ISSUE 20 SPRING 1999

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CONTENTS

Search for a new landfill site

Good news for ozone layer

Greenfish on grates a winner

Cleaning up Christchurch

Sowing seeds of the past

Environmental education

New environmental guidelines

Edmonds telephone cabinet

Heritage Week

Heritage Awards

This publication is produced bythe Environmental Policy and

Planning Unit.Design & Layout: Peter Shapcott

Web page address for past issues:http://www.ccc.govt.nz/epp/ourenvironment

For further information orsubmission of articles or illustrationsplease contact Kerry Everingham,Environmental Promotion OfficerPh: 371 1779 Fax: 371 1789.

SEARCH FOR A NEWLANDFILL SITE

Canterbury’s only major landfill, atBurwood, is set to close in 2002 whenits current resource consents expire.Finding a new site for the 300,000tonnes of commercial and domesticwaste generated in the region hasemerged as a major challenge for localauthorities, including Christchurch CityCouncil.

City efforts aimed at reducing theamount of waste needing to belandfilled have been very successful. In1994 the amount of waste producedper person per year was 810 kilogramsbut the 1999 figure is expected to be680 kilograms. Even so, Christchurchalone generates around 240,000tonnes of industrial, commercial anddomestic rubbish, which ends up inthe landfill.

A decision on the preferred site isexpected to be reached in October thisyear. The period of communityconsultation and detailed investigationmay then take another 12 monthsbefore a final decision on whether toproceed with the site can be made,

and resource consents can beconsidered.

A joint venture company was formedto establish and operate a newregional landfill. TranswasteCanterbury comprises CanterburyWaste Services Ltd (WasteManagement New Zealand andEnviroWaste Services Ltd) and theCanterbury Waste Sub-Committee,including landfill participantsrepresenting Christchurch,Waimakariri, Banks Peninsula,Hurunui, Selwyn and AshburtonCouncils.

Canterbury councils will be able toclose existing landfills in the regionand replace them with one regionallandfill. Thirty have already beenclosed. Considerable research andeffort is going into the selection of thenew landfill to ensure that it will bedesigned, built and operated inaccordance with latest landfilltechnology and engineering practices.

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The existing Burwood Landfill

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GOOD NEWS FOR OZONE LAYER

International Day for Preservation ofthe Ozone Layer is marked on 16October. After repeated warningsabout an expanding hole in the ozonelayer, for once there is some goodnews to report.

Estimated global emissions of carbondioxide that contribute to depletionof the ozone layer and globalwarming, fell in 1998, the first droprecorded while the world economywas growing.

Global emissions of carbon from theburning of coal, oil and natural gasfell last year by 0.5 per cent to 6,320million tons, according to theWorldwatch Institute in Washington.

Those involved in its design will also take into accountcurrent international standards and regulations.

The new Canterbury regional landfill must be:

• professionally and comprehensively designed, built andoperated as a modern, environmentally-secure facility,ensuring minimisation of environmental risk and continuityof service;

• a good neighbour, avoiding future pollution problems;

• reliable under all kinds of conditions, including weather;

• economically viable (after allowing for waste minimisationefforts including recycling) while still providing high qualityservices and facilities;

• equally accessible and provide for equalised transportcosts across Canterbury.

Modern landfills are lined to contain the waste and cappedto manage rainwater infiltration and gas emissions. Extensivemonitoring systems are put in place to ensure that the landfilloperates as designed. Old style dumps or rubbish tips withassociated vermin, mud, dust, smells and high contaminationrisks are no longer permitted.

Before deciding on the landfill option, the Canterbury WasteJoint Standing Committee also looked at incineration, bio-digestion, and neutralysis.

Incineration involves burning the waste. This method is usedmostly in Europe and some parts of North America and Asia,where land for landfilling is scarce and costly. New airpollution standards make incineration plants expensive tobuild and operate. The cost for Canterbury of a suitable plantwould be substantially higher. Incineration producessignificant amounts of toxic ash and a landfill of even higherstandard is still needed to dispose of this. Incineration alsoworks against the success of waste reduction programmes,including recycling, because the plant needs high wastevolumes to operate most effectively - the “need to feed thebeast” syndrome.

Bio-digestion involves breaking down the organic wastewithout oxygen, but like composting it still leaves 40 per centof the waste stream that is inorganic waste needing disposal.

The institute attributes the recent dropin emissions partly to improved energyefficiency and falling coal use, spurredby the removal of energy subsidies.Another reason is that much of therecent economic growth has been ininformation technologies and services,sectors which are not major energyusers.

