed with the $19 million 

cycleway project, ignoring 

Councillors Victoria Henstock 

and Aaron Keown’s calls for 

a pause in light of potential 

government funding cuts. 

This blatant disregard for 

CONTENTIOUS: Decision making over the dangerous 

intersection at Church Corner has highlighted concerns 

around the council’s democratic processes. 

elected members’ decisions 

undermines the very essence of 

our democracy. 

Citizens deserve transparency 

and adherence to the values 

that uphold our democracy. 

It’s crucial that the decisions 

of elected representatives are 

respected and not undermined. 

– James Andrews, Papanui 

Fly tipping 

Only the Christchurch City 

Council could turn rubbish 

left on the street into a million 

dollar exercise. Now they plan 

to throw more money at it with 

surveillance cameras. 

Also getting enforcement 

involved (presumably police, 

good luck with that). Maybe the 

errant ones were just giving the 

old couch away anyway. 

Yes by all means tell the 

community boards (extra 

morning tea there). Yeah, get 

council legal teams involved. 

Here is an idea, hire two 

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year each and a truck. Free 

dumping, all done. Forget the 

inspections. 

Yes Mr Guy, we know the 

errant ones can dump it all 

at Bromley. Remember these 

streets are mostly in low socioeconomic 

areas. Paying to 

dump the old mattress is not 

top of the pops for them. 

– Mel Bonner, Queenspark 

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SPORT 


Celebrating Wilding Park’s 100 


CANTERBURY’S home of 

tennis celebrates its centenary in 

appropriate fashion over Easter 

weekend, with evergreen players 

showcasing their timeless skills 

to commemorate Wilding Park’s 

opening in 1924. 

A timely nod to the past 

occurs on Good Friday (March 

29) when the annual Tennis NZ 

Masters national teams event 

gets under way. 

Although Wilding Park Tennis 

Centre is the headquarters, 

matches will be played in Shirley 

and Spreydon, another reminder 

of yesteryear given G Ollivier 

won the inaugural Canterbury 

Lawn Tennis Association’s Easter 

Tournament men’s singles final 

6-4 7-5 over PG Greenwood at 

the nearby Avonside courts. 

The doubles tournament, for 

players aged 30–75-plus, has 

attracted 72 teams comprising 

367 players from Northland to 

Otago, and is the only event to 

mark the centenary. 

“It’s fitting as a lot of these 

players would have played 

at Wilding Park many times 

over their careers,” said Tennis 

Canterbury general manager 

Bevan Johns. 

The oldest competitor is 

Ashburton’s Jack Allan, who 

turns 81 on April 30, is in 

one of 11 teams representing 

Canterbury Country. 

Wendy Jones from South 

Canterbury/Canterbury Country 

is the oldest female player at 77. 

The youngest is Callum 

Old (Taranaki) who turns 

30 in August – tournament 

regulations stipulate you must be 

30 during the year of the event. 

Canterbury and Canterbury 

Country have the biggest 

representation with 11 teams 

each, followed by Kapiti-Mana 

on seven. 

A women’s team from Victoria, 

Australia, adds an international 

flavour to the draw, while two 

men from the state will play as 

imports in a Canterbury team. 

The Canterbury Lawn Tennis 

Club was established on April 4, 

1881 following a meeting at the 

Commercial Hotel. 

Four months later, the 

Lancaster Park Club for cricket, 

tennis and bowls was formed 

at the same hotel, with the 

committee featuring a name now 

synonymous with Canterbury 

tennis, Frederick Wilding. 

Christchurch was chosen 

by the New Zealand Lawn 

Tennis association to host the 

“championship of the colony” in 

December 1887, the tournament 

played on 18 temporary courts at 

Lancaster Park. 

Three years later the Linwood, 

Sydenham, Canterbury College, 

Southbridge, Canterbury, 

Sumner and Merivale lawn 

tennis clubs formed the 

Canterbury Lawn Tennis 

Association. 

Tennis grew in popularity 

during the 1890s and by the 

GLORY DAYS: Wilding Park’s grass courts played host to the Davis Cup clash with Argentina in 1991. 

PHOTO: STANDISH & PREECE COLLECTION, CANTERBURY MUSEUM, REF: 2019.10.12376 

end of the century, a precocious 

15-year-old talent, Anthony 

Wilding, rose to prominence 

by beating his father, Frederick, 

in a New Zealand Lawn Tennis 

Championship match in 

Dunedin. 

Anthony Wilding eventually 

claimed the Wimbledon men’s 

singles title for four consecutive 

years from 1910, and he also won 

a tennis bronze for Australasia 

at the 1912 Olympic Games in 

Stockholm, Sweden. 

Wilding also added titles 

in Melbourne, Paris, Brussels 

and Johannesburg to a glowing 

resume before he joined the 

Royal Marines shortly after the 

outbreak of World War One in 

1914. 

Captain Wilding was killed in 

action, aged 31, during the Battle 

of Aubers Ridge near Neuve 

Chapelle in France on May 9, 

1915. He is buried at Rue-des- 

Berceaux Military Cemetery 

near the border with Belgium. 

Before Wilding was killed 

plans were already underway 

to source land for a tennis 

headquarters to cope with the 

sport’s increasing demand but 

it took until late 1922 for the 

association to purchase a nineacre 

block on Woodham Rd in 

Linwood. 

Benefactor John Hobbs Kirk’s 

gift of £800 (an approximate 

value of $125,000 now) to the 

association earned naming 

rights for the court complex and 

he had no hesitation in opting 

for Wilding Park to recognise 

the fallen Wimbledon champion 

and Frederick, who was known 

as the grandfather of Canterbury 

tennis. 

Kirk also served as the 

association’s president and was 

patron when he died in 1938. 

