Wednesday July 19 2017
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Your Local Views Residents’ associations play an important role
News List MP for the Port Hills Nuk Korako reflects on the role of residents’ associations in our democracy
in Wellington. The Sumner Residents’ Association has also worked hard alongside Sumner Green and Skate to restore a permanent skate park to their community. And, in Mt Pleasant, the residents’ association has done a stellar job of providing a central community facility for use by residents. Residents’ associations help amplify the voice of residents in the community when they need to get their point across. Whether it is at the community board, council or central Government level, they help to keep us informed and ensure we stay connected to the people we represent and assist them wherever we can. Importantly, they do a lot to support their communities and, in return, they depend on the support of residents to function. If you aren’t a member of your local association, why not look them up, join, or even see how you can help out? I talked in my last column about the benefits of volunteering – and your local residents’ association might just be the perfect place to start.
Fashion Where would we be without our residents’ associations? One of the things I think we do particularly well here in the Port Hills is care for our communities and look out for each other. Residents’ associations play a vital role in advocating on behalf of our communities, improving social and communal facilities and working on everything from small issues to large projects. They contribute significantly by involving the community in issues that affect them, as well as boosting communication and create networking opportunities. You only have to look through the pages of Bay Harbour News or attend a residents’ association meeting to see how involved the they are. When Redcliffs School faced the prospect of closure, Redcliffs Residents’ Association was one of the groups that made its voice heard loud and clear
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Jet ski users warned: Don’t behave like an idiot Lyttelton-based navigational safety officer Gary Manch writes about jet ski safety and looking out for others while using the water Just as I thought things were settling down for the winter, our office received a complaint from one of the local New Brighton surfies about four jet skis playing around close to the surfers and the pier supports. The surfer provided a video and, to be honest, it does not portray the jet ski users in a good light. The most annoying thing here is that in spite of the surfer remonstrating with the jet ski users because he was concerned for his safety, they chose to ignore him and continued to travel at speed very close to the pier and the water user. Now I hear you thinking that the jet ski users had control of their vessels and the surfer surely would have been safe? From my experience no matter how good you are, risk is always
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there, and with the eastern seashore being kilometres long there are plenty of other places to play and have fun safely. Sadly these people decided for whatever reason to put other water users at risk. This behaviour is just plain stupid and does a lot to damage the goodwill between different groups of water users. While the majority of jet ski users are very good and comply with the rules and regulations, it only takes a few to bring a bad name to an otherwise responsible group. The rules are very simple: If you are within 50m of
any person in the water, or within 200m of any shore or structure, then the maximum speed is 5 knots (around 9.3km/h). My message to you is clear – please enjoy the water safely, and don’t behave like an idiot and put other people at risk. Hopefully, someone who reads this article will know the people on the jet skis involved and pass on my comments. At the end of the day, I want people to be courteous to others and obey the rules that are there for everyone’s safety. That’s it for this week. Take care.
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