Nor'West News: May 15, 2018

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4 Tuesday May 15 2018 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Your Local Views Edgeware Pool worth the cost On the back of the Papanui-Innes Community Board’s request for $5 million from the city council to build the Edgeware Pool, member Jo Byrne clears up any confusion over the funding bid THERE ARE tough decisions to be made by city councillors currently working through the LTP. This includes trying to keep rates at a manageable level for all, while balancing this with community desires for facilities and services. I would like the public to know that the request for money for the Edgeware Pool Group actually came from the Papanui-Innes Community Board not the pool group. There has been some misinformation about this in the media recently. We believe that this model is excellent – this is an outstanding community group working hard to replace a much-loved and needed community facility. This pool won’t have ongoing operating expenses, unlike the extravagant pools and leisure centres planned elsewhere in the city. The budget for this pool is $5 million. For this we get a larger summer pool, and a smaller covered learners’ pool to provide year-round lessons for those learning to swim. We could build four of these modest facilities across the city for the price of the one planned in Linwood, or the one in Hornby. We are a city in recovery PLANS: The new designs for the Edgeware Pool include an indoor learners’ area and heated outdoor pool. and we need to be building more simple facilities initially and add to them as we can. Swimming pools are extremely important to an island nation such as ours. We need our children and young people to be able to swim and be safe in the water that is all around us. We need community pools to do this. The Ministry of Education has reduced access to pools through school pool closures – often the schools still with pools are more affluent. We can’t turn into a country where only people who can afford to learn to swim do so. PHOTO: APOLLO DESIGN We need to make swimming accessible and affordable for all and a pool in Edgeware is a great step in this process. Every time we talk to communities and they tell us what they want – the children say a pool. Children don’t get to vote but should have a voice. I urge everyone to support the new pool at Edgeware. Come along to the Edgeware Pool Group’s next quiz night at Bailies Bar on Colombo St to support its fundraising. This group is not sitting round waiting for a handout, but I truly hope the city gives them a hand up. NOR’WEST NEWS HORNCASTLE ARENA June 29 - July 1 10AM - 5PM TICKETS ONLINE: starhomeshow.kiwi Schools join intersection battle •From page 1 Breens pupil Anna Scullion also attended the hearing and read out comments from other pupils about the issue. “I have to run for dear life so I don’t get hit by cars coming off Gardiners Rd,” said one. Harewood School principal Julie Greenwood said the safety of her pupils and their families needs to be prioritised. “A number of families in this area have indicated to us that they find the intersection a real barrier for sending children to our school,” she said, during her submission. Two pupils, Jacob Bates, 10, and Frances Pickrill-Kay, 8, also spoke. “Some people say they won’t put lights there until someone is killed, but won’t that be too late? We need lights before someone gets killed, not after.” said Frances. Mayor Lianne Dalziel agreed that something needs to be done, however, she said traffic lights may not be the answer. “We have heard from people living in the Fendalton area, where the installation of traffic lights has actually had a worse affect, it’s made it more popular for traffic to use . . . all I’m saying is that there may be other ways of solving the problem.”
NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday May 15 2018 5 News Dealing with door-knocking peddlers Get your ‘do not knock’ sticker BRYNDWR RESIDENTS could receive more education about their rights when it comes to door-to-door sales reps and mobile truck shops. Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board deputy chairman Aaron Campbell said Bryndwr and Linwood are two suburbs being targeted by these groups which can be hard to turn down. “When you get door-knocked by these door-to-door sales people, some of them can be difficult to say no to . . . I talk to people and they get stressed by it basically.” Mr Campbell is working with city council staff to create Welcome to Bryndwr packs which will contain ‘do not knock’ stickers and information about consumer rights. “This will give people good information about what their rights are when that happens.” The packs will be similar to others in the city, which have information about local community groups, programmes and activities, including the Citizens Advice Bureau, Neighbourhood Support and Tenants’ Protection Association. Mr Campbell hopes they could be distributed to people living in social housing units, such as those managed by the Otautahi Housing Trust and Housing NZ. They may also be distributed through community groups to other members of the community, particularly people who are older or living alone. Mr Campbell said the stickers are well-known in the industry and have been around for a while. “People may know about them but might not be sure where to get them . . . this will hopefully be a disincentive for those sales people to knock on the doors.” He would like the Government DETERRENT: Aaron Campbell wants to make information about consumer rights more accessible for residents in Bryndwr who may be targeted by doorknockers and mobile sales trucks. to “take bolder steps” to ensure door-knockers and mobile truck shops are operating within the law, and would like to see a review of the Public Places Bylaw to ensure it is clear where these businesses are permitted to operate. If the packs are well-received, Mr Campbell would like to see the information distributed citywide. Local News Now Organisation receives boost from engineering firm Fire rages, homes at risk THE CANTERBURY Down Syndrome Association has received a boost of $12,420 from structural engineering firm Constructure. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Constructure launched a Givealittle page in April, inviting its customers to donate to a good cause as an ‘unorthodox birthday present.’ The firm donated $10,000 and it’s clients donated $2420. Constructure founder Cory Bedford said he was excited that his clients got into the spirit. “I really want to thank all our customers for their generosity that will make a big difference for a small local charity like the CDSA.” The CDSA provides support, education, and advocacy to its members, their families and wider community. Said CDCA chairwoman Diane Mulholland: “We are just overwhelmed and grateful that this amazing gift got even bigger.” The $10,000 gift was not chosen randomly but symbolises the target of 10,000 projects the Constructure team wanted to complete by the anniversary date.
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