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<strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Wednesday <strong>May</strong> 1 <strong>2024</strong><br />
6<br />
NEWS<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Dancing towards her dreams<br />
• From page 1<br />
Her mother Toni Soppet said<br />
Tamison’s highlights of the trip<br />
were getting to perform on the<br />
Lincoln Center stage in New<br />
York, meeting new friends,<br />
teachers and the grand prix<br />
team, “and of course winning”.<br />
“We’re very proud of her and<br />
still in a bit of shock. She has<br />
worked so hard.<br />
“Her dedication and work<br />
ethic is like no other.<br />
“The talent was incredible with<br />
beautiful dancers inside and<br />
out.”<br />
Alongside Tamison’s mother<br />
and father Hayden Soppet, her<br />
fellow competitor, training<br />
partner and best friend Hamish<br />
Giddens and instructor Russell<br />
travelled with her to the<br />
competition.<br />
Giddens, 16, also made it to<br />
the finals of the senior men’s category<br />
in the grand prix and was<br />
offered scholarships to various<br />
international dance schools.<br />
The grand prix, the world’s<br />
largest student ballet scholarship<br />
competition saw about 2000<br />
dancers from 30 countries compete<br />
in classical, contemporary<br />
and ballet scholarship sections.<br />
SUCCESS: Tamison Soppet<br />
will be attending the Royal<br />
Ballet School in London after<br />
being offered a scholarship<br />
to the prestigious institution.<br />
RESISTANCE: Residents of the Upper <strong>Selwyn</strong> Huts are<br />
fighting a council decision to evict them by 2039.<br />
PHOTO: NATE MCKINNON/RNZ<br />
Huts residents<br />
seek legal advice<br />
• From page 1<br />
As part of the draft licence,<br />
hut owners will be expected<br />
to pay 30 per cent of a new $4<br />
million wastewater<br />
pipeline. There will also<br />
be a building inspection<br />
programme at the huts.<br />
Evans said since<br />
the pipeline will not<br />
be operational until<br />
December next year<br />
there is no need to rush<br />
the process.<br />
“We need time<br />
to discuss the new changes<br />
when they come out with our<br />
community and get legal advice<br />
on it.”<br />
Graham<br />
Evans<br />
Evans said the group has<br />
engaged a lawyer for legal help<br />
to fight the decision. He said<br />
individual hut owners are<br />
also engaging their own<br />
lawyers.<br />
Under the new draft<br />
licences, huts can be sold<br />
until 2034, along with the<br />
remaining lease period,<br />
after which they can<br />
only be transferred to an<br />
identified family member<br />
or significant person.<br />
As per their licence<br />
conditions, when residents leave<br />
no compensation will be given<br />
and hut owners will have to pay<br />
for demolition themselves.<br />
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