The Star: February 13, 2025

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• By Jack Ward
RESIDENTS IN Shirley are yet
to have a definitive answer on
the removal of oak trees after a
community meeting last week.
The tall trees, which are estimated
to be about 75-years-old, create a
canopy over the street.
The city council plan is to fell 17
trees on Emmett St. Fourteen will
be removed “due to non-compliance”
and three “due to other safety
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DEVELOPMENT: An artist’s impression of the new shopping centre to be constructed on Prestons Rd, Marshland.
New shopping hub gets
Future of
beloved
oak trees
remains
uncertain
green light from council
A NEW shopping centre with
concerns”. Three others will be
removed on Riselaw St, which runs
off Emmett St.
Bec Roper-Gee of the Shirley
Village Project said the meeting,
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Caption: Construction work is under way on the Homebase
shopping centre expansion on Marshland Rd.
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a Mitre 10 Mega and up to 28
other stores has been given the
go-ahead for the city’s north.
The city council has issued
resource consent for the 2.5ha
development on Prestons Rd in
Marshland.
The resource consent application
for the commercial-zoned
land was not publicly notified.
The Mitre 10 Mega will
cover 1.1ha and include a drivethrough
trade area and garden
centre.
The other shops, including
hospitality outlets, retailers,
medical facilities or professional
offices, will range in size planned for the site.
from 100m² to 290m².
Ferrymead Properties Ltd,
About 375 car parks are also which also owns Mitre 10 Mega
Ferrymead, and Prestons Road
Investments Ltd are developing
the centre.
An opening date for the new
Mitre 10 Mega has not been set
but was expected to be around
November.
It comes as work on the nearby
Homebase shopping centre on
Marshland Rd in Shirley continues
to make progress.
Once finished, Homebase
will become the largest outdoor
retail centre in Christchurch. The
developers estimate stage one
of the Homebase project will be
completed by the middle of this
year.
attended by 30 people, was organised
by the community and was
a chance for council to hear their
views.
“There was a range of views, diversity
of voices – and to have council
front up and listen was great.
“We’re still questioning about
going forward and the processes
that the community wants to be
involved in.”
Roper-Gee said three trees were
unhealthy and their fate was sealed.
“Some trees have to go, that is a
certainty.”
Emmett St resident Emma
McGurk said there was a “grey
area” about what alternate options
there were if the trees were felled
and whether they could be used in
community projects.
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Restored relic taken
back to Antarctic base
• By Dylan Smits
AFTER A whirlwind monthlong
trip to Antarctica, young
museum conservator Louise
Piggin is grateful to have played
a part in preserving the history
of early polar explorers.
The 26-year-old helped
return Robert Falcon Scott’s
expedition copy of The Count of
Monte Cristo to his Discovery
Hut on Ross Island.
Piggin, who works at Canterbury
Museum, was part of
the Inspiring Explorers programme,
which saw a group of
young people restore the book
and see the sights of the frozen
continent.
“It was very special because
you see the book and it feels
like a very old piece of history
that doesn’t fit in with normal
surroundings, but once we got
it back to the hut it fit right in.
It was home,” she said.
Returning the book was no
sure thing, as stubborn ice
prevented the team from getting
close enough to the hut to
disembark.
The next day presented a
narrow opportunity as strong
winds broke up the ice enough
for the team to quickly stop in
at midnight.
The classic adventure book
was read by Scott’s 1911 South
HOME: Conservators
Louise Piggin and Daniel
Borstein prepare to place
The Count of Monte Cristo
inside Scott’s Discovery
Hut. PHOTOS: ANTARCTIC
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Pole expedition team and still
has their fingerprints clearly
visible on the pages.
It was published by French
author Alexandre Dumas in
1844 and follows a wrongly imprisoned
young sailor seeking
revenge on those who betrayed
him. • Turn to page 4
Poll shows
support for
event to
mark Canty
anniversary
• By Dylan Smits
A POLL by starnews.co.nz shows
strong support for a city council
funded event marking the 175th
anniversary of Canterbury.
It comes as The Star revealed
last week the city council and
Ngāi Tahu rūnanga will not support
any large-scale celebrations
to mark the first four European
ships arriving in 1850 like what
took place in 2020 for the 150th.
Of the 5396 online respondents,
64% want the city council to support
an anniversary event even
without iwi support.
Alternatively, 13% want an
event but only if it receives iwi
support, while 19% did not think
the city council should support
the anniversary at all.
Ngāi Tūāhuriri
Rūnanga elder
Dr Te Maire Tau
acknowledged the
significance of the
anniversary when
contacted by The
Star.
“The 175th Te Maire Tau
anniversary of
the arrival of
the Canterbury pilgrims is an
event that shaped our lives. It is
a historical event that we need to
acknowledge and reflect upon,” he
said. • Turn to page 4
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COUNCILLORS have been
briefed on ways the city’s three
water services could be delivered
going forward.
Council staff have completed
the Local Water Done Well
interim business case, assessing
three potential models for the
future delivery of water services.
The models considered were
enhancing the status quo with
an in-house delivery model,
creating a council-controlled
organisation (CCO) for all three
waters, or a two-waters (water
supply and wastewater) councilcontrolled
organisation.
Councillors will consider a
report on February 19 identifying
a preferred model based on
a comparative assessment of the
options.
“We know how important
water is to our residents, so
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this decision is critical for us
to get the best outcome for our
community,” city council chief
executive Mary Richardson said.
Under all models, the standard
of water services will be
maintained or improved. The
impact on rates would be about
the same between the three
models.
Public consultation on the
three delivery options will
start in March.
The Government’s Local
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replace the three waters reform
programme and aims to address
long-standing water infrastructure
challenges across the
country.
Councils are required to select
a water service delivery model to
ensure sustainable and efficient
management of water services.
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Fold out bike saves the
day for race veteran
FOR IAN Walsh, the Coast
to Coast is familiar territory,
having competed 22 times. But
this year’s race turned into his
most “exciting” yet.
Just 5km into the first 55km
cycle stage on Saturday, the
58-year-old crashed into a temporary
traffic light.
“I wasn’t really looking ahead
like I should have. Suddenly
I saw it (traffic light) coming
directly in front of me. I swerved
to the inside to avoid it, but my
balance took me the other way.”
After a heavy collision with
the traffic light, his shoulder was
bruised and sore but he managed
to brush himself off and
carry on.
The Coast to Coast, held every
February, challenges athletes to
run, kayak and cycle from the
West Coast’s Kumara Junction
beach to New Brighton Pier.
Walsh, from Prebbleton, was
competing in the male veteran
two-day race in the two-person
team category.
Back on the road, his troubles
weren’t over.
The damage to his bike
caught up with him 20km
later when its derailleur (gear
changing mechanism) snapped
completely. It left him stranded.
With time ticking and limited
options, Walsh weighed his
next move.
“I was jogging along with my
broken bike wondering how
I was going to get to my team
mate at the next transition
because I knew he was busting
to do the run and I didn’t want
to let him down,” he said.
Walsh was thinking about
asking if could borrow a bike
from a nearby farmhouse.
“Then I saw a camper van
with an older couple watching
the race, and the woman called
out: ‘Do you want a bike?’”
He was offered a fold-out bike,
which he gratefully accepted.
“It was a small-wheeled bike
that was ‘very substantially built’
with a big carrier on the back,”
said Walsh.
“I was alright on the downhill
and okay on the flat but when I
came to the gentle climbs, man
I was burning the wick there. I
think my heart rate was about
170bpm keeping up with the
COMEBACK: After
crashing and
breaking his bike
during the Coast
to Coast, Ian Walsh
used a borrowed
fold-out bike to
stay in the race. He
teammate Richard
Thomas were third
in their category.
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back of the group.”
Walsh ended up completing
the 55km cycle stage before
tracking down the couple and
returning the bike near the
finish line. The incident was the
first crash he’d had in 35 years
of road cycling.
“I think after doing some adventure
races, you have to solve
problems as you go.”
Despite the setbacks, Walsh
and teammate Richard Thomas
were third in their category.
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Explorers huts
frozen in time
• From page 1
The team left the book sitting
near the stove and sleeping
platform, likely where Scott’s
team would have put up their feet
for some leisure time.
Piggin said the huts the team
visited were a time capsule of the
early Antarctic expeditions.
“You could really picture the
explorers just living in there. It’s
very well preserved.”
The huts had a strong “woody”
smell which contrasted with the
fresh Antarctic air.
Piggin was joined on the trip by
Christchurch Boy’s High alumni
Jake Bailey, 27.
HISTORY:
Heritage
Expeditions
crew member
Al Fastier
(right) shares
his knowledge
with Jake Bailey
and Louise
Piggin inside
Shackleton’s
Nimrod Hut.
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HERITAGE
TRUST
He grabbed headlines around
the world in 2015 when he gave
a rousing end of school speech
after being diagnosed with an aggressive
form of stage four blood
cancer.
The head boy of the school at the
time, Bailey went into remission.
