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Thursday, <strong>January</strong> <strong>23</strong>, 2024 | Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper<br />

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MAUGER DOES IT AGAIN!<br />

Mayor insists removal<br />

of trailer no PR stunt<br />

• By Daniel Alvey<br />

NO PUBLICITY stunts to see<br />

here.<br />

That’s what Mayor Phil<br />

Mauger says after he shifted<br />

an abandoned and graffitied<br />

trailer unit a day before he<br />

launched his campaign for<br />

re-election.<br />

Not for the first time,<br />

Mauger took matters into his<br />

own hands, moving the trailer<br />

unit in Aranui at the weekend<br />

after eight months of residents’<br />

complaints of inaction by the<br />

city council.<br />

Cuthberts Rd residents said<br />

the trailer unit was an eyesore<br />

and blocked their view.<br />

So was this a back to the future<br />

headline-grabber leading<br />

into an election?<br />

In 2020, when he was the<br />

Burwood Ward councillor,<br />

he took matters into his own<br />

hands, digging a trench to<br />

solve flooding on Pages Rd,<br />

Bexley, a problem that had<br />

gone unfixed for 10 years. He<br />

was fined $300 in 2021.<br />

He received a lot of publicity<br />

and kudos. He ran for mayor<br />

the following year.<br />

Also in 2020, Mauger fixed<br />

a section of potholes along<br />

Birchfield Ave, Dallington.<br />

• Turn to page 5<br />

TAKING ACTION; Mayor Phil Mauger moved an abandoned trailer that had been<br />

frustrating Aranui residents one day before he announced his re-election bid.<br />

PHOTOS: RNZ/FACEBOOK<br />

Ballantynes<br />

fire plaques<br />

stolen from<br />

memorial<br />

will be<br />

replaced<br />

STOLEN PLAQUES from some<br />

of Christchurch’s worst tragedies<br />

will be replaced.<br />

Twenty-three of the 41 individual<br />

bronze plaques for victims<br />

of the Ballantynes fire on November<br />

18, 1947, were stolen over<br />

the weekend from Ruru Lawn<br />

Cemetery in Bromley.<br />

One row of the memorial had<br />

been completely stripped by<br />

vandals.<br />

At least seven plaques from<br />

wooden benches throughout the<br />

cemetery were also targeted –<br />

some of which were left damaged<br />

by the removal process.<br />

City council head of parks Rupert<br />

Bool said the theft had been<br />

reported to police and the plaques<br />

would be replaced.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> council is concerned about<br />

the disappearance of historic<br />

plaques, which commemorate<br />

significant events and individuals<br />

that have shaped our city.”<br />

Bool said the council “is looking<br />

at new ways to deter thefts”.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Ballantynes memorial<br />

was built by the city council to<br />

remember those who perished in<br />

the fire.<br />

<strong>The</strong> thefts continue a trend<br />

of plaques disappearing from<br />

cemeteries and other historic sites<br />

in Christchurch.<br />

• Turn to page 5<br />

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SIMON BARNETT is back on<br />

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Barnett returned as host of<br />

the More FM breakfast show on<br />

Monday morning. He spent 20<br />

years on More FM before he left<br />

the station in 2018.<br />

His return comes<br />

after Barnett’s wife Jodi<br />

died peacefully at the couple’s<br />

Christchurch home in October<br />

20<strong>23</strong> after a five-and-a-half-year<br />

battle with brain cancer.<br />

Jodi had undergone four<br />

brain surgeries, chemotherapy<br />

and radiation treatment since<br />

April 2018, when she suffered<br />

a seizure out of the blue at<br />

home.<br />

Barnett told Your Weekend<br />

his decision to return to radio<br />

was part of his healing process.<br />

“This is a very intentional<br />

decision on my part, I want to<br />

find joy again in my life . . . my<br />

job is to try and make people’s<br />

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lives better,” he said.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> thing in the sadness is<br />

when you find the moment of<br />

joy, you really celebrate that.”<br />

Barnett told Your Weekend<br />

his return to More FM felt<br />

like coming “home”.<br />

He has rejoined colleagues,<br />

including Lana Cochrane-<br />

Searle, Adam Percival, and<br />

Paul Ego.<br />

“<strong>The</strong>re’s this lovely sense of a<br />

city coming to life with breakfast<br />

radio. <strong>The</strong> city is waking up<br />

and you are a part of it,” he said.<br />

“Truly, it sounds like a<br />

cliche but for me it will be like<br />

walking in the front door of<br />

the family home after doing my<br />

OE for a few years . . . kicking<br />

off the shoes, putting on my<br />

lounge pants, jumping up<br />

on the couch and putting on<br />

Netflix! It just feels right! I love<br />

this radio station and what it<br />

represents.”<br />

Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>23</strong> <strong>2025</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />

NEWS 3<br />

Barnett’s return to More FM like coming ‘home’<br />

Lycra legend still going<br />

In Brief<br />

strong after BBC heyday<br />

IF YOU WERE in the United<br />

Kingdom in the early ‘90s you<br />

might know Rob Bone from the<br />

BBC’s Good Morning Show.<br />

Or maybe as an unbeaten New<br />

Zealand aerobics champion.<br />

<strong>The</strong>se days, he’s a bit of a legend<br />

at city council group fitness<br />

classes where he’s taught for the<br />

past 14 years.<br />

“I’ve been teaching group fitness<br />

since 1990 and was previously<br />

a triathlete, motorcross rider,<br />

footballer and golfer,” he said.<br />

“But I started out aerobics attending<br />

conventions overseas in<br />

the late ‘80s and thought ‘I could<br />

do that’ even though I had no<br />

prior experience. I then actually<br />

entered an aerobics championship<br />

in the South Island where I<br />

placed second.<br />

“I travelled to London in the<br />

early 90s and taught in many<br />

of the illustrious city clubs. I<br />

ENTERTAINER: Rob Bone has been teaching group fitness since 1990. He and Erica<br />

Pinion won the NZ aerobic championships six years in a row.<br />

PHOTOS: CCC<br />

also got the role of the group<br />

fitness presenter on BBC’s Good<br />

Morning show and taught a fiveminute<br />

daily routine – partly for<br />

fitness content and mostly for<br />

entertainment.”<br />

Back in New Zealand, Rob<br />

and his aerobic pairs partner<br />

Erica Pinion won the NZ<br />

aerobic championships six years<br />

in a row.<br />

<strong>The</strong> pair also represented New<br />

Zealand 17 times, were ranked<br />

seventh in the world and won<br />

bronze medal at the European<br />

open championships.<br />

Rob took up a role at the city<br />

council in 2010 and is now a<br />

training advisor, supporting<br />

group fitness instructors across<br />

six recreation and sports centres.<br />

He also hasn’t given up teaching,<br />

getting at least one class in<br />

a day and bringing his vibrant,<br />

aerobic flair. He would encourage<br />

anyone to head along.<br />

“We cater for 14–90 plus year<br />

olds. You will be welcomed and<br />

looked after. It’s a great social<br />

environment, you move, get<br />

healthier, be part of something,<br />

be educated, be entertained, and<br />

have fun.”<br />

PHOTO: CCC<br />

Hot pools closing for<br />

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He Puna Taimoana hot pools will<br />

temporarily close next month<br />

for scheduled maintenance. <strong>The</strong><br />

New Brighton hot pools will shut<br />

from Monday, February 17 and<br />

are expected to reopen mid-April.<br />

Manager Merryn Skipper said<br />

regular maintenance was needed<br />

to ensure the facility is fit for<br />

purpose. “<strong>The</strong> closure is needed so<br />

we can maintain the equipment<br />

room to ensure the pools continue<br />

to run well. Other work includes<br />

modifications to the steam room<br />

and sauna and security updates.”<br />

Saturdays Café will continue<br />

trading during the pools’ closure<br />

period.<br />

SH1 roadworks to get<br />

under way, delays<br />

Motorists using State Highway 1<br />

between Rakaia and Timaru will<br />

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Zealand Transport Agency Waka<br />

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sites from tomorrow until the end<br />

of the month. NZTA said there<br />

will be stop/go signage during<br />

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Is this NZ’s favourite suburb?<br />

