The Star: July 11, 2024

AN OVEN TRAY designed 

for people with arthritis, an AI 

application to help blind people 

recognise when a bus approaches 

their stop, and a longer lasting 

national awards scheme that had 

previously been run by The Royal 

Christie said purpose-designing 

Ngā Huarahi Pūtaiao also 

presented an opportunity to make 

science and technology more 

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encouraged to seek assistance 

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Pupils putting innovation 

and imagination on show 

ice cube are among the ingenious 

creations to come out of a new 

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te ao Māori context. 

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programme year 7 Selwyn House 

students are undertaking this 

year. 

‘Ngā Huarahi Pūtaiao – The 

Science Pathways’ was developed 

by Selwyn House’s head of science 

and mechatronics Simon Christie, 

to provide an opportunity for 

students to apply their creative 

and innovative thinking to a 

“Students have been asked to 

identify how their project relates 

to any o four key concepts in 

te ao Māori – rangatiratanga, 

manākitanga, kaitiakitanga and 

kotahitanga. 

“This helps the students view 

science and technology through 

a more holistic lens, and to 

recognise how they can harness 

practical project in the science and 

technology field. 

“For many years, our school has 

been participating in CREST, a 

their skills to impact positively on 

the world around them. 

“Mentorship is another 

important aspect of the 

Society Te Apārangi, however this 

with their projects, either 

programme ceased to run a few 

years ago,” said Selwyn House 

principal Julie Calder. 

“That opened up an 

within or outside of their school 

community. 

“We are fortunate to have 

excellent connections with the 

Pottery 

making a 

comeback 

opportunity for us to purposedesign 

our own science and 

technology programme.” 

The programme asks students 

to identify a problem or an aim, 

and then to take the science path, 

te ara pūtaiao, or the technology 

path, te ara hangarau, to solve or 

achieve it. 

“This is about our students 

proving to themselves tha they 

possess the creative and critical 

thinking skills to solve the world’s 

problems, ’ Calder said. 

we can call upon and we’re very 

grateful to Dr Marie Squire 

from the university’s chemistry 

department who will judge the 

final projects, along with some 

female researchers who will spend 

time speaking with the students 

abou their inquiries.” 

Eight projects will be selected 

to compete a the NIWA 

Canterbury-Westland Science Fair 

in September. 

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FRESH THINKING: Selwyn House’s Ngā Huarahi Pūtaiao programme asks pupils to identify a 

problem or an aim, and then to take a science or technology path to solve or achieve it. 

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$10,000 reasons to smile 

VERY HAPPY: Melissa Sheridan with Star Media Home & Leisure Show co-ordinator Juliet Dickson (left) and Smiths 

City general manager consumers James Matthews after receiving her $10,000 Smiths City voucher. 

• By Isabella Adams 

MELISSA SHERIDAN and her 

wife Rylee bought their first 

house a few weeks ago. 

Now they will able to go on 

a homeware shopping spree, 

courtesy of a $10,000 Smiths 

City voucher Melissa won at 

the Star Media Home & Leisure 

show. 

About 8000 people attended 

the three-day event from Friday 

to Sunday at Wolfbrook Arena. 

Melissa was at work when she 

found out she won. 

“It was so exciting, I couldn’t 

believe it. 

“I actually went and told my 

boss first that I won the prize. 

And so it was really exciting. 

I got to tell all of my colleagues 

and then I called my wife and 

told her as well, and she was 

really excited as well.” 

A headboard and new 

dishwasher are the first things 

Melissa and Rylee plan to 

purchase for their Aranui 

home with the prize 

money. 

Returning for a special 25th 

anniversary show last weekend, 

the Home & Leisure Show was 

packed with inspirational 

ideas and innovative new 

products, as well as a 

programme of free seminars 

sponsored by Resene. 

Star Media regional manager 

Steve McCaughan said they 

were very pleased with the 

outcome of the event. 

“ It was fantastic this year. 

Crowds were well up on 

last year, we had very happy 

exhibitors. 

“So we’re very happy with 

the way in which the event 

went.” 

A significant part of the show 

was the live auctioning of a tiny 

home by Tony Quayle from 

Property Brokers. 

The home went under the 

hammer for $97,000. 

Residents 

angry over 

‘surprise’ 

rocket 

launch plan 

• By Dylan Smits 

RESIDENTS OF a tiny coastal 

settlement say they have been 

blindsided over possible over 

rockets launches at a new 

aerospace centre. 

Options are being explored for 

building vertical rocket launch 

pads at the Kaitorete Spit site 

alongside Te Waihora Lake Ellesmere. 

But Birdlings Flat residents 

say the aerospace centre’s owner 

Tāwhaki Joint Venture ruled out 

rocket launches at a community 

meeting in June 2021, saying it 

was committed to horizontal and 

drone launches only. 

“They definitively told us there 

wouldn’t be rockets at the meeting,” 

resident Joy Dixon said. 

“They don’t give a toss about the 

locals,” she said. 

Dixon said residents learned 

recently through media reports 

Tāwhaki was investigating building 

rocket launch pads at the 1000 

ha site at Kaitorete Spit. The location 

is 12km from Birdlings Flat. 

Residents now want Tawhaki, 

a joint venture with the Crown 

and the two Ngāi Tahu rūnanga 

located near the spit, Te Taumutu 

and Wairewa, to address their 

concerns – or face opposition to 

the project. 

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AFTER A multiple sclerosis 

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Smith studied dentistry in 

Dunedin, graduating in 2009, 

while writing and performing 

stand-up comedy on the side. 

Fast-forward five years into 

practising at a dental clinic, and 

Smith developed a partial vision 

loss. He was later diagnosed with 

MS. 

His diagnosis meant he could 

no longer work in the industry, 

which called for a quick pivot to 

pursuing comedy fulltime. 

“I know it’s not the case for 

everyone but in a way, MS was 

the best thing that happened to 

me,” Smith said. 

He has made waves within 

the comedy realm, writing 

for some of Aotearoa’s most 

popular shows including 7 Days, 

Taskmaster NZ and Wellington 

Paranormal. He sings, acts, plays 

music, and was a contestant on 

The Traitors NZ. 

And he has just published his 

third book. 

“I find it difficult to read with 

my eyesight, but still wanted to 

read my kids bedtime stories. 

So, for my son’s third birthday I 

LIBRARY customers with adult 

membership can now place 

holds free of charge. 

The change took effect on July 

1, following its acceptance in the 

city council’s Long Term Plan. 

Previously adults had to pay $2 

per hold. 

“With free holds now 

available for adult members, this 

means no one now pays for this 

service, said city council head 

of libraries and information 

wrote him a poem and thought 

I’d read it aloud before bed,” 

Smith said. 

“I ended up sending it through 

to my mum who’s a librarian, to 

see if she had any notes, and she 

liked it so much she sent it on to 

her literary agent.” 

After that, it all fell into place. 

A book was pitched to publishers 

Hachette, and in 2022 Smith became 

a published author with his 

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Carolyn Robertson. 

Youth and concession members 

have had free holds for 

more than 20 years. 

It is one of several changes implemented 

within Christchurch 

City Libraries over recent years, 

designed to reduce barriers and 

promote equity of access. 

Fines were removed from 

overdue material in 2022 and 

hold fees reduced from $3 to $2. 

Over the next year, the library 

‘MS was the best thing 

that happened to me’ 

first book Snake Brought Cake. 

“This really is a homecoming 

for me, putting my hobbies, skills 

and experiences all in one,” he 

said. 