Piggin’s other highlights from
the trip included spying the
continent for the first time from
the sea.
“It was pretty surreal. I don’t
think any of us expected the
icebergs to be so big.”
The team is now creating a
podcast series about the trip with
the Antarctic Heritage Trust.
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anniversary event? Send your views in 200 words or less to dylan.smits@starmedia.kiwi
Mixed views from politicians
on no event for anniversary
• From page 1
“We have come too far in
our history to engage in anticolonial
rhetoric. There were
benefits and costs to Ngāi
Tahu, but our elders anchored
a settlement with the Crown
under the Ngāi Tahu Claims
Settlement Act 1998,” said Tau.
He said the 175th anniversary
is “vital to our collective history
and identity”.
Tau declined to comment on
why the Christchurch-based
Ngāi Tahu rūnanga has not been
interested in participating in an
anniversary event, claiming there
was “nothing further to add”.
The milestone was a reminder
of other significant anniversaries
for the South Island in the
coming decades, he said.
These include the 200th anniversary
of the signing of the
Treaty of Waitangi in 2040 and
the centenary this year of Ngāi
Tahu formalising its whakapapa
(genealogy) and collective identity.
Some councillors and their
election rivals expressed mixed
sentiment about the lack of city
council support.
Deputy mayor Pauline Cotter
said she was “not informed
enough” to give a definitive view
yet of the city council decision.
“I guess
there’s the question
of whether
175th is a super
significant
anniversary
anyway? I think
council may
have not seen
the necessity
in funding this
one. Maybe the 200th will be a
different story.”
Cotter’s opponent for the
Innes Ward seat, Ali Jones, said
she was “really
disappointed”
there will not
be a councilfunded
event.
“I think we
should acknowledge
the
landings of the
settlers and at
the same time
Pauline
Cotter
Ali Jones
link the issues that colonisation
has caused and continues to
cause.”
Jones was unsure whether
the city council should proceed
with an anniversary event
without the Ngāi Tahu rūnanga
onboard.
A majority poll result in
favour of an event shows “people
are interested,” said Jones.
“There’s many groups which
need to be engaged with. I think
there should be more public
conversation about it.”
Riccarton Ward councillor
Tyla Harrison-Hunt backed
the decision by
council staff
to not support
an anniversary
event.
“If Ngāi Tahu
were interested
in it, I’d be supportive.
If council
don’t want to
support it then
I support them
too,” he said.
Tyla
Harrison-
Hunt
Despite the poll, Harrison-
Hunt said the city council and
Ngāi Tahu being treaty partners
meant the anniversary should
require rūnanga support to
proceed rather than just general
public opinion.
The other candidate for the
Riccarton Ward, Tony Simons,
said the 175th anniversary did
not seem as important to celebrate
as the 150th or 200th.
“I’m not necessarily in favour
of it or opposed to it, but it
is understandable that Ngāi
Tahu doesn’t really want to
be involved and that should
probably be taken into account.”
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Alcohol policy could hurt businesses
and do little to reduce harm – reps
• By Dylan Smits
REPRESENTATIVES for
the city’s bars and nightclubs
believe proposals for the Local
Alcohol Policy (LAP) could hurt
businesses and do little to reduce
alcohol harm.
The city council is opening
up the draft options for public
submissions on Monday.
The LAP aims to address
alcohol-related harm, including
through a potential 2am oneway-entry
requirement for all
on-licences.
On-licences outside the central
city, such as bars, pubs, nightclubs,
cafés, restaurants, and
social and sports clubs, may also
be forced to close at 1am.
The current trading hours are
8am to 4am.
Hospitality
New Zealand
chief executive
Steve Armitage
said the proposals
would lead
to revenue loss
due to reduced
Steve
operating hours,
Armitage
and no new
customers coming in the case of
one-way-entry.
“One way door policies have
minimal effectiveness regarding
alcohol related harm, and can
present safety issues separating
groups and resulting in congregating
of crowds outside closing
venues ratheron than natural
dispersion,” he said.
Armitage said well-managed
on-premise environments are the
safest place to consume alcohol,
given the host responsibility
requirements in place.
Central City Business Association
chair Annabel Turley said
members with on-licence businesses
are “concerned” about the
one-way-entry proposal.
“It’s not something we would
be pushing for. Obviously at
that time of night our members
would be quite busy but people
would also be leaving. They want
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proposed 2am
one-way-entry
for on-licences
and the 1am
closing time
for suburban
bars? Send your
thoughts to
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more people to still be able to
come in.”
Turley said the association has
not developed an official position
on the LAP proposals yet but
will likely make a public submission.
Community Action on Youth
and Drugs (CAYAD) project
worker Paul McMahon also
questioned the effectiveness of
the one-way-entry proposal.
“In theory it helps blunt the
effect of a night of drinking by
keeping everyone in one place
where responsible hosts can look
after them,” he said.
“But on the other hand, the
evidence base for one way policies
is very mixed. It’s not clear
whether it makes more than a
minor difference or not.”
McMahon, who is also the
Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood
Community Board chair,
said CAYAD is more focused on
implementing new restrictions
for off-licences where most alcohol
is bought.
The possible restrictions on
off-licences, such as liquor stores
and supermarkets, may include
the requirement to stop selling
alcohol at 9pm.
The maximum trading hours
are currently 7am to 11pm.
There could also be a temporary
freeze on all new licence
applications in areas of high
deprivation.
Licenced premises could also
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Chch man says relatives will stay in
Gaza, despite Trump’s proposition
• By Rachel Helyer
Donaldson
A CHRISTCHURCH man
who lost 55 relatives in three
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza says
his remaining family will never
leave the area, despite a US
proposal to remove them.
President Donald Trump
doubled down on his plan on
Friday after it was rejected by
Palestinians and leaders around
the world.
Yasser
Abdulaal, who
has lived in
Christchurch for
five years, said
his two sisters
lost their homes
in the 15-monthlong
war.
Abdulaal said
Yasser
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they and their husbands – all
teachers – could have left at the
start of the bombing but refused
to abandon their land – and they
would not be leaving now.
“After the ceasefire and with
Trump’s statements, they are
definitely not going to leave
Gaza, regardless of what he says
and what (the US) does. It’s their
land.”
He said New Zealand should
recognise Palestine as a state and
sanction Israel in accordance
with international law.
It should also call for more
funding for international aid to
Gaza, he said.
“New Zealand voted for a
two-state solution and we have
been asking the Government
to enforce that. Many countries
during the genocide already
recognise Palestine as a state but
our government sees it as ‘not the
right time’.
“I think it is the right time, and
New Zealand should recognise
Palestine immediately.”
Abdulaal said he reached a
moment during the war where
he couldn’t bring himself to call
his sisters.
“I didn’t know what to say,
remotely, from New Zealand. It’s
a really hard time for everyone,
they’ve been in tents for more
than eight months, both (my
sisters’) houses have gone, they
are completely rubble. They are
still in tents despite the ceasefire
because they have no other place
to go to.”
But he has talked to the pair
since the ceasefire began.
“One of my sisters can’t even
WAR: A man walks past rubble and damaged buildings
along a street in the Tuffah district east of Gaza City on
July 8 last year.
PHOTO: GETTY
go and see her house as there’s
still Israeli tanks in that area (the
Philadelphia corridor). But we
know from footage – as she says
– the height of my house now is
half a metre, it was two levels but
now it’s half a metre.”
“It’s mixed emotions. The killing
and bloodshed has stopped,
but I have lost 55 (relatives) in
the airstrikes, most of them
women and children.
“They haven’t even had a
proper funeral . . . it’s really hard,
people are just trying to get food
for their kids, those basic human
rights for people which they
don’t have.
“They are happy with the
ceasefire, and we hope it will be a
permanent ceasefire, but we have
also lost lots of people . . . (the
rest) have lost their houses, their
jobs, everything.
“After the ceasefire and
with Trump’s statements,
they are definitely not
going to leave Gaza,
regardless of what he says
and what (the US) does.
It’s their land.”
– Yasser Abdulaal
“When I close my eyes and
I think about losing 55 people,
and that’s just the ones we know
about. It’s horrific, I can’t believe
it . . . they’re all relatives: cousins,
uncles, extended family.”
Trump’s proposal was a
“dangerous statement and
outrageous”, Abdulaal said. He
likened it to “a reward to (Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu
and the Israeli Government
who have been bombing
everything in Gaza, killing
everyone, committing genocide”.
“(Trump) says he wants
to drive the people out of
Gaza, meaning he wants to
ethnically cleanse the people
from Gaza, which is another war
crime,” said Abdulaal.
“This is our land and we are
rooted to this land and we’ll
never leave it.”
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Gloriavale man jailed for abuse of girls
• By Anna Sargent
A FORMER Gloriavale member
who was sexually abused in the
Christian community when she
was 13 years old has told her
abuser he stole her childhood and
her innocence.
