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• By Chris Barclay

THE NEXT time travelling to rugby

training seems like a grind, consider the

lengths Hugh Nichols goes to for the

Selwyn Schools 1st XV.

An abrasive loose forward, Nichols

exemplifies the commitment required to

play for a composite team drawn from

Akaroa to Rolleston, Lincoln to Darfield.

Ellesmere too, for good measure.

Nichols, who is preparing for his second

and final season in the Miles Toyota

Championship is Akaroa Area School’s

only representative, so it’s a solitary

122km round trip from Duvauchelle to

Lincoln High School twice a week for

training.

• Turn to page 6

ROAD WARRIOR: Hugh Nichols

makes the trek from Duvauchelle

to Lincoln High School twice a

week to train with the Selwyn

Schools 1st XV.

Contract

signed

for jetty

rebuild;

August

start date

• By Kristie Boland

WORK WILL start on the

rebuild of the Governors Bay

Jetty in August.

The Governors Bay Jetty Restoration

Trust has announced

it signed a contract with HEB

Construction for the much anticipated

rebuild of the jetty.

The trust had already signed a

letter of intent with HEB earlier

this year to allow them to order

some stainless steel fittings and

fixings for the jetty.

“Seventy per cent of this project

cost is upfront, due to the nature

of it but that’s allowed us to also

have a lot cheaper costs then the

council would have been able to

get if they were running it,” said

trust chairwoman Prue Miller.

The city council previously said

it was going to cost $7.8 million to

rebuild, but the trust can rebuild

the jetty for under half that cost.

With timber ordered and a fixedprice

contract signed, the total

project cost is $3.5 million, plus

10 per cent contingency.

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WE HAVE a snapshot on the

front page today on one of the

big stepping stones in rugby.

The Miles Toyota Championship

starts in early May

and no doubt the district will

be getting behind the Selwyn

Schools 1st XV that has been

working hard at pre-season

training.

The schools’ championship

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Public consultation starts on

coastal hazards plan change

PARTS OF Christchurch and

Banks Peninsula vulnerable to

the impacts of climate change

and sea level rise would have

future development managed

according to their level of risk.

The city council has started

consulting the public on its draft

coastal hazards plan change,

which outlines how it will

manage future development,

subdivision and changes in land

use in areas exposed to coastal

hazards.

“We need to make changes to

our District Plan to avoid new

developments being exposed

to an increased risk of coastal

hazards, such as flooding, erosion,

rising ground water and

tsunami,” said city council general

manager of infrastructure,

planning and regulatory services

Jane Davis.

“The current District Plan does

not define the full extent of areas

at risk of coastal hazards and

only manages some activities in

defined areas.

“These gaps mean we aren’t

effectively managing risks, and

development could occur without

the appropriate mechanisms

in place to minimise harm to

NEW DEVELOPMENT: The proposed coastal hazards plan change recognises risk is not

the same in every location.

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people and property.”

The proposed plan change,

which has been shaped by community

feedback on an issues

and options paper released last

year, recognises that risk is not

the same in every location. It

enables the city council to be

responsive in how it manages

development within areas of

potential coastal hazards.

Identification of the risk level

in different areas is based on

work by engineering consultancy

Jacobs, with input from the city

council planners and technical

specialists. This work has been

peer-reviewed by consultancy

Beca and draws on data from

an updated coastal hazards

assessment report published last

year.

“We are continuing to refine

the methodology for the riskbased

approach, including enhancing

the mapping. This work

will be done prior to the plan

change being formally notified

later this year,” Davis said.

“Existing communities will

continue to be able to develop

and use land and resources

where the risk of adverse effects

from coastal hazards is not

increased and can be managed to

an acceptable level.”

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Collector’s hunt for rare bottles

COLLECTOR: Josh Svensson with a rare blue soda syphon

and a Christmas tree oil bottle.

• By Kristie Boland

ONE MAN’S rubbish has turned

out to be another man’s fortune.

Twenty years of digging, hours

of research and a keen eye for the

uniqueness of an old glass bottle

has ensured a comfortable retirement

fund for Josh Svensson.

What started as a competition

among young brothers to find the

best glass bottle turned into a collection

of over a thousand glass

bottles, a lot of which were found

in Lyttelton.

Svensson is an antique glass

bottle collector who specialises in

bottles from Lyttelton.

“Some one called me a hoarder,”

said Svensson.

But with a collection worth

more than $80,000, most would

agree it’s a hobby worth having.

“My brother-in-law used to

collect them in the 80s. One

day when I was 12 he took me

and my brothers out fossicking.

We crawled under an old house

and found some old bottles,”

Svensson SAID.

From then, he was hooked.

“It became a competition between

my brothers and myself of

who can find the coolest bottles,”

he said.

The competition went on for

years. One of Svensson’s brothers

decided to sell up a few years

ago and used the money made

A selection of New Zealand fizzy drink bottles. Known as

the torpedo bottle from the 1850s-1900

from selling his collection to put

towards a deposit on a house.

Svensson is in the lower age

demographic of bottle collectors

in New Zealand, he said there is

about 200-300 across the country,

30 or so in Christchurch.

Before recycling and bottle collection

was a thing, people used

to dig holes in their backyards to

dispose of rubbish they could not

burn, like glass bottles.

“People used to just throw them

away, out of sight out of mind if

they were too lazy to dig a hole,”

said Svensson.

Lyttelton was once home to

multiple different soft drink manufacturers

including brands such

as JF Wyatt, NC Schumacher, and

R Milsom.

The glass bottles were made

in England and filled in New

Zealand.

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a corker idea

Svensson has spent hours online

researching old newspapers,

old maps and spent time down at

the museum.

