Nor'West News: February 04, 2021

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021

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A SHOPPING boom in Papanui

during the festive season made it

one of the suburbs with the largest

retail spending increase across the

city.

A report by economic development

agency, ChristchurchNZ,

revealed spending in December

shot up four per cent city-wide,

and nine per cent in the city

centre, compared to data from the

same month in 2019.

Along with an 18 per cent

increase in Papanui, Lyttelton

and Spreydon also had the largest

growth in spending.

The growth follows a tough

financial year for the city, with

the absence of international tourists,

a lockdown, and alert level

changes.

Garden City Produce on Cranford

St only opened in November

last year. Owner Daryl Morris has

no regrets setting up a new business

in the midst of a pandemic.

The family business saw

demand surge in December,

particularly leading up to

Christmas and has been “steady”

ever since. Berries, he said, were

the most popular purchase.

• Turn to page 5

BOOM: Garden City Produce owners Daryl and Kate Morris, and daughter Amelia Morris, who say the family business has

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Papanui, Wednesday, 10am-1pm,

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Thursday February 4 2021 3

‘Cycleway won’t destroy

local businesses’ – Dalziel

Have Your Say

What do you think of

the cycleway plan?

Email bea.gooding@

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MAYOR LIANNE Dalziel

has promised a planned new

cycleway won’t destroy local

businesses.

The owners of the Copenhagen

Bakery are unhappy with

the loss of car parks to make

way for the Wheels to Wings

cycleway.

The loss of

parks is due

to a proposal

as part of

the cycleway

to narrow

Harewood

Rd from four

lanes to two.

Dalziel told

Chris Lynch

on Newstalk

ZB they are

Lianne

Dalziel

holding a genuine public consultation

on the plans.

“I have heard people make

comments that this is a slam

dunk, it’s a foregone conclusion,

I just wanted to mention . . . the

Papanui Parallel cycleway from

Northlands Mall to the central

city, more than 80 changes were

made to that.”

Dalziel said she will personally

go and speak to the owners of

the Copenhagen Bakery.

The cycleway is expected to

provide a connection for local

cycling trips in the Harewood,

Bishopdale and Papanui suburbs.

Street parking will be reduced

to three parks outside Copenhagen

Bakery on Harewood Rd.

Owner Donna Thomsen told

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Lynch elderly customers and

tradies rely on street parking

when the 12 on-site parks are

full.

“Of course the kids need to be

safe and I do love to see bums on

bikes but the democracy of the

process is very disingenuous. We

only got approached last week.

“This will annihilate our business.”

The view of Harewood Rd

from the Copenhagen Bakery

where it is proposed four lanes

be reduced to two.

The removal of on-street parking

is a key part of the wider

plan.

City councillor Aaron Keown

said the exact number of parks

that are expected to be removed

is not known but it is “most”.

Keown said the entire

Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood

Community Board, which he is a

member of, opposed the plan.

“When you hold up traffic and

keep it on the road for longer, it

uses more carbon so it’s a bit of

a farce when we claim climate

change and say we’re going to

save the planet.

“A big chunk of the population

isn’t going to use the cycleways

so they’re [council] going to try

and force them out of cars and I

think the public is smart enough

to know that that’s the agenda

that seems to be going on.”

Keown said the cost of the

plan, an estimated $20 million,

is far beyond what the community

board was expecting.

“It makes no sense.”

Reader Dianne

Downward responds

to the cycleway plan

I would like all road users to

be safe.

However, I don’t think

turning a busy four-lane road

into a two-lane road to make

way for an over engineered

cycleway, paid for by cars, is the

answer to traffic congestion and

cycle safety.

I strongly feel those who are

pushing for us to cycle and ride

the bus need to lead by example.

This includes the mayor and all

the People’s Choice councillors

and their staff, including the

roading engineer.

There are plenty of cargo

bikes and weather proof trailers

for bikes that will carry any gear

they need that doesn’t fit into a

backpack, or they can take the

bus.

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Cancer Society shuttle service gets boost

THE CANCER Society’s

Canterbury West Coast division

shuttle service received a boost

recently with a combined

donation of almost $13,000 from

23 South Island-based Lions

clubs.

THe free shuttle service

transports patients staying

in the Cancer Society’s

accommodation, Daffodil

House in Merivale and Daffodil

Lodge in Riccarton, to and from

radiation and chemotherapy

appointments at Christchurch

Hospital.

Janice Porter-Hoare,

fundraising and events manager

for the Cancer Society’s CWC

division, said that the Lions

Clubs’ significant donation was

a huge help towards funding the

$65,000 required to operate the

shuttle each year.

