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collected 2.6 tonnes of rubbish
from city waterways during the
annual Mother of All Clean Ups
event.
In two hours on Saturday
morning, volunteers filled 400
bags and removed 200 large
items from areas including the
Avon and Heathcote rivers, New
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items found included car parts,
bumpers, polystyrene, and a shopping
trolley.
New Brighton Predator Free collect rubbish near the estuary. Top right, Ferrymead Rotary
MANY HANDS: Left, city councillor Celeste Donovan, city council staff and members of
Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai
members Barbara, Roger and Robin work in the lower Heathcote River area.
Trust manager Tanya Jenkins
said 50 community groups took
part The in Star, the event, January which 23, 2025 is jointly
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organised by the estuary trust,
Ōpāwaho/Heathcote River Network,
Conservation Volunteers
NZ, Avon-Ōtākaro Network
and the Community Waterways
Group.
Rubbish The Star, collected January 23, on 2025 the day
was disposed of by Citycare staff.
Jenkins said the event was
timed for Mothers Day weekend
to “give Mother Nature a gift”.
Volunteers were also dismayed
by the amount of dog faeces found
along The the Star, river January and 23, estuary 2025 edges.
“Many were in plastic bags,
which only adds to the problem,”
Jenkins said.
BIG JOB: The Mother of
All Clean Ups patron, city
councillor and mayoral
candidate Sara Templeton
said: “This event has become a
must do on the environmental
calendar for Otautahi.”
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“I hope dog owners realise this
is not only unpleasant for others
but also a major source of water
pollution.”
She said while that was
disappointing, she was heartened
by the huge turnout on Saturday.
“It just shows that people really
do care.”
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VOLUNTEERS: Above left, Estuary Trust Board
member Islay Marsden. Above centre, Cherie
Jenkins and her sons Tai and Leo pick up rubbish
along Humphreys Drive. Above right, starnews.co.nz
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Rotary members on the Coastal Pathway. Left,
ECan councillor Vicky Southworth, estuary trust
board members Celia King and Kit Doudney.
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Glow festival an enchanted playground
A SELLOUT crowd of 11,000
packed Hororata Domain on
Saturday for the Hororata Glow
Festival.
The festival featured 12 hot air
balloons, the Marama Energy
glow walk, live music, food trucks
and free children’s entertainment,
including The Wonky Donkey
author and musician Craig Smith.
The hot air balloons, which
glowed in unison and were set to
music, included Owlbert – an owlshaped
hot air balloon from the
United States.
The festival was organised by
the Hororata Community Trust
in association with Ballooning
Canterbury.
Said event Manager Cindy
Driscoll: “This festival is about so
much more than entertainment.
“It’s about building community
pride, celebrating our rural way of
life, and giving people something
magical to be part of right here in
the heart of Selwyn.”
Driscoll said more than 130
volunteers were involved in
bringing the festival to life.
“What many don’t see is the
week-long effort behind the scenes.
We host balloon crews from around
New Zealand and the world. It takes
a huge volunteer effort.”
The festival is a key initiative of
the community trust and raises
funds for projects like rebuilding
the historic Hororata Hall.
The biennial event will return
in 2027.
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Skies alive with seasonal bird movements
AS THE SEASONS shift,
wildlife migrations are under
way across the city.
In March, the godwits began
their annual journey to Alaska,
while many local waterbirds
migrated to Australia and the
North Island.
Land birds are also on
the move, with fantails now
appearing more frequently
across the city. Bellbirds, grey
warblers, and finches are
becoming more visible during
the cooler months.
One surprising
migratory
species is the
familiar harrier
hawk.
While not
often considered
a migratory
bird, many harriers
shift to
lowland and
coastal areas
during autumn and winter –
Andrew
Crossland
with significant numbers passing
through Christchurch.
City council parks ecologist
Andrew Crossland said autumn
is when harriers are often
spotted flying north over city
suburbs or feeding on roadkill in
rural areas.
“They’re sometimes slow
to react to approaching cars,
especially young birds just a few
months old,” he said.
Harriers are easily recognised
by the white patch of feathers on
SEASONAL SHIFT: Migrating harrier hawks and visiting fantails are just two of the many
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the backs of their heads.
Whether their seasonal movements
count as true migration or
simply post-breeding dispersal
is still debated among ornithologists.
However, sightings of harriers
flying along the northern
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– suggest a migration pattern.
“Council park rangers have,
over many years, documented
harrier numbers doubling along
Kaitorete Spit and around the
Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai,
with a dominant autumn northward
movement of harriers over
Gebbies Pass, along the summit
of the Port Hills and northwards
along the city dunes and coastal
wetlands,” Crossland said.
Some harriers pause during
migration to feed or gather at
dusk in communal night roosts,
where as many as 20 birds may
settle for the night.
“Only a few local roosts are
known – at Travis Wetland, the
Bromley oxidation ponds and at
locations around Lake Ellesmere.
