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The trust’s general<br />
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students around New Zealand<br />
as we can,” she said.<br />
• Turn to page 11<br />
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Kids take virtual tour of Hillary’s hut<br />
EXPERIENCE: Magnus<br />
Dobson, year 5,<br />
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helper Matthew<br />
Heath Williams<br />
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Trust chief executive Christine<br />
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life-saving service increases<br />
year on year. • Turn to page 7<br />
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Plans set for new bowling club building<br />
• By Bea Gooding<br />
BY THE time next year rolls<br />
around, the Elmwood Park<br />
Bowling Club will no longer have<br />
to operate from an earthquakedamaged<br />
facility.<br />
That’s because it is in the<br />
process of rebuilding a new<br />
$2.6 million complex, soon to<br />
house both the Elmwood and St<br />
Albans-Merivale clubs.<br />
The two<br />
clubs amalgamated<br />
following the<br />
February 22,<br />
2011, earthquake<br />
and<br />
operated as<br />
one, but the<br />
Peter Smith<br />
greens at both<br />
locations<br />
continued to<br />
be utilised.<br />
Elmwood club president Peter<br />
Smith was looking forward to<br />
seeing the project come to fruition,<br />
something that has been a<br />
“long, drawn-out process.”<br />
“It’s been a long saga, but last<br />
year we made a decision to pull<br />
the [original] building down,”<br />
he said.<br />
“We had a series of consultations<br />
with members on what<br />
they wanted, which was to<br />
rebuild on the site as supposed<br />
USER-FRIENDLY: The design of new Elmwood Park Bowling Club. The old building will be demolished after receiving<br />
earthquake damage.<br />
to merging with someone else or<br />
leaving the park.<br />
“That really gave us the green<br />
light.”<br />
Elmwood’s pavilion and green<br />
sustained damage caused by<br />
the earthquake. The green was<br />
“decimated” and turned to sand,<br />
which was described as an “urban<br />
beach,” or a sandpit.<br />
So the help of a $1.8 million<br />
payout from the Earthquake<br />
Commission, as well as the<br />
future sale of the St Albans club,<br />
made the prospect of a rebuild<br />
possible.<br />
Said Smith: “Whilst it<br />
was livable, it was a golden<br />
opportunity to breathe some<br />
life back into the club and into<br />
the area. Something needed to<br />
happen.”<br />
Smith said the club has already<br />
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Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood<br />
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If approved, construction<br />
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The new, multi-purpose build<br />
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From army life to rescuing and<br />
• By Bea Gooding<br />
MARK WEAVER had a lot more<br />
time to spare after concluding<br />
20 years of service with the<br />
army reserve, so that’s when he<br />
decided to rescue the abandoned<br />
dogs of Canterbury.<br />
It started with the adoption<br />
of his first dog – Weaver was<br />
training his black labrador collie<br />
cross when he thought to put<br />
those skills to good use at the<br />
Dogwatch Sanctuary Trust.<br />
Four years later, he has pawed<br />
his way to the top, from training,<br />
walking and exercising<br />
the rescued dogs from pounds<br />
across the region, to ensuring the<br />
rehoming process runs smoothly<br />
as the trust’s new chairman.<br />
It was a long way from the<br />
tours he served in East Timor<br />
and Egypt, and his current<br />
project management job, but his<br />
affinity with animals meant he<br />
has always been conscious for<br />
ensuring they were treated with<br />
respect.<br />
“I haven’t always had a dog, I<br />
grew up with cats,” he said<br />
“But I’ve always had an affinity<br />
with animals, and I’ve always<br />
been conscious for ensuring<br />
they’re treated the right way.<br />
“I’ve always had that mindset<br />
that you’ve got to give back to<br />
RESCUE: Dogwatch Sanctuary Trust chairman Mark Weaver with rescue dog Kora. Weaver<br />
helps abandoned dogs from the pound find their new forever homes.<br />
the community, so that’s part of<br />
it, the other part is improving<br />
the lives of the dogs – it’s just as<br />
important as improving the lives<br />
of the people who adopt [them].”<br />
