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• By Gabrielle Stuart<br />

and Andrew King<br />

EDGEWARE BP has agreed to<br />

plant trees around it’s newlyredeveloped<br />

site – but no-one has<br />

told the neighbour who raised<br />

the concern.<br />

Cornwall St resident Kazu<br />

Kano and other neighbours<br />

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of the BP, but the plan was<br />

approved at a resource consent<br />

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David Mountfort.<br />

Where there was once a row of<br />

established trees, Mr Kano’s view<br />

now is of a 20m long, almost 5m<br />

high white wall just behind the<br />

boundary fence, which reflects<br />

glare into his home.<br />

BP initially refused the<br />

residents’ requests to plant extra<br />

trees to hide the wall.<br />

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a U-turn after Mayor Lianne<br />

Dalziel called personally about<br />

the landscaping.<br />

Ms Dalziel stepped in after<br />

articles highlighting the problem<br />

were published in the Nor’West<br />

<strong>News</strong> and The Star.<br />

She said while she made a call<br />

to the company, the real work<br />

was done by city council staff.<br />

“I believe it is being implemented<br />

now and I am pleased<br />

for the neighbour who was<br />

concerned,” she said.<br />

At the July hearing,<br />

residents tried to stop BP and its<br />

plans to add four more pumps, 12<br />

car parks plus a bigger forecourt.<br />

Mayor Lianne Dalziel waded<br />

into the battle asking BP to work<br />

with city council staff to find a<br />

solution.<br />

Planting of trees to hide the<br />

fence, the city council said,<br />

started yesterday.<br />

Mr Kano said he is still waiting<br />

to be notified of what is going on.<br />

“I haven’t heard anything,” he<br />

said.<br />

Mayor Dalziel said while this is<br />

a good outcome it does highlight<br />

how little influence neighbours<br />

and the city council has on the<br />

resource consent process.<br />

•Readers’ letters, p9<br />

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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

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NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

FROM<br />

THE<br />

EDITOR’S<br />

DESK <strong>News</strong>...................................... 3-9<br />

IT’S TAKEN a while but finally we<br />

have some good news today for the<br />

affected residents that opposed the<br />

Edgeware BP expansion.<br />

BP will plant shrubs to try and<br />

minimise the affect the new shop<br />

has along Kazu Kano’s fence. Time<br />

will tell how effective that is, but<br />

BP should also be painting the<br />

back of their shop to reduce the<br />

glare on the Kanos’ back porch.<br />

It will be at travesty if BP doesn’t.<br />

As we reported last week, Mayor<br />

Lianne Dalziel jumped in to push<br />

BP into doing something and this<br />

appears to have worked. Thanks<br />

Lianne. But if it wasn’t for Nor’West<br />

<strong>News</strong> and The Star fighting for<br />

the residents, nothing would have<br />

been done. The city council was<br />

complicit in the resource consent<br />

process that allowed this to happen<br />

and local councillor Pauline Cotter<br />

didn’t seem interested in the latest<br />

battle, as we reported recently.<br />

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NOR’WEST NEWS Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2016</strong> 3<br />

<strong>News</strong><br />

Village expansion opened<br />

RESIDENTS IN The Russley<br />

Village have a brand new $10<br />

million community centre<br />

which was opened by John Key<br />

on Friday.<br />

The ‘Homestead’ was opened<br />

on the site of the old Russley<br />

Hotel which first opened in<br />

1964.<br />

As well as Mr Key more than<br />

200 guests were in attendance,<br />

including local MP and Minister<br />

of Transport Gerry Brownlee<br />

– who once worked at the old<br />

hotel – master of ceremonies<br />

Peter Townsend, former hotel<br />

manager Peter Morrison and village<br />

ambassador Judy Bailey.<br />

Village director Graham<br />

Wilkinson said the brief for the<br />

build recognised the importance<br />

of the history of the site.<br />

“The Russley Hotel was of<br />

huge significance to Christchurch,”<br />

he said.<br />

“We wanted to preserve this<br />

by creating a sophisticated country<br />

club experience that captures<br />

some of the old hotel’s warmth<br />

and ambience.”<br />

Like the old hotel, the new<br />

Homestead has areas purposebuilt<br />

for entertainment and<br />

socialising including a boutique<br />

cinema with tiered seats and a<br />

café and brasserie.<br />

Upstairs, there is an intimate<br />

OPEN: Village director Graham Wilkinson, property<br />

developer Antony Gough, former prime minister John Key,<br />

Vicki Holland, local MP Gerry Brownlee open the new $10<br />

million community centre in The Russley Village on Friday. ​<br />

lounge. There is also a library,<br />

study and computer area, an arts<br />

and crafts space as well as a hair<br />

salon and wellness rooms for<br />

health professionals.<br />

There are a number of contemporary<br />

design features<br />

throughout, from the marble reception<br />

and weathered bronzed<br />

finishes to more traditional<br />

design elements such as exposed<br />

rafters and vaulted ceilings<br />

with skylights to diffuse light<br />

throughout.<br />

“The Russley Hotel was well<br />

known for its friendly fireplaces.<br />

We’ve emulated this and have<br />

installed within the Homestead<br />

three stunning fireplaces featuring<br />

herringbone brick liners and<br />

raked limestone hearths,” Mr<br />

Wilkinson said.<br />

“The Russley was also the<br />

first hotel in the south island<br />

to have a swimming pool and<br />

became quite famous for its<br />

parties. Again, in keeping with<br />

the history of the site, we have<br />

started the construction of an<br />

indoor heated pool and spa<br />

complex.”<br />

The new Homestead complex,<br />

was designed by Christchurchbased<br />

Dalman Architects and<br />

Auckland-based Lauren Hare<br />

Interiors.<br />

In Brief<br />

STREET ONE-WAY<br />

Westminster St, between<br />

Cranford St and Roosevelt Ave,<br />

will be one-way heading west for<br />

the next four days while repairs<br />

are being carried out on the<br />

wastewater system. On-street<br />

parking will be limited. Work will<br />

take place between 7am and 6pm.<br />

WOMAN HURT IN CRASH<br />

A woman in her 20s was taken<br />

to Christchurch Hospital<br />

on Thursday with moderate<br />

injuries after a two vehicle crash<br />

on Thursday. St John sent an<br />

ambulance to the scene at the<br />

intersection of Hills and Innes<br />

Rds around 6.50am.<br />

FUNDING SOUGHT<br />

Five students in north-west have<br />

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Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood<br />

Community Board’s youth<br />

development fund. Daniel<br />

Lance Chiplin has applied for<br />

$400 towards participating in<br />

the Peewee International Ice<br />

Hockey Friendship Tournament<br />

in Minnesota, in March. Amy<br />

Weaver, Grace Northern and<br />

Paige Bowman have applied for<br />

funding towards the cost of a<br />

gymnastics development tour to<br />

Texas, in February. Laura Jayne<br />

Marie Duncan has also applied<br />

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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

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NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

AMY HUANG was awarded<br />

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Sarah Pride was awarded promixe<br />

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Pride<br />

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Dorothy Bates Trophy<br />

“Reaching for the Stars” -<br />

Amy Huang<br />

Rewiti Gardner Prize -<br />

Amy Huang and Sarah Pride<br />

Katherine Price Prize for<br />

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Buchan Cup for Foreign<br />

Languages - Sarah Pride<br />

Principal’s Award for Generosity<br />

of Spirit - Georgia<br />

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Performing Arts - Cassie<br />

Henderson<br />

The Sophie Savill Cup for<br />

HARD WORK: Year <strong>13</strong> Dean Leigh Allan presenting Amy<br />

Huang with her dux award. ​<br />

Outstanding Sportswoman<br />

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The Special Award for<br />

Perseverance - Mollie Carruthers<br />

The Samantha Perkins<br />

Memorial Prize for the<br />

Head of School - Gabriella<br />

Newman<br />

McKenzie Cup for Service<br />

to the House - Madeleine<br />

Westley<br />

Ethel Gibson Memorial<br />

Prize for the Head of the<br />

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The Ian Stephenson Prize<br />

for Passion for the Environment<br />

- Pia Petersen<br />

Dawson Prize for the<br />

Associate Head of School<br />

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PTA Prize Head of Health<br />

