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Back to basics Grow your own: New Zealand’s gardener of the year Jade Temepara showcases her vegetable garden Digging the Future at the Ellerslie International Flower Show which opened yesterday. The Ashburton designer created her garden with $100 to support a family of four. For more on Ellerslie see pages 2, 20 and 21. Photo: Gilbert Wealleans

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Let’s get the eastern arsonists Welcome: New Zealand soldiers advance in a haka towards Major

staying and training at Burnham in preparation for the first joint central North Island for an exercise named Alam Halfa after the site exercise between US and New Zealand military forces on NZ soil in of a New Zealand army assault in Egypt in 1942 during the battle the 1st battalion 27th Infantry Regiment US Army, and his contingent 26 years. The unit will participate in Anzac Day commemorations in of El Alamein. even inhas those areasinwith of empty cant be verycontingent two of Military the properties people were asleep COMMUNITY help solve a spate of 41 troops at anaction officialcould welcome ceremony at Burnham Diamond Harbour before inside sailing from“Something Lyttelton thethat nextseems day toinsignifi join Some of the served Iraq.large The sections whole unit will be houses.next year. important so Ipersonnel would encourage people intothe their houses at the35time. of eastern suburbsThe arson according to Wolfhounds, Camp on Monday.

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Fire Service Christchurch area commander Jon Graham.

The series of arson attacks over the past three weekends razed the landmark 52-year-old Leander Building at Kerrs Reach in Avonside Drive and damaged Aranui High School, Gina McKenzie Avondale Primary and Aranui Kids First UP to 100 Christchurch people are being Kindergarten. forced to sleep in their according to the The attacks stepped up cars, a notch at the weekend Salvation a middle-aged with sevenArmy fires litand in the early hours of Linwood Saturday woman Rachel, who has doing so streets for 10 morning in Aldershot andbeen Portsmouth months. and Ben Rarere Avenue in Aranui.

“It’sofcold butatthere is nowhere Four the and fires scary were lit properties and at

The residents escaped uninjured but the escalation in the arson attacks had alarmed Mr Graham.

“We’re very concerned that these attacks are creeping into properties while residents are asleep.

“It’s gone too far and needs to be stopped.” else go,” said Rachel, who and did Avonside not want Mr toGraham hoped Wainoni her real name could residents would published be able tobecause provideit further jeopardise her 20 hours-a-week job. information.

After theareFebruary earthquake, “People our eyes22and ears and Rachel even a and her husband their Linwood person rental small detail such as had seeing an unfamiliar home red-stickered and the landlord requested in their street could provide a breakthrough.

area to report anything suspicious.”

Overgrown vegetation and abandoned houses in the eastern suburbs provided fuel for arson attacks and Mr Graham said residents needed to monitor vegetation growth.

“People need to be aware that even if they don’t live in their house anymore if they still they move out within twoare to three hours. for own the property they responsible “We told the landlord we didn’t have keeping vegetation under control. anywhere to go but said by thatCera anything we “If the property is he owned then the didn’t take us would his.” council will with take care of thebe vegetation.”

TheGraham couple said resorted their Mr the fitore living serviceinstill hadcara in what they thought would be a temporary very active presence in the eastern suburbs,

“If someone calls the fire service we will aim to be there within six minutes so we are still very much a part of eastern Christchurch.”

Mr Graham said the fire service was still carrying out an ongoing investigation into the arson attacks in conjunction with the police.

“We are analysing the scenes of the fires and measure they found another place to the resultsuntil will contribute to the investigation.” live.

If anyone has any information regarding the “Myattacks husbandorgot sick duringany the winter and arson has noticed suspicious I stayed inin the the Wainoni, hospital with himorwhen they activity Aranui Avonside wouldn’t release himthe because he didn’tcentral have areas please contact Christchurch an address. police on 363 7400.

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“I think it would be a good thing.”

“I think it is a good idea; it will be handy.”

“It depends on what the council plans to put in that area, whether it enhances it or not.”

“Yes, I think it is nice to be able to go through there. For the sake of the shops there, I would like to see it opened.”

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ONE of the designers of the Crowne Plaza Hotel and Convention Centre, which have been or are being demolished, thinks the Convention Centre could be rebuilt on the hotel site.

Warren Mahoney, who, with fellow architect Sir Miles Warren, designed the hotel as well as the Convention Centre and Town Hall, said an argument could be made for a new Convention Centre to be built at the site.

“The land is owned by the council under a long lease to the present (hotel) owners who I hope would release the lease.

“I don’t know if the site would be big enough but possibly another centre could be put there.”

Mr Mahoney said it had been “an awful shock” to see the Crowne Plaza come down, a hotel he had worked on for five years.

“I feel sorry for the builders Fletchers and Luneys. They did a wonderful project.

The present owners felt it was not viable to continue with the building even though the engineers said it could be fixed. The owners didn’t consult the engineers.”

The hotel’s owners, InterContinental Hotels Group, said the Crowne Plaza would not be rebuilt mainly because of rising construction costs resulting from changes to Christchurch building codes.

When the then $45m hotel called the Park Royal was built in 1988, Victoria St was blocked off to allow construction to proceed.

Mr Mahoney said having the convention centre near to the Town Hall, which is expected to be restored, would be “a nice thing”.

The Christchurch City Council is considering a staff recommendation in the draft annual plan to fully repair the Town Hall. The cost is expected to be around $100m which is considerably higher than the $68m insurance cover for the building.

Coming down: The Crowne Plaza demolition is expected to be finished in June.

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Mr Mahoney welcomed the recommendation to repair.

“I’m pleased as punch about it,” he said.

“It had to be done. In terms of importance, the Town Hall was certainly equal with the ChristChurch Cathedral, perhaps even more so. It’s been a huge asset for the city.”

Sir Miles Warren told Mainland Press earlier this year he considered the Town Hall to be the most significant building constructed in the country since the Second World War and had to be repaired “almost at all costs”.

The Town Hall sustained severe damage on February 22, 2011, through land movement rather than as a result of shaking during the earthquake.

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$13 million for parking buildings Samantha Early

Street car park is expected to cost $6.2m, of which $800,000 is insurance.

That means the council would have to spend at least an extra $13m to fix them both.

Restart the Heart Trust chairman John Suckling said for the city centre to survive there had to be adequate parking close to retail and hospitality areas.

“If the Lichfield car park can be repaired more quickly than new parking generated, this would be highly desirable. The sooner that can be done, the better.”

He said it wasn’t yet clear how much parking was needed in the Lichfield St area as there was very little there other than the Restart Mall.

“Of course, as soon as the landowners

on those properties are ready to erect new buildings we will see a reduction of what is currently temporary parking and the more permanent parking from the parking building will become even more critical.”

City councillor Yani Johanson was the only one to vote against the repairs as the council’s preferred option because he wanted to defer the decision for a year.

“I can’t see the urgency in terms of car parking in the central city, particularly when it comes to all the financial impact of everything else we’re trying to achieve as a council.”

He said empty lots were being turned into car parks for the short to medium term and the money could be spent on more urgent or important things, like rates remission for

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“But it’s in the draft plan so it’s out for consultation and I would encourage people to make submissions and have their say.”

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Living in a car for 10 months “They said they would help me but then he died and they said there was nothing they could do so I had to go back to living in my car.

“I didn’t even get his wedding ring back.”

Rachel said while many of the approximately 100 people she knew living in cars had jobs, they could not access accommodation supplements or find affordable housing.

“I get paid $12 an hour and I know it’s not right but beggars can’t be choosers so I get about $200 a week in my hand.

“There’s no way I can pay the rent that people are asking.”

Salvation Army southern division Major Mike Allwright said he knew of at least 10 people who were living in cars.

“While it’s difficult to give an exact figure you have to assume there are lots and I think

even one person living in a car is one too many.

“It’s only going to get worse in winter and something has to be done now to help these people.”

Rachel had visited Work and Income New Zealand (WINZ) on a number of occasions to ask for help.

“I’ve been to WINZ for help but they said because I don’t have an address they can’t help me.

“I asked about the temporary villages but they said they are not for people like me but for workers coming from Australia and America and for people getting their houses fixed.”

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person must supply proof of the rent that they were paying.

“We pay an accommodation supplement based on how much rent a person is paying so if she isn’t paying rent then she wouldn’t be eligible for that.

“It’s not WINZ’s role to find people housing but I know that accommodation is a problem at the moment.”

Department of Building and Housing spokesperson Susan Owens said that people needed to meet specific criteria to qualify for the temporary housing villages in Christchurch.

