North Canterbury News: January 16, 2020
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NEWS<br />
18 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
New sculpture ... Agiant eel water feature, commissioned by Kaiapoi developer<br />
Jedd Pearce and made by Kaiapoi multimedia artist Mark Larsen, has been installed in<br />
the courtyard of the new Riverside retail development, on Williams Street, alongside<br />
the Port And Eagle Brewpub.<br />
PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP<br />
Eel sculpture draws<br />
admirers in Kaiapoi<br />
By SHELLEY TOPP<br />
Agiant eel swimming in Kaiapoi’s<br />
central business district is attracting a<br />
lot of attention.<br />
The eel is part of awaterfeature<br />
sculpture installed in the courtyard of<br />
the new Kaiapoi riverside retail<br />
development alongside the Port and<br />
Eagle Brewpub in Williams St.<br />
The sculpture, of the largest<br />
recorded longfin eel ever caught in<br />
New Zealand —a24kg female —was<br />
installed on December 19.<br />
The eel was caught at Otago’s Lake<br />
Waihola, near Milton, in 1974.<br />
The eel in the water feature has<br />
been named Tuhono Tuna.Tuna is the<br />
Maori word for eel.<br />
The work was ordered by Kaiapoi<br />
developer Jedd Pearce and made by<br />
local multimedia artist Mark Larsen.<br />
RSA gears up for charity run<br />
Wall: Interior Distemper in ‘Polo’<br />
Drawer: Chalk Emulsion in ‘English Rose’ and ‘Nude’. Liquid Gold on trim.<br />
AVAILABLE AT<br />
GUTHRIE BOWRON RANGIORA<br />
8–10High St, Rangiora or call 03 313 5518<br />
www.guthriebowron.co.nz<br />
Vintagecarsand<br />
tractors will helpboost<br />
the RangioraRSA<br />
Welfare Fund on<br />
Waitangi Day,<br />
February 6.<br />
The annual Waitangi<br />
Day Vintage Car and<br />
Tractor run will see<br />
vehicles lining up at<br />
the Percival Street<br />
RSA car parkbefore<br />
setting off.<br />
Registrations for<br />
tractors will be taken<br />
from8.30am,and cars<br />
from9.15am.<br />
Tractors will beginto<br />
rollout on the run to<br />
the LoburnDomain<br />
from9am, and cars<br />
from10am, where the<br />
participants will stop<br />
for lunch.<br />
Tractors cost $5 and<br />
cars$10 to enter,with<br />
the money donated to<br />
the welfare fund.<br />
Leading off ... DennyDunlop behindthe wheel of his 1950 Lanz<br />
Bulldog in the Rangiora RSA carpark on Waitangi Day lastyear,<br />
before setting out on the rally around Loburn.<br />
PHOTO:FILE
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