Bay Harbour: October 02, 2019

PAGE 6 Wednesday October 2 2019
BAY HARBOUR
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Youths aim
to create a
healthy river
YOUNG PEOPLE from schools
and early learning centres are
being asked to take action to
create a healthy Heathcote River.
The pilot project is a collaborative
community approach to
conservation education which
aims to connect students along
the river.
City council parks programmes
and partnerships manager Kate
Russell said the project aims to
establish a blueprint for student
action to power environmental
change within the river.
“We are looking to these young
people as the protectors of their
local river environment and hope
to expand this approach further
afield,” Ms Russell said.
Supported by city council education
co-ordinator Sally Airey,
the project encourages young
people to take “guardianship” of
the river.
“We are inviting young people
to lead community action to help
create a healthy awa [river].
Ms Airey, whose role is being
funded by the Department of
Conservation, said the initial
project title – Healthy Ōpāwaho
– expresses the “connection
between a healthy river and a
healthy community.”
Dig out your historic photos for competition
GIVEN TIME, even the most
ordinary photo can be an
extraordinary window into a
different world.
This photo, picturing the intersection
of High, Hereford and
Colombo Sts, was a highly commended
entry in Christchurch
City Libraries’ 2008 photo hunt.
It was submitted by Tony Bowie
and shows his mother and
grandmother on their way to
shop in High St in the late 1950s.
During the 1950s, the central
city was the prime destination
for shopping in Christchurch,
and women would don hats and
gloves for their trip into town.
The central city enjoyed this
shopping heyday in the first half
of the 20th-century, coinciding
with the peak of reliance on
public transport – first trams,
then buses. Cathedral Square
was the central hub of the city’s
transport network, which connected
the suburbs to the city
centre.
It was customary for people
to go into town to shop, and to
“take tea” in the tea rooms of
the major department stores
located on both sides of Cathedral
Square.
Beca Christchurch Heritage
Festival 2019 starts on October 7
and this year, as part of the festival,
Christchurch City Libraries
is celebrating 10 years of the
Christchurch photo hunt.
Over the past decade, the
photo hunt has collected
hundreds of great photos like
this one, and Christchurch City
Libraries hopes people will dust
off their collections and unearth
some more treasures.
This year’s competition
runs until October 31. Your
photos are carefully scanned
and preserved as part of
Christchurch City Libraries’
collection, and loaded onto
the Discovery Wall at Tūranga
(Central Library) so everyone
can enjoy them.
•Submit your photos at
any of our Christchurch
OCCASION: This
1950s photo
was submitted
in the 2008
Christchurch
City Libraries’
photo hunt. The
competition is on
again.
City Libraries or at my.
christchurchcitylibraries.
com/photo-hunt/
•There are many
events happening in
the central city during
the Heritage Festival
2019. Check out what’s
happening at the Arts
Centre, at Tūranga (Central
Library) and look out for
events showcasing the
project to reinstate Christ
Church Cathedral.
Encounter
our stories
Christchurch
Heritage
Festival
7–28 October
Over 80 special events! Discover heritage tours,
walks, talks, workshops, music, food and more
with the Christchurch Heritage Festival…
• Akaroa Cemetery Tours, throughout the festival
• Stories of the Akaroa Light, 20 October
• Voyages Through Art, Christchurch Art Gallery, daily tours
ccc.govt.nz/heritagefestival