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THURSDAY, MAY <strong>27</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
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SUCCESS: Burnside High School performed a piece about the negative effects of fast fashion which won the top<br />
spot at Canterbury’s Showquest competition.<br />
BURNSIDE HIGH School is<br />
Showquest’s newest champion<br />
after a strong message of fast<br />
fashion’s detrimental impact on<br />
the environment struck a chord<br />
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The town hall was a<br />
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Zealand’s biggest performing<br />
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choreographed dance themed<br />
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shopping habits, and the ethics<br />
behind underpaid garment<br />
workers.<br />
• Turn to page 3<br />
• By Bea Gooding<br />
RESIDENTS MAY still have<br />
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community space in Halswell<br />
instead of selling it.<br />
The city council is yet to decide<br />
on whether it will sell land no<br />
longer required at 66 Quaifes Rd<br />
after it was purchased to develop<br />
a stormwater retention and detention<br />
basin.<br />
A number of affordable housing<br />
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But the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton<br />
Community Board wants<br />
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the community, such as a hall.<br />
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Showquest<br />
champs<br />
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ADVENTURE: A youth hub in Hornby will offer a place for young people to hang out,<br />
have fun and connect with youth workers.<br />
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A NEW YOUTH hub will offer<br />
a safe place for young people<br />
to meet and connect while<br />
also providing access to youth<br />
workers.<br />
A $24,000 grant from the<br />
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Development Network<br />
Trust will help transform the<br />
former Plunket building in<br />
Wycola Park into a hangout<br />
space for after-school use.<br />
Trust manager and Hornby<br />
community youth worker James<br />
Harris said the new space offers<br />
an opportunity for young people<br />
to come together, talk to youth<br />
workers, play games and join in<br />
activities.<br />
“The hangout is a safe place<br />
for young people to come after<br />
school to play a game of pool<br />
or foosball, share a scoop of<br />
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basketball and chat with a youth<br />
worker,” he said.<br />
“It also will give us a base for<br />
meetings on our teen adventure<br />
camps, and a renewed presence<br />
at the corner of Wycola Park.”<br />
Community board chairman<br />
Mike Mora said it is vital to<br />
invest in young people living in<br />
the community.<br />
“A youth hub provides<br />
invaluable connections and<br />
opportunities to build a<br />
stronger and united growing<br />
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everyone,” he said.<br />
Youth workers will be available<br />
at least three days a week during<br />
the school term and the hangout<br />
programme will operate for at<br />
least two days each week.<br />
The new hub is likely to open<br />
towards the end of the year.<br />
• From page 1<br />
Burnside team student captain<br />
Simone Blackie said they picked<br />
their theme because it was<br />
something relevant to everyone<br />
in the audience.<br />
“In our piece, we contrasted<br />
our world versus the world of the<br />
workers who are manufacturing<br />
our clothing,” she said<br />
“We did not expect to win. We<br />
didn’t even think we were going<br />
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unreal.”<br />
Regional competitions are<br />
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Teams were judged on their<br />
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movement and theme.<br />
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Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>27</strong> <strong>2021</strong> 5<br />
Land sale up<br />
for discussion<br />
• From page 1<br />
Halswell Residents’ Association<br />
secretary David Hawke said the association<br />
was comfortable with that<br />
arrangement as the area could do<br />
with more recreational spaces.<br />
“If it didn’t [go through], we’d be<br />
pretty disappointed,” he said.<br />
“The key outcome we<br />
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community use.”<br />
The city council<br />
planned to discuss the<br />
sale at its meeting last<br />
week, but it has been rescheduled<br />
to a later date.<br />
It is now being<br />
discussed at the community<br />
board’s meeting<br />
next Tuesday before it proceeds to<br />
the city council for a decision.<br />
The city council always intended<br />
to subdivide the land for its stormwater<br />
work and eventually sell the<br />
surplus.<br />
More land was acquired than<br />
needed as the original owner was not<br />
willing to sell the part that the city<br />
council wanted to develop, therefore it<br />
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The association saw this as an<br />
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In spite of what the association<br />
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Kāinga Ora was not able to<br />
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“It’s not appropriate for us to<br />
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8 Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>27</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
WESTERN NEWS<br />
Prepare your<br />
home for winter<br />
Less waste,<br />
more purpose<br />
It is fascinating exploring Musgroves’<br />
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General manager, Sue Brown, confirms<br />
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Protect your<br />
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Thinking Moss?<br />
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Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>27</strong> <strong>2021</strong> 9<br />
Prepare your<br />
home for winter<br />
Did you know that healthy trees can add<br />
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You may not think about it<br />
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Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
WESTERN NEWS<br />
Prepare your<br />
home for winter<br />
Buy — sell — reside with<br />
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WESTERN NEWS Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Thursday <strong>May</strong> <strong>27</strong> <strong>2021</strong> 11<br />
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WESTERN NEWS<br />
A communal garden<br />
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