Nor'West News: November 26, 2019

4 Tuesday November 26 2019
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Fundraiser
for patrol car
• From page 1
The main issues with the vehicle
are rust, from years of being used
for off-road driving following the
earthquakes, and in floods.
“We will find an option that will
provide the most money to put
towards a new vehicle. Our options
are selling it as is where is, parts, or
sending it to the wreckers,” Mr Hall
said.
The patrol has nearly raised
enough to upgrade to a Suzuki Vitara
– the standard vehicle for community
patrols across the country
– but it has started a givealittle page
to raise the remaining $5000.
In recent years, radiator troubles
had caused the patrol to be called
off, and Mr Hall said they have
been getting more callouts from
police which they need to attend.
Mr Hall said a highlight of the
regular patrol meetings is hearing
the car is still running but said it
has just done its dash.
“We will be a little bit sad to see
it go, it will be the end of an era,
but it will mark the start of a new
era of looking out for the community.
It’s been a hard 360,000km,”
Mr Hall said.
•To make a donation towards
purchasing a new car visit
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chch-north-communitypatrol-new-vehicle
Healthy trees to be chopped for drain renewal
• By Claire Booker
A DRAIN which has not been
maintained since the 1960s will
be renewed next year.
But it will mean about 100
healthy trees and shelterbelts
will get the chop.
The Papanui-Innes Community
Board voted on Friday to
approve the removal of the trees
along the Canal Reserve Drain
on Marshland Rd between
‘Clearly there was no, or little, support’
• From page 1
“I just didn’t think that [application
withdrawal] could ever
happen.
“It was so frightening someone
could come in and upset a whole
community. It’s just such a relief,”
she said.
Those who made submissions
against the liquor licence were
notified about the withdrawal by
the district licensing committee
on Wednesday last week.
Fendalton resident Ashley
Seaford said the result was good
news for the community and its
young people.
“From the number of submissions
clearly there was no, or
little, support for this business in
our neighbourhood,” he said.
Prior to the application being
withdrawn, the Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood
Community
Board requested the right to voice
its opposition to the planned
bottle shop at a district licensing
committee hearing.
City councillor and board
member James Gough said it was
clear the community was fundamentally
opposed to the liquor
store and said the site appeared
to be “a completely inappropriate
place for a liquor outlet.”
“This is a superb outcome, but
I think the outcome was always
going to be the same. I think
[the applicants] made a good
decision,” Cr Gough said.
Mairehau and Hawkins Rds.
City councillor and board
member Pauline Cotter said
council staff worked closely
with the community regarding
the tree removal.
Said Cr Cotter: “Nobody
wants to cut down healthy trees
unless we have to. It’s for the
greater benefit.”
About 600m south of the
Hawkins Styx river intersection
is a spawning habitat for
Lamprey, a type of jawless fish
similar to eels.
The city council will work
with NIWA, the Department of
Conservation, and local ecologists
to decide the best way to
renew the drain in this area.
The drain is to be renewed to
reduce the potential flood risk
and associated damage with the
road.
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Work is set to begin early next
year and run until 2021.
Tree removals include two
native totara trees, weeping
willows, silver birch, cypress,
cherry plum trees and magnolia,
among others.
Once the renewal is complete,
the waterway will be landscaped
with riparian planting,
including native shrubs and
larger growing native and exotic
trees where space allows.
RELIEVED: Isobel Anderson delivered thousands of flyers
alerting her neighbours of the proposed liquor store on
Memorial Ave, last week the application was withdrawn.
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