Bay Harbour: July 24, 2019

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PAGE 2 BAY HARBOUR Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Wednesday July 24 2019 get in touch from the editor’s desk DON’T CALL me a grump but ratepayers will understandably probably be a bit miffed by the chance city councillors and community board members will soon be able to get reimbursed for childcare (see page 7). They will vote before September on whether to okay a new policy, which will allow them to have childcare paid for up to $6000 a year when they attend meetings and other council business and events. Yes, that’s correct – they will vote on this themselves. So when I say chance, I suspect it will be a very high chance ratepayers will soon be forking out. The policy is aimed at encouraging more people to stand for local politics. But should ratepayers be paying for their childcare? – Barry Clarke GENERAL INQUIRIES Ph 379 7100 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Ph 379 1100 Star Media, a division of Allied Press Ltd PO box 1467, Christchurch starmedia.kiwi NEWS Jess Gibson Ph: 021 914 169 jess.gibson@starmedia.kiwi ADVERTISING Jo-Anne Fuller Ph: 364 7425 jo.fuller@ starmedia.kiwi Rob Davison Ph: 021 225 8584 rob.davison@ starmedia.kiwi news Strength and balance classes for over 65s Older people in Lyttelton are getting active to live stronger and longer lives. Page 10 sport Sumner’s bogey team Sumner suffered their third and final drubbing of the season at Linfield Park. Page 14 community events Learning through a love for stories Check out Storytimes at the Matuku Takotako: Sumner Centre today from 10.30-11am and Lyttelton Library on Tuesday from 11-11.30am. Page 17 The best-read local newspaper, delivered to 10,056 homes, RDs and farms every Wednesday Brookhaven, Heathcote, Ferrymead, Redcliffs, Mt Pleasant, Sumner, Lyttelton, Diamond Harbour, Governors Bay, Akaroa. EMPOWERING GIRLS YEARS 1 – 13 Book your personal tour today Please contact: Lizzie Dyer, Registrar (03) 353 2563 • enrol@stmargarets.school.nz “We love it, you will too” www.stmargarets.school.nz
Wednesday July 24 2019 News Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi BAY HARBOUR Local News Now In Brief PAGE 3 Fire rages, homes at risk BOARD DECISIONS A new agreement which will give community boards more decision-making powers has been approved by the Banks Peninsula Community Board. The Governance Partnership Agreement covers a series of delegations which will be transferred from the city council to the community board on August 1. The agreement will mean the community board can more efficiently make decisions in its area. SAFETY: A stricken 35ft yacht with three passengers was towed from south of Motunau to Lyttelton by the Sumner Lifeboat on Saturday night. Marathon rescue for Sumner Lifeboat • By Jess Gibson SUMNER LIFEBOAT coxswain Blair Quane has called a 10-hour night mission south of Motunau his “hardest rescue in 17 years.” Sumner Lifeboat and North Canterbury Coastguard crews rescued three yacht passengers on Saturday who had set out from Picton. The 35ft yacht had lost all power in difficult conditions and two rescue vessels were deployed from Kaiapoi and Sumner at about 5pm. tree trouble? call us 384 9630 www.fourseasonstreecare.co.nz The North Canterbury Coastguard’s Kaiapoi rescue vessel was launched first. It was able to locate the yacht while the Sumner Lifeboat vessel, Blue Arrow Rescue, was on its way. Blue Arrow Rescue was the larger vessel, so it towed the yacht to Lyttelton with its passengers in the choppy 2m swell. Twelve Sumner crew were Blair Quane involved over 10 hours, with six on the boat, two relief and four shore crew members. “Our crew were quite seasick with the conditions. I’ve got crew who are sailors which have travelled from Auckland to Christchurch and have never been seasick. It just shows how rough it was,” Mr Quane said. He skippered Blue Arrow Rescue on the mission. “It was rough in all directions. If you can imagine 10 hours in a roller coaster, I’d like to think most people would be puking their guts out. I was the only one who wasn’t, but they call me steel guts.” When Blue Arrow Rescue and the yacht arrived at Lyttelton, they were met by Sumner Lifeboat shore crew, a St John ambulance and a supply of sandwiches and coffee. Sumner Lifeboat crew member Howard Nicholls said the people on the yacht were checked out by St John staff and “all were fine but tired.” NEW TOILETS BY SUMMER Akaroa’s new $630,000 public toilets are set to be built before the summer visitor season starts. The facility aims to meet the influx of cruise ship passengers which put pressure on Akaroa’s ageing toilet block on Rue Jolie. These old toilets behind the Akaroa Service Centre will be demolished next month to make way for the new 13m long prefabricated block of eight toilets. PARKING ON BUS STOPS Two bus stops in Heathcote Valley may be marked with new paint to prevent vehicles parking over them. The Linwood-Central- Heathcote Community Board is set to decide today whether to put line markings on stops at 20 Bridle Path Rd and opposite 18 Bridle Path Rd. It will also consider changing the position of the stops. Renovations & New Homes Celebrating the best of Banks Peninsula INVITATION TO STALLHOLDERS t h e t r e e p e o p l e f o u r s e a s o n s t r e e C a r e Visit www.bankspeninsulafestival.co.nz to register your stall today!
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