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• By Jess Gibson<br />

HEATHCOTE Valley residents<br />

have described a multi-million<br />

dollar wastewater project being<br />

undertaken outside their property<br />

as “torture”.<br />

THe city council is now dealing<br />

with residents at three properties<br />

who have been affected by phase<br />

four of its Lyttelton <strong>Harbour</strong><br />

wastewater scheme.<br />

Creag Foxton-McCulloch and<br />

Victoria Foxton have endured<br />

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of constant noise, dust, potholes,<br />

muddy roads and groundshaking,<br />

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put up with these issues outside<br />

their Scruttons Rd home while<br />

contractors Fulton Hogan work to<br />

install a pipeline at a cost of $8.3m.<br />

The job still has at least another six<br />

months to go.<br />

City council services general<br />

manager David Adamson said<br />

the project was consulted on as a<br />

whole in 2015 instead of on a stageby-stage<br />

basis. He said the public<br />

was invited to give feedback on<br />

two options to connect Lyttelton<br />

<strong>Harbour</strong> communities’ wastewater<br />

to the Lyttelton Rd tunnel in 2015.<br />

•Turn to page 7<br />

DISTRESSING: Victoria Foxton and Creag Foxton-McCulloch have endured almost two-and-a-half months of work outside their<br />

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Wednesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>17</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />

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YOU HAVE to sympathise with Heathcote<br />

Valley residents currently enduring the<br />

noise, vibrations and shaking that goes<br />

with a major infrastructure project (see<br />

page 1).<br />

Creag Foxton-McCulloch and Victoria<br />

Foxton have gone public in the <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News to air their<br />

frustrations over the Heathcote Valley part of the $53 million<br />

Lyttelton pipeline.<br />

The city council consulted with the public back in 2015 over<br />

what lay ahead. But Creag and Victoria say they weren’t aware<br />

what was going to happen in their part of the valley until work<br />

started a few months ago.<br />

The couple, and others, will unfortunately have to endure it for<br />

another several months.<br />

Fulton Hogan, the company contracted to do the work, isn’t<br />

responding to our questions.<br />

No surprises there.<br />

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Call to crack down on boy racers<br />

• By Jess Gibson<br />

LYTTELTON <strong>Harbour</strong> residents<br />

want police to crack down on<br />

boy racers after an increase in<br />

anti-social behaviour.<br />

Littering, burnout marks,<br />

damage to property and unsafe<br />

driving are some of the issues<br />

which have been of growing<br />

concern in hot spot areas.<br />

The Banks<br />

Peninsula<br />

Community<br />

Board has asked<br />

city council staff<br />

to arrange police<br />

to brief the board<br />

Ken<br />

Maynard<br />

on the issue<br />

within the Banks<br />

Peninsula Ward.<br />

It came after community<br />

board deputy chairman<br />

Tyrone Fields noted that it was<br />

something people are “actively<br />

complaining about” around<br />

Lyttelton.<br />

“Boy racers are generally<br />

pretty disrespectful of the<br />

whole community,” Mr Fields<br />

said.<br />

The Lyttelton Police Station is<br />

only staffed between 8am-5pm –<br />

after that, any calls are taken by<br />

police in Christchurch.<br />

Lyttelton Community Association<br />

chairman Ken Maynard<br />

said he has noticed the increase<br />

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in boy racer activity outside of<br />

those hours.<br />

He said groups have been<br />

gathering in hot spots such as<br />

Summit Rd and Cass <strong>Bay</strong> but<br />

they generally move around to<br />

“share out the misery.”<br />

“I’m not sure that police are<br />

doing enough as they are pretty<br />

thin on the ground, and things<br />

are definitely worse than they<br />

used to be now that there is no<br />

presence,” Mr Maynard said.<br />

Senior Sergeant Stephen<br />

McDaniel said the track around<br />

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CARNAGE: A convoy of boy racers caused damage at<br />

Allandale Reserve in June.<br />

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BOOTs<br />

Lyttelton and Corsair <strong>Bay</strong> is one<br />

which is travelled by a lot of boy<br />

racers in the weekends.<br />

But he did not want to link<br />

damage to boy racers.<br />

“I’m very conscious of categorising<br />

boy racers. It depends who<br />

you deem a boy racer, it could be<br />

a car enthusiast or a person who<br />

is out there damaging property.<br />

You can’t just say that all boy<br />

racers are damaging property,”<br />

he said.<br />

Over the next six to eight<br />

weeks, a number of speed limits<br />

will drop around the peninsula<br />

on highways and roads which<br />

are heavily used by vehicles and<br />

pedestrians.<br />

But Mr Fields said the speed<br />

reductions will not make a<br />

“blind bit of difference” in<br />

stopping unsafe driving for boy<br />

racers.<br />

However, he said it will create<br />

more grounds for enforcement.<br />

“At the moment, some of the<br />

speed limits are so high that you<br />

could be driving around there<br />

like a maniac and still not be<br />

pulled up on it.”<br />

He said the meeting with<br />

police will help the community<br />

board understand what is being<br />

done to stop the behaviour and if<br />

there is a plan in place to prevent<br />

it from getting worse.<br />

In June, a convoy of more than<br />

200 boy racers caused damage<br />

across peninsula in a drive which<br />

paid tribute to a man who died.<br />

Residents took to Facebook<br />

the next morning to post and<br />

share photos and comments of<br />

the damage on Lyttelton and<br />

Governors <strong>Bay</strong> pages.<br />

At Allandale Reserve in<br />

Governors <strong>Bay</strong>, vehicles had<br />

ripped up the grass, a drinking<br />

fountain was leaking, a bin<br />

was dented and posts had been<br />

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BAY HARBOUR<br />

Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

Thank you for<br />

helping your<br />

Fall Zones<br />

community<br />

To all of you who have had your<br />

trees trimmed before they became<br />

a problem, thank you for keeping all<br />

the families in your community warm,<br />

happy, healthy and connected.<br />

You can be proud of the fact that you have allowed your<br />

neighbours to stay warm, cook dinner and even charge<br />

their mobile phones. You may not have realised that what<br />

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A<br />

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33,000 volts 2.5m 3.5m<br />

