Nor'West News: February 09, 2023

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North Canterbury News, February 9, 2023
Vicarage Views subdivision notified
By DAVID HILL,
Local Democracy Reporter
Submissions are open on Kaikōura’s
much anticipated new housing
development.
The Kaikōura District Council has
notified aresource application to build
the proposed Vicarage Views subdivision
on Mt Fyffe Road, Kaikōura.
The seven hectare site was previously
used as the North Canterbury Transport
Infrastructure Recovery (NCTIR)
workers’ village, following the 2016
earthquake.
The proposed development forms part
of a$7.8 million funding agreement for
Kaikōura from Kainga Ora’s
Infrastructure Acceleration Fund.
Acompleted development will
provide some much needed elderly and
low income housing for the town.
Developer Garry Robertson is
proposing to build 83 homes on the site,
with 43 qualifying for the First Home
Grant House Price Cap ($700,000).
It is expected to include 20 older
person’s housing units, comprising one
to two bedroom units with acarport on
250m2 to 350m2 sites, which will be
located in the centre.
The resource consent application
aimed to build 67 lots in the residential
Bzone, with non­compliant lot sizes,
averaging 553m2, which was also noncompliant
with density standards.
The Kainga Ora funding would pay for
roading, footpaths and acycle way to
connect Vicarage Views with local
schools, the town centre and the Ocean
Ridge sub­division, to the south of
Kaikōura.
Stage two of the proposed project was
the expansion of the Ocean Ridge subdivision.
The total cost of the infrastructure
over the entire project was estimated at
$12 million, with the council’s
contribution being $175,000.
Submissions on the Vicarage Views
resource consent close on March 3.
Public interest journalism is funded
by New Zealand on Air.
Room with aview ... Kaikōura District
Council chief executive Will Doughty is
pictured at the proposed site of the Vicarage
Views site at Kaikōura.
PHOTO:FILE
Black Falcons to perform above Kaikoura
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The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s
aerobaticteam, the Black Falcon, will
perform in the skiesover Kaikoura this
Sunday.
This Sunday morning, February 12,
residents and visitors to Kaikoura will
be treated to an aerialdisplaybythe six
aircraft.
The displaywill start about11am,
weather permitting,and the RNZAF
advises the best vantage point for the
display will the beach at the end of
Hawthorne Road,approximatelyone
kilometernorth of Kaikoura.
The RNZAF Black Falcons formation
aerobaticteam, flying the T­6C TexanII
aircraft will be led by Squadron Leader
Stuart Anderson.
The pilotsare all instructors with the
Central Flying School,which is
responsible for training all new pilots
for the RNZAF.
Central Flying School Officer
Commanding Squadron LeaderPaul
Stockley says they are looking forward
to returning to the South Island.
‘‘While the RNZAF has been very
active duringthe lastthree years
conducting operations both hereand
overseas, the opportunities to engage
withNew Zealanders through air
displays has been few and far
between,’’ he says.
‘‘The pilots flyingfor the Black
Falcons are representative of the
training, character and skill of
everyone in the military, and we are
very much looking forwardto
presenting to Mainlanders the
professionalismoftheir Air Force in an
entertaining format.’’
The BlackFalcons will also be
performing above Dunedin about
10.30amonSaturday, February 11, and
at around 5.30pm, they will perform
above Christchurch’s New Brighton
Pier, offering aboost to Coast­to­Coast
competitors.and spectators.
The Black Falcons ... The Royal New
Zealand Air Force aerobatic team.
PHOTO: SUPPLIED