The Star: February 06, 2025

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Homeless 

gardener 

takes 

out the 

weeds – page 10 

Frustrated 

developer 

to lay 

complaint 

• By Dylan Smits 

A PROPERTY developer is 

laying a complaint with the city 

council after a rejected consent 

delayed his housing build by six 

months. 

David Townshend won 

a determination with the 

Ministry of Business Innovation 

and Employment (MBIE) after 

disputing the rejection. 

The city council said his 

two planned multi-dwelling 

buildings on Blenheim Rd, 

Riccarton, did not comply with 

fire safety regulations in the 

building code. 

He estimates the 

determination process and 

delays on his investment have 

cost him about $100,000. 

“This has gone on since 

last May and was entirely 

avoidable,” said Townshend. 

“It’s wasted a lot of time and 

money.” 

Head of building consenting 

Sanjay Dutthas said the city 

council will not appeal the 

MBIE decision. 

•Turn to page 4 

DELAYED: David Townshend has been unable to start construction on a new housing 

development in Riccarton. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

No support for milestone anniversary event 


THE CITY council and iwi 

will not support a large-scale 

celebration of Canterbury’s 175th 

anniversary later this year. 

In 2000, Christchurch hosted 

a party and parade to mark the 

150th anniversary of the first 

four European ships arriving between 

December 16 to 27, 1850. 

Twenty-five years later, a proposal 

to hold a similar event by a 

planning committee has failed to 

gain traction due to the colonial 

history of the anniversary. 

A meeting between the 

committee, made up of 

Canterbury history enthusiasts, 

and council staff in September 

led nowhere. 

Said a city council 

spokesperson: “We have 

shifted towards more inclusive 

and balanced historical 

narratives since the 150 th 

anniversary in 2000, which has 

greater recognition of Māori 

perspectives and the historical 

harm of colonisation.” 

The city council would 

not support any anniversary 

celebrations without support 

from Ngāi Tahu rūnanga, said 

the spokesperson. 

However, all six rūnanga near 

Christchurch told city council 

staff they were not interested in 

taking part in an anniversary 

celebration, the spokesperson 

said. 

Ngāi Tahu did not respond 

to The Star when asked for 

the reasons why it would not 

partake. 

After the September meeting, 

The Star understands the 

planning committee was 

dissolved. This has left plans 

for any non-council funded 

anniversary events up in the air. 

•Turn to page 4 

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A FLAT CAR tyre and more than 

1400km did nothing to stop Nuk 

Korako’s charity bike ride from 

Cape Reinga to Wellington. 

The effort raised more than 

$30,000 for the Cholmondeley 

Children’s Centre as part of the 

charity’s centennial celebrations. 

The former National MP was 

joined by Cholmondeley chair 

Nettles Lamont on the 14-day ebike 

journey. 

“I feel real good cause now I can 

say I cycled the whole of New Zealand 

for charity,” Korako said. 

Now an Environment Canterbury 

councillor, Korako previously 

cycled the length of the South 

Island over two stints in 2021 and 

2022. 

This partly raised $90,000 so 

his cousin’s daughter, Renee Veal, 

could undergo life-changing jaw 

surgery. 

The trip was mostly drama free 

and Korako enjoyed seeing sights 

at Ninety Mile Beach and Waipoua 

Kauri Forest. 

“It was a challenge for sure, but 

you just needed a bit of fire in the 

heart and ice in the head to push 

through it,” he said. 

Korako was humbled by North 

Island hospitality on the final Sunday 

of the journey. 

The cyclists’ support car got 

a flat tyre near Taumarunui in 

the central North Island. 

Korako and Lamont were being 

picked up by their support team to 

be dropped off at accommodation. 

“These two guys on Harleys 

came up to us and one of them had 

a mate who owns a tyre shop. 

“He called him up and within 

an hour he took the car, opened 

the shop and replaced the tyre. Just 

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Council silent on theatre budget 

THE COST of building the 

Court Theatre has increased by 

$5.5m but the city council will 

not say why due to commercial 

sensitivity. 

The total budget is now 

$61.5m – 70% more than the 

original $36m figure from 2021. 

The budget was later revised 

to $56m, but this has also been 

exceeded. 

Last week the city council 

included a new budget of 

$58.5m in the agenda for its 

finance and performance 

meeting. It said the figure 

included an additional $4.4m, 

approved by the council via a 

“change request” in late 2024. 

The city council confirmed 

to Stuff the new budget was 

actually even more, coming in 

at $61.5m due to the Crown’s 

$3m contribution. 

Also adding to the $5.5m 

figure is a mystery rise from 

$56m to $57m in last year’s 

budget. 

Ratepayers are now spending 

$51.5m towards the project 

while the Court Theatre is 

contributing $7m. 

With the theatre due to open 

Korako’s epic journey raises 

$30k for children’s charity 

SUCCESS: Nuk Korako and Cholmondeley Children’s Centre 

chair Nettles Lamont raised more than $30,000 for the 

charity after cycling from Cape Reinga to Wellington. Korako 

is pictured riding the Waikato River trails. 

great generosity.” 

Upon arrival at the steps of 

Parliament, Finance Minister 

Nicola Willis and Labour MP 

Peeni Henare helped celebrate the 

journey’s completion. 

“They just said ‘good on you 

guys’ for raising the profile of the 

children’s centre. It was a cross 

party thing and it was nice to have 

in May, the city council is not 

saying what the additional 

money is being spent on. 

City council head of vertical 

capital delivery Darren Moses 

told Stuff there would not 

be answers to any questions 

on the construction budget 

until the theatre project was 

completed, due to commercial 

negotiations. 

WELCOME: Korako was 

greeted by Finance Minister 

Nicola Willis outside 

Parliament upon completing 

the ride. 

that support,” said Korako. 

Korako is the patron of Cholmondeley 

and has a deep personal 

connection to the home. 

His mother died of a heart attack 

when he was 10, leaving his 

father to contend with raising nine 

children. 

To offer his father some time to 

grieve and plan, Korako and five of 

his sisters were sent to Cholmondeley 

for a month. 

Further events and fundraisers 

for Cholmondeley’s centenary will 

occur through the year. 

Korako is encouraging people to 

stay tuned into his and the 

children’s centre’s Facebook pages. 

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made at givealittle.co.nz/ 

fundraiser/cycling-forcholmondeley-kids/ 

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4 

NEWS 

Colonial 

history difficult 

for council 

to support 

•From page 1 

Harewood Ward councillor 

Aaron Keown supported the 

committee’s efforts to organise 

an anniversary event but said 

city council staff seemed to “lack 

passion” for the proposal. 

“It’s probably a 

difficult time for 

the staff to commit 

to events like this 

with the stadium 

and sports centre 

coming along. 

We’re sort of 

Aaron 

Keown 

looking forward 

as a city at the 

moment instead 

of backwards,” 

Keown said. He said the colonial 

history of the anniversary 

made it difficult for the city 

council to support. 

“Spending any council money 

or resource on anything that can 

come across as controversial is 

just damn near impossible,” said 

Keown. 

“I’m not a politically correct 

person who says we must respect 

the treaty in all things, but I do 

think it would be disrespectful 

to just go ahead and do events 

without their (Ngāi Tahu) 

support.” 

•From page 1 

Townshend said the issue 

came down to how the council 

was interpreting an acceptable 

solution, which is a way of 

meeting the building code 

relating to the fire rating of the 

buildings external walls. 

He submitted a building 

consent application in May last 

year to construct seven units 

within two buildings. 

The southern building has 

three units, one two-storey and 

two single-storey, “stacked” on 

top of each other. 

The northern building has four 

units – two two-storey, and two 

single-storey units – on top of 

each other. 

The stacked units are within 

5m of the property boundary, 

which in the building code 

triggers the need for a higher fire 

resistance rating (FRR) on the 

exterior walls. 

Other units only need a higher 

FRR if they are 1m away. 

The dispute is over whether 

the two-storey units attached to 

the stacked units also need 

a higher FRR, as they are 

attached. 

Townshend believed the 

distance requirement only 


‘I don’t want the same thing 

to happen to anyone else’ 

applies to each unit individually. 

“I’m trying to build 

attractive but affordable 

housing for tenants,” he said. 

“Not having to make almost all 

the walls fire-resistant saves a lot 

of money.” 

MBIE sided with Townshend 

and overruled the consent 

rejection, determining the 

code only applies to each unit 

individually rather than all 

attached units. 

Townshend has filed a 

complaint with city council chief 

executive Mary Richardson 

about the process. 

“I don’t want the same thing to 

happen to anyone else,” he said. 

One of his biggest frustrations 

was the need to take the dispute 

to determination when his 

interpretation of the building 

code was correct. 

“The (council) were wrong, but 

they were not really open to that 

possibility,” he said. 

Dutthas said city council staff 

having different interpretations 

of the building code was 

reasonable. 

“Without a decision from 

MBIE there was not sufficient 

clarity for the council to 

have reasonable grounds 

that the work would comply,” he 

said. 

Townshend also believes 

consents staff had a lack of 

knowledge of the acceptable 

AFFORDABLE: 

An artist’s 

impression 

of David 

Townshend’s 

two multi-unit 

buildings. 

solution rules. 

Dutthas defended the consents 

team despite the complaint, 

saying they are “appropriately 

qualified and competent”. 

Townshend said the 

determination was an example of 

incorrect code interpretation by 

the city council. 

He believes it’s indicative 

of other overly bureaucratic 

barriers he and other developers 

encounter when engaging with 

the consents unit. 

“I have no doubt there are 

good people in there but as a 

customer, the experience and 

how much this costs should not 

come down to who you get on 

your consent.” 

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AN EXEMPTION to the bike 

racks on buses ban has been 

lodged. 

Environment Canterbury has 

requested the racks be allowed 

nationwide during daylight 

hours while a permanent solution 

is found to stop bus headlights 

being obscured. 

The decision, expected this 

month, now sits with the New 

Zealand Transport Agency Waka 

Kotahi. 

ECan’s requested exemption 

would allow bikes on racks 

30min before sunrise until 

30min after sunset. 