He previously lived in Charteris

Bay where he would jump in

the water at low tide in the mud

flats and hunt for his treasure.

“Often when the boats used

to come in back in the day they

would empty their bottles off the

side into the water, some stuck

around in the mud flats,” he said.

Svensson has a metal probe

that he uses to poke into the

ground and determine if there

is clay or dirt that’s never been

touched,

“If it goes down easy and hits a

glass item you know someone has

dug a hole there before,” he said.

But it’s not just glass bottles

Svensson has found while digging,

he has come across bones,

old false teeth and even a toilet

seat.

“Once we were digging a hole

then eventually realised it might

have been an old long drop, but

thankfully after a hundred odd

years there wasn’t a lot of crap left

there,” said Svensson.

Fossicking for glass bottles was

a popular thing to do back in the

70s Svensson said but there is

now strict rules around it.

“Anything pre-1900s is no go,

it’s an archaeologist’s domain.”

“Often if there’s a new building

Stoneware ginger beer bottles from 1890 to 1930.

site and when diggers are in they

might come across a dumping

site, then you’ve got a limited

opportunity, they’ll give you a

call and they’re often happy to get

a box of beers in return for some

empties,” said Svensson.

There are Facebook groups

where collectors share their

prized collection. Kiwi Auction

has auctions every year online

and also at a national bottle show.

It takes more than just a keen

eye to figure out what bottles

are of value. Some are worth $5,

some $15,000.

“You have to know about it so it

takes years of experience to figure

out what’s what,” Svensson said.

Svensson has about 1000 bottles

in his collection now, he has

found half of them and the other

half he has bought.

During the 20 years he has

been collecting, Svensson added

up he’d spent about 40k on the

collection, the most expensive

being $1000 for a single bottle.

“I see it as an investment. I

enjoy collecting the bottles but

just the history behind it as

well, I’m just a fan of history in

general.”

Svensson worked out last year

his collection is valued at more

than 80k.

“Not bad for a bit of rubbish

aye,” he said.

REBUILD:

Trust patron

Simon

Mortlock

signing the

contract

with Martin

Thompson

from LMA

Timber and

Adrian Block

from HEB

Construction.

Planks can be sponsored

• From page 1

The jetty was previously owned

by the city council but it has been

closed since a post-earthquake

engineering inspection in 2011

found it was unsafe.

Further assessment in 2014

identified a number of problems

and found rebuilding the jetty

would be more viable than repairs.

The trust took over ownership

of the jetty from the city council

in November 2019 after the city

council decided to sell it to the

trust for $1.

The trust suggested the move

after hearing the city council had

no plans to repair the jetty.

Once it is fixed, the 150-yearold

jetty will be sold back to the

city council for $1.

The trust has now finalised

the full contract with HEB

Construction. Part of the tender

negotiations were that the trust

would purchase the hardwood

timber from Australia directly

which saved on some margin.

The trust is also working with

Martin Thompson at LMA Timber,

a local timber importer.

An order for the piles was

made in a week ago and is due to

arrive in Lyttelton in August.

The expected completion date

is late February next year.

“I live in Governors Bay so its

pretty cool to think this time

next year we’ll be walking on the

jetty and jetty jumping,” Miller

said.

Miller said that if they get all

the planks for the jetty sponsored

then their fundraising will be

complete. Anyone can sponsor a

plank.

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Returning players will provide experience

• From page 1

The pre-season started back

in November so Nichols has

gone the extra mile already on a

Tuesday and Thursday.

Fortunately he is excused from

the weekly CrossFit session in

Rolleston, with team manager

Maria Daly reckoning the

17-year-old has worked out the

ideal alternative.

“Hugh’s doing a Gateway

programme (transition to work).

He does farm work so that’s as

good as any CrossFit training,”

she said.

The combined team morphed

from Lincoln High School’s 1st

XV, drawing in other schools in

the district with fast-growing

Rolleston College the latest addition

in 2021.

Bringing together such a

widespread playing group obviously

presents challenges,

while a combined team

is already up against it

considering the likes of

Christchurch Boys’ High

School, St Andrew’s College

and Christ’s College

are far better resourced.

“Everyone volunteers,

as opposed to some of the

big rugby schools where

you can pay an ex-All

Black to coach,” Daly said.

Selwyn Schools were 12th in

the 14-team competition last

season as combined teams from

Mid Canterbury and Roncalli

LEADER: Jack Barnes (centre) from Darfield High School

captains the Selwyn Schools 1st XV this season.

Aoraki propped up the table.

Waimea Combined was 10th.

Still, the Selwyn Schools squad

named last week is undeterred

under second

year head coach Tim

Keery, who has 19 new

faces in the squad of

30.

“We’ve been

making sure they’ve

all got to know each

other and the way

country rugby is,

there’s boys at different

schools that actually do know

each other from playing against

each other since they were little,”

Daly said.

“The challenge we face as

Tim Keery

opposed to some of the town

schools is these boys don’t play

rugby together up through the

grades. We come together at 1st

XV level, so there’s no combinations

that have been together for

years.”

Selwyn Schools have an extra

week to prepare after being

granted an opening round bye

when the competition starts on

May 7 because Mid Canterbury

Combined has pulled out. They

kick off against Rangiora High

School a week later.

Selwyn Schools 1st XV squad:

Forwards: Alex Colenso

(Ellesmere College), Angus Donaldson

(Lincoln High School),

Charlie Day (Lincoln High

BOUNCE BACK: Selwyn Schools 1st XV vice-captain Alizjah

Campbell, on the burst against CBHS, is among 11 players

back from last year’s squad.

