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Mora to stay on as

board chairman

• By Bea Gooding

MIKE MORA has done a

U-turn over his plan to step

down as chairman of Halswell-

Hornby-Riccarton Community

Board.

Mora, 72, had planned to hand

over the reins after 28 years on

the board, serving more than 20

years as chairman, and deputy

chairman combined.

The plan was for deputy

chairman Andrei Moore to take

Mora’s position this year, with

Mora serving as deputy chairman

for the remainder of the

three-year term.

The current term will be

Mora’s last as he intends to retire

by 2022 to spend more time

with his family after nearly three

decades as an elected member of

the board.

He believed his decades of

experience and extensive knowledge

of the area were driving

forces behind his re-election.

Said Mora: “I feel like I’ve got

the confidence of the board. The

members wanted me to stay on

because there’s still quite a lot of

work to do on the Annual Plan

and the Long Term Plan.

• Turn to page 4

VERDICT: Mike Mora has been re-elected as chairman of the Halswell-Hornby-

Riccarton Community Board in spite of plans to retire this year.

Speeds

through

Yaldhurst

to lower

soon

SPEED LIMITS in Yaldhurst will

soon be reduced in response to

increased traffic in the area.

The changes will take place

from next month on State Highway

73 extending west through

the Yaldhurst township.

The existing speed limits were

80km/h and 100km/h, with

70km/h through the township.

“The speed limits on Yaldhurst

roads have been the subject of

ongoing community calls for

reductions, particularly with the

significant development in the

area which has generated more

pedestrian and cycling activity

alongside traffic,” said Jim Harland,

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport

Agency director regional relationships.

The technical assessment

conducted by Waka Kotahi

supports reductions to 60km/h

through the urban fringe and

Yaldhurst town centre with a

reduction to 80km/h to the west

of the town, while the intervening

rural section east of Yaldhurst is

to remain at 80km/h.

•Turn to page 4

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The Art Group Exhibition

Thursday to Saturday, All Day

Upper Riccarton Library

Go along and enjoy the annual

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JP Clinic

Thursday, 9.30am-12.30pm, at

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Fendalton, Halswell, Hornby and

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The Conversation Club is a dropin

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including using email, searching

the internet, using the library catalogue,

using electronic resources and

any other general computer-related

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WESTERN NEWS

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No bookings required.

Family History

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A volunteer from the Riccarton

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Thursday November 12 2020 3

Council wants feedback on services

• By Bea Gooding

IS THE city council meeting

your needs when it comes to its

services and facilities?

That’s what the bosses at the

city council want to know as they

start on their annual residents’

survey.

Each year the city council

surveys residents across the city to

understand how satisfied they are

with services covering its parks,

libraries and service centres.

City council chief executive

Dawn Baxendale said the survey

was one of the tools

used to assess where

they were performing

well, and where

improvements

needed to be made

and prioritised.

“We want to find

out what is working

Dawn

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well for residents and what’s not

working well because our focus,

as an organisation, is on meeting

the needs of our residents,” she

said.

“The findings of this year’s survey

programme will feed into the

development of our 2021-31 Long

Term Plan, so I would really

encourage people to share their

views if they are approached by

staff at a council location or if

they receive an email or letter

from us.”

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This year’s survey included

specific questions that will help

the city council decide what it

should prioritise in the LTP.

The LTP is the document that

councils are legally required to

produce every three years. It sets

out what the city council will do

over the next 10 years and how it

will pay for it.

“The Covid-19 pandemic

has prompted many people,

businesses and organisations to

rethink their plans and priorities

and to tighten their belts.

We are having to do that too,”

Baxendale said.

“As we start to review our plans

and priorities, we want to gather

your views about the opportunities,

challenges and choices that

Christchurch is facing.”

The city council urged residents

to participate in the survey

if they were approached or contacted

by staff.

The findings of the survey

programme will be made public

next year.

HAVE YOUR SAY: Is the

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Email your views to

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Changes to

bin collection

looked into

THE CITY council is looking

to change aspects of its kerbside

wheelie bin collection in a bid to

reduce contamination.

