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Sparks flying

over pathway

lighting plan

BY KEES CHALMERS

Residents have launched a

bid to block proposed lighting

from being installed along the

Moncks Bay balustrade of the

Coastal Pathway.

Moncks Bay resident Andrew

Elliott has started a petition,

which has already received

more than 500

signatures. He

said the artistic

lighting,

designed to

enhance the

pathway, would

disrupt its natural

ambience.

He added that

the lights would Andrew Elliott

also be a distraction

for motorists and could

impact nearby residents and

nocturnal wildlife.

“Our pathway should be

a sanctuary where nature

thrives, not where it is disrupted,”

he said.

Elliott also raised concerns

about ongoing maintenance

costs, which he said would fall

on ratepayers.

“We’re not building

Vegas. This is very

tasteful, very dim, very

appropriate lighting for

an international standard

coastal pathway.”

Hanno Sander

The lights are planned to

run from the Christchurch

Yacht Club for several hundred

metres towards Shag Rock.

Coastal Pathway Group chair

Hanno Sander said he was

“disappointed” the petition had

been launched.

“For some reason we get this

feedback from a very small

number of the community,

thinking we don’t do any

research, that we don’t talk to

anybody, that we just pie in the

sky come up with these things,”

he said.

“We’ve spent years working

on this already with experts in

A concept design of the proposed artistic lighting on the Moncks Bay balustrade of the Coastal Pathway.

the field to come

up with solutions

to solve these

problems.”

Group

treasurer Tim

Lindley said

the number

of signatures

reflected

Hanno Sander

“misinformation”

from Elliott.

Lindley’s claim was rejected

by Elliott.

“Why is it misinformation?

I haven’t quoted any looks,

measurements or anything,

I’ve just said that there’s

lighting. It’s a known fact

wildlife doesn’t like lighting,”

he said.

Lindley said 500 signatures

is a small fraction of the

one million annual Coastal

Pathway users.

Sander said the proposed

lighting would be dim

compared with existing street

lighting, to minimise impacts

on motorists, residents and

wildlife. The lights would only

operate for two to three hours

after dusk.

“We’re not building Vegas.

This is very tasteful, very dim,

very appropriate lighting for

an international standard

coastal pathway,” he said.

He said the group was open

to any community feedback

and was committed to doing

what was best for the pathway.

Lindley said funding had

not yet been allocated for the

lighting and the cost was still

unclear.

He also declined to detail

how any fundraising would

be approached or provide a

timeframe for the installation

of lights, saying only that the

group wanted it completed as

soon as possible.

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Time to step back for Topsy –

It is the end of an era for

Sumner. Topsy Rule, 90, is

stepping down from the

historical society she helped

found 50 years ago. Louis

Walker caught up with her

Most of Topsy Rule’s belongings

have been stored away in

a container, and she is still

adjusting to the more cramped

lifestyle of the Edith Cavell rest

home where she has lived for

three months.

Still close at hand are the

colourful crochet blankets she

spends her time making for

disabled children, draped over

her bed and tucked into a small

bag by her feet in various stages

of completion.

“It’s very important for old

people to keep their hands

going,” she says.

She also still knits her own

jerseys.

Her days will soon become a

little quieter, as she prepares to

step down from the committee of

the Sumner-Redcliffs Historical

Society at its annual general

meeting on Sunday.

Former community board

member Dr Darryl Latham,

who worked alongside Topsy on

efforts to restore a flagpole at the

Sumner Centre, described her

as “very much a stalwart and a

hard worker for the community”.

“She is no shrinking violet and

she accepts challenges, and will

Topsy Rule with a working plan of Wakefield township, later to be called Sumner in 1883 Above right, Topsy working in her

office in 2014.

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN

do the best for the people and by

the people,” he said.

The idea for the society – and

the associated Sumner Museum –

was first conceived in 1976 while

Topsy and her late husband Stan

were helping organise celebrations

for Sumner School’s 100th

anniversary.

The society is now helping

mark the school’s 150th this year.

“Lots of people came from all

over the world and left their

trinkets and medals and their

cups and their plans, and one

man left two revolvers from

the Battle of the Somme,” she

recalls.

The couple, who were both

later awarded Queen’s Service

Medals for their community

and heritage work, did not at

the time have any experience in

curation, and sought help from

Baden Norris, founder of the

Lyttelton Museum.

“We decided that we would

call a meeting of interested

people, so I wrote to every club

from Godley Head to the Heathcote

Bridge, you know, whether

they’re sports clubs or churches.

“My husband worked for the

council, so he could get the old

library and the old borough

council building for us.”

The museum opened in January

of 1979, on the corner of

Wakefield Ave and Nayland St,

where it stayed until the original

building was destroyed in

the earthquakes. The surviving

items were moved into the new

community centre just down the

road in 2017.

