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A Project Lyttelton initiative in association with The Akaroa Mail To contact the Lyttelton News team - Telephone (03) 328 9260 or email [email protected] Check out our upgraded website! www.lyttelton.net.nz Whakarauika o Whakaraupo Issue 76 - Friday June 3 2011 Festival will light up Lyttelton again he seventh Lyttelton Harbour Festival of Lights takes place on Friday June 17, with the annual Street Party T on Lyttelton’s London Street from 6pm to 10:30pm. An initiative of Project Lyttelton, the festival is sponsored by Christchurch City Council and Lyttelton Port of Christchurch, with support and sponsorship from other local businesses and organisations. The combination of a masked parade, live Lyttelton bands and performers, the dazzling Lyttelton Port of Christchurch Fireworks - this year at 7:30pm - and fully choreographed to music, is guaranteed to bring local families out in their winter woollies to enjoy the unique atmosphere of London Street, lit up as a winter wonderland especially for the festival. The Street Party begins at 6pm with an amazing masked parade, followed by local bands and musicians on the main Historic lighthouse gets special treatment stage, including the Harbour Union, a collaboration of Lyttelton The lighthouse is a listed international navigational aid and musicians who have formed to benefit Lyttelton’s earthquake Lyttelton’s historic lighthouse has been removed temporar- while it is out of commission a temporary light has been recovery, and showcases local talent in the form of music, food ily to a safe place for rehabilitation. The two earthquakes left installed in its place. It was built around 1878 and was origi- and drink, and performing arts. the lighthouse on a 15-degree lean as the timber roundhead nally sited on the on the hard fill of the breakwater itself, There will also be performances from belly dancers, hip hop structure that it sat on was pulled downwards by settlement of probably close to the end of the present cool store. It was dancers, experimental musicians, street performers and busk- land near the wharf. shifted to the roundhead when that was built in the 1920s. The ers. LPC’s civil maintenance team relocated the lighthouse us- light colour was changed from its original red to green when “The Lyttelton Harbour Festival of Lights will be an exciting ing the multi-purpose barge Cooper. It was carefully lifted New Zealand adopted a new international standard for buoys event again this year. The programme is a real celebration of from Z berth and transported to J7 where it will be restored. and beacons in the early 1980s. local Lyttelton talent and our community’s resilient attitude. Once the land and wharf structure at Z berth have been The blue and orange boat behind the lighthouse in the pho- It’s great to be able to deliver this event, especially after all that remediated, it will be placed back there and go back into tograph is a pilot vessel. has happened in recent months” Project Lyttelton event organ- operation. izer Andrew Turner said. “Our Festival of Lights has matured into a ‘must see’ Christchurch event and one that shows Lyttelton lit up at its midwinter best.” The event is managed by Project Lyttelton, with a strong What is the future for focus on sustainability and community building. Festival-goers are encouraged to use public transport and adopt the festival’s Zero Waste approach, by taking any non- recyclable rubbish home. The 2011 Lyttelton Harbour Festival of Lights is sponsored Lyttelton Schools? by Christchurch City Council, Lyttelton Port of Christchurch, More FM, Hang-Up Entertainment, Lyttelton Engineering, Survey seeks views Fireworks Professionals, The Canterbury Community Trust, Lion Foundation, The Press, and The Southern Trust. here has been a sug- merged school. Lyttelton is a great place to ideas that people have for our See www.lyttelton.net.nz for more information. gestion that the two There is also an opportu- live and bring up children. schools.” T primary schools in nity to express a view about Craig McGuigan, Chairper- She is also interested in find- Lyttelton might merge in the running a bilingual education son of Lyttelton Main School ing out about the interest in future, and the Boards of Trus- programme in Lyttelton. believes that “the community Maori education in Lyttelton. Volunteer for tees of Lyttelton Main School The feedback from the sur- consultation is an opportunity “Given that we have such and Lyttelton West School vey will be used to help shape for the Lyttelton community long-lived connections with have decided to consult with education in Lyttelton for dec- to express their views on a whanau at Rapaki, we are hop- festival success the local community about the ades to come. wide range of educational is- ing there will be enough inter- provision of primary school There are currently 327 pri- sues. est to establish a bicultural Individuals can help to make the festival a success by education in Lyttelton. mary school age children liv- “We are doing many things education programme