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U-turn
after
police
told not
to target
drivers
• By Bridget Rutherford
POLICE CHIEFS have
backtracked on an instruction telling
officers not to target drivers in the
city’s eastern suburbs because they
could not afford tickets.
The Star has learned an internal
police task memo went to officers
this month as part of a strategy
aimed at educating drivers instead of
penalising them.
Officers were told to avoid targeting
drivers in east Christchurch.
“These families are a low socioeconomic
demographic who are
disproportionately reflected in
our statistics who can least afford
infringement notices,” police bosses
said.
The instruction was met with surprise
from within police ranks.
But Canterbury district prevention
manager Inspector Tony Hill told
The Star yesterday the task was not
written correctly.
“That whole messaging got lost in
translation,” he said.
Inspector Hill said senior police
leadership had met to discuss roading
and driver initiatives, and from
that meeting an instruction was sent
out to officers.
He said the instruction was later
written by a senior sergeant, but
it should have been “messaged
differently”. Staff then sent out
revised instructions.
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WHAT AN election it’s going to
be on Saturday night.
The best and potentially the
closest in many years, and one
which will shape the country’s
future for sometime.
The Star’s website www.star.
kiwi will start its live coverage
from 7pm, bringing you updates
through to when an outcome is
decided.
In today’s Star we have expansive
election coverage. On pages
12, 13, 14 we have views from
the suburbs and who people will
vote for and why. On pages 16,
17, 19, 20, 23, 24 we have opened
up the pages to Christchurch’s
political heavyweights.
No prizes for guessing where
Garry Moore and Roger Bridge’s
loyalties lie.
The polls clearly show people
have shifted to voting for either
National or Labour and this
could spell doom for many
smaller party politicians who
have made it into Parliament on
the back of MMP.
Indications are voter turnout
will be high and which ever
party mobilises its supporters
best on Saturday will win.
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Lawyer wins tussle in ring
• By Andrew King
A LAWYER by day and
champion boxer by night, meet
Sunny Teki-Clark.
Fresh from capturing the
under-81kg elite title at the New
Zealand Boxing Championships
last week, the 28-year-old was
then using his verbal jab to
defend people in the district
court on Monday.
“I actually didn’t have too
many bruises when I turned up
for work on Monday, which was
a good thing,” he said with a
cheeky grin yesterday.
Teki-Clark fought Tyson
Sykes, of Rotorua, for The
George Bush Memorial Trophy
– the same opponent he took on
last year and lost. This year he
won on points.
“He told me after the bout,
you were too sharp Sunny. He
has mentioned turning pro but
I would like a decider before he
does that,” he said.
Teki-Clark fights out of
Bells Boxing Club on Rose St,
Somerfield. Originally from
Wanganui, he said he spent his
high school years playing rugby,
but boxing was never far from
his mind.
“I think it was my dad who
•From page 1
Police have had an initiative
running for some time where
motorists from across the city
who don’t have a driver licence or
warrant of fitness or registration
and can’t afford to pay a fine may
not be ticketed.
Instead, police can give them
compliance, or refer them to a
programme to get a licence or an
agency to assist with employment
in order to be able to pay for a
warrant of fitness.
Inspector Hill said that was the
intent of the task, and it had been
“reworked” to reflect that.
got me into it in the first place.
He boxed down here with my
coach a long time ago when he
was stationed at the Burnham
Military Camp,” Teki-Clark
said.
Although his father, Kelly
Clark, was into the sport, his
mother, Alaina Teki-Clark,
wouldn’t let him get in the ring.
“When I moved down to
As part of a plan to reduce
Maori offending by 25 per cent by
2025, police were looking at the
ways in which Maori and people
from lower socio-economic areas
were entering the justice system.
“One of these is road policing
infringements,” said Inspector
Hill.
Often people were pulled over,
ticketed for not having a driver
licence or warrant of fitness, and
could not pay their fine. So they
had to do community service and
enter the justice system. Once
they were in there, it could be
hard to break the cycle, he said.
Christchurch for university,
I decided to get into it. Mum
couldn’t tell me what to do anymore,”
he said.
He studied law at Canterbury
University and now works for
the Public Defence Service, taking
on clients who have found
themselves on the wrong side of
the law.
Teki-Clark’s reputation has
“There’s a million dollars worth
of fines sitting in the Aranui area
that aren’t paid. They clearly can’t
afford to pay them.”
He said instead, police were
helping them into courses, such
as the Learner Driver Mentoring
or Community Driver Mentoring
programmes, which help people
BOXING SMART:
Lawyer and
champion boxer
Sunny Teki-Clark
has taken out
The George Bush
Memorial Trophy
belt.
PHOTO: MARTIN
HUNTER
done the rounds, with some of
the people he defends asking
him if he was a boxer.
“I have never had a client actually
assault me. Others have, but
I think my calm, quiet demeanour
helps. Plus I’m quite tall so
that might put them off,” he said.
•Judge harassed by old school
mate, page 7
U-turn after police told not to fine drivers
‘There’s a million dollars
worth of fines sitting in
the Aranui area that aren’t
paid. They clearly can’t
afford to pay them.’
– Inspector Tony Hill
get their licence or their vehicle
up to standard.
Inspector Hill said enforcement
was still taken for behaviour such
as speeding or drink driving.
“No one’s being let off on stuff
they certainly shouldn’t.”
In 2015, police came under
fire after it was discovered police
guidelines said not to ticket unlicensed
Maori drivers in South
Auckland, and rather refer them
onto training.
It was part of a goal to reduce
Maori offending. But Inspector
Hill said this was completely different.
In Brief
PLAYGROUND CAR PARK
People who have been parking
all day for free in the Margaret
Mahy Family Playground car
park while they go to work in
the central city will not be able
to do so for much longer. City
council staff are working on a
report to have 120min parking
restrictions put in place in the
Armagh St car park.
SAFETY SIGNS GONE
The signs around Cranford and
Westminster Sts discouraging
speeding and dangerous driving
have been removed. The city
council ordered their removal
after a four-week investigation
found they did not comply with
the District Plan. It comes after
Christchurch Central Labour
candidate Duncan Webb tried
to stop the removal by turning
one into a political hoarding.
The city council said it still did
not comply and the signs had to
be taken down.
POLICE PATROL SHIRLEY
Police foot patrols have been
increased near the Marshland
and Shirley Rds intersection
after a 15-person brawl on
September 11. The brawl ended
with one person in hospital
and six arrests. Senior Sergeant
Stephan McDaniel said the
problem will be managed by
increasing patrols at busy times.
Burger King Shirley manager
Tina Sherma said young
people loitering and anti-social
behaviour has been an an
ongoing issue for some time in
the area.
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two-year jail sentence for selling
potentially dangerous steroids
shortened. He was sentenced in
May after pleading guilty to 129
breaches of the Medicines Act.
He appealed to the High Court
last month, saying the sentence
was “manifestly excessive”, but
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Authorities will investigate how to
• By Bridget Rutherford
WAYS TO help make a Spreydon
woman’s home more “liveable”
after five two-storey townhouses
started being built close next
door will be investigated.
City council head of resource
consents John Higgins, his
colleague John Gibson, Wigram
MP Megan Woods and city
councillor Phil Clearwater met
with Bolton Ave home owner
Kim Mehlhopt yesterday.
It comes after The Star
revealed last week JSJ Investments
was building the townhouses
next door to her home of
15 years – the garage less than
1m away.
Under the
District Plan
the townhouses
are
compliant,
although Ms
Mehlhopt said
Kim Mehlhopt
it will devalue
her home, cost
her privacy
and the street’s family appeal.
After yesterday’s meeting,
Dr Woods said the city council
would now contact the developer
to discuss ways to make Ms
Mehlhopt’s home more liveable,
given the close proximity.
Ms Mehlhopt said it was a productive
meeting, and she raised
concerns about the district
planning rules and the need for
consenting to be done in a “more
neighbourly way.”
“The house is there to stay so
they were only talking about
mitigation.”
Ms Mehlhopt previously laid
a complaint with WorkSafe
about unsafe building practices
next door, but WorkSafe said
it had no issues with what was
witnessed.
JSJ Investments director Nick
Johnston said they were considering
buying Ms Mehlhopt out.
Ms Mehlhopt said she wanted
to wait and see what mitigations
could be made first.
TIGHT: Builders work on the townhouse development next to Kim Mehlhopt’s Bolton Ave
home yesterday. Below: City council head of resource consents John Higgins and colleague
John Gibson inspect the proximity between the two dwellings. PHOTOS: MARTIN HUNTER
Mr Higgins said the situation
would also be referred onto
the District Plan team, who
could consider any changes
necessary.
“It is accepted the building is
very close to the neighbour.”
Ms Mehlhopt’s property
is zoned residential medium
density. It has been that way
since the 1990s, but zones in
other parts of the city changed
in the new District Plan process.
After the earthquakes, the
existing District Plans needed
to be replaced, which was done
through the city council and an
independent hearings panel.
In 2014, it was fast tracked by
an Order of Council. The order
set out the Statement of Expectations.
They asked the new District
Plan “reduce significantly” the
reliance on the resource consent
process, the number, extent, and
prescriptiveness of development
controls and design standards,
and the requirements for notification
and written approval.
In the process, the zoning
on one side of Somerfield’s
Studholme St changed to
residential suburban density
transition, allowing for higher
density development.
Multay Developments has got
the go ahead to build four, twostorey
units at 23 Studholme
St, which used to have a threebedroom
bungalow on it.
Residents are fiercely opposed
to it because they say it will take
away their street’s family orientated
appeal and privacy.
Originally, Multay Development’s
application featured three
aspects not compliant with the
District Plan.
After a hearing earlier this
year, it was decided consultation
would need to be done with
some neighbours as part of the
resource consent process because
of that.
Mr Higgins said Multay Developments
had since amended
its plans to fully comply with the
District Plan.
Because of that, it
Gerry
Brownlee
Phil
Clearwater
no longer required resource
consent, so consultation was not
needed.
A spokeswoman for Multay
Developments director Warren
Taylor said he did not want to
comment.
Studholme St resident Marty
Flanagan said they still wanted
to fight the development, but
there was only so much they
could do.
He said the District Plan gave
all the “power” to the developers.
“All of these got snuck through
the District Plan change just after
the earthquakes and it wasn’t
really communicated clearly
enough.”
Cr Clearwater said both
situations were “unacceptable.”
He said because of the
Government’s Order in Council,
the city council had “virtually
no say” in the outcome of the
plan and it was “immensely
frustrating.”
“We wanted to keep notification.
We wanted to protect
amenity values and keep clear
environmental standards. But
what we wanted was countered
by the Government.”
He said the rules disempowered
residents, and he wanted
the legislation changed so the
District Plan could be altered.
“A new Government needs
to work with our council so we
have a change to that legislation
made
urgently,”
he said.
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help angry homeowner
“I think the Government’s responsible
for what is happening
now. I think they need to take
responsibility for this. I think it’s
totally unfair to the people who
are affected.”
Dr Woods said she would
want to look at any changes in
the plan that could be made
to ensure neighbourhoods remained
liveable.
But former Canterbury Earthquake
Recovery Minister Gerry
Brownlee said Cr Clearwater’s
comments made him “furious.”
“I’m sick to death of when
every time things go wrong
they’re turning around and
pointing fingers at the Government,”
he said.
“The view he’s [Cr Clearwater]
taken is totally unreasonable and
it’s a wash the hands attitude.”
He said the city council asked
for the Order in Council to get
the District Plan done, and the
current District Plan was not a
Government document.
“We provided a process at the
request of the city council, a
legal process.”
He said the city council wanted
clear rules around resource
consent processes.
Megan
Woods
Marty
Flanagan
“We did not prescribe things
that had to be in the District
Plan.”
NO WAY: Somerfield residents have been opposed to the
development on Studholme St since they found out about it.
Spreydon-Cashmere Community
Board chairwoman Karolin
Potter said the developments
happening in both Studholme St
and Bolton Ave were terrible.
“You can’t call them houses,
they’re just future dumps. Huge,
blocky, ugly and horrible,” she
said.
“It’s bloody hard when
the District Plan allows it to
happen.”
Ms Potter has asked city
council staff to organise a
seminar for residents affected by
zoning changes, and planners to
let people know what the rules
were.
“The RMA used to be if in
doubt, go to resource consent.
But under this Government, it’s
if in doubt, don’t go to resource
consent.”
•Readers’ comments, p10
Sightings of
missing men
• By Andrew King
TWO MEN sought by police
after leaving a secure facility in
Christchurch have been seen
but police will not say where.
Detective Senior
Sergeant Mark
Worner said Kane
Hazelton, 27, and
Dean Woolley, 23,
Dean
Woolley
Kane
Hazelton
are believed to be
travelling together
around the South
Island.
“We have
information they
have been moving
around the South
Island, but at this
stage, we will not
be releasing what
those locations
are,” he said.
He would not comment on
why the men were in the facility,
or what kind of facility it is, but
said police are eager to return
them to it.
•Any sightings of Mr
Hazelton or Mr Woolley can
be reported on 363 7400 or
through Crimestoppers on 0800
555 111.
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Art gallery costs surge
• By Bridget Rutherford
IT COSTS ratepayers $35.75
each time a visitor goes to
Christchurch Art Gallery –
$20.85 more than before the
earthquakes.
It comes as a result of the
gallery’s visitor numbers being
lower and its operating costs
having risen since it reopened in
December 2015 after earthquake
repairs.
Before the quakes,
the cost per visitor
was $14.90. In the
2009/10 financial
year, there were
Deon
Swiggs
470,079 visits.
It now costs
$35.75. In the last
year, there were
306,040 visits.
The figure is calculated by the
gallery’s net annual operating
costs, divided by the number of
annual visitors.
The city council’s target is for it
to cost no more than $21 for each
visitor who goes to the central
city gallery.
City council finance and
commercial general manager
Carol Bellette said the gallery’s
operating costs had increased by
$3.7 million.
She said in the 2009/10
financial year, they were $6.9
million, while this year’s were
$10.6 million.
She said the main reason was
increased depreciation driven by
increased asset value, as a result
of the post-earthquake building
improvements.
There was also reduced revenue
from the restaurant space and
gallery shop, increased insurance
premiums and security costs
because a new insurance policy
required 24-hour monitoring of
the building, she said.
Previously it was monitored on
site for 16 hours a day, she said.
Ms Bellette said the target of
$21 per visitor was set before the
gallery reopened.
“The projected figure was
based on an early assumption
INCREASE:
Operating
costs of
Christchurch
Art Gallery
has gone up,
while visitor
numbers
have
reduced.
PHOTO:
GEOFF
SLOAN
that the city centre would be
more accessible more quickly,
and visitor numbers would
return more quickly to pre-quake
levels.”
But she said that had not
happened yet. She said once
Cathedral Square and more of
the central city is revitalised,
transport options are improved,
and the gallery’s cafe is opened,
visitation would increase.
Central city councillor Deon
Swiggs said the gallery was an
important asset, but the cost per
visitor was high.
He said they could not sit there
and wait for the central city to
return, and they needed to be
looking at how to reduce costs.
“How do me make better use of
that massive space?”
Old St Bede’s schoolmate
calls judge a bully in court
• By Guy Williams
A FORMER St Bede’s prefect,
now a district court judge,
faced bizarre accusations by a
defendant who then invited him
out for lunch.
Appearing in the Queenstown
District Court on an assault
charge, Neville Morgan Mitchell,
60, told Judge John Brandts-
Giesen to recuse himself
because they knew each other.
Mitchell, charged with
assaulting Wanaka physiotherapist
Brett Jenkins at the
township’s medical centre on
June 8, became angry when the
judge did not recognise him
immediately when he appeared
this week.
‘’You’re a bully – stop the crap.
You had a reputation for being a
bully when you were a prefect at
St Bede’s,’’ Mitchell said.
He then interrupted Judge
Brandts-Giesen when he began
to speak, saying: “Cut the drivel.
You cannot hear my case.’’
Mitchell then claimed he
would not be appearing in court
were it not for a protection order
imposed against him by Judge
Brandts-Giesen in the Family
Court years earlier.
‘’I’ve been threatened and intimidated
by this man for many
years.’’
Judge Brandts-Giesen, who
confirmed the two had previous
legal contact and had attended
St Bede’s College together,
recused himself and remanded
Mitchell at large until a nominal
date of December 20.
As Mitchell left the dock, he
invited the judge to have lunch
with him some time, “perhaps at
a Chinese restaurant’’.
The judge thanked him for
the invitation, but: “. . . in the
circumstances, I don’t think it
would be appropriate’’. – Otago
Daily Times
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News
$1.2m in parking
tickets waived
over year
• By Bridget Rutherford
MORE THAN 9000 people wrote
to the city council in the past year
asking for their parking tickets be
waived – and more than half of
those were successful.
City council data released to The
Star shows between August 2016
and July, 73,512 tickets were issued.
The total value of those was $5.9
million. During that time, the
city council received 9579 written
submissions asking for their tickets
to be waived, relating to 11,778
individual tickets.
Of those submissions, 7053 tickets
were waived, at a total of $1.2
million.
The city council was unable to
give the reasons why the tickets
were waived, because its system did
not record it and it would have to
be retrieved manually.
In total, the city council received
about $4.6 million in parking
ticket fines.
If a motorist is issued a ticket by
a parking warden, and they think
it is not warranted, they can write
to the city council with the circumstances
asking it to be waived.
It would then be considered by
the inspections and enforcements
unit.
RENT PRICES for Christchurch
units have dropped, but
apartment rents have risen, new
Trade Me figures show.
The average rent price for
Christchurch units fell 4.6 per
cent in the past year, to $310 per
week, the latest Trade Me Property
rental index figures showed.
Christchurch townhouse rents
remained unchanged at $400
per week, but apartment rents
were up 5.3 per cent to $400 per
week.
Nationally, rent prices for
apartments, townhouses and
units reached
an all-time
high, up 6.3
per cent over
the past year
to an average
of $420 per
week.
Over the
past three
years, the average rent price had
risen 20 per cent.
Trade Me Property head Nigel
Jeffries said nationally, across all
types of rental properties, rents
rose 2.3 per cent in the past year.