Gloriavale man Fervent Ben-Canaan
was jailed for four years and
two months in the Christchurch
District Court last week for sexual
offending against eight girls.
The 45-year-old preyed upon
some girls as they slept, and
touched them while they were caring
for children or working at the
Christian community.
He pleaded guilty to eight
charges of indecent assault and indecent
acts – some of which were
representative – against girls aged
11 and over, part-way through a
jury trial in the Greymouth District
Court last year.
The offending occurred between
2004 and 2018.
A survivor, who was abused by
Ben-Canaan when she was 13,
broke down in tears in court reading
her victim impact statement.
She said during the period she was
abused she felt like she was living
in a never-ending nightmare, and
it caused immense shame and
guilt.
“I was a child of 13 and due
to the culture I was raised in, I
couldn’t put into words what was
happening. I believed if I said
JAILED: Fervent Ben-Canaan in the dock for his sentencing
in the Christchurch District Court.
PHOTO: STUFF / IAIN MCGREGOR VIA RNZ
anything to anyone I would not be
allowed to marry. I, like so many
girls, were expected to come to
marriage pure and untouched, but
due to the sexual assault I wasn’t.
“After the abuse I would take
one- to two-hour long showers
because I never felt clean.”
The woman said she felt like
she was a disappointment to her
parents.
“My relationship with my own
father began to fade due to me
being too scared of a male touching
me.”
The woman said although she
now knew what happened to her
was not her fault, it continued to
haunt her.
Ben-Canaan’s lawyer Marcus
Zintil said his client had acknowledged
that he had a sexual
attraction towards adolescent
girls. Zintil said Ben-Canaan had
shown genuine remorse and had
written letters of apology.
The pre-sentence report assessed
him as having low risk of
re-offending, Zintil said.
Judge Neave said Ben-Canaan
had caused long-standing psychological
damage to his victims,
and there had been considerable
breaches of trust.
“Offending occurred within
[the victims’] home, in many
cases in the bedrooms of the
complainants where they were
entitled to feel safe.”
According to a summary of
facts, Gloriavale’s leaders knew
about Ben-Canaan’s offending,
but asked him to apologise in
front of the community for being
sinful and sent him to live in a
farmhouse away from the main
Gloriavale site.
Leaders arranged a meeting
after one of Ben-Canaan’s victims
pointed a knife and threatened to
hurt him if he did not leave her
alone.
Ben-Canaan lived with his
family in a communal accommodation
block until June 2018,
when police were alerted to an
allegation he indecently assaulted
a 13-year-old girl.
The girl and her parents were
reluctant to formalise a complaint
while they still lived at Gloriavale,
hampering the investigation.
Ben-Canaan declined to
make a formal police statement
and denied touching the girl,
although he admitted having inappropriate
thoughts and completed
the STOP programme
to address his sexual desire for
young girls.
In 2021, police and Oranga
Tamariki launched a major
investigation into sexual offending
at Gloriavale that involved
screening all girls aged between
five and 17, some of whom disclosed
abuse.
One of Ben-Canaan’s victims
recalled him coming into a
bedroom she shared with her
siblings, getting under her
sheets and touching her.
On more than 20 other occasions,
he put his hand up her
dress while she was sleeping on
a couch in the main building
after early starts washing and
cooking.
Ben-Canaan put his hand up
another girl’s dress and rubbed
her leg while she was resting
on a mattress after a morning
working in the kitchen.
Another victim described
Ben-Canaan rubbing her breast
at the pre-school, and on two
occasions woke to find him
touching her in her bedroom.
Judge Neave sentenced Ben-
Canaan to four years and two
months’ imprisonment.
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• By Daniel Alvey
THERE ARE LESS than 1000 tickets
left for a popular 1980s-focused music
festival.
Selwyn Sounds will take place on Saturday,
March 1 at the Lincoln Domain.
It will be headlined by British electronic
synth pioneers Orchestral Manoeuvres In
The Dark (OMD).
Promoter David Parlane said he is
expecting a near-sell-out crowd of 10,000
people.
“You can bring your blanket or your
deck chair and meet up with your family
and friends and have a good old reminisce
of the ‘80s,” Parlane said.
OMD has sold over 40 million albums
and recorded some of the most iconic
songs of the ‘80s. Combining a love of
synth, and electronic music, and a talent
for writing great pop songs, OMD is one
Britain’s most-loved pop groups.
The line-up also includes British musician
Tom Bailey from the Thompson
Twins, Australian-based Kiwi rocker Jon
Stevens, Australian singer-songwriter
Diesel, Christchurch rock band The
Narcs with special guest Kim Willoughby,
Christchurch rock and pop band
Castaway and Lyttelton musician Flynn
Adamson.
“We like to give our guys an opportunity
and since 2017 we’ve always had one
or two local people on stage to kick the
day off and they’ve gone extremely well,”
Parlane said.
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Northlands Mall, Central Station, Westfield
Mall, Hornby, Ferrymead, Halswell,
Pegasus and Rolleston.
Motorhome and caravan parking can
also be booked for Friday and Saturday
nights at Lincoln High School.
“All of the money that is raised from
parking and the motorhomes goes to the
high school.
“We’ve got a number of different clubs
and organisations working different parts
of the event from our gates to behind
the scene stuff as well. It is a significant
contribution to Selwyn and Lincoln
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Working longer for love and money
People are retiring later,
with more people over
65 still in the workforce.
Reporter Dylan
Smits finds out what
motivates two of them
“It’s good to be doing things not just for myself. You do
get to a point in life where you want to give back. Having
said that, I do need to work.”
– Chrissie Whitfield
RETIREMENT is becoming a
distant prospect for more seniors
in Christchurch. Some are
choosing to continue working,
while for others it is a financial
necessity.
The latest census data shows
the city’s over-65 working population
has increased by nearly
40% since 2013.
There are now 13,701 over-65s
in part-time or full-time employment,
up from 9807 in 2013.
Fifty-one per cent are working
full-time and 49% part-time.
Chrissie Whitfield, 67, has a
full-time job.
The Merivale resident is a
policy and IT consultant for
businesses and charities.
Whitfield has held several senior
roles at government departments
in Wellington, but moved
back to Christchurch after more
than two decades away to be
closer to her family.
“It’s just been about working
for clients that I want to work
for. Clients that I think make a
difference. That’s not always the
case when working for government
departments.”
Now she is the programme
lead for Crohn’s Colitis Cure, a
small charity supporting people
with inflammatory bowel disease.
She is also the founder of
Blindsided NZ, which offers support
to people with limited sight.
“It’s good to be doing things
not just for myself. You do get to
a point in life where you want to
give back. Having said that, I do
need to work,” said Whitfield.
Living on superannuation
alone would be “nearly impossible”
without selling her home
and significantly downsizing.
Whitfield would prefer to work
less and put more time into her
own charity.
But she says many people her
age need to work due to high
rates and insurance bills and the
general cost of living.
ON THE JOB: Chrissie Whitfield (left) and Christopher
Bailey are among the city’s 13,701 residents aged over 65
who are still working.
“I’ve found it very rare to find
people over-65 who are able to
retire with no issues.”
Christopher Bailey, 70, still
works part-time as a gardener.
The New Brighton resident
never anticipated working past
retirement age, but now finds
yard work a good way to keep
healthy. “It’s about the enjoyment
of it and feeling challenged as
well.”
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or maybe get a reverse
mortgage.”
– Christopher Bailey
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want it.
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going forward. That can be very
difficult for some people. You
should look for the right employer
that’s going to accept you.”
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LETTERS
I was disappointed to read The
Star article last week where city
councillors decided against
funding any celebration for
Canterbury’s 175 th anniversary. I
thought something was up when
ChristchurchNZ hadn’t said a
word about any functions, and
nothing from the city council.
It wasn’t the fault of the 800
settlers who came out on the first
four ships that any agreements
weren’t totally fulfilled by the
Canterbury Association. Yet not
funding any celebratory function
is actually denigrating the
contributions of these settlers to
early Christchurch and Canterbury.
Before 1848, the settlement
around the Avon River was
called Port Cooper Plains. There
was no area called Canterbury
until 1848 when the Canterbury
Association came to Lyttelton.
The Canterbury region was then
named, and the main settlement
called Christchurch. Christchurch
became the first city in New
Zealand by royal charter.
Perhaps if the city councillors
and council don’t want to
acknowledge the contribution of
these early settlers, and the role
of the Canterbury Association in
naming the region, then possibly
they should give serious thought
to the upcoming election, which
is for the ‘Christchurch’ City
Council.
If they are so concerned about
all the of above, perhaps they
should go back 177 years and
resume the name Port Cooper
Plains and contest the upcoming
elections as the Port Cooper city
council elections.
It is hard not to be pretty
disheartened by the latest turn of
events, and hard to be interested
in the upcoming CCC elections.
- Robin Wynne-Williams
QSM, Halswell (Abridged)
Stadium nickname
As the general manager of the
Ramada Hotel, I have had a frontrow
view of the new stadium’s
construction.
