About to head back under the bridge - a photo on Flickriver

            20240809_3336_R62-200 About to head back under the bridge

When I was down at the river earlier in the week (photographing the White Heron and other birds) a man from the local surf live saving club (New Brighton) came to inspect the boat ramp, saying that the leader of the Labour opposition party, Chris Hipkins, commonly called Chippy, would be here at 9am Friday morning to go up the river and inspect the underside of the local Pages Road bridge, damaged in the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes and slated for replacement soon.  Chris Hipkins was Prime Minister for a few months last year after Jacinda Adern bailed out and left him to it, knowing that Labour were not going to win the a third period in office.  Labour now want the National led government to chip in with some funds (I have heard $14 million) to assist the council get the bridge rebuilt.  Why didn’t Labour do this when they were in power for the six years from 2017?
Local MP Reuben Davidson was already there when I arrived, and MPs Dr Duncan Webb and Kieran McAnulty arrived shortly before Chippy.  Donning life jackets Chippy and Reuben headed up river with two from the surf club, followed by a media boat.

Reuben Davidson with beard, Chris Hipkins on right. 

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Taken on: August 9, 2024

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