Nor'West News: January 27, 2022

20 March 2022 

THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2022 

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EntriEs now opEn! 

Paying it forward with 

free school uniforms 

No decision 

yet to 

appeal 

declining of 

rehabilitation 

facility 

PASS IT ON: Charnae Pyke and her son Jahlyn, 7, with the uniforms they are giving away. 

• By Fiona Ellis 

MOTHER-OF-FOUR Charnae 

Pyke knows all about the 

struggle to equip children for 

the new school year. 

This has motivated her to 

establish ‘Heading back to 

school pass it forward CHCH’, 

a Facebook page where 

uniforms are passed on for free. 

“I know how hard it is, 

especially around this time 

of year, to be able to afford 

everything for school,” Pyke said. 

PHOTO: STARMEDIA 

Her children had outgrown 

their uniforms from last year, 

but they were still in good 

condition. 

• Turn to page 8 


THE DEPARTMENT of 

Corrections has until February 9 

to appeal after permission to build 

a contentious rehabilitation centre 

for violent offenders in St Albans 

was declined. 

However, it is remaining tightlipped 

on whether or not it is likely 

to do so. 

Last week the Bristol Street 

Resource Consent Hearing panel 

declined to grant resource consent 

for the Bristol St facility, following 

a hearing in November. 

The proposal would have seen 

up to 12 men serving sentences 

of home detention at 14 Bristol St 

while participating in a violenceprevention 

programme. Men 

with significant untreated mental 

health issues would not be eligible 

to participate in the programme. 

In their decision, city council 

appointed commissioners Anthony 

Hughes-Johnson QC and Ken 

Lawn said they were not satisfied 

the site was appropriate for such a 

facility. 

Corrections acting regional 

commissioner Chris O’Brien- 

Smith did not answer Nor’West 

New’s question on whether an 

appeal would be made, but said 

corrections would spend the 

next few weeks reflecting on the 

commissioners’ findings. 

• Turn to page 8 

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How does your garden grow? 

Thursday-Wednesday, all day 

Bishopdale Library 

Go along and collect a sunflower 

seed from a librarian as part of a 

sustainable living series for kids. 

Take it home and plant it in a 

sunny spot. Give your plant a name 

and look after it over the summer 

holidays. Take a photo of your flower 

or take your stem into the library 

from February 28 to March 4. Go 

into the draw to win a gardening 

surprise. 

Elmwood Business 

Networking 

Thurday, 9.30-10.30am 

Elmwood Trading Co, 1 Norman Rd 

This meeting has a strong, professional 

business focus within a 

supportive, fun environment. A 

key component of this group is the 

interest that members have in each 

other’s business journeys, challenges 

and success, the sharing of relevant 

knowledge and on-going education. 

If this sounds like you, then complete 

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Housie 

Thursday, 12.30– 2.15pm 

Mary Potter Community Centre, 442 

Durham St North 

To participate, take $2 per housie 

card or take a prize to the value of 

the card. Afternoon tea to follow. Go 

along, meet new people, have some 

fun. Gold coin donation for nonresidents 

attending the centre please. 

Inquiries phone 372 9224. 

Summer Fun Day 

Friday, 11am-2pm 

Elephant Park, Bishopdale 

Go along with your family and 

enjoy some games in the sun. We’ll 

have a backyard version of all you’re 

favourite sports as well as the classics 

of tug-of-war and family relays- 

Maybe even a water fight. Take a 

picnic down and enjoy the day. 

Nature Journals 

Friday, 3.30-4.30pm 

Papanui Library 

Go along and create a journal to 

take on your outdoor adventures in 

this free school holiday programme. 

Free, no bookings required. 

JP Clinic 

Saturday, 10am-noon, at 

Fendalton, Tuesday, 10am-1pm, at 

Papanui and Shirley, Wednesday, 

Thursday January 27 2022 

Stories in the Sun: Parks and Park Rangers, Friday, 10.30- 

11.30am at Redwood Library. Do you like parks? Would you like to find out 

more about what a park ranger does? Go along to this outdoor session 

aimed at kids up to 10 years. You will listen to stories and rhymes, learn 

about what their job is, and learn about the bugs, birds, and trees in parks. 

Stay around for a craft and a meet and greet with special guests. In the 

event of bad weather, this session will be inside the library. 

10am-1pm, at Bishopdale 

Fendalton, Papanui, Shirley and 

Bishopdale Libraries 

A justice of the peace will be available 

to witness signatures and documents, 

certify document copies, hear 

oaths, declarations, affidavits or affirmations, 

as well as sign citizenship 

or rates rebates applications. There is 

no charge for this service. 

