Allow Essential Maintenance of Golf Courses During Lockdown Period

Comments

#2001

This work is crucial

Dean Robb (PETONE, 2020-04-08)

#2004

It’s a no brainer ..works alone Etc etc..to not do it the consequences are unthinkable!!!!

Diane Rackham (Auckland, 2020-04-08)

#2008

I'm signing because golf is my main form of exercise and meeting with people outside of a work environment. If my local club had to shut because the greens were too far gone to recover (within their limited budget), it'd be a personal and local disaster

Haydn Price (otaki, 2020-04-08)

#2010

I believe this work can be done without risk and with great future benefit to the golf club

Tom Nicolle (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2012

1 greenkeeper should be allowed to do minimal maintenance to courses to protect assets

Glenn Chambers (Glentunnel, 2020-04-08)

#2013

It’s perfectly safe and a no brainer as it will take thousands to fix any problems if not allowed.

Peter Lye (Lower Hutt, 2020-04-08)

#2016

If not maintained many courses will be beyond saving.

Jill Meadows (Auckland, 2020-04-08)

#2018

im signing the petition because I believe the cost and time it will take for golf clubs to be able to get up and running again after the lockdown will hurt a lot of clubs. One person being able to look after the greens should be enough to limit a cost that maybe unable to be provided by each club.

Kieran Waters (Auckland, 2020-04-08)

#2024

Courses need to be maintained, if left the time and expense to get them up to a playable standard will take months and thousands of dollars once we come out of the lock down. Some may mot survive.

Paul Inwood (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2026

I care about our golf courses.

Jeff Young (Auckland, 2020-04-08)

#2027

I'm signing because the cost of repair of the greens far outways any risk to those greenkeepers carrying out the work.
It is totally shortsighted to stop the care and maintenance of both golf and bowling greens.

David Render (Lower Hutt, 2020-04-08)

#2029

I can

AJ Bootten (Feilding, 2020-04-08)

#2034

The golf course greens need maintenance otherwise they will not be usable for many months after lock down ends.

Brian Swinburne (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2036

It is ESSENTIAL that golf courses and similar get the upkeep URGENTLY

Terry Carter (Lower Hutt, 2020-04-08)

#2037

Our greens need cutting

Kane Lloyd (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2038

Golf course play and exercise will be the best for the health of the golfing community (young and old) after the virus is beaten

Fred Chaney (Dunedin, 2020-04-08)

#2039

I’m signing because I believe the work is important for the economic recovery, and even survival, of some courses.

I believe it can be done safely and will obviously assist golf course employees retain their jobs/income.

Peter Cochrane (AUCKLAND, 2020-04-08)

#2040

I am a green keeper at wainuiomata golf club twenty minutes drive from the capital wellington but live in the center of johnsonville five minutes from the behive, it seems strange that i can not go to work alone in the open away from the public to stop our asset detereaiting especially as it is such a large part of the comunity in wainuiomata, also as people have been limited to in forms of recreation it stands to reason that at the end of the lockdown they will want to be out playing as soon as possable.

Gregory Mollison (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2042

Golf and bowls especially , need their grounds continual maintained . If the maintenance is curtailed, it could / will put a lot of clubs into liquidation. I just cant imagine what will happen to the players health and mental wellbeing if they have to give up their sport.
Please let's thing of the future of these clubs and come up with a cencible solution.

Peter Thomson (Auckland, 2020-04-08)

#2043

I too play 9 holes once/ twice week , bit if don't maintain them , they will be irepairable in 6 weeks and will cost heaps ti fix ..Almost all greenkeepers tend to work autonomously and dont come into contact with Anyone else , commonsense prevails surely ...

Alan Innes (Tauranga, 2020-04-08)

#2046

I am a member of Shandon Golf Club in Petone, Lower Hutt. Our Course is always maintained in a first-class condition by our amazing Greenkeepers and Maintenance team and it would just be a tragedy to see all this work going to waste and would cost our Club a huge amount of money to repair it.

