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Quake survivor’s insurance battle Friday February 19 2016

By Emma-Jane McLennan A WOMAN who lost 16 colleagues in the February 2011 earthquake, narrowly escaping with her own life, is still waiting to get her home repairs finished after years of battling insurance and building companies. CTV building survivor Maryanne Jackson said earthquake stress, combined with insurance battles, living in a damaged home and moving four times, has been “shocking.” “The stress has been absolutely terrible. Who would believe my house could take five years?” Her battles are not unique – many others frustrated by insurance delays will hit the streets on Sunday to protest. Ms Jackson was the receptionist at CTV when the earthquake hit. Her first instinct was to run out the door onto the street – an instinct that saved her life. When she turned around, she saw the building had collapsed behind her. Sixteen of her colleagues died in the building – which claimed 115 of the city’s death toll of 185. Ms Jackson’s Mt Pleasant home is looking likely to be finally finished next month. But back in 2011, she had no idea it would take so long. Just months into the extensive

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PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN repair works – with the house completely gutted and a new foundation laid – Ms Jackson was called into a meeting. The building company wanted $200,000 for re-cladding, and her insurance company was refusing

to pay for it – even though she was insured for a full replacement. “I was absolutely devastated. I considered selling as is, where is, but they’d already gutted the house,” she said. Ms Jackson got straight onto the

phone to her son, Adam Jackson, who was living in Australia at the time. “He said ‘no mum, that’s not okay.’ He fought for six months for me. I was so lucky, a lot of elderly people don’t have that kind of

help. I think they [the insurance company] took advantage of me on my own, until my son came over.” But even though the insurance company did come to the party after “many disagreements,” Ms Jackson has been living in limbo since. She lived in her damaged house for 18 months – two freezing winters – she said. “The sun room had broken windows, that was all boarded up and too dangerous to go in. The doors wouldn’t close, there were gaps in the window frames, the sewers needed re-done and both fireplaces had collapsed.” A heatpump was installed, but it didn’t help much. Ms Jackson said the fear of another quake worried her “so much.” “I was kept up at night. When there were earthquakes it was very scary.” She’s moved four times – living in different rental properties – and her accommodation allowance ran out in November. This year she’s moved into her brother and sister-in-law’s home. She said they’ve been ‘so generous’: “But I just can’t wait to get back into my home.” • Read more about Maryanne Jackson, p10

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Slow progress with Rather than being a time of reflection, for hundreds of frustrated homeowners the five-year anniversary of the February 2011 earthquake will mark another year mired in disputes over their insurance settlements – and they say they have had enough. Gabrielle Stuart looked into the situation for people still struggling with insurance issues, many who plan to take to the street this weekend to protest READ THEIR list of demands, and the protesters set to hit the streets on Sunday sound pretty radical. They are calling for a Serious Fraud Office investigation into the Earthquake Commission and insurance companies’ “grossly incorrect assessments, negligent or incompetent repairs, and forced cash settlement practices” and on John Key to Seamus make good on his O’Cromtha “empty promises”. But talk to the protesters, and they are everything but extreme radicals, spokesman Seamus O’Cromtha said. Many had young families or were elderly, many were professionals, and most were middle class, he said. FORMER landlord Dean Cameron has been living in a sleepout since the February 2011 earthquake. The earthquakes had been a double blow, as both his central city home and a house next door which he was renting out were extensively damaged, with one demolished. Five years on, he said he just wanted to move on with his life. But he was still involved in disputes over both

“There are also people who are already settled and are doing this out of a sense of outrage that there are people five years after the earthquakes still struggling,” he said. He said the one thing that united them was that they were “fed up to the back teeth” with waiting for insurance issues to be resolved. According to Insurance Council NZ figures released this month, more than 4600 homeowners were still waiting in December for their “over cap” earthquake claims to be settled. Just over 3400 of those were in the process of resolving the settlement. Almost 19,000 over cap claims – worth more than $100,000 – had been settled. Mr O’Cromtha said people had been through meeting after meeting with EQC and insurance companies, and he initially

properties, which he said were likely to end in court. “(The houses) were a lot of my life’s work, and for the last five years my life has been on hold. You can’t really do much, you’re stuck, you can’t move forward, you’re not getting the rental income and you’ve still got to pay rates.” He had already spent about $15,000 on lawyer fees and consultants, on top of the lost rental income and the hundreds

of hours he had spent himself. He did not believe the protest would have any effect on his case, but he planned to go because he hoped the system could be changed so others were not left in the same situation. “I hope it will embarrass the Government and maybe the insurers, because they’re trying to paint a pretty picture that everything’s going along well and it’s not,” he said.

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believed the slow progress was due to the “Kiwi, laidback, she’ll be right attitude”. But he said he now believed it was deliberate. “The impression I’ve got is this is systematic, it’s planned. The meetings and engagement is pseudo, just to delay the process.” He said similar insurance situations had been dealt with within months in other countries. “The authorities after the Queensland floods said the insurance had to be settled in four weeks. If that could happen in a natural disaster of that magnitude it could certainly be done here if

there was a political will for it.” EQC spokesman John King said the company was aware of the march, but he did not say whether EQC planned to send a representative to speak there. But he said EQC was focused on settling individual cases. “Our focus remains on resolving claims and if individual customers have concerns they want to raise with us, we are happy to meet with them and work towards a resolution of their claims,” he said. He did not make any response to Mr O’Cromtha’s accusations, or say whether setting a deadline would be workable.

New insurance claims MORE THAN 2000 new insurance claims have been lodged since Sunday’s 5.7 magnitude earthquake. The earthquake collapsed cliffs around Sumner, and several supermarkets and shops had to close afterward because of the mess left by goods falling off shelves. Fewer than 500 claims were lodged with EQC in the 24 hours after the earthquake. But as of 8am yesterday, that number had risen to 2038. EQC spokesman John King said people had three months to lodge their claims, with May 16 the deadline.

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HELPING HAND: Canterbury Insurance Assistance Service facilitator Lorraine Guthrie works to help vulnerable people settle their claims, and said after five years many had lost hope. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN Canterbury Insurance Assistance Service facilitator Lorraine Guthrie works to help vulnerable people who are battling with insurance issues. She said the service was currently working with about 120 EARTHQUAKE MEMORIALS A Run to Remember Sunday, 9am A fun run and walk to honour those who died in the February 2011 earthquake. Starting in Victoria park, it heads up along the Port Hills before turning down Rapaki Track to finish in Hansen Park. Proceeds will benefit the New Zealand Red Cross. Victoria Park, pre-register online at sportcanterbury.org.nz/new-zealand/run-to-remember/ adults $17, junior (5-16yrs) $12, under-5s free Bloom Authors Readings and Poetry Sunday, 2pm

clients, but they were only the most vulnerable who were elderly or struggling with health, financial or living issues. Some had repairs done but the quality of the repairs were not up to standard, while others had not reached a settlement at all. She said some people had been battling for years before they asked for help. “They lose hope. You ring them to tell them what the next step is, to remind them there is a next step, and they’re okay but they can’t retain that hope in the face of the sheer injustice of it all.” She said one client had been battling since the earthquakes and her claim had only recently been labelled over cap. She said she did not think a blanket deadline would be helpful because people’s situations were so different, but individual deadlines for each case or for each stage of the process were needed. She recommended that people get help from CIAS or from other services if they were still battling, as an advocate would

understand the legal and technical details and could often help get a case resolved faster. Bryan Staples (right) runs commercial insurance advocacy company Earthquake Services, and said he was still getting 20-30 new clients ask for help each week. He said he was not sure if a blanket deadline would be possible, but something had to be done so people could move on with their lives. “The worst thing is there are kids out there who have known no different, they’ve grown up always living in a broken house or a cold house or a mouldy house.” He expected the problems to go on for many years, as a lot of issues he saw were disputes over repairs. “There are so many homes that they have attempted to fix with putty and a bucket of paint, and all that is going to come back to haunt future generations.” • The protest will be held at noon in Cathedral Square on Sunday. Both homeowners and people who want to support them are invited. Politicians and local authorities have been invited to speak at the protest, as well as residents battling to resolve their claims.