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The Lichfield Street and Manchester St car parks are currently closed, considered earthquake-prone at less than 33 percent of the new building standard.

However, engineers’ initial assessments indicate they can be repaired to 100 percent of the standard and the council supports this as its preferred option in its draft annual plan, which opens for public comment tomorrow.

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Chris Tobin editor@mainlandpress.co.nz

Anzac Day How do you find you are reacting to Anzac Day which is coming up next Wednesday?

I have found my attitudes to the day have varied over the years. In the past, I have felt more like a New Zealander on Anzac Day than I ever did on our national day, Waitangi Day. The latter day was, and remains still for me, just a reminder of the controversial beginning of this country, of Maori disaffection and of how the land, in many instances, was fleeced from them.

With Anzac Day though for a period I believed it encapsulated what this country was all about – personal sacrifice, soldiers, pilots and others going to the other side of the world to die in a distant, desolate field in a fight for freedom, and of wives and families keeping the home fires burning.

That was when I was younger.

I’ve moved on a bit from that now.

Increasingly, I have begun to think that Anzac Day is becoming a day of nostalgia for an old New Zealand that has long gone and that it is filling a spiritual void in this country.

This sounds rather pessimistic and is probably unfair on my parents’ generation and other generations who went off to war.

After all, if it wasn’t for what they did, I and others would probably not be here.

As for this year’s Anzac Day in Christchurch, perhaps it will also act as a reminder that other generations had far greater challenges ahead of them than what we are now facing in this city.

Rental demand soars in north-west Christine de Felice THE heat is on the north-west of Christchurch as demand for rental accommodation in that part of the city ramps up.

Avonhead, Bishopdale, Ilam, Fendalton and Merivale are the areas of highest demand, Patricia Bowden of Harcourts Accommodation Centre says.

“And Northwood, when a property comes up there, it just goes.

“There is an extreme shortage of rental accommodation and our argument has been, why don’t the EQC and the insurance companies fix up the houses that people have had to move out of, so they can move back.”

Jo Carmichael of Harcourts Vision in Bishopdale has found a similar situation, with Bishopdale, Burnside and Ilam being the most sought-after areas for renters contacting her office.

“Some of these people were from the red zone, but these are few and far between now. Others are looking for rentals because the rental homes they are currently in are being sold. A lot of owners are selling their investment properties,” Mrs Carmichael said.

However, she didn’t believe the situation was as serious as some reports indicated.

“People are still being picky. We might get 10 or 12 people looking at a rental property but there are usually only one or two applications to take it,” she said.

“The $350 to $450 properties are still there, but it’s more difficult at the bottom end of the market.”

Anthony Johnson of Kerr Professionals said the situation in Christchurch seemed to “ebb and flow”.

“Some weeks there’s a high demand for family homes but at the moment the demand is for two-bedroom flats and apartments.”

Mrs Bowden said while rental costs were increasing, tenants could only pay so much and if they had to pay higher rents now, problems could arise later down the track.

Some property owners were choosing to leave Christchurch for a while and were renting their homes out to families who they felt would look after the property, she said.

“People are being realistic in what they are asking (for rent) because they don’t want the hassle of having tenants not being able to pay.

We turn people down if we don’t believe they can afford it.”

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Still waiting for some leadership The only way to do this is to It’s the same questions. What be shafted by those who should is going on in this city, who’s in have been there for them in charge, where’s the information, these desperate times. the co-ordinated programme How can this possibly be that will give us all certainty happening to the people in and confidence? a country that has relied on Are our leaders in denial, the contributions paid into are they so removed from the EQC and insurance premiums disquiet in the community that for decades? Where are the they will just box on regardless Jo Kane champions? We have plenty out of the messages, the indicators in the community toiling away, that all is not well in this city?

To see the distress in the community, but for whatever reason we seem to have a the disillusioned, the hopelessness as they huge void between them and our supposed battle trying to get some sense or resolution leaders.

If you add up all the trigger points; financial from Cera, the council, EQC, or insurance companies. It’s starting to wear thin and the pressure, the bureaucracy, how we are getting out and about, continued uncertainty about consequences devastating to watch.

My neighbours had to leave their home the safety of buildings, our historic fabric on September 4, 2010. I have watched their being ripped apart for ‘economic’ reasons, process to get a resolution on their home and new building codes set so high they will kill or cure. therefore their lives.

We have a council who thinks we have They had to rent, now insurance cover has run out. They have a mortgage and rates. unlimited dollars to spend on a wish list that They are exhausted and depressed from the defies any sort of logic about priorities or continued attack. Well, that’s how it seems affordability.

Our Minister in Charge is dragging his as they try to get some sensible solution to the rebuild of their home and a restart to their heels, devoid of any sense of urgency, and Roger Sutton is just being nice. Well, nice lives.

My other neighbours who are refugees isn’t good enough anymore.

The community deserves better. It’s not hard renting from Bexley, also battled with EQC, including being sent wrong and conflicting to see why many are now starting to feel like information. The confrontation with their we are heading into a winter of discontent. insurance company made them feel like they The cold, wet and grey weather will bring were criminals, being dishonest for wanting flooding, delays, ill-health and more pressure to get a fair offer to replace their ruined home. to a stressed but very patient community.

Another protest rally is planned, but the Now, for their own sanity they have accepted the Government’s offer. They lost equity but energy and resources that revolve around this just want to get on with their retirement with is truly an indictment on the lack of leadership from the top. some dignity.

Letter to the editor

Student debt Spiralling student debt is a significant component of our national deficit, so it is encouraging to note a proposed law to address this issue.

With 91,000 overseas-based borrowers owing $286 million in 2011, progressing to 99,180 owing $315 million in 2012 denotes this obviously overdue statute.

The student loan scheme bill targeting

major defaulters, empowering the IRD commissioner for absolute right to recall outstanding balances and advocating prosecution for those evading it, is a proactive step.

The response from the Labour Party and tertiary students association is counterproductive. The instances of students citing monetary hardship as a pre-requisite

to defaulting of student loans is a convenient snow screen. Students borrow on the understanding that loans require payback.

Hospital boards have enlisted debt collectors to recover the $19 million owed by defaulting foreign outpatients. Therefore, similar treatment of students is appropriate.

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THE number of demolition companies operating in Christchurch has exploded, with some sources within the industry saying a pricing war will start for the smaller housing and building jobs.

The yellow pages of the Christchurch telephone directory early last year listed approximately 50 demolition companies but now Busy: Demolition work is going on city-wide. the number on the Canterbury Earthquake but we’re up against that all the time,” Lionel Recovery Authority’s (Cera) list of accredited Green of Canterbury Demolitions said. demolition companies stands at just over “It doesn’t affect us because of our existing 250. client base but a lot have expanded too The devastated central city has been left quickly and some will disappear. I think it mainly to the major players such as Nikau, will be competitive; it’s not all green grass Wards, Mackay Leighs Demolition, a joint out there.” venture formed last year between Leighs Others within the industry said house Construction and American demolition firm demolitions were going too quickly with Cera Grant Mackay. While they have most control giving insufficient time for salvage to occur. of the multi-rise central city demolitions, they They did not want to be named to avoid the also subcontract out to smaller operators. risk of missing out on contracts.

“Without Nikau we’d be buggered,” one Cera’s general manager for demolitions demolition spokesperson, who did not want Warwick Isaacs said prior to any demolition to be named, said. contractors scoped whether a property had “It’s a serious game in town and we’re still any salvage value. getting shakes.”

“If it has then salvers go in and retrieve The smaller companies are mainly operating these items before the demolition occurs. outside the CBD. “The market will dictate the value of items “The number of guys who’ve got a van, and how much salvage will take place in the chainsaw and crowbar has increased and now future. The market may well get saturated and you’ve got people like drainlayers doing it the value drop.

“In addition, wherever possible, homes are relocated rather than demolished.”

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“We’re now working on trials with Cera and working out which demolition companies will be working with us,” Mr O’Donnell said.

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Belgium bound: Some of the Christchurch members of the New Zealand Veteran’s Band, from left, Chris Campbell, Peter Joughin, Mike Petterson, Peter Wilson, Lyndsay Brown and Wayne Shears.

Bandsmen off to WWI battlefields Chris Tobin TEN Christchurch former servicemen will be part of a just-formed band that will feature this Anzac Day at commemorative services in Belgium.

Next Wednesday, the NZ Veteran’s Band will perform at the dawn service in Polygon Wood, Ypres, followed by other services at Messines and Menin Gate. All are famous sites dating from the First World War where hundreds of New Zealand servicemen died.