“We believe any safety issues 

regarding bike racks would only 

occur at night and therefore 

would like to reinstate the use 

of racks during daytime for our 

customers,” said ECan public 

transport operations manager 

Derek Walsh. 

The controversial ban went 

into force in November after bus 

operators said bus racks were not 

compliant with NZTA headlight 

safety regulations – even during 

daytime. 

At the time, a starnews.co.nz 

poll showed 87 per cent against 

the ban while only 13 per cent 

agreed, out of 684 respondents. 

The NZTA initially disputed 

the Bus and Coach Association’s 

claim the ban would need to apply 

during daytime. 

The association, which represents 

all bus operators including 

Metro, initiated the 24/7 ban as it 

believes safety regulations do not 

specify whether headlights can 

be obscured in daylight. 

If the exemption is not approved, 

Walsh said cyclists may 

have to wait until September 

for bikes to be allowed on racks 

while operators assess bus fleets 

for compliance, develop solutions, 

and get final sign off from 

NZTA. 


ECan lodges exemption 

to bikes on buses ban 

ACTION: Environment Canterbury has applied for an 

exemption to the bike racks on buses ban. PHOTO: ECAN 

A national working group to 

lift the ban has been formed, 

which released a guide for operators 

to test bus fleet headlights 

and racks for compliance. 

Metro buses is currently using 

the guidance to test its fleet and 

find potential solutions. 

Buses with racks found to 

obscure headlights would need to 

adjust the placement of the bike 

rack, move the headlights, or 

install auxiliary headlights. 

Once bus operators either 

receive the daytime exemption 

or final sign off from NZTA, the 

safety regulations will still need 

to be amended to remove the 

need for exemptions. 


NEW PARKING fees at four 

Hagley Park car parks may be 

reducing overstaying. 

The fees were introduced in 

November to free up space and 

help the city council minimise 

rates increases through additional 

revenue. 

“So far it would appear 

that following the introduction 

of charges behaviour has 

improved,” said a city council 

spokesperson. 

“The introduction of time limited 

and paid parking is often 

proven to positively change 

behaviour and achieve better 

compliance.” 

The car parks are at the Botanic 

Gardens in Armagh St and 

Riccarton Ave, Hagley Oval in 

Riccarton Ave, and the Sir Richard 

Hadlee Sports Centre. 

Parks cost $2 for the first hour 

and then $1.30 for each additional 

hour, up to a maximum 

of $4.60 for three hours. 

Motorists face a fine of between 

$20 and $97 depending on how 

long they stay after three hours. 

In all four car parks there 

have been 49 overstaying tickets 

issued and $96,321 paid in 

parking fees to date. About $2.1 

million a year in revenue is 

estimated by the city council. 


NEWS 5 

New parking fees 

net $96k to date 

BETTER BEHAVED: The 

introduction of parking 

fees and overstaying tickets 

appears to be freeing up 

space at four Hagley Park 

car parks. PHOTO: CCC 

Parking fee revenue 

Botanic Gardens-Armagh 

St car park: $57,917 

Botanic Gardens- 

Riccarton Ave car park: 

$17,344 

Hagley Oval-Riccarton 

Ave side: $13,617 

Hagley Oval-Sir Richard 

Hadlee Sports Centre 

side: $7443 

Overstaying tickets 

Botanic Gardens-Armagh 

St car park: 10 

Botanic Gardens- 

Riccarton Ave car park: 12 

Hagley Oval-Riccarton 

Ave side: 12 

Hagley Oval-Sir Richard 

Hadlee Sports Centre 

side: 15 

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Software firm aiming higher after 

• By Tim Cronshaw 

SUCCESS: Lumin founder and chief executive Max Ferguson 

started the software company after becoming frustrated with 

the processes around digital collaboration. PHOTO: LUMIN 

CHRISTCHURCH software 

company Lumin wants one 

billion-plus documents passing 

through its cloud-based business 

a year now that it has crossed the 

100 million user mark. 

Founder and chief executive 

Max Ferguson is confident the 

goal is within reach of the platform 

after going through a large growth 

phase. 

Initially a cloud-based PDF editor, 

the business has expanded to 

take on artificial intelligence (AI) 

and e-signature services. 

This has brought in international 

customers such as Netflix, 

Airbnb and Uber as well as F&M 

Bank in the United States and 

domestic clients including Renti 

and Bayleys. 

Lumin now employs about 

100 staff with software building 

teams based also in Auckland and 

around the world including Vietnam, 

Philippines, United States 

and Europe. 

Ferguson said the goal was to 

scale up the business further. 

‘‘Our vision is to help our customers 

enjoy working with over 

a billion documents a year. So we 

are really focused on how we can 

improve PDF or replace PDF and 

help people enjoy documents. 

“We might do 100 million documents 

a year and we are not signing 

all of those, so some of them 

are just annotations and that sort 

of thing so we really want to get to 

the volume where Lumin is a massive 

part of how people do work 

and we are providing solutions for 

PDF at a world scale.’’ 

He said reaching the 100 million 

user milestone was a big achievement 

by the entire team. 

“There was a huge amount of friction just getting 

information from a building plan back to the people 

who designed it and getting updates from them and 

I realised this was something I could work on to find 

a solution, especially with all the change that was 

happening in the tech sector at the time.’’ 

– Max Ferguson 

Lumin sells its software on a 

per document model to business 

customers and makes it available 

free to users such as schools. 

Ferguson said Lumin had 

always re-invested profits back into 

products to continually improve 

year after year after being ‘‘bootstrapped’’ 

from the start. 

He said they avoided spending 

large amounts of money to ‘‘just 

create a buzz’’. 

While studying for a structural 

engineering degree at Canterbury 

University he was exposed to 

modern technology at a stage 

when cloud storage was quickly 

growing. 

Entering the workplace in 2014 

during the Christchurch rebuild, 

he realised there were many barriers 

when it came to working 

on documents and collaborating 

digitally. 

‘‘We were printing scanned 

documents and would have to 

either manually take them back to 

the designers or would scan and 

email them over and I just found 

things were getting lost in that 

process. 

“There was a huge amount of 

friction just getting information 

from a building plan back to 

the people who designed it and 

getting updates from them and 

I realised this was something I 

could work on to find a solution, 

especially with all the change 

that was happening in the tech 

sector at the time.’’ 

Modern users have found new 

and innovative ways to use Lumin 

products, but core services 

include the signing of digital 

documents such as lease documents 

and HR contracts. 

Another use is a PDF collaboration 

tool so architects, 

construction businesses, lawyers 

and other professionals can load 

feedback and make changes on 

documents stored in the cloud. 

Ferguson said they had more 

lately incorporated AI into 

many Lumin products such 

as document summaries for 

clients. 

Sawyers Arms rail crossing 

Expect delays on 

Sawyers Arms Road 

We’ll be making safety upgrades to the railway 

crossing on Sawyers Arms Road. Temporary 

stop/go lights will be in place from 10 February. 

Ngā mihi nui, thanks for your patience. 

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passing 100 million user milestone 

‘‘We also have Vision AI so we 

allow forms to be automatically created. 

So if you upload a document 

with no form fields on it we can 

place the form fields in there for you 

automatically,” Ferguson said. 

“But our focus has really been to 

create products which are helpful 

for the end user rather than just 

jam a whole lot of features into the 

products.’’ 

He said the company had tried to 

work towards a steady growth rate 

rather than progressing too quickly. 

However, a million people were 

using the platform within the first 

month of the first version’s release. 

This accelerated after the Lumin 

team completely rebuilt the product 

suite ‘‘from the ground up’’ in 2019. 

Ferguson said about 40 million 

people were continuing to use the 

product during the rebuild and they 

had to maintain workflows. 

‘‘It was probably one of the most 

stressful decisions that I had ever 

made to do that, but we rebuilt 

everything and got it working really 

well and in the last five years we saw 

this really explosive growth.’’ 

Until then, features such as 

highlight PDF had been added on 

without thinking about how people 

collaborated or used the software 

at work. The rebuild rectified this, 

with their performance, reliability 

and security raised to the level of the 

world’s best tech products, he said. 

RESULT: Ferguson and members of the Lumin team celebrate passing the 100 million user 

mark at the company’s Armagh St office. 

PHOTOS: LUMIN 

Ferguson said the likes of Airbnb, 

Netflix and Uber came to them as 

their product became better known. 

‘‘We have a really great integration 

with Google Drive and so 

those companies are presumably 

using Google Drive and the Google 

Workplace suite and Lumin really 

works well with those products. 

“Teams at those companies 

reached out to us and purchased 

Lumin . . . and then as we see people 

get to use and enjoy the product 

it will grow out to more teams using 

it in the company.’’ 

Lumin team members often go 

out to the Google Next conference 

in the United States each year and 

other global events to meet customers 

and understand global markets. 

Ferguson said he saw great 

potential to build a tech company in 

Christchurch from the beginning. 

He said Canterbury and Lincoln 

universities were generating – 

with other educational providers 

– skilled and ambitious potential 

employees. 

‘‘The tech sector is still developing 

here so we have got a few big players, 

but it’s still relatively new so I was 

quite excited to build the company’s 

headquarters here and give those 

people who are graduating an opportunity 

to come and work at a 

world class company.’’ 

He would like to see the city 

become a larger tech area. 

So far the temptation to bring in 

outside capital has been resisted. 

‘‘I wouldn’t rule it out and there’s 

potential there in the future. One 

thing I do find is that we try to 

think long term so we are trying to 

figure out how we improve agreements 

and collaboration long term 

and what’s coming after PDF which 

is really on a 10-year or longer time 

horizon. 

“Often venture capital is looking 

for quick wins and if we were going 

out to raise capital we would really 

want to do it to make a big impact 

and a long-term change rather 

than really focusing on short-term 

growth which is important, but we 

are all about the long-term vision.’’ 

Ferguson said many new products 

were coming out this year and 

they were working hard to figure 

out the next step for agreements and 

contracts and ways to build digital 

trust. 

