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Cashmere comes up<br />
trumps in the mud<br />
• By Jaime Cunningham<br />
A DEFENSIVE battle in<br />
mudbath conditions at<br />
Cashmere High saw the school’s<br />
combined 1st XV record their<br />
first win of the season in the<br />
Miles Toyota Championship.<br />
Cashmere High and Whānau<br />
Tahi’s combined team managed<br />
to hold onto a narrow lead<br />
in the dying minutes of the<br />
game against Roncalli College<br />
(Timaru) on Saturday, winning<br />
their closest match of the season<br />
13-10.<br />
Cashmere will be looking to<br />
continue momentum with a<br />
second win against Horomaka<br />
combined this weekend – a local<br />
derby between the two newest<br />
sides to the competition.<br />
Both Cashmere and Horomaka<br />
have been struggling in<br />
the first four games of the new<br />
10-team competition, losing by<br />
more than 30 points consistently.<br />
Cashmere coach and director<br />
of rugby Michael Jones said the<br />
season has been very “challenging”<br />
for his side.<br />
“The first month of the<br />
competition has been a big<br />
learning curve for the boys,<br />
but they have continued to be<br />
hungry to get better individually<br />
and as a team,” he said.<br />
• Turn to page 3<br />
TOP WIN: Cashmere High’s combined 1st XV players embrace after winning their first<br />
game of the Miles Toyota Championship against Roncalli College.<br />
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• By Heidi Slade<br />
A HEATHCOTE Valley resident<br />
wants to start another community<br />
patrol to curb the suburb’s rising<br />
crime rate.<br />
About 50 residents turned out<br />
at a meeting with police, Fire<br />
and Emergency New Zealand,<br />
Neighbourhood Support and the<br />
Christchurch South Community<br />
Patrol last week to discuss concerns<br />
around safety and security.<br />
It was organised<br />
after Jason<br />
Marsden took<br />
his concerns<br />
about crime to<br />
the Heathcote<br />
Valley Residents<br />
Association.<br />
Marsden said<br />
he also raised<br />
the idea of a<br />
community<br />
watch to patrol Heathcote Valley.<br />
“For me, personally, the<br />
(Christchurch South Community<br />
Patrol) have got a massive area to<br />
cover,” he said.<br />
The patrol area ranges from the<br />
Halswell Quarry to Ferrymead.<br />
“People [at the meeting] were<br />
interested in what to do to keep<br />
their community safe.”<br />
Marsden moved to the area<br />
last year from the Faringdon<br />
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JP Clinic<br />
Thursday, 10.30am-1.30pm<br />
Spreydon Library<br />
A justice of the peace will be available to<br />
provide free services, such as witnessing<br />
signatures on documents, certifying<br />
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South Christchurch<br />
Farmers’ Market<br />
Sunday, 9am-noon<br />
South Library<br />
The South Christchurch Farmers’<br />
Market (formerly the Opawa Farmers’<br />
Market) has one of the best selections<br />
of local produce in the city from wellknown,<br />
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the fresh artisan bread, French-style<br />
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Tech Help Drop-in Session<br />
Tuesday, 10.30-11.30am<br />
Spreydon Library<br />
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with email, searching the internet,<br />
David Evison with Russell Gillies and Steve Stern, Sunday,<br />
7.30-9.30pm, Christchurch Folk Music Club, 29 Domain Tce. Regular folk club<br />
performer David Evison, who plays the guitar, mandolin, sings, and enjoys<br />
performing a variety of musical styles, will be joined by folk powerhouses<br />
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using the library catalog, eBooks<br />
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Wā Pēpi-Babytimes<br />
Every Thursday, 11-11.30am<br />
South Library<br />
Wā Pēpi-Babytimes is an interactive<br />
programme, with music, movement,<br />
rhymes, and a story. Recommended<br />
for under-twos. Free, no bookings<br />
required.<br />
Knit ‘n’ Yarn<br />
Thursday, 1.30-3.30pm<br />
South Library<br />
Come along with your knitting,<br />
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enjoy some time with other crafters.<br />
Share your skills in a friendly, relaxing<br />
environment. Free, no bookings<br />
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Not Just Cards<br />
Monday, 2-4pm<br />
South Library<br />
Join the friendly group and play<br />
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Free, no bookings required, go along<br />
when you can.
