North Canterbury News: September 05, 2019

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VIEWS 6 North Canterbury News, September 5, 2019 Chance to talk roads If you’reconcerned about thelackof investment in our North Canterburyroads, Iinvite you to join me tonight for ameeting with the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) at 6.30pm at theWoodend Rugby Club in Gladstone Road. As many of you know, Ipetitioned Parliament to save the Belfast to Pegasus fourlanemotorway,including the Woodend Bypass, after it was cancelled by the Government. Some haveaccused me of notgivingup on thisissue, butwhen Ihave parents telling me theyare scaredtohave their childrencrossing State Highway1at Woodend School, and thatthe elderlycan’t crossthe road to get to medical appointmentsbecause of the heavytraffic volumes following our rapid growth, then thereisreal concerninour community. FrustratedWaimakariri commuters askedmetocall tonight’s meeting, to push for aquickerresponse timefrom NZTA to deliver on its safety proposals for the motorway from Kaiapoi to AshleyBridge. The crossrepresentation of people attending apublicmeeting Iheld with National’s leader, Simon Bridges, including the local business community, the school and community leaders, is a good indication that traffic movements, estimated to be around 19,000 per day, have reached tipping point. Irecently visitedthe Northern Corridor project site for an update and was impressedbythe scopeofthe project. McALPINES MITRE 10 MEGA RANGIORA -OCEAN WATCH This Week Sun Fishing Guide Moon Wind Ok Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Sep 5 Sep 6 Sep 7 Sep 8 Sep 9 Sep 10 Sep 11 Rise 6:50am Set 6:06pm Best Times 5:06am 5:32pm Rise10:16am In the Electoratewith MattDoocey MP forWaimakariri Light SW Good Rise 6:48am Set 6:07pm Best Times 5:58am 6:24pm Set 12:58am Rise 10:53am Moderate SW becoming fresh S Good Authorised by Matt Doocey, Level 1ConwayLane, 188 High Street, Rangiora. The gains it will deliver in conjunction with the Western Belfast Bypassin streaming trafficseamlessly into Christchurch will futureproof our region’s transport needs. Our Belfast to Pegasus motorway, including the Woodend Bypass, was designed by National to be the next logical step and would have addressed residents’ safetyconcerns. Thelaunch of the Mental Healthand Addictions Wellbeing Group in Parliament last week gives hopetoNew Zealanders of crossparty commitment to meetthe challenges around mental health. Last year, Iwrote to every MP and asked them to backmeasIfoughtfor acrossparty approach to deliver solutions that won’t change when the Government changes. It was important to me to negotiate this while in Opposition. As anew MP, an elderly gentleman told me not to talk about my background in mental health because ‘‘we don’ttalk about mentalhealth in New Zealand’’. Ithink he talksofageneration that didn’thave avocabulary to talk about mentalhealthand faced alot of stigma aroundit. Now,we’ve got ayounger generation who have the vocabulary to talk about mentalhealth and they don’t faceas much stigma. They’redrivingpoliticiansto talk about mentalhealth and addressthe growing demand for services in New Zealand. Rise 6:46am Set 6:08pm Best Times 6:50am 7:17pm Set 2:03am Rise 11:35am Moderate SW easing Fair Rise 6:44am Set 6:09pm Best Times 7:42am 8:08pm Set 3:02am Rise 12:22pm Light Nbecoming moderate SE Fair Rise 6:43am Set 6:10pm Best Times Voting is essential By my calculations, this is my