11.03.2026 Views

Pegasus Post: March 12, 2026

  • No tags were found...

Transform your PDFs into Flipbooks and boost your revenue!

Leverage SEO-optimized Flipbooks, powerful backlinks, and multimedia content to professionally showcase your products and significantly increase your reach.

FOR LOCAL ADVERTISING<br />

Jenny Wright<br />

Ph: 021 220 3484<br />

jenny@alliedmedia.co.nz<br />

Crusaders<br />

The Star, January 23, 2025<br />

weave giant<br />

starnews.co.nz<br />

panels for<br />

The Star, January 23, 2025<br />

starnews.co.nz<br />

at-risk youth<br />

The Star, January 23, 2025<br />

starnews.co.nz<br />

BY GEOFF SLOAN<br />

Two 8m-tall artworks which<br />

the Crusaders helped to weave<br />

have been hung on the walls at<br />

The Star, Youth January Hub 23, Christchurch.<br />

2025<br />

David Havili, Sevu Reece,<br />

Will Jordan, Scott Barrett,<br />

Codie Taylor and Tamaiti<br />

Williams were among the<br />

volunteers who helped<br />

handweave the giant panels.<br />

The artworks were placed in<br />

atrium of the Salisbury St hub,<br />

which provides health, housing<br />

and social services for<br />

at-risk people aged 10-25.<br />

The Crusaders joined volunteers<br />

from businesses,<br />

retirement villages and<br />

churches to create the traditional<br />

woven panels<br />

(tukutuku) using cross-stitches<br />

to show the land, berries,<br />

plants, birds and water.<br />

Inspired by traditional Māori<br />

patterns, they represent a<br />

young person’s development.<br />

Youth Hub Trust chair Dame<br />

Sue Bagshaw said the artworks<br />

were a community project.<br />

“We wanted our supporters<br />

to be able to leave a real mark<br />

on the building.<br />

“The care and pride people<br />

put into weaving these panels<br />

has been incredibly humbling<br />

and seeing them finally<br />

installed in the atrium was a<br />

very special moment for us.”<br />

Sevu Reece, Will Jordan and Scott Barrett hand-weaving one of the panels.<br />

Right – Dame Sue Bagshaw and Jordan in front of one of the completed panels<br />

at Youth Hub Christchurch.<br />

The panels symbolise the<br />

journey of learning, growth,<br />

and achievement (poutama)<br />

young people take at the hub.<br />

“The poutama design speaks<br />

about striving and growth –<br />

climbing the steps towards<br />

your potential,” Bagshaw said.<br />

Fundraising to complete the<br />

hub’s second wing of supported<br />

housing and communal<br />

spaces, including a café, is<br />

continuing.<br />

The hub’s 22 bedrooms<br />

house more than 50 young<br />

people and have been fully<br />

occupied since they opened in<br />

February last year.<br />

starnews.co.nz<br />

72 Brighton Mall, New Brighton<br />

Phone: 03 388 1809<br />

www.paperplus.co.nz<br />

Locally owned. Friendly people. Great advice.<br />

The Lions Club of<br />

New Brighton<br />

Your local Lions Club will be selling<br />

Pea Straw and Compost<br />

Saturday 28 <strong>March</strong> 9am to 1pm<br />

104 Brighton Mall, New Brighton<br />

• $13 per bale of pea straw<br />

• $10 per 30 litre bag of<br />

compost<br />

• Free delivery<br />

To place an order please contact:<br />

Neil ph 021 1697 293 • Email: 202e.gst@lionsclubs.org.nz<br />

FLOORING<br />

Made Simple<br />

• Carpet, Vinyl, Mats & Mat Binding<br />

• Full Laminate and Timber Supply<br />

& Installation<br />

• Short End Rolls of Vinyl & Carpet<br />

• Rugs Made to Measure<br />

Over 45 Years<br />

Experience!<br />

BEST PRICE, HONEST ADVICE, WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED!<br />

