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• By Jack Ward 

RIGHT MIX: Delmari 

Janse Van Rensburg 

competing in the 

LA Judge award 

in Sydney. 

DELMARI JANSE Van Rensburg 

has been living and breathing 

baking for the past six months. 

And it all paid off when she 

won the Australasian baking 

industry’s prestigious LA Judge 


The win means Van Rensburg 

will head to Belgium next year for 

a week to train with global baking 

group Puratos Headquarters. 

The three-day competition 

tested every aspect of the 

craft, from technical skills and 


Thursday, May 22, 2025 

Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper 

award, for baking apprentice of 

the year, in Sydney. 

“You hope and you dream, 

bu to win it is insane,” the 

22-year-old said. 

“I just didn’t wan to come last. 

“You have really go to back 

yourself, and when you come up 

agains the best of the best, it is 

easy to start doubting yourself, 

so you have to push yourself and 

know it is time to step up.” 

The competition, established in 

1967, recognises Australasia’s top 

bakers aged 25 and under. 


production efficiency to theory 

and creativity. 

“The judges were looking 

at your point of difference, 

creativity and how you handle 

the challenges in a one-person 

bakery, like time management 

and using machinery that is not 

common such as a tweedy mixer, 

Eberhardt and Oshikiri,” Van 

Rensburg said. 

“They (the judges) were impressed 

with how I spoke, how 

I handled myself and helping 

the other bakers if needed,” Van 

Rensberg said. 

In the lead-up, she used advice 

she received during the 2024 

NZ Association of Bakers bread 

baker of the year competition, 

where she won the young bread 

baker award and earned her spot 

in Sydney. 

“I remember Nathan Roberts 

from Bakels saying tha the winner 

would have won before they 

ge to the competition because 

took that on board and gone full 

on with training.” 

Van Rensburg paid tribute to 

her New World Rolleston bakery 

manager Janine Bell for her support. 

“Janine, she has been amazing 

and has played a massive role – 

she would invite me round for 

dinner to make sure I was eating 


Her win last year came with 

a $15,000 research grant, which 

Van Rensburg will pu towards 

studying brand management 

in the United Kingdom and 

marketing experience in the 

Netherlands. She leaves for three 

months on June 8. 

“Europe is the gold standard of 

it is all in the preparation – so I 

right – taking mentorship to 

another level.” 

baking, it fuels you more because 

there is always something to look 

Will giving 

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‘I thought I 

had lost 

my 

dog 

forever’ 

• By Kees Chalmers 

THERE ARE not many 

relationships more special than 

between man and dog. 

So when Max spotted rabbits 

while out for a walk about 

7am in Barnett Park, Redcliffs, 

last week with owner Robert 

Jiang, he did what dogs do – he 

chased them. 

But this time Max didn’t 

come back. 

“It was still dark, I tried to 

find him but I couldn’t,” said 

Jiang. Max didn’t respond to 

shouts to his name. 

Concern turned to worry, 

and then stress as the hours 

ticked by. There was no sign of 

Max. Jiang feared the worst: 

His beloved companion he and 

his family had taken in four 

years ago was gone. 

Jiang searched relentlessly in 

between heading backwards 

INF7880 MAY 2025 

Full Circle 

by Jenny-May Clarkson 

Outwardly successful, Jenny-May Clarkson 

(ex Silver Fern, Breakfas television host since 2020) struggled with 

Imposter Syndrome and never feeling ‘good enough’. 

Her life was further shaken by the diagnosis of bowel cancer in her 

older brother and his eventual death. 

Inner Warrior 

BEST MATE: 

Robert Jiang 

and his german 

shepherd Max. 

A member of the 

public spotted 

Max wandering 

in Barnett Park 

(below). 

PHOTO: GEOFF 

SLOAN 

and forwards to the nearby BP 

Redcliffs he owns. He circled 

the 2.5km cave loop track in 

Barnett Park five times in a bid 

to find Max. But to no avail. 

“I was really worried and 

concerned, very stressed and 

exhausted as well. I thought 

I had lost my dog forever,” he 

said. 

Jiang was also worried about 

his wife, Jing Xu and son, 

Geffrey, if he came home from 

work without Max. 

“I was too scared to go home, 

that’s why I was still looking at 

6 o’clock.” 

• Turn to page 4 

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Tsunami 

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could be 

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• By Jack Ward 

A MAJOR shake-up looms for 

the tsunami warning system after 

testing failed. 

There are concerns the siren 

network along Canterbury 

beaches is unfit for purpose as a 

primary emergency mechanism 

due to its age and outdated technology. 

A scheduled testing of 45 tsunami 

sirens between Brooklands 

and Taylors Mistake failed in April 

when the sole operator of the technology, 

based in Auckland, was 

dealing with a car accident outside 

their house at the time the sirens 

were scheduled to go off. 

The current multi-modal warning 

system incorporates emergency 

mobile alerts (EMAs), radio 

broadcasts, emergency services, 

traditional and social media, and 

sirens. 

There is a proposal to reduce 

the 45 sirens to about 10 located 

at specific points where the efficiency 

of alerting systems such 

as EMAs may be reduced. It will 

be discussed by the city council 

on June 10. 

Locations of the 10 sirens may 

include areas where people are 

less likely to have cell phones. 

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Thursday May 22 2025 The Star 

MORE THAN three-quarters 

of submitters on the city’s 

annual plan say the Christ 

Church Cathedral levy should 

be paused. 

Of the 485 submitters who 

provided feedback on the 

targeted rate for the cathedral 

reinstatement, 78% wanted 

the city council to hit pause on 

collecting the levy for the next 

three years. 

Today readers have the 

chance to have their say on the 

issue by scanning the QR code. 

The cathedral levy costs the 

average household $6.52 a year. 

The money saved would be 

factored into the city council’s 

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• From page 1 

Sumner Community 

Residents’ Association chair 

Andrea Davis and New 

Brighton Residents Association 

spokesperson Brian Donovan 

are welcoming the proposed 

changes. They say reliance on the 

current manual system for the 

sirens was flawed. 

Said Davis: “It (siren test 

failure) highlighted the fact the 

system is not automated. From 

our point of view, a foolproof 

automated system is what is 

needed. 

“Quality over quantity, the 

more people who are prepared 

the better – you have a text and a 

siren, there is no indecision.” 

Said Donovan: “You cannot 

rely on one system, our view is a 

multi-functional response is best 

and this is along the right lines. 

“Find the most effective way to 

alert people in a combined fashion 

which is the tsunami alarm 

going off and the cellphone buzz. 

“As long as people know the 

processes it will be effective, 

last time was a bit of a wake-up 

because it’s an awareness we have 

to live with. 

“Getting an effective alert system 

is a good starting point and 

other discussions will flow from 

there,” he said. 

The sirens were installed in 

2012 and 2015 are coming to the 

end of their operating life of 15 

years, with upgrades planned in 

2027 and 2030. 

Coastal Ward city councillor 

Celeste Donovan said the proposal 

was a start but more detail 

would be needed. 

“It is a useful 

starting point, 

an introduction 

to the key issues 

and what will 

be useful to understand 

going 

forward. 

“Sirens are 

proposed rates increase of 

7.58%. 

It comes after Christ Church 

Cathedral Reinstatement Ltd, 

the charitable company managing 

the rebuild, decided last 

year to mothball the project 

indefinitely after the Government 

turned down a request for 

more taxpayer money. 

CCRL has an $85m funding 

shortfall to meet the forecast 

earthquake-repair and restoration 

cost of between $209m and 

$219m. 

The city council’s breakdown 

of the submissions revealed 

many believed the targeted rate 

should never have been introduced 

in the first place. 

Submitters also said the 

cathedral restoration should be 

the responsibility of the Anglican 

Church, not ratepayers. 

Concerns were also raised 

that the project had received 

“significant public funding” 

despite “a perceived lack of 

public support” for it. 

Tsunami warning ‘cannot 

rely on one system’ 

PHOTO: CCC 

Celeste 

Donovan 

one tool, we need to look at the 

bigger picture of where the sirens 

are and why they are there and 

how they will operate.” 

She said the issues with the 

sirens was known, but how the 

new technology would look like 

was not. 

“Nationally we need to be 

consistent, but be sure to cater 

to what the local communities 

need they are serving – what is 

an emergency plan in Sumner 

with the hill will be different 

compared to open coastlines. 

“Part of the puzzle is updating 

the sirens.” 

The sirens help provide an 

early warning for distant-source 

tsunamis, which could take more 

than three hours to hit Christchurch’s 

coastline. 

Siren tests are done twice a 

year at the start and end of daylight 

savings to check the system 

is functioning. 

During a test, residents hear 

a tone and the message: “This 

is a test of the tsunami warning 

sirens. Do not be alarmed. This is 

only a test.” 

NEWS 3 

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“My favourite 

place is the shared 

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cycling track 

around Hagley 

Park. I like cycling 

on it because it’s safe. I often find a 

place to stop and sit where it’s nice 

and peaceful. When I do use the 

road, I map out my trips using the 

cycleways to keep as safe as I can.” 

In Brief 

Housing development to 

continue in July 

A $40 million housing 

development in New Brighton 

is moving ahead after years 

of delays and a change in 

ownership. Originally planned 

in 2021 for 76 homes, only 14 

were completed at the former 

Central New Brighton School 

site in Seaview Rd before 

work stalled. Modus Group 

purchased the remaining land 

from DGM Group in late 

2024 and will start building 

86 additional mostly two-and 

three-bedroom units from July. 

Trial to stop freedom 

camping starts soon 

A trial prohibiting parking 

on part of Broadpark Rd in 

Waimairi Beach between 

10pm and 7am aims to prevent 

freedom campers who are 

disturbing nearby residents. It 

will start in about two weeks. A 

three-month trial, monitored by 

city council staff, will ban use of 

20 of the road’s angle car parks 

at night. The restrictions may 

become permanent if it helps 

nearby residents. 

Luxury clothing company 

to open flagship store 

Global luxury clothing brand 

for babies and children Jamie 

Kay is opening its international 

flagship store at The Crossing 

on Saturday. The company 

has been based in Canterbury 

since its started in 2013 and 

now will open its first New 

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has opened four other retail 

stores in Japan and boasts 

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NEWS 


E-scooter rules 

being reviewed 

EXISTING RULES for e-scooter the city centre. 

drop off zones and speed limits Geofencing is the technology 

in the city centre areas are being used to restrict e-scooter speed 

reviewed 

ANNIVERSARY 

by city council staff or parking based on location. 

and the operator companies. Further staff investigations of 

Riccarton 

other possible restrictions would 

Ward city councillor 

Tyla Harrison-Hunt 

had 

put forward a 

motion for staff 

to give advice on 

extending speed 

and parking 

Tyla 

restrictions for Harrisone-scooters 

in Hunt 

the city centre, 

major 

70 

commercial zones, and 

areas with high foot traffic. 