GENERATIONS: Frederick 

Wilding, the ‘grandfather 

of Canterbury tennis’ 

and father of four-time 

Wimbledon men’s single 

winner Anthony, pictured 

right in 1912. 

The blueprint for Wilding 

Park was first published in The 

Star on May 30, 1923 and the 

headquarters hosted its first 

tournament the following Easter 

on grass and hard courts. 

The facility was well-utilised 

from its inception and from the 

late 1970s Wilding Park saw 

Christchurch regarded as New 

Zealand’s ‘Davis Cup City’, a 

1990 World Group victory over 

a Yugoslavian team featuring a 

19-year-old Goran Ivansevic was 

particularly memorable. 

In 2001 Ivansevic became 

the only wildcard to win the 

Wimbledon men’s singles title, 

when ranked No. 125 in the 

world. 

Wilding Park hosted Davis 

Cup ties on a regular basis 

through the 1980s before New 

Zealand’s matches were spread 

around the country.



SPORT 19 

year legacy to Canterbury sport 

Last year the venue staged a 

tie (a 1-3 loss to Bulgaria) for the 

first time since a 5-0 win over 

Pakistan in 2016. 

Wilding Park’s buildings and 

39 courts were severely damaged 

by the Canterbury earthquakes, 

major remedial work was carried 

out before the complex reopened 

relatively quickly in April 2013. 

One feature that survived was 

the concrete volley wall used by 

New Zealand tennis greats Onny 

Parun and Brian Fairlie. 

Swedish tennis icon Bjorn 

Borg honed his ground strokes 

in the caged area before an 

exhibition match with Chris 

Lewis, shortly after the Kiwi 

made the 1983 Wimbledon final 

against Borg’s nemesis John 

McEnroe. 

Post-earthquake, there are 

24 hard courts, including six 

indoors, enabling Wilding Park 

to maintain its status as New 

Zealand’s largest tennis centre. 

Eight grass courts were 

installed and ready for use 

as part of an ambitious 

redevelopment in November 

2021, but they were out of 

bounds about six months later. 

“They looked beautiful and 

people enjoyed playing on them 

but it wasn’t the best use of the 

funds unfortunately,” Johns said. 

They cost about $80,000 to 

maintain per year, not including 

THEN AND NOW: Wilding Park’s grass courts, pictured in 1965, have now been replaced with a modern hard court 

surface. The park has come a long way since the blueprint for tennis courts at Wilding Park was published in The Star on 

May 30, 1923. 

the salary of a full-time staff 

member. 

“It was a nice nostalgic idea, 

but it didn’t really have any 

commercial strengths. They 

didn’t bring in any revenue so 

we had to mothball them. 

“There wasn’t a huge appetite 

to play on grass. Juniors aren’t 

that keen because (junior) 

international tournaments are 

on hard courts.” 

Tennis Canterbury is looking 

to use the now vacant grass 

court area for pickleball, netball 

and potentially other codes to 

utilise the land. 

That adaptability encapsulated 

Wilding Park’s ability to 

return serve in challenging 

circumstances. 

Johns said a line in the 

Wilding Park strategic plan was 

particularly apt as the venue 

enters its second century: Over 

a hundred years Wilding Park 

has survived wars, depression, 

recessions, pandemics and major 

earthquakes. 

“It’s a resilient place,” he said. 

“People have talked about 

moving our headquarters in 

Canterbury a few times over that 

period but it’s held fast.” 

Powerful service made big impression 


PANCHO GONZALES’ 

first serve is amateurish by 

today’s standards on the men’s 

professional tennis circuit. 

Yet when the American tossed 

the ball up at Wilding Park’s 

grass centre court in January 

1958, a young Dave Meredith 

watched on awestruck. 

A back-to-back US National 

Championships (later US Open) 

singles title winner in 1948-49, 

Gonzales was almost hitting 

his 30s when Christchurch was 

included on his 87-match world 

tour against Australian Lew 

Hoad, six years his junior. 

“Pancho was one of the 

first guys that could serve 

over a hundred mile an hour 

(160km/h) with a wooden 

racquet,” Meredith recalled. 

“He was one of the bigger 

servers in those days.” 

American Sam Groth 

currently holds the record for 

the fastest serve in men’s tennis, 

260km/h (163.4mp/h) during a 

second round loss to Belarusian 

Vladimir Ignatik at the 2012 

Busan Open Challenger Tennis 

tournament in South Korea. 

Gonzales’ serve was also 

negated by Hoad, who 

triumphed 6-4 7-5 that summer 

afternoon by pounding the 

American’s backhand. 

BIG HIT: Two-time US National Championships (later US Open) singles winner Pancho 

Gonzales, serving here during the 1967 edition of the tournament in Forest Hills, New 

York, made a lasting impression on Dave Meredith when he played an exhibition game 

at Wilding Park in 1958. 

“They all had different 

weapons, court craft and all that 

because a lot of it was played on 

grass in those days. There was 

a lot more net play,” Meredith 

said. 

The 75-year-old was 

introduced to tennis by his 

parents and he played for 

Barrington, Avonside and 

Hagley before snooker and 

billiards – he is a multiple New 

Zealand champion in both cue 

sports – took precedence late in 

his teenage years. 

Meredith returned to tennis 

in earnest when his three boys 

Matt, Tim and James were 

grasping the significance of 

sport. 

“I didn’t want to lead them 

into billiards and snooker. In 

those days people used to look 

down on smoke-filled billiard 

rooms,” he explained. 

Meredith, who joined the 

domestic masters tennis ranks in 

2014 at age 66, is favoured to win 

the 75+ age group men’s doubles 

with a fellow Cantabrian, Gavin 

Dunn. 

