LYTTELTON PORT COMPANY UPDATE The Fairway leaves our shores after spending 12 weeks on our Channel Deepening Project. One of our bigger projects is the deepening of the navigation channel, which started in August when one of the world’s largest dredges, the Fairway, arrived in Lyttelton Harbour. The Fairway was a fixture in Lyttelton Harbour for 12 weeks, as she worked around the clock to widen, lengthen and deepen the navigation channel. She has dredged more than five million cubic metres of mud and silt off the sea floor. The dredging programme means larger container ships, which have virtually doubled in size during the last 10 years, will now be able to call at Lyttelton. Prior to the Channel Deepening Project some vessels had to wait for high tide before they could arrive or depart our Port – now larger vessels can access the Port at all times. We recently released our Annual Review, if you’re interested you can read it at http://www. lpc.co.nz/wp-content/ uploads/2018/09/ Annual-Review-2018.pdf Issue 12, December2018 1 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2018 Connecting Your Community www.star.kiwi Alison Carter Recent Auction Sales LPCupdate What’s happening in Lyttelton? See our eight-page liftout inside Need a local landscape design and construction team? Call Tom on 03 328 9965 or 027 420 2466 www.gunndesign.co.nz Feature Listings... Call for viewing times Mt Pleasant Win a trip to Singapore A getaway for two worth $7000 up for grabs Page 6 Inside this issue: Descendants can claim crosses • Creating a sustainable future for the Port • Construction on the new cruise berth gets underway Lyttelton Port has been a hive of activity • Community survey gives insight into residents’ view of over the past year with projects varying from the Port dredging Lyttelton Harbour, commencing • Helping bring tuis back to Lyttelton construction of the cruise berth, to the official opening of Te Ana Marina, and the planting of native bushes at the Port Saddle. We have plenty going on, and you can read about our projects and what we’ve been up to in this issue of LPC Update. Farewell to the Fairway after a job well done OUR FUTURE STARTS IN LYTTELTON ANNUAL REVIEW 2018 NEVER FORGOTTEN: World War 2 veteran William Joker and RSA president Pat Boland stand in front of the 21 crosses on Wakefield Ave. • By Louis Day CROSSES that remember 21 men from the Sumner area who were killed in World War 1 can now be claimed by their descendants. The 21 crosses were displayed at the Sumner Redcliffs RSA Armistice Day commemoration last month. RSA vice-president Bernie Godden said the descendants could get in touch with the RSA to claim a cross. The crosses were made by RSA members for Armistice Day as part of a nationwide initiative to create a cross for every serviceman lost in World War 1. Mr Godden said reuniting 236 cannon Hill Deadline sale: Closing 6 Dec at 4pm, unless sold prior Open Home: 1pm-1.45pm, Wed 5 December soldiers with their families gave them the closure they deserved. “It’s very important we remember the sacrifices that servicemen and women made,” he said. •Turn to page 4 Call the Standevens redcliffs P 03 384 7950 M 0274 318 960 E alison.carter@harcourts.co.nz 4 Horizon Heights BEO $829,000 Open Home: 1pm-1.30pm, Sun 9 December 16 Panorama Rd 71 Wiggins St 103 Bay View Rd 49 Cannon Hill Cres 2/138 Esplanade 14B Aston Dr 52 Rapaki Rd Licenced Sales Consultant REAA 2008 Crime wave sweeps Diamond Harbour • By Louis Day DIAMOND HARBOUR is caught in a crime wave – the worst in at least 20 years. A house has been broken into, a $1500 boat trailer has been taken and mail continues to be stolen from letterboxes. Chief fire officer and former policeman of 34 years, Bob Palmer, said he has not seen this much crime in Diamond Harbour since the late 1990s. “We had a major burglary crime wave maybe 20 years ago, something like 26 or 30 burglaries over three or four days.” Jeremy Smith said the last few months had been the worst he had seen in his three years as Diamond Harbour Neighbourhood support co-ordinator. Mr Smith said four or five parcels had been stolen in the last couple of weeks. “There was one occasion where the courier driver dropped off a parcel and went back 20min later and it had been taken.” Mr Smith said in a perfect world it would be ideal to have a permanent police presence in the area. •Turn to page 4 Simon Standeven 0274 304 691 Paula Standeven 027 547 2852 21 Humphreys Drive, Ferrymead rwferrymead.co.nz | /TheStandevens today. Prier Manson Real Estate Limited Licensed ( REAA 2008)
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