City council staff advised 

UP TO 

at a meeting last week of 

work already under way with 

operators Lime and Ario to 

review e-scooter ‘geofencing’ in 

gold 

we buy 

take resources away from the 

already under way effort, they 

said. 

City councillors then voted 

to not proceed with Harrison- 

Hunt’s motion but requested an 

overview of the current work 

under way. 

Currently Lime and Ario e- 

scooters have a maximum speed 

of 25km/h. 

No parking zones already exist 

on a small scale in the city centre 

at Margaret Mahy Playground 

and the Botanic Gardens. 

There are also 15km/h slow 

speed zones along Manchester St 

and Cashel Mall. 

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A week with Max 

turns into four years 

• From page 1 

Jiang posted a missing message 

on Facebook about 5pm in the 

hope someone had seen Max. 

But unbeknown to him about 

the same time a member of the 

public had spotted a german 

shepherd wandering in Barnett 

Park and called 111. It was Max. 

The Sumner Volunteer Fire 

Brigade responded and began 

scouring the park. Thirty 

minutes later they found Max 

sitting down on a track about 

two thirds of the way up the 

gully. 

They gave him water, used 

their climbing equipment as a 

makeshift harness to walk him 

down the track, and then took 

back to the fire station. 

Enter Kim Rowlands, wife of 

station officer, Kevin Rowlands. 

She saw the post from Jiang 

on the Sumner community 

Facebook page and alerted 

her husband. Jiang was called 

and told his dog was at the 

station. 

“I was very happy, it was quite 

a big surprise. I appreciated 

their help and thanked them for 

their contribution, they are very 

important to our community,” he 

FAMILIAR GROUND: Max in the BP Redcliffs workshop. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

said of the fire brigade. 

Four years ago, Jiang took in 

Max “for a week” from a friend 

who had been looking after 

him after his previous owners 

returned home overseas. 

The dog was very aggressive 

and had eye and skin problems. 

But in the week he was with 

Jiang, his behaviour improved 

and he followed him wherever 

he went. The dog also reminded 

Jiang of a german shepherd he 

had who was killed by a car in 

2007 – his name was Max. 

So Jiang decided to keep the 

dog who needed a home, and 

named him Max. 

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THE CONTROVERSIAL 

Wheels to Wings cycleway has 

attracted a large proportion of 

submitters on the city council’s 

draft annual plan. 

Harewood Ward accounted 

for 20% of all submissions, followed 

by Papanui Ward with 

9%. 

City council staff said this was 

largely due to the high-profile 

nature of the cycleway project. 

Installing traffic lights and 

signalled pedestrian crossings 

at the intersection of Harewood, 

Breens and Gardiners Rds was 

a prominent issue for the surrounding 

community. 

The intersection upgrade was 

included in the cycleway project, 

but was prioritised separately 

after the broader project’s costs 

ballooned to $28 million. 

The upgrades were then 

separated from the project in 

December after a close 9-8 vote, 

but funding for the intersection 

upgrades will need to be 

confirmed in the final plan next 

month. 

Council staff also attributed 

the number of respondents to 

a flyer drop-off organised by 

Harewood Ward city councillor 

Aaron Keown and Waimāero 

Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood 

Community Board chair Jason 

Middlemiss, which asked residents 

in the two wards to submit 

on the plan. 

The cycleway drew 369 submissions 

and broad concern. 

While only 7% explicitly opposed 

it and 17% supported a 

staged rollout, 67% called on the 

council to consider alternative 

options. 

Other submissions suggested 

the Christ Church Cathedral 

levy should be paused. 

Of the 485 submissions on 

the levy, 78% said it should be 


Cycleway draws large number 

of annual plan respondents 

FEEDBACK: The proposed Wings to Wheels cycleway was 

a key issue for submitters on Christchurch’s draft plan. 

PHOTO: CCC 

paused. The levy currently costs 

households an average of $6.52 

a year. 

In contrast, 75% of the 629 

submitters on the Air Force 

Museum of New Zealand supported 

the council granting it 

the $5m it has requested to build 

a new facility for storing historic 

aircraft. 

Views were split on the city’s 

cycle lanes. Forty-one submitters 

opposed any reduction in spending, 

while 40 wanted cuts. 

Libraries, parks, and rubbish 

services emerged as the most 

valued services. 

HAVE YOUR SAY What 

should the city council 

prioritise spending money 

on and where should it 

make cuts? Send your 

thoughts to dylan.smits@ 

starmedia.kiwi in 200 

words or less 

The city council’s call for costsaving 

suggestions fell mostly 

flat. 

Of the 1048 total submissions, 

only 154 people offered ideas for 

reducing spending. 

Council chief financial officer 

Bede Carran said some of 

the most common cost-saving 

suggestions, such as reviewing 

staff salaries and contractor 

spending, were already routine 

practice. 

Submissions came mainly 

from older residents, with 27% 

aged 65 or over and 16% were 50 

to 64. 

A third of submitters didn’t 

provide their age. 

City councillors will meet 

again on Thursday to review 

how feedback will be used in the 

final plan and assess the impact 

on rates. 

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City council 

considers 

new online 

registry 

• By Dylan Smits 

INCREASED online transparency 

for city council decisions and 

voting records is being investigated. 

A report highlighting the differences 

in online transparency 

between Christchurch and Wellington 

city councils is being used as a 

benchmark for possible changes. 

Presented to city councillors 

by staff on Monday, the report 

highlighted Christchurch’s lack of 

an online registry of key decisions, 

their progress, and city councillors’ 

voting records. 

Searching for decisions is also 

limited on the city council website. 

The report was requested by 

city councillors in February after 

a motion from Heathcote Ward 

city councillor Sara Templeton, 

seconded by Riccarton Ward city 

councillor Tyla Harrison-Hunt. 

Councillors resolved to get 

another report on the cost of 

developing a new online system to 

host the new transparency tools, 

and a timeline for implementation. 

Costs are yet to be investigated 

and funding for the project would 

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Masked burglars 

caught looting 

on camera 

MASKED LOOTERS raided 

the shelves of a Riccarton store 

as the fog cannon went off and 

a member of the public filmed 

them in the act. 

Police were notified about the 

break-in at the Bush Inn store at 

6.30am on Friday. 

A woman waiting near the 

MetroMart for her cafe shift 

to start told the New Zealand 

Herald she noticed a commotion 

coming from the store so 

started filming the burglary. 

The masked figures had 

broken into the MetroMart 

and she watched from her car as 

they raided the shelves. 

A police spokesperson told the 

Herald the offenders may have 

smashed the glass shopfront to 

get in. 

“The store’s fog cannon 

activated and it’s unclear if the 

offender/s actually managed to 

take anything.” 

The witness told the Herald 

the fog cannons had been 

triggered by the time she 

arrived. 

“I am literally witnessing a 

ram-raid right now . . . good 

morning!” she said in her video. 

The group could be seen 

carrying items to their getaway 

car. 

• Watch the video on 

Starnews.co.nz 

SEVERAL hundred staff 

at the city council’s a civic 

building – including the mayor’s 

office – are being relocated 

due to issues with its seismic 

performance. 

Mayor Phil Mauger’s office 

will be affected by the relocation, 

as will the council’s meeting 

chamber. 

City council 

chief executive 

Mary Richardson 

(left) said 400 

staff working on 

the north side 

of the Hereford 

St building are 

being relocated 

as engineers review the seismic 

performance of the annex. 

Engineers have advised the 

city council it may be required to 

bring a section on the Worcester 

Boulevard side of the building up 

to a higher standard. 

A detailed engineers 

assessment is under way and 

is expected to be completed in 

three weeks. 

“We are taking a precautionary 

approach, as safety is 

paramount,” Richardson said. 

“As a result, staff will be 

relocated to other parts of the 


Council staff forced to relocate 

due to office seismic issues 

SAFETY: Staff working on the north side of the civic building on Hereford St are being 

relocated. 

PHOTO: CCC 

main Te Hononga building or to 

other council facilities until we 

receive the report. 

“Once we have the engineers 

findings, staff will either return 

back to their desks or we will 

start work on strengthening the 

annex’s connection to the main 

building.” 

Richardson said a range of 

relocation options for impacted 

staff were being developed. 

“I want to thank staff, elected 

members and visitors to our 

civic offices for their patience 

and understanding. We want to 

minimise disruption as much as 

possible,” she said. 

“We’re in a period of 

uncertainty and people may have 

questions that we may not be 

able to answer until we have all 

the details while we wait for the 

outcome of the report.” 

Richardson said yesterday’s 

city council meeting was 

cancelled as the chamber was 

unable to be used. 

Most of the reports will 

be moved to the finance and 

performance committee meeting 

next Wednesday at the Fendalton 

Service Centre. 

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AN EMPTY section in Merivale 

has sold under the hammer for 

$1.545 million – well above its 

RV of $1.16m. 

The 582sq m plot on Cox St attracted 

12 registered bidders, six 

of whom put their hands up at 

Harcourts Holmwood’s auction 

room last week. 

The property was announced 

on the market at $1.5m, and the 

auction turned into a two-way 

battle between a developer who 

planned to build two high-end 

homes on the site and a couple 

who wanted to build their own 

home there, OneRoof reported. 

The new owners are downsizers 

who had been unable to find 

an existing house that met their 

needs and decided to buy the 

section to build their next home. 

Harcourts 

listing agent 

John Fulton told 

OneRoof the sale 

price was the 

highest per sq m 

in Merivale and 

neighbouring 

Fendalton for John Fulton 

quite some time. 

“You can 

almost pick up properties on 

the same street for around the 

same price, so it’s pretty amazing 

to think we ended up (with) 

$1.545m just for the site,” he said. 

MODULAR HOUSING 

company Shape Construction 

has gone under owing 

more than $1 million to 

creditors and leaving homes 

unfinished. 

The company at Chaneys Cnr, 

Kainga, went into liquidation 

on May 2 with Brenton Hunt of 

Insolvency Matters appointed as 

the liquidator by the company 

director. 

Shape Construction, which 

started operating in 2012, ceased 

trading in April. 

On the company’s Instagram 

page it was described as a 


Fulton said vacant sections 

in Merivale were rare and 

highly prized by developers 

because the suburb was zoned 

for intensification. Sections 

progressive, creative and 

innovative builder of modular 

and container homes in New 

Zealand. The homes were 

prefabricated in a yard with posts 

showing them being delivered to 

often rural and remote sites. 

The company’s website and 

Facebook page appeared to have 

been removed. 

Hunt’s initial report said issues 

with projects over the past 

few years had a large impact on 

working capital. 

According to director Toby 

Van T Veen, Covid-19 had a 

large effect on the business, 

with older homes in the suburb 

have sold for around $1.5m in 

the past, but required costly 

demolition work, OneRoof 

reported. 

