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Thursday, <strong>January</strong> 2, 2<strong>02</strong>5 | Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper<br />

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Restored relic heading back<br />

to explorer’s Antarctic base<br />

• By Dylan Smits<br />

A TREASURED book from<br />

Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated<br />

South Pole expedition is heading<br />

back to the ice.<br />

Two Cantabrians are part of<br />

the Inspiring Explorers programme<br />

which will be returning<br />

a copy of <strong>The</strong> Count of Monte<br />

Cristo to Scott’s Discovery hut in<br />

Antarctica.<br />

<strong>The</strong> classic adventure novel was<br />

read by the 1911 expedition team<br />

at Ross Island and still has the<br />

party’s fingerprints clearly visible<br />

on the pages.<br />

Written by French author<br />

Alexandre Dumas in 1844 and<br />

sees a wrongly imprisoned young<br />

sailor seek revenge on those who<br />

betrayed him.<br />

A conservation technician at<br />

Canterbury Museum, Louise<br />

Piggin, 26, is on a team of eight<br />

New Zealanders and Australians<br />

heading to Antarctica on<br />

Tuesday.<br />

She will be joined by Jake<br />

Bailey, 27, who grabbed headlines<br />

around the world in 2015 when<br />

he gave a rousing end of school<br />

speech after being diagnosed<br />

with an aggressive form of stage<br />

four blood cancer.<br />

<strong>The</strong> head boy of Christchurch<br />

Boys’ High School at the time,<br />

Bailey went into remission.<br />

He has since written bestseller<br />

What Cancer Taught Me<br />

and works as a public speaker.<br />

On a month-long tour organised<br />

by the Antarctic Heritage<br />

Trust, they will visit the huts of<br />

Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton<br />

on Ross Island and repatriate the<br />

book.<br />

Said Piggin: “It’s really cool.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y would have just been reading<br />

it in the hut, and they would<br />

have had really dirty hands<br />

covered in soot and seal blubber.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y left the marks just from<br />

reading it over and over again.”<br />

Piggin works at the museum<br />

archive in Hornby cataloguing,<br />

researching and preserving the<br />

collection before the museum’s<br />

renovation is scheduled for completion<br />

in 2<strong>02</strong>9.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> privilege of visiting one of<br />

the most remote places on earth,<br />

let alone being able to walk in the<br />

footsteps of the early Antarctic<br />

explorers, is an incredibly unique<br />

opportunity to connect with that<br />

history,” he said.<br />

• Turn to page 2<br />

CARE: Trip conservators<br />

Louise Piggin and Daniel<br />

Borstein repairing pages<br />

from a copy of <strong>The</strong> Count<br />

of Monte Cristo carried by<br />

Captain Robert Falcoln<br />

Scott’s ill-fated Antarctic<br />

expedition. <strong>The</strong> book will<br />

be repatriated to Scott’s<br />

Discovery Hut on Ross<br />

Island by a group from New<br />

Zealand and Australia.<br />

PHOTOS: CANTERBURY<br />

MUSEUM/GETTY


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Feeding foodbanks in tough times..........5<br />

Forest-dweller to national icon ....................6<br />

<strong>The</strong> Way We Were: Summer...........................9<br />

New Year Honours...........................................10-11<br />

Teen boredom to croquet success............12<br />

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Gig guide......................................................................... 19<br />

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NEWS<br />

• From page 1<br />

Members of the Inspiring<br />

Explorers team have been<br />

working on conserving the<br />

Count of Monte Cristo with<br />

Piggin helping to reattach<br />

some loose pages ahead of<br />

the Antarctic trip.<br />

“We need to keep the book<br />

nice and safe and make sure<br />

it doesn’t fall apart while<br />

we’re transporting it to the<br />

hut,” she said.<br />

“I work with lots of different<br />

items usually, but not<br />

usually ones from such remote<br />

areas which have been<br />

through harsh conditions. So<br />

it’s pretty special.”<br />

An anonymous donor gave<br />

the book to the Antarctic<br />

Heritage Trust after receiving<br />

it as a school prize in 1965.<br />

When Piggin steps on to<br />

the Antarctic ice for the first<br />

time, she does not know how<br />

she will feel.<br />

“I don’t quite know how I<br />

will feel, but it is a once in a<br />

lifetime experience.”<br />

Through returning the<br />

book, Piggin looks forward<br />

to carrying out some in-thefield<br />

work as she completes<br />

her masters in museum<br />

studies.<br />

<strong>The</strong> trip aligns with her<br />

passions for historical conservation<br />

and the outdoors.<br />

“I love history and looking<br />

at how you can tell stories<br />

through artifacts, but then<br />

I’m also super into hiking<br />

and exploration. It’s sort of<br />

like my worlds colliding.”<br />

Piggin is one of the three<br />

young conservationists<br />

selected for the trip while<br />

others in the team will<br />

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

Antarctic repatriation mission<br />

‘once in a lifetime experience’<br />

ADVENTURE: Conservation technician Louise Piggin<br />

is going to Antarctica as part of the Inspiring Explorers<br />

programme. She will tour the historic huts of Sir Ernest<br />

Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott. Along with two<br />

other young conservationists, her job is to conserve a<br />

book read by Scott’s team and return it to Scott’s hut.<br />

PHOTO: CANTERBURY MUSEUM<br />

make a podcast about the<br />

experience for the heritage<br />

trust.<br />

“It’s going to be really<br />

special stepping into those<br />

historic huts.<br />

“<strong>The</strong>y are completely<br />

preserved how they were<br />

when the explorers left,” said<br />

Piggin.<br />

Doomed expedition beaten to the Pole<br />

BEFORE SETTING out<br />

on a fatal expedition to the<br />

South Pole in 1911, Robert<br />

Falcoln Scott and his team<br />

would spend freezing nights<br />

huddled around a hut’s stove<br />

fire.<br />

Waiting for clearer weather,<br />

the men would thumb<br />

through the pages of <strong>The</strong><br />

Count of Monte Cristo in an<br />

attempt to stave off boredom.<br />

Scott, along with Sir Ernest<br />

Shackleton were part of the<br />

‘heroic age’ of Antarctic<br />

exploration from 1900 to<br />

1922 and led expeditions of<br />

scientific discovery in the<br />

continent.<br />

PRESERVED: <strong>The</strong> Inspiring Explorers programme will tour<br />

the Antarctic bases of Robert Falcon Scott, left, and Sir<br />

Ernest Shackleton.<br />

PHOTOS: GETTY<br />

From 1901 to 1904, Scott<br />

led the first official British<br />

exploration of the Antarctic<br />

regions since the voyage of<br />

James Ross 60 years earlier.<br />

But Scott was determined<br />

to reach the South Pole first<br />

and embarked on another<br />

expedition in 1910.<br />

His voyage arrived at Ross<br />

Island in <strong>January</strong> 1911 after<br />

resupplying in Dunedin.<br />

<strong>The</strong> mission to reach the<br />

South Pole succeeded on<br />

<strong>January</strong> 17, 1912, but to<br />

Scott’s anguish, he found<br />

Norwegian Roald Amundsen<br />

had beaten him five weeks<br />

prior.<br />

On the return journey, a<br />

planned meeting with supporting<br />

dog teams from the<br />

base camp failed, despite<br />

Scott’s written instructions.<br />

Only 20km from the next<br />

supply depot, Scott and his<br />

companions died from starvation<br />

and frostbite.<br />

When the party’s bodies<br />

were discovered, they had<br />

in their possession the first<br />

Antarctic fossils, confirming<br />

the continent had drifted<br />

south away from warmer<br />

climates.<br />

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Thursday <strong>January</strong> 2 2<strong>02</strong>5 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />

