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In the shadow of loss, Jack
held on for final goodbyes
• By Dylan Smits
JACK CLARK knew he only
had a short time to live but kept
a smiling face for his family until
the end.
The 91-year-old died at Christchurch
Hospital on April 5, two days
after a car crash that killed his
wife, Anne, 79. The couple had
been driving from their home in
Akaroa to Christchurch.
This week, Anne’s son and Jack’s
stepson, Ed Catherwood, spoke
to The Star about Jack’s final days.
Medical staff worked tirelessly to
keep him comfortable and alive
in the hope his sons could arrive
from the United States to say
goodbye.
“Unfortunately they did not
make it in time but one of his sons
was able to speak with him on the
phone,” said Catherwood.
While going through a family’s
worst nightmare, Jack’s New
Zealand-based loved ones were
able to speak with him in hospital
following five hours of surgery on
the day of the crash.
Catherwood arrived in from
Auckland about midnight and
met his daughter Charlotte, who
is studying in Christchurch, at the
hospital.
“He was smiling as much
as he could for us and trying
to be as buoyant as he could,”
Catherwood said.
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TRAGEDY: Anne and Jack Clark died just days apart after a car crash near Little River on April 3. Most of Jack’s family were
able to say goodbye to him in hospital before he died on April 5.
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From stroke, trauma to parkrun............4-5
Pie shop death sparks plea..............................7
Owner fined after selling tainted food 8
Gunman denied parole.......................................11
Chandler appointed despite criticism....15
The Way We Were: Easter................................. 16
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• By Dylan Smits
FROM GREAT-great to brand
new, the Calender-Kennedy-
Caldwell family gathering had
five times the charm.
At the heart of the moment
was Margaret Calender, who
recently became a great-greatgrandmother
with the birth of
baby Riley Caldwell.
Margaret, 94, met Riley for
the first time at Elms Court rest
home, surrounded by her family
– great-granddaughter Emma
Kennedy, 20, who is Riley’s mum;
Emma’s dad Greg Kennedy, 47;
and Margaret’s daughter Marilyn
Calender, 68, who is Greg’s mum.
“I feel old, but it was nice to
see everyone all there,” Margaret
said.
Emma said it was “very special”
to have five generations of the
family in one place.
“It was actually quite emotional
for me. Especially for my great
nana (Margaret) to meet little
miss Riley,” she said.
“My dad and nana are quite
busy with work and now I’ve got
the little one, so we don’t all get to
catch up as much as we’d like. But
we all made the time.”
Emma, now navigating life as a
new mum, said the generational
gathering reminded her of why
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Panelbeater goes under owing more than $600k
A COMPANY running a panel
shop repairing vehicles has gone
under owing just over $600,000
in unpaid staff payments, tax
and other bills.
NZ Panel, a Christchurch
business under shareholder and
director Warnakulasuriya Dilanka
Niroshan Fernando, was
placed in liquidation on April 3.
The total estimated shortfall
is understood to include about
$10,000 owed in staff wages and
holiday pay, $300,000 in unpaid
bills to the IRD, and $300,000
owed to unsecured creditors.
Insolvency Matters’ insolvency
practitioner Brenton Hunt filed
the first liquidators’ report on
April 8. The initial report said
NZ Panel had gone into insolvency
because it had been struggling
with working capital.
The company’s core business
was closed last August with a
new operator taking over the site
and partial trading continuing
at a reduced level.
The director has since relocated
to Australia and the IRD
has started recovery action. After
seeking professional advice,
Fernando placed the company
into voluntary liquidation.
The liquidator will investigate
the company’s trading history,
looking for any insolvent transactions
undervalued in the two
years before liquidation.
Unsecured creditors include
ACC, IRD and staff and the
named secured creditors were
KM Finance, Heartland Bank
and Resene Automotive.
The liquidator initially found
all the plant and equipment was
sold by the director before the
business went into liquidation,
Five generations come together,
one special moment for family
LEGACY: With the arrival of baby Riley, there are now five living generations of the
Calender-Kennedy-Caldwell family. From left to right, Emma Kennedy, Greg Kennedy,
Margaret Calender, Riley Caldwell and Marilyn Calender. Matriarch Margaret was able to
spend some one-on-one time with her great-great granddaughter during the visit.
parenthood is a beautiful thing.
Marilyn said she never expected
to be a great-grandmother.
“It’s rare to have five generations,
and with mum in not great
health, we were all adamant we
needed to get together and get
this photo done.”
which will be investigated. A
vehicle owned by the company
is to be returned to a finance
company. Initial investigations
also indicated an overdrawn
shareholder account.
At this stage it looks like there
will be no funds available to unsecured
creditors, the liquidator
said. But this would depend on
the progress of the liquidation.
Secured creditors are normally
paid in the first case followed
by preferential creditors then
unsecured creditors and finally
shareholders.
As she is young for a greatgrandmother,
Marilyn still works
and has been on the receiving end
of jokes saying how ‘great’ she is.
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Motorway speed limit
raised to 110km/h
Motorists using the Southern
Motorway are able to travel at
110km/h after the speed limit
was lifted along the 17.7km
section of road on Sunday. The
increase was supported by 68%
of the almost 4000 submissions
made to the NZ Transport
Agency on the change. It is
the first 110km/h speed limit
introduced in the South Island.
The new limit will save drivers
about 60sec along the 17.7km
section between Curletts Rd
and Rolleston.
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Canterbury buses can carry
bikes on front-mounted racks
again. A temporary exemption
issued by NZTA came into
force yesterday. It allows buses
to carry bikes during the
daytime until a permanent
solution to NZTA’s safety
concerns can be found. NZTA
determined in October the way
some bus models were fitted
with bike racks can partially
obscure their headlights.
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Stroke, trauma behind Callum’s
• By Kees Chalmers
TEN YEARS ago, Callum
Templeton suffered a potentially
life-threatening stroke.
On Saturday, he earned his
green shirt for 250 parkruns.
It coincided with the one-year
anniversary of Scarborough
parkrun, which he founded.
A decade ago, Templeton,
52, was a regular runner and
assumed himself fit, active and
healthy.
One morning, he woke up to
see off his daughter, who was
competing in the Weet-bix Kids
TRYathlon.
“Apparently I wished them
good luck three times, I walked
down the hallway and I said to
my wife, ‘I don’t feel so good’ and
then collapsed to the floor,” he
said.
Templeton had suffered a right
coronary artery stroke and was
rushed to hospital, where he
spent the next nine days.
Doctors discovered the stroke
was caused by a hole in his heart,
which was allowing blood clots
through, a condition developed
from birth.
He was offered a tissue
plasminogen activator, but it
came with risks.
“One in eight make a full
recovery; one in 20, it can go bad.
“Apparently I agreed to it and
said, ‘I’ve got no other option’.”
Luckily for Templeton, the
medication worked.
He spent three months in rehab
where he slept four to five times
a day, after which he had a patent
foramen ovale procedure to close
the hole.
He did little physical activity
for the next year, to allow himself
to fully recover. During that time
his speech was hindered and constant
tiredness caused polarising
mood swings.
Templeton then set himself the
challenge of running 1000kms
over 365 days, which he completed.
Seven years ago, he started
taking part in the Hagley
parkrun with his son, which only
reinvigorated his passion for
running.
“I wanted to see how far I
could push myself until I got to
the point where I was running
2500ks a year and then started
marathons and ultra-marathons,”
he said.
He has run the Christchurch
marathon, the Krayzie Midwinter
Backyard Ultra, and took part
in a Team New Zealand verses
Team Australia challenge
during Covid where he was
running more than 100kms a
week to stay in the top 10 in the
country.
“I decided I didn’t want the
COMEBACK: Callum Templeton after completing his 250th parkrun on Saturday, and in
hospital 10 years ago, after suffering a potentially life-threatening stroke.
stroke to be the defining moment
in my life. I wanted it to just be
something that had happened
and that I was strong and I
could get up every day and be
better,” he said.
Templeton’s addiction to
running was fuelled by a void
left after quitting alcohol and
excessive eating.
His addictions came from
the trauma of being sexually
assaulted by a person in his
neighbourhood when he
was seven.
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“I’m pretty sure I blamed
myself for a long time. I thought
it was my fault, I thought I
deserved it,” he said.
He was also bullied throughout
school, and struggled with
relationships because of his
trauma.
Templeton said when he
worked up the courage to tell his
parents about the sexual assault,
they did not take action, which
only reinforced his self-blame.
At 14, he started selling books
out of his bedroom to buy alcohol
as a coping mechanism.
“I was using that (alcohol) to
numb the pain that was inside
me, because I just couldn’t figure
it out.
“I engaged in some pretty stupid
behaviour, I was just a mess,”
he said.
When Templeton was 21, he
was diagnosed with epilepsy
after having a seizure.
He would have seizures
sporadically for seven years
before finding out alcohol was a
trigger for his epilepsy.
He decided to quit drinking for
good and has not had a sip since.
“I kind of needed something
and food became the thing for
a while, I got pretty big and that
led to walking, which led to
jogging, which led to running.”
When Templeton started
participating in the Hagley
parkrun, his lack of confidence
left him at the back of the pack,
but the event’s inclusive nature
brought him out of his shell.
He became a volunteer, then
started his own parkrun at
Scarborough.
“If someone had said to me,
in seven years time, you’re
gonna start your own parkrun, I
would’ve laughed.
“But you get surrounded by
people who lift you up so you
know you can do it.”
Templeton organised a group
of volunteers and started preparing
the parkrun in January last
year. It was up and running
within four months.
The first event attracted 286
participants. It regularly has 210
runners and walkers every Saturday
morning.
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parkrun success
INCLUSIVE: Templeton with his Scarborough parkrun crew.
“It wouldn’t have come together
and it wouldn’t have been this
successful if it hadn’t been for the
volunteers, they’re the ones who
make it, otherwise it would’ve
been just a dream.
“With Scarborough (parkrun),
it’s given me purpose, I’ve found
my tribe of people.”
Templeton’s awareness of being
unheard has motivated him to
give others a safe space to be seen
and included.
“(Parkrun) gives you an inclusive
space every week to turn up
and be yourself.
“People cheer as much for the
person who comes last as they do
for the person who comes first,”
he said.
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Crime-fighting tech
sparks privacy fears
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THE USE of facial recognition
technology has become a valuable
tool to prevent retail crime, despite
fears it is an invasion of privacy and
can be used to track people without
their consent.
A trial of the technology in 25
New World and Pak’nSave stores
has now finished. It was estimated
to have helped prevent 100 “serious
harmful events” but also misidentified
nine people.
Now Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith
wants to make facial recognition
technology a permanent tool in
the fight against retail crime.
Retail crime is estimated to cost
about $2.6 billion a year and Goldsmith
has already announced plans
to broaden citizens’ arrest powers.
Facial recognition technology
is a key part of the Government’s
plan to tackle retail crime, which
includes strengthening the trespass
law and introducing on-the-spot
fines for shoplifting.
Goldsmith has been laying the
groundwork to extend the use of
facial recognition technology.
“I’m on the side of being as enabling
as we can, primarily because
the strong feedback we’ve had, certainly
in the trial, (is) that it diffuses
the situation,” Goldsmith told the
New Zealand Herald.
“If you know somebody’s come
in, they’ve robbed you 10 times
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Cabinet will make decisions
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But the NZ Council for Civil
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not be used to collect people’s
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powerful surveillance tools that police
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Privacy Commissioner
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supermarket trial and expects to
release his findings in June.
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• By Daniel Alvey
IT COULD still be months before
a speed limit reduction is even
considered for Sheffield, following
the death of a pedestrian.
Truck driver Rob McKinley, 66,
was struck and killed by a ute while
crossing State Highway 73 on his
way to the Sheffield Pies shop at
6.30am on April 1.
McKinley, from Ikamatua on
the West Coast, worked for Ahaura
Transport and was on his way to
Christchurch.
Pie shop owner Ben Holmes said
McKinley regularly stopped for a
coffee.
Holmes said two of his staff
rushed to help McKinley and called
emergency services.
“One girl was there when Rob
passed so that’s really, really tough.”
Holmes said McKinley’s family
visited the shop after the accident to
thank the staff for their efforts.
“It meant a lot to the family that
he wasn’t alone.”
He said the Sheffield community
had rallied around to support the
staff.
The township’s residents have
long pushed to reduce the speed
limit through Sheffield from
70km/h to 50km/h.
Said Holmes: “Commonsense
has not prevailed in this
situation at all. Unfortunately the
community has been saying this
(fatality) was waiting to happen.”
