The Star: September 19, 2019
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>19</strong> 20<strong>19</strong><br />
6<br />
NEWS<br />
Government<br />
pays $4.5m<br />
for Kate<br />
Sheppard<br />
home<br />
KATE SHEPPARD’S former Ilam<br />
home has been purchased by the<br />
Government for $4.5 million.<br />
<strong>The</strong> category one listed home<br />
will join 43 other properties cared<br />
for by Heritage New Zealand on<br />
behalf of the public.<br />
<strong>The</strong> house was where Sheppard<br />
and suffragist supporters spent<br />
time working towards New<br />
Zealand becoming the first selfgoverning<br />
country in the world to<br />
grant women the vote.<br />
It was there that the 270m<br />
petition was pasted together<br />
before being presented to<br />
Parliament.<br />
Heritage New Zealand will<br />
partner with Canterbury<br />
University to open the home for<br />
a range of future use options,<br />
particularly highlighting<br />
Sheppard, the suffrage movement<br />
and their relevance today.<br />
<strong>The</strong> property, which borders<br />
Canterbury University’s Ilam<br />
campus, was purchased for $4.5<br />
million, which was within 10<br />
per cent of the property’s full<br />
independent valuation of $4.1<br />
million in 2018.<br />
• By Louis Day<br />
MAYOR LIANNE Dalziel is<br />
fully behind the installation of<br />
permanent lights at Hagley Oval.<br />
It comes as the Canterbury<br />
Cricket Trust finalises its application<br />
to secure permanent<br />
lighting through earthquake<br />
recovery laws in a bid to secure<br />
high profile matches at the 2021<br />
Women’s<br />
Cricket World<br />
Cup.<br />
Said Ms<br />
Dalziel: “<strong>The</strong><br />
international<br />
games will attract<br />
visitors to<br />
Christchurch.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is significant<br />
economic benefit to the<br />
city through visitor nights and the<br />
flow-on effect that has to everyone<br />
working in the service sectors that<br />
support our visitor economy.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> cricket trust wants to install<br />
six 48.9m permanent lights around<br />
the oval and increase the number<br />
of days the oval can be used for<br />
cricket from 13 to 25 a year.<br />
It is seeking to fast track the<br />
changes under section 71 of the<br />
Greater Christchurch Regeneration<br />
Act. It is working on the<br />
application alongside Crown<br />
agency Regenerate Christchurch.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Act gives Greater<br />
Christchurch Regeneration Associate<br />
Minister Poto Williams<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Dalziel backs Hagley Oval lights<br />
Lee Robinson<br />
•HAVE YOUR SAY: What are your views on lights for Hagley Oval?<br />
Email louis.day@starmedia.kiwi<br />
the power to approve changes<br />
without the same level of public<br />
input and scrutiny needed to<br />
amend the District Plan.<br />
Ms Williams will have 30<br />
days to decide whether she will<br />
proceed with it after receiving<br />
the proposal. If she does, she<br />
must invite written comments<br />
from the public before making a<br />
decision on the proposal within<br />
30 working days.<br />
Ms Dalziel’s main mayoral<br />
rivals are either not in support or<br />
would not comment.<br />
John Minto thought there<br />
was a “poor business case” for<br />
permanent lighting.<br />
He labelled using the Regeneration<br />
act to secure the lights<br />
as “bypassing the democratic<br />
process.”<br />
Darryll Park said it would<br />
be “inappropriate” for him to<br />
comment on a matter which is<br />
subject to ministerial decision.<br />
Cricket trust chairman Lee<br />
Robinson said it has received<br />
a “very favourable indication”<br />
from the International Cricket<br />
Council that Hagley Oval would<br />
receive at least one semi-final<br />
and possibly a final if it secures<br />
new lights.<br />
He said it would be highly<br />
unlikely the oval would host any<br />
high ranking teams such as India<br />
and England without the lights<br />
due to broadcasting agreements.<br />
Women’s Cricket World Cup<br />
2021 chief executive Andrea Nelson<br />
said the oval had every chance<br />
to secure a final or semi-final, but<br />
would need lights to do so.<br />
Current consent conditions<br />
allow four lights to be installed if<br />
the supports can be retracted and<br />
the light heads removed during<br />
the off-season. <strong>The</strong>se were priced<br />
at $9 million to install in 2015.<br />
Mr Robinson said the permanent<br />
lights were likely to cost between<br />
$6 million and $9 million.<br />
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