Bay Harbour: August 15, 2024

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2024 

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Union 

concerned 

by fitness 

tests 

for port 

workers 

THE MARITIME Union is 

concerned about Lyttelton 

Port Company’s approach to 

mandatory fitness tests for 

employees. 

The union said it was 

attending mediation with LPC 

tomorrow on the issue of health 

monitoring. 

The assessments have been 

brought in following the death 

of a staff member, Don Grant, 

while on the job in April 2022. 

Grant died when he was 

struck and killed by coal being 

moved from the port via a 

conveyor belt and loaded onto a 

cargo ship by a jet-slinger. 

At the time of the incident, 

Grant was working as a 

hatchman on the deck of the 

ship, following Lyttelton Port 

Company procedures and 

standing in the position he was 

trained to. 

Last month, LPC was fined 

about half-a-million dollars. 

Maritime Union of New 

Zealand said LPC pleaded 

guilty in November 2023 to 

one charge under the Health 

and Safety at Work Act 2015 

brought by industry regulator 

Maritime NZ. 

Union national secretary Carl 

Findlay said workers welcomed 

the guilty plea and sentencing, 

and a lot had 

changed since 

Grant’s death 

– including 

around work 

practices 

involving coal 

operations. 

But workers Carl Findlay 

were concerned 

about a mandatory fitness 

for work programme for 

employees, he said. 

“The workforce is just 

shocked and disappointed that 

the port company seems to be 

using Don’s death as a catalyst 

PHOTO: NATE MCKINNON/RNZ 

to driving in a mandatory 

medical assessment, and the 

union is not having any input 

or say into what that looks like. 

In our view, it basically takes 

away any right of the employee’s 

privacy.” 

Findlay said this had been 

pushed through without regard 

to workers’ concerns over their 

financial protection and the 

well-being of any members who 

failed the assessment, with the 

ultimate result of people losing 

employment if they did not 

meet the standard. 

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Concert to 

raise funds for 

schoolhouse 

restoration 

TE RŪNANGA o Ngāti Wheke 

is hosting an evening of classical 

music at Rāpaki Marae to raise 

funds for the restoration of its 

heritage schoolhouse. 

The concert is taking place from 

2-5pm on August 24 inside the 

marae, and will feature 

the Canterbury Association 

Oxford Project. 

The Rāpaki schoolhouse 

is a rare example of a 

19th-century building 

within a Ngāi Tahu settlement. 

Built in the 1870s, 

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Ngāi Tahu communities. 

For 70 years, Rāpaki School 

served as a vital educational and 

cultural centre for children growing 

up at Rāpaki. 

Donald 

Couch 

“Our old schoolhouse has served 

us for 150 years, and with this 

restoration, it will serve us and the 

community for another 150 years,” 

said kaumātua Donald Couch. 

“It will not only represent an 

important time in our history but 

will provide a supplementary 

informal space to do 

things separately from the 

marae.” 

The restoration has 

involved significant repairs, 

maintenance, seismic 

strengthening, and moving 

the building to a less erosion-prone 

site on the same 

section. 

Rāpaki School featured in 

the recently released film We Were 

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schoolgirls railing against 

the colonial system in 1950s New 

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HERITAGE: 

The classical 

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funds for the 

restoration of 

Rāpaki Marae’s 

schoolhouse. 

Left – Rāpaki 

School featured 

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NEWS 3 

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POLICE ARE 

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inquiries into 

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theft of a vehicle in Lyttelton. 

Police were alerted to a person 

breaking into a vehicle on Canterbury 

St about 11.30am last 

Thursday. 

They released the man’s photo 

with a statement asking anyone 

who knows him to call 105. 

It said police “would like to 

speak with the person pictured as 

we believe they can assist with our 

enquiries”. 

Inquiries into the incident “remain 

ongoing”, police said. 

“If you are or recognise the 

man pictured, or have any 

information that may assist 

police, please contact police on 

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“In short, MUNZ see this 

as a breach of good faith 

and LPC not honouring our 

collective employment agreement.” 

The union was agreeable 

to fitness for work health 

monitoring, but wanted LPC 

to negotiate in good faith, 

Findlay said. 