Local authors and pets read from their works reflecting on the earthquakes and our experiences since. Canterbury Museum, Rolleston Ave. Free entry

Civic Memorial Service Monday, noon The memorial will include a 1min silence at 12.51pm, speeches, singing and wreath-laying to remember the 185 quake victims. Archery Lawn, Botanic Gardens

River of Flowers Monday, 8am-8pm Throughout the day you will have the opportunity to throw flowers in the river and write messages on a ‘Tree of Hope.’ Some sites will have community activities. At 12.51pm 2min silence will be held. There are 20 sites along the river. Avon and Heathcote rivers and the estuary

UNESCO Concert Monday, 6.30pm (doors open 6pm) A concert featuring UNESCO artist for peace, Missa Johnouchi, the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, Hideyo Takakuwa on the Japanese traditional flute and more. Christchurch Transitional Cathedral. Entry by gold coin donation

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New-look Star published next Thursday THE STAR is about to take another big step forward in its 147-year history. Our city community newspaper titles will move from a Sunday to a Tuesday publication day and the Bay Harbour News will be increasing to a weekly publication to better connect the people of Sumner and the Bays. The Star will publish every Thursday, with a substantial increase in circulation and paging to provide a wider digest of local news and content for our readers. The Star circulation is being increased to 20,000 more homes in Christchurch every week – and will still be available to be picked up at cafes, shops and other outlets. Star Media general manager Steve McCaughan, said the bigger and brighter new Star will offer new environments for our readers to engage in, plus more local news and the usual favourites such as our puzzle page and popular feature sections. “Delivering The Star into 92,000 homes will get our advertisers’ message into every home within our Christchurch circulation area. “This will make us a clear No 1 for reach-to-market with just one ad placement. “We will now offer advertisers a massive unduplicated circulation to 146,000 homes every week in the Canterbury region, from Rakaia to Kaikoura. “We know our readership has just had a big jump and this change will bolt on tens of thousands of new readers for our advertisers immediately,” he said. “Free newspapers are the future. We can deliver the kind of local news and information our readers want, that can’t be easily accessed on any other media platform.

Steve McCaughan “We believe we are gaining readership as people cancel their paid daily newspaper in favour of accessing daily news on the internet, so there is a clear message emerging as to what the public wants,” said Mr McCaughan. Star Media is a family business locally owned by Pier and Charlotte Smulders and currently employs more than 100 local Cantabrians. It acquired CTV late last year. Mr McCaughan said: “We publish STYLE, Kiwi Gardener, Rugby News, With this Ring plus a wide range of other magazines, we offer digital solutions, video production and run events such as City2Surf and the Home and Leisure show.’’ Star Media prides itself on being able to offer our advertisers multi-media options that provide the best solutions and results for their businesses. Star Media also has more than 110,000 following the “Rise Up Christchurch” social media page and is currently developing various other social media channels. “We are very excited about our future and growth prospects.’’

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A JUDGE has labelled the two armed robberies on dairies as “amateur hour exercises” after remanding the ringleader in custody. Twenty-year-old Joshua Felise Nuu was remanded in custody on Wednesday and is due to appear for sentencing on May 10 after guilty pleas on charges of armed robbery and assault with intent to rob. His co-accused Iosefa Fili Fili, 18, appeared yesterday and entered no plea – he will appear in court again on March 10. Defence counsel Craig Ruane applied for bail for Nuu pending sentencing, saying that the robberies were “pretty amateur” since no disguises had been used and the incidents had been caught on security camera. At Jenny’s Dairy in Bowhill Rd, on January 25, its alleged Nuu and his associate went in and tried to rob a 21-year-old woman behind the counter. Both allegedly were involved in another dairy robbery in Avonside on January 8. District court Judge Raoul Neave told Nuu: “Stupidity is not a ground for granting people bail.” He accepted that Nuu had been co-operative with the police, and his family had taken him to the police station, but he believed a prison term would be imposed because there were two incidents and someone had been hurt.

citywide street art festival – with new paintings appearing on unused walls – the YMCA has a colourful walk-through displaying some of New Zealand’s and the world’s, best street art. YMCA, 12 Hereford St. Free entry

Open Air Summer Shakespeare Today, 6-8pm, tomorrow, 2-4pm and 6-8pm Top Dog theatre is putting on Hamlet, one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, directed by Derek Doddington. Bring a picnic blanket or a camp chair. The Mound Lawn, Mona Vale, 63 Fendalton Rd. Tickets $10-15, not recommended for under-8s Nice Background/The Bay photo exhibition Today, 11am-5.30pm, Saturday 11am-4pm A collaboration of two solo photography exhibitions, by Christchurch-based Jessica Dick and Dunedin-based Mark Bolland. Chambers Art Gallery, 241 Moorhouse Ave West African Drumming Today, 6pm Join Maganui Stewart to have a go at playing West African hand drums with others. Improve coordination and enjoy the buzz of

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Honduras to share the story of how his life was transformed through sponsorship. Featuring live music from award-winning Levi McGrath. St Aidan’s Anglican Church, 63 Brookside Terrace, Bryndwyr. Free event

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Market on the Front Lawn Sunday, 10am-2pm Enjoy fresh coffee, a raw food bus, vintage and retro collectables, handmade gifts – and if you’re lucky – you might get to watch candles being hand-poured. Love Light Soy Candles, 280 Hasketts Rd, free entry Laughter Club Sunday, 11am-noon Laughter Club aims to help people relax and exercise through laughter – no jokes and no comedy necessary. It does this through a series of laughter exercises, including breathing and stretching, until laughter becomes infectious. Scottish Society Hall, corner Edgeware and Caledonian Rds. $2 entry

Stabat Mater Sunday, 3pm A performance of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater to mark the Lent season will be the highlight of a concert at the Cathedral. It’s a reflective poem performed by two female voices accompanied by a string orchestra.The soloists will be Elizabeth Emeleus and Louisa Pilkington, and the CBS Orchestra will be led by Natalia Lomeiko. St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, 373 Manchester St

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Joint pain tougher for Cantabs By Gabrielle Stuart CANTABRIANS ARE left waiting on hip or knee replacement until they are in more pain or their surgery is more urgent than people in most other regions, new figures show. The amount of pain patients are in, the benefit they are likely to get from surgery and the consequences of delaying it are some of the factors used to give patients a Clinical Priority Access Criteria score. District health boards around the country use the scores to prioritise surgery for the patients who need it most. In Christchurch, the minimum score patients must reach to qualify for replacement hip or knee surgery is 90, and the average score when people get surgery is just over 90. In Auckland, the minimum score for hip surgery is 32 and for knees 38. The average score for people given replacement hip surgery was 70, and the average for knees 69. Canterbury Charity Hospital Trust founder and general surgeon Phil Bagshaw said the scoring system was designed to keep treatment equal around the country. “The whole idea is supposed to be standardising things so people with equal problems with their health will be treated with the same degree of priority, that’s the whole idea.” He said that clearly wasn’t

