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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Connecting Your Local Community
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Roadworks
wreck
residents’ sleep
Page 3
Summer garden
competition
results
Pages 9 & 10
Sunday 21
March 2021
city2surf.co.nz
Work to improve entrance
to shopping centre starts
• By Bea Gooding
RESIDENTS WILL finally see
action at a shopping centre entrance
this week following more than a
decade of concerns for the welfare of
pedestrians accessing the area.
Night works to improve pedestrian
safety at the Barrington shopping
centre entrance started on Sunday
and includes removing the right turn
out of the complex on to Barrington
St.
Along with addressing the right
turn, there will also be a new kerb
and footpath, a marked pedestrian
zone across the mall entrance and
a yellow line extension which will
remove on-street car parks.
Residents and the Spreydon-
Cashmere Community Board have
called for the right turn to be banned
for the past 10 years but were met
with many delays.
In the past two years alone the
upgrades have been delayed twice.
Construction was meant to finish by
May 2019 but the completion date
was moved to 2020.
Last year, however, the project was
pushed back once again to early this
year due to final touches being made
to the mall’s resource consent, which
took longer than anticipated.
• Turn to page 5
IMPROVEMENTS: Work at the entrance to the Barrington shopping centre is expected to finish in March.
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Roadworks wreck residents’ sleep
• By Samantha Mythen
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS and long
waiting times.
These have been the daily
realities for Heathcote residents
since February 14, while Port
Hills Rd is upgraded nightly
from 6pm to 7am.
Although the works are set
to be finished today, residents
have been frustrated with lack of
consideration and contact from
the city council.
Everyone is grateful the road
is finally being fixed, however,
residents cannot understand why
the work has been occurring at
night in a primarily residential
area.
Said Heathcote resident Judy
Stack: “The contractors are doing
a great job, the road was in
shocking condition. Our beef
is that when we go to bed, they
begin to start work. The noise is
completely intrusive.”
Heathcote Ward councillor
Sara Templeton understands the
resident’s frustrations.
Although she has been in
touch with the contractors, she
said they only have a few shifts
left.
“It will be a complete and
smooth road by Thursday morning,”
she said.
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NOISY: Roadworks that have upset residents are expected to finish today.
PHOTO: JUDY STACK
Stack lives in a new house,
built after the February 22, 2011,
earthquake with double glazing,
yet she still hears the construction
and it has been making the
house shudder, echoing up the
valley.
“Why can’t they do the work
during the day, reducing the
road to a single lane?” she said.
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manager Mark Pinner
said the work was taking place
at night instead of the day as a
permanent single lane in one
direction would have resulted
in a large detour which was not
considered desirable.
Said Pinner: “To maintain the
traffic flow with lights or controls
during peak times in daylight
would also significantly reduce
the time for the physical work
to proceed which would in turn
result in substantially more time
on site. The use of night shifts
also lessened the impact to use
of access to passengers accessing
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Residents, however, say in spite
of numerous works occurring
along the road after the past few
years, this is the first set of night
works. They still do not understand
the decision.
Last week, Stack rang the city
council to see if the situation
could be remedied.
A noise abatement officer rang
back and said the project manager
for the works would be in
touch. She never heard back.
Said Stack: “The fact that when
you are really impacted by something
and you ring the council
for help and maybe someone will
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Due to another sleepless night,
Stack’s young grandson had
missed school on Monday.
Ann-Marie Locker is another
concerned resident who wonders
why the work has to be done at
night.
“It’s been absolutely horrendous,”
she said.
Her children have both woken
up with headaches and have also
had two days off school.
Although, every house
along the road was meant to
be informed about the road
works, neither Stack or Locker
received a notice in their
letterbox.
The notice says: “There will
be periods of construction noise
and vibration. The contractor
will ensure noise is kept to a
minimum.”
Stack believes this is ironic
after no action has been taken
to mitigate the negative effects
on residents in spite of her complaint.