11,000 volts 1.6m 2.6m<br />

400/230 volts 0.5m 1.5m<br />

We’re not exaggerating.<br />

On our network, 10-20% of all unplanned power outages are<br />

caused by trees — including vegetation — coming into contact<br />

with power lines. Other than this, fire damage to property from<br />

branches sparking in dry conditions and serious injury from<br />

electrocution from contact with trees touching power lines are<br />

also possible consequences of not maintaining your trees.<br />

How close is too close?<br />

While most damage is caused by trees falling on power lines,<br />

significant risk exists from trees merely touching them. This risk<br />

increases the higher the voltage of the power line.<br />

The minimum distances that must be maintained between trees<br />

and power lines, as defined in the Electricity (Hazards from<br />

Trees) Regulations 2003, are outlined in the diagrams above.<br />

All vegetation should be kept out of the growth limit zone and<br />

preferably the notice zone.<br />

Sometimes it may not be practical to have a tree trimmed at the<br />

rate at which it grows and unfortunately, this means it may need<br />

to be removed. Other situations may require trees to be removed,<br />

most commonly when they are at a high risk of falling due to<br />

disease or adverse weather events.<br />

Where do I start?<br />

Before you begin, remember to keep yourself, and those around<br />

you, safe. We recognise that not everyone is experienced in tree<br />

trimming and are happy to advise you on what to do. We can arrange<br />

for trees near power lines to be trimmed at your expense, however<br />

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If you or someone working for you intends to work within four<br />

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Will I be fined if I don’t comply?<br />

If a cut or trim notice is given to you and you fail to have the tree<br />

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Wednesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>17</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />

Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

BAY HARBOUR<br />

PAGE 5<br />

News<br />

Further progress on<br />

development of Lyttelton<br />

THE WHEELS are in<br />

motion to enhance the<br />

development of Lyttelton’s<br />

town centre.<br />

A draft proposal was presented<br />

to the city council<br />

at its meeting on Thursday<br />

to lift a requirement that<br />

businesses in the port town<br />

must provide a certain<br />

number of car parking<br />

spaces.<br />

The city<br />

council is now<br />

seeking views<br />

from strategic<br />

partners<br />

David<br />

Griffiths<br />

• By Jess Gibson<br />

Environment<br />

Canterbury,<br />

the Waimakariri<br />

and Selwyn district<br />

councils and Te Rūnanga<br />

o Ngāi Tahu on a draft<br />

proposal, under the Greater<br />

Christchurch Regeneration<br />

Act, to amend the District<br />

Plan.<br />

The proposal will<br />

also be sent to central<br />

Government.<br />

After the draft has been<br />

viewed, a final proposal,<br />

including feedback and any<br />

amendments will be prepared<br />

by staff for approval<br />

by Minister of Regeneration<br />

Megan Woods.<br />

The amendment would<br />

remove a restriction in the<br />

plan around the number<br />

of car parking spaces that<br />

commercial businesses in<br />

the port town must provide<br />

A RESOURCE consent is<br />

in the works for Lyttelton’s<br />

Collett’s Corner.<br />

Ohu Development, the<br />

group behind the multi-use<br />

retail building proposed<br />

for Lyttelton’s main street,<br />

has submitted its resource<br />

consent application to the<br />

city council.<br />

The approval process can<br />

take anywhere between<br />

three to 12 months, depending<br />

on if it is notified or not.<br />

If it is notified, people<br />

DEVELOPMENT: A number of empty sites may<br />

be filled on London St and surrounding streets if<br />

the city council is successful in its bid to remove a<br />

barrier to development in Lyttelton.<br />

in order to operate. Its<br />

removal is seen as urgent<br />

as several planned developments<br />

are affected and will<br />

require resource consent<br />

under the current rules.<br />

City council head of<br />

planning and strategic<br />

transport David Griffiths<br />

said the proposal would<br />

remove district plan requirements<br />

that are neither<br />

appropriate nor practical in<br />

Lyttelton.<br />

“The car parking requirements<br />

are causing issues for<br />

several potential developments,’’<br />

Mr Griffiths said.<br />

“It means development<br />

plans cannot meet the<br />

permitted activity parking<br />

requirements.<br />

“Landowners have,<br />

at various stages, raised<br />

will have an opportunity<br />

to have their say on the<br />

project.<br />

Meanwhile, the project<br />

group is in the early stages<br />

of preparing to sell and<br />

lease the building, including<br />

interviewing potential<br />

residents.<br />

Collett’s Corner is<br />

the first commercial<br />

development undertaken<br />

using crowdfunding in<br />

New Zealand. It is designed<br />

to connect the community<br />

in a space that is centred<br />

around well-being.<br />

the issue and the related<br />

length and cost of resource<br />

consent processes as an impediment<br />

to development<br />

in the centre. The regeneration<br />

of Lyttelton has been<br />

affected, with developers<br />

slow to invest and several<br />

sites still vacant. “<br />

He said removing the<br />

restriction will effectively<br />

return the Lyttelton situation<br />

to its pre-earthquake<br />

state, where most commercial<br />

sites did not provide<br />

parking.<br />

“Lyttelton is clearly<br />

unique because of its<br />

topography, specific<br />

regeneration needs and the<br />

size and dimensions of the<br />

sites for development and<br />

we see real merit in this<br />

restriction being removed.”<br />

Collett’s Corner multi-use building<br />

in resource consent process<br />

With a floor area of 2710<br />

sq m, the building will<br />

have a wellness centre,<br />

community concierge,<br />

hospitality, retail, coworking<br />

space and<br />

apartments<br />

During the five-week<br />

crowdfunding campaign in<br />

March, 370 people invested<br />

a total of $504,000 in the<br />

project. The opening has<br />

been pushed back from<br />

2020 to 2022 after the<br />

crowdfunding campaign<br />

failed to meet its target of<br />

$2 million.<br />

No appeals against liquor store<br />

• By Jess Gibson<br />

THE REDCLIFFS Fine<br />

Wine and Spirits store will<br />

go ahead.<br />

No appeals were made<br />

to the alcohol regulatory<br />

and licensing committee<br />

against the district<br />

licensing committee’s<br />

decision to grant an offlicence<br />

at 1/87 Main Rd.<br />

Submitters who opposed<br />

Rizak Enterprises Ltd’s<br />

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the store were given 10<br />

working days to appeal an<br />

amended version under the<br />

Sale and Supply of Alcohol<br />

Act 2012.<br />

But because none were<br />

made, Rizak Enterprises<br />

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store in preparation for its<br />