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A search of Merivale listings 

on OneRoof found more than 

30 priced under $1.5m, including 

a two-bedroom new-build 

on Donald Pl asking $689,000, 

and an older character home on 

Chapter St inviting offers over 

$1.499m. 

Fulton said the Cox St property 

would likely double in value 

once it had a home on it. 

The property was originally 

owned by the city council and occupied 

by residential units. These 

were damaged in the earthquakes 

and later demolished. 

The vendors paid $890,000 

for the site in 2018, according to 

OneRoof records. 

Modular home builder goes into liquidation 

with price escalations making 

some projects uneconomic quite 

quickly. 

A past customer had started 

legal action against the company 

for costs in relation to an uncompleted 

building project. 

The company’s bank account 

was in overdraft at liquidation. 

The report said the preferential 

creditors of Inland Revenue 

were estimated to be owed 

$500,000 and $30,000 was 

owed in staff wages and holiday 

pay, while unsecured creditors 

were out of pocket $500,000. 

Among more than 30 unsecured 

creditors were ACC, Auckland 

Council, Contact Energy, 

Central Otago District Council, 

Inland Revenue, Spark NZ and 

building suppliers, service and 

other firms. 

Total funds in the report for 

distribution were estimated at 

$25,000. 

The liquidator estimated at this 

stage there would be no funds 

available to unsecured creditors. 

However, this would depend 

on the progress of the liquidation. 

The liquidation was expected 

to be completed within a year. 

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Will giving up 

coffee get you a 

house deposit? 

• By Susan Edmunds 

IF YOU’VE been trying to save 

for a house deposit, or otherwise 

trying to get your financial life 

in order, you might have heard 

the advice: Give up the takeaway 

coffee, cut back on the 

avocado on toast and stop 

brunching. 

But is that really all it 

takes to get to your goals? 

RNZ crunched the 

numbers and found that 

giving up your daily coffee 

habit could eventually get 

you a house deposit – but it 

might take 30 years. 

These numbers aren’t intended 

to be anything but a demonstration 

of general principles because 

they aren’t taking into account 

inflation (the price of a cup of coffee 

will increase over the years and 

inflation will reduce the buying 

power of your saved amount). 

But if you currently buy a coffee 

a day for $5.50 and decide to save 

the money instead, you could save 

$2007.50 a year. 

If you could do that every 

Liz Koh 

year, with a 5% return each year, 

you’d have $26,000 after 10 

years, $69,000 after 20 years and 

$138,000 after 30 years. 

At the moment, a typical firsthome 

deposit is about $140,000 

(or roughly 25,450 coffees if you 

paid $5.50 each). 

If you were having 

breakfast at a café once 

a week and saving $20, 

giving that up could save 

$1040 a year or $70,777 

after 30 years. 

Enrich Retirement 

founder Liz Koh said the 

problem for many people 

trying to save a deposit 

over a long period of time was 

house prices increased faster than 

their savings. 

“By the time you have spent a 

few years accumulating the deposit, 

houses may have tripled in 

price. However, it is a still a good 

idea to save and it’s an even better 

idea to cut down your outgoings 

so you can borrow more.” 

She said while small savings 

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year at 25, with $5000 already in 

KiwiSaver, and put 10% of your 

salary into a balanced KiwiSaver, 

you could save $137,926 in 10 

years, according to Sorted’s 

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“A better approach is to buy 

something small and run down 

and add value to it, then sell and 

do the same thing over again,” 

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“Investing in property is a great 

way to make money, and a good 

lesson to teach is leverage and how 

you can make it work for you over 

time to build wealth. It just requires 

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Hospitality chain takes over club 

• By Dylan Smits 

THE FINANCIALLY troubled 

Lyttelton Club will be taken over 

by the Armadillos restaurant 

chain from August. 

The 153-year-old club will 

lease its Dublin St premises to 

the South Island hospitality 

chain, which has committed 

to retaining all current staff. 

Details on membership options 

for existing club members are 

expected to be 

announced in the 

coming months. 

Under the new 

arrangement, 

the club will 

operate as The 

Lyttelton Tavern 

and Armadillos 

Lyttelton as part 

of the South 

Island-based chain. 

Steve 

Gallop 

A meeting was held in March 

to discuss future options for 

the club after the governance 

committee said it lacked enough 

support from members and could 

not remain open. 

“Despite (our) best efforts, 

there is not enough support 

for the club to remain open. 

We understand circumstances 

can change, but the lack of 

engagement and involvement 

from the broader membership 

base has ultimately led to this 

NEW CHAPTER: The Lyttelton Club will be leased to the Armadillos restaurant chain from 

August. The financially troubled club has suffered a declining membership and general 

lack of support in recent years. 

decision,” governance group 

member Steve Gallop said in an 

email to members in February. 

Speaking to The Star this 

week, Gallop said a “declining 

and ageing membership” 

meant leasing the building to 

Armadillos was the best financial 

option. 

After The Star revealed in 

February the club’s plans to 

close, governance group member 

Dwayne Pool said the original 

email “said nothing about 

the club closing or being in 

financial difficulty” and claimed 

the media misrepresented the 

situation. 

However, the email clearly 

stated the club would be weighing 

up options, but “either way, the 

Lyttelton Club will close”. 

It is not the first time the club 

has experienced financial woes. 

It came close to shutting in 

December 2022 due to pandemicrelated 

pressures and insurance 

issues. 

Leasing was a proposed option 

in the March meeting along with 

a full sale or turning the building 

into a community centre. 

Under the new arrangement, 

some areas of the building, such 

as its private function venue, 

may stay under the operation of 

the club but this has not yet been 

determined, Gallop said. 

The exact structure and future 

of the club as an entity is also up 

in the air and will be decided on 

by members before the August 

rebrand. 

“We feel this is an exciting 

new opportunity for Lyttelton 

and it means 

the building 

will continue to 

be used by the 

community,” 

Gallop said. 

The venue will 

be renovated and 

will feature a new 

menu. A new 

patrons club will 

also be launched, 

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members and newcomers alike, 

with more details to come. 

The venue will remain open 

during the transition. 

“We’re thrilled to be joining the 

Lyttelton community,” said Tony 

Crosbie, Armadillos Hospitality 

Group managing director. 

“This venue has a rich history 

and loyal following, and we’re 

committed to maintaining that 

strong community feel while 

giving the space some modern 

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Companies fined over baker’s 

arm loss in ‘horrific’ accident 

• By Al Williams 

A BAKER LOST half his arm 

after he became stuck in a blocked 

crumbing machine without an 

operational shut-off sensor. 

He was working night shift at 

family business Baker Boys and 

went to assist two colleagues before 

matters took a horrible turn. 

The victim was in another 

room, weighing up ingredients 

while his colleagues were mixing 

and packing the machine. 

As the machine became 

blocked and required clearing, 

one of them tried to free the 

blockage by kicking it numerous 

times. 

When that failed, the victim 

and another person stepped in 

to assist. 

They separated a screw conveyor 

and crumbing machine, 

and the victim then removed a 

guard and began clearing the 

blocked infeed with his hand. 

The ingredients blocking the 

crumbing machine obscured the 

screw, which was still rotating. 

As he was clearing the blockage, 

his right hand was caught by 

the rotating screw. 

An ambulance was called, 

and he was admitted to hospital, 

where he underwent surgery. 

Unfortunately, his hand could 

not be reattached and half of his 

forearm had to also be amputated. 

Baker Boys and electrical 

contractors Pye Electrical were 

found responsible following an 

investigation and have been sentenced 

in the district court. 

The summary of facts showed 

Pye Electrical carried out weekly 

electrical maintenance at the 

Baker Boys facility and had 

completed 2800 jobs for them 

since 2007. 

At the time of the incident, 

the sensor showed signs of wear 

and damage, and was not operational. 

The safety relay had been 

bridged out, allowing the 

machine to run, while the guard 

was found not to be compliant 

as it would not prevent someone 

reaching through into the screw 

conveyor. 

The sensor on the machine was 

bypassed more than two years 

before the August 2023 incident. 

A Pye Electrical director carried 

out the work in March 2021, 

assuming Baker Boys was made 

aware of the sensor bypass after 

communicating with one of their 

engineers. 

A two-page invoice issued to 

Baker Boys by Pye a few days 

after stated the work had been 

done and the invoice was paid. 

Baker Boys contacted Work- 

Safe on the day of the incident, 

and inspectors attended the 

scene and issued a non-disturbance 

notice. 

WorkSafe issued a shutdown 

notice after a scene examination 

the next day and a month later, 

attended the scene with an engineering 

expert. 

The expert concluded it was 

likely the bridging of the relay 

contributed to the incident, 

stating the lack of well-tried 

safety principles such as having 

no electrical protection for the 

circuit, as well as the number of 

parts by which failure could lead 

to a dangerous state, resulted in 

a performance level that did not 

meet minimum requirements. 

‘Workers should not be 

suffering harm like this in 

2025, and businesses must 

manage their risks.’ 

– Darren Handforth 

The expert found other issues 

with the machine, including 

a non-compliant guard, its 

emergency stop design and its 

location. 

Baker Boys also engaged an 

expert who concluded the design 

of the safety architecture of the 

control system did not follow basic 

safety principles and as such, 

the machine did not achieve even 

the most basic level of safety 

architecture. 

Pye said it had taken several 

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happened, and the guard the victim removed, 

exposing his hand to the rotating auger screw. 

remedial steps and made improvements 

since the incident, 

accepting that the work carried 

out in March 2021 was not in accordance 

with its standards. 

The summary of facts said 

the risk was an inadequately 

guarded machine, including a 

sensor that had been bypassed, 

which exposed the victim to the 

moving parts of the machine 

when clearing a blockage. 

Pye Electrical had failed to 

ensure the bypass on the machine 

was only temporary and to 

ensure the bypass was communicated 

effectively to Baker Boys. 

Baker Boys failed to undertake 

an adequate risk assessment to 

identify risks associated with 

the machine and to adequately 

monitor the effectiveness of the 

machine controls. 

It also failed to ensure the machine 

was adequately guarded, 

monitor its compliance and 

review the effectiveness of the 

system of work for clearing 

blockages. 

As a result, Baker Boys 

was found to have failed to 

comply with its duty to ensure 

reasonable health and safety 

and exposed workers to a risk of 

death or serious injury. 

The business was fined $35,000 

and told to pay $9290 in reparations 

at the sentencing. 

Pye Electrical was fined 

$30,000 and told to pay $26,937 

in reparations for putting Baker 

Boys employees at risk from 

work carried out as part of the 

conduct of its business. 

WorkSafe acting regional 

manager Darren Handforth said 

bypassing a safety sensor and not 

reinstating it “is bad enough, but 

for a worker to then lose 

half their arm as a result is 

horrific”. 

“For its part, Baker Boys’ risk 

assessment was inadequate, and 

its machine guarding did not 

meet standards. 

