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Thursday, <strong>May</strong> 3, <strong>2018</strong><br />
A little bit of<br />
Melbourne for city<br />
STORY, PAGE 11<br />
Merivale wives<br />
Aaron Keown<br />
lands<br />
himself in<br />
hot water<br />
again<br />
Find out why<br />
on page 7<br />
PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />
Teenage<br />
dairy<br />
robbery<br />
suspect<br />
caught<br />
POLICE HAVE arrested a<br />
15-year-old for a violent dairy<br />
robbery, and are on the trail of<br />
his two alleged accomplices.<br />
He was charged with the<br />
aggravated robbery of the<br />
GJR Dairy on Waltham Rd,<br />
Sydenham, just after 2pm on<br />
Sunday.<br />
During the knife-point<br />
robbery one of the offenders<br />
was struck with a meat cleaver<br />
by the dairy owner.<br />
<strong>The</strong> dairy owner had<br />
retreated to a back room before<br />
running back in with the meat<br />
cleaver.<br />
Footage of the robbery<br />
was caught on security<br />
camera.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y started threatening<br />
me with the knife and waving<br />
it around. I thought: ‘It’s either<br />
going to be him or me, and it’s<br />
not going to me,’ so I thought<br />
I’d better get back,” the dairy<br />
owner told Stuff.<br />
“After it happened to the<br />
wife I thought there’s no way<br />
they’re going to do it to me. I’m<br />
going to go on the offensive<br />
and defend what I’ve got,” the<br />
man said.<br />
“I work 100 hours a week for<br />
about $2 an hour, and for some<br />
little a******* to come in and<br />
take that.”
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Senior Living<br />
<strong>The</strong>re will be plenty to do at<br />
the McKenzie Lifestyle Village<br />
<strong>The</strong> final stage of villa development is<br />
progressing well at McKenzie Lifestyle<br />
Village in Geraldine with target completion<br />
in spring. Just a hand full of sites available<br />
to secure off plan, so don’t be the one<br />
to miss out. Moving into a brand new<br />
architecturally designed villa priced from<br />
$335,000 with the monthly outgoing fees<br />
being fixed for life. Future plans see an<br />
offering of Assisted Care Apartments that<br />
compliment the independent lifestyle living.<br />
Our beautiful Leisure Centre is very<br />
popular with the residents who make<br />
full use of the swimming and spa pools,<br />
gymnasium, craft room, library and lounge<br />
area. Outside, the Bowling Green is also<br />
popular along with Petanque, Mini-golf and<br />
Table Bowls. This coming summer will see<br />
Croquet being played on our Village Green.<br />
<strong>The</strong> residents’ monthly activities calendar<br />
boasts the following; bowls events, concert<br />
going (Operatunity), shopping trips, lunch<br />
outings, yoga, housie, Qigong (Tai Chi),<br />
happy hour, knitting, quiz nights, cards<br />
and games, book club, Bible discussion,<br />
craft sessions, and there are regular visits by<br />
the hairdresser, massage therapist and the<br />
podiatrist.<br />
Geraldine is a great little town that many<br />
come to for a holiday but you have the<br />
opportunity to live the holiday lifestyle<br />
all year round. <strong>The</strong>re is plenty to do in<br />
and around the town with art galleries,<br />
theatre and cinema, interesting shops<br />
and boutiques, two museums and a wide<br />
range of good places to eat. For the more<br />
adventurous there are river and forest walks<br />
nearby, opportunities for biking and a choice<br />
of two local golf clubs.<br />
For more information and to secure<br />
your future lifestyle call Hayley Grant on<br />
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SENIOR LIVING<br />
• By Sophie Cornish<br />
PLANS TO develop an allweather<br />
sporting facility in<br />
Northcote would see six sporting<br />
codes provided with up to 21<br />
indoor courts.<br />
A warehouse near the corner<br />
of Main North and Northcote Rds,<br />
currently tenanted by Toll Group,<br />
could be reconfigured and ready<br />
for use in two to three years.<br />
Developers Kris Inglis and<br />
Mike, Max and Glenn Percasky<br />
outlined their plans to the<br />
Papanui-Innes Community Board<br />
recently.<br />
Known as the Northcote Sports<br />
and Entertainment Terminus,<br />
it was granted resource consent<br />
in August 2015 and will have 12<br />
indoor courts for netball, futsal,<br />
basketball, tennis, badminton and<br />
volleyball.<br />
A gymnasium, cafe, child care<br />
centre, 450 car parks and other<br />
sports entertainment options such<br />
as 10-pin bowling, Laser Strike<br />
and Clip ’n Climb will also be<br />
included.<br />
<strong>The</strong> other sports entertainment<br />
options could be removed to<br />
expand the facility to 21 indoor<br />
courts.<br />
•Turn to page 4<br />
All-weather<br />
sports<br />
centre<br />
one step<br />
closer for<br />
Northcote<br />
Aperahama Kipa and Molly Bone were two of about 100 volunteers who planted almost 800 native trees<br />
in Bridgestone Reserve, on Friday, as part of recreating Papanui Bush. Papanui-Innes Community Board<br />
member John Stringer called the event “a really historical moment.”<br />
•Story, page 8<br />
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Page 13<br />
Senior Living<br />
<strong>The</strong>re will be plenty to do at<br />
the McKenzie Lifestyle Village<br />
<strong>The</strong> final stage of villa development is<br />
progressing well at McKenzie Lifestyle<br />
Village in Geraldine with target completion<br />
in spring. Just a hand full of sites available<br />
to secure off plan, so don’t be the one<br />
to miss out. Moving into a brand new<br />
architecturally designed villa priced from<br />
$335,000 with the monthly outgoing fees<br />
being fixed for life. Future plans see an<br />
offering of Assisted Care Apartments that<br />
compliment the independent lifestyle living.<br />
Our beautiful Leisure Centre is very<br />
popular with the residents who make<br />
full use of the swimming and spa pools,<br />
gymnasium, craft room, library and lounge<br />
area. Outside, the Bowling Green is also<br />
popular along with Petanque, Mini-golf and<br />
Table Bowls. This coming summer will see<br />
Croquet being played on our Village Green.<br />
<strong>The</strong> residents’ monthly activities calendar<br />
boasts the following; bowls events, concert<br />
going (Operatunity), shopping trips, lunch<br />
outings, yoga, housie, Qigong (Tai Chi),<br />
happy hour, knitting, quiz nights, cards<br />
and games, book club, Bible discussion,<br />
craft sessions, and there are regular visits by<br />
the hairdresser, massage therapist and the<br />
podiatrist.<br />
Geraldine is a great little town that many<br />
come to for a holiday but you have the<br />
opportunity to live the holiday lifestyle<br />
all year round. <strong>The</strong>re is plenty to do in<br />
and around the town with art galleries,<br />
theatre and cinema, interesting shops<br />
and boutiques, two museums and a wide<br />
range of good places to eat. For the more<br />
adventurous there are river and forest walks<br />
nearby, opportunities for biking and a choice<br />
of two local golf clubs.<br />
For more information and to secure<br />
your future lifestyle call Hayley Grant on<br />
0800 845524.<br />
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SENIOR LIVING<br />
• By Emily O’Connell<br />
RUSSLEY RESIDENTS have<br />
“run out of patience” over<br />
vehicles blocking their streets<br />
near the Airport Business Park.<br />
Avonhead Community Group<br />
chairman Professor Somnath<br />
Sarkar Bagchi says there are still<br />
ongoing issues with business<br />
park staff parking their vehicles<br />
on residential streets.<br />
He said<br />
residents and<br />
their visitors<br />
struggle to<br />
find parking<br />
on their own<br />
streets and<br />
the problem<br />
isn’t being addressed.<br />
Prof Bagchi<br />
said it’s a “prolonged” and “difficult”<br />
issue which the group has<br />
been dealing with for about five<br />
years.<br />
He said the city council and<br />
the Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood<br />
Community Board have<br />
been trying to resolve the issue<br />
but so far nothing has worked.<br />
“People have lost faith in the<br />
city council and its ability to<br />
resolve this issue,” Prof Bagchi<br />
said.<br />
A city council spokeswoman<br />
said more than 1000 time-related<br />
infringement notices have been<br />
issued in the area since July 11.<br />
Infringement fees range from<br />
$12 or less to $57 depending on<br />
how long the vehicle has been<br />
parked.<br />
Letters released to Western<br />
News under the Local Government<br />
Official Information and<br />
Meetings Act show city council<br />
<strong>May</strong>or Lianne Dalziel sent a letter<br />
regarding the concerns to the<br />
Inland Revenue in January.<br />
<strong>The</strong> IRD is one of the companies<br />
based at the business park.<br />
“Could you please advise<br />
what measures you are putting<br />
in place to ensure your staff are<br />
not contributing to this serious<br />
problem,” Ms Dalziel said.<br />
She said there “was suggestion”<br />
that IRD had been paying for<br />
employees’ parking fines.<br />
•Turn to page 4<br />
On-street car parking woes<br />
Lianne<br />
Dalziel<br />
PROBLEM: Russley residents are frustrated with ongoing parking issues near the Airport Business Park.<br />
PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />
Russley<br />
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‘running out<br />
of patience’<br />
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Thursday, April 26, <strong>2018</strong><br />
MORE DETAILS are expected<br />
to be revealed tomorrow about<br />
the horrific alleged murder of a<br />
woman in her Merivale home.<br />
A 54-year-old labourer from<br />
Aranui will appear in the High<br />
Court, accused of the killing.<br />
<strong>The</strong> body of a woman, aged 27,<br />
was found in the Exeter St house<br />
shortly before noon on Saturday,<br />
April 7, by a member of the public.<br />
<strong>The</strong> accused was later arrested<br />
and charged with murder and aggravated<br />
robbery.<br />
<strong>The</strong> names of the accused and<br />
victim, and details about the police<br />
investigation were suppressed<br />
when he appeared at his first<br />
court appearance on April 9.<br />
He did not enter a plea and was<br />
remanded in custody.<br />
But details relating to the alleged<br />
murder have sparked much<br />
conjecture in Christchurch, some<br />
details which are likely to come<br />
clearer tomorrow.<br />
Merivale<br />
murder<br />
accused<br />
back in<br />
court<br />
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Grandad went to war<br />
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Delay for kids contest?<br />
October fishing event could<br />
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Page 13<br />
Senior Living<br />
<strong>The</strong>re will be plenty to do at<br />
the McKenzie Lifestyle Village<br />
<strong>The</strong> final stage of villa development is<br />
progressing well at McKenzie Lifestyle<br />
Village in Geraldine with target completion<br />
in spring. Just a hand full of sites available<br />
to secure off plan, so don’t be the one<br />
to miss out. Moving into a brand new<br />
architecturally designed villa priced from<br />
$335,000 with the monthly outgoing fees<br />
being fixed for life. Future plans see an<br />
offering of Assisted Care Apartments that<br />
compliment the independent lifestyle living.<br />
Our beautiful Leisure Centre is very<br />
popular with the residents who make<br />
full use of the swimming and spa pools,<br />
gymnasium, craft room, library and lounge<br />
area. Outside, the Bowling Green is also<br />
popular along with Petanque, Mini-golf and<br />
Table Bowls. This coming summer will see<br />
Croquet being played on our Village Green.<br />
<strong>The</strong> residents’ monthly activities calendar<br />
boasts the following; bowls events, concert<br />
going (Operatunity), shopping trips, lunch<br />
outings, yoga, housie, Qigong (Tai Chi),<br />
happy hour, knitting, quiz nights, cards<br />
and games, book club, Bible discussion,<br />
craft sessions, and there are regular visits by<br />
the hairdresser, massage therapist and the<br />
podiatrist.<br />
Geraldine is a great little town that many<br />
come to for a holiday but you have the<br />
opportunity to live the holiday lifestyle<br />
all year round. <strong>The</strong>re is plenty to do in<br />
and around the town with art galleries,<br />
theatre and cinema, interesting shops<br />
and boutiques, two museums and a wide<br />
range of good places to eat. For the more<br />
adventurous there are river and forest walks<br />
nearby, opportunities for biking and a choice<br />
of two local golf clubs.<br />
For more information and to secure<br />
your future lifestyle call Hayley Grant on<br />
0800 845524.<br />
Plenty to do<br />
at McKenzie<br />
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SENIOR LIVING<br />
• By Sarla Donovan<br />
A TINY piece of the city’s<br />
railway history has come back<br />
to life.<br />
Railway Tce in Heathcote<br />
Valley has been newly-repaired<br />
following damage in the<br />
September 4, 2010, and February<br />
22, 2011, earthquakes.<br />
<strong>The</strong> little street was formed<br />
by New Zealand Rail in 1961<br />
to build six workers’ houses<br />
between Port Hills Rd and the<br />
motorway.<br />
NZR later sold them into<br />
private ownership and each<br />
resident owns a sixth of the<br />
road.<br />
It means there’s no city council<br />
responsibility for maintenance<br />
such as road sweepers, weed<br />
spraying or drain clearance.<br />
And the costs of fixing the<br />
quake damage fell on the homeowners’<br />
private insurance.<br />
Plumber Peter Bigelow has<br />
lived on Railway Tce for years.<br />
He said it had taken quite a<br />
bit of co-ordination to fix the<br />
road as it came under private<br />
insurance rather than EQC.<br />
“Half of us were with AA<br />
(Vero) and they took the lead,<br />
managed it and went to the other<br />
insurers.”<br />
Fibre was laid first, then<br />
potholes repaired and new kerbs<br />
and footpaths are now going in.<br />
<strong>The</strong> work has taken about a<br />
month.<br />
Mr Bigelow said Port Hills MP<br />
Ruth Dyson has been helpful<br />
in advocating on behalf of the<br />
Railway Tce homeowners.<br />
Ngai Tuari shifted into a<br />
three-bedroom property with<br />
her engine driver husband<br />
about 35 years ago and raised<br />
her four children there, all of<br />
them attending Heathcote Valley<br />
Primary School.<br />
“It’s a lovely street, I wouldn’t<br />
move for quids. In fact, I sold my<br />
other house, the original one, to<br />
my son, so he’s my neighbour.<br />
And he wouldn’t move for quids<br />
as well.”<br />
However, the private road is<br />
“an awful pain,” Mrs Tuari said.<br />
“It’s a private road, but that<br />
doesn’t work because any of the<br />
public are allowed to use it.<br />
<strong>The</strong> only time it becomes a<br />
private road is when we have<br />
to pay for it. I’d love to put a gate<br />
up there and you pay a<br />
gold coin to go through it.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the upkeep wouldn’t be a<br />
problem.”<br />
“But it is a nice community<br />
feel; it’s almost like the country;<br />
you can hear cows, see the horse<br />
paddocks and the watercress<br />
growing everywhere. Just the feel<br />
of the place, it’s lovely.”<br />
PIECE OF HISTORY: Ngai Tuari is one of six homeowners living on Railway Tce, Heathcote, whose private insurance has funded the<br />
repair of the earthquake-damaged road.<br />
PHOTO: GILBERT WEALLEANS<br />
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High-tech Cleaning<br />
We clean and repair all types of blinds –<br />
Venetians, Cedar, Verticals, Roller, Hollands,<br />
Romans and Pleated – with environmentally<br />
friendly cleaning products.<br />
Temperature Controlled Drying<br />
Re-oiling & Rejuvenating<br />
Fabric Blinds - such as Austrian and Roman<br />
Same Day Pick Up & Drop Off<br />
We offer a same-day, pick up and drop off<br />
service for most types of blinds. Bookings<br />
are required.<br />
Convenient Location<br />
Drop blinds into us by 9am, at<br />
330 Cashel Street (near the<br />
Fitzgerald end), and collect<br />
them at the end of the day.<br />
New Blind Sales Priced from $30<br />
WE ARE OPEN<br />
Mon - Fri<br />
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Ro ler Blinds cleaned<br />
from as li tle as $20<br />
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• World class DJ’s<br />
• Lighting & visual effects<br />
• Cage dancers & aerial acts<br />
• VIP booths<br />
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<strong>The</strong> remark came on<br />
Monday during hearings on<br />
the city council’s Long Term<br />
Plan.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Banks Peninsula<br />
Community<br />
Board made<br />
a number of<br />
requests for<br />
extra funding<br />
or for funding<br />
to be brought<br />
forward.<br />
It prompted<br />
Harewood<br />
Ward city<br />
councillor Aaron Keown to say:<br />
“I loved your photos at the start.<br />
It’s certainly competing for the<br />
eastern suburbs for the best<br />
photos of the city. <strong>The</strong> analogy<br />
around the garden v the living<br />
room – I think it’s better as a<br />
family analogy and I look at<br />
Banks Peninsula as more like a<br />
Merivale wife – they look really<br />
good but very expensive.”<br />
•Turn to page 7<br />
Peninsula’s<br />
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PAGEANTRY: <strong>The</strong> Caledonian Pipe Band leads Sumner’s Anzac Day parade along Wakefield Ave.<br />
PHOTO: TONY BRUNT<br />
PEOPLE OF all ages turned out<br />
in their hundreds to take part<br />
in Anzac Day commemorations<br />
across Banks Peninsula this year.<br />
Parades and ceremonies were<br />
held in Little River, Akaroa,<br />
Sumner and Lyttelton.<br />
A large crowd assembled in<br />
Lyttelton to watch the parade<br />
march from the corner of Oxford<br />
and London Sts along to<br />
Albion Square for the ceremonial<br />
wreath-laying and speeches<br />
of remembrance.<br />
A wreath-laying ceremony at<br />
the recently re-dedicated gates<br />
of the former Sumner/Redcliffs<br />
RSA clubhouse was followed by<br />
a parade down Wakefield Ave to<br />
