Bay Harbour: March 15, 2017

Wednesday <strong>March</strong> <strong>15</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />

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Library ready for bookworms<br />

• By Noah Graham<br />

AFTER BEING closed for<br />

earthquake repairs, the library at<br />

Lyttelton has reopened.<br />

The building in Canterbury St,<br />

has been closed for the past 12<br />

months as it underwent repairs,<br />

refurbishment and strengthening<br />

after it suffered earthquake<br />

damage.<br />

However, the library celebrated<br />

its official opening on Monday<br />

morning. It will share premises<br />

with the city council’s Lyttelton<br />

customer service desk.<br />

Lyttelton Community Library<br />

team leader Annette Williams<br />

said the opening had been a<br />

success with about 90 people attending.<br />

She said they had several community<br />

members there including<br />

UPGRADE:<br />

The library<br />

building in<br />

Lyttelton.<br />

PHOTOS:<br />

GEOFF<br />

SLOAN<br />

deputy mayor Andrew Turner,<br />

Port Hills MP Ruth Dyson, National<br />

list MP Nuk Korako and<br />

Banks Peninsula Community<br />

Board members.<br />

“It went very, very well.”<br />

She said pupils from<br />

Lyttelton Primary School were<br />

there and they performed a kapa<br />

haka.<br />

The temporary library served<br />

its purpose, but it was really good<br />

to have their own space back, she<br />

said.<br />

The library had been operating<br />

from a temporary site in Trinity<br />

Hall during the repairs and the<br />

service desk had been using an<br />

EVENT: Working<br />

party members<br />

Jaimee Pham<br />

and Krystal<br />

Coppell,<br />

Lyttelton<br />

Primary School<br />

pupil Orry<br />

Cockburn, 9,<br />

and Deputy<br />

Mayor Andrew<br />

Turner unveil<br />

a refurbished<br />

table from the<br />

original library.<br />

interim building at <strong>15</strong> London<br />

St.<br />

She said they were already<br />

making the most of their new<br />

library with the chance to learn<br />

about robotics through Lego and<br />

Bee-Bots today from 3.30pm and<br />

an augmented reality session on<br />

Friday.<br />

The library and customer service<br />

desk will be available for the<br />

community on Monday to Friday<br />

from 10am-6pm with the library<br />

also open on Saturday from 10am<br />

to 1pm.<br />

Police meeting<br />

with residents<br />

tomorrow<br />

• By Noah Graham<br />

AN ORGANISER of an<br />

online survey about crime in<br />

Lyttelton hopes tomorrow’s<br />

police-prompted community<br />

meeting will not just be a show of<br />

statistics.<br />

A public meeting between<br />

police and the community will<br />

be held at the Lyttelton Primary<br />

School hall at 6pm. It comes after<br />

months of concern from residents<br />

about policing in Lyttelton.<br />

Paul Dietsche, who helped<br />

organise an online survey which<br />

highlighted the community’s dissatisfaction,<br />

is worried the police<br />

will show statistics that say there<br />

has not been an increase in crime.<br />

But he is hopeful the police<br />

will suggest plans on how the<br />

community and police can work<br />

together.<br />

Canterbury area prevention<br />

manager Acting Inspector Paul<br />

Reeves, Senior Sergeant Stephen<br />

McDaniel and Sergeant Dave<br />

Knowles will be at the meeting<br />

to help answer the community’s<br />

questions.<br />

National list MP Nuk Korako<br />

said he will attend. Port Hills MP<br />

Ruth Dyson and Green Party list<br />

MP Eugenie Sage have requested<br />

leave from Parliament to attend.