Bay Harbour: June 22, 2022

Bay Harbour News Wednesday June 22 2022
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Oscar sets sights high for 40 hour famine
by tramping, biking and rogaining
AN ADVENTUROUS eightyear-old
is so passionate about
helping children in need he’s
walking more than 100km
to raise money for this year’s
World Vision 40 Hour Famine.
Oscar Edmond, of Mt
Pleasant, is walking nearly 100
kilometres and biking more
than 40 kilometres with the
aim of raising $4000 to help
bring clean, safe drinking
water to children living in
some of the world’s toughest
places.
The theme for this year’s
World Vision 40 Hour Famine
is to change everything with
clean water for children who
do not have access to it.
It’s a theme that resonates
with Oscar, who loves the
outdoors and appreciates the
importance of water.
“I really want to help other
kids my age who don’t have as
much as I do. I can get a drink
of water whenever I want, but
some kids on the other side of
the world can’t,” he says.
Oscar is taking on a number
of different challenges to reach
his fundraising goal, including
a tramp, a rogaine event, and
a bike ride.
First, he hiked the 55km
Paparoa Trail on the West
Coast with his family,
completing it in three days.
Then he challenged
himself to a 12-hour rogaine
event, which is similar to
orienteering.
Oscar says he was excited to
take on a such a challenging
event.
“Last year I did two six-hour
rogaine challenges and this
year I decided to double it
and take on my first 12-hour
rogaine challenge. I found it
a little difficult, but overall, it
was pretty good,” he says.
To finish his trio of
challenges, Oscar plans to
complete a 40km mountain
bike ride.
Oscar’s mum, Nora says she
has been more than happy to
support her son’s endeavours.
She and her husband own
a business called Wicked
Rogaines in Christchurch.
“Oscar has been rogaining
his whole life, but we are so
pleased to see him using these
events to not only challenge
and enjoy himself, but to raise
money for clean water for
children overseas,” she says.
Last year Oscar raised more
than $2000 to help fight the
hunger crisis in sub-Saharan
Africa.
• The World Vision 40
Hour Famine is New
Zealand’s largest youth
fundraising event,
and each year tens of
thousands of young
Kiwis take on a 40-hour
challenge to raise money
for children who need it
most around the world.
Learn more by visiting
40hour.org.nz
FUNDRAISING: Eightyear-old
Oscar Edmond
is walking 100km, biking
40km and doing a 12-
hour rogaine challenge to
raise money for this year’s
World Vision 40 Hour
Famine.
Banks Peninsula Water Zone Committee
Protecting the Peninsula’s springs
The Banks Peninsula Water Zone Committee is supporting a Le Bons Bay
landowner’s work to protect valuable spring heads and forested streams.
The Committee is supporting the project with $15,000 to complete
fencing on the property, through its recently introduced Canterbury Water
Management Strategy Action Plan Budget. Once finished, the fencing
project will protect 14 hectares of regenerating bush, including spring
heads and hill country streams.
The project, due for completion this month, aims to improve
water quality and the health of the instream habitat, and
regenerate native forest, allowing native species to thrive.
This work highlights the importance of protecting the Peninsula’s
springs - there’s an estimated 8,000 of them, from tiny seeps to
more substantial flows. The multiple layers of lava and ash that form
the volcanic substructure provide pathways for water to flow and
emerge, and with that a diverse ecology of native plants and fish that
respond to the moisture.
The Banks Peninsula Water Zone Committee is a joint committee
made up of community members, rūnanga and local councils.
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