• By Jack Ward<br />

SOUTHSHORE doesn’t have a<br />

pub, cafe or dairy – yet it has still<br />

been nominated as one of New<br />

Zealand’s favourite suburbs.<br />

It is in the running for Trade<br />

Me Property’s inaugural people’s<br />

choicest award.<br />

But there could be a problem<br />

– there are reports of swarms of<br />

midges invading the area.<br />

But Ian Campbell, 80, who has<br />

lived in the suburb for 45 years,<br />

says this is not correct.<br />

He has not had any issues<br />

with midges in the area or at his<br />

favourite spots – the estuary and<br />

the beach.<br />

Rockinghorse Rd renters Mark<br />

and Jo Brokenshire love being<br />

away from the hustle and bustle<br />

of the city. <strong>The</strong> couple and their<br />

two-year-old schnauzer dog,<br />

Tanzie, have been making the<br />

most of what the suburb has to<br />

offer.<br />

“It is very much a dog-walking<br />

community. We are lucky with<br />

the walks around and the beach.”<br />

Carol Lawson has lived in<br />

Southshore for 24 years.<br />

“It’s hard to beat, the sunrise<br />

comes out of the ocean – you<br />

walk down from your house and<br />

you’re in nature,” she said.<br />

Southshore is up against<br />

Morrinsville in Waikato and<br />

Pāpāmoa in the Bay of Plenty for<br />

the choicest award.<br />

COMMUNITY: Southshore has been nominated for Trade Me Property’s inaugural people’s choicest award, despite dealing with<br />

swarms of midges. Right – Jo and Mark Brokenshire with their dog Tanzie and Ian Campbell outside his Southshore home.<br />

PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN<br />

Voting is open on the TradeMe<br />

website until February 14.<br />

But as the suburb makes its<br />

run for the award, Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood<br />

Community<br />

Board member<br />

Alex Hewison said<br />

he has heard about<br />

swarms of midges<br />

in Southshore.<br />

Alex<br />

Hewison<br />

“One resident<br />

on Heron St said<br />

the Heron St beach<br />

access at the top of the dunes was<br />

bad. “And the swarms driving<br />

between the ponds were awful.<br />

“Literally millions of them<br />

swarming above the plants.<br />

“When you have a wet summer<br />

the midges tend to come but we<br />

haven’t seen to this extent ever in<br />

my opinion. It’s very apocalypticlike.”<br />

<strong>The</strong> swarms are likely being<br />

caused by algae at the wastewater<br />

treatment plant oxidation ponds<br />

in Bromley.<br />

Coastal Ward councillor<br />

Celeste Donovan and Hewison<br />

are working with council staff to<br />

solve the midge problem.<br />

“Celeste and I have been<br />

working to pass on concerns<br />

to staff and remain committed<br />

to working with staff for a way<br />

forward,” Hewison said<br />

Donovan said the nomination<br />

was “recognition of what many<br />

of us know – we are living in<br />

paradise”.<br />

“Southshore is quite unique<br />

with its sense of community and<br />

sense of place.”<br />

Almost 200 properties were<br />

demolished in Southshore after<br />

the February 22, 2011, earthquake.<br />

Donovan said the award<br />

nomination was a sign of the<br />

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“People out here pulled<br />

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• From page 1<br />

It followed complaints from<br />

nearby residents, costing his<br />

company, Maugers Contracting<br />

Ltd, $4000.<br />

<strong>The</strong> work was done without<br />

the knowledge of the city<br />

council and came about two<br />

months after Mauger undertook<br />

repair works to a walkway<br />

beneath New Brighton’s Anzac<br />

bridge, also without city council<br />

permission.<br />

During the 2019 election<br />

campaign, Mauger used a digger<br />

to remove piles of shingle in a<br />

car park near Bower bridge on<br />

Wainoni Rd, which had been<br />

there since the earthquakes,<br />

even though the city council<br />

planned to remove the shingle at<br />

a later date.<br />

Said Mauger<br />

of the trailer<br />

removal: “I<br />

thought, bugger<br />

that and borrowed<br />

a truck<br />

from my son-inlaw<br />

to move the<br />

truck away from<br />

the homes.”<br />

His mayoralty rival, Sara<br />

Templeton, would not be drawn<br />

when asked if she thought it<br />

was a publicity stunt. She said<br />

people would draw their own<br />

conclusions.<br />

“But it’s clear that had he simply<br />

asked staff on Monday morning<br />

he would have found out they<br />

now had the information to be<br />

able to move it.”<br />

City council transport<br />

operations manager Stephen<br />

Wright said staff received<br />

permission to tow the trailer on<br />

Monday morning.<br />

“Parking compliance had been<br />

trying to obtain information<br />

from the registered owner as<br />

to which finance company<br />

the trailer unit had been<br />

surrendered to. We received<br />

information over the weekend,<br />

which enabled us to action the<br />

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‘I thought, bugger that’<br />

Sara<br />

Templeton<br />

UNAUTHORISED: In 2021, Phil Mauger was fined $300 for<br />

digging a trench to solve flooding on Pages Rd, Bexley.<br />

removal of the trailer.”<br />

Wright said it was always<br />

going to be removed once the<br />

required information was<br />

obtained.<br />

Also on Monday, Mauger<br />

was forced to announce his<br />

re-election bid early after<br />

his campaign website was<br />

accidentally made public.<br />

“I was about a week away<br />

from launching, but that’s<br />

life and it’s turned out okay,”<br />

Mauger said.<br />

As part of his re-election<br />

campaign, Mauger says he plans<br />

to look at anything that would<br />

bring down rates, including<br />

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cutting services or selling assets.<br />

Mauger told media cutting<br />

library and pool hours, mowing<br />

lawns less, and adjusting rubbish<br />

collection were discussions<br />

that could be had to bring rates<br />

down.<br />

In response, Templeton said<br />

she was not opposed to reducing<br />

services but said it should be<br />

something the residents had to<br />

decide.<br />

Templeton said her idea would<br />

present a pick-and-choose<br />

model, in which residents could<br />

see the difference reducing<br />

services would have on their<br />

rates.<br />

Mauger is also still interested<br />

in exploring asset sales.<br />

While he did not say whether<br />

the city should sell its assets like<br />

the airport or Lyttelton Port,<br />

he was open to discussing the<br />

matter.<br />

Because Templeton sits on<br />

the board of Christchurch City<br />

Holdings Ltd, she did not take<br />

part in the vote or discussion<br />

but believes assets should stay<br />

local.<br />

NEWS 5<br />

Historic<br />

plaques<br />

taken<br />

• From page 1<br />

It includes an Addington<br />

Cemetery plaque commemorating<br />

the lives lost to deadly diseases<br />

like typhoid in the 1880s, a<br />

drinking fountain at Dickens<br />

Street Reserve, Addington,<br />

another plaque in Ruskin Reserve,<br />

Addington, and one bought by<br />

the citizens of Christchurch in<br />

December 1963 for Ashgrove<br />

Reserve in Somerfield.<br />

Said Bool: <strong>The</strong> council shares<br />

the community’s concerns about<br />

the disappearance of historic<br />

plaques, which commemorate<br />

significant events and individuals<br />

that have shaped our city.<br />

“We take these incidents seriously,<br />

recording all reported thefts<br />

and allocating an annual budget<br />

for plaque renewal or replacement<br />

to preserve our shared heritage.<br />

“To address the rise in thefts<br />

targeting plaques for scrap<br />

value, the council is exploring<br />

alternative materials that deter<br />

theft while maintaining historical<br />

integrity.”<br />

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

Running champ has run every City2Surf<br />

• By Sam Coughlan<br />

“I DO A LOT of the hill work,<br />

so when I come off the hills, I’m<br />

ready to fly.<br />

“ I’m small, but I’m very strong,<br />

and I get my power off the hills<br />

and doing 1kms.<br />

“You don’t come training with<br />

me because I don’t wait for you!”<br />

That’s the mantra of City2Surf<br />

stalwart John Mulvaney, who is<br />

lining up yet again on March 16.<br />

<strong>The</strong> 78-year-old has entered<br />

the fun run every year since it<br />

started in 1975 – bar 2011 when<br />

it was cancelled following the<br />

February earthquake and 2020<br />

when it wasn’t held due to the<br />

Covid-19 pandemic.<br />

He will be one of more than<br />

10,000 runners taking part in<br />

this year’s CORDE City2Surf.<br />

John will run the full 12km<br />

course and aims to keep a good<br />

pace, after clocking 1hr 34min<br />

last year.<br />

“ I’m definitely looking forward<br />

to it. Because it’s so relaxing on<br />

the day, there’s no pressure.”<br />

John said his favourite aspect<br />

of the City2Surf is the benefit it<br />

has for himself and others.<br />

“ It’s doing good for my health<br />

and body, by inspiring people.<br />

Over the years there’s been a lot<br />

of joy in the fun runs and the<br />

City2Surf, and the fact that I’m<br />

out there doing it.”<br />

John pounds the pavement for<br />

LEGACY: John Mulvaney first competed in the City2Surf in 1975. He’s run every one since,<br />

