All white now Nelson run P4 around Rangiora54 Northern Outlook Wednesday, May 4, 2016 NORTH CANTERBURY’S BEST READ COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER Retailing fuels big growth in Rangiora JOEL INESON ‘‘We’ve seen quite a A winter festival, 4G broadband lot of resilience of for the town and continued retail people spending in growth were among the many topics of discussion at a Rangiora the Rangiora area.’’ town update meeting on Monday Simon Hart night. Waimakariri District Council Waimakariri District Council staff and representatives detailed falling behind only Christ- how far the district’s largest town church’s CBD, Riccarton, had progressed and talked with Papanui and Hornby. residents and business owners Council roading manager Ken about their plans for continued Stevenson detailed a long list of development. current and future roading Business and centres manager extensions and projects, most Simon Hart spoke about the notably the long-term addition of town’s population growth since an eastern arterial road over the 2006, fielding an increase of about next 25 years that would connect 6000 people, while an enormous Lineside and Northbrook roads. earthquake-spurred rise in build- Stevenson said Northbrook Rd ing consents during 2012-13 had would be a focus in the shorter fallen in the following two years. term, as it was currently ‘‘pretty He said retail in the town was rough,’’ as would traffic signals at continuing a steady increase, act- the South Belt and Southbrook Rd ing as a ‘‘service centre’’ for 60 per intersection and a new road from cent of the district, with close to West Belt to Townsend Rd. $300,000,000 spent during 2015. Enterprise North Canterbury ‘‘Even with the effects of the chief executive Heather Warwick earthquakes we’ve seen quite a lot said a winter festival including of resilience of people spending in buskers and live music was being the Rangiora area and it’s really planned this year, and was pleasing to see, as well, where it expected to draw about 3000 ranks against some of the big people. She said Rangiora could areas in Christchurch.’’ expect to see a 4G broadband Rangiora’s retail sector had rollout before the end of the year. grown to be the fifth largest in the greater Christchurch area, more ❚ A full outline of the topics covered at lucrative than the Northwood the meeting would be made available Supa Centre and Shirley, includ- on the council website, ing The Palms shopping mall, and www.waimakariri.govt.nz Conway Lane and the new Farmers building are helping to promote retail growth. 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OFFICE: 03 311 8702 ADDRESS: 6 Durham Street, PO Box 114, Rangiora 7400 - SHANNON. stuff.co.nz MAY 4, 2016, NORTHERN OUTLOOK 3 Commuter Lagoon growth ‘phenomenal’ ‘nutter’ for JOEL INESON her speed More than 30,000 native plants have been planted and 800 pests JOEL INESON trapped at Tutaepatu Lagoon since the Waimakariri Zone A Kaiapoi resident says fellow Committee granted it $200,000 commuters look at her like she’s five years ago. ‘‘a nutter’’ for travelling at the The committee’s funding came recently imposed 70kmh limits on in $40,000 allotments during the northern motorway. the five years to allow the resto- Kineta Booker said she had an ration and protection of the early-morning meeting in the city lagoon at the Tuhaitara Coastal recently and slowed down when Park, managed by Te Kohaka o the signs began flashing, only to Tuhaitara Trust. have other motorists overtaking Trust general manager Greg her, ‘‘looking at me as if I was Byrnes said the progress made at nuts’’. the lagoon was ‘‘quite startling’’ ‘‘I seemed to be the only person and the committee funding on the motorway going 70. I know allowed what was essentially a what they were thinking though, one-man operation – himself – to ‘there’s hardly any traffic on the seek help from contractors and road, so I’ll go 100k like I used to,’ other sources for work carried but then they’re met with the out. massive queues after the Waimak ‘‘It’s phenomenal, the growth. Bridge.’’ I’m pretty fortunate ... This is just New Zealand Transport such a cool place and I think the Te Kohaka o Tuhaitara Trust general manager Greg Byrne says the growth at Tutaepatu Lagoon in the past five years is Agency southern regional direc- beauty about it is it’s got a lot of ‘phenomenal’. PHOTO: SUPPLIED tor Jim Harland confirmed that remnant biodiversity hotspots in the 70kmh limits were enforceable it, typically because people wetlands had been lost in the past ‘‘There were three pre- at the Pines Beach part of the and people should be slowing haven’t known it’s there. 150 years and the location of settlement returns to Ngai Tahu. park. when they are active. ‘‘Through the help of the zone Tutaepatu, between two braided One was Aoraki/Mt Cook, one ‘‘It’s really important, that He said people could think of committee we’re eradicating rivers, made it even more signifi- Pounamu and the third was relationship between us, rather the variable limits as ‘‘a bit like willows, plant pests like old man’s cant, Byrnes said. Tutaepatu Lagoon so it shows you than us just being a piece of paper pouring water through a funnel’’. beard, silver poplar and Japanese ‘‘There’s a huge cultural com- how significant that area is.’’ that comes in once a year asking ‘‘If you pour it quickly the honey suckle and have a really ponent to the park as well. Byrnes said he had attended a for money.’’ funnel fills up and it takes time to rigorous animal pest project in ‘‘Literally, the park is there Waimakariri Zone Committee drain away. Pour slowly and it place.’’ because of the return of meeting at least once a year to fill flows through the funnel without Making the work even more Tutaepatu to Ngai Tahu [in 1998] members in on progress, and on pooling. 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