The Star: November 14, 2024

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– page 3
Bikes on buses ban
Online poll gives it
the thumbs down
• By Dylan Smits
LUCAS KROGULEC used to
bike to work in the mornings
and take the bus home.
But no more.
The 31-year-old is disappointed
about the ban on using
bus bike racks.
And he is not alone. A
starnews.co.nz poll shows 87
per cent against the ban while
only 13 per cent agreed, out of
684 respondents.
Krogulec was not surprised
by the poll results as he sees
keeping the bike racks as the
obvious choice.
“I feel like a bit of my
freedom is being taken away
and I’m being pushed out this
mode of transport,” he said.
Buses nationwide can no
longer carry bikes at any time of
day due to safety concerns from
New Zealand Transport Agency
around front-mounted bike
racks obscuring headlights.
Krogulec used to bike
everyday, from his home in
Cashmere near the Sign of the
Takahe, downhill to work in
Sydenham.
• Turn to page 4
UNHAPPY: Lucas Krogulec no longer bikes to work. He said of the bike ban on buses:
‘I feel like a little bit of my freedom is being taken away.’ PHOTO: DYLAN SMITS
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• By Dylan Smits
THE CONSENT application
for the controversial food truck
market at The Arts Centre is
on hold while the terms are
negotiated with the city council.
The Arts Centre is proposing
to host a maximum of 33 food
trucks operating for up to 12
hours a day, seven days a week.
City council head of planning
Mark Stevenson said the
council and The Arts Centre are
discussing the proposal before the
resource consent application is
officially submitted.
“As the Arts Centre is a heritage
setting, consideration must
be given to potential impacts on
heritage values,” he said.
It includes how the food truck
market would impact the visibility
of The Arts Centre’s heritage
buildings.
The Central City Business Association
strongly opposes the
market saying the competition
will harm business.
They are calling for the end of
city council funding to The Arts
Centre if the market goes ahead.
Another sticking point for
association members is the
rates they already pay towards
subsidising The Arts Centre.
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The Way We Were: The A&P Show........ 19
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Bear-napped Big Ted back on duty
• By Daniel Alvey
BIG TED the roadside teddy
has returned to work after
disappearing at the weekend.
Ted was adopted by Chris
Warren and his family after
being found on the side of the
road.
Since just before Easter, Ted
has been working to promote
Warren’s roadside stall at the
weekends.
But on Saturday afternoon
Ted disappeared from his
Springston Rolleston Rd stand
between Lincoln and Rolleston.
When the family checked
their CCTV cameras, Warren
HOME AGAIN:
Big Ted spends
his weekends
on the side of
the road selling
eggs.
was able to get a clear shot of a
person in their driveway.
His wife Anna posted the image
on a number of community
Facebook pages and was given
information about the person.
Warren passed the information
on to police and on Monday
Ted was returned.
Warren was told by police
on Monday Big Ted had been
found.
“The cops rang and said Big
Ted was sitting at the picnic
table outside the front of our
house.”
Warren thanked the police
and community for getting Big
Ted back home.
NEWS 3
“What’s bugging me”
Sarah Fair
St Albans
“There’s a lot
of graffiti on
the abandoned
buildings in
town. I think
there should
be more work
to keep those
clean. It doesn’t look good for
tourists or other people visiting
our city if that’s what they see
in the city centre. I don’t know
who owns all these buildings, but
they’ve got to be held a bit more
accountable to clean up.”
Standing desks won’t save
us – we just need to move
THE STANDING desk is often
touted, especially for office
workers, as the panacea to our
sedentary lifestyles.
However, a recent study has
found standing for long periods
might not be much better than
sitting.
Lead author at the University of
Sydney’s Faculty of Medicine and
Health and deputy director of the
Charles Perkins Centre’s Mackenzie
Wearables Research Hub, Dr
Matthew Ahmadi, told Sunday
Morning’s Jim
Mora there were
other ways for
those with a
sedentary lifestyle
to improve their
cardiovascular
health.
“Standing is
certainly better Matthew
than sitting, but Ahmadi
standing by itself will not necessarily
lower your risk for heart
disease,” Ahmadi said.
“To do that, we will need to mix
in other forms of activity that gets
the body moving.”
Ahmadi’s team recently
published a study examining
100,000 participants who wore a
smartwatch-like accelerometer on
their wrist for a week using data
from the UK Biobank.
His team followed them up for
around eight years to document
their hospitalisations and risk of
mortality due to heart disease and
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circulatory conditions.
Not only were the health
benefits of standing desk
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also found that long periods of
standing still may increase the
risk for certain types of circulatory
conditions, such as varicose
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research that has touted the
benefits of standing over sitting.
Ahmadi said this was because
most past research only looked
at short-term changes or “soft
endpoints” such as improved
blood pressure and insulin
sensitivity.
Ahmadi’s team however took
a long-term view.
“What we found was [that],
when we looked at the risk of
hospitalisation . . . standing by
itself didn’t lower the risk for
these diseases.”
To improve cardiovascular
health, standing wasn’t enough,
you needed to get the body
moving, he said.
“That’s typically done most
efficiently through activity that
gets us moving, like ambulation
and walking.
“We can accumulate
improved cardiovascular health
just from doing our day-to-day
activities, and this can be such
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Bikes on buses ban: ‘The public is
saying this is the wrong decision’
• From page 1
It took Krogulec 20min to get
to work. He would bike home
three days a week, which took
40min.
The other two days Krogulec
would put his bike on the rack
and bus home to give himself
a break from the tiring uphill
route.
Since the ban went into effect,
he feels the need to drive to and
from work.
“I want the option of whether I
bike or bus home because cycling
uphill every day would be hard
work,” said Krogulec.
He would also be forced to
bike home during bad weather
or find other transport if he got
a flat tyre since he can no longer
take the bus.
The business analyst moved
from Warsaw, Poland, to
Christchurch in June with his
Kiwi partner Rachel.
“Back where I’m from, it’s
perfectly normal to have bikes on
buses. I feel like this is limiting
me from combining transport
options,” he said.
Krogulec believes the ban
should be lifted during daylight
hours if the concern is about
OPPOSITION: A starnews.co.nz poll shows 87 per cent against the ban on bikes on buses,
while only 13 per cent agreed, out of 684 respondents.
headlight obstruction.
“They should have given more
notice too that this was happening.
It was very sudden and
didn’t give people much time to
plan other options.”
The national ban on bike racks,
which was implemented on
Friday until further notice, has
provoked an outcry from cyclists
and cycling advocates.
Spokes Canterbury executive
member Allan Taunt said
the poll result reflects cyclists’
THE
POLL
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frustrations.
“The public is saying that this
is the wrong decision. This is
preventing people from travelling
the way they want.”
Taunt believes use of the bike
racks should be allowed during
the day or on buses where headlights
are not obscured.
“When buses don’t have their
lights on it’s quite reasonable to
allow bikes on the front. I don’t
know why there’s a problem
there.”
Bus operators across New
Zealand, including Metro,
unanimously agreed with
the NZ Transport Agency Waka
Kotahi’s safety assessment and
implemented a complete ban
until the concerns raised by bike
racks can be addressed.
The decision follows the initial
night-time restriction put in
place on November 2.
“We are very disappointed
with the situation and understand
the significant impacts this
will have on our community,”
said Environment Canterbury
public transport operations
manager Derek Walsh.
“However, we also understand
why our operators need to comply
with legislation.”
ECan staff are working
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NEWS 5
Visible impact a factor
• From page 1
The city council has committed to
giving the centre $5.5 million over the
next decade.
The Arts Centre declined to answer
questions from The Star about the
negotiations with the city council or how
the application being put on hold might
affect plans for the market.
Said a spokesperson: “We continue
to work constructively with council to
negotiate the conditions of consent. We
do not wish to comment until that work is
concluded.”
No decision on publicly notifying
the consent has been made. A public
notification would allow the public to
make submissions on the proposal.
Demolition of trickling
filters to get under way
DEMOLITION OF the Bromley
Wastewater Treatment Plant’s firedamaged
trickling filters is about to start.
The city council has appointed Southern
Demolition to carry out the work, which
will start on Thursday next week and is
expected to take four to five months to
complete.
The demolition is the first stage of
physical work to replace the filters with
an activated sludge reactor, which will fix
long-standing odour issues.
