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Sewage valves causing a stink by Belinda Cullen-Reid
A Selwyn resident who has been battling with Selwyn District Council and ECan over the placement of two sewage outlet valves on her front lawn, is concerned about the number of similar valves around the district which have been installed without resource consent.
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p Selwyn resident Nyki McQueen is battling the placement of two sewage valve outlets on her front lawn and is concerned at the number of valves in the district that have not gone through the resource consent process
Nyki and Jason McQueen built their dream home on five acres near Lincoln in 2012 knowing there was a council owned easement on the border of their property, but were shocked when council told them of plans to put two valves on their front lawn that would emit vapour from the pipes. They were further surprised to be told the valves did not need to go through the resource consent process which Ms McQueen said would involve vapour analysis and monitoring. “Neither SDC
or ECan know what the effect of these valves are as neither have bothered to do any evaluations on them,” Ms McQueen said. “My husband spent a year building this place. We’ve invested our entire life savings. We didn’t want sewerage gases spraying onto our lawn where our children and pets play and where we have our barbecues.” Ms McQueen said they were concerned about possible health risks to one of their five children who has
a heart condition. They hired a lawyer who specialises in the Resource Managament Act. ECan has since changed their position and have advised SDC that resource consent is required if the valves are to be placed on the McQueen’s easement. But Ms McQueen remains concerned about the 55 sewage outlet valves around the district which were installed without resource consent, some of which she says are near Selwyn’s cafes and childcare centres.
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Community patrol mooted for West Melton
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by Belinda Cullen-Reid
The West Melton Residents Association are gauging support from the public about beginning a community patrol in the area, a move which is backed by one resident who recently woke to find someone walking around her property. Sam Sivertsen who moved to the Preston Downs’ subdivision around a year ago was shocked to find an intruder on her property last week. “Our security lights came on at quarter to four in the morning. I saw a person walk past our front door towards the back of the property. My husband looked out behind our house. He couldn’t see anyone, but heard footsteps,” Ms Sivertsen said. The couple called the police, but they could not find anyone on the property when they arrived. “I’d advise anyone to call 111 straight away if they find themselves in a similar situation,” Ms Sivertsen said.
She urged fellow residents on the West Melton Community Facebook page to be security conscious. “Please be extra vigilant about locking doors and trailers. Can I urge anyone and everyone who may have any other encounters or potential info to contact the police,” Ms Sivertsen said. Ms Sivertsen told The Record she was concerned residents in rural areas may get complacent about security. “There have been many incidents reported on the Facebook page regarding suspicious activity on people’s property.” “In the past, small towns have been viewed as safe places. Most people know someone who lived in a small
Award nominees announced Over 60 businesses, organisations and individuals have been nominated for the 2014 Faringdon Sensational Selwyn Awards. The awards, which are held every two years, aim to recognise individuals and groups who have done much to promote the Selwyn district. “We have some outstanding organisations and businesses in Selwyn and many individuals who make a fantastic contribution to the community through their service so it’s great that they have been recognised through the nominations process,” Selwyn’s Deputy Mayor Sarah Walters said. Award winners will be named in the following categories: business; agri-business; tourism; community service; young achiever; arts and culture; sports and environmental management (Diana Isaac Cup). The award winners will be announced at a dinner at Lincoln Event Centre on Saturday, July 26 July.