and will line up again this year.<br />

PHOTO: SAM COUGHLAN ​<br />

hours on end nearly every day.<br />

He has run more than 180,000<br />

miles (nearly 290,000km) since<br />

he started to keep logbooks in<br />

1972.<br />

Most cars would start to fail<br />

at that mileage, but John is as<br />

strong as ever.<br />

He still competes, running<br />

for the Christchurch Methodist<br />

Harriers. He will be at the<br />

New Zealand Masters Games<br />

in Whanganui starting <strong>January</strong><br />

31, lining up in every possible<br />

distance from the 60m to the<br />

3000m.<br />

“ I’ve always been a competitive<br />

natured person,” he said.<br />

“Why should I (stop)?<br />

“I intend to be the best in New<br />

Zealand, and all going well, there’s<br />

no reason I shouldn’t get there.”<br />

<strong>The</strong> throes of medals that<br />

adorn the walls of his Dallington<br />

home, where he lives with wife<br />

Ann, point to the success he has<br />

had since starting at master’s<br />

level at 35.<br />

While John never ran for<br />

New Zealand – although he did<br />

represent Canterbury in track<br />

and cross country – he has been<br />

involved in two of the world’s<br />

biggest competitions.<br />

John was a marshall for the<br />

marathon at the Commonwealth<br />

Games in Christchurch in 1974,<br />

and in 2000 carried the Olympic<br />

torch while it was in Christchurch<br />

en route to Sydney.<br />

“It was an honour. I never<br />

thought I’d be doing that, you<br />

had hundreds of people coming<br />

out into the streets just to see<br />

you, wish you well.<br />

“I roughly remember I ran in<br />

Burnside, and then I handed on<br />

to a New Zealand rep basketball<br />

player, but even being in the bus<br />

with those guys, it was a buzz.”<br />

John also ran the Sydney to<br />

Surf in 1975. He was one of four<br />

runners from the St Martins<br />

Athletic and Harrier Club<br />

who took part.<br />

He plans to keep doing the<br />

CORDE City2Surf as long as he<br />

can.<br />

“I think to myself that because<br />

of my competitive nature, if I<br />

wasn’t able to run the next, I<br />

would definitely be walking. It’s<br />

just me.”<br />

• <strong>The</strong> CORDE City2Surf<br />

is on March 16 and<br />

registrations are open at<br />

www.city2surf.co.nz<br />

409 Main South Rd, Hornby<br />

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Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>23</strong> <strong>2025</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />

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

NEWS 7<br />

since it started<br />

Tsunami evacuation<br />

plan to be rolled out<br />

STILL GOING STRONG: John Mulvaney (front) running the<br />

Sydney to Surf in 1975. He’s still got the t-shirt.<br />

Below – John’s many medals from the New Zealand Masters<br />

Games.<br />

• By Kees Chalmers<br />

GETTING REST home<br />

residents to safety quickly in the<br />

event of a tsunami is a focus of a<br />

new natural disaster evacuation<br />

plan.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Sumner Community<br />

Residents’ Association has<br />

finalised an evacuation plan,<br />

which it will be communicating<br />

to residents over the next two<br />

months.<br />

A major undersea earthquake<br />

close to shore could trigger a<br />

tsunami that may arrive quickly,<br />

meaning people would need<br />

to evacuate to higher ground<br />

immediately.<br />

Another focus of the plan is<br />

to get people to cycle or walk to<br />

higher ground, instead of taking<br />

their cars, to avoid causing a<br />

traffic bottlenecks.<br />

Residents will be instructed to<br />

get above a 20m elevation mark<br />

on Richmond, Scarborough and<br />

Clifton hills.<br />

Evacuation plan organiser<br />

Alicia Mallo said it aims to<br />

“educate residents about how<br />

to help neighbours who are<br />

vulnerable, mainly elderly and<br />

children”.<br />

<strong>The</strong> emergency plan has been<br />

a long running project for the<br />

association over the past few<br />

years.<br />

Association chair Andrea<br />

Davis said it has not been able<br />

to get the plan across the line<br />

due to a combination of those<br />

in charge not able to take on<br />

the workload and the issue not<br />

being dealt with by councils.<br />

Davis said the association is<br />

organising vehicles and gauging<br />

people to be volunteer drivers<br />

to help evacuate Edith Cavell<br />

Lifecare and Village residents.<br />

<strong>The</strong> association has also been<br />

given a $1500 community grant<br />

for grab bags for Edith Cavell<br />

that includes essential items –<br />

such as flashlights, water, food<br />

and medicines.<br />

<strong>The</strong> association will also be<br />

requesting council put up signs<br />

on the esplanade indicating<br />

to visitors where the nearest<br />

evacuation zones are as well<br />

as put markings on the hills<br />

specifying where the point of<br />

safety is.<br />

<strong>The</strong> association’s next step<br />

is to establish emergency hubs<br />

for residents who are unable to<br />

return to their homes following<br />

the tsunami.<br />

<strong>The</strong>se hubs will provide<br />

displaced people with essentials<br />

to last them at least a couple<br />

of days – first aid, satellite<br />

phones, food, water. Davis<br />

said the February 22, 2011,<br />

earthquake made an immediate,<br />

but temporary, impact on the<br />

community’s readiness, but<br />

people have become less diligent<br />

as time has gone on.<br />

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Cathy loves her walks, cycling,<br />

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Her love for staying active<br />

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she added with a smile.<br />

In recent years, Cathy has<br />

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8<br />

NEWS<br />

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

War medals taken in burglary<br />

• By Jack Ward<br />

ALL CRAIG and Catherine<br />

Welsh want is the return of<br />

family heirlooms, including<br />

war medals, taken during the<br />

burglary of their home.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y are now scouring social<br />

media sites, including Facebook<br />

Marketplace, and have been in<br />

contact with pawn shops, in the<br />

hope they will turn up.<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir home in Rolleston was<br />

broken into two weekends ago<br />

when they were away on holiday.<br />

Catherine said the burglary<br />

was devastating.<br />

<strong>The</strong> burglar took her late father<br />

Corporal Doug Stanton’s military<br />

medals. He served in Malaya,<br />

Borneo, and Vietnam where<br />

he was wounded in the leg on<br />

Valentine’s Day 1968.<br />

Also taken were Craig’s<br />

grandfather’s (Lindsay Welsh)<br />

medals from World War 2,<br />

Catherine’s jewellery box that<br />

contained her father’s wedding<br />

ring, her own engagement ring, a<br />

kotuku bone carving given to her<br />

on her 21st birthday and a pair of<br />

greenstone earrings.<br />

She said her father would be<br />

angry about the theft.<br />

“He’d be pretty furious, not<br />

only did he serve but when<br />

he retired he was the area rep<br />

for the Hawke’s Bay Vietnam<br />

Association and president of the<br />

UPSET: Craig and Catherine<br />

Welsh and her father’s<br />

military medals which<br />

were stolen. If you can<br />

help find them, email<br />

barry@starmedia.kiwi<br />

PHOTO: BARRY CLARKE<br />

Taradale RSA,” she said.<br />

<strong>The</strong> medals represented much<br />

more than her father’s service.<br />

“It was everything he did, the<br />

ethos he lived by, his conduct as a<br />

soldier and a veteran. To us, as a<br />

family, you cannot replace that.”<br />

Catherine said she noticed<br />

immediately “something<br />

different” when they returned<br />

home – some of the curtains had<br />

been drawn. Once inside they<br />

quickly realised there had been a<br />

burglary.<br />

TVs had been unscrewed<br />

from walls and left on the floor,<br />

possibly indicating the burglar<br />

was going to return.<br />

Said Craig: “Drawers had been<br />

turned upside down, tools are<br />

missing, the kids’ Christmas cash<br />

– looks like stuff they can shove<br />

in their pockets.”<br />

<strong>The</strong>y soon realised the medals<br />

were also gone.<br />

<strong>The</strong> emotional damage of being<br />

broken into, particularly for their<br />

sons, was also evident.<br />

Catherine said it was difficult<br />

calling her brother about the loss<br />

of the medals. “In our family,<br />

medals are passed to the eldest<br />

sibling – they are not given, they<br />

are entrusted to – was hard calling<br />

my brother in Australia and<br />

hearing his voice crack,” she said.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y said they’ve been lucky<br />

with support from neighbours,<br />

and urged people to check in on<br />

each other if they notice something<br />

out of place.<br />

Said Craig: “I know how hard<br />

this is hurting Catherine, out<br />

of everything that was taken if<br />

Doug’s medals were returned it<br />

would help Catherine a lot – that<br />

one thing would make a big difference.”<br />

Said Catherine: “<strong>The</strong> mana<br />

and tapu of the medals is of<br />

such value that you cannot buy<br />

and sell. “For us, especially the<br />

medals, there’s no real monetary<br />

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THE HUMAN Rights Commission<br />

