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The riverside slip is barricaded both ends.
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Repairs to Fisherman’s track coming soon Pat Deavoll
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Otago Regional Council will be starting works to repair the flood damage upstream of the Albert Town Bridge in early October, weather permitting. During the construction period, both the upper and lower tracks upstream of the bridge along the rock buttress (bank), and access to the Clutha River from 76 Alison Avenue (known as Fisherman’s Track) will be closed. It is anticipated the construction work will be completed by Christmas, by which time both tracks will reopen, with the lower track being wider and more stable. “The repair work is essential to the structural integrity of the bank and the properties above it, so it is important to ensure the repairs are robust for future high flow events,” said ORC Manager Engineering, Michelle Mifflin. “We’re taking a do it once and do it well approach.” ORC has appointed local firm Jolly Earthworks Limited, together with their subcontractor Paul Smith Earthmoving, as contractors to undertake this work. They have experience with rock placement in “challenging environments” including the Timaru Wharf reclamation, Oamaru coastal
protection and inriver work for KiwiRail. These works will be commenced under emergency works provisions, to address concerns around the stability of the steep scarp slope, while the consent application process is well underway. ORC apologises in advance for the inconvenience of this closure. The work is essential for the safety and wellbeing of the community. When the Sun approached ORC, we received a reply from Michelle Mifflin, Manager Engineering. “Resource consent applications for the works have been lodged with the Otago Regional Council and Queenstown Lakes District Council. These are essential flood damage repair works, not an upgrade to the existing track. “The works are being undertaken as emergency works because of the ongoing slipping at the steep scarp slope, which has necessitated work beginning before the consent applications have been fully processed. “The resource consent applications are currently being processed and several affected parties have been identified. In addition to this process, every effort has been made to notify local residents of the proposed repairs through three information mail-outs and an open dropin session.”
Family heartened by siting of debris Pat Deavoll
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The family of missing Southland man Lochie Bellerby is heartened by the news that "significant debris" from the capsized Gulf Livestock 1 ship has turned up on the Tokara Islands off the coast of Japan. The ship left New Zealand in mid-August carrying 5800 cows to Tangshan on China's eastern coast. Three people from the ship were found after the capsize but only two of survived. Last Friday, the Bellerby family said in a statement they were hopeful of there being "signs of life" following the sighting of debris. "The debris was found following a privately funded search of the Tokara Islands, a chain of 12 small islands of which seven were inhabited. "The debris includes a canopy of a Viking life-raft, a life ring, a single blue boot, several deceased cows, and three orange barrels strapped together." The family who had been contributing to funding a private search stated it had cost about NZ$54,000 of donated money on fixed-wing flights and NZ$81,000 on helicopter flyovers. The search by satellite would continue and, last weekend, a privately-funded aircraft search happened at Amami Islands.
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Stings and Bows - violinists performed at the ReNew Art Showcase in Queenstown last weekend.
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The butterfly effect by Louise Parker and Debbie Townsend.
Pat Deavoll
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Wānaka-ites are in for a treat this Friday and Saturday nights when the RenewArt 2020 Creative Community Showcase comes to town. Held at the Queenstown Events Centre last weekend, it's now Wānaka's turn. The event will feature twenty visual artists and 21 performing arts groups across 17 discipline including dance, painting, music, sculpture, theatre, photography, aerial performance, jewellery, comedy, film, light installations, pencil, fire dance and ceramics. With one mutual theme of "renewal" the event in Wānaka this weekend is set to reunite the community through the power of arts and culture. Three Lakes Cultural Trust general manager Jo Brown said the idea behind RenewArt was to create uplifting events to be enjoyed by the entire district post-Covid-19, while also enabling a paid work opportunity for local artists. "Our artists have done it hard over the Covid-19 period," she said. "The RenewArt Creative Community
Showcase provides an opportunity to support the incredible artistic talent we have right here in our region," she said. "We understand that this is the first time an event like this, offering the work of so many different performing and visual artists has ever taken place in our district and we are very excited to present it." Last weekend's event in Queenstown was a standout, sold-out success, she said, and the Wānaka event this weekend is also sold out. But there is the opportunity over three days to visit the visual artist's work in the Wānaka Community Centre, and she hopes many residents will take this opportunity. Of last weekend's event in Queenstown, Brown said: "It was extraordinary, there is no other word for it. The breadth of talent we saw on the stage and in the artwork was incredible. "We exceeded everybody's expectations. The event manager did an incredible job of transforming a basketball court into something that looked like Te Papa. A beautifully staged exhibit. The lighting and sound and staging was first class. It was sold out both nights. "And we are represented by every area, Wānaka, Hawea, Cardrona, Albert Town…"
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Debris from the capsized Gulf Livestock 1 ship has turned up on the Tokara Islands off the coast of Japan.
"The families are working with maritime experts to identify the items and other potential areas of interest." The information collected had been passed on to the Japanese Coast Guard by Australian authorities. "The Bellerby family are calling on the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs for official diplomatic support with the Japanese Coast Guard while the window of survivability remains possible." Lucy Bellerby, Lochie Bellerby’s mother, lives in Wānaka.
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