School), Clark Pithie (Rolleston

College), Hugh Nichols (Akaroa

Area School), Hunter Baker

(Ellesmere College), Jack Barnes

(Darfield High School, capt),

James Batchelor (Rolleston College),

Jeremy Bourhill (Darfield

High School), Josh Pollard

(Lincoln High School), Keza

Kopelani (Rolleston College),

Liam Coakley (Lincoln High

School), Louis Ridgen (Darfield

High School), Mason Thompson

(Darfield High School), Sam

Draper (Lincoln High School),

Shaun Kempton (Rolleston College),

Zach Zuppicich (Lincoln

High School).

Backs: Alizjah Campbell

(Lincoln High School, vicecaptain),

George Gaulter

(Lincoln High School),

Hunter Keno (Rolleston

College), Jack Ackroyd (Lincoln

High School), Kade Gates

(Lincoln High School), Louis

Honey (Lincoln High School),

Max Sargeant (Lincoln High

School), Noam Segal (Lincoln

High School), Quinn Pywell

(Lincoln High School), Riley

John (Lincoln High School),

Roman Keno (Rolleston

College), Simon Cavalevu

(Ellesmere College), Ted Ward

(Rolleston College).

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who learn best in reduced, very quiet environments,

and bigger spaces for when learning can be shared

and for larger student gatherings. This deliberate

design assists staff and students to respond to the

many factors that personalise success.

Of course, new buildings alone do not necessarily

improve education. The relationship with the

teacher - he tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata -

and the personalisation of learning are the key

for this. However, there is also no doubt that new,

purpose-built buildings and spaces that arise

from these community values of relationships and

personalisation contribute hugely to student success.

This is Te Aratai College.

We look forward to welcoming our community into

their school. Please see our website for information

about tours for our partner primary schools, past

pupils and staff, and other friends.

85 Aldwins Road, Phillipstown

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Treasures from the past:

NEWS 9

Ye Olde Inns

IN 1849 Major Alfred

Hornbrook opened a ‘sly grog’

(unlicensed) shop on the site

of the soon to be built Mitre

Hotel in Ōhinehou/Lyttelton;

it became the first pub in

Canterbury and an important

port of call for newly arrived

European settlers.

Although the Mitre escaped

the Great Fire of 1870 which

razed most of the township, just

five years later it was gutted by a

smaller fire.

THe timber building was

rebuilt but was again destroyed

by fire in 1926; as a consequence

its successor was constructed

in more resilient brick and

reinforced concrete. The art deco

influenced building still stands

in its earthquake-damaged state

on the corner of Norwich Quay

and Canterbury St, having been

deemed uneconomic to repair.

That first hotel was closely

followed by many others; in

1852, William Bannister’s advertisement

for the Lyttelton Arms,

Port Victoria (an early name

for the European settlement of

Lyttelton) highlighted the wide

range of alcoholic beverages

available:

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Marsala, Bucellas, Hock, Fine

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Brown Sherries, Campbeltown

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Cordials, Byass’ Bottled Ale and

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often contaminated, milk could

easily go off, beer was not widely

available, and spirits were much

easier to transport, a daily dose

of spirits (higher in alcohol content

than modern equivalents)

was considered a health tonic.

Pubs were also important places

for social interaction – a place

to warm up, have a yarn and a

laugh, share stories and swap

information. In the words of

George Chamier: “It was considered

a mean thing to drink

alone; it was considered meaner

still not to drink at all.’’

George Chamier, Philosopher

Dick: Adventures and contemplations

of a New Zealand shepherd

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1891,

p. 517.

Right through the 20th-century,

Lyttelton’s licensed premises

were important social hubs and

places of entertainment and

respite for seamen, wharf and

railway workers and all manner

of people. Each establishment

catered to a slightly different

clientele, especially during the

1951 New Zealand-wide waterfront

dispute which created deep

divisions within Lyttelton’s closeknit

community.

Prominent corner sites were a

popular location for large hotels.

Many of Lyttelton’s significant

heritage buildings demolished

as a consequence of earthquake

damage were originally built

as hotels – The Albion on the

corner of London and Canterbury

Sts, The Royal (originally

the Robin Hood Hotel) on the

corner of Norwich Quay and

Canterbury St opposite the

Mitre, and the Canterbury Hotel

on the corner of Norwich Quay

and Oxford St, facing the British

Hotel. The British is the sole surviving

traditional hotel building

still in use, albeit in different

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There were numerous other

drinking venues on the streets

in between those corner sites;

London St’s Empire Hotel was

another iconic building whose

loss has changed the streetscape

significantly. In the mid-1990s

there were over 40 licensed

premises in a community with a

population of less than 3000.

The featured photograph is

of the Railway Hotel which

graced the corner of London

and Canterbury St (on the site

of the current library) from the

1870s until its demolition in

1968. Showing a large group of

men loitering outside, the image

stands testament to a time when

pubs were an integral part of the

social fabric of the Port town.

Some might argue that has not

changed in recent decades, with

the likes of the Wunderbar, the

Porthole (on the site of the much

loved Volcano and Lava Bar), the

Lyttelton Arms, Civil and Naval,

Eruption Brewing, The Top Club,

the Loons and other hospitality

venues.

Ownership, usage and names

may have changed over the years,

but they still serve the purpose of

bringing people together over a

convivial tipple or three.

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Heathcote Valley Mountain Bike Park: Jumping to new heights

JUST FIVE years old, Ethan

Stack sets off on another ride at

the Heathcote Valley Mountain

Bike Park, and with each circuit

his confidence grows.

“THis is

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this mountain

bike park is

all about”

said Grant

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the local

resident who

Grant

Brokenshire

came up with

the idea.

“It’s about

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people out on their mountain

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confidence, regardless of their

age and ability.”

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lockdown. Brokenshire and his

teenage boys, all keen mountain

bikers, needed a project.