NOT ONLY have Lee and<br />

Andrew Child taken home the<br />

most popular book for the seventh<br />

year in a row, they’ve also taken<br />

out the second spot.<br />

Christchurch City Libraries’<br />

annual list of most issued books<br />

reveals the prolific thriller authors<br />

have the two most issued books in<br />

2<strong>02</strong>4 with <strong>The</strong> Secret and No Plan<br />

B from the Jack<br />

Reacher series.<br />

“No Plan B<br />

was the most<br />

popular book in<br />

2<strong>02</strong>3 as well so<br />

we cannot deny<br />

there is something<br />

special about<br />

these novels that<br />

keep our readers<br />

hooked,” head of<br />

libraries and information Carolyn<br />

Robertson said.<br />

“We were pleased to see the<br />

third spot go to a kiwi with Sam<br />

Neill’s memoir Did I Ever Tell<br />

You This? It’s a great read, which<br />

tells the story of how he became<br />

one of the world’s most celebrated<br />

actors.”<br />

Rounding out the top five most<br />

issued books are historical fiction<br />

novel <strong>The</strong> Women by Kristin<br />

Hannah and the latest in the<br />

children’s series Diary of a Wimpy<br />

Kid by Jeff Kinney, No Brainer.<br />

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

<strong>The</strong> top 20 borrowed books of last year<br />

• <strong>The</strong> Secret by Lee Child<br />

and Andrew Child<br />

• No Plan B by Lee Child<br />

and Andrew Child<br />

• Did I Ever Tell You This?<br />

by Sam Neill [NZ]<br />

• <strong>The</strong> Women by Kristin<br />

Hannah<br />

• No Brainer by Jeff<br />

Kinney<br />

• <strong>The</strong> Exchange by John<br />

Grisham<br />

• <strong>The</strong> Spy Coast by Tess<br />

Gerritsen<br />

• Birnam Wood by Eleanor<br />

Catton [NZ]<br />

• <strong>The</strong> Last Devil To Die by<br />

Richard Osman<br />

• Spot Goes To School by<br />

Eric Hill<br />

• <strong>The</strong> Gruffalo’s Child by<br />

Julia Donaldson<br />

• <strong>The</strong> 13-storey Treehouse<br />

by Andy Griffiths<br />

• <strong>The</strong> Year Of <strong>The</strong> Locust<br />

by Terry Hayes<br />

• <strong>The</strong> Bullet That Missed<br />

by Richard Osman<br />

• Captain Underpants<br />

And <strong>The</strong> Tyrannical<br />

Reacher rules: Another thrilling<br />

year for Christchurch readers<br />

Carolyn<br />

Robertson<br />

BEST BOOKS: Lee and Andrew Child’s <strong>The</strong> Secret topped the charts for library readers in<br />

2<strong>02</strong>4 with their book No Plan B taking second spot.<br />

“As well as our overall list of<br />

most popular books, we’ve also<br />

got lists for most popular New<br />

Zealand book, adult fiction, nonfiction,<br />

rangatahi teen, tamariki<br />

kids and comics/graphic novels.”<br />

<strong>The</strong>re are also ‘Best of 2<strong>02</strong>4’<br />

lists – the crème de la crème of<br />

Retaliation Of <strong>The</strong> Turbo<br />

Toilet 2000: <strong>The</strong> Eleventh<br />

Epic Novel by Dav Pilkey<br />

• Spare by Prince Harry<br />

• <strong>The</strong> Last Secret Agent:<br />

My Untold Story of Life As<br />

A Spy Behind Nazi Enemy<br />

Lines by Pippa Latour<br />

with Jude Dobson [NZ]<br />

• Upside Down by<br />

Danielle Steel<br />

• Hairy Maclary’s Hat<br />

Tricks by Lynley Dodd<br />

• Think Twice by Harlan<br />

Coben<br />

books, magazines, newspapers,<br />

films and television shows<br />

– curated by librarians and<br />

customers.<br />

NEWS 3<br />

UC scientists<br />

challenge<br />

existence of<br />

‘dark energy’<br />

CANTERBURY University<br />

scientists have released new<br />

research that suggests one of<br />

the universe’s most mysterious<br />

concepts – dark energy – does not<br />

exist.<br />

For years physicists have tried to<br />

explain observations that the universe’s<br />

expansion is speeding up in<br />

all directions with the concept of<br />

“dark energy”.<br />

Dark energy is a proposed form<br />

of energy affecting the universe on<br />

the largest scales and drives galaxies,<br />

stars and planets apart.<br />

Now a team of physicists led<br />

by UC Professor David Wiltshire<br />

analysed light curves from the<br />

Pantheon+ supernovae to show<br />

the universe was expanding in a<br />

“lumpier” way.<br />

<strong>The</strong> new study – published in the<br />

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical<br />

Society – shows the idea of<br />

“dark energy” is not needed at all.<br />

Instead, the team proposed a<br />

different model – called timescape<br />

cosmology – to understand the<br />

evolution of the universe.<br />

<strong>The</strong> scientists said the findings –<br />

together with new data – implied<br />

“profound consequences” for cosmology<br />

and astrophysics and may<br />

help resolve the universe’s biggest<br />

mystery within five years.<br />

On the UC website, Wiltshire<br />

says dark energy “may in fact be<br />

a misidentification of ‘quasi-local<br />

gravitational energy’, an aspect of<br />

Einstein’s theory that we have yet<br />

to fully understand”.<br />

“My team and I are testing<br />

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Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

NEWS 5<br />

Feeding foodbanks in desperate times<br />

WHEN BILLS pile up and money<br />

gets tighter, the demand for foodbank<br />

support skyrockets.<br />

Kairos, a food rescue organisation,<br />

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to have an excellent supply chain<br />

from a number of organisations<br />

we work with, however this<br />

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and New Year as demand<br />

grows.<br />

“We want to be sure we can<br />

keep our foodbanks fed, so we’re<br />

asking people to donate. Even a<br />

little goes a long way, and a lot<br />

goes even further in helping those<br />

in greater need than themselves,”<br />

Ennor said.<br />

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season, they might think about<br />

holding a few dollars back for<br />

Kairos to help foodbanks who are<br />

helping those most in need.”<br />

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It sources short-dated stock<br />