“To​ ​date,​ ​we’re​ ​experiencing​
​the​ ​lowest​ ​period​ ​of​ ​rent​ ​
increases​ ​in​ ​five​ ​years​. This​ ​is​ ​
quite​ ​the​ ​contrast​ ​to​ ​2016​ ​when
the​ ​annual​ ​rent​ ​growth​ ​was​ ​
nearly​ ​double​ ​at​ ​4.4​ ​per​ ​cent,”
he said.
The index comes from properties
advertised on Trade Me,
where around 11,000 properties
are displayed each month.
Mr Jeffries said average rents
for units, townhouses and
apartments were much higher in
Auckland, at $490 per week.
Auckland apartment rents
rose 6.5 per cent in the past year
to an average $490 per week,
townhouse prices rose 5.8 per
cent to an average $595 per week
and unit rents rose 4.9 per cent
to an average $430 per week, his
data showed.
Wellington prices rose faster:
Apartment rents were up 7.1
Follow election
the
www.star.kiwi
City rents: Units down, apartments up
Kiri Barfoot
per cent to an average $450 per
week, townhouses up 8 per cent
to $475 per week and units up
11.3 per cent to $345 per week.
Last month, Barfoot &
Thompson said Auckland residential
rental yields or landlord
incomes rose for the first time in
three years.
“Returns for Auckland rental
property owners look to be on
the up with gross rental yields
for three-bedroom homes in
over half the city’s suburbs
rising in the first half of 2017
compared with the same period
last year. This follows a steady
decline in rental yields observed
since 2014,” the agency said.
Kiri Barfoot, a Barfoot &
The Star
Thompson director, said that
was good for landlords and
“exactly what you would expect
to happen at some point in response
to moderate but consistent
increases in rent and slowing
of house sales prices”.
Crockers property management
said this month that
Auckland three-bedroom property
average weekly rents were
$616, compared to the national
figure of $460 per week.
“Over the past month average
Auckland rents for a twobedroom
residential property
have remained relatively stable
at $479, while two-bedroom
rents across New Zealand have
increased from $380 to $400.
This has resulted in the Auckland
two-bedroom premium
softening from 27 per cent to 20
per cent,” it reported.
“Average rents for threebedroom
properties in Auckland
softened this month from
$630 to $616, while rents across
New Zealand increased slightly
from $450 to $460, resulting in
the three-bedroom premium
to decrease from 40 per cent to
34 per cent. These two changes
may well reflect the reported
migration of many Aucklanders
to provincial New Zealand.”
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Quake damage raised heart attack risk
• By Jamie Morton
CANTERBURY residents living
in quake-damaged homes were
put at higher risk of heart attack,
a new data-crunching study has
found.
The research, published in
international journal The Lancet
Planetary Health, offers the latest
insight into how quakes that
rocked Canterbury over 2010
and 2011 affected peoples’ health
in the months and years after.
Earlier studies have indicated a
number of negative effects, ranging
from depression, anxiety
and a mental fog dubbed “quake
brain,” to suicides linked to the
disaster and detailed in a New
Zealand Herald investigation.
Now, researchers have found
how those living in areas with
more severely damaged homes
in the first year after a major
earthquake had elevated levels
of cardiovascular disease – and
heart attacks in particular.
We were interested in the longterm
impact of the earthquake
given the prolonged insurance
settlement process, particularly
among those who were most
impacted by earthquake damage
to their homes,” said study author
Professor Vicky Cameron,
RISK: Residents living in quake-damaged homes are
vulnerable to heart attacks.
a cardiology researcher based
at the University of Otago,
Christchurch.
EQC residential building
claims data were linked to residential
information at the time
of the magnitude 7.1 September
4, 2010, earthquake.
Researchers then followed up
with adult residents aged older
than 45 to check any new cases
of admission with cardiovascular
disease and related deaths.
The results were adjusted for
the influence of age, sex, ethnicity,
small area deprivation index
and personal income.
In the first year, people who
were living in the most damaged
areas in Christchurch
had around 10 per cent more
cardiovascular hospitalisations
compared with the least damaged
areas, 22 per cent more
hospitalisations for heart attacks,
and 25 per cent more deaths
from cardiovascular disease.
Over the first 12 months of
the Canterbury earthquakes,
in areas with the most damage
to homes, there were at least 66
related hospital admissions for
cardiovascular disease and 29 for
heart attacks, when compared to
the least-damaged areas.
But the researchers failed to
find any such pattern over the
following four years.
While cardiovascular disease
rates are known to increase
immediately after a severe earthquake,
less was known about the
magnitude of this increase over a
longer time frame, and whether
this was associated with level of
housing damage.
The new study offered proof
that people living in areas with
more severely damaged homes
in the first year after a major
earthquake had elevated levels
of cardiovascular disease, and
heart attacks in particular.
The researchers suggested
policy measures, such as better
access to services and interventions
within the first year of a
disaster, could help.
“The cardiovascular impact of
the Canterbury earthquakes is a
reminder of the broader health
impact of a natural disaster and
the importance of considering
cardiovascular prevention in
natural disaster preparedness,
resilience and recovery,” Cameron
said.
The study was undertaken
as part of the Healthier Lives
National Science Challenge and
carried out by researchers from
Otago University, Canterbury
University and Opus.
– NZ Herald
Fire, stabbing
latest issues
at housing
complex
A FIRE and a reported stabbing
are the latest in a string of
problems at a St Albans social
housing complex.
The Star revealed this month
that police had been called to
the 25-unit Pickering Courts
social housing complex multiple
times to respond to problems,
including threats to shoot other
residents’ pets.
Last Thursday at about 10pm,
firefighters were called to put out
a fire in the yard of one of the
units. The fire was recorded as
suspicious, started by straw and
paper in the garden which had
been set alight. Police were notified
about it.
Earlier in the week, on
Wednesday morning, police had
been called to the complex after
an unrelated report that a tenant
had been stabbed. It turned out
to be a false alarm.
Two weeks ago, several units
and cars parked at the complex
were vandalised with yellow graffiti,
which was also reported to
the police.
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The Star
Viewpoint
Readers respond to last week’s story about a
townhouse development on Spreydon’s Bolton Ave, just
metres away from Kim Mehlhopt’s home of 15 years
Judith Mackay – I was so
angry reading about that poor
woman unbelievable. What a
disgusting performance by our
council and the builder, what
chance has the “little person” got
against the likes of them.
How would John Higgins from
the council like it, if it was his
place, would it be such a minor
effect. The council changed
the law after the earthquake,
obviously with no regards or
safeguards for people. It is all
about money and greed, both
from the developer and the
council letting it happen. Also
the lady is still waiting for EQC
repairs!
Judi Johnson – I am appalled
at the city council’s lack of
common sense in this situation.
Don’t the city councillors
ever put themselves in these
situations before passing these
ridiculous ‘laws’? If they must
have five two-storey houses
on such a small section, surely
they could make it mandatory
that the driveways are on the
outer edges of the sections so
as to afford the (prior) resident
neighbours some form of privacy
and not cut out their sunshine so
much? As for the close proximity
to the neighbouring houses, that
amount of room is just plain
ridiculous. I remember when
we had a house in Hei Hei and
we applied for a permit to erect
a garage at the front. We had to
have it 4ft, from memory, from
the footpath, and we had to supply
a garden planting plan before
it could be erected. We had to
have the garage camouflaged
from the road by plants. Our
planting plan was approved and
the garage duly erected and the
garden installed. In this case I
think the CCC should buy Kim’s
property for the pre-earthquake
valuation, and let her move to a
more desirable situation. Kim.
Geraldine Radovanovich
– Great article on the housing
issue. I think it sucks and
ought to be investigated by the
courts. It seems that the city
bylaws were changed after the
earthquakes. Probably by the
National Government. I left the
red zone in 2012 and have lived
in Davis California since then.
Developers in this city have to go
through hoops to do that sort of
development here and then the
constituents have the vote. Last
year an infill development of
high density housing was voted
down for various non compliant
reasons. Also another development
within the city boundary
was turned down because it
overlooked the citizens private
homes that were considered old
Davis homes. The citizens won.
Jo Harrison – I am absolutely
disgusted at what is going on
in the area. I have lived in the
Somerfield area for 16 years and
recently rebuilt our house due to
the earthquakes. If I was aware
of this type of housing I would
not have invested to rebuild a
family home in this area. To
say the effect of this is ‘less than
minor’ makes me so angry! I
won’t rant any longer but I am
aware that a lot of this is actually
changes made by the National
government and our local National
MP washes his hands of it
and blames the council as with
the asbestos dump in Kennedys
Bush, Halswell.
Kim Rankin – I have a the
same issue in Papanui. It’s awful!
But luckily I am a tenant and will
be moving out at the end of our
contract. This is where renting
far outweighs paying a mortgage.
Gordon Heyward, of
Parklands – In response
to your article ‘woman feels
crushed as new townhouses go
up’.
I am sure there is a law that
a building must be a certain
distance from a boundary fence.
In this case, there wouldn’t be
enough room to paint the wall.
I have also heard of other cases
where a neighbour has to be
consulted when a building is
going up that could affect them.
It looks like the concrete block
wall would also be a firewall, but
as there are windows it would no
longer be a firewall and could be
far from regulations. When it
comes to having to work from a
neighbours property or standing
on their fence, that is trespassing
unless you have permission. If
that was me, I would have done
something about it when the
pegs first went in. The trouble
is with these builders, they try
to put too many houses on one
section.
Natalie Edwards – Any
sympathy one felt for Ms Mehlhopt
is quickly eroded by her
and tantrum-like behaviour with
regards to the people working
on the adjoining building site
combined with her flagrant use
of public service peoples time
including the police, ministers of
Parliament and WorkSafe.
The west side of Bolton Ave has
historically always been medium
density (L3) whilst the opposite
side less dense (living 2/old zoning).
The properties to the north
of Ms Mehlhopt have already
been subdivided some with two
storey townhouses others with
elderly persons housing. The District
Plan has only been recently
revised- did she look into the
implications of her own situation
and object - highly unlikely.
Her behaviour towards the
trades on site appears to have
been aggressive and poorly
DANGER: Kim
Mehlhopt laid
a complaint
with WorkSafe
after she
photographed
a contractor
standing on
the fence on
Tuesday while
working on the
townhouses.
•Latest
developments,
pages 4-5
directed. My sympathy lies with
the poor fascia fixer trying to do
his job and then forced to do so
on the fence whilst being photographed
– followed by Ms Mehlhopt’s
complaint to WorkSafe as
a result- absolutely deplorable.
Chris Palmer – This is a city
we live in and it needs building
up, not out. So “yes” to higher
density inner city development.
What would Ms Mehlhopt like
to happen – we keep subdividing
farmland to build single level
quarter acre dwellings ad infinitum?
It would have been courteous
to have kept her informed of
the building work and respected
her property. Hopefully Ms Mehlhopt
not being consulted about
the building work was nothing
to do with her crude comments
which may reflect her attitude
and are not endearing to her
argument.
Annette Chandler – It
breaks your heart to see what’s
happening to our city and this
poor owner. I see it everywhere
especially in a house I lived in
previously and it now has at
least three ugly townhouses on
the site. I’m now concerned that
this will eventually happen next
door to my unit. I’ve phoned the
city council but none has rung
me back. Your article made me
think of the possibility. A friend
of mine from Thailand had sent
me your article yesterday. She
can’t believe what’s going on
here. I’m so pleased I’ve read this.
Gary Knight, of Hoon Hay
– Despite parochial and blaze
views by many, the impedance
of the urban space of many by
inclusion of nearby concrete
jungles is a very imminent problem.
Character homes, privacy,
neighbour interaction, suitable
location and peace of mind are
the prime catalysts for a myriad
of residents having chosen their
home for these attributes. To
have it overshadowed by intervening
and obtrusive housing
projects close to their proximity
is demeaning and a retrograde
step for these dedicated residents.
Through zoning anomalies
these residential medium
density housing projects, being
compliant with council planning
protocol bears testimony to not
only major law full statute flaws,
allowing progress of these housing
units but also insensitivity
by lack of consultation in many
cases with property residents
prior to their building instigation.
Rik Tindall – This is the
sharp end of city medium
density conversion, Addington’s
congestion pushed further south.
Extensive new cycle lanes show
private motor cars are nearly
ruled out, while public transport
isn’t quite there. One or two
bright ideas don’t add up to a
working vision yet - far from it.
Five two-storey units crammed
onto 794 sq m expose a district
plan enabling greed, inconsiderate
of neighbours, lacking design.
Housing supply is not enhanced
this way, just reduced in quality -
box unit demand is already met.
Communities need agency on
their side, to remain whole, postearthquake.
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ELECTION COUNTDOWN
The Star
Voters are making the decision
Reporters Gabrielle
Stuart and Bridget
Rutherford go into the
suburbs and test the
mood of the voters
AFTER SIX years away from
Christchurch, Ra Bennett was
exploring the Wigram area with
fresh eyes last week – and the
change she discovered left her
awestruck.
In the years following the
earthquakes, new subdivisions
have sprung up in Broomfield
and Wigram – rows of modern
homes in shades of taupe
and grey, behind immaculate
gardens. Multi-level black glass
office blocks have replaced the
run-down shops in Addington,
and the shopping centres have
spread out and up.
On Thursday, Mrs Bennett
was exploring the Hub Hornby,
which has been redeveloped and
expanded over the last three
years.
“This place has grown so
much. It is absolutely beautiful,”
she said.
“And Bush Inn? Wow, that
is the place to go. There is so
much amazing food. And little
Wigram is so beautiful now.”
She would have every reason
to be unhappy about the state of
Christchurch.
An east side girl, she lived
most of her life in Aranui, surrounded
by her extended family.
When the earthquakes struck,
she lost not only her home, but
her community. So she left the
city for the North Island.
She moved to her new home
in Hornby this year to be closer
to her family – who had been left
for months in the east without
working toilets, for years navigating
broken roads, and still
battling the mental scars.
But although some in her family
blamed the Government, she
didn’t.
She was still undecided about
which way she would vote on
election day – but when it came
to the rebuild, National had done
DOWN TO EARTH: Riccarton Community Garden organiser Loretta Te Paa said Labour
politicians often helped out there, but she had not seen any from National.
PHOTO: GABRIELLE STUART
Howard Westwood
a good job, she said.
“Everything that has changed
for since the earthquakes has
been for the better, as far as I’ve
seen,” she said.
But living just up the road in
Hei Hei, mum Sharon Cooper,
has a different political view.
She lives across from the
Wycola shops, and was out for a
walk in the sunshine – but she’d
prefer to be at work.
She had taken time out while
her three children were young,
but with the youngest now two
and a half, she said she wanted to
be working again.
But in spite of applying for
Ra Bennett Sharon Cooper Kinjan Shah
dozens of jobs over the past few
months, mostly in retail, she’d
had no luck.
That was why she voted Labour
this year, she said. She cast
an early vote last week.
“Under National I have struggled
to get a job, and it’s not for
lack of trying. I’m not getting
employed,” she said.
“I have occasionally voted National,
but not this time. I need
hope. I want a job, a future.”
She saw a lot of Megan Woods
around the area last election,
but hadn’t seen her or National’s
David Hiatt out campaigning
this time.
“I say bring Helen Clark back,”
she said.
The Wigram electorate stretches
from Islington in the west,
east to Spreydon, and from Hoon
Hay right up to Avonhead.
The Cutts Mini Mart dairy
sits in Russley, at the top of the
electorate.
Dairy owner Kinjan Shah
said the election had come up a
few times in small talk with his
customers – but it was still not as
popular a subject as the weather
or sports.
“Right now more people are
talking about the rugby most
weekends,” he said.
Megan
Woods
David
Hiatt
Sitting right on the corner, the
dairy was usually a magnet for
billboards and political signs.
But this year no one had approached
him about signs – in
fact, he hadn’t seen anything of
either candidate.
He said Jacinda Ardern had
made the election race more
interesting, and he often saw her
speeches shared by friends on
social media.
But he still leaned blue: “I
think National works more for
small businesses,” he said.
Jessica Clark moved to the area
with her husband six months
ago, and was out on her driveway
painting furniture.
She said she had not yet made
up her mind about which way
she would vote, and hadn’t
met any of the candidates for
Wigram.
But she said care of the environment
was the most important
issue for her.
“I really don’t like how chemicals
are being sprayed everywhere,”
she said.
Across in Riccarton, Loretta
Te Paa was weeding the community
garden, hat on to shield her
from the sun.
She said Megan Woods was a
familiar face at the garden, and
at their community coffee sessions
in the local hall.
Even Andrew Little – then
the Labour leader – had visited
earlier in the year, she said.
They hadn’t helped with the
weeding during the visit, but
they’d had a good excuse, she
said.
“It was a terrible stormy day.”
They had won her vote for
Labour, she said – although not
for Dr Woods, as Ms Te Paa was
enrolled in the Maori electorate.
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ELECTION COUNTDOWN
based on community issues
Further up the road, Chris
Mackay was less of a fan.
He was out on the porch enjoying
a coffee with his mum, Teresa
Shaw.
Theirs was one in a row of
new two-storey social housing
units, which replaced the roughlooking
houses there before the
earthquakes.
“Megan woke me up the other
day, parked in her car outside
with her speaker up loud,” Mr
Mackay said.
“Ah, early in the morning?”
“Nah, it was the afternoon. But
I still wasn’t happy about it,” he
said.
He said he planned to either
vote Labour or the Aotearoa
Legalise Cannabis Party – he was
still undecided.
Ms Shaw said Dr Woods had
worked on their behalf last year,
to get them a transfer from their
old social house in Spreydon,
where she was having issues, to
their new unit in Riccarton.
She said she had voted National
in the past, but now planned to
support Labour.
“When Labour was in I
decided something needed to
change, so I voted National. I
thought they could do better for
the country. But they screwed it,”
she said.
At the bottom of the electorate,
in Spreydon, retired carpenter
Howard Westwood, was heading
home from the shops on his
scooter.
His family all voted National,
but he usually voted Labour, he
said.
He said Jim Anderton, who
was Labour MP for Sydenham
from 1984 to 1989, had played a
part in winning his vote, when he
supported workers who had been
made redundant.
“The first time I met him I
thought he was an arrogant bugger.
But then he did a lot to help
the lads out,” he said.
But as far as he was concerned,
one politician was like another,
he said.
“I know Megan’s helped a few
people through their earthquake
issues. But any MP would have
done that, that’s what they are
Rush Jopson
there for.”