The idea of a mountain bike

park gained traction with the

Christchurch City Council who

okayed the use of the land, and

then the work really began.

“Two years later, and some

2000+ hours of my time, we now

have a mountain bike park with

jumps, rollers and a pump track,”

Brokenshire said.

We have a small band of hard

workers who have created the

track, and other organisations

like Trees for Canterbury and

the Tui Corridor have donated

Five-year-old Ethan Stack on his new bike at Heathcote

Valley Mountain Park.

native plants. Conservation

is one of our three pillars,

as is community

(creating a fun safe

recreational area for

local community) and

progression (improving

mountain biking skills).

The next phase is to

build more all-weather

features including a

1.8m timber mulch

jump, and to continue

surfacing the trails and jumps.

The Sumner Ferrymead

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Foundation heard about the

project and decided to make a

contribution.

“Grant’s three pillars

resonated with the goals

of the foundation,”

said Daniel O’Carroll,

secretary of the Sumner

Ferrymead Foundation.

“And we are very keen

to support community

initiatives like this. We

are all about locals helping

locals and Grant epitomises

this as he has made a significant

investment in both time and

money.

“If there are other community

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should go to our website to see

if they meet the criteria for a

Sumner Ferrymead Foundation

grant. And of course, we are

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from locals wanting to

support community initiatives;

the donations can be linked to a

specific project such as the bike

park, or left to the foundation’s

discretion.”

Brokenshire has a track

record of making things

happen, so when he says he

regards this bike park as a pilot,

you know that he has already

turned his mind to another

Ben Brokenshire on

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More housing choice

is the way forward

Population growth, housing issues – including affordability – and climate change

are prompting a re-think of some of Ōtautahi-Christchurch’s planning rules.

Our proposed plan change

We need to build a wider variety of homes,

and more of them, to suit our changing

housing needs.

Belfast

For lower emissions – and future generations

– we must build upwards, particularly in and

around our commercial centres within easy

reach of work, school and the shops.

Where we’ll grow

Prestons*

The proposed Draft Housing and Business Choice

Plan Change creates a number of residential

and commercial zones in the city and enables

more and higher housing to be developed.

Developments may still be subject to

a resource consent.

Bishopdale

Papanui

Shirley*

Lyttelton is also included because it is part

of the same labour and housing market as

Ōtautahi-Christchurch.

Merivale

Ōtakaro Avon River

The rest of the bays such as Diamond Harbour,

Corsair Bay and Governors Bay as well as Akaroa

do not meet the same criteria, and are therefore

not included.

Check out our interactive maps* to find out what

the proposed changes mean for you and your

property. Visit ccc.govt.nz/haveyoursay (Draft

Housing and Business Choice Plan Change).

Hornby

Church Corner

Riccarton

Ōtakaro Avon River

City

Centre

Linwood

Sydenham

The Government wants

us to grow up!

Barrington

We’ve been given direction by the

Government to enable more housing.

North Halswell

This means in most urban residential

zones of the city people will be allowed

to build up to three houses per section,

and up to 12 metres high (three storeys,

depending on building design) without

a resource consent.

Even greater building development –

both residential and commercial – would

be allowed within and around the central

city and suburban commercial centres.

To find out more about the Government

legislation visit

ccc.govt.nz/enablinghousing

Key

City Centre Zone: unlimited height

High Density Zone: 32 metres enabled (10 storeys, depending on building design)

High Density Zone Precinct: 20 metres enabled (six storeys, depending on building design)

Town Centre that may emerge into a Metropolitan Centre: 20 metres enabled

(six storeys, depending on building design)

Town Centre: 20 metres enabled (six storeys, depending on building design)

Local Centre (Large): 14 metres (four storeys, depending on building design)

Local Centre (Significant): 20 metres enabled (six storeys, depending

on building design)

Medium Density Zone Precinct: 14 metres enabled (four storeys,

depending on building design)

Rest of the city – Medium Density Zone– enables at least 12 metres

(unless Qualifying Matters apply).

*For areas outside of the vacuum sewer wastewater constraints only.

* You may need to view these maps at a different time if demand is high.


Our growth challenge

Changing the way we do things is challenging but it also brings opportunity.

Our climate is changing, the population is growing and there’s increasing pressure on our infrastructure and environment.

For the sake of future generations, we need to make good decisions now about how and where we grow so our city remains

a great place to live and do business, and that we are well positioned to respond to climate change and population growth.

Indicative illustration only: Medium Density

Residential Standards (3 units and 12 metres max.)

Indicative illustration only: High Density Residential

Zone (20 metres max.)

Indicative illustration only: High Density Residential

and Commercial Zones (20 metres max.)

Growing in the right places

While we must follow the Government’s direction, we’re proposing that

some areas have qualities, known as Qualifying Matters. This means the

rules enabling increased development would not apply, or would be

limited, and development remains subject to resource consent approval.

This could be because of their significant heritage or character value, or

because of specific hazards like rockfall, erosion, tsunami or flooding.

Planning ahead is way smarter

We have the water and wastewater pipes in place for additional housing

in most parts of the city, but there are some areas where we may not have

the capacity to service more homes.

Ōtakaro Avon River

We propose adding a district-wide engineering provision to the District

Plan which will require anyone wanting to develop land to check

water and sewer network capacity with us prior to planning a new

development. Call us on 03 941 8999 or 0800 800 169.

Protecting our trees

We know trees are important to people and they play a vital role in

helping tackle climate change.

We’re working on ways to ensure that new housing development does

not come at the expense of the city’s tree canopy. This includes seeking

Financial Contributions from anyone wishing to develop land and who

does not retain or plant 20 per cent tree canopy cover on a site. We’ll

use these contributions to plant more trees on Council owned land.

