Southern View: January 30, 2025

16 th March 2025
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2025
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Kite Day gears up for
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
• By Jack Ward
MORE RUBBISH bins will
be available and shared
transportation encouraged at
Kite Day on Saturday, to avoid
a repeat of last year’s scenes.
City council events and arts
manager Lucy Blackmore
said the council had learnt
from last year, when waste
disposal and illegal parking
were issues.
“This year, we have increased
our temporary bin provisions
in response to the feedback.
“Staff on site will be
monitoring the bin levels
throughout the event to ensure
they are emptied before they
smooth sailing
reach capacity,” she said.
Twelve temporary rubbish
bins had been put in place
last year, but were soon
overflowing as an estimated
8000 people converged on the
eastern suburb.
Parking was also at a
premium, with some resorting
to illegal parking tactics.
Blackmore said the city
council had a list of tips for
getting to the event, which
runs from noon-4pm,
including taking public
transport, using active
transport (such as biking and
walking), and carpooling.
• Turn to page 3
POPULAR: Youth Alive Trust’s Briar Smith (left),
Phil Hitchcock and Nathan Jaeger at last year’s Kite Day.
Free entry to
historic Kate
Sheppard
House on
Waitangi Day
KATE SHEPPARD House – the
Ilam villa which was once the
home of suffragist Kate Sheppard
– will be opening its doors to the
public for free on Waitangi Day.
But people will need to be quick
to book their spot. Although entry
will be free bookings are essential
as places are limited, and casual
visitors to the house on February
6 cannot be admitted.
The house is otherwise open
Wednesdays to Sundays 10am-
4pm.
The historic property is part of
a network of places around the
country cared for by Heritage
New Zealand.
Visitors will be able to explore
the house where Sheppard led a
campaign of national and international
activism, planned strategies
with leading feminists of the time,
and pasted together the pages
of the monster 31,872-signature
women’s suffrage petition.
Visitors can also stroll through
the garden where Sheppard
received the telegram confirming
that women had been granted the
vote in September 1893.
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what’s on
JP Clinic
Thursdays, 10.30am-1pm
South and Spreydon Libraries
A Justice of the Peace will be on
site for services including: Witness
signatures on documents, certification
of document copies, taking oaths,
declarations, affidavits or affirmations,
applications for the dissolution of
marriage or civil union, citizenship
applications, sponsorship applications,
and rates rebate applications. Free, no
appointment is required.
Knit ‘n’ Yarn
Thursdays, 1.30-3.30pm
Opawa Baptist Church
During South Library’s rebuild,
our knitting group has found a
temporary home at Opawa Baptist
Church. Bring your current WIP,
share your fibre art hopes and dreams
and meet like-minded people.
For more information contact
Kaylene 021 113 4819 or Bronwen 022
085 0161
Technology Help Drop-In
Session (BYO Device)
Tuesdays, 10.30-11am
Spreydon Library
Do you need help using your
smartphone, iPad, or tablet? Come
along to our drop-in sessions with
one of our librarians for help with
email, searching the internet, using
the library catalogue, eBooks, and
Shabby Chic Market Day, Sunday, 11am-3pm, The Rochester Villa,
Woolston. Join us at the Shabby Chic Market. Enjoy a day out east,
fresh air shopping, inspiration and old school fun times in a relaxed
environment. Please note this is a cash-only event (no eftpos onsite).
There will be more than 40 stallholders offering a wide variety of fresh
and curious shabby chic-themed treats and treasures.
general computer queries. Bring your
laptop, tablet, or smartphone for help
with anything digital.
Mahjong
Today, 1-3.30pm
Christchurch South Mahjong Club,
60 Vincent Pl
Would you like to learn? We will
teach you. It’s not difficult – it’s fun.
Contact Noel 03 322 8636 or email
noelandhazel@xtra
A Walk through Time – The
South Library Story: Timeline
Exhibition
All day until February 8
South Library
Visit South Library and walk along
our South timeline, showing events
from 2003 until today. There are
photos, articles and information
about the library, community events,
programmes, and staff. It is also an
opportunity to learn more about
Ōmōkihi, the new South Library
which will connect the building back
to its riverside site. The timeline will
be in place to view until Waitangi
weekend.
