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Wednesday <strong>August</strong> 1 2<strong>01</strong>8<br />
News<br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
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PAGE 3<br />
Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
Redcliffs couple world-beaters<br />
In Brief<br />
• By Sarla Donovan<br />
REDCLIFFS COUPLE Ian<br />
Huntsman and Wendy Riach<br />
have won the worlds’s longest<br />
canoe race, beating 20 other<br />
competitors in the Yukon 1000.<br />
Starting at Whitehorse, Canada,<br />
on July 22 it took them six<br />
days, 14hr and 55min to paddle<br />
1600km (1000 miles) along the<br />
Yukon River, finishing at Dalton<br />
Highway Bridge in Alaska.<br />
It’s the second time they’ve<br />
taken out the race, finding victory<br />
in 2<strong>01</strong>4 when they clocked<br />
up the second fastest-ever time<br />
in the history of the race.<br />
Ian is a 51-year-old engineer<br />
who works for Hamilton Jet.<br />
He learned to kayak at age 11<br />
and is a member of the Down<br />
River Kayak Club.<br />
Wendy is 52 and a policewoman.<br />
The pair sent texts to Ian’s<br />
father Alan Huntsman after<br />
the win, saying they were “very<br />
tired” but in good condition.<br />
They said the race was tough<br />
this year with lower river levels,<br />
strong winds and at one point<br />
smoke from forest fires severely<br />
affected visibility for several<br />
hours.<br />
Competitors paddle for 18<br />
hours a day, resting between<br />
11pm and 5am.<br />
CHAMPIONS: Wendy Riach<br />
and Ian Huntsman paddled<br />
1600km down the Yukon River to<br />
win the longest canoe race in the<br />
world. <br />
They carry all their food and<br />
equipment with them in the<br />
canoe, setting up camp beside<br />
the river.<br />
Alan said due to time differences<br />
he would stay up late<br />
to check with race organisers<br />
that the pair had got through<br />
the night without any attention<br />
from bears.<br />
“I’m excited, very proud and<br />
very tired,” he told the <strong>Bay</strong><br />
<strong>Harbour</strong> News on Monday.<br />
The pair are due to arrive back<br />
in Christchurch on Friday.<br />
VEHICLE DOWN BANK<br />
Several occupants of a vehicle<br />
which plunged 30m down a bank<br />
about 1am on Sunday morning<br />
were lucky to escape with just<br />
bumps and bruises, Governors<br />
<strong>Bay</strong> Volunteer Fire Brigade chief<br />
fire officer Andrew Norris said.<br />
The vehicle went off the road<br />
on a sharp bend at Windy Point<br />
between Rapaki and Governors<br />
<strong>Bay</strong>, careered through bushes<br />
and stopped upright without<br />
overturning. The occupants were<br />
checked by ambulance officers at<br />
the scene.<br />
NEIGHBOURHOOD WEEK<br />
Funding applications for<br />
individuals and groups wanting<br />
to hold activities during<br />
Neighbourhood Week opened<br />
on Monday. The event runs from<br />
October 27 to March 31 with the<br />
aim of encouraging communities<br />
to get to know each other. A small<br />
subsidy is available from city<br />
council community boards. Go to<br />
ccc.govt.nz/GetTogether for more<br />
information or to apply.<br />
AWARD NOMINATIONS<br />
The city council is calling for<br />
nominations for the annual civic<br />
awards. Nominations for the<br />
2<strong>01</strong>8 awards are open until 5pm,<br />
<strong>August</strong> 17 and can be made at any<br />
city council service centre.<br />
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