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‘Holy s**t someone has 

just been hit by a train’ 

• By Daniel Alvey 

THOSE WERE the words from 

one of the first on the scene when a 

car drove into the path of a train at 

a railway crossing. 

Scott McIlory was parked up 

in his ute facing away from the 

railway line when he heard a 

“massive bang.” 

I looked at my side mirror and I 

saw a big cloud of dust. I thought 

‘holy s**t someone has just been 

hit by a train’,” he said. 

The crash happened at the 

Browns Rd level crossing in 

Dunsandel last week. 

McIlory said the train’s horn 

sounded moments before impact. 

The train – two connected 

locomotives – hit the front of the 

Toyota Corolla, spun it around 

and pushed it off the tracks and 

onto a grass verge on Leeston 

Dunsandel Rd. 

The railway crossing lights 

were flashing and the bells sounding. 

When McIlory went over to 

check on the man, he was out of 

his car and walking around. 

“He was pretty shaken. He just 

said he didn’t see the train. He’s 

probably very, very lucky to be 

alive still.” 

McIlory called 111 and stayed at 

the scene until emergency services 

arrived. 

A St John spokesperson said it 

responded with two ambulances 

and a rapid response vehicle, but 

the driver declined to be assessed. 

McIlory said he felt sorry for the 

train driver. 

“They probably wouldn’t have 

known what they were walking 

back to.” 

LUCKY ESCAPE: The driver of a Toyota Corolla walked 

away after a crash with a train at the Browns Rd crossing 

in Dunsandel. 

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SHOULD RATEPAYERS fund 

the cash-strapped Arts Centre? 

And what should the city 

council spend its money on? 

Those are the questions The 

Star is today asking readers 

after it was revealed this week 

more than half of the public 

submissions to the city council’s 

Long Term Plan want the council 

to help fund ongoing operations 

of the financially troubled 

Arts Centre. 

The Long Term Plan maps out 

what the city council spends its 

money on – which ultimately 

finalises rates rises. Ratepayers 

are looking at a increase of about 

13 per cent; the final figure 

will be determined when city 

councillors vote next month. 

The Arts Centre has a funding 

shortfall of $1.8 million. 

There were 7040 submissions 

to the city council, twice as 

many as the previous record. 

Helping out Orana Park also 

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with 14 per cent asking the 

council to help meet its funding 

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Hire company bid to take over A&P Show 

A HIRE company is proposing 

to take over running the 2024 

New Zealand Agricultural 

Show to ensure this year’s event 

goes ahead. 

The Canterbury A&P Association 

board announced 

in April it was cancelling this 

year’s show due to financial 

difficulties. Earlier this month 

most of the board announced 

they would retire. 

Phil Anderson said his company, 

Event Hire, had sent the 

association a proposal to run a 

Paw-sitive outcome 

• By Daniel Alvey 

A FAMILY thought they might 

never see their cat Fletcher again 

after he was missing for 12 days. 

He turned up in Rangiora, 

about 45km from his home in 

Lincoln. 

Fletcher’s 

owner Rob 

Naysmith said 

he had no idea 

how he got to 

Rangiora. 

He said it was 

unlikely Fletcher 

walked. It was 

more plausible 

for missing feline 

Rob 

Naysmith 

he got into a vehicle or a trailer 

undetected, he said. 

“We’d spent hours searching 

for him. 

“We’d resigned ourselves to 

the fact we might not see him 

again.” 

Fletcher is a seal point birman, 

about eight-and-a-half-years-old. 

The family have had him since he 

was a kitten. 

Fletcher was found using a 

combination of his microchip 

and social media. Naysmith said 

while he was microchipped, the 

slimmed down version of the 

show, with a reduced number of 

stalls and visitors. 

He said they would hope to 

get between 30,000 to 50,000 

visitors over three days. Last 

HOME SAFE: Fletcher is now back with his family in Lincoln, 

after finding his way to Rangiora. 

details weren’t current. 

“With Fletcher, we hadn’t 

updated the details for his 

microchip. So when he was 

handed in to the fabulous people 

at Rangiora Vet Centre they 

scanned him but they couldn’t 

get in contact with us because it 

year, the show got 110,000 visitors. 

They are also proposing moving 

the show from Thursday to 

Saturday, rather than the traditional 

Wednesday to Friday. 

The Agricultural Show 

usually ends on Canterbury 

Anniversary Day. Anderson 

said reducing the visitor numbers 

would help the planning 

process. 

“From a planning perspective 

it is good to work with limited 

numbers,” Anderson said. 

was the wrong phone number 

and wrong address.” 

Using the power of social 

media, people got in touch with 

the family to say Fletcher had 

been found. 

“We got in touch with the vet 

and they asked a whole lot of 

“You can do pre-sales, and 

manage your infrastructure. 

It’s really driven around traffic 

management, and toilet infrastructure 

et cetera.” 

Anderson said they also want 

to reduce the entry fees to make 

it very affordable for families, 

and to reduce the cost for stall 

holders. 

He said they are meeting 

with the board on Tuesday and 

would need a decision by the 

end of May in order to get on 

with planning. 

questions, as they should,” said 

Naysmith. 

“One of the staff was fabulous, 

she lived nearby to the vets and 

came out at 7.30pm to open 

up and give my wife and son 

Fletcher. 

“He was very smoochy and 

purred a lot, when he got home, 

he just stuck by us, and didn’t 

really leave our side. He slept 

right beside us on the bed which 

he never does.” 

Since being home Fletcher 

has had a checkup at his local 

Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital. 

“He’s lost about 500g, so he 

used to be just on 5kg now down 

to 4.5kg. But other than that he’s 

in perfect nick,” Naysmith said. 

The Prebbleton vets 

encouraged people to get their 

pets microchipped and registered 

with the NZ Companion Animal 

Register. 

“The animal register means 

that as soon as an animal’s 

microchip is scanned by one of 

their approved users, they can 

contact you and arrange their 

safe return,” the vet said on 

Facebook. 

NEWS 3 

In Brief 

Name of motorcyclist 

killed in crash released 

The motorcyclist killed in a 

crash in Rolleston on Saturday 

was Shafie Bin Sulaiman, 52. 

The crash took place on Jones 

Rd about noon. Meanwhile, 

police have yet to reveal the 

names of two people killed in a 

head-on collison near Kirwee 

about 1.20pm on Tuesday. Bad 

weather was likely a factor in 

the Kirwee crash, police said. 

Man arrested after 

smash and grab in mall 

A man has been arrested after 

an attempted “smash and 

grab” at the Eastgate Shopping 

Centre on Monday morning. A 

police spokesperson said one 

person was taken into custody 

about 9.45am following the 

incident. The alleged offender 

unsuccessfully attempted to 

break an external window of 

a store, the spokesperson said. 

