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A St John spokesman said the person was seriously injured and was taken to Christchurch Hospital. On Wednesday, emergency services were called to another serious crash near the intersection of Boundary and Swannanoa roads in Fernside, North Canterbury. Fire and Emergency New Zealand spokesman Simon Lyford said two crews from Rangiora were sent to the crash where a four-wheel-drive had crashed and rolled about 5.15pm. He said the driver was not trapped and firefighters helped police and St John. The driver was seriously injured and was taken to Christchurch Hospital, the St John spokesman said.
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Nadine Porter05:00, Apr 30 2021
CHRIS SKELTON
Residents in a rural Christchurch subdivision are worried about the potential effects of logging from a forestry block above their homes.
Residents in a rural Christchurch subdivision fear waterway contamination from sediment runoff and possible flooding if consent to harvest trees in a forestry block behind their homes is granted. Rocklands homeowner Geoff Mavromatis said while the 21 Tai Tapu residents were not against the three landowners felling sixty hectares of pine trees, they wanted to ensure the site was monitored and maintained to prevent any runoff. Forestry contractor PF Olsen confirmed to
Stuff it had lodged a consent with the Selwyn District Council to fell the trees and hoped to harvest them in October.
Banks Peninsula farmer on facing the big dry
22 Apr, 2021 02:00 AM
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The Country
Mark Hutchinson s Banks Peninsula farm is experiencing the second lowest rainfall in 100 years – but it s still not considered a drought.
Hutchinson s Akaroa sheep and beef farm only recorded 500ml for 2020, he told The Country s Jamie Mackay.
Read More Just to put that in perspective, the lowest recorded in our area in the last 100 years is 470ml, he said. Apparently we re still only very dry, we re not in a drought – I d hate to see what a drought s like.
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The farm hadn t caught the southerly rain typical of Bank Peninsula, which Hutchinson found frustrating .