For more information email

Kate Mawby, US InformationService Research Center:

klmwell@actrix.gen.nz or

klmwell@usia.gov

The costs of building and running such a plant would besimilar to that of incineration.

Neutralysis is a process which involves burning the wastewith clay to produce a building material and generateelectricity. It appears that initial trials have not been successful.

The Canterbury Waste Joint Standing Committee concludedthat, for this region, controlled landfilling is by far the mostcost-effective and environmentally responsible way ofdisposing of waste, especially as all other methods haveleftovers which need a landfill anyway. An extensive publicconsultation exercise on waste disposal options for Canterburyin early 1997 also supported a controlled landfill.

Guiding principles were developed to help find the mostsuitable landfill site. These are based on criteria currentlybeing used throughout New Zealand and adapted toCanterbury conditions. They concentrate on:

• effect on the neighbouring area;

• protection of groundwater and surface water quality,since aquifers and rivers are the main sources of water fordrinking, irrigation and industry;

• the right type of geology to ensure site stability and tosafeguard groundwater;

• identification of sites or areas that are important to TangataWhenua, and also of areas of environmental, cultural orhistorical importance.

Other considerations include the vicinity of reserves andnational parks, soil types and present land uses, planningzones including housing areas, land ownership and availabilityof sites. Attention must also be given to natural hazards orflood zones, which may threaten the integrity of the site, thelocal climate (which may impact on how the site is managed),transport distances, site accessibility and leachate collectionand disposal.

A new regional landfill for Canterbury is required to dealwith the region’s solid waste. As the major contributor tothis waste stream, Christchurch City Council is committed toa policy of zero waste to landfill by 2020.

Julie Eyles

It also reported that the decline inemission occurred while the worldeconomy expanded 2.5 per cent lastyear, contradicting arguments thatany drive to reduce emissions willdamage the economy.

GREEN FISH ON GRATES STILL A WINNERThe successful green fish on grates programme initiated inthe early 1990s is not water under the bridge as far as theCity Council is concerned. Therestill is a need to inform people ofthe purpose of stormwater gratesin the gutters outside their homesand businesses, according toTrades Waste Officer Jim Instone.

Now that existing outlines of thefish are fading the Council is keenthat school children revive theprogramme by painting their owngreen fish beside stormwatergrates. For tips on stencils, paintand how to avoid polluting thedrains, teachers or pupils canphone Jim Instone on 371 1369.

Many people think of the drainsump as part of the sewer. Theydo not realise that anything tippeddown the grating actually endsup in their nearest river or stream,not the Bromley Treatment Plant.

A “Green Fish Team” was createdabout eight years ago, utilisingthe skills of Taskforce Greenworkers.

Armed with a metal fish templatecreated by resourceful students

CLEANING UP CHRISTCHURCH – AND THE WORLDWaves of volunteers are set to descend on the City’swaterways, beaches, reserves and roads on September 17and 18 to Clean Up the World – and Christchurch inparticular.

Increasing numbers of bottles thrown intothe inner city stretch of the Avon River areon the hit list. An area of Lyttelton Harbouris also targeted for a major blitz on litter.

Last year an army of 4,000 volunteers and76 groups was involved locally in theannual clean up. Organisers from KeepChristchurch Beautiful and Marine Watchpredict even more people may turn outthis year.

Papanui Warehouse challenged othercommunity organisations within itsneighbourhood to come on board for thisyear’s campaign. Jim’s Mowing franchiseoffered to pick up the piles of rubbish collected during theclean up and the City Council’s Waste Management Unitsaid it would also assist with rubbish disposal. Theinvolvement of two major companies The WarehouseGroup and Telecom has given the Clean Up the WorldCampaign a big boost nationally.

The huge voluntary local effort is part of a rapidly growingcampaign, which involved an estimated 40 million peoplefrom more than 100 countries last year. Australian builder

and sailor Ian Kiernan was responsible for the first largescale Clean Up campaign in 1989, targeting SydneyHarbour. Clean Up Australia is now that country’s largestcommunity participation event.

People are constantly being asked to digdeep into their pockets to support worthycommunity campaigns and charities. CleanUp the World is different because it offerspeople the opportunity to give time ratherthan money. A couple of hours effort is allthe campaign seeks.