“We want to have a talk 

about this mandatory testing 

and how that’s all going to 

look and roll out. There’s not 

just one job down on the waterfront, 

there’s several jobs, 

so what will that look like if 

you weren’t fit to do a certain 

duty, could you possibly do 

another duty? We’re guessing 

they’re thinking ‘if you’re not 

fit for that job you’re not fit for 

any job so you’re out’,” he said. 

Lyttelton Port Company 

chief executive Graeme 

Sumner said accident investigators 

recommended mandatory 

health assessments after 

Grant’s death. 

LPC said these were 

introduced on July 31, and 

had been standard for new 

employees since 2023. 

“LPC’s introduction of 

mandatory health assessments 

follows the TAIC (Transport 

Accident Investigation Committee) 

report’s recommendation 

after the tragic accident 

on Anzac Day 2022,” Sumner 

said. 

“The health assessments 

are crucial for identifying 

employees who may need 

support with a comprehensive 

health management plan and 

rehabilitation. This initiative 

aligns with our obligations 

under the Health & Safety 

at Work Act 2015 to prevent 

harm to our workers and 

others due to health-related 

limitations in performing 

their duties safely.” 

Sumner said the company 

ACCIDENT: 

Port worker 

Don Grant 

died in 

April 2022 

after he 

was struck 

by coal 

being 

moved 

onto a 

cargo ship. 

had undertaken full consultation 

with staff and unions. 

“Since June 2022, we have 

engaged in meaningful 

dialogue with our staff and 

unions regarding health 

monitoring. It was outlined 

in our annual report last year, 

and our feedback to TAIC was 

included in their report. It has 

also been standard for new 

employees since 2023. 

“We’ve addressed all queries 

throughout the consultation 

and feedback process, which 

formally began on 1 May 

2024. RMTU (Rail and 

Maritime Transport Union) 

requested an extension of 

the feedback period, which 

was granted, reflecting our 

commitment to thorough and 

inclusive communication. 

“The decision document 

was shared with all staff 

following the consultation’s 

conclusion on 20 June 2024. 

All unions were informed of 

the decision 24 hours prior 

to the broader organisational 

communication. LPC will 

continue to engage with our 

unions using in good faith 

consultation and in a collaborative 

and co-operative manner, 

as we have been doing.” 

Rail and Maritime Transport 

Union disputed this, 

saying there was no meaningful 

engagement in the 

decision-making process. 

“LPC saying they considered 

RMTU’s feedback within 

their consultation process of 

the MHA (Mandatory Health 

Assessment) is a clear example 

of this. LPC did not make any 

changes to the MHA at any 

stage of the process, basically, 

they came up with a plan, then 

went away and tried to work 

out how they would force it on 

the workforce, and that is what 

they have done,” the union 

said. 

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NEWS 5 

Council staff to search 

for stormwater issues 

Islands cleared to 

encourage birdlife 

THREE OF THE islands in 

McCormacks Bay have been 

upgraded to encourage the return 

of birdlife. 

The work was made possible 

after fundraising by the Avon- 

Heathcote Estuary Ihutai Trust 

and city council regional parks 

rangers, plus a grant from the 

Sumner Ferrymead Foundation. 

Keystone Ecology was 

contracted to carry out the work, 

which involved the removal of 

invasive plants and long grass. 

Native ice plants were planted 

to keep weed/grass growth under 

control. 

Trust manager Tanya Jenkins 

said she was thrilled to see the 

islands cleared, which would 

allow birds to roost and nest 

there again. 

“Many wading birds will only 

roost or nest in areas free of 

vegetation. Perhaps so they have 

a clear view of potential dangers 

such as rats, cats and dogs, and 

this is what we wanted to offer 

our estuary birds,” Jenkins said. 

“I was thrilled to see that 

within days of completion, a flock 

of 42 pied stilts showed their 

appreciation by roosting on one 

of the islands at a high tide.” 

AKAROA RESIDENTS can 

expect a knock at the door as 

work continues to reduce the 

amount of stormwater getting 

into the wastewater network. 

The city council is visiting 

every property in the town, 

looking for sources of 

stormwater entering the 

wastewater network on private 

properties. 

“A lot of Akaroa property 

owners do not live in the 

township full time, so if you 

aren’t at home we’ll check your 

pipes and leave a letter in the 

letterbox,” said city council 

head of three waters Gavin 

Hutchison. 