Patricia Spencer-Murtha (Lower Hutt, 2020-04-08)

#2048

Not allowing maintenance is a stupid decision

Mike Debney (Lower Hutt, 2020-04-08)

#2050

I’m a greenskeeper by trade and I hope that individual work on the greens especially can be allowed just to maintain these surfaces as best as possible during this time

Ben Engels (Putaruru, 2020-04-08)

#2051

I think golf courses should be exempt and should be able to carry out essential maintenance of golf facilities throughout the remainder of lockdown

Elaine Neill (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2052

I believe that there is minimal health risk involved in greenkeepers and other caretakers working alone maintaining golf courses, bowling greens, school grounds & public parks.

Jeff Morrison (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2053

We need our green keeper back at work before we loose our greens

Glen Lancaster (Lower hutt, 2020-04-08)

#2058

It is ridiculous that two greenkeepers cannot continue maintenance in order to avoid a massive cost at the end of the lockdown. Two greenkeepers, two metres apart, to be safe

Debbie Gapes (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2060

As a member of my Club's committee I am aware of the catastrophic financial ramifications this will cause our club and many hundreds of others

Adrian Ash (Upper Hutt, 2020-04-08)

#2063

It is commonsense to maintain the condition of golf courses as the green keepers will not be in contact with other people while doing so!

Pam Griffith (Masterton, 2020-04-08)

#2064

Lack of maintenance will creat prohibitive cost to bring the courses back to playing conditions.
Largely the maintenance workers are working aline anyway & many live on the grounds!

Jenny Parsons (Auckland, 2020-04-08)

#2067

Outdoor recreation is essential to the physical and mental wellbeing of a large proportion of NZers. Maintenance of sports turf is fundamental to this. For these facilities to survive through the Covid-19 isolation, it is critical they be maintained on a near daily basis. Failure to do so will have a devastating impact physically and therefore financially on facilities and the clubs (mostly) responsible for their maintenance.

Roger Buchanan (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2068

I'm wanting mbie to relax the rules regarding golf course maintenance

Roger Gee (Lower hutt, 2020-04-08)

#2069

Without routine maintenance golf courses will take years to repair

Bevan Duffy (Paraparaumu, 2020-04-08)

#2073

Social distancing can be adjusted to & thousands of $ would need to be spent to bring courses up to playable greens exercise is important for mental health especially once lockdown is over

Kirsten Perry (Chch, 2020-04-08)

#2077

Common sense.

Nick Jacques (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2079

I don't want to see golf clubs having to close because the greens are ruined.

Carilyn Banks (Lower Hutt, 2020-04-08)

#2081

Maintaining golf courses will stop complete degradation of playing surfaces and can be done meeting all lockdown hs&e requirements

Warwick Eves (Porirua, 2020-04-08)

#2083

I believe that maintenance of the course is essential for the continued existence of golf courses after the Lockdown period is over. A Greenkeeper can work alone and if maintenance can be done during this period it will save thousands of dollars and benefit Members after the Lockdown who will require getting back to a normal routine just like others will be able too.

Owen Davidson (Christchurch, 2020-04-08)

#2085

This needs to be approved

Tom Taniwha (Lower Hutt, 2020-04-08)

#2088

Essential golf course maintenance can be completed without compromising the Government's Covid - 19 strategy.

Peter Kennedy (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2090

I feel that if golf course maintenance is conducted responsibly then there should be very little chance of spread of covid19 and the benefits of maintenance would be significant.

Geoff Pearce (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2092

The cure should not be worse than the disease. All it takes is a simple risk management plan - and common sense.

John Cosgrove (Paraparaumu, 2020-04-08)

#2095

We need our golf courses to be mowed and to stop diseases getting to our greens

John CLIFTON (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2099

The public parks in my local area are being maintained. If they can be done so can the golf courses. The cost of not maintaining the golfing fine grassed areas is huge while parks lose nothing if they are not mown for a month.

Chris Smale (Auckland, 2020-04-08)

#2100

It would be commonsense to allow maintenance of the course, saving huge money and time as we move out of the Covid-19 restrictions.

