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Sam was disengaged and struggling to find meaning in his daily routine of attending school, doing chores, and playing video games. Then, he was invited to join a Graeme Dingle Foundation programme, which introduced him to the outdoors.
After the wilderness adventure, Sam became more confident … View moreSam was disengaged and struggling to find meaning in his daily routine of attending school, doing chores, and playing video games. Then, he was invited to join a Graeme Dingle Foundation programme, which introduced him to the outdoors.
After the wilderness adventure, Sam became more confident and self-assured, and his teachers noticed a positive change in his sociability and willingness to ask questions in class.
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By David Hill, local Ddemocracy reporter
A Rangiora school has answered a call to help migrants learn English.
Rangiora Borough School has donated old reading books to support an initiate run by the Global Locals of Waimakariri (Glow) to teach English to new migrants.
Waimakariri District … View moreBy David Hill, local Ddemocracy reporter
A Rangiora school has answered a call to help migrants learn English.
Rangiora Borough School has donated old reading books to support an initiate run by the Global Locals of Waimakariri (Glow) to teach English to new migrants.
Waimakariri District Council community development facilitator Carolyn Boswell said there was a growing demand for English language classes following the opening up of the border.
‘‘"It is pretty exciting, in the last year we’ve gone from one class on a Saturday morning to three classes catering to a different range of abilities.
"It highlights the fact we are getting more and more people from overseas and there is now a lot of diversity in our district."
She said the initiative came out of a recent Race Unity Day art competition involving the local schools, which was run by local Iranian migrants, Glow (formerly the Migrants and Newcomers Network) and the council community team.
The network runs free English language classes and was looking for resources to start up a new beginners English language class.
Rangiora Borough School pupils participated in the art competition and principal Shane Buckner offered some old reading books.
"Our involvement with the Race Unity Day highlighted the fact we can support local in these endeavours," Buckner said.
"We have excess stock through culling of our resources and we would love to see the books used locally.’’
He put the call out to other schools in the local Puketeraki Kahui Ako (Rangiora community of learning) to support the initiative.
St Joseph’s Catholic School (Rangiora) and Kaiapoi Borough School have since responded and offered some reading books.
English language and conversational English classes are run on Saturday mornings at the Rangiora Town Hall during school term time.
To find out more contact Carolyn on 027-2933407 or email carolyn.boswell.wmk.govt.nz
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Waimakariri has the chance to step up its efforts to welcome migrants.
The Waimakariri District Council has been accepted into the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Welcoming Communities programme.
Community team manager Tessa Sturley said the council would receive funding to employ a half-time facilitator over a three year period to boost the council’s efforts to support migrants.
‘‘There has been fantastic work done to date to support the migrant community, such as supporting the business sector and advising employers on how they can support their migrant workforce.
"This funding will allow us to build on that and to continue to support our growing migrant community."
The council established a migrant facilitator portfolio within the community team in 2016 in response to the growing number of migrants, particularly in the dairy sector and assisting in the earthquake rebuild.
The community team helped to establish the Migrants and Newcomers Network, now known as Glow (Global Locals of Waimakariri), which ran several initiatives including English language classes.
Since then the booming hospitality sector and the growing retirement village sector have been "significant employers of migrant staff", Sturley said.
Often the families of migrant workers had limited English making it difficult to find work or integrate into the community.
Neighbouring councils, including Hurunui and Selwyn were already part of the Welcoming Communities programme.
Sturley said the council hoped to get up to date information on the number of migrants living in the district, following the recently completed census.
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By David Hill, local democracy reporter
Environment Canterbury plans to consult on its Ashley River strategy later this year.
North Canterbury zone manager Andrew Arps says the Rakahuri/Ashley River Braided River Strategy is an important piece of work.
It will be one of the first out of … View moreBy David Hill, local democracy reporter
Environment Canterbury plans to consult on its Ashley River strategy later this year.
North Canterbury zone manager Andrew Arps says the Rakahuri/Ashley River Braided River Strategy is an important piece of work.
It will be one of the first out of the blocks, along with a Rangitata River strategy, he said.
