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Thursday <strong>July</strong> 9 <strong>2020</strong> 7<br />
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New Brighton<br />
Tik tok strikes again<br />
The New Brighton heritage<br />
Clock Tower damaged in<br />
the 2010-2011 earthquakes<br />
will finally reopen this<br />
month according to Council<br />
contractors. This is good news<br />
for the community who have<br />
waited for nearly a decade for<br />
these repairs to be undertaken<br />
and which reflects a positive<br />
revitalisation of amenities on<br />
the foreshore.<br />
The weathered looks of the<br />
clocktower reflects its long<br />
and somewhat bitter family<br />
history. The Clock Tower is a<br />
piece of New Brighton and was<br />
one of three gifts from Richard<br />
Green (a retired builder) to the<br />
citizens of Christchurch.<br />
It was commonly believed<br />
that Green had fallen out with<br />
his family and that he was<br />
hell-bent on cutting them out<br />
of his estate by divesting himself of his<br />
wealth and paying for the creation of<br />
statues and clock towers. Some of Green’s<br />
family were in poor financial states,<br />
including a son who had been wounded<br />
in World War I.<br />
Green stated that the clock towers were<br />
in memory of his father, Edmund Green<br />
(1829-99) who was involved with the<br />
introduction of the telegraph into New<br />
Zealand.<br />
There were rumours that family<br />
members would disrupt – even bomb –<br />
the ceremonies where foundation stones<br />
were laid. Certainly, members of the<br />
family wrote letters about Green to the<br />
newspapers defaming him and accusing<br />
Green of all sorts of debauchery.<br />
On 14 December 1934, Irene Leaver,<br />
daughter of E. A. M. Leaver (mayor<br />
of New Brighton 1931-1935), laid the<br />
foundation stone of the New Brighton<br />
clock tower.<br />
This repair of the clocktower will<br />
be celebrated by the New Brighton<br />
community. Yet like other national<br />
memorials and statues, it hides a more<br />
complicated past behind its new and<br />
unblemished exterior.<br />
Kidsfest is on<br />
for school<br />
holidays<br />
KidsFest <strong>2020</strong> kicks off for the school<br />
holiday on Saturday 4 – Sunday 19 <strong>July</strong>.<br />
KidsFest is an annual two week festival for<br />
children aged up 0-17 that offers a range<br />
of fun events and activities throughout<br />
the school holidays. This year the festival<br />
programme has been adapted to the<br />
COVID-19 pandemic and will offer online<br />
activities alongside the usual KidsFest<br />
activities. The KidsFest programme can<br />
be found at kidsfest.co.nz or for general<br />
queries, please contact Christchurch City<br />
Council on 03 941 8999 or email<br />
kidsfest@ccc.govt.nz<br />
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