The Star: July 18, 2019

Thursday July 18 2019 The Star
• By Sophie Cornish
A FEISTY duck which caused
chaos in St Martins has played
chicken for the last time.
After a short stint as a
local celebrity, the St Martins
Duck was hit and killed by a
car on Centaurus Rd last week
– the day The Star published an
article on the duck’s ongoing
antics.
The paradise duck made a
name for itself in the suburb for
being aggressive with a tendency
to go quackers over brightly
coloured clothing and shoes.
With its own Facebook group,
the ‘St Martins Duck’ was
reported to bite people’s ankles,
play ‘chicken’ with buses and
was known to sit in the middle
of the road, not moving or
budging.
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Feisty St Martins celebrity duck hit by car
The wailing duck with a reputation
of causing a racket would
frequent the St Martins New
World car park.
St Martins resident Ange Yates
was very disappointed to hear of
the duck’s passing, after being
in touch with Wellington-based
duck expert, Craig Shepherd,
also known as Duckman.
Mr Shepherd offered to transport
the troubled duck to a new
home with 80 other paradise
ducks.
The duck’s body was picked
up by Animal and Bird Hospital.
“Her penchant for parading
Centaurus Rd was her final
undoing. She sure won many
a heart with her sassiness,
although her persistent pecking
at passersby riled a few! RIP
little lady,” said a post on the
hospital’s Facebook page.
Attack costs CDHB $6m
• By Sophie Cornish
THE COST of the March 15
terror attack has reached the $6
million mark for the Canterbury
District Health Board.
The attack by a lone gunman
on the Al Noor Mosque on Deans
Ave and Linwood Islamic Centre
killed 51 people and injured 49.
“Canterbury DHB’s initial
response to the March terrorist
attack has been quantified at
$6 million,”
said a CDHB
financial
report.
Said CDHB
chief executive
David Meates:
“This has been
derived from
David Meates
our internal
costing
systems, and
covers the direct costs that have
been incurred by Canterbury
DHB in the initial response
post-attack through to the end of
June.”
The Ministry of Health has
approved additional funding of
$3 million for the CDHB.
Mr Meates said the remaining
costs will be funded from a
population-based funding
formula. This is a technical tool
used to help evenly distribute
the bulk of the CDHB’s funding
according to the needs of the
population.
Additional costs will be added
to the CDHB’s deficit.
Previously, Mr Meates called
the response from the health
IMPACT: The CDHB has revealed the cost of the March 15 terror attack up until the end
of June was $6 million.
sector “truly extraordinary.”
Figures released in April
revealed the extensive lengths to
which Christchurch Hospital was
pushed in the aftermath of the
event.
In the month following March
15, more than 8800 minutes were
spent in surgery for the victims,
which equates to six continuous
days.
Mr Meates said never
before has a hospital in
New Zealand been required
to manage 48 patients with
gunshot wounds.
“Even internationally, a trauma
event of this size would usually
be spread across a number of
healthcare centres,” he said.
The financial report also
revealed other costs for the
CDHB, such as industrial action,
which has cost $2 million so
far and the flooding of the
outpatients building, which has
cost $1 million so far.
Separate financial reporting
was needed to consider the cost
of the measles outbreak, Mr
Meates said.
•Support for victims’ longterm
needs, page 10
NEWS 3
in brief
Assault leaves person
in serious condition
One person was taken to
hospital in a serious condition
following an assault in
Papanui on Monday. St John
spokesman Gerard Campbell
said one patient was taken to
Christchurch Hospital just
after 4.20pm. A 23-year-old
woman was charged with wilful
damage, threatening to kill and
wounding with intent to cause
grievous bodily harm for the
assault on Grants Rd. She was
remanded in custody after her
first appearance in the district
court and is expected to appear
again on August 5. The two
parties were known to each
other.
Driver charged after
fleeing from police
A driver who crashed into a tree
while fleeing police has been
charged. The 40-year-old man is
expected to appear in the district
court tomorrow on charges of
failing to stop and driving in a
dangerous manner. He sustained
moderate injuries after the
crash on the corner of Dacre St
and Worcester St, Linwood, on
Friday. Police attempted to stop
him on Wyon St at about 7.10pm
and the vehicle crashed less than
a minute later.
Woman due in court
over dairy robbery
A woman has been charged
after robbing a dairy in
Addington. Michelle Elizabeth
Waitai Alexander is expected
to appear in the district court
on Wednesday on two separate
charges of stealing $600 cash
from the Selwyn Dairy on
Selwyn St and robbing it of $200.
Both charges relate to incidents
on June 29. •Dairy worker
attacked, page 6
Hearing dates set for
Fulton Hogan quarry
Independent commissioners
have confirmed the hearing dates
for the proposed Fulton Hogan
quarry. The dates are November
18-22, December 2-6 and
December 9-13. Any additional
days will be scheduled for early
next year.
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