Bay Harbour: September 28, 2016

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PAGE 4 BAY HARBOUR Wednesday September 28 2016 News Linwood College targets bays area COMMUNITY HELPER: Edwin Van Soest receives an award for five years service with the Little River Volunteer Fire Brigade. Volunteers honoured • By Annabelle Dick NINE MEMBERS of the Little River Volunteer Fire Brigade received honours at the weekend for their service. New Zealand Fire Service area commander David Pike and Rolleston Volunteer Fire Brigade deputy chief fire officer Steve Trigg gave out the medals on Saturday night to the volunteers. Most of the recipients received bars for their service, and several were given a silver bar which is awarded every two years. David Pike received a gold bar to add to his collection for over 30 years of service. • By Annabelle Dick LINWOOD COLLEGE is determined to become the “secondary school of choice” for those living in the bays area after getting feedback from the community. The ideas received in the consultation process have informed the educational brief that Linwood College delivered to the Ministry of Education earlier this month about their upcoming redevelopment. Once approved, the brief will form the basis of the new school’s development and physical work at the school will begin in 2017. The school consulted the Linwood College catchment area about the school’s upcoming redevelopment, and now staff are trying to do whatever they can to make the school appealing for people in the south-east. “The catchment community without a doubt want Linwood College to do well and be the local school of choice. I can’t think of anyone who didn’t want that,” Linwood College principal Richard Edmundson said. As redevelopment is set to start next year, Linwood College and the Bays and South Legacy Project Group organised a consultation month in June where more than 1300 had their say. Discussions were had with school staff, pupils and parents and the public was also consulted through workshops, questionnaires and information evenings. Bays and South Legacy Project group chairwoman Linda Rutland said most of the discussions were centred around education and the school’s reputation rather than the physical rebuild. “Unfortunately, there’s a lot of people who feel they have to go way out of the area to get their children a secondary school education, when they could have it on their door step,” she said. “A lot of what we’re doing is telling them about the good things at Linwood College. We need to get rid of the perceptions. The school has moved forward and there’s a brilliant principal now and they’re working through issues they had in the past.” Mr Edmundson said they’ve pinpointed what needs to be addressed if they want to attract people from the bay area. “People want to go to a SOUTH-EAST SCHOOL: Linwood College principal Richard Edmundson wants to see more pupils in the bays area attend the secondary school. school where their kid, with whatever strengths and learning challenges they have, is noticed and a pathway of learning occurs. Personalisation of learning is the main thing the community wants and we want them to feel a sense of belonging.” Mr Edmundson has met with every primary school principal in the bay cluster to grow and maintain relationships he said are vital for the college. “We will build on what they’ve learnt in primary school, so we need really strong close relationships with our partner primary schools,” he said. NEW LOCATION 13b Parkhouse Rd, CHRISTCHURCH willa 175 willa 95 Plywood vanity new arrival HeATeD TOweL RAIL SALe pLywOOD LAunDRy TubS 20% OFF willa 135 Bella 175 options of Polymarble stone white or Bella 95 black high quality basin top. Bella 135 4 Bar from $80 6 Bar from $100 8 Bar from $120 ltB 55 ltB 35 from $345 ltB 65 Open 7 Days Mon - Fri 9.00 - 5.30, Sat 9.30 - 4.00, Sun 10.00 - 3.00 0800 MILLEN | www.millen.co.nz | 03 348 8678 Visit our new website: www.min.nz With thriving communities and picturesque views, the bays are truly spectacular COASTAL REAL ESTATE SPECIALISTS We’ll help you live the dream. Min Sarginson Real Estate Ltd. specialises in homes, sections and rental properties in the spectacular Lyttelton Harbour bays, and coastal suburbs of Christchurch, New Zealand. We’ll make it so easy for you. All our sales consultants live in the area – we can give you valuable insights into life in our thriving coastal communities. This is an exciting time; of promise, optimism, and opportunities never anticipated pre-quakes. Beachfront, or hillside with grandstand views, find the property of your dreams: Lyttelton | Diamond Harbour | Governors Bay | Cass Bay Charteris Bay | Church Bay | Purau Bay | Port Levy | Northshore Southshore | New Brighton | Heathcote | Sumner | Redcliffs Scarborough | Mount Pleasant | Clifton Call Min Sarginson Real Estate Ltd. for free, no-obligation advice. Lyttelton: 03 329 4161, lyttelton@min.nz or Church Bay: 03 328 7273, churchbay@min.nz