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In 2<strong>02</strong>3, Kairos rescued and<br />

delivered 420 tonnes of food. In<br />

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to more than 1.8 million meals.<br />

Ennor said the rising cost of living<br />

is putting increased strain on<br />

households and as Kairos expands<br />

to meet growing demand, its<br />

operating costs also rise.<br />

“We don’t want to turn<br />

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rely on us.<br />

“Please donate and make a<br />

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across Canterbury.”<br />

• Visit kairosfoodrescue.<br />

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How a flightless bird went from<br />

boot polish brand to national icon<br />

<strong>The</strong> kiwi has become<br />

one of New Zealand’s<br />

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symbols both at home<br />

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historian Richard Wolfe<br />

examines how the<br />

flightless forest-dweller<br />

became part of our<br />

national identity<br />

IN KIWI: A CURIOUS Case of<br />

National Identity, Wolfe writes<br />

about how companies adopted<br />

the name and image of the<br />

flightless bird and its popular<br />

association with New Zealand<br />

soldiers during World War I.<br />

Even prior to European settlers<br />

arriving, the feathers of the<br />

bird – also known as te manu<br />

huna a Tāne or the hidden bird<br />

of the god of forest Tāne – were<br />

highly sought after for prestigious<br />

cloaks (kahu kiwi).<br />

Some of the other earliest<br />

adaptations came in the 1850s,<br />

when an insurance company<br />

used the bird as part of their<br />

logo, and the Bank of New<br />

Zealand’s imagery was associated<br />

with the bird early on too,<br />

Wolfe told Nine to Noon.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> kiwi, along with many<br />

other examples of our flora<br />

and fauna and Māori culture,<br />

with varying degrees of cultural<br />

insensitivity, were used<br />

for trademarks and symbols<br />

for companies and for various<br />

organisations.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> big thing that really gave<br />

the kiwi a sort of boost in terms of<br />

it being accepted as a national<br />

symbol and aligning itself or<br />

being adopted by New Zealanders,<br />

was the invention<br />

by an Australian (William<br />

Ramsay) of kiwi boot polish<br />

… when he came to giving<br />

it a name, he decided to honour<br />

his wife’s homeland.<br />

“Kiwi being a short, sharp, sort<br />

of easily remembered name and<br />

the image of the bird, a sort of nice<br />

round image, suited a round tin<br />

admirably.”<br />

<strong>The</strong> product, which was<br />

launched in Melbourne in the<br />

early 1900s, went on to become<br />

popular abroad too, as the British<br />

government bought it in bulk for<br />

use by the army during World<br />

War I, he says.<br />

“So the tins then became scattered<br />

around the battlefields of<br />

Europe and the connection was<br />

made with New Zealand soldiers<br />

HISTORIAN: Author Michael Wolfe tells the story of how New Zealand embraced the kiwi<br />

as a national emblem.<br />

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over there, and so by the time they<br />

came back to New Zealand postwar,<br />

the connection had sort of<br />

been made.<br />

“Prior to that, New Zealanders,<br />

like Australians, soldiers were<br />

referred to as diggers, but at least<br />

calling them Kiwi gave them a<br />

rather separate identity.”<br />

Near the end of WWI and<br />

whilst stationed at Sling Camp in<br />

southern England, New Zealand<br />

soldiers became frustrated while<br />

waiting for transportation home<br />

and preoccupied themselves by<br />

drawing a kiwi outline on the<br />

side of the chalk hill overlooking<br />

their camp, Wolfe says.<br />

“This bird became a local<br />

landmark. So, I think that sort<br />

of helped cement the association<br />

between the soldiers and the bird.<br />

“But interestingly, during the<br />

Second World War, the kiwi had<br />

to be covered over, because it<br />

was seen as a bit of a landmark<br />

that Germans coming across the<br />

channel would keep an eye out<br />

for it and know where they were.”<br />

<strong>The</strong> landmark is still visible and<br />

was initially being cared for by<br />

the same company that invented<br />

the kiwi shoe polish, he says.<br />

But the bird’s emergence as a<br />

symbol of the country could be<br />

dated back even further to the<br />

early 1900s, with several cartoons<br />

depicting the All Blacks team as<br />

a kiwi.<br />

Wolfe believes one of the factors<br />

that boosted the kiwi as a<br />

national emblem was that it was<br />

unofficial.<br />

“New Zealand’s national symbols<br />

are the silver fern, which is<br />

on the national coat of arms, and<br />

the Southern Cross … which is<br />

on the national flag.<br />

“But the kiwi doesn’t have<br />

that sort of official endorsement,<br />

although it’s on coats of arms of<br />

various cities and burrows …<br />

but it’s very much a bird of the<br />

people, and I think the fact it has<br />

not had that official endorsement<br />

has helped its rise and acceptance<br />

by New Zealanders at large.”<br />

Wolfe says concerns about<br />

“the most unlike bird of birds”<br />

being the national symbol were<br />

overcome thanks to its special<br />

traits and apparent ingenuity,<br />

which New Zealanders have been<br />

likened to. - RNZ


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Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

Environmental, community and<br />

earn acknowledgement in 2<strong>02</strong>5<br />

Christchurch residents<br />

have been recognised<br />

on the New Year<br />

Honours list for their<br />

personal achievements<br />

and contributions to<br />

their community<br />

To be Knights<br />

Companion of the New<br />

Zealand Order of Merit<br />

Peter Skelton<br />

Skelton has been recognised for<br />

services to environmental law and<br />

the earthquake recovery.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Fendalton resident was<br />

appointed as an<br />

Environment<br />

Canterbury<br />

commissioner<br />

in 2010 and<br />

has been a key<br />

player in the<br />

development of<br />

Christchurch’s<br />

post-earthquake<br />

Land Use<br />

Recovery Plan.<br />

Skelton has been heavily<br />

involved in the development<br />

and implementation of the<br />

Canterbury Water Strategy.<br />

He acted as mediator between<br />

the city council and ECan on<br />

the development of stormwater<br />

management consent processes.<br />

Skelton was instrumental<br />

in establishing the Resource<br />

Management Law Association in<br />

20<strong>02</strong> and was a founding member<br />

and inaugural vice president of<br />

the Environment Institute of<br />

Australia and New Zealand.<br />

He served as the first chair<br />

of the Environmental Legal<br />

Assistance Fund panel from 2001<br />

to 2008.<br />

As an independent<br />

commissioner, Skelton presided<br />

over hearings by Environment<br />

Waikato concerning the control<br />

of nitrates entering Lake Taupō.<br />

He was an advisor to the<br />

Local Government and<br />

Environment Select Committee<br />

on the Resource Management<br />

Amendment Bill in 2009.<br />

Skelton served as a judge of the<br />

Environment Court from 1978 to<br />

2000 and was appointed as chief<br />

freshwater commissioner in 2<strong>02</strong>0.<br />

To be Members of the<br />

New Zealand Order of<br />

Merit<br />

Judith Bell<br />

Bell is a multi-instrumentalist<br />

and award-winning music<br />

educator who has made<br />

significant contributions in<br />

Canterbury and nationally to<br />

music education.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Shirley resident was<br />