Hours: Monday to Friday 8am - 4pm<br />

Unit 3, 183 Bower Ave, North New Brighton<br />

Ph: 03 388 6643 or 027 827 3360<br />

independent@independentflooring.co.nz<br />

Join the Ambulance Membership<br />

Start your year of care today<br />

Membership benefits include:<br />

A FREE 111 emergency triage with<br />

over-the-phone medical assessments<br />

and assistance and/or<br />

A FREE emergency medical<br />

attendence if required and/or<br />

A FREE emergency transport to<br />

hospital or medical clinic if required<br />

A FREE attendance and/or transport<br />

for accident-related injuries more<br />

than 24 hours old if required.<br />

Joining is easy<br />

Simply visit stjohn.org.nz/membership<br />

or call 0800 ST JOHN (0800 785 646).<br />

Individual Membership<br />

1 person<br />

Joint Membership<br />

2 people<br />

Household Membership<br />

3–10 people<br />

Emergency ambulance<br />

fee for non Ambulance<br />

Membership members<br />

Price<br />

$70<br />

p.a.<br />

$96<br />

p.a.<br />

$115<br />

p.a.<br />

$<strong>12</strong>5<br />

per call out<br />

Prices include GST. Membership benefits do<br />

not apply retrospectively. Prices effective at<br />

November 2025 and are subject to change.<br />

Terms, conditions and exclusions apply.<br />

Please refer to stjohn.org.nz/membership-terms.


The Star, <strong>March</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2026</strong><br />

starnews.co.nz<br />

Far from home and fearing<br />

A Kurdish woman living in<br />

Christchurch fears for loved ones<br />

in Iran as violence escalates and<br />

communication lines collapse.<br />

She talks to Dylan Smits<br />

Farah keeps her phone nearby<br />

with the ringtone turned up at<br />

all hours, waiting for the rare<br />

calls that might come from her<br />

family in Iran.<br />

Using only her first name out<br />

of fear for her family’s safety,<br />

she says the calls have become<br />

even more precious as war and<br />

unrest grip the country.<br />

With an internet blackout and<br />

phone calls into Iran shut down<br />

by the regime, Farah can only<br />

learn how her family is doing<br />

when they are able to call her –<br />

and even those connections are<br />

unreliable.<br />

“I hardly have news from<br />

my relatives. My parents can<br />

call me sometimes. I know my<br />

city was bombed as well and<br />

it was very stressful for me.<br />

You know, if anyone was hurt<br />

or died. My family is okay but<br />

three civilians have been hurt<br />

unfortunately.”<br />

Her family’s calls carry risks<br />

for them, so Farah carefully<br />

avoids any political discussion<br />

on the phone in case authorities<br />

are monitoring.<br />

“Sometimes my parents call<br />

me at 1am and I just want to<br />

make sure I am able to pick the<br />

phone. I am so glad my job is<br />

Farah has made a life for herself in Christchurch over the past <strong>12</strong> years but worries for her family who still live in Iran.<br />