City council head of three waters Gavin
Hutchison said it marks the start of a new
phase for the project.
“Since settling with our insurers we’ve
been focused on getting demolition
started. We know how important a permanent
fix is to the local community, and
we’ve been working hard to get boots on
the ground as soon as possible.
“Residents will be able to see changes
at the site happening very quickly. We’re
aiming to have the walls of the trickling
filters down by Christmas and in the new
year we’ll shift our focus to removing the
foundations.
“The next stage of work will be
construction of the activated sludge
reactor. Design work is under way, and it’s
expected to take up to three years to get
the new solution up and running.”
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Sense of belonging
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Ara Institute of Canterbury’s small
class sizes and welcoming, multicultural
community create a sense of belonging
that helps students achieve and thrive.
It’s one of the benefits of Ara’s handson
learning approach, which sees
students learn, collaborate and apply
their skills in small groups and worklike
environments.
The contrast between Ara’s more
intimate way of learning and the big
lecture theatres common at universities
is stark.
Mya Nicol was encouraged to go to
university when she was in her final year
at high school, but after weighing up her
options for tertiary study, she settled on
Ara for the more personalised learning
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completely different to her previous
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NEWS 7
Gun control advocate taking
his argument to the capital
• By Dylan Smits
FORMER ANTI-terrorist squad
member Tim Ashton is seeking a
commitment from deputy prime
minister Winston Peters to oppose
the reintroduction of military-style
semi-automatic firearms.
They will come
face-to-face in
Wellington on
Monday when
they meet to
discuss concerns
about the Government’s
firearms
law reforms.
Peters is the first
Tim
Ashton
Government minister to respond
to Ashton’s lobbying. He had previously
emailed the Prime Minister
Christopher Luxon’s office
asking for his view on the issue,
but his queries were forwarded to
Associate Justice Minister Nicole
McKee who is leading the push for
firearms reform.
Ashton was part of the
Christchurch anti-terrorist squad
team which engaged David Gray
in a gun battle after his killing
spree in Aramoana on November
13, 1990. Gray was killed after
shooting dead 13 people in the
coastal Otago settlement.
He is strongly opposed to McKee’s
efforts to rewrite the Arms Act
and review the firearms registry.
Whether rules on MSSAs will
change is unclear, as the Arms Act
rewrite has not yet gone through a
public submissions process.
“Politicians should need to stand
up and clearly say whether they
are for or against bringing back
semi-automatics. Don’t just leave
it in the hands of Nicole McKee,”
said Ashton.
Currently MSSAs are only available
to a limited number of licence
holders for pest control and gun
collecting.
“We need to hear from politicians
of all parties a clear yes or
no for these firearms. Even if they
say yes, we know where they stand
moving forward,” Ashton said.
He cites the mosque gunman
who was able to legally acquire
MSSAs. The Labour Government
banned the weapons after the
massacre.
“Those firearms will end up in
the wrong hands and we will have
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MISSION: Former anti-terrorist squad member Tim Ashton
is taking his fight against the reintroduction of militarystyle
semi-automatics to deputy Prime Minister Winston
Peters. Ashton will also push for a ban on downloading
instructions to print 3D firearms.
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a mass shooting event,” he said.
Peters did not respond to questions
from The Star about NZ
First’s position on reintroducing
MSSAs, with an office spokesperson
saying he would be better
placed to answer after the meeting.
Gun Control New Zealand
co-founder Philippa Yasbek will
be at the meeting with Peters to
express opposition to any form of
reintroduction for MSSAs.
Ashton will also tell Peters about
two reforms to the Arms Act he
does support.
He believes the downloading
of online instructions for how to
make 3D-printed firearms should
be banned.
Police data released under the
Official Information Act shows
seizures of the weapons have
increased in recent years.
There were no seizures recorded
in Canterbury between September
1, 2022 and August 31, 2023 with
a sharp increase to 16 weapons
seized between September 1, 2023
and September 1, 2024.
Ashton also says police should
have the power to seize cars and
driver’s licences when illegal firearms
have been found in a vehicle.
Last month
The Star reported
Ashton’s frustration
at not receiving
a response
from McKee’s
office to an email
he sent opposing
the reintroduction
of MSSAs.
He also had no
Nicole
McKee
response to a second email sent on
October 13.
A spokesperson for McKee’s
office said the inquiry was being
considered and “he can expect a
response in due course”.
McKee from the ACT Party, and
a former gun lobbyist, has been
criticised for loosening regulations
on gun clubs and ranges.
Police Association president
Chris Cahill has also questioned
McKee’s independence from the
gun lobby.
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Developers buy land as confidence in
• By Dylan Smits
TWO OF THE city’s largest
property developers are buying
more land to build homes as
market conditions improve and
interest rates decrease.
There have been 3766 new
residential building consents approved
between September 2023
and September 2024, a 6.7 per
cent increase on the 3531 dwellings
consented for the previous
12-month period.
Multi-unit dwellings like
apartments make up about 50 per
cent of the consents, with 2539
approved.
Oakridge Homes has bought
up land in Halswell and Belfast
over the past six months, with
about 100 standalone homes
planned on the newly acquired
sections.
The developer is relatively new
to the market, being founded
in 2021, but it has grown to
become one of the largest offering
house-and-land packages in
Canterbury.
Director James Parker said the
land purchases are about meeting
buyer demand and building the
three-to-four-bedroom family
homes his company specialises in.
“We’re looking to maintain our
position so we need to increase
our land purchases to meet customer
requirements. We’re seeing
a pick up in the number of people
buying and forecasting that there
will be more,” he said.
Oakridge is building about 50
homes in the Milns Green subdivision
near Halswell Domain,
with the exact number dependent
on final plans.
The homes will have an asking
price of $800,000 to $850,000.
About 50 homes are also being
built on land purchased in
the Spring Grove subdivision in
Belfast, with an asking price of
$750,000 to $800,000.
Parker sees lower interest rates
as a key driver for customers’
increased confidence in the housing
market.
“There’s been a lot of negative
press over the past two years,
but now we’ve seen interest rates
lower, inflation lower. There’s a
lot of people who might have said
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The five-year interest rate has
fallen from a peak of 6.75 per cent
early last year to 5.69 per cent.
Developer giant Williams
Corporation has been buying
more land in the central
city and inner suburbs since
January, focusing on building
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NEWS 9
housing market grows
“We still see central
Christchurch as an undervalued
market and an excellent place for
first-time buyers and investors
because the infrastructure
around the city is amazing,”
said general manager Kathryn
Marshall.
In the central
city, there will be
30 townhouses
available in
Bath St and 24
in Allen St with
a price range
of $373,000 to
Kathryn
Marshall
$499,000.
In Ferry Rd,
26 townhouses
will be built in the central
city ranging from $391,000 to
$525,000, with four standalone
homes being built further out
on the road in Waltham. These
will range from $439,000 to
$479,000.
“We’re seeing a real confidence
developing with lower interest
rates and the coalition Government
saying they will tackle the
cost of living,” said Marshall.
It comes as Williams Corporation
abandoned plans in April to
build 350 dwellings over four years
in Hornby on a $30 million site.
Co-founders Matthew Horncastle
and Blair Chappell have
been selling personal and business
assets including a $6 million
CITY LIVING: An artist’s impression of the 30 townhouses
Williams Corporation plan to build on Bath St, while 26 are
in the pipeline for Ferry Rd (below).
home in Merivale, luxury cars
and a $6 million, 26.5m yacht.
Marshall says the company is
refocusing its building efforts
in the more lucrative central
city.The asset sell-off has been
justified as an attempt to craft
a more relatable brand for
customers.
Positive market trends extend
to the Selwyn District with
building consents increasing
from a year-on-year 43 per cent
decrease in March, to a yearon-year
7 per cent decrease in
September.
Builders like Today Homes
have been buying sections on
a larger scale for the first time
in recent years in Lincoln and
Rolleston subdivisions.
• Councillors to vote on Plan
Change 14, page 20
Last-minute reprieve
on cycleway closure
THE CLOSURE of the
Heathcote Express cycleway has
been delayed.
KiwiRail agreed at the last
minute to the city council pausing
the closure of the 1.5km
section between Vaila Pl and
Truscotts Rd. How long the
cycleway will remain open for is
yet to be confirmed.