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NOR’WEST NEWS Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2016</strong> 5<br />

PERFORMANCE: Between award<br />

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ACHIEVERS: The 2017 student leadership team.<br />

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Price Waterhouse Prize -<br />

Georgia Hawley<br />

Nancy Grant Salver for<br />

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new role of head of clan leaders.<br />

Principal Dr Sandra Hastie<br />

said <strong>2016</strong> was a hugely successful<br />

year for Rangi Ruru, in all areas<br />

of school life – academic, sporting,<br />

music and theatre.<br />

“I’d like to extend best wishes<br />

for the season to our girls, their<br />

families and staff, all of whom<br />

make Rangi Ruru Girls’ School<br />

the happy, welcoming and outstanding<br />

school it is.”<br />

Senior leaders<br />

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Dutton<br />

Head of boarding – Monica<br />

Marshall<br />

Deputy head of boarding<br />

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Head of community –<br />

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Head of culture – Anna<br />

Bruce<br />

Head of service – Flossie<br />

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Head of sport – Zoe Gilpin<br />

Head of sustainability –<br />

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Head of wellbeing –<br />

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Clan leaders:<br />

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Amelia Bryden<br />

Heads of Balmoral – Siena<br />

Rapley and Alex Summerfield<br />

Heads of Braemar – Amelia<br />

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Heads of Dunvegan –<br />

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NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

Mike Vincent<br />

Million dollar mission to save a<br />

Mike Vincent is Kaikoura’s paua saviour. He<br />

reckons he and about 450 volunteers have<br />

saved paua worth more than $1 million since the<br />

November 14 earthquake. Fraser Walker-Pearce<br />

talks to the 44-year-old about questioning his<br />

science teacher, missing his wife and kids, and<br />

growing up in Aranui<br />

Where are you while we’re<br />

chatting?<br />

We’re in Boat Harbour in the<br />

south of Kaikoura still, we’re<br />

waiting for a road to open so<br />

we can get access to some bays<br />

further to the north, the different<br />

inlets and bays up there. All<br />

the way from Oaro through to<br />

Peketa is the area we’ve been allowed<br />

to relocate paua.<br />

Talk to me about the process<br />

of relocating paua. What does<br />

that entail?<br />

Before I do I’ll explain how to<br />

normally gather paua. You jump<br />

in at low tide and dive for it;<br />

that’s the way to get it legally. But<br />

now because of the earthquake<br />

you can walk out in sand shoes<br />

without getting wet and reach it.<br />

In my whole 30 years of diving<br />

I’ve never been able to go into<br />

a tidal zone and pick up my six<br />

paua without getting wet. There’s<br />

no science in that, it’s just what’s<br />

happened.<br />

So now you’re wading out,<br />

gathering them and dropping<br />

them deeper?<br />

What we do is we go out at<br />

low tide, when there’s a two hour<br />

window either side of that and<br />

we fill buckets with water and the<br />

harvesters go out and grab them,<br />

and the relocaters who are the<br />

experienced divers, go and place<br />

them on rocks, back into the<br />

water basically. The simple way<br />

of saying it is that we’re moving<br />

them from where there was no<br />

water, to where there is water.<br />

How much depth do you<br />

think has been lost from the<br />

earthquake?<br />

It’s hard to put a number on<br />

it, because all I can say is there’s<br />

hundreds of dead paua on the<br />

beaches now. It’s also important<br />

to ask if in the old tidal zone<br />

pre-earthquake was there any<br />

sea-life on the beach? The answer<br />

is no. In the new tidal zone after<br />

the quake would there be any life<br />

POWER COUPLE: Mike Vincent and wife Debra. Mr Vincent<br />

says she is his rock back in Christchurch.<br />

there? And the answer is still no,<br />

because sea creatures can’t live<br />

out of water (laughs).<br />

And so you’ve brought it on<br />

yourself to get them back in the<br />

water?<br />

A diving mate of mine Dylan<br />

Dhue, his wife Hannah and I<br />

phoned each other the day after<br />

the earthquake. When we saw a<br />

photo of a rock full of paua well<br />

above the water line on Facebook,<br />

that’s what made me call<br />

him and I said to him we have to<br />

do something. And that’s when<br />

I posted my first Facebook plea<br />

for help.<br />

And it all went from there?<br />

Pretty much. So now it’s all<br />

volunteers up here who all feel<br />

the same as us – they’ve all<br />

visited or dived here. It’s touched<br />

all of us. Kaikoura has a special<br />

place in all South Islanders’<br />

minds and hearts. Also a big<br />

thank you to the local runanga in<br />

Kaikoura who offered their help<br />

and support for us.<br />

Obviously you can’t save<br />

every single paua out there –<br />

but how many do you think<br />

you’ve relocated back to the<br />

water?<br />

You’re right we can’t save all<br />

of them. But I’d say we’ve put<br />

between 20,000 and 75,000kg of<br />

paua back into the water. But to<br />

give you an idea, we would fill a<br />

20-30L bucket in about a minute,<br />

so we fill thousands of buckets.<br />

To put a money figure on what<br />

we’re doing, it’s about $90 for a<br />

ton of paua, so we would be talking<br />

over a million bucks for this<br />

operation normally. We’ve probably<br />

had about 450 volunteers<br />

over the whole time helping out<br />

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to all our wives out there as well<br />

(laughs). We’ve all got families<br />

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Kaikoura natural treasure<br />

When will you be back in<br />

Christchurch?<br />

I would say within the next<br />

week and a half. It’s been adventurous,<br />

but we just want to get<br />

home to support our families.<br />

It will be really awesome for me<br />

to see my wife Debra and my<br />

two young boys Kaydence and<br />

Ezekiel again.<br />

What suburb in Christchurch<br />

are you going back to?<br />

Addington. We’ve been there<br />

for eight years now. It’s our first<br />

house. I haven’t been working<br />

so my wife’s a bit stretched. I’m<br />

in the building industry but I’ve<br />

taken almost a year off to help<br />

with the house.<br />

Do you ask a few of your<br />

builder friends to help with the<br />

house?<br />

Oh hell yes. I’ve got heaps of<br />

friends that have helped out with<br />

the house, people like plasterers,<br />

painters, landscapers, it’s all good<br />

karma that comes around for<br />

them too.<br />

You must have a lot of good<br />

karma with the work you’re doing<br />

at the moment?<br />

Yes, I think I must have a bit<br />

of credit in the bank (laughs).<br />

It’s the love and support of the<br />

New Zealand people, that’s what<br />

allows me to keep going. We’re a<br />

special breed us Kiwis I truly believe<br />

that. I think when you have<br />

a natural disaster it brings people<br />

back together and you get a lot<br />

of good things happening. And<br />

in 20 years time our kids will be<br />

able to come out to Kaikoura and<br />

get paua.<br />

So it’s also about the future<br />

generation for you?<br />

It’s all about my kids and their<br />

kids, to get paua for me, their<br />

father, when I’m too old to get it<br />

myself (laughs). It’s me teaching<br />

them what’s important, conservation<br />

and all that.<br />

What high school did you go<br />

to in Christchurch?<br />

I went to Aranui High School.<br />

I was brought up and lived in<br />

New Brighton and loved surfing<br />

on North Beach, I used to love<br />

to surf. I’m more into my diving<br />

and hunting now. I’d rather run<br />

around the hills and do stuff<br />

like that now, chasing pigs and<br />

deer.<br />

Who did you hang out with at<br />

school?<br />

It was a big community back<br />

then. It’s a lot different now because<br />

of the advances with technology<br />

nowadays. We’d phone<br />

people and actually bike to each<br />

others’ houses and that kind of<br />

thing. It was a small community<br />

and everybody knew everybody.<br />

Are there any schoolmates<br />

you still catch up with?<br />

I still see a lot of the mates, and<br />

because of this work I’m doing<br />

up here a lot have come back<br />

out of the woodwork. That core<br />

group of good friends are still<br />

around. Just a big web of friends<br />

I guess.<br />

Did you have any favourite<br />

subjects at school?<br />

I loved science – I was the<br />

guy that would stand up in class<br />

and got in trouble for it, and<br />

ask about evolution and ask the<br />

teacher why apes aren’t turning<br />

into humans now, that kind of<br />

thing. I loved it because I liked<br />

the challenge of working through<br />

something and asking what’s going<br />

on here.<br />

Were you pretty smart for a<br />

student?<br />

I was an average student, sort<br />

of in-between average and above<br />

PAUA<br />

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A group of<br />

volunteers<br />

saving<br />

paua on the<br />

Kaikoura<br />

coast (left).<br />

The paua<br />

need saving<br />

because the<br />

seabed rose<br />

significantly<br />

during the<br />

earthquake.<br />

average in terms of my brains. I<br />

loved my sport though. I played<br />

representative rugby for Canterbury,<br />

then I went and played<br />

league and then got into diving<br />

at 14 and hunting after that. I<br />

still play presidents rugby league<br />

for the Kaiapoi Bulldogs. I still<br />

throw myself around like I’m 21<br />

to be honest (laughs).<br />

Did you do any tertiary education<br />

after Aranui?<br />

I did a course at polytech for<br />

business management. I think I<br />

got through one year and it got<br />

boring for me. It wasn’t challenging<br />

enough for me and I thought<br />

do I really need a piece of paper<br />

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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