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />

so flexible, and I’ve got amazing<br />

co-workers with me that are<br />

really understanding if I need<br />

to be on the phone.”<br />

Farah, who has lived in<br />

Christchurch since 2014, is<br />

Kurdish and says her family has<br />

long experienced oppression<br />

under the Iranian regime.<br />

Kurds make up about 10%<br />

of Iran’s population and are<br />

often targeted by authorities<br />

“I was happy but I<br />

wanted to cry at the<br />

same time. It was<br />

hard for me to believe.<br />

He was exactly like<br />

a dragon to his own<br />

people, and the dragon<br />

had to go.”<br />

Farah, after learning of the<br />

death of Iran’s Supreme<br />

Leader Ayatollah Ali<br />

Khamenei<br />

for political and cultural<br />

repression.<br />

Her distrust of the government<br />

hardened when she was a<br />

teenager after her older brother<br />

was imprisoned and tortured.<br />

He had travelled to Turkey as<br />

a young man and began military<br />

training with the Kurdistan<br />

Workers’ Party, commonly<br />

known as the PKK.<br />

The PKK is a controversial<br />

guerrilla group fighting for an<br />

independent Kurdistan and is<br />

considered a terrorist organisation<br />

by Iran, Turkey, Australia,<br />

the European Union, the United<br />

States, and New Zealand.<br />

“He did not do any fighting,<br />

just training, but when he<br />

returned they put him in jail for<br />

several weeks.<br />

Something<br />

fresh is coming<br />

to this year’s<br />

course ...<br />

Canterbury, it’s time to lace up.<br />

SUNDAY 15 MARCH <strong>2026</strong><br />

Restoring your confidence through your smile<br />

Full service Denture Clinic<br />

and Laboratory<br />

Caldent Denture Cleaner<br />

Free Consultation<br />

No Obligation<br />

Ph: 385 5517 + 396 Innes Road, St Albans<br />

Ph: 327 0077 + <strong>12</strong>3 Williams St, Kaiapoi<br />

admin@denturesplus.co.nz<br />

+ denturesplus.co.nz<br />

PREMIUM<br />

TYRES & AUTO<br />

• New & secondhand tyres<br />

New tyres from $105, Secondhand tyres from $40<br />

FREE fitting & balancing on all tyres sold by us<br />

• Vehicle servicing from $150<br />

• Punctures only $40 for most vehicles<br />

• Brake pads from only $160 fitted<br />

• WOFs • Oil Changes • Alignments<br />

222 LINWOOD AVE<br />

(Beside Burger King)<br />

Phone: (03) 380 5020<br />

or mob: 027 364 1990<br />

MON - FRI 8am - 5pm<br />

SAT 9am - 2pm<br />

GO THERE!!


starnews.co.nz The Star, <strong>March</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2026</strong><br />

for the safety of her family<br />

“He came out with scars and<br />

they burnt his body in many<br />

different places, and he was<br />

hanged upside down. He was<br />

hurt a lot. It was a deep punishment<br />

to make sure he’d never<br />

forget,” Farah said.<br />

In what was the toughest time<br />

for the family, Farah’s father<br />

begged local authorities not to<br />

execute his son, pleading he<br />

had been a naive young man<br />

who did not know any better.<br />

Seeing the effects of torture<br />

on her brother shaped Farah’s<br />

views of the regime.<br />

Like many other Kurds in<br />

Iran, Turkey, Syria and Iraq,<br />

Farah dreams of an independent,<br />

democratic Kurdish state.<br />

Despite the uncertainty<br />

of what comes next in Iran,<br />

she feels a sense of hope for<br />

her people after the death of<br />

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali<br />

Khamenei in a US-Israeli strike.<br />

“It was like a very mixed<br />

emotion. I still remember I was<br />

happy but I wanted to cry at the<br />

same time. It was hard for me<br />

to believe. He was exactly like a<br />

dragon to his own people, and<br />

the dragon had to go.”<br />

But the violence has also<br />

come at a heavy cost.<br />

The bombing campaigns have<br />

struck close to home, with civilians<br />

injured in the city where<br />

Farah grew up.<br />

Several weeks ago, during<br />

the crackdown on anti-government<br />

protests, her best friend’s<br />

brother was shot dead by<br />

Smoke rises over Iran’s capital Tehran as US and Israeli aircraft continue to pound the city.<br />

security forces – among an estimated<br />

more than 30,000 killed.<br />

“He was only doing Kurdish<br />

dance in the street, just seeking<br />

freedom. He had a little son,<br />

a very beautiful family, a very<br />

happy life.”<br />

Farah left Iran to escape the<br />

restrictive laws woman face<br />

such as enforced hijab (the<br />

headscarf worn by many Muslim<br />

women), and for better job<br />

opportunities which are not<br />

always available to the Kurdish<br />

minority.<br />

Although her parents are<br />

against enforced hijab, she<br />

remembers they always made<br />

PHOTOS: GETTY<br />

sure she wore it in public, otherwise<br />

she could have been<br />

questioned by police or even<br />

arrested.<br />

“Being Kurdish, we don’t<br />

wear hijab at home or in our<br />

culture, but we always had<br />

to wear it and cover up when<br />

on the street, at schools or<br />

Kurdish women at a rally in Paris<br />

celebrate the death of Iran’s Supreme<br />

Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and senior<br />

Iranian officials in Israeli-American<br />

airstrikes.<br />

at universities. It makes you<br />

unhappy as a girl. You want to<br />

live freely.”<br />

Moving to Christchurch was,<br />

she says, a breath of fresh air.<br />

She started out studying mathematics<br />

and physics, and is now<br />

a New Zealand citizen.<br />

“One of the first places I saw<br />

was Hagley Park and the lovely<br />

scenery there. Christchurch<br />

actually reminds me a bit of<br />

home because of the Port Hills<br />

and the type of buildings.”<br />

The early years were lonely.<br />

“I had no choice but to adjust.<br />

Kiwis have always been amazing<br />

to me, very open-minded<br />

people.<br />

“I honestly don’t have a single<br />

bad experience of living in New<br />

Zealand and I had been paid<br />

back for working very hard for<br />

Kiwis.”<br />

Join the<br />

Parklands Team!<br />

Ready for your next big move in real estate?<br />

We’re looking for an experienced, motivated<br />

salesperson to join our team at Parklands.<br />

Andrew Swift - Sales Consultant & Shareholder<br />

Give Simon Corkindale a call for a confidential chat:<br />

027 572 7433 | simon.corkindale@harcourtsgold.co.nz<br />

Scan the QR Code to learn more.<br />

LICENSED AGENT REAA 2008


The Star, <strong>March</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2026</strong><br />

