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• By Sam Coughlan 

TAKING PART in the national 

anthem and then performing 

the haka. 

They were emotional 

moments for Canterbury’s 

newest Black Fern Hannah 

King, who is poised to play in 

front of a home crowd against 

Canada at Apollo Projects 

Stadium on Sunday. 

The 20-year-old, from West 

Melton, made her international 

debut against USA at the 

weekend, coming off the bench 

and kicking three conversions 

in the 57-5 win in the Pacific 

Four series opener. 

The team for Sunday’s match 

will be named tomorrow. 

“It was a very, very special 

moment. I got a bit emotional 

during (the national anthem), 

just because growing up you 

watch the anthem, and it’s such 

a special part of the game. Then 

to go into the haka, very special 

to do that in front of a home 

crowd,” said King. 

Her parents, Adele and Peter, 

and brother Daniel were in 

the crowd. An even bigger 

family turnout will be at Apollo 

Projects, boosted by friends. 

• Turn to page 4 

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ENERGY: Hannah King chases a kick through on her 

Black Ferns debut against USA in Hamilton on Saturday. 

Top left – King, aged 12, chasing down a Waihora player 

while on the field for West Melton. 

A CHRISTCHURCH man 

was found guilty yesterday of 

murdering his baby daughter after 

inflicting at least 31 fractures and 

two severe head injuries before 

the final, fatal assault. 

Michael John Topp had been 

on trial at the High Court since 

May 1. 

Alongside the murder charge, 

Topp also faced three further 

counts of causing grievous bodily 

harm with intent, the NZ Herald 

reported. 

Topp was found guilty of 

murder and two charges of 

deliberately injuring the baby. 

He was acquitted on the fourth 

charge. 

Topp will be sentenced on 

July 16. He will be handed a 

life sentence and the presiding 

judge will decide how long he 

must spend in prison before he 

is eligible for parole, the Herald 

reported. 

His victim’s name has been 

permanently suppressed. 

Her mother’s name is also 

suppressed. She was never 

charged in relation to the baby’s 

injuries or death and gave 

evidence for the Crown against 

Topp at the trial. 


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• By Dylan Smits and Katie 

Oliver 

TONY SCHAFER is counting 

down the days until he 

can get back out into the 

surf after nearly drowning 

while suffering a heart 

attack. 

The renowned Sumner 

surfer was rescued while 

surfing at Scarborough. 

Nearly two weeks on, 

he has spoken to The Star 

about the rescue and his 

recovery. 

The 54-year-old is taking 

it easy at home for a six-week 

recovery period, but hopes to be 

back in the surf before too long. 

“You get bucked off 

a horse you got to get 

straight back on, so if 

I’m feeling up to it I’ll be 

totally keen to get back 

into the water.” 

Schafer was pulled 

out by friends on the 

beach and Learn to 

Surf participants, who 

noticed him drowning 

after falling from his board. 

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Alleged peeping tom appears in court 

A MAN accused of filming 

young women in bathrooms 

without their consent was 

remanded in custody after his 

first appearance in the district 

court on Monday. 

There was a crowded public 

gallery in the court for his appearance. 

The man has interim name 

suppression and is facing 

five charges of making an 

intimate recording, and five 

of entering a building without 

authority. 

Close brush with death 

but Tony will be back 

Tony 

Schafer 

He appeared via audio-visual 

link. 

The police prosecutor indicated 

she expected more charges 

to be laid. 

The man has been remanded 

in custody until his next appearance 

on June 5. 

The alleged offending occurred 

from late last year 

through to this year. 

The man was arrested after a 

police investigation into complaints 

made by young women 

in Upper Riccarton and Ilam. 

“I just remember thinking to 

myself, I can’t be here, I can’t 

be on the bottom. I have to try 

and get to the surface,” said 

Schafer. 

His rescuers performed CPR 

and used a nearby defibrillator 

within five minutes of the heart 

attack, before he was rushed to 

hospital. 

“I feel like I’ve been kicked 

by a horse. The CPR was done 

right, so my chest is still a bit 

bruised, but I think it’s a good 

pain.” 

Schafer’s memory of the May 

He came to the attention of 

investigators in March when 

police spoke to him about an 

unrelated matter, Detective 

Senior Sergeant Tania Jellyman 

previously told The Press. 

Jellyman said at the time 

police were not seeking anyone 

else in relation to the offending. 

“These events have been 

disturbing for the victims, who 

are in no way at fault for what 

occurred. 

“They are alarmed at what has 

happened to them. We are providing 

them with support and a 

Police Liaison Officer is keeping 

them up to date with developments 

in the investigation. 

“The young women involved 

have shown incredible bravery, 

which has allowed police to lay 

these charges. 

“Our home is where we 

should feel safe, and where 

every person has the right to 

privacy. Offending such as this 

undermines that.” 

– RNZ 

• More court, pages 12-13 

LUCKY: Sumner 

surfer Tony Schafer, 

pictured at the 2019 

national surfing 

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feeling fortunate after 

being plucked from 

the water following a 

heart attack. 

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profound sense of gratitude for 

his rescuers. 

“I feel so lucky and so grateful 

to everyone, and to those who 

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alleged offender was arrested at 

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Taumatua school was put into 

lockdown and residents told to 

evacuate after reports of a man 

with a gun in the area on Tuesday 

afternoon. Police had received calls 

“relating to a family harm matter 

where a person was reported to 

have a firearm”. 

Farmer sentenced for 

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A Springston South farmer has 

been sentenced to 55 hours of 

community service for allowing 

his cattle access to farm drains, 

which may have resulted in 

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downstream. Lawton Thomas 

Giltrap appeared in the district 

court on Friday in front of 

Environment Court Judge Kelvin 

Reid. Giltrap pleaded guilty in 

February to two charges laid 

by ECan under the Resource 

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Hungry UC students 

resorting to takeaways 

EMOTIONAL: Hannah King (second left) with Black Ferns 

team-mates, waiting to sing the national anthem before the 

game against USA. 

PHOTO: GETTY 

Family support pivotal 

for new Black Fern 

• From page 1 

King lives on the family farm. 

Said Adele: “She’s been playing 

rugby since she was four, and 

played with the boys right 

through.” 

King joined her first girls’ team 

at Prebbleton when she was 14. 

After two years there, she 

played for two seasons for 

Christchurch before being offered 

a rugby scholarship at Lincoln 

University, where she is studying 

a Bachelor of Commerce in 

agriculture. 

This year, she made her Super 

Rugby Aupiki debut for the 

Hurricanes Poua and was offered 

a Black Ferns’ contract. 

Adele said Hannah had 

remained level-headed despite a 

rapid rise. 

“She’s put in an incredible 

amount of hard work, but she 

loves it. 

“She’s incredibly level-headed 

and very humble with it all, 

she still loves her farming 

background, she very much 

helps on the farm wherever 

possible.” 

King said having the support of 

her family meant a lot. 

“I haven’t ever really been away 

from family for long, so it’s quite 

special,” she said. 

STOP SLIPS WITH 

• By Adam Burns 

SOME FIRST year Canterbury 

University students are so 

famished they are resorting to 

buying takeaways after meals, 

despite paying annual residence 

hall fees of about $20,000. 

Students have told of weight 

loss and cutting into their 

weekly budgets for food, due 

to the modest size of meals at a 

neighbouring hall-of-residence. 

The grumbles have prompted 

staff at the nearby University 

Hall to trial a self-service buffet 

system, starting this week. It is 

an approach students were eager 

to see become permanent. 

First year 

student Ollie 

Dooley said he 

had enjoyed his 

first few months 

of university life. 

But he admitted 

the size of the 

meals at University 

Hall had 

Ollie Dooley 

been a drawback. 

“All the guys agree that [the 

meals] aren’t big enough. There’s 

not enough food and the meals 

aren’t big enough to be honest. 

At dinner I reckon I could eat 

at least two of the dinners we’re 

getting,” he said. 

On rare occasions, hall servers 

would offer second helpings to 

students but only when they 

were “feeling generous”, he 

said. 

As sport commitments cut 

into meal times, Dooley said he 

and his friends were regularly 

spending money on food. 

“You’re just coping by living 

off the vending machine and 

two-minute noodles at nine 

o’clock at night sort of thing.” 

Young said he could eat up 

to three servings of the average 

dinner at the hall. 

“The food portion sizes 

haven’t been the best, kind of 

leaves you hungry after every 

meal. Breakfast is okay but 

lunch and dinner you can only 

get small servings.” 

Young said he was coping by 

regularly visiting Dominos. 

“I’m probably spending an 

extra 50 bucks a week on food. 

I’ve lost five kilograms since I’ve 

been here.” 

Paul O’Flaherty, the university’s 

executive director of people, 

culture and campus, said about 

2700 students opted to live in 

the halls. 

“Many have different needs. 

Some hall residents, who may 

have higher energy needs, will 

make extra sandwiches and 

take fruit at lunch or breakfast 

that they can eat outside of 

mealtimes.” 

He said self-service had 

always been part of University 

Hall, “aside from the main protein 

portion of the meal”. 

“Students can get more protein 

at the hall’s self-serve salad 

bar.” 

University Hall was now 

trialling “complete self-service” 

in response to student feedback. 

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Father’s abuse ‘repeated, significant’ 


The jury also heard from 

experts that there was “no doubt” 

the baby was the victim of 

“repeated,significant trauma and 

abuse” in her short life, which 

ended in hospital days after she 

suffered a catastrophic blunt force 

trauma to her head. 

