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Thursday, <strong>12</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2026</strong><br />
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Long fight over as<br />
reserve granted<br />
burial site status<br />
Stars align<br />
for pavilion<br />
fundraiser<br />
15 MARCH <strong>2026</strong><br />
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Locked out<br />
The lingering legacy of Lyttelton port dispute<br />
On Sunday, commemorations<br />
will start to mark 75 years since<br />
the 1951 Waterside Workers’<br />
Union lockout with a community<br />
day at The Loons. Dylan Smits<br />
reports on New Zealand’s largest<br />
industrial dispute.<br />
When wharfies arrived for<br />
work at Lyttelton on <strong>February</strong><br />
15, 1951, they found the<br />
entrances locked.<br />
The national Waterside Workers’<br />
Union was<br />
demanding an<br />
end to overtime<br />
and better pay<br />
increases.<br />
When union<br />
members<br />
refused to work<br />
overtime, they<br />
were fired and<br />
locked out of<br />
workplaces<br />
across the country.<br />
Gerard Loader<br />
Perhaps the most draconian<br />
legislation in New Zealand’s<br />
history was used during the 151-<br />
day dispute, including media<br />
censorship and a ban on providing<br />
material assistance to the<br />
locked-out workers’ families.<br />
It is an important anniversary<br />
for Maritime Union Lyttelton<br />
branch president Gerard<br />
Lyttelton members of the Waterside Workers’ Union during the 1951 lockout waiting to see if they can enter the port.<br />
PHOTOS: TE ŪAKA THE LYTTELTON MUSEUM<br />
Loader, who says it reminds him<br />
that although the “battlefield”<br />
has changed, the fight for workers<br />
continues.<br />
“In 1913 they came with the<br />
army. In 1951, it was the cops. In<br />
<strong>2026</strong>, it’s the lawyers,” he said.<br />
Commemorations of the<br />
lockout start on Sunday from<br />
10.30am to 4pm with a community<br />
day at The Loons in<br />
Lyttelton, featuring speeches,<br />
raffles and a BBQ. All are<br />
welcome.<br />
It marks the start of a series of<br />
events to remember the lockout,<br />
which ran for the full 151 days<br />
until July 15.<br />
The Maritime Union has commissioned<br />
an album about the<br />
lockout from Lyttelton-based<br />
folk singer-songwriter Adam<br />
McGrath, who will perform the<br />
first single and then the full<br />
album in May.<br />
The Loons’ entrance hallway<br />
will be decorated with<br />
memorabilia from the lockout<br />
throughout the 151-day period,<br />
and other events are still in the<br />
early planning stages.<br />
On May 1, the national<br />
Maritime Union will host a<br />
Locked-out wharfies hold a vote during<br />
the 1951 labour dispute.<br />
remembrance day in Lyttelton.<br />
Whether the dispute was a<br />
lockout or a strike depended<br />
on whether you asked union<br />
members, or the employers and<br />
Government.<br />
The National Government,<br />
under Prime Minister Sidney<br />
Holland, declared a state of<br />
emergency on <strong>February</strong> 21,<br />
1951, arguing that vital export<br />
trade was under threat.<br />
Emergency regulations were<br />
broad and authoritarian.<br />
Media commentary<br />
supporting the union was<br />
censored, police were granted<br />
wide powers of search and<br />
arrest, and providing financial<br />
or material assistance to lockedout<br />
workers and their families<br />
was made illegal.<br />
› Continued on Page 4<br />
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NEWS <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News, <strong>February</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2026</strong> | 3<br />
Sacred reserve<br />
recognised<br />
as burial site<br />
BY KEES CHALMERS<br />
A battle lasting more than a<br />
century by Te Hapū o Ngāti<br />
Wheke wanting official<br />
recognition of a reserve as a<br />
burial site has finally come to<br />
an end.<br />
Te Kooti Whenua Māori<br />
(Māori Land Court) confirmed<br />
on Friday that a reserve at<br />
Purau <strong>Bay</strong> has been set aside as<br />
a reservation for the purposes<br />
of an urupā (burial ground) for<br />
the hapū.<br />
It comes after the city<br />
council handed back the<br />
reserve to iwi in January<br />
last year, following<br />
more than a century of<br />
talks between hapū and<br />
council.<br />
Said Rāpaki kaumatua<br />
Donald Couch: “You get<br />
a bit exhausted and tired<br />
with what seems to be beating<br />
your head against a wall.<br />
“But if you persist and you’ve<br />
got a good case you’ll probably<br />
get there and eventually we did<br />
so I’m pleased about that.”<br />
He said it was a special day<br />
for the hapū to see the urupā<br />
Donald Couch<br />
finally recognised as such. It is<br />
Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke’s fourth<br />
urupā.<br />
At a Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū<br />
Banks Peninsula Community<br />
Board meeting in January last<br />
year, more than 96% of the 378<br />
submissions heard were in<br />
favour of the proposed transfer,<br />
with 2.3% against and 1.1%<br />
unsure.<br />
The community board’s decision<br />
was then approved by the<br />
city council and the Department<br />
of Conservation.<br />
An application was<br />
then made to Te Kooti<br />
Whenua Māori to set<br />
aside the land as a<br />
reserve for the purposes<br />
of an urupā and to<br />
have the Rāpaki Māori<br />
Reservations Trustees<br />
appointed to administer<br />
the reserve.<br />
“This court decision brings<br />
to a close the work done over<br />
the last 100 years by Rāpaki<br />
whānau and our whanaunga<br />
from around Te Pātaka o<br />
Rākaihautū and enables us to<br />
properly care for Nohomutu<br />
and all our tīpuna and their<br />
The reserve site which has been made a designated urupā (burial site) for Te<br />
Hapū o Ngāti Wheke. Pictured right, the headstone of chief Tiemi Nohomutu at<br />
the historic site in Purau Reserve.<br />
PHOTO: CCC<br />
place of burial,” Couch said.<br />
According to a city council<br />
report, the site was part of a<br />
larger nine acre block of land,<br />
established in 1870 as a Māori<br />
Reserve.<br />
The land was sold into private<br />
ownership in 1914 and later<br />