“If there’s nothing of concern, 

you won’t hear from us again 

but we’ll get in touch with 

people who do have issues to 

work on a fix.” 

City council staff will be 

looking for cross-connections, 

which is when a stormwater pipe 

is connected to the wastewater 

network or vice-versa. 

“When there is a crossconnection, 

roof drainpipes 

could be draining rainwater 

into the sewer, which puts 

unnecessary pressure on the 

Akaroa system,” Hutchison said. 

STORMWATER: City council staff are visiting every property 

in Akaroa to search for sources of stormwater entering the 

town’s wastewater network. 

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“Reducing pressure by lowering 

the amount of stormwater getting 

into the wastewater network is a 

really important piece of work for 

the council. 

“Having less water in the 

system will improve the capacity 

in the network and reduce the 

risk of overflows into private 

property, streams and the 

harbour during wet weather.” 

City council staff began 

knocking on doors last week and 

will continue to work their way 

around properties until the end 

of the year. 

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Dog survey 

sees call for 

protecting 

birds, wildlife 

BETTER CONTROLS on dogs 

to protect the natural habitats of 

birds and ecological restoration 

has been the outcome of a city 

council survey. 

Every 10 years, the city council 

reviews its dog control policy 

and bylaw, which set out how the 

45,000 dogs registered across the 

district should be managed in 

public spaces. 

A survey in July saw more 

than 6000 responses to 

questions about whether dogs 

should be leashed on paths 

and tracks, protecting wildlife 

and natural habitats, dog 

owner responsibilities and how 

community spaces are used. 

“What we heard loud and clear 

from the responses is whether 

people own a dog or not, they 

understand how vital it is that 

we protect our natural habitats 

from being disturbed,” said city 

council animal services manager 

Lionel Bridger. 

Of the survey respondents, 

77 per cent said there should be 

better controls about where dogs 

are allowed in the Te Ihutai Avon 

Heathcote Estuary, which is one 

of the country’s most important 

coastal wetlands, with more than 

140 bird species. 

Sixty-nine per cent thought 

there should be better dog 

controls in parts of the Ōtākaro 

Avon River Corridor to protect 

the significant habitat restoration 

work and wildlife. 

Sixty-four per cent thought 

there should be some restrictions 

in new stormwater basins like 

Te Kuru Wetland, to help bird 

populations establish. 

Bridger said it was good to see 

people understanding that dogs 

can have an impact on these 

important ecological sites. 

“Particularly in breeding 

season, dogs can have a 

devastating effect – even 

the presence of a dog can 

make a bird abandon its nest,” 

he said. 

“But we won’t be taking away 

a dog’s ability to have a run 

in open spaces, this is about 

developing a balanced approach 

which meets the needs of people, 

birds, dogs and wildlife.” 

“We’re lucky to have over 

10,000 hectares of parks 

across the district as well a 

lot of accessible coastline, so 

there are lots of great places 

for dog walking and off-leash 

exercising.” 

Other survey questions 

included whether dogs should 

be leashed on shared paths, 

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footpaths in parks and on 

formed tracks. 

The survey also asked about 

sports fields, community gardens 

and jetties/wharves, whether 

short leashes should be required 

on footpaths, and how many 

dogs one person should have 

control of at a time. 

Said Bridger: “Overall, we 

had really positive responses. 

One area where the results were 

less clear cut was a question on 

leashing dogs on formed tracks. 

Forty-four per cent of people 

thought dogs should be leashed 

on formed tracks to protect 

wildlife, biodiversity, safety and 

grazing stock, but 49 per cent 

thought they shouldn’t as they 

wanted to prioritise off leash 

adventures. 

“We will be taking all of this 

into consideration when developing 

the latest version of the 

bylaw and policy so thank you to 

everyone who took the time to 

respond.” 

A draft bylaw and policy will 

go out for public feedback later 

this year with the final version 

to be considered by the city 

council. 

Meanwhile, free dog adoptions 

are continuing at the city 

council’s animal shelter on 

throughout August. The council 

wiped the adoption fee for July, 

which saw 13 dogs adopted, 

almost double the number in 

June. Dog registration and 

vaccination fees still apply. 

