Selwyn Times: September 19, 2018
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6 Wednesday <strong>September</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
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SELWYN TIMES<br />
News<br />
In Brief<br />
ARTIST RECOGNISED<br />
West Melton’s Henry Turner, <strong>19</strong>,<br />
has won the Breakthrough Artist<br />
at this year’s National Youth<br />
Award. The competition, run by<br />
the Waikato Society of Arts, saw<br />
Mr Turner take away $1000 in<br />
prize money. He plans to save the<br />
money and possibly use it for an<br />
upcoming trip to Europe.<br />
SCHOOLS CELEBRATE<br />
Ellesmere College’s annual kapa<br />
haka celebration will take place<br />
tomorrow. There will be performances<br />
from Southbridge School,<br />
Leeston Consolidated School,<br />
Lincoln High School, Lincoln Primary<br />
School, Prebbleton School,<br />
Rolleston Christian School,<br />
Lemonwood Grove School, West<br />
Rolleston Primary School and<br />
Ellesmere College. The event will<br />
be held at Ellesmere College, on<br />
Leeston Dunsandel Rd, and will<br />
start at 4pm. A gold coin donation<br />
is required at entry.<br />
WATER RACE CLOSURE<br />
The district council has approved<br />
the closure of 7.7km of water race<br />
running parallel to Coaltrack<br />
Rd between Beattys Rd and<br />
Bealey Rd in Malvern. The race<br />
was closed as it is no longer<br />
required by the community it had<br />
previously serviced.<br />
Councillors pay for sister cities trip<br />
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding<br />
MAYOR SAM Broughton is<br />
flying the <strong>Selwyn</strong> flag in China<br />
and Japan.<br />
But the cost for Mr Broughton<br />
and his fellow elected representatives<br />
to travel overseas has<br />
come straight from their own<br />
pockets.<br />
The 20-day<br />
trip is part of<br />
the district<br />
council’s<br />
sister cities<br />
programme<br />
which aims<br />
to promote<br />
Sam<br />
Broughton<br />
co-operation,<br />
cultural understanding<br />
and economic development.<br />
The trip began in Shandan<br />
County, China, on Thursday<br />
and Mr Broughton will travel<br />
to Japan on Sunday to visit<br />
Akitakita and Yubetsu.<br />
Mr Broughton said his trip<br />
will cost an estimated $7000 to<br />
$8000.<br />
Some of the costs in the itinerary<br />
is covered by the hosts along<br />
with some of the accommodation<br />
being home-stay.<br />
“Our sister city committee has<br />
looked after these relationships<br />
OPPORTUNITIES: Mayor Sam Broughton, district councillors and a community board<br />
member have used their own money to attend a sister cities trip in China and Japan. Above<br />
left – Shandan County, China, and Yubetsu, Japan.<br />
and meeting face to face is an<br />
important part of that relationship,”<br />
Mr Broughton said.<br />
While the opportunity<br />
becomes available every three<br />
years to travel to both countries,<br />
this is Mr Broughton’s first trip<br />
in spite of being on the district<br />
council for eight years.<br />
He said for future trips it may<br />
be appropriate for the district<br />
council to contribute to airfares.<br />
The comparison, the<br />
Christchurch City Council<br />
makes a decision on the funding<br />
of the trips.<br />
Civic and international relations<br />
manager Matt Nichols<br />
said the mayor’s role as the city’s<br />
representative secures access at a<br />
senior level for business, education<br />
and infrastructure.<br />
As a result, companies such<br />
as Christchurch International<br />
Airport will often support the<br />
mayor’s costs.<br />
Mr Broughton will be accompanied<br />
by Deputy Mayor Malcolm<br />
Lyall and district councillor<br />
Bob Mugford in China.<br />
Malvern Community<br />
Board member Karen Meares<br />
will travel to Japan with Mr<br />
Broughton along with Darfield<br />
High School students and<br />
teachers in Akitakita.<br />
Mr Broughton said the itinerary<br />
at each place is controlled by<br />
the hosts.<br />
There will be formal welcomes,<br />
speeches, tours showcasing<br />
landscapes and food as well<br />
as a home-stay element giving<br />
the opportunity to experience<br />
how a family functions and how<br />
homes run.<br />
Mr Broughton will also visit<br />
the Hiroshima Peace Memorial<br />
Park and potentially Hokkaido<br />
depending on its recovery following<br />
the 6.7 magnitude<br />
earthquake.<br />
He is planning to discuss<br />
further education links and how<br />
the district council can grow<br />
its business relationships with<br />
China and Japan.<br />
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