Dogwatch rescues, cares for,<br />
and rehomes dogs that have been<br />
abandoned at council pounds in<br />
Christchurch, Selwyn, Rangiora<br />
and Ashburton, for the last 39<br />
years.<br />
The trust rehomes dogs when<br />
the pound can no longer keep<br />
them, especially if owners do not<br />
come forward, or if they were<br />
surrendered from private situations,<br />
such as deceased owners.<br />
It operates from a two hectare,<br />
purpose-built adoption centre<br />
in Bromley with large outdoor<br />
yards and exercise paddocks.<br />
It also educated owners about<br />
their moral and legal responsibility<br />
when owning a dog to prevent<br />
dogs from being seized by the<br />
city council in the first place, by<br />
providing advice, food, bedding<br />
and crates.<br />
“We’re just trying to be a ‘sign’<br />
at the top of the hill rather than<br />
the ambulance at the bottom.”<br />
Last year alone, 160 dogs were<br />
rehomed. It was about the average<br />
number of canines that were<br />
adopted out each year since the<br />
trust was established nearly four<br />
decades ago.<br />
The original founders were<br />
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of the city council’s pound back<br />
then, so they started to rescue<br />
and foster the vulnerable dogs<br />
themselves, growing into what it<br />
is today.<br />
Said Weaver: “I think it’s<br />
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comes in that’s just terrified of<br />
everything, and over time, with<br />
the right understanding, that<br />
dog turns around and becomes<br />
the quintessential, happy dog.<br />
“It’s why you do it – it’s why<br />
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the cold, picking up dog poo and<br />
doing the less glamorous bits.”<br />
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rehoming abandoned dogs<br />
From puppies to seniors of a<br />
variety of breeds, there was always<br />
someone for every dog – but<br />
when the time was right.<br />
Weaver said that process was<br />
often a challenge as many dogs<br />
had difficulties adjusting upon<br />
arrival at the trust.<br />
Some had been chained up in<br />
backyards all their life. They were<br />
never exposed to other dogs or<br />
people, so building trust took time.<br />
“One of the most challenging<br />
things is knowing what some of<br />
these dogs have been through<br />
and knowing that sort of thing<br />
happens in our world,” he said.<br />
“But you can’t dwell on it because<br />
it’s not good for you or the<br />
dog. You’ve just got to put that<br />
behind you and try help the dog<br />
develop other behaviours that<br />
will be better suited in a family<br />
environment.”<br />
Weaver, originally from Rotorua,<br />
was one of 80 volunteers for<br />
four years prior to his election as<br />
the trust’s new chairman towards<br />
the end of last year.<br />
It was something to do when<br />
his stint in the army reserve<br />
finally came to an end; initially<br />
joining to challenge himself.<br />
Formally known as the Territorial<br />
Force, the reserve is a<br />
component of the New Zealand<br />
CARE: The Dogwatch Sanctuary Trust rescued and rehomed 160 abandoned dogs last year.<br />
Army, and is there to “fill out”<br />
the regular force.<br />
Soldiers train part-time a few<br />
weeks each year to achieve a<br />
standard good enough to join<br />
the regular force in deployments<br />
overseas, including Civil Defence<br />
matters in NZ.<br />
Working full-time as a project<br />
director for large commercial<br />
buildings, Weaver’s employer,<br />
Calder Stewart, gave him six<br />
months off work nearly a decade<br />
ago to serve in Sinai, Egypt.<br />
In 2002, he served in East Timor,<br />
during their civil war.<br />
Said Weaver: “I ended up being<br />
the assistant operations officer<br />
working in the battalion headquarters.<br />
Because of my project<br />
management background, I was<br />
also involved in starting the<br />
rebuild of some schools and medical<br />
centres that were destroyed<br />
during the civil war.<br />
“The civil war had pretty much<br />
ended, the problems there was<br />
crime more than anything else –<br />
a lot of extortion, blackmail, that<br />
sort of stuff.”<br />
The tour in Sinai saw him as a<br />
chief instructor for the Multinational<br />
Force.<br />
Similar to the United Nations,<br />
14 countries monitor the peace<br />
treaty between Egypt and Israel<br />
and provide troops to support<br />
that mission.<br />
“My job was to organise all the<br />
training and for various troops<br />