“Workers should not be 

suffering harm like this in 2025, 

and businesses must manage 

their risks.” 

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A GROWING number of 

students experiencing mental 

health issues and social anxiety 

are enrolling in distance 

education through Te Aho 

o Te Kura Pounamu (Te 

Kura), formerly known as the 

Correspondence School. 

In 2024, 30,981 students attended 

the state school – a 32% 

increase from 21,187 in 2018, 

Newstalk ZB reported. 

Students must meet Ministry 

of Education eligibility criteria 

to enrol. This includes those 

with families living overseas, 

students referred 

due to wellbeing 

or engagement 

concerns, pregnant 

or parenting 

students, and elite 

athletes. 

About a third of 

students enrolled 

last year were children 

in years 9-13. 

Te Kura chief executive Te Rina 

Leonard said the growth has been 

mainly in this age group, as well 

as young adults. 

“A range of young people are 

coming to us with a lot of complex 

issues and needing a different 

kind of way of engaging in their 

learning,” she said. 

“For some, it’s for a limited 

amount of time, it might be for a 

year. For others, they need to be 

with us for a couple of years.” 

Leonard said Te Kura is seeing 

more students with mental health 

needs than in previous years. 

Many find it difficult to cope in 

traditional classroom settings 

and benefit from the flexibility of 

online learning. 

“So with the online aspect, 

they’ve got far more flexibility, 

but they also do have face-to-face 

contact as well, which I think is 

really important.” 

New Zealand’s youth mental 

health statistics are among the 

worst in the developed world. A 


Mental health driving teens to online learning 

Te Rina 

Leonard 

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recent UNICEF report found the 

country has the highest youth suicide 

rate among wealthy nations. 

A 2023 Ministry of Health 

survey revealed more than half 

of New Zealanders aged 15-24 

experience anxiety or depression. 

Since 2016, the number of young 

people reporting moderate to 

high levels of psychological distress 

has nearly doubled, Newstalk 

ZB reported. 

Leonard said the rise in Te Kura 

enrolments has also been influenced 

by the Covid-19 pandemic. 

“I think there’s some contribution 

there because a lot of young 

people and families started 

seeing how learning can happen 

online and not necessarily 

always in the classroom.” 

“Some young people, not all, 

actually enjoyed that.” 

Leonard said Te Kura is facing 

challenges around resources, 

like every other school in the 

country. 

“We could always do more 

with more, but we need to do 

well with what we have now.” 

“We‘re partway through a 

funding increase for at-risk 

students that the Ministry of 

Education kicked off a few years 

ago, and we’re really seeing 

the benefits of that,” she told 

Newstalk ZB. 

“Being able to have online 

counsellors for our students, 

having additional teacher aide 

support, those things are making 

a real difference to our students.” 

The Ministry of Education said 

the funding model for Te Kura 

allows for growth fluctuation. 

“(It) has its own funding 

model, which is different from 

other state schools in that it 

receives bulk grant funding for 

operational costs and teachers’ 

salaries,“ Ministry of Education 

deputy secretary for the central 

region Jocelyn Mikaere said. 

“Te Kura’s bulk grant is 

generated based on the number 

of equivalent full-time students 

enrolled.” 

Leonard said the school is 

focused on ensuring every 

student receives the support they 

need. 

“Every student has a leading 

adviser – one person they can 

go to – and we are building a 

counselling team.” 

“Last week, we started a big 

training exercise in terms of 

youth mental health first aid, so 

we are gearing up as much as we 

can.” 

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Conference, Cycling, Friends and Family 

Recently Steve and myself were hugely fortunate 

to attend the 2025 Royal Canin Conference in 

Montpelier, France. I actually won my place 6 months 

ago, when I entered a competition to write on a Royal 

Canin prescription diet that helped with a medical 

case. Naturally I couldn’t leave Steve behind. 

Despite traveling over 50+ hours to reach our 

destination and arriving in Montpelier to 10 degrees 

and rain, the conference held at The Corum was 

fantastic from start to finish. We met up with the 

Royal Canin Australasia crew, and got acquainted. 

A great bunch of people to spend the best part of a 

week with, spanning the ages with Steve and I being 

the oldies of the group. 

Day One was 

a trip to Royal 

Canin global 

headquarters 

and plant located 

in Aimargues, 

a town in the 

South of France. 

This site is the 

company’s 

central hub 

for research, 

development and 

global operations. 

Established 

in 1968 by 

veterinarian 

Jean Cathary, 

Royal Canin Headquarters 

and Processing plant 

Royal Canin (RC) has grown into a world leader in 

pet nutrition, specialising in tailored diets for cats 

and dogs. He started this journey with his own dog, 

a German Shepherd with eczema, as he could see 

as soon as prescribed medication ceased, the skin 

disease reoccured. With this visionary act the Royal 

Canin brand was born. 

Gala dinner with the team from Australasia 

We were taken on a tour through the plant and saw 

the entire process of manufacturing and production 

- a fastidious, accurate, organised, scientific process 

making sure only the very BEST food is bagged up 

ready for your pets consumption. I was blown away by 

the research that goes into the food process. The best 

part was seeing the research centre which houses the 

dogs and cats of all breeds. Where they sleep, eat and 

exercise with others is first class and all the animals 

looked extremely happy and healthy. 

The next two days 

were spent in lecture 

theatres - my happy 

place. The focus on 

the conference was 

successful weight 

loss programmes 

for the obese pet 

and nutrition in 

diabetic patients. 

Early desexing was 

also discussed in 

relation to weight 

gain, behavioural and 

medical issues. 

There was a technology stream exploring Artifical 

Intelligence in the veterinary world and possible 

benefits. Positive communication and psychological 

safety within vet clinic teams has huge flow on benefits 

for a healthy practice and I was really interested in what 

Generation Z require from veterinarians in the C21st. 

Now I’ll share the fun facts I learnt 

this week.. 

What NextGen expect from your 

veterinary team 

• Being on the social media platforms this generation 

browse, namely Tik Tok and Instagram. 

• For us to embrace digitisation and be open to their 

suggestions on what 

content they want to see 

• They want “information” 

about you, your services, 

your team and what to 

expect when they bring 

their very special pet in for 

a stay 

• They want video and 

photo updates and where 

possible, video calls with 

their pet to keep in touch 

• TRUST is everything 

So I guess McMaster & 

Heap need to get on the 

right social pages to connect with a hugely important 

group of young newly devoted pet owners. 

Weight management in Diabetic Cats 

• Obese cats are 4x more likely to develop diabetes, 

typically between 8-10 years of age. 

• Medical management with insulin ALWAYS takes 

priority. 

• Weight management takes priority over therapeutic 

diabetic diets. These cats MUST lose weight first, which 

will lessen their insulin requirements possibly leading to 

complete remission eventually. 

• BUT when introducing a new diet you must consider 

the cats appetite and whether it will accept a new food, 

whether the cat is stable with its insulin 

dose and whether the pet owner can 

cope with another change to their cats 

routine. 

• If these diabetic cats are underweight 

they need a high energy/protein diet 

to get their body condition score up, a 

recovery or growth diet 

• We need to allow 10% of the cats diet 

to “treats”, and we factor this into the 

amount fed. Clients enjoy treating their 

cats and rewards after a jab of insulin is 

an important part off the process. 

The debate of when to DESEX 

your pet 

PET OWNERS: 

19% Use social media 

e.g. TikTok or Instagram to 

get information or advice 

about nutrition and healthy 

weight or obesity in pets. 

VET PROFESSIONALS: 

45% Believe that pet 

owners underestimate the 

risks associated with pets 

being overweight or having 

obesity. 

Dogs seek 

me out 

• Not an easy one as there are pros and cons to early 

desexing. A thorough discussion with your vet is 

required so you make the best decision. 

• Early desexing can certainly help with unwanted 

behavioural issues such as dog aggressiveness, 

roaming, increased libido, urine marking and biting. 

• Large breed dogs should not be desexed until body 

growth has been completed. Desexing later can reduce 

the likelihood of orthopedic/neoplastic diseases, 

obesity, urinary incontinence and some behavioural 

issues. 

• Prepuberal desexing should be avoided in dogs with 

behavioural issues. 

• Also early neutering in cats can affect height, muscle 

mass and fat deposition. After 20 weeks of age, cats 

eat more food, their demands are higher so this 

drives obesity. There is no increased risks of cancer in 

neutering cats young. Cats neutered early are deprived 

of individual growth hormone which leads to a smaller 

size and leaner muscle mass. 

Artificial Intelligence is here for Veterinarians 

• A new algorithm has been developed to predict the 

risk of your cat becoming diabetic. It requires some of 

your cats personal info (including breed, age, weight 

and body condition score and 4 blood test values). 

This gives a predictive index of whether your cat is 

heading into a life of diabetes. This isn’t yet available 

as still being worked on but could be an excellent 

predictor for those “chonky” cats. 

• Royal Canin has developed an AI weight management 

app that we will be implementing. It recommends the 

best foods to feed, daily amounts, costs per day and 

how long it takes to loss the desired weight 

Reading Pet food labels correctly 

• Dogs & cats are carnivorous and thus require a high 

protein diet, high fat and low carbohydrate diets 

• Life-stage diets (Puppy, lactation, maintenance 

and gestation) are important as they provide all the 

nutrients needed at specific periods in a pets life. 

Dogs and cats need between 43-45 essential nutrients 

as they can’t process these themselves. Vitamin C is 

an essential nutrient as it can’t be synthesised. Cats 

also can’t make Taurine or Arachidonic acid so need 

this supplied in the diet. 

• Grain added to the food isn’t just a cheap filler - its 

a source of energy, providing protein, EFA’s, linoleum 

acid, niacin, folate etc 

• Dogs are NOT susceptible to Celiac disease like 

people so can eat wheat 

• There is an association between DCM (Dilated 

Cardiomyopathy) and unconventional diets containing 

peas, lentils, other legume seeds and potatoes as 

the main ingredients. This form of DCM causing heart 

disease can’t be explained by taurine deficiency alone. 

• BARF (raw food diets) are not straight forward 

to feed. As well as considering the quality and 

digestibility of ingredients, raw meat is often 

contaminated with bacteria such as salmonella and 

listeria which as well as causing gastroenteritis in your 

pet, is also an issue for young children, the elderly 

and compromised people. Many BARF diets are not 

complete and balanced, compromising puppies and 

kittens dietary health. 

All in all a fabulous round the world holiday for 

Steve and I. After our week of “learning”, we spent 8 

days cycling 55kms a day in Puglia, Southern Italy (the 

heel of Italy - highly recommended), then visited our 

best friend in Germany where Steve helped out with 

some tricky Ophthalmology cases, even 

performing eye surgery on a German 

Public Holiday. Our last stop was 

Houston where we spent fun, happy 

family times with our son Dylan and 

Alex. 

