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News In Brief
Monument for peace
Christchurch Rotary clubs want to erect a peace monument in Hagley Park.
The City Council is considering the proposal at present.
The clubs want to place the monument, to be similar to the first erected in Wagga Wagga,Australia, in 1993, to "foster peace among and within all families, communities and nations of the world."
Other peace monuments have been erected around the world and are large flat, granite structures with Rotary symbols and the dove of peace at the apex. Seating will be provided around the monument.
If permission is given it will be placed at the south-western end of Lake Victoria.
Public opinions are now being sought by the Parks and Waterways Unit.
National importance
About 159 hectares of land near McLeans Island is to be bought by the City Council for a scenic reserve and also to protect Canterbury Plains grassland of national significance.
The area has indigenous grassland and shrub vegetation of unique ecological significance to Canterbury.
Forest map updated
An updated version of the Bottle Lake Forest Park information brochure is available at 50c a copy from the City Council’s Parks and Waterways Unit, Civic Offices, the Bottle Lake Forest Park ranger’s headquarters, and at the Shirley and Linwood service centres.
It is designed, with a map and information, with keen mountain bikers and walkers in mind.
Boards effective
Christchurch’s six community boards, established in 1989, are an effective arm of local government, says a new report that reviewed the boards’ functions.
The report says the boards make decisions on more than 1400 agenda items a year and make a considerable input into the local government scene.
Substantial delegated authority contributed greatly towards their successes, the report says.
The City Council support of the boards has been constant throughout the years and the increasing financial support and delegated authority acknowledge their importance and supportive role in governance in the city.
There was a harmonious relationship between the boards and the Council. "The general satisfaction of Christchurch citizens with the manner in which the city is run has never been higher and without doubt this reflects on the continued success of the Council and community boards working as a team for a common cause," the report says.
New Reservoir
Part of the Huia Gilpin Reserve, at the upper end of Huntsbury Avenue on the Port Hills, will be used to build a water reservoir. The reservoir will serve an expansion of the Broadoaks housing sub-division and the upper part of Huntsbury Hill.
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