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WHAT A CIRCUS!

• By Siobhan Watson and Andrew King

THE REBUILD of the Shirley

Community Centre has stalled after a

private funding plan was rejected.

The Crossway Community Church

proposed to the Shirley-Papanui

Community Board that a collaboration

between the church and the city

council be used to fund and maintain

the new centre.

The church would have invested

$2.5m to the new centre and the city

council $1.5m.

The board rejected the proposal

with a 4-3 vote at a recent meeting.

Church secretary Pat White said

although they were disappointed

with the outcome, they have other

options in place for the church’s

location.

“It would have been nice to get an

answer sooner than this . . . but that

is the way it is, now we just have to

move on,” she said.

Board chairman Mike Davidson

said he was “uncomfortable” with

the level of investment needed by the

city council to make it work with the

church.

•Turn to page 5

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FROM

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EDITOR’S

DESK News..............................3,5 & 7

WITH SCHOOL holidays

finishing up on Sunday, I hope you

all managed to get out and enjoy

some time with the whanau.

Formal season is upon us and

on page 14 we have Papanui

High School pupils decked out in

their best finery. The theme was

Autumn Dream and the hard yards

organising the event done by year

13 students.

Pacific Youth Leadership and

Transformation, 21-year-old

chairman Josiah Tualamali’i has

a chat to reporter Fraser Walker-

Pearce this week on being a vocal

leader for youth on page 6.

Meanwhile, sports reporter

Gordon Findlater gathers the latest

from grass roots sports over on

page 13. If you happen to be out

watching sport and taking a few

photos at the weekend, feel free to

send us some through of the action

– we may even publish them.

Hei kona, Shelley Robinson

Dressed up and having fun at the Papanui High School

formal

NEWS14

Your Local Views..........4

Our People............................8

Schools..........10, 12 & 14

Health & Beauty.............16

Community Events... 17

Health & Beauty.............18

Focus on Health.........19

Education...................... 20,21

Home Heating......22,23

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NOR’WEST NEWS Tuesday July 19 2016 3

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Businesses to make community

decisions under council plan

• By Andrew King

A NEW city council initiative

aimed at giving businesses the

opportunity to take charge of

their own identity has received

mixed reviews.

The city council is looking

at developing the framework

to start a business improvement

district programme in

Christchurch, which would allow

businesses to pay a bit extra on

their rates to drive

improvements

around the area.

But Fendalton-

Waimairi Community

Board

chairwoman

Val Carter said

it works better when the community

comes to the city council to

ask for help to improve the area,

not the other way around.

“That way we get community

ownership of the projects and

they really take off,” she said.

She said in the past, similar

initiatives have worked really

well, but the community and

their board need to be the ones

to keep them going.

“A great example is the Clyde

St community garden. It is

thriving and the

community was

the driving force

behind it,” she

said.

However, city

councillor Jaime

Gough said it gives

areas a great option to improve

their surroundings.

“City councils are the most

effective when they enable communities

to take charge of their

own identity,” he said.

“There are no limitations on

what they can do, and it comes

down to a majority rules scenario.”

Ms Carter said it is a good

idea, but with a few tweaks it will

not only make the space around

businesses better but would be

a source of pride for the community.

“Community boards need to

be involved right from the get go,

as they are the grass roots,” she

said.

Business improvement districts

have been set up around

the country.

The scheme is a partnership

between local business associations

and the city council, with

PERFECT: City councillor Jamie Gough said Bishopdale would

be the perfect place for a business improvement district.

businesses in the area putting a

tax of up to $250 into a pot and

deciding within the community

how to spend it.

The projects can range from

security cameras or patrols to

community websites or advertise

for free community wi-fi.

HAVE YOUR SAY: Is giving

businesses an option to pay

extra rates to improve their

surroundings a good idea

or should the city council

be paying for it? Email your

views to andrew.king@

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In Brief

STREETS NAMED

The Papanui-Shirley

Community Board has

approved four new names

for streets in the vicinity of

Thompsons and Blake Rds in

Belfast. The new names are

Robert Duncan Rd, Berg Way,

Booth Way and McLendon

Green. The streets are to be

named after historical people

who have lived in the area.

WORK DELAYED

Repair work that requires part

of Knowles St to be closed has

been delayed until tomorrow.

The closure will only be in

place for one day. The closure

will allow a manhole in the

street outside property number

179 to be repaired. It will take

one day to complete.

NEW OPTIONS NEEDED

The Shirley-Papanui

Community Board has asked

city council traffic staff to find

a solution to traffic issues at

the Blighs and Papanui Rds

intersection. After providing

a report back to the board

saying the loss of parking

would outweigh the problem,

the board requested they

have another go at solving the

congestion issue. A report is

due back to the board in the

coming weeks.

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Tuesday July 19 2016

FROM FIJI

McMaster & Heap

Veterinary practice

Thought I’d write a slightly different

article….

I’m in Fiji for ITF tennis with my son

Dylan for 2 weeks and I’ve never been

to Fiji before. An interesting, warm place

with splendid people. I’ve met some

great folk and seen some great tennis

and seen plenty of animals I so want to

help. We have had our share of ups and

downs on the tennis

court ( cramping

and a pulled

hamstring) and at our

resort ( leaking air

conditioning units,

power cuts, no Wifi

as promised), but

all has been sorted

eventually and has

made for a real travel

experience, one I’ll

never forget.

