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• By Emily O’Connell

STATION OFFICER Ian White

has been honoured with a gold

star for 25 years of service to the

Lincoln Volunteer Fire Brigade.

Mr White was presented with

his star in front of about 170

people in the Lincoln Events

Centre on Saturday.

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HONOURED: Lincoln Volunteer Fire Brigade station officer Ian White, who has served the community for 25 years.

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER

25 years fighting fires recognised

Mr White, 43, said he joined

the brigade while studying at

Lincoln University.

“I came to university down

here and tried to be brainy and

failed miserably,” he said.

The earthquakes and the Port

Hills fire were the two “most

notable” events Mr White has

been involved in.

Mr White said he’s not sure

how long he’ll stay with the

brigade but “they’re not sick of

me yet.”

“It’s a real good service to be

in to be honest, the camaraderie

between each of the members

and so on,” he said.

Lincoln chief fire officer Jeremy

Greenwood said Mr White

is a “very, very humble, kind

natured sort of person.”

Mr Greenwood said they can

always count on Mr White to

step up.

“Every time there’s a job

during the day he sort of, turns

out, it’s quite the sacrifice he

makes for the community,” he

said.

Fears

Yaldhurst

quarry

decision

sets a

precedent

• By Anan Zaki

TEMPLETON RESIDENTS fear

they could be next following the

approval of a quarry expansion in

Yaldhurst last week.

Quarrying company Road

Metals was given permission

by Environment Canterbury to

increase the size of its Yaldhurst

operations, which meant it can

quarry land 100m from houses.

Templeton Residents Association

chairman Garry Kilday labelled

the decision as “ridiculous

and shocking.”

He and other residents have

been campaigning against a

proposed quarry in the area by

Fulton Hogan.

Mr Kilday also expressed shock

over how the Canterbury District

Health Board’s advice over the

quarry was limited to a single

paragraph on a 54-page report.

“It just flies in the face of common

sense.

“They [ECan] completely ignored

the advice from the district

health board. I don’t understand

how they are getting away with

it,” he said.

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It’s not surprising Templeton residents are fearful after seeing

what’s happened in Yaldhurst recently (see page 1).

Environment Canterbury has given Road Metals permission

to expand one of its quarries.

On a positive note, the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community

Board has given the Templeton Residents’ Association

$6000 for its fight against the proposed quarry.

On page 3 you’ll read about the construction of the new pavilion

at Weedons Reserve.

With the clubrooms now demolished, the district council has

indicated the new facility will be built in the next few weeks.

But Weedons Residents’ Association secretary Gary Doyle still

has questions about who is paying for it and how much.

- Emily O’Connell

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BLAZE IN DARFIELD HOUSE

Firefighters were called to a house

• By Emily O’Connell

fire at 7.25pm in Darfield last

Wednesday. Darfield chief fire

officer Alan Kittely said it’s not

PROPOSED:

known what caused the blaze on

Weedons

Kimberley Rd yet. He said no-one

Residents’

was in the house at the time. Mr

Association

secretary Gary

Kittely said parts of the house are

Doyle (left) at

“pretty well damaged.” It took

Weedons Reserve firefighters from Darfield, Kirwee

where the new and Coalgate about two hours to

community

extinguish the blaze.

pavilion (below)

will be built.

CONSTRUCTION OF the

new community pavilion at

Weedons Reserve is expected to

start within the next few weeks.

This follows the demolition

of the existing clubrooms last

week.

A budget of about $800,000 is

estimated for the new pavilion,

with discussions ongoing for

more than eight years.

A district council spokesman

said discussions regarding

sports clubs’ contributions

towards capital and operational

costs are ongoing.

But Weedons Residents’ Association

secretary Gary Doyle

doesn’t know how the district

council can go ahead with plans

without a budget in place.

“How can you start a building

without knowing where the

money is coming from,” he said.

However, Weedons Cricket

Club junior club captain Ross

Clarke confirmed both the tennis

and cricket clubs would be

contributing to the new facility.

“Probably not at this stage

[able to say how much it is

contributing], but it is in the

thousands,” he said.