Band member Brian Hodges said the 23 bandsmen came from all over New Zealand, two from the United Kingdom and one from Australia. They were all former members of the NZ Army Band and other military bands having served primarily in Singapore, Malaysia and Borneo during the 1960s and 1970s.

“We’ll be the only band performing there but we’ll be teaming up with three female singers from Australia as well, who will be singing war songs,” Mr Hodges said.

The band was formed last year when two former NZ Army band members expressed a desire to play at a significant event or at a special occasion, preferably overseas. Once formed, they received an invitation from the Passchendaele Museum Society in Flanders, Belgium, to play at the various ceremonies.

“We’re paying our own way since we couldn’t get funding,” Mr Hodges said.

Each band member is paying $4500 to make the trip. Christchurch members have been practising together as much as they could while those outside the city were sent music, which they had worked on. During the trip band members will tour the Flanders battlefields and make a day trip to Le Quesnoy in France to play at the NZ memorial there.

A farewell concert will be held at the famous Zonnebeke Church.

Today at 4pm the band will play a short concert at the Papanui RSA and leaves for Belgium tomorrow.

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THE Christchurch division of the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association is staying true to its commitment to return to the city centre by holding its Anzac Day service in Cranmer Square.

Christchurch RSA president Russell Barron said the association always intended to return the service to the heart of the city and moving the service from last year’s Hagley Park location to Cranmer Square was one step closer to achieving that.

“It’s important [to move closer to Cathedral Square] because that’s where our cenotaph is. We’ve been holding Anzac Day services there since the 1920s and that’s where we want to be,” he said.

The cenotaph was not damaged in the Canterbury earthquakes and the RSA hoped

to be back in the square next year, depending on how demolitions in the area were going, Mr Barron said.

About 8000 people are expected to attend next Wednesday’s service that will include an address by Governor-General Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae and a flyover by the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

The parade starts at Cathedral Grammar at 6.15am and the service starts at Cranmer Square at 6.30am.

There will be free tea and coffee before and after the service and the New Zealand Army Band will perform a “mini concert” after the main service, Mr Barron said.

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New scanner for emergency department Samantha Early

A PORTABLE scanning machine to will help emergency department doctors quickly diagnose patients who have life-threatening injuries has been donated to Christchurch Hospital.

The Emergency Care Foundation, a charity that funds emergency equipment, education and research, raised about $83,000 to purchase the Sonosite Ultrasound machine.

The lightweight scanner resembles a laptop on a tea trolley and can be wheeled between beds.

Christchurch Hospital’s emergency department had two of them when the February 22, 2011 earthquake struck.

Emergency physician Dr Martin Than said on that day power cuts stopped the lift working and a lot of the imaging equipment was on the first floor, so having the portable scanners was a big advantage.

Now, having a third machine is useful as one of the current machines would have to be replaced soon.

Dr Than said the scanner had probes, which allowed doctors to see inside the body and look for injuries like collapsed lungs.

“The best use is that it can allow us to detect internal bleeding; we can see that information which might take us hours to see otherwise,” Dr Than said.

“It’s a fantastic device, for us the best available.”

Donations for the machine included $50,000 from the Canterbury Community Trust, about $20,000 from a private donor and about $10,000 from the Tauranga Police charity.

The Emergency Care Foundation is supported by Lane Neave Lawyers in Christchurch.

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Alec Neill said in the last financial year the trust funded more than $20 million to a range of charity organisations.

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Of course, there have been more aftershocks and damage along the way. So it’s possible some homes need a primary heat source this year.

That’s a good thing, because helping Cantabrians keep warm in their homes is a real priority.

To be eligible for the Chimney Replacement Programme, you must have a claim with EQCandbe referred to the Project Management Office. (That’s us.)

Things have moved on a lot since this time last year, with almost 15,000 repairs under the Chimney Replacement Programme.

Phase 1 – Winter Heat – was about dealing with an emergency. Our job was to ensure that all households in Canterbury qualifying for heating repairs and wanting to go ahead were helped in time for winter 2011.

We’re now well into Phase 2 – dealing with damage to second chimneys as part of the full-scope repairs under the Canterbury Home Repair Programme.

We use the chimney component of your EQC cover to pay for new heating. So if you need a primary heat source we’d like to hear about it – please contact EQC through 0800 DAMAGE (326 243).

Obviously, if you’ve already been paid out by EQC or opted out of the PMO, the funds are no longer available for the Chimney Replacement Programme. In that case, we can help by giving you a steer on other providers.

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Website to help travellers find their way A NEW website is helping Christchurch travellers find the quickest and safest route around the city.

The Transport for Christchurch website features an interactive map, which allows users to identify where road works are located and how they may affect their journey.

The map also provides real-time traffic flow information on arterial roads within the city area.

The website is a joint venture between a number of agencies including the Christchurch City Council and the New Zealand Transport Agency.

Mayor Bob Parker said the website would help travellers minimise travel delays.

“Since September 2010, road works and closures have been a real headache for Christchurch commuters. This

new website will help people plan their journey,” he said.

“In addition, news stories about closures and events around the city, such as festivals and sporting events, will help travellers make decisions about the best route to take.”

New Zealand Transport Agency’s state highway manager (Christchurch) Colin Knaggs said with further infrastructure repairs planned, there would be major road works and closures around the city in the coming years.

“No matter what your mode of transport – car, bus, motorcycle, cycling or walking – this website will help you minimise travel delays,” he said.

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Rare honour for army bandsman NEW Zealand Army bandsman Lance Corporal Mark McKenzie will sing the New Zealand national anthem at next week’s Anzac Day commemorations at Gallipoli in Turkey.

Lance Corporal McKenzie, who grew up in Hornby and attended Riccarton High School, joined the army in 1991 as a supplier for Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps.

He later joined the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment as a guitarist/singer/ percussionist in the NZ Army Band, which is based at Burnham Military Camp.

“I’m so honoured to be able to sing at Gallipoli, it’s been on Travelling singer: Lance Corporal Mark my bucket list since McKenzie, who is off to Gallipoli this month 1991,” he said. as part of the New Zealand Defence Force The official New contingent.

Zealand contingent The Anzac Day ceremonies travelling to Gallipoli includes the Vice-Chief of Defence Force, in Gallipoli begin with the Rear Admiral Jack Steer, and Turkish international service and a small group of New Zealand conclude with the New Zealand Defence Force personnel service at Chunuk Bair on April including an army chaplain, 25. The services will be attended catafalque guard and members of by dignitaries from New Zealand, Australia and Turkey. the NZ Army Band.

Temporary cathedral in Latimer Square A TRANSITIONAL cathedral, using design by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, will be built on St John’s Latimer Square site, Richard Gray from the Transitional Cathedral Group and Bishop Victoria Matthews have announced.

The temporary structure will serve as a place for community worship and gathering until a new permanent cathedral is built.

After this time, the Transitional Cathedral will become the worship centre for the St John’s parish, whose church, vicarage and hall had to be demolished following the February 22 quake.

St John’s parish is one of the larger parishes within the 71 parishes that make up the Diocese of Christchurch.

Currently, over 400 parishioners meet on a Sunday, at Mairehau High School in the morning and at St Saviour’s

in Sydenham in the evening.

“This is a very exciting next step for the project. The Transitional Cathedral is a symbol of hope for the future of this city as well as being sustainable and affordable,” Mr Gray said.

“I am delighted we have reached this step and I acknowledge the wonderful collaboration between the congregations of the cathedral and St John’s that has made a Transitional Cathedral possible in the inner city,” Bishop Matthews said.

With seating for 700, the building will also provide a venue for concerts, exhibitions, civic and community events.

An ancillary building (linked containers) will sit alongside the cathedral and include a café and shop along with meeting rooms, amenities and offices.

Business Chinese course to be offered THE University of Canterbury is offering a second semester Stage I Business Chinese paper as part of the major in Chinese this year. CHIN 115: Introduction to Business Chinese will commence on July 9 and provide three hours of tuition each week until midOctober. The introductory level

Chinese language course focuses on the development of basic Chinese language skills that are particularly relevant for business functions. The 15 points gained by students passing this course can be credited towards a BA degree and would be useful for students undertaking a BCom degree.

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Refit for Riccarton chain store Christine de Felice THE Riccarton branch of The Warehouse reopened last Thursday after a storewide refurbishment, although the store had continued trading during the 60-day refit project.

It was one of five of the nationwide chain’s stores being refitted and was the first to be completed.