Topsy – a name given to her

as a child after the American

doll brand because she had dark

hair (her real name is Maureen),

moves seamlessly between

detailed recollections of local

history – which she knows in

encyclopaedic depth – and memories

of her own family life, the

two often intertwined.

“My grandmother came here

as a servant for the headmaster

and looked after his children,

and she married her husband,

who drove the number seven

tram, the old steam tram, and so

they used to tell us stories of life

in Sumner in the 1880s.”

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the keeper of Sumner’s stories

Born on Stoke St in 1936,

Topsy recalls a childhood

shaped by war. She says her

school was occupied by troops

just days after the attack on

Pearl Harbour.

“The army just took over, and

we had to go to Woolston School

the next year.”

Her father, who had served in

a rifle brigade in the World War

1 oversaw the firing of practice

bombs into the estuary during

World War 2.

Decades on, one of those

bombs resurfaced in her

own backyard after her son

discovered it while tidying the

property.

“A rusty old bomb with a hole

in it... it had made its way with

the earthquake under our beds

and into our potato patch.”

The family was allowed to

keep it, and it is now on display

in the museum.

Topsy lived in Redcliffs for

most of her adult life, where she

raised six children.

“Redcliffs was a wonderful

community when our kids were

growing up, they were very

lucky.

“They come back now and

think how lucky they were

with the park and the estuary

and the whitebait and the

fishing and the yachting and

everything that was there for

kids.”

She lost her son Derek in

November last year.

“It’s been a big shock to us all.

I never thought anybody would

Topsy Rule and former Heathcote Ward city councillor Sara Templeton placed the time capsule in the partially built Matuku

Takotako Sumner Centre in 2017.

die before the mother did, but

we all look after one another,

and we keep in touch.”

She remains closely connected

to her 14 grandchildren and

eight great-grandchildren, who

are spread across New Zealand

and Australia.

“I know all their birthdays

and how old they all are, they’re

not getting past me,” she jokes.

Topsy is fascinated by the

history of land ownership and

the past it unveils.

“I do find the land the most

important thing of all, because

it relates to the early settlers.

She describes being given the

diaries of farmer and cricketer

John Monck, who owned land

in what is now Moncks Bay. His

writings span 70 years and provide

a detailed record of life in

the region.

“Monck had a tremendous

diary, he came here with the

coaches, and he died when Kingsford

Smith was bringing the

airplane over in 1929.”

The land, she says, also holds

stories far older than European

settlement.

“We are sitting on a Māori pā

site here – we think – and on the

hill, there’s been graves found.

“There’s got to be a lot more

Māori history uncovered.”

Asked how Sumner has

changed over her lifetime, she

reflects on the decline of community

organisations.

“When we were formed, there

“I’m getting old and

people say ‘she’s oldfashioned’.

I know we’re

old-fashioned, but you’ve

got to all be old-fashioned

one day, don’t you?”

Topsy Rule

was a lovely local newspaper,

and do you know, there was a

round table, the Lions, all these

men's groups, and the secretary

would put his report in every

month, and there was an RSA,

and they're slowly disappearing.

“In our day everybody volunteered,

but today they don't

have the volunteers that we

had.

“I feel it's so, so sad, because

mothers now with the financial

situation have to work, they

don't have the time to do the

things that probably we did in

our day.”

Despite recently turning 90,

Topsy plans to continue her heritage

work in a supporting role,

taking a taxi to the museum

each Tuesday morning.

“Other people will take over,

but I still want to go down there

and help if I’m of any use.

“I’m getting old and people

say ‘she’s old-fashioned’. I know

we’re old-fashioned, but you’ve

got to all be old-fashioned one

day, don’t you?”

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The Shroom Room cafe was gutted by a fire that tore through its kitchen on Sunday night.

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Donations sought for café

staff now left without work

BY KEES CHALMERS

The owners of the Shroom

Room café are asking for

donations to support staff who

have been left without work

after a fire gutted the business.

A Givealittle page, launched

on Monday, has so far raised

$2200.

Café owners Richard Leech

and Koryn Hope said on the

fundraising page the closure is

likely to be lengthy while they

recover from the damage.

“The cafe will likely be closed

for quite some time while we

recover from the damage, our

incredible staff have suddenly

been left without work.

“Unfortunately, there is no

insurance payout available for

this loss. Right now our focus

is on supporting our staff and

dealing with the immediate

aftermath of the fire.

“We’re asking our community

to donate the price of a coffee, or

whatever you can spare, to help

support our amazing staff.

“Every contribution towards

our tip jar right now helps keep

the spirit of our much loved

community cafe alive. Whatever

you can spare truly means the

world to us.”

The café, which Leech and

Hope opened 12 years ago, was

closed at the time and no-one

was inside. No injuries were

reported.

