SATURDAY & SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13-14, 2014 Retail $3.00 press.co.nz ELECTION LATE NEWS SPECIAL Hilary Pistorius Barry GUILTY opens WORLD B1 her photo album NEWS & MAINLANDER YOUR WEEKEND Wealthy donor Cairns perjury trial may be year away wants to help Back on Christchurch the stand A sporting philanthropist from Russia with love – and millions of dollars. Tony Smith 12ha blocks in December 2012 and would work within the New Zea-
[email protected] ● ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● ● May 2013. Meyn said all land educational system. neighbours, except one, had signed Meyn is proposing a public- A Russian businessman is plan- a consent form supporting the private ownership model. An ning to build a massive $40 million development. estimated $24.5m of the total sport and education centre – More than 1000 car park spaces budget would come from private including a 50-metre pool – on the would be created. equity and investment, but he outskirts of Christchurch. One resident, who declined to would like the city council or gov- Slava Meyn, whose company is comment to The Press, has with- ernment agencies to commit $3.5m one of the largest meat processors held consent and the application to assist with infrastructure. in Russia’s far-east region, has will now go to a notified hearing. He has already paid $3.5m for already bought the 20-hectare Along with the 50m pool, the the land. Yaldhurst property – which is 7500sqm indoor multisport ‘‘I can’t build all this – I’m not a almost three times the area of the stadium would feature eight billionaire like [Roman] central city’s metro sports facili- indoor courts.