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4 Tuesday <strong>August</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong><br />
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Debris from trees<br />
cause residents anguish<br />
•From page 1<br />
“These trees are depressing<br />
for us due to the shading and<br />
litter over many months of the<br />
year. Four neighbours . . . have<br />
to cope with copious quantities<br />
of leaves, acorns and seedlings<br />
generated by these oaks.”<br />
However, city council staff<br />
have told Mr Barber that the<br />
trees are “perfectly healthy” but<br />
he believes they need to look at<br />
the bigger picture.<br />
Mr Barber said the reserve<br />
department has a strong priority<br />
to protect trees.<br />
“I’m dealing with people who<br />
are placing trees in higher priority<br />
than people . . . yes, that’s<br />
their job and no one wants to see<br />
healthy trees cut down but when<br />
they’re the height of a five-level<br />
building, there is a problem.”<br />
Pasadena Pl resident Inez<br />
Stevens purchased her home 12<br />
years ago, when the trees were<br />
much smaller, she said.<br />
Now, the 91-year-old said she<br />
has spent hundreds of dollars<br />
paying a gardener to deal with<br />
the leaves and someone else to<br />
clear her gutters.<br />
She fears for her health and is<br />
afraid she may roll or break an<br />
ankle, due to the acorns littered<br />
on her property.<br />
Following a complaint to<br />
council last year regarding the<br />
continual noise of acorns landing<br />
on their roof, contractors<br />
removed 5m branches overhanging<br />
onto their property.<br />
In his recent submission to the<br />
community board, Mr Barber<br />
asked when the rights and wellbeing<br />
of people over shadow the<br />
rights of healthy trees.<br />
“That wrong decision needs to<br />
be corrected by the removal of<br />
these six trees. Something that’s<br />
fit with context . . . the council<br />
staff I have spoken to and the<br />
community board agreed that<br />
trees like that wouldn’t be<br />
planted in a reserve of this size<br />
these days,” he said.<br />
City council acting manager<br />
operations Ryan Rolston said<br />
council now has a set of guidelines<br />
in its infrastructure design<br />
standards, which assist in tree<br />
selection.<br />
“It is unlikely council would<br />
introduce this species of oak<br />
presently unless requested by<br />
residents.”<br />
Mr Rolston said the trees are<br />
healthy and protected by the<br />
Christchurch District Plan.<br />
“Consequently, council staff<br />
have no reason to pursue their<br />
removal.”<br />
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• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding<br />
COASTAL AND Burwood<br />
wards councillors David East and<br />
Glenn Livingstone have pledged<br />
to fight against the annual New<br />
Brighton fireworks event being<br />
taken away from the pier.<br />
They say they will work hard<br />
to retain the New Brighton Guy<br />
Fawkes in the area.<br />
It comes after the event has<br />
come under scrutiny from the<br />
city council as part of a city wide<br />
review of all council- run events.<br />
It confirmed last week the<br />
event would go ahead in November,<br />
and if there were to be<br />
any changes, they would not be<br />
implemented this year.<br />
Cr East said he would be debating<br />
strongly and working hard to<br />
persuade other city councillors of<br />
the merit and worth of retaining<br />
a display on the coast.<br />
He said the items he would be<br />
stressing is the event makes for<br />
great viewing, all fireworks land<br />
in the sea, making it easy to clean<br />
up and no one is at risk of being<br />
hit, he said.<br />
“This has been an integral part<br />
of the event programme of the<br />
east,” he said.<br />
Cr Livingstone said the fireworks<br />
should stay.<br />
“The question has been raised<br />
before over safety concerns but<br />
my view is wherever you hold<br />
the fireworks there is going to be<br />
safety concerns that need to be<br />
addressed anyway.”<br />
He said he suspects council<br />
would be faced with a unanimous<br />
resolution from the Coastal-<br />
Burwood Community Board to<br />
keep the event where it is.<br />
City council community<br />
support, governance and partnerships<br />
John Filsell said last<br />
week for a number of years it<br />
has received feedback on traffic<br />
management congestion.<br />
But Cr East said while there is<br />
difficulties for traffic exiting the<br />
event, the east has been compounded<br />
by ongoing roadworks.<br />
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BRIGHT<br />
LIGHTS: City<br />
councillors<br />
David East<br />
and Glenn<br />
Livingstone<br />
will fight to<br />
keep the<br />
New Brighton<br />
fireworks in<br />
the seaside<br />
suburb.<br />
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While there has been strong<br />
opposition to the event moving<br />
away, there have been mixed<br />
views over whether it should be<br />
celebrated at Guy Fawkes.<br />
Cr East suggested the event was<br />
held on Canterbury Anniversary<br />
Day or Waitangi Day.<br />
“Guy Fawkes has little significance<br />
to New Zealand and I would<br />
actually like to see a fireworks<br />
display continue on the coast and<br />
perhaps rebranded,” he said.<br />
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