Fire and Emergency crews

were called to vegetarianfriendly

café on London St just

before 8pm, arriving to find the

building well ablaze.

Crews from Lyttelton, Sumner

and Woolston battled the blaze,

bringing it under control by

8.40pm.

Leech said the fire appeared

to have started in the frontof-house

section of the café,

although no one was present at

the time.

He and co-owner Koryn

Hope were holidaying in Abel

Tasman when the fire broke

out but were heading back to

Christchurch on Monday to

assess the damage.

“We’re just devastated. It’s

devastating for our staff and for

customers and for us,” Leech

said.

“It has been completely

gutted. Everything is gone.”

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At the group’s annual meeting

last week, Sander said he had

proposed the lighting at a

Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-

Heathcote Community Board

information session in

March, where there were “no

objections.”

However, Redcliffs Residents’

Association secretary Pat

McIntosh noted that members

of the public gallery are

not permitted to speak at

community board sessions.

Sander later clarified to Bay

Harbour News that he meant no

one scheduled to speak during

the public forum opposed the

proposal.

“I think it’s unfair to

characterise it that there’s no

way someone could oppose,

they could go through the same

channels we did to get on that

schedule,” he said.

Heathcote Ward city

councillor Nathaniel Herz

Jardine told the Bay Harbour

News the proposed lights were

presented at an information

session, intended for

community board members to

hear about the group’s ideas for

the pathway.

“We weren’t there to make

a decision or even for us as

individuals to provide a really

strong steer one way or the

other,” he said.

“I and other community

board members are absolutely

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we haven’t made any decision

about the lights at all.”

The 6.5km pathway opened

in November 2023 at a cost of

$26.25 million.

Elliott said the pathway

was already complete and

additional features were

unnecessary.

The Coastal Pathway Group’s

other major proposal is the

construction of wind-sheltered

viewing platforms along

the Moncks Bay causeway.

Originally, $720,000 was

allocated for this in the city

council’s three-year capital plan

for 2027/28.

Sander and Lindley

successfully sought

reinstatement of the funding

after it was reduced to $120,000

in the 2026/27 Annual Plan,

following council staff advice

that the project scope had

already been delivered.

The group also requested

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New teaching

resources to

boost estuary

awareness

Ferrymead Rotary is supporting

increased awareness and

understanding of the Ōtākaro-

Avon Heathcote Estuary by

providing teachers with new

educational resources focused

on the wetland of international

significance.

Ferrymead and Linwood

Rotary Clubs have jointlyfunded

the development of

a comprehensive teaching

package designed for classroom

use.

The resource includes

curriculum-linked activity

ideas, a detailed field trip guide,

Estuary information booklets,

bird identification guides,

estuary-themed storybooks, and

other supporting materials.

The package was developed by

Ferrymead Rotary life member

Tanya Jenkins, an environmental

education consultant with 25

years’ experience in producing

educational resources for

teachers.

After successful trials in

several local schools, 11 schools

in the estuary catchment area

have now received the package

at no cost, with staff reportedly

expressing their appreciation.

A further four schools in close

proximity to the estuary are also

set to receive the material in

coming months.

Volunteer’s service, leadership

and community efforts recognised

Coastguard Canterbury

volunteer and Coastguard New

Zealand board member Carolyn

Tapley has been recognised

with a 2026 New Zealand

Search and Rescue gold award

for her contribution to search

and rescue work.

The award acknowledges her

leadership, governance, fundraising,

community partnership

work and long-standing commitment

to keeping people safe

on the water.

“It was an absolute honour,”

she said.

“Coastguard is a big whānau.

Everything we do, we do

together and we can’t achieve

anything without working as a

team.”

The NZSAR awards recognise

excellence and dedication

across New Zealand’s search

and rescue sector. This year’s

awards include both operational

and support categories,

with gold awards and certificates

of achievement presented

across both.

Tapley’s award highlights her

central role in securing $2.5

million in funding to replace

the earthquake-damaged

Coastguard Canterbury base in

Lyttelton.

The project delivered a purpose-built

facility designed to

serve both the community and

volunteers for years to come.

She said the recognition was

Tapley’s central role in fundraising for Coastguard Canterbury’s new purpose built

facility earned her a gold award at Tuesday’s NZSAR awards.

not just for her own efforts, but

for Coastguard Canterbury and

the wider Lyttelton community.

Tapley, who runs her own

financial advisory business, said

her professional expertise proved

valuable for fundraising.

“You join up to save lives. You

don’t join up to raise several million

dollars for a new building,”

she said.

The award also recognises her

work in strengthening cultural

partnerships through Te Pūhara

Mana Iwi, including building

relationships with iwi, the Royal

New Zealand Navy, local government,

funders and the wider

community.