starnews.co.nz<br />

Grant approval throws lifeline to historic tug<br />

BY KEES CHALMERS<br />

Mike Bruce’s dream of seeing<br />

Tug Lyttelton out on the harbour<br />

again is getting closer to being<br />

realised after a $44,000 grant<br />

was approved last week.<br />

The historic tug has been<br />

hauling ships and hosting<br />

weddings since 1907, but a<br />

broken boiler has kept it tied up<br />

at the wharf for the past twoand-a-half<br />

years. Repairs are<br />

expected to cost at least $220,000.<br />

The funding from Lotteries<br />

NZ will go towards a feasibility<br />

study to determine whether the<br />

tug can operate sustainably in<br />

the future.<br />

Bruce, the Tug Lyttelton<br />

Preservation Society president,<br />

said the study was an important<br />

step forward.<br />

“It’s an<br />

intermediary step,<br />

which is very<br />

essential to us.”<br />

The study will<br />

be carried out<br />

by Recreation,<br />

Sport, Leisure<br />

Consultancy.<br />

Bruce said the Mike Bruce<br />

timeline for its<br />

assessment is not yet known.<br />

He has been speaking with<br />

potential funders but said many<br />

were waiting for the results<br />

of a feasibility study before<br />

committing to the restoration.<br />

“Without having the feasibility<br />

study, no one would look at us,”<br />

he said.<br />

If the refit goes ahead, Bruce<br />

believes the tug could continue<br />

operating for another 50 years.<br />

Tug Lyttelton has been tied up for the past two-and-a-half years due to a broken boiler which will cost at least $220,000 to fix.<br />