Phil Bagshaw Carolyn Gullery happening. The problem could either be that the assessment and scoring was being done differently, or that the amount of surgery being done was different, he said. He said either would be a massive cause for concern. Canterbury District Health Board planning and funding manager Carolyn Gullery said it was not clear why the scores were different. “The explanations you outlined are both possible; in spite of being standard tools, assessment score may differ between DHBs and it is possible that access to different types of surgery differ across DHBs.” She said the assessment tools used had been reviewed, but she could not comment on the process used in other DHBs to better understand the difference between them. But she said Canterbury had the largest population of people over 65 and over 75-years-old in New Zealand, and performed one of the highest volumes of elective surgery. “This older population requires

more orthopaedic interventions to keep them well and functional.” She said the health board was working to increase the rates. “In spite of the fact that Canterbury has delivered more surgery year-on-year in line with Government targets, we would like to increase the intervention rates for orthopaedic surgery for the Canterbury population and are investing in the workforce to provide this increase,” she said. Age Concern chief executive Simon Templeton said getting surgery quickly could make a massive difference to people’s quality of life, especially for the elderly. “That hip and knee pain when we talk to people who can’t get surgery is so debilitating, and it has a flow on effect across the whole community if they can’t go to bowls club and can’t use the buses.” A 75-YEAR-OLD Christchurch resident, who asked to remain anonymous, said she felt trapped in her house for nearly four years waiting for surgery on her knees. One of her knees had been causing her problems for years, and the other was damaged when she was thrown across the room in the February 22 earthquake. She said she could barely move, and struggled to leave the house. “I had nobody at all because my children are all overseas, and it was agony to get in and out of

He said Canterbury did have a lot of elderly residents, but other districts around the country the car.” She said she put on about 20kg over those four years, because she couldn’t leave the house to exercise. “I couldn’t walk, but I used to try to do exercise sitting down, but it was just horrendous,” she said. She had surgery on one knee in February, and the second in June. Since the surgery, she said the pain was all gone and her life had been transformed. But she said it had been a battle

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Transgender advocate farewelled By Gabrielle Stuart

CHRISTINA Loughton, who brought transgender issues out of the shadows in Christchurch, has died. She died on New Year’s Eve aged 77, and a memorial service will be held in her honour on Wednesday. Her partner Elspeth Wilson said caring for people was the goal of Ms Loughton’s life, whether that meant visiting and advocating for transgender people in prison, or letting people who were homeless stay on her couch. She founded Agender Christchurch in 2000, with the goal of connecting and helping the transgender community in the region. She worked to open Rainbow House five years later, which provided a safe haven for transgender people in trouble. Ms Wilson said many transgender people then were outcasts in society, and felt “terribly isolated”. “I have met lots of people who thought they were the only ones,” she said. She said there had been a few transgender groups in New Zealand before that time, but they were usually kept secret. As a public group, she said Agender could publicly campaign on transgender issues, and act as a beacon for transgender people in the community. Agender New Zealand founder Claudia McKay worked closely with Christina to set up the Christchurch branch, and said she was a tireless worker.

Christina Loughton (left) and partner Elspeth Wilson. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN

“Nothing mattered if she wanted to do anything, she just did it. That was the amazing thing about her. Setting up other branches after that was really hard work, simply because there weren’t enough Christinas around,” she said. “Her legacy is in the scores and scores of people out there who have benefited from her help in a whole range of ways. It would be very hard to define without tracking every person down, but I think the most important thing in the world is making life better for people, and that is what Christina did.” Ms Loughton was born in Reefton in 1938, and studied at

Knox College to become a Presbyterian minister. Ms Wilson said she was inspired to go into the ministry by her brother David, who died of jaw cancer at the age of 13. She served at parishes in Cheviot, Miromar and Gisbourne, before working in sales, as a taxi driver, and as caretaker of Collingwood House in New Brighton. Although Ms Loughton dealt with abuse for being transgender, being “waterbombed” in the local park and having messages scrawled outside her house, Ms Wilson said she was generally very respected. “She had personal integrity and

a strong commitment to the community, and people respected her for that.” The couple met and got to know one another at a fundraiser Ms Loughton organised in 2007, after Ms Wilson drove her home. Ms Wilson said Ms Loughton’s interest in her took her by surprise at first, but after they began spending time together as friends they quickly became a couple. “We progressed in the relationship very fast, because we already knew each other’s values and had admired each other for so long.” She said Ms Loughton was a generous and caring partner. “She was as generous in her

private life as she was in her public life. She’d often say I’ll do the dishes, you get on with your work.” Ms Loughton retired at 55, but even while living on the pension she continued to volunteer and give as much as she could, Ms Wilson said. As well as working in the transgender community, she said Ms Loughton was an active Labour Party member, worked with Habitat for Humanity and also campaigned for several years to have Christchurch bus services improved. She had a defibrillator implant in 2005 because of her irregular heart beat, and had since had four serious heart attacks, Ms Wilson said. She was admitted to hospital on December 29, and died two days later. Ms Wilson said she wanted to go quietly, and let the work she had done through her life be her legacy. Current Agender Christchurch co-ordinator Michelle Smeaton said Ms Loughton did a great deal of work behind the scenes without asking for any recognition. “To me she was a role model, a mentor and a quiet achiever for our people. She was a real role model of bravery, being staunch and being proud of who you are.” • A function to honour Christina Loughton will be held on Wednesday from 5.30pm at the Christchurch Community House, 301 Tuam St, with the formal service to start at 6pm.

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Maryanne Jackson

Losing 16 good friends Maryanne, most people have heard your quake-day story. But what about the aftermath – what happened in the weeks afterwards? Well on that dreadful day I lost 16 coworkers, 16 good friends, and that was just the worst. Then my car was smashed by bricks, I went home and my house [in Mt Pleasant] was a bombsite, all I had was the clothes I left my house in that morning. I didn’t get back into my house for two years after that, I’ve moved four times in the past 12 months and I’m still not back in my house. I’m living at my brother and sisterin-laws in Lyttelton. I had insurance issues and was dealing with family issues at the same time, living in Methven, commuting two and a half hours three hours every day into town for weeks. I was staying there and

would often have to stop at Burnham [Military Camp] on my way into town to give statements to police, any new identifying factors I might have remembered, maybe what they [the victims] were wearing that day. Then they started finding bodies and the funerals started. There was one a day, sometimes two in a day, on opposite sides of town. They were beautiful funerals, but just so, so sad. I remember one where the husband and two young children were in the front seat of a cream hearse. Their mother was in the back. That was just so awful, it should never, ever have happened.