She said this shows the
council does not care.
Work to repair Port Hills Rd
began after being deferred since
2017. The wastewater system and
water mains were replaced over
the past two years and the road is
now being resurfaced.
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Academic achievement
continues to excel
NCEA Achievement Across Levels 1 to 3 2020
90
%
80
70
60
There has been much talk about
Cashmere High School’s high academic
achievement. Our 2020 results are no
exception with our students continuing
to outperform the national averages,
including those for decile 8-10 schools.
Congratulations to all of our students
both individually and collectively for their
achievements. Our Level 1 (92%) and
Level 1 (Y11) Level 2 (Y12) Level 3 (Y13)
Cashmere % 91.6 93.2 82.9
Decile 8-10 74.8 85.5 79.9
NZ % 70.2 79.1 71.4
Level 2 (93%) results were the strongest
we have seen for a number of years.
Our endorsement rates again were very
strong with more than 78% of Level 1
students achieving an Excellence or Merit
endorsement.
Congratulations to all our students
who have worked hard to achieve such
pleasing results.
Rowers dig in for results
Cashmere had its most successful South Island Club Rowing Championships to date
which saw the squad make 11 A finals and five B finals. From these finals the squad
took home two titles in the Boys U19 Eight and the Mens Novice Double. Further
medals were achieved in the Mens Novice Four, Mens Club Eight, Mens Novice Quad
and Boys U17 Quad. The rowing squad have three further regattas in Term 1 with the
Maadi Cup in late March concluding their season.
Future Problem Solving first place getters, Louie Howell and Hannah Daniell.
Pair win national problem
solving contests
Louie Howell and Hannah Daniell
competed in the Future Problem Solving
National Finals and placed first in Senior
Scenario Writing and Senior Scenario
Performance respectively.
The topic examined was “future
poverty”; Louie submitted a 1500 word
short story imagining human responses
and solutions to poverty in the future.
Cashmere student tops NZ in Cambridge
International examinations
A Cashmere High School
student has gained the top
mark in New Zealand in an
international examination
course.
Clara Dujakovic has been
confirmed by Cambridge
International Examinations as
achieving the highest standard
mark in New Zealand of 95% for
IGCSE Global Perspectives.
Unfortunately the awards
ceremony in Auckland was
cancelled due to Level 3
lockdown restrictions.
Clara‘s win was based on completing
three pieces of assessed work: an individual
research paper investigating “implications
Clara Dujakovic
Hannah wrote and performed a five
minute futuristic piece about the way
poverty would affect human relationships
and interactions.
Congratulations to both Louie and
Hannah for their first placings, these
results have also qualified them for the
2021 FPS World Finals in USA (Covid
dependant).
of antibiotic resistance”; a team
project exploring the “legality
of conversion therapy”; and
finishing the course with
a written examination in
November which was sat by
7000 students globally.
Clara is full of praise for the
skills she has learnt undertaking
the Cambridge course: primarily
a set of research skills that she
can take into every aspect of
her academic life. It has also
given her an appreciation of
her place as a member of the
global community, which has led to a clear
understanding about issues at a local,
national and worldwide level.
Amazing scholarship success
Special mention needs
to made of Kavya
Thomas, left, Year 13
last year, who came
first in New Zealand
for Geography, and
also of Lucy Watt
(Geography), right,
and Jack Gormley
(English), far right,
who both achieved
scholarships in Year
11.
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DANGEROUS: The shopping centre exit on Barrington St will no longer put
road users and pedestrians at risk, seen here in 2019. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
Right turn into Barrington St
permanently closed
• From page 1
The community wanted
to see work done sooner
rather than later as the
problematic entrance put
both motorists making the
right turn and pedestrians
in danger.
They were especially
concerned as the footpath
was near Spreydon
Library and children’s
playgrounds.
The boundary separating
traffic and pedestrian
access were not made clear,
putting pedestrians at risk
of being hit by a car.
