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| Six-year-old Brook Murphy tees off at Rawhiti
Municipal Golf Links most Sundays. With hisown small-sized golfclubs, he plays a few holes at the start or finish of the course, depending on the number of other players around. His father Steve happily goes along for the walk - as caddie. Rawhiti is known as a links course because it is close to the sea and sandhills, and the sandy nature of the soil. For more information about Rawhiti Municipal Golf Links phone its Golf Shop, 388-7408. |
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Clothed in scaffolding and surrounded by a neat white hoarding, the section of the Canterbury Provincial Council buildings known as `Bellamys' is being structurally strengthened as part of the Council's programme of seismic strengthening for the buildings.
`Bellamys' was designed by the pre-eminent Gothic revival architect, Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort and built in 1865. Structural strengthening work at Bellamys should be completed by mid June 1997 and expressions of interest for the use of Bellamys will be called for in the near future.
| Christchurch is fortunate to have the Summit
Road Society, yet most of us have never heard of it. Volunteers from the Society have
planted, nurtured and maintained scenic reserves in the Port Hills for 30 years. Most are
re-tired people who enjoy outdoor life and mixing with like-minded enthusiasts. Now the
society is looking for new recruits for work parties so it can continue and extend its
activities. Anyone interested can phone 326- 5105 or 332-7134. These activities are undertaken in partnership with the City Council which is responsible for managing the Port Hills reserves. The Society was set up in 1948 to preserve the Summit Road area for the benefit of the people of Christchurch. |
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Residents worried about the effects of poisons sprayed near their houses for weed control can opt to have their frontages missed out of Council poison spraying operations. Spraying is only done where there is significant weed growth, and is targeted, rather than blanket sprayed. Seventy households have already registered as no spray, and areas around their houses are sprayed with hot water instead.
Although Council assures residents that the poisons sprayed are in most cases organic and are safe for people and pets (but not weeds) some people with acute allergies or suffer-ing from severe health problems prefer to be exempted.
Residents wishing to know more should contact City Streets on 371-1589 or contact your local service centre.
If you want to know more about what your Council is doing for the City this year, but don't want to read anything, the Annual Plan video could be the answer.
The Annual Plan, which determines your Council's priorities, was passed in July for this financial year.
This is the first time the Council has produced a video on the Annual Plan.
The video explains that all Council services including water, streets, cultural and entertainment events and big projects cost less that $2.50 per day per household.
Copies of the Annual Plan video can be viewed at Council Service Centres or libraries.