Steve Davie (Shiel Hill, Dunedin, 2020-04-08)

#2101

I’m signing because I agree with the sentiment expressed in the petition and feel that it is possible for one or two green keeping staff to work without compromising the lock-down intent. Golf courses require ongoing daily to weekly maintenance and many golf courses are struggling financially already without the added burden of recovering that lost by lack of proper course maintenance.

Derek Snelling (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2102

I want our golf course to be maintained so it can be played on when restrictions are lifted.

Greg Walsh (Dunedin, 2020-04-08)

#2103

Maintaining greens are essential to the future of golf.

Ramahia Keno (Oamaru, 2020-04-08)

#2105

I am signing because understanding of the needs, this activity seems to be also low impacts on current lockdown police.

Junho Choi (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2106

it is in the best interest of 500,000 kiwis that golf courses and in particular the greens are kept in a recoverable condition during this lockdown.

Peter Jacobs (Auckland, 2020-04-08)

#2109

They are allowing low maintenance at the U.K. course

Philip Hayward (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2110

It is essential to maintain the course, job is completely isolated.

Erica Wood (Upper Hutt, 2020-04-08)

#2118

Im signing because the upkeep of the golf course environment should be easily achieveable with no contact risk and will prevent major losses to clubs

Doug Magee (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2120

I have played golf in NZ for the last 50 years and it is a great sporting institution. To see our sporting venues go to ruin is a great shame when it is the one place a person can isolate or easily keep the distance

John Sharp (Lower Hutt, 2020-04-08)

#2121

I’m a golfer and the viability of my club is important to me

Susan Flint-Hartle (Auckland, 2020-04-08)

#2122

I want to support our club.

Jeanette Carole Medway (Upper Hutt, 2020-04-08)

#2123

I believe that it is a safe option to have a green keeper maintain the golf courses that will eventually safe many golf courses from collapse and money that many courses do not have.

Scott Pemberton (Lower Hutt, 2020-04-08)

#2126

My husband is a greenkeeper. we live directly on the golf course .it is part of our bubble. He has been working here for over 55 years and maintenance of greens would not directly affect anyone else.. but failure to upkeep would mean that our greens like everyone else would be in danger of major setback

Ricky Leitch (Auckland, 2020-04-08)

#2129

Being on the land, I see little difference in me on a quad bike going about my daily chores and the greenkeeper on the expanse of a golf course mowing the greens. Common sense, please.

Robert Gardiner (Masterton, 2020-04-08)

#2130

The greens will need urgent maintenance.

Tony Joyce (Auckland, 2020-04-08)

#2132

There is nil risk of clubs restrict the work to one staff member. There is huge investment in clubs that is being needlessly damaged.

Ian McEwan (Lower Hutt, 2020-04-08)

#2138

The courses need maintenance & don’t cause a lack of social distancing or a threat to the staff

Bryce Hawkins (Auckland, 2020-04-08)

#2141

As the President of the Kaikoura Golf Club I know we will not survive financially as a club if our greens are destroyed through not being mowed and treated for fungi. Our members are aged on average 70+ so golf is one of the few things people of this age have to keep fit, socialise and look forward to. I fully accept the need for the lockdown but I question why one person on their own can't work on the greens. Small clubs like ours are struggling as it is.

John Gibson (Kaikoura, 2020-04-08)

#2142

I want to save our course and possible thousands of dollars to redo greens we could lose.

Wayne Newsome (Christchurch, 2020-04-08)

#2144

Allowing this work poses no threats to the community.

Stewart Wilson (Raumati Beach, 2020-04-08)

#2145

It just makes sence

Doug Hobbs (Auckland, 2020-04-08)

#2150

I'm am signing becuase it takes a lot of effort to maintain golf courses.

Nalin Pratap (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2153

My wife and I are members at Hastings Golf club and wish course & green maintenance allowed to be continued.
The financial ramifications of this not being allowed to continue are significant

David Nancarrow (Havelock North, 2020-04-08)

#2155

My step brother is a green keeper and he is very depressed about the mess his greens are in. The are not around anyone if they are on a mower. Dont see why they cant maintain their greens

Sarah Richardson (Levin, 2020-04-08)

#2156

The greens at our Club will take a long time and a lot of money to recover if left without maintenance, not to mention the needless expense which the Club will have spend.

