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26 follow us on facebook.com/riseupchristchurch Thursday January 26 2017 News Agriculture provides opportunity •From page 25 “Working alongside each other provides time and opportunity to talk about what is going on in people’s lives. Projects like this work at many levels,” Mr Gent said. Koukourarata Marae representative Manaia Cunningham said he was very proud of the way the project was progressing and the difference it was making in the lives of the people working on it. “As a marae we are thrilled to support our community service whanau and we are here to support each other,” Mr Cunningham said. “This education programme has a Maori education framework that ensures everyone’s whakapapa is respected.” For some of those in the project, they will find the confidence and passion to continue their studies in a related field, for example, horticulture or forestry at Lincoln University. Bill Martin, manager of the biological husbandry unit, is the university’s delivery partner in the partnership. “This programme delivers skills that growers want,” Mr Martin said. “The people graduating from STUCK IN: People on community sentences with Corrections have been learning new agricultural skills, such as proficiency with a chainsaw. this programme have certificates of proficiency in useful skills.” The programme offers a way to engage in the community and partner in the Koukourarata gardens. While the initial programme was about rebuilding and shaping lives, the partnership has taken a new turn with the BHU engaging in a two-year research project to develop commercial seed lines of organic taewa, or Maori potatoes, and ensure their availability into the future. “Through this project, we will enable Koukourarata to develop commercial scale production of organic taewa,” Mr Martin said. The tikanga element of the programme also sat well with the university’s whenua strategy and recognition of the importance of engaging with Maori and Pasifika and the land. “Between the three partners we bring commitment, tikanga, the labour, the science and the will to make a difference to the future of this food source which is culturally significant to New Zealand, and especially to iwi,” Mr Martin said. “We are helping people reconnect with the earth, traditional planting and horticultural methods. It’s not just seeds we are growing. It’s ideas and futures.” As for Brent, he felt very positive about his future. He had returned to Lincoln to study landscape architecture and had completed and passed his first two papers. “I stuffed up so much for so long. I needed this, but I didn’t know I needed it. It seems strange to say, but it has been a really important experience for me,” he said. “My sentence gave me purpose. I came home feeling engaged and positive again. Since I have been on sentence, my whole life has turned around and Corrections has been a big part of this.” The Star Few clues in home invasion investigation • By Andrew King LEADS IN a Harewood home invasion are thin, with police focusing on forensic evidence. On December 19, three elderly people were held against their will at the Patricia Pl property, near Nunweek Park, for more than three hours. Detective Senior Sergeant Leairne Dow said police could not discuss what forensic evidence they are looking at or whether it came from the house or the car that was stolen after the invasion. About 7am, a man entered the house by posing as a delivery man. He tied up the victims, in their 60s, before leaving in their silver Toyota Vitz, police said. That car has since been recovered. Detective Senior Sergeant Dow said the motive appears to be financial gain. “No gang or drug connections have been identified, but we are keeping an open mind,” she said. She said the victims are still in the country and are co-operating with police inquiries. They say the offender, described as 30-40 years old, is 1.8m tall and of solid build. ★ ★ ★ “A STICKY SEAM OF HOPE AND BETTERMENT” ★ ★ ★ ★ “THE SHARP, PUNGENT AROMA OF NOW” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “FROTHING WITH EFFERVESCENCE” ★ ★ ★ “A MIRACULOUS INSIGHT INTO THE HUMAN CONDITION” MATT HEATH JEREMY WELLS 6AM - 10AM WEEKDAYS
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