West Melton, Darfield, Springfield
and Arthur’s Pass, all on
SH73, have 50km/h limits.
Since the fatality, Holmes has
written to NZ Transport Agency
Waka Kotahi and Selwyn MP
Nicola Grigg about lowering
Sheffield’s speed limit.
Grigg has passed on Holmes’
concerns to Transport Minister
Chris Bishop.
Despite the fatality, NZTA says
the earliest a reduced limit could
be considered is June, and even
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Plea for speed cut after
death outside pie shop
TRAGIC: Truck driver Rob McKinley was struck
and killed while crossing the road outside the
Sheffield Pies shop. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
then, there’s no guarantee of any
change.
A NZTA spokesperson said any
changes must align with the new
Transport Setting of Speed Limits
Rule 2024, meet risk thresholds,
and attract funding under current
safety priorities.
“Government policy prioritises
value-for-money safety improvements
only at the highest-risk locations,”
the spokesperson said.
Holmes said the process should
not be so complex.
“How much admin does there
need to be for a 50km/h sign to be
erected? We know customers and
travellers won’t blink an eye that it
changed.”
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“We all just told him we loved
him and to hang in there. The medical
staff were fantastic. They were
just trying to make him comfortable
for as long as he could so people
could say goodbye.”
After the surgery medical staff
had told Jack his “beloved” Anne
had died shortly after being transported
to hospital.
“He was saying to us that it was
his fault,” Catherwood said.
“We just told him not to think like
that and that we loved him.”
Jack was driving on Friday, April
3 during bad weather when they
crashed into a ditch on the Christchurch-Akaroa
Rd near Little River.
“He put on a brave face. He was
incredibly tough and stoic but you
could tell he was feeling downcast.
He had been advised mum had died
and she was the love of his life.”
Although Jack was fully aware
and conscious, it became clear his
injuries would not be survivable.
As more family members arrived
at the hospital to say goodbye, there
were moments of levity.
Catherwood’s daughter Charlotte
shared jokes with her grandfather.
“(They said) he would be back
to drinking margaritas in no time.
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‘Strangers for them
were just friends
they hadn’t met yet’
They had met up and done that
just a couple of weeks before,”
Catherwood said.
Jack also said he did not want the
usual hospital food, instead requesting
Akaroa salmon.
Jack had many broken bones and
internal injuries from the crash and
died on the Sunday.
More than 300 people attended
a joint funeral for Jack and Anne at
Gaiety Hall in Akaroa.
Catherwood said the couple
would be remembered for their love
of people and their involvement in
the Akaroa community for 30 years.
“Strangers for them were just
friends they hadn’t met yet.”
Jack was born and lived in Michigan
until 1985 when he moved to
Wellington and met Anne.
Both English teachers at the time,
Catherwood said they bonded over
a love for literature.
After moving to Akaroa in 1995,
the couple semi-retired and bought
Mulberry House to run as a bed and
breakfast.
Anne was born in Scotland and
moved to Christchurch as a child
with her family.
A passionate dancer, she was
president of the Banks Peninsula
Scottish Country Dance Club.
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Owner fined after tainted food sold to patrons
• By Al Williams
A RESTAURANT owner who
sold toxic food to customers
for 18 months told concerned
staff the bacteria wasn’t “killing
bacteria” and Kiwis need to be
“toughened up”.
When unsafe levels of staphylococcus
aureus were detected in
samples of frozen food at Samurai
Bowl on Colombo St posing a risk
of food poisoning, authorities ordered
owner Xinchen Liu to recall
and destroy all ramen meals.
Instead, she directed staff to
repurpose the ingredients – some
of which were served to customers
and others were given to staff as
meals while on duty.
But staff were uncomfortable
with eating or reusing the recalled
food, which they thought looked
and tasted bad.
“If this happened in China, you
eat the product and probably get
diarrhoea for one day but then your
body gets toughened up to the bacteria.
Kiwi people here are friggin’
weak. They need to be toughened
up,” Liu told one employee.
Now Liu, the sole owner and
director, has been sentenced after
failing to ensure food in her restaurant
was safe and suitable to eat.
The courts found she was also
reckless as to whether that failure
created risk to lives when she
directed staff to retain recalled
meals and contravened the
Immigration Act by employing
staff who were either meant to be
working elsewhere or not lawfully
entitled to work in New Zealand.
In June 2019, a recall of all Samurai
Bowl ramen meals began. All
frozen meals manufactured after
Liu took control of the business
three months earlier were included,
as her poor record keeping did not
allow specific batches to be traced.
According to the summary of
facts, Liu conducted a recall as
required and sent food safety officers
pictures of discarded meal
wrappers.
The recall order was closed in
August on the expectation Liu had
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FINED: Samurai Bowl on Colombo St served potentially
unsafe food to customers for 18 months and also breached
immigration regulations.
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done what was required to remove
the risk to the public.
However, she had done the opposite
and directed staff to retain the
meals because they cost money.
“The meals were then stored in
freezers with a quantity of them
defrosted and separated into their
component parts of miso soup,
noodles and meat. These parts were
then put into containers and refrozen
for use in restaurant meals, as
well as staff meals.
Liu hid the recalled food from
food safety officers during inspections
and told staff to tell the officers
that any recalled meals they saw
were for her personal use.
This report was produced by
Open Justice – Te Pātītī, an
NZME initiative funded by
NZ on Air
Miso soup and meat from the
meals was served to customers
while staff were given the soup and
noodles as a meal entitlement.
Staff were uncomfortable with
eating or reusing the recalled food
and sometimes threw it out if they
thought Liu wouldn’t notice.
When customers complained
about the recalled food they would
be served fresh items.
More than 12 months later, in
August 2020, a customer reported
suffering severe food poisoning
after eating a ramen meal at the
restaurant.
Medical evaluation confirmed
the illness as consistent with
Staphylococcus aureus.
Between October 2019 and May
2021, Liu employed three staff, two
of whom held work visas with conditions
only allowing them to work
at unrelated companies.
The third was not lawfully able to
work in New Zealand.
In the district court last week, Liu
was sentenced to six months’ home
detention and fined $30,000.
She was convicted of aiding and
abetting, knowingly supplying false
and misleading information, allowing
persons to unlawfully work and
failing to ensure food was safe and
suitable.
Judge Raoul Neave said Liu had
misled immigration officers and
helped conceal the immigration
status of her workers.
Judge Neave also described
her as “somewhat cavalier with
the health of her staff and the
public”.
Judge Neave fined Liu $20,000
plus $149 court costs for the
Ministry of Primary Industries
related charges and $10,000 plus
$149 court costs for the Ministry
of Business, Innovation and Employment
related charges.
New Zealand Food Safety acting
deputy director general Jenny
Bishop said: “Most people do the
right thing, but Ms Liu didn’t
do as she claimed and stored the
meals in freezers.
“This was deliberate and
reckless behaviour and Ms Liu’s
actions had potential to cause
sickness and health risk for a
number of customers.”
It is not the first time the
restaurant has been embroiled in
controversy.
In 2018, prior to Liu buying
the business, Samurai Bowl,
trading under Japan Power, was
fined $70,000 for employment
breaches. At the time, the Labour
Inspectorate described the
offences as “systemic” breaches of
the Holidays Act.
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Her son Creighton then showed
up. Roake aimed the gun at his
head, but was out of ammunition.
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up the Turf Bar at Ashburton
Hotel.
“This is a robbery, get inside,
and lie on the ground,” he said.
He fired a shot into a wall and
then two more into the cash
register as he tried to open it.
He took $1645 in cash from the
safe before fleeing to an address at
Rakaia Huts.
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NEWS
Call for greater
action to stop
mass eel deaths
• By Keiller MacDuff
THE DEPARTMENT of
Conservation is urging stronger
action to prevent further mass
deaths of migrating eels at Te
Waihora Lake Ellesmere after
an estimated tonne of eels died
during a failed migration to the
sea.
The stranding
happened at
Taumutu, where
the eels attempted
to reach the Pacific
Ocean to breed.
Lake Ellesmere,
one of the
country’s most
polluted lakes, has
Leigh
Griffiths
no natural outlet to the sea, and
relies on mechanical openings to
allow fish passage.
Environment Canterbury
general manager of hazards Leigh
Griffiths said the deaths were “a
natural event” which could occur
during the eels’ annual migration.
ECan uses diggers to create a
channel between the lake and sea
at certain times, governed by a
1990 water conservation order and
resource consents held jointly with
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.
Griffiths said the eels died in the
area where the lake can be opened,
but emphasised that “natural
events” could not be prevented.
Te Taumutu rūnanga
representative David Perenara
O’Connell, who is also on ECan’s
executive leadership team,
mirrored Griffiths’ comments in a
video posted to social media.
He estimated about 20 tonnes
of eels attempted to migrate that
night, with most reaching the
ocean.
“As we know with the tuna heke
(eel migration), it’s not always
successful. That’s mother nature
– that’s what’s happened here for
generations,” he said.
“It’s sad we know, but it’s just
what our taiao (environment)
does, and the way the circle of life
happens.”
Griffiths added while the
council had opened the lake
multiple times for fish migration,
it had no legal obligation to
ensure eel migration, saying
DOC was better positioned to
comment due to its statutory
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NO ESCAPE: The stranding occurred at Taumutu, where the eels attempted crossing the
beach to reach the Pacific Ocean to breed.
responsibility for native species. the low – I can’t
DOC operations manager believe it.”
Andy Thompson said the
Joy said the
department wanted to see more lake had been
done to prevent further mass drastically
strandings but acknowledged altered by
they weren’t the decision-makers human activity,
on when the lake was opened. including
“I feel this is an opportunity wetland
to talk about proactively
drainage,
doing more to prevent a
dairy farming,
mass stranding like this. We
will discuss this with local
authorities who have an interest
in the lake, including iwi.”
Victoria University freshwater
scientist Dr Mike Joy was angry
with the ECan’s response.
“I’m disgusted. Trying to
blame the eels for a problem
that’s been caused by the failure
of Environment Canterbury to
protect that lake is the lowest of
Mike
Joy
lowered lake levels and irrigation
overuse.
“There’s nothing natural about
that lake now, so referring to
natural events is meaningless,”
he said.
Joy said ECan had a duty
to protect waterways, and its
inaction had created conditions
where mass eel deaths were far
more likely.
Ngāi Tahu and ECan signed
the Te Waihora Co-Governance
shared agreement in 2012, with
the city council, Selwyn District
Council, and DOC joining in
subsequent years.
Decisions to open the lake
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Ngāi Tahu, with input from a
consultation group including the
Waihora Ellesmere Trust, DOC,
Te Taumutu rūnanga, Fish &
Game, and commercial fishers.
Lake openings are temporary
and can close again within a tide
if the swell is strong. Each opening
costs between $20,000 and
$150,000.
Since the stranding, ECan has
completed earthworks to lower the
beach crest at the request of Ngāi
Tahu so eels would have a shorter,
less arduous journey to the ocean.
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Thursday April 17 2025 The Star
• By Dylan Smits
A BID to stop an allegedly politicallymotivated
appointment to a community
board has failed.
Luke Chandler, affiliated with
the right-leaning Independent
Citizens ticket, has been appointed
to the Waipuna Halswell-Hornby-
Riccarton Community Board.
Chandler replaces Al Noor
Mosque imam Gamal Fouda, who
resigned on March 31 after accepting
a new role in Australia.
Last week, Central Ward city
councillor Jake McLellan, who
is part of the left-leaning The
People’s Choice ticket but not on
the community board, said appointing
Chandler was politically
motivated.
He sees it as part of a plan from
right-leaning board members to
help him win the seat outright in
the October local body elections.
Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood
Community Board chair and The People’s
Choice chair Paul McMahon agreed with
McLellan, last week telling Stuff the
Luke
Chandler
Jake
McLellan
NEWS 15
Chandler appointed to
board despite criticism
• By Kees Chalmers
TRADITIONALLY trustworthy community
Facebook pages are becoming another
hunting ground for online scam artists.
Redcliffs resident, Kirsten Iliffe, learned this
the hard way after being cheated out of $200.
While scrolling Facebook one Wednesday
night, she came across the ‘Sumner, New
Zealand’ Facebook community page.
She saw a post advertising outdoor furniture
and contacted the seller, who requested a
$100 deposit.
Iliffe grew suspicious when asked to pay the
full amount upfront, but proceeded anyway.
Iliffe also saw the name on the seller’s bank
account differed from her Facebook alias.
“I thought for $200, it’s not worth the
worry. It looked like good furniture, so I put it
through,” she said.
