North Canterbury News: May 12, 2022

OPINION
6 The North Canterbury News, May 12, 2022
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Authorised by Matt Doocey MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington.
Youth week marked
by launch of survey
Iwas excited to kick off Youth Week
2022 in Waimakariri with an event at
the Rangiora Town Hall on Monday
morning.
My Youth MP Hillary Cooper, and I,
launched ayouth survey for the young
people of Waimakariri to ensure their
voices are heard when she goes to
Youth Parliament in Wellington next
month.
Iamalways amazed by the talent
and intelligence of our young people,
and the way they instinctively
collaborate and listen to one another.
It was great to hear from the 18
senior student leaders from Oxford,
Kaiapoi, Rangiora and New Life High
Schools, who helped Hillary refine
her survey ahead of taking it public.
Ihave always seen great value in
supporting our younger generations to
grow and develop, and this was a
wonderful way to celebrate them.
It was good to see Spark
representative Graeme McCarrison
back to talk to residents struggling
with alack of reliable internet and
phone service, at my second public
meeting on the subject recently.
Graeme was joined by
representatives from Enable and
AmuriNet, who are currently rolling
out fibre to much of the Mandeville
area.
This project is set to be completed
by the end of the year, but Iwill
continue to fight for all those outside
the rollout area until the whole
district sees improvements.
In Wellington, I’ve been holding the
government to account on its health
reforms, at the second reading of the
Pae Ora Bill.
It is quite staggering that in the
middle of apandemic they should be
overhauling the District Health
Boards, blowing half abillion dollars
on the restructure.
But worse than that is the omission
in the report of any rural strategy.
One has to wonder what
improvements to our health services
could possibly be achieved in
provincial and rural New Zealand
with areform that doesn’t even
acknowledge those residents.
Lastly, Iwant to take the
opportunity to wish Bruce Kearney all
the very best for his new role as
principal at Rangiora High School.
It was great to attend his welcoming
ceremony last week in what was
another great example of young
people taking the lead.
Iamcertain he will bring about
great results for the school and wider
community, and we are lucky to have
kept him in the district.
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Focus from Dan Gordon, Mayor
Out enjoying events
Despitethere still beingsomecasesof
Covid­19 in our community, it has been
greattoget outand enjoy events
around the district.
Atthe weekend Ienjoyed watching
CureBoating Club’s Seathru Bridge to
Bridge Long DistanceBoat Race.
Thiswas an excellent event with 38
rowing teamsparticipating.
ThankstoKaiapoiRiverQueen for
hosting us on boardtosee the event at
aperfect spot on theKaiapoi River.
Followingthis,along withdeputy
Mayor Neville Atkinson, we had a
sneakpeak of the newrowing club
roomswhich will be fantastic,and at a
perfect vantagepoint on the Kaiapoi
River.
The Cure Boating Club is one of the
oldest in New Zealand, at 154 years.
Theclubcontinues to thrivebecause of
the strength of its leadership,members
and support of the community.
Ialso recentlyattended the
Waimakariri SailingClubend of
season prize giving.
It was great to see so manyyoung
people taking partand to see thisclub
in suchgood heart.
WelldonetoCommodoreSam Jones
and his teamfor their leadership and
the hard work thatthey put in to
support sailing and learntosail
programmesinWaimakariri.
It was alsoaprivilege to open
Kaiapoi’sStPatrick’s Schoolnew
junior playgroundwith the students
last week.
The new playgroundisthe resultofa
hugeeffort by the schoolcommunity
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which raised$65,000 to buildit,
including donations of materials and
labour.
Iamimpressed withthe leadership
of PrincipalTrishMcKendryand her
team.
Iwish to extend awarmwelcome to
thenew Rangiora High School
Principal Bruce Kearney who started
last week.
Iworked withBruceduringhis time
as PrincipalatKaiapoi High School
where he did an excellentjob and look
forward to working withhim in his new
role.
We are fortunateinour district to
haveoutstanding principals and
teachersinall ourschools.
Theyare critical to the future of
Waimakaririand deserve our thanks
for all thatthey do. As you willhave
read, we are disappointedthe
Government has pressed on with its
Three WatersReform without making
any substantial change.
As part of Communities 4Local
Democracy we haddevelopeda10 point
plan wepresentedtoMinisterNanaia
Mahuta that the Government could
havepartnered and worked withuson.
The overwhelming majority of
councils don’t support the direction
theGovernment is headed in Three
Waters.
Oureffortsnow turn to the
Parliamentary SelectCommittee
process,and when submissions open I
encourage you to submitand let
Members of Parliament know whatyou
think.
