Nor'West News: February 18, 2021

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2021

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Controversial cycleway plan

to involve community more

• By Eleisha Foon

PLANS FOR the controversial,

costly Wheels to Wings

cycleway will continue – in

spite of an attempt to halt the

process last week.

Hundreds of residents and

several business owners are

frustrated and upset they were

not involved prior to the design

work being done for the $19

million project.

The city council has now

promised to

involve the community

as they

try to improve

the heavily criticised

plans.

Dubbed

‘Wheels to

Wings’ the cycleway

is planned

for the main

Donna

Thomsen

thoroughfare of Harewood Rd

– linking the central city to the

airport and surrounding areas.

But, it would also cut four

lanes of traffic to two – and

reduce on-street parking, which

has raised concerns for residents

and business owners in Bishopdale

and Papanui who say

they have no faith in the current

CONCERNED: Copenhagen Bakery owner Donna Thomsen is objecting to the loss of car parks outside her business.

PHOTO: ELEISHA FOON

design and want to see it done

better.

Copenhagen Bakery owner

Donna Thomsen has become an

unofficial spokesperson for 10

local businesses affected by the

cycleway. “As a business owner

and speaking on behalf of residents,

many of whom are elderly

and very concerned about losing

their car parks and not being

able to drive to local areas and

get a car park.”

The bakery has 12 off-street car

parks, but Thomsen said these

were not enough to serve all their

customers, and they needed the

on-street parks as well.

The city council and Waka

Kotahi the NZ Transport

Agency’s approach had

left the community feeling

disempowered, she said.

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Ruth celebrates 100 years: ‘I just kept on living’

AT HER 100th birthday

celebrations, Ruth Cridge

showed her unflappable side.

When asked the secret as to how

she got to this age she says: “No

idea, I just kept on living.”

Ruth sat with family and

friends at Woodcote Retirement

Village, in Hornby, during

birthday celebrations last week,

showing off cards from the

Queen and the governor-general

while reflecting on 100 years of

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Stepdaughter Lynette West

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road.

She met future husband Doug

Goulden at high school at the

UNFLAPPABLE: Ruth Cridge turned 100 at the weekend, celebrating in style with an

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age of 16, but the pair didn’t start

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When World War 2 was

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She recalls being given ration

coupons by friends and family

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dresses.

The family farm was sold

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Goulden started a garage in

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with. Before his death in 2004,

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Ruth says she “loves life at

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She has nine grandchildren

and 14 great-grandchildren.

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Other design options invite

feedback from community

• From page 1

“Many people come from

destinations and they drive –

they cannot get on a bike.”

Most of the people she had

spoken to were not opposed to

the idea of a cycleway but had

lots of other design ideas they

wished the city council would

consider instead.

“We feel it’s been quite deflating

because it’s out of our control to a

point where we have not had any

input into the design at all.”

Featherstones Dairy was another

affected business and manager

Vidhi Patel said it was a bad idea

that needed major changes.

“They should have asked or

gave us better options. This

is the whole neighbourhood.

They should ask everyone about

whether we should get one or

not. It is Government property,

but people live on the road.”

Harewood resident Scott

Franicevic raised concerns with

the city council over school

children safely using the road.

“Instead of talking about kids

getting safely to school and safely

using this road – the issues that

really matter – we’re talking

about council processes . . . but

the sentiment across the city is

that the engagement processes

just aren’t reaching the people

they need to be.”

However, cycling group Spokes

Canterbury is a strong supporter

of the project.

Chairman Don Babe told RNZ

previously that it had been designed

by experts and would be a

welcome addition to the cycleway

network in the city because it

would way for cyclists to move

safely around the city.

He said cycleways are well

used and there is even congestion

on one of them during the

morning commute time.

Last week, two city councillors

made a U-turn on their bid to

stop the cycleway from going

ahead. Instead they accepted

the need to forge ahead with

the project so long as the community

is given the chance to be

more involved in the plans.

Harewood Ward city

councillor Aaron Keown – who

filed the notice of motion – said

those affected should have been

involved before the design was

presented.

A range of other design

options will be presented to

those in the affected area, with

the hope the community would

be able to have more input

and give feedback which could

result in changes to the overall

cycleway design. – RNZ

Readers respond to the

proposed Wheels to

Wings cycleway plan

I strongly agree with Dianne

Downward’s response re the

proposed cycleway.

Would be a complete waste

of money. I live nearby and I

actually don’t recall seeing any

cyclists whenever I’ve been on

Harewood Rd.

Many of my friends and I are

in our 70s and frequent The

Copenhagen Bakery and usually,

we have to park on the roadside.

The estimated cost of $20

million would be best spent

on roads or streets that are

still in need of repair since the

earthquakes!