coming in from different nations<br />
to get up to the same standard,<br />
to be able to operate the equipment.”<br />
A “fair bit of shooting” during<br />
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influenced his love of long-range<br />
rifle shooting.<br />
Weaver’s other love – his first<br />
dog – may have been a labrador<br />
collie cross, but it was the bull<br />
breeds, specifically the staffordshires,<br />
mastiffs and pitbulls that<br />
he cherished the most.<br />
“Those sorts of dogs – they’re<br />
just absolute goofballs and they’re<br />
incredibly affectionate and playful,”<br />
he said.<br />
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playing all day – just fantastic.”<br />
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Educating teen parents both a reward<br />
• By Bea Gooding<br />
NO MATTER what life throws<br />
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That’s where Diane Atkins<br />
and her team come in, to ensure<br />
young mothers can see the light<br />
at the end of the tunnel while<br />
juggling the responsibility of<br />
pregnancy, raising a baby and<br />
finishing secondary school.<br />
The head teacher embraces the<br />
challenge because, at the end of<br />
the day, there was always a positive<br />
outcome – something she<br />
made sure to emphasise within<br />
the classroom.<br />
“I’m juggling a lot of balls, but<br />
as long as I catch those balls,<br />
I’m okay. What I’ve learned is<br />
that there’s always a positive<br />
outcome,” said Atkins.<br />
Working with the girls from<br />
when they came in, to the end,<br />
was a “big long journey.” Many<br />
were kicked out of school or had<br />
to leave because they no longer<br />
related to their peers.<br />
“They’ve been bullied at<br />
school, so a lot of them come in<br />
suspicious of another school, but<br />
once they settle in, they make<br />
lifelong friends and lifelong steps<br />
to success.”<br />
Atkins teaches business applications,<br />
digital technology and<br />
runs the parents’ school, having<br />
done so for the past six years.<br />
Until she went to Canterbury<br />
University to study teaching and<br />
computing, the thought of teaching<br />
never crossed her mind.<br />
She did not have to move very<br />
far from her old job to the role at<br />
Kimihia, where she previously<br />
taught at Linwood College for 16<br />
years.<br />
Kimihia is hosted by Linwood<br />
College but operates from a different<br />
site, as all teen parent units<br />
across the country are hosted by<br />
a high school.<br />
It is a chance for 14 to 19-yearolds<br />
who are parents, or about<br />
to have a child, to finish NCEA<br />
level 1, 2 and 3 and develop the<br />
best possible pathway for them,<br />
and their children’s future.<br />
Students could also bring their<br />
babies to school as there was a<br />
childcare unit next door.<br />
SAFE:<br />
Kimihia<br />
Parents’<br />
College<br />
head<br />
teacher<br />
Diane Atkins<br />
and her<br />
dog, Honey,<br />
who has<br />
been at the<br />
school as<br />
long as she<br />
has.<br />
PHOTO:<br />
GEOFF<br />
SLOAN<br />
Strong empathy for the mothers<br />
and having the means to help<br />
them was the key behind the<br />
switch from mainstream classes<br />
to a more specialised school,<br />
designed for up to 30 students at<br />
a time.<br />
Not only did she have the skill<br />
of teaching under her belt from<br />
Linwood, being a mother of two<br />
sons herself brought invaluable<br />
experience to the position.<br />
“I saw it as a change, a different<br />
direction for myself and a challenge,”<br />
said Atkins.<br />
“I didn’t know what it would<br />
be like because I loved what I<br />
was doing at Linwood.”<br />
Each day was a reward in itself<br />
because Atkins was able to witness<br />
the progress of both mother<br />
and child every year.<br />
By the time they left school,<br />
her aim was for everyone to<br />
have confidence in themselves<br />
to move further in life, whether<br />
it was to go to university, getting<br />
a job or even having more<br />
children.<br />
“The best time is at the celebrations<br />
because we have the<br />
whānau in; we see [the girls] at<br />
their best,” she said.<br />
“They’ve achieved level 1, 2<br />
and 3, had their babies and are<br />
doing well, and they’re going<br />
off to a future that’s better than<br />
where they were when they came<br />
in – that’s where my passion<br />
lies.”<br />
Having smaller class sizes<br />
meant teachers could have a<br />
better understanding of each student<br />
and the troubles they faced<br />
