Pegasus Post: October 04, 2016

PEGASUS POST Tuesday October 4 2016 3
News
Green light for garden
• By Fraser Walker-Pearce
A COMMUNITY garden is
coming to Wainoni after the
city council gave it the green
light.
The city council granted the
Wainoni Avonside Community
Services Trust just under 1000
sq m at the rear of the Wainoni
Scouts den on Avonside Dr,
across the road from Porritt
Park, to work with for at least
the next five years.
The trust aims to complete
the garden project before
Christmas.
It will have vegetables and
fruit grown especially to
distribute to the community,
with the help of gardening
writer Rachel Vogan.
“It’ll be a greatly positive
thing for the community –
especially after watching how
devastated people were after
basically their lives and homes
were taken away from them,”
the trust’s co-ordinator Betty
Chapman said.
Mrs Chapman hopes
residents will take ownership
of the garden at a community
launch, taking place at the site
this Saturday from noon until
2pm.
“We’ll get the community
involved, because we want them
to name it too. It’s their garden,
just under our umbrella. The
launch will be held at the garden
site,” she said.
The garden’s approval comes
after the trust was awarded
$30,000 from the Red Cross
to go towards the garden’s
expenses.
The money was given to the
trust on the condition that it
would be used before December
otherwise it must be returned.
“A short time after [the
earthquakes] I thought we’ve
got all that space, why not use
it? The Red Cross approached
us, we proposed our idea and
amazingly they came up with
the money,” Mrs Chapman
said.
City councillor Glenn
Livingstone said he is looking
forward to seeing the garden
COMING SOON:
The city council
has given a
community
garden in
Wainoni the
go-ahead. City
councillor Glenn
Livingstone says
it will promote
healthy eating. ​
up and running and promoting
healthy eating.
“I’d love to see the gardens
joined with other local fruit and
vegetable co-ops,” he said.
“It’ll also promote healthier
eating for the surrounding
community, and provide access
to good food.”
The group ask that anyone
wanting to donate spare
gardening equipment or plants
bring them to the launch.
In Brief
HAVE YOU VOTED?
Time is running out to cast your
vote in the local body elections.
You must post your completed
voting paper in the orange freepost
envelope provided no later than
tomorrow. Alternatively, they can
be dropped into the civic offices
at 53 Hereford St, a city council
library or service centre, but must
be with the electoral officer before
noon, Saturday. If you have not
received voting papers or are not
enrolled, you may still be able
to cast a special vote. Phone the
electoral officer on 941 8999 or
email elections2016@ccc.govt.nz
for more information.
NEW POLICING TEAM
The Aranui Policing Team will
hold a community meeting
tomorrow at 11am to start getting
to know residents. Go along
and meet Acting Sergeant Lyle
Pryor and his team at the Aranui
Community Centre on Hampshire
St.
FIRE STATION SITE
Last week Pegasus Post incorrectly
said the New Brighton Volunteer
Fire Brigade will relocate to the
corner of Pages Rd and Anzac Dr.
It should have said the brigade will
relocate to the corner of Wainoni
Rd and Anzac Dr. Pegasus Post
apologises for this error.
JO HAYES
NATIONAL LIST MP BASED
IN CHRISTCHURCH EAST
Office
nOw Open at:
6/950 Ferry Road,
Ferrymead
P: 384 9459
Call to make an
appointment
www.national.org.nz
up to
30 %
Resene Premium
Paints, Primers,
Sealers, Wood Stains
off and Wallpaper
and 25% off Decorating Accessories
and Cleaning Products
30890 PEG R
Come in and see us today!
Shirley Resene ColorShop
38 Marshland Road, (03) 385 5082
Discounts off the normal retail price 28 Sept - 31 Oct 2016 at Resene owned ColorShops
and participating resellers. Paint offers also available at participating Mitre 10 MEGA/Mitre
10 stores. Valid only with cash/credit card/EFTPOS purchases. Not available in conjunction
with account sales, promotional vouchers/coupons or other offers. Excludes trade, ECS and
Crown products and PaintWise levy.
Christchurch
Photo Hunt
Win
a tablet or eReader
‘Hidden Histories – Our Stories Unearthed’
Share your photos and
help grow the city’s
photographic archive.
Submitted photographs
will be copied and
returned.
Brian Gargiulo 1
Entries must be received
by 5pm 31 October.
Winners will be announced
25 November 2016.
Your CDHB Board Member
An independent voice for
the Canterbury District
who cares about the people.
Vote me number 1
Portrait of a young woman –
Williams collection.
Kete Christchurch, Do you
PH14-096,
know
her?
CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 NZ
Enter at your local library or at christchurchcitylibraries.com
Authorised by B. Gargiulo, 11 Ron Place