Bay Harbour: March 10, 2021

Wednesday March 10 2021 Bay Harbour News
Diamond Harbour wharf design approved
• By Samantha Mythen
DIAMOND Harbour residents
are happy with a shorter gangway
plan for the area’s wharf.
City council staff have decided
to continue with the original plan
of a shorter gangway after they
received approval from the Banks
Peninsula Community Board
meeting at the beginning of this
month.
Diamond Harbour
Community Association
chairman Nathan Graham
said: “We are happy this project
is moving
forward.”
Board
chairwoman
Tori Peden
said they had
approved
this plan as
the longer
Tori Peden
gangway
would create
more engineering difficulties.
“We are ensuring the wharf will
be made as accessible as it can be
without having to engineer a solution
to every problem,” she said.
The longer gangway would also
have limited other boat access to
the wharf, something Peden said
they wanted to avoid.
Peden said the only issue with
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the shorter gangway was that it
had a steeper pitch.
“This is only an issue for low
tides however, not during normal
conditions.”
Peden believes when the necessary
arises, the community and
other wharf users will be able to
assist those who may struggle
with the steeper access.
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GANGWAY: The proposed
pontoon location and
concept design of the
Diamond Harbour wharf
upgrade.
IMAGE: CITY COUNCIL
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Graham said: “This is a
solution that balances the
issues. We can only have a
floating platform up to a certain
length due to the harbour
conditions.”
An update on the wharf will be
provided to Diamond Harbour
residents at their community
association’s annual meeting on
March 29.
Peden said the next step for
the wharf development is the
final council sign-off and then
construction will hopefully
begin.
Roll increases at Our Lady Star of the Sea School
• By Samantha Mythen
OUR LADY Star of the Sea
School in Sumner is seeing a
steady growth in enrolments.
When principal Nathan Burford
started in October last year,
there were 45 students enrolled.
Now they have 54 students and
are set to reach 60 by the end of
term 1.
Burford said the school is
attracting families from Lyttelton
as one of the reasons behind the
roll’s boom.
The Catholic school in Lyttelton
closed several years ago, and
with Evans Pass open again, it is a
quick 10min drive to Sumner.
“Catholic families from Lyttelton
are seeing our school as a
viable option,” said Burford.
The school’s education is based
on Catholic values and as a small
community school, they only have
about 20 students in each class.
Said Burford: “We are like a
country school by the sea.”
He explained the significant
connection they have with the
“Aupaki cluster;” the other
schools in the area including Mt
Pleasant, Sumner and Redcliffs.
The schools come together for
sporting events such as triathalon
and cross-country.
Burford said there had been
the previous decline in the roll
for various reasons including
the impact of the earthquakes
on the Sumner community and
changing leaderships and staff.
ACTIVE: Our
Lady Star
of the Sea
School pupils
take part in
the school’s
cross-country.
PHOTO:
NATHAN
BURFORD ​
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