North Canterbury News: December 04, 2020
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What’s happening in your<br />
community…<br />
Tsunami Modelling Leads toReview of<br />
Evacuation Zones<br />
Waimakariri Civil Defence will review tsunami<br />
evacuation zones following the completion of<br />
modelling that shows in worse-case scenarios,<br />
flooding could travel further inland than<br />
previously thought.<br />
Environment <strong>Canterbury</strong> (ECan) commissioned<br />
GNS Science to model the impacts of various<br />
tsunami scenarios for <strong>North</strong> Pegasus Bay, aer<br />
work completed for Christchurch last year resulted<br />
in larger evacuation zones for the city.<br />
The report shows the largest tsunami threats could<br />
affect areas of the District that are outside of the<br />
current evacuation zones, including parts of the<br />
Kaiapoi and Pegasus townships.<br />
Waimakariri District Emergency Management<br />
Advisor, Brennan Wiremu is welcoming the<br />
modelling and says it will help the District be<br />
better prepared for tsunami risks.<br />
“It was really important to have afull picture of<br />
how itcould affect our District before making any<br />
changes,” says Brennan. “We’re now able to make<br />
decisions based on the latest and most accurate<br />
science available.”<br />
Brennan says they’re planning to have the new<br />
zones ready early in the New Year and they’ll be<br />
accompanied by alarge public education campaign<br />
for the community.<br />
Modelling shows that the largest tsunami scenario<br />
that could affect the Waimakariri coast would be a<br />
large, rare tsunami from South America in which the<br />
District would have more than 12hours of warning.<br />
Rangiora Health Hub<br />
During arecent meeting between Waimakariri<br />
District Council Mayor Dan Gordon and Health<br />
Minister Andrew Little, the minister approved the<br />
lease of <strong>Canterbury</strong> District Health Board (CDHB)<br />
land to enable aer-hours healthcare at the<br />
Rangiora Health Hub.<br />
CDHB have been awaiting approval from the<br />
minister to lease the land to aprivately owned<br />
GP practice to enable the extension of hours. Part<br />
of the agreement is that they will provide for<br />
extended hours and be open seven days aweek.<br />
Woodend School Traffic Signals<br />
Making it safer for Woodend School students<br />
to cross SH1 is now one step closer with work<br />
on installing traffic signals outside the school<br />
beginning last week.<br />
Mayor Dan Gordon and Woodend School Principal<br />
Adrienne Simpson were there to celebrate the start<br />
of work and try out the temporary crossing.<br />
The original crossing point has been withdrawn<br />
and atemporary crossing has been put in place<br />
until the traffic signals are operational ahead of<br />
the start of the new school year. Please note,<br />
travel speed through the area will be reduced to<br />
30km/h while the work is ongoing. Please take<br />
extra care and follow the signs.<br />
Final Week of Preschool<br />
Sessions for <strong>2020</strong><br />
It’s nearly the endofthe year,socomeand joinusfor a<br />
<br />
andToddlertimes at WaimakaririLibraries.<br />
Babytimes:<br />
Rangiora: Monday7<br />
<strong>December</strong>,10.30am<br />
Kaiapoi: Friday11<br />
<strong>December</strong>,11am<br />
Toddlertimes<br />
Oxford: Tuesday8<br />
<strong>December</strong>,10.30am<br />
Kaiapoi: Wednesday9<br />
<strong>December</strong>,10.30am<br />
Storytimes<br />
Rangiora: Tuesday<br />
8<strong>December</strong>,10am &<br />
Thursday10<strong>December</strong>,<br />
10am<br />
Oxford:<br />
Friday<br />
11 <strong>December</strong>,<br />
10am<br />
libraries.waimakariri.govt.nz<br />
Does Your Pool Need<br />
to be Fenced?<br />
To keep people safe, any above or below ground<br />
swimming pool deeper than 40cm and less than<br />
1.2m high needs to have abarrier, like afence.<br />
Spasand hottubs have somesafety requirements and<br />
needtobeinspectedtomake surethey comply.<br />
We’re happy tocheck your pool to let you know ifitneeds<br />
afence, and the best way to make sure it meets safety<br />
standards.<br />
To find out more visit<br />
waimakariri.govt.nz or phone 0800 965 468<br />
We’re looking to further develop Millton<br />
Memorial Park and we’d like your<br />
feedback on adra Master Plan.<br />
The proposed features include:<br />
MILLTON MEMORIAL<br />
PARK DEVELOPMENT<br />
• Adog agility area<br />
• AnArboretumcontaining exotic and native<br />
specimentrees<br />
• Anarea forthe <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> ModelRailway<br />
Club to lease and build anew clubroom<br />
• Path networks to link everything together<br />
Let us know what you think before<br />
Friday 8January <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
Find out more at waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk<br />
BOOK LAUNCH<br />
KAIAPOI LIBRARY<br />
THURSDAY 10DECEMBER,<br />
4.30PM –6.30PM<br />
Kaiapoi Libraryisproudtohost Friends Indeed:Assist<br />
Dogs and Their People .BySue Allison<br />
Aseries of 41 interviews, telling the stories of dogs<br />
workinginassistance roles, helping their humanfriends<br />
whentheyare mostinneed.<br />
Comealong, hearthe storiesand meet Hazel<br />
the WaimakaririLibraries Reading Dog at the<br />
event. Assistancedogs and theirhumans are<br />
encouraged to come alongtoo.<br />
libraries.waimakariri.govt.nz
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