North Canterbury News: May 14, 2020
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OUR TOWN KAIAPOI<br />
10 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>May</strong> <strong>14</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
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Kaiapoi is once again showing<br />
resilience in the face of adversity.<br />
Waimakariri Deputy <strong>May</strong>or Neville<br />
Atkinson says the town’s earthquake<br />
experience meant the town and the<br />
wider district were ‘‘semiprepared’’ for<br />
the impacts of the Covid19 lockdown.<br />
‘‘The attitude around town is<br />
extremely positive. People are looking<br />
forward rather than back.<br />
‘‘There is alot of resilience in the<br />
district as aresult of the quakes, so even<br />
though it’s very different —it’s a<br />
pandemic —people were semiprepared.’’<br />
While the recovery could take several<br />
years, Mr Atkinson says the big<br />
advantage for this recovery is there is no<br />
infrastructure damage.<br />
‘‘We need to look at recovery not just<br />
as adistrict, but also from aregional<br />
point of view as part of Greater<br />
Christchurch and also <strong>Canterbury</strong> as<br />
well, and we also need to consider how<br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> fits into New Zealand Inc.<br />
‘‘None of us will recover on our own.<br />
We need each other.’’<br />
Mr Atkinson says, besides Covid19<br />
itself, his biggest concern is the mental<br />
wellbeing of residents.<br />
‘‘Like everybody I’m concerned about<br />
what people are really thinking. I’m<br />
keen to find out how people are actually<br />
feeling.’’<br />
KaiapoiTuahiwi Community Board<br />
chairwoman Chris Greengrass says she<br />
has been pleased to see the increase in<br />
traffic in the town over the last week.<br />
She hopes to encourage landlords of<br />
empty shops on Williams St to make<br />
them more attractive to bring in tenants.<br />
‘‘The whole environment has changed,<br />
so it will depend on people’s mindset.<br />
Will people be going to the malls?<br />
‘‘Places like Kaiapoi and Rangiora<br />
may become more attractive places for<br />
businesses to rent.’’<br />
Mrs Greengrass also chairs All<br />
Together Kaiapoi, which was<br />
established as the You Me We Us<br />
Kaiapoi Project to support community<br />
Boating fun ... Edie Barber and her younger cousin Willow Henson, in an aqua boat<br />
during last year’s Kaiapoi Spring Festival. All Together Kaiapoi is hopeful it will be able to<br />
stage the festival this spring.<br />
PHOTO: FILE<br />
recovery after the earthquakes.<br />
She hopes activities can still happen<br />
in the coming months, even if they are<br />
reduced.<br />
While the Kaiapoi Art Expo and the<br />
Fire &Ice Festival have been cancelled,<br />
All Together Kaiapoi still plans to put up<br />
lanterns along Williams St during the<br />
winter “which will give something for<br />
the locals”.<br />
Earthquake commemorations<br />
planned for September 4, to mark the<br />
10th anniversary, have been postponed<br />
until next year, but All Together Kaiapoi<br />
still hopes to proceed with the spring<br />
festival in late September.<br />
‘‘We probably won't be able to have<br />
Party in the Park, but the week prior we<br />
will look at putting the decorations up<br />
the street and we will encourage<br />
businesses to put up window displays,”<br />
Mrs Greengrass says.<br />
Sadly, the children’s division of All<br />
Together Kaiapoi, KYDz, which was due<br />
to meet in March, has been ‘‘put on the<br />
back burner until next year’’.<br />
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