We are a reasonable drive from the tennis so

it’s been a 45 minute car drive filled of daily

adventures. We have had goats and cows just

traverse the road in front of us, speeding cars

and then ones that sit at 35km/hour and you

can’t pass them as passing lanes are rare. We

have seen a road traffic accident with fatalities

sadly. Fijians just

aim casually along

the sides of the

roads waiting to be

picked up for work

or getting places on

foot. Everyone looks

happy and relaxed in

sparkling clean attire,

yet there is brown

dust everywhere that

infiltrates everything.

The school children

look fantastic in

often starched

white uniforms and

clamber on the open

aired buses, arms

hanging out the

sides, laughing. The drivers are hugely

considerate, almost dangerously so,

slowing right down to let cars cross in

the middle of a busy open road. No

one is in a hurry and everyone is up and

rearing to go at 6.30am, waiting to be

picked up for work. Not many people

here own cars and taxis are everywhere.

The dogs touch my heart though. There

are so many that aimlessly wander all

over the place – in towns, sides of roads,

the tennis center and outside homes.

No one takes responsibility for them as the

breeding is rampant and out of control. None

are desexed so there are puppies everywhere.

They are scarily thin, bloated with worms,

crawling with fleas and ticks and hungry. They

still manage a tail wag though and I’ve even

managed to pat a few. I’m feeding them bread

and one square meals and they are so gently

accepting food. Many of them have sores all

over their bodies, no hair and many are feeding

puppies. Ive hardly seen any cats, except ones

that have unfortunately been squashed on the

roads. The grazing tethered cows look friendly

but on approaching them, they show me the

whites of their eyes and lower their heads to

charge. I have met a local Fijian Architect who

is building a Veterinary Hospital In Nadi, funded

Open 7 days

Cnr Hoon Hay & Coppell place

phone 338 2534, Fax 339 8624

e. mcmasterandheap@yahoo.co.nz

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by a wealthy

American couple

who want to help

the companion

animals here.

There is a small

SPCA clinic in

Lautoka but no

surgeries can be

performed there.

The only clinic is in

Suva where short

anaesthetics can

be performed. I

think Steve and

I would be keen

to come back

here and offer our

expertise and help these animals and

train some of the vets here. We’d bring

equipment and supplies with us next

time.

I have befriended a fantastic group of Fijian

children at the Lautoka tennis club. They are

aged between 7 and 12 years of age and get

tennis coaching for free on Sundays, racquets

and balls provided by the club. None of them

have shoes to play in, most are from very poor

families and tennis is an expensive sport. I

went out and bought 10 pairs of sports shoes

of different sizes for them

to be kept at the club and

used for the children that

need them. They were all

so grateful. Dylan is back

in August so I’ll send back

most of the boys old tennis

tops for the kids to enjoy

playing in. If they progress

at tennis it could be a way

out for these children.

I won’t

forget my 2

weeks here.

Everybody

thought I

wouldn’t like

Fiji at all, but

the openness

and genuine

friendliness

and interest

shown

by these

people have

made this

experience

one I’ll never

forget. I feel

Steve, Isaac

and I can make a difference to these people in

educating them on respecting and caring for

their pets, when we next return. It makes you

really realize how priviledged and wealthy we

all are. Giving back a little feels good.

Just an update on Indie, the White German

Shepherd, who managed to deliver 8 little

wriggley white pups on her own ( 6 boys and

2 girls) on 16th June. All are doing well, she is

an exceptional mother and my friend Mala

is realizing how big a responsibility and job

breeding is. All pups have homes – 6 will be

staying in Christchurch and 2 heading North.

DR Michele McMaster

McMaster & Heap

Your Local Views

Shortage of critical thinking

Kennedy’s

Bush

resident

Graham

Townsend

writes this

week’s

opinion piece about

the lack of critical

thinking when it

comes to topics such

as climate change

I’ve spent a lifetime

teaching science.

If you define science to

include critical thinking,

I count the efforts of New

Zealand as a total failure.

Why?

Because critical thinking

is the ability to examine

evidence and conflicting

claims without allowing

prejudices or personal

interest to intrude.

And critical thinking,

sadly, is in seriously short

supply today.

This is what the

pioneering psychologist

William James meant

when he said that “A great

many people think they

are thinking, when they

are merely rearranging

their prejudices.”

An example: climate

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are all lying to get more

funding for their research”;

“climate always changes,

it’s not our fault”; “we are

due for a new ice age so

climate change is good”.

People who post this

rubbish ignore that fact

that science is a merciless

process of critically analysing

both the raw data and

the predictions made from

them.

I invite any lay-person

who thinks they can do

better to submit their own

analysis to the global science

community.

Fame and possibly fortune

awaits you if you can

prove the current consensus

wrong.

So why do these denier

memes refuse to die?

Simply because we can’t

face the conclusion that we

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– all of us – are changing

the climate.

That unpleasant fact hits

at the heart of our whole

lifestyle: our love affair

with cars, jet skis, quad

bikes and flying.

So the hands go over the

ears and we start coming

up with excuses and lies.

Let me state this clearly:

every major national science

academy around the

world has examined the

evidence and they are all

seriously concerned.

So what do we do?

Individual actions are

not enough – we need policy

changes at a national

and international level.

Politicians generally follow

public opinion – they

will do nothing until we

demand action.

And that won’t happen

until enough of us face the

truth.

That brings me back

to education and critical

thinking.

H.G Wells famously said

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catastrophe”.

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NOR’WEST NEWS Tuesday July 19 2016 5

News

Projects get $230,000 boost

• By Andrew King

THE Fendalton-Waimairi

Community Board will

allocate more than $230,000 to

community services, trusts and

churches for projects throughout

the north-west.

