The Star: September 12, 2019

Circulation 93,000 Thursday, September 12, 2019 

Yani’s bid for a fifth term 

Page 10 

Gifts 

flood in 

for theft 

victim 

Gordon 

• By Sophie Cornish 

SUPPORT HAS flooded in for 

92-year-old Gordon Proctor who 

had his cellphone stolen after 

he fell onto the floor of a public 

toilet block. 

Mr Proctor was lying in the 

New Brighton toilets calling for 

help when a man, believed to be 

in his 20s, walked in and stole 

his phone, which had fallen out 

of his pocket. 

Since the theft was reported 

in The Star, Mr Proctor has 

received gifts, messages of support, 

phone calls, offers of new 

cellphones – and $1000 from an 

insurance company. 

“I have just had AMI 

Insurance give me a $1000 

in vouchers. I can spend it 

anywhere I want,” he said. 

“I have got a birthday coming 

up and I might use it for that. If 

I am well enough I hope to have 

a really good party. I planned to 

have one on my 90th birthday 

but I was quite unwell so I never 

had it. 

“I’ve got a lot of good friends 

who I would like to spend 

some time with,” he said 

yesterday. 

On Saturday he is meeting with 

the New Brighton resident who 

went to his aid after the fall. 

•Turn to page 4 

Dalziel 

says 

Park 

‘doesn’t 

have a 

clue’ 

THE BATTLE for the mayoralty 

heated up yesterday with Lianne 

Dalziel challenging one of her 

main rivals to front up over how 

he would cut $100 million from 

the council budget. 

Ms Dalziel issued a media 

statement late yesterday afternoon 

questioning why Darryll Park 

would cut spending on things like 

neighbourhood barbecues if he 

was elected mayor in October’s 

local body elections. 

She said Mr Park ‘doesn’t have 

a clue.’ 

The statement came after Ms 

Dalziel, Mr Park and another 

mayoral candidiate John Minto 

locked horns in a Radio New Zealand 

debate yesterday morning. 

Ms Dalziel’s media statement 

appears to be a shift in the campaigning 

and a signal it is heating 

up. 

She said Mr Park’s pledge to 

cut $100 million from the council 

needs to be spelled out to ratepayers. 

“They need to know what will 

be sacrificed given his statement 

that all community funding was 

in his sights,” she said. 


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Vehicles stolen after port crime meeting 

• By Jess Gibson 

TWO VEHICLES were stolen 

in Lyttelton on Sunday night – 

just hours after a community 

meeting was held to address 

crime in the area. 

The vehicles were stolen on 

Brittan Tce and St Davids St. 

Senior Sergeant Roy Appley 

said on Tuesday two car thefts 

Poignant memorial to March 15 

Artwork made 

from flower 

wrappers 

in a small community on the 

same night indicates there is a 

problem with crime. 

About 80 people attended the 

meeting to discuss how police 

are responding to crime in 

Lyttelton and what can be done 

to make the area safer. 

The meeting was attended by 

residents, the police, the City 

to Sumner Community Patrol, 

Neighbourhood Support and 

Banks Peninsula Community 

Board members. 

Senior Sergeant Appley was at 

the meeting and said residents 

were mainly concerned about 

crimes like property theft and 

damage. 

In response to residents’ 

REFLECTION: Rebecca Parnham and artist Simone Johnstone in front of the Unity sign. It 

is made from plastic wrapping left with flowers at the Botanic Gardens’ memorial wall. 

REBECCA PARNHAM spent 

three days handwashing flower 

wrappers left outside Al Noor 

Mosque and the Botanic Gardens 

after the March 15 terrorist 

attacks. 

She said she couldn’t bear to 

see the plastic wrapping destined 

for landfill go to waste. 

As she washed through the 12 

banana boxes worth of plastic, an 

idea sprung to mind to use the 

materials to make an art feature. 

“I just kept thinking, these 

don’t belong to me, these belong 

to the community and I felt I had 

an obligation to do something 

with them. I owed it to the people 

who were lost to do something 

with it,” she said. 

This is when Mrs Parnham 

convinced artist and friend 

Simone Johnstone to bring the 

project to life. 

Using the plastic wrapping, 

Johnstone created Unity, which 

will be a key piece in the Tributes 

of Aroha showcase at Christchurch 

Art Gallery starting on 

Friday. The exhibition, which 

ends on Sunday, will mark the 

six-month anniversary of March 

15. 

Unity is made up of 260 flowers 

which Johnstone spent more than 

200 hours creating by hand. 

The artwork was unveiled at 

the Uniting Canterbury Women 

event in July, which was organised 

by six Canterbury women 

in response to the terror attack. 

It was gifted to the Muslim community 

and is now part of the 

Canterbury Museum. 

Sitting at 1.8m x 5.3m, Mrs 

concerns, he said police will 

work on having a “high profile”. 

“We intend on working with 

the community to prevent as 

many crimes as possible.” 

The Lyttelton Police Station is 

only staffed between 8am and 

5pm – after that calls are taken 

at the Christchurch Central 

Police Station. 

Parnham said the sign had to be 

big to reflect the massive response 

shown from Christchurch. 

She said the artwork was about 

maintaining the sense of unity 

that arose following the attacks. 

“It represents the initial 

response but in the sense that 

it needs to continue if we want 

to remain united and support 

each other, it can’t just be about 

putting some flowers down and 

walking away. 

“After it all happened the 

community came out and said we 

care about you, we are one, and 

I just felt we were all going to go 

back to our homes and live our 

lives and I just wanted to keep 

that sense of unity alive.” 

Thursday September 12 2019 The Star 

in brief 

Arrest made over 

liquor store robbery 

A 17-year-old male has been 

arrested in relation to an 

aggravated robbery at the 

Warrington Liquor Centre 

in Edgeware earlier this 

month. He appeared in the 

Youth Court on Tuesday and 

was remanded in custody to 

reappear on September 24. Three 

other offenders, believed to be 

teenagers, are still on the run 

after the incident on September 1. 

Pig hunters at 

Bottle Lake Forest 

Police were called to Bottle Lake 

Forest Park on Saturday after a 

report about a group pig hunting 

in the area. The Star reported 

last week wild boars had been 

seen in the reserve. The city 

council assured the threat to 

people is low, but the boars 

should be avoided if spotted. 

At about 10.25am police spoke 

to those involved. No arrests or 

further action was required. 

Controversial vote 

on intersection 

The city council is set to vote 

today on whether to install 

traffic signals at the 

controversial intersection 

of Harewood, Breens and 

Gardiners Rds. The Fendalton- 

Waimairi-Harewood 

Community Board went 

against the original city council 

staff recommendation, which 

deemed traffic signals to be the 

least safe option. 

Two arrests after 

police pursuits 

Two arrests were made after 

two separate police pursuits 

yesterday. A 30-year-old man was 

expected to appear in the district 

court yesterday following a 

pursuit on Moorhouse Ave about 

8.20am. He is facing a charge 

of unlawfully taking a motor 

vehicle. A 21-year-old man is 

expected to appear in the district 

court today on charges including 

reckless driving, failing to stop, 

and unlicensed driver failing to 

comply with prohibition. The 

pursuit started on Stanmore Rd 

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NEWS 

Truck driver 

recovers 

after fire 


A DRIVER is recovering after 

being rushed to hospital when 

his truck caught fire last week. 

The Daily Freight driver was 

driving along the Christchurch 

Southern Motorway about 

7.40pm on September 5 when 

the fire started inside the cab. 

The Star understands the fire 

was caused by a mechanical 

fault. 

WorkSafe New Zealand has 

been notified of the incident 

and is making initial inquiries 

to determine what the next 

steps will be, a spokeswoman 

said. 

Daily Freight is owned by 

Mainfreight. 

Said Mainfreight national 

manager transport New Zealand 

Carl George: “The driver will 

be okay and the truck is being 

looked at.” 

He said the incident will be 

dealt with in the appropriate 

manner internally. 

The driver was left with 

moderate injuries, including 

burns to both legs. 

The fire closed off one lane of 

the motorway, near the Curletts 

Rd off-ramp. 

•From page 1 

Mr Park was asked on RNZ 

to specify where he would 

make cuts. He said all community 

spending was up for 

grabs, including neighbourhood 

barbecues. 

They are funded by community 

boards to celebrate Neighbourhood 

Week. 

Said Ms Dalziel: “Apart from 

the tiny impact this would have, 

it completely ignores the significance 

of community boards 

playing an important role in 

enabling communities to come 

together. 

“The relationships forged 

around a barbecue were the 

backbone of the post-earthquake 

response, and using Neighbourhood 

Week reinforces how important 

they are all year round.” 

Ms Dalziel said Mr Park’s response 

to the question was “panicked” 

and “shows he doesn’t 

have a clue.” 

Mr Park told The Star he was 

not panicked at all during the 

•From page 1 

Mr Proctor’s daughter, Helen, 

said her father has been “truly 

blessed” with “much love and 

warmth” since the incident with 

the gifts and support. 


Park challenged on $100m savings 

interview. 

He said there were a number of 

areas that Ms Dalziel should be 

panicking about, such as water. 

“It is all very good to say 

the government has 

shifted the goalposts, 

but we still have busted 

pipes and water mains 

and until they are 

improved I don’t think 

our water safety plan 

will be approved,” he 

said. 

He said he stood by 

his plan to cut $100 

million from the city 

council budget to 

achieve zero rates. 

Mr Park told The Star he would 

apply a zero-based budget across 

all parts of city council business, 

reprioritise capital projects, stop 

the next phase of the cycleway 

project and consider selling 

under-performing assets to 

achieve zero rates increases. 

Ms Dalziel said Mr Park’s 

plan to stop the Templeton to 

92-year-old’s family thanks helpers 

“I want to say thank you from 

the bottom of my heart. We are 

truly blessed,” she said. 

“People have been amazing. 

He had the vouchers presented 

to him today, two days ago he 

Christchurch cycleway was beyond 

mayoral control as it was an 

approved project. 

“The truth is he needs a majority 

around the council table for 

any decision he wants 

the council to make 

– he doesn’t get executive 

power in the role.” 

It was easy for 

“inexperienced 

candidates” to make 

wild promises about 

spending. The reality 

once inside council 

was different, she 

said. 

“My commitment 

to bring rates rises down to the 

level of inflation is based on 

experience, knowing that I need 

to work with all councillors and 

a deep knowledge of what the 

council still faces in the wake of 

the earthquakes.” 

Ms Dalziel challenged Mr Park 

to what was going to be cut in his 

plan to achieve the $100 million 

savings. 

Lianne Dalziel 

was given a gift box from people 

in New Brighton and yesterday 

a woman gave him a box of 

chocolates and a whistle he can 

wear round his neck, in case he 

gets in trouble again,” she said. 

It would not be achieved by 

cutting barbecues or cycleways , 

she said. 

“He would need to make 

dramatic cuts to the capital 

programme to get anywhere 

near that number, and yet there 

is work to be done getting the 

chlorine out of the water, maintaining 

momentum in the CBD 

and getting our roading and 

footpaths up to scratch.” 

Ms Dalziel said Mr Park’s call 

to open the council finances was 

odd. She said the information 

was readily available. 

“If anyone needs to open the 

books it’s Darryll Park. Show us 

exactly what the city has to give 

up to achieve his promises, and 

then show us how he’s going to 

persuade the other democratically 

elected councillors, because 

the mayor only has one vote, not 

executive powers.” 

•Park sells up home, p6 

•Minto has east in sights, p8 

•Apology hard to accept, p9 

The man who stole Mr 

Proctor’s cellphone has not 

yet been caught. A police 

spokesman said inquiries into 

the incident are ongoing and 

CCTV footage is being reviewed. 

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NEWS 5 

More criminals moved to Merivale 


MORE PEOPLE who have 

committed serious crimes will be 

housed in one of Christchurch’s 

most affluent suburbs. 

The number of people who 

will be housed at rehabilitation 

organisation, Salisbury Street 

Foundation, in Merivale will 

increase from 15 to 21. 

It comes as schools in the area 

have been warned a convicted 

child sex offender, who was 

recently released from prison, is 

being managed in the suburb. 

Said Department of 

Corrections operations director 

southern region Chris O’Brien- 

Smith: “In August 2019, we 

signed a new consolidated 

agreement with the foundation 

to improve outcomes for up to 21 

offenders.” 

The agreement also means the 

foundation is now financially 

compensated for the entire 

service being delivered by 

Corrections. 

Last week St Margaret’s College 

sent an email to parents alerting 

them about the child sex offender 

living in the area following a 

meeting with Corrections and 

the Ministry of Education. 

“We have been assured this 

person has good oversight from 

Corrections and other agencies. 

The purpose of this letter is to 

CHANGES: More serious offenders will be housed at the rehabilitation centre, Salisbury 

Street Foundation, in Merivale. 

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share this information with you,” 

it said. 

St Margaret’s College principal 

Diana Patchett said there are 

always concerns around this 

type of thing when children are 

involved. 

“We have had one parent get 

in touch. However, we have to 

trust that Corrections have the 

appropriate procedures in place 

to ensure there is no impact on 

the local community,” she said. 

St Albans School principal 

Ginnie Warren said the school 

hadn’t been alerted that a 

child sex offender was living 

in the community or of the 

expansion of the Salisbury Street 

Foundation. 

“We are always putting out 

messages about safe travel to and 

from school, as well as ensuring 

families have a safety plan, that’s 

something we just do rigorously 

with this changing world,” she 

said. 

St Andrew’s College rector 

Christine Leighton said the 

school is not aware of the 

convicted child sex offender or 

the increase in offenders being 

held at the foundation. 

“This is not something we’re 

aware of, but as always we will 

remain vigilant for our students’ 

safety.” 

The foundation has been 

operating from the same St 

Albans St property for 38 years. It 

also acted as a landlord for people 

living in a nearby property it 

rented since January last year. Mr 

O’Brien-Smith said this property, 

which was previously rented by 

the foundation, has since been 

purchased by them. 

The number of offenders living 

at the site varies. In July there was 

15 and currently there is nine. 

Said Merivale Precinct Society 

chairman Chris 

Aynsley: “I’m not 

going to get into 

the ‘not in my 

neighbourhood’ 

argument, because 

that transfers the 

issue into another 

neighbourhood. 

And why not ours? 

Or why ours? Who 

knows? It is what 

it is. It’s well-run, 

it’s well-managed 

and it has the full 

support of the 

justice system.” 

He said he could 

only speculate on 

what questions 

Merivale residents 

Chris 

Aynsley 

Diana 

Patchett 

might have. “What is the activity? 

Is it consented, what assurance 

is there for the safety of the 

people in the neighbourhood, 

what do we need to know to feel 

comfortable that this is a safe 

neighbourhood. That’s what I 

think the residents would want to 

know,” he said. 

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‘High risk’ 

robber 

released 

A MAN who committed two 

armed robberies with his mother, 

including the hold-up of a 

Christchurch sports bar, has been 

released on parole in spite of 

being deemed to have a high risk 

of re-offending. 

Joshua Karl Smith, 30, was 

jailed for five years in July last 

year. His mother, Joanne Francis 

Smith, was sentenced to six years 

and three months’ imprisonment 

for her role in the heists 

committed with her son in 2017. 

Joanne Smith was the duty 

manager at the Fitz Sports Bar on 

Fitzgerald Ave, who plotted the 

robbery and another in Dunedin 

at the Law Courts Hotel with her 

son. 

Joshua Smith was granted early 

release at the first opportunity 

when he appeared before the 

Parole Board last month. 

While Probation assessed Smith 

as being at high risk of harming 

others and committing further 

crimes, panel convener Judge 

David Mather was satisfied he 

could be safely released on to a 

rehabilitation programme. 

“On balance, we have reached 

the view that risk issues can be 

adequately addressed if he is 

released now on a range of special 

conditions,’’ he said. 


MAYORAL candidate Darryll 

Park is selling his two properties 

in Yaldhurst and is planning on 

moving into the central city. 

Both properties have a land 

area of more than 4ha, the one 

he is currently living in has 

four bedrooms, five bathrooms, 

an indoor 

swimming pool 

and spa. 

Sitting mayor 

Lianne Dalziel 

is also moving 

into the central 

city. She is currently 

moving 

out of her house 

in Burwood and 

plans to move into a central city 

apartment within the next two 

to three weeks. 