Board chair Karolin
Potter told Southern View
earlier this month said the
works were identified as
one of its priorities in
the coming months and
said she was looking
forward to seeing them
implemented.
The board’s 2020-2022
plan outlined it would
advocate to have the work
27 February - 23 March 27 February 2021 - 23 March 2021
completed “as a matter of
urgency.”
For the next four weeks,
contractors will work
mostly at night, with some
day works to be expected.
The right turn has
already been permanently
closed, traffic will be detoured
to other entrances
27 February - 23 March 2021
and lane shifts will be put
in place.
Construction is expected
to be completed by late
March.
Environs & Environs Inspirons & Inspirons Environs & Inspirons
Teaching that
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Group exhibition at Little River Gallery - 27 February to 23 March
John Emery
changes lives
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“My painting process usually
begins with a single object.
Following several preparatory
sketches. I then start the
process of adding other images,
as well as fabricated bits and
pieces. Using a combination of
fabricated tromp l’oeil paper
objects and the underlying
painted surface, I hope to
create work that is both
completely familiar and yet
new again. Like life itself, each
work resonates with both the Black on Black - John Emery
story and history associated with some objects, and the
imagined potential of others. As an American down under
for more than 37 years, I realise I have become addicted
to the Southern Latitudes and the continuously changing
landscape of New Zealand. The bounteous flora, fauna,
landscape and weather provide a rich smorgasbord of
images, never static.”
Martin Cole
Martin Cole’s interest and
pleasure of the natural
world direct his themes and
his environmental concerns
led him to work with found
materials. His artworks,
referred to as assemblages,
Huia - Martin Cole
Environs & Inspirons
27 February - 23 March 2021
depicted. Cole’s insects, birds and frogs come to life formed
from objects of a previous life, a doorknob, coin or cutlery.
Varying metals are skilfully welded together creating
interesting patinas and textures.
He studied Fine Arts at East Sydney
Technical College in 1989 and has been
working with metal for around 8 years
and lives in Lyttelton.
Mark Dimock
Mark’s 3D pieces are made from found
materials. Old fence posts, provide the
timber for his bird bodies and rusted
steel form the wings and details. Pieces
of abandoned farm equipment have
sculptural qualities that are well used to
support the birds and form conceptual
contrast and physical support for
the sculptures. Mark has great skill
mimicking the natural stance and
movement of birds on the wing and as
they alight.
Mark Dimock has been living and
working in Eketahuna since 1980
where he has established a large studio
workshop and gallery.
He has exhibited widely in
New Zealand and held more than
40 solo exhibitions and many
group shows.
Kaka Eyeball
- Mark Dimock
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Pupils prepare gardens for festival
PLANTS, FLOWERS and vegetables
are sprouting at schools across the
city as they finalise their designs for
the Grow Ōtautahi garden festival
next month.
The St Mark’s School and five
others will be taking part in the Rātā
Foundation School Gardens exhibitions
at the three-day festival.
The garden design at the school
has been created and developed by
junior and senior pupils with various
artworks from across the school.
It comes after the event was cancelled
last year due to the Covid-19
pandemic.
Pupils have been sharing unique
stories of their communities by creating
special gardens.
The Rātā Foundation School Gardens
celebrate the best of the local
environment, with a view to sustainability
and education.
Festival director Sandi MacRae
said she was impressed at the work
and detail in the school gardens.
“What I’m seeing in the lead-up to
the event is really blowing me away.
The schools are not only creating
wonderful reflections of their local
communities, they’re also weaving
the work into their learning with a
focus on community, sustainability,
creativity and celebrating our environment,”
she said.
“The plants are growing well and I
can’t wait to see them on-site in the
Christchurch Botanic Gardens.
“The commitment of the teachers,
children and local communities
involved is inspirational, and I
know visitors to the festival will
be delighted with what they have
created.”
Rātā Foundation chief executive
Leighton Evans said the festival
provided a unique opportunity to
celebrate the Garden City while increasing
environmental awareness.