subdivided in 1950.<br />
During the subdivision process,<br />
the urupā was not officially<br />
recognised, despite landowners’<br />
desire for it to be.<br />
Church <strong>Bay</strong> resident Sarah<br />
Pritchett said at the community<br />
board meeting in January<br />
2025 that the loss of land to<br />
mana whenua stemmed from<br />
“dubious” government legislation<br />
at the time.<br />
“It seems a very small thing to<br />
me to hand back this tiny piece<br />
of land, all that is left of a much<br />
larger piece of Māori reserve<br />
land,” Pritchett said.<br />
“This is an example of a deliberate<br />
government policy to<br />
acquire Māori land for the benefit<br />
of Pākehā settlers.<br />
“It is no accident the Pūrau<br />
Māori Reserve ended up being<br />
owned by private non-Māori<br />
owners.”<br />
The reserve is a burial site for<br />
chief Tiemi Nohomutu, a Purau<br />
resident and leading Ngāi Tahu<br />
rangatira during the first decades<br />
of European settlement in<br />
Whakaraupō Lyttelton <strong>Harbour</strong>.<br />
His headstone can be seen at the<br />
site.<br />
Oral history, historical land<br />
documents and geotechnical<br />
reports support the cultural<br />
significance of the reserve and<br />
show that it is likely to hold<br />
other burial sites within its<br />
boundaries or nearby.<br />
Rāpaki trustees will now<br />
develop and implement a<br />
management plan to ensure<br />
appropriate protection and<br />
recognition of the site is put in<br />
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Wharfies row<br />
reshaped life<br />
in port town<br />
› From Page 1<br />
People could only assist their<br />
neighbours with food or other<br />
goods in secret, making the<br />
financial situation for wharfie<br />
families even more dire.<br />
Sympathy strikes erupted in<br />
Christchurch and across the country,<br />
with seamen, coal miners,<br />
freezing works workers, drivers,<br />
and railway workers walking off<br />
the job in support of the wharfies.<br />
The Waterside Workers’ Union<br />
branch in Lyttelton tried to preserve<br />
its funds by transferring<br />
assets before the government<br />
could seize union bank accounts.<br />
It was a successful tactic which<br />
helped sustain union families better<br />
than in many other cities.<br />
The Lyttelton Waterside Workers<br />
Social Club, also known as The<br />
Loons, was sold by union members<br />
to a trust for £1 to prevent<br />
government seizure. The Loons<br />
then acted as a soup kitchen to<br />
feed locked-out watersiders and<br />
their families.<br />
After 1951, the premises<br />
became the Lyttelton Working<br />
TELL US YOUR STORY<br />
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1951 lockout?<br />
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Men’s Club and<br />
later home to The<br />
Loons Theatre<br />
Company.<br />
The building<br />
suffered major<br />
damage in the<br />
2011 earthquake.<br />
The Loons Club<br />
president Neville Neville Walker<br />
Walker said it was<br />
a “full-circle” moment when the<br />
Maritime Union donated $500,000<br />
to assist in the post-quake<br />
renovation.<br />
The building reopened in 2021<br />
as a live music venue.<br />
“Some of the funding we got,<br />
was because of the history of the<br />
Men butchering meat for the wharfie families during the 1951 lockout.<br />
building in the lockout. It was a<br />
place for the union to meet and<br />
distribute food, even though it<br />
was illegal,” Walker said.<br />
Unlike in Auckland and Wellington,<br />
open street violence was<br />
largely absent in Lyttelton, but<br />
the social and economic impact<br />
on the tight-knit port community<br />
was significant.<br />
With their husbands out of<br />
work, many women entered the<br />
labour market for the first time at<br />
Christchurch businesses such as<br />
the Lichfield Shirt Factory.<br />
One of the lasting social impacts<br />
of the lockout was the hostility<br />
between ‘loyal’ union members<br />
who refused to go back to work,<br />
and the ‘scab’ workers who<br />
accepted overtime requirements<br />
and the offered pay levels.<br />
Arthur Beckett, 89, president<br />
of the Lyttelton Waterfront<br />
Workers’ Union in the late<br />
1980s, remembers the tension<br />
A Waterside Workers’ Union Lockout 51<br />
certificate. They were awarded to workers<br />
who were off work for the entire lockout.<br />
lasting for decades.<br />
“They sat at separate tables at<br />
the cafeteria. There was a lot of<br />
distrust. It affected families too<br />
with some relationships getting<br />
ruined because of it.”<br />
Rather than negotiate with the<br />
watersiders, the government<br />
elected to pursue a strategy of<br />
attrition.<br />
The union was legally deregistered,<br />
and new, compliant unions<br />
were set up at each port, which<br />
scab workers joined.<br />
PHOTO: TE ŪAKA THE LYTTELTON MUSEUM<br />
Many workers returned to<br />
work over time during the lockout,<br />
weakening the wharfies’<br />
leverage and morale.<br />
After 151 days, the union conceded<br />
defeat on July 15.<br />
A combination of legal restrictions,<br />
financial hardship, and<br />
dwindling support made it impossible<br />
to continue.<br />
The defeat was a major blow<br />
to the power and influence of<br />
unions in New Zealand and a victory<br />
for the Government.<br />
Many wharfies were blacklisted<br />
and struggled to find work elsewhere,<br />
with some households left<br />
indebted for years.<br />
One lasting legacy of the<br />
dispute is the loyalty card<br />
certificates given to workers<br />
who stood with the union for<br />
the duration of the lockout. They<br />
became cherished tokens of<br />
remembrance for many affected<br />
families.<br />
Katy Gosset of RNZ interviewed the late Baden Norris in December 2017 about his experience as a wharfie and father during the 1951 port lockout. Norris died aged 81 in August<br />
2018 and was a well-known historian focusing on Antarctica and Lyttelton<br />
It was long 151 days and some<br />
men who lived through it will<br />
never forget it – Baden Norris is<br />
one of them.<br />
“It was my blackest period of<br />
my life because I had no money,<br />
or very little. I had a daughter<br />
who was in hospital with melanoma.<br />
You couldn’t get another<br />