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The amended application<br />

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the store Redcliffs Fine<br />

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Historic hotel on the market<br />

• By Jess Gibson<br />

THIRTY YEARS of running<br />

and owning The Grand Hotel<br />

has led to a long list of memories<br />

for well-known Akaroa<br />

personality Eric Ryder.<br />

Among them was the time his<br />

pet cockatoo, James, escaped his<br />

cage during<br />

the night.<br />

“He perched<br />

on a tap handle,<br />

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hundreds of<br />

litres of beer<br />

onto the floor<br />

Eric Ryder<br />

of the bar and<br />

draining the<br />

HISTORY: Akaroa’s 136-year-old Grand Hotel is on the market with two neighbouring historic<br />

cottages and a large-scale development site covering almost 4000 sq m of land.<br />

tank dry. That was a hilarious<br />

insurance claim,” he said.<br />

Now, the 74-year-old has<br />

put the town’s oldest hotel on<br />

the market, together with two<br />

neighbouring historic cottages<br />

and a large-scale development<br />

site covering almost 400 sq m of<br />

land.<br />

Located at 4-16 Rue Lavaud,<br />

the popular two-storey hotel,<br />

restaurant and bar are at the<br />

gateway to the Akaroa township.<br />

It was built in 1883 and retains<br />

much of its historic charm and<br />

some of its original features.<br />

Serving as a member on the<br />

late Akaroa Community Board<br />

for 18 years, Mr Ryder was the<br />

main driver in creating the oneway<br />

traffic system in the Akaroa<br />

township that has helped to<br />

create a real tourism hub and<br />

alleviate many traffic issues.<br />

He built many houses in<br />

Akaroa over the years and<br />

bigger projects included the<br />

construction of the La Maison<br />

Restaurant and the school gymnasium.<br />

“I’ve loved it in Akaroa. It’s<br />

the people who’ve kept me here<br />

so long. It’s a small town where<br />

everyone helps everyone. Back<br />

in 1989 when we were snowed<br />

in for 10 days, the Grand was<br />

the only place with a generator<br />

and gas and in the three big<br />

earthquakes the building was<br />

unscathed.”<br />

Colliers marketing agent<br />

Courtney Doig said the property<br />

represents a variety of development<br />

opportunities.<br />

The building’s exterior and<br />

the two neighbouring cottages<br />

are protected from being demolished<br />

but new owners would be<br />

permitted to renovate the inside<br />

of the building.<br />

The property is for sale by<br />

deadline private treaty closing<br />

August 8, unless sold prior.<br />

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More peninsula<br />

speed limits<br />

set to drop<br />

Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

• By Jess Gibson<br />

MORE SPEED limits are set to<br />

drop around the Banks Peninsula,<br />

some by 80km/h.<br />

The city council approved more<br />

than 40 speed limit reductions<br />

around the Akaroa <strong>Harbour</strong>, bay<br />

and Little River areas at its meeting<br />

on Thursday.<br />

It comes after its decision<br />

last month to lower the speeds<br />

limits on Summit Rd and its side<br />

streets to help improve safety on<br />

the road.<br />

High-risk travel routes, roads<br />

near small settlements, unsealed<br />

roads and roads where pedestrians<br />

are likely to be present will all see<br />

reductions within the next six to<br />

eight weeks.<br />

On Childrens <strong>Bay</strong> Rd, the<br />

speed will drop from 100km/h<br />

to 20km/h as it is highly used by<br />

vehicles and pedestrians, unsealed<br />

and has a blind corner.<br />

The entire length of Wainui<br />

Main Rd will be reduced from<br />

100km/h and 70km/h to 60km/h<br />

as it is a high-risk rural route and<br />

has been ranked seventh out of 32<br />

city council priority routes.<br />

Other changes will be made to<br />

roads in Akaroa, the French Farm<br />

and Wainui route, Gebbies Pass<br />

and valley, Le Bons <strong>Bay</strong>, Little<br />

River, Little Akaloa, Takamatua,<br />

Duvauchelle and Okains <strong>Bay</strong>.<br />

Loss of income and damage concern to property<br />

•From page 1<br />

However, regardless of outcome,<br />

the plan to lay a pipeline through<br />

Heathcote and Woolston would<br />

have remained the same.<br />

“We’re addressing each<br />

complaint individually and<br />

working with our contractor<br />

to find a solution for residents.<br />

Complaints are followed up with<br />

emails or phone calls from the<br />

project manager and face-to-face<br />

engagement with the contractor,”<br />

Mr Adamson said.<br />

Mr Foxton-McCulloch, who is<br />

the ex-chairman of the Heathcote<br />

Valley Community Association,<br />

was not aware of the consultation<br />

or the drop-in session in 2015.<br />

The only mention of Scruttons<br />

Rd in the consultation document<br />

was to say that the pipeline would<br />

be installed there, as well as in<br />

Godley, Simeon, Norwich and<br />

Gladstone Quays and Port Hills,<br />

and Ferry Rds. It did not mention<br />

anything about disruption to<br />

nearby properties during the<br />

installation of the pipeline.<br />

The city council received 44<br />

submissions in response to the<br />

consultation, five opposed the<br />

project and there was no mention<br />

of Scruttons Rd.<br />

Instead, Mr Foxton-<br />

McCulloch said he found out<br />

about the work which was going<br />

to be done when he saw people<br />

working outside his property and<br />

called the city council.<br />

In an email to the city council,<br />

Mr Foxton-McCulloch said “the<br />

appalling lack of communication<br />

between the city council, those<br />

who you subcontract with and<br />

the people who pay all of your<br />

wages is staggering.”<br />

Mr Foxton-McCulloch and Ms<br />

Foxton have had to temporarily<br />

shut their home-based business<br />

Castle Rock Estate due to the<br />

ongoing disturbance, resulting in<br />

