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SELWYN TIMES Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

Wednesday <strong>November</strong> 15 <strong>2017</strong> 3<br />

News<br />

Council takes action<br />

to ensure playgrounds are safe<br />

• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding<br />

Sam<br />

Broughton<br />

A CRACKDOWN on the safety<br />

of playground equipment across<br />

the district is to get under way<br />

to ensure health and safety<br />

standards are met.<br />

More than 70 playgrounds are<br />

managed by the<br />

district council.<br />

A report was<br />

put forward to the<br />

district council’s<br />

audit and risk subcommittee<br />

recently.<br />

In the report,<br />

bench-marking<br />

tool Yardstick<br />

measured <strong>Selwyn</strong> as having<br />

about eight playgrounds per 1000<br />

children under the age of 15.<br />

This compares to the rest of<br />

the country which has a median<br />

of three playgrounds per 1000<br />

children.<br />

It said, while this provides<br />

a high level of services for the<br />

district, it comes with increased<br />

inspection, maintenance, compliance<br />

and management costs.<br />

Greendale Domain and<br />

Glentunnel Holiday Park were<br />

identified as high hazard level<br />

playgrounds.<br />

Council staff are working<br />

PROBLEMATIC: Greendale Domain, along with the Glentunnel<br />

Holiday Park playground, have been identified as a high hazard<br />

in a district council report.<br />

PHOTO: ROSS KIDDIE<br />

with the Greendale Recreation<br />

Reserve management committee<br />

to replace the play equipment.<br />

The playground at Glentunnel<br />

is not owned by the district<br />

council but installed on its land.<br />

Concerns over the equipment<br />

will be raised with the campground<br />

lessee – issues were first<br />

raised in 2010 but have not been<br />

addressed.<br />

Glentunnel Holiday Park owner<br />

Noel Langridge said he could<br />

not comment because the district<br />

council had not yet addressed the<br />

problem with them.<br />

The committee approved all<br />

district council-owned playgrounds<br />

and flying foxes are to<br />

have monthly safety and operational<br />

inspections.<br />

Changes approved include<br />

independent inspections by the<br />

Royal Society for the Prevention<br />

of Accidents each year.<br />

Inspections of flying foxes will<br />

occur annually, while outdoor<br />

fitness equipment inspections are<br />

ON THE DOMAIN LINCOLN 3 MARCH 2018<br />

to be established in the district<br />

council’s reserve contracts.<br />

Mayor Sam Broughton said<br />

playgrounds in the district and<br />

the number of people using them<br />

has increased.<br />

“I think where we have infrastructure<br />

we have built as a<br />

council we need to make sure it<br />

is safely used,” he said.<br />

Accidents recorded at<br />

Rolleston Domain and<br />

Lincoln Event Centre<br />

•January 20, <strong>2017</strong>: Bruised<br />

and swollen foot from<br />

entrapment, playground<br />

carousal – Rolleston Domain.<br />

•February 21, <strong>2017</strong>: Laceration<br />

to face and bruising from fall<br />

at skate park – Rolleston<br />

Domain.<br />

•March 8, <strong>2017</strong>: Back strain,<br />

from fall/strain on fitness<br />

equipment – Lincoln Event<br />

Centre.<br />

•April 24, <strong>2017</strong>: Knee graze,<br />

from fall at skate park –<br />

Rolleston Domain.<br />

•May 7, <strong>2017</strong>: Laceration to<br />

fingers, from entrapment<br />

using playground swing –<br />

Rolleston Domain.<br />

•May 12, <strong>2017</strong>: Cut lip and two<br />

broken teeth from fall at skate<br />

park – Rolleston Domain.<br />

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PRINCIPAL RESIGNS<br />

Gavin Kidd has resigned from<br />

his role as Ellesmere College<br />

principal. Mr Kidd has been<br />

appointed Dunedin Secondary<br />

Schools Partnership director.<br />

Until a new principal is<br />

appointed, deputy principal<br />

Robyn Thompson will step up<br />

as acting principal. Ellesmere<br />

Board of Trustees chairwoman<br />

Megan Skilling said “Gavin is<br />

widely respected for his vision<br />

and leadership in education<br />

and he will be sadly missed by<br />

staff, parents, students and the<br />

board.”<br />

PRIMARY SCHOOL NAMES<br />

Names suggested for the new<br />

Lincoln South Primary School<br />

include Ararira Primary School,<br />

Lincoln Springs School, Te<br />

Puna o Ararira, Springview<br />

Primary School and Ararira<br />

Springs Primary School. The<br />

Lincoln South Primary School<br />

establishment board is seeking<br />

feedback on a permanent<br />

name for the school. The first<br />

stage of the school to cater<br />

for year 1-8 pupils is set to<br />

open in early 2019. To make a<br />

name suggestion by Thursday,<br />

go to https://goo.gl/forms/<br />

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