The Crown said the injuries 

could only have been caused by 

her father “yanking, pulling, 

smacking, sticking, squeezing, or 

applying pressure” to her body. 

On the first day of the trial, 

Topp admitted he caused the 

injuries by “shaking” the infant 

and conceded he was guilty of 

manslaughter – but denied murdering 

her. 

He claimed he never intended 

to kill the baby. 

On the opening day of the trial 

Crown prosecutor Courtney Martyn 

told the jury that Topp either 

shook or threw the baby against 

a soft surface, with “enough 

violence in his actions to cause 

her fatal brain bleed”, the Herald 

reported. 

She said Topp knew his actions 

could result in death and that, the 

Crown said, was murder. 

Martyn said the baby’s mother 

became pregnant early into her 

“whirlwind” relationship with 

Topp, who also shares two young 

children with a previous partner. 

Topp and the mother were 

KILLER: Michael John Topp has been found guilty of murdering his baby daughter. 

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happy with the pregnancy and 

soon moved in together. 

The relationship at the beginning 

was “really good” but soon 

Topp began to change from being 

“positive and happy-go-lucky” to 

negative. 

It was clear Topp was struggling 

with his mental health and “feeling 

overwhelmed” and his partner 

“actively tried to help him cope” 

and encouraged him to get professional 

help. 

Martyn said the mother often 

called Plunket and her doctor for 

advice. The baby girl cried “for 

hours” and the mother “often 

wondered what was wrong with 

her”. 

She suspected colic, but later 

said it “sometimes felt like [the 

baby] was in pain”. 

“December was when it simply 

became too much for Mr Topp,” 

Martyn told the court. 

“Over Christmas [the baby] 

became more and more unsettled 

– as did Topp, who was worsening 

over this period.” 

From December 28 the baby 

became increasingly distressed 

and would only calm when held 

upright. Her mother rang the GP 

who was fully booked. She called 

the Plunket line who advised her 

to see an after-hours doctor. 

On December 30 a doctor saw 

the baby, noted she was off-colour 

and had not been feeding. But 

he had no concerns other than 

dehydration. 

The next morning, Topp was 

caring for the baby while the 

mother caught up on sleep. At 

12.25pm he carried the baby into 

her mother saying she had been 

feeding and “seemed to start 

choking, coughing and gagging”. 

She had been limp and gurgling 

for about 10 minutes. 

The mother called 111 and paramedics 

arrived at 12.35pm. 

The baby was rushed to 

Christchurch Hospital where she 

was intubated and admitted to 

intensive care. 

Soon after she had two CT 

scans which showed “a severe and 

extensive head injury along with 

multiple fractures” to her body. 

Doctors concluded the baby 

would not survive. 

She was later taken off life support 

and died within 10 minutes. 

Topp’s lawyer Sarah Saunderson-Warner 

told the jury he 

“accepts that he shook her and 

that shaking was the cause of her 

death” but it was manslaughter - 

not murder. 

“He did not know that shaking 

[her] was likely to cause death, 

and he didn’t consciously run the 

risk that she would die as a result,” 

she said. 

“He was frustrated and in that 

state, he shook the baby that he 

loved. But the defence is that he 

isn’t a murderer – he did not have 

a murderous state of mind.” 

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A TEACHER of a former Christ’s 

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self-driving vehicles. 

Kendall’s net worth grew to 

£400 million (NZ$829 million) 

after the latest funding boost. 

Last year Microsoft co-founder 

Bill Gates took a ride around 

London with Kendall to get fish 

and chips. 

“The result was a memorable 

ride. The car drove us around 

downtown London, which is one 

of the most challenging driving 

environments imaginable, and it 

was a bit surreal to be in the car 

as it dodged all the traffic,” Gates 

said on his blog. 

Kendall’s passion for engineering 

started young with ambitious 

ideas to build tree huts and 

underground forts as a youngster, 

leading to making a functioning 

prototype of a tidal electricity 

generator when he was 12. 

Two years later, he delivered 

plans to transform an old building 

into a sport and technology 

complex to the Christ’s board. 

What is embodied AI? 

Over recent years, AI technology has entered our lives in 

many ways. Whether through work, at school or now on 

social media, most of these are text-based and known 

as cognitive AI. But you likely would have watched a 

film with examples of embodied AI. Wall-E, C3PO and 

KITT are all examples of embodied AI. While Wayve’s 

technology does not walk or talk, it is embodied AI. 

In 2010 he sat in Monique 

Ellis-Martin’s design and visual 

communication class. 

“You could not have a more 

diligent student. He would have 

come in study periods – he was 

incredibly hard-working,” she 

said. 

Ellis-Martin detailed one 

project where he designed his 

DRIVEN: Former Christchurch 

man Alex Kendall founded AI 

start-up Wayve in 2017 and 

last year took Microsoft cofounder 

Bill Gates for a spin 

around London in one of the 

company’s autonomous cars. 

version of a Kiwi bach. 

“The amount of research he did 

in his project looking at passive 

design – how to heat your house 

more affordably, solar radiation, 

wind intensity in storms.” 

She said he used a lot of computer 

aided design for the project, 

which was not widely used 15 

years ago. 

At Christ’s College, Kendall 

was a school prefect, academic 

dux, represented the college at 

the national level in debating. 

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and fish ‘n’ chips with Bill Gates 

He was awarded school colours 

for his contributions to the first 

XI hockey team and also earned a 

Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award 

when he was 17. 

After leaving Christ’s College, 

Kendall received a scholarship to 

study engineering at Auckland 

University. At 21, he was awarded 

the prestigious Woolf Fisher 

Scholarship for further study in 

mechatronics at the Cambridge 

University in England where he 

obtained his PhD from Trinity 

College. 

After Cambridge, Kendall 

co-founded Wayve in 2017. The 

company now employs about 300 

people. 

Wayve is one of the UK’s most 

invested in AI companies and one 

of the top 20 in the world. 

Kendall said unlike the cognitive 

AI being developed by companies 

such as Google and OpenAI 

to simulate human-like text and 

images, Wayve’s embodied AI 

allows automated vehicles to 

interact with and learn from their 

surroundings. 

The car uses a range of sensors 

and cameras to look for hazards 

and adjusts its driving to avoid 

them. This includes looking for 

cars in side roads or stopping for 

pedestrians at a zebra crossing. 

He said the technology will 

greatly improve the safety of selfdriving 

vehicles by using cameras 

and sensors to make decisions. 

“This investment will help us 

launch our embodied AI products 

and expand our operations globally,” 

Kendall told The Guardian. 

“It sends a crucial signal to 

the market of the strength of the 

UK’s AI ecosystem, and we look 

forward to watching more AI 

companies here thrive and scale.” 

The company has been testing 

the system on public streets 

around London since 2020, a 

tricky environment for the AI to 

tackle with difficult road layouts, 

and the unpredictability of other 

drivers and pedestrians. 

Rather than teaching the AI 

every possible situation it may 

face, Wayve’s system is designed to 

monitor its surroundings, allowing 

it to handle complex situations. 

Wayve wants to sell its autonomous 

driving model to a variety of 

auto brands as well as to makers of 

new autonomous robots. 

EXPANSION: Wayve wants to work with car manufacturers to have its system fitted to a 

range of vehicles. The company’s AI technology means no human input is needed to drive 

the car. However, there is a safety operator behind the wheel during testing. 

“We want to enable all the auto 

manufacturers around the world 

to work with our AI, of course, 

across a wide variety of sources. 

“More importantly, we’ll get 

diverse data from different cars 

and markets, and that’s going to 

produce the most intelligent and 

capable embodied AI,” Kendall 

told Tech Crunch. 

Kendall said in 2020 that selfdriving 

vehicles were “the space 

race of my generation . . . and will 

completely change society”. 

“The ability to move is so central 

to our happiness, and self-driving 

cars will make this safe, sustainable, 

accessible and efficient.” 

YOUTH: Alex Kendall (middle) at Christ’s College in 2010 as 

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DEMAND FOR aggregate postearthquakes 

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The company, under the name of 

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city for future generations.” 

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• By Dylan Smits 

DRONE TESTING is 

continuing at Coastguard 

Sumner in an effort to innovate 

search and rescue operations. 

The coastguard has teamed 

up with drone expert Daniel 

Manchester from construction 

company Proform Group 

and Canterbury Air Patrol to 

evaluate how eight different 

unmanned aircrafts could best 

assist real life rescue scenarios. 

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to looking at 

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us save lives,” Honeybone 

said search 

and rescue manager Anthony 

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MAPPING: The drones are creating a 3D model of the 

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and rescue operations if the drone programme goes 

ahead. 

Manchester and Honeybone 

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of the drone’s effectiveness on 

Tuesday night. 

“It’s not our normal area 

of knowledge. You know, as 

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We’re learning from their expertise 

in Canterbury Air Patrol,” 

said Honeybone. 

He hopes the coastguard 

will have trained six operators 

and successfully launched the 

drone programme in the next 12 

months. 

They will need to become 

qualified with the Civil Aviation 

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Using drones to find victims 

has major potential advantages 

over in-person search operations. 

“It has thermal imaging, 

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source. It’s just a massive advantage 

in terms of finding someone 

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The speed in which drones 

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searching in a boat is significant. 