PAPANUI HIGH SCHOOL<br />

NEWSLETTER<br />

Greetings, Tena Koutou Katoa,<br />

Welcome to our final newsletter for <strong>2016</strong>. We have<br />

had a very successful year, and our students are<br />

doing incredibly well. Increasingly, students are<br />

experiencing and striving for greater success. We<br />

know that, when students are engaged, they will<br />

make progress, and this has been reflected in their<br />

achievement.<br />

As a school it is our responsibility to provide the<br />

best possible learning for every student, and ensure<br />

we meet their diverse needs. The consolidation<br />

of recent initiatives also ensures sustained and<br />

continuous improvement can happen, and supports<br />

the embedding of good school wide practice.<br />

What strongly complements curriculum success,<br />

is of course the opportunities provided by the<br />

school’s co-curricular programme. Our students<br />

have performed exceptionally well in a full range of<br />

activities, some of which are shown below.<br />

At this time of the year, we need to say farewell to a<br />

number of permanent staff. Mr Thomson is leaving<br />

us to take up the Head of Mathematics position at<br />

Riccarton High School, and Mrs Alison Goodfellow<br />

who has taught in our ESOL department for the last<br />

15 years, is retiring. We thank them for their hard<br />

work and for the many years of service they have<br />

provided to the school and to education in general.<br />

Ms Alana Davis, and Mr Fred Poskitt, were both<br />

awarded 40 years long service awards at our<br />

recent senior prize giving in acknowledgement and<br />

celebration of their dedication, valued service, and<br />

outstanding contribution to our school.<br />

I would like to thank and acknowledge;<br />

• the, Board of Trustees, Parent Teacher<br />

Association, parents, whanau, and the wider<br />

community, for their support and for sharing in the<br />

responsibility of educating our young people,<br />

• the entire staff, who make Papanui High School an<br />

exciting and rewarding place,<br />

and,<br />

• the students, who give us all enormous pleasure<br />

in seeing them achieve the things they do. Our<br />

students grow up to be wonderfully mature young<br />

adults with a strong sense of social responsibility.<br />

For those students who are leaving. Thank you for<br />

being a part of Papanui High School. I hope you<br />

feel well prepared for the next step in your lives,<br />

and that you are moving on to new and exciting<br />

challenges. I wish you all the very best for your<br />

future.<br />

Have a safe and happy holiday period. I look<br />

forward to 2017 in the<br />

knowledge that as a school and a community<br />

we will continue to work together to provide our<br />

students an education that is supportive, caring,<br />

and developed in a ‘forward thinking’ way.<br />

Jeff Smith<br />

Principal<br />

My School, My Success, My Responsibility<br />

Tōku Kura, Tōku Tiketike, Tōku Haepapa<br />

SENIOR PRIZE GIVING<br />

In early November we<br />

celebrated Senior Prize giving<br />

at the Horncastle Arena. We<br />

would like to thank Toshiba<br />

and Business Distributors<br />

Limited (BDL), the Papanui<br />

Foundation, The PTA, and<br />

the many other sponsors and<br />

supporters who contribute to<br />

our celebrations. This year, Juliet McLachlan was named Dux, and<br />

Megan Crosbie named Proxime Accessit. The three BDL/TOSHIBA<br />

Scholarship recipients were: Jahna Low, Sophie Harrison, and<br />

Eryn Turner.<br />

SPORTS AWARDS<br />

At the Sports Awards evening<br />

the following individuals were<br />

recipients of our major awards<br />

in <strong>2016</strong>. Congratulations to all<br />

sports participants this year,<br />

and to those who received<br />

awards.<br />

Pupil in a Manager/<br />

Administrator Role – Meghan Collins<br />

Adult in a Manager / Administration Role – Glenn Hooper<br />

Pupil in a Coach/Administration Role – Michaelee McDonald and<br />

Maia Van Der Westhuizen<br />

Adult in a Coach/Administration Role –Te Haere Stirling<br />

Student Service to Sport – Shani Clark<br />

Adult Service to Sport –Jamie Collins/Peter Laifa/Toby Simpkon<br />

Sport Development Cup – Netball<br />

Team of the Year – Super Touch Boys<br />

Sportswoman of the Year – Shani Clark<br />

Sportsman of the Year - Goiteom Gebremedihin<br />

HEAD STUDENTS FOR 2017<br />

Congratulations to Britney<br />

Aldridge and Mikael Ewans<br />

on their appointment as Head<br />

Students for 2017.<br />

Britney and Mikael will lead a<br />

head student team next year<br />

which will consist of Samuel<br />

Archibold, Stella Cheersmith,<br />

Liam Helleur, Liam Kennedy, Casey Knowles, Grace Newton,<br />

Kristina Orr, Jacob Richards, Lena Sareewan, Arama Thompson-<br />

Ruka, Hana Tuetue and Nicolene Van Rensburg.<br />

CHARITY WEEK<br />

In this year’s<br />

annual Charity<br />

Week Food<br />

Bank drive, the<br />

students really<br />

got in behind<br />

the event. We<br />

had an excess<br />

of 1900 items<br />

donated. The<br />

event is also a House competition and was won by Ahi Ka (Red<br />

House) with 601 items donated. 1900 items equates to about 40<br />

banana boxes packed full of food. Next year the goal will be to get<br />

2000+ items. All proceeds go to the City Mission.<br />

A mufti-day to raise funds for Ronald McDonald House was also<br />

held, and a cheque to the value of $1,800 was presented by<br />

members of the School Council.<br />

SPORTING SUCCESS<br />

Congratulations<br />

to Jason Smith,<br />

Finn Pollock,<br />

Goiteom<br />

Gebremedihin,<br />

and Jared<br />

Neighbours<br />

who competed<br />

at the National<br />

Secondary<br />

Schools<br />

Athletics. Finn,<br />

Jared, and Goiteom all finished in<br />

the top 10 in their events. Jason<br />

Smith won 3 Gold medals and<br />

a Silver: Gold Long Jump Para<br />

Athlete<br />

Gold 100m Para Athlete, Gold<br />

200m Para Athlete, Silver Discus<br />

Para Athlete.<br />

2017 START DATES<br />

January<br />

23 School Office opens<br />

25 - 27 Peer Support training<br />

camp<br />

30 Teacher Only Day<br />

31 Year 9 students<br />

report 9.00am<br />

Powhiri for ALL<br />

new students<br />

February<br />

1 Year 12 students<br />

report 9.00am<br />

Year <strong>13</strong> students<br />

report 10.00am<br />

2 Year 10 students<br />

report 9.00am<br />

Year 11 students<br />

report 10.00am<br />

3 Timetable starts<br />

6 Waitangi Day -<br />

school closed<br />

Jason Smith<br />

ARTS AND CULTURAL AWARDS<br />

At this year’s Arts and Cultural<br />

Awards:<br />

• Bonnie Paul was the Maori/<br />

Pasifika awards supreme winner.<br />

• Tyla Anderson received the<br />

Larry Thomson prize.<br />

• Most Outstanding Male:<br />

Kyle Martin<br />

• Most Outstanding Female:<br />

Juliet McLachlan<br />

• Most Outstanding Individual in a<br />

Support/Leadership Role:<br />

Oliver Foster<br />

• Best Male<br />

Musician:<br />

Kyle Martin<br />

• Best Female<br />

Musician:<br />

Claire<br />

Daddiza<br />

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NOR’WEST NEWS Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2016</strong> 9<br />