outside the classroom.<br />
At Linwood, there were<br />
usually 25 to 30 students per<br />
class, which made it difficult to<br />
see what was happening behind<br />
the scenes.<br />
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and a challenge<br />
Said Atkins: “When you’re a<br />
teacher you don’t get time to do<br />
that; I didn’t get a behind-thescenes<br />
look. You don’t know<br />
about their family life, about<br />
the problems they’re having.<br />
Whereas at Kimihia, they each<br />
have an individual programme.<br />
With these girls, the whole picture<br />
comes through.”<br />
Although Kimihia only took on<br />
young mothers, as they were often<br />
primary caregivers, the door<br />
never closed on teen dads.<br />
“If there was a father who<br />
was the main caregiver, then he<br />
would be allowed to come. It’s<br />
just that they’re not there – mums<br />
are the ones who come in when<br />
they’re pregnant.”<br />
Atkins commended the fact<br />
that the students were still coming<br />
to school in spite of the challenges<br />
before them.<br />
The young mothers still did<br />
their best, even when they turned<br />
up exhausted each day following<br />
a sleepless night, due to either<br />
their pregnancies or tending to<br />
crying babies.<br />
A common barrier behind teen<br />
parents missing school was if<br />
they or their child got sick, or if<br />
they needed to attend appointments.<br />
It was why Kimihia introduced<br />
a van service that took students<br />
to and from school, and to any<br />
appointments throughout the<br />
day.<br />
It enabled them to miss part<br />
of the day, rather than the whole<br />
day altogether.<br />
A counsellor and a nurse<br />
on-site meant they could seek<br />
guidance on issues with housing,<br />
money or family. Some were<br />
on the journey alone without a<br />
partner.<br />
Every girl had a story.<br />
“Supporting them through that<br />
is important because they know<br />
when they get to the top of that<br />
ladder, their child will get there<br />
too,” said Atkins.<br />
“At the end of the day, these<br />
girls get off the couch and come<br />
to school.”<br />
Atkins was born and raised in<br />
Christchurch. She loves to walk<br />
her golden retriever, Honey, who<br />
provides an extra layer of comfort<br />
at school.<br />
She only had one piece<br />
of advice for teen parents<br />
considering a path towards<br />
education.<br />
“Get off the couch and do what<br />
you need to do to create a better<br />
life for your child,” she said.<br />
“It’s important for them to see<br />
that whatever they gain, their<br />
child will gain.”<br />
115 landings in six weeks<br />
on new hospital helipad<br />
• From page 1<br />
“From Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 1,<br />
to Monday, <strong>May</strong> 3, the crew<br />
responded to nine missions<br />
across the region, including<br />
cardiac, maternity, several interhospital<br />
transfers and accidents.<br />
We anticipate mission numbers<br />
will steadily increase as we head<br />
into winter,” she said.<br />
“Our service watches over<br />
the lives of more than 600,000<br />
people across the South Island.<br />
We are gearing up for the<br />
colder months ahead, as cool<br />
temperatures and outdoor<br />
activities increase the risk of<br />
accident injuries and medical<br />
missions.”<br />
A Canterbury West Coast<br />
Air Rescue 2020 Impact Report<br />
showed the Christchurch-based<br />
crews attended 627 missions<br />
last year, compared with 545<br />
missions in 2019, an increase of<br />
13 per cent.<br />
The West Coast Roa Mining<br />
helicopter also had a busy year<br />
in 2020, with the Greymouthbased<br />
crew flying 242<br />
missions.<br />
The majority of callouts for<br />
the Canterbury crew were<br />
responding to accidents (48 per<br />
cent), medical events (33 per<br />
cent) and inter-hospital transfers<br />
(19 per cent).<br />
The new Christchurch<br />
Hospital helipad opened in<br />
November, and there were 115<br />
landings in its first six weeks of<br />
operation.<br />
The West Coast crew were<br />
responding to callouts for mostly<br />
medical events (50 per cent),<br />
followed by accidents (32 per<br />
cent) and inter-hospital transfers<br />
(18 per cent).<br />
The Covid-19 pandemic<br />
gave the crews unprecedented<br />
new challenges, and they were<br />
prepared, with specialised<br />
equipment and training, to<br />
transfer Covid-19 patients as<br />
part of the national response<br />
team.<br />
“Luckily we were not tasked to<br />
