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Christmas Hospitality and Entertainment Guide
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ISSUE 1,116 Friday 15th December 2023
DREAMS COME TRUE
The Glentunnel School (Mātai Rangatira) and Community Bike Track was destroyed in a storm in September 2021, and now, just two years later, it has been reopened. The community banded together to rebuild their bike track and reimagined it! “After the Friday, September 10, 2021 storm of 160kph winds, 16 eucalyptus trees weaved throughout the claybased bike track were uprooted, causing irreparable damage. We put the challenge to Glentunnel School tamariki to tell us their dream bike Glentunnel School Tamariki celebrate the opening of the track,” says Glentunnel School Glentunnel School and Community Bike Track. Principal Ed Trotter. “Jumps, different levels, made it seem possible. The asphalt surface with natural shared vision. This is more than obstacles, a picnic area, and community then got behind and wooden elements and a bike track; it is a place of native plantings topped the this project in a big way. native planting throughout. connection where people can list of the children’s dreams. A Of the $86,000, half has Students and the community come together, have fun and committee was formed to see b e e n r a i s e d t h r o u g h got to walk the track and have a healthy hauora if we could take these dreams community initiatives like celebrate achieving this (wellbeing). A huge thanks to and make them a reality. raffles, cake auctions, quizzes, project just before school the funders, sponsors, raffle A plan was formed with and the most fantastic broke up on December 11. donors, local businesses and Cr Lydia Gliddon officially people who have got behind world leading expert in student Cyclethon.” bike tracks, Cam Bissett from The bike track is nestled on a opened the track with the help our vision and helped make it a Dirt Trailbuilding contracted river terrace below the school of the youngest student, Effie reality,” says Ed. grounds, adjacent to the Brown. While the asphalt was The Glentunnel School and to help us. At the start, the target of Glentunnel Domain. It has too soft for wheels to be used Community Bike Track will raising $86,000 to build the been designed for all wheels, at this opening, students officially open on Tuesday track was daunting. We gained bikes, scooters, roller blades, enjoyed running around the December 19, 2023. f u n d i n g f r o m s e v e r a l with a total area of 55m x 36m track and look forward to Using the track is free, but the organisations early, which (1,980m2). It includes an riding it! school asks users to respect “Completing this project is an the area and follow the excellent example of what a guidelines so everyone can community can achieve enjoy this great asset. together when we have a