– Edith Appleton

I am opposed to this plan,

both the cycleway that will affect

homes and businesses and the

reduction to a single lane on

Harewood Rd.

I am a member of the

Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton

Community Board but was

raised in my childhood in the

Burnside/Harewood area so I am

very familiar with this area.

Harewood Rd is a main road

and in my opinion, should NOT

be reduced to one lane, and as a

cyclist myself and after listening

to many people I am concerned

about the ongoing ratepayers’

expenditure of continued

cycleway costs that pertain to

loss of values of homes and

businesses.

– Halswell Ward of the


Community Board

member Debbie Mora

I sometimes wonder how

transport personnel dream

up such impractical plans.

Harewood Rd is a major road

with four lanes linking it to the

motorway. The current proposal

will simply result in bumper to

bumper traffic congestion with

queues of cars pumping carbon

monoxide into the already

polluted atmosphere.

There is an existing steady

stream of traffic, making a

right-hand turn already difficult.

Something that will be impossible

if the lanes are reduced.

Why on earth could the

already cash-strapped council

even contemplate spending such

a significant amount of money

reducing this busy thoroughfare

to two lanes to provide a

cycleway? Should they need it,

cyclists already have direct access

to the airport via the established

Memorial Ave cycle lane through

the safe underpass.

It really dismays me as a

Christchurch citizen/ratepayer

to see such a pie in the sky plan

being given any consideration.

Regardless of Mayor Dalziel’s

view that this proposal would

not adversely affect the Copenhagen

Bakery business. It will.

This is a very popular cafe in

our suburb and as an elderly

disabled customer if I can’t get

a convenient adjacent car park

then I, for one, won’t be able to

enjoy this local amenity.

Please do rethink this

proposal. Please use this money

towards really essential core

council responsibilities, for

example upgrading our drinking

water replacing aged wells/pipes.

– Libbey Durey

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forms. Specialist art and music

classes are enjoyed weekly.

Many pupils participate in

individual instrumental, singing

or speech & drama lessons with

one of our ten itinerant staff.

Our several choirs, Stage Band

and Orchestra offer key early

steps in group performance.

Our senior programme,

Parare, advances our Year 7&8

education outside the box, from

financial literacy to outdoor ed,

leadership challenges to new

sports, citizenship and civics to

art and technologies.

Nestled as we are on the

banks of the Avon, opposite

the Riverside Farmers’ Market,

ST MICHAEL’S ALUMNI

To help us celebrate 170 years of St

Michael’s Prep School excellence at the

heart of our city, alumni and former staff

are warmly invited to contact us so we can

share our anniversary plans with you.

alumni@saintmichaels.co.nz

St Michael’s extended campus

is spectacular: the art gallery,

museum, library, theatres and

Hagley Park are frequent haunts

only minutes away.

Many of our parents work

in the thriving city centre, and

Lincoln and Riccarton Road

hubs, but they live city-wide.

They comment on the comfort

of knowing their children are in

school nearby and the benefits

of popping over for an hour to

catch a performance or watch a

race.

With the central bus exchange

only a block away, senior

children arrive from all corners

of the city.

An independent school

education is a precious gift

and it doesn’t have to break the

bank. If you think a St Michael’s

education would suit your

child, you are warmly welcome

to discover for yourself our

purposeful, wholehearted and

inclusive prep school.

Our next Open Day is coming

up, on Wednesday 3 March.

Please pop in during the day

between 9.00am – 4.00pm

for a tour, and to book an

appointment on the day with

the principal, please contact

registrar, Bec Hitchcock:

registrar@saintmichaels.co.nz

or 03.379.9790.

St Michael’s School

Your school at the heart of the city

✓ Co-educational, Years 1-8

✓ Small classes

✓ Specialist teachers

✓ Musical excellence

✓ Christian values

✓ Traditional classrooms; academic rigour

✓ Before & after school care: 7.30am - 5.30pm

✓ Central city location

Taking enrolments for 2022.

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Open Day: Wednesday 3 March

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Pupils at Burnside Primary

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their school garden specially

designed for the creatures to

thrive.

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across Canterbury.

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likes to live so it had to retreat.

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Burnside Primary School pupil

Valentina with one of the butterflies.

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severe pain,” says Ietje. “The arthritis was

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Providing sanctuary for grandchildren

• By Bea Gooding

ANNA CLARE’S plans to

reclaim independence following

a lifetime of raising her own

children was turned on its head

the moment she realised she had

to do it all over again.

Her two grandchildren

living in an unstable home

environment involving drugs,

alcohol and violence left Clare

with no choice but to provide a

permanent sanctuary for them.

More than a decade

later she channels her own

unique experiences in her

role as support group coordinator

in Christchurch

for the Grandparents Raising

Grandchildren Trust NZ.