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I can’t even imagine it. People talk about survivor’s guilt – was that an issue for you? Well I was brought up a Catholic so that’s always helped me. I never had survivor’s guilt, people do ask me that, but it just wasn’t my time. My mother died the year before the quakes so I think she helped me out of that building. At one of the funerals, police told me they had my bag, and gave it to me later that day. They’d found it in the building, and in it were my rosary beads, all the way from Rome. I still think they saved me. I had some of my mother’s jewellery in there too. It smelled of smoke and it was all waterlogged but intact – all of it. Wow. Now you were thrown into the spotlight, becoming a bit of a spokeswoman post-quake. How did that feel? At the time I just had it put on me, and I wasn’t used to it at all. I’m not normally a spokesperson but I had to do it for their sake [the victims] and for their families, for the ones who lost their lives and couldn’t talk about it. There are people outside of Canterbury who just don’t have a clue what we went through. So what are your plans for the quake anniversary? I always go to the midday public service in the gardens, and we have a small ceremony at the old CTV site. It’s a get together with ex-staff, families of loved ones of those we lost, management, people who were working there at the time. We let off balloons and take flowers, sing a few songs and talk. It’s always emotional on the site, always. But because we’re such a small group of surviving staff we’ve got a really close bond. We all know what happened but it’s still surreal, thinking about it. We support each other. It’s always an emotional day for me, but you just have to get on with life. Did you ever consider leaving Christchurch? Never. I love Christchurch, our Garden City, and I think it’s going to be so dynamic when it’s rebuilt. I I’ve lived here my whole life, I grew up in Lyttleton, lived in Sumner, I’m always close to the sea. I love the beautiful old buildings, the Arts Centre, and I’m so upset about all the ones that were demolished. I love the Cathedral and I want it to stay – I marched in protest for it actually. And your house rebuild, how is that going? It should have been a new build really, it’s got a new foundation and it’s been completely gutted. It’s 90 per cent done now and

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they’ve told me I’ll likely be back in midMarch. Because I was close to the epicentre, in Mt Pleasant, most of the homes around me are being rebuilt. I love homes and gardens and I’ve been picking lots of things for my house. That’s been taking a lot of my time on the weekends. What else do you like to do in your spare time? Most of the time on the weekends, I’m sourcing home supplies for my house during the day, and visiting friends in the evenings. I like to go out for food, maybe Aikmans for a drink, Keo Thai, there’s lots of good restaurants and places to eat in the likes of New Regent St. I love the New Regent St trams, walking through the Botanic Gardens, having a bite to eat at the Curators House. Maryanne, would you tell me about your family? I’ve got three children. There’s Oliver, he lives in Abu Dhabi, he’s an executive chef at a huge hotel with more than 200 chefs working for him. Then there’s Adam, he’s a very successful lawyer who lives in Dubai, then there’s my daughter Amanda , who’s a beauty therapist in Blenheim. So I’ve got eight grandchildren, and I go to visit them overseas about once a year, or they come here, or we meet in Australia. I’m also very close to my grandson, Jordan, who lives here in Christchurch. Maryanne, how have the events of February 2011 changed your outlook on life? I don’t take life for granted any more. I make the most of life, I don’t turn opportunities and I don’t sweat the small stuff. I just get on with it and I think they [the quake victims] were such positive people that that’s what they’d want me to do. They were just larger than life. • Maryanne works as receptionist at Star Media, which recently acquired CTV.

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EQC supports city forum Seismics and the City is an annual forum that involves representatives of public, private and community sector organisations from Canterbury and further afield engaged in the rebuild of Christchurch. With the theme Shaping Canterbury’s future now: Collaboration – Regeneration – Innovation, this forum provides a showcase for inspiring case studies featuring new ways of working, innovative new products and services and gives organisations the opportunity to demonstrate business and thought leadership.

A message from the Earthquake Commission’s Chief Executive Ian Simpson on the fifth anniversary of the February 22 Canterbury earthquake. On Monday the 22nd we will pause to remember the tragic events of five years ago and, in particular, the 185 people who lost their lives.

Much has been achieved since February 2011. Working with Fletcher EQR and a dedicated team of contractors we have completed repairs on nearly 68,000 homes. To date, EQC staff have resolved 77 percent of just over 80,000 properties with land damage claims, made cash settlements for building damage to a further 97,840 properties, and cash settlements for about 186,000 contents claims. In total, all EQC settlements in Canterbury amount to more than $9 billion.

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Remembering 22 February five years on

The Earthquake Commission has never forgotten the impact of that day on the residents of Canterbury and the rest of New Zealand. We are well aware of what we still need to do to assist the Canterbury recovery and are already working on the lessons we have learnt from the Canterbury earthquakes.

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I’m proud of what we’ve achieved, but we know as an organisation we didn’t always get it right. The natural instinct in an emergency is to start responding quickly to the immediate crisis. After the September 2010 and February 2011 earthquakes we quickly focussed on carrying out emergency works to make homes safe, secure and sanitary. A key learning is that we need to spend more time engaging with the community and customers to better target those customers in most need. As a result, EQC now works more closely with local authorities and other government agencies – using community knowledge to deal more directly with customers most affected. We’ve made improvements to the way we work in Canterbury, as can be seen in the extensive

Unresolved issues? PHONE OUR COMMUNITY CONTACT TEAM Any customers with unresolved EQC issues should phone 0800 326 243 and make a booking to speak to one of the EQC Community Contact Team (CCT). Since September 2011, the CCT have helped answer customer’s earthquake-related questions and, where needed, manage claims through the EQC process to resolve issues, says EQC Customer Resolutions Manager for Christchurch, Paula McPhail. Customer Service Consultants can provide professional, accurate, and timely information – this is specialised expertise gained from working in many other areas of EQC and Fletcher EQR. “The team has skilled personnel who are well equipped to answer questions about specific circumstances,” Paula says. The Community Contact Team conducts appointments with customers at any of the following locations or, by prior arrangement, at a customer’s home. EQC locations for meetings: — Addington – Monday-Friday, EQC Addington — Fendalton Library – Wednesday, 190 Clyde Road — Kaiapoi – Tuesday, (please phone 0800 639 000 to book at this venue), Waimakariri Earthquake Support Services, Cass Street.

customer and community engagement we have been carrying out over the last year as part of settling claims for increased flooding and liquefaction vulnerability land damage. The fifth anniversary is also a time to look ahead. EQC’s work in Canterbury will continue until all residential earthquake claims are completed (including remedial work). Our priority in 2016 is to complete all first-time home repairs and resolve remaining land claims.

EQC is once again pleased to support this valuable forum with its emphasis on safety and sustainability and cross-sector knowledge sharing. Special registration rates are available for representatives of community organisations involved in the rebuild and for interested individuals – www.smartnet.co.nz/ seismics-2016/registration-form

We are underway with fixing some house repairs that needed additional work, but we are prioritising customers who are yet to have a repair. We know there is still a job to do and we are determined to see it through, using all the experience we have gained in the past five years.

EQC awards $1 million to natural disaster researchers Understanding natural hazard risks and how to manage them is taking another step forward, thanks to $1 million of new EQC-funded research projects. EQC contributes $16 million altogether, every year for research to build knowledge about New Zealand’s natural hazards and how to manage them. The latest round of EQC’s Biennial Research Grants Programme attracted 118 applicants. Three of the 15 recipients are Canterbury-based geological researchers, and many of the projects are ongoing collaborations with GeoNet, NZ’s geological hazard monitoring system. EQC congratulates the following recipients of this year’s grants: JC Gaillard, Minghao Li, Vicki Moon, Andy Nicol, David Barrell, Chris Van Houtte, Jonathan Carey, Jennifer Eccles, Sigrun Hreinsdottir, Simon Barker, Marco Brenna & Elaine Smid, Bruce Christenson, Ben Kennedy, Xiaoming Wang and Kate Clark.

One of the 15 grant recipients, Ben Kennedy from the University of Canterbury.