Gates were due to be locked
from today until significant
upgrades are installed after KiwiRail
told the city council the
Scruttons Rd rail crossing was
unsafe for ongoing use.
However, on Tuesday KiwiRail
said it would seek to
continue discussions with the
city council about the requested
closure date of the cycleway and
move this date to a later, to be
confirmed, date.
A one-sentence email from
KiwiRail was read out to
councillors at the beginning of
a council meeting, The Press
reported.
“As discussed, regarding
the requested date affecting
the cycleway at Scruttons Rd,
KiwiRail would seek to continue
in discussions about this with
Christchurch City Council, and
hence move this date to a later,
to be confirmed, date.”
The closure was discussed at
the adjourned council meeting,
and acting mayor Pauline Cotter
said it was important the city
council and KiwiRail worked
collaboratively together.
“We want to get this right to
make sure everyone is as safe as
possible whether they’re using
the road, a cycleway, footpath or
going over a rail crossing,” she
said.
Said city council transport
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NEWS 11
‘Luna’ most
popular pet
name for 6th
year running
PHOTOS: RNZ
• By Melanie Earley
IF YOU thought naming your
beloved pooch or feline Luna was
innovative, think again – it’s the
most popular pet name in New
Zealand for the sixth year in a
row.
The top five names by
species
Cats: Luna, Bella, Milo,
Coco, Nala.
Dogs: Luna, Bella,
Poppy, Daisy, Charlie.
Rabbits: Archie, Coco,
Cookie, Hazel, Honey.
Horses: Bailey, Charlie,
Jasper, Kiwi, Marley.
The most popular pet names
for 2024 have been revealed by
the New Zealand Companion
Animal Register, including
classics such as Bella, Milo and
Charlie.
NZCAR noted a growing
trend in pets being named Bluey,
Bandit, Bingo and Chilli due to
the popular children’s TV show
Bluey.
The top 10 names for pets
in 2024 are Luna, Bella, Milo,
Charlie, Coco, Daisy, Poppy,
Nala, Molly and Frankie.
Along with animals named
after the show Bluey, New
Zealanders continued to name
their pets after characters from
The Lord of the Rings franchise
with 17 Frodos being registered,
13 Bilbos, two Gollums and one
Gandalf.
Pet names possibly inspired
by the All Blacks included 20
Ardies, 18 TJs and seven Razors,
NZCAR said.
It was fascinating to see
how popular culture shaped
pet names each year, NZCAR
general manager David Lloyd
said.
“Pet names reflect the things
that matter to people. These
trends really highlight the
special bond between pets and
their families, showing how pets
become part of our lives in ways
big and small.”
NZCAR is the national
microchip database, holding
information for over 1.3 million
pets of different species.
It helps reunite lost pets with
their families by providing
microchip data to vet clinics
and shelters.
– RNZ
WHAT’S IN A NAME: One of
New Zealand’s many Lunas
is a golden retriever. Below –
there has been an increase
in the naming of pets after
popular TV show Bluey.
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12
NEWS
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
Landscaper’s dream home up for grabs
SIMONETTA FERRARI was
lazily reading the newspaper on
a Sunday 22 years ago when a
listing ad caught her eye.
The award-winning landscaper
had long dreamed of a life in
an Edwardian mansion and
the advert for Gunyah Country
Estate at Windwhistle, 25kms
from Darfield was an instant call
to action.
Now the estate, established in
1912, is up for sale.
She told OneRoof: “I have a big
interest in houses
and I particularly
like the period in
which this house
was built. I have
a real thing for
anything of the
Edwardian era.
The literature,
the clothes, the
architecture,
Simonetta
Ferrari
everything about that time.”
At the time, Ferrari had just
ordered architectural plans to
expand her Auckland home but
she was also looking for excuse
to do something different.
“I was tired of the job I was doing
and thinking I wanted to do
something else. I was thinking I
wanted to change jobs.”
She knew that well-preserved
Edwardian homes in New Zealand
were few and far between so
she acted quickly; $610,000 and
several months later, Ferrari and
HISTORIC: The Edwardian Gunyah Country Estate at Windwhistle is on the market.
her family were on their way to
Windwhistle.
Gunyah Country Estate was
established in 1912 for the son of
former Prime Minister Sir John
Hall, and is spread over 11.5ha
near the Southern Alps.
“Gunyah was a bit sad. It
looked like an old folks’ home,”
she told OneRoof.
Luckily, the homestead had
been built by master crafts people
and so its integrity was still
intact.
“The building has not been
mucked around with because it
was in the country, and it was
just somebody’s farmhouse. They
existed, they did the farming,
and that was it. So, in a way it
survived through neglect,” she
said.
“Everything was beautifully
made. If you run your hands on
all the panelling, it’s still absolutely
perfectly flush.”
Ferrari and her family restored
some of the outbuildings into
self-contained cottages, which
they were then able to rent out,
and then tacked the gardens,
something that was well within
Ferrari’s wheelhouse, having
won awards for her landscaping
work.
The earthquakes about 10
years later led to another upgrade,
with the family forced to
strengthen and modernise parts
of the homestead that collapsed.
At the time of the disaster, she
told the New Zealand Herald:
“Our ceiling came down as I was
trying to get out of bed. I can’t
believe we got out. The quake
was something – it was as if the
house had been hit by a train 20
times, jolting back and forth and
there was a bomb underneath. I
have whiplash pain in my neck
and back.”
The family’s post-quake restoration
took a year to complete
but it was worth it, with the
estate growing in popularity
with tourists – both from New
Zealand and overseas.
“I’ll never retire I’ll aways be
doing something. But I have a
few bits of metal in my body now
and the physical aspect of working
in the garden, bending down,
making people’s beds, is getting
a bit tricky.
“I’d love to stay here, but I
don’t see it happening the older
I get. It’s just the classic time in
life when you move on. I’m not a
spring chicken anymore.”
The deadline sale for the 15
bedroom, 12 bathroom, 540sq-m
home closes on December 5.

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NEWS 15
Golfing with the Stars ‘best ever’
CHART TOPPER: Jordan Luck joined the stars, including
golfing superstar Sir Bob Charles, for the charity fundraiser.
PHOTOS: BRAINTREE
• By Diane Keenan
BRAINTREE’S annual charity
golf tournament broke all
previous records, raising
more than $310,000 for the
Christchurch wellness centre
– the first of its kind for people
living in the community with
neurological conditions.
Tournament organiser
Brendan Prendergast said the
annual BrainTree Brothers
and Sisters Golfing With The
Stars tournament, played at
Clearwater last week, must now
rank as the country’s largest
charity golf event.
“This was without doubt the
best golf event that we have
ever staged. All the 240 people
involved in this event as either
players, stars, volunteers,
sponsors and auction bidders
came out to support BrainTree
and what was achieved in
terms of both the funds raised
and golfing experience is
astonishing,” Prendergast
said.
Funds from the annual
tournament initially went
into building the $8.1 million
BrainTree wellness centre in
Langdons Rd, Papanui, which
opened in July 2022 to support
those living in the community
with multiple sclerosis,
parkinsons, dementia, stroke and
other neurological conditions.
Now money raised is used to
support services. Last week’s
tournament was the fourth, with
funds raised topping last year’s
$200,000, the previous year’s
$120,000 and the inaugural
tournament’s $53,000.
“The event is hugely important
to us given that we do not receive
any central government funding
and instead rely on events such
as our golf tournament to keep
the organisation running. It’s
an amazing result and one that
makes all of the hard work of
the last 12 months worthwhile,”
Prendergast said.
Golfing royalty Sir Bob Charles
and Greg Turner were among
the 34 stars of seven sporting
codes taking part. Others
included first-timer Christian
Cullen, Olympic high jump
gold medallist Hamish Kerr and
basketballer Tom Abercrombie.
Rock star Jordan Luck still had
enough energy after playing
a round of golf to deliver an
impromptu performance of hits,
Victoria and Why Does Love at
the post-match function.
Former All Black and sports
commentator Izzy Dagg and
team Anthony Harper won the
tournament with a net team
score of 49.4. Some went close
to winning the four hole-in-one
prizes – including a $75,000
Mitre 10 home makeover, a
$75,000 Hyundai Sante Fe,
a $100,000 cash prize and a
$100,000 Huntsman boat – but
they remained elusive.