Mr Park said he was sad to 

leave Yaldhurst but excited to 

move into the central city. 

“It will be sad, I have some 

family members buried in 

Yaldhurst cemetery, it has been 

a big part of my adult life, I lived 

all my adult life in Yadlhurst but 

hey, it is another chapter in the 

book of life. 

“Whether I’m mayor or not, if 

everything falls into place nicely, 

my wife and I will be focused on 

living in the city and adding to 

the revitalisation of the city.” 


Park sells up for central city living 

Darryll 

Park 

PLUSH: Darryll Park’s Yaldhurst properties are on the market. One (above) has four bedrooms, 

five bathrooms, an indoor swimming pool and a rateable value of $2.42 million. 

He said his two children leaving 

home also played a role in 

the decision to downsize. 

The Christchurch businessman 

who co-owns Fat Eddies, 

Original Sin and Kong with Oxford 

Tce kingpin Max Bremner 

made the surprise announcement 

he would be running for 

the mayoralty last month. 

He and his wife Susie were 

excited to return to apartment 

living. 

“My wife and I got engaged in 

the Middle East during the Gulf 

War of 1990 and she was living 

in an apartment there and I was 

doing a contract in Jordan. I 

actually got engaged kneeling in 

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Insurance battle costly for Maddie 


THOUSANDS OF dollars raised 

for Maddie Collins have been 

lost in a battle with an insurance 

company. 

Since being diagnosed with nephrotic 

syndrome, a kidney disease, 

in 2008, the 15-year-old has 

received two different kidneys. 

More than $150,000 has been 

raised for Maddie’s journey 

which has seen her travel both 

around the country and internationally 

in an attempt to find a 

kidney match. 

In 2012, a kidney from her 

father was rejected by her body. 

Maddie’s current kidney was 

donated in January last year and 

she is currently attempting to 

fight off infections in order to 

stop her body rejecting it. 

Now, Maddie’s mother, Sarah 

Manson-Collins, says the family 

has been in battle with Aon New 

Zealand insurance, which has 

refused to pay out more than 

$3300 lost when Maddie’s current 

kidney became available. 

Prior to getting the surprise 

news from Starship Hospital that 

it had found a matched kidney in 

January last year, the family had 

booked a trip to visit a specialist 

in Sydney, the following month. 

The trip was for a consultation, 

to get a second opinion, as per 

medical advice. 

Maddie was on dialysis at the 

time and Mrs Manson-Collins 

says “things were getting pretty 

dire.” 

Mrs Manson-Collins had paid 

for full travel insurance for herself, 

her husband and Maddie for 

the trip to Sydney and declared to 

Aon that the trip was for a medical 

consult. 

But the news came a month out 

from the trip that a kidney was 

available for Maddie at Starship 

Hospital, making the Sydney appointment 

no longer necessary. 

Ms Manson-Collins then 

filed a claim to be paid out the 

money lost for her travel and 

accommodation expenses, about 

$3300. 

But, the claim was denied, with 

Aon stating the trip had been for 

treatment, not consultation and 

therefore they were not covered 

for a refund. 

“We had taken out what we 

CLAIM 

DENIED: 

Maddie 

and Sarah 

Collins 

have been 

fighting 

since 

Maddie 

was first 

diagnosed 

with a 

kidney 

disease in 

2008. Now, 

they are 

fighting a 

different 

battle 

against an 

insurance 

company. 

PHOTO: 

GEOFF 

SLOAN 

thought was really comprehensive 

insurance; we had been fully 

upfront with Maddie’s medical 

issues. So when I went to make 

the claim they turned it down 

and said we were travelling for 

treatment and therefore not covered 

. . . there is a big difference 

between a consult and treatment. 

Aon were staunch that a consult 

was treatment and therefore, 

tough luck.” 

Ms Manson-Collins has taken 

her battle to Financial Services 

Complaints Ltd, an independent 

and impartial dispute resolution 

service, as she says the policy she 

was sold was not fit for purpose. 

As part of FSCL’s investigation, 

Aon were required to also investigate 

the complaint. As a result, 

Aon said the claim was denied 

due to a section of her policy 

which specifically excludes claims 

arising as a result of a pre-existing 

medical conditions. 

“We have reviewed the relevant 

correspondence and spoken to 

our staff who are of the view that 

they did not misrepresent the 

cover,” said the findings. 

Said Aon marketing and 

communications Debbie Pigou: 

“While we appreciate the difficulty 

of the situation for the 

client, we are unable to comment 

on individual circumstances due 

to our confidentiality and privacy 

obligations.” 

Following this, Ms Manson- 

Collins said she did not take the 

complaint further with FSCL 

because she was tired of fighting. 

“At this stage, I couldn’t do any 

more fighting, I just don’t have 

the energy to battle. I tried and 

accepted defeat that we had lost 

thousands of dollars,” she said. 

Chubb Insurance, which had 

underwritten the policy, also 

declined to comment. 

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• By Georgia O’Connor- 

Harding 

A YOUNG para-swimmer has 

successfully swum 16km in 

memory of his late twin sister. 

Last year, Nico Wildbore, 17, 

tragically lost his sister Bethany to 

suspected suicide. 

Every kilometre he swam, 

marked a year Bethany lived. 

As part of World Suicide 

Prevention Day, Nico swam 

nearly nine hours straight to fight 

the stigma tied to discussing 

mental health and suicide. 

Nico said thinking about sister 

helped push him to meet his goal. 

The challenge was even 

greater for the Cashmere High 

School student, who was born 

with a type of cerebral palsy 

called hemiplegia. It meant he 

undertook the swim with limited 

mobility in his right arm and leg. 

Between 9.30am and 6.30pm, 

Nico had only three 20min 

breaks. 

It is estimated with the number 

of donations he made on the 

day and with further funds to 

come through he will raise about 

$10,000 for the New Zealand 

Mental Health Foundation. 

Nico said he was feeling tired at 

the end of the challenge but happy 

he had finished what he started 

and he had “so much support”. 

Nico’s mother Keiran Horne 

said he showed immense 

“strength of character”. 

EFFORT: Nico during one 

of his breaks on the way to 

swim 16km in memory of 

his sister. 

“He not only finished the 16km 

but he finished with a smile on his 

face. I was immensely proud 

of him. It was awesome,” she said. 

Ms Horne said the swim club 

had an instructor swimming 

alongside him all day and his 

coach encouraged him every step 

of the way. His friends jumped in 

the pool to help give him support 

too, she said. 

Ms Horne said she was 

“flabbergasted” at how well Nico 

went but the exhaustion “really hit 

him” in the evening. 

•To support Nico’s effort 

donations can be made at 

the Givealittle page https:// 

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nicos-16-kilometer-swim. 


16km in memory of sister 

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If you are worried about 

your own or someone else’s 

mental health, visit your 

GP or local mental health 

provider. However, if you or 

someone else is in danger or 

endangering others, call police 

immediately on 111. 

Or if you need someone to talk 

to phone: 

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(available 24/7) 

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was creating 

a feeling of 

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John Minto 

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Mr Minto said he was hoping 

to change this in October’s 

elections and cited the 

revitalisation of the east as one 

of his main priorities if elected as 

mayor. 

“There is almost a resignation 

in the east that things are not 

going to get any better. I think 

that has a lot to do with people 

not responding to the needs of 

the community post-election,” he 

said. 

Mr Minto did not think the 

council had done enough for 

the east under Lianne Dalziel’s 

leadership. 

“The east of Christchurch has 

been left to ruin while money 

is poured into the central 

city. If you push the stadium 

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in his sights 

“We need to accelerate the 

repairs to roads and footpaths, 

we had the same issues last 

election.” 

He did not see any 

commitment from any of his 

rivals for the mayoralty to 

revitalise the east. 

He labelled Darryll Park’s 

late withdrawal from the 

Wainoni Avonside Community 

Trust’s mayoral debate last week 

as “clumsy.” 

“I am yet to see a decent 

explanation from him behind his 

absence.” 

Mr Minto is holding a public 

meeting to discuss improving 

conditions in the east on 

September 22 at the Aranui 

Community Centre. 

He said the revitalisation of 

the east would be one of his 

priorities alongside the rebuild 

of social housing units damaged 

in the earthquakes and reducing 

carbon emissions through free 

public transport. 

His policies also include 

trialing freedom camping in the 

central city. 

ISSUES: Minto says repairs 

to roads and footpaths 

in the east need to be 

accelerated. 


• By Louis Day and Matt 

Slaughter 

DON’T HOLD your breath 

Darryll Park. 

That is the message from 

Wainoni Avonside Community 

Services Trust co-ordinator 

Betty Chapman after Mr Park’s 

bid to make good on his no show 

for a mayoral debate last week. 

Mr Park pulled out of the 

trust’s debate on September 4 

an hour before it was to begin, 

prompting an angry response 

from Mrs Chapman. 

In last week’s The Star, she said 

his withdrawal was a “slap in the 

face” for people in the east wanting 

roading and other improvements 

after the earthquakes. 

Mr Park told The Star he 

withdrew due to a “critical, 

personal” meeting. 

About 60 people had turned 

up for the mayoral debate, which 

involved Mayor Lianne Dalziel 

and two other candidates, John 

Minto and JT Anderson at the 

trust’s new headquarters at the 

Burwood Christian Centre. 

Mr Park later apologised 

for the no show and proposed 

he meet with the community 

on September 25. 

But Mrs Chapman said Mr 

Park’s apology was hard to accept. 

“He didn’t say what it [the 

meeting] was about, what the 

Betty 

Chapman 

Darryll 

Park 

urgency was, so it would have 

been nice to know that, he hasn’t 

given us the subject matter of 

that meeting,” she said. 

She said it would be up to 

the services trust’s members to 

decide if they wanted Mr Park to 

meet with them. 

Mr Park attended the Canterbury 

Employers’ Chamber of 

NEWS 9 

Park’s apology ‘hard to accept’ 

CRUNCH TIME: Mayoral candidates JT Anderson, Lianne 

Dalziel and John Minto (far right) at last week’s debate 

hosted by the Wainoni Avonside Community Trust and 

chaired by Garry Moore. 

Commerce debate on Wednesday 

night. 

At the debate he questioned 

why the city council was spending 

millions on cycleways when 

roads in the east needed fixing, 

labelling it as “not bloody good 

enough.” 

In a Facebook post, Mr Park 

had criticised a Dalziel-led council 

for neglecting the east and 

failing to look after the basics. 

Said Mrs Chapman: “It’s a bit 

of a slap in the face because a lot 

of people were here today to see 

Darryll. Out in the east we know 

Lianne, she had been our MP 

for years, the people came to see 

Darryll to hear what he had to 

say.” 

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10 

NEWS 


Yani balances family and politics 

Yani Johanson is 44 

and has been involved 

in local politics for 

18 years. Louis Day 

finds out more about 

Christchurch’s longestserving 

city councillor 

A CLOSE friend’s suicide was 

what pushed Yani Johanson to 

run for local government. 

“He was waiting to get help 

for a drug addiction and he just 

took his own life. This made me 

realise the services for young 

people with mental health and 

addiction issues weren’t there and 

more needed to be done,” says 

Johanson. 

“I got involved with groups like 

the New Zealand Association 

of Adolescent Health and 

Development and just supporting 

youth in the city. 

“The more I got involved, the 

more I thought about getting 

elected to the community board 

or council, and how it would be a 

good thing having young people 

as decision-makers.” 

He became a Labour Party 

member in 1996 and volunteered 

for Tim Barnett during his 

campaign to be the Christchurch 

Central MP. 

He said the suicide of his 

close friend in 1997 was what 

pushed him to run for the 

Shirley-Papanui Community 

Board in 1998. After missing out 

on a seat, he was successful in 

his second attempt during the 

2001 elections, in which he was 

elected to the Hagley-Ferrymead 

Community Board aged 26. 

He then became a city 

councillor at the age of 32 in 

2007, and now the 44-year-old is 

running for his fifth term. He has 

seen a lot in his 12 years on the 

city council. 

On his way to a city council 

meeting, he even witnessed 

the alleged gunman behind 

the March 15 attack being 

apprehended by police. 

“I was coming down Colombo 

St and then the police came past 

quite quickly. The traffic was 

a little bit backed up. I turned 

left onto Brougham St and I got 

a little bit further down and 

suddenly there was like six or 

seven cops flying past at full 

speed. I’ve looked at the timing 

of it and they must have just run 

him off the road at that stage. 

“So what I saw was cops going 

past at huge pace with the lights 

on with cars parked up trying 

to let cops through with cops 

running towards me with their 

guns drawn telling me to turn 

into Montreal St where I was 

going anyway. 

“I could just see him [the 

alleged gunman] in the near 

distance where the police must 

have had him on the ground,” he 

said. 

He was unaware of the mosque 

shootings at this stage. 

“All I knew at this point was 

there was something serious 

going on with that many police 

racing past my car with guns.” 

He also watched from the 

sixth floor of the city council 

building as the eastern part of the 

city crumbled during the 2011 

earthquake. 

‘I often joke and say 

that politics isn’t 

going to bring him 

a cup of tea in bed 

when he is old’ 

– Katya Johanson 

“The experience of February 

22. I was in the council building 

that day, having already 

been through the September 

earthquakes. I was knocked 

down on the ground and 

everything was just smashing 

down around us. I can remember 

standing up looking to the east 

and seeing the city collapse into 

dust. 

“There were journalists from 

the CTV building I had received 

messages from earlier in the day 

I was just about to ring back but 

their building had collapsed.” 

Born in Christchurch to a New 

Zealand mother and American 

father, he spent a lot of his 

childhood moving around. By 

the time he was 13 he had lived 

in New Zealand, Australia, the 

United States and Mexico. 

He spent his third, fourth and 

fifth forms at Hagley College and 

finished high school in the US, 

graduating from Washington-Lee 

High School in 1993. 

Before entering local 

government he worked as a copresenter 

and co-producer for 

Canterbury on Air radio show 

K!CK youth talkback and as a 

feature presenter on the Brat 

Radio Show. 

In 2009 he met his wife Katya 

over Facebook. 

“I don’t think I had met her at 

that stage, but I added her and 

then I invited her out and it just 

developed from there.” 

Three years later they got 

married. 

Katya said her husband’s 

dedication to his role sometimes 

made it feel like he was married 

to politics first and her second. 

“I often joke and say that 

politics isn’t going to bring him a 

cup of tea in bed when he is old,” 

she said. 

In 2015, their first child 

Milania was born. 

Katya says she is looking 

forward to the end of the election 

season. 

“Right now, Yani tends to be 

away from home a lot working 

and campaigning, early in the 

morning, late at night and on the 

weekends. He tries his hardest 

to squeeze some quality time 

with our little girl amongst his 

busy schedule, but it’s definitely a 

challenge.” 

Johanson said becoming a 

parent has given him a greater 

appreciation for the small things. 

“For me, when I became a 

parent, I began to see a number 

of things from a new perspective. 

For example, pushing a pram 

along a broken footpath, you may 

not have previously seen it as very 

important but realise the smaller 

things like that are actually very 

important.” 

He said when he is not 

spending time with his daughter 

he enjoys playing and watching 

football and walking his two 

dogs Piccolo, a chinese crested, 

and Luka, a shih tzu terrier cross. 

In the October elections, he 

is facing only one competitor 

– Linwood-Central-Heathcote 

Community Board 

member Alexandra 

Davids. 

This is Davids third 

time running against 

Johanson. 

She says Johanson 

has done a good job on 

council but feels she 

can do better. 

“I’m not sure if he 

has the solutions for 

Linwood because we 

have seen the same 

issues in the Linwood 

area for so many years now,” she 

said. 

However, Davids said she could 

not question Johanson’s passion 

for the role. It is a sentiment 

city councillor James Gough 

agrees with, in spite 

of describing himself 

and Johanson as being 

polar opposites on the 

political spectrum. 

Said Gough: “We 

don’t see eye-to-eye 

on a number of issues. 

It would probably be 

more accurate to say 

99 per cent of issues. 

However, I still respect 

his passion. 

“I admire his 

tenacity. With issues 

he believes in, he can be like a 

dog with a bone and although I 

see most of my professional life 

disagreeing with Yani, I do find 

his uncanny recall for resolutions 

that passed many years ago 

super-human.” 

Johanson has also never been 

afraid to stand by his values. 