Your Local Views<br />

Readers respond to the<br />

ongoing saga of the<br />

Edgeware BP expansion,<br />

and the issues neighbours<br />

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The event was a sober reminder for<br />

Canterbury of what our community<br />

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I was out and about after the<br />

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The work undertaken by our<br />

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NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

EQC UPDATE KEEPING YOU INFORMED | DECEMBER <strong>2016</strong><br />

The year ahead<br />

A message from outgoing EQC chief executive<br />

Ian Simpson<br />

The Kaikoura Earthquake has been an unwelcome<br />

reminder of the sheer power and unpredictability<br />

of geological forces and of New Zealand’s<br />

vulnerability to these.<br />

The earthquake has also highlighted yet again<br />

the resilience of New Zealanders in the face of<br />

natural disaster.<br />

At EQC, it’s also reminded us that every natural<br />

disaster affects communities in different ways. So<br />

while we have learned a number of lessons from<br />

Canterbury 2010-2011, our response to the<br />

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Courtesy of Tonkin + Taylor<br />

Don’t wait to hear from<br />

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Most people seen by EQC in the first<br />

weeks since the Kaikoura<br />

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wanted help lodging their claims<br />

and advice on how to get emergency<br />

repairs underway to get them back<br />

into their homes.<br />

EQC Customer and Claims General<br />

Manager Trish Keith says that having<br />

organised three teams on rotation into<br />

the most impacted areas of Ward, Waiau<br />

and Kaikoura to help lodge claims,<br />

provide information and answer<br />

EQC-related questions, EQC is being<br />

kept up to date on customer needs.<br />

“One of the lessons out of Canterbury<br />

was that people wanted information<br />

and the opportunity to talk to someone<br />

about their issues as soon as they could<br />

after an event, so we have ensured that<br />

our response to Kaikoura includes<br />

personal contact,” Mrs Keith says.<br />

“The teams have been dealing with<br />

hundreds of customers one-on-one.<br />

Many people have been asking EQC<br />

when someone from EQC will visit<br />

them, so they will know what to do<br />

next. My advice is that they go ahead<br />

and lodge the claim first. Don’t wait for<br />

anyone to visit.<br />

“Go ahead and lodge your claim to<br />

ensure you are in the system, and any<br />

earthquake damage found later can be<br />

added. If you fail to lodge a claim<br />

before 14 February 2017, we won’t be<br />

able to help you so best to lodge the<br />

government, and government agencies<br />

and insurers.<br />

We are heeding that lesson as we plan our<br />

response to Kaikoura. We’ve had staff on the<br />

ground in Kaikoura, Ward and Waiau to help<br />

customers lodge their claims and answer EQC<br />

related questions. The information our people<br />

are picking up from those areas is being fed back<br />

into our planning.<br />

The work we are doing now will mean that in<br />

2017 we will be putting in place the team we<br />

need to deliver a response tailored to the needs<br />

of customers impacted by the Kaikoura<br />

Earthquake. This team will be part of the new<br />

structure we have developed to also carry on the<br />

remaining work in Canterbury in 2017.<br />

While we are working very hard on responding to<br />

Kaikoura, we also know we have to keep focussed<br />

on resolving the final Canterbury claims.<br />

I’m stepping down as EQC’s chief executive at<br />

the end of this year. I want to thank people of<br />

claim,” Mrs Keith says.<br />

The next steps about claim assessment<br />

and settlement are still the subject of<br />

ongoing negotiations with private<br />

insurers. EQC is confident it will have<br />

news on this soon.<br />

EQC has been prioritising the<br />

vulnerable and the most damaged<br />

homes for visits, as needed.<br />

All EQC teams are working out of<br />

Recovery Assistance Centres set up by<br />

Canterbury Civil Defence Emergency<br />

Management in Ward, Waiau and<br />

Kaikoura so Government agencies and<br />

non-government agencies could deliver<br />

consistently across areas of need.<br />

If you have any questions about<br />

your existing claim or want to lodge<br />

a new claim:<br />

• Visit www.eqc.govt.nz/claims<br />

• Email info@eqc.govt.nz<br />

• Phone 0800 DAMAGE (326 243)<br />

The EQC call centre is open 7am to<br />

9pm Monday to Friday, and 8am to<br />

6pm on Saturdays.<br />

To prepare for making a claim,<br />

remember to have on hand:<br />

• Information about what damage<br />

occurred<br />

• Photographs showing the damage<br />

and any urgent work that was done<br />

• Your insurance policy number and<br />

name of your insurance company.<br />

Courtesy of NZ Fire Service<br />

Canterbury for the support we have received,<br />

and at times for your patience. I acknowledge we<br />

didn’t always get everything right but we have<br />

learned from that. I also want to acknowledge the<br />

EQC staff who worked very hard to support the<br />

Canterbury recovery.<br />

Looking ahead, it’s clear 2017 will be another<br />

year of challenges. I’m confident that EQC will<br />

rise to meet those challenges.<br />

2017 changes<br />

From later this month, EQC will be the main point of<br />

contact for all customer enquiries relating to Canterbury<br />

Home Repair Programme (CHRP) repairs.<br />

Until now, customers have dealt with EQC and/or Fletcher EQR<br />

– depending on what stage their repairs have been at. But, from<br />

16 <strong>December</strong>, EQC’s 0800 number (0800 326 243) will be the<br />

main number for all customers – including those whose<br />

properties are in the current sub-floor review, who will be<br />

transferred to the Fletcher EQR staff focussing on that work.<br />

No delays are intended or anticipated, but personnel changes<br />

due to the completion of about 68,400 first-time CHRP repairs<br />

may mean some customers will have a different contact person<br />

at EQC or EQR in 2017.<br />

EQC’s General Manager Customer and Claims Trish Keith says<br />

these customers will be advised of any changes and provided<br />

with new contact details.<br />

“We don’t want customers who currently have a contact<br />

person at EQC or EQR calling us and only then finding out that<br />

someone else is looking after their claim.”<br />

She says any changes will be limited to EQC and EQR<br />

personnel, and repair work will be carried out by contractors<br />

that have already worked for the home repair programme and<br />

are familiar with EQC’s systems and quality expectations.<br />

Most CHRP contractors will finish work for the year on<br />

23 <strong>December</strong> and resume work from 9 January.<br />

EQC’s Contact Centre hours will be:<br />

• Friday 23 <strong>December</strong>: 7am-5pm<br />

• Saturday 24 <strong>December</strong> – Tuesday 27 <strong>December</strong>: CLOSED<br />

• Wednesday 28 <strong>December</strong> – Friday 30 <strong>December</strong>: 8am-5pm<br />

• Saturday 31 <strong>December</strong> – Tuesday 3 January: CLOSED<br />

• Normal hours will resume on Wednesday 4 January<br />

(7am-9pm Monday-Friday; 8am-6pm Saturday)<br />

EQC in the<br />

community<br />

EQC staff members will be available to answer your<br />

questions and talk about claims at the following Recovery<br />

Assistance Centres.<br />

• KAIKOURA<br />

8.30am-5pm, 7 days, Sacred Heart Parish Hall<br />

• WAIAU<br />

11am-2pm, Monday 12 <strong>December</strong>, Waiau Hall<br />

• WELLINGTON<br />

10am-5pm, Monday-Friday Public Trust Building,<br />

<strong>13</strong>1-<strong>13</strong>5 Lambton Quay<br />

Positive<br />

response to<br />

February <strong>2016</strong><br />

settlement<br />

process<br />

90 percent of claims from the February <strong>2016</strong><br />

earthquakes have been settled.<br />

EQC’s February <strong>2016</strong> Event Response Manager,<br />

Jayne Lapin, says of the <strong>13</strong>,879 claims received for the<br />

14 and 29 February earthquakes and subsequent<br />

aftershocks, EQC has resolved 12,440 (90 percent)<br />

by cash settlement worth a total value of $46,039,854<br />

“Customers have appreciated the approach we have<br />

developed and implemented in response to the<br />

February earthquakes.”<br />

The new approach uses both on-site and phonebased<br />

assessments, and allows customers to influence<br />

the pace of settlement by giving them the opportunity<br />

to provide earthquake damage data and<br />

photographic evidence.<br />

Thanks to a robust period of planning in advance and<br />

with customers providing information up front, claims<br />

have taken an average of three weeks to reach<br />

settlement from assessment.<br />

Customers who have been through the process have<br />

been surveyed and nearly 90 percent of those who have<br />

taken part have been positive about their experience.<br />

Ms Lapin says EQC had hoped to resolve all February<br />

<strong>2016</strong> claims by the end of the year but it has suited<br />

some customers to defer their assessment to 2017,<br />

meaning a small number remain open and will be<br />

closed early next year.<br />

Land settlements<br />

update<br />

Almost all land claims will be resolved by the end<br />

of the year but there will be some customers who<br />

will get their settlement in 2017.<br />

At the end of <strong>December</strong> <strong>2016</strong>, out of a total of<br />