“Protection measures are in
place to ensure continued use
of these night roosts, including
predator control and provision
of suitable vegetation,”
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“We would appreciate hearing
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may know of additional roosts
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Hip-hop artist
dedicates
MORE THAN
WORDS: Sam
Dunlay’s first book,
The Caterpillar, was
an outlet to express
his grief over late
friend Louis Yeki.
first book to
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• By Kees Chalmers
MUSICIAN SAM Dunlay has
released his first book, The
Caterpillar, which is dedicated
to the memory of a long-time
friend and collaborator.
Known by his stage name,
And$um, Dunlay, 28, is an
electronic hip-hop artist from
Lyttelton.
His sophomore album, Late
Night Down Brougham, was featured
in Rolling Stone Australia’s
best new New Zealand music in
2023.
His first book is a collection
of short stories and poetry dedicated
to Louis Yeki, 25, who died
suddenly in December. Yeki’s
death is subject to a coroner’s
inquest.
“It was really tough, with the
nature of his passing there was
a lot of questions, no one really
knew what was going on the first
couple of days,” said Dunlay.
“The main part is just shock
and it’s the months following
where you start to feel what
you’re really feeling.
“It’s just special to still be able
to talk to him and keep his memory,
he was an amazing musician
and one of the best rappers in the
city.”
Dunlay and Yeki collaborated
on the 2023 album, The Heroic
Adventures of And$um & Lui Mill.
The short story and poetry
writing process acted as an outlet
for Dunlay’s grief over his
friend’s death.
“It’s not always easy to directly
talk about, so it was really nice to
be able to get some of these feelings
down and write them out.
“For me it’s therapy to be able
to get it all out,” he said.
Dunlay has been making music
for 10 years, but felt a shift in
inspiration from writing songs to
writing stories.
The Caterpillar, the first story
in the self-published collection,
which the book is named after,
he wrote 18 months ago.
“It was a story I’d been thinking
about writing for years,” he said.
The caterpillar acts as a metaphor
for Dunlay’s battle with
chronic fatigue following Covid
and how he has come out the
other side transformed.
Themes of isolation, selfreflection,
and the small inconveniences
that shape our lives are
explored.
“I draw a lot of inspiration
from life’s everyday moments. I
MUSICIANS: Dunlay and
Louis Yeki (right) were friends
and collaborators.
• The Caterpillar is available
at Leslie’s Bookshop in
Lyttelton or by contacting
Dunlay via social media.
enjoy stories that are universal
and ordinary, but they mean a
lot more than that.
“It was a really fun process to
write, I’d work sometimes for a
month then I wouldn’t touch it
for another three. Things in my
life would change and it would
reflect how I wanted to write,”
he said.
Dunlay found the writing process
for the book differed from
songwriting in its structure.
“You’ve got a lot more room to
flesh out an explore an idea.”
The official book launch was
on Sunday.
“It was really nice to make it
feel a bit more real and feel like it
actually happened.
“You never know if these
things are going to see the light
of day so it was a cool feeling,”
he said.
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Family’s links to wartime memento
Thursday, May 8 was
VE Day, marking the
end of World War 2 in
Europe. Dave Grantham
reports on his family
connection to the
historic occasion
ON VE DAY, the Supreme
Headquarters Allied
Expeditionary Force (SHAEF)
issued a four-page pamphlet
announcing the end of
hostilities. Each page was written
in a different language – English,
German, French, and Polish
– with slight variations in the
content.
One of those pamphlets now
resides in the archives of the Air
Force Museum in Wigram.
How did the pamphlet end
up there? My father, Elmer
Grantham, an Englishman,
came to New Zealand in August
1935 for his ‘OE’ (overseas
experience), sailing on the RMS
Remuera.
During the voyage, he met the
Bain family – David, his wife
Ella, and their 20-year-old son
Stuart – who were returning
to Christchurch after a trip to
Europe.
Dad struck up a close
friendship with them and
regarded the Bains as a second
family during his time working
for the YMCA in Christchurch.
Stuart was the eldest of eight
HOLDING HISTORY: Dave Grantham, left, and Air Force Museum research curator Simon
Moody with the SHAEF pamphlet donated by Peter Bain.
siblings; the youngest was Peter.
After four years in New
Zealand and a year in
Melbourne, dad returned to the
UK in 1939 as war loomed. He
joined the Royal Marines and
took part in D-Day, eventually
fighting through Belgium and
the Netherlands into Germany.
On May 8, VE Day, he
was stationed in Selsingen,
Germany, and
travelled 60km
to Wesermunde
where he
obtained a copy
of the SHAEF
pamphlet,
‘Parachute
Edition’.
Remembering
his young friend
Elmer
Grantham
Peter Bain in Christchurch, dad
mailed a copy of the pamphlet
to him.
Many years later in 2001, 18
years after dad died, I made
contact with Peter to renew
the family connection. He was
farming at Willowby, near
Ashburton.
He told me about the SHAEF
pamphlet he had donated to the
Air Force Museum in 1998, and
gave me a photocopy.
Ever since moving to Lincoln
four years ago, I’ve intended to
ask the museum if I could see
the original.
With the 80th anniversary
approaching, I contacted the
research curator Simon Moody
and we met on the anniversary
last Thursday.