Chris Lynch Media reported the 

man was trying to break into 

Pascoes Jewellers. 

Cost of February’s 

Port Hills fire revealed 

February’s Port Hills fire has 

cost $3.45 million to date, 

but what caused it remains 

unconfirmed. The city council 

spent $1.15 million and Fire 

and Emergency New Zealand 

$2.3 million, it was revealed on 

Tuesday. However, city council 

head of community support 

and partnerships John Filsell 

said most of the council’s costs 

were absorbed within existing 

budgets. The fire burnt through 

650 ha after it started on 

Worsleys Rd on February 14. 

Te Kaha hits halfway 

Construction of Te Kaha, 

Canterbury’s Multi-Use Arena, 

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director Kent Summerfield 

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is now in place, while the steel 

framing in the northeast stand 

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Judy’s life choice: Assisted dying 

• By Dellwyn Moylan 

JUDY SWANEY feels at peace. 

The 72-year-old retired aged 

care worker has made a major 

decision in recent months – to 

have an assisted death. 

Judy has terminal cancer and 

is receiving palliative care. She 

lives at home with her husband 

of 54 years, Dennis. 

Judy’s cancer journey began 

in 2010, when she started to feel 

unwell but did not know what 

was wrong with her. 

‘‘I was unaware I had it, but 

knew I was tired and, while hungry, 

didn’t want to eat. They discovered 

a two-and-half kilogram 

tumour pressing on my kidney 

and spleen,’’ she said. 

Judy had surgery to have the 

two organs removed. 

She suffered a stroke in 2014, 

and was diagnosed with breast 

cancer in 2015. 

‘‘Three years ago I was told 

I had stage four metastasised 

cancer in my other kidney, lungs, 

bladder and gallbladder,’’ she 

said. 

‘‘My gallbladder specialist told 

me three years ago this month, 

have your gallbladder out within 

two weeks or you will be dead in 

two months.” 

Judy knew she did not want 

more surgery, so refused. 

‘At my 

memorial 

service, 

I want 

fun and 

laughter. 

I want 

funny 

stories 

to be 

told’ 

– Judy 

Swaney 

FULFILLED: Judy Swaney, busy knitting for charity, is 

looking back on a life well lived. 

Three years later, she is still 

here today, but knows her time is 

limited. 

She finds comfort in the fact 

while it was never a choice to 

have cancer, she does have a 

choice on where and when she 

will die. 

‘‘It’s scary and you have no 

control. Making my own decision 

with Dennis’ and my family’s 

support has given me back 

some control,’’ Judy said. 

‘‘Having made the choice, we 

now have time to talk about it,’’ 

she said. 

‘‘My funeral has been planned 

for three years. But given we 

CHARACTERS: Judy bringing laughter to Rosebank Home 

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now have time, we can tweak 

things, and I know it’s all sorted. 

So when the time comes, Dennis 

and the family don’t have to 

think what I would like, or stress 

about it. 

‘‘At my memorial service, I 

want fun and laughter. I want 

funny stories to be told. 

‘‘Through my life, especially 

my work in aged care, I have met 

so many characters who had so 

many funny stories to share with 

their families, and that’s what I 

want.’’ 

Judy also finds comfort knowing 

Dennis, and her children, 

grandchildren and wider family, 

will not have to see her suffer a 

painful death. 

‘‘After watching my dad suffer 

and pass away from lung cancer 

30-plus years ago, I didn’t want 

that,’’ Judy said. 

Today as Judy lives her life, she 

finds some days are better than 

others. 

She is grateful for pain management, 

courtesy of her GP, 

medical specialists and Ashburton 

Hospital palliative care team. 

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simple things, such as reading 

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brings sense of control to cancer 

Knitting is a longtime passion, 

one that has seen her make 

hundreds of beanies for the 

Christchurch City Mission to 

give to the homeless. Judy has 

also knitted trauma teddies for 

St John. 

She makes Humpty Dumpty 

toys for Ronald McDonald 

House and her friend’s charity 

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. 

And while her life has been 

upended by cancer, some things 

have not changed. 

They include her bubbly 

personality and positive outlook 

– not to mention her love of 

chocolate. Whittaker’s is her 

favourite, and Dennis has to buy 

two blocks each time to ensure 

he gets the right variety. 

She and Dennis have had a life 

full of wonderful family memories 

together. 

The couple brought up three 

sons and have five grandchildren. 

Judy remembers where it all 

began when she met Dennis at 

the age of just 15. 

She said she was invited to his 

21st the following year, but her 

dad was not too sure he wanted 

his daughter going, as he had 

never met Dennis. 

So a meeting was arranged 

at her home. But when Dennis 

turned up, he was not too sure 

how things would go as he was 

greeted by her dad who happened 

to be carrying his deer 

stalking knife at the time. 

‘‘It all went well and we got on 

fine,’’ Dennis said. 

Judy and Dennis are grateful 

for the law change in New 

Zealand, which allowed assisted 

dying to become legal in 2021. 

Judy said she was a supporter 

even before she began to consider 

it as an option for herself. After 

her terminal cancer diagnosis 

three years ago, she wanted to 

find out more, but learned there 

TOGETHER: 

Dennis 

and Judy 

Swaney. 

Inset – 

on their 

wedding 

day 54 

years ago. 

were no doctors in Ashburton 

offering it. So she turned to 

Google. 

‘‘We found a doctor in 

Christchurch who was very 

switched on, very encouraging 

and very easy to talk to,’’ Judy 

said. 

‘‘Doctors aren’t allowed to 

raise it with a patient, there are 

no pamphlets in doctors’ waiting 

rooms about it because they can’t 

be seen to be influencing people,’’ 

Judy said. 

Recently, she and Dennis 

took part in a Zoom meeting to 

participate in an assisted dying 

survey. Dennis suggested they 

needed to get the message out to 

people that this is an option. 

‘‘It shouldn’t be hidden away 

where medical people can’t put it 

out there as an option along with 

other options,’’ he said. 

Judy initially did not meet 

one of the main criteria, being 

that her illness would be likely 

to cause her death within six 

months. But by January this 

year she did meet that criteria, 

something two doctors had to 

agree on. 

‘‘I was then asked to choose the 

date I wanted to die,’’ Judy said. 

She can choose to bring the 

date forward if she wishes. 

Equally, if she does not wish to 

proceed on the chosen date, she 

can go ahead with another date. 

Judy is aware of different views 

around assisted dying, but said 

for herself and her family it has 

been the right choice. 

