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Wednesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>23</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Missing craypots<br />
raise suspicion<br />
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Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
• By Louis Day<br />
CRAYFISH POTS continue to<br />
go missing in Akaroa.<br />
But there is debate over<br />
whether they are being stolen,<br />
run over by boats, or simply<br />
being lost at sea.<br />
Murphy’s on the Corner fish<br />
and chip restaurant owner Jamie<br />
Kiely said he believed they were<br />
being stolen by people from<br />
outside of Akaroa.<br />
“There are these boats I haven’t<br />
seen before that come down here<br />
and don’t even use the landing,<br />
they just drive their boats<br />
around.”<br />
The average craypot can hold<br />
Akaroa wharf tension still high<br />
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However, Mr Milligan was<br />
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Mr Kiely said that around four<br />
people had come into his shop<br />
over the last couple of weeks<br />
saying that their craypots had<br />
gone missing.<br />
One Akaroa resident said in<br />
a community Facebook group<br />
that it had been happening for<br />
years which had led to them not<br />
crayfishing anymore.<br />
They said they had even caught<br />
someone looking for crayfish<br />
in their pot before throwing it<br />
back into the sea with the rope<br />
and buoy attached once they had<br />
found it was empty.<br />
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However, Jason Wright, a<br />
fisherman of more than 20 years,<br />
said he didn’t think the craypots<br />
were being stolen.<br />
He believes vessels are simply<br />
running them over. It was also<br />
normal for craypots to get lost at<br />
sea and he says he would lose at<br />
least six pots a year.<br />
“It’s just the way it is,<br />
everyone loses gear, you’re<br />
sticking something out in the<br />
ocean you’ve got no control<br />
over.”<br />
Akaroa Police Senior<br />
Constable Anita Osborne has<br />
asked members of the public to<br />
report any suspicious behaviour<br />
to police.<br />
Cr Turner said discussions<br />
on the disability ramps were<br />
ongoing and a report would be<br />
presented to the Banks Peninsula<br />
Community Board at its next<br />
meeting to see whether the company’s<br />
building could still meet<br />
building requirements without<br />
the external disability ramps.<br />
DANGEROUS: The tram shelter on Main Rd will remain closed<br />
due to concerns over the condition of its roof.<br />
Moncks <strong>Bay</strong> tram shelter<br />
deemed a quake risk<br />
• By Louis Day<br />
THE MONCKS <strong>Bay</strong> tram<br />
shelter will remain closed due to<br />
earthquake risk.<br />
The 85-year-old building on<br />
Main Rd has been closed<br />
since Christmas Eve.<br />
A recent assessment<br />
indicated the condition of<br />
the roof has compromised<br />
the structural integrity<br />
of the shelter, leaving it<br />
vulnerable to quakes.<br />
City council transport<br />
operations manager<br />
Steffan Thomas said he<br />
was not sure how long the shelter<br />
would be closed, or how much it<br />
would cost to repair.<br />
Redcliffs Residents’ Association<br />
secretary Pat McIntosh was<br />
frustrated to see the historic<br />
building deteriorate.<br />
“We have been asking them<br />
[city council] to repair the shelter<br />
for at least the last year.”<br />
Linwood-Central-<br />
Heathcote Community<br />
Board member Darrell<br />
Latham said it is vital the<br />
shelter be reopened as soon<br />
as possible.<br />
“The Moncks <strong>Bay</strong> tram<br />
Darrell shelter is an iconic building,<br />
Latham well-used by bus patrons<br />
and coastal pathway<br />
walkers alike. It is very sad to<br />
see that it is fenced off. However,<br />
public safety must always be the<br />
first priority,” he said.<br />
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