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Jane and Steve Sommerville owners of Jagz of Sovereign Palms, Suburban Estates manager Tracey Watson, Waimakariri District mayor David Ayers with Melissa and Maddie
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Dean McLeod manager of Today Homes with Kaiapoi North School headmaster Jason Miles
he land that is now Jagz of Sovereign Palms was once a dairy farm. Four years and more than 600 homes later, it is home to a thriving residential community. Now with the opening of fully licensed café and restaurant Jagz of Sovereign Palms catering up to 100 patrons, Sovereign Palms is set to get even better. A joint venture formed by local firms Suburban Estates and KB Contracting and Quarries, Sovereign Palms will feature almost 1000 new homes, with the residents of Kaiapoi able enjoy the facilities which
Mike Flutey and Craig Bailey from Mike Greer North Canterbury and Kim Sanders from Suburban Estates
complement the community's familyoriented surrounds. Owners Jane and Steve Sommerville have successfully owned and operated Jagz of Styx Mill for a number of years and are looking forward to being at the heart of the burgeoning community. Sovereign Palms, along with Jane and Steve got together with associated friends and supporters of the development to celebrate the opening in style. Jack Ryan, owner of the site in its dairy farming days was also at the event to see the site's latest incarnation.
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cover Christchurch’s historic Isaac Theatre Royal has officially re-opened after a $40 million rebuild. Our stunning cover photo is courtesy of the theatre’s construction firm Naylor Love, which is the contracted construction company for the project.
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee, and Christchurch Central MP Nicky Wagner, discussing rebuild progress in the city centre, in this issue’s Influencers columns on pages 4-5.
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Welcome Editor’s note. I was 11 when I decided I was going to be a writer. Ok, so I’m sure my 11 year old self never imagined that I would be writing about the destruction and subsequent rebirth of the city which has become my home. But I love what I do. We’ve featured some adorable mini journalists in this issue of Canterbury Rebuild. This lot are asking the hard questions about the Christchurch recovery in a ‘by kids for kids’ series of documentaries my nine year old assures me in her youthful vernacular is “totally awesome”. We’ve checked out an exciting new space in Lyttelton featuring a stage, terraces and play equipment, edible fruit trees and herb gardens. And we showcase a new $40 million hub for Ashburton which will host a medical centre, serviced apartments, extensive public spaces, dedicated carparking and a range of hospitality businesses. And of course, my favourite part, we bring you innovation, in all shapes and sizes. Christchurch has unwittingly become an international platform for ground-breaking seismic-resistant technologies and techniques as the rebuild of a safer city ramps up. This issue we look at a re-levellable foundation system designed just for Christchurch, we find out about a 90 year old construction system featuring aerated concrete blocks which is only just breaching the local market. We’ve chatted with Fulton Hogan’s general manager Tony Gallagher about adding some of the world’s greatest seismic resistant engineering methods to the Christchurch Art Gallery and we showcase one of the world’s fastest growing technology tracking companies which has opened its world R&D headquarters on Victoria Street. So grab a cuppa, sit back and relax. There’s a lot to get through.
