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Wednesday 19 October 2022
Residents feeling forgotten SARA HOLLYMAN The planned closure of SH6 has left some residents feeling forgotten, while those in business say it will hit consumers in the pocket. Kokorua resident Jess Patterson, whose property sits in the middle of the closure area, says the first the residents heard of the highway closing between Hira and Rai Valley was in the news
and they have so far been given mixed-messaging from staff. “We heard about it on Monday when the news articles came out, then there was a big uproar on Facebook and someone from Fulton Hogan came and saw us on Tuesday, but they came during the day so most people were at work.” Jess says, that person told her that residents would have access at certain times of the day, much like the previous closure when
the roads were damaged. “I thought ‘ok cool, we’ve got access, at least we can carry on, get the kids to school, get to work’. The timings weren’t great but at least we have access.” Then on Thursday, Waka Kotahi and council representatives met with around 30 residents from Kokorua, Flowers and Hori Bay Rds. “We met to say our concerns and ask if we can figure out the
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timetable, but Waka Kotahi’s Andrew James said ‘no, there’s going to be no access for you, you’re either in or out’,” Jess says. “The residents are saying ‘we can’t just pack up and shift to town, we all have animals’. One guy has 70 steers he lives in Rai Valley so he’s not going to be able to get in. All our grass is gone from the floods so we have to be here to feed them.” Jess says Andrew told residents his job is to “fix the road” and
animal welfare issues were not their problem. “We are basically on our own, they said three weeks but they don’t really know until they start cutting into the road. We feel like collateral damage at this point.” The road will close on November 1 and will reopen on December 18, assuming all goes to plan. Local transport operators say the
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in Kentucky JACK MALCOLM
Johnny Carter (16), pictured at a local swinging pairs competition, travelled to Kentucky as part of the New Zealand contingent for the International Mounted Games. Photo: Jack Malcolm.
Johnny Carter says he and his team were definitely the underdogs when they travelled to Kentucky to compete in the International Mounted Games for the Nations Championship. The team of five were on borrowed ponies, competing against the best riders from America and Canada. Despite this, they came away with first place. “We shouldn’t have really won, but we were really consistent the whole way through,” Johnny says. Mounted games see riders compete in a variety of challenges that test all of their different riding abilities. There are over 100 different games that can be played, such as the mug shuffle which sees riders race around a course with mugs on poles that they must
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