‘‘For some people their 

religious beliefs mean they are 

opposed to assisted dying,’’ Judy 

said. 

‘‘Or they haven’t seen a loved 

one suffer,’’ Dennis said. 

While her family, including 

her 93-year-old mum and six 

siblings, were heartbroken at the 

thought of losing her, they all 

supported her choice. 

– Ashburton Courier 

The Assisted Dying 

Service 

The Assisted Dying 

Service allows a person 

with a terminal illness to 

end their life. The person 

must meet strict criteria 

and follow the process 

set out in the End of Life 

Choice Act 2019. 

New Zealanders aged 

18 or over who are 

suffering from a terminal 

illness that is likely to 

end their life within six 

months may be able to 

access assisted dying. 

It is provided as a free 

service by medical and 

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advisors at Te Whatu Ora. 

Assisted dying became 

legal in New Zealand 

on November 7, 2021. 

To November 6, 2022, 

Manatū Hauora had 

received 661 formal 

applications for assisted 

dying. There were 399 

confirmed as eligible 

and 257 assisted deaths 

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NEWS 7 

Street racers targeted in police action 

FIVE VEHICLES were 

impounded and police handed 

out 50 fines during a crackdown 

on illegal street racing across the 

city over the weekend. 

The antisocial road user 

team and strategic traffic unit 

were out in force on Saturday 

night and Sunday morning. 

Sergeant Luke Vaughan from 

the antisocial road user team 

said police were “monitoring and 

disrupting antisocial road user 

activity across the city”. 

Police issued 50 infringements 

and green-stickered eight cars 

that “did not meet the requirements 

to be driven on the 

road”, Vaughan said. 

“Another five (vehicles) were 

impounded for sustained loss of 

traction from previous incidents.” 

Early on Sunday morning, 

police also broke up several 

unauthorised street and drag 

racing incidents on Riccarton 

Rd, Memorial Ave and in 

Phillipstown and Wigram. 

The operation started at the 

‘Cars and Cameras’ event at 

Bottle Lake Forest on Saturday 

evening. 

Vaughan said it was “a well 

organised and positive gettogether 

of car enthusiasts”. 

“As the evening wore on, the 

operation moved to monitoring 

cruising activity and disrupting 

several planned ‘skid meets’.” 

Vaughan said one driver fled 

in a vehicle believed to be stolen. 

Inquiries to locate the driver were 

ongoing. 

The operation marked the start 

of a wider crackdown on antisocial 

driving behaviour across the 

city. 

“Police take antisocial road 

user activity extremely seriously 

because it not only puts those involved 

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THE MAN WHO murdered 

a former Mongrel Mob gang 

member in a Sydenham housing 

complex has been sentenced to 

life in prison. 

Motu Smith will not be eligible 

for parole for 14 years and six 

months. He was sentenced by 

Justice Jonathan Eaton yesterday 

after a High Court jury found 

him guilty earlier this year of 

murdering Daniel Hawkins in the 

bedroom of his Brougham St unit 

on April 24, 2021. 

His sentences for the offending 

– ranging from three to four years 

– will be served concurrently, The 

New Zealand Herald reported. 

At Smith’s trial in February, 

the court heard how he inflicted 

severe head injuries then cut 

Hawkins' throat and stabbed him 

in the neck. 

Smith then took off in the victim’s 

car, leaving him to die on his 

bed in a pool of his own blood. 

The Crown said Smith’s actions 

were part of a “spree” of offending 

during which he violently 

attacked two other men – also 

fleeing in their vehicles. 

But Smith argued he was acting 

in “self defence” when he injured 

Hawkins. 

Hawkins was a former Mongrel 

Mob member and was facing active 

charges when he died. 

Following Smith’s sentencing 

yesterday, Detective Inspector 

Nicola Reeves thanked members 

of the community who had provided 

valuable information and 

support throughout the investigation 

and trial. 

“I would also like to thank all 

the investigation team for their 

professionalism and tireless work 


Life sentence for murder 

of former gang member 

on this case to bring this matter to 

a successful conclusion,’’ Reeves 

said. 

“I would like to acknowledge 

the aroha and strength shown 

by Danny’s (Hawkins) whanau 

and loved ones over the last three 

years. 

“I hope today’s outcome brings 

some measure of peace for them, 

knowing that the person responsible 

has been held to account.’’ 

CRIME SPREE: Motu Smith was yesterday handed down 

a sentence of life imprisonment for the murder of Daniel 

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COURT 11 

SERIOUS INCIDENTS: A man’s appeal against his sentence on charges 

of strangulation, threatening to kill and assault has been dismissed. The 

victim – the man’s partner – had experienced “terror”, the judge said. 

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‘I truly thought I 

was going to die’ 

• By Ric Stevens 

A VERY DRUNK man kicked open a 

bathroom door and grabbed his partner, 

holding her off the ground by the throat 

and shaking her until she lost control of 

her bladder. 

She lost control again moments later 

when Thomas Hoani Tuhou threw her 

onto a couch, grabbed her throat again 

with both hands and squeezed until she 

could not breathe. 

“I truly thought I was going to die,” the 

woman said later in a victim impact statement. 

She said Tuhou watched true crime 

shows and had once told her “strangulation 

was the perfect murder”. 

Her ordeal included other assaults, during 

which she scratched Tuhou’s face to try 

to get free, yelled from a window for help 

and then ran outside the house, only to be 

dragged back in. 

Eventually, she managed to break free 

and call 111. 

Tuhou, 36, later pleaded guilty to two 

charges of strangulation, one charge of 

threatening to kill and one of assaulting a 

person in a family relationship. 

He was jailed for two years and three 

months by Judge Brian Callaghan in the 

district court in June 2023. 

Tuhou appealed against his sentence to 

the High Court at Christchurch, arguing 

that it was “manifestly excessive”. 

Justice Rachel Dunningham dismissed 

the appeal. 

Tuhou’s lawyers argued similar cases 

had begun with a lower starting point 

for sentencing. 

They also argued the assaults were an 

“uncharacteristic demonstration of violence” 

and he had not offended in that way 

before. 

However, Justice Dunningham said the 

victim had experienced “terror” during 

the attack. 

“It is important to recognise that, in the 

present case, there were two very serious 

strangulation events, both of which caused 

the victim to become incontinent,” she 

said. 

“Furthermore, there were elements of 

strangulation in the associated assaults. 

“The summary of facts refers to two 

further incidents of grabbing her around 

the neck, the first of which involved lifting 

her off the ground. 

“Also aggravating this offending was the 

threat to kill made during one of the serious 

incidents of strangulation.” 

