Southern View: August 13, 2019

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Little interest in community building
• By Jess Gibson
AN EMPTY building available
for lease at the old Redcliffs
School site has struggled to
gain interest from community
groups.
Redcliffs Residents’
Association chairwoman
Christine Toner sent out more
than 200 emails
to help the city
council find a
group which
wants to lease the
building.
However,
after very few
Christine
expressions of
interest, the
association
Toner
wants to form either a new
sub-committee or independent
group to lease and manage it.
The modern building, which
is owned by the city council,
has four rooms and opens out
on to a courtyard overlooking
Redcliffs Park and playing fields.
“It’s such a good building and
I’m sure eventually people will
realise it’s too good to pass up,”
said Ms Toner.
She said the association does
not have an interest in leasing or
managing the building itself.
“It’s still important that it’s
managed locally. We don’t want
a commercial user or somebody
far away being in charge of the
EMPTY: The Redcliffs Residents’ Association wants the empty
council-owned building at the old Redcliffs School site to be
managed by a community group or organisation.
building, that’s why I’m stepping
up and trying to organise this.”
City council head of parks
Andrew Rutledge said staff are
currently conducting an open
expression of interest process to
find occupants for the building.
The occupants would be
expected to have a building
manager who would oversee
bookings, insurance, security
and cleaning, among other
things.
A meeting will be held on
August 16 at the building
for residents, groups and
organisations to learn more.
Once that has been completed
a further request for proposals
will follow, with the results
and lease recommendations
then presented to the Linwood-
Central-Heathcote Community
Board for a final decision.
Whiz kids gather for quiz
• By Claire Booker
MORE THAN 200 current
events whizzes put pen to paper
at the Otago Daily Times Extra!
Canterbury quiz at Cobham
Intermediate.
Pupils from across the region
formed teams of three on Tuesday
and were tested with questions
including who am I, what am I,
New Zealand places, around the
world mapping and famous faces.
Tai Tapu School won the year 5
and 6 section with 82 points out
of a possible 100.
Closely following in second
was Fendalton Open-Air School,
which was only two points behind
the champions with 80.
Prebbleton School secured third
with a score of 79.
Tai Tapu champions Ethan
Garrett-Burke, 9, Edward Bull,10,
and Caleb O’Leary, 10, were
pleasantly pleased with their win.
Edward said he “didn’t like the
faces” questions, but the team
enjoyed the challenges. North
$169,000 in grants from board
• By Jess Gibson
ABOUT $169,000 will be
distributed to groups and
organisations in Banks Peninsula.
The Banks Peninsula
Community Board has passed 22
applications for funding from its
Loburn School won the year 7 and
8 quiz with 89 points. William
Hassall, 12, Charley Ward, 13,
and Harry Witt, 12, said they
were happy to win the quiz, but
“it wasn’t planned.”
The teams had to find answers
to questions from an Otago Daily
Times newspaper, which caught
them off guard.
Two Hillview Christian School
teams took second and third with
88 and 87 points. Extra! editor
Tricia Rowe was pleased the event
went smoothly.
“The year 7 and 8 group were
really lively, which made the quiz
go fast,” she said. “The lead up to
the event has been stressful, with
balancing writing papers and
writing the quizzes, but I’ve got a
really good team.”
The quiz was run by the
Otago Daily Times through
Extra! – its monthly Newspapers
in Education publication for
primary, intermediate and junior
secondary school pupils.
strengthening communities
fund.
Akaroa Resource Collective
Trust, Lyttelton Community
House Trust and The Little River
Wairewa Community Trust are
among the list of organisations
which requested grants.
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