An hour later, Iliffe saw the original post
had been deleted and then re-posted, this
time with a $300 price.
move was “nakedly partisan.”
The vote passed six-to-one, with all
independents and deputy chair Helen
Broughton, an Independent Citizens
member, voting in favour last
Thursday.
Board chair Marie Pollisco was
the sole vote against, while Riccarton
Ward city councillor Tyla
Harrison-Hunt abstained.
Pollisco and Harrison-Hunt,
the board’s only remaining People’s
Choice representatives after
Fouda’s departure, argued that
with just five meetings before the
election, a new appointment was
unnecessary.
Harrison-Hunt said he
abstained “in principle” against
any appointments ,but did not
vote against as he did not want to
make it a partisan issue.
“It is nothing against Luke
personally. I’ve welcomed him to
the board as it’s important to stay
collaborative.”
Supporters of the appointment noted
Chandler narrowly lost to Fouda in the
2022 election by just two votes.
Community Facebook
page hit by scammer
She did not hear from the seller after that.
“I feel a bit embarrassed about it, but I
think we should get it out there because it’s
so sad this is happening on these pages that
do so much good for the community,” Iliffe
said.
She rang her bank that night to ensure
the scammer could not access her account.
Iliffe was told the scammer had an ASB
account so she called the bank and told
them to look at the account’s transactions.
She also logged the situation with police.
“$200 is not a big deal to me, but it’s
about the principle. That’s a lot of money
for some people,” Iliffe said.
Sumner, New Zealand page administrator,
Dan Vann, said the scammer had
managed to re-upload the fraudulent post
five times before he was able to ban the
account.
While he tries to monitor for scams,
Vann admitted it’s difficult to catch all
fraudulent posts.
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US against the
World: When
US Ignited the
Tariff War
He Ying
Consul General
of the People’s
Republic of
China in
Christchurch
On April 8, US government announced
an increase in the “reciprocal tariff”
rate on Chinese goods exported to US,
raising it from 34% to 84%. Following
strong countermeasures from China,
US government further raised this
rate to 125% on April 9, bringing the
cumulative additional tariffs on Chinese
goods to 145%. China has filed a
complaint against US under the WTO
dispute settlement mechanism.
As the world’s largest developing
country, China is also the largest
contributor to annual global economic
growth. As the largest developed
country, the United States boasts
the largest economy in the world.
The China-US economic and trade
relations hold profound significance for
both countries and exert a substantial
influence on global stability and
development.
Over the 46 years since the
establishment of diplomatic relations
between China and US, bilateral trade
and economic ties have developed
steadily. The volume of trade between
the two countries has surged from less
than US$2.5 billion in 1979 to nearly
US$688.3 billion in 2024. The China-
US economic and trade cooperation
has continued to expand and improve,
making significant contribution to the
economic and social development,
and wellbeing of the peoples of both
countries.
However, in recent years, the rise of
unilateralism and protectionism in
the US has significantly impeded the
course of normal economic and trade
cooperation between the two countries.
Since the beginning of trade friction
between China and the US in 2018,
US has imposed tariffs on Chinese
exports worth more than US$500
billion. Furthermore, it has continuously
implemented policies aimed at
containing and suppressing China.
The Chinese side has to take forceful
countermeasures to defend its national
interests. At the same time, committed
to resolving disputes through dialogue
and consultation, the Chinese side has
engaged in multiple rounds of economic
and trade consultations with US to
stabilize bilateral economic and trade
relations.
In January 2020, China and US signed
the Phase One Economic and Trade
Agreement. Following its entry into
force, the Chinese side upheld the
spirit of contract and endeavored to
overcome multiple adverse factors,
including the unexpected impact of the
Covid-19 pandemic, subsequent supply
chain disruptions, and global economic
recession, to ensure implementation
of the Agreement. The US side issued
several statements affirming the
effectiveness of the Chinese side’s
efforts. In contrast, the US side has
continuously tightened export control,
escalated sanctions against Chinese
enterprises, and repeatedly violated its
obligations under the Agreement.
Since the beginning of this year, US
has further imposed comprehensive
additional tariffs on Chinese products,
including tariffs citing the fentanyl issue
as the pretext, announced “reciprocal
tariffs”, and proposed various restrictive
measures targeting China’s maritime,
logistics, and shipbuilding industries.
These restrictive measures have
escalated the problem, and again reveal
the unilateralism and coercive nature
of US conduct. They are in conflict with
the principles of the market economy,
run counter to multilateralism, and will
have serious repercussions for China-
US economic and trade relations. In
accordance with the fundamental
principles of international law and
relevant laws and regulations, the
Chinese side has taken necessary
countermeasures.
More broadly, US tariffs and other
restrictive trade measures on its trading
partners has artificially disrupted
established global supply and industrial
chains, undermined market-oriented
free trade rules, severely hindered the
economic development of various
countries, harmed the wellbeing of both
the American people and those of other
countries, and negatively impacted
economic globalization.
As New Zealand Prime Minister
Christopher Luxon said: “trade is the
lifeblood of the New Zealand economy”.
In the face of the global tariff and
trade wars sparked by the United
States, New Zealand is unlikely to
remain unaffected. Some New Zealand
economic experts noted that U.S.
tariff policies might result in zero or
materially negative global economic
growth this year. With China and US
being New Zealand’s first and second
largest export markets, any slowdown
in their economies, coupled with rising
inflation and weakening consumer
demand, will inevitably impact New
Zealand’s export and drag down its
economic growth.
History repeatedly proved that trade
war or tariff war had no winners.
China always maintains that China-
US economic and trade relations
are mutually beneficial and win-win
in nature. As two major countries at
different stages of development with
distinct economic systems, it is normal
for China and US to have differences
and frictions in their economic and
trade cooperation. However, the
key is to respect each other’s core
interests and major concerns, and
find proper solutions to resolve issues
through dialogue and consultation.
For China, the door is always open for
negotiations, but those negotiations
will have to take place on the basis of
equality, mutual respect and mutual
benefit. China will continue to firmly
safeguard our lawful rights and
interests in accordance with WTO rules,
while upholding the multilateral trading
system and the international trade
order.
China is a responsible country. Our
countermeasures against the bullying
behavior of US, aim not only to
safeguard our own legitimate rights
and interests, but also to uphold
international rules and order, the
common interests of countries in the
world, and international fairness and
justice. In the face of US hegemony and
bullying, remember this: give the bully
an inch, he will take a mile.
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16 The Star Thursday April 17 2025
The Way
We Were
How many Easter eggs do you
like to eat?
More than 2.25 million Easter
eggs were sold in Canterbury
in 1984, The Press reported.
With the region’s population
at 340,000, it was calculated
this equated to about six eggs a
person – “an impressive figure”.
Contributing to Cadbury’s
good sales was “a new line called
the creme egg”, sales director
Mr. A. R Campbell said.
It was the third year creme
eggs had been on the market,
and they had been enormously
popular. The retail price was 50c
and they were the most popular
egg in the world, he said.
Today, a creme egg costs $2.30,
up from $1.70 in 2023 – a 35%
increase in two years.
Easter eggs symbolise new life
1970-80s – EASTER
and are traditionally eaten on
Easter Sunday to commemorate
the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
while hot-cross buns are eaten
on Good Friday, with the cross
symbolising his crucifixion.
Easter is also a time for Hui
Aranga, an annual gathering of
Māori Roman Catholics. The hui
includes cultural, sporting and
religious activities and has been
held since 1946.
In Christchurch from the
mid-1950s until his death in
1975, former city councillor
Reg Stillwell was well known
for turning his backyard into a
“Garden of Goodwill” at Easter
and Christmas. So devoted was
the community advocate, he
even got out of his sick bed in
1973 to create the fantasy land,
against doctor’s orders.
Noel Kennard of
Dandy Bakery
with trays of hot
cross buns in
1974.
Left – Children
playing netball at
St Bede’s during
Hui Aranga in
1971.
Canterbury University students Joanna
Polson, Janine Morrell and Steven
Ferguson dressed as Easter bunnies to
protest cuts in education in April 1982.
Right – St Peter’s School pupils at
Reg Stillwell’s Easter show.
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CANTERBURYSTORIES.NZ
CRACKING IN:
William McAloon
taking the task
of eating an
Easter egg very
seriously in
1974.
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Thursday April 17 2025 The Star 17
EVERYTHING EYES
Dr Steve Heap has racked up heaps of “eye surgery
miles”over the past 26 years at McMaster & Heap
Vet Practice. Originally a 1992 Massey Vet School
graduate, Steve had no idea his future path would
be restoring sight in pets and operating through a
microscope. During his time at Massey, Steve enjoyed
dairy cows, farm management and pig husbandry.
A two year working holiday to the UK locked in “all
things eyes” as Steve’s special interest and he became
certified as a Veterinary Ophthalmologist in 1997.
When we purchased our practice on April Fools Day
1999 (formerly known as Rozens Vet Clinic), little did
we both know how important ophthalmology would
be. There was no vet in the South Island offering an
Ophthalmology service, so Steve was busy from the
get go. The majority of Steve’s patients are cats and
dogs but he’s seen a variety of animals including
hawks, yellow eyed penguins, reptiles, endangered
frogs, lions, horses, sheep, llamas and many more.
Steve
performing
cataract surgery
on a Hoiho
As well as seeing medical and surgical referrals,
Steve is also a big believer of eye testing specific
breeds of dogs to detect inherited lesions. By
detecting these conditions early on in the disease
process, decisions can be made on how to manage
these patients long term and whether breeding
from the patients is a viable, safe, ethical option.
Different hereditary conditions Steve checks for
include Cataracts, Progressive Retinal Atrophy,
Retinal Dysplasia, Distichiasis, Persistent Pupillary
membranes and Goniodysgenesis. Steve travels from
Auckland to Invercargill eye testing.
Steve is going to talk about some interesting
surgical eyes he sees on a regular basis.
“NON HEALING” ULCERS IN DOGS
Some dogs cornea’s (clear window of the eye) are not
made very well. If this is the case they can develop a
painful surface ulcer that doesn’t heal. Boxer dogs are
the most famous for this.
Sometimes these ulcers
can take months to heal
or not at all!
If a dog has one of
these ulcers, known on
SCCEDs, Boxer ulcer
or recurrent epithelial
erosion, then a procedure
to scratch the eye with a
needle (grid keratotomy)
or an abrasion with a
diamond burr (Alger
brush) is required to heal
them. These procedures
heal 80-90% of these
troublesome ulcers.
Non healing
superficial ulcer
If this doesn’t work then a general anaesthetic and
a full surgical procedure called a lamellar keratectomy
can sometimes be required.
DIABETIC CATARACTS IN DOGS
Nothing feels better than restoring sight to a blind
dog and essentially this is what cataract surgery does.
Steve’s most common cataract surgery is in diabetic
dogs. Nearly all diabetic dogs develop cataracts - they
often come on very quickly and dogs can go blind within
a week.
Bear,
3 days post
Cataract
surgery
doing
extremely
well
Bear, a 9 year old terrier has diabetes and lives in
central Otago and came up for bilateral cataract surgery
in early April. This is him 3 days after surgery - he is
doing very well. Although he still has his Elizabethan
collar on he can see and is ALOT happier in himself. He is
keen to go for walks and pulling his mum around. Before
surgery he was very quiet and had lost his confidence
- he was scared of bumping into things and making
mistakes.
His mum is in for a big job for the next few months,
putting numerous drops in his eyes. There is a very good
chance he will have functional vision for the rest of his
life after the surgery.
ENTROPION
Entropion is a condition where the eyelids roll in causing
hair to rub on the eye. Shar Pei dogs are the classic
example of the - with all their “rolls”.
Matilda post entropion
surgery coping well with the
pink bucket on her head
“Matilda” a 70kg 4 year old St Bernard presented
to Steve with a watery, red, sore eye. She had a nasty
conjunctivitis in the right eye and had been rubbing
this eye. She had 20/20 vision and was in great health
otherwise (who wouldn’t be consuming 3 roast chickens
a day, minus the bones, and the best steak).
Her lower eyelid were rolling in towards the cornea
her eye was painful and inflamed. Her tear production
was normal.
Steve performed bilateral entropion surgery to
correct the lid issues. All was going exceedingly well
until Matilda’s 70 kg brother Casper, decided to muck
around and leap on her head, causing some sutures to
pull out. Steve was able to replace these sutures under
sedative. So far all is looking good with her eyes.
BRACHYCEPHALICS AND THEIR EYES
Common brachycephalic breeds of dogs include pugs,
French bulldogs, English bulldogs etc. Because of their
face conformation, they often have a number of health
problems including eye issues.
