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4 Thursday May 11 2023 MARLEY, MAX And A PEnGUIn Marley The week started off with Marley, a sweet 1 year old DSH that arrived from the after-hours clinic with an oblique right distal humeral fracture, no doubt a run in with a car. Marley didn’t seem to know he was in pain. He purred his way through the physical exam and blood testing, gobbled up his food and was a delight to care for. Marley’s owners adored him but their pet insurance hadn’t yet kicked in so surgical referral for a plate and screws was out of the question. Lucky for Marley, our new Veterinarian Jack, put his hand up to repair the fracture with pin and wire stabilisation. Surgery proceeded without a hitch and we were rapt with the post op radiographs. To date, Marley is doing really well, weight bearing on the operated leg, although going a little stir crazy with cage confinement. All going well, he’ll be watching the birds, climbing trees again in about 5 weeks time. Mr Sandymount the Yellow Eyed Penguin’s eye post cataract surgery Mr Sandymount Marley the cat Next up was Steve’s second cataract surgery on another Yellow Eyed Penguin from the Dunedin Wildlife Hospital. Steve’s becoming a bit of a gun with bird’s eyes. It’s a great learning experience for our team as well as birds have different requirements under anaesthesia. His first successful cataract on Mr Sandymount was a huge success, with his vision being excellent. Here is a close up of his eye looking fantastic post surgery. BIG EFFORT: Celia King and Kit Doudney collect rubbish along the Estuary during a previous Mother of All Clean Ups. ‘Pick up 5’ a new waste initiative • From page 1 “We’re hoping every year to see a reduction in the amount of litter we pick up,” Jenkins said. “We do have an issue – let’s solve it.” Heathcote Ward city councillor Sara Templeton has been involved with the clean-ups since they began. “I helped out at the first clean up back in 2015 when I was chair of the (former) Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board and have been a big supporter ever since,” Templeton said. She usually cleans up around either the Tannery or Windsport Park on Dyers Rd. “It’s been amazing watching it grow year by year . . . The Heathcote Ward has many waterways. Smaller ones that come down from the Port Hills, the Ōpāwaho Heathcote River and, of course, the estuary.” The event will include a new initiative this year – the High Five, I Can Pick Up Five campaign. It encourages everyone to pick up five pieces of litter outside their home. “The pick up five campaign is something people should be doing all year round,” Jenkins said. “If we all pick up five pieces of rubbish . . . that would be awesome. Then we’ll have the cleanest city in the country.” •To participate in the Mother of All Clean Ups meet outside the New Brighton Library at 9am. Bring closed-toed shoes, appropriate clothing for the weather, and a reusable drink bottle. Max Lastly we diagnosed FIP ( Feline Infectious Peritonitis) in our own special 7 year old ginger “Maximus”. A real shock for us as FIP is relatively uncommon and affects usually younger, pedigree cats. Max didn’t fit the signalment. He was behaving weirdly - sleeping in the garage, growling at Atticus (and us) and then he completely stopped eating. He also had intermittent fevers. Max lives for his tucker so we knew this was serious. We carried out a series of testing including blood tests, abdominal ultrasounds, biopsies and then we got the dreaded diagnosis. Thanks to Covid there has been heaps of development with antiviral drugs and now we have a drug that can attempt to beat this usually incurable disease. We had to specially formulate Remdesivir for Max and order it in. 72 hours after starting this impressive drug, Max was eating on his own, purring and for the first time in months, and attempting some interaction with Atticus. Plus he had moved back to sleeping with us. A total win. Maximus, our cat Vets pets really do get the weird nasty diseases…..but we are in the best position to help our furry friends. Dr Michele McMaster BVSc A community group cleans up Humphreys Drive. Charitable Trust DRIVER EDUCATION Open 7 days Cnr Hoon Hay & Coppell place ph: 338 2534 e. reception@mcmasterandheap.co.nz www.mcmasterheap.co.nz