How you can helpThere are many ways you can help cleanup the world:

• Organise a committee to co-ordinatea clean up in your local area;

• Help on the day by volunteering toparticipate in other clean up activities;

• Tell your friends, family and community from all overthe globe about Clean Up the World;

• Help every day by caring for your local environmentand setting an example to others in the community.

For more clean-up information, tap in to the Sydney website www.cleanuptheworld.org

Kerry EveringhamEnvironmental Promotion Officer

at the Christchurch Polytechnic, and sponsorship from ResenePaints, the team ensured that bright apple green fish appeared

on the sump of every street inChristchurch. The biggestchallenge was to spray thetemplate without getting anypaint in the guttering.

Green Fish team members alsovisited schools in the area toinform them of the project,distribute class resources and toenlist their co-operation in caringfor grates in theirneighbourhoods.

The Council’s Trades Waste Teamemphasises that the philosophystill goes on. They regularly target“do-it-yourselfers”, car washers,garden and roofing sprayers, andanyone else who might not realisethat paint, chemicals andsoapsuds have no place in ourcity stormwater system.According to Team Leader NormFitt people are getting themessage, but it needs to beregularly reinforced throughtargeted education.

Julie Eyles

SOWING SEEDS OF THE PASTThis year’s clusters of white cabbage tree flowers lookedparticularly attractive to nurseryman Joe Cartman.

Charged with finding local, eco-sourced native seeds forChristchurch City Council parks, waterways and reserves, Joehad started to feel increasingly anxious. While scouringthe Port Hills during the past three years he hadfound plenty of cabbage trees and even lots offlowers. No seeds, though, to fill annual ordersfor about 4000 cabbage trees.

“I think I visited every cabbage tree in the PortHills,” says Joe recalling his frustrating search anddwindling seed stocks. This year though it’sbusiness as usual for Joe who is supervisor at theCouncil’s two nurseries at Smith Street andGardiners Road. He gathered as many seeds ashe could lay his hands on just in case there are afew more barren years ahead.

Obtaining the seeds poses its own challenges.Because native varieties planted by the City Councilshould be from local genetic materialuncontaminated by imported strains, Joe gets hisseed stock from cabbage trees growing naturally,well away from gardens. That often means scalingrocky outcrops high in the Port Hills, armed withfour metre “nippers” to cut the seed-bearing flowers.

During seed quests between December and May,Joe can also be found searching Christchurch’swetlands, sand dunes, river banks and other pocketsof native vegetation for seeds to fill orders placedby the City Council’s Water Services, Parks and CityStreets units. Over 400 native flowering plants

Joe Cartman amongyoung cabbage trees grownfrom carefully collected seeds

grow wild within Christchurch. Joe says a surprising numberof remnants survive in the City but every time he does hisrounds one or two more have disappeared.

Berries are “squished”, separated in water, dried, then storedin the refrigerator. Raupo seeds are the

only really difficult ones toextract, says Joe. Hesprays the fluffy flowersto kill off caterpillars thenputs the heads in seedboxes, fluff and all.

Potting begins at theend of Septemberand plants are sentout as soon as theyreach the requiredsize. Flax (Phormiumtenax) is the mostsought after species,with orders for up to12,000 plants eachyear.

Although there is ageneral Councilpreference for native,locally-sourced plants,Joe also grows manyNorth island natives,usually for their colour orother specialcharacteristics. Most aregrown in containers at thetwo and a half hectareSmith Street nursery. Smallorders and most exoticplants are contracted out

because of space constraints. Larger species such as redoaks, ash, beech and liquidambas are grown in open groundat the Council’s 11 ha Gardiners Road nursery.

Joe has noticed a radical change in planting philosophyduring his 24 years working for the Council. Initially mostplants grown were exotics. These days more than half arenative, earmarked for ongoing planting programmes,particularly in Christchurch 650 parks and reserves and alongthe city’s 400 km of waterways. Wairarapa, Nottingham andAvoca Valley streams and Sheldon Park are this season’smajor planting sites.

At the same time, extensive restoration planting is beingcarried out by the Department of Conservation, TurningPoint 2000 and other project groups. The Council is alsoencouraging residents to incorporate native plants inlandscaping plans. Useful advice includes a StreamsidePlanting Guide, explaining what to plant and how to maintainnative plants along freshwater streams in Christchurch.

