The Star: August 16, 2018

6 Thursday August 16 2018
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Chlorine-free
water for
more homes •From page 1
A FURTHER 12,000 people have
chlorine-free water.
Chlorine treatment has stopped
at a further three pump stations
around the city – Hills, Grampian
and Lake Terrace.
Hills supplies 9000 people,
while Lake Terrace and Grampian
supply about 1500 people each.
The city council isolated the
below ground well heads, so unchlorinated
water can be supplied
from the secure above ground
well heads.
Nine pump stations around the
city are not being treated with
chlorine. By the end of the month,
a quarter of the city’s water will be
without chlorine.
City council water supply
improvements manager Helen
Beaumont said it would only be
possible to keep these stations
chlorine-free during low water
demand – such as winter.
She said if residents did not cut
back water use in summer, chlorine
would have to be used.
Half the city may have chlorinated
water for longer than the
initial 12-month estimate. A
city council staff report revealed
making wells secure at 17 pump
stations is impossible within the
12 months.
Nicky Wagner
invites you to a public meeting
on climate change
With Todd Muller, MP for Bay of
Plenty and National’s Climate
Change Spokesperson
Wednesday 22nd August 5.00pm
Christchurch Bridge Club,
21 Nova Place
Funded by the Parliamentary Service.
Authorised by Nicky Wagner, National List
MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington.
Saving our at-risk insect species
“We know we can rear them
in the lab, we know they will
mate and lay eggs, the only thing
we don’t know at this stage is
whether those eggs can hatch
without being put back out in the
field for winter.”
Dr Murray said some of the eggs
were kept in the lab at about 20
deg C, some were in a fridge at 4
deg C, and others were being kept
outdoors in natural conditions.
“Hopefully we will find out if
they need cold periods and how
cold that is, roughly.”
Grasshoppers were nationally
endangered, which meant they
were at risk of becoming extinct
in the near future.
Dr Murray said their biggest
threat was mammalian predators
like rodents.
“Insects in general are hugely
important for all eco-systems.
Each individual species on its
•From page 1
The witness then said the
man’s wife arrived home. She
saw the 81-year-old get knocked
down the front steps as the two
offenders left the property.
own, you might not notice if one
disappears, but actually if we let
that keep happening over and
over again we will start seeing
influences on the eco-system.”
“If we lose kakapo the world
isn’t going to end, but we don’t
want to lose kakapo. It’s the
The witness then went to help
the woman, who was in shock
and not saying anything.
The 91-year-old was on the
phone calling police.
“I said, it’s okay I have called
the police. They are on their way.”
Police arrived soon after and
arrested Todd and Shaw in a
nearby street.
An ambulance was called for
the couple. They were taken to
JUST HATCHED: (Left) – A baby
grasshopper from one of Dr Tara
Murray’s previous studies and a
cluster of grasshopper eggs. They
naturally get coated in a honey
comb-like foam that hardens
around them.
same for the grasshoppers.”
The breeding project was
supported by the Department
of Conservation, which would
potentially take on and expand
the programme if it proved successful.
Dr Murray said baby grasshoppers
in the wild usually hatched
in early January, so she would be
keeping a close eye on the eggs
around that time.
She hoped more students
would be interested in taking
part in the project as part of their
masters studies.
Witness describes alleged robbery
Christchurch Hospital where
they were treated for shock and
minor injuries and discharged.
The witness said elderly couple
were considering moving from
their home because of the incident.
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