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PAGE 14 Wednesday September 30 2020 BAY HARBOUR Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz BUY A FAMOUS FOUR SQUARE PIZZA & PEPSI 1.5L COMBO FOR ONLY 14 .99 Pams Fresh NZ Oven Ready Chicken 1.5kg $ 11 99 Broccoli ea NEW SEASON NZ ASPARAGUS Coming Soon! Product of New Zealand $ 1 79 ea News A blooming good festival for city CHRISTCHURCHNZ has confirmed plans for the BLOOM festival, which will feature several major events, including the City Farmyard, Days of Ice, Diwali, SCAPE Public Art 2020, concerts and top-class sport. Both Addington Raceway and Riccarton Park are also expecting big on-course crowds during one of the spring season’s social highlights, Cup Week, in November. Riccarton Park chief executive Tim Mills said many Kiwis will favour Christchurch for a spring break, with “outstanding” interest in racing, along with “the wider BLOOM programme.” Addington Raceway chief executive Brian Thompson said the harness organisation “can’t wait to share Cup Week with Canterbury as part of BLOOM”. “We believe people need an excuse to celebrate with their friends and family. That’s what BLOOM is all about, encouraging people to come out, support local and enjoy spring,” he says. BLOOM also encourages locals and visitors alike to explore the city’s retail precinct, hospitality and culture. In 2019, BLOOM generated almost $6 million in visitor spending. Central City Business Association manager Paul Lonsdale said BLOOM offers a perfect opportunity to wander around the city. “Central city businesses have been hit particularly hard by the disruption caused by Covid-19 but the BLOOM events are a great opportunity to support local businesses and explore what’s on in the city,” he says. During BLOOM, the city will be adorned with street dressings and decorations, complemented by the installation of a giant CHCH sign by The Terrace. ChristchurchNZ general manager destination and attraction Loren Heaphy said ensuring a vibrant city and a strong visitor economy is a vital part of the city’s response to the social and economic impacts of Covid-19. “We’ve worked closely with event organisers and city partners to deliver a programme of events, bringing the vibrant spring atmosphere Ōtautahi Christchurch is so well known for,” she says. “We hope to welcome visitors from across the region and country to the city to celebrate BLOOM.” Pams Finest Cookies 300g $ 3 69 ea Puhoi Valley Yoghurt 450g $ 4 99 ea DENIS O’ROURKE Candidate, Banks Peninsula Resident of Port Hills for 50 years WHAT’S NEW AT FOUR SQUARE Ex-Christchurch City Councillor (15 years) and New Zealand First MP (6years). Long career in law, business, and serving on boards of Crown agencies. A Sweet Sapphire Grapes Seedless Be to win TM FRESH FROM THE U.S * Birthday Box with FOUR SQUARE to celebrate 90 Years of Weet-Bix 1 PRize PER Store Over $150 worth of Sanitarium TM and Four Square goodies inside. www.foursquare.co.nz SEE INSTORE FOR MORE INFO facebook.com/FourSquareNZ STAFFORD STREET Specials available South Island only from Monday 21st September until Sunday 4th October 2020 or while stocks last. Wine and beer available at stores with an off licence. Wine and beer purchases restricted to persons aged 18 years old and over. My vision for New Zealand: •Clean, healthy and supportive environment. •Disciplined, fair, and caring community. •Prosperous, inclusive and resilient economy. My Priorities: •GST off all staple food to help low income families. •Environmental sustainability, especially water, waste and recycling – current chairperson of the Central Plains Water Trust and former chairman of the Recovered Materials Foundation. •Practical consensus based climate change policies. •Housing assistance for first home buyers and second-chancers into home ownership. •Government investment in new employment rich sustainable industries, the arts film and entertainment, and especially in new technology industries. •Strong border security with all returnees paying their fair share. •Stronger regional economies through the Provincial Growth Fund. •Targeted government assistance for the development of small and medium businesses. •An immigration policy strictly targeted to genuine labour and skills shortages. •Always looking after the elderly and all vulnerable groups. Authorised by E Witehira 251E Rawhiti Road, Hikurangi, Auckland.