Alexandra 

Davids 

James Gough 

FAMILY 

MAN: City 

councillor 

Yani 

Johanson 

with his 

daughter 

Milania, 4, 

and wife 

Katya. 

Before he entered politics he 

played a key role in fighting the 

police campaign ‘Catch a Car 

Thief – Under 25 Scheme’, which 

saw yellow stickers placed on 

the windscreens of cars to alert 

police that no one aged 

under 25 should be 

driving it. 

He was The Yellow 

Triangle Prevention 

Project co-ordinator, 

and the group pointed 

out the campaign was 

in breach of the Human 

Rights Act. This led to 

police dropping it. 

“It was a 

generalisation against 

a group of people. It 

did not have a lot of 

evidential basis to it. It was pretty 

discriminatory.” 

More recently, he was the only 

councillor out of seven from 

left-leaning political group The 

People’s Choice to vote against 

new city council 

chief executive Dawn 

Baxendale’s $495,000 

salary. 

He also attended 

protests with 

thousands of 

Christchurch residents 

in 2012 over the 

$68,000 pay rise for 

former chief executive 

Tony Marryatt. 

Johanson said 

he would do the 

same if people 

protested over the appointment 

of Baxendale. 

When asked if he would 

ever consider running for the 

mayoralty or even central 

Government, he responded: “I’m 

just focusing on what needs to be 

done in the city and the Linwood 

Ward at the moment.”

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12 

NEWS 

• By Claire Booker 

NGAHUIA FREED was having 

contractions as she pleaded with 

community board members to 

not send 48,000 vehicles through 

her suburb. 

The Northern Motorway is 

being extended through to QEII 

Drive and Cranford St and when 

completed will effectively slice St 

Albans in half. 

But what was being discussed 

at the meeting on Monday, was 

how to manage the influx of 

vehicles coming through the 

suburb from the Waimakariri. 

“I shouldn’t be sitting here. I’m 

40 weeks pregnant and having 

contractions as we speak,” she 

said through tears. 

“I shouldn’t be here, but it’s 

so important. Do something 

positive for us. Nothing is going 

to change unless you (board 

members) actually do.” 

Ms Freed made her plea to the 

Linwood-Central-Heathcote 

and Papanui-Innes community 

boards at a special meeting. 

She was one of about 30 

community members who made 

verbal submissions. 

The motorway is due to open 

in June next year and will cause 

traffic volumes on Cranford St 

to more than double from the 

current 21,000. 

Former chairwoman of 

the St Albans Residents 

Association Emma Twaddell 

held a sign saying “speechless” 

for 5min during the group’s 

submission. 

She then told the community 

boards to not “put cars first.” 

“Our community is going 

to suffer. You cannot mitigate 

problems by adding 40,000 cars 

to it. We want the cars reduced, 


Contractions don’t stop Ngahuia 

speaking out against motorway 

PLEA: Heavily pregnant Ngahuia Freed made an 

emotional submission on the effects of the Northern 

Motorway. 

PHOTO CLAIRE BOOKER 

we want the city council to tell 

us this is what you will focus 

on,” Ms Twaddell said. 

“It’s a shame that we’re 

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lemon and you guys know it,” 

she said. 

But after four hours of 

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reached with the community 

boards delaying their decision 

until Friday. 

A SEVEN-YEAR, $20 million 

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The chapel was demolished 

after the 2011 earthquakes. 

For seven years, a temporary 

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Rector Justin Boyle said the 

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important building. 

“The return of the chapel is 

a clear statement of who we 

are and what we stand for, a 

Catholic, Marist College, and we 

welcome its return,” he said. 

“The chapel is the soul of our 

school, connecting with our 

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Canterbury Museum, 

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Christchurch Art 

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Parenting 

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who comes into the building will 

be entered into the big prize draw. 

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Seaview Rd 

Saturday 8.15pm-12.30am 

Salsa Night Fever Party 

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WOW, DROPPING a casual 

20-odd deg C in day-to-day 

temperature is unfriendly. 

Luckily for Vittoria, she’s 

barely seemed to notice 

the change from T-shirts 

and dresses to trackies and 

cardies. 

As you might have guessed 

from the weather whinge, 

we’re back from our Italian 

holiday and getting back into 

the normal routine. 

Before we jumped back 

into our delightful South 

Island freshness, we stopped 

in Brisbane to ease through 

the jetlag. 

Vittoria was again a 

complete professional on 

the flights, spending most of 

her time asleep in my arms. 

I had worried that, with us 

arriving into Australia at 

night, that would mean her 

rhythms would be stuffed. 

But again, she smashed it. 

Straight to sleep when we got 

to her aunty’s and back into 

a normal rhythm without 

trouble. I, on the other hand, 

became a big sudden-onsetnap 

fan for a few days. 

As a kind of final act 

of the holiday, we took 

Vittoria to the Lone Pine 

Koala Sanctuary. As well as 

touching a koala, she also 

surprised her mother and 

I by being brave enough 

to hand feed and pat a 


17 

Home and back to reality 

kangaroo. 

Her wee face would break 

out in a huge smile as it 

nibbled the pellet food from 

her outstretched palm. She’d 

then reach back for more or 

lean in for a stroke of neck 

fur like she’d been raised 

from Steve Irwin himself. 

I can’t wait to see if her 

new confident attitude 

towards animals will 

translate to feeding the 

previously “terrifying” deer 

at Willowbank. 

This week may even be the 

perfect time to try, as Laura 

is back to work and it will be 

the first time it’s been just me 

and bubs for a long time, so 

furry distractions might be 

just the thing. 

VITTORIA 

& Matt 

CUDDLY: 

Vittoria 

hand-feeds a 

kangaroo at 

Brisbane’s Lone 

Pine Koala 

Sanctuary. 

I’m a little worried about 

how she’s going to go with 

just dad about for most of 

the day after seeing how 

close she’s got with Laura 

while we’ve been away. 

Not that I’m saying that’s 

bad, that’s been beautiful to 

see. I’m just worried I alone 

might be a little lame for her 

until she is used to it again. 

Fingers crossed for 

fine weather and lots of 

entertaining outdoor 

distraction during the 

readjustment period. 

•Former Star Media 

journalist Matt Salmons 

has become a stay-athome 

dad. We follow 

his journey weekly 

Cyclists urged 

to slow down at 

Cashmere track 

• By Matt Slaughter 

CYCLISTS SPEEDING through 

a popular track in Cashmere are 

putting walkers in danger. 

The Spreydon-Cashmere 

Community Board has asked 

city council staff to improve the 

signage at Ernle Clark Reserve 

to remind cyclists to be more 

considerate to pedestrians. 

Board member Lee Sampson 

said the request was a result of 

the concerns raised by a nearby 

resident. 

“It’s just Ernle Clark is such 

a successful space and it’s being 

used by so many people,” he 

said. 

“The cyclists, because there are 

so many bends as you go around 

Ernle Clark or so many trees that 

kind of jut out into traffic, are 

just catching people out now and 

again. 

“[City council] staff will go 

away and explore putting some 

signage up, so hopefully it’s just a 

case of putting some signs up and 

everybody gets on and will just 

have a little bit more courtesy for 

pedestrians. 

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cyclists can’t use it, people will 

still use it, so you’ve just got to 

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18 

NEWS 

A VISIT TO Christchurch 

by the head of China’s Gansu 

province has reinforced a 

sister-city relationship spanning 

35 years. 

Gansu Party secretary Lin 

Duo met Mayor Lianne Dalziel 

on Saturday to discuss the 

achievements and benefits of the 

strong connection between the 

areas. 

“I am very excited to visit 

Christchurch for the first time,” 

Mr Lin said. 

“Gansu highly values the 

relationship with Christchurch. 

We hope to build on the strong 

foundation to make the relationship 

even more comprehensive 

and strategic in future.” 

During the meeting Mr Lin 

presented Ms Dalziel with a 

replica of the bronze galloping 

horse – the cultural emblem of 

Gansu. In return, she presented 

Mr Lin with a korowai (cloak of 

bird feathers). 

On Sunday, the 12-strong 

Gansu delegation visited Springfield 

to see the memorial to Rewi 

Alley – a teacher and social 

reformer who spent much of his 

life in Gansu. The delegation 

also visited the Fonterra factory 

in Darfield, as well as other projects 

in the district. 

Gansu is a dry region, and Mr 

Lin has strong interests in agriculture 

and water conservation. 

Ms Dalziel said the visit 

opened the door to greater engagement 

between the two 

communities and more business, 

educational and tourism opportunities. 

“We continue to value our 

relationship, and appreciate all 

that our Gansu connections 

bring to our city,” Ms Dalziel 

said. “Our relationship dates 

back to 1984 and we owe much 

to the influence of Rewi Alley in 

establishing that bond between 

Gansu and Christchurch. On my 

last visit to Gansu, I went to a 

school established by Rewi 

Alley, as well as his former 


Sister-city reinforces ties 

BOND: Gansu Party secretary Lin Duo met with Mayor 

Lianne Dalziel on Saturday. 

PHOTO: JOHN TAN 

home and final resting place. 

“In 2015, I signed a renewal 

of our memorandum of 

understanding with Gansu. 

Much of our relationship still 

centres on education and 

cultural exchange. However, we 

have also established stronger 

ties in science and technology 

that benefit both areas and 

are developing economic and 

tourism-related connections. By 

nurturing our relationship, we 

can also realise opportunities 

from China’s investment in the 

burgeoning Silk Road Economic 

Belt.” 

Grant keeps tug afloat 

LYTTELTON’S 112-year-old 

tugboat has been thrown a 

$41,620 funding lifeline. 

Tug Lyttelton Preservation 

Society was relying on a grant 

from the city council’s social, 

community development and 

housing development committee 

to help fund a $83,240 dry dock 

survey. 

The committee approved 

the grant last week, which will 

help cover conservation and 

maintenance work, including the 

survey. The ship has been out of 

service for the past two summers 

due to the need for repairs. This 

has led to financial losses for 

the society, whose members 

voluntarily keep the tug in 

working order. 

The boat now has to go 

into dry dock before it can return 

to operation as a passenger vessel. 

Society board member Roger 

Ellery said the grant will help 

keep the tug operational. 

HARD 

WORK: 

Gerry 

Smith is 

part of the 

team of 

volunteers 

who 

maintain 

Lyttelton’s 

112-yearold 

tugboat. 

“We’ve put in hundreds of 

voluntary hours to preserve 

the tug, which really is a piece 

of living history. But it’s also 

an interesting, unique tourist 

attraction that’s of great benefit 

to Christchurch,” he said. 

“We really want to become 

financially sustainable in the long 

term and, along with our other 

fundraising, this grant is a step in 

that direction.” 

The society also recently 

received a $10,000 grant from 

the city council’s metropolitan 

discretionary response grant 

fund. 

For several decades the tug 

helped ships get safely in and 

out of the harbour. On January 

1, 1908, it escorted Antarctic 

explorer Ernest Shackleton’s 

ship Nimrod to Lyttelton Heads 

as people gathered on the 

surrounding hills to watch. The 

tug was retired from service in 

1971. 

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OPINION 

The coming week in our history 

September 12, 1981 – All 

Black forward Gary Knight was 

hit by a flower bomb dropped 

from a light plane as it flew 

dangerously over Eden Park 

in a bid to stop the third test 

against the Springboks. Outside 

the ground, violence erupted 

on an unprecedented scale. The 

All Blacks won 25–22 due to 

an injury-time Allan Hewson 

penalty goal. 

September 13, 1933 – 

The Labour Party’s Elizabeth 

McCombs became New 

Zealand’s first woman Member 

of Parliament, winning a byelection 

in the Lyttelton seat 

caused by the death of her 

husband, James McCombs (one 

of the first Labour MPs, he had 

held the seat since 1913). 

September 14, 1938 – 

The cornerstone of the first 

Labour government’s welfare 

programme, the Social Security 

Act overhauled the pension 

system and extended benefits 

for families, invalids and the 

unemployed. 

September 15, 1976 – The 

Rangatira arrived in Wellington 

from Lyttelton for the last time, 

bringing to an end more than 80 

years of regular passenger ferry 

services between the two ports. 

September 16, 1905 

– The first fully representative 

New Zealand rugby team to tour 

the northern hemisphere was 

known as the ‘Originals’. They 

won 34 of their 35 matches and 

popularised both the haka and 

the ‘All Blacks’ nickname. 

September 17, 1941 – As 

well as (temporarily) doing 

away with capital punishment 

for murder, the Crimes 

Amendment Act 1941 abolished 

judicial provision for flogging 

and whipping. 

September 18,1937 – The 

first state house was opened 

in Mirimar, Wellington. Most 

of the Labour Cabinet helped 

the first tenants move into 12 

Fife Lane. Even Prime Minister 

Michael Joseph Savage carried 

a cumbersome dining table 

through a cheering throng. 


Bridges has a lot to learn 

SIMON BRIDGES has been 

riding a big wave this week 

during his relatively short time 

as leader of the National Party 

– Labour’s alleged sex assault 

debacle. 

Bridges has been landing big 

shots in a calm and collected 

manner. He has been evenhanded 

in his delivery; no 

ranting and raving which we 

might have seen from a less 

politically-experienced Bridges 

a couple of years ago when he 

was making his way through the 

National ranks. 

Prime Minister Jacinda 

Ardern has been the opposite. 

She looks totally under siege, 

uncomfortable at the relentless 

questioning of what she might 

have known or didn’t know. 

It has played right into 

National and Bridges’ hands. 

So why would he stumble so 

badly this week by saying New 

Zealanders don’t care about 

the Christchurch Call and its 

attempt to eradicate extremism 

and terrorism online. 

Has Bridges forgotten what 

happened in Deans Ave and 

Linwood Ave on March 15, when 

people were slaughtered by an 

individual who hated them for 

simply who they were? 

Has Bridges forgotten the 

outpouring of sympathy and 

grief in Christchurch, many who 

felt a major sense of guilt that 

men, women and children could 

be gunned down in our city 

simply because of their beliefs? 

And has Bridges forgotten 

we are only days away from the 

six-month anniversary of the 

massacre? 

Why he would criticise the 

Christchurch Call? It was 

grandstanding. He wanted to 

take some of the limelight away 

from Ardern’s meeting with 

Twitter chief executive Jack 

Dorsey on Monday. 

Dorsey was in Wellington 

to catch up with Ardern, who 

inspired the Christchurch Call 

summit in Paris. The meeting 

involved social media matters 

From the 

editor’s desk 

Barry Clarke 

including 8Chan, the platform 

used by the accused gunman to 

spread his manifesto. 

So Bridges went public, saying 

New Zealanders are more 

concerned about the measles 

outbreak, education and the 

state of the roads. 

That may or maybe not be the 

case. But when you have Ardern 

on the ropes over the alleged 

sex assault debacle, why would 

you even think about throwing 

a distracting headline-grabbing 

opportunity into the mix. 

Bridges still has a lot to learn. 

He should have kept his views on 

the Christchurch Call to himself. 

barry@starmedia.kiwi


People react on 

star.kiwi Rise Up about 

National Party leader 

Simon Bridges saying 

everyday New Zealanders 

don’t care about the 

Christchurch Call and 

its attempt to eradicate 

extremism and terrorism 

online, led by Jacinda 

Ardern after the March 15 

mosque shootings 

Amanda Louise – Simon 

is very much the biggest joke in 

NZ politics, his words have no 

credibility. 

Ani Matenga Terekia – 

Wrong, wrong, wrong, Simon. If 

we can make an effort to be kind, 

understanding, respect others 

and their beliefs, you can. 

Amy Walshei – Guess 

this is what happens when our 

views are based on personal 

experiences, if you’ve never 

experienced it then you 

will never have the capacity 

to understand it or see the 

importance, his lack of empathy 

and understanding is tiresome. 

Lisa Crandall – Speak 

for yourself Simon. The live 

streaming of a murderous 

terrorist attack does concern me. 

Our PM is trying to do whatever 

is in her power to prevent a 

repeat, and I applaud her for it. 

Paul Knox – Oh really! 

Ordinary Kiwis don’t care 

about people and places being 

decimated by extremists like 

the oxygen thief who killed 51 

people in Christchurch? What 

part of NZ and our values does 

Simon Bridges understand, 

because it sure as hell isn’t in line 

with 99 per cent of Kiwis. 

