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SOUTHERN VIEW Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>April</strong> <strong>24</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 5<br />
News<br />
WOOLSTON PUPILS are<br />
learning how meat is produced<br />
as part of a new national<br />
education programme.<br />
The project is funded by the<br />
Red Meat Profit Partnership<br />
and delivered by NZ Young<br />
Farmers.<br />
It will see pupils from 100 primary<br />
schools study science and<br />
genetics before visiting a sheep<br />
and beef farm.<br />
St Anne’s Catholic School<br />
pupils are the first in Canterbury<br />
to take part.<br />
“I learned that when cows eat,<br />
their food comes back up and<br />
they chew it a bit more before<br />
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Mr Thomas said the guidelines<br />
went “to key stakeholders for<br />
comment” and are expected to<br />
be completed by Monday. They<br />
include information which will<br />
assist “decision makers make<br />
consistent decisions when<br />
considering requests to apply the<br />
bylaw.”<br />
Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton<br />
Community Board deputy chairwoman<br />
Helen Broughton said<br />
she made two suggestions after<br />
reading the draft guidelines.<br />
swallowing it again,” year 4 pupil<br />
Ruby Swain said after visiting<br />
Arion Farm Education Park.<br />
Pupils got to move sheep<br />
between paddocks and feed goats<br />
during the hands-on field trip.<br />
“The highlight for me was<br />
learning about a sheep’s diet and<br />
discovering that cows have four<br />
stomachs,” year 4 pupil Keyarn<br />
Prakash said.<br />
“It was a great experience,”<br />
said year 5 pupil Luke Lovell.<br />
“I learned that only certain<br />
breeds of sheep have horns and<br />
goats have strong gums so they<br />
can eat prickles.”<br />
The aim of the programme is<br />
“There is a section which<br />
considers whether the street is<br />
being used as a thoroughfare for<br />
to help educate people about the<br />
variety of careers in the agri-food<br />
sector.<br />
“We want to get the industry<br />
on the radar of students and<br />
teachers, so they’re aware of the<br />
opportunities,” RMPP project<br />
manager Di Falconer said.<br />
New Zealand’s red meat sector<br />
will need to find an extra 33,000<br />
workers by 2025 to replace<br />
people who will retire or exit the<br />
industry.<br />
“These are city kids who<br />
wouldn’t usually consider this<br />
field of work. So, it’s widened<br />
their horizons,” teacher Josh<br />
Halkett said.<br />
a range of traffic. It states, if so,<br />
traffic calming measures should<br />
be considered. Traffic calming<br />
measures are non-existent<br />
through lack of funding,” she<br />
said. Mrs Broughton said that<br />
part of the guideline should be<br />
deleted or modified. She also said<br />
there needed to be an “additional<br />
paragraph to state that the community<br />
board has discretionary<br />
powers relating to heavy traffic<br />
vehicle restraint.”<br />
When asked when restrictions<br />
may be put on Lodestar Ave,<br />
Mr Thomas said “staff expect to<br />
be able to provide advice to the<br />
community board in May.”<br />
Local<br />
News<br />
Now<br />
St Anne’s pupils get taste of farm life<br />
Lodestar Ave step closer to heavy vehicle ban<br />
BAN: The<br />
community<br />
board may be<br />
able to consider<br />
placing a<br />
heavy vehicle<br />
restriction on<br />
Lodestar Ave<br />
next month.<br />
PHOTO: MARTIN<br />
HUNTER<br />
Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
OUTDOORS: St Anne’s Catholic School pupils on their visit to the<br />
Arion Farm Education Park. <br />
Cr Galloway said she will<br />
“absolutely” bring the issue<br />
before the board once the<br />
guidelines have been developed.<br />
She said a heavy vehicle<br />
restriction is one way of dealing<br />
with the issue and the board<br />
would have to consider all<br />
available options to get the<br />
“best outcome for the<br />
community.”<br />
A Lady Wigram Retirement<br />
Village resident said the issue<br />
is ongoing and she hopes<br />
something is done about it soon.<br />
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