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BAY HARBOUR
News
Wednesday August 31 2016
Dogs popular in Lyttelton
Coastal hazards report •From page 1 “The report is flawed, and the panel confirmed that it’s flawed too and needs substantive work in order to fit its purpose,” he said. The city council is now considering its next move and will release plans in the next month on how it will address the problematic report. The report focused on areas of urban development and assessed Brooklands, Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Sumner and Taylor’s Mistake, Waimairi Beach to Southshore, Duvauchelle, Takamatua, Akaroa, Wainui, Charteris Bay, Teddington, Allandale and Purau. The panel recommended the city council work with Environment Canterbury on coastal hazards and continue engagement with residents. City council general manager strategy and transformation Brendan Anstiss said the additional scientific work was expected to be completed by early next year.
By Annabelle Dick and Fraser Walker-Pearce LYTTELTON IS the most popular area for dogs in the Bay Harbour News area according to new city council statistics. Data released by the city council on the number of dogs in the city and their locations, shows that Lyttelton, Sumner and Heathcote are the three most popular areas. Meanwhile, St Albans (1452), Spreydon (1114) and Belfast (975) are the top three most popular suburbs for dog owners in the whole city. The Banks Peninsula and the bay area boast a total of 2849 dogs, which equates to just over 11 per cent of the 31,859 registered dogs in the city. Statistics show labradors are by far the most popular breed with 4686 in the city, second goes to staffordshire bull terriers at 2660, and close behind in third is bichon frise on 2408. The total number of dogs in the city as of August 16 is 31,859 dogs, which includes all registered dogs in the city, as well as some that have been registered previously, but are yet to be registered for this year. About a quarter of dogs in the
NUMBER ONE: Labradors are the most popular pooch in the city with more than 4500 registered in Christchurch.
city live in north-western suburbs homes, and the eastern suburbs are not far behind. Together the two groups of owners make up half of the city’s registered dogs. About 19 per cent live in southeastern households, 17 per cent in south-western suburbs, and the other 13 to 14 per cent live elsewhere around the city.
nina COOk Nina Cook was born in Whakatane in 1967. She was educated in Wanganui and then at Christchurch Polytechnic School of Art and Design where she received a Bachelor of Design. In 2007 Nina established the studio from which she currently works. Nina’s work is held in private collections in New Zealand and overseas. Frame OF mind For this exhibition, I am exploring issues of societal bias through a personal lens. The effect of proselytized overly fixed viewpoints on political, religious, racial, gender and environmental issues is alarming. When this alarm is combined with the information bias that occurs in this curated information age, our dual desires to belong and control are kicked into overdrive. I am not immune to this, but am also shocked at the lack of empathy or comprehension of ‘other’ that some people exhibit. This body of work is my way of trying to understand. Though many (including myself) try to be independent, compassionate, open-minded and critical in our thinking, we
cannot avoid being influenced. Not only by our own experience and state of mind, but also by broader cultural, societal, and scientific relevancies. And this is always changing. Art a fantastic way of exploring issues because it combines both intellectual and intuitive practices. The frame is overt, pedantic. As in a museum display, it provides a curated context, which is only ever part of the story.The content captures personal situations and impressions – things I have felt, seen and imagined. Whilst painting, I have been deliberately mindful of my thought process. I asked myself; What is the true impetus for this work? What narrative is cycling/growing in my mind? How is this effecting my choices? At what point/s does my ‘frame of mind’ become ‘confirmation bias’? To what degree is bias necessary? When does it become a liability? I didn’t discover any big answers, just personal ones – but every bit helps. Some clues are reflected in the work titles, much more in the works themselves as physical
Bay Harbour News dog numbers by location Akaroa, 182; Balmoral Hall, 20; Birdlings Flat, 36; Clifton, 79; Diamond Harbour, 247; Duvauchelle, 77; Ferrymead, 3; Governors Bay, 161; Heathcote, 258; Le Bons Bay, 40; Little River, 217; Lyttelton, 384; McCormacks Bay, 78; Moncks Spur, 81; Moncks Bay, 54; Mt Pleasant, 165; Okains Bay, 69; Pigeon Bay, 43; Port Levy, 43; Redcliffs, 127; Richmond Hill, 25; Scarborough, 84; St Andrews Hill, 85; Sumner, 291.
public meeting/Agm Wednesday, 7 September 2016 at 7pm (refreshments from 6.30pm)
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manifestations of my frame of mind. Most importantly, I am inviting the viewer to reflect upon their own frame of mind or state of bias whilst investigating mine.
Whaka inaka - ‘causing Whitebait’ by Shelley mcmurtrie Shelley is the principal scientist at EOS Ecology and project lead for Whaka Inaka. In the largest initiative of its kind, Whaka Inaka installed 204 bales as spawning habitat for inaka/inanga along 3 km of riverbank in the Heathcote/Opawho, Steamwharf Stream, and Lake Kate Sheppard in January 2016. With the involvement of local community, iwi and schools they monitored the bales during the spawning season to count the eggs and check on pest activity. The programme was a success with the bales supporting eggs in areas where spawning was otherwise not occurring, and the community learning about their natural environment in their back yard. Whaka Inaka is a collaboration between EOS Ecology, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, and University of Canterbury (MERG, Resilient Shorelines).
St Faiths Church Hall 46 Hawke Street - New Brighton Entry gold coin donation towards Godwit artwork to be placed at Bridge Street