TM Wednesday September 28 2016 BAY HARBOUR PAGE 5 News Trust focuses on restoring jetty • By Annabelle Dick THE GOVERNORS Bay jetty has been saved but now the focus is on how the more than $2 million needed for its repair will be fundraised. The city council last week agreed to temporarily sell ownership for $1 to the Governors Bay Jetty Restoration Trust who will repair it before returning it back to the city council. The trust needs money for pre-construction engineering design work so they can present the options and costs and consult with the community. The trust believe they will be able to fully restore the jetty for about $3m and plan to publicly fundraise the money. Trust chairman Nick Harwood said the city council was so impressed by the board’s skill-set they allocated $535,000 towards the repair. A Givealittle page has also been set up to help in the fundraising effort. Mr Harwood said members will hold a public meeting on Sunday, October 16, 4pm to 5pm, at the Governors Bay Hotel to give an update and invite people to join the trust. “The trust needs help to get to ON A MISSION: Phil Jackson, Rex Gebbie, Louisa Eades are a part of the community-led trust that is trying to restore the Governors Bay jetty. the next stage. This meeting will give our wider community an update and launch a membership programme for those who want to help us save the jetty,” he said. The jetty has been closed since 2011 due to its unsafe condition and the city council announced last year they didn’t have the funds to repair it as it was expected to cost about $3 million. The Governors Bay Jetty Restoration Trust was then established from a group of volunteers in the area who fought to buy the 300m jetty and fully restore it to save it from being demolished or abandoned. The trust initially proposed a working relationship with the council to co-fund and comanage the restoration but that was soon ruled out. “It became apparent that as a council-owned asset, the restoration project would have to be council-run. Staff time would have to be drawn from the money allocated in the longterm plan, even though the trust board was willing and able to manage the project themselves without charging a cent for their time,” Mr Harwood said. “We realised that the only way the community could own the project was if it owned the jetty, so we drafted an agreement for a temporary transfer of ownership to the trust”. In Brief CYCLE ROUTE CONSULTATION THe Heathcote Expressway cycle route project will soon be open for consultation. The city council has began consulting on several of the 13 new cycleways that will be built over the next seven years at an estimated cost of $156 million. The cycleway is planned from Heathcote through to Woolston, Opawa, Waltham and Sydenham into the central city along large sections of the rail corridor. It is expected to be completed in 2018 and connects to Opawaho River Route and onto the Rapanui − Shag Rock Cycleway and Coastal Pathway. ONE LANE ON EVANS PASS RD Evans Pass Rd above Sumner is down to one lane around while a retaining wall is repaired. SCIRT is undertaking the work and temporary traffic lights will be in place. Repairs are expected to take until the end of the year. PIPE REPAIRS A section of road at 1 Simeon Quay is closed to replace a stormwater pipe. Traffic is being detoured left onto Godley Quay and right onto Voelas Rd for around two weeks. A fun, free, festival of arts, science and creativity for all ages! 10am–2pm 1&2 October 2016 All Fun Palaces will be at Central Library Peterborough. Visit christchurchcitylibraries.com Robots, MineCraft, HTC VIVE virtual reality, 3D printing and more! Dr Tim Lindley For Heathcote Community Board I am an experienced leader and former business development manager for a CRI. As chair of the Coastal Pathway Group for three years I have worked closely with the Community Board and Council staff to drive this visionary project forward. I have a highly collaborative team working style. A vote for Tim is a vote for an effective community board that gets things done. @timlindleychch Authorised by Tim Lindley, 28 Patmos Place, Mount Pleasant, Christchurch, 8081 THINKING OF RENOVATING? ENJOY IT WITH US! From concept to completion, enjoy the experience of a full service renovation company. Whatever the scope of your extension or renovation, with your dreams and our experience we can realise your home’s potential. WE MAKE IT EASY WITH OUR THREE SIMPLE STEPS... With 5 offices in Christchurch, let’s start the conversation call 0800 764 846 or visit smith-sons.co.nz
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