Citizens Advice Bureau 

Wednesday, 11am-5pm 

Fendalton Library 

Citizens Advice Bureau provides 

free and confidential advice to 

everyone. The will take the time to 

listen to you and equip you with the 

information, options and support 

that fit your needs. We are in our office 

inside the building entrance. 

Not-for-profit organisations can 

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Thursday January 27 2022 3 

Gulls nesting in construction site 

A BIRD species in serious 

decline has found a temporary 

home in a partially constructed 

stormwater retention basin in 

Belfast. 

However, the black billed 

gulls’ choice of accommodation 

has pushed the completion of 

work at the Blakes Rd site back 

by several months. 

Earthworks 

at the site were 

scheduled to 

be completed 

in December 

last year, but 

are now set to 

Keith 

Davison 

finish in May, 

with planting 

to follow in 

September. 

The gulls took up residence 

last August when work on the 

site had to stop because of the 

Covid-19 lockdown. 

It seems the native wetland 

birds mistook the partially constructed 

stormwater basin for a 

braided river and began nesting 

in the area. 

At its height, there were about 

750 black-billed gulls in the 

colony, and up to 30 pied stilts 

have also been nesting there. 

City council stormwater and 

waterways team leader Keith 

Davison said the gulls were 

classed as critically endangered 

at the time of their discovery. 

City council contractor Fulton 

Hogan stopped all work and 

PROTECTED: Up to 750 black billed gulls have delayed construction of a partially 

completed stormwater retention basin in Belfast. 

PHOTO: NEWSLINE 

site access was prohibited while 

the legally-protected birds were 

nesting and new chicks were 

hatching. 

The status of the species was 

re-classed to ‘At Risk – Declining’ 

in a December review of the 

New Zealand Threat Classification 

System. 

“We’ve had to monitor water 

levels in the stormwater basin 

very carefully while the birds 

have been nesting there,’’ Davison 

said. 

“We could not let the water 

levels drop too low because 

the shallow muddy water was 

a habitat for insects, which the 

birds fed on. 

“The water also acted as a 

moat, stopping other predators 

from attacking the nests. At the 

same time, we couldn’t let the 

water level rise too high because 

we did not want to flood the 

nests and drown the chicks.’’ 

City council regional park 

rangers assisted with setting 

up a protective trapline around 

the site to stop rats and other 

predators threatening the young 

chicks’ chances of survival. 

A city council ornithologist 

has advised that it is unlikely 

that the gulls will return to nest 

at the site, he said. 

By the time the next breeding 

season starts, the environment 

will have changed. 

In Brief 

RESERVE INPUT SOUGHT 

THe city council is asking for 

public input on the future 

of Harewood’s Roto Kohatu 

reserve. Submissions are open 

until March 28 for people to 

have their say on the draft 

management plan to develop 

and manage the reserve as a 

place for organised and informal 

water-based activities. Plans 

can be viewed on the council 

website, and a drop-in session 

will be held onsite at the head of 

Lake Rua on February 15 from 4 

to 7pm. 

SPORTS CLUBS’ GRANTS 

THree sports clubs based within 

the Nor’West News area are set 

to benefit from New Zealand 

Community Trust funding as 

part of trust grants totalling 

$226,106 in the Canterbury 

region. The Marist Albion 

Rugby Club and to Christchurch 

Football Club have been granted 

$30,000 each. Bishopdale Tennis 

Club has also been granted 

$15,000. 

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Monday set as the deadline for 

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AFTER SEVEN years of 

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as Papanui’s $1 million project 

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Youth organisation Te Ora 

Hou has reached the decoration 

phase of its urban youth whare 

on Windmere Rd. 

General manager Jono Campbell 

said young people would 

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community building unlike any 

other in the area. 

“That’s the bit we kind of love 

about it,” Campbell said. 

A grand opening is set to take 

place in March, celebrating both 

the new whare and the site as a 

whole. 

Many of the young people 

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of identity, Campbell said. 

“A lot of our kids come in and 

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never been in a whare” 

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panels with carved cut-outs 

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Tuffery. 

UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Te Ora Hou General manager 

Jono Campbell says the almost-complete urban youth 

whare is the youth organisation’s legacy project. 

PHOTO: FIONA ELLIS 

“He sat with young people and 

staff and just heard a whole lot of 

stories.” 

The result was artwork featuring 

images from chips and 

teapots to maps and protest 

marches. 

“Kids can see images they 

directly connect to, but also it 

keeps the story and the history 

of this neighbourhood alive.” 

Images of waka were especially 

meaningful, he said. 

