Nor'West News: November 08, 2016

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Tuesday November 8 2016
Your Local Views
NOR’WEST NEWS
Dudley Creek upgrade
This week’s
column by
Innes city
councillor
Pauline Cotter
looks at the
how the
upgrade of
the once flood
prone Dudley Creek has led
to ecological benefits
Dudley Creek is usually a
fairly gentle flowing creek that
meanders through much of
Shirley.
However, as part of the mayoral
task force recommendations
Dudley has received a major
upgrade to enable a much larger
capacity for water flow during
heavy rain events.
Improvements include the
removal of very dense plantings
along the banks, widening the
banks, and replacing bridges and
culverts.
But the real win here is that
the city council has taken this
opportunity to add significantly
to the ecology of the creek,
especially in the area from Hills
Rd through Slater, Chancellor Sts
and Julius Tce.
Take a stroll along there and
you will see the creek now has
beautiful rock edging, new
plantings of native trees such as
ti kouka, black beech,
ribbonwood, horoeka, kowhai to
name a few.
The planting of native trees
closer to the creek is beneficial
because they do not create as
much shade as exotics, do not
shed their leaves all at the same
time and can cope with wet
conditions, because the creek
is designed to flood into its
surrounding area.
It’s wonderful to see that silt
has been removed, and rock
caves and eel pipes have been
installed to increase the eel and
fish diversity.
The St Albans creek is also
seeing similar type of treatment
between Stapeltons Rd and Hills
Rd.
We now have a new and still
evolving jewel in the crown of
Innes, another example of seizing
opportunity from challenging
events, and I encourage you to
visit this area of the creek to
appreciate its beauty.
Student scholarships
ST BEDE’S students Ben
Mattingly and Justin Lee have
been offered University of Otago
scholarships worth $45,000.
It’s the first time a St Bede’s
student has been offered the
scholarship.
The university’s academic
excellence entrance scholarship
recognises academic ability and
leadership capabilities.
School dux James McCrea also
has offers from Otago, Canterbury
and Victoria universities.
Sixteen students have been
offered 28 scholarships in the
past two months and further
applications are pending.
It’s the largest number of
offers made to the school’s
students.
Oliver Davidson has been
offered the University of Otago
performance entrance scholarship
valued at $16,000 over three
years.
Oliver had roles in several
professional productions around
the city this year, including
Evita, Hairspray and Mamma
Mia.
University of Otago received
more than 3000 applications for
its scholarships.
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ACHIEVERS: Ben Mattingly and Justin Lee have been offered
scholarships by Otago University.
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