A2 NEWS Tuesday, September 7, 2010 ,

» EARTHQUAKE » EDITOR’S CHOICE A3 REPAIR DELAYS Here’s some good news Six out of 10 homes in 100,000 homes may be damaged earthquake-hit Canterbury will need repairs. However, Residents move out of some homeowners could Bexley homes wait more than a year for Mother, son flee Students join cleanup Your earthquake the money they need to experiences rebuild. building A4 PAY WORRIES Earthquake-hit businesses unable to pay wages are becoming a ‘‘critical A8 STUDENTS HELP IN TOMORROW’S ODDSPOT CONTACT THE PRESS issue’’, the Canterbury Employers’ Student volunteers are helping clean NEWSPAPER Chamber of Commerce says. Unions General Enquiries up Christchurch after the earthquake. Phone: 379 0940 have warned that Christchurch could More than 200 Canterbury University An idea patented by a five-year- face a ‘‘social disaster’’ if employees students yesterday cleared mud and Editorial old is among Britain’s top 15 Phone: 379 0941 are not paid for the working days lost silt from streets and homes around ‘‘ingenious’’ inventions of the last Fax: 364 8492 after Saturday’s earthquake. the city after being co-ordinated decade, the British Library says. Email through social-networking site Sam Houghton came up with his [email protected] A5 MUM, SON FLEE Facebook. [email protected] A woman and her son fled a damaged idea – a double-headed broom – [email protected] A8 STILL WORKING at the age of three while watching [email protected] Christchurch building as it swayed [email protected] during powerful aftershocks. Emergency service workers on the NZ wins women’s Rugby World Cup B12 his father sweep up garden earthquake-cleanup front line are leaves. Experts have now termed Deliveries and Subscriptions A5 TWO HALVES continuing to help others despite Chch woman wins Burghley horse trials B11 the product one of the ‘‘most Phone: 364 8464 fatigue and their own losses. inspiring’’ inventions of the last 10 Fax: 364 8498 A small corner of Dallington reflects Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker years. Sam, from Buxton, Email the many sides of Christchurch’s Sonny Bill likely to start B9 » ZEST toured several fire stations yesterday Derbyshire, hit on his idea while [email protected] earthquake. Half of Kingsford St was www.press.co.nz www.stuff.co.nz to speak to staff who had been You need a nourishing watching his father swap still without power and water working since the 7.1 magnitude meal in a hurry because between two brushes as he tried Advertising yesterday while residents could look » WORLD » PRESS INFO Phone: Classifieds 377 8778 quake struck the city on Saturday other things, such as to clear up larger leaves and over to the Shirley course and see Display 364 8285 morning. aftershocks, are on your twigs as well as finer debris. Using Fax: Classifieds 379 1531 people playing golf. B1 RICE COMMANDS A9 WATER RISK B5 CLASSIFIED INDEX mind? Try a big bowl of a large rubber band to strap the Display 364 8487 Condoleezza Rice ordered tasty noodles. Zest shows two brooms together, he created A6 VARSITY DAMAGE Raw sewage contaminating the water B5 CROSSWORDS Email how easy it is to whip one the ‘‘Improved Broom’’ which [email protected] supply remains the biggest public President George Bush not Chemical spills, thousands of strewn B6 FAMILY NOTICES up. could be flipped for different jobs. [email protected] books, smashed windows, crumbling health risk in Canterbury, officials say. to return to Washington B7 ENTERTAINMENT buildings and destroyed equipment A medical officer of health and five after the 9/11 attacks before will drive repair bills into millions of health-protection officers flew in from B8 SHARE TABLES dollars at Christchurch’s two Wellington yesterday. hanging up the phone, she universities. A11 LONG SILENCE has revealed. » REGULARS Scientists believe it is at least 16,000 B3 DECISION SOON A7 MILLIONS LOST years since the last rupture of the Weather A20 Supermarket distribution centres hidden fault that caused Saturday’s Australians seem set to learn who were hit hard in Saturday’s quakes, magnitude 7.1 earthquake and their next prime minister will be today TV listings A20 with tens of millions of dollars worth generated the strongest ground- as independent MPs continued their Letters A18 of alcohol and food destroyed. shaking recorded in New Zealand. deliberations last night. Perspective A19

BALLANTYNES CANTERBURY EARTHQUAKE Residents forced out UPDATE of Bexley subdivision