Prendergast said he has been
inundated with people wanting
to play in next year’s event,
which will again be a sell-out
given there was a waiting list of
16 teams wanting to participate
last week.
“It’s going to be difficult for us
to match or better what we raised
this year. But, trust me, we will
give it a crack,” he said.
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Highland Games proves a crowd-puller
The 13th Hororata Highland
Games on Saturday was one
of the busiest ever, with 700
competitors, 140 stallholders,
23 clans and more than 10,000
visitors. Chieftain Richard Lang,
who has been involved since its
inception, said the games have
become a major highlight of
the Canterbury event calendar.
“I have witnessed the growth of
the Hororata Highland Games
into what can truly be described
as a world-class festival in every
aspect. It was humbling to
see the joy this event brings to
our community.” The Oceania
heavyweight championship was
fiercely contested throughout
the day and culminated in the
Hororata stones, where athletes
raced against the clock to lift
five stones weighing between
90-140kg onto barrels. The games
is also renowned for being the
largest gathering of pipe bands
in New Zealand outside of the
nationals.
HEAVE-HO: The Tug O’ War
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Above – Terry Sparkes
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PHOTOS: KATHRYN TAYLOR
CELEBRATING SCOTLAND: The Hororata Highland Games featured activities,
events and entertainment to keep visitors of all ages amused.
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Once again, the gold and collectables buyers
from Wellington company John Bertrand
Collectables are visiting Christchurch next week.
Mr Tony Grant from the company says, “If you
are downsizing or wanting to dispose of things
because they no longer serve any purpose to you
or your family bring them in”. “Next week will be
a great opportunity to have any items you want
to sell assessed by our buyers” said Mr Grant.
Particularly wanted are Gold and Silver (in any
of its forms) and Collectables such as Coins,
Banknotes, War Medals,
Old Wind-up Watches and
other interesting Small
Collectables.
“We are keen buyers,
especially of the items in
the list below” said Mr
Grant. “Nothing is too small
for our consideration. We
are just as happy buying 1
item as we are buying 1,000
items” he said. The buyers
will be in Christchurch next
week (see details below).
As Tony Grant points out
“If you are in doubt about
any items you may wish to
sell, bring them along for an
instant appraisal.”
Mr Anthony (Tony)
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of New Zealand Incorporated
Director and Buyer
John Bertrand (Collectables) Ltd
Author of the John Bertrand
NZ Coin & Banknote Catalogue
Gold & Silver
At Near Record
Prices
D uring these
uncertain times
we have seen a sharp
increase in the price of
precious metals. The gold price in New
Zealand is at near record levels so gather
up all your unwanted items and take them
along to the buyers. Tony Grant says “We can
buy old gold items in all forms, including
Jewellery (Rings, Chains, Brooches etc),
Coins (Sovereigns and the like), Alluvial
(River Gold), virtually anything, even
Gold Teeth! We also need all Sterling Silver
including Cups, Tea Services, Cutlery and
Old Coins” he said.
Some Big Dollars in Early Banknotes
arly New Zealand Banknotes dated
Ebefore 1932 are currently fetching
big money! This is according to Mr Tony
Grant, author of the John Bertrand New
Zealand Coin & Banknote Catalogue.
Mr Grant is in Christchurch next week
on a buying trip for John Bertrand
(Collectables) Ltd and would be very
keen to see any of these issues. “We will
pay at least $300 for any undamaged
Ten Shilling or One Pound banknote
T
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he buyers from John Bertrand
(Collectables) Ltd, visiting
Christchurch next week, are happy to
look at any interesting items, for example
vintage pocket and wristwatches such
as Rolex, Men’s Omega, Breitling and
gold watches etc. Also wanted, pre 1950’s
picture postcards, Maori and Pacific
artefacts, old fountain pens and other
small antique or historical items.
“If you have something unusual
which you would like to sell, please
bring it into one of our venues, we would
like the chance to at least have a look at it”
said Tony Grant, buyer for the Company.
“We will consider anything which may be
of interest to a collector” he said.
from a New Zealand trading bank dated
1932 or before.
Denominations of five pounds and
higher would be worth from $700. “Any
banknote dated prior to 1900 would be
worth at least $1000” said Mr Grant.
Also purchased are any Reserve Bank
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The Way
We Were
Left – Les
Gilsenan in
the jigger
board chop
in 1963.
Right – a
police officer
with a lost
child at the
1970 show.
Below – the
crowd in
1966 and the
ferris wheel
in 1961.
THE AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAL SHOW
From sheep judging to wood
chopping, fairground rides to
dog trials, the Agricultural and
Pastoral Show is synonymous
with bringing country life to
town. Thanks to it, you might
be familiar with Berkshire pigs,
Omme irrigators and Miss
Wool of Canterbury.
The city’s first A&P Show was
held in a paddock north of Latimer
Square in 1862. It shifted
to Colombo St (now Sydenham
Park) the following year, then
to the Addington showgrounds,
where it continued for another
110 years. Canterbury Agricultural
Park opened at Wigram
in 1997.
For years, show weekend
has marked the start of
summer festivities, combining
Canterbury Anniversary Day
with New Zealand Cup Week.
Students, families, and city and
country folk alike have lined
up to see the livestock judging,
new machinery and sideshow
entertainment.
This year’s show has
introduced drone and
E-bike racing, alongside
more traditional events like
lawnmower racing.
Historic event changes
include rams being led out
of their pens for judging for
the first time in 1933, an
“innovative” decision. Merinos,
however, were not included
“in the new order” in case they
showed an inclination to be
playful. In 1938, farmers were
invited to see how quickly
they could attach and detach
a Farmall mower in what was
termed “a novel competition”.
The show rebranded as the
NZ Agricultural Show in 2018.
It was cancelled due to Covid
in 2020 and 2021 and almost
cancelled this year because of
financial difficulties, until a deal
was struck with event solutions
company Event Hire. Renamed
The Christchurch Show, its days
of operation have shifted to
include Saturday.
Above – 1993 best dressed woman finalist Nikki Jones. Right – Craig Thornley, 3, with a goat,
in 1987.
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20
OPINION
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Councillors’ last chance to
make housing right for Chch
The city
council is
scheduled
to vote in
December
on housing
intensification
Plan Change 14.
Combined Residents’
Associations
Christchurch
spokesperson Tony
Simons details its
shortcomings
IN JUST THREE weeks our city
council votes on the radical and
controversial Plan Change 14,
scrapping our hard fought for
post-earthquake plan. Council
staff are calling it a paradigm
shift in city planning. It is
unprecedented.
If recommendations from an
Independent Hearings Panel
(IHP) are accepted, the plan will
permit unnecessary multi-storey
commercial and residential densification
all over Christchurch.
A good plan change should
foster inclusive and functional
communities. This one does
not. It has proved to be messy,
confusing and divisive. Even the
planners have struggled with
it, forced to make numerous
requests to the IHP requesting
changes, explanations and clarifications
about what it actually
means.
Proponents believe it will
deliver more affordable housing,
but we all know housing is too
expensive for other reasons, like
land, construction and finance
costs.
The idealogues are clear. Either
you are for housing intensification
or you are against it, but the
case for densification is far more
nuanced than that.
PC14 will not deliver on its
basic affordability promise.
HOUSING: The proposed Plan Change 14 will allow three homes of up to three storeys on
each site across the city, without the need for resource consent. It is in response to national
standards for urban development introduced in 2021.
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Higher density often replaces
good quality older housing stock
with smaller more expensive
apartments and townhouses.
Alternatively, we’ll just get the
slums of the future.
“Crappy apartments are better
than living in a car,” said Housing
Minister Chris Bishop. It’s
hardly a compelling argument
for a city-wide plan change.
The final version of PC14
hasn’t even given us the sunlight
access protection we asked for,
it rejects requiring developers
to plant trees to replace the ones
they rip out, it defines walkable
catchments that are not
walkable, it ignores the call for
increased setbacks along major
roads to make room for future
mass transit, and it rebuffs the
evidence for a protective area
around Riccarton Bush. It
also persists in recommending
three-storey medium density
‘A good plan change
should foster inclusive and
functional communities.
This one does not. It
has proved to be messy,
confusing and divisive.’
– Tony Simons
development all over the city,
a recommendation the council
might (hopefully) decide to overturn
next year.
