Nor'West News: December 10, 2019

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Judicial review in August
• From page 1
“If the law says you don’t notify
then there is no ability to listen to
the community and neighbours,”
she said.
This comes as a date for the judicial
review over the expansion,
which was launched by Merivale
residents, has been confirmed for
August 31.
Merivale resident and former
barrister John Burn, who is
spearheading the review alongside
Aikmans Bar and Restaurant
owner Frank van Schaijik, did
not share the Mayor’s perspective
on the matter.
“The Mayor has indicated that
the legislation gave the commissioner
little choice, but had he
accepted that a significant effect
on traffic was likely, he and the
council would have been obliged
by that legislation to hear public
opposition,” he said.
Mr Burn felt the public deserved
input into the proposal.
A city council hearings panel led
by commissioner Ken Gimblett
concluded there would be no
adverse effects on the community,
and the expansion would have
“negligible” impact on Papanui
Rd traffic volumes. City council
head of resource consents John
Higgins said the panel appreciated
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the public concerns but was bound
by the statutory process under the
Resource Management Act.
The mall’s owner, TEL Property
Nominees Ltd, was granted
a resource consent from the city
council, without any public consultation,
in August to almost double
the size of the mall, build a threelevel
car park and 24 homes.
If the judge finds the decision to
grant the resource consent without
public consultation to be unjust,
they will ask the city council to
reconsider their decision.
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The majority of the 24
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A spokeswoman for mall
manager AMP Capital said they
respected the judicial process and
would not be commenting on the
matter further at this stage.
Cycling for grandad
• By Matt Slaughter
WILLIAM HICKFORD’S
grandad Roy Pemberton cycled
the length of New Zealand to
raise money for St John New
Zealand seven years ago.
Now, William will do the same
to raise money for people like Mr
Pemberton, who was diagnosed
with dementia earlier this year.
The year 13 Cashmere High
School student will be joined by
his friend since childhood, fellow
Cashmere student Holly Ffowcs
Williams on the South Island leg
of the ride.
They have started a Givealittle
page aiming to raise $10,000 for
Alzheimer’s New Zealand and
are calling themselves Team
Wolly.
Said William: “Since he [Mr
Pemberton] got diagnosed with
dementia this year, I thought I
just wanted to help support him
and what our family’s going
through because it’s quite a tough
time so I just wanted to give
back to him by raising funds for
Alzheimers New Zealand.”
William will start his ride at
Cape Reinga on December 28
and bike about 100km a day until
January 23, when he estimates
he will finish the about 3000km
journey to the bottom of the
South Island.
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Holly will meet William on
January 8 in Picton and they will
ride to the finish line together.
Holly said she was inspired
to join William on part of his
journey after seeing the effects of
Alzheimer’s and dementia firsthand
in a volunteer role she does.
“In the past few years, I’ve been
a volunteer at a Nurse Maude
Hospice Shop in Christchurch
and we get a lot of customers who
are from lots of different retirement
villages across Christchurch
and a few have come in with
family members that have had
dementia and Alzheimer’s, so it’s
just been really heartbreaking to
see, she said.
“I think putting my love
cycling towards something like
this, it’s the way I can [help].”
Holly said the ride will be hard
work but the cause she and William
are riding for will make it
worth it.
“The most of done in one day
has been about 112km and some
days we’re doing at least 100km
with a good radical climb, so it’s
going to be really mentally challenging
but I think you’ve got to
remember why you’re doing it.”
William said his grandad and
granny Hilda Pemberton are
appreciative of what he is setting
out to do.
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