Tapley has been a search and

rescue volunteer with Coastguard

Canterbury since 2013

and has served on the Coastguard

New Zealand board since

2022. She previously spent 11

years on the Coastguard Canterbury

board, bringing strong

financial and governance experience

to her volunteer role.

Her wider contributions

include welfare support for volunteers

and staff, health and

safety leadership, mentoring

new recruits, and community

education through water safety

programmes such as Little

Skippers.

The award citation notes these

efforts have had a lasting impact

on both the organisation and the

wider maritime community.

Coastguard New Zealand chief

executive Carl McOnie said

Tapley’s contribution had been

exceptional.

“Carolyn has made an

extraordinary contribution to

Coastguard Canterbury, Coastguard

New Zealand and the

wider search and rescue sector.

“Her leadership, professionalism,

and commitment to search

and rescue make a real difference

in keeping communities

safe.

“This award is a testament

not only to Carolyn’s skill and

leadership, but also to the values

that underpin the work we do

every day.

“We are incredibly proud to

see her contribution recognised

at a national level.”

Finding peace after the late shift

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Straight into pyjamas. Lights off.

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Tyro’s world tour dream finally realised

BY KEES CHALMERS

Jack Tyro was working his

regular shift at a surf shop on

Saturday when an email arrived

confirming he had achieved a

dream he had been chasing since

he was 12.

The Sumner surfer had earned

a wildcard spot on the 2026 World

Surf League Longboard Tour.

“I’m probably still coming to

terms with it,” he said.

“I just made a lot of calls to

people, it was really awesome to

share that with them even if it

was just on the phone.”

He is currently completing a

diploma in construction at Otago

Polytechnic in Dunedin and

works part time at the Hydro Surf

Shop.

As one dream becomes reality,

another begins for the 19-year-old

– the pursuit of a world title.

When friends and family

asked if he would celebrate the

achievement, his response was

simple.

“I’m probably going to go

to sleep and have a surf early

tomorrow morning.

“It’s more the start of the

journey than the end of it. Now

I’m trying to do everything I can

to prepare for it and hopefully

have a good celebration after the

whole tour.”

The tour consists of three

events: the Huntington Beach

Longboard Classic, the Bioglan

Bells Beach Longboard Classic

and the La Union Longboard

Classic.

Jack Tyro surfing his way to victory at the Taranaki Longboard Classic earlier this month.

The top 12 male surfers across

those events will then contest the

Surf City El Salvador Longboard

Championships, where the

2026 world champion will be

crowned.

Tyro acknowledges he will

be a rookie on tour but sees

no reason not to aim for the

ultimate prize.

“I’ve already had multiple

competitions at Bells (Beach)

where I’m competing against the

best and coming close to (their

level).

“The goal is always to win it, so

why not aim for the highest prize

possible,” he said.

The opening event at Huntington

Beach, California, takes place

from July 25-29.

Unlike the longboard tour, the

World Surf League’s shortboard

tour features 12 events, reflecting

the discipline’s greater popularity

and earning potential.

It is Tyro’s fourth attempt at

reaching the tour.

Last year he narrowly missed

qualification, finishing third in

the rankings – one place short of

earning a spot.

He looked set for more disappointment

this year after placing

second on the Oceania Qualifying

Series, where only one direct

tour berth was available.

Tyro finished fifth at the

Noosa Festival of Surfing in

Milestone match ends in success for Brunton

BY KEES CHALMERS

Lyttelton lock Levi Brunton

celebrated his 100th game for the

club with a crucial 31-25 victory

over New Brighton on Saturday.

The win keeps the fifthplaced

Dolphins in contention

for a top-four finish with three

round-robin games remaining.

Lyttelton travel to face sixthplaced

Burnside on Saturday at

1pm, with Brunton describing

every remaining match as “do

or die”.

"They always get up for us

and vice versa. We play them

down there this week and I’m

sure they’ll be ready for us and

we will be as well,” he said.

"If we lose another game

we’re not going to make top

four, your season’s done.”

Brunton made his premier

debut for the Dolphins in 2018.

He spent one season with

Shirley in 2022 before returning

to Lyttelton.

Sumner miss out on finals after Sydenham loss

BY KEES CHALMERS

Sumner’s focus now turns to

winning the plate after a 28-19

loss to Sydenham on Saturday

ended their hopes of reaching

the Metro Premiership finals.

A bonus-point victory would

have seen Sumner leapfrog

eighth-placed Sydenham on the

ladder.

Instead, Sydenham extended

their advantage to nine points –

an unassailable gap with just one

Levi Brunton with his partner Katie and daughter Marlee after his 100th game.

“It’s massive and the club

means a lot. I’m only 30 so hopefully

we can hit another milestone

round-robin game

remaining.

