Western News: September 09, 2021

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​Parking a major concern
with Harewood Rd design
• By Fiona Ellis
PARKING IS a hot topic for many
who voiced their opinion on the
city council’s Wheels to Wings
cycleway design, which would see
Harewood Rd reduced from four
lanes to two in some parts and
some on-street parking removed.
Throughout the 1348 public
submissions on the $19 million
cycleway, the word appeared 935
times.
The cycleway will link those
in Harewood, Bishopdale, and
Papanui to destinations including
schools, shops, businesses and
recreational facilities.
Feedback for the design closed
on March 15, and an overview
was due to be presented to the
hearing panel last Wednesday,
with public information days
following on Thursday and
Friday.
These events have been
postponed due to the Covid-19
lockdowns, but further public
feedback on design alterations
would be sought, the council
said.
Another important theme of
the submissions was safety for
both cyclists and drivers, with the
word “safe” or “safety” appeared
866 times.
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Children’s book a tool to raise virus awareness
• By Samantha Mythen
A NEW children’s book
written by a Sumner author
is connecting Australia and
New Zealand through a
child’s imagination while also
normalising hearing disabilities.
Kiwis and Koalas is a sentiment
of Sarah Milne’s own life.
Although she was born in
Christchurch, Milne learned to
“walk and talk” in Melbourne,
Australia after moving there
with her family when she was
two years old.
She’s been back and forth
between the two countries ever
since and has lived in Sumner for
two-and-a-half years.
“I have a deep-rooted
connection to Australia,” she
said.
Although this is her first published
book, Milne has always
loved writing, taking part in
New Zealand writing competitions
and classes since she was
young.
It was when she was pregnant
with her daughter, Ivy, and was
diagnosed with cytomegalovirus,
the first stirrings of a story about
kiwis and koalas began to string
themselves from words into
sentences in her heart.
“The story about a girl with a
hearing aid, pottering around in
a garden with her dog, just living
KIWIS AND KOALAS: Sarah Milne’s first childrens’ book
bridges the connection between New Zealand and
Australia through the imagination of a young girl with a
hearing disability. The idea came to her when she was
pregnant with Ivy (now 4). PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
a normal life, begun swirling
round in my mind.”
This then connected with
her own childhood and having
grown up with “a bridge”
between Australia and New
Zealand.
“I could not have foreseen
Covid-19 and I know right
now for many, including
myself, there’s this deep feeling
and wish we could just go over
there.”
Ivy tested negative for CMV
at birth and knowing just how
lucky she was, Milne said she did
not want to take her healthy baby
for granted.
“I had this level of survivor’s
guilt,” she said.
“Whenever I saw other parents
out with their kids in prams,
kids who clearly were disabled
due to CMV, I felt so guilty to
just be able to walk away with
my own positive outcome.”
Milne hopes Kiwis and Koalas
can be a tool to help raise
awareness about CMV and make
a difference for those
who suffer from the disease and
their families, with a blurb at the
back of the book detailing the
disease.
“When you Google ‘CMV,’ of
all the stories shared by families,
the first thing they say is why did
no one tell us about this disease
before?” she said.
“I want to help change this.”
Milne grew up with a backyard
leading to dense New Zealand
bush. She used to “go and get lost
and make huts.”
“The girl in the story is told she
is a little bit Aussie and a little bit
Kiwi and the mum wishes they
could build a bridge between the
two countries,” she said.
“The girl then goes to explore
the bush and stumbles across a
bridge, and her imagination and
memory comes alive.”
Milne is “really proud” of the
response she has received from
the deaf community.
“There are a lot of disability
books out there that only reach a
certain community,” she said.
“In this book, the disability
is only really subtly part of the
story. It’s not mentioned, it’s just
how it is.”
Kiwis and Koalas will officially
launch on September 19,
at 10.30am in the Sumner Surf
Lifesaving Club.
In collaboration with Sumner
cafe Niche, people can exchange
the coloured-in invite for a free
fluffy and hot drink.
