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Wednesday August 12 2020 Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz BAY HARBOUR PAGE 13 Your Local Views A need to focus on a clean, green economy Dave Bryce of the Redcliffs/ Te Rae Kura Eco Village group says it is focusing on the economy during August. AN INCREASING number of people are now on reduced incomes. Businesses need reassessing to be relevant in the post-Covid situation and in a reduced CO2 emissions world. Tourism may not return to anything like before. Overseas travel, business meetings and conferences will all reduce or be done virtually. Globally, we currently have unsustainable levels of goods creation and consumption and associated depletion of resources and destruction of natural habitats. This can all change by refocusing on a future “clean, green and sustainable economy.” Such an economy would ensure that manufactured goods would last a long time and then be able to be returned for repair or repurposing or recycling. This will start to happen now with “product stewardship”, a new form of legal regulation intended to reduce waste and hazards and apply user-pays. It puts the responsibility for a product’s life-cycle and waste management on manufacturers, importers, retailers and users, rather than on communities, councils, neighbourhoods and nature. Government has declared six priority products for stewardship – plastic packaging, tyres, electrical and electronic products, agrichemicals and their containers, refrigerants and farm plastics. Stewardship also has the potential to create lots of new SHOP LOCAL: By visiting your local farmers’ market will help reduce transport costs and lower emissions. jobs, although will probably increase the cost of these products. You could play your own part by avoiding buying things you don’t really need – trying to buy only things which are durable, repairable, non-plastic, toxin free, recycled or recyclable and without excessive packaging, and checking if things can be fixed or recycled, before “binning” them and replacing them. Buying products locally made and shopping locally, will also help to reduce the transport costs and emissions embodied in the economy. This includes using local trades, products and services, and visiting your local farmers’ market. If you are looking for local goods and services, check out the “Local Directory” on our website www.redcliffs.org.nz. If you have a local business including home-occupations, be sure to get listed there. Our Kiwi eco pledges for this year, on the economy are: Support your local shopping centre and farmers market at least fortnightly, and work from home if you are able, at least one day a fortnight. BIRDS OF THE ESTUARY Tanya Jenkins is the manager of the Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai Trust, a non-profit organisation formed in 2002 to protect one of New Zealand’s most important coastal wetlands. Each week she introduces a new bird found in the estuary. Her column aims to raise the understanding of the values and uniqueness of the area. Little owl feeds on insects at dawn and dusk WHO WOULD have thought that around our estuary we have a number of resident owls. The little owl, also known as the german owl, is a brown and grey bird with white spots/ streaks. Weighing around 170gm and only 23cm tall, they surely are the cutest owl you have ever seen. They were introduced into New Zealand between 1906 and 1910 from Germany and, apart from one pair delivered to Rotorua, were released in the South Island where, along the east coast, they are doing really well. The reason for this importation scheme at the time was for the owls to help control small introduced bird species that were a causing damage to grain and fruit crops. But like many other introduced species, why would they stick to feeding on those alone when they also love beetles, moths, earwigs, frogs and lizards? Surprisingly, unlike the better known morepork, the little owl feeds at dawn and dusk. During the day they are quite content perching on lamp posts, fence posts or in trees. No wonder our estuary is classified as a “wetland of international importance” due to the variety and number of birds residing here. It is up to us to ensure that they are safe from introduced predators and have ample and healthy food supplies, so they can continue their stay here. Predator control around the estuary is undertaken by the city council, but we can all ensure that we have rat traps in our gardens to support this. Keeping our dogs on the lead not allowing them to scare birds particularly now when many birds are establishing nesting sites is super important too. I can highly recommend dog owners check out Bexley Reserve dog park off Pages Rd. There is ample parking and huge fenced off and fun play areas for dogs to run without disturbing the bird life. The “go to” local law firm for the eastern, hill and seaside suburbs Naahi Taiaroa Ngaire Smith Ngaire Smith and Naahi Taiaroa are delighted to announce the merger of their law firms to form Summit Law. We’re friendly, local and love being a part of our community. Whether you’ve got something exciting on the horizon or need help with a problem that’s worrying you, we’d love to have a chat about how we can help. Units 7 & 8, 1025 Ferry Road, Ferrymead, Christchurch Phone 03 384 3880 www.summitlaw.co.nz
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