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Concerns over Selwyn roads continue by Belinda Cullen-Reid
Despite recent assurances by Selwyn District Council that the condition of the district’s roads will improve, concerns remain over the state of Selwyn’s roading network. At last week’s council meeting Rolleston resident Nik Stokdijk told councillors he was unhappy with some roads being repeatedly repaired while others were left in a dangerous condition. “What I object to is that the council seems to accept substandard work of roading repairs,” Mr Stokdijk said. Mr Stokdijk gave the example of an area of Selwyn Road between Weedons Road and Waterholes Road which had been widened in the last two years and had been repaired in six different places at least three times. Councillor Pat McEvedy told the meeting the standard of roading maintenance repairs was discussed extensively at a recent roading portfolio meeting. “We’re actually talking about changing materials that we’re using within our potholes to try and improve the speed in which they are setting and it was made quite clear to the people who attended
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that meeting that the constant repair of potholes, and their reoccurrence was unacceptable to counsellors and to council,” Cr McEvedy said. Council has recently approved a new roading rate of $60 per rating unit (household) which will raise just over $1 million of additional funding. Mayor Kelvin Coe said the government receives income from vehicle licencing, road user charges and fuel levies and some of this is passed on to councils. “The proportion of funding we receive has decreased rather than increased, so this means that if we want our roads to remain in a good state of repair we need to support this with adequate funding from rates.” says Mayor Coe said council is continuing to advocate for greater funding from the New Zealand Transport Agency. “The level of traffic is increasing on both our urban and rural roads and in many cases the seal is ageing so it is important that we continue to invest in roading maintenance and renewal work to prevent the amount of maintenance work needed in the future from escalating.” ¢
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Heavy traffic concerns Dear editor Selwyn’s roads were designed for light traffic and done as cheaply as possible — there are very few that are capable of taking the heavy traffic that is now using them. We have a $60 rate which we were told by the corporate manager was to be a one off rate and has now quickly turned into what could end up a permanent levy, but will it remain solely for roading? We were also told that it was to repair the roads, now it seems it is for re-sealing a totally different project. How did we get to where we need an extra rate? Well the council’s investments are not good. SIHL, the council’s investment arm bought an irrigation company which was an extremely poor buy. The corporate manager promised to keep the account separate, but this has
been swallowed up by SICON. Then the same people purchased a company that the directors of SICON had turned down as a bad investment a few years earlier — this is now failing. These purchases had been made on the recommendation of an investment manager who was hired by SIHL for top dollar and took a few years to do this. Council also failed its own company SICON in favour of doing things on the cheap. When the council was making good profits it invested heavily in sealing roads that were not subsidised. These roads are now a real strain on the finances. The end result is that we are stuck with poor roads, poor investments and a mounting strain on the ratepayers — and this just the tip of the iceberg. Gary Doyle, Weedons ¢
Council CEO replies The transportation rate has been set at $60 per ratepayer for 12 months from 1 July. It will pay for the reseal of an additional 15km of the council’s roading network and reconstruction of an additional 3km of roads. These works are part of the repair work needed to the roading network — as many ratepayers will be aware temporary repairs such as pothole fixing only provide a short term solution to this problem while resealing provides a long term repair. The council will consider whether the roading rate continues next year when deliberations on our Long Term Plan occur. Whatever the council proposes
at that time will then go out for public consultation. What we do know now is that most people agree we need a well maintained roading network, and that is what we are seeking to provide. Mr Doyle criticises the performance of the council’s investments. As everyone knows some individual investments perform better than others, and it is the overall performance that matters. The council’s investments will return almost $7million annually to fund services to ratepayers — this is worth around $350 for each ratepayer. This is not an example of a poor investment. David Ward, SDC CEO ¢
Tree shading The editor We were disappointed to read notification by Selwyn District Council of Plan Change 39, which proposes to remove entirely the rules on tree shading of roads from the District Plan. These rules were put in place many years ago by forward thinking councillors who understood the increasing risk to all road users resulting from uncontrolled tree planting. A recent fatal ice related accident on Bealey Road was just one example where tree shading is the underlying cause. This plan change will send all the wrong signals to the community about a widespread and serious problem in our district. Even on our state highways we see long sections which are chronically icy and dangerous in winter. As farmers we understand that shelter for livestock
is important, and this is achievable with the use of modern tree topping machinery. It is possible to cut to a sensible height, and to bevel cut the tops for better sun angle on the road. Where trees are cut at an early age this is an inexpensive task. We suggest these rules should be retained as an enforcement option where serious danger exists, and where an educational approach to this aspect of road safety has failed. Regrettably there seems to have been neither education nor enforcement in our district, and consequently we see the problem getting worse. We note that this proposal is open for submissions to council until July 22. Paul Jarman, Peter Redfern, Donald Wright Malvern ¢
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Keeping traditions alive by Belinda Cullen-Reid