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Clinician appointed to international board A CHRISTCHURCH otolaryngologist has been appointed to an international board dedicated to the work and research on inner ear disorders and Meniere’s disease.

Professor Jeremy Hornibrook is one of 15 clinicians from 13 countries around the world to have been selected to the board of the Prosper Meniere Society.

Based in the United States, the society promotes the academic distribution and discussion of research on the causes,

diagnosis and treatment of Meniere’s disease and other inner ear disorders.

Professor Hornibrook said his appointment was recognition of the work he and his Christchurch colleagues had done on Meniere's disease and other inner ear disorders.

“For the past 18 years we have been doing an audiological diagnostic test for Meniere's disease to try to distinguish it from the other disorders,” he said.

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“It’s wonderful to see Avonside back on site and the tree we’re A SPECIAL planting ceremony for a magnolia tree donated by Wednesday 25 April 2012 Hastings Girls’ High School took place at Avonside Girls’ High planting today symbolises new beginnings and growth.”

The Hastings school donated 50 goodie bags for earthquakeSchool last week.

Avonside Girls’ High School principal Sue Hume said the tree affected students, 60 new library books, NCEA study guides, Dawn service: 6.30am - Cranmer Square morning symbolised close ties theBranch two schools had forged after the stationery, Organisedthe by the Canterbury of the Malayan Veterans Association in conjunction with tea for staff and paid for Mrs Hume to attend the Christchurch Branch of the Royal New Zealand Returned and ServicesaAssociation (RSA) and in Hastings. They also held a draw for staff school conference earthquakes.

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Mayor Bob Parker will lay a wreath iPods. living symbol of the relationship between our schools which I hope on behalf of the citizens of Christchurch.

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Samantha Early THE Christchurch City Council favours the idea of replacing the quake-prone Sockburn Service Centre with a larger, new, multi-use facility somewhere else, but businesses in the block of shops across Main South Road want it to stay where it is.

In its Draft Annual Plan, which is out for public consultation tomorrow, the Christchurch City Council proposes replacing the service centre with a combined centre and library facility in the city’s south-west, likely in Hornby, by bringing forward funding proposed in the 2017 budget, while keeping the Sockburn site for an as-yet undetermined public use.

Persian Delight owner Manouchehr Khosraviani said he had noticed a reduction in customers since the centre was closed in May last year.

“It would make a nice office for the city council, like it was before.”

Sockburn Dairy worker Oliver Zhen and Reflections Hair Design owner Bev Kerr also wanted the service centre to stay.

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“Riccarton’s too far one way, Hornby’s too far the other, the middle is better,” Mr Zhen said.

“It gives us quite a bit of business,” Ms Kerr said.

The proposed new facility would be 2500 square metres in size on 4000 square metres of land and include a service centre, library, community board room, multi-use space and café.

It would cost an estimated $10.2 million to build, plus $2m for the land. Estimated insurance recoveries are $1.3m, so the council would have to pay $10.9m. The project would be expected to take three years.

Riccarton Wigram Community Board chairman Mike Mora said he would wait to meet with other board members before commenting on the proposal.

The Sockburn Service Centre is about 1450 square metres in size on 2.7 hectares of Crown land.

It opened in 1960 and closed last May after it was revealed to be less than 33 per cent of the new building standard following the February 22, 2011 earthquake.

Two other options were considered in the draft plan; the first, repairing the building to 100 per cent of the standard, was the quickest, at a timeframe of 18 months, and also the cheapest, at an estimated cost of $2.9m, of which about $1.5m was expected to be recovered from insurance, leaving the council to pay an extra $1.4m.

A second option for a new 1800-square metre facility on the existing site, including a service centre, community board room, a multi-use space and parking, would be more expensive, costing $7.4m, of which the council would have to fund $5.9m over and above expected insurance payouts.

However, council staff said the drawbacks were its poor location and not having a library on the site.

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IHL employs 35 staff and exports many of the hydraulic manifolds it designs and manufactures for a variety of industries such as agriculture, mining and automation, to Australia and Asia.

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Advertising Feature

Turning on the power in central city

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he amount of electricity used in Christchurch has dropped by around 10 per cent since the February 2011 earthquake.

“Most of this reduction is due to people moving out of the CBD red zone,” says Orion chief executive Rob Jamieson.

“Big hotels and commercial buildings use a lot of power, so when they’re closed down, the electrical load on our network drops off.”

As the central city red zone opens up and

redevelopment gets underway, electricity use will start to rise again.

When building owners and tenants return to the CBD, they will need to check their electrical systems and have them recertified if necessary.

Power will probably be off and can be reconnected by contacting Orion.

Earth movement from the earthquakes stretched, cracked, bent or twisted many of Orion’s underground power cables and caused multiple faults. Above ground,

Orion’s substations are sometimes in buildings that are unsafe to enter, or have been removed when the buildings that housed them were demolished.

“If your power is off, the electricity supply route to your business will need to be checked and we may need to redirect your supply through other substations some distance away or build new substations,” says Mr Jamieson.

“It may take some time to get the power back on.”

Orion also asks commercial developers and property owners to talk to them early when it comes time to redevelop commercial property.

Orion’s team will be able to identify the best way to get electricity to the site.

They can also help to assess electrical requirements now and into the future and this information can then be factored into site design.

For free advice, call Orion on 0800 363 9898 or email info@oriongroup.co.nz.

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Input from Sumner residents sought SUMNER residents will have the chance to share their views on the development of a master plan for the Sumner Village Centre at focus groups and community drop-in sessions being held in the village next week.

The sessions are being organised by the Christchurch City Council, along with the joint advisory group for Sumner Village Centre (JAG), as part of the Suburban Centres

Programme for Sumner Village Centre.

JAG chairperson David Cox said the focus group and drop-in sessions would give the council an opportunity to better understand the work that has already been done by the community, and which has been coordinated by The Sumner Community Group and the Sumner Urban Design Group.

The master plan will be

developed with input from community leaders, building and business owners, central and regional government agencies, other stakeholders and interest groups and local residents.

The community drop-in sessions are being held at Our Lady Star of the Sea School hall, 45 Colenso Street on Monday, April 23 from 6.30pm to 8pm and on Thursday, April 26 from 1pm to 2.30pm.

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t took the February 22nd earthquake for Safka Ferguson to set up on her own as a beauty therapist under the title Christchurch Mobile Beauty.

Leaving the salon she had been working at, she started up the mobile business, providing mobile beauty treatments to individuals at private homes, hotels, retirement homes and work places. Christchurch Mobile has grown and now also caters for group pamper parties, which are popular for groups of women and perfect for hens’ nights, wedding parties and baby showers or any reason to relax and unwind with friends. Express treatments are best for large groups where everyone might choose a mini-manicure or mini-pedicure. All treatments are available mobile.

Another popular option is the children and teenage parties, which have taken off.

The children love getting their nails or toes painted with nail art and glitter or their hair styled and light make up applied.

In December last year, however, Safka moved to also operating from a salon, True Beauty and Beyond at 165 Cranford Street, between Innes and Westminster streets in St Albans.

There, along with several other practitioners, she rents a room to run her beauty business and offers beauty treatments such as facials, waxing, tinting, manicures, pedicures, spray tanning and shellac nails. “We stock luxury Matis Paris French skincare range and Ro Vie mineral makeup,” says Safka.

Pamper parties are now also offered at the salon, on evenings and weekends for groups of four or more.

An experienced qualified beauty therapist for seven years, Safka is enjoying having a base at True Beauty and Beyond for her salon clients, but still caters for the range of mobile treatment, bringing a portable bed, portable manicure table and all the necessary equipment.

To contact Safka Ferguson of Christchurch Mobile Beauty, phone her at True Beauty and Beyond, 165 Cranford Street, St Albans, on (03) 930 0346, mobile 021 456 077, email safka@truebeautyandbeyond.co.nz, www. chchmobilebeauty.co.nz.

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The independently-owned Homestead Health stores are now in two convenient locations, at the Bush Inn Shopping Centre and the Hub Hornby Mall.

“I take pride in supporting my staff to give expert advice and provide friendly service,” says Brett.

Having recently moved to Bush Inn Mall from his earthquakedamaged health shop in New Brighton, Brett has been delighted with the customers’ response.

“We are really excited to be in Bush Inn; the response from my customers has been positive,” says Brett.

“We are in a pop-up store at the moment but we has 30 years of will be moving across the Owner Brett Heaney al health industry. tur na the mall to bigger and better experience in premises beside Van Dam’s Café soon.”

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Veggie crops for autumn and winter Veggie crops - Get planting now

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They must have shot up overnight, and now with the little rain we have had, they are claiming more and more space.

