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SOUTHERN VIEW Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>August</strong> <strong>29</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 7<br />
News<br />
Keep your dog on a leash as lambing begins<br />
DOGS MUST now be kept on<br />
a leash as lambing season gets<br />
under way.<br />
There will soon be hundreds<br />
of lambs around Halswell<br />
Quarry, Mt Vernon, Sugarloaf,<br />
Scarborough Hill, Greenwood<br />
Reserve, Godley Head Reserve,<br />
Castle Hill Reserve and<br />
Montgomery Spur Reserve.<br />
Matt Rose, a city council<br />
ranger based at Victoria Park,<br />
said signs have been put up on<br />
Port Hills tracks alerting visitors<br />
to the lambs, but he has<br />
noticed people are still walking<br />
and biking in the area with<br />
their dogs roaming free.<br />
There have been cases in the<br />
past where dogs have chased<br />
SCHOOLS<br />
or mauled newborn lambs.<br />
“The city council doesn’t<br />
close tracks for lambing, but<br />
we are asking the public to<br />
respect stock welfare. The next<br />
four to five weeks are the most<br />
STAR: Congratulations to Sean<br />
Ison on being awarded the Star<br />
of the Month award for July.<br />
Sean attends the Barrington Kip<br />
McGrath Centre twice a week,<br />
every week. Tutor Ashleigh<br />
Probert said he works hard<br />
to focus, ignores distractions,<br />
and completes his homework<br />
to an excellent standard. This<br />
means he has been making very<br />
pleasing progress in both maths<br />
and English. “Sean is also a very<br />
friendly and caring student who<br />
always arrives with a smile. We<br />
all enjoy the humorous stories<br />
he shares with us each week.<br />
Sean certainly deserves this<br />
award – he is such a delight to<br />
teach.” <br />
crucial time for lambing and<br />
it’s important that dogs are<br />
kept on a lead,” said Mr Rose.<br />
City council reserves are<br />
used for sheep grazing by<br />
farmers who hold a licence.<br />
The grazing is an important<br />
management tool for the<br />
grassland/tussock areas of the<br />
Port Hills and helps to reduce<br />
fire risk by keeping grass short<br />
and reducing the spread of<br />
woody weeds.<br />
Mr Rose said, if someone<br />
comes across a lamb that<br />
seems abandoned, it is usually<br />
best to leave it there, write<br />
down the location and call the<br />
city council’s call centre.<br />
In many cases the ewe has<br />
public meeting/<br />
Agm<br />
Tuesday, 5 September <strong>2017</strong><br />
at 7.30pm<br />
(Refreshments from 7.15pm)<br />
“purpose & Future<br />
of the Wastewater<br />
Oxidation ponds”<br />
By Adam Twose,<br />
Manager Operations Water & Wastewater<br />
for Christchurch City Council<br />
AND<br />
“Our estuary;<br />
issues and Options<br />
going Forward”<br />
By Chrissie Williams,<br />
Trust Board Member<br />
just temporarily left the lamb<br />
and is grazing nearby.<br />
If people handle the lamb it<br />
becomes harder for the mother<br />
to recognise her offspring and<br />
she might reject it as a result.<br />
Port Hills farmer Jean Scott<br />
is expecting an excellent lambing<br />
season this year. She asked<br />
people using Port Hills tracks<br />
to keep their distance from<br />
stock, leave gates as they found<br />
them and keep their dogs<br />
under control.<br />
Fines of $300 can be issued<br />
to owners of dogs not kept<br />
under effective control and if<br />
a dog attacks stock the owner<br />
could face prosecution by the<br />
city council.<br />
ACHIEVER:<br />
Bao Tran was<br />
Barrington Kip<br />
McGrath’s Star<br />
of the Month for<br />
June. His tutors<br />
said he has made<br />
tremendous<br />
academic progress<br />
during his time at<br />
Kip McGrath. His<br />
tutor said this is<br />
strongly reflected in<br />
the fact that Bao is<br />
so focused in class<br />
and completes<br />
his homework to a<br />
very high standard<br />
and is a pleasure to<br />
tutor.<br />
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