North Canterbury News: March 12, 2020
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NEWS<br />
10 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>March</strong> <strong>12</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
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Racing ... The start of the Rakahuri Rage, asixhour team mountainbike relay held<br />
on tracks through the AshleyRakahuri Regional Park last Sunday.<br />
PHOTOS: SHELLEY TOPP<br />
Bikershappy with<br />
newride base<br />
By SHELLEY TOPP<br />
Anew transition area has been given<br />
the thumbs up by competitors in last<br />
Sunday’s Rakahuri Rage in Rangiora.<br />
The start of the sixhour mountainbike<br />
relay race through the Ashley<br />
Rakahuri Regional Park has<br />
traditionally been at the Rangiora<br />
Raceway but that changed this year<br />
after the new <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />
Sunday Market moved into that space.<br />
Although it was ascramble for the<br />
relay organisers, the <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> Sport and Recreation<br />
Trust, to set up an alternative base<br />
camp for the event at short notice, the<br />
new site was welcomed by relay<br />
participants.<br />
‘‘Riders were all positive about the<br />
changes to the course, which included<br />
some new sections of single track and<br />
shingle roads, and the return of some<br />
sections of track we haven’t used for a<br />
couple of years,’’ the trust’s marketing<br />
manager, Tony Kean, said.<br />
‘‘There was plenty of room for<br />
everyone and, being on the track,<br />
eliminated the issues around having a<br />
road crossing,’’ he said.<br />
‘‘Being only a6.5km circuit meant<br />
riders were comfortable doing more<br />
than asingle lap in arow and they had<br />
less time in between their rides, which<br />
helped keep them busy all day.<br />
‘‘With all the positive feedback we<br />
have had about the new transition site,<br />
Busy day ... <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> Sport<br />
and Recreation Trust marketing manager<br />
Tony Kean with schools sports coach<br />
Elsie PetrieTaylor during last weekend’s<br />
Rakahuri Rage.<br />
we will definitely look to hold it in the<br />
same place next year.’’<br />
This year’s relay involved 353<br />
riders, which included 101 teams and<br />
five solo riders.<br />
For results, visit the <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> Sport and Recreation<br />
Trust’s Facebook page.<br />
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<strong>March</strong> <strong>2020</strong> or while stockslast. Wine andbeeravailable at stores with an off<br />
licence. Wine andbeerpurchases restrictedtopersons aged18yearsold andover.<br />
Quake roadshow to visit<br />
<strong>North</strong><strong>Canterbury</strong> residentswill receive<br />
an update on the risks of amagnitude8<br />
earthquake on the alpinefault.<br />
The AlpineFault magnitude 8(AF8)<br />
Roadshow, The Science Beneath Our Feet,<br />
will stop in Oxfordon<strong>March</strong>30, Hanmer<br />
Springs on <strong>March</strong> 31, and Kaikoura on<br />
April2as partofaSouthIslandtour.<br />
It features public science talks and<br />
interactiveclassroomsessions designed<br />
to share the story of thealpinefault, the<br />
likely consequences of amagnitude 8<br />
quakeand how people can be better<br />
prepared, AF8 programme leader Alice<br />
LakeHammond says.<br />
‘‘We liveinastunning part of the world<br />
and while the thoughtofanAF8<br />
earthquake is scary, if we didn’t havean<br />
alpine fault we wouldn’t havethe<br />
beautifulSouthIslandlandscape as we<br />
know it today.<br />
‘‘Understanding our home and its<br />
vulnerabilities, raising awarenessand<br />
sharing knowledge are essential in<br />
building our collective preparedness for<br />
future events.’’<br />
Theroadshow will visit Oxford School<br />
on <strong>March</strong> 30 beforehosting apublic<br />
meeting at 7pm in the Oxford Town Hall,<br />
Waimakariri DistrictCouncil emergency<br />
management adviser Brennan Wiremu<br />
says.<br />
‘‘We’veheard the greatfeedbackfrom<br />
last year’sevents, so were excited to have<br />
Science Beneath Our Feet visit Oxford.<br />
‘‘We know the alpinefault will have a<br />
significant impact on our district, so the<br />
more we understand the science behind<br />
it,the better we are placed to prepare<br />
andrespond.’’<br />
Apublicforum will be heldinthe<br />
Hanmer Springs Memorial Hall at 7pm<br />
on <strong>March</strong> 31 and theroadshow will stopat<br />
Amuri Area School the next day, Hurunui<br />
District Council emergency management<br />
officerDean Eades says.<br />
‘‘Our communities have endured<br />
isolation fromearthquakes and wildfires,<br />
so the possibilityofanAF8 earthquake<br />
reallyhits home forsome.’’<br />
TheKaikoura MemorialHall will host<br />
theroadshow at 7pm on April2.
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