the specialist music teacher at<br />

Chisnallwood Intermediate from<br />

1999 to 2<strong>02</strong>1.<br />

She was a major influence on<br />

the school’s national reputation<br />

for music excellence.<br />

Bell ran<br />

numerous<br />

courses from<br />

theory to sound<br />

technology and<br />

supported the<br />

school’s local<br />

and national<br />

award-winning<br />

bands, choir<br />

and orchestra.<br />

Outside Chisnallwood, she has<br />

held a range of volunteer roles<br />

with music organisations and<br />

initiatives.<br />

She has co-chaired Music<br />

Education Canterbury since 2011<br />

and has been co-artistic director<br />

of annual children’s music festival<br />

Strum, Strike and Blow since<br />

2013.<br />

Bell was director of the<br />

Christchurch Big Band Festival<br />

from 2011 to 2<strong>02</strong>1 and was<br />

appointed artistic director in<br />

2<strong>02</strong>3.<br />

She helped establish and<br />

has chaired the Christchurch<br />

Jazz Foundation Trust since its<br />

inception in 2015, which oversees<br />

the Big Band Festival and other<br />

jazz events.<br />

Now a life member, she was<br />

on the national board of Music<br />

Education New Zealand Aotearoa<br />

from 2014 to 2<strong>02</strong>2 and wrote the<br />

Kiwicorder resource for primary<br />

teachers in 2<strong>02</strong>3.<br />

Bell has presented music papers<br />

and workshops internationally<br />

at conferences in a range of<br />

countries.<br />

David Hodder<br />

Hodder’s services to<br />

conservation and outdoor<br />

recreation are being awarded.<br />

He has been a committed<br />

volunteer over 50 years from the<br />

grass roots level to advising the<br />

Department of Conservation and<br />

holding positions on conservation<br />

boards, research committees and<br />

implementation groups.<br />

He has<br />

been involved<br />

with the<br />

New Zealand<br />

Deerstalkers<br />

Association<br />

in various<br />

capacities since<br />

the late 1960s.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Spreydon<br />

resident became a branch<br />

member in 1971, was vice<br />

president of the Hawke’s Bay<br />

branch from 1978 to 1981, and<br />

was a member of the national<br />

executive for 24 years until 2005.<br />

He served as national vice<br />

president from 1984, then<br />

president from 1989 to 1992, and<br />

in 2011 was made a life member.<br />

Hodder was a member of the<br />

Himalayan Tahr Control Plan<br />

Advisory Committee from 1993<br />

to 2018 and a member of the<br />

Wapiti Crown Herd Management<br />

Committee.<br />

He became chair of a<br />

helicopter-hunting subcommittee<br />

in 2010 when DOC<br />

allowed aerial access for hunting<br />

of chamois and tahr.<br />

Hodder has helped organise<br />

and run the hunter training<br />

programme HUNTS as well as<br />

conservation projects.<br />

This involved providing<br />

hands-on assistance with trap<br />

lines, hut and track maintenance,<br />

and formal animal control<br />

programmes.<br />

Hodder has helped with search<br />

and rescue operations and<br />

provided forecast and message<br />

relaying services with mountain<br />

radio.<br />

Marian Johnson<br />

Johnson has been contributing<br />

to business and technology for<br />

15 years by supporting startup<br />

innovators and entrepreneurs.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Richmond Hill resident<br />

served as chief executive of the<br />

Ministry of Awesome from 2017<br />

to 2<strong>02</strong>4, and is currently chair of<br />

MoA’s electrify<br />

programmes.<br />

MoA is an<br />

innovation hub<br />

which provides<br />

support to<br />

startups, a<br />

coworking<br />

space, and a<br />

mentoring<br />

community for founders in<br />

Christchurch.<br />

Johnson has been supporting<br />

the national innovation sector<br />

through MoA where startups<br />

have to-date raised $112 million<br />

and generated 344 new jobs at<br />

their earliest stages.<br />

She led the establishment of<br />

New Zealand’s early stage startup<br />

incubator, Electrify Aotearoa,<br />

the country’s first ever women’s<br />

startup founders’ conference,<br />

and Electrify Accelerator which<br />

is New Zealand’s only women<br />

founders’ startup accelerator.<br />

Johnson is a member of the<br />

New Zealand <strong>Star</strong>tup Council<br />

and chair of the New Zealand<br />

HiTech Trust.<br />

As a member of the startup<br />

council, Johnson helped deliver<br />

the Upstart Nation Report which<br />

advocated for innovation-friendly<br />

improvements in New Zealand<br />

government settings.<br />

This aimed to help New<br />

Zealand grow and succeed as a<br />

competitive, globally engaged<br />

startup hub.<br />

Lachlan Marshall<br />

Marshall has been playing,<br />

coaching, refereeing, and<br />

supporting water polo for almost<br />

50 years.<br />

<strong>The</strong> central city resident started<br />

playing water polo in 1974,<br />

initially as part of junior teams<br />

in Canterbury and Otago before<br />

representing New Zealand.<br />

He played 100 games in the<br />

New Zealand men’s team from<br />

1981 to 1993, 35 of which were<br />

international tests, and captained<br />

the side from 1989 to 1993.<br />

He played a key role in the<br />

re-establishment of water polo in<br />

Canterbury following the 2010<br />

and 2011 earthquakes.<br />

Marshall<br />

sourced<br />

alternative<br />

club training<br />

facilities and<br />

spearheaded<br />

fundraising<br />

and<br />

sponsorship<br />

efforts.<br />

Scholarships<br />

were created to encourage new<br />

talent into the sport and help<br />

import players from overseas to<br />

compete.<br />

He has coached various teams<br />

since the early 1990s and is<br />

often called in to cover coaching<br />

shortages for other club teams.<br />

Marshall has been a board<br />

member of Canterbury Water<br />

Polo for many years and was<br />

chair from 2008 to 2<strong>02</strong>2.<br />

He is a life member of both<br />

Canterbury and New Zealand<br />

Water Polo.<br />

Marshall has led Canterbury<br />

Water Polo to be one of the most<br />

competitive clubs in New Zealand<br />

and coached many athletes who<br />

have since competed at a national<br />

level.<br />

<strong>The</strong> King’s Service Order<br />

Jim Goodwin<br />

Goodwin has been recognised<br />

for services to survivors of abuse<br />

in state care.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Woolston resident<br />

