The Star: March 16, 2023
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
8<br />
NEWS<br />
Warning against<br />
super city merger<br />
• By Daniel Alvey<br />
SELWYN RESIDENTS are<br />
being urged to reject being<br />
merged into a super city with<br />
Christchurch.<br />
Frances<br />
Harrison (left)<br />
worked as a<br />
public affairs<br />
adviser at the<br />
Waitakere City<br />
Council before<br />
it was swallowed<br />
up by the Auckland super<br />
city in 2010. She now lives in<br />
Rolleston and has gone public<br />
about her concerns.<br />
Harrison can see history repeating<br />
after a city council submission<br />
to the Future for Local<br />
Government Panel. This would<br />
mean Sewlyn and other district<br />
councils in Canterbury would<br />
be included in a super city,<br />
where the city council would be<br />
the unitary authority.<br />
Currently there are six<br />
unitary authorities in New<br />
Zealand, which have the powers<br />
of a regional council. <strong>The</strong>y are<br />
in Auckland, Gisborne, Nelson,<br />
Marlborough, Tasman and the<br />
Chatham Islands.<br />
“I have first-hand experience<br />
of the creation of a super city.<br />
Have we learned nothing from<br />
the debacle of Auckland?” Harrison<br />
said.<br />
She said before the super city<br />
takeover the Waitakere City<br />
Council had a good connection<br />
with its local community but<br />
this was lost.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> sustainable principles<br />
that local councils were working<br />
on were starting to bear fruit.<br />
Businesses went under, local<br />
cohesion was destroyed.”<br />
Mayor Sam Broughton said<br />
local voices needed to be heard,<br />
but they could get lost in a bigger<br />
organisation such as a super city.<br />
Harrison said she could see<br />
the city council moving to a<br />
super city model to spread the<br />
cost of assets out to ratepayers<br />
in Selwyn.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y are not visionary, but<br />
they must be salivating at the<br />
idea of accessing rates from an<br />
entire region,” she said.<br />
Harrison felt the two councils<br />
could work better together<br />
without becoming a super city.<br />
HAVE YOUR SAY: Should<br />
Canterbury become a<br />
super city? Email your<br />
views to daniel,alvey@<br />
starmedia.kiwi<br />
Keep responses to 200<br />
words or less<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Adyson donates her<br />
BUDDIES: Adyson caring for her 20th greyhound, Zoomer.<br />
• By Susan Sandys<br />
ADYSON Fernandez loved her<br />
long wavy hair, but not as much as<br />
she loves greyhounds.<br />
<strong>The</strong> seven-year-old had her<br />
honey-blonde locks cut off on<br />
Thursday to raise $1000 for<br />
Greyhounds As Pets.<br />
Adyson enjoys patting, feeding<br />
and going for walks with her<br />
family’s foster greyhound, sixyear-old<br />
female Zoomer, who is<br />
the 20th greyhound the family<br />
has fostered through the charity.<br />
Parents Tania and Carlos<br />
Fernandez said their daughter<br />
was the one driving fellow family<br />
members to keep fostering, which<br />
was something they had been<br />
doing for the last two years.<br />
Each greyhound generally stays<br />
for one to two months with the<br />
family in West Melton while the<br />
charity sources a forever home for<br />
the retired racing canines.<br />
That is plenty of time for<br />
Adyson and little sister Cora, 4, to<br />
get close to the dogs.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y have a reputation for<br />
being couch potatoes, despite<br />
their breed’s famed capability<br />
for reaching high speeds. In<br />
retirement, they are renowned<br />
for both their gentleness, and<br />
enthusiasm for canine luxuries<br />
such as warm fleeces and<br />
soft beds.<br />
Big Bargain<br />
Book Sale<br />
Friday 24 <strong>March</strong>, 9am–7pm<br />
Saturday 25 <strong>March</strong>, 9am–4pm<br />
Pioneer Recreation<br />
and Sport Centre<br />
75 Lyttelton Street<br />
Spreydon<br />
NEW BATHROOM<br />
SHOWROOM OPENS IN HORNBY<br />
After a busy 2022 supplying the trades,<br />
Chesters Plumbing and Bathroom Centre in<br />
Hornby is now open to the public, offering a<br />
brand-new showroom in Connaught Ave.<br />
“Our plan was to start off by supplying the<br />
local tradespeople and provide the best<br />
service we could to them before opening<br />
up Chesters to the general public,” says<br />
branch manager Hayden Best.<br />
<strong>The</strong> beautiful showroom provides plenty of<br />
inspiration, including a huge range of<br />
tapware and the latest trends in baths,<br />
showers, toilets and vanities. <strong>The</strong> New<br />
Zealand Amara range by Athena is<br />
exclusive to Chesters and features designs<br />
and premium bathroom products that will<br />
work best in Kiwi homes.<br />
<strong>The</strong> team’s extensive knowledge of all<br />
things plumbing and bathrooms is<br />
testament to the fact they are often<br />
recommended as the go-to business for all<br />
plumbing needs. Residential customers can<br />
get the advice they need, which includes<br />
recommending plumbers to complete the<br />
job right first time.<br />
So call in and meet the team. We are here<br />
to help.<br />
For more info visit<br />
christchurchcitylibraries.com<br />
HORNBY SHOWROOM OPEN<br />
7 Connaught Drive, Hornby (03) 666 1069<br />
SHOWROOM HOURS:<br />
Mon-Fri 8.00am-5.00pm<br />
Saturday 8.00am-12 noon<br />
CHESTERS.CO.NZ
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