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2 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>26</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
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Hopes high for Toot for Tucker<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong>’s food<br />
banks are looking forward to<br />
receiving aboost from<br />
Tuesday’s Toot for Tucker.<br />
Organiser Bev Wright says<br />
the volunteers are ready to go<br />
and now they need food to<br />
collect when Toot for Tucker<br />
hits the streets of Oxford,<br />
Rangiora, Woodend, Kaiapoi<br />
and Amberley between 6pm<br />
and 7pm on Tuesday.<br />
Food banks that have been<br />
busy supporting families<br />
struggling in the wake of<br />
Covid19 are hoping for a<br />
boost to help them get<br />
through the Christmas<br />
period.<br />
‘‘What we really need is<br />
food for the food banks, not<br />
just for Christmas but for the<br />
months that come after it.<br />
‘‘Times can get tough when<br />
people go back to work after<br />
Christmas and the kids go<br />
back to school, and especially<br />
for those who have found<br />
themselves out of work.’’<br />
When finances are tight,<br />
food is usually the first thing<br />
people cut back on, Bev says.<br />
‘‘We are catering for the<br />
whole community and there’s<br />
always times when people<br />
find it abit tough.<br />
‘‘Budgets are pretty tough<br />
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Tooting ... Volunteers will be out in force on Tuesday evening for Toot for Tucker.<br />
for many families. You have<br />
to keep your car on the road<br />
and keep it insured, so you<br />
can find work, so it means the<br />
only real flexibility in the<br />
budget for most people is<br />
food or Christmas presents.’’<br />
Bev says all food collected<br />
on the night will stay in <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong>.<br />
Toot for Tucker collections<br />
Submissions pour<br />
in over quarry plan<br />
From Page 1<br />
He saysheisimpressed with<br />
the response to the submission<br />
process, and the qualityof<br />
submissions. Many submitters<br />
have asked to speakatthe<br />
hearing.<br />
Mr Mather’s comments<br />
follow aprotest outsidethe<br />
Rangiora premisesofTaggart<br />
Earthmovinglast Saturday.<br />
Fifty placardwaving residents<br />
showed their opposition to the<br />
proposal.<br />
Many are concerned about<br />
potential dustand noise<br />
nuisance fromthe proposed<br />
venture, and some living near<br />
the racecourse fear it will<br />
harm the value of theirhomes.<br />
Apetition opposingthe<br />
quarry and presented to the<br />
WaimakaririDistrictCouncil<br />
in September gathered more<br />
than 4000signatures.<br />
Taggartisseekingapproval<br />
to quarry the racecourse land<br />
in stagesover 15 years.<br />
Both ECan and the<br />
WaimakaririDistrictCouncil<br />
have received the application<br />
for consents to establish,<br />
maintain and operate an<br />
aggregate quarry at 309 West<br />
Belt,Rangiora.<br />
The proposed quarry will<br />
involvetopsoil stripping,<br />
aggregate extraction to adepth<br />
of no more than fivemetres<br />
belowground level, and<br />
rehabilitation of the site by<br />
backfilling.<br />
Excavation and deposition of<br />
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in Oxford and Cust will go to<br />
the Oxford Community<br />
Trust’s food bank, while food<br />
collected in Rangiora and<br />
Woodend will go to the<br />
Rangiora Salvation Army.<br />
Donations in Kaiapoi will<br />
go to Kaiapoi Community<br />
Support’s food pantry and<br />
food collected in Amberley<br />
will stay in Amberley, which<br />
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has been added to Toot for<br />
Tucker for the first time.<br />
While no Toot for Tucker<br />
bags have been provided this<br />
year, Bev says food will be<br />
collected in any bag.<br />
If anyone misses getting<br />
food collected, they can drop<br />
it into Bev Wright at Property<br />
Brokers Rangiora, or to their<br />
local food bank.<br />
Roadside protest... Quarryopponents gathered outsidethe<br />
premises of TaggartEarthmoving Ltd last Saturday. PHOTO: NEIL CLARKSON<br />
material willmaintain at least<br />
one metreofseparationto<br />
groundwater at all times.<br />
No crushing,screening or<br />
washing of aggregates is<br />
proposed at the site.<br />
According to the application,<br />
the quarrying willbedone in at<br />
least eight stages of no more<br />
thantwo hectares each,over a<br />
total area of 14.5hectares.<br />
Other work proposed on the<br />
site includesthe formationof<br />
acoustic bunds, flood<br />
mitigation, and temporary<br />
stockpiling of aggregates.<br />
It is proposed to manage<br />
adverse effects by establishing<br />
bunding, as wellasdust control<br />
mitigation.The site will be<br />
accessed via adedicated<br />
accesspoint fromRiver Road.
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