The Star: March 22, 2018

4 Thursday March 22 2018
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Old Skellerup
site now
home to
scrap metal
company
• By Bridget Rutherford
THE WOOLSTON site where
the Skellerup factory operated for
a century is being used by a scrap
metal company.
National Steel is operating
out of the Garlands Rd site with
crushed cars piled up on the site.
Rubber goods maker Skellerup
moved out in 2016 to new $60
million premises in Wigram.
It had operated at the Woolston
site for a century. But its buildings
were damaged in the February
22, 2011, earthquake, and the
decision was made to move to a
new factory in Wigram.
The site was sold ‘as is where is’.
Auckland-based National Steel
buys scrap metal, processes and
sorts it, before selling it on.
Linwood Ward city councillor
Yani Johanson said it began operating
a couple of weeks ago.
He said there had been some
concern within the community
about the potential noise the site
would generate. But he said it was
an industrial area, so there would
likely be few restrictions.
$8m boost from Lions visit
• By Bridget Rutherford
MORE THAN $8 million was
injected into Christchurch’s
economy when the British and
Irish Lions roared into the city
last year.
A PwC report, commissioned
by the Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment
released this month, showed the
city took in $8.3 million when
the Lions visited in June.
The report also said the tour
created the equivalent of 100 jobs
in the city.
It comes before the city is set
to host one of its largest sporting
events ever, the Christchurch
Casino Golden Oldies Sports
Celebration 2018, next month.
Christchurch’s AMI Stadium
hosted a match on June 10 during
the tour where the Lions beat
the Crusaders 12-3 in front of a
sold out crowd.
International airfares made up
$2 million of the total economic
contribution, $1.3 million in
domestic travel, $2.2 million in
accommodation, $1.5 million in
food and beverages, $0.3 million
in attractions and activities, $0.1
million in retail, and $0.9 million
in hosting and leverage.
That added to $8.3 million.
The report said on the day
PATRIOTIC: British and Irish Lions fans helped boost Christchurch’s economy during the tour
last year, when AMI Stadium hosted a match between the tourists and the Crusaders.
PHOTOS: MARTIN HUNTER ​
of the match there were 37,551
guest nights in Christchurch,
1956 international visitors and
5369 domestic visitors.
Sixty-three per cent of those
who bought tickets were from
Christchurch, 27 per cent were
from other parts of New Zealand,
while 10 per cent were from
overseas.
Of those who watched the
Crusaders v Lions match on
television, the report said 11 per
cent were in Britain and 24 per
cent were from Ireland.
Auckland gained the most
benefit from the tour with $67.9
million spent there. The tour
boosted the national GDP by
$194 million and created an
extra 2500 jobs.
ChristchurchNZ attraction
general manager Linda Falwasser
said the Lions tour brought
“significant economic benefit”,
as would next month’s Christchurch
Casino Golden Oldies
Sports Celebration.
She said participants and supporters
were coming from all
over the world and expected to
stay a minimum of seven nights.
“Major events such as the
Golden Oldies are a great opportunity
for Christchurch to share
our city with the world.”
More than 10,000 people will
come for the event, which will
run throughout April, combining
10 sports. It is estimated to
bring $33 million of direct economic
benefit to Canterbury.
The Lions toured New Zealand
over June and July playing 10
matches against provincial
teams, the Maori All Blacks,
New Zealand Provincial Barbarians
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