Southern View: October 09, 2018

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Peninsula popular playground
THE FIRST Life in
Christchurch Natural
Environment Survey has
shown the beaches, rivers and
harbours of Banks Peninsula are
the favoured playgrounds for
Cantabrians.
Between 60 and 80 per cent
of the online survey’s 2350
respondents said they had
visited the Port Hills, Heathcote
River or Banks Peninsula’s bays
and harbours in the last 12
months.
Around 85 per cent said they
visited Christchurch and Banks
Peninsula’s natural areas for
recreational purposes such as
walking and cycling.
The survey was conducted between
May 11 and June 11 and
the results would be used to help
inform city council decisions.
It also sought feedback on
environmental and biodiversity
issues, natural environments,
waterway quality and amenity,
responsibility and actions, and
climate change.
More than half of the
respondents described their
understanding of environmental
issues in Christchurch and
Banks Peninsula as good or very
good.
However, only 44 per cent
POPULAR: Most respondents to the first Life in Christchurch Natural Environment Survey have
said the Port Hills, beaches and harbours are their go-to recreation areas. ​
rated their understanding of
biodiversity as good or very
good.
City council monitoring
and research team leader Kath
Jamieson said the survey highlighted
that local residents valued
their natural environment
and were prepared to play their
part in protecting and nurturing
the region.
“The biennial survey shows
that 97 per cent of respondents
agree or strongly agree that the
city’s natural flora and fauna,
and landscapes need to be
protected for future generations
while 95 per cent see native
bush, tussock land and wetlands
as important to the region’s
identity,” she said.
While surface water and
the quality of riverbanks were
viewed as being in the poorest
condition, Ms Jamieson said
the city council was pleased
that around 30 per cent said
they had volunteered for conservation
work in the past 12
months.
That included picking up
rubbish, weeding or taking part
in community planting.
Local
News
Now
Fire rages, homes at risk
Thefts from
mailboxes
• By Matt Salmons
PARCELS, LETTERS and bills
are being taken from mailboxes
around Diamond Harbour.
Last week, Purau Ave resident
Tara Meredith left her house to
pick her daughter up and saw two
letters in the mailbox, which she
left to collect afterwards.
When she returned around 30
minutes later, they were gone and
nobody else was home.
“It’s so blatant, our mailbox is in
the open.”
She said she had not received
two parcels sent by a friend over
the last month and believed they
too had been stolen.
Mrs Meredith said she reported
the missing letters to New Zealand
Post and had been told she
was not alone.
“There’s more than one complaint,
there’s quite a few.”
She also reported the theft to
police, the only person to do so as
of last week.
A NZ Post spokeswoman said
the company was aware of mail
going missing and said any missing
mail should be reported as
soon as possible.
They said there was no suggestion
it had “anything to do with
NZ Post” staff and the matter was
being investigated.
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