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NEWS<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>August</strong> 6, <strong>2020</strong><br />
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Bin audits starting soon<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
Give usyour<br />
feedback<br />
CURRIE PARK<br />
PLAYGROUND<br />
REDESIGN<br />
We want you toshare your ideas for<br />
Currie Park, Kaiapoi which is due for<br />
an upgrade.<br />
The park includesasmallplayground,large<br />
grass area,parkbenches andnativegardens.<br />
Your ideas willbeused to create aconceptplan<br />
forthe parkdevelopment.<br />
Let us know what you think before<br />
5pm onThursday 20 <strong>August</strong>.<br />
Find out more at waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk<br />
Staff have seen it all in the<br />
Waimakariri District Council’s<br />
yellow recycling bins.<br />
Everything from dog droppings<br />
to batteries, light bulbs, old<br />
clothing, small electrical items,<br />
plant pots, egg cartons, lids and<br />
soft plastics end up in the yellow<br />
bin, creating extra work for staff<br />
at the Southbrook Resource<br />
Recovery Park.<br />
Staff will be conducting yellow<br />
bin audits soon over concerns<br />
that residents have got into bad<br />
habits since the lockdown.<br />
Waste Management operations<br />
manager Russell Gillies says<br />
most people follow good habits.<br />
‘‘What frustrates us the most is<br />
the people who just don’t care or<br />
take the effort. Ninetyeight<br />
percent of people are really<br />
good; it’s the 2% that just don’t<br />
care and don’t think about what<br />
happens to their rubbish.’’<br />
The council’s solid waste<br />
officer, Monese Ball, encourages<br />
people who want to do the right<br />
thing, but are unsure, to bring<br />
their items to the resource<br />
recovery park.<br />
‘‘The staff in orange vests are<br />
only too happy to help, or read<br />
Council livestreaming to continue<br />
By ROBYN BRISTOW<br />
The Hurunui District Council<br />
willcontinuetolivestream its<br />
councilmeetings.<br />
It is also lookingtostart<br />
livestreaming its standing<br />
committee meetings on a<br />
permanent basis.<br />
At itsmeetinglastweek, the<br />
councilapproved spending<br />
$25,000 fromexisting budgetsto<br />
upgradethe videoconferencing<br />
equipment inits chambers.<br />
Thecouncil beganlivestreaming<br />
itsmeetings becauseof<br />
Covid19 restrictions.<br />
Talking rubbish ... Waste Management operations supervisor Russell Gillies,<br />
left,council solid waste officer MoneseBall and Eco Educate rethinkeducator<br />
Lesley Ottey discuss rubbish at the Southbrook ResourceRecovery Park.<br />
the signs. And it’s on the website.<br />
‘‘Most people are pretty good.<br />
You only have to explain it to<br />
them once. But sometimes you’ve<br />
just got to watch people and tell<br />
them,’’ she says of supervising<br />
visitors to Southbrook.<br />
Only grade 1, 2and 5plastics,<br />
which are rigid, are now<br />
recyclable. Small pill bottles or<br />
small yoghurt tubs are not.<br />
‘‘Anything which you can crush<br />
in your hand is not rigid plastic.’’<br />
Plant pots and egg cartons are<br />
It has continued to do so and<br />
receivedpositivecomments<br />
about makingits meetingsmore<br />
accessibleinthe largedistrict.<br />
However, quality has been an<br />
issue for some tuningin. At<br />
present, the equipment includes<br />
afew microphones, two of which<br />
sit on chairs in themiddle of the<br />
council table,and acamera.<br />
Councillorsbacked the<br />
initiative,but didnot want to see<br />
unbudgetedmoneyspent on<br />
upgrading equipment.<br />
Cr FionaHarris saidthe Covid<br />
19 budgethad beendone,and it<br />
was notappropriate to spend<br />
not recyclable, but can be reused,<br />
so staff are happy to take them.<br />
All glass bottles and jars can go<br />
