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CONTENTS<br />
EDITORIAL TEAM<br />
1 – Editorial<br />
2 – Ben’s blurb<br />
4 – NZST programmes<br />
6 BAIL/Catwalk<br />
9 Thanks Bob Parker<br />
10 Survey results<br />
14 Samoa trip<br />
16 Summer garden<br />
19 ACC updates<br />
21 Bowel health<br />
24 Book review<br />
25 Funders<br />
Bernadette Cassidy<br />
Suzanne REISER<br />
Hi, my name is Bernadette Cassidy and I am<br />
delighted to be part of the Spinal Network News<br />
Editorial Team. As the Library & Design Service<br />
Manager I am passionate about how libraries<br />
and how having access to quality and timely<br />
information empowers people ‘to reshape their<br />
lives’.<br />
Hi, my name is Suzanne Reiser, and I am a<br />
former patient of the Burwood Spinal Unit<br />
where I spent 4½ months with Guillain-Barré<br />
Syndrome. I have since been involved with<br />
volunteer work at the BSU and am delighted to<br />
be part of the editorial team.<br />
Hi, my name is Trudy Mulligan and I’m the Design<br />
Consultant for the NZ Spinal Trust. I have a<br />
Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in design. I am also<br />
an exhibiting artist. I enjoy being a part of the team<br />
that produces this publication.<br />
CONTRIBUTING<br />
WRITERS<br />
Ben Lucas<br />
Bernadette Cassidy<br />
Mel Kelly<br />
Hans Wouters<br />
Raymond Burr<br />
Katie Farman<br />
John Bourke<br />
Debz Mitchell<br />
Trudy Mulligan<br />
TRUDY MULLIGAN<br />
Claire Freeman<br />
Hi, my name is Claire Freeman and I am employed<br />
full time by the Canterbury District Health Board<br />
as a Graphic Designer and Medical Illustrator.<br />
I have a Masters in Health Science, Otago<br />
University and plan on pursuing more study.<br />
<strong>SPINAL</strong> <strong>NETWORK</strong> <strong>NEWS</strong> is published by the NZ Spinal Trust<br />
Send your contributions to:<br />
The Editor <strong>SPINAL</strong> <strong>NETWORK</strong> <strong>NEWS</strong><br />
c/- New Zealand Spinal Trust, Private Bag 4708, Christchurch 8140<br />
Tel: (03) 383 7540 , Fax: (03) 383 7500<br />
Email: johnny.bourke@nzspinaltrust.org.nz<br />
Web: www.nzspinaltrust.org.nz<br />
Patron of the<br />
New Zealand Spinal Trust,<br />
Sir Tim Wallis<br />
DESIGN & LAYOUT: Trudy Mulligan, and Claire Freeman<br />
PRINTER: The Caxton Press<br />
DISCLAIMER:<br />
The views expressed in <strong>SPINAL</strong> <strong>NETWORK</strong> <strong>NEWS</strong><br />
are those of its contributors. They do not necessarily<br />
represent the opinion of the members of the Editorial<br />
Committee or the policies of the New Zealand Spinal<br />
Trust.
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