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NEWS 9 

First look inside historic Odeon Theatre 

• By Geoff Sloan 

THE FUTURE OF the historic 

Odeon Theatre is one step closer 

to being decided following the 

damaging quakes, but there’s 

still work to be done. 

Bay Harbour News was 

given the first peek inside the 

former theatre on Tuam St as 

structural work had recently 

been completed. 

Shipping containers supporting 

the front of the building were 

removed in January, allowing 

work to begin on ‘pinning’ the 

decorative facade. 

Environment Canterbury’s 

director of corporate and 

public transport services Giles 

Southwell said all outside work 

has been finished, allowing any 

future development within the 

building itself to be carried out. 

“Steel piles into the ground 

allow a steel frame to be put up 

to support the facade. We’ve 

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The 19th-century Italianate-style 

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theatre in New Zealand. It was 

badly damaged in the February 

22, 2011 earthquake, with the 

auditorium and rear section 

demolished in 2015 due to safety 

concerns. 

ECan bought the category 1 

heritage building in 2020 on an 

‘as is, where is’ basis, then set 

plans in motion to restore it. 

“Clearly since those purchases 

were made, there’s been a significant 

change in the economy. 

We’ve had Covid-19 and the way 

in which the council is working 

has changed,” Southwell said. 

ECan issued an ‘Invitation 

to Participate’ notice on the 

Government Electronic Tenders 

Service last year. 

This invited interested parties 

EXTERIOR: All exterior strengthening work has now been 

completed, after the shipping containers supporting the 

facade were removed in January. 

GRAND: ECan’s Giles Southwell examines the former theatre’s stairwell and right, the first floor. 

PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN 

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put back into effective 

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Taggers and rough sleepers 

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more than a decade. 

“The current condition is 

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remains is the entrance and the 

staircase, and therefore, ideally, 

some development that incorporates 

those in the appropriate 

manner would be extremely 

pleasing to see recreated on this 

site. 

“Staff are currently considering 

the submitted proposals, with 

the aim of getting them ready to 

take to the council for voting.” 

He hoped a favourable outcome 

would finally allow the 

iconic building to return to its 

former glory. 

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Veteran ploughman calls it a day 

after decades of straight furrows 

After about 65 years 

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stalwart John Stalker has 

ploughed his last furrow. 

Reporter Daniel Alvey 

caught up with him 

JOHN STALKER started match 

ploughing as a hobby, but it 

became his lifelong passion. 

The retired Greenpark 

farmer has been ploughing 

competitively since he was 

20, has won a national title 

and competed in the world 

championships. 

Now the 86-year-old Lincoln 

resident has decided it is time to 

park the tractor up. 

“It’s getting harder to do as I 

get older.” 

Despite his advancing years, 

John has lost none of his skill and 

won the open plain class at the 

annual Lincoln ploughing match 

10 days ago. He has also won all 

four local ploughing matches he 

has competed in this year. 

John comes from a farming 

family with his father and 

grandfather owning farms in 

Motukarara and Greenpark 

respectively, but John was the 

first to take up match ploughing. 

“Dad took me to the Lincoln 

ploughing match while I was at 

school or soon after, and I took it 

up there. 

“I started off in the Waihora 

Young Farmers Club and they 

CONCENTRATION: John Stalker focusing on keeping his furrows straight and pictured below 

with some of his tractor collection. 

PHOTOS: DI STALKER/DANIEL ALVEY 

used to have an annual match 

but that was just for their 

members. So that’s where I 

started off using the farm plough. 

“I just did it for fun back then 

and it grew from there.” 

From that point on, John was a 

regular competitor in ploughing 

events across Canterbury. 

In 1975 he took a break from 

match ploughing to spend more 

time on the farm, but was lured 

back in about 2001. 

While out judging in Waimate 

one day, he noticed the vintage 

class and fancied giving it a go. 

John’s move to the vintage class 

paid dividends, winning the 2016 

national title in Sanson, near 

Palmerston North. 

The win earned him a ticket 

to represent New Zealand at the 

world ploughing match in York, 

England. 

“That was the only year there 

was a world match for vintage 

ploughing. There hadn’t been one 

before and there hasn’t been one 

since.” 

While the results did not come 

John said he was happy with his 

efforts. 