Weedons ratepayers are

currently paying $14 per year

towards the new pavilion and

$80 towards the recreation

reserve fee.

Mr Doyle said ratepayers were

initially paying $54 per year until

he argued against it and the

amount was reduced to $14.

The district council’s major

projects property manager John

Reid said the building will include

a lounge, a small kitchen,

two dressing rooms and some

public toilet facilities.

The tennis courts have been

moved and realigned to allow

for a larger cricket oval for the

Weedons Cricket

Club as part of

the community

pavilion redevelopment.

Information

from the district council’s

corporate services manager

Greg Bell said the tennis court

upgrade cost $162,601 plus

GST and 65 per cent of this is

estimated to have come from

ratepayers.

The new community pavilion

is expected to be completed in

October and the area will be

fenced off during this time.

However, access to the tennis

courts and golf course should

not be affected.

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VEHICLE FIRE

Firefighters were called to

contain a vehicle fire at 9.30pm

last Wednesday on Southbridge

Leeston Rd. Southbridge chief fire

officer Donald McMillan said it’s

still unknown how the vehicle

caught fire. He said units from

Southbridge and Leeston both

attended. Mr McMillan said the

sole occupant of the vehicle was

taken away by ambulance and it’s

believed the man may have been

treated for a medical condition.

Meanwhile, firefighters were

called to a rural shed fire on Dunsandel

and Brookside Rd at about

9.30pm last Monday. Dunsandel

chief fire officer Ian Chatterson

said units from Southbridge,

Leeston, Lincoln and Dunsandel

attended the “fully involved”

fire. It took firefighters about two

hours to contain the blaze. Noone

was injured.

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Precedent fears

over quarry

expansion

•From page 1

Anti-quarry campaigner Simon

Moore said he was scared that a

precedent had been set.

“They [CDHB] are the people

who know how people are affected

by this because they can see them.

“It scares the hell out of me that

it’s inevitable that it’s going to

happen out here because of the

rubber stamping that’s going on by

ECan particularly,” Mr Moore said.

He said his stance did not mean

he was against quarrying.

“Obviously we need quarries if

we’re going to have roads.

But we don’t need them in

people’s backyards,” Mr Moore

said.

He said he felt sorry for Yaldhurst

residents who would be impacted

by the decision.

The Templeton Residents

Association also received a

major boost last week after being

granted $6000 from the Halswell-

Hornby-Riccarton Community

Board.

The money would be used to

source expert advice over the

dangers of the proposed quarry, Mr

Kilday said.

“We need these guys to testify

and it costs a lot of money.” Mr

Kilday said.

Council, ECan clash over fare increase

Mayor wants

rates to cover

bus shortfall

• By Emily O’Connell

Sam

Broughton

THE DISTRICT council

isn’t backing Environment

Canterbury’s plan to increase

public transport fares.

In ECan’s draft Long Term

Plan, three options have been

proposed to plug

a $4 million

shortfall in the

public transport

budget.

Two of the three

options incorporate

fare increases

including ECan’s

preferred option

which would see

an annual increase in total fare

revenue of 2.5 per year for the

next three years.

Mayor Sam Broughton made

a submission on ECan’s draft

LTP on behalf of the district

council.

“SDC does not support

proposed fare increases. Rather

we believe that any shortfall in

funding should be generated

from rate revenue,” he said.

Public transport is funded

COST: The district council is against Environment

Canterbury’s plan to increase public transport fares.

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN

from a New Zealand Transport

Agency subsidy, bus fares and

ECan rates.

Patronage has never

recovered following the

February 22, 2011, earthquake.

In his submission, Mr

Broughton suggested the

district should be within

the same single fare zone as

Christchurch.

“Currently, a journey from

Redcliffs to Hornby is one

zone, but Rolleston to Hornby

is two zones and Lincoln to

Prebbleton is two zones,” he

said.

Mr Broughton believes if

ECan changed the district’s

fare zoning, there would be an

increase in patronage.

He also suggested ECan

introduce a youth fare.

“A youth in the equivalent

of full-time study should stay

on the lower ‘child’ fare service

enhancements not decreases,”

Mr Broughton said.