We propose further protecting trees by making the list of protected

trees in the current District Plan a Qualifying Matter.

Coastal hazards – preparing for change

We’re already feeling the impacts of climate change. We need to plan now

for the effects of coastal hazards on our communities, infrastructure and

environment, so that we are ready for what we will be facing in the future.

We’re proposing changes, via our Draft Coastal Hazards Plan Change, to

avoid increased risk of harm to people and property from coastal hazards

such as flooding, tsunami, and erosion.

Protecting our Residential Heritage Areas

We want to protect the special heritage in some of our residential areas.

Through a separate Draft Heritage Plan Change we’re proposing to create

11 Residential Heritage Areas, which have buildings and features that

are collectively of significance to Christchurch’s heritage and identity.

This means there will be less intensification enabled than in standard

residential areas.

The plan change also proposes adding around 65 buildings, items and

building interiors to the Schedule of Significant Historic Heritage.

What this means for Lyttelton

Through our Draft Heritage Plan Change, we’re proposing Lyttelton

Township be exempt from as much intensification as other residential

areas to protect its significant heritage and identity.

This doesn’t mean you can’t develop residential property. It means you’ll

still need a resource consent for new buildings, additions or alterations

to buildings, fences and walls over 1.5 metres in height, and to demolish

or relocate any building that’s considered ‘most significant’. The Council

will assess all development proposals against how they affect the area’s

heritage values.

Have your say

We welcome your feedback on our Housing and Business Choice,

Coastal Hazards, Heritage and Radio Communication Pathways

draft plan changes from 11 April until 13 May 2022. This will help us

shape the draft changes needed to bring our District Plan in line with

government direction, ahead of formal consultation before 20 August.

Register for one of our online information sessions

ccc.govt.nz/haveyoursay


14

OPINION

Flood protection: Government

must share the financial load

since Environment Canterbury

climate-change emergency

very real danger to lives and live-

263 x 180

by sea-level rise this century and threatened and facing increased have paid off for residents and

our productive and protected land pressures due to river system the taxpayer.

Environment

jeopardised by the arrival and change.

Investing in a $10-20 million

spread of new, exotic weeds and Wetlands are also ecosystems flood protection scheme may

Canterbury Chair

pests from warmer climates. at-risk nationally and regionally, have protected the town. Instead,

the recovery bill has now

Jenny Hughey

All these eventualities have degraded by draining, damming

to be planned and prepared for, and diversion affecting their topped $100 million – along with

the untold cost of disruption and

and enhance that work.

fleet hybrid or long-range electric

and Environment Canterbury ability to sequester carbon,

heartache.

AS That FALLING work included leaves and setting what by 2022. is the Carbon most common emissions natural

air hazard travel in across New the Zealand. organisation

from

will remain in the vanguard of cleanse freshwater and mitigate

Flood protection extends beyond

the many millions of dol-

autumnal up a climate-change hues signal integration the start

these climate change efforts. flooding, as well as impacting on

of the cooler seasons, I can’t For many years there’s been a One example is the $40 million biodiversity and mahinga kai.

programme in the Long-term Plan are offset via our own biodiversity

help but wonder what extreme pressing need to revisit funding Waimakariri River flood

With biosecurity, we are lars of tangible assets. It’s about

2018-28, ensuring climate change programmes.

weather events we might see this models – and time has run out. protection project, completed putting greater emphasis on the the social, cultural, environmental

and economic benefits –

was actively considered across According to a Madworld report

year.

The May 2021 flooding alone late last year. The network of risks of new pests establishing

workstreams, increasing visibility in 2019, our gross emissions were

The widespread and devastating

flooding of May 2021 is still damage to flood infrastructure. protect half a million people and temperatures, changing soils and

caused about $20 million of

floodgates and stopbanks will in Canterbury. Warming which together form the heart of

of the science and what we know 2253 tonnes of carbon dioxide

community resilience.

about the impact of climate (CO2) equivalent, compared with

etched in the minds of many Our regional council (Environment

answer $8 billion to providing of community the level and of flood new protection land uses schemes mean was new weeds

It is also sometimes quite literally,

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Canterbury

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you put a price on that?

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Councils across New Zealand

Canterbury The last has major led the flood release was in An additional More broadly, $150 million we have to

are asking the government to

flood and central every eight government. months in one across hits? 2700 hectares.

of a December major report 1957, calling when for parts a a year curb is needed. reliance Without on fossil it, fuels and

carefully consider the facts in the

New As Zealand, an organisation, it’s only a we matter have Most The of changing the cost climate of flood will pose

co-investment of Coutts Island approach in Belfast to flood and this translates find environmentally to $1.5 billion suitable

report and the consequences of

of also time. made In fact, significant since December progress in works many is risks footed to by life ratepayers and livelihood – a protection. Kainga This were is swamped essentially by river of under-investment alternatives, such in as critical electricity

ignoring

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emissions, nationwide. with our

increasingly we have seen viewed how occasional, unsus-

contribute metres to per nationwide second (cumecs). flood The transport. report states that councils

10 major three-decade-old in Canterbury. In approach recent years that’s asking flow for peaking central at government 3990 cubic to work a hydrogen, decade from to power now. our public

It is fundamentally a question

floods

Christchurch of ensuring the country’s resilience

against increasingly com-

Climate change building modelling receiving a tainable but extreme, and no weather longer fit events for have protection The protection work. scheme has been cannot continue When my to predecessor carry the Steve

paints “market-leading” a sombre picture energy of efficiency the purpose. had huge effects on residents and It’s designed been issued to defend by the Christchurch

collaboration

from of regional a flood of and as much unitary as 6500 and it this unreasonable council late last to expect year, he It’s an issue that cannot be

costs of Lowndes flood resilience retired as alone, chair of mon extreme flooding events.

predicted rating of 5.0 frequency out of 6 and in the intensity

to February of these events, on the National which pose a flood Island. protection is limited to councils cumecs. responsible for flood them to highlighted do so. some of the big neglected any longer.

year Central infrastructure government around help the for South

Australian Built Environment one-off The cash driest injections, parts of our often region, protection Environment across New Canterbury’s Zealand. It’s time changes for the on the government way. He was to

lihoods. Rating System We and New other Zealand. councils supporting remediation work

throughout the country are now after along the the flood Marlborough has done its

coast and It follows up an earlier share the load.