A report presented to the

Finance and Performance Committee

outlined plans to make the

service more flexible as part of a

review into solid waste management.

The work will give priority to

current kerbside collections. Flexibility

around bin sizes, fees, as

well as a separate glass collection

are also being investigated.

The three-bin kerbside system

has diverted about 65 per cent of

household recyclable and organic

materials from landfill since its

inception in 2009.

“We’ve been hearing from a lot

of people that their green bins

aren’t big enough and we are

known as the garden city, so we’ll

be looking at how we can make

this service better,” said Helen

Beaumont, city council head of

three waters and waste.

“It will also help us reduce the

amount of contamination we’re

getting in recycling bins.”

The first stage of the review will

be completed by February next

year to feed into the 2021-2031

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‘I want to get these things sorted’

• From page 1

“We just need to concentrate

on doing the job and getting

the best outcomes for our

community. I just want to get

these things sorted before I

retire at the end of this term.”

The community board

members voted to re-elect

Mora as its chairman for the

remainder of the term after no

other names were put forward.

Out of all the board members,

councillor Catherine Chu was

the only member who voted

against the decision.

Mora decided to continue for

another two years because there

was still unfinished business

to attend to in the wider

community.

By staying in the position, it

kept the momentum going on

any “outstanding issues” that

needed to be resolved before

passing the torch on to someone

new.

These included the Hornby

Centre’s construction, the

Halswell Junction Rd extension,

supporting “landlocked”

residents at Yaldhurst Village,

tidying up the Sockburn Service

Centre and park, and sorting

out pedestrian and cycleway

links between major centres in

Hornby.

He also wanted to put a

succession plan in place for the

area’s future in the next 10 to

20 years, setting goals now to

enable work towards them in

the next term and beyond.

In addition to Mora’s reelection,

former city councillor

Helen Broughton has been

elected as the board’s new

deputy chairwoman, taking

over from Moore.

In spite of previous tensions

between the pair, such as

Broughton’s concerns that

Mora’s priorities did not focus

on Riccarton, Mora believed

this would not get in the way of

future decisions.

“We work together even

though we don’t always see

eye-to-eye. We had a chat after

the meeting and we want to

put the past behind us and

move forward in a positive

direction for the community we

represent.”

Plans to take on another term

ISSUE: Mike

Mora wants

to see the

Sockburn

Service

Centre

tidied up

before he

retires.

after the current one ended was

not likely for Mora.

“If people want me to stay

for another term, I’m not

considering that at this point

in time – unless something

happens later on,” he said.

“I just want to concentrate

on more time for family and

other interests. At the end of

this term I would’ve spent 30

years in local government, that’s

quite a big chunk of a person’s

life.”

Increased traffic

reason for change

• From page 1

“The feedback we received provided

good support for speed reductions

in the area and did not identify any

particular further issues that we were

not aware of,” says Mr Harland.

“Some people did, however, call

for lower speeds and to extend the

lower speed zones further west of

Yaldhurst, which we may consider in

the future.

“The increase in traffic and subsequent

crashes, along with the commercial

development and the many driveways

off the highway, means 60 and 80

kilometres per hour limits are safe and

appropriate speeds for this area.”

The city council consulted on the

speed limits for sections of Ryans,

Pound, Hasketts and School Rds.

The speed limits for these roads

are being reduced from 70km/h or

80km/h to 60km/h.

Sections of Ryans, Hasketts and

School Rds have already been implemented.

The remaining changes on Ryans

and Pound Rds will be co-ordinated

with changes to SH73.

“Improving the safety of the

road network is a critical issue for

the council. These changes will

reduce speeds at approaches to

high-risk intersections and maintain

consistency of speed limits across the

joint road network,” city council head

of transport Richard Osborne said.



Ollie helps design health hub

FORMER Christchurch Boys’

High School student Ollie

Latimer has battled mental

illness and helped design

plans for a youth health hub in

Christchurch.