has received complaints over a music<br />

event that used a “racist” tiered ticketing<br />

structure which allowed people of Māori<br />

and Pasifika descent to buy cheaper<br />

tickets.<br />

But the Christchurch-based collective<br />

behind the event – which says it’s dedicated<br />

to creating safe, inclusive spaces for<br />

Māori and Pasifika communities – says<br />

the ticketing structure was designed to<br />

“remove barriers for indigenous people”<br />

and recognised systemic inequalities that<br />

have historically affected Māori and Pasifika<br />

communities.<br />

Brown Town Ōtautahi was set to host<br />

‘Waves: Sunday Session’ at bar Muy Muy<br />

on Sunday – an event it said would be an<br />

afternoon of “reckless abandonment under<br />

the summer sun”.<br />

But concerns were raised shortly after<br />

over the racially-tiered ticketing Brown<br />

Town adopted for the event.<br />

Tickets – sold via Australian ticketing<br />

platform Humanitix – were listed at three<br />

different price points: “Early bird (for<br />

all tangata): $15, tangata moana (for our<br />

Māori and Pacific tangata): $20 and tangata<br />

tiriti (for our allies): $30.”<br />

A commission spokesperson confirmed<br />

it had received 13 complaints about the<br />

event, but it could not provide any further<br />

details because of the Privacy Act.<br />

NEWS 9<br />

Brown Town changes<br />

racially tiered ticketing<br />

after complaints<br />

FROM<br />

COLLECTIVE: Brown Town founders<br />

at their first event in August.<br />

Race Relations Commissioner Melissa<br />

Derby said she encouraged all people to<br />

use approaches that “promote positive race<br />

relations and enhance harmonious relations”<br />

for all people in New Zealand.<br />

“While recognising the event organisers<br />

were well-intentioned in aiming to increase<br />

accessibility for their communities,<br />

there are alternative, non-discriminatory<br />

avenues which could also achieve the same<br />

outcome without the risk of perpetuating<br />

negative stereotypes about particular communities,”<br />

Derby said.<br />

<strong>The</strong> wording on the ticketing options<br />

has since been updated to “Early bird: $15,<br />

alofa access: $20, and ally access: $30.”<br />

Creative New Zealand, which granted<br />

Brown Town $35,000 last year as part of its<br />

Creative Impact Fund (Pacific Arts) said it<br />

was not aware of the tiered ticket pricing<br />

for this event.<br />

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NEWS<br />

• By Kees Chalmers<br />

MUIKA DODD has literally run<br />

off to join the circus.<br />

Dodd, 17, is the youngest<br />

performer in Circus Shenanigans,<br />

which will make its debut<br />

appearance at the World Buskers<br />

Festival, starting tomorrow.<br />

<strong>The</strong> festival will be a new experience<br />

for the entire cast.<br />

“It’s going to be difficult, it’s<br />

definitely a new experience, and I<br />

think I’ll enjoy it,” Dodd said.<br />

Apart from collecting tips from<br />

the audience after the show, Dodd<br />

is looking forward to memorising<br />

a script, experiencing live crowd<br />

participation and bringing an<br />

energy to match them.<br />

She describes Circus Shenanigans<br />

as lighthearted fun for the<br />

whole family, from juggling and<br />

darts to daring aerialist acts, where<br />

performers drop from the roof of<br />

the theatre.<br />

As part of the group’s performance,<br />

Dodd will be doing an<br />

aerial rope and hand balancing act<br />

at the buskers festival on Sunday<br />

at the Roy Stokes Hall in New<br />

Brighton.<br />

Circus Shenanigans will also be<br />

performing at the Arts Centre on<br />

February 1.<br />

Dodd has always had an affinity<br />

for the circus. Growing up she<br />

would watch her mum Teila teach<br />

the art form at the Christchurch<br />

Circus Trust, and through that,<br />

developed her own passion.<br />

She started her own training<br />

when she was seven and her first<br />

performance was for the circus<br />

trust with a troupe of teenagers,<br />

at just 10.<br />

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

‘Old Pākehā men’ comment backlash<br />

• By Daniel Alvey<br />

THE CANTERBURY deputy<br />

mayor at the centre of a storm over<br />

his “old Pākehā men living in the<br />

past” comment continues to be<br />

unrepentant.<br />

Selwyn District Council’s Malcolm<br />

Lyall has received a public<br />

backlash over his comment made<br />

during a council debate on the<br />

Treaty Principles Bill.<br />

Lyall called supporters of the bill<br />

“old Pākehā men living in the<br />

past”.<br />

That led to Lincoln resident<br />

Stuart McKinlay complaining<br />

to the council, calling Lyall’s<br />

remarks “racist” and “offensive”.<br />

Lyall was unapologetic about<br />

the complaint, which was<br />

dismissed, saying it was “a badge<br />

of honour”.<br />

Now McKinlay has responded,<br />

calling Lyall’s response “stupid”.<br />

“This ridiculous statement by<br />

Malcolm Lyall coupled with his<br />

lack of respect for ratepayers who<br />

elected him to represent their<br />

interests, suggests he is not fit<br />

to hold the office of councillor,’<br />

McKinlay told <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong>.<br />

During the debate, Lyall<br />

said the council must continue<br />

supporting the treaty, “and not<br />

bow down to the pressure of<br />

Hobson’s Pledge and some old<br />

Pākehā men who are living in<br />

the past.”<br />

It was the phrase “some old<br />

Pākehā men who are living in<br />

the past” which was the subject<br />

of McKinlay’s complaint.<br />

Lyall told <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> while his<br />

comments in the meeting were<br />

directed at Hobson’s Pledge, a<br />

lobby group founded by former<br />

Act leader Don Brash in 2016, he<br />

also does not support “the old<br />

settler mentality”.<br />

Said McKinlay in response:<br />

“This racist comment by the<br />

deputy mayor was apparently<br />

quite acceptable to Mayor Sam<br />

Broughton and chief executive<br />

Sharon Mason when they<br />

decided no further action was<br />

to be taken in respect to my<br />

complaint.”<br />

Lyall, who would not say<br />

whether he is planning to run<br />

for council again in this year’s<br />

election, told <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> McKinlay<br />

should “put his money where his<br />

mouth is” and run for council<br />

himself.<br />

McKinlay called out the other<br />

councillors who supported<br />

making a submission.<br />

“Other councillors who<br />

supported making a submission<br />

opposing the Treaty Principles<br />

Bill did so because of their<br />

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see the end of co-governance<br />

and the abandonment of special<br />

rights and privileges for Māori,”<br />

McKinlay said.<br />

Lyall was aware his views on<br />

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NEWS<br />

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Adventurers getting a glimpse<br />

<strong>The</strong> post-quake city<br />

was a haven for<br />

urban explorers, but<br />

as derelict buildings<br />

are demolished, they<br />

are looking for new<br />

adventures. Dylan<br />

Smits reports<br />

MIKE, 25, HAS been an urban<br />

explorer for the past eight years,<br />

having scaled the old Rydges<br />

Hotel and explored the nowclosed<br />

wards of <strong>The</strong> Princess<br />

Margaret Hospital.<br />

“I think it’s a bit of a lifestyle<br />

for sure. You can do it more<br />

casually but I think it’s better<br />

when people treat exploring with<br />

a bit more respect,” he said.<br />

Mike is a pseudonym as he<br />

wishes to remain anonymous.<br />

For those interested in urban<br />

exploring (urbex) Mike said it is<br />

important to follow the rules and<br />

be prepared.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is a loose code of conduct<br />

for urbex, including no<br />

damage to property, no forced<br />

entry, never exploring alone<br />

and only exploring unoccupied<br />

premises.<br />

“You definitely need to dress<br />

appropriately and wearing gloves<br />

and a headlamp is best,” said<br />

Mike.<br />

DISCOVER: <strong>The</strong> abandoned Harley Buildings on the corner of Cambridge Tce and Worcester<br />

