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4 Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Your Local Views<br />
Ready to tackle issues<br />
NOR’WEST NEWS<br />
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<strong>News</strong><br />
Now<br />
Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
Christchurch<br />
Central MP<br />
Duncan<br />
Webb writes<br />
about the<br />
issues he<br />
plans to<br />
tackle in the<br />
coming year.<br />
Plus that big<br />
news from the Beehive<br />
HAPPY NEW year.<br />
I had a great break over summer<br />
with my family – I hope you<br />
managed to as well.<br />
It’s been an intense few months<br />
settling in as your new MP.<br />
I am always surprised by the<br />
many and varied issues people<br />
come to me with.<br />
Two pubs have asked for my<br />
help with disruption caused by<br />
road works (I am helping one by<br />
writing this in the bar).<br />
More seriously, it is really<br />
important that we minimise the<br />
disruption to local businesses and<br />
residents as rebuild and other<br />
work continues – communities<br />
can’t be put on hold for construction.<br />
I am also determined to work<br />
with the city council and others<br />
to effectively address the issue<br />
of street-based sex workers in St<br />
Albans.<br />
The Ombudsman’s Office has<br />
said it will investigate whether<br />
the approach of the city council<br />
to the matter is appropriate. We<br />
need a solution which is fair to<br />
the residents as well as these<br />
workers.<br />
Transport is also critical, especially<br />
for north Christchurch.<br />
You may have seen the road<br />
cones on Cranford St indicating<br />
work on the Northern Corridor –<br />
so avoid that route if you can.<br />
This will be great for people<br />
travelling to or from north of<br />
Christchurch, however, the council<br />
will no doubt have to consider<br />
steps to avoid congestion around<br />
Bealey Ave.<br />
Helping people with problems<br />
with Government or other agencies<br />
is an important part of my<br />
role.<br />
I am getting lots of inquiries<br />
over EQC and insurance issues,<br />
but also inquiries about education,<br />
immigration, city council<br />
issues, financial hardship, accommodation<br />
and many more.<br />
There are a lot of people who<br />
need a hand in navigating how to<br />
address these issues. I am really<br />
PLANNING: Duncan Webb<br />
said one of the issues he<br />
will stay on top of this year is<br />
traffic impact on the north of<br />
the city.<br />
lucky to also have two awesome<br />
people assisting me with this<br />
work, Sonya and Nicolasa.<br />
Lastly, as I write this, I have<br />
received a text from my boss –<br />
the Prime Minister, who is letting<br />
MPs know that she is having a<br />
baby.<br />
A baby is always fantastic news<br />
– and what a great demonstration<br />
of the fact that work and babies<br />
do mix.<br />
She is, of course, lucky that<br />
Clarke can be a full-time dad. I<br />
will give him some hints on how<br />
not to do it when I see him soon.<br />
•If you think I can help you,<br />
or would like to update me<br />
on community matters get in<br />
touch me or Sonya on sonya.<br />
rowell@parliament.govt.nz or<br />
021 263 5663<br />
BEFORE AND AFTER: Photos taken before and after plants<br />
were stolen show how barren the scented garden has become. <br />
Readers respond to the<br />
article regarding a spate of<br />
floral thefts at St Albans’<br />
Abberley Park<br />
Mary-ann Thorne – There<br />
is someone in Christchurch who<br />
is starting a garden. Between the<br />
plants stolen out of the Smile<br />
Dial garden in New Brighton,<br />
the St Albans garden and all<br />
the new plantings stolen out<br />
of the new garden beds along<br />
Worcester St, it is the only thing<br />
that makes any sense. I was not<br />
aware of this happening until<br />
late last year when someone stole<br />
my bird bath in the middle of<br />
the day, right off the front lawn.<br />
When I spoke to other people in<br />
the neighbourhood they told me<br />
about this sort of thing happening.<br />
So now we just have to keep<br />
an eye out for a new white and<br />
pink garden with fruit trees and<br />
a bird bath. Some people suck.<br />
Simon Hunter – Don’t make<br />
me rant.<br />
Fendalton, Waimairi and<br />
Harewood Ward readers<br />
respond to the article asking<br />
where they would like<br />
their $100 million in rates<br />
spent<br />
Harry and Monica<br />
Verdellen – We live in Blighs<br />
Rd but our son lives on Bryndwr<br />
Rd. When we visit him, my wife<br />
and I find it very hard to get<br />
out, or in the car, because of the<br />
state and camber of the road. We<br />
are both in our 80s so we would<br />
like something done here.<br />
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