Over in the Christchurch
Central electorate Dorothea Mc-
Kenzie has already cast her vote
– she’s backing National.
She reckons party leader and
current Prime Minister Bill English
is a “man of honour.”
“And I admire that.”
The 89-year-old often voted
based on her values, and Mr English’s
and National’s were similar
to hers.
“He’s a family man and after
all, New Zealand should be a
family country. He’s up front,
forthright, and he says what he
means.”
Ms McKenzie has lived in the
Christchurch Central electorate
for 62 years – now at Diana Isaac
Retirement Village in Mairehau.
Her electorate has been brewing
as the most hotly-contested
in the city with Ms Wagner
coming up against former lawyer
Duncan Webb.
Ms Wagner has held the seat
since 2011 after winning it off
Labour for the first time in the
electorate’s history.
She beat incumbent Brendon
Burns by a 47-vote majority. In
2014, Ms Wagner expanded her
majority to 2420 against Labour’s
Tony Milne.
Ms McKenzie said this was one
of the most exciting elections she
could remember, and Labour
leader Jacinda Ardern had “fired
people up”.
“I think people are thinking
more because this lass that’s
come into it, is full of vitality, and
I think the young will enjoy her
very much,” she said.
“I think she’s doing a very good
job but I’ll still go along with
National.”
Mairehau’s Michael Welham
is also voting National – as he
always has.
DECIDED:
Mairehau’s
Michael
Welham said
he would
be voting
for National
because
he liked its
policies.
PHOTO:
GEOFF
SLOAN
Dorothea McKenzie Geoff Druery Anne McMurtrie
He hadn’t paid too much
attention to the battle for
Christchurch Central, between
Ms Wagner and Dr Webb.
He would vote for Ms Wagner
because she was National and he
liked its policies, and the way it
had kept the economy afloat.
That’s not to say he wasn’t impressed
with Ms Ardern.
“She’s got a personality that
is natural. But you have to look
behind her, and I don’t see the
strength there. She can’t do it all
on her own, that’s what would
worry me.”
Edgeware’s Rush Jopson
said traditionally he had voted
Labour, and he did not see that
changing this election.
“I know Duncan Webb and
about what he wants to do and
what he’s doing.”
He liked Labour’s policies such
as axing secondary tax, and some
of its environmental policies.
Nicky
Wagner
Duncan
Webb
“I’m not far left enough to vote
Green, but I think Labour tackles
some of the environmental issues
we need to look at.”
Ms Ardern had added “energy
and excitement.”
“It feels like maybe some people
who wouldn’t normally take
as much interest are getting a bit
fired up, which I think is good.”
Merivale’s Geoff Druery said
the election had been turned into
a personality issue with the rise
of Ms Ardern, rather than being
based on policies.
He said Ms Ardern had done a
good job, but Mr English had too.
“He doesn’t have the charisma
like John Key, but I still think he’s
doing a good job.”
Mr Druery said he had always
voted National, and didn’t plan
on changing that.
It would be too close to pick
who would take the Christchurch
Central seat, he said.
Overall, he thought National
would get into Government by a
“very small margin”.
“I just think they’ve done a
very good job. The rest of the
world was in crisis [global financial
crisis 2007-08]. We weren’t,
so why not keep them on,” he
said.
“I just want the country to
have the best Government it can
have to meet the needs that are in
the country, be they wealthy or
poor.”
Former lawyer Anne McMurtrie
lives in the Ilam electorate,
and in spite of having her office
next door to Ilam MP Gerry
Brownlee for more than 20 years,
she is a Labour voter.
She said Christchurch in general
was a bit special in the sense
it had very specific issues.
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Voting on the issues
•From page 13
“We’ve been told we are
resilient, and I think we are
a bit sick of it.
“It’s important we deal
with mental health in our
community and the struggling
health board.”
Bryndwyr residents Nick
Vandenbosch and Cassie
Welsh were walking home
from casting an early vote
– their party vote to the
Greens, and electorate vote
to Labour.
Ms Welsh said independent
candidate Raf
Manji and National’s Gerry
Brownlee both seemed to
focus more on the Fendalton
side of the electorate.
“I’ve been pretty impressed
with the Labour
candidate, Anthony Rimell.
I’m involved in the community
garden, and he’s
come down there several
times. But I don’t think
he’ll beat Gerry – I think
Raf and Rimell will split
the vote.”
Mr Vandenbosch, a
plasterer, said housing was
a big issue for the couple,
especially the handling of
state houses in their area.
Retired Fendalton
resident Ian Long said he
had voted for Mr Manji,
because his policies were so
“Christchurch-centric.”
“The city plan seems to
have stagnated, especially
projects like the Convention
Centre. Education, the
environment and health
are the big issues for me,
and National doesn’t seem
to have done much for
health,” he said.
In Christchurch East,
New Brighton flatmates
Taylor Morgan-Croucher
and Penny Fuller, both
health beneficiaries,
stopped to chat while waiting
for the bus.
They saw plenty of problems
in the community.
“On our side of town
there are so many potholes
in the footpaths, it’s awful.
And there needs to be more
lighting, because right now
it’s dangerous, there are so
many places you could get
attacked,” Ms Fuller said.
She planned to party vote
NZ First, but give her electorate
vote to Labour’s Poto
Williams. Ms Morgan-
Croucher said she usually
voted Greens, but planned
to vote Labour this year because
they had committed
to funding mental health.
“For me, healthcare is
most important. It’s no
wonder there’s a lot of
depression and problems
when there is not enough
funding for mental health
services.”
Fast food worker Larissa
Crimmins-Munro said
she would probably vote
Greens, but thought most
UNDECIDED: Beckenham photographer Emily
Nicholls said her biggest concern in the area was
street safety, but none of the Port Hills candidates
had impressed her.
Taylor Morgan-
Croucher
Penny Fuller
Cassie Welsh
Nick
John and Zeta Laurie Vandenbosch
parties had a mix of good worker Jane Siefkes said she
and bad policies.
knew both National and
She wasn’t impressed by Labour candidates fairly
any of the local candidates, well – Mr Korako lived a
and hadn’t seen much of street away from her, and
them.
she used to work for Ms
The crime rate in the area Dyson.
was her biggest concern, “She was a great boss,”
she said.
she said.
“Some people I know She usually voted Labour,
have been posting on and their policies this year
Facebook about stealing had reaffirmed her decision.
cars and flipping them, but “The important ones to
they’ve never been caught. me are housing, mental
One of my mates reported health and employment
it to police, but they haven’t relations,” she said.
done anything,” she said. Retired Somerfield
“National has kind of residents John and Zeta
screwed us over, because Laurie moved to the area
there are a lot of issues six months ago, and everything
they noticed in the
they’re not confronting.”
In the Port Hills electorate,
Beckenham photog-
– they loved the library
electorate had been positive
rapher Emily Nicholls was and service centre, and had
out for a walk to the library. seen people out cleaning up
She was still undecided, the rivers.
but none of the local candidates
had impressed her cies, they had a lot of con-
But around wider poli-
much.
cerns, Mrs Laurie said.
She hadn’t met Labour’s “There are very serious
Ruth Dyson, but said issues out there that are not
National candidate Nuk being addressed – poverty,
Korako had knocked on housing, education, mental
her door.
health and attitudes to
Boy racers were a problem
in the area.
Mr Laurie said he was
children,” she said.
“The biggest issue in the also unimpressed with
area for me is street safety. “trickle-down economy”
I walk my dog at night, policies.
and we need better street “In 85 years, it’s never
lighting.”
trickled down to us,” he
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ELECTION COUNTDOWN
Christchurch political heavyweights Garry Moore, Tracey McLellan,
Sam MacDonald, Roger Bridge, Nicky Wagner and Megan Woods give
their opinions on the election and the way forward for New Zealand
(pages 16,17,19,20, 24). On page 23 Mayor Lianne Dalziel chimes in with her view
Let us start dreaming again
Garry Moore
is a former
Christchurch
mayor and
Labour Party
life member
IT’S TIME for a change.
Remember our individual
struggles getting EQC to treat us
seriously? At one stage, I reckoned
that if EQC came back to
our place often enough we would
end up owing them money.
The faults they found in our
place labelled “pre-existing” was
unbelievable. We stood there
defenceless, feeling like a criminal
trying to rip them off. We
succeeded against EQC when we
hired an expensive professional
adviser who proved what we had
been saying all along was true.
We all have tales of friends, or
neighbours, who have suffered
dreadfully at the hands of EQC,
and insurance companies. Some
died before they were reimbursed.
That’s not fair. That’s not
a decent society.
That’s why I want a Royal
Commission into EQC. I don’t
want to see my friends and relatives
in Wellington repeating our
experience when it’s their turn
for a quake.
We have the most convoluted
planning structures here. They
were imposed on us.
Now we need to say how we
want to run things ourselves,
with our own structures, accountable
to Christchurch, not to
Wellington. Of implementing the
ideas of all ages and all cultures;
of having fun as we plan again.
Remember ‘Share an Idea’? Let’s
do that again with all the big
challenges.
Let’s get all of our suburbs fully
restored and future-proofed. Like
using the red zone to plan for our
gradual retreat from the coast
over the next 80 years, assisting
our successors when they face
the inevitable results of global
warming.
Imagine Christchurch as an international
beacon for the world
in 21 st -century planning.
Let us start dreaming again.
Remember when we were
called the People’s Republic of
Christchurch and we loved it?
We saw ourselves as different.
We had pride in our city and we
accepted we did things our way.
Let’s do it again.
Let’s dream of cleaning up our
rivers. Of constructing small,
affordable, homes throughout
our city. Of enhancing our parks
and expanding our libraries. Of
planning, jointly with Ngai Tahu,
carefully all the major issues
in front of us. Together. Not in
secret.
Of growing the number of
small businesses and having our
own immigration policy and
encouraging thousands of young
families from around the globe
to move here to use our seaport,
our airport and our dataport, all
of which we own as a community,
to trade with the world. To
be a city rich in diversity.
Imagine a city where our
kids thrive because they are
well-housed, well-fed and welleducated.
Attracting families to
Christchurch because it isn’t just
hi-tech; but because of its fundamental
commitment to people.
That’s why I’m voting Labour
this election.
Labour’s key election
Here’s a snapshot of
Labour’s key policies:
Water
The introduction of a royalty
on freshwater of about 2c per
1000-litres for commercial users.
The revenue would be spent on
cleaning up waterways. It will
set stricter national standards on
freshwater quality, and within
five years would exclude all intensively
farmed livestock from
waterways.
Immigration
Cut net immigration numbers
by abut 20-30,000 annually,
including partly reducing the
number of international
students studying low-level
courses. A stricter labour market
test would also be introduced
so Kiwis are hired before those
from overseas.
Affordable Housing
Aims to build 100,000 homes
costing between $300,000-
$600,000 in 10 years – half in
Auckland. Foreigners living
abroad would be banned from
buying existing homes.
Health
It will cut GP fees by $10 a
visit, as well as $8 GP visits
for community services card
holders. Increase resources for
frontline health workers making
it easier for those with mental
health issues to get help. In the
first 100 days, Labour says it will
initiate a review of mental health
and addiction services.
Education
Offer three years of free
post-school education in either
tertiary education, training or
apprenticeships, available from
2025. Schools that stopped asking
for “voluntary” donations
would be paid $150 per pupil.
The charter or partnership
school model and National
Standards would be abolished
and NCEA would be reviewed,
while school operations funding
would be increased.
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ELECTION COUNTDOWN
policies
Crime
Over three years, increase the
number of police officers by 1000.
Tax
Reverse National’s proposed
tax cuts, eliminate secondary
tax, and tax the sale of properties
other than the family home.
Clamp down on tax loopholes
letting property speculators
offset losses from their rentals
against other income to avoid
paying tax, to help first home
buyers. It will set up a tax
working group to look at a capital
gains tax, which if recommended,
would not be implemented until
after 2020.
Key promises for
Christchurch:
Transport
Labour says it will commit
an extra $100 million from the
National Land Transport Fund
to greater Christchurch multimodal
public transport, including
commuter rail from Rolleston to
the central city.
Health
Eighty health professionals
would provide mental
health services in primary
and intermediate schools in
Christchurch and earthquakeaffected
parts of Canterbury
for an initial three years. It
would also run a two-year pilot
programme in eight areas,
including in Christchurch, so
more people can access help.
Rebuild
Labour says it would put
$300 million into Christchurch,
where it wants the money to be
invested. In partnership with the
city council, the fund would be
spent on future projects, subject
to compelling business cases
showing returns to the city. It
is also promising to restore full
democracy to Environment
Canterbury, hold a Royal
Commission of Inquiry into
EQC, establish an arbitration
tribunal to fast track insurance
issues resolutions, and speed
up the schools rebuild
programme.
Mood for a change
Tracey
McLellan is a
Christchurchbased
Labour
Party council
member
WHY DO we
need a Labour-led Government?
New Zealand is a fantastic
country and we need a Labourled
Government to make the
most of it: New ideas, positive
leadership, and a genuine
commitment to addressing
the growing problems we face.
National have had nine years in
Government and they are clearly
out of steam.
I’m scared of dogs. I only
mention this because you come
across plenty of them when
door-knocking. Most people
reassure you it’s okay because
their dog is friendly, which isn’t
always obvious.
Nevertheless, I door knock
because it’s the best way to find
out what’s important to people
and gauge the mood – and there
is a mood for change.
This weekend I spoke with
a woman who was genuinely
excited she voted Labour. She
had before but not recently. She
said housing was the reason and
she was hopeful and excited that
Jacinda was going to be the next
Prime Minister. Mental health
is the most frequently raised
concern, and people have been
extremely generous sharing
their stories.
Mental health will be a
priority of the next Labour
Government. We’ll review
mental health services and plan
to better look after those who
need help, and to support our
amazing health workers to do
their valuable work.
People really love to talk
about water. It’s absolutely
imperative that we restore
our rivers and lakes to a truly
swimmable state within a
generation and Labour’s water
royalty gives regional councils
the resources to clean up
waterways.
Here in Christchurch, we
know only too well what a
lack of action feels and looks
like. Labour is committed to
speeding up the rebuild and
healing the hurt across mental
health, education and insurance
worries.
We’ll fund extra mental health
professionals across primary
and intermediate schools;
accelerate the schools rebuild
programme, and establish an
arbitration tribunal to finally
fast track insurance resolutions.
We have to reach a workable
settlement with city council to
provide more certainty around
the anchor projects.
The $300 million on the table
for projects that benefit the city’s
future is a great idea and means
we get to decide locally what
that looks like. Importantly,
Labour is committed to
restoring full democracy to
Environment Canterbury.
Growing up, I remember Mr
Wright, our principal who had a
fondness for telling stories about
New Zealand. I felt proud and
very lucky. It was not wasted
on me that the heroic changes
and best ideas were credited to
Labour governments.
It seemed then, and I know
it’s true now, that Labour is
about getting things done. I’m
convinced that we can’t afford to
stick with the status quo – and
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ELECTION COUNTDOWN
Strong economy no accident
Roger
Bridge is
the regional
chair of the
National
Party for
Canterbury
Westland
EVERY WORKING New
Zealander will be at least $1350
on average better off thanks to
National’s tax cuts that come in
to effect early next year.
Labour voted against these.
National has lifted annual
wages by $13,000 since taking
office.
Labour are saying to New Zealanders
they know better than
you how to spend your money.
Why shouldn’t hard-working
Kiwis benefit from growing surpluses
thanks to good economic
management.
This is one reason National
deserves to be returned this
Saturday.
Billions has been spent by
a National Government in
the rebuild of Christchurch.
This has been done without a
regional petrol tax like the one
other Kiwis are going to have
to pay. National is committed
to Christchurch and deserves
a further term to grow one of
the strongest economies in the
Western world. Christchurch
will become one of the newest
and most exciting places to live
as the rebuild continues.
Labour is committed to a
water tax, tourist tax, regional
petrol tax and higher income
taxes. Their answer is to tax and
spend. Labour and the Greens
are committed to a capital gains
tax.
A strong economy did not
happen by accident. It came
through good management,
sensible well thought out policies
delivering for all New Zealanders.
Labour voted against
three new housing areas in
Auckland plus the sale of not
fit for purpose state housing,
preventing this money going
in to new social housing which
will be warmer, modern and
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Kiwis have come home to
work, bringing up their families
and to be closer to their relatives
and friends. This has caused
problems but it is better than
the mass exodus we saw under
Labour.
National deserves a further
term to continue to deliver accountable
education, accessible
health services and affordable
housing. We are on track to
decrease debt by $4 billion over
the next four years. Labour will
increase debt. This will lift interest
rates.
We have one of the lowest
rates of unemployment in the
world. Let National deliver a
continuing higher standard of
living and better services for all
New Zealanders.
National’s key
election policies
Here’s a snapshot of
National’s key policies:
Water
Set goal to have 90 per cent of
New Zealand’s major lakes and
rivers swimmable by 2040, and
put requirements on councils to
improve them.
Immigration
Put a three-year stay restriction
on lower-skilled immigrant
workers earning less than
$42,000 per year. Increase superannuation
requirements from 10
years residency to 20 years. Temporarily
close the parent category
to new applicants, and toughen
rules for partners and children of
lower-skilled workers. Increase
the refugee quota from 750 to
1000 in 2018.
Affordable Housing
Build another 100,000 homes
over the next three years. Also
build 34,000 homes in Auckland
over 10 years. A $1 billion Housing
Infrastructure Fund for
councils to help them build subdivision
infrastructure. Increase
Government HomeStart Grants
for first home buyers by $10,000.
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PATROL:
National plans
to increase
police numbers
by 880 over
four years if
re-elected.
National’s policies
•From page 19
Health
Plans to invest an extra $1.76
billion in health over four years.
It would cap the cost of a GP
visit at $18 for 600,000 people on
low incomes. Over four years,
it would put $59.2 million into
double-crewing ambulances. It
would increase the number of
elective surgeries from 178,000
to 200,000 per year by 2022.
Education
Replace the school decile
system with one based on the
number of “at risk” children
enrolled. Allow “community
of online learning” providers,
where children could enrol
instead of attending school.
Crime
Increase police numbers by
880 over four years, plus an extra
245 non-sworn staff, at a cost
of $503 million. Run boot camps
for youth offenders. Allow
police to fine parents if children
under the age of 14 are on the
streets between midnight and
5am. Introduce a $30 million
contestable fund for community
programmes aiming to reduce
offending.