They have known each other 

since they were five years old, a 

childhood that included serving 

as ball boys when Australian 

legends Rod Laver – his 

favourite player back then – and 

Ken Rosewall played indoors 

at Canterbury Court, the old 

Showgrounds building, during 

the 1950s. 

“What stood out for me as a 

boy, watching Laver, was the 

forearm on his racquet hand was 

about half as big again his other 

(right) arm. He was a marvellous 

player in those days,” Meredith 

said. 

When Meredith and Dunn 

last paired up for an Easter 

tournament in Christchurch 

in 2019, their six-member 

Canterbury combination cruised 

to overall 70+1 age group title 

which is determined by total sets 

won not matches. 

They racked up 36 sets, never 

dropped one, and won 78 per 

cent of all points. 

Meredith said he wouldn’t be 

too bothered if he and Dunn 

dropped down to the 70+ 

category if the draw revealed a 

lack of viable rivals. 

“As you get older there’s less 

chances of North Island teams 

coming down,” he said. 

“We would benefit by getting 

better games that way, even if 

there’s less chance of winning 

it. That’s what it’s about. You 

don’t want to be going along and 

playing easy teams, you want 

some competition.”


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Linwood Keas’ feathers ruffled 

over plan to use name in NRL bid 

• By Sam Coughlan 

DISCUSSIONS are under 

way behind the scenes over a 

proposed South Island NRL 

franchise’s plan to use an almost 

identical name to Canterbury’s 

top rugby league side. 

The South 

Island Kea 

– headed by 

former New 

Zealand Rugby 

and NRL chief 

executive David 

Moffett – aim 

David 

Moffett 

to submit a bid 

to join the NRL 

when it next 

expands, likely before 2028. 

But the name has ruffled 

feathers at the Linwood Keas, 

Canterbury’s club grand-final 

winner seven times in the past 

eight seasons. 

Linwood club 

president Andrew 

Auimatagi 

told The Star 

yesterday: “Our 

brand is 111 

years old, so, 

yeah, we need to 

Andrew 

Auimatagi 

do what we can 

to protect our 

brand.” 

The Star understands Linwood 

is taking legal advice over the 

matter. 

Questions from The Star 

yesterday over potential issues 

between the Linwood Keas 

and South Island Kea over the 

name appear to have prompted 

hasty calls between various parties. 

Moffett said not contacting 

Linwood before last week’s 

announcement was a “mistake”, 

but one he was looking to 

rectify. He had left a message on 

BIRDS OF A FEATHER: Proposed NRL side South Island Kea plan to use an almost identical name to top rugby league 

side the Linwood Keas. 

a Linwood official’s voicemail 

yesterday. 

“We have been moving so fast 

that a couple of things have fallen 

through the cracks, and one 

of them has been the Linwood 

Keas, and I’m onto that.” 

Moffett said he hoped the two 

organisations can work together. 

“We’re not going to steal their 

thunder or anything like that, 

but we’re just going to work with 

them. I think we can help them, 

as a part of the kea family if you 

like.” 

The Kea are one of two South 

Island bids trying to enter the 

NRL. Former Canterbury Rugby 

League chief executive Tony 

Kidd has also announced plans 

for a as yet unnamed side. Both 

his and Moffett’s would be based 

at Christchurch’s new Te Kaha 

stadium, which is due to open in 

2026. 

Moffett will present the 

details of his planned bid to the 

Canterbury Rugby League board 

and New Zealand Rugby League 

chief executive Greg Peters on 

Monday. 

CRL chief executive Malcolm 

Humm said he anticipated 

Moffett would be asked about 

the name at the board meeting. 

FLYING HIGH: 

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Keas take 

on Hornby 

Panthers in 

the Canterbury 

rugby league 

grand final in 

2019. 

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Work for Burnside after shaky start 


A POOR first day of their final 

match has dented Burnside 

Wests’ two-day title hopes – but 

they remain in the box seat for 

the trophy heading into the last 

weekend of the season. 

They will resume their match 

against Sydenham trailing by 40 

runs at the start of their second 

innings, having failed to claim 

points for the highest first-innings 

score. 

However, Burnside player-coach 

Carl Huyser said an extended 

second day, due to a wet ground 

delaying the start of day one, is 

likely to give them enough time to 

do what they need to. 

“It’s just about occupying 

the crease and then building 

partnerships, I think that’s going 

to be the key. 

“A couple of good partnerships 

will be the main thing. We’ll 

probably need to get about 60 or 

65 overs to have a chance of still 

bowling them out and winning 

the game.” 

Burnside are unlikely to need 

a win to secure the trophy – they 

are well ahead of second-place 

Lancaster Park in the standings. 

Park trail by 82 runs with four 

wickets remaining in their first 

innings against East Shirley, and 

the only way they can secure 

enough points to overtake 

Burnside would need them to 

OUT: Burnside batter Jake Jonas is stumped by Sydenham wicketkeeper Aarush Bhagwat 

for six runs. 

PHOTO: ASH HART 

claim a first-innings lead, bowl 

Easts out quickly and then chase 

down the required total without 

losing a wicket. 

Even then, a good batting effort 

from Burnside is likely to give 

them enough bonus points to be 

un-catchable. 

Huyser said some of Burnside’s 

team might keep an eye on their 

title rivals’ game. 

“We’ll certainly at lunchtime 

have a wee look.” 

Both of the other matches – 

Merivale-Papanui v St Albans 

and Old Boys v Heathcote – were 

unable to start on day one due to a 

wet outfield but will get underway 

this weekend. 

In the women’s 50-over 

competition, Lancaster Park will 

host Sydenham at St Albans Park 

in the final on Saturday. 

Park won the T20 final earlier 

this season against North West 

and will be looking to complete 

the double. 

These teams have met seven 

times this season, with Park 

winning four and Sydenham two, 

with last week’s clash abandoned. 