“The success rate in finding 

someone alive is often in speed. 

They might have hypothermia, 

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The trials over the coming 

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He said a drone programme 

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contributions from the coastguard’s 

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Kicking goals for sport 

A MAJOR milestone has 

been reached for developing 

Christchurch’s sports field 

network. 

City councillors yesterday 

adopted the sports field network 

plan, which sets out the pathway 

for upgrading sports fields 

and associated infrastructure 

throughout the city and Banks 

Peninsula over the next 10 years. 

The document focuses on the 

provision, development, and 

performance of a network of 

well-placed, appropriately developed, 

and accessible sports fields 

throughout the city, which is balanced 

against other competing 

needs for use of parks. 

The plan was developed side by 

side with stakeholders from key 

sporting groups and organisations 

throughout the city. 

Sport Canterbury 

Chief 

Executive Julyan 

Falloon said the 

outdoor sporting 

community 

has been eagerly 

awaiting the plan 

with the major 

regional sporting 

organisations 

Julyan 

Falloon 

YES: The sports field network plan, a pathway for 

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working with their respective 

communities made up of up 

about 60,000 members. 

“We really appreciate that this 

plan has been developed in partnership 

with our sporting sector, 

not to us,” he said. 

“It is a key initiative for 

Christchurch that has been a 

long time in the making and a 

great step in the ongoing development 

of our district’s sporting 

needs.” 

Mayor Phil Mauger said the 

plan provides long term assurance 

to the city’s sporting organisations. 

“Sport has always played a big 

part in our city’s identity. That is 

why our council is committing 

to making sure we have an accessible 

and affordable network of 

high quality sports fields in this 

plan.” 

The plan sets out three key 

goals – play where you live, participate 

for life, and succeed. 

It aims to encourage residents 

to participate locals and enjoy 

the benefits of good health, 

well-being and strengthened 

communities. 

City council staff and regional 

sports organisations have agreed 

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making process to identify 

the highest priorities for sport 

fields improvements year on year 

aligned to the available funding. 

The draft Long Term Plan 

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Paedophile given early release despite 

• Jeremy Wilkinson 

A PAEDOPHILE jailed after 

paying a woman $300 to 

send him a video of herself 

sexually abusing an infant will 

be released from prison despite 

a psychological report assessing 

his risk of sexual reoffending as 

“above average”. 

Matthew Kelly was jailed for 

five years in 2016 after police 

were alerted to his Facebook 

messages and raided his 

Christchurch home where they 

seized his computers and cellphones. 

On those devices, they found 

images he’d sent to a woman of 

young children and infants with 

descriptions of the sexual acts he 

wanted to perform on them. 

In August 2014, he contacted 

a 24-year-old Auckland woman 

and asked her to send him photos 

of naked children. He also 

encouraged her to make a video 

of her performing a sex act on a 

one-year-old child and then paid 

her $300 when she did. 

Kelly was also found with 

images of naked young girls in 

sexual poses, and other photos 

and videos where children were 

involved in sexual acts with 

adults. There was also a video of 

a woman performing a sex act 

on a Dalmatian dog. 

In February 2014, he contacted 

This report was produced by 

Open Justice – Te Pātītī, an 

NZME initiative funded by 

NZ on Air 

two other women online and offered 

money to have time alone 

with their young daughters, both 

aged under 5. Kelly described in 

detail the sex acts he wanted to 

perform. 

He was found with about 70 

images he had taken of himself 

wearing only a nappy, as well as 

eight images of animals involved 

in sexual acts with children and 

adults. 

Kelly earlier pleaded guilty to 16 

charges, including one of sexual 

violation by unlawful sexual connection, 

five of making an 

objectionable publication, and 10 

of possession of an objectionable 

publication. 

In January 2019, while still in 

prison, Kelly was sentenced to a 

further seven-and-a-half-years after 

being found guilty of rape, 

attempted sexual violation and 

indecent assault involving two 

victims aged 13 and 14. 

The elder of those two victims 

was raped in a park beside a 

church. 

The woman who was raped told 

the court she cut herself by writing 

the word “whore” on her thigh 

due to the trauma of the incident. 

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warning of risk 

One-kick killer sent 

Kelly’s total jail time across the 

two sets of charges was 12-anda-half 

years, meaning without 

parole he would not be released 

until 2028. 

He first became eligible for 

parole in 2018 and has been 

denied early release from prison 

four times since then. 

He was seen again by the 

board in April this year where 

the panel heard he had completed 

the rehabilitation programmes 

required of him, had 

accommodation on the outside 

and had participated in many 

sessions with a psychologist. 

However, a psychological 

report noted his risk of sexual 

reoffending remained “above average” 

although there had been a 

reduction in this score since the 

last assessment. 

Kelly said he now knew his 

triggers and had worked to 

address his aggression and emotional 

and sexual regulation but 

acknowledged he would need to 

continue to work on these upon 

release. 

“Mr Kelly was upfront and acknowledged 

that he has at times 

demonstrated offence paralleling 

behaviour in his defiance of 

authority, wanting his own way 

and demonstrating control,” 

the board said in its decision, 

released to NZME. 

“He believes he has done 

enough work to address these 

matters satisfactorily on release. 

“Mr Kelly was able to talk 

to his high-risk situations and 

understands he still has a long 

time to go on his sentence and 

will be subject to recall should 

his reintegration not work out 

satisfactorily.” 

The board said the work Kelly 

had done, the supportive environment 

he would be released 

into and the way he spoke to the 

board satisfied the panel he was 

no longer an undue risk to the 

community. 

However, Kelly is still subject 

to a long list of conditions he 

must abide by upon his release 

from prison. 

Those conditions include 

electronic monitoring, abiding 

by a 10pm to 6am curfew, not 

possessing any device capable of 

accessing the internet without 

supervision and not loitering 

near any school, swimming pool, 

recreational facility or church. 

Kelly must also attend rehabilitative 

programs and have ongoing 

psychological assessments. 

He is also forbidden from having 

any contact with his victims or 

anyone under the age of sixteen. 

He can be recalled to prison 

if he breaches any of those 

conditions. 

– Additional reporting by 

Kurt Bayer 

back to South Africa 

A MAN WHO killed a fatherof-two 

with a single martial 

arts-style kick to the head outside 

Ballantynes department store has 

been deported to South Africa. 

Mark Nagel was 18 when he 

killed Anthony Kelly, 61, in 2022. 

He pleaded guilty to manslaughter 

and was jailed for two years. 

However, after spending seven 

months behind bars, Nagel successfully 

applied to be released on 

home detention. 

Nagel was born in South Africa 

but was adopted as a baby, before 

he and his new family immigrated 

to New Zealand when he was 10. 

Ministry of Business, Innovation 

and Employment immigration 

compliance national manager 

Stephanie Greathead confirmed 

Nagel was deported on May 9, 

Stuff reported. 

She said he held a temporary entry 

class visa, and the decision to 

evict him from New Zealand was 

made by an immigration compliance 

officer last October because 

of his manslaughter conviction. 

Kelly was at the Christchurch 

Central Bus Exchange on October 

18, 2022, where he was asked by 

security staff to leave at about 

6.15pm. 

SENT HOME: Mark Nagel has been deported to South Africa 

after serving seven months in prison and five months on 

home detention for the manslaughter of Anthony Kelly, inset. 

Kelly walked north on Colombo 

St before walking into Cashel 

Mall. Nagel and his associates followed 

as they believed Kelly had 

been taking photos of them. 

About 6.20pm, Nagel and his 

associates began to engage with 

Kelly outside Ballantynes. 

Kelly tried to walk away but 

one of the group approached him, 

causing Kelly to swing a punch 

in self-defence. The person then 

kicked Kelly in the shin. 

Nagel walked through the 

group, approached Kelly and 

kicked him in the face with his 

right foot, using a martial artsstyle 

kick. 

Kelly immediately lost consciousness 

and fell to the ground, 

where his head hit the pavement. 

He died in Christchurch Hospital 

10 days later. 

After his arrest, Nagel said he’d 

kicked Kelly because he wanted 

him to delete photographs he’d 

taken of him and his friends. 

Police found no evidence any were 

ever taken. 

In sentencing Nagel, Justice 

Rachel Dunningham took 

into account various factors, 

including his youth, lack of prior 

convictions, early guilty plea, 

personal background remorse and 

rehabilitative potential. 

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NEWS 17 

Finding allies and building bridges 

to strengthen environment action 

Taking on environmental 

challenges can seem 

daunting alone, but 

there is hope when 

many green hands 

work together. Reporter 

Dylan Smits found 

out how Christchurch 

Envirohub is connecting 

sustainability groups 

for a more cooperative 

sector 

CHRISTCHURCH Envirohub 

trust manager Ben Alder 

supervises a small team focused 

on delivering networking events, 

promotion and education to the 

public on behalf of hard-working 

but cash-strapped volunteer 

groups. 

“We’re a pretty diverse group 

of people, but we’ve all got an 

interest in improving the local 

environment,” he says. 

The services provided by Envirohub 

allow environmentalists to 

get on with the field work. 

“It’s more about filling in the 

gaps, rather than doing what others 

are already doing.” 

Christchurch was the first New 

Zealand city to host an environmental 

centre in 1976. It served 

green volunteers and helped them 

combine strengths until 

closing its doors in 2009 

due to a lack of funding. 