Tax
Tax cuts of up to $20 per
week for anyone earning more
than $14,000. Change income
tax thresholds from $14,000 to
$22,000, and from $48,000 to
$52,000.
Transport
Take over the $955 million
Mill Rd project from the Auckland
Council, and speed up
other Auckland road projects.
Pledge an extra $267 million for
commuter rail systems in Auckland
and Wellington.
Key promises for
Christchurch:
Rebuild
National would put an extra
$120m toward a multi-use stadium,
bringing the Government
contribution to $179m.
‘Stability’ key to success
Sam
MacDonald,
National Party
member
and deputy
chairman of
the Fendalton
Waimairi Community Board
OVER THE last six weeks, this
election has focused in on the
two main candidates who, I’m
sure we can all agree, want the
best for our country.
As someone who has been
newly-elected to local government
here in Christchurch, I have
the upmost respect for anyone
who sticks their hand up and
puts their beliefs out there for
others to vote on. It takes real
courage.
It’s the beliefs of both Bill
English and Jacinda Ardern that
are currently out there for us the
public to assess and then vote
on (I accept there a few smaller
parties too).
In my view, this election, more
than any other in recent time
presents a clear choice. Do we
want to risk it all? Or continue to
capitalise on years of hard work?
This hard work I speak of isn’t
just the Government’s, it’s that of
you, me and our neighbours.
As a city, we continue to grow
as we modernise post-rebuild,
where hard work, commitment
and substantial investment
have seen our city prosper in
contrast to those initial forecasts.
Our city was never going to be
rebuilt overnight, but daily we
can see the ongoing progress of
well thought out planning and
partnership.
So why would a National-led
Government continue to benefit
Christchurch? Without analysing
every policy in this word limited
opinion piece, broadly, I’ve got
three reasons:
Leadership: English and his
experienced team are delivering
on their commitment to
Christchurch. They’ve worked
with the private sector, local
government and fronted up with
the cash our city needed ($17 billion
so far). Leadership is about
getting things done. An example
we’ve seen lately is with Nicky
Wagner and the Christ Church
Cathedral.
Certainty: They have well
thought out, detailed and costed
policy. With continued stability,
we will see more investment
in our city, not only by the
Government, but by the private
sector too. The opposition has
continued to flip-flop on the key
policy areas, which won’t give
confidence to those wanting to
invest in our city.
Fairness: Canterbury’s economy
will continue to prosper with
a Government which supports
lower taxes and less compliance
costs for small businesses. A
National-led Government will
continue to back hard-working
Kiwis by letting us keep more of
our own money as Government
surpluses grow.
Change for the sake of change
won’t get us anywhere. On Saturday
I will have voted for leadership,
certainty and fairness. I will
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ELECTION COUNTDOWN
‘Every vote counts’ – mayor
Mayor and
former Labour
MP Lianne
Dalziel
THIS Saturday
is election day. I
cannot pick the
result or what combination will
make up the Government. With
the polls showing a range of
possible outcomes, one thing is
sure, every vote counts.
It is good that the parties
all have Christchurch on their
radar. It means that we have the
basis for working with whatever
parties form the Government.
So what should Christchurch
expect of an incoming
Government?
The first thing we will do is
provide a Briefing to Incoming
Ministers. This is standard
practice in the public service.
A BIM sets out advice on the
programme of work being
undertaken by the ministry or
department and an assessment
of actions that would need to
be taken to incorporate the
incoming Government’s election
priorities.
In this instance, I would want
to set out the top three priorities
so that they are clearly factored
into the Government’s priorities.
The first priority is not
‘politically sexy’, but is vital to
getting the city back on its feet.
Broken pipes and roads were
covered by the Cost Sharing
Agreement on horizontal
infrastructure and the repairs
were delivered by SCIRT. But
what wasn’t covered was the
considerable earthquake-related
damage to land, which affected
drainage and impacted on the
capacity of our waterways to
cope with storm events.
We can establish what was
earthquake-related and develop
a simple mechanism for sharing
the costs, enabling us to develop
a much more aggressive work
programme with Government
support. People who live in the
Flockton area can see the benefits
of the work we have done, but
there are many more areas to
attend to, especially along the
Heathcote River.
The second is the central
city. We need to get things
moving. It’s not just the major
anchor projects (Convention
Centre, metro sports facility, the
Canterbury multi-use arena)
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that need to be completed; it’s
the Performing Arts Precinct
and the other elements that
make up a thriving, active city.
The case for the Government’s
contribution in the central city
relies on it becoming a regional
asset.
And finally, we all know
that what’s been known as the
residential red zone will become
one of the city’s finest assets. The
pathway from the city to the sea,
with New Brighton reinventing
itself as a major destination with
the support of Development
Christchurch, will enable
significant opportunities to open
up, the benefits of which will flow
from generation to generation.
This is not a wish list. Investing
in Christchurch is good for the
region and good for the nation.
This time we need to sit down
and negotiate as equal partners
regardless of who is elected, and
the communities, groups and
businesses that make up our city
and region can have a real say
about our future.
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Too close to call
By Audrey Young, political
editor, NZ Herald
THIS TIME a year ago, the
last thing anyone would have
predicted was a general election
featuring Jacinda Ardern v Bill
English.
Politics in New Zealand was
being eclipsed by riveting events
in other parts of the world.
The British vote to leave the
European Union had occurred,
and the dramatic United States
presidential election campaign
was under way.
Polls came in for some
criticism after both of those
votes, but in fact a relatively
small number of voters in both
contests could have affected
the final outcome. In Britain,
if 635,000 people out of 33.5
million who cast their vote
had voted differently, the result
would have been different.
In the US, Hillary Clinton
received almost three million
more votes than Donald Trump
and if she had secured the votes
of 38,875, Trump voters in three
states – Michigan, Wisconsin
and Pennsylvania – the result
would have been different.
In New Zealand, voting
under MMP is proportional.
The number of votes a party
gets in the party vote is directly
reflected in the number of seats
it gets in Parliament, so long as
they get at least one electorate or
win five per cent of the vote.
The party vote is the most
important in determining
which party or parties will
run the country. In spite of the
direct proportionality, at the last
election in New Zealand, almost
one million people who were
eligible to vote didn’t. Some
didn’t enrol at all and almost
700,000 of them were enrolled
but didn’t vote.
This election may change
that. Polls have already had a
major impact in this election
by precipitating the resignation
of Little and propelling Ardern
on to the national stage and her
party up the polls.
This election feels tighter than
others because the two largest
parties are polling more closely
than they have for some years.
Instead of us watching the
world, the world is watching us.
Expect night-time traffic delays at the Lyttelton Tunnel
If you are driving at night through the Lyttelton Tunnel,
expect occasional delays from later this month through
until December 2018.
For a few nights each month, just one traffic lane in the tunnel will be open and on
occasions both traffic lanes will need to be closed.
These traffic lane closures are required as work begins on a $28.7 million fire
protection upgrade inside the Lyttelton Tunnel, to increase the safety and
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A project of this scale and complexity makes some traffic lane closures inside the
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To minimise disruptions for tunnel users, the work will be done at night when
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HOW TO PLAN FOR THESE DELAYS
• A three-monthly calendar for all planned night-time single lane closures
and full closures will be available at nzta.govt.nz/projects/lyttelton-tunnel/
• Lane closure details will be displayed on electronic message boards at the
tunnel at least two days before they happen.
• Closures are planned to the best of the project team’s ability, but may be
subject to change.
• Allow extra time for tunnel travel on these dates.
• Emergency access through the tunnel will still be provided during all
traffic lane closures.
• Most full tunnel traffic lane closures will be from March 2018.
• Real-time traffic information for the Lyttelton Tunnel area can be found
at www.tfc.govt.nz
For more information about the Lyttelton Tunnel fire protection upgrade, go to www.nzta.govt.nz/projects/lyttelton-tunnel/
Find up-to-date information on road conditions, delays and closures at www.nzta.govt.nz/traffic and on the Transport Agency’s
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ELECTION COUNTDOWN
Looking for another ‘historic’ National win
Nicky Wagner,
National MP
and Minister
supporting
Greater
Christchurch
Regeneration
FORTY-TWO years ago I voted
in a general election for the first
time.
November 29, 1975, was a
historic election – National’s
Robert Muldoon delivered a
landslide victory and went on
to serve three terms as prime
minister.
It was historic for another
reason too – it was the first time
18 and 19-year-olds were able to
vote. Just over 82 per of all eligible
voters had their say on the
future direction of New Zealand
that day. Fast-forward to 2014,
and just shy of 77 per cent of
eligible voters actually cast their
ballot. On Saturday, I’m hoping
for a much better turnout here
in Christchurch Central and all
over the country.
It’s been great to see so many
people – of all ages – taking an
active interest in the election.
After all, politicians aren’t the
only people passionate about
our country and our future.
This is your chance to decide the
make-up of Parliament and who
represents you for the next three
years. No matter who you are,
where you’re from, or what you
do, your vote counts.
This election might also be a
historic one. National is running
for a fourth term in office to
ensure Christchurch and New
Zealand stay on the right path –
one of economic prosperity and
opportunity for all.
We have a proven track record
of delivering for New Zealanders
and a clear plan to continue
doing just that. We’ll further lift
family incomes, deliver more
jobs and build world-class infrastructure
to support growth.
National also has a clear plan
for Christchurch. We know the
challenges but we also know the
opportunities, and we have the
vision to make it happen – to
make Christchurch the best
LEADER: When Nicky Wagner
voted for the first time,
National’s Robert Muldoon
delivered a landslide victory
and went on to serve three
terms as prime minister.
possible place to live, work and
play.
We’ve spent more than $14
billion on the rebuild so far
and we’re putting more money
into exciting projects like the
Convention Centre, a multi-use
arena and Christ Church Cathedral.
A lot has changed in 42 years
– what hasn’t is that we still
need you to get out and vote on
Saturday. I’m proud to be part of
the National Government and I
look forward to being a strong
advocate for Christchurch in the
years to come.
Time for a change in Government
Megan Woods,
Labour MP and
Canterbury
spokeswoman
THIS Saturday,
there is a clear
choice for New
Zealanders about what direction
we want to take our country in.
Do we want to stick with the
status quo – a mismanaged
housing crisis, dirty rivers and
an ailing health system – or do
we want to take our country
SUPPORT: Megan Woods
says if elected Labour will
make sure the health system
is funded properly and deal
with mental health issues in
the city.
forward, address these issues and
make New Zealand a better place
for everyone to live? I’ve heard
from so many people over the
course of this campaign about
how they know we can do better.
National is tired and, simply
put, they’re out of ideas. They
have overseen nine years of
cuts to crucial public services
and an increase in our emissions.
They’ve sat back while the
number of children in poverty
has continued to rise. They have
failed to address the most basic
political issues that ensure that
all New Zealanders have somewhere
to live, somewhere to work
and something to hope for.
Labour is ready to do this.
We are going to fix the housing
crisis, clean up our rivers and
start working to combat climate
change. We’re going to make sure
that the health system is funded
properly, particularly here in
Canterbury so that we can address
the mental health issues in
our city. This election is a choice
between three years of action, or
another three years of drifting. I
know that with Jacinda Ardern
as prime minister, our country
will make huge progress on issues
that matter.
But you don’t have to wait until
Saturday to cast your vote either.
At the beginning of this week,
nearly half a million people had
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BRICS set to make
big difference
The ninth summit of the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China
and South Africa (BRICS) held in southeastern Chinese city
of Xiamen early this month highlighted the strong conviction
and consensus of the group’s five member countries to make
a difference in the world in the next decade. It concluded
with a blueprint mapped out to chart the course of the
emerging market group to achieve common development
and play a bigger role in international affairs while opposing
protectionism.
The momentous event has officially ushered in a second decade
of the grouping, which accounts for about 42 percent of the
world’s population and contributed more than half of global
economic growth in the past decade. The five-member bloc has
focused on promoting cooperation in such areas as trade and
investment, currency and finance, connectivity, sustainable
development, innovation and industrial cooperation.
Considerable progress has been achieved through practical
and mutually beneficial cooperation among BRICS countries
over the past decade. Their combined economic share in the
world’s total has almost doubled to 23 percent.
to the Xiamen summit, China hosted the leaders of APEC,
the G20, and countries participating in the Belt and Road
Initiative.
President Xi told the press after the summit that BRICS
leaders agreed to deepen political and security cooperation
and enhance mutual strategic trust. Playing a bigger role in
security was part of the four-point proposal China raised at
the BRICS Business Forum. The proposal had clear input from
the governance wisdom and will help BRICS gain strength.
OPEN ECONOMY
After assuming the rotating presidency this year, China,
together with the other four members of Brazil, Russia, India
and South Africa, has formulated a series of platforms within
the BRICS mechanism to deliver tangible achievements. The
BRICS mechanism is based on results-oriented cooperation,
and significant progress has been made in this regard.
While the bloc is dedicated to strengthening South-South
cooperation, it is not intended to “move the cheese of anyone,”
as Chinese President Xi Jinping said at a three-day summit
in China’s coastal city of Xiamen, but to “make the pie of the
global economy bigger.” Actions speak louder than words. Xi
announced at the summit that China will offer 500 million
yuan (about 76 million U.S. dollars) to facilitate practical
cooperation in economy and trade, and another 4 million
dollars for projects of the BRICS New Development Bank,
a Shanghai-headquartered body set up in 2015 as the bloc’s
major contribution to the world financial system.
overseas. In India, Alibaba’s subsidiary partnered with local
mobile payment company Paytm and boosted its number of
users from 30 million to 200 million. Chinese companies are
willing to share their experience as they explore the overseas
market.
BRICS PLUS
Openness delivers progress. China as host of the summit
has injected new vitality into the mechanism by putting
forward the “BRICS Plus” approach, inviting leaders of five
other developing countries from across the globe to hold
dialogues with BRICS leaders during the event. The move will
expand the BRICS circle of friends. With broad partnerships,
the group can evolve into a more influential platform for
South-South cooperation, to contribute significantly to
implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,
including eliminating poverty.
Leaders of Mexico, Egypt, Tajikistan, Guinea and Thailand
were invited by China to sit at a roundtable with BRICS
leaders. Though outreach programs have existed in past
BRICS summits since 2013, it was the first time the program
had such an extensive representation - from almost every
region of the world.
It is the first time that Chinese President Xi Jinping has chaired
the BRICS summit, sharing his vision on the group’s past and
future and calling for greater efforts to “comprehensively
deepen BRICS partnership.” The summit has shown the
will and means of BRICS countries to seek more pragmatic
cooperation, play a more active part in global governance and
increase the voice and representation of emerging market and
developing countries -- the main engine of world economic
growth.
RESPONSIBLE BLOC
Initially formed on economic prowess, the group has
increasingly found a common voice on thorny geopolitical
issues. In Xiamen, BRICS leaders were quick to respond to
the latest nuclear test in the Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea, which detonated a hydrogen bomb the day the
summit opened. In their joint declaration, BRICS leaders
expressed “deep concern” over the ongoing tension and
prolonged nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, saying that
it should only be settled through peaceful means and direct
dialogue. The declaration also touched upon issues in Syria,
Yemen, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. One day earlier,
Xi called on BRICS countries to shoulder their responsibilities
in upholding world peace. He called on BRICS countries to
take a constructive part in the process of resolving geopolitical
hotspot issues and make our due contributions.
China has emerged as a responsible power on world stage.
China has increased its responsibility in global governance
from climate change to peace-keeping. In the years leading up
Currently, the global economy is undergoing adjustments
with a rising trend of de-globalisation and protectionism. A
more just and equitable international order remains beyond
reach, despite some progress. With the economic slowdown,
most BRICS countries face urgent structural reforms. At this
crucial stage, the challenges and opportunities underline the
significance of the Xiamen summit to provide solutions, and
outline the direction and priorities for the group’s new era.
Economic cooperation remains at the foundation of BRICS,
and President Xi has been calling for openness and larger
representation of the developing countries in global economic
governance since his first BRICS summit appearance
in 2013. China repeated its support for an open global
economy, multilateral trade and fight against protectionism
during this summit. “Emerging market will be hurt most by
protectionism,” President Xi said. “Openness, inclusiveness,
and win-win cooperation are the only viable option.”
Seizing the opportunities of the digital revolution, BRICS can
achieve impressive growth and overtake developed countries.
The new technological revolution has brought developing
countries precious chances to play catch-up. Losing it, the
developing countries will see the divide between them and the
developed world grow wider.
Opening the BRICS Business Forum, President Xi encouraged
BRICS countries to pursue innovation-driven development
created by smart manufacturing, the digital economy and
sharing economy. The
digital economy, with a
market scale worth 22.6
trillion yuan, has risen
to take up 30 percent of
GDP in China. Meanwhile,
leading Chinese tech
companies are expanding
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President Xi said BRICS cooperation was more than about
just five countries, but carried the expectation of the entire
international community. He had earlier used an idiom to
sum up the mindset behind such partnerships: “One should
help others as he establishes himself and bear the well-being
of the world in mind.” BRICS leaders supported the “BRICS
Plus” approach proposed by China to strengthen South-
South cooperation. People all over the world are beginning
to realise the sheer potential of BRICS for cooperation among
developing countries. BRICS is really going to shock people in
terms of what is able to achieve. Xi called out to his colleagues,
“Let us set sail from Xiamen and join hands to usher in the
second ‘golden decade’ of BRICS cooperation.”
At the summit, BRICS leaders are constantly reminded of the
sea. The logo is a sail in five colors. The conference building, a
nearby hotel and the city’s airport terminal are all in the shape
of a ship. The BRICS nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China
and South Africa are like five boats on a fishing trip. Each has
its own cause, but they sail in one direction with a common
aim. At this crucial juncture lessons need to be drawn, and
the “captains” need to set the direction for the journey ahead.
As a stakeholder in shaping world order and safeguarding
peace, the BRICS should further strengthen communication
and coordination on major global and regional issues, and
promote democracy in international relations so as to serve
as a stabiliser for the world. Rather than losing its luster as
claimed by short-sighted, misleading observers, BRICS can
make a big difference to deliver benefits to people of the five
countries and beyond.