St were built in 1929 as a centre for doctor and dentist offices. Mike enjoys exploring them<br />

due to the large amount of remaining furniture and equipment.<br />

Early in his urban exploring<br />

days, Mike and his mates were<br />

more daring.<br />

As a self described “dumb”<br />

17-year-old, he snuck into the<br />

abandoned Rydges Hotel to see<br />

the penthouse view from the<br />

roof, but ended up running from<br />

the police.<br />

<strong>The</strong> central city hotel was<br />

closed in 2011 due to earthquake<br />

damage and is currently<br />

being renovated.<br />

“It’s really cool seeing places<br />

kind-of frozen in time from before<br />

the earthquakes. Christchurch<br />

is pretty unique in that<br />

way,” said Mike.<br />

After making a tricky climb<br />

over a fence and scaffolding,<br />

he and two friends were able<br />

to enter the second floor<br />

through a gap left in a wall after<br />

construction work.<br />

“It was a lot like other<br />

abandoned spots. It was pretty<br />

spooky. Some of it looks super<br />

untouched like bathrooms and<br />

some halls. <strong>The</strong>n other parts are<br />

covered in graffiti,” said Mike.<br />

After taking in the cityscape<br />

from the roof, Mike and his<br />

friends emerged from the hotel<br />

“It’s really cool seeing<br />

places kind of frozen<br />

in time from before<br />

the earthquakes.<br />

Christchurch is pretty<br />

unique in that way.”<br />

– Mike, urban explorer<br />

to find an angry police officer<br />

waiting for them.<br />

“Probably wouldn’t advise this<br />

these days, but we ran. We didn’t<br />

stop for ages and actually split<br />

up,” he said.<br />

A mechanic in his day job,<br />

Mike now tries to keep his exploring<br />

more sensible.<br />

“I’ll admit I was definitely a bit<br />

too reckless when I started, but<br />

being honest, that was part of the<br />

fun of it,” he said.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> risk of getting caught can<br />

be really thrilling, but it’s important<br />

for anyone exploring that it’s<br />

not the main reason they do it.”<br />

A time when Mike was not so<br />

lucky was while exploring the<br />

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Princess Margaret Hospital.<br />

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and it’s probably one of the<br />

scarier places I’ve been. <strong>The</strong> place<br />

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movie,” he said.<br />

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NEWS 15<br />

of city’s disappearing heritage<br />

“<strong>The</strong>y gave us a bit of a scolding<br />

and it was definitely a reminder to<br />

be more careful when choosing a<br />

location,” said Mike.<br />

He understands some property<br />

owners feel defensive of their property,<br />

but wishes they could recognise<br />

there are many responsible<br />

urban explorers.<br />

Mike tries to explore familiar<br />

abandoned buildings or find new<br />

ones most weekends.<br />

<strong>The</strong> thrill and challenge of<br />

entering restricted areas had the<br />

most appeal when he was younger,<br />

but as he’s aged Mike has gained<br />

greater appreciation for the<br />

local history of quake-damaged<br />

buildings.<br />

Two of his favourite places to<br />

return to are the Harley Buildings<br />

and Peterborough Apartments.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Harley Buildings, on the<br />

corner of Cambridge Tce and<br />

Worcester St, were built in 1929<br />

as a centre for doctor and dentist<br />

offices.<br />

“It’s got lots of cool stuff in there.<br />

Lots of (abandoned) spots are<br />

pretty empty but there’s still so<br />

much – kind-of retro equipment<br />

and furniture and files,” said Mike.<br />

<strong>The</strong> buildings are currently being<br />

demolished, which should be<br />

completed in about a month.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Peterborough Apartments,<br />

closed after the 2011 earthquakes,<br />

were built between 1924 and 1930.<br />

HISTORY: <strong>The</strong> Peterborough Apartments, closed after the 2011 earthquakes, were built<br />

between 1924 and 1930. <strong>The</strong> building is a favourite spot to revisit for urban explorer Mike.<br />

It housed the primary school<br />

teacher’s college until 1978.<br />

Later it became the Peterborough<br />

Centre and was occupied by<br />

various artistic groups until being<br />

converted into apartments in 1997.<br />

Mike always follows the rules of<br />

urbex by never taking anything,<br />

but he does enjoy examining any<br />

items left behind like old dental<br />

x-rays in the Harley Buildings<br />

or vintage medical equipment at<br />

Princess Margaret Hospital.<br />

“It’s sort of similar to tramping<br />

or mountain climbing where<br />

you’re able to discover new places<br />

on your own. <strong>The</strong>re’s not much<br />

else in life like that.”<br />

<strong>The</strong> Christchurch urbex community<br />

is smaller than it was last<br />

decade as more quake-damaged<br />

buildings are demolished.<br />

Although typically done by<br />

younger men, Mike says people of<br />

all ages, careers and backgrounds<br />

enjoy the hobby.<br />

“I had a girlfriend who got super<br />

into urbex and she really liked the<br />

photography side of things.<br />

“Most seem to think urbex is<br />

just young idiots just going into<br />

places and wrecking stuff.”<br />

It can be disappointing for him<br />

to see vandalism and crude graffiti<br />

in some abandoned spots.<br />

“Most actual urbex people don’t<br />

do that. <strong>The</strong>re are just some young<br />

guys who don’t show these places<br />

proper respect.”<br />

Born and raised in Christchurch,<br />

Mike said urbex should be<br />

about remembering the pre-quake<br />

past rather than any destructive<br />

behaviour.<br />

“A lot of these spots have a lot<br />

of history and it would have been<br />

cool if they could have not been<br />

damaged.”<br />

As more quake-damaged buildings<br />

get demolished, Mike believes<br />

urbex in Christchurch will change.<br />

“<strong>The</strong>re is already a lot more<br />

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

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TRACK AND FIELD: New Zealand athlete Mene Mene winning the second heat of the<br />

decathlon 100m.<br />

Above right – <strong>The</strong> fleet of Holdens donated to transport athletes.<br />

1974 – THE FRIENDLY GAMES<br />

Held in Christchurch from<br />

<strong>January</strong> 24 to February<br />

2, 1974, the 10th British<br />

Commonwealth Games was<br />

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Christchurch on <strong>January</strong> 9<br />

• Several church halls were<br />

turned into makeshift accommodation,<br />

charging 50c a night<br />

after backpackers filled up<br />

• A total of 51,718 passengers<br />

passed through Christchurch<br />

Airport, far exceeding passenger<br />

density records<br />

• St John treated 832 people<br />

over the course of the games –<br />

566 at the track and field, and<br />

60 at the bowls<br />

• An imposter in the men’s<br />

marathon was stopped after he<br />

reportedly entered the race in<br />

black shorts and a singlet and<br />

tried to gain 11th place.<br />

Assistant marketing executive Claire Phipps with merchandise. Above right – the NZ team<br />

entering the stadium.<br />

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Parents, teachers and the<br />

government investing in our future<br />

Like many of you, our children are getting prepared<br />

for the school year ahead. This can be an expensive<br />

and challenging time for families, but as a parent and<br />

an MP, I firmly believe that education is essential to<br />

building a brighter future both for our children and<br />

our country.<br />

Our National-led government has been committed<br />

to improving educational outcomes for all students,<br />

and we have implemented several key initiatives<br />

to ensure every child can succeed. Attendance<br />

is a priority, and we are pleased regular school<br />

attendance increased 5.3 percentage points from<br />

46% in Term 3 of 20<strong>23</strong> to 51.3% in Term 3, 2024, but<br />

we appreciate more needs to be done.<br />

Another change has been the requirement for<br />

primary and intermediate schools to dedicate, on<br />

average, one hour each day to teaching reading,<br />

writing, and maths. This foundational approach<br />

ensures students develop essential skills early on,<br />

setting them up for future academic success.<br />

To further enhance the learning environment, we<br />

have banned cell phone use in classrooms reducing<br />

distractions allowing teachers to focus on delivering<br />

high-quality instruction without interruptions.<br />

Term 1, <strong>2025</strong> sees the implementation of a structured<br />

literacy approach in all schools, including a $67<br />

million investment in professional development and<br />

resources for teachers, ensuring they have the tools<br />

and knowledge needed to deliver first-class<br />

literacy instruction.<br />

Likewise, we have launched a comprehensive maths<br />

action plan addressing New Zealand’s challenge in<br />

maths education, including the introduction of a<br />

new maths curriculum from Term 1, <strong>2025</strong>. We want<br />

to equip students with the mathematical skills they<br />

need to thrive in a rapidly changing world.<br />

Our government has also introduced six education<br />

priorities focused on lifting student achievement.<br />

<strong>The</strong>se include establishing a knowledge-rich<br />

curriculum, implementing evidence-based instruction<br />

in literacy and mathematics, developing consistent<br />

assessment methods, improving teacher training and<br />

development, strengthening learning support, and<br />

enhancing data-driven decision-making.<br />

To raise academic standards, and ensure our<br />

students are well-prepared for the challenges of<br />

the future, we have set an ambitious target to have<br />

80% of Year 8 students at or above the expected<br />

curriculum level in reading, writing, and maths by<br />

December 2030.<br />

Parents, teachers and the government can work<br />

together to create a world-leading education system<br />

and build a brighter future for our children and our<br />

nation.<br />

Best wishes for a successful and safe year ahead.<br />

Kind regards<br />

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Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>23</strong> <strong>2025</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 17<br />

