Bay Harbour: June 15, 2016

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PAGE 6 BAY HARBOUR Wednesday June 15 2016 News Family business a tradition A NEW shop in Sumner has strong links with the seaside suburb’s retailing past. Rita Lovell-Smith has just opened up a new gift, toys and homeware shop, Dear Prudence, on Wakefield Ave, which is named after her grandmother Prue Lovell-Smith. Prue ran The Village Junkshop, a few doors along in Wakefield Ave, for more than 35 years. Rita said the name of her new shop was a tribute to her late grandmother, and was also named after The Beatles song Dear Prudence. That is not the only family connection. Dear Prudence is similar to another local business, Red Fish Blue Fish, a gift shop opened by her aunt, Rebecca Lovell-Smith, in 1996. After selling Red Fish Blue Fish, which sat alongside The Village Junkshop, Rebecca went on to open Blackbird in Heathcote Valley, and Lyttelton’s God Save the Queen. Rita said Dear Prudence was a mix of the three shops, with a bit of her own personal touch. “I used to love the junkshop and Red Fish Blue Fish when I FAMILY BUSINESS: Rita Lovell-Smith (right) has just opened a gift store in Sumner, with inspiration from her aunt, Rebecca Lovell-Smith (left), who started gift stores in Sumner, Lyttelton and Heathcote Valley. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN was growing up,” she said. “I loved all the interesting and beautiful things they stocked, but also that sense of being able to discover something different, of fossicking around. “I’m really excited at being able to do the same thing here and Rebecca has been fantastic, helping me stock the shop and giving advice.” As well as the new stock gifts, toys, household items, posters, cards Dear Prudence sells a small range of secondhand books and records. Dear Prudence is open from Tuesday to Friday, 11am- 5pm, and weekends from 10am- 4pm. Bigger lights festival • By Bridget Rutherford THE ANNUAL Lyttelton Festival of Lights celebration begins this weekend, with nine days of activities and events planned. The festival will run from Saturday until June 27, and will include light installations, puppet shows, the annual street party, fireworks, stalls, music and more. Co-ordinator Claire Coates said a new feature this year was Light. Creativity. Celebration. – which is a series of light installations around the suburb. She said it would be like little pockets of creativity popping up for people to look at. “We wanted to create some surprises for this year’s festival and we are pleased this project and the programme of events throughout the week is going to tick all the boxes for everyone.” One of the works will be a light sculpture by Corsair Bay artists Lillianna Sequira and Mario Luz and their five-year-old daughter, Eva. Other works will include light projections by Jason Greig, a light display by Maree Henry in the window of Henry Trading on London St, and a window display by Bettina Evans in the Lyttelton Information Centre. A series of puppet shows at St Saviour’s at Holy Trinity will be on, and the giant puppets will re-appear at the street party on June 24. Lyttelton Arts Factory will celebrate its grand re-opening with a cabaret show at its new home in the school hall on Friday before the festival begins. “We’re just really looking forward to another great event,” Ms Coates said. For full details of the events throughout the festival, pick up a programme at all Christchurch City Libraries, or visit http://www. lyttelton.net.nz/festivals/festivalof-lights IT’S BACK: The annual Lyttelton Festival of Lights is returning this weekend, Organic Training College Learn from the experts Start a career in organics. Reduce your footprint and produce a regular supply of your own fruit and vegetables Programme Information college@bhu.org.nz www.bhu.org.nz | 03 3253684 Courses • Organic Distance Programme Part time 1 year, enrol anytime • Year 1 Introduction to Organics 44 weeks, starts August 2016 (Lincoln Campus) • Year 2 Applied Organics 46 weeks, starts August 2016 (Lincoln Campus) All fees under $500 NUK KORAKO NATIONAL LIST MP BASED IN THE PORT HILLS My I hold new regular office clinics is now around open at the 6/950 Port Ferry Hills Road. Please electorate. contact To make the office an appointment, if there is anything or to I can sign help up for with. my newsletter, please contact us. OFFICE: 6/950 Ferry Road, Ferrymead EMAIL: Nuk.KorakoMP@parliament.govt.nz WEBSITE: www.korako.co.nz PHONE: 03 384 0008 Working hard for our community End of Year Tax info still a pile in the corner? Doing your head in?! Plan make an appointment with us Navigate to 11F Settlers Crescent Achieve peace of mind. Job done! Phone 022 354 8218 or 384 8179 chris@ferrymeadaccounting.co.nz www.national.org.nz