Mattie Akurangi Tapara 

– You are so wrong Simon, a lot 

of people made a big effort of 

getting together to show love 

and support to the people of 

Christchurch. They needed help 

and we gave it to them. SB you 

should do the same. 

Anna Henderson – Wow, 

Simon you are so out of touch. 

Sam Whittaker – If his 

children were a little older and 


had seen the live stream he 

would be moving heaven and 

earth to do something about it. 

He doesn’t speak for me, sorry I 

do care. I don’t see it as a misuse 

of time. 

Damien Coup – But the 

National party don’t know any 

everyday New Zealanders. Do 

they? 

Jason Nottage – Typical 

media overstatement. This is not 

Bridges saying Kiwis don’t care 

what happened in Christchurch, 

it’s saying that Kiwis may view 

the talks in Paris as misuse of 

time compared to other issues 

currently being faced. And what 

were the outcomes? 

Tony Pickett – I still can’t 

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believe the Nats have him as 

leader, they must have a plan for 

him. 

Zane McKinnon – This 

is the first time I’ve heard 

from Bridges since March 15. I 

thought Judith had run him out 

of a job. 

Sally Lane – I just come here 

to read the comments, which are 

priceless. 

Brian Gately – I agree with 

the National Party. 

Pam Gray – He’s certainly 

not speaking for me, and most of 

the people I know. 

Heather Bevan – Yes, the 

measles outbreak is something 

that should not be happening, 

but we do care about what 

happened in Christchurch and 

we do not want it happening 

again. 

Denis Lynn Gillison – 

Sorry, Simon Bridges. We do 

care. 

Carla Williams – Opinions 

OPINION 21 

are opinions, but Simon don’t 

speak for me. 

Selena Beecroft – 

Everyday New Zealanders don’t 

care about him. 

Jamie Hughes – Simon 

Bridges? Who’s he? What’s he 

done for the people of NZ lately? 

Hmm. 

David Simons – Bridges 

just oozes jealousy and 

irrelevance . . . he will be 

forever known as the worst 

leader of the opposition NZ has 

ever had. 

Linda McMeeking – Never 

voting National. And as far as his 

comments about Christchurch, 

just the same as the rest of NZ 

when we had the earthquakes. 

Nobody cared because they 

weren’t here. Just like you weren’t 

here the dreadful day of the 

shootings. I guess it’s out of sight 

out of mind, ignorance if you ask 

me. 

Peter Ellis death 

I suppose one shouldn’t be 

surprised, given The Star’s 

shameful history on the matter, 

but describing Peter Ellis as a 

sex offender in the headline (The 

Star, September 5) announcing 

his death, is a low blow. “Witch 

hunt victim” or “moral hysteria 

casualty” would have been more 

appropriate and more accurate. 

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OUR PEOPLE – MURRAY LENNOX 

Hanging up the baton after conducting 

After more than 30 

years leading church, 

community and school 

choirs, well-known 

conductor Murray 

Lennox will perform for 

one last time on Sunday. 

Louis Day catches 

up with the veteran 

conductor 

When and how did your 

passion for music begin? 

When I was very young, as 

children we were surrounded 

by music. One of my earliest 

memories of participating in 

music was singing as an eightyear-old 

in the Hastings Primary 

School’s choir festival. It felt 

awesome I was one of several 

hundred children all singing 

our hearts out in the Hastings 

Municipal Theatre. It was great. 

At what age did you realise 

you wanted to become a 

conductor? 

I was probably in my 20s when 

I was teaching in Gisborne and 

was involved in the resurrection 

of a schools music festival. It 

was very rewarding. Just getting 

a response from the kids and 

making them feel good, I really 

saw kids come out of their shell. 

When did you become a 

conductor? 

In the late 1970s in my late 

30s. Before that I was a primary 

school teacher but before that 

I had professional training 

in singing and performed in 

numerous stage musicals. I can 

also play the piano and the cello, 

I play the piano a lot better than I 

can play the cello though. 

What is the role of the 

conductor? 

I suppose it is to mould 

multiple voices into one sound 

END OF AN ERA: Seventy-eight year old 

Murray Lennox has called time on his 

conducting career after more than three 

decades of service. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

so that with a choir instead of 

having 20 soloists you have one 

lovely blend of voices. It’s to help 

the singers interpret the words 

of the song so that the audience 

can actually understand the story 

they are trying to put across. 

What is the biggest choir you 

have ever conducted? 

Six thousand children, that 

was back in the year 2000 when 

we did a recording for Praise 

Be for TVNZ in what was the 

old Westpac stadium. It was 

quite challenging conducting 

them all at once, but it was very 

rewarding. We sang about 14 

songs. I have conducted school, 

church and community choirs, I 

have conducted a choir in India 

would you believe? It was a youth 

convention. Interestingly, I had a 

message on Facebook this week 

from one of the kids saying I can 

remember you as a young man 

leading us in that choir. 

How has music made a 

difference in your life? 

I love music, if I don’t have 

access to music I just feel like life 

is just not as fulfilling as it can 

be. I see it as a healer of wounds. 

Let me put it this way about three 

weeks ago I was feeling pretty 

depressed and I woke up on a 

Sunday morning going: ‘Oh boy 

do I have to take the church choir 

this morning,’ and when they 

sang it just lifted my spirits and 

after hearing them sing I just felt 

so much better. 

What has music taught you? 

Perhaps an experience I had in 

Finland, when I was attending an 

international music conference. 

There were youth choirs from all 

over the world and on the final 

night of the conference, which 

ran for a week, I think there were 

10 choirs spread right across this 

huge auditorium and just close to 

us there were two choirs one was 

from Norway and the other choir 

was an African-American choir 

and they just mingled together 

and they sang a song that bought 

tears to the eyes of people in 

the audience. That talked about 

bringing various cultures 

together, it just brought them 

together as one, like the keys on 

a piano. It taught me that under 

the skin we are all the same, we 

all bleed and have our emotions, 

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What training does someone 

have to go through to become a 

conductor? 

For me, a lot of it was selftaught 

just watching other 

conductors at work. I had an 

occasion to attend a summer 

workshop with a leading English 

conductor, this is going back 

probably 15 years ago, and to 

have him to confirm with me 

that I was doing the right thing 

felt very affirming. There are 

university courses where people 

could study conducting but I felt 

I was too old to go back to school. 

What do you make of the 

state of music today, the kind 

of music that teenagers are 

listening to? 

I find if a song has got a tune to 

it and I can hear the words then 

I can identify with it, I think of 

songs like you raise me up that 

was a popular song not so long 

ago, that’s a song that has a lot 

of value to it and will for years 

to come. I’m not a hip-hop fan 

because there is so little tune to 

it and I can never hear the words 

and never make sense of them 

and sometimes the language they 

use leaves me a bit cold. I don’t 

think I could ever conduct a hiphop 

artist. However, I think they 

do have a certain artistic flair 

that does appeal to some people 

but they would never be part of 

a choir. 

What was the worst thing 

to happen to you during a live 

performance? 

Not so much on the conducting 

side, but I was in a number of 

stage musicals and the worst 

thing that happened there was I 

forgot my words. So I winged it 

and I made the words up, I don’t 

think the audience noticed but 

the cast definitely did. 

Do you ever get nervous 

before shows? 

Yes, I must admit the adrenalin 

still pumps away and I just say: 

‘Calm down,’ but it keeps me on 

my toes, it means that I don’t 

get complacent about what I’m 

doing. 

Have you ever told someone 

they had no future in singing? 

No, but I have come very close 

to it. Fortunately, there have only 

been two occasions where I have 

thought: ‘Oh what is this person 

doing here.’ Fortunately they 

have got the message and just 

quietly left. 

How would you describe your 

conducting style? 

Fairly restrained. I was once 

told don’t let your conducting get 

in the way of the music. Some 

conductors think they are the 

performance and that is not my 

style at all I’m there to lead and 

direct but no get in the way of the 

music. 

Where did you grow up? 

I was brought up in Hawkes 

Bay I went to primary school 

in Hastings and for secondary 

school I went to Napier Boys’ 

High. I moved to Christchurch 

around 30 years ago. 

What did you get in trouble 

for at school? 

Not doing my maths 

homework. I would get a really 

sore tail after it when getting the 

cane, it happened only twice in 

OUR PEOPLE 23 

performers for more than 30 years 

IN CONTROL: 

Murray Lennox 

conducts the All 

Souls Church 

choir. 


FINAL PERFORMANCE 

DETAILS 

Sunday, 2pm 

Murray Lennox will 

conduct his last major 

work when the All Souls 

Parish Choir perfrom 

Requiem 9/11. On this 

occasion, the choir will 

be accompanied by Paul 

Brown at the organ, and 

with guest artists, Apollo 

Strings. Matthew Harris 

will sing the baritone solos 

and the treble passages 

will be sung by a group of 

choristers from Medbury 

Preparatory School. 

Tickets can be purchased 

at the door and cost $10. 

All Souls Anglican Church, 

30 Church Lane, Merivale 

my five years in high school. Our 

maths teacher was a nasty piece 

of work, I won’t name him but he 

was a bad lot, very sadistic. He 

would throw books around the 

classroom and he would shout. 

How are you feeling going 

into your final performance? 

I suppose there is a touch of 

sadness but at the same time, 

how can I put it, in a sense, there 

is an essence of relief knowing 

that I think I have done my job 

well and I can end with a sense of 

achievement. 

Have you thought about fostering a child? 

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Simon O’Neill in Concert with 

Woolston Brass – Fundraising Concerts 

Proudly sponsored by John Rhind, international 

superstar tenor Simon O'Neill joins Christchurch's 

iconic Woolston Brass under the direction of Music 

Director Tyme Marsters to perform tenor classics and 

raise funds for the band’s future home. 

New Zealand born, Simon O'Neill has established 

himself as one of the finest helden-tenors on the 

international stage. He has frequently performed with 

the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House, 

Covent Garden, Berlin, Hamburg and Bayerische 

Staatsopern, Teatro alla Scala and the Bayreuth, 

Salzburg, Edinburgh and BBC Proms Festivals, 

appearing with a number of illustrious conductors. 

The Woolston Brass Band has been in existence for 

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and ages brought together by a creative talent for 

making music. The band has remained true to the 

ideal expressed in its Maori motto, Tohea kia kaha 

advertorial 

(Persevere, so there is Strength). 

The band's existing hall on Dampier Street has 

been used since 1961 and is no longer fit for purpose, 

damaged from the earthquakes and is earmarked for 

demolition. Significant fundraising is now sought to 

rebuild this rehearsal facility on Dampier Street that 

will host the award-winning Woolston Brass and their 

Academy. 

Simon O’Neill is proudly donating his voice to help 

Woolston Brass raise funds for the new band hall. The 

fundraising concerts being held Friday 8 November 

at the Christchurch James Hay Theatre and Sunday 10 

November at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre will 

feature tenor classics such as traditional Irish ballad 

Danny Boy (Londonderry Air), Caruso written by 

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25 

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Piper bags solo success 

• By Claire Booker 

VICTORY ON the world stage 

is no pipe dream for Campbell 

Wilson. 

The year 12 St Andrew’s College 

piper won the under-18 

Piobaireachd and under-18 

March, Strathspey and Reel 

events at the Northern Meeting 

in Inverness, Scotland, on August 

29 and 30. 

In the piping world, the annual 

Northern Meeting is the 

most prestigious competition for 

solo pipers around the world. 

Since Campbell began piping 

when he was nine-years-old, he 

has achieved a long list of highlights 

in his career. 

He made history at the Hastings 

Highland Games in April 

when he became the youngest 

ever winner of the New Zealand 

Gold Medal for Piobaireachd. 

Campbell was named New 

Zealand Young Piper of the 

Year in 2018, is titled the youngest 

ever winner of the Silver 

Chanter March, Strathspey and 

Reel event. 

Now, he can add the two wins 

in Inverness to his already impressive 

resumé. 

Campbell said the win still 

feels surreal, and being surrounded 

by like-minded people 

was amazing. 

“I never thought I’d do so well, 

PIPES: Campbell Wilson 

won the under-18 

Piobaireachd and under-18 

March, Strathspey and Reel 

events at the Northern 

Meeting in Scotland. 

I was just there to perform to my 

potential,” he said. 

Competitors from Scotland, 

England, the United States, Canada 

and New Zealand competed 

in the annual competition. 

Campbell’s father Greg Wilson 

is classified as one of the 

top pipers in the world – and 

doubles as his tutor. 

Mr Wilson’s career success 

includes winning 14 Gold Clasp 

Piobaireachd competitions – an 

event which pipers can only 

compete in if they have won the 

New Zealand Gold Medal for 

Piobaireachd. 

“My dad is very proud of my 

success. He has put in so much 

time and effort for me to be of a 

reasonable standard to compete 

in Scotland, and it definitely 

paid off. I am very appreciative 

of him, I couldn’t succeed without 

him,” Campbell said. 

Campbell practices at least six 

times a week, for 90min each 

session, he also has a lesson with 

his father every Sunday. 

“There isn’t a secret to my success, 

only that I put the work in 

and it pays off,” he said. 

Campbell will face off against 

his father at the end of October 

in the annual Labour Weekend 

competitions, and he looks forward 

to the challenge. 

Campbell said his goals for the 

future are not around results as 

they aren’t always achievable, 

he is more focused on having a 

good performance. 

“It’s definitely achievable 

to have a good performance 

or even a phenomenal 

performance. And from there, 

results may come – they’re just a 

bonus,” he said. 

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Talent on the trombone 

COSETTE HAVELAAR is a 

15-year-old home-schooled 

Harewood resident who has a 

passion for music. 

And she has been selected for 

the New Zealand Secondary 

Schools Brass Band for her talent 

with the trombone. 

Cosette plays the trombone 

and piano, and she attributes her 

success to being part of a musical 

family. 

“Ever since I was little I always 

wanted to learn the instruments I 

heard at concerts. What drew me 

to trombone specifically was that 

I liked the sound of brass instruments, 

but I figured trombone was 

way cooler than the rest as it has a 

slide instead of valves,” she said. 

Cosette has been playing the 

trombone for four years, and she 

said being home-schooled gives 

her more time to practice. 

“At home I can prioritise music 

and spend time on that first before 

my studies each day.” 

Cosette auditioned for the 

NZSSBB where she had to play a 

slow melody and some exercises 

which were selected by the musical 

director. 

“When I saw that I had been 

accepted into the band, I couldn’t 

stop jumping up and down and I 

was smiling the rest of the day,” 

she said. 

SUCCESS: Cosette Havelaar 

will head to New Plymouth at 

the end of the month to join 

the New Zealand Secondary 

Schools Brass Band. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

Cosette will leave for the 

NZSSBB on September 30 and 

will come home on October 6, 

and it will be her first time in 

New Plymouth. 

She is involved with Nor’west 

Brass, which she says has helped 

to push her to become a stronger 

player. 

Cosette hopes to compete in the 

junior trombone solo competition 

at the brass band national 

championships next year. 

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THEATRE/ARTS 29 

Big line-up for Little Andromeda 

• By Georgia O’Connor- 

Harding 

MORE THAN 100 

performances of 70 different 

shows will be staged in a major 

pop-up theatre festival. 

The Little Andromeda 

programme is set to start next 

month, and 

the line-up 

was launched 

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Sunday. 

The festival, 

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October 4 to 

Michael Bell 

November 30, 

will include 

comedies, cabaret performances, 

musicals and entertainment for 

children and babies. 

Little Andromeda project 

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“This is a celebration 

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The programme will showcase 

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Little Andromeda premiered 

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The venue then was a tent 

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performance set to be held at a 

space above the Terrace Tavern. 

Bell said the goal is for theatregoers 

to make the performances 

part of a night out on The 

Terrace. 

He said many highlights 

stand out in the line-up. The 

Court Jesters, the team behind 

New Zealand’s longest-running 

comedy show Scared Scriptless, 

will perform the improvised 

medical comedy Soapland Street, 

which is inspired by the TV 

show Shortland Street. 

Two anticipated premieres 

will be the comedy Sibs, 

starring former 

Christchurch 

siblings Liv and 

Chris Parker 

(right), and 

Meme Lord, 

created by 

theatremaker 

Alice 

Canton, 

which explores 

the unhealthy 

relationship 

between people and 

online culture. 