It was developed as part of the Council-driven waterwayenhancement programme which aims to:

• protect natural areas

• restore native habitat

• create green linkages

• restore waterways for people’s enjoyment and sense ofhistory

• enhance ecosystems for birds, fish, lizards and insects

The number of native birds on the Avon River has almostdoubled since 1993, according to a survey by ornithologistAndrew Crossland. Restoration planting and bettermanagement of the City’s waterways and wetlands hasbeen credited for the increase. Ecology, landscape, culture,heritage, recreation and drainage are the six values whichunderpin the Council’s management approach.

The Council has a mandate not only to protect threatenedremnants of our biodiversity but to enhance, expand andrestore them to mitigate past effects of seriouslosses, says botanist Dr Colin Meurk, who worksfor the City Council and Landcare Research.Wetland restoration and enhancement is a logicalfocus for Christchurch, mostly flat and, in pre-European times, covered with large areas ofswamp.

Many city streams and riverbanks have beentransformed by attractive native planting, muchmore sustainable ecologically and economicallythan the boarded or concrete sides that used toflank many of them. Parks have also been primarytargets for restoration planting. Selection of othersites is often fortuitous, depending on whatland is available at the time, says ColinMeurk.

He is not deterred by sometimesvehement criticism that Christchurchis undermining its Garden city image.“The moment you’re involved inchanging the landscape in any wayyou get opposition.”

While appreciating the English image,Colin Meurk says plants are much moreappealing in their own naturalenvironment than “our attempts tocreate a pale imitation of the realthing”. Worse, exotics such as crackwillow or yellow flag iris spread quickly,crowding out local species andupsetting the local ecological balance.

“If we want to do something unique weshould be making our indigenousvegetation much more visible to ourselvesand our visitors,” he says. “Every place hasan obligation to look after things that donot occur elsewhere. We’ve signedinternational conventions guaranteeing thatwe will do so.”

Joe Cartman sidesteps the natives versusexotics debate, saying the two profitablenursery operations he supervises grow toorder. However he believes there’s roomfor both natives and exotics. “It’s a

matter of what’s appropriate for thesite.” Joe also supports the emphasison locally-sourced native plants. Afterall they are proven survivors, able tocope with Christchurch’s cold wintersand dry summers.

He finds his job satisfying. “It’s quite adramatic thing putting 230,000 plantsout there in the City every year. WhatI’m doing now is going to have amarked impact. It’s going to be therelong after I’m gone,”

Jennie Hamilton

MAKING THE MOST OF ENVIRONMENTALPROJECTS

Local environment groups can now tap into hundreds ofenvironmental projects, including four major Christchurchinitiatives.

Three City Council projects: a community model forwaterway restoration, investigation of lead contaminationat gun clubs and wetlands, and glass waste management,are among those which have received assistance from theMinistry for the Environment’s Sustainable ManagementFund. So too has the Regional Council’s cleaner productionprogramme,

Anyone involved with sustainable management can getcopies of reports, manuals, guidelines and training anddecision-support programmes produced by SMF fundedprojects. Results of these projects are available on theMinistry for the Environment’s internet site:www.mfe.govt.nz. Information may be copied, as longas it is not sold for profit.

The fund is designed to support practical initiatives whichhelp achieve sustainable management of New Zealand’sresources. During the three years it has been in place ithas provided funding of more than $20 million to 219projects.

The fund gives preference to projects which are practical,have national benefit, involve consultation withstakeholders and meet widespread demand. Fundingmay be allocated for developing and applying methods,and for the transfer of knowledge and technologies fromtechnical experts to the wider community.

Applications for funding are accepted in February andAugust each year. Funding is allocated through acompetitive process. Successful projects may be allocatedfrom $20,000 to $500,000 per year, and may be fundedfor up to three years. The fund will contribute 20-80 percent of project costs.

Environmental Education Directory

Environmental educators now have a directory ofenvironmental education resources at their fingertips.Launched in June, the Environmental Education Directoryof New Zealand aims to provide a comprehensive list ofresources available throughout the country.

The directory includes 15 subject categories ranging fromair and transport to hazardous substances. Other topicsinclude energy, infrastructure, minerals, biodiversity, land,plant and animal pests, wastes, coast, heritage, Maori,natural hazards and water.

Under every subject heading are lists of activity packs,resource kits, magazines, video and audio tapes, contacts,places to visit and computer resources. Each entry containsa brief description of the resource, target audience,curriculum links, availability and price.

Development of the directory began in 1998 with fundingfrom the Sustainable Management Fund administered bythe Ministry for the Environment. Six monthly updates areplanned to ensure it remains as comprehensive as possible.

