Building the Spring into ballers P5 the festival P8 Northern Outlook Saturday, August 13, 2016 NORTH CANTERBURY’S BEST READ COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER Locals and tourists are getting their knickers in a twist over a new mural on the public toilet in Cheviot, which is still a work in progress. Artistic or inappropriate? EMILY SPINK led many to believe the painting the final image is described as ‘a council could allow such a mural Hagar New Zealand operations depicted girls with their knickers colourful and humorous depiction in 2016, especially when the toilet director Sarah Scott Webb, whose A public toilet mural has been around their ankles. of toilet stalls showing various block was opposite the local organisation works with abused deemed inappropriate by sexual Council chief executive types of legs and underwear’ – this school. women and children, said the abuse advocates, but local Hamish Dobbie said they had includes both men and women.’’ ‘‘It’s simply not clever or funny image was inappropriate, and authorities encourage people to received a ‘‘small number’’ of The Cheviot Ward Committee to paint images of girls and boys helped feed sexualisation and withhold their judgements until complaints about the mural. had agreed on the mural image in with their pants down on a public objectification messages. the work is finished. ‘‘The nature of these concerns consultation with the Cheviot toilet. We all know what’s going ‘‘It has the potential to put The Hurunui District Council is that they think the mural Promotions Group. on inside the toilet. It doesn’t need young women – and if men are has fielded a handful of com- shows ‘little girls’ in an unaccept- The complaints would be con- to be drawn on the outside for us.’’ going to be on it too – at risk. plaints after a photo emerged on able manner. sidered by the ward committee at On Thursday morning, the ‘‘It feeds into this whole gen- Facebook of a painting on the ‘‘We are asking these people to its next meeting on September 7. mural attracted a raft of photo- eral message that our culture is female side of the Cheviot public please wait until the mural is fin- One of the complainants, Garth graphs from passing tourists. A perpetuating that this kind of toilets, in North Canterbury. ished – the sketched legs to date Rodger, said it was ‘‘mind- ‘work in progress’ sign was dis- tongue-in-cheek stuff is ok, when The image, posted on July 28, may appear effeminate, however boggling’’ that a New Zealand played above one stall image. in fact it isn’t.’’ OPEN BREAK WIND WITH CJ’S! 9-4pm CJ’s Leyland Cypress up to 49...$10 each Fri, Sat, Sun DRIVE THRU Windbreak 3 50 - 99...$7.50 each 5 Grays Road Plant farm Super Deal Varieties100 or more...$5 each AMBERLEY www.cjsplants.co.nz PH 0800 394 946 2 NORTHERN OUTLOOK, AUGUST 13, 2016 stuff.co.nz YOUR PAPER, YOUR PLACE 1. SHAKESPEARE King Lear. 7.30pm, Elmwood This newspaper is subject to NZ Press Theatre, August 24-September 9. Council procedures. Tickets and details from A complaint must first repertory.nz be directed in writing, FROM within one month of THE 2. PUB QUIZ publication, to the editor’s email address. 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The motorways are the last projects to be built under the Gov- ernment’s roads of national sig- nificance programme. Contracts have been let to build the new $240m section of motorway to the north of Christ- church to help ease congestion. The Northern Corridor will be built to the east of Belfast, between the Waimakariri River and Cranford St, providing relief for North Canterbury commuters travelling to central Christ- church. The project will improve journey time trip reliability by providing a four-lane median- divided arterial that provides a more direct link at a higher aver- age and more consistent operat- ing speed (design speed of 100 km/ hr versus existing speeds of 50/60 km/hr). Transport Minister Simon Bridges said Christchurch played Construction on the northern corridor is expected to begin in October and is expected to take four years to complete. a ‘‘critical role’’ in the economic development of the whole South Corridor will include: - Better access to the growing improve traffic flows out of leisure activities, employment Island. - The upgrade of Queen Eliza- industrial-zoned area around Bel- Christchurch. and the many schools in the area. Construction on both projects beth II Drive to four lanes fast. - A shared pedestrian/cycle - Improvements to the public is expected to get under way in between Main North Rd and Innes - Construction of a third path along the length of the high- transport network and efficiency October, and will be complete Rd helping reduce congestion and northbound lane on the way, with links to existing streets on Main North Rd, with less within four years. delays with freight through to Waimakariri motorway bridge and planned cycle facilities in the traffic through the residential The Christchurch Northern Lyttelton Port. through to Tram Rd, helping to area providing safer access to area.