the Sumner Centre, where the<br />
main service was held.<br />
Club president Bill Joines<br />
recited the poignant Ode to the<br />
Fallen, with prayers, a hymn<br />
and thanksgiving led by the<br />
Reverend Thomas Bauer, as well<br />
as an address by veteran Ray<br />
King-Turner. •Turn to page 4<br />
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“HAVEN’T OUR kids lost<br />
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That’s the message on signs<br />
displayed in Richmond and<br />
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Girls’ and Shirley Boys’ High<br />
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Residents of the suburbs have<br />
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<strong>The</strong> two schools will relocate<br />
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II Park next year and have been<br />
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by the secretary of education.<br />
<strong>The</strong> board of trustees from<br />
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end of March, which closed on<br />
Thursday.<br />
<strong>The</strong> document included a ‘draft<br />
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Burwood, Parklands, New<br />
Brighton, South Brighton and<br />
Southshore, which is supported<br />
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zone’, meaning it was an area the<br />
schools wish to have included in<br />
the zone.<br />
•Turn to page 3<br />
Petition to change schools’ enrolment zones<br />
New Brightons RSA’s<br />
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House said this year’s<br />
Anzac Day service was<br />
“one of the best yet.”<br />
“<strong>The</strong> RSA has great<br />
support from the<br />
community . . . we had<br />
support from the Girl<br />
Guides, the Boy Scouts,<br />
the army, navy and air<br />
force cadets, and so many<br />
other groups. <strong>The</strong> New<br />
Brighton fire brigade and<br />
police also laid wreaths,’’<br />
he said.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y all support us<br />
tremendously. We’re so<br />
proud of the community,”<br />
Mr House said.<br />
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THe team for the festival<br />
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Ron Fabian – who is now in his<br />
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team in their first ever match in<br />
1989.<br />
•Turn to page 6<br />
Golden age for the Lizards<br />
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AGE NO BARRIER: Lincoln Lizards’ Ron Fabian spots the gap and pushes the go-button against the Port Macquarie<br />
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• By Jacob Page<br />
THE CHANCES of Darfield<br />
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year appears unlikely.<br />
THe Darfield Rugby Club hosted<br />
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Darfield president Scott McIlroy<br />
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then-Prime Minister Bill<br />
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Minutes from the Malvern<br />
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• By Bridget Rutherford<br />
POLICE HAVE ordered the<br />
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order.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y were also advised that<br />
any further breaches may result<br />
in prosecution.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> murder accused is also<br />
charged with unlawfully taking<br />
Ms Tuxford’s car and entering<br />
the property without permission<br />
with a knife and using it as a<br />
weapon.<br />
He appeared in the High<br />
Court in Christchurch on Friday<br />
via video link from prison for a<br />
pre-trial callover.<br />
He was remanded in custody<br />
until his next court appearance<br />
on June 29.<br />
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HUNTER<br />
in brief<br />
Radio DJ’s wife<br />
awaits surgery<br />
Simon Barnett’s wife Jodi<br />
remains in hospital with her<br />
family by her side awaiting<br />
surgery after suffering “a fit or<br />
a stroke” on Sunday morning.<br />
Radio DJ Barnett’s More FM<br />
co-host Gary McCormick broke<br />
the news to listeners on Tuesday.<br />
“She’s been diagnosed with two<br />
lesions on the brain,” McCormick<br />
said.<br />
Teenager named<br />
after stabbing<br />
A 19-year-old can now be named<br />
after he was charged in relation<br />
to a stabbing in Northcote Rd.<br />
Marcus Hirini has pleaded not<br />
guilty and elected trial by jury.<br />
He denies the charge of wounding<br />
with intent to cause grievous<br />
bodily harm, which stems from<br />
an incident at a house in Northcote<br />
at 2am on February 17. <strong>The</strong><br />
alleged 43-year-old victim was<br />
hospitalised with critical injuries.<br />
City roads to get<br />
funding boost<br />
A cash injection into the city’s<br />
road maintenance fund is on<br />
its way. During city council<br />
Long Term Plan discussions<br />
New Zealand Transport Agency<br />
senior investment adviser<br />
Andrew Washington said the<br />
chief executive, Fergus Gammie,<br />
would be informing the city<br />
council of an increase in its road<br />
maintenance budget. Currently<br />
the budget is $40 million over<br />
the next 10 years. Fifty per cent is<br />
funded by NZTA.<br />
Oxford Gap<br />
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Work to transform Oxford Gap,<br />
a short section of Oxford Tce<br />
between Christchurch Hospital<br />
and the new outpatients building,<br />
starts on Monday. Oxford<br />
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Sts will be closed from <strong>May</strong> to<br />
December for the work. <strong>The</strong> gap<br />
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PHOTO: GEOFF SOPER<br />
Event raises $10k<br />
for quarry fight<br />
737 cleared for take-off<br />
If you were wondering where<br />
this former Qantas Boeing 737-<br />
300 was taking off to as it left<br />
Christchurch Airport early on<br />
Monday morning, it has landed.<br />
<strong>The</strong> fuselage of the aircraft is<br />
now on a property in the Selwyn<br />
district, where it will stay until<br />
the owner decides where its final<br />
destination will be.<br />
<strong>The</strong> owner, who declined to<br />
be named, said he was unable<br />
to reveal details of what would<br />
eventually happen to the aircraft.<br />
But <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> understands<br />
it will be converted into<br />
accommodation, possibly in the<br />
high country.<br />
PHOTO: GILBERT WEALLEANS<br />
• By Emily O’Connell<br />
LAUGHTER REALLY was<br />
the best medicine on Saturday<br />
night as residents raised more<br />
than $10,000 for the fight<br />
against a proposed quarry near<br />
Templeton.<br />
<strong>The</strong> comedic event, which<br />
was held in the Rolleston<br />
Community Centre, had<br />
broadcaster Gary McCormick<br />
and Invercargill <strong>May</strong>or Tim<br />
Shadbolt entertain to the crowd<br />
of more than 250 people for<br />
about three hours.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re has been widespread<br />
opposition to the planned quarry<br />
on Dawsons, Curraghs and<br />
Jones Rds. Fulton Hogan says<br />
the quarry, which would be on<br />
a 170ha section of land, will be<br />
there for up to 40 years.<br />
Residents have voiced<br />
concerns about the potential<br />
health risks, water issues and<br />
devaluing of properties.<br />
<strong>The</strong> money raised from<br />
Laughter Is <strong>The</strong> Best Medicine<br />
will go to the Templeton<br />
Residents’ Association for<br />
ongoing costs including hiring<br />
experts.<br />
Joanne McMaster, from<br />
the Templeton Residents’<br />
Association – No Quarry’s<br />
sub-committee, organised the<br />
event.<br />
She said the night of comedy<br />
had the audience “in stitches”<br />
from start to finish.<br />
“Although this was a great<br />
start to the fundraising<br />
activities, it’s a far cry from the<br />
$250,000-$300,000 we may<br />
require to fight Fulton Hogan’s<br />
proposed 170ha quarry on our<br />
doorstep,” Miss McMaster<br />
said.<br />
She said it’s a “daunting<br />
exercise” going up against Fulton<br />
Hogan.<br />
“[Fulton Hogan] has every<br />
resource at its fingertips and we<br />
are working tirelessly to oppose<br />
it without any funding while<br />
juggling our families and work<br />
commitments,” Miss McMaster<br />
said.<br />
Fulton Hogan recently said in<br />
a newsletter it will not submit<br />
any resource consent application<br />
to the Selwyn District Council or<br />
Environment Canterbury before<br />
July.
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Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
Sports facility costs breakdown<br />
• By Bridget Rutherford<br />
HOW MUCH some of the<br />
cosmetic changes will save to<br />
claw back the Metro Sports<br />
Facility’s $75 million “budget<br />
blow out” have been revealed.<br />
Figures provided to <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Star</strong> show<br />
certain cosmetic<br />
changes, such<br />
as glazing, external<br />
cladding<br />
and an entrance<br />
canopy, will<br />
save millions.<br />
On Friday,<br />
Megan<br />
Woods<br />
Greater<br />
Christchurch<br />
Regeneration<br />
minister Megan Woods,<br />
alongside <strong>May</strong>or Lianne Dalziel,<br />
announced the detailed design<br />
for the central city facility had<br />
been revised.<br />
<strong>The</strong> estimated cost had been<br />
reduced by $50 million through<br />
cosmetic changes and the procurement<br />
approach, Dr Woods<br />
said.<br />
Removing the south entrance<br />
canopy on the original design<br />
is estimated to save $500,000-<br />
$700,000.<br />
Windows and solar control<br />
blinds in the sports hall have<br />
been scrapped to remove the<br />
COMING: <strong>The</strong> Government says cost saving changes to<br />
the Metro Sports Facility design will allow it to open in<br />
2021.<br />
chance of sunlight glare on the<br />
courts, saving about $90,000-<br />
$100,000.<br />
<strong>The</strong> cladding elements will be<br />
redesigned, which is expected to<br />
save about $3 million.<br />
Outdoor stone paving would<br />
be changed to concrete paving<br />
to drop the price from $525 per<br />
sq m to $230 per sq m.<br />
<strong>The</strong> indoor bluestone paved<br />
floors, which would have cost<br />
$350 per sq m, have been<br />
scrapped for a different product,<br />
such as tiles, to reduce the cost<br />
to $200-$290 per sq m.<br />
Otakaro has revised the<br />
detailed design of the Metro<br />
Sports Facility, and it is ready to<br />
go to market to confirm a final<br />
cost with a completion date of<br />
2021.<br />
Other cost savings were leaving<br />
out the childcare facility and<br />
outdoor sports area, downsizing<br />
the car park, and fitting out the<br />
Aquatic Sensory Experience<br />
space through funding sources.<br />
In November, Dr Woods<br />
put the facility on hold and<br />
scrapped contractor Leighs<br />
Cockram Joint Venture because<br />
the budget was blowing out.<br />
She told <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> the cosmetic<br />
savings meant the Government<br />
was getting the best value for<br />
taxpayer money.<br />
“To allow a $75 million budget<br />
blowout on a facility that should<br />
have been open two years ago<br />
is just another example of the<br />
mess the previous Government<br />
left in Christchurch.<br />
“What disappointed me is that<br />
in failing to provide the political<br />
leadership and keeping costs<br />
under control, the project has<br />
not been achievable until now<br />
and we are staring at a blank<br />
section where there should be a<br />
sporting facility.”<br />
National’s greater Christchurch<br />
regeneration spokeswoman<br />
Nicky Wagner said while<br />
cosmetic changes would have<br />
given a higher quality finish, her<br />
concern was with the childcare<br />
facility and Aquatic Sensory<br />
Experience space.<br />
“She [Dr Woods] might have<br />
saved $10 million or so. But<br />
waiting for six months has probably<br />
cost her three to five times<br />
more than that.”<br />
Ms Wagner said there would<br />
have only been a budget blowout<br />
if the design was not changed,<br />
which the previous Government<br />
planned to do.<br />
“She has done just exactly<br />
what I would have done, but I<br />
would have done it in September<br />
if I was elected back as minister.”<br />
•Wagner column, page 21<br />
in brief<br />
Bugman now a<br />
New Zealand citizen<br />
Ruud Kleinpaste, the wellknown<br />
Bugman, has finally<br />
become a New Zealand citizen.<br />
Dr Kleinpaste, 65, was granted<br />
citizenship by after having lived<br />
in New Zealand for 40 years. He<br />
was presented with citizenship at<br />
a ceremony officiated by <strong>May</strong>or<br />
Lianne Dalziel on Monday. Dr<br />
Kleinpaste began the radio talk<br />
back show, Ruud’s Awakening<br />
and featured on Maggie’s Garden<br />
Show during the 90s. He also<br />
worked on the television the<br />
documentary series <strong>The</strong> Enduring<br />
Land.<br />
Call to coincide square<br />
development<br />
Spark is calling for any upgrade<br />
to Cathedral Square to coincide<br />
with the opening of its new<br />
Christchurch headquarters next<br />
year. In his submission on the<br />
city council’s draft long term<br />
plan Spark head of South Island<br />
Paul Deavoll urged it to include<br />
funding to complete the southeast<br />
quadrant of the square by<br />
the end of 2019. He said the new<br />
Spark building at 2 Cathedral<br />
Square was due to open in August<br />
next year with 450 workers. <strong>The</strong><br />
building at 9 Cathedral Square<br />
would open at the end of 2019.<br />
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Free Wi-Fi<br />
trial for two<br />
bus routes<br />
• By Bridget Rutherford<br />
BUS PASSENGERS are now<br />
able to read the news and<br />
scroll through social media as<br />
Environment Canterbury trials<br />
free Wi-Fi on two bus routes.<br />
<strong>The</strong> three-month trial started<br />
on Tuesday, on the 29 airport-city<br />
and the 85 Rolleston-city.<br />
Environment Canterbury public<br />
transport senior manager Stewart<br />
Gibbon said they chose the two<br />
routes to target people heading on<br />
a longer trip to and from work,<br />
and the airport.<br />
“We’ve had a large number of requests<br />
asking us to introduce free<br />
Wi-Fi on buses so we thought we’d<br />
trial it for three months to see if<br />
people use it, how much they use it<br />
and also figure out the value would<br />
be to roll it out across the network<br />
if it proved successful.”<br />
Passengers will be able to fill out<br />
surveys about the Wi-Fi to give<br />
feedback, he said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> information gathered<br />
would be shared with the Public<br />
Transport Joint Committee, and<br />
used by ECan to help plan future<br />
on board bus services.<br />
ECan chairman Steve Lowndes<br />
said the trial was part of trying to<br />
give people a bus system people<br />
wanted to use.<br />
Women hit back at Keown<br />
• By Julia Evans<br />
CITY COUNCILLOR Aaron<br />
Keown has got himself into<br />
another stoush – this time over<br />
a comment he made about<br />
Merivale wives.<br />
“I look at Banks Peninsula as<br />
more like a Merivale wife – they<br />
look really good but very expensive,”<br />
is the analogy Cr Keown<br />
used to describe the area during<br />
city council<br />
Long Term<br />
Plan funding<br />
discussions<br />
on Monday.<br />
But yesterday<br />
women<br />
in Merivale<br />
struck back,<br />
saying it was<br />
Aaron Keown<br />
“sexist” and<br />
“tall poppy”.<br />
Merivale<br />
resident, business owner,<br />
property developer and mother<br />
Michelle Crouch said the<br />
comment contributed to a<br />
widespread negative stereotype<br />
about women in the suburb.<br />
“People say that kind of thing<br />
all the time, they think it’s a joke<br />
. . . It’s just a perception people<br />
have and it sounds like tall<br />
poppy syndrome,” she said.<br />
However, Cr Keown told <strong>The</strong><br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
<strong>Star</strong> that his comments were not<br />
meant to be taken as sexist, only<br />
as a “comedic quip to lighten the<br />
mood” during LTP discussions.<br />
“Normally good looking wives<br />
are expensive. It’s expensive for<br />
hairdressers and make-up and<br />
clothes . . . they don’t shop at<br />
<strong>The</strong> Warehouse.”<br />
A Merivale wife that did not<br />
want to be named called Cr<br />
Keown’s comment “incredibly<br />
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LABEL: Merivale’s Michelle<br />
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perception that a lot of<br />
people have. PHOTO:<br />
MARTIN HUNTER<br />
sexist.” <strong>May</strong>or Lianne Dalziel<br />
was not impressed either.<br />
During the meeting, she ruled it<br />
out of order.<br />
“I know what you’re trying<br />
to say, it just really was a very<br />
bad way to try and say it,” she<br />
said.<br />
But Cr Keown disagreed. He<br />
said, if anything, it should be<br />
taken as a compliment and he<br />
never said the women hadn’t<br />
earned the money themselves.<br />
“It’s a compliment to Akaroa,<br />
which is not cheap, according<br />
to our budget. I was comparing<br />
Merivale women to one of<br />
the best looking places in the<br />
world.”<br />
“<strong>May</strong>be they’re good looking<br />
and cheap then, I don’t know<br />
. . . it can’t be a coincidence<br />
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City cops first out of the blocks on e-bikes<br />
• By Bridget Rutherford<br />
SOME POLICE officers ride<br />
horses – but Christchurch cops<br />
ride e-bikes.<br />
Canterbury’s road policing<br />
team is the first in the country<br />
to test out using e-bikes while<br />
on patrol.<br />
Road policing group officer in<br />
command Senior Sergeant Kelly<br />
Larsen said the team has been<br />
trialling two e-bikes around the<br />
city.<br />
She said the results so far had<br />
been positive.<br />
“E-bikes are being trialled to<br />
help understand the benefits<br />
they could offer such as ease of<br />
responding to incidents in the<br />
central city, as well as extending<br />
