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Thursday, <strong>December</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2021</strong> | Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper<br />

Te Pae – Christchurch’s big<br />

new convention centre<br />

– pages 4 & 5<br />

Taking a Mauger<br />

step<br />

– page 31<br />

HAPPY FAMILIES<br />

• By Emily Moorhouse<br />

FOUR GENERATIONS are<br />

finally reunited for Christmas<br />

after four months apart.<br />

Lucy Edwards arrived in<br />

Christchurch from Auckland<br />

yesterday to see her family<br />

after a long lockdown without<br />

them, but this time there’s a<br />

new addition.<br />

Edwards gave birth to a baby<br />

boy during lockdown, but<br />

with all her family living in<br />

SPECIAL MOMENT: Lucy Edwards<br />

introduced nine-week-old baby Leo<br />

to grandmother Julie and great<br />

grandmother Shirley for the first time.<br />

PHOTO: STARMEDIA ​<br />

Christchurch she wasn’t able to<br />

introduce them.<br />

Edwards was a passenger<br />

on one of the <strong>16</strong> flights each<br />

way between Auckland and<br />

Christchurch yesterday as<br />

Auckland’s borders reopened<br />

for the first time in 120 days.<br />

Edward’s mother Julie and<br />

grandmother Shirley Edwards<br />

were eagerly awaiting their<br />

arrival to meet baby Leo who is<br />

just nine weeks old.<br />

• Turn to page 4<br />

Husband<br />

of woman<br />

jabbed<br />

with used<br />

needle<br />

speaks out<br />

• By Samantha Mythen<br />

THE HUSBAND of a woman who<br />

was injected with a used needle<br />

while getting her Covid-19 vaccine<br />

in Christchurch has spoken out<br />

about the ordeal.<br />

On Friday, a needle previously<br />

used to vaccinate one person was<br />

used again.<br />

Canterbury District Health<br />

Board senior responsible officer for<br />

the Covid-19 response, Dr Helen<br />

Skinner, said once staff at the<br />

Christchurch Hospital clinic realised<br />

the mistake, they immediately<br />

advised the second person.<br />

She said a comprehensive investigation<br />

into how the incident occurred<br />

is currently under way.<br />

<strong>The</strong> woman’s husband, who<br />

wishes to remain anonymous, says<br />

they were both shocked.<br />

He said after the nurse administered<br />

the vaccine to his wife, she<br />

apologised saying she had realised<br />

it was a used one.<br />

<strong>The</strong> wife then waited the standard<br />

30 minutes at the booth before<br />

her husband picked her up to go<br />

home.<br />

“When she told me, I was a bit<br />

confused. That normally never<br />

happens, how come this has<br />

happened?”<br />

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IF YOUR favourite burger on<br />

the Maccas menu is the classic<br />

KiwiBurger, then you’ll be<br />

disappointed next time you pull<br />

up at a drive-thru.<br />

<strong>The</strong> McDonald’s KiwiBurger<br />

has been dropped from the fastfood<br />

chain’s menu just in time<br />

for summer.<br />

A quick scroll through the<br />

McDonald’s burger menu<br />

reveals the KiwiBurger is<br />

nowhere to be seen – in spite of<br />

the franchise releasing a new<br />

version of its advertising jingle<br />

last year.<br />

<strong>The</strong> KiwiBurger has done the<br />

rounds over the years. It was<br />

McDonald’s franchisee Bryan<br />

Old who first came up with the<br />

idea to create a typical Kiwi<br />

hamburger before the restaurant<br />

chain was introduced in New<br />

Zealand in 1976.<br />

<strong>The</strong> burger is full of Kiwi<br />

flavour, including a beef patty,<br />

fried egg, beetroot, lettuce,<br />

tomato, onion, mustard, cheese<br />

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

KiwiBurger dumped from McDonald’s menu<br />

• By Kristie Boland<br />

BEN KENDREW has a personal<br />

reason for reading the most<br />

sought-after New Zealand nonfiction<br />

book at Christchurch<br />

libraries this year.<br />

After recently finding out<br />

about his Māori heritage, he<br />

wanted to learn more about the<br />

language and culture.<br />

“My mum, who was adopted,<br />

discovered her birth dad was<br />

Māori . . . It’s been simmering<br />

that I should understand a<br />

bit more about my heritage,”<br />

Kendrew said.<br />

Māori Made Easy for everyday<br />

learners of the Māori language,<br />

by Scotty Morrison, took out<br />

top spot. It replaced last year’s<br />

number one, Scrumptious by<br />

celebrity chef and food writer<br />

Chelsea Winter.<br />

Kendrew said he sought out<br />

Māori Made Easy last year<br />

following the societal rumblings<br />

with the Black Lives Matter<br />

movement.<br />

“Hearing Māori share<br />

their story of feeling a little<br />

disenfranchised, I want to<br />

be part of advocating for this<br />

language and didn’t want to have<br />

my kids know more Māori than<br />

me,” Kendrew said.<br />

<strong>The</strong> book is a weekly guide,<br />

taking the reader through basic<br />

pronunciation to more advanced<br />

sentence structures.<br />

“It’s definitely helped with<br />

my pronunciation and trying<br />

and tomato sauce.<br />

But it’s not the first time the<br />

burger has been booted from the<br />

menu. It was discontinued in<br />

2004 and then returned in<br />

2007. Just a year and a half later,<br />

it was dropped from the menu<br />

again.<br />

McDonald’s brought back the<br />

KiwiBurger briefly in 2009, and<br />

then again in August 2011 to<br />

mark the Rugby World Cup as<br />

part of its new Kiwi menu.<br />

—NZ Herald<br />

PHOTO: NZ HERALD<br />

Māori Made Easy takes no 1 spot<br />

AVID: Ben Kendrew is taking practical steps to use more<br />

te reo Māori in his everyday life. PHOTO: KRISTIE BOLAND<br />

to drop it more into everyday<br />

language, which is one of the<br />

encouraging things in the book,”<br />

said Kendrew.<br />

Heperi Harris, the Kaiārahi<br />

Senior Kaupapa Māori advisor<br />

at Ara said he’s very glad to hear<br />

a guide to learning te reo Māori<br />

book has taken the top spot.<br />

“[It’s a] positive shift for the<br />

Māori language and culture,”<br />

said Harris.<br />

In most other respects, the<br />

tastes of Christchurch residents<br />

are similar to previous years.<br />

Non-fiction most popular<br />

title was Michelle Obama’s 2018<br />

memoir Becoming for the third<br />

year in a row.<br />

Children’s most popular<br />

was Diary of a Wimpy Kid –<br />

Wrecking Ball by Jeff Kinney.<br />

Overall, the five most popular<br />

adult fiction books are Sentinel<br />

(Jack Reacher 25) by Lee and<br />

Andrew Child, Blue Moon by<br />

Lee Child, Liar by Lesley Pearse,<br />

<strong>The</strong> Book of Two Ways by Jodi<br />

Picoult and Hide away by Nora<br />

Roberts.<br />

In the young adult category<br />

Suzanne Collins’ <strong>The</strong> Ballad of<br />

Songbirds and Snakes is on top<br />

followed by the graphic novel<br />

That Time I Got Reincarnated<br />

as a Slime by Fuse, Komi Can’t<br />

Communicate by Tomohito<br />

Oda, Catching Fire also by<br />

Suzanne Collins and<br />

Blue Spring Ride by Io<br />

Sakisaka.<br />

More and more people are<br />

choosing to listen to eAudiobooks<br />

with 234,261 issues in the<br />

11 months to November 30 – up<br />

on last year’s figure of 212,<strong>16</strong>1<br />

and well ahead of 2019’s <strong>16</strong>0,075<br />

issues.<br />

Meanwhile, eBooks also<br />

continue to be popular with<br />

library customers downloading<br />

444,562 eBooks in the year to<br />

November 30, well up on the<br />

343,135 issued during 2018.<br />

NEWS 3<br />

in brief<br />

Sparks concert back<br />

on for January<br />

One of the city’s muchloved<br />

summertime events is<br />

returning to North Hagley<br />

Park, with the classical musical<br />

extravaganza Sparks scheduled<br />

for January 22. <strong>The</strong> concert,<br />

which features a dazzling<br />

fireworks finale, was not staged<br />

this year due to Covid-19<br />

restrictions. <strong>The</strong> Christchurch<br />

Symphony Orchestra will<br />

headline the ‘travelling<br />

through the ages’ themed<br />

production. Vaccine passports<br />

will be required for concertgoers<br />

aged 12 years and three<br />

months or older. “We are so<br />

excited this event is able to go<br />

ahead under the new Covid-19<br />

protection framework<br />

protocols,” said city council<br />

events and arts manager Lucy<br />

Blackmore. Numbers will be<br />

limited to ensure safety with<br />

staff monitoring the amount<br />

of people in the contained area<br />

during the evening.<br />

Stamp shortage<br />

‘Snail mail’ might be going out<br />

of style, but Christmas card<br />

season has still depleted stamp<br />

stocks at some NZ Post outlets<br />

in the city. “<strong>The</strong>re may be some<br />

stores in Christchurch where<br />

some stamp denominations are<br />

temporarily out of stock and<br />

we wish to reassure customers<br />

there’s more on the way and<br />

they should be restocked this<br />

week,” a NZ Post spokesperson<br />

said.<br />

Infectious diseases<br />

department to<br />

change its name<br />

<strong>The</strong> Department of Infectious<br />

Diseases at Christchurch<br />

Hospital is changing its name<br />

to Infection Management<br />

Service, so patients will not feel<br />

as stigmatised. <strong>The</strong> Canterbury<br />

District Health Board has said<br />

many patients are taken aback<br />

by the department title, and<br />

wrongly assume they have<br />

a communicable disease as<br />

opposed to simply an infection.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y feel stigmatised by<br />

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NEWS<br />

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

Tears flow at airport<br />

MEET AND GREET: Christine Wilson and her mother<br />

Jacqueline Griffiths were happy to bring baby Myar to<br />

Christchurch to introduce her to her uncle. (Below) –<br />

Taxi driver Abdul Ababora has welcomed an increase in<br />

business.<br />

PHOTOS: STARMEDIA<br />

• From page 1<br />

<strong>The</strong> group shared a tearful embrace<br />

as they were able to touch<br />

Leo for the first time.<br />

Julie said Leo was her first<br />

grandchild and she was looking<br />

forward to carrying out babysitting<br />

duties.<br />

“It’s a very special moment,”<br />

she said. “I’ve been waiting to<br />

meet him for two months.”<br />

<strong>The</strong> group had shared plenty of<br />

video chats but said it wasn’t the<br />

same as being with family.<br />

“It’s pretty hard with having<br />

family down here,” Lucy said. “So<br />

yeah, it’s really nice to see them.”<br />

Lucy said she was worried<br />

about leaving Auckland the first<br />

day the borders reopened with<br />

a baby but the whole experience<br />

“wasn’t too bad.”<br />

“Air New Zealand was amazing,”<br />

she said. “<strong>The</strong>y’re so good at<br />

helping.”<br />

Leo wasn’t the only early<br />

Christmas present for family<br />

members.<br />

Christine Wilson and her<br />

mother Jacqueline Griffiths travelled<br />

from Auckland with baby<br />

Myar to meet her uncle for the<br />

first time.<br />

Wilson hadn’t seen her brother<br />

in six months and was happy to<br />

introduce four-month-old baby<br />

Myar to him.<br />

Griffiths said they planned to<br />

fly down the very first day they<br />

could to see their family and seeing<br />

them in person was great.<br />

“You can do video calls but it’s<br />

not the same,” she said.<br />

“She’ll be able to meet her cousins<br />

and get to know her uncle and<br />

aunty now.”<br />

Families weren’t the only ones<br />

excited about Auckland’s borders<br />

reopening, with businesses hopeful<br />

to have more customers using<br />

their services.<br />

Taxi driver Abdul Ababora said<br />

he was happy Auckland’s borders<br />

were opening and welcomes the<br />

new business.<br />

“Without the wage subsidy, we<br />

wouldn’t be here today,” he said.<br />

“It was very tough.”<br />

He has been looking forward<br />

to the day when Aucklanders can<br />

travel and said before today he<br />

was lucky if he did two jobs.<br />

But today he was expecting and<br />

hoping for a very busy day.<br />

“It means a lot that business<br />

can pick up so we are really<br />

happy,” he said.<br />

READY: <strong>The</strong> city’s new convention centre, Te Pae<br />

Christchurch, will open tomorrow.<br />

Te Pae opens<br />

AFTER FOUR years of<br />

construction, the Governmentfunded<br />

Te Pae Christchurch<br />

Convention Centre will host its<br />

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Sitting on the corner of<br />

Oxford Tce and Armagh St,<br />

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At almost $450 million – covering<br />

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<strong>The</strong> Christchurch rebuild<br />

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NEWS 5<br />

after delays with busy year ahead<br />

“An extremely tight labour<br />

market and a global pandemic<br />

have certainly added to the<br />

pressure. Every hotel and<br />

hospitality and tourism business<br />

in town wants it finished, so it’s<br />

fantastic to have reached this<br />

milestone for the city.<br />

“Even taking Covid into<br />

account, we still estimate Te Pae<br />

Christchurch will add around<br />

$60m a year to the local economy.<br />

So, it’s a long-term investment in<br />

the city’s future.”<br />

<strong>The</strong> public will get a chance to<br />

have a look around at an open<br />

day in the new year.<br />

Te Pae Christchurch general<br />

manager Ross Steele said it has<br />

a very busy year planned for<br />

2022, with over 50 confirmed<br />

conferences.<br />

“Te Pae Christchurch is truly<br />

international standard, one of the<br />

very best I have seen and been<br />

involved in,” he said.<br />

<strong>The</strong> convention centre would<br />

greatly benefit the region’s<br />

economy, Steele said.<br />

“Our delegates will stay in<br />

hotels, go to restaurants, cafes<br />

[and] bars, use uber and cabs, go<br />

shopping and even bring their<br />

families and travel throughout<br />

the region. Many of the<br />

conventions take place during<br />

the winter period, which<br />

supports visitor infrastructure<br />

during the traditional quieter<br />

months.”<br />

As the first “new generation<br />

convention centre” to open in<br />

New Zealand, Steele said Te<br />

Pae Christchurch was “looking<br />

forward to playing our part in<br />

the regeneration of our city, but<br />

also in the regeneration of our<br />

industry post Covid”.<br />

BRAND NEW: With a<br />

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NEWS<br />

System changes<br />

could be made<br />

• From page 1<br />

She and her husband were nearly<br />

home when they received a phone<br />

call from the clinic saying they need<br />

to return to the hospital for a blood<br />

test. <strong>The</strong> tests came back clear yesterday<br />

afternoon.<br />

<strong>The</strong> husband says the news is a big<br />

relief for them both, as she was really<br />

stressed.<br />

He says they were told to expect<br />

the blood test results on Monday, yet<br />

the delay caused further concern for<br />

the family.<br />

“We’re both really shocked. It<br />

shouldn’t happen, the vaccination<br />

booth wasn’t busy at all. I don’t know<br />

how they made such a big mistake.<br />

“I am also really worried. We don’t<br />

know what’s going to happen and<br />

what problems could come with the<br />

situation.”<br />

Skinner said the CDHB is in contact<br />

with all three people involved<br />

and blood samples have been taken<br />

from those who received the injection.<br />

<strong>The</strong> CDHB has apologised to both<br />

people.<br />

“We are doing everything we can<br />

to support all three people involved<br />

in this incident. We will continue<br />

to communicate with the person<br />

injected with a pre-used needle, supporting<br />

them and sharing any new<br />

information we receive.<br />

“If there are improvements we<br />

can make to our systems to reduce<br />

the chance of this happening<br />

anywhere else, we will certainly be<br />

implementing them.” – NZ Herald<br />

• By Fiona Ellis<br />

THE WIZARD is again taking<br />

a poke at the city council, this<br />

time over the pay increase<br />

for chief executive Dawn<br />

Baxendale.<br />

<strong>The</strong> long-standing public<br />

figure believes Baxendale’s<br />

$18,454 pay rise is tied to his<br />

own vanishing act from the<br />

public payroll.<br />

“So that is where my annual<br />

honorarium of $<strong>16</strong>,000 went,”<br />

he said.<br />

After more than two decades<br />

as the city’s official Wizard,<br />

Ian Brackenbury Channell lost<br />

his $<strong>16</strong>,000 annual city council<br />

honorarium in October, a move<br />

causing him to publicly criticise<br />

the city council.<br />

Baxendale’s total annual pay,<br />

including superannuation and<br />

annual leave, will climb from<br />

$534,600 to $553,054, the city<br />

council has announced.<br />

“Her job is to cut the salary<br />

back and save money. It’s not a<br />

very good way of doing it, in my<br />

opinion, to cut out the . . . local<br />

celebrity, who promotes the<br />

city,” the Wizard said.<br />

He believed Baxendale represented<br />

the new Christchurch,<br />

whereas he represented the old<br />

Christchurch.<br />

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Wizard criticises Baxendale’s pay rise:<br />