The next round will open for applicants in 2017. Visit www.eqc.co.nz for further information.

Meet Patricia Keith, EQC General Manager of Customer and Claims … Leading the earthquake recovery for Telecom in Christchurch struck a chord with EQC’s new General Manager of Customer and Claims, Trish Keith, that led to her taking up the challenge of a new role at EQC. “The EQC job was enticing in that it was dynamically complex, based in

Christchurch, and I could once again participate in the Canterbury recovery,” she says. Born in Canterbury, Trish grew up in Burnside, Christchurch, with memories of hot summers spent swimming at Jellie Park Pool and cycling into what seemed like head winds both ways along Memorial Avenue to attend St Margaret’s College. She has lived in Sumner for the last 26 years where she helped raise five children with her husband, Tony. When the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake occurred Trish was in Auckland. She was flown that day into Christchurch by helicopter, because as Telecom’s General Manager Customer Experience, part of her role was leadership of Telecom’s 111 call centre. Her initial sights of Christchurch, as the helicopter landed in Linwood Park, people’s expressions on faces, and her eerie experience of the city centre inside the cordon as Telecom began swiftly

getting Christchurch business units up and running, and working alongside Chorus to get the telephone network going was indescribable. “I was in tears often – we all were. Men, women … but we had a big job to do and we got on with it,” she said.

Christchurch and their biggest fear was – if a quake happened, they might not be able to get to their families. In response, she relocated people from one big Telecom office into smaller suburban offices throughout Christchurch, close to public transport links.

“My abiding memory of that earthquake was that, until I reached Wellington on my journey south to Christchurch, I had not known where any of my family were and I remember that cold dread. I don’t ever want to feel that again.

So what does Trish think she brings to EQC? “I bring my unrelenting focus on customer experience and my 25 years leadership experience of large teams. I am also a decision-maker because I don’t do procrastination well.

“The experience of the earthquakes totally changed small, daily living habits. I always keep the jug and other containers full of water at home because I never want to go without water again. I never let the car petrol go under halfway without refuelling – we all changed after the earthquakes.”

“I want to get things done and done well so I want to make sure that my leadership team has all the skills and resources needed to clear up the last Canterbury claims,” Patricia says. Following that, it will be a matter of working with the EQC team to ensure we have an operating model that is customer focussed and able to flex for different events.

What she learned as a leader in that time was that communications is all important to staff. Trish led 1600 Telecom staff in

As a past EQC customer herself in the aftermath of the earthquakes, Trish says

her experience was “okay but not good”. She also noted that EQC customer communications had “got better”. Asked how she planned to improve EQC’s reputation in Christchurch, she said the real proof would be for EQC to deliver what it promised – to complete its work in Christchurch. “I am heartened to have met people in EQC determined to do good by Christchurch people, and that’s something I really want to show Christchurch – that EQC is a dynamic workplace with highly skilled people. “My brand of leadership is to carve a way for people to do their job well. This means making sure staff also receive the praise they deserve from the results they have achieved. It’s about completing the claims and repairs in Canterbury and doing it in a way that is respectful for customers and the staff who have been doing the hard yards from the very beginning.”

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Today in history Famous dates

•1600 – The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America •1878 – Thomas Edison patents gramophone/phonograph •1900 – British troops occupy Hlangwane, Natal •1915 – British fleet opens fire on Dardanelles coast •1942 – 150 Japanese warplanes attack Darwin •1942 – Japanese troops land on Timor •1945 – US 5th Fleet launches invasion of Iwo Jima with 30,000 US Marines •1963 – USSR informs John F Kennedy it is withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba •1969 – First test flight of Boeing 747 jumbo jet •1972 – Kiwi cricketer Glenn

Turner scores 223 against West Indies at Kingston •1977 – France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island •1977 – Space shuttle Enterprise makes first test flight on top a Boeing 747 •1984 – 14th winter Olympic games close at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia •1985 – Canned and bottled Cherry Coke introduced by Coca-Cola •2001 –An Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial. •2002 – NASA’s Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars

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When we moved to our flower free section up on the hills we were told that we had no chance of growing roses up here. We have proved that to be wrong! I do however find this year we have a lot of ‘black spot’ on the second flush of roses. Is this within the actual rose, or is it just showing in the leaves? I cut them off and don’t allow them near plants, but the next lot also has black spot in some cases. What is the most effective way to treat them please?

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Black spot is one of the most prevalent fungal diseases on roses in New Zealand. It must be prevented as once it is in the leaves it cannot be cured and will spread very quickly.

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Asparagus takes some time to grow By Tod Palenski

IF EVER a saying was made for something, it would have to be asparagus and ‘good things take time’. In my mind, there’s no doubt asparagus fall into the category of a good thing. And they certainly take time! Plant asparagus now and you won’t even know for a few years whether they’re going to produce a good crop. But if you get it right, you’ll be rewarded with fresh, tasty asparagus for years to come. If you know you’re going to be

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Awards for gardeners CANTERBURY Horticultural Society summer garden awards, 2016. Awards will be presented at a combined presentation evening with the Christchurch Beautifying Association on March 15 at 7.30pm at the Avonhead Baptist Church, 104 Avonhead Rd. Large residential – Bronwyn and Peter McNicholl, 44 Northcote Rd, Northcote, gold premier, 1; Peter Lawrence, 1 Watermill Blvd, Northwood, gold, 2; Audrey and Stewart Nicholson, 11 Quirk Place, Upper Riccarton, silver, 3; Anna Stegehuis, 137 Grimseys Rd, Redwood, bronze. Medium residential – Brian and Janet Lovelock, 32 Applefield Court, Northwood, gold, 1; Dr Vicki Fowler and Mr Bernie Smulders, 17 Mauger Drive, Heathcote Valley, silver, 2; Carol Skinner 26 Applefield Court, Northwood, silver, 3=; J and A Neilson, 14 Cardinal Drive, Hillmorton, silver, 3=; Croydon Thomas, 3 Larnach St, Waimari Beach, bronze; Mervyn Rodgers 90 Northwood Blvd, Northwood, bronze; Rowena McNabb 65 Dyers Pass Rd, Cashmere, bronze; Hoko Ria, 7 Bering St, Northwood, bronze, Bryan

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gold, 1; Audrey Burnett, 24A Bounty St, Bryndwr, Condell Retirement Village, bronze, 2; Joyce Reid, 7/19 Aberfoyle Place, Parklands, merit, 3; Business and institutions – Halswell Bowling Club, Halswell Rd, gold; Styx Mill Country Club, 160 Hussey Rd, Northwood, gold; The Vineyard @ Rossendale, 122 Old Tai Tapu Rd, bronze; Chateau on the Park Hotel, Cr Deans Ave and Kilmarnock Sts, bronze; Woolston Club Inc, 43 Hargood St, Woolston, bronze; Hornby WMC, 17 Carmen Rd, bronze. Community space – Chch City Mission, Smith St community gardens, community award; Brackenridge Community Choices, 180 Smith St, Linwood, community award, Smith St Community Garden, 180 Smith St, Linwood, community award; Linwood Resource Centre 180 Smith St, community award; SkillWise, 180 Smith St, Linwood, community award. Retirement homes – Golden Age Retirement Village, 96 Harewood Rd, Papanui, silver; Oceana Healthcare, 88 Main Rd, Upper Riccarton, bronze; Fitzroy of Merivale, 4 McDougal Ave, Merivale, certificate of merit.