patrolling areas.”<br />
She said police officers in<br />
Christchurch, Wellington,<br />
Nelson, Auckland and<br />
Invercargill already used regular<br />
bikes.<br />
“Patrolling on bikes is not new<br />
for Canterbury District as road<br />
policing members have been<br />
using bikes for the past<br />
12 months in the central<br />
city.”<br />
Senior Sergeant Larsen said<br />
patrolling on bikes had proven<br />
to be a valuable tool, as it was<br />
easier to identify drivers using<br />
their mobile phones, and those<br />
not wearing seat belts.<br />
Police had received positive<br />
feedback about both the e-bikes<br />
and regular ones, she said.<br />
“Officers on bikes increase<br />
visibility of police in the central<br />
city and the e-bikes are proving<br />
to be a great conversation starter<br />
with the public.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> e-bikes being trialled are<br />
less than 300w.<br />
•E-bikes, page 20<br />
Dyson sorry for using Labour crest<br />
• By Sarla Donovan<br />
PORT HILLS MP Ruth Dyson<br />
has apologised for using the<br />
official Labour Party<br />
crest to support a<br />
candidate in the area’s<br />
by-election.<br />
Independent Citizens<br />
complained to the<br />
Speaker of the House,<br />
Trevor Mallard, about a<br />
letter Ms Dyson wrote<br />
to Lyttelton residents,<br />
supporting People’s<br />
Choice candidate<br />
Tyrone Fields’ bid for<br />
a seat on the Banks<br />
Peninsula Community<br />
Board.<br />
People’s Choice is aligned to<br />
the Labour Party.<br />
Independent Citizen’s<br />
chairwoman Liz Lovell claimed<br />
Ms Dyson had used taxpayer<br />
resources to ask for votes.<br />
“This sits<br />
well outside the<br />
purpose and rules<br />
of which their<br />
taxpayer funding is<br />
appropriated,’’ she<br />
said.<br />
Ms Dyson rejected<br />
any suggestion<br />
parliamentary<br />
resources went into<br />
the preparation or<br />
the distribution of<br />
the letter.<br />
But she said the use<br />
of the Labour crest on the letter<br />
was an error.<br />
“It was a genuine error. I<br />
Ruth Dyson<br />
have contacted both the speaker<br />
and the head of parliamentary<br />
services to apologise and rectify<br />
the situation,” she said on<br />
Monday.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> incorrect letterhead<br />
was sent by digital file to the<br />
campaign team. <strong>The</strong> campaign<br />
team produced and distributed<br />
the material but should have<br />
removed the crest before doing<br />
this.”<br />
Former board chairwoman<br />
Christine Wilson resigned<br />
earlier this year, prompting a byelection<br />
in the Lyttelton Ward.<br />
Voting papers were sent out<br />
last week and people have until<br />
<strong>May</strong> 16 to cast their votes.<br />
Robyn Struthers is the<br />
Independent Citizens’ candidate<br />
in the by-election.<br />
in brief<br />
Health websites to<br />
cost more than $45k<br />
More than $45,000 is being spent<br />
updating both the Canterbury<br />
and West Coast District Health<br />
Boards’ websites. <strong>The</strong> new<br />
websites would be launched<br />
between July and September.<br />
A CDHB spokeswoman said<br />
the project costs to replace both<br />
websites was $45,000.<br />
Scooter riders gear up<br />
for alpine tour<br />
About 250 riders on 50cc<br />
scooters will make the 250km<br />
journey from Christchurch to<br />
Hokitika for the Tranz Alpine<br />
Scooter Safari. <strong>The</strong> trip over the<br />
Southern Alps to Hokitika is<br />
part of a fundraiser for the New<br />
Zealand Cancer Society. <strong>The</strong><br />
ride starts 9am on <strong>May</strong> 19 at the<br />
Mike Pero Motorsport Park.<br />
Later date likely for kids<br />
fishing event<br />
<strong>The</strong> annual Take a Kid Fishing<br />
event at the Groynes may be<br />
pushed back to a later date this<br />
year. <strong>The</strong>re were fears the event<br />
could be cancelled due to rapid<br />
growth of the lagarosiphon weed<br />
in the fishing lakes. City council<br />
is hoping to tackle the problem<br />
through chemical control. It<br />
will take place this upcoming<br />
spring/summer season, when<br />
the growth begins again. Fishing<br />
cannot take place for six weeks<br />
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Thursday <strong>May</strong> 3 <strong>2018</strong><br />
Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
PLEASANT: <strong>The</strong> South Frame’s Evolution Square<br />
is proving a nice spot for people to soak up the<br />
sun.<br />
POPULAR: BNZ Centre’s Cashel Lobby, which is<br />
accessed by various laneways, is another popular<br />
courtyard that works well.<br />
ORIGINAL: Strange’s Lane was the first post-quake<br />
laneway to be established.<br />
Laneways link central city<br />
Christchurch is<br />
becoming a city<br />
of laneways and<br />
courtyards, with<br />
many developments<br />
taking inspiration from<br />
Melbourne. Bridget<br />
Rutherford reports<br />
PEOPLE SIT in the sun on the<br />
benches eating their lunches and<br />
chatting in the newly-finished<br />
Evolution Square.<br />
In the heart of the Innovation<br />
Precinct, the new public space is<br />
buzzing. Next door, Little High<br />
Eatery is a hive of activity.<br />
Nearby, the site where Poplar<br />
Lane once stood is now home to<br />
eateries, and Vanguard Square,<br />
another courtyard for people to<br />
relax in.<br />
Over in Cashel Lobby in the<br />
BNZ Centre, people wander in<br />
through the different laneways to<br />
buy their lunches and sit on seats<br />
and beanbags – the courtyard<br />
sheltered from the wind.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Terrace development is<br />
nearby. Oxford Lane, which runs<br />
between two of the buildings,<br />
provides a place for revellers to<br />
enjoy a drink at the tables under<br />
the glow of hanging lights.<br />
This was the city council and<br />
Government’s vision for the central<br />
city – activating the spaces<br />
in between the buildings, much<br />
like Melbourne.<br />
And now, it’s becoming reality.<br />
Both Evolution and Vanguard<br />
Squares are part of Government<br />
anchor project the South Frame.<br />
It will eventually join the Innovation<br />
and Health Precincts.<br />
It is made up of five pedestrian<br />
lanes and eight vehicular access<br />
lanes, which run from north to<br />
south. It also has four gathering<br />
spaces, while a spine known as<br />
the Greenway would run right<br />
through the middle from east to<br />
west.<br />
ACCESS: <strong>The</strong> architects behind <strong>The</strong> Crossing<br />
visited Melbourne to take inspiration for the<br />
laneways through the development. Right: Oxford<br />
Lane in <strong>The</strong> Terrace will provide a place for people<br />
to sit and socialise in between two buildings.<br />
Otakaro South Frame project<br />
manager Cameron Mclean said<br />
Evolution Square was an example<br />
of how well it had worked.<br />
He said the project’s laneways<br />
and gathering spaces were a<br />
catalyst for further private development<br />
in those blocks.<br />
“Having these public spaces<br />
on their doorstep encourages<br />
developers to deliver the likes of<br />
hospitality and retail ventures<br />
that spill out onto the laneways<br />
and make this an appealing part<br />
of the city for people.”<br />
Melbourne’s laneways were<br />
inspiration for the South Frame’s<br />
potential, but they tried to add<br />
a unique layer to the design<br />
through collaboration with<br />
Matapopore, Mr Mclean said.<br />
For example, the garden beds<br />
were filled with plants traditionally<br />
used by Ngai Tahu and<br />
stones used for tools or trading<br />
had been placed throughout the<br />
frame, he said.<br />
Otakaro would continue to divest<br />
land adjoining the laneways<br />
to parties to develop them to<br />
attract people to the central city,<br />
he said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> concept of laneways<br />
and courtyards was part of the<br />
CONTRAST:<br />
<strong>The</strong> once<br />
popular Sol<br />
Square is a<br />
shadow of<br />
its former<br />
self.<br />
PHOTOS:<br />
MARTIN<br />
HUNTER<br />
central city blueprint, developed<br />
after the quakes in 2012.<br />
But the idea of enhancing<br />
these spaces was around before<br />
then.<br />
<strong>The</strong> city council was in the<br />
process of upgrading its existing<br />
laneways before the February 22,<br />
2011, earthquake.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Central City Lanes Plan<br />
identified lanes that had the<br />
potential to be successful like the<br />
popular Sol Square and Poplar<br />
Lane.<br />
But when the February 22,<br />
2011, earthquake hit, that plan<br />
was paused, and both Poplar<br />
Lane and Sol Square were severely<br />
damaged.<br />
While new buildings have<br />
popped up in Poplar Lane’s<br />
place, Sol Square is a shadow of<br />
its former self.<br />
<strong>The</strong> red Mini Cooper teeters<br />
above the square where weeds<br />
grow up through the cracks in<br />
the pavement, and graffiti covers<br />
the buildings and windows.<br />
Some evidence of its past remains<br />
– the faded signs for once<br />
popular <strong>The</strong> Fish and Chip Shop<br />
and Toast and the large musical<br />
notes on the side of one of the<br />
buildings.<br />
Sol Square is, however, rising<br />
from the ashes, with developer<br />
Dave Henderson’s plans to restore<br />
the complex to its former<br />
glory.<br />
Since the quakes, other private<br />
developments were also including<br />
laneways and courtyards in<br />
their designs.<br />
Strange’s Lane was the first.<br />
<strong>The</strong> lane which runs between<br />
Lichfield and High Sts has a<br />
similar feel to the old Sol Square<br />
and Poplar Lane with brick<br />
buildings, hanging lighting, bars<br />
and eateries.<br />
It was the brainchild of developer<br />
Shaun Stockman.<br />
He said Strange’s Lane took<br />
inspiration from Melbourne<br />
laneways – not too wide and<br />
intimate.<br />
“I had a break there just after<br />
the quakes and it gave me the<br />
idea.”<br />
Mr Stockman said there was<br />
an arcade on the site in the<br />
1960s.<br />
He said the work happening<br />
now with laneways was a follow<br />
on from the work the city council<br />
had done before the quakes.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Crossing opened last year.<br />
It is made up of several buildings<br />
which are all interconnected.<br />
<strong>The</strong> man behind the development,<br />
Philip Carter said while<br />
there was a planning requirement<br />
to incorporate laneways<br />
within <strong>The</strong> Crossing, they were<br />
happy to do it.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> laneways create interest<br />
and encourage discovery. We invested<br />
in the architecture of the<br />
development, and the laneways<br />
gave us an opportunity to showcase<br />
the architecture and make<br />
the spaces interesting.”<br />
Mr Carter said the architects<br />
visited Melbourne early in the<br />
design process and they used its<br />
laneways as inspiration.<br />
He said they created an “interesting<br />
CBD” and spaces where<br />
people would want to spend<br />
time.<br />
FAST FACTS<br />
<strong>The</strong> South Frame will<br />
consist of:<br />
Pedestrian lanes:<br />
Hauora Lane<br />
Swamp Hen Lane<br />
Cotters Lane<br />
Little High Lane<br />
Butchers Lane<br />
Vehicular access lanes:<br />
Waiora Lane<br />
Mauri Ora Lane<br />
Lava Lane<br />
Te Pohue Lane<br />
Sugarloaf Lane<br />
Mata Lane<br />
Memory Lane<br />
Nurseryman Lane<br />
Gathering spaces:<br />
Kahikatea Common<br />
Matai Common<br />
Vanguard Square<br />
Evolution Square<br />
<strong>The</strong> Greenway will run<br />
through the middle of<br />
the South Frame<br />
Richard Peebles has included<br />
laneways in his McKenzie and<br />
Willis complex which will<br />
eventually link to the Duncan’s<br />
Buildings he’s restoring.<br />
He plans to connect his Riverside<br />
development, due to open at<br />
the end of the year, with a new<br />
building to be constructed on<br />
the former Guthrey Centre site,<br />
to link it with Ballantynes.<br />
Much of the South Frame is<br />
expected to be finished by the<br />
end of the year.<br />
Land Information New Zealand<br />
is working to acquire the<br />
remaining land needed. Three<br />
are still to be finalised.<br />
<strong>The</strong> laneways are opening<br />
progressively.<br />
But while some of the city’s old<br />
laneways are gone, some of the<br />
new ones reflect on their history.<br />
One of the lanes leading into<br />
the BNZ Centre’s Cashel Lobby<br />
is called Shades Lane, a reference<br />
to the former Shades Arcade<br />
which once stood there.<br />
People moving through Evolution<br />
Square have a chance to<br />
literally walk down Memory<br />
Lane, a tribute to the labyrinth of<br />
past lanes in the area.
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• By Emily O’Connell and<br />
Kurt Bayer<br />
HORACE LONGSON might<br />
have just turned 100 but using<br />
his iPad to check Facebook is a<br />
breeze.<br />
That’s because he has lived<br />
alongside innovative technology<br />
since World War 2.<br />
When war broke out in 1939,<br />
the railway clerical cadet volunteered<br />
for the air force and<br />
became involved in the secret<br />
world of radar.<br />
Mr Longson was one of a few<br />
in New Zealand trained to use<br />
the Typex British-made cipher<br />
machines.<br />
It scrambled morse code<br />
messages, enabling planes patrolling<br />
the coastline and hunting<br />
Japanese or German submarines,<br />
ships, or aircraft, to communicate<br />
in secret.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> work was extremely<br />
hush-hush but highly-interesting.<br />
And we knew that what we were<br />
doing was special,” he said.<br />
• By Julia Evans<br />
DIGGING INTO the city’s<br />
colonial past has been made<br />
easier with the release of a new<br />
heritage app.<br />
Heritage New Zealand<br />
outreach adviser<br />
Rosemary Baird was<br />
part of a team that<br />
developed the Heritage<br />
Trail – Public Houses,<br />
Private Lives: Excavating<br />
Christchurch’s Colonial<br />
Hotels app, which gives<br />
users a guided walking<br />
tour of sites of the city’s<br />
Victorian hotels.<br />
“We’ve been playing<br />
with the idea of doing an app for<br />
a while. For years I first wanted<br />
to do one on the history of the<br />
Avon River but this was the one<br />
that got off the ground,” she said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> heritage trail is a 3.5km<br />
loop of seven hotel sites ranging<br />
from the 1860s to 1900s, Dr<br />
Baird said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> app starts at<br />
the site of the former<br />
Oxford on Avon<br />
on Colombo St and<br />
loops around locations<br />
including the<br />
Occidental Hotel<br />
on Hereford St, the<br />
Caversham Hotel on<br />
Madras and St Asaph<br />
Sts and finishes in<br />
Cathedral Square at<br />
the Old Government Building.<br />
It uses old photographs and<br />
videos to showcase excavations<br />
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War radar expert keeps up with the play<br />
Mr Longson celebrated his<br />
100th birthday with family and<br />
friends at the Papanui Club on<br />
Saturday.<br />
He is feeling good for his age<br />
but concedes he’s a “bit wobbly<br />
in the legs.”<br />
Mr Longson still attends weekly<br />
church services at St Martins<br />
Anglican church, where he once<br />
operated the sound desk.<br />
“I’m a technician, but the age<br />
of improvements – they’ve gone<br />
digital. <strong>The</strong>y work off a little<br />
laptop screen, a tiny little screen<br />
that Horace finds difficult,” he<br />
said.<br />
On Sunday, the church<br />
celebrated his birthday with a<br />
morning tea and a special ride in<br />
a vintage vehicle.<br />
Born in Temuka in 1918 and<br />
named after his uncle Horace<br />
Prattley who died at the Somme<br />
in World War 1, Mr Longson was<br />
always inquisitive and handy. As<br />
a child, he built his own radio<br />
sets.<br />
After World War 2, he returned<br />
to his railways job and<br />
soon became interested in ham<br />
radio.<br />
He is a life member of the<br />
Amateur Radio Transmitters’<br />
Association. He would also build<br />
his own television sets – his first<br />
had a 15cm screen made from a<br />
radar tube.<br />
Mr Longson retired in 1976<br />
and his wife of 67 years, Brenda,<br />
died about six years ago.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 100-year-old has lived in<br />
the same house for “probably” 60<br />
years and has no plans to move.<br />
“I’ll only go if I’m carried out.<br />
I’m not intending to leave this<br />
house as long as I possibly can,”<br />
he said.<br />
Mr Longson, who doesn’t wear<br />
glasses or hearing aids, says the<br />
secret to reaching 100 is eating<br />
good food and not drinking or<br />
smoking.<br />
<strong>The</strong> most important thing<br />
he’s learnt is to be kind to other<br />
people. “Anything I can do for<br />
anybody, I’m very happy to do<br />
it,” Mr Longson said.<br />
Tour city’s historic pub sites on your phone<br />
and artefacts from the sites, a<br />
lot of which were uncovered<br />
following the February 22, 2011,<br />
earthquake. “If you talk to any<br />
Christchurch archaeologist,<br />
they’ll tell you this city has a<br />
unique collection of archaeology,”<br />
she said. Archaeologists<br />
are called to work on sites of pre-<br />
1900s buildings that are being<br />
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CELEBRATION: Horace Longson, holding his wedding day<br />
photo, turned 100 on Saturday. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />
TOUR: <strong>The</strong> site of the<br />
former Oxford on Avon on<br />
Colombo St is the first stop<br />
in the Heritage Trail app.<br />
PHOTO: CHRISTCHURCH<br />
CITY LIBRARIES<br />
demolished – a common occurrence<br />
after the earthquakes, Dr<br />
Baird said.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> best illustration I can give<br />
you is that the archaeology company,<br />
Underground Overground,<br />
had one or two staff members<br />
before the quakes, now they have<br />
20 or 30,” Dr Baird said.<br />
•To download the app,<br />
search for Heritage Trails<br />
in the Apple App Store or<br />
Google Play Store.
