Southern View: March 13, 2018
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SOUTHERN VIEW Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>March</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 7<br />
News<br />
Tree removal ‘double standard’<br />
•From page 1<br />
However, Mr Sintes said the<br />
real problem is the trees on the<br />
estuary edge.<br />
“It is a total inconsistency, as<br />
there has been no motion from<br />
city council to remove trees on<br />
the estuary edge, which pose<br />
equally as much of a safety risk,”<br />
he said.<br />
“The walking track in South<br />
New Brighton would get a lot<br />
more people than the Rawhiti<br />
Domain one would . . . if you use<br />
the same criteria that they have<br />
used in the Rawhiti Domain on<br />
the estuary edge, well<br />
there shouldn’t be any trees left<br />
there.”<br />
Mr Sintes said the work<br />
“reeks of a double standard”<br />
and believes it may be due to an<br />
agenda the city council has with<br />
the estuary edge.<br />
The city council wants to let<br />
the estuary edge erode naturally<br />
following damage to the erosion<br />
protection from the earthquakes.<br />
The community board wants to<br />
protect it in order to preserve as<br />
much of the domain as possible.<br />
“This (trees becoming<br />
damaged) is never going to stop<br />
on the estuary edge until they<br />
protect it,” Mr Sintes said.<br />
City council acting head<br />
of parks Kay Holder said on<br />
Thursday the estuary edge is<br />
monitored on a regular basis as<br />
RISK: Tim Sintes wants the dangerous trees removed from the<br />
South New Brighton estuary edge.<br />
the area is treated as a priority<br />
from a health and safety<br />
perspective.<br />
“As a result of this monitoring,<br />
we became aware of the fallen<br />
tree and tree stumps and had<br />
these removed as a priority.<br />
During those works a stand of<br />
PHOTO: GILBERT WEALLEANS<br />
dead pine and macrocarpa trees<br />
were identified as hazardous and<br />
have also been removed.<br />
“We will continue to monitor<br />
the area on a regular basis to<br />
ensure that any health and<br />
safety issues are dealt with<br />
appropriately,” she said.<br />
Science focus for<br />
new St Anne’s pupils<br />
ST ANNE’S School has welcomed seven new<br />
pupils to its school recently.<br />
The school has a science focus this term<br />
and the new entrant class has been doing a<br />
lot of learning about mixing, melting and<br />
dissolving.<br />
The pupils have made a lot of mixtures and<br />
then separated them with a sieve.<br />
When they melted ice they discovered<br />
they could melt it quickly in their mouths<br />
and when they melted sugar it turned into<br />
toffee.<br />
Ava King-Edghill Dylan Walsh Elsie Taylor<br />
Benjamin Tolra<br />
SCHOOLS<br />
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