“The shuttle currently operates

from 7.30am until 9pm Monday

to Friday, which translates to

approximately 16,000 individual

patient trips. Given that the

patients we are providing our

service for, come from all over

the South Island it is fabulous

to see local Lions Clubs from a

variety of regions supporting

this Christchurch-based service,”

Porter-Hoare said.

Porter-Hoare acknowledged

that this was the fourth

consecutive year that the Lions

Clubs had donated to the shuttle

service.

“The late John Cramond from

Motueka organised the first

donation in 2017 after having

used the shuttle service himself

while having cancer treatment

in Christchurch,” Porter-Hoare

said.

“Sadly John passed away last

year, but his legacy lives on in

this donation, which is extremely

important to us given that we

anticipate the demand for the

shuttle service to grow even

further during 2021.”

Lions Club representative

Christine Stewart, 1st Vice

District Governor for District

202J, visited Daffodil House to

see the shuttle service in action

and accepted a certificate of

thanks from the Cancer Society

on behalf of the contributing

Lions Clubs.

In addition to providing

accommodation and transport

services, the Cancer Society

provides education and support

services for cancer patients and

their families, as well as coordinating

and funding cancer

research.

As the society receives no

direct government or health

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Society representative

Hannah Godfrey

(left) presents Lions

Club representative

Christine Stewart

with a thank you

certificate. Lions

donated $13,000 to

the society to help

fund the free shuttle

service.

service funding, it is reliant

on donations to fund its

services.

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Thursday February 4 2021 5

Importing delays a concern

• From page 1

Said Morris: “[Demand] is

improving every week – about

10 per cent a week, even with no

advertising. We didn’t know what

to expect.

“It was busy because of Christmas,

but January was actually

busier with more people knowing

where we are.”

In spite of the holiday season

ending, Morris was feeling

optimistic for the year ahead.

“I’m an optimist and always

look on the bright side. I wouldn’t

have opened [the business] otherwise.”

The same can be said at Black

Sheep on Papanui Rd – the

country’s leading retailer of

electric scooters, e-bikes, and

hoverboards.

Owner Luke Ambrose said

there was a “big demand” for

products all year, but December

proved to be different.

He was relieved the business

did not suffer too greatly last year,

however, delays in importing

products overseas were the main

concern currently.

“December was quite busy, last

year was a lot busier than 2019,”

he said.

“People seem to be spending

their money on bikes because

they can’t go anywhere [overseas].

PROMISING: Retailers in Papanui, including Garden City

Produce, experienced a spike in sales during December

last year compared to data from the previous year.

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN

It’s made people realise they want

to get out a bit more.”

The report said, popular items

on the shopping list included

apparel, home and recreational

goods, personal items, groceries,

and alcohol.

However, fuel and automotive

spending decreased by five per

cent – a trend in recent years

following a push for residents to

use alternative transport.

Spending on clothing and

personal items saw the greatest

growth in December, with

domestic visitor spend up 20

per cent compared to the same

period in 2019.

“Across the city, retail spending

was robust in December 2020 as

consumers prepared for Christmas,”

the ChristchurchNZ report

said.

“With December being the

first month of the summer and

holiday season, the impact of

closed borders on the visitor

economy has become more

apparent and will continue to do

so as the season progresses.”

Camera cradles to help

track coastline change

THE PUBLIC will be able to

help track how New Brighton’s

coastline is changing over time.

Camera cradles have been

installed at New Brighton Pier

to encourage people to take part

in the CoastSnap community

science project.

CoastSnap relies on the

public taking photos at the same

locations at different times and

sending them to the city council.

This will help determine

how coastlines are changing

over time due to human activity

and natural processes such as

storms, rising sea levels and

day-to-day changes in the beach

structure.

Cradles have also been set up

at Taylors Mistake to track how

its coastline is changing.

Said city council head of

planning and strategic transport

David Griffiths: “We have set

up camera cradles at Taylors

Mistake and on the New

Brighton Pier in the hope that

visitors to those locations will

take part in the project by

taking a photo and sharing it on

the CoastSnap app, via Twitter

or Instagram, or by emailing

coastsnapchch@ccc.govt.nz

“Using a specialised technique

known as photogrammetry,

CoastSnap turns your photos

into valuable coastal data that

is used by coastal scientists to

understand and forecast how

coastlines might change in the

coming decades.

“The beach and dunes at New

Brighton and Taylors Mistake

are dynamic, natural systems

that are constantly changing.