The building’s It’s features a year include across since much of the Canterbury

report leadership in 2019, of which biodiversity revealed

and optimistic we would be able to

biosecurity programmes is also Canterbury

The deal July with 2021 the flood “pressing Westport

is a great example of how a

issues” of

faced 184 solar with panels some hefty which questions can damage. It’s always gratefully

about how to better prepare for received, Plains, but are expected isn’t a sustainable

to get even that the combined $200 million

generate of annual council investment in ‘top of the cliff ’ approach would

declared

more than 55,000

a climate-change emergency

drier. North-westerly storms are

underpinned by climate-change climate change and sustainability.

kilowatt hours of electricity per predicted to become more intense,

concerns.

I share his confidence. As a

Canterbury’s distinct braided community, and as a council,

year.

with torrential alpine rainstorms rivers and unique wetlands face by sea-level we are taking rise this some century bold and steps to threatened and facing increased

There the has council been has a 26% been reduction doing. turning our braided rivers into many challenges. The rivers form our ensure productive we are and in protected a better land place to pressures due to river system

per staff The member formal in declaration emissions of a roaring rapids, fuelling landslides a vital ecological link and provide jeopardised cope with by the arrival changing and climate change.

since 30 state June of climate 2010. We emergency now have across and causing widespread erosion. an abundant food supply and

spread

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of

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Canterbury was one of the most

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access to electric and hybrid

Canterbury’s coastal

nesting grounds for 26 species of

serious, and colourful, moments

Jenny Hughey

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degraded by draining, damming

vehicles and hope to have half our communities will be threatened native birds – most classified as

in the regional council’s more than

to be more. planned and prepared for, and diversion affecting their

30-year history.

and enhance that work.

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WITH MARY IN FAITH

TĀTOU KO MERE E WHAKAPONO ANA

Reflecting on the past, looking toward the future

It has been 40 years since McKillop and St Mary’s

colleges amalgamated to form Marian College on

25th March 1982, and as we reflect on where we’ve

been and where we’re going, one theme stands out -

journey.

This is aptly reflected in the name gifted for our

new school site by the Ngai Tūāhuriri Education

Committee - Māhutonga (Southern Cross). The

Southern Cross is important to Māori as these stars

guided their ancestors across the ocean to Aotearoa.

The choice of this beautiful name reflects the

journey of Marian College from our founding

schools of St Mary’s College and McKillop College

to our new home in Papanui. The Sisters of Mercy

journeyed from Ireland and the Sisters of St Joseph

of the Sacred Heart journeyed across the Tasman

to New Zealand. In more recent times Marian

College has journeyed due to the impact of the 2011

earthquake.

We are excited to complete this journey now, to

our stunning new school where we join the North

Parish, our brother school St Bede’s College and St

Joseph’s Papanui. A beautiful visual symbol of the

journey will be the star pattern on the roof of the

new chapel, representing the constellation from

the night sky of 25th March 1982, the opening day

of Marian.

As we look toward this new future, we also think

about those who have come before. To celebrate 40

years of Marian, we’re inviting past whānau to

send us your photos or share your memories of

your time at Marian (or McKillop and St Mary’s

colleges) through The Marian College Project. Head

to our website for more details.

Mary-Lou Davidson, Principal

Opening of Marian College on March 25, 1982.

First Marian College principal Sr Eleanor and stalwart

Kathy Seaward celebrating the 40th anniversary.

New School Update

Work on the new school on

Lydia Street is progressing well.

Each month the site is changing

with strengthening of the

building completed and work

on erecting the timber structures

for classrooms due to begin this

month.

The ongoing impact of Covid

on the building industry and

supply chains is expected to have

some impact, but we are looking

forward to being settled into our

new school mid-2023.

Congratulations to…

You are invited to

Marian College

Katerina Sumner who has been

selected for the U15 New Zealand

Development Squad for softball.

2021 Dux recipient Malaika

Sequeira who was awarded a New

Zealand Scholarship in Religious

Studies.

The Marian College Rowing crew who

reached 13 finals at the recent South

Island Championships. Our U15 Cox

Quad won silver and our U18 Novice

Coxed Quad achieved bronze.

The U15 Cox Quad Sculls Team also

won gold at an earlier South Island

regatta.

Hannah King who competed in the

South Island Long Course Swimming

Championships and placed 2nd in

the 200m breaststroke and 3rd in the

200m and 400m Individual Medley for

the 15-16 age group.

Thursday 19 May

2 - 6.30pm

Tours begin on the hour with the Principal’s

Welcome

Bookings required.

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13. Everything in its place in the post I’d yet

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6. Turkish sweetmeat completely available in

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Open when signs are out or

phone 027 326 3275.