So this weekend I am going to deal with them and plant some more veges.

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“We are here to help regardless of whether there is a formal anxiety diagnosis. We provide you with Stress-free life: A support group made up of people who free information, education and understand is a great help to ease your anxiety attacks. peer support,” says manager Ian Johnson. source of information, resources and links Fundamental to being able to assist to other organisations. people is talking with them and developing “The beauty of this is that for people a relationship. online we can offer a level of 24/7 service,” “We encourage people as a first step says Ian. to meet with a peer support worker and Ian explains that Anxiety Support have a conversation. Because all staff at works within a recovery and strengths Anxiety Support have their own significant framework. lived experience of anxiety they have not “We believe in people’s ability to live only skills and knowledge but can usually well in either the absence or presence readily relate to a person’s circumstances. of anxiety. Our focus when working with New clients find that they feel heard and people is towards what they have in their understood, often for the first time” says lives in the way of strengths to assist them, Ian. such as people and resources, rather than Activity-based Wellness Workshops what they don’t have.” encourage people to try things that might For some people an additional option is be of interest to them, Ian says. a support group made up of others with “When people engage in activities with a similar experience of anxiety and which others, it helps to increase their confidence can provide long term association and and self esteem, which are common concerns reassurance. for people who experience anxiety.” Some Part of Anxiety Support’s role is to raise examples of Wellness Workshops include, community awareness of anxiety and Laughter Yoga, Art Therapy, Brain Gym, and phobias and to reduce the impacts of Breathing and Mindfulness. All a person stigma and discrimination. They are also needs to do is email or phone and register aware of the toll that a person’s anxiety can for a place; you don’t even need to become have on others who, as friend or family, are a client in any formal sense of the word. supporting the person who experiences A Topics and Forums programme of anxiety. evening modules assists people to develop If you want to contact Anxiety Support @ their understanding of what anxiety is, why MHAPS, email info@anxietysupport.org.nz, it affects them and what to do about it. Over visit www.anxietysupport.org.nz or phone time, people learn to control their anxiety (03) 377 9665. rather than having their anxiety control them.

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6pm One News 7:00 Close Up 7:30 Coronation Street PGR Kylie targets the Rovers; Gary puts his future in danger; Claire has her mind set.

8:30 The Chawners’ Last Chance AO Sam has been sent away to weight-loss camp in California; the rest of the family have been sent home to Blackburn.

9:30 Benidorm AO 10:00 Spicks And Specks AO 10:40 One News Tonight 11:10 Tagata Pasifika R 11:45 Family Feuds PGR

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5:30 10 Things I Hate About You 6pm Neighbours Susan decides to publicly out Paul; just as Andrew feels he can move on, he is reminded of Summer.

6:30 Friends R 7:00 Shortland Street PGR Ula and Evan fight the truth; Bree’s lie grows beyond Brooke’s help; Daniel cannot let Lana help him.

7:30 Police Ten 7 8:00 Last-Chance Dogs Two roaming pit-bulls are on a killing spree; a Dog Control officer risks life and limb; an escape.

8:30 Once Upon A Time PGR 9:30 Kitchen Nightmares AO 10:30 Haven PGR 11:30 F Crash Course PGR

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5:30 Home And Away 6pm 3 News 7:00 Campbell Live 7:30 Grand Designs Revisited PGR Kevin revisits an arch-shaped home made of clay tiles in the Weald of Kent.

8:30 The Finder AO An amateur magician seeks Walter’s help to find his assistant, who vanished after a failed attempt at an ambitious disappearing act.

9:30 Project Runway PGR The designers ruffle feathers when exotic birds inspire a challenge.

10:30 Nightline 11:00 Sports Tonight 11:15 Golf Club 11:45 In Plain Sight AO

Want to make a difference in your community?

Are you youth focussed, compassionate and a good listener?

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3:00 Dance Your Ass Off (Part 1) M R 1993 Action. An escaped 8:50 The WotWots R 4:55 Ellen 6pm One News convict helps a family threatened UK 7:30 Junior Masterchef 4:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00 Franklin R 7:00 Close Up with eviction from their farm.

Australia R The top 20 are about R 9:25 Zip And Mac R 7:30 Coronation Street PGR to be whittled down to 16 in the 4:30 Motorsport – V8 Supercars Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Claude 9:30 Infomercials Steve pressures Kylie to leave; first elimination. 8:30 F UK 5:30 Home And Away Leah is left Van Damme.

11:00 Neighbours R Natasha considers confessing; Border Force PGR 9:30 Super unsure about her feelings for Brax; 10:30 Alphas AO Eileen gives Liz and Owen a piece 11:30 Shortland Street PGR R Rugby (Delayed) John and Gina give their marriage 11:25 Entertainment Tonight Noon The Bachelorette R of her mind. another go; Ruby runs into the 2:00 Anderson 8:30 Titanic PGR Political strife arms of a untrustworthy surfer.

3:00 Disney Jungle Junction R in Belfast interferes with the 6pm 3 News 3:25 Mr Men R construction of the new liner, 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Pukana Ka Pao R 6:30 Tao R 7:00 Ako 3:30 SpongeBob SquarePants R 7:00 Campbell Live Titanic; an engineer takes the 7:30 Glee PGR When Will tries to 7:30 Te Kaea R 2 8:00 Boil Up 8:30 Poitukohu NBA (Delayed) 4:00 Dance Academy R opportunity of a lifetime; class plan a special surprise for Emma, 10:30 Mana Mamau AO 11:00 Te Kaea R 2 11:30 Closedown 4:30 The Erin Simpson Show battles are overshadowed by an 5:00 America’s Funniest Home he enlists the glee club to help him iceberg.

Friday sweep her off her feet.

9:30 Father And Son AO Michael Videos R 3:00 Toku Reo R 2 3:30 Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends 2 tries to persuade Sean to withdraw 5:30 10 Things I Hate About You 8:30 The Best Of The Graham 4:00 Miharo 2 4:30 N Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu Norton Show AO 6pm Neighbours his statement; Anna arrives in 5:00 Toi Whakaari R 2 5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Pukana Ka Pao R 9:30 7 Days AO 6:30 Friends R Manchester, narrowly avoiding 6:30 Tao 7:00 Ako 7:30 Te Kaea R 2 8:00 Nga Manu Korero 10:05 F Portlandia AO 7:00 Shortland Street PGR injury; Michael tries to keep his 2010 (Starting Today) R 8:30 Kanikani Mai 9:30 F Moteatea R 10:35 Nightline 7:30 American Idol former self at bay.

Glee 10:00 The Topp Twins 10:30 Songs From The Inside PGR (Starting 11:05 Sports Tonight 11:20 9:30 Mobbed 10:30 One News Tonight 7:30pm Friday on TV3 Today) R 11:00 Te Kaea R 2 Pokerstar – The Big Game PGR 11:00 F The Vicar Of Dibley 10:30 Vampire Diaries AO

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5:30 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Roosters v Cowboys.

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6:30 Boxing – 24/7 Mayweather v Cotto. An exclusive, behind-thescenes access, along with in-depth interviews, as the fighters prepare for their world title fight.

7:00 Grassroots Rugby 8:00 Total Rugby 8:30 Red Bull X-Fighters (Replay) Dubai.

10:00 Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Sharks v Eels. From Toyota Stadium, Woolooware.

11:00 NHL Tonight Friday Midnight Motorsport – FIA World Touring Car Championship (Highlights) Coverage of race one from Valencia, Spain.

1:00 Motorsport – FIA World Touring Car Championship (Highlights) Coverage of race two from Valencia, Spain.

2:00 Rugby League – NRL (Replay) Roosters v Cowboys.

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There will be 80 artists displaying 560 artworks upstairs in the club lounge and downstairs dining room used for indoor bowls in the winter in the Burnside Bowling Club pavilion.

Last year’s Art @ Burnside was an outstanding success and they have decided to make this exhibition an annual event, which will be held in April each year.

The Bowling Club has been used for many different type of functions over the past eighteen months and is an ideal venue for the art exhibition. Art @ Burnside are committed to ensuring their artists provide quality artworks.

There will be two Canterbury guest artists this year, Maxine Burney and Linelle Stacey, exhibiting along with other local artists. Both Maxine and Linelle are full time artists located in Christchurch and have been artists for many years. There are many talented artists in the Canterbury area and this is splendid opportunity for the

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No roof … no brainer

THE Crusaders secured an important win over the Stormers at the new AMI Stadium on Saturday evening.