Latimer’s mum succumbed

to breast cancer when he was

just four-years-old and his dad

took his own life in 2017.

Youth Hub Trust chairwoman

Dame Sue Bagshaw

helped him through this.

Now, the health hub proposed

for Salisbury St, which

will help others like Latimer

if approved, has received resource

consent.

Said Latimer, now 26: “I was

really struggling with depression

when I first reached out

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“Sue was really there for me

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APPROVED: Resource consent has been granted for a

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Inset: Ollie Latimer.

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“I was really struggling to

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turned once again to Sue for

counselling.

“That was super important

for me and I was able to pick

up again where we left off from

high school. Sue is incredible.

I spent many hours with her

through it all. What she does

to support youth is amazing.

She is there for so many young

people, she’s just so selfless

and caring,” said Latimer.

Bagshaw knew Latimer

needed some direction in his

life and sensed an opportunity

to involve him and his skills

with her ambitious one-stopshop

youth hub plans, then in

their infancy.

She asked him to a meeting

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the Field Studio team, who

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the hub. Bagshaw and Field

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Once built, the Youth Hub

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It will provide support services

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mental health counselling,

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and employment.

The centre will provide

space for about 12 different

youth organisations including

298 Youth Health Centre,

YouthLine, Qtopia and the

Christchurch City Mission.

Resource consent approval

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positive win for the ambitious

project – a $10 million

dollar kick-start from the

Government’s $3 billion dollar

Covid-19 Response and

Recovery Fund, set aside for

shovel-ready projects.

“That generous investment

is around half of what we

ultimately need to make the

youth hub a reality,” said

Bagshaw.

Neighbours have been

consulted, with the design

adjusted to address concerns.

Although resource consent

has been granted, affected

parties have until the end of

November to lodge an appeal.

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Oaklands School gets

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• By Kim Thomas

OAKLANDS SCHOOL

is promoting businesses

owned by its families or

Halswell locals as a way

of supporting them in

difficult economic times.

The Halswell-based

school is also giving

thank you cards made by

students to businesses that

have previously supported

fundraising activities.

Oaklands parent teacher

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“Covid-19 has had a big

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generous as they previously

have.

“Instead of asking, we

wanted to say thank you

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grateful for what they have

already done for our school

community.”

WESTERN NEWS

The school has had to

alter or cancel a number

of fundraising activities

this year to keep pupils

safe, such as regular discos,

sausage sizzles and a quiz

night, Montague-Ebbs said.

The school was still planning

to hold its end-of-year

community celebration,

the school gala, on December

11 from 5.30pm.

“The focus of our gala

this year is a celebration

of each other, and we are

inviting families to come

and enjoy rides, games

and great food with their

families and friends.”

Oaklands School

principal Margaret Trotter

said the local community

was always important to

the school and fostering

that connection was

increasingly important

following the Covid-19

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College’s mixed team for next

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endurance event for the first

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footsteps.

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get paddling tips for tackling the

Waimakariri from her father

Geoff, a seven-time competitor

and brother Henry, who

represented St Andrew’s in last

year’s 243km slog from Kumara

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“I’ve done lots of adventures

with my family, but not

kayaking specifically,” Sparks

said.

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rivers and some kayaking as

a family, but not on my own

as such, so this will be a good

experience.

“Dad’s done the event a fair

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family members to call on when she makes her debut in the multisport endurance event next year for St Andrew’s College.

few times though, so it’ll be good

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Nate Pringle also has family

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uncle Aaron winning the twoperson

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Preparing young for life’s adversities

Myriad groups help

keep our community

moving. Reporter Bea

Gooding speaks to

Life Education Trust

Canterbury community

engagement manager

Andy Gray about why

the trust has been an

iconic fixture in schools

for the past 30 years

and why he’s involved

Could you tell me a bit

about what the Life Education

Trust does, and how it came

to be what it is today in

Canterbury?