CNC New to Netball – Learn
new skills: Year 9 to adult
Wednesday, 5.30pm-6.15pm
Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub
This is a fresh start and orientation
for beginners to the sport, or players
returning to the game after a break.
Join Christchurch Netball Centre
(CNC) for New to Netball in
2025. Programme participants
will love our new all-weather
venue at Ngā Puna Wai. CNC
New to Netball will help develop
fundamental game skills and
positional confidence. It can help
build confidence as you prepare to
join a team this winter.
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Thursday January 30 2025 3
Hayley’s star is rising
VIOLINIST HAYLEY Jiang is
preparing for the next high note
of her musical journey.
The talented 15-year-old will
perform a violin solo at Mitre10
Sparks, accompanied by concert
headliners the Christchurch
Symphony Orchestra.
The free concert on Saturday,
February 8 is expected to attract
up to 20,000. It will be the biggest
audience the Rangi Ruru
Girls’ School student has ever
performed for.
“I am looking forward to the
energy of the audience, and
the feeling of being up there on
stage,” Hayley says.
“I will be playing Vivaldi’s
Spring Movement 1 from Four
Seasons. I love how it’s so iconic,
and how so many musicians I
look up to have played it.”
Hayley has been playing the
violin since she was six.
At 13, she was selected
for a CSO youth ensemble
programme, Virtuosi, and for
the New Zealand Secondary
Schools’ Symphony Orchestra.
Last year, she was again
accepted into the NZSSSO
programme and added the New
Zealand Symphony Orchestra
National Youth Orchestra to her
list of accomplishments.
Hayley’s musical dream is
to perform on world-class
stages and with professional
CONCERT: Talented
violinist Hayley Jiang,
15, is preparing for her
biggest audience yet
– an estimated 20,000
at Mitre10 Sparks on
Saturday, February 8.
PHOTOS: CCC
orchestras overseas.
“What I love most about
playing the violin is when I pick
up my instrument, it feels like
I’m in my own world, where
everything is flowing out of my
body and soul.”
• Mitre10 Sparks runs
from 6.30-9.40pm at
North Hagley Park. The
free, all-ages concert starts
at 7pm and finishes with
fireworks 9.30pm.
Go fly a kite
on Saturday
• From page 1
“By encouraging use of these
transport modes, we aim to
reduce the amount of traffic
and congestion, the number of
cars needing car parking, and
the carbon emissions,” said
Blackmore.
“The north ramp car park will
be open, and on-street parking
is available by the beach and
township. The south ramp car
park is closed to cars, except
those displaying a mobility pass,
for the event.”
Youth Alive Trust manager
James Ridpath said last year was
the first time the trust had run
out of kites, selling 500. It will
have about 700 for sale this year.
The New Brighton Volunteer
Fire Brigade will be running a
car wash at the corner of Shaw
and Hawke Sts from 10am-2pm,
to raise funds ahead of the
Firefighter Sky Tower Challenge
in Auckland in May, when
firefighters will run up the 1103
steps of the Sky Tower in full
firefighting equipment to raise
funds for leukaemia and blood
cancer research.
Ridpath said Kite Day was a
reminder of the benefits of getting
out and about.
“You can have fun basically
for free on our doorstep.”
Saturday’s weather forecast
is rain clearing to fine, with
easterlies and a high of 20 and a
low of 15.
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Competitive
surf life saving
SURF: Hugo
competing in
the board race
at last year’s
Canterbury
champs.
in the blood
• By Kees Chalmers
A SHARED love of the ocean,
sport and fitness has created a
special bond between fatherand-son
surf lifesavers.
Daniel Shields, 54, passed on
his passion for the outdoors to
Hugo, 16, at an early age.
“I think it’s fantastic. Having
a shared thing that we can both
enjoy and watch each other do
has been a really good thing for
us,” Shields said.
He juggles patrols and training
with running highly successful
business Barrys Bay Cheese with
wife Amy.
“We do eat a lot of cheese, but
I don’t think it helps much,” he
said jokingly.