He showed me the original of
the ‘Parachute Edition’. It was
an interesting feeling holding
something dad had held 80
years ago, in very different
circumstances in the middle of
war-torn Europe.
And how did the war end for
dad? After spending a month
in Wesermunde and a couple of
days near Hamburg, he spent
four days on board a ship before
eventually returning to England
on June 13.
He travelled to Fittleworth,
West Sussex, where mum, Erica,
and my three-year-old sister,
Ruth, were living.
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Jack Bain, an older brother of
Peter who had been wounded
and captured on Crete. He had
spent the following three-and-a
half years in detention as a
prisoner of war.
Dad was really keen to return
to New Zealand to settle and,
with another daughter in tow,
Esther, the family arrived on the
RMS Rangitata in August 1947.
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Success at Maadi Regatta
Cashmere High School rowers
delivered an outstanding
performance at the 2025 Maadi
Regatta held at Lake Karāpiro in
March, with Year 12 student Eleri
Clare leading the charge.
With 2236 rowers from 116
schools, this year’s Maadi Regatta
was fiercely competitive. Cashmere
reached eight A finals and two B
finals, finishing as the 13th best
rowing school in New Zealand and
an impressive 6th in sculling. The
Girls U17 Eight placed 5th – marking
the best result for a girls’ eight in
the school’s history – and the school
fielded a boys’ eight for the first
Earlier in April, around
40 former students from
Cashmere High School’s
Class of 2015 returned for
their 10-year reunion.
In warm autumn weather,
alumni toured the school
grounds, reconnecting with
old classmates and reflecting
on how much — and how
little — had changed. The
evening was filled with
shared stories, laughter, and
familiar faces.
Former Head and Deputy
Head Students, Elise and
Thomas, offered thoughtful
reflections. Thomas said, “Ten
years is a long time — don’t
judge someone by who they
were a decade ago.” Elise
added, “Back then we were
time since 2022.
Eleri claimed gold in the Girls U17
Single Sculls, securing a national
title. Her success didn’t stop there.
In April, alongside teammate Eliza
O’Meagher, Eleri has been selected
to represent New Zealand at the
U19 World Rowing Championships in
Lithuania this August. Eleri will race
in the Women’s U19 Quad, while
Eliza will compete in the Men’s U19
Eight.
Eleri’s determination and skill are
a testament to the rising strength of
Cashmere’s rowing programme. We
wish her and Eliza all the best as they
take on the world stage in Lithuania.
Wharenui Reopens
On Sunday, April 13, we proudly reopened our
wharenui, Te iringa o Kahukura, beautifully
refurbished after 29 years. More than 300 alumni,
students, staff, and whānau came together to
celebrate this momentous occasion.
This significant project was made possible by
the generous bequest of founding pupil, the late
Eleri Clare
Peter Brine and his late wife, Dr Lynne Haye, whose
legacy has helped preserve this taonga for future
generations.
A heartfelt thank you to our community partners
– Funky Pumpkin, Base Hospitality, and Event
Hire – for their support in making this celebration
unforgettable.
Class of 2015 Reunion
desperate to grow up… now many
of us would trade a day’s pay for
one more carefree lunch break.”
Thank you to everyone who
attended and to the staff who
helped mark the occasion. We
look forward to welcoming more
alumni back at future reunions.
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Prime Minister's
Space Prize
Cairo Akehurst, a Year 13 student
at Cashmere High School,
has won the
prestigious Prime
Minister’s Space
Prize for Student
Endeavour.
Recognised for
his innovative
start-up, Cattle
Cairo
Akehurst
Credit, Cairo uses
satellite data to
track methane
emissions from cows – an idea
that blends science, technology,
The Cashmere High
School Foundation is
delighted to introduce
Rachel Eadie as its
newly appointed
Advancement Manager.
Rachel joins us from
a successful career
in publishing, most
recently as Non-Fiction
Publisher at Penguin
Random House. She
brings significant
governance expertise, having
served on several boards where
she built successful partnerships
and achieved impactful
community outcomes. As an
alumnus of CHS, the Deputy Chair
of the CHS BOT, and a parent rep.
on the school’s Kāhui, Rachel has
and business to tackle climate
challenges.
His prize includes $25,000, a
tour of Rocket Lab’s facilities in
New Zealand and California, and
six months of mentoring with
Rocket Lab staff. Cairo credits his
success to supportive teachers
and the opportunities Cashmere
provides in science and business.
“I love space,” he says simply.
Despite being told his idea wasn’t
feasible, Cairo persevered. “I had
to dig deeper where research
said it couldn’t be done.”
Introducing Foundation
Advancement Manager
Rachel Eadie
a deep understanding of
the school’s needs and
values.
"Rachel’s appointment
is an exciting step
forward for our school,”
said Principal John
Stradwick. “This key role
goes beyond fundraising;
it’s about strengthening
community ties to
enhance our students'
educational experience
through the philanthropic
support of our dedicated
families, alumni, and partners,
who contribute their time,
services, and donations."
Contact Rachel to learn
more or to get involved:
edr@cashmere.school.nz