The more passionate
supporters of PC14 suggest
it could make Christchurch
more like the great cities of
Europe with their characterful
multi-storey precincts. These
are cities born from centuries of
pollution, disease, conflict and
overcrowding. My relatives in
Amsterdam envy us. They live
in a country with 500 people
for every square kilometre of
land. In England the population
density is 300, Denmark 200,
France 120. Aotearoa is just
20, making us one of the least
populated countries on the
planet. We need high-density
suburbs like Saudi Arabia needs
sand.
No one (including our city
council), believes Christchurch
is facing a population explosion
requiring vastly more capacity.
Experts predict moderate
population growth over the
next 30 years, just 1 per cent
year-on-year, and the Greater
Christchurch Spatial Plan and
2021 Housing Capacity Assessment
both indicate the city
already has enough land to meet
that demand. PC14 will rezone
enough land to meet housing
demand for the next 115 years.
It’s crazy stupid.
PC14 will also dilute residential
revitalisation of our city
centre by proposing high-density
“walkable catchments” in our
suburbs, where a walk to the
nearest supermarket and back
might actually take an hour.
We’ll see fewer trees and gardens,
less sunlight, and neighbourhoods
dominated by singles
and couples with no children.
Demand for new stand-alone
family homes in Selwyn and
Waimakariri will sky-rocket.
More green fields will be lost.
Believe it or not, where the
IHP did recommend slightly less
suburban intensification, there
are now last-minute attempts
to turn that around. In my area
(Riccarton) Cr Harrison-Hunt
proposes allowing high-density
development over 10 more blocks
of neighbourhood east of Wainui
St in an apparent trade-off for
his offer to support protection
for Riccarton Bush. This kind of
‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’ is unnecessary
and unhelpful.
How about we simply hold fast
to our vision to intensify and
rejuvenate our city centre first,
focus on providing safe, clean
and efficient transport systems,
and cut back on high-density in
the suburbs until it is needed?
At least that way we encourage
families to stay in our Garden
City instead of having to move to
Lincoln for a lawn for the kids to
play on.
The good news is, our city
councillors do have a last
window of opportunity to make
this plan better when they
meet next month. They can
use evidence already presented
to reject some of the IHP’s
recommendations (or offer
alternatives), then ask Housing
Minister Chris Bishop to support
those changes.
It’s a last chance to make this
plan right for Christchurch.
– Tony Simons is also Riccarton
Bush Kilmarnock Residents’
Association acting chair
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Structure of electricity
‘faux-market rotten’
REGARDING THE article ‘Leap
in power prices with more to
come’ (The Star, November 7),
from 2022-02 to 2024-09 my
annual low-user power bill rose
by 63 per cent, or 46.8 per cent
when adjusted for inflation.
I was throughout on the cheapest
retailer and plan
available, and my usage patterns
largely did not change.
I understand the removal of
low-user plans was intended to
provide greater fairness for larger
families with perhaps poorly
insulated homes who were
paying very high winter bills. I
do sympathise with them, but
the resultant increase in my
power bill seems quite excessive,
with more to come.
Some of that increase is gentailers
gaming the spot market
and trying to squeeze out
competitors like Electric Kiwi,
among others.
The structure of the NZ electricity
faux-market has been
rotten since the late-1990s.
Remember Max Bradford’s
promises of cheaper electricity
for all NZers? Instead we have
reportedly some of the highest
prices in the world.
- J Barwell, Casebrook
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The Way We Were
In January 1953, the ship
Captain Cook landed my dad,
my mum, and 15-year-old me in
New Zealand.
Dad’s brother was waiting at
the dock after 30 years apart.
He had a home, and a job at
Aulsebrooks waiting for dad.
Mum and I both started in the
chocolate department soon after.
Miss Stevenson was in charge
of the female staff and was very
kind and in good control. Whenever
any of the girls were married,
there was always presents.
I was married in 1959, and in
1968, my husband and I lived in
Granity, Buller, and had a daughter
named Selena. I do not know
how she found me, but a lovely
baby dress and card arrived from
Miss Stevenson. I was thrilled.
Working at Aulsebrooks seems
to be a family affair, as we know
of a number of families who were
there at different times. My uncle
played in the factory bowls team
and my mother-in-law played
tennis at Aulsebrooks.
Your mention of Robert
McDougall buying Aulsebrooks
– I remember the McDougall
Art Gallery where our daughter
played in some lovely concerts.
How time flies. Thank you
for the memories, they are
wonderful.
- Olwyn Barkle
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Casino marks 30 years of community,
• By Claire Reid
ON NOVEMBER 4, 1994 when
Christchurch Casino opened its
doors, it was New Zealand’s first
fully-licenced casino. Now it’s
celebrating its 30th birthday.
Chief executive Brett
Anderson has been at the helm
for more than half of that time
– 17-and-a-half years – and has
seen plenty of change, as well as
facing huge challenges such as
the 2011 earthquakes and the
Covid-19 pandemic.
“When I took
over there was a
bit of upheaval
at the time and
the employees
joked I would
probably only
be here for three
years and then go
back overseas,”
Anderson said.
“But I consider myself very
Brett
Anderson
fortunate and privileged to have
the role that I do and to see the
casino’s place in the community
in Christchurch itself.
“We’re a highly regulated
industry, but our most important
licence is our social licence.”
Incredibly, eight members
of staff have been there since
the very first day and were
celebrated for their years of
service at a special dinner
POPULAR: Christchurch Casino celebrated its 30th birthday with a special dinner event.
earlier this month.
Christchurch Casino also
donated $3000 on behalf of each
of the eight to local charities of
their choice.
“We wanted to celebrate those
long-standing members of the
team, but we also wanted to
invite their partners because
they will have missed them
during the time they’re with
us. It’s important they’re
acknowledged, too,” Anderson
said.
Across its three decades
of operation, the casino has
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“We’re not restrictive with the
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charity, resilience
1994: Opening
• On November 4, 1994, Christchurch
Casino opened its doors as New
Zealand’s first fully-licenced casino.
1999: Gaming expansion
• The casino expanded its gaming
options to include more table games
and a wider range of slot machines.
This included higher-stakes games,
attracting a broader gaming clientele.
2000s: Food & beverage
• During the 2000s, the casino
enhanced its food and beverage
offerings, establishing restaurants and
bars, including The Grand Café. These
developments helped the casino
become a full-scale entertainment
venue, not just a gaming destination.
2010: Tourism Industry Awards
• Christchurch Casino received the
supreme award at the 2010 Tourism
Industry Awards, as well as the
workplace training award.
2011: Earthquake impact
and architecture award
• The 2011 earthquake caused
significant damage to the city and
the casino closed for 90 days. Upon
reopening, it played a key role in
revitalising the local economy,
particularly in Victoria St, and hosted
charity events to support relief efforts.
• The Grand Café, designed by Warren
and Mahoney, received a 2011
Canterbury Architecture Award.
2013: Mashina opening
• Mashina Lounge opened in 2013. This
vibrant 500sq-m venue, created from
Thirty years of highlights
a former basement carpark, became
a prime location for events and live
entertainment.
2014: Hospitality awards
• Christchurch Casino receives the
Excellence in Host Responsibility
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Zealand Awards and Mashina Lounge
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2015: Hospitality awards
• Christchurch Casino receives the
Excellence in Host Responsibility
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2017: Technology upgrades
• Facial recognition technology
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2020: Covid-19 impact
• The casino faced temporary closures
during the Covid-19 pandemic but
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reopening.
2023: Southern Cross Awards
• The casino receives a silver award
in the Southern Cross Wayfinder
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2024: 30th anniversary
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From player to podcaster, move
into media pays off for Marshall
• By Kees Chalmers
FOUR YEARS ago, James
Marshall was at the Hurricanes
undergoing hip surgery, an
operation that brought his rugby
playing career to an end.
The inevitable transition to
post-footy life had dawned and he
was unsure of where to go next.
“It was always spoken about, but
I found it really hard to plan for,”
Marshall said.
“Even right up until the moment
it happened, I still had real
anxiety around what it was going
to look like for me.”
The current Crusaders backs
coach taught at Nelson College
before landing on podcasting in
tandem with coaching.
Aptly named ‘What a Lad’ the
podcast sees Marshall use his footy
connections to interview former
and current players about their
careers and lives outside sport.
He has recorded episodes with
many Crusaders including Will
Jordan, Sevu Reece and Codie
Taylor.