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Legacy Of Civic Pride Lives On Christchurch the Garden City – an outdated description or one that remains as relevant as ever? Certainly it has a long history – Sir John Gorst, representing the British Government at the 1906 International Exhibition in Christchurch said: ”It is the loveliest town I have ever seen. It is a ‘garden city’.” And 110 years later, as an exciting new city begins to take shape, Christchurch people have clearly been determined to preserve and enhance their green spaces and gardens - just witness the reaction to proposed changes to Victoria Square! Gardens, and of course gardening, both public and private, seem indeed to be part of the psyche of Christchurch people. Generations of children, posed in the daffodils in Hagley Park, have, cheerfully or reluctantly, smiled at the camera. Garden tours are a popular way of fund raising and tourists and locals alike continue to enjoy the changing seasons in the Botanical Gardens. However, if you wished to have further proof of Christchurch’s addiction to its gardens, you need look no further than the garden nurseries at Labour weekend. Trays of vegetable and bedding plants are trundled out the doors, along with the usual perennials, roses, camellias and rhododendrons – a weekend garden focus that continues through late spring and early summer. Show weekend brings all the fun of the fair for many and time to plant the tomatoes for many others! All this being part of the essence of our city, nothing could be more natural than the development of a way of recognizing and encouraging the efforts of our gardeners and that is exactly what happened when the Christchurch Streets and Gardens Awards began in 1950. The scheme, funded by the Christchurch City Council, is administered by a joint committee consisting of representatives of the Christchurch Beautifying Association (CBA) and elected members representing the six Community Boards of the Christchurch City Council. Awards are given for the city’s Premier Long Street (60 properties or more), Premier Short Street and Premier Cul-de-Sac (selected from the Community Board areas) and for the Most Attractive Garden chosen from the premier streets. Other awards include: Best Street Frontage Plantings, Best All Year Round Garden, Living Fences and the City Gateway awards for the most attractive gardens (as viewed from the street) in Memorial Avenue, Main North Road, Main South Road, Ferry Road and Yaldhurst Road. Recognition is also given to property owners whose efforts have contributed to “uplifting of surroundings”. “Entries”, as in a competition, are not part of this scheme. Such a large number of awards inevitably results in judging being a significant task, requiring hundreds of hours of work and thousands of kilometres of travel. However, thanks to the vast experience, over four decades and more, of the panel leaders, in particular David Moyle, and the now late John Walsh, the process has always run like clockwork. It takes place in January and early February each year, when members of the CBA inspect every street, except private lanes and right of ways, in Metropolitan Christchurch in order to select the best streets in each Community Board area. These streets are then re-inspected by a panel, which culminates in the selection of the Premier Streets and award winners. Winning streets receive a plaque to

hang prominently in the street (“Award Winning Street!” – a phrase loved by real estate agents!) - and each homeowner in these streets is presented with a certificate at a function hosted by the CBA in March. Community Boards also hold award ceremonies, at which the Community Pride Certificates are presented, acknowledging the efforts made by property owners and their contribution to the Garden City image. Nothing, however, stays the same forever and nowhere is this more true than in Christchurch. A drive through the Red Zone leaves a lasting impression of the remnants of so many previously cherished and often prize -winning gardens. As always, though, Christchurch people have shown a terrific will to begin again. Dotted throughout the city are oases – gardens flourishing on demolition sites, often side by side with weed choked urban wasteland. In some cases, even while houses are being rebuilt, owners return in the evening to begin repairing and replanting their gardens. The rebirth of John Neilson’s garden is one of many inspiring stories. Take a drive past 14 Cardinal Drive and odds are that you will stop to admire the garden. Apart from the immaculate lawn dotted with standard roses and the driveway (which even has lawn embedded in diamond shapes in it) every square inch is packed with flowers, making for an absolute riot of colours. The low front wall is virtually hidden behind pink, yellow and red dahlias, while the lawn is surrounded by pink impatiens, leaving one side of the driveway for a cottage garden of lobelias, dahlias, cornflowers and verbenas. John grows all his plants from seeds: “I tossed them into the cottage garden and said to them, ’Okay, you’re on your own now,’” he confesses in his affable and self-effacing manner. However, what you won’t be able to appreciate as you stop outside the property is the vegetable garden behind the house. Here, too, no space is wasted: rows of carrots, spring onions, cabbages and red beet take up the main garden, sweet corn and broad beans line up against the fences, yams fill a container attached to the garage wall (having been planted beneath already harvested peas), strawberries flourish in a similar trough cunningly fitted with a wire lid to frustrate the best efforts of the birds, a grape vine trails around a fernery and potatoes and convenient mint are just outside the back door. And what you also won’t realize is that as short a time ago as July last year there was no garden here at all. The house and the previously prizewinning garden were demolished and it was only after the rebuild was completed that John was able to move back in and recreate the garden. It is almost identical to the original, with minor changes to make it slightly easier to manage.“I’m getting on a bit, you know,” he admits, but he laughs as he recalls a conversation in his ‘local’ last year. He had a bet that he could recreate his garden in six months. “Impossible!” they all said. He has certainly won his bet – hands down! So Christchurch the Garden City clearly looks to be here to stay and the awards scheme will continue to play an important role, possibly including new categories such as courtyard and rooftop gardens or green spaces in larger complexes to reflect the growth in inner city living. However, for this to happen the CBA, with retirement on the horizon for some of its longest serving panel members, needs more people prepared to be a part of the selection and judging process. If this sounds like something that might interest you, the person to contact is Ron Andrew, phone 332 8128. Gloria Moyle

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Premier Long Street Glasnevin Drive Premier Short Street Watermill Boulevard Premier Cul de Sac Brookwater Avenue The Most Attractive Garden selected from the Premier Streets Mr P Lawrence, 1 Watermill Boulevard Street Frontage Plantings Mr P Lawrence, 1 Watermill Boulevard All Year Round Garden N Rouse, 88 Perry Street Watermill Boulevard

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Ingredients 1 to fry Vegetable oil 4 Snapper fillets, approx 150g each, skin on and pin-boned ½ cup Rice flour, this gives a crispy crunch to fried food, baking isle of the supermarket 1 Spring onion, trimmed and sliced ¼ cup Coriander ¼ cup Thai basil leaves 2 Long red chillies, thinly sliced Soy and Ginger dressing 1 tsp Fresh ginger ¼ cup Soy sauce

Ingredients 80g Butter ¼ cup Pine nuts 4 Snapper fillets, approx 150g each, pin-boned 2 Lemons, for 2 tsp finely grated rind and wedges to serve 80g Baby spinach 200g Green beans, blanched

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Directions To make the soy and ginger dressing, place the soy sauce and ginger in a bowl and stir to combine. Set aside. Heat 1cm of oil in a large frying pan over high heat. Dust the snapper in rice flour and cook for 3-4 minutes each side or until golden and crisp. Drain on absorbent paper. Flake and place in a bowl with the basil, coriander, spring onion, chilli and snow peas and toss to combine. Spoon over the dressing to serve.

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Ingredients 3 large Eggplant, sliced 1cm thick 3 Red capsicums, cut into 3cm chunks 3 Tbsp Olive oil 3 cups Tomato passata, or good quality pre-made tomato pasta sauce 1 Garlic clove, finely minced 2 Tbsp Fresh chopped oregano, or 1 tsp dried oregano 1 cup Mozzarella cheese, grated ½ cup Breadcrumbs, wholemeal

½ cup Grated parmesan cheese 1 serving Fresh basil, to garnish Directions Heat oven to 200 deg C. Line two baking trays with baking paper. Arrange eggplant and capsicum slices in a single layer on top. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake for 20-30 minutes or until eggplant slices are soft and lightly browned. Mix tomato sauce with garlic and oregano and spread 4 tablespoons in a large baking dish.