Shields and Hugo are fresh
from competing with Taylors
Mistake Surf Life Saving Club in
the eastern regional championships
in Mt Maunganui at the
weekend.
The competition sees the best
surf life savers in the country
take each other on in a curtain
FAMILY: Hugo and Daniel Shields got the rare opportunity
to race together in the men’s open double ski at last year’s
Southern Regional Championships.
raiser for the nationals in March.
The club finished eighth overall,
with Dylan Monk winning
the U19 male ski and double ski
with partner Tiago Chamberlain.
Other standout performers
were Natasha MacGibbon, who
won the U19 female ski, and
Thomas MacGibbon, who won
the open male ski.
Shields finished third overall
in the 50-54 age group, was
second in the ski race and third
in the iron.
It followed a successful weekend
prior for both the Shields
and the club, with Taylors
Mistake taking out top overall
club in dominant fashion at the
Canterbury regional championships.
Hugo contributed with first
place finishes in the U17 board
and ski races.
Shields took home a secondplace
finish in the masters male
ski race and, being the only competitor
in the ironman, won gold.
Sumner Surf Life Saving Club
finished third in the Canterbury
champs and 27th at the Eastern
champs.
Shields said his club’s performance
was a culmination of
the past few seasons, where the
team’s culture and ability has
been building.
“It was a real buzz to see the
team performing strongly across
so many disciplines.”
Shield’s surf life saving journey
started 30 years ago. He joined
Waimairi Surf Life Saving Club
as a university student and
worked there for 12 months
before heading overseas.
Throughout the years he has
maintained his passion for fitness,
taking part in multiple
Coast to Coasts. Last year, he
was second in the over 50s in the
Molokai ocean race in Hawaii,
a 55km ski paddle between
Molokai and Oahu.
Three years ago, Shields came
back to surf, this time with his
son.
“I gave it ago and enjoyed it, so
I’ve just kept going,” said Hugo.
Shields said what keeps him
committed is the satisfaction of
still being able to use the hardearned
skills that come with the
sport, and the infinite room to
improve.
He and Hugo agreed the
combination of community and
sport is what the two love about
surf life saving.
“We both love the water, and
no two days are the same at Taylors
Mistake, we get to go over
that hill to that beautiful beach
every day, and every day is a new
experience,” said Shields.
The pair train six to eight
times a week, with each session
lasting one to two hours.
The competitive aspect of life
saving is beneficial to patrol
work as well.
“Fit, healthy, competent athletes
make better surf life savers.
“It gives us confidence in the
water, confidence in big surf,
and you learn so much about the
water conditions while you’re
racing that you can transfer to
educating people on the beach,”
Shields said.
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Young Russley players dominate field
Russley golfers claimed
most of the prizes at the
Canterbury age group
championships on their
home course.
Jonathon Fry and Jiyai Fu
won the U19 boys’ and girls’
competitions respectively,
while Vanessa Lim took
out the U16 girls’ and Jack
Ferguson the U13 boys’.
Russley Blue won the
team competition, with Fry,
Uny Shao, Junie Chang and
Alfie Bell.
The U16 boys’ grade
was won by Kobe Hart
(Blenheim) and the U13
girls’ by Ruby Lee (Futures
Wakatipu).
Fry shot a par 144 over
the two rounds last Monday
and Tuesday, shooting 74 in
the first round and 70 in the
second to claim the U19
boys’ title.
Fu matched her
clubmate’s score in the
first round and her 75 in
the second was enough to
secure the U19 girls’ victory
in 149 shots.
Lim shot 144 – 73 in the
first round and 71 in the
second – while Ferguson
scored 163 (83 and 80).
CHAMPIONS: Jonathon Fry
(left), Uny Shao, Junie Chang
and Alfie Bell won the team
competition.
IN FORM: Russley’s Jonathon Fry won the U19 boys’ grade at the Canterbury
age group championships.
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U19 girls’ grade winner Jiyai Fu plans out
her drive.
U16 girls’ grade winner Vanessa Lim lines
up a putt.
Left – Jack Ferguson won the U13 boys’.
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