in sharing thrir time with the organisers and having fun. They are looking at the fu- ing in Lyttelton. well but we know that we can Lyttelton.” There is a mask making workshop on the afternoon of ture and considering how the Both Lyttelton Main and improve and provide even Surveys will be distributed Sunday June 12, and Jan Jeans would like help in running needs of the children can be Lyttelton West schools have greater opportunities for local to each parent of students at this. best met, and how resources healthy rolls. The February children.” Lyttelton Main and Lyttelton There are lots of ways you can help out on the night of the should be allocated to achieve school rolls were Lyttelton Anna Thorpe, Chairperson West in early June. They are street party – as traffic marshal, at the Project Lyttelton this. Main 147 and Lyttelton West of Lyttelton West School has also available to groups. stand selling hot drinks and food, face painting and handing Feedback is being sought 124. heard views of parents and Two public meetings are out survey information. through the upcoming In addition, there are about others in the community for being held to discuss the is- Join in the parade in mask (and costume if you want). Lyttelton Schools’ Survey. 70 primary age children who years about how primary sues raised by the survey. There are a small number of masks and costumes that can By consulting with the com- live in the Lyttelton area and school education might be best They are planned for Tues- be lent out – contact Juliet 328 8558. munity the schools intend to attending school elsewhere. organised. day June 7 at 7 pm at Lyttelton You can even stay in mask through the night! develop a shared vision for Projections for the Lyttelton “It will be great to finally Main School and Thursday Possible volunteers can find out more by telephoning the future. area indicate a growth in pri- hear exactly how many peo- June 9 at 2 pm at Lyttelton Sue-Ellen on 328 9243 or writing via email to This will include asking mary school aged children to ple support a merger of some West. [email protected] whether the community fa- between 350 and 370 children kind, or not, and then work Everyone is welcome to vours two schools or one by 2016. towards responding to the come to either meeting. Lyttelton - portal to Canterbury’s historic past, a vibrant sustainable community, creating a living future. 2 - Lyttelton News - Friday June 3 2011 Information Centre returns to town Farmers Market will by Wendy Everingham ow it’s so amaz ing how kind and move to new site W generous people With so much change in Lyttelton and so many voices with are when you strike adversity. ideas for the township, the Project Lyttelton Board met re- Community help has en- cently to state its position on its vision for the Lyttelton Farm- sured that our Information ers Market. Centre can re-open in a tem- The Farmers Market was set up by Project Lyttelton in 2005. porary building on London We did this so that our local community would have access to Street within the next week. fresh food, have a meeting place, stimulate local business, A knock on Mrs Fyfe’s front promote sustainability and help the local community in gen- door at 65 London Street eral. meant that this generous Our partnership with Lyttelton Main School has been a key Lyttelton resident would al- part of our vision. low us to use her front yard The market has connected us to the school community, free of charge to locate our enabled us to give them a funding stream and created a nice new site office. synergy between the town centre, the school and wider com- Then a conversation with munity. Andre Goldsmith from Hang Our Board believes our partnership with the school is para- Up Entertainment Services mount. Project Lyttelton is committed to keep the market at gave us a contact for a port- Lyttelton Main School and keep the market at roughly the same able building. size. Our new home sourced from Unfortunately Lyttelton Main School has suffered quite a bit Portable Buildings New Zea- of damage to their buildings and grounds from the earth- land was supplied at a very quakes. discounted rate and then in- The new Lyttelton Information Centre arrives on site. Smaller grounds mean less space for the market and with a stalled with the help of Hang new school re-build planned Project Lyttelton has decided to Up Entertainment Services. We already produce a com- on demand. be contacted on 328 9093 or move the market temporarily to a new site in Lyttelton. A further conversation saw munity email newsletter and Please send us any news you [email protected] Details of this will be announced shortly. Lynnette Baird become the have an updated community have or contact us for infor- www.lytteltonharbour.info al- It is our firm intention to move the market back to Lyttelton new Information Centre “Go website but we are also plan- mation you may need. ternatively you can pop in and Main School as soon as possible and continue the great part- To” person and now within ning on introducing a hard As previously mentioned we see us. nership