Banks Peninsula's State of Emergency remains in effect, with warning of more severe weather on its way for much of the country.
The emergency was declared a week ago during record rain and flooding.
Orange warnings have now been issued for more heavy rain for several parts of both islands, heading from south to north over the next two days.
Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger told Canterbury Mornings the State of Emergency will be reviewed again at 4pm.
He says they worry rain tomorrow may impact existing slips and could make things a bit messy.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Canterbury Mornings podcast with John McDonald
from News Talks AB.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Well this time tomorrow, Meghan Woods and Vanessa Winnick will
be with us for Politics Friday, as we do every
Friday straight after ten on news Talks AB. Right now, though,
time for our regular catch up with christ wi's Merefield
Major Good.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
I Phil, good morning mate.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Well, the weather today Jape is completely different from what
it was this time last week. But I see that
in the period between last week and today you've rated
the council's response to the storm ten out of ten.
You still feel that way.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
In the christians Aeria. I'm sure there are people on
in Little River and the Banks Miniitia would disagree with that,
but I was more thinking about the city itself here.
It got through it, but there is there's still a
state of emergency in at the moment until four o'clock
today for Banks Peninsula.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Is that going to be reviewed at four o'clock today
or is it definitely being lifted at four o'clock today?
Speaker 3 (01:04):
I would we're just going to review it. One thing
we are worried about is the rain tomorrow. It's it's
not rain flooding type rain, but it's rain that could
have an impact on a couple of slip more number
of slips that we've got over there, and just make
things a bit messy. So something if it did rain
enough to make some slips move, we need to be
ready to go. So it may well be extended till Monday.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Do you think that the city council and he can
spoke with each other enough during this event, particularly or
even before the event, particularly in relation to Banks Peninsula.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Are you talking about Lake Forsyth.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Or yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Like Lake Ford, well lake elsewhere in Lake Forsyth, there
is a trigger point of where we're not allowed to
empty the lake or drain the lake. If it hasn't
got to that trigger point, I think we've got to
have a conversation with everyone and say, look, if we
know something bad's coming home, and we didn't know that
it was going to be that bad, but that's no excuse.
(02:02):
We've got to maybe just have a bit of a
yarn because.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Well, I don't sing, Phil, I knew I knew how
bad it was going to get just by looking at
the met server's website.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Oh sure, yes, if it's orange rain, warning that that
should be we should be looking at it differently rather
than the waiting for the trigger point when by that
time if it's raining, like how, it's too late. So
we've got to have that discussion.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
So would you have liked to have spoken to e
Can a bit earlier.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
It's a cam Benifa and us, but have a bit
of a yarn together. I've never talked to the people
on the ground that make the decision, but I want
to have a sit down and have a meeting with
him so that we can see how we go. One
thing you've got to be clear of, though, is you
don't just wander on down to the mouth of the
like forceythe and dig it out. That there's a there's
a lot of fact that this is the subtly coming
(02:52):
in that can fill it in as fast as you're
digging there is. It's not just sort of digging a
little hole. It's it's eastually, quite quite involved.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Several people got in touch with us during the storm,
pointing out that the city council had some of its
sprinklers going on around the town. What's what's what's the
excuse for that?
Speaker 3 (03:11):
All else sprinklers have been turned off since March and
I'm not arguing to say that I've disagreeing with you.
From what I understand, the ones in Westminster Street they
came on because water got into the workings and turned
them on, and we got our guy out there within
an hour and a half and turned them off. And
I understand there was something going on at Burnside Pack.
I haven't got to the bottom of that, but I'm
(03:33):
pretty sure it'll be a similar thing because since March
all parks have been in reserves have been turned off.
So I'll get into that line.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Yeah, because it's about rich, isn't it telling people that
were stinging people if they use too much water when
the council was doing that when there was plenty of water.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
I can't argue with you, John, I didn't think.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
You could good for not good for not trying. Speaking
of water, Green Piece has been upset with the water authority,
saying that the quality of drinking water in christ Urich
is top notch. So who do we believe.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
We had to Manta Ray come and talk to us.
The main they had tested for night trates. They the
main thing they were testing for as well was protozoa.
Is what tripped up Queenstown Lakes. A while ago our
well we had shallow wells, and we did have we
have tested, we have come across night trates in the
shallow wells a year or so. In the last couple
(04:28):
of years we have deepened all our wells down because
if the wells are deep, you don't have to worry
about protozoa. And now that we've gone so deep, they're
happy there's no protozoa. We don't have to put on
the extra cost of all the filtration stuff. But having
done that, we are now down wer weigh well. We
always have been well below nitrate levels anyway in our
(04:49):
shallow wells, but we're now way down below it because
we're so deep.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
So how come you've got Greenpeace saying you despite the
water authorities assurances over crisis water quality, quite, the reality
is the city is facing a looming public health crisis.