He is confident the study will<br />

show the vessel can remain<br />

viable, pointing to the passing<br />

down of knowledge among<br />

current members, strong<br />

community support and plans<br />

to switch from coal to biofuel.<br />

The society currently has<br />

about $16,000 left in its account<br />

for operational costs, mostly<br />

leftover from charters during<br />

SailGP in 2024.<br />

Even while it remains tied up,<br />

the society still spends about<br />

$22,000 a year to keep the tug at<br />

the wharf, covering insurance<br />

and maritime fees.<br />

Bruce said the past 15 to 20<br />

years had been difficult for the<br />

vessel, with the earthquakes,<br />

Port Hills fires and Covid-19<br />

limiting revenue.<br />

Membership of the society<br />

has halved while the boat has<br />

been out of action, with about<br />

100 members remaining.<br />

“We lost income, we lost<br />

opportunity, we lost a lot of<br />

members,” he said.<br />

Despite this, Bruce remains in<br />

contact with former members<br />

and is confident many will<br />

return once the tug is operating<br />

again.<br />

The society has continued<br />

working on the vessel while<br />

it sits at the wharf, with 18<br />

volunteers meeting every<br />

Thursday to carry out any<br />

maintenance.<br />

It also sells Tug Lyttelton<br />

merchandise, is preparing to<br />

release a book and launched a<br />

fundraising campaign late last<br />

year encouraging 1000 people to<br />

donate $10 a month.<br />

Bruce said the campaign was<br />

beginning to gain traction.<br />

“I was about ready to pull the<br />

plug on the society – either late<br />

this year or very early next year<br />

– when I looked at what was<br />

coming up, what money we had<br />

in hand.<br />

“But now she’s got a potential<br />

future.”<br />

Bruce hopes to raise enough<br />

money to repair the boiler and<br />

get the tug back on the water by<br />

late this year or early 2027.<br />

Even if the study raises concerns,<br />

he said the society would<br />

not walk away from the vessel.<br />

“We would address it and try<br />

and overcome it and go back<br />

again. You don’t just walk away,<br />

not from a <strong>12</strong>0-year legacy,” he<br />

said.<br />

Bruce has been a member of<br />

the preservation society since<br />

1982 and has been president for<br />

the last six years.<br />

“It means everything. There’s<br />

something about the ship and the<br />

people it attracts that makes me<br />

put in full-time hours as part of<br />

the preservation society to get it<br />

up and going again.<br />

“You’re building a legacy for<br />

future generations, built on<br />

the skills and knowledge and<br />

abilities of past generations.”<br />

$19.99<br />

EACH<br />

Deutz (incl Rose), Last Shepherd<br />

range, Church Road McDonald<br />

(series excl Reds) range<br />

$32.99<br />

EACH<br />

<strong>March</strong><br />

$34.99<br />

EACH<br />

Finlandia<br />

1L<br />

$44.99<br />

EACH<br />

Heineken<br />

15pk bottles<br />

MADNESS<br />

Jack Daniel’s &<br />

Coca Cola 4.8% 10pk bottles<br />

Jack Daniel’s Double Jack<br />

(incl Zero) 7% 330ml 10pk cans<br />

$15.99<br />

EACH<br />

$17.99<br />

EACH<br />

$18.99<br />

EACH<br />

$21.99<br />

EACH<br />

$26.99<br />

EACH<br />

$29.99<br />

EACH<br />

$29.99<br />

EACH<br />

$39.99<br />

EACH<br />

$41.99<br />

EACH<br />

Absolut<br />

5% 250ml 6pk can range<br />

Barrel 51; Tui Bourbon<br />

7% 330ml, 6pk can range<br />

Hyoketsu 6%<br />

330ml 6pk can range<br />

Jack Daniels Double Jack<br />

7% 330ml 6pk cans<br />

ODD Company<br />

10pk can range<br />

Clean Collective<br />

(incl Classics) 5% 250ml<br />

<strong>12</strong>pk cans<br />

Crimson Badger; Ginger<br />

Bear 4% 10pk, Dark & Grizzly<br />

5.8% 8pk, all 330ml cans<br />

KGB<br />

7% 250ml 18pk cans<br />

Cody’s<br />

7% 250ml 18pk cans<br />

$11.99<br />

EACH<br />

$19.99<br />

EACH<br />

$21.99<br />

EACH<br />

$24.99<br />

EACH<br />

$27.99<br />

EACH<br />

$28.99<br />

EACH<br />

$31.99<br />

EACH<br />

$48.99<br />

EACH<br />

$42.99<br />

EACH<br />

Old Mout<br />

1.25L range<br />

Kingfisher Strong<br />

500ml 4pk cans<br />

Tuatara<br />

6pk can range<br />

Sol <strong>12</strong>pk bottles, Tiger ULC 330ml<br />

<strong>12</strong>pk cans; Export Crushed 4%<br />

330ml 10pk cans<br />

Asahi, Peroni ( incl zero) <strong>12</strong>pks<br />

Haagen 15pks all 330ml bottles<br />

Monteiths<br />

<strong>12</strong>pk can and bottle range<br />

Lion Red; Speights,<br />

Waikato 15pk bottles<br />

Tui, Export Gold,Ultra,<br />

DB Draught 24pk cans & bottles<br />

Heineken<br />

330ml; 24pk cans<br />

$14.99<br />

EACH<br />

$33.99<br />

EACH<br />

$46.99<br />

EACH<br />

$49.99<br />