The Stormers went into the match unbeaten after six games while the Crusaders had lost three of their six matches.

However, with a strong forward pack performance, tight defence and the magical boot of first five-eighths Tom Taylor, who landed nine kicks and scored a try, the Crusaders prevailed 31-24. The Stormers are now second behind The Chiefs on the Super Rugby table; the Crusaders are seventh. This Saturday, the Crusaders play the Hurricanes in Wellington.

Photos: Chris Tobin

AFTER the earthquake events of the last 18 months, many questions around the rebuild and the siting of new sporting facilities had raged on and on.

I personally have a lot of sympathy for those charged with the redesigning and restoring facilities in our province. Where and what we require are very vexed questions.

Who is prepared to put their hand up and say “Yes, go ahead and rebuild there and we guarantee the site?”

No-one, it appears, is prepared to put their heads on the block.

The events have provided an ideal and exciting opportunity to give Cantabrians something very special and I for one was really excited about how our city was going to look in the future. Now I find myself disillusioned and like so many of us, totally frustrated as to how things are progressing. I

now certainly doubt that I will see what will rise from the ashes. I also doubt that my sons will enjoy the new look modern city that we felt would be the result of the devastation.

Hopefully, my six-month-old grandson will.

What I can’t get my head around is that noone appears to me to embrace the opportunity to grasp the huge technical advances in construction that are occurring on an almost daily basis globally.

AMI Stadium proved to be an unsuitable, unworkable model from the day it was opened. It was clear that this wasn’t what any sporting body really wanted.

The days where an oval ground was suitable for rugby had gone. A concrete jungle was not user-friendly for cricket and sitting miles away didn’t make a concert a pleasant event to attend.

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The Yanks are here Welcome: New Zealand soldiers advance in a haka towards Major Tom Harris, commanding officer of the third platoon Alpha company of the 1st battalion 27th Infantry Regiment US Army, and his contingent of 41 troops at an official welcome ceremony at Burnham Military Camp on Monday. The US troops, known as the Wolfhounds, are

staying and training at Burnham in preparation for the first joint exercise between US and New Zealand military forces on NZ soil in 26 years. The unit will participate in Anzac Day commemorations in Diamond Harbour before sailing from Lyttelton the next day to join 35 US Marines and more New Zealand military personnel in the

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Woman living in a car for 10 months Gina McKenzie

UP to 100 Christchurch people are being forced to sleep in their cars, according to the Salvation Army and a middle-aged Linwood woman Rachel, who has been doing so for 10 months.

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Master plan inspires New Brighton group

Community Diary To submit your notice Email to diary@pegasusbay.co.nz or post to Community Diary, P.O. Box 39176 Harewood, Christchurch 8545 EDIBLE Gardens Network Group, friendly group of local gardeners with focus on organic gardening & growing your own food, meets about once month in different people’s gardens, experts as well as complete novices welcome. For more info contact Clare candb@ihug.co.nz, 420-8850.

MUSIC Group for pre schoolers with Natural Magic, funky songs for children & their parents, puppetry & stories, every Wednesday during term time, 11.15am at the Pierside Cafe, for more info email nbproject@xtra.co.nz or call 388-9920.

GOLDEN Oldies Movie Group, come & join this friendly group to watch wonderful old movies, every Monday 1pm at the New Brighton Museum, 8 Hardy St, gold coin donation including cuppa beforehand, for more info email nbproject@xtra. co.nz or call 388-9920.

Ideas aplenty: New Brighton Project members see the New Brighton Master Plan as an opportunity to revitalise the seaside suburb. From left: Tracey Keen, Martha Baxendell and Sarah Butterfield.

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LESS talk and more action is needed to transform New Brighton into a vibrant destination, according to New Brighton Project community group members.

The development of a master plan for New Brighton was given the green light by the Christchurch City Council earlier this month.

Ideas mooted included saltwater pools at New Brighton beach and rebuilding the outdoor shopping mall.

New Brighton Project coordinator Martha Baxendell said while she felt positive about the plan, she was worried that it wouldn’t become a reality.

“When you look back through the records at the local museum you see that the idea of salt water pools has come up many times

during the last 30 years.

“There are so many great ideas out here but the problem is that sometimes they don’t become a reality, so this time people really need to take action and make it happen.

“We’ve identified big gaps in traction here in New Brighton so we need investment not just ideas.”

Ms Baxendell said an outdoor movie theatre would be another way to draw people to the suburb.

“We could develop it into a theatre and arts area similar to what they had at the Arts Centre with an outdoor stage and seating.

“The thing is that we need to have different attractions to bring visitors from other parts of the city and to also attract tourists.”

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residents similar to one used in Queenstown would encourage people to shop locally, according to Ms Baxendell.

“When I lived in Queenstown all local residents had a card which entitled them to up to 20 percent discount at local retailers.

“This would be a way to get people to do their shopping out here.”

New Brighton Project secretary Tracey Keen would like to see the pedestrian mall cleaned up with attractive new stores.

“It isn’t inviting to see empty shops with broken windows so we need to get that sorted out and it would be good to get more outlet stores like Quicksilver, which bring people in from all over the city.

“There are lots of opportunities out here for investors.”

People living in damp homes to receive help PEOPLE repeatedly admitted to hospital for cold-related illnesses will receive help with heating their homes and insulation.

The initiative is a partnership between the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) and local health and government agencies.

CDHB general manager planning and funding Carolyn Gullery said the CDHB had identified over 500 people who have been admitted to Christchurch Hospital

during the last two winters for respiratory illnesses more than once during that time.

“We will be identifying and contacting people with high health needs that we believe will benefit from assistance with insulating or heating their homes.”

Partnership Health Canterbury established the partnership and will manage the programme. Partnership Health chief executive Jane Cartwright said it was a

great opportunity for all the organisations to work together to reduce the effect of damp homes on people’s health and the number of times they go to hospital with respiratory illnesses.

Christchurch Hospital emergency medical specialist Mike Ardagh said cold and damp homes could cause a range of illnesses and aggravate existing conditions.

Hon Lianne Dalziel MP for Christchurch East My Electorate Office has re-opened at 133 New Brighton Mall.

My Team and I are here to help you.

I am still providing regular Earthquake Information Updates to constituents.

Please let me know if you would like to be added to the list.

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WAINONI Avonside Community Services Trust at Wainoni Methodist Church, 878 Avonside Drive, $2 pp. Lunches, 12pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, no booking necessary. Tuesday, art 10am to 12pm, crafts 10am to 12pm, $2 per session.

Tai Chi 12pm to 1pm. Line dancing 1pm to 2pm.

Wednesday Sit & Be fit, 10.30 to 11.30am, cooking demo 10.30am alternative weeks, healthy living lectures 11.45am to 12.45pm alternative weeks.

Thursdays walking group 10am to 12pm, movies 1pm to 3.30pm, followed by afternoon tea, indoor games, scrabble, followed by afternoon tea, WACST Co-ordinator Betty Chapman, email wainoni. wacst@xtra.co.nz or phone 389-2285.

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Former Ugandan sponsored child to speak in eastern suburbs LILLIAN Nakabiri, a former Ugandan sponsored child, will share her story with Phillipstown and Linwood audiences from Sunday. The free event was organised by NZ Aid and Development Agency, TEAR Fund.

Born and raised in Kitetika, Uganda, Ms Nakabiri’s life was full of hardship and a lack of basic needs.

Her mother died when she was a baby and her father was kidnapped.

At the age of 10, Lillian was sponsored and her life began to change.

She completed primary and secondary

school and was then selected as a leadership development student and graduated with a degree in mass communications.

Today she works as the tours and visits specialist for Compassion Uganda.

TEAR Fund events organiser Megan Claxton is thrilled to be bringing Ms Nakabiri to New Zealand.

Entry is free but donations are welcome.

The event takes place on Sunday in Phillipstown at C3 Church, Tuam Street at 10.30am and on Sunday April 29 at the Linwood Congregational Church at 6pm.

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Temporary sewer system for Lower Styx Road PART of red-zoned Lower Styx Road in Brooklands will receive a temporary low pressure sewer system to avoid the collapse of the current system.

The upgrade will focus on the area between Earlham Street and Dartford St, which has experienced road slumping due to collapsed sewer pipes.

Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT) general manager Duncan Gibb said wastewater was currently being pumped through the existing damaged sewer system using diesel pumps.

“The system is easily disrupted by aftershocks and is at high risk of collapse.

“Given the sensitivity of the damaged system, it makes sense to install a temporary pressure sewer system to provide residents with a more resilient system capable of withstanding future aftershocks and at a lower cost than the existing diesel pumps.”