Involuntary urination is a common 

response to being choked. It is one of 

the things victims are asked about when 

health workers seek information from 

them after they have been attacked. 

A new offence of strangulation, or 

impeding breathing, was introduced 

in 2018 after a Law Commission report 

found that 71 per cent of homicide victims 

in a domestic violence setting had been 

strangled earlier in the relationship. 

It carries a maximum of seven years 

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SCREAMING sale signs upon 

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out the back, the classic allure of 

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music to keep you strolling 

the aisles longer – customers 

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comes to the ways supermarkets 

try and make 

us ditch our 

well-made plans 

and spend more 

money. 

Yet we still 

bust the budget. 

Consumer 

behaviourist 

and professor 

of marketing 

at Canterbury University Ekant 

Veer has done lots of work analysing 

what people buy, and breaks 

it down in the first episode of new 

RNZ podcast Thrift. 

Look up and down and, if 

you can, leave the kids at 

home 

“So if you found the marshmallows, 

and they’re at eye level, look 

down at the bottom shelf, there 

might be cheaper ones,” Veer 

says. 

Product placement also plays 

around with shorter shoppers. 

“In the confectionary aisle, 

the highest gross profit items are 

actually at the eye level of a child 

because they know that kids are 

more likely to pester mum and 

dad for something that they can 

see.” 

So – if you can – come on your 

own, take the time to compare 

prices, and don’t cave to the pleas 

of others. 

Try to ignore the end-ofaisle 

displays 

“They’re usually a quite high 

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that product and so you will find 

things at the end of the aisle that 

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Ekant 

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you’ll run away with it.” 

Try instead to focus on shopping 

the perimeters of the supermarket 

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It’s not time for a little 

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It’s pretty well known not to 

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supermarket, but if you’re feeling 

grumpy it will pay to try and 

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“You might find fruit and 

vegetables are typically first because 

they [we] feel they need to 

that and then alcohol, chocolate, 

sweets, high gross profit items 

would be further along in the 

journey because people feel like 

they can reward themselves.” 

Don’t give in to the 

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“If you’ve been told to purchase 

a jar of artichoke hearts,” Veer 

explains, “and you’ve got three in 

front of you, probably around 70 

per cent of people compromise 

and get the middle one” – not 

the most expensive, not the least 

expensive, but that average jar. 

He warns some retailers will 

create new products, or juggle 

price points, to shift demand 

because they know full well how 

many of us opt for middle of the 

road. 

Be aware of heuristics 

When you don’t know much, you 

will start looking for other triggers 

that will draw you in – like 

trendy labels, stickers proclaiming 

awards and what appears to 

be the biggest discount. 

These heuristics – mental 

shortcuts for making calls in a 

quick way – will try and sting 

you, so be mindful. 

Gamify your shop 

A visit to the supermarket can be 

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maybe a time limit to get in and 

out so you’re not wooed by the 

sales or sweets. Maybe it would be 

fun to see how many dollars you 

can save this week. 

Set yourself a goal and it will 

help keep you mindful and make 

it more fun. 

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The miniature train, which was gifted by 

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For volunteer Grant Lange, it’s the lasting 

memories of spreading joy that make 

the work worth it. 

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Collaboration, education, innovation 

The city’s innovative 

health precinct marks 

its 10th anniversary this 

month. Kim Thomas 

reports 

IT’S 10.30AM on a brisk autumn 

day and the ground floor of the 

Manawa building on Antigua St is 

humming. 

Doctors, nurses, and students 

from a variety of health professions 

cluster at tables in the building’s 

café to meet or just catch up 

and enjoy a coffee. 

Next to the café is an open plan 

common area with ample work 

pods, whiteboards, and other 

paraphernalia for students to meet 

or work in the heart of a building 

that now forms a central part of 

the city’s health precinct. 

Te Papa Hauora, Christchurch 

Health Precinct, was a product 

of the post-quake government 

‘blueprint’ that divided the central 

city into precincts. 

It was officially established in 

May 2014 with the formation of 

an advisory council comprising 

representatives of the major 

tertiary institutions involved in 

health in the city and the Canterbury 

DHB. Mana whenua are 

represented by Ngāi Tuahuriri. 

Peter Townsend has been 

independent chair of the advisory 

UNIQUE: Peter Townsend, right, independent chair of Te Papa Hauora, Christchurch Health 

Precinct’s advisory board, says the Manawa building is an example of the precinct’s success. 

It houses almost 2000 nursing, midwifery, and medical imaging students, Health NZ teams, 

and Canterbury University’s health sciences division. 

council since July 2019. He is, 

perhaps predictably, a huge fan 

of the precinct and what the collaboration 

has achieved over the 

past decade. 

“Te Papa Hauora is unique 

in New Zealand. Nowhere else 

are big and small organisations 

involved in health research, 

education and innovation coming 

together with a common aim 

– to improve things for their 

community.” 

Townsend likens Te Papa 

Hauora to ‘‘someone who organises 

really good dinner parties 

with lots of great people around 

the table’’. 

“At that party you get to chat 

with someone interested in the 

same thing as you but coming 

from a different place. You make 

connections and spark ideas that 

likely wouldn’t have occurred if 

you weren’t there.” 

Townsend says Te Papa Hauora 

is a physical area where healthrelated 

organisations are located. 

“More importantly, it is healthrelated 

organisations working 

together to find clever, pragmatic 

and cost-effective solutions to 

pressing issues in health.” 

Pressing issues include ensuring 

the next generation of health 

professionals are well-prepared 

for their roles and can work in 

interprofessional teams, as well as 

limited funding for much-needed 

research. 

Townsend says one clear example 

of the precinct’s success is 

the Manawa building. It houses 

almost 2000 nursing, midwifery, 

and medical imaging students, 

Health NZ teams, and Canterbury 

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brought together in unique precinct 

Manawa has a high-fidelity 

simulation suite where a range of 

health professionals and students 

practice medical scenarios in a safe 

environment before encountering 

them in real life. 

“Recognising the value a 

building in the heart of the health 

precinct could offer, Ara and 

the then Canterbury DHB took 

the lead in developing Manawa. 

Without that joint effort it would 

not be here,” Townsend said. 

Today, almost all sites within 

the precinct are occupied. 

Christchurch Hospital has 

been redeveloped; the Pacific 

Medical Association occupies a 

multi-storey building on Oxford 

Tce; and the Otago University 

Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka are well 

underway with construction of a 

new $175 million building. 

Townsend says Te Papa Hauora 

has helped bring health conferences 

to the city and supported 

health workforce initiatives such 

as a unique nursing qualification 

developed and offered jointly by 

Ara and Canterbury University. 