MATCHES 

• Burnside 136 all out 

trail Sydenham 176/4 by 

40 runs 

Lancaster Park 116/6 

trail East Shirley 198/6 

dec. by 82 runs 

• Merivale-Papanui vs St 

Albans 

• Old Boys vs Heathcote 

• Lancaster Park women 

vs Sydenham women – 

50-over final 

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The Canterbury rugby league 

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reached its finale before the start 

of the premiership in two weeks. 

Riccarton Knights will do battle 

with Halswell Hornets in the 

tournament final on Saturday 

after two decisive semifinals. 

Halswell convincingly put away 

last year’s champions Linwood 

Keas 38-0 while Riccarton beat 

Eastern Eagles 28-14. Hornby 

Panthers also beat Northern 

Bulldogs 48-8 in the 5th/6th place 

playoff. The final will be held 

at Ngā Puna Wai at 2.45pm on 

Saturday. 

TOP HONOUR FOR OBC 

Old Boys Collegians have been 

crowned New Zealand Cricket’s 

Club of the Year at the NZC 

awards last week. NZC said the 

club had proven themselves as a 

“progressive, forward-thinking 

cricket club, who are passionate 

about club cricket.” OBC president 

Steve Wakefield and committee 

member David Wakefield were 

on hand to collect the award from 

NZC president Lesley Murdoch. 

OBC’s women’s premier coach 

Kath Clark was also recognised as 

Volunteer of the Year for her work 

with OBC, the Methven Cricket 

Club and Mount Hutt College’s 

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REMEMBRANCE: Steve Sumner’s grandkids pose with Christchurch United 

and Cashmere Technical’s teams after last year’s match. 

PHOTO: JIM WATTS PHOTOGRAPHY 

Tech, United ready 

for commemorative 

Steve Sumner Cup 


CASHMERE Technical and Christchurch 

United meet on Saturday to remember one 

of New Zealand’s football greats in their 

final pre-season match. 

They will play for the annual Steve 

Sumner Cup, commemorating the former 

All Whites captain and his contribution to 

football while raising funds for charity. 

Sumner, a former United player who 

won seven Chatham Cups and five league 

titles with the side, died in 2017 from 

prostate cancer. He led the All Whites 

to their first ever World Cup in Spain in 

1982. 

United head coach Ryan Edwards said 

it would be special to remember one of 

the greatest footballers in the country’s 

history. 

“It’s a big thing for this club. 

“Steve’s grandson, Beckett, 

is playing in our 10th 

grade team. 

“And I actually played 

football on a Wednesday 

with his dad and Steve’s 

son, Carlos. So there’s still 

a lot of connection to the 

club.” 

Cashmere Technical 

head coach Dan Schwarz 

echoed that statement. 

Dan 

Schwarz 

“It’s been something we’ve looked forward 

to all pre-season, and it’s great to do 

our little bit for prostate cancer,” he said. 

Proceeds from the match will go to the 

Prostate Cancer Foundation. 

United won the cup last year, 3-1. 

The match at Nga Puna Wai starts at 

2.30pm, with the U17 and U20 teams from 

the clubs playing at noon. 

LEGEND: Sumner captaining the All Whites during their 2-0 win over Taiwan 

for the 1982 World Cup.


SPORT 23 

Riders eye milestone victory in 25th Le Race 

THE CYCLING community will 

be celebrating a special milestone 

on Saturday when 600 riders 

line up for the 25 th edition of the 

Golden Homes Le Race. 

Since its inception in 1999, 

the 100km race from Cathedral 

Square to Akaroa has featured 

big names in the sport, as well 

as some of the most eccentric 

weekend warriors. 

The tough climbs over Dyers 

Pass, Gebbies Pass, Hilltop and 

the Summit Rd over the years 

have attracted some top fields, 

and the Hall of Fame includes 

a long list of world champions, 

Olympic medallists and Commonwealth 

Games winners like 

Brian Fowler, Hayden Roulston 

and Kate McIlroy. 

Some of those competed in the 

heyday of their careers, while 

other young talents used Le Race 

as a stepping stone to a professional 

career on the cycling 

world tour. 

“Those names are a great 

reflection of the high regard Le 

Race is held in cycling circles,” 

said race organiser Sheree 

Stevens. 

“It has been wonderful so 

see those same young kids we 

first met at the starting line in 

Cathedral Square later pop up on 

the podium in Europe or the US, 

and of course makes us incredibly 

proud.” 

This year’s field will include 

defending champions Sharlotte 

Lucas and Jonty Harris, as well 

as previous two-time winner 

Daniel Whitehouse and Australian-turned-Kiwi 

pro rider 

Matilda Raynolds. 

Stevens said her event has 

faced the same challenges as 

other sports events in recent 

years and Le Race was virtually 

on life support after the double 

cancellation in 2020 and 2022 

due to the pandemic. 

“Other events organisers may 

have pulled the pin, but this is 

such a special race and we just 

love our cycling community too 

much to let this amazing event 

die a quiet death. Not on my 

watch,” said Stevens, who adds 

that increased competition from 

other events, notably mountainbike 

competitions, has also 

challenged the viability of the 


road race. 

The race also conflicts with 

Sail GP in Lyttelton on this 

weekend. 

Stevens is grateful for the New 

Zealand community for reciprocating 

her commitment to Le 

Race by again signing up in large 

numbers for the gruelling climbs 

over the Port Hills. 

“That’s what keeps us all 

coming back, their love for this 

special event. And the big smiles 

on everyone’s faces when they 

share their battle stories over a 

beer in Akaroa.” 

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GARDENING 25 

Plum trees need a pollinator 

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home gardeners growing more of 

their own fruit. 

Plum trees grow between 3-4m 

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The three main types flower and 

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in late September on spurs. 

