Kia Ora
Another year is nearly over and it’s been quite the year!
We’d like to start by saying thank you to the Karangahape community for their patience and support during a tough year for all. We hope that everyone has an enjoyable and restorative festive season and all the best in the new year.
Our sites will be shutting down on 22 December until 5 January. We will have security guards walking the site perimeters daily and 24/7 CCTV but, as always, if you have any questions please contact us at Karangahape@linkalliance.co.nz or call 0800 CRL TALK (0800 275 8255).
Ngā mihi,
The Karangahape Station Team
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We've organ-ised a festive message
‘Tis the season for…
The musical talents of Wesley, a new addition to the Karangahape Station team, who happens to be a classically trained organist. Learn more about him later.
The Methodist Church on Pitt Street kindly allowed Wesley to perform a Christmas medley on their 100-year-old pipe organ - a major thank you to them for their generosity.
So, sit back, maybe tuck into a mince pie or two and check out our resident organist in action.
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Meet our organist Wesley Stellenberg - Health and Safety Advisor
What does your job at the Link Alliance entail?
I’m a Health and Safety Advisor based at Karangahape Station, ensuring our people, contractors and others are conducting their works safely.
Where did you grow up?
I was born in South Africa and grew up in Bluff, Durban in the KwaZulu-Natal province.
Where were you working prior to this?
I was the International Health and Safety Manager at SBS Corporate Services in South Africa.
What do you do when you are not working?
Pretty much after arriving in New Zealand and exiting MIQ in August, we entered lockdown, but I have seen a few beaches and parks. Back home it would have been different – as I would’ve been playing various instruments.
Any fun facts about yourself you want to share?
I love to play the piano, amongst other instruments, and I enjoy cooking.
Do you have any Christmas traditions?
As it’s my first Christmas in NZ I do not know what to expect yet but I trust it will be good. However, its usually musical and a few family gatherings, singing, Christmas jams and eating all day every day.
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A year to celebrate sustainability across our sites
It’s been a big year of change in the way we work across our Karangahape Station sites with some genuine progress made on sustainability.
The team have reduced the carbon footprint from concrete used at Karangahape Road by 19% by using fly ash in the concrete, as a cement replacement. Fly ash has similar properties to cement but has a far lower carbon footprint.
We have diverted 88% of our construction and demolition waste from landfill and have salvaged 3% of that to re-use, with the rest having been recycled.
In 2021 we excavated over 175,000 tonnes of spoil from underneath Karangahape Road.
We’ve ensured that all of our ‘cleanfill’, which is spoil that is good to reuse, has avoided the land fill, with any contaminated material sent to a managed fill. Most of the cleanfill sites we are filling are old quarries, which get filled and restored for housing or green areas:
- 75,000 tonnes have been sent to the old Three Kings quarry, which closed in 2015 for a housing development.
- So far, 40,000 tonnes have gone to Muriwai to replace black sand being quarried. The land will be planted with around 10,000 native trees, shrubs and grasses. Then it will form a walkway for people to enjoy.
- Over 33,000 tonnes have gone to Envirofill South near Pokeno where an old quarry site is being restored to farmland.
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Others Way is on its way!
With Auckland moving to orange in the COVID-19 traffic light system by the new year many festivals are on! One such festival taking place over the Karangahape Road area, including our Pocket Park, is The Others Way Festival.
Taking place on Saturday 29 January (Auckland Anniversary Day weekend), the festival will be a midsummer celebration with a packed line up.
From mid-afternoon, head down to the Pocket Park and listen to Kiwi musician Lucky Paul performing. Lucky Paul, aka Paul Taylor, is a Los Angeles based Kiwi artist who loves to use a custom music making setup to interact with members of the public.
If you’re in town, come down and help create a unique summer sound.
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Christmas Coffees at Johnny Feedback
Pop in to the lovely Jojo at Johnny Feedback on the corner of Beresford Square for some Christmas cheer encompassing your morning coffee, hot chocolate or chai!
For a limited time only in the lead up to Christmas, some festively fun designed cups will be holding your beverage.
A lucky few might also receive a complementary keep cup, which Jojo is gifting to loyal customers as a thank you and sustainable Christmas gift.
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Celebrating our teams' hard work
It’s been quite a year for our teams working at our Karangahape Station sites and they have faced quite a few challenges along the way.
As a thank you for the hard work everyone has put in over the past 12 months, what better way than a (socially distanced) Christmas kai.
Once again, we have acquired the services of Eat My Lunch (based on East Street) who, for every lunch we purchase from them, give a lunch to a Kiwi child who would otherwise go without. It’s a small gesture from them that can have a huge impact for so many children in Aotearoa.
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Rock Bolts
A rock bolt is a long anchor bolt, for stabilizing rock excavations, which may be used in tunnels or rock cuts. It transfers load from the unstable exterior to the confined (and much stronger) interior of the rock mass.
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