Sumner host

bottom-placed

Shirley at St

Leonards Park

on Saturday, with

kick-off at 2.45pm.

Captain Regan

Jones said missing Regan Jones

out on the playoffs

was difficult to take.

“We know we’re a good enough

team to compete with anyone on

down the line,” he said.

“To be able to run out first

and lead the team, having my

our day and not getting a chance

is pretty tough.”

While the results have not

fallen their way on the field,

Jones said the connections

formed within the squad had

been “special” and provided a

strong platform to build on for

2027.

The plate competition is contested

by the bottom four teams

and the two losing sides from the

fifth-to-eighth playoffs.

“I feel like some silverware is

mum and dad, my partner and

my daughter at the end of the

tunnel, that was pretty special

and something I won’t ever

forget.”

It was a see-sawing contest,

with New Brighton refusing to

go away whenever Lyttelton

established a lead.

The visitors had a lineout 5m

from the Lyttelton tryline in the

dying moments and needed a

converted try to spoil Brunton’s

milestone match.

“I thought jeez, this is gonna

kill the story here,” he said.

However, Lyttelton managed

to hold the ball up over the line

to secure the win.

Brunton said the highlight

from his 100 games remains last

season’s championship triumph,

when Lyttelton defeated Shirley

32-5 in the final.

He believes the Dolphins have

the squad to go back-to-back,

provided they bring the right

mindset each week.

what this team deserves,” Jones

said.

“Quite often the team to end

up winning the plate take that

through to the next year and

have a good season.”

Despite having little left to play

for in the round-robin competition,

Sumner will be aiming to

finish strongly against Shirley.

“It’s just about enjoying ourselves

and having fun with each

other and we’ll be looking to do

that on Saturday,” he said.

“The goal is always to

win it, so why not aim

for the highest prize

possible.”

Jack Tyro

March before claiming his first

World Surf League title at the

Taranaki Longboard Classic earlier

this month.

Queensland surfer Nicholas

Brewer secured the automatic

qualification spot after winning

at Noosa and finishing second in

Taranaki.

Tyro knew before the

Taranaki final he could no

longer qualify directly for the

tour, but that did not diminish

his desire to win.

“I’m stoked I just kept going

regardless – it definitely sat

better with the selection

committee,” he said.

Tyro estimates competing in

the three-event tour will cost

between $10,000 and $15,000 in

flights and accommodation.

He has already covered the

cost of travelling to California

but is seeking sponsorship to

help fund the remainder of the

campaign.

While he has product sponsors,

no company directly

finances his competition

schedule.

“Hopefully some businesses

can get behind me.”

Bays coach:

‘We’ve got

to be better

with the ball’

BY KEES CHALMERS

Ferrymead Bays are looking to

bounce back from what head

coach Alan Walker described as

their “poorest performance” of

the season when they face league

leaders Cashmere Technical in a

top-of-the-table clash on Saturday.

Bays suffered just their second

defeat of the season on Saturday,

going down 2-0 away to Northern.

Walker said the focus this week

has been on improving ball retention

and being more clinical in

front of goal ahead of the match

against Technical.

Despite the result, Bays dominated

much of the game, finishing

with 29 shots to Northern’s six.

“That’s what the game’s about –

scoring goals. They scored and we

didn’t,” Walker said.

“We’ve got to be better with the

ball and that will present more

goal scoring opportunities.”

The loss reduced Bays’ cushion

over third-placed Nomads United

to five points after Nomads drew

2-2 with Technical on Sunday.

A top-two finish would secure a

spot in the National League.

Bays will take confidence from

their 4-3 defeat to Technical in the

Chatham Cup two weeks ago.

“We performed well against

them and ran them close so they’re

not the unbeatable team they have

been all season,” Walker said.


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Baggage man

still clocking

up the miles

Crusaders logistics manager John Miles has been with the

franchise since 2005 and is showing no signs of stopping. Sam

Coughlan caught up with him

The walls of John Miles’ office at

Rugby Park are adorned with 21

years of Crusaders history.

Miles, better known as “Foxy”,

has been a constant presence

ever since he joined the franchise,

working under four head coaches

and helping them to 11 Super

Rugby titles.

Now 70, he is regularly asked

when he plans to retire. His

answer is always the same.

“People say, ‘when are you

going to retire’, and that sort of

stuff, and my answer usually

is, when I don’t want to come

to work. When I wake up in the

morning and think, ‘oh, I’m going

to have to start again today’, but

I can honestly say that’s never

happened.

“It’s not a job you could do, I

don’t think, if you didn’t like it,

because it’s a lonely job sometimes,

but I’m happy to be alone.”

His office – known around Crusaders

headquarters as “Foxy’s

Den” – is packed with photos,

newspaper clippings and mementoes

collected during his time

with the franchise.