It also supported the city’s Youth 

Advisory Council to produce 

videos for young people on mental 

health and endometriosis featuring 

medical specialists. 

To maximise limited research 

funding, Te Papa Hauora supported 

the establishment of the 

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LEARNING: The health precinct’s Manawa building offers 

ample space for health students to study. 

collaboration where experts from 

different universities and health 

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education and well-being of our 

youngest citizens, Townsend said. 

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to ensure innovations are 

suitable for the health system. 

Townsend says the precinct’s 

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Papa Hauora are committed to 

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executive officer. She says there are 

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LETTERS 


Council motives questioned by readers 

THe whole purpose in setting up 

CCHL was to enable the council 

owned companies to operate in 

a commercial manner free of 

interference from councillors, 

thus maximising long term 

benefits for the council and hence 

the city. 

It seems the current councillors 

have a different vision for the 

companies; they want to use 

the companies to advance their 

personal agendas in the short 

term. 

I also wonder if this is linked 

to councillors‘ opposition to the 

Tarras airport initiative, which is 

in fact a long term strategic move, 

exactly what a well-managed 

commercial company should be 

doing. 

I am strongly opposed to the 

councillors’ current approach 

to CCHL. Ironically they are 

demonstrating why it’s so 

important to have the armslength 

structure in the first place. 

– Vic Allen 

Are certain members of council 

just looking for corporate “yes 

men” to run CCHL, to be willing 

puppets to political whims? 

Or are they actually going 

to find experienced business 

operators who can come up with 

sound business strategies in the 

long-term? 

Makes you wonder who the real 

BLAME: Readers wonder whether the political agendas of city councillors are behind the 

problems with CCHL, the council’s investment arm. 

PHOTO: NEWSLINE 

troublemakers are in that council 

(echo) chamber. 

– Campbell Neil, 

Riccarton 

Akaroa highway speed 

Your letters regarding Vanessa 

Weenink not increasing speed on 

SH75 were all negative. Not one of 

the letters published showed the 

reason why it was going to be kept 

at 80km/h. 

The impatience of Kiwi drivers 

shows here. The behaviour of 

drivers on narrow and winding 

roads requires a speed that takes 

into account factors such as that. 

The number of accidents on this 

road speaks for itself. Tough. 

– Claire Coveney 

To drill or not to drill 

One of your letters (Star, May 

16) contains errors worth 

correcting. 

Electrification doesn’t 

necessarily involve rare earth 

mining as improved technologies 

in all fields are announced 

almost weekly. 

Of course there’s rarely any 

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mention or concern over the 

mining needed to sustain the 

production of fossil-fueled 

vehicles or the appalling 

pollution record of the fossil fuel 

industry. 

Another aspect of 

electrification slipping beneath 

the radar is that by sharing 

their load, solar and wind 

farms connected to the national 

grid allow the hydro dams to 

conserve water every sunny or 

windy day. 

In effect, we already have 

dozens of Lake Onslows up 

and down New Zealand. We 

can definitely encourage more 

electrification. 

– Ian Orchard, 

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• By Sam Coughlan 

CASHMERE Technical have 

kept on winning despite the 

loss of star marksman Garbhan 

Coughlan. 

The Irishman, who has scored 

18 goals in just five games, has 

returned to his homeland to 

get married. Tech coach Dan 

Schwarz expects he will be away 

for a couple of months. 

His absence hasn’t hindered 

Tech, who beat Nomads 3-0 at 

the weekend to remain top of the 

Southern League. 

Coughlan dominated the scoring 

charts last season as well with 

28 goals, but at 

times some of his 

teammates struggled 

to contribute 

– their nexthighest 

scorer had 

just eight. 

This has not 

been an issue this 

season, with wing 

Lyle Matthysen 

the league’s equal-third top 

Dan 

Schwarz 

scorer with nine goals and Tech 

have scored eight goals in the 

two games Coughlan missed 

this season – the 3-0 win over 

Nomads and a 5-1 triumph in 

round one against Dunedin City 

Royals. 

“The pleasing thing for me is 

we’ve got goals coming from all 


COMMITMENT is key for the 

Riccarton Knights in what has 

been a season of firsts. 

The Knights claimed their first 

win over Linwood in five years 

and won the Jonny Pitman Cup 

for the first time in 10 years after 

beating Hornby. 

Now the side, who top the 

Canterbury Rugby League premiership 

after beating Halswell 

Hornets 28-22 at the weekend, are 

chasing their first finals appearance 

since 2015 . 

Head coach Sam Brown says 

the uptick in results is down to the 

commitment and buy-in from the 

team. 

“We had an extremely good preseason, 

which has been followed 

continuously week-in and weekout 

with player commitment to 

training and the style of footy that 

we want to play. 

“But we weren’t expecting to be 

where we are at the moment.” 

HONEYMOON: Cash Tech striker Garbhan Coughlan is out of action for two months – the 

Irishman is returning home to get married. PHOTO: MITCHELL COZZONE/DUST MEDIA 

over the park at the moment, and 

obviously we’re scoring quite a 

few, but it’s varied around who’s 

getting the goals.” 

Wing Lyle Matthysen is the 

league’s equal-second top scorer 

with nine, and he scored in the 

win over Nomads. 

But he, alongside midfielder 

Sam Lapslie, defender Tom 

Schwarz, and assistant coach Dan 

Terris, will be heading to Ireland 

to celebrate with Coughlan for 

the ceremony in mid-July. 

Knights’ allegiance 

paying dividends 

VETERAN: Kolio Vailu’u 

played his 200th premier 

game for Riccarton. 

Riccarton dropped their first 

two games of the season, but since 

then have gone on a five-match 

winning run to dispatch every 

other side in the competition. 

Brown said while it’s fantastic 

to be able to chalk off milestones, 

he doesn’t want it to count for 

nothing. 

“The competition is pretty 

close, there’s only a win or a loss 

between the majority of the teams. 

Schwarz doesn’t expect his side 

to struggle in that period. 

“We’ve got some great young 

players in the group and some 

players that are knocking on the 

door and asking for more game 

time. 

“So we’re in a great position to 

hopefully keep on doing what 

we’ve been doing.” 

Tech have so far withstood 

every challenge, unbeaten at the 

top of the league, but Schwarz 

thinks Saturday’s opponents 

“It’s fantastic but it’s going to 

count for nothing if, at the end of 

the season, we’re not competing, 

or we’re not in that top-four spot.” 

Riccarton also celebrated the 

200th appearance of club legend 

Kolio Vailu’u on Saturday. 

“That’s a fantastic milestone for 

Kolio and then for the rest of the 

players to turn up and put in the 

work for him, it’s fantastic,” said 

Brown. 