WEEK FOur<br />

traInInG PrOGraMMe<br />

upping the pace<br />

This week we will step it up a bit more. <strong>The</strong> beginners group will progress to the stage that most of the walking is<br />

replaced by slow jogging and the intermediate group are starting to incorporate some efforts in zone 2. Remember<br />

that zone 1 is perceived as an easy effort which you can maintain for very long periods of time. In zone 2 you will get<br />

slightly puffed but you can still have a conversation. You go from jogging in zone 1 to a proper running movement in<br />

zone 2 with the main difference being that zone 1 has a slower rhythm, staying low to the ground where as zone 2 brings<br />

extra spring in your step combined with an increase in leg turnover (stride rate). <strong>The</strong> intermediate group introduces<br />

zone 2 pace as 2 minute repetitions alternated by 2 minute easy jogging. Zone 2 to 3 will be the recommended pace<br />

for the City to Surf event for the intermediate group while the beginners will mainly stay in zone 1 and 2.<br />

<strong>The</strong> difference between walking and jogging is not only decided by the rhythm of the movement but also how and<br />

where you land your feet. When jogging most efficiently you land on your mid-foot under the centre of gravity of the<br />

body, which, in the upright position, is located in the pelvis just behind the midline of the body. With a slight forward<br />

lean of the body you can use gravity to pull you forward while your legs keep you upright and push you in a forward<br />

direction. Walking is done in a more upright position and most of us land on our heel first and roll over the outside of<br />

our foot before pushing off with our forefoot. It helps to keep your core (lower abdomen, back, pelvis and hips) well<br />

supported by pushing your pelvis slightly forward. This will stop you from “sitting” and over striding.<br />

WeeK FOur:<br />

LeveL thursday saturday sunday tuesday<br />

Beginner<br />

12km Jog/run<br />

Intermediate<br />

12km<br />

Jog/run<br />

6km<br />

Walk<br />

6km/12km<br />

22 min<br />

Jog 10 min x 2<br />

Walk 2 min x 1<br />

30-40 min<br />

Easy Jog<br />

20 min<br />

Jog<br />

6km 25 min (light)<br />

12km 50 min (light)<br />

32 min<br />

Jog 15 min x 2<br />

Walk 2 min x 1<br />

40-50 min<br />

with 2x5 min Z2<br />

alternated by 2min Z1<br />

30 min<br />

Jog 14 min x 2<br />

Walk 2 min x 1<br />

6km 20 min (mod)<br />

12km 40 min (mod)<br />

60 min<br />

Brisk Walk<br />

30-40 min<br />

Easy Jog<br />

45 min<br />

Walk<br />

6km 25 min (mod)<br />

12km 60 min (mod)<br />

37min<br />

Jog 17.5 min x 2<br />

Walk 2 min x 1<br />

65-70 min<br />

Easy Jog<br />

40 min<br />

Jog 9 min x 4<br />

Walk 1 min x 4<br />

6km 50min<br />

12km 80min<br />

(alternate 5 min light/mod)<br />

To achieve this goal you<br />

need to develop some<br />

awareness around the<br />

basic requirements of<br />

exercising for health and<br />

fitness. First and foremost<br />

this has to do with 3 key<br />

principles:<br />

1. How often do you train?<br />

To improve your level of health and<br />

fitness you will need to aim for 4 sessions<br />

per week. 2 or 3 sessions per week will only<br />

maintain what you have and 1 session per<br />

week is definitely not sufficient.<br />

2. How long are your sessions? <strong>The</strong> duration<br />

of your sessions will generally build towards<br />

between 30 and 50 minutes with one longer<br />

session of 60-80 minutes.<br />

3. What is the right intensity to train at? <strong>The</strong><br />

good thing about the programme is that all<br />

your runs will be done at submaximal pace,<br />

also called conversation pace. That means a<br />

pace where you can still talk. If you can’t talk<br />

you are going too fast and you are likely to<br />

come to a grinding halt sooner or later.<br />

This programme and accompanying information are written<br />

as a guide only. If you are concerned about your health at<br />

any stage please undergo a health check with your GP.<br />

tIP OF the WeeK<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is no need to bring fluids with you<br />

during the sessions as you are not exercising<br />

long and hard enough to cause serious<br />

dehydration. Even on warm (north-west)<br />

days it is sufficient to have a glass of water<br />

or juice just before you go out. You can<br />

re-hydrate on your return home, again with<br />

water and/or a glass of fruit juice. Taking<br />

fluids during exercise is generally not<br />

required until you start to exceed 90 minutes<br />

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• By Sam Coughlan<br />

ENGLISH ALL-rounder Fynn<br />

Hudson-Prentice will be looking<br />

to continue his good form with<br />

the bat in his third week back<br />

for Lancaster Park in the Metro<br />

Premiership.<br />

In his two innings so far this<br />

season, Hudson-Prentice has<br />

scored 79 off 49 balls against<br />

Heathcote, and a more steady 45<br />

against Sydenham last week, both<br />

in wins for Lancaster Park, who<br />

play East Shirley on Saturday.<br />

Hudson-Prentice, who turned<br />

out for Lancaster Park during<br />

2018 and 2019, plays for Sussex<br />

in the County Championship, is<br />

joined at Lancaster Park by fellow<br />

Englishman Will Harby from<br />

Kent’s second XI. Harby also<br />

played for Park last season.<br />

<strong>The</strong> pair will play for the<br />

remainder of the one-day competition,<br />

and one round of two-day<br />

competition, before returning to<br />

the UK for their pre-season.<br />

Lancaster Park skipper Angus<br />

Hamilton said the pair add a lot to<br />

the team.<br />

“ It’s awesome, especially with<br />

them both being all-rounders. It<br />

certainly helps with the balance of<br />

the team quite a lot.”<br />

Hudson-Prentice has taken<br />

85 first-class wickets and scored<br />

2286 runs in county cricket –<br />

with a high score of 99, in 2019<br />

while playing for Derbyshire.<br />

“ I got a ball on the hip that I<br />

tried to punish over square leg.<br />

And I just hit it straight up in<br />

the air,” he said of just missing<br />

his century.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> beans were going a little<br />

bit. I was a bit anxious to get off<br />

99. It was a pretty average shot.<br />

“That was five-and-a-half<br />

years ago now, and I still haven’t<br />

managed to get over the line (for<br />

a century).”<br />

CLASS: All-rounder Fynn Hudson-Prentice will play for Lancaster<br />

Park until the end of the 2024/25 season. <strong>The</strong> English import has<br />

scored more than 2000 first-class runs and taken 85 wickets in<br />

England’s County Championship.<br />

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He said it was far better to be<br />

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with the Canterbury squad than<br />

training indoors during the<br />

English winter.<br />

“ It’s just nice to get away from<br />

freezing temperatures in the UK<br />

at the moment,” he said.<br />

“I think back home it’s about<br />

minus two, so it has been good<br />

to get away from that and spend<br />

some time in the sun.<br />

“(And) it’s just nice to get the<br />

opportunity at (Lancaster Park),<br />

they’ve been really good to me.”<br />

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Phoenix back in town<br />

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Phoenix came from behind to beat<br />