“Part of our whole story is how 

do you navigate through life, 

from childhood to adulthood.” 

Those sleeping at the where 

would be able to look up and 

“ponder and reflect,” he said. 

Planning for the building 

began in 2015, and work began 

towards the end of 2018. 

Years of hard work had taken 

place for the build to reach its 

current stage, and the Covid-19 

pandemic had caused construction 

obstacles. 

“We’ve just got some final 

decking timber that’s come in, 

four-and-a-half weeks late.” 

About 350 people from in the 

north-west aged from 11 years 

through to their early 20s regularly 

engaged in programmes, 

activities and mentoring with Te 

Ora Hou. 

Citywide, Campbell estimated 

they engaged with 2500 young 

CONNECTED: The whare ceiling will be decorated with 

15 sq m panels designed by artist Sheyne Tuffery to 

appeal to young people. 

people. 

The whare was also intended 

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fungi farm, play site 

Volunteers from Richmond Community Garden and Conservation 

Volunteers New Zealand teamed up to establish a fungi farm in 

Richmond, opposite the Avebury House, last week. 

The volunteers planted the fungi farm with native plants to extend an 

existing berm with fruit trees that will be espaliered in the garden beds 

to provide cover, encouraging the growth of mushrooms and 

other fungi. 

The project was in collaboration with various organisations and local 

artists to create a nature play site with education specifically around 

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Transforming reserves 

best part of ranger’s job 

THERE IS no such thing as 

a normal day at work for city 

council ranger Yvette Williams. 

From dealing with blocked 

public toilets to finding a lost 

horse and protecting the city’s 

healthiest waterway, her days are 

anything but predictable. 

Williams, 

who lives in 

New Brighton, 

is part of a 

regional parks 

ranger team, 

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at the Groynes 

and Styx Mill 

conservation 

reserves. 

“No two days are ever the 

same. But early in the week, I 

do the rounds making sure the 

areas are rubbish free and tidy 

for people to visit, then I get 

stuck into the biodiversity work,” 

Williams said. 

The Ōtūkaikino River, which 

has the best overall water quality 

in Christchurch, is one of the 

highlights of her patch. 

“It’s definitely something I 

would boast about, but it is also a 

big responsibility to keep it that 

way,” she said. 

And for that, there is a twopronged 

attack. 

Step one is making sure pest 

plants like old man’s beard and 

FIELD WORK: The transformation her work makes is the 

best part of the job for city council ranger Yvette Williams 

PHOTO: NEWSLINE 

grey or crack willow do not take 

hold around the edge of the 

waterway. 

“In the summer, it’s a lot easier 

to see the willow and old man’s 

beard as you can see the leaves. 

“It’s a great time to get on 

top of it, but it is a bit of a race 

against time to make sure it 

doesn’t seed and spread.” 

She also does a lot of native 

planting, to protect the water’s 

edge. 

“It’s called riparian planting, 

it’s a special type of planting to 

stabilise the edge of the water as 

well as improve the water quality 

and increase the habitat for native 

wildlife,” she said. 

Her favourite part of the job is 

being able to completely transform 

an area. 

“When you take a step back and 

see spaces have gone from being 

completely horrible to a really nice 

area people want to spend time in, 

it’s really satisfying. 

“Because we’re out in the field, 

we also get a lot of great feedback 

in person from residents which 

is also lovely to hear. It makes it 

really worth the hard work.” 

‘My ideal outcome is to help 

as many families as I can’ 

• From page 1 

This sparked the idea of a space 

where people could give away 

unneeded uniforms and school 

equipment, rather than selling 

them or throwing them away. 

The page drew over 100 

followers and several posts within 

the first 24 hours, and now has 

1400 members. 

Pyke was shocked but pleased 

by the response. 

“I actually didn’t think it was 

going to take off, I thought, you 

know, I’ll see what happens. 

“Everyone’s jumping in. 

Everyone needs items, whether 

it’s a top or a jersey or a polar 

fleece or shorts.” 

Everything posted on the page 

was free as it was a tool for people 

to help each other. 

People could also post what 

they were looking for, and others 

were able to sponsor them with 

the donation of a needed item. 

Pyke hoped to spare others 

• From page 1 

“Corrections would like 

to thank mana whenua, the 

Rehua Marae, the neighbouring 

community, academics and 

interested parties who submitted 

evidence during the council 

hearing and provided feedback 

in the lead up to the hearing,” 


the stress of shelling out for 

expensive uniforms. 

For example, she estimated her 

daughter’s high school uniform 

cost between $400 and $500, 

and stationary costs were almost 

another $100. 

Uniforms for her children at 

primary and intermediate school 

cost just over $200 each. 

