Nor'West News: February 04, 2020
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8 Tuesday <strong>February</strong> 4 <strong>2020</strong><br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
<strong>News</strong><br />
Online map<br />
for free fruit<br />
A NEW online food map<br />
reveals where people can find free<br />
fruit and nuts growing in public<br />
spaces in the north-west and<br />
wider city.<br />
City council’s smart city<br />
manager Michael Healy said<br />
there is an abundance of fruit and<br />
nut trees growing on public land<br />
across the city.<br />
“In total, there are 122,741<br />
city council-owned trees<br />
in Christchurch and Banks<br />
Peninsula. Of these, 6846 are fruit<br />
or nut-producing trees.<br />
“Our new ‘fruit trees’ feature<br />
on SmartView presents a map<br />
that shows urban food foragers<br />
the location of fruit and nut trees<br />
on offer in Christchurch’s public<br />
spaces,” Mr Healy said.<br />
More than 52 types of trees<br />
feature on the map, with the most<br />
common being plum, European<br />
beech, crab apple, Irish strawberry<br />
tree, pear, walnut, honey locust<br />
and sweet chestnut.<br />
Within days of going live,<br />
the online map has attracted<br />
thousands of views.<br />
Plans are already under way<br />
to add more details about the<br />
trees such as harvest times, an<br />
image of trees and useful links<br />
to help people identify and enjoy<br />
this free food growing in the<br />
garden city.<br />
Borrowers rack up overdue<br />
library book fees<br />
• By Louis Day<br />
LIBRARIES collected $315,916 in<br />
fines for overdue, damaged and<br />
lost books last year.<br />
A staggering 4,734,658 books<br />
were issued which is an increase<br />
from the 4,664,676 books issued<br />
in 2018 and $292,946 in fines<br />
dished out in that year.<br />
The city council currently has<br />
$235,745 worth in outstanding<br />
fines.<br />
This comes as the city council<br />
revealed the most issued book<br />
of 2019 was British author Lee<br />
Child’s Past Tense which is the<br />
23rd book in the Jack Reacher<br />
series. The crime thriller novel<br />
series follows former American<br />
military policeman, Jack Reacher,<br />
who wanders throughout the<br />
United States.<br />
Child’s The Midnight Line,<br />
which is the 22nd book in the series,<br />
came in as the second most<br />
issued book of last year.<br />
Adults are charged 70c per day<br />
for overdue books with a $21<br />
maximum fine per item.<br />
City council head of libraries<br />
and information Carolyn<br />
Robertson said the money from<br />
fines was put into the libraries<br />
DEBT: Borrowers currently owe more than $235,000 in overdue<br />
library book fines across city council libraries.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
general fund which helped offset<br />
expenditure.<br />
She said when an individual<br />
with an adult membership returns<br />
an overdue book to the<br />
library, the fine is automatically<br />
added to their membership record.<br />
“If the fine is not paid within<br />
one month, or the customer has<br />
fines owing of $30 or more, then<br />
the customer cannot borrow any<br />
more items until such time the<br />
fine is paid,” she said.<br />
Ms Robertson said debt collection<br />
agencies become involved<br />
when fines exceed $30 and once an<br />
item becomes 62 days overdue.<br />
She said with lost or damaged<br />
items individuals are charged the<br />
total cost of the item, plus a $21<br />
processing fee.<br />
“A recovery fee is only charged<br />
once an outstanding debt is<br />
referred to a debt collection<br />
agency.”<br />
NOR’WEST NEWS<br />
Top 10 titles issued in 2019<br />
Lee Child<br />
Past Tense 1633<br />
Lee Child<br />
The Midnight Line 1129<br />
Jodi Picoult<br />
A Spark of Light 1093<br />
Liane Moriarty<br />
Nine Perfect Strangers 1<strong>04</strong>9<br />
Michelle Obama<br />
Becoming 1031<br />
David Baldacci<br />
Long Road to Mercy 916<br />
Jojo Moyes<br />
Still Me 865<br />
Jane Harper<br />
The Lost Man 837<br />
Nora Roberts<br />
Shelter in Place 824<br />
John Grisham<br />
The Rooster Bar 816<br />
Longest overdue books<br />
(due date)<br />
Concise Book of Muscles<br />
24/02/2013<br />
Christmas Baking Book for<br />
Children 4/03/2013<br />
Choo! Choo! 4/03/2013<br />
Johnny Cash: The Songs<br />
24/03/2013<br />
Law & Order 25/03/2013<br />
Edmonds Great Tastes<br />
20/11/2013<br />
One-of-a-kind handmade<br />
weddings 20/11/2013<br />
Handmade Wedding<br />
20/11/2013<br />
Extreme Wedding 20/11/2013<br />
Pumped Up Hits 20/11/2013<br />
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