New art exhibition in store

by two Sumner artists –

Gordon and Ami Minns. The

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The Rock, Wakefield Ave

Sumner Bridge Club

Monday and Thursday from

7pm and Wednesday 1pm

Sumner Bridge Club holds

three sessions of competitive

and fun bridge each week. If

you would like to join, email

sumnerbridgeclub@gmail.com

57 Dryden St

Sumner Silver Band

Rehearses 6.30-8.30pm Thursday

evenings

Sumner Silver band is a traditional

brass band that always

welcomes new members. The

band welcomes you to join them

(instruments supplied) or just

go along and listen. Phone Peter

384 9534 or email bovett.croft@

gmail.com

Redcliffs School

Te Awa Kura (Barnett Park

Valley) working bee

Every Wednesday, 1-3pm

A group doing work up the valley

– planting, freeing the native

trees from vines, and removing

bone seed. Always asking for an

extra pair of hands in the regeneration

project. Wear gloves.

Meet at gate in the park, at the

end of Bay View Rd in Moncks

Bay

Redcliffs Volunteer Library

Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm,

Saturday, 10am-12.30pm and

Sunday, 2pm-4pm

Adults books $2, Large

print $1 and Children’s

books are free to borrow. No

membership fee. Go along and

support your local library and

have a great read. Redcliffs

Volunteer Library needs your

books. It is holding a book

sale fundraiser on May 14

and it needs more books to

sell. If you have any books in

good condition that you no

longer need, you can donate

them by taking them to the

library. Fiction, non-fiction,

and children’s books all

welcome. This helps them to

buy more new books and put on

events.

Main Rd, Redcliffs

Closer to Nature by Karen Gourley art exhibition Until the end of April, Friday-Sunday

10am-4pm. In Closer to Nature, Diamond Harbour artist, Karen Gourley presents

vivid and intimate portraits of the wildlife around her. Using soft pastels, she creates

highly detailed and vibrantly coloured works in a realistic style that draw viewers into

close emotional encounters with the birds and animals she depicts. Stoddart Cottage

Gallery.

Lyttelton Farmers’

Market

Saturday, 10am-1pm

Fresh fruit, vegetables, free

range eggs, bread, meat, fish,

cheese and plants – head over to

shop and grab a coffee.

London St, Lyttelton.

JP Clinic

Saturday, 10am-noon

A justice of the peace will

be available to members of

the community, to witness

signatures and documents,

certify document copies, hear

oaths, declarations, affidavits

or affirmations as well as sign

citizenship, sponsorship or rates

rebates applications. There is no

charge for this service.

Matuku Takotako: Sumner

Centre

Mt Pleasant Farmers

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Saturday, 9am-12.30pm

Community owned market

with fresh local produce.

Mt Pleasant Community

Centre, McCormacks Bay Rd

Linwood Woolston Rotary

Sunday Market

Sunday, 9am-12.30pm

Fresh produce, plants, food

stalls, second-hand goods. Pop

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coffee, tea or hot chocolate -

available from 9am.

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Sunday, 3-7pm

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Train in Town,

Play in Paradise.

Overlooking Lyttelton Harbour,

Diamond Harbour has long been

renowned for its beauty and views,

and it’s now a message its Rugby

Club is looking to capitalise on,

with the Diamond Harbour Rugby

Club utilising their location wisely

in the search for playing numbers.

Playing at the picturesque Stoddart

Park, Diamond Harbour finds itself an

attractive location for seniors and juniors

alike. That’s why, in its search to help

boost playing numbers and accessibility

to training, the club’s Division 2 side

trains at South Hagley on a Wednesday

night, lending itself to the phrase

“Train in Town, Play in Paradise.”

“It started a few years ago now,”

said Club President Paul Dennis,

“and with Diamond Harbour being

a relatively small community, it

enables the club to prosper and

attract people to our great little club.

“One of the barriers for us is

that people have

the impression that

Diamond Harbour is

too far away, which

can be a good thing

sometimes, but having

the training at Hagley

Park allows players to

access and get involved

with the club.”

Despite only a

handful of the squad

living in Diamond

Harbour, hosting

training in town

tends to suit everyone, with many

of the team working and living near

Christchurch. Dennis is one of those

who permanently reside in Diamond

Harbour but having training on the

way home from work means that he

“For us, this is

focusing on a supportive

environment

and to build

up the comradery

off the field”

- Paul Dennis, Diamond Harbour

RFC Club President

too can get down and be involved

with the Ellesmere Division 2 side.

“Our mission as a club is to remove

the barriers to playing rugby, but

especially for playing for Diamond

Harbour. So, for training, it allows

us to remove the barrier of driving to

Diamond Harbour after work and be

agile as a club to make ourselves a

welcoming destination to play rugby.”

It’s not the only great initiative

being run out of the club, with the

club hosting Halswell Wigram on

the ninth of April in what is hoped to

become an annual pre-season fixture,

with this year’s addition being used to

support the ‘I Am Hope’ charity and

their positive mental health messaging.

“Over the last few years since I

have been President, and even before

that, mental health has been something

that the club’s gravitated towards.

“For us, this is focusing on a

supportive environment and to build up

the comradery off the

field too so that we have

boys that will support

each other through all

sorts of challenges.”

Dennis said.

“We’re going to be

competing for the Fox

Cup with the Halswell

Wigram Battlers. We

played them at the end

of last year and we’re

excited to have it as a

pre-season game this

year. Kerry Hocking

will be refereeing the game this weekend

and he suggested we make the game in

support of the ‘I Am Hope’ foundation.

“Alongside the fundraiser, we’ll

have Ronnie Moore guest speaking

about the cause and of course, the rugby

in what has been a tough time of

late with Covid and the like. This

game allows us to use that vehicle to

connect people and let them know

that they are not alone and there’s

pathways to get the tools to help deal

with any challenges they have got.”

Initiatives such as these all go in to

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HYUNDAI STARIA: People mover or cargo carrier.

engineers, the Staria is a quality

vehicle through and through.

