Nor'West News: October 18, 2016
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Tuesday <strong>October</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Your Local Views<br />
Keown’s time to act<br />
Each week we<br />
will be asking<br />
city councillors in<br />
the north-west to<br />
give us their views<br />
on issues in their<br />
wards. This week, newly<br />
elected Harewood city<br />
councillor Aaron Keown<br />
talks about being elected<br />
and what he intends to do<br />
over the next three years<br />
It’s great to be back at the council<br />
table during this important time<br />
in the history of Christchurch<br />
and I’m honoured to be the<br />
first councillor for the newly<br />
established Harewood Ward.<br />
The city has voted and all those<br />
who now sit at the council table<br />
have been put there by those<br />
who have chosen to take up their<br />
democratic right and vote.<br />
I campaigned hard on the<br />
issue of getting traffic lights at<br />
the intersection on Harewood/<br />
Breens/Gardiners Rds, keeping<br />
rates locked to the rate of<br />
inflation and cleaning up our<br />
waterways.<br />
Now it’s time to deliver on<br />
my promises, which can be<br />
easier said than done, so I<br />
was excited when I met newly<br />
elected community board<br />
PRIORITY: Aaron Keown campaigned on getting traffic lights<br />
at the intersection of Harewood, Breens and Gardiners Rds.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
member Linda Chen (Harewood<br />
Ward) and the first thing she said<br />
to me was “Now lets get on and<br />
get those lights in.”<br />
This is the sort of ‘can do’<br />
attitude we need in Christchurch<br />
right now.<br />
I was even more buoyed by a<br />
bright future for Christchurch<br />
when we met as a new city<br />
council the day after the election,<br />
and all members laid out their<br />
visions for Christchurch over the<br />
next three years and it turns out<br />
we are all on the same page.<br />
As mayor, Lianne Dalziel<br />
looked to encourage everyone to<br />
support each other in getting the<br />
job done.<br />
I feel that Christchurch is<br />
about to see some real progress<br />
over the next three years.<br />
I respect the wishes of those<br />
who voted and I look forward<br />
to working with and supporting<br />
those who were lucky enough to<br />
be chosen.<br />
•Do you have any issues<br />
you would like to bring to<br />
attention in Harewood?<br />
Share them with us. Email<br />
andrew.king@starmedia.<br />
kiwi<br />
Stay in the kitchen<br />
when cooking<br />
• By Mark Thomas – Fire Risk<br />
Management Officer<br />
HOW LONG does it take for 10<br />
litres or more of water in a large<br />
saucepan to boil away and then<br />
the pan to melt from the heat (in<br />
this case a gas cooker) and set<br />
fire to the building?<br />
Well in the case of a house in<br />
Stanley St, Sydenham, last Friday<br />
night it took eight hours.<br />
That’s the time between the<br />
occupant forgetting the pan was<br />
on and leaving and the place being<br />
fully involved in fire.<br />
Five fire trucks and a command<br />
unit attended and, as<br />
you would expect, damage was<br />
severe.<br />
This has to be counted as a<br />
cooking fire. There were two<br />
more reported this week. One of<br />
them involved someone being<br />
taken to hospital with smoke<br />
inhalation.<br />
It also appears this victim may<br />
have had two or three drinks<br />
too many. There are some classic<br />
recipes for disaster in the above<br />
incidents.<br />
The first is relatively common<br />
but doesn’t always mean a house<br />
is completely destroyed.<br />
The second is also quite common,<br />
particularly amongst our<br />
NOR’WEST NEWS<br />
TRICKY: It’s duckling season<br />
again and firefighters are<br />
expecting to rescue more of<br />
them from drains.<br />
fatality statistics.<br />
Don’t drink and fry! And<br />
stay in the kitchen when cooking.<br />
Should be simple.<br />
There was a smile to be had<br />
after Woolston’s crew were sent<br />
to Truscotts Rd up the Heathcote<br />
Valley on Monday to rescue<br />
some ducklings from a drain.<br />
A thorough search failed to<br />
find them.<br />
The radio message back to<br />
comms stated ‘no sign of ducklings,<br />
we may have been sent on<br />
a wild goose chase.’ Good reply!<br />
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