North Canterbury News: June 25, 2020
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NEWS<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>June</strong> <strong>25</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
<strong>25</strong><br />
Planting days planned<br />
Three community planting days<br />
are planned as Kaiapoi continues<br />
to regenerate.<br />
The WaimakaririDistrict<br />
Council is calling for volunteers to<br />
helpplant trees in the Honda<br />
Forest,established last year in the<br />
Kaiapoi east regeneration area,<br />
now known as NormanKirk Park.<br />
The first of the threeplanting<br />
days willbeheld this Saturday<br />
from 10am,with two more planned<br />
on July11and <strong>25</strong>.<br />
The forestwas established in<br />
May lastyear, withformer<br />
Waimakaririmayor David Ayers<br />
and HondaNew Zealand<br />
managing director NobuyaSonoda<br />
joining forces to unveila<br />
commemorative basalt rock.<br />
HondaNew Zealand is again<br />
planning to fly staff down from<br />
Aucklandtojoin with council staff<br />
and local community volunteers.<br />
It is hoped that the mighty<br />
kahikatea willreturntoKaiapoi,<br />
with the park comprising two<br />
hectares of treessurroundedby<br />
wetlands.<br />
Waimakariri District Council<br />
community projects officer Mike<br />
Kwantsaysthe new forest has got<br />
off to ahealthy start.<br />
“Summer presented some<br />
challenges, but overall the plants<br />
are establishing well and looking<br />
very healthy.<br />
‘‘Thestormwaterareahas really<br />
Red zone<br />
regeneration ...<br />
Honda New Zealand<br />
managing director<br />
Nobuya Sonoda,<br />
left, and former<br />
Waimakariri mayor<br />
David Ayers at the<br />
unveiling of the<br />
commemorative<br />
basalt rock at the<br />
first community<br />
planting day at the<br />
Honda Forest last<br />
year.<br />
PHOTO:FILE<br />
takenoff, thereare manydifferent<br />
species of birds livingtherenow.<br />
‘‘Locals are takingsome<br />
beautiful photos and birdwatchers<br />
are delighting in thisnew habitat.’’<br />
Community planting dayswill<br />
continue to be held over the next<br />
few years, with the project<br />
expectedtoend in 2023.<br />
Once the forest starts to become<br />
established, it is expected that<br />
walking trackswill be added.<br />
The forest will haveanentrance<br />
on Charles St.<br />
Volunteers are encouraged to<br />
bringsturdyfootwear, aspade,<br />
gloves and adrink bottle.<br />
For more information, contact<br />
Mike Kwant on 0800 965468.<br />
Perfect Motion:How Walking Makes<br />
Us Wiser, by JonoLineen<br />
Afterthe tragic loss of his younger<br />
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These titles are availableinboth<br />
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Find out more aboutrecent<br />
additions to the library by goingto<br />
the library catalogue at waimakariri.<br />
kotui.org.nz or hurunui.kotui.org.nz,<br />
or contact your locallibrary.<br />
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