EACH<br />

$53.99<br />

EACH<br />

$56.99<br />

EACH<br />

$76.99<br />

EACH<br />

$67.99<br />

EACH<br />

Fireball; Sheep Dog<br />

De Valcourt 200ml<br />

Malibu/Kahlua<br />

(incl flavours) 700ml<br />

Jameson Original<br />

Caskmates<br />

700mls<br />

$10.99<br />

EACH<br />

Jack Daniels Original, Honey,<br />

Apple, Fire, Jagermeister<br />

all 700mls Southern Comfort 1L<br />

Wild Turkey<br />

American Honey<br />

700ml Skyy Vodka 1L<br />

Johnnie<br />

Walker<br />

Red 1L<br />

Fireball; Sheep Dog 1Ltrs<br />

Monkey Shoulder 700mls<br />

Chivas <strong>12</strong>yr 1L; The Glenlivet <strong>12</strong>yr;<br />

Bumbu XO 700mls<br />

De Bortoli FS range<br />

$11.99<br />

EACH<br />

Northrow range<br />

THIRSTY LIQUOR LINWOOD<br />

21 ALDWINS ROAD, LINWOOD<br />

03 982 1753<br />

$14.99<br />

EACH<br />

Fickle Mistress (ex reds)<br />

19 Crimes (ex cali red,rose)<br />

Squealing Pig (ex PN ) ranges<br />

$15.99<br />

EACH<br />

Villa Maria Cellar Selection<br />

Esk Valley (ex PNs, Syrahs) ranges<br />

THIRSTY LIQUOR BURWOOD<br />

9 PARNWELL ST, BURWOOD<br />

03 383 2564<br />

Promotion period between 1/03/<strong>2026</strong> to 31/03/<strong>2026</strong>. While stocks last. Promotion only available at participating stores – please contact your local store to confirm whether they are participating in the<br />

promotion and check the pricing in-store prior to purchase. Online pricing will vary. Excluding limited editions unless stipulated.


1<br />

starnews.co.nz The Star, <strong>March</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2026</strong><br />

DEALS ON NOW!<br />

Nouveau Chilly Bin Picnic<br />

Set 28 Piece<br />

SKU: 2054997<br />

SAVE<br />

$45<br />

Sistema Klip It Teal 18 piece<br />

SKU: 940939<br />

SAVE<br />

$1999<br />

SodaStream Spirit Sparkling<br />

Water Maker Black<br />

SKU: 940692<br />

SAVE<br />

$75<br />

Was $150<br />

$105<br />

Was $39.98<br />

$1999<br />

Was $149<br />

$74<br />

Number 8 Storage Bin 100 Litre<br />

Black & Yellow<br />

SKU: 299758<br />

2 for<br />

$50<br />

Magic Bullet Value Pack<br />

200w Black<br />

SKU: 2035706<br />

SAVE<br />

$50<br />

Nouveau Raven Outdoor<br />

Hanging Egg Chair<br />

SKU: 2054042<br />

SAVE<br />

$60<br />

Individual price<br />

$2998<br />

Was $109<br />

$59<br />

Was $479<br />

$419<br />

Wattyl<br />

Be into Win a Weber Q2600N +<br />

BBQ & Accessories Pack<br />

Purchase 4L or more of Wattyl or Accent Paint or<br />

Stain and go in the draw to win a Weber BBQ plus<br />

each entry gets a Whittaker’s 250g chocolate block*<br />

Save big in-store<br />

this Thursday &<br />

Friday only!<br />

Not a Club member?<br />

Scan the QR code to<br />

sign up today!<br />

Enjoy exclusive deals and be the first<br />

to hear about our in-store events.<br />

*Terms & Conditions: Instore Promotion at Mitre 10 Mega<br />

Ferrymead and Prestons only. Promotion runs from February<br />

28 th until April 6 th <strong>2026</strong>. Prize drawn 7 th April and consists of a<br />

Weber Q2600N + BBQ (2016386) stand & cover up to the value<br />

of $958. Not transferrable for cash.<br />

Prices valid until 15 <strong>March</strong> <strong>2026</strong>. Only<br />

while stocks last. Accessories not included.<br />

Mitre 10 MEGA Prestons<br />

390 Prestons Road. Christchurch<br />

Phone: 03 373 6555<br />

Find us at: /MEGAPrestons<br />

Opening Hours:<br />

Monday – Friday:<br />

7am – 7pm<br />

Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays:<br />

7am – 7pm<br />

www.mitre10.co.nz/mega-prestons<br />

PRESTONS


The Star, <strong>March</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2026</strong><br />

starnews.co.nz<br />

CHRISTCHURCH<br />

CREMATORIUM<br />

FUNERALS<br />

CROSSWORD<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />

8 9<br />

10 11<br />

<strong>12</strong> 13 14 15<br />

16<br />

17 18<br />

19<br />

20 21 22 23 24<br />

25 26<br />

441<br />

SUDOKU<br />

Every row, column and box should<br />

contain the digits 1 to 9.<br />

WordBuilder<br />

WORDBUILDER<br />

U A R<br />

M E N<br />

6<br />

341 341<br />

M E N<br />

many words of three or more letters,<br />

How<br />

including<br />

many<br />

plurals,<br />

words<br />

can you<br />

of<br />

make<br />

three<br />

from<br />

or<br />

the<br />

more<br />

six<br />

letters, using each letter only once? No foreign<br />

How words or beginning with a capital are<br />

from many<br />

allowed.<br />

the words<br />

There's<br />

six letters, of three<br />

at least one<br />

using or more<br />

six-letter<br />

each letters,<br />

word.<br />

only<br />

including once? plurals, can you make from the six<br />

TODAY<br />

letters, Good using 19 each Very letter Good only 24 once? Excellent No 28 foreign<br />