Smith published his second 

book Don’t Scare The Dentist in 

February 2024, and has just published 

his third, Miles and Jones 

The Anaconda Attack. 

“The aim is to continue down 

this career path. I love writing, 

had a 10 per cent increase in 

the number of new members 

compared to the previous year, 

the number of issues increased 

4.2 per cent, and there was a 16 

per cent increase in people using 

the hold service. 

Adults will be limited to 15 

holds. Robertson said wait 

times for popular books might 

increase, but holds would be 

monitored closely and buying 

patterns adjusted if necessary. 

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putting stories down on paper 

and making them funny. 

“I try to think what I would 

like if I were still a kid and make 

my words comedic while trying 

to connect with them.” 

Join Smith at Tūranga this 

weekend for a storytelling 

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of recently published Miles and 

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In Brief 

Library book holds now free for adults 

Peketa campground 

to remain open 

Kaikoura’s Peketa 

Campground will remain 

open after site owner Ngāi 

Tahu confirmed local iwi Te 

Rūnanga o Kaikōura will take 

over operations. It follows 

months of speculation that 

closure was imminent, with 

permanent residents fearing 

they’d be left homeless. 

Nearly two years ago, Ngāi 

Tahu gave notice to former 

operators Rex and Ruth 

McCaa, citing environmental 

risks from outdated 

wastewater infrastructure. 

Ngāi Tahu group head of 

strategy and environment 

Jacqui Caine confirmed 

short-term measures to 

comply with Environment 

Canterbury requirements 

will be implemented, while 

viable longer-term wastewater 

options are investigated. 

Body found in 

downtown Chch 

A body has been found near 

the Avon River in the central 

city. Police were called to 

the intersection of Churchill 

St and Cambridge Tce at 

about 6.30am on Monday. A 

spokesperson said the death 

was not being treated as 

suspicious. 

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to offer the likes of archery, 

axe throwing and mini golf, 

has gone into liquidation. Two 

companies of which Scott is 

sole director – Benny’s Hangar 

Ltd and Benny’s Barber Shop 

Ltd – went into liquidation 

on Friday, though the barber 

shop will continue under 

new owners with Scott as an 

employee. A liquidator has 

been appointed to the two 

companies, but is yet to make 

a report. Scott tried to raise 

$750,000 for his entertainment 

centre through PledgeMe, but 

the campaign closed with a big 

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Clarity sought over rocket facility 

• From page 1 

Dixon would not say what that 

opposition would be. Residents 

are talking to “sources” to 

determine what they should 

do next. They have not decided 

whether they will publicly oppose 

any vertical rocket launches, 

hoping to engage with the 

Tāwhaki Joint Venture first. 

“We’re going on a fact finding 

mission to see what people know.” 

said Dixon. 

Tāwhaki chief executive 

Linda Falwasser did not answer 

questions from The Star asking 

whether Tāwhaki had informed 

nearby residents about possible 

vertical launches and what consultation 

might take place in the 

future. 

In an emailed statement 

she said: “Tāwhaki National 

Aerospace Centre at Kaitorete is 

a multi-use facility and we are 

taking a phased and considered 

approach to its development in 

line with demand, and so the 

land flourishes for generations to 

come. 

“Our focus to date has been 

supporting the aerospace sector 

in Aotearoa and scaling up the 

site accordingly, alongside environmental 

rejuvenation work and 

planning. 

“We recently completed the 

construction of a sealed runway 

that enables horizontal space 

SPACE SPOT: Kaitorete Spit is currently home to a small runway and hangar. 

PHOTO: TĀWHAKI NATIONAL AEROSPACE CENTRE 

launch and a hangar build is 

underway. 

“We’ve also been talking to 

international companies to 

understand sector demand and 

potential infrastructure requirements 

for vertical launch,’’ the 

statement said. 

Tāwhaki said the potential for 

vertical launch had been public 

record since the joint venture was 

established. 

But residents dispute this. 

Dixon said Tāwhaki assured 

them the aerospace centre would 

only be used for horizontal and 

drone flights at the meeting in 

June 2021. 

Dixon says residents believe 

they have been “misled”. 

The joint venture has seen 

about $30 million of Government 

investment and has the twin 

goals of advancing New Zealand’s 

aerospace industry and funding 

environmental restoration in the 

Kaitorete Spit. 

The aerospace centre opened in 

February with a 1km long, 30m 

wide runway. 

Tāwhaki estimates the aerospace 

centre will generate 1300 

high-paying jobs and create up to 

$2.4 billion in national economic 

benefits over 10 years. 

The Government is expecting 

a business case from Tāwhaki 

at the end of the year for further 

development at the centre. 

But New Zealand Space Agency 

deputy head Andrew Johnson 

said there are currently “no 

formal plans in place to construct 

launch pads’’. 

Environment Canterbury and 

the city council have not received 

any consent applications for the 

construction of launch pads. 

ECan consents planning 

manager Aurora Grant said the 

consents Tāwhaki will need for 

vertical rocket launches could be 

similar to those approved for a 

Rocket Lab complex at Kaitorete 

in 2015 which was cancelled after 

the company found a better site. 

These included consents for 

discharging contaminants into 

the air, discharging stormwater 

relating to new buildings, and a 

permit to occupy a coastal marine 

area with a rocket launching 

complex. 

There was opposition to the 

Rocket Lab plans from Birdlings 

Flat residents at the time. 

The residents have not decided 

whether they will publicly oppose 

rocket launches, hoping to engage 

with the Tāwhaki Joint Venture 

first. 

An open day for the aerospace 

centre which invited nearby 

residents was meant to be held on 

June 9, but was cancelled due to 

bad weather. 

Some residents turned up anyway, 

unaware of the cancellation. 

Tāwhaki staff at the site said they 

were unaware of any plans for 

vertical rocket launches. 

The residents want their concerns 

answered which include 

potential environmental impacts 

on the unique ecosystems in Lake 

Ellesmere and Kaitorete. 

“I don’t know if rockets are 

going to be too good for bird life,” 

said Dixon. 

Falwasser would not comment 

on any planning Tāwhaki is 

undertaking for environmental 

protection. 

The potential for vertical rocket 

launches to affect traffic infrastructure 

and freedom of movement 

in Birdlings Flat are also 

concerns they want addressed. 

“If they even consider blocking 

off access to the beach, they 

have a big fight coming,” said a 

resident. 

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NEWS 5 

Full sewerage system blocks housing 

development in face of intensification 

• By Niva Chittock 

PARTS OF Christchurch are 

off-limits for further housing 

development because the sewage 

system is full. 

The city council has been 

pushing back on new central 

government rules for housing 

intensification, but its exemption 

runs out next year. 

An independent investigator 

was appointed and the council 

held hearings earlier this year 

on the proposed changes, called 

Plan Change 14. 

More policy changes were 

announced by the Government 

last week. ‘Going for Housing 

Growth’ will require major 

councils to have 30 years worth 

of land zoned for housing, allows 

more mixed use of land so neighbourhoods 

can have cafes and 

dairies, and removes minimum 

size and balcony rules for apartments. 

City councillors are under 

pressure to get the ball rolling, 

but in parts of Christchurch, 

infrastructure is at capacity. 

When heavy rains hit the city 

in 2021, some suburbs could not 

flush their toilets because the 

wastewater pipes were full. 

The city council resorted to 

using sucker trucks to keep the 

pipes moving. 

Aranui, Shirley and Prestons 

all had vacuum sewer systems 

installed after the earthquakes 

– but they were built with little 

room for growth. 