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News
Bowel disease linked to lack of sun
The Star is running a series
on the work of University of
Otago researchers based at
Christchurch Hospital, ahead
of a public showcase next
month. This week we look
at why Canterbury kids have
usually high rates of bowel
disease – which could all
come down to sunlight
RATES OF debilitating
inflammatory bowel diseases
such as Crohn’s disease among
South Island children are up to
three times higher than their
North Island counterparts, the
first New Zealand prevalence
study has found.
The University of Otago
Christchurch study was recently
published in the IBD Journal,
and provides the first snapshot of
cases around the county.
The data, collected in 2015,
showed between 40 and 60 children
per 100,000 had a diagnosis
of an IBD in the South Island.
In the North Island, the rate was
between 10 and 20 children per
100,000. The study surveyed children
from all health board areas.
In Canterbury, 40 children in
every 100,000 had a diagnosis of
IBD.
Researcher and paediatrician
Professor Andrew Day said the
HIGH FIVE:
University
of Otago
Christchurch
paediatrician
professor
Andrew Day
is working on
research to
help young
inflammatory
bowel disease
patients.
difference between the islands
was not fully understood, but
could be due to variations in sunlight,
and its impact on vitamin
D levels.
It warrants further investigation,
he said.
“There is a growing incidence
of IBD in children worldwide but
little information about rates in
New Zealand children. Our study
found quite a striking difference
between the North and South
Islands. One theory we have for
the difference is that South Island
children could have lower levels
of vitamin D. This has implications
for their immune system as
vitamin D is involved in the production
of a molecule that plays a
key defensive role in the gut.’’
Professor Day said the ‘vitamin
D theory’ was supported by
European research showing
colder places such as Scandinavia
had higher rates of the diseases
than warmer countries on the
continent.
The reason for an increasing
number of children being diagnosed
with IBD was a subject
of intense debate and scrutiny
internationally, he said.
One theory was that children’s
diet consists of far more processed
than whole foods nowadays.
Another was that children
did not play outdoors as much
and get exposure and immunity
to germs, he said.
An IBD diagnosis was often a
very big deal for a child and their
family to deal with.
“It’s a lifelong condition with
no cure. For those with more
severe forms of the disease, there
are often hospital stays to administer
medication or for surgery.
Some children need to have
regular injections or infusions of
medication,’’ he said.
Steroids used to be a common
treatment for the condition but
doctors were wary of prescribing
them now because of better
alternatives and steroids potential
to affect growth, among other
side-effects, he said.
“At diagnosis now we are commonly
recommending a special
liquid-only diet for a period of
time, and later daily ongoing
medication to maintain control
of the condition.”
Professor Day said his team
hoped to follow the prevalence
study with one that measured
vitamin D levels in IBD sufferers,
as well as their location in New
Zealand.
•Find out more about
research on the gut at
the University of Otago,
Christchurch’s Showcase
on October 1, from 1–5pm.
There will be a giant
inflatable colon you can
walk through and see the
effect of diseases on the gut.
The Showcase will include
laboratory tours, a tour of the
medical simulation centre,
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hosted by Gary McCormick
on whether “We can all live
to 120 years”. Details at www.
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Bee on guard
Rebecca Lees says you don’t have to be a beekeeper to witness the
wonders of guard bees.
SIT AND watch a hive from close
by, and you’ll witness behaviours
you may have never seen.
The entrance to a bee colony
is a hive of activity. There’s a lot
going on, but you have to be quick
to see it. Bees work at a rapid
pace. The more you watch, the
more fascinating their behaviour
becomes.
In very cold weather you may
only glimpse a few heads poking
out. Make a little noise, and more
will appear. The curious little bees
we see at the entrance are doing an
important job. They’re guarding
the hive. Watching the ins and
outs of the place, and it’s up to
them who’s granted access.
Usually around two to three
weeks old, these young worker
bees take turns on patrol. At times
when nectar flow is high and
plenty of bees take to their air –
guarding decreases. During cooler
weather, when their population is
low and nectar not flowing freely,
the guards are out in force. They
have to be, their hive is at risk.
Any creature can enter a hive, as
long as it fits through the entrance.
Mice squeeze through with ease.
Wasps have no problem. Even
bumblebees, larger than life, will
fit. It’s the guard’s job to make sure
this doesn’t happen. But when it
does – and it will – they’ll defend
their family and, if need be, fight
to the death.
Guards will often stand with
their forelegs raised and antennae
forward. The bigger the entrance to
the hive, the more bees on guard.
They’re on high alert to carry out
regular inspections of incoming
bees. As a bee approaches a hive
it flies in a particular way. Bees
which belong to the hive they’re
visiting have a more direct and
consistent flying pattern. Foreign
bees approach the hive differently.
They’re checking things out.
Searching for the entrance.
Depending on the species,
they’ll hover more or dart this
way and that trying to find a way
in. This flying pattern alerts the
guards to take a closer look, and
inspect the intruder.
Each colony of bees has a
unique odour, made of a mix of
chemicals. Guards use this odour
as a recognition mechanism. If the
odour is foreign, as detected by the
guard bee’s antennae, the intruder
is chased away from the hive.
The intruder may make a quick
getaway and get off scot-free, but
there are those who are really
desperate to get in, and they’ll
keep trying. This is when a battle
takes place.
A guard will fight with the
intruder. If need be (and if the
fight works in the bee’s favour),
the intruder will be stung. That’s
when the real alarm bells ring. On
stinging the intruder the guard
bee releases alarm pheromones.
These pheromones are
another concoction of chemical
substances. They’re an important
communication mechanism on
which the colony depends for its
survival. As the pheromone is
released other worker bees pick
up on the alarm signal. It gets
their attention and changes their
behaviour. They come out of the
hive and join the battle.
This form of SOS often works
well. The more intruders stung,
the more alarm pheromones
released. And the bigger the army
of bees who fight.
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Stay ahead of what needs to be done
With spring upon
us, Rachel Vogan
says here’s what
you need to know
to stay ahead this
month
GARDENING IS therapy,
and now is the time to get
your green prescription
locked and loaded for the
growing season ahead.
The joys, rewards and
sense of self-satisfaction
provided by a dirty weekend
in the garden are numerous
– the wait is over, spring is
here.
Stretch your arms above
your head and get ready to
launch into action outdoors.
In the warmer regions,
where the soil is dry enough,
start planting out your
vegetable patches now, but if
you are in a cooler area and
the soil still squelches under
your boots, give it a few
more weeks.
Working and planting in
the soil when it is wet does
more harm that good, so
hold off.
DELICATE: Cover up young seedlings during cold
snaps.
Cold snaps
Just because it is spring, it doesn’t mean that Jack Frost
has moved on – in the wake of cold, wet periods, frosts
can lurk until November in some parts of the country.
Young seedlings can be protected from frost with small
cloches, plastic covers or by using frost cloth. If it feels
like a cold one, tuck your plants up for the night.
Vegetables
This month is all about preparation and
planting, so if your patch is still too wet,
get busy sowing the seeds of all your
tender crops like tomatoes, chillies,
eggplants, and cucumbers indoors. If
soil conditions are right, sow the first
rows of carrots, beetroot and radishes.
Hardy crops such as spring onions, celery,
broccoli, cabbage, bok choy, lettuce,
Plants for free
Lift and divide perennials this month,
especially the ones that have been
dormant under the ground for a few
months. Dividing plants is an easy way
to bulk up garden beds and fill any gaps.
Delphiniums, hostas, red hot pokers,
daylilies, lady’s mantle, heuchera and
dahlias can all be lifted and split up this
Roses, roses and more roses
As soon as the new growth starts to
appear, keep a close eye out for aphids and
greenfly, as these little sap-suckers will
spoil your blooms overnight by chewing
out the petals of the developing buds.
A rose spray programme helps prevent
Fruit trees
Have your planted out your new-season fruit
trees yet? The shops are still brimming with an
excellent selection of deciduous trees, berries
and currants, and many apples, peaches,
nectarines and apricots are now available on
dwarf rootstocks. This means the trees do not
grow as big as usual, but while the plant may
be petite, the fruit remains the same size. If
space is at a premium, grow your fruit trees in
larger grow bags or wine barrels, the portability
making them extra convenient should you need
to move them. If you don’t have any room, why
not offer to donate one to your local community
garden, where you can share the fruits of your
crops with other like-minded people.
Lawns
You will start to see a real flush of growth
this month, and as soon as this appears
you know it is time to weed and feed
your lawn. These combination sprays are
available everywhere, and the beauty of
them is that they kill the weeds whilst
fertilising the lawn. Don’t go overboard –
make sure to apply at the recommended
spinach and silver beet can all go in by the
punnet load. For potatoes, make sure you
get them sprouting as soon as possible
to ensure you have some to enjoy for the
Christmas holidays, and most of all, don’t
forget to feed your soil before you plant,
your crops will thank you for it. Slugs
and snails will be out in force, too, so arm
yourself with plenty of bait.
month, and maybe consider sharing
or trading some of your plants with
neighbours and other gardener friends.
This is a cheap and rather cheerful way
to add more plants to your garden, and
it’s amazing how often you think of that
friend when their plant comes into bloom
or appears each season.
major issues. New roses are aplenty
now in the shops. Fertilise existing
roses with rose fertiliser, which is
available everywhere from hardware
stores and supermarkets to garden
centres.
TASTY: Add a nectarine tree to
your garden.
date, and be mindful of the fact that
overuse can cause burn-off.
Prepare new lawn areas for sowing now
by spraying off the area and raking it level,
apply lawn fertiliser before sowing and
protecting the area afterwards so pets,
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Travel
Club Med – Bali’s lap of luxury
• By Mike Yardley
CLUB MED Bali sure knows how
to deliver a fuss-free, all-inclusive
vacation, a cross between the feelgood
fizziness of Disneyland and
the indulgence of a cruise ship.
The peppy staff, known as
“GOs” operate all of the resorts
activities, run the kids’ club, serve
at the restaurants and bars and
even perform in the nightly entertainment
extravaganzas.
Club Med recruits their GOs
from around the world and rotate
them throughout their resorts
every couple of years.
During my stay at Club Med
Bali, the GOs derived from 33
countries, including one Kiwi.
Before long, you’ll notice them
greeting you by name and
intuitively knowing your drink
preference.
Since Club Med is all about
all-inclusive, your food and
beverages are already taken of,
including fruit juices, beer, wine,
spirits and cocktails. The only
additional charges I came across
were for premium beer brands
and champagne.
Not dissimilar to an ocean
cruise, the food just keeps on
flowing, with unbelievably expansive
buffet presentations, for
breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The globe-trotting gastronomy
features quintessential Balinese
food including nasi campur, a
signature French “dish of the day,”
Italian woodfired pizza and pastas,
Japanese sushi and kimchee
dishes, and a fabulous fresh salad
bar and fruit bar.
The lavish buffet affair takes
place at the magnificently furnished
Augung Restaurant, while
you can dine a la carte at The
Deck, an experiential must for
the gourmet seafood selections.
In addition to the main dining
services, tasty snacks and tapas
are always available at the Kintamani
Bar, a spectacular circular
poolside structure, strobing like a
UFO at night.
One night a clutch of Balinese
food carts were wheeled out
around the bar, sizzling away with
grilled food on skewers. It’s those
sorts of unexpected extra thrills,
alongside the flawless guest service
which makes Club Med Bali
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Gated paradise has much to offer
•From page 37
With 393 rooms colourfully
designed in traditional Balinese
style, across five buildings, accommodation
spans three categories
– club, deluxe and suites,
fresh from a major makeover. Balinese
motifs of gold, wood, stone
and soft red paintwork celebrate
the sense of place.
Suites boast acres of space with
a separate living area and supersized
bathtubs. All accommodations
feature a lounge area and
furnished terrace or balcony with
day bed. The air-con is great if
the weather gets steamy, you’ve
got free wifi, a complimentary
mini-bar, cable TV and a beautifully
appointed bathroom with
rain shower.
Like Nusa Dua itself, Club Med
is a sprawling and manicured
place, far removed from the
hustle and chaos of Bali’s choked
streets.
The lawns and gardens are
impeccably maintained, bursting
with tropical foliage, from the
blaze of bougainvillea and birds of
paradise to the fragrant radiance
of the ginger plants.
My runaway Club Med highlight
was the aptly-named Zen
pool. This multi-tiered hideaway
is an adults-only, quiet-zoned
watery sanctuary.
SANCTUARY: Club Med Bali has many quiet-zoned areas.
A triumphant celebration of
luxury tropical tranquillity, the
tinkling water feature feeding into
the sky-blue pool, wrapped in
hanging day beds, was my kind
of perfect. Order up a drink and
soak up the serenity.
Club Med Bali lays its on thick
with activity offerings. Families
swoon over the smorgasbord of
Kids’ Club activities, which are
tailored to all junior guests, from
babies to 17-year-olds. There’s
kayak lessons, Balinese cooking
classes, craft sessions, treasure
hunts, pool games … all bases are
covered.
For kids and adults alike, the
on-site Trapeze School is an
incredible spectacle, bringing
your inner-circus fantasies to life.
But the full-tilt entertainment
extravagance climaxes every night
around 9pm with Showtime.
The main pool and stage roll
out a nightly production ranging
from a Balinese cultural show
and water ballet to an exuberant
Wizard of Oz performance.
Spilling out on to sun-kissed
Nusa Dua Beach, with loungers
and day beds at your disposal, I
loved watching the local fisherman
haul in a fresh catch, at
twilight, from a surging water
channel that intersects with the
deep ocean.
It’s also a dreamy spot to catch
a sunrise, join a day-break yoga
session or marvel over the locals’
PLUSH: Accommodation at Club Med Bali.
ginormous kites.
Fringing the beach, a gorgeous
public boardwalk shadows Nusa
Dua’s coastline, weaving past all
of the area’s resort hotels and
ending up at the fantastic
shopping precinct, The Bali
Collection.
As much as Nusa Dua is a gated
community of holiday resorts,
if you want to immerse yourself
in the region’s riches, Club Med
offers a wide platter of excursions
you can book.
But with everything laid on,
many guests, particularly families,
seemed more than content to fly
and flop for a week, during my
visit to this ravishing Bali resort.
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New midwife, Becky Bangma, is
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she knows it’s important to
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time.
Midwives have the privilege of helping
women bring their babies into the world,
however working to nature’s timetable also
means being on call 24/7.
So Becky and her colleague, a fellow
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Canterbury graduate, have teamed up to
cover each other as necessary and take
alternate weekends off.
The arrangement works. Becky has
supported over 15 women through births
this year as part of the community-based
practice where she works. She sees women
from as early as from pre-conception
through to six weeks after the birth. It’s
hugely rewarding, she says.
“It’s not a job for people who simply like
babies because the main part of midwifery
is supporting women; babies are just a small
part of it.
“I love seeing families being created. With
first babies, there is a transformation of a
woman into a mum. They can go from being
quite shy to blossoming and becoming more
confident.”
A former beauty therapist of some seven
years, Becky looked for a new direction
after her third child. “I always enjoyed
working with women, however I really only
considered midwifery when I had my own
children and I supported my sister in law
with her first birth.”
She wondered if she was “too old” to return
to study. “My own midwife encouraged me
to go for it,” she says.
To prepare for the Bachelor of Midwifery,
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Exciting times ahead
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Fiona Maurice is focused on whanau.
Completing the Ara Bachelor of Social
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career further and better support Māori
families.
“I believed that taking the time to
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I wanted to register as a social worker
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Māori social workers to better work with
Māori clients, she believes.
Fiona worked at the Māori Women’s
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community work but realised she need a
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Enrolling at Ara was “the best move I
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“I learnt more about myself and what
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The social work programme at Ara
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“I put my hand up to go there. In
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It has long filled the gap
towards the sport utility
vehicle market without taking
the full step, the SX4
could well be regarded as
the quintessential crossover
vehicle.
In New Zealand it has
appealed to buyers who
also want something just
a little bit bigger than the
popular Swift; the SX4
offers more room inside,
more boot space and the
option of four-wheel-drive
if you are tempted into the
S-Cross.
The latter has just gone
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change, the newcomer has
sharper lines, a bolder grille
and cosmetic changes to
make it more functional,
yet it is still the adaptable
mid-size wagon which will
tempt with its capability.
The four-wheel-drive
variant gets the venerable
1.6-litre engine which has
served Suzuki well, notably
it is also shared with the
Swift Sport. The 1.6-litre
engine also comes with the
option of front-wheel-drive
only.
That aside, the most
notable change with the
S-Cross is that there is now
a 1.4-litre turbocharged
petrol engine option and
it is an absolutely honey
in terms of refinement,
performance and economy.
Bear in mind, though,
that the turbo model only
comes in front-wheel-drive,
there is no four-wheel-drive
option – yet.
The new SX4 S-Cross
lands here with a tempting
price starting at $29,990
for a Limited specification
2WD (1.6-litre). Another
$4000 will buy you All
Grip, while the Prestige
model with its 1.4-litre
engine also lists at $33,990.
Suzuki New Zealand has
done well to get the S-Cross
here with such competitive
pricing because it arrives
here from a European
manufacturing plant in
Hungary. That being the
case, you can rest assured
it comes with a little bit
of that European feel we
expect in cars from the
Northern Hemisphere,
along with the stringent
quality control aspects
Japan car makers demand.
The SX4 S-Cross in
Prestige form lands here
SUZUKI S-CROSS: Thrifty turbocharged engine.
with a reasonable level of
specification. Sadly, though,
the leather trimmed seats
don’t get heaters which
means a bit of an unwelcome
start to a frosty
Christchurch morning.
However, it does qualify
for a five-star Australasian
New Car Assessment
Program safety rating.
• Price – Suzuki SX4
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• Dimensions –
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• Configuration –
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• Performance –
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• Fuel usage –
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In the case of Suzuki’s
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Acceleration is ushered in
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The engine’s power management
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Sport
• By Andrew King
CHRISTCHURCH’S Fiona Crombie won
gold in her category at the ITU world
triathlon championships in Rotterdam,
Netherlands.
Crombie competed in the 35-39 age
group on Sunday and cruised to victory
by more than 2min over United States
athlete Kirsten Sass, completing the
gruelling race in a time of 2hr 10min
14sec. Sass is a four-time world triathlon
champion and three-time duathlon world
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Crombie completed the 1500m swim
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1hr 7min and 10km run in 36min
48sec.