‘So that is where my $<strong>16</strong>,000 went’<br />

UNHAPPY: <strong>The</strong> Wizard believes city council chief executive Dawn Baxendale’s pay<br />

increase has come at the expense of his role.<br />

Asked by <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> if his<br />

criticisms were sour grapes, the<br />

Wizard said: “I just like to have<br />

fun at the expense of people<br />

who are too serious.”<br />

Baxendale said the decision<br />

to increase her pay was made<br />

by the full council and had no<br />

connection to the city council’s<br />

dealings with the Wizard.<br />

“Due to the Covid situation,<br />

I took a 10 per cent pay cut last<br />

year and this is the first time in<br />

two years I have received a pay<br />

increase,” Baxendale said.<br />

When Baxendale’s increase<br />

was announced by the city<br />

council, Mayor Lianne Dalziel<br />

said she had done an excellent<br />

job in extremely challenging<br />

circumstances during her two<br />

years in the role.<br />

“It has been a stellar performance<br />

and the chief executive<br />

performance and employment<br />

committee’s review has been<br />

unanimously endorsed by the<br />

elected council,’’ Dalziel said.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Wizard said he had never<br />

asked for money from the city<br />

council but was nevertheless<br />

unhappy his honorarium was<br />

withdrawn.<br />

“It was a symbol that they appreciated<br />

what I was doing.”<br />

Although this may no longer<br />

be the case, he would continue<br />

with his public wizarding role.<br />

“Whenever the weather is<br />

reasonable, I’m outside the Arts<br />

Centre, I chat to people and say<br />

hello.”<br />

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Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />

NEWS 7<br />

Construction prices: It’s getting worse<br />

• By Anne Gibson<br />

THINKING OF a home<br />

renovation, a new deck, an<br />

addition or even a new house?<br />

Well – look out, because prices<br />

which are already substantially<br />

up in the sector are about to rise<br />

even further.<br />

After major product price<br />

increases across the building sector<br />

lately, insiders got a further<br />

glimpse into what’s about to hit<br />

them early next year.<br />

Major building product supplier<br />

Carters has written to customers<br />

advising that within the<br />

next three months, they’ll have<br />

to pay more for many items.<br />

One manufacturers’ silicone<br />

sealant product price will rise<br />

27.5 per cent from February 1,<br />

Carters said.<br />

<strong>The</strong> letter from Carters<br />

national support office named<br />

many products and the exact<br />

price increases planned.<br />

Timber, fastening systems,<br />

polycarbonate roofing, building<br />

wraps, underlay, laminated<br />

goods and door hardware products<br />

are all listed by the national<br />

supplier as products that will<br />

soon cost more.<br />

“As a supply partner in your<br />

business, we wish to give you<br />

prior notification of upcoming<br />

market-wide price movements<br />

affecting various suppliers,”<br />

Carters wrote.<br />

PRICE HIKE: Further price rises are about to hit the<br />

construction sector. PHOTO: DUNCAN BROWN/NZ HERALD<br />

<strong>The</strong> national business has 50<br />

stores throughout New Zealand,<br />

as well as nine manufacturing<br />

plants.<br />

From February 1:<br />

• Bostik product prices will<br />

rise by 6.85 per cent in their<br />

product range including Silicone<br />

sealants “which will incur a 27.5<br />

per cent price increase”;<br />

• Fastening system business<br />

Ecko product prices will rise<br />

from 9.5 per cent to 19.5 per cent<br />

across their entire range, Carters<br />

advised;<br />

• <strong>The</strong>rmakraft supplies integrated<br />

building wrap systems for<br />

passive control of air and moisture<br />

in buildings. Its prices will rise<br />

8.5 per cent across their product<br />

range except for Ausmesh which<br />

will be up 20 per cent;<br />

• Marshall Innovations<br />

supplies roof underlay, building<br />

wrap, construction tapes<br />

and flashings and many other<br />

products. Its prices will rise by<br />

10 per cent across their range of<br />

products;<br />

• Ampelite manufacturers<br />

corrugated plastic polycarbonate<br />

fibreglass skylight tinted clear<br />

roofing sheeting. Its prices will<br />

be up 8 per cent across the range;<br />

• NZ Wood Products plywood<br />

prices will rise by 15 per cent,<br />

Carters warned.<br />

From March 1:<br />

• Prices at Laminex, which<br />

makes and supplies laminated<br />

surface and other products, will<br />

rise 4.5 per cent across their<br />

range of Strand products, Carters<br />

said;<br />

• PermaPine is a leading<br />

manufacturer and supplier of<br />

Roundwood and CCA treated<br />

outdoor timber products in New<br />

Zealand. Its prices will rise 5-10<br />

per cent;<br />

• Prices from door hardware<br />

business Allegion will rise 10 per<br />

cent;<br />

• Nelson Pine’s GoldenEdge<br />

raw medium density fibreboard<br />

product prices will rise 6-7 per<br />

cent, Carters warned.<br />

Two days ago, the Herald<br />

reported an NZ Certified Builders<br />

Association board member<br />

as saying he believed costs and<br />

pressures on builders were the<br />

worst they’ve been in 40 years.<br />

Mike Craig said small builders<br />

were doing it tough up and down<br />

the country. Many were finding<br />

it impossible to plan their projects<br />

and when they should book<br />

contractors because they didn’t<br />

know what date materials would<br />

arrive on site, he said.<br />

Craig said he has been working<br />

seven days a week for the past<br />

four months trying to manage<br />

all the logistical challenges at his<br />

sites.<br />

CoreLogic chief property<br />

economist Kelvin Davidson also<br />

said costs rose at double the typical<br />

pace in the third quarter of<br />

this year.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> Cordell Construction<br />

Cost Index reveals a national<br />

increase of 1.6 per cent in the<br />

three months to September <strong>2021</strong>,<br />

down from the 2.2 per cent rise<br />

in the previous quarter, but still<br />

well above the typical quarterly<br />

increase of about 0.8 per cent,”<br />

he said.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Government last month<br />

asked the Commerce Commission<br />

to investigate the supply of<br />

building materials and whether<br />

the sector can operate more efficiently.<br />

But CoreLogic’s Davidson said<br />

cost pressures aren’t likely to ease<br />

in the short term.<br />

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Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

Ten honoured with bravery decorations<br />

SENIOR CONSTABLES Eric<br />

Carmody and Jim Manning were<br />

in Christchurch on a firearms<br />

training course, and ended up<br />

disarming and arresting the<br />

mosque gunman after crashing<br />

a patrol car into his vehicle on<br />

Brougham St.<br />

<strong>The</strong> duo are among 10 individuals<br />

honoured with New<br />

Zealand Bravery Decorations<br />

today in recognition of their role<br />

in the tragic events of March 15,<br />

2019 at the Al Noor Mosque and<br />

Linwood Islamic Centre, which<br />

left 51 people dead.<br />

were able to escape through a<br />

broken window. Rashid displayed<br />

great courage and bravery<br />

in challenging the gunman,<br />

with complete disregard for<br />

his own safety and in doing so<br />

he selflessly enabled others to<br />

escape, at the cost of his<br />

own life.<br />

<strong>The</strong> New Zealand Bravery<br />

Decoration – NZBD<br />

Senior Constables<br />

Jim Manning and Scott<br />

Carmody<br />

For an act of exceptional<br />

bravery in a situation of danger<br />

Manning and Carmody were at<br />

a training day when they learned<br />

of a shooting at Al Noor Mosque<br />

and the Linwood Islamic Centre.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y considered the gunman’s<br />

options and made their to what<br />

they believed would be his<br />

possible exit from the city.<br />

RESPONSE: Police attempt to move people away from outside the Al Noor Mosque in the<br />

aftermath of the shooting.<br />

PHOTO: NZME<br />

<strong>The</strong>y observed a vehicle<br />

matching the description of<br />

the gunman’s vehicle weaving<br />

through traffic and followed it.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y intentionally collided with<br />

it and exited with their weapons.<br />

Manning pointed his weapon at<br />

the gunman; Carmody provided<br />

cover. Manning forcibly<br />

removed the gunman via the<br />

rear of the vehicle; both officers<br />

then dragged him a short<br />

distance away, handcuffing and<br />

securing him.<br />

<strong>The</strong> New Zealand Cross –<br />

NZC<br />

Dr Naeem Rashid<br />

(posthumous)<br />

For an act of great bravery in a<br />

situation of extreme danger<br />

Dr Rashid saw shots being fired<br />

into a group of men in the prayer<br />

room at Al Noor Mosque and<br />

ran at the gunman, who shot him<br />

in the shoulder. Rashid collided<br />

with the gunman, grabbing him<br />

and knocking him to the ground.<br />

As the gunman fell, he turned<br />

the rifle and again fired at<br />

Rashid, who was now lying on<br />

the floor, killing him. Because of<br />

Rashid’s actions, the gunman’s<br />

attention was temporarily<br />

diverted and at least seven people<br />

<strong>The</strong> New Zealand Cross –<br />

NZC<br />

Abdul Aziz Wahabzadah<br />

For an act of great bravery in a<br />

situation of extreme danger<br />

Abdul Aziz saw the gunman<br />

running back to his car to<br />

retrieve a loaded semi-automatic<br />

rifle at the Linwood Islamic<br />

Centre. He left the mosque and<br />

threw an Eftpos machine at the<br />

gunman, who fired three shots at<br />

Aziz. Aziz found a discarded<br />

rifle and yelled to divert the<br />

gunman’s attention. <strong>The</strong><br />

gunman saw Aziz carrying the<br />

rifle, dropped his gun, ran to his<br />

car and drove off. His actions<br />

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and maim others and ultimately<br />

forced the gunman to flee.<br />

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for selfless roles in mosque attacks<br />

<strong>The</strong> New Zealand Bravery<br />

Decoration – NZBD<br />

Liam Beale<br />

For an act of exceptional<br />

bravery in a situation of danger<br />

Liam Beale was driving down<br />

Deans Ave when he heard gunshots<br />

and saw a man fall in the<br />

centre of the road. He left his car<br />

with a first aid kit, moved the<br />

man several metres to shelter<br />

and applied a trauma bandage to<br />

gunshot wounds. Beale<br />

then checked other victims,<br />

assessing the severity of their<br />

injuries and moving them to less<br />

exposed positions. He placed his<br />

own life at risk, bravely searching<br />

for victims, assisting them and<br />

moving them to safety, while<br />

the gunman was active in the<br />

area.<br />

<strong>The</strong> New Zealand Bravery<br />

Decoration – NZBD<br />

Ziyaad Shah<br />

For an act of exceptional<br />

bravery in a situation of danger<br />

Ziyaad Shah deliberately<br />

grabbed the man next to him<br />

and shielded him with his body<br />

as the gunman opened fire in<br />

the Al Noor Mosque. Shah was<br />

shot twice and pretended to be<br />

dead, urging the man he was<br />

protecting to remain calm and<br />

do the same. He lay on top of<br />

him as the gunman continued<br />

shooting. Shah’s selfless actions<br />

in protecting his fellow worshipper<br />

demonstrated exceptional<br />

bravery.<br />

<strong>The</strong> New Zealand Bravery<br />

Medal – NZBM<br />

Lance Bradford<br />

For an act of bravery<br />

Lance Bradford was driving<br />

his utility vehicle along Deans<br />

Ave when he saw about 10<br />

individuals lying on the ground<br />

in distress. He pulled over and<br />

walked towards the Al Noor<br />

Mosque, hearing gunshots and<br />

people screaming. Bradford<br />

found a man and young girl,<br />

who had both been shot. He<br />

assisted the man while Liam<br />

Beale (above) tended to the girl.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y planned an evacuation<br />

for some of the wounded as<br />

ambulances were not able to<br />

enter the immediate scene while<br />

it was unsecured. Bradford used<br />

his vehicle to ferry victims to<br />

Christchurch Hospital.<br />

<strong>The</strong> New Zealand Bravery<br />

Medal – NZBM<br />

Wayne Maley and Michael<br />

Robinson<br />

For an act of bravery<br />

Wayne Maley and Michael<br />

Robinson were driving in a<br />

ute along Deans Ave when<br />

they saw the gunman firing a<br />

weapon and people falling over.<br />

Maley realised the severity of<br />

the situation and swung his<br />

vehicle across the road to block<br />

traffic approaching the mosque.<br />

Robinson directed motorists<br />

away from the scene. <strong>The</strong>y<br />

came across several victims and<br />

provided assistance. <strong>The</strong>y could<br />

see ambulances at a cordon point<br />

on Deans Ave but knew that they<br />

would not be allowed into the<br />

area. <strong>The</strong>y joined others assisting<br />

nearby to plan an evacuation<br />

of four victims from within the<br />

cordon and continued to provide<br />

assistance to victims until<br />

ambulance personnel arrived.<br />

<strong>The</strong> New Zealand Bravery<br />

Medal – NZBM<br />

Mark Miller<br />

Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />

NEWS 9<br />

ASSISTANCE: A<br />

police presence<br />

was visible at<br />

the Al Noor<br />

Mosque in<br />

the lead-up to<br />

the March 15<br />

anniversary.<br />

PHOTO:<br />

GEORGE<br />

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10<br />

NEWS<br />

New way of<br />

monitoring<br />

quarry dust<br />

considered<br />

DUST monitoring technology<br />

used overseas could soon be<br />

installed at Christchurch quarries<br />

in a bid to safeguard residents<br />

wary of the health effects<br />

associated with the excavations.<br />

<strong>The</strong> investigation of new monitors<br />

stemmed from workshops<br />

held by Environment Canterbury,<br />

which involved residents’ groups<br />

and quarry operators.<br />

Monitors used in Australia<br />

and the United States would feed<br />

information directly to ECan and<br />

the quarries.<br />

Hornby-Halswell-Riccarton<br />

Community Board chairman Mike<br />

Mora said: “We want a more up-todate<br />

(monitoring) system, we need<br />

live dust monitors and we’re really<br />

making progress on it.”<br />

ECan zone manager Johannes<br />

Welsch confirmed new monitoring<br />

equipment was among options<br />

under consideration.<br />

“<strong>The</strong>re is still much to be done<br />

and more discussions to be had<br />

before any proposal is put forward,”<br />

he said.<br />

“We continue to work with<br />

the community and industry to<br />

explore ways of improving both<br />

monitoring and compliance.”<br />

Traffic light system hits concert<br />

• By Chris Barclay<br />

THE ‘TRAFFIC light’ system<br />

has put a stop to veteran<br />

Australian rockers Jimmy<br />

Barnes and the Choirboys<br />

sharing the limelight at next<br />

year’s Selwyn Sounds music<br />

festival, frustrating promoter<br />

David Parlane.<br />

Organisers<br />

have reluctantly<br />

rearranged the<br />

line-up for the<br />

March 5 event<br />

at Lincoln<br />

Domain after<br />

David<br />

Parlane<br />

the Government’s<br />

Covid-19<br />

restrictions<br />

effectively prevented Australian<br />

nationals to enter the country<br />

before April 30.<br />

“It’s the bane of the promoter,”<br />

Parlane said of the Government’s<br />

restrictions to combat the<br />

pandemic.<br />

“I understand we’re in a<br />

pandemic and we all have to live<br />

with it. It’s just frustrating. <strong>The</strong><br />

logic (of the traffic light system)<br />

doesn’t compute.<br />

“How do we ever get to green?<br />

We should be in green. Canterbury’s<br />

at 97 per cent first dose<br />

(vaccination), 92 per cent second<br />

dose.<br />

“<strong>The</strong>re’s no community<br />

transmission, there’s not people<br />

in hospital. Does that not tell<br />

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you that we’re supposed to be in<br />