Steve 

performing 

eye surgery 

in Germany 

Many Thanks to UVG for sponsoring my week in 

Montpelier and to Royal Canin for a fabulous, well put 

together and thought out conference. Now looking 

forward to getting home and being with Macy, Atticus 

and Maximus again. 

Dr Michele McMaster, May 2025 

Cycling in 

Puglia 

Dylan 

and his 

mum 

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NEWS 17 

‘Hospitality is about what’s in 

your heart and giving to people’ 

• By Geoff Sloan 

MARTIN JAMES has 

volunteered at Ferrymead 

Heritage Park for 46 years, and 

reckons there is nowhere he 

would rather be. 

“This is such a big part of my 

life, and some days it is my life 

really. This is what I do.” 

Dressed in full period costume, 

James welcomes visitors to 

the park’s historic 1865 Curragh 

Cottage with a warm fire and 

baking on a coal range stove. 

“First and foremost, I’m here 

for the guests at the park. That’s 

what it’s about. If you’re not here 

for guests, then there’s no point 

being here,” he said. 

The enthusiastic 61-year-old 

has been president of Friends of 

Ferrymead for 30 years, a society 

dedicated to preserving and promoting 

the history of the park. 

The dedicated group of about 

12 volunteers also maintains 

five heritage buildings and their 

contents. 

“What we’ve created here is 

really amazing,” James said. 

A teacher for 40 years, James 

said he was New Zealand’s first 

male home economics teacher. 

He now teaches part-time at 

Chisnallwood Intermediate in 

Avondale. 

James also has a second parttime 

job cooking for the Sisters 

of Mercy at their convent in 

the central city. He said these 

give him lots of time for his 

“full-time” volunteer job at Ferrymead. 

“I wouldn’t want to be paid to 

do this job at all, because then it 

would just become like a normal 

job.” 

He said people would just 

become numbers if he was on the 

payroll. 

“Volunteering gives me the 

freedom to interact with visitors 

for as long as I want, that’s the 

most important thing.” 

Until recently, James volunteered 

at St Mary’s Catholic 

Church, New Brighton, as well. 

He was there for 22 years. 

The New Brighton resident 

said he got into volunteering 

when he was a student at Aranui 

High School. The founding 

principal was also the founder of 

Friends of Ferrymead. The then 

15-year-old answered his school’s 

call for volunteers to help out 

at the park. James enjoyed it so 

much he went back the following 

weekend, then joined the society. 

“The place was amazingly busy 

in those days, we used to have 

thousands for Easter,” he said. 

James said one of the interesting 

things about being a volunteer 

was the variety of jobs they 

get to do. 

“I could be on the roof fixing 

shingles, sweeping chimneys, 

unclogging drains, painting or 

wallpapering.” 

But hospitality was his 

real passion. 

“Some people think hospitality 

is about making a cup of tea or 

using a coffee machine. That’s 

not hospitality at all. Hospitality 

is about what’s in your heart and 

giving to people.” 

When asked about his future 

plans, James said: “I can’t ever 

imagine not being here.” 

He said there was a running 

joke among the other volunteers 

when visitors ask if any of the 

houses have ghosts they reply 

no – but when Martin James is 

gone, his ghost will be keeping 

an eye on things and sorting 

people out. 

James said he fully intends to be 

at the park for as long as he can. 

“By keeping places like this 

going, you’re just preserving 

a small part of yesteryear 

for people. The past is really 

important.” 

Our Great 

Volunteers 

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Do you know someone 

doing valuable volunteer 

work in the community? 

Send their details in 200 

words or less to geoff. 

sloan@starmedia.kiwi 

PRESERVING HISTORY: 

Martin James in the 

kitchen of Curragh 

Cottage ready to greet 

guests with homemade 

baking and a story. 

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sharpening razors and correcting behaviours – an item the 

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LETTERS 

Coastal Ward voters have an 

easy decision to make. 

You have two hardworking, 

experienced elected members 

standing for the ward. They have 

built their impressive resumes 

on years of personal involvement 

and understand their ward. 

Why would they choose one 

voters elected (James Daniels), 

who then quit, lumbering ratepayers 

with a by-election cost of 

$65,000. He sets a precedent – 

unless he also pledges to return 

that $65,000 to the ratepayers’ 

local governance fund, regardless 

of whether he wins Lotto or 

not if elected. 

- Linda Stewart, Prestons 

Park (Abridged) 

Coastal Burwood 

Community Board 2007–22 

I read with disbelief that 

James Daniels has the audacity 

to stand again for council after 

costing the ratepayers $65,000 

for a by-election when he failed 

to complete the last term he was 

elected to. 

If he is genuinely concerned 

about the Coastal Ward, first pay 


James Daniels and the $65,000 question 

COUNCIL BID: 

James Daniels is 

standing as an 

independent in 

the Coastal Ward 

in October’s local 

body elections. 

Daniels was elected 

to the ward in 2019 

but resigned in 

2021, triggering a 

by-election. 

back the cost inflicted as a result 

of his “once in a lifetime job” 

for which I am sure he was well 

paid, and then stand for the local 

body elections or stand aside for 

a more genuine candidate. 

- Ted Ward, Linwood 

Southern motorway 

Having just read the article on 

raising the speed limit, I am absolutely 

appalled and disgusted 

that the younger people like the 

one featured in the paper want to 

increase the speed. 

I am 62, still have my licence, 

and am now afraid to drive on 

the motorway. Those people who 

want to drive faster are so crazy 

that they want a death wish. 

They are the ones that cause the 

worst/tragic accidents in the first 

place with their reckless driving. 

In my view, lowering the speed 

limit would be safer and better 

driving. It may take longer to get 

to the destination but you get 

there in one piece. So no more 

speeding! 

First five-eighth 

Wonderful article (The Star, 

May 15) on Christchurch Boys 

High first five Sonny-Bill McAndrew. 

What a talent Sonny-Bill 

McAndrew is, only in 

year 11 and in the first XV at 

Christchurch Boys’ High School. 

As stated in the article, CBHS 

have a unbelievable history of 

producing great 10s. Andrew 

Merhtens, Aaron Mauger and 

Dan Carter is quite a line-up. 

Aaron Mauger was one of the 

greats, primarily as a second five. 

Dan Carter is often viewed 

as the best where the All Blacks 

are concerned. His record speaks 

for itself. Andrew Mehrtens, also 

a great in the AB’s 10 shirt. 

But with Canterbury and the 

Crusaders I would place Andrew 

Mehrtens in the No 1 position. 

His clutch kicks/plays are too 

long to list for both teams. A 

1994 winning goal in the Ranfurly 

Shield game v Otago. Likewise 

v Brumbies in 2000. The 

conversion in the Super Rugby 

final in Canberra. And another 

CBHS recent AB – Colin Slade. 

- Graham Paterson, Redwood 

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Thursday May 22 2025 The Star 21

22 The Star Thursday May 22 2025 

The Way 

We Were 

1962 – THE RICCARTON CARPET FACTORY 

When Governor General Lord one of the first in the country, 

Cobham finished his post built in 1947-48 by the Carpet 

in May 1962 and returned Manufacturing Company. It 

to the United Kingdom, he later became Feltex. 

selected New Zealand carpet The factory closed in 2006 

as his farewell gift from the and the site is now a retirement 

Combined Societies. 

village. 

Cobham reportedly said if On the Christchurch 

he and Lady Cobham were not Memories Facebook page, 

treading on New Zealand turf, commenters remembered 

at least they would be treading the factory as a great place to 

on New Zealand wool. 

work, with “the best Christmas 

The golden, non-crush parties” for families. 

Wilton carpet was to cover From weavers to wool 

the drawing room floor of scourers, children often followed 

Cobham’s home. It was made in their parents’ footsteps. 

with a special twist to the 

Said Cliff Inglis: “Worked 

thrums to leave no marks of there for 39 years and was there 

tracking after being walked on. at the end. Started in the Wilton 

dept on the wool beamer 

The carpet was the same as 

that laid in Government House. and progressed to the Wilton 

“From its performance narrow looms and then the Van 

there, it is understood to have de Veil narrow looms.” 

appealed to the Governor- Said Steve Wells: “I arrived 

General,” The Press reported. from England in 1975 on a 

Cobham’s carpet was 

two-year contract, and was still 

made in Christchurch at the there at the bitter end. Worked 

Riccarton carpet factory. in Wilton weaving for nearly 

The factory at Athol Tce was 32 years. Great place to work.” 

PRODUCTION: A carpet machine 

under operation at the Riccarton 

factory, and spools of wool used in 

the creation of a carpet in May 1962. 

Right – R Seale supervising a 

carpet on a loom, and wool being 

processed. 

Far right – The Feltex factory in 1984. 

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Highlights from the 

week’s club sport 

• New Brighton claimed the 

Falton Shield with a 50-31 win 

over seaside rivals Sumner in the 

100th anniversary of the Battle of 

the Beaches. The win means they 

stay on top of the ladder, ahead of 

Canterbury University on points 

difference, with each team having 

five wins apiece. 

• Christchurch United moved 

four points clear of Coastal Spirit 

at the top of the Southern League 

after beating Cashmere Technical 

2-0 on Friday, with the top two set 

to meet on Sunday. A win would 

put United seven points clear. 

• Halswell Hornets have moved 

level with Linwood Keas at the 

top of the CRL Premiership after 

their 19-14 win on Saturday. They 

travel to play Greymouth this 

weekend, who are unbeaten at 

home this year. 

• Club sports fixtures/tables, 

page 26 

Munchers marking 

major milestone 

The Belfast “Munchers” social 

rugby team will celebrate their 

50th anniversary with a reunion 

this weekend. About 260 current 

and former players are expected 

to attend the three-day event at 

Belfast Rugby Club, running from 

Friday to Sunday. Formed in 1975, 

the Munchers are believed to be 

Christchurch’s second-oldest social 

team. Over the decades, they’ve 

competed in various grades, 

including division 3, presidents, 

division 6, and division 4. They 

currently play in division 3 again. 

Four All Blacks have played for the 

Munchers: Bill Bush, Kieran Kane, 

Gary Seear, and Hud Rickit. 

Oceanside makes 

history at champs 

Oceanside Jiu Jitsu has become the 

first South Island school to win 

the Top Team title at the national 

championships in Auckland. The 

Sydenham-based club topped 

the leaderboard among 70 teams, 

earning 23 gold medals, 10 silvers, 

and six bronzes. Oceanside’s 45 

athletes recorded an impressive 

89 wins and 44 losses overall. 

Co-founder and coach Hayden 

Smith also celebrated a personal 

milestone, claiming his fifth 

national title, his first at black belt, 

in the 68kg division. 

They said it 

“We don’t want 

our players to 

be monks. We 

want them 

to be better 

football players 

because a 

monk doesn’t 

play football at this level.” 