Fellow Christchurch athlete
Samantha Owles competed in the
same age group and came 12th
with a time of 2hr 17min 14sec.
She posted on her Facebook page that she
was happy with how she had competed.
In the junior women’s section, Ari Graham
was 14th with a time of 1hr 3min
37sec in her first international outing.
The junior women had a 750m
swim, 19km cycle, and 5km run.
The event was held from last
Thursday to Sunday.
TRIATHLETES: Fiona Crombie
(left) took out gold in her
category at the ITU world triathlon
championships, while Ari Graham
(right) competed in the junior section.
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• By Andrew King
MANDY BOYD will return to the
Blackjacks for the Trans-Tasman series
after taking time off to look after her
newborn daughter.
The 2014 Commonwealth Games
bronze medallist withdrew from the
2016-17 squad to have her first child,
Maycie.
Boyd, 22, who bowls for Burnside,
will be joined in the series against
Australia by clubmate Tayla Bruce, and
Katelyn Inch, 22, of the Oxford club.
The series will be a rehearsal for the 2018
Commonwealth Games which will also
be played on the Gold Coast.
Another Burnside bowler, Cait Bassett,
has been selected in the New Zealand
development team, which will also
compete at the Trans-Tasman series.
Boyd said it was great to be back
playing the sport she loves at such a high
level.
“I have been focusing on being a
mum for the past seven months, which
has been awesome. But I am glad to
have another opportunity to compete
for my country and try to make that
Commonwealth Games team for 2018,”
she said.
Boyd’s partner Lance Pascoe and their
daughter will be on the Gold Coast to
support her.
“Maycie will definitely be dressed up in
black and white,” Boyd said.
Bruce said although she has been
selected in the Blackjacks a number of
times, getting the call is still special.
“I love getting that call. Being able to
represent my country in a sport I love is
amazing,” she said.
“I also get to play with one of my best
friends, Mandy Boyd, so that will be
really cool. I just met her daughter . . . she
is so cute.”
A para-sport team will also compete
with Burnside’s Bruce Wakefield selected
to play in the B6/7/8 triples competition.
•Additional reporting NZ Herald
Blackjacks
Men: Shannon McIlroy, Ali Forsyth
(both Nelson), Mike Kernaghan
(Dunedin), Paul Girdler (Dunedin), Tony
Grantham (North Harbour)
TALENTED: Tayla
Bruce (left) and
Mandy Boyd have
been selected in
the New Zealand
women’s bowls
team along with
Katelyn Inch
(below).
Women: Mandy Boyd, Katelyn Inch,
Tayla Bruce (Christchurch), Jo Edwards,
Val Smith (Nelson)
Development men: Rory Soden (North
Harbour), Bradley Down (Wellington),
Taylor Horn, Aiden Takarua, Seamus
Curtin (Auckland)
Development women: Cait Bassett
(Christchurch), Natasha Russell, Nicole
Toomey (Wellington), Paris Baker (North
Harbour), Ashleigh Jeffcoat (Waikato),
Kimberley Hemingway (Wellington)
Para-Sport teams
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SYDNEY ROOSTERS prop
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While Waerea-Hargreaves
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Taumalolo and Michael
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chattels, with notes as to their condition,
in this agreement. If the property is full of
rubbish, and you want it gone before you
take possession, make that a condition
of the sale. If there are holes in the fence
that the seller has promised to fix, get that
in writing on the agreement: don’t rely
on verbal assurances that something will
be done prior to settlement. It’s far better
to get all these niggly details sorted out
before you sign the agreement than face
protracted battles down the track.”
As a buyer, you are generally entitled to
one opportunity to inspect the property
before settlement day. If the property has
sitting tenants, ask your lawyer to ensure
there is a ‘final inspection’ clause inserted
in the sale and purchase agreement before
you sign it. This inspection is to make sure
that it is in the same or better order it was
when you viewed it and agreed to the sale.
It is not designed to give you the chance
to uncover new defects, or to give a rental
agent the chance to appraise the place’s
value.
“A seller does not have to accommodate
any extra requests to visit the property
prior to settlement,” Lampen-Smith says.
“Remember that the seller may have
a lot on their plate; making the property
available so your interior decorator can
measure up for new curtains is unlikely to
be a high priority.”
Your real estate agent will usually
arrange the inspection with the seller,
and accompany you to the property. Most
experts recommend that this inspection
takes place around 24 hours before
settlement day so there are no hold-ups to
the transfer of funds and ownership.
When you come to inspect the property,
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decided to purchase it (as reflected by the
sale and purchase agreement). Lampen-
Smith says you can expect chattels to be
in a reasonable working order unless it has
been agreed and documented otherwise.
You cannot complain to the seller that the
oven isn’t clean enough, but you can raise a
complaint if it is missing, or it is a different
model to the one cited in the agreement.
Don’t forget to check that garage door
openers and pool covers are in situ, or that
locks work properly.
If there is a problem, the REAA says
you should speak to the real estate agent
and your lawyer in the first instance. Your
lawyer should work with the seller’s lawyer
to reach a satisfactory solution, such as
getting the seller to make any necessary
repairs, or to deduct any costs from the
eventual settlement.
Making the final inspection 24 hours
before settlement is due gives you and the
seller time to reach an agreement over
anything outstanding.
“Like any property transaction, success
often depends on doing things right at the
start,” Lampen-Smith says.
“Get the details right at the beginning
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ending.”
For independent advice on buying
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• standard logfire installations $600 + gsT +
permit + parts if applicable
• My scaffolding no charge
fencing
• Brick, block, timber or any combination
roofing repairs
• concrete tile, metal chip tile, corrugated iron
landscape Builds
• retaining walls, decks, BBQs, planter boxes
Jim Gardner Trade Services
Member NZ Home Heating Association
Ph 03 343 4044 or 0274 375 619
Email teamgardner@xtra.co.nz
EQC CASH
SETTLEMENT
We will re-scope your property
If you have been cash settled
for repairs you will have been
well underpaid.
This also applies to remedial work to be carried
out under the earthquake repair program.
All the properties we have rescoped
100% have been underpaid
some by as much as up to $40,000.
EQC have agreed to pay out any
shortfall in all cases.
You can only gain by re-scoping.
Enquire now phone 021 667 444
GARDEN CITY
MOVERS (LTD)
Christchurch Fragile Freight
Small Shift
Specialists
and Single
Items
Ph 027 355 0090
info@gardencitymovers.co.nz
EXPERIENCED
GARDENER
(Kevin Garnett)
30 Years
Christchurch Botanic
Gardens.
ALL landscape
work done.
Maintenance, pruning,
tidy up, lawn work,
landscape planning
and planting etc.
Free Quotes
Phone 348 3482
PAINTING
• EQR work
• Plastering
• Wallpapering
• Int/Ext
• All aspects of decoration
Small, friendly, local
painting team
Ph: Inline Painting Ltd
Paul 027 254 2499
TREES
Now working
in your area
• Tree Pruning
& Removal
• Stump Grinding
• Hedge Trimming
Fully Insured
Qualified Arborist
For a free quote,
ph 0800 248 733
www.jimstrees.co.nz
ROOF
PAINTING
Rope & harness
a speciality,
no scaffolding
required,
30 years of
breathtaking
experience.
FREE QUOTES
Exterior staining,
exterior painting,
moss and mould
treatment and
waterblasting
Phone Kevin
027 561 4629
A SPRING CLEAN
Home - Gardens. Ph 027
476 1602
• Eco-sourcing specialist nursery
• Landscape design & build
• Eco-restoration services
• Maintenance services
BEST BATHROOMS
full renovation specialists,
LBP, repairs &
maintenance ph 03 387-
0770 or 027 245-5226
Blind
Cleaning
Specialists
Clean & repair of all
styles of window blinds
domestic & commercial.
New blind sales.
0800 8899 99
www.blindcleaning.co.nz
info@blindcleaning.co.nz
5 / 301a Blenheim Rd
(Driveway next to Hubbers carpark)
BRICK & BLOCK
LAYING all restoration
work and new work plus
foundations, ph 342 9340
or 021 853 033
BUILDER
Exp in all aspects of
building works, home
renovations & extensions,
property repairs. Free
quote. Ph Stuart 0274
661058
CARPET & VINyL
Laying. Repairs, uplifting,
relaying, restretching.
Email jflattery@xtra.co.nz
ph 0800 003 181 or 027
2407416
Call us today
03 359 2458
www.wai-ora.nz
ELECTRICIAN
Prompt & reliable
registered electrician with
24 years experience for all
residential and commercial
work, new housing and
switch board replacements
Phone Chris 027 516 0669
ELECTRICIAN
Available, 30 years
experience, immediate
start, competitive rate, ph
Brian 027 433 9548
Looking for an
electrician?
• Residential, Domestic
& Commercial
• Repairs, Maintenance
• Fault finding
• New housing
• Competitive rates
• Free quotes
• Full & Partial Rewiring
• Test & Tagging
• Security Cameras
• LED Lighting Upgrades
Call 022 643 6450
Email admin@totalelectric.co.nz
After Hours 347 3313
GARDENING
Lawns, pruning, outdoor
spring clean up, for a
free quote call Phil the
Gardener 021 661 246
GLAZIER
Window repairs, pet
doors, new glazing, double
glazing, conservatory
roofs. Experienced
tradesman. Call Bill on
981-1903 or 022 413-3504
CONCRETE CUTTING
Affordable Concrete HANDyMAN
Cutting with Quality, and No job too big or small.
removal work. Free quote. Good rates. Call 020 410
No job to small. Phone 027 67205
442-2219, Fax 359-6052
HANDyMAN
a/h 359- 4605
Repairs, painting.
Anything considered. Ph
CONCRETE
027 294 1508
IMPRESSIONS LTD
Call us for a free quote
for all your driveway,
path & patio needs -
HANDyMAN
You name it, I’ll probably
do it. Competitive rate. Ph
Concrete, Asphalt & Gordon 0274 851 897 or
Small excavation & 960-1961
placings, power washing
service, acid wash & LANDSCAPING
reseal and fencing. Paving, Lawns, Irrigation,
Please call Jason Fisher Decking, Fencing.
on 022 075 9310 Kanga & small digger
services. Check out Squire
ELECTRICIAN
Landscaping on facebook.
Registered, electrical FREE QUOTES. Ph
installation and repairs, Arthur 347-8796, 027
Gorbie Electrical, ph 021
026 73375 or 03 322 4209
220-7014 Edwin 027 220-
7154
• Hot water cylinder repair/replacement
• Leaky taps, blocked toilets
• New housing
• All plumbing alterations
• Mains pressure hot water
• Fire and wetback installation
• Digger/tipper excavation and hire
• Watermain replacement/repair
• Free quotes
• Certified craftsman plumber
10% prompT paymenT disCounT*
same day serviCe*
*conditions apply
Call/Text 027 245 5100
Freephone: 0508 426 269
“LOOK NO FURTHER FROM
CONCEPT TO COMPLETION’’
Full Kitchen Renovation Packages
Before & After
Let our expertise put your mind at ease
Ph: 027 438 1114 E: david@qualitytradesmen.co.nz
Like us on Facebook: Quality Tradesmen
www.qualitytradesmen.co.nz
•Re Roofing
•Roof Repairs
•Spouting
Approved Age Concern provider
Over 30 years experience
Licensed Building Practitioner
N A BARRELL
ROOFING LTD
Ph: 349 9778 or 0275 389 415
Email: nabroofing@xtra.co.nz
OVEN CLEANING
Professional cleans
$50.00. Gift Vouchers
avail. Phone 0800 683-
6253 or 027 228-0025
PAINTING
& PLASTERING
Free quotes. Int/ext &
roof painting Family
run business, work
guaranteed. Pensioner
discounts. Ph Kerin or
Paul 021 024 99197 or
379-1281. Website www.
swedekiwipainting.co.nz
PAINTING
• EQR work
• Plastering
• Wallpapering
• Int/Ext
• All aspects of decoration
Small, friendly, local
painting team
Ph: Inline Painting Ltd
Paul 027 254 2499
PLASTERING
FINNS PLASTERING
Services - alterations,
renovations, cracks, holes,
skim coating and coveing.
24 yrs exp, no job too
small. Canty born & bred.
Ph 022 087 4351
PLUMBER
A Top Plumbing
job complete at a
fair price, prompt
service, all work
guaranteed
Phone Brian
960-7673 or
021-112-3492
MFC4510
REMOVALS
Small furniture removals,
have own van, can fit
various types of whiteware
appliances, some furn,
bedding, boxes etc, honest
& reliable, any area
considered, ph Chch 027
517 7001
•Re Roofing
•Roof Repairs
•Spouting
Approved Age Concern provider
Over 30 years experience
Licensed Building Practitioner
N A BARRELL
ROOFING LTD
Ph: 349 9778 or 0275 389 415
Email: nabroofing@xtra.co.nz
Trades & Services
ROOFING REPAIRS
Fully Qualified, over 40
yrs experience. Ph John
027 432-3822 or 351-9147
email johnmill@ihug.
co.nz
TILER
Kitchen, bathrm design,
waterproofing, floor
leveling. Good rates - refs.
Paul 022 151 9242
PROFESSIONAL
TREE CARE
Tree Pruning, Shrubs, Hedges,
Driveways & Boundary Clearing
Over 25yrs experience
Call Jonathan 027 338 2726
WINDOW CLEANING
Average 3 brm house
inside or out $40. Both $70
Phone Trevor 344-2170
Funeral Directors
Direct
Cremation
No frills, No Service,
No fuss, simply
straight to the crem.
Other options available
Ph: 379 0178
for our brochure
or email
office@undertaker.co.nz
Direct Natural
Funeral Provider
For families wanting
basic, simple
cremation designed
precisely for you
Eco & personalised
caskets and urns
0800 000 121
www.cremorials.co.nz
enquiries@cremorials.co.nz
Lost & Found
Missing!!
Missing from Harrowdale
Drive Avonhead 12 year old
Siamese Cat.
Has daily medication for lungs.
If you have any sightings
please contact us ASAP on
027 2424 955 or 03 3424 955
We would like to bring him
home to rest if need be.
Personals
HANDSOME silver
fox is searching for an
attractive slim euro or
asian lady to pamper and
enjoy company together
0276594425
LARGE male spoon seeks
a small female spoon ph
3583634
SINGLE MALE is
looking for a lady in the
NW to wine dine and
intertwine with. I’m
180cm athletic single live
on own and have time on
my hands. Email me at
tossthecoin68@gmail.com
Pets & Supplies
CAT MOTEL. Holds 4,
urgently required. Ph 382
4914
Real Estate
REDWOOD Over 60”s
unit, good cond, near
shops & buses, ph 03 354
2276
Sports Equipment
AB Fitness Twister, as
new with cd & menu
planner $20, ph 03 348
3368
phone Marg on 0274 339
Storage
SEEKING Secure
storage (approximately
single garage size) in the
Avonhead area. Please
192
To Let
ONE BDRM Studio fully
furn. Quiet location. $200
+ power per week. Call or
txt 388-9501 or 021 023
76233
Tools & Machinery
TOOLS, Garden garage,
saw benches, Lathes. Cash
buyer Phone 355-2045

50 Thursday September 21 2017
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi
The Star Classifieds
OCTOBER 2017 MEETINGS
The next meetings of the Christchurch City Council, Community Boards, Council
Hearings Panels and subcommittees with delegated authority will be held as follows:
COMMUNITY BOARD COMMITTEES
Date Time Committee and Venue
3 4pm Awa-iti Reserve Management Committee, 4236 Christchurch
Akaroa Road, Little River
5 7.30pm Cass Bay Reserves Management Committee, Ward Room,
Steadfast Community Hall, Governors Bay Road, Cass Bay
10 7.30pm Okains Bay Reserve Management Committee, Okains Bay
Community Hall, Okains Bay
16 5.30pm Duvauchelle Reserve Management Committee, Duvauchelle
Community Centre, 6039 Christchurch Akaroa Road,
Duvauchelle
COMMUNITY BOARDS
Date Time Board and Venue
2 3pm Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Board, Linwood
Boardroom, 180 Smith Street
2 4.30pm Coastal-Burwood Community Board, Board Room, Cnr
Beresford and Union Streets, New Brighton
3 5pm Spreydon-Cashmere Community Board, Boardroom,
Beckenham Service Centre, 66 Colombo Street
9 1pm Banks Peninsula Community Board, Akaroa Sports Complex,
Akaroa Recreation Ground, 28 Rue Jolie, Akaroa
9 4pm Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board, Fendalton
Service Centre, Cnr Jeffreys and Clyde Roads, Fendalton
10 4.30pm Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board, Upper
Riccarton Library, 71 Main South Road, Riccarton
13 9am Papanui-Innes Community Board, Papanui Service Centre,
Cnr Langdons Road and Restell Street
16 4.30pm Coastal-Burwood Community Board, Board Room, Cnr
Beresford and Union Streets, New Brighton
18 10am Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community Board, Linwood
Boardroom, 180 Smith Street
20 8am Spreydon-Cashmere Community Board, Boardroom,
Beckenham Service Centre, 66 Colombo Street
24 4pm Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board,
Fendalton Service Centre, Cnr Jeffreys and Clyde Roads,
Fendalton
24 4.30pm Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board, Upper
Riccarton Library, 71 Main South Road, Riccarton
30 1pm Banks Peninsula Community Board, Akaroa Sports
Complex, Akaroa Recreation Ground, 28 Rue Jolie, Akaroa
30 4.30pm Papanui-Innes Community Board, Papanui Service Centre,
Cnr Langdons Road and Restell Street
COMMITTEES
Date Time Committee and Venue
3 7.45am Audit and Risk Management Committee, Civic Offices,
53 Hereford Street
3 1pm Selwyn Waihora Water Management Zone Committee,
Selwyn District Council, 2 Norman Kirk Drive, Rolleston
3 5pm Te Hononga Council – Papatipu Runanga Committee, Civic
Offices, 53 Hereford Street
4 9am Finance and Performance Committee, Civic Offices, 53
Hereford Street
4 1pm Social, Community Development and Housing Committee,
Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street
6 9am Greater Christchurch Partnership Committee (UDSIC),
Council Chamber, Environment Canterbury, 200 Tuam Street
9 10.30am Audit and Risk Management Committee, Civic Offices, 53
Hereford Street
10 2pm Regional Water Management Committee, Environment
Canterbury, 200 Tuam Street
10 3pm Strategic Capability Committee, Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street
11 9am Regulatory Performance Committee, Civic Offices,
53 Hereford Street
11 1pm Infrastructure, Transport and Environment Committee,
Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street
13 1pm Innovation and Sustainable Development Committee, Civic
Offices, 53 Hereford Street
17 4pm Banks Peninsula Water Management Zone Committee,
Venue to be advised
26 6pm Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone
Committee, Environment Canterbury, 200 Tuam Street
SUBCOMMITTEES
Date Time Subcommittee and Venue
6 10.30am Parking Restrictions Subcommittee, Civic Offices,
53 Hereford Street
9 11am Reserves Officer Subcommittee, Civic Offices, 53 Hereford
Street
24 11am Reserves Officer Subcommittee, Civic Offices, 53 Hereford
Street
COUNCIL HEARINGS PANELS
Date Time Venue
10 9am Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street
16 9am Fendalton Board Room, Cnr Jeffreys and Clyde Roads,
Fendalton
17 9am Te Hapua Centre, 341 Halswell Road
COUNCIL
Date Time Venue
5 9.30am Council Chamber, 2nd floor, Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street
10 9.30am Council Chamber, 2nd floor, Civic Offices, 53 Hereford Street
Copies of the agendas will be available online and to the public at the meetings.