Council acting head of 

planning and consents Mark 

Stevenson said the systems also 

relied on an air-to-water ratio – 

meaning they failed if too much 

stormwater got in. 

“To accommodate further 

demand in the future, it would 

require the whole system to be 

upgraded simultaneously at a 

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significant cost. It’s not a system 

like other parts of the city where 

we can dig up a pipe and just 

replace it,” he said. 

Replacing the systems was estimated 

to cost up to $240 million, 

the city council said. 

It usually set aside less than 

$50m for the entire wastewater 

network over 10 years. 

Mayor Phil Mauger was keen 

to ditch the vacuum systems. 

“I don’t like it, because I’ve laid 

lots of pipes, I can tell you what 

it’s like. We should go to a system 

that we are using out in Halswell, 

which is little pump stations for 

every house, 

which works 

extremely well,” 

he said. 

The individual 

pumps took the 

pressure off 

the wastewater 

system at peak Phil Mauger 

times, Mauger 

said. 

“They’re all hooked up to a 

main computer here in town. We 

can say ‘right, our sewers are at 

capacity from six until nine at 

night because everyone’s having 

a shower’. We can press a button 

and turn all those pumps off, because 

they’ve got a wee tank that 

can hold the stuff, then we can 

turn them all on at three o’clock 

in the morning and it makes our 

pipes a lot more usable throughout 

the day,” he said. 

No other suburbs were at risk 

of hitting their sewer capacity, 

and the council was only approving 

new housing where the 

infrastructure could support it, 

Stevenson said. 

At this stage, that meant building 

more around main public 

transport routes, and in areas with 

easy accessibility to services. 

Ngāi Tahu Property had just 

applied to build 55 residential 

homes on the site of the former 

Aranui Primary School – in a 

wastewater capacity area. 

It declined RNZ’s interview 

request, but confirmed the application 

had been lodged and said 

it would await the city council’s 

assessment. 

RNZ had viewed its application, 

which stated it was aware 

the area’s sewage system was full. 

According to the plans, each 

house would have its own independent 

pump unit, like those in 

Halswell. 

It was unclear where the latest 

central government housing 

announcement would leave the 

city, Mauger said. 

“Staff will now need to work 

through the implications of the 

announcement and brief us so 

we get a full picture. Fortunately 

we have over 30 years’ worth of 

expected demand covered in 

our existing zoning, and this 

will only increase through our 

National Policy Statement-Urban 

Development proposals in 

PC14,” he said. 

The city council will vote 

on some of the Government’s 

proposed housing intensification 

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City council 

advertises 

for new CEO 

THE CITY council has started 

advertising for a new permanent 

chief executive to replace 

Dawn Baxendale, who quit in 

November. 

In a job advertisement posted 

to Seek NZ on Tuesday, the 

council detailed its expectations 

for the role. 

The expected salary is yet to 

be finalised. But in 2023 Baxendale 

was earning $548,548. 

Following her departure, Mary 

Richardson was named as the 

interim chief executive. 

The job advertisement states 

the city council is seeking an 

experienced chief executive with 

“unquestionable integrity” to 

lead 3000 staff members and 

work with mana whenua. 

“The mayor and councillors 

are looking to appoint a chief 

executive . . . with vision and a 

passion to do the absolute best 

for the region’s people, communities 

and economy.” 

A big challenge will be implementing 

the Long Term Plan 

within budget. 

“Effective management of the 

council’s financial performance 

is crucial, as is the need to champion 

climate change initiatives 

both within the council and 

throughout the community.” 

Applications for the role close 

on July 28. 


Henchmen resurface in Chch 

ONE OF the city’s oldest 

motorcycle gangs appears to be 

resurfacing. 

Patched Devils Henchmen 

have been seen on Christchurch 

streets in recent weeks, after 

many years of invisibility as the 

gang scene evolved and changed 

over the decades. 

Said Detective Senior Sergeant 

Craig Johnson: “The Devils 

Henchmen MC have been part 

of the domestic gang scene for a 

long time. 

“As natural attrition occurs, 

gangs need to recruit to maintain 

or increase their influence. 

“Police constantly monitor and 

assess the risk of all gangs, including 

the Devils Henchmen,” 

he told the NZ Herald. 

It’s understood their numbers 

remain low, still probably in 

single figures. 

Former members of other 

high-profile gangs are involved, 

the Herald reported. 

Police are keeping an eye on 

their activities. 

“While I won’t comment 

directly on police intelligence 

or prevention activity, changes 

in gang numbers, location or 

visibility are always of interest to 

us,” said Johnson. 

The Henchmen formed in 

1973. 

In the mid-1970s, the fledgling 

collective of young men was involved 

in a war with the Epitaph 

Riders in Christchurch that led 

to stabbings, guns, beatings, pad 

raids, and Molotov cocktails. 

A violent, long-running enmity 

with rivals the Road Knights 

MC sparked up in the early 90s, 

in Timaru with car and firebombs, 

armed home invasions, 

shootings and drive-bys. It was 

gang warfare once described by 

police as “wild west stuff”. 

Over recent decades, the 

feared gang had been based at 

a fortified, spacious two-storey 

gang pad on the outskirts of 

Timaru. 

But in May last year, armed 

members of the Rebels MC 

gang stormed into the rival 

Devils Henchmen’s renowned 

clubhouse and booted them 

out. 

The Henchmen were forced to 

leave behind several motorbikes 

and a Rebels flag – a Confederate 

flag with a grinning skull and 1% 

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Mum’s heartfelt news: ‘Our loved 

About 9500 Kiwis 

die of cancer every 

year. Promising 

harness racing trainer 

driver Katie Cox has 

become one of them, 

succumbing to lung 

cancer late last week 

“IT IS WITH the heaviest of 

broken hearts our loved Katie 

passed peacefully away this 

morning.” 

That is how Cox’s mother 

Wendy broke the news on 

Facebook last week after the 

34-year-old, who had huge public 

support, lost her battle with 

cancer. 

Cox had been diagnosed with 

a rare form of lung cancer in 

October, which prompted a Canterbury 

harness racing industry 

fundraiser for medication she 

needed to fight the disease. 

Cox had started to go downhill 

early last week. 

Said Wendy: “The high dose of 

steroids she was on to deal with 

the toxicity in her lungs showed 

a form of pneumonia on Monday 

from the blood test and CT scan. 

That night she started on strong 

antibiotics and knew the next 

four days were going to be difficult 

to get through. 

“As determined as she was, 

CANCER BATTLE: Katie Cox with Spy Da Moment in November. Cox lost her battle with 

lung cancer last week. 

PHOTO: DANIEL ALVEY 

and being on direct oxygen and 

concentrators her lungs struggled 

with getting enough oxygen 

and she passed away peacefully 

this morning. 

“She approached cancer and 

the myriad of drugs she took to 

get through this with determination, 

integrity and tenacity.” 

Since her diagnosis last year, 

the Leeston-based trainer driver 

had massive support from the 

harness racing community, and 

others. Thanks to a fund-raising 

effort co-ordinated by close 

friend and mental health advocate 

Craig Wiggins, more than 

$340,000 was raised to help Cox 

get the medication she needed. 

“Katie brought us all together 

in her journey and it’s important 

that we all support each other 

and her closest the most,” Wiggins 

posted on Facebook. 

“We know this is a shock to 

you all and the hurt will be deep 

and the loss you feel real.” 

