North Canterbury News: October 15, 2020
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NEWS<br />
8 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>October</strong> <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
Rubbish haul<br />
disappointing<br />
By SHELLEY TOPP<br />
Volunteers taking part in the annual<br />
Foothills Honey Ashley/Rakahuri<br />
River Cleanup collected 980kg of<br />
rubbish.<br />
‘‘It was so disappointing,’’ said<br />
Laura Malcolm, one of the owners of<br />
Foothills Honey.<br />
‘‘The Ashley River has areputation<br />
for beautiful picnic and swimming<br />
spots, as well as walking trails.<br />
‘‘But, unfortunately, for others it is<br />
better known as adumping ground.<br />
‘‘It is heartbreaking to see our<br />
beautiful rivers that we all love to<br />
enjoy being used as adumping<br />
ground when we all know it is illegal<br />
to dump rubbish this way.’’<br />
The Waimakariri District Council’s<br />
environmental services unit<br />
manager, Tracy Boundy, says the<br />
council does not want people<br />
dumping rubbish on public, private<br />
or reserve land and those caught will<br />
be fined.<br />
‘‘If people find dumped rubbish<br />
they can either ring the council or<br />
raise aSnap, Send, Solve request and<br />
we will respond and look into it.’’<br />
Compliance officers are warranted<br />
under the Litter Act to investigate<br />
dumped rubbish.<br />
‘‘If people are caught dumping<br />
rubbish, or we can prove who has<br />
dumped it, we will and do fine the<br />
person responsible. This has<br />
happened several times this year.’’<br />
The cleanup took place last<br />
Sunday.<br />
Club lookstosummer<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
Surf’s up at Waikuku Beach. Lifeguard<br />
captain Helena Cook saysthe Waikuku Beach<br />
Surf Life Saving Club has come throughthe<br />
Covidaffectedyear unscathed and is gearing<br />
up for abusy summer.<br />
The club is recruitingfor the new season,<br />
with an openday on Saturday from 10am.<br />
‘‘We haven’t really been impactedtoo much<br />
by Covid19. We finishour weekend patrolsin<br />
midMarchanyway and we were able to get<br />
back to the beachunder alert level 3with<br />
social distancing,’’ Helena says.<br />
‘‘We had better not go backtoother levels<br />
because thissummer is going to be beautiful<br />
and warm.<br />
‘‘I think it’s goingtobeavery busy summer<br />
as people just want to get out and aboutafter<br />
the lockdown—and Waikuku Beach is the<br />
placetobeon asummer’sday.’’<br />
The club hasabout 40 activelifeguards.<br />
Anyone aged 13 and up can train to joina<br />
patrol, Helenasays.‘‘We would lovemore<br />
adultlifeguards,’’ she says.<br />
‘‘We do get alot of young people and they<br />
oftendoit forafew years and then leave for<br />
ajob or go to university, but oftenthey simply<br />
transfer to anotherclub.Once you’re a<br />
lifeguard, you are in it for life.’’<br />
During the lockdown, Helena, athirdyear<br />
commercestudentatthe University of<br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong>, was busy updating the club’s<br />
website to make it easierfor people to join.<br />
The clubroomshave been undergoing<br />
maintenance andearthquake repairsover<br />
winter, while the lifeguards did offseason<br />
training at Dudley Parktostay in shape.<br />
The club will run weekend patrols from<br />
Show Day,Friday, November 13, untilmid<br />
March.<br />
Regionalpatrolswillwatchthe beachon<br />
weekdaysduring the summerholidays, which<br />
Lifeguard Helena Cook. .. ‘‘I think it’s going to<br />
be avery busy summer.’’<br />
PHOTO: FILE<br />
is paid work for experienced youngguards.<br />
Helena, aged21, says thereare many<br />
opportunities for club members, with training<br />
in firstaid, using radios and the boats, as well<br />
as swimming and lifting confidence.<br />
‘‘I wentinasa14yearoldcomplete rookie<br />
and now I’m managing agroup of lifeguards<br />
and sitting on acommittee.<br />
‘‘I’m alifeguard over the summer. Ihave a<br />
firstaid certificate andI’m avolunteer swim<br />
coach.About half of my CV is surf lifesaving<br />
qualifications andexperience, so you get out<br />
of it what you putin.’’<br />
Prospective lifeguards can visitthe open<br />
day or joinonthe website,wbslsc.com.<br />
Eyes to<br />
the future<br />
Views are being soughtonwhat<br />
the Greater Christchurch area<br />
will look like in 2050.<br />
The GreaterChristchurch<br />
Partnership is developing a<br />
30year plan for the area and is<br />
seeking publicinput.<br />
WaimakaririMayor Dan<br />
Gordon says presentingaunified<br />
vision is important in dealings<br />
with the Government.<br />
“We know we have benefited<br />
from significant postquake<br />
Central Government investment.<br />
‘‘However, we now need to shift<br />
our engagement and ensure we<br />
are also attracting and receiving<br />
the share of investment and the<br />
type of partnershipwith central<br />
government that will benefitNew<br />
Zealand.”<br />
Environment <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />
chairwoman Jenny Hughey says<br />
how we collectively treat the<br />
natural environment will directly<br />
impact on the wellbeing of<br />
people in the region.<br />
“The challenges ahead of us<br />
are huge. Nationally,the target is<br />
that New Zealand is net zero<br />
carbon by 2050. If we are to<br />
address our environmental<br />
challenges and providethe<br />
quality of life that Greater<br />
Christchurch is knownfor, we<br />
need to act now and together.”<br />
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