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PAGE 6 BAY HARBOUR Latest Christchurch news at www. .kiwi Wednesday June 14 2017 News DIG IN: The guests enjoyed the three-course meal that was put on to celebrate the success of the market. TO CELEBRATE the community working together to create the Mt Pleasant Farmers’ Market, a long lunch was held to celebrate its birthday. The market was set up six years ago to support people after the February 22, 2011, earthquake – and it’s still going, offering the same support. With no supermarkets close by and a limited amount of food and water available, Mt Pleasant resident Tom Davies decided to set up a market to help people get what they needed. Since it started the market’s key role has shifted a little. While there isn’t an emergency associated with it any more, it still provides people with what they need. The long lunch was held to celebrate this and involved fresh produce often sold at the market through a three-course meal created by local chef Kris Buist. Event organiser Linda Rutland said: “Kris was incredible, she produced the most wonderful meal for 60 people under difficult personal circumstances. The devotion to her community and her professionalism was incredible,” Ms Rutland said. A team of volunteers helped in the kitchen and served the food. Local musician Mike Lee ENJOY: Jerry and Beth Jaegar with chef Kris Buist. Residents dine out to celebrate farmers’ market played for the guests and The Estuary Trust hired native greenery from Trees for Canterbury as their contribution. Ms Rutland said even after all this time the market was still widely used by locals. She said since the event was such a success, they are now planning for next year’s event. Money raised from the lunch has gone back into the market to help improve it. CREATE AN AWESOME LIFE FOR YOU AND YOUR WHANAU Gain skills for employment for FREE* through He Toki. Training options include construction, electrical, plumbing, health, engineering and more. Through He Toki you’ll explore your cultural identity and be supported to join the next generation of Māori leaders. Apply now at Ara For more information 0800 24 24 76 ara.ac.nz/he-toki * Conditions apply.
Wednesday June 14 2017 Latest Christchurch news at www. .kiwi BAY HARBOUR PAGE 7 Akaroa clock to tick again • By Caitlin Miles THE ICONIC Akaroa Service Centre clock will stay in storage until the centre repairs are completed next year. Akaroa residents have been wondering what happened to the clock, which prompted the Banks Peninsula Community Board to ask city council staff where it was. Andrew Rutledge Community board chairwoman Christine Wilson said it was a matter of “curiosity” that lead them to ask the question. City council head of parks Andrew Rutledge said the clock is in storage with a horologist – a person who works on clocks. That is where the clock will stay until the city council completes repairs on the service centre – which is expected to be finished in February next year. The service centre was damaged in the February 22, 2011, earthquake. The clock was removed from the centre following the quake for conservation work and to check all the internal mechanisms and paint the exterior. Community board member Janis Haley said the clock has been a part of the service centre since she was a child. “It is very iconic for the area, ever since I was a kid it has been there,” Ms Haley said. It cost $8047 to carry out the conservation work on the clock. Repair work on the service centre began in April last year and was expected to be finished by the start of this year, but has been delayed The building is now at 100 per cent of the new building standard but remains closed while internal fit outs and plans are done. Mr Rutledge said the interior scope of the works had changed and the city council needed to consider all of the users and stakeholders. He said the process required considerable consultation then a REPAIRED: The Akaroa Service Centre clock has been repaired and is being stored until the centre repairs have been completed. redesign. As a result, the completion date was pushed out until next year. The first stage of the project involved scaffolding the building and making it weather tight, then contractors began the external repairs to the roof and external painting.. The city council budgeted $965,000 for the project. Mr Rutledge said $907,000 has been spent on the repairs so far. Lyttelton sewer project starts next month • By Caitlin Miles WORK ON the $52.3 million Lyttelton wastewater project will begin next month. The first phase of the city council project will involve the installation of the sewer pipe through the Lyttelton Tunnel. New Zealand Transport Agency, which manages the tunnel, has engaged McConnell Dowel to do the work. It will be carried out because the resource consent that currently allows for wastewater to be discharged into Lyttelton Harbour is going to expire, along with the Governors Bay and Diamond Harbour wastewater treatment plants. An Environment Court decision meant the city council needed to find a new way to treat the wastewater. The new plan involves buried submarine pipelines from the Governors Bay and Diamond Harbour’s wastewater treatment plants to a new pump station on Simeon Quay by the Lyttelton road tunnel portal and through to Ferrymead and on to the Bromley treatment plant. Escape the cold! Fiji from $655pp FIRST 30 ADULTS GET $100 OFF PER PERSON* 03 384 2700 You Travel Ferrymead youtravel.co.nz 960 Ferry Road melissa@youferrymead.co.nz *special conditions apply – subject to availability please see in store for more details
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