job. You’d be pretty unpopular if<br />
you did,” Norris said.<br />
So how did it all begin?<br />
Norris describes himself as<br />
‘Lyttelton material’, born and<br />
bred in the little port town like<br />
his father, his grandfather and<br />
great-grandfather before him.<br />
“It was the centre of the universe<br />
when I was a child. I never<br />
wanted to be anywhere else.”<br />
He worked in a factory at 13,<br />
went to sea at 15 and then, in his<br />
20s, being “Lyttelton material”<br />
led him to work on the wharves.<br />
Being a watersider wasn’t an<br />
aspiration, but, by then Norris<br />
was married, with a child, and<br />
money had become important.<br />
On the waterfront, a man could<br />
make good money, not because<br />
the job paid well, but because<br />
there was plenty of overtime.<br />
However, trouble was brewing.<br />
Strike or Lockout?<br />
The union movement had<br />
become divided. By 1951 the<br />
waterfront workers supported<br />
the Trade Union Congress, a<br />
group that had splintered away<br />
from the main union, the Federation<br />
of Labour.<br />
New Zealand was emerging<br />
from World War 2 and the Government<br />
offered a wage increase<br />
to workers, except it wasn’t<br />
across the board.<br />
Norris said wharfies had to<br />
apply to a separate tribunal for<br />
the pay hike and it was turned<br />
down on the basis they were<br />
already well paid.<br />
But he said this was only<br />
because they worked so much<br />
overtime.<br />
“So (the workers) said ‘we will<br />
refuse overtime until we get<br />
some satisfaction,’ and, of course,<br />
that’s how it all started.”<br />
But their employers said if the<br />
men would not work overtime,<br />
they couldn’t work at all.<br />
The ship owners, and later the<br />
Government, called the dispute a<br />
strike but, to the workers, it was<br />
a lockout.<br />
A state of emergency<br />
On <strong>February</strong> 22, 1951, the<br />
Prime Minister, Sidney Holland,<br />
announced a state of emergency.<br />
He told the nation: “A small<br />
group of men possessing great<br />
power in our industrial system<br />
declared war on the people by<br />
calling a strike in one of our principal<br />
key industries.”<br />
With the state of emergency<br />
came new and stringent regulations<br />
and, over time, Norris and<br />
his colleagues found these were<br />
beginning to take a toll.<br />
“It was illegal, for instance,<br />
for a mother to feed her (striking)<br />
son. One would think that<br />
would be impossible but it<br />
wasn’t. The law stated that you<br />
weren’t allowed to,” Norris said.<br />
The police also had wide powers<br />
to stop and search people.<br />
Norris recalled on one occasion<br />
a man was jailed for several<br />
weeks after he objected to having<br />
his belongings searched.<br />
But the most challenging<br />
regulation for the Norris<br />
Former wharfie and historian Baden Norris in 2017 and on the Lyttelton waterfront<br />
in the 1950s.<br />
PHOTO: KATY GOSSET/RNZ<br />
family was an inability to travel<br />
while their daughter lay sick in<br />
hospital.<br />
“We weren't allowed to leave<br />
the port – that was the darkest<br />
moment, when you couldn't<br />
even do what any child should<br />
expect, her parents coming in<br />
as visitors.”<br />
Fortunately, an aunt gave<br />
them money to take the train<br />
to visit their daughter and she<br />
made a full recovery.<br />
‘Tough times’<br />
Still, day-to-day living was<br />
hard. The family kept fowls and<br />
luckily they laid every day.<br />
“I also had a good crop of potatoes<br />
so we largely survived on<br />
eggs and chips,” Norris said.<br />
Meanwhile, the watersiders<br />
still met regularly to organise<br />
food distribution. Some farmers<br />
offered them crops in return for<br />
unpaid work in their paddocks.<br />
The workers also had teams of<br />
slaughtermen who distributed<br />
meat to affected families.<br />
About 8000 watersiders were<br />
out of work around the country<br />
but 4000 more were miners,<br />
freezing workers, drivers and<br />
other workers who had gone out<br />
in sympathy with them.<br />
Norris said any spare food was<br />
taken over to the West Coast in<br />
the “dead of night” to share with<br />
the miners. The watersiders then<br />
brought back coal for elderly<br />
members of their community.<br />
A town divided<br />
And yet the hardest part was<br />
being cut off from their own<br />
communities.<br />
The dispute meant goods<br />
weren’t being unloaded from<br />
the ports as quickly, leading to<br />
shortages for both shops and<br />
households.<br />
The emergency regulations<br />
imposed by the Government had<br />
also effectively gagged the media<br />
so the waterfront workers' side of<br />
the story wasn’t being told.<br />
“Nothing was to be printed that<br />
supported the watersiders at all<br />
and the newspapers took it like a<br />
lamb,” Norris said.<br />
“One might have thought they<br />
would object to the fact that their<br />
media’s being interfered with,<br />
but they didn’t.”<br />
Norris said the impact of this<br />
one-sided reporting split the<br />
town “right down the middle”.<br />
And he believes that rancour<br />
lingers on in the township.<br />
“It’s still there in Lyttelton. You<br />
hear a lot of people talking about<br />
someone and they’ll say ‘oh,<br />
yeah, but his father scabbed.”<br />
A return to work<br />
In the end, in mid-July, worn<br />
down, the men gave in and<br />
returned to work on the Government’s<br />
terms.<br />
But Norris says many workers,<br />
in particular, the many returned<br />
servicemen on the waterfront,<br />
struggled to move on.<br />
“A lot of men thought that<br />
they’ve done their duty but they<br />
were branded by the Government<br />
as enemies of the state.<br />
That’s what saddened me.”<br />
Norris admits he has also struggled<br />
to get over it.<br />
“A lot of people say ‘Get a life,<br />
forget all about that’, but I can’t<br />
forget it. I’d like to be able to but,<br />
deep in my head, I’m still bitter.”<br />
But, as he looks back, he has<br />
put the experience in some<br />
context.<br />
“It’s a bit like war. It’s the most<br />
exciting period of your life if<br />
you happen to be unfortunate<br />
enough to participate in it but I’d<br />
never recommend it to anyone.”