Selwyn Youth Council

chairwoman Paige Sullivan

said the youth fare is a “really

good” idea and one that would

encourage people to study in

Christchurch.

“Especially for young people

busing into things like Ara, it

can get real expensive,” she said.

She said the youth council

will probably go to the district

council and ECan next month

to discuss the free bus trial it

ran in April. Buses travelled

between Southbridge and

Darfield and Darfield to

Southbridge via Rolleston as

part of the trial. Paige said a

total of 557 people travelled on

the bus over two days.

Mr Broughton said the

district council also wants

ECan to consider

some new routes,

including a

Southbridge to

Leeston service

which could link

to either Lincoln

or Rolleston.

“We would also

like consideration

given to a

Paige

Sullivan

Darfield-Kirwee-West Melton

service which could link to

Hornby or Church Corner or

Rolleston,” he said.

An ECan spokeswoman said

there were 779 submissions on

the LTP.

“Majority are on public

transport options,” she said.

ECan is having a public

deliberation meeting today and

will adopt the final LTP on June

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• By Emily O’Connell

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District council asset

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Changes to water race bylaw

• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding

Mark

Alexander

A DECISION to alter a

bylaw affecting Selwyn’s

water races without further

public consultation has been

questioned.

The district council approved

alterations to the Water Race

Bylaw at its meeting recently following

a public hearing in April.

The bylaw subcommittee

hearing panel

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councillors

Debra Hasson,

Mark Alexander

and Nicole

Reid.

Alongside the

Water Race Bylaw,

it adopted

the amended

Water Supply

Bylaw and the Stormwater and

Drainage Bylaw 2018.

It is after public consultation

on the Water Race Bylaw 2008

received four submissions from

residents, the Canterbury District

Health Board and Environment

Canterbury.

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asked for a clause ensuring

there is facility to manage the

water races for ecological purposes

to be placed back into the

new bylaw.

SET TO GO: The district council has reviewed its water supply

bylaws.

It was the clause to enhance

water races ecologically where

ever possible would be placed

back into the new water race

bylaw.

But district councillor Craig

Watson said “is not good practice”

for the hearing panel to

change the bylaw based on two

submissions.

He was concerned the changes

were made without consulting

the public and the district council’s

water race sub-committee

and it could result in a “huge

expense”.

His views were supported by

district councillor John Morten.

District councillor Mark

Alexander said it is appropriate

for these issues to be resolved at

the hearing.

“I am not quite sure how else

we were to deal with this . . . if

we don’t like it we will re start

the process even if it means delaying

the outcome,” he said.

Cr Alexander said the hearing

panel considered the submissions

and agreed to put the

ecological clause back in.

He said he imagined any

future proposals relating to

enhancing the water races would

be taken to the water race subcommittee

for comment.

But Cr Watson and Cr

Morten’s votes were recorded

against the decision to amend

the Water Race Bylaw 2008 at

the meeting.

Cr Watson said this was because

no investigation has been

done on what affect it may have

on the water races.

“While their intention may be

good, it could have some serious

repercussions.”

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Tough trip for scooter riders

• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding

TRAVELLING ACROSS the

Southern Alps on a scooter is

never going to be an easy feat.

But for Kirwee man Paul

Washington, the bigger the

struggle, the better.

The aircraft engineer was one

of 270 people to travel 250km on

scooters from Christchurch to

Hokitika to raise money for the

Canterbury-West Coast Cancer

Society.

It was the fifth time Mr Washington

has taken part in the

Tranz Alpine Scooter Safari and

wild weather made the ride as

“challenging” as ever.

Riders were battered with

strong winds all the way to

Arthur’s Pass before facing heavy

rain all the way to Hokitika.

Mr Washington takes part in

each event in a Santa Claus suit

in honour of his six-year-old son

he lost to cancer 25 years ago.

His son Nicholas Washington

passed away several weeks after

Christmas, in January 1992, after

fighting a brain tumour for two

years.

“It has taught me to ignore the

little things, there is a lot of stuff

out there that people sweat on

and it is not important.