any Covid-19-related events, but<br />
we are highly prepared for any<br />
future events,” Prince said.<br />
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Home gets new life with church<br />
A reader responds to<br />
concerns about the<br />
effectiveness of traffic<br />
calming trials in St Albans<br />
Thank you for the article<br />
on traffic in Francis Ave and<br />
Flockton St. My views on the<br />
situation surround the traffic<br />
chaos on Francis Ave and<br />
Flockton St that is caused by the<br />
closing of Forfar St; nothing to do<br />
with the Christchurch Northern<br />
Corridor.<br />
And the “rat runners” are<br />
mainly the locals trying to get to<br />
and from their properties. Forfar<br />
St carried over 4000 vehicles<br />
a day so they had to move to<br />
other streets, being Francis Ave,<br />
Flockton St and Cranford St.<br />
There are 150 properties<br />
approximately on Forfar St,<br />
Mersey St and <strong>May</strong>field Ave that<br />
all now have to use one of those<br />
three streets any time travel is<br />
south. Cranford St is now even<br />
busier with the northern corridor<br />
so it’s the slowest option. I will<br />
stop there but in summary, I’m<br />
fed up with the city council<br />
blaming the Northern Corridor<br />
when it was the closure of<br />
Forfar St that created the traffic<br />
mayhem.<br />
– Melanie McGowan<br />
• By Bea Gooding<br />
A THREE-bedroom Lockwood<br />
home destined for demolition<br />
has been given a new purpose in<br />
life in Papanui.<br />
It used to stand in the heart of<br />
Prebbleton and served as staff<br />
quarters at the former Meadow<br />
Mushrooms site on Springs Rd.<br />
Rather than demolishing the<br />
home to make room for a new<br />
$170 million retirement village,<br />
the Summerset Group decided<br />
to donate it to the Papanui<br />
Baptist Church.<br />
The house was relocated to<br />
its new home at Sawyers Arms<br />
Rd on Tuesday, where it will be<br />
refurbished and used to expand<br />
the church’s community activity.<br />
“We are absolutely delighted<br />
with this gift. It’s going to make<br />
such a difference to our ability<br />
to expand our community<br />
activity,” said Papanui Baptist<br />
Church elder Greg Scott.<br />
“It needs a fair amount of<br />
renovation as it hasn’t been<br />
used for quite some time, but<br />
it’s a wonderful house. Being a<br />
Lockwood house, it’s very strong<br />
and robust – we think it’ll be a<br />
good one to renovate.”<br />
The church is the umbrella<br />
organisation that oversees<br />
the Papanui Baptist Freedom<br />
Trust and strongly supports the<br />
ON THE MOVE: A three-bedroom Lockwood home from<br />
Prebbleton has been donated to the Papanui Baptist<br />
Church.<br />
Papanui Youth Development<br />
Trust.<br />
Through these trusts, a<br />
number of community activities<br />
are run from the church, such<br />
as music classes, lunches, social<br />
English for migrants, games and<br />
creative sewing.<br />
Over time, the house will<br />
be used to help accommodate<br />
some of these activities that are<br />
usually based at the church.<br />
But for now, it will house trust<br />
workers to enable them to live<br />
within the community they<br />
serve.<br />
Having some of the workers<br />
based closer to the church<br />
enabled them to see issues on the<br />
ground first-hand.<br />
“Embedding in our<br />
community is important to us,<br />
especially for the benefit of the<br />
people who are struggling with<br />
housing, or loneliness,” said<br />
Scott.<br />
“It will be a place for<br />
people who are active in the<br />
community to get to know their<br />
neighbours, rather than coming<br />
from different parts of the city.”<br />
Senior design manager<br />
Craig Given, of the Summerset<br />
development team, did not see<br />
a need to demolish a perfectly<br />
good home.<br />
“It made no sense to demolish<br />
it even though it would be<br />
quicker, so we thought: ‘Here’s<br />
a good crowd who will put it to<br />
good use,’” he said.<br />
“They provide great<br />
community support in a number<br />
of ways, and they also had the<br />
availability of land.”<br />
Summerset was recently<br />
granted resource consent<br />
to build its new Prebbleton<br />
retirement village, with<br />
construction expected to start in<br />
January next year.<br />
It will offer 290 independent<br />
homes, including serviced<br />
apartments, care rooms, and<br />
a state-of-the-art memory<br />
care centre for residents with<br />
dementia.<br />
It will be its fourth village<br />
across Canterbury.