AI was growing quickly and it 

was difficult to know what could be 

trusted and whether an agreement 

was being drafted by a company 

or AI. Lumin had plans to carry 

out product development such as 

identity verification to create trust 

solutions particularly for signing 

documents, Ferguson said. 

He said using AI to achieve this 

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8 

NEWS 


Stadium construction starts year strong 

THE STEEL superstructure of 

One New Zealand Stadium at Te 

Kaha is now complete, marking 

a major milestone for the $683 

million project. 

In a newly released video, city 

council project director Kent 

Summerfield provided an update 

on the latest achievement and 

gave a look at other key work 

areas around the site. 

“We’ve started the year strong,” 

Summerfield said. 

“The final two 

steel modules 

have been lifted 

into place at the 

northern end of 

the site.” 

Each of these 

modules weighed 

around 160 

tonnes, making 

them the heaviest 

Kent 

Summerfield 

of the project. The largest crane in 

the country, a 1200 tonne crawler, 

was required for the task. 

“Installing these final modules 

closes out a significant phase 

of the project for the team. 

Every step of the roof installation 

process has been complex and 

presented its own challenges,” 


The roof structure is made up 

of more than 80 steel modules, 

each weighing at least 75 tonnes. 

The first was installed in December 

2023. 

“It’s fantastic to look over the 

LAST PHASE: The final two 160 tonne steel modules have 

been lifted into place during the construction of One New 

Zealand Stadium at Te Kaha, which means the building’s 

superstructure is now complete. 

PHOTOS: CCC 

last 14 months and recognise the 

work that BESIX Watpac and 

their subcontractors have done to 

make this happen,” Summerfield 

said. 

The video also shows the progress 

on several other areas of the 

site, including the exterior wall 

and roof cladding. 

“This work got under way at 

the southern end of the site in 

late 2024 and will be completed 

around springtime.” 

The stadium’s façade features 

an artwork created by local 

artist Morgan Darlison. 

“With this work under way, the 

final look of the stadium is starting 

to emerge,” Summerfield said. 

An update on the inside of the 

stadium is also provided. 

“Nearly all the concrete seating 

plats are now in place. Metalwork 

and handrail installation will 

commence in the coming weeks, 

with the seating to follow,” Summerfield 

said. 

The stadium will have 25,000 

permanent seats, with the ability 

to add 5000 more for large sporting 

events. 

“We have another very busy 

year ahead, with a number of 

challenges in front of us. But with 

our dedicated team continuing to 

hit milestone after milestone, we 

remain on track and on budget 

for an opening in April 2026,” 


• For more information, 

visit tekahaproject. 

co.nz and sign up for the 

monthly newsletter. 

What’s in a name? 

Wellington has ‘The Cake 

Tin.’ Dunedin has ‘The 

Glasshouse.’ Will the One 

New Zealand Stadium get a 

nickname? 

Sky Stadium in Wellington 

resembles a cake tin with its 

flat, circular exterior, while 

Forsyth Barr Stadium’s most 

prominent feature is its 

paned glass roof. 

Auckland’s Eden Park is 

also sometimes called the 

‘Garden of Eden.’ 

Will Christchurch deign to 

give our stadium a colloquial 

name? 

Overseas, Michigan 

Stadium is called ‘The Big 

House’ due to it being the 

The Cake Tin 

The Calabash 

largest capacity stadium in 

the United States. 

Considered more for 

aesthetics and striking 

shapes, the FNB Stadium in 

Johannesburg, South Africa 

is called ‘The Calabash’ as it 

resembles African pottery, 

while the Beijing National 

Stadium is ‘The Bird’s Nest.’ 

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Do you think One New 

Zealand Stadium will get 

a nickname? What do you 

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Homeless gardener on hunt for a job 

• By Geoff Sloan 

HOMELESS MAN Stephen 

Shann, 62, is on a mission to clean 

up New Brighton’s weeds – and 

find a job. 

The qualified horticulturist 

likes to keep himself busy and 

has recently taken to unprompted 

voluntary work clearing weeds 

and lawn edges around the city 

council-owned gardens and 

grounds near New Brighton 

Library. 

“Just tidying up, helping the 

council out a bit,” said Shann. 

He is finding things quite 

tough, and has been living out of 

his car for more than two years. 

“I take each day as it comes.” 

Estranged from his family, he 

didn’t want to elaborate on how 

he came to be homeless, saying 

“it’s a long story”. 

While Shann receives the 

Jobseeker Support benefit, he has 

found it hard getting other agencies 

to help him. 

City council community 

parks manager Al Hardy said 

Shann had done a good job and 

approved of the gardening tasks 

carried out. 

Hardy said it wasn’t unusual 

for volunteers to help out, but 

urged anyone interested in doing 

similar work to register their 

interest via the council’s website. 

SEEKING WORK: Stephen Shann is a qualified horticulturist and currently homeless. He has 

been voluntarily tidying the gardens and grounds around New Brighton Library while he looks 

for a job. 

PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN 

This will allow them to connect to 

volunteer groups and get support 

from the community partnership 

ranger. 

Originally from Gisborne, 

Shann came to Christchurch 

looking for work just after the 

earthquakes. 

He loves New Brighton and 

the people, and just wants to help 

keep the community tidy. The 

keen gardener also volunteers 

at a local primary school and St 

Faith’s Church in New Brighton, 

where he keeps the grounds tidy. 

Former city councillor and St 

Faith’s treasurer David Close has 

known Shann for a long time and 

said he does a great job for the 

church. Close helped him find a 

place to live, but said high rent 

costs forced Shann back into living 

out of his car. 

Retired New Brighton social 

worker Marty Leith said Shann 

was a “likeable rogue” and was a 

good and reliable worker. 

Leith said people sleeping in 

their cars wasn’t uncommon, as 

there were often issues around low 

incomes and the availability of accommodation 

in the community. 

Shann admits he does sometimes 

attract attention from 

passers-by, most commenting that 

he’s doing a good job. He’s looking 

for permanent work doing landscaping 

or gardening work. 

“I want a paid job, not voluntary 

anymore.” 

The dedicated gardener is racing 

to get the garden and grounds 

around the New Brighton Pier 

tidied up in time for Saturday’s 

Coast to Coast finish on the beach. 

How Mentoring Helped Grow 

A Holistic Wellness Business 

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business in Ōtautahi Christchurch 

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Arts, she faced the reality of restarting 

from scratch. 

“I create events to help recalibrate 

your nervous system,” she explains. 

Offering everything from Thai Yoga 

Massage to Sound Healing and ‘Gong 

Baths’, it’s a business deeply rooted in 

holistic wellness. However, getting back 

on the ground in her hometown of 

Christchurch after being away for 15 

years posed unique challenges. 

Kerr’s entrepreneurial journey began 

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After returning to Christchurch and 

taking time off to care for her son, she 

needed support to get back on track. 

She found the guidance she needed at 

Business Mentors New Zealand. 

“Working with a mentor has been a 

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Katherinne Jaimes, has been flexible 

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One of the most valuable outcomes of 

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Coastguard 

gets new 

tow tractor 


COASTGUARD Canterbury has 

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of its fleet, a Kubota tractor 

which will be used to launch 

and recover search-and-rescue 

vessels. Given the call sign BOT, 

the ‘Big Orange Tractor’ was 

purchased with funds from Pub 

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Coastguard Canterbury board 

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BOT will play a vital role in their 

search and rescue operations. 

While the new tractor was a 

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workhorse, BBT (Big Blue 

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proud for over a decade”. 

Tapley said the Ford 7840 

tractor was now up for sale, and 

anyone interested was welcome 

to contact to contact the 

volunteer charity organisation. 


SOUTH ISLANDERS got their 

last chance to see New Zealand’s 

celebrated workhorses of the sky 

as they flew towards retirement 

earlier this week. 

Three No 40 Squadron RN- 

ZAF C-130H Hercules flew over 

towns and cities on Monday and 

Tuesday, in a final salute to the 

nation and ending their 60-yearlong, 

accident-free career. 

The Hercules retirement flight 

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Auckland on Monday, flying 

along the west coast before stopping 

overnight in Invercargill. 

The final flight back along the 

east coast took in Dunedin and 

Christchurch, before landing for 

the final time at RNZAF Base 

Woodbourne to join two other 

aircraft already there. 

Four of the aircraft will retire 

to the base, while New Zealand’s 

first Hercules to go into operation, 

NZ7001, gets set to take 

pride of place in a new $20 million 

exhibition hangar to be built 

at Wigram’s Air Force Museum. 

The now retired fleet has been 

replaced by five C-130J Hercules 

boasting greater range, speed 

and capacity. The first of the new 

aircraft started operations last 

year, with the RNZAF taking 

delivery of the final aircraft in 

December. 

FAREWELL: Three RNZAF C-130H Hercules flew over Wigram on Tuesday on their way 

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NEWS/LETTERS 

• By Kees Chalmers 

WELL-KNOWN Christchurch 

musicians are set to play at 

a new country and western 

festival, ‘Country in the 

Country’. 

Christchurch-based alt-country 

singer Katie Thompson and 

the KT band will perform at the 

festival in Leeston on March 30, 

as will Lyttelton-based group 

The Eastern. 

Thompson opened for Elton 

John in Dunedin in 2011, while 

The Eastern has performed their 

folk country blend from Nashville 

to Timaru. 

Also performing are 17-yearold 

Southlander Carly Drysdale, 

a finalist for the New Zealand 

country music awards songwriter 

of the year for her song 

Revenge, plus Dunedin-based 

The Sisterhood. Casey de Blecourt 

from The Sisterhood was 

the NZCMA Entertainer of the 

Year award in 2022. 

The festival is the brainchild 

of Selwyn Sounds co-promoter 

Craig Bradford and Hang Up 

Entertainment Services director 

Andre Goldsmith. 

Bradford and Goldsmith noticed 

a gap in the festival market 

for country music, in the midst 

of the genre’s massive commercial 

resurgence. 

“There’s a billion concerts, but 

none of them are country,” said 

Goldsmith. 

Bradford said the music 


Chch musicians to play 

at new country festival 

festival will mean a lot to 

“tranquil” Leeston and hopes to 

cement it as an annual gig. 