For nearly 10 years, 

the Christchurch green 

sector went without any 

central organisation, leading 

to many hyper-local 

volunteer groups forming 

within neighbourhoods. 

“A lot of groups started to address 

quite individualist work in 

the environmental sector, like 

plantings in a certain area, waste 

collection, river clean-ups, all 

sorts,” said Alder. 

“There were so many groups 

that ended up forming, when we 

came back into the fold, we had to 

make sure we were adding value 

to these groups by doing something 

different and useful.” 

The trust was created in early 

2018 to address the problems created 

by years of disconnection. 

The most critical issues were a 

Ben Alder 

lack of cooperation on projects 

and the limited resources small 

groups have to promote their 

work or volunteering opportunities 

to the public. 

Alder finds environmental 

groups have many volunteers 

willing to give their time for field 

work, but often lack people interested 

in promotion and backroom 

work. 

“There’s all the business and 

administration and marketing 

that sits behind it. That’s where a 

lot of these organisations tend to 

struggle. Because you can 

have all these groups, but 

unless they have brand 

awareness, not many 

people know about them.” 

Avon-Heathcote 

Estuary Ihutai Trust 

manager Tanya Jenkins 

said Envirohub has 

been helpful building 

bridges with key allies such as 

the Ōpāwaho Heathcote River 

Network which are key allies 

in protecting the health of the 

estuary. 

“We will always need a group 

like it to be proactive and help 

guide everyone. They’re really 

helpful people.” 

Predator Free Port Hills 

coordinator Natasha Szczecinski 

McIntosh said Envirohub has 

helped erase barriers between 

groups and create a network for 

better communication. 

“The environment doesn’t have 

FUN: The Stormwater Superhero Trailer visiting Richmond 

Community Garden. The trailer helps provide education 

around stormwater and the risks of contamination. 

GREENING: Envirohub network members, Avon-Heathcote Ihutai Estuary Trust and Trees 

for Canterbury worked with city council park rangers and volunteers to plant 1500 native 

seedlings at Charlesworth Reserve on Sunday. 

BUZZ: The Bee Awesome Envirokids day gave children the 

chance to act as beekeepers – learning about taking care of 

a hive and the lives of the insects. 

any borders,” she said. 

“We have all these individual 

little niches that need to be filled 

in order to protect our future and 

without all these individual little 

groups working together towards 

a common cause, we’re not going 

to achieve it.” 

The trust is a member of Environment 

Hubs Aotearoa which 

provides further assistance and 

funding to its regional branches, 

helping connect environmentalists 

across the country. 

Christchurch Envirohub, which 

relies on a small staff and volunteers 

for operations, receives most 

of its remaining funding from the 

city council, Environment Canterbury, 

and the Rātā Foundation. 

For the 2023-2024 financial 

year, Envirohub received $30,000 

from the city council and $24,000 

from ECan. 

The Rātā Foundation did not 

respond to requests for its grant 

amount. 

Envirohub does not plan on 

having one central building 

to work from, but encourages 

network members to utilise the 

spaces made available for them. 

These include the Botanic 

Gardens kiosk building and the 

Riverlution Eco Hub. 

These premises, leased by the 

Horticultural Society and the 

Richmond Community Garden 

respectively, are promoted by Envirohub 

to be used for meetings 

and events by environmental 

groups. 

“When there were those discussions 

around bringing back 

an environmental centre, the 

network agreed not to build a 

place just for the sake of it, but 

instead create a collaborative environment 

through multiple existing 

building spaces,” said Alder. 

One of Envirohub’s promotional 

tools is its map and directory, 

found online and at the Botanic 

Gardens kiosk. 

This helps people interested in 

the environmental sector to find 

one of the more than 300 network 

groups in one place. 

Envirohub also runs its own 

projects and events which aim to 

create a highly-connected network 

while avoiding duplicating the 

work of other individual groups. 

The Envirokids programme is 

the leading project for the trust’s 

public education efforts. 

Since 2018, Envirohub volunteers 

have showcased the work of 

network members through weekly 

activities every Saturday. 

“We’re trying to get kids familiar 

with these environmental 

topics and themes because often 

it’s still not touched on much in 

school. 

“It’s something they can come 

to every week where they can 

engage with these issues through 

activities,” said Alder. 

Predator Free Port Hills and 

the estuary trust have both 

participated in the Envirokids 

programme. 

“Three times a year we do a session 

on birds of our estuary and 

the kids really enjoy it. 

“We go out and look at birds 

and talk about birds, so it goes 

really well,” said Jenkins. 

Other recent showcase events 

include Bee Awesome, where 

children learned how to craft a 

beehive, and the Avon-Ōtākaro 

Network’s river clean-up day. 

Envirohub volunteers also 

engage with the public using the 

Stormwater Superhero Trailer to 

make learning about stormwater 

protection, made fun with touch 

screens and 3D model games. 

“It’s a great way to engage with 

community because often people 

are more encouraged to play a 

game rather than just talking 

about stormwater,” said Alder. 

He is proud of the engagement 

the trust is facilitating, especially 

the submission workshops which 

encourage people to discuss and 

write feedback for proposals from 

the city council, ECan and the 

Government. 

“Often the public aren’t aware 

they can actually have a say on 

what’s happening in their community, 

so that’s what we hope to 

address with these sessions.” 

Alder said the most recent 

workshops for the ECan and city 

council Long Term Plans held at 

the Botanic Gardens kiosk were 

well attended and encouraged 

the community to discuss their 

submission ideas in person. 

“That can inform our own submission 

as an organisation.” 

Envirohub aims to be the facilitator 

of communication between 

environmental groups rather 

than leading the pack. 

The Green Drinks event brings 

environmental groups together 

every month for a workshops and 

presentations, followed by casual 

connection-making. 

“It’s a great way to bring people 

in the sector together. You know, 

people have even got jobs or 

internships from it, just from 

being there and connecting with 

others.” 

Envirohub has ambitions to 

grow its programmes and create 

more as the organisation expands. 

Alder says the trust are looking 

for volunteers, donations and 

sponsorship to support its 

expansion. Inquiries can be made 

at benalder@chchenvirohub.org 

• To keep up to date on 

all things Christchurch 

Envirohub or to donate 

to the cause, visit 

chchenvirohub.org or 

follow them on Facebook 

at facebook.com/ 

christchurchenvirohub

18 The Star Thursday May 16 2024



NEWS 19 

Region ready for emergency response 

• By Niva Chittock 

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in over-crowded emergency 

operations centres, equipment 

failures and inexperienced staff 

– report after report into our 

emergency responses have found 

widespread failures. 

But those working in Canterbury’s 

emergency management 

believe the region is prepared for 

and is capable of responding well 

to major events – at the level of 

Cyclone Gabrielle or larger. 

Canterbury has been through 

plenty of disasters – the 2011 

earthquakes, 2016 Kaikōura 

earthquake and 2021 Ashburton 

floods. 

A lot has been learnt each 

time, said the region’s Civil Defence 

Emergency Management 

(CDEM) group controller James 

Thompson. 

The Kaikōura quake exposed 

uneven levels of trained emergency 

staff across Canterbury’s 

10 councils. 

Since then, work has been done 

to develop surge capacity – the 

ability to get staff and resources 

quickly when an emergency happens, 

he said. 

“Now we’ve got a pool of 

around about 55 staff who have 

undergone extra training to 

support each other across the 

region and in fact, a lot of their 

READY: Canterbury’s 

emergency responders 

have learned a lot from 

major events like the 2011 

earthquakes and the 2021 

Ashburton floods. 

support goes to other parts of the 

country. Those people supported 

the North Island during Cyclone 

Gabrielle,” Thompson said. 

Processes also changed to 

improve welfare and rural property 

assessments following the 

Ashburton floods, including being 

able to complete paperwork 

digitally or manually, he said. 

“We found it hard to create 

that big picture for ourselves. 

Now we can create that picture 

a lot quicker and we can escalate 

up the issues to a national level 

with more speed, reducing delays 

in getting help to people.” 

Jamie Ruwhiu managed Te 

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In the past five years there had 

been a concerted effort to prepare 

communities, create iwi liaison 

roles and increase collaboration 

across agencies, he said. 

“We had the Port Hills fires 

this year. We’d already experienced 

that a few years beforehand, 

having the advantage of 

that just made our response a 

lot sharper. The communication 

channels were way better 

because people knew who each 

other were, between iwi, between 

rūnanga, between the regional 

Civil Defence [teams]. Those 

relationships are just really key,” 

Ruwhiu said. 

By September, in partnership 

with Te Puni Kōkiri – the Ministry 

of Māori Development, Ngāi 

Tahu will have 24 emergency 

pods dispersed across the region, 

he said. 

“These emergency pods are like 

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with emergency resources – 

dehydrated food, water bladders, 

small generators, hygiene packs, 

clothing – basic emergency resources 

that each of our communities 

will need in events similar 

to Cyclone Gabrielle and in event 

of an Alpine Fault rupture.” 

The pods were designed to 

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units. If the power goes out, they 

have generators, there’s always 

food in the freezers and on the 

pantry shelves.” 

Ngāi Tahu provided support 

to iwi and whānau affected by 

Cyclone Gabrielle, and had also 

received support following the 

Canterbury and Kaikōura earthquakes. 

Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown 

heads the Civil Defence Emergency 

Committee for the Canterbury 

Mayoral Forum. 