Members of the public are welcome to attend any of these meetings.
To make a deputation or presentation to a Community Board, Committee or Council
meeting ring the call centre on 03 941 8999 or email info@ccc.govt.nz.
J Daly
COUNCIL SECRETARY
www.ccc.govt.nz
• Phone our local team 03 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi
Public Notices
Public Notices
Rūnanga Elections 2017 –
CALL FOR NOMINATION
Te Rūnanga o Ngā Wairiki - Ngāti Apa is seeking
nominations for four Trustee positions:
• one (1) Trustee position for Ngā Hapū o
Kauangaroa, for a term of up to 36 months,
ending 31 December 2020;
• one (1) Trustee position for Ngā Hapū o
Whangaehu, for a term of up to 36 months,
ending 31 December 2020;
• one (1) Trustee position for Ngā Hapū o
Turakina, for a term of up to 36 months, ending
31 December 2020;
• one (1) Trustee position for Ngā Hapū o
Parewānui, for a term of up to 36 months,
ending 31 December 2020;
Valid nominations may only be submitted on the
official nomination form available from Te Rūnanga
o Ngā Wairiki - Ngāti Apa. Nominations will close
at 5pm on Friday 27 October 2017 at 4:30pm.
If you are a registered member with Te Rūnanga
o Ngā Wairiki - Ngāti Apa, you should receive the
nomination form in the post within the next five
days. If it does not arrive please contact Albert on
(06) 327 5594.
If you are of Ngā Wairiki - Ngāti Apa descent but
are not already formally registered, please also
contact Albert as soon as you can to commence the
registration process so that you may be part of the
election process.
SALE AND SUPPLY OF
ALCOHOL ACT 2012
SECTION 127 & 101
PAPANUI RETURNED AND
SERVICES ASSOCIATION
INCORPORATED, (THE
SECRETARY, Papanui RSA,
PO BOX 5444, Papanui
Christchurch 8542), has made
application to the District
Licensing Committee at
Christchurch for the renewal
of CLUB LICENCE RENEWAL in
respect of the premises situated
at 55 Bellvue Avenue known
as PAPANUI RETURNED AND
SERVICES ASSOCIATION.
The general nature of the
business conducted under
the licence is: CLUB LICENCE
CLASS 1.
The days on which and the
hours during which alcohol
is sold under the licence
are: SUNDAY TO THURSDAY
9.00AM TO 11.00PM, FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY 9.00AM TO
12.00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YEARS
EVE 9.00AM TO 1.00AM THE
FOLLOWING DAY.
The application may be
inspected during ordinary
office hours at the office of the
Christchurch District Licensing
Committee, Civic Offices, 77
Hereford Street, Christchurch.
Any person who is entitled to
object and who wishes to object
to the grant of the application
may, not later than 15 working
days after the date of the first
publication of this notice, file a
notice in writing of the objection
with the Secretary of the District
Licensing Committee, PO Box
73049, Christchurch 8154.
No objection to the renewal of a
licence may be made in relation
to a matter other than a matter
specified in section 131 of the
Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act
2012.
This is the first publication of
this notice.
SALE AND SUPPLY OF
ALCOHOL ACT 2012
SECTION 101
JAN PRIMUS LIMITED, (THE
LICENSEE, The Manager, PO Box
130035, Christchurch 8141),
has made application to the
District Licensing Committee
at Christchurch for the issue
of ON-LICENCE NEW & OFF
LICENCE NEW in respect of the
premises situated at 7 St Albans
Street known as SPRIG AND
FERN TAVERN MERIVALE.
The general nature of the
business conducted under the
licence is: ON-LICENCE TAVERN
& OFF-LICENCE TAVERN
The days on which and the hours
during which alcohol is intended
to be sold under the licence are:
ON LICENCE:
MONDAY TO SUNDAY 8.00AM
TO 11.00PM
OFF LICENCE:
ACROSS THE BAR
MONDAY TO SUNDAY 8.00AM
TO 11.00PM
The application may be
inspected during ordinary
office hours at the office of the
Christchurch District Licencing
Committee, 53 Hereford Street,
Christchurch.
Any person who is entitled
to object and who wishes to
object to the issue of the licence
may, not later than 15 working
days after the date of the first
publication of this notice, file a
notice in writing of the objection
with the Secretary of the District
Licensing Committee, PO Box
73049, Christchurch 8154.
No objection to the issue of a
licence may be made in relation
to a matter other than a matter
specified in section 105(1) of
the Sale and Supply of Alcohol
Act 2012.
This is the second publication
of this notice. This notice was
first published on 14 September
2017.
Public Notices
The Star
Avonhead & Merrin Schools
Enrolment
2018
Enrolment of children at both Avonhead and Merrin schools is governed by an
enrolment scheme - details of which are available from the office of the respective
school.
The Board of Trustees of both schools has determined that at the time of this
Advertisement, the following out-of-zone places will possibly be available throughout
2018. The exact number of places will depend on the number of enrolments received
from students who live within the home zone of each school. This may change during
the year so you should check with individual schools.
Applications for out-of-zone places are now being invited for those students who will
become eligible in term 1, 2018 for enrolment. The deadline for receipt of applications
is Wednesday, 18th October, 2017.
Avonhead School 10 Merrin School 10
NOTE: Both schools will hold four ballots during the 2018 year:
For term 2, 2018 (Apr 30 – July 6) Application deadline: 28 Feb Ballot date: 2 March
For term 3, 2018 (July 23-Sep 28) Application deadline: 23 May Ballot date: 25 May
For term 4, 2018 (Oct 15-Dec 18) Application deadline: 08 Aug
Ballot date: 10 Aug
For term 1, 2019 (Jan 28-Apr 12) Application deadline: Oct 17 (2018) Ballot date: 19 Oct (2018)
If you live in the school zone of either of these schools and have not yet signalled your
intention to enrol your child during 2018, please contact the school immediately to
assist us with planning.
Signed Boards of Trustees of Merrin and Avonhead School
SALE AND SUPPLY OF
ALCOHOL ACT 2012
SECTION 127 & 101
SUNSON NEW MARKET PLACE
LIMITED, (LICENSEE, 311A
Withells Road, Chirstchurch
8042), has made application to
the District Licensing Committee
at Christchurch for the renewal
of OFF-LICENCE RENEWAL in
respect of the premises situated
at 386 Riccarton Road Upper
Riccarton known as SUNSON
ASIAN FOOD MARKET.
The general nature of the
business conducted under
the licence is: OFF-LICENCE
GROCERY
The days on which and the
hours during which alcohol
is sold under the licence are:
MONDAY TO SUNDAY 9.00AM
TO 8.00PM
The application may be
inspected during ordinary
office hours at the office of the
Christchurch District Licensing
Committee, Civic Offices, 77
Hereford Street, Christchurch.
Any person who is entitled to
object and who wishes to object
to the grant of the application
may, not later than 15 working
days after the date of the first
publication of this notice, file a
notice in writing of the objection
with the Secretary of the District
Licensing Committee, PO Box
73049, Christchurch 8154.
No objection to the renewal of a
licence may be made in relation
to a matter other than a matter
specified in section 131 of the
Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act
2012.
This is the second publication
of this notice. This notice was
first published on 14 September
2017.
Welcome to
Islington Superette
Come here and shop with
us for Grocery, drinks,
sandwiches, pies, Ice creams
and more instore specials on
various products.
Our opening hours are:
Mon to Fri 5.30am to 7.30pm
Sat 7.00am to 7.30pm
Sun 8.00am to 7.30pm
We sell Lotto as well so don’t
forget to buy your lucky
Lotto ticket.
Ph. 03 349 7721 Steve (Manager)
310 Waterloo Rd Islington, Chch
SALE AND SUPPLY OF
ALCOHOL ACT 2012
SECTION 127 & 101
MIKNIK LIMITED, (THE
LICENSEE, PO Box 41172,
Ferrymead, Christchurch 8247),
has made application to the
District Licensing Committee
at Christchurch for the renewal
of ON-LICENCE RENEWAL in
respect of the premises situated
at 1060 Ferry Road known as
THE CLADDAGH.
The general nature of the
business conducted under the
licence is: ON-LICENCE TAVERN.
The days on which and the
hours during which alcohol
is sold under the licence is:
MONDAY TO SUNDAY 9.00AM
TO 1.00AM THE FOLLOWING
DAY.
The application may be
inspected during ordinary
office hours at the office of the
Christchurch District Licensing
Committee, Civic Offices, 77
Hereford Street, Christchurch.
Any person who is entitled to
object and who wishes to object
to the grant of the application
may, not later than 15 working
days after the date of the first
publication of this notice, file a
notice in writing of the objection
with the Secretary of the District
Licensing Committee, PO Box
73049, Christchurch 8154.
No objection to the renewal of a
licence may be made in relation
to a matter other than a matter
specified in section 131 of the
Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act
2012.
This is the first publication of
this notice.
SALE AND SUPPLY OF
ALCOHOL ACT 2012
SECTION 101
TSSR GROUP LIMITED, (THE
LICENSEE, 262 Tuam Street,
Christchurch 8011), has made
application to the District
Licensing Committee at
Christchurch for the issue of
ON-LICENCE NEW in respect
of the premises situated at
262 Tuam Street known as
UNCOMMON CAFE.
The general nature of the
business conducted under
the licence is: ON-LICENCE
RESTAURANT CLASS 3.
The days on which and the
hours during which alcohol
is intended to be sold under
the licence are: MONDAY TO
SUNDAY 8.00AM TO 11.00PM.
The application may be
inspected during ordinary
office hours at the office of the
Christchurch District Licensing
Committee, 53 Hereford Street,
Christchurch.
Any person who is entitled
to object and who wishes to
object to the issue of the licence
may, not later than 15 working
days after the date of the first
publication of this notice, file a
notice in writing of the objection
with the Secretary of the District
Licensing Committee, PO Box
73049, Christchurch 8154.
No objection to the issue of a
licence may be made in relation
to a matter other than a matter
specified in section 105(1) of
the Sale and Supply of Alcohol
Act 2012.
This is the second publication
of this notice. This notice was
first published on 14 September
2017.
Advertise
YOUr
BUsiNess
Here
Phone for further details
(03) 379 1100

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Thursday September 21 2017 51
The Star Classifieds
Situations Vacant
BRICKLAYER wanted
for small domestic job.
Daughter hit Summerhill
stone fence and it needs
to be reset and mortared.
Phone Steve 021 372 479
Situations Wanted -
Jobs Wanted
NANNY Mature &
experienced is looking
for a position caring for
children, over 5yrs old,
after school, have nursing
exp, St Albans, Papanui,
Merivale & Shirley areas,
plse ph 027 788-7147,
Melanie, Ch
W.T.R CLASS 2
OPERATOR. Available
for work. Temp, Casual
only. Will travel. Ph
022 4444490
Wanted To Buy
AAA Buying goods
quality furniture,
Beds, Stoves, Washing
machines, Fridge Freezers.
Same day service. Selwyn
Dealers. Phone 980 5812
or 027 313 8156
A+ Household effects,
fridges, freezers, washing
machines, ovens. Good
cash paid. Ph Paul 022
0891 671
ALL Old China, Crystal,
Ornaments, Vases, Cutlery
etc. Raewyn Hill Phone
360-0951
A RECORDS Wanted,
Recycle your old records,
Cash paid. Pennylane 430
Colombo St, Sydenham
366 3278 or A/H 021 222
6144 open 7 days
BOOKS. Old wanted.
Anything considered incl
hunting, mountaineering,
fishing, childrens. Ph 354
1621
BUYING Now, Royal
Albert, Royal Doulton, all
old china, crystal, antiques,
estate lots. For best prices
and free inspection call
Academy Antiques. Phone
349-4229
GOOD stuff wanted.
Whiteware, freezers etc,
good quality furniture,
antiques, curios,
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AMERICAN ASSASSIN (R16)
THU-WED 10:10AM
KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE (R16)
THU-WED 12:30, 3:20, 6:20, 9:20PM
GENERAL ADMISSION
AMERICAN ASSASSIN (R16)•
THU 3:50, 6:15, 9:00PM
FRI 3:50, 6:15, 8:40PM
SAT 4:00, 6:30, 8:50PM
SUN 4:00, 8:40PM
MON-TUE 4:10, 8:40PM
WED 3:50, 6:00, 9:15PM
AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER
(PG) MON 12:50PM
DUNKIRK (M) THU-TUE 1:30PM, WED 1:10PM
IT (R16)
THU 10:20, 1:10, 3:00, 6:00, 8:50PM
FRI 10:20, 1:10, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00PM
SAT-SUN 10:20, 1:10, 3:20, 6:10, 9:10PM, MON
10:20, 1:10, 3:10, 6:00, 9:10PM, TUE 10:20, 1:10,
3:00, 6:00, 9:00PM, WED 10:20, 1:00,
3:00, 9:30PM
KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE (R16)• THU-FRI
10:30, 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 8:20PM, SAT-SUN 10:15,
1:15, 4:20, 7:20, 8:20PM
MON-TUE 10:30, 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 8:20PM, WED
10:45, 1:40, 4:30,
7:20, 8:40PM
MOTHER (R18)•
THU-SAT 4:10, 9:10PM
SUN-TUE 3:50, 9:30PM
WED 3:30, 9:10PM
NIKKA ZAILDAR 2 (TBC)
FRI 8:50PM, SAT-SUN 9:00PM
MON-WED 8:50PM
THE EMOJI MOVIE (PG)•
THU-FRI 10:15, 12:40, 4:00, 6:50PM
SAT 10:00, 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:50PM
SUN 10:00, 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:30PM
MON 10:15, 4:00, 6:40PM
G SUITABLE FOR GENERAL AUDIENCES.
PG PARENTAL GUIDANCE RECOMMENDED FOR YOUNGER
VIEWERS.
M SUITABLE FOR MATURE AUDIENCES 16 YEARS OF AGE
AND OVER.
E SUITABLE FOR EVERYONE
PHOTO ID IS REQUIRED FOR ALL (R) RATED MOVIES
AMERICAN ASSASSIN (R16), IT (R16), KINGSMAN:
THE GOLDEN CIRCLE (R16), MOTHER (R18),
THE HITMANS BODYGUARD (R16)
.CO.NZ
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AMERICAN ASSASSIN (R16)•
THU-FRI 11:30, 12:15, 6:40, 9:05PM
SAT 1:00, 3:40, 8:40PM
SUN 3:40, 8:30PM
MON-WED 11:30, 12:15, 6:40, 9:05PM
DUNKIRK (M)
THU-FRI 10:35AM, SAT 10:40AM
SUN 10:30AM, MON 10:35, 8:30PM
TUE-WED 10:35AM
IT (R16)
THU-FRI 12:30, 3:20, 6:10, 9:00PM
SAT 11:10, 2:00, 3:05, 6:10, 9:00PM
SUN 12:50, 2:00, 6:10, 9:00PM
MON-WED 12:30, 3:20, 6:10, 9:00PM
KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN
CIRCLE (R16)•
THU-FRI 10:00, 12:50, 3:00, 5:00, 6:00, 8:00,
8:50PM, SAT 10:00, 12:50, 3:40, 5:00, 6:00, 8:00,
8:50PM, SUN 11:00, 2:40, 5:00, 6:00,
8:00, 8:50PM, MON-WED 10:00, 12:50, 3:00, 5:00,
6:00, 8:00, 8:50PM
THE EMOJI MOVIE (PG)•
THU-FRI 10:10, 2:00, 3:50, 4:40PM
SAT 10:10, 12:10, 2:10, 4:10, 6:20PM
SUN 9:50, 11:20, 1:40, 3:50, 6:30PM
MON-WED 10:10, 2:00, 3:50, 4:40PM
THE HITMANS BODYGUARD (R16)
THU-FRI 8:30PM, SAT 8:20PM
SUN 8:35PM, WED 8:30PM
THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE (PG)•
THU-FRI 11:00, 1:10, 3:20, 6:20PM
SAT 10:50, 1:10, 3:20, 6:30PM
SUN 10:20, 12:40, 3:40, 6:20PM
MON-WED 11:00, 1:10, 3:20, 6:20PM
VICTORIA AND ABDUL (PG)•
THU-FRI 10:00, 12:40, 5:50, 8:15PM
SAT 10:20, 12:45, 5:50, 8:10PM
SUN 10:40, 1:10, 5:50, 8:10PM
MON-WED 10:00, 12:40, 5:50, 8:10PM
WIND RIVER (R16)
THU-FRI 2:40PM, MON 2:40PM
TUE 2:40, 8:30PM, WED 2:40PM
9TUE 10:15, 12:40, 104:00, 6:40PM 17 9 PRAMS 12AT THE 20 PIX 13- TICKETS 12 20ONLY $9
WED 10:15, 12:40, 4:10PM
THE HITMANS BODYGUARD (R16)
THU-TUE 11:00AM
WED 10:40AM
THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE (TBC)•
THU-TUE 10:50, 1:20, 3:45, 6:00PM
WED 1:30, 3:45PM
VICTORIA AND ABDUL (PG)•
THU 10:40, 1:15, 6:30, 8:40PM
FRI 10:40, 1:15, 6:30PM
SAT-SUN 10:40, 1:00, 6:40PM
MON-TUE 10:40, 1:15, 6:30PM
WED 10:30, 1:15, 6:10PM
PRAMS AT THE PIX - TICKETS ONLY $9
THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE (PG) WED 11:00AM
Entertainment
Each number in our DECODER grid represents a different
letter - there is a number for all 26 letters of the alphabet.
