North Canterbury News: February 11, 2021
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NEWS<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>February</strong> <strong>11</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
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Major undertaking ... Angelique Hyde has worked long hours to bury the tyres, which will be removed after cooling.<br />
PHOTO: ROBYN BRISTOW<br />
By ROBYN BRISTOW<br />
Amberley’s tyre fire has been<br />
smothered.<br />
The charred remains of the<br />
160,000 tyres are now buried<br />
undertonnes of dirt, quelling<br />
any smoke. The pile has been<br />
compacted by a20tonne<br />
digger.<br />
Charred trees, which have<br />
been cut down, and the burnt<br />
remains of dismantled sheds<br />
are the only indication of the<br />
intense fire that occurred in<br />
tyresonRacecourse Road on<br />
January 29.<br />
Once the site has cooled, a<br />
Committee has high hopes for new music festival<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
Adate has beenset forthe inaugural<br />
Waimakariri Country Music Festival.<br />
The festival,first conceived ayear ago,<br />
will be held at the Rangiora Showgrounds<br />
from <strong>February</strong> <strong>11</strong> to 13 next year.<br />
Organisers are fundraising in earnest to<br />
stage the first festival.<br />
Festival committeechairman Kevin<br />
Taylorsays the event is being timedto<br />
form acircuit with the established Music<br />
in the Mountains festival at Tapawera, in<br />
the Nelson region, and the Buller Country<br />
Music Festival.<br />
‘‘Thisisgoing to be great for the area, it<br />
reallywill. We areexpecting200<br />
motorhomes to come for the weekend, so<br />
it will be good for local businesses.’’<br />
cover will be put overittostop<br />
rainfrom washing<br />
contaminants from the site.<br />
Angelique Hyde, alongtime<br />
supporter of landowner<br />
Warren Hislop, has worked<br />
nonstop to cover the fire, with<br />
thehelp of friends.<br />
Thecommunity was on<br />
tenterhooks when the fire<br />
broke out. They feared it would<br />
spread or drop toxic wasteon<br />
homes, crops, vineyards and<br />
vegetable gardens, or affect the<br />
contents of rainwatertanks.<br />
No water or foamwas used<br />
on the fire because of concerns<br />
forthe local watersupply. Fire<br />
breaksstopped it from<br />
spreading.<br />
Environment <strong>Canterbury</strong>,in<br />
an update on its website, says<br />
groundwater samples have<br />
been sent for analysis. It is<br />
hoped to have them back by<br />
tomorrow (Friday).<br />
Surface samples taken from<br />
avineyard and several nearby<br />
properties are also being<br />
tested. Any residual air<br />
pollution has generally been<br />
low, according to readings at<br />
the Broomfield Schooland<br />
BloomfieldsPreschool.<br />
Angelique says she<br />
appreciates the kind thoughts<br />
Committee members weredue to<br />
attend the Buller festival last weekend to<br />
see how the event is run and to<br />
lineupsome artists for next<br />
year, he said.<br />
‘‘We’vegot one artistalready,<br />
but we want to get threeorfour<br />
top New Zealand artiststhat<br />
willattract people to come.’’<br />
The festival committee has a<br />
fundraising concertatPines<br />
Beach this Sunday, with<br />
singers from north and south<br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong>, as well as alocal<br />
bandand localmusicians.<br />
He says the committeehas had good<br />
support fromVisit Waimakariri and the<br />
Motor Caravan Association. He hopes<br />
local businesses willalso get on board.<br />
Kevin Taylor<br />
and support she has been<br />
given. Movesare afoot to set up<br />
aGive aLittle page to raise<br />
funds to remediatethe site.<br />
ECanisalso working to find<br />
funding to help shift all the<br />
material for disposalatKate<br />
Valley or asimilar site.<br />
Funds raised would all go<br />
intoatrustfund to pay for<br />
remediation, Angelique says.<br />
‘‘I am workingtoremediate<br />
the site for the community,and<br />
for Warren.<br />
‘‘Itwill eventually all be<br />
gone.’’<br />
Aman, 63, is accusedof<br />
arson in relation to the blaze.<br />
More sausage sizzlesand amini concert<br />
are planned forlaterinthe year,asthe<br />
committeeaims to reach a<br />
$5000 goal to fund and promote<br />
the firstevent.<br />
Ashow with hypnotist Brian<br />
Gee is alsoplannedfor May 22<br />
at the Kaiapoi Club.<br />
‘‘We’ve got awee bitofwork<br />
to do yet and, next, we will be<br />
looking at sponsorship,’’ Mr<br />
Taylorsays.<br />
‘‘We’ve got afantastic, small<br />
committeeand alot of<br />
volunteers who are helping at<br />
differentevents.’’<br />
For more information, or to get<br />
involved, contact Kevin Taylor at<br />
stkev30@gmail.com.<br />
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