He wanted to see central 

government pick up the bill for 

emergency response training so 

it was consistently funded. 

“Certainly funding coming 

from the National Emergency 

Management Agency (NEMA) 

would be great, and they do 

deliver funding when emergencies 

happen, but in preparedness 

– we’re just going through a Long 

Term Plan [process] now – Canterbury 

Regional Council control 

our dollars,” Brown said. 

“There’s been a submission 

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our group CDEM activity to get 

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Readers polarised over question of 

Readers respond to last 

week’s question, To drill 

or not to drill regarding 

the issue of whether 

New Zealand should 

tap into its vast natural 

gas reserves 

Most people I know and talk 

to express anger the previous 

government put a moratorium 

on drilling for oil and gas. We 

need to put a stop to the Green 

lunacy. 

The lifeblood of any economy 

is cheap energy and there is no 

way that renewables can meet 

that demand. 

We are a country rich in oil gas 

and coal too. Bring back coalfired 

power stations as well. 

We’re now behind the eight 

ball and it’s going to take a long 

time before drilling leads to 

production. 

Ardern, Robertson and others 

who have stuffed us need to be 

held to account. 

- Chris O’Brien 

VAST SUPPLIES: The Government plans to bring in law 

changes to increase gas production after the Jacinda Ardernled 

Labour Government banned new offshore gas and oil 

exploration in 2018. 

Of course the Government 

needs to drill for oil, gas and 

coal. Perhaps those who don’t 

want this to happen don’t understand 

the reality of the situation. 

Without those products the 

country would come to a standstill. 

Those people are some kind 

of dreamers about a non-possible 

utopia. 

- Anne Fogarty 

Of course we should be using 

our own resources and not 

having to import something 

we already have here in abundance. 

And as far as the coal is 

concerned, importing coal from 

Indonesia is also senseless as we 

have our own resources of coal 

in abundance as well. 

- Ken G. Webb 

Gas is better than coal. Coal is a 

real no no – the worst pollutant. 

Gas should only be used in 

transition to fossil free energy. 

To meet our long-term goals 

the Government (and the prior 

NEW OFFSHORE gas 

exploration is unnecessary, 

creating complex issues and 

serious financial risks for New 

Zealand. 

Onshore gas exploration 

is not currently banned and 

there is no domestic need for 

new offshore supplies. Modelling 

commissioned by MBIE 

for the Gas Transition Plan has 

shown that we can meet current 

gas demand for residential, 

commercial and industrial 

purposes from onshore supplies 

and investment. Offshore 

gas supplies have traditionally 

been underpinned by larger 

petrochemical users such as 

Methanex, and cost more to 

develop than onshore supplies. 

Reopening offshore oil and 

gas exploration is inconsistent 

with our Paris Agreement 

targets and our free trade 

one) have committed to double 

renewable energy production. 

Indeed the Government committed 

to trebling recently. 

To drill for gas or not to drill? 

It astonishes me that with all 

we know this would still be a 

question. No, no, no drilling. 

Stop Now. Thomas Picketty said 

it all in his book Capital in the 

21st century. Those of us born 

agreement with the EU (which 

require us to meet our Paris 

targets). Failure to meet both 

has serious financial implications 

for New Zealand in 

the form of penalties and 

purchasing offshore carbon 

credits. Pursuing new offshore 

gas exploration will cost New 

Zealanders more money in the 

long run and make it harder 

to meet our decarbonisation 

targets. 

The near-grid emergency on 

the morning of May 9 was less 

about gas supplies and more 

about an early cold snap combined 

with 700MW of generation 

undergoing scheduled 

maintenance. It was an issue 

of capacity, not a shortage of 

energy. 

- Steven Nichols 

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energy sector 

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everywhere, start taking some 

real responsibility for the planet 

and everything on it. 

- Bronwen Summers, 

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resuming drilling for gas offshore 

So we’re a bit short of 

generating capacity. Meanwhile, 

four times a day, the energy 

equivalent of the Waitaki power 

scheme sloshes back and forth 

through Cook Strait. Industrial 

Research Ltd scientists were 

exploring the possibilities last 

century and found New Zealand 

already had the expertise as the 

technology to exploit it is well 

established but apparently our 

glorious leaders up at fort fumble 

weren’t interested. Sigh! 

- Ian Orchard, Papanui 

It is difficult to decide what to 

do for more power. 

In the Netherlands, they drilled 

for gas in Groningen but after 

they were getting earthquakes, 

people complained and the government 

decided to reduce the 

output. 

If gas drilling goes ahead here 

and causes earthquakes then we 

do not want it, we get enough 

here already. 

- Frank van Waelsden 

It is easy to think we should 

drill, get the dark stuff, take 

control. We rely on oil for so 

much of our current living. But 

actually this thinking has already 

got us in a very sticky mess. 

Cyclones, droughts, heatwaves, 

floods. Burning oil damages our 

biosphere. 

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We have known this for 

decades – politicians tried to get 

restrictions and taxes into law in 

the 1990s and 2000s. 

Think about the slogan ‘There 

is no planet B’. We have already 

got access to enough oil to cook 

this planet. Don’t waste time 

or energy drilling. Build wellinsulated 

homes. Protect aquifers 

from pollution. Care for the soil 

and grow nutritious food. Build 

community so we can support 

each other as we tackle getting 

out of the current sticky mess. 

- Fay Brorens, Dallington 

The more complicated 

answer is to do this in an 

environmentally respectful way 

that will enable New Zealand to 

make use of its resources but not 

destroy the environment willynilly 

to do so. 

- Grant Irvine 

We have an energy shortfall in 

New Zealand so unless we are 

prepared to cut back on our use 

of electric power we need to find 

means of producing more supply. 

Wind power can not be relied 

upon to produce when required, 

water supply is variable. We don’t 

want nuclear. 

I wonder what impact solar 

panels might have, and how cost 

effective they are. 

I support moves to increase 

gas production. I believe it has a 

lower carbon impact than coal, so 

the more gas we find the better. 

It strikes me as absurd we shut 

down our own coal mines, which 

produced higher grade coal, and 

now have to import dirty coal from 

overseas to keep the lights on. 

- Philip Richards 

I am in favour of continued 

use of gas as one of the resources 

New Zealand needs for industry 

and domestic use. It’s a valuable 

resource freely available to be 

accessed by New Zealanders for 

New Zealanders. 

- M A Ballantyne 

 

If we keep fast tracking 

backwards we’ll be surviving the 

Stone Age. We can all join the 

solar/electricity track and face 

our future now. 

- Linda and Kevin MacDean 

Of course we should drill for 

gas. As well as importing filthy 

coal from Indonesia, we are 

importing gas from Australia. 

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Energy dilemma: Cost to us versus 


It’s so disappointing 

your survey has zero 

acknowledgement that fossil 

fuel drives the climate crisis. 

This completely lacks balance, 

seriously skewing responses. 

Keeping our heads in the sand, 

aided by ignorant media and 

populist politicians is more than 

gross stupidity: It is criminal on a 

scale well beyond other historical 

human atrocities. 

Looking honestly at the bigger 

picture is uncomfortable: We are 

leaving an unstable climate and 

potentially unlivable planet for 

future generations and all life, life 

with whom we share planet Earth 

and indeed is our intimate ancestor 

and family. 

It’s not the enormity of our 

predicament, lacking simple 

or complete answers, that 

makes me despair. I despair at 

the ignorance and stupidity of 

mainstream denial, the refusal 

to squarely look at this, and collectively 

struggle and respond to 

the truth. 

Once we accept the imperative 

we must stop burning fossil fuels, 

we must reduce modern excess, 

we can develop simple, low tech, 

local focused alternatives to gas, 

coal, or large carbon footprint 

projects like Lake Onslow. 

Regarding peak electricity demand 

on cold winter mornings: 

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Alternatives include more load 

shedding (industry, water heating, 

EV charging); night store 

heating, micro generation, wood 

fires. 

- David Goldsmith, Woolston 

Unreservedly yes. It’s a no 

brainer. 

How Ardern let the owners of 

Marsden Point close down that 

lifeline facility is criminal. 

- Paul Simpson 

I think it’s a sensible idea to 

tap into our plentiful gas supplies. 

The idea of importing cheaper 

inferior coal from Indonesia 

is ludicrous when we have our 

own excellent coal supplies and 

provinces looking for job opportunities. 

So for me it’s a yes to gas and 

coal alongside other sources of 

energy. 

- Helen Warwick 

For me it is a no-brainer. 

New Zealand energy demand 

will only increase in line with the 

population. 

Gas burns with 50 per cent 

less pollutants than coal. It is the 

cleanest burning fossil fuel which 

we clearly need to meet demand. 

- Warren Grey 

It is a no-brainer. The key is to 

get across to all politicians that 

it is not appropriate to change 

policy halfway through the game. 

Therefore this must be a longterm 

commitment giving the 

companies wishing to drill for 

gas a guarantee they have a viable 

business. 

- Jim Grierson 

No question about it, our vast 

gas supplies must be tapped into. 

It is ridiculous Genesis has to 

import low grade Indonesian 

coal while we export our own 

high quality coal to Japan. 

Get drilling tomorrow. 

- Allan Grant 

In nearly 40 years of living in 

New Zealand, nothing should 

surprise me anymore. 

But the proposed offshore drilling 

for gas/oil would surely spell 

the end of our clean, green image 

for any overseas visitor. 