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Fountain easy target for vandals <strong>The</strong> week so far . . .<br />
• By Bridget Rutherford<br />
RICCARTON’S Shands<br />
Fountain is proving an easy<br />
target for vandals, with six foam<br />
attacks recorded in the past year.<br />
<strong>The</strong> city council has had to<br />
spend $1680 to drain, clean and<br />
refill the Shand Crescent Reserve<br />
fountain, known as the “bubble<br />
fountain,” six times.<br />
It and the historic Bowker<br />
Fountain were the only two city<br />
council owned fountains to have<br />
had “substances” put into them<br />
since January 2017.<br />
A city council spokeswoman<br />
said although it was not possible<br />
to identify the substance<br />
put into Shands Fountain every<br />
time, soap powder was the recent<br />
culprit.<br />
“Each time the cost is $280 to<br />
drain, clean and refill.”<br />
She said fountains should not<br />
be tampered with, as it was a<br />
waste of money and resources for<br />
staff to fix the damage, or clean<br />
it.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> environment nearby<br />
could also become contaminated.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> historic illuminated<br />
Bowker Fountain in Victoria<br />
Square has also been the victim<br />
of two foam attacks since it was<br />
restored and turned back on last<br />
month.<br />
VANDALISM: Shands Fountain in Riccarton has been the<br />
victim of the most foam attacks in the last year, followed by<br />
the newly-restored Bowker Fountain.<br />
While the fountain is owned<br />
by the city council, it is currently<br />
being maintained by Otakaro<br />
Ltd, which restored the square.<br />
Laundry powder was the<br />
culprit the first time, but it was<br />
not known what was the cause<br />
of the second. An anti-foaming<br />
solution was added to the water,<br />
so no repairs were needed.<br />
•Repeat drinkdriving<br />
mum Melanie<br />
Susan Trebilco has been<br />
disqualified from driving<br />
indefinitely – but can keep<br />
her car. <strong>The</strong> 40-yearold<br />
has been placed on<br />
supervision for 15 months<br />
after admitting her<br />
second breath-alcohol<br />
charge. Police had sought<br />
to confiscate her Honda<br />
Fit, which she was driving<br />
on the day she was<br />
breath-tested at Rolleston<br />
with a level of 871mcg/l.<br />
<strong>The</strong> legal limit is 250mcg/l.<br />
She has a previous<br />
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from 2016 when she was<br />
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•Police say the South<br />
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the cost of Christchurch’s<br />
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• By Emily O’Connell<br />
MAYOR LIANNE Dalziel<br />
appears to have failed in a bid<br />
to get Inland Revenue staff to<br />
stop illegal parking near the<br />
Airport Business Park.<br />
Russley residents are frustrated<br />
at the ongoing issue of<br />
business park staff parking<br />
their vehicles on their streets,<br />
in spite of<br />
time restrictions.<br />
Letters released<br />
to <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Star</strong> under<br />
the Local<br />
Lianne<br />
Dalziel<br />
Government<br />
Official<br />
Information<br />
and Meetings<br />
Act show Ms Dalziel sent a<br />
letter regarding the concerns<br />
to the Inland Revenue in January.<br />
<strong>The</strong> IRD is one of the companies<br />
based at the business<br />
park.<br />
“Could you please advise<br />
what measures you are putting<br />
in place to ensure your staff are<br />
not contributing to this serious<br />
problem,” Ms Dalziel said.<br />
She said there “was suggestion”<br />
that IRD had been<br />
paying for employees’ parking<br />
fines.<br />
PROBLEM: A letter from <strong>May</strong>or Lianne Dalziel hasn’t stopped parking issues in Russley.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> IRD responded a month<br />
later, saying it does not “support”<br />
staff parking illegally<br />
and it doesn’t pay for its employees<br />
fines.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>re is no paid parking<br />
available near the business<br />
park – all paid car parks in<br />
the business park are full, and<br />
many people are on the waitlist,”<br />
the IRD said.<br />
It also said the IRD “regularly<br />
reminds staff of their<br />
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Ms Dalziel would not<br />
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<strong>Star</strong> on Monday, saying it<br />
was more appropriate for any<br />
comment to come from the<br />
Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood<br />
Board.<br />
<strong>The</strong> board’s chairman Sam<br />
MacDonald said he didn’t<br />
have a view on the letters but<br />
said the board is working with<br />
the city council to make sure<br />
it has the right “tools in the<br />
toolbox” to address the issue.<br />
Avonhead Community<br />
Group chairman Professor<br />
Somnath Sarkar Bagchi said<br />
residents and their visitors<br />
struggle to find parking on<br />
their own streets.<br />
Prof Bagchi said the city<br />
council and community board<br />
have been trying to resolve the<br />
issue but so far nothing has<br />
worked.<br />
A city council spokeswoman<br />
said more than 1000 timerelated<br />
infringement notices<br />
have been issued in the area<br />
since July 11.<br />
Prof Bagchi believes changing<br />
the current restrictions to<br />
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E-bikes are spinning our wheels<br />
• By Sarla Donovan<br />
YOU’VE PROBABLY seen them<br />
about. You might even own one<br />
yourself. <strong>The</strong>y’re electric bikes,<br />
and they’re beginning to change<br />
how we live and get around in<br />
our busy cities.<br />
With Christchurch poised to<br />
become New Zealand’s cycling<br />
mecca, it’s no surprise e-bikes<br />
are spinning our wheels.<br />
<strong>The</strong> e-revolution is hitting<br />
our shores in a big way and the<br />
cycleway capital of the country is<br />
far from immune to the charms<br />
of this new twist on an old idea.<br />
Motorised bikes have been<br />
around since the late 19thcentury<br />
but it’s only in the past<br />
few years that interest in the<br />
electric motor-powered version<br />
has exploded.<br />
Last year the NZTA commissioned<br />
a study into regulations<br />
and safety for e-bikes and lowpowered<br />
vehicles, partly because<br />
of what the report called an “exponential<br />
increase in demand.”<br />
That’s borne out by import<br />
figures.<br />
In 2017, 20,000 e-bikes were<br />
brought into the country, 43 per<br />
cent more than in 2016, according<br />
to Statistics New Zealand.<br />
Nationwide, sales have climbed<br />
almost 10-fold in four years.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Electric Bike Company<br />
owner Morgan Lawrence said his<br />
Community-led design process should happen<br />
THANK YOU to the more than<br />
1500 submitters on the Long<br />
Term Plan <strong>2018</strong>-28.<br />
THe hearings are now under<br />
way with some early themes<br />
emerging, including getting the<br />
basics right – from smooth roads<br />
to chlorine-free drinking water<br />
– and getting much-needed<br />
facilities built.<br />
A number of submitters have<br />
asked for a more community-led<br />
design process in future. In my<br />
view this can and should happen.<br />
As highlighted by the external<br />
figures had “gone through the<br />
roof” over the past two years.<br />
Based in Woolston’s boutique<br />
shopping precinct <strong>The</strong> Tannery,<br />
Mr Lawrence has been selling<br />
e-bikes since 2007.<br />
“When we first started we had<br />
to explain what an electric bike<br />
was,” he says. “<strong>The</strong>re were only<br />
two to three designated bike<br />
shops in the country. Now, there’s<br />
at least 17 in Auckland alone.”<br />
His sales are doubling year<br />
on year, in spite of competition<br />
from new specialist stores like<br />
<strong>May</strong>or<br />
Lianne Dalziel<br />
advisory group last week, we all<br />
need to understand the links<br />
between our legal obligations as a<br />
council, our strategic directions,<br />
levels of service, the capital<br />
programme and operational<br />
Christchurch Electric Bicycles<br />
and iCycle Electric.<br />
So who is riding them?<br />
Mr Lawrence says early adopters<br />
weren’t the ones you might<br />
think.<br />
“It was your older, sensible<br />
woman between 50 and 75, not<br />
quite ready for a mobility scooter,<br />
which was funny because I<br />
thought it would have been the<br />
young greenies. We’ve got a lot<br />
of them now – we’ve got pretty<br />
much everybody. A lot of parents<br />
buy them for their kids at high<br />
expenditure. Pulling one lever<br />
can have a major impact on<br />
another.<br />
Submitters have picked up<br />
on this with respect to reduced<br />
expenditure on wastewater<br />
POPULAR:<br />
E-bikes are<br />
experiencing<br />
unprecedented<br />
popularity.<br />
National sales<br />
figures show a<br />
rapid increase<br />
from around<br />
2300 in 2014 to<br />
20,000 last year.<br />
school or university. “<br />
Part of the attraction is they’re<br />
cheap to run. After the initial<br />
cost outlay, it’s just a matter of<br />
tyres and basic maintenance.<br />
And they make biking so<br />
much more appealing. If you live<br />
up a hill, or chance on an easterly<br />
gale, just switch into power<br />
mode and off you sail.<br />
<strong>The</strong> cost varies, but you can<br />
expect to pay between $2700<br />
and $4700 for a brand new<br />
model from <strong>The</strong> Electric Bike<br />
Company.<br />
infrastructure leading to<br />
increasing the risk of sewage<br />
overflows into the rivers during<br />
storm events; and roads which<br />
might need an early repair to<br />
save a more costly repair or<br />
rebuild down the track.<br />
THis is the second Long<br />
Term Plan I’ve introduced, and<br />
although we know more than we<br />
did with the first, (e.g. we have<br />
our insurance settlement and<br />
now know how much we were<br />
shortchanged on the true cost of<br />
repairing the earthquake damage<br />
<strong>The</strong> rules<br />
Current NZTA rules don’t<br />
class e-bikes any differently to a<br />
traditional bicycle, even though<br />
they can travel much faster.<br />
<strong>The</strong> maximum power limit is<br />
300w, which goes up to around<br />
30km/h depending on weight;<br />
anything higher than that is legally<br />
defined as a moped, which<br />
requires the rider to hold a valid<br />
driver licence.<br />
But the NZTA’s 2017 report<br />
says New Zealand’s legislation<br />
is not consistent with any other<br />
country.<br />
It only regulates motor power<br />
but not maximum speed, the<br />
expectation being that the power<br />
rating will limit velocity.<br />
That could be up for review,<br />
with the report recommending<br />
that speed classifications and a<br />
relaxation of maximum power<br />
limits be considered, along with<br />
a maximum speed and size for<br />
vehicles using footpaths.<br />
It also suggests minimum age<br />
limits and driver licensing for<br />
higher speed e-bikes and low<br />
powered vehicles, should legislation<br />
enable their import.<br />
Whether any of the changes<br />
end up being adopted remain to<br />
be seen.<br />
For now, anyone riding a bike<br />
with a power capacity higher<br />
than 300w – is breaking the law.<br />
to our horizontal infrastructure),<br />
maybe we could co-design the<br />
consultation document with the<br />
community in such a way as to<br />
make everything more accessible<br />
for everyone.<br />
THe theme for this LTP is “we’re<br />
in this together”. That cannot be<br />
just for the delivery – it must be in<br />
the planning as well.<br />
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IN RECENT weeks the urgent<br />
need for new stadium for<br />
Christchurch has come up<br />
again, first by <strong>May</strong>or Dalziel’s<br />
comments regarding the Ed<br />
Sheeran concert, and again<br />
by Crusaders coach Scott<br />
Robertson’s comments.<br />
And there is no doubt both are<br />
right, a replacement for Lancaster<br />
Park is needed and a decision<br />
must be made.<br />
So with great fanfare, Minister<br />
Woods announced that the<br />
Metro Sports Facility, with some<br />
minor changes, would be going<br />
View point<br />
Barry Clarke<br />
New stadium could be<br />
political suicide for some<br />
HAS SELWYN District <strong>May</strong>or<br />
Sam Broughton committed<br />
political suicide or simply come<br />
up with the logical answer to how<br />
the planned covered stadium in<br />
Christchurch needs to be funded.<br />
I’m referring to the Selwyn<br />
District Council’s submission at<br />
the city council’s Long Term Plan<br />
hearing this week, delivered by<br />
Broughton.<br />
Selwyn says ratepayers in<br />
districts outside of Christchurch<br />
should help pay – and why<br />
shouldn’t they? <strong>The</strong> stadium will<br />
be a regional facility, one that will<br />
be used by people from Selwyn,<br />
and the Waimakaririri and Hurunui<br />
districts.<br />
Sports matches, rock concerts<br />
and other events attract people<br />
not only from the city, but all<br />
across the region. In Otago, ratepayers<br />
from the various authorities<br />
contributed to the Forsyth<br />
Barr Stadium in Dunedin.<br />
<strong>The</strong> population of the Selwyn<br />
and Waimak districts is about<br />
123,000, a third of the city’s. And<br />
those two districts are among the<br />
fastest growing in New Zealand.<br />
But Selwyn and Broughton’s<br />
broad-minded view has been cautiously<br />
received by Waimak and<br />
Hurunui.<br />
Hurunui <strong>May</strong>or Winton Dalley<br />
said the stadium would have<br />
some benefit to his region. But<br />
with a population of 13,000, they<br />
were already stretched.<br />
Waimak’s <strong>May</strong>or David<br />
Ayers said they had never been<br />
consulted about the stadium, and<br />
his community would need to<br />
have input.<br />
He was quoted as saying: “I’m<br />
not saying no, but it’s got to be<br />
done in the right way and so far it<br />
hasn’t been.’’<br />
Broughton may get the same<br />
vibe from his ratepayers and<br />
constituents.<br />
That may come back to bite him<br />
at next year’s local body elections.<br />
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ahead, and foretold of a roofed<br />
stadium for Christchurch at<br />
some point in the future.<br />
Her comments around the<br />
Metro Sports Facility were<br />
disingenuous and ignored the reality<br />
that she choose to delay the<br />
Readers respond to the<br />
article about ratepayers<br />
spending $120,000 on<br />
mystery shopper bus<br />
reviews<br />
Graham Pownceby –<br />
How much more ineptitude<br />
will need to be exposed before<br />
the embarrassment known as<br />
Environment Canterbury is<br />
disbanded ?Give me $200 and I<br />
will print and place stickers on<br />
every bus, advertising a number<br />
to call for complaints . . . job<br />
done.<br />
Melanie Kuschke – Lose<br />
the bulky bus in turn for a smaller<br />
vehicle at off-peak times and<br />
on routes with lower numbers<br />
. . . efficiency doesn’t always<br />
mean a big bus.<br />
Valmai Meinzer – Always<br />
nice to say “hi’’ to all drivers.<br />
You can take note of the number<br />
inside the bus and report any<br />
incidents to the transport board.<br />
Paul Sutherland – Why do<br />
they not just publish the existing<br />
comments and complaints received<br />
– and maybe even respond<br />
to them.<br />
Marguaritte Rogers<br />
– <strong>The</strong>y should be spending that<br />
on keeping the current services<br />
they have.<br />
Barb Thomsen-Britten<br />
– So can we get a ratepayer rebate<br />
project by a further six months<br />
when she could have made the<br />
same decision in October.<br />
And her comments on the<br />
multi-use arena – the stadium<br />
– were meaningless hot air.<br />
<strong>The</strong> announcement that the<br />
if we disagree with this or don’t<br />
use the bus?<br />
Daniel Lodge – Some bus<br />
drivers are great and some are<br />
downright rude. This is money<br />
well spent.<br />
Readers respond<br />
to the Metro<br />
Sports Facility<br />
announcement<br />
Jason Tones<br />
– Cool. I cant wait to<br />
pay for it, then pay<br />
to use it, then pay to rebuild it<br />
when it’s built the same way as<br />
everything else in this city. But<br />
on the bright side . . . ministers<br />
like Gerry Brownlee wont<br />
have to take responsibility for<br />
their portfolios so why would a<br />
council?<br />
Laura McIntosh – This<br />
would be fabulous. However, no<br />
Government believed in the<br />
idea of a stadium and would<br />
work with the council to develop<br />
an proposal was a smoke and<br />
mirrors exercise that disguised<br />
the fact she was delaying it even<br />
further.<br />
As minister, I released in<br />
August 2017 a pre-feasibility<br />
study which outlined how the<br />
stadium could progress and put<br />
forward four potential options.<br />
If the minister was serious about<br />
getting a stadium under way she<br />
would have advanced this work<br />
and got the ball rolling.<br />
doubt council will still deliberate<br />
on the design, and spend<br />
more money deliberating just to<br />
deliberate. <strong>The</strong>n years after more<br />
millions are spent, the naysayers<br />
will whinge about it and it won’t<br />
happen. I hope I’m<br />
wrong.<br />
Mike Blackburn<br />
– I really don’t understand<br />
why Christchurch<br />
needs a central<br />
city sports facility. We<br />