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

Big month ahead for top<br />

Chch rowers at Ruataniwha<br />

• By Sam Coughlan<br />

CHRISTCHURCH rowing<br />

clubs are now turning their<br />

attention to the South Island<br />

championships, then the<br />

nationals, after successful results<br />

at the Canterbury Champs on<br />

Lake Ruataniwha in Twizel at the<br />

weekend.<br />

Avon took home 31 medals –<br />

the most of any Christchurch<br />

club, and second-most for the<br />

regatta behind Otago’s Dunstan<br />

Arm, on 38.<br />

Canterbury won 14, while St<br />

Bede’s College had the thirdmost<br />

for Christchurch crews<br />

with 13.<br />

Union and St Margaret’s College<br />

both won 11.<br />

Avon director of rowing Logan<br />

Keys said it had put them in<br />

good stead ahead of the South<br />

Island championships, also in<br />

Twizel from February 1-2, and<br />

the national championships in<br />

the same venue from February<br />

18-22.<br />

“ Four weeks until nationals,<br />

we’ve just got to make sure<br />

we keep getting faster quickly<br />

and have some smooth events,”<br />

he said.<br />

“ By South Islands we’re intending<br />

to have what we think<br />

we’ll be racing at nationals.”<br />

With three high-profile<br />

competitions in just five weeks,<br />

keeping the rowers fit and<br />

healthy was the priority, Keys<br />

said.<br />

“ <strong>The</strong> high performance<br />

group has access to the Apollo<br />

Centre and they train there with<br />

High Performance Sport New<br />

Zealand.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> other athletes have<br />

gaps in their programme to get<br />

strength and conditioning in the<br />

week as well.<br />

“Keeping them healthy, that<br />

was the biggest frustration we<br />

had at Canterbury Champs,<br />

25-30% of the squad had little<br />

sicknesses hanging around.”<br />

Sixteen Christchurch clubs and<br />

schools took home medals at the<br />

championships – with Cashmere<br />

High School winning the women’s<br />

VICTORS: <strong>The</strong><br />

Avon coxed<br />

eight, who<br />

won their race.<br />

From left, Luke<br />

Tompkins,<br />

Charles Beale,<br />

Benjamin<br />

Ashman, Bede<br />

Giera, Lawrence<br />

Birch, James<br />

Tavendale,<br />

Lachlan<br />

Nicholas, Coby<br />

Goode, Timmy<br />

Heritage (cox).<br />

PHOTO:<br />

ELIZABETH<br />

INGLIS<br />

PHOTOGRAPHY<br />

open coxed octuple sculls for the<br />

first time since its rowing programme<br />

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St Bede’s dominated the<br />

under-17 boys’ coxed four –<br />

Cooper Titterton-Leckie, Carter<br />

Connolly, Brody Clemence, Alex<br />

Walters and Matthew Casey<br />

(cox) won, closely followed by<br />

schoolmates Andy Peterson,<br />

Darragh Lynch, Jeonghu Oh,<br />

Alex Cowan and Luca Dredge<br />

(cox).<br />

SPORT 19<br />

<strong>The</strong>y said it<br />

“Sportsmanship for me is<br />

when a guy walks off the<br />

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– Jim Courier, four-time<br />

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– Bobby Jones, golf icon<br />

“One day of practice is like<br />

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– Abe Lemons, college<br />

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“This is really a lovely horse. I<br />

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– Ted Walsh, Irish jockey<br />

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– Lou Piniella, US baseball<br />

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“I’ve missed more than 9000<br />

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22 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>23</strong> <strong>2025</strong><br />

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Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>23</strong> <strong>2025</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> <strong>23</strong><br />

GIG GUIDE<br />

Thursday <strong>23</strong> to Wednesday 29 <strong>January</strong> <strong>2025</strong><br />