“This could potentially become 

the place for country in 

Canterbury,” he said. 

Goldsmith said Country 

and Country would intertwine 

elements of music festivals and 

A&P shows with a hoedown, 

ferris wheels and bouncy castles, 

and food trucks and picnic 

tables. It would be a family 

event, he said. 

Goldsmith and Bradford are 

confident of a crowd of at least 

2000. 

• Ticket prices for adults 

are $64 with free entry 

for children 12 years 

and under. See leestonv. 

flicket.co.nz for more 

information. 

LINE-UP: Katie 

Thompson 

(above) and the 

KT band, and 

The Eastern 

are among the 

performers at 

new country 

and western 

festival ‘Country 

in the Country’. 

City impresses 

I’ve just spent six weeks in 

Christchurch and congratulations 

to all who have made this city 

great again. The highlights? 

1. Public transport: inexpensive, 

frequent, clean, on time (due to 

bus lanes) and the most friendly 

drivers. People watching out and 

thanking each other. 

2. Botanic Gardens and Hagley 

Park. Well maintained, frequented 

by hundreds. 

3. Cathedral Square library 

(Tūranga) is the best and well used 

by locals of all ages and visitors, 

plus the good cafe. 

4. The art gallery, swimming 

pools, walks, beaches, trams, 

markets. 

5. Architecture and restorations 

that surprise, impress and remind 

us. 

Best of all are the ‘slow’ streets 

and the trees. What a joy to walk 

among them in the central city 

by the river. They help blend the 

new with the old and remind 

us that everything takes time. 

Fourteen years since the quake 

and Christchurch you’ve made it. 

Thank you. 

- Liz Angelo-Roxborough, 

Dunedin 

For me the main issues in the 

forthcoming local body elections 

are returning the speed limits to 

what they used to be and reducing 

the rates. My rates are crippling 

since they almost doubled the rating 

value of my land in 2022. 

- Michael Brathwaite, Spreydon 

I would just like to say what a 

great grassroots occasion it was 

last Friday at the Kirwee Rugby 

Club, watching the Crusaders 

playing the Blues in a pre-season 

match. A great crowd and atmosphere 

and the weather was lovely. 

This is the home ground of the 

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greatest Ranfurly Shield 

era 1982-85. 

I think the Crusaders are on the 

bounce-back big time this season. 

Great new recruits in halfback 

Kyle Preston and others, alongside 

Friday’s captain Ethan Blackadder, 

who I believe will have a brilliant 

year. Ethan played so well. 

- Graham Paterson, Redwood 

• Photos, pages 16-17 

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Crowd out in force at Crusaders 

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PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN 

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Blues clash 

NEWS 17 

501-game vet steps 


into coaching role 

SIDESTEP: Crusaders right wing Chay Fihaki in action. 

Below – Ethan Blackadder leads the team onto the field. 

• By Kees Chalmers 

THE LEGENDARY Robbie Timo 

is finally hanging up his boots. 

The 55-year-old played 30 seasons 

for Sumner, notching up an 

incredible 501 caps. 

Timo is definitely not finished 

with the club – instead he’ll be 

coaching the division 2 Tsunami. 

“It’s always exciting, to take 

a team and start from scratch, 

work our way through the ups 

and downs of the season,” he 

said. 

He has occupied a senior 

playing role in the team for a 

while, but says coaching is a big 

step up. 

“It’s more organising and 

communicating with the players, 

making sure they’re all good 

during the week so they can 

perform on Saturday.” 

Sumner last week announced 

its senior coaching staff for 2025. 

Gareth D’Almeida will take the 

reins once again for premier side 

the Wave. 

The Tsunami has an entirely 

new coaching crew, with Timo 

stepping into the head coach role, 

Pete Rintoul taking the forwards 

and Willy Saukaru the backs. 

SWITCH: Sumner’s Robbie Timo has retired from playing for 

the Tsunami. Instead he will be coaching the division 2 side. 


While the boots are firmly 

hung up, Timo said he won’t turn 

down the chance to lace them up 

again if the team needs him. 

“If we’re short I’ll slip them on, 

but hopefully just coaching.” 

The Te Aratai College 

schoolteacher said players 

rotating made consistency 

difficult to maintain towards 

last season’s finals. This year, he 

hopes to establish a core group of 

players that will come in, week in 

and week out. 

The Tsunami is already into 

pre-season and aim to advance 

past the semi-finals and win the 

division 2 competition. 

“There’s a lot of excitement 

growing in the squad, so I’m 

looking forward to seeing them 

out on the paddock,” Timo said. 

One-way traffic on Wairakei Road 

Expect delays around 

the Wairakei/Aorangi 

intersection 

Wairakei Road is one-way for city-bound traffic 

between Jennifer Street and Pitcairn Crescent 

until the end of June. 

Businesses at the intersection are open as usual 

with car parking signposted. 

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Nurse Maude breaks ground on new facility 

THE NEW Nurse Maude Hospice 

for Canterbury has been designed 

specifically for hospice care by 

Sheppard and Rout Architects and 

is expected to open in mid-2026. 

Mana whenua Te Taumata 

Tapu o Ngāi Tūāhuriri performed 

the Whakamoemiti – Blessing 

on January 13, signalling the 

handover of the site to Cook 

Brothers Construction for the 

build. 

The new facility will care 

for up to 11 patients, including 

paediatrics/youth, each with 

private rooms and garden views. 

The building will also have areas 

specifically designed for visiting 

whānau/family and friends to eat, 

rest and meet in a friendly and 

welcoming environment. 

Parking will be provided on site 

with landscaping plans that are 

subtle and incorporate privacy and 

beauty. 

The single-story building will 

have private gardens and 

onsite parking for visitors. 

The interior design palette is a 

mix of subtle colours and locally 

designed fabrics. 

The values of the hospice team 

will be woven through exquisite 

cultural designs. 

• Mahi kotahi: Collaboration, 

inclusivity, unity, work as one 

• Manaaki: Client centred care, 

respect, welcoming, nurturing, 

‘special touch’ 

• Tikanga: Cultural strength, 

Te Taumata Tapu o Ngāi Tūāhuriri arriving to perform a 

whakamoemiti/blessing for the site before handing it over 

for construction work to begin. 

An artist’s impression of the Nurse Maude Hospice for Canterbury, located in Merivale. 

tangata tiriti relationships, 

working with others 

• Wairua: Connection with the 

persons/whānau higher power, 

spirituality, connecting to Te Tai 

Ao (environmental spaces), grief 

process, providing Peace, ‘wairua 

kai’ 

• Whānaukataka: Relationships, 

maintaining dignity, kinship, 

individual care, safe spaces. 

Nurse Maude is extremely 

grateful to our community 

who support us. Those who 

donate and purchase items via 

our Hospice Shops and Trade 

Me and those who have given 

cash donations to support the 

build and our care including 

There are 11 private bedrooms each with a courtyard. 

All fabrics and finishings have been sourced locally. The 

complex will be beautifully landscaped with native plants. 

individuals, trusts and 

corporates. 

Said Denver Glass, a strong 

supporter whose late wife Libby 

was a nurse at Nurse Maude: 

“Libby loved the fact that no 

matter who you were, if you 

needed care, Nurse Maude was 

there for the most vulnerable in 

our community, Libby would be 

delighted that she is, through me, 

part of the ongoing commitment 

to continue providing care to 

those in need.” 

Our doors 

are open 

Metlifecare Open Day 

Saturday 15 February, 10am–2pm 

We’re opening our retirement villages in 

Christchurch and can’t wait to welcome you. 

Come and explore, we’ll provide plenty 

of complimentary refreshments. 

For more information call Sharryn on 

03 375 4392 or visit metlifecare.co.nz 

National 

Open Day 

15 Feb 

Merivale Retirement Village 

27 Somme Street, Merivale 

The Village Palms 

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The Way 

We Were 

WAKA: Nga Hau E Wha national marae paddlers steer Kahukākā up the lagoon for Waitangi 

Day at Okains Bay in 1987. Right – Waitangi Day protests at the bay the following year. 

The biggest day of the 

year for Kawatea/Okains 

Bay is Waitangi Day – the 

commemorations are the 

longest-running in the South 

Island. 

Each year, the event is 

co-hosted by Okains Bay 

Museum and Te Rūnanga o 

Koukourarata. 

The museum opened on 

Waitangi Day in 1977. Its 

extensive collection of taonga 

(treasures), acquired by Murray 

Thacker and his family and 

donated to the public, is of 

national significance. 

Thousands of visitors explore 

the museum each Waitangi 

Day, and take part in the family 

fun day on the grounds, the 

Ngāi Tahu reserve opposite and 

the wider heritage precinct. 

The day has also been one 

of protest, particularly before 

Ngāi Tahu’s treaty claim was 

settled with the Crown in 1998. 

There were protests in 

1988, when Governor General 

Sir Paul Reeves attended. 

1980s – WAITANGI DAY 

“A small skirmish broke 

out when a protester 

attempted to speak against 

the commemoration. Within 

minutes the chairman of the 

Ngāi Tahu Trust Board, Tipene 

O’Regan, had risen to the 

occasion, and the protester’s 

words were washed away with 

a Māori hymn,” The Press 

reported. 

Other protesters from the 

groups Action for an Independent 

Aotearoa, Te Whanau 

Amatariki, and Tematapuna 

reportedly marched and sang 

during the commemorations. 

Deputy Prime Minister 

Geoffrey Palmer and O’Regan 

made speeches about legislation 

and land claims, while 

the Governor General said 

honouring the treaty was at the 

heart of the present struggle in 

New Zealand. 

Today, a family fun day will 

again be held at Okains Bay for 

Waitangi Day, with free entry 

to the museum, live music, and 

food and drinks on site. 

KAI: A hāngī is prepared at Okains Bay on Waitangi Day, 1981. Right – John Rua carving 

that same year. Far right – Governor General Paul Reeves with John Panirau and Henry 

Robinson at the bay in 1988. PHOTOS: CHRISTCHURCH STAR, CANTERBURYSTORIES.NZ 

Sawyers Arms rail crossing 

Expect delays on 

Sawyers Arms Road 

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crossing on Sawyers Arms Road. Temporary 

stop/go lights will be in place from 10 February. 


