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Working hard to get my name out in the community.

One can not rely upon the work that you do as being enough to be elected to Council.

I am passionate about the community and district. I listen to people and do my very best to get positive results for everyone.

Make contact if you have any issues you want dealt with.

As your representative in the community. Here is a sample of what I have been doing by month starting with August and working backwards

Neighbourhood Support NC	Busy updating database. Looking for more committee members to join.
Food forest – update	Collecting scions for 5th birthday workshops on the 17th September. Teaching people how to grow food sustainably. Kumara growing, propagation, grafting etc  Strawberry Fair planning is well underway with Sideline Swing confirmed as playing on the 17th December. Lots of food and Christmas stalls are going to there. Rongoa event on the 20th November Visited Kaiapoi North School, St Pats and Clarkville Preschool re food forests A Robin Hood type artwork appeared at the food forest
Online briefing
Biodiversity lecture – WDC	Soil lecture, 60 years of topsoil left
Residents calls	Sewer overflowing issues in Pines Beach, Charles and Smith St corner,
Food Secure North Canterbury	Presented in the various towns re Food forest in Woodend, and Oxford. Met with Greenspace team re the above.
All Together Kaiapoi	Planning for Spring festival. Lanterns lighting the township have been struck by bad weather.
Greypower meeting	Issues surrounding accessing taxi chits for return trips to North Canterbury, fees for credit card payments of rates,.
Plan Change 31
ENC event

Neighbourhood Support NC – which I am chair	Monthly meeting, involved Brennan Wiremu to go over Civil defence and how they see us working together. Looking to increase board member numbers, developing matrix of needs. 125 sign ups to Getsready this past month
Food forest – update which I am chair	Celebrating Matariki went very well with large crowd, popular was the Hangi and many from far and wide came to view the Pou. Met with RWDesign re outdoor open education hub working drawings etc Presenting to Council C&R committee  Huge effort from volunteers and corrections department to plant out new areas where walnut tree was with fruit trees, different varieties of currants etc
Library Matariki event	Small gathering, but fun
Biodiversity lecture – WDC	Mike Bowie – a great lecture, really well attended
Council briefing	Re WHOW re MOU and LTO
Food Secure North Canterbury	Growing need for food from the community,  Re food forest in Woodend, residents are waiting for land issue to be dealt with. New food forest planted at Leaps and Bounds Rangiora
All Together Kaiapoi	Matariki event went extremely well with huge numbers attending, had debrief and monthly meeting to cover next events like spring festival. Good to see Laura from library being part of the group along with school rep.
Greypower meeting	Smaller crowd attended, shortage of rest home beds and issues with income care is placing pressure on these groups.
Art expo opening	Huge numbers in town, great benefit to the community
Fire and ice festival	Great turn out…wonderful for the community
Don Palmer funeral
All boards Briefing
Residents	Met with staff and Beachgrove residents to raise concerns regarding parking in the area Met with residents regarding Motorhome association park. Met and had a meal with Beachgrove residents to celebrate one of the local residents lives “Gordon Hooper” who passed away

Neighbourhood Support NC	Each week we are seeing a large number of people signing up to Getsready Attended Beachgrove welcome to the community get together www.NCNS.org.nz website has been updated with useful links and tips to keep yourself and neighbourhood safe. Thanks to Wendy from Community team, upskilling governance team with workshops
Food forest – update	Entrance Pou were installed on Oram place, Thanks to Sutherlands timber for the use of the Hiab, Dion Hancy for carving the Pou and the many volunteers and Trustees that helped with the install. Mushroom growing workshop was a great success with many people attending. Multiple groups visiting the food forest, mainly from Chch. Prep is going well for Celebrating Matariki, KPA are promoting both Kaiapoi events on radio
Food Secure North Canterbury	Growing need for food from the community
All Together Kaiapoi	Planning for Matariki event
Road opening – connecting Silverstream
Chris Greengrass Funeral
Free Music event at Trousellot park	Small enthusiastic number attended
Mahinga Kai planting Day
Walking and Cycling	Good turn out at the library, good questions and feedback…
All boards Briefing
Residents	Concern about vehicle damage to Corcoran reserve and with 4WD’s accessing the strip of land adjacent to the stop bank & behind Placemakers . It’s accessed from behind the Borough school and goes through to the Kaiapoi end of Lineside Road.
Historical society AGM

Neighbourhood Support NC	Large numbers are signing up. Beachgrove
Food forest – update	On Oram place holes for carved Pou and entrance have been dug. Was planning to install Pou at the start of May, however supplies of steel have delayed that. Planning Matariki event for 24th June, KPA are assisting with elements of the event. Promoted the food forest at Chch event Have a group from a national charity based in Auckland visiting Tuesday. Free Seed Project – had many people attend from throughout Canterbury Multiple groups still visiting from throughout Canterbury – most recent was 30 from Canterbury home school groups
Food Secure North Canterbury	Attended monthly meeting
All Together Kaiapoi	Planning for Matariki event
Anzac Day	Attended the event
New businesses in Kaiapoi	Nzulu, Hukka vap shop

Kaiapoi Information website and Facebook page since 2016 has kept residents informed. When elected I will use the sites to keep you informed of whats happening at the Council table.. all too often residents find out things after the fact…

Elect me and I will keep you informed, I will ask you what you think about important issues.. that can directly affect you.

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