Thursday <strong>June</strong> <strong>22</strong> <strong>2023</strong> 3<br />
Push to reduce crime<br />
• From page 1<br />
He said the watch was started<br />
after building equipment<br />
was stolen from a site in the<br />
subdivision. The developer<br />
sponsored the group and it was<br />
then able to buy vests, torches,<br />
radios, signage for their vehicles<br />
and lights.<br />
“The crime went down. It’s a<br />
deterrent for criminals to move<br />
on and shop somewhere else,”<br />
Marsden said.<br />
Watch members would call<br />
police when they saw a crime<br />
being committed or something<br />
suspicious. Marsden said the<br />
watch would also take notes or<br />
record what was happening if<br />
they could.<br />
“Basically, you see something<br />
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To get the community watch<br />
up and running, it would need<br />
sponsorship to pay for equipment.<br />
The group would aim to form<br />
a “very good” relationship with<br />
police.<br />
Marsden said the Rolleston<br />
watch had cell phone numbers<br />
for police so watch members<br />
didn’t always have to call 111.<br />
“They (police) responded<br />
to our urgent calls within 15<br />
minutes.”<br />
But Sergeant Anna Partridge<br />
encouraged residents to join the<br />
established community patrol<br />
instead.<br />
“We would encourage people<br />
BANDING<br />
TOGETHER:<br />
About 50<br />
Heathcote<br />
Valley<br />
residents<br />
attended a<br />
community<br />
meeting, to<br />
collectively<br />
try and<br />
tackle crime<br />
in their area.<br />
to utilise (the) community patrol,”<br />
she said.<br />
Partridge said patrol volunteers<br />
are trained and log on<br />
when they start a shift so police<br />
know where they are.<br />
She said if people joined the<br />
existing community patrol it<br />
would have a more effective<br />
presence in the area.<br />
But Marsden said the community<br />
watch would only operate<br />
in the Heathcote Valley area,<br />
while community patrol members<br />
cover the wider Christchurch<br />
South area.<br />
“The community watch,<br />
for me, is a way of helping<br />
out. It’s not spread out, you’ve<br />
got less ground to cover,” he<br />
said.<br />
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However, it was Cashmere’s<br />
resilience which won them the<br />
game, after they led 10-5 at<br />
halftime.<br />
“We were defending our line<br />
for probably 20 minutes when<br />
they were attacking in the second<br />
half,” Jones, who is also the<br />
school’s sports director, said.<br />
Last year, the Miles Toyota<br />
Championship consisted of the<br />
top 14 first XV schools in the<br />
South Island. Canterbury Rugby<br />
cut four teams from the premier<br />
grade, and renamed it the Miles<br />
Toyota Premiership. The championship<br />
became a competition for<br />
both first and second XVs.<br />
Jones is expecting a close<br />
match against Horomaka combined.<br />
Horomaka, coached by former<br />
Crusader Robbie Fruean, has<br />
also been struggling for wins in<br />
their first season of school rugby.<br />
Said Jones: “They’re in the<br />
same boat as us, so it will hopefully<br />
be a close game.”<br />
Unlike Cashmere, Horomaka<br />
are yet to record a win in their<br />
first five matches, but lost 10-3 to<br />
Roncalli College in their opening<br />
game.<br />
Cashmere High will host the<br />
much-anticipated clash between<br />
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2.45pm.<br />
STRONG: Roncalli College lock Luke Jordan proved no<br />
match for Cashmere’s defence on Saturday.<br />
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Thursday <strong>June</strong> <strong>22</strong> <strong>2023</strong> 5<br />
Volunteer work pays off<br />
IT’S THE QUIET moments<br />
in the afterglow of a hard day’s<br />
work that volunteer Mick<br />
Ingram enjoys the most.<br />
“Sitting on the bank of the<br />
Ōpāwaho Heathcote, watching<br />
the birds come and go and<br />
finding rare plants as the health<br />
of the river returns – that’s the<br />
highlight for me,” he said.<br />
It’s National Volunteer Week<br />
– Te Wiki Tūao ā-Motu and<br />
the focus is on honouring the<br />
collective energies and respect<br />
of volunteers around New<br />
Zealand.<br />
Volunteers contribute<br />
about 598,000 hours a year in<br />
Christchurch and on Banks<br />
Peninsula, giving their time to<br />
make the district a better place<br />
to be.<br />
Ingram has been working<br />
with the city council for the last<br />
eight years.<br />
Over that time he has worked<br />
tirelessly restoring Kennaway<br />
River Reserve along the right<br />
bank of the Heathcote near its<br />
Woolston loop.<br />
“This has involved removing<br />
boxthorn, gorse and broom,<br />
then re-vegetating the riparian<br />
zones and surrounding area<br />
