Nor'West News: August 13, 2019

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Paid back for picking up litter
In Brief
• By Claire Booker
MARIA LAMB used to worry
about being known as the “crazy
lady picking up rubbish” – but
winning a Keep Christchurch
Beautiful award has shown her
she is not alone.
The awards were held last
week at the Turanga library.
Mrs Lamb didn’t even realise
she had been nominated for
an individual award until she
was sifting through her ‘junk’
email folder looking for a school
notice, and stumbled across the
nomination.
“[It’s nice to know] you’re not
the only one doing this, there
are other people doing their very
best in their community, but I
guess we don’t really know about
each other,” she said.
Mrs Lamb received the award
for the work she does in the
St Albans community. She
organises exercise groups for
women in the area and spends
her time collecting rubbish.
The exercise group provides a
safe way for women in St Albans
to get out and make friends.
“It took a few months for
people to get involved, and then
others started to advertise what
they were doing, and where
they were exercising – it sort of
just kicked off in that way,” Mrs
Lamb said.
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She often goes ‘plogging’,
which means to walk or jog
while picking up litter.
Mrs Lamb has passed on her
love for the environment to her
children, who pick up rubbish
with her when they’re out and
are eager to talk to people they
catch littering in the streets.
“If they [children] see rubbish,
they’ll pick it up. If they see
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someone littering they’ll say,
mum should we go and say
something or should we just
pick it up ourselves.”
The family is focused on
sustainable living and their
household is nearly entirely
chemical-free, with the
exception of Dettol.
The family uses eco-friendly
cleaning products, plant-based
TIDY KIWI: Maria Lamb and
her trusty helper Lulu collect
rubbish at English Park in St
Albans.
PHOTO: CLAIRE BOOKER
Other award winners from the
Nor’West News area
•Edgeware Mowers: For its
support in helping to keep the
red zone tidy.
•Harewood School: For its
participation in the Keep
Christchurch Beautiful school
environment.
•Tony Hack: For his caretaker
work at Harewood School.
•Don Sherriff: For his work
with the Keep Christchurch
Beautiful education
programmes.
shampoo and conditioner,
and they will only consume
sustainably-sourced produce
and meat.
Mrs Lamb said one of the
most rewarding things about
collecting litter is when people
she doesn’t know approach her
to ask what she’s doing.
“People that you don’t even
know will give you compliments
and say, hey, it’s really cool to see
you doing that,” she said
“Then other people will say,
oh gosh, you’ve inspired me, if I
see rubbish in the park, I’ll pick
it up . . . and I just think that is
so cool.”
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SAWYERS ARMS DAMAGE
The damage reported by residents
along Sawyers Arms Rd after work
was done by Orion is set to be
assessed. Residents are concerned
about the potholes and uneven
surface. They say it is causing
earthquake-like shaking when
trucks travel along the road. Orion
now plans to arrange a meeting
with the city council roading
manager at the site to inspect the
road, determine if there are issues
with its work and what may need
to be done to repair it.
CIVIC AWARDS
Nominations have opened for
the Christchurch Civic Awards.
Members of the community
can nominate an individual or
organisation which has had a
major impact on the community.
Nominations close on August 23 at
5pm and can be made at to https://
www.ccc.govt.nz/culture-andcommunity/community-awards/
civicawards.
QE II DRIVE BRIDGE
Steel piling work is set to begin this
week on the QE II Drive Bridge
foundation. About 445 steel piles
will be installed, 220 on each
side of the bridge, where the new
Christchurch Northern Corridor
will go over QE II Drive.
The work is expected to be finished
in late October.
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