Nor'West News: June 04, 2019

10 Tuesday June 4 2019
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For the love of trees
City councillor Aaron
Keown writes about
the need to consider
the well-being of
residents who wish to
have trees removed
from council-owned
land
The Baby on the Move display will include many top-brand products.
Leading suppliers of baby products and carseats, Baby on the Move of
Wairakei Road in Burnside, and Gasson Street in Sydenham, will again
be taking part in the annual Baby Expo being held at Pioneer Stadium this
coming weekend.
Occupying one of the largest floor areas at the expo, Baby on the Move will be
displaying many of its top-brand products. They will include infant capsules,
car seats, buggies, baby baths and more. As always, there will be great deals
available on products for purchase, including Britax, Diono and Evenflo
carseats, and the Thule and Baby Jogger buggy ranges.
LIKE MOST Kiwi kids I
grew up loving trees.
Climbing trees, building
tree huts, they were great
for hide and seek and some
even had fruit.
We also grew up
knowing that trees had
a very important part to
play in the balance of the
ecosystem.
Then during autumn,
you could build massive
stacks of leaves to hide in
or if you were really lucky
an adult would come along
and let you help them rake
leaves into piles for a burnoff.
Then I grew up and the
reality of being an adult
kicked in. Suddenly trees
needed looking after,
someone had to clean up
the leaves, acorns and
other debris that constantly
drops from trees. Once
elected I soon learnt that
not everyone loves trees
everywhere and I would
have to agree.
There is a place for trees
in the Garden City, in fact,
we need to plant a lot more,
but they have to be the
right tree in the right place.
Unfortunately, the city
council currently has a
policy where it will not cut
down any healthy tree no
matter how negative the
impacts may be on those
who live around the tree.
All this does is give us a
growing number of people
who dislike or hate trees.
This is so alien to me, as I
thought as a child everyone
loved trees. Every problem
has a solution and my
solution is a simple one.
We must always
consider the well-being of
residents as one of the key
factors when we decide
whether a tree should be
removed or not.
Then if we are to cut
down or remove a tree we
should just plant 10 more
where they are needed and
wanted. Yes, we need more
trees but they have to be
the right tree in the right
environment and we must
always look after the well
being of our residents.
Happy Arbor Day
everyone.
Baby on the Move will also be showcasing their hire range, specifically aimed
at families expecting a newborn in coming months.
The stores’ trained and qualified child restraint technicians will be at the
expo to talk to new parents and grandparents about the safety features and
benefits of the various carseats, plus there will be seminars on both Saturday
and Sunday where people can learn how carseats are to be correctly used for
safety and comfort.
Whether hiring or purchasing a carseat from Baby on the Move, installation is
always free of charge.
Baby on the Move was established in New Zealand more than 20 years
ago and there are two branches in Christchurch:
Baby On The Move Christchurch North is located at 515 Wairakei Rd, close
to Roydvale Avenue, phone 960 9752, and is open Monday to Friday, 9.30am-
4pm and Saturday 9.30am-2.30pm.
Baby on the Move Christchurch Central is located on the corner of
Gasson and Byron streets at 87a Gasson Street, Sydenham, phone 421
3243, and is open Monday to Friday 9:30am-5pm and Saturday 10am-2pm.
Come and see us for super specials at the
www.babyonthemove.co.nz
Christchurch
OPTIONS: Feedback is being sought on two options to improve the Harewood,
Breens and Gardiners Rds intersection.
Merav Benaia
responds to the
article about options
for the contentious
Harewood, Breens
and Gardiners Rds
intersection which
are currently out for
consultation
I HAVE read a number
of articles in the paper
regarding the consultation
on the upgrade of the
Harewood/Gardiners/
Breens intersection.
As a resident of
Papanui, I attended the
consultation sessions,
and I am surprised to
learn that option two is
touted as the preferred
option and the Fendalton-
Waimairi-Harewood
Community Board has
come out in support of it
and is requesting to defer
the planned cycle route
along Harewood Rd. The
sensible, economical and
long-term thinking should
have given the planning
for this cycle route going
from Papanui/Main North
intersection towards the
airport a higher priority.
Option one in the
consultation paper will
enable the city council to
address and improve the
safety at the Harewood/
Gardiners/Breens
intersection immediately.
The funding is available
from the cycle route budget
and will likely be eligible
for a funding subsidy from
central Government. This
way, money can be retained
for the Greers/Harewood
intersection, which is far
more dangerous, causing
injuries and deaths, as
crash data shows, and
is higher on the priority
list. Option two, which
proposes having traffic
lights, will not have the
required funding available
in the near future, nor
do we know if this will
be available in the next
decade. This funding is
not in the Long term Plan
and the intersection is
No 62 on the priority list.
Supporting this option is
very much tunnel vision
trying to solve a single
problem and in light of the
climate crisis declaration
that was adopted recently,
supporting this option
might be popular but very
much lacking in vision.