The system consists of a buried wastewater grinder pump station on each property and pumping unit which will be connected to a new pipe network laid along the roadside of Lower Styx Road in the berm.

The pipes will transfer wastewater from each property with a holding tank to the Bromley wastewater treatment plant.

News in brief

Anzac Day services ANZAC Day will be commemorated on April 25 with a number of services in the Pegasus Bay area.

In New Brighton, the parade will assemble in Marine Parade opposite the New Brighton Workingmen’s Club at 9.15am and will march to the cenotaph for a wreath laying

ceremony and service beginning at 10am.

The Kaiapoi parade will assemble at the corner of Davie and Sewell streets at 9.45am and then march to Trousselot Park for a full service at 10am.

The Rangiora service will be held at the war memorial cenotaph beginning at 11.15am.

April Falls awareness campaign THE Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) has launched an awareness campaign this month to help prevent falls in hospital and within the community.

The April Falls campaign aims to assist in raising awareness and education on falls prevention.

Ken Stewart, from the CDHB’s clinical board, said every week 40 people over the age of 75 arrived at Christchurch Hospital as

a result of a fall, with more than two-thirds admitted to hospital.

“One of our targets is to achieve a reduction of at least 20 per cent in the number of over 75-year-olds presenting to hospital with a fall-related injury by April 2014.”

The campaign is designed to encourage people to take action to reduce the risk of falling, either for themselves or for someone in their whanau/community.

Quake impact on waterways to feature A FREE public seminar on the impact of the Canterbury earthquakes on local rivers and the estuary will be held in Lincoln next Thursday.

The morning session will focus on the effects of the earthquake on the city’s rivers, and the effects on the Avon-Heathcote Estuary / Ihutai will be the focus for the afternoon.

Studies have shown the character of many of Christchurch’s waterways changed following the 4 September 2010 and 22 February 2011 earthquakes and subsequent aftershocks.

Immediately following February’s earthquake large volumes of untreated

wastewater were discharged in to the lower Avon River / Ōtākaro, the Heathcote River / Ōpāwaho, the Avon-Heathcote Estuary / Ihutai, and the sea.

Michele Stevenson, Environment Canterbury (ECan) surface water quality scientist, said a number of studies were commissioned by ECan and the Christchurch City Council to enable informed decisions to be made on important issues such as recreational water use, river bank stabilisation, and restoring flows.

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of consultants and, in addition, staff from Crown Research Institutes and the University of Canterbury and Lincoln University have undertaken independent studies on the effects of the earthquakes on physical, chemical and biological aspects of our surface water environment.

“The physical characteristics of some of our waterways altered significantly following February’s earthquake. River bed levels changed, banks collapsed, and there were significant changes to the bed of the AvonHeathcote Estuary/Ihutai.

“The discharge of sewage, trade waste and sediment-laden stormwater into waterways also altered the water chemistry which impacted on the local ecology including vegetation, fish, invertebrates and micro-organisms,” she said.

The seminar at The Lincoln Events Centre will feature presentations from the Waterways Centre for Freshwater Management (University of Canterbury and Lincoln University), Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR), NIWA, Aqualinc, EOS Ecology, Aquatic Ecology Ltd, ECan and the Christchurch City Council.

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Red-zoning decision shocks Richmond resident Gina McKenzie

RED-ZONED River Road resident Gay Averis can’t believe that her house, which suffered only minor earthquake damage, will be demolished and says she can’t buy a similar home with her payout.

Ms Averis, who has lived in Richmond for 12 years, was shocked at the decision to red zone her neighbourhood last month as she had expected to be in the green zone.

“We haven’t had any liquefaction and my house only has slight cracks.

“I can’t imagine someone coming in here and bowling it down.

“It’s such a waste when it could be repaired.”

Ms Averis said it would be impossible to buy a similar-sized house with her payout and was worried about extending her mortage.

“I never expected to be looking at a larger mortage at this stage in my life.

“It really worries me because I don’t have that many years of work left so making a bigger commitment would be difficult.”

The pressure of finding a new home was taking a toll on Ms Averis, who had been considering moving to Avonhead.

“I went to look at one place and there were 15 other people coming and going in a short time, which makes you wonder if there will be anything left.

Bookish artists: New Brighton librarian Juliet McAra displays her untitled collage painting, which is part of the second annual library staff art exhibition being held at New Brighton library.

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MANY librarians have artistic flair according to librarian Juliet McAra, whose collage painting forms part of the library staff art exhibition at New Brighton library.

“Librarians tend to be creative types so it isn’t surprising to see the talent on display at the exhibition.”

Ms McAra, who works part-time at New Brighton library and has studied fine art, said her monochrome artwork was open to interpretation.

“I haven’t given it a title because I want people to draw their own conclusion but it is quite dramatic due to the figures and layers of collage.”

Ten librarians from around Christchurch and as far afield as Akaroa have submitted artworks for the second annual exhibition.

Ms McAra said she was delighted with the quality of the artworks on display after last year’s exhibition had to be cancelled due to the earthquakes.

“It is great to see the effort everyone has gone to this year.

“For me personally, continuing on with my art has been a way of dealing with the earthquakes and has given me a sense of normality.”

Ms McAra hoped to continue her series of monochrome collage-themed artworks.

“I’ll definitely continue to develop this dramatic theme in my art.

“There’s much more to go on with in terms of interpretive collages.”

The exhibition is on display at the New Brighton Library until Monday April 30.

Call for councils to follow Christchurch lead THE Christchurch City Council has called on other councils to follow its lead and declare themselves a fracking-free zone.

The council voted unanimously last week to declare Christchurch a fracking-free zone following a recommendation from the Spreydon-Heathcote Community Board.

Fracking or hydraulic fracturing is a mining system that involves injecting chemicals into rocks so they break, releasing oil and natural gas.

People had expressed concerns about the impact of fracking on the local environment, including contamination of the city’s

underground water supply and fracking’s link to earthquakes.

Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker said the council received a lot of feedback when it called for a moratorium on fracking earlier this year.

“However today’s decision takes our opposition to this practice a step further,” he said.

“It is a very strong sign from the council that we do not want fracking taking place in this city. We hope that the strong stand we are taking is picked up by councils in other areas,” Mr Parker said.

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A waste: Gay Averis says her River Road home has only suffered superficial damage and should not be demolished.

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The Yanks are here Welcome: New Zealand soldiers advance in a haka towards Major Tom Harris, commanding officer of the third platoon Alpha company of the 1st battalion 27th Infantry Regiment US Army, and his contingent of 41 troops at an official welcome ceremony at Burnham Military Camp on Monday. The US troops, known as the Wolfhounds, are

staying and training at Burnham in preparation for the first joint exercise between US and New Zealand military forces on NZ soil in 26 years. The unit will participate in Anzac Day commemorations in Diamond Harbour before sailing from Lyttelton the next day to join 35 US Marines and more New Zealand military personnel in the

central North Island for an exercise named Alam Halfa after the site of a New Zealand army assault in Egypt in 1942 during the battle of El Alamein.

Some of the contingent has served in Iraq. The whole unit will be deployed to Afghanistan next year.

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Woman living in a car for 10 months Gina McKenzie

UP to 100 Christchurch people are being forced to sleep in their cars, according to the Salvation Army and a middle-aged Linwood woman Rachel, who has been doing so for 10 months.

“It’s cold and scary but there is nowhere

else to go,” said Rachel, who did not want her real name published because it could jeopardise her 20 hours-a-week job.

After the February 22 earthquake, Rachel and her husband had their Linwood rental home red-stickered and the landlord requested

they move out within two to three hours.

“We told the landlord we didn’t have anywhere to go but he said that anything we didn’t take with us would be his.”

The couple resorted to living in their car in what they thought would be a temporary

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“My husband got sick during the winter and I stayed in the hospital with him when they wouldn’t release him because he didn’t have an address.

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Community Diary To submit your notice Email to diary@norwestnews.co.nz or Post to Community Diary, P.O. Box 39176 Harewood, Christchurch 8545

It’s autumn: Kimberley Smith took advantage of some recent warm weather to enjoy the autumn leaves in the Botanical Gardens.

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Getting ultra fast in north-west Tania Butterfield WORK has begun in Bishopdale on “the modern equivalent of a telephone exchange”, which will connect 20,000 homes in the northwest to ultra-fast broadband.

Enable Network communications manager Daniel Herd said the building, on the Raleigh Street corner of Bishopdale Mall, was the second technology office to be built in preparation for the roll out of ultra-fast broadband around the city.