European plums generally have 

smaller, rounder oval fruit which 

need pollinating. The japanese 

plum, Prunus salicinas, flowers in 

early September on last season’s 

new wood. It has large, often 

pointed fruit. The cherry plums, 

which are Prunus cerasifera, are a 

cross between the European and 

Japanese plums. They flower in 

late winter. 

Plums prefer a sunny spot with 

good drainage. Spring frosts can 

be a problem if the plant is flowering 

at the time. Water the plant 

well during dry periods, fertilise 

in early and late spring. 

Plums are vigorous growers so 

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FRESH: Plums are popular with children but watch out the birds don’t get them first. 

Pruning should be done after 

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Birds are also a pest. 

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Cherry plums black doris – 

great all purpose, medium-sized, 

black-purple skinned, deep red 

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Ripens early December-January 

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Omega – Red flesh with greenred 

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Japanese plums – These plums 

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Sultan – Is a popular variety 

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santa rosa. 

Greengage – Is a popular plum 

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other European plums. 

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Li ter library 

Problem areas for li ter 

revealed 

Surf club move 

New Brighton surf club opts 

to rebuild on new site 

TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2018 www.star.kiwi 

Loca ly Owned 

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• By Sophie Cornish 

WORKSAFE NEW Zealand 

has b en a proached in a bid to 

fina ly repair the potholes in New 

Brighton’s Hawke St car park. 

Coastal-Burw od Ward city 

counci lor David East wants 

WorkSafe to pre sure the car 

park’s private owners into 

repairing the potholes which are 

a “trip and vehicle” hazard. 

WorkSafe chief inspector 

a se sment southern Da ren 

Handforth said it may be able to 

take action under the Health and 

Safety at Work Act 2015, “as a 

person conducting a busine s or 

undertaking.” 

Mr Handforth said WorkSafe 

is aware of the concerns raised by 

Cr East abou the car park. 

“WorkSafe has completed 

an a se sment visi to the site 

and is engaging with the owner 

to advise them that it is their 

responsibility to manage their 

risks a propriately.” 

Different parts of the car park 

are owned by various people 

and the Coastal-Burw od 

Community Board recently 

wrote to them about its concerns 

around health and safety. 

Cr East said the bi gest i sue 

in the past has b en ge ting in 

touch with the landlords and 

owners and ge ting them to 

agr e to anything. “The board 

a preciates that multi-ownership 

of the parking space may present 

a difficulty in co-ordinating 

repair/resurfacing but felt obliged 

to pa s these concerns onto you,” 

said the le ter. 

One reply has b en received so 

far from an owner who is wi ling 

to discu s the i sue. However, a l 

the owners would have to agr e 

to undertake work. 

Cr East said there had b en 

a “number of incidences” in 

the car park of people injuring 

themselves which had gone 

unreported. 

“I’ve always though that it 

has b en quite amazing that we 

haven’t had any serious a cidents 

or senior citizens perhaps 

tri ping in those potholes and 

doing themselve some damage.” 

He is confiden the new 

a proach wi l bring results. 

“I think the WorkSafe 

involvement may prove to be the 

lever that we are l oking for.” 

New bid to fix potholes 

Action looms 

on Hawke St 

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THE ST Andrew’s Co lege big 

band had extra incentive to 

win a the National Youth Ja z 

Competition – ba s player, Tom 

Fastier, co lapsed and died the 

day before the competition 

began. 

“Tom was a ba s player from 

Cashmere High Sch ol who was 

playing with our big band this 

year. He had a strong chance of 

wi ning best ba s player a the 

festival as he was a very a complished 

musician,” head of music 

Duncan Ferguson said. 

“We were delighted to win, but 

it was bi tersw et,” he said. 

St Andrew’s won the most 

outstanding big band title a the 

competition in Tauranga. 

The band dedicated it se to 

Tom, who died while on his way 

to Cashmere High on March 27. 

His death was po sibly related to 

a medical event. 

•Turn to page 9 

SW ET SOUNDS: St Andrew’s Co lege year 12 students Lewis Edmond and Je na We ls performing a the 41st National Youth 

Ja z Competition. 

Bittersweet win for St Andrew’s big band 

• By Sophie Cornish and Julia Evans 

THE PAPANUI-I nes 

Community Board has taken the 

rare step of starting a petition 

to figh the city council over 

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Signatures are being co lected 

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It comes after the city council 

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pla ned for Shirley Rd, near the 

intersection with Hi ls Rd. This 

was the site of the former community 

centre, which was badly 

damaged in the February 2, 

20 1, earthquake. 

The removal o funding 

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Ms Jone said the board’s role 

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residents, it was fulfi ling that 

role. 

“One of the roles of a community 

board is to represent and act 

as advocate for the interests of its 

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DEAN CALVERT (above) 

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• By Sarla Donovan 

THE OWNERS of Sumner’s Cave 

Rock Apartments ar expecting the 

Earthquake Commi sion to sign-off 

on a se tlement agr emen this w ek. 

Body corporate chairman Mike 

White said the group had gone 

into mediation with IAG and EQC 

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20 1, earthquake. However, they 

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The mediation agr ement 

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the se tlement amount, but he said it 

involved the two parties paying “a bit 

more money than they’d wanted to 

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Fishin’ for w eds 

Children’s event at risk if The 

Groynes’ lakes not cleaned up 

Pedaling acro s NZ 

Stroke survivor finishes long 

journey 


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A NEW 60km/h sp ed limit and 

double ye low lines wi l be in 

place on Dyers Pa s Rd by early 

May. 

The sp ed limit change was 

a proved by the city counci last 

w ek. 

A decision to paint double yellow 

lines on the stretch betw en 

Summit Rd and the Sign of the 

Takahe was earlier made by the 

Spreydon-Cashmere Community 

Board. 

