The Star: April 27, 2017

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Thursday April 27 2017
Lyttelton artist
to immortalise
McCaw
• By Noah Graham
MARK WHYTE has restored Gothic
buildings, sculpted war heroes and
created a bronze sled dog – now he will
add an All Black captain to his list.
The Lyttelton sculptor has been
commissioned by the Kurow Museum
Committee to craft a bronze statue of
one of the greatest All Black captains,
Richie McCaw.
Mr Whyte said the statue will be
about 2m tall and will stand in Kurow
– McCaw’s home town.
He is looking forward to meeting
McCaw in the next few months to
realise his character, which will help
him create a clay casing for the statue,
Mr Whyte said.
Mr Whyte’s most notable work in
Canterbury is the statue of double Victoria
Cross recipient Charles Upham at
Amberley.
He said he is used to sculpting war
heroes but it will be a similar process
crafting the McCaw statue and the
challenge will come from making it as
accurate as possible.
“I’m meticulous. I do my utmost to
get the true character of a person.”
Mr Whyte said he did not
want to create a sculpture that
would reflect anything other
than a real portrayal of McCaw.
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Recently, $6600 in modifications
were made in an attempt to
make the unit safer. On a 24-hour
shift there are five staff on evening
shifts, and two overnight.
A Ministry of Health spokeswoman
said those involved in
the meeting would not answer
questions from The Star about
options being considered, as
they felt that would be “inappropriate”
before decisions had
been made.
Minister of Health Jonathan
Coleman also did not answer
questions from The Star. A
spokeswoman for him said
he would not be commenting
because it was an “operational
matter.”
Labour health spokesman David
Clark said the Government
was trying to put “a band-aid on
a gaping wound.”
“The Government has refused
to adequately fund mental
health in Christchurch in spite
of evidence of demand,” he said.
The CDHB was given an extra
$44 million in funding last year,
but told the Ministry of Health
that was not enough to cover the
extra demand for services since
the earthquakes.
Funding specifically for
PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER
Mental health unit problems escalate
mental health services in
Canterbury dropped last
year to $222 per person,
significantly below the $243
national average.
The number of Canterbury
children or youth accessing
mental health services has
grown 55 per cent over the past
three years, and this year rose
from 626 in January to 714 in
February.
In Brief
COSTS FOR HAGLEY OVAL
Upgrading Hagley Oval for the
upcoming cricket season will
cost about $1.5 million. The
city council has already spent
$808,000 on the oval. That
included $465,000 on sight
screens, $30,000 on cable trays,
$125,000 on temporary steps
on the embankment, $40,000
on shade sails, $105,000 for a
protected roadway, $25,000 on
bollards, and $18,000 for storage
of the steps and sight screens.
Work to reshape the embankment
will be done over winter, costing
$600,000. On top of that, the city
council is also proposing to install
camera tower foundations to the
price of $100,000.
BOIL WATER WARNING
People in Governors Bay are told
to keep boiling their water at least
for the rest of the week. The city
council has issued a reminder that
water needs to be treated after last
Thursday’s routine testing came
back showing traces of E.Coli.
The effected reservoir has
been treated with chlorine and
chlorinated water has also
been flushed through the pipe
network.
CAR PARK FOR RESERVE
Burwood’s Horseshoe Lake
Reserve will get a new 28-space
car park – but it is likely to lose
its footbridge. The city council is
asking for feedback on a plan to
replace the original earthquakedamaged
seven space car park
with a larger one. There is room
for more car parks at a later
date. It also wants to remove the
footbridge, and replace it with a
rockery.
ELECTRIC CAR CONVOY
Christchurch has broken the
New Zealand record for having
the most electric vehicles at one
place. As part of the Leading the
Charge Bluff to Cape Reinga road
trip, 103 electric vehicles gathered
at Canterbury University on
Saturday. That passed the previous
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