“I had the added complication 

of using borrowed gear. But I 

was pleased with my plots that I 

ploughed, and my manager said I 

did as good as anyone else.” 

John’s wife Neroli said she 

liked going out to the matches 

locally. 

“Some say it’s like watching 

paint dry, I don’t think it is,” she 

said. 

After selling the farm about 

12 years ago, John moved from 

Greenpark to Lincoln, finding 

a suitable home with the garage 

space to store his 12 Massey- 

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3rd: R Casey 

Canterbury Vintage 

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Contemporary 

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“While I can look after them, 

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He also supplies five or six of 

the tractors used in the Lincoln 

Christmas Parade each year. 

John said since he started 

match ploughing, he has seen a 

change in the competitor base 

going from farmers to more 

people who just compete as a 

hobby. 

“There are a lot of people now 

who inherit a tractor from their 

family and use that.” 

John’s number one tip for 

ploughing: “You’ve got to be able 

to drive straight.” 

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Emerging talent is aiming 

to take Walsh’s NZ record 

While the eyes of 

the world are on the 

Paris Olympics, a 

Christchurch shot putter 

is working towards 

joining Tom Walsh 

and Jacko Gill at the 

top. Sam Coughlan 

reports 

Nick Palmer 

became just 

the third New 

Zealand man, after 

Tom Walsh and 

Jacko Gill, to throw 

over 20 metres when he 

won February’s International 

Track Meet in Christchurch with 

20.07m. 

“To be lumped in with them is 

really amazing,” Palmer said. 

“Twenty metres has always been 

a mark in shot put that separates 

people, so it’s really exciting to be 

a part of that, but it’s also quite a 

bit of a weight off. 

“You have all this expectation 

that you’re going to make it, throw 

this distance, be a part of this 

group, and to finally do it is pretty 

awesome.” 

Gill and Walsh competed in the 

Olympic shot put final on Sunday 

morning (NZT). Gill finished 

seventh with a best throw of 

21.15m, while Walsh was forced to 

retire from the final due to a groin 

injury suffered during his second 

throw. 

Palmer has lofty goals for the 

future. 

“One goal is to have a New 

Zealand record. I want to take 

that off Tom, that would be a 

pretty incredible moment.” 

The New Zealand record is 

22.90m, set by Walsh at the 2019 

world championships in Doha. 

Palmer, 24, grew up in Hastings 

and started athletics when he was 

10, spurred on by his father. 

“He tried to get my siblings into 

it but they didn’t really take to it. I 

was the last effort to get one of his 

kids into athletics. 

“I was a big kid so I was always 

good at throwing and kind of 

went from there.” 

Palmer always took athletics 

seriously. 

“I was super competitive, so I 

wanted to be the best at it.” 

It didn’t occur to him he might 

be able to make a career out of it 

until he was 16. 

“I went to Australia for the 

national champs and I won. I 

threw quite well and that kind 

of took a bit of a step up in 

performance and ability there.” 

He moved to Christchurch 

five years ago to train with 

Walsh under former coach Dale 

Stevenson. He is now coached by 

Hayden Hall. 

TEAM: Coach Hayden Hall and training partner Tom Walsh 

have been crucial to Nick Palmer’s development. 

“I believe most of my progress 

is thanks to the fact I’m here, in 

this environment (training) every 

day,” Palmer said. 

Before that, he’d struggled to 

produce his best work. 

“Through my whole age-group 

career I was really talented, but I 

struggled for a few years,” he said. 

“What we put it down to is I 

wanted to throw far so bad, I was 

kind of getting in my own way. 

“I was forcing things, I wasn’t 

really coachable, and I kind of just 

put everything on the distance 

outcome. 

“It took a couple of years where 

I really struggled, to kind of 

humble me a little bit. I went back 

to the basics and that re-ignited 

everything straight away.” 

Hall said it had been fantastic to 

watch Palmer progress in the time 

they had spent together. 

“He is growing, obviously not 

just as an athlete, but as a person, 

which is contributing pretty 

hugely to his development over 

the last few years.’’ 

Everything clicked for Palmer 

in the 2023/24 season. He swept 

the Classic events – winning 

‘It took a couple of years where I really struggled, to kind 

of humble me a little bit. I went back to the basics and 

that re-ignited everything straight away.’ 

