North Canterbury News: October 01, 2020

OPINION
6 North Canterbury News, October 1, 2020
Waimakariri
Focus from Dan Gordon, Mayor
Big voluntary effort
behind many events
It is greattobeatlevel 1. This past
weekendhas seen several community
events.Iwould like to commend the event
organisers for putting on suchawide
variety of activities for our communityto
enjoy.
The Lightand SoundFestival in Victoria
Park was excellent. Unfortunately,the
weather on Sunday saw both the Rangiora
Festival of Colour and the Kaiapoi Party in
the Park postponed.
We are luckytohave community
organisations that put in ahuge voluntary
effort so thatour community can enjoy
these events.
Friday night saw an event in Kaiapoi
acknowledging 10 years sincethe
September 4earthquake. This was to have
been celebrated on September 4, but was
delayedbecause of Covid­19.
The event was held to commemorate this
anniversary but, more importantly, to
celebrate how far we have come together
and achieved since that time. Whilethe
earthquakes represented asignificant
challenge, they also presented significant
opportunities.
Much has happened in those 10 years
and Iamparticularly proud of the way our
community and businessesralliedand
helped us rebuild.
Our recovery is testimony to the spirit
and strength of you all. Our community is
stronger than ever before.
OxfordArt Galleryalso celebrated10
years since it officially opened.Renowned
New Zealand artist and Gallery Patron
Philip Trusttum was present for the
openingofhis exhibition.
If you are in Oxford, or planning a
journeythere,itisworth atrip to see
Philip’s work and support the gallery.
Personally, Ienjoy supporting the
creativepart of our community and
attending our galleries to see the latest
exhibitions, or attending the various
performingarts events.
We are fortunateasadistrict to haveso
much talent that we can enjoy and
appreciate.
Around the community there is
consultation under way for walking and
cycling improvements in Woodend that
will work in with the New Zealand
Transport Agency’s new signalised
crossingplanned for Main North Road
outsideWoodendSchool.
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❛We are fortunate as adistrict
to have so much talent that we
can enjoy and appreciate.❜
The tender for this crossing has been
released, with construction to start before
Christmas. It will be completedbefore the
new schoolyear starts.
Seeing this completed, alongwith the
other signalled safetyimprovements, is
important. It is apriority for our council
and community.
Iknow the Woodendcommunity will
welcome the news.
The council is also consulting the
community about roading improvements
in FlaxtonRoad that will include anew
sharedpath for walkers and cyclists, and
join with anew roundabout at the corner
of Flaxton and Fernside roads. Once
completed,this is going to make a
significant differencetoroad safety and
traffic flow.
If you head to Christchurch you will have
noticedalot of work underway on the
Waimakariri Bridgepart of the motorway.
This is preparing for the opening of the
new Northern Corridor —aproject being
led by the transport agency.
It is expected that this will open mid­
December.
There will be anew high­occupancy lane
that will also take anew express bus
serviceand will link with park­and­ride
locations throughout the district.
These coming changes will make areal
difference for commuters and will be
operational early in the new year. Keep an
eye out for furtherinformation.
We appreciate your understandingwith
traffic delayswhile the finalstagesof
construction are completed.
Environment Canterbury undertooka
review of the Waimakariribus network
last year. The new bus timetabling
commenced this week.
For further information, visit metroinfo.
co.nz/upcoming­timetable­and­routechanges/
Iwelcome contactfrom anyonewho
needsassistance or has an issue that they
may want to discuss. Email me at
mayor@wmk.govt.nz or phone (021)
906 437.I’m heretohelp.
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Claire McKay
Environment Canterbury Councillor
Crucial steps toward
asustainable future
Many challenges face the current
generation if we are to ensure a
sustainablefuture.
Foryou,thebiggest challenges may be
considering the post­Covid future, dealing
withchanging climate, reducing
greenhouse gases,orthestressesof
everydaylife.
Regionalcouncilsand landownersare
nowfocusing onunderstanding and
implementing policy directives in the
Government’s Essential Freshwater
package.
The primary pieces of legislationare the
National Policy Statement for Freshwater
(NPSFM), National Environmental
Standards for Freshwater (NES) and stock
exclusion regulations.
The NPSFM isabout improving the
health ofall water in both urbanandrural
areas.Awiderange of activitiesimpact
waterquality,somay alsobeimpactedby
thenew policy directives.
Whilethere isaremarkablesimilarity
betweentheoutcomessought in
Environment Canterbury’s current
freshwater planning framework (the Land
and WaterRegional Plan) and much of the
new national directives,wenow need to
revisit our plans to incorporate these.
Environment Canterbury was the first
regional council to develop aplan under
the2011NPSFM—the Hurunui Waiau
RiverRegionalPlan,PlanChange 1of
whichhas recently been made operative.
Developing the current framework
collaboratively has come at considerable
cost to our communityand ratepayers in
termsofbothmoney andtime.
Engagement withmana whenua is
fundamental to incorporating thenew
NPSrequirementsinto ourfreshwater
plansbefore December 2024asweare
required to do. We must first understand
the concept of Te Mana oteWai, putting
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The following property hasbeenreported
to police as lostinNorth Canterbury:
Ablack wallet, ablack Samsung phone,
atitaniumsilver engravedweddingring,
ablack bagwith “Hogs Dogs +Quads”
containing GPS/dog collars/camera/
binoculars, asmall yellowwallet, agold
pinkyring with three diamonds.
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❛It is important to
acknowledge the
improvements and investment
landowners, industries,
developers and others have
already made towards
improving water quality.❜
thehealthofthe waterbefore all other
considerations.
We will continue to work withour
community over the next couple of years
on what more we need to do and where,
and how it will be implemented.
Earlyindicationsare that theNPSFMis
farreaching, not only for Environment
Canterbury in terms of resourcingand
funding forplanning, consenting,
compliance and science, but also in
relation to the impacts of implementation
on the wider community.
Over thelast10years,recognising local
water quality challenges, Canterbury
communities have responded
collaboratively and engaged with regional
plan developmentand implementation.
It is importanttoacknowledge the
improvements and investment
landowners, industries, developers and
others have already made towards
improving water quality. Some of these
will take decades to become visible.
Our commitment to improve water
quality within ageneration will require
collaboration, innovation, increasing use
of new technology, and practical solutions.
Change has never been easy. It is even
harder when the scale of change seeks not
only to account for 150 years ofdevelopment,
but alsotoleave afuture legacy.
Thefollowingproperty is waiting to be
claimed fromthe KaiapoiStation:
Aladies white road bike, a Frozen
scooter, ayellow Leicacase/toolbelt, a
blue Milazo mountainbike, achild’s
silver Bauer bike, adrone,and asilver
necklace which includesanangel
pendant.
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Kaikoura 5:34pm 1.7 11:46pm 0.5 6:17pm 1.7 12:04pm 0.5 6:59pm 1.7 12:48pm 0.5 7:41pm 1.7 1:31pm 0.5 8:25pm 1.6 2:14pm 0.5 9:09pm 1.6 2:58pm 0.6 9:55pm 1.6 3:44pm 0.6
*Not for navigational purposes. Wind and swell are based on apoint off Gore Bay. Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa. www.ofu.co.nz www.tidespy.com Graphic supplied by OceanFun Publishing Ltd.
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