Martin van Beynen preparing to leave about 30 Friends and family were houses. helping Vanessa Walsh and her Some residents of a new Christ- Many were retirees who were son leave their home opposite the TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND STAFF... church subdivision bordering the forced to leave their well-kept Rutters’ house, to live with her picturesque Bexley Wetland have homes and tended gardens. sister. They faced the same started moving out of their homes. At least 150 homes had been anguish – a warped floor, cracked We would like to let our customers and staff An area, including Seabreeze built in the area. Some houses walls and silt in many rooms. Close, Waireka Lane and Kokopu were still moving, with cracks Water had been halfway up to know that our thoughts are with those who Lane, contains about 60 homes. widening. Walsh’s knees when she tried to The subdivision was built over Army personnel were on guard escape Saturday’s earthquake have been seriously affected by the weekend’s the past five to 10 years on yesterday afternoon. into her garage. reclaimed land and suffered Don and Sue Rutter, who live The story was repeated in earthquake. severe damage in Saturday’s in Waireka Lane and work at Kokopu Lane, where some earthquake. Christ Church Cathedral, were residents had left and others were Some homes and sections are devastated to be leaving their packing valuables and furnish- We would also like to advise that the covered in layers of sandy silt and ‘‘dream’’ home of only three ings. Christchurch Store has suffered minimal houses have lifted, cracked and months. ‘‘The house is only five years sunk. The streets have been Yesterday, Sue Rutter old,’’ Sharon Everett said. ‘‘I don’t damage to product and property, as such we without water and power since described her home and garden as know if we can come back.’’ Saturday. a war zone as friends removed Don Dalley, next door, said he are ready to open for business once we have Although houses look intact some of her precious plants from and his wife, Janet, had loved been advised by authorities that we can from the road, closer inspection under the silt. living in the area. reveals severe damage. Their floor was cracked with ‘‘Everyone around here is resume normal trade. Removal trucks and family and silt coming up underneath the around the same age,’’ he said. friends had started shifting carpets and parts had sunk, ‘‘This was supposed to be the households to other accommo- fracturing walls. last stop before the rest home. However Ballantynes City Mall Store will Upset: Waireka Lane residents Don and Sue Rutter examine a fissure running next dation. An insurance assessor wrote Now there’s a rumour they are to what they thought was their ‘‘dream home’’. Photo: DEAN KOZANIC People yesterday were off the house yesterday. going to flatten the whole place.’’ remain closed until such time.

Further updates to keep our staff and IMPORTANT INFORMATION customers informed will be available on our ■ BUSES ■ COURTS The Canterbury Software Ave in Dallington; Retreat Rd, Metro Place and Styx Mill Rd. Metro bus services resume Jury trials and other defended Summit, to be held today, has ; Locksley Ave- website www.ballantynes.com today, including services to the hearings scheduled for today have been postponed. Avonview Retirement Village; ■ VOLUNTEERS Waimakariri and Selwyn been postponed. The Champion Canterbury Waimairi Beach car park; New Many offers of volunteer help districts. All buses will run to All Disputes and Tenancy Awards, due to be held on Brighton Mall; Ebbtide St, South have been received. Please feel free to contact us if there is normal weekly timetables, except Tribunal cases for today have Thursday night, have been Brighton; Rocking Horse Rd, Volunteers are asked to contact for route 51 (Tower Junction-New been postponed. They will be postponed. Southshore; Mermaid Place, the council’s call centre on 941 anything we can do to help. Brighton) and 480 (Kainga). reviewed tomorrow. Southshore; Kingsford St; Tasman 8999. Services could be re-routed ■ HOSPITALS Place; Queensbury St; Gayhurst because of road damage. ■ EDUCATION All non-urgent elective surgery Rd. ■ WATER Ballantynes staff please contact your Manager Pick-up and drop-off locations Schools and early-childhood has been cancelled today. This The Christchurch City Council in the central business district centres in Christchurch, includes pre-arranged admissions ■ ROADS says residents can use showers, in the first instance. will be limited to Colombo St near Waimakariri (including for Christchurch, Christchurch A list of restrictions and washing machines and water for Victoria Square and South City Rangiora) and Selwyn districts Women’s and Burwood hospitals. closures in Christchurch can be other purposes, as recovery work for north-south routes. will be closed until at least Scheduled Caesarean sections and found at ccc.govt.nz. The New has ensured network We can advise that our International and East-west routes will pick up tomorrow. inductions will continue. Affected Zealand Transport Agency says improvements. Domestic Airport Stores along with our Timaru and drop off at Christchurch Canterbury and Lincoln patients are being contacted. State Highway 74 in the city Residents are urged to boil Hospital and in St Asaph St and universities remain closed until Outpatient clinics are still between Pages Rd and Metro drinking water, and be aware Store are open as normal. Lichfield St, at stops near the at least next Monday. running. Place is closed for repairs. rivers are contaminated. If you Madras St intersection. Hospital has been The Chaney’s on-ramp to State have a water supply, it is OK to ■ EVENTS closed and patients have been Highway 1 remains flush the toilet; if not, you may ■ COUNCIL FACILITIES The Arts Centre is closed until transferred to other facilities. closed, with repairs starting have to set up a latrine by using a The Hereford St civic centre is further notice, including the Lincoln Maternity Hospital tomorrow. bucket lined with a bin liner for closed until next Tuesday. Other Court Theatre. and the Burwood Birthing Unit solids. This can be buried or council service centres remain All on-campus Canterbury will be closed until further notice. ■ RUBBISH flushed later. closed. University events for the week are Private hospitals have also Christchurch’s wheelie-bin All Canterbury public libraries cancelled and non-campus deferred major surgery to help collection continues as normal. ■ WELFARE CENTRES are closed until further notice, as institute events are postponed. maintain capacity in the health Do not put rubble from collapsed Centres are open at Linwood are all Christchurch City Council The Repertory Theatre is system. chimneys and other hardfill (eg, College, Burnside High School Shop online at www.ballantynes.com leisure centres. The Christchurch closed due to structural damage. bricks, concrete, silt) etc in the and Addington Raceway. Art Gallery is also closed. The The ■ PORTABLE TOILETS wheelie bins. This material Salvation Army staff at the City Mall, Christchurch. Ph (03) 379 7400 or 0800 656 400. Fax (03) 366-8548. gallery foyer is currently the Civil has not had any further Portaloos are based at the should be taken to refuse Linwood centre no longer require Defence headquarters. cancellations. corner of Galbraith Ave-Robson stations at Parkhouse Rd, home-baking.