What's your response to that. I don't agree with that
based on.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
I don't agree with that based on what we've got
from Tomata Arawa, and I would believe them more than
I believe Green Peace because to matter Owai work on science,
green piece work on talk.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Speaking of some good news, I was delighted to catch
up with you at the Galla opening of the Court
Theater the other night. Wasn't it?
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Was it brilliant, absolutely stunning. We are so lucky that
the quality of the build and that particularly the quality
acting well, it's always good, but it is another cog
in the wheel of christ Church coming back.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Do you got regrets what you did to the street
in that area?
Speaker 3 (05:53):
You know, I'm not a fan of the street. I'm
still not particularly over the moon, and I still think
we could do things differently, but we'll see what happens
in the future.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
So you didn't feel any better about it after a've
you bubbles?
Speaker 3 (06:08):
No, no, I already had one. It's all right, but
we're so lucky to have that. Now. One bit of
good news that I'm going to tell you is we've
had a lot of complaints about and you know it
as well. Manchester treat being a dog's breakfast is getting down. Yeah, right,
So I went down there with there and e Can
aren't terribly happy with this, but we're working in with them.
(06:30):
We're going to disconnect and I think it's happening this
week or certainly next week. We're going to disconnect those
two bus gate traffic like things in the middle for
a couple of months to see if it makes any different.
It will certainly make a difference to the traffic going through,
but we'll see if it stuff's the buses up to Batsher,
we'll see because they were put in. They were putting
(06:51):
to let the buses out into the line of traffic,
and we haven't haven't got the software to be able
to use it when the bus is there, so the
jolly things go read even when buses aren't waiting. So
it's a it's not good. So we've got to work
together with them. But in the meantime we're disconnecting them
for two months to see what.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Happenssess great news, when what do you mean he can's
not heavy about it.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Well, they run the buses and they want the buses
to run well, and that's the job, and that's what
they do. That's good. But the buskets were there to
let to let the bus sneak out into the lane
of traffic without all the cars. Sidney, because I always
let buses in because I used to drive trucks and
I know what it's like to be let in. But
some people don't and One of the things we should
sort of insist on or plead to the locomotorist is
(07:36):
if the buses God has indicated on let the guy out.
He will always put his handard lights oh.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Yea yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah or she yes.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Yes yeah yeah yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Absolutely, then come on.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Okay, okay, keep going, keep going. Yeah. So that that
you've grown the trade thought that gets them out into
the into the traffic. So it's not working properly. So
let's try something different and disconnect them for a couple
of months and see if it makes traffic flow better
and not have too much effect on the buses.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
So you've made my day. Let's see if you can
do the same in a fortnite when we catch up again.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Thanks mate, absolutely take care of my friend.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
For more from Category Mornings with John McDonald, listen live
to news Talks It'd be christ Church from nine am weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Canterbury Mornings podcast with John McDonald
from News Talks AB.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Well this time tomorrow, Meghan Woods and Vanessa Winnick will
be with us for Politics Friday, as we do every
Friday straight after ten on news Talks AB. Right now, though,
time for our regular catch up with christ wi's Merefield
Major Good.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
I Phil, good morning mate.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Well, the weather today Jape is completely different from what
it was this time last week. But I see that
in the period between last week and today you've rated
the council's response to the storm ten out of ten.
You still feel that way.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
In the christians Aeria. I'm sure there are people on
in Little River and the Banks Miniitia would disagree with that,
but I was more thinking about the city itself here.
It got through it, but there is there's still a
state of emergency in at the moment until four o'clock
today for Banks Peninsula.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Is that going to be reviewed at four o'clock today
or is it definitely being lifted at four o'clock today?
Speaker 3 (01:04):
I would we're just going to review it. One thing
we are worried about is the rain tomorrow. It's it's
not rain flooding type rain, but it's rain that could
have an impact on a couple of slip more number
of slips that we've got over there, and just make
things a bit messy. So something if it did rain
enough to make some slips move, we need to be
ready to go. So it may well be extended till Monday.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Do you think that the city council and he can
spoke with each other enough during this event, particularly or
even before the event, particularly in relation to Banks Peninsula.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Are you talking about Lake Forsyth.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Or yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
Like Lake Ford, well lake elsewhere in Lake Forsyth, there
is a trigger point of where we're not allowed to
empty the lake or drain the lake. If it hasn't
got to that trigger point, I think we've got to
have a conversation with everyone and say, look, if we
know something bad's coming home, and we didn't know that
it was going to be that bad, but that's no excuse.
(02:02):
We've got to maybe just have a bit of a
yarn because.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Well, I don't sing, Phil, I knew I knew how
bad it was going to get just by looking at
the met server's website.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Oh sure, yes, if it's orange rain, warning that that
should be we should be looking at it differently rather
than the waiting for the trigger point when by that
time if it's raining, like how, it's too late. So
we've got to have that discussion.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
So would you have liked to have spoken to e
Can a bit earlier.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
It's a cam Benifa and us, but have a bit
of a yarn together. I've never talked to the people
on the ground that make the decision, but I want
to have a sit down and have a meeting with
him so that we can see how we go. One
thing you've got to be clear of, though, is you
don't just wander on down to the mouth of the
like forceythe and dig it out. That there's a there's
a lot of fact that this is the subtly coming
(02:52):
in that can fill it in as fast as you're
digging there is. It's not just sort of digging a
little hole. It's it's eastually, quite quite involved.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
Several people got in touch with us during the storm,
pointing out that the city council had some of its
sprinklers going on around the town. What's what's what's the
excuse for that?