Contractors were also working on a Halswell office. Twelve offices would be built around the region in coming years, he said.

Enable Network purchased the property for its office, which will house all the technology equipment to make the network work in the north-west area, Mr Herd said.

“That one office will deliver fibre broadband

to 20,000 properties in the Papanui area and the north-west areas. [Bishopdale] was just a suitable site. It’s at the centre of that part of the network,” Mr Herd said.

The Bishopdale and Halswell buildings were just the start of the eight-year project in Christchurch, which will connect 180,000 properties to ultra-fast broadband, he said.

“This network is expected to deliver services to the community for the next 50 years.”

Halswell would be the first to be connected to the fibre in July, while 3000 properties in Papanui were expected to be connected by the end of the year, Mr Herd said.

Meanwhile, elderly residents in the Raleigh St area are not happy with the position of the technology office, which cuts off a public footpath to Bishopdale Mall carpark.

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Edward Collis, 82, said he knew of several residents who had scooters and walking frames and regularly used the footpath to access the mall.

“Now there’s nowhere for them to go.

They would need to cross to the other side of the street to use the footpath and cross again to get to the mall,” he said.

Mr Collis said he was upset by the lack of communication with residents about what was happening.

Mr Herd said he was aware the building blocked the footpath and the company was working to create a temporary solution to the problem while work was happening on the site.

They planned to create a permanent diversion around the building for residents to get to the mall from the Raleigh St footpath, he said.

RICCARTON Players presents Playbox Theatre The Princess And The Frog & other stories, songs & poems, directed by Susan Cameron & Phil Dean, April 12-22, Thursdays & Fridays 6pm, Saturdays & Sundays 11am & 2pm At Hagley Open Stage, 510 Hagley Avenue.

All seats $7. To book phone 338 4699 or visit www. riccartonplayers.co.nz EMBROIDERY For all skill levels, Canterbury Embroideries Guild, groups meet several times weekly, contact Roz 383-6946 or Rosemary 358-4256.

YALDHURST Ladies Probus Club, is looking to welcome new members at their meetings in Upper Riccarton on the third Tuesday in each month. Variety of interesting speakers & arranged outings are held with friendly club. Inquiries to Glenis 342-5350 or Jan 3429202.

HAGLEY Ladies Probus Club, welcomes new members to join our club. We meet at Crockfords Bridge Club rooms, 218 Riccarton Road on first Tuesday of each month at 1.30pm & third Tuesday is our outings day.

Very interesting speakers & enjoyable outings are had by all, good off-street parking available, plse contact Waverley 342-8226 or Joan 352-1338.

LIVE In north-western suburbs and want to make new friends? Consider joining Papanui Combined Probus Club, couples & singles, all welcome, great speakers, great outings, great company. Monthly meetings first Tuesday at Papanui Bowls, ground floor, 181 Condell Ave, no parking problems, phone Ivan 348-5687 or Dorothy 351-8322.

PT in the park. Free, outdoor exercise session with registered personal trainers, weekly on Saturdays, 12 noon, duration 45 minutes. Caters to all fitness levels, plse wear suitable clothing & footwear, session takes place rain or shine, North Hagley Park, corner Park Terrace & Harper Ave, further information phone 027484-9383.

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Elmwood Players to perform Katydid Tania Butterfield

Leading lady: Georgina Stylianou as Kate Harris in the Elmwood Players’ production of Katydid. Photo: Supplied

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WHEN Elmwood Players director Garry Thomas first read a review about awardwinning playwright Lucy O’Brien’s production of Katydid in Wellington, he knew he wanted the Christchurch-based theatre company to perform it.

Now, more than a year later, that dream has come true.

The fact it was going to be the South Island premiere was an added bonus, Mr Thomas said.

The play is about a 19-year-old girl with cerebral palsy whose main carer, her father, gets sick. When a young man is brought in

to help the family around the house, Kate sees him as an opportunity to escape her home life.

The cast rehearsed four times a week from the beginning of March and Mr Thomas enlisted the help of the Cerebral Palsy Society to help ensure the play’s authenticity.

Leigh Montford, who has cerebral palsy, attended rehearsals to offer advice on the portrayal.

Mr Thomas said he expected audiences would enjoy and appreciate the production.

“I think this is a play that people will think about and talk about long after they have left the theatre.”

Katydid by Lucy O’Brien, directed by Garry Thomas Presented by: Elmwood Players at the Elmwood Auditorium, 31 Aikmans Rd, Merivale, Christchurch Time and dates: 7.30pm, April 11 - 14 and 18 - 21 (Wednesday to Saturday) Tickets: $17 waged/$13 unwaged To book: Phone (03) 355 8874 or book online at www.elmwood-players.org.nz

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Getting back on his bike to rebuilding his fitness (assured that should another arrest occur, the ‘defib’ will kick in, albeit a painful assurance).

Furthermore, what makes MC’s road to recovery remarkable is the continuity in progress he has maintained, to the point that he has now made it around the ‘Gorges’ twice!

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I confess my ignorance; I assumed (blame Television’s Baywatch) that surviving an arrest wasn’t such an improbability, at least not as little as the five per cent chance if it happens in the community (outside a hospital).

MC’s miracle story continues. Not only did he survive, but exactly five Wednesdays later, MC was back cycling on my group rides, in tow an implanted defibrillator/pacemaker.

Since he has been given the all clear to exercise, we have taken a cautious approach

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I started coaching ‘MC’ late 2010 while he struggled to fit in the amount of desired training due to the ubiquitous obstacles known as ‘life commitments’. MC’s heart was always into ‘hard’ training and he maintained an above-average level of fitness.

So it came as a shock on the Wednesday before Christmas, four hours post a coachled group ride, that MC had a full blown

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Strengthening the local business precinct Papanui Village is thriving The Papanui Village is home to a wide variety of commercial enterprises, including hair salons, art galleries, cafes, wonderful restaurants and food outlets and legal and business services, along with a wide variety of fashion retailers and accommodation.

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The Papanui Village Business Association with the help of Recover Canterbury has developed its own website that anyone can log on to at any time www.pvba.org.nz The website is in the early stages of development, but hopes in the future to include many local community group activities as well.

The local Business Association are working with council and local authorities to see the development of the Papanui Village business precinct go ahead.

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The Rose CafĂŠ

Butchery & Delicatessen 29-31 Main North Rd Ph: 352-9047

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466C Papanui Rd Ph: 354-5300

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House of Chantilly Unit 5/21 Main North Rd Ph: 354-5590 Professional Dressmakers

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Ph: 331-8160

464C Papanui Rd Ph: 352-4200

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Saks n Such Super Liquor Bag & Luggage Papanui Superstore

Harmans Lawyers

22 Harewood Rd Ph: 352-6416

10 Main North Rd Ph: 377-4463

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485 Papanui Rd Ph: 379-7835

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The China Kitchen

Art Box Gallery

16 Harewood Rd Ph: 354-3507

461 Papanui Rd Ph: 352-4035

17B Main North Rd Ph: 354-6818

1/16 Loftus St Ph: 352-8940

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Artworks Picture Framing 6 Main North Rd Ph: 352-7594

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Bennetts Shoe Repair Service Footwear & Bag Repairs 482 Papanui Rd Ph: 354-4011

Papanui Pharmacy

National Hearing Care

481 Papanui Rd Ph: 354-2020

478 Papanui Rd Ph: 352-8381

8 Main North Rd Ph: 354-8526

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Janet Crook Grace & Lace & Bridal Accountants 21Fabric Main North Rd 21A Main North Rd Ph: 352-1076

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BP 2 GO Papanui

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Subway Papanui

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Petticoat Lane Costume Hire

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Mee Mees Beyonce Hair Thai Extensions 464A Papanui Rd Restaurant 10

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Ph: 354-0087

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Frendz On Papanui 3/485 Papanui Rd Ph: 352-8341

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Art Metro Art Fabric Vision Main North Rd School & Cafe 39Ph: 354-8361

Salon 464 485 Papanui Rd Ph: 352-8329

465 Papanui Rd Ph: 354-4438 School Ph: 354 2068 Cafe

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Rose & Thistle Tavern

Westenra Jewellers

Savoir Dog Grooming

Bernina Sewing Centre

24A Main North Rd Ph: 352-7011

464 Papanui Rd Ph: 354-0450

466B Papanui Rd Ph: 352-9168

466 Papanui Rd Ph: 352-0401 (Parking off Wyndham St)

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Poppies 472 Papanui Rd Ph: 352-6444

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