“That’s just basics, that’s just 

one item of each [thing], not 

two or three items to get them 

through the week.” 

She hoped using social media 

would be an unintimidating 

way for struggling parents and 

caregivers to ask for help. 

“I want to be able to give people 

a place where they’re not judged.” 

The page also listed other 

places people could reach out 

to, such as the Christchurch 

City Mission and Salvation 

Army. 

“My ideal outcome is to help as 

many families as I can.” 

Still time to lodge appeal 

O’Brien-Smith. 

On Tuesday, a corrections 

spokesperson said there were still 

just over two weeks until the final 

date to lodge an appeal. 

“Given the decision was only 

released last week, corrections 

is still reflecting on the 

commissioners’ findings.” 

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Sparks performance a night to remember 

• By Emily Moorhouse 

VIOLINIST ARNA Morton 

has grown up with the Sparks 

concert – only this time around 

things looked a little different. 

Morton traded the view of 

the stage for the view of the 

audience as she performed with 

the Christchurch Symphony 

Orchestra at Saturday night’s 

Sparks in North Hagley Park. 

Although performing at Sparks 

was a first time experience for 

Morton, she said the concert 

went really well and had a great 

atmosphere. 

“I was just so excited to be back 

performing together with the 

band,” she said. 

“Obviously last year we had a 

lot of disruptions so it was nice to 

have everyone get back into it.” 

Even after playing the violin 

since she was five, Morton said 

it was normal to still get nervous 

before a performance, especially 

for a large crowd. 

“There’s this heightened sense 

of adrenaline before you go 

on stage. I definitely still get 

nervous, which is important,” 

she said. “It’s about channelling 

the energy required for a 

performance.” 

Morton said it was a bit windy 

on stage during Saturday night’s 

performance so the musicians 

used pegs to hold their music 

sheets onto the stands. 

“That’s something that you 

kind of can’t really do a lot 

about,” she said. “You have to pin 

down your music as best you can 

and go with it.” 

Morton’s favourite part of the 

concert was playing the Jupiter 

and Star Wars pieces while the 

fireworks went off. 

“The audience was very excited,” 

she said. “I was looking 

out at everyone holding their 

phones up recording it and having 

a good time.” 

After more than six years 

in Melbourne, where she 

completed her PhD in music 

performance, Morton and her 

husband returned to her Coastal 

hometown early last year seeking 

refuge from the uncertainties of 

Covid-19. 

She has been playing the violin 

PASSION: 

Arna Morton 

has been 

playing the 

violin for 

26 years 

and took 

on the role 

of principal 

second 

violinist 

for the 

Christchurch 

Symphony 

Orchestra last 

year. 

PHOTO: 

MORTON 

MUSIC 

for 26 years now and working 

with the CSO on a casual basis, 

auditioning for principal second 

violinist in March and winning 

the role in August. 

“I love watching the faces of 

people in the audience when I’m 

not playing,” she said. “It was 

really cool to see people’s real 

genuine enjoyment of live music.” 

While Morton was grateful to 

be able to get at least one concert 

in before the country moved to 

the red traffic light setting, she 

said it was still unfortunate she 

couldn’t have performed 

more. 

“Red level is basically normal 

life with restrictions for most 

people but for the arts it affects 

us, we’re always affected at any 

level change really,” she said. “I 

think we all knew that this could 

be our last big crowd concert we 

do for a wee while.” 

The violinist had a festival 

next week as well as concerts in 

February and March, but is now 

waiting to hear what happens 

with these events. 

Morton said she’s always aspired 

and worked towards being 

able to perform at large concerts 

on a professional scale. 

“I think I always knew that 

I would get to this stage in my 

career,” she said. “It’s always what 

I wanted to do.” 

After the concert Morton 

picked up her dog, who was being 

looked after while she performed, 

and had celebratory cuddles. 

While the red traffic light 

setting may put a halt on future 

performances, Morton thinks the 

band will still be relishing in the 

experience of the Spark concert. 

“We hope we can do it again 

next year,” she said. 

“We’ll ride out this wave 

and hope we can present to 

large-scale audiences again.” 