Cox was humbled and 

extremely grateful for all that 

support. Just four weeks ago 

she said: “It’s incredible. I can’t 

emphasise enough how grateful 

I am for everything, the texts, 

the calls. People have been 

wonderful.” 

Her comments came after 

she drove her own horse Spy 

Da Moment to win a trial at 

Ashburton. At the time she said 

her health had taken a turn for 

the worse, but she remained 

optimistic. 

Since news of her death was 

made public there has been 

an outpouring of sympathy 

with many taking to social 

media in particular to offer 

their condolences. 

Many spoke of their sadness 

and of Cox’s bravery throughout 

the last few months. 

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soon,” said one. 

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Katie passed peacefully away’ 

Others included: “Katie’s 

infectious smile and laughter is 

how we will remember her, plus 

her amazing horse and handling 

skills and passion for hard work!” 

“Such a lovely kind and happy 

person gone way too soon.” 

“A true fighter.” 

In an interview with The Star 

in November, Cox said she had 

thought nothing of a cough she 

developed in early September. 

It was the middle of winter, 

one of the bleakest and wettest 

Canterbury had had for some 

time. 

Cox could count the number of 

times she had been to a doctor on 

one hand. Training and driving 

harness racing horses had kept 

her fit and healthy. 

But the cough stuck around 

and by late September, she had 

developed chest pains. She 

decided to go to the doctor. 

“All it was, was a bit of a cough, 

bit of a winter cough, you know it 

wasn’t that much. I just thought 

I’ll go to the doctor and get some 

antibiotics,” Cox said. 

“The doctor gave me some 

antibiotics and thought it was 

most likely a bit of a chest 

infection.” 

When she returned to the 

doctor for a new prescription, her 

doctor sent her for a chest x-ray 

as a precaution. 

Having never smoked or vaped 

Cox did not think much of it. 

The x-ray did show some 

blockage in her lung, but again 

she was not worried. 

“When it showed my lung 

was a bit blocked there was a 

possibility it could have just been 

a bit of grit or something off the 

track. 

“It wasn’t until they did the CT 

scan and biopsy that we knew it 

was cancerous.” 

It was about a month between 

the first doctor’s visit and the 

cancer diagnosis. 

Cox, who was reluctant to talk 

about the day she found out the 

diagnosis, was with her mum 

Wendy, and partner, when the 

doctor delivered the news that 

she had lung cancer. 

She still did not believe it as she 

was being told. 

“We thought they must have 

had the wrong person,” Cox said. 

Further results showed she 

had a genetic mutation known as 

Exon 20 – which accounts for up 

to approximately one in 30 lung 

cancers. 

Exon 20 mutations are resistant 

to drugs used to treat other forms 

of lung cancer. 

Wendy said her daughter’s 

spirit was “willing” to the 

end – and she was even giving 

directives about her horse Spy Da 

Moment’s training “as she was 

RISING STAR: Katie Cox after 

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Addington last year. 

Above – Cox watched her 

horse Spy Da Moment come 

second at Addington the 

Friday before her death. 

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entering the ambulance”. 

“Katie was so appreciative of 

the fantastic support from all 

who knew her, and supporters 

she hadn’t even met,” she 

continued. 

Since 2012, Cox had 37 

training and 108 driving wins 

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Historic cottage 

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• By Dylan Smits 

MOVING TO a new site is likely for 

Canterbury’s historic Yew Cottage as 

options for the flood-prone heritage 

building are assessed. 

Its foundations and lower interior are 

water-damaged after sitting unoccupied 

since 2007 in a low lying area. 

The cottage, in Akaroa’s Rue Jolie, was 

built by a cooper in 1877 and passed into 

city council ownership after being purchased 

by the Banks Peninsula council in 

1981. 

The Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks 

Peninsula Community Board directed 

city council staff on Monday to focus on 

finding a new site on higher ground. 

To make way for potential commercial 

use, board members also asked staff to 

investigate rescinding the 2022 board 

decision, which designated residential use 

for the cottage. 

Akaroa Civic Trust chair Mike Norris 

was pleased the community board was 

looking into moving the cottage for 

restoration, rather than demolishing it. 

“It would be a shame to demolish it. I 

think if it can be preserved. We’d support 

that,” Norris said. 

No final decision has been made as 

Monday’s session was information only. 

The community board still needs to take 

an official vote when staff return with 

more detail. 

Norris said previous indecision by the 

RESTORE: Yew Cottage, built in 1877, 

is an example of early settler homes 

in Banks Peninsula. 

city council has made it more difficult to 

find a long-term solution for the cottage. 

“It’s been neglected so much that I think 

the council needs to have a really good 

long look at what they’ve proposed to do 

with it if they do restore it. It’s no good 

having an empty building,” he said. 

Banks Peninsula city councillor Tyrone 

Fields rejected the idea city council 

indecision has further damaged the 

building, saying a lack of community input 

in the past has created uncertainty about 

how the cottage should be used. 

“We’ve tried to be responsible with ratepayers’ 

money and have asked staff to find 

the best solutions for that.” 

Fields favours moving the building 

over demolition, but would prefer the 

city council does not pay for it and a new 

private owner is found to foot the bill for 

the move and restoration. 

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Domino’s 

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A DOMINO’S pizza franchise 

owner was sentenced on six 

migrant exploitation charges at 

the district court on Tuesday. 

Immigration New Zealand 

launched an investigation into 

Chang-Wei Tsao after it received 

a complaint about a Domino’s 

Kaiapoi employee working in 

breach of their visa conditions. 

Investigators found Tsao coerced 

the staffer to work beyond 

their visa expiry date and forced 

three others on student visas to 

work more than the 20 hours per 

week permitted by their visa. 

Tsao had also committed 

“serious exploitation of another 

employee”, Ministry of Business, 

Innovation and Employment 

general manager immigration 

investigations and compliance 

Steven Watson said. 

The exploitation included underpayment 

of wages and leave, 

and requiring the employee to 

pay unlawful premiums. 

Tsao pleaded guilty to six 

charges in February and was 

sentenced to 10 months home 

detention. He was also ordered 

to pay $7062 in reparations to 

the victims. 

COMMUNITY groups in 

Canterbury have received a 

boost of more than $400,000 

from the Christchurch Casinos 

Charitable Community Trust, 

helping key services weather the 

current economic downturn. 

“With the economy in 

recession, we’re hearing from 

organisations struggling to 

fund essential programmes,” 

said Christchurch Casino chief 

executive Brett Anderson. 

“This donation will help 

bridge that gap and ensure vital 

services remain available.” 

Beneficiaries include toy 

libraries, Age Concern, the 

Aranui Community Trust, 

Cholmondeley Children’s Centre 

and Canterbury Blue Light, 

whose goal is to help reduce 

the incidence of young people 

becoming criminal offenders 

while fostering better relationships 

between youth and police. 

For the first time, these organisations 

received additional 

funding from ChristchurchCasino.com, 

Christchurch Casinos 

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Malta. 

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Neurodivergence at work: Why 

flipping the narrative benefits all 

ADHD IS not confined 

to adolescents. Jenn 

Loh reports 

‘ADHD is not an excuse, 

it’s an explanation’ 

– Bex O’Malley 

REFRAMING: Bex O’Malley is training to become an ADHD coach to help others see their 

neurodivergence in a positive light. 

PHOTO: JENN LOH 

WHEN HER son was being 

assessed for Attention Deficit 

Hyperactivity Disorder, Bex 

O’Malley realised she shared 

many symptoms that resulted in 

his diagnosis. 