The Life Education Trust

started over 30 years ago, which

started in Canterbury. There’s

now 32 regional trusts across

the country, and one national

branch. The vision is to inspire

tamariki and rangatahi to make

positive choices and to give them

the power to do that. The trust

addresses challenges including

obesity, substance use, mental

health and well-being and

bullying.

We operate in three mobile

classrooms in Canterbury,

they’re like big container shells

that have been turned into

REWARDING: Life Education Trust Canterbury community engagement manager Andy

Gray is passionate about inspiring children to make the right decisions in life.

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN

classrooms and are moved

around different schools –

whether it was as far as Omihi in

North Canterbury, right down

to Rakaia. Whether schools have

35 students or 500 students, we

end up making our way there no

matter where they are.

What issues is the trust

currently facing in the wake of

Covid-19?

Quite a few in all fairness –

when Covid-19 hit during the

first lockdown, even though we

were still continuing to support

the teachers and tamariki during

lockdown, we didn’t get any

school fees come in, and the

funders that we usually used

were all closed down.

It’s been tough, but we

managed to get through it

and we’re in a better position

now. We reached out to a lot

of people that have done quite

well throughout Covid-19, like

supermarkets, and to the Rata

Foundation and Lottery Grants

Board who have helped us out.

With Covid-19 it’s a doubleedged

sword. It’s great that

we’re busier now and we’re

looking to expand to a fourth

classroom because of it. But the

double-edged side of that sword

is obviously with increased

demand it means that more

people are affected, there are

higher anxiety levels.

We’ve learned a lot about

mental health from the

earthquakes in the past 10 years

and also the mosque attacks

where kids have been affected.

Things like a lack of employment

that comes from it just filters

through to the kids, so we expect

to see increased demand over the

next few months.

The trust has been iconic in

Canterbury schools for the past

30 years. What do you attribute

towards its success?

Obviously, the most

memorable thing about Life

Education is Harold the Giraffe.

But the reason why I think we’re

so iconic is because we tend to

react to the issues currently at

hand.

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‘It’s the kids’ reactions which I find the most rewarding’

•From page 11

We don’t get any government

or Ministry of Education funding,

so we aren’t led by their

agenda, and it’s why we’re the

number one health education

provider. We don’t want to be led

by what they want, which is why

we work with teachers to adapt

[the lesson]. I think that’s what

makes us so successful.

Why did you decide to join

the trust?

I’ve got a wee eight-year-old

boy and things are a little bit different

now than back in my day;

kids have got different challenges

now, so I just wanted to make

sure I was getting in touch with

what was going on. Kids seem to

be a lot more involved and more

aware of what’s happening around

them because of social media and

access to the internet. That was

my excuse to get involved and

understand what’s happening in

my own child’s head.

What are the rewarding parts

of your job?

The kids – when Harold comes

on board, the kids wander in and

when they see him, they all get

pretty excited to hear what he

has to say. It’s the kids’ reactions

which I find the most rewarding.

Like most jobs, it’s not always

fun and games. What can be

challenging about your role?

I think seeing the statistics

that are pretty grim, like when I

hear about the teen suicide rates

or how many kids are stressed.

About 35 per cent of kids are

stressed at least once a week.

It’s like, bloody hell, these kids

are eight or nine-years-old, they

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be watching Pokémon on TV or

something.

Tell me a bit about where life

began for you – where did you

grow up? How about family?

I was born in Salford, UK.

When I was about 13-years-old

my folks decided to ship us all

over, with my brothers and sister,

and start life afresh over here. I

ended up going to school down

the road at Christchurch Boys’

High School, and eventually at

the University of Canterbury.

After travelling overseas for a

while, I came back and became

the director at Specsavers (Papanui)

after opening up a franchise

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lucky that I had a bit more free to

pick and choose the jobs I wanted

to do, and that’s when the Life

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I remember quite a lot of it. It’s

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a lot of cars were being nicked

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• By Louis Day

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the eastern suburbs start to

Northern Corridor opening has

see Lianne Dalziel’s campaign

been delayed by six months.