No surprise though, seeing 

we have the wrong parties at the 

helm, even coal is brought back, 

soon the bad old days will be 

here again and instead of leading 

the world we will truly be at the 

bottom of the world. How shortsighted 

and awful for every Kiwi, 

regardless of their political views. 

- Heidi Oudemans 

If things don’t change by 

enabling oil and gas exploration 

again this country will come to 

a grinding halt. We don’t have 

enough electricity now and EVs 

only make it worse. The Greens 

and Labour have no idea. Go the 

Act National NZF Government, 

long may they last. 

- Paul Chisholm 

The decision to stop drilling 

for oil and gas was not thought 

out properly and the best 

decision the new government 

could make would be to restart 

drilling immediately. It is beyond 

comprehension that any sane 

person could take the decision 

to stop drilling knowing the 

problems it would cause. 

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cost to the planet 

FOSSIL FUEL: 

Open cast coal 

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The stench of hypocrisy seems 

to be rising as we import lower 

grade coal from Indonesia, 

(cheaper of course thanks to lax 

Labour laws) in order to keep 

at least our own backyard clean 

and green; sanctimoniously 

congratulating ourselves on 

keeping our superior resource 

underground and impoverishing 

our own West Coast region for 

the good of the planet. 

Behind the green facade of 

our rush to electrify everything 

lies the spectre of rare earth 

elements extraction, (needed to 

make batteries and solar panels 

etc), and the chosen ignorance 

of the actual cost to the planet of 

this. Failure to provide reliable 

generation facilities to meet the 

demand created for “greener” 

energy is an oxymoron. 

On balance gas seems the lesser 

evil, but still an interim measure 

while we build another hydro 

dam or two. 

- Gerard Verkaaik, Halswell 

Drill, baby, drill! An undersea 

earthquake tomorrow could 

dump it all into the atmosphere 

anyway, with worse results than 

burning it. 

Used sensibly, natural gas could 

lower our CO2 emissions in the 

short, medium, and long term, 

while providing an energy buffer 

against shortfalls in a rapidly 

evolving energy environment. 

Natural gas powered motor 

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CO2 of petrol burners. Gas 

infrastructure and knowledge 

already exist from the LPG/CNG 

days of the 1980s fuel crises. 

Fossil gas can be diluted 

with biogas as this becomes 

available in the future, a path 

to lowering our emissions even 

further. 

Natural gas increases our 

energy security by keeping our 

dry-year generators sparking 

without importing (ugh) coal. 

The question ‘should we drill for 

gas?’ is a no-brainer. No other 

transitional solution lowers 

emissions immediately, and 

later, without creating huge newinfrastructure 

build emissions. 

Ignoring our gas would be like 

jumping from a burning plane 

with no parachute. 

- Phillip Rex Robinson, 

Waltham 

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speed limits on some state highways, debate has started 

on whether the limits should be raised on SH75. 

Roads now safer 

I read with interest the 

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SH75 (between Halswell and 

Akaroa). Given that I work with 

road safety daily, I thought 

I’d check the official stats 

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In the 19 months since their 

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deaths). And no, traffic volumes 

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A RELEGATION dogfight 

beckons for FC Twenty 11 and 

Universities in the Southern 

League. 

The two sides have both lost 

their opening six games and occupy 

the bottom two spots, with 

goal difference seeing Universities 

ahead. 

The bottom-placed team will 

be relegated to the Canterbury 

Premiership at the end of the 

season. 

FC Twenty captain and goalkeeper 

Harri Rowe said it had 

been a challenging season so 

far – in addition to the league 

losses, the team has already been 

knocked out of the English Cup 

and Chatham Cup. 

“Mentally it’s just been tough 

always conceding and always 

losing so far. 

“It’s just been physically and 

mentally draining for everyone.” 

Universities 

lost their opening 

four games 

by one goal 

each, but went 

down 4-0 and 

7-0 to Dunedin 

City Royals and 

Cashmere 

Technical 

respectively in 

Aldo 

Miramontes 

their last two Southern League 

games. 

Head coach Aldo Miramontes 

said it had been a tough run. 

SKIPPER: FC Twenty 11 goalkeeper and captain Harri Rowe said it had been a challenging 

season so far. 

PHOTO: JIM WATTS PHOTOGRAPHY 

“The trip to Dunedin, I think 

it’s hard to travel the same day 

(and play), waking up very early 

in the morning and the things 

like that. 

“Tech, for me, it’s the best 

team in the league. I think they 

are very strong, almost a professional 

team, so it was a bit hard 

to compete.” 

FC Twenty and Universities 

will meet at Avonhead Park on 

Saturday, where the winner will 

gain a huge advantage for the 

rest of the season. 

Rowe said it would be a 

must-win clash. 

“It’s massive, it could be a 

make or break point for us, as 

well as a must-win game, because 

come towards the end of the 

season, I don’t think we’re going 

to have goal difference in our 

favour at all. 

“We’ll need points, so we have 

to beat Uni twice in order to go 

and get out of that relegation 

zone.” 

Other matches on Saturday see 

high-flying Coastal Spirit face 

Dunedin City Royals at English 

Park due to Coastal’s regular 

home ground, Linfield Park, being 

used by the Linwood rugby 

club, and Dunedin only able to 

travel on Saturday. 

Cashmere Technical, fresh off 

an 11-0 thumping of Burwood in 

the Chatham Cup, face Nomads 

at Garrick Park, who also won 

big in the cup, 4-0 over Halswell 

United. 

Table-toppers Christchurch 

United slipped up in the last 

round of league games, losing 

3-2 to Coastal. They make the 

trip out to Rolleston to play 

Selwyn United at Foster Park. 

Chatham Cup round 1 

Christchurch Utd 5 

Western 2; 

Nomads 4 Halswell 0; 

Cashmere Tech 11 

Burwood 0; 

Ferrymead Bays 3 

Selwyn Utd 0; 

Universities 1 Waimak 

0; 

Coastal Spirit 3 FC 

Twenty 11 0 

Southern League 

round 7 (Saturday) 

Coastal Spirit v 

Dunedin CR, English 

Park, noon 

FC Twenty 11 v 

Universities, Avonhead 

Park, 2.45pm 

Cashmere Tech v 

Nomads, Garrick Park, 

2.45pm 

Selwyn Utd v 

Christchurch Utd, 

Foster Park, 3pm 

Nelson Suburbs v 

Ferrymead Bays, 

Saxton Fields, 12.30pm 

Sunday 

Points 

Cash Tech 16; Chch 

Utd 15; Coastal 14; 

Nelson 10; Bays 10; 

Nomads 10; Dunedin 

7; Selwyn 4; Uni 0; FC 

Twenty 0 

‘I wouldn’t be loading up on a draw’ 


THERE’S little to separate 

Halswell Hornets and Riccarton 

Knights after six rounds of 

the Canterbury rugby league 

premiership. 

Halswell and Riccarton are 

level on eight competition points 

and both teams have a points 

differential of +50. 

That means Halswell take top 

spot by virtue of having scored 

more points than Riccarton – 

156 across the season, compared 

to 152. 

Hornets head coach Ray 

Hubbard said he’d never seen 

anything like it. 

“Certainly there’s a log jam at 

the top of the table and it goes to 

show how important consistency 

week to week is for the competition.” 

The two teams will meet on 

Saturday, but Hubbard said there 

SPEED: Hornets wing Jared Sherman runs it up against 

Greymouth. 

PHOTO: HALSWELL HORNETS 

was no chance of it ending all 

square. 

“No, there’ll definitely be a 

result. 

“At the end of the day, we’re 

going there to win and they will 

be too, so I wouldn’t be loading 

up on a draw.” 

Riccarton are in top form. 

After losing their opening two 

games they’ve won four on the 

trot, and Hubbard said his side 

would need to match them in 

physicality. 

“It’s one against two, so no 

doubt they’ll be hungry to sit on 

top of that ladder and knock us 

down a peg. 

“We’ve just got to meet them 

in the physicality part of the 

game, but also just be patient and 

establish the grind, go set per set 

and hopefully we can be tougher 

for longer.” 

Linwood Keas, who are level 

on points with both Halswell 

and Riccarton but with a lower 

points differential, come up 

against Hornby Panthers on Saturday 

in a rematch of the round 

two clash that ended in a 26-all 

draw. 

Eastern Eagles, who are 

only one point behind the top 

three, play winless Greymouth 

Greyhounds at Papanui Domain. 

CRL premiership 

round 6 

Eastern 24 Linwood 24; 

Halswell 36 Greymouth 

20; 

Riccarton 38 Hornby 10 

Round 7 (2.45pm 

Saturday) 

Riccarton v Halswell, 

Crosbie Park 

Greymouth v Eastern, 

Papanui Domain 

Linwood v Hornby, 

Linwood Park 

Points 

Halswell 8; Riccarton 8; 

Linwood 8; Eastern 7; 

Hornby 5; Greymouth 0



SPORT 27 

Sydenham taking nothing for granted 


SYDENHAM moved back into 

top spot in the Metro rugby 

standings after a 43-29 win over 

Linwood on Saturday. 

This week they’ll take on a 

Sumner side that is starting to 

make waves after two narrow 

wins, beating Shirley and Marist 

Albion by four and two points 

respectively. 

Sydenham coach Mark Croft 

said he was expecting a tough 

match. 