Wednesday June 15 2016 BAY HARBOUR PAGE 7 News Wharf gets upgrade A $1 MILLION extension of Akaroa’s visitor centre will be built on the wharf to cater for increased visitor numbers. Black Cat Cruises will remove the old cold stores which are part of its cruises centre, to allow a larger building with more retail, customer and staff facilities. It hopes to have the extension completed by September. The new centre will include environmentally friendly and power saving features with better wheelchair access. A wood pallet burner will heat water for the showers that visitors use after swimming with the dolphins in the harbour, and new toilets and changing facilities will be built. Chief executive Paul Milligan said the extension was the biggest investment for Black Cat Cruises since the purchase of its flagship vessel, known as Black Cat, in 1999. “Without the addition of extra cruise ships into ARTIST’S IMPRESSION: Black Cat Cruises hopes to have its revamped visitor centre completed by September. Akaroa Harbour following the 2011 Canterbury earthquakes we probably would not have considered investing so much. “That being said, some of our facilities needed upgrading.” Black Cat Cruises sales and marketing manager Natasha Lombart said the company was seeing renewed interest in Akaroa from international markets, and tourist bookings were now stretching out to August 2017. HAVE YOUR SAY: Do you think the visitor centre extension will be a boost for Akaroa? Send your views to bridget. rutherford@starmedia. kiwi No view – no way • By Bridget Rutherford MT PLEASANT residents are worried a new kindergarten to be built in front of their properties will block their estuary views and clog the car parks outside their homes. Kidsfirst Kindergartens wants to rebuild its kindergarten on McCormacks Bay Rd next to the new community centre. But residents living behind the site voiced their concerns about the plan at a hearing last week. The hearing was adjourned so Kidsfirst could submit a written right of reply within 10 days. Commissioner David Mountfort has until next Wednesday to issue a decision on whether it can progress with plans to build the kindergarten. In their submissions, residents said their estuary views would be blocked, a lack of car parking on-site would clog McCormacks Bay Rd, and could be unsafe for small children being In Brief FUNDING SOUGHT THe Boat Security and Safety Association has applied for funding to go towards hiring a secretary. The Lyttelton-Mt Herbert Community Board will decide whether to grant the $581 at its meeting today. dropped off. They were concerned that plans for the new facility included the capacity of children increasing from 30 to 50. It was also required to provide nine car parks – five for visitors and four for staff – but there were only six car parks provided, plus one wheelchair park in the plans, prompting concerns staff would have to park on the road instead. Kidsfirst chief executive Sherryll Wilson said as the hearing was ongoing it would be inappropriate to comment until the commissioner had made a decision. The original kindergarten was damaged in the February 2011 earthquake, and later demolished. HAVE YOUR SAY: What do you think of plans to rebuild Kidsfirst Kindergarten at Mt Pleasant? Are you affected? Email your views to bridget.rutherford@starmedia. kiwi SOD TURNING A sod turning event to commence the building of the new Redcliffs Public Library will be held at the Main Rd site on Friday at 3.30pm. The building will also have a children’s library and community space. Are you ready to play your part in Canterbury’s water management? We’re looking for people who want to make a difference. We’re looking for people who have expertise and want to help find solutions. If this sounds like you then applications to join the Regional Water Management Committee are now open. The committee is refreshing its community membership for the first time since 2013 to ensure new perspectives are reflected. What is the Regional Water Management Committee? The committee is a key advisory group made up of representatives from councils, Rūnanga and the community. It provides strategic water management advice to councils and industry groups to deliver the multiple targets of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy. The committee’s work helps ensure we have safe drinking water supplies, sustainable farming practices, clean rivers and streams, as well as protecting environmental, cultural, and recreational values. For more information or an application form please visit www.ecan.govt.nz/canterburywater or phone Environment Canterbury Customer Services on 0800 324 636. Applications are due by 4:00pm, 5 July 2016. Do you have a leaky home? The Financial Assistance Package, which helps people with a contribution to repair leaky homes, is closing to new claims on 23 July 2016. To give time for an assessment to be undertaken, applications should be with MBIE by 27 June 2016. Go to building.govt.nz/FAP for more information or to apply for financial assistance. FAP001CS
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