The realisation led to her 

own assessment and in 2019, at 

35-years-old, she was diagnosed 

with ADHD. 

“It was an awakening. I had 

an explanation now for why 

those three decades of my life 

seemed to be so much harder 

than for others around me,” said 

O’Malley. 

“I always felt like I didn’t connect 

with others the same way.” 

‘Neurodivergent’ is the 

umbrella term for people with 

different cognitive functions 

than neurotypicals. It includes 

individuals with neurodevelopmental 

conditions such as autism 

spectrum disorder, dyslexia, and 

ADHD. 

O’Malley is a senior sales 

specialist at Air New Zealand 

Cargo. After feeling the need to 

hide her ADHD from a previous 

employer, she described the 

move to a supportive, inclusive 

work environment at Air New 

Zealand as life-changing. 

“I felt important. I felt like I 

had permission to take the time 

to get to know myself, and to 

then be able to let the business 

know what my needs are for 

them to get the best out of me.” 

She says being open about her 

ADHD in her workplace has 

greatly aided in her ability to 

frame its discourse in a less negative 

way. 

“Because my colleagues 

understand that my brain is 

wired differently, and how that 

manifests in certain behaviours 

– ADHD is not an excuse, it’s an 

explanation.” 

O’Malley stresses the importance 

of flipping the narrative 

of neurodiversity into a positive 

one. 

“You see and hear so much 

in the media about the negative 

stuff, like the neurodivergent 

unemployment rates and the 

percentage of the prison population 

that have ADHD. But where 

are the stats on the number of 

successful people that are on the 

spectrum?” 

O’Malley is training through 

education provider Gold Mind 

Academy to become an accredited 

ADHD coach to help others, 

particularly women who were 

diagnosed as adults, see their 

neurodivergence in a positive 

light. 

She praises the te reo translations 

of neurodiverse conditions 

for making no mention of disorders 

or deficits. The Māori word 

for ADHD, aroreretini, means 

“attention goes to many things”. 

Takiwātanga, derived from 

“tōku/tōna anō takiwā” which 

means “my/his/her own time 

and space”, is used to describe 

autism. 

While the implementation of 

well-being and mental health 

policies by many organisations 

has come a long way, O’Malley 

finds the poor understanding 

of neurodivergent conditions 

is a barrier to achieving true 

inclusivity. 

“People historically see it as 

solely a behavioural thing - but 

it’s not. Neurodivergents have 

different chemical processes 

happening in their brains. It’s 

physiological as well, and there’s 

no ‘one size fits all’ formula as 

each individual’s needs are very 

different.” 

She emphasises organisations 

should be adopting an intersectional 

lens when it comes 

to building neuro-inclusive 

policies, especially as future generations 

are poised to enter the 

workplace with a much stronger 

sense of awareness. 

The formation of groups such 

as the Neurodiversity in Education 

Coalition are proof of the 

changing times. The coalition, 

which comprises four national 

organisations that represent a 

large proportion of New Zealand’s 

neurodiverse youth, is 

advocating for more awareness 

of the rights of neurodiverse 

young people. 

“There is diversity across all 

parts of human experience – 

gender, sexuality, ethnicity. Neurodiversity 

is just another one of 

those areas in which people are 

different,” said coalition leader 

Justine Munro. 

“Gen Z is very clear on matters 

of identity, and they want their 

workplaces to actually recognise 

who they are across all of those 

dimensions and become environments 

where they can bring 

their full selves to work.” 

Gen Z is people born between 

1997 and 2012. 

Employment advocate 

WHAT IS ADHD? 

• ADHD is caused by a 

neurodevelopment delay 

to the prefrontal cortex of 

the brain, which results 

in increased difficulty in 

controlling and filtering 

attention, emotions, and 

behaviours. 

• In New Zealand, an 

estimated 280,000 Kiwis 

have ADHD – that’s one 

in 20 people. 

• While ADHD was once 

thought to be more 

prevalent in males, it is 

now believed the gender 

ratio is 1:1 and females 

are overlooked because 

their symptoms typically 

present as inattentive 

rather than hyperactive. 

• ADHD usually runs in 

families. A quarter of all 

children with ADHD will 

have a parent with the 

condition. 

Ashleigh Fechney agrees with 

Munro. 

“We want to bring our full 

selves to our employment, not 

just the parts that will benefit an 

employer,” said Fechney. 

“We don’t want to be seen as 

a tool for profit. We want to be 

recognised for our intrinsic value 

as human beings with unique 

strengths and contributions.” 

Fechney works closely with 

ADHD New Zealand, providing 

legal support on employment 

rights for members of the neurodivergent 

community. 

She believes it’s mutually 

beneficial for employers to 

acknowledge intersectional 

handicaps and support 

individual growth of their 

employees, regardless of them 

being neurodivergent or 

neurotypical. 

“When employees feel seen 

and supported, their engagement 

and productivity naturally 

increase.” 

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NEWS 


Market for ceramics booming 

despite the bite of recession 

Ceramic art is making 

a big comeback in 

Christchurch. Jenn Loh 

reports 

POTTERY IS having a revival, 

and Christchurch’s ceramic arts 

scene has never been more alive. 

For many, such as Tegan Bray, 

the artist behind business Tegan 

Makes, pottery started out as 

a creative outlet while raising 

her young family. She never 

imagined it would evolve into 

becoming her own boss. 

Bray had dabbled in different 

forms of ceramics while 

completing a fine arts degree at 

Massey University, but it wasn’t 

until the Covid-19 pandemic 

that her distinctive style was 

forged. 

“The lockdown happened and 

I was battling being hideously 

under-prepared without a craft 

project. So, I got some clay, 

and just started tinkering from 

home,” she said. 

Tegan Makes’ signature use 

of speckled clay came about 

as a necessity due to material 

shortages of white clay during 

the pandemic, but has now 

become a distinctive selling 

point. 

She hand-paints all the 

designs, many of which are 

inspired by her children. 

Bray showcased her work 

on social media and became 

a stallholder at the biannual 

Encraftment market in 2020. 

Demand went through the roof. 

“Suddenly, I was working 

every evening in between my 

infant daughter waking up and 

feeding and I would work till 

midnight every night.” 

She was taken aback by 

people’s willingness to buy 

hand-made mugs when 

commercially available ones 

are cheaper, especially given 

the financial pressures from the 

rising cost of living. 

STYLE: Tegan Bray has a love for all things colourful and fun, which she channels into her 

ceramic creations from her home studio. 

PHOTOS: JENN LOH 

She attributes pottery’s 

popularity to the so-called 

“lipstick effect”, an economic 

phenomenon where consumers 

seek out small affordable 

luxuries such as lipstick during 

times of recession. 

“I have a lot of comments from 

people saying they love the ritual 

of picking their favourite mug in 

the morning, and getting excited 

to drink from it and starting the 

day that way.” 

Penny de Jong, president of the 

Canterbury Potters’ Association, 

said there’s been a significant 

increase in membership in the 

association in recent years. She 

said it is encouraging so many 

young people are showing an 

interest in the craft. 

“Pottery’s having a resurgence 

at the moment. Like all things, 

its popularity is cyclical. It was 

big in the 70s and 80s and we’re 

seeing it pick back up again 

now.” 

CPA member Riley Fagan 

creates ceramics as a hobby 

alongside his job as a freelance 

video editor, but would like to 

eventually work with ceramics 

full-time. 

He initially thought he would 

do this by selling his creations at 

markets, but quickly discovered 

his preferred style of work 

was too intricate and timeconsuming 

to sustainably be 

sold at such a scale. 

