Nor'West News: September 06, 2016

NOR’WEST NEWS Tuesday September 6 2016 5
News
What’s in a name?
Two Rodney
Camerons vie for
Elections 16
Harewood seat
• By Andrew King
HAREWOOD RESIDENTS will
have to look closely at their ballot
forms – there are two Rodney
Camerons standing in the ward.
Rodney S Cameron and
Rodney D Cameron are two of
five candidates vying for a seat
around the city council table in
October. The only difference is
their middle names.
Both say they are concerned
that voters may be a bit confused
about who is who and may vote
for the opponent.
Said Rodney S Cameron: “I
have tried to be as different as
possible. I have put my middle
initial in all of my advertising
and on all my billboards.”
Rodney D Cameron said there
is the possibility that a few votes
could go his opponents way, and
vice versa.
“It does concern me . . . they
can’t put photos on the voting
ballots so we have gone with
putting in our middle names,”
he said.
Rodney D Cameron
A city council spokesperson
confirmed there would be no
photos on the forms.
“The voting paper will state
the surname name, first names
and affiliation,” she said.
Both candidates said they hope
voters will look closely at their
profiles and make an informed
decision.
Rodney S Cameron
The Harewood Ward is
the most contested in the
city with five competing for one
seat.
Former city councillor Aaron
Keown, Fendalton-Waimairi
Community Board member
Faimeh Burke and Harewood
resident Brian Gargiulo are also
running.
Historic bridge over
Avon River reopens
THE CITY’S only surviving
19th-century timber bridge, in
Helmores Lane, has reopened
after five months of earthquake
repairs.
Sheep were herded across the
150-year-old bridge in a reenactment
of one of its original uses
–stock being driven to the yards
of the Riccarton market.
City councillor Jamie Gough
cut the ribbon allowing pedestrians,
cyclists and sheep, use of
the bridge.
Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure
Rebuild Team used
30 bridge piles, made of jarrah
(Australian hardwood), brought
from the Waitaki District Council
for the cost of a donation,
which was a lot less expensive
than importing new hardwood
from Australia for the repairs.
Using reclaimed timber fit
the conservation practice of
sourcing material as close as
possible to the original for the
repair and restoration of heritage
structures.
Helmores Lane bridge is listed
as category 11 by Heritage New
Zealand and is the only remaining
example of a propped beam
timber bridge in Christchurch.
Built in 1866, the picturesque
bridge spans the Avon River in
Little Hagley Park and was originally
constructed by barrister
and solicitor Joseph Cornish
Helmore who owned a 50 acre
block on the north bank of the
river. He lived in Helmores lane.