Selwyn Times: August 08, 2018

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Dame Patsy visits Selwyn
GOVERNOR-GENERAL Dame
Patsy Reddy and husband Sir
David Gascoigne visited the
district on Wednesday.
They were taken on a tour of
key sites about Te Waihora/Lake
Ellesmere, starting at Ngāti Moki
Marae at Taumutu and finishing
at Lincoln University’s Ashley
Dene Research and Development
Station.
Environment Canterbury
councillor Tom Lambie said the
visit represented an excellent
opportunity to showcase all
the good work happening on
the ground around the lake,
and research activity at the
university.
“Their Excellencies saw Te
Waihora first hand and the work
being done to restore the mauri
of the lake,” Mr Lambie said.
“There was a presentation
by one of the Ngāi Tahu Co-
Governors, Liz Brown, who gave
an overview of Te Waihora and
the catchment in terms of the
vision for the lake and plans for
restoration of its mauri.”
This was followed by a stop at
Orariki Wetland, a two-yearold
created wetland designed
to improve water quality,
biodiversity and mahinga kai.
Further on, at Lower Lake Rd
near Fisherman’s Point, there
was discussion about farming
within the Cultural Landscape
Values Management Area, a
particularly sensitive area near
the lake.
Hart’s Creek, a well-known
restoration site contributed to
by many farmers and other
community members for more
than a decade, was the final
stopping point before Lincoln
University.
At the Ashley Dene Research
and Development Station, they
heard a series of presentations on
communities working together
for better water outcomes and
innovation for the agriculture,
tourism and conservation
sectors, with particular emphasis
VISITING:
Governor-
General Dame
Patsy Reddy
and husband
Sir David
Gascoigne
at Orariki
Wetland with
Co-Governor
Liz Brown.
on environmental protection
within managed landscapes.
“Everything we saw is a crucial
part of the Canterbury story,” Mr
Lambie concluded.
“We are very privileged to have
the opportunity to present it in
this way to Their Excellencies
and show them the good
progress we are making,” he said.
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Fire rages, homes at risk
Environmental
award for
Selwyn quarry
A SELWYN company has won
a top award at a national annual
quarry industry awards.
Southern Screenworks, based
in Aylesbury near Darfield, won
the Gold Award at the MIMICO
Environment and Community
Awards recently.
Judge and former
parliamentary commissioner
for the environment Dr Morgan
Williams said the company
overcame many challenges in
constructing, operating and
decommissioning a quarry at
Ohinemama, near Waitangi.
It was to provide more than
100,000 cu m of materials to build
the new $52 million wharf for the
Chatham Islands.
“They were working 800km
from mainland New Zealand
and their success was highly
dependent on community
relations – given it was a
single project quarry.”
After the wharf was completed,
the Ohinemama quarry was fully
restored to farmland.
The other Canterbury
winner was Fulton Hogan for
growing and saving endangered
indigenous plants with multiple
partners. It won a silver award.
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