Bay Harbour: June 01, 2016

Wednesday June 1 2016
News
BAY HARBOUR
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Firefighter steps up for charity
• By Bridget Rutherford
LYTTELTON’S Glen Walker
has gone out in style, winning
his age group of the gruelling
Firefighter Sky Tower Stair
Challenge for the second year
running.
He won the over-60s race
with a time of 14min 23sec.
Mr Walker, who said this
would be his last time competing,
won the same race last
year by more than 3min, and
took out the over-50s race
about three years ago.
Lyttelton Volunteer Fire Brigade
raised about $32,763 for
Leukaemia and Blood Cancer
New Zealand – its largest effort
yet.
In doing so, it raised the
second highest amount, after
Auckland Airport Fire Rescue,
which raised $64,468.
It also took out the top fundraising
team in its category.
The volunteer fire brigade
members competed in the
annual Firefighter Sky Tower
Challenge on Saturday, running
up the 1103 steps of
Auckland Sky Tower in 25kg of
gear in the name of charity.
Peter Lauryssens and Craig
Smith won individual awards
for each raising about $11,500.
This year’s efforts blew away
the team’s fundraising total of
$19,300 last year.
Mr Walker said the fundraising
efforts were “sensational”.
A team from the Governors
Bay Volunteer Fire Brigade
also took part in the event raising
just over $14,300.
More than 850 firefighters
from across the country took
part in this year’s event, which
in total raised more than
$1,161,000.
Leukaemia and Blood
Cancer NZ chief executive
Pru Etcheverry said she was
humbled at the amount of
time, effort and commitment
every participant put in to
fundraising.
“Their commitment to raising
this money means that
we can continue to be there
for more patients around the
country and in these communities
who have supported
their local brigades in so many
ways.”
EXHAUSTED: Glen Walker
at the finish line after
winning the over-60s
category for the second
year running. ​
In Brief
COASTAL HAZARDS
REVIEW
THe city council last week
approved GHD Consultant’s
terms of reference for an expert
panel to review the Tonkin
+ Taylor Coastal Hazards
Assessment Report. The original
report, released in July, identified
6000 properties that could be
susceptible to erosion. It also
reported that nearly 18,000
homes were at risk of coastal
inundation over the next 50 to
100 years. But the science of the
findings was widely questioned
by the communities affected.
The city council has also
approved the scope of the review,
scientific and legal questions to
be answered by the expert panel,
and a preliminary time line for
the panel to have completed the
review.
WASTEWATER MEETING
A drop in session will be held
tomorrow to talk about how to
dispose of treated wastewater
when Akaroa Wastewater Treatment
Plant opens in 2020. The
city council will build a new
treatment plant on Old Coach
Rd, build a new pump station at
Childrens Bay and upgrade the
existing pipes and watermains.
The session will be held at 389
Onuku Rd from 4pm-6pm.
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