Nor'West News: July 06, 2023

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Richmond Club lands
people’s choice award
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OUTSTANDING: Richmond Club operations manager
Nathan Thompson (left) and general manager Jimmy
Summerfield.
• By Jo Fuller
THE RICHMOND Club won
the people’s choice award at the
2023 Hospitality NZ Awards for
Excellence.
“The people’s choice awards is
the second biggest award given
out, and this the award we really
wanted,” said the club’s general
manager Jimmy Summerfield.
“This award is our members,
guest, suppliers, schools,
community organisations and
many, many more wonderful
supporters of our wonderful club
having their say. It also reflects
the culture within our amazing
staff, the direction the club is
going and what our club offers.
“There were over 75
outstanding businesses in
the running, and little old
Richmond smashed it out of the
park.”
More than 600 industry
representatives attended the
awards black tie event at the
Pullman Hotel in Auckland.
The people’s choice award,
voted for by the public, was open
to finalists across every category.
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Labour achievements
in North Canterbury
A total of $4.7 million provided to schools in the Waimakariri
District as part of the School Investment Package to assist in upgrading
classrooms, sports facilities and playgrounds
$4.1 million allocated to protecting the Puharakekenui/Styx River
as a viable spring-fed river ecosystem as part of the Jobs for Nature
Program
$11 million given to shovel-ready projects in Waimakariri, including
Ashley/Rakahuri river protection & fairway management and
Kaiapoi community flood protection
$5.7 million allocated from the Infrastructure Acceleration Fund to
Rangiora for transport and water reform projects, to accelerate the
delivery of around 1,300 affordable homes
Affordable Water Reforms will save Waimakariri households
$2,430, or 50% a year, by 2054
A net gain of 43 public houses, with 76 in the pipeline (compared to a
net loss of 7 public houses under the previous National Government)
180 students in the Waimakariri District benefiting from Ka Ora, Ka Ako
(Healthy School Lunches Program)
$3.96 million for delivering strategic cycling networks around
Waimakariri, including Woodend to Kaiapoi/Woodend to Pegasus
cycleways, wayfinding for the new walking and cycling connections,
and completing gaps for on road cycle lanes in Rangiora
Work on a $41 million project to improve road safety in Waimakariri
began in December 2022. $35 million of this will go towards the stretch
of SH1 between Saltwater Creek and the Cam River/Ruataniwha. These
safety improvements, including flexible median barriers and wide
centrelines, will help reduce the risk along this increasingly busy
highway corridor
Completed the $290 million Northern Corridor motorway and shared
path to connect the Waimakariri district to St Albans in December 2020
Dan Rosewarne
Labour list MP based in North Canterbury
03 382 1195
dan.rosewarne.mp@parliament.govt.nz
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