The Star: July 09, 2020

Thursday July 9 2020 The Star
• By Matt Slaughter
SOME PEOPLE tend to try
and extinguish house fires
themselves and phone family
members before 111 when a
blaze starts.
These are two of the early
findings of a University of Otago
study into people’s behaviour
in response to accidental house
fires in New Zealand, which is
running until October.
Dr Amy Richardson from the
university’s injury prevention
research unit is part of a team
running the study and wants
Cantabrians who have been in accidental
house fires to take part.
Dr Richardson said so far, five
people from other parts of New
Zealand have been interviewed
but the aim is to talk to more
than 20 before the study ends.
Said Dr Richardson: “It’s very
preliminary, but what we have
found is that people, at least from
the people I’ve talked to so far,
they do tend to attempt to put
the fire out themselves, which is
a little bit concerning for us.
“Certainly, not everyone is
calling Fire and Emergency
[New Zealand] and quite often,
in the first instance, they tend to
call family members,” she said.
Dr Richardson said the main
cause of accidental house fires is
unattended cooking.
However, she said those spoken
to so far were in fires caused
by different things, including a
salt lamp being left on during the
day and a deodorant can exploding
because it was left too close
to candles.
Dr Richardson said her team
wants to speak Cantabrians who
have been injured in accidental
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Maori names added to peninsula sites
• By Jess Gibson
A POPULAR route used
to travel between Lyttelton
Harbour and the central city
has had its traditional Maori
name restored.
Pukeatua, which translates
to “hills of the gods,” became
Dyers Pass in 1942, after wellknown
farmer John Dyer.
He owned several properties
at Governors Bay and Lyttleton
Harbour and opened up his
land for the Government to
build an official road in 1859,
now Dyers Pass Rd.
Dyers Pass will now be
known as Pukeatua/Dyers Pass.
It is one of 13 locations across
Banks Peninsula which has had
its name altered to include te
reo, as requested by Te Hapū o
Ngāti Wheke.
Eleven traditional Maori
names have been reintroduced
alongside the current European
names.
These include Dyers Pass,
Cass Peak, Adderley Head,
King Billy Island, Mansons
Peninsula, Coopers Knob,
Evans Pass, Sugar Loaf, The
Tors, Castle Rock and Witch
Hill.
Two changes are not for
Study finds people phone
family before fire brigade
house fires and those who have
escaped unscathed to compare
what actions contributed to these
different outcomes.
Said Dr Richardson: “What
we’re hoping and what Fire and
Emergency [New Zealand] is
hoping is that we can really
uncover the reasons people act
the way that they do so that their
dual names as there are no
English names for those features.
Rapaki is now Te Rāpaki-o-
Te-Rakiwhakaputa and Rapaki
Rock has become Te Ahi-a-
Tamatea.
The Minister for Land
Information Eugenie Sage
approved the changes at Rāpaki
marae on Tuesday.
FIGHT OR
FLIGHT:
Researchers
from the
University of
Otago want
to speak to
Cantabrians
who have
been in
accidental
house fires as
part of a study
into how
people act
during these
emergencies.
behaviours can be targeted in
fire prevention campaigns.”
•If you have been in an
accidental house fire and
want to take part in this
study, email Dr Richardson
amy.richardson@otago.
ac.nz, or phone 021 279
0734.
NEWS 3
in brief
School hearings panel
adjourned
A Resource Management Act
hearings panel meeting which
was held over an application to
regularise a breach of building
conditions at Redcliffs School
was adjourned on Friday. The
applicant, which is the Ministry
of Education, has two weeks to
submit a written right of reply.
Once the commissioner has
received this information there
is a further 15 working days for
the decision.
Rob Hall resigns
from DCL
Development Christchurch Ltd’s
chief executive Rob Hall has
resigned. It comes as the city
council-owned company, which
contributes to the regeneration
and redevelopment of the city
works on a plan to transfer all of
its projects to other organisations
and shut down. Mr Hall has been
chief executive of DCL since 2015
and is best known for setting
up the New Brighton hot pools,
He Puna Taimoana, and the
beachside playground.
Plan to have films
made in city
A new plan could spark
overseas interest for filming
in Christchurch. Earthquake
recovery laws are being used to
potentially fast track a proposal
to make it easier to set up film
studios in commercial, industrial
and rural zones. A decision will
be made by Associate Greater
Christchurch Regeneration
Minister Poto Williams about
early September.
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to cost $21m
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and industrial businesses in
Christchurch will collectively
need to pay more than $21
million to install special devices
to prevent backflow from their
properties polluting drinking
water. It is because an audit last
year uncovered about a third
of commercial and industrial
water connections in the city
had inadequate means to stop
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