Fagan, a Canadian, was 

living and travelling around 

New Zealand in his van until 

he found more permanent 

residence in Christchurch after 

enrolling in a pottery course. 

He found the city to have an 

excellent craft community 

that was large enough to build 

connections, but small enough 

to still stand out in. 

Several of Fagan’s Instagram 

reels have gone viral on social 

media, garnering more than two 

million views between them. 

He was surprised to find the 

vast majority of views were from 

international audiences, fuelling 

his hope to showcase his work to 

a global audience. 

“There are people who travel 

around exhibiting their work. 

I hadn’t even really considered 

that as a possibility, but maybe 

one day,” Fagan said. 

“I think I’m just going to keep 

making (social media) videos for 

now – the same type of stuff that 

people seem to enjoy watching 

and I enjoy making.” 

POTTER: 

Canada-born 

ceramics artist 

Riley Fagan and 

some of his 

creations.


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Thousands of Kilometers Away 

He Ying 

Dear New Zealand Friends, 

Consul General 

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Republic of 

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Christchurch 

A line from Chinese classical poem 

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Homeless people are citizens too. They 

may be living in the street, because they 

are broken or caring. They deserve the 

same respect as everyone else. 

Sure they shouldn’t be aggressive. But if 

they come into your shop because it’s cold 

outside maybe offer them a chair to sit on 

for a while. 

Councillor Jake McLellan sounds like 

he’s onto it and is going to do the right 

thing (The Star, July 4). I think something 

should be done soon by the sound of it. 

-Kathy Stanton 

Too many roadworks 

I hardly ever moan about anything, but I 

am utterly annoyed as to how many road 

works are happening around Christchurch 

at any one time. Honestly, over the last 

weekend and all this week I’m pretty sure 

I went through at least 20 to 30 jobs happening. 

If not more. 

Sure, I understand roads, drains, water, 

underground utilities, need to be addressed, 

but so many at one time? And 

then what really gets under my skin is you 

drive through and look around to only see 

about six to 10 people on site and some 

of them just standing around yakking or 

their hands in their pockets getting paid 

god knows how much. And then over the 

weekends, no one working but still all 

the cones are still blocking half the road. 

Could say more, but that will do. 

-R Murray 

Rugby failings 

I wrote last week about the lack of 

splendour in the current way rugby is 

played and ruled. The New Zealand v 

England game was a clear example of the 

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As an aside I still find it hard to see why 

the scrum and some mauling penalties 

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Resurgent Linwood look 

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• By Sam Coughlan 

LINWOOD COACH Brendon 

Nolan believes his side’s midseason 

form slump has made 

them stronger for Saturday’s 

semi-final clash with High 

School Old Boys. 

At one point, the Bulls sat 10th 

on the ladder and had lost five 

games in a row, but three wins to 

end the regular season saw them 

scrape into the quarter-finals 

where they got up over Lincoln 

University, 31-17, to book a semifinal 

berth. 

Nolan said he 

was ‘rapt’ with 

his side’s recent 

results. 

“It’s been 

building for a 

while, so it’s just 

good to stick at 

what we’ve been 

doing and get 

over like we did. It was rewarding 

for everyone involved.” 

Nolan said the team learned 

a lot from those mid-season 

results. 

“We were probably just missing 

those moments that we’re 

grabbing now, but that may have 

set us up for where we are now. 

“We probably had to have a 

good look at ourselves and move 

forward, so, the last three or four 

weeks it’s been good. We’re on 

the other side of the win-loss 

record.” 

HSOB narrowly missed out 

on automatic progression to the 

Coastal face stern test against league leaders 


Brendon 

Nolan 

HAVING MADE club history 

already this season, Coastal 

Spirit are eyeing the top of 

the Southern League as they 

continue their unbeaten 

campaign. 

Coastal came through a 

hard-fought Chatham Cup 

tie with Ferrymead Bays on 

Friday, eventually winning 5-3 

in extra time to progress to the 

quarter-finals of the nationwide 

knockout competition for the 

first time. 

Their reward is a trip to 

Auckland in two weeks to play 

second-tier side Hibiscus Coast 

– who have also reached this 

stage of the competition for the 

first time. 

In the Southern League, 

Coastal sit second, four points 

behind league leaders Cashmere 

Tech – and the two will meet on 

Saturday. 

Head coach Robbie Stanton 

Metro rugby results 

Canterbury Uni 41 HSOB 

38 (qualifying final); Marist 

Albion 49 Sydenham 28 

(qualifying final); Linwood 

31 Lincoln University 17 

(elimination final); Sumner 

24 Burnside 17 (elimination 

final); New Brighton 38 

Christchurch 14 (bottom 

4); Belfast 36 Shirley 10 

(bottom 4) 

Fixtures (2.45pm Saturday) 

HSOB v Linwood, Bob 

Deans Field (semi-final); 

Sydenham v Sumner, 

Sydenham Park (semifinal); 

Lincoln University v 

Belfast, Lincoln Uni (plate 

semi-final); Burnside v New 

Brighton, Burnside Park 

(plate semi-final); Shirley 

v Christchurch, Burwood 

Park (11th/12th) 

preliminary finals, losing 41-38 

to Canterbury University. 

Sydenham also missed a 

chance to progress automatically, 

losing 49-28 to Marist Albion 

at home, and they’ll take on 

Sumner, who beat Burnside in 

the quarter-finals, at Sydenham 

Park on Saturday. 

Lincoln Uni and Burnside 

dropped into the plate 

competition with their losses, 

and will take on Belfast and New 

Brighton respectively. 

Shirley will host Christchurch 

in the 11th/12th place game. 

CONTROL: Coastal Spirit striker Alex Steinwascher weighs up 

his options against Ferrymead Bays. 

PHOTO: JIM WATTS PHOTOGRAPHY 

said Saturday’s clash would 

show how far Coastal have come 

this season. 

“We’ve clearly earmarked 

this game as one we need to get 

SHOT: Linwood first-five-eighth Josh Jennings looks to add to 

his side’s points tally against Lincoln University. 

PHOTO: BRANDON KUIPERS 

something out of. 

“It’s gonna be a proper test of 

where we’re really at. 

“I’ve got a lot of respect for 

Dan (Schwarz, Tech head coach) 

Chatham Cup round 4 

Coastal Spirit 5 Ferrymead Bays 3 

English Cup quarter-final 

Western 5 Oxford FC 2 

Southern League round 12 

Ferrymead Bays v Dunedin CR, Ferrymead Park, 2pm 

Sat; Nomads v FC Twenty 11, Tulett Park, 2.45pm Sat; 

Cashmere Tech v Coastal Spirit, Garrick Park, 2.45pm 

Sat; Nelson Suburbs v Selwyn Utd, Saxton Fields, 

12.30pm Sun; Universities v Christchurch Utd, English 

Park, 2.45pm Sun 

Points 

Cash Tech 31; Coastal 27; Chch Utd 24; Nelson 20; Bays 

16; Nomads 14; Dunedin 13; Universities 7; Selwyn 7; 

FC Twenty 0 

and what he does and how he 

goes about it,” Stanton said. 

“They’ve led the way in 

Christchurch for a number of 

years, so we’ll judge ourselves 

on the game coming up this 

weekend.” 

On Saturday, Ferrymead 

Bays play another side knocked 

out of the Chatham Cup at 

Local derby 

win key for 

Halswell’s 

playoffs goal 


HALSWELL Hornets can lock 

up a Canterbury rugby league 

premiership playoff spot with a win 

in Saturday’s penultimate round. 