Bu the Banks Peninsula Community 

Board decided against 

ye low lines on the Summit Rd- 

Governors Bay section due to the 

road’s na rowne s and general 

condition. 

The changes are designed to try 

and reduce the crash rate. 

Insta lation of the double 

ye low lines, the new sp ed limit 

signs and raised centre line pavement 

markers wi l begin in mid 

April. 

The work i scheduled to take 

place betw en April 15-18, 2-26, 

29 and May 2. 

While the work is done, Dyers 

Pa s Rd wi l be closed to traffic 

from the Sign of the Takahe to 

Governors Bay betw en 7pm and 

6.30am. 

60km/h 

Dyers Pass 

speed 

limit from 

early next 

month 

• By Emily O’Co ne l 

A WOOLSTON butcher proved 

to be a cut above the rest in an 

international competition. 

New World Fe ry Rd butcher 

Jeremy Garth and his team, the 

Pure South Sharp Blacks, recently 

came second a the World 

Butchers’ Cha lenge in Northern 

Ireland. 

It was the firs time Mr Garth 

had competed in the cha lenge 

and he was “rea ly proud” of 

how the team performed. 

“We produced some top quality 

products and came away 

with a g od result so we’re very 

ha py,” he said. 

The preparation for this year’s 

World Butchers’ Cha lenge was 

intense as the team members 

met in Auckland every two 

months for lengthy w ekend 

practices. 

Mr Garth, who has b en a 

butcher for 14 years, said the 

competition brought back his 

pa sion for the job. 

“Doing a l thi stuff and 

m eting new people, s eing new 

ideas, it just brings that flair 

back for you,” he said. 

Mr Garth hopes to own a 

butcher shop of his own someday 

but says for now he wi l focus 

on ge ting mor experience 

and on the 2020 cha lenge. 

“In two years’ time, we’ l be 

going back to try and win the 

title,” he said. 

U per Ri carton butcher Corey 

Winder was part of the Pure 

South Sharp Blacks team. 

GLOBAL STAGE: W olston butcher Jeremy Garth back home after his team came second in the World Butchers’ Cha lenge. 

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER 

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Serious crash gives new 

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• By Georgia O’Co nor-Harding 

A CRACKDOWN on mobile 

traders acro s the districts could 

be l oming. 

However, the public has li tle 

interest in having input into the 

i sue. 

Only eight submi sions were 

received for a potential bylaw 

aimed at regulating commercial 

activities in public places. 

The district council wi l be 

holding a hearing for the Public 

Places Bylaw and Policy on Commercial 

Activities and Events in 

Public Places. 

A hearing i scheduled to be 

held on Thursday. 

The bylaw comes as an increasing 

number of mobile traders 

are s eking to operate in Selwyn, 

especia ly during the summer 

months. 

In the past year, the district 

council has received five inquiries 

about se ting up a mobile busine s 

on private or public land. 

A report said there are two 

str et operators in Darfield, a 

coff e cart is parked beside the 

railway in Ro leston, and a pi za 

cart visits Lincoln w ekly betw en 

September-May along with a Thai 

f od truck. 


Mobile 

traders 

could 

face 

regulation 

Pupils learn about role of war horses 

GR ENDALE SCHOOL pupils 

have taken a step back in time, 

s eing first hand what men and 

horses l oked like during war. 

The New Zealand Mounted 

Rifles Charitable Trust president 

Mark A pleton and member 

Mike Donaldson t ok their 

horses to the sch ol on Monday, 

in a bid to educate pupils on the 

sacrifice their ancestors made in 

World War 1 and World War 2. 

Mr A pleton and Mr Donaldson 

a rived a the sch ol dre sed 

in World War 1 uniforms while 

their horses Tommy and Kruze 

wore 1 0-year-old sa dles donated 

to the trust. 

The presentation is a prelude 

to the Gr endale Recreation Reserve 

Management Commi t e’s 

upcoming Anzac Day service. 

As a tribute to those who 

served, members of the trust wi l 

ride horseback to the service. 

Mr A pleton said it was 

important children were 

educated on what soldiers 

wen through during World 

War 1 and World War 2. 

But he said the presentation 

didn’t go into t o much detail 

and was more of a “show and 

te l” to make them aware of what 

the soldiers l oked like. 

Children were shown the type 

of kits horses were required to 

wear in the war. 


• By Georgia O’Co nor-Harding 

HISTORY: Pupils have taken a step back in time learning about what 

New Zealand soldiers and horses l oked like in World War 1. Abi P oler, 

5, sits on Kruze, alongside Mounted Rifles Charitable Trust president 

Mark A pleton. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER 

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Driver hazard? 

Community board member 

blasts Yaldhurst Rd island 

Mega centre f edback 

Denton Park a tracts more 

submi sions than Cathedral 


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AN U PER Ri carton butcher 

has proven himself to be a cut 

above his Au sie rivals at an 

international competition. 

Elite Meats owner Corey 

Winder was named in the a l 

star team a the World Butchers’ 

Cha lenge in Northern Ireland. 

Mr Winder and his team, the 

Pure South Sharp Blacks, which 

includes W olston butcher 

Jeremy Garth, finished second 

in the competition. 

He said the cha lenge started 

as a “transtasman test match” 

seven years ago. 

The preparation for this 

year’s World Butchers’ Challenge 

was intense as the team 

members met in Auckland 

every two months for lengthy 

w ekend practices. Mr Winder 

said coming second against 1 

other countries was a “fantastic” 

result. 

“To get second behind Ireland 

was a huge achievement and to 

be ahead of Australia is an 

even bi ger thing for us,” he 

said. 

But Mr Winder admires the 

Australian team. 

