Nor'West News: August 04, 2022

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what’s on
this week
Bolivia Card Game
Thursday, 1-3pm
Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and
Community Centre
Go along to Ōrauwhata Bishopdale
Library for a fun and friendly card
game of Bolivia. All are welcome.
Bedtime Stories at Fendalton
Friday, 6.30-7.30pm
Fendalton Library
Go and join Margot for some Friday
night fun. Themed stories, songs
and simple crafts will entertain your
4-7 year olds (but the whole family is
welcome).Don’t forget to wear your
PJs!!
Scrabble Club at
Redwood
Friday, 11am-noon
Redwood Library
Have a way with words? Go along
to the club every Friday and test
your skills while having fun. No
obligation, just go along when you
can and join the friendly group. All
materials supplied. Free, no bookings
required.
Reading to Dogs
Thursday, 3.30-4.30pm
Papanui Library
Do you have a reluctant reader that
just needs to build confidence with
a non-judgemental audience? Then
reading to dogs is a great option for
them. They can come to the library
and have a one on one session with
Rummikub, Thursday, 1-3pm, Fendalton Library. Go along to Fendalton
Library and play Rummikub – an exciting, interactive strategy game. Free,
no bookings required.
one of the friendly dogs kindly
brought along by Animal Control’s
community liaison dog team. Your
child can have 15 minutes to sit with
the dog and read their favourite book
or one they’ve found at the library.
Bookings essential. To book phone
941 7923 or email library@ccc.govt.
nz
Sue Allison - Friends of the
Library Booktalk
Tuesday, 12.30am-1.30pm
Fendalton Library
Sue Allison is a freelance journalist
who has written a book about
assistance dogs (Friends Indeed:
Assist Dogs and their People), two
gardening books (Secrets of Small
Gardens and In the Company of
Gardeners) and two children’s books
(Winston’s World: The Beach and The
Snow). Friends Indeed tells the stories
of dogs that have both saved and
enriched lives, including the library’s
own canine heroes in the Reading
to Dogs programme. Everyone
welcome, gold coin admission.
Thursday August 4 2022
Marshland Table Tennis Club
Monday, 7.30-9.30pm
Ouruhia Hall, 225 Guthries Rd
Marshland Table Tennis Club
invites those in the community
interested in playing social table
tennis to go along on a Monday
night. Club membership and casual
players are welcome at any time.
Casual play fees $5 adult, $3 school
aged. For more information phone
Lynley on 021 205 1106. All welcome.
Knit ‘n’ Yarn
Saturday, 10.30am-noon
Redwood Library
Work during the week?, Do you
find the weekends just that bit
too quiet? Go along to Redwood
Library and enjoy a chat with others
as you knit. For anyone who loves
to knit or wants to learn. Free, no
bookings required.
Not-for-profit organisations can
send their What’s On listings
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2022
ever by a surfer a the event,
winning the men’s and
THREE TITLES and a new junior longboard divisions
record is what Jack Tyro as we l as the under-16 boys
has taken away from the division.
national surf champs held at Tyro said he did not
Westport’s Nine Mile Beach expec to do as well as he
over the weekend.
did and was “stoked” with
The 15-year-old St Bede’s the outcome.
Co lege student broke the
record for the most wins • Turn to page 3
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• By Kristie Boland
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• By Fiona E lis
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Paying it forward with
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Community
patrol
reports a
quiet
holiday
period
PASS IT ON: Charnae Pyke and her son Jahlyn, 7, with the uniforms they are giving away. PHOTO: STARMEDIA
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uniforms are passed on for free. Her children had outgrown
“I know how hard it is,
their uniforms from last year,
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of year, to be able to afford condition.
everything for school,” Pyke said. • Turn to page 8
• By Fiona E lis
WE ALL seem to be behaving
ourselves this holidays.
That is the report card of the
Christchurch North Community
Patrol, with chairman Sam Ha l
describing the summertime situation
as “pretty
good.”
Park and
picnic areas
have been on
the patrol radar,
standard for this
time of year.
“We haven’t
actua ly had to
report anything
from the picnic areas around,”
Ha l said.
“It was a l very family-orientated,
so it’s been quite good.”
More family groups than usual
seemed to be out, possibly because
the Covid-19 pandemic was preventing
people from leaving town
for a holiday, he said.
Being a frequent presence
was also helpful in deterring
incidents.
December and January were
also the time of year the patrol
focused on monitoring schools,
but no issues had arisen there
either.
Another summertime staple
was fire danger patrol.
•Turn to page 5
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No decision
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declining of
rehabilitation
facility
• By Fiona E lis
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, fo lowing
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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