approximately 73,000 green zone properties we<br />

expect to have resolved 97% of them. This means we<br />

have either made payments to customers or advised<br />

them that they don’t qualify for the types of land<br />

damage known as Increased Flooding Vulnerability<br />

(IFV) and/or Increased Liquefaction Vulnerability (ILV).<br />

“We’ve been working to get an answer to all land<br />

customers waiting to hear from us this year. While we<br />

have worked hard to ensure that customers have<br />

received their land settlement, we are conscious that<br />

some are still waiting”, says EQC’s Head of Customer<br />

and Claims Trish Keith.<br />

“These are the last of the most complex claims that<br />

we need to settle and we will do our best to continue<br />

to deliver robust settlements which can give<br />

homeowners confidence that all properties have been<br />

assessed fairly and consistently”, says Mrs Keith.<br />

“Looking back on the year, we would also like the<br />

opportunity to thank all land customers, community<br />

groups and many other stakeholders, who are also<br />

supporting our customers, for their patience and<br />

understanding as well as taking the time to come to<br />

our community meetings on land settlements or<br />

hosting us and providing us with their feedback”,<br />

concludes Mrs Keith.<br />

The EQC website remains a good source of<br />

information for land customers who want to find out<br />

more about IFV and ILV land damage, which are a<br />

world-first. Please visit www.eqc.govt.nz/IFV or www.<br />

eqc.govt.nz/ILV.<br />

CONTACT EQC AT 0800 DAMAGE (0800 326 243) OR VISIT WWW.EQC.GOVT.NZ


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Design A Christmas Card With<br />

3D Printed Stencils<br />

Tuesday, 3.30-4.30pm<br />

Make Christmas cards with a<br />

difference. A 3D printer will print<br />

out stencils for the children to design<br />

and make their own Christmas cards.<br />

With the help of library staff, create<br />

an interesting and fun card design.<br />

Caregivers are required for children<br />

under 10-years-old but no bookings<br />

required for this event.<br />

Shirley Library, 36 Marshland Rd<br />

Science Alive At The Library<br />

Wednesday, 3.30-4.30pm<br />

These are fun drop-in sessions<br />

to interest school-aged children in<br />

science and the things happening in<br />

the world around them. Find some<br />

interesting science-related books<br />

while at the library to take home and<br />

read.<br />

Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys Rd.<br />

Free entry<br />

Knit ‘n’ Yarn<br />

Thursday, 2-3.30pm<br />

Take your knitting hobby to the<br />

library. This is a way of enjoying your<br />

craft in a social atmosphere. Share<br />

your skills and tricks with other<br />

knitters or learn something new<br />

from other people while you’re there.<br />

This is a weekly group but there is no<br />

obligation to attend every session.<br />

Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys Rd.<br />

Free entry<br />

Christmas Craft And Card<br />

Making<br />

Thursday, 3.30-4.30pm<br />

Get crafty at the library in<br />

preparation for Christmas. Make<br />

some festive cards to send to friends<br />

and family this silly season, work<br />

with other people, share ideas and<br />

pick up some crafty tips from others<br />

while letting your creativity run wild.<br />

Redwood Library, 339 Main North<br />

Rd. Free entry<br />

Summertime Reading Club For<br />

Kids<br />

Opens Friday<br />

Need some books for the summer<br />

school holidays? Pick up some books<br />

along with a Passport to Summer.<br />

Each page has fun reading-related<br />

activities to complete. After you<br />

finish the challenges on each page,<br />

stop in at a library to collect a stamp<br />

in your passport. Once you’ve<br />

completed eight activities and<br />

collected five stamps in total, get your<br />

passport checked by a librarian to<br />

enter the draw to win some prizes,<br />

including an iPad mini 2, Orana<br />

Park family pass, pool passes, movie<br />

passes and book vouchers.<br />

Any Christchurch City Library<br />

branch. Free entry<br />

CHRISTMAS FUN: The Christchurch Chinese Church will once again bring Christmas<br />

to Bryndwr. Events and games will start at 6pm on Saturday. There will be sausage<br />

sizzles, candy floss, popcorn, and snow-cones to enjoy. A children’s zone will keep<br />

the little ones entertained, with two bouncy castles, games and colouring-in activities.<br />

From 7pm there will be Christmas carols, a Christmas drama and presents for children.<br />

At 8pm there will be a supper to finish off the evening. The event is happening at the<br />

Chinese Church Service Centre, 286 Greers Rd. This is a free event with something for<br />

the whole family to enjoy. ​<br />

Christmas With Impact<br />

Friday, 3pm and 7pm<br />

There will be two 90-minute<br />

shows full of well-known<br />

Christmas songs performed by<br />

the talented children at Impact<br />

Company Kids. The show will<br />

include some popular songs<br />

while the children dance<br />

along. It will be a performance<br />

for the whole family to enjoy.<br />

Sing along to the songs and<br />

watch the talented children<br />

perform. There will only be<br />

two shows. Phone 357 1<strong>13</strong>7<br />

for more information and<br />

tickets. Group discounts are<br />

available.<br />

Aurora Centre for the<br />

Performing Arts, Burnside<br />

High School<br />

Laughter Club<br />

Sunday, 11am-noon<br />

End the week with a laugh.<br />

There aren’t any jokes or<br />

funny stories at the laughter<br />

club, instead it’s a chance to<br />

laugh at nothing and relax<br />

with other people. There will<br />

be exercises throughout the<br />

session to focus on breathing<br />

and stretching.<br />

Scottish Society Hall, cnr of<br />

Edgeware and Caledonian Rds,<br />

St Albans. Entry $2<br />

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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2016</strong> 19<br />

FLAME FILES<br />

KIDSTUFF<br />

Don’t leave clothes in the<br />

dryer while you’re not home<br />

Fire risk management<br />

officer Mark Thomas<br />

talks about call outs<br />

in the lead up to<br />

Christmas and a new<br />

call out to a fire in an<br />

ice cream truck<br />

Another week and<br />

another series of car<br />

crashes in Christchurch.<br />

Twenty-one attended by<br />

Fire Service troops in the<br />

past seven days.<br />

Lately, these seem to be<br />

increasing quite alarmingly.<br />

It might be the time<br />

of year, it might be something<br />

to do with drink<br />

driving, but whatever it<br />

is a car crash just now is<br />

pretty much guaranteed to<br />

result in a less than merry<br />

Christmas.<br />

For goodness sake watch<br />

where you’re driving,<br />

watch other traffic and pedestrians<br />

and don’t speed.<br />

You’ve heard the term<br />

‘fire and ice’. ‘Fire and ice<br />

cream’ doesn’t have the<br />

same ring about it does it?<br />

Every now and then<br />

comes an incident that<br />

is new, even to long-time<br />

firefighters. A recently<br />

opened service station in<br />

Harewood had a fire in<br />

an ice cream machine last<br />

Thursday.<br />

It didn’t come to much<br />

and was shut down by staff<br />

with firefighters just ensuring<br />

no fire spread with a<br />

thermal imaging camera.<br />

I’ve mentioned this<br />

THE PLAYHOUSE CHALLENGE<br />

before but leaving the<br />

house with a clothes dryer<br />

just started is not recommended.<br />

We’ve all done it,<br />

many of us not even thinking<br />

about the possibilities.<br />

Mostly nothing will happen<br />

other than the clothes<br />

being dry when you come<br />

home. But occasionally,<br />

as in Malabar Cres,<br />

Broomfield, last Friday, a<br />

family will come home to a<br />

destroyed home.<br />

By being there while the<br />

appliance is operating,<br />

you increase your chance<br />

of cutting off a fire or at<br />

least having us on the way<br />

earlier.<br />

And every second saved<br />

means so much more of<br />

your stuff saved.<br />

Tenants Protection Association (TPA) Christchurch, Birthright Canterbury, and<br />