green?”<br />

Los Angeles-based<br />

Kiwi singer songwriter<br />

Gin Wigmore is the<br />

key addition to the<br />

programme, with her<br />

arrival home for a tour<br />

in March perfectly timed<br />

as she already planned to<br />

perform in Hawke’s Bay,<br />

Leigh, Raglan, Gisborne<br />

and Nelson.<br />

Blam Blam Blam, renowned<br />

for their 1980s hit <strong>The</strong>re is no<br />

Depression in New Zealand<br />

and Christchurch covers band<br />

Automatic 80s also bolster the<br />

schedule.<br />

While Australians are unable<br />

to cross the Tasman in<br />

time, Melbourne-based rocker<br />

Gin<br />

Wigmore<br />

Jon Stevens of Noiseworks<br />

and INXS fame does meet the<br />

criteria as a Kiwi, as do<br />

US-based Greg Johnson<br />

and London-domiciled<br />

songwriter and BBC<br />

Strictly Come Dancing<br />

vocalist Reitta Austin.<br />

Stevens was meant to<br />

perform at this year’s<br />

rescheduled event in<br />

April but was unable to<br />

attend due to Covid-19<br />

measures.<br />

Gravelly-toned Barnes, who<br />

performed at the second edition<br />

of the day-long festival in 2018,<br />

told fans he was disappointed<br />

not to showcase his classics for a<br />

second time.<br />

“I’m gutted the traffic light<br />

system in NZ has meant it isn’t<br />

feasible for my team and I to<br />

head over – Selwyn Sounds is<br />

such an epic event, but I will be<br />

back,” he said.<br />

Wigmore and Stevens will be<br />

backed by other home-grown<br />

music scene stalwarts Ardijah,<br />

and Stellar*.<br />

Johnson, who has 30 years of<br />

material on his song list, was<br />

looking forward to making his<br />

Selwyn Sounds debut.<br />

“<strong>The</strong> people of Canterbury<br />

have been very kind to me over<br />

the years and I can’t wait to play<br />

for them at this great event,” he<br />

said.<br />

Parlane said more acts would<br />

be announced early next year.<br />

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

12<br />

NEWS<br />

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

HARNESS RACING INQUIRIES<br />

Official may face sanctions; illegal<br />

substance suspected; driver banned<br />

• By Chris Barclay<br />

AN ASSISTANT starter at<br />

Addington Raceway is awaiting<br />

possible sanctions after being<br />

charged with betting on races<br />

during New Zealand Trotting<br />

Cup Day last month.<br />

Sharon Donnelly was charged<br />

with an offence under Rule 310<br />

of the Harness Racing New<br />

Zealand Rules, which stipulates<br />

no person acting as a starter or<br />

start’s assistant can bet on any<br />

race at any race meeting where<br />

they are officiating.<br />

Donnelly, the wife of<br />

Addington Raceway starter<br />

Ricky Donnelly, faced an Racing<br />

Integrity Board hearing last<br />

Friday, where a panel reserved its<br />

decision.<br />

It is believed the investigation<br />

followed an unsuccessful all-up<br />

bet on two horses during the<br />

November 9 meeting.<br />

<strong>The</strong> RIB is also determining<br />

whether charges will be laid after<br />

a horse was suspected of being<br />

administered with a prohibited<br />

substance before being scratched<br />

from a race at Addington last<br />

Friday.<br />

Johnny Nevits, one of two<br />

horses injected with embalming<br />

fluid by disgraced former trainer<br />

Jesse Alford earlier this year,<br />

was scheduled to run in a New<br />

Zealand Metropolitan Trotting<br />

Club meeting.<br />

However, the horse was<br />

scratched after RIB investigators<br />

Iconic<br />

British<br />

for sale<br />

CONFLICT: An assistant starter at Addington Raceway is facing possible sanctions after<br />

being charged with betting on races at New Zealand Trotting Cup Day.<br />

PHOTO: GEORGE HEARD/NZ HERALD<br />

raided the Woodend headquarters<br />

of trainer and junior driver<br />

Cam Jones, who took over the<br />

care of Johnny Nevits after Alford<br />

was banned for seven years<br />

in May.<br />

Johnny Nevits was scratched<br />

by stewards under rule of racing<br />

213 (1) (c), which relates to horses<br />

that have had or may have had a<br />

prohibited substance administered.<br />

Under HRNZ rules horses are<br />

not allowed to be administered<br />

any substance on race day.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> understands a syringe<br />

• By Kristie Boland<br />

THE BRITISH Hotel in<br />

Lyttelton is on the market.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Oxford St hotel overlooking<br />

the port will be an ‘as is<br />

where is’ sale.<br />

It was badly damaged during<br />

the earthquakes and is slowly<br />

being restored.<br />

Current owners Rebecca<br />

Lovell-Smith and her partner<br />

Christian Carruthers bought the<br />

was found by investigators and<br />

it is believed another harness<br />

racing trainer was at the stables<br />

at the time and is assisting with<br />

the inquiry.<br />

He hung up when called by<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> for<br />

comment.<br />

RIB chief<br />

executive Mike<br />

Clement would<br />

not comment<br />

on specifics of<br />

Mike<br />

Clement<br />

the investigation.<br />

“When the<br />

investigation is complete a decision<br />

will be made in respect of<br />

the basis for any charge under<br />

the racing rules,” he said.<br />

Alford was banned after<br />

investigators caught him injecting<br />

two horses – Johnny Nevits<br />

and Jimmy Cannon – with the<br />

prohibited substance formalin<br />

on February 25, two hours before<br />

they were due to race at Addington.<br />

Formalin is used to prevent<br />

bleeding.<br />

Meanwhile, an amateur harness<br />

racing driver was suspended<br />

until April 7, 2022 and fined<br />

building post-quakes, but have<br />

decided its time to move on.<br />

“We both really love the British<br />

. . . I’ve spent the last few years<br />

getting it to where it is now and<br />

I just know that I’m not the<br />

right person to do the final job,”<br />

Lovell-Smith said.<br />

She and Carruthers have spent<br />

the last few years fixing up the<br />

bottom two floors of the hotel.<br />

Currently, the building is home<br />

to four businesses – Arcana Tattoo<br />

parlour, the Commoners Bar,<br />

the Lost Property junk shop and<br />

Big Sam’s Tools.<br />

Lovell-Smith feels it’s time to<br />

let someone else take the reins.<br />

“Maybe someone who is very<br />

good and experienced at doing<br />

that sort of heritage work. Someone<br />

who is younger and has a<br />

real passion for it.<br />

“We’re sad but we’re really<br />

selling it for the good of the<br />

building, we really want to see it<br />

$400 for her drive during a<br />

Timaru Harness Racing Club<br />

race at Phar Lap Raceway on<br />

October 3.<br />

Colleen Negus was penalised<br />

after Dreaminsover was deemed<br />

to have challenged for lead<br />

prematurely before the horse,<br />

trained by her husband Bruce,<br />

weakened to finish ninth in the<br />

10-strong field, 13.8 lengths<br />

behind the winner.<br />

Her failure to give the horse<br />

respite meant she breached Rule<br />

868 (2) by driving in a manner<br />

well short of what would reasonably<br />

be expected of a driver in<br />

her position.<br />

Clerk of the course Craig<br />

Wiggins told the panel he heard<br />

Andrew Fitzgerald, at the reins<br />

of leader <strong>The</strong> Naenae Express,<br />

yell “Don’t do it Colleen don’t do<br />

it” while shaking his head as the<br />

field passed the 1800m mark.<br />

Negus denied the breach but in<br />

the RIB’s view she unreasonably<br />

overraced her horse.<br />

Stewards had called for a<br />

24-drive suspension – amateurs<br />

are calculated to have two drives<br />

per month – meaning she would<br />

be suspended for 12 months.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y also sought a $1000 fine<br />

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breach.<br />

But the RIB panel determined<br />

a 12-month suspension “would<br />

be manifestly harsh”.<br />

Negus was suspended from<br />

<strong>December</strong> 6 up to and including<br />

April 6, 2022.<br />

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Ray White real estate agent<br />

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18<br />

OPINION<br />

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

ince Environment Canterbury<br />

climate-change emergency<br />

Summer is time to explore the outdoors<br />

by sea-level rise this century and threatened and facing increased<br />

our productive and protected land pressures due to river system<br />

Environment<br />

jeopardised by the arrival and change.<br />

spread of new, exotic weeds and Wetlands are also ecosystems<br />

Canterbury Chair<br />

pests from warmer climates. at-risk nationally and regionally,<br />

Jenny Hughey<br />

All these eventualities have degraded by draining, damming<br />

to be planned and prepared for, and diversion affecting their<br />

and enhance that work.<br />

fleet hybrid or long-range electric<br />

and Environment Canterbury ability to sequester carbon,<br />

SUMMER<br />

That work<br />

IS<br />

included<br />

officially<br />

setting<br />

upon <strong>The</strong>y<br />

by 2022.<br />

are yours<br />

Carbon<br />

to enjoy,<br />

emissions<br />

so why<br />

from<br />

will remain in the vanguard of cleanse freshwater and mitigate<br />

us and with the festive season not make the most of them?<br />

up a climate-change integration air travel across the organisation<br />

these climate change efforts. flooding, as well as impacting on<br />

just around the corner, it’s time Of course, it’s important to One example is the $40 million biodiversity and mahinga kai.<br />

to<br />

programme<br />

start thinking<br />

in the<br />

about<br />

Long-term<br />

holiday<br />

Plan<br />

be<br />

are<br />

mindful<br />

offset via<br />

of other<br />

our own<br />

animal<br />

biodiversity<br />

and Waimakariri River flood<br />

With biosecurity, we are<br />

plans.<br />

2018-28, ensuring climate change<br />

plant<br />

programmes.<br />

life too.<br />

protection project, completed putting greater emphasis on the<br />

was Of actively course, considered summer is a across great Our According team work to a hard Madworld to protect report<br />

late last year. <strong>The</strong> network of risks of new pests establishing<br />

time workstreams, to get away increasing from the visibility the in natural 2019, our environment gross emissions of our were<br />

floodgates and stopbanks will in Canterbury. Warming<br />

screens of the science and out and under what the we Canterbury<br />

about the sky. impact of climate we (CO2) can all equivalent, enjoy. So, please compared take with<br />

Enjoy<br />

know parks 2253 while tonnes still of creating carbon dioxide<br />

PRISTINE:<br />

a place protect half a million people and temperatures, changing soils and<br />

$8 billion of community and new land uses mean new weeds<br />

change Our parks on Canterbury, are a great option and liaising your removals rubbish of with 7883 you tonnes when of you CO2-<br />

Canterbury’s<br />

business assets from a possible especially, will be able to gain a<br />

parks and<br />

to on unwind the issue and with recalibrate iwi and regional after leave, equivalent don’t light through fires and our keep efficiency<br />

“super flood”.<br />

better foothold across the region.<br />

waterways<br />

what partners, has been other a local tough authorities year for your efforts dogs and under from control. forestry planting <strong>The</strong> last major flood was in More broadly, we have to<br />

this summer<br />

many. and central <strong>The</strong>y’re government. a great place to across Also, please 2700 hectares. respect the vegetation<br />

<strong>The</strong> and changing wildlife. This climate includes will pose of Coutts Island in Belfast and find environmentally suitable<br />

wildlife and<br />

<strong>December</strong> 1957, when parts curb reliance on fossil fuels and<br />

but show<br />

just As relax an organisation, take part in we recreational<br />

also made pursuits significant while enjoying progress in not many getting risks too close life and to bird livelihood nests Kainga were swamped by river alternatives, such as electricity and<br />

vegetation<br />

have<br />

Canterbury’s addressing our diverse own greenhousegas<br />

emissions, with our<br />

dive-bombed we have seen by how angry occasional, adult<br />

natural or in chicks. Canterbury. It may result In recent in being years flow peaking at 3990 cubic hydrogen, to power our public<br />

some<br />

landscapes.<br />

metres per second (cumecs). transport.<br />

respect.<br />

Christchurch Environment building Canterbury receiving a birds. but extreme, weather events have <strong>The</strong> protection scheme has been When my predecessor Steve<br />

(Canterbury “market-leading” Regional energy Council) efficiency had You huge can learn effects more on residents about what and We<br />

designed<br />

monitor<br />

to<br />

more<br />

defend<br />

than<br />

Christchurch<br />

100 Aotearoa<br />

Lowndes<br />

website<br />

retired<br />

before<br />

as<br />

heading<br />

chair of<br />

which can look cloudy, discoloured,<br />

or have small globules.<br />

manages rating of 5.0 three out parks of 6 in across the year the our infrastructure parks have to around offer by the going South popular recreational swimming out (www.lawa.org.nz).<br />

from a flood of as much as 6500 this council late last year, he<br />

region to February – one on on the National shores of to Island. the ‘Regional Parks’ page sites during the summer season This is especially important You can also find more<br />

cumecs.<br />

highlighted some of the big<br />

Lake Australian Tekapo, Built and Environment<br />

the other two under <strong>The</strong> the driest ‘Living parts in Canterbury’<br />

of our region, for things such as E. coli and toxic<br />

cyanobacteria,<br />

given the status of a swimming information on what to look<br />

on<br />

Rating<br />

the banks<br />

System<br />

of<br />

New<br />

the Waimakariri<br />

Zealand. section along at the www.ecan.govt.nz,<br />

Marlborough coast and<br />

Environment<br />

both<br />

Canterbury’s<br />

of which spot can<br />

changes<br />

change<br />

on<br />

quickly.<br />

the way. He was<br />

out for by searching ‘health<br />

and<br />

<strong>The</strong><br />

Ashley<br />

building’s<br />

Rakahuri<br />

features<br />

Rivers.<br />

include<br />

where<br />

across<br />

you<br />

much<br />

will<br />

of<br />

also<br />

the<br />

find<br />

Canterbury<br />

up-todate<br />

public notices with useful <strong>The</strong>re<br />

can<br />

leadership<br />

make people<br />

of biodiversity<br />

very sick.<br />

and<br />

It’s also<br />

optimistic<br />

good to<br />

we<br />

understand<br />

would be able to<br />

warnings’ on our website www.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y’ve been developed to<br />

biosecurity<br />

are usually<br />

programmes<br />

signs indicating<br />

underpinned if a place is unsuitable by climate-change for In rivers, climate toxic change cyanobacteria and sustainability.<br />

is also<br />

184 solar panels which can Plains, are expected to get even<br />

what to<br />

deal<br />

look<br />

with<br />

out<br />

the<br />

for.<br />

“pressing issues” of<br />

ecan.govt.nz.<br />

cater to many outdoor pursuits, information.<br />

such<br />

generate<br />

as walking,<br />

more than<br />

swimming,<br />

55,000 drier. North-westerly storms are<br />

Speaking of notices, summer swimming; concerns. however, there may appears I as share thick his dark confidence. brown As a<br />

boating,<br />

kilowatt<br />

fishing,<br />

hours of<br />

gamebird<br />

electricity per<br />

also<br />

predicted<br />

means swimming,<br />

to become more<br />

so I recommend<br />

with torrential checking alpine the location<br />

rainstorms<br />

Canterbury’s distinct braided community, and as a council,<br />

intense,<br />

not be signs at all the access or black mats that have a slimy<br />

hunting, year. motocross, mountain<br />

It’s a year since Environment<br />

points, rivers so and I strongly unique recommend wetlands face Canterbury<br />

or velvety we are texture taking and some musty bold steps to<br />

biking, <strong>The</strong>re and has horse been riding. a 26% reduction of turning the safe our spots braided before rivers heading into you many check challenges. the ‘Can I swim <strong>The</strong> rivers here?’ form smell. ensure In lakes, we ponds are in and a better lagoons,<br />

cope it is with suspended the changing water climate<br />

place to<br />

per Your staff rates member pay for in these emissions<br />

declared parks. out a roaring for a climate-change dip. rapids, fuelling landslides page a on vital the ecological Land Air link Water emergency<br />

and provide<br />

since 30 June 2010. We now have and causing widespread erosion. an abundant food supply and and the tests it will set us. But<br />

access to JENNY electric HUGHEY and hybrid explains what Canterbury’s coastal<br />

nesting grounds for 26 species of by sea-level there will rise always this century be a need and to do threatened and facing increased<br />

vehicles the and council hope has to have been half doing. our communities will be threatened native birds – most classified as our more. productive and protected land<br />

