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email: diary@bayharbour.co.nz or post to Community Diary, P.O. Box 39176 Harewood, Christchurch 8545 DIAMOND Harbour & Districts Historical Assn, next meeting 8pm, Tuesday, August 14 in the Stage Room, Diamond Harbour Community Hall. Max Manson’s talk is entitled Starting Life at the Head of the Harbour, a history of the Manson family. All welcome. REDCLIFFS Plunket Playgroup every Monday in term time 9.30am - 11.30am St Andrews Church, 148 Main Road, Redcliffs, everyone welcome $2 donation per family, contact Victoria on 376-6090 or just come along REDCLIFFS Community Hub open 10am to 3pm Monday to Friday, just past Main Road/Beachville Road corner. Free supermarket shuttle leaves 10am every week day. Information available on rental accommodation, local groups and services. Phone 0800 234 565. SUMNER Mah Jong, we play every Tuesday from 1pm to 4pm, at 57 Dryden St, Sumner, contact Jenny 326-6644 or 027 326-9904. SUMNER Tea & Talk group Mondays 10.30am-11.30am in the old Sumner School hall on Wiggins Street. Everyone welcome to attend. Volunteers needed to help, phone Eddie Hayes 376-4020 or 027 7811 348. CHILDRENS Groups at St Andrews Church, 148 Main Road, Redcliffs, every Sunday in term time during our 11am service: creche 0-2yrs, Jellybeans 3-4 years, songs, bible stories, crafts, lots of fun, Kids Club 5-10 years, songs, games, exciting bible stories, prizes, puppets, Mr Squirt & more. For more information phone 326-6251. FERRYMEAD Sumner Men’s Probus Club, meets 10am on the 4th Thursday of each month, venue Redcliffs Bowling Club, James St, Redcliffs, visitors are warmly welcomed to come along, mix with members & listen to our excellent guest speakers, please ring Ross Gillespie 3844823 or Allan Hughey 384-0099.
Face paint fun: Benjamin Martin was amongst a large group of children and their families enjoying the annual kids party at Ferrymeads Winnie Bagoes on Sunday.
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Boost for Lyttelton’s container business Christine de Felice
THE recent decision by container shipping companies Maersk and Hamburg Sud to stop using the port of Timaru is expected to bring some extra business to Lyttelton, Lyttelton Port Company CEO Peter Davie says. “We don’t have accurate numbers but we expect we will get some additional cargo, though the majority will go to Port Chalmers. That’s already where most of those container deliveries go,” Mr Davie said.
The container lines will stop calling at Timaru in September. They had been delivering around 30,000 containers a year to Timaru and Lyttelton would probably get about 7000 to 10,000 of those containers, Mr Davie said. Even without that, business had been good for Lyttelton port over the last year, with container numbers “very strong”, he said. “They have been up by 16 to 17 percent in the last year. That’s a good signal for the wider
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market.” It was also a signal of what was happening in the rural sector, Mr Davie said. “The agricultural sector is the backbone of Christchurch and it’s the driver of the region’s economy. The economics of export are still what’s driving us.” Referring to the insurance issues the port was facing following the damage to its facilities sustained in the February 2011 earthquake, Mr
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Davie said resolving those was an “ongoing process”. The insurance claim was the largest ever made in the southern hemisphere. “We’re developing a plan on how we will rebuild the port and we’ll be putting it to the public.” Cruise ships would not be returning to the port in 2013, but making facilities available for them to berth at Lyttelton was also part of the development plans for the port, Mr Davie said.
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