a “massive loss of income.”<br />

“We even left to get away for<br />

a week of sanity,” Mr Foxton-<br />

McCulloch said.<br />

Mr Foxton-McCulloch is<br />

concerned that the work may<br />

eventually lead to damage to their<br />

property with all of the shaking<br />

and banging.<br />

He is also concerned over the<br />

use of a temporary Bailey bridge<br />

to replace the old Scruttons Rd<br />

bridge.<br />

“To have a Bailey bridge<br />

brought up from Timaru to<br />

be thrown over the old bridge<br />

just until the job is finished<br />

seems a huge waste of time<br />

and ratepayer money when<br />

the bridge is supposedly due to be<br />

upgraded next year.”<br />

THe pipeline will run from<br />

the Heathcote side of Tunnel<br />

Rd, under Bridle Path Rd and<br />

through Port Hills Rd to Mauger<br />

Drive and Scruttons Rd.<br />

It will go under the councilowned<br />

paddocks parallel to<br />

Tunnel Rd, under the Heathcote<br />

River and connect to the<br />

Woolston pump station in Alport<br />

Place.<br />

“It’s a necessary evil but the<br />

way they have gone about it<br />

is totally wrong,” Mr Foxton-<br />

McCulloch said.<br />

Fulton Hogan refused to<br />

comment.<br />

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Fundraiser nets almost $2000<br />

• By Jess Gibson<br />

NINE-YEAR-OLD Olive<br />

Harris of Lyttelton will go to great<br />

lengths to help those in need.<br />

The year 5 St Mark’s School<br />

pupil came up with the idea to<br />

walk up to 10km to fundraise for<br />

children in Uganda who do the<br />

same on an empty stomach every<br />

day.<br />

Walk With a Purpose saw<br />

more than 70 of Olive’s fellow<br />

pupils and their parents get<br />

behind the school’s first official<br />

fundraiser last month.<br />

Almost $2000 which was<br />

raised in cash and through a<br />

Givealittle page will be donated<br />

to the Fountain of Peace<br />

Children’s Foundation NZ.<br />

The money will go towards<br />

keeping 501 children fed at<br />

Rwenjaza Hillside School in<br />

Uganda.<br />

Olive said she was “really<br />

proud” that so many of her<br />

friends were willing to get on<br />

board.<br />

Families woke up as early<br />

as 5.30am to walk from<br />

locations like Mt Pleasant,<br />

Halswell and Cashmere into<br />

• By Jess Gibson<br />

A $95,000 funding boost aims<br />

to help biodiversity flourish on<br />

Banks Peninsula.<br />

The money has been allocated<br />

to five biodiversity projects by<br />

the Banks Peninsula water zone<br />

committee.<br />

BIG WALK: Tim, Olive and<br />

Jake Harris with teacher<br />

Emily Wells who joined the<br />

Lyttelton family for part of<br />

a 10km walk which raised<br />

funds for children in Uganda.<br />

Opawa in time for school.<br />

It was Olive’s second year<br />

walking the Stan Helms track<br />

over the Port Hills with her dad,<br />

Tim Harris, and this year she<br />

was joined by her five-year-old<br />

brother, Jake Harris, who is in<br />

year 1.<br />

Last year, Olive and her father<br />

did the walk on their own and<br />

raised more than $500 through<br />

sponsorship which was donated<br />

The committee approved<br />

the grants as part of Environment<br />

Canterbury’s immediate<br />

steps programme.<br />

The projects include Mabel<br />

Hope Covenant, Okuti QE<br />

II Covenant, Crown Island<br />

Covenant, Bill Hill Little Akaloa<br />

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Fountain of Peace volunteer<br />

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the mother of two pupils at St<br />

Mark’s and helped organise the<br />

fundraiser with Olive and her<br />

mum Lottie Harris.<br />

Mrs Sharr said she was blown<br />

away by the school’s response.<br />

“I get quite tearful thinking<br />

about it. It really makes you<br />

realise that the world is a big<br />

community. Even though the<br />

students in Uganda are a long<br />

way away it means a lot to them,”<br />

she said.<br />

Fountain of Peace was<br />

established in New Zealand in<br />

2012.<br />

It aims to create familybased<br />

homes for orphaned<br />

and abandoned children<br />

in rural Uganda, as well as<br />

working to provide clean water,<br />

education, health care and<br />

sustainable projects for the whole<br />

community.<br />

•If you wish to donate to<br />

Walk With a Purpose visit<br />

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cause/saint-marks-walkwith-purpose<br />

SUPPORT: One group of pupils from St Mark’s School woke up early and walked up to 10km to<br />

school from areas such as Lyttelton, Mt Pleasant and Cashmere.<br />

Restoration. Each of the<br />

projects will receive between<br />

$6000 and $30,000 from the<br />

programme.<br />

Landowners or project partners<br />

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Rare crabeater seal<br />

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A SEAL rarely seen in New<br />

Zealand popped in for a rest<br />

at Birdlings Flat less than a<br />

week after making its home on<br />

Dunedin shores.<br />

Crabeater seals are usually<br />

found on pack ice around the<br />

Antarctic and seldom make the<br />

trip to New Zealand shores, with<br />

only eight sightings documented<br />

across the country between 1885<br />

and 2015.<br />

But a lone traveller has<br />

been spotted snoozing at<br />

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sighting on a beach near<br />

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There have been three<br />

sightings this year, including the<br />

recent one in Dunedin, which<br />

may be the same seal who rested<br />

at Birdlings Flat before heading<br />

back out to sea.<br />

One was found dead inland<br />

from Lake Ellesmere in May this<br />

year.<br />

University of Otago student<br />

ECan biodiversity officer Helen<br />

Greenep said the chosen projects<br />

are set to make a real difference<br />

to Banks Peninsula’s natural<br />

environment.<br />

“Protection is the priority,<br />

followed by restoration,” she<br />

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and appeared to be in good<br />