If they get up over Hornby, 

Halswell would book their spot 

in the top four, and potentially 

the top-two if Riccarton lose to 

Eastern. 

But head coach Ray Hubbard 

said he wasn’t looking too far 

ahead. 

“There are scenarios where 

we can finish first, there’s also 

scenarios where we can miss the 

top four altogether. So for us, we’re 

prioritising winning first.” 

Hubbard said Hornby would be 

stern opposition. 

“Jed (Lawrie, Hornby coach) 

always seems to get his teams 

timing their run in the semi-finals. 

It’s going to make a real torrid local 

derby.” 

The other matches see Linwood 

Keas – already confirmed of a 

semi-finals spot – look to put one 

hand on top spot, and with it the 

Massetti Cup. 

If they beat Greymouth on 

Saturday, they’ll just need a draw 

from their final match against 

Riccarton. 

Saturday’s other match sees 

Riccarton host Eastern, who need a 

win to stay in playoff contention. 

Points: Linwood Keas 

16; Halswell Hornets 14; 

Riccarton Knights 14; Hornby 

Panthers 13; Eastern Eagles 

11; Greymouth Greyhounds 4 

the weekend – Dunedin City 

Royals, who went down 3-2 to 

Otago University, while Nomads 

host winless FC Twenty 11 in a 

north-west derby. 

On Sunday, Christchurch 

United will host Universities 

and Selwyn United make the 

trip north to take on Nelson 

Suburbs at Saxon Park.



SPORT 23 

Will pressure change Razor’s approach? 

Bevan Sisson 

Rugby matters 

DURING MY time coaching at 

the Crusaders international high 

performance unit based out of 

Rugby Park, I would come across 

Scott Robertson at different times 

and couldn’t help but notice 

he had a singular drive and 

predetermined plan to get himself 

to the top. 

That day finally arrived at 

Dunedin over the weekend. 

Since taking over, he has been 

busy finalising his coaching and 

management group, getting his 

playing roster sorted, choosing 

a captain and looking at how he 

wants his team to play. 

But none of that is the same as 

finally walking onto the field and 

soaking up the crowd before his 

first official game. 

Robertson ensured he would 

have the best opportunity to start 

with a win when he chose an 

experienced line-up against an 

England team picked with the 

future in mind. 

Georgian referee Nika 

Amashukeli also had a hand, 

with captain Scott Barrett even 

mentioning he thought they got 

the 50/50 calls. 

That’s an understatement at 

best and Robertson would have 

breathed a sigh of relief when 

the final penalty was blown for 

WINNING START: New All Blacks coach Scott Robertson’s outgoing personality means he’s 

a favourite with media, but will this continue if losses start to mount? PHOTO: GETTY 

a turnover by Tupou Vaa’i that 

should have gone England’s way. 

When the final whistle blew, 

the win ensured Robertson’s 

honeymoon period is extended, 

and the media love affair will 

continue for a few more weeks. 

What will be of interest down 

the track is how his ongoing 

relationship with the mainstream 

media continues. 

If he is consistently successful, 

they will continue to treat him 

as if he is William Webb Ellis 

reincarnated. 

Even if the next England game 

doesn’t go the All Blacks’ way, 

the commentary will be “it’s a 

new coaching group” and “they 

have only had the team for two 

weeks”, which are relevant points, 

but a diluted argument given the 

experience on the field. 

There has been no other All 

Blacks coach who has the media 

eating out of their hands like 

Robertson. 

With his outgoing personality 

and openness to talk, he is easy for 

them to promote. 

The question is, will that 

continue over the next four 

years? If, and when, he comes 

under pressure, will he be able to 

sustain his easy attitude against 

an overseas media that will not be 

part of his fan club? 

With adversity and pressure, 

people will change. Will he be able 

to face direct questions about his 

style, selections and game plan? 

Robertson has had the safety 

of being a big fish in a very 

small pond, with his coaching 

success coming in a Super Rugby 

competition that was greatly 

weakened with the withdrawal of 

the South African teams. 

He has now left the safety of 

the Australasian media pack and 

is swimming in an international 

ocean that has a different set of 

expectations. 

The next few weeks will tell us 

little as the experienced players he 

has picked will rinse and repeat an 

already entrenched game plan. 

The real test will be in 

September when they travel 

to South Africa, then look to 

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lock the Bledisloe Cup away 

again for another year against 

an Australian side that has a 

limited talent pool but will be well 

organised under Joe Schmidt. 

Finishing the year with a 

Northern Hemisphere tour which 

includes England, Ireland France 

and Italy, the Italians aside, the 

true test will be playing the big 

three at home. 

I personally hope he is the most 

successful coach ever, because 

that means the All Blacks are 

successful and I want them to 

win every game they play. Even 

though most countries only judge 

success on the World Cup, we 

expect a high success rate every 

time the All Blacks play. 

What growth the All Blacks 

have over the next four years will 

be the true test of this coaching 

group, and how they prove 

themselves on the world stage. 

So for all the media cheerleaders 

out there, let’s hold off on the 

bronze statue of Robertson 

outside the new Christchurch 

stadium for a few years yet. 

• Sisson is a former player, 

Lincoln, Lincoln University 

and representative coach 

and New Zealand age 

group selector 

Teen looking forward to 

international experience 

• By Neville Idour 

ANOTHER young Canterbury 

golfer is taking his talents to the 

world stage. 

Alfie Bell, a Russley club 

junior, will be competing against 

players up to 18-years-old in two 

international events in the USA. 

It comes as Clearwater club 

man Cooper Moore is preparing 

to play in the Junior Open 

Championship in Scotland next 

week. 

Bell, 17, leaves on Saturday 

for the Future Champions Golf 

tournament in Palm Springs 

beginning on Monday. He 

qualified for the tournament at 

an event in Christchurch. 

The FCG venues are the highlyrated 

Desert Willow and Desert 

Falls courses which both stretch 

for about 6500 metres. 

Both courses are a mixture of 

parkland and links-style with 

numerous sand areas and will 

be a test for the 100 players from 

about 40 countries in Bell’s 15- 

18 age division. Across all age 

groups, there will be more than 

700 players competing. 

The tournament is a World 

Amateur Golf Ranking event and 

attracts many university coaches 

from across the USA looking to 

offer scholarships to the most 

talented players. 

The following week, Bell will 

play in another premier junior 

championship, the World Stars of 

Junior Golf tournament at Angel 

Park, Las Vegas. 

The Stars tournament is similar 

to the FCG event but on a smaller 

scale with about 300 players 

from more than 50 countries 

competing in various age groups. 

Importantly, it is also a World 

Amateur Golf Ranking event. 

Fresh from winning the recent 

Canterbury four ball best ball 

championship with partner 

Mitch Redmayne (Bottle Lake), 

Bell is champing at the bit to 

get on the course in his first 

international competition. 

YOUNG STAR: 

Alfie Bell is 

heading to 

the USA for 

two Junior 

World golf 

tournaments. 

“It will be a great experience. I 

have played in America with my 

dad, so the experience in the heat 

will be useful,’’ Bell said. 

“I am looking forward to 

playing in the sunshine. It will be 

good to see how I compare with 

overseas players and what I need 

to work on to improve my game.” 

When he returns from the 

USA, Bell has lofty goals for his 

golfing future. 

“I’m hoping to play well for my 

club and represent Canterbury if 

selected,” he said. 