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Experience aims to inspire next generation of explorers<br />
• From page 1<br />
“Most people will never get<br />
the chance to visit Antarctica so<br />
virtual reality is a fantastic way<br />
to give people a glimpse of what<br />
it would be like to visit this<br />
special place.<br />
“Hopefully the fascinating<br />
stories of what Sir Ed and<br />
his team achieved furthering<br />
science and exploration will<br />
inspire the next generation of<br />
explorers.”<br />
Hillary’s hut was Scott<br />
Base’s first building and was<br />
built by a team led by Sir Ed to<br />
support the Commonwealth<br />
Trans-Antarctic Expedition and<br />
the International Geophysical<br />
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The trust cares for this hut and<br />
four other historic expedition<br />
bases in Antarctica. The trust<br />
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for Scott Base’s 60th anniversary<br />
in 2017.<br />
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Veronica Khorozova<br />
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Nooapii, both year 5<br />
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Gabriela Roldan of the Antarctic<br />
Heritage Trust helps Magnus<br />
Dobson, year 5 get into his Antarctic<br />
clothing before his VR experience.<br />
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Several of the slipper styles on display<br />
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Get the balance<br />
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Children to play big<br />
part in planting project<br />
MORE THAN 300<br />
students from 16 schools<br />
across the city will be<br />
digging deep to continue<br />
their native planting<br />
regeneration work in the<br />
eastern suburbs.<br />
They are pooling their<br />
resources on <strong>May</strong> 16 from<br />
10am to plant an area on<br />
the corner of Frosts and<br />
Beach Rds.<br />
It’s the fifth in an ambitious<br />
long-term native<br />
regeneration in the area,<br />
spearheaded by Christ’s<br />
College head of physics at<br />
David Newton.<br />
Launched in 2019, the<br />
project pools the resources<br />
of students who have so far<br />
planted 5000 native trees<br />
in part of New Brighton’s<br />
red zone plan to add another<br />
10,000 this year.<br />
The children are from<br />
Tuahiwi Kura, Burnside<br />
Primary, Christchurch<br />
Boys’ High School, St<br />
Michael’s Church School,<br />
Rawhiti Primary, Linwood<br />
College, Shirley Boys’<br />
High School, Avonside<br />
Girls’ High, Christchurch<br />
Girls’ High School, Christ’s<br />
College, St Margaret’s<br />
College, Rangi Ruru Girls’<br />
School, St Andrew’s College,<br />
Heaton Intermediate,<br />
Christchurch South Intermediate<br />
and Cathedral<br />
Grammar.<br />
Three further plantings<br />
are planned in June, August<br />
and September.<br />
Said Newton: “Over the<br />
next four years, we’re going<br />
to complete the current<br />
area we’re working on,<br />
plant the QE II Adventure<br />
Nature Trail and start<br />
another large block<br />
which is currently under<br />
negotiation with the city<br />
council.<br />
“It’s an opportunity for<br />
the students to practically<br />
realise the positive impact<br />
they can have on our community<br />
and the planet by<br />
each contributing a little<br />
bit. Our work will grow a<br />
forest that will be a lasting<br />
memorial for their efforts.<br />
“It demonstrates the<br />
power ordinary people<br />
have to change our city,<br />
country and the planet by<br />
helping mitigate climate<br />
change and increasing<br />
TEAM<br />
EFFORT: More<br />
than 300<br />
students from<br />
16 schools<br />
across the<br />
city will soon<br />
take part in<br />
a mammoth<br />
plant<br />
regeneration<br />
project. <br />
biodiversity.”<br />
On Sunday, <strong>May</strong> 16, the<br />
students will plant 3000<br />
native seedlings, all grown<br />
from eco-sourced seed<br />
from the Travis Wetland.<br />
The species include<br />
totara, kahikatea,<br />
akeake, black matipo,<br />
lemonwood, manuka,<br />
kanuka, coprosma robusta,<br />
windgrass, carex secta, and<br />
harakeke.<br />
“We’ve selected these<br />
plants to provide both<br />
habitat and food for native<br />
birds and lizards,” Newton<br />
said.<br />
“We want to see more<br />
native birds in Christchurch,<br />
and this is a huge opportunity<br />
to plant a forest<br />
that runs as a green spine<br />
through the city.<br />
“The best thing you can<br />
do to encourage native<br />
birdlife back to the city is<br />
to plant trees that become<br />