Speaker 3 (03:11):
All else sprinklers have been turned off since March and
I'm not arguing to say that I've disagreeing with you.
From what I understand, the ones in Westminster Street they
came on because water got into the workings and turned
them on, and we got our guy out there within
an hour and a half and turned them off. And
I understand there was something going on at Burnside Pack.
I haven't got to the bottom of that, but I'm
(03:33):
pretty sure it'll be a similar thing because since March
all parks have been in reserves have been turned off.
So I'll get into that line.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Yeah, because it's about rich, isn't it telling people that
were stinging people if they use too much water when
the council was doing that when there was plenty of water.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
I can't argue with you, John, I didn't think.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
You could good for not good for not trying. Speaking
of water, Green Piece has been upset with the water authority,
saying that the quality of drinking water in christ Urich
is top notch. So who do we believe.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
We had to Manta Ray come and talk to us.
The main they had tested for night trates. They the
main thing they were testing for as well was protozoa.
Is what tripped up Queenstown Lakes. A while ago our
well we had shallow wells, and we did have we
have tested, we have come across night trates in the
shallow wells a year or so. In the last couple
(04:28):
of years we have deepened all our wells down because
if the wells are deep, you don't have to worry
about protozoa. And now that we've gone so deep, they're
happy there's no protozoa. We don't have to put on
the extra cost of all the filtration stuff. But having
done that, we are now down wer weigh well. We
always have been well below nitrate levels anyway in our
(04:49):
shallow wells, but we're now way down below it because
we're so deep.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
So how come you've got Greenpeace saying you despite the
water authorities assurances over crisis water quality, quite, the reality
is the city is facing a looming public health crisis.
What's your response to that. I don't agree with that
based on.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
I don't agree with that based on what we've got
from Tomata Arawa, and I would believe them more than
I believe Green Peace because to matter Owai work on science,
green piece work on talk.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
Speaking of some good news, I was delighted to catch
up with you at the Galla opening of the Court
Theater the other night. Wasn't it?
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Was it brilliant, absolutely stunning. We are so lucky that
the quality of the build and that particularly the quality
acting well, it's always good, but it is another cog
in the wheel of christ Church coming back.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Do you got regrets what you did to the street
in that area?
Speaker 3 (05:53):
You know, I'm not a fan of the street. I'm
still not particularly over the moon, and I still think
we could do things differently, but we'll see what happens
in the future.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
So you didn't feel any better about it after a've
you bubbles?
Speaker 3 (06:08):
No, no, I already had one. It's all right, but
we're so lucky to have that. Now. One bit of
good news that I'm going to tell you is we've
had a lot of complaints about and you know it
as well. Manchester treat being a dog's breakfast is getting down. Yeah, right,
So I went down there with there and e Can
aren't terribly happy with this, but we're working in with them.
(06:30):
We're going to disconnect and I think it's happening this
week or certainly next week. We're going to disconnect those
two bus gate traffic like things in the middle for
a couple of months to see if it makes any different.
It will certainly make a difference to the traffic going through,
but we'll see if it stuff's the buses up to Batsher,
we'll see because they were put in. They were putting
(06:51):
to let the buses out into the line of traffic,
and we haven't haven't got the software to be able
to use it when the bus is there, so the
jolly things go read even when buses aren't waiting. So
it's a it's not good. So we've got to work
together with them. But in the meantime we're disconnecting them
for two months to see what.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
Happenssess great news, when what do you mean he can's
not heavy about it.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
Well, they run the buses and they want the buses
to run well, and that's the job, and that's what
they do. That's good. But the buskets were there to
let to let the bus sneak out into the lane
of traffic without all the cars. Sidney, because I always
let buses in because I used to drive trucks and
I know what it's like to be let in. But
some people don't and One of the things we should
sort of insist on or plead to the locomotorist is
(07:36):
if the buses God has indicated on let the guy out.
He will always put his handard lights oh.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
Yea yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah or she yes.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Yes yeah yeah yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Absolutely, then come on.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Okay, okay, keep going, keep going. Yeah. So that that
you've grown the trade thought that gets them out into
the into the traffic. So it's not working properly. So
let's try something different and disconnect them for a couple
of months and see if it makes traffic flow better
and not have too much effect on the buses.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
So you've made my day. Let's see if you can
do the same in a fortnite when we catch up again.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Thanks mate, absolutely take care of my friend.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
For more from Category Mornings with John McDonald, listen live
to news Talks It'd be christ Church from nine am weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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