Bell said actors Eli 

Matthewson and Brynley 

Stewart, who ended their 

relationship about a decade 

ago, have come together 

for the comedy Exes. 

“It is awesome, 

this is exactly 

the stuff 

Christchurch 

needs,” Bell 

said. 

The city 

council granted 

a $50,000 funding 

boost to the festival 

in July. 

Bell said the goal is to 

eventually have a permanent 

performance space similar to the 

LAUGH: A highlight of the 

Little Andromeda festival 

will be The Court Jesters’ 

improvised medical comedy 

Soapland Street, which is 

inspired by the TV soap 

opera Shortland Street. 

Basement Theatre in Auckland 

or BATS Theatre in Wellington. 

“They are much more similar 

to what we are trying to do, 

which is a casual theatre where 

artists can do their own work on 

their own terms,” Bell said. 

He said the goal is to keep 

running the festival every year 

until it can eventually open its 

own venue. 

About 90 submissions were 

received from artists who wanted 

to take part in the festival this 

year. Compared to last year, the 

line-up now includes more shows 

for children and families. 

The children’s shows will 

include The Tortoise and the 

Hare by New Zealand Playhouse 

and Up and Away for babies and 

toddlers by the Cubbin Theatre 

Company. 

Every Wednesday from 

October 9 to November 27, 

musicians such as Suzy Cato, Itty 

Bitty Beats and Loopy Tunes will 

be performing as part of Little 

Wednesdays at Little A. 

•A festival opening party 

will be held at The Terrace 

on October 4. To view the 

full programme, go to 

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Book at nzso.co.nz 

Special exhibition co-produced by 

Science North & Canadian Museum of Nature 

Meet the people and wildlife of the Arctic 

Exhibition on now 

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Free entry; donations appreciated 

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30 

GARDENING 


Sunshine brings up the soil temperature 

SPRING HAS finally arrived. 

Temperatures will still be a bit 

up and down this month, but 

overall, they are on the rise. There 

is plenty for gardeners to do, 

especially preparing vegetable and 

flower gardens for planting. 

Vegetable garden 

Harvest the remainder of your 

winter veges and remove any that 

have finished. Improve the soil by 

adding plenty of new compost. 

Where soils are not too wet, you 

can now plant hardier vegetables 

for summer harvesting, these 

include; asparagus, beetroot, 

cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, 

onion, radish, silverbeet and 

spinach. 

Flowering annuals and 

shrubs 

Begin preparing for your summer 

flower garden. It’s a little 

early to plant traditional summer 

annuals, so start with good 

all-rounders; such as alyssum, 

calendulas, cornflowers, lobelia, 

pansies and violas. 

You can raise your own summer 

annuals seedlings by sowing 

seeds into fresh seed raising mix 

now. It’s important to use fresh 

mix to ensure healthy, diseasefree 

seedlings. Place pots or trays 

in a warm north-facing spot 

indoors or outdoors in a greenhouse, 

and water regularly to 

ensure even germination. New 

seedlings should be ready for 

planting around five-six weeks. 

Give flowering winter shrubs 

that have finished flowering, like 

azaleas and camellias, a light ‘tidy 

up’ prune where needed. 

Bulbs 

Mark the position of your late 

winter/early spring flowering 

bulbs if you want to grow annuals 

and perennials in the same area 

over summer. It will save the 

heartache of accidentally digging 

them up when planting, Allow 

any bulbs that have flowered 

brilliantly to naturalise (growing 

and seeding as they would naturally 

in the wild) in your garden, 

especially freesias, hyacinth, iris, 

lachenalias, muscari, narcissus 

and watsonias. 

IF YOU’VE got an area in 

your garden where you want 

to create a mass of colour, you 

can’t go past petunias. 

They are prolific bloomers 

that, if looked after, will continue 

to flower all summer. 

You can choose from plain 

purple, red, pink or white. 

How about purple with dashes 

of white like on the 

primetime violet star? 

Or the duo red and white 

variety which, like the name 

suggests, produces a beautiful 

mixture of red and white 

flower? 

Not sure what colour to select? 

Then try a mixed bundle. 

Roses 

New Zealand spring and early 

summer is a marvellous time for 

roses with masses of stunning 

blooms, and plants are typically 

disease free. If you do notice signs 

of disease or pests – spray immediately. 

Remember once you commit 

to spraying, you must follow 

a regular regime throughout the 

season. Apply rose fertiliser every 

five to six weeks from late September 

(always avoid fertilising 

over the hot summer months). 

Fruit trees and 

strawberries 

Stone fruit are in full flower, 

as are pip fruit like apples and 

pears. Fingers crossed for favourable 

weather conditions (sunny 

Don’t have a big garden to 

fill with bedding flowers? Don’t 

worry about that either. All 

petunias really need to flourish 

is a sunny, free-draining spot. 

They grow equally as well in 

pots and hanging baskets making 

them perfect for just about 

any garden. 

Once you’ve selected your 

seedlings and sunny spot to 

plant, simply dig small holes, 

around 3cm deep and 25cm 

apart, and plant. 

Be sure to watch out for slugs 

or trying using our beer bait. It 

also pays to keep an eye out for 

aphids. If you spot these pesky 

pests, a general insecticide or 

VULNERABLE: 

Mark the 

position of your 

late winter/ 

early spring 

flowering bulbs 

so you don’t 

accidentally dig 

them up. 

days and no strong winds) as it’s 

critical for pollination by bees. 

Unfortunately, heavy rain and 

strong winds can have a major 

impact on pollination resulting in 

limited fruit. 

Early strawberry varieties are 

beginning to set fruit. Keep a 

good layer of pea straw or hay 

(mulch) around the plants to 

keep berries clean and healthy. 

With other berry plants such as 

raspberries and boysenberries, 

apply a copper oxychloride spray 

to help prevent the occurrence of 

summer disease. 

spray of organic alternative, 

neem oil will sort that problem. 

And make sure to keep them 

watered. If you’re not sure how 

thirsty they are, stick your 

finger in the soil 2cm deep. If 

the soil is dry, they will need a 

drink. 

Then sit back and wait just 

four to six weeks for your 

beautiful petunias to bloom. 

Remember to pick off dead 

heads to encourage reflowering. 

VERSATILE: Petunias will 

grow well in the garden 

or in a pot. 

Herbs 

Plant your new seasons 

herbs. Because many herbs are 

Mediterranean plants, they prefer 

a warm, sunny position in welldrained 

soil and will struggle in 

dark, shady locations. You can 

easily grow herbs from seed; try 

basil, borage, chives, coriander, 

dill, fennel, parsley, rosemary, 

sage and thyme. They can also 

grow from cuttings, especially 

thyme, sage, rosemary and 

tarragon. 

Container gardens 

It’s changeover time for 

flowering annual displays. Violas 

and pansies and ‘potted colour’ 

varieties make excellent displays 

during spring before you plant 

traditional summer annuals. 

Always clean pots between 

seasons and use fresh container 

mix. 

Lawns 

You will notice new season 

grass growth beginning. 

Apply lawn fertiliser from late 

September and avoid mowing 

too ‘close’ initially in spring – you 

don’t want to ‘scalp’ the lawn. 

Check your lawn mower blades 

are sharp to make the cut cleaner; 

otherwise they can tear out the 

grass and damage growth. 

Top tip: As the soil warms in 

spring, mulch new and existing 

plants in the garden or pots to 

help suppress weeds and aid water 

retention over the dry summer 

months. 

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Plant hardy veges for summer harvest 

IT’S TIME for gardeners to 

celebrate. 

Temperatures are on the 

rise, producing signs of spring 

throughout the garden. 

September can be a wet and 

windy month so ensure you still 

protect plants where need be. It’s 

a busy but very enjoyable time, 

with colour and scents slowly 

coming back into the garden. 

Final harvesting and removal of 

winter maturing vegetables gives 

plenty of material for the compost 

bin. By staggering planting times, 

hopefully these vegetables have 

supplied you with continuous 

supplies over winter. 

Where conditions allow, ie soil 

not too wet and temperatures rising 

in your area, you can plant the 

hardier vegetables for summer 

harvesting. Remember the more 

traditional summer vegetables 

will be planted next month. 

Those veges can include; asparagus, 

beetroot, cabbage, cauliflower, 

carrots, onion, radish, silverbeet 

and spinach. Improve existing 

vege plots with plenty of compost 

before planting the new seasons 

vegetables. Keep a wary eye for 

slugs and snails as they emerge 

when temperatures increase. 

Time for preparing your summer 

flowering garden. Winter annuals 

are now coming to an end 

of their flowering. While it’s still a 

TASTE: Find a dry piece of soil and get onions in the ground now. 

little early for planting traditional 

summer annuals, there are some 

that ‘transcend’ the typical growing 

seasons and are very useful at 

this time of year. 

These include alyssum, calendulas, 

cornflower, lobelia, pansies 

and violas. If you wish to grow 

your own summer flowering 

annuals, seed should be sown 

now either in a glasshouse or in 

a warm, north facing enclosed 

patio. 

Sow and water regularly to ensure 

even germination. Seedlings 

should be ready for transplanting 

into the garden six to eight weeks 

after sowing. 

Carefully mark the position of 

your winter and spring flowering 

bulbs as you may wish to grow 

other plants in the same area over 

summer months. 

Where the bulbs have performed 

well, allow them to 

naturalise where they are growing. 

This applies especially to 

crocus, freesias, hyacinths, iris, 

lachenalias, muscari, narcissus, 

and watsonias. 

Stone fruit such as apricots, 

cherries, nectarines, peaches and 

plums are all in bloom now, as are 

pip fruit such as apples and pears. 

Hopefully, weather conditions 

allow for pollination by bees. Last 

year’s heavy rainfall had a major 

impact on pollination. 

Rose growth is finally under 

way. Spring/early summer is the 

best time for roses with masses of 

blooms and plants usually disease 

free. The addition of compost 

around the base of existing plants 

is beneficial for plant health. 

Start feeding roses from October 

onwards with fertiliser. 

Cut lawns regularly in early 

spring, avoiding close mowing 

initially. First lawn fertiliser can 

be applied in late September/early 

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32 

FOOD 


PAN-SEARED 

PORTERHOUSE STEAK 

WITH RED WINE SAUCE 

Ingredients 

4 porterhouse steaks (about 

200g each) 

1 1/2 tablespoon olive oil 

3/4 cup dry red wine 

1/2 cup good-quality beef stock 

1 thyme sprig 

30g butter 

Mash of choice, roasted baby 

carrots and steamed green veges 

to serve 

Directions 

AVOCADO DIP WITH CARROT STICKS (PALEO) 

Ingredients 

1 avocado, halved with pit 

removed 

1 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon 

juice 

2 Tbsp tahini 

1 clove fresh garlic, minced 

1/2 tsp ground cumin 

1/4 tsp sea salt 

Pinch ground cayenne (optional) 

Pinch paprika 

200g carrots 

Directions 

Peel and cut carrots into chips. 

Scoop the avocado flesh into a 

small bowl. 

Add lemon juice, tahini, garlic, 

cumin, and cayenne (if using). 

Stir well to combine. You could 

also mix the ingredients in a food 

processor. 

Transfer to a small serving 

bowl and sprinkle with paprika. 

Serve with carrots. 

Season steaks generously with 

salt and black pepper. 

Heat large char-grill or frying 

pan over high heat. Add oil then 

steak and cook for 3min per side 

or until browned on both sides 

and internal temperature is 50 

deg C for medium-rare. 

Transfer steaks to carving 

board to rest. 

Place non-stick frying pan 

over medium-high heat. 

Add wine and simmer for 

4min or until reduced by half. 

Add beef stock and thyme and 

simmer for a further 4min or 

until reduced by half. 

Remove pan from heat and 

whisk in butter to blend. 

Season sauce with salt and 

pepper. 

Divide steak among four 

plates. Drizzle with pan sauce 

and serve with mash, carrots 

and veges. 

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Rating: Very good to 

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Floral and expressive with 

peach, citrus and tangy 

grassiness, stonefruits with 

aeration. Fatness on entry, 

almost a soapy softness, but 

the acid floods in to snap 

it back into line. Lime, cut 

grass and some exotic fruit 

flavours on a luscious, rich 

mid-palate before a little 

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Price: $24.90 

Rating: Excellent 

The nose gives an 

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and richness, along with 

a little funk, matchstick, 

pepper, lime and grapefruit. 

Creamily textured, filling 

the mouth, pepper and 

spice through the midpalate, 

backed by lime and 

cooked lentils. A lifted 

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freshness to the close. 

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2018 Carrick 

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Price: $36 


Fragrantly spiced nose of 

cinnamon and vanilla pod, 

the fruit backed by a waft 

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and almond with aeration. 

There’s a Mackintosh’s 

toffee-like note on the 

palate, enlivened by citrus 

before air allows greengage 

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Threatens to tighten up, 

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2018 Tohu Whenua 

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A creamy, lactic note 

meets with cashews, grilled 

nuts and caramel, with a 

little citrus in the wings. 

These notes carry on to the 

palate as sweet, tropical 

fruit notes build, while a 

core of acidity keeps this 

vibrant as a little chewy 

fruit pith gives texture. 

Threatens to soften but 

spiced nuts and zestiness 

hanging on the long finish 

hold it together. 

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2018 Main Divide 

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Gewurztraminer 

Price: $20.99 


While fragrant and 

floral with its rose petal 

and lychee, this gives a 

drier impression. Lovely 

texture on entry, sweetly 

fruited, continuing the 

lychee theme on a rich and 

slightly dry palate. Excellent 

varietal expression, good 

depth of flavour and 

freshness too. With 

aeration the nose swells and 

the wine grows nicely in 

depth. 

A lovely rendition for 

Gewurz fans. 

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2017 Cicada 

Marlborough 

Gewurztraminer 

Price: $24 


Turkish delight and 

dustiness leap from the 

glass, shifting to lychee, rose 

petal, spice and licorice. Off 

dry with textural, almost 

oily richness, the flavours 

shift back to Turkish 

delight, gum drop and 

licorice. Rather than acidity, 

there’s a fruit pith-like 

graininess that adds fresh 

lift, creating a foil for the 

oily richness. 

Very true to the 

variety and immensely 

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Hokitika is centrally located, making 

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A real sense of pioneer 

New Zealand 

While the South Island’s West Coast is 

well known for its magnificent scenery and 

glaciers, no visit to the area is complete 

without experiencing Shantytown. 

The discovery of gold in 1864 led to a 

population “explosion” – from around 300 

to almost 30,000 residents. Isolation, rugged 

terrain and extreme weather conditions 

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Shantytown tells these stories through 

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remoteness, while only 10 minutes from the 

seaside town of Greymouth. The rainforest 

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The village, born of the gold rush, offers 

delicious refreshments from King Dick’s 

Cafe, while the kids can enjoy the flying fox, 

or try their hand at the gold-rush Treasure 

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For a memento of your visit to 

Shantytown nothing is better than to grab a 

costume and get an old time photo. 

With over 30 shops and buildings to 

explore, there’s so much to see and do at 

Shantytown. 

The newly refurbished Monteith’s 

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brewery experience in the heart of 

Greymouth. Visitors can explore the 

traditions and heritage of the brewing 

establishment and taste their famous craft 

brews and modern food. 

The guided brewery tour starts with an 

introduction into the origins of Monteith’s, 

which started in 1868 on the West Coast. 

The tour takes visitors into the brewery 

where they can see, touch, taste and smell 

the New Zealand-grown ingredients used 

to make the range of craft beers. 

A walk through the brew house and 

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reveal the process involved with crafting the 

150-year- old beer recipes and the modern 

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If time is limited, simply enjoy the 

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How many words Down of three or more letters, 

1. News from informants including (3-4) plurals, 1. Tall can building you (5) make from the six 

5. Ornamental headband letters, (5) using 2. each For (3) letter only once? No foreign 

8. Criminal (9) words or words 3. Combatant beginning (7) with a capital are 

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all squares with matching 

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letters are represented by the 

other numbers. As you get the 

letters, write them into the main 

grid and the reference grid. 

Decoder uses all 26 letters of 

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15. Owing (7) 

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allowed. There's at least one six-letter word. 

