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PAGE 2 Wednesday September 27 2017 BAY HARBOUR Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK OUR ARTICLE looks to have spurred the Banks Peninsula Community Board into action over the ferry terminal in Lyttelton. Diamond Harbour Community Association chairman Richard Suggate raised the issue at a board meeting on Monday. Two weeks ago, we revealed the port company’s decision to reduce bus parking spaces to one and not provide a pick-up/drop-off zone. Board chairwoman Christine Wilson concedes there is a lot of anxiety about this from residents in Lyttelton and Diamond Harbour. Says Wilson: “The board needs to know where the LPC is coming from – urgently – and we need confirmation from the port of what their position is.” The community board needs to take a strong hand here and represent what ratepayers want. After all, they do own a fair chunk of the port company. – Barry Clarke Inside Pupils build performing robots SCHOOLS 21 News.....................................3-13 Local Views............11, 23 Keep it Local......................14 Schools................. 17 & 21 Sport..........................................25 Community Events...27 Real Estate..........................29 GET IN TOUCH General Inquiries Ph 379-7100 Classified Advertising Ph 379-1100 The Christchurch Star Company Ltd. PO box 1467 - Christchurch starmedia.kiwi NEWS Sarla Donovan Ph: 021 919 917 sarla.donovan@starmedia.kiwi ADVERTISING Javier Balcazar Ph: 982 9308 javier.balcazar@starmedia.kiwi ADVERTISING Rob Davison Ph: 021 225 8584 rob.davison@starmedia.kiwi Tickets on sale now! Every ticket purchased online in September goes in the draw to WIN A Rarotonga escape for two! Terms and conditions apply. At Whitehead Plumbing & Gas Ltd we have a great team of loyal staff offering a diverse range of skills. Serving Canterbury for over 35 years, we do everything from domestic maintenance to new homes and commercial buildings. Plumbing. Gasfitting. Drainlaying. Make us your first call today. 03 379 0711 whiteheadplumbing.co.nz 11 – 18 NOVEMBER 2017 Celebrate in style nzcupandshow.co.nz
Wednesday September 27 2017 News Coastal flooding and ON THE DOMAIN LINCOLN 3 MARCH 2018 erosion report reaches final stage • By Bridget Rutherford AN UPDATED report on whether coastal flooding and erosion information should be included on more than 20,000 property records is being finalised. City councillors and community board members are expected to be briefed on the Coastal Hazard Assessment for Christchurch and Banks Peninsula (2017) on October 17, before it goes to the city council on November 2. Darrell Latham It follows a contentious 2015 Tonkin & Taylor report which identified nearly 18,000 properties at risk of coastal inundation and 6000 that could be susceptible to erosion over the next 50 to 100 years. That information was added to the properties’ Land Information Memorandum reports. But a peer review by a panel of scientific experts last year urged the city council to remove the information and do more research because it could be “legally unsound”. The notations were then tweaked. City council head of strategic policy Helen Beaumont said recommendations from the peer review of the 2015 report had been addressed in the 2017 report. A “rolling review” had been done by Deirdre Hart, who peer Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi UPDATE: City councillors are expected to receive an updated report on coastal hazards next month. reviewed the 2015 report, to make sure the 2017 report met those recommendations, she said. Ms Beaumont said it would be the best current information on coastal hazards, with a range of climate change scenarios for erosion and inundation. Once received by city councillors, a “long-term engagement process” would begin, focusing on how to adapt to challenges facing the coastal communities, she said. Christchurch Coastal Residents United has been fighting to have the information removed from LIMs because it could devalue their properties and affect future insurance coverage. Member Darrell Latham said it unsuccessfully pushed to have more than one peer reviewer for the 2017 report. “We’ve missed an opportunity for a balanced review by having only one peer reviewer undertaking this work.” But Ms Beaumont said Dr Hart consulted with various members of the peer review panel to ensure her comments were consistent with the wider panel’s views. “Multiple reviewers were not required as Dr Hart was familiar with the scope and intent of the recommendations.” Ms Beaumont said in Southshore and South New Brighton, the city council would work with Regenerate Christchurch to engage on The Southshore and South New Brighton Regeneration Strategy. BAY HARBOUR Tickets ON SALE NOW In Brief PAGE 3 www.selwynsounds.co.nz COASTAL PATHWAY The Christchurch Coastal Pathway won’t be able to access New Zealand Transport Agency funding after the city council declined to include it as part of its major cycleway route programme. Due to the coastal pathway already having on-road cycle lanes, the city council decided it could not include the new pathway within the MCR programme, which would have allowed it to access NZTA funding for the Moncks Bay-Shag Rock section. KERERU COUNT People are being asked to report sightings of kereru on Banks Peninsula as part of an information-gathering project on the numbers and distribution of the native pigeon. Until Sunday, anybody who sees one of the birds is asked to log the sighting at www.greatkererucount.nz or www.naturewatch.org.nz. Known as the ‘gardeners of the skies’, Kereru play a crucial role in dispersing seeds from the fruit of native trees, making them an essential part of forest regeneration. SOLD Recently in the Bay Harbour area Canon Hill, Mt Pleasant Mollymawk Cres, Ferrymead Malthouse Lane, Heathcote Our fee is from Major Hornbrook, Mt Pleasant Phone Debra Hakaraia 027 562 0420 or 03 384 8600 1%min fee applies www.smartrealestate.co.nz Licenced under the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 We specialise in: - Business & Management Advice - Owner Managed Businesses - Individual’s Tax affairs - Investment & Rental Properties - Business Start-Ups - Accountancy and Tax Compliance Why go to town…keep it local! That’s right, why drive all the way into town when your friendly local accountancy firm Ferrymead Accounting is here to help… a local firm for the local community…why go elsewhere? So if you are an owner-managed business, sole trader, have investments or rental properties and want good quality, fairly priced, friendly local accountancy and tax advice then contact Ferrymead Accounting. Your local independent MYOB Approved Partner and Xero Certified Advisor in Ferrymead 11F Settlers Cres. Ferrymead P. 03 384 8179 M. 022 354 8218 E. info@ferrymeadaccounting.co.nz www.ferrymeadaccounting.co.nz
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