Pegasus Post: April 04, 2017

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Piece of Gallipoli in poppy sculpture garden
• By Sarla Donovan
A NEW garden in front of
the Poppies over Gallipoli
sculpture will incorporate
stones from the Gallipoli
Peninsula into a stylised poppy
design.
Work on the formal-style
garden started last week and
is expected to be finished this
week.
The sculpture on the corner
of Anzac Dr and Travis Rd was
restored and moved to higher
ground in 2015 in time for the
centenary commemorations of
the Anzac landing at Gallipoli.
At that time, shingle from the
beaches of Gallipoli and
Çanakkale was gifted by the
people of Turkey for use in the
garden around the memorial.
Project manager for the
Avon-Ōtākaro Mahinga Kai
NEW GARDEN: The Poppies over Gallipoli sculpture will
have a new formal garden featuring stones gifted by the
people of Turkey.
Exemplar, Kathryn Bates, said
the group had been working to
get the garden built for the past
two years.
“We are lucky to have local
company Ōtautahi Bespoke
Builders under take the
construction of the garden,
making it more affordable by
providing pro-bono labour,”
she said.
“They will be assisted by local
community voluntary labour
organised by the Avon-Ōtākaro
Network.”
Local brick will feature in
the poppy-shaped design,
along with native shrubs and
boulders representing the
Southern Alps and the Port
Hills.
The Coastal-Burwood
Community Board granted
$3000 towards the cost of
materials for the garden.
Avon-Ōtākaro Network
hopes to have a formal opening
with a barbecue and planting
day in the Hulverstone Reserve
on Anzac Day.
Children with sensory disorders
get chance to go to the movies
• By Sarla Donovan
MOST PEOPLE love going to the
movies, right?
Most of us have sat in the dark
with our popcorn, laughing or
crying at the flickering screen.
But not everyone. Many
children with sensory disorders,
such as autism, find sitting in a
darkened room with a bunch of
strangers and loud noises a complete
nightmare.
For them, a family night out at
the movies isn’t an option.
To help give these children a
positive experience of being at a
cinema, The Champion Centre
has partnered with The Palms
Shopping Centre to hold a special
movie screening of The Lego
Batman Movie for children with
sensory disorders.
After a successful inaugural
event last year, The Champion
Centre director Susan Foster-
Cohen said it was a chance for
families to take their children to
the movies in a non-judgemental
situation.
HIGH FIVE: Beccy Creswick
with Laszlo Walker at The
Champion Centre. Laszlo
attended last year’s sensory
movie screening.
“Not only [does] this event give
families an opportunity to experience
regular life, it’s a chance to
raise awareness about autism and
sensory disorders.”
Children’s entertainer Melanie
Poppins will be at the cinema for
a pre-screening party.
•Tickets for the movie at
10.30am on Sunday, April 9,
are available from Reading
Cinemas
South Brighton surf club requests
consent to build new headquarters
• By Sarla Donovan
THE SOUTH Brighton Surf
Life Saving Club is a step closer
to having a new clubhouse.
The club will meet with the
city council’s urban design
panel this week to look at the
designs for the new building and
plans are expected to go to the
city council for resource consent
by the end of the month.
After the 2011 earthquakes,
the current building suffered
significant damage and the club
decided to demolish and rebuild.
It has occupied its present
site on the corner of Marine Pd
and Bridge St since 1929.
Over the past 18 months,
architect’s Sheppard and Rout
have been developing a new
design in consultation with a
working group of club members,
which includes engineer and
Christchurch Arts Centre boss
Andre Lovatt, who is a life
member.
Club chairman Nigel Cox said
NEW DESIGN: An architect’s design for the proposed new
South Brighton Surf Life Saving Club building. ​
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construction on the $2 million
clubhouse building should be
under way by the end of next
summer. The club has $500,000
in the bank and Mr Cox said he
was confident it could raise the
remaining $1.5 million before
construction starts.
He said the building would be
more functional and allow for a
variety of users.
“This will be a community asset,
able to be used by residents’
associations, schools and a
range of community groups.”
The new building will seat 280
people.
•An art auction will be
held at the clubhouse on
Saturday night to raise
funds for the new building.
Viewings of the artwork will
be available from 5pm, with
the auction at 7-11pm
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