“They’re a quality side that 

will be disruptive, so we’re looking 

to try and play our natural 

game, and not take anything for 

granted.” 

Croft said being in first place 

doesn’t come into his side’s 

thinking. 

“We’re just taking each week as 

it comes, sometimes teams might 

have a blip because of injuries, 

or depth, or a bad day, so we just 

keep trying to focus on ourselves 

and how we can be better.” 

Saturday’s other matches see 

former leaders Burnside, who 

lost their first game against Lincoln 

University last week, host 

Christchurch, while DCL Shield 

holders HSOB play Canterbury 

University at Bob Deans Field. 

Marist Albion visit Linwood at 

Linfield Park and Lincoln 

University host New Brighton, 

while Shirley and Belfast square 

off at Burwood Park. 

• By Will Evans 

CANTERBURY Rugby League 

has partnered with a brain 

injury organisation to minimise 

damage and raise 

awareness around the 

danger of head injuries. 

The memorandum of 

understanding with the 

Laura Fergusson Brain 

Injury Trust is aimed at 

ensuring everyone in the 

sport has access to the 

necessary information, 

support and treatment 

in regards to head injuries and 

concussion. 

It is the first time the trust 

CHARGE: Sydenham loose 

forward Torian Barnes tries 

to break a tackle during their 

43-29 win over Linwood. 

PHOTO: ASHER OLLIVER 

Right – Kurtis McDonald on 

the run for Sydenham. 

PHOTO: MATT BATEMAN 

has partnered with a regional 

sporting body. 

CRL chief executive Malcolm 

Humm said he feels privileged to 

sign the MoU. 

“We recognise head 

injuries and concussions 

occur in our game from 

time to time. 

“As the regional body 

for rugby league, we 

believe we have a responsibility 

to provide expert 

support and advice to 

players who sustain these 

injuries.” 

The trust was established in 

1967 and supports those impacted 

by brain injury in Canterbury 

and surrounding regions. 

“We see people who’ve had 

traumatic brain injury from all 

walks of life for all different 

reasons, and sports is one 

of the areas,” LFBIT chief 

executive Kathryn Jones 

said. 

“We are on that recovery 

journey with them 

and their families.” 

Jones regarded rugby 

league as one of the most 

proactive sports in caring 

for players around head injuries, 

putting strong guidelines in 

place and providing support. 

She believed the dangers of a 

‘you’ll be right’ attitude across 

sports meant some people 

missed out on the appropriate 

treatment for what could 

potentially be a serious 

problem. 

The trust has embarked 

on a fundraising campaign 

to build a centre of excellence 

in Christchurch, 

designed as a hub with 

services for people who 

have suffered a traumatic 

brain or spinal injury. 

Jones said the partnership with 

CRL with be beneficial in raising 

the trust’s profile. 

Metro rugby round 5 

Sumner 28 Shirley 24; 

Marist Albion 27 Belfast 

19; 

Canterbury Uni 31 New 

Brighton 23; 

Lincoln Uni 40 Burnside 

38; 

HSOB 45 Christchurch 

18; 

Sydenham 43 Linwood 

29 

Round 6 (Saturday) 

Lincoln Uni v New 

Brighton, Lincoln 

University, 2.45pm 

HSOB v Canterbury 

Uni, Bob Deans Field, 

2.45pm 

Linwood v Marist Albion, 

Linfield Park, 2.45pm 

Shirley v Belfast, 

Burwood Park, 3pm 

Sydenham v Sumner, 

Sydenham Park, 3pm 

Burnside v Christchurch, 

Burnside Park, 3pm 

Points 

Sydenham 21; Burnside 

20; HSOB 20; Lincoln 

Uni 20; Marist 16; UC 16; 

Sumner 16; Linwood 11; 

Shirley 7; Belfast 7; New 

Brighton 6; Christchurch 

6 

CRL partnership with brain injury trust a first 

Malcolm 

Humm 

Kathryn 

Jones 

PROACTIVE: Canterbury 

Rugby League has signed 

a memorandum of 

understanding with the 

Laura Fergusson Brain 

Injury Trust. 

We’re for 

local 

SPoRT 

From Kaikoura, 

to Christchurch, 

to Ashburton, 

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SPORT 


Crusaders welcome back Burke to line-up 

COMEBACK: 

Crusaders pivot 

Fergus Burke returns 

from injury to play 

the Brumbies. 

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THE CRUSADERS have 

regained the services of 

influential first-five Fergus 

Burke for the run-in to the 

end of the Super Rugby 

Pacific season, starting 

with Saturday’s clash with 

the Brumbies in Canberra. 

The return of Burke, 

heralded as the successor 

to Richie Mo’unga before 

injuries kept him out for 

the majority of the season, 

will be a boost to the 

red-and-blacks, who have 

struggled for consistency – 

Burke will be the fifth man 

to wear the No 10 jersey 

this season. 

David Havili started the 

last two games there, but 

moves to second-five with 

Dallas McLeod injured in 

last weekend’s 32-29 loss to 

the Highlanders. 

He’s joined on the sidelines 

by Levi Aumua, who 

coach Rob Penney said has 

been nursing a knee injury 

recently that requires a week 

off. Aumua is replaced at 

centre by Jone Rova. 

Antonio Shalfoon gets 

his first start at lock, replacing 

Jamie Hannah, while 

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come in for Tamaiti 

Williams and Corey Kellow 

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Penney didn’t mince his 

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this weekend would spell 

the end of his side’s playoff 

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4229 academyantiques. 

co.nz 

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BRICK & BlOCK 

LAYING all restoration 

work and new work plus 

foundations, ph 342 9340 

or 021 853 033 

BuIlDER QuAlIfIED 

50 yrs exp. Bathrooms, 

Kitchens, Renovations, 

Repairs & Extensions 

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Ian on 021 350 509 

CARPET lAYING 

Exp. Repairs, uplifting, 

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jflattery@xtra.co.nz 

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fENCING 

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1920 

GARDENING 

Lawns, weeding, pruning, 

garden clean ups. Call Phil 

021 661 246 for your free 

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House & Garden 

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Tree & hedge trimming 

Gardening 

Landscaping 

Gutter cleaning 

All aspects of 

property maintenance 

CALL us 03 260 4499 

CALL us 021 405 277 

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GARDENER 

(Kevin Garnett) 

30 Years 

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Free Quotes 

Phone 348 3482 


Re Roofing 

Roof Repairs 

• Approved Age Concern 

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• Licensed Building Practitioner 

N A BARRELL 

ROOFING LTD 

Ph: 0275 389 415 

Email: nabroofing@xtra.co.nz 

Professional roof 

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Roof Painting, Concrete, Decramastic, Iron 

Rope & Harness, Access Specialist 

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HANDYMAN 

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7314 

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co.nz 

PAINTING 

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ph Steve 021 255 7968 

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20 yrs exp. Int / Ext. 

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Also provide DIY advice. 

Ph George 021 053 8655 

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3887 

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Friday 7.30pm - Stevie James. 

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Colombo St: Saturday 9pm - Level 6. 

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St: 

Thursday 8pm – Renata Rubini – The Mix 

Tape Gig – Renata will be singing and 

playing some Brazilian and some English 

tunes in this sometimes random, but 

always beautiful show, free entry. Friday 

7pm – Roster Debut Show – Roster are a 

high-energy, 7-piece, young, groove funk & 

soul outfit featuring the amazingly talented 

line-up of Monet Schutte, Alex Boot, Alex 

Gibson, Ciaran Kingi-Booth, Jacob Mullen, 

Nicolae Didenco, & Peter Croker, plus 

special guest appearance by Will Luhrs. 

Show is ALL AGES so bring the family for 

some funky fun! Tickets $10 from 

UTR.co.nz or $15 cash on the door; 

9.30pm – M-22 rock the stage with all your 

fave 70s and 80s rock and glam rock 

classics – Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Heart, 

Van Halen, Survivor, Bon Jovi etc, free 

entry. Saturday 8pm – Back to the 80s – 

Glow Party Edition – DJs Regress and 59 

to 1 will be playing all your favourites – 

Synth Pop, New Wave, New Romantic, 

Rock, & Cheese! Prizes for best dress-ups, 

get out the neon! Tickets $17.50+BF from 

UTR.co.nz or $20 cash door sales. Sunday 

3pm – Boogie House – smoking hot blues 

and boogie feat Steve Driver, Harry 

Harrison, Justine S, Robbie Carpenter & 

Allan Cattermole, free entry; 5pm doors, 

6pm music – Canterbury Blues Club Jam 

Night, House Band kicks off from 6pm, 

then all welcome to take the stage and play 

(up to 3 songs) no matter your skill or 

experience level, koha entry. Monday 7pm 

– Believe It or Not Quiz, table bookings on 

03-377-4787 or text 021-078-6037, lots of 

fun and prizes, free entry. Tuesday 8pm – 

ARA Music 2024 Year Two Students 

Performance Night, all welcome, free entry. 

AVONHEAD TAVERN, 120 Withells 

Rd: Friday 7.30pm - Live music. 

BILL'S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: Thursday 

& Friday - TP Karaoke. Saturday 7pm - 

AMPT. Sunday - Fired Up Karaoke. 

BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St: 

Friday 4pm - DJ Rakinem. Saturday 3pm - 

Hired Guns; 6pm - DJ Rakinem. 

