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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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