a year-round supply of bird<br />
food.”<br />
The replanting work<br />
is being undertaken in<br />
conjunction with city<br />
council parks staff and<br />
Land Information NZ.<br />
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HOME & HEATING<br />
Ground moisture barrier<br />
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Now with the colder and wetter weather on<br />
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winter. Rising damp is an issue that affects<br />
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In Canterbury especially, post-quake, many<br />
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Council apologises for Anzac Day failures<br />
• By Bea Gooding<br />
THE CITY council has<br />
apologised to the New Brighton<br />
RSA following accusations it had<br />
failed last month’s Anzac Day<br />
service.<br />
The city council was criticised<br />
over the way it organised the<br />
commemorations in New<br />
Brighton involving the closure<br />
of public toilets,<br />
perspex remaining<br />
around the<br />
cenotaph, a degraded<br />
flag and<br />
lack of clarity on<br />
a traffic management<br />
plan.<br />
Garry<br />
House<br />
However, an<br />
apology was issued<br />
to the RSA<br />
acting president and secretary<br />
Garry House last week, who initially<br />
raised the issue, to ensure<br />
this never occurred again.<br />
“The council regrets that there<br />
were a small number of issues<br />
at the New Brighton Anzac Day<br />
parade,” a city council spokesperson<br />
said.<br />
“We have the utmost respect<br />
for our veterans and are committed<br />
to working alongside the<br />
RSA to ensure all Anzac Day<br />
parades run smoothly.<br />
“We have contacted the New<br />
REGRETS: The city council has issued an apology to the<br />
New Brighton RSA over accusations it failed the Anzac Day<br />
service, including the perspex which remained around the<br />
cenotaph on the day.<br />
PHOTO: CHRIS LYNCH<br />
Brighton RSA president to apologise<br />
and ensure the issues don’t<br />
happen again.”<br />
The city council supports<br />
15 RSAs across the greater<br />
Christchurch area and manages<br />
the Dawn Service at Cranmer<br />
Square.<br />
House was thankful that he<br />
received an apology and was satisfied<br />
with how the city council<br />
handled the situation.<br />
But members were “still quite<br />
annoyed,” as the public had<br />
blamed the RSA for the issues<br />
that transpired.<br />
“I am thankful they have<br />
responded and contacted me on<br />
several occasions, I do respect<br />
that. We understand there’s not<br />
much more that [they] could do<br />
after the fact,” he said.<br />
“But the RSA is still getting<br />
calls; the public are blaming us.<br />
We’ve had calls that we should’ve<br />
been better organised.<br />
“They think we own the cenotaph,<br />
or the flag, but we’re just<br />
the guardians of the ceremony<br />
for the public of New Brighton.”<br />
House’s initial concerns were<br />
for the elderly people or those<br />
with disabilities who could not<br />
access nearby toilets as they were<br />
locked, and called for the fraying<br />
New Zealand flag to be replaced.<br />
He was also not impressed to<br />
see the anti-graffiti perspex still<br />
remained around the cenotaph,<br />
in spite of assurances by the city<br />
council that it would be removed<br />
in time for the ceremony.<br />
The city council spokesperson<br />
said the men’s toilets at New<br />
Brighton Pier were closed for<br />
health and safety reasons. The<br />
nearest available toilets at the<br />
playground, however, were open.<br />
“We’ll work with our contractor<br />
to ensure that health and<br />
safety closures are communicated<br />
more clearly to the public<br />
in future,” said the spokesperson.<br />
“The anti-graffiti perspex cover<br />
around the war memorial was<br />
not removed by the council’s<br />
contractor ahead of this year’s<br />
parade. We’ve had a conversation<br />
with the contractor about this.<br />
“The New Zealand flag flying<br />
at New Brighton degrades very<br />
quickly in the wind and salt<br />
spray, and is<br />
replaced regularly<br />
– it was last<br />
replaced in early<br />
February of this<br />
year.<br />
“On this<br />
James<br />
Daniels<br />
occasion, the<br />
flag could have<br />
been in better<br />
condition for<br />
Anzac Day, so we’re committed<br />
to working alongside the New<br />
Brighton RSA to ensuring this<br />
happens for future years.”<br />
Coastal Ward city councillor<br />
James Daniels said he was<br />
pleased the city council dealt<br />
with the issue as soon as it was<br />
