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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.

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