It also supported educating
children about sustainable growing
practices.
“The Rātā Foundation School Gardens
provide a pathway for building
the next generation of gardeners and
eco-warriors,” said Evans.
The Grow Ōtautahi Christchurch
Garden Festival Trust is closely
monitoring the national Covid-19
situation, following all advice from
the Government and will respond
“swiftly” to any changing circumstances.
Said MacRae: “We are all focused
on the task at hand and gearing-up to
welcome people to the first-ever Grow
Ōtautahi. This has always included a
sharp focus on public safety and we’ll
have appropriate hygiene and healthrelated
processes in place.”
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MEMORABILIA: Joyce Walker, 85, of Akaroa, Rosemary Harper, 84, of
Papanui, and Eleanor Gillespie, 84, of St Albans sort out the photo
display.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
Classmates celebrate 80 years of friendship
• By Bea Gooding
NEARLY EIGHT decades
have passed since the Opawa
School class of 1949 said their
final goodbyes to the place that
brought about many years of joy.
It might have been goodbye to
school, but not so much to each
other. Now in their 80s, a handful
of former pupils still meet for
an annual potluck lunch, but this
year’s reunion was a special one.
Thirteen gathered at the
McLeans Island Camping
Ground pavilion to celebrate
primer 1s 80th year of friendship
since 1941.
Eleanor Gillespie usually
organises the reunions and believed
a former teacher, who
taught their class for four years,
was responsible for their long
friendship.
“We put that down to a teacher
we had from standard 1 to 4, he
held that class together like a
family. He wasn’t married and
didn’t have a family of his own,”
she said.
“He was a good teacher. He
spent a lot of time with us, he
used to take us to Lyttelton on
the train, we did monthly walks
over the Bridle Path and he used
to take the boys out for weekends
to a bach in Waikuku.
“They were like his sons.”
The class comprised of about
50 students who all walked or
biked to school, even in the
snow. The days were split in half,
Back row: Murray Walker, 87, of Akaroa, Ross Wynn, 86, of Broomfield, Barry Tewnion, 85,
of Yaldhurst, Barry Hayes, 84, of Casebrook and Brian Brenner, 84, of Akaroa. Middle row:
Mary Johns (nee Parnell), 84, of Middlepark, Joyce Walker (nee Evans), 85, of Akaroa, David
Close, 84, of South New Brighton and Rosemary Harper (nee Lane), 84, of Papanui. Front
row: Jeannette Searle (nee Wise), 84, of Rangiora, Eleanor Gillespie (nee Bamford), 84, of St
Albans and Valerie Percy (nee Shipp), 84, of Shirley.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
from 9am to noon, then 1pm to
3pm.
Every week the pupils took a
tram to Sydenham School where
the boys took woodwork classes
and the girls learned how to
cook.
“My favourite days were sports
days, I loved basketball and I was
a good swimmer,” said Eleanor.
World War 2 was well involved
by the time Eleanor started
school, but as a child, life did not
feel that way.
No one came to school without
lunch, but having suitable clothing
was another story.
Said Eleanor: “I think we all
Three people in the photo below can be found in this primer 1 class of
Opawa School in 1942 . Front row – Rosemary Harper (nee Lane), sixth
from left. Middle row – David Close (sixth from left), Eleanor Gillespie nee
Bamford, second from right.
went through hardships, there
were a lot of families that had
hardships with clothes. I remember
the blackouts at school, we
had to have our curtains across
the windows during the war.
“But when you’re in that situation
you don’t realise they’re
hardships.”
Eleanor later attended Avonside
Girls’ High School along
with two other classmates from
Opawa.
Many of the boys went on to
own their own businesses, became
teachers and missionaries,
and two were Rhodes scholars at
Christchurch Boys’ High School.
Former pupil Barry Dineen
notably became the New
Zealand managing director for
Shell until 1995 and former city
councillor David Close edited a
book chronicling stories of “The
Class of 1941” and the lives that
followed.