in the yellow bin, but if it can be<br />
used by someone else, such as<br />
jam jars, it can be left at the park.<br />
It has bins for the likes of<br />
batteries, light bulbs, clothing,<br />
small electrical items, plant pots,<br />
toys, books, bedding, household<br />
items and recyclable plastics.<br />
Whiteware, gas bottles, oil containers<br />
and hazardous waste can<br />
also be taken to the park.<br />
cashthatwas notbudgeted.<br />
Cr NickyAnderson said<br />
livestreaming added another<br />
level of connection withthe<br />
council’scommunity, while<br />
Mayor Marie Blacksaidit<br />
providedanopportunityto<br />
improveengagement.<br />
‘‘Technologyisimprovingthe<br />
opportunity forour communityto<br />
log in andlisten.Itisa<br />
progressive stepand canbe<br />
achieved within our existing<br />
budget,’’ shesaid.<br />
Cr Pauline White saiditwas a<br />
progressivestep which would<br />
providetransparency.<br />
Concerns voiced over cycleway<br />
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Rangiora Library<br />
Thursday 6th <strong>August</strong><br />
Kaiapoi Library<br />
Friday 7th <strong>August</strong><br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
Residents in Kaiapoi’s PerakiSt<br />
wantthe WaimakaririDistrict<br />
Council to reconsiderthe path of<br />
aproposed cycleway.<br />
Localresidentsmet with<br />
councilstaff and Kaiapoi<br />
Tuahiwi Community Board<br />
members at the KaiapoiCooperatingParish<br />
on Monday<br />
eveningtodiscuss their<br />
concerns.<br />
Meeting organiserBruce<br />
Hogarth presentedapetition<br />
signed by 80 residentsofPeraki<br />
St asking thecounciltoconsider<br />
an alternative street.‘‘Peraki St<br />
is avery narrowstreet and you<br />
want to put cyclistsonthere. I<br />
can’t seehow it’s going to work.’’<br />
Thecouncil is proposingto<br />
createa‘‘neighbourhood<br />
greenway’’, or onelane, between<br />
Ohoka Rd and 47 Peraki St and a<br />
shared path forthe remainder of<br />
the route to Raven Quay.<br />
Mr Hogarth says manyofthe<br />
residents areelderlyand<br />
regularlyreverse outoftheir<br />
driveways,creatingahazard for<br />
cyclists.<br />
PerakiStisbusy, he said. ‘‘I<br />
cameawayfeeling40per cent<br />
encouraged thatthey are going<br />
to change it.’’<br />
DeputyMayorNeville<br />
Atkinson acknowledges the<br />
consultationcould have been<br />
better,saying themeeting would<br />
havehappened earlier without<br />
Covid19.<br />
Staff havetaken on board the<br />
feedback andthe proposal will<br />
be referred back to theKaiapoi<br />
Tuahiwi CommunityBoard,<br />
beforemaking a<br />
recommendation to thecouncil.<br />
‘‘Willitbring further consultation<br />
or adifferentroute? I<br />
don’t know,’’CrAtkinson said.<br />
‘‘There’s limitationsnomatter<br />
where yougo. Isuspect no<br />
matterwhich street youchoose,<br />
you willbehavingthe same<br />
conversation.’’<br />
The challengeistofindthe<br />
safest cycle route into central<br />
Kaiapoi, Cr Atkinson said.<br />
‘‘There were lotsofquestions<br />
aroundthe useand we canonly<br />
tellpeople what’s happened in<br />
Christchurch —and thatshows<br />
there has been a60% increase in<br />
use sincethe cycleways were<br />
built.’’<br />
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Police warning after thefts in the district<br />
Lock it up or lose it, Hurunui subarea police<br />
supervisorSergeant Rob Irvine says.<br />
His warning comes after recent theftsinthe<br />
district. Power tools were targeted in the Masons<br />
Flat area,shearing gear was takeninWaipara Flat<br />
Road,the HawardenFour Square was burgled at<br />
5am on Monday,and awork truck was brokeninto<br />
and power toolstaken at Leithfield Beach.<br />
Sergeant Irvinesaystwo offenders,with their<br />
faces covered,were seen on camerasafter the Four<br />
Squareburglary. Peoplecan report suspicious<br />
activity online,dial 105,orring theirlocal station.