penultimate column for the North Canterbury News. For once, Iamnot struggling for a column, becausethe billboards and signsaround the district tell us that somethingishappening in Local Government! Voting is one of thefundamental rights and responsibilities in a representative democracy such as ours. LocalGovernment provides all of us, and our communities, with a huge range of services, so who you electtoyour regional council, districtcouncil, communityboard and health board is important. Sometimespeoplesay they don’t vote because ‘‘they don’t knowthe candidates’’. The corollary of thatisthatthe candidates should knoweveryone, but how can they expect to know all of the 60,000peoplewho liveinour district? Even Idon’t know all the candidates in my ward and communityboard area —for the mayoraltyorfor the regionalcouncil —but Iwill consider all of them. So what have Ialwayslooked forin candidates? 8:34am 8:59pm Set 3:55am Rise 1:13pm Light Ebecoming moderate NE Fair Rise 6:41am Set 6:11pm Best Times 9:24am 9:48pm Set 4:41am Rise 2:09pm Moderate NE Rise 6:39am Set 6:12pm Best 10:12am Fair Times 10:35pm Set 5:21am Rise 3:07pm Moderate Eeasing to light S Ilook for evidence of connection with my community and atrack recordofbeinginvolvedinmy community. Ilook for people who identify the issuesIthinkare importantand for some understandingofthe strategic matters councilshave to deal with. Ialso votetotry to achieveaboard or council that will be representative of my community aroundthe table. Iavoid candidateswho make promises —I’venever made asingle election promise —because I understandthat evenmayors have only one vote. So Ilook for elected representatives, particularly the mayor,who can work withothers, both insideand outsidethe council, and can buildand maintain teams. Nooneexpectscouncillors and board members to agreeon everything.Indeed,there would be something wrongifthey did,but elected members need to agree on the general directionsand on a visionfor the future. It’snot about potholes! All the best when the voting papersstartarriving in lessthan three weeks. Elections achance to have asay in how the district is run From September 20 to October 12, New Zealanderswill elect the peopletorepresentthem on city councils, districtcouncils, regional councils, districthealth boards, and other key local body organisations. Who willyou be votingfor? You willbevoting, won’t you? According to Statistics New Zealand, votinglevels in local authorityelections have been declining for the last 28 years. More people tick the boxes for district councils than for cityor regional councils, but voter turnout overall has beenin decline since 1989.In2016, according to the most recently available data,just43percent of Rachel Macdonald explains why she will be having her say in the upcoming local body elections. Too many Kiwis choose to cast aside their ballot papers, she writes. eligible voters bothered to pick up apen and exercise their democratic right to have asay in the makeup and directionof theircommunity. That means 57 percent of the electoratepresumablydon’t care how their rates arespent; don’t care what the futurewill look like for their city,town, or district; and don’t care who is making decisions regarding planning, infrastructure and bylaws. Surely, not participatingstrips them of any grounds to complain? Chance would be a finething. Ihave every intention of voting. Ilive in ademocracy and Iintend to take advantage of that. Ihave opinions regarding what is