Star Media are proud to present Canterbury’s first ever ‘Playhouse Challenge.’<br />

The competition will see some of our top architects and building teams compete<br />

against each other to build Canterbury’s best playhouse and receive an award for<br />

‘Best Architectural Playhouse’ or the ‘People’s Choice’.<br />

The best five playhouses will be judged by an expert panel and members of the<br />

public attending the 2017 Star Home & Leisure Show. The playhouses will be on<br />

display at the Show from 30 June until 2 July, where they will also be auctioned.<br />

Proceeds from the auction will be shared between TPA and Birthright Canterbury<br />

to support their ongoing work in the community.<br />

Send in Your Expression of Interest<br />

If you think you are up for the challenge of building<br />

Canterbury’s best playhouse, please submit an<br />

Expression of Interest by 5pm on 22 <strong>December</strong>.<br />

Visit birthrightchch.org.nz or tpa.org.nz<br />

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to<br />

contact Di Harwood at TPA on (03) 379-2297.<br />

Lindisfarne is a Family Business<br />

Lindisfarne Nursery School was<br />

established in 1987 by Tricia Cuthbert and<br />

remains part of the Cuthbert family today.<br />

We have a large open villa which offers<br />

pre-schoolers a great space for lots of fun<br />

activities, and a nursery building where<br />

the babies and toddlers can develop and<br />

explore at their own pace.<br />

Our registered teachers provide a<br />

programme of wonderful activities based<br />

on the national curriculum, Te Whariki,<br />

which encourages a love of learning, and<br />

you will receive regular updates about how<br />

your child is developing.<br />

The pre-school villa offers the children<br />

a large open space with family and roleplay<br />

areas, areas for construction and<br />

Kids love CASPA!<br />

CASPA (Creative After School<br />

Programmed Activities) incorporating<br />

PAPA JACKS offers children the<br />

opportunity to be creative, make new<br />

friends and try new experiences all<br />

within a safe, nurturing environment.<br />

CASPA offers working parents an<br />

affordable after school and school<br />

holiday programme that their kids<br />

just love!<br />

CASPA attributes its success to the<br />

variety of activities on offer as well as the<br />

convenience and affordability for parents.<br />

CASPA kids enjoy an exciting range of<br />

activities including sports, music, games,<br />

drama, arts and craft as well as fun trips.<br />

Previous themes and activities have<br />

included a Karaoke Dance Party, CASPA<br />

Fear Factor, Healthy Art, Out of Africa<br />

and hundreds of other amazing themes/<br />

activities!<br />

CASPA parents enjoy peace of mind,<br />

knowing their kids are safe and enjoying<br />

the benefits of a quality after school<br />

programme. Some parents and caregivers<br />

also enjoy government subsidies for<br />

CASPA. CASPA is Child Youth and Family<br />

approved for the OSCAR Subsidy and in<br />

some circumstances, the full CASPA fee<br />

will be covered by the subsidy.<br />

For more information or to enrol, call<br />

Caroline, Rachel or Tania on 349 9260 or<br />

visit www.caspa.org.nz<br />

CASPA<br />

After School<br />

& Holiday Programme<br />

Creative<br />

After<br />

School<br />

Programmed<br />

Activities<br />

art, a library full of wonderful books and<br />

puzzles, and a “classroom” area where the<br />

pre-schoolers love to ‘play schools’.<br />

The nursery house provides the babies<br />

and toddlers with the environment and<br />

resources to develop their skills in the<br />

precious first two years.<br />

Your child will have a portfolio which<br />

will reflect their interests, as well as show<br />

their learning and individuality.<br />

Morning and afternoon tea and a<br />

cooked lunch are provided, and<br />

we are open all year.<br />

Please call in<br />

at your<br />

convenience.<br />

• Central location<br />

• Cooked healthy heart meals<br />

• Large private outdoor play area<br />

• Casual care available<br />

• Enrolments available now<br />

• 7.30am - 5.30pm Monday to Friday<br />

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• We provide a safe, creative<br />

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• Our staff are trained<br />

• A range of fun activities<br />

• 7.15-8.30am and 3-6pm Mon-Fri<br />

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AUTOMOTIVE PROFESSIONALS<br />

NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

No job too small at<br />

this repair business<br />

Scratch on the bumper? Dent in the door?<br />

Damage like this can happen so easily – in<br />

supermarket car parks, for example. And<br />

the place to get minor damage quickly and<br />

professionally repaired is SMART Repairs<br />

in Lichfield Street.<br />

SMART (Small to Medium Automotive<br />

Repair Techniques) Repairs provides a topquality<br />

service with a quick turnaround<br />

– vehicles are usually in and out within a<br />

couple of days.<br />

SMART Repairs is owned and operated<br />

by Brian and Maxine Caffell, who bought<br />

their first panelbeating business in 1993.<br />

Brian has a total of 31 years’ experience in<br />

the trade, so customers can be confident<br />

they will get a first-class job.<br />

Services include paintless dent removal,<br />

or PDR, and while a large percentage of<br />

their work is non-insurance, they also<br />

provide insurance quotes and carry out<br />

those repairs quickly and efficiently.<br />

To keep their customers on the road while<br />

their vehicle is in the workshop, SMART<br />

Repairs recently acquired a courtesy car,<br />

and this has already proven to be a great<br />

help for people, Maxine says. They also offer<br />

a pick-up and delivery service if required.<br />

As a small, friendly operation, SMART<br />

Repairs specialises in small to medium<br />

repair work, with no job too small, Maxine<br />

says. Their aim is to provide personalised<br />

service, and make it easy for customers<br />

unsure what to do if their vehicle is<br />

damaged.<br />

“We take pride in our work and ensure<br />

that our customers are happy with the<br />

results.”<br />

SMART Repairs is located at 272<br />

Lichfield Street, at the Fitzgerald Avenue<br />

end. Opening hours are Monday to Friday,<br />

8am-4.30pm.<br />

To enquire about repairs to your<br />

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Cadbury Chocolate Block<br />

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Mainland Mild/Colby/Edam Cheese 1kg<br />

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Festive Season Survival Tips<br />

Healthy snacks are always popular<br />

Christmas is a time for celebration,<br />

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• Eat regular meals. If you skip meals you<br />

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• Avoid going to a function hungry, you<br />

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time. Have a small snack beforehand like a<br />

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quick and will help fill you up. It will also<br />

help if you are well hydrated, so try drinking<br />

a few glasses of water before you arrive.<br />

• Deep fried foods, crumbed and battered<br />

foods, cheese platter and nuts are all high in<br />

fat. Choose fruit, vegetable or bread based<br />

snacks.<br />

• If you are hosting the party, offer your<br />

guests a range of healthy snacks. Always<br />

popular are hummus or salsa dips with<br />

vegetable sticks.<br />

• If you are taking a plate, make yours a<br />

healthy option. How about a platter of fruit<br />

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• Listen to your body and stop eating<br />

when you feel full.<br />

• Just say ‘No” to food – mentally<br />

Be aware of how much you are actually drinking<br />

practice strategies to decline food offers. For<br />

example: “It looks amazing but I am full” or<br />

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• Chat and mingle. If you are bored at a<br />

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Public Notices<br />

Weka Pass Railway<br />

Waipara, North Canterbury<br />

We Are Running<br />

SunDAY 18th <strong>December</strong><br />

Running 1st & 3rd Sundays<br />

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Depart Glenmark Station<br />

11.30am & 2.00pm<br />

www.wekapassrailway.co.nz<br />

DEMOLITION<br />

With care and respect we<br />

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021 02866981<br />

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you place your<br />

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Nobody knows<br />

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Phone: 379 1100<br />

Selwyn<br />

Times<br />

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To Let<br />

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Our community papers are published every<br />

