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20 <strong>North</strong><br />
NEWS<br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>February</strong> 8, <strong>2024</strong><br />
Continued growth predicted<br />
By DAVIDHILL,<br />
Local Democracy Reporter<br />
Building consents are down, but<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> is continuing<br />
to grow.<br />
Consents issued for new<br />
houses dropped last year across<br />
the three <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />
councils, but the region’s<br />
planners are continuing to plan<br />
for growth.<br />
Local real estate agents said<br />
they sensed the region is coming<br />
out of recession, with some<br />
confidence returning.<br />
Waimakariri District Council<br />
planning, regulationand<br />
environment general manager<br />
Kelly LaValley said 762 consents<br />
for new houses were issued last<br />
year, down from 836 in 2022 and<br />
928 in 2021.<br />
While the consent numbers<br />
were down, it kept pace with<br />
Statistics New Zealand’s high<br />
growth scenario, which could see<br />
the district’s population grow<br />
from 70,000 to 100,000 over the<br />
next 30 years.<br />
Ms LaValley said aKFC has<br />
been consented for Kaiapoi,<br />
north of the river, while the<br />
council has received abuilding<br />
consent for the proposed<br />
Rangiora Medical Centre.<br />
Building consents have also<br />
been received for the new<br />
business hub in Southbrook,<br />
Rangiora, along with aconsent<br />
for astorage facility.<br />
The Hurunui District Council<br />
issued 482 consents last year,<br />
compared to 614 in 2022,<br />
including 142 for new houses <br />
down from 196 in 2022, building<br />
and property manager Kerry<br />
Walsh said..<br />
Amberley was leadingthe way<br />
with 87 consents for new houses<br />
issued last year, down from 122 in<br />
2022.<br />
In Hanmer Springs there were<br />
18 consents issued for new<br />
houses last year,compare to 34 in<br />
2022.<br />
The largest projectisthe<br />
Amberley Country Estate<br />
Retirement Village.<br />
The Kaikōura District Council<br />
issued 140 consents lastyear,<br />
down from 165 last year.<br />
The largest projectwas the<br />
Vicarage Views subdivision.<br />
Bayleys Rangiora and Hanmer<br />
Springs manager RossDitmer<br />
predicted abright outlook,with<br />
new legislation and interest rates<br />
beginning to drop.<br />
‘‘There is still interest from<br />
outside the region, with the drift<br />
south continuing as <strong>North</strong><br />
Islanders find it is affordable to<br />
live here and there is alot<br />
interest in lifestyle properties.’’<br />
He said house prices were<br />
slightly cheaper in Waimakariri,<br />
compared to Christchurch, with<br />
the ‘‘laid back’’ lifestyle an<br />
attraction.<br />
Ray White Rangiora manager<br />
Stuart Morris said growth in<br />
Rangiora had been slow due to a<br />
lack ofavailable land, but he<br />
expected it to ‘‘crank up’’this<br />
year.<br />
‘‘Bellgroveand Townsend<br />
Fields (Rangiora) are firingup,<br />
while Kaiapoi still has plenty of<br />
gas in the tank.’’<br />
Mr Morris predicted ‘‘a steady<br />
as she goes’’ market this year, as<br />
the economy transitions out of<br />
recession.<br />
The average house price in the<br />
Waimakariri district was<br />
$650,000 to $700,000, with two<br />
bedroom units selling for as low<br />
as $400,000 and three bedroom<br />
homes selling for $500,000plus.<br />
At the top end, new builds<br />
could fetch as much as $900,000<br />
to $1.2million.<br />
Nearly half of Waimakariri’s<br />
consents were issued for<br />
Woodend (354), thanks largely to<br />
the booming Ravenswood subdivision.<br />
Ravenswood sales manager<br />
Miranda Laney said the bulk of<br />
those consents were for stage 5,<br />
which were presold two years<br />
ago.<br />
She said the final stage (stage<br />
6) is now selling, with just over<br />
200 sections remaining to be sold.<br />
Just over half of the 1500<br />
sections in the subdivision now<br />
have houses on them.<br />
Sections sold for between<br />
$350,000 to $450,000, while a<br />
house and land package sold for<br />
between $650,000 to $750,000 for<br />
athreebedroom house.<br />
The Ravenswood Central retail<br />
area of 20 hectareswas filling up<br />
fast, with Harvey Norman<br />
expected to open later this year,<br />
joiningfive restaurants, adental<br />
hygienist, achemist, fitness<br />
centre, bottle store and two<br />
service stations.<br />
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Swim for IAmHope<br />
By JOHN COSGROVE<br />
Amberley Fire Brigade<br />
volunteers plan to swim for<br />
24 hours to help young<br />
people in their community.<br />
Starting at noon on Friday,<br />
<strong>February</strong>24, at Amberley’s<br />
MainPower Pool, teams of<br />
volunteer firefighters will<br />
swim in relay over the<br />
following 24 hours.<br />
In partnership with I Am<br />
Hope Acting station officer<br />
Chris Reeves says the swim<br />
is to raise money and<br />
awareness for the cause.<br />
‘‘It’s more than just a<br />
daring feat of aquatic<br />
endurance, it is about our<br />
shared concern for the<br />
mental wellbeing of youth in<br />
our community and<br />
throughout New Zealand.’’<br />
Chris says he had the idea<br />
after facing his own dark<br />
times in life.<br />
‘‘I wanted to find away to<br />
helpour young people<br />
before we are called in to<br />
help as firefighters.’’<br />
He says volunteer<br />
firefighters for Fire and<br />
Emergency New Zealand,<br />
are responding frequently to<br />
Purple calls where an<br />
immediate medical response<br />
is required.<br />
‘‘All too often these<br />
callouts are preventable if<br />
people can access the right<br />
support when they need it<br />
the most.’’<br />
Raising funds means youth<br />
can continue to receive help<br />
when they need it and fast.<br />
Hesays he understands<br />
the toll that repeated<br />
exposure to trauma can take<br />
on one's mental health, and<br />
he wanted to do something<br />
that will benefit all.<br />
‘‘From our station's<br />
perspective raising<br />
awareness in our community<br />
means we may be able to<br />
help limit the exposure our<br />
fellow colleagues have to<br />
endure in the future.’’<br />
Chris says swimming is<br />
hard to do, just like coping<br />
with mental health issues, so<br />
the team thought it would be<br />
agood way to fundraise for<br />
Mike King's charity and have<br />
some fun as well.<br />
‘‘Everyone is behind us,<br />
our families and other<br />
brigade membersare<br />
helping us out through the 24<br />
hours in the pool. They will<br />
keep us fed and motivated.’’<br />
Chris says they have also<br />
challenged other brigades to<br />
come down and join them for<br />
afew laps.<br />
The brigade has opened a<br />
GiveaLittlepage (Amberley<br />
Fire Brigade Swim For<br />
Hope) for people to donate<br />
and support them in their<br />
marathon swim.<br />
On <strong>February</strong> 23, the night<br />
before the swim, aGala<br />
Dinner hosted by Mike King,<br />
will be held with funds<br />
raised from this event going<br />
directly to the IAmHope<br />
Foundation.<br />
Information is available on<br />
the Amberley Volunteer Fire<br />
Brigade Facebook site.<br />
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