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The Star Thursday May 9 2019 Historic yacht for scrap heap Kia Ora far too damaged to save • By Louis Day A BADLY damaged historic racing yacht stranded in Lyttelton will not be restored. The 121-year-old Kia Ora, which has been sitting on Lyttelton Port Company land for more than 20 years on the corner of Norwich Quay and Donald St, will be destroyed. LPC planned to dispose of the vessel unless the owner came forward and agreed to pay for its removal. Family members of Robert Bryson, the last owner of the boat, have decided not to remove it because of its poor condition. They have salvaged pieces of it as mementoes instead. Ian Knewstubb, former chairman of the now-defunct Norwich Quay Historic Precinct Society, said the vessel was of high significance. “A boat built not long after the Kia Ora called The Rainbow in Auckland has just been restored and they spent $800,000 on it. That is how these boats are looked upon in other parts of the country. Down here it is different, I don’t think anyone gives a hoot about maritime heritage in Canterbury,” he said. In 1898, Lyttelton joiner John Collins built Kia Ora at his business on the corner of Canterbury and London Sts. It was sunk in the 1960s and was moved by Mr Bryson to a DECAY: The Kia Ora vessel will not be restored to its prime condition like in 1900, after sitting on Lyttelton Port Company land for more than 20 years. vacant section in Locksley Ave, Dallington. It was then gifted to the Norwich Quay Historic Precinct Society and relocated to its current location where it has deteriorated to a condition beyond repair. Mr Bryson’s granddaughter Emma Graham said the Kia Ora was well past the point of saving. “It was borderline 20 years ago, so the ship has sailed so to speak,” she said. news online at www.star.kiwi “I would love to have that boat fixed and going again, but it is just beyond repair. My grandfather should have fixed it all those years ago, but he had so many other projects and also heart problems to deal with.” LPC port services and security manager Tony Simpson saw the boat as a potential risk to the public. “Our first step was to place fencing around the Kia Ora, but we believe this is an inadequate long-term option to mitigate the risk, as the stability of the way it is propped up and the condition of the hull itself led us to believe that it could collapse,” he said. The vessel was designed by Professor RJ Scott, head of Canterbury College’s engineering school and cousin of Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott. The Kia Ora would go on to win the annual regatta in 1900 against staunch opposition, such as The Rainbow. NEWS 19 Lyttelton cruise ship berth doubts • By Louis Day LYTTELTON business owners are not convinced over the economic benefits the new cruise berth will bring. It was announced last week the Lyttelton Port Company’s new cruise berth is scheduled to open in November next year. While smaller vessels have continued to visit, large cruise vessels have been unable to berth at Lyttelton Port since the February 22, 2011, earthquake. With the new cruise berth in place, LPC will be able to welcome cruise vessels which cater for more than 5000 passengers and 2000 staff. However, business owners are concerned tourists will bypass the port town and go directly into the central city. “I don’t know if it will have any impact because the ones that currently come, they just ship everyone to town anyway. On days when cruise ships come we notice no difference in business,” said Shroom Room owner Koryn Hope. Eruption Brewing coowner Steve Leftly said cruise ships currently brought little to his business. “We have only been exposed to the smaller ones [cruise ships] and they only tend to have a handful of people that actually come into Lyttelton,” he said. 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