Ashburton Courier: November 18, 2021
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NEWS<br />
8 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>18</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Local trust to help<br />
navigate digital world<br />
The Walnut Avenue Pavilion.<br />
Pavilion ownership talks<br />
Documentation is beingprepared<br />
to transferthe ownership of the<br />
WalnutAvenue Pavilionfrom a<br />
trust andinto<strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
Council hands.<br />
Areport will be presented to<br />
council, but cannot be finalised<br />
until avaluationofthe building<br />
andearthquakeassessment<br />
reportshavebeen completed.<br />
The trust currently collects rent<br />
from users, but is looking to wind<br />
up.<br />
Council carries out routine<br />
maintenanceofthe building,<br />
which has apublic toilet attached.<br />
Council tookover<br />
responsibility for the<br />
maintenanceand managementof<br />
the pavilioninthe <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Domain ovalthree yearsago and<br />
wrote offanelectricity charge<br />
debtof$23,000 andinsurance<br />
debtowedbythe previousowner,<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> DomainOval<br />
Pavilion Trust.<br />
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040@040trains.co.nz<br />
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Openbyappointment<br />
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Anew, local charitabletrust<br />
has been setuptosupport<br />
andhelplearners navigate<br />
thedigital world.<br />
Called Digital Waitaha,<br />
thetrust’s vision is to see<br />
individualsbe‘‘safe, ethical<br />
and responsible digital<br />
deviceusers’’.<br />
Trust chairperson Mark<br />
Ellis, who is the principal at<br />
Rakaia School,said<br />
students andfamilieswere<br />
now incredibly familiar<br />
withthe digitalworld,but<br />
theyand newlearners<br />
needed to be supported to<br />
navigatethe landscapes and<br />
holes while surfing the<br />
knowledge wave.<br />
‘‘I am becoming more<br />
concerned with the<br />
marketing, information and<br />
misinformationour<br />
tamariki aresubject to in<br />
the advertisementsand<br />
linksthatFacebook,<br />
Mark Ellis<br />
YouTubeand other social<br />
mediaplatforms share.’’<br />
Digital Waitaha hasbeen<br />
createdtosupport schools,<br />
businessesand<br />
communities withdevice<br />
use,digital wellbeing and<br />
onlinecreation.<br />
‘‘Our aim is to remove<br />
barriers and helpbuild<br />
relationships with our<br />
stakeholderssothey can be<br />
in chargeoftheir learning<br />
with confidence and<br />
support,’’ he said.<br />
With thesupportof<br />
consultants, thetrust will<br />
deliver workshops,reviews<br />
andshare knowledge.<br />
The work will be<br />
supported by donations,<br />
sponsorshipand funding<br />
applications.<br />
Thetrust was aproduct of<br />
Mid Canterburyand its<br />
visionwas to deliver its<br />
servicesfor free,MrEllis<br />
said.<br />
More information can be<br />
foundatthe digitalwaitaha.<br />
org.nzwebsite.<br />
Sewer project funds spent<br />
Governmentstimulus<br />
fundinglinkedtothe Three<br />
Watersreform package has<br />
been spentand saved<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
ratepayers $7.98 million.<br />
The moneywas received in<br />
two tranches and has<br />
supported the cost of the<br />
$10m <strong>Ashburton</strong> Relief<br />
Sewer (ARS) project on the<br />
eastern side of town.<br />
Council infrastructure<br />
services group manager Neil<br />
McCann said the ARS<br />
project was acontinuationof<br />
the major upgrades council<br />
had beencarrying outto<br />
futureproof <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s<br />
wastewaterinfrastructure.<br />
Government,via the<br />
Ministry of Internal Affairs<br />
(MIA), had offeredmoneyto<br />
advanceprojects involving<br />
drinking water, stormwater<br />
and wastewater and council<br />
had chosenthe big sewer<br />
upgrade project.<br />
Council had movedquickly<br />
to advance it through the<br />
consentingand tendering<br />
process and the project had<br />
progressed smoothly.<br />
Mr McCann said staff from<br />
the MIA had recently visited<br />
Contractors working on the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Relief Sewer project.<br />
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to see how the funding had<br />
been spent.<br />
Theyhad been impressed<br />
by thescale of the ARS<br />
project andwhat had been<br />
achieved to date,hesaid.<br />
The upgrade has seen<br />
larger pipes,rangingfrom<br />
600 to 800 millimetresin<br />
diameter, installed<br />
underground for 5.1<br />
kilometres, startingatthe<br />
new <strong>Ashburton</strong> River<br />
crossing pipeline on Milton<br />
Road South and endingon<br />
Bridge Street in Hampstead.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> ContractingLtd<br />
and Seipp Construction have<br />
carriedout the workand the<br />
project is on target to be<br />
finished by the end of March<br />
next year, despite covid<br />
lockdowns andflooding at<br />
the end of May.<br />
Sewing Machines from $ 199<br />
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OPEN 7DAYS 9.30am -4.30pm<br />
Main South Road, Tinwald<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
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