This photo shows a
pug with very large eye
openings which can
cause exposure, a large
nasal fold that will be
pushing up and rolling
his inner eyelids so hair
is rubbing on his cornea.
He will also have a poor
blink (so his lids don’t
cover his corneas), which
can result in corneal
ulcers. This dog also has Brachycephalic Pug with
strabismus (crosseyed)— large eyelid openings
his eyes are not aligned
and strabismus
very well and they are
pointing to the side. Despite all of this his eyes are
looking comfortable and “healthy” in this photo.
CATARACT IN A YELLOW EYED PENGUIN
(HOIHOI) FOR DUNEDIN WILDLIFE HOSPITAL
“Sandy” as he’s affectionately known, is a total
success story from start to finish. Steve removed a
cataract back in 2023 as he had suffered a nasty injury
resulting in the cataract. This is a very serious injury in
a penguin as they need perfect vision to hunt for food
and avoid predators.
Dunedin Wildlife Hospital had their own vet perform
the anaesthetic (a little outside our comfort zone) and
Steve successfully removed the cataract at McMaster
& Heap. After a period of rehabilitation, Sandy was
released back to the wild. He is still alive and doing
well as he’s been spotted several times when he
comes back to moult.
This is possibly the first wild living penguin to
be successfully released post cataract surgery - an
amazing outcome for this endangered species, where
every single individual bird is critical in the battle to
prevent extinction.
CORNEAL SEQUESTRUM IN PERSIAN CATS
These black “scabs” on the surface of the eyes only
occur in cats. Classically Persian cats have been the
most likely to get these but recently Burmese cats
have become the most frequent victim. The corneal
sequestrum occur because of chronic irritation
-usually non healing or infected corneal ulcers.
Conjunctival pedicle
flap in a cat
Sandy looking good
2 years after
cataract surgery
Bilateral corneal
sequestrum in a
Persian cat
These eyes usually require surgery to fix them and
prevent recurrence. Often a conjunctival pedicle
flap is placed, a tricky procedure using an operating
microscope and very small suture. Steve has
performed many of these and return to full vision is
excellent.
If anyone has a difficult eye problem in their pet,
Steve would love to help. He loves a challenging case
and enjoys solving problems.
Dr Michele McMaster, April 2025
Open 7 days Cnr Hoon Hay & Coppell place. ph: 338 2534
e. reception@mcmasterandheap.co.nz www.mcmasterheap.co.nz

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Tech vow to bounce back after
shock loss ends unbeaten run
• By Sam Coughlan
CASHMERE Technical captain
Tom Schwarz says his side must
avoid getting carried away after
their surprise 3-2 loss to Wānaka
AFC on Saturday.
Tech came from 2-0 down at
halftime to level the scores at 2-2,
but a late goal saw them crash to
their first defeat of the season.
They play Nomads on Friday
and Schwarz said the team was
looking to right the wrongs from
that match.
“ It’s about going back to what
we’re good at, having a chat
about it, getting things out in the
open, and responding well from
that,” he said.
“Setbacks like a loss, although
it’s disappointing, it can work in
your advantage if you respond
well.”
Schwarz expects a tough test
on Friday, despite Nomads
having just one win from their
opening three games after a 2-0
loss to Dunedin City Royals on
Saturday.
“ They’re usually high energy,
they play nice football. They are
another team where if we’re not
They said it
“The three
toughest
fighters I’ve
ever been up
against were
Sugar Ray
Robinson,
Sugar Ray Robinson, and
Sugar Ray Robinson. I
fought Sugar so many
times, I’m surprised I’m not
diabetic!” – Jake LaMotta,
former middleweight
boxer and subject of the
film Raging Bull.
In Brief
Four way tie at the top
of rugby league table
No team remains unbeaten after
three rounds of the Canterbury
Rugby League premiership. The
Hornby Panthers surrendered
the Thacker Shield in a narrow
16-14 home loss to the Riccarton
Knights, while Halswell claimed
their first win of the season with a
32-28 victory over the Greymouth
Greyhounds. Meanwhile, the
Linwood Keas dominated the
Eastern Eagles with a 60-0
thrashing, leaving the Eagles as the
only winless side. Linwood, Hornby,
Greymouth, and Riccarton now
share the top spot with two wins
each. There will be no matches this
weekend due to the Easter break.
EYES UP: Cashmere Technical defender Danny Kane tries
to find a passing option against Wānaka AFC. Right, Tom
Schwarz (6) celebrates Tech’s equaliser, before their opponents
scored late. PHOTOS: MITCHELL COZZONE/DUST.MEDIA
up to our standards that we’ve
set, we’ll get punished as well.”
In other action, Christchurch
United beat Ferrymead Bays 5-0
on Friday night and now turn
their attention to Selwyn this
Friday at Foster Park with the
hosts coming off a 4-0 loss to
Coastal Spirit at the weekend.
Coastal host high-flying
Wānaka while Bays play away
against winless Universities.
Southern League round 4 (Friday)
Coastal Spirit v Wanaka, Linfield Park, 2.30pm;
Cashmere Technical v Nomads, Garrick Park, 2.45pm;
Universities v Ferrymead Bays, English Park, 2.45pm;
Selwyn Utd v Christchurch Utd, Foster Park, 3pm
Points
Nelson 7; Chch Utd 7; Coastal 6; Cash Tech 6; Wanaka 6;
Dunedin 6; Nomads 3; Bays 3; Selwyn 0; University 0
English Cup round 1 (2pm Monday)
Selwyn Utd v Western, Foster Park;
Nomads v Parklands Utd, Tulett Park;
Ferrymead Bays v Burwood; Ferrymead Park;
Coastal Spirit v Oxford, Linfield Park;
Halswell Utd v FC Twenty 11, Halswell Domain;
Christchurch Utd v Universities, United Sport Centre;
St Albans Shirley v Waimakariri Utd, St Albans Park
Bye: Cashmere Technical
UC taking ‘smarter approach’ to break
• By Sam Coughlan
UNIVERSITY OF Canterbury
have continued their perfect
start to the Metro rugby season,
beating Marist Albion 27-15 in a
top-of-the-table clash to sit alone
at the top heading into the Easter
break.
But with no games played over
the long weekend, head coach
Daniel O’Brien is wary the break
could stall his team’s momentum,
even if it comes at a good time.
“ We had probably two weeks of
preseason. We had nine players
involved in the Crusaders under
Metro rugby points
New Brighton 10; University
10; HSOB 7; Christchurch 6;
Sydenham 6; Marist Albion
5; Lincoln Uni 5; Belfast
5; Burnside 5; Linwood 4;
Sumner 1; Shirley 0
20s, and players involved with
the Crusader development team,”
O’Brien said.
“ We could have probably gone
another couple of weeks and been
okay, but it’s always a long grind.
“We’ll train once this week
and give the boys a good Easter
weekend off, we’re taking the
smarter approach and trying not
to overdo it.”
New Brighton remain the only
other unbeaten side after a 40-7
win over Burnside.
Defending champions Linwood
edged HSOB 30-29 to claim the
DCL Shield, while Sydenham rallied
to beat Belfast 46-35.
Christchurch and Lincoln
University also secured their first
wins, beating Shirley 37-26 and
Sumner 40-17 respectively.
The competition resumes on
April 26.
ENERGY: University midfielder Jae Broomfield tries to take the ball to the line against
Marist Albion.
PHOTO: ISAAC NOKES
Old Boys’ new
signing comes
with pedigree
HIGH SCHOOL Old Boys have
snapped up a young Irish talent
with a big name.
The club’s new first five-eighth
James Humphreys is the son of
former Irish international David
Humphreys,
who played 72
times for his
country between
1996 and 2006.
Humphreys
has featured in
HSOB’s opening
two matches this
season, starting
in round one
James
Humphreys
against Lincoln University and
coming off the bench against
Linwood.
Head coach Joff Mooar said the
former Ulster playmaker, who has
five professional appearances in
the United Rugby Championship
and Champions Cup, brings experience
and a fresh perspective.
“ It’s just a different playing style,
different voice and a new face,
he’s just got to adapt to the New
Zealand style and he’s picked that
up nicely so far.”

COPY BOOK: Cooper Moore chips in from the bunker to
win the Australian Junior Amateur.
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COOPER MOORE has won
the Australian Junior Amateur
in Queensland with a dramatic
chip in from the bunker during a
play-off.
Clearwater’s Moore finished
five-under-par, level with New
South Wales’ Cooper Giddings
after four rounds.
He came up short of what
would have been a winning putt
on the 18th hole, leading to a
play-off with Giddings.
They both shot identical scores
on the first two play-off holes.
The play-off went to a third
hole but Moore landed in the
greenside bunker after his second
shot.
He needed to produce
something, and he delivered
magnificently, holing out from
the bunker to take the title.
When asked if he had ever
holed a bunker shot to win a
tournament before, Moore said
“nah, that’s probably the first
one”.
“When I holed it, it was like,
wow, it was quite surprising.”
He is only the second person
to complete the Australian
Thursday April 17 2025 The Star
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Moore success for Cooper
Junior Boys-
New Zealand
Amateur double,
alongside Daniel
Hillier.
This week he
is playing for
Canterbury in
the South Island Cooper
Age Group Moore
Championship at Coringa with
Alfie Bell (Russley), Etienne
Collier (Avondale), James
Mordaunt (Russley), Mitchell
Redmayne (Bottle Lake), and
Uny Shao (Russley).
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Pummelled by Panthers
A lesson in league from the reigning champions
Sports reporter Sam
Coughlan is a footballer
who plays in goal, so we
decided to take him out
of his comfort zone. In
the second of a series,
he trained with Hornby
Panthers, the defending
Canterbury Rugby
League champions
IT’S A DREADFUL evening
for training at Hornby’s Leslie
Park home ground – the rain is
bucketing down, making both ball
and field slick and slippery.
My first act is to try and kick
a goal from the sideline. As a
footballer, it’s the one thing I
thought I could do well, but my
shot falls miserably short although
the direction was good.
After a short warm-up we get
into some passing drills, running
up and down the field.
Sounds easy? I thought so.
That was until a full-contact
drill had me charging at speed into
four defenders, prompting head
coach Corey Lawrie to remind the
team I haven’t played rugby league
before.
Copping a shoulder in the cheek
on my first run makes me regret
my decision not to bother with a
mouthguard. I fear for my teeth if
I take another heavy hit and I’m
thankful to have the soft, muddy
ground to cushion my fall.
Welcome to the Panthers!
Even in the pouring rain, the
standard was clear – sharp runs,
crisp passes and total focus for
the duration of the drills.
Except, of course, for the one
guy who didn’t know where to
stand or run or what position he
was playing. That’s me, in case it
wasn’t clear.
It’s an unusual feeling – I’m
used to running around on a
muddy field, but this is with ball
in hand rather than at feet.
The team is welcoming and
happy to instruct me, where
they can, on what I need to do
to get more involved.
The Panthers are going
through attacking formations
and moves in preparation for
the weekend’s match, a repeat
of last season’s grand final with
the Halswell Hornets, but with
calls of “wedge”, “China”, and
“diamond” around me, I am
dumbfounded.
Hooker Kyan Rosie throws me
a lifeline: “Just run it up,” he says,
tossing me the ball.
EYES ON THE PRIZE: After a poor attempt at kicking a goal
from the sideline, sports reporter Sam Coughlan tries some
passing drills in dreadful conditions at Leslie Park, the Hornby
Panthers’ home ground.
PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN
I obey, only to sprint straight into
a brick wall.
It hurts, but not much. I can tell
they aren’t tackling the newbie at
100%, because I’m sure I’d be in a
lot more pain.
In the end, the only bruise is to
my ego after feeling mostly useless
for the best part of 90-minutes.
I make it out alive with no broken
bones, all my teeth intact, and a
whole new respect for those who
spend their Saturdays smashing
into each other and rolling in mud.
I’ll take that as a win – my
influence clearly inspired the
Panthers, who won their next game
22-12.
• Next week Coughlan
finds out what it’s like to
train with top football club
Christchurch United.
HIT HARD: Coughlan runs the ball into contact and cops a Panther’s shoulder straight to the cheek. He really should have brought a mouthguard.
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SCHOOL OPEN DAYS
Standing and
Working Together:
The Christian Education
Network of Schools
The Christian Education
Network (CEN) of schools
in Greater Christchurch
offers high-quality education
founded on Biblical truth,
within a Christ-centred
supportive community
that emphasises character,
creativity, and responsibility.