“Those guys over there 

[Australia] are on top of their 

game, they do a g od job,” he 

said. 

“And it just showcases that 

New Zealand has got some 

of the best butchers in the 

world,” he said. 

Mr Winder has b en a butcher 

since the age of 19. 

Elite butcher cut above the world 


THE HALSWE L-Hornby- 

Ri carton Community Board 

has b en given the gr en ligh to 

o pose the pla ned qua ry near 

Templeton. 

Mayor Lia ne Dalziel told the 

board on Thursday it had the okay 

from the city council to make a 

submi sion if Fulton Hogan a plies 

for a resource consen to create a 

qua ry. 

Board chairman Mike Mora 

told Western News the submi sion 

would likely o pose Fulton Hogan’s 

plan. 

“You can just about guarant e 

it . because we [the community 

board] don’t believe qua ries 

should be so close to residential 

areas,” he said. 

Mr Mora said he wasn’t sure if 

the city council would endorse the 

board’ submi sion. 

“I’d like to think so because the 

city council has had their eyes 

open as we l ove recent years over 

the crysta line silica risk,” he said. 

Mr Mora said the community 

board wi l be “representing and 

advocating” for the Templeton 

community. 


Community 

board get 

permission 

to oppose 

Templeton 

quarry 

AWARD-WINNING: Corey Winder is back home after his team came second in the World Butchers’ Cha lenge . 

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DRAFT LONG TERM PLAN 

2024-2034 

You can now submit on Christchurch City Council’s Draft 

Long Term Plan. 

Christchurch City Council has prepared a Draft Long Term 

Plan that outlines our proposed plan for the services we 

will provide and major projects we will undertake over a 

10 year period, how much these will cost, how they will 

be funded and what rates will need to be. 

We need to make sure that we’ve got the right balance of 

what we can deliver with what’s affordable. We’re keen to 

hear what you think about our proposed plan and 

priorities, and other ideas you may have. 

The Consultation Document, Draft Long Term Plan and 

supporting information about what is being proposed 

can be found at www.ccc.govt.nz/longtermplan. 

Hard copies of the Consultation Document and the Draft 

Long Term Plan will be available at Council libraries and 

customer service centres from 18 March onwards. 

If you have any questions about the proposals or for more 

information, please contact the Council on 941 6886 or 

email us at letstalk@ccc.govt.nz. 

Have your say 

You may make a submission on the proposed plan: 

• online at ccc.govt.nz/longtermplan. 

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• by sending a written submission to Christchurch City 

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Long Term Plan, Christchurch City Council, PO Box 

73016, Christchurch (contact Christchurch City 

Council on 941 6886 or email us at 

letstalk@ccc.govt.nz if you require a hard copy 

form). 

Your submission must include your full name and postal 

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public hearings, please also provide a daytime phone 

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APRIL 2024 CHRISTCHURCH CITY 

COUNCIL MEETINGS 

The following meetings will be held in April 2024. 

COUNCIL 

Date Time Venue 

3, 10 9.30am Council Chambers, Level 2, Civic Offices 

COUNCIL INFORMATION SESSIONS/WORKSHOPS 


2, 9, 16, 10.30am Council Chambers, Level 2, Civic Offices 

23, 30 

COMMITTEES 


4 9.30am Audit and Risk Management Committee, Level 2, Civic Offices 

17 9.30am Finance and Performance Committee, Council Chambers, 

Level 2, Civic Offices 

19 9am Workshop - Greater Christchurch Partnership Committee, 

Council Chambers, Environment Canterbury, 200 Tuam Street 

23 4pm Workshop - Banks Peninsula Water Management Zone 

Committee, Lyttelton Community Boardroom, 25 Canterbury 

Street, Lyttelton 

COMMUNITY BOARDS 


8, 22 10am Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula Community Board, 

Akaroa Boardroom, 78 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa 

8 4.30pm Waimāero Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board, 

The Boardroom, Fendalton Service Centre, Corner Jeffreys 

and Clyde Roads 

8 4.30pm Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board, The 

Boardroom, Corner Beresford and Union Street, New Brighton 

11 4pm Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board, 

MR Beckenham Boardroom - Beckenham Service Centre, 66 

Colombo Street 

11 4pm Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board, The 

Boardroom, Papanui Service Centre, Corner Langdons 

Road and Restell Street 

11 4.30pm Waipuna Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community 

Board, Horoeka Room, Rārākau: Riccarton 

Centre, 199 Clarence Street, Riccarton 

22 11.30am Hui A Hapori Community Open Forum - Te Pātaka o 

Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula Community Board, Lyttelton 

Community Boardroom, 25 Canterbury Street, Lyttelton 

COMMUNITY BOARD SUBCOMMITTEES 


4 3.30pm Submissions Committee, Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood 

Community Board, The Boardroom, Corner Beresford and 

Union Street, New Brighton 

8 7pm Lyttelton Reserve Committee, Lyttleton Community 

Boardroom, 25 Canterbury Street, Lyttelton 

15 5pm Duvauchelle Reserve Committee, Duvauchelle 

Community Centre, 6039 Christchurch Akaroa Road 

17 5pm Okains Bay Reserve Committee, Okains Bay 

Campground Office, Okains Bay 

HEARINGS 


4 9.30am Pages Road Bridge, Hearing Panel, Level 2, Civic Offices 

10 10am RMA/2023/2364 Hearing, Level 2, Civic Offices 

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. 

To make a deputation or presentation to a Council, Committee or Community Board 

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

Council Information Sessions/Workshops are held in the Council Chamber each 

Tuesday as required. For more detailed information please see christchurch. 