– Nick Palmer 

the Potts Classic, Cook Classic, 

Capital Classic, ITM, and the 

Sir Graeme Douglas Memorial 

Classic between January and 

March – and added 60cm to his 

personal best. 

He followed that with third 

place at the national championships 

in Wellington, behind 

Gill and Walsh, before being 

selected for, and winning, the 

Oceania Championships in Fiji in 

June. 

Palmer recently spent the three 

weeks in Europe, competing 

at meets in Ireland, Italy, 

Switzerland and Luxembourg, 

with a best throw of 19.79m at the 

Morton Games in Dublin, and 

a best finish of third in the Cork 

City Sports competition. 

By his own standards, he felt 

there was room for improvement. 

“I didn’t quite get the results 

I was after. It’s always good 

fun competing there, but I 

probably went over with higher 

expectations than what I ended 

up with. 

“That’s not necessarily a bad 

thing, everything that we were 

doing in training and all the 

science pointed towards a big 

throw coming and it didn’t 

really line up, but that’s sport 

sometimes.” 

Palmer is also a coach at 

St Andrew’s College and 

Christchurch Boys’ High School, 

helping the next generation 

of throwers make a name for 

themselves. 

“I really enjoy it, I love going 

back and helping people and I love 

sports, so it kind of puts all my 

passions together in one place. 

“All the mistakes I made and 

all the things I learnt when I was 

younger, I can see these kids 

doing as well, so it’s nice to be able 

to guide them through that.” 

Competing at the highest level 

is a major motivation for Palmer. 

“To win a medal at a major, 

whether that’s world champs 

or Olympics, that’s always been 

the goal, and I always see myself 

standing on top. 

“It depends on the day, but I see 

that in my future for sure, that I’m 

going to be in a position to be able 

to do that.” 

INTERNATIONAL: Nick Palmer on his way to winning the 

Oceania Championships in Suva, Fiji. 

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WE START THIS week’s new 

vehicle road test with a question. 

Is there any sort of market here 

for a huge Chinese made luxury, 

all electric seven-seat people 

mover costing $119,000? 

Chinese automotive giant LDV 

reckon there is, because that’s 

exactly what they’ve launched 

here in the form of the MIFA 9. 

If nothing else, this imposing, 

futuristic, quirky looking thing 

is hard to miss. However, it is a 

vehicle destined to be a rarity on 

our roads, because of the cost 

and being an unknown. 

Many will be curious to know 

what the name MIFA 9 stands 

for? Well not much that makes 

any sense: Maximum, Intelligent, 

Friendly, Artistic and the ‘9’ 

stands for Premium. 

The vehicle looks classy 

enough with adaptive LED 

headlamps up front and a fullwidth 

light bar at the rear. 

From every angle, this is a 

big vehicle at 2-metres wide 

and 5.3m long, and making a 

long story longer is the MIFA 

9’s 3.2m wheelbase. While we 

are continuing to focus on how 

this newest LDV measures up, 

there is a minimum of 1.5m of 

Motoring with Bob Nettleton 

headroom from the base of any 

of the three rows of seats to the 

roof. Few people movers sold 

here would better that number. 

There’s also more than 900mm 

of legroom for each row, except 

the third that gets an even more 

generous 978mm. 

All the luxury stops are pulled 

out for this model, and they need 

to be given this is among the 

most expensive Chinese-made 

vehicles sold here. 

There are people pampering 

features everywhere. 

There’s mighty full-length 

electric panoramic sunroof, and 

it’s a clever one. For example if 

anyone in the vehicle receives 

a phone call and the sunroof 

happens to be open, all the 

windows and the sunroof 

automatically close. This shuts 

out any irritating background 

noises that may spoil your 

important phone conversation. 

How thoughtful is that! 

New Zealand gets a threemodel 

MIFA 9 range, each with 

drive-away pricing that leads 

off with the entry level Elite at 

$79,990, while the mid-spec 

Luxury retails for $99,990. Easily 

the most expensive model, and 

by a sizeable margin, is the 

$119,990 Premium provided for 

this road test. Interestingly we 

pay much less here than they do 

in Australia for this model. There 

it sells for a wildly optimistic 

NZ$143,000. The base Elite 

version is a cleaner, roomier, and 

more economical alternative to 

a Kia Carnival diesel. Making 

the deal that much sweeter is 

a 5-year 100,000km warranty, 

and with 8-years and up to 

200,000km on the battery. 