TODAY Good 12 Very Good 17 Excellent 22 

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dame, damn, dan, dean, den, end, mad, made, 

MADMEN, man, mane, mead, mean, men, mend, 

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CANTERBURY United Pride 

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title when they host Capital at 

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Pride coach Alana Gunn 

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national team commitments 

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bench will lack depth. 

Lara Wall, Gabi Rennie, Tahlia 

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THE CANTERBURY Bulls 

face a tough task when they 

open their National Premiership 

campaign with a trip to the 

defending champion Akarana 

Falcons on Saturday. 

The Bulls squad assembled for 

the first time on August 14 and 

have been training on field for the 

past two weeks ahead of the fourteam 

premiership. The last time 

the Bulls met the Falcons it ended 

their season with a 14-34 loss. 

“They’re the benchmark in 

terms of the competition,” said 

Bulls coach Andrew Auimatagi. 

This year’s side will be cocaptained 

by Hornby half Tevin 

Arona and Linwood prop Alex 

Todd, taking over from James 

Baxendale who has chosen to 

concentrate on playing duties 

this season. 

Arona helped the Bulls make 

their last grand-final appearance 

in 2016, but has spent 

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earlier this year. He will 

combine with fellow Hornby 

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12 months ago. 

“He [Arona] adds a lot of 

leadership in the halves,” said 

Auimatagi. 

“With Brad [Campbell] now 

in his second year of the premiership 

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they’ll shape.” 

Auimatagi is also aware of the 

importance of every minute of 

the three match round-robin. 

Last year the Bulls missed out 

to potentially miss the whole 

season due to injury. 

Last year the Pride won nine 

and lost three of their 12 roundrobin 

games to advance to the 

final where they defeated top 

qualifiers Northern Lights 3-2 

after extra-time. The goal this 

year will be to once again make 

the grand final come December. 

“I think we’ve got a stronger 

squad than last year, so our first 

goal will be to get to the final,” 

said Gunn. 

The match against Capital at 

English Park kicks off at 1pm. 

2019 Pride squad 

Una Foyle, Marisa van der 

Meer, Rebecca Lake, Lara Wall, 

Annie Gilchrist, Chloe Jones, 

Gabi Rennie, Tahlia Herman- 

Watt, Jayda Stewart, Annalie 

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Jasmine Donald, Britney Lee 

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THE EARLY stumbling blocks 

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of the Mitre 10 Cup premiership 

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Canterbury head to Whangarei 

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After lingering at the bottom 

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Northland are second 

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“There’s no time to take the 

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Saturday’s match at 

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Bulls squad 

Tevin Arona, James 

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Almond fuels life after the All Whites 

The Star looks back 

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Canterbury’s sporting 

icons from yesteryear. 

This week Gordon 

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All Whites defender 

Bobby Almond about 

playing in a World Cup 

and pumping fuel on 

Blenheim Rd 

THE MAN at the heart of the 

famous 1982 All Whites defence 

has gone from loud mouth centre 

half to friendly-faced fuel boy. 

Bobby Almond ran onto the 

pitch 49 times for the All Whites 

between 1978 and 1982. He 

played in all 15 qualifying games 

for the side en route to their 1982 

FIFA World Cup debut in Spain 

and played in their pool matches 

against Brazil and Scotland. 

Almond has lived in 

Christchurch since moving 

from England in 1973. He has 

worked in the fuel industry for 

more than 30 years, mostly as 

a business manager for Caltex. 

These days he can still be found 

pumping fuel part-time at Caltex 

on Blenheim Rd. 

Almond, 67, grew up in South 

London and played much of 

his early football there before 

being picked up on an amateur 

contract with North London 

giants Tottenham Hotspurs’ 

youth side. 

“I had a chance to go to 

Millwall being a South London 

boy, but the thoughts of playing 

for Spurs was a good draw,” said 

Almond. 

“I didn’t drive a car by then, so 

it was about two underground 

trains, four buses and a cycle just 

to get to training.” 

Almond’s youth team at Spurs 

in 1969/70 had no shortage of 

success. In his one year with 

the side, they won the national 

youth league and three different 

cups, including the FA Youth 

Cup. The team featured future 

legends Steve Perryman and 

Graham Souness. Perryman 

played a club record 655 games 

for Spurs, while Souness went on 

to win multiple league titles and 

European Cups with Liverpool. 

“He [Souness] was something 

special. He wasn’t the quickest of 

players, but just really intelligent 

and had great skills,” said 

Almond. 

Following the 1969/70 season, 

Almond was let go by Spurs. 

He then had a trial with Leyton 

Orient – which had just been 

promoted to the second division. 

His one opportunity to push his 

case for a professional contract 

with the club came in an ill-fated 

match against Queens Park 

Rangers. 

“I was playing right-back at 

the time and they had a left 

winger there called Martyn 

Busby and he just roasted me, 

roasted me and roasted me again 

. . . effectively I never saw the 

manager after, so my endeavours 

into the professional world sort 

of stopped from there,” he said. 

Almond played for his local 

non-league side Walthamstow 

Avenue before making a bold 

move to the other side of the 

globe to play football. The 

decision to come to Christchurch 

was made after Almond received 

a phone call from his old team 

mate Bruce MacDonald, who 

was managing New Brighton at 

the time. 

“He rung me up during a game 

and said ‘do you want to come 

over’ and I said ‘yes, I think I’ll 

have some of that’ because I 

was really at a loose end and it’s 

probably turned out to be the 

best thing I’ve ever done,” he 

said. 

It didn’t take long for Almond 

to make an impact at New 

Brighton. 

“It was a different lifestyle for 

me, but I really enjoyed it. Being 

a young man I obviously enjoyed 

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the social life quite a lot and used 

to get into trouble a wee bit. I 

think I can recall when I was 

playing for Brighton I got sent 

off in my second ever game up 

in Auckland because I told the 

ref to F off or something to that 

extend. That was the rebellious 

side coming out in me.” 

Following one season with 

Brighton, Almond was recruited 

by high-flying Christchurch 

United. He went on to play about 

200 games for United between 

1975 and 1988, winning four 

national league titles and two 

Chatham Cups. He also played 

one season with Invercargill 

Thistle in 1982 and played a 

handful of seasons for Woolston 

Technical following his time at 

United, until he broke his leg in 

1994. 

However, Almond is best 

known for his time with the 

national team and helping them 

reach their first ever World Cup. 

In 1976, the defender became 

eligible to play for New Zealand 

and soon after made his All 

Whites debut in 1978 against a 

touring England B side at the 

Basin reserve in Wellington. The 

England B side featured the likes 

of Glenn Hoddle, Paul Mariner, 

Brian Talbot, Joe Corrigan and 

Alan Kennedy. 

Almond says Mariner was 

one of the toughest strikers 

he ever had to mark. The two 

had a run in during the match 

in Wellington, which flowed 

through to the second match in 

Auckland. 

“I rushed into a tackle with 

him and caught him on the nose. 

He had quite a large nose, but 

it was bigger after that . . . he 

got his own back in the game in 

Auckland when he did me in a 

tackle,” he said. 

While Almond says the All 

Whites run to the World Cup 

and playing against Brazil and 

Scotland at the tournament are 

his career highlights, another 

special time came as a coach 

years later. In 2002 he guided 

Ferrymead Bays – which had 

been promoted to the Mainland 

Premier League for the first time 

– to a league title in their first 

attempt. 

“It was a really brilliant time. 

I got a lot of pleasure out of 

coaching that club. I still hold 

that title win in a very special 

place,” said Almond. 

These days he enjoys walking 

his dog and the odd round 

of golf. He’s looking forward 

to teeing off at The Centre 

Circle fundraising event at 

the Harewood golf course on 

November 29. 

The Centre Circle was 

originally set up by Almond’s 

1982 World Cup teammate Steve 

Sumner who passed away after 

a battle with prostate cancer in 

2017. Before his passing Sumner 

asked Almond to kick start The 

Centre Circle, which aims to 

raise funds for football in the 

Canterbury region. 

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DEAR STEVE 

I hope this finds you well. I 

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the basketball roadshows you’ve 

been doing around the country. 

Steve, I have to report that 

times as a New Zealand basketball 

fan have been frustrating 

of late . . . I’m sure you’re aware 

our beloved Tall Blacks came 

agonisingly close to once again 

punching above their weight and 

qualifying for the top-16 of the 

World Cup. 

Did you see old mate Corey 

Webster absolutely shooting 

the lights out in the opening 

pool play stage? He was on fire, 

arguably the hottest guard at 

the competition and with some 

support could have shot us to 

victory over the likes of Brazil 

and Greece. The guy was the top 

scorer through the opening pool 

play stage. He wasn’t throwing 

up shots galore like James 

Harden either, the guy also had 

the best efficiency rating. 

Unfortunately though it was 

the same old story as years gone 

by. We’ve really lacked size and 

class on the inside. You see 

One-eyed Cantab 

Gordon Findlater 

gordon.findlater@starmedia.kiwi 

Steve, we’ve got some genuinely 

good guards and wing men, but 

we just don’t have a big guy that 

can compete with what the other 

top international sides have at 

their disposal. 

I hope you didn’t see too much 

of Rob Loe’s performances, they 

would have been punishing for 

you to witness. I lost count of 

how many times he turned the 

ball over and got out-muscled for 

rebounds. Unfortunately, Alex 

Pledger doesn’t seem to be the 

answer either. The guy has size, 

but just looks out of his league at 

World Cup level. 

What’s the answer Steve? I 

know what you’d say: ‘Wouldn’t 

it be great if we had a true 7ft 

athletic big man who could control 

the paint and stop us from 

leaking offensive rebounds?’ 

How good would it be to have 

an NBA star like our opening 

pool play opponents Brazil, 

Montenegro and Greece. 

One day Steve, one day, New 

Zealand will produce a world 

class centre and finally we will 

be able to genuinely compete for 

a medal and eclipse the amazing 

efforts of our 2002 side. I hope 

you’re there to see it Steve.



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WC players you may recognise 

When the Rugby World Cup kicks off on September 20 there will be a strong Canterbury presence at the tournament – and not just with 

the All Blacks. Sports reporter Gordon Findlater takes a look at the players from and with links to here who are set to turn out for other 

nations in Japan 

Scotland 

•Sean Maitland – Maitland 

made 54 appearances for the 

Crusaders between 2008 and 

2012. His best season came on 

the wing in 2011. He scored 

nine tries to help the Crusaders 

to the final before falling to the 

Reds. Maitland played 45 games 

for Canterbury before joining 

Glasgow. Now at Saracens, he is 

coming off a club season to remember, 

winning the European 

Cup and Premiership. He made 

his Scotland debut in 2013 and 

has 30 caps. 

•Simon Berghan – Born in 

Christchurch, Berghan played 

for the Shirley Boys’ High first 

XV and the Sydenham premier 

side. The tight-head prop was 

part of the Crusaders development 

squad 

before shifting 

to Scotland and 

joining Edinburgh 

in 2014. 

He made his 

Scotland debut 

in 2017. 

•Other 

notables – 

Simon 

Berghan 

Finn Russell, 

Grant Gilchrist 

and Johnny 

Gray were all in the Canterbury 

international high performance 

unit as part of Scotland’s 

John Macphail Scholarship, 

which sent emerging players to 

Christchurch from 2005-2017. 

Tonga 

•Siua Maile – The Shirley 

hooker grew up in Tonga. He 

moved to New Zealand in 

2014 and took a scholarship at 

Timaru Boys’ High, where he 

played as a loose forward in the 

first XV. The Christchurch roofer 

was instrumental in helping 

Shirley reach the premier metro 

competition semi-final. 

•Paul Ngauamo – The 

29-year-old hooker was in the 

Christchurch Boys’ High first 

XV. He was also part of the New 

Zealand under-20 side which 

Sean Maitland 

won the 2010 Junior World 

Championship. Ngauamo played 

for Sydenham and made 11 appearances 

for Canterbury from 

2010-2011. In 2014 he moved to 

France to play professionally. 

•Nasi Manu – Another CBHS 

product, Manu’s incredible size 

and power saw him dominate 

first XV rugby. The No 8 was 

part of the New Zealand under-20 

side which won the 2008 

Junior World Championship. 

The 31-year-old played 76 games 

for Canterbury from 2007-2014. 

He also played 16 games for the 

Crusaders, but is best remembered 

in Super Rugby for his 

Nasi Manu 

time at the Highlanders, which 

saw him make 65 appearances 

and captain them to the 2015 

title. Manu moved to Europe following 

the title. Last year he was 

diagnosed with testicular cancer 

while in Italy playing for Benetton 

Treviso. He found out he was 

cancer-free in June. 

Japan 

•Luke Thompson – The 

lock is set to appear in his fourth 

Rugby World Cup for Japan at 

the age of 38. Growing up in 

Christchurch, Thompson played 

for the St Bede’s College first XV 

in the late 1990s and went on to 

play two games for Canterbury 

in 2003. However, with no shortage 

of locks in Canterbury at the 

time, Thompson took his talents 

to the Sanyo Wild Knights in 

2004. In 2007, he qualified for 

Japan through residency and has 

since gone on to 

play more than 

60 games. He is 

the brother of 

former Silver 

Ferns and Tactix 

player Anna 

Thompson. 

•Michael 

Leitch – The 

Japanese captain 

grew up in 

Christchurch 

and played for 

Michael 

Leitch 

Belfast and St Bede’s. The loose 

forward moved to Japan at 15. 

In 2008, he captained them at 

the Junior World Championship 

and became a Japanese citizen 

in 2013. Leitch has gone on to 

play more than 50 games for the 

national side. He was appointed 

captain by Eddie Jones in April 

2014. 

Uruguay 

•Alejandro Nieta-Serra – 

The prop attended the St Bede’s 

international rugby programme 

as a back-rower. He played a 

number of games for the second 

XV in 2006 and made one appearance 

for the first XV. This 

will be Nieta-Serra’s second 

World Cup with Uruguay. 

Wales 

•Josh Navidi – The loose 

forward was part of the St Bede’s 

first XV for two years while at its 

international rugby programme. 

Navidi helped the side win the 

Press Cup in 2008 and recently 

revealed he came close to signing 

a contract with the Canterbury 

academy. He recently captained 

Wales against Ireland and was 

Welsh player of the year in 2017. 

Samoa 

•Kieron Fonotia – The former 

Shirley Boys’ High 

and New Brighton 

midfielder played 30 

games for the Crusaders 

from 2014-2016 

before joining Welsh 

club Ospreys. Fonotia 

is eligible to play for 

the Manu through 

his grandfather, who 

was born in Samoa. 

He made his Samoa 

debut in 2017 and has 

become a regular selection. 

•Michael Ala’alatoa – Since 

moving to Christchurch in 

2016, the Sydney-born prop has 

gone on to play 61 games for the 

Crusaders and play a role in their 

three-peat of Super Rugby titles. 

Josh Navidi 

Kieron Fonotia 

The 28-year-old is the brother of 

Wallabies prop Allan Ala’alatoa. 

Their father Vili played for Samoa 

at the 1991 World Cup. 

England 

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Crusaders halfback is best 

remembered here for his decision 

to make two consecutive box 

kicks – one of which went out 

on the full outside of his own 

22 – in the last stages of the 

2014 Super Rugby final. They all 

but handed the Waratahs the 

title. Heinz played 58 games for 

the Crusaders from 2010-2015 

and 52 for Canterbury. The 

32-year-old moved 

to Gloucester in 2015 

and recently made his 

England debut. 

Fiji 

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The first-five/fullback 

signed with the 

Crusaders following 

the departure of Dan 

Carter after the 2015 

World Cup. Volavola 

played seven games 

for the Crusaders and as many 

for Canterbury, but was unable 

to live up to his hype in red and 

black. The Sydney-born 28-yearold 

is now ironically once again 

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much easier to prepare it for an open home. 

It’s a good idea to clear away any valuables or 

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take with you) and use your own common 

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Don’t shove things into cupboards or 

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that families with small children could be 

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better out of harm’s way. 

Selling a property can be a stressful time, 

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if you work out a plan of attack, including 

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way, Lampen-Smith says. 

“Present your home well and it’s more likely 

to attract another set of owners.” 