As a keen trail runner, I often
stop in the Port Hills to admire its
size and design. Throughout 2024,
I frequently referred to it as “The
Bird’s Nest” or “The Cage” among
my running group.
Recently, I noticed the stadium
looked quite different due to the
new cladding installed on the
southern side. It now reminds me
more of a “Kete Basket,” “Wicker
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Canty settlers’ contributions should be
recognised; stadium nicknames emerge
MONIKER: The Picnic Basket, The Spider’s Nest . . . Readers
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at Te Kaha.
PHOTO: CCC
Basket,” or “Picnic Basket”.
The stadium is certainly impressive,
and I believe a nickname
will emerge organically in time.
-James Butler
After looking at my dartboard I
think we should call the new stadium
“Bullseye”, as the Bullseye is
red and black.
-Chris Leonard
I believe “The Tapestry” is
a great nickname for the new
stadium. To me, it resembles
the structure of the fabric with
definitive outlines which have
the potential to be filled in or not,
according to the artistic interpretation
of the artist.
- Margaret Dwan, Edgeware
My suggestion for the stadium
nickname is “The Spider’s Nest”.
- Hamish Craig
My choice for a new stadium
name is “The Lanai”. I chose
this name because the structure
looks like a cover for a pool, but it
could also be a cover for a rugby
stadium?
- Gay Moore
I’m probably showing my age,
but as I drive down Barbadoes
St or along Ferry Rd, when I see
the magnificent new stadium, I
think of the scene at the end of
Steven Spielberg’s 1977 movie
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
when the mothership descends to
Earth.
I suspect this will be even more
so when there is a night-time
event on at the stadium and it is
all lit up with thousands of people
(and if it played the music, the
picture would be complete).
So, I think “The Mothership”
is a good nickname for the new
stadium, particularly as it will also
be the nursery for so many young
Crusaders who will continue the
fine Canterbury tradition of going
on to be All Blacks.
- Mark Brown, Northwood
I have heard it called “The
Pavlova” recently; I myself
consider it resembles the white
fungi with all the hollows you see
out in the bush, so my nickname
is “Fungi”.
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Thursday February 13 2025 The Star 15
The Way
We Were
EXEMPLARY:
The
Cathedral of
the Blessed
Sacrament,
Barbadoes
St, c1905.
PHOTO: CCL
Right – Terry
Birchfield
from the
nearby
Christchurch
Gas Co in
1984.
The Roman
Catholic
Bishop of
Christchurch,
the Most
Rev Dr B.P
Ashby, in
procession to
the cathedral
for his
consecration
in August
1964. Right –
St Paul the
Apostle
stained glass
window.
PHOTOS: CHRISTCHURCH STAR, CANTERBURYSTORIES.NZ
1900s – THE CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL
For more than a century,
the Cathedral of the Blessed
Sacrament on Barbados St
was held up as one of the
finest examples of church
architecture in Australasia.
Writer George Bernard Shaw,
visiting in 1934, compared the
cathedral ‘by the gasworks’
to the work of great Italian
renaissance architect Filippo
Brunelleschi.
The cathedral’s foundation
stone was laid on February 10,
1901. It was opened four years
later on February 12, 1905.
Francis William Petre designed
the basilica-style building.
Petre had earned the nickname
‘Lord Concrete’ because
he was one of the first New
Zealand architects to work with
it. He also designed cathedrals
in Dunedin and Wellington.
Before construction could
begin, the existing church had
to be moved 400ft (122m) up
the road – the largest building
to be moved in the country.
Three traction engines were
used in what the Weekly Press
(June 6, 1900) described as “a
task of no light order”.
The Blessed Sacrament was
built by J and W Jamieson
and measured 64m long and
32m wide, with a 41m dome.
Christchurch Libraries said it
required more than 3396m3
of Oamaru stone, 560m3 of
Mount Somers stone, 113m3 of
concrete and 88 tonnes of steel.
When money ran low, NZ
Premier Richard Seddon
pushed a special bill through
Parliament so the bishop could
take out a loan on behalf of the
Roman Catholic Diocese to
finish the project. The final cost
was £52,213.
Repairs were undertaken in
1970, and seismic strengthening
carried out in 2004. The
cathedral was closed for more
strengthening after the September
2010 earthquake. However,
it was significantly damaged in
the February 2011 quake.
Eight years later, Catholic
bishop Paul Martin said the
building was too expensive
to restore and would be
demolished. A replacement will
be constructed on the old site.
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16
NEWS
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
Sizzling science behind professor’s
• By Daniel Alvey
NAME A PLANT and Associate
Professor Tim Curran and his
team have probably burnt it in the
name of science.
The Lincoln University ecologist
has been leading research into
low-flammable plants for the past
12 years, leading to the creation of
the Plant Flammability Directory,
which now has more than 470
plants listed.
To test the plants, Curran built
a plant barbecue which uses a
propane torch to burn samples.
“ We’ve worked out it’s well over
5000 samples (of plants) we’ve
burned,” Curran said.
While it may
seem as simple
as just putting a
blowtorch on the
plants, Curran
explained there is
a bit more to the
process.
“We’re preheating
that sample
for two minutes
Tim
Curran
to dry out the sample a bit further
and volatilise some of the chemicals
the plant has.
“Both of those things mimic an
oncoming firefront.”
After preheating, the samples
are blow-torched for 10 seconds,
after which more measurements
are taken including, the maximum
TESTING: Tim Curran operating his plant barbecue.
PHOTO: JON SULLIVAN
temperature reached, how long the
plant burns once the blowtorch is
off, and the amount of the sample
left unburnt.
Curran said New Zealand’s
weather is changing to be more
conducive to fire.
“The predictions, particularly
for the eastern parts of New Zealand,
are looking quite dire. We’re
COMPARISON: What gorse and broadleaf look like with
the same level of heat applied.
‘The predictions, particularly
for the eastern parts of New
Zealand, are looking quite
dire. We’re going to get
drier landscapes, windier
landscapes and lower
humidity’
– Associate Professor
Tim Curran
going to get drier landscapes,
windier landscapes and lower
humidity.”
Curran said the list has been
used by the likes of Christchurch
City Council to develop green fire
breaks on the Port Hills. The fire
breaks are strips of low-flammability
plants strategically established
across the landscape.
Curran and his team are now
looking at ‘fighting fire with
food’ – how green fire belts can be
utilised on farms by using crops to
halt the spread of fire.
“ We’ve got a wider list that we’re
working through publication at
the moment which includes a wide
range of crop and pasture species.
“So with the idea being that
you’d actually be able to have a
really good think about how agricultural
landscapes are designed
from a fire mitigation point of
view,” he said.
Curran said it could lead to
farmers planting particular crops
in certain locations to be used as
green fire breaks, making them
multipurpose.
“ You can start to actually
have low flammable green fire
breaks playing a really important
multinational role across the
landscape and that I think is where
we’ll get most bang for our buck
and get most people.”
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botanical barbecues
While not a “silver bullet”
Curran said green fire breaks
could be used among a number
of the fire mitigation methods.
As part of the research, Curran
said there were also some
surprises.
“We’ve found that some of our
native species are really highly
flammable.
“One of the really surprising
things for us was silver beech
which is a very flammable species
which we weren’t expecting
because that’s found in the wetter
rain forests.”
The plant flammability list
is the result of a collaboration
between Curran and Auckland
University Professor George
Perry, with help from three
postdoctoral scholars – Dr Sarah
Wyse, Dr Josep Padulles Cubino
and Dr Azhar Alam, four PhD
students Dr Azhar Alam, Dr
Xinglei Cui, Dr Niger Sultana
and Dr Shanta Budha-Magar,
several masters and honours students,
and many undergraduate
students, summer scholars and
international interns.
Said Curran: “It’s been a real
privilege to be working with such
a cool group on a project that’s
now getting out there in the
public’s hands, and the public can
use the information that we’ve
been producing.”
What you can do at your own home
Creating what is known as a defensible space is one of the
key things that can be done to protect your home from
wild fires. The space is made up of two zones.
Zone one – 0-10m
around the house:
• Keep grass short
• Keep gutters and decks
clear of dead leaves, debris and pine needles
• Remove highly flammable plants
• Store things such as firewood well away from the house.
Zone two – 10-30m
around the house:
• Reduce or move trees so they are not touching
• Prune branches up to 2m from the ground.
• To learn more about low-flammability planting,
visitcheckitsalright.nz/reduce-your-risk/low-flammabilityplants
FUTURE THINKING: An example of a green fire break in the
Port Hills established after the 2017 fires.
PHOTO: BANKS PENINSULA CONSERVATION TRUST
CANTERBURY CAR Club
has revealed its 10-year plan
to attract international events
to 78-year-old Ruapuna
Speedway.
The club has set a fundraising
goal of $11.2m to complete what
it calls its club asset rebuild
(CAR) project.
