Bay Harbour: February 01, 2017

Wednesday February 1 2017
BAY HARBOUR
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English tale
Growing opposition to
Since graduating from Cashmere
High School Cheesebrough
has performed in several productions
for Canterbury University’s
Musical Theatre Society and
in Showbiz Christchurch’s Evita.
Originally from Portsmouth,
England, Cheesebrough moved to
the city when he was 10 and hopes
to get into Toi Whakaari: New
Zealand Drama School based in
Wellington.
Benter-Lynch’s interest in
acting was first ignited when she
became obsessed with the film
The Sound of Music at eight-yearsold.
“I was like they are on stage
they having so much fun singing
and dancing and it is just like isn’t
this just a dream job to be able to
have fun for the rest of your life,”
she said.
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Nick Cheesebrough
Sophia Benter-Lynch
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Redcliffs School move
• Noah Graham
OPPOSITION TO Redcliffs
School’s move to Redcliffs Park
is continuing to snowball.
Linwood-Central-Heathcote
Community Board member
Darrell Latham knows the relocation
of the school is a difficult
decision but says it is the wrong
one.
“From my perspective, Hekia
Parata (Education Minister) has
in many ways dealt the Redcliffs
community a poisoned chalice.”
From his perspective, the
Main Rd site was the best location
for the school and expert
advice provided to Ms Parata
proved it was safe, he said.
He could not understand why
the ministry had decided to
move the school from Main Rd
to an area that was susceptible
to coastal erosion, contaminated
land and tsunamis.
The community was thrilled
Redcliffs School would stay
open, but it would come at a
“tricky cost,” Mr Latham said.
He said Ms Parata decided
Redcliffs Park would be suitable
as the new site.
However, Friends of Redcliffs
Park chairwoman Simi Desor
said there was nothing wrong
with the original school site.
“The old school site is perfectly
safe and perfectly fine to keep,”
she said.
“If the school is the heart of
the community, that particular
park is really the soul of the
community and we would like to
preserve the park.”
National list MP Nuk Korako
respects some members of the
community have a preference for
the original site but the advice
received by the Ministry of Education
points to Redcliffs Park
being a better site for a school.
“The ministry will be working
with Christchurch City Council
TREASURED PARK:
Friends of Redcliffs
Park chairwoman
Simi Desor and her
children Reva, 1,
Jai, 11, Aneel, 4, and
Priya Bartlett, 8,
with member Chris
Doudney. They want
the park to stay as
it is.
to acquire the land, and that will
involve consultation with the
land owners,” he said.
Port Hills MP Ruth Dyson
reflected many of the views expressed
by the community.
She said there was no logical
reason for the school to be
rebuilt at Redcliffs Park.
“There is no reason behind the
[decision].”
Redcliffs Residents’ Association
chairman Chris Doudney
is one of several people trying to
fight the ministry’s decision.
He said it would save time and
money if the school stayed at its
original site and the community
could continue using the park.
“It’s a waste of a site and a
waste of money.”
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