Bay Harbour: April 05, 2017

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Wednesday April 5 2017
News
Cellphone
tower
angers
residents
•From page 1
He said even though it is not
required it should be up to companies
to let the community know
where they plan to build cellphone
towers and if residents have concerns
about where it is proposed
companies should listen.
“They have the need to act as
responsible community citizens,”
he said.
The Sumner Residents’ Association
spokesperson Kimberly
Mossman didn’t want to comment
as they didn’t know enough
about it.
Dr Latham said he noticed the
tower last week, which was when
residents’ started asking him
about it.
He said people weren’t unhappy
about a cellphone tower being
built, it was the look and location
that was upsetting to residents.
City council staff said there is
no lease on the tower and it will
be there indefinitely.
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Ellesmere plan not pursued
• By Tom Doudney
RETURNING TE Waihora/
Lake Ellesmere to its pre-1940s
condition was not pursued in
restoration plans because of the
“considerable” social disruption
it would involve.
The fact that the Central
Plains Water scheme, expected
to lead to intensification of
agriculture in the catchment
and a higher nitrogen load,
had already
been granted
resource consent
and “this
could not be
overturned”
was also a
factor.
Tim Davie
The Selwyn
Te Waihora
section of
Environment Canterbury’s
Land and Water Regional Plan,
which became operational last
year, seeks to limit the amount
of nitrogen reaching the lake to
4800 tonnes per year.
Before the 1940s, it is estimated
the lake had about 800
tonnes of nitrogen reaching
it per year. Since then, the
nitrogen load has increased, accompanied
by a deterioration in
water quality.
NUTRIENT MATTERS: Returning Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere
to its pre-1940s condition was not seen as feasible.
An ECan staff report to
yesterday’s Selwyn Waihora
Zone Committee outlined the
background to lake restoration
measures as an update to new
committee members.
The report said that achieving
a nitrogen load of 800 tonnes
per year would require retirement
of intensive agriculture
from the lake’s catchment area,
along with other lake and catchment
interventions.
In agreeing on 4800 tonnes
per year as the target, the zone
committee had taken into
account “the importance of agriculture
to the Selwyn district
economy and employment with
the need to maintain farm financial
viability” and that Central
Plains Water irrigation “was
consented and this could not be
overturned” under provisions in
the Resource Management Act.
Without the nutrient limits
set in the plan, the amount
of nitrogen reaching the lake
would be an estimated 5600
tonnes per year.
The zone implementation
programme for Selwyn Te
Waihora states that none
of the other lake mitigation
options being employed were
a substitute for nutrient load
limits and active management to
reduce nitrogen and phosphorus
entering the lake.
“The lower the nutrient load
limits set, the more effective
the lake mitigation actions are
likely to be and the better the
outcomes for the lake.
Conversely, the higher the
nutrient load, the greater is
the reliance on successful lake
mitigations and the lesser are
the lake outcomes that are
possible.”
ECan chief scientist Tim
Davie said the nutrient
concentration in the lake would
be reduced by a large amount.
He also said water quality and
lake health were not the same
thing.
“Fishers now are likely to tell
you it is very healthy, as healthy
as it has been for a very long
time. However, water quality is
still an issue,” said Dr Davie.
Born in 1969, Kirsty lives in Auckland
with her husband and two children.
She has been a full-time artist since
1977. She says “Although it can be
such a rewarding, frustrating, joyous,
terrifying occupation I can’t imagine
not having it in my life.”
About her latest exhibition, “It was
a natural step for me to introduce
our striking native birds to my work.
They quietly snuck in without me even
thinking about it too much. We often
hear the heavy swoop of wood pigeon
as they move from branch to branch
and I am woken to the melodic call of
the Tui most mornings at home and
often surprised by their lively dives
through the garden. Fantails pick
bugs from our path as we walk the
dog through the bush near home. And
yet we live in a city. We are fortunate
Kirsty Nixon
ON THE WING
to still have these creatures share our
space and enhance our landscape.
Up close, their feathers shine with a
metallic luminous quality and when
painting the whites of their eyes they
each develop personalities.
Interestingly the birds in this show
have mainly been on the wing and
it seems to reflect a current state of
mind with a sense of escapism and
freedom.
Colour excites me and the time
seemed right to challenge myself with
a fresh exciting palette along with my
new subject matter. Embracing colour
in my new pieces has been a joy and
wonderfully liberating.”
Kirsty’s latest exhibition named ‘On
The Wing’ takes place at Little River
Gallery from April 8th until May 3rd.
Kirsty Nixon
ON THE WING
8 APRIL - 3 MAY 2017
Main Rd, Little River | 03 325 1944
art@littlerivergallery.com
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