“Ever now 25 years on I still get

a tear in my eye . . . I have got a

little grandson who looks a little

like my son did. I love spending

time with him. I know how precious

it can be.”

Both his wife Nicky and his

sister-in-law also have breast

cancer, with his wife currently

receiving treatment.

Mr Washington’s scooter trip

has individually raised nearly

$2600 for the Cancer Society

while the overall event raised

$320,000.

The biennial trip aims to raise

awareness for the difficulties

people experience in their battle

against cancer.

“Although it is to no extent

CHALLENGE:

Kirwee resident Paul

Washington travelling

on his scooter up

Porters Pass in honour

of his late son Nicholas.

the same as suffering cancer,

there is always the challenge, it is

uncomfortable, you never know

what you are really going to

expect,” Mr Washington said.

Mr Washington said there are

so many services the

Cancer Society provides to help

people “get through their terrible

time.”

The fundraiser was started in

2009 by Jayne and Mike Rattray

when their colleague Blair Newton

was diagnosed with bowel

cancer.

Over the past nine years the

event has raised $1,106,000.

• By Emily O’Connell

SIXTY-ONE objections have

been made against a another

bottle store opening in Lincoln.

An application has been

submitted by Balhae Ltd for an

off-licence bottle store known

as Lincoln Liquor Centre, on

Eastfield Drive (right).

A district council spokesman

said 17 of the 61 objectors want

to be heard at a public hearing.

A date for the hearing has not

been set yet.

“The District Licensing Committee

members will be selected

once a date has been set for the

hearing,” the spokesman said.

But some residents have said

the centre, which is proposing

to be open 7am-9pm seven days

a week, is unnecessary.

Lincoln residents Tania

Roxborogh and Dave Bunt

don’t want another bottle store

in Lincoln so they made objections.

In Mr Bunt’s objection, he

said he feels the new liquor store

would cause “a heightened risk

of alcohol abuse.”

“I want my children, pets and

neighbours to be able to safely

walk the streets without having

to worry about stepping on

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61 objections to

Lincoln bottle store

broken glass or running into

heavily intoxicated students,”

he said.

Mrs Roxborogh is concerned

about the health of the community

and the impact of more

litter.

“I just think that this isn’t

going to serve those vulnerable

members of our community by

having a bottle store right in the

middle of a residential place,”

she said.

Balhae Ltd could not be

reached for comment.

It’s not the first time residents

have objected to plans for more

bottle stores in the area.

In October, Dipin Kalra

withdrew his application to

operate the Lincoln Bottle Store

he wanted to site in Gerald St

following 100 objections.

In January the district council

granted a licence for the Liquorland

store in Vernon Drive.

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Be ready for an emergency

Readers respond to paying

$1000 to the district council

for a resource consent to

have donkeys, pigs, roosters

or peacocks as a domestic

animal

Pauline Sigurgeirson –

After reading the article, I think

the council is on the right track.

People get pigs, thinking they

are small and cute, but they are

anything but they grow big and

smell. Maybe we could extend

this kind of revenue gathering to

everything, cats, dogs, kids. Now

we are talking.

Glenda McMillan – Crazy. If

you don’t like living next to live

stock in the country don’t move

there.

Chris Buckley – Just the local

authorities using the RMA for

what it was originally designed

for, revenue gathering.

District

councillor

and farmer

Debra

Hasson urges

people to be

ready for an

emergency

and talks about the impact

of mycoplasma bovis on

rural communities

RESIDENTS OFTEN criticise

organisations of not being

informed of emergencies in

a timely manner. You can

change this by visiting websites

like selwyn.getsready.net and

signing up.

Have you ever stepped outside,

seen smoke and wondered

how close the fire is and if you

are in any danger?

Do you have time to move

your stock or a plan to evacuate?

After all, it could be just a rubbish

fire or stubble burnoff but

how will you know?

By signing up to the Selwyn

Gets Ready website today you

will receive emergency warnings

by email or phone text from

the district council emergency

management team. They

will warn about fire danger,

serve weather warnings, boil

PREPARE: District councillor Debra Hasson is encouraging

residents to sign up to Selwyn Gets Ready and ensure they

are prepared for an unforseen event.

water notices, and give police

messages about burglaries.