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NEWS <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News, <strong>February</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2026</strong> | 5<br />
Fishing inside marine reserves at record high<br />
BY KEES CHALMERS<br />
‘Stop taking from our reserves’<br />
is the message from Pohatu<br />
Penguins conservationist Jessica<br />
Helps after a group was caught<br />
taking crayfish from Flea <strong>Bay</strong>.<br />
Helps was going to work<br />
on Friday morning when she<br />
spotted a boat in the middle of<br />
the bay.<br />
Surveillance footage showed<br />
the boat was<br />
occupied by two<br />
men, a teenager<br />
and two children.<br />
The footage<br />
was sent to the<br />
Department of<br />
Conservation.<br />
Pohatu Nature<br />
and Sea Kayaking<br />
lead guide<br />
Benoit Navarron<br />
confronted the group and<br />
told them they were inside a<br />
Jessica Helps<br />
marine reserve. They left shortly<br />
afterwards.<br />
Helps said the group arrived<br />
after 8am and left about 10am.<br />
Flea <strong>Bay</strong> is one of two marine<br />
reserves on Banks Peninsula,<br />
the other being at the mouth of<br />
Akaroa <strong>Harbour</strong>.<br />
Despite laws prohibiting<br />
fishing in marine reserves and<br />
numerous signs reinforcing<br />
the message, Helps said some<br />
fishermen continue to flout the<br />
rules, and the problem is getting<br />
worse.<br />
“Everyone just seems to be<br />
either oblivious, ignorant or<br />
deliberately breaking the rules<br />
because they think no one will<br />
catch them,” she said.<br />
There have been 16 alleged offences in Banks Peninsula marine reserves since<br />
July, the equal most in a financial year since 2017/18.<br />
“It is becoming a real<br />
problem.”<br />
DOC marine reserve ranger<br />
Tom MacTavish said illegal<br />
fishing numbers were the worst<br />
he has seen in his 10 years in the<br />
role.<br />
Friday’s incident was the<br />
16th alleged offence in Banks<br />
Peninsula marine reserves<br />
since July 2025, the start of the<br />
financial year. Seven have been<br />
confirmed, with nine still under<br />
investigation by DOC.<br />
That figure already equals<br />
the highest number of alleged<br />
offences recorded in a single<br />
year over the past decade – in<br />
2017/18 – with four months still<br />
remaining.<br />
MacTavish said he was unsure<br />
what was driving the spike in<br />
infringements.<br />
“We can’t<br />
expect, as a<br />
society, to get the<br />
benefits from<br />
those places if we<br />
can’t make them<br />
free of fishing. We<br />
feel there’s no real<br />
excuse,” he said. Tom MacTavish<br />
MacTavish<br />
recommended the MarineMate<br />
app, which allows users to see<br />
their position on the water in<br />
relation to protected areas.<br />
Helps said rule-breakers often<br />
target the reserves early in the<br />
morning or late in the afternoon.<br />
She believes this is to avoid DOC<br />
patrols.<br />
But surveillance cameras are<br />
positioned high above the bay<br />
and aimed toward the<br />
reserve.<br />
DOC carries out between 15<br />
and 30 rostered marine reserve<br />
patrols each year, in addition to<br />
other monitoring work.<br />
Funding restrictions prevent<br />
the agency from having staff<br />
permanently on the water,<br />
meaning responsibility often<br />
falls on the Pohatu team to<br />
provide footage of suspected<br />
infringements to DOC, which<br />
then decides whether fines are<br />
issued.<br />
Helps said those responsible<br />
are typically visitors from<br />
Christchurch rather than Banks<br />
Peninsula residents.<br />
During public holidays, she<br />
said, it is almost guaranteed<br />
people will be found fishing in<br />
the reserves, particularly when<br />
conditions are calm.<br />
“There’s so many places you<br />
can fish and gather, just don’t do<br />
it in a marine reserve,” she said.<br />
Helps said the marine reserves<br />
are safeguarding the future of<br />
sea life.<br />
“We have to have places where<br />
you can’t take so that certain<br />
species will continue to exist,”<br />
she said.<br />
“Without these places set aside,<br />
will we have anything left?”<br />
MacTavish said DOC is<br />
looking into establishing live<br />
feed cameras and buoys in key<br />
locations, reminding people the<br />
area is a marine reserve.<br />
DOC will also support the<br />
development of a community<br />
network to help provide<br />
information and evidence of<br />
offences.<br />
Two crashes at<br />
same corner<br />
The Governors <strong>Bay</strong> Volunteer<br />
Fire Brigade responded to two<br />
crashes on the same corner<br />
over the past week. The first<br />
was last Wednesday, a car<br />
crashed into the side of a heavy<br />
transport truck as it came around<br />
a corner on Governors <strong>Bay</strong> Rd.<br />
The brigade was called back to<br />
the same corner about 1am on<br />
Saturday after a car missed the<br />
turn and ended up in a ditch.<br />
The driver was uninjured, while<br />
the passenger sustained minor<br />
injuries. Both occupants had<br />
exited the vehicle by the time the<br />
brigade arrived and were taken to<br />
Christchurch Hospital by police<br />
for a precautionary medical<br />
check.<br />
Clock restoration<br />
nearly complete<br />
The historic Scarborough Clock<br />
Tower is expected to be operating<br />
again within the next month. City<br />
council head of parks Rupert<br />
Bool said the issue has been<br />
