North Canterbury News: July 20, 2023

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12 The North Canterbury News, July 20, 2023
The
YUMMI
study.
Therole of cow,goatorsheep milk in
thenutritionand health of older women.
Milk providesimportant nutrients that help older peopleto maintain
muscleand bone health,and low milk intakeisoften associated with
poornutrition in older adults.
We arelooking for female volunteersaged 60 to 80 years to participate
in theYUMMI study, a12-week research studyinvestigating thehealth
effectsofconsuming differenttypes milk–cow, goat,orsheep.
We will provideyou with cow,goat or sheepmilk powder to drink
twiceaday for 12-weeks,oryou will be askedtoeat your normaldiet
(controlgroup). Thetime commitment for thestudy will be about 11
hours andyou will attend fiveclinic visits.You will receiveupto$220 in
supermarket vouchers in recognitionofthe actual or reasonable costs
involvedwith participating in this study(e.g. parkingand/ortravel costs).
If youare awoman aged 60 to 80 yearsand candrink milk,wewould
lovetohear from you.
Department ofHuman Nutrition
Ping Ong
yummistudy@otago.ac.nz |021 2790140
Rangiora Museum
Andrew Blackwell, director of Kaiapoi's
Blackwell's Department Store, afamilyrun
business which has been in North
Canterbury since the 1870s, will be
speaking and illustrating the store's
history at the Rangiora Museum, on
Thursday, July 27, at 29 Good Street, at
7.30pm. All welcome, and donations
appreciated from non­members. Supper
will be served.
GLOW Multi­Cultural Cooking Class
The second class of the Global Locals of
Waimakariri, or GLOW Multi­Cultural
Cooking Class Series is cooking
Singaporean Char Kway Teow. This
popular dish is made of amix of flat rice
noodles and yellow wheat noodles, stirfried
over high heat with light and dark
soy sauce and other ingredients added to
build the flavour base. This class will be
held on Wednesday July 26, starting at
5.30pm at Kaiapoi High School, 101
Ohoka Road, Kaiapoi. Bookings at
events.humanitix.com/2023­glowmulticultural­cooking­classsingaporean.
The third class will focus
on Thai food.
Ma Bell and Guests
An afternoon of acoustic roots, urban
folk, and country blues with awhole lot
of Celtic soul, will be performed at the
Pines Kairaki Community Hall on
Sunday, July 23. Down by the River with
Ma Bell and Guests, features The Blues
Mamas (Izzy Miller Bell and Susan Leigh
Grant), plus special guests Sophia
Bidwell and Manu Francois. The show
starts at 2pm. Tickets $20 cash. To book
text 027 404 7712.
Wicked winter Rogaine
The Wicked winter Rogaine will be held
on Sunday, July 30 at Teviotdale. It is a
fundraiser event for Leithfield School.
Fun rogaines are suitable for everyone
from gurus to newbies. Anybody with a
moderate level of fitness can participate
and ahigh level of navigation ability is
not required. More details at:
wickedrogaines.nz/wicked­winter­6hrrogaine.
Ride­on lawn mower racing
The first race for the newly formed
Canterbury Lawn Mower Racing Club
will be held on Saturday, July 29, from
11am at the corner of North Eyre Road
and No 10 Road, Swannanoa. Marvel at
the fun had racing lawn mowers. More
details on the Canterbury Lawn Mower
Racing Club’s Facebook page.
Rangiora Borough School 150 year
celebration
The school will celebrate its 150 year
Jubilee on October 13 and 14. While the
programme is being finalised to
recognise the milestone, past members
of the Rangiora Borough School
community, are invited to connect and
join the contact list by emailing
150@rangiora.school.nz. The organisers
are on the lookout for information from
years gone by, and any memorabilia
people are prepared to share during the
celebration.
This project has beenreviewed and approvedbythe University of Otago
Human Ethics Committee(Health). Reference: H22/067
Zone committee
Dear Editor,
The article in your July 13 edition about funding for native bird monitoring in the
Ashley/ Rakahuri being provided by the Waimakariri Zone Committee, reminded me
that here in the Hurunui we still have no zone committee.
The previous Hurunui Waiau Zone Committee was disbanded in September 2020
by the Hurunui District Council —almost three years ago now— on the basis that
the council would be responsible for reforming and establishing anew group with
more of afocus on implementation.
Now almost three years later nothing has happened.
While Environment Canterbury is distributing funds, of Ithink $50,000 per annum,
per zone committee, there is no formal body to distribute this to, for the benefit of
rivers and wetlands in the Hurunui council area.
Iamaware that funds have been allocated for work in the Waiau River, in
accordance with the support given by the previous zone committee, but there are
other projects and organisations that could use funding for eligible projects.
Any distribution of zone committee funding should be transparent and community
lead.
Action by the council is Isuggest, now well overdue, together with an explanation
for the delay in the re­establishment of aZone Committee.
Yours, KFRoche, Amberley.
Cycleway deferred
Water
WHAT’S OUR FUTURE CANTERBURY?
Freshwater is in high demand, and impacts of climate change will
add extra pressure. How, when and where we use our water is critical
to ensure we are prepared for the future.
Have your say and help us get the balance right.
Tell us what you think at ecan.govt.nz/ourfuture
E23/8415
By DAVID HILL,
Local Democracy Reporter
Aproposed Rangiora cycleway project has
been deferred to avoid aforecast $1.7
million budget blowout.
The Waimakariri District Council has
decided not to proceedwith the proposed
on­road cycleway, along Ashley, Ivory and
Percival Streets, andSouthbrook Road,
afterstafffoundduringthe design stage it
wouldnot meet Waka Kotahi New Zealand
Transport Agency’s design criteria.
In areport presented at arecent council
meeting seniorengineeringadvisor Don
Youngsaid the extrasafety provisions
wouldrequireapaintedmedian on a
separatedcycleway, which had not been
allowed for in the original design.
The project was one of four cycleways
approved under the government’s
Transport Choices funding package.
Mr Young said meeting Waka Kotahi’s
design criteria could lead to abudget
blowout of up to $1.7 million across the
four cycle ways. It was estimated the
Rangiora cycle way’s budgetwould
blowout from $745,000to$1.585 million to
provide forthe extra safetyprovisions.
‘‘To go aheadwouldlead to asignificant
shortfall in funding and the loss of up to
224 car parks,’’ he said.
‘‘We feel it would not be agood step at
this stage.’’
The total budgetfor all four cycleways
had been expected to cost morethan $6
million, with $4.86 millioncomingfrom the
Transport Choicespackageand $1 million
from the government’s‘‘Better Off’’
funding.
The council wouldcover the costs of
drainage improvements, additional
landscaping and culturalsignage.
Waka Kotahi staff had indicatedthe
budgetallocated for the Rangiora project
could be usedtooffset the cost over­runs
from the other threeproposed cycle ways,
Mr Young said.
‘‘WakaKotahihas indicated they would
rathersee us completethree cycle ways,
than have the entire projectfall over.’’
Staff were asked to provide areport on
options for arevised Rangiora cycle way as
part of next year’s2024/34Long TermPlan.
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