established a support group for<br />

survivors of abuse at Christ’s<br />

College.<br />

This provided a forum for them<br />

to discuss their experiences.<br />

Goodwin is a retired psychiatric<br />

nurse who has helped support and<br />

advocate for<br />

male survivors<br />

of abuse.<br />

He draws on<br />

his personal<br />

experiences as<br />

a survivor of<br />

abuse in a faithbased<br />

boarding<br />

school.<br />

He has been a member of the<br />

Survivor Advisory Group of<br />

Experts for the Royal Commission<br />

of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in<br />

State Care since 2019.<br />

SAGE has helped provide<br />

the inquiry with guidance and<br />

support to engage with survivors<br />

and representative organisations<br />

on their experiences.<br />

Goodwin has been a member<br />

of the Trauma Advisory Group<br />

and has remained active within<br />

various survivor networks and<br />

survivor communities.<br />

Gary Williams<br />

Williams has been advocating<br />

for fellow disabled people in New<br />

Zealand institutions for several<br />

decades.<br />

He is recognised for his work<br />

advocating for disabled victims of<br />

abuse in state care in particular.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Papanui resident has<br />

driven change for disabled<br />

people, serving<br />

as a specialist<br />

consultant<br />

to the<br />

Government<br />

and nongovernment<br />

organisations,<br />

through Ngā<br />

Hau e Whā<br />

National Marae, Your Way Kia<br />

Roha Trust and the VisAble<br />

Trust.<br />

He is the Government’s<br />

non-official member to the<br />

negotiating team for the<br />

United Nations Convention<br />

on the Rights of Persons with<br />

Disabilities.<br />

Williams has been a member<br />

of the Survivor Advisory<br />

Group of Experts for the Royal<br />

Commission since 2019.<br />

Through SAGE, Williams<br />

has advocated and represented<br />

the views of disabled survivors,<br />

particularly Māori.<br />

<strong>The</strong> King’s Service<br />

Medal<br />

Kathleen Coster<br />

Coster has been advocating<br />

for survivors of abuse for several<br />

decades.<br />

She has been a member and<br />

board representative of the<br />

New Zealand Collective of<br />

Abused in State Care Charitable<br />

Trust (NZCAST) since its<br />

establishment<br />

in 2<strong>02</strong>0.<br />

NZCAST is<br />

a survivor-led<br />

organisation<br />

which<br />

offers free<br />

programmes,<br />

educational<br />

workshops and<br />

support services for survivors of<br />

abuse in care and their families.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Papanui resident was the<br />

third generation of her family<br />

to have been placed in state care<br />

and has been advocating for<br />

survivors of abuse to the Royal<br />

Commission.<br />

Drawing on her own personal<br />

experience of foster care and its<br />

impacts on her mental health and<br />

relationships, she has advocated<br />

to ensure the inquiry accounts<br />

for the concerns and interests of<br />

all abuse survivors.<br />

Coster has provided support<br />

to survivors of abuse through<br />

workshops that focus on healing<br />

and growth.


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musical work<br />

honours list<br />

<strong>The</strong> New Zealand<br />

Antarctic Medal<br />

Colin Monteath<br />

Monteath has received an<br />

honour for a longstanding<br />

commitment to Antarctica<br />

research.<br />

Since the<br />

1970s he has<br />

been involved<br />

with Antarctic<br />

field support,<br />

archival<br />

preservation,<br />

literature and<br />

photography.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Cashmere<br />

resident has contributed to<br />

Antarctica in the areas of<br />

tourism and library services.<br />

He has also been a researcher,<br />

Antarctica photographer and<br />

author.<br />

In 1981, Monteath received<br />

a Queen’s Service Medal for<br />

his contributions to the Mt<br />

Erebus 1979 air crash recovery<br />

operation.<br />

After working for the New<br />

Zealand Antarctic Research<br />

Programme as field operations<br />

officer from 1973 to 1983, he<br />

established his reference library<br />

on Antarctica.<br />

It is now New Zealand’s most<br />

extensive polar library.<br />

Monteath assists authors and<br />

publishers both nationally and<br />

internationally with information<br />

and historic images.<br />

<strong>The</strong> library is used by<br />

researchers, expeditioners, and<br />

Canterbury University.<br />

He is a life member of the New<br />

Zealand Antarctica Society and<br />

is recognised internationally as a<br />

leading authority on Antarctica.<br />

Monteath’s work spans 51<br />

years. He has advocated for and<br />

promoted conservation practices,<br />

as well as safety and security<br />

practices in Antarctica.<br />

He has been a photographer and<br />

author for numerous book projects,<br />

including his award-winning 2<strong>02</strong>3<br />

book Erebus the Ice Dragon – A<br />

Portrait of an Antarctic Volcano.<br />

Notably Monteath was principal<br />

photographer for the 1985 Reader’s<br />

Digest book Antarctica and his<br />

photographs have since been<br />

published in dozens of polar books.<br />

From 1983 to 2<strong>02</strong>0 he worked as<br />

an expedition leader, lecturer and<br />

guide for various polar cruise and<br />

adventure companies.<br />

QUALITY: Portal is Christchurch Airport’s new flagship bar and restaurant.<br />

PHOTO: CHRISTCHURCH AIRPORT<br />

More options for passengers<br />

as airport opens new venues<br />

CHRISTCHURCH Airport<br />

opened its new flagship bar<br />

and food court just before<br />

Christmas.<br />

It involves two major new eateries,<br />

alongside its new food court,<br />

as part of its ongoing terminal<br />

revamp project.<br />

<strong>The</strong> outlets are part of the wider<br />

terminal upgrade, which will see a<br />

total of 12 new eateries, upgraded<br />

bathrooms, the revamped food<br />

court, new retail spaces, a parent’s<br />

room, and a large children’s play<br />

area completed by mid-2<strong>02</strong>5.<br />

<strong>The</strong> latest additions – Fern & Co<br />

and Portal Bar & Eatery – bring<br />

the total number of new dining<br />

options at the terminal to eight<br />

since the project started in May.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y are located near the<br />

domestic departure passenger<br />

screening area.<br />

Christchurch Airport teamed<br />

up with global food and beverage<br />

outlet operator, SSP, to deliver the<br />

hospitality offerings.<br />

Said SSP managing director<br />

of Australia & New Zealand,<br />

Dominic Cain: “We’re thrilled to<br />

bring Fern & Co and Portal Bar &<br />

Eatery to Christchurch Airport,<br />

offering travellers exceptional dining<br />

options that reflect the vibrant<br />

style of Christchurch.<br />

“With these venues, we’re setting<br />

a new benchmark for airport<br />

dining in New Zealand, blending<br />

quality, innovation, and local<br />

charm.”<br />

Said Christchurch Airport GM<br />

of customer and commercial,<br />

David Cooper: “SSP operates in<br />

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food and beverage offerings.<br />