For independent advice on buying or 

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Phil 027 435 7711 

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E vicky.sayers@ 

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Phone 

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Board 

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SPIRITUAL CHURCH 

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Address 

Debbie 

Clairvoyance 

Debbie 

Sunday 7pm 

All Welcome 

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ChUrCh 

182 Edgeware Road 

Sunday Service 

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Classic Cars & 

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Curtains 

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Roman blinds,tie 

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Flatmates 

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0874 8205 

For Sale 

DAEWOO Washing 

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647 0646 

FRIDGE FREEZER 

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4556 or 021 230 5512 

FUJITSU Heatpump. Pre 

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like new. Capable of 7.4 

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will accept $750 ono. To 

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Garage Sales 

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CASEBROOK 

25 Woodhurst Drive. 

Saturday 8am - noon. 

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Hay Rd, Sat 8am - 12pm,, 

House hold items and 

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Sept 9am - 4pm. All sorts 

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SPREYDON Domain Tce 

(signs out Sat 9am - 12 

noon) H/hold goods. 


Christchurch Canterbury 

Direct Cremations 

“Just cremate me, 

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PETE’S GARDENING 

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good rates, no job too 

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Quotes. Compost & wood 

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4118 

Handy Person 

Services 

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John on 021 149 0986 for 

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140, Idris Road, Strowan 

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Health & Beauty 

INDIAN LADY. 

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CATS UNLOVED 

can help with the cost 

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Ph 3555-022 or email 

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Trades & Services 

House & Garden 

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Landscaping 

CALL us 021 405 277 

Black & White 

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30 Years 

Christchurch Botanic 

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PAINTING 

OLDER PAINTER 

FOR OLDER HOUSES 

50 YEARS IN TRADE 

“All the skills” 

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Contact Jimmy Bell 

3384432 or 0211221487 


• New homes 

• Extensions 

• Renovations 

Builder 

• Light Commercial 

• Repairs and 

Maintenance 

Brandon Taw 

Phone 027 370 2572 

enquiries@tawbuilders.co.nz 

www.tawbuilders.co.nz 

Excavations 

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• Car Parks 

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oF TruckS 

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Phone Steve on 021 338 247 

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concrete & paving 

• Driveways 

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tel: 0508 873 7483 

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Kitchen looking tired? 

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• Over 20 years experience 

• Free Quotes with no obligation 

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27 Birmingham Drive, Middleton 

03 338 6280 | 021 541 323 

pablospaints@xtra.co.nz 

www.pablospaintworks.co.nz 

DECORATORS 

New Paint • Repaints 

Wallpapering • Fences 

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Floor & Roof Painting 

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Light Commercial 

Restoring Timber 

Selwyn based but service the whole of Canterbury 

www.andertondecorators.co.nz 

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027 724 6846 027 PAINTIN 

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www.star.kiwi 

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REMoVAL 

Get a Bin Co trailer 

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and general rubbish. 

We load your 

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the work for you 

EASY! 

or you load it, 

we dump it. 

Give us a try 

bin co 

Ph: 383-0646 

027 2131 733 

30 years + experience 

Older house 

restorations: 

no problem! 

Quotes: FREE! 

Rates: Reasonable 

Paint supplied at 

trade price! 

NO JOB TOO SMALL 

Light industrial also 

Roger Brott 

Painter & Decorator 

021-1966-311 

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• Digger/tipper excavation and hire 

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• Certified craftsman plumber 

“I will turn up when I say I will” 

Call/Text 027 245 5100 

Freephone: 0508 426 269 

PLUMBER 

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For assistance contact Vicky 

Phone 03 364 7419 or email 

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Locally owned & operated with 

over 30 years experience. 

• Extensions & repair • Roof coating 

• Concrete & clay tiles • Butynol 

• Malthoid • Asbestos Certified 

• Coloursteel • Old iron • Guttering 

Phone Dave 981 0278 

or 021 223 4200 

E: dave@beaumontroofing.co.nz 

BEAUMONT ROOFING LTD 

For safe, damage free 

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call Ashley’s Tow Taxi 

Special care for special cars 

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DRIVEWAYS 

Exposed Aggregate 

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Concrete Resurfacing 

Things we offer... 

Competitive/affordable pricing 

Attention to detail 

Professional service 

free quotes/insurance scopes 

Cell 0278 145 848 

www.drivecrete.co.nz 

PAINTER 

Michael Kelly Painters 

Locally owned and 

operated family 

business. 

25+ years Experience 

• Painting • Wallpapering 

• Interior • Exterior 

Free Quotes 

Phone 

Michael 0212 649 492 

michaelkellypainter@hotmail.co.nz 

NOT JUST 

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WE ARE ALSO EXPERTS IN 

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NEW BUILDS, RENOVATION 

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LENDING CRITERIA, FEES, TERMS 

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• Corporate and Business 

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• Competitive rates 

• 25 years experience 

• Start to finished product 

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guaranteed 

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PLUMBING & 

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SERVING 

CHRISTCHURCH 

AND WIDER 

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WORKMANSHIP 

AND SERVICE. 

PHONE HAMISH BALDWIN 

027 636 3499 

WINDOW TINTING 

tintawindow 

advanced film solutions 

99% uv block 

fade protection 

heat control 

reduce glare 

25 Years Experience 

Driveways 

SWAINS 

KIWI KERB 

(Since 2005) 

Over 22 Years Experience 

Quality 

Workmanship 

• Driveways 

• Kerb & 

Channel 

• Garden Edging 

Freephone: 0800 081 400 

swainskiwikerb@gmail.com 

plumbING AND GAS 

• Gas fitting – servicing, new, renovations 

• Gas hot water installs 

• Gas cookers and gas fires 

• Kitchen / Bathroom renovations 

• Backflow testing and installs 

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• Domestic maintenance 

Email: james@plumbingandgashq.co.nz 

Text: 021 174 9265 

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ROOF 

PAINTING 

Rope & harness 

a speciality, 

no scaffolding 

required, 

30 years of 

breathtaking 

experience. 

FREE QUOTES 

Exterior staining, 

exterior painting, 

moss and mould 

treatment and 

waterblasting 

Phone Kevin 

027 561 4629 

rooF 

painting 

Book now for 

Summer and 

receive 20% 

discount. 

Rope and harness 

a speciality. 

No scaffolding 

required. 

30 years 

experience. 

Free quotes, 

call Craig 

021 060 2392 


AAA HANDYMAN 

licensed carpenter 

LBP, all property and 

building maintenance, 

repairs, bathroom/shower 

installations, with free 

quotes 03 383 1927 or 027 

245 5226 ciey@xtra.co.nz 

BUILDER 

QUALIFIED 

50 yrs exp. Bathrooms, 

Kitchens, Renovations, 

Repairs & Extensions 

Free quotes. Discount for 

pensioners. Ph Mike 03 

980 9771 or 027 2266 930 

BUILDER QUALIFIED 

Decks, T & G Flooring, 

Villa Restoring, New 

Homes, Weatherboards. 

Free Quotes. Bennet & 

Sons Ltd Sam 027 496- 

9362 or Tony 027 224- 

0374 

BUILDER - LBP 

Very experienced and 

reliable. For all your 

building requirements. 

Call Russell 027 439 2781 

or 323 5452 

CARPET LAYING 

Exp. Repairs, uplifting, 

relaying, restretching. 

Phone John on 0800 

003181, 027 240 7416 

jflattery@xtra.co.nz 6 

CARPENTER 

BUILDER 

Licensed Building 

Practitioner no. 100981. 

All carpentry & building 

repairs & maintenance. 

Alterations & property 

upgrades.Laundries / 

bathroom / kitchens 

replaced. Specialising in 

replacement of all rotten 

timber, fascia boards, 

window, windowsills etc. 

John Sandford, ph 329 

4616, mob 027 5189 598 

johnsandford2@gmail. 

com 


CARPETLAYER 

35yrs experience. Special 

rates for seniors. Prompt 

service. Ph 021 046 0231 

CHIMNEY SWEEP 

*Rotary 

brush 

technology*. From $80 

single story. 0800 SWEEP 

ME or 021 0277 1927 

CONCRETE CUTTING 

Affordable Concrete 

Cutting with Quality, and 

removal work. Free quote. 

No job to small. Phone 027 

442-2219, Fax 359-6052 

a/h 359- 4605 

ELECTRICIAN 

Prompt & reliable 

registered electrician 

with 24 years experience 

for all residential and 

commercial work, new 

housing and switch board 

replacements. Phone Chris 

027 516 0669 

ELECTRICIAN 

Available, 30 years 

experience, immediate 

start, competitive rate, 

ph Brian 027 433 9548 

No Call out fee 

ELECTRICIAN 

All types of domestic 

& commercial work 

undertaken, new housing, 

alterations, extensions, 

ranges, security lights, 

quick response, efficient 

service, free quotes, 

city -wide. No call out 

fee. M/S, 8-5. Call Pat 

Barrett 03 359 2087/ 027 

7331384. 

FENCING 

25 yrs exp. Fencing, all 

styles & gates. Ph Mark 

0273 313 223 

FENCING 

Quality timber fencing - 

gates & repairs, ph Ryan 

027 951 8892 

FENCING , DECKS & 

HOME RENO’S 

All types of fencing. 

decking & reno’s. Free 

quotes. Ph Jim 022 137 

1920 

GARDENING 

Lawnmowing, weeding, 

hedge trimming.,garden 

cleanups, Call Phil the 

Gardener 021 661 246 for 

your free quote. 

GLAZIER 

Glass repairs - pet doors 

- conservatory roofs. Exp 

Tradesman. Call Bill on 

022 413 3504 or 981-1903 

HANDYMAN 

All handyman services eg: 

drippy taps, sticky doors, 

locks, moss spraying etc. 

Discount for pensioners. 

Ph 390 1565 or 

022 5275 668 

HANDYMAN 

All handyman services eg: 

drippy taps, sticky doors, 

locks, moss spraying etc. 

Discount for pensioners. 

Ph 390 1565 or 022 5275 

668 

HANDY - DAN 

General Handyman for 

all your maintenance 

requirements. I specialise 

in fences and decking, also 

do spouting cleans and 

repairs and everyday home 

maintenance. NO JOB TO 

BIG OR SMALL I can do 

it all, please don’t hesitate 

to call me on 022 600 7738 

for a no obligation free 

quote. 

HANDYMAN 

REPAIRMAN 

20 yrs exp.No job too 

small.Prompt service. 

On site engineering & 

welding a speciality. 

Reasonable rates.Free 

quotes.Ph Wayne 9813873 

/0272853083 



LANDSCAPING 

Paving, Lawns, Irrigation, 

Decking, Fencing. 

Kanga & small digger 

services. Check out Squire 

Landscaping on facebook. 

FREE QUOTES. Ph 

Arthur 347-8796, 027 

220-7014 Edwin 027 220- 

7154 

LAWNMOWING 

You Grow I Mow. Free 

quotes. Ph / text Chris 021 

252 1801 

OVEN CLEANING 

Professional cleans 

$50.00. Gift Vouchers 

avail. Phone 0800 683- 

6253 or 027 228-0025 

PAINTING 

PLASTERING 

Free quotes. Int/ext & 

roof painting Family run 

business, work guaranteed. 

Pensioner discounts. Ph 

Kerin or Paul 022 191 

7877 or 379-1281. Website 

www.swedekiwipainting. 

co.nz 

PAINTING 

All jobs, none too small. 

Free quotes Affordable 

rates. Seniors discounts. 

James 0220 652 637 

PAINTER 

Qualified Tradesman. Free 

quotes. Inside / Outside. 

Kieran 0212 175 488 

PAINTING 

Indoor / Outdoor, over 30 

yrs exp, same day quotes, 

ph Steve 021 255 7968 

PAINTING 

30 years experience, 

workmanship 

guaranteed, pensioners 

discounts, free quotes, ph 

Robert 021 026-30757 

PLASTER MASONRY 

PAINTING, TILING 

WALLPAPERING 

Roofing & Brick 

Repairs, Stucco, Fixing, 

Stopping, Cracks & 

Holes. Small jobs ok. 

35 yrs exp . Free quotes. 

Gary 3428950 / 021 529 

022 

PLASTERER 

Phone Finn the interior 

plasterer small job 

specialist, holes, cracks, 

renovatons, alterations. 

Canty born. Ph 022 

0874351 

PLASTERING (INT) 

Experience and 

Excellence. Small to 

Medium job specialists 

in all aspects of Interior 

Plastering. Please call Tim 

020 4183 8909 

PLUMBER 

A Top Plumbing job 

completed at a fair price, 

prompt service, all work 

guaranteed, ph Brian 960- 

7673 or 021 112-3492 

REMOVALS 

Small furniture removals, 

have own van, can fit 

various types of whiteware 

appliances, some furn, 

bedding, boxes etc, honest 

& reliable, any area 

considered, ph Chch 027 

517 7001 

RUBBISH REMOVAL 

Van & Trailer Rubbish 

Removal. Free quotes. Ph 

Gary 342-8950, 021 529 

022 

SKIP BINS 

Skip bins for rubbish, 

hardfill and gardening. 

Owner operator service 

with a smile. We work 

weekends too. “Barrys 

Skips”. 0210 323 472 


SPOUTING 

Select Spouting 

The PVC specialist. 

Repairs & replacement. Ph 

022 197 2351 

SPOUTING CLEANING 

SPECIALIST 

15 years experience. 

Hundreds of happy 

customers. Ring or text Jo 

021 164 0365 

SPOUTING 

Select Spouting 

The PVC specialist. 

Repairs & replacement. Ph 

022 197 2351 

TREE SERVICES 

Free quotes 20+ yrs exp. 

Tree, hedge or shrub 

- reduction, shaped or 

removed. Ph/text Paul 

The Branch Manager 

0274314720 

TREE TRIMMING 

AND REMOVAL 

Hedges cut, pruning. 20 

yrs exp. Ph Alister 359 

3090 ABT Tree Services 

WINDOW CLEANING 

Brown & White Ltd. 

Family owned since 2001. 

Ph Paul 027 229 3534 

WINDOW CLEANING 

Average 3 brm house 

inside or out from $40. 

Both from $70 Phone 

Trevor 344-2170 

Tuition 

COMPUTER LESSONS 

avail for computer, IPad, 

or Mobile. Please contact 

Jobee 027 290 9246 www. 

computertutor.nz 

Uniforms 

inc Sporting 

CHRISTCHURCH Girls 

High uniform, full winter 

& summer, sell size 10-12 

, to view, Ph 021 912 610 

Wanted To Buy 

ViNTAGE 

LEiCA CAMERA 

WANTED 

~ 

Will pay up to $600 

~ 

Phone 351 5353 

or 021 128 5498 

WANTED 

Removeable 

Buildings 

Sleepouts galore 

11 Brixton Street, Hornby 

349 9633 

AAA Buying goods 

quality furniture, beds, 

stoves, washing machines, 

fridge freezers. Same day 

service. Selwyn Dealers. 

Phone 980 5812 or 027 

313 8156 

A+ About to move? Books, 

china, coins, medals, 

furniture, furs, jewellery, 

tools, old photos, estate. 

Ph 385-5117 

ACADEMY ANTIQUES 

Buying estates, antiques, 

old china, crystal, art, 

Royal Doulton , Royal 

Albert etc. Best prices, 

free appraisal. Call Rob 

027 299 7232 or 349-4229 

ALL whiteware wanted. 

Same day service, cash 

paid for freezes, fridges, 

washing machines, ovens. 

Also buying furniture & 

h/hold effects.Anything 

considered. Ph Dave 960- 

8440, 027 66 22 116


The Star Classifieds 

Wanted To Buy 

A RECORDS Wanted 

top cash prices paid for 

good records. No easy 

listening. Please ph 027 

624 1138 

CASH PAID TODAY for 

quality furniture, tools, 

estate lots. Call Simon 021 

154 8281 

DOWNSIZING? 

GARAGE SALE? 

Cash paid for estate china. 

Ph 313 1878 or 027 350 

3963 

MILITARIA Any 

country, firearms, 

uniforms, badges, medals, 

memoribilia, WW2 or 

earlier ph 338-9931 

TOOLS, Garden garage, 

saw benches, Lathes. Cash 

buyer Phone 355-2045 

Public Notices 

WATCH 

SCIENTOLOGY 

SCIENTOLOGY.TV 

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OTAUTAHI 

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AGM 

Saturday 

5 October 2019, 10am 

Te Puna Oranga 

687 Worcester St. 


Complete a 20 minute 

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I am a PhD student researching the 

effects of the earthquake on people's 

wellbeing. If you wish to take part 

you will be sent a 20-25 minute online 

survey. The results of this survey will 

be anonymous. I invite anyone to 

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by the quake. 

