Bay Harbour: July 10, 2019

PAGE 10 Wednesday July 10 2019
BAY HARBOUR
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Your Local Views
Projects taking shape
Port Hills
MP Ruth
Dyson shares
her views
on current
projects in
Sumner and
the Banks
Peninsula
If I never see another road
cone again . . .
One of the many things that
Christchurch folk are over is
road cones and traffic works,
detours and changed street
layouts. Driving in our city is a
bit like adventure tourism – you
never quite know what route you
will be taking or where you will
end up.
But I haven’t detected this
frustration (or at least not quite
as much as other times) with
the extensive road work that is
going on in Sumner Village. I
think there are two reasons for
tolerance.
The first is that every day the
Shag Rock to Surf Club section
of the Coastal Pathway gets
closer to finishing – and it is
going to be such an asset for
Canterbury once the next two
stages are completed.
And in the village itself, the
extensive work is the delivery of
the concept part of the village
masterplan – which we started
working on eight years ago.
It will really lift the look of
the village and I am sure will
be warmly welcomed by all
residents. (And hopefully, boost
the “Shop Local” campaign).
The other significant piece of
Diane Patricia McCarthy
responds to last week’s
Bay Harbour News article
about a comedian who was
grabbed by the back of the
head and pushed after he
made a joke about white
supremacists during a show
What we can do when we
encounter race-based statements
or actions in our community?
This week, our community
TAKING SHAPE: Extensive work has been taking place as part
of the Sumner Village masterplan.
work which is just starting is
the development at Naval Point
(as featured in the Bay Harbour
News last week).
This is definitely an “at
last” moment and the many
people who use Naval Point for
recreation, particularly on the
water, will be so pleased that
at last the area is going to be
improved.
The new Yacht Club and
Coastguard facility will be a
valuable asset to two very welldeserving
organisations. I am
confident that it won’t take as
newspaper became a vehicle for
racism. We can object.
A comedian gained a banner
headline, photo, and story.
White supremacy and swastika
jokes he was “at peace with,”
delivered three months after
March 15’s Muslim martyrdom,
triggered being assaulted after
his gig.
Reni Eddo-Lodge, the author
of Why I am no longer speaking
to white people about race, says
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long as the Sumner masterplan
work to be brought to life.
And I would like to encourage
everyone to submit on the Threat
management plan for hector’s
and maui dolphin https://
www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/
our-work-with-maui-dolphin/
hectors-and-maui-dolphinthreat-management-plan/
before
the deadline of August 4.
It needs strengthening to
save these species and if you
want help with preparing your
submission, let me know. Happy
to help.
that racism takes her real, valid
and true life experience, and
marks her as an outsider. Our
Muslim and Jewish communities
were similarly treated. This is not
acceptable.
We have bi-culturally driven
criteria to guide how we respond.
Central to Maori tikanga are the
concepts of tapu and noa; sacred
and forbidden, and open anyone.
Let’s apply them.
What material is tapu for a
VITTORIA
& Matt
Week of highs and lows
AS PART of the Matariki
celebrations, Vittoria recently had
her first hangi meal.
She loved it so much she started
using a fork on her own just to
eat it. I’m not even exaggerating,
it was literally the first time she’d
used a fork on her own. A fork
she took off Laura.
She was even scooping wee bits
up to feed to her grandparents in
exchange for more chicken.
After munching down on the
stuffing, pumpkin and potato on
her own plate, she was banging
on Laura’s potato with her fork for
more.
Truly, her father’s daughter.
This week has not been so full
of fun however, I’ve been sick with
a cold and a cough, the first time
since becoming the stay-at-home
parent.
I also had my first “concerned
parent” trip to the 24-hour surgery
on Tuesday.
To save those who read last
week’s edition from further poobased
trauma, I’ll quickly summarise
the reason; there was the
stinkyness, ’twas a strange colour
and Dr Google got me all stressed.
I started by calling Plunket, who
informed me that it would be a
good idea to take her to the doctors,
just in case.
As is typical in cases where you
present to a packed surgery with
a fairly benign concern, you wait
– for ages.
Pro tip; a giggling patient who is
comedian? Racism, child abuse,
abortion, sexual misconduct,
rape, family violence, bullying,
and other examples of sensitive
issues, exploitation and misuse of
power.
Comedian Ray Shipley explores
their gender fluidity in creative
ways, with a strong following. We
laugh at our weaknesses, blind
spots, inconsistencies.
Vote with your feet. Keep
staying away from racism.
TASTY: Vittoria enjoying a
hangi meal.
happy to run around and eat her
snacks is not high on the priority
list.
Needless to say, when I finally
saw the doctor it was a definite
non-emergency. But not wasted
time; I was reassured and what I
was worried about was a totally
legit concern. I am winning at
parenting.
So finally, to the family who
kindly lent me books and toys for
Vittoria to help entertain her and
to the wee lad who chatted with
her through the long wait, thank
you.
•Former Bay Harbour News
journalist Matt Salmons has
become a stay-at-home dad.
We follow his journey weekly.