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Wednesday <strong>November</strong> <strong>28</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
News<br />
Widow’s hope fades<br />
• By Louis Day<br />
ANN THORNTON’S hopes<br />
of being buried alongside her<br />
husband are fading following the<br />
city council’s unchanged stance<br />
on pre-purchasing graves.<br />
The city council decided<br />
against altering its Cemeteries<br />
Bylaw and Handbook that prevents<br />
people from pre-purchasing<br />
graves at its meeting last week.<br />
Mrs Thronton’s husband,<br />
Jim, was the first to be buried in<br />
Diamond <strong>Harbour</strong>’s eco-burial<br />
site last <strong>November</strong>. Three of the<br />
12 plots have been filled since the<br />
eco-burial site opened and more<br />
than 70 people have signalled an<br />
interest in being buried on the<br />
site.<br />
In spite of fears the cemetery<br />
would fill up, Mrs Thorton remained<br />
optimistic.<br />
“There was the suggestion of<br />
a possibility for the opportunity<br />
to revisit the issue when more<br />
research is completed. With more<br />
research available I am hopeful<br />
that the council will arrive at an<br />
informed and compassionate<br />
solution to the issue.”<br />
Deputy Mayor Andrew Turner<br />
was not happy with the decision.<br />
“The particular area where I<br />
would be keen for us to show<br />
more compassion would be<br />
where when one partner has<br />
already been buried at the green<br />
burial plot in Diamond <strong>Harbour</strong><br />
and the ability to reserve a plot<br />
for that other partner.”<br />
Thirty-two of the 40 submissions<br />
made during the Cemeteries<br />
Bylaw and Handbook review<br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
2019<br />
ON THE DOMAIN LINCOLN 2 MARCH 2019<br />
after no change to burial policy<br />
hearing were made in relation to<br />
the Diamond <strong>Harbour</strong> eco-burial<br />
site.<br />
Cr Turner said the demand<br />
from the community was too<br />
great to ignore.<br />
“I understand that prepurchasing<br />
would lead to a<br />
position where we would need<br />
to create more space for green<br />
burials which may well be the<br />
HOPE: It<br />
is looking<br />
increasingly<br />
unlikely<br />
that Ann<br />
Thornton<br />
will be able<br />
to be buried<br />
next to her<br />
late husband<br />
Jim, or even<br />
in the same<br />
cemetery.<br />
right outcome.”<br />
City councillor Mike Davidson<br />
said there already a capacity issue<br />
with cemeteries.<br />
“One of the biggest issues<br />
with pre-purchasing plots is that<br />
everyone is taking them and then<br />
we have got these cemeteries<br />
with lots of vacant plots in there<br />
that have been pre-purchased for<br />
decades.”<br />
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DOG RESTRICTIONS<br />
The Banks Peninsula Community<br />
Board has requested city council<br />
staff to enforce dog restrictions on<br />
Akaroa Beach. Dogs prohibited<br />
from the beach between 9am and<br />
7pm. Board member Janis Haley<br />
said there was nothing worse than<br />
big dogs disrupting children on<br />
the beach. Akaroa used to have a<br />
dog ranger and Ms Haley hoped<br />
the council could reinstate one<br />
to stop people taking dogs to the<br />
beach.<br />
NEW PETROL STATION<br />
A new NPD self-serve petrol<br />
station is expected to be open<br />
in Diamond <strong>Harbour</strong> early next<br />
year. The new petrol station will<br />
be located at 141 Marine Dr in<br />
front of the On the Spot dairy.<br />
ELECTRICAL FIRE<br />
Four fire trucks and 20 firefighters<br />
were called to the Sumner<br />
telephone exchange on Saturday<br />
about 9pm after a fire started in<br />
the building’s electrical wiring<br />
and spread up the wall. Sumner<br />
Volunteer Fire Brigade chief<br />
officer Daryl Sayer said it took<br />
about 45min to put the 2m<br />
fire out. The fire disrupted the<br />
telephone network until Sunday<br />
afternoon.<br />
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