“We asked them to create<br />

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Teenage boredom turns to success<br />

on the greens for croquet quartet<br />

• By Sam Coughlan<br />

SEVEN YEARS ago, four young<br />

friends picked up an unexpected<br />

sport – not knowing they would<br />

become some of the best players in<br />

the country.<br />

Josh Winter, twins Myles<br />

and James Duggan (all 21), and<br />

Levi Franks, 20, started playing<br />

croquet in late 2017 and then<br />

began competing in 2018, while at<br />

Cashmere High School.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y have seen big success<br />

since then – with a high point of<br />

representing New Zealand at the<br />

U21 golf croquet world championships<br />

last year and winning<br />

numerous national titles.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y will all compete at the<br />

open national championships in<br />

Nelson starting on Monday.<br />

It was Winter who started<br />

things off. When his mum Lisa,<br />

wanting him to try something<br />

new, got a flyer in the letterbox<br />

from the Cashmere Croquet Club<br />

offering a give-it-a-go day, she told<br />

him to go down.<br />

“I didn’t know what it was, and I<br />

really didn’t want to go, but I went<br />

down,” said Winter who was 14 at<br />

the time.<br />

“I was into pool at the time so<br />

she thought I would like croquet.”<br />

He went down with a friend,<br />

Matthew Sherman, who no longer<br />

plays, and shortly after got his<br />

YOUTH: (From left): Josh<br />

Winter, Myles Duggan, James<br />

Duggan, Franks before the<br />

national secondary schools<br />

competition in 2018.<br />

INTERNATIONAL: Levi Franks will compete in the Openshaw<br />

Shield in Tasmania and the U21 world championships in<br />

Florida this year.<br />

PHOTO: SAM COUGHLAN<br />

other mates involved.<br />

“Myles had a sleepover at my<br />

house and we were bored in the<br />

morning, so we decided to play<br />

croquet a bit.<br />

“We started playing, then James<br />

and Levi turned up about a half a<br />

month later.”<br />

<strong>The</strong>y were all sporty kids –<br />

Winter played football with<br />

James and Myles Duggan.<br />

He isn’t sure exactly what kept<br />

them coming back but said they<br />

were just having a lot of fun.<br />

“ I don’t think we would have<br />

kept playing if we didn’t enjoy it!”<br />

Golf croquet was the choice<br />

for the foursome – a shorter, less<br />

complex version of the game<br />

where each player plays one<br />

shot at a time. <strong>The</strong> first to get a<br />

ball through seven hoops is the<br />

winner.<br />

It’s similar, but not identical, to<br />

association croquet – the more<br />

traditional version of the sport<br />

where players can take more than<br />

one shot in sequence as a reward<br />

TOP: <strong>The</strong> foursome were all<br />

among the top eight players<br />

at the recent U21 nationals.<br />

Myles Duggan (second-left),<br />

Josh Winter (fourth-left), Levi<br />

Franks (fourth-right), James<br />

Duggan (second-right).<br />

PHOTO: CROQUET NZ<br />

for getting a ball through a hoop<br />

or hitting another ball. <strong>The</strong> first<br />

to get through each of the six<br />

hoops twice and then hit the<br />

centre pole is the winner.<br />

Last month, the foursome<br />

competed at the U21 nationals in<br />

Palmerston North, where Franks<br />

took out the singles competition,<br />

beating James Duggan in the<br />

semi-finals while Winter was<br />

another semi-finalist.<br />

Myles Duggan lost to his<br />

brother in the quarter-finals and<br />

the twins also made the final of<br />

the doubles competition, losing to<br />

another sibling duo, Wellington’s<br />

Jessica and Nathan Bullen.<br />

Franks is also among the top<br />

players in the country for all ages,<br />

having won the national championship<br />

singles once and doubles<br />

three times – twice with Winter<br />

and once with James Duggan.<br />

He will be a part of the national<br />

team heading to Tasmania for<br />

the Openshaw Shield – the world<br />

teams championship – in February,<br />

and the U21 world championship<br />

in Florida in April.<br />

“ My goal is to win a world<br />

championship,” Franks said.<br />

“Next year I have two chances<br />

– I think the under 21 worlds<br />

will be my best chance. <strong>The</strong> biggest<br />

thing with the open worlds<br />

is I’ve got my whole life to try<br />

and win it.”<br />

<strong>The</strong>y will not be the only<br />

Cantabrians at the nationals<br />

– defending champion Logan<br />

McCorkindale, 24, is from<br />

Ashburton originally but now<br />

lives in Christchurch and will be<br />

competing alongside his brother<br />

Reece.<br />

Paul Kaiser, 20, lives and studies<br />

in Christchurch after moving<br />

from Palmerston North and will<br />

team up with James Duggan for<br />

the doubles competition.<br />

Jason Hodgett, who competed<br />

at the U21 world championship<br />

in 2019, will also be taking part.<br />

Former world No 1 Chris<br />

Clarke and his wife Jenny, a<br />

reserve for the Openshaw Shield<br />

team, will compete only in the<br />

doubles.<br />

James Duggan looked back<br />

fondly on the foursome’s journey<br />

so far.<br />

“ Croquet has brought us really<br />

close together, and it’s just a<br />

whole lot of great memories over<br />

the six years,” he said.<br />

“I look back and it’s one of the<br />

best times of my life.”<br />

• Interested in playing<br />

croquet? Contact Gay<br />

Jones at the Canterbury<br />

Croquet Association at <strong>02</strong>1<br />

977 714<br />

BEGINNINGS: Josh Winter, left was the first to take up<br />

croquet after his mum got a flyer in the mailbox but it<br />

wasn’t long before his mates like James Duggan got in on<br />

the action. PHOTOS: CROQUET NZ/MARK DUGGAN<br />

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WEEK ONE<br />

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TiP oF <strong>The</strong> WeeK<br />

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18 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>January</strong> 2 2<strong>02</strong>5<br />