Enter the given letters into all squares with matching numbers.
The challenge now is to work out which letters are represented
by the other numbers. As you get the letters, enter them into
the main grid, and the reference grid. To keep track of the
letters you have found, cross them off the alphabet provided.
11 9 15 9 2 13 21 17 7 19
I O N
THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE (PG) WED 11:00AM
20 13 25 1 21 11 15 19 22 15 8
SESSION TIMES ARE CORRECT AT TIME OF PRINTING
• NO COMPLIMENTARIES
AMERICAN ASSASIN R16 - R16 VIOLENCE,
CRUELTY & OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE. BATTLE
OF THE SEXES TBC. AMERICAN MADE R13 -
VIOLENCE, OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE & SEX SCENES.
DUNKIRK M - VIOLENCE AND OFFENSIVE
LANGUAGE. ANNABELLE: CREATION R16 –
VIOLENCE & HORROR. CARS 3 G. THE BIG SICK M
- OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE & SEXUAL REFERENCES.
LOGAN LUCKY M - OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE. AN
INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER PG.
THE HITMANS BODYGUARD R16 - VIOLENCE AND
OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE. THE DARK TOWER M.
DESPICABLE ME 3 PG- VIOLENCE. HAMPSTEAD PG.
WIND RIVER R16 - VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE,
OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE & CONTENT THAT MAY
DISTURB. CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS G. DIARY OF
A WIMPY KID THE LONG HAUL PG. THOMAS
AND FRIENDS THE JOURNEY OF SODOR G. THE
EMOJI MOVIE TBC. TWENTY TWO M. IT R16 -
VIOLENCE, OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE AND HORROR.
CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS G. THE MIMIC TBC. 6
DAYS RP13 VIOLENCE & OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE.
12 13 1 8 15 8 13 20
20 12 12 8 22 10 25 13 20 7 12
20 25 6 5 4
18 19 7 21 15 17 23 19 14 14 13 20
19 19 1 10 13
25 7 12 11 13 9 15 9 16 10 7
25 10 2 12 13 7 21 4
15 9 7 10 26 24 13 21 19 6 10
Crossword Solutions
10 10 26 13 10 6 3 26 23
26 CROSSWORD 21 11 12 1 10 26 10 20 21008
Across: 6. Old boy, 7. Vandal, 10. Sam Hunt, 11. Track,
12. Hind, 13. Squid, 16. Matey, 17. Gawk, 20. Anzac,
A B
21.
C D
Twinset,
E F G H
22.
I J
Dinkum,
K L M N
23.
O
Hang-up.
P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
1 Down: 2 31. House 4 5husband, 6 7 2. Adamant, 8 9 103. Top-up, 11 124.
13
Fantail, 5. Ideal, 8. Lake Wakatipu, 9. Etiquette, 14.
Patch up, 15. Sausage, 18. Ozone, 19. Rival. O I
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
N
SOLUTION
No.108
109
DECODER
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
L X E Y J U H F R W S K D
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
P B I A Z V C N O G T M Q
WORDBUILDER
SUDOKU
ens, est, nest, net, nets, nus, nut,
nuts, sen, sent, set, stun, sue,
suet, Tsun, H E ten, P U Ztens, Z L tun, E tune,
tunes, Ctuns, O M unset, P A N Yuse, ute, utes
All puzzles copyright
T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y
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I ALONE
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Starring local artists: KEVIN KEARNS;
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THIS SUNDAY, 8AM
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Glenn Hughes performs Classic Deep Purple at
the Horncastle Arena on Tuesday night.
BARETTA. ST ASAPH ST:
Friday 7pm - Antony Pickard;
10pm - DJ Spinal. Saturday
9pm - DJ Double Header feat.
Phase & 10a.
BECKS SOUTHERN
ALEHOUSE, BECKENHAM:
Saturday 9pm - Ctrl Alt Rock.
BILL'S BAR, SPREYDON:
Thursday & Sunday 6pm -
Mickey Rat Karaoke.
BISHOP BROTHERS
PUBLIC HOUSE,
BISHOPDALE: Sunday 3pm -
Blackie.
BLACK HORSE, LINCOLN
RD: Saturday - Shameless Few.
BLUE SMOKE, WOOLSTON
TANNERY: Saturday 8pm -
One Waka and The Caffeinated
Collective, tickets $10+bf.
Sunday 3pm - Sunday Sit
Down Get Down Series feat.
Flora Knight & Sean McDonald
with Ben Salter, suggested Koha
$10 adults/$5 students.
BROUGHAM, WALTHAM:
Saturday 8pm - Jenlin’s
Karaoke.
CARLTON, PAPANUI RD:
Thursday 9pm - D’Sendantz.
Friday 10pm - Mezzanine.
Saturday 10.30pm - Flat City
Brotherhood. Sunday 4.30pm -
Quiz. Monday 5pm - Topia.
Tuesday 6pm - Open Mic
Night. Wednesday 8.30pm -
D’Sendantz duo.
CASA PUBLICA, NEW
REGENT ST: Friday 9pm - DJ
Maestro B. Saturday 9pm - DJ
Dwight Caldwell.
CHRISTCHURCH CASINO:
Friday 7pm - Everlong;
10.15pm - Acoustic Solution.
Saturday 7pm - Stevie D;
10.15pm - Eddie Simon.
Sunday 5.30pm - Nyree.
CHRISTCHURCH FOLK
MUSIC, IRISH SOCIETY
HALL: Sunday 7.30pm - Ka
Koroki Te Manu ‘Creating Our
Tomorrow’ feat. Sarah
Lawrence; Li’l Chuck; Graham
Wardrop; Amiria Grenell, $15
members/$20 non.
CLADDAGH IRISH PUB,
FERRYMEAD: Thursday -
Open mic. Saturday - Live
music.
COASTERS TAVERN,
REDWOOD: Saturday - Hot
Gossip. Wednesday - Open Mic
Night.
DARKROOM, ST ASAPH ST:
Thursday - Open mic. Friday -
Racing ‘The Bass’ EP tour.
Saturday - Master Blaster (AK)
with Nervous Jerk &
Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Wednesday - JP Bouvet.
DUX CENTRAL, POPLAR
LANE: Friday 5pm - Emerson;
9.30pm - Zak Cooper. Saturday
2pm - Davey Backyard; 9.30pm
- DJ. Sunday 2pm - Sunday Jazz
Sessions.
EMPIRE, ST ASAPH ST:
Thursday 9pm - DJ Oh One
Eight. Friday 9pm - Camo MC.
Saturday 10pm - DJ Spinal.
Sunday 10pm - DJ Masta K.
FINNEGANS,
PREBBLETON TAVERN:
Friday - Trad Jam Session.
GBC (GARDEN BAR CAFE),
MARSHLAND RD: Friday
6pm - Rhonda Campbell duo.
HALO VENUE,
RICCARTON: Saturday
6.30pm - A Night of Blues,
Rock n Roll & All That Jazz
feat. the Ryan Neville & the
Midnight Blues Show Band,
tickets $28.
HORNBY WMC: Saturday
4.30pm - Ian Mac; 8pm -
Shalow (downstairs). Saturday
8pm - Madsen Promotions
presents Che ‘King’ Orton as
Elvis plus Paul Madsen
Superstar Show, tickets $20,
(upstairs). Sunday 1.30pm -
Annette’s Heart of Country
Showcase, $6 entry
(downstairs).
HORNCASTLE ARENA:
Sunday 8pm - Kevin Bridges
NZ Tour. Tuesday 8pm - Glenn
Hughes performs Classic Deep
Purple. Tickets @ticketek.
ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL:
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
7.30pm - Showbiz ‘Sister Act’.
Monday 7pm - The
Changeover - World Premiere.
Tickets @ticketek.
JANES BAR. RICHMOND:
Saturday - Live music. Sunday -
Live blues. Wednesday - Open
Mic Night.
MACKENZIES BAR,
ARANUI: Friday - Sign of the
Firebird. Saturday - Free Juke
Box. Wednesday - Karaoke.
MAK TAVERN, KAINGA:
Thursday 7pm - Jam Session.
Friday 9pm - The Elevators.
Saturday 9pm - Nossitap.
Sunday 3pm - Flat City
Brotherhood.
MICKY FINNS: Thursday 8pm
- Flat City Brotherhood.
RACECOURSE HOTEL,
SOCKBURN: Friday 7pm -
Mark Reihana.
RICHMOND WMC,
LONDON ST: Friday 7pm -
Lino. Saturday 6pm -
Copperwine. Sunday 3pm - I
Alone.
ROCKSTAR PIZZA: Friday -
Unhinged. Saturday -
D’Sendantz. Sunday 6.30pm -
Acoustic Series feat. Lindon
Puffin.
SAS CLUB, SHIRLEY:
Saturday 7pm - Southfield.
SHOWBIZ, SISTER ACT,
ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL,
GLOUCESTER ST: Thursday,
Friday, Saturday 7.30pm.
Tickets @ticketek.
SONGWRITERS IN THE
ROUND, ALVARADOS
MEXICAN CANTINA:
Thursday 7pm - Feat. Phil
Doublet; Shiloh Bromley;
Reuben Ishrahm; Dave
Coleclough.
ST MARY’S PRO-
CATHEDRAL,
MANCHESTER ST: Sunday
3pm - Time For Haydn feat.
CBS Choir & Orchestra, $20 &
$15 entry. Wednesday 1pm -
Virtuosi Younger & Older on
Piano & Violin feat. Brahms;
Schumann; Grieg; Chopin, $10
& $5 entry.
STOCK XCHANGE
SHIRLEY: Friday 7pm - 12
Gauge. Saturday 7pm -
Elevators.
SULLIVANS IRISH PUB,
ADDINGTON: Thursday -
Stephen McDaid. Friday 9pm -
Willie McArthur. Wednesday
7.30pm - Open Mic with Willie
McArthur.
TEMPS BAR, HORNBY:
Thursday 7pm - Jam Session
(gear provided). Friday 8.30pm
- No Secrets. Saturday 8.30pm -
Misfitz.
THAI CHEFS, SUKHU
TIGER, RICCARTON:
Thursday to Wednesday 9pm -
Resident DJ & Karaoke.
THE BOG IRISH BAR:
Thursday 10pm - Assembly
Required. Friday 7pm - Corner
Sounds duo; 11pm - The
Corks. Saturday 11pm - Corner
Sounds. Sunday 5.30pm - Black
Velvet acoustic. Tuesday
7.30pm - The Jameson Session.
Wednesday 8pm - Open Mic
Night.
THE CRAIC IRISH BAR,
RICCARTON: Thursday -
Andy Page. Friday - Eddie
Simon. Saturday - Stout duo.
Wednesday - Karaoke with DJ
Chick.
THE CUBAN: Thursday
6.15pm - Antony Pickard.
Friday 8pm - Topia Saturday
8.30pm - Monster III.
THE FITZ SPORTS BAR:
Friday - Pump. Saturday - Code
Red.
THE GYM, THE
CHRISTCHURCH ARTS
CENTRE: Friday 6pm - Not
Hamlet Ubu Night, $10 entry.
THE MILLER BAR & CAFE,
ADDINGTON: Thursday 7pm
- Avon City Rock & Roll.
Friday 9pm - Flat City
Brotherhood. Saturday 9.30pm
- Soul Cage. Wednesday 8pm -
Karaoke with Lance.
THE WAVE BAR, NEW
BRIGHTON: Thursday 8.30pm
- Karaoke. Friday 8.30pm - DJ.
TREVINOS BAR &
RESTAURANT,
RICCARTON: Friday - X-Files
duo.
TWISTED HOP,
WOOLSTON: Friday 7.30pm -
Matty Smith.
WOOLSTON CLUB,
HARGOOD ST: Saturday
7.30pm - Absolut duo.
WUNDERBAR LYTTELTON:
Friday 8pm - A Fund Raiser for
Sustainability Education feat.
The Stoutfellows; Antiwarhole.
Tuesday 7pm - Open mic.
EARLY BIRD ENTRIES NOW OPEN
(Early Bird Entries close 10 Dec)
See website for more detail. Entries close 19 Jan 2018
www.bullergorgemarathon.co.nz

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Let us know about your event!
Email sarla.donovan@starmedia.kiwi
SATURDAY, 9.30AM-2PM
ELECTION DAY BAKE SALE
Cast your vote at Sockburn
School on Saturday, then buy
some cake for morning tea, stay
for a lunchtime sausage and grab
some bargains. There will be retro
second-hand furniture for sale
and some great raffle prizes, too.
Sockburn School, 34
Springs Rd
SATURDAY, 10AM-1PM
LINCOLN’S SPRING FUNDAY
MARKET
Celebrate spring at this family
event. Enjoy clown, magic
and balloon-fun with local
entertainer, Adam Allsorts,
from 11am-noon, plus lots of
other spring-themed activities
throughout the morning,
including a treasure hunt and
garland-making. Fantastic live
music from a selection of talented
young performers, plus the usual
wholesome local produce stalls.
Lincoln Green, Gerald St
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY,
9AM-5PM
THE EXTRAVAGANZA FAIR
This is the country’s newest and
largest travelling show, with live
music and shows all day, carnival
rides, stalls and fun activities for
the kids.
Richmond Playground,
Stanmore Rd
SATURDAY, 4.30-7PM,
SUNDAY, 8.30AM-1PM
FIGURE SKATING
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Go along and cheer Canterbury’s
top figure skaters, young and old,
sparkling and dancing in their
costumes at the masters and open
invitation championships. Dress
warmly and bring a rug and
cushion. Gold coin entry.
Alpine Ice Sports Centre,
495 Brougham St
SATURDAY, 10AM-NOON
HALSWELL QUARRY PARK
– COMMUNITY PLANTING
DAY
Lend a hand at this community
planting day and enjoy a barbecue
afterwards. The goal of the day
is to establish native plants in a
swale area in the park.
Halswell Quarry Park,
Kennedys Bush Rd
SATURDAY, 2-3PM
HINEPAU LIVE
The School of Maori and
Pasifika studies at Ara Institute
of Canterbury will host a free
children’s play performed
entirely in Te Reo Maori.
Hinepau is adapted from a classic
children’s book written by Gavin
Bishop about respecting your
environment and staying true
to yourself. This touring play is
presented by Wellington’s Capital
E and Taki Rua Theatre. Free
event.
Te Puna Wanaka, 6 Coventry
St
SATURDAY, 7.30-9.30PM
UC CHRISTCHURCH YOUTH
ORCHESTRA
Catch these talented young
musicians in the orchestra’s
third major concert of the year,
conducted by Helen Renaud. The
orchestra will perform works
from Beethoven, Persichetti,
Tchaikovsky, Bernstein and
others. $15/$10
The Salvation Army, 853
Colombo St
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY,
NOON AND 2.30PM
GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL
Goethe-Institut New Zealand
presents its ninth festival,
featuring documentaries, drama,
comedy, road movies and family
films. For a full line-up, visit the
website www.goethe.de. Free
entry.
Christchurch Art Gallery
SUNDAY, 9.30AM
ST BEDE’S COLLEGE CAR
BOOT SALE
Get along to St Bede’s for
some shopping, food and
NEW BRIGHTON MARKET
Saturday, 10am-2pm, New Brighton
pedestrian mall
MT PLEASANT FARMERS’
MARKET
Saturday, 9.30am-12.30pm,
McCormacks Bay Rd
entertainment and help the
school fundraise towards the cost
of a new van.
St Bede’s College, 210 Main
North Rd
SUNDAY, NOON-3PM
HALSWELL COMMUNITY
MARKET
For stalls covering everything
from shabby chic to local
vegetables and fruits, head out
to Halswell for this monthly
market. There will be food trucks,
live music, crafts and plants – all
laid out in the church’s beautiful
grounds.
St John of God, Halswell
SUNDAY, NOON-1PM
SEAWEEK – NEW
BRIGHTON BEACH
CLEAN-UP
Ready for a big spring clean? Go
out and join the beach and dune
clean-up. There will be stations at
both North New Brighton (war
memorial hall area) and South
New Brighton (park near the surf
club). Bin bags and gloves will
be provided and there will be a
LYTTELTON FARMERS’ MARKET
Saturdays, 10am-1pm, London St
OPAWA FARMERS’ MARKET
Sunday, 9am-noon, 275 Fifield Tce
THE RICCARTON MARKET
Sunday, 9am-2pm Riccarton Racecourse
sausage sizzle afterwards for those
who lend a hand, as well as some
great spot prizes.
New Brighton Beach, Marine
Pde
SUNDAY, 3PM
TIME FOR HAYDN
The Cathedral of the Blessed
Sacrament Choir and Orchestra
presents Nelson’s Mass and The
Clock Symphony, two timeless
masterpieces by composer Joseph
Haydn Nelson. Tickets cost
$20/$15 and will be available at
the door.
St Mary’s Pro Cathedral
SUNDAY, 7.30-9.30PM
CREATING OUR
TOMORROW CONCERT
Four local musicians will perform
to mark the Social Enterprise
World Forum in Christchurch
next week. Amiria Grenell,
Graham Wardrop, Li’l Chuck
The One Man Skiffle Machine
and Sarah Lawrence will take to
the stage in a show that spans the
generations. $20/$15
Irish Society Hall
Chamber Music New Zealand presents
FUN, FIRE
& FLAIR
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV • PIAZZOLLA
NATALIE HUNT • D’RIVERA & MORE
American, African, and Latin American musical traditions
fuse together in a unique programme that brings
together the new and old.
Tuesday 10 October, 7.30pm
ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL
CHRISTCHURCH
Free Prelude talk at 6.45pm
2018 SEASON
LAUNCH TOUR
Core Funder
(USA)
Valerie Coleman fl ute
Toyin Spellman-Diaz oboe
Mark Dover clarinet
Jeff Scott french horn
Monica Ellis bassoon
ticketek.co.nz 0800 842 538
chambermusic.co.nz/imaniwinds
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