North Canterbury News: December 23, 2021
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Strong systems winning factor<br />
By ROBYN BRISTOW<br />
Lime Real Estate, the winner of the<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> Business Award’s<br />
Hellers Emerging Business, has been<br />
built from the ground up on strong<br />
systems, the judges said.<br />
Its innovative branding, strong staff<br />
culture and commitment were all<br />
elements that caught the judge’s<br />
attention.<br />
The award winners were announced<br />
on line, by host Enterprise <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong>, after Covid19 protocols<br />
scuppered the celebration dinner.<br />
Managing director of Lime Real<br />
Estate, Brooke Azzopardi says they were<br />
very excited and stoked that all their<br />
hard work had been recognised in<br />
winning the award.<br />
‘‘It was unexpected.<br />
‘‘We have worked extremely hard over<br />
the past 18 months since we opened to<br />
be in this position,’’ Brooke says.<br />
Strong systems were put in place right<br />
from the beginning, says Brooke who<br />
started out in the industry at aged 17.<br />
She used her experience, and all the<br />
good bits learned over the years when<br />
setting up Lime Real Estate. Positivity,<br />
honesty and service are at the heart of<br />
everything Lime Real Estate does.<br />
“We specialise in providing an<br />
amazing customer experience with<br />
customer service being our passion and<br />
priority,” Brooke says.<br />
“We are an independent, 100 percent<br />
locally owned real estate brand.”<br />
The company has now opened a<br />
second office, located in Rangiora.<br />
This means the team can tailor the<br />
business to suit the needs of its growing<br />
business in the community by providing<br />
real estate services to clients in <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong>, Kaiapoi, Rangiora, Oxford,<br />
Amberley and everywhere in between<br />
plus the Christchurch area and even<br />
Strong culture ... The Lime Real Estate team.<br />
further afield, in <strong>Canterbury</strong>.<br />
The driving force behind Lime Real<br />
Estate is adesire to provide apoint of<br />
difference and put clients’ properties in<br />
the limelight.<br />
Lime Real Estate specialises in<br />
residential, lifestyle and rural sales.<br />
The team is also experienced in<br />
development project sales, and property<br />
management, and has become <strong>North</strong><br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong>’s leading independent real<br />
estate agency.<br />
‘‘Our whole team comes together with<br />
the common goal of providing a<br />
seamless and personal experience to<br />
every client,’’ Brooke says.<br />
“We opened our new business in<br />
Kaiapoi on the same day as receiving the<br />
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news of the Covid19 pandemic<br />
lockdown.<br />
“We essentially opened and closed the<br />
business on the same day.<br />
‘‘This was extremely nerve racking<br />
and upsetting for us as we were<br />
uncertain what our future would be.”<br />
However the plan “to stay open and<br />
generate what business we could to help<br />
us push forward,” has worked well.<br />
“We have the community to thank for<br />
this, for so graciously supporting us,<br />
believing in us and choosing to support<br />
local,” Brooke says.<br />
“We intend to continue working<br />
towards our core company value of<br />
‘‘supporting the community that support<br />
us”.<br />
5<br />
Bill to give<br />
voting rights<br />
ABill to grantmana whenua votingrights at<br />
the Environment<strong>Canterbury</strong> (ECan)<br />
council table has passedits first reading in<br />
Parliament.<br />
The <strong>Canterbury</strong>Regional Council (Ngai<br />
Tahu Representation)Bill seeks to provide<br />
for manawhenua representation around<br />
the counciltable, by empowering Te<br />
Runanga oNgai Tahutoappointuptotwo<br />
members with full decisionmaking<br />
powers.<br />
‘‘We are thrilled that the Bill has passed<br />
its firstreading,’’ ECan chairperson Jenny<br />
Hughey says.<br />
‘‘This has cleared the way for the Bill to<br />
move to the Select Committee, whichhas<br />
now opened the submissionsprocessso<br />
people can comment on the Bill.<br />
‘‘TheSelect Committeeprocess is the<br />
pinnacle of consultation processes andis<br />
open to everyone in New Zealand.’’<br />
ECan works in partnership with 10 Ngai<br />
Tahu papatipu runanga, which hold mana<br />
whenua status withinthe council’s<br />
boundaries through acollective calledTe<br />
Ropu Tuia.<br />
Te Ropu Tuia cochairperson Liz Brown<br />
says the Ngai Tahu RepresentationBill<br />
reflects the rangatiratanga between local<br />
government and mana whenua.<br />
‘‘This Billallows us to build on the mahi<br />
of our tipuna(ancestors),who have<br />
advocated over many generations forbetter<br />
representation of mana whenuawhen<br />
decisions are being made within our takiwa<br />
(tribal area).<br />
Ms Hughey saysamong the benefits of<br />
mana whenua representation are greater<br />
efficiency in planningand consenting<br />
processes, reduced costsfor council and<br />
consent applicants, and improved<br />
enforcementdecisions.<br />
Submissions are now openwith the<br />
MaoriAffairs Select Committee.<br />
Submissions close of February 2.<br />
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