From a makeshift set up in a
spare room at Rugby Park, Marshall’s
podcast has now turned
into a highly-produced internet
show out of Red Nine Studios
in the city centre, listened to by
more than 10,000 people across all
platforms every week.
“I get recognised more for the
podcast than ever in my playing
days, which is pretty cool.”
The idea was sparked while
playing in Japan. During training,
Marshall would chuck his headphones
on and listen to podcasts.
“Ardie (Savea) was doing one at
the time and I was really enjoying
that because it was with a lot of
the guys I played with, but I was
learning stuff I never knew.
“It just wasn’t regular enough.
I was like, ‘far out, someone else
needs to do something there’ and
I thought why not me?”
When Covid-19 hit and forced
everyone indoors, it provided
Marshall with the opportunity to
give it a crack.
“I gave myself the goal of doing
seven episodes. I had heard that
80 per cent of podcasts didn’t get
past that mark, so that was my
first goal. I enjoyed it and have just
kept going since.”
Podcasting has been one of the
fastest growing media genres over
TRANSITION: These days, James Marshall is more recognised
for his podcasting success than his rugby career.
PHOTO: KEES CHALMERS
• By Sam Coughlan
ANDREW AUIMATAGI will
return to the Linwood Keas in the
head coach role next season – six
years after stepping aside.
Auimatagi, who is a life
member at Linwood and serves
as president, will take the reigns
from Damian Horgan who will
stay involved with the club in a
player mentoring role.
Auimatagi said he was pleased
to be back in charge of the club’s
premier side.
“I’m pretty keen to get back into
it. We’ve got a really awesome
crew of staff here and an exciting
young group of players potentially
coming through,” he said.
“Linwood’s always been where
my heart’s at. I’ve been part of
the club for nearly 32 years, so
it’s played an important part in
my journey and I’ve got some
strong relationships with people
there.”
The Keas fell short of the
Pat Smith Trophy final this
season – the first year since 2015
they failed to make the decider
and only the second season in
MEDIA MOVE: James Marshall turned to podcasting after injuries ended his rugby career. On
his What A Lad podcast, Marshall interviews current and former players, like former All Black
and Crusaders midfielder Aaron Mauger, left, about their careers and life outside sport.
the past decade, reaching 546.7
million listeners in 2024.
The medium has spread to the
sporting world, with current and
former athletes opting to make
their own shows rather than presenting
on mainstream channels.
Marshall believes this is
indicative of a changing media
landscape.
“I think media is slowly going
there and there’s so much space,
especially in the rugby game,
for players to jump on if they
wanted to.”
The longer and less-structured
format allows the traditionally
stoic rugby players to show who
they are off the field.
“It gives you a better access to
the player and an idea of what
they’re really like.
“People are afraid to be themselves,
which is a shame. I think
the more guys can be themselves,
the better the game is, the more
entertaining it is, the more engaged
everyone is,” said Marshall.
The new age of social media is
providing current players with the
ability to expand their brand and
make the post-sport transition less
daunting.
“I think rugby has come a long
that time they hadn’t won the
competiton.
In his first stint as Keas coach,
the club won the grand final
every year from 2016 to 2019.
He said the foundations were
there to get the Keas back on top.
“We won the minor premiership
this season, but just fell
short in those last two games
(semi-final and preliminary
final).
“The foundations of this year
are there for us to go a bit further
next year. We’re just going to get
everyone on the same page and
“People are afraid to be
themselves, which is a
shame. I think the more
guys can be themselves,
the better the game is, the
more entertaining it is, the
more engaged everyone is.”
– James Marshall
way and it’s continually growing
in that space.”
Marshall said he loved learning
the stories on his podcast.
“Just getting to hear the journey
that guys go through, the highs
and lows of a career in sport, and
the beauty of hosting it is, I get
to ask the questions I’ve always
wanted to know.”
A real “pinch me” moment for
Marshall was getting to chat with
childhood hero and All Blacks
legend Christian Cullen.
“That was pretty awesome. He’s
someone who I never thought
I’d be able to sit down and have
a conversation with, but with the
podcast I got to do that.
“As someone who basically
remembers all his games, it was
cool to hear how he was going
into those games and what he was
thinking and feeling at the time.”
work hard in preseason.”
Auimatagi has also coached
the Canterbury Bulls, currently
coaches St Thomas of Canterbury
College’s national championship
winning first XIII, and has just
finished up an assistant coaching
role with the Kiwi Ferns in the
Pacific Championships.
“It’s been awesome,” he said.
“They’re a great team of ladies.
I’ve learnt a lot about that next
level, the NRLW. The level of
the game has gone up and you
can see that in the quality of test
footy.”
A favourite episode was hard to
pick as the podcast contrasts between
the hilarity of Charlie Gubb
and the impact of former teammate
Michael Fatialofa’s story.
“He became paraplegic from
the neck down from just a normal
tackle. It was pretty powerful to
hear what he had to go through
and how he’s pulled his way back
to being able to walk again and get
into some sort of normal life.”
The former Hurricane cited
episodes with Dane Coles and
Beauden Barrett as watersheds for
What a Lad, taking him to new
heights in terms of numbers.
The most viewed episode is
with ex-Blues player Kane Barrett,
amassing more than 35,000 views
on YouTube alone.
Marshall has big plans to
expand the brand beyond the podcast,
but the obstacle is time.
“Obviously, it’s hard with my
coaching role growing as well. I’m
not sure how it’s going to look in
the next three to four years, but I
just want to keep chipping away.”
If coaching did end, the podcast
is in a position where Marshall
could make it a full-time gig.
“I’d look to try and take the
podcasting to a new level.”
Auimatagi returns with plan to get Keas back on top
COMEBACK: Andrew
Auimatagi will return to the
Linwood Keas head coach
role next season – six years
after stepping aside.

• By Sam Coughlan
COASTAL SPIRIT and
Canterbury United Pride’s hopes
of making the final of the men’s
and women’s National Leagues
respectively are hanging by a
thread after identical 3-1 losses at
the weekend.
Pride went down to Eastern
Suburbs at English Park on
Saturday, before Coastal lost by
the same margin to Napier City
Rovers on Sunday.
It means if they have any hope
of finishing in the top-two of their
respective competitions, they
must win this weekend. Pride
take on Central Football on Saturday
and Coastal visit Birkenhead
United on Sunday.
Pride are fifth in the women’s
competition, five points off
the top-two while in the men’s
National League
Men’s points: Napier CR 14;
Birkenhead 14; Auckland
City 13; Western Springs 12;
Wgtn Olympic 11; Coastal 11;
Phoenix Res. 10; Cashmere
Tech 6; Eastern Suburbs 5;
Western Suburbs 1
Women’s points: Auckland
Utd 19; Waterside Karori 15;
Eastern Suburbs 13; West
Coast 11; Canterbury Utd
10; Wgtn Utd 9; Sthn Utd 8;
Western Springs 8; Phoenix
Res. 4; Central 0
competition, Coastal are down in
sixth – but only three points shy
of second place.
Cashmere Technical’s 4-3 loss to
Western Springs saw them slip to
eighth in the men’s competition,
now mathematically out of the
running for the final.
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Coastal Spirit captain Joe
Hoole said the team would fight
until the end.
“Although we lost, we’ve still
got a lot of belief within the
group that we can still go and
achieve something a little bit
more this season, so very much
looking forward to it (the Birkenhead
match).”
Pride head coach Shane
Verma said he wasn’t losing
hope.
“You got to always be
optimistic, right? We’ve got
to do our end of the business
and perform well in the next
two games, but we also need a
little bit of luck to go our way to
make the top-two.”
It is Coastal’s first season in
the men’s National League while
Pride last won the women’s
competition in 2020.
SPORT 25
Must-win matches for Coastal Spirit, Pride
Lofty goals for Riccarton
after first outright victory
• By Sam Coughlan
RICCARTON coach Darren
Entwhistle believes their first
outright victory since returning to
the Metro premiership could pave
the way for a successful season.
Entwistle’s side left it late to beat
Heathcote by 84 runs, taking the
final wicket in the last few overs of
the day, and he said the win was
testament to how hard his players
had worked.
“We were over the moon. It was
quite stressful at the end because it
was down to three overs to go, and
I didn’t want it to be one of those
games where you have them nine
down at the end, so to get that last
wicket was very pleasing.”