This luxury heavyweight of 

the giant people mover brigade 

possesses a remarkably good 

turn of pace for such a high, 

wide, long and hefty vehicle at 

nearly 2.6 tonnes. 

Providing the performance 

fireworks is an 180kW electric 

motor driving the front wheels 

with three drive modes, Sport, 

Normal and Eco available. That 

motor manages a decent 350Nm 

of torque, enough to propel it 

from 0-100km/h in a sharpish 

8.9 seconds. 

All models are fitted with a 

large 90kWh lump of a battery 

pack, giving the car a real world 

EV driving range of 430km, 

putting it in the right ballpark for 

a large electrified people mover. 

Smooth strong acceleration 

had the test vehicle moving 

with almost indecent haste from 

traffic light standing starts, much 

to the surprise of the drivers it 

Ratings out of 10: Performance 7; Handling 5; Build Quality 

5; Comfort 7; Passenger and Load Space 8; Value for 

money: 6; Safety – Five Star ANCAP rating. 

Overall points out of 10: 6.5 

left in its wake. Over indulge too 

many times in these moments 

of driving exhilaration and the 

EV range suffers. Just how much 

is down to whether you adopt 

a more circumspect style of 

driving. 

A single-speed automatic 

keeps things moving along 

nicely in both town and highway 

driving. 

The cabin is seriously large. 

This means heaps of space to pile 

in a whole bunch of features that 

make this a road-going luxury 

cruise liner. No surprises then 

to find two large captain’s chairs 

in the second row, with cooling 

and heating, massaging function 

and one-touch fully-electric 

reclining. 

This is a bold breakout vehicle 

for LDV, who are intent on 

showing the automotive world 

they can design and build a top 

class luxury vehicle and as a 

first attempt, it shows plenty of 

promise. 

However, these luxuries 

aren’t enough to ignore its flaws 

that you don’t expect in $120K 

vehicle. 

These include inconsistent 

build quality, variable attention 

to detail and too many hard and 

lower grade plastic trims and 

surfaces in the cabin. 

The test vehicle doesn’t miss a 

safety trick, and creates a few of 

its own with a fatigue reminder 

system, using a camera on the 

A-pillar. This will alert the driver 

to things like smoking, fatigue, 

viewing their phone, or not 

looking at the road. 

There are seven airbags, and 

loads of safety systems at work 

on the front line, including 

autonomous emergency braking, 

adaptive cruise control, forward 

collision assist, and lane keep 

assist. 

Nothing that groundbreaking 

with the suspension with an 

independent set up front and 

rear with a five-bar link for the 

latter. 

As expected, the ride is skewed 

towards comfort and it delivers 

that well enough over favourable 

road surfaces. It’s less adept on 

demanding roads where noise is 

more noticeable. 

Handling at moderate speeds 

over undulating terrain, and 

during cornering was better than 

expected, but it’s a vehicle that 

doesn’t enjoy being hurried along 

over these sorts of roads. 

Knowing and understanding 

the MIFA 9’s road holding 

limitations and driving to these 

is one of the keys to enjoying this 

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6 OXENHOPE ROAD | RICHMOND HILL 

HOMECHRISTCHURCH.CO.NZ 

HOME CHRISTCHURCH LIMITED, LICENSED REAA 2008


Thoughtfully designed and enjoyed by Max Capocaccia from 

MC Architect Studio, a retreat created from the ground up 

offers a simplistic lifestyle to enjoy. This 2 stage post quake 

build offers an eco-conscious lifestyle whilst boasting 

modern comforts. 

Designed with a strong emphasis on thermal comfort, the 

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155 RICHMOND HILL ROAD | RICHMOND HILL 

BY NEGOTIATION 

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SPRY 

JO GRAMS 

021 156 5884 

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021 250 6921 

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3 BED 2 BATH 2 CAR 

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132 NAYLAND STREET | SUMNER 

3 REMAINING | ENQUIRIES OVER $1,099,000 

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021 156 5884 

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