No words beginning with a capital are<br />

words Solution or words 340: ben, beginning berk, bone, with boner, a capital bonk, bore, are<br />

allowed. allowed. born, borne, There's There’s bro, broke, at least BROKEN, at one least six-letter ebon, one eon, six-letter word. ken,<br />

word. keno, kerb, kern, knob, krone, neb, nob, nor, nork,<br />

one, orb, ore, rob, robe, TODAY roe.<br />

Good 19 Very Good 24 Excellent 28<br />

Solution 340: ben, berk, bone, boner, bonk, bore,<br />

born, borne, bro, broke, BROKEN, ebon, eon, ken,<br />

keno, kerb, kern, knob, krone, neb, nob, nor, nork,<br />

one, orb, ore, rob, robe, roe.<br />

letters, including plurals, can you make<br />

27 28<br />

29 30<br />

31 32<br />

33 34<br />

Across<br />

1. Cadaver (6)<br />

5. Accident (6)<br />

10. Din (7)<br />

11. Intimidate (7)<br />

<strong>12</strong>. Linger (6)<br />

15. Frustrate (6)<br />

16. Need (7)<br />

17. Shade (4)<br />

18. Pace (4)<br />

19. Immediate (7)<br />

20. Smack (4)<br />

22. Minor argument (4)<br />

25. Block, frustrate (colloq) (7)<br />

27. Skilled (6)<br />

28. Natural ability (6)<br />

31. Canonise (7)<br />

32. Stupid and silly (7)<br />

33. Agreement (6)<br />

34. Type of ring (6)<br />

Decoder<br />

Down<br />

2. Loud applause (7)<br />

3. Appropriate (6)<br />

4. British peer (4)<br />

5. Heath (4)<br />

6. Boil with anger (6)<br />

7. Determined (7)<br />

8. Shape (6)<br />

9. Restrained or repressed (4-2)<br />

13. Leftover (7)<br />

14. Sell to the highest bid (7)<br />

15. Cheap piece of jewellery (7)<br />

20. Worn out, threadbare (6)<br />

21. Debts (7)<br />

23. Assumption (7)<br />

24. Wobble (6)<br />

25. Figure of speech (6)<br />

26. Classification (6)<br />

29. Abscess (4)<br />

30. Prohibits (4)<br />

Crossword<br />

Across: 1. Corpse, 5. Mishap, 10. Clamour, 11. Overawe, <strong>12</strong>. Loiter,<br />

15. Thwart, 16. Require, 17. Tint, 18. Step, 19. Instant, 20. Slap, 22. Spat,<br />

25. Snooker, 27. Adroit, 28. Talent, 31. Beatify, 32. Asinine, 33. Assent,<br />

34. Signet.<br />

Down: 2. Ovation, 3. Proper, 4. Earl, 5. Moor, 6. Seethe, 7. Adamant, 8.<br />

Sculpt, 9. Pent-up, 13. Remnant, 14. Auction, 15. Trinket, 20. Shabby, 21.<br />

Arrears, 23. Premise, 24. Totter, 25. Simile, 26. Rating, 29. Cyst, 30. Bars.<br />

WordBuilder: amen, are, arm, arum, ear, earn, emu, era, man, mane,<br />

MANURE, mar, mare, mean, men, menu, mun, name, namer, near, ram,<br />

ran, ream, rue, rum, rumen, run, rune, unarm, urea, urn.<br />

DECODER<br />

Each number represents a different letter of the alphabet. Write the<br />

given letters into all squares with matching numbers. Now work out<br />

which letters are represented by the other numbers.<br />

VOLUME 1<br />

Enjoy WordFit? Magazines available.<br />

See www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz<br />

Sudoku<br />

CHRISTCHURCH<br />

CREMATORIUM<br />

FUNERALS<br />

chchcremations.co.nz<br />

03 341 6117


starnews.co.nz The Star, <strong>March</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2026</strong><br />

