Southern View: July 03, 2018

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Godwit sculpture ready in spring
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding
SOUTH NEW Brighton will get
a kuaka/godwit sculpture – but
where it will go in Bridge St is
still to be confirmed.
The project has been more
than two years in the making.
But the South Brighton
Residents’ Association, which is
backing the planned sculpture,
is confident it
will be installed
by spring.
The plan is
to have the
sculpture
finished by
September in
Hugo
Kristinsson
time for the
return of the
godwits to New
Brighton.
City councillor David East
said there had been some delays
to the project due to the resource
consent process and getting
the funds raised, but he was
optimistic it would go ahead.
City council head of resource
consents John Higgins said no
application has been lodged for
the sculpture due to there being
discussions around its location.
“There are locations in the
general vicinity of the area
that may not require resource
SOARING: An artist’s impression of the godwits sculpture planned for the entrance to South
Brighton, near the Bridge St bridge.
consent,” he said.
The sculpture was originally
planned to go on a piece of land
near the Bridge St bridge.
Residents’ association
chairman Hugo Kristinsson
said the new location had been
“pretty much” decided. He
said it will now be sited about
10m east of its original planned
location.
He said $30,000 has been
secured for the project.
The funds have been raised
through the Rata Foundation,
Pub Charity Ltd and year 7
and 8 pupils at South Brighton
School selling wooden,
decorated godwit cut-outs.
The Coastal-Burwood
Community Board also granted
$8000 towards the project.
The board decided at a recent
meeting it would extend the
period of time in which the
$8000 needed to be spent after it
first granted the money in June
last year.
The sculpture is being built
by South Brighton artist Bon
Suter and is a celebration of the
godwits connection with the
Avon/Heathcote Estuary.
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A temporary alcohol ban
will again be in place on the
streets around Riccarton Park
Racecourse for this year’s
Cup Day. The ban applies
to both sides of the streets
immediately around Riccarton
Racecourse, Yaldhurst, Epsom,
Racecourse, Buchanans and
Masham Rds, and will be in
force from 7am to midnight on
November 17.
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Ilam student Ben Houlton is
developing 3D-printed water
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developing countries. He hopes
his filters would help remove
trace materials from wastewater
streams and other polluted
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