Miles is responsible for all the

equipment the team takes to

training sessions and matches,

home and away. Playing jerseys,

shorts, training gear, strapping

tape, water bottles and radios all

fall under his watch.

“When we travel away, we take

22 bags,” he said.

“When I first started, we used to

take about 14 bags, but obviously

science has progressed. There

was no such thing as a GPS monitor

in your jersey or an electronic

mouth guard, things like that – it’s

a lot more professional now than

it used to be.

“The guys have different stuff

now, and a lot more of it, and

instead of 30 people in, now it’s 50

or 60.”

GPS monitors, tucked into a

patch on the back of each jersey,

track the distance each player

covers and how fast they do so,

while electronic mouthguards

record the force of head impacts.

Of course, things do not always

go according to plan.

Miles recalls a table loaded with

Powerade, water, strapping tape

and other pre-match supplies collapsing

before a match against

the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein.

“The legs went on it. There was

Miles is presented with a memento by lock Luke Romano after reaching 250

games as Crusaders logistics manager in 2020.

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two big drums, one was Powerade

and one was water and the lid

came off both of them and they

just went everywhere.

“I had to get a couple of cleaners

in real quick, all the boys were

coming in and everyone knew

about it because the Powerade

was pretty sweet and there was

sugary stuff all over. It wasn’t my

fault of course, it was a local’s

table, they might have meant to

do it!”

Tours of South Africa when the

likes of the Stormers, Lions and

Bulls played Super Rugby were a

rite of passage for a team, Miles

said.

“It’s a real shame a lot of guys

are going to go through their

rugby career and don’t get the

chance to go over there. I was

lucky enough to go 17 times, and

it’s a special place, a very special

time in your Crusaders life.

“The earlier in the season you

go the better because you build

teamwork so much.”

As a player in his younger days,

Miles was a prop for Albion from

1975-1990, playing for the senior

and senior B teams.

He started as club captain in

1986 and was in the role when

Albion merged with Marist in

1996 to form Marist Albion.

He spent 30 years in the police

until 2004, including 20 years

in the criminal intelligence

section conducting surveillance

operations. It was there he earned

the nickname, Foxy, that has stuck

ever since.

“When I joined the unit, after

a couple of days there someone

named me that. It just stuck.”

“When you’re a cop,

everyone hates you.

When you’re a Crusader,

most people love you.”

John Miles

The contrast between policing

and rugby could not have been

greater, he said.

“When you’re a cop, everyone

hates you. When you’re a Crusader,

most people love you.

“As a cop, as soon as you walk

up someone’s drive, they think

they’re in the shit, or it’s bad

news, or something like that.

When you’re in a Crusaders kit,

everyone wants to say hi, it’s

completely different.”

The crossover between the

jobs happened in the early

2000s, when future All Blacks

coach Steve Hansen, also a cop

and coaching the NZ Police team,

asked Miles if he could be the

team’s manager.

That led to future opportunities

with Canterbury

Colts, which Hansen was also

coaching.

In 2001, Hansen was coaching

Canterbury’s NPC side when baggage

man Errol Collins needed a

knee replacement. Hansen knew

just the guy to cover him.

“They said to me, ‘do you want

to take some leave from the cops

and come and fill in for him for

a season?’” Miles said.

“So I did that season, it

was a great season – we won

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Previously the baggage man

would just look after the team’s

equipment.

Miles replaced Collins permanently

as baggage man in 2004

and began the same role at the

Crusaders the following year. In

2006 the job became known as

logistics manager.

Asked about the best players

he has worked with, he names

Dan Carter, Richie McCaw, Sam

Whitelock, Brad Thorn and

Caleb Ralph among the best.

“There’s so many, when we

talk about picking your best ever

team, it’s just impossible. You

could pick three people in every

position that would be good

enough to win any competition.”

Next season will bring significant

change to Rugby Park. Head

coach Rob Penney is departing,

along with senior players including

Braydon Ennor, Sevu Reece

and Dallas McLeod.

Former assistant Scott Hansen

will return as head coach.

“I’ve known Scott for a long

time – he was from the Marist

Albion club that I’m part of. I

knew him there, and when I

was manager of Canterbury B

and Canterbury Colts, he was a

player there.

“It’s going to be a new environment

the next year or so, a lot

more young people.”

For now, Miles is packing away

Crusaders gear in preparation

for the 2027 season while

helping Canterbury prepare

for their NPC campaign, which

starts in August.

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The sweetest sort of start

Nigel Slater turns to brilliantly

colourful rhubarb and chard for

two dishes that look as good

as they taste

ROAST RHUBARB WITH

PORRIDGE AND OAT CRUMBLE

The oat crumble, a sort of

sweet, oaty rubble, brings some

crunch to the party. It will keep

for several days in a storage jar in

a cool place and is good crumbled

over vanilla ice-cream. The

rhubarb can be kept refrigerated

for a day or two and brought out

for breakfast.