This website is free. Your

information is confidential and

does not attract adverts. It’s

the district council’s intention

to get every household to be

part of Selwyn Gets Ready; so

join today by visiting selwyn.

getsready.net or emailing

getsready@selwyn.govt.nz.

So how does this message

involve mycoplasma bovis, a

disease affecting New Zealand’s

beef and dairy industries?

As a rural landowner grazing

cattle, I read another farm – this

time in North Canterbury – is

infected with this disease.

Having heard first-hand from

a farmer who purchased stock,

and had them blood tested

by the Ministry for Primary

Industries and culled in 2017, I

think about the farms currently

under surveillance.

I wonder where these farms

are and how as a landowner

would I be notified about

outbreaks? What would my plan

be and do I need a plan now?

A common complaint from

rural landowners has been

about the lack of forward

planning and communication,

given the disease could have

been introduced as early as

2015.

With industry participation,

farmers can receive updates

through the tracking of National

Animal Identification and

Tracing scheme tags and milk.

But what about the lifestyle

block owner raising a few beef

for home kill?

What if the outbreak was foot

and mouth disease? It’s a disease

that can affect multiple animals,

and the affect on our economy

would be devastating.

To understand more, I visited

the MPI website MBovis2017

and emailed Liaison@mpi.govt.

nz and registered my email

address for updates. Please do

the same.

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Royal wedding fever hits

West Rolleston Primary

West Rolleston

Primary pupils

Imogen O’Connell

and Fraser McKay

(left), both 5, and

Izzy Wallace,

7, and Harry

McDermott got

into the school’s

royal dress up

day on Thursday.

They decided

to celebrate

Saturday’s royal

wedding with

baking and royal

outfits. PHOTOS:

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FESTIVITY: Aiva

Anderson (left),

India Read, Leon

Green, Luke

Newcombe,

Ava Te Karu, Isla

James and Emma

Price in their royal

costumes at break

time.

Now’s the

time to ID

your boat.

Did you know that all boats on Canterbury

waterways including jet skis now need an

identifying number or name on each side

of the hull?

It’s like a number plate for your vessel and it’s

one way we’re working towards making the water

safer for everyone. There are a few exceptions,

so it pays to check if your vessel needs one.

Now is the perfect time to get it sorted

before next summer.

You can find out how to do it yourself at

ecan.govt.nz/navsafety

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WINNERS: West Melton School pupils (from left), Brooklyn, Ted, James,

Isla and Nikita with their prizes for their cross-country efforts. They will be

joining 34 others at the Selwyn Central Zone Cross-Country on May 31 at

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The Selwyn District Council would like to thank all of

our Gold sponsors for their generous support.

Arts, Culture & Heritage –

Warren and Mahoney

Community Service – ANZ

Environmental – Stantec

Innovation – Monadelphous

Large Business – Buddle Findlay

People's Choice – iPort

Small Business – Storage King

Sport – HEB Construction

Tourism – Sicon Ltd

Young Achiever – Rolleston New World

Large Business Award

Gold Sponsor: Buddle Findlay

Buddle Finlay is a full service national law firm with offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

Through their Christchurch office they are a proud supporter of the Canterbury rebuild, local government and business and

agribusiness in the South Island generally.

Long time sponsor of the Selwyn Awards, Buddle Findlay are proud to once again be the Gold sponsor of the Large

Business Award.

People’s Choice Award (new award for 2018)

Gold Sponsor: iPort

The $500 million South Island Industrial Port or iPort is located on 122 hectares of prime industrial-zoned land in Rolleston.

Developed by the Carter Group, Stage 1 kicked off with the sale of 27 hectares to Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) who are

developing an inland port, MidlandPort.

iPort will provide organisations access to the efficiencies and convenience of being located next to an inland port. Most of the

large sites that share the common boundary with LPC are for lease, with a small number for sale.

iPort is proud to be back again in 2018 as a sponsor of the Selwyn Awards, this time as the Gold sponsor for the new People’s

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Nominations are open!

Don’t miss this opportunity to nominate a worthy Selwyn

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