Monday 9 August 2004

Residents asked to help make New Brighton greener

More than 1,000 New Brighton residents will be sent information from the Christchurch City Council this week, asking them to take part in Planting New Brighton – a project aimed at increasing the number of trees in New Brighton gardens.

“The project is hoped to encourage New Brighton residents to plant more trees on their properties and is an element of the New Brighton Master Plan being driven by the New Brighton Revitalisation Taskforce,” Christchurch City Council project co-ordinator Debbie Hunt said

The brochure being delivered to residents between Rodney and Rawhiti Streets includes information on selecting trees and where, when and how to plant them. It also has a tear off section that entitles holders to 25 per cent off two trees from either Portstone Garden Place or Trees For Canterbury. Funding for this discount has been provided by the nurseries.

Planting New Brighton aims to improve the appearance of the area’s streets and gardens; provide more shelter and shade in the district; help maintain the city’s diverse range of plants and animals; and enhance Christchurch’s garden city image.

Anyone wanting more trees planted outside their gate would need to contact Christchurch City Council’s City Transport Unit.

ENDS

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>