have QE II in the east<br />
and Nga Puna Wai in<br />
the west. Can someone please<br />
explain to me what this facility<br />
will provide that could not have<br />
been incorporated into these<br />
other two?<br />
Annemarie Bradford –<br />
Why in the CBD? Don’t forget<br />
we still have parking issues at the<br />
hospital or is that not on your<br />
priority list?<br />
Time to get the ball rolling for sports facility<br />
Politics<br />
Nicky Wagner<br />
Instead, we see this minister<br />
delaying projects and attempting<br />
to misconstrue reality. After<br />
her criticism of the previous<br />
Government about time lines<br />
and commitments, she could<br />
prove her sincerity with a firm<br />
commitment to advancing the<br />
multi-use arena rather than<br />
pushing it further into the ether<br />
of the future.<br />
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Our People<br />
David Chambers<br />
<strong>The</strong> entertaining teacher<br />
Christ’s College director of drama David<br />
Chambers has been teaching for 40 years<br />
and been made a life member of Drama<br />
New Zealand. He talks to Julia Evans<br />
You’ve recently been made<br />
a life member of Drama New<br />
Zealand, how did that feel?<br />
Well it was a total surprise, I<br />
was absolutely gobsmacked, but<br />
really honoured. <strong>The</strong>re aren’t a<br />
lot of them, there are only about<br />
eight life members in total. It’s<br />
the drama teachers’ association<br />
for primary and secondary<br />
schools from around the country.<br />
I’ve never really held back<br />
about what’s going on in drama<br />
and how it could be better. I’m<br />
very lucky that I’ve had a wealth<br />
of students who are very talented<br />
and got themselves some very<br />
good results. I can bathe in their<br />
glory a bit, that’s quite fun. I’m<br />
always talking to other drama<br />
teachers around the country<br />
and we have a good dialogue together,<br />
which I tend to contribute<br />
to a fair amount.<br />
Was your family proud?<br />
<strong>The</strong>y were absolutely gorgeous;<br />
I got lovely reactions from all<br />
around the country. It’s amazing<br />
what Facebook does. <strong>The</strong>y all<br />
started posting it on Facebook<br />
and it started going a little bit<br />
viral. I’m lucky to have a life-long<br />
partner who is also a high school<br />
teacher. She’s brought me three<br />
lovely kids and so now we have a<br />
number of grandchildren sort of<br />
all around the world.<br />
Can you tell me a little bit<br />
about your background in<br />
teaching?<br />
I started out with a commerce<br />
and geography background<br />
and taught all that stuff for 10<br />
years. <strong>The</strong>n was lucky enough<br />
to be able to shift into my first<br />
drama department. I started<br />
the first drama department at<br />
Aranui High School and I did<br />
that in 1987. <strong>The</strong>n I grew the<br />
department while I was working<br />
on all the national growth for<br />
NCEA. So I spent 19 years at<br />
Aranui, then moved to Linwood<br />
for a year, and after that I came<br />
to college. So this is my 21st year<br />
at college, 40 years with a lot of<br />
beautiful people.<br />
It must have been an<br />
interesting shift from Aranui<br />
and Linwood to Christ’s<br />
College?<br />
Well it was. I often think that<br />
the kids still need the same<br />
thing. What you’re trying to do<br />
is you’re trying to drag the best<br />
out of each kid, give them the<br />
opportunities; try and give them<br />
the unconditional love and just<br />
create the biggest challenges<br />
for them to achieve. Just a little<br />
bit above what they need to be,<br />
an arm’s reach away. <strong>The</strong>re’s a<br />
greater wealth base at college, but<br />
money isn’t the only thing people<br />
are wealthy with. <strong>The</strong> wealth<br />
of experience at Aranui is just<br />
extraordinary. In fact, the demise<br />
of Aranui is one of the saddest<br />
things in my life. I believe<br />
that school should still be there.<br />
We had an amazing drama<br />
department and it wasn’t only<br />
drama, it was a bloody good<br />
school. It’s such a pity it’s just<br />
been wiped off the face of<br />
the earth. It’s gone except in<br />
the loving memories of a<br />
few people.<br />
How important is<br />
drama?<br />
Studying drama<br />
in school means<br />
that kids can<br />
look at the<br />
world<br />
with a<br />
fresh<br />
lens.<br />
It<br />
opens<br />
up<br />
a whole<br />
range of<br />
thought and<br />
opportunity<br />
to think in<br />
the skin of<br />
other people.<br />
It teaches<br />
diversity,<br />
it teaches<br />
inclusion and<br />
tolerance. Those things are just<br />
vital right now in this confused<br />
world.<br />
Over the years you must<br />
have taught some interesting<br />
students, any juicy stories?<br />
It would be very difficult to<br />
know quite what stories to tell.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re have always been some<br />
rat bags who thought it would<br />
be a good idea to take my car<br />
for a ride to go and get fish and<br />
chips. That was a goodie. I mean<br />
there are a lot more stories about<br />
students who have been exceptional<br />
in their own right. Those<br />
are the real stories. I have had<br />
the privilege of teaching some<br />
really good television presenters,<br />
actors, stage technicians, writers,<br />
reporters. <strong>The</strong> most wonderful<br />
thing about all of those young<br />
people is the contact that I continue<br />
to have with them, often<br />
on a monthly basis. I’m still<br />
always on the phone to someone<br />
I taught at college or at Aranui.<br />
It’s amazing.<br />
How do you find the<br />
Christchurch drama scene?<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are a lot of opportunities<br />
at the moment, I mean there are<br />
never enough. But there are a<br />
lot between the opportunities<br />
that schools provide, plus the<br />
ones that the smaller societies<br />
provide, plus the ones that Showbiz<br />
Canterbury provides. <strong>The</strong>n<br />
you’ve also got that wonderful<br />
thing called <strong>The</strong> Court <strong>The</strong>atre.<br />
How did you get into the<br />
world of drama and arts?<br />
I found out that I could do it in<br />
year 13 in 1971. It was something<br />
that I could do at school but<br />
also I could enjoy it beyond<br />
the classroom. I did a bit of it<br />
at Otago University and I did a<br />
bit of it up here in Christchurch<br />
with various outfits. <strong>The</strong>n when<br />
I got to Aranui, I realised I could<br />
pursue it, which is what I did.<br />
From there, we developed it and<br />
I just made it happen for the<br />
kids. <strong>The</strong>y wanted it to happen.<br />
It is my life role, it’s what I’m<br />
here to do really, because it gives<br />
me such a buzz discovering texts,<br />
discovering culture, discovering<br />
things about myself in a great<br />
way, I just want to share that<br />
with the kids and pass it on.<br />
When was the last time you<br />
performed on stage?<br />
Years ago. Probably the last<br />
time I would’ve performed<br />
would have been the 1994<br />
production of Les Miserables,<br />
BACKSTAGE: David Chambers is currently<br />
working on the Christ’s College and Rangi<br />
Ruru Girls’ School’s production of West<br />
Side Story. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER<br />
I think. That was such a huge<br />
feat, to be able to fit that in was<br />
a very difficult task, but<br />
I managed it and the<br />
school wanted me<br />
to do it. That was<br />
the last and that’s<br />
because there’s just<br />
no time. This is a<br />
seven-day a week<br />
job and you just<br />
can’t commit to<br />
a full production.<br />
Someone<br />
asked me the<br />
other day if<br />
that made me<br />
unhappy. I<br />
said ‘well, no,<br />
it can’t be<br />
because if I<br />
was unhappy<br />
I would<br />
have done<br />
something<br />
about it’. I<br />
think I am,<br />
if truth be<br />
told, happy<br />
enough<br />
to be<br />
where<br />
I am<br />
making<br />
it possible<br />
for<br />
other<br />
people<br />
to act,<br />
sing<br />
and dance. Well interact, because<br />
acting is really interacting.<br />
Have you had any on stage<br />
disasters?<br />
<strong>The</strong>re’s been plenty of them.<br />
Every show has its own set of<br />
challenges and sometimes it just<br />
sort of stops. Fortunately, that’s<br />
not often. When it does stop, you<br />
just have to get it started again.<br />
If the fire alarm goes off, you’ve<br />
just got to stop, reset and do it<br />
again. I’ve had a few of those.<br />
In 1994, most people forget,<br />
while Les Mis was on there was<br />
an earthquake. We were doing<br />
a matinee at the Isaac <strong>The</strong>atre<br />
Royal and everyone had to<br />
evacuate. We all walked past all<br />
those bricks that hadn’t fallen<br />
down but would fall down later<br />
in 2011. Everybody forgets. I can<br />
remember the lights moving and<br />
the building moving. We were<br />
standing on the side of the stage<br />
and all of the lights just started<br />
swinging and we’re thinking<br />
‘holy heck’.<br />
<strong>The</strong> whole audience and cast<br />
just piled out so there was a<br />
whole French Revolution out<br />
on Gloucester St. Back to it<br />
after a few durries. I played the<br />
policeman, Javert.<br />
What are your favourite<br />
shows to watch?<br />
<strong>The</strong>re’s a huge range. I love<br />
absurd theatre like Waiting for<br />
Godot. I love modern musicals<br />
like Rent and Spring Awakening.<br />
I’m adoring doing one of the<br />
greatest musicals of all time West<br />
Side Story. <strong>The</strong> work of Stephen<br />
Sondheim is extraordinary in<br />
terms of musical theatre. A<br />
good play, any good well-crafted<br />
play is worth watching. I love<br />
watching a good New Zealand<br />
play, there’s been a lot of good<br />
plays coming out of this country<br />
recently. <strong>The</strong>re’s a young man<br />
called Eli Kent who has written a<br />
play, which is great.<br />
What does a day off look<br />
like? Do you have any hobbies<br />
outside of drama?<br />
<strong>The</strong>re isn’t a day off. It would<br />
look like a walk in the park and<br />
movies, if I had one. <strong>The</strong> last<br />
movie I went to was the Young<br />
Marx. It’s film of the show put<br />
on by the National <strong>The</strong>atre in<br />
England. <strong>The</strong>y record their<br />
shows and put them out as<br />
movies, which is a phenomenal<br />
thing. Loved it. But it’s all drama<br />
these days. I used to enjoy<br />
gardening but we’ve bought a<br />
house that basically hasn’t got<br />
one.<br />
I used to enjoy getting<br />
involved in local government,<br />
just contributing to the national<br />
or local discussion about stuff.<br />
But since the earthquake I’ve<br />
been teaching and very heavily<br />
involved in trying to get our life<br />
back together again; we lost a lot<br />
of property. I was the chairman<br />
of a body corporate where we<br />
had to pull down an old set of<br />
flats on Cranmer Square. <strong>The</strong><br />
city tried to convince us we<br />
could keep it, the Government<br />
said we couldn’t, and the<br />
insurance company said we<br />
definitely couldn’t. All of those<br />
things took up all the morsels<br />
of my time, and we were still<br />
trying to maintain an even keel<br />
at school. We were still providing<br />
six lessons a day for 600 boys.<br />
So, I guess, I don’t do sport and<br />
things at the moment but I try to<br />
get out and walk. We’ve caught<br />
the overseas travel bug, so I love<br />
doing that. We’re off to Europe<br />
in July for seven weeks, which<br />
will be great.<br />
What are you working on at<br />
the moment?<br />
First I’m working on getting<br />
the biggest classes I’ve ever had<br />
through NCEA. <strong>The</strong> drama<br />
classes at college has grown a lot.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n we’ve got West Side Story<br />
that we’re putting on in the hall<br />
with Rangi Ruru Girls’ School,<br />
which I’m thrilled about. <strong>The</strong>n<br />
I’ll get the boys tuned up and<br />
ready to start their house plays,<br />
which they do at school. <strong>The</strong>n I<br />
get on a plane and let someone<br />
else finish it.
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JUNK &<br />
It’s taken more than seven years, but Nicole<br />
and Richard Stewart are finally opening their<br />
eclectic store Junk & Disorderly in Christchurch.<br />
It opens its doors today in a former commercial<br />
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<strong>The</strong> couple opened their first flagship store in<br />
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Another is based in New Plymouth.<br />
Nicole said they had always planned on<br />
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2010 and February 22, 2011 earthquakes put<br />
the idea on hold.<br />
She said they loved Christchurch and had a<br />
large following here.<br />
“So it’s our way of bringing just a little taste of<br />
what we do to the south.”<br />
Developers Box 112 bought the Orbell St<br />
Junk & Disorderly co-owner Nicole Stewart says the Christchurch store<br />
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“As soon as my daughter and I stepped into this<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Christchurch store would be “just a taste,”<br />
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“We also stock new items as we believe that<br />
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Amazonita. It’s the latest bar<br />
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Moon Under Water 152 Somerfield St<br />
<strong>The</strong>re’s nothing quite like popping<br />
out on a Sunday afternoon for a few<br />
brews with a mate to catch up on all<br />
the weekend’s triumphs and more<br />
commonly, mistakes.<br />
After straying from the local we found<br />
ourselves at Moon Under Water in<br />
Somerfield.<br />
Upon entering, one question begged,<br />
do they have a live band on today or<br />
are they just punters with instruments?<br />
Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying<br />
they were bad, it’s just confusing when<br />
the band - which did some bloody<br />
good covers - is assembled around a<br />
table normally reserved for dining in the<br />
middle of the bar.<br />
<strong>The</strong> mood was buoyant for an otherwise<br />
ordinary Sunday wind down, and we<br />
were lucky to grab one of the last<br />
tables inside.<br />
As the soothing sound of the live band/punters<br />
with instruments broke into a cracking<br />
rendition of That’s Entertainment by <strong>The</strong> Jam<br />
my lips became wet by the prospect of the<br />
dozen tap beer options in front of me.<br />
<strong>The</strong> range of hipster crafted stouts and hoppy<br />
Indian pale ales is great and I’m sure I’d like at<br />
least a third of them. However, I’m playing it safe<br />
with the first round. I’m glad I did, the Laboratory<br />
Lager was crisp and clean - a delight to any boring<br />
lager drinker like myself.<br />
Amid conversation about as riveting as conversation<br />
can get while feeling dusty on a Sunday I spotted a<br />
collection of board games - genius. It’s almost sad<br />
to think I only need to be half a pint deep for my<br />
brain to return to a childlike state where beating<br />
your best mate in every game of Connect Four is<br />
the be-all-end-all.<br />
After giving up halfway through the match when<br />
the bottom of the playset gave way we decided it<br />
was snack time.<br />
Fried chicken, calamari and fries were the order<br />
of the day. <strong>The</strong> first two<br />
were done to perfection.<br />
<strong>The</strong> fries just didn’t do it<br />
for me, but the chicken and<br />
calamari offset a bowl of oily<br />
fries.<br />
I did eventually venture for more crafty options<br />
on tap. It’s good to go out of your comfort zone<br />
sometimes; the pale ale went down pleasantly<br />
much to my own surprise.<br />
As the band eventually filtered down to just one<br />
punter left with an instrument, we called it a day<br />
and a successful one at that. If you’re after a Sunday<br />
session where live music and friendly banter is<br />
in the offering rather than live sport on the box<br />
then I give Moon Under Water a thumbs up.<br />
GORDON FINDLATER<br />
Get your<br />
groove on<br />
Whisky fans, this one’s for you. <strong>The</strong><br />
grooviest single malt Scotch whisky is<br />
about to be released to celebrate the<br />
annual Ardbeg Day. Ardbeg Distillery<br />
is releasing the limited edition bottle<br />
on June 2, which will be celebrated<br />
with a Peat and Love themed party at<br />
Whisky Galore on Colombo St. Those<br />
heading along to the R18 event can<br />
don their flares and channel some<br />
flower power. <strong>The</strong> limited edition<br />
bottles, called Ardbeg Grooves, have<br />
been matured in ex-wine casks.<br />
<strong>The</strong> result is a whisky aromatic with<br />
smoked spices, distant bonfires and<br />
chilli-seasoned meats.<br />
Christchurch whisky lovers can celebrate<br />
Ardbeg Day at a Peat and Love themed<br />
R18 party at Whisky Galore, where they<br />
can buy a limited edition bottle.<br />
Art Battle comes to Christchurch<br />
A battle of a different kind is coming to<br />
Christchurch. Art Battle, a live painting<br />
tournament showcasing 12 local artists,<br />
will take place at Sixty6 on Sunday. Each<br />
artist has a blank canvas and 20 minutes<br />
to turn it into a piece of art using acrylic<br />
paint, brushes, palette knives and any<br />