“We are excited to unveil our
10-year strategic plan, which
will guide the club through the
next decade as we continue to
race towards the future,” said
president Lewis Low.
“Our vision is to create a
world-class motorsport facility
that is accessible to everyone,
from seasoned racers to young
enthusiasts just getting started.”
The upgrade plan has been
divided into three stages.
Stage one is budgeted at
$4m and includes resealing
the track, rebuilding the supporters’
lounge, addressing
kerbs, improving draining, and
upgrading flag points, lights and
cameras.
Stage two, costing $2.2m,
involves upgrades to the control
tower, changing rooms and
toilets.
The final $5m stage includes
new purpose-built pit lane
garages, viewing platforms and
Thursday February 13 2025 The Star
NEWS 17
Car club unveils
plan for Ruapuna
FUTURE: An artist’s
impression of potential
upgrades to Ruapuna
Speedway.
corporate facilities.
To raise the funds the club is
relying heavily on donations.
“If you’re considering
donating to Canterbury Car
Club for the CAR project,
you’re making an investment
in motorsport in Canterbury,”
Lewis said.
“You’re going to ensure that
the club exists for hopefully
another 75 years. You’re
investing in the heritage of the
club, the future of the club, the
legacy.”
While the track has been
put in the mix to host a second
round first-ever Supercars event
in the South Island, it is widely
expected the event will be held
at Highlands Motorsport Park
in Cromwell in 2026.
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The training programme you have followed has
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in mileage and intensity. If you are struggling it
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body position. That might sound self-evident
but it is not infrequent that I see people running
stooped forwards or leaning back too far. You
achieve an upright body position by pushing your
pelvis and chest slightly forward with your neck
and head nicely aligned with your spine. Keep
your stride short so you land under your body
rather than ahead of it. Over striding is the most
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To prevent over striding keep your stride short
and try and land on your mid-foot rather than
on your heel. Once you start running you can
introduce a slight “total body” forward lean (so
not just the upper torso). This body position will
give you the added benefit of a gentle forward
pull by the forces of gravity. In a previous article
I mentioned the importance of rhythm and that
is easier achieved with a shorter stride. Stay low
to the ground to minimise the forces of impact.
Have your arms relaxed; bend elbows with hands
moving up and down in front of your chest
dictating the rhythm of your legs.
55min
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80 min
Easy Jog
50 min
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6km 80min
12km 100-120min
(alternate 5 min light/mod)
To achieve this goal you
need to develop some
awareness around the
basic requirements of
exercising for health and
fitness. First and foremost
this has to do with 3 key
principles:
1. How often do you train?
To improve your level of health and
fitness you will need to aim for 4 sessions
per week. 2 or 3 sessions per week will only
maintain what you have and 1 session per
week is definitely not sufficient.
2. How long are your sessions? The duration
of your sessions will generally build towards
between 30 and 50 minutes with one longer
session of 60-120 minutes.
3. What is the right intensity to train at? The
good thing about the programme is that all
your runs will be done at submaximal pace,
also called conversation pace. That means a
pace where you can still talk. If you can’t talk
you are going too fast and you are likely to
come to a grinding halt sooner or later.
This programme and accompanying information are written
as a guide only. If you are concerned about your health at
any stage please undergo a health check with your GP.
Thursday February 13 2025 The Star 19
WEEK SEVEN
TraInInG ProGramme
TIP oF The weeK
If you are hoping to achieve some weight
loss as part of your programme this is the
time that you should see a shift in your
weight. One of the tricky things regarding
weight loss through exercise is that any
loss of fat can be offset by an increase in
muscle bulk. As muscle tissue is heavier
than fat a net gain in weight can be the
result in the short term for some people.
So if you have not lost weight and you have
kept to a healthy diet, don’t despair as this
might be the main reason. Your own unique
response to your exercise regime will decide
when you will start to lose weight and how
much you will lose. The good news is that
the health benefits from a regular exercise
programme are still the same, regardless of
the amount of weight you lose (or not).
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Young Aussie muscle recruited in
bid to turn club’s fortunes around
• By Sam Coughlan
CHRISTCHURCH has turned
to three Australian imports to
bolster its team ahead of the
Metro rugby season – including
one notable name.
South Australian Owen Potter,
21, New-South Welshman Felix
Harvison, 18, and Queenslander
Brendan Thorn, 21, have joined
MENTOR: The trio cite former
the club for 2025.
Crusaders and All Blacks
Thorn is the son of former All
hooker Mark Hammett,
Black Brad Thorn, who donned
Christchurch’s director of
the black jersey 59 times and also
rugby, as a big part of why
made 92 appearances for the Crusaders
between 2001 and 2011.
they came to the club.
Brad Thorn also had a lengthy
rugby league career, playing 200
times for the Brisbane Broncos
and representing Queensland in
11 State of Origin games, as well
as three tests for Australia.
Brendan joins Christchurch
Sisson said he hoped to have
his team solidified in the top half
of the table within three seasons.
“They’ll have highs and lows in
that top part, but the long-term
goal is to not be saying we want
to make top six, it’s knowing
after playing club rugby in Nelson
that we’re always going to make
last year, before returning to
IMPACT: Owen Potter, Felix Harvison, and Brendan Thorn have joined Christchurch for 2025.
top six. It just depends on where
PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN
Queensland to stay with his parents
in the six we’re going to end up.
and recover from injury over
the off-season.
He said his father’s influence
was huge.
“ He’s always comforted me
through – always had my back,
backed me up in my abilities to
play,” he said.
“I’ve always felt pretty
confident around my footy.”
The Australian recruits all play
in the forward pack – Harvison
and Thorn in the front row and
Potter at loose forward.
Potter is a bit of a journeyman
– growing up in Adelaide and
playing for Woodville, he’s also
turned out for clubs in Canberra
and Darwin.
He said playing in New Zealand
had long been a goal.
“ It’s the best thing you can put
on your rugby resume.”
the winning try from a charged
down kick in the final.
Unusually for an Australian,
he dreams of playing in black.
“ My grandfather’s originally
from Timaru, so I’ve always
seen the appeal of New Zealand
rugby,” he said.
“It’s always been an aspiration
to maybe make a rep team over
here, even the All Blacks.
“New Zealand’s obviously the
best at rugby, and you want to
learn from the best.”
New head coach Bevan Sisson
said their build and skills would
be beneficial.
“They’ve been excellent.
Obviously they bring a fresh
do, not just gym size, but just to
become young men, really.”
A big reason behind all three
joining Christchurch is the presence
of the club’s new director of
rugby, former Crusaders and All
Blacks hooker Mark Hammett.
Hammett has coached the
Hurricanes, Highlanders and
Sunwolves in Super Rugby and
most recently oversaw St Thomas
of Canterbury College’s first XV.
“ Two weeks of training so far
and I’ve learnt so much already
from him,” Potter said.
“To be able to come and train
under him, it’s a bit surreal.”
The trio will boost a
Christchurch side that has won
“ Our main goal (this year) is
to get them to really believe in
the future for themselves, that
we can be a good team if we can
stay together, and ride out the
tough days, because there will
be some teams that will do a job
on us, just because they’ve got
better players.
“But if we can stay in the fight
for the close games, and get a few
go our way, that’s what we want.”
Christchurch has also picked
up fringe Crusaders Hunter
Morrison, a lock from Hawke’s
Bay, and Waikato pair Xavier
Saifoloi (loose forward) and Aki
Tuivailala (centre). Sisson said
he doesn’t expect to see much of
Harvison is in his first year look about the group.
just two games in the last two them, with representative duties
NEW FACE: Bevan Sisson is out of Sydney’s Shore School – “ They’re not ridiculously big, years, last making the playoffs getting in the way.
Christchurch’s new premier where he won the school’s first we’ve got bigger guys in the in 2022, with Sisson replacing The Metro rugby season starts
men’s head coach for 2025. title since 1969 last year, scoring team, but they’ve got growth to Reece Allen at the helm.
on April 5.
Rising star leading the way for Bishopdale
• By Diane Keenan
BISHOPDALE’S tennis protégé
Aliyah Daly’s success at a national
level is proving an inspiration for
her interclub teammates who upset
competition leaders Elmwood in
the last round of women’s premier
interclub.
Daly, ranked second in New
Zealand for 14 and under girls,
is enjoying an excellent season
for Bishopdale which this week
plays the young Cashmere team at
Cashmere on Friday night.
Daly beat Elmwood’s Tessa
McCann in a third set tiebreak
in Bishopdale’s recent win and is
currently competing in the Tennis
New Zealand 14 and under girls
Kiwi Clay Championships in the
Wairarapa, which finishes this
weekend.
Julian Daly, Bishopdale’s
manager and Daly’s father, says although
Aliyah is not available this
week because of the national commitment,
the team will include
its regulars Juliette Ma, Marija
Filipovic and Honor Barry.
Their opponents, Cashmere,
are languishing in fifth place on
the table but their fortunes will
be boosted with four of its team
members, Ruby McPhail, Sophia
Aymes, Lila Waghorn and Lucy
Young, filling all semi-final slots of
this week’s Canterbury secondary
schools’ championships at Wilding
Park.