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SENIORS’ LIVING LIFE 

Trust Interests and 

Relationship Property Claims 

Do you have a trust holding assets like the 

family home? Trusts are a popular way of 

protecting property and managing assets. 

However, there is misunderstanding that if 

a trust owns relationship property assets, 

this will serve as a complete barrier to a 

potential relationship property claim. 

If you are in a qualifying relationship 

under the Relationship (Property) Act 1976 

(“PRA”), your assets become subject to 

potential redistribution if that relationship 

ends. Generally, relationship property assets 

include the family home and household 

chattels, as well as any other property that 

was acquired during the relationship. The 

default position is that these relationship 

property assets are divided on a 50:50 basis. 

When can someone make a claim 

against the trust property? If your 

relationship property assets are held by a 

trust, they are not exempt from relationship 

property division. The below are some 

examples where this may occur: 

1. If the property was already in a 

trust before the relationship began 

and there is a loan secured over the 

property. If either party contributes 

towards the loan payments from 

income or other funds earned during 

the relationship, it can be argued that 

those payments were made from 

relationship funds and hence a claim 

can be made against the trust assets. 

2. If one party contributed to the 

“improvement” of the family home 

(defined widely) then they may have 

an ability to claim against the trust. 

3. If one party has all the relationship 

assets in a trust, but you have made 

Protecting you 

through all stages 

of life 

contributions (in money or services) 

to acquiring, preserving or enhancing 

the trust property, you could make 

a claim. Your contributions must 

exceed the benefits received. For 

example, you invest money into a 

trust-owned family business and 

work for that business without 

receiving income. 

From these examples, one thing is clear, 

simply owning assets in a trust does not 

fully protect them from claims by your 

partner or spouse on separation. 

Your options: Contracting Out 

Agreement If you do not want the default 

positions of the PRA to apply, and seek to 

protect you and your partners respective 

interests in relationship and trust assets, 

you can enter into a Contracting Out 

Agreement. A Contracting Out Agreement 

needs to be entered into prior to separation. 

It can be made at any stage during the 

relationship and can determine how your 

property is to be divided on separation or 

death. This agreement would be followed 

in the first instance, rather than the general 

default position. 

Conclusion To prevent claims being 

made against relationship property held 

by trusts on separation, it is recommended 

you speak to a lawyer about entering a 

Contracting Out Agreement during your 

relationship. This allows you to and your 

partner to discuss and agree on a fair 

outcome in the event you and your partner 

separate (or upon death). 

Special thanks to Law Clerk, Juliette 

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United aiming for spot in 

new professional league 

• By Sam Coughlan 

COULD Christchurch be about 

to get its first professional football 

team? 

Christchurch United has signalled 

its intention to enter next 

year’s OFC Professional League, 

the first of its kind for Oceania. 

The league will be made up 

of eight teams from across the 

confederation, as well as Australia 

and potentially Hawaii. 

United general manager and 

first team head coach Ryan 

Edwards last week 

flew to Auckland 

to attend a 

presentation on 

the league by the 

Oceania Football 

Confederation. 

He was one of a 

number of representatives 

from 

across the country 

Ryan 

Edwards 

attending in-person or virtually. 

The only South Island clubs 

at the meeting were United, 

Cashmere Technical and Nelson 

Suburbs, while the presentation 

has been forwarded to other clubs. 

Edwards said Christchurch 

United would be entering a bid 

for the league, which is slated to 

start in January 2026 and will be 

partially funded by FIFA – the 

governing body for the sport. 

“ It’s a really good opportunity 

for New Zealand football,” he said. 

“And wouldn’t it be great to 

have professional football in the 

south?” 

Currently the only professional 

sides in New Zealand are Wellington 

Phoenix and Auckland FC, 

who play in Australia’s men’s and 

women’s A-Leagues. 

Kirikiri bringing Samoan spirit to Hagley Park 


KIRIKIRI, a Samoan form of 

cricket, is set to take over Hagley 

Park today and Saturday. 

The Christchurch Samoan 

Minister’s Fraternal is hosting its 

third annual competition, played 

between teams representing 

churches from across the city. 

Organiser Hemi Lesatele said 

it promised to be a fantastic 

occasion. 

“ The batting team, they have a 

person that stands up, and they 

all sing songs, and on the fielding 

team, every time someone gets out, 

they either have a drum playing, or 

they just do all these actions. 

“Some people might say it’s to 

tease the batter that just got out, 

but no, it’s just part of the game.” 

Kirikiri is played with a long bat, 

BID: Christchurch United has signalled it’s intention to enter the OFC Pro League next year. 

PHOTO: JIM WATTS PHOTOGRAPHY 

Two weeks ago the Phoenix 

played in Christchurch for the 

first time in nine years, drawing 

0-0 with Central Coast Mariners 

in front of 14,064 fans – their 

second-highest home crowd for 

the season. 

“We saw from that game, 

14,000 turned up to watch a Wellington 

team, so imagine what 

would happen with a Christchurch 

team,” Edwards said. 

He was confident United 

would be able to hit the targets, 

which include having a fulltime 

general manager, a strong 

technical plan, and being able 

to contract at least 20 players 

full-time. 

“We have 10 or 11 full-time 

staff, which is quite sizable 

compared to most clubs in 

similar to a normal cricket bat but 

skinnier, and a ball made out of 

hard rubber wrapped in pandanus 

leaves. 

It can feature huge numbers – 

sometimes more than 100 people 

play at once – but teams are limited 

to 15 for the competition. 

“ You can have little kids playing, 

you can have the elderly playing, 

it’s a little family game,” Lesatele 

said. 

“But for this competition, it’s 

mainly those that are more able, 

because they’re a bit competitive.” 

The round robin will take place 

at South Hagley Park today – with 

nine men’s teams and eight women’s 

– with the finals on Saturday. 

Ekalesia Metotisi are the 

defending men’s winners and 

Ekalesia Katoliko o Roma the 

women’s. 

this country, and we’ve got the 

facilities and infrastructure with 

more being built,” he said. 

“ There’s a few little bits and 

pieces that we’ll need to iron out 

to meet what they’re asking for, 

but we’re in a pretty good place.” 

Ferrymead Bays director of 

football Alan Walker said participation 

in the league would be 

unattainable for most clubs. 

“ If you’re going to be in a position 

where you pay a minimum 

wage for players that are going to 

be contracted, what you’re looking 

at is a cost model that would 

stretch 99% of the clubs in the 

country,” he said. 

“As much as I’d love to think 

that Ferrymead Bays would be 

interested in (the competition), 

the cost of it would need to be 

worked through first.” 

Cashmere Technical president 

Bill Cowen agreed, and said the 

time-frames were extremely tight. 

Teams need to express interest 

by the end of this month and 

submit foundational documents 

by the end of March, while the 

deadline for all submissions is the 

end of June. 

“ It’s an incredibly short timeframe 

to navigate something as 

big as this,” Cowen said. 

“ I can’t possibly see how any 

New Zealand amateur clubs 

could do it. 

“If there was a fair chunk 

of notice and you had the 

opportunity to advise within the 

community that this is what’s 

happening, it might be different, 

but there isn’t time.” 

ACTION: Samoan kirikiri will take over South Hagley Park 

today and Saturday. 

PHOTO: CCC 

One-day 

finals take 

shape as 

win earns 

top spot 

for Park 


THE MAKE-UP of the finals for the 

Christchurch Metro Premiership 

one-day competition is all but 

confirmed with two rounds to play. 

Table-toppers Lancaster Park 

are assured of a spot, following 

Saturday’s three-wicket defeat of 

Old Boys Collegians led by English 

import Fynn Hudson-Prentice, who 

took three for 27 and scored 30. 

Behind them, all level on points, 

are Old Boys, Burnside and St 

Albans – the latter two picked up 

wins over Riccarton and Heathcote 

respectively. 

Those three know they just need 

one win from their last two games 

to secure a spot in the top four – 

starting with this weekend’s sixth 

round. 

Old Boys will play away to 

winless East Shirley, Burnside host 

Sydenham, and St Albans travel to 

Lancaster Park. 

The other match sees Heathcote 

and Riccarton – who can each still 

mathematically make the finals 

with two wins, and other results 

going their way – play at Heathcote 

Domain. 

All games start at 10.30am on 

Saturday. 

Christchurch Metro 

Premiership 

One-day round 5 

St Albans 219/10 beat 

Heathcote 143/10 by 76 

runs; 

Lancaster Park 150/7 

beat Old Boys Collegians 

149/10 by 3 wickets; 

Sydenham 186/5 beat 

East Shirley 185/10 by 5 

wickets; 

Burnside 168/10 beat 

Riccarton 80/10 by 88 

runs 

Round 6 

(10.30am Saturday) 

East Shirley v Old Boys, 

Burwood Park; 

Heathcote v Riccarton, 

Heathcote Domain; 

St Albans v Lancaster 

Park, Hagley Oval Nursery; 

Burnside v Sydenham, 

Burnside Park 

Points 

Lancaster Park 46; Old 

Boys 36; Burnside 36; St 

Albans 36; Heathcote 21; 

Riccarton 16; Sydenham 

10; East Shirley 5


RISING MOTOR racing star 

Louis Sharp is set to become the 

youngest ever driver to contest 

the Race of Champions (ROC). 

Sharp, 17, was born in England 

but grew up in Christchurch and 

will be team-mates with rally 

star and boyhood hero Hayden 

Paddon at the event in Sydney 

on March 7-8. 

The Race Of Champions 

brings together some of the 

world’s best drivers for a unique 

head-to-head race in identical 

cars to see who really is the 

fastest. 

Sharp has previously won the 

2023 British F4 Championship 

and 2024 GB3 titles and will 

compete in FIA Formula 3 this 

year for Rodin Motorsport. 