"We are working through reach by reach to see how it all works together as an over-arching plan.
"ECan is writing the strategy, but it is a multi agency, community approach, which is why the consultation process is important."
The regional council consulted on its masterplan for the Rangiora Reach, at Cones Road, Rangiora, last year, which will be incorporated into the overall strategy.
Some initiatives were already under way, including woody weeds clearance work at the Ashley River Gorge and Okuku River.
The consultation process would identify more work which was needed.
The recent experience of Cyclone Gabrielle in the North Island had highlighted the dangers of forestry "slash", Arps said.
"The forestry down here and the terrain is at a different scale, but there are things we need to look at.
"It is a different environment, but there are also risks which is why the clearance of the willows is important work.
"As has been highlighted, we are likely to see more of these events in the future so we need to be as best prepared as we can be."
But the biggest barrier was funding and the council would need more central government support to tackle the problem to prevent a repeat of what was seen in the North Island.
Braided river revival regional lead Greg Stanley said the strategy would provide an action plan for organisations to work together to restore ecological and riparian corridors, and to re-connect people with the river.
"Community input will be essential to shaping a strategy that helps meet the vision for the people who live, work and play along the river."
The strategy was being co-drafted with Mahaanui Kurataiao Ltd to ensure mana whenua input, Stanley said.
An initial draft strategy had been prepared to engage with local community groups which had indicated suggestions for improvement.
For more information, go to www.ecan.govt.nz...
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Kitty Kingdom Cat Rescue in Rangiora hope to present a petition to Waimakariri District Council requesting a bylaw, which would make it mandatory for domestic cats to be desexed, microchipped and registered on the New Zealand Companion Animal Register. A bylaw would reduce the cat population, … View moreKitty Kingdom Cat Rescue in Rangiora hope to present a petition to Waimakariri District Council requesting a bylaw, which would make it mandatory for domestic cats to be desexed, microchipped and registered on the New Zealand Companion Animal Register. A bylaw would reduce the cat population, enforce responsible cat ownership, protect our wildlife and reduce cases of animal cruelty in our district. Please check out the link below and sign and share if you agree. If not, thank you for taking the time to read this post.
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By David Hill, local democracy reporter
Waimakariri ratepayers can expect a small rates hike to balance the council’s ballooning roading budget.
Mayor Dan Gordon says the council has increased its proposed rates rise from 5.97%, signalled in the draft annual plan, to 6.24% as staff work to … View moreBy David Hill, local democracy reporter
Waimakariri ratepayers can expect a small rates hike to balance the council’s ballooning roading budget.
Mayor Dan Gordon says the council has increased its proposed rates rise from 5.97%, signalled in the draft annual plan, to 6.24% as staff work to keep on top of rising road maintenance costs.
"Most of the emails, messages and submissions we have received are around roading issues.
"So when it came down to a decision whether we defer some road maintenance or do we keep up with the work we do, the message from ratepayers was pretty clear."
The extra 0.27% rates rise will net an additional $220,000 for council staff to spend on roads.
Gordon said he had been talking to other councils around the country that were facing similar issues with rising roading costs.
And for some, their roading budget had already blown out, he said.
With the rising roading costs, Gordon said staff will be monitoring the council’s contractor closely to ensure road maintenance is kept up to date.
"We feel that level of audit is very important when we are talking about ratepayer and tax payer money."
The increase to the roading budget was the only change from the draft annual plan presented to ratepayers earlier this year.
The council will meet again on June 20 to sign off the 2023-24 annual plan.
Even well-insulated homes can lose up to 45% of the room's heat without having adequate curtains. This is why Curtain Banks are in high demand at this time of year.
A petition is circulating to get curtains added as part of the Healthy Homes Standards in the hopes of helping renters avoid… View moreEven well-insulated homes can lose up to 45% of the room's heat without having adequate curtains. This is why Curtain Banks are in high demand at this time of year.
A petition is circulating to get curtains added as part of the Healthy Homes Standards in the hopes of helping renters avoid living in cold, damp conditions. Do you think curtains should be mandatory for New Zealand homes?
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