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TUESDAY, MARCH 24, <strong>2020</strong><br />
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IT COULD be a while until<br />
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fruition.<br />
During <strong>October</strong>’s local body<br />
elections, Ms Dalziel identified<br />
repairs to the eastern part of the<br />
city’s footpaths, pipes and roads<br />
as one of her main priorities for<br />
this term.<br />
“We need a fully integrated<br />
programme of works for the<br />
east, I have loosely called this<br />
the eastern alliance, which<br />
Readers respond<br />
Chance to<br />
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farewell Holden<br />
of contractors who can take<br />
rebranding<br />
in style the whole area bit by bit and<br />
systematically get the work<br />
done,” she said during the<br />
Page 8<br />
campaign.<br />
Page 17 But chief executive Dawn<br />
Baxendale said any request to<br />
pursue a specific project in the<br />
east would have to be agreed<br />
upon by council.<br />
South New Brighton School pupil Jacob McMillan enjoying the foam pit at Christchurch School of<br />
City councillors are yet to pass<br />
Gymnastics, which opened its doors to pupils while the school was closed due to fire damage.<br />
on any guidance to staff around<br />
•Story, more photos, page 5<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN this, she said.<br />
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TUESDAY, MARCH 24, <strong>2020</strong><br />
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The CNC was due to open in<br />
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GIRL BOSS: Julia Holmes wants to be a geneticist after Page high school, 3 and feels the GirlBoss Advantage programme will Page help 10 said the community are “somewhat<br />
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SPREYDON residents are<br />
• By Devon Bolger<br />
preparing to help members of<br />
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Expressions of interest sought Spreydon to Neighbourhood<br />
the district council says.<br />
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in<br />
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Sonya Hodder got behind the<br />
council the above chief proposed centre based<br />
idea after one of its members<br />
executive in I Zone David Park Rolleston.<br />
posted asking if residents are<br />
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Mr Ward said it is still too early<br />
we should use our Facebook page<br />
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as an avenue if anybody does<br />
community will need.<br />
need help.<br />
“It’s very early days and I<br />
“I’m not sure how needed that<br />
think that we are just looking<br />
it will be because most of the supermarkets<br />
are providing online<br />
at how we respond to the virus.<br />
For us, it’s about responsiveness<br />
delivery and things like that but<br />
to the central government<br />
it’s just hard to know how it’s going<br />
to pan out.<br />
guidelines, the safety of staff<br />
and the safety of our communities.”<br />
“I just think they [people] just<br />
need to let us know what they<br />
It follows calls from<br />
need and we’ll do our best to<br />
Christchurch city councillors to<br />
help,” she said.<br />
stop rates increases in response<br />
Mrs Hodder said there is no<br />
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• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding<br />
THE earthquake-damaged<br />
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July – if the funding needed is<br />
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Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton<br />
Community<br />
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Mike Mora<br />
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requesting the city council addresses<br />
the HS budget gap so the<br />
Cashmere<br />
buildings can be removed as soon<br />
as possible.<br />
Board chairman Mike Mora<br />
Page 11 said the final submission is yet to<br />
be completed but it was likely the<br />
demolition of the site would be<br />
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• By Louis Day<br />
CALLS HAVE been made to<br />
stop rates increases in response<br />
to the Covid-19 crisis.<br />
City counci lors James Gough,<br />
Sam MacDonald, Catherine<br />
Chu, Phil Mauger, Aaron Keown<br />
and James Daniels have sent a<br />
le ter to Mayor Lianne Dalziel<br />
asking her to lead a conversation<br />
as to how a zero per cent rates<br />
increase could be achieved this<br />
The city council is proposing<br />
an average rates increase of 4.65<br />
per cent acro s a l ratepayers in<br />
this year’s Draft Annual Plan<br />
which is cu rently under public<br />
consultation until April 5 and<br />
wi l be finalised before July 1.<br />
The 2018-2028 Long Term<br />
Plan also predicts a 50 per cent<br />
rates increase over 10 years.<br />
Said Cr MacDonald: “In<br />
the cu rent environment it’s<br />
clear busine s as usual is not<br />
appropriate and the council<br />
needs to look at how we enable<br />
this 12-month rates increase<br />
freeze to occur, it’s crucial for<br />
the economic confidence of our<br />
city.”<br />
Ms Dalziel said the las thing<br />
the city council needed was for<br />
someone to hi the panic bu ton.<br />
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“Our residents and busine ses<br />
wi l be depending on us to<br />
make adjustments, and we wi l,<br />
however, we wi l need advice<br />
on the impacts on a l aspects of<br />
– page 4<br />
the council’s budget, which is urchNZ, the Canterbury Employers’<br />
Chamber of Commerce<br />
not entirely funded by rates, and<br />
the consequences that wi l flow and other key players so we are<br />
from decisions we make. best prepared for the economic<br />
“The Annual Plan is not cha lenges that lie ahead.” she said.<br />
signed off for three months so City council chief executive<br />
we have time to ge this advice. Dawn Baxendale did not rule a<br />
A the same time, the council zero rates rise out.<br />
is meeting with our economic “We’re considering a series of<br />
development agency, Christch-<br />
options in light of the extraordinary<br />
circumstances related to the economy in response to the<br />
Covid-19. We wi l discu s these Covid-19 pandemic.<br />
options with elected members The biggest boost is $5.1<br />
as we develop the Annual Plan,” bi lion towards wage subsidies<br />
for affected busine ses in a l<br />
The push from city counci lors sectors and regions.<br />
for a freeze on rates rises comes •Tips for weathering virus, p3<br />
shortly after Minister of Finance<br />
•Mayor’s column, p9<br />
Grant Robertson announced<br />
a $12.1 bi lion package to aid •From the editor’s desk, p10<br />
Thursday, March 19, <strong>2020</strong><br />
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