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4 Tuesday <strong>June</strong> 6 <strong>2017</strong><br />
Latest Christchurch news at www. .kiwi<br />
News<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
Queen’s Birthday Honours<br />
for <strong>Selwyn</strong> residents<br />
DEDICATED TO conservation<br />
and outdoor recreation, Birdlings<br />
Flat resident Geoffrey Spearpoint<br />
was named in the Queen’s<br />
Birthday Honours yesterday.<br />
Mr Spearpoint was awarded<br />
the Queen’s Service Medal for<br />
services to outdoor recreation.<br />
Foundation for Arable Research<br />
director Nicholas Pyke, of<br />
Rolleston was made a Member<br />
of the New Zealand Order of<br />
Merit for services to the arable<br />
industry.<br />
Farmer and tourism operator<br />
James Guild of Darfield was also<br />
made a Member of the New Zealand<br />
Order of Merit for services<br />
to the deer industry.<br />
They were three of 28 Cantabrians<br />
honoured.<br />
Mr Spearpoint has made a<br />
significant contribution to conservation<br />
and outdoor recreation<br />
in New Zealand through writing<br />
various books and maintaining<br />
hut facilities.<br />
His books include Waking<br />
to the Hills: Tramping in New<br />
Zealand, Shelter from the Storm:<br />
The Story of New Zealand’s Backcountry<br />
Huts and A Bunk for the<br />
Geoffrey Nicholas Pye<br />
Spearpoint<br />
Night: A Guide to New Zealand’s<br />
Best Backcountry Huts.<br />
In recent years he has made<br />
a significant contribution to<br />
maintaining and restoring<br />
Department of Conservation<br />
backcountry huts.<br />
Mr Guild has several numerous<br />
roles including councillor<br />
and president of New Zealand<br />
Deer Farmers Association, director<br />
of the Game Industry Board<br />
and director of the Cervena<br />
Trust.<br />
He was recognised for advising<br />
the government on issues such<br />
as animal welfare, livestock tax,<br />
and was on the Game Animal<br />
Council Establishment Committee<br />
whose work led to the development<br />
of the Game Animal<br />
Council Act.<br />
He is currently Chair of Queen<br />
Elizabeth II National Trust and<br />
Molesworth Steering Committee.<br />
Mr Pyke was appointed Research<br />
Director of the Foundation<br />
for Arable Research in 1995<br />
and has helped the organisation<br />
make substantial contributions<br />
to improving on-farm<br />
performance and environmental<br />
management.<br />
On the honour’s list he was<br />
noted to have grown FAR from<br />
a staff of one to an international<br />
organisation with 24 staff.<br />
Mr Pyke’s contributions has<br />
seen New Zealand’s arable<br />
industry being recognised as<br />
a world leader in a number of<br />
areas such as cereal, ryegrass,<br />
vegetable seed and clover<br />
yields, sustainable resource<br />
use and environmental management.<br />
•To see a full list of<br />
recipients, visit www.star.<br />
kiwi.<br />
David Ward, chief<br />
executive, <strong>Selwyn</strong> District<br />
Council, responds to a<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> article from<br />
May 30<br />
THe article – Rate increase to<br />
manage stormwater – contains<br />
incorrect and misleading<br />
information<br />
The story states “Residents<br />
can expect a rate increase of<br />
$85 per property in areas where<br />
the district council manages<br />
stormwater.”<br />
This is incorrect. The $85<br />
referred to is the total rate per<br />
property, not the increase. For<br />
some households the rate will<br />
increase, but for others it will<br />
decrease or stay the same.<br />
The planned new standard<br />
stormwater rate of $85 per<br />
property, to be introduced<br />
from July 1 <strong>2017</strong>, will replace<br />
existing stormwater rates<br />
which vary by township.<br />
For example, in the current<br />
year (July 1, 2016 to <strong>June</strong> 30,<br />
<strong>2017</strong>) in Leeston the rate is<br />
$278, in Lincoln it is $85, in<br />
Rolleston it is $40. Under the<br />
previous system stormwater<br />
rates were based on the costs<br />
in each township so varied<br />
significantly – for example the<br />
rate has been high in Leeston<br />
as a major stormwater upgrade<br />
is underway. Under the new<br />
system the costs of managing<br />
stormwater across the district<br />
are recovered through the<br />
standard $85 rate charged to<br />
households in townships where<br />
the Council manages stormwater.<br />
Many townships such as<br />
Leeston will pay less for a<br />
stormwater while other areas<br />
may pay more.<br />
This proposed change was<br />
consulted on through the Draft<br />
Annual Plan process.<br />
Overall, more people indicated<br />
they supported the move to<br />
a new standard rate in online<br />
survey comments and submissions<br />
than the alternative to<br />
stay with the current charge<br />
which varies by township.<br />
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