– Sir Bobby Robson, 

former English football 

manager and legendary 

Manchester United 

captain 

Boys’ schools pitch plan for 

breakaway first XV comp 

• By Sam Coughlan 

THE SCHOOLBOY rugby scene 

in Canterbury could be in for a 

major shake-up. 

Boys’ schools across the South 

Island are proposing a new first 

XV competition that would bring 

together teams from the Crusaders’ 

Miles Toyota Premiership 

and the Highlanders’ Southern 

Schools Rugby Championship. 

However, under the current 

proposal, co-educational schools 

such as St Andrew’s College, 

Rangiora High School and the 

combined Selwyn Schools team 

would be excluded. 

In a statement to The Star, 

the South Island Boys’ School 

Principals stressed that no final 

decisions had been made. 

“These ideas are still in development, 

and we are working 

carefully to ensure they reflect the 

values, needs, and aspirations of 

all our school communities.” 

The principals also said the 

collaboration will not be limited 

United another 

step closer on 

pro league path 

• By Sam Coughlan 

CHRISTCHURCH United is 

one of four Kiwi clubs still in 

the running to join the OFC 

Professional League set to launch 

next year. 

The club is competing for a spot 

alongside A-League sides Wellington 

Phoenix and Auckland 

FC, as well as a fourth bid from a 

combined Auckland team led by 

Auckland City chairperson Ivan 

Vuksich. 

If selected, the Phoenix and 

Auckland FC teams would likely 

be reserve sides with their top 

teams to remain in the Australian 

A-League. 

The initial pool of 24 expressions 

of interest, submitted in 

HALSWELL HORNETS rugby 

league hooker Antonio Lemalu 

has been cleared of a biting charge 

that saw him banned for 10 weeks. 

Halswell appealed the ban to 

the New Zealand Rugby League 

saying the sentence was unfair 

and there was little evidence to 

prove it was Lemalu, beyond the 

testimony of one person. 

RUNAWAY: Bishop Neal streaks away to score for St Thomas 

of Canterbury College. 

to sport – they are “exploring 

initiatives that include the arts, 

culture, sport, and professional 

learning,” and that “a structured 

first XV rugby competition is 

one of several proposals under 

consideration”. 

Current boys’ schools in the 

top grade include Christchurch 

Boys’ High School, Christ’s College, 

St Thomas of Canterbury 

February, has now been narrowed 

to 13 teams across seven nations. 

Eight teams will be selected for 

the league with a maximum of 

two from any given country. 

Christchurch United general 

manager Ryan Edwards said 

it is time for Christchurch 

to have professional football 

representation. 

“ We’re (the South Island) 

one of the biggest islands in the 

Oceania region that doesn’t have 

professional football,” Edwards 

said. 

To move forward, United must 

submit 41 separate documents 

to the OFC by July 18. These 

include coaching credentials, 

staffing information and financial 

records. 

The incident was alleged to 

have happened during a premiership 

match against Greymouth 

Greyhounds on April 12. Halswell 

won 32-28. Halswelll meets the 

Greyhounds in Greymouth on 

Saturday. 

Canterbury Rugby League chief 

executive Malcolm Humm would 

not discuss the overturning of 

PHOTO: BRENDAN BIGGS 

College, St Bede’s College, and 

Shirley Boys’ High School. 

They’re joined by Nelson 

College and Marlborough 

Boys’ College from Tasman, 

and Southland Boys’, King’s 

High, Otago Boys’, and John 

McGlashan College further 

south. Dunstan High School is 

the only co-ed school currently 

competing in the top tier. 

HIGH SPIRITS: Christchurch United players celebrate a goal 

against Cashmere Technical on Friday. The club’s application 

to join the OFC Professional League next year has progressed 

to the next stage. 

PHOTO: THOMAS BIRD 

Edwards said it will be a short 

turnaround but backed the club to 

get everything sorted in time. 

“ We’re in a good place, we have 

the training facilities, we have 

the ban with The Star, saying they 

were subject to a NZRL directive 

of not making public comment 

about judicial matters. The NZRL 

would also not comment. 

The Halswell club did not 

respond to questions from The 

Star. 

But The Star has been told 

senior figures in the Halswell club 

Miles Toyota Premiership 

Points 

Marlborough 10; Nelson 

10; Chch BHS 10; Christ’s 

7; St Bede’s 6; St Thomas 

6; Selwyn 4; Rangiora 2; St 

Andrew’s 1; Shirley BHS 0 

In recent results, Selwyn 

Schools upset St Bede’s 18-12 

at Rolleston College, while 

promoted Rangiora High nearly 

toppled Christ’s College in a 

narrow 38-37 loss. Christchurch 

Boys’ beat St Andrew’s 33- 

17, Shirley Boys’ lost 47-8 to 

Marlborough, and St Thomas fell 

41-26 to Nelson. 

This weekend, Christchurch 

Boys’ and Nelson meet in a 

rematch of last year’s final, 

won by Nelson, while St 

Andrew’s take on table-toppers 

Marlborough. 

Selwyn hosts Christ’s College 

at Lincoln High School while 

Shirley Boys’ play St Thomas’ and 

St Bede’s are away to Rangiora. 

plans ourselves to build on-site 

stadiums, we’ve got a restaurant 

and bar being built at the moment, 

and we have 12 full-time staff. 

We’re in a pretty good position.” 

Appeal sees hooker’s ban for biting overturned 

are angry over the CRL judicial 

hearing and the impact it had on 

Lemalu, the Canterbury Bulls’ 

rookie of the year in 2024. 

Meanwhile, another Halswell 

player was cleared of wrongdoing 

after appearing before the CRL 

judiciary last week on a biting 

charge from a match against 

Hornby Panthers two weeks ago.



SPORT 25 

‘Just a coach 

trying to do 

the best for 

my fighters’ 

Holly Sullivan was one of the first female boxing 

coaches in New Zealand when she began at 

Woolston Boxing Club in 2007. Now 38, she’s head 

trainer at the club, runs her own business, and 

raises her two-year-old son Taimana with partner 

and fellow coach Trevor Swainson. Sports reporter 

Sam Coughlan caught up with her 

HOLLY SULLIVAN didn’t set out 

to break ground in boxing – she 

simply followed a passion. 

That passion has led to a number 

of notable achievements; the 

first Kiwi woman to earn international 

coaching qualifications and 

the only active female international 

coach in the country. 

It is also believed Sullivan was 

the first female head boxing trainer 

in Canterbury, , earning the 

role at Woolston in 2009, aged 22. 

“I never had any problems. 

It really helped in such a maledominated 

community to just be 

treated as an equal. It was pretty 

awesome.” 

Her first overseas experience 

came as a development coach for 

the team that went to the Arafura 

Games in Darwin in 2019. 

At that tournament she cornered 

for Auckland’s Siaki Tu, 

who won super heavyweight gold, 

as well as current New Zealand 

U71kg champion Wendell Stanley, 

also from Auckland. 

“ To know that you cornered 

someone that’s potentially going 

to do some really cool things. It’s 

cool, because I got to corner his 

first international,” she said about 

Stanley, who is a prospect for the 

next Commonwealth Games in 

Glasgow next year. 

In 2022, Sullivan and Swainson 

coached Woolston’s Hamuera 

Tainui at the IBA Youth World 

Boxing championships in La 

Nucia, Spain. 

Tainui lost in the first round by 

split decision, but Sullivan said it 

was the best she’d ever seen him 

fight. 

“ It was literally like two punches 

that made the difference of the 

whole fight, Hamz (Tainui) won 

the first round easy. His opponent 

won the second round and there 

was literally nothing in the last.” 

On the way home, a one-day 

layover in London coincided with 

Tyson Fury’s fight against Derek 

Chisora at Tottenham Hotspur 

Stadium. 

“The atmosphere was crazy,” 

she said. 

“For our fighter too, it’s like, this 

is what you can achieve. We could 

see him looking up at the crowd 

and all these people were there.” 

They watched on as Fury won 

by TKO in the 10th round. 

Sullivan first stepped into the 

ring in 2005, aged 18, looking for 

something to do to keep fit after 

falling out of love with football 

– despite playing for Canterbury 

and trialling for the national 

team. A talented sportsperson, 

she also represented Canterbury 

at tennis. 

“ I loved soccer, but it got to the 

point where I dreaded it every day 

because it felt like it was something 

I had to go to, and it wasn’t a 

want anymore,” she said. 

NATIONAL HONOURS: Sullivan is the top female boxing coach 

in the country. 

IN CHARGE: Holly Sullivan has been head trainer at Woolston Boxing Club since 2009. 

PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN 

“Even if they don’t learn 

to love the sport, they 

could become a better 

human in or out of the 

ring because of what 

they’ve learned from the 

sport.” – Holly Sullivan 

She played social football for 

a while, until a teammate introduced 

her to boxing through her 

husband’s gym. What started as 

a fitness hobby soon became a 

passion – and a quick end to her 

football career. 

“I literally quit soccer overnight,” 

she said. 

After a couple of years of fitness 

training, Sullivan got a taste for 

fighting while working as a ring 

girl – when she was asked if she’d 

try a kickboxing bout. 

“The fight only lasted 40 

seconds. The other girl didn’t want 

to be in there. I was really mad – I 

was like, ‘I trained so fricking 

hard for this damn fight and you 

don’t get back up’.” 

Sullivan was keen to continue 

fighting after experiencing the 

thrill – and having moved into a 

house two streets over from the 

Woolston Boxing Club, it was a 

logical choice. 

“They took me in under their 

wings,” she said. 

She qualified for the 2007 national 

championships in her first 

year at Woolston but lost her first 

bout. A series of shoulder injuries 

followed, resulting in three surgeries 

that sidelined her for long 

periods. 

“ I went through three shoulder 

surgeries, so I was out for a while,” 

she said. 

“In one of my fights, I said to 

my coach, ‘I can’t feel my left arm, 

like it just popped out,’ and he was 

like, ‘that’s all right, you’ve got 

your right arm.’ 

“You know what, he was absolutely 

right. And you just carry 

on.” 

While recovering, she began 

coaching – a natural fit since she 

FAMILY: Sullivan with partner Trevor Swainson and their son 

Taimana. Sullivan and Swainson are both trainers at Woolston. 

was already leading warm-ups 

and helping others in the gym. 

When then-head trainer Tom 

Heath stepped down due to work 

commitments, Sullivan took over. 

It was at Woolston she met 

Swainson, and the pair have been 

together for five years. Their son 

Taimana was born in 2023. 

“ We did not see eye to eye for 

the first, probably, half a decade 

of knowing each other,” Sullivan 

said. 

“And we can both openly admit 

that, but then things changed, 

obviously now we have a child 

together.” 

As head trainer, she is technically 

Swainson’s boss, but they 

keep things professional. 

“ If you came into Woolston, 

you wouldn’t know. Our focus is 

the team.” 