West Melton resident Jane Meeker is using her talent for sewing, knitting and embroidery to help create replicas of the traditional rag doll she played with as a child, for a new generation of children to enjoy. The mother-of-two began by making a rag doll for her daughter last year and based it on Jemima, a doll made for her by her aunt when she was a child. “I played with her and played with her. One day Mum donated her to a local primary school. I was devastated,” Ms Meeker said. Craft work has been a big part of Ms Meeker’s life including sewing and embroidery. During a year’s recuperation from a debilitating illness Ms Meeker taught herself to knit clothes for her children by watching tutorial videos online. She combined these skills to create her daughter’s doll by modifying a pattern she found online. The first doll was so enjoyable to make that she decided to keep going and now has a growing family of dolls which she hopes to sell. “A lot of dolls I’ve seen are really plain. It’s really hard to find dolls like this anymore. I wanted to make something
really girly like my dolly used to be,” Ms Meeker said. Each doll is a labour of love and takes around three weeks to make, with the doll’s hair taking a full day to apply as each strand is individually hand sewn on. The dolls faces are embroidered with care. Their clothes are hand sewn or knitted using good quality materials. Outfits have matching accessories including shoes, headbands and handbags. “They are very good quality and expensive to make. A lot of other dolls have their clothes sewn on them but the first thing children want to do is change their outfits and do their hair. Each doll needs more than one outfit and one has to be a party dress,” she said. Ms Meeker has begun selling her dolls and taking orders for dolls with specific hair, eye and outfit colours. “I do it because I enjoy it. I’ve always been creative.” ¢
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Sewage valves causing a stink “The public needs to know. ECan and SDC should have got consent from neighbouring properties. The property owners should have been notified and had a right to object.” ECan’s regional manager of RMA monitoring and compliance Marty Mortiaux said they believed most, if not all other valves around the district were permitted to be there but were subject to conditions, including no increase in the scale of the discharge, and that no offensive or objectionable discharge goes beyond the boundary. “Environment Canterbury has never received any complaints regarding
discharges to air from these valves,” Mr Mortiaux said. Mr Mortiaux confirmed the valves may emit an odour of varying intensity, which is predominantly made up of hydrogen sulphide. Selwyn District Council CEO David Ward said council very rarely receives complaints about odour from the valves. “The discharges are typically highly diluted and are well below levels which could be considered potentially detrimental. “The council will comply with any requirements set by ECan,” Mr Ward said. ¢
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Calling Selwyn home Opera singer Margot Button returned to New Zealand four years ago after 18 years living in the United States. She set up home in Selwyn and now performs and teaches singing in Christchurch. The Record’s Belinda Cullen-Reid caught up with Margot ahead of the opening of New Zealand Opera’s production of La Boheme this week to find out about opera, living in Selwyn, and the local arts scene. How long have you been involved in opera and how did you get involved? I have been a professional singer and teacher for over 20 years. The first opera I ever saw as a child was Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and I was hooked from that point forward. I did a lot of singing at school and took part in my first opera at the age of
16 as a chorus member in Canterbury Opera’s production of Verdi’s Rigoletto. I eventually decided to pursue singing as a career and spent several years between New Zealand and England studying and performing as well as working a day job. In 1993 I was fortunate enough to be awarded a 3-year Artistic Merit
p Selwyn opera singer Margot Button will be performing in New Zealand Opera’s production of La Boheme
scholarship by the Boston Conser vator y of Music so I moved to North East America to pursue my Masters in Opera Performance.I subsequently stayed in the States for the next 18 years as a professional opera singer, teacher, and arts administrator before returning to New Zealand. What is your role in La Boheme and what do you have to do on stage? I am a member of the chorus in La Boheme. The majority of our onstage work in this opera happens p After 18 years living and performing in the United States in Act II with a small amount opera singer Margot Button now calls Selwyn home in Act III, including an off stage chorus. late in the process. NZ Opera have In Act II my character is a vendor in managed this seamlessly and should be the marketplace and I get to sell some complimented. They have taken every interesting items including some dodgy care to ensure that we are made to feel artworks, an old bike, and furniture. It part of the bigger picture. is a vibrant scene with a lot of activity. What do you like about living Act III is a complete change of pace in Selwyn? as the chorus become poverty stricken Selwyn has a lot offer in the arts refugees, trying to survive the bitter cold with a very vibrant creative community. of winter. I am currently deputy chairperson of the What are you enjoying about Selwyn Arts Trust and am continually this experience? impressed with the level and quality of It has been a very enjoyable activity in our area. The arts are extremely important to experience working for NZ Opera. A touring production requires extra effort the fabric of Selwyn especially in light behind the scenes, especially in regard of the recent growth in population. They to production, tech, and administration. provide many excellent opportunities for As the chorus are regionally based we our community to connect, interact and get brought in as a piece of the puzzle collaborate on different levels. ¢
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New Rolleston school board gets to work by Kent Caddick
An Establishment Board of Trustees for the new Rolleston primary school is getting down to business.
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School holidays are in full swing at Mt Hutt ski area with the new ‘Sky High’ terrain park proving popular with skiers and boarders.