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Thursday 21 to Wednesday 27 March 2024 

ARMADILLO'S BECKENHAM, 155 

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A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St: 

Friday 7.30pm – Radius Kink Presents Miss 

Corrine, Al P & his P.A.L.s, & Pavlova Paradise 

– 3 great local and 1 Aussie act - Miss Corrine 

tours extensively across the ditch and is not to 

be missed, local legend and favourite musician 

Al Park appears with his band, Pavlova Paradise 

& Radius Kink play a laid back mix of originals 

& covers, koha entry. Saturday 7pm – The 

Burlesque Collective presents Garnets and 

Garters: A Burlesque & Variety Show, your 

genial host Tony Chestnut introduces 

performers from across Aotearoa, featuring 

Diamante Doll, Miss Retro Rebel, Lily 

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Afeyonce, Cydonia, Todd Fox Reynard, & Raven 

Bedlam – doors 7pm, show 8pm, tickets 

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life, performed live on stage, free; 8pm – 

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welcome, $5 floor fee for dancers. Monday 7pm 

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Doors 5.30pm. 

BAILIES BAR, Edgeware Village 1066: 

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BALCAIRN HALL, 4 Ashbys Rd, Sth 

Amberley: Saturday 7.30pm - Suzanne Lynch, 

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TP Karaoke. Friday 7.30pm - TP Karaoke. 

Saturday 7pm - Rockabella. Sunday 6pm - Fired 

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BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St: Friday 

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CASHMERE CLUB, 50 Colombo St: 

Saturday 13th April - Totally 80's Show. 

CHCH CASINO, 30 Victoria St: Friday 

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Saturday 5.30pm - Fuchsia Haze; 9pm - 

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CHCH FOLK MUSIC CLUB, Irish Society 

Hall, 29 Domain Tce: Sunday 7.30pm - Unity 

Concert. 

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Village: Friday 8pm - The Party Singers. 

FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday 4pm 

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Castaway. Saturday 1.30pm - Nick Pitts Trio; 

5pm - Nick & Dan; 8.30pm - Jinx; Midnight - 

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FINNEGAN'S IRISH PUB, Prebbleton 

Village: Friday 8pm - The Party Singers. 

FOOD TRUCK ALLEY, 3 McCormacks Bay 

Rd: Sunday 4pm - Monster Music. Sunday 31st 

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HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd: Sunday 

3pm - Ian Mac. Saturday 6th April - DnD 

Showband presents ABBA & The 80's Show 

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LITTLE BROWN JUG, 290 Wairakei Rd: 

Saturday 7.30pm - Old Skool. 

LYTTELTON CLUB, 23 Dublin St: Saturday 

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MAINSTREET SPORTS BAR, 37 High S, 

Rangiora: Friday 9pm - Hired Guns. 

MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: Friday 

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Nor'west Brass 10th Anniversary Concert feat. 

their best music from the past 10 years, 

including a fabulous Mexican March, a special 

piece written for our band celebrating the wealth 

of music in Christchurch, a beautiful hymn & 

popular items such as Only You, Candyman & 

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London St: Friday 7pm - DJ Chick. 

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ROSE & THISTLE, 24a Main North Rd: 

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SHARKEY'S BAR, 96 Hoon Hay Rd: Friday 

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SUMNER SOCIAL, 22a Esplanade, 

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1pm - Live music. 

TEMP'S BAR, 21 Goulding Ave: Saturday 

8.30pm - Titanic. 

THE AVONHEAD TAVERN, Withells Rd: 

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THE BLACK HORSE, Lincoln Rd: Friday 

7pm - Speedboat. Wednesday 7pm - Karaoke 

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- Willies & Friends. 

THE BOWER, 487 New Brighton Rd: 

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Carpathia (Kevin Emmett, Jared Williams & 

Chris Baker). 

THE MAK, 1276 Mai North Rd. Kainga: 

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THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd: Friday 

9.30pm - The Meaniez. Saturday 9.30pm - Bite 

the Bullet. Sunday 6pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke. 

Tuesday 7pm - Quiz. Wednesday 7.30pm - 

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THE ROCKPOOL, 85 Hereford St: 

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THE STOCK XCHANGE, 110 Marshland 

Rd: Friday 7pm - Mandi Miller. 

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WOOLSTON SPORTS BAR, Ferry Rd: 

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Our growing team of speciality grocery and 

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fruit and vege, butchery and deli to bulk foods, 

spices and salmon! Everything you get in a 

supermarket plus so much more – quality 

product, prices and deals with fabulous personal 

service make grocery shopping a pleasure again 

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JOIN US AT BUSH INN! 

A ton of new stores are 

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Bigger Better Bush Inn! 

Our sensational food and beverage hub 

where you can eat your way around the 

world will soon be complemented by 

an outstanding entertainment hub with 

the incredible Ninja Valley opening very 

very soon, followed by Escape Rooms, 

Visual Reality immersive gaming 

arenas, laser tag, go karts and much 

more to provide your leisure time fun all 

in one place! 

Food and beverage and entertainment 

hubs, our huge Briscoes outlet, The 

Provedore grocery market and a host 

of exclusive specialty retailers mean 

bush Inn really is a destination unlike 

any other where you can truly shop, 

play and eat. 

Join us now – we are looking for 

operators in retail, food and beverage, 

leisure and entertainment. 

With all that is happening, now really is 

a great time to come on board. 

Contact Andy bell on 021 449 256 or 

email andy@bushinncentre.co.nz for a 

no pressure, no obligation chat about 

what we can offer. 

LOCATION 

Cnr Riccarton and Waimairi Roads, 

Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041 

CeNTre TrAdINg HOurs 

9.00am – 5.00pm Monday - Saturday, 

10.00am – 4.00pm Sundays 

PubLIC HOLIdAys 

10:00am – 5:00pm 

FOOd OuTLeTs 10.00am – Late

The Star: March 21, 2024

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