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Wednesday 11 April 2018
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Tara takes it out
Pedestrian access on Queen St hampered further Emily Beaumont As Richmond’s Queen St upgrade expands, pedestrian opportunities to cross the road have become further restricted. From Sundial Square to the Tasman District Council offices, pedestrians are unable to cross the street. Retailers and shoppers alike are looking forward to the end of the month when the street should be completed from Lower Queen Street to the Mall. While the idea of providing a crossing point was bandied about, Tasman District Council’s community relations manager Chris Choat says there are valid reasons why this would be impractical. “Access through the site was considered in the initial planning phase but, as has been proved through the job, the scale, use and movement of heavy machinery and the nature of the worksite made access too risky,” says Chris. Vehicular access to the Warehouse and Kmart carpark is temporarily unavailable via Queen St, access is obtained through Talbot St. The upgrade is still on track to be finished by the end of May.
Richie McCaw (right) and Brightwater school principal Gerald Baldwin gets cosy with the statue, that the students had made for their winning video. Photo: Amy Russ.
McCaw has landed! Amy Russ
More than 300 Brightwater school students turned up at 7 am on Tuesday to see Fonterra Ambassador and former All Blacks captain Richie McCaw fly in with his chopper to do the milk run. The school submitted a video,
created by some of the students, to the Fonterra ‘Richie’s Milk Run’ promotion. Brightwater school ultimately won the surprise fifth visit, after securing the most number of votes on Facebook. Richie McCaw said he was really excited for the opportunity to do the ‘Richie’s Milk Run’. “It has
just been great to see the looks on the kids’ faces, that’s the best bit. It was pretty touch and go with the weather this morning, if we could fly or not, but I’m stoked we did. I would’ve been pretty disappointed if I couldn’t do it that way.” Fonterra ‘Milk for Schools’ team member Tracey Fleming says,
“it’s amazing what one man can do, and how he can bring a community together like this.” Brightwater school had 352 nominations, this was the highest nomination rate per head. “This school was streets ahead of the others in the public voting. The community response was overwhelming,” says Richie.
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