In terms of performance,

unladen the Staria will reach

100km/h from a standstill in 9.2sec

and will make an 80-120km/h

highway overtake in 5.9sec. More

importantly, in this day and age of

out-of-control fuel price hikes the

Staria will return an 8.2-litre per

100km combined cycle figure, that

complemented by a 9.4l/100km

figure showing on the dash panel

readout when I took the evaluation

car back to the dealership. At

100km/h, the display is reading

around an impressive 5l/100km.

On the subject of dash displays,

the Staria has a completely digital

layout, there are traditional

rev counter and speedometer

displays, which change to camera

views when the indicator stalk

is activated. This is a function

Hyundai has incorporated into

many of its vehicles in recent

times, it’s a good safety device and

it’s also rather clever in the way it

operates.

Elsewhere, the dash panel is

vast, there’s a huge central display

that controls many of the vehicle’s

functions and it’s intuitive, the

icons are large and easy to stab.

The Staria people mover isn’t

cheap, it comes in at $85,900

($69,990 front-drive only) which is

quite a bit more pricey than that of

its partner company Kia’s Carnival

at $59,990; and if you take into

account the new Odyssey from

• Price – Hyundai Staria

Limited, $85,990

• Dimensions – Length,

5253mm; width, 1997mm;

height, 1990mm

• Configuration – Fourcylinder,

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2199cc, 130kW, 430Nm,

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• Performance –

0-100km/h, 9.2sec

• Fuel usage – 8.2/100km

$50k, there is a quite a bit more

up front you have to lay down.

However, you do get a lot of car for

the money and you get a vehicle

that is very adaptable.

Some of the Staria’s biggest

features are things such as twin

electric side sliding doors, electric

rear door with timer, electric

sunroofs, keyless entry and

ignition, satellite navigation, full

leather trim, heated and cooled

front seats, heated steering wheel,

paddle-shifters and something

I really like, and those hard

of hearing will relate to, is the

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that allows those front and rear to

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Another thing that does stand

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It’s easier to access the rear seats but

if you are climbing in and out each

day that could trouble those who

have a developing hip problem, like

we all seem to get through old age.

A grab handle on the driver’s side

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get that.

Nevertheless, the Staria is still a

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It also handles well for its bulk,

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under 12m.

I can see the very stylish Staria

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proven and I strongly suspect its

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be useful taking a load of skiers up

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I’m actually looking forward to

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I’m not expecting quite the same

luxury inside, but I do know the

driveline will deliver the same

refinement, and I have some tasks

lined up for it, the kind of everyday

jobs that can be completed when

you have a spacious cargo area on

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RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT 1991

Christchurch District Plan

Notice of Council Decision

Proposed Plan Change 4 – Short-term

accommodation

The Christchurch City Council has made its decision on Proposed

Plan Change 4 – Short-term accommodation at its meeting on 31

March 2022. The Council has adopted the Panel’s recommendation

that the Plan Change be approved with some minor modification.

The Panel’s recommendation and the Plan Change, as amended by

the Council’s decision, are now available for public viewing online

at ccc.govt.nz/planchange or during normal opening hours at any

of our service centres or libraries. For details of your nearest service

centre or library, please telephone 941 8999.

Jane Davis

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CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT PLAN

PRE-NOTIFICATION CONSULTATION ON

PROPOSED PLAN CHANGES

12 - DRAFTCOASTAL HAZARDS PLAN CHANGE

13 – DRAFT HERITAGE PLAN CHANGE

14 – DRAFT HOUSING AND BUSINESS CHOICE

PLAN CHANGE

15 – DRAFT RADIO COMMUNICATIONS PATHWAYS

PLAN CHANGE

Our population is growing and we’re planning for that now.

We’ve been given direction by central government to enable

more houses to be built upwards and in our city’s existing urban

footprint.

We need to make changes to our District Plan to comply with

the National Policy Statement on Urban Development and the

Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other

Matters) Amendment Act and would like feedback on what we are

proposing.

What are we proposing?

PC12 Draft Coastal Hazards Plan Change

We need to avoid increasing the risk of harm to people and

property from coastal hazards including flooding, tsunami,

and erosion. We are proposing to do this by taking a risk based

approach to the management of development, subdivision and

land use in areas exposed to coastal hazards. Changes to the

District Plan will give effect to the New Zealand Coastal Policy

Statement and the Canterbury Regional Policy Statement.

PC13 Draft Heritage Plan Change

We are proposing that 11 new residential heritage areas across the

city be identified for protection in the District Plan to recognise

Christchurch’s special heritage and identity and adding around

65 buildings, items and building interiors to the Schedule of

Significant Historic Heritage.

PC14 Draft Housing and Business Choice Plan Change

To bring our District Plan in line with government direction that has

been given via the National Policy Statement-Urban Development

(NPS-UD) and the Resource Management (Enabling Housing

Supply) Amendment Act to enable more development in the city’s

existing urban footprint.

PC15 Draft Radio Communication Pathways

We need to protect airspace used for emergency radio

communications by stopping development that blocks it.

More information

Information is available at the following webpage –

https://ccc.govt.nz/planchange.

Feedback

Anyone can give feedback on these draft Plan Changes either in

writing or electronically.

• Fill out an online form at ccc.govt.nz/haveyoursay (preferred)

• Email planchange@ccc.govt.nz

• Post written comments to – Freepost 178, Housing and Business

Choice Plan Change, Christchurch City Council, PO Box 73012

Christchurch

Feedback must be received before 5pm on Friday 13 May 2022.

We welcome feedback as this helps us ensure we haven’t missed

something as we prepare for more formal consultation. We are

looking to publicly notify these Plan Changes by 20 August 2022,

which will give a further opportunity for people affected by the

proposed draft change, or anyone who has on opinion on it, to

make a formal submission for or against the proposal.

If you’d like more information, please contact the City Planning

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