Bay Harbour: November 23, 2016

PAGE 6 BAY HARBOUR
Wednesday November 23 2016
News
Website to
help in disaster
• By Annabelle Dick
COASTAL RESIDENTS are
being urged to sign up to an
online website in case of another
earthquake or natural disaster.
Christchurch.getsready.net is
an internet database that collects
information from neighbourhood
support groups and residents who
sign up.
It lists people’s skills, resources
and needs and is used to help residents
who need assistance in the
event of a disaster.
Mt Pleasant School recently
took in around 200 people after a
tsunami warning was issued in the
coastal area post November 14’s 7.8
earthquake.
Mt Pleasant Community Response
Team leader Robin Arnold
said it’s vital the community can
respond effectively to disasters and
source help locally.
“We will need to prepare for
larger numbers if we experience
another evacuation, and we will
rely on being able to mobilise local
resources to cater for this, predominantly
through this website,”
she said.
In the event of a major
emergency, information would
be made available to authorities
including the fire service, police
and civil defence for use during
emergencies.
Coastal hazards critics fearful
•From page 1
“We want to ensure balance
and that the effected communities
will be represented,” Dr
Latham said.
The city council is undertaking
a second peer review of the
Coastal Hazard Assessment
Report after errors were found
in it.
The city council-proposed
committee, called Coastal
Futures Group, will work
on behalf of residents on the
updated report due next April.
The group will be established
by May and will be made up
of community board members
and affected residents.
It is proposed that two
members from each of the
three community boards that
border the coast will sit on the
board.
Sumner resident Dr Latham
is a part of the Linwood-
Central-Heathcote Community
Board and Mr Sintes sits on the
Coastal-Burwood Community
Board.
They both also sit on the
Community Reference Group
which was set up to work with
the city council on the report.
Both Dr Latham and Mr
Sintes are putting their hand
up to be a part of the Coastal
Futures Group, which has been
formed out of discussions in
the reference group.
But Mr Sintes said a member
had already been approached
by the city council to be a part
of the committee and her views
differed from residents seeking
LIM changes.
“I’ve seen it happen so many
times. When council doesn’t
get the answer they want they
create another group and handpick
the people to manipulate
the meeting and get the results
they want,” he said.
One member from each of
the four other community
boards throughout the city will
also sit on the group.
TAYLORS TO SUMNER: Sumner’s
Seb Johnson has continued his
great form this year by winning
the traditional Taylors to Sumner
race. Johnson was one of about
40 lifesavers competing in the
pre-season event on Sunday and
completed the 7km course from
Taylors Mistake Beach to the Sumner
clubrooms in 25min. Earlier
in the year Johnson was picked
to represent the country at the
Lifesaving World Championships
in the Netherlands with the Junior
Black Fins. The first woman across
the line on Sunday was Minnie
Robberds, who is also a Sumner
lifeguard. She completed the race
in 28min.
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Steam Train Rides, and The Tinwald Christmas
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and more. SANTA arrives at 2pm to hear wish
list requests in the Waterton Church.
SundAy 11Th deceMbeR 11 AM -4 PM
Vintage Railcar Rides Operating. Our Museum
Village, the Ashburton Fire Museum, the
Lynn Woodwork Museum are open to browse
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the Ashburton Steam & Model Club operating
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