At its heart, the CEN
is a collaboration of State
Integrated Christian
schools working together
to strengthen Christian education.
Established in the early 2000s, the
network builds on a 60-year history of
Christian education in Christchurch.
Initially comprising four city schools—
Middleton Grange, Hillview, Emmanuel,
and Aidanfield Christian Schools—the
network has since expanded to the wider
region and includes Rangiora New Life
and Rolleston Christian Schools.
Our network offers community-based
primary education with pathways to
secondary schools on both sides of
the Waimakariri River. This provides
opportunity for children to continue
their Christian education through to
graduation, no matter where they live in
Greater Christchurch.
The CEN’s successful development
has been supported by a collaborative
relationship with the Ministry of
Education, who have worked with us to
provide coordinated enrolment schemes
and the best possible education while
staying true to our Christian values.
As enrolment season approaches, we
invite you to explore the opportunities
within the CEN network. Together, we
can provide your child with an education
that equips them for using their Godgiven
gifts and skills in serving others,
making a positive impact, and fulfilling
their purpose in life.
Papanui
High School
OPEN NIGHT
Thursday 29th May 6.30pm
The evening will consist of an address from the principal and student
representatives, followed by guided tours of the school’s facilities.
Papanui High School
Our School, Our Success, Our Responsibility
At Papanui High School positive
relationships are at the forefront of what we
do. Connecting through a responsive local
curriculum we provide an opportunity for
all students to learn in a productive and
future-focused environment.
The opportunity to learn from an
innovative and broad curriculum is critical
to providing a pathway that meets each
student’s individual needs. This reinforces
the philosophy underpinning personalised
learning and is strongly supported by
understanding our students’ interests,
passions, talents, and ultimately their
career aspirations.
Papanui “PRIDE” is what we represent,
and we demonstrate this by having young
adults leave our school as confident
Reflections of a Year 9
Marian College student
Starting high school felt like it was
going to be a big jump for me. I came
from a small school so I was nervous
about what was ahead. I chose Marian
College for its outstanding academics and
endless opportunities but when I got here
I realised it was so much more than that
- it’s not just a community, but a family
that welcomes everyone no matter who
you are.
My first term has been amazing. I love
all my classes and I have learnt so much.
The teachers have been so kind and
welcoming as have all the other students
who have helped us Year 9s find our feet
in this new environment. I really enjoyed
MARIAN COLLEGE
ENROLMENT OPEN DAY
Thursday April 17 2025 The Star 21
learners who have gained the appropriate
qualifications and social skills to become
valued contributing members of society.
All that we do here is reinforced by
positive relationships, an ethos of caring,
cultural responsiveness, inclusion, and high
expectations.
The school is working hard to
consolidate recent initiatives to ensure
sustained and continuous improvement.
You are invited to view our website, school
charter, ERO report, and/or contact the
school for more information.
We look forward to welcoming all
prospective students and their families/
whānau to visit our school at our Open
Evening on Thursday 29th May.
Robert Gilbert, Principal
the school Athletic and Swimming sports.
The enthusiasm and excitement all the
students feel, the chanting and supporting
their fellow Whānau members as they
compete for House points is such a
magical experience.
I also really enjoy
the Friday lunchtime
concerts. I am so
grateful and happy
to be at Marian and
I wouldn’t change a
thing about my first
term.
Niamh Savage, Year
9, Marian College
30 Langdons Road | www.papanui.school.nz
Phone: 03 352 6119
My School, My Success, My Responsibility - Tōku Kura, Tōku Tiketike, Tōku Haepapa
Tuesday 20 May 2pm-6.30pm
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
www.mariancollege.school.nz/openday
Hillview Christian School
Yr 1–10
Open Days: 6 & 8 May
p: 332 6923
e: office@hillview.school.nz
w: www.hillview.school.nz
Middleton Grange School
Yr 1–13
Open Days: 17 May
p: 348 9826
e: office@middleton.school.nz
w: www.middleton.school.nz
Emmanuel Christian
School Yr 1–10
Open Days: Viewing by appointment
p: 359 3595
e: office@emmanuelchristian.school.nz
w: www.emmanuelchristian.school.nz
Aidanfield Christian
School Yr 1–10
Open Days: Viewing by appointment
p: 338 8153
e: enrol@aidanfield.school.nz
w: www.aidanfield.school.nz
Yr 1–8
Open Days: Viewing by appointment
p: 550 2653
e: office@rcs.school.nz
w: www.rollestonchristian.school.nz
Rangiora New Life School
Yr 1–13
Open Day: 28 May
p: 313 6332
e: admin@rnls.school.nz
w: www.rnls.school.nz
A network of non
denominational Christian
Schools offering limited
places in 2026
• High quality affordable Christian education
• Qualified teachers who are committed Christians
• High standards of academic achievement
and behaviour
• Co-educational and State Integrated
• New Zealand Curriculum delivered from a
Biblical perspective
• Christian virtues modelled and encouraged
• Strong partnership and shared vision between
home and school for God’s calling on the life of
the child
• Pathways for pupils from Aidanfield, Emmanuel,
Hillview and Rolleston to
Middleton Grange School at Senior College level
Refer to each school website
for enrolment information

22 The Star Thursday April 17 2025
SCHOOL OPEN DAYS
Welcome to Avonside
Girls’ High School
I am proud to be the
Principal of Avonside
Girls’ High School,Te Kura
Kohine o Ōtākaro. At
Avonside we are passionate
about empowering you
to be a future leader, and
preparing you to go out
into the world able to
flourish with a strong sense
of identity and purpose.
“Ka mua, ka muri” – by
knowing who we are we
can look forward
I welcome you to come
and be part of Avonside, to
be a leader of tomorrow. Our vision is for
you to walk through our doors and to feel
you belong, strong in your identity and
what you bring to the school. At Avonside
you will be challenged to achieve personal
excellence in your learning and to develop
a voice that is empowered to lead our
society now and in the future.
More than ever, I believe that young
wāhine need a strong single sex
environment in which to flourish. We
provide a values led school culture that
supports you to belong, connect, have
courage, lead and to achieve your full
potential. At Avonside we want you to
aim high in your academic achievement
and career aspirations. Our teaching
is tailored to your needs, and we have
experienced teams to support your
emotional wellbeing.
At Avonside we
have a passionate,
knowledgeable and
committed group of
teachers who care about
all their students’ success
in learning and about
their wellbeing. Our
focus is on building
strong relationships
and teaching with
high expectations. Our
poutama of values,
Te whare mauri ora,
are a way of being in
our school for staff
and students. We want our students to
leave our school strong in their identity,
connecting well with others, having high
acacdemic aspirations and to be leaders. A
strong pastoral and hauora team, as well
as your ako teacher, are here to support
you.
We look forward to welcoming you into
our modern facilities with the most up
to date technology for learning. You will
have the opportunity to get involved in
a wide range of cultural, arts, sports, and
service groups and to lead our school in
these areas. Our beautiful gymnasiums
and theatres allow us to offer you
outstanding facilities to support these
opportunities.
You will flourish here at Avonside and
have an exciting future ahead of you.
Catherine Law, Tumuaki / Principal
Open Evening 2025
Burnside High School
Burnside High School is pleased to
invite prospective families and students
to our Open Evening on Tuesday 13 May
2025.
Burnside has an outstanding record of
academic, cultural and sporting success.
We are a centre of academic excellence.
The scale of the school allows us to offer
an exceptionally wide range of subjects
and extra-curricular opportunities. This
provides flexibility for students to follow
a path suited to their ability, interests and
skills.
The size of our roll means that we
have a unique divisional structure. We
have four divisions of approximately
600 students each. Each divisional team
provides personal support and guidance
to its students. It enables a strong pastoral
approach to guide students through their
secondary education
and to find their path
in life. There is a
dedicated principal, year
based deans, guidance
counsellor and of course
form teachers within
each division.
Burnside High School
students seek excellence
and have pride in
all that they do. Our
students consistently
achieve very high levels
in NCEA certificates
and endorsements.
Our students are renowned for their
achievement at the highest level in local,
regional, national and international
academic, cultural and sporting
competitions.
The school is also renowned for its
Specialist Music Programme, the only
such programme in the country.
We are here to help families and
students make a smooth transition
from primary or intermediate into the
high school environment. Our Open
Evening is a fabulous opportunity to meet
staff, current students and explore the
opportunities that we offer.
We look forward to meeting you and
showcasing why Burnside is the right
choice for your family.
Ngā mihi mahana,
Scott Haines, Principal
OPEN EVENING
Thursday, 29 May 2025
From 5.00 - 7.00pm
We would like to welcome all
prospective students and their whānau
to attend our Open Evening on
Thursday the 29th of May.
Open Evening 2025
Tuesday, 13 May 2025 from 5.45-9.00pm
www.burnside.school.nz
Bookings Required for Principal’s Address
At 5.45pm, 6.30pm and 7.15pm you can
hear the address from the Principal Scott Haines.
Please Note: You will need to reserve a free seat(s) for your
selected time in the Aurora Centre by following this address,
http://bit.ly/BHS_Open_Evening_2025. Print your ticket(s) off
and bring them along on the evening. Collect your programme
detailing the activities on show from the Aurora Centre. Tours of
the school leave from the Aurora Centre after each presentation.

SCHOOL OPEN DAYS
Hillmorton High School
A new brand
Tēnā koutou katoa
I am proud to serve as Acting Tumuaki
| Principal at Te Kura Tuarua o Horomaka
| Hillmorton High School. We are a
fast-growing, diverse school of over
1,400 ākonga (students) from Years 7 to
13. Our vision is to work in partnership
with our community to nurture wellrounded,
accomplished young people
who are prepared and ready for life. We
are committed to creating inclusive,
supportive classrooms that enable all
students to thrive.
Our curriculum allows ākonga to follow
their passions, while our co-curricular
programme encourages participation,
leadership, and success across academic,
arts, sports, and cultural areas. Our
dedicated teachers believe in our students,
build strong relationships with them and
their whānau, and care deeply about their
wellbeing.
This year, we introduced a new logo,
uniform and colours that reflect who
we are and where we come from. They
represent the weaving together of our
community, house culture, values and our
connection to the Port Hills through our
whakataukī: Whāia te iti kahurangi, ki te
tuohu koe, me he maunga teitei, which we
translate as personal best, nothing less.
We’re also continuing to develop
our school site. In 2021, we opened a
22-classroom middle school block. This
year, we unveiled our new gymnasium,
complete with two full-sized basketball
courts, two classrooms, and a state of the
art strength and conditioning suite. Next
year, we’ll open a 12-classroom Science
block, followed by a new Performing Arts
Centre with eight classrooms.
We are incredibly proud of who we are
at Te Kura Tuarua o Horomaka—and are
excited for what is to come.
EASTER
CHURCHCatholic
SERVICES
Catholic
Catholic
For a complete list Interdenominational
of
Holy Week Liturgies
& Interdenominational
Easter
Mass Times
Interdenominational
including the
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Interdenominational
in all parishes throughout the
Christchurch Catholic Diocese
(Canterbury/West Coast) visit:
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Easter Services
Anglican
Maundy Thursday
17 April, 7pm
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Interdenominational
Anglican
Anglican
Anglican
Anglican
Pentecostal
Pentecostal
Interdenominational
Anglican
Presbyterian
Good Friday Presbyterian
18 April, 10am
Presbyterian
Easter Sunday
20 April Presbyterian
8am and 10am
Presbyterian
Here at St Paul’s Papanui
Presbyterian
1 Harewood Road, Papanui
Anglican
Anglican
Interdenominational
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Interdenominational
Anglican
Anglican
Anglican
ST AIDAN’S
ANGLICAN
CHURCH
Presbyterian
Good Friday Service
9.30am
Easter Presbyterian
Sunday Services
8:30am Traditional Service
10:00am Family Communion Service
Presbyterian You are welcome to join us
63 Brookside Terrace, Bryndwr
For further information please contact
the Parish office 03 351 8075
Angl
Anglican
17 April Maundy Thursday
St Peter’s Church 7.00pm - Last supper
18 April Good Friday
Combined Methodist Church 3 Brake St 10.00am
Service of Devotion
20 April Easter Day
St Peter’s Church 8, 9.15 and 10.45am
Eucharist. Please bring greenery
or flowers, to transform the cross.
St Luke’s Church 9.30am
Eucharist. Bring greenery.