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However, it had some scars on<br />

its back, and a few scratches and<br />

puncture wounds, which could<br />

be signs of a recent encounter<br />

with a leopard seal at sea.<br />

Crabeaters form an important<br />

part of the diet of leopard seals<br />

and the pups are frequently<br />

eaten.<br />

Ms Forbes said its name was a<br />

misnomer and the seals do not<br />

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seals but they’re actually very<br />

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Forest expedition no walk in the park<br />

AFTER A long week of caring<br />

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Don’t worry, they’re small<br />

dogs.<br />

Stepping out onto the street,<br />

the warm sun will fill you with<br />

joy and remind you that you<br />

forgot to bring a sunhat.<br />

Bask in the brilliant rays<br />

before immediately halting<br />

the walking party to put more<br />

clothes on the toddler when the<br />

clouds roll in.<br />

Keep up a brisk toddler pace<br />

for the 6000 years it will take to<br />

get 100m up the street.<br />

VITTORIA<br />

& Matt<br />

Unfortunately, it’s likely all<br />

four members of your group will<br />

be going at different speeds and<br />

two of them are attached to the<br />

slowest one.<br />

Solution? Wait until the<br />

slowest one (clearly the toddler)<br />

gives up and hands over one of<br />

the dog leads.<br />

Plunge head long into the still<br />

frosty forest and allow yourself<br />

time to think things are going<br />

pretty well.<br />

Don’t take the easy path, that’s<br />

for people who didn’t grow up<br />

in the village and you definitely<br />

did. So just head off on a rough<br />

cut path through a thick grove of<br />

pines.<br />

Some of your group (again,<br />

clearly the toddler) will trip<br />

on the loose pine needles<br />

and sand. This may (will) lead<br />

them to hand over the second<br />

dog.<br />

While carrying the bag and<br />

holding both dogs, enjoy the<br />

short walk until the last thing<br />

you aren’t holding gives up<br />

completely and cries to be picked<br />

up.<br />

Now, holding everything<br />

and everyone, slog your way<br />

up the sand dunes to reach the<br />

beach.<br />

Savour the irony that the<br />

moment you picked to enjoy<br />

one of this region’s great<br />

walks coincides with a high<br />

tide so full that there’s not<br />

actually any beach to walk on<br />

anyway.<br />

Finally, with a last look at a<br />

wonderful view, turn around<br />

and carry everyone back.<br />

•Former <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News<br />

journalist Matt Salmons<br />

has become a stay-at-home<br />

dad. We follow his journey<br />

weekly.<br />

EXERCISE: Vittoria enjoying a forest ramble, moments before<br />

giving up and asking for a ride.<br />

Landlords – know your obligations<br />

Ferrymeadbased<br />

Morris<br />

& Co Property<br />

Management<br />

operations<br />

manager<br />

Katrina Green<br />

writes about<br />

the new Healthy Homes<br />

Standard legislation<br />

AS PART of a commitment to<br />

providing Canterbury landlords<br />

with the correct information,<br />

Ray White Morris & Co Property<br />

Management is hosting a landlord<br />

information breakfast, designed<br />

to educate landlords on their<br />

obligations, and dispel any myths.<br />

(See details below).<br />

I was surprised that overall<br />

landlords really do not<br />

understand what their obligations<br />

are, or what the time lines are.<br />

There is a lot of misinformation<br />

out there including what heating<br />

will be acceptable and where it is<br />

required, right down to people<br />

thinking that they are required<br />

to double glaze their rental<br />

property.<br />

We want to ensure that<br />

landlords make well informed<br />

decisions, and certainly don’t<br />

panic and decide to get out of<br />

investment property ownership.<br />

The repercussions of this will<br />

likely be a shortage of properties<br />

throughout New Zealand and<br />

make it difficult for tenants to<br />

find affordable good quality<br />

homes.<br />

The Healthy Homes Standards<br />

came into effect from <strong>July</strong> 1<br />

this year and include five key<br />

components – ventilation,<br />

heating, drafts, drainage and<br />

insulation.<br />

While a lot of landlords will<br />

know the basics, what they may<br />

not know is that as yet we have<br />

not been furnished with all of the<br />

details.<br />

So, while I certainly<br />

recommend planning for<br />

upgrades, it is equally important<br />

to ensure you have the correct<br />

information before you begin<br />

spending any money.<br />

Another factor to consider is<br />

time frames. There are several<br />

differing time lines we are<br />

working from, and these started<br />

from <strong>July</strong> 1 with all new tenancy<br />

agreements now needing to<br />

include a statement of intent.<br />

•The event, which is being<br />

held at the Christchurch RSA in<br />

Armagh St, at 7am on <strong>July</strong> 24 is<br />

free although there is a cost of $29<br />

per person which covers their full<br />

buffet breakfast, tea and coffee.<br />

•For more information and<br />

to register please log in at<br />

https://canterburypm.co.nz/<br />

events/landlords<br />

Should board seminars<br />

be open to the public?<br />

Linwood-<br />

Central-<br />

Heathcote<br />

Community<br />

Board member<br />

Darrell Latham<br />

argues the<br />

public should<br />

not be excluded from<br />

regular board seminars<br />

WOULD AN outbreak of<br />

democracy be a good thing<br />

and should we allow greater<br />

accessibility to our Linwood-<br />

Central-Heathcote Community<br />

Board seminars? My answer is a<br />

resounding yes.<br />

At a recent board meeting,<br />

I raised this issue and sought<br />

clarification as to why the public<br />

was unable to attend our regular<br />

seminars. Basically, these<br />

seminars are persona non grata,<br />

public excluded events.<br />

I was advised that the public<br />

could attend seminars when<br />

it was deemed appropriate.<br />

However, a comment was made<br />

that public attendance at board<br />