Youth survey aims to give Waimakariri’syouth avoice
Waimakariri MP MattDooceyteamed
up withhis younger counterpart,
Youth MP Hillary Cooper, on Monday
to kickoff Youth Week2022by
launching asurveyfor the district’s
young people.
The pairwelcomed 18 seniorstudent
leadersfromOxford, Kaiapoi,
Rangiora and NewLife High Schoolsto
havethe firstgoatthe interactive
survey so theycould usetheir inputto
helprefineimportanttopics for
themselves andtheir peers.
Hillary saiditwas important to have
the input of othersenior studentsas
she wantedtoaccuratelyrepresent
Waimakariri’s youth when shehas the
opportunity to talk to Youth
Parliament in Wellington nextmonth.
‘‘Iknowwhat’s important to me,asa
young rural resident of Oxford, butmy
prioritieswon’tbethe same as those of
young peoplelivinginthe middle of
KaiapoiorRangiora,’’ says Hillary.
‘‘Ithink my generationisgoodat
working collaboratively andtakingon
others’ ideas, and it was great to have
thesenior students’input into the
survey.’’
Questions in the survey,whichhas
nowbeenrolledout online,include
NewZealand’syouthwage,voting,
affordable livingand climate change.
They werecompiled with
Waimakariri’syoungpeopleinmind,
as they will be the cohortHillarywill
represent in YouthParliament.
Mr Dooceysaid Cooperhad worked
hard to make sureshe waslistening to
her peers across thedistrict, andthe
survey wasaneffectivetool to reach a
mix of urbanand rural.
‘‘Hillary has beenverymotivated in
her project to helpmore young people
learntodrive safely, andnow she hasa
good base of information to informher
work in Wellington.
Youngpeople across the district are
invited to takepartinthe survey,
whichcan be found online: app.sli.do/
event/vmrfioi142fxKKBQt4gh4M.
Launching the survey ... Hillary Cooper,
left, and Matt Doocey, launch asurvey for
the district’s young people.
PHOTO: SUPPLIED
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Waimakariri 12:56am 2.2 7:12am 0.7 1:43am 2.3 7:56am 0.6 2:31am 2.3 8:42am 0.6 3:20am 2.4 9:32am 0.5 4:11am 2.4 10:25am 0.5 5:05am 2.4 11:20am 0.4 6:02am 2.4
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Amberley 12:56am 2.2 7:12am 0.7 1:43am 2.3 7:56am 0.6 2:31am 2.3 8:42am 0.6 3:20am 2.4 9:32am 0.5 4:11am 2.4 10:25am 0.5 5:05am 2.4 11:20am 0.4 6:02am 2.4
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1:05am 2.2 7:21am 0.7 1:52am 2.3 8:05am 0.6 2:40am 2.3 8:51am 0.6 3:29am 2.4 9:41am 0.5 4:20am 2.4 10:34am 0.5 5:14am 2.4 11:29am 0.4 6:11am 2.4 12:07am 0.4
Motunau 1:31pm 2.2 7:43pm 0.7 2:18pm 2.3 8:32pm 0.6 3:07pm 2.4 9:24pm 0.6 3:58pm 2.5 10:18pm 0.5 4:51pm 2.5 11:12pm 0.4 5:47pm 2.6
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1:07am 2.2 7:23am 0.7 1:54am 2.3 8:07am 0.6 2:42am 2.3 8:53am 0.6 3:31am 2.4 9:43am 0.5 4:22am 2.4 10:36am 0.5 5:16am 2.4 11:31am 0.4 6:13am 2.4 12:09am 0.4
Gore Bay 1:33pm 2.2 7:45pm 0.7 2:20pm 2.3 8:34pm 0.6 3:09pm 2.4 9:26pm 0.6 4:00pm 2.5 10:20pm 0.5 4:53pm 2.5 11:14pm 0.4 5:49pm 2.6
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1:03am 1.5 7:17am 0.3 1:49am 1.6 8:00am 0.3 2:37am 1.6 8:46am 0.3 3:26am 1.6 9:35am 0.2 4:18am 1.6 10:26am 0.2 5:13am 1.6 11:20am 0.2 6:09am 1.6 12:01am 0.1
Kaikoura 1:27pm 1.5 7:37pm 0.4 2:13pm 1.5 8:27pm 0.3 3:02pm 1.6 9:18pm 0.2 3:53pm 1.7 10:11pm 0.2 4:46pm 1.7 11:05pm 0.1 5:41pm 1.8
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*Not for navigational purposes. Wind and swell are based on apoint off Gore Bay. Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa. www.ofu.co.nz www.tidespy.com Graphic supplied by OceanFun Publishing Ltd.
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