Riccarton take on Eastern 

Eagles at Wainoni Park this 

Ferrymead Bays will be tough. 

“Every time we play Bays, we 

struggle. They’ve got a lot of 

hard-working players, a lot of 

tough players, and a couple of 

goal-scorers in the ranks this 

season. 

“We’re expecting it to be one 

of the toughest games that we’ve 

had this season, and that’s what 

we’re preparing for.” 

The other games on Saturday 

see second-place Christchurch 

United squaring off with Nelson 

IMPACT: Linwood’s Chanel Feala is tackled during his side’s 

32-22 win over Hornby Panthers on Saturday. 

PHOTO: ABRAHAM ATHERTON PHOTOGRAPHY 

weekend. Brown said it would 

be “probably one of the toughest 

games that we’ve played so far this 

season”. 

“They’re an extremely good side, 

well drilled by Archie (Jacobs, 

Eastern head coach).” 

Saturday’s other matches see 

Linwood, level on points with 

Riccarton but with an inferior 

points difference, play Greymouth 

Greyhounds at Papanui Domain, 

while Halswell and Hornby 

Panthers face off. 

Southern League round 7 

Coastal Spirit 2 Dunedin 

CR 1; Universities 6 FC 

Twenty 11 1; Cashmere 

Tech 3 Nomads 0; 

Christchurch Utd 5 

Selwyn Utd 1; Nelson 

Suburbs 4 Ferrymead 

Bays 2 

Round 8 (Saturday) 

Dunedin CR v Selwyn, 

Tahuna Park, 12.30pm 

Christchurch Utd v Nelson 

Suburbs, United Sports 

Centre, 2pm 

FC Twenty 11 v Coastal 

Spirit, Avonhead Park, 

2.45pm 

Ferrymead Bays 

v Cashmere Tech, 

Ferrymead Park, 2.45pm 

Universities v Nomads, 

English Park, 2.45pm 

Points 

Cash Tech 19; Chch Utd 

18; Coastal 17; Nelson 

13; Bays 10; Nomads 10; 

Dunedin 7; Selwyn 4; Uni 

3; FC Twenty 0 

Suburbs while Coastal Spirit will 

visit winless FC Twenty 11. 

Universities, who got their 

first win of the season 6-1 away 

at FC Twenty last weekend, host 

Nomads at English Park while 

Selwyn travel to play Dunedin 

City Royals. 

CRL premiership round 7 

Riccarton 28 Halswell 22; 

Greymouth 24 Eastern 20; 

Linwood 32 Hornby 22. 

Round 8 (2.45pm 

Saturday) 

Greymouth v Linwood, 

Papanui Domain 

Eastern v Riccarton, 

Wainoni Park 

Halswell v Hornby, 

Halswell Park 

Points 

Riccarton 10; Linwood 

10; Halswell 8; Eastern 7; 

Hornby 5; Greymouth 2


22 

SPORT 


Farewell Sam, you deserved better 

WE NOW KNOW Sam Cane 

will be spending his remaining 

playing days at Suntory 

Sungoliath with his family in 

Japan. 

But how will he be remembered 

back in New Zealand? 

There seems to be an attitude 

here if you are not overly 

charismatic, don’t have a media 

friendly smile or in Sam’s case 

follow one of New Zealand and 

Canterbury’s greats in Richie 

McCaw, you are under even 

greater scrutiny. 

Remember the days of another 

All Black captain in Reuben 

Thorne, who was constantly 

questioned by the media and 

public (outside of Canterbury) 

about his selection in the All 

Blacks? 

Look at his career, representing 

the All Blacks from 1999-2007: 

He had four different coaches. 

They all can’t have been wrong. 

Yet he doesn’t get the recognition 

across the country he deserves because 

he beat his own drum and 

didn’t become a media darling. 

Cane may have fallen into that 

category. 

Following McCaw would 

always be tough, but Cane was in 

the All Blacks for 12 years, over 

two coaching groups, and ended 

up as captain. 

Take the constant negativity 

Bevan Sisson 

Rugby matters 

around him away and let’s look 

at facts. 

As a rugby player he was brutal 

in defence and could create multiple 

turnovers at the breakdown. 

A great student of the game 

tactically, and incredibly tough, 

Cane came back from a severe 

neck fracture in 2018, a number 

of concussions, pectoral and 

shoulder injuries in 2021 and a 

severe back injury in 2023 before 

the World Cup. Yet he managed 

to have the mental strength to 

come back after all those setbacks, 

when many would have taken the 

retirement path. 

During his time, people were 

constantly criticising his game, 

but you have to ask who else 

was better? Not just as good, 

but better. Over his tenure there 

was no one that demanded the 7 

jersey should be theirs. 

Recently Ardie Savea has 

shown he would be a force in any 

position in the back row, but then 

we needed him at 8. 

Cane’s game against Ireland at 

the World Cup was a class above, 

but unfortunately, the red card in 

the final didn’t give him the finish 

MALIGNED: Sam Cane was in the All Blacks for 12 years, over two coaching groups, and 

ended up as captain but still faced constant criticism. 

to the tournament he and New 

Zealand craved. 

Will we see Sam Cane in an 

ABs jersey again? I would like 

to think yes. No one deserves 

to get to 100 tests more than 

Cane (currently on 95) but those 

conversations would have already 

been decided and unless there is 

a series of injuries, his time may 

be done. 

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If he does fade away from 

the public eye, he should be 

remembered as humble, hard 

working and with a team-first 

attitude. So, I will raise a cold 

Waikato Draft in his honour this 

weekend and wish him and the 

family all the best. 

Sayonara All Black 1113. 

• Sisson is a former player, 

representative coach and 

New Zealand age group 

selector 

Burnside’s recent success built on belief 


POSITIVITY HAS been the 

theme of the season for Burnside 

as they lead the Christchurch 

Metro competition as it ticks 

over the halfway stage. 

Burnside bounced back in style 

from their first loss of the season 

against Lincoln University 

two weeks ago, dispatching 

Christchurch 45-7 at the 

weekend. 

“We flipped it as a real positive, 

taking a loss,” said co-captain 

Joel Lam, who scored in the win. 

“To get that earlier on kind-of 

made it a little bit easier for us. 

(It) took pressure off us from 

being unbeaten. 

“We were four-from-four and 

there was a lot of talk on the 

street about us going unbeaten 

already.” 

This weekend they’ll take on 

University of Canterbury, who 

currently sit fourth, in a DCL 

Shield challenge – University 

won it off HSOB last week. 

