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14 The Star Thursday September 2 2021 Christchurch City Council COVID-19 update We’re in Alert Level 3 Consenting • Our consenting teams are supporting the building and construction industry with onsite inspections. They will continue to process building and resource consents electronically, providing planning and advisory services via telephone and email. We have additional health and safety measures in place to help keep worksites safe. We are resuming some of our projects • We’re resuming construction work on our community facilities, roading, transport, wastewater and water projects where work was already underway pre-lockdown. Additional maintenance work such as road resealing and repairs can also resume. • We need your help to stay safe, so if you’re passing through or near any of our worksites, please be mindful of keeping a safe distance (a minimum of two metres) from our traffic management and construction teams. Please be patient and expect delays. Transfer stations open again • EcoDrop transfer stations at Parkhouse Road, Bromley and Styx Mill are now open to the public. You’ll need to make a booking to drop off your rubbish, green waste, recycling and hazardous items. To make a booking online and for more information please visit www.ecocentral.co.nz. If you can’t book online please call us on 03 941 8999. • Barrys Bay Transfer Station is also open under Alert Level 3, but is operating under restricted access. Please follow all directions on arrival, be patient and expect delays. Getting outdoors • Enjoy fresh air and exercise locally. You can visit our parks, beaches and the Port Hills, but the Botanic Gardens will remain closed until Alert Level 2. Remember to always maintain a two metre distance from anyone not in your bubble. Please continue to keep your dog on a leash, and take your dog poo and any rubbish home with you. Council facilities and offices are closed, but we have some great online services Try our online library services at christchurchcitylibraries.com Join a Facebook livestreamed fitness class at facebook.com/chchrecsport Use the Gallery’s online art collection to create your own exhibition at christchurchartgallery.org.nz/mygallery Bin good with your recycling • We’re processing recycling as normal. Bin good by only putting the correct, clean items into the yellow bin. You can find out which items are acceptable at ccc.govt.nz/recycling Rates • We know paying rates isn’t as easy when our service centres are closed. For the latest information about rates and how we can help, visit ccc.govt.nz/rates or talk to us on 0800 800 169. Preparing for Alert Level 2 • We’re working on what a change to Alert Level 2 will mean for Council services and facilities as we await further Government announcements. As soon as we have more information we’ll update you on ccc.govt.nz. You can also call us on 0800 800 169. Contact us • For all our services and more information call us on 03 941 8999 or 0800 800 169, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, or visit ccc.govt.nz
No taking it easy • From page 12 Chapman attributed his “community spirit” to those teenage years as a member of the Jaycee – a service and community-based organisation. Born and raised in Ashburton, he remained a member until his early 20s before moving to Christchurch in 1970. From here, he married the love of his life, Vera, built a home, raised two daughters and worked as a technician for the old Municipal Electricity Department for several years. His electrical expertise landed him the gig of a lifetime in 1986 when he was asked by government agency Antarctica New Zealand to do electrical inspections at Scott Base. Chapman went back to the continent eight times for two weeks at a time after that, with two years in-between trips. “It’s a fantastic place, the sky is so blue on a clear day – I can’t describe the blueness of the sky,” Chapman said. “The atmosphere is a very dry kind of cold. For example, you can’t make a snowball as there is no moisture in the snow, you pick up a handful and it just fades away.” He retired in early 2010 but Chapman had no intention of taking it easy. So he joined the community watch and went on to become a justice of the peace and a marriage celebrant. While the community watch is unable to patrol the streets during the level 4 lockdown, Chapman’s 50-year interest in amateur radio is keeping him connected until restrictions ease. HAM: Chapman’s 50-year passion for amateur radio is keeping him busy during the lockdown. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz A CHRISTCHURCH relief teacher who sent a friend racist posts on social media to “stimulate discussion” just a few months after the mosque attacks has narrowly escaped being found guilty of serious misconduct. The Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal has instead issued Simon Humphrey a stern warning about his “illconsidered and unacceptable” racist posts saying any repeat behaviour would almost certainly find him in breach and put his teaching registration at grave risk. Humphrey found himself before the tribunal last year after the principal of a primary school he was regularly relieving for was forwarded anti-Muslim posts he sent to a friend in May 2019. The school’s principal did not have any issues about Humphrey’s behaviour towards children or staff, but requested he be formally censured due to the racist nature of the posts. Among the students Humphrey had taught at the school, one was Muslim. But Humphrey argued that while he did have concerns around Islamic political extremism and certain immigration rules, any assumption that everything posted reflected his “own staunchly held views is entirely misguided”. “I post on Facebook, not to declare truths I insist everyone should agree with, but to stimulate discussion as a way to challenge and develop my own thinking about difficult and complex issues.” The posts appeared to have only gone to one person. He also claimed that disagreeing with some aspects of Islam, had “absolutely no bearing” on how he treated individual Muslims and that he had the “mental stability and probity” to separate his political views from his teaching practice Thursday September 2 2021 The Star NEWS 15 Teacher warned about ‘unacceptable’ racist posts which in no way affected the way he dealt with children. In its decision, the tribunal labelled two of his three posts “ill-considered and undoubtedly inappropriate”, as well as a “misguided attempt at creating discussion”. The tribunal disagreed with Humphrey’s view that he was trying to stimulate discussion on a difficult issue and felt the “banal” and “provocative” posts were instead aimed at trying to get a rise out of his friend. It said determining whether Humphrey’s behaviour involved serious misconduct had been a “difficult decision” because sending material with racial overtones especially so soon after 51 people were killed in a terror attack in the city affected his fitness to be a teacher and was a definite breach of the code of conduct. However, because Humphrey had only sent the posts to one friend and had not posted the objectionable material more widely, the tribunal did not find his actions had bought the teaching profession into disrepute and therefore did not meet its high threshold of being deemed serious misconduct. – NZ Herald HyperCore KW60 Heat Pump Heating 6.5kW | Cooling 6.1kW $4,499 INSTALLED * * Standard installation, conditions apply. Guaranteed full heating capacity … even on the coldest days! Call us for a free quote DO YOU HAVE A DAMAGED prOpErtY? • We buy As Is Where Is • No AgeNt fees • settlemeNt to suIt you 03 365 9131 • resolvemyhome.co.nz resolvemyhome essential reading for father’s day CLICK & COLLECT www.piccadillybooks.co.nz FREE DELIVERY for homes between Yaldhurst & Wairakei Roads EMAIL ORDERS TO: shop@piccadillybooks.co.nz Shop 1, Avonhead Mall, Corner of Merrin St & Withells Rd, Avonhead Ph: 358 4835 | www.piccadillybooks.co.nz
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