The directory is available from the Ministry, PO Box 10-362, Wellington, or on line at www.eednz.org.nz

NEW GUIDELINES FOR ENVIRONMENTALEDUCATION

New guidelines have beendrawn up to providepractical advice for thosedelivering community andadult education.

They were developed by ateam from Agriculture New

Zealand and The Open Polytechnicof New Zealand, with input from environmental educatorsfrom throughout New Zealand and Ministry for theEnvironment staff.

The result is Environmental Education: A guide forProgramme Providers – how to develop, implement andevaluate strategies and programmes. The guide isdesigned to support the Ministry’s national strategy todevelop the knowledge, awareness, attitudes, values andskills that will enable individuals and the community tocontribute towards maintaining and improving the qualityof the environment. The Ministry’s strategy for

environmental education – Learning to Care for OurEnvironment - was released in 1998.

The guide, a Sustainable Management Fund project, isarranged in three main sections:

• Developing effective environmental educationstrategies

• Developing effective programmes and activities

• Evaluation of environmental education strategies,programmes and activities.

Each of the three sections can be used independently,depending on the stage of development. For each sectionthere is an overview, a set of five principles and a set ofchecklists. At the end of the guidelines there is a toolboxwith other helpful resources: a reference list, glossary, listof web sites and background on specific topics.

For more information tel: (04) 917 7414; emaildonna.gardener@mfe.govt.nz. Address: eednz.org.nz

NO 10 IN OUR “STILL STANDING” HERITAGE BUILDING SERIES

EDMONDS TELEPHONE CABINET

For more than a decade the Edmonds Telephone Cabinetin Oxford Terrace stood in a sad state of neglect. Theservices it offered had long since been consigned to a pastera. However, despite the apparent neglect, this solidlittle building erected in 1929 was physically in goodshape. A little TLC - and money - was all that was neededto bring it back into service.

Towards the end of 1998 the Council sought Telecom’sassistance to restore one of our smaller, but by no meanslesser, heritage buildings as part of the redevelopment ofthe Oxford Terrace area. By early 1999 the project waswell underway and in June the Edmonds TelephoneCabinet was reopened for service by Cr Anna Crighton,who unveiled a bronze plaque to commemorate theoccasion.

Situated onthe Banks ofthe Avon inO x f o r dTerrace, thet e l e p h o n ecabinet waspart of a gift tothe City byT h o m a sEdmonds tocelebrate the 50thyear of hisresidence inChristchurch. Thegift comprised aband rotunda,clock tower,b a l u s t r a d e dwalling, seatingand lighting whichwere to be part ofthe ChristchurchB e a u t i f y i n gA s s o c i a t i o n ’ sscheme for theinner city area ofthe Avon known as Poplar Crescent. The name served adual purpose; not only was it a reference to the treeswhich lined the banks, but it was the name of the suburbPoplar in London where Edmonds was born.

Today the name Edmonds is synonymous with bakingproducts in New Zealand. In the fifty years from the initialfounding of the business in 1879, Thomas and JaneEdmonds had seen their baking powder business produce2.5 million tins and grow from back room origins in theirRandolph Street grocery store to a modern three-storeypurpose-built factory on Ferry Road. Designed by J S andM J Guthrie, this 1923 building, with its Sure to Risesymbol and signage on the principal façade, became aChristchurch landmark and New Zealand icon. Regrettably,and amid considerable controversy, the building wasdemolished in 1990. Happily other buildings associatedwith Thomas Edmonds remain as a significant part of our

city’s built heritage: the Radiant Hall (now RepertoryTheatre), the Theosophical Society building, the BandRotunda, the clock tower and the telephone cabinet.

The Edmonds Telephone Cabinet along with the clocktower was for many years on an ‘island’ split by theroading configuration of Chester Street East and OxfordTerrace. After recent roading changes and landscapingthe area became an attractive integrated part of thissection of the Avon River bank.

Of classical stylistic conventions, the unusual telephonecabinet was designed in 1929 by Francis Wills, architect ofa number of notable Christchurch buildings such as theRepertory Theatre in Kilmore Street, the Spanish MissionNew Regent Street shops and the Edmonds Clock tower.Built in a circular plan of volcanic rock with Mount Somerslimestone facings, the little building once provided anumber of services. You could make a telephone call,post a letter and have a drink. The drinking fountain onthe north façade, supported by a stylised acanthus leaf,no longer operates.