raised.<br />
“As soon as it was raised, it was<br />
dealt with, so I’m pleased about<br />
this,” he said.<br />
“[The council] needs to think<br />
about this year and make sure<br />
that doesn’t happen again.”<br />
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“Public opinion is a capricious<br />
sea; whoever attempts to<br />
navigate it is liable to be tossed<br />
about by storms.”<br />
William H Seward<br />
Since the recent housing announcements I<br />
have all but given up reading what seems like<br />
hundreds of daily posts and published property<br />
articles, and the trailing comments posted<br />
offering differing opinions and predictions<br />
on the future of the market. Experience tells<br />
me if there is one thing you can’t predict with<br />
accuracy it’s the housing market. The other<br />
thing you need to keep top of mind is there is<br />
a big difference between what is happening<br />
in Ashburton to Auckland and Tauranga to<br />
Timaru.<br />
My advice; take a break from the media and<br />
focus on your own individual property goals for<br />
the minute. Not everyone else’s opinions.<br />
Vanessa Golightly,<br />
Business Owner and Licensee Agent<br />
Ray White Papanui 027 664 9292<br />
Vanessa Golightly<br />
Licensee Agent &<br />
Business Owner<br />
027 664 9292<br />
Stuart Morris<br />
Licensee Agent<br />
& Auctioneer<br />
027 422 6395<br />
Claire Morris<br />
Licensee Agent &<br />
Business Owner<br />
027 662 4822<br />
Katrina Green<br />
Operations Manager<br />
Property Management<br />
027 6<strong>06</strong> 0030<br />
Can my tenant really move out and just<br />
get his friends to move in?<br />
Today I want to talk about the<br />
new legislation regarding the<br />
re-assignment of a tenancy.<br />
While it is true that a tenant<br />
can request to re-assign their<br />
tenancy to a new tenant if<br />
they want to break their fixed<br />
term, the key to this is that it is<br />
a request and not a given that<br />
they can definitely do it.<br />
Under the previous legislation<br />
a landlord could pretty much<br />
say “no” if a tenant wanted to<br />
break their lease, but generally<br />
we would advise that this was<br />
not good practice and that<br />
landlords were better, where<br />
possible, to work with the<br />
tenants and find a suitable<br />
replacement tenant to take<br />
over the lease.<br />
The RTA Amendments Act<br />
essentially removes the<br />
landlord’s right to say no<br />
without having a valid reason<br />
and does allow for a tenant<br />
to introduce to the landlord<br />
possible tenants to take over<br />
their lease.<br />
But this does not mean there<br />
are no conditions around this,<br />
and in fact, a landlord does<br />
still have the right to conduct<br />
the same due diligence,<br />
that is, reference checks<br />
and background checks, if<br />
these were done prior to the<br />
commencement of the original<br />
tenancy.<br />
It is important to note however<br />
that if there were no actual<br />
checks done prior to the first<br />
tenancy, that the landlord<br />
may not be able to enforce<br />
doing this for the replacement<br />
tenant.<br />
In summary, it is now more<br />
important than ever, that<br />
landlords undertake thorough<br />
due diligence on their tenants<br />
as this could impact on how the<br />
re-assignment could pan out.<br />
Also, worth noting is that in<br />
most rental insurance policies<br />
there is a clause which specifies<br />
that due diligence must be<br />
carried out on all new tenants.<br />
Katrina Green,<br />
Operations Manager<br />
Property Management<br />
027 6<strong>06</strong> 0030<br />
Tracy Thomson<br />
Licensee Salesperson<br />
027 440 3035<br />
Maria Paterson<br />
Licensee Salesperson<br />
027 543 4689<br />
Olivia Hendry<br />
Executive Assistant<br />
Richie Eggelton<br />
Licensee Salesperson<br />
021 089 65594<br />
Paul Nicholson<br />
Licensee Salesperson<br />
027 921 2160<br />
Estelle Schuurman<br />
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Feature Properties<br />
Cassidy Sprott<br />
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Joy Coughlan<br />
Mortgage Broker<br />
027 223 3572<br />
Georgia Tuuta<br />
Excutive Assistant<br />
Mel Cook<br />
Property Management<br />
Administrator<br />
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Woolston<br />
Tracy Thomson<br />
454 Mandeville Road,<br />
Ohoka<br />
Vanessa Golightly & Maria Paterson<br />
55 Bailey Street,<br />
Templeton<br />
Tracy Thomson<br />
221 Shortland Street,<br />
Aranui<br />
Tracy Thomson<br />
Level 1, 7 Winston Avenue, Papanui<br />
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