Star names already confirmed 

for the event include four-time 

Formula 1 drivers champion 

Sebastian Vettel, as well as stars 

from across various motorsport 

categories such as Valtteri 

Bottas, Sebastien Loeb, Mick 

Schumacher, Kurt Busch, Travis 

Pastrana and Jamie Whincup. 

“Teaming up with Hayden 

Paddon to represent New Zealand 

in our first-ever Nations 

Cup at ROC – this is something 

special,” Sharp told Speedcafe. 

“It’s crazy to think I was born 

the same year Sebastian Vettel won 

his first ROC Nations Cup title, 

and now I get to race against the 

very icons I grew up admiring. 

“I hope we see plenty of Kiwi 

flags flying high in Sydney.” 

It won’t be the first time the 

pair have teamed up. Sharp, 

then 12, acted as co-driver for 

Paddon in the 2019 NZ Ashley 

Forrest Rally Sprint, which they 

won. 

“It’s amazing to see his progression 

and success,” Paddon 

told Speedcafe. 

“He looks destined to be F1 if 

he continues doing what he is 

doing.” 

Said Fredrik Johnsson, Race 


Teen star to make history at ROC event 

YOUNG GUN: Louis Sharp will become the youngest ever 

driver to compete at the Race Of Champions in Sydney 

next month. 

PHOTOS: GETTY 

Of Champions president and 

co-founder when speaking to 

Speedcafe: “Every now and again 

a young talent comes along that 

deserves your attention. 

“Louis certainly falls into that 

category and we are delighted 

to be able to invite him to our 

first Race Of Champions in the 

Southern Hemisphere. 

“It will be a perfect opportunity 

for him to meet some of his 

childhood heroes like Sebastian 

Vettel and for the world to discover 

this future star. 

“Louis has been nominated by 

critics as an F1 star of the future 

and I have little doubt that in a 

few years time we will be saying, 

‘I saw that kid for the first time 

racing at the Race of Champions 

at Accor Stadium in Sydney’.” 

SPORT 25 

They said it 

“I’m about five inches from 

being an outstanding golfer. 

That’s the distance my left 

ear is from my right.” 

– Ben Crenshaw, two-time 

golf major winner 

“There are only two options 

regarding commitment. 

You’re either in or you’re out. 

There is no such thing as life 

in-between.” 

– Pat Riley, NBA coach 

“They say nobody’s perfect. 

Then they say practice 

makes perfect. I wish 

they would make up their 

minds.” 

– Wilt Chamberlain, NBA 

icon 

“Football is a simple game; 

22 men chase a ball for 90 

minutes, and in the end, the 

Germans win.” 

– Gary Lineker, former 

England footballer 

“If 100 white men chased 

a black man in the past, it 

was called the Ku Klux Klan. 

Today it’s called golf.” 

– Tiger Woods, 13-time 

golf major winner 

“Cycling is like going to 

church – many attend, but 

few understand.” 

– Jim Burlant, former pro 

cyclist 

TOUCH CANTERBURY 

Tēnā koutou katoa 

Touch Canterbury continues to flourish as a hub for our region’s thriving 

touch rugby community. Now with over 30 competitions on offer and 

between 17,000 and 20,000 junior, youth, and senior players participating, 

touch remains one of the most inclusive and accessible sports in Waitaha/ 

Canterbury, uniting people of all ages, ethnicities, and backgrounds. In 

recent seasons we have had competitions affiliate from the wider region 

including Methven, Darfield, Amberley, Timaru, Kaikoura & Hokitika. 

While touch is a beloved social sport, Touch Canterbury also provides a 

pathway for players to develop their skills and compete at the provincial 

level. With a proud history spanning 35 years, including numerous national 

titles, our focus remains on nurturing talent and creating a positive 

environment where athletes can develop a love for the game, whilst 

fostering a competitive edge for future successes. 

Preparing for the 2025 Bunnings National Youth Touch 

Championships 

The 2025 Bunnings National Youth Touch Championships will return 

to Bruce Pulman Park in Auckland, running from February 7th to 9th. 

Around 70 provincial youth teams from across Aotearoa/New Zealand will 

compete, making it the pinnacle event of the youth representative season. 

Touch Canterbury is proud to field four strong teams in the U16 and U18 

grades, with boys and girls squads in each category. This season, our 

players will benefit from the expertise and dedication of the following 

coaching teams: 

• U16 Boys: Scott Grant, a Touch Canterbury legend with decades of 

playing & coaching experience, and Dean Hikaka, an experienced 

coach who recently moved from Taranaki to take up a teaching role 

at St Bede’s College. 

• U16 Girls: Jarad Pateman, a returning coach and experienced 

masters representative, joined by Ross Soper, who steps up from the 

U14s and brings a wealth of rugby coaching experience. 

• U18 Boys: Paul Harris and Mike Davis return for their second 

season together. Paul’s St Andrew’s College mixed team once again 

reached the final at the recent NZ Secondary School Championships, 

while Mike added a gold medal in the Over 40s grade at the 2024 

Touch World Cup to his impressive career. 

• U18 Girls: Mel Carson takes the reins this season. As Touch 

Canterbury’s current board chair and a player-coach for the Over 40s 

women’s representative team, Mel brings exceptional leadership and 

passion to her role. 

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our exceptional team 

managers: Anita, Cath, Chantelle, and Heather. Their dedication and 

organisational skills are invaluable to the success of this campaign. 

Acknowledging Our Supporters 

The players have been hard at work since October, preparing for the 

national stage putting in many hours on the training field and playing in 

inter provincial tournaments. Their preparation included valuable game 

time against our senior representative teams and participation in the 

Te Wai Pounamu Tournament, where teams from all five South Island 

provinces competed for the Provincial Cup. 

We are deeply grateful to our sponsors, including 

Affordable Cars, Joe’s Garage, and the individual 

sponsors who support our players directly. Your 

contributions ensure that our athletes have the 

resources they need to train and compete at their 

best. Touch remains a user-pays sport, and this 

support is critical to the continued success of our teams. 

Looking Ahead: Masters Nationals in Christchurch 

Beyond the Youth Nationals, we are thrilled to host the 2025 Masters 

Nationals at Ngā Puna Wai in Christchurch from March 13th to 15th. This 

prestigious event will showcase the skill and dedication of some of the 

country’s most experienced players, and we are proud to bring it to our 

region. 

Supporting Our Game 

Touch Canterbury’s referee 

development program remains a 

standout, with over 20 referees set to 

officiate at the Youth Nationals. Their 

efforts ensure the high standards of 

officiating that are vital to the sport’s 

success. 

To our supporters: you can keep an 

eye on the teams results & watch live 

streamed games at www.touchnz.co.nz 

Games begin at 9 a.m. on Friday, 

February 7th. 

For more information on how to get involved—whether as a player, 

referee, or coach—visit www.touchcanterbury.co.nz. Together, 

let’s continue to grow the spirit of touch in Waitaha/Canterbury!


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in Auckland. Coach Scott Grant is back for a second year and is 

joined by Dean Hikaka who has been keen to get involved with 

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teamwork and clear communication. We are looking forward to 

bringing it all together, showcasing the talent of the team, and 

playing a fast and dynamic style of game. We would like to take 

this opportunity to extend our gratitude to those who have 

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teams whom we wish well for their campaigns. The superb 

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enable this fantastic opportunity for our athletes. Last, but by no 

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Exciting challenge for team at Nationals 

The Canterbury Under 18 Girls Touch team is gearing 

up to represent our region at the Youth Touch 

Nationals in Auckland. This talented group of young 

athletes has poured their hearts into preparing for 

this moment, demonstrating commitment, teamwork, 

and passion. Led by our coach, Melanie Carson, the 

girls have worked tirelessly to refine their skills and 

build strong bonds both on and off the field. We 

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WEEK SIX 

TraInInG ProGramme 

Taking the next step up 

This week you are going to use the fitness 

you have built up in the last 5 weeks. You should now 

feel comfortable with the rhythm and technique of 

the jogging movement and you can maintain this for 

a longer period of time (this applies especially for the 

beginners group). For the intermediate runners there is 

a bit of pace change at the Wednesday run. Remember 

the different training intensity zones? 

Zone 1, easy: this is a pace whereby you are not too 

puffed and the talk test is not even a test. At this stage 

this is the zone you spent most of your time in as it will 

give you some initial conditioning without the risk of 

soreness or muscle strain. 

Zone 2, steady: this is slightly faster than easy; it can 

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weeK sIx: 

LeveL monday wednesday Thursday saTurday 

Beginner 

12km Jog/run 

Intermediate 

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6km 

walk 

6km/12km 

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40 min 

Easy Jog 

30 min 

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12km 60 min 

40 min 

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40-50 min 

Jog with 3x5 min Z2-Z3 

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Jog 

6km 35 min (mod) 

12km 90 min (mod) 

talk but you can still form sentences without having to 

take an extra breath. 

Zone 3, moderately hard: this is the pace where you 

need that extra breath to finish your sentence. You can 

still talk and jog at the same time but it becomes more 

laborious so you tend to shut up and concentrate more 

on your rhythm and holding your pace. 

Zone 4 and 5 only apply to competitive runners and 

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runners. In these zones the oxygen supply does 

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conversation. This pace interferes with the enjoyment 

of what you are doing and is not necessary if your main 

goal is to finish the event rather then competing. 

60 min 

Brisk Walk 

40 min 

Jog 

45 min 

Brisk Walk 

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12km 75 min 

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45min 

Jog (have a walk rest 

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75 min 

Easy Jog 

40 min 

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and four of the five models sold 

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engine technology. A turbo 

diesel version will be added to 

the range later this year, and 

should appeal to both townies, 

and country folk alike, along 

Motoring with Bob Nettleton 

with the hunting and fishing 

brigade. The 300’s strong offroad 

talents should tick a bunch 

of boxes with this group of 

potential buyers. 

GWM is poised to hit the go 

button on raft of new vehicles 

for our market next year. Six 

new models are under starters 

orders for the first half of 2025 

with more to follow for the back 

half of the year. 