seminars could stifle discussion.<br />

This is a viewpoint which I<br />

reject. We are elected members<br />

and it is our job to ask the hard<br />

questions of city council staff<br />

and others on behalf of our<br />

ratepayers.<br />

At seminar briefings, staff<br />

and specialists update elected<br />

members on matters. Board<br />

members then vote at publicly<br />

accessible community board<br />

meetings usually after the<br />

serious discussion has already<br />

been held at public excluded<br />

seminars. Most of our<br />

seminars are suitable for public<br />

attendance. Very few deal with<br />

sensitive or private information.<br />

Examples of interesting<br />

seminars include the highly<br />

topical St Andrews Hill traffic<br />

light phasing, <strong>Bay</strong>s Area Skate<br />

park site selection, Redcliffs<br />

and Sumner Village<br />

enhancement Projects, Crime<br />

cameras, Scott Park Landscape<br />

plan and the list of local projects<br />

goes on. The local community<br />

would have been well informed<br />

with the information presented<br />

at these board seminar briefings.<br />

Closed seminars take matters<br />

of local importance out of the<br />

public arena. The opportunity<br />

to attend seminar briefings<br />

would allow the public to hear<br />

the discussions and to be better<br />

informed.<br />

Residents have clearly stated<br />

in their survey review of city<br />

council services they would<br />

like to see more involvement<br />

earlier on to help them<br />

understand why and how<br />

decisions are made.<br />

There have been far too many<br />

meetings held behind closed<br />

doors, which means the public<br />

don’t get to hear the input into<br />

issues.<br />

•HAVE YOUR SAY: do you<br />

think the public should be<br />

able to attend community<br />

board seminars? email your<br />

thoughts to jess.gibson@<br />

starmedia.kiwi


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Wednesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>17</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />

Odds firmly stacked against Sumner<br />

• By Gordon Findlater<br />

SUMNER WILL need to<br />

overcome a bogey team which<br />

has put 124 points on them in<br />

two matches this year if they are<br />

to have a chance of finishing the<br />

season with silverware.<br />

On Saturday, the premier<br />

side suffered their third defeat on<br />

the trot when they fell 19-35 to<br />

Sydenham.<br />

The result means they<br />

finished fifth in the bottom six<br />

competition and will now travel<br />

to Linfield Park to play Linwood<br />

in a bowl semi-final.<br />

Linfield hasn’t been a happy<br />

hunting ground for Sumner.<br />

Their previous two meetings<br />

with Linwood both ended in<br />

heavy defeats, 22-76 in April and<br />

15-48 earlier this month.<br />

On Saturday Sumner found<br />

themselves on the back foot<br />

less than 2min into the match<br />

against Sydenham by conceding<br />

a try to find themselves seven<br />

points down. However, they<br />

rebounded and tries to winger<br />

Erik Thomson and halfback<br />

James Elliot had them trailing<br />

14-21 at the break.<br />

“We were pretty happy at<br />

half-time. Having said that, they<br />

scored 5min before half-time and<br />

5min after . . . they we’re absolute<br />

sucker punches,” said Sumner<br />

coach Martin Dodgson.<br />

One positive Dodgson took<br />

from the game was his side’s late<br />

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evenly fought with seven points<br />

a piece each while a number of<br />

division two Sumner players<br />

were called upon due to injuries<br />

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their attention to a third meeting<br />

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year. The home side will come<br />

into the match with a huge<br />

BIG THREAT: Sumner will need to nullify Linwood playmaker Gibson<br />

Popoali’i’s ability to off-load the ball if they are to get a result in Saturday’s<br />

plate semi-final.<br />

PHOTOS: ROZELLE MAY<br />

mental advantage after bashing<br />

their way through the wave in<br />

the past two meetings. However,<br />

Dodgson says if Sumner can<br />

show some of the resolve they<br />

did at the weekend then they are<br />

a strong chance of turning the<br />

tide.<br />

“When we drop off they’re<br />

really good at busting through<br />

tackles and once they get in<br />

behind you they can off-load<br />

. . . every time we’ve played<br />

them every single off-load has<br />

stuck. If we can play like we<br />

did at the weekend we could<br />

do a number of them,” said<br />

Dodgson.<br />

•Saturday’s bowl semi-final<br />

against Linwood kicks off at<br />

2.45pm.<br />

Ferrymead <strong>Bay</strong>s juniors<br />

impress at football cup<br />

TWO FERRYMEAD <strong>Bay</strong>s junior teams<br />

had impressive results at the Christchurch<br />

International Cup.<br />

The three-day tournament at Christchurch<br />

Football Centre on Yaldhurst Rd saw<br />

<strong>Bay</strong>s’ under-11 team finish fourth and<br />

their under-12 team finish fifth.<br />

The under-11 side finished second in<br />

their pool with two wins against Nelson<br />

Suburbs and St Albans Shirley, and a loss<br />

to Maori Hill.<br />

They then defeated Waimak United<br />

3-0 in a quarter-final before a dramatic<br />

semi-final against Nomads United which<br />

saw them lose on penalties after the match<br />

finished 1-1.<br />

In the third place play-off the side were<br />

again denied by penalties against Waterside<br />

Karori.<br />

Meanwhile, the under-12 team also<br />

finished second in their pool after wins<br />

against Christchurch United White and<br />

West End.<br />

Their only loss came against Nelson<br />

Suburbs. In the quarter finals they were<br />

defeated 0-8 by an impressive All Stars<br />

Academy side.<br />

However, they rebounded to win on<br />

penalties against Western Springs.<br />

The result saw them face Nelson for the<br />

second time in the fifth place play-off.<br />

This time <strong>Bay</strong>s took the honours 4-2.<br />

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Wednesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>17</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />

Email jess.gibson@starmedia.kiwi by<br />

5pm each Wednesday<br />

Knit ’n’ Yarn<br />

Today, 10am-noon (Lyttelton),<br />

Tuesday, 10.30-noon (Sumner)<br />

Take your knitting, crochet or<br />

other portable craft project and<br />

enjoy time with other crafters.<br />

Have a look at the range of books<br />

to get ideas for your next project.<br />

Free, no bookings required.<br />

Beginners welcome.<br />

Lyttelton Library and Matuku<br />

Takotako: Sumner Centre<br />

One Stitch at a Time<br />

Tomorrow, 10am-noon<br />

Have a natter over needles at<br />

One Stitch at a Time. All are<br />

welcome from people who have<br />

never crafted and aren’t sure it is<br />

for them to experienced crafters<br />

who feel like a bit of a chat while<br />

they sew, knit and weave.<br />

Mt Pleasant Community<br />

Centre<br />

A Very Pleasant Playgroup<br />

Tomorrow, 9.30-11.30am<br />

Drop-in playgroup for preschoolers<br />

and their grown-ups.<br />

Stay for the whole session or<br />

drop-in when it suits.<br />

Mt Pleasant Centre<br />

JP Clinic<br />

Tomorrow (Little River), 11am-<br />

12.30pm, and Saturday, 10amnoon<br />

(Sumner)<br />

A justice of the peace will<br />

be available to members of<br />

the community to witness<br />

signatures and documents,<br />

certify document copies, hear<br />

oaths, declarations, affidavits<br />

or affirmations, as well as sign<br />

citizenship, sponsorship or rates<br />

rebates applications. There is no<br />

charge for this service.<br />

Little River Library and<br />

Matuku Takotako: Sumner<br />

Centre<br />

Tai Chi<br />

Friday, 7-8.30pm<br />

This is a gentle exercise for<br />

people of all ages and fitness<br />

levels, bringing many health and<br />

other benefits. All are welcome<br />

to attend this weekly class. Phone<br />

Lucida for more information on<br />

022 697 7420.<br />

105 Bridle Path Rd<br />

Lens on the World<br />

Friday, Saturday and Sunday<br />

10am - 4pm<br />

An exhibition of art<br />

photographs by members of<br />

the Diamond <strong>Harbour</strong> Camera<br />

Club which includes images<br />

from club field trips and travels<br />

abroad. All works for sale. Free<br />

entry. Historic Stoddart Cottage<br />

is a great place to visit with<br />

the family during the school<br />

holidays. Hop on the ferry from<br />

Lyttelton.<br />

Using googly eyes, pompoms, pipe cleaners and popsicle sticks, create your own weird and<br />

wonderful mini bookmark for yourself or for a friend. Head to Matuku Takotako: Sumner Centre<br />

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Stoddart Cottage Trust, 2a<br />

Waipapa Ave, Diamond <strong>Harbour</strong><br />

Shoreline Toastmasters<br />

Monday 7.30-9pm<br />

Nervous about speaking?<br />

Gain confidence by practising<br />

speaking, listening, learning<br />

and laughing in a warm,<br />

friendly non-threatening<br />

environment.<br />

Mt Pleasant Yacht Club<br />

Akaroa Craft Group<br />

Monday, 1.30-2.30pm<br />

Go along and join the very<br />

friendly Akaroa Craft Group.<br />

Sit in comfy chairs and have a<br />

relaxing chat while working on<br />

your craft project. Share skills in<br />

a wide range of crafts, including<br />

needlework, knitting, quilting,<br />

handicrafts, making dolls, teddy<br />

bears and spinning.<br />

Akaroa Library<br />

Mt Pleasant Walking Group<br />

Tuesday and Thursday,<br />

9.30am<br />

A mix of flat and hill walks for<br />

people with a medium level<br />

of fitness. Walks are in nearby<br />

areas and further afield. There<br />

will be carpooling with shared<br />

costs. Phone Judy 384 1269.<br />

Various locations<br />

Technology Help<br />

Sessions<br />

Monday, 2-3pm<br />

If you need help using your<br />

computer, smartphone, iPad,<br />

or tablet, go along to a drop-in<br />

session. It will cover off email,<br />

searching the internet, using<br />

the library catalogue, eBooks,<br />

and general computer queries.<br />

Take your laptop, tablet, or<br />

smartphone, or use one of the<br />

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2 tsp ground cinnamon<br />

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½ tsp salt<br />

80ml canola oil<br />

40g sweetened soy yoghurt<br />

2 eggs<br />

200g grated carrot<br />

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50g butter<br />

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Wednesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>17</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />

Strong styling from Mercedes-Benz coupe<br />

Motoring<br />

Ross Kiddie<br />

MY THOUGHTS are that if you<br />

are paying over $180k for a new<br />

car you’d at least expect it to look<br />

the part.<br />

That is certainly what Mercedes-Benz<br />

has done with its E<br />

Class coupe line-up. Well, the<br />

entire E Class series looks pretty<br />

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sedan, coupe and convertible, and<br />