But young women at the time
did not have much choice in the
career department. Eleanor did
not know of any girls who went
to university. They were given
two options - working in an office
or life at home.
Eleanor decided to take
shorthand typing lessons and
eventually worked as a typist for
advertising agencies.
“You didn’t get a choice like
this day and age.”
Since leaving school the class
stayed in touch, more so in the
past two decades. Opawa School
had its 100th anniversary in
1997, where it was decided that
the class would do their own
reunions from then on.
“Each time I think that I can’t
do this anymore, I’ve suddenly
got the energy [to organise it],”
Eleanor said.
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RESIDENTS AND businesses
across the city battled it out for
an award at the Christchurch
Beautifying Association Summer
Garden Competition. Here are
the 2021 recipients:
Ruske Cup – Premier Garden
Peter Lawrence. 20 Saracen
Ave, Northwood.
Taylor Cup – Novice
First: Ricky Chapman. 2 Muir
Ave, Halswell.
Second: John and Mary
Churchill. 40 Valiant St, Wigram.
Third: Des Bartlett. 214 Hendersons
Rd, Hoon Hay.
Certificate of Merit:
Jeff and Brigette Clark. 30
Highwood Lane, Burnside.
Shirley Van Grinsven and Fred
Killick. 72 Ottawa Rd, Wainoni.
Joanne Guilbert. 28 Forbes St,
Sydenham.
Julie Steffens. 10 Hussar Pl,
Hoon Hay.
Murray Holmwood. 2 Donovan
Pl, Aidanfield.
Sladen Cup (gardens over 18m
frontage)
First: Peter Lawrence. 20 Saracen
Ave, Northwood.
Second: Ray and June Stanbury.
48 Woodhurst Drive,
Casebrook.
Third: Brian and Janet
Lovelock. 32 Applefield Court,
Northwood.
Howman Cup (flats & townhouses)
First: Peter Gooding. Villa 14,
73 Roydvale Ave, Burnside.
Herbert Cup (gardens up to
18m frontage)
First: Ron and Glyn Andrew.
23 Molesworth Pl, Somerfield.
Second: Croydon Thomas. 3
Larnach St, Waimairi Beach.
Third: Allan and Margret
Shears. 49 Richmond Ave, Halswell.
Certificate of Merit:
Anne E Smith. 11 Kereru Lane,
Mona Vale.
Lindsay Corner. 13 Marshwood
Pl, Sockburn.
Dobson Cup (garden that
most uplifts their surroundings)
First: Graham and Kathy
Mollison. 10 Sharnbrook Lane,
Casebrook.
Second: Ross and Judy Honey.
79 Wales St, Halswell.
Third: Kenneth and Kathryn
Morrison. 57 Tankerville Rd,
Hoon Hay.
Certificate of Merit:
BLOOM: Peter Lawrence has taken home more than 11 awards at the Christchurch
Beautifying Association Summer Garden Competition.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
Wendy Moreton. 3 Cornet Lane,
Aranui
Croydon Thomas. 3 Larnach
St, Waimairi Beach.
Nick and Shona Harrison.
267 Cannon Hill Crescent, Mt
Pleasant.
J & F Strachan. 4 Ansonby St,
Russley.
Lynne Himiona. 43 Leicester
Crescent, Hoon Hay.
Betty Hart Memorial Trophy
(secret garden)
First: Peter Lawrence. 20 Saracen
Ave, Northwood.
Second: Jacquie and Dave
Ching. 39 Applefield Court,
Northwood.
Third: Brian and Janet
Lovelock. 32 Applefield Court,
Northwood.
Certificate of Merit:
Gavin, Margaret and Michael
Case. 340 Cranford St, St Albans
Peter and Jane Reed. 58 Coolspring
Way, Redwood.
Croydon Thomas. 3 Larnach
St, Waimairi Beach.
