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The Star Thursday April 1 2021 ARA INSTITUTE OF CANTERBURY Flexible business courses at Ara Work, family and other commitments can sometimes feel like a barrier to study, but they needn’t be. Ara Institute of Canterbury’s business degrees and graduate diplomas come with a level of flexibility that make it possible to work, study and have a life. Part-time options and a choice of daytime or evening classes mean you can create a schedule that works for you. If you have pre-schoolers, Ara’s City campus offers two on-campus childcare options where your tamariki can be cared for while you attend daytime classes. Ara also offers comprehensive student support services, and its tutors are known for going above and beyond to ensure students achieve their study goals. Olivia Smith says she felt supported throughout her time at Ara. “The tutors were amazing – 100% supportive and they helped us every step of the way.” Fellow business student Rachel Fraser describes her tutors as “lovely” and says they cared about students’ wellbeing and education. As well as creating a flexible, supportive study environment, Ara offers extensive subject choice. Its business degrees and graduate diplomas come in a wide range of specialties including accounting, entrepreneurship, project management, operations and production management, human resources, strategic management, event management, marketing and sales and hospitality management. Originally from Italy, Anita Dazzi enrolled to study a Graduate Diploma in Business at Ara, specialising in human resources. “I chose Ara because it had really good graduate options and it’s very practical. I’d already studied for five years so I only wanted to study for one more year. I knew after a year I’d have a qualification and skills that I could start putting into practise.” At university, Anita recalls being among 300-or-so other students in lectures. “The lecturers wouldn’t know if I was there or not, let alone know my name. At Ara, the tutors have a real ability to share their passion and engage students. They’re approachable, personable and always there to support you. If I had questions or I wasn’t able to attend a class because I was working, they were happy to meet me and go over what I’d missed.” To learn more about Ara’s business qualifications, visit ara.ac.nz or call 0800 24 24 76. 22 OPINION Auckland or Tamaki Makaurau Rob Beechey is correct (The Star, March 25). The same liberal progressives are also bastardising our grand English language, by vulgarising it with American language which is plainly wrong. So why teach English in schools? This insidious behaviour is the work of self conscious, unimportant, ignorant ‘trendconcious’ morons who should know better. The pirates include TV executives, TV presenters, radio announcers, advertising executives, sports promoters and unfortunately some print executives. If you want to be bombastically drenched in the Maori language watch Maori TV or take a course. If you want to be vulgarised by American language go and live there and preferably stay there. – Robert B. Shand Rob Beechey moaned about the use of the name Tamaki Makaurau, cutely and fatuously asking where it is. I bet the people of Tamaki Makaurau 200 years ago, found it strange, not to say offensive, to find their land named Auckland after some obscure and now completely unknown Pakeha from the other side of the world who had never and would never set foot on their land. I’m probably around about the same age as Beechey. I would like to tell him change is hard when we are older Rob but giving the land back it’s proper name with centuries of meaning and history behind it is the right thing to do. – Karolin Potter Brougham St proposal One compounding factor in the congestion, ironically, near the school is the drive-through on the Barrington St bridge. Every light change sees a long line of vehicles that come off the expressway to carry on straight ahead and rejoin Brougham St just to gain a few metres, sometimes many. While the same number of vehicles ultimately carry on down, it creates a serious bottleneck that takes time to clear rather than a more natural flow off two lanes. Perhaps the straightthrough green needs to be on a slower phase to deter the queue jumpers rather than legitimately merging traffic. – Kennedy Dawson Multi-Use Arena consortium established IT IS GREAT news that we now have a consortium to design and construct the Canterbury Multi-Use Arena. Kōtui brings together local and international expertise, to create a venue that will reinstate Canterbury as the sporting capital of New Zealand and create a unique purpose designed facility for major events. The fact that the project attracted a bid of such a high calibre is testament to the hard work council staff put in at the front end, and the way the project delivery board is designed to oversee the process. The level of expertise brought to the table by each of the consortium partners is second to none. And that includes our local firms, Southbase Mayor Lianne Dalziel Construction and Fulton Hogan, local seismic engineering specialists Lewis Bradford, and Christchurch architects, Warren and Mahoney. This announcement means we are well and truly under way, and all the businesses that have invested in the city on the promise of what was to come can have real confidence about our future. Detailed design will start in the coming weeks, ahead of shovels in the ground early next year. I know Covid-19 has given everyone a wake-up call in terms of what happens when borders are closed, but I would like to think that the lessons we have learned not just from this experience, but also our response to the earthquakes, have positioned us well for the future. This is the final anchor project and will be one of the most significant projects in our region’s history. The name ‘Kōtui’ describes a well-woven whariki (mat or floor covering) and illustrates the collaboration between the members of the consortium to achieve a great result.
Thursday April 1 2021 The Star Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz OPINION 23 Selling water makes no sense Water is our most valuable resource and this is without any question for every New Zealander. ECan/Canterbury Regional Council gave a non-notified resource consent licence to ‘Cloud Ocean Water’ (Ling Yun Hai of Rizhao in China) to take up to 4.32 million litres of water daily, from the Kaputone Aquifier, which is located at Belfast. At an annual ECan licence fee of NZ$2277 pa or NZ$6.24 daily. This PVC bottled water is subsequently sold in China at convenience stores and in supermarkets for RMB8.46 per litre (equivalent to NZ$1.84 per litre). I respectfully suggest that The Star readers can do the mathematics here. This makes absolutely no sense for the people of Christchurch or the wider Canterbury region in effect it is ‘absolute madness’ at a very high level. ECan/Canterbury Regional Council is charged to look after the resources of this region for the benefit of all the people living in Christchurch and Canterbury. Question for the Environment Canterbury chair: What is the ongoing regional benefit to the residents of Christchurch for this ECan ‘non-notified’ water mining consent as given to Ling Yun Hai of Rizhao? – A White We want to hear your views on the issues affecting life in Canterbury Send emails to: barry@starmedia.kiwi Letters may be edited or rejected at Star Media’s discretion. Letters should be about 200 words. A name, postal address and phone number should be provided. Please use your real name, not a nickname, alias, pen name or abbreviation. Saturday 17 April – Sunday 2 May 2021 50+ Walks Explore, Learn and Connect HŌpara, Ako me Hono Pick up your festival booklet now at CCC libraries and service centres or visit: ccc.govt.nz/walkingfestival
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