Hurunui council expresses opposition to proposed biodiversity rules
From local democracy reporter David Hill:
The Hurunui District Council’s District Plan could face a significant rewrite if biodiversity proposals are adopted.
The council’s submission on the National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity exposure draft was retrospectively ratified at a council meeting on Wednesday, August 25, with councillors expressing their concerns.
Senior planner Nicola Kirby said should the NPS be adopted in its present form it would force changes to the Hurunui District Plan.
‘‘District plans can’t be inconsistent with a national level document, so there will be some significant changes and we are about to go through the process of working out what we may need to change.’’
Top of the list of concerns was the mapping of significant natural areas (SNAs) on private land, which has proved to be an ‘‘emotive topic’’ since the council first attempted to bring it into the District Plan in the 1990s.
Mayor Marie Black said she had requested Hurunui not be included in the Canterbury Mayoral Forum’s submission, as her community had ‘‘a different view’’.
Councillors voted to name an unnamed portion of road between Hilton Drive and Rosewood Drive in Amberley as Hilton Drive, in a bid to cause the least confusion.
It meant there would now be a continuous looped road, linking Carters Rd and Amberley Beach Rd, with three names.
Pound Rd runs off Carters Rd and then becomes Hilton Drive.
A new stretch of road being developed as part of the Oakfields subdivision will be a continuation of Hilton Drive, linking with Rosewood Drive.
Rosewood Drive was confirmed as a road name in June, when councillors revoked a previous decision to name the entire stretch of road from Pound Rd and linking with Amberley Beach Rd as Hilton Drive.
A right-of-way off Purchas Road at Glasnevin, south of Waipara, has been named Limeloader Lane.
The name Limeloader recognised the lime loading plant which operated on Purchas Road for several until the 1960s.
Eleven properties used the right-of-way.
Councillors voted the waive the entire consenting fees totalling $13,452.39 for the Glenmark Church’s rebuild.
Council staff had already granted a $2500 refund, the maximum allowed in the council’s policy, as well as waiving the Building Research
Association of New Zealand and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment levies.
Black said the policy allowed for discretion to go beyond the $2500 maximum for projects that benefited the community.
She acknowledged the community’s effort in raising more than $600,000.
The Glenmark Church at Waipara was severely damaged in September 2010 Canterbury earthquake.
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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63.1% Summer
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35.6% Winter
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1.3% Other - I'll share below
We're talking new year resolutions...
Tidying the house before going to bed each night, meditating upon waking or taking the stairs at work.
What’s something quick, or easy, that you started doing that made a major positive change in your life?
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