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NEWS 2 The North Canterbury News, May 6, 2021 Grow customers, sales and profits with North Canterbury’s best read newspaper Readership: 47,000 weekly Circulation: 30,150 copies delivered to EVERY farm, RD, lifestyle block and home inWaimakariri, Hurunui &Kaikoura every Thursday. news Robyn Bristow Managing Editor 027 312 1581 robyn.bristow @ncnews.co.nz Reporters Neil Clarkson, David Hill, Shelley Topp. advertising DaynaBurton Sales Co-ordinator 027 312 0089 dayna.burton @ncnews.co.nz AmandaKeys Advertising 027 536 6224 amanda.keys @ncnews.co.nz Kerryn Clark Advertising 021 586 138 kerryn.clark @ncnews.co.nz Upended ... The plane ended up standing on its nose in aGlentui paddock. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN ‘They were incredibly lucky’ From Page 1 On Tuesday, Alan went to the Rangiora Airfield to have alook at the plane, and search for his log book and one of his shoes, which had got stuck under the rudder pedal. His family had been Lucky escape ... scare. belatedly told that Alan was intending to take flying lessons. Alan’s daughter, Bridget, told him he was mad. ‘‘I said Ihoped he didn’t fly away too soon. He nearly did,’’ Bridget says. ‘‘They were incredibly lucky.’’ Alan Macdonald is determined to return to the air, following his recent Alan’s wife, Christine, said it was traumatising to get acall from apoliceman to tell her about her husband being in aplane crash. She continues to have nightmares about what might have been. ‘‘That’s what has been waking me in the night. The PHOTO: SUPPLIED thought of them burning to death,’’ she says. ‘‘But we will be all right. It could have been worse.’’ She reminded her husband yesterday of their wedding vows —insickness and in health —asshe helped to shower and dress him. Groundwater risks `acceptably low' From Page 1 It is seeking three consents from ECan and alanduse consent from the Waimakariri District Council, which would be active for 15 years. The quarry would assist Taggart Earthmoving Ltd in meeting the demand for aggregate in the Waimakariri district without the need for any crushing or screening on site. It would supply Taggart’s Cones Road site, which employs 12 fulltime staff, with up to another 20 staff employed when supporting largescale construction projects in the area. In her submission, Ms Thomas said if the consent was not granted, it would not be viable for Taggart to continue operating in Rangiora, leading to closure and redundancies. ‘‘This proposal is asustainable and efficient use of resources and existing processing facilities. ‘‘Its adverse effects can be suitably avoided, remedied or mitigated by the imposition of consent conditions,’’ she said. Risks to groundwater were ‘‘acceptably low’’, she submitted, and will be minimised through the backfill acceptance and screening processes proposed. ‘‘Given the clear overall benefits and demand for aggregate in this area, the purpose of the (Resource Management) Act is best served by granting these consents,’’ Ms Thomas concluded. The proposed quarry has attracted widespread concern from the community, with apetition opposing the proposal attracting nearly 5000 signatures. Senior resource management consultant Adele Dawson, appointed by the two councils, has recommended the resource consents be declined, citing concerns about the proposal’s effects on groundwater and the ability to enforce consent conditions. More than 400 submissions were received on the quarry proposal, with 390 opposed to the proposed quarry and 62 submitters wishing to be heard. The hearing is scheduled to continue into next week to hear from the various submitters and experts, before the commissioners adjourn to consider the evidence. RichardMcCombie Advertising 022 024 3092 richard.mccombie @ncnews.co.nz getintouch Editorial info@ncnews.co.nz Advertising sales@ncnews.co.nz Graphic Design heather.hood@ncnews.co.nz Distribution/Deliveries 03 314 8335 Rangiora: 03 313 2840 /03314 8335 14 Ashley St, Rangiora Christchurch: 03 364 7460 www.starnews.co.nz Read local 2095268 Kaiapoi Lodge Residential Care Nursing Home, Hospital and Respite Person Centred Care, Care that’s built around you 6Cass Street, Kaiapoi Ph 03 327 7235
NEWS North Canterbury News, May 6, 2021 3 WE NEED YOUR ARTWORK! Closing its doors ... The Cheviot Rest Home, run by Sue and Steve Coleman, is wellrecognised for the quality of its care. PHOTO: SUPPLIED apply now online kaiapoiartexpo.co.nz CORCORAN FRENCH KAIAPOI ART EXPO 24-25 JULY, 10AM-5PM KAIAPOI CLUB Acclaimed home to close By ROBYN BRISTOW TheawardwinningCheviot Rest Home will closeonMay 26. Funding woes haveleft owners Sueand Steve Coleman, the owneroperators for more than20years, with no optionbut to closethe home. Five permanentresidents willneed to be rehomed. They will losetheirexisting home, and move awayfromfriends, family andthe community in which theyhave lived all their lives. ‘‘It is withheavy hearts we willclosethe doors. Iamdevastatedthat thissmall community is in this position,’’Sue says. ‘‘It is goingtobearealshocktoour community and thewidercommunity of Hurunui because they believe abusiness like this will always be therewhenthey need it.’’ Suesays the home, whichhas taken out the Best Small Rest Home in the South Island forthe pastfiveyears, has four empty bedswhichtheyhave notbeen able to fill, putting hugefinancial pressure on thehome. Sheplaces theblame squarely on the ‘‘unsustainablestructure’’offunding to independent, rural agedcarefacilities. Thefunding model foraged care is cappedbythe Ministry of Health, and dependsupon where peoplelive.Hurunui aged care facilities receive lessfunding than someother areas. Allavenuestosecure further funding have been explored through meetings with theCanterbury DistrictHealth Board (CDHB), theNew ZealandAged Care Association, theMinistryofHealth and the Canterbury ClinicalNetwork. Politicians locallyand nationallyhave been lobbied, but to no avail. Sueand Steve, who have lived in Cheviot for 37 years,say the closure will have asignificantimpact on residents and staff, local doctorsand district nurses,the Cheviot community,and beyond intothe Kaikouraregion. Localdoctors usebeds at the home to refer patientsfor respite care, and endoflife care. ‘‘Ourmedicalstaff and district nurses willbebeside themselvesover theloss,’’ Sue says. ThehomealsodeliversMeals on Wheels, haspeople in for daycare, with community members oftenjoining residents to takepart in exercise classes. ‘‘Thehome is not justfor longterm care. It is all the other things andother services we offer to thecommunity.’’ Suebelieves the healthboardthinksit cansave funding by keeping peoplein theirhomes. ‘‘Butthey(theelderly)become socially isolated, don’t taketheirmedication properly, and don’t eatproperly.Then hospitalcareisneeded,’’ Sue says. Healthier folk were alsotaking up the optionofretirement villages,whichwere abig ‘‘drawcard’’, butsometimes fellshort of expectationswhenresidents became ill, Suesays. HurunuiMayorMarieBlack haslobbied thehealth board for more equitable funding forthe home. She says allthe services thehome offers align strategically with better health outcomes,asservices are delivered closer to home. ‘‘I am mostconcerned that the residentsofthisfacility will haveno alternative but to movetoalarge facility whichislikely to incur much greater overheads andcosts and take themfurther away fromtheircommunity of interest and families,’’ she saidinaletter of support to the board. The board’s funding model was better suited to larger urban facilities, andhad littleregard to supporting and enabling asmallerresthome of the calibre of Cheviot to continuetoprovide quality careinaruralsetting, shesaid. The home offered an integrated service, working with the general practitionerand thedistrict health nurse to enableappropriate, timely and equitable carecloser to home. ‘‘The decision on funding had littleor no regardtoservices that havebeen provided to achieve the CDHB’s own goals of health deliveredcloser to home. ‘‘Community health and wellbeing willbeimpactedbythis decision, which is concerningfor the Cheviot community,but alsothe entiredistrict, particularlywhen we have an ageing population.’’ Marie Black Bush set alight on Rangiora church grounds By DAVID HILL Rangiora’s Anglican Parish is relieved a fire on Sunday night was not more serious. VicarRevTobyBehan says he was awokenat12.15amand told afirehad beenlit in abushbehind theflower vestry door atRangiora’s St Johnthe Baptist AnglicanChurch. By then, the Rangiora Volunteer Fire Brigade was already at the scene. ‘‘Someone must have called it in and the firstthing that occurredtomewas, ‘thankyou’. Butwedon’t knowwhoit was. ‘‘It is abig bush,soitcould have been alot worse.’’ Damage has been done to the exterior of thebuildingand there is smoke damageinside,which will needtobe addressed through an insurance claim. ‘‘The firenearly gotupintothe ❛We can’t assume that these incidents are connected, but these were unprovoked and are happening at acertain time of night. And they are very malicious.❜ woodenpart of the church and, if it had, it could have been adisaster, but thefire departmentwasverythorough in getting upintothe eavesandmakingsurethe firedidn’t spread,’’ Mr Behan says. The policeare investigatingthe matter. MrBehan says it is thethirdsuspicious incident at the church in recent months, withthe letterbox beingvandalisedand taken100metres up theroad, and someone has also attemptedtounhook thechurchbell. ‘‘We can’tuse thebell at themoment —VicarRev Toby Behan because of that incident. It was definitely deliberate because you have to climb up to get to it.’’ While aparish membersaw agroupof youngpeople leavethe siteafter interferingwiththechurch bell, Mr Behan says little is known about the otherincidents, and thepolice arekeen to hear from anyone with information. ‘‘Wecan’tassume that these incidents are connected, but these were unprovoked and are happening at a certain time of night. And they are very malicious.’’ Caring for North Canterbury Dr John Dehn Full Mole Checks using Dermoscopy Surgical Management and Aftercare Comprehensive, Affordable, Convenient Ph 03 9204060 52 Pegasus Main Street,Pegasus 7612 www.pegasusmedicalcentre.co.nz Latest Styles Right on Trend By Southern Cross Affiliated Provider For selected services Sizes L37-42 See the full range in store 1890742 Morocco Navy,Black Meanie Black/Leopard Black/Snow Leopard Kaiapoi Mill, Ranfurly Street, Kaiapoi Monday –Friday 9am –5pm Saturday 10am –1pm Closed on Public Holidays Ph 03 327 0576 2379460
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