Nor'West News: May 17, 2016
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NOR’WEST NEWS Tuesday <strong>May</strong> <strong>17</strong> <strong>2016</strong> 3<br />
neighbourhood NEWS<br />
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HIGH COMPETITION: Christchurch Girls’ and Christchurch Boys’ high schools will be hoping to make it two in a row when they perform at<br />
the Stage Challenge and J Rock today and tomorrow. The combined performance won last year, but other schools will be trying to topple<br />
them off the top. Burnside High School, Cobham Intermediate, Papanui High School, St Bede’s College, St Margaret’s College, Breens<br />
Intermediate, Rangi Ruru Girls’ School and St Joseph’s School are the other schools from the area performing at the event.<br />
Fire alarms could have saved church<br />
ANDREW KING<br />
Fire alarms could have saved a<br />
Bishopdale church from serious<br />
damage.<br />
A deliberately lit fire at the back of<br />
St Margaret’s Presbyterian Church<br />
on Sunday morning has seriously<br />
damaged the building to the point it<br />
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Specialist fire investigator Bruce<br />
Irvine said the lack of early detection<br />
systems has allowed the fire to get to<br />
the point where it could do serious<br />
damage.<br />
“Fire doubles in size every 30 seconds,”<br />
he said.<br />
“Because of that there has been a<br />
significant delay before crews could<br />
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that the building can be saved and<br />
will probably be pulled down.”<br />
Minister Andrew Nicol said the<br />
building completely complied with<br />
the fire code.<br />
“Everything complied with the<br />
code. Now we have to maintain as<br />
much normal activity as we can onsite,”<br />
he said.<br />
Mr Irvine said it was a common<br />
afTeR<br />
thing for churches and community<br />
centres not to have fire alarms because<br />
under the fire code they are<br />
not required too.<br />
“We have community facilities<br />
that are susceptible because of the<br />
code,” he said.<br />
Police have arrested a man in his<br />
30s in connection with the fire.<br />
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CAR CRASH<br />
A person was taken to<br />
Christchurch Hospital with<br />
moderate injuries after a car crash<br />
in Redwood last Monday. St John<br />
was alerted and sent an ambulance<br />
to the intersection of Main North<br />
Rd and QEII Drive at about<br />
3.30am.<br />
REPAIR WORKS<br />
Eversleigh St, St Albans, will<br />
have a temporary closure in<br />
place between No 13-23 for<br />
around three weeks while work<br />
is carried out to repair a damaged<br />
storm water pipe. Work will<br />
start today repairing sections<br />
of the earthquake-damaged<br />
infrastructure. Traffic will be<br />
able to enter and exit Eversleigh<br />
St from both Caledonian and<br />
Springfield Rds. Parking on<br />
the street will not be available<br />
immediately next to the work area.<br />
YOUTH FUNDING<br />
Four north-west students have<br />
applied for funding from the<br />
Shirley-Papanui Community Board<br />
to attend the Australian nationals to<br />
represent New Zealand in rhythmic<br />
gymnastics from <strong>May</strong> 30 to June<br />
5. Isabella Walker Ralston, 14, of<br />
Christchurch Girls’ High, Emma<br />
Katie Logan, 14, of Papanui High,<br />
Catherine Maree Hooker, <strong>17</strong>, of<br />
Casebrook and Anna Elizabeth<br />
Hooker, 14, of Casebrook have<br />
applied for $500 each to put towards<br />
costs. The board will make a<br />
decision tomorrow.<br />
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