On the day of the launch, there
will be face painting, a Q+A,
and a reading of the book with a
Deaf Aotearoa NZSL interpreter
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Romance blooms in twilight years
WHEN PAT Dymond moved
into Bupa Parkstone Retirement
Village in IIam, the last thing she
expected to find was love.
But five years later, the 84-yearold
swoons like a teenager when
she speaks about the relationship
she has formed with fellow resident
Ray Henderson, 90.
The couple first met through
social occasions at the village in
Ilam, meeting in groups for tea
or a glass of wine and a natter at
each other’s apartments.
But as time went by, the pair
started to become closer.
“Even now we ask ourselves
how we first got together – we
kind of just drifted together,”
Dymond said.
“Ray would take me up to the
shops if I needed something, and
his daughter has a walnut farm,
so he took me for a run out there
one day.”
But sparks really began to
fly when Henderson invited
Dymond to go on a cruise with
him.
“We didn’t bother mucking
around with a dinner date, we
just went straight to a cruise,” she
said.
“Ray was booking a cruise with
his daughter, and quite casually
said to me one day: ‘Would you
like to come?’ And pointed out:
‘We would have separate cabins,
LOVE: Ray Henderson and Pat Dymond found each other at Bupa Parkstone and
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of course’.
“I jokingly said: ‘Why?’ Because
I am a bit cheeky, and it
kind of just went from there.”
It did not take long for the
widow and widower to announce
to family and friends they were
coupling up and moving in
together, and the silver-haired
sweethearts were met with nothing
but acceptance.
“They all said: ‘Go for it’.
Everybody has been absolutely
fantastic about it and said how
lucky we are.
“Now we have been together
for three-and-a-half years and
been on two cruises together.”
The couple thank their lucky
stars they found each other, and
attribute this to living in a retirement
village.
“There is no way I would’ve
had the opportunity to meet
anyone else if I hadn’t moved in
here,” Dymond said.
“People seem to think these
sorts of feelings only happen to
young people, but it happened
for us. If anyone had told me it
would happen at 80-years-old,
I would’ve said: ‘Don’t be so
ridiculous’, but I’m really glad
that it has.”
With Dymond’s family based
overseas, the companionship has
“overwhelmingly helped” her to
combat loneliness, she said.
“It’s a bit easier when there is
two of you. Every day I think
how lucky I am to have him. And
an added bonus is our family
don’t have to worry so much, as
they know we are looking after
each other.”
Dr Maree Todd, Bupa’s
geriatrician, said having a good
friend, or partner, helps your
social well-being and general
health.
“It can protect you from things
like depression and can have
other health benefits by keeping
you thinking clearer. We also
know that if you’re having fun,
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when adverse events happen,”
she said.
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Concerns businesses would suffer
• From page 1
Business was also a concern,
with the word appearing 486
times, while “environment”
“carbon” and “climate change”
appeared just 73, 43 and 28 times,
respectively.
The issue of parking was often
linked to concerns that businesses
would suffer.
Bernadette Bowe said she
had witnessed crowds of people
parked on both sides of Harewood
Rd to visit the Copenhagen
Bakery.
[It] will be severely affected
once on-street parking disappears
and patronage will drop
as a result through no fault of
theirs,” she said.
Gavin Blackwell was against
the change, stating “the cycle
lane will have too big a negative
impact on the on-street parking
for residents as well as business.”
Others, such as Maureen Mc-
Cloy, believed the support of
cyclists could offset this.
“I do take my wallet with me
when I go cycling; bakeries are a
speciality!” she said.
Bruce Thompson suggested
installing bike parks and said
affected businesses would be
smart to consider how they could
embrace the change.
Parking was also seen as an
issue beyond the business sphere,
with Johanna De Beer stating it
was already in high demand due
to heavy use of the Canterbury
Charity Hospital and sport facilities
at Nunweek Park.
However Colin Woodhouse
was in favour of the change, stating
that it would lead to a reduction
in the demand for parking.
“If more people cycle there
because they feel safe to from
Papanui then there will be fewer
cars battling for parking spaces.”
Safety was another big issue
among those who gave feedback.
