Bay Harbour: May 22, 2019

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Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

Wednesday <strong>May</strong> <strong>22</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />

News<br />

$150k boost<br />

for harbour<br />

restoration<br />

A PLAN to restore the condition<br />

of Lyttelton <strong>Harbour</strong> has received<br />

a $150,000 boost.<br />

Whaka-Ora Healthy <strong>Harbour</strong><br />

partnership chairwoman Yvette<br />

Couch-Lewis, of Ngāti Wheke,<br />

said the funding, which comes<br />

from the Ministry for the<br />

Environment, will go towards<br />

consultation with farmers and<br />

implementing some of the<br />

projects which come out of the<br />

consultation.<br />

“People who live in the harbour<br />

basin all care deeply about the<br />

land and the harbour. We’ll be<br />

working with the local farmers<br />

and landowners to re-establish<br />

wetlands, undertake stream<br />

plantings and take other steps<br />

that will reduce the sediments and<br />

contaminants that are going in<br />

the harbour.”<br />

The partnership consists of<br />

Ngāti Wheke, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi<br />

Tahu, Environment Canterbury,<br />

the city council and Lyttelton Port<br />

Company, with input from the<br />

community.<br />

•To find out more about the<br />

Whaka-Ora Healthy <strong>Harbour</strong><br />

project or if you are interested<br />

in getting involved, visit<br />

www.healthyharbour.org.nz<br />

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Getting away for Mother’s Day<br />

JUST IN CASE you didn’t read last<br />

week’s column, we all got away for a<br />

short family vacation/Mother’s Day<br />

escape to Greymouth at the end of<br />

last week.<br />

Vittoria also only naps once a day<br />

now. It’s a tough transition for me.<br />

Whatever, don’t judge me parents of<br />

older kids.<br />

Pro-tip; a long car ride across the<br />

Southern Alps can give the illusion<br />

of a much longer nap time. As long<br />

as they can’t ask: “Are we there yet?”<br />

We managed to get away for<br />

our trip a mere 40min after our<br />

scheduled departure time.<br />

Vittoria went straight<br />

into her nap as we left the city,<br />

but with a couple of stops<br />

through the mountains<br />

(including the wonderful Otira<br />

Stagecoach Hotel) the total trip<br />

took longer than it would have on<br />

the bus.<br />

I actually enjoyed that though, it<br />

felt more like an old-school Kiwi<br />

whānau getaway. We even stayed in<br />

a holiday park and had a pub meal<br />

on the first night.<br />

Love it.<br />

We managed to get in a fair<br />

amount of sightseeing and<br />

relaxation in a couple of days, with<br />

Friday’s perfect weather making a<br />

great accompaniment to the views<br />

at Punakaiki.<br />

I even managed to sneak in a tour<br />

at the Monteith’s Brewery. Just me<br />

VITTORIA<br />

& Matt<br />

though, can you imagine taking a<br />

toddler to a brewery?<br />

For Vittoria, the best part<br />

was quite probably the<br />

playground at the holiday<br />

park. Unfortunately, it started<br />

pouring down with rain not long<br />

after we arrived so she only got to<br />

play on it for like five minutes on<br />

day one.<br />

You should have seen how<br />

heartbroken she was when I took<br />

her back to the room.<br />

There were “everyone-thinks-<br />

I’m-a-bad-parent” level crying and<br />

screaming.<br />

The next day, her reaction<br />

when she saw that it was still there<br />

and able to be played on<br />

was awesome. She actually said<br />

“wow.”<br />

She’s not even talking yet but the<br />

playground managed to coax out<br />

what could be considered an actual<br />

recognisable word.<br />

Damn, that’s a good playground.<br />

To finish off our trip we took<br />

even longer to come home on<br />

Saturday, adding in more stops.<br />

Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

•Former <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News<br />

journalist Matt Salmons has<br />

become a stay-at-home dad.<br />

We follow his journey weekly.<br />

FUN TIMES: Piggyback rides at Castle Hill on the long way<br />

home.<br />

Seven retirement villages<br />

in Canterbury<br />

• Halswell • • Rangiora •<br />

• Mairehau •<br />

• Beckenham • • Riccarton • • Papanui • • Hornby •<br />

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