CHATS BAR, 251 Travis Rd: Saturday 

7.30pm - NorWest. 

CHCH CASINO, 30 Victoria St: Friday 

5.30pm - Black & Gold; 9pm - The Fillets. 

Saturday 5.30pm - Smooth Talk; 9pm - 

Unhinged. 

CHCH FOLK MUSIC CLUB, Irish 

Society Hall, 29 Domain Tce: Sunday 

7.30pm - 6th Ferris Show. 

FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday 

5pm - Lee Martin Duo; 8pm - Live Band 

Karaoke; 11.30pm - Diamond Blue. Friday 

5pm - Nick & Dan; 8.30pm - Corner 

Sounds; Midnight - Jinx. Saturday 5pm - 

The Calzoness; 8.30pm - Black & Gold; 

Midnight - Chilton House. Sunday 6pm - 

Amber & Liam. 

HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd: 

Sunday 3pm - Tracey Rockhouse. 

KAIAPOI CLUB, 113 Raven Quay: 

Saturday 22nd June, 8pm - DnD 

Showband presents A Tribute to Fleetwood 

Mac, tickets at club or eventbrite.co.nz. 

LYTTELTON CLUB, 23 Dublin St: 

Friday 7pm - Ladies Night with DnD Trio. 

Friday 31st May 7pm - The Eastern. 

MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: 

Friday 10.30pm - Assembly Required. 

Saturday 10.30pm - Red Zone. 

NEW BRIGHTON MARKET: Saturday 

11am - Mandi Miller. 

OAK N FERRY, 608 Ferry Rd: Friday 

7pm - The Party Singers. Saturday 8.30pm 

- Hired Guns. 

OHOKA MARKET: Friday 10am - Mandi 

Miller. 

RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118 

Raceourse Rd: Friday 7pm - Disco & 

Karaoke with Dj Chick. 

RICHMOND CLUB, 'The Borough', 75 

London St: Friday 7pm - The Meaniez. 

Saturday 7pm - Crystal Set. Sunday 3pm - 

Hemi Porter. 

ROSE & THISTLE, 24a Main North 

Rd: Friday 8.30pm - A&J Karaoke. 

Saturday 8.30pm - Hazel Diez. Sunday 

4.30pm - Scottish Fling with Willie 

McArthur. 

SHARKEY'S BAR, 96 Hoon Hay Rd: 

Saturday 7pm - Karaoke. Sunday 4pm - 

Open Mic. 

STOCK XCHANGE, 110 Marshland 

Rd: Saturday 7.30pm - Girl From Mars. 

TEMP'S BAR, 21 Goulding Ave: 

Saturday 8.30pm - Titanic. 

THE BLACK HORSE, Lincoln Rd: 

Wednesday 7pm - Karaoke. 

THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Thursday 

7pm - Quiz. Friday 6pm - Joel Lee; 10pm - 

Keenan's Revenge. Saturday 7pm - Topia; 

11pm - Flat City Brotherhood. Sunday 

6pm - Stephen McDaid. Monday 6pm - 

Sionna. Tuesday 7.30pm - Jamesons Irish 

Sessions. 

THE BOWER, 487 New Brighton Rd: 

Saturday 6pm - Sons of Satoshi. 

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: 

Thursday 9pm - Open Mic with feature 

band Solfire. Saturday 8pm - Mayday feat. 

Bad Schematics, The Snake Behaviour, 

Hecate's Cult, Phatsak, $10 entry. 

Wednesday - Carpathia (Kevin Emmett, 

Jared Williams & Chris Baker). 

THE FITZ2, 77 Stevens St: Tuesday 

7pm - Karaoke. 

THE KAIK, 67 Williams St, Kaiapoi: 

Saturday 7.30pm - Feel Good Factor. 

THE MAK, 1276 Main North Rd, 

Kainga: Sunday 3pm - Level 6. 

THE MANDEVILLE TAVERN, 99 

Raven Quay, Kaiapoi: Friday 8pm - 

Hired Guns 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd: 

Friday 9.30pm - Flat City Brotherhood. 

Saturday 9.30pm - Old Skool. Sunday 6pm 

- Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm - Quiz. 

Wednesday 7.30pm - Karaoke. 

THE RICCS, 280 Blenheim Rd: 

Saturday 7.30pm - 12 Gauge. 

THE ROCKPOOL, 85 Hereford St: 

Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9pm - DJ's. 

THE SIDELINE SPORTS BAR, 331 

Stanmore Rd: Thursday 7pm - Jam 

Night with Ritchie Gillies & Nick 

Buchanan. 

THE YALDY, 15 West Coast Rd: Friday 

5pm - Mandi Miller. 

WOODSTOCK ADDINGTON, 291 

Lincoln Rd: Wednesday 7pm - Open 

Mic. 

WUNDERBAR, Lyttelton: Friday 

8.30pm - Matt Joe Gow & Kerryn Fields 'I 

Remember You' Album Tour. 

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SUMNER volcanologist Ben 

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2019 Connecting Your Community 

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• By Devon Bolger 

DUNSANDEL residents are 

feeling ‘let down’ by the lack of 

action over an intersection. 

Dunsandel Community 

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AN EXPERT says the Sumner 

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will need to be rebuilt. 

Otago University associate 

geography professor Mike Hilton 

said if the 1.2km seawall is not 

rebuilt within 10 years or so, 

there will be an 

increased risk of 

exposure to waves 

coming over the 

wall. 

Prof Hilton 

has examined a 

report on the wall 

from engineering 

consultant, Jacobs, which found 

there are 19 points along the wall 

where repairs are required. 

However, Prof Hilton 

said there is no immediate 

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“In the next few years, the 

storm surge on that coast is not 

particularly large. However, 

when you look beyond the 

short-term to the medium-term, 

those storms are going to get 

significantly larger and will have 

a greater impact because the sea 

level will be higher,” he said. 

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Committee member Russell 

Dalzell said the intersection of 

Main South and Browns Rds 

has been concerning locals for 

years. 

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A LINCOLN-BASED company 

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Angela and Phillip Eberhard 

have recently started a business 

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They have applied to the 

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future if successful and allowed. 

Mrs Eberhard said they are 

excited to be entering the 

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said. 

“Lime is big and that’s probably 

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just hoping the community will 

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There are some safety features 

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Mrs Eberhard said. 


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Ryman Residents 

JOIN US AT OUR 

OPEN DAYS 

SATURDAY 18 & SUNDAY 19 MAY, 10AM - 2PM 

Join us at our open days and experience why the Ryman lifestyle could be 

for you. Learn about our living and care options, tour our show homes and 

the wonderful amenities on offer. We look forward to seeing you. 

ANTHONY WILDING VILLAGE 

5 Corbett Crescent, Halswell, 338 7696 

CHARLES UPHAM VILLAGE 

24 Charles Upham Drive, Rangiora, 310 8644 

DIANA ISAAC VILLAGE 

1 Lady Isaac Way, Mairehau, 385 3518 

MARGARET STODDART VILLAGE 

23 Bartlett Street, Riccarton, 337 6500 

NGAIO MARSH VILLAGE 

95 Grants Road, Papanui, 354 6608 

RYMAN NORTHWOOD VILLAGE 

20 Radcliffe Road, Northwood, 0800 685 122 

ESSIE SUMMERS VILLAGE 

222 Colombo Street, Beckenham, 337 6500 

KEVIN HICKMAN VILLAGE 

25 Steadman Road, Riccarton Park, 342 4755 

To find out more visit 

rymanhealthcare.co.nz/open-days


MARY 

Ryman Resident 

FIND A 

HOME 

YOU’LL 

LOVE 

APARTMENTS 

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AVAILABLE NOW 

IA 122 2 1.5 

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LIGHT-FILLED LUXURY 

Enjoy the afternoon sun on your private balcony, accessible from the lounge and main bedroom. 

Entertain in the open plan living and kitchen area, with a spare bedroom for guests or hobbies. 

Kevin Hickman Village 25 Steadman Road, Riccarton Park 

$660,000 

Call Wendy 342 4755 

MORNING SUN DELIGHT 

FABULOUS LOCATION 

SUNNY & SPACIOUS 

IA 104 2 1.5 88m 2 $715,000 TH 8 2 1 

$650,000 

TH 226 3 1.5 120m 2 

$825,000 

Admire views to the hills from your balcony 

which has easy access from your living and 

dining area plus both bedrooms. 

Ryman Northwood Village 

20 Radcliffe Road, Northwood 

Call Sharyn 0800 685 122 

With a northwest aspect, enjoy sunny 

afternoons from your open plan living room 

or patio. 

Ngaio Marsh Village 

95 Grants Road, Papanui 

Call Danielle 354 6608 

Positioned at the end of a row, embrace 

the afternoon sunshine from your spacious 

living area. 

Diana Isaac Village 

1 Lady Isaac Way, Mairehau 

Call Chris or Adrienne 385 3518 

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WHAT IS THE 

MEASURE OF 

A FULL LIFE? 

At Ryman, we believe the measure of a full life 

is one that gets richer with age. 

Rediscover lost passions and plunge 

headfirst into new ones. Surround yourself 

with new people, old friends and close 

family. Live with opportunities and 

experiences at your doorstep. 

KERRY 

Ryman Resident 

That’s why we’re creating communities 

that challenge the expectations of 

ageing, while bringing joy and 

meaning to every moment.

The Star: May 16, 2024

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