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A LOOK AT BONES bite AND OSTEOPOROSIS

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Get funky with Get funky with fishand and fennel fennel fish Fish wrapped in herbs.

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Cover and cook over Parsley (the most popular of flaky sea salt and freshly ground black side, depending in a 4plastic film and wrap up.pepper to taste moderate heat, shaking fish. on thickness, or—place Serves herbs) has curly leaves or flat. microwave dish, drizzle with oil, cover and Refrigerate for at least 4700g hours. occasionally, until the mussels The latter is often called Italian skinned and boned white fish fillets microwave for 5 minutes, until cooked. Unwrap the fish. Either cookgrapeseed on open parsley and has a more robust 2 Tbsp oil — about 5-8 minutes. May be served drizzled with a little butan oiled barbecue plate25g for butter, about melted (Discard any mussels that do not flavour. Curly parsley is great (optional) 3 minutes each side, depending open, although those that areter and lemon juice. deep-fried for use as a garnish. on thickness, or place in a slightly open are okay.) Coriander, also known as microwave dish, drizzle with oil, Place the mussels in bowls cilantro, Chinese parsley or leaf parsley leaves cover and microwave for 5 and top BEAN with juices and drained dhania, has flat leaves and is PARSLEY BUTTER freshly ground black pepper to taste minutes, until cooked. TOPPING spring onion. Garnish. similar in shape to flat-leaf INGREDIENTS – Serves 4-6 May be served drizzled with a — Serves 4 parsley. However, the whole METHOD1/4 cup orange juice little butter and lemon juice. plant can be used. INGREDIENTS Mash the garlic saltgrated together with the 2 tsp and finely orange rind —2-3Serves Anise-flavoured fennel cloves 4 garlic blade of a heavy knife. Place all ingredients 1/4 tsp fennel seeds fronds are tasty in salads and 1/2 tsp salt in a food processor. 425g can butter beans, drained and salt and pepper to taste added to stronger-flavoured fish Pulse until the mixture is smooth. rinsed 4 (500g) skinned, boned dishes. Layer fennel and fish and Great served as a topping 2 Tbsp lemon juice salmon fillets for pan-fried or wrap in foil. Bake or barbecue. steamed fish. 1/4 cup each: extra virgin olive oil, flat1 Tbsp rice bran oil The term ‘butter bean’ refers to 1/4 cup finely chopped fennel a large, flat and creamy variety METHODfronds FENNEL & ORANGE SALMON of lima bean either dried, Combine the orange juice, orange rind, INGREDIENTS Serves 4or ready to soaked and–cooked METHOD fennel seeds, salt and pepper in a shallow This delicious fish can be 1kg mussels in their shells use in cans. dish. Coat the salmon on both sides in the INGREDIENTS Combine the marinate orange juice, cooked on an oiled barbecue (about 40) mixture then cover and in theorang 1/4 cup orange juice rind, fennel seeds, salt and plate or in the microwave. 2 spring onions, sliced INGREDIENTS refrigerator for 30 minutes, turning once. 2 tsp finely grated orange rind pepper in a shallow dish. Coat th 3 Tbsp olive oil Heat the oil in a heavy frying pan. Pan1/4 tsp fennel seeds cloves salmon on both sides in the 2 cloves garlic, crushed INGREDIENTS fry the salmon on medium heat for about salt and pepper2-3 to taste 4 garlic tsp salmon salt then cover and 1 Tbsp finely sliced root ginger 3 minutes mixture each side, depending on marinate the (500g) skinned,1/2 boned fillets 1/2 cup finely chopped mixed 425g can butter beans, drained in the refrigerator for 30 minutes, 1/2 cup lemon balm leaves thickness. Add the fennel during the last 1 Tbsp rice bran oil herbs, e.g. coriander, parsley, and rinsed 3/4 cup dry white wine1/4 cup finely chopped minute of turning cooking.once. fennel fronds mint, basil 2 Tbsp lemon juice Heat the oil in a heavy frying pan extra lemon balm leaves to flaky sea salt and freshly 1/4 cup each: extra virgin olive Pan-fry the salmon on medium garnish MUSSELS STEAMED ground black pepper to taste oil, flat-leafWITH parsley leaves METHODheat for about 3 minutes each Scrub the mussels well in cold water and LEMON BALM Serves black 4 700g skinned and boned white freshly–ground pepper depending the thickness METHOD cutto off anyside, beards. Crisp theon sliced spring fish fillets taste Add the fennel during last onion in iced water. Heat the oil inthe a very Scrub the mussels wellINGREDIENTS in cold 2 Tbsp grapeseed oil minute of cooking. — Serves large saucepan, add the garlic and ginger 1kg mussels in their shells (about 40) and stir-fry for 30 seconds. Add the mussels, lemon balm and wine. 2 spring onions, sliced Cover and cook over moderate heat, shak3 Tbsp olive oil ing occasionally, until the mussels open— 2 cloves garlic, crushed about 5-8 minutes. (Discard any mussels 1 Tbsp finely sliced root ginger that do not open, although those that are 1/2 cup lemon balm leaves slightly open are okay.) 3/4 cup dry white wine Place the mussels in bowls and top with extra lemon balm leaves to garnish juices and drained spring onion. Garnish.

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Church Notices

The Spiritualist Church of NZ 41 Glenroy Street Woolston

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NO SERVICE THIS SUNDAY

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Motorcycles

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Public Notices

SECTION 127 & 101 SALE AND SUPPLY OF ALCOHOL ACT 2012 THE BEER LIBRARY LIMITED, (THE LICENSEE, 20 Walpole Street, Christchurch 8023), has made application to the District Licensing Committee at Christchurch for the renewal of an OFF-LICENCE RENEWAL in respect of the premises situated at 363 Colombo Street, Sydenham, known as THE BEER LIBRARY.

MARCH 2016 MEETINGS COMMUNITY BOARD COMMITTEES Date

Time

Committee and Venue

9.45am

7.30pm

The general nature of the business to be conducted under the licence: OFFLICENCE LIQUOR STORE

2.30pm

Lyttelton/Mt Herbert Community Board Submissions Committee, Board room, Lyttelton Service Centre, 15 London Street, Lyttelton Duvauchelle Reserve Management Committee, Duvauchelle Community Centre, 6039 Christchurch-Akaroa Road, Duvauchelle Akaroa Museum Advisory Committee, Akaroa Sports Complex, Akaroa Recreation Ground, 28 Rue Jolie Akaroa

The days on which and the hours during which alcohol is sold under the licence are:

COMMUNITY BOARDS

Monday to Sunday 9.00am to 10.00pm. The application may be inspected during ordinary offices hours at the office of the Christchurch District Licensing Committee at Civic Offices, 77 Hereford Street, Christchurch. Any person who is entitled to object and who wishes to object to the grant of the application may, not later than 15 working days after the date of the first publication of this notice, file a notice in writing of the objection with the Secretary of the District Licensing Committee, PO Box 73049, Christchurch 8154. No objection to the renewal of a licence may be made in relation to a matter other than a matter specified in section 131 of the Sale & Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. This is the first publication of this notice.