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5. Solemn (7) 

9. Dangers (5) 

10. Spry (9) 

11. Transfix (9) 

12. Incendiarism (5) 

I T 

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 

26 8 12 15 1 16 19 13 25 25 

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16 16 13 19 13 12 8 15 16 4 25 

13. Gulf (5) 

15. Similar (9) 

18. Burial (9) 

19. Relish (5) 

21. Seemingly (5) 

23. Onlooker (9) 

25. Peripatetic (9) 

26. Australian marsupial (5) 

27. Precisely (7) 

28. Chuckle (7) 

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1. Pottery (7) 

2. Helper (9) 

3. Flavour (5) 

4. Reprimand severely (9) 

5. Loose hillside stones (5) 

6. Palaver (9) 

7. Solemn promises (5) 

8. Adages (7) 

14. Fun (9) 

16. Genuine (9) 

17. Trinket (5,4) 

18. Ask (7) 

20. Distance, on a golf 

course (7) 

22. Japanese dog breed (5) 

23. Of dubious legality (5) 

24. Asian capital (5) 

1 22 9 12 23 25 15 6 

6 19 6 23 24 15 7 6 16 1 4 

N I T 

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3 1 11 16 1 

13 15 7 4 8 9 10 5 9 21 6 19 

13 2 9 1 1 

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14 16 1 4 11 15 11 4 6 25 25 

16 18 25 2 11 12 13 16 

DECODER 

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15 17 20 18 16 4 15 22 17 19 9 

17 19 6 19 23 17 

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25 21 21 26 1 3 10 

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1 16 15 6 20 1 24 19 13 23 13 

4 19 5 6 25 8 5 6 4 

5 1 14 23 1 

25 1 17 16 12 5 25 4 7 6 

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3 11 3 21 1 25 12 17 26 5 17 22 

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 

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14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 

129 

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Serious, 9. Risks, 10. 

Sprightly, 11. Mesmerise, 

12. Arson, 13. Chasm, 15. 

Analogous, 18. Interment, 

19. Enjoy, 21. Quasi, 23. 

Spectator, 25. Itinerant, 

26. Koala, 27. Exactly, 28. 

Chortle. 

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2. Assistant, 3. Taste, 

4. Castigate, 5. Scree, 

6. Rigmarole, 7. Oaths, 

8. Sayings, 14. Merriment, 

16. Authentic, 17. Objet 

d’art, 18. Inquire, 20. 

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trip, tun, tup, turn, TURNIP, 

unit, urn. 

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No.127 

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N R G S O W M X K P L E D 

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DECODER 

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RAY WHITE PAPANUI NEWS 

Buying or Selling in 2022? 

Here are three things to take into account 

when deciding whether to buy or sell a 

house in 2022: 

1. No one can accurately predict the housing 

market peaks and troughs. During the first 

NZ lockdown remember the predictions 

were all weighted towards a market crash, 

then the opposite happened. 

2. What happens in the Christchurch 

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For more houses to come on to the market 

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Changes to Healthy Homes Standards 

So what is on the cards for landlords this 

year? Well your guess is probably as good 

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challenges we experienced last year you 

could be forgiven for thinking we may be left 

alone but then again I thought that last year! 

The first changes are likely to be in relation 

to the Healthy Homes Standards as late 

last year the Government advised that they 

are re-looking at some of the standards, in 

particular the heating component. 

Below is an outline of their proposal: 

The Government has announced they are 

reviewing the Healthy Homes Standards and 

are looking at making some changes which, 

if they go through, will be implemented 

in April 2022. However it is important to 

note this has not been passed yet so the 

status quo does remain and it will only 

apply to properties which were built (or had 

renovations completed) under the 2009 

Building Code. 

The heating standard (and calculation) is the 

area where the changes, if introduced, will 

make the most difference. 

Understandably this will cause great 

frustration for many landlords who 

have either already had extra heating or 

alternative heating installed in their rentals, 

or who are working within a 90-day deadline 

to meet the minimum requirement. 

The potential changes would mean that 

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glazing in the property so where previously 

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the heat source calculation did not meet 

the minimum temperature it possibly now 

would. 

The other changes are that a heat source 

installed prior to 1st July 2019 would now 

reach the standard if it was within 80% of 

the capacity (currently this is set at 90%). 

Lastly, they would up the capacity for a 

second heater to be installed from 1.5KW 

to 2.4KW in order to meet the required 

minimum heat. 

They will also look at a report from a 

specialist in heating which may advise that 

the heat source does infact heat the living 

room to a minimum of 18% celcius, despite 

the calculation saying it does not. 

We have been strongly advised by 

legislation experts that it is important for 

landlords to keep working to the current 

standards and not to jump the gun and start 

using the proposed new standards as there 

is a risk that a landlord who does not comply 

with the current Healthy Homes Heating 

Standard could incur a fine of up to $7000 

for non-compliance. 

In the end, landlords will likely make their 

own decisions on how they wish to proceed, 

however, I do recommend that you ask for 

advice to ensure that you are not putting 

yourself at any risk for potential fines. 

Katrina Green, 

Operations Manager 

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