Christopher Arnesen. 460
Marine Parade, South New
Brighton.
Sally McGillivray. 30 County
Palms Drive, Halswell.
Vaughan Snowdon. 18 Quarters
Pl, Halswell.
Jeff and Brigette Clark. 30
Highwood Lane, Burnside.
Judith and Keith McFarlane.
Villa 41, 73 Roydvale Ave, Burnside.
Carolyn and Brian Couch.
Villa 34, 73 Roydvale Ave, Burnside.
Patricia Marshall. 38 Ford Rd,
Opawa.
Norma Edwards. 15B Broadbent
St, Riccarton.
Ron and Glyn Andrew. 23
Molesworth Place, Somerfield.
Allan and Margret Shears. 49
Richmond Ave Halswell.
Hack Cup (gardens in streets
served by public conveyance)
First: Allan and Margret
Shears. 49 Richmond Ave, Halswell.
Second: Peter Gooding.
Villa 14, 73 Roydvale Ave, Burnside.
Fitzroy Cup (area with underground
wiring)
First: Peter Lawrence. 20 Saracen
Ave, Northwood.
Second: Ray amd June Stanbury.
48 Woodhurst Drive, Casebrook.
CBA Trophy (continuing
standard)
First: Carol and Alan Alfeld. 1
Viceroy Pl, Halswell.
Second: Tom and Ann Reed.
42 Bickerton St, Wainoni.
Third: Ann Tindall. Villa 15,
73 Roydvale Ave, Burnside.
Certificate of Merit:
Ursula Schmidtke. 25 Molesworth
Pl, Somerfield.
McMaster Cup (non-conventional
garden of modern style)
First: Ruvae Britten. Villa 8, 73
Roydvale Ave, Burnside.
Special Certificate of Merit:
Nina Messervy. 11a Austin Kirk
Lane, Huntsbury.
Elliott Sinclair & Partners
Trophy (villas & apartments)
First: Judith and Keith McFarlane.
Villa 41, 73 Roydvale Ave,
Burnside.
Second: Carolyn and Brian
Couch. Villa 34, 73 Roydvale
Ave, Burnside.
Third: Bruce and Shirley Wallace.
Villa 6, 73 Roydvale Ave,
Burnside.
Certificate of Merit:
Annette Furkert. Townhouse
28, 95 Grants Rd, Papanui.
Mary Mills. Townhouse 61, 95
Grants Rd, Papanui.
Rosemary Harper. Townhouse
88, 95 Grants Rd, Papanui.
Joan Batten. Townhouse 53, 95
Grants Rd, Papanui.
Alex Wilson. Flat 5, 19 Aberfoyle
Pl, Parklands.
Margaret and Sefton Jones.
Villa 6, 35 Whiteleigh Avenue,
Addington.
Sue Cassidy. Villa 113, 135
Awatea Rd, Halswell.
Russell and Lois Eagle. Villa
90, 121 Skyhawk Rd, Wigram.
Peter and Toni Smith. Villa 95,
121 Skyhawk Rd, Wigram.
Kay and Lex Asham. Villa 97,
121 Skyhawk Rd, Wigram.
Patricia and John Rickerby.
Villa 52, 121 Skyhawk Rd, Wigram.
Mary and John Corbett. Villa
43, 95 Corsair Drive, Wigram.
Gwen McLean. Villa 48, 95
Corsair Drive, Wigram.
Janice Havill. Villa 44, 95 Corsair
Drive, Wigram.
Elizabeth and Denis Peacock.
Villa 109, 135 Awatea Rd, Wigram.
Special Certificate of Merit:
Adrienne Todd. Villa 124, 135
Awatea Rd, Wigram.
Commercial:
A A Lawrence Memorial Trophy
(premier award)
Russley Village. 73 Roydvale
Ave, Burnside.
Watling Cup (over 82.5m
frontage)
First: John Rhind Funeral
Directors. 19 London St, Richmond.