Some, such as Nancy McGoverne,
said cycleways made them
feel safe enough to take to their
bikes when they would otherwise
drive.
Hamish Forbes, who often
biked along a stretch of Harewood
Rd in off-peak hours,
said the area was dangerous for
cyclists in its current form.
“Despite the short distance and
low-traffic time of day, I’ve had a
close call at least once a week. “
The safety of young cyclists was
also an issue, with as highlighted
by submitter Vicky Southworth.
“As a mum I feel much happier
encouraging my children to cycle
when they can use separated
cycle lanes,” she said.
A year 9 student at Papanui
High School stated they would
like to cycle due to climate
change concerns.
“I would like to bike to school
but I can not because it is too
dangerous . . . I have a brother
and sister who will be going to
[cycle] also if the cycleway is
done.”
However, some believed the
cycleway would present its own
safety problems.
Cameron Duncan said he
found aspects of the plan unsafe,
such as the two-way cycleway
design.
“Often people seem to forget
PEDAL POWER: The Wings to Wheels cycleway
submissions included feedback from cyclists and wouldbe
cyclists stating that the cycleway would encourage
them to bike more.
DESIGN:
The current
Wheels
to Wings
cycleway
plan
would see
Harewood
Rd reduced
from four
lanes to two
in some
parts.
to look both left and right and
when walking or driving through
them,” he said.
Belinda Lansley said cars
crossing the cycleway to access
houses or businesses could find it
dangerous.
This was already a problem she
encountered when living near the
Featherstone dairy.
“It used to take me at least
three minutes some days to safely
back onto the road . . . I can’t
see how anyone will be able to
back out anymore with the large
cycleway bang up against the
footpath.”
Some thought the plan should
be altered so that the cycleway
ran along the middle of the road,
such as Angela Bachop.
“[This] eliminates all the issues
of danger to cyclists from cars
getting in and out of driveways,
buses and rubbish trucks stopping
traffic whilst operating,” she
said.
Jennifer Christall-McRae
criticised the design and offered
another suggestion.
“Take out the berms, turn
them into a cycle lane next to the
footpath and use the on street
parking as a buffer.”
In spite of differing opinions,
an area of broad consensus
among those who submitted was
the benefit of having traffic lights
installed at the intersection of
Harewood, Breens and Gardiners
Rds.
Hilary Rose said the intersection
was dangerous, especially in
rush hour.
Although Zara Roberts called
the design “the most ridiculous
plan in roading I have seen in a
long time,” she supported this
one aspect of it.
“The only good thing about it is
the much-needed lights.”
Business was also a buzzword
in the submissions, often tied to
the issue of parking.
Some submitters said the cycleway
would lead to businesses
struggles in the area.
Environmental impacts of the
cycleway were less commonly
mentioned.
These were sometimes thought
to be negative, with Martin
Cudd stating the reduction of
Harewood Rd to two lanes would
cause “massive congestion”,
increasing carbon output from
cars spending more time in
traffic.
However, more submitters
believed they would be positive,
such as Mark McKinstry, who
cited the need to address climate
change and air pollution as the
reason why he supported the
cycleway.
“Cycling more, and driving
less, is an important step in the
right direction,” he said.
The cycleway will form part
of the network of 13 major cycleways
weaving throughout the
city.
At its western end, the cycleway
will connect with the Johns Rd
cycle and pedestrian underpass,
linking through to the ommercial
areas surrounding the airport,
and to McLeans Island Rd via the
Johns Rd shared path.
This will be a good connection
route for the roughly 7000 people
who work in the airport area.
At its eastern end, it connects
directly to the Northern Line
cycleway and the planned
Nor’West Arc cycleway.
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READER’S LETTER
June Peka responds
to last week’s Western
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Fiona Ellis’s report on the
concerns of Hornby folk over
intensive housing mirrors
many more in the same nature
over the past year or two.
Single houses being replaced
by five to seven tall, small units
is not uncommon in many of
our older suburbs.