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6: International tech company develops high tech hub 7: Re-levellable foundation system purpose designed for Chch 8: Lyttelton’s $2.8 million square marks new beginning 9: Offshore talent adds experience to local rebuild 10: Christchurch lessons influence tornado-ravaged city 14: Multi-purpose vision for Ashburton’s latest development 17: Children ask the hard questions on new recovery doco 20: Innovative demo work earns award nomination 27: Ballantynes director awarded as fire anniversary recognised 34: “Scorching” rental market with rents hitting record high 36: Go-ahead for first central city transport projects 37: New ‘before and after quake’ book
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Peter Townsend
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Antony Gough
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s the rebuild of our city continues at a rampant pace, with around $100 million being spent every week directly on earthquake repairs and the rebuild, we are starting to hear noises about whether or not we are reaching resource capacity in our city, whether the economic growth recovery we are experiencing is going to taper off and how long the rebuild is going to impact on Christchurch. It is now reasonably accepted that we are about 25% of the way through the rebuild. We haven’t yet struck the sort of capacity constraints we might have thought likely. There are several reasons for this. Everything is taking longer than we thought, there was a lot of spare capacity in our productive economy and our labour market, and we underestimated how much of the rest of New Zealand would be involved in rebuild activity. In the housing rebuild and repair sector it is now not uncommon to hear about entities from all over New Zealand contributing to the rebuild of a house. For example the architect could be based in Wanaka, a foundation design could come from Queenstown, the steel framework from Invercargill, the quantity surveying from Dunedin, engineering input from Wellington, geotech work from Gisborne, and the project management capability from here in Christchurch. It might sound bizarre, but I happen to know it is a true example. Tapping into all of these resources from far afield takes some of the pressure off our local economy and provides good, positive and constructive working relationships with local entities. This is one of the reasons why we at the Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce are ramping up Collaborate Canterbury. Collaborate Canterbury is all about local companies unlocking economic opportunities and working collaboratively with companies outside of Christchurch to build scale. It is working and it is working well. Collaborate Canterbury has been around for a couple of years and only recently have we seen its uptake increase markedly as resources really come under pressure here in Christchurch. I personally believe that the collaborative model will be one of the most significant new constructs to come out of the rebuild. Once the rebuild is over you might find that companies that have collaborated have built sufficient scale to be nationally and internationally competitive in a wide range of construction and design activity. That is all part of the excitement of the rebuild of Christchurch.
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he rate of the rebuild is accelerating and people are moving into new and repaired homes every day. But some are still having a tough time so it is really important that home owners who are struggling with repairs can access independent advice The Residential Advisory Service (RAS) provides free, independent advice for those facing challenges in getting homes rebuilt or repaired, and helps home owners, insurers and EQC work together to reach agreement. The service has been in place for 18 months now and the response has been phenomenal. With almost 8,000 calls received so far RAS staff quickly identify what sort of help people need and how they can access it. From these calls, around 2000 meetings with independent advisors have been organised and I’m pleased to report that the service has assisted many home owners achieve successful outcomes. RAS has recently added another tool to its support and assistance services, the independent technical panel. Supported by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, this panel assists RAS’ independent advisors with case-by-case engineering advice. The panel can help determine if a repair or rebuild method is technically adequate and consistent with the Building Code and other guidelines. This new tool is already proving its worth. Recently a home owner, who was concerned about their property repair strategy, contacted RAS for help and the case was referred to the independent technical panel for review. EQC, after receiving the panel’s opinion and building report, revisited a previous scope of works and decided to do further investigations on the damage. This met the home owner’s needs and demonstrated the close working relationship between RAS and EQC. And results like this are reflected across the board with 82 per cent of people using the service satisfied or very satisfied, while 94 per cent felt they were listened to and understood. RAS really does help people move on with their repairs and rebuilds. If you need independent advice with your repairs or rebuild, you can contact RAS on 0800 777 299 or find more information on the service at www.advisory.org.nz.
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year ago I felt frustrated with the apparent slowness of the rebuild in the CBD and it appeared this was going to run slowly for ten to twenty years. Things have totally changed. The lock down of the CBD for 16 months had delayed any serious start to rebuilding our CBD along with the insurance companies facing the true reality that they have many substantial claims on their books. A major part of most private insurance issues have been resolved and the ones outstanding have particular complications that will get resolved over time. This has meant a shift in private business effort from struggling with insurance claims to now rebuilding their lost building assets. There is such a buzz of activity now in our CBD and my worry of a twenty year drawn out rebuild is gone. The Retail Precinct now has three separate owners actually building, and Philip Carter is clearing the old Crossing car park so that he may begin his development in early 2015. By the end of 2016 we will have two thirds of the Retail Precinct finished and running. This is only two years away and will re-cement the CBD as our central heart for retail and hospitality. There are a string of substantial office buildings being built along Durham Street and Cambridge Terrace and these too will be completed over the next two years. The government anchor projects are now appearing out of the ground with substantial activity happening in the Bus Exchange, Justice Precinct and Avon River Precinct. Detailed planning is ongoing for the new hospital precinct, convention centre and metro sports centre. Our new world class cricket oval is complete well ahead of next year’s opening of the world cricket series in Christchurch on 12th February 2015. It is time to cruise the city and see all these changes for yourself. Do not blink or you will miss it all.
