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4 Tuesday February 4 2020 Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz News Styx Mill serial flasher warned • By Sophie Cornish MEMBERS OF the public and police have combined to find a man exposing himself at the Styx Mill Reserve. The 19-year-old was caught by a police dog patrol in the reserve on January 26. It followed more than 10 reported sightings of the man, often doing an indecent act, over three weeks, Christchurch North Community Patrol chairman Sam Hall said. A police spokeswoman said the man was arrested and given a precharge warning. The warning is an alternative to prosecution for offenders who have committed offences with a maximum penalty of no more than six months imprisonment. Police use discretion to not prosecute, even though there is sufficient evidence to do so. “It’s quite ironic that the dogs found him in the dog park,” Mr Hall said. A woman, who didn’t wish to be named, said her teenage daughter and another teenage family member were out walking on a track off Hussey Rd, when the man, with his pants down, began following them. “When they looked around he kept hiding behind bushes,” she said. Mr Hall said his patrol group, which has about 30 volunteers, had been monitoring the area during its daytime and evening patrols. Funding package ‘a slap in the face’ • By Louis Day CITY COUNCILLORS say Canterbury has received a “slap in the face” over the Government’s $12 billion nationwide infrastructure package. The North Island will receive the majority of the funding, with $3.48 billion spent Sam MacDonald in Auckland, $991 million in Waikato and the Bay of Plenty, $692 million in Northland and $1.35 billion on Wellington. Canterbury will get $159 million and Queenstown, the only other South Island area to receive any funding, will get $90 million. The $249 million allocated towards the South Island is less than the $692 million put aside for a single road in Northland, a 22km fourlane corridor from Marsden Point to Whangarei. City councillor Sam MacDonald described this as a “slap in the face.” “I think Christchurch and Canterbury, in general, deserves better, the reality is we are still recovering from the earthquakes,” he said. City councillor Aaron Keown also described it as a slap in the face. The package for Canterbury includes upgrades to more than 100 schools across the region, six transport and roading related projects, and building upgrades to Hillmorton Hospital’s mental health unit. Christchurch Central Labour MP Duncan Webb thought UPGRADE: Part of the $159 million allocated to Canterbury’s infrastructure will go towards building improvements to Hillmorton Hospital’s mental health unit. it was “churlish” to label the infrastructure injection as a slap in the face. “To say that is a bit of a slap in the face is unfair, because one thing that needed to happen was for Canterbury, both at a regional and city level, to come to Government with proposals that work,” he said. City councillor Sara Templeton contested this. “The New Zealand Transport NOR’WEST NEWS Agency are funding our business cases for transport projects but they shelved it, that is not on us [city council],” she said. City councillor and chairman of the urban development and transport committee Mike Davidson labelled the funding as a “knee-jerk reaction.” “This seems to be a knee-jerk reaction to people who moan and complain. We have been trying to get this boost for a while and because we don’t moan and complain we get left behind,” he said. Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration and Labour MP Megan Woods said the cash injection into the region would help prepare Canterbury for the future. “Canterbury is of course in a unique position because our earthquake recovery necessitated major infrastructure investments in our roads, hospitals and schools. For example over the last decade, more than $1.4 billion has already been spent on Christchurch motorways projects. Today’s announcement adds to the investments already made,” she said. The funding announcement was made by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Minister of Finance Grant Robertson on Wednesday. THE ASHLEY SUITES, CARE AND SUPPORT WHEN YOU NEED IT Comfort, style and convenience are very important when it comes to helping you feel at home. 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NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Tuesday February 4 2020 5 ews BIBLICAL: A colourful mural outside St Peter’s Anglican Preschool was finished this week. Multiculturalism showcased • From page 1 She said the goal was to make passers-by’s day and hoped they would be able to find something inspirational and peaceful in the mural they could relate to. The mural is broken up into several sections. The first part features four key scenes from the life of Jesus – the nativity scene, Jesus walking on water, his death and resurrection. The next stage of mural was inspired by Noah’s Ark with both native animals including kiwis, takahes and animals significant to other cultures such as giraffes, elephants, a peacock and a panda in a kowhai tree in the painting. Because the preschool is multilingual – teaching English, Te Reo Maori and Chinese, the artwork showcases children of many multicultural backgrounds. Studying a four-year degree in medical laboratory science at the Auckland University of Technology, Miss Blummont is currently boarding with a family which runs the Manukau Christian Charitable Trust. The trust establishes Christian pre-schools and collaborated with the St Peter’s Anglican Church to open the St Peters Anglican Preschool in August. While she was home for the summer holidays, Miss Blummont, who enjoys art as a hobby, was asked if she wanted to do the project before Miss Vinson was brought in to help out. While Miss Blummont wasn’t quite sure what she had got herself into, she “gave it a whirl” and was pleased with the end results. “It is not something I ever dreamed I would be doing. The biggest painting I have ever done in my life was A1.” Petition calls for action over trucks • From page 1 On top of putting up with the constant noise of the trucks, he has been battling prostate cancer for the past four years. Mr Thompson cannot even open his windows as a result of the dust caused by the heavy trucks and need to get their house cleaned every three months with a chemical wash. But he and his wife are not the only residents suffering. It is why Mr Thompson has spearheaded a petition signed by more than 66 residents calling for action over the heavy vehicles which use the road 24/7. The petition will be presented to the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board at its meeting on February 18. The opening of the Waterloo Business Park and trucking firms in the area have intensified the issue over the past two years. The main issue is the heavy vehicles that are short-cutting through Waterloo Rd to avoid having to use Main South Rd and Carmen Rd, Mr Thompson said. Data collected by residents in April showed heavy vehicles were often using Waterloo Rd every five to 10 minutes. Waterloo Rd between Racecourse Rd and Pound Rd and between Barters Rd and Kirk Rd is a collector road while between Pound Rd and Barters Rd is a minor arterial. “All types of vehicles including large trucks are permitted to use collector roads. Only overdimension vehicles are subject to special permits,” a council spokesman said. But Waterloo Rd resident Russell Wills said vehicles over 44 tonnes are travelling up the road and that is what residents want to stop. He agreed the biggest impact the trucks were having on residents was lack of sleep and quality of life. The petition also calls for a pedestrian crossing to be put on Waterloo Rd and raises concerns over Hornby Primary School, Barnardos Early Learning and Hornby High School being located on the road. DISTURBED: Waterloo Rd resident Dave Thompson says heavy vehicles passing hs home are affecting his quality of life. 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