St Peter’s, Church Corner • St Luke’s, School Road
www.stpeterschurch.nz • Vicar 027 271 4909
EASTER AT THE
TRANSITIONAL CATHEDRAL
Maundy Thursday 17 April
12:05pm Holy Eucharist
7:00pm Eucharist of the Last Supper
Music: The Cathedral Choir
Good Friday 18 April
9:00am Morning Prayer
12:00noon Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Music: The Cathedral Choir
Holy Saturday 19 April
12:00noon Choral Midday Prayer
8:00pm The Great Vigil of Easter
Music at both services: The Cathedral Choir
SUNDAY 20 APRIL ~ EASTER
8:00am Holy Eucharist
10:00am Choral Eucharist
5:00pm Choral Evensong
Music at 10.00am and 5.00pm: The Cathedral Choir
234 Hereford St
Latimer Square
OPEN NIGHT
THURSDAY 29 TH MAY 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Presentations at both 3:30pm and 4:30pm.
Organised tours will follow.
Easter with All Saints
Tenebrae Thurs 17 April
7pm, St Marks Marshland
Good Friday 18 April
10.30am, All Saints
Burwood
Reflective Service held in
the cemetery grounds
allsaintsburwood.nz
facebook.com/allsaintsburwood
Easter Sunday 20 April
10.30am, All Saints
Burwood
All Age Service with
communion and kids
packs
Aspire to Christ
May Easter bring you
peace and joy
St. St. Augustine’s,
Anglican Church Church
Parish Parish of Cashmere of Cashmer
Vicar: (Mrs)
Vicar:
Kofe
Kofe
Havea
Havea
5 Cracroft Terrace
(off Dyers
5 Cracroft
Pass Road)
Terrace
(off Dyers Pass Road)
Ph. 332-6627
office@staugustines.org.nz
Ph. 332-6627
office@staugustines.org.nz
Maundy Thursday Service
Good Friday
7.00pm Combined with and hosted by the Cashmere
8.15am ‘Cross-walk’ to Cashmere Presbyterian w
Presbyterian Church
stops along the way for Scripture readings followed by cof
& ‘hot cross’ buns
Good
at St Augustines.
Friday
10am Devotional Service (at St Augustine’s and
9.00am ‘Cross-walk’
combined with Cashmere Presbyterian)
from Cashmere Presbyterian to St Augustine’s
- followed Easter by coffee & Day ‘hot cross’ buns at
10.00am St Augustine’s. Worship & Communion Service
10.00am Solem Vigil Service
(at St Augustine’s and combined with
Cashmere Presbyterian)
Easter Day
10.00am Worship & Communion Service

24 The Star Thursday April 17 2025
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Rating out of 10: Performance 7; Handling 7; Build Quality 9; Comfort 8; Space
8; Styling 7; Fuel Economy; road test average consumption 6.9L/100km Value
for money 6
Safety: ANCAP crash test rating – Not yet tested
Overall points out of 10: 7.5
HYUNDAI’S latest fifth generation Santa
Fe represents a seismic shift on almost every
front for one of the company’s largest and
biggest selling SUVs.
The Santa Fe has racked up 24 years on our
market where it has built a strong and loyal
band of owners.
How they react to this newcomer’s ‘out
the gate’ appearance, compared to the staid
styling of the vehicle it replaces, will be
fascinating, because its looks aren’t for the
faint hearted.
This new version makes a statement with
spacious second- and third-row seating, plus
exceptional room for people and luggage.
Sporting a new squared off upright design,
with more than a fleeting resemblance to its
cousin the Kia EV9 all electric wagon, are the
keys to unlocking more cabin and load space
inside this latest Santa Fe.
Small increases in the exterior dimensions
were required on this revolutionary model to
create greatly improved interior space.
The power operated tailgate, standard
across the range, is the gateway to a load
carrying area 15% bigger than before, while
rear seat occupants enjoy more head and
legroom room than the previous model.
A regular seven-seat format is standard, but
is also available in a more luxurious six-seat
configuration with middle-row captain’s
chairs.
Prices for the three-model range starts
at $84,990 for the Active, then it’s a bit of a
step up to $96,990 Limited supplied for this
road test. From there you head through the
six-figure barrier en-route to the flagship
$104,990 Calligraphy model.
A three-year or 100,000km warranty looks
like something out of a vehicle brochure
from five years ago. It is far from the best in
the market, and may not sit well with some
paying for models sitting in the Santa Fe’s
fairly lofty price bracket.
A major update of the previous models
petrol/electric hybrid system uses a 1.6-litre
turbo engine teamed with a 44.2kW electric
motor, drawing power from a 1.49 kWh
lithium-ion battery.
It produces 172kW of power and 367Nm
of torque that makes its way to the road via a
six-speed automatic, to provide smooth, quiet
and eco-friendly driving.
The electric motor and petrol engine
worked seamlessly together in the test vehicle
to deliver ample torque where it is most
needed.
There isn’t a wealth of power and torque
to convincingly propel a much larger and
heavier vehicle than the one it replaces.
Motoring with Bob Nettleton
Some owners of the previous model
will lament the passing of the feisty 2.2L
turbo diesel, but this fuel is cast as an
environmental villain in today’s low
emission motoring world, and more vehicle
manufacturers are steering away from these
engines.
The extra size and weight of this new
model exact a toll on performance. I felt it
was off the pace of the previous model, and
lacking its liveliness under load and over
hilly undulating roads.
Apart from these blips, it does the job
with the sort of commendable effort and
application to satisfy most owners.
This SUV is a passenger and load space
star, giving its rivals a lesson in intelligent
interior packaging and space maximisation.
Smart and practical comfort and
convenience features abound, such as
Hyundai’s bilateral multi-console storage
space, which is easily accessible for both
front and rear occupants. An intuitive 6.6-
inch climate control display work wells, and
owners will appreciate the high-speed, dual
wireless smartphone charging.
Hyundai’s next-generation cockpit
provides the user interface for an all-new
12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen, that’s
standard across the range.
The system benefits from four times more
computing power and fifteen times the
graphical processing power of the previous
system.
A high-definition full digital instrument
cluster provides information such as turnby-turn
satellite navigation directions and
visual alerts from SmartSense safety systems
including a blind-spot view monitor live
video feed, in addition to the speedometer,
tachometer, fuel and temperature displays
A more advanced version of Hyundai’s
forward collision-avoidance assist system
makes the cut for this model.
The suspension has been reworked to
better manage body lean when this larger
Santa Fe is pushed harder over twisty roads,
or when called on to make unexpected
changes in direction. Through the bends, it
is more composed and relaxing to drive, and
despite its size and weight gains, sits flatter
and the suspension less provoked by uneven
road surfaces.
The test vehicle was assured and
competent traversing reasonably wellformed
tracks that weren’t too badly
weathered or rutted.
Knowing the vehicle’s limitations over
rougher ground is your ticket to steering
clear of off-road trouble.
ACCOUNTANT
The Mataura Licensing Trust (MLT), (the trust) is a community owned hospitality
business that operates under the Sale & Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. The trust’s
primary goals are to provide excellent hospitality venues and facilities and to
support the well-being of our local community through philanthropic activities.
We seek an experienced, dedicated and skilled accountant with or without a
completed degree (CA, CPA) that has a multi-faceted overview of the effective
management of financial systems and its varying components of a multimilliondollar
operation situated in the heart of rural Southland. You will need to
display strong analytical skills, attention to detail, excellent communication
and interpersonal skills and a proficiency in accounting software and financial
management systems.
Your key responsibilities will include but are not exclusive to the
following;
• Financial Management- Oversee and maintain the general ledger, ensuring
accurate financial reporting and legislative compliance.
• Accounts Oversight- Supervise accounts payable and receivable departments
ensuring timely and accurate payments and invoices.
• Payroll Administration- Manage payroll processes ensuring accurate
calculations and compliance with applicable employment legislation.
• Bank Reconciliation- Ensure thorough reconciliation of all banking transaction
accounts.
• Gaming Accounting- Coordinate responsibilities for The Trusts Community
Foundation, (TTCF) and ensure the effective management of MLT gaming
operations, compliance and administration.
• Team Leadership- Employ, supervise and support office staff, fostering a
positive and productive work environment.
What we offer;
• A supportive work environment that values professional development and
career growth.
• Opportunities for training and further qualifications.
• A collaborative team culture that prioritises integrity and community service.
• A competitive salary and benefits package.
• A chance to live in Gore, renowned for its friendly community, safety and
family orientated lifestyle.
How to apply;
• If you are ready to take on this rewarding role and contribute to the further
success of the Mataura Licensing Trust, we invite you to apply. Please send
your CV and cover letter outlining your relevant experience and passion for the
position to mark@mltgore.co.nz
• If you would like further information or a detailed copy of the Position
Description email mark@mltgore.co.nz
Application deadline / requirements;
• Applications will close 27th April 2025. The applicant must be a NZ Resident.
The MLT will celebrate 70 years in December 2025 and has returned over $33 million
to the community. So, if you want to be part of this ongoing success story, join us and
help shape the future for our trust, all the while enjoying the benefits of living in one
of the best places in New Zealand to raise a family. We look forward to welcoming
the right candidate to our team.

26 The Star Thursday April 17 2025
Your guide to our LOCAL & TRUSTED
Trades & Professional Services
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• Roof Painting
• Interior/exterior
residential
• Small commercial
painting
To advertise: Phone 379 1100 or email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
house and garden
home
cleaning
PAINTERS
Painters and Decorators Ltd
Canterbury Owned and Operated
A husband and wife team
Noel 027-411-3596
kemp.painters@gmail.com
kemp painters and decorators
We offer
free quotes
Quality not
Quantity
PAINTING & PlAsTerING
• PAINTING • TILING
• PLASTERING
• WALLPAPERING
Phone Kevin Steel
gardening
services available
throughout
christchurch
your one stop shop for home services
www.anextrapairofhands.co.nz
info@anextrapairofhands.co.nz
0800 535 355
• Interior/Exterior
• New Homes & Repaints
• Quality workmanship assured
• Correct preparation always undertaken
• 20+ years experience
• Earthquake repairs
(Painting/Plastering/Wallpapering/Tiling)
Ph 027 216 8946
www.facebook.com/kevinsteelpainters&decorators
Email: kpsteel@xtra.co.nz
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AC Property Inspection Checks
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landscaping
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Gardening
Landscaping
Gutter cleaning
All aspects of
property maintenance
CALL us 03 260 4499
CALL us 021 405 277
THE ROOF
SPECIALISTS
CANTERBURY LTD
Established 2005
Protective coatings
10 year guarantee on:
Faded coloursteel
Tiles & iron
Decramastic
Phone NOW 4 FREE
Roof check & report
Scott McKenzie
022 044 3008
Painter
Decorator
Free Quotes
Interior, Exterior,
Trade Qualified
John, 0274 311 331.
Resene Paints
Eco Decorator.
Painters Decorators.
co.nz
Absolutely
Affordable
Painting
(Division of TPMS Ltd.)
Phone: Tony
352 7330
0273 630 930
Total Property
Maintenance
Specialists Ltd
HALSWELL
GLASS & GLAZING 2017 LTD
THE PET DOOR SPECIALIST
• PET DOORS
• NEW GLAZING
• FRAMELESS SHOWERS
• MIRRORS
• INSURANCE CLAIMS
• RETRO GLAZING
• BALUSTRADING
ALL SUBURBS COVERED FOR
ALL YOUR GLAZING NEEDS
PHONE GAIL ON
322 7999 OR 021 CAT DOOR
(228 3667)
30 years + experience
Older house
restorations:
no problem!
Quotes: FREE!
Rates: Reasonable
Paint supplied at
trade price!
NO JOB TOO SMALL
Light industrial also
Roger Brott
Painter & Decorator
021-1966-311
Trades & Services
roof
painting
Colour Steel,
Iron & Decramastic
Roofs
Rope & Harness
Safe Cert
Skilled Tradesman
25 Years Experience
Free Quotes
Call Collin
ph: 021 132 7106
ROOF
PAINTING 24/7
Rope & harness
a speciality,
no scaffolding
required,
30 years of
breathtaking
experience.
FREE QUOTES
20% OFF other
roof quotes
Exterior staining,
exterior painting,
water blasting.
Moss and mould
treatment $300.
Phone Kevin
027 561 4629
ROOF
PAINTING
Competitive rates
Rope n Harness
certified
39 yrs experience
Commercial/
Residential
Exterior Painting
Interior - colder
months
Phone Mason on
021 233 0378
masonwairau.com
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DIRTY TILES
& GROUT?
Tile & Grout Cleaning
Mouldy Silicone Replacement
Tiled Shower Makeovers
Old Grout Re-Colouring
✓ Tile & Grout Sealing/ Repairs
We specialise in professional cost
effective solutions for ALL your tile &
grout issues.