other non-mechanical instruments.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re will be three rounds. At the end,<br />
the audience will vote for their favourite<br />
painting, before they are sold in a silent<br />
auction. <strong>The</strong> proceeds of the event will be<br />
donated to Just Peoples. To buy tickets,<br />
visit Eventbrite.<br />
PHOTO: SCOTT LENNON/ART BATTLE<br />
Japanese favourite temporarily closed<br />
Those wanting to get their Japanese fix from the central city’s Sakimoto will have to<br />
wait - the Japanese bistro is temporarily closed. <strong>The</strong> restaurant in Cathedral Junction<br />
closed on Monday for renovations and upgrades. It is expected to reopen in the<br />
middle of June.<br />
Over 36 years<br />
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Markets<br />
& Fairs<br />
NEW BRIGHTON<br />
MARKET<br />
Saturday, 10am-2pm, New<br />
Brighton pedestrian mall<br />
MT PLEASANT<br />
FARMERS’ MARKET<br />
Saturday, 9.30am-12.30pm,<br />
McCormacks Bay Rd<br />
LYTTELTON FARMERS’<br />
MARKET<br />
Saturdays, 10am-1pm, London<br />
St<br />
LINWWOD VILLAGE<br />
MARKET<br />
Saturday, 9am-1pm, Linwood<br />
Community Arts Centre car<br />
park, 388 Worcester St<br />
OPAWA FARMERS’<br />
MARKET<br />
Sunday, 9am-noon, 275 Fifield<br />
Tce<br />
THE RICCARTON<br />
MARKET<br />
Sunday, 9am-2pm Riccarton<br />
Racecourse<br />
FRIDAY, 6PM-3AM<br />
STAR WARS DAY<br />
FUNDRAISER – MAY THE<br />
FOURTH BE WITH YOU<br />
Celebrate everything <strong>Star</strong> Wars.<br />
A quiz, hosted by the dark lord<br />
himself Darth Vader, will kick<br />
the evening off. <strong>The</strong>re will be <strong>Star</strong><br />
Wars-themed drinks from the bar<br />
and a raffle where the prize will<br />
be a lightsaber kindly donated<br />
by Kyberforge sabers. All funds<br />
raised will go to <strong>The</strong> Champion<br />
Centre. Admission is free.<br />
A Rolling Stone, 579<br />
Colombo St<br />
THURSDAY, 8-10PM<br />
THE BEATLES TRIBUTE<br />
Get back with <strong>The</strong> Beatles is a<br />
full, two-hour tribute show which<br />
will include all the hits.<br />
Armadillos Bar, 155<br />
Colombo St<br />
THURSDAY, 10.30PM<br />
HOPETOUN BROWN AND<br />
THE GENIUS OF FINN<br />
SCHOLES<br />
Horn-heavy duo and last year’s<br />
Taite prize finalists, Hopetoun<br />
Brown, will be joined on stage<br />
by one of the country’s finest<br />
trumpet players – Finn Scholes.<br />
During two energetic sets, they’ll<br />
swap trumpets, saxophones,<br />
bass clarinets, tubas, trombones<br />
and an assortment of strange<br />
keyboard instruments in a<br />
programme that moves<br />
through blues, soul, funk, jazz<br />
and stomp.<br />
Isaac <strong>The</strong>atre Royal, 145<br />
Gloucester St<br />
THURSDAY, 8PM<br />
REVOCATION – THE<br />
THEATRE OF HORROR TOUR<br />
American metal heavyweights<br />
Revocation are set to bring some<br />
of the most potent, technical<br />
and abrasive music to have been<br />
unleashed over the last decade.<br />
While the band may have<br />
replaced members over the years,<br />
Revocation still deliver like never<br />
before. This can be heard in their<br />
more recent album Great Is Our<br />
Sin ,which has been praised as<br />
their most dynamic, boundarypushing<br />
and weighty release to<br />
date.<br />
Club Tavern, Colombo St<br />
THURSDAY TO SATURDAY,<br />
7.30PM<br />
LOSING IT AND FIDELITY<br />
FARCE<br />
Two one-act, adult-themed<br />
plays will be brought to the<br />
stage to benefit the Haemophilia<br />
Foundation and the Cystic<br />
Fibrosis Association. <strong>The</strong>re will<br />
be a matinee at 2pm on Saturday.<br />
For Friday’s show at 7.30pm, any<br />
spare seats are being offered to<br />
retirement villages so older people<br />
can get into the show for free.<br />
Interested people should phone<br />
Heather on 379 <strong>03</strong>38 for more<br />
information.<br />
Heaton Performance<br />
Centre,125 Heaton St,<br />
Merivale<br />
FRIDAY, 7.30-11.30PM<br />
FIFTEEN (IT’S A PARTY)<br />
Consider this your invitation<br />
to come along to a free party of<br />
epic proportions, celebrating<br />
not only the Christchurch Art<br />
Gallery’s 15th birthday, but also<br />
the opening of Tony de Lautour’s<br />
exhibition Us V <strong>The</strong>m. <strong>The</strong>re will<br />
be cake, art, music, films, tattoos,<br />
spray-paint, pop-up bars and food<br />
trucks all night. Free event.<br />
Christchurch Art Gallery –<br />
Te Puna o Waiwhetu, corner<br />
of Worcester Boulevard and<br />
Montreal St<br />
SATURDAY, 5PM<br />
NIGHT MARKET<br />
Take the night off cooking and<br />
get something delicious to eat at<br />
one of the food vendors. Craft<br />
stalls, bouncy castle, candy floss,<br />
snow cones, face-painting and<br />
music will all be on offer.<br />
Ferrymead Heritage Park,<br />
50 Ferrymead Park Drive,<br />
Ferrymead<br />
SATURDAY, 9AM<br />
THE ORIGINAL GYPSY FAIR<br />
For more than a quarter of a<br />
century, <strong>The</strong> Original Gypsy Fair<br />
has been travelling the country<br />
and will be back in Christchurch<br />
for its 33rd and final fair of the<br />
season. As always, it will be<br />
bringing an expansive range of<br />
hand-crafted products which are<br />
sold exclusively at <strong>The</strong> Original<br />
Gypsy Fair. Some will even be<br />
made before your eyes. Free<br />
admission.<br />
Richmond Village Green,<br />
Stanmore Rd<br />
SATURDAY, 7.30PM<br />
TREASURES OF THE<br />
BALKANS<br />
Enjoy an evening of a cappella<br />
singing with the acclaimed<br />
Christchurch Choir’s Musica<br />
Balkanica and experience a<br />
journey through the traditions<br />
of eastern European Orthodox<br />
music. Entry is free but donations<br />
are welcome.<br />
Knox Church, 28 Bealey Ave<br />
SUNDAY, 10AM AND 2PM<br />
A WALKING TOUR OF<br />
HISTORIC LYTTELTON<br />
Join archaeologists from<br />
Underground Overground<br />
Archaeology for a walking tour<br />
of historic Lyttelton. You will be<br />
visiting some of the significant<br />
and interesting archaeological<br />
sites being worked on. Along<br />
the way, you will hear how a pier<br />
helped open Canterbury to the<br />
world, learn about the impact of<br />
fire on 19th century Lyttelton,<br />
and be regaled with tales from<br />
the Lyttelton Gaol. Numbers are<br />
limited so please RSVP to info@<br />
underoverarch.co.nz<br />
Sutton Reserve, 39<br />
Norwhich Quay, Lyttelton<br />
SUNDAY, 3PM<br />
THE CECILIAN SINGERS<br />
Come along and experience<br />
both the familiar and not so<br />
familiar from Vivaldi to the 21st<br />
century. Tickets cost $15 (family<br />
concessions available).<br />
Oxford Terrace Baptist<br />
Church, corner of Oxford<br />
Tce and Madras St<br />
WEDNESDAY, 1.10-2PM<br />
WEDNESDAY AT ONE<br />
Wednesday at One is a popular,<br />
weekly, lunchtime recital series<br />
with a light lunch available<br />
before each concert. Groups<br />
range in size from small chamber<br />
ensembles to full symphonic<br />
orchestras, with a particular<br />
focus on encouraging young<br />
performers.<br />
St Mary’s Pro Cathedral, 373<br />
Manchester St<br />
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS<br />
UNTIL 9PM<br />
LATE NIGHT TOURS AT THE<br />
GALLERY<br />
Late night tours happen every<br />
Wednesday and last 45-60min.<br />
No bookings required, just meet<br />
at the front desk on the ground<br />
floor. <strong>The</strong> art gallery is open until<br />
9pm every Wednesday, so look<br />
out for great events, talks and<br />
films, designed to give your hump<br />
day a bit of a boost.<br />
Christchurch Art Gallery,<br />
Montreal St<br />
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Phantasm<br />
Pearls of Polyphony: Miraculous counterpoint<br />
from William Byrd to Bach. Eloquent, sensuous,<br />
beguiling - the golden age of the viol.<br />
Saturday 5 <strong>May</strong>, 7.30pm<br />
<strong>The</strong> Piano / Christchurch<br />
Free Prelude talk at 6.45pm<br />
chambermusic.co.nz/phantasm<br />
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Gardening<br />
COLOUR: Shirley and peony poppies look striking with bright fluffy petals.<br />
Popular poppies<br />
• By Henri Ham<br />
POPPIES ARE always one of<br />
the most popular seedlings we<br />
sell. And it’s not hard to see<br />
why. <strong>The</strong>y’re very pretty, they<br />
grow easily, and they make<br />
good cut flowers.<br />
Some of the varieties available<br />
are Shirley, Anzac and<br />
peony. A lot of gardeners are<br />
fans of peony poppies. <strong>The</strong>ir<br />
many fluffy layers of petals<br />
look striking – they’re a great<br />
alternative if you don’t get<br />
enough frosts to grow true<br />
peonies.<br />
Shirley poppies are also<br />
lovely and have a very<br />
delicate look to them. But my<br />
favourite variety of poppy<br />
would be Anzac – particularly<br />
planted en masse. <strong>The</strong>y are a<br />
very special sight to see in a<br />
garden.<br />
Other popular varieties are<br />
oriental and Iceland.<br />
When you’ve got your poppy<br />
plants look around the garden<br />
for a sunny, well-drained spot.<br />
Somewhere near the house is<br />
good if you get any wind as it<br />
will provide protection.<br />
Once you’re ready to plant,<br />
simply dig a small hole and<br />
plant each seedling around<br />
30cm apart.<br />
SPECIAL SIGHT: Anzac poppies look spectacular when planted en masse.<br />
Next give them a water to<br />
help them get established. After<br />
that they shouldn’t require<br />
too much watering. If you do<br />
water them be careful not to<br />
overhead water as the pressure<br />
of the water might squash<br />
them.<br />
Your poppies will start to<br />
put on their pretty display of<br />
flowers in around six to eight<br />
weeks. Remember to remove<br />
the flower heads when they die<br />
(deadhead) to prolong their<br />
flowering.<br />
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For the love<br />
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CORIANDER IS a love it or hate it type of<br />
plant.<br />
In fact, I can’t really think of any other<br />
herb or vegetable that divides people as<br />
much. And it can also be quite a tricky herb<br />
to grow as it loves to bolt (head to seed),<br />
which probably doesn’t help its reputation<br />
with its detractors.<br />
But as someone who falls into the love<br />
coriander camp, I think it’s a plant every<br />
kitchen or vegetable garden should have. So<br />
here are my top tips for successful coriander<br />
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coriander for most of the year, now during<br />
autumn and winter when the weather is<br />
cooler, is the perfect time to plant – especially<br />
if you find it difficult to grow. <strong>The</strong> steady,<br />
cool weather will prevent it from bolting.<br />
Coriander will grow well in a pot or in the<br />
garden. But if you do plant in a pot make<br />
sure it’s a deep one and pour in some good<br />
quality potting mix.<br />
If you’re growing in the garden, at this<br />
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the soil is aerated and free-draining by<br />
digging over the soil and even dig in some<br />
potting mix or compost if required.<br />
Next, mound up the soil and plant a<br />
seedling on top – this will help ensure the<br />
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regularly water it in the morning. This will<br />
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Sport<br />
Schools rugby championship<br />
Round one<br />
fixtures<br />
Saturday (home team first)<br />
Midday<br />
Marlborough Boys<br />
v Mid-Canterbury Combined<br />
Nelson College<br />
v St Andrew’s College<br />
St Bede’s v TBHS<br />
Roncalli Combined<br />
v CBHS<br />
St Thomas<br />
v Waimea Combined<br />
2.45pm<br />
Rangiora High School<br />
v Lincoln Combined<br />
SBHS v Christ’s College<br />
SPEEDSTER: Ryan Barnes will look to<br />
win his third straight title with CBHS<br />
after cracking the first XV as a year-11<br />
student.<br />
PHOTO: Martin<br />
Hunter.<br />
• By Gordon Findlater<br />
CAN ANYONE stop Christchurch Boys’ High School from<br />
claiming a third consecutive UC Championship title?<br />
<strong>The</strong> defending champions come into Saturday’s opening<br />
round as favourites and shouldn’t have a problem shaking<br />
off any rust after an extended preseason which saw<br />
them travel to South Africa to<br />
take part in<br />
the World Schools Rugby<br />
Festival.<br />
Two CBHS players also<br />
have the<br />
rare chance to win three<br />
titles<br />
during their time at school.<br />
Halfback<br />
Louie<br />
man<br />
Chap-<br />
and<br />
outside<br />
back Ryan<br />
Barnes will<br />
begin their<br />
final year<br />
with the<br />
team after<br />
winning<br />
titles after<br />
cracking the<br />
first XV in<br />
year 11 and<br />
winning titles<br />
in 2016 and 2017.<br />
Christ’s College<br />
have looked the<br />
strongest candidate<br />
to knock CBHS off<br />
their perch in recent<br />
years. However,<br />
they come into this<br />
season without the<br />
star of last year’s<br />
competition and<br />
New Zealand<br />
secondary school<br />
player, Isaiah Punivai,<br />
who has moved<br />
to Auckland to take up a<br />
rugby scholarship with St Kentigern<br />
College.<br />
However, Christ’s may<br />
have found the perfect<br />
replacement.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y have secured the half-brother of former Crusaders<br />
winger, Nemani Nadolo. Enosi Turanga has moved<br />
to Christ’s from Marist Ashgrove College and is likely to<br />
feature at centre in their opening match against Shirley<br />
Boys’ High School.<br />
Christ’s have had a short preseason programme. In their<br />
only preseason match on Sunday they drew 24-24 with<br />
Otago Boys’ High School in Dunedin.<br />
After a rebuilding year in 2017, SBHS could once again<br />
return as the competition’s giant killers. <strong>The</strong>y produced<br />
consecutive semi-final upsets to reach grand finals in 2015<br />
and 2016.<br />
“We’re really happy with where we’re at . . . we feel much<br />
further on from where we were at this stage last year,” said<br />
SBHS coach Andy Gibson.<br />
St Andrew’s College come into their week one battle<br />
hardened after taking part in a quadrangular tournament<br />
in Auckland. <strong>The</strong>y defeated Lindisfarne College from<br />
Hastings 31-5 before being thumped by a star-studded St<br />
Kentigern side 21-62. But coach Rod McIntosh says there<br />
were still plenty of positives for the team after adjusting to<br />
win the second half.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y face Nelson College in the biggest clash of round<br />
one. Nelson will put the Moascar Cup - NZ secondary<br />
school rugby’s version of the Ranfurly Shield - on the line in<br />
what is expected to be a tight encounter.<br />
Nelson College will again be a favourite to make the top<br />
four. Many Christchurch school coaches are also expecting<br />
Marlborough Boys’ College to be one of the teams to beat in<br />
<strong>2018</strong>.<br />
Timaru Boys’ High School will have a tough job backing<br />
up their strong campaign last year - which saw them make<br />
it all the way to the final - due to the loss of a number of<br />
highly-rated players who were in their final year of school.<br />
With just three core players returning from 2017, St<br />
Bede’s are in somewhat of a rebuilding phase. <strong>The</strong>ir young<br />
exciting backline will prove a handful for opposition sides.<br />
After strong showings in 2017, both Rangiora High<br />
School and Lincoln Combined will want to show they can<br />
compete year-on-year. Both country teams have made a<br />
strong effort to tap into their local talent, and prove players<br />
who have come through Canterbury Country clubs don’t<br />
need to go to school in the city to compete at the highest<br />
level.<br />
Darfield unlikely to get Crusaders opener<br />
Scott McIlroy<br />
Spectator<br />
mound<br />
not viable<br />
• By Jacob Page<br />
THE CHANCES of Darfield<br />
hosting the Crusaders and<br />
Highlanders pre-season game<br />
next year appears unlikely.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Darfield Rugby Club<br />
hosted the summer fixture last<br />
year and wants to do so again.<br />
But the Canterbury Rugby<br />
Football Union’s insistence a<br />
spectator mound be constructed<br />
has proven an issue.<br />
Darfield president Scott<br />
McIlroy said constructing a<br />
mound on the ground is not<br />
viable due to summer sport use.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> ground itself is not viable<br />
to host the game and I have<br />
looked at other options including<br />
farmland where a mound already<br />
exists, but that too will be<br />
expensive,” he said.<br />
More than 5500 people turned<br />
out to watch the 2017 match,<br />
including then-Prime Minister<br />
Bill English.<br />
Minutes from the Malvern<br />
Community Board meeting last<br />
week showed Selwyn <strong>May</strong>or<br />
Sam Broughton was told the<br />
CRFU “would not consider<br />
viewing from a flat-level surface<br />
acceptable.”<br />
Mr McIlroy says he had<br />
previously looked into building a<br />
4000-seat temporary stand, but<br />
at a cost of more than $100,000 it<br />
was considered uneconomic.<br />
“We’ve had to accept that the<br />
ground is not a viable option and<br />
we’ve left the farmland idea with<br />
the rugby union for them<br />
to consider but I wouldn’t<br />
get my hopes up,” Mr McIlroy<br />
said.<br />
Crusaders chief executive<br />
Hamish Riach said the venue<br />
for the match was still to be<br />
confirmed.<br />
“But we are in the process of<br />
planning for the match, and<br />
once again look forward to<br />
bringing this pre-season game<br />
to fans with the support of<br />
Farmlands.”