Annette Turner (Omaha beach, 2020-04-08)

#2157

This policy makes no sense. In the case of my club, the course manager lives on site. There would be zero risk of spreading or catching Covid-19 if he were allowed to do basic maintenance. This policy will damage out course and increase costs.

Charles Finny (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2159

This is ridiculous not letting sports clubs maintain there greens etc. It can be a solitary excerise no need for not keeping the distance as most of it is done with tractors with one driver.

Sue Barnard (Tauranga, 2020-04-08)

#2161

I’m an avid golfer and I know that it takes a long time for courses to get up to a standard where it’s playable again. It’s a sport that is played by all ages and for some there only means of social interaction or community connection. Let them do their work so joy can be brought to me and all golfers in NZ.

Matt Donnelly (Auckland, 2020-04-08)

#2163

I’m a golf club member.

Pete Hall (Paraparaumu, 2020-04-08)

#2166

Our golf courses need to be maintained!!!! We need to get back playing .
Obviously our stupid leaders don’t play. They ride bikes instead and go to beaches .
Why are council parks any different. They are been mowed!!!!! 😡😡😡😡

Carolyn Cressey (Northshore, 2020-04-08)

#2168

Because I believe the Managment of the courses can be done in a safe manner.

Gary Sherwin (Upper Hutt, 2020-04-08)

#2169

allowing one employee to do maintenance will assist a course being maintained.Many golf clubs have a person living on the course so the risk of these individuals being in contact outside their bubbles is very low.

Gary Quirke (Avalon, 2020-04-08)

#2171

Being in my later years it is my main
Form of recreation.

Ian Smith (Auckland, 2020-04-08)

#2172

Need this to happen

Pete Riddell (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2173

golf is my way of keeping active and enjoying time with friends

brian russo (wairarapa, 2020-04-08)

#2175

To carry out this work is safe by any definition of the number of people involve and their physical distance and will avoid an inordinate cost penalty post Covid19

John Syme (Auckland, 2020-04-08)

#2177

I think it would be fine for 1 person to maintain the greens at this time. It will save money in the future.

Steve Thomson (Paraparaumu, 2020-04-08)

#2179

I'm a member of Shandon Golf Course in Petone. The course has a public walking track through it. I'm concerned that a delay in allowing green keepers to maintain the course will over the next few weeks see damage to greens by people, dogs and cyclists passing through the area.

Diana Gibbons (Lower Hutt, 2020-04-08)

#2182

There is zero risk from greens been maintained by a sole operator. The failure of the government to change the policy is purely ideological or incompetence.

Barrie Saunders (Wellington, 2020-04-08)

#2186

I have invested in Shandon Golf Club as a member for 67 years, and it is my health lifeline at 86 years old. It gets me to walk 5 or 6 miles a week, and I want to still be able to do this when the lockdown ceases. If the course is destroyed through neglect, I will not be able to get this exercise.
It is all about saving the course for after the lockdown.

Bill Shannon (Porirua, 2020-04-08)

#2187

I want my golf club to be able to survive Covid-19.

Chris Wilson (New plymouth, 2020-04-08)

#2192

I agree that financial impacts for the future will be enormous with the reinstating of greens and fairways. Many golf clubs will go bankrupt due to the major remedial work required and courses being unplayable (members dropping out).

Trish Barnett (Pauanui, 2020-04-08)

#2193

Golf courses need their greens.

Steven Harris (Hastings, 2020-04-08)

#2194

The cost of regrowing all these greens will be huge - 1 person to just maintain the greens can’t be much of a danger - I think going to the supermarket would be worse. People will need recreational sports when this is over

Sheryl Cronin (Auckland, 2020-04-08)

#2200

I recognize the hard work that goes into maintaining the greens at our Nelson Golf Course and understand that to neglect them will cause a huge amount of work and expense in the future. One groundsman on the course will not be in contact with anyone else. Val Wilson

Val Wilson (Nelson, 2020-04-08)