The classical motifcontinues aroundthe parapet of theflat-roofed buildingin the form ofprojecting stylisedacanthus leavesplaced at regularintervals. Carvedon the deepentablature arethe wordsChristchurch theGarden City on theAvon that leave noquestion as to theintention bothThomas Edmondsand theC h r i s t c h u r c hBeautifying Societyhad envisaged

with their efforts to landscape this area of the river.

Placing modern telephone equipment in the cabinet hasbeen achieved with no loss of original fabric. A modernTelecom card phone was fitted onto the existing 1929glazed tiles and the multi-paned fenestration has beenrestored and glazed.

Telecom said it was delighted to be involved in thisrestoration project of one of the more unusual payphonesin the country and monitoring shows it is being wellpatronised. The reinstatement of the telephone proved itsworth at the re-opening ceremony. A call was needed tolocate Telecom staff from Auckland in Christchurch for theopening. With no cell phones on hand among Councilstaff, a Telecom pay-phone card was produced and thesituation quickly rectified.

Jenny May

A GREEN LIST

18Canterbury Public LibraryTe Whare Pukapuka Aa Iwi O Waitaha

He Rongoa Maori/Maorimedicine

… and the Earth burgeoned withtrees and flowers, grass, flax andfruits and in the forest beasts, birdsand insects found food and shelter.This is the realm of Täne-mahuta,and in it men and women andchildren, whom Täne caused to be,find solace and refreshment andgreat delight, for the realm of Täne-mahuta is beautiful above all else.

The forest world of New Zealand:realm of Tane-mahuta by JohnHenry Johns. (577.3 JOH)

Te rongoa Maori: Maorimedicine by Pearce MelvinWilliams. (581.634 WIL)

Maori healing and herbal: NewZealand ethnobotanical sourcebookby Murdoch Riley (581.634 RIL)

Maori medicine [video recording]:New Zealand Television Archive,[1993]. (581.634 MAO)

Life without arthritis: the Maoriway: a remarkable discovery forarthritis and rheumatism sufferersby Jan De Vries. (616.72 DE)

Medicines of the Maori: fromtheir trees, shrubs and other plants,together with foods from the samesources by Christina Macdonald.(581.634 MCD)

Nga taonga o te ngahere -Treasures of the forest by Tom Paul.(581.634 PAU)

Maori herbal remedies byRaymond Stark. (581.634 STA)

User Education and Training Team

CHRISTCHURCH CELEBRATES ITSHERITAGE

individual events basedon heritage buildings,streetscapes, art works,parks and gardens, as

well as developments inplanning and urban design.

This year’s official openingof Heritage Week, held inconjunction with thepresentation of theH a g l e y / F e r r y m e a dAwards, will take place in

the recently refurbished Circle Loungeat the Theatre Royal on 15 October.

Various dimensions of Christchurch’scultural landscape will be exploredduring a one-day seminar on 16October. For details phone (03) 3557794 or (03) 371 1518.

HAGLEY/FERRYMEADCOMMUNITY BOARD 1999

HERITAGE AWARDS

The Hagley/Ferrymead CommunityBoard is considering entries for itshighly successful heritage awardsscheme, now in its third year.

Initiator of the awards, Cr AnnaCrighton, hopes to encourage greaterinterest and participation in thechildren’s section of this year’s awards.“Our children are the next generationof caretakers of our heritage,” shesays. “It is important that weencourage them from an early age tounderstand and appreciate thesignificance of the past for the future.”

There are six entry categories in theawards:

• Retention

• Conservation and restoration

• Education and awareness

• Children

• Good Caretaker Award

• Christchurch Star Award

The Star award recognises effortsby businesses and retailers in theinner city to preserve or maintain aheritage building.

Award entries do not have to relateto buildings listed as heritage itemsin the City Plan or registered asHistoric Places by the New ZealandHistoric Places Trust.

Presentation of this year’s awardswill be held at the Theatre Royal on15 October. For further informationabout the awards contact CindyBreward at the Linwood Service

Centre, tel: 3722606, or Jenny

May at theC i v i cOffices, tel:371 1518.

Dorothy’s Boutique Hotel was one of last years winners

Cultural Landscapes:Evolution of a River City isthe theme of this year’sCarter Group 1999Heritage Week from 15 to22 October.

Walks, lectures and a widerange of other eventsincluding a garden partyand parades, will focus onthe full range of heritageplaces in the culturallandscapes of Christchurch. Theseencompass the broad sweep of theCity’s historical development from pre-European times, emphasising theinfluence of the River Avon (Otakaro)on the evolution of the City.

The river will be a unifying theme for