“It’ll be obviously in the back 

of our minds, but it’s not our 

ultimate goal”, said Lam of the 

shield challenge. 

The last time Burnside held the 

shield was in 2021 – Lam’s debut 

season. 

“It doesn’t come around very 

often, but when it does, obviously 

everyone’s aware of what’s up for 

grabs”, he said. 

“But I think we’re all just 

focused on putting out a good 

STRENGTH: Burnside halfback and co-captain Joel Lam tries to break a tackle during his 

side’s 45-7 win over Christchurch. 

PHOTO: SIDELINE PHOTOGRAPHS 

performance and the rest will 

take care of itself.” 

Burnside finished 10th last 

season but Lam doesn’t think 

their position this year comes as 

a surprise. 

“Going into the season you’re 

always wanting to take out the 

competition, so for you to believe 

in what you can do goes a long 

way. 

“At the start of the season, 

with the team we had assembled, 

we all believed we could be 

contenders this year.” 

The other matches on Saturday 

see a lot of crossover between 

the top and bottom halves of the 

table. 

Sydenham, who were knocked 

off top spot after surrendering a 

26-7 halftime lead to lose 35-26 

to Sumner last week, will visit 

cellar-dwellers Christchurch, 

Metro Rugby round 6 

Shirley 47 Belfast 5; 

Sumner 35 Sydenham 26; 

New Brighton 50 Lincoln 

Uni 7; Canterbury Uni 32 

HSOB 10; Marist Albion 

47 Linwood 36; Burnside 

45 Christchurch 7. 

Round 7 (2.45pm 

Saturday) 

Shirley v New Brighton, 

Burwood Park 

Canterbury Uni v 

Burnside, Ilam Fields 

Sumner v Linwood, St 

Leonard’s Square 

Christchurch v 

Sydenham, Christchurch 

Park 

Marist Albion v Lincoln 

Uni, Edgar MacIntosh 

Park 

Belfast v HSOB, Sheldon 

Park 

Points 

Burnside 25; Sydenham 

22; Marist 21; UC 21; 

Sumner 21; HSOB 20; 

Lincoln Uni 20; Linwood 

12; Shirley 12; New 

Brighton 11; Be;lfast 7; 

Christchurch 6 

while Marist Albion host Lincoln 

University. 

Linwood will look to make 

some ground on the top seven 

when they play Sumner, who 

have now won three in a row, 

while HSOB visit Belfast and 

Shirley host New Brighton.


THE CRUSADERS are 

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– but they know the fate of 

their season is now out of 

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The red-and-blacks play 

the table-topping Blues on 

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Projects Stadium knowing 

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Even then, they’ll be relying 

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Fijian Drua to lose to the 

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“There’s still a chance,’’ 

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“While there’s still a 

mathematical chance on 

the table, certainly it’s our 

goal. 

“We know we probably 

need help from other teams, 

but we’ll worry about what 

we can control and put all 

our focus into that.’’ 

This week they welcome 

back flanker Ethan 

Blackadder and centre 

Levi Aumua to the starting 

lineup, while Tamaiti 

Williams and Dallas 

McLeod come onto the 

bench, the quartet all 

returning from injury. 

Captain Scott Barrett is 

not fit to play, continuing 

his recovery from a back 

injury sustained against the 

Reds two weeks ago. 

The Blues will confirm 

top spot with a win if the 

Hurricanes lose to the 

Chiefs on Friday night. 

• Kick-off is at 7.05pm. 

SPORT 23 

Crusaders not focusing on slim playoff chance 

SLIPPING AWAY: Crusaders assistant coach 

Matt Todd says they will have to rely on 

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START Trust 

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Thursday 6th June 2024 

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25 9.30am Long Term Plan 24-34, Council Chambers, Level 2, Civic 

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COMMITTEES 

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10 10am Chief Executive Performance and Employment Committee, 

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18 4pm Banks Peninsula Water Management Zone Committee, 

Lyttelton Community Boardroom, 25 Canterbury Street, Lyttelton 

20 10am Audit and Risk Management Committee, Level 2, Civic Offices 

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17 7pm Duvauchelle Reserve Committee, Duvauchelle Community 

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McLeans Grassland Park Scenic Reserve. This plan will 

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• The protection and enhancement (where practicable) of 

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• Maintain free public entry and access subject to conditions 

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• Provision for compatible amenities and facilities necessary 

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• Provision for compatible soil, water and forest 

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AMBERLEY HOTEL, 84 Carters Rd, 

Amberley: Saturday 7pm - Feelgood 

Factor. 

ARMADILLO'S BECKENHAM, 1 

Colombo St: Saturday 9pm - Crystal Set. 

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St: 

Thursday 7pm – Open Mic on the bug 

stage, full backline, all welcome, free. Friday 

8pm – Hone Live at A Rolling Stone – up 

& coming young Māori artist from 

Ōtautahi, making waves in the NZ music 

scene, Hone Pirini performs live with 

support from Evile Laloata, tickets $15+BF 

from UTR.co.nz or door sales. Saturday 

8pm – The Burlesque Collective presents 

‘Diamonds vs Denim’, A Burlesque & 

Variety Show, feat MC Constance Craving 

and introducing Twice as Nice, Iridescence, 

Cherry Tart, Lady Rose, Muika, Raven 

Bedlam, Mercedes Myracle, Aurora Storm, 

Sour Cherry, Missy Bluebell, & Bonita 

Danger Doll, VIP tickets sold out, GA 

tickets $25+BF from eventfinda.co.nz or 

door sales if available. Sunday 8pm – 

Desafyar & Max Gallagher presents 

Sensual Sundays - May Social Latin 

Dancing feat guest DJs playing Bachata, 

Kizomba, Zouk, & Salsa, $5 floor fee for 

dancers, spectators free, all welcome. 

Monday 7pm – Believe It or Not Quiz 

Nights, table bookings on 03-377-4787, free 

entry. Tuesday 7.30pm (doors 5pm) A 

Rolling Stone, in association with 

Liquorland Wigram and Monster Music 

NZ, presents monthly chat show ‘In The 

Spotlight’ – May features Al Park, up close 

and personal, in an intimate chat with host, 

Dan Crossen - entry by free ticket, available 

from A Rolling Stone, or phone 03-377- 

4787 to book. Wednesday 7.30pm – Dig 

The Gig, University Band Competition, 

Heat 2, feat In The City, Lakeward, Red 

Weekend, & Isolar, drink deals, free entry. 

AVONHEAD TAVERN, 120 Withells 

Rd: Friday 7.30pm - Live music. 

BILL'S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: Thursday 

& Friday - TP Karaoke. Saturday 7pm - 

Flat City Brotherhood. Sunday - Fired Up 

Karaoke. 

BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St: 

Friday 4pm - DJ Rakinem. Saturday 3pm - 

End Game; 6pm - DJ Rakinem. 

CASHMERE CLUB, 50 Colombo St: 

Friday 8pm - Level 6. 

CHATS BAR, 251 Travis Rd: Friday 

7.30pm - Mandi Miller. 

CHCH CASINO, 30 Victoria St: Friday 

5.30pm - Lissel; 9pm - D'Sendantz. 

Saturday 5.30pm - The Night Owls; 9pm - 

Corner Sounds. 

CHCH FOLK MUSIC CLUB, Irish 

Society Hall, 29 Domain Tce: Sunday 

7.30pm - Isabella Miller Bell 'My Back 

Pages'. 

FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday 

4.30pm - Cantora Duo; 8pm - Live Band 

Karaoke; 11.30pm - HeadRush. Friday 5pm 

- Brad Grainger's Trio; 8.30pm - Mirrors; 

Midnight - Jinx. Saturday 5pm - After Five 

Trio; 8.30pm - House of Groove; Midnight 

- Diamond Blue. Sunday 6pm - Fuchsia 

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Friday 7pm - SandBar. 

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 31st May 7pm - The Eastern. 

MACKENZIES HOTEL, 51 Pages Rd: 

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MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: 

Friday 10.30pm - Mama Rock. Saturday 

10.30pm - CropDuster. 

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Queenspark Dr: Saturday 7pm - Titanic. 

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 - MockingBird. Sunday 3pm 

- DT Music. 

ROSE & THISTLE, 24a Main North 

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9pm - Nick Jackman. 

SHARKEY'S BAR, 96 Hoon Hay Rd: 

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Singers. Saturday 7pm - Karaoke. Sunday 

4pm - Open Mic feat. Copper Wine. 

STOCK XCHANGE, 110 Marshland 

Rd: Saturday 7.30pm - Unhinged. 

TEMP'S BAR, 21 Goulding Ave: 

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THE BLACK HORSE, Lincoln Rd: 

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7pm - Karaoke. 

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7pm - Quiz. Friday 6pm - Willie 

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Saturday 7pm - Harry Burt; 11pm - Mama 

Rock. Sunday 3pm - Southern Cross Irish 

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6pm - Sionna. Tuesday 7.30pm - Jamesons 

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THE CHURCH, 124 Worcester St: 

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Kimber; 9.30pm - The Stowaways. Sunday 

3pm - Marcel. 

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: 

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THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd: 

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The Meaniez. Sunday 6pm - Karaoke. 

Tuesday 7pm - Quiz. Wednesday 7.30pm - 

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THE ROCKPOOL, 85 Hereford St: 

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THE SIDELINE SPORTS BAR, 331 

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THIRSTY ACRES, Kirwee,: Saturday 

8pm - Mandi Miller. 

WOODSTOCK ADDINGTON, 291 

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THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2024 

youngest taking part in Scotland, 

according to mum Delwyn, 

but says she tries not to let 

nerves get the better of her. 

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Thursday, May 23, 2024 

Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper 

World stage beckons for 

St Andrew’s bagpiper 

• By Claire Reid 

A TALENTED teenage 

bagpiper has been selected 

to take part in two of the 

most prestigious bagpiping 

competitions in the world. 

Maggie McConnochie, 14, 

recently won the New Zealand 

Under 21 Piobrairechd and the 

Comunn na Piobairechd silver 

medal – and has since been 

invited to compete in seven 

competitions in Scotland in 

August. It includes two of the 

most respected solo bagpiping 

events in the world, the 

Argyllshire Gathering and the 

Northern Meeting. 

The St Andrew’s College student 

was the youngest person 

in the New Zealand awards 

categories. 

“It feels pretty good, but it 

feels unreal. It’s really exciting,” 

she said of the result. 

Maggie is likely to be the 

school, homework and sports. 

She also plays at rest homes and 

took part in the Rolleston Anzac 

parade in 2023, and led the 

dawn service parade in Twizel 

this year. 

Maggie first picked up 

the bagpipes when she was 

9-years-old. Under the tutelage 

of Richard Hawke (NZOM), 

she has gone from strength to 

strength. 

“Maggie wouldn’t be the 

piper she is withou the support 

of her tutors. She’s really grateful 

for Richard’s expertise and 

guidance,” Delwyn said. 

Maggie hopes her success 

will inspire other girls to 

get into bagpiping. 

Females are significantly 

underrepresented in the solo 

piping world, making up about 

just six per cent. 

Hard to sell 

plaster, as-is 

townhouse 

fought over 

at auction 

A TOWNHOUSE which a real 

estate agen thought would be 

impossible to sell because of 

its condition instead sparked a 

bidding war at auction. 

The three-bedroom, 

two-bathroom property on 

Winchester St, Merivale, sold for 

$465,000 at Thursday’s auction, 

which saw three cash buyers 

fighting for it. 

Harcourts 

Grenadier 

salesperson Lin 

Ma told OneRoof 

she was “very 

surprised by 

the outcome” 

because only 

cash buyers 

Lin Ma 

“I do get a bit nervous, sometimes,” 

she said. 

“But I don’t ge too nervous – 

I fee like I’m prepared 

and try no to think about it 

too much.” 

Maggie spends between five 

BLOWING UP A STORM: 

Teen bagpiper Maggie 

McConnochie has been 

invited to compete in two 

of the most respected 

• Maggie is self-funding 

her trip to Scotland, which 

will cost about $8600. 

She is selling cheese rolls 

It was announced on the market 

at $415,000 and sold for $465,000. 

Ma pu the strong bidding 

down to the good location, school 

zones and the entry-level price. 

“There were three people who 

really wanted it. It’s jus the 

and seven hours practising the 

solo bagpiping events in 

and has set up a Facebook 

location,” she told OneRoof. 

bagpipes every week, alongside 

the world, the Argyllshire 

Gathering and the 

Northern Meeting. 

page – Piping Hot Cheese 

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helping hand. 

Surrounded by private schools, 

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Products promoted here are accurate at the time of publication 22/05/2023 and offers are only available at the Smiths Trade Outlet, Cnr. Colombo Street & Elgin Street Christchurch 8023. Smiths City Trade Outlet does 

not hold and or replenish regular stock, items are in limited quantities and therefore offers are only available while stocks last. The RRP against which any savings comparisons we make to the listed sale price for products 

displayed in material and in store are the supplier’s recommended retail price for the product, this is referred to as our why pay RRP price. ‘Product May not have been offered or sold at the RRP by Smith City or anyone else.

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