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One-eyed Cantab<br />
Gordon Findlater<br />
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Rockstar or<br />
plain dumb<br />
DOUBLE CHAMPS: Christchurch Boys’ High School have a strong chance of claiming their<br />
third straight title.<br />
PHOTO: KATE JENSEN<br />
Players to watch<br />
George Harding, centre,<br />
Christchurch Boys’ High School:<br />
Expect the former St Andrew’s College<br />
student to bulldoze his way through a<br />
number of defences this season. Harding<br />
was part of the Crusaders Junior Knights<br />
development camp last year and made a<br />
good impression towards the end of the<br />
year for the CBHS second XV.<br />
Caius Fa’atili, loose forward,<br />
St Thomas’ of Canterbury College:<br />
St Thomas’ turned heads last year with<br />
a large crop of rugby league talent proving<br />
they could mix it in the first XV arena.<br />
Fa’atili - a promising junior with the Hornby<br />
Panthers - turned out for his schools first<br />
XV last year and is expected to be bigger<br />
and better this season. <strong>The</strong> New Zealand<br />
Resident 16s league player is a force to be<br />
reckoned with and a strong ball carrier off<br />
the ruck.<br />
Jack Rose, prop,<br />
St Andrew’s College:<br />
<strong>The</strong> former loose forward converted to<br />
prop in his early years at STAC and hasn’t<br />
looked back. <strong>The</strong> ball carrying prop made<br />
the Crusaders Knights under-18 squad to<br />
play the Hurricanes under-18s. Rose can<br />
cover both sides of the scrum.<br />
Mitchell Barry, halfback,<br />
Shirley Boys’ High School:<br />
SBHS will be led by Barry who is returning<br />
to play as a year 14. He is the younger<br />
brother of former Crusaders centre and<br />
Samoan international Kieron Fonotia. Barry<br />
was part of the Christchurch under-18<br />
metro team last year. He is bigger than the<br />
average halfback in height and power and<br />
is described as having a good mind for<br />
the game. He will be feeding an exciting<br />
backline which features two big running<br />
centres, Waitangi Tuisaga and Tasipale<br />
Valavala.<br />
Enosi Turanga, centre,<br />
Christ’s College:<br />
Not much is known about Christ’s new<br />
centre other than he is the half-brother<br />
of Nemani Nadolo and he comes from a<br />
league background in Queensland. However,<br />
on raw ability alone, he has the potential<br />
to be the biggest juggernaut in the<br />
competition. With an experienced forward<br />
pack in front of him Turanga should get<br />
every opportunity to display his talent.<br />
WHERE DOES the tipping point<br />
lie on a sports star going from<br />
being portrayed as a fan favourite<br />
rock star that isn’t afraid to have<br />
fun away from sport, to being<br />
shamed in the social age we live<br />
in?<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are plenty of examples in<br />
recent times – Jesse Ryder used<br />
to be the lad plenty admired for<br />
smashing the opposition around<br />
the park and not being afraid to<br />
party afterwards. But in this day<br />
and age, when things go wrong<br />
it, doesn’t take long for a video of<br />
you stumbling around incoherently<br />
intoxicated taken from a<br />
cell phone to end up across social<br />
media. How quickly people’s<br />
perceptions can change.<br />
I’ve been contemplating where<br />
exactly the line is crossed because<br />
at the weekend former tennis<br />
world No 41 Dan Evans returned<br />
to the court after his own falling<br />
from grace following a one-year<br />
ban for a positive test for cocaine<br />
last April.<br />
I mention Evans because he’s<br />
the closest reference point I have<br />
to witnessing someone crossing<br />
that line.<br />
Let’s go back to January last<br />
year. Evans is having the best<br />
week of his career at the Australian<br />
Open. He knocked over seventh-seed<br />
Marin Cilic on his way<br />
to advancing to the fourth round<br />
for the first time at a major.<br />
Evans eventually went down<br />
defiantly to 12th seed Jo-Wilfried<br />
Tsonga in four sets. With his<br />
tournament over, it was time to<br />
celebrate.<br />
I was lucky enough to run into<br />
Evans (above) at a bar on Melbourne’s<br />
Chapel St that evening.<br />
<strong>The</strong> scenes that ensued where<br />
the closest I’ve seen to a reenactment<br />
of an episode of Jersey<br />
Shore.<br />
Evans and his posy – which<br />
I had managed to swindle my<br />
way into – were already on their<br />
way to a big night fuelled by the<br />
release of endorphins that can<br />
only be gained by moving inside<br />
the top 50 world ranking for the<br />
first time.<br />
<strong>The</strong> telling moment came when<br />
the largest tray of drinks I have<br />
ever seen arrived at the booth.<br />
Rather than going for one of the<br />
seven bottle of spirits now at the<br />
table, Evans instead grabbed an<br />
empty glass, raised it above his<br />
head and then threw the glass<br />
to the ground which of course<br />
smashed everywhere.<br />
In the space of seconds my<br />
perception of Evans went from<br />
thinking what a rock star, to<br />
what a dickhead.<br />
My perception had changed<br />
and it was easy to see that it<br />
wouldn’t be long until the rest of<br />
the tennis world’s would too.<br />
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Christchurch MMA fighters<br />
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in the Xtreme Fighting<br />
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Centre, Dunedin, on Friday<br />
night. In the welterweight main<br />
event, Christchurch’s Cheyne<br />
Turahui, Universal Vale Tudo,<br />
took his undefeated record to<br />
two wins when he knocked out<br />
Papamoa’s Paul McMah, East<br />
Coast BJJ. Dunedin welterweight<br />
Tommy Leoni, Hammerhead,<br />
picked up his first MMA win in<br />
three fights when he submitted<br />
Christchurch’s Dan Reveley,<br />
Universal Vale Tudo, via a round<br />
two standing guillotine choke.<br />
After the fight, it was revealed<br />
Reveley had fought on with a<br />
broken arm after round one.<br />
Avery sets best time<br />
Avon long-distance runner<br />
Cameron Avery has set a new<br />
personal best time for the<br />
10,000m. <strong>The</strong> 20-year-old ran<br />
29min 44.84sec at a meet in<br />
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Brown piles on points<br />
Former Hornby Panther<br />
Fa’amanu Brown has pushed his<br />
case for a NRL call-up following<br />
a 22-point haul in the New<br />
South Wales Cup. <strong>The</strong> 23-yearold<br />
dummy-half scored two tries<br />
and slotted seven conversions for<br />
the Bankstown Bulldogs – the<br />
feeder team for the Canterbury<br />
Bulldogs. Brown has made two<br />
appearances for the Bulldogs in<br />
the NRL this season.<br />
Gunn to lead Pride<br />
Coastal Spirit coach Alana<br />
Gunn has been announced<br />
as the new head coach of the<br />
Canterbury United Pride. She<br />
takes over after the departure of<br />
Mike DeBono who guided the<br />
Pride to the national women’s<br />
football title in 2016 and finals in<br />
2015 and last year. Gunn guided<br />
Coastal Spirit to the woman’s<br />
premier league title last year.<br />
She has also coached New<br />
Zealand secondary schools girls<br />
teams.<br />
Big influence for young Rams star<br />
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<strong>The</strong> 21-year-old will play his<br />
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STAR: Taylor Britt is<br />
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<strong>The</strong> 1.89m guard shares the<br />
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Britt said Dickel had been<br />
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Britt said he felt more<br />
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Summerfield: <strong>The</strong> 26-year-old<br />
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beginning to the championship in<br />
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month where he finished third.<br />
After having a chance to get adjusted<br />
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He started 58 of his 62 games<br />
for Southeast Community<br />
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“<strong>The</strong> games were faster,<br />
the American guys were big<br />
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Britt was known as a guard<br />
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teammates to shoot.<br />
He hoped to continue to<br />
learn from Dickel and imports<br />
Winston Shepard and Xavier<br />
Thames in the hopes of securing<br />
an Australian NBL development<br />
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Summerfield will rate his chances<br />
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Thursday <strong>May</strong> 3 <strong>2018</strong> 37<br />
THE MELBOURNE Rebels<br />
may have lost their way since<br />
Will Genia was injured, but<br />
with his return they can look<br />
forward to their clash against the<br />
Crusaders tomorrow night with<br />
more optimism than their recent<br />
record might entitle them to.<br />
Since Genia has been out with<br />
a hamstring injury, the Rebels<br />
have lost both their Super Rugby<br />
games in South Africa to the<br />
Bulls and Stormers.<br />
So while coach Dave Wessels<br />
is never one to attribute either<br />
victory or defeat to a single<br />
player, he is certainly pleased to<br />
have his little general back and<br />
available for selection, reported<br />
<strong>The</strong> Australian.<br />
“I think Will is a very special<br />
player,” Wessels said when asked<br />
if the team regards Genia as their<br />
talisman.<br />
“Not only from a performance<br />
point of view, but also for the<br />
experience and leadership he<br />
brings to our team.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> Rebels boast so many<br />
Wallabies that it is strange to<br />
think they rely so heavily on<br />
Genia.<br />
But Wessels was unexpectedly<br />
brought face-to-face with the<br />
inexperience of his side at a team<br />
meeting in South Africa when<br />
he asked for a show of hands of<br />
all the players who had been on<br />
a Super Rugby campaign in the<br />
republic before. Less than half of<br />
the squad had.<br />
While his brother Ross will<br />
be held out of the match after<br />
being concussed in consecutive<br />
matches, the Rebels’ Dane<br />
Haylett-Petty is due back<br />
from his own head injury<br />
concerns this week, while the<br />
man who was supposed to<br />
replace him at fullback against<br />
the Stormers only to suffer<br />
a rolled ankle in training,<br />
Jack Maddocks, is likely to be<br />
available for selection.<br />
With the trans-Tasman<br />
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Luke back in the mix for Wests Tigers clash<br />
• By Michael Burgess<br />
ISSAC LUKE could make a<br />
shock return against Wests<br />
Tigers on Saturday.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Warriors hooker was expected<br />
to be sidelined for at least<br />
a month after suffering a knee<br />
injury against the Melbourne<br />
Storm last Wednesday, which<br />
saw him leave the field in the<br />
16th-minute.<br />
Luke has been training with<br />
the side this week and has been<br />
selected to start, pending a fitness<br />
test before the match.<br />
Coach Stephen Kearney admitted<br />
the 31-year-old was a 50-50<br />
call, but the fact he is even being<br />
considered is a surprise.<br />
Former Gold Coast utility<br />
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has been named on an extended<br />
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Turbocharged engine<br />
impresses in BMW X3<br />
• By Ross Kiddie<br />
IN AN age when car<br />
manufacture is trending<br />
towards electric power, I<br />
still get a thrill from finding<br />
a vehicle which has an<br />
internal combustion engine<br />
that stands out amongst all<br />
others.<br />
That happened just<br />
recently when I evaluated<br />
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vehicle. I’m not surprised<br />
that the X3’s turbocharged<br />
2-litre, four-cylinder unit<br />
is high quality, if you look<br />
back at most BMWs of eras<br />
gone by, each generation<br />
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qualities.<br />
In the X3’s case, there<br />
are actually four engines<br />
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a four-cylinder unit which<br />
BMW rates at 185kW.<br />
It also gets 350Nm of<br />
torque all of the way from<br />
1450rpm to 4800rpm, if<br />
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peak power registers at just<br />
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for themselves, there is a<br />
solid flow of energy from<br />
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Another reason I’m so<br />
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is its ability to just sip<br />
fuel. BMW rates it with a<br />
7.4l/100km (38mpg) combined<br />
cycle average, which<br />
were figures close to what<br />
I achieved – 8.1/100km<br />
(35mpg). A 6l/100km<br />
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showing during a 100km/h<br />
cruise, the engine turning<br />
over slowly at 1500rpm.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se figures are also<br />
assisted by stop-start technology.<br />
<strong>The</strong> engine drives<br />
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As a consequence, there is<br />
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In fact, the X3 in this<br />
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and never seems to fall<br />
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delivery. Sure, it isn’t one<br />
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units from the past, but its<br />
capability is enormous.<br />
<strong>The</strong> gearbox, too, is sweet<br />
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• Configuration – Fourcylinder,<br />
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1998cc, 185kW,<br />
350Nm, eight-speed<br />
automatic.<br />
• Performance –<br />
0-100km/h, 6.3sec<br />
• Fuel usage –<br />
7.4l/100km<br />
Why I like the engine<br />
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the default standard setting,<br />
you can hasten engine<br />
urgency without the need<br />
for sport mode simply by<br />
just flicking the paddle<br />
gearbox shifters attached to<br />
the steering wheel.<br />
<strong>The</strong> X3 sits on a fully<br />
independent suspension.<br />
BMW has done well to<br />
offer occupants a firm but<br />
smooth ride, comfort levels<br />
are well balanced with the<br />
type of firming needed<br />
to provide sensible crosscountry<br />
travel.<br />
As its nomenclature suggest,<br />
xDrive indicates the<br />
inclusion of four-wheeldrive,<br />
it’s a mechanism that<br />
will get you in and out of<br />
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With 204mm of ground<br />
clearance, you can be<br />
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feature, providing that little<br />
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grip that comes with the<br />
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and directional stability are<br />
key features with the X3.<br />
With the ski season looming<br />
I strongly suspect there<br />
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know it would be a perfect<br />
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road.<br />
<strong>The</strong> X3 is a capable handler,<br />
it has balance and<br />
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features, many manipulated<br />
by a centre consolemounted<br />
dial switch.<br />
For many years I’ve<br />
related to BMW’s X5 series.<br />
It’s a larger SUV against<br />
the X3, but not by much.<br />
However, the X3 has grown<br />
in stature to be a competitor,<br />
easily catering for five<br />
adults, rear seat room is<br />
generous and there’s also a<br />
large load space.<br />
At $99,850 in test car<br />
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I’m hoping to have a drive<br />
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ALCOHOL LICENCE<br />
NOTIFICATION CHANGES<br />
We’re changing the way alcohol licence applications<br />
are publicly notified.<br />
Instead of advertising these in the public notice section<br />
of local newspapers, we will publish information on a<br />
dedicated webpage, located on ccc.govt.nz/alcohol.<br />
<strong>The</strong> webpage will be live from 16 April <strong>2018</strong> for all<br />
alcohol licence public notices. Please note there will be<br />
a month’s transition period for public notices already<br />
arranged by applicants for newspaper publication.<br />
By advertising on the same webpage each time,<br />
people will know where to go to look for licence<br />
application notice and details about public objection<br />
timelines. Public notifications will still be for 15<br />
working days, but you will be able to view on the<br />
webpage recent notices beyond that time.<br />
This is consistent with the requirements of the Sale<br />
and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.<br />
You can still view application documents in person at<br />
Council offices.<br />
To find out more about how alcohol licence applications<br />
are publicly notified, give us a call on 941 8999 or<br />
0800 800 169.<br />
Tracey Weston<br />
HEAD OF REGULATORY COMPLIANCE<br />
www.ccc.govt.nz<br />
STAMP AND<br />
POSTCARD FAIR<br />
<strong>The</strong> Philatelic Centre<br />
67 Mandeville Street,<br />
Riccarton<br />
Saturday 5th <strong>May</strong><br />
9am-12pm<br />
Sellers tables available<br />
Phone 323 7132<br />
HOUSE & GARAGE<br />
Cleanout. I’ll pick up for<br />
free. Ph 021 08439932.<br />
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publication? Ph Jan 352<br />
1527 or Sheryn 355 4258.<br />
Authors of “Adoption<br />
New Zealand”, Harper<br />
Collins 2002.<br />
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so ,would you like to share<br />
your story with a view to<br />
publication? Ph Jan 352<br />
1527 or Sheryn 355 4258.<br />
Authors of “Adoption<br />
New Zealand”, Harper<br />
Collins 2002.