each has presence, its size, shape<br />

and detailing combine to give an<br />

overwhelming sense of purpose.<br />

The latest generation E Class<br />

has been around since 2016 and<br />

I’ve driven three variants, culminating<br />

in this evaluation, the E53<br />

AMG coupe.<br />

I’m very enthusiastic about<br />

the turbocharged V8 engine that<br />

powers many models in the Mercedes-Benz<br />

AMG performance<br />

range, that generally has the<br />

nomenclature 63, and at around<br />

$200k the sedan would probably<br />

be my pick.<br />

However, the E53 coupe is not<br />

disgraced as it, too, is a true performance<br />

vehicle. Under the bonnet<br />

sits a twin-turbocharged V6<br />

engine of 2999cc. That engine is<br />

also carried across the Mercedes-<br />

Benz range with varying outputs<br />

and in each case has remarkable<br />

sound through the exhaust. In<br />

the E53 that sound is still there, it<br />

barks and spits during gear shifts<br />

both up and down. The constant<br />

rumble out the pipes can’t quite<br />

be heard to the same extent as it<br />

is in the soft-top, but the coupe<br />

definitely has an audible presence.<br />

I simply love it, I was forever blipping<br />

the throttle and forcing shifts<br />

just to hear the boom and crackle.<br />

In terms of power outputs,<br />

Mercedes-Benz claims 320kW<br />

and 520Nm. If you add to that the<br />

constant turbocharged boost you<br />

know you are in for some excitement<br />

when the roads allow a bit<br />

of freedom.<br />

Mercedes-Benz also claims a<br />

4.4sec standstill to 100km/h time,<br />

and by my stopwatch it will lunge<br />

through a highway overtake in<br />

just under 4sec (80-120km/h).<br />

These are impressive times, but fit<br />

well with the sporty nature of the<br />

coupe, it has the performance to<br />

match its powerful looks.<br />

Yet, the big coupe is also docile<br />

when the roads don’t allow for<br />

performance, it will dawdle the<br />

city streets without taxing the<br />

driver, indeed the entire driving<br />

experience is one of comfort<br />

and relaxation. So competent is<br />

MERCEDES-BENZ E53 COUPE: Dynamic performance and looks.<br />

it at speed that the driver doesn’t<br />

need to work hard to maintain<br />

momentum, everything the E53<br />

does, it does with ease.<br />

On a stormy early winter<br />

weekend I took the evaluation car<br />

to Windwhistle before returning<br />

to the city through Hororata<br />

and Dunsandel. I had intended<br />

to go further west towards Lake<br />

Coleridge power station, but the<br />

roads were tricky with snow piled<br />

to the sides and ice a major threat.<br />

However, I felt at ease in the E53,<br />

it is majorly competent because<br />

drive is channelled through a<br />

nine-speed automatic transmission<br />

to all four wheels.<br />

On the greasy wet roads it was<br />

great to have the reassurance<br />

4WD offers, grip is high, and<br />

even though there was a lot of<br />

water under the tyres they never<br />

felt like they would lose traction.<br />

What’s more the driveline feels<br />

biased towards the rear, promoting<br />

a sporty feeling, powering out<br />

of a corner lends to the sensation<br />

that oversteer would be available,<br />

of course, you can’t break traction<br />

thanks to the trick control<br />

systems, but the car does provide<br />

all of the feel-good factors that a<br />

dynamic suspension and driveline<br />

offer.<br />

There are also suspension settings<br />

the driver can dial in for<br />

him/herself. That’s the beauty of<br />

an air suspension set-up, the ride<br />

is glorious, yet can be firmed or<br />

softened at will. If you haven’t<br />

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give it a try, it is the ideal compromise<br />

for comfort and handling,<br />

the cushioning effect is simply<br />

amazing.<br />

In AMG form the E53 is fully<br />

• Price – Mercedes-<br />

Benz E53 AMG coupe,<br />

$181,300<br />

• Dimensions – Length,<br />

4826mm; width,<br />

1860mm; height,<br />

1430mm<br />

• Configuration – V6,<br />

four-wheel-drive,<br />

2999cc, 320kW, 520Nm,<br />

nine-speed, automatic.<br />

• Performance –<br />

0-100km/h, 4.4sec<br />

• Fuel usage –<br />

8.8l/100km<br />

specced with all of the upmarket<br />

and luxury kit you’d expect for a<br />

car of this price, they are all laid<br />

out in the traditional Mercedes-<br />

Benz style, the layout of the controls<br />

is intuitive once familiar. It<br />

also has the tweaks which provide<br />

the performance factor, and that<br />

is where the AMG badging comes<br />

in, it adds to the dynamics of both<br />

performance and looks.<br />

As mentioned, if I was an E Class<br />

buyer, I’d pay the extra $20k for sedan’s<br />

V8 power and its five seats (as<br />

opposed to four seats in the coupe).<br />

However, don’t be misled, the E53<br />

and its V6 engine represents true<br />

performance and has the benefits<br />

of beautiful styling. I’m a big coupe<br />

fan, and I particularly enjoyed my<br />

time in the evaluation car, the grace<br />

with which it travels and the overall<br />

design is something to surely<br />

treasure.


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BAY HARBOUR<br />

Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

The gift of travel<br />

AND THE GREATER GIFT<br />

OF GIVING BACK...<br />

Recently House of Travel Owner Operators<br />

from across the country congregated on the<br />

Coral Coast of Fiji for their annual partnership<br />

weekend which involved the usual schedule of<br />

conference rooms, strategy, hosted dinners and<br />

team building.<br />

However, what was different about this conference is that<br />

on the last day all attendees and partners were taken to a<br />

local school on the Coral Coast to ‘lend a helping hand’ to<br />

a primary school that apparently received little government<br />

funding. Little did we know what was in store – as we drove<br />

for about an hour via narrow winding roads through deep<br />

forestation we appeared at a humble building block located<br />

on a stunning coastal setting. We were split into teams of 4-5<br />

and the three hour working bee began!<br />

All teams had a local tradesman giving guidance and we were<br />

delegated a range of tasks from sanding and preparation for<br />

painting, painting interior walls and exterior walls, assembling<br />

of new computer work stations/desks, building bookcases,<br />

building new outdoor seating and sanding and painting the<br />

outdoor seating.<br />

As we worked away at our tasks in the warm sun in our<br />

allocated teams, it’s fair to say it was the most rewarding<br />

team building activity I’ve ever taken part in – let’s just say<br />

communication was critical as we worked with the local bendy<br />

nails and particularly for the teams building bookcases which<br />

included us as we realised we had all nailed the backing on<br />

the wrong side of the bookcase. Nevertheless we overcame<br />

the challenges and got the jobs done!<br />

Another team had assembled all the carefully curated<br />

gifts requested including stationery supplies and toys and<br />

divided them up into backpacks House of Travel provided.<br />

We were then given the task of handing these out to the<br />

gleeful school children who had lined up to meet with us.<br />

My husband watched a young child taking the goodies out<br />

of the bag, face beaming with the pure joy of brand new<br />

pencils. As we departed the school that afternoon with that<br />

weary yet exhilarated feeling, I have to say emotions were<br />

running high as I thought of the simple joy a new pencil can<br />

bring to a school child and how the joy of travel is amplified<br />

and enhanced by authentically giving back.<br />

So proud and honoured to work for an organisation that has<br />

these values. Mel Hubber<br />

“ TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE YOUR NEXT HOLIDAY EVEN BETTER”<br />

BETTER TOGETHER<br />

987 FERRY ROAD, FERRYMEAD VILLAGE I 376 4022 I FERRYMEAD@HOT.CO.NZ

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