Those of us who object are
branded nimbys, but let’s be
clear, it’s not people or housing
we object to. It is ugly and
inappropriate-to-area housing
that disturbs and rankles
long-term settled residents
and upsets the continuation
of heritage, balance of nature,
amenity, the environment, history
and local culture.
We’d welcome families, but
children and their paraphernalia
do not fit well in 70 sq m.
And few needy families could
afford the $600k-$800k price
tag.
In one St Albans street
there are currently three such
complexes being built. Twenty
to thirty more cars in a narrow
street puts pressure on infrastructure
and individuals.
Yes, ugliness is subjective,
but in areas of single story,
weatherboard bungalows and
villas with mature trees and
gardens, these tall, bulky,
brutalist, featureless and colourless
developments stick out
CONCERNS: Greater Hornby Residents Association chairman Marc Duff (left) and
member Ross Houliston at an Amyes Rd location where seven two-storey units are
being built.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN ​
Mike the proverbial.
Planting with trendy species
will never disguise what
they are. We need design
guidelines, and new rulings on
outside area spaces and trees.
Check out upper Manchester
St or Rugby St, both of which
were once a delightful ramble.
I wonder if Jenny Hughey’s
comments regarding residents’
associations (The Star, Sept
2) could be pertinent to this
huge issue? City council is
clearly not on our side, telling
us its hands are tied by
central government in regard
to space criteria and design
aesthetics and consideration of
neighbours. It acknowledges it
has had many complaints, but
has done nothing to facilitate a
meeting of affected people.
Our MP organised a local
meeting to tell us what we already
knew. No support there.
So can there be a role here for
an active push towards a less
intrusive future, by the combined
residents associations?
I’ve only just applied to
join mine, so I have no
understanding of the protocols
and mechanisms such a
suggestion might require, but I
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Spate of illegal dumping upsets resident
• By Fiona Ellis
TRACTOR TYRES, a microwave
and a car seat are among the
items abandoned by the road in
a spate of illegal dumping in the
Templeton area.
A Western News reader, who
declined to be identified, was
irritated by the ongoing use
of Kettlewell Dr as a dumping
ground.
“It happens all the time,” she
said.
“[Last week] it was four nights
in a row the people dumped rubbish.”
She said this was an increase
on the usual average of about
once per week, which she would
observe while walking the dog in
the mornings.
“It’s a country road, they wait
till it’s dark and go dump it . . .
it’s pretty sad really.”
She was not sure whether the
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Covid-19 restrictions, under
which transfer stations and recycling
centres were closed in level
4 and open by appointment only
at level 3.
She reported the rubbish to the
city council using its Snap, Send,
Solve app, she said.
This was one of six complaints
of illegal dumping the city council
received under alert level 4
from August 12-31.
Northcote, Yaldhurst, St Albans,
Linwood, and Brooklands
were the other areas where incidents
had been reported.
City council head of regulatory
compliance Tracey Weston said
the lockdown had not caused an
increase in the problem.
“On average approximately
19 complaints of this nature are
received each month,” she said.
However, during last year’s
level 4 and level 3 lockdowns
from March 23 to May 13, nine
incidents were reported.
No one dumping rubbish had
been caught.
“Insufficient information was
supplied to support enforcement
action, as evidence of the
individual who littered was not
provided.”
Environment Canterbury
parks and forests team leader
James Page said there has not
been an increase in rubbish
TRASH: Tractor
tyres and
household
rubbish items
dumped by
the roadside
in Templeton
during the
Covid-19 level 4
lockdown.
dumping at regional parks under
the lockdown.
“These areas are more remote
than urban parks and have been
closed to vehicles during lockdown,”
he said.
“There may have been cases of
dumping in remote areas that we
are not aware of yet. We have not
had reports from park users to
indicate that rubbish dumping
has increased.”
EcoDrop transfer stations and
recycling centres at Metro Place,
Styx Mill and Parkhouse Rd were
operating rubbish, green waste
and recycling services under level
3. People visiting these sites need
to wear a mask, maintain social
distancing and use contactless
payment.
•To book a time to use
the transfer stations and
recycling centres, visit
www.ecocentral.co.nz or
call the city council –
941 8999.
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