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To advertise:<br />
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EARTHWORKS<br />
New Paint • Repaints<br />
Wallpapering • Fences<br />
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Floor & Roof Painting<br />
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Native PlaNts<br />
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PAINTER<br />
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EST: 1988<br />
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Trades & Professional<br />
Services<br />
TERRACE DOWNS<br />
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027 561 4629<br />
BRICK & BLOCK<br />
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980 9771 or 027 2266 930<br />
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CLEanInG SERVICES<br />
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txt Cristie 027 4376383.<br />
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No job to small. Phone 027<br />
442-2219, Fax 359-6052<br />
a/h 359- 4605<br />
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Trades & Services<br />
fEnCInG<br />
25 yrs exp. Fencing, all<br />
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0273 313 223<br />
fEnCE PaInTInG<br />
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in commercial buildings,<br />
farm sheds etc. Free quote,<br />
call Phil 388-0786<br />
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gates & repairs, ph Ryan<br />
027 951 8892<br />
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Ph 022 0874351<br />
GaRDEnInG SERVICES<br />
Lawns, weeding, pruning,<br />
hedges, & general winter<br />
cleanups, waste removed<br />
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Gardener, 021 661 246 for<br />
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or 960-1961<br />
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BIG OR SMALL I can do<br />
it all, please don’t hesitate<br />
to call me on 022 600 7738<br />
for a no obligation free<br />
quote.<br />
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Paving, Lawns, Irrigation,<br />
Decking, Fencing.<br />
Kanga & small digger<br />
services. Check out Squire<br />
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FREE QUOTES. Ph<br />
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220-7014 Edwin 027 220-<br />
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ELECTRICIan<br />
Available, 30 years<br />
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start, competitive rate, ph<br />
Brian 027 433 9548<br />
ELECTRICIan<br />
OVEn<br />
Professional<br />
CLEanInG<br />
cleans<br />
Registered, electrical $50.00. Gift Vouchers<br />
installation and repairs,<br />
Gorbie Electrical, ph 021<br />
026 73375 or <strong>03</strong> 322 4209<br />
avail. Phone 0800 683-<br />
6253 or 027 228-0025<br />
PaInTInG<br />
& PLASTERING Free<br />
quotes. Int/ext & roof<br />
Looking for an<br />
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• Residential, Domestic Pensioner discounts. Ph<br />
& Commercial<br />
Kerin or Paul 022 191<br />
• Repairs, Maintenance<br />
• Fault finding<br />
7877 or 379-1281. Website<br />
• New housing<br />
www.swedekiwipainting.<br />
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quotes, ph Robert 021 026-<br />
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PanELBEaTInG<br />
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After Hours 347 3313<br />
6198<br />
Trades & Services<br />
PLaSTERER<br />
Small jobs ok. 30 yrs<br />
exp. Brick Laying,<br />
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342-8450 / 021 529 022<br />
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job complete at a<br />
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service, all work<br />
guaranteed<br />
Phone Brian<br />
960-7673 or<br />
021-112-3492<br />
MFC4510<br />
REMOVaLS<br />
Small furniture removals,<br />
have own van, can fit<br />
various types of whiteware<br />
appliances, some furn,<br />
bedding, boxes etc, honest<br />
& reliable, any area<br />
considered, ph Chch 027<br />
517 7001<br />
ROOfInG REPaIRS<br />
Fully qualified, over 40<br />
yrs experience. Ph John<br />
027 432-3822 or 351-<br />
9147 email johnchmill@<br />
outlook.com<br />
RUBBISH REMOVaL<br />
Van & Trailer rubbish<br />
removal. Free quotes. Ph<br />
Gary 342-8950, 021 529<br />
022<br />
SPOUTInG CLEanInG<br />
Spouting Unblocked,<br />
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Services Available. Call<br />
Trevor 332 8949 or 021<br />
043 2<strong>03</strong>4<br />
WInDOW CLEanInG<br />
Average 3 brm house<br />
inside or out $40. Both $70<br />
Phone Trevor 344-2170<br />
Real Estate<br />
TOWNHOUSE<br />
WANTED House or<br />
Townhouse wanted in<br />
Girls High/Boys High<br />
zone. 3 bedrooms,<br />
two toilets/bathrooms.<br />
Looking for my Mum to<br />
move closer to us. Cash<br />
buyer, up to 550k. Please<br />
phone 021 372 479<br />
To Let<br />
CARAVAN RENTAL.<br />
Long term CHCH. Rent<br />
to own option avail. Ph<br />
9421900 or 021 02779849.<br />
www.habitatcaravans.<br />
co.nz<br />
MT PLEASANT. Lower<br />
slopes. Available furnished<br />
short term, unfurnished<br />
long term. Ph 027 5772367<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
Tools & Machinery<br />
TOOLS, Garden garage,<br />
saw benches, Lathes. Cash<br />
buyer Phone 355-2045<br />
Tuition<br />
COMPUTER LESSONS<br />
avail for computer, IPad,<br />
or Mobile. Please contact<br />
Jobee 027 290 9246 www.<br />
computertutor.nz<br />
Wanted To Buy<br />
WANTED<br />
SLEEP<br />
OUTS<br />
ANYTHING<br />
CONSIDERED<br />
Building Removals<br />
349 9633<br />
CASH FOR<br />
STAMPS<br />
Do you have an<br />
Old Stamp or Coin<br />
collection tucked away<br />
somewhere? It could<br />
be worth a fortune!<br />
We are currently Buying<br />
old collections in the<br />
Christchurch area to stock<br />
our retail shop in Riccarton.<br />
Free Appraisal and Cash<br />
Offers on most items.<br />
Call Matt Power<br />
0800 39 24 26<br />
<strong>The</strong> Stamp Exchange<br />
134a Riccarton Road. Opposite<br />
the Mall carpark.<br />
Dealers. Phone 980 5812<br />
AAA Buying goods<br />
quality furniture,<br />
Beds, Stoves, Washing<br />
machines, Fridge Freezers.<br />
Same day service. Selwyn<br />
or 027 313 8156<br />
A+ About to move? Books,<br />
china, coins, medals,<br />
furniture, furs, jewellery,<br />
tools, old photos, estate.<br />
Ph 385-5117<br />
A+ Household effects,<br />
fridges, freezers, washing<br />
machines, ovens. Good<br />
cash paid. Ph Paul 022<br />
0891 671<br />
ALL whiteware wanted.<br />
Same day service, cash<br />
paid for . freezes, fridges,<br />
washing machines, ovens.<br />
Also buying furniture &<br />
h/hold effects.Anything<br />
considered. Ph Dave 960-<br />
8440, 027 66 22 116<br />
ALL whiteware wanted.<br />
Same day service, cash<br />
paid for . freezes, fridges,<br />
washing machines, ovens.<br />
Also buying furniture &<br />
h/hold effects.Anything<br />
considered. Ph Dave 960-<br />
8440, 027 66 22 116<br />
ALL Old China, Crystal,<br />
Ornaments, Vases, Cutlery<br />
etc. Raewyn Hill Phone<br />
360-0951<br />
MILITARIA Any<br />
country, firearms,<br />
uniforms, badges, medals,<br />
memoribilia, WW2 or<br />
earlier ph 338-9931<br />
TOOLS, Garden garage,<br />
saw benches, Lathes. Cash<br />
buyer Phone 355-2045
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Classifieds<br />
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• Phone our local team <strong>03</strong> 379 1100 • Email star.class@starmedia.kiwi<br />
Situations Vacant<br />
Entertainment<br />
Maintenance Technician<br />
Based in Lyttelton<br />
SSA New Zealand is a National Stevedoring company operating throughout 8<br />
New Zealand ports, handling every type of cargo including bulk cargoes and<br />
grab hire, log loading, timber products, breakbulk cargoes, project / heavy lift<br />
cargoes, container handling and bulk logistics. Toppano Holdings is the asset<br />
arm of SSA NZL of which this role will report into.<br />
To ensure our Stevedoring equipment is maintained to a high standard with<br />
optimum availability, we are looking to recruit a Maintenance Technician.<br />
This position will be located in Lyttelton, supporting all operations throughout<br />
the business. This means there is an extensive amount of travel, predominately<br />
based around the 5 South Island Ports. You will be required to work weekends,<br />
shifts outside of a 9 to 5 patterns as the Port environment operates 24/7, and<br />
be on-call if/when required. You will also need to be comfortable working alone.<br />
To be successful in this role of Maintenance Technician you'll need:<br />
A flexible approach to work hours, days and travel as this role will cover the<br />
south island<br />
A technical bent towards maintaining equipment, with the ideal candidate<br />
having already worked on machinery either from a mechanical or electrical<br />
perspective<br />
A passion for machinery and the want to keep it maintained and fully<br />
operational, reducing any lost time.<br />
A commitment to Health & Safety in the workplace<br />
Strong communication skills as this role will work with clients, ports,<br />
suppliers, management and staff around all Ports<br />
A strong commitment to customer service<br />
Ability to work at heights<br />
Good level of fitness and practical capabilities to undertake a hand on<br />
approach<br />
Trustworthy<br />
Full Clean Drivers licence (ideally with endorsement for Forklift and Wheel,<br />
Tracks and Rollers (WTR))<br />
To hit the ground running, it would be advantageous if our successful candidate<br />
comes with relevant port or forestry background. <strong>The</strong> nature of this role is an<br />
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someone who takes ownership of this role.<br />
If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you as soon as possible.<br />
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well as a commission system with no cap.<br />
You will be part of a successful team<br />
selling our free newspapers, magazines<br />
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I am keen to hear from you, if you can<br />
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You will get support and structure provided,<br />
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Please send your application and CV via<br />
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steve@starmedia.kiwi<br />
Over the years, our Psychologist Grant Amos<br />
has helped thousands of people overcome their fear of flying,<br />
Enrolments for our next “Flying Without Fear” Programme<br />
are now being taken in your area.<br />
REMEMBER, FEAR OF FLYING IS NOT IRRATIONAL<br />
DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT IS.<br />
For further details, contact Sue on 09 483 5547<br />
or 0800 737 225 www.flyok.co.nz<br />
To apply for this job go to: www.ssanzl.recruitmenthub.co.nz<br />
& enter ref code: 4122208.<br />
Applications close 09 <strong>May</strong> <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
Drivers Wanted!<br />
We are looking for enthusiastic, reliable and<br />
experienced individuals with licences up to<br />
Class 5 to drive our concrete trucks, but will be<br />
prepared to drive Class 5 vehicles if required.<br />
You will need to prove you are committed, can<br />
understand the value of great customer service<br />
and have a strong focus on health and safety.<br />
Positions available at our Hornby and Rolleston sites.<br />
Send CV and cover letter to DianeT@crmc.co.nz<br />
or phone <strong>03</strong> 375 9705<br />
CLEANERS<br />
REQUIRED<br />
Moorhouse Ave Area<br />
Tue & Thur 6pm - 9pm<br />
plus 3 hours Sun<br />
Sumner Area<br />
Mon - Fri 3pm - 6pm<br />
Cashmere Area<br />
Mon - Fri 3pm - 6pm<br />
Christchurch<br />
Wide Reliever<br />
Usually Monday to<br />
Friday and the odd<br />
weekend from 6pm<br />
for 2 - 3 hrs per shift<br />
Must have own<br />
transport and be<br />
flexible with hours<br />
as sites will vary.<br />
We are looking for<br />
cleaners to join our<br />
commercial<br />
cleaning team.<br />
You will need to pass a<br />
Security Check and you<br />
MUST have your own<br />
transport.<br />
Must be eligible to work<br />
in New Zealand.<br />
Please email your<br />
Application to<br />
csc@totalcanterbury.co.nz<br />
or phone 338 9056<br />
Visit our website:<br />
totalcanterbury.co.nz<br />
Please advise which job<br />
when emailing your CV.<br />
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Celebrating five decades<br />
of making music<br />
NZ COUNTRY music legend,<br />
Brendan Dugan, celebrates 50 years of<br />
entertaining with a special anniversary<br />
concert at the Hornby WMC on<br />
Sunday 27th <strong>May</strong>.<br />
Brendan became an overnight<br />
sensation when he won TV talent<br />
show, New Faces in 1968.<br />
Since then he has performed<br />
countless live shows (both here and<br />
overseas); made numerous TV<br />
appearances; and has an impressive<br />
catalogue of recordings to his credit.<br />
Recognised for his efforts, Brendan<br />
has been honoured with the<br />
prestigious title of NZ Entertainer of<br />
the Year. He has also been awarded<br />
with a Scroll of Honour by the NZ<br />
Variety Artists Club.<br />
For the 50th Anniversary Concert<br />
Brendan will be joined on stage by his<br />
father Pat Dugan, sister Annette<br />
Dugan Mick, and well known country<br />
50 Colombo St<br />
Cashmere<br />
Ph: <strong>03</strong> 332 0092<br />
Fax: <strong>03</strong> 337 3772<br />
cashmereclub.co.nz<br />
This week at the<br />
Cashmere Club...<br />
Every Wednesday<br />
Quiz Night<br />
Teams 4-6. Register from 7pm.<br />
QUIZ NIGHT<br />
SPECIAL<br />
Beef Burger or<br />
Pork Ribs plus<br />
Tap Beer or<br />
House Wine<br />
$15<br />
This Saturday SPORTS HALL, $10 entry<br />
7.30pm: ALL WELCOME<br />
MAINLAND BIG BAND<br />
THE<br />
SUNDAY Sessions<br />
GATHER • LISTEN • LAUGH • EAT • DRINK • PLAY<br />
Enjoy our relaxed outdoor Garden<br />
Bar with children's play area.<br />
Live Music 4pm-7pm<br />
EDDIE SIMON<br />
Members Courtesy Coach<br />
available from 3pm<br />
$30<br />
* Just<br />
*Membership<br />
valid until<br />
31/3/2019<br />
music artists Jodi Vaughan, Aly Cook,<br />
and Maree Humphries. Providing the<br />
backing is e Andy Gilmour Band<br />
with Wayne Allen & Cameron Walsh.<br />
e show, that takes place at the<br />
Hornby WMC on Sunday 27th <strong>May</strong>,<br />
starts at 2pm. Tickets $20 on sale now<br />
at the club office, Carmen Rd, phone<br />
<strong>03</strong> 349 9026.<br />
Kids *eat FREE<br />
on Sundays<br />
*Kids eat free under 12. T&C’s apply<br />
Riverview Restaurant<br />
Join the<br />
Cashmere Club<br />
today!<br />
Members receive<br />
discounted food and drink,<br />
guest sign in privileges, access<br />
to activities including Pool Tables.<br />
Christchurch’s only beach side club<br />
What’s On by the beach<br />
TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS<br />
MEMBERS LUCKY CARD DRAW<br />
UPSTAIRS<br />
Dine by the Beach<br />
PIERVIEW<br />
RESTAURANT<br />
Open from 5.30pm Friday, Saturday<br />
and Sunday, and for Sunday Brunch<br />
from 10.30am to 2pm.<br />
BUFFET LUNCH<br />
CLUB<br />
BISTRO<br />
DOWNSTAIRS<br />
MONTH-END<br />
SUNDAY NIGHT<br />
BUFFET $25pp<br />
Sunday 27th MAY,<br />
from 5.30pm<br />
BOOK NOW!<br />
SUNDAY 13th MAY<br />
from 11.30am<br />
Bookings essential on 388 9416.<br />
Due to Mother’s Day, the restaurant will not be open for our<br />
regular Sunday Brunch, and will be open for normal a la carte<br />
dinner on Sunday night.<br />
Open Tuesday to Saturday<br />
12pm - 2pm & from 5pm.<br />
New Brighton Club<br />
202 Marine Parade - Phone 388-9416<br />
www.newbrightonclub.co.nz<br />
Members, guests and affiliates welcome<br />
$25 PP<br />
FUNCTION ROOMS | GAMING ROOM | TAB POD<br />
SHUTTLE SERVICE Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat<br />
Clubs New Zealand welcome<br />
members, their guests<br />
and affiliate club members.<br />
Entertainment Advertising & News<br />
Jo-Anne Fuller phone 027 458 8590<br />
jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi
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MAY ENTERTAINMENT<br />
St Albans Shirley Club<br />
BISTRO OPEN - GREAT MENU<br />
5pm-8pm Thurs, Fri, Sat<br />
BAR MENU available all day<br />
• Shuttle operates Thurs, Fri, Sat night •<br />
• SKY Sport • Pool Tables • Gaming Room • TAB •<br />
BECOME A MEMBER TODAY!<br />
269 Hills Rd • ph 385 1632 • www.sasclub.co.nz<br />
RAFFLES<br />
Thurs, Fri, Sat<br />
Great Prizes<br />
MOTHER’S DAY<br />
Members, guests & affiliates welcome<br />
MONSTER<br />
RAFFLE<br />
Saturday 12th <strong>May</strong>.<br />
<strong>Star</strong>ts 3.30pm.<br />
Tickets limited.<br />
Available at the office.<br />
richmond<br />
club<br />
www.rwmc.co.nz<br />
pride of the east<br />
since 1888<br />
Sunday 13th <strong>May</strong><br />
*FREE GIFT & COMPLIMENTARY BUBBLES FOR MUM<br />
ON ARRIVAL PLUS A CHANCE TO WIN MUM A<br />
$50 BALLANTYNES GIFT VOUCHER. *Conditions apply<br />
Full Restaurant Menu Available. Seated 11.30am - 1.00pm<br />
Book your table now! <strong>03</strong> 389 8<strong>03</strong>9<br />
7.30PM THIS SATURDAY: MARION’S OUTLAWS<br />
SATURDAY 12th MAY: VAGUE-AS BROTHERS<br />
SATURDAY 19th MAY: EASY COME EASY GO<br />
SATURDAY 26th MAY: THE 10 GUITARS SHOW<br />
SUNDAY 27th MAY: KIDS KARAOKE; CANTERBURY BRASS<br />
43 Hargood St, Woolston ph <strong>03</strong> 389 7<strong>03</strong>9 www.woolstonclub.co.nz<br />
Follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/WoostonclubInc<br />
HAPPENING THIS WEEK...<br />
THURSDAY: LUCKY TREASURE CHEST<br />
FRIDAY: LUCKY MEMBER DRAW<br />
LIVE RUGBY<br />
FRIDAY, 9.30PM : SUPER RUGBY<br />
REBELS v CRUSADERS<br />
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT<br />
FRIDAY 7PM<br />
EASY COME<br />
EASY GO<br />
SATURDAY<br />
7PM<br />
• Large TV's • TAB pod •<br />
• Gaming Room • FREE WIFI •<br />
Club BISTRO<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
RETRO ROAST LUNCH<br />
$10 MEMBERS / $12 NON<br />
THURSDAY<br />
STEAK NIGHT $15!<br />
SUNDAY NIGHTS<br />
KID’S EAT FREE<br />
Conditions apply<br />
Whitford’s Hours:<br />
CAFE OPEN 7 DAYS from 11am<br />
RESTAURANT OPEN<br />
Wednesday - Sunday from 5pm<br />
SUN 3PM<br />
9.30PM FRIDAY : REBELS v CRUSADERS<br />
Open Wednesday to Sunday<br />
Lunch & Dinner<br />
• Open daily from 11am • Courtesy Van<br />
75 London St | Ph 389 5778 | www.rwmc.co.nz<br />
CLUBS NEW ZEALAND WARMLY WELCOME MEMBERS,<br />
THEIR GUESTS AND AFFILIATE CLUB MEMBERS.<br />
BECOME A MEMBER TODAY!<br />
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT A CLUB<br />
WITHIN THIS SECTION.<br />
H ORNBY<br />
WORKINGMEN’S<br />
CLUB<br />
PLAYING THIS WEEKEND<br />
FRIDAY 7PM: JO’S KARAOKE<br />
SATURDAY 4.30PM: PETER CAIRNS<br />
SATURDAY 8PM: ABSOLUT DUO<br />
COMING UP<br />
SATURDAY 12 MAY SUNDAY 27 MAY<br />
Show starts: 7.30pm<br />
Pre-sale tickets $20.<br />
Door sales $25.<br />
FAMILY FRIENDLY DINING<br />
Club CAFE<br />
OPEN DAILY<br />
LUNCH & DINNER<br />
GF & V options available<br />
Chalmers Restaurant<br />
CARVERY DINNER $22.50<br />
EVERY FRIDAY & SATURDAY FROM 5.30PM<br />
Early Bird Special<br />
5.30pm - 6.30PM<br />
PAT DUGAN,<br />
ANNETTE DUGAN MICK,<br />
JODI VAUGHAN,<br />
ALY COOK,<br />
MAREE HUMPHRIES,<br />
THE ANDY GILMOUR BAND with<br />
WAYNE ALLEN & CAMERON WALSH<br />
Show starts: 2pm. Tickets $20.<br />
FREE<br />
DESSERT<br />
Family Friendly<br />
SUNDAY NIGHT BUFFET $27<br />
EVERY SUNDAY FROM 5PM-8PM<br />
PERFECT FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS & FAMILY EVENTS!<br />
PLANNING A FUNCTION?<br />
We have rooms available for any occasion.<br />
Call us today, 349 9026<br />
<strong>The</strong> Hornby Club | ph <strong>03</strong> 349 9026 |17 Carmen Rd | Hornby<br />
www.hornbywmc.co.nz | Members, guests & affiliates welcome
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