Western News: May 03, 2016

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Tuesday May 3 2016
Community
plays big role
in reducing
crime
The community has played
a key role in the reduction
of crime rate in the last five
years, police say.
The number of burglaries in
Riccarton west has decreased
by 58 per cent between 2011
and 2015.
When the Riccarton Neighbourhood
Policing Team
began operating in the area in
October 2011, the community
identified burglary as one of
their key issues.
In 2008 was the worst year
recorded with 130 burglaries.
Since 2011, the
Neighbourhood Policing
team has put in a number of
initiatives to reduce crime rate
in the area.
This has included the establishment
of a community garden,
an annual community fun
day, a weekly community boot
camp, a fortnightly community
café and a weekly sports
afternoon for local children.
Street clean-up days have
been held, along with studentrun
information days and UV
property-marking sessions.
Landlords in the area have
also assisted with distributing
information, and community
welcome packs are provided
to new residents.
Mona Vale in line for award
Mona Vale Lodge is one of
35 finalists in the this year’s
Canterbury Heritage Awards.
The building sustained
damage in the February 2011
earthquake predominantly from
the collapse of the two masonry
chimneys.
Repairs to the building were
finished two weeks ago at a cost
of $589,000.
A panel of five judges whittled
the list down from 80 entries
into six categories – domestic
and saved, public realm and
saved, outstanding contribution
to heritage, seismic, heritage
tourism and future heritage.
Entries were
received from a
wide variety of
projects, from
walking tours
and domestic
dwellings to
furniture restorations
and public monuments.
Category winners and the
supreme overall winner will be
announced during a ceremony
held at the Christchurch Arts
Centre on June 9.
Christchurch Heritage Awards
Charitable Trust chairwoman Dr
Anna Crighton said the judges
were incredibly impressed with
the standard of entries.
“Now that almost half of
our built heritage has been
demolished, appreciation
of what remains is evident.
The jurors agreed, without
exception, that every entry was
worthy in contributing to the
character and streetscapes of our
city and province,” she said.
Dr Crighton was joined on
the judging panel by four other
notable heritage experts –
Heritage Management Services
director Jenny May, Canterbury
University and Canterbury
Branch of the New Zealand
Institute of Architects chairman
Tim Nees, Heritage New
Zealand southern office general
manager Sheila Watson and
Ruamoko Solutions structural
engineer Grant Wilkinson.
Tickets are on sale now for the
awards ceremony. Go to www.
heritageawards.co.nz for more
information.
2016 Canterbury Heritage
Awards Finalists:
Domestic Saved and Restored:
Acland House, Banksia Cottage,
Chilcombe, Mona Vale Lodge,
Our House and Racecourse Hill
Homestead.
Public Realm Saved and
Restored: Armagh St Bridge,
Gaiety Theatre Akaroa,
Glentunnel Library, Isaac Theatre
Royal Recreation, Linwood
Community Centre, Mona Vale
Lodge, St Lukes Chapel, Former
BNZ Building Kaiapoi and
Triumphal Arch.
Outstanding Contribution to
Heritage: Canterbury Cultural
Collections Recovery Centre
Project, Christchurch Uncovered
Website, Heritage Open
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FINALIST: The
recently repaired
Mona Vale Lodge
is a finalist in
the Canterbury
Heritage Awards.
Weekend, Heritage Week, Isaac
Theatre Royal Dome, Provincial
Chambers Building Furniture
Restoration, Scaled Down and
Valuing our Heritage.
Seismic: Banks Peninsula War
Memorial, Edmonds Clock Tower,
Former Trinity Congregationist
Church, Great Hall, Hare
Memorial Library, Jubilee Clock
Tower and Triumphal Arch.
Heritage Tourism: Christchurch
City Heritage Walking Guide,
Curragh House, Heritage of
Hororata and Beyond, Isaac
Theatre Royal Recreation,
Riccarton Bush and House
and Shop 7 - Valuing Our
Heritage.
Future Heritage: Miles Warren
Building and Sheppard and Rout
Offices.