Clare was in her 50s when she

took over guardianship of her

teenage granddaughter.

“I think the hardest part is

when you get a grandchild, it’s

at a time of your life when you’re

becoming free. You’ve got a bit

more disposable income, you’ve

got friends who don’t have

children, so you go out and do

things with them, like dinners or

movies,” she said.

“But suddenly we’re back in

the situation where you’ve got

babysitters, you can’t do things

spontaneously. You spend a lot

of your time trying to organise

therapy, supporting a return to

school, going to court meetings

or researching what help is

available.

“Leaving them [at home] is difficult,

for a start, especially when

you’re trying to build trust.”

About 95 per cent of

grandparents accessing

support from the trust took

grandchildren into their care

as a result of trauma, often

encountering issues they never

dealt with before.

Although they had different

stories to tell, common factors

included mental illness and

substance abuse.

“In our case, it was a

developing situation over the

years primarily with drugs,

alcohol and violence in the

home,” Clare said.

BATTLE: Support group co-ordinator Anna Clare draws knowledge from her own life

experiences for her role at the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Trust NZ.

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN

The transition of raising her

granddaughter full-time was

made easier by the fact Clare had

regular contact with her prior to

moving in.

Like many families, she was

against the alternative of foster

care at the hands of Oranga

Tamariki.

But it was when she took in

her grandson, years after her

granddaughter, where things

were “a lot harder the second

time around,” especially when he

started becoming violent.

“It changes grandparents’ lives

significantly. You’ve got children

who are traumatised when they

come into your care. It takes a

lot of time, energy and money,”

she said.

“I was in a different headspace

when I took on my grandson, I

was 10 years older, I’d had less

contact with him and he’d had

some real problems. He’s come a

long way since then.”

The GRG trust provides

support services to grandparents

across the country who raise

their grandchildren on a fulltime

basis.

‘I think there’s a lot

more pressure on families

than there used to be,

there’s a lot more access

to drugs, more poverty.’

– Anna Clare

This is carried out in the form

of counselling sessions, support

groups, education, training,

financial and legal support and

referrals to relevant agencies and

organisations.

Membership is diverse

both ethnically and socioeconomically,

ranging in

age from early 40s to 90s.

Sometimes, this includes

great-grandparents raising greatgrandchildren.

Many grandparents initially

struggled financially when

taking on a grandchild as the

transition process took some

time.

Many did not know they were

entitled to financial support

such as the Unsupported Child

Benefit.

Advocating for families and

being able to help change their

lives was rewarding, Clare said,

knowing what it felt like herself.

Over the years, the trust has

seen demand increase.

“I think there’s a lot of pressure

on young families. I think there’s

a lot more pressure on families

than there used to be, there’s a

lot more access to drugs, more

poverty,” said Clare.

“And with that comes a lack of

hope.”

Across the country, the

trust supports more than 5900

grandparents and families,

with about 230 families in

Christchurch alone. They either

come voluntarily or are referred

by another organisation.

The initial stage of talking to

grandparents was always difficult

for Clare, particularly when

they shared feelings of “parental

guilt.”

“Not only do you have the

struggle of having to look after

your own grandchild who’s

traumatised, but the fact that it’s

your son or daughter letting the

family down.”

The biggest value in a local

support group is that it is a safe

place to vent with people who

understood.

“It could be difficulties dealing

with WINZ, Oranga Tamariki,

the court system, or the child

itself.

“Contact with the parents can

also actually be a huge fear for

the grandparents because they

don’t know what the child’s

going back into when they visit.”

Clare has been involved

with the trust ever since her

granddaughter came to live with

her permanently.

A few support group meetings

over the years eventually led

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Christchurch group after seeing

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grandchildren.

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trust, she was a part-time

support worker for a young

person with autism.

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there’s not much time for

anything else.”

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Connecting Your Community

Councillor takes

Davids heads

matters into

community board

his own hands

advocating body

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RESIDENTS MOST affected by

• By Louis Day

the new Northern Motorway are

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2020


IT COULD

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be a while until

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2020

Connecting Your Community relieved to hear the Christchurch TUESDAY, starnews.co.nz

MARCH 24, 2020


starnews.co.nz

• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding

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


as one of her main priorities for

time was needed

this term.

to complete the

Community

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$290m motorwayten

in its draft

Board has writ-

programme of works for the

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Chance to the eastern alliance, which

scope of the

Delay in

Market day the city council’s

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Annual Plan

Mike Mora

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farewell Holden

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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

a clip-on cycleway.

buildings can be removed as soon

campaign.

St Albans resident Mark Wilson

as possible.

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

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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

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

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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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clear business as usual is not

appropriate and the council

needs to look at how we enable

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

“Our residents and businesses signed off for three months so

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.”

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Dawn Baxendale did not rule a

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