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Finishing touches added to gym<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
KAIAPOI<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> 5, <strong>2019</strong><br />
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Principal Bruce Kearney<br />
can’t wait to unveil his<br />
school’s new gymnasium.<br />
The finishing touches are<br />
being made in anticipation of<br />
the official opening of<br />
Kaiapoi High School’s new<br />
gymnasium on Friday,<br />
<strong>September</strong> 13.<br />
Mr Kearney describes the<br />
opening as ‘‘the final piece in<br />
the puzzle’’ in the school’s<br />
redevelopment, which was<br />
delayed by the 2010 and 2011<br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> earthquakes.<br />
The school has been rebuilt<br />
for acapacity of 1100<br />
students.<br />
‘‘We are really excited that<br />
we have come to this time. It<br />
took abit longer than we<br />
expected, but that always<br />
happens with these things<br />
these days.<br />
‘‘The community is going to<br />
be overwhelmed by this<br />
gymnasium. It will be such a<br />
fantastic facility.’’<br />
Mr Kearney will be one of<br />
the first to try out the new<br />
sports court, as he plans to<br />
suit up for astaff versus<br />
students volleyball game<br />
during the opening.<br />
There will also be a<br />
performance from the<br />
school’s kapa haka group,<br />
while Mayor David Ayers will<br />
officially open the gym.<br />
Waimakariri District<br />
Council chief executive Jim<br />
Palmer and senior manager<br />
Craig Sargison will also be<br />
attending to acknowledge the<br />
council’s $1 million put<br />
towards the project.<br />
‘‘This is amajor project for<br />
them and we are very<br />
thankful for the council’s<br />
support,’’ Mr Kearney says.<br />
‘‘It has allowed us to have<br />
big runoff areas and new<br />
Excitement builds ... Kaiapoi High School principal Bruce Kearney, right, and Brosnan Construction<br />
site manager Keith O’Donohue look forward to unveiling the school’s new gymnasium. PHOTO: DAVID HILL<br />
seating on the sideline.’’<br />
The sports court has a<br />
wooden floor, which is ‘‘very<br />
unusual these days, but it’s<br />
thanks to the council’’, he<br />
says.<br />
The court is marked out for<br />
four sports —basketball,<br />
netball, volley ball and<br />
badminton. There is<br />
spectator seating and a<br />
weights room upstairs.<br />
It will be open for bookings<br />
from community groups and<br />
will host this year’s school<br />
senior prizegiving.<br />
Carpet tiling will be put<br />
down to protect the floor<br />
during events such as<br />
prizegivings.<br />
Mr Kearney says remaining<br />
projects around the school<br />
include site improvements by<br />
the school’s Year 12 building<br />
class and replacing the<br />
asphalt in the carpark.<br />
Kaiapoi High School’s roll<br />
passed 900 for the first time<br />
this year and Mr Kearney<br />
says initial indications<br />
suggest there will be arecord<br />
intake of Year 9students next<br />
year, with 230 enrolments so<br />
far.<br />
‘‘That means we will be<br />
looking at eight or nine<br />
classes. Five years ago we<br />
only had four Year 9classes.<br />
What it says is the community<br />
believes in this school, which<br />
is great because we believe in<br />
our community.’’<br />
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