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Three convenient sizes<br />

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Visit our display cabins at<br />

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Public Notices<br />

Bay Harbour<br />

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Southern<br />

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business video<br />

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else. Contact Amanda<br />

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Trades & Services<br />

HOUSE<br />

CLEARING<br />

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house?<br />

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unwanted items.<br />

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of the rest!!<br />

Ph: 03 312 7119<br />

Mob: 021 078 4553<br />

allclearcanterbury@gmail.com<br />

www.allclearcanterbury.co.nz<br />

9220021AA<br />

MUMS & DADS<br />

Would you like your children to<br />

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DELIVERY<br />

PEOPLE<br />

WANTED<br />

The Star requires delivery personnel<br />

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delivery of The Star newspaper.<br />

Please call<br />

Leanne Lucas 364-7451 or<br />

Mark Coulthard 364 7453<br />

email: deliveries@starmedia.kiwi<br />

Trades & Services<br />

eqc cASH SeTTLeMeNT<br />

EQC CASH SETTLEMENT<br />

We will re-scope your property to ensure<br />

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we have found that most claims<br />

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Examples of Clients EQC Payments:<br />

Payment Initially $3,800 after our re-scope<br />

payment received $46,320<br />

Payment Initially $7,575 after our re-scope<br />

payment received $38,182<br />

Payment Initially $19,827 after re-scope<br />

payment received $60,273<br />

For re-scoping and all earthquake repairs<br />

including painting and redecorating.<br />

Enquire now Phone 021-667-444<br />

BLOCKED<br />

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& Property Maintenance<br />