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uring the Spring season this year Retail NZ recognised the very best shopping experiences up and down the country by celebrating this year’s TopShop Award winners nationwide, with five Regional Awards events in Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton and Auckland. Participation in TopShop amongst Canterbury retailers was higher this year than in any other part of New Zealand, demonstrating the vibrancy of the local retail marketplace not only in Christchurch and Canterbury, but also in Marlborough, Nelson, Tasman and West Coast, which together help make up the Central and Upper South Island Region for the awards. Competition was fierce across all 10 awards categories amongst retailers big and small alike. Mystery shopping during the winter season identified almost 40 finalists, often with very little separating the winners and runners-up in the final rounds of judging. Timaru husband and wife team Ken and Sue Wills, of Ken Wills Furniture, won out in the Home & Style Category before being named the Overall Regional TopShop Award winner, narrowly beating the Spark Store in Moorhouse Ave to this year’s title. TopShop this year, perhaps more than ever before, and particularly in Canterbury, has highlighted that shopping is no longer just about big brand stores in city centre locations or big out of town malls. Increasingly there’s an ever growing number of great shopping experiences in suburban shopping centres and local high streets, where leading national chains and smaller local retailers are working hard to provide consumers with more choice and stand-out customer service closer to home. Retail in Canterbury, and across the rest of Central and Upper South Island, is very much alive and kicking as we head into the busiest trading period of all. Merry Christmas shopping everyone!
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hy won’t Government listen to the people of Christchurch? It seems to be the logical thing to do, yet John Key and his Government seem intent doing exactly the opposite! And clearly the people of Christchurch have had enough. In its Briefing to the Incoming Ministers, the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) notes that only 24 percent of people in Canterbury are satisfied with the opportunities provided to influence decisions in the earthquake recovery process. This is a sharp drop from two years ago, when the satisfaction rate sat at 32 percent. This Government has taken away the right of Christchurch people and local councils to make their own decisions and have control over their own lives. The ability to practice democracy must be evident in the grassroots. Decisions on spending priorities for the rebuild need to be made by Christchurch people and their councils, who are best placed to know what they need and want. It's time for CERA’s emergency powers to be removed and for the Government to allow councils to work with Christchurch citizens on the issues that will affect their daily lives. The Green Party’s plan for Canterbury, released in August, was built around local people taking their power back. Government should work with the Christchurch City Council, Ngai Tahu and communities, in a genuine partnership to ensure community facilities and infrastructure are rebuilt and anchor projects are affordable. We want to see emergency powers removed from CERA and returned to the City Council and an elected regional council. The rebuild of Christchurch is an opportunity for a more sustainable and liveable city. National is wasting that opportunity. It has failed to invest adequately in public transport. National is wasting millions of dollars of public money with an unaffordable plan for a covered stadium and its plans to redo Victoria Square.