important to my quality of life and that of my children,and I intend to voicethose. Ivote for policies, not people, and while the end resultmight notplease me, at least Ihave bothered to stand up and be counted. There is an 18yearold in this house too and, unlikemanyofhis age group, he takes an active interest in politicsand sees his vote as avitalexpressionofthat. ‘‘To take an interest in who’s runningthe districtorthe country showsyou takean interestinwhere you live,’’he says. ‘‘It’snot about the overambitious promises of any one government or candidate,it’s about howyou thinkthings should be administered. ‘‘Whether the politicians follow throughisout of our hands, but at least by voting you arepart of the processthat holds them accountable.’’ There’sa17yearold here as well, and she would be grabbing the ballot sheetwith both hands if she were afew months older. ‘‘These are people making decisions that affect me —that affectall of my generation. ‘‘We need to make positive changeinthe community, and to do that, we need to havean opinion on what’sold and broken and needs to go, and what’snew and forwardthinking,’’she says. ‘‘It doesn’t hurt to vote.You have nothing to lose. If you want somethingchanged, take the steps to try to change it, and that means choosing the people most likelytodoso.’’ It’s not rocketscience is it? So you willbevoting, right? Swell Pegasus Bay Tide Chart 3 2 E1.4 m SE 1.8 m E2.0 m E1.3 m E1.4 m E1.3 m E1.2 m 3 6 9 NOON 3 6 9 3 6 9 NOON 3 6 9 3 6 9 NOON 3 6 9 3 6 9 NOON 3 6 9 3 6 9 NOON 3 6 9 3 6 9 NOON 3 6 9 3 6 9 NOON 3 6 9 1 0 Highs Lows Highs Lows Highs Lows Highs Lows Highs Lows Highs Lows Highs Lows Waimakariri 9:28am 2.5 3:09am 0.3 10:25am 2.4 4:06am 0.4 11:22am 2.4 5:03am 0.5 5:59am 0.5 12:44am 2.2 6:54am 0.6 1:37am 2.2 7:46am 0.6 2:27am 2.2 8:36am 0.6 Mouth 9:53pm 2.4 3:39pm 0.4 10:51pm 2.3 4:40pm 0.5 11:48pm 2.2 5:40pm 0.6 12:19pm 2.3 6:39pm 0.6 1:15pm 2.3 7:32pm 0.6 2:07pm 2.3 8:22pm 0.6 2:55pm 2.3 9:08pm 0.6 Amberley 9:28am 2.5 3:09am 0.3 10:25am 2.4 4:06am 0.4 11:22am 2.4 5:03am 0.5 5:59am 0.5 12:44am 2.2 6:54am 0.6 1:37am 2.2 7:46am 0.6 2:27am 2.2 8:36am 0.6 Beach 9:53pm 2.4 3:39pm 0.4 10:51pm 2.3 4:40pm 0.5 11:48pm 2.2 5:40pm 0.6 12:19pm 2.3 6:39pm 0.6 1:15pm 2.3 7:32pm 0.6 2:07pm 2.3 8:22pm 0.6 2:55pm 2.3 9:08pm 0.6 9:37am 2.5 3:18am 0.3 10:34am 2.4 4:15am 0.4 11:31am 2.4 5:12am 0.5 6:08am 0.5 12:53am 2.2 7:03am 0.6 1:46am 2.2 7:55am 0.6 2:36am 2.2 8:45am 0.6 Motunau 10:02pm 2.4 3:48pm 0.4 11:00pm 2.3 4:49pm 0.5 11:57pm 2.2 5:49pm 0.6 12:28pm 2.3 6:48pm 0.6 1:24pm 2.3 7:41pm 0.6 2:16pm 2.3 8:31pm 0.6 3:04pm 2.3 9:17pm 0.6 9:39am 2.5 3:20am 0.3 10:36am 2.4 4:17am 0.4 11:33am 2.4 5:14am 0.5 6:10am 0.5 12:55am 2.2 7:05am 0.6 1:48am 2.2 7:57am 0.6 2:38am 2.2 8:47am 0.6 Gore Bay 10:04pm 2.4 3:50pm 0.4 11:02pm 2.3 4:51pm 0.5 11:59pm 2.2 5:51pm 0.6 12:30pm 2.3 6:50pm 0.6 1:26pm 2.3 7:43pm 0.6 2:18pm 2.3 8:33pm 0.6 3:06pm 2.3 9:19pm 0.6 9:35am 1.9 3:19am 0.3 10:33am 1.9 4:16am 0.3 11:31am 1.9 5:11am 0.4 6:05am 0.4 12:51am 1.7 6:58am 0.5 1:41am 1.7 7:49am 0.5 2:30am 1.6 8:37am 0.5 Kaikoura 10:04pm 1.8 3:51pm 0.3 11:01pm 1.8 4:51pm 0.4 11:57pm 1.7 5:50pm 0.4 12:27pm 1.8 6:46pm 0.4 1:21pm 1.8 7:39pm 0.5 2:12pm 1.8 8:28pm 0.5 2:59pm 1.8 9:13pm 0.5 *Not for navigational purposes. Wind and swell are based on apoint off Gore Bay. Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa. www.ofu.co.nz www.tidespy.com Graphic supplied by OceanFun Publishing Ltd. 2118223
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