THE earthquake-damaged

aspirations for the area come to

The CNC was due to open in

former Sockburn Service Centre

fruition.

the middle of this year, but last

could finally be demolished in

During October’s local body

week the New

July – if the funding needed is

elections, Ms Dalziel identified

Zealand Transport

Agency

It comes as the

obtained.

repairs to the eastern part of the

city’s footpaths, pipes and roads

announced more

Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton

as one of her main priorities for

time was needed

this term.

to complete the

Community

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in its draft

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programme of works for the

east, I have loosely called this

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submission to

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Chance to the eastern alliance, which

scope of the

Delay in

Market day the city council’s

would essentially be an alliance

project has been Mark Wilson

Annual Plan

Mike Mora

to supermarket

farewell Holden

of contractors who can take

extended to include

a third southbound lane on

requesting the city council ad-

making mall

goes green at 2019-2020,

the whole area bit by bit and

rebranding

in style

systematically get the work

the Waimakariri River bridge and

exit safer

Cashmere dresses the HS budget gap so the

done,” she said during the

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campaign.

St Albans resident Mark Wilson

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GIRL Page BOSS: Julia 17 Holmes But chief wants executive to be a Dawn geneticist after Page high school, 3 and feels the GirlBoss Advantage programme will Page help 10 said GIRL the BOSS: community Julia Holmes are “somewhat

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PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN Page 11 said the final submission is yet to

wants to be a geneticist after high school, and feels the GirlBoss Advantage programme will help Board chairman Mike Mora

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PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN

• By Bea Gooding

pursue a specific for biology, project in and the from a young Julia is one of 25 young were often male-dominated, •“The By community Bea Gooding will be somewhat

thankful for a reprieve of the

for biology, and from a young Julia is one of 25 young were often male-dominated, be completed but it was likely the

east would have age to has be always agreed been interested women chosen around the with particular focus on science,

technology, engineering

age has always been interested women chosen around the with particular focus on science,

technology, engineering requested.

demolition of the site would be

FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD upon Julia by council.

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South New Brighton School pupil Jacob McMillan enjoying the foam pit at Christchurch School of

City councillors are yet to pass

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Holmes is on a mission on to

in how things worked, often country to participate in the

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next month, designed She was shocked to hear the

and maths.

Holmes is on a mission to taking things apart just to put GirlBoss Advantage programme

next month, designed She was shocked to hear the Main South Rd, has been a source

and maths.

The former service centre, on

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decisions are made to put our

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•Story, more photos, page 5

PHOTO: GEOFF The SLOAN year 11 St Margaret’s this, she said.

community first, then there is no

That passion has landed her to mentor the female leaders news from her mother.

The year 11 St Margaret’s That passion has landed her to mentor the female leaders news from her mother.

of tension for years with residents

College student has a passion •Turn to page the 5

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CALLS HAVE been made to

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to the Covid-19 crisis.

City councillors James Gough,

Sam MacDonald, Catherine

Chu, Phil Mauger, Aaron Keown

and James Daniels have sent a

letter to Mayor Lianne Dalziel

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The city council is proposing

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per cent across all ratepayers in

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The 2018-2028 Long Term

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Said Cr MacDonald: “In

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clear business as usual is not

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this 12-month rates increase

freeze to occur, it’s crucial for

the economic confidence of our

city.”

Ms Dalziel said the las thing the council’s budget, which is

the city council needed was for not entirely funded by rates, and

someone to hi the panic button. the consequences that will flow

“Calm heads must and will from decisions we make.

prevail,” she said.

“The Annual Plan is not

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will be depending on us to we have time to ge this advice.

make adjustments, and we will, A the same time, the council

however, we will need advice is meeting with our economic

on the impacts on all aspects of development agency, ChristchurchNZ,

the Canterbury Employers’

Chamber of Commerce

and other key players so we are

best prepared for the economic

challenges that lie ahead.”

City council chief executive

Dawn Baxendale did not rule a

zero rates rise out.

“We’re considering a series of

options in light of the extraor-

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