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ike all sectors of Christchurch life, the arts took a massive hit in the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. Facilities that were such a big part of many people’s lives were suddenly lost or rendered unuseable. It is heartening therefore to see the restored Isaac Theatre Royal, the Grand Old Lady of Christchurch Theatre, reopening last month (17 Nov). It’s just one building, but so many people living in Christchurch and further afield will have fond memories of it pre-quake, and now have the chance to be part of a new era of performances there. The Theatre Royal will be a key component of the city’s new Performing Arts Precinct. Early next year we expect to see a start to the build of the new facility for the Music Centre of Christchurch on land just to the north of the Theatre Royal. I’m hopeful we will in time see a commitment by other performing arts organisations to develop new facilities on the same city block. Together with great public space and car parking, the Precinct will present an exciting new chapter for the performing arts in Christchurch. I can envisage people taking in a show on a balmy summer night before wandering over to New Regent Street for a coffee or taking a walk along the new river promenade. With the holiday period fast approaching, I know a lot of people will be looking forward to some relaxation with family and friends, and a bit of light relief. I’d urge people to get out and see a show, or enjoy a few laughs at one of the fabulous acts in the World Buskers Festival coming up in January. Finally, I’d like to wish everyone a very safe and happy Christmas and New Year.
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This year has seen continuing progress in the Canterbury Home Repair Programme (CHRP). While not every home will have been completed by December this year, the CHRP has repaired around 63,000 homes in Canterbury and there are about 6000 homes to go.
hese repairs not completed in 2014 will be completed as soon as possible in 2015,” CHRP general manager Reid Stiven says. “Our aim is that by April 2015, every homeowner in CHRP will have their home fixed, their repair underway or booked in, or have agreed how and when their claim will be settled.” Many of the remaining homes are cases where the homeowner has deferred repairs for various reasons. EQC is contacting
each of the remaining homeowners to discuss the approach to repairing their home that would work best. “We are working with homeowners with challenging personal circumstances to discuss their options and how to help progress their claim, and working with agencies to support people where needed.” Reid assures customers that EQC will not compromise on quality or cost to meet deadlines. With CHRP nearing completion, the next step is the recovery of excess owed to ensure fairness to all our customers. Like all insurance claims, EQC has to charge an excess. Cantabrians have already paid more than $100 million for the excesses on their cash-settled EQC claims. In 2015 EQC will begin contacting CHRP customers with an itemised summary of their excess, along with their individual invoice. More than 90 percent will be for amounts that are less than $600. All customers will be given at least three months to pay, and those that are having difficulty will have their circumstances taken into account. For more information around EQC excesses, just download the EQCover guide from eqc.govt.nz/claims. “Our first priority after the Canterbury quakes was to get repairs underway as quickly as possible,” Reid says. “Now we are nearing the end of the repair programme, we want to give every remaining customer certainty and closure so they can move on with their lives.” If you have not yet been repaired, please contact 0800 DAMAGE and talk to them about your situation.
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Vast new range of furniture & homewares hits Moorhouse The Christchurch rebuild isn’t just about the multimillion dollar commercial developments, equally it is about the retailers who, despite the uncertainty of the postquake market, made the courageous decision to fight, in a commercial capacity that is.
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special when, on Thursday November 20, staff, friends, family and supporters gathered for the joint celebration of the company’s seventh birthday and the opening of the new store at 130 Moorhouse Avenue, which complements the existing store at 22 Stanley Street in the city. It’s not hard to recognise why the Vast
Vast Store: Moorhouse Ave Pre Earthquakes conditions, the more determined the response and, although the couple don’t like to dwell on the earthquakes, it seems it was those very earthquakes which have pushed them so much harder to succeed. “Even our franchisor suggested we take a break,” Nicky laughs. Although it wasn’t quite as funny when their stock was split up between friends’ garages, or the four month period the business spent operating from a roller door warehouse, alternating which doors were opened depending on the biting wind which rattled through the premises. Then there was the time when liquefaction caused $100,000 worth of stock damage. “It was scary making the decision to keep going,” Nicky says. “We were never sure whether the retail sector would recover and every corner we turned we were hit with another roadblock.” But as the popular saying goes, good things take time and it made it all the more
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Interior range of furniture, homewares and giftware is such a popular one. There’s a core theme of sustainability within the product range, with a strong focus on natural timbers sourced from around the world. “Our style of furnishings works anywhere,” Nicky says. “Whether you are after a contemporary look or a more traditional interior.” The company’s most popular range is ‘Salvar’. A range of salvaged products rich in colour and character, Salvar furniture features the marks and multi-layered paint effect of industrial re-salvaged timbers, making every piece unique. The Monsoon Old Door range of furniture is another popular recycled timbers range handcrafted with its own inherent
characteristics. A big seller is the Lyon Parquetry table, a standout in Vast's vintage colour finish. A combination of natural and painted sustainable mango timber planks are married together to create an artful display of wood-craft. “Mango wood plays a strong role in our furniture ranges,” Craig explains. “Trees in poorer countries are renowned for being cut down too early, yet the mango tree is worth more as a fruit tree, so the farmers never cut it down until it stops bearing fruit around 30-40 years of age. “This makes mango wood a great sustainable option for furniture construction.”