Call 0800 882 772 for a FREE quote
www.theprogroup.co.nz/dpc9385
Trades & Services
ATTIC LADDERS
and storage, kitchen,
bathroom & laundry
renovation, automatic
gates, int / ext painting.
LBP Builder, we do it all.
021 351 900
BATHROOM TILER
wet area waterproofing,
underfloor heating, soap
boxes, old to new, for best
results, call Devon on 021
375-888 or 03 329 5511
BENNET & SONS LTD
Qualified & licenced
builders. New homes, villa
restoration, extensions,
decks, weatherbord
repairs, t&g flooring.
Phone Sam 0274 969 362
or sambennet@live.com
BEST BATHROOMS
Full renovations
specialists, LBP builder.
Free quote, all building
property maintenance. Ph
387-0770 or 027 245 5226
ciey@xtra.co.nz
BRICKLAYER
George Lockyer,
Governors Bay. UK
trained with over 40 years
exp. Smaller jobs & brick
repairs preferred. No job
too small. 027 684 4046 E:
georgelockyer@xtra.co.nz
BRICK & BLOCK
LAYING
all restoration work
and new work plus
foundations, ph 342 9340
or 021 853 033
BUILDER QUALIfIED
50 yrs exp. Bathrooms,
AAA HANDYMAN
licensed carpenter
LBP, all property and
building maintenance,
repairs, bathroom/shower
Kitchens, Renovations,
installations, with free
Repairs & Extensions
quotes 03 387 0770 or 027
Free quotes. Discount for
245 5226 ciey@xtra.co.nz
pensioners. Ph Mike 03
A CARPENTER
980 9771 or 027 2266 930
Licensed Building
BUILDER
Practitioner no. 100981.
New builds, alterations,
All carpentry & building
decks, fencing. 30 yrs in
repairs & maintenance.
the trade has given me
Alterations & property
ability to build to a high
upgrades.Laundries /
bathroom / kitchens
standard. Free quotes. Ph
replaced. Specialising in
Brent 027 241 7471
replacement of all rotten BUILDER
timber, fascia boards, Semi-retired. Available for
window, windowsills etc. bathrooms, decks, small
John Sandford, ph 329 projects and all repair
4616, mob 027 5189 598
johnsandford2@gmail.
work. Ph 027 3266 114
or brentew@outlook.com.
com
ARBORIST
Excellent
rates.
work. Great
Qualified. Copper BUILDER - LICENSED
Beech Tree Services. Available for alterations,
Tree removal, pruning, additions, repairs, decks,
height reduction, hedge bathroom alterations,
trimming, shaping, tree aluminium window &
planting, firewood. Free door replacements. Free
quotes. Contact Angus quotes. Over 40 years in
Edwards 027 259 6741 industry. Prompt, reliable,
copperbeechtreeservices@
gmail.com
quality workmanship. Ph:
Ian on 021 350 509
Trades & Services
BUILDING
For all your building
needs, 40 yrs exp. Doherty
Builders Ltd. Quality
work, free quote. Ph 0272
242 831
CARPET LAYING
Exp. Repairs, uplifting,
relaying, restretching.
Phone John on 0800
003181, 027 240 7416
jflattery@xtra.co.nz
CHIM CHIM CHIMNEY
SWEEPS
We’ll sweep your
logburner’s flue, check
firebricks, baffles, airtubes
& controls. We’re experts
on coal-ranges, and can
sweep any sized open fire.
We quote & undertake
repairs, flue extensions &
install bird netting. 0800
22 44 64 www.chimchim.
nz
CHIMNEY SWEEPING
DSB Heating, 20 years
experience. Call to book
an appointment. Kate 027
281 5322
COMPUTERS -TVS-
CCTV
Computer Repairs, Sales
Virus Removal-Internet.
TV-Stereo Installs, Setup.
CCTV - 35 yrs exp. Ph
Paul 027 405 3888
ELECTRICIAN
A Prompt & reliable
registered electrician
with 24 years experience
for all residential and
commercial work, new
housing and switch board
replacements. Phone Chris
027 516 0669
fENCING
Quality timber fencing -
gates & repairs. Timber
decking. Ph Ryan 027
951 8892
fENCING & DECKS
plus repairs Free quotes.
Ph Jim 022 137 1920
GARDENER
available for maintenance,
weeding pruning,
spraying, planting, advice.
Qual & exp. Ph Richard
0274 918 234, 03 349
4022
GARDENING
Paving, garden edges,
gardening, lawnmowing.
Ph Will 021 140 0977
HANDYMAN
Some jobs don’t need a
tradie, so why pay more?
Building, electrical,
plumbing. No charge for
quotes. Ph Dave 022 451
7314

The Star Classifieds
Trades & Services
Re Roofing
Roof Repairs
• Approved Age Concern
provider
• Over 30 years experience
• Licensed Building Practitioner
N A BARRELL
ROOFING LTD
Ph: 0275 389 415
Email: nabroofing@xtra.co.nz
Trades & Services
HOME SERVICE
All general property repair
& maintenance, Artificial
grass laying, Painting,
Kitset Assembly. Ph
George 021 053 8655
H2O SOlutIOnS
Renovations, New Houses,
Hot Water Cylinders,
Kitchens Bathroom
Upgrades, Laundries,
General Maintenance ,
Water Filters. Phone Mark
027 869 0026
lAnDSCAPInG
Paving, Lawns, Irrigation,
Decking, Fencing.
Kanga & small digger
services. Check out Squire
Landscaping on facebook.
FREE QUOTES. Ph
Arthur 347-8796, 027
220-7014 Edwin 027 220-
7154
lAWnMOWInG
Free quotes. You Grow I
Mow, Chris 021 252 1801
PAIntInG
Exterior experts. Free
quotes. Int/ext & roof
painting Family run
business, work guaranteed.
Pensioner discounts. Ph
Paul 022 191 7877 Website
www.swedekiwipainting.
co.nz
PAIntInG
Indoor / Outdoor, over 30
yrs exp, same day quotes,
ph Steve 021 255 7968
PAIntInG
Interior / Exterior Roofs,
Decks, Fences. For a
competitive quote Ph John
0272 242 831
PAIntER
Plastering. Trade qualified.
20 yrs exp. Int / Ext.
Reasonable rates. Ph Paul
0272 383 224 or 331 8133
PluMBER.
Trades & Services
SPOutInG
ClEAnInG.
Spouting
unblocked,
cleaned out & flushed out.
Call Greg 03 3842 661 or
027 6160331
StuMP GRInDInG
& small tree removal.
Tony 0275 588 895
tIlInG
Floor & walls. Kitchen &
splashback specialist. No
job too small.35 yrs exp.
Free quotes Ph 027 483
3887
tREE SERVICES
Free quotes 20+ yrs exp.
Tree, hedge or shrub
- reduction, shaped or
removed. Ph/text Paul
The Branch Manager
0274314720
tREE SERVICES
Pensioner discounts.
Tree & hedge reduction.
Professional advice.
Stump grinding and
branches chipped. Txt or
ring Andrew on 027 20 44
949
WInDOW ClEAnInG
Professional, Reliable &
Trusted. Residential &
Commercial. Ph or txt
Dave 0221 366 041
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.
Highly experienced AAAA Always buying
Plumber.Exceptional Gold. Cash paid. The
service.Ready to help with Pawn Shop, 396 Blenheim
all your plumbing needs. Rd, 121 Riccarton Rd, 77
Pennylane
Call today! MJ Plumbing Ferry Rd.
Ltd 021 109 2397 A+ ALL whiteware
PluMBER
wanted. Same day
Do you need a reliable service, cash paid for
plumber? Quality and freezes, fridges, washing
timely services. No job machines, ovens. Also
too big or small. Phone buying furniture & h/
V Plumbing Ltd. 022 351 hold effects.Anything
4125
considered. Ph Dave 027
PluMBER
66 22 116
Friendly, certified local A1 Albums, old photo’s,
expert in plumbing, gas postcards, coins, gold,
& drainage. Guaranteed bank notes, badges,
top-quality work. Call medals, jewellery,
Waterloo Plumbing 022 watches, china, crystal,
630 7639
books, furs, vintage
SPOutInG ClEAnInG clothing, paintings,
SPECIAlISt
furniture, estates &
Entire spouting system downsizing. Etcetera
cleared. Single or 2 storey. Antiques, 194 Edgeware
Jo 021 164 0365
Rd 385 5117
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 Flying Nun records and
tapes wanted. Will pay Pin
Group Coat $1000, Six
Impossible Things $700,
Surburban Reptiles Sat
Night $1600. Anything
by 25 cents, Gordons,
Builders, Clean, Mainly
Spaniards, Playthings, Toy
Love or any other Flying
Nun and 80s alternative
punk bands. Dave 021 222
6144 Pennylane Records,
Sydenham, Chch, 7 days.
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.
All heavy metal records,
cd’s and tapes wanted, any
amount. 7” Iron Maiden -
Running Free NZ will pay
$700. Pennylane Records,
430 Colombo Street,
Sydenham. Ring Dave 021
222 6144, 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
Caravan wanted with
shower and toilet, needing
repairs ok or any condition.
Ph 027 6220 011
MILITARIA Any
country, swords,
uniforms, badges, medals,
memoribilia, WW2 or
earlier ph 021 035 0882
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
7”, 45s, singles, eps
records wanted, any
amount, top prices paid.
Records,
430 Colombo Street,
Sydenham. Ring Dave 021
222 6144, 7 days.
TOOLS, Garden garage,
saw benches, Lathes. Cash
buyer Phone 355-2045
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• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
Boating Accessories
& Equipment
WINDSCREENS
Perspex cut to size and
shape, Fab Plastics ph
366 3634
Building Supplies
PERSPEX, poly
carbonate and other
plastics cut to size and
shape. Fab Plastics phone
366-3634
Caravans, Motorhomes
& Traliers
Caravan , 2008 Senator
Series 6, Bailey Arizona.
with awning. $30,000ono.
Ph Sam 027 4969 362
Finance
Helping people into homes
since 1996
• Pre-approvals • First home buyers
• Refinancing • Investment property
New Prebbleton Office
3/573 Springs Road
Call the team today 03 343 5432
www.mortgagefirst.co.nz
Firewood
A+ Firewood. Old man
pine, dry 6m3 $540.
Log mix, dry 6m3 $680.
Free delivery. Quality &
quantity guaranteed. Ph
021 0244 5146
Funeral Directors
Car Glazier Parts
For Sale
One Pilot - 24 Lite battery
with backup power supply.
New. Purchased for the use
of a CPAP Machine. Price
neg. Ph 027 689 7378
direct
cremation
(includes committal)
$2,200 GSt
inclusive
0800 27 28 29
www.mainlandcrematorium.co.nz
No
Service
Cremation
$2,495
Phone 0800 804 663 - 24 Hour Availability
Email: info@justfunerals.co.nz
christchurch.justfunerals.co.nz
Garage Sales
Gardening
& Supplies
GARDEN SORTING
Garden tidyups can
update, landscape or
reshape. Ph 027 341 8596
or 03 342 5151
Lawn aerating and
scarifying. Fertiliser &
seed sales available. Love
Your Lawn 021 211 5911
PERSPEX Cut to size,
clear and tinted sheets
available. Suitable as
replacement panels in
your glasshouse or as a
windbreak. Fab Plastices
366 3634
Avonhead Rotary Club
ChARity gARAge And CAR boot sAle
saturday 10th May
To donate goods or book $30 stall site
contact Denis 0274 864 787 or Len 021 738 401
Goods can be dropped off Thursday or Friday prior at
Burnside Bowling Club, 330 Avonhead Road
GLAZING
TWISTY GLASS &
GLAZING LTD
• Mirrors • Pet Door Specialists
• Splashbacks • All Broken Windows
THE CAT DOOR MAN
Phone Cushla or Darren Twist
027 352 6225
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
Personals
A male seeks intimate lady
playmate. Any age / size.
022 637 8403
Bi-male 40’s wanting
to meet senior gent for
friendship. Call 0210 858
5642
Gentleman 60’s seeks
honest lady late 50’s - 60’s
for friendship and outings
etc. Please reply to BOX
78, c/o StarMedia, PO Box
1467, Christchurch
MAY 2025 CHRISTCHURCH CITY
COUNCIL MEETINGS
Vehicles Wanted Vehicles Wanted Vehicles Wanted
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
The following meetings will be held in May 2025.
