Pegasus Post: September 11, 2018

8 Tuesday September 11 2018
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Chlorine-free
water supply
one step closer
• By Ashleigh Monk
THE NORTH-WEST is one
step closer to being chlorine-free
as the construction of a new
pump station finishes.
The new Gardiners pump
station has been constructed in
Harewood Park, replacing the
old Harewood pump station.
City council planning and
delivery manager John Moore
said the project cost $6.05 million
including investigation,
design, construction, project
management, construction and
commissioning of the pump station,
suction tank, diesel tank,
two deep wells, access road and
drainage.
“The pump station was built
to replace Harewood pump station,
which had a shallow well,
and also to provide additional
supply capacity for growth in
the north-west area, particularly
in Highsted and Upper Styx,”
he said.
The city council stopped chlorinating
the Thompsons water
pump station in late August,
bringing the total number of
pump stations across the city
not being chlorinated to eight.
Including the Gardiners
pump Station, that number was
now nine.
INMATES ARE doing their bit
to keep newborn babies cosy this
month.
One hundred baby beanies
crocheted by prisoners have
been donated to newborns at
Christchurch Women’s Hospital.
The Christchurch Women’s
Prison’s knit project is growing
in popularity and currently
involves nine novice and
experienced knitters.
Poppy, who is part of the
prison group, is a very keen
knitter.
Over the past few months, she
has knitted 83 of the hats.
“I enjoy knitting and through
my knitting, I can do something
useful and give something
back to society while I am
incarcerated,” she said.
“I am approached by other
prisoners and teach them to knit
from basics to cables. I think it
is good for the younger women,
keeping them busy.”
Christchurch Women’s Prison
residential manager Tracy Tyro
said it is a constructive activity
for inmates.
“They appreciate being able
to do something positive with
their spare time. It can be a very
therapeutic activity. The knitting
group can be a good quiet space
for the women.”
“This is a project that really
appeals to the women, many
of whom have children and
grandchildren of their own. They
appreciate the difference a hat
can make to keeping little ones
warm. It offers the women an
opportunity to create something
pretty and practical for some
of our community’s most
vulnerable.”
She said in addition to helping
someone in the community, the
women have learnt other skills.
“They learn to work and be
in a group, to take instruction
and share their knowledge, they
can be creative and express
themselves in new ways. All of
these skills will be useful for
when they are released.”
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DONATION:
Chaplain
Daphne
Marsden with
woollen hats
destined for
babies at
Christchurch
Women’s
Hospital
running for eight months and
is supported by prison staff
and chaplaincy, and the Hope
Church.
•If anyone has wool they
would like to donate wool,
please contact Jen Hardy,
acting regional volunteer
coordinator at Christchurch
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