with suitable native plants,”<br />
Ingram said.<br />
He can also be found<br />
working on a lizard sanctuary<br />
in conjunction with North<br />
Canterbury Forest & Bird<br />
and the city council to create<br />
a habitat for native skinks.<br />
“I work with a small group<br />
of regular volunteers on<br />
Kennaway River Reserve, there<br />
are between three and eight of<br />
us,” he said.<br />
“Plus a local business and<br />
local adventure therapy have<br />
helped out with half days.”<br />
It can be hard work. Ingram<br />
said he’s spent “many, many<br />
hours” at the end of a spade or<br />
planting seedlings – but it is<br />
worth it.<br />
“The re-vegetation has<br />
created areas where public can<br />
access and follow a river-side<br />
trail. During the lockdowns<br />
many family bubbles were able<br />
to walk and enjoy these special<br />
urban ecological areas, and<br />
they are continuing to do so! It<br />
is great to see.”<br />
But Ingram said he can’t do it<br />
all alone.<br />
“There are two other key<br />
volunteers that have assisted<br />
to make things happen at<br />
the Kennaway River Reserve<br />
and they are Bruce Stanton<br />
and Ian McClymont. And, of<br />
course, various (city council)<br />
community and park rangers.<br />
“It takes a team effort to get<br />
things done.”<br />
Would he recommend others<br />
spend some time volunteering?<br />
“Yes, because this has helped<br />
better the city by rebuilding<br />
communities in earthquake<br />
recovery. It creates a sense of<br />
contributing to the area you<br />
live in.”<br />
WORK: Mick Ingram is one of the volunteers restoring<br />
Kennaway River Reserve next to the Heathcote River.<br />
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OFFICIAL: Summit Road<br />
Society president Bill Woods<br />
speaks at the John Jameson<br />
Lookout opening.<br />
Lookout<br />
officially<br />
opened<br />
THE JOHN JAMESON Lookout<br />
opposite the Sign of the Bellbird<br />
on Summit Rd was officially<br />
opened at a ceremony on<br />
Saturday.<br />
The platform looks out over<br />
Lyttelton Harbour and features a<br />
new car park, a panoramic panel<br />
pointing out significant places<br />
and a low wall made from Port<br />
Hills stone.<br />
Summit Road Society secretary<br />
Marie Gray said the project cost<br />
about $400,000 and was paid for<br />
through grants and fundraising.<br />
Construction work on the<br />
platform started last May.<br />
The platform was named<br />
after the late John Jameson, an<br />
honorary life member of the<br />
society who advocated for the<br />
enhancement of the car park area<br />
above Ohinetahi Reserve.
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Way safer cycling<br />
We’re making it easier and safer<br />
for people to cycle.<br />
We’ve received Government funding to improve<br />
cycling connections to link neighbourhoods,<br />
schools, work, shops and existing cycle routes.<br />
We’re also improving pedestrian safety<br />
with a raised pedestrian crossing and<br />
signalised crossings.<br />
Here’s some of what’s proposed<br />
RI<br />
Barrington<br />
We’re proposing a route along Simeon<br />
Street to improve connections to the<br />
Little River Link cycleway that runs<br />
alongside the <strong>Southern</strong> Motorway,<br />
Quarryman’s Trail and Barrington<br />
Shopping Centre.<br />
Aidanfield<br />
We’re proposing a sealed shared path<br />
through Nash Reserve to connect<br />
the Little River Link cycleway to Date<br />
Crescent, via the <strong>Southern</strong> Motorway<br />
Heathcote River underpass.<br />
We’re also proposing to improve<br />
cycling connections around Ngā Puna<br />
Wai by creating a sealed shared path<br />
that connects to Wigram Road and<br />
the Little River Link cycleway via the<br />
Hayton Road underpass.<br />
<br />
Westmorland<br />
We’re proposing a dedicated<br />
cycleway along both sides of<br />
Cashmere Road, between Oderings<br />
and Hoon Hay Road. From Oderings<br />
to Penruddock Rise, we are<br />
investigating installing a shared<br />
path cycleway.<br />
To improve pedestrian safety,<br />
we propose to install pedestrian<br />
crossings with safe speed platforms<br />
at the intersections of Cashmere<br />
Road and Penruddock Rise, and<br />
Cashmere Road and Opihi Street.<br />
Safe speed platforms help to lower<br />
speed at the approach to the<br />
intersection so drivers can stop in<br />
time if they need to.<br />
We’re also proposing a pedestrian<br />
crossing with a safe speed platform<br />
outside Oderings Garden Centre.<br />
Cycleway connections<br />
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Find out what’s proposed to help everyone get around safely and tell us what you think.<br />
Use our interactive map, learn more, then have your say:<br />
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Plan to transform estuary edge<br />