Public Notices

ROAD CLOSURE STATE HIGHWAY 1 Rakaia River Bridge Ride the Rakaia Pursuant to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, notice is hereby given that the NZ Transport Agency for the purpose of the Ride the Rakaia will close: Rakaia River Bridge on State Highway 1 On Saturday 27 February 2016, for a 15 Minute period between 8:00am to 8:15am During the period of closure there will be no alternate route. There may also be minor delays before and after the stated closure time. The NZ Transport Agency apologises for any inconvenience to motorists.

The next meetings of the Christchurch City Council, Community Boards, Council Hearings Panels and Subcommittees with delegated authority will be held as follows: Date

Time

Board and Venue

1, 15

4pm

1 16 1 18 2, 16

9am 3pm 5pm 8am 9.30am

2, 16

4pm

7, 21

4.30pm

9.30am

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JUNIOR OPEN DAY The Junior Netball Open Day is for all players wanting to play in grades Under 11 - Under 17. This Open Day will be held on Saturday 5 March from 11am -1pm at the Christchurch Rugby Clubrooms. This is a chance for junior players and their parents/ caregivers to get to know the club and coaches. If you would like more information on playing for CFC Netball please contact: Chrissy (CFC Chairperson) at cfcnetball@gmail.com, Brenda (CFC Netball Development Officer) at cfcdevelopmentofficer@gmail.com

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Inaugural midget title in sights

By Jaimie Keay

By Jaimie Keay MANY 18-year-olds prefer the company of their mates out on the town, but for Christchurch speedway racer Liam McCoubrey a perfect night out involves racing his three-quarter midget at Ruapuna Speedway.

In just his third season of TQ racing McCoubrey has already notched up several feature race wins with his crowning glory finishing third at the New Zealand Championship at Western Springs in December. He will start tomorrow night as one of the favourites in the inaugural Ruapuna 20-lap TQ Derby. With over 20 cars entered in the race, McCoubrey sees multi-time South Island champion Jeremy Webb as his main opponent. “Getting good points in the qualifying races will be important, as the closer to the front that you get to start, is a big advantage, but the class is so evenly matched this summer I’ll looking at hitting the front as soon as I can and leave the hard work to anyone who has to race through the traffic,” he said. Being a speedway fan all his life, McCoubrey said that he has learned plenty as a child sitting up on the embankment at tracks around New Zealand and the United States and is hopeful that in time he can attain his goal of racing sprintcars. “I’m not one to get too far ahead of myself but like any sportsman I

WITH JUST over a week away from the start of Super Rugby, the Crusaders have one final preseason hit-out tonight. The red and blacks will play the Hurricanes tonight at Lansdowne Park in Blenheim, their last game before next Saturday’s game at AMI Stadium against the Chiefs. The team have had a mixed bag of results in the first two matches. A 31-3 win in Brisbane over the Queensland Reds on February 6 was followed by a 19-all draw against the defending champion Highlanders in Gore last week Head coach Todd Blackadder has made three changes to his starting side, including switching Kieron Fonotia and Sean Wainui in the midfield. “We want to see both in different roles. Some of it is form and some of it is just one final look to see how the boys go under pressure,” he said. Richie Mo’unga has been given another chance at No 10 following the game against the Highlanders.

NEED FOR SPEED: Liam McCoubrey will be in action tomorrow night at Ruapuna Speedway. to be an annual event,” he said. Growing up with a father involved in the sport, McCoubrey said helped him get involved at the age of 13. “Dad used to crew in the 70s and 80s but he never drove, but was also a fan. When I was younger I think it

set goals. We’d need to build a team and get the finance to move into the V8powered sprintcars, but in the meantime its races like Saturday’s derby that excite me. It would be great to be the first one to win what is going

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definitely helped me want to get into racing. When I used to go out as a kid I never thought I would actually end up racing,” he said. His next meeting will be on March 5 at Ruapuna before heading to Nelson at Easter.

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Team: Joe Moody, Codie Taylor, Mike Alaalatoa, Scott Barrett, Sam Whitelock, Jimmy Tupou, Tim Boys, Jordan Taufua, Mitchell Drummond, Richie Mo’unga, Nemani Nadolo, Sean Wainui, Kieron Fonotia, Johnny McNicholl, David Havili. Reserves: Ben Funnell, Wyatt Crockett, Owen Franks, Oliver Jager, Mitchell Dunshea, Andy Ellis, Ben Volavola, Jone Macilai, Pete Samu, Reed Prinsep.

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Former Silver Fern and current Tactix player Anna Thompson has signed on as head netball coach at her former high school Rangi Ruru Girls’ School.

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Peninsula pitches to Hagley Oval test

HOME GAME: Henry Nicholls will play for the Black Caps at Hagley Oval for the first time tomorrow, when the opening day of the final test begins against Australia. PHOTO: GETTY

By Jaimie Keay AFTER STARTING his career on the pitches around Banks Peninsula, Henry Nicholls will tomorrow get to pull on the ‘whites’ for his first home test match as a Black Cap. The Diamond Harbour-Kaituna player will be feature in only his second international test when the side begin the final test of the series against Australia at Hagley Oval. After the loss to Australia by an innings and 52 runs, Nicholls said the side won’t be changing their preparation before tomorrow. “I don’t think we need to do too much differently in terms of our preparation and our mindset. Sometimes when you lose it’s easy to look into a lot of things that went wrong. “A few things did go wrong in Wellington, that’s why we lost the test. But for us it’s an emphasis on keeping it nice and simple and not being too caught up in the big occasion,” he said. For his father Rick, he said it will be a proud moment seeing his son playing at home; however, he and wife Janet will miss the start of play on Saturday and Sunday as both will be in

Henry Nicholls and father Rick the Summertime golf tournament at Tai Tapu. However, Mr Nicholls did get to see his son debut at the Basin Reserve in the first test. When booking his Wellington ticket, Mr Nicholls had a visit from Henry, and said he would have also brought him a one but he was scheduled to play for Canterbury. However Henry, mentioned to his father that he might be there already, which Mr Nicholls didn’t quite ‘click on’ to. “I didn’t know what he meant. I just told him no your definitely down to play against Central Districts in Wellington.

I finally got on the same page and then got to see him in his test debut which was pretty surreal,” he said. Mr Nicholls who also played club cricket for Kaituna for over 20 years said he always knew Henry had the potential for higher honours. “I get great joy from cricket. I wasn’t the best cricketer but obviously just loved playing. I started when I was 17 right up until I pulled the pin when I was around 40.’’ Mr Nicholls said it was clear early on that Henry could reach the top level. “He was always had very

natural hand-eye co-ordination early on, and we had a tennis court at home and the Tai Tapu golf course was just around the road so you could see back then he found hitting balls very easy,” he said. It has been a rapid rise for Henry over the last three months, kick-started by a onegame stint in the Big Bash for the Sydney Thunder and Mr Nicholls said when he found out he was going, he thought it was a joke. “Henry deals with it all in his stride though; he is pretty black and white, even though he was heading into a big event with a lot of stars. What he has achieved in the last three months is enough to knock anyone of their feet,” he said. The time spent in the backyard and around the country cricket scene Mr Nicholls believes has had a huge impact on Henry’s success. “You can tell from the way Henry plays, he is very much for the team, don’t get too big for your boots and the team comes first culture is what he saw a lot of on the peninsula,” he said. •The first session of the test starts tomorrow at 10.30am.