<strong>The</strong> formal declaration of a<br />

state of climate emergency across<br />

Canterbury was one of the most<br />

serious, and colourful, moments<br />

in the regional council’s more than<br />

30-year history.<br />

A year ago this Saturday,<br />

at 11.49am, Environment<br />

Canterbury became New Zealand’s<br />

first council to proclaim such an<br />

emergency, formally dedicating<br />

itself to consideration of climate<br />

change at the heart of all it does.<br />

<strong>The</strong> declaration highlighted<br />

that all the work Environment<br />

Canterbury does – from<br />

freshwater management to<br />

biodiversity and biosecurity,<br />

transport and urban development<br />

to air quality, and also regional<br />

leadership – has a climate change<br />

focus.<br />

Currently, under the Resource<br />

Management Act, regional<br />

councils are required only to adapt<br />

to climate change, not mitigate<br />

it – that responsibility is the<br />

Government’s, but could change.<br />

Even in ‘adapt mode’ many<br />

of Environment Canterbury’s<br />

existing policies and plans already<br />

contribute to reduced emissions.<br />

In declaring the climate<br />

emergency, the Council noted it<br />

would continue to show leadership<br />

on climate-change and do so<br />

without adding new programmes<br />

at ratepayers’ expense. It also gave<br />

staff a clear mandate to continue<br />

and enhance that work.<br />

That work included setting<br />

up a climate-change integration<br />

programme in the Long-term Plan<br />

2018-28, ensuring climate change<br />

was actively considered across<br />

workstreams, increasing visibility<br />

of the science and what we know<br />

about the impact of climate<br />

change on Canterbury, and liaising<br />

on the issue with iwi and regional<br />

partners, other local authorities<br />

and central government.<br />

As an organisation, we have<br />

also made significant progress in<br />

addressing our own greenhousegas<br />

emissions, with our<br />

Christchurch building receiving a<br />

“market-leading” energy efficiency<br />

rating of 5.0 out of 6 in the year<br />

to February on the National<br />

Australian Built Environment<br />

Rating System New Zealand.<br />

<strong>The</strong> building’s features include<br />

184 solar panels which can<br />

generate more than 55,000<br />

kilowatt hours of electricity per<br />

year.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re has been a 26% reduction<br />

per staff member in emissions<br />

since 30 June 2010. We now have<br />

access to electric and hybrid<br />

vehicles and hope to have half our<br />

Environment<br />

Canterbury Chair<br />

Jenny Hughey<br />

fleet hybrid or long-range electric<br />

by 2022. Carbon emissions from<br />

air travel across the organisation<br />

are offset via our own biodiversity<br />

programmes.<br />

According to a Madworld report<br />

in 2019, our gross emissions were<br />

2253 tonnes of carbon dioxide<br />

(CO2) equivalent, compared with<br />

removals of 7883 tonnes of CO2-<br />

equivalent through our efficiency<br />

efforts and from forestry Up planting to<br />

across 2700<br />

50<br />

hectares.<br />

<strong>The</strong> changing climate will pose<br />

many risks to life and livelihood<br />

in Canterbury. In recent years<br />

we have seen how occasional,<br />

but extreme, weather events have<br />

had huge effects on residents and<br />

infrastructure around the South<br />

Island.<br />

<strong>The</strong> driest parts of our region,<br />

along the Marlborough coast and<br />

across much of the Canterbury<br />

jeopardised by the arrival and<br />

spread of new, exotic weeds and<br />

pests from warmer climates.<br />

All these eventualities have<br />

to be planned and prepared for,<br />

and Environment Canterbury<br />

will remain in the vanguard of<br />

these climate change efforts.<br />

One example is the $40 million<br />

Waimakariri River flood<br />

protection project, completed<br />

late last year. <strong>The</strong> network of<br />

floodgates and stopbanks will<br />

protect half a million people and<br />

$8 billion of community and<br />

business assets from a possible<br />

“super flood”.<br />

<strong>The</strong> last major flood was in<br />

50<br />

<strong>December</strong> 1957, when parts<br />

of % Coutts Island in Belfast and<br />

Kainga were swamped by river<br />

flow peaking at 3990 cubic<br />

metres per second (cumecs).<br />

<strong>The</strong> protection scheme has been<br />

designed to defend Christchurch<br />

from a flood of as much as 6500<br />

cumecs.<br />

Off<br />

*<br />

Environment Canterbury’s<br />

leadership of biodiversity and<br />

*Call for Terms biosecurity programmes is also<br />

Plains, are expected to & get Conditions<br />

even underpinned by climate-change<br />

drier. North-westerly storms are concerns.<br />

predicted to become more intense, Canterbury’s distinct braided<br />

with torrential alpine rainstorms rivers and unique wetlands face<br />

turning our braided rivers into many challenges. <strong>The</strong> rivers form<br />

roaring rapids, fuelling landslides a vital ecological link and provide<br />

and causing widespread erosion. an abundant food supply and<br />

Canterbury’s coastal<br />

nesting grounds for 26 species of<br />

communities will be threatened native birds – most classified as<br />

pressures due to river system<br />

change.<br />

Wetlands are also ecosystems<br />

at-risk nationally and regionally,<br />

degraded by draining, damming<br />

and diversion affecting their<br />

ability to sequester carbon,<br />

cleanse freshwater and mitigate<br />

flooding, as well as impacting on<br />

biodiversity and mahinga kai.<br />

With biosecurity, we are<br />

putting greater emphasis on the<br />

risks of new pests establishing<br />

in Canterbury. Warming<br />

temperatures, changing soils and<br />

new land uses mean new weeds<br />

especially, will be able to gain a<br />

better foothold across the region.<br />

More broadly, we have to<br />

curb reliance on fossil fuels and<br />

find environmentally suitable<br />

alternatives, such as electricity and<br />

hydrogen, to power our public<br />

transport.<br />

When my predecessor Steve<br />

Lowndes retired as chair of<br />

this council late last year, he<br />

highlighted some of the big<br />

changes on the way. He was<br />

optimistic we would be able to<br />

deal with the “pressing issues” of<br />

climate change and sustainability.<br />

I share his confidence. As a<br />

community, and as a council,<br />

we are taking some bold steps to<br />

ensure we are in a better place to<br />

cope with the changing climate<br />

and the tests it will set us. But<br />

there will always be a need to do<br />

more.


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Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 21


<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

22<br />

OPINION<br />

Mayor<br />

Lianne Dalziel<br />

Civic awards a way<br />

to honour recipients<br />

I ATTENDED my last<br />

Christchurch Civic Awards<br />

ceremony in my role as mayor.<br />

It was originally going to<br />

be touch and go in terms of<br />

being able to hold this ceremony<br />

this week due to Covid, but<br />

the traffic light system made it<br />

possible.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Christchurch Town Hall<br />

is such a wonderful venue when<br />

it comes to this kind of occasion,<br />

and it will stand this city in good<br />

stead for decades to come.<br />

I look forward to these ceremonies<br />

at the end of each year,<br />

as they are a chance for us to<br />

honour individuals and groups<br />

that have made important contributions<br />

to Christchurch and<br />

Banks Peninsula.<br />

An important feature of these<br />

awards is the fact that it is not me<br />

or the elected councillors, who<br />

propose someone deserving of<br />

this honour.<br />

<strong>The</strong> nominations come directly<br />

from the heart of the community,<br />

making the awards our city’s way<br />

of telling people that they are<br />

valued and their work immensely<br />

appreciated.<br />

It was an amazing night with<br />

people and groups recognised<br />

from a diverse range of backgrounds.<br />

Our city is full of unsung heroes,<br />

who participate, volunteer<br />

or give of their time selflessly<br />

and generously – with absolutely<br />

no expectation of recognition or<br />

reward.<br />

From Margaret Austin who<br />

has dedicated her life to<br />

education and public service, to<br />

the Natural Magic Pirates, who<br />

have brought joy to our streets,<br />

to Anton Matthews, who has<br />

inspired us to speak Te Reo, to<br />

the Christchurch Guangdong<br />

Association, Delia Sipaco<br />

Richards and Emmie King,<br />

who play a role within ethnic<br />

communities.<br />

I’m sorry I can’t name everyone<br />

here, but I offer my thanks to<br />

them all on behalf of a grateful<br />

city.<br />

A wonderful way to end the<br />

year.<br />

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

River gravel<br />

IN THe <strong>Star</strong> (<strong>December</strong> 9)<br />

Philip Rex Robinson states that<br />

river gravel is not suitable for<br />

construction.<br />

If this was the case no alluvial<br />

or quarried gravel from Canterbury<br />

would be suitable as the<br />

quarried gravels were alluvial<br />

then covered in silt.<br />

Gravels in construction are<br />

run through a crusher and<br />

thereby obtain their broken<br />

edges. Gravels are constantly<br />

building up in the riverbeds and<br />

climate change and/or the Alpine<br />

Fault will see this increase<br />

dramatically to the extent that<br />

if not removed could see the<br />

Waimakariri reclaim areas such<br />

as Kaiapoi and Christchurch in<br />

the future.<br />

<strong>The</strong> biggest problem with<br />

quarrying is silica dust that is<br />

cancerous, Canterbury University<br />

has identified as travelling for<br />

kilometres.<br />

PM10 affects the respiratory<br />

system while finer PM4 and 2.5<br />

can penetrate your lungs. PM1<br />

has even been diagnosed as<br />

being a cause of Parkinson’s<br />

Disease. – Ross Houliston, the<br />

Greater Hornby Residents Association.<br />

Thank you to Phillip (Rex<br />

Robinson) for his reply on river<br />

gravels. He obviously has some<br />

expertise in this area, but there<br />

are some things that don’t add<br />

up.<br />

I did not say river gravels<br />

had to be used for concrete, but<br />

Ashby’s have been doing this for<br />

years.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re are other bigger options<br />

such as crushed road chip<br />

or railway ballast.<br />

As all of the Canterbury Plains<br />

are old riverbeds when we had<br />

a large melt off after the last Ice<br />

Age, I can’t see there is much<br />

difference in quarry shingles and<br />

the current riverbeds. – Alan<br />

Roberts<br />

Daffodils<br />

<strong>The</strong> daffodil bulbs in the Lyttelton<br />

Catholic and Public and<br />

the Lyttelton Anglican Cemeteries<br />

looked lovely when in flower,<br />

however, they would be even<br />

better if the grounds of both<br />

cemeteries were better kept.<br />

<strong>The</strong> plots belong to the<br />

families who have bought them<br />

but the surrounding area and<br />

pathways are the responsibility<br />

of the council.<br />

<strong>The</strong>se cemeteries are so<br />

overgrown that its not possible<br />

We want to hear your views<br />

on the issues affecting life<br />

in Canterbury<br />

Send emails to:<br />

barry@starmedia.kiwi<br />

in parts for families to visit the<br />

graves.<br />

Because the pathways are so<br />

overgrown with long grass and<br />

there are parts of headstones<br />

scattered around due to no<br />

repair work being carried out<br />

following the earthquakes there<br />

are tripping hazards.<br />

Now the bulbs have finished<br />

flowering and they need to be<br />

left to die down, the council has<br />

another excuse for not tidying<br />

up these areas.<br />

<strong>The</strong> council needs to show<br />

some respect and get these<br />

cleaned up. – L M Gray, Ilam<br />

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Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 27<br />

Villa Maria College<br />

Learn To Prize What Is Of Value<br />

TERM 4 UPDATE<br />

Meri Kirihimete me ngā mihi o te tau hou<br />

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year<br />

May your days be merry and bright with<br />

the light of God’s love.<br />

From our <strong>2021</strong> Head<br />

Girl, Melissa Dunn<br />

Tēnā koutou katoa,<br />

At our Mihi Whakatau at the start of<br />

this year, I used an extended metaphor<br />

throughout my opening speech about<br />

how our lives construct like a neverending<br />

spider web. Each memory, each<br />

success, each failure, produces a new<br />

thread of our web. <strong>The</strong> more threads,<br />

the stronger your web, therefore I<br />

encouraged each Villa girl to intertwine<br />

their individual webs to create one.<br />

Being part of our Villa Maria web means<br />

kindness is automatic, support is<br />

infinite, and our sense of belonging is<br />

astounding. Together as a sisterhood in<br />

<strong>2021</strong>, we have enabled our Villa Maria<br />

web to sprawl deeply into the wider<br />

community, touching hearts with Mercy,<br />

and continuing to succeed in all aspects<br />

across our College.<br />

Dear Villa Maria College<br />

Ki Te Whare o Meri<br />

A letter of gratitude<br />

He reta whakawhetai<br />

To the walls that give us the strength to<br />

stand strong<br />

Ki ngā pakitara e tū hei pou, e tū hei kaha<br />

mō tātou<br />

To the doors that allow us to open our<br />

souls to the light of God<br />

Ki ngā kūaha e tūwhera mai mō tatou kia<br />

tīrama mai a Ihoa<br />

To the buildings that show us how to<br />

house diversity<br />

Ki ngā whare e whakaatu mai ngā<br />

āhuatanga o te whakaehu<br />

To our books that provide us with the<br />

knowledge to decipher right from wrong<br />

Ki ngā pukapuka e whakaako ana i a<br />

mātou i ngā mahi tika, I ngā mahi hē<br />

To our teachers who motivate us to push<br />

our limits and conquer our goals<br />

Ki ngā kaiako e kaha tautoko i a mātou<br />

kia eke pānuku<br />

To our uniform, the one item that<br />

connects each one of us and makes us<br />

a team<br />

Ki ngā pūeru, te hononga o mātou hei tū<br />

kotahi<br />

Our uniform is powerful<br />

He mana to te pūeru<br />

We are leaving our legacy every time we<br />

wear it<br />

Ka waiho a tātou whakarerenga ia te wā<br />

e mau ana i ngā pūeru<br />

Crafting the reputation we desire Villa<br />

students to uphold<br />

Hei whakamana i ngā āhuatanga o Te<br />

Whare o Meri e ngā ākonga<br />

Thank you, Villa Maria, for encouraging<br />

independence and strong-will because<br />

now we know how to stand tall<br />

Nei rā ngā mihi ki a koe e Te Whare o<br />

Meri i ōu mahi akiaki me ōu mahi kaha<br />

tautoko ka mōhio pai ai mātou kia tū hei<br />

rangatira<br />

So tall that when future students stand<br />

upon our shoulders, they will see over<br />

the challenges we have faced and feel<br />

the warmth of the sun that is fuelled by<br />

mercy<br />

He roroa mēnā ka tū mai ngā ākonga a<br />

muri ake nei, ka kitea e rātou ngā wero i<br />

pā ki a mātou, ka rongo hoki i te mahana<br />

o Tama nui te rā e poipoihia ana e ngā<br />

mahi atawhai<br />

139 Year 13 students will hang up their<br />

blazers at the end of this year<br />

Kotahi rau toru tekau mā iwa ngā ākonga<br />

o te reanaga tekau mā toru ka whakatā o<br />

rātou koti hei te mutunga mai o tēnei tau<br />

But we take with us the power of<br />

reflection<br />

Engari, ka mau ana i te mana o te aroaro<br />

Inhale positivity,<br />

Hahau ki roto te takatika,<br />

Reason with morality<br />

Kōrero me te matatika<br />

Exhale respect<br />

Hahau ki waho te whakaute<br />

Serve with justice and generosity<br />

Mahi mā te tika me te atawhai<br />

Thank you, VMC<br />

Nei rā ngā mihi matakuikui e Te Whare o<br />

Meri<br />

Ngā mihi nui,<br />

Melissa Dunn<br />

<strong>2021</strong> Head Girl<br />

Villa’s Can Drive helps families in need<br />

Our Student Leaders organised a food drive for St Vincent de Paul during Term 4.<br />