A $12.5 million redevelopment<br />
is set to transform the Avon<br />
Heathcote Estuary edge.<br />
The new landscaping plan<br />
released last week features a<br />
3m-wide walking and cycling<br />
track from South New Brighton<br />
Park to the end of Southshore spit,<br />
native planting, a nature play area,<br />
and new ramps and jetties.<br />
The plan aims to complement<br />
the programme to reduce<br />
coastal erosion and flooding<br />
in Southshore and South New<br />
Brighton.<br />
Said city council red zone<br />
manager David Little: “It’s taken<br />
us longer than we’d like to get<br />
to this point, but we now have<br />
• By Heidi Slade<br />
SUCCESS DURING the past<br />
eight months could see Lyttelton<br />
Port Company’s predator control<br />
programme expand to cover two<br />
more sites – if it can get some<br />
help from the public.<br />
The programme has been<br />
running 40 traps across the<br />
company’s Port Saddle and<br />
Battery Point sites.<br />
Environmental advisor<br />
Charlotte Jones said it could<br />
expand over Gollans Bay Quarry<br />
and LPC’s land near Sumner Rd.<br />
She said the programme uses a<br />
variety of different traps.<br />
a landscape plan we’d like to<br />
share with the community to get<br />
feedback on some of the things<br />
we’ve proposed.”<br />
The city council hopes to start<br />
some work by March next year,<br />
but most of it was not planned<br />
until 2025.<br />
Rock walls and cobble beaches<br />
will also help to prevent erosion.<br />
“It will mean the project is<br />
not only an important piece of<br />
infrastructure for the community,<br />
but also an attractive area for<br />
residents and visitors to enjoy,”<br />
Little said.<br />
“The project has experienced a<br />
series of delays due to consenting<br />
challenges. Ecological mapping of<br />
Community help with predator control sought<br />
Charlotte<br />
Jones<br />
“We’ve seen<br />
quite interesting<br />
results,” said<br />
Jones.<br />
She said 15<br />
possums had been<br />
trapped, mainly<br />
at the Port Saddle<br />
site.<br />
“The primary<br />
impact of possums around<br />
Lyttelton Harbour is the damage<br />
they do to vegetation. Across<br />
New Zealand, they eat around<br />
21,000 tonnes of vegetation every<br />
night,” she said.<br />
“In addition to browsing,<br />
possums are known to predate<br />
Southshore identified areas where<br />
the design encroached upon<br />
existing saltmarsh, sea meadow,<br />
sea grass, as well as at-risk coastal<br />
bird population, while in South<br />
New Brighton Park middens<br />
(archaeological sites) have been<br />
identified close to the estuary<br />
edge.<br />
“We’re at a place now where this<br />
has all been worked through and<br />
we’ve mitigated risk to local flora<br />
and fauna. We’re also retaining as<br />
many significant trees and bushes<br />
as possible,” he said.<br />
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provide feedback, visit<br />
ccc.govt.nz/the-council/<br />
haveyoursay/show/597<br />
on birds and nests when the<br />
opportunity arises, which could<br />
impact the establishment of<br />
native bird populations around<br />
the harbour.”<br />
A “surprising” number of<br />
weasels have also been found,<br />
between January and May.<br />
“We have caught three weasels<br />
since the trapping started.<br />
Whilst this does not sound like<br />
many, weasels are only found in<br />
low densities in New Zealand<br />
habitats and are the rarest of the<br />
three mustelid species we have in<br />
New Zealand.”<br />
Jones said weasels are<br />
“notorious predators” and<br />
predate on prey much larger<br />
than themselves.<br />
“They predate on native birds<br />
and lizards, impacting the ability<br />
for populations to establish<br />
around the harbour.<br />
“Given there are lizard and<br />
gecko populations on LPC land,<br />
it is important that weasels<br />
and the other mustelids are<br />
controlled,” she said.<br />
Jones said it would be hard to<br />
predict how many more weasels<br />
the programme might find, but<br />
she is interested to see if seasonal<br />
changes effect the trend.<br />
But, to expand the<br />
programme, LPC would need<br />
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the community’s help.<br />
“The community involvement<br />
would be at the Port Saddle<br />
site as it is publicly accessible<br />
and would involve volunteers<br />
checking, clearing and rebaiting<br />
traps.<br />
“We are hoping to get this<br />
under way in the next couple of<br />
months,” Jones said.<br />
By the community doing what<br />
it can at more accessible sites like<br />
Port Saddle, the LPC team could<br />
shift focus to less accessible<br />
areas.<br />
“It’s important. There’s so<br />
much work in this space being<br />
done,” Jones said.<br />
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