Pavilion Café Opens 8am daily | Legends Bar Opens 10am daily<br />

Chalmers Restaurant Opens 5pm Wednesday - Sunday<br />

Reception Open from 9am daily<br />

FROM THE<br />

HORNBY<br />

CLUB!<br />

Thank you<br />

for your<br />

support, we<br />

look forward<br />

to seeing you<br />

in 2<strong>02</strong>5<br />

CHALMERS - CLOSED<br />

Reopens 19th Jan for<br />

Sunday Buffet and<br />

Normal Weds-Sun hours<br />

from 22nd Jan.<br />

PAVILION<br />

Open daily 9am-4pm<br />

until 25th <strong>January</strong><br />

LEGENDS<br />

Open 10am-10.30pm Fri & Sat<br />

Reduced hours until 19th Jan.<br />

OFFICE HOURS<br />

Thu 2nd, Fri 3rd Jan: 10am-4pm<br />

Sat 4th, Sun 4th Jan: 10am-8pm<br />

Mon 5th to Thu 9th Jan: 9am-5pm<br />

Fri 10th & Sat 11th Jan: 9am-8pm<br />

Sun 12th Jan: 9am-5pm<br />

Normal Hours from 13th Jan<br />

TICKETS $25<br />

SATURDAY 15 FEB<br />

RESTAURANT<br />

Chalmers Restaurant<br />

is now closed for the<br />

Christmas Break.<br />

It will reopen for<br />

Buffet Dinner<br />

19th of Jan 2<strong>02</strong>5.<br />

During the<br />

holiday break,<br />

our raffles<br />

and club<br />

games<br />

take a<br />

pause<br />

Raffles, Crack the Cube,<br />

Chase the Ace, and<br />

member’s draws<br />

return on the week<br />

of 13 <strong>January</strong>.<br />

Quiz returns the<br />

first week of February.<br />

STARRING DIRECT FROM THE UK<br />

LIZA REBECCA & BAND<br />

TICKETS $40 AT THE CLUB<br />

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SATURDAY 1 MAR<br />

Come on down!<br />

17 CARMEN RD. PH. 03 349 9<strong>02</strong>6<br />

WWW.HORNBYWMC.CO.NZ<br />

Andris<br />

Apse<br />

Gallery<br />

opens in<br />

Diamond<br />

Harbour<br />

INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed New<br />

Zealand photographer, Andris Apse,<br />

has opened a gallery on the Peninsula<br />

and is inviting people to view and<br />

purchase his award winning<br />

photography by appointment.<br />

Aer 20 years based in Ōkārito, 100<br />

kms south of Hokitika, Andris has<br />

relocated to Diamond Harbour where he<br />

has set up his print workshop and<br />

Landscape Gallery.<br />

Although many may not know of<br />

Andris Apse, many will most certainly<br />

recognise his work. It has been<br />

commissioned by prestigious publications<br />

all around the world and created into<br />

catalogues of sumptuous and coveted<br />

books of photography.<br />

Born in Latvia in northeastern Europe,<br />

Andris spent ve of his early childhood<br />

years in a postwar refugee camp in<br />

Germany before emigrating to New<br />

Zealand and settling in the Bay of Islands<br />

with his mother.<br />

At 18 years of age Andris Apse had no<br />

aspirations to become an award winning<br />

photographer. In fact, he says he didn’t<br />

even have a camera. However taking a<br />

position as a trainee Forestry Worker had<br />

him travelling the country where he<br />

found himself absolutely spellbound by<br />

the breathtaking beauty of Fiordland. He<br />

said he felt a strong need to share this<br />

experience and knew then that he would<br />

pursue a career as a photographer.<br />

And he has made a career of it. Today<br />

he is one of New Zealand’s most<br />

celebrated Landscape Photographers. His<br />

awards and acknowledgments are many<br />

including a New Zealand Order of Merit,<br />

Olympus International Photographer of<br />

the Year, and Guest Exhibitor at the<br />

International Photography Hall of Fame,<br />

Oklahoma, USA.<br />

Chatting with Andris it is immediately<br />

evident how passionate and emotionally<br />

attached he is to his cra. Great planning<br />

and patience goes into each shoot and he<br />

has an exceptional eye for detail. His<br />

photos capture and explain unique stories<br />

that speak out its viewer.<br />

“Landscape photography has been my<br />

life for more than 40 years. During that<br />

time I have been fortunate to create work<br />

that has delighted and inspired people<br />

from all around the world, earning the<br />

respect of peers and critics alike. I<br />

warmly invite you to my gallery so that<br />

you can view my work and discover your<br />

own personal connection to the New<br />

Zealand landscape through my<br />

photography.”<br />

Andris Apse Diamond Harbour<br />

Gallery is located at Koromiko Crescent,<br />

Diamond Harbour. Viewing by<br />

appointment. For an appointment phone<br />

<strong>02</strong>1 884 618 or email<br />

andrisapse@gmail.com<br />

WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK<br />

AT THE RICHMOND CLUB<br />

LIVE sport in <strong>The</strong> Critic<br />

Join us for the Australian<br />

Tennis Open action starting<br />

12th <strong>January</strong>!<br />

FRI<br />

3 Smooth<br />

Talk Duo<br />

7pm<br />

LIVE MUSIC<br />

SAT<br />

4<br />

Nightwatch<br />

Band<br />

7pm<br />

SUN<br />

5<br />

Zed & Andy<br />

Duo<br />

3pm<br />

75 London Street,<br />

Richmond, Christchurch<br />

8013<br />

03 389 5778<br />

theborough.nz


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WHAT S ON<br />

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Thursday 2 to Wednesday 8 <strong>January</strong> 2<strong>02</strong>5<br />

Thursday <strong>January</strong> 2 2<strong>02</strong>5 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 19<br />

