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By local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
Construction has begun on a roughly $1.7 million, community-led recreation centre for Rakaia, which has been two decades in the making.
The old Rakaia Rugby Club's changing rooms and public toilets have been demolished and in its place will … View moreBy local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
Construction has begun on a roughly $1.7 million, community-led recreation centre for Rakaia, which has been two decades in the making.
The old Rakaia Rugby Club's changing rooms and public toilets have been demolished and in its place will rise a new, modern fit-for-purpose community facility, project manager Mark Boag says.
The project has been led by the Rakaia Rugby Club and a community that has been raising funds for a new facility in the Rakaia Domain for a decade.
The approximate $1.7m build will be completed around June.
“It would be built by now if it wasn’t for Covid and it taking a couple of years to sell the old clubrooms,” Boag said.
Building consent was granted in December, allowing local builder Ross Moore to start the project in early January.
“Getting all the consents took a bit longer than we anticipated.
“It’s going to be a four to six-month build, so looking around June.”
There had been a fleeting thought to delay construction, to avoid impacting the busy winter months in the domain, but with rising construction costs the decision was made to “just get on with it”.
The facility will not be available for use until the end of the rugby season but the focus was on getting it built, Boag said.
It’s been two decades in the making.
The rugby club started drafting up plans for new clubrooms as far back as the early 2000s, he said.
Those plans were shelved when the Rakaia Community Strategic Plan in 2009 introduced the idea of a shared sports facility in the Rakaia Domain, and the formation of Sport Rakaia.
That led to much bigger plans and the Rakaia Stadium Trust pitching to the Ashburton District Council in 2015 to back a new sports complex at the Rakaia Domain. But as the EA Networks Centre was set to open in Ashburton, the council baulked at the $1.5m funding request towards the estimated $5m proposed facility.
The rugby club then took charge again and, after Covid delayed progress, they pitched to the council at the end of 2021 to pay for the replacement public toilets in the building.
The council is funding the $351,000 replacement public toilets, a prefabricated toilet block that will be incorporated into the end of the centre, near the car park.
It then took a bit longer than hoped to finalise designs, get consent and start building, but the result will be a facility fo
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Health Minister Shane Reti says the Government will shift more health decision-making back to the regions, but Ashburton’s mayor believes it is already under way.
District health boards were scrapped 18 months ago to form Te Whatu Ora/Health NZ in… View moreBy local democracy reporter Jonathan Leask:
Health Minister Shane Reti says the Government will shift more health decision-making back to the regions, but Ashburton’s mayor believes it is already under way.
District health boards were scrapped 18 months ago to form Te Whatu Ora/Health NZ in a bid to end geographical differences in healthcare.
Reti said the reforms went too far in removing local decision making.
"There are some parts that need to be owned by the centre [Te Whatu Ora], absolutely, but we need to be very careful because what has happened here is we've lost local accountability.
“We've lost local decision making and it's all owned by the centre."
Ashburton mayor Neil Brown said he believed a move to localise health was already happening under the current model.
The council doesn’t do health, its role is advocacy, but they have been involved in setting up a locality for health, Brown said.
Localities are part of the shift to the Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand system, aimed at delivering place-based planning for health and wellbeing services.
“We have been working with other councils to set up a locality for Mid-South Canterbury,” Brown said.
Ashburton is working with the Timaru, Waimate and Mackenzie councils, and local rūnanga to form a locality.
“To do localities you had to have council on board. We have the four mayors on board and our iwi Arowhenua ... all heading in the same direction, all wanting the best services for everyone.”
Whether the locality model would be retained under the new Government was yet to be seen.
However, Brown said the work had progressed to a point where it would work with Reti's suggestion.
“If it’s not called a locality we can still progress with it as a region.
“I think they will work quite well and have local people making local decisions for health from the Rakaia River to the Waitaki River.”
Reti stopped short of saying he would reintroduce district health boards and Brown questioned if the DHB model was that localised.
The Canterbury District Health Board was Christchurch-centric and rarely had elected members from Mid Canterbury, he said.
The council’s advocacy work is also looking at extending Te Rūnanga o Arowhenua’s Whānau Services into Mid Canterbury, which would happen under the locality system, Brown said.
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We can … View moreDid you know you can share details of community events with your fellow neighbours on Neighbourly? Please let us know if you’ve got a school fair, community market, workshop or other event coming up that the public can attend! Click the Events tab within Neighbourly for more details.
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It was during the live televised name reveal for Ryman Healthcare’s new Cambridge village on TVNZ’s Breakfast that presenter Matty McClean happened upon Doug.… View moreNot all Ryman residents can claim viral internet sensation status – but Patrick Hogan Retirement Village’s Doug Lineham sure can!
It was during the live televised name reveal for Ryman Healthcare’s new Cambridge village on TVNZ’s Breakfast that presenter Matty McClean happened upon Doug.
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