MARCH 2020 • ISSUE: 249 In This Edition: • Water Restrictions • What a Diverse Team • Godley Gifts NEWS Next Issue print date: Issue 250, 17th March 2020. Content Deadline: 5pm 14th March 2020. Call for Expressions of Interest Thank you Jacob Chick for our Cover Pic this issue! Lyttelton and Akaroa Design Review Panels The Banks Peninsula Community Board is seeking The Review expressions of interest for members of the Akaroa Design Is a Lyttelton Harbour Information Centre initiative Review Panel and Lyttelton Design Review Panel for the designed to keep our community informed with what is 2019-2022 term. going on around the harbour. It’s also an opportunity to The role of the Panels is to provide advice to promote showcase the people and places that other wise would good design and a quality urban environment that go under the radar. 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Back copies are available on our website www.lytteltoninfocentre.nz Celebrate Sea Week 2 Lyttelton Review March 2020 | Issue:249 NEWS Water Restrictions Level 1 water restrictions have been introduced across that when demand for water is extremely high, we can Christchurch from today to ensure the Council can keep only supply so much of it through the network’s pumps, supplying a fair amount of water while keeping enough in pipes and reservoirs. reserve for fire-fighting. “Water-bottling plants and other self-suppliers like Several consecutive days of hot weather are forecast farms have their own water supplies and don’t use the for the city which is expected to push up demand for Council’s water network, so they don’t affect our ability water and put the water supply network under extreme to supply Christchurch residents with drinking water.” pressure. Level 1 restrictions means no outdoor water use is Christchurch City Council Head of Three Waters and permitted between 3pm and 9pm, and the use of hoses, Waste Helen Beaumont says similar temperatures two sprinklers and garden irrigation systems is permitted weeks ago saw the city use the highest levels of water only on alternate days. in a decade, so the Council is taking steps now to curb If you live at an odd-numbered address, you can water demand. your garden on odd dates (1st, 3rd, 5th, etc). If you live “When we get back-to-back days of high temperatures, at an even-numbered address, you can water on even we struggle to get water through the network fast enough dates. to meet the demand. This means there’s a risk that we “We are monitoring the weather and the city’s water use can’t keep supplying drinking water at a constant flow and on a daily basis. If we need to, we will move to a higher pressure. There’s also the risk that we won’t have enough level of restrictions,” adds Ms Beaumont. water in reserve to fight fires if we need to. Level 4 restrictions – a total ban on outdoor water use “For these reasons, we’re introducing water restrictions – were introduced in parts of Banks Peninsula earlier from today so the city’s water use can lower to a more this month. That was because the streams that supply manageable level, especially in the evenings, when we’re drinking water to Akaroa, Duvauchelle and Takamatua seeing the most extreme demand.” dropped very suddenly following extreme temperatures Ms Beaumont says the restrictions are not because of a and drying north-westerly winds. low water supply. Article CCC Newsline “It’s not that we’re going to run out of water from the aquifers – there’s plenty of water available. The issue is Lyttelton Review March 2020 | Issue:249 3 NEWS Banks Peninsula Draft Community Board Plan 20202022 We’re developing our 2020–2022 draft Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū/Banks Peninsula Community Board Plan and we’d like to hear your feedback. This plan outlines our vision and priorities for the Banks Peninsula community and will guide our decisions on local activities, projects and facilities over the next three years. We are asking for your feedback on our vision and priorities for the Banks Peninsula community as part of our Community Board Plan. Background Our advocacy and decision-making over the next three years will be guided by all of the vision statements above. A Community Board Plan is a three-year plan that sets out the Community Board’s vision and priorities for the Our priorities local community. These Plans will guide the Board’s We are proposing the following as our areas of focus decisions on local activities, projects and facilities and our which require funding in the Long Term Plan and want to advocacy on behalf of our communities. Each Community know if you agree with our proposed priorities and have Board Plan will identify up to nine priorities, which the any suggestions or feedback. Your feedback will help us Community Board will focus on during the term. make final decisions on our Board Plan. The Board is now developing its 2020 – 2022 Community Board Plan in conversations with our communities, with Destination Management Plan the aim to adopt the Plan by April 2020. A Destination Management Plan for Banks Peninsula is complete (ChristchurchNZ-led with Council support and Our vision early, regular Board involvement), and funding is allocated Banks Peninsula is home to many unique, thriving for implementation. The Plan should take account settlements as well as being a valued place for locals of current and future economic, social, cultural and and visitors from the region, country and overseas to environmental impacts by addressing: recreate, explore and unwind. Our focus is to enhance • The needs of local residents, the environment, environmental, cultural, social and economic well-being local businesses and visitors so that the Peninsula is a vibrant and reviving place to live, work and visit. • How many and what type of visitors provide the best value for the community Vision statements • Cruise ship management • The Peninsula’s environmental sustainability and biodiversity is maintained and enhanced • Freedom camping • The Board has strong relationships with Papatipu • Infrastructure demands Rūnanga who have mana whenua over Banks Peninsula to ensure that cultural values are • The impact of seasonality on small businesses acknowledged and understood and the community • The Peninsula’s infrastructure is well-maintained • Accommodation issues for seasonal and low- and developed as appropriate income workers • Our communities are strong, connected and Wastewater treatment plant renewals foster a sense of belonging • The Akaroa, Duvauchelle and Wainui wastewater treatment plant renewals are funded and • Tourism opportunities are balanced with underway to improve the environment by ending environmental, social and cultural values the discharge of wastewater into the Akaroa • The cultural, environmental and built heritage of Harbour. Banks Peninsula is valued and enhanced Upgrading toilets • Our communities are prepared for the impacts of • Public toilets on Banks Peninsula are brought natural hazards and can respond up to an acceptable standard with priorities determined by existing Parks planning processes • The Board actively engages and communicates and taking account of increasing visitor numbers. with its communities to understand local issues Finalise the Naval Point Development Plan • Planning is undertaken to promote the social and • The Naval Point Development Plan is approved economic prosperity of Peninsula settlements and implementation is fully funded. 4 Lyttelton Review March 2020 | Issue:249 NEWS Information centre update: Kia ora, Summer is always a busy time with so many event happenings it is often so hard to choose what to do. The last couple of weeks has seen the Harbour host ‘The Banks Peninsula Festival’ to great success… Congratulations to Lyttleton’s ‘SUPER’ chef Anna for winning the mystery cook off. Black Cat ran a fully booked trip over to Ripapa Island last Sunday, a tour that is very much in demand and we hope they run more.