The Star: July 11, 2019

of change at city hall
His youngest son is a
vegetarian and is encouraging
him to reduce his red meat
intake.
When
Coastal Ward
city councillor
David East,
who voted
against the
climate emergency,
was
asked about
David East
his
meat intake
he responded: “Well I’m not a
vegan.”
He also compared the impact
of New Zealand going carbon
neutral to a “pimple on a
pumpkin.”
He drives a black Audi. He
refused to reveal what model it is.
However, he says he recycles.
Cashmere Ward city councillor
Tim
Scandrett
said the
climate
emergency
was a wake-up
call and he
was working
towards
Tim
Scandrett
changing
some of his
“old fashioned
habits.”
He drives a diesel-powered
Mitsubishi Pajero to work but
is considering cycling to work,
using public transport and said
he was open to buying an electric
car.
He stays away from single-use
plastic and regularly recycles.
Former
mayor and
Riccarton
Ward city
councillor
Vicki Buck
bought an
electric vehicle
two years
Vicki Buck
ago.
She has
also not
bought red meat in the last 18
months.
Cr Buck is also a dedicated
recycler.
Phil
Clearwater
Spreydon
Ward city
councillor
Phil
Clearwater
mows
his lawns
fortnightly
using a push
lawnmower,
cycles to work
up to three
times a week and car pools.
He owns a petrol powered
Honda CR-V, is a keen recycler
and is reducing his meat intake.
Linwood
Ward city
councillor
Yani
Johanson
has been a
vegetarian for
“as
long as he
Yani
Johanson
can
remember”
and he
regularly
recycles.
He also drives a petrol-powered
Honda CR-V.
“I would get an electric vehicle
if I did not already have a car,”
he said.
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Anne
Galloway
Halswell Ward
city councillor
Anne
Galloway
bikes to work
and has been a
pescatarian for
20 years.
She is also
an enthusiastic
recycler.
Cr Galloway
owns a petrol-powered Mini
Cooper but said her next car will
be electric.
Innes Ward
city councillor
Pauline
Cotter bikes
to work and
said she would
be using the
bus on days
with bad
Pauline
Cotter
weather.
“I set myself
a personal
challenge three months ago to
reduce my car use by 50 per cent
and I think I’m far exceeding
that,” she said.
She owns a Nissan Terrano
which runs on 20 per cent biodiesel
and 80 per cent diesel.
She has been a pescatarian
ECO-FRIENDLY:
Deon Swiggs
and his electricpowered
Nissan
Leaf. “It was a bit
of shock at first
but I really enjoy
it now.”
PHOTOS:
MARTIN
HUNTER
since she was 19 and her four
children are vegan.
Waimairi
Ward city
councillor Raf
Manji walks
to work, has
meat one to
two times per
week and limits
his waste
Raf Manji
intake to the
point he rarely
fills up his red bin. He owns a
petrol-powered Subaru Outback.
Hornby
Ward city
councillor
Jimmy
Chen drives
a Volkswagen
Tiguan hybrid.
He recycles,
is interested in
Jimmy Chen
an electric
car and is
looking at public transport
and cycling.
Central Ward city councillor
Deon Swiggs ditched his V10
BMW M5 for an electric car two
years ago.
“It was a bit of shock at first
but I really enjoy it now,” he said.
He recycles and walks short trips.
The Star Thursday July 11 2019
NEWS 9
Seven charged
following
violent assault
on inmate
• By Sophie Cornish
A VIOLENT prison yard attack
against an inmate has resulted
in seven prisoners being
charged with assault.
All seven of the Christchuch
Men’s Prison inmates have been
charged with wounding with
intent to cause grievous bodily
harm following the attack in the
prison’s yard on June 20.
The victim was taken to
Christchurch Hospital in
moderate condition with facial
injuries, bruising and suspected
concussion, St John spokesman
Gerard Campbell said.
The men, aged 39, 23, 23, 35,
25, 28 and 31 will all appear in
the district court on various
dates next week.
Prison director Jo Harrex said
all seven prisoners were placed
on directed segregation, where
they were ‘denied association’
with other prisoners.
No weapons were used in the
attack.
“Assaults are unacceptable
and any prisoner found guilty
of an assault will be held to account,”
said Ms Harrex.
Staff used pepper spray to
control the offenders.
It is the second assault to
happen at the prison this
year.
On May 17, a prisoner used
a sharpened piece of plastic to
assault a prison guard.
Repairs soon to
start on
New Brighton Rd
• By Matt Slaughter
THE $1.2 million repair of
a damaged stretch of New
Brighton Rd is set to begin in
October.
The most badly damaged section
between Wattle Drive and
Bower Ave should be repaired
by March next year.
The road had been prone to
flooding.