WE ARE<br />

OPEN!<br />

Weekend<br />

Brunch<br />

Check out our great<br />

brunch selection<br />

From $20<br />

Special kid's menu too<br />

SAT/SUN 10am-2pm<br />

RESTAURANT & CAFÉ<br />

SENIORS' SPECIAL<br />

Two courses<br />

Soup/Roast or<br />

Roast/Dessert<br />

$27<br />

Special available lunch only<br />

Mon - Sat 12pm - 2.30pm<br />

‘Famous for<br />

their roasts!’<br />

TREAT THE<br />

FAMILY!<br />

Kid’s 2 course<br />

special<br />

$13<br />

Jordan Luck and his band plays all the classic Exponents hits<br />

(and more) in Tai Tapu today as part of their summer tour.<br />

<strong>The</strong><br />

RACECOURSE HOTEL<br />

& Motorlodge<br />

118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn<br />

Phone 03 342 7150<br />

www.racecoursehotel.co.nz<br />

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St:<br />

Thursday - closed. Friday 8pm - Live<br />

Music. Saturday 8.30pm - Norwest,<br />

storming Rock and Blues trio playing<br />

classics and gems to kick off your new year!<br />

Koha/donation entry. Sunday 4pm - Live<br />

Music. Monday - closed. Tuesday - closed.<br />

Wednesday - closed.<br />

BILL'S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: Thursday<br />

7.30pm - Karaoke with Annalea & Junior.<br />

Friday 7.30pm - TP Karaoke. Saturday 7pm<br />

- Mandi Miller. Sunday 6.30pm - Fired Up<br />

Karaoke.<br />

BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St:<br />

Friday 4pm - DJ Rakinem. Saturday 3pm -<br />

Bottlejacks; 6pm - DJ Rakinem. Sunday<br />

3pm - Sunday Session. Thursday 9th Jan -<br />

Karaoke returns.<br />

CATHEDRAL SQUARE: Saturday 1pm -<br />

<strong>The</strong> WIGGLES Sound System Festival.<br />

CHCH CASINO, 30 Victoria St: Go to<br />

christchurchcasino.co.nz/live-entertainment<br />

for info.<br />

COMMONERS, 10 Oxford St,<br />

Lyttelton: Tuesday 7.30pm - Vintage Jazz.<br />

DARKROOM, 6 Poplar St: Saturday 11th<br />

Jan, 8pm - Absolute Bowie. Saturday 18th<br />

Jan, 8pm - Oh My Goth! feat. Djs Regress<br />

& 59.<br />

DUX CENTRAL, 6 Poplar St: Saturday<br />

18th Jan, 7pm - Oakley Grenell Echoes LP<br />

Summer Tour feat. <strong>The</strong> OG Anthology<br />

Band.<br />

FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Go to<br />

fateddiesbar.co.nz/livemusic for info.<br />

GOOD TIMES COMEDY CLUB, 224 St<br />

Asaph St: Wednesday 7pm Fresh, free. All<br />

tickets can be found at<br />

https://events.humanitix.com/host/<br />

goodtimes<br />

HAGLEY PARK NORTH, Rolleston<br />

Ave: Friday 10th Jan, 2pm - Fisher with<br />

support LF System; Ayybo; Chloe Caillet;<br />

Little Fritter.<br />

HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd:<br />

Saturday 15th Feb, 7.30pm - Pacific Kings<br />

presents Double Trouble feat. Johnny Angel<br />

& Taurean K Mill. Saturday 1st Mar,<br />

7.30pm - Shania & Country Legends feat.<br />

Liza Rebecca and 3 piece band.<br />

INTERNATIONAL AKAROA MUSIC<br />

FESTIVAL, Gaiety Hall, Akaroa:<br />

Saturday 11th Jan, 7pm - Scarborough Fair<br />

feat. Magdalena Pikuła (soprano,<br />

percussion); Wolfgang Kraemer (recorder);<br />

Yuhka Nagai (violin); Tomas Hurnik (cello);<br />

To add a listing, contact<br />

Jo Fuller 03 379 7100 or<br />

<strong>02</strong>7 458 8590<br />

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi<br />

Jonathan le Cocq (theorbo, Baroque guitar);<br />

Tim Emerson (harpsichord).<br />

LIVE AT THE POINT, Stoddart Point<br />

Reserve, Diamond Harbour: Sunday<br />

1pm - Drummie Dan; 1.51pm - Stephen<br />

McDaid & Morvern Tuathlaith; 2.30pm -<br />

Tess Liautaud & Band; 3.45pm - <strong>The</strong><br />

Eastern.<br />

MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St:<br />

Friday 10pm - Diamond Blue. Saturday<br />

10.30pm - Hired Guns.<br />

OUTDOOR CINEMA, <strong>The</strong> Arts Centre,<br />

2 Worcester Boulevard: Friday 7pm -<br />

<strong>The</strong> Fall Guy; 9.30pm - <strong>The</strong> Rocky Horror<br />

Picture Show. Saturday 5pm - Kung Fu<br />

Panda 4; 7pm - Bullet Train; 9.30pm - <strong>The</strong><br />

Lost Boys. Sunday 5pm - IF. Friday 10th<br />

Jan 7pm - Ghostbusters Frozen; 9.30pm -<br />

Office Space. Saturday 11th Jan 5pm - <strong>The</strong><br />

Garfield Movie; 7pm - <strong>The</strong> Menu; 9.30pm -<br />

Best in Show. Sunday 12th Jan 5pm -<br />

Wonka.<br />

RICHMOND CLUB, '<strong>The</strong> Borough', 75<br />

London St: Friday 7pm - Smooth Talk<br />

Duo. Saturday 7pm - Nightwatch Band.<br />

Sunday 3pm - Zed & Andy Duo.<br />

TAI TAPU HOTEL, 21 Goulding Ave:<br />

Thursday 1pm - Henry McIlraith; 2.20pm -<br />

Sign of the Firebird; 3.24pm - Flat City<br />

Brotherhood; 5pm - D'Sendantz; 6.20pm -<br />

Jordan Luck Band. Sunday 1pm - Sign of<br />

the Firebird.<br />

THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Go to<br />

thebog.co.nz/christchurch/events for info.<br />

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd:<br />

Saturday 9.30pm - Live music.<br />

THE OLD LEITHFIELD HOTEL, 11 Old<br />

Main North Rd: Friday 7pm - <strong>The</strong> Party<br />

Singers.<br />

THE ROCKPOOL, 85 Hereford St:<br />

Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9pm - DJ's.<br />

THE SIDELINE SPORTS BAR, 331<br />

Stanmore Rd: Thursday 7pm - Jam<br />

Night with Ritchie Gillies & Nick<br />

Buchanan.<br />

WUNDERBAR LYTTELTON, 669 Ferry<br />

Rd: Thursday 9th Jan, 8pm - Te Huhu<br />

'Deelishis Herbs' album release tour with<br />

support Leonard Powell. Thursday 7th Feb,<br />

7pm - Screamfeeder Aotearoa Tour 2<strong>02</strong>5.<br />

FRIDAYS<br />

$8<br />

QUARTS<br />

Karaoke<br />

RETURNS<br />

NEXT THURSDAY<br />

JANliveMUSIC<br />

FRI 3 :<br />

BRIDIE'S BAR<br />

OPEN DAILY FROM 8AM - GREAT MENU<br />

BRIDIE'S BAR & BISTRO | 401 WORCESTER ST<br />

PH (03) 260 0325 | WWW.BRIDIES.CO.NZ<br />

10PM<br />

DIAMOND<br />

BLUE<br />

WHAT'S PLAYING<br />

FRI.4PM: DJ RAKINEM<br />

SAT.3PM: LIVE MUSIC<br />

B O T T L E J A C K S<br />

FOLLOWED BY DJ RAKINEM<br />

SUN.3PM: LIVE MUSIC<br />

SUNDAY SESSION<br />

THE<br />

WEEKEND<br />

LINE UP<br />

SAT 4 : 10.30PM<br />

HIRED GUNS<br />

85a Hereford Street | Pool Tables | Function Rooms | www.therockpool.co.nz


20 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>January</strong> 2 2<strong>02</strong>5<br />

CHRISTCHURCH MITSUBISHI<br />

386 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch<br />

Ph 03 379 0588 | christchurchmitsubishi.co.nz<br />

Filly Place, Yaldhurst t: 03 943 5391 | w: apws.co.nz

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