Second: Academy Funeral Services.
65 Main South Rd, Upper
Riccarton.
Wallace Dalley Challenge
Trophy (up to 82.5m frontage)
First: Dux Dine. 28 Riccarton
Rd, Riccarton.
Second: Department of
Conservation. 31 Nga Mahi Rd,
Sockburn.
Third: Akaroa Salmon NZ. 89
Treffers Rd, Wigram.
Certificate of Merit:
Vicki’s Hair Studio. 205 Avonhead
Rd, Avonhead.
Jefferies Trophy (hotels and
motels)
First: Roma On Riccarton. 38
Riccarton Rd, Riccarton.
Second: Woolston Club. 43
Hargood St, Woolston.
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CHRISTCHURCH BEAUTIFYING ASSOCIATION SUMMER GARDEN COMPETITION RESULTS
•From page 9
Peter Lawrence Challenge
Trophy (rest home and retirement
villages)
First: Russley Village. 73 Roydvale
Ave, Burnside
Second: Park Lane. 35
Whiteleigh Ave, Addington.
Third: Anthony Wilding
Retirement Village. 5 Corbett
Crescent, Aidanfield
Certificate of Merit:
Diana Isaac Retirement Village.
1 Lady Isaac Way, Mairehau.
Ngaio Marsh Retirement Village.
95 Grants Rd, Papanui.
Merivale Retirement Village.
27 Somme St, St Albans.
Addington Gardens. 207 Lincoln
Rd, Addington.
Summerset at Wigram. 135
Awatea Rd, Wigram.
Streamside Court. St Johns St,
Woolston.
Riccarton Workingmen’s
Club Trophy (sports complex)
First: Riccarton Park Racecourse,
165 Racecourse Rd,
Broomfield.
Second: Cashmere Bowling
Club. 12 Crichton Terrace, Cashmere.
Third: Riccarton Racecourse
Bowling Club. 171 Racecourse
Rd, Sockburn.
Certificate of Merit:
Redcliffs Mt Pleasant Bowling
Club. 9 James St, Redcliffs.
CBA Plaque (continuing
standard)
First: Lady Wigram Retirement
Village. 210 Kittyhawk Ave,
Wigram.
Second: Avon City Motel. 402
Main North Rd, Redwood.
Third: Styx Mill Country Club.
160 Hussey Rd, Northwood.
Specials – commercial
Galey Trophy for Colour
Impact.
Avon City Motel. 402 Main
North Rd, Redwood.
Academy Funeral Services
Cup (most meritorious feature)
Lady Wigram Retirement
Village. 210 Kittyhawk Ave,
Wigram.
Specials – residential
Gower Trophy (most meritorious
feature)
Peter Lawrence. 20 Saracen
Ave, Northwood.
Florinid Trophy (best lawn)
Peter Lawrence. 20 Saracen
Ave, Northwood.
Redwood Trophy (best display
of flowers and colour impact)
Peter Lawrence. 20 Saracen
Ave, Northwood.
Ron Proctor Memorial Cup
(best trees and shrubs)
Peter Lawrence. 20 Saracen
Ave, Northwood.
Walsh Trophy (cultivation)
VETERAN: Peter
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Peter Lawrence. 20 Saracen
Ave, Northwood.
Lynnette Briggs Memorial
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Peter Lawrence. 20 Saracen
Ave, Northwood.
Charlotte Harris Trophy (best
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Peter Lawrence. 20 Saracen
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ESTUARY MATTERS
Event planned to farewell Godwits
The Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai Trust is a
non-profit organisation formed to protect one of
New Zealand’s most important coastal wetlands.
Each week, board members will discuss matters
regarding the estuary, its rich history and what
makes it unique. This week Tanya Jenkins writes
about an event to commemorate the departure
of the godwits
FAREWELL TO the amazing
godwit birds who will soon be
leaving for Alaska.
In September each year as
many as 2000 godwits birds fly
non-stop from their breeding
grounds in Alaska to spend
summer here with us.
