PAGE 18 Wednesday <strong>September</strong> 6 <strong>2017</strong> BAY HARBOUR Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Recycled clothes star at fashion show CULTURE: Corban Te Aika speaks at the opening of the Sumner School learning hub, Rapanui. Mr Te Aika gifted the Maori name to the new block and worked with the children on the cultural narrative of the building. The Sumner School kapa haka group also performed. Learning hub opened THE WHOLE of Sumner School gathered together with parents recently to mark the opening of the new senior learning hub. The school’s kapa haka pupils took part in the blessing of the building. Port Hills MP Ruth Dyson, assisted by the youngest and oldest students at the school, cut the ribbon to officially declare the building open. Everyone was invited to look around the new hub, which will house year 7 and 8 pupils. YOUNG AND OLD: Sumner School’s oldest and youngest members, Pablo Fitzgerald, 13, and Vincent Norton, 5, helped Ruth Dyson cut the ribbon. • By Sarla Donovan COMMUNITY organisation The Garage Sale is working with Lyttelton Primary School senior pupils to put together a catwalk show and evening of entertainment. There will be stalls selling natural beauty products and clothing, and all catwalk outfits will be for sale, with all proceeds going to the school and The Garage Sale. Said event co-ordinator Ruth Targus: “It’s basically a marketing exercise for secondhand clothes – looking at how we can recycle and reuse – but also working with the schools to put together an event. The students are involved in putting together a soundtrack, staging, choreography; they’re doing food for the event as a fundraiser for the school camp. It’s full on.” The Garage Sale sells second-hand goods and uses the proceeds to support community groups in the Lyttelton area. Part of a working group that’s been putting the show together, Ms Targus has recently been rounding up some adult volunteers to be models. “The local salons are going to do the hair and make-up so it will, hopefully, be an evening of fun.” This is her first time doing a large-scale event – “I’ve been a drama teacher and organised fashion shows in the past but more from a technical side of things.” Now running a business called The Sewing Fairy, Ms Targus said she has an interest in upcycling and making sure things don’t get thrown away. “That’s where my interest came in and it just got bigger and bigger from there.” •A Lyttel Loved Fashion Show, Lyttelton Primary School, Friday, <strong>September</strong> 15, 7.30pm. Door sales, $10 Ferrymead My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent The Most Talked About Debut of <strong>2017</strong> ‘You think you’re invincible. You think you won’t ever miss. We need to put the fear on you. You need to surrender yourself to death before you ever begin, and accept your life as a state of grace, and then and only then will you be good enough.’ At 14, Turtle Alveston knows the use of every gun on her wall; That chaos is coming and only the strong will survive it; That her daddy loves her more than anything else in this world. And he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her with him. She doesn’t know why she feels so different from the other girls at school; Why the line between love and pain can be so hard to see; Why making a friend may be the bravest and most terrifying thing she has ever done And what her daddy will do when he finds out … Sometimes strength is not the same as courage. Sometimes leaving is not the only way to escape. Sometimes surviving isn’t enough. The High Road A Journey to the New Frontier of Cannabis by Colin Hogg Unsettled by the stiff old rules at home, writer Colin Hogg and his faithful sidekick Bruce hit the high road in America on an exploration of a wild new world, where cannabis is free and easy. Like going on a road trip with Bill Bryson driving and Hunter S Thompson riding shot-gun, Colin Hogg embarks on a journey up the long coast road, bewildered by the unfair realities concerning his natural medicine of choice. Laugh-out-loud funny, this is a journey to the new frontier of cannabis, travelling four states that have given the legal nod to marijuana and three states that have fully inhaled the cannabis revolution and gone recreational. After sampling the best America has to offer, the writer also makes a case for legal marijuana at home, where laws are out-dated and draconian. WIN THIS BOOK ENTER TO WIN THIS BOOK book release We have one copy of My Absolute Darling to give away, courtesy of Take Note Ferrymead. To be in the draw, email giveaways@starmedia.kiwi with My Absolute Darling in the subject line or write to Take Note Book Giveaway, My Absolute Darling, Star Media, PO Box 1467, Christchurch 8140. To be eligible for the draw, all entries must include your name, address and contact number. Entries close Tuesday 19th <strong>September</strong>, <strong>2017</strong>. Winner of To Kill the President is Jo Tucker of Sumner. MOTORCYCLE RIDERS EVENT <strong>2017</strong> SUNDAY 1 OCTOBER <strong>2017</strong>, 10AM – 2PM (ON RAIN OR SHINE) CANTERBURY AGRICULTURAL PARK, CURLETTS ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH There is something for every motorcycle enthusiast! • Food and drink available, including Club BBQ’s • Free bike safety checks, rider demonstrations, entertainment and kids’ bouncy castle • Visit motorcycle dealers and the truck display • Vote for the best motorcycle on show FREE ENTRY
Wednesday <strong>September</strong> 6 <strong>2017</strong> Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi BAY HARBOUR PAGE 19 11 – 18 NOVEMBER <strong>2017</strong> Tickets on sale now! Every ticket purchased online in <strong>September</strong> goes in the draw to WIN A Rarotonga escape for two! Terms and conditions apply. nzcupandshow.co.nz
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