Wednesday September 30 2020 Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz BAY HARBOUR PAGE 15 Linwood College Above the Ground and Now Over the Fence Kia ora koutou. Talofa. Kia Orana. Malo e lelei. Bula. Fakaalofa atu. Namaste and Kumusta. Greetings to everyone at LCŌ and our wider LCŌ community. It is very heartening to see the visible signs of progress with our rebuild for our return to Aldwins Rd to what will be Te Aratai College. Those of us who have peered through the gate over the past weeks have seen the foundation work progress to be above ground, and now we see structures over the fence. It is worth remembering too just how good this rebuild is. As we have said in the past, the next time that you are in Tūranga, the central library, look up and look around. The same architect, Carsten Auers of Architectus, who designed Tūranga, is the architect for our school. Stunning. Likewise, Southbase Construction is a highly experienced and expert construction company with major success in many school redevelopment, whether totally new or a rebuild. Shifting a school comes with its own set of challenges. For a start, there are the logistics of moving everything from basketballs to hydrochloric acid, but more importantly, there is ensuring consistency of belonging and connection to our school, and ensuring consistency of learning. However, these challenges are much more positive ones to work through than the challenges of being at school in the middle of a building site: safety, noise, dust, temporary buildings, reduced playing areas and so on. And, as I have said before, our leaving Aldwins Road means a year comes off the building programme and there is a saving of a $1m that has been retained in the programme. Mr Ken Bye, a former (and legendary) LHS-LC history teacher and Head of Social Sciences, spoke at the Farewell Celebration Weekend in April 2019 to the hundreds of past pupils who attended this wonderful weekend to celebrate and farewell LHS-LC’s first 65 years. During his talk, he used the phrase, “If only these walls could talk” and this firmly resonated with me. Ken was absolutely right. A lot of life occurs in a school and as a community resource and focal point, schools experience all the joys and tragedies that occur in a community. Our leaving those original school buildings was a significant event in our school’s history, and fortunately, is one which helps springboard us into a new era for LC. We leave in order to return, but we leave aware of, and thankful to, all the people who have gone before and all that they have done for us. Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi engari he toa takitini - My strength is not mine alone; my strength is from many. Te Aratai - Pathway to the Sea With the rebuild underway, it is now an appropriate time to consider the school’s name. Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga has gifted a new name to the school and it is one that our Board of Trustees have whole-heartedly supported. The name is Te Aratai. In English: pathway to the sea. The guiding reasons underpinning the name has been outlined by Dianne Robinson on behalf of Ngāi Tūāhuriri. Dianne is a Mana Whenua Education Facilitator for Mātauraka Mahaanui: “Linwood College on Aldwins Road is adjacent to the direct pathway (now Linwood Ave) to Te Ihutai, “The Avon-Heathcote Estuary” which was part of a larger fishery used by Ngāi Tūāhuriri. Te Ihutai, was renowned for its abundance and variety of fish and shellfish, including tuna (eels), kanakana (lamprey), inaka (whitebait), pātiki (flounder), and pipi. Several nearby kāinga nohoanga (settlements) took advantage of the estuary’s rich food resources, with caves along the base of the nearby foothills providing necessary shelter. The estuary itself was the gateway to the vast comprehensive network of wetlands that once extended throughout the Canterbury region, with the Ōtākaro (Avon) and Ōpāwaho (Heathcote River) being the primary access routes. This name links the school to this significant route and this significant mahinga kai area (Te Ihutai) which was traditionally owned and used by Kaiapoi Ngāi Tahu (Ngāi Tūāhuriri) and this relationship is acknowledged as part of the Claims Settlement Act 1998. The major waterways Ōtākaro and Ōpāwaho flow into Te Ihutai and the school’s catchment zone includes schools located along these waterways.” The Board’s intention is that the school changes its name to Te Aratai for our return to Aldwins Road, 2022. We acknowledge the proud history of the name Linwood since 1954, the school’s opening. 2022, and our complete school rebuild, is the opportunity to create a school name and identity that is open and inclusive to our wider community we serve and is not just based on the actual location of the school. And, in a deep irony, Linwood High School- Linwood College has never actually been in Linwood. Our Aldwins Road site is actually in Phillipstown. More information about the name and the legal process for changing a school name will be forthcoming. We are very grateful to Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga for their gift to our whānau, to our community of this beautiful and appropriate name -Te Aratai. Ngā mihi nui - Richard Edmundson Tumuaki-Principal The Turning of the Sod On Wednesday the 5th of August Linwood College at Ōtākaro commemorated a milestone in the rebuild process. It was a particularly brisk but clear Canterbury morning for this important ceremony. Representing the school were LCŌ’s Head Students Mario Cvetkoski and Paigan-Lilly Hall as weall as the Watson-Hall whānau, a family whose tamariki span right through the school’s year levels, from Year 7 to Year 13. LCŌ were honoured to have Ngāi Tūāhuriri and Ngāti Wheke present. Also in attendance were the Ministry of Education, the Board of Trustees, the rebuild architects from Architectus, the project management firm RDT Pacific, Southbase Construction and various school staff. The event began on Aldwins Road where everyone was greeted by Corban Te Aika, Ngāi Tūāhuriri, who led everyone onto the site and blessed the land with karakia. The official sod was dug by our head students and has been retained for reinstating in the official opening. The ceremonies ended with the sharing of kai and kōrero. P: 03-982-0100 E: office@linwoodcollege.school.nz www.linwoodcollege.school.nz
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