The first model out of the 

2025 blocks for GWM in New 

Zealand is the new Cannon 

which features a larger 135kW 

and 480Nm 2.4 litre turbo-diesel 

engine used in its larger sibling, 

the Cannon Alpha and comes 

with a 3500kg towing capacity. 

The Tank 300, with its 

distinctive retro SUV looks, was 

a great choice to re-launch the 

brand here with irrepressible 

panache that’s hard to ignore. 

Even harder to ignore are 

the prices, starting at an 

affordable $49,990 for the Lux 

2.0 litre turbo petrol – the 

hybrid commands a hefty $7k 

premium. 

In the range-topping Ultra, 

the petrol vs hybrid price gap is a 

more reasonable $5k. The Ultra 

hybrid that rocked up for this 

road test retails for $61,990 – a 

decent amount of serious luxury 

off-roader for the money. This 

is amplified even further by a 

seven-year unlimited kilometre 

warranty with eight years 

unlimited cover on the battery 

Creating the under-bonnet 

magic is a 2.0 litre turbo petrol 

engine matched to an electric 

motor, providing a collective 

heft figure of 258kW of power 

and 615Nm of torque. This is 

generally well managed through 

a nine-speed automatic and a 

full-time AWD system. 

These ingredients provide 

plenty of shove from standing 

starts and in the mid-rev range 

to easily dispatch most driving 

assignments, both on- and offroad. 

This is no small achievement 

in a vehicle weighing 2305kg, 

making it one of the heftier 

SUVs in its class. The hybrid 

weighs 200kg more than the 

petrol-only variant. However, 

that is easily offset by the 

hybrid’s extra 93kW of thrust. 

Overall, the hybrid powertrain 

delivers on smoothness and 

responsiveness, and engine noise 

is well-suppressed even on full 

throttle, where you briefly enjoy 

a satisfying sporty growl from 

the engine. 

Rating out of 10: Performance 8; Handling 6; Build Quality 

7; Comfort 7; Space 7; Styling 7; Fuel Economy, road test 

average consumption 9.5L/100km; Value for money 9; Safety, 

ANCAP 5-star crash test rating. 

Overall points out of 10: 7 

The automatic gearbox is 

a newbie, but gave a decent 

account of itself, although it is 

occasionally let down by odd 

clunky moments of gearshift 

indecision. 

This is a good size SUV at 

460mm long, 1930mm wide, 

1903mm tall, and perched 

on a 2750mm wheelbase – all 

measurements that comfortably 

shade competitors such as the 

Mitsubishi Outlander. 

The only figure where the 

Tank 300 is lacking is the 

modest 400 litres of load space 

– well short of the Outlander’s 

500+ litres. The passenger 

compartment provides plenty 

of space both front and rear and 

feels light and roomy, despite the 

dark hard plastic trim. Fit and 

finish is as good as anything else 

in this price range. 

With a vast array of luxury 

features, the Ultra lives up to its 

billing as the premium member 

of the Tank NZ platoon. 

From the outside, it’s a sharplooking 

beast with 18-inch alloy 

wheels and a side steep for easy 

access into the cabin. Once there 

you are pampered by imitation 

Nappa leather accented seats, 

which for the driver have an 

eight-way power adjustment plus 

memory and massage function 

for the two front seats. In-cabin 

entertainment is managed via a 

12.3-inch colour touch screen. 

The Tank 300 doesn’t miss 

a beat on safety with most of 

the current crash protection 

and avoidance systems on 

duty, including adaptive cruise 

control, 360 degree-view 

camera, lane departure warning 

and blind spot monitoring. 

There is also a chirpy voiceactivated 

and annoying drive 

monitor system, that calls you 

out on almost every minor 

driving indiscretion. Once I 

figured out how to turn the 

system off, it stayed that way 

during my time with the 300. 

Increasingly manufacturers are 

installing these systems to score 

the best safety rating. 

It’s a case of the tried-andtrue 

with the suspension 

– double wishbones at the 

front and multi-link nonindependent 

suspension in the 

rear. This slightly more robust 

arrangement enables the Tank 

300 to traverse more challenging 

terrain – something its relishes. 

That said, none of my off-road 

trekking put it under too much 

pressure. 

On sealed surfaces in both 

town and open road driving, the 

suspension was competent, but 

not exceptional. At low speeds 

over poorly maintained urban 

roads, bumps felt more forcible 

than would like. 

Light and well-weighted 

steering makes for a pleasant 

enough drive although more 

road feel and communication 

with the drive would make it 

even better. 

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GIG GUIDE 

Thursday 6 to Wednesday 12 February 2025 

ARMADILLOS BECKENHAM, 155 

Colombo St: Saturday 9pm - Level 6. 

ARMADILLOS ISLINGTON, 670 Main 

South Rd: Thursday 2pm - Lino is back! 

Sunday 3pm - Lino. 

ARMADILLOS KAIAPOI, 416 Williams 

St: Thursday 2pm - Lino is back! Sunday 

3pm - Lino. 

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St: 

Thursday 7pm - Open Mic on the Big 

Stage, full set-up incl drums & piano, duos, 

bands, solos all welcome, free. Friday 8pm - 

The Bobby Lee Band, feat Brian Lewis, Al 

Olds, free. Saturday 9pm - Taking Back 

Saturday Emo Party feat DJ Dannidoll, 

tickets $22+BF from Moshtix.co.nz or door 

sales if not sold out prior. Sunday 6pm - J9 

Jive's Social Dancing for Everyone! J9 plays 

old favourites and newer pop tracks, for all 

styles of dance, $5 floor fee for dancers, 

spectators free, stay on for Latin Dancing 

for free; 8pm - Sensual Sundays Social 

Latin Dancing, guest DJs playing salsa, 

kizomba, zouk & more, $5 floor fee for 

dancers, spectators free. Monday 7pm - 

Believe It or Not Quiz, table bookings 03- 

377-4787, free entry. 

AVONHEAD TAVERN, 120 Withells 

Rd: Friday 7.30pm - Live music. 

BALCAIRN HALL, 4 Ashbys Rd, Sth 

Amberley: Friday 28th Feb, 7.30pm - 

Mundi Trio, tickets $30 online via 

www.balcairnhall.com 

BILL'S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: Thursday 

7.30pm - Karaoke with Annalea & Junior. 

Friday 7.30pm - TP Karaoke. Saturday 7pm 

- Mandi Miller. Sunday 6pm - Fired Up 

Karaoke. 

BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St: 

Thursday 7pm - Karaoke with DJ Brent. 

Friday 4pm - DJ Rakinem. Saturday 3pm - 

Deadlights; 6pm - DJ Rakinem. Sunday 

3pm - Sunday Session. 

CASHMERE CLUB, 50 Colombo St: 

Saturday 22nd Feb, 8pm - Totally 80s Show, 

tickets $30. 

CHCH CASINO, 30 Victoria St: Friday 

5.30pm - Cantora; 9pm - D'Sendantz. 

Saturday 6pm - Smooth talk; 9pm - Syde 

Hussle. 

CHCH FOLK MUSIC CLUB, Irish 

Society Hall, 29 Domain Tce: Sunday 

16th Feb, 7.30pm - Dave McMillan. 

DARKROOM, 336 St Asaph St: 

Thursday Traficante, Camel Tonys, King 

Tides. Saturday - Sentient Mud, Moider 

Mother, Mental Joy. 

FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday 

4.30pm - Lee Martin Duo; 8pm - Live 

Band Karaoke; 11.30pm - Jinx. Friday 5pm 

- Live music; 8.30pm - Liberator; Midnight 

- The Stowaways. Saturday 1.30pm - Eve 

Kelly Duo; 5pm - Saxy Duo; 8.30pm - The 

In Crowd; Midnight - Third Junction. 

Sunday 2.30pm - After Five; 6pm - Black & 

Gold Duo. 

GOOD TIMES COMEDY CLUB, 224 St 

Asaph St: Friday 6.30pm - Hour of Power 

feat. Snap and Miriam Collins, $10; 8pm 

Gender!? I hardly Know her!- variety show, 

$25. Saturday 8pm - Big Laughs feat. Tama 

Alexander, $30. Wednesday 7.30pm - Fresh 

Open Mic Comedy, free. 

HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd: Friday 

7pm - Jo's Karaoke. Sunday 3pm - 

Reminisce with Anthony. 

Hornby Club cont... Saturday 15th Feb, 

7.30pm - Pacific Kings presents Double 

Trouble feat. Johnny Angel & Taurean K 

Mill. Saturday 1st Mar, 7.30pm - Shania & 

Country Legends feat. Liza Rebecca and 3 

piece band. 

LIVE AT THE POINT, Stoddart Point 

Reserve, Diamond Harbour: Sunday 

1pm - Drummie Dan; 1.15pm - Kaito; 

2.15pm - Faulty Connection; 3.15pm - 

Sawfish; 4.15pm - The Haizys. 

LONE STAR, Northlands Mall: 

Thursday 13th Feb, 6.30pm - Old Spice. 

MAK BAR, 1276 Main North Rd: 

Saturday 8pm - Viking Thunder. Sunday 

3pm - Level 6. 

MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: 

Friday 10pm - Dynamix. Saturday 10.30pm 

- Cropduster. 

OAK N FERRY, 608 Ferry Rd: Friday 

4pm - Johnny Ginger. Saturday - In the 

City. 

OLD LEITHFIELD HOTEL, 11 Old 

Main North Rd: Friday 7.30pm - The 

Party Singers. 

RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118 

Racecourse Rd: Friday 7.30pm - 

RiccStar. 

RICHMOND CLUB, 'The Borough', 75 

London St: Friday 7pm - Bottlejacks. 

Saturday 7pm - Sign of the Firebird. Sunday 

3pm - Mandi Miller. 

ROSE & THISTLE, 24 Main North Rd: 

Friday 8.30pm - A&J Karaoke. Saturday 

8.30pm - Misconduct. 

SHARKEY'S BAR & CAFE, 96 Hoon 

Hay Rd: Thursday 3pm - Jayson. Friday 

7pm - Jayson & Rome. Saturday 7pm - 

Karaoke. Sunday 2.30pm - Big Birthday 

Celebration feat. Copper Wine. 

TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding Ave: 

Saturday 8.30pm - Awesome Source. 

THE BLACK HORSE, 33 Lincoln Rd: 

Wednesday 7pm - Annalea & Junior 

Karaoke. 

THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Thursday 

7pm - Quiz Night; 9pm - Josh Keating. 

Friday 6pm - Josh Keating; 10pm - Corner 

Sounds. Saturday 7pm - Topia; 11pm - 12 

Gauge. Sunday 5pm - Joel Lee. Monday 

6pm - Sionna. Tuesday 7.30pm - Live 

music. Wednesday 6pm - Sionna. 

THE BOWER, 487 New Brighton Rd: 

Sunday 3.30pm - Sound Sensation. 

THE EMBANKMENT TAVERN, 181 

Ferry Rd: Friday 7.30pm - Open Mic. 

THE LOCAL BAR, 250d Barrington St: 

Friday 7pm - Lino is back! Sunday 3pm - 

Lino. 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd: 

Friday 9.30pm - K Town. Saturday 9.30pm 

- Raisin Tooth. Sunday 6pm - Annalea & 

Junior Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm - Quiz. 

Wednesday 7.30pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke. 

THE RICCS, 280 Blenheim Rd: 

Saturday 7pm - Dynamix. 

THE ROCKPOOL, 85 Hereford St: 

Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9pm - DJ's. 

THE SIDELINE SPORTS BAR, 331 

Stanmore Rd: Thursday 7pm - Jam 

Night with Ritchie Gillies & Nick 

Buchanan. 

THE TURF, 6 Inwoods Rd: Thursday 

7pm - Karaoke with Willie McArthur. 

SPORTS 

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LIVE MUSIC 

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PUMP TRACK 

1 

The Pump Track sees two riders line up head-to-head and drop 

into a maze of berms and rollers, each racing to cross the finish 

line first. The catch? No pedalling allowed. 

2 

3 

2 

1 

Start 

TOP 

4 

Strength, momentum and skill are the name of the game in this 

arena where pedal-less power reigns supreme and a single mistake 

can cost the victory. It is finally time to showcase the Pump Track 

that was designed and built by the team at Empire of Dirt! 

5 

6 

TICKETING DETAILS 

February 13 th + 14 th 

Free to spectate 

BOTTOM 

6 

3 

5 

4 

Chairlift 

Saturday 

15 th February 

REDEMPTION DOWNHILL 

Christchurch’s newest Downhill track is more than a 

race; it’s a story of resilience, renewal, and redemption. 

Set against the stunning backdrop of Christchurch 

Adventure Park, this track demands everything from the 

world’s best riders: skill, precision, and an unbreakable 

spirit. Featuring a mix of off-camber naturals, 

Christchurch’s infamous moondust, step-ups, bridge 

drops, and a punishing rock garden, this brand-new 

trail is set to leave its mark. 

Where and how to watch: There is awesome 

spectator access and viewing points along most of 

the Downhill trail, which you can access through 

the Crankworx village at the CAP base building. 

February 15 th + 16 th 

Festival pass required 

CAP Annual or Summer Pass 

Holders can enjoy free entry to 

the festival (February 13–16) by 

visiting the CAP Guest Services 

Office starting February 10, 2025, 

with their pass card to secure a 

wristband for the ticketed days 

(Saturday and Sunday). 

Finish 

Start 

Sunday 

16 th February 

GOLD CUP SLOPESTYLE 

For the first time ever in New Zealand, we’re thrilled to 

announce an FMBA Crankworx Gold Cup Slopestyle event 

— a top-tier competition on the Freeride Mountain Bike 

(FMBA) World Tour. 

ENTRANCE 

All days require a 

festival pass to enter. 

GET YOURS HERE 

This event will showcase mind-blowing tricks, massive jumps, 

and intense competition, attracting elite athletes and offering 

significant points and prize money within the FMBA framework. 

ACCESS 

& PARKING 

We encourage spectators to cycle or use public transport to 

access the event. 

Extra bike racks will be available at the event village. 

The closest bus stops to CAP are 349 Hoon Hay Rd, Cashmere, or Princess 

Margaret Hospital, approximately a 20-minute walk or 8-minute bike ride away. 

These stops are also on the Orbiter route that operates from 6:00am–10:30pm 

weekdays and 6:30am–11:30pm weekends. 

Parking on-site will be limited, and we will have a traffic management company 

assisting us. Parking restrictions will be in place from 7am on Wednesday 12th 

February – 8pm on Sunday 16th February to ensure no visitors park in the 

residential areas by CAP. There is no Crankworx parking available in these areas. 

Athletes, event crew, CAP staff and park patrons on a first come first serve basis 

will be prioritised. 

“Ōtautahi Christchurch has it all – the perfect mix of balance and play. 

From the 13-16 February 2025 some of the world’s best mountain bike athletes will 

be dropping in for the full Christchurch experience. 

We invite Christchurch locals to come and be part of this world class event taking 

place in your back yard. Get your tickets, bring your bells, horns and voices and be a 

part of history going down for the first Crankworx Summer Series in Christchurch”. 

- Ariki Tibble, Event Director 

Thursday 13 th February 

9:00 am – 12:00 pm Track Walk (All Athletes) 

Downhill 

9:00 am – 12:00 pm 

12:00 pm – 2:30 pm 

3:00 pm – 6:00 pm 

Training 

DH Training Elite/U19 (Group A) 

Training 

Slopestyle 

Downhill 

2:30 pm – 5:00 pm DH Training Open/CWNEXT 

Downhill 

Slopestyle 

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Finals 

Jump Jam 

Friday 14 th February 

8:00 am – 9:30 am Open/CWNEXT Training 

Pump Track 

9:00 am – 11:00 am Elite/U19 Training (Group A) 

Downhill 

9:00 am – 12:00 pm Training 

Slopestyle 

9:30 am – 11:30 am Open/CWNEXT Finals 

Pump Track 

11:00 am – 1:00 pm Elite/U19 Seeding (Group A) 

Downhill 

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Open/CWNEXT Training (Group B) 

Downhill 

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Pro Training 

Pump Track 

4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Open/CWNEXT Finals (Group B) 

Downhill 

Saturday 15 th February 

8:00 am – 9:00 am Training 

Slopestyle 

9:00 am – 12:00 pm Qualifiers 

Slopestyle 

10:00 am – 12:00 pm Elite/U19 Training (Group A) 

Downhill 

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm 

3:00 pm – 6:00 pm 

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm 

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm 

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm 

Elite/U19 Finals (Group A) 

Training 

Pro Training 

Pro Round of 32 and 16 

Pro Finals 

Downhill 

Slopestyle 

Pump Track 

Pump Track 

Pump Track 

Sunday 16 th February 

To stay up to date with parking 

updates please scan here: 

8:00 am – 10:00 am Training 

Slopestyle 

10:00 am – 12:00 pm Finals 

Slopestyle 

*schedule is subject to change, for the live schedule please go to crankworx.com/crankworx-summer-series/nz/schedule

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2025 

is a bit out of left-field.” 

He said he had no direct 

connection to Youth Hub, but 

“Youth Hub Christchurch 

has the vision of enabling all 

young people in Canterbury 

the opportunity to lead 

healthy, safe and valued lives, 

fulfilling their potential and 

New Zealand’s first purpose- 

Riccarton, said he spoke to 

connecting you with your neighbourhood 

16 th March 2025 

Out of the 524 respondents in 

Christchurch, just 38% said they 

have confidence in the city coun- 

cities, the average was just 30%. 

However, 80% of the survey 

respondents said they are enjoying 

life in Christchurch, compared 

to 81% in 2022. The city ranked 

slightly higher than the average 

a larger drop in quality of life 

Christchurch had increased, 

by 77% of people. They cited the 

central city coming back to life 

and access to recreational facilities 

as reasons for living in the city. 

Cyclist ready to roll for 

Youth Hub fundraiser 

• By Jack Ward 

A SEMI-RETIRED 

accountant is abou to cycle 

the length of the country 

to give back to those less 

fortunate. 

Confidence 

in the city 

council up 

9%, survey 

shows 

A NEW NATIONAL ‘quality of 

www.starnews.co.nz 

Entries now open 

www.city2surf.co.nz 

Thursday, February 6, 2025 

Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper 

David Barker will embark on 

Tour Aotearoa – a 3000km bike 

ride from Cape Reinga to Bluff 

– on Saturday, to raise $50,000 

for Youth Hub Christchurch. 

The 64-year-old said he is 

no stranger to cycling, but this 

journey will be uncharted territory. 

“I’ve always done a bit of 

life survey’ shows most people 

do not have confidence in the 

city council’s ability to make 

decisions in the best interests of 

the community. 

The biennial survey questioned 

6994 Kiwis abou their life in 

New Zealand’s main centres 

– Christchurch, Auckland, 

Dunedin, Hamilton, Hutt City, 

biking, done the odd multiday 

trip in the saddle bu this 

Porirua, Tauranga and Wellington 

– last year. 

the work it was doing resonated 

with him. 

cil’s decisions, compared to 29% 

in 2022. Across New Zealand’s big 

vibrantly contributing to their 

community,” he said. 

for New Zealand’s big cities of 

77%. 

Youth Hub Christchurch is 

Most other cities saw 

built youth hub, complete with 

between 2022 and 2024. 

supported housing facilities. 

Barker, from Upper 

Of the respondents, 26% 

said their quality of life in 

others who had completed 

Tour Aotearoa before 

compared to 12 months ago, up 

from 19% in 2022. 

deciding. • Turn to page 4 

GEARING UP: David Barker and Youth Hub Christchurch chair Dame Sue Bagshaw 

Christchurch was also 

ahead of his Tour Aotearoa fundraiser, which starts on Saturday. 

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exclusions, rates, and fees vary across provider. Excludes Gift Cards and some promotional items. Maximum 12 Months Interest Free Term available at Smiths City Colombo St. For more info visit 

the following: smithscity.co.nz/gem smithscity.co.nz/purple smithscity.co.nz/q-mastercard

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