This journey is 12,000km and
takes eight days and nights.
But it is time to say farewell
as they will soon depart again
to return to Alaska for another
breeding season. Right now, they
are feeding as much and fast as
they possibly can to gain enough
weight to survive the long journey
back.
The males will have to make
an extra effort to produce their
stunning golden brown “breeding
plumage” in time for the
departure.
This is a vital time for us to
ensure our dogs are always on
a lead when walking along the
estuary edge as not to disturb
them.
Research has shown that every
time birds are disturbed it takes
approximately 40min of nervous
flying around before they feel
safe enough to settle and continue
to feed.
If this happens several times a
day they are at risk of not being
able to gain enough energy to
complete the 14,000km journey
back. Yes, it’s even longer than
when they return as they fly back
via the Yellow Sea for one stop to
top up on food before the last leg.
The Estuary Trust together
with the city council commemorates
this amazing annual feat
this year on Sunday. You are
warmly invited to join a gathering
at South Shore Spit Reserve
(end of Rockinghorse Rd).
From 5.30pm there will be
a free sausage sizzle and drink
stall, live music and free “paint
a godwit garden ornament ” for
children to take home.
The Estuary Trust will have an
information stall to answer any
questions you have on the godwit
and “everything estuary.”
At 6pm, councillor James
Daniels will provide a karakia
before our Mayor Lianne Dalziel
welcomes us.
City council park ranger
Andrew Crossland will provide
us with facts and figures of the
godwits before we are taken on
a guided walk to view the birds
up close.
Parking will be available or
take the No 60 Bus that leaves
every 30min from the Bus
Exchange.
FAREWELL:
Hundreds of
godwits travel
across the globe
each year to spend
their summer at
South Shore Spit.
They will soon
depart and return
to Alaska.
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Public Notice
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT 1991
Resource Consent applications: CRC203551, CRC203552, CRC203552
Applicant:
Address for service:
Christchurch City Council
Attn: Matt Jackson
PO Box 73014
Christchurch 8254
Email: matt.jackson@ccc.govt.nz
The Applicant proposes to construct an earth embankment/flood detention dam across the upper Cashmere
Valley, between 79 Shalamar Drive to McVicar Drive - Roundhill Rise intersection, Cashmere, Christchurch,
referred to within the application as the Cashmere Valley Dam. The earth embankment/dam is to be
constructed for flood detention purposes to reduce flood risk downstream on the Heathcote River corridor
back to pre-earthquake levels and improve water quality. The works form part of the Upper Heathcote Storage
Scheme.
The legal description of the site which the above applications relate include Lot 501 DP 515978 and Lot 502 DP
515978. Water held by the dam would be on those parcels plus Lot 2 DP 45934 and Lot 1 DP 52720.
The proposal includes the construction of the earth embankment in and over the bed of Cashmere drain,
including the installation of a bypass culvert in the bed of Cashmere drain as part of the dam construction,
damming of floodwater, permanent diversion of a section of Cashmere Valley Drain, and associated earthworks
for the dam abutment within a high soil erosion risk area.
The following resource consents are being sought to facilitate the proposed activity:
• CRC203551: A land use consent (s9) for earthworks in an area of High Soil Erosion Risk area for the
construction of the dam abutment to tie the dam into an adjacent residential road (Shalamar Drive);
• CRC203552: A land use consent (s13) for the construction of an earth embankment/dam spanning
across the upper Cashmere Valley including the installation of a bypass culvert and associated
realignment of Cashmere Valley Drain; and
• CRC203553: A water permit (s14) for the damming or impounding of flood water within and outside
the bed of a river associated with the operation of the Cashmere Valley Dam; and to divert water
associated with a permanent re-alignment of the Cashmere Drain via a bypass culvert through the
proposed Dam.
A 35 year consent duration is sought for CRC203552 and CRC203553, and a duration of 5 years for CRC203551.
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