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The Star Thursday July 16 2020 10 NEWS Botanic Gardens now home to rare pines A NUMBER of rare and endangered pine trees have been planted inside the Botanic Gardens. Six wollemi pines – which have just been planted – can be found in an avenue near the visitor centre, said Botanic Gardens director Wolfgang Bopp. They join another specimen of the tree growing near the children’s playground, which in 2013 was the first wollemi planted in New Zealand. One of the world’s oldest tree species, wollemi pines were thought to be extinct until they were discovered by a park ranger in 1994 in Wollemi National Park near Sydney. “Fewer than 100 mature trees are known in the wild and their native habitat was preserved by firefighters during last summer’s Australian bush fires,” Mr Bopp said. “They are now being grown in botanic gardens around the world to ensure their survival in case their native habitat is destroyed, or pests or diseases cause damage. “These trees are living relics with links to the past and they are closely related to the New Zealand native kauri. We have chosen a high profile area to give them more prominence,’’ he said. • By Louis Day A CALL has been made to axe street lighting across the residential red zone, which is costing the city council $140,000 a year. There are a total of 1149 lights within the red zone. City councillor Aaron Keown believed all of these should be removed in order to save money as the council looks to trim back its budget in the face of a $99 million revenue shortfall resulting from the pandemic. “We should be taking out the whole lot. If it is no longer on a street people are living on, we should be taking them out,” he said. “Leaving street lights on where no one lives, that just does not make sense.” City council manager of transport planning and delivery Lynette Ellis said 689 of the lights could be removed as they are located on roads closed to vehicle access. The annual cost of the 689 lights is $78,000 and the cost to remove them is $52,000. Cr Keown questioned whether the removal costs would be Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Call for residential red zone blackout Aaron Keown so high. Dallington Residents Association chairwoman Bebe Frayle did not think it would be wise to remove all of the streetlights across the red zone. “There are probably lights in there that could be removed but wholesale removal is probably not good for public safety,” she said. “A lot of people use the red zone and I think if you are not a regular user of the red zone you Bebe Frayle can’t really appreciate how many people use it.” Things are not as simple as just switching lights off. Said Ms Ellis: “Lights are connected in groups which can cover a number of streets, there is not a switch available for each individual light remotely. While it may be possible to completely disconnect some groups from other groups, it would disconnect lights that are still required to service occupied • HAVE YOUR SAY: Should the red zone street lighting be turned off? Email your views louis.day@ starmedia.kiwi LIGHTING: Illuminating the residential red zone is costing the city council $140,000 a year. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN properties within the red zone or streets adjacent to the red zone.” The city council has not proposed to cut the cost of any of the street lights within the red zone from this year’s draft Annual Plan. Ms Ellis said this was considered but it was ultimately decided to leave a decision on the future of the lights to when the council addresses its Long Term Plan next year. However, the lights could be axed before then if councillors agree upon their removal. Timeless Elegance New Boutique Residential Aged Care | 03 357 9392 | russleyvillage.co.nz
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