Bay Harbour: August 30, 2023
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<strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News Wednesday <strong>August</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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• By Briar Allen<br />
STAGE ONE of the<br />
Putaringamotu Riccarton<br />
Bush Enhancement Project<br />
will begin in April next year.<br />
The project aims to<br />
create spaces that support<br />
education, enhance cultural<br />
understanding, improve<br />
accessibility, conserve native<br />
flora and fauna as well as<br />
optimise the overall experience<br />
at Riccarton Bush.<br />
This project is set to cost<br />
$2.4 million, and Riccarton<br />
Bush Trust Board manager<br />
Shona Willis said they started<br />
fundraising at the beginning<br />
of this year and have so far<br />
raised $460,000.<br />
“We have split the project<br />
into two stages, and we need<br />
$1.2 million to complete stage<br />
one, which will involve all the<br />
infrastructure while stage two<br />
focuses on the design,” she<br />
said.<br />
Willis said the bush will<br />
close for three to six months<br />
while work is being completed<br />
and through that time they<br />
will continue to fundraise.<br />
“We have been turned down<br />
by three funders so far that we<br />
IN THE BUSH: Riccarton Bush ranger Mike Steenson (left) and board chairman Bob<br />
Shearing.<br />
PHOTO: BRIAR ALLEN<br />
applied to, but they had a clear<br />
criteria they said our project<br />
didn’t match,” she said.<br />
Willis said they are still<br />
searching for substantial<br />
funding.<br />
“We have been making<br />
approaches to major<br />
fundraisers and we also have<br />
a funding source from the city<br />
council’s Long Term Plan, as<br />
well as our own funds we have<br />
been putting aside since 2021,”<br />
Willis said.<br />
Riccarton Bush ranger Mike<br />
Steenson said the project is<br />
being done on a needs basis.<br />
“The tracks have reached the<br />
end of their use by date, they<br />
are rotten, are trip hazards and<br />
we want to make them more<br />
accessible to the public for<br />
prams and wheelchair access,”<br />
he said.<br />
Board chairman Bob<br />
Shearing said they want to do<br />
it all properly and look at the<br />
bigger picture.<br />
“It is a major asset to the<br />
area, and we are relying on the<br />
community to support us. It is<br />
near everything in town, but<br />
it feels like a different world<br />
when you step into it,” he said.<br />
• People can donate<br />
to the project at<br />
christchurchfoundation.<br />
org.nz/giving/project/<br />
putaringamotu-riccartonbush-fund<br />
and can<br />
contact Shona Willis<br />
for more information<br />
at manager@<br />
riccartonhouse.co.nz<br />
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