Contact me at 

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PERMITTED TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION 

Under Clause 7(3)(a) of the Canterbury Earthquake 

(Resource Management Act Permitted Activities) Order 2011 

Despite anything to the contrary in the Christchurch City Plan, the activities listed below 

are permitted activities in the specified locations if they comply with the prescribed 

standards: 

1. ACTIVITY: Office 

LOCATION: 5 Ayr Street, Riccarton 

APPLICANT: Adscale Laboratories Limited 

REFERENCE NO: RMA/2019/1251 

STANDARDS: 

1. The activity must proceed in general accordance with the information submitted 

to the Council. 

2. No physical changes are to be made to the High School Old Boys Club Rooms 

and its surrounds on site to accommodate the temporary office activity the 

subject of this temporary accommodation application. 

3. The activity must not create any significant adverse effects (relating, but 

not limited to, noise, dust, mud, light spill, odour, traffic generation, refuse 

disposal, animal control and visual amenity) that will, in the opinion of a 

Council Compliance Officer or Environmental Health Officer, cause nuisance for 

occupiers of surrounding sites 

Note: If any significant adverse effects do arise, then the Council can impose additional 

requirements or conditions to avoid, remedy or mitigate those adverse effects. 

The general Standards for Permitted Temporary Accommodation and Temporary Depots 

and Storage Facilities can be viewed on the Temporary Accommodation page of the 

Council’s website at www.ccc.govt.nz/tempaccomm 

Any temporary activity established under these provisions shall not create or give 

rise to any existing use right in respect of any land, activity, or structure (refer clause 

5(3) of the Canterbury Earthquake (Resource Management Act Permitted Activities) 

Order 2011). 

If you have any questions or would like more information about the activities listed 

above please phone 941 8999 and ask to speak to the Duty Planner. 

John Higgins 

RESOURCE CONSENTS MANAGER 

www.ccc.govt.nz 

Situations Vacant 

FACTORY 

PRODUCTION 

MANAGER 

FOR AUCKLAND REINFORCING 

SERVICES LTD 

FULL TIME JOB IN CHRISTCHURCH 

Past Proven Experience in Management 

Experience in the Construction 

Industry a plus. 

Email CV to Anup Walia at 

anup@aucklandreinforcing.co.nz 

CASUAL COOK/CLEANER 

Abbeyfield Christchurch Inc. seek to employ 

a Casual cook/cleaner (separate or combined 

position) for 12 – 14 seniors in our 2 Abbeyfield 

Christchurch residences. Applicants for the 

cooking position will be experienced cooks 

and preferably conversant with food safety 

legislation. Interested people are invited to 

contact Julian on 3517406 or 0272232678 

for further information. Application forms 

are available from Margaret on 3515177 or 

randmyorke@actrix.co.nz . Please indicate 

whether the application is for the cook, the 

cleaner or the combined post. Closing date: 

5pm, Monday September 23, 2019. 

See www.abbeyfield.co.nz to find out more 

about Abbeyfield. 

St John Friends of the 

Emergency Department 

Do you have time to help your community? 

St John volunteers provide non-clinical care 

and support to patients and their families in the 

Emergency Department of Christchurch Hospital. 

Shifts are available from: 

• 10:00am - 2:00pm 

• 2:00pm - 6:00pm 

• 6:00pm - 10:00pm 

For more information contact Pam Hall on 

0800 785 646 ext 3645. 

join.stjohn.org.nz/search - Job code 24919 

Situations Vacant 

CLEANERS 

REQUIRED 

Belfast/ 

Northwood Area 

Saturday and Sunday 

7am - 10am 

Redwood Area 

Cranford Street 

Monday to Friday 

6pm - 8.30pm 

We are looking for cleaners 

to join our commercial 

cleaning team. 

You will need to pass a 

Security Check and you 

MUST have your own 

transport. 

Must be eligible to work 

in New Zealand. 

Please email your 

Application to 

csc@totalcanterbury.co.nz 

or phone 338 9056 

Visit our website: 

totalcanterbury.co.nz 

Please advise which job 

when emailing your CV. 

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christchurch 

GIG GUIDE 

To add a listing, contact 

Jo Fuller 03 364 7425 or 

027 458 8590 

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi 

www.star.kiwi/whatson 

Thursday 12 - Wednesday 18 Sept 2019 

Vintage Blue (Jenny & Rob Payne) 

perform their unique blend of mellow 

jazz grooves, pop and some self penned 

songs at Ara Music Arts Auditorium 

tomorrow night as part of the 

‘Keeping Music Alive’ series. 

The Nor’west Brass & Nor’west Zephyrs 

perform at Rangi Ruru Chapel this 

Saturday night. 

Pictured is Bob Grimwood, a long-serving, 

helpful and valued member of Nor'west 

Brass, playing his E flat bass at a recent 

Nor'west Brass performance. 

Bob died suddenly 10 days ago 

and Nor'west Brass will dedicate 

Saturday’s concert to his memory. 

‘Famous for their roasts!’ 

SENIORS SPECIAL 

Two courses: $ 

22 

Soup/Roast or Roast/Dessert 

Special available lunch only 

Monday - Saturday 12pm - 2.30pm 

Conditions apply 

FAMILY FRIENDLY 

Kid’s Special 

Two courses 

Great Kids menu plus 

designated play area. 

$ 

13 

RESTAURANT & CAFÉ 

Open daily from 6.30am - Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 


RACECOURSE HOTEL 

& Motorlodge 

118 Racecourse Rd, Sockburn, 

Christchurch. Ph 03 342 7150 

www.racecoursehotel.co.nz 

ARMADILLO’S BECKENHAM, 155 

Colombo St: Saturday 9pm - INCOGNITO 

Rock Band. 

A ROLLING STONE, 579 Colombo St: 

Thursday 7pm - Quiz. Friday 6pm - The 

Teddies. Saturday 7.30pm - Roy Orbison 

Tribute. Sunday 7 & 9.30pm - Australian 

comedian Isaac Butterfield. Monday 7pm - 

Quiz. Wednesday 7pm - Traditional Irish Music 

Session. 

CASHMERE CLUB, 50 Colombo St: 

Thursday 7pm - Cashmere Ukulele Group. 

CASSELLS BLUE SMOKE, 3 

Gardlands Rd: Thursday 7.30pm - Tiny 

Ruins & Jen Cloher, ticketed. Friday 8pm - 

Bootleg Rascal ‘Yin & Yang’ Tour, ticketed. 

Saturday 7.30pm - Jess B ‘New Views’ Tour, 

ticketed. 

CHRISTCHURCH CASINO, Victoria 

St: Thursday 8pm - Lino. Friday 6pm - 

Smooth Talk; 9.15pm - Natalie Elms. Saturday 

7pm - Absolut (Main Gaming Room); 7pm - 

Blackie (Valley Bar); 10pm - Nyree. Sunday 

5.30pm - Sly Manhatten. 

CHRISTCHURCH TOWN HALL, 86 

Kilmore St: Event tickets at Ticketek. 

GBC, Garden Buffet Cafe, 110 

Marshland Rd: Saturday 5pm - Sima. 

HORNBY WMC, 17 Carmen Rd, 

Hornby: Saturday 7.30pm - Retro Rockin, 

ticketed. Sunday 2pm - Eddie Low & friends 

SOLD OUT. 

HORNCASTLE ARENA, Jack Hinton 

Drive: Event tickets at Ticketek. 

ISAAC THEATRE ROYAL, 145 

Gloucester St: Thursday 7pm - Young 

Singers in Harmony. Saturday 7.45pm - The 

Best of International & National Barbershop. 

Tickets at Ticketek. 

KEEP MUSIC ALIVE, Ara Music Arts 

Auditorium, 130 High St: Friday 6.10pm 

- Chch Muso’s Club presents Vintage Blue, $10 

entry, students with ID $5. 

NOR’WEST BRASS SPRING 

FESTIVAL, Rangi Ruru Chapel, 59 

Hewitts Rd: Saturday 7pm - Nor’west Brass 

& Nor’west Zephyrs are both in the final stages 

of preparing music for the Canterbury 

Provincial Brass Band Championships. Hear 

them this Saturday. Light refreshments 

provided during intermission. Raffles. Entry by 

donation. 

RACECOURSE HOTEL, 118 

Racecourse Rd, Sockburn: Sunday 6pm 

- Lance Kiwi Karaoke. 

TEMPS BAR, 21 Goulding St, Hornby: 

Friday 8.30pm - Misfitz. Saturday 8.30pm - 

Mojo Rising. Wednesday - Mickey Rat Karaoke. 

THE CRAIC IRISH BAR, 84 Riccarton 

Rd: Thursday 9.30pm - Karaoke. Friday - 

Rocky Road. Saturday - Bobby Brown. 

Wednesday 9pm- Karaoke. 

THE EMBANKMENT, 181 Ferry Rd: 

Thursday 8pm - Titanic (Kevin Emmett, Nick 

Buchanan, and Peter K Malthus). Friday 

8.30pm - Open Mic. Tuesday 8pm - Karaoke. 

Wednesday 8pm - Titanic (Kevin Emmett, Nick 

Buchanan, and Peter K Malthus). 

THE MILLER BAR, 308 Lincoln Rd, 

Addington: Thursday 7pm - Learn to Rock 

n Roll. Friday 9.30pm - Old Skool. Saturday 

9.30pm - Reckless Duo. Tuesday 7.30pm - Quiz. 

Wednesday 8pm - Karaoke with Lance Kiwi. 

THE PAPANUI CLUB, 310 Sawyers 

Arms Rd: Friday 7.30pm - Julius Geezer. 

Friday 20 September - Kayla G. Friday 27 

September - Ryan Ferris. Sunday 29 September, 

3pm - Porter Duo. 

WOOLSTON CLUB, 43 Hargood St: 

Saturday 7.30pm - Vague As Brothers. 

WUNDERBAR, Lyttelton: Friday 9.30pm 

- Push the Button with GMC & JBRevivalist. 

Tuesday 7pm - Open Mic. Saturday 8pm - 

Shaun Kirk, ticketed. 

Buffet at its best! 

Unbeatable selection 

You’ll be spoiled for choice! 

Lunch & Dinner 

All you can eat, 7 days 

Senior’s 

Lunch Special 

$23 50 ALL YOU CAN EAT 

Monday to Friday 

Conditions apply 

Bookings Essential PH 386 0088 

fb.com/GardenHotelRestaurant www.gardenhotel.co.nz 

IN THE BAR 

HAPPY HOUR 5PM - 7PM DAILY 

LIVE SKY SPORT 

ON THE GBC BIG SCREEN 

IN THE CAFE 

OUR CABINET ITEMS ARE HOMEMADE 

CREATED FRESH ON SITE DAILY 

COFFEE 

HAPPY 

H O U R 

2PM-4PM 

DAILY $3.50 

Offer available for a 

limited time and includes 

tea, hot chocolate 

LIVE MUSIC THIS SATURDAY 

5.30-7.30PM 

Sima 

PHONE 385 888 

FIND US ON FACEBOOK fb.com/GBCCHCH 

THE GARDEN HOTEL COMPLEX 

110 MARSHLAND RD 

www.gardenhotel.co.nz | phone 385 3132 

Breakfast 

AVAILABLE 

FROM 

9AM 

DAILY 

Lunch $12 Specials 

MON: ROAST MEAL 

TUE: FISH & CHIPS 

WED: FISH BURGER 

THU: ROAST MEAL 

SAT: FISH & CHIPS 

AVAILABLE FROM 

11.30AM-2PM 

FOR A LIMITED TIME


This Week at the 

Hornby Club 

let’s 

eat 

Check Out These Club Café Dining Specials! 

Midday to 2pm 

Thursday 

Tue, Wed, Thu 

The Club Café 

is open daily for 

Lunch & Dinner 

Bring the whole family! 

Roast of the Day with veges 

or Fish of the Day with 

chips & salad 

Add a dessert for 

just $5 

Friday 

CLUBS NEW ZEALAND WARMLY 

WELCOME MEMBERS, THEIR GUESTS 

AND AFFILIATE CLUB MEMBERS. 

Become 

a member 

TODAY! 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT A 

CLUB WITHIN THIS SECTION. 

Tonight’s 

Dinner Deal 

Saturday 

Sunday 

Dinner Deal 

SUNDAY, 2PM 

SATURDAY, 7.30PM 

RETRO 

ROCKIN’ 

Tickets $20 

EDDIE LOW & FRIENDS 

SOLD OUT 

‘A SONG FOR BUNNY’. TICKETS $25. 

HWMC | ph 03 349 9026 | 17 Carmen Rd, Hornby 

www.hornbywmc.co.nz | Members, guests & affiliates welcome 

HORNBY CLUB 

THIS SATURDAY 7.30PM 

Presale tickets $20. Door sales $25. 

Tickets at the club, or call Anthony 027 293 3127 or John 021 324 369 

What’s On @ Woolston 

THIS SATURDAY 7.30PM 

UPCOMING EVENTS 

LIVE MUSIC 

Vague As Brothers 

RUGBY 2019 LIVE & LOUD 

COME DOWN TO THE WOOLSTON 

TO SUPPORT THE BOYS IN BLACK 

SPECIAL EXTENDED HAPPY HOURS 

FREE TAB BETTING VOUCHERS 

43 Hargood St, Woolston. Ph 03 389 7039 

www.woolstonclub.co.nz 

Follow us on Facebook 

www.facebook.com/WoostonclubInc 

RESTAURANT OPEN 

Wednesday - Sunday from 5pm 

HOU S I E 

TUESDAY 12.45PM 

THURSDAY 7.30PM 

FRIDAY 7.30PM 

SATURDAY 12.30PM

SAT. 2 NOV. 2019 

TWO SHOWS IN ONE 

What s On 

AT THE 

Cashmere Club 

50 Colombo Street 

Ph 03 332 0092 

E: cashmere@ 

cashmereclub.co.nz 

THURSDAY & FRIDAY 

MEAT RAFFLES from 4pm 

HAPPY HOUR 5pm-6pm 

PRESENTED BY DND SHOWBAND WWW.DNDSHOWBAND.COM 

GREAT SONGS, COSTUMES, PROFESSIONAL SOUND & LIGHTS. 

THIS LIVE BAND IS RENOWNED FOR ITS TRIBUTE SHOWS. 

THIS IS AN EVENT NOT TO BE MISSED! TICKETS ARE LIMITED. 

HORNBY CLUB 

17 CARMEN ROAD, HORNBY 

PHONE 03 349 9026 

PRE SALE TICKETS $25 

AT THE CLUB OFFICE 

DOOR SALES $30 

SHOW STARTS AT 7.30PM 

DOORS OPEN AT 6.30PM 

MEMBERS’ 

CASH 

DRAW $1400 

REDRAW 6.15PM FRIDAY 

6.15pm THURSDAY 

IF NOT WON. 

THURSDAY from 7pm CASHMERE LOUNGE 

CASHMERE UKULELE GROUP 

NEW PLAYERS & SINGERS WELCOME 

FRIDAY from 7pm HEATHCOTE ROOM 

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$4 PER CARD FOR 35 GAMES 

RAFFLES & GREAT FUN FOR ALL! 

FRIDAY 7.30PM MITRE 10 CUP 

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SUNDAY DINNER 

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*under 12 when accompanied 

by an adult dining 

BOOKINGS RECOMMENDED 

PH: 03 332 0092 

Entertainment News & Advertising 

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Phone 03 364 7425 or 027 458 8590 

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi 

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Terms & Conditions for the UK Prize *you can enter by attending the House of Travel Expo & registering your details on the day. Competition is available for entry nationwide and one winner will be drawn and notified on the 1st of November 2019. Further terms and conditions 

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MERIVALE 355 2200 I NORTHLANDS 352 4578 I RANGIORA 313 0288 I RICCARTON 341 3900 I SHIRLEY 385 0710 I UPPER RICCARTON 343 0869 

Terms & Conditions for the UK Prize *you can enter by attending the House of Travel Expo & registering your details on the day. Competition is available for entry nationwide and one winner will be drawn and notified on the 1st of November 2019. Further terms and conditions 

apply, visit www.hot.co.nz/expo for full details.

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