North Canterbury News: September 07, 2023
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Fun art ... Kaiapoi East Residents Association secretary Maree Hazeldine looks over the<br />
tennis balls on show in an art installation created to encourage dog owners to use the<br />
area’s around a‘tennis ball tree’ that has sprung up in recent months in Kaiapoi’s red<br />
zone.<br />
PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE<br />
Acurious creation<br />
By JOHN COSGROVE<br />
The curious creation of atennis ball<br />
tree has caught the eye of dog walkers<br />
in Kaiapoi’s Red Zone.<br />
Whilenot an actual species of tree, a<br />
deciduous tree in one of the 800 former<br />
houselots now cleared in the red zone,<br />
has become an impromptuart feature<br />
for all the dogs usingthe large open<br />
spaces of the zone.<br />
Kaiapoi East Residents Association<br />
chairMichelle MacWilliam says it’s a<br />
bit of an eye catcher –atree adorned<br />
with multiplechewed ‘Optic Yellow’<br />
coloured tennisballs.<br />
‘‘It suddenly appeared abouttwo to<br />
threemonths ago.<br />
‘‘Theballswere pickedupbylocals<br />
out walking their dogs after other dogs<br />
or theirown had chewed themup.<br />
‘‘They are all munted as the tennis<br />
ballsoftoday don’t seem to be that<br />
hardy, so people started placing them<br />
on the branchesofthe tree as an art<br />
installation to inviteotherowners and<br />
walkerstodiscover the openspaces of<br />
the red zone.’’<br />
She saysthe large open spaces in<br />
Kaiapoi East are one of the nicest<br />
places dog owners can safely play<br />
fetchwith theirdogs.<br />
‘‘While the nearbydog parksare<br />
important,some owners and theirdogs<br />
oftenget intimidatedbythe larger<br />
dogs running around in the enclosed<br />
parks, especially whenthey want to<br />
play fetch.<br />
‘‘Thespace eastofthe softball<br />
courts,onthe left as you go down to<br />
AskeatonDrive,aroundthe old Kirk<br />
Street parkisanexcellent place for<br />
dogs to run free off the leash and it’s<br />
largeenough to allowseveraldogs to<br />
play fetchwithout them annoying each<br />
other.’’<br />
She saysaslong as dogsowners are<br />
attentivetowhat others are doing,<br />
then everyonecan safely workinthe<br />
space.<br />
‘‘Thetennis balltree and the open<br />
spaces have started to attract dog<br />
owners from nearby communities and<br />
thereisenough space for everyone to<br />
get along.’’<br />
Dog ownerowner Melanie Robinson,<br />
of Kaiapoi,says she lovestaking her<br />
10yearold Cavalier King Charles<br />
Poodle cross, Stella, for walks in the<br />
park.‘‘It’s quite cooltosee the tennis<br />
ball tree every day as we go pastiton<br />
our daily walks, it fits in nicely with all<br />
the blossoms and flowers springing up<br />
everywhere here,’’ she said.<br />
Pick up your dog’spoo and bin it.<br />
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and sea,help keep them clean.<br />
Protectour waterways<br />
ecan.govt.nz/stormwater<br />
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