Celebrating<br />

50<br />

Richmond<br />

Discount<br />

Furniture YEARS<br />

The Best<br />

Little<br />

Furniture<br />

Shop in<br />

Town<br />

Honey<br />

6 Drawer Chest<br />

(900w x 420 x 1070)<br />

$499<br />

Therapedic Medicoil<br />

(Backcare) Base &<br />

Mattress Sets<br />

2 Drawer<br />

Entertainment Unit<br />

1100 x 400 x 480<br />

ONLY<br />

$399<br />

Also available<br />

in white<br />

Honey 3 Drawer<br />

Bedside<br />

(420w x 390 x 650H)<br />

$199<br />

Pine<br />

Bookcase<br />

Small 900H<br />

ONLY $329<br />

Single $499<br />

Double $599<br />

WAS $1699<br />

NOW ONLY $999<br />

Sleepyhead<br />

Queen Drawer<br />

Base with<br />

Mattress<br />

Queen $699 WAS $999<br />

King Single $599<br />

SPECIAL<br />

$799<br />

Sleepyhead King<br />

Base & Mattress Set<br />

ONLY<br />

$429<br />

Pine Entertainment<br />

Unit<br />

4 Shelf/2 Drawer<br />

(1600 x 480H x 400)<br />

1 Drawer<br />

Side Table<br />

(400 x 350 x 620H)<br />

$<strong>12</strong>9 each<br />

Glass 5 Piece<br />

Dining Suite<br />

(<strong>12</strong>00 x 750)<br />

ONLY $499<br />

Bar Stools<br />

$150 each<br />

1 Drawer<br />

Bedside<br />

(520 x 410 x<br />

430W)<br />

Tallboy<br />

4 Drawer<br />

600 x 400 x 900.<br />

ONLY $299<br />

ONLY<br />

$239<br />

Shelving Units<br />

3 Shelf<br />

(800 x 855)<br />

ONLY $199<br />

4 Shelf<br />

(800 x <strong>12</strong>30)<br />

ONLY $239<br />

$140<br />

Pine Coffee Table<br />

(<strong>12</strong>00 x 600 x 500H)<br />

WAS $399<br />

SPECIAL $299<br />

7 Drawer<br />

Scotch Chest<br />

1140 x 800 x 410<br />

ONLY $399 each<br />

ONLY $299<br />

7 Drawer<br />

TV/DVD Chest<br />

760 x 1140 x 410.<br />

(Gap 150)<br />

ONLY<br />

$399<br />

Jumbo 4 Drawer Chest<br />

1140 x 800 x 400. NZ made.<br />

Metal runners.<br />

ONLY $599 each<br />

ONLY<br />

$379 each<br />

Small<br />

510H x 460W x 410 D<br />

$175 each<br />

Large<br />

690H x 460W x 410 D<br />

$239 each<br />

Towerboy 6 Drawer<br />

<strong>12</strong>60 x 460 x 410. With metal<br />

runners. Also available in Black.<br />

Lowboy<br />

6 Drawer<br />

1130 x 410 x 820.<br />

Bedside Cabinet<br />

With metal runners.<br />

233 STANMORE ROAD • PHONE 03 389 0536 • OPEN MON-FRI 10AM–3PM SAT 10am–1PM<br />

WE ACCEPT EFTPOS, VISA AND MASTERCARD... PARKING AT REAR


The Star, <strong>March</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2026</strong><br />

starnews.co.nz<br />

Save Big on these pre-registered Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV’s limited availablilty<br />

and colour choices, available now from only $51,990 Drive Away Price.<br />

CHRISTCHURCH MITSUBISHI<br />

386 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch<br />

Tel 03 379 0588 | chchmitsubishi.co.nz<br />

*Available while stocks last<br />

All-new Navara<br />

^^Available on All-new Navara 4X4 ST-X Dual Cab and 4X4 PRO-4X Dual Cab models ordered between 1 <strong>March</strong> <strong>2026</strong> and 31 <strong>March</strong> <strong>2026</strong>. Factory bonus cannot be redeemed for cash. Offer strictly while stocks last. Offer for private and business buyers<br />

only. Nissan reserves the right to vary, extend or withdraw this offer. Vehicle shown with optional accessories.<br />

CHRISTCHURCH NISSAN, 392 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch<br />

Ph: 03 595 6820 www.christchurchnissan.co.nz<br />

$3000 FACTORY BONUS^^<br />

Available on All-new Navara 4x4<br />

Dual Cab ST-X and PRO-4X models<br />

christchurchnissan.co.nz

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!