English import Ross Whitfield,
who has played under-19s for his
country, stood out, scoring 70 off
just 56 balls in Riccarton’s second
innings, while leg-spinner Ethan
O’Donoghue took six wickets in
the fourth innings.
After being relegated from
the premiership two years ago,
then bouncing back up this year,
Entwistle doesn’t want Riccarton
SKILL: Ethan O’Donoghue
took six wickets to secure
Riccarton’s outright victory.
PHOTO: JADEN JONES-
DOHERTY
Metro premiership points
Burnside 45.8; Lancaster
Park 34.6; Riccarton 29.4;
Sydenham 27.8; East Shirley
19.7; Old Boys 18.2; Heathcote
18.1; St Albans 13.9
to just be making up the numbers.
“We have set some quite high
goals. One is to win a form of
competition, whether it be T20,
one-day or two-day, we’re aiming
to win one format,” he said.
“And we want to finish minimum
mid-table in every competition.
So very high goals, but
you’ve got to, otherwise you can
become complacent and we don’t
want to do that.”
On Friday, in day one of their
two-day clash, they face Lancaster
Park – who themselves had an
outright win, beating St Albans
by 92 runs – Sydenham lost
outright to Burnside, and they
take on Old Boys Collegians on
Friday.
Old Boys hung on for a draw
against East Shirley – who at the
close of play on Saturday were
just four runs short of victory but
had to settle for only first-innings
points.
Burnside will play Heathcote
while East Shirley hosts St
Albans.
Play in all games will start at
10.30am on Friday.
BATTLE: Pride’s Petra Buyck clashes with Eastern Suburbs’ Zoe
Brazier during Suburbs 3-1 win.
PHOTO: MEG CC PHOTOGRAPHY
New captain to lead
Crusaders for 2025
CRUSADERS captain Scott Barrett
will step down from the role ahead
of next year’s Super Rugby Pacific
season.
Barrett is set to be replaced as
skipper in a bid to ease his workload
on the back of his first season
as All Blacks captain.
It’s one of a number of changes to
the Crusaders for next season, with
eight new players added to the contract
list, four of them uncapped.
Former Wallabies first-five James
O’Connor is the biggest new face,
while Wellington halfback Kyle
Preston, fresh off winning the NPC
title with the Lions, replaces Willi
Heinz.
Waikato youngsters Aki Tuivailala
(outside back) and Xavier Saifoloi
(loose forward) also join the
mix, while Kershawl Sykes-Martin,
Antonio Shalfoon, Seb Calder and
Fletcher Anderson earn their first
contracts.
An announcement will be made
later this year on who the new
captain will be.
The Crusaders will open the 2025
Super Rugby season at home to the
Hurricanes on February 14.
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Midfielders: David Havili,
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Thursday November 14 2024 The Star 27
Countryman bigger and better than ever
FUN, FUNKY, fashionable, and
now feisty with an upgraded
engine, the newest generation
Mini Countryman redefines how
good a small wagon can be, with a
bit of Mini magic.
The latest generation model
builds on the Countryman’s legacy
within the brand’s product line-up.
Dating back to the 1960s, the
“Countryman” name has been
associated with the classic Mini
as an estate car equipped with
features necessary for enjoyment
and convenience. This revered
model has established itself
as the adventurer within the
Mini family and continues to
maintain its popularity. With
a sporty silhouette and sleek
modern exterior design, the new
Countryman appeals to both town
and country folk.
The sustainability aspect
takes centre stage in the new
Countryman. It is now 100 per
cent leather and chrome-free,
offering a new assortment of
Motoring with Bob Nettleton
sustainable options for interior
trims and exterior highlights.
The light alloy wheels are
manufactured using up to 70
per cent recycled aluminium.
In combination with renewable
electricity, this process reduces
CO2 emissions by up to 80 per
cent compared with conventional
vehicle production methods.
The recycling theme continues
through the interior with the
surfaces, vehicle floor and floor
mats all made from at least 90 per
cent recycled polyester.
This latest Countryman stands
out from the automotive crowd
with its short overhangs and
equally truncated bonnet paired
with a contrasting long wheelbase.
A delicately curved roof neatly
leads into the newly designed
C-pillar used to differentiate
between various models.
Dialling back to essential
features enhances the vehicle’s
clean, uncluttered lines. As an
alternative to chrome, Piano
Black accents for the Classic trim
in the model we tested provide a
premium finish.
There’s a new octagonal front
grille housing an integrated sensor
suite to support the increased
functionality of the vehicle’s driver
assistance systems.
For a small wagon, although
not so small in its latest guise,
there is a large 12 model line-up
starting at $54,990 for the Core
and meandering up to the heady
heights of $86,990 for the iconic
John Cooper Works. Selected
for this road test is the relatively
affordable Classic that enjoys a few
more of the niceties of motoring
life than the price leading Core.
The all-new Countryman C
offers an appealing entry point
to the range with a 1.5-litre
in-line three-cylinder 125kW
turbocharged engine and a
280Nm fistful of torque for strong
in-gear acceleration and low speed
pulling power. An on-board 48V
mild hybrid system also gives
things a decent nudge. This helps
propel the vehicle through the
0-100km/h sprint in 8.3 seconds.
What you get is a lively and
engaging driving experience,
something that has become a
Ratings out of 10: Performance 7; Handling 8; Build Quality
7; Comfort 7; Value for money: 7; Styling 8; Safety – Five star
ANCAP crash rating.
Overall points out of 10: 7.5
given from Mini these days. The
Countryman simply takes it one
sizeable step further.
Smoothness and refinement
characterise a powertrain that’s
perfect for taming our challenging
terrain, roads and weather,
although the test vehicle did suffer
some turbo lag from standing
and rolling starts. It wasn’t that
frequent, but still an unwanted
niggle.
Overall, the motor is hard
to fault, consistently providing
plenty of punch when and where
you need it. This is ideal over
demanding undulating roads,
that syphon the energy and
vitality out of engines that aren’t
as robust or as assertive as this
one. The six-speed automatic is
an accomplished gear changer,
and mostly on-point with its ratio
selections and moves confidently
and fluently through these.
A much larger interior adds
welcome light and airy ambience
to the cabin. Under the dashboard
is a redesigned toggle bar which
provides easy access to important
driving functions such as parking
brake, gear selector, start/stop key,
and volume control. This efficient
arrangement unlocks space in the
centre console area for storage.
The rear row of seats offers
exceptional passenger comfort
with forward and backward
adjustments of up to 13cm. It
earns its stripes as a bona-fide load
hauler, offering up to 505-litres
of cargo area. With the rear seats
folded, bulky items can be easily
transported in the vast 1530-litre
compartment. The good news
keeps coming with a colourful
240mm centre console screen.
This high-resolution circular
display is a nod to past Minis
in a future-focused wagon with
the latest technology including
wireless compatibility with both
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
Safety is well-covered with
radar-based driver assistance
systems.
Fitted with the new Mini
Operating System 9, the
interaction unit can be operated
via touch or voice command with
the user interface reminiscent of
an everyday smartphone.
Despite shouldering the burden
of being the biggest Mini ever,
the Countryman still retains
the agile and almost perfectly
balanced handling, thanks to the
suspension’s tenacious grip. The
steering is a sharp and responsive
with plenty of road feel, and points
the car quickly and accurately to
where you want it on the road.
Cleverly blending the best ride
and handling attributes of its
capable predecessor, the handling
lifts this highly practical yet funfilled
wagon to a whole new level.
This is a remarkable achievement
given the model it replaced was
a leading light in the compact
wagon class, but is outshone by
this new model.
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Thursday November 14 2024 The Star 31
GIG GUIDE
Thursday 14 to Wednesday 20 November 2024
291 BAR & RESTAURANT (Formerly
Woodstock Addington), 291 Lincoln Rd:
Wednesday 7pm - Open Mic.
4 SHORE, 41b Nayland St, Sumner:
Friday 7pm - Quinn Mannix. Saturday 30th
Nov, 5pm - Summer Luau Hawaiian Party.
ARMADILLO'S BECKENHAM, 155
Colombo St: Saturday 9pm - Girl from Mars.
Saturday 30th Nov - Level 6.