THERE’S A CORE THEME OF SUSTAINABILITY WITHIN THE PRODUCT RANGE, WITH A STRONG FOCUS ON NATURAL TIMBERS SOURCED FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
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Brand New Vast Store: 130 Moorhouse Ave Mix and match leather to fabric products are quickly becoming a global hit and Vast Interior is looking forward to an upcoming shipment of product. “A lot of people love leather in the summer and fabric in the winter,” Nicky explains. “So these mix and match ranges are a great trend allowing you to mix and match furniture in the same colours.” Vast Interior is also the exclusive New Zealand supplier of the Sanctum Screens range of lazer cut hardwood. A great option for a striking room divider, outdoor feature or interior hanging screen to break up a room, there is a range of 20 Sanctum Screens designs to choose from. There’s also a great range of Berelle wall art. In a wide range of bright, colourful framed prints, Nicky says they make a great feature on any contemporary wall for impact. “A lot of our product, you just can’t buy elsewhere,” Nicky says. Vast maintains strong relationships with suppliers throughout the world – India, China, Indonesia – and professional buyers travel twice a year, ensuring a wide and evolving range of products for the stores. A key point of difference is the store’s ability to cater to commercial clients.
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A Vast range of interior furnishings
CUSTOM MADE COUNTERTOPS MADE IN INDIA ARE AVAILABLE MADE TO ORDER, WITH THE STUNNING INDUSTRIAL LOOK OF RECYCLED TIMBERS THE STORE IS RENOWNED FOR.
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Custom made countertops made in India are available made to order, with the stunning industrial look of recycled timbers the store is renowned for. “Our shop counter has been crafted from old door frames and carved cabinets,” Nicky says. “We’ve had it custom designed to fit our printers and tills in and we have the ability to offer this service to our customers.” Vast Interiors already supplies Maharaja Restaurant and the Australian stores already produce recycled timber counter tops with stainless steel legs to commercial customers. “They are coated in a German lacquer,” Nicky says. “So they are hard wearing and easy to keep clean.” A new range of plastic dining chairs in a great range of colours are also a great option for commercial spaces as well as the bar leaners. The new counter top height has proved popular with the modern trend of standing during work hours, providing a higher work space. There’s a loyalty club available online and instore and you don’t have to worry about getting pesky emails every day. Vast Interiors will only send out updates
when there is an important event coming up or an exciting range of products about to hit the store. There’s also a Facebook page to keep up with all the latest updates as they happen. The Vast Interior Franchise Group also looks after the countries its suppliers are from, supporting projects such as the development of a health centre and Girls’ School in Delhi. “Girls’ schools in many of these areas don’t receive funding,” Nicky says. “So that’s something which is important to us. It’s also incredibly important that we only support the suppliers who really look after their staff.” With Christmas around the corner, it’s a great time to get in store at 130 Moorhouse Avenue, where you’ll find a wide range of stylish giftware from vases and ornaments through to cushions and candles. Get it giftwrapped with a small donation that goes directly to City Mission. Visit the new Vast Interior store at 130 Moorhouse Avenue, phone 3775166 or the smaller Sydenham store next to The Colombo, at 22 Stanley St, ph 365 6802 or visit www.vastinterior.co.nz.
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