“In a couple of years I’m hoping 

I can get to university in the USA 

and play college golf there at the 

highest level possible and then see 

what happens. It would be great 

to be a professional at some stage 

and have a career in golf.” 

Positive results 

for Avon rowers 


AVON ROWING Club’s 

teams have performed well at 

the prestigious Henley Royal 

Regatta on the River Thames in 

Oxfordshire. 

The men’s and women’s eights 

both made the third round of 

their competitions, just one race 

short of the semi-finals. 

Both crews ended their 

regatta on Friday, with the 

men, competing in the Thames 

Challenge Cup, finishing 3/4 of a 

length behind Leander Club. 

The women finished their 

race 2/3 of a length behind 

Thames Rowing Club ‘B’ in the 

Wargrave Challenge Cup. 

Avon manager Logan Keys 

said he was happy with the 

teams’ performance. 

“We wanted to go and make 

sure it was worthwhile. We 

knew we’d be competitive, we 

just didn’t know to what level. 

“It would have still been nice 

to go a little bit further, but both 

crews ended up in the quarterfinals.” 

Keys said he hoped the club 

would be able to enter teams 

for the regatta more regularly 

– the only previous time Avon 

TEAM EFFORT: From left, 

Ashlee Tacon (cox), Fred 

Vavasour, Sam Woodgate, 

Fergus Johnston, Josh 

Syme, Ted Mayne, Henry 

Kirk, Oscar Clatworthy and 

Sam Wilson compete in 

the Thames Challenge Cup. 

PHOTO: BEN RODFORD 

PHOTOGRAPHY 

competed at Henley was in 2017 

when a men’s eight was knocked 

out in the first round. 

“It’d be easy to say, ‘let’s do 

it every second year or every 

fourth year’ or whatever, but 

in my mind, it’s probably more 

about having it on the table all 

the time. 

“We can use that as a bit of a 

driver to keep people coming 

out of school. If there’s a group 

of athletes that are keen and fast, 

then I guess we’ll go whenever 

the right people are there.”


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Naturally kind in all that you do 

Roman, we are sending 

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Mum, Dad and Cartia xx 

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ARMADILLO'S BECKENHAM, 155 

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ARMADILLO'S ISLINGTON, 670 Main 

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A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St: 

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Cairns, Kay Duncan, Blair Morgan and many 

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Music Nights Disco feat DJs Regress and 59 to 

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Saturday 9pm - The Meaniez. Sunday - Fired 

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CHATS BAR, 251 Travis Rd: Tuesday 

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Karaoke. 

CHCH CASINO, 30 Victoria St: Friday 

5.30pm - Fuchisia Haze; 9pm - The Meaniez. 

Saturday 7pm - Lissel; 10pm - Cantora. 

CHCH FOLK MUSIC CLUB, Irish Society 

Hall, 29 Domain Tce: Sunday 7.30pm - July 

Ceilidh with Theo & G. 

DARKROOM, 336 St Asaph St: Friday - 

Urge to Kill III feat. Bloody Hell; Men An Tol; 

Desoration; Exanimus; Dawn of the Dads 

(metal). Saturday - Swap Meet & friends 

(grunge/rock/indie). Wednesday - Sandfly; 

Missed Exit (rock/indie). 

FAT EDDIES, 76 Hereford St: Thursday 

4.30pm - King Tubbs Duo; 8pm - Live Band 

Karaoke; 11.30pm - Chilton House. Friday 

5pm - Curio Club; 8.30pm - Roger Roger; 

Midnight - The Stowaways. Saturday 5pm - 

Steven Gill Trio; 8.30pm - Black & Gold; 

Midnight - House of Groove. Sunday 3pm - 

After Five; 6.30pm - Cantora Duo. 

HORNBY CLUB, 17 Carmen Rd: Sunday 

3pm - Vicki Galloway-Downes. Saturday 20th 

July, 8pm - Totally 80s Show. 

KAIAPOI CLUB, 113 Raven Quay Friday 

6.30pm - The Party Singers. 

MACKENZIES HOTEL, 51 Pages Rd: 

Friday 8pm - Hired Guns. 

MANDEVILLE TAVERN, 99 Raven Quay, 

Kaiaoi: Saturday 9pm - Hired Guns. 

MICKY FINN'S, 85a Hereford St: Friday 

10.30pm - Red Zone. Saturday 10.30pm - Flat 

City Brotherhood. 

NEW BRIGHTON CLUB, 202 Marine 

Pde: Saturday 20th July, 7pm - Simmer. 

OLD LEITHFIELD HOTEL, 611 Old Main 

North Rd, Leithfield: Saturday 7pm - The 

Party Singers. 

PAPANUI CLUB, 302 Sawyers Arms Rd: 

Friday 6.45pm - Reminisce with Anthony. 

Friday 26th July, 6.45pm - Calian. 

RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118 Raceourse 

Rd: Friday 7pm - Disco & Karaoke with DJ 

Chick. 

RICHMOND CLUB, 'The Borough', 75 

London St: Friday 7pm - Vague As Brothers. 

Sunday 3pm - Reminisce with Anthony. 

ROSE & THISTLE, 24a Main North Rd: 

Friday 8.30pm - A&J Karaoke. Saturday 9pm - 

Neil Alexander. 

SHARKEY'S BAR, 96 Hoon Hay Rd: 

Friday 7pm - Live music. Saturday 7pm - 

Karaoke. Sunday 4pm - Open Mic. 

STOCK XCHANGE BAR, 110 Marshland 

Rd: Saturday 7.30pm - Red Weekend. 

TEMP'S BAR, 21 Goulding Ave: Saturday 

8.30pm - Titanic. 

THE BLACK HORSE, Lincoln Rd: 

Wednesday 7pm - Karaoke. 

THE BOG, 50 Victoria St: Thursday 7pm - 

Quiz. Friday 6pm - Luke Glendning; 10pm - 

Keenan's Revenge. Saturday 5pm - Mike Hill; 

11pm - Mama Rock. Sunday 5pm - Willie & 

friends. Monday 6pm - Live music. Tuesday 

7.30pm - Jamesons Irish Sessions. Wednesday 

6pm - Live music. 

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: Friday 

9pm - Open Mic. Wednesday - Carpathia 

(Kevin Emmett, Jared Williams & Chris 

Baker). 

THE FITZ2, 77 Stevens St: Tuesday 7pm - 

Quiz. Wednesday 7pm - Karaoke. 

THE MAK, 1276 Main North Rd, Kainga: 

Sunday 3pm - Level 6. 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd: 

Friday 9.30pm - Nexus. Saturday 9.30pm - 

Girl from Mars. Sunday 6pm - Karaoke. 

Tuesday 7pm - Quiz. Wednesday 7.30pm - 

Karaoke. 

THE RICCS, 280 Blenheim Rd: Friday 

7.30pm - Captain Hooks Karaoke. Saturday 

7.30pm - Nexus. 

THE ROCKPOOL, 85 Hereford St: 

Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9pm - DJ's. 

THE SIDELINE SPORTS BAR, 331 

Stanmore Rd: Thursday 7pm - Jam Night 

with Ritchie Gillies & Nick Buchanan. 

WOODSTOCK ADDINGTON, Lincoln Rd: 

Wednesday 7pm - Open Mic. 

WOOLSTON SPORTS BAR, 669 Ferry 

Rd: Saturday 8pm - Red Zone. 

WUNDERBAR LYTTELTON, 17 London 

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(indie-pop). Saturday 8.30pm - Sunday 

Lemonade (Aus) Debut NZ Tour (folk). 

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