narrowed down to a small bearing<br />
causing the clock to slow or stop.<br />
A replacement bearing is being<br />
manufactured and will be installed<br />
once completed. The clock’s<br />
coastal location has caused<br />
significant corrosion, resulting in<br />
a series of mechanical problems<br />
over the past six months. Bool<br />
said the contractor has had to<br />
handcraft several replacement<br />
parts that are no longer available,<br />
contributing to delays in the<br />
restoration.<br />
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Post office legacy<br />
comes full circle<br />
for Jamieson<br />
BY KEES CHALMERS<br />
Bill Jamieson was the Sumner<br />
Post Office postmaster during the<br />
1950s and 1960s.<br />
Before that, he had worked as<br />
a telegraphist during World War<br />
II, sending and receiving Morse<br />
code messages – ideal training<br />
for a career with the Post Office.<br />
He became the Morse code specialist<br />
before being promoted to<br />
postmaster.<br />
Now, another Jamieson is in<br />
residence at the Nayland St post<br />
office – Bill Jamieson’s greatgrandson,<br />
William Jamieson.<br />
William, 22, is the manager of<br />
Sumner Post Office, now a popular<br />
bar and cafe which opened in<br />
December 2024.<br />
The post office was built in 1907<br />
serving the suburbs between<br />
Heathcote and Taylors Mistake<br />
until it closed in 1991 and became<br />
a GP’s rooms.<br />
Sumner couple Courtney Doig<br />
and Chris Lumsden bought the<br />
building about four years ago<br />
and opened it as a bar and eatery.<br />
They named it Sumner Post Office<br />
to pay homage to the site’s history.<br />
William took on the role in<br />
November, initially oblivious to<br />
the building’s significance to his<br />
own family.<br />
“It wasn’t until around<br />
Christmas and dad brought it<br />
(the new job) up to nana. She<br />
mentioned her husband Mac’s<br />
father had worked there,” he<br />
said.<br />
“We got talking and it turned<br />
out he was the Morse code<br />
specialist and postmaster there,<br />
it was pretty funny.”<br />
William said his mother,<br />
Tisha Bradley, who grew up<br />
in Sumner, loves visiting and<br />
remembering how the room<br />
was laid out when it was a post<br />
office.<br />
“Quite often we’ll actually get<br />
people come in and they want<br />
to see the old safe or they’ll<br />
tell us ‘I remember where the<br />
deposits were’,” he said.<br />
William grew up in Sumner<br />
but moved to New Brighton<br />
when he was 18. He had been<br />
managing a burger restaurant,<br />
a role he felt stagnant in, when<br />
the Post Office job came up.<br />
“I’d been wanting to make it<br />
back to the village for a job for<br />
a while so it was good timing.<br />
“It’s cool seeing all the locals<br />
again. It’s nice running the<br />
place and pushing it to the best<br />
it can be.”<br />
Old photos of the village are<br />
hung around the walls of the<br />
William Jamieson outside the Sumner Post Office, currently under his management more than 70 years after his great<br />
grandfather was postmaster in the same building.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
venue and William is currently<br />
trying to track down a photo of<br />
his great grandfather to put up<br />
as well.<br />
"We’re trying to bring that<br />
history back and make it a<br />
gathering spot,” he said.<br />
William is also an accomplished<br />
athlete, representing<br />
New Zealand in surfing and<br />
water polo and winning multiple<br />
national titles in surf life<br />
saving.<br />
He founded Sumner surfing<br />
festival, the Tuawera Longboard<br />
Classic with Charlie Wise<br />
and Jack Tyro. The festival has<br />
been running for the past five<br />
years.<br />
The post office was built in 1907 serving the suburbs between Heathcote and<br />
Taylors Mistake until it closed in 1991 and became a GP’s rooms.<br />
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KEES CHALMERS<br />
Te Pataka o Rakaihautu Banks<br />
Peninsula Community Board<br />
deputy chair Nigel Harrison<br />
died last Monday aged 72.<br />
Harrison, who died at the<br />
Camelot Motel, was the Akaroa<br />
subdivision board member and<br />
was serving his third term.<br />
A funeral service for Harrison<br />
will be held at the Gaiety Hall,<br />
Akaroa, tomorrow at 11.30am,<br />
followed by tea and coffee.<br />
Harrison was born and raised<br />
in Akaroa. He returned after<br />
40 years working in the printing<br />
industry, 15 as<br />
South Island manager<br />
at Amcor<br />
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He was involved<br />
in community<br />
organisations,<br />
particularly the<br />
Akaroa Museum,<br />
where he would<br />
often welcome Nigel Harrison<br />
visitors at the<br />
front desk. He was also on the<br />
Friends of Akaroa Museum and<br />
Akaroa Museum Advisory committees.<br />
City council staff will<br />
provide information about a byelection<br />
to replace him on the<br />
board later this month. A new<br />
deputy chair will be elected by<br />
the board.<br />
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Former pupils and teachers<br />
gather to remember schools<br />
Former St Joseph’s pupils and partners Michael and Philippa Toomey, Mary Anne<br />
Jackson and Marama and John McKenna at the Lyttelton Schools Reunion.<br />
KEES CHALMERS<br />
The legacy of four schools were<br />
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former teachers, pupils and<br />
