Bay Harbour: June 26, 2019

PAGE 4 Wednesday June 26 2019
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Planting day
to help
restore native
vegetation
UP TO 800 trees will be
planted at Oashore Farm,
across the drainage ditch from
Birdlings Flat, on Saturday
from 10am.
The 500ha property is
owned by a United States
conservationist who has
bought it in order to protect the
existing native vegetation on
the property and to encourage
more to grow on the land.
The end of the property
closest to Birdlings Flat does
not have a good source of
native plants to re-seed the
area, so the community is
growing a small forest to give
nature what it needs to grow on
the rest of the land.
This will be the fourth year
of planting with Birdlings Flat
residents.
The previous land
manager, Kate Whyte, decided
to include the community
to give them a meaningful
connection with the land and
so they could watch their trees
grow from their side of the
lake.
•If you want to learn
more, phone Rima Herber
on 2600 179.
Concerns over plan to protect dolphins
•From page 1
Said Prof Slooten: “It took
the Otago University marine
mammal research team two days
to make sense of these options
and why they’ve put protection
in those particular areas. They
don’t really spell it out in the
document. What they seem to
have done is gone to the areas
where the most dolphins are
being caught
right now
and chosen to
protect them
and not the
areas where
not many
dolphins are
being caught.
“The
Paul Milligan
problem with
that is, if you
close the areas
to the north and restrict fishing
to the south, people are going to
shift into that gap. We will have
shifted the problem around the
map rather than solved it.”
Black Cat Cruises chief
executive Paul Milligan said he is
disappointed the document has
“left out an area where people
know there are dolphins.”
A Fisheries New Zealand
spokesperson said there is
unlikely to be additional
displaced recreational set netting
given the existing closures in
IN DANGER: The proposed expansion of set netting and
trawling retrictions does not include an area around Banks
Peninsula which is home to hector’s dolphins.
place. However, they did not
comment on the commercial
activities.
“The proposals are looking
to extend the current closures
further offshore in areas within
Pegasus Bay and the Canterbury
Bight. They are based on the best
scientific evidence available of
the risks to hector’s and maui
dolphins, which draws on a
range of new information,” the
spokesperson said.
The information includes
results from aerial surveys
of dolphin distribution and
abundance, revised population
and sub-population estimates,
new dolphin sighting information
from the public and fisheries
observers, updated captures
from fisheries observers
and information from the
Department of Conservation’s
necropsy programme
Last month, Black Cat Cruises
commissioned a study by Market
Economics to determine the value
of hector’s dolphins. It found
dolphin-related eco-tourism
brings almost $25 million into the
New Zealand economy each year,
with an additional $3 million to
$6 million in associated tourism
activities. It also found hector’s
dolphins sustain up to 476 jobs in
the national economy.
Hector’s dolphin numbers are
estimated to have decreased by
about 74 per cent over the past 30
years.
The National Institute of Water
and Atmospheric Research
estimates up to 100-150 hector’s
and maui dolphins are drowned
in set nets every year.
“If you start restricting fishing
in areas nearby, it’s going to direct
any fishing activity to where
they are allowed. If anything, it’s
got the potential to increase the
fishing activity in that area and
therefore increase the likelihood
that a dolphin is caught,” Mr
Milligan said.
“Market Economics’ study has
some weight behind it so we will
be putting in a submission based
around that.”
Public consultation on the plan
closes on August 4.
•To have your say, visit
www.fisheries.govt.nz/
news-and-resources/
consultations/hectorsand-maui-dolphins-threatmanagement-plan-review/
95 Years of Real Estate comes home to the Bays
Pip Sutton has spent her life by the ocean and
the bays around Canterbury. Her family roots
have an extensive history throughout Sumner
and the Lyttleton Harbour. Sutton Reserve and
Sutton Quay have been named after her great
grandfather.
Childhood memories along the shorelines,
especially Sumner, where days filled with chasing
sea gulls, playing in the waves, strapping her
boogie board to her back and trekking over the hill
to Taylors Mistake bring a smile to her face.
Her family heritage lies in four generations of
well-known Christchurch Real Estate Agents,
whose love for the area is effervescent. Since
1924, her family has been an integral part of the
real estate landscape throughout the bays and the
larger Christchurch area.
Now Pip, the fourth generation of her family’s
real estate legacy, has more than 14 years of
her own experience seriously benefiting her
clients. She learned under the best, Her father
and grandfather taught her the intricacies and
complexities of real estate well. Ensuring she
learnt on the toughest of tasks. Pip can hold her
head with pride thinking about all the families she
and her late ancestors have supported with their
goals of buying and/or selling property.
“The Bays & the ocean are a part of me. I love
them. I respect them and I honour them, so this is
a natural way for me to work with my clients who
are looking for their next real estate transaction.
Whether they are selling a home. Looking for a
beach house or an investment property.
I work right throughout Christchurch; but my
reputation for knowing the intricacies & unique
lifestyle opportunities the bays offer and friendly
and approachable selling style sees Clients come
from far and wide. I am happy and appreciate the
chance to help and support them in their quest.”
Pip says.
Pip is a Residential Sales and Development
Specialist with Ray White Ferrymead and is
available to help you achieve your real estate goals.
“Christchurch has just come off its biggest boom
in history after the quakes and is now returning
to a more normal market. Confidence in the area
has returned and people are appreciating all the
lifestyle has to offer.”
“The city rebuild is starting to take shape which is
seeing the inner city life and entertainment come
alive again. The stigma associated with the bays
and their proximity to the epicentre and damage
caused by the earthquakes is waning. People want
to live here. The benefits associated with the
recovery are seeing this much loved and sought
after area once again positioned as a dream haven
and hugely desirable lifestyle option.”
“One thing a family who has survived 95 years
straight selling property in the bays and the
greater Christchurch & Canterbury area knows
is, that no matter what the conditions, properties
keep selling, people keep moving. Each market
has its pros and cons, benefits and nags. The
most important thing is that the absolute best
agent is sitting inside your home when the person
looking to buy walks through the door and that
that person is catered for in the best possible way
ensuring they feel more confident and excited
about purchasing your home than any other in the
marketplace.”
Call Pip today, to chat about your real estate goals
and set up a plan, which will work with your time
schedule and your objectives. Have Pip Sutton, the
Bays expert on your dream team.
Your best choice in
and around the Bays
Pip Sutton BCM (Marketing)
Residential Sales & Development
Specialist - Licensee Salesperson
Ray White Ferrymead
Prier Manson Real Estate Limited
Licensed (REAA 2008)
Mobile: 027 224 9524 DDI: 03 421 8417
Email: pip.sutton@raywhite.com