A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St:
Thursday 8.30pm – Christchurch Pride
presents ‘Leather & Lace – Taboo’, a safe,
gender non-specific, queer nite of dress-up fun,
feat performances from Jack Swallows, Miss
Evie X, Angela Rose, Jack Sh*t, and Mr
Morningstar, tickets $27+BF from
humanitix.com or door sales $30, both include
coat-check. Friday Show Day 4pm – The
Return of The Skeatles, Sensational Show Day
Skiffle Session 3 feat a cream of Skiffolicious
talent having fun with The Beatles – David
Thorpe (Li’l Chuck The One Man Skiffle
Machine/Davey Backyard), Paul Kean (The
Bats), Dan Heatley (Shane MacGowan & The
Popes), JC Collins (Cement Garden/The
Bends), Liam Collins (Little Paper Planes), and
Gregory Shannahan (Malarkey Irish Band),
tickets from humanitix.com Adults $22.50+BF
or Kids $12+BF, or door sales if available; 8pm
– Beckah’s Buddies: Better Together Volume III,
a ‘loving get-together and fundraiser’ for mens’
mental health charities, feat S.E.I.S.M.I.C,
Rapids, Ron Guevara, and Cherry Red, entry
by canned goods for City Mission, secondhand
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Sanctuary Events presents ‘Punk Evolution’
Proto Punk + Punk + Post-Punk, feat Radio
On, and Other Voices feat artists such as Sex
Pistols, Clash, Ramones, PiL, Dead Kennedys,
Cure, Damned, Killing Joke, and more, tickets
$15+BF from UTR.co.nz or $20 door sales if
available. Sunday 4pm – Boogie House, get
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tasty melting pot of smokin’ blues, feat Steve
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Allan Cattermole & Rob Carpenter, koha entry;
7pm – Desafyar presents The Desafyar Festival
2024 Party at A Rolling Stone, tickets as part of
Desafyar Festival. Monday 7pm – Believe It or
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Performance Night, all welcome, free.
AVONHEAD TAVERN, 120 Withells Rd:
Friday 7.30pm - The Party Singers.
BELFAST 'THE PEG' TAVERN, 899 Main
North Rd: Thursday 7pm - Hired Guns.
BILL'S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: Thursday 7pm
- TP Karaoke. Friday 7.30pm - TP Karaoke.
Saturday 7pm - Wendy Wiparata. Sunday
6.30pm - Fired Up Karaoke.
BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St:
Thursday 7pm - Karaoke. Friday 4pm - DJ
Rakinem. Saturday 3pm - Unhinged; 6pm - DJ
Rakinem. Sunday 3pm - Stoff & Tim.
CASHMERE CLUB, 50 Colombo St:
Friday 8pm - Simmer. Friday 22nd Nov - The
Party Singers. Friday 29th Nov - The Party
Singers.
CHATS BAR, 251 Travis Rd: Friday 7.30pm
- Dynamix. Tuesday 7.30pm - Quiz.
CHCH CASINO, 30 Victoria St: Thursday
6pm - Acoustic Solution; 9pm - DJ Dwight.
Friday 5.30pm - Smooth Talk; 9pm - Diamond
Blue. Saturday 6pm - Dj Steve; 9pm - The
Meaniez.
CHCH FOLK MUSIC CLUB, Irish Society
Hall, 29 Domain Tce: Sunday 24th Nov -
The Blue Sea Above: The music of Tom Bolton
& Dean Hollebon.
CRAZY HORSE, 8 Shirley Rd: Wednesday
6pm - Live music.
FAMOUS GROUSE HOTEL, 2 Gerald St,
Lincoln: Saturday 9pm - Mandi Miller.
FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday
4.30pm - Ananda & Ants; 8pm - Live Band
Karaoke; 11.30pm - The Stowaways.
Fat Eddies cont... Friday 5pm - Eve Kelly
Duo; 8.30pm - Mirrors; Midnight - House of
Groove. Saturday 5pm - King Tubbs Duo;
8.30pm - Diamond Blue; Midnight - The
Stowaways. Sunday 3pm - Ara Showcase;
6.30pm - Arthur & Liam.
HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd: Friday
7pm - Tracy Rockhouse.
MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: Thursday
9pm - The Uncovered. Friday10pm - Hired
Guns. Saturday 10.30pm - Shadow Puppet.
NEW BRIGHTON CLUB, 202 Marine
Pde: Saturday 6.30pm - Lino.
OAK N FERRY, 608 Ferry Rd: Thursday
7pm - A&J Karaoke. Friday 8pm - Mandi
Miller.
OHOKA MARKET, cnr Mill/Whites Rds:
Friday 10am - Mandi Miller.
PEGASUS ARMS, 14 Oxford Tce:
Wednesday 7pm - Open Mic.
QUEENSPARK TAVERN, 60a
Queenspark Dr: Saturday 7pm - NorWest.
RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118 Racecourse
Hotel: Friday 7pm - RiccStar. Saturday 6pm -
Code Red.
RICHMOND CLUB, 'The Borough', 75
London St: Friday 7pm - Magic. Saturday
7pm - MockingBird. Sunday 3pm - Eve Kelly
Duo.
ROSE & THISTLE, 24a Main North Rd:
Friday 8.30pm - A&J Karaoke. Saturday
8.30pm - Neil Alexander. Sunday 4.30pm -
Scottish Flight with Willie McArthur.
SHARKEY'S BAR, 96 Hoon Hay Rd:
Thursday 7pm - Karaoke & Disco. Friday 7pm
- Karaoke & Disco. Saturday 7pm - Karaoke.
Sunday 3pm - The Sing Your Heart Out Show
with Jayson.
TEMP'S BAR, 21 Goulding Ave: Saturday
8.30pm - Titanic.
THE BLACK HORSE, 33 Lincoln Rd:
Wednesday 7pm - A&J Karaoke.
THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Thursday 7pm -
Quiz Night. Friday 6pm - Stephen McDaid;
10pm - Third Junction. Saturday 7pm - Mike
Hill; 11pm - Mama Rock. Sunday 5pm - Brad
Staley. Monday 6pm - Live music. Tuesday
7.30pm - Jamesons Irish Sessions. Wednesday
5pm - Live music.
THE CHRISTMAS SHOW, Aurora Centre,
cnr Greers Rd & Memeorial Ave: Friday
11am, 2pm & 5pm - A musical & magical
pantomime to celebrate the season! Book now!
Ticketek.co.nz.
THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: Friday
9pm - Open Mic. Wednesday - Carpathia
(Kevin Emmett, Jared Williams & Chris Baker).
Saturday 8pm - Narcotic Tonsils 'You'll Get
What You're Given' album release with guests
Andy Francis, Phatsak & Katharticus
(Dunedin), $10 entry.
THE LITTLE FIDDLE, 132 Oxford Tce:
Sunday 7.30pm - Willie McArthur.
THE MAK BAR, 1276 Main North Rd,
Kainga: Saturday 8pm - Sign of the Firebird.
Sunday 3pm - Dynamix.
THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd:
Thursday 9.30pm - Nexus. Friday 9.30pm -
Raisin Tooth. Saturday 9.30pm - Misconduct.
Sunday 6pm - Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm - Quiz.
Wednesday 7.30pm - Karaoke.
THE RICCS, 280 Blenheim Rd: Friday
6.30pm - Karaoke. Saturday 6.30pm - Hired
Guns.
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 TURF, 6 Inwoods Rd: Thursday 7pm -
Karaoke with Willie McArthur.
THIRSTY ACRES, cnr West
Coast/Courtenay Rds: Thursday 7.30pm -
Mandi Miller. Saturday 7.30pm - The Party
Singers.
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New Zealand woman to have won an
Chamberlain claimed bronze in the
800m a the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
and set a world record in the 440
Born and raised in South New
her potential from a young age.
A primary school sprint champion,
she secured her first Canterbury title
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MARISE Chamberlain, the only
Olympic track medal, has died aged
88.
Brighton in 1935 as the second eldest
o four children, Chamberlain showed
yards. She also won silver in the 880
over 220 yards aged 15.
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yards a the Commonwealth Games
in Perth in 1962.
All up she had 17 national titles.
She also competed for a year a the
Crichton Cobbers club bu then quit
athletics at 16.
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RACE: Marise Chamberlain with her 1964 Tokyo Olympic medal.
Right – Chamberlain won a bronze medal in the 800m and set a
world record in the 440 yards. PHOTO: NZOC
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