Well done to Mercy Ambassador Josie Grant and Service Captain Eloise Scanlan<br />

(pictured) for their efforts in driving the activity - the results are impressive. <strong>The</strong><br />

food will be distributed to families in need.<br />

Ko Hāta Maria, te<br />

Matua Wahine o<br />

te Atua<br />

In November, the College<br />

hosted the religious artwork,<br />

Ko Hāta Maria, te Matua<br />

Wahine o te Atua (Holy Mary,<br />

Mother of God). <strong>The</strong> artwork<br />

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Te Ara a Maria. <strong>The</strong> artwork<br />

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Atawhai Catherine McAuley<br />

Centre, with our Intermediate<br />

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thing with the song, Pepeha.<br />

Villa turns pink for Breast Cancer Awareness<br />

October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and on 29 October Villa turned<br />

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Every day, nine women in New Zealand are diagnosed with breast cancer, so<br />

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<strong>The</strong> Whole-Process People’s<br />

Democracy in China<br />

Having served as the Chinese Consul General<br />

in Christchurch for more than four years, I feel<br />

it necessary to say a few words about China’s<br />

democracy, what we call the “whole-process<br />

people’s democracy”.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Whole-Process People’s<br />

Democracy in China<br />

<strong>The</strong> Communist Party of China (CPC)<br />

has always recognized the importance of<br />

democracy. <strong>The</strong> communique of the sixth<br />

plenary session of the 19th Central Committee<br />

of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held<br />

in Beijing early in November clearly stated<br />

that the CPC “should develop whole-process<br />

people’s democracy and ensure it is the people<br />

who run the country”.<br />

<strong>The</strong> “whole-process people’s democracy”<br />

enables Chinese people to participate in<br />

political activities at all levels including<br />

elections, consultations, decision-making<br />

and oversight. It aims to not only to ensure<br />

people’s participation in state affairs but also<br />

consolidate political stability and elevate social<br />

dynamism.<br />

<strong>The</strong> system of People’s Congresses is an<br />

important institution for realizing China’s<br />

“whole-process people’s democracy”. All<br />

deputies of the People’s Congresses are<br />

elected at the national, provincial, municipal,<br />

township and county levels. At levels of<br />

townships and counties, deputies are elected<br />

directly by local people. <strong>The</strong>se deputies, which<br />

constitute the overwhelmimg majority (95<br />

percent) of all People’s Congress deputies, elect<br />

deputies to people’s congresses at cities and<br />

provincial levels, who in turn elect deputies at<br />

the national level.<br />

A main duty of China’s People’s Congress<br />

deputies is to put forward proposals.<br />

“Grassroots” level legislators’ proposals often<br />

focus on disadvantaged groups in China,<br />

such as the elderly, children and migrant<br />

workers. Other duties of the deputies include<br />

maintaining close contact with and visiting<br />

local communities and collecting their<br />

opinions online, thereby listening to comments<br />

on society management from people of all<br />

walks of life.<br />

Unlike legislators in the West who make a<br />

career in politics, China’s People’s Congress<br />

deputies at national and lower levels work<br />

part-time, and the majority of them come<br />

from all walks of life including “grassroots”<br />

levels including farmers, factory workers,<br />

etc. At the annual plenary session, People’s<br />

Congress deputies submit motions and<br />

proposals, review important legal documents<br />

and vote on legislation and personnel changes,<br />

including electing China’s president and vice<br />

president and lower level public office holders<br />

every five years.<br />

Post-election scrutiny key advantage<br />

President Xi Jinping said, “If the people are<br />

awakened only for voting but have no say<br />

after the election, such a democracy is not a<br />

true democracy”. Strong post-election and<br />

post-legislative scrutiny efforts optimize<br />

the efficiency of legislators in China. This<br />

important principle of our socialist electoral<br />

system serves as the key advantage where<br />

democracy in China transcends the electoral<br />

system in certain Western countries.<br />

<strong>The</strong> right to vote and the obligation of being<br />

supervised inseparable. Deputies to the<br />

people’s congresses are members of the organs<br />

of state power elected by the people and are<br />

subject to people’s supervision according<br />

to relevant laws. <strong>The</strong>y should also regularly<br />

listen to the people’s opinions regarding their<br />

performance of duties, answer questions<br />

from voters in their electoral districts or from<br />

the relevant People’s Congress regarding<br />

their work, and accept oversight. Voters in<br />

the relevant electoral district or the relevant<br />

People’s Congress have the power to recall<br />

deputies they have elected in accordance with<br />

the law.<br />

Though different to some extent from that<br />

in Western countries, China’s democratic<br />

practice has proven to be exemplary and<br />

suits its situation well, which testifies to the<br />

need for diversity in democracy. Democratic<br />

models in NZ and European countries also<br />

vary from that of the U.S., which indicates<br />

that there is no single universal model for<br />

democracy and attempts to impose a single<br />

model of democracy on other countries are<br />

undemocratic in themselves.<br />

Democracy is not a decoration and<br />

ornament of cash-rich players<br />

As President Xi Jinping pointed out,<br />

“Democracy is not a decoration and ornament.<br />

It represents the voice of the people, and is<br />

used to solve the problems that the people<br />

want to solve”.<br />

<strong>The</strong> United States has always prided itself as a<br />

beacon of democracy. However, money politics<br />

has left large numbers of people excluded<br />

from the political process, creating de facto<br />

political inequality. In recent years, money<br />

from organizations outside the Senate and<br />

the House has constituted a growing share of<br />

total election spending, diminishing ordinary<br />

Americans’ influence on the outcome of<br />

elections.<br />

<strong>The</strong> U.S. Supreme Court in 2014 lifted the<br />

maximum amount restriction of money an<br />

individual can contribute to the campaigns<br />

of federal candidates and political parties.<br />

Wealthy Americans and corporations can<br />

also make political donations through<br />

“super Political Action Commitees (PACs)”<br />

without any amount limit. Unlimited political<br />

donations provide a way to influence politics<br />

with money. Parties and politicians who<br />

receive donations and win the elections give<br />

wealthy donors government jobs in return.<br />

According to a report released by the UN<br />

Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and<br />

Human Rights in May 2018, the total wealth of<br />

the US cabinet members reached 4.3 billion US<br />

dollars. <strong>The</strong> U.S. government has become the<br />

spokesperson of the billionaire club, and the<br />

American elections are in fact money games.<br />

In addition, spending on election campaigns of<br />

presidential candidates of both parties in the<br />

United States has skyrocketed from US$700<br />

million in 2004 to a total of US$6.6 billion in<br />

20<strong>16</strong>. <strong>The</strong> high election costs have significantly<br />

raised the threshold for entry of candidates,<br />

and put a huge restriction on the political<br />

rights of the middle and low income American<br />

people, turning American democracy into one<br />

of the rich, by the rich and for the rich.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Stockholm-based International<br />

Institute for Democracy and Electoral<br />

Assistance points out that the U.S. is now a<br />

backsliding democracy undergoing a “visible<br />

deterioration”, and serious problems with the<br />

fundamentals of democracy are surfacing<br />

with the trend towards democratic erosion<br />

“becoming more acute and worrying”. A<br />

recent CNN Poll also disclosed that 93% of all<br />

Americans feel democracy in the US is either<br />

under attack (56%) or being tested but not<br />

under attack (37%).<br />

Democracy should be judged by whether<br />

the people are satisfied with it. <strong>The</strong> original<br />

meaning of democracy is decision-making by<br />

the people for the benefit of the people. I don’t<br />

think a so-called democracy can be called<br />

effective if it fails to benefit and satisfy the<br />

people. China’s democratic form and outcomes<br />

are satisfactory to the people. According to<br />

an annual Chinese citizen satisfaction of<br />

government performance survey conducted<br />

by Harvard Kennedy School, since 2007 the<br />

satisfaction and approval rate of the central<br />

government among the general public in<br />

China has consistently been more than 90%,<br />

much higher than that in the United States.<br />

I think this figure speaks for itself. True<br />

democracy satisfies its own people.<br />

Recently, the US intends to host a Summit<br />

for Democracy. This is nothing but a product<br />

of Cold-War mentality leading to a divided<br />

world. China firmly opposes such act of<br />

categorizing countries by ideological pursuit,<br />

which intensifies confrontation and interferes<br />

in other countries’ internal affairs under the<br />

pretext of democracy. Human being is facing<br />

a shared future. We need a united rather than<br />

a divided world, especially at this difficult<br />

pandemic time.<br />

China will continue to develop relations with<br />

other countries on the basis of mutual respect<br />

and win-win cooperation, and strive for<br />

harmonious coexistence between countries at<br />

different development stages and with different<br />

social systems and ideologies.<br />

Wang Zhijian<br />

Chinese Consul General in Christchurch<br />

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SPORT<br />

Elmwood still at<br />

top of the table<br />

after epic tussle<br />

ELMWOOD HEADS into<br />

the Christmas break at top<br />

of the premier men’s tennis<br />

interclub competition after<br />

an epic tussle against last<br />

year’s winner Cashmere in<br />

the final round.<br />

Both teams brought<br />

out their big “guns” last<br />

weekend – James Meredith<br />

at one for Cashmere and<br />

Hayden Joblin, who drove<br />

from his Queenstown base,<br />

at two for Elmwood.<br />

Elmwood won the tie<br />

4-2 on Cashmere’s home<br />

courts, but the result could<br />

have gone either way with<br />

two of the matches decided<br />

by super-tiebreak. Both<br />

went Elmwood’s way.<br />

<strong>The</strong> win capped off a<br />

stellar week for Elmwood<br />

with their top women’s<br />

player Abby Mason<br />

winning the player of<br />

the year award at the<br />

Tennis Canterbury annual<br />

awards. Her father, Rhett,<br />

was awarded the Ian Jones<br />

service to tennis award.<br />

Abby Mason will<br />

shortly head off to the<br />

United States on a tennis<br />

scholarship.<br />

Burnside Park was also<br />

well represented by their<br />

tennis family, the Feneons,<br />

with the Burnside Park<br />

men headed by club coach<br />

Remi Feneon beating the<br />

young Burwood Park lineup<br />

4-2.<br />

His wife Joelene and<br />

daughter Jade spearheaded<br />

a 6-0 win for Burnside<br />

Park Bishopdale against a<br />

depleted Elmwood.<br />

In the men’s<br />

competition, it is a tight<br />

battle between the four<br />

teams at the top. Burnside<br />

now lie just one point<br />

behind second place<br />

Cashmere, while Burwood<br />

Park trail further point<br />

behind.<br />

Bishopdale Te Kura<br />

NEW Zealand Football’s<br />

golden boot for the<br />

inaugural National League:<br />

South Central Series wasn’t<br />

exactly fitting for Annalie<br />

Longo, as the Canterbury<br />

United Pride linchpin’s<br />

goal-scoring exploits could<br />

not be rewarded with the<br />

title.<br />

Needing to beat<br />

Southern United to have<br />

a chance of securing domestic<br />

silverware, the fourteam<br />

competition’s form<br />

outfit won 5-3 in Dunedin<br />

BIG GUNS: No 1 James Meredith couldn’t steer<br />

Cashmere to a win against Elmwood. (Below) –<br />

Abby Mason is US-bound on a scholarship.<br />

Hagley Park won their<br />

second match of the<br />

season, beating Country<br />

Mid Canterbury to lie<br />

fourth.<br />

<strong>The</strong> women’s<br />

competition is a three-way<br />

race between Burnside<br />

Park Bishopdale,<br />

Cashmere and Te Kura<br />

Hagley.<br />

Last weekend was a<br />

round of six love wins for<br />

all these teams. Burnside<br />

Park Bishopdale made it<br />

6-0, only dropping one set<br />

against Elmwood.<br />

Cashmere took the<br />

opportunity to give<br />

some of their young div<br />

1 players a run in their<br />

6-0 trouncing of Kaiapoi,<br />

while Te Kura Hagley Park<br />

prevailed 6-0 over the<br />

winless Waimairi.<br />

on Saturday to finish three<br />

points ahead of Capital<br />

Football Federation.<br />

<strong>The</strong> third instalment of<br />

Chelsea Whittaker’s hattrick<br />

made the game safe at<br />

5-2 before Football Ferns<br />

midfielder Longo trimmed<br />

the deficit on the hour mark.<br />

Her seventh goal of<br />

Pride’s six-game campaign<br />

earned her the golden boot,<br />

some solace as Canterbury<br />

side’s endured an unsuccessful<br />

campaign.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Pride had to settle<br />

<strong>The</strong> competition resumes<br />

on February 12.<br />

Points:<br />

Men<br />

Elmwood 78 Cashmere<br />

69 Burnside Park 68<br />

Burwood Park 64<br />

Bishopdale Te Kura Hagley<br />

Park 38 Country Mid<br />

Canterbury 34 Waimairi<br />

18<br />

Women<br />

Burnside Park<br />

Bishopdale 98 Cashmere<br />

90 Te Kura Hagley 86<br />

Elmwood 49 Waimairi 22<br />

Kaiapoi 10<br />

Tennis Canterbury<br />

Annual Awards<br />

Tennis Canterbury<br />

Player of the Year – Abby<br />

Mason, Elmwood.<br />

Ian Jones Memorial<br />

Award for Service to<br />

Tennis – Rhett Mason,<br />

Elmwood.<br />

Personality of the<br />

Year – Dave Meredith,<br />

Cashmere.<br />

Junior Female Player of<br />

the Year – Ruby Young,<br />

Cashmere.<br />

Junior Male Player of<br />

the Year – Riley Breen,<br />

Mid-Canterbury.<br />

High Performance<br />

Coach of the Year – Jack<br />

Tiller, Mid-Canterbury.<br />

Volunteer of the Year –<br />

Shane Steele, Opawa.<br />

Administrator of the<br />

Year – Jo Watts, Redcliffs.<br />

Golden boot but no title for Pride<br />

for third after the Wellington<br />

representative thrashed<br />

Central Football Federation<br />

5-0.<br />

In the men’s series<br />

Cashmere Technical and<br />

Selwyn United failed to advance<br />

to the final, won 7-2<br />

by Miramar Rangers over<br />

local rivals Wellington<br />

Olympic.<br />

A NZ Football report<br />

said Bierema won the<br />

league MVP award for an<br />

“outstanding campaign<br />

between the sticks.’’