Elmwood, which was without
its top singles player Abby Mason
against Bishopdale, plays Shirley at
Elmwood.
Although Shirley was beaten
4-2 by Waimairi in the previous
STAR: Aliyah Daly has been in
excellent form for Bishopdale
this season.
round, the consistent Nicole Fitchett
won her singles, while Casey
Fitchett and Cassandra Riordan
won a doubles rubber.
Waimairi, whose singles winners
were Charlie Byers, Scarlett
Rutherford Prince and Sophie
Ensor, plays Te Kura Hagley which
enjoyed a clean sweep over Cashmere
in the last round.
Points
Men: Cashmere 116,
Elmwood 93, Burnside
Park 87, Bishopdale 71,
Edgeware 31, Te Kura
Hagley 23
Women: Elmwood 104,
Bishopdale 98, Te Kura
Hagley 86, Waimairi 61,
Cashmere 41, Shirley 17
In the men’s competition on
Saturday, leaders Cashmere take
on old rivals Elmwood in a topof-the
table clash.
Cashmere played its last round
against Burnside Park with the
three Meredith brothers, James,
Tim and Matt in commanding
form.
Burnside Park’s Sakeri Parnell
scored his team’s only win.
Elmwood convincingly beat
Edgeware, although full marks
to Edgeware’s Connor Edmonds
who took the experienced Tom
Batt to three sets.
Bishopdale will have a home
court advantage against Burnside
Park this weekend.
In the first round, the two
teams were locked in a three
matches-all, eight sets-all countback,
with Burnside Park winning
with a two-game advantage.
Bishopdale will be hoping
to reverse that scoreline with
its two young players Nicholas
Rayner and Louis de Lautour,
also competing in the secondary
schools championships, playing
some excellent tennis.
The bottom of the table matchup
is between Edgeware and Te
Kura Hagley at Edgeware.

Thursday February 13 2025 The Star
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Young bikers get free ride to
compete at Crankworx event
• By Sam Coughlan
making a name for himself with
some good performances for Rangiora
High School – ninth in the
A SELECTION of young
Canterbury riders will compete
South Island schools championships
and eighth at nationals.
against some of the world’s best at
the Crankworx Summer Series.
He said he could not wait to
The four-day event, starting today
at the Christchurch Adventure
compete at Crankworx.
“ It’s going to be such a big thing
Park, will feature eight local riders
for me,” he said.
aged 13-17 who have had their
entry to the competition paid for
“ I was thinking about doing it,
by ChristchurchNZ.
but I didn’t have the money for the
The teenagers will have the
entry. Then out of nowhere I got
chance to compete against some
the invitation, and I was just really
of the world’s top riders including
happy. If it wasn’t for that I wouldn’t
Pump Track world champion
be able to race.”
Ryan Gilchrist, Norwegian Mille He will be making a mad dash
Johnset – ranked 10th in the world from Rangiora High to compete,
for downhill – as well as threetime
Red Bull Hardline champion before departing at lunchtime.
attending school in the morning
Bernard Kerr from England.
“ I have to leave my bike in
Cashmere High student Aniko Christchurch, at my cousin’s house,
Farmer, 14, only started biking and then take a bus into Christchurch
from Rangiora leaving around
last year and said she was looking
forward to the opportunity. 12.30 because the bus takes an
“ I’m really excited but also pretty hour-and-a-half, and practice starts
nervous. I haven’t done any races at 2pm.
before, but I wanted to do it anyway.
It’s a good opportunity, and Margaret Hospital and then have
“I get off the bus at Princess
I’m just doing it to have fun.” to walk five minutes around to my
Two of her friends from Cashmere
High have also been invited then ride to the park.”
cousin’s house, pick up my bike and
– Hazel Odin and Alexa Van The other riders invited to compete
are Campbell Copland (13), bikers invited to compete at the Crankworx Summer Series
OPPORTUNITY: Aniko Farmer, 14, is one of eight young
Tromp, both 14.
Cameron Butler, 17, started Reuben Bowness (15), Josh Ford at the Christchurch Adventure Park.
biking two years ago but is already (17) and Harry Summers (17).
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Heroics in
vain as finals
race tightens
• By Sam Coughlan
STRONG individual performances
in losing causes headlined the
sixth round of the Christchurch
Metro one-day premiership.
Old Boys’ Lakshay Mehra took
6/15 as his side bowled East Shirley
out for 135 – only Timothy Hampton-Matehe
offering any resistance
with 76 – before Old Boys were all
out for just 99 in response.
Mehra’s figures were the best
in the competition since Hunter
Rowe took 8/38 for Heathcote in
2022.
Sydenham’s Ryan Wallace (120
not out) and Aarush Bhagwat (102)
peeled off centuries against Burnside
as their side tallied 256/3 after
being 2/2 early – only to see Burnside
chase it down comfortably.
Heathcote beat Riccarton by six
wickets and Lancaster Park beat St
Albans by three wickets.
Lancaster Park and Burnside
are assured of finals spots – but
just five points separate Old Boys
(38), St Albans (37) and Heathcote
(33) with one round left. They will
play Sydenham, East Shirley and
Burnside respectively with only
two to progress. The weekend’s
other match is between Lancaster
Park and Riccarton.
All matches will start at 10.30am
on Saturday.
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Record partnership
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Cricketers Matt Boyle and Cole
McConchie have combined for
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Canterbury’s win over Wellington
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and McConchie (130) racked
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at 32/3, they were only separated
when Boyle was caught behind
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THe CRL Premiership will expand
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Ioniq 5 N delivers electrifying performance
HYUNDAI HAVE added new
super power to the ranks of their
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the fastest Hyundai ever.
This car is a real circuit breaker
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Aerodynamic enhancements
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The Ioniq 5 N design team
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You are reminded almost
every time you make a tight lowspeed
turn on smooth bitumen
surfaces where these super-size
tyres growl and grab at the road
surface.
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It all seems a bit out of
character in a $134,995 car that
should be all polish and poise –
and for the most part it is.
A rear spoiler increases the
length of the car by 100mm
over the standard Ioniq 5,
and features a motorsportinspired
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strip.
Dynamic design features
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wheel arch extensions plus a rear
spoiler. This theme continues
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console with lateral support,
pedals and footrest. The colour
palate range includes the N
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User-selectable sounds give
the driver aural feedback
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All-wheel drive is essential to
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and 770Nm EV powertrain. N
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the driver hits the red button
on the steering wheel. However,
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pause with another push of the
red button.
This EV power train has
multiple personalities ranging
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the everyday driver, to fast, fun
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Smooth and incredibly
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& Traliers
Caravan , 2008 Senator
Series 6, Bailey Arizona.
with awning. $33,000ono.
Ph Sam 027 4969 362
For Sale
COT Touchwood
and Grotime mattress
including bedding.
Excellent condition. Also
high chair, $150 for all. Ph
027 390 0730
TABLE Solid Mahogany
6-8 seater extention table,
4 point tiger claw feet. 03
981 2534
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Gardening
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A THICK LAYER OF
BARK, keeps the moisture
in, the weeds out & looks
great in your garden beds.
I will deliver and lay it for
you. Call Hugh “The Little
Green Groomer” 021 275
5445
Health & Beauty
MOBILE Toe Nail
Cutting Service by
Registered Nurse. $50.
Phone 022 281 6647
Massage
LADIES ONLY. Full body
sensual massage. Relax,
refresh your body, take
pleasure from the sense of
touch. Ph 027 251 4660
Pets & Supplies
CATS UNLOVED
can help with the cost
of desexing your cat.
catsunloved@outlook.
co.nz
CATS UNLOVED
can help with the cost
of desexing your cat.
catsunloved@outlook.
co.nz
Personals
A male 64 seeks intimate
lady playmate 022 637
8403
LADIES.
I invite you to be my secret
Valentine. Arouse my
intrest 027 6594425
Personals
RETIRED GENT,
GSOH, spontaneous &
finan OK, living on North
side of city, is seeking a
retired or thereabouts slim,
modern well presented lady
with a happy/fun/vibrant
pesona. I enjoy movies,
theatre, shows,drives,
walks, relaxing, dining
out/ coffee. people
watching etc. Lets explore
possibilties. Ph/txt 027
6594425
Public Notices
Greypower Christchurch
Social to be held on
February 19th at St
Martins Church Hall at
1pm. Speaker: St Johns.
Gill Atkins to entertain.
Afternoon tea, raffles.
Neville Wootton, Vice
Chairman.
Select Services
COUNTRY TOUCH
WINDOW
CLEANING
Honest & reliable
Professional Operator
We cover all of
Chch plus Lincoln,
Prebbleton areas.