Thursday May 11 2023 5 Homebase extension approved THE CITY council has approved a private plan change that will allow the Homebase retail centre on Marshland Rd to expand, following an appeal to the Environment Court last year. Plan Change 6 is a private plan change request by Reefville Properties to rezone the adjoining land to the north of the existing Homebase retail centre on Marshland Rd from residential suburban zone to commercial retail park zone. In August last year, Reefville Properties filed an appeal in the Environment Court on proposed Plan Change 6, seeking to remove policies and rules that restricted the types of stores that could operate before 2031 and that required a minimum building setback from QEII Drive of 12 metres. The city council and Reefville Properties reached agreement on a revised set of provisions for the plan change following mediation in November 2022, and the Environment Court issued its consent order in February. The city council formally approved the revised Plan Change 6 last Wednesday, May 3, in accordance with the consent order, which will become operative under the District Plan from Saturday. On May 3, the city council also approved the Hearing Panel’s recommendations on proposed Plan Change 5E. PLAN CHANGE 6: The City council has approved a private plan change that will allow the Homebase retail centre on Marshland Rd to expand. PHOTO: NEWSLINE The plan change affects a rule under the District Plan that relates to the insulation of sensitive activities, including residential buildings, within defined distances of busy roads and rail corridors. It was first notified in October 2020 and has since gone through a submissions and hearings process. Plan Change 5E’s provisions apply across the Christchurch District, excluding the central city. It affects any building in which a sensitive activity is to be carried out within 100 metres of railways and state highways, 40 metres from the edge of major or minor arterial roads, or 20 metres from the edge of a collector road. Submitters can lodge an appeal with the Environment Court following notice of the city council’s decision. If there are no appeals, a report will go to the city council for the new provisions to become operative under the District Plan. Exhibition explores ‘absence’ THE NEWEST exhibition at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū argues sometimes the most compelling thing is what isn’t there. Running from May 6 to August 20, Absence brings together works from artists working across diverse mediums and eras. “Artists have always been fascinated by the power of people and things not shown,” says lead curator Felicity Milburn. “It’s the unspoken subject in some of the gallery’s most interesting works, and we’ve brought many of them together. “Absence features some of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most respected artists, but isn’t the type of exhibition you need to bring a lot of expertise with you to enjoy. It’s full to the brim with stories and is a great way to experience many different styles and types of artmaking.” The exhibition includes a range of works, from a stained glass window recovered from the Barbadoes Street Cemetery Chapel, to a sculpture assembled from discarded furniture parts found in a junk shop. It also includes a photographic documentation of the former residential red zone. MOTHER’S DAY BOOK IDEAS AT TAKENOTE FERRYMEAD - SUN MAY 14 Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt by Lucinda riley Spanning a lifetime of love and loss, crossing borders and oceans, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt draws the Seven Sisters series to its stunning, unforgettable conclusion. 1928, Paris. A boy is found, moments from death, and taken in by a kindly family. Gentle, precocious, talented, he flourishes in his new home, and the family show him a life he hadn’t dreamed possible. But he refuses to speak a word, or reveal a single detail about who he is. As he grows into a young man, falling in love and taking classes at the prestigious Conservatoire de Paris, he can almost forget the terrors of his past, or the promise he has made. But in 1930s Europe, an evil is rising across the continent and no one’s safety is certain. In his heart, he knows the time will come where he must flee once more. 2008, the Aegean. All the seven sisters are gathered for the first time, on board the Titan to say a final goodbye to the enigmatic father they loved so dearly. To the surprise of everyone, it is the missing sister who Pa Salt has chosen to entrust with the clue to their pasts. Winter Warmers recipes and stories from a New Zealand high country station by Philippa Cameron Philippa’s much-loved book A High Country Life sprang from her popular Instagram page ‘What’s for Smoko’. Full of great stories of living through the seasons on a high country station, it contained stunning images of the beautiful landscape in which Philippa and her family live and farm. Her second bookWinter Warmers includes more fascinating tales from past staff and family who have life-long connections to the land and life on the station. It has even more recipes, with approximately 70hearty fill-’em-up meals and baking ideas. 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