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TALENTED speedway rider<br />

George Congreve is set to<br />

continue Canterbury’s proud<br />

association with the Newcastle<br />

Diamonds club in the United<br />

Kingdom, a link started by the<br />

legendary Ivan Mauger.<br />

Pending the completion of<br />

visa formalities, Congreve heads<br />

to England in early February<br />

after a Kiwi rival – and good<br />

mate – Bradley Wilson-Dean<br />

was pivotal in securing a deal for<br />

the 21-year-old.<br />

“Brad’s been racing over there<br />

since 2015, he’s been doing<br />

everything he can to help me get<br />

a team spot. He put the word out<br />

and it’s all worked out, I’m pretty<br />

rapt,” Congreve said.<br />

English-born grandparents<br />

on mother Fiona’s side was also<br />

crucial.<br />

“I’m pretty lucky really, I<br />

wouldn’t have got the team spot<br />

because Newcastle don’t have an<br />

international licence so you’ve<br />

got to be a British rider.”<br />

Congreve starts off as the<br />

No 7-ranked rider with the<br />

Diamonds while Wilson-Dean<br />

spearheads the team when the<br />

domestic season begins in April.<br />

A three-time New Zealand<br />

under-21 speedway champion,<br />

Congreve aims to emulate Wilson-Dean,<br />

who has also raced in<br />

FAST TRACKED: Canterbury speedway rider George Congreve is poised to make a<br />

significant career move to the Newcastle Diamonds club in the United Kingdom, a former<br />

team of the iconic Ivan Mauger (right).<br />

Poland, Denmark and Sweden.<br />

“That’s the game plan. Go<br />

there, give it everything, try and<br />

get some good results and see<br />

where that leads,” said Congreve<br />

who was aware of New Zealand’s<br />

legacy with the Tyneside club.<br />

“Ivan’s ridden there, there’s<br />

plenty of history. It’ll be cool to<br />

try and get some some points for<br />

them.”<br />

Mauger, a six-time world<br />

speedway champion who died in<br />

2018, raced in Newcastle’s traditional<br />

black and white livery<br />

from 1963 to 1968.<br />

Cantabrian Mark Thorpe<br />

was the latest Kiwi to race<br />

for Newcastle, from 1989 to<br />

1994.<br />

“Bringing in Bradley and<br />

George seems a very natural<br />

step,” said Diamonds club owner<br />

Rob Grant.<br />

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“George comes to us with a<br />

reputation of being a good hard<br />

rider who won’t give an inch in<br />

his races.”<br />

With domestic competition<br />

limited due to Covid-19,<br />

Congreve, who switched focus<br />

from motocross when he was<br />

12-years-old, has been spending<br />

plenty of training days at the<br />

Moore Park Speedway in West<br />

Melton.<br />

“I’m trying to get as many laps<br />

in as possible before going away.<br />

I’m trying to keep bike fit,” he<br />

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Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 33<br />

Have some fun in Toyota’s C-HR hybrid<br />

I THINK I missed my true<br />

vocation.<br />

Instead of spending an entire<br />

working life in the printing<br />

industry, work as a suspension<br />

engineer was probably my calling.<br />

You see when I took technical<br />

drawing classes at school, instead<br />

of drawing isometric and oblique<br />

designs out of the curriculum, I<br />

used to secretly draw simple car<br />

axle systems, front and rear.<br />

I’ve always been fascinated by<br />

how suspension geometry works<br />

in any car – the spring rates, shock<br />

absorber types, steering angles<br />

– caster and camber – all that<br />

type of stuff, and today when I’m<br />

evaluating any car that’s the first<br />

thing I relate to, how the car feels<br />

underneath, how well it steers and<br />

how balanced it is in a corner.<br />

That being the case, I couldn’t<br />

help but be delighted with Toyota’s<br />

GR C-HR Sport. <strong>The</strong> C-HR<br />

needs little introduction, it is the<br />

cheeky, edgy small sport utility<br />

vehicle that has drawn much favour<br />

in today’s market. Where the<br />

GR variant is different is that it<br />

gets considerable suspension fettering,<br />

all under the umbrella of<br />

Gazoo Racing, the Toyota Motor<br />

Company’s performance arm.<br />

I’ve driven two or three models<br />

carrying GR badging, and I<br />

can report they have been very<br />

memorable performance cars<br />

and the GR C-HR carried a lot of<br />

expectation.<br />

I’m pleased to report I’m not<br />

disappointed, the GR C-HR is<br />

the hybrid I’d be tempted buy, it<br />

simply has feel and precision that<br />

I relate to, and yes, the GR C-HR<br />

has Toyota’s Synergy Drive system,<br />

it’s by far the most fun you<br />

can ever have in a hybrid, well<br />

that and the Lexus IS250h, a car I<br />

also have a strong affinity for.<br />

<strong>The</strong> GR C-HR is only available<br />

in hybrid form, and therein lies<br />

its appeal. If you want something<br />

just a little bit different in your<br />

hybrid purchase then it is there<br />

to tempt, not only does it get the<br />

excellent work underneath, it<br />

looks sporty, there are big wheels<br />

(19in), a flashy body kit, special<br />

badging and an interior upgrade.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re is white-stitched leather<br />

trim elements, alcantara and<br />

leather-trimmed seats and large<br />

centre console display. Altogether<br />

you are getting a rather special<br />

package and it’s only going to cost<br />

you $43,290, just $1500 above<br />

the Limited hybrid. For interest’s<br />

sake, the C-HR range starts at<br />

$35,790 and also includes 1.2-litre<br />

petrol-only variants.<br />

To me, the GR is a bargain and,<br />

what’s more, you are satisfying<br />

your conscience by buying into<br />

the hybrid market, doing just that<br />

little bit extra for the environment.<br />

<strong>The</strong> GR C-HR hybrid utilises<br />

the well-proven 1.8-litre driveline<br />

that is used in Corolla and Prius.<br />

It’s a unit that not only gives you<br />

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• Price – Toyota GR C-HR<br />

Sport hybrid, $43,290<br />

• Dimensions – Length,<br />

4390mm; width, 1795mm;<br />

height, 1550mm<br />

• Configuration – Fourcylinder,<br />

front-wheeldrive,<br />

1798cc, 72kW<br />

(+18kW), 142Nm,<br />

continuously variable<br />

automatic<br />

• Performance –<br />

0-100km/h, 9.8sec<br />

• Fuel usage – 4.3l/100km<br />

satisfying fuel usage returns,<br />

but there is adequate power<br />

and torque to cope with a fiveoccupant<br />

journey. Toyota claims<br />

72kW and 142Nm, add in an<br />

extra 18kW from the battery and<br />

electric motor system and you<br />

have solid response from under<br />

the bonnet.<br />

Today’s hybrid systems, especially<br />

Toyota’s, are seamless in<br />

their operation; other than the<br />

display graphics that explain what<br />

is happening in terms of propulsion,<br />

it’s not always easy to determine<br />

what is driving the vehicle<br />

at any given point. Sure, if you<br />

want sudden, instant momentum<br />

the petrol engine bursts into life<br />

and it is audible, but under gentle<br />

operating conditions the entire<br />

system is almost silent.<br />

Toyota claims a 4.3-litre per<br />

100km combined cycle fuel usage<br />

average for the GR C-HR, that<br />

would be easily achievable, the<br />

on-board readout was listing at<br />

around 6l/100km when I took the<br />

evaluation car back to the dealership<br />

after a week of inner-city and<br />

highway running.<br />

Other relevant figures include<br />

a 9.8sec standstill to 100km/h<br />

run, while a highway overtake<br />

will take 7sec to reach 120 from<br />

80km/h.<br />

<strong>The</strong> acceleration figures may<br />

pale in comparison to other<br />

Gazoo Racing products, but that<br />

means little, what makes the<br />

C-HR in this form so special is<br />

its all round ability, it simply dispenses<br />

with distance comfortably,<br />

and if you are a push-on type of<br />

driver you know that it is going<br />

to behave wonderfully when the<br />

high country or Port Hills corners<br />

present themselves.<br />

As I’ve alluded to, the GR<br />

C-HR is perfect in a corner, even<br />

considering the weight distribution<br />

is all wrong, comparatively<br />

there’s a lot of weight up front and<br />

with a tube beam rear axle you<br />

could be forgiven for thinking<br />

handling would be ordinary.<br />

However, that’s far from fact,<br />

steerage is delightful, it is accurate<br />

and precise, turn-in just<br />

feels so natural and body balance<br />

is amazingly stable. Even if road<br />

ripples are struck mid-corner<br />

the GR C-HR sits controlled and<br />

unaffected, the rear suspension<br />

by way of its simplicity could be<br />

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quality within the dampers and<br />

the pairing of them to firmish but<br />

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Contributing to that feel and<br />

precision, I must mention the<br />

tyres, they are a performance<br />

Yokohama compound and with<br />

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quality comes in, there<br />

are no uncomfortable moments<br />

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a road west of Darfield I drive<br />

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a real teeth-rattler but the C-HR<br />

absorbed the hits without jarring.<br />

I’ve mentioned some of the<br />

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there would be no contest, the<br />

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4425<br />

Pets & Supplies<br />

CATS UNLOVED<br />

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catsunloved@xtra.co.nz<br />

To Let<br />

HOMESITTERS<br />

reqd Dec/Jan. Lovely<br />

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021 547 262. www.<br />

townandcountryhomesit.<br />

co.nz<br />

Real Estate<br />

Young couple<br />

pre-approved<br />

up to 600k<br />

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027 860 8396<br />

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EXPERIENCED<br />

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36 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

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www.gumleaf.co.nz<br />

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Merry Christmas<br />

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PAINTING<br />

older painter<br />

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0211221487<br />

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WANTED<br />

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ROOF<br />

PAINTING 24/7<br />

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027 561 4629<br />

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Re Roofing<br />

Roof Repairs<br />

Spouting<br />

Approved Age Concern provider<br />

Over 30 years experience<br />

Licensed Building Practitioner<br />

N A BARRELL<br />

ROOFING LTD<br />

Ph: 0275 389 415<br />

Email: nabroofing@xtra.co.nz<br />

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BUILDER QUALIfIED<br />

50 yrs exp. Bathrooms,<br />

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Free quotes. Discount for<br />

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980 9771 or 027 2266 930<br />

BUILDER,<br />

HANDYMAN,<br />

MAINTENANCE<br />

Have peace of mind with<br />

a fully qualified owner<br />

operater LBP. Available<br />

for all jobs around the<br />

home, commercial or<br />

rental property (extremely<br />

experienced in Healthy<br />

Homes Reporting and<br />

all Remedial works) Call<br />

Chris on 027 3888 211<br />

BUILDER<br />

New builds, alterations,<br />

decks, fencing. 30 yrs in<br />

the trade has given me<br />

ability to build to a high<br />

standard. Free quotes. Ph<br />

Brent 027 241 7471<br />

CARPET LAYING<br />

Exp. Repairs, uplifting,<br />

relaying, restretching.<br />

Phone John on 0800<br />

003181, 027 240 74<strong>16</strong><br />

jflattery@xtra.co.nz<br />

CARPENTER/<br />

BUILDER<br />

Licensed Building<br />

Practitioner no. 100981.<br />

All carpentry & building<br />

repairs & maintenance.<br />

Alterations & property<br />

upgrades.Laundries /<br />

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replaced. Specialising in<br />

replacement of all rotten<br />

timber, fascia boards,<br />

window, windowsills etc.<br />

John Sandford, ph 329<br />

46<strong>16</strong>, mob 027 5189 598<br />

johnsandford2@gmail.<br />

com<br />

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licensed carpenter<br />

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quotes 03 383 1927 or 027<br />

Friendly experienced<br />

245 5226 ciey@xtra.co.nz<br />

techs available to help you<br />

AA SHOWER now. Christchurch based.<br />

CLEANING<br />

All work guaranteed.<br />

by Professionals . Ph 021<br />

022 824 85<br />

Computer Help 0800 349<br />

669<br />

ARBORIST.<br />

DECORATING &<br />

Qualified.Copper CLEANING SERVICES<br />

Beech Tree Services. Style Solutions Ltd. Free<br />

Tree removal, pruning, quotes avail. Ph Lyn 0274<br />

height reduction, hedge<br />

trimming, shaping, tree<br />

planting, firewood. Free<br />

840 807<br />

ELECTRICIAN<br />

All types of domestic<br />

Quote. Contact Angus & commercial work<br />

Edwaards 027 259 6741. undertaken, new housing,<br />

copperbeechtreeservices@ alterations, extensions,<br />

gmail.com<br />

ranges, security lights,<br />

BRICK & BLOCK quick response, efficient<br />

LAYING<br />

service, free quotes,<br />

all restoration work city -wide. No call out<br />

and new work plus fee. M/S, 8-5. Call Pat<br />

foundations, ph 342 9340<br />

or 021 853 033<br />

Barrett 03 359 2087/ 027<br />

7331384.<br />

Trades & Services<br />

with 24 years experience<br />

housing and switch board<br />

ELECTRICIAN<br />

Prompt & reliable<br />

registered electrician<br />

for all residential and<br />

commercial work, new<br />

replacements. Phone Chris<br />

027 5<strong>16</strong> 0669<br />

ELECTRICIAN<br />

Available, 30 years<br />

experience, immediate<br />

start, competitive rate,<br />

ph Brian 027 433 9548<br />

No Call out fee<br />

ELECTRICIAN (REG))<br />

Prompt, quality. Call Jack<br />

027 206 0080<br />

fENCING<br />

All types of fencing . Free<br />

quotes. Ph Jim 022 137<br />

1920<br />

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N.T. Gas Services.<br />

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Reg Craftsman Gas Fitter.<br />

Ph Nick 021 892 491<br />

GUTTER CLEANING<br />

SUMMER SPECIAL<br />

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For Fast and friendly<br />

Service call Canterbury<br />

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8506. FREE QUOTES<br />

HANDY - DAN<br />

General Handyman for<br />

all your maintenance<br />

requirements. I specialise<br />

in fences and decking, also<br />

do spouting cleans and<br />

repairs and everyday home<br />

maintenance. NO JOB TO<br />

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 />

LANDSCAPING<br />

Paving, Lawns, Irrigation,<br />

Decking, Fencing.<br />

Kanga & small digger<br />

services. Check out Squire<br />

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Arthur 347-8796, 027<br />

220-7014 Edwin 027 220-<br />

7154<br />

ODD JOB SPECIALIST<br />

Small jobs specialists.<br />

eg: drippy taps, sticky<br />

doors, locks, spouting/<br />

fence repairs Discount for<br />

pensioners.<br />

Ph 390 1565 or 022 5275<br />

668. Avail now.<br />

PAINTER,QUALIfIED<br />

local professional, Int /<br />

Ext,roofs,wallpaper, call<br />

or text Corban 027 846<br />

5035<br />

PAINTING<br />

Indoor / Outdoor, over 30<br />

yrs exp, same day quotes,<br />

ph Steve 021 255 7968


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Trades & Services<br />

PAINTING<br />

PLASTERING<br />

Free quotes. Int/ext &<br />

roof painting Family run<br />

business, work guaranteed.<br />

Pensioner discounts. Ph<br />

Kerin or Paul 022 191<br />

7877 or 379-1281. Website<br />

www.swedekiwipainting.<br />

co.nz<br />

PAINTER<br />

Free quotes & advice.<br />

Trade cert,36 yrs exp. Int/<br />

Ext. John Anderson 021<br />

050 6151<br />

PAINTER,QuALIfIEd<br />

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Ext,roofs,wallpaper, call<br />

or text Corban 027 846<br />

5035<br />

PLASTERER<br />

Phone Finn for all your<br />

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No job too small -<br />

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born. Ph 022 087 4351<br />

PLASTERING<br />

Gary 4 Fixing, stopping,<br />

solid plastering, brick<br />

repairs & painting. 021<br />

529 022 / 342 8950<br />

PLuMBER<br />

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Brian 021 112-3492 or 03<br />

960 7673<br />

PLuMBER<br />

Do you need a reliable<br />

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V Plumbing Ltd. 022 351<br />