Regular window
cleaning or one off
cleans our specialty
Ph or Text
021 02279100
Window Cleaning
Specialists
Tuition
COMPUTER LESSONS
avail for computer, IPad,
or Mobile. Please contact
Jobee 027 290 9246 www.
computertutor.nz
Wanted To Buy
AAA Buying good quality
furniture, beds, stoves,
fridge freezers, house
lots .Gold jewellery
& antiques. Same day
service. Selwyn Dealers.
Phone 980 5812 or 027
313 8156
AAAA Always buying
Gold. Cash paid. The
Pawn Shop, 396 Blenheim
Rd, 121 Riccarton Rd, 77
Ferry Rd.
A+ ALL whiteware
wanted. Same day
service, cash paid for
freezes, fridges, washing
machines, ovens. Also
buying furniture & h/
hold effects.Anything
considered. Ph Dave 027
66 22 116
A1 Albums, old photo’s,
postcards, coins, gold,
bank notes, badges,
medals, jewellery,
watches, china, crystal,
books, furs, vintage
clothing, paintings,
furniture, estates &
downsizing. Etcetera
Antiques, 194 Edgeware
Rd 385 5117
Cars Wanted
Thursday February 13 2025 The Star 25
• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
Wanted To Buy
ACADEMY ANTIQUES
Buying estates, antiques,
old china, crystal, art,
Royal Doulton , Royal
Albert etc. Best prices, free
appraisal. Call Rob 349-
4229 academyantiques.
co.nz
A+ Household effects,
fridges, freezers, washing
machines, ovens. Good
cash paid. Ph Paul 022
0891 671
All jazz records wanted,
Kiwi and overseas artists.
Blue Note, Prestige,
Riverside, ECM, Verve,
Impulse, CTI, Milestone
etc. Top prices paid for
good titles. Please phone
Dave 021 222 6144,
Pennylane Records, Chch.
7 days.
A records wanted by local
bands, will pay Chants r
& b $500, Jason and the
Melting Pot $1000, Blitz
St Fuzz $2000, Smoke
RCA $1000, Secrets on
Allied $1000, Dark Ages
$1000, Tomorrows Love
$1000 etc, many more 7”
wanted. Dave 021 222
6144. Pennylane Records,
Sydenham 7 days.
A turntable and Hi Fi
gear wanted. Pennylane
Records, Sydenham, 7
days, plenty of parking,
or we can come to you. Ph
366 3278
BAYONETS swords and
pocket knives wanted.
Modern & old. Any
considered. Ph 0800 55
99 22
BOOKS books books
wanted. Fiction and nonfiction.
Modern & old.
Small to estate lots. Ph
0800 55 99 22
CAMERAS wanted. Film
type. Modern & old, any
considered. Ph Benjamin
0800 55 99 22
Caravan wanted with
shower and toilet, needing
repairs ok or any condition.
Ph 027 6220 011
COINS wanted. Pennies,
threepences & cased types,
NZ & overseas. All types.
Ph Ben 0800 55 99 22
FOUNTAIN PENS
wanted. Conway Stewart
& Parker style. Any
considered. Ph 088 55 99
22
MASONIC Freemason
lodge items wanted.
Aprons, regalia & cases.
Ph Benjamin 0800 55 99
22
Wanted To Buy
MEDALS wanted.
Military medals, Sports
badges, Fire & Police
items. Any medals &
badges considered. Ph
0800 55 99 22
MILITARY items wanted.
Uniforms, buttons, books,
badges and photos, any
items considered. Ph 0800
55 99 22
Music books wanted.
Pennylane Records,
Sydenham, 7 days, plenty
of parking. Ph 366 3278
NZR New Zealand
Railways items wanted.
Badges, signs, uniforms
& books, any items
considered. Ph 0800 55
99 22
Old Toys, Models &
Trains. Tri-ang, FunHo
Matchbox, Dinky, Hornby,
Meccano, Marklin, Corgi
etc. Ph 027 604 1816
toymodelcollectors.co.nz
Pennylane Records
always buying records.
Excellent prices paid.
430 Colombo Street,
Sydenham, Chch. 366
3278 Open 7 days
Pennylane Records
always buying records.
Excellent prices paid.
430 Colombo Street,
Sydenham, Chch. 366
3278 Open 7 days
RUGBY programs and
badges wanted. Single
items to large lots. PH
0800 55 99 22
STAMPS wanted. First
day covers, albums and
postcards wanted. Any
considered. Ph 0800 55
99 22
TOOLS, Garden garage,
saw benches, Lathes. Cash
buyer Phone 355-2045
WATCHES wanted. Wrist
& pocket type, going or
not. Any considered. Ph
Benjamin 0800 55 99 22
Situations Vacant
Senior Reporter –
Wānaka
Otago Daily Times & Wānaka Sun
Full-time Permanent
About the role:
Are you a senior reporter with a passion for news and a desire to
tell compelling stories? Allied Press Limited is seeking a capable
and confident senior reporter to join our Wānaka team. This full-time
position will be based in our Wānaka office, where you will work with
a junior reporter, write articles and capture photos and videos for
odt.co.nz, our weekly print publication, Wānaka Sun, and the Otago
Daily Times newspaper.
You should be an experienced reporter with a strong interest in
news and storytelling across both online and print platforms. You
should be enthusiastic about breaking news, covering community
events, and able to work efficiently and calmly under pressure to
deliver engaging and timely content.
A valid driver’s licence is required for this role.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate:
• Strong journalism skills, including photography and videography
capabilities.
• The ability to build connections within the community and engage
with a diverse range of individuals.
• A genuine passion for sharing the stories of the community.
• A commitment to fostering a positive, safe, and inclusive
workplace.
• Be driven to deliver high-quality work.
We offer:
• Access to Southern Cross medical insurance.
• Reporters may be rostered any day between Monday and Sunday.
• A great opportunity to work in a small but very active location.
• A permanent position within a well-established organisation.
About Allied Press:
Allied Press reaches local audiences across multiple media
platforms. We welcome your ideas and contributions, as this will help
us to continue to expand our services and improve our offerings for
current and future readers. Our largest daily publication the Otago
Daily Times, has the longest daily publication record in New Zealand
and is the most trusted news brand in New Zealand as identified
by the AUT annual research, Trust in News in Aotearoa NZ. Join us
and be part of an award winning, supportive team that takes pride in
delivering quality products for over 160 years.
How to Apply:
If you believe this role is a good fit for you, please apply via SEEK
or reach out to Debbie Porteous at debbie.porteous@odt.co.nz for
a confidential discussion. Applications will be accepted until Friday,
14 February 2025. We will get in touch if you are shortlisted for this
opportunity.
For a detailed job description, please visit our website at
alliedpress.co.nz/employment.
Vehicles Wanted
Entertainment
6km and 12km options
16 th March 2025
Entries on sale from:
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CAR REMOVALS
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CARS, VANS, UTES & 4X4 WANTED
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We use world class vehicle depollution systems
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26 The Star Thursday February 13 2025
,
WHAT S
Pavilion Café Opens 8am daily | Legends Bar Opens 10am daily
Chalmers Restaurant
Wednesday to Saturday: A la Carte from 5pm
Sunday: Buffet from 4.30pm
Reception Open from 9am daily
CHASE THE ACE!
THURSDAY 7.15PM
$650
RAFFLES
EVERY WED TO SUN
4PM - 6PM
(11AM - 1PM SATURDAYS)
FRIDAY 14th FEBRUARY
Book for a table of two at Chalmers
and receive a glass of bubbles and go in
the draw for a valentine's hamper.
Book a brunch for two at Pavilion Cafe
and receive a free coffee and go in the
draw for a valentine's hamper.
MEMBER'S & AFFILIATES
Tiki
Party
SATURDAY 22 MARCH
MEZZANINE 5.30PM - 10PM
live music
Hawaiian Themed Cocktails
Games & Spot Prizes
Nibbles
Best Dressed Prize
TICKETS $30
include arrival
Cocktail /Mocktail
CRACK THE CUBE!
FRIDAY 6.30PM
$800
QUIZ
FIRST WEDNESDAY
OF EVERY MONTH
6.30PM START
ELVIS CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS
REPLACEMENT SHOW
PACIFIC KINGS PRODUCTIONZ LTD presents
LOVE ME TENDER
A VALENTINES VARIETY
SPECTACULAR!
FEATURING
JARROD
SHIRTCLIFFE
& MEGAN
BOWKER
Songs from
Elvis,
Dean Martin,
Frank Sinata,
Connie Francis,
Doris Day,
Amy Winehouse
& more...
SATURDAY
15 FEB, 7.30PM
Tickets $25
STARRING DIRECT FROM THE UK
LIZA REBECCA & BAND
TICKETS $40 AT THE CLUB
OR EVENTFINDA
SATURDAY 1 MAR
Come on down!