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

Thursday 7pm - Open Mic on the big<br />

stage, full back-line incl drums & piano, all<br />

welcome - bands, solos, music, poetry etc,<br />

free. Friday evening - live music TBC.<br />

Saturday 8pm - Bullet Proof Convertible<br />

(Dunedin) Free Show - Sh!t-kicking 50's<br />

inspired rock 'n' roll feat the Double Bass,<br />

Drums, Guitar & Vocals of Otago's famed<br />

annual Dead Rockers Ball resident band,<br />

free entry. Sunday 3pm, Florida Man -<br />

Sunday Country - cocktail cowboys<br />

cruising between outlaw country and the<br />

laid-back classics, koha/donation entry.<br />

Monday 7pm - Believe It or Not Quiz, table<br />

bookings 03-377-4787, lots of fun & prizes,<br />

free.<br />

AVONHEAD TAVERN, 120 Withells<br />

Rd: Friday 7.30pm - <strong>The</strong> Party Singers.<br />

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

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

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

- L&B Duo. Sunday 6.30pm - Fired Up<br />

Karaoke.<br />

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

Thursday 7pm - Karaoke with DJ Brent.<br />

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

Spektrum; 6pm - DJ Rakinem. Sunday 3pm<br />

- Sunday Session.<br />

CASHMERE CLUB, 50 Colombo St:<br />

Friday 31st Jan, 8pm - Simmer.<br />

CHCH CASINO, 30 Victoria St: Friday<br />

5.30pm - Steve & Kat; 9pm - Unhinged.<br />

Saturday 6pm - Cosmic; 9pm - Diamond<br />

Blue.<br />

CHCH FOLK MUSIC CLUB, Irish<br />

Society Hall, 29 Domain Tce: Sunday<br />

16th Feb, 7.30pm - Dave McMillan.<br />

DARKROOM, 336 St Asaph St:<br />

Thursday - Gutterlove Bog; Model Home.<br />

Friday - Un No Juno; Sentient Mud; <strong>The</strong><br />

Wendys. Wednesday - Pub Quiz.<br />

FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday<br />

4.30pm - Fuchsia Haze; 8pm - Live Band<br />

Karaoke; 11.30pm - HeadRush. Friday 5pm<br />

- Saxy Duo; 8.30pm - <strong>The</strong> Stowaways;<br />

Midnight - House of Groove. Saturday<br />

1.30pm - Brydon & Maria; 5pm - Vintage<br />

Blue; 8.30pm - Castaway; Midnight - Roger<br />

Roger. Sunday 2.30pm - Boogie House;<br />

6pm - Black & Gold.<br />

GOOD TIMES COMEDY CLUB, 224 St<br />

Asaph St: Thursday 7.30pm - Friends in<br />

High Places, free. Friday 6.30pm - Some<br />

Kinda Good Jokes feat. Hoani Hotene,<br />

SOLD OUT; 8.30pm - Tid Talks, $20.<br />

Saturday 6.30pm - Some Kinda Good Jokes<br />

feat. Hoani Hotene, SOLD OUT; 8.30pm -<br />

Big Laughs, $20/$25. Sunday 1pm -<br />

Workshop - Do Comedy Good, $20;<br />

6.30pm - Some Kinda Good Jokes feat.<br />

Hoani Hotene, TICKETS SELLING FAST.<br />

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goodtimes<br />

HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd: Friday<br />

31st Jan, 7pm - Gazza. Saturday 15th Feb,<br />

7.30pm - Pacific Kings presents Double<br />

Trouble feat. Johnny Angel & Taurean K<br />

Mill. Saturday 1st Mar, 7.30pm - Shania &<br />

Country Legends feat. Liza Rebecca and 3<br />

piece band.<br />

LIVE AT THE POINT, Stoddart Point<br />

Reserve, Diamond Harbour: Sunday<br />

1pm - Drummie Dan; 1.30pm - Abi<br />

Chessum; 2.30pm - Al P & his P.A.L's;<br />

3.45pm - Adam Hattaway & the Haunters.<br />

MACKENZIES HOTEL, 51 Pages Rd:<br />

Saturday 8pm - Voidshaper with Phatsak &<br />

Sentient Mud.<br />

MAK BAR, 1276 Main North Rd:<br />

Saturday 8pm - Nexus. Sunday 3pm -<br />

Titanic.<br />

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

Friday 10pm - <strong>The</strong> Muckin Fuppets.<br />

Saturday 10.30pm - Dynamix.<br />

MUSCLE CAR MADNESS, Rangiora<br />

Showgrounds, 16 Ashley St,<br />

Rangiora: Saturday & Sunday 9am - Hot<br />

Rods, Muscle Cars, Rat Rods, Classics, &<br />

Live Music.<br />

OAK N FERRY, 608 Ferry Rd: Friday<br />

7pm - Johnny Ginger.<br />

RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118<br />

Racecourse Rd Friday 7.30pm -<br />

Ricc<strong>Star</strong>.<br />

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

London St: Friday 7pm - Funky Hot<br />

Mamas. Saturday 7pm - MockingBird.<br />

Sunday 3pm - Reminisce with Anthony.<br />

ROSE & THISTLE, 24 Main North Rd:<br />

Friday 8.30pm - A&J Karaoke. Saturday<br />

8.30pm - Shameless Two.<br />

SHARKEY'S BAR & CAFE, 96 Hoon<br />

Hay Rd: Friday 7pm - Karaoke. Saturday<br />

7pm - Karaoke. Sunday 4pm - Open Mic.<br />

Tuesday 7pm - Karaoke.<br />

STOCKXCHANGE, 110 Marshland Rd:<br />

Friday 7.30pm - DJ Chick Karaoke.<br />

Saturday 7.30pm - Titanic.<br />

TAI TAPU HOTEL, 780 Old Tai Tapu<br />

Rd: Saturday 1pm - Flat City Brotherhood.<br />

TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding Ave:<br />

Saturday 8.30pm - No Secrets.<br />

THE BLACK HORSE, 33 Lincoln Rd:<br />

Wednesday 7pm - Annalea & Junior<br />

Karaoke.<br />

THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Thursday<br />

7pm - Quiz Night. Friday 6pm - Willie<br />

McArthur; 10pm - Shameless Few. Saturday<br />

7pm - Topia; 11pm - Smashbox. Sunday<br />

5pm - Neil Alexander. Monday 6pm -<br />

Sionna. Tuesday 7.30pm - Live music.<br />

Wednesday 6pm - Sionna.<br />

THE BOWER, 487 New Brighton Rd:<br />

Sunday 3.30pm - Mama Rock.<br />

THE CHURCH, 124 Worcester St:<br />

Thursday 8pm - <strong>The</strong> Unholy Trinity. Friday<br />

2.45pm - Tom Lush; 6.15pm - Black &<br />

Gold Duo; 10pm - Diamond Blue. Saturday<br />

2.45pm - Topia; 6.15pm - Nick & Dan;<br />

10pm - On Tap. Sunday 12pm - Mundi;<br />

3.30pm - Leighton Fairlie; 7pm - In<br />

Madrid.<br />

THE EMBANKMENT TAVERN, 181<br />

Ferry Rd: Friday 7.30pm - Open Mic.<br />

THE LITTLE FIDDLE, 132 Oxford Tce:<br />

Wednesday 8.30pm - Willie McArthur.<br />

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

Friday 9.30pm - Bite the Bullet. Saturday<br />

9.30pm - Paint by Numbers. Sunday 6pm -<br />

Annalea & Junior Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm -<br />

Quiz. Wednesday 7.30pm - Lance Kiwi<br />

Karaoke.<br />

THE PIANO, 156 Armagh St: Saturday<br />

2pm - National Youth Brass Band presents<br />

Wallace & Gromit. Thursday 30th Jan, 7pm<br />

- <strong>The</strong> International Akaroa Music Festival<br />

feat. Four Seasons, Tango & Bossa Nova<br />

starring cell ensemble Edith Salzmann,<br />

Henry Say, Shiara Kelle, AJ Sigh, Samuel<br />

Strellan, Eamonn Daly.<br />

THE RICCS, 280 Blenheim Rd:<br />

Saturday 7.30pm - <strong>The</strong> Party 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 />

THE TURF, 6 Inwoods Rd: Thursday<br />

7pm - Willie McArthur.<br />

WUNDERBAR LYTTELTON, 669 Ferry<br />

Rd: Thursday 7th Feb, 7pm - Screamfeeder<br />

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

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24 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>23</strong> <strong>2025</strong><br />

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THURSDAY, JANUARY <strong>23</strong>, <strong>2025</strong><br />

CHAMPION: New Brighton Olympic’s Isaac Brewster won<br />

four medals at the South Island Colgate Games.<br />

to life wi l charm, surprise and astonish in equal measure. Together with his own<br />

life-changing encounters with animals around the world, Martin has celebrated the<br />

inte ligence, loyalty, and companionship of some truly extraordinary creatures whose<br />

lives have been entwined with our own.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Secret War of Julia Child - A Novel by Diana Chambers<br />

Everything you thought you knew about Julia Child was wrong . Before she mastered<br />

the art of French cooking in midlife, Julia Child found herself working in the secrets<br />

trade in Asia during World War I, a journey that wi l delight both historical fiction fans<br />

and lovers of America’s most beloved chef, revealing how the war made her into the<br />

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has rarely shone on this fascinating period of time in the life of Julia Child.<br />

connecting you with your neighbourhood<br />

LEAP: Oliver Crosier of New Brighton Olympic prepares for<br />

landing during the long jump.<br />

16 th March <strong>2025</strong><br />

THE BURWOOD Ward was a<br />

hot spot for fly tipping in the<br />

there, particularly around Aranui<br />

and in pockets of the red zone,”<br />

said city council city streets maintenance<br />

manager Steve Guy.<br />

In the 20<strong>23</strong>-24 financial year<br />

the city council spent just over<br />

$1 million collecting illegally<br />

dumped rubbish from roadsides<br />

around Christchurch.<br />

Guy said the cost and amount<br />

of on-street fly tipping throughout<br />

the city is starting to come down.<br />

“Our stats are showing we’re<br />

getting back on the righ track<br />

with a 38% reduction in service<br />

requests coming through and a<br />

27% reduction in costs to ratepayers<br />

from the start of the financial<br />

From July 1 to November 30,<br />

20<strong>23</strong>, contractors attended and<br />

closed out 5742 tickets for fly<br />

contractors attended and closed<br />

out 3548 tickets, at a cos to the<br />

Athletes shine with medal<br />

wins at Colgate Games<br />

Competitors from the Pegasus Post area have tasted success at the South Island Colgate<br />

Games at Ngā Puna Wai, which ran from Friday to Sunday. New Brighton Olympic’s Isaac<br />

Brewster claimed three golds and a silver in the para events, winning the 100m, 200m and<br />

shot put, plus a silver medal in the discus. Celebration Lions’ Eseta Qalivutu earned silver,<br />

finishing second in the 14th grade girls’ shot put. A full list of results can be found by scanning<br />

Aranui,<br />

red zone<br />

fly tipping<br />

hot spots<br />

www.starnews.co.nz<br />

Entries now open<br />

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the QR Code or at athleticscanterbury.anet.live/meets/42831/events<br />

Thursday, <strong>January</strong> <strong>23</strong>, <strong>2025</strong><br />

Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper<br />

second half of last year.<br />

<strong>The</strong> city council spent about<br />

$100,000 collecting illegally<br />

dumped rubbish from the ward<br />

between July 1 and November 30,<br />

2024.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> Burwood Ward has been<br />

a real hot spot for us since July,<br />

a third of $300,000 we’ve spent<br />

has been collecting rubbish from<br />

year until the beginning of December.”<br />

STRENGTH: Celebration Lions’ Cooper Jones Stowers<br />

competing in shot put.<br />

tipping costing the city council<br />

$428,124.<br />

For the same period in 2024,<br />

Meetings With Remarkable Animals by Martin Clunes<br />

This is remarkable account of the moving and sometimes astonishing ways animals<br />

have enriched our lives, from national treasure Martin Clune Inspired by Martin<br />

Clunes’ own adoption of a former guide dog, Meetings With Remarkable Animals<br />

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PHOTOS: MATTHEW MUSSEN/MATTYLOUISPHOTOGRAPHY<br />

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SELECTED<br />

| COSMETICS |<br />

| BEAUTY |<br />

benefit, M . A . C,<br />

Bobbi Brown, Lancôme,<br />

Clinique and more...<br />

SELECTED<br />

| MEN’S SHOES |<br />

R.M. Williams, Allbirds,<br />

Birkenstock, Ecco, Flamingo<br />

Life, Florsheim, Julius Marlow,<br />

New Balance, Timberland,<br />

Tommy Hilfiger and more...<br />

UP<br />

TO 50 % OFF<br />

UP<br />

TO 50 % OFF<br />

SELECTED<br />

| SKINCARE |<br />

Clinique, Elizabeth<br />

Arden, Estēe Lauder,<br />

Lancôme, Shiseido<br />

and more...<br />

SELECTED<br />

| FRAGRANCE & HOME<br />

FRAGRANCE |<br />

Kate Spade,<br />

Narciso Rodriguez,<br />

Giorgio Armani, Prada,<br />

Rabanne, ECOYA,<br />

Glasshouse Fragrances,<br />

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

Company, Circa and<br />

more...<br />

SHOP INSTORE AT BALLANTYNES


28 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>23</strong> <strong>2025</strong><br />

50 % OFF<br />

SELECTED<br />

| COOK AND DINE |<br />

| HOME AND LIVING |<br />

| BED AND BATH |<br />

Baksana, M.M Linen, Home Lab,<br />

Sophie Allport, Lodge, Laura Ashley,<br />

Maxwell & Williams, Riedel, Viski, Stanley<br />

Rogers, NED Collections, CC Interiors, Baya<br />

Textiles, Pooch & Hound, OYOY and more...<br />

50 % OFF<br />

SELECTED<br />

| POTTERY BARN,<br />

POTTERY BARN KIDS<br />

AND WEST ELM |<br />

50 % OFF<br />

SELECTED<br />

| PANTRY | STATIONERY |<br />

70 % OFF<br />

ALL<br />

| CHRISTMAS<br />

SHOP |<br />

EXTENDED HOURS<br />

FRIDAY 24 JANUARY: 10AM–7PM<br />

SATURDAY 25 JANUARY: 9AM–6PM<br />

Normal trading hours resume: Sunday 26 <strong>January</strong>.<br />

TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY.<br />

City Mall, Christchurch I (03) 379 7400 I www.ballantynes.co.nz

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