4125<br />

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REPAIRS.<br />

Free Courtesy Cars<br />

(conditions apply),All<br />

Insurance work, Rust<br />

Repairs & Private work.<br />

Spray-painting.<br />

Free pickup & delivery.<br />

Ph. 03 388 5187<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,<br />

honest & reliable, any<br />

area considered, also<br />

rubbish removals, ph Chch<br />

0274346047<br />

RoofING<br />

All Roof repairs, Roof<br />

painting, moss treatments,<br />

Gutter cleaning 10 + yrs<br />

exp, free quotes 24 / 7, Ph<br />

027 5<strong>16</strong> 6609<br />

RoTARY HoEING<br />

Vege gardens. New<br />

sections. Ph Dave 382<br />

5779 / 027 673 0495<br />

RuBBISH REMoVAL<br />

Van, Trailer Rubbish<br />

Removal. Ph Gary 342-<br />

8950, 021 529 022<br />

SPouTING CLEANING<br />

SPECIALIST<br />

Entire spouting system<br />

cleared. Single or 2 storey.<br />

Jo 021 <strong>16</strong>4 0365<br />

SPouTING<br />

CLEANING<br />

Spouting Unblocked,<br />

Cleaned Out and Flushed<br />

Out, Call Trevor 332 8949<br />

or 021 043 2034<br />

SPouTING<br />

Select Spouting<br />

<strong>The</strong> PVC specialist.<br />

Repairs & replacement. Ph<br />

022 197 2351<br />

TREE SERVICES<br />

Free quotes 20+ yrs exp.<br />

Tree, hedge or shrub<br />

- reduction, shaped or<br />

removed. Ph/text Paul<br />

<strong>The</strong> Branch Manager<br />

0274314720<br />

Trades & Services<br />

TREE SERVICES.<br />

Specialist tree pruning<br />

& shaping. Also hedge<br />

trimming, tidy-ups &<br />

mulching. Ph Hugh <strong>The</strong><br />

Little Green Groomer<br />

Ph 021 275 5445<br />

TREE SERVICES<br />

Hedges, shrubs, tree<br />

trimming & rubbish<br />

removal. Phone for free<br />

quotes 022 540 4900<br />

Wanted To Buy<br />

WANTED<br />

ANTIQUE FURNITURE<br />

and good quality<br />

second hand furniture<br />

Happy to travel<br />

Phone Rick 021 376883<br />

or email photo to:<br />

hall.coffey@xtra.co.nz<br />

WANTED<br />

SLEEPOUTS<br />

Sleepouts Galore<br />

Buyers and sellers of<br />

relocatable buildings<br />

11 Brixton Street, Hornby<br />

Phone: 349 9633<br />

STEVE PURCELL<br />

ANTIQUES<br />

BUYING<br />

NOW<br />

Gold jewellery,<br />

watches, coins,<br />

medals, scrap<br />

gold, sterling<br />

silver, pewter,<br />

original paintings,<br />

modern art.<br />

351 9139<br />

stevepurcellantiques.com<br />

Wanted To Buy<br />

AAA Buying goods<br />

quality furniture, beds,<br />

stoves, washing machines,<br />

fridge freezers. Same day<br />

service. Selwyn Dealers.<br />

Phone 980 5812 or 027<br />

313 8156<br />

A+ ALL whiteware<br />

wanted. Same day<br />

service, cash paid for<br />

freezes, fridges, washing<br />

machines, ovens. Also<br />

buying furniture & h/<br />

hold effects.Anything<br />

considered. Ph Dave 960-<br />

8440, 027 66 22 1<strong>16</strong><br />

A1 Albums, old photo’s,<br />

postcards, coins, gold,<br />

bank notes, badges,<br />

medals, jewellery,<br />

watches, china, crystal,<br />

books, furs, vintage<br />

clothing, paintings,<br />

furniture, estates &<br />

downsizing. Etcetera<br />

Antiques, 194 Edgeware<br />

Rd 385 5117<br />

A+ Household effects,<br />

fridges, freezers, washing<br />

machines, ovens. Good<br />

cash paid. Ph Paul 022<br />

0891 671<br />

A records and Hi-Fi<br />

gear wanted. Pennylane<br />

Sydenham. 7 days. Ph<br />

366-3278<br />

BOOKS old wanted.<br />

Phone 354 <strong>16</strong>21<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<br />

Wanted to buy<br />

TIN TOYS<br />

Tin Toys early tin plate, battery<br />

power, windup, mechanical,<br />

novelty action etc.<br />

Collector, phone: 027 357 0481<br />

Senior Citizens<br />

Outings<br />

with Companion Driving Service Ltd<br />

Milford Sound & Central<br />

Otago Fruit Stall Tour<br />

Departing Monday 31 January<br />

- 4 nights & 5 days.<br />

Day 1 ChCh to Wanaka & overnight.<br />

Day 2 Wanaka to Te Anau & overnight.<br />

Day 3 Te Anau to Milford Sound &<br />

return to Te Anau & overnight.<br />

Day 4 Te Anau to Central Otago fruit<br />

stalls & overnight in Dunedin.<br />

Day 5 Dunedin to ChCh.<br />

All D.B.B. included - coach hostess -<br />

single room (no sharing) free home pick<br />

up & drop off. Milford Boat Cruise &<br />

buffet lunch included<br />

$1840.00 (eftpos available).<br />

PHONE PETER ON 0800 453 873 fOR bOOkiNgs<br />

(All OuR sTAff HAvE bEEN vAcciNATEd)<br />

Situations Vacant<br />

CLEANERS<br />

REQUIRED<br />

Sumner Area<br />

Monday to Friday<br />

3pm - 6pm<br />

To start mid Jan 2022<br />

Team Leader Role<br />

in Beckenham Area<br />

Monday to Friday<br />

3pm - 6pm<br />

To start mid Jan 2022<br />

Team Leader Role<br />

in City Centre<br />

Monday to Friday<br />

6am - 10am<br />

Immediate start<br />

We are looking for cleaners<br />

to join our commercial<br />

cleaning team.<br />

You will need to pass a<br />

Security Check and you<br />

MUST have your<br />

own 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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<strong>The</strong> Hornby Club is complying with the<br />

Covid Protection Framework or<br />

"Traffic Light System" as a<br />

Vaccine Pass Required Business.<br />

PAVILION CAFE<br />

OPEN 8AM-5PM<br />

GREAT MENU<br />

BREAKFAST MENU UNTIL 2PM<br />

LIVE MUSIC<br />

SATURDAY 8PM: IN THE HALL<br />

CHRISTMAS COUNTRY SHOW<br />

feat. REMEDY SOLD OUT<br />

SUNDAY 3PM: IN THE PAVILION<br />

IAN MAC<br />

SATURDAY FROM 4PM<br />

SPECIAL<br />

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Carvery<br />

HEADING ALONG TO OUR SOLD OUT COUNTRY<br />

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AVAILABLE IN CHALMERS RESTAURANT<br />

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BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL<br />

NON CONCERT GOERS WELCOME TOO!<br />

SUNDAY FROM 9AM<br />

Parker v Chisora<br />

SUNDAY FROM 6PM<br />

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NEW YEAR<br />

2022 Countdown Party<br />

WITH<br />

DnD SHOWBAND<br />

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BONANZA<br />

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T&C'S APPLY. REGISTER AT OFFICE ON DAY. ONE ENTRY PER MEMBER.<br />

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DEC<br />

8.30PM<br />

SHUTTLE VAN OPERATING<br />

17 CARMEN RD | PH. 03 349 9026<br />

WWW.HORNBYWMC.CO.NZ<br />

THE best buffet in town is back!<br />

Now Canterbury is out of Level 2 and into Level<br />

Orange on the Covid-19 Protection Framework, the<br />

Garden Restuarant Buffet's extensive and affordable<br />

buffet restaurant is nally able to operate, offering<br />

buffet for lunch and dinner with exquisite<br />

International, Asian selections and local favourites.<br />

You'll be spoilt for choice and guaranteed to satisfy<br />

any family member's taste. Be sure to leave room for<br />

dessert. e dessert selection is amazing and includes<br />

classics like their famous hot sticky date pudding<br />

served with custard sauce.<br />

"We're so pleased to be back in full operation and<br />

it's wonderful to see happy familiar faces," said<br />

Margaret Wong, General Manager. "We'd like to<br />

thank our customers for their support over past<br />

WE ARE NOW<br />

OPERATING AS A<br />

VACCINE PASS<br />

REQUIRED<br />

BUSINESS<br />

AS OUTLINED<br />

N THE 'TRAFFIC<br />

IGHT SYSTEM'<br />

(COVID PROTECTION<br />

FRAMEWORK).<br />

buffet it back!<br />

THE ENTERTAINMENT HUB OF THE NORTH!<br />

OPEN FROM 11AM<br />

months and advise that at Level Orange, Vaccine<br />

Passes are required from everyone aged 12 years and<br />

over. is includes guests attending private<br />

functions."<br />

Christmas is the most awaited celebration of the<br />

year and there's no better way to get in the spirit<br />

than eating and drinking with family, friends and<br />

colleagues. Christmas Day Lunch is almost at<br />

capacity but there's still time to book a pre-Christmas<br />

get together and to mark the occasion the Buffet has<br />

added festive favourites to the regular selection from<br />

Wednesday to Sunday. And if you're stuck for<br />

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EVE<br />

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FRI<br />

31<br />

DEC<br />

8PM<br />

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Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 39<br />

christchurch<br />

GIG GUIDE<br />

Thursday <strong>16</strong> to Wednesday 22 <strong>December</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

To add a listing, contact<br />

Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or<br />

027 458 8590<br />

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi<br />

www.star.kiwi/whatson<br />

Get all ‘Christmasy’ with us!<br />

PRE-CHRISTMAS<br />

FUNCTIONS, PARTIES,<br />

WORK BREAK UPS.<br />

CHECK OUT OUR<br />

SET MENUS<br />

AVAILABLE LUNCH & DINNER DAILY<br />

UNTIL 24/12/21 FOR PARTIES OF 10 OR MORE<br />

SORRY, WE ARE CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY<br />

<strong>The</strong><br />

RESTAURANT & CAFÉ<br />

0pen daily from 6.30am<br />

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner<br />

RACECOURSE HOTEL<br />

& Motorlodge<br />

118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn,<br />

Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150<br />

www.racecoursehotel.co.nz<br />

Long established covers band, Flat City Brotherhood (Nik, Scott & Thomas).<br />

Catch them at the Miller Bar on Lincoln Rd tomorrow night or at<br />

<strong>The</strong> Phat Duck in Ashburton on Saturday.<br />

12 BAR, 342 St Asaph St: Thursday<br />

7.30pm - Steph McEwin & Robbie<br />

Murray & friends, free. Friday 8pm -<br />

Blindfolded & Led to the Woods album<br />

release tour with support Plague of the<br />

Fallen; Treachery; Rosetown, tickets at<br />

cosmicticketing.co.nz. Saturday 8pm -<br />

Jamfest 1 feat. Purple Wookie & Green<br />

Gungan and Stoner Open Mic, free.<br />

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo<br />

St: All gigs/events are 'Covid Vaccine<br />

Passports Required'. Friday 8pm -<br />

Damage Effect (Metallica tribute act)<br />

SOLD OUT. Saturday 8pm - Bobby Lee<br />

(acoustic covers), free; 9pm - Good<br />

Company (Chch covers supergroup feat.<br />

ex-members of Unlimited Speed Zone,<br />

Bobby lee, Marc Hanson, Richard Price,<br />

Brian Lewis), free. Sunday 4pm - Family<br />

Christmas Variety Concert feat. Lisa Tui;<br />

Matt Davis; Solomona; & guests,<br />

doorsales $10, plus a can of food for the<br />

Christmas tree. Monday 7pm - Believe It<br />

or Not Quiz, free. Tuesday 8pm - Thy<br />

Kingdom Comedy presents Standup<br />

Comedy Line-up, free. Wednesday<br />

7.30pm - Cathcart Walsh & Blaikie<br />

(CWB) feat. special guest Andy Genge,<br />

free.<br />

BOO RADLEY'S, 98 Victoria St:<br />

Friday 8.30pm - Live music. Saturday<br />

8.30pm - Live music. Wednesday 9.30pm<br />

- Open Mic.<br />

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO, 30<br />

Victoria St: Friday 6pm - Lissel; 9pm -<br />

Reckless. Saturday 6pm - Lino; 9pm -<br />

Cantora.<br />

DUX LIVE & DUX CENTRAL, 6<br />

Poplar Lane: Saturday from 3.30pm -<br />

<strong>The</strong> Summer Solstice feat. Little Bird;<br />

Mecka; Real Estate; Hootz; Genzed;<br />

D'Sendantz; <strong>The</strong> Fillets; Azure b2b<br />

Scheme; Bomb Dylan b2b Beccie B; Paige<br />

Julia; Willy Styles; Clubkingz; Prophet,<br />

free entry before 10am and $10 after.<br />

R18. Vaccine Passports required.<br />

FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St:<br />

Thursday 6pm - Ed's Jazz Club feat. <strong>The</strong><br />

Nocturnals Christmas songs, tickets<br />

$10/$15; 8pm - Tumehe Rongonui; 10pm<br />

- Corner Sounds. Friday 5pm - Kate<br />

Anastasiou; 8pm - Black & Gold with<br />

Lauren Marshall; 11.30pm - Perry.<br />

Saturday 5pm - Lorne Joblin; 8pm - Oval<br />

Office; 11.30pm - Smashbox.<br />

HORNBY CLUB, Carmen Rd:<br />

Saturday 8pm - Christmas Country<br />

Music Show SOLD OUT (in the Hall).<br />

Sunday 3pm - Ian Mac (in the Pavilion).<br />

KAIAPOI CLUB, 113 Raven Quay:<br />

Friday 7pm - Christmas Break-Up Party<br />

with the DnD TRIO (Jojo, Gigi & Mark),<br />

free. Xmas Eve Friday 24th <strong>December</strong><br />

4pm - Family Affair & Aroha Williams<br />

including Sport Suzi Circus Show. NYE<br />

Friday 31st <strong>December</strong> 8pm - Stevie K &<br />

Jo Hill, free.<br />

MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St:<br />

Friday 10.30pm - Shadow Puppet.<br />

Saturday 10.30pm - Red Zone.<br />

MOON UNDER WATER, 152<br />

Somerfield St: Sunday 2.30pm -<br />

Sunday Sesh feat. Nick Jackman.<br />

SHARKEY'S BAR, 96 Hoon Hay Rd:<br />

Saturday 7pm - Karaoke. Sunday 4pm -<br />

Open Mic.<br />

SULLIVANS IRISH PUB, 291 Lincoln<br />

Rd: Friday 7.30pm - Live music. Saturday<br />

7.30pm - Live music. Wednesday 7pm -<br />

Willie's Open Mic Big Xmas Bash.<br />

THE BOG IRISH BAR, 50 Victoria St:<br />

Thursday 7pm - Quiz Night. Friday<br />

10pm - Shameless Few. Saturday 11pm -<br />

Keenan's Revenge. Sunday 4pm - Willie<br />

& Stephen's Christmas Special.<br />

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd:<br />

Thursday 8pm - <strong>The</strong> Giant Poppies feat.<br />

James Palmer (drums/vocals); Andrew<br />

Cooper (guitar/vocals); John Woods<br />

(bass/vocals). Wednesday 9pm - Titanic<br />

(Kevin Emmett, Nick Buchanan, and<br />

Peter K Malthus).<br />

THE LOONS BAR, <strong>16</strong> Canterbury<br />

St, Lyttelton: Wednesday 8pm - Al P &<br />

his P.A.L's (Downstairs Bar).<br />

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd:<br />

Vaccine Pass required. Friday 9.30pm -<br />

Flat City Brotherhood. Saturday 9.30pm -<br />

Old Skool. Sunday 4pm - Xmas<br />

Celebration with Matt Lysaght; 6pm -<br />

Lance Kiwi Karaoke. Tuesday 7pm -<br />

Quiz. Wednesday 7.30pm - Lance Kiwi<br />

Karaoke.<br />

THE TURF, 6 Inwoods Rd: Thursday<br />

7pm - Willie Mcarthur.<br />

WUNDERBAR LYTTELTON, 19<br />

London St: Thursday 8.30pm -<br />

Comedy Night. Friday 8.30pm - Genzed;<br />

Th' Goonz, $10 entry. Wednesday 7pm -<br />

Jam Night.<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Senior Gold Card *Discounts<br />