Paving<br />

Patio - Pathways - Driveways<br />

Lawns and Gardens<br />

Planting - Raised Vege Gardens<br />

Readylawn - Irrigation - Fencing<br />

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Trades & Services<br />

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Trades & Services<br />

POWER, FIBRE, PHONE<br />

• Sales and installation of power,<br />

phone, fibre and water<br />

• Cable repairs<br />

• Electrician/Customers cables<br />

installed with COC supplied<br />

• Underground cable locating service<br />

• Trenching<br />

• EFTPOS available<br />

powercable.direct@xtra.co.nz<br />

www.powercabledirect.co.nz<br />

rubbish removal<br />

tRAiLER SKiP HiRE<br />

• 2 or 5 cubic metre<br />

• Household Rubbish<br />

• Green Waste<br />

• Yard Clean ups<br />

• Load it yourself or hire us<br />

• Locally owned and operated<br />

bin co<br />

Phone: 383-0646<br />

027 2<strong>13</strong>1 733<br />

ROOF<br />

PAINTING<br />

Rope & harness<br />

a speciality,<br />

no scaffolding<br />

required,<br />

30 years of<br />

breathtaking<br />

experience.<br />

FREE QUOTES<br />

Exterior staining,<br />

exterior painting,<br />

moss and mould<br />

treatment and<br />

waterblasting<br />

Phone Kevin<br />

027 561 4629<br />

Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

Appliance Sales & Service<br />

388 4780<br />

Appliance Services<br />

14 Brighton Mall, New Brighton<br />

Trades & Services<br />

DRIVEWAYS<br />

Replace, repair or new.<br />

We are a local company<br />

with over 10 yrs exp.<br />

We also operate a<br />

digger for all other<br />

earthworks.<br />

Ph. R.M. Solutions<br />

021 02866981<br />

for a free quote.<br />

eLeCtrICIAn<br />

REGISTERED for all<br />

electrical installations &<br />

repairs Ph 03 322 4209 or<br />

021 026 73375<br />

eLeCtrICIAn<br />

Rewire specialists. Some<br />

old wiring, some new,<br />

get a free appraisal and<br />

quote. Switch boards, LED<br />

lighting, garages, spas you<br />

name it we do it. Give the<br />

boys at Turned On a ring,<br />

phone Muzza 022 6177-<br />

275<br />

FenCe pAIntIng<br />

Staining Quality at a<br />

reasonable price. Free<br />

quotes. Phone Warren<br />

today on 980-1676 or 027<br />

20147<strong>13</strong><br />

FUrnItUre reMoVALS<br />

Large Trucks $95 +<br />

GST per hour 7 day NZ<br />

wide, packing & moving,<br />

Professional Company,<br />

Professional Service.<br />

Canterbury Relocations<br />

Ltd. ph 0800 359 93<strong>13</strong><br />

HAnDyMAn<br />

Silver Threads. A<br />

bunch of nice friendly<br />

mature tradies, builders,<br />

electricians, painters,<br />

landscapers, section<br />

tidying. Ring for a free<br />

quote 022 140-7852<br />

AAA CArpentry<br />

licensed builder<br />

practitioner all property LAWNMOWING<br />

maintenance small job<br />

expert by tradesman /<br />

handyman free quotes city<br />

wide call now 03 387-<br />

0770 or 027 245 5226<br />

ciey@xtra.co.nz<br />

• Small lawns<br />

from $10<br />

• Fast Professional<br />

Service<br />

BUILDer<br />

Phone Mark<br />

For all building work 022 307 7176<br />

but specialist in bathroom<br />

renovations, 30 yrs<br />

LeD / DoWnLIgHt<br />

experience, with service<br />

replacement. Ring the<br />

and integrity. Free Quotes.<br />

boys at Turned On for<br />

Ph Lachlan 383-1723 or<br />

free advice & quotes. Call<br />

0274 367-067.<br />

Muzza 022 6177 275<br />

BUILDer LICenSeD<br />

available for all aspects of<br />

building. Please call 027<br />

oVen<br />

Professional<br />

CLeAnIng<br />

cleans<br />

241-7471 or 335-0265 $50.00. Gift Vouchers<br />

CArpenter<br />

avail. Phone 0800 683-<br />

HANDYMAN - Small<br />

6253 or 027 228-0025<br />

Job Specialists, Carpentry,<br />

Repairs, Decking &<br />

pAInter<br />

Maintenance, 40 years<br />

Top quality work, interior/<br />

experience, no job too<br />

exterior, pensioners<br />

small, Ph Warren 03 322-<br />

discount, free quotes, 30<br />

1103 or 027 697-8541<br />

years experience, I stand<br />

by Canterbury, ph Wayne<br />

CArrIer LoCAL your friendly painter 03<br />

experienced, friendly, 385-4348 or 027 274-3541<br />

trade-me purchases, single<br />

items to truck loads, pAIntIng<br />

furniture to whatever, & Decorating interior<br />

removals & trade & exterior, gib fixing,<br />

deliveries a specialty. Ph<br />

GEH 341-5069<br />

****************<br />

plastering, paperhanging,<br />

Est 50 yrs in ChCh, ph<br />

Wingfields Ltd, ph Mark<br />

CArpet & VInyL<br />

021 171-1586 or 355-5994<br />

Laying. Repairs, uplifting, pAInter AVAILABLe<br />

relaying, restretching. All aspects in painting.<br />

Email jflattery@xtra. Very competitive in roofs<br />

co.nz, ph 0800 003 181 or and fences. Please call 027<br />

027 2407416<br />

241-7471 or 335-0265<br />

pLASterer<br />

Gib Stopping, Small<br />

job specialty. 30 + years<br />

experience. Ring 0800<br />

387-369<br />

Trades & Services<br />

pLUMBer<br />

SHoe repAIrS<br />

For prompt service for all Belfast engraving. Shoe<br />

plumbing maintenance, repairs, key cutting &<br />

repairs and alterations. engraving. (10 yrs exp)<br />

Phone Michael 364 7080<br />

or 027 438 3943<br />

683 Main North Rd, ph<br />

027 31<strong>13</strong>423<br />

pLUMBer<br />

ALF THORPE<br />

PLUMBING Certifying<br />

Plumber for all types of<br />

plumbing, maintenance,<br />

spouting, alterations etc.<br />

Phone 352-7402 or 0274-<br />

350-231<br />

rooFIng<br />

Qualified & Licenced<br />

Practitioner. Re-Roof &<br />

Repairs, all types. Member<br />

New Zealand Roofing<br />

Association. Over 35 years<br />

experience. Phone John<br />

027 432-3822 or 351-9147<br />

email<br />

co.nz<br />

name<br />

signed<br />

Tuition<br />

PILATES Beginner &<br />

Intermediate classes,<br />

Tuesday & Wednesday<br />

nights. Fendalton Croquet<br />

Club, Makora Street.<br />

Phone Julie 351-2100<br />

Ferrymead Heritage Park.<br />

existing<br />

Moving with medical conditionyou for 43 years!<br />

A Star Media Event<br />

14km<br />

ENTRIES NOW OPEN!<br />

$20 Early bird available online<br />

Are you up for it?<br />

Vehicles Wanted<br />

VEHICLES<br />

ANY CONDITION<br />

WANTED<br />

FOR CASH<br />

$ $ $<br />

Ph 347 9354 or<br />

027 476 2404<br />

Wanted To Buy<br />

AAA Buying goods<br />

quality furniture,<br />

Beds, Stoves, Washing<br />

machines, Fridge Freezers.<br />

Same day service. Selwyn<br />

Dealers. Phone 980 5812<br />

or 027 3<strong>13</strong> 8156<br />

A+ Household effects,<br />

fridges, freezers, washing<br />

machines, ovens. Good<br />

cash paid. Ph Paul 022<br />

0891 671<br />

TOOLS Garden,<br />

garage, woodworking,<br />

mechanical, engineering,<br />

sawbenches, lathes, cash<br />

buyer, ph 355-2045<br />

2017<br />

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6km<br />

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This<br />

emergency<br />

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th March 2017 • Prize Giving Ferrymead<br />

emergency<br />

Park.<br />

signed<br />

johnmill@ihug.<br />

You can also pin it<br />

Trades & Services<br />

SpoUtIng CLeAnIng<br />

Spouting Unblocked,<br />

Cleaned Out and Flushed<br />

Out. Also Full Handyman<br />

Services Available. Call<br />

Trevor 332 8949 or 021<br />

043-2034<br />

treeS<br />

BIG OR SMALL, tree<br />

removal, trimming, stump<br />

grinding, shelterbelt clean<br />

up, section clearing,<br />

rubbish removals,<br />

excavation work, ph Trees<br />

Big or Small, for a free<br />

quote, 021 061 4783<br />

rUBBISH reMoVAL tree WorK<br />

From Kleensacks to truck Hedge trimming, stump<br />

loads, the messier You can th also better. pin it grinding, rubbish removed,<br />

Trees, flat clean ups. Call small job specialty Ph<br />

Silver Threads 022 1407- Andrew 03 322-8341 or<br />

852<br />

027 435-8759<br />

Trades & Services<br />

t.V. SerVICe Centre<br />

Repairs, tvs, microwaves,<br />

stereos, DVD. Aerial<br />

installations and kitsets,<br />

480 Moorhouse Ave, ph 03<br />

379 1400<br />

UpHoLSterer<br />

Dining Chairs, Lounge<br />

suites, Caravan Squabs<br />

etc. recovered. Free<br />

Quotes. Phone Graeme<br />

383-1448<br />

VHS VIDeo tApeS<br />

& all camera tapes<br />

converted to DVD, video<br />

taping, weddings, twenty<br />

firsts, special occasions,<br />

www.grahamsvideo.co.nz<br />

ph 03 338-1655<br />

WAterBLAStIng<br />

Quality Job, Quick Service<br />

by skilled tradesman, Ph<br />

Richard Severin at Jet-X<br />

0800 538 969 Free quotes,<br />

visit www.jetx.co.nz<br />

WAterBLAStIng<br />

Quality Job, Quick Service<br />

by skilled tradesman, Ph<br />

Richard Severin at Jet-X<br />

0800 538 969 Free quotes,<br />

visit www.jetx.co.nz<br />

TOOLS Garden,<br />

garage, woodworking,<br />

mechanical, engineering, OFFIC<br />

sawbenches, lathes, cash<br />

buyer, ph 355-2045<br />

6km<br />

2017<br />

sticker is valid for entry into either<br />

distance. Must be worn during the event,<br />

to claim prizes, and for free entry into<br />

OFFICIAL ENTRY NUMBER:<br />

This<br />

contact number<br />

existing<br />

medical condition<br />

Trades & Services<br />

WInDoWS & DoorS<br />

Joiner 25 yrs experience,<br />

Repair of rot or full<br />

replacement of sashes<br />

& existing windows &<br />

doors, Glazing, door<br />

locks, security stays<br />

fitted, New house<br />

installation of doors &<br />

hardware, ph Mykle 027<br />

399 1673<br />

WInDoWS & DoorS<br />

Joiner 25 yrs experience,<br />

Repair of rot or full<br />

replacement of sashes<br />

& existing windows &<br />

doors, Glazing, door<br />

locks, security stays<br />

fitted, New house<br />

installation of doors &<br />

hardware, ph Mykle 027<br />

399 1673<br />

NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

14km<br />

19 th March 2017 • Prize Giving Ferrymead Park.<br />

The Star Photo Archive: 1983<br />

city2surf.co.nz<br />

distan<br />

to cla<br />

Ferry<br />

OFF


NOR’WEST NEWS Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2016</strong> 27<br />

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Function Facilities<br />

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Tuesday, Thursday,<br />

Saturday<br />

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Tuesday - Saturday<br />

THIS SATURDAY<br />

THE<br />

BOTTLEJACKS<br />

7pm in the Whitford’s Bar<br />

RETRO ROAST<br />

LUNCH<br />

12PM-1.30PM<br />

WEDNESDAYS<br />

until Wednesday 21st <strong>December</strong><br />

$10 Members / $12 Non<br />

EAT IN OR TAKEAWAY<br />

BBQ<br />

PORK<br />

OPEN FOR LUNCH<br />

Weekdays<br />

11.30am - 2pm<br />

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5pm - 9pm<br />

STEAMED<br />

FISH WITH<br />

CHILLI &<br />

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Christmas<br />

Functions<br />

Lunch & Dinner Buffet<br />

SATURDAY 19th NOV - SATURDAY 24th DEC<br />

Book & dine with us for your Christmas party this<br />

festive season, and we’ll take care of the rest!<br />

RHONDA CAMPBELL & JOHN BEVIN<br />

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PHONE 385 8880 FIND US ON FACEBOOK fb.com/GBCCHCH<br />

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THURSDAYS<br />

Members Lucky<br />

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17th DECEMBER<br />

NEW YEARS<br />

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SHUTTLE<br />

RUNNING<br />

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Fri & Sat<br />

GREAT<br />

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- downstairs -<br />

ClubBISTRO<br />

Open Tuesday to Saturday<br />

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Midweek $10<br />

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Wednesday, & Thursday<br />

- upstairs -<br />

PIERVIEW<br />

Restaurant<br />

Quality a la carte<br />

with a view!<br />

Open from 5.30pm<br />

FRIDAY, SATURDAY<br />

& SUNDAY<br />

FRIDAY SPECIAL:<br />

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CHICKEN BREAST<br />

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SUNDAY SPECIAL<br />

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NOW OPEN FOR<br />

SUNDAY BRUNCH<br />

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Ph 388-9416<br />

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166 Kendal Ave, Burnside.<br />

Phone 357 9575<br />

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WORKINGMEN’S<br />

CLUB<br />

«WHAT'S ON«<br />

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SATURDAY 17 DEC<br />

4.30PM<br />

BARROSS<br />

8PM<br />

IAN MAC<br />

CHALMERS<br />

RESTAURANT<br />

PRE-CHRISTMAS BUFFETS<br />

Sunday 18th <strong>December</strong><br />

LIVE MUSIC with<br />

NEVILLE BARRIE<br />

5pm start. $30 adults.<br />

Bookings essential<br />

SATURDAY 31 DEC, 8PM<br />

DnD Showband<br />

return with<br />

another fun-filled<br />

evening of<br />

song and dance.<br />

All your favourites<br />

from the 50's, 60's<br />

and beyond...<br />

even a dash<br />

of ABBA!<br />

Tickets $5<br />

available at<br />

the club office<br />

Hornby WMC<br />

17 Carmen Rd, Hornby<br />

Phone 03 349 9026<br />

www.hornbyworkingmensclub.co.nz<br />

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Tuesday <strong>December</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />

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