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Planned to be opened in January 2016 the new primary school for Rolleston school is anticipated to have a role of up to 750. Currently known as West Rolleston Primary School, the trustees are: Simon McDermott (chairperson); Rebecca Scott; Sherryll Wilson; Kate Duncan; Denise Sheat (Te Taumata) and Trish Hann (secretary/treasurer). Linda Youl will represent the Ministry of Education on the board and the governance facilitator is Tom Scollard. The board will develop the school’s charter, architectural design and appoint the principal and staff. Chairperson Simon McDermott said late last year, as part of the Rolleston education consultation process, feedback was gathered and that has
been used as a starting point for the development and preparation of the school and vision. “The board has been working closely with CORE Education further developing the vision which is an essential first step in the planning stages. “Further community feedback and consultation will be sought throughout the process of developing this contemporary, modern learning environment. “The board also recognises the importance of working alongside the other schools in and surrounding Rolleston, and will continue to support them along their journey,” Mr McDermott said. The board can be contacted via email on Board@westrolleston.school.nz or 021 0214 4125. ¢
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amount of money, had been shifted on the hoof over the years yet those that did the hard yards barely rated a mention in any of our farming histories. I wanted to rectify that, and capture the imagination of those who knew nothing about droving. Do you have a farming background, or an interest in farming? Though a townie (I grew up in Christchurch) I always had an interest in farming which may have been triggered by a few family holidays tucked away on a farm in Fairlie. I’ve got to say though my farming knowledge was pretty sparse and I was on a steep learning curve when it came to carrying out the interviews and research. What surprised you when you researched this time in history? The lack of acknowledgement for the significant role drovers played in our farming history. Throughout the interviews I was struck by the sense that something which is unusual and
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extraordinary today, in its heyday, was just so commonplace that the drovers thought there was nothing special about what they were doing. Yet if you look at the bigger picture and realise without men and women droving stock to saleyards and freezing works, particularly in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the wheels of our agricultural economy would have largely ground to a halt. There were lots of things I found fascinating, such as the lengths that the early pioneers took to drove stock on to new runs and the extreme conditions they were working under. I came to admire their hardiness and determination. What were some of your favourite drover stories? There are just so many. One that I really love was told to me by John Sullivan of Fox Glacier. Jack Condon, a farmer, had driven his cattle from Mahitahi up to the Arahura saleyard and by the time he had got to the sale the cattle price had dropped so he wouldn’t sell them. Then a dealer came up to
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The term ‘positive psychology’ can be a misleading one.
People may sometimes assume that it means being positive in your thinking, (even in difficult times). I have heard people describing it as wearing rose tinted glasses and kidding yourself that everything is fine. This is not really what it’s about. Yes, it is useful to think of things constructively instead of destructively — it is also well documented that people with an optimistic outlook will generally fare better in life overall. These areas are only a small part of the science that is positive psychology. Traditionally scientists and doctors studied what was ‘wrong’ with a person and what needed to be ‘fixed’. Freud had some very interesting views on what was wrong with, particularly, the female of our species, and what they needed in order to recover.
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Motivation is the difference between success and failure by Karen Hulston
In New Zealand almost one in three adults are obese. These shocking statistics can motivate people to start getting healthy and fit, but the sad reality is that many of these people will choose to quit within a month.
p To make a lasting change you have to be motivated because you like exercise or believe that your health is important to you Photo courtesy of www.localfitness.com.au
If you make a change because of an outside influence and because you feel you should then you are likely to fail, but if you make a change because internally you really want too, then you are likely to succeed. There are two different types of motivation — extrinsic and intrinsic. Extrinsic, otherwise known as external motivation, drives you to do things for tangible rewards or pressures and not because you enjoy it or believe it is a good thing to do. If you don’t value your health and fitness then the chances are you will only do it for a short time and if you are pressured into it. Once the reality of having to work hard and make sacrifices hits, it can often lead to failure. Intrinsic motivation is a stronger and longer lasting form of motivation and occurs when you are motivated by internal factors. Intrinsic motivation drives you to do something because it is important to you regardless of the reward or outcome. For example, you play backyard soccer with your kids and cannot keep up with them. This gets you thinking about how happy and good you felt back when you were fit, and how much you admired your own parents for being able to keep up with you as a kid. Often the things you are intrinsically motivated to do will be aligned with your own values and
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My Italian Kitchen: Naples the home of pizza Margherita by Belinda Cullen-Reid
Lately my aunt and I have been having fun tracing our family history and our grandfather, Giuseppe, was a very interesting man. He was born in Tuscany, Italy, studied in Rome and became a priest. He then travelled to different countries where he was a Dominican prior. In his 30s he left the priesthood and travelled to London. He married and had eight children. The family moved back to Italy, this time to Naples. I was able to find a reference to his private school in Naples, stating his address. A quick search on Google earth revealed a street view of his apartment, still standing in the old part of Naples, near the shoreline with a view of Mt Vesuvius in the distance. My recipe is for my family in Naples. It is pizza Margherita which is simple and delicious. The three topping ingredients of mozzarella, tomato and basil represent the colours of the Italian flag. This recipe will make four small pizzas. Pizza base ingredients 1 ½ Tablespoons dried yeast Pinch of sugar 1 cup lukewarm water 3 cups plain flour 1 teaspoon salt ½ cup olive oil Corn meal (polenta) Topping ingredients Mozzarella balls cut into slices Sweet ripe tomatoes chopped finely, with a sprinkle of salt on them Fresh basil leaves A drizzle of olive oil
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