She balances her role at the 

gym – training three to four days 

a week – with her full-time job as 

director of The Mortgage Girls, 

a company she co-founded with 

Elyce Peters in 2016. 

Motherhood added another 

layer to her already packed life. 

“I didn’t think it was gonna be 

(tricky). I’m pretty stubborn. But 

it’s definitely changed how quickly 

I can get things done in the background,” 

she said. 

“Taimana still comes to boxing 

once a week. Every Sunday he is 

at the boxing gym, he’s hitting the 

speed ball, he runs around and 

watches sparring. He loves being 

in the environment.” 

While boxing remains “95% 

male-dominated,” Sullivan doesn’t 

see herself as a trailblazer. 

“ That was a question I got asked 

in my early days, but I’ve never 

seen myself as a female in the 

sport, just a coach trying to do the 

best for my fighters,” she said. 

“ I don’t feel like I was ever 

treated any differently, my peers in 

the boxing world, they treated me 

like they would any other coach.” 

Her long-term dream is to 

coach at high-performance level. 

“ Having one fighter with you 

for like a month, it’s incredible 

what you can do with one person.” 

Still, she loves looking after 

young trainees, especially those 

willing to put in the hard yards, 

regardless of natural ability. 

“ You can’t underestimate 

anyone that walks through your 

gym,” Sullivan said. 

“Whether they’re naturally 

talented or the one that needs 

to practice a lot more than the 

others, you’ve got to give them all 

time because that person could be 

the one that shines at the end of 

the day. 

“Even if they don’t learn to love 

the sport, they could become a 

better human in or out of the ring 

because of what they’ve learned 

from the sport.”


26 

SPORT 

Club match-ups/points tables 

METRO RUGBY 

ROUND 6 (2.45PM SAT) 

HSOB v Belfast, Bob Deans 

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Uni of Canty v Sumner, Ilam 

Fields; 

Lincoln Uni v Christchurch, 

Lincoln Uni; 

Burnside v Linwood, 

Burnside Park; 

New Brighton v Marist 

Albion, Rawhiti Domain; 

Shirley v Sydenham, 

Burwood 

POINTS 

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Brighton 25; HSOB 22; Marist 

Albion 20; Linwood 15; 

Lincoln Uni 14; Sydenham 13; 

Burnside 11; Chch 6; Belfast 

6; Sumner 4; Shirley 2 

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Foster Park, 2pm Sat; 

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Linfield Park, 2.30pm Sun 

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Nelson 13; Nomads 10; Cash 

Tech 10; Ferrymead Bays 

10; Dunedin 10; Wanaka 9; 


Universities 4; Selwyn Utd 1 

CRL PREMIERSHIP 

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Halswell Hornets, Wingham 

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Keas, Wainoni Park; 

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Greymouth 4; Eastern 3 

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Belfast A v Lincoln Uni B, 

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Lincoln Uni 4; Belfast 0 

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Public Notice 

Minor amendments to the enrolment scheme of several Canterbury Schools 

The Ministry of Education is proposing minor amendments to the enrolment schemes of Hillmorton High School, Hoon Hay 

Te Kura Kōaka, Oaklands Te Kura o Ōwaka, and Ladbrooks School. This is to update their home zones to better identify 

which properties are within the zones. These minor amendments clarify the zone boundaries – both written and drawn. 

There are no changes to any individual’s eligibility to enrol as a result of these minor amendments. 

To view the maps and written descriptions, please go to https://education.govt.nz/have-your-say 

The enrolment of out-of-zone students is governed by the provisions of the Education and Training Act 2020. 

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Christchurch Boys High School 

Old Boys’ Association (Incorporated) 

CBHS Old Boys’ Association ANNUAL DINNER 2025 

Friday, June 6th • 6:30pm • CBHS Auditorium 

After last year’s sold-out success, we’re back bigger, better, and 

back at school following the recent CBHS renovations. 

RALLY YOUR CREW AND MAKE A NIGHT OF IT. 

• Live Music • A free drink on arrival - Cash bar • 

• Dinner & Dessert • Awards Honouring Outstanding Old Boys • 

JUNE 2025 CHRISTCHURCH 

CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS 

The following meetings will be held in June 2025. 

COUNCIL 

Date Time Venue 

4,18 9.30am Council Chambers, Level 2, Civic Offices 

11 10.30am Council Chambers, Level 2, Civic Offices 

24 9.30am Annual Plan 2025/26, Council Chambers, Level 2, Civic 

Offices 

COMMITTEES 

Date Time Meeting/Venue 

12 9.30am Central City Parking Restrictions Committee, Committee 

Room 2, Level 2, Civic Offices 

13 9.30am Audit and Risk Management Committee, Council Chambers, 

Level 2, Civic Offices 

25 9.30am Finance and Performance Committee, Council Chambers, 


27 9.30am Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee, Committee Room 1, 


COMMUNITY BOARDS 


9 10am Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula Community Board, 

Lyttelton Community Boardroom, 25 Canterbury Street, 

Lyttelton 

9 4.30pm Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board, The 

Boardroom, Corner Beresford and Union Street, New Brighton 

9 4.30pm Waimāero Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board, 

The Boardroom, Fendalton Service Centre, Corner Jeffreys 

and Clyde Roads 

12 4pm Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board, 

Linwood Boardroom, 180 Smith Street, Linwood 

12 4pm Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board, The 

Boardroom, Papanui Service Centre, Corner Langdons Road 

and Restell Street 

12 4.30pm Waipuna Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board, 

Horoeka Room, Rārākau: Riccarton Centre, 199 Clarence 

Street, Riccarton 

COMMUNITY BOARD SUBCOMMITTEES 


2 7pm Lyttelton Reserve Committee, Lyttelton Community 

Boardroom, 25 Canterbury St, Lyttelton 

3 6pm Garden of Tane Reserve Committee, Madeira Hotel, 48 Rue 

Lavaud, Akaroa 

4 7.30pm Cass Bay Reserve Committee, Lyttelton Boardroom, 25 

Canterbury St, Lyttelton 

16 5.30pm Duvauchelle Reserve Committee, Duvauchelle Community 

Centre, 6039 Christchurch Akaroa Road 

17 11am Pigeon Bay Reserve Committee, Pigeon Bay Settlers Hall, 

Wharf Road, Pigeon Bay 

18 5pm Okains Bay Reserve Committee, Okains Bay Campground Office 

Copies of the agendas will be available online. Members of the public are welcome to 

attend any meetings that are not marked as being held in Public Excluded. 

To make a deputation or presentation to a Council, Committee or Community Board 

meeting ring the call centre on 03 941 8999 or email CouncilSupportSSO@ccc.govt.nz 

Council, Committee and Community Board information sessions/workshops are held as 

required. For more detailed information, please see 

https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/meetings-agendas-and-minutes/upcoming-meetings-andhearings 

for meeting dates and https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/ for published agendas. 

Information about Alcohol Licensing can be found online at 

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LOCAL BAND 'VOLTS' 

CARVING THEIR OWN PATH 

Pavilion Café Opens 8am daily 

Legends Bar Opens 10am daily 

Reception Open from 9am daily 

Chalmers Restaurant 

Wednesday to Saturday: 

A la Carte from 5pm 

Sunday: Buffet from 4.30pm 

Q U I Z 

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FRIDAY 6.30PM 

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AGM 2025 

Sunday 15th June, 10am 

Hornby Club Event Centre 

All Financial Members Welcome 

ELECTIONS 2025 

Nominations open Saturday 24 May 

Nominations close Saturday 7 June 

Election Day Saturday 21 June 

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across a band and been so blown away by what 

I have seen and heard." - Kev Rowland @ 

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RIFF RIOT ROCK FESTIVAL 

LOONS, LYTTELTON 

Saturday 14th June 

Show starts 8pm 

Tickets : www.utr.co.nz 

$40 per 

person. 

12oz house wine, beer 

or non-alcoholic drink 

included with every meal 

$30 for seniors 

excluding a beverage 

*valid with $40 buffets 

on Sunday only. 

SATURDAY 

26TH JULY, 7.30PM 

Tickets $30 at club or Eventfinda 

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Friday 23RD: 

10.30PM - 2.30am 

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WEEKEND 

LINE UP 

Saturday 24th: 

10.30PM - 2.30am 

Come on down! 

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GIG GUIDE 

Thursday 22 to Wednesday 28 May 2025 

ARMADILLO'S ISLINGTON, 670 Main South 

Rd: Sunday 3pm - Lino. 

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St: 

Thursday 8pm - Open Mic with full set-up incl 

drums and piano, all welcome, free. Friday 8.30pm - 

The Mule, 8-piece party band favourites with horns, 

playing rock, funk, soul, RnB, ska and more, 

koha/donation entry. Saturday 2pm - All Girl Big 

Band Live at A Rolling Stone, bringing swing, 

smooth rhythms and powerhouse horns and great 

big band energy, $15/$10 cash on the door; 8pm - 

Munch Sapphic Events presents Munch, Otautahi, 

Christchurch feat Drag Performers, DJ Club Classics, 

and Munch, Munch More - sold out, sorry no door 

sales. Sunday 2pm - Odyssey Live - with special 

guests Colin Bayley, Justine Snelgrove, and Pepper 

Hall, tickets $15+BF from eventfinda.co.nz or over 

the bar; 7pm - Dave Mitchell presents NZ Music 

Month Special feat Grimes Street Gang, Patrick 

Doyle and Nick Jackman, and Sideways, all 

welcome, free. Monday 7pm - Believe It or Not 

Quiz, table bookings on 03-377-4787, free entry. 

Tuesday 8pm - 'Tuesday Jam Day' hosted by Ritchie 

& Nick, all welcome, all backline provided, including 

electric guitar, bass, piano and drums, free. 

Wednesday 8pm - Dig The Gig, Heat 3, UC band 

competition feat House Band Con Carne, with 

Isolar, Hush Division, Vaughan Ivan & Associates, 

Bricked Up, and Moof Trampoline, all welcome, free. 

AVONHEAD TAVERN, 120 Withells Rd: Friday 

7.30pm - The Party Singers. 

BALCAIRN HALL, 4 Ashbys Rd, Sth 

Amberley: Friday 8th June, 7.30pm - Fiona Pears 

with Richie Pickard & Dan Robertson. Tickets at 

www.balcairnhall.com 

BILL'S BAR, 1 Halswell Rd: Thursday 7pm - 

A&J Karaoke. Friday 7.30pm - Dave's Karaoke. 

Saturday 7.30pm - L&B Duo. Sunday 6.30pm - A&J 

Karaoke. Saturday 31st May - Rockabella. 

BRIDIE'S BAR, 401 Worcester St: Friday 4pm - 

DJ Luke. Saturday 3pm - Deadlights. Sunday 3pm - 

Sunday Session. 

CASHMERE CLUB, 50 Colombo St: Wednesday 

7pm - Quiz. Friday 30th May, 8pm - Simmer. 