families at the Lyttelton schools<br />
reunion.<br />
The celebration of Lyttelton<br />
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SPORT<br />
Heathcote<br />
misses out<br />
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BY KEES CHALMERS<br />
Heathcote has been eliminated<br />
from finals contention in the<br />
metro premiership one-day competition<br />
after a 66-run loss to St<br />
Albans on Saturday.<br />
The defeat leaves Heathcote in<br />
sixth, unable to reach a top-four<br />
spot.<br />
“It’s gutting. If you don’t win<br />
those games you’re not going to<br />
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player-coach Tyler Lortan.<br />
“Unfortunately we’ve just been<br />
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whole one day comp.”<br />
St Albans batted first, posting<br />
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Matthias Paltridge (52) and middle-order<br />
batter Nick Tapper (66).<br />
Leg spinner Philippe Boissevain<br />
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Early wickets left Heathcote’s<br />
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Lortan and Jackson Garry consolidated<br />
and put on a 63 run<br />
partnership, but regular dismissals<br />
saw them all out for 190.<br />
The player-coach top scored<br />
with 45 off 68 balls.<br />
Heathcote will face Sydenham<br />
in the final round-robin oneday<br />
match, before the two-day<br />
competition resumes. They<br />
currently sit fourth on the twoday<br />
ladder, unbeaten through the<br />
first four matches.<br />
Stars align for pavilion fundraiser<br />
Team Rugby came out victorious in the Rugby v Cricket T20 Smash. Captain Robbie Deans looked handy with the ball while<br />
Kieran Read, right, showed his intentions early, hitting the first ball of Team Rugby’s innings for six.<br />
<strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News reporter Kees Chalmers returns to the pavilion after scoring 0 from 0 balls. Right, supporters enjoying the<br />
day of cricket in the Scarborough Lounge.<br />
PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
The stars were out at St<br />
Leonard’s Park on Thursday<br />
for the Rugby v Cricket T20<br />
Smash, a celebrity cricket<br />
match to launch the fundraising<br />
campaign for the Sumner<br />
pavilion rebuild.<br />
Campaign lead Amy Carter<br />
said abut 1000 people attended<br />
throughout the day, raising an<br />
estimated $20,000 to $25,000<br />
through ticket sales and entry<br />
donations.<br />
The clash saw Team Rugby,<br />
captained by Canterbury legend<br />
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Andy Ellis and Willie Heinz.<br />
Team Rugby claimed the Des<br />
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final-over finish.<br />
Support squad stars included<br />
former All Blacks manager Darren<br />
Shand, Olympic swimmer<br />
Anna Simcic, former Crusader<br />
Adam Whitelock, netball great<br />
Lesley Rumball and former Canterbury<br />
cricketer Leighton Burtt,<br />
while former White Fern Lesley<br />
Murdoch and broadcaster Jason<br />
Gunn provided commentary.<br />
Demolition of the existing<br />
pavilion and construction of a<br />
new facility is expected to cost<br />
about $3 million.<br />
The new pavilion will include<br />
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NEW LISTING<br />
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Adam Whitelock 027 408 3424<br />
adam.whitelock@bayleys.co.nz<br />
Sara Ashcroft 021 359 864<br />
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builder’s own residence, this substantial home<br />
is positioned on a generous 703 sqm site (more<br />
or less) and showcases exceptional attention to<br />
detail, craftsmanship and enduring quality.<br />
Large wooden double doors open to a striking<br />
entrance, where a butterfly roof line, celestial<br />
windows and a textured woven timber ceiling<br />
create immediate impact. A split level layout<br />
delivers light filled interiors, enhanced by warm<br />
timber flooring & bespoke wrought iron detailing.<br />
The layout of the home includes four bedrooms<br />
and three bathrooms, of note is the lowerlevel<br />
accommodation with a private courtyard<br />
and external access. This space is well<br />
configured for extended family, guests,<br />
teenagers or work from home flexibility.<br />
The main living areas include an open plan<br />
kitchen and dining space, a dedicated wine<br />
room, and seamless connection to three private<br />
courtyards, creating excellent indoor-outdoor<br />
flow for entertaining across the seasons.<br />
The landscaped, award winning gardens are<br />
thoughtfully established with a mix of native<br />
plantings, succulents and flowering bulbs,<br />
alongside raised vegetable plots and some flat<br />
lawn for the little ones or pets. The setting is<br />
private, sunny and exceptionally well maintained.<br />
A double garage with workshop, generous<br />
storage and rear access to an additional<br />
parking bay provides practical space for the<br />
likes of a trailer or watercraft. An additional<br />
utility room under the house offers functional<br />
workshop and storage space.<br />
After 23 years of happy ownership, and with the<br />
time now right to downsize, this warm and<br />
welcoming home is ready to be passed to its next<br />
guardian. Secure this exceptional residence<br />
and make these panoramic views your own!<br />
Rod Cross<br />
M. 021 763 763<br />
Kathryn Cross<br />
M. 021 708 371<br />
NZ Sotheby’s International Realty<br />