CoastSnap will help us to better

understand how the beaches

respond to changes in wave conditions,

weather and extreme

storm events.

“Every photo that is taken will

add to a community database

that will be used by scientists and

planners to map shoreline changes.

That information will help

us to improve how we manage

treasured coastal environments,

so please get snapping.

“There’s a sign at each camera

cradle site explaining what you

need to do so it is an easy project

for people to get involved in.’’

The CoastSnap app can be

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CoastSnap is a joint project

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Get ready to dig in at garden festival

CHRISTCHURCH’S homegrown

garden festival, Grow

Ōtautahi, offers a three-day

feast of food, design, outdoor

living and sustainability in

March.

Set in the Botanic Gardens,

the festival is free will feature

a host of top chefs from

around the region who will

share their culinary skills.

Festival goers will also be

able to sample locally sourced

food, explore innovative

landscape design, take part in

workshops and masterclasses,

learn about food science and

experience gardening through

the eyes of children.

Festival director Sandi

MacRae says that Grow

Ōtautahi has been designed

especially for the garden

city.

“It celebrates our local

community, champions our

environment and supports

education,” she says.

MacRae says that

the festival will appeal

to people of all ages and

interests, offering plenty of

opportunities for exploration.

Along with the cooking

demonstrations and seminars,

the festival will encourage

conversations on food

resilience, water usage and

sustainability.

Jax Hamilton will lead a

team of well-known chefs as

they tackle the plant-based

Meadow Mushrooms Mystery

Box challenge in the Grow

Ōtautahi garden kitchen.

Among those taking part

are Fleur Sullivan (Fleurs

Place), Simon Levy (Inati),

Daniel Jenkins (Kaikoura

Cheese), Alex Davies (Gatherings/Alfred),

Flip Grater

(Grater Goods), Max Perry

and Samson Stewart (Fifth

Street), Andy Bardsley (ex-The

Bicycle Thief), Eeva Torvinen

(The Monday Room) and

Giulio Sturla (ex-Roots).

Working from the Davinia

Sutton-designed garden

kitchen and using herbs and

vegetables from the surrounding

“picking pantry”, the

chefs will take turns to create

dishes from a plant-based

mystery box.

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Hamilton says that the

events of the past year have

meant that everyone has had

to refocus on what’s important.

“It’s also put a spotlight on

New Zealand and Grow is our

chance to show everyone what

we have to offer,” she says.

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Kids having fun at Brighton kite

Hundreds of

Cantabrians took

advantage of a

sizzling hot day

at New Brighton

beach last Saturday

to learn how to fly

a kite. Kites of all

shapes and sizes

took to the air

during the annual

city council event.

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Dean Pendrigh is the

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A PASSION for nature led Dean

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His apprenticeship included a

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Pendrigh said he has “always

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He enjoys botanical work

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“I like the biogeography and

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as well because “a lot of my areas

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“You get to know the name of

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“Sometimes you’ll change a

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Pendrigh said that while he

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from people who come through

the garden, “a lot of people

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In comparison to other trades

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“There is a lot of knowledge

that you need to know, and it

takes a long time to build up that

knowledge, especially that plant

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“The names of plants you have

to learn as well, it’s like learning

another language.”

Pendrigh’s passion for

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Africa.

“They’ve got a very diverse

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“It increased my interest in

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New Zealand, Australia,

and South Africa in particular.

“There’s some interesting links

between the floras of those countries,”

Pendrigh said.

“And because I’ve seen them in

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lot more.”

One of the most interesting

visitors that the Botanic Gardens

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1992.

“He planted a himalayan pine

tree in my area,” Pendrigh said.

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and neither the thief nor the

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found.

The tree that now grows where

the Dalai Lama’s one used to be

“is one that I actually planted,”

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PLEASANT POINT Yacht Club celebrates

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Brighton Park, began in 1921 on the shores

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New Brighton School is today. The area was

then known as Pleasant Point Domain.

In 1929 the club moved across to the

western shore to an area of mud flats at the

mouth of the Avon River that would become

known as Rat Island.

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In the 10 years since, it found a new site

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September 2019) in South New Brighton

Park – just a stone’s throw from where it all

began in 1921.

The centennial celebrations will provide

a great opportunity to relive the highs and

lows of the club’s 100 years, especially the

last 10 years of the rebuild.

The celebrations kick off with a noggin

‘n natter on Friday night, on Saturday, the

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Make a great first impression before your buyers even get inside!

First impressions always count, and it will

certainly matter when potential buyers

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Recently Sold!

• Trim any hedges and importantly any

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• If you have outdoor lighting have this in

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