COUNCIL
Date Time Venue
7, 21 9.30am Council Chambers, Level 2, Civic Offices
COMMITTEES
Date Time Meeting/Venue
20 4pm Banks Peninsula Water Management Zone Committee
Meeting , via Audio/Visual link
28 9.30am Finance and Performance Committee, Council Chambers,
Level 2, Civic Offices
COMMUNITY BOARDS
Date Time Meeting/Venue
12 10am Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula Community Board,
Little River Boardroom, 4238 Christchurch Akaroa Road,
Little Liver
12 4.30pm Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board, The
Boardroom, Corner Beresford and Union Street, New Brighton
12 4.30pm Waimāero Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board,
The Boardroom, Fendalton Service Centre, Corner Jeffreys
and Clyde Roads
15 4pm Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board,
Linwood Boardroom, 180 Smith Street, Linwood
15 4pm Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board, The
Boardroom, Papanui Service Centre, Corner Langdons Road
and Restell Street
15 4.30pm Waipuna Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board,
Horoeka Room, Rārākau: Riccarton Centre, 199 Clarence
Street, Riccarton
COMMUNITY BOARD SUBCOMMITTEES
Date Time Meeting/Venue
5 7pm Lyttelton Reserve Committee, Lyttelton Community
Boardroom, 25 Canterbury St, Lyttelton
19 4.30pm Summit Road Authority and Advisory Committee, Te Hāpua:
Halswell Centre, Piharau Meeting Room - 341 Halswell Road,
Christchurch, 8025
19 5.30pm Duvauchelle Reserve Committee, Duvauchelle Community
Centre, 6039 Christchurch Akaroa Road
19 6pm Lyttelton Recreation Ground Reserve Committee, Lyttelton
Community Boardroom, 25 Canterbury St, Lyttelton
21 9am Stanley Park Reserve Committee, Akaroa Boardroom, 78 Rue
Lavaud, Akaroa
21 2pm Akaroa Museum Advisory Committee Meeting, Akaroa
Boardroom, 78 Rue Lavaud, 7520
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Thursday 17 to Wednesday 23 April 2025
ARMADILLO'S ISLINGTON, 670 Main
South Rd: Thursday 7.30pm - Karaoke.
A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St:
Thursday 7.30pm - The Mule - Easter
Thursday! 8-piece good-time party dancing
band playing rock, soul, ska, reggae & classics,
please note earlier start time! Koha/donation
entry. Good Friday - closed. Easter Saturday
3pm - Bluespang Arts/Music presents 'Down
That Green River' honouring John
Land/Hone Whenua, feat Andy Thompson,
songwriting doyen, and Seymour Stocks,
harmonious duo, with songs reflecting Kiwi
rivers and beyond, support local artists with
your koha/donation entry; 8pm - Taking Back
Saturday 9th Birthday: Emo & Pop Punk
Party - ChCh, feat fab DJ Lauren Kate
Borhani (AKL) spinning all your pop punk
and emo faves, final release tix $22 from
moshtix.co.nz, door sales only if not sold out
prior. Easter Sunday - closed. Easter Monday
7pm - Believe It or Not Quiz, table bookings
on 03-377-4787, lots of fun & prizes, free.
Tuesday 6pm - Canterbury Blues Club Open
Mic Jam Night feat house band Rewind Blues
Band with added brass section, then open mic
slots, all welcome, players and club members
free, otherwise koha/donation entry.
AVONHEAD TAVERN, 120 Withells Rd:
Friday 25th Apr, 7.30pm - The Party Singers.
BILL'S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: Thursday
7pm - A&J Karaoke. Easter Saturday 7pm -
Daves Karaoke. Easter Monday 3pm - Mandi
Miller.
BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St: Good
Friday - Closed. Easter Saturday 3pm - Nexus.
CASHMERE CLUB, 50 Colombo St:
Wednesday 7pm - Quiz.
CHAT'S BAR, 251 Travis Rd: Good Friday
7.30pm - Mandi Miller.
CHCH CASINO, 30 Victoria St: Easter
Thursday 6pm - Rockabella. Good Friday -
Closed. Saturday 5.30pm - Smooth Talk; 9pm
- Unhinged. Easter Sunday 6pm - Cosmic.
COASTERS TAVERN, 1 Daniels Rd:
Easter Saturday 7pm - Live music.
CRAZY HORSE, 8 Shirley Rd: Easter
Saturday 7.30pm - Eddie Simon. Easter
Sunday 6pm - Cruisy Sundays with Esther.
DARKROOM, 336 St Asaph St: Thursday
24th Apr - A Thursday Noise Situation
presents Pneumatic Fever; Vazz; Captain Bill.
Friday 25th Apr - Marsha & Friends. Saturday
26th Apr - Oh My Goth! Wednesday 30th
Apr - Free Pub Quiz.
FAT EDDIES, 1/76 Hereford St: Thursday
4.30pm - Diamond Blue Duo; 8pm - Live
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2pm - Peaches Duo; 5.30pm - Jinx Duo; 9pm
- Liberator. Sunday 6pm - Anand & Taylor.
GOOD TIMES COMEDY CLUB, 224 St
Asaph St: Easter Saturday 8pm - Bit Laughs,
$30. Wednesday 7.30pm - Fresh, free.
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GREAT HALL, The Arts Centre,
Worcester St: Monday 1.10pm - Lunchtime
Concert feat. Sambolero.
HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd: Easter
Sunday 3pm - Robbie Drew.
MAK BAR, 1276 Main North Rd: Saturday
8pm - Krakkajack.
MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: Good
Friday - Closed. Easter Saturday 9pm -
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NEW BRIGHTON CLUB, 202 Marine
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PAPANUI CLUB, 202 Marine Pde: Good
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PEGASUS ARMS, 14 Oxford Tce:
Wednesday 7.30pm - Open Mic.
RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118 Racecourse
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Easter Saturday 7pm - Lino. Easter Sunday
3pm - Mandi Miller.
ROSE & THISTLE, 24 Main North Rd:
Thursday 8pm - Sam Hicks. Easter Saturday
8.30pm - Misconduct..
SHARKEY'S BAR & CAFE, 96 Hoon Hay
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Saturday 7pm - Bazz Karaoke. Easter Monday
4pm - Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm - Karaoke.
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Kao Quintet.
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TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding Ave: Saturday
8.30pm - Titanic.
THE BLACK HORSE, 33 Lincoln Rd:
Wednesday 7pm - Annalea & Junior Karaoke.
THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Thursday 7pm -
Quiz Night. Easter Saturday 7pm - Josh
Keating; 10pm - Neon. Easter Monday 6pm -
Sionna. Tuesday 7pm - The Jameson's
Session. Wednesday 6pm - Sionna.
THE CHURCH, Worcester/Manchester
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Keetly; 6.15pm - Ants; 10pm - Assembly
Required. Easter Saturday 2pm - Bryony
Matthews; 5.30pm - Black & Gold; 9pm -
Mac & Mates. Easter Sunday 12pm -
Stowaways Duo; 3.30pm - Marcel; 7pm -
Curio Club.
THE EMBANKMENT TAVERN, 181 Ferry
Rd: Friday 25th Apr, 7.30pm - Open Mic.
THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd:
Thursday 8pm - Spektrum. Good Friday -
Closed. Saturday 8.30pm - In the City. Easter
Sunday - Closed. Tuesday 7pm - Quiz.
THE PEG, Belfast Tavern, Main North
Rd: Thursday - 12 Gauge.
THE PIANO, Armagh St: Tuesday 7pm -
Adrian Cox Trio 'Making' Runs' (UK). Friday
25th Apr, 2pm - Woolston Brass presents
ANZAC. Sunday 27th Apr, 4pm - Michael
Endres. Tuesday 29th Apr, 7.30pm - Aurum
Trio, Christopher's Classics.
THE ROCKPOOL, 85 Hereford St:
Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9pm - DJ's.
THE SIDELINE SPORTS BAR, 331
Stanmore Rd: Thursday 7pm - Jam Night
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THE TAP, Tai Tapu Hotel, 780 Old Tai
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THE TURF, 6 Inwoods Rd: Thursday 7pm
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WUNDERBAR, Lyttelton: Thursday 24th
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EP release show. Friday 25th Apr, 8pm - Gen
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RYAN YOON is in his final year
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Ryan reckons he sleeps an
IN THE SWARM: Ryan
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Thursday, April 17, 2025
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to run a half marathon while
wearing a beekeeping suit.
Ryan, 17, from Bishopdale,
eclipsed his own world record
by more than 20 minutes
on Sunday, finishing the
Christchurch half marathon in
1hr 36min 24sec.
“I’m feeling a little sore,” he
said on Tuesday. He had suffered
cramp in his hamstring a the
finishline.
Xiamen, China, in a time of 1hr
57min 35sec.
The inspiration behind
performance. Honey and bees
wearing the suit was to promote
are quite sustainable,” he said.
Ryan’s partnership with Hive
Ryan said the beekeeping
Energy and its natural sports
suit weighed about 2-3kg. He
gel. Ryan is a sales executive had been conditioning himself
for the Mosgiel-based company ahead of the Christchurch race
and facilitates a running club by training in the suit for three
in Christchurch, Hive Runners, hours a week.
under their brand.
“Going to the gym and running
on the treadmill, I had a
Hive Energy sponsored his
races in China, where he ran few looks from people. I started
four half marathons in 35 days, with controlled conditions first,
so he decided to create a buzz by working up to running outside,”
wearing the beekeeping suit for he said.
all of them.
The goal was to break one hour
“The interest was the natural and 30 minutes. The suit did
concept around health and make it difficult.
“When you sweat it accumulates
in the suit and started to get
a bit claustrophobic, the more
you run the heavier it gets, and I
could I barely see anything.”
What got Ryan home was the
support from the home crowd,
he said.
“Definitely the cheers of the
crowd kept me going, had to
figh through – it was physically
demanding and I needed that
mental componen to keep going.”
Outside of his record exploits,
Ryan manages social media for
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Connection, Sweet Oasis, Yang’s
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and Bishopdale Bakery and
Coffee Lounge. He also manages
the marketing for the kebab
shop, petrol station and coffee
lounge. He has been on the
student council at Burnside High
for five years and is deputy head
boy.
And he runs a minimum 10
hours a week.
“I love it, it’s good and there is
Yoon broke his own world
record on Sunday for
running a half-marathon
in a beekeeping suit. He
suffered cramp at the
finishline.
average six to seven hours a
night.
“I’m constantly working - one
eye shut and one eye open.”
His next half marathon will be
in Wellington in June - this time
not in the beekeeping suit.
“I’ll be so grateful to run
normally and breath fresh air
again,” he said.
Ryan is unsure what he will
study at university next year.
“I’m not quite set with what I
wan to do, I have an interest in
Hive Runners, works at Tas
that social elemen too.”
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32 Montreal St
Mitre 10 MEGA
Ferrymead
1005 Ferry Rd

Home Heating Solutions
SORTED
Goldair
Dimplex
Goldair
$ 59 98 $ 349
$ 229
$ 2949
Eco Panel Heater
425W, Two Pack
369985
$ 269
Oil Free Column
Heater with Timer
& Turbo Fan 2.4kw
Black
2016897
$ 279
Upright Fan Heater with
Oscillation 2.4kW
349234
$ 69 98
Woodsman
Kanaku ULEB Wood Fire
395506
$ 2199
Nouveau
Panel Heater 500W
410112
Dimplex
Optiflame Bari
Portable Flame
Effect Heater
2kW
371967
Goldair
Ceramic Tower Heater
with Wifi 2.4kW
380340
Woodsman
Serene Petite
Freestanding ULEB
Wood Fire
379462
Fire Accessories
Nouveau
Felt Log Basket
Nouveau
366515 & 266514
Nouveau
Heavy Duty Fireside
Tool Set 4 Piece Black
366503
Nouveau
Woodfire Fan Black
384464
Nouveau
Fire Screen W: 950mm x D: 900mm x
H: 750mm Matte Black
280448
From
$ 66
$ 32 98
$ 89 98
$ 219
Keeping you Cozy
3M
3M Indoor Window Insulator Kit - Two
Windows 914mm x 1.5m
173005
Hot Water Bottle 2
litre Assorted
349592
$ 19 98 Nouveau
Tie Down Electric Blanket
Assorted SKUs
From
$ 42 48
$ 5 99 GOLDAIR SELECT
Draught Boss
Twin Draught Guard
960mm Grey
238093
$ 9
Mitre 10 MEGA
Hornby
16 Chappie Place
Mitre 10 MEGA
Papanui
54 Harewood Rd
Mitre 10 MEGA
Brougham Street
32 Montreal St
Mitre 10 MEGA
Ferrymead
1005 Ferry Rd