that we have created over the last few years. the space of a few days we copy newsletter plus daily are also there to help you should be up and running. notices. source funding for your We envisage that our main At this stage we plan to be projects. role for the near future will be open from 11am to 3pm Mon- The Lyttelton Harbour In- Communal office space – a disseminating community and day to Friday. formation is Located at 65 earthquake information. That will change depending London St Lyttelton. We can new direction for Lyttelton month ago when is a whole movement out there Jodi Rees posted an that is widely regarded as part A article about rethink- of the new face of doing busi- ing office space, she was tap- ness. ping into a common urge for “Co-working” is the term, people post-earthquake to re- and it has many different think the way they work and guises. live. It basically means some Moreover, with businesses form of shared office space struggling to find new loca- that provides people with a tions that can house their staff, desk, office equipment, and the idea of working from home internet access. for at least part of the time has It also offers a chance to become a reality for many peo- work in a stimulating profes- ple. sional space, and reclaim the There are lots of reasons garage or spare room, without why this reconnection be- the cost or commitment of hir- tween where you live and ing your own office. where you work might be- Over the past few years, co- come more permanent. working facilities—both For starters, people enjoy grassroots, co-op-like versions the experience of not having and for-profit models—have to factor lengthy travel into started popping up across New their daily schedule. Zealand and the world. Being able to experience the There is even a wiki (co- ‘daytime world’ of where you working wiki) that hosts pages live is another attraction – to for co-working initiatives. shop in local shops, eat and In Lyttelton a small group meet in local cafes. of us are considering how to For some, job loss as a re- make this a possibility here. sult of the earthquake has been We are currently registered the impetus to begin building with the Lyttelton business new careers. database for future building Running a start-up business space and are looking into from home is the easiest and costing basic equipment. cheapest option. We would like to hear from However, as the initial en- anyone curious about the po- Community gardeners examine the card. thusiasm at not having to rush tential for making this work out the door at dawn passes, it for them. can be that working from If any or all of this applies Port Waikato sends card and cheque home isn’t as much fun as you to you: thought it might be. - You work in your own At one of the recent way they haven’t done much It might be hard to clear the business and would like to Wednesday Community Gar- before. The card can be necessary space in your house, share office space den lunches, gardeners looked viewed at the library. It is filled A note about scrap and its easy to be distracted. - Your employer encourages at the colourful card sent to with photos of the event and Because of earthquake dam- ding on the wharves and ste- You can feel you are miss- you to work from home Lyttelton from Port Waikato. messages of good will to us. age to Cashin Quay, the vedores are informed of the ing out on social connections - You want part time, casual It came with a cheque. There is the Waitati group, Lyttelton Port Company says need to minimise noise. and the stimulating ideas that use of office space This small port town of 400 Blueskin Resilient Communi- that it is being forced to work The next scrap vessel is ex- come from interacting with then co-working could be raised $5000 for Lyttelton. ties Trust that ran a fund rais- some trades such as scrap pected around 12 or 13 June others. for you. They did this by means of a ing event for us and have do- metal for recycling in the in- and people can check the com- So what are the options? It We are still developing large community dinner. They nated $3329. ner harbour, although these pany’s website for updated turns out that while virtual options and would love to continue to support Lyttelton Meanwhile there are groups exports are better worked shipping schedules. connections enable people to hear your ideas so get in with other events. wroking overseas as well. away from residential areas. A proportion of the scrap work from many locations, touch with Meg (328 8052, It seems to be a two-way One in the UK – fund-raised In order to limit the impact metal being exported for re- there still seems to be a strong [email protected]) thing. As they think of us in by a rugby club, and another on the community, recycled cycling is from earthquake pull for people to find ways of or Jodi Lyttelton they are beginning contacted ex-patriot New Zea- conveyer mats are used as pad- demolition. working together – and there ([email protected]) to gather as a community in a landers in the Netherlands.

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