Ingredients

Serves 4

800g rhubarb stalks

2 medium oranges

2 heaped Tbsp caster sugar

6 juniper berries

For the oat crumble:

75g plain flour

75g butter

A good pinch of sea salt

50g caster sugar

55g rolled oats

For the porridge:

400ml water

100g pinhead oatmeal

Salt to taste

Method

• Trim dry ends from rhubarb

and discard, then cut each stalk

into pieces roughly 5cm long.

Pack the rhubarb into a nonreactive

baking dish (heatproof

glass or china, or stainless steel).

Preheat the oven to 200degC.

• Cut the oranges in half and

squeeze their juice into a bowl.

Stir in the sugar – it doesn’t

need to dissolve, that will

happen in the oven – then press

the juniper berries with a heavy

weight to crack them open, and

add to the orange juice.

• Pour the juice and berries

over the rhubarb and bake for

about 30 minutes until soft (test

with a skewer, it should slide

through each piece effortlessly).

• Make the crumble: put

the flour and butter in a food

processor and process to coarse

crumbs, then stir in the salt,

sugar and oats.

• Drop in 1 Tbsp of water and

shake the bowl backward and

forwards until the mixture

forms crumbs.

• Tip on to a baking sheet

and slide into the oven, it can

go in at the same time as the

rhubarb.

• Bake until pale gold (about

20 minutes), then remove and

set aside.

• Remove the rhubarb from

the oven while you make the

porridge.

• Bring the water to the boil,

rain in the oatmeal and stir for

3 or 4 minutes while it thickens.

Stir in a pinch of salt and divide

between 4 small bowls.

• Put some of the rhubarb in

each bowl, then spoon over the

rhubarb juice. Scatter some of

the crumble over each dish of

fruit and porridge. Serve hot.

SWEET, HOT CHARD

I have had this as a side

dish for chargrilled mackerel

and with tempura-style fried

broccoli, but it is also good on

top of steamed rice.

The cooking time will vary

slightly according to the

thickness of your stems, so check

them every few minutes, only

adding the dressing when they

are beginning to soften.

Ingredients

Serves 2 as a side dish

For the dressing:

2 garlic cloves

1 stalk of lemongrass

2 hot red chillies

A small (40g) piece of ginger

2 Tbsp vegetable oil

1 Tbsp light soy sauce

1 Tbsp lime juice

1 Tbsp fish sauce

3 Tbsp runny honey

400g chard stalks

3 Tbsp groundnut oil

Method

• Peel and crush the garlic to a

paste with a pinch of salt, then

scrape into an empty screw-top

jar. Peel away the outer leaves

of the lemongrass, then roughly

chop the tender shoot within.

Put the chopped lemongrass into

an electric spice mill or coffee

grinder and process to a dry

paste, then add it to the garlic.

• Roughly chop the chillies and

add to the garlic and lemongrass.

Peel the ginger, then grate to a

paste and add to the jar.

• Add the vegetable oil, soy

sauce, lime juice and fish

sauce, then spoon in the honey,

tighten the lid and shake to

combine to a thin, syrupy

dressing.

• Cut the chard stalks into

short pieces, roughly 10cm in

length. Warm the groundnut

oil in a large, shallow pan over

a moderate heat, then add the

chard stalks and cover with a

lid.

• Let the chard cook for 10

minutes, turning the stalks

over occasionally until they are

tender.

• Pour the dressing into the

pan and toss the chard stalks

in it. Let the dressing bubble

for 4-5 minutes until it coats

the stalks, then transfer to a

serving dish.

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SATURDAY APRIL 25, 2026

A symbol of remembrance

and sacrifice

By Fiona Robinson

What is one of the most recognisable symbols of

remembrance leading up to Anzac Day? It is the red

poppy. Worn each April in New Zealand and Australia,

and at sites around the world commemorating

ANZAC Day, it honours the soldiers who served and

those who lost their lives in war.

After the fighting acro s Europe during WWI, bright

red poppies were among the first flowers to grow in

the mud and soil of the ba tlefields. These flowers

became a powerful symbol of remembrance after

the famous poem by Canadian Lieutenant Colonel

John McCrae, “In Flanders Fields,” which described

poppies growing among the graves of fa len soldiers.

The red poppy, or Flanders poppy, also came to

represent the sacrifice of soldiers in campaigns such

as the Ga lipoli Campaign. The red poppy became

a symbol of the bravery and sacrifice of those who

served during the Ga lipoli campaign of 1915 and is

central to the ANZAC story.