17 CARMEN RD. PH. 03 349 9026
WWW.HORNBYWMC.CO.NZ
ON
THE BARLEYSHAKES
EVERY
THURSDAY
7-10:30PM
Karaoke
WITH DJ
BRENT LOVE
Bookings
03 260 0325
FRIDAYS
$8
QUARTS
BRIDIE'S BAR
To add a listing, contact
Jo Fuller 03 379 7100 or
027 458 8590
jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi
LIVELY OUTLAW IRISH
WHAT'S
PLAYING
FRI.4PM:
DJ RAKINEM
SAT.3PM: LIVE MUSIC
n did jah nis
FOLLOWED BY DJ RAKINEM
SUN.3PM: LIVE MUSIC
SUNDAY SESSION
OPEN DAILY FROM 8AM - GREAT MENU
BRIDIE'S BAR & BISTRO | 401 WORCESTER ST
PH (03) 260 0325 | WWW.BRIDIES.CO.NZ

Thursday February 13 2025 The Star 27
GIG GUIDE
Thursday 13 to Wednesday 19 February 2025
Valentines
ARMADILLOS BECKENHAM, 155
Colombo St: Saturday 1st Mar, 9pm -
Mama Rock.
ARMADILLOS ISLINGTON, 670 Main
South Rd: Sunday 3pm - Lino.
A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St:
Thursday 7pm - Barleyshakes (IRE/AUS)
Live on Tour, Christchurch - The
Barleyshakes bring their lively outlaw Irish
music for an evening filled with joyful
Celtic sounds and stories, tickets $17+BF
from UTR.co.nz or door sales $20. Friday
8pm - 'House of Stone', feat Bobby Lee, Al
Olds, & Brian Lewis, free entry. Saturday
6.30pm - Davey Backyard, great, laidback
entertainment across instruments and
genres, free entry; 7pm - Skule B4 Mule,
featuring a local school band, TBC 8.30pm
- The Mule, party 10-piece with horns
playing dancing favourites, donation/koha
entry. Sunday 3pm - Garden City Big Band
- Live and Loving It Sunday Sessions,
monthly Sunday sessions of new and
reimagined big band jazz music feat Roger
Grenfell, Jody Keehan and the fabulous
Garden City Big Band, $10 on the door,
under-15s free entry; 6pm - Canterbury
Blues Club Jam Night, feat house band,
open mic slots, and jam session, all
welcome, donation/koha welcome. Monday
Believe It or Not Quiz Night, table
bookings on 03-377-4787, all welcome, free.
AVONHEAD TAVERN, 120 Withells
Rd: Friday 7.30pm - The Party Singers.
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 - Crusaders followed by
Dave's Karaoke. Saturday 7pm - Ampt.
Sunday 6pm - Fired Up Karaoke.
BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St:
Thursday 7pm - Karaoke with DJ Brent.
Friday 4pm - DJ Rakinem. Saturday 3pm -
N-did-jah-nis; 6pm - DJ Rakinem. Sunday
3pm - Sunday Session.
CASHMERE CLUB, 50 Colombo St:
Saturday 22nd Feb, 8pm - Totally 80s Show,
tickets $30.
CHATS BAR, 251 Travis Rd: Friday
7.30pm - Mandi Miller.
CHCH CASINO, 30 Victoria St: Friday
5.30pm - Live music; 9pm - The Meaniez.
Saturday 6pm - Mynt; 9pm - DJ Dwight.
CHCH FOLK MUSIC CLUB, Irish
Society Hall, 29 Domain Tce: Sunday
7.30pm - Dave McMillan.
COASTERS TAVERN, 1 Daniels Rd:
Friday 6.30pm - Lino.
DARKROOM, 336 St Asaph St:
Thursday - Adult Friends, Abandoned
Carparks, HoiHoi. Friday - Velveteen,
Witchcult, Bear Trap. Saturday - Bin Day,
The Mulls, Big John's House. Sunday -
Rum Jumgle, Double Parked.
FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday
4.30pm - Black & Gold Duo; 8pm - Live
Band Karaoke; 11.30pm - Neon. Friday
5pm - Jinx Duo; 8.30pm - House of
Groove; Midnight - Castaway. Saturday
1.30pm - Cantora Band; 5pm - Kingsmen
Trio; 8.30pm - Roger Roger; Midnight -
The Late Night Show. Sunday 2.30pm -
After Five; 6pm - Black & Gold Duo.
GOOD TIMES COMEDY CLUB, 224 St
Asaph St: Thursday 7pm - ShowToons.
Friday 7.30pm - PHUCK Valentines, $12;
9.30pm - Late Show, $10. Saturday 8pm -
Big Laughs, $25. Tuesday 7pm - Jazz Up
Jazz Jam, free. Wednesday 7pm - Fresh
Open Mic, free.
HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd:
Saturday 7.30pm - Love Me Tender feat.
Jarrod Shirtcliffe & Megan Bowker, tickets
$25. 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 - Diamond
Harbour Choir; 1.45pm - Port Hillbillies;
3pm - The Skeatles; 4pm - Bad Revivals.
LONE STAR, Northlands Mall:
Thursday 6.30pm - Old Spice.
MAK BAR, 1276 Main North Rd:
Saturday 8pm - Dynamix. Sunday 3pm -
Spektrum.
MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St:
Friday 10pm - Diamond Blue. Saturday
10.30pm - Mama Rock.
OAK N FERRY, 608 Ferry Rd: Saturday
- Unhinged.
RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118
Racecourse Rd: Friday 7.30pm - DnD
Trio (Jojo, Gigi & Mark).
RICHMOND CLUB, 'The Borough', 75
London St: Friday 7pm - The Vague As
Brothers. Saturday 7pm - The Crystal Set.
Sunday 3pm - Reminisce with Anthony.
ROSE & THISTLE, 24 Main North Rd:
Friday 8.30pm - A&J Karaoke. Saturday
8.30pm - Nick Jackman.
SHARKEY'S BAR & CAFE, 96 Hoon
Hay Rd: Friday 7pm - Karaoke. Saturday
7pm - Karaoke. Sunday 4pm - Open Mic.
Tuesday 7pm - Karaoke.
TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding Ave:
Saturday 8.30pm - No Secrets.
THE BLACK HORSE, 33 Lincoln Rd:
Wednesday 7pm - Annalea & Junior
Karaoke. Saturday 1st Mar, 7.30pm - Radio
On Punk/Proto Punk Showcase plus RDU's
Missy G 100% Vinyl DJ set, free.
THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Thursday
7pm - Quiz Night. Friday 10pm - Keenan's
Revenge. Saturday 7pm - Topia; 11pm -
Neon. Sunday 5pm - Mike Hill. Monday -
26th Birthday Shenanigans. Tuesday
7.30pm - Live music. Wednesday 6pm -
Sionna.
THE BOWER, 487 New Brighton Rd:
Sunday 3.30pm - Retrosonic.
THE EMBANKMENT TAVERN, 181
Ferry Rd: Friday 7.30pm - Open Mic.
THE GOLDEN MILE, 2 Trents Rd:
Sunday 2pm - Ho Down feat. Mandi Miller.
THE KAIK, 67 Williams St: Saturday
7.30pm - The Feel Good Factor.
THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd:
Thursday 5pm - Mark & Jen in 1 Night
Stand. Friday 9.30pm - Spektrum. Saturday
9.30pm - Paint By Numbers. Sunday 6pm -
Annalea & Junior Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm -
Quiz. Wednesday 7.30pm - Lance Kiwi
Karaoke.
THE RICCS, 280 Blenheim Rd: Friday
7.30pm - Karaoke. Saturday 7pm - The
Party Singers.
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 - Mandi Miller.
SPORTS
BAR
The
$3K VALENTINES
MEAT RAFFLE
THIS FRIDAY
TICKETS ON SALE 5PM
RACECOURSE HOTEL
& Motorlodge
FEBliveMUSIC
FRI 14th:
10PM
DIAMOND
BLUE
Available now until
Sunday 16th February
2 Courses $
40
HOOFBEATS RESTAURANT & SPORTS BAR
LIVE MUSIC
THIS FRIDAY
7.30PM
DND TRIO
118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn
Phone 03 342 7150
www.racecoursehotel.co.nz
THE
WEEKEND
LINE UP
SAT 15TH: 10.30PM
MAMA
ROCK
85a Hereford Street | Pool Tables | Function Rooms | www.therockpool.co.nz
ROCKPOOL
PREMIUM
FILLET
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28 The Star Thursday February 13 2025
LIVE YOUR WAY
WITH SUPPORT
THAT SUITS
Arvida Ilam, Mayfair, St Albans & Park Lane.
Thursday 20 & Friday 21 February, 10am - 2pm
Come along to
our Serviced
Apartment
Open Days.
Looking for a little support, so you can relax
and enjoy each day with confidence? An
Arvida serviced apartment lets you choose
the extra support you need – from a hand
with housework, to meals, to daily support
– all while enjoying the comforts of home.
Join us at our Open Days and discover the
convenience of our Christchurch Serviced
Apartments at Arvida Ilam, Mayfair, St Albans
and Park Lane. Why not check out all four to
find the right fit for you?
For more information visit arvida.co.nz.