CBK Ferrymead, 23 Humphreys Dr: Thursday 

5pm - Mandi Miller. 

CHAT'S BAR, 251 Travis Rd: Saturday 7.30pm - 

Mandi Miller. 

CHCH CASINO, 30 Victoria St: Friday 9pm - 

Mindblank. Saturday 5.30pm - Isolde; 9pm - Corner 

Sounds. 

CHCH FOLK MUSIC CLUB, Irish Society Hall, 

29 Domain Tce: Sunday 7.30pm - Sassafras. 

COASTERS TAVERN, 1 Daniels Rd: Thursday 

7.30pm - Mel & Dave's Karaoke. 

DARKROOM, 336 St Asaph St: Thursday 

7.30pm - Monotones Isolar; Rapids; Swipers. Friday 

8pm - Adrenochrome Babies; Slightly Imperfect; 

Carne Verde. Saturday 8pm - Kisser; Only You; Out 

of Luck; Ram-Raid. 

FAT EDDIES, 1/76 Hereford St: Thursday 

4.30pm - The Suite; 8pm - Live Band Karaoke. 

11.30pm - Vibe Check. Friday 4.30pm - Anand & 

Taylor; 8pm - Mirrors; 11.30pm - House of Groove. 

Saturday 4.30pm - Eve Kelly duo; 8pm - Live music; 

11.30pm - The Stowaways. Sunday 3.45pm - Jarred 

Fell, free (bookings req); 6.30pm - The Flirts Duo. 

GOOD TIMES COMEDY CLUB, 224 St Asaph 

St: Thursday 7.30pm - Friends in High Places, 

$10/$15. Friday 6.30pm - Tid Talks 'Ideas Not Worth 

Spreading', $15/$20; 9pm - rusty Retirement Show, 

$15/$20. Saturday 8pm - Big Laughs Pro Comedy 

Show, $25/$30. Sunday 1pm - Do Comedy Good 

Workshop, $20. Tuesday 6.30pm - Good Advice Bad 

Advice, free. Wednesday 7pm - Fresh Open Mic 

Comedy, free. goodtimescomedyclub.co.nz 

HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd: Sunday 3pm - 

Ian Mac. 

LONE STAR, Northlands Shopping Mall, 

Langdons Rd: Thursday 6.30pm - Retro Music 

Night feat. Old Spice. 

MAK BAR, 1276 Main North Rd: Saturday 8pm - 

Sign of the Firebird. Sunday 3pm - Hired Guns. 

MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: Friday 

10.30pm - Assembly Required. Saturday 10.30pm - 

Flat City Brotherhood. 

NEW BRIGHTON CLUB, 202 Marine Pde: 

Saturday 6.30pm - Absolut Duo. 

PEGASUS ARMS, 14 Oxford Tce: Wednesday 

7.30pm - Open Mic. 

RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118 Racecourse Rd: 

Friday 7.30pm - DnD Trio (Mark, Gigi, Jojo). 

RICHMOND CLUB, 'The Borough', 75 London 

St: Friday 7pm - Absolut Duo. Saturday 7pm - 

Mockingbird. Sunday 3pm - Reminisce with 

Anthony. 

ROSE & THISTLE, 24 Main North Rd: Friday 

8.30pm - A&J Karaoke. Saturday 8.30pm - Neil 

Alexander. 

SHARKEY'S BAR & CAFE, 96 Hoon Hay Rd: 

Friday 7pm - Buzz Karaoke. Saturday 7pm - Buzz 

Karaoke. Sunday 4pm - Open Mic. 

SPACE ACADEMY, 371 St Asaph St: Thursday - 

03 Sessions feat. Darren Pickering. Friday - Martin 

Sagadin with Georgina Knight. Saturday - I See 

Tomorrow with Little Fang & Mud Belly. 

STOCK X CHANGE, 110 Marshland Rd: 

Saturday 7.30pm - M-22. 

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. Friday 6pm - Live music; 10pm - Live music. 

Saturday 7pm - Live music; 11pm - Live music. 

Sunday 5pm - Live music. Monday 6pm - Sionna. 

Tuesday 7pm - The Jameson's Session. Wednesday 

6pm - Sionna. 

THE CHURCH, Worcester/Manchester Sts: 

Friday 10pm - Liberator. What's on - 

churchpub.co.nz. 

THE EMBANKMENT TAVERN, 181 Ferry Rd: 

Friday 7.30pm - Open Mic. 

THE KAIK, 67 Williams St, Kaiapoi: Saturday - 

Spektrum. 

THE LOONS, Lyttelton: Saturday 14th June, 8pm 

- Riff Riot feat. Volts, Tattoo Voodoo (Rolling 

Stones), The Boondocks, Ragweed. Tickets at 

www.undertheradar.co.nz 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd: Friday 

9.30pm - Nexus. Saturday 9.30pm - Bite the Bullet. 

Sunday 6pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm - 

Quiz. Wednesday 7pm - Lance Kiwi Karaoke. 

THE PEG BELFAST, 899 Main North Rd: 

Friday - Hired Guns. 

THE REDWOOD BAR, 340 Main North Rd: 

Friday - Old Skool 

THE RICCS, 280 Blenheim Rd: Saturday 6.30pm 

- Awesome Source. 

THE ROCKPOOL, 85 Hereford St: Thursday, 

Friday, Saturday 9pm - DJ's. 

THE SIDELINE SPORTS BAR, 331 Stanmore 

Rd: Thursday 7pm - Jam Night with Ritchie Gillies 

& Nick Buchanan. 

THE TURF, 6 Inwoods Rd: Thursday 7pm - Live 

music. 

WUNDERBAR, Lyttelton: Friday 9pm - Techno 

Tunnel. Wednesday 7.30pm - Rugous Whustler 

(Aus) & Butter Wouldn't Melt (Chch) album release 

tour. 

THIS SATURDAY 6.30PM 

LIVE MUSIC 

ABSOLUT 

DUO 

playing 

SHUTTLE OPERATING 

BISTRO IS OPEN TUES TO SAT 

12pm-2pm and from 5pm 

& SUNDAY with limited menu 

202 Marine Pde - Ph 388-9416 

www.newbrightonclub.co.nz 

Members, guests & affiliates welcome 

RESTAURANT & CAFÉ 

‘Famous for our roasts!’ 

WEEKEND 

BRUNCH 

MENU 

SENIORS' SPECIAL 

TWO COURSES $27 

Available lunch only 

Mon - Sat 12pm - 2.30pm 

KIDS' TWO COURSE 

SPECIAL $13 

The 

RACECOURSE HOTEL 

& Motorlodge 

SLÁINTE 

(Cheers) 

$6 

FROM 

$20 

Special kid's menu too 

SAT/SUN 10am-2pm 

MURPHY'S 

PINTS 

EVERY SINGLE DAY, 

ALL DAY LONG! 

$8 QUARTS 

ALL DAY FRIDAY 

FRIDAY NIGHT 

SPORTS BAR 

OVER 3K 

MEGA 

MEAT 

RAFFLE 

Tickets on sale 

from 5pm 

DRAWS 6pm 

118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn 

Phone 03 342 7150 

www.racecoursehotel.co.nz 

BRIDIE'S BAR 

WHAT'S PLAYING 

FRI.4PM: DJ LUKE 

SAT.3PM: LIVE MUSIC 

DEADLIGHTS 

LIVE MUSIC 

FRIDAY 7.30PM 

SPORTS BAR 

SUN.3PM: SUNDAY SESS 

OPEN FROM 7AM MON-FRI & FROM 8AM SAT/SUN 

GREAT MENU 

BRIDIE'S BAR & BISTRO | 401 WORCESTER ST 

PH (03) 260 0325 | WWW.BRIDIES.CO.NZ


Hibernate 

smarter, 

not harder. 

Warm rooms, clean floors, hot 

drinks, binge-worthy telly — 

and a lounge that hugs back. 

Winter? Sorted. 

Good TV. 

Bad weather. 

Great combo. 

Now’s not the time to 

be air-drying socks. 

Winter calories don’t 

count. But air fryers 

help anyway. 

Winter is muddy 

dog paw season. 

TCL 7.5kg Front Load 

Washing Machine 

$649 

60006629 / P108FLW 

HOT 

PRICE 

Samsung 65” Crystal 

UHD 4K Smart TV 

$1525 

60004109 / UA65DU8000SXNZ 

HOT 

PRICE 

53% 

OFF # 

28% 

OFF # 

Russell Hobbs Brooklyn 

Air Fryer 5.7L 

$139 

60003325 / RHAF57 

was 

$299 99 

Miele Complete C3 Cat and 

Dog Bagged Vacuum Cleaner 

60002160 

$679 

was 

$949 

Your heat pump 

called. It wants 

back up. 

The forecast? 100% 

chance of the couch. 

OLD STOCK, 

NEW STEALS 

T&Cs 

Clearout Deals on 

New & Display Model 

Overstocked, End-of-Line 

& Clearance Whiteware, 

TVs & Small Appliances 

and exclusions apply. Strictly while stocks last. 

Stock varies by store. Some offers available in-store only. 

Seen a better price on the 

same item, elsewhere? 

We’ll match it + , plus you’ll 

earn Airpoints Dollars ṬM 

Your home for 

furniture, beds and 

appliances since 1918. 

for every $100 

you spend ~ 

Smiths City The Colombo 

Corner of Elgin St and 

Colombo St, Christchurch 

Smiths City Northwood 

1 Radcliffe Rd, 

Christchurch 

Smiths City Hornby 

6 Tower Street, 

Christchurch 

Offer valid dates vary. Available while stock lasts. Limited stock on some items. See individual product pages online for details. Terms, conditions, exclusions, and limits apply. Some products on display in selected stores only. Stock will vary from 

store to store. Please call 0800 764 847 to check availability. Personal shoppers only, trade and commercial not supplied. Clearout terms, conditions, and exclusions apply. Promotion valid 14 – 27 May 2025. Strictly while stocks last. Some offers 

available in-store only. Stock and offers will vary from store to store, please contact your local store to check availability. Advertised products are for illustrative purposes only and may not represent stock available in all stores. Some offers 

apply to floor stock, ex-display, ex-repair, scratched and damaged items and end of line or overstocked items. Smiths City will not be liable for any damage or faults in any product that was specifically drawn to your attention before purchase. 

Where a fault was not drawn to your attention and the product is faulty it can either be exchanged for an item at the same value as the purchase price paid by you, or, if there is no item of the same value, a full refund will be given. Ask in-store 

for full details and exclusions. Personal shoppers only, Trade and Commercial sales are excluded. ~ Airpoints terms, conditions, and exclusions apply. Visit smithscity.co.nz/airpoints for details. + Price Promise terms, conditions and exclusions 

apply. See smithscity.co.nz/price-promise for details. #Discount is off our full retail price and not available in conjunction with any other offer.

The Star: May 22, 2025

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