While the first official Poppy Day in New Zealand was

planned for Armistice Day in 1921, due to a delay in

the shipment of silk poppies from France, it was held

on 24 April 1922, the day before Anzac Day.

For many years, red plastic and paper poppies

were made in Christchurch by members of the

Christchurch Royal New Zealand Returned and

Services’ A sociation (RNZRSA) and were worn

throughout New Zealand. However, as of this year,

the RNZRSA wi l se l a new sustainable poppy made

from biodegradable paper, manufactured by the

Royal British Legion in Kent, England, at this year’s

Poppy Day Appeal.

Today, poppies are sold each year in the lead-up

to Anzac Day during the annual Poppy Appeal

organised by the RNZRSA. Volunteers stand in

towns and shopping areas, se ling the sma l red

poppies that people wear as a visible sign of respect.

The money raised helps support veterans and their

families, including today’s soldiers, a sisting with

welfare, housing, health services, and community

programmes. In communities acro s the country,

including those throughout Selwyn, buying

and wearing a poppy has become a simple but

meaningful way for people to show their gratitude.

The red poppy is a sma l symbol, but it is a powerful

reminder of courage, sacrifice, and remembrance,

and remains part of New Zealand’s history.

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Join your local ANZAC Day commemoration service and remember the

sacrifices of our servicemen and women. Services are organised by local

Returned Services Associations and local community groups.

Arthur’s Pa s: 7.00am Dawn service at the flagpole on

School Te race, Arthur’s Pa s

Fo lowed by breakfast supplied by AP FENZ at the

Community Centre, 76 School Te race.

Burnham: 6.00am Dawn Parade, Army Camp gates

Service and wreath-laying ceremony.

Darfield: 8.45am District War Memorial

Wreath-laying ceremony fo lowed by a service at Trinity Church.

Dunsandel: 8.30am District War Memorial

Cnr L eston-Dunsandel Road & Railway Road. Wreath-laying ceremony.

Glenroy: 7.00am Meet at Glenroy Monument

Corner of Downs Road and State Highway 77. Service starts at 7.30am.

Glentunnel: 9.30am Meet outside Glentunnel School

Fo lowed by a service at the Glentunnel Community Centre carpark.

Greendale: 2.00pm Greendale Reserve entrance

Service fo lowed by a wreath-laying ceremony.

Hororata: 1.00am Hororata Monument

If wet, a service wi l be held in Hororata Ha l.

Wreath-laying ceremony at District War Memorial.

Kirwee: 12.00pm Service at Anzac Lane (by watershed), Kirwee

Recreation Reserve


Kowai: Service fo lows on from the conclusion of Springfield’s

ceremony (around midday).

Leeston: 9.00am E lesmere Public Cemetery

Returned Services Association section, 323 Feredays Road.

Wreath-laying.

Leeston: 10.30am Leeston Rugby Pavilion

Service fo lowed by a parade to the cenotaph and a wreath-laying

ceremony.

Lincoln: 2.00pm Lincoln Event Centre

Service fo lowed by wreath-laying ceremony.

Mead: 9.00am Mead Ha l Memorial gates

Wreath-laying ceremony.

Prebbleton: 9.00am District War Memorial

Wreath-laying ceremony.

Ro leston: 1.00am Town Square – behind Te Ara Ātea

Parade a tendees m et near the Scout den. Service fo lowed by a

wreath-laying ceremony.

Sheffield-Waddington: 8.00am Sheffield Cenotaph


Springfield: 11.00am Tawera Memorial Ha l

Service fo lowed by a wreath-laying ceremony at District War Memorial.

Springston: 10.30am Springston Ha l

Service at the ha l fo lowed by a wreath-laying ceremony

at the District War Memorial.

Tai Tapu: 8.45am Meet at Tai Tapu School

Raise a flag, march to the Cenotaph.

9.00am Service and wreath-laying, then march back to school.

West Melton: 9.45am West Melton War Memorial in school grounds


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fundraiser is hugely popular and well vehicles ranging in age from very old

established on the local motoring enthusiasts

calendar, catering for a l types of motoring.

to modern, covering over 110 years of

vehicles and a broad range of interests. Paul Kelly Motor Company is once

The diverse range of vehicles with again the principal sponsor of the event

we l over 7 0 cars, trucks, motorbikes for the fift enth consecutive year. “The

etc on display at last years’ event has Twin Rivers event is a great day out on

always ensured this popular event the Canterbury motoring enthusiasts

draws large numbers each year. The calendar and we’re delighted once again

expectation is tha this year wi l be even to be supporting the event and this

years’ charity Hohepa Canterbury” says

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towards a planned upgrade to their Barrington

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March 2026, wi l be held as usual a the Fundraising this year is once again to

A&P Showgrounds in Curle ts Road. support Hohepa Canterbury to complete

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