Nor'West News: March 27, 2018

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4 Tuesday March 27 2018 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Your Local Views Putting job where mouth is Papanui- Innes Community Board chairwoman Ali Jones writes about the Long Term Plan and the bid to get a community facility for Shirley included You know that bumper sticker that says: “Life is a journey not a destination?” Well whoever made that up never worked for local government. The journey that has brought the Papanui-Innes Community Board to this point as far as the Long Term Plan is concerned, has already been one of much consultation, conversation with the community and a bit of foot stomping. However, it is the destination on which we firmly have our sights set. Over the years I have written columns, letters, media releases and social media posts encouraging people to take part in the democratic processes that enable us to have a voice and this year the community board is saying it even more loudly and urgently. I write this as the chairwoman of the board. In that role about two months before the end of last year at an LTP workshop our board discovered that yet again the Shirley Community Centre had been dropped – about the fourth time this had happened in budget rounds. We were aghast and I was so annoyed I said I would resign from the board if it was not put back in. By the end of that workshop, once again we felt confident that it would be included and were gobsmacked when in February this year, we were sent the final draft of the LTP and it had been pulled again. Funding for the replacement Shirley Community Centre has been in and out of the LTP over the years like a yo-yo. As elected members, we know money doesn’t grow on trees and we understand that we have to cut our cloth accordingly. However, unlike other wards, we don’t have projects that we can take out of the LTP to cover the things we would like to add. The main spend in the ward is infrastructural – sewerage Beautiful Teeth Meet the Owner Ryan Carlton Natural Smile Free Consultation, No Obligation • Full Dentures • Dentures Repaired • Implant Assisted Dentures • Injection Moulded Flexible Partials • Relines • Mouthguards • Additions/Repairs • Purchase cleaning and care products from our website. All dentures personally designed and created to ensure a comfortable natural fit. DENTURES PLUS (2014) LTD Denture Clinic and Laboratory 396 Innes Road, St Albans. Phone 385 5517. Email: denturesplus@paradise.net.nz www.denturesplus.co.nz and water pipe replacement and repairs, major road projects like the northern corridor, cycleways, the land drainage programme – we have no room to barter these for community facilities. In fact we have nothing at all in LTP we can “trade.” The community in the east, in Shirley (and Mairehau, Richmond and Dallington), were hit very hard by the quakes and are still recovering. There must be a more equitable spread of money across the city and I have to say, I don’t believe that is the case in this LTP and I am prepared to put my job where my mouth is. I really love my role as chairwoman of the board and we have a very passionate and effective board. I don’t want to resign but in September or October last year I said I would if there was no money on budget for this facility and I am a person of my word. Please make a submission to the LTP (phone our ward office if you need assistance) and think about coming into the council building to talk to your submission too. It might be that a fruit forest, community barbecues, a small hall with a community garden and all access playground is what is needed and wanted – that is up to you. Orbiter Bus stops Innes Road Readers of the Nor’West News continue to express disappointment with Environment Canterbury’s proposal to cut six bus routes around the city, including two in Papanui Maria-Teresa Porta – I am writing to express my concern about the proposed bus cuts to route number 107 and 108 that go through Casebrook to Northlands Shopping Centre. I am 79-years-old with osteoporosis. My husband is 82 and has Alzheimer’s disease. Neither of us drive and we both walk with great difficulty, even just walking up our street to Bishopdale Mall is too much for us. Our doctor is in Papanui and our dentist is in Merivale. If ECan removes our bus, this is the only means we have of getting to our appointments, as well as doing our grocery shopping at Northlands. 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NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday March 27 2018 5 News Comedian enlisted to teach students how to be ‘good men’ • By Julia Evans CHRISTCHURCH Boys’ High School has enlisted the help of a former student and comedian to start discussions about the importance of being “good men.” It comes after two students were suspended recently. One allegedly took a photo up a female teacher’s skirt and shared it with his friends. While another allegedly took a video of a teacher in the Chris Parker classroom and uploaded it to a porn website. The matter is with police. Old boy and comedian Chris Parker will be speaking to the students, headmaster Nic Hill said. Parker recently performed his show Camp Binch in Dunedin. It explores the country’s “narrow view of masculinity.” He had a “major dose” of traditional masculinity while attending CBHS, Parker told the Otago Daily Times. “In the first assembly they said `this is the top school for rugby in the world’. I remember thinking this is going to be the longest five years of my entire life,” he said. Mr Hill said the school was “very keen” to hear from other men and women who are willing to help with messages about “respect and care” for others. “Good men care about others, have respect for others and have the strength to stand up for their values.” Mr Hill said most of the “inappropriate incidents” with cell phones occur in the junior school. But he said in the “increasingly technological and connected world” an active approach needs to be taken to managing the issues. “We must be clear on our values, clear on the importance of learning and be willing to act when necessary. Passive teaching and parenting can in fact create the risks our boys face.” • By Julia Evans PLANS FOR new classroom blocks, science labs and a library have been revealed as part of the $32 million Christchurch Boys’ High School rebuild. Preliminary designs have been given the green light by the Ministry of Education for the new Caddick and Caldwell classroom buildings. Construction is due to start at the end of the year. Headmaster Nic Hill said the school was “very excited” about the new designs. The designs feature 30 new classrooms, including 12 science labs. The school’s new library is being built on the ground floor of the Caddick building. “The plans do link to our key design principles, including maximising and emphasising the relationship between teacher and student,” Mr Hill said. The new blocks will be built near the Kahu Rd entrance to the school and include an internal courtyard, as well as access from the Deans’ building by a bridge over the Avon River. “Developed and detailed design will be finished by the end the year, which is also when construction will begin,” Mr Hill said. The buildings have been Local News Now CBHS reveals rebuild plans Fire rages, homes at risk DESIGN: Plans for the new CBHS Caddick and Caldwell buildings, with construction set to start at the end of the year. named after the school’s former headmasters. A E Caddick was headmaster from 1941-1950 and C F S Caldwell lead CBHS from 1959-1976. Last year the school unveiled its new $4.66 million hall with seating for more than 1300 students. The work is part of the school’s upgrade and rebuild following the February 22, 2011, earthquake. Only a few of the school’s original buildings are set stay, including the Deans’ farm heritage buildings and the centennial building. The main heritage block will be repaired and upgraded discount vitamins nutRalifE PRoBiotic 50 billion live bacteria. - DOES NOT NEED REFRIGERATION 30 caPsulEs foR onlY sandERson vitamin c Boost your immunity with Sanderson Vitamin C 600mg 220 cHEwaBlE taBlEts $24 90 foR onlY $14 90 + FREE delivery for prescriptions in local areas and no fax charge + Open Monday – Friday: 9am – 5:30pm cut mE out to REcEivE 10% off Excludes prescriptions and already discounted items Wairakei Road BaRnEtt’s PHaRmacY 4/501 Wairakei Road, Burnside 03 360 3178 03 351 3099 wairakei@barnettspharmacy.co.nz BarnettsWairakei
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