*Excludes Friday to Sunday Dinner<br />

BOOK YOUR<br />

CHRISTMAS<br />

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WE ARE OPEN<br />

CHRISTMAS DAY<br />

LUNCH<br />

Bookings Essential<br />

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fb.com/GardenRestaurantBuffet<br />

www.gardenhotel.co.nz<br />

9AM - 4PM 7 DAYS<br />

TUE: CHICKEN NIBBLES & CHIPS<br />

WED: ROAST MEAL<br />

THU & FRI: FISH & CHIPS<br />

SAT: CHICKEN NIBBLES & CHIPS<br />

SUN: ROAST MEAL<br />

Available 11.30am-2pm<br />

CAFÉ<br />

COFFEE<br />

CLICK &<br />

COLLECT<br />

ORANGE = SELF SERVICE BUFFET<br />

From <strong>December</strong> 3rd, the Garden Hotel complex<br />

will be complying with the Covid Protection<br />

Framework or 'Traffic Light System' as a<br />

Vaccine Pass Required Business.<br />

Covid Vaccine Certificate (My Vaccine Pass or<br />

CVC) required for entry from everyone aged<br />

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40 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

www.starnews.co.nz<br />

<strong>The</strong> Sawyers Arms Rd site has<br />

a high number of annual visitors<br />

who use the reserve, which contains<br />

two lakes, for watersports,<br />

swimming and picnics.<br />

Board chairwoman Bridget<br />

Williams said the reserve was<br />

“It’s something that has been on<br />

the board’s radar for a long time.”<br />

connecting you with your neighbourhood<br />

Merry<br />

Christmas<br />

From the team<br />

at <strong>Star</strong> Media<br />

Making sure kids<br />

experience the<br />

joy of Christmas<br />

Plans to<br />

upgrade<br />

recreation<br />

area to be<br />

opened for<br />

discussion<br />

• By Fiona Ellis<br />

Thursday, <strong>December</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2021</strong> | Christchurch’s best read and largest circulating newspaper<br />

PLANS TO upgrade a popular<br />

outdoor recreation area are se to<br />

be opened for public feedback in<br />

the new year.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Fendalton-Waimairi-<br />

Harewood Community Board<br />

approved the release of the city<br />

council’s Roto Kohatu Reserve<br />

draft reserve management plan at<br />

a meeting on Monday.<br />

popular but needed to keep pace<br />

with demand.<br />

“It’s a wonderful resource and<br />

well used by the community . but some planning and development<br />

defiantly needs to happen,”<br />

Williams said.<br />

THAT’S A WRAP: Birthright Canterbury connect and learn volunteer co-ordinator Loraine van der Colff, of<br />

Northwood, helps out at Birthright Canterbury’s annual Toy Day.<br />

Stock up your freezer this summer<br />

A TOY giveaway has helped<br />

make Christmas a little<br />

brighter for 172 children who<br />

will wake up to the joy of<br />

wrapped presents under their<br />

tree.<br />

Birthright Canterbury’s annual Toy Day supports the children and caregivers of single-parent families.<br />

Birthright co-ordinator Loraine van der Colff said she loves seeing the joy the day brings to local families.<br />

gifts for their children,” the<br />

Northwood resident said.<br />

“<strong>The</strong>y walk Canterbury<br />

connect and learn volunteer “People are always very grateful to be able to receive out with<br />

big smiles and are very<br />

appreciative.”<br />

• Turn to page 5<br />

Selling delicious, original Kiwi cuisine, baking fresh daily.<br />

See in store for our baked Christmas goodies!<br />

EDGEWARE VILLAGE 1066 Colombo St, Ph. 365 0802<br />

BISHOPDALE VILLAGE MALL 135 Farrington Ave, Ph. 359 1020<br />

with our Grab ‘N’ Go Premade meals!<br />

OPEN 7 DAYS 7.00AM - 5.30PM<br />

FROM DEBBIE PETTIGREW<br />

Grenadier Real Estate Ltd MREINZ Licensed Agent RE A 2 08<br />

GRENADIER<br />

GRENADIER Debbie Pettigrew<br />

M 027 777 0411<br />

From late January 2022 until<br />

late March 2022 the city council<br />

will consult the public on how<br />

the site should be used, with the<br />

draft plan stating increasing usage<br />

means greater competition for<br />

different uses.<br />

Multiple sports facility<br />

buildings are being considered at<br />

locations across the reserve.<br />

• Turn to page 5<br />

Our range includes:<br />

• Rendang Beef Curry<br />

• Red Vegan Duck Curry<br />

• Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken • Thai Green Chicken Curry<br />

• Vietnamese Chicken Curry • Massaman Lamb Curry<br />

From $12.90<br />

to $18.90<br />

Order them online or pick them up from your<br />

local Asian Garden Hospitality Restaurants!<br />

Don’t forget to visit www.agh.co.nz to order your gift cards, order takeaway,<br />

book to dine in, order merch or any of our Grab ‘N’ Go premade meals!<br />

Visit any of our restaurants below to experience authentic Asian cuisine right here in Christchurch!<br />

Halswell Papanui Riccarton Beckenham Sumner Harewood<br />

To view our menus, go to our website www.agh.co.nz


Halswell<br />

Hoi an House<br />

thai and Vietnamese cuisine<br />

Hoi An House means “<strong>The</strong> perfect meeting place” a<br />

place to come relax, eat, enjoy, and never leave the<br />

table hungry! Function area caters up to 80 people.<br />

Open 7 days from 5pm - 8.30pm • 265 Halswell Road, Halswell • 03 260 1799 • www.hoianhouse.co.nz<br />

Papanui<br />

Only a 10 minute drive from Beckenham<br />

Book your table online!<br />

Order takeaways online!<br />

thai Garden<br />

simple, yet adventurous.<br />

Thai Garden is about fun, fresh food that combines the best of Asian<br />

flavours. We offer fast service, friendly staff and fresh ingredients.<br />

Book your table online!<br />

Order takeaways online!<br />

Open 7 days from 5pm - 8.30pm • 484 Cranford Street, Christchurch • 03 354 9203 • www.thaigarden.co.nz<br />

Riccarton<br />

Buddha stix<br />

the best pan-asian cuisine<br />

Vivid with colour and saturated with flavour,<br />

Buddha Stix a all of your senses to create an<br />

intimate and memorable dining experience.<br />

Book your table online!<br />

Order takeaways online!<br />

Open 7 days from 5pm - 8.30pm • 74 Riccarton Road, Riccarton • 03 961 1704 • www.buddhastix.co.nz<br />

Beckenham<br />

commi<br />

Food for the people!<br />

We believe that sharing is caring. A fresh, fast and<br />

casual dining experience for everyone to enjoy!<br />

Book your table online!<br />

Order takeaways online!<br />

Open 7 days from 5pm - 8.30pm • Cnr Somerfield/Colombo Streets • 03 366 8844 • www.commi.co.nz<br />

Sumner<br />

le Xōm<br />

Inodchina, Vietnamese cuisine<br />

Here you will find the delectable flavourings of<br />

Asia served up in an environment that creates an<br />

enticing atmosphere.<br />

Book your table online!<br />

Order takeaways online!<br />

Open 7 days from 5pm - 8.30pm • 6 Wakefield Ave, Sumner • 03 326 4352 • www.lexom.co.nz<br />

Harewood<br />

Our purposely built cooking school<br />

and Asian Garden offers our customers<br />

a unique opportunity to learn Asian<br />

Cooking techniques, classes from $99 per<br />

person, 3 to 4 hours of learning and fun.<br />

We teach the secrets of thai,<br />

Vietnamese, chinese and other asian<br />

cuisine, dumpling making. Beer, wine<br />

and juice are included.<br />

Great for single, groups, or team building. kids classes available.<br />

On-site<br />

accommodation<br />

is available!<br />

Book a<br />

class today!<br />

10 Whitchurch Place, Harewood • 03 359 8917 • www.asiancookschool.co.nz<br />

To view our menus, go to our website www.agh.co.nz


Thursday <strong>December</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2021</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 45<br />

Wishing you a Bigger Better<br />

Christmas from Bush Inn!<br />

FREE SANTA AND<br />

GIFT WRAPPING<br />

<strong>The</strong> Provedore, Briscoes, Taco Bell<br />

unbelievable food and hospitality outlets<br />

plus now...<br />

MetroMart Convenience Store opens Christmas week!<br />

OK MART - massive gift warehouse - is now open!<br />

PHAT PHILLIP Ice Creams and Desserts – now open!<br />

SANTA GROTTO OPEN– visit our fabulous White<br />

Christmas Grotto!<br />

WECARENOW Health Centre – opens January !<br />

SMART MOBILE - opens in two weeks!<br />

Your Festive alternative to supermarkets<br />

– all you need for your celebration!<br />

<strong>The</strong> Provedore<br />

Grocery Market<br />

MetroMart convenience store<br />

opens Christmas week!<br />

Corey Winder Master Butcher now open!<br />

the Source bulk foods now open!<br />

Tank Juice now open!<br />

Salmon Heaven now open!<br />

V Mart International Supermarket<br />

now open!<br />

Aroma Bakery now open!<br />

Super Bazaar House of Spices now open!<br />

Corey Winder European Deli opens January


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<strong>The</strong> Provedore our speciality grocery and provisions stores – your<br />

festive alternative to supermarkets – all you need for your celebration!!<br />

As more and more customers discover <strong>The</strong> Provedore we<br />

continue to grow.<br />

<strong>The</strong> latest addition to our line up is MetroMart the fastest<br />

growing modern Convenience Store brand in NZ opening<br />

Christmas week. Open 7 days 8am – late for award winning<br />

pies, Epiphany Donuts , freshly brewed coffee a huge<br />

confectionery range or healthier choices MetroMart will have<br />

all your daily essentials.<br />

With our expanding line up of speciality grocery providers we<br />

now have all you need under one roof! Come and discover<br />

<strong>The</strong> Provedore for yourself and make us your new weekly shop.<br />

Unbelievable Food Line up!<br />

When you’ve done your shopping whether<br />

you want fast food, breakfast, lunch or dinner<br />

we reckon we have the best line up of food<br />

outlets in the city! From Burger Fuel and Lone<br />

<strong>Star</strong> to Smokeshack BBQ, Tuk Tuk Thai, Kebab<br />

Inn we have over 30 eateries – you wont go<br />

hungry at Bush Inn !<br />

Bush Inn is once again punching above<br />

its weight as we increase our other<br />

offerings to you!<br />

Taco Bell is now open with an outstanding new outlet<br />

here at Bush Inn.<br />

WeCareNow Medical Centre opens in January – a full<br />

range of same day care, family medicine, lifestyle and<br />

wellbeing services, acute and accident medical will be<br />

on offer.<br />

Combined with our Unichem Pharmacy Bush Inn really<br />

will provide all you need for your health and wellbeing.<br />

Contact www.wecarehealth.co.nz for appointments.<br />

Smart Mobile - a full range of mobile phones,<br />

accessories, repairs and laptop and computer repairs –<br />

opens late <strong>December</strong>.<br />

Phat Phillip NOW OPEN for ice creams and dessert<br />

treats<br />

ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGERS are now available for<br />

you to charge up free of charge!


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Here are some festive<br />

offers from our team to<br />

make your visit worthwhile!<br />

MetroMart<br />

Opening specials!<br />

Milk 2 Litres (Cow and Gate) 2 for $6.30<br />

Monster Energy 2 for $6,<br />

Live+ / Mother 2 for $5<br />

MetroMart Sausage Rolls 2 for $5.99<br />

Freshly Brewed Coffee only $1.50<br />

everyday<br />

Super Bazaar House of Spices<br />

• Apples 1kg for $1.99<br />

• India Gate Rozzana Basmati Rice 5kg $13.99<br />

• India Heritage Canola Oil 5L $19.99<br />

• India Heritage Rozzana Basmati Rice 5kg $13.99<br />

• India Heritage Rozzana Basmati Rice 20kg $49.99<br />

• Kurkure 4 for $5.00<br />

• Kitchen Xpress Chakki Atta 5kg $8.99<br />

• Lay’s 4 for $5.00<br />

B.O.G.O.F<br />

BUY ONE GET ONE FREE<br />

<strong>The</strong> Source Bulk Foods<br />

Do you still have Christmas gifts to buy for your foodie<br />

friends and family, teachers or clients? We will help<br />

you put together the perfect gift! Pop in to visit us<br />

with us before the 24th <strong>December</strong> with this voucher<br />

and receive $10 off when you spend at least $40.<br />

Bring this in to our Bush Inn store,<br />

and when you buy any hot drink<br />

you can get a second drink for free!*<br />

* Second drink equal or lesser value<br />

*Only redeemable at Coffee Culture Bush Inn<br />

*Expires January 31 st , 2022<br />

Salmon Heaven<br />

Entertaining made easy – come in<br />

and see us or jump on the website<br />

- salmonheaven.nz for free shipping<br />

NZ wide. Beautiful gift packs<br />

available. 20% off blinis and 100g<br />

smoke salmon for <strong>December</strong> when<br />

purchased together instore.<br />

Corey Winder Master<br />

Butcher and Euro Deli<br />

Now Taking orders for Christmas<br />

Hams, Turkey’s, Lamb and all<br />

your BBQ meats. We have a<br />

large selection of Gluten Free<br />

Christmas treats.


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Front<br />

runner<br />

30% off all<br />

Crusaders<br />

and All Blacks<br />

supporters gear<br />

(while stocks last)<br />

black and White<br />

Coffee<br />

To celebrate our recent kitchen<br />

upgrade, we would like to offer<br />

a Free regular coffee with any<br />

purchase from our new brunch/<br />

lunch/kids menu. Offer valid for the rest of<br />

the year <strong>2021</strong>, just bring this ad with you. * T&c apply<br />

Kimchee<br />

Kumara Noodles (pack)<br />

$8.00 NOW $6.00<br />

Kimchi regular meal set<br />

Non VG $5.00 NOW $2.50<br />

VG $6.00 NOW $3.00<br />

Kimchee Pancake (pack)<br />

$8.00 NOW $4.00<br />

Kimchee’s regular special<br />

$14.90 NOW $10.90<br />

bibimbap (Vg/non Vg)<br />

$<strong>16</strong>.90 NOW $12.90<br />

Promotion period: until 31st <strong>December</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

briscoes<br />

All aroma & candles 1/2 PrICe<br />

All curtains, tracks & accessories 1/2 PrICe<br />

All duvet covers 1/2 PrICe<br />

OVer 40% OFF All cutlery & sets<br />

AT LeAsT 30% OFF All outdoor wicker<br />

furniture settings<br />

40% OFF all Goldair gas BBQ’s<br />

All glass stemware & sets 1/2 PrICe<br />

All cushions 1/2 PrICe (excludes outdoor<br />

creations)<br />

All Panasonic microwaves 1/2 PrICe<br />

All outdoor games & toys 1/2 PrICe<br />

Valid 18th and 19 <strong>December</strong><br />

Haircuts for<br />

Haircuts<br />

Haircuts for the entire family.<br />

No appointment necessary.<br />

Don’t forget our loyalty card,<br />

every 8th haircut is Free.<br />

visit our wonderful new white Christmas themed santa Grotto!<br />

(vaccine passes for adults and masks for children over 12 required)<br />

Free sANTA ANd gIFT WrAPPINg<br />

CeNTre TrAdINg HOurs<br />

9am – 5pm Weekdays,<br />

10am -4pm Sundays<br />

PubLIC HOLIdAys<br />

10:00am – 5:00pm<br />

FOOd OuTLeTs<br />

11:30am – Until Late<br />

LOCATION<br />

Cnr Riccarton and Waimairi Roads,<br />

Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041<br />

CHrIsTmAs HOurs<br />

25th <strong>December</strong> Closed<br />

26th <strong>December</strong> 10am-4pm<br />

27th <strong>December</strong> 10am-4pm<br />

28th <strong>December</strong> 10am-4pm<br />

29th <strong>December</strong> 9am-5pm<br />

30th <strong>December</strong> 9am-5pm<br />

31st <strong>December</strong> 9am-5pm<br />

1st January Closed<br />

2nd January 10am-4pm<br />

3rd January 10am-4pm<br />

4th January 10am-4pm

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