North Canterbury News: January 18, 2024
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What’s happening in your<br />
community…<br />
Free Car Seat Checks<br />
Join us Saturday 27 <strong>January</strong> at12pm inthe<br />
Council carpark for afree car seat fitting check<br />
by qualified technicians.<br />
It’s great when car seats are installed correctly.<br />
The most protection achild car seat can offer<br />
is when it’s installed the way the manufacturer<br />
intended it to be.<br />
Summer<br />
Reading<br />
Challenge<br />
2023<br />
We have arranged for two qualified child car seat<br />
technicians tobeavailable to help you inthe<br />
Council carpark (Rangiora Service Centre), ready to<br />
help people to make sure they have their car seat<br />
fitted the best way itcan be.<br />
No need to book. More information isonthe<br />
Council website.<br />
Challengeyourself to<br />
complete aminimum of<br />
five challenges over the<br />
summer, andyou couldwin<br />
oneofthree prizepacks!<br />
Making Roads While the Sun Shines<br />
With the start of the new year, weare back into<br />
resealing season! This means there will be an<br />
increase in chip sealing work being undertaken<br />
around the District.<br />
The resealing programme kicks offagain on<br />
11 <strong>January</strong> on King Street in Rangiora. Followed<br />
by Oxford Road and Whiterock Road inLoburn.<br />
Starting on Monday 22<strong>January</strong>, CORDE will be<br />
carrying out road works on Tram Road. This work<br />
includes overlaying approximately 1km of the<br />
existing road with anew granular overlay and chip<br />
sealing. The work will take approximately five to<br />
six weeks to complete —weather permitting.<br />
Find OutMore<br />
waimakaririlibraries.com<br />
Across the District, Council maintains 980km<br />
of sealed roads. To achieve this, Council staff<br />
continually monitor all roads in the District<br />
and when need be they are scheduled<br />
for improvements.<br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> District Fire Update<br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> iscurrently in arestricted fire season<br />
and with hot temperatures set to continue, Fire<br />
and Emergency NZ are asking people tobecareful<br />
and check before lighting any fires.<br />
If you’re wanting tolight afire, first visit<br />
checkitsalright.nz to see what restrictions are<br />
in place and if you need apermit.<br />
Also, please take care with all sparks-hazardous<br />
activity such as mowing, grinding, welding, harrowing<br />
as these activities can start unintended fires.<br />
Can ISwim Here?<br />
Find the best places toswim this summer for<br />
over 800 beach, river and lake sites throughout<br />
New Zealand.<br />
Land Air Water Aotearoa (LAWA) updates asnew<br />
information is available, giving you access tothe<br />
latest water quality information to decide when<br />
and where toswim. Find out more atlawa.org.nz<br />
Compostable<br />
packaging<br />
belongs in the<br />
rubbish…<br />
Most contain<br />
plastic to hold<br />
liquid orfood so<br />
can’t gointhe<br />
green oryellow bin.<br />
rethinkrubbish.co.nz<br />
FREE ENGLISH<br />
LANGUAGE CLASSES<br />
Come along toour classes to improve your speaking,<br />
listening and grammar skills through arange of<br />
interesting topics!<br />
Every Saturday, 3February–23 March <strong>2024</strong><br />
10am–1pm<br />
Rangiora Town Hall Function Room<br />
303 High Street, Rangiora<br />
3, 10, 24 February •2,9March<br />
War Memorial Hall<br />
24 High Street, Rangiora<br />
17 February •16, 23 March<br />
Enrol Now<br />
Julie Cloughley |Tutor<br />
Email: cloughju@hotmail.com<br />
Phone: 027 403 8245
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