P. 03 364 5555<br />
Licensed Agent REAA 2008)<br />
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Term 1 Registrations Open<br />
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Sumner Community<br />
Centre upstairs<br />
Start Date:<br />
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every Thursday and Friday<br />
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Ray White Ferrymead<br />
Lyttelton & <strong>Bay</strong>s<br />
Phone (03) 384 4179 | Email prier.manson@raywhite.com<br />
rwferrymead.co.nz /RayWhiteFerrymead @raywhiteferrymead<br />
Prier Manson Ltd. (Licensed REAA 2008)<br />
23-24
COASTAL AUCTION SERIES<br />
THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY FROM 5PM<br />
Architectural Precision with a Coastal Ease<br />
22 Drayton Drive, Mount Pleasant<br />
4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 living, 2 car garaging<br />
Positioned mid-slope in sought-after Mount Pleasant, this executive hillside<br />
residence captures sweeping estuary and ocean views across the coastline,<br />
bringing light, outlook and a strong sense of perspective into daily life.<br />
Architecturally designed and completed in 2019 this stunning home<br />
reflects considered planning, refined family living and sleek contemporary<br />
styling, with strong design merit evident throughout.<br />
Clad in a warm combination of cedar and plaster, the home presents a<br />
confident modern profile that sits naturally within its elevated setting.<br />
Inside, a bespoke Palazzo kitchen reflects European design influence, with<br />
integrated appliances, gas cooktop and a layout that connects seamlessly<br />
to open-plan living and entertaining spaces including a spacious deck with<br />
built in seating.<br />
Four bedrooms and two bathrooms are arranged across two levels,<br />
offering flexibility for family living, guests or work-from-home options.<br />
The primary suite includes a walk-in wardrobe and ensuite, while the<br />
family bathroom continues the home’s commitment to quality with a tiled<br />
shower and freestanding bath.<br />
Three living areas provide excellent separation for everyday living and<br />
entertaining, supported by underfloor heating to the lower level, the split<br />
level main lounge features a gas fire and bench seat to soak up the sun<br />
and serene outlook from its north-east orientation that enhances natural<br />
warmth and sunlight throughout the home.<br />
Open Homes: Wednesday 1.00-1.30pm, Saturday & Sunday 11.00-11.30am<br />
COASTAL AUCTION SERIES<br />
Auction: Coastal Auction Series, Thursday 26 <strong>February</strong> <strong>2026</strong> from 5.00pm,<br />
Sumner Surf Life Saving Club (Unless sold prior)<br />
www.rwferrymead.co.nz/OPA32005<br />
The Standevens<br />
M. 0274 304 691<br />
E. thestandevens@raywhite.com<br />
Cherished for Generations,<br />
Perfectly Positioned<br />
24 <strong>Bay</strong> View Road, Redcliffs<br />
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 living, 2 car garaging<br />
This cherished family home of over 50 years is positioned right in the<br />
heart of tightly held Moncks <strong>Bay</strong> and enjoys a setting defined by coastal<br />
connection, village convenience and enduring appeal. Just moments from<br />
the coastal pathway and within easy reach of Redcliffs and Sumner villages,<br />
the home is also well positioned for the highly regarded Redcliffs School,<br />
reinforcing its long-term family credentials. Sun-filled open-plan living<br />
forms the heart of the home, where a light and bright kitchen anchors the<br />
space with clean lines, and a lovely bay window overlooks the picturesque<br />
garden. The kitchen flows seamlessly to the spacious outdoors creating<br />
a welcoming environment for everyday family life and entertaining. The<br />
spacious upstairs living provides a perfect space for large family gatherings,<br />
extra room for guests or as a perfect teenage retreat. It opens to a westfacing<br />
balcony, offering a relaxed vantage point to unwind, enjoy evening<br />
light and the lovely outlook. Accommodation is well considered, with three<br />
generous bedrooms supported by two bathrooms, including a private<br />
primary suite with its own ensuite. The layout balances connection and<br />
privacy, making it equally well suited to families, guests or those seeking<br />
additional flexibility.Renovated and extended over time, the home blends<br />
modern comfort with character and functionality, delivering a family<br />
residence that feels settled, welcoming and well attuned to its coastal<br />
setting. In a location where homes are tightly held and lifestyle is highly<br />
prized, this Moncks <strong>Bay</strong> offering presents a compelling opportunity.<br />
Open Homes: Wednesday <strong>12</strong>.00-<strong>12</strong>.30pm, Saturday & Sunday 3.00-3.30pm<br />
COASTAL AUCTION SERIES<br />
Auction: Coastal Auction Series, Thursday 26 <strong>February</strong> <strong>2026</strong> from 5.00pm,<br />
Sumner Surf Life Saving Club (Unless sold prior)<br />
www.rwferrymead.co.nz/OPA32342<br />
The Standevens<br />
M. 0274 304 691<br />
E. thestandevens@raywhite.com<br />
Ray White Ferrymead | rwferrymead.co.nz | 03 384 4179 | prier.manson@raywhite.com | Prier Manson Limited Licensed REAA 2008
COASTAL AUCTION SERIES<br />
THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY FROM 5PM<br />
Big Views, Flat Lawn,<br />
Brilliant Family Living<br />
78 Glenstrae Road, Redcliffs<br />
4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 living, 2 car garaging<br />
Set mid-slope on the Redcliffs hillside, this beautifully presented family<br />
home enjoys an elevated position with sweeping estuary views extending<br />
across the ocean. Positioned for optimal sun, natural shelter and a<br />
generous, private landholding create a setting that feels both open and<br />
protected, enhancing everyday living and outdoor enjoyment. Designed<br />
with modern family life in mind, the home centres around a spacious<br />
open-plan kitchen, dining and living area. The contemporary kitchen<br />
offers generous bench space, quality appliances and a well-appointed<br />
butler’s pantry with additional sink, making it ideal for both daily routines<br />
and entertaining. A separate upstairs lounge adds flexibility, whether<br />
for quieter living, a teenage retreat or a practical work-from-home<br />
space. Accommodation is thoughtfully configured with four generous<br />
bedrooms and three bathrooms, including two ensuites, allowing comfort<br />
and privacy for families, guests or multigenerational living. The layout<br />
balances connection and separation with ease, ensuring the home adapts<br />
effortlessly over time. Recent extensive internal and external upgrades<br />
to current codes provide peace of mind alongside modern presentation,<br />
including recladding in lightweight concrete panels on a cavity system<br />
and new aluminium joinery with extensive thermally broken Low-E<br />
double glazing. Our owners have cherished this family home, but a move<br />
north now presents a compelling opportunity to secure a refined coastal<br />
residence of scale, comfort and enduring appeal.<br />
Open Homes: Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday <strong>12</strong>.00-<strong>12</strong>.30pm<br />
COASTAL AUCTION SERIES<br />
Auction: Coastal Auction Series, Thursday 26 <strong>February</strong> <strong>2026</strong> from 5.00pm,<br />
Sumner Surf Life Saving Club (Unless sold prior)<br />
www.rwferrymead.co.nz/OPA31322<br />
The Standevens<br />
M. 0274 304 691<br />
E. thestandevens@raywhite.com<br />
Family Chic on the Right Street<br />
40 Celia Street, Redcliffs<br />
5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 living<br />
Positioned in the heart of sought-after Redcliffs, this beautifully<br />
renovated coastal residence captures the ease and refinement that define<br />
bays living, balancing interior styling with the relaxed character of this<br />
established seaside setting.<br />
At the centre of the home, the kitchen and living environment form a true<br />
design focal point. The statement kitchen, defined by sleek cabinetry,<br />
generous bench space and a substantial island, anchors the open-plan<br />
living and dining zones, creating a natural gathering place for both<br />
everyday family life and entertaining. Large openings draw natural light<br />
deep into the living spaces while strengthening the connection to outdoor<br />
living and garden surrounds.<br />
Upstairs, the primary bedroom is positioned as a private retreat, complete<br />
with a well-appointed ensuite and Juliette balcony, where views of the<br />
surrounding treetops and hillside can be enjoyed. Two additional<br />
bedrooms provide flexibility for family living and guests.<br />
There are two further bedrooms on the ground floor, one with an<br />
adjoining bath making it perfect for additional guests, aging parents or<br />
teenagers. While a separate living space offers versatility with french<br />
doors out to its own courtyard providing a work-from-home zone, media<br />
room or additional accommodation if required.<br />
With our owner becoming an empty nester it’s time for a new family to<br />
come make this their home.<br />
Open Homes: Wednesday 1.00-1.30pm, Saturday & Sunday 3.00-3.30pm<br />
COASTAL AUCTION SERIES<br />
Auction: Coastal Auction Series, Thursday 26 <strong>February</strong> <strong>2026</strong> from 5.00pm,<br />
Sumner Surf Life Saving Club (Unless sold prior)<br />
www.rwferrymead.co.nz/OPA32447<br />
The Standevens<br />
M. 0274 304 691<br />
E. thestandevens@raywhite.com<br />
Ray White Ferrymead | rwferrymead.co.nz | 03 384 4179 | prier.manson@raywhite.com | Prier Manson Limited Licensed REAA 2008
OTHER COASTAL OPPORTUNITIES<br />
Extraordinary Development Opportunity!<br />
44 Hawkhurst Road, Lyttelton<br />
2,072m 2 (more or less)<br />
Superbly positioned to retreat from the busy township and Port<br />
whilst just a short walk to enjoy all this funky township has to offer!<br />
Resource consent has been issued for a two lot subdivision along with<br />
consented build plans.<br />
Our vendor’s change of circumstances presents this fabulous<br />
opportunity to purchase. Subdivide and develop, build one, sell the rest<br />
or build your dream home on one extra large lot!<br />
Seldom does such an opportunity present itself.<br />
Situated amongst this sought after valley surrounded by stunning<br />
outlooks to ocean, harbour bays, night lights and surrounding<br />
‘retreat like’ hill and bush landscapes.<br />
Our vendors seriously seek a sale on or before deadline!<br />
Do not delay, opportunities like this are few and far between.<br />
Contact Pip today for the full information pack or site access:<br />
Site Open for Viewing: Saturday & Sunday 2.30 - 2.50pm<br />
Deadline Sale: 4.00pm, Friday 20 <strong>February</strong> <strong>2026</strong> (unless sold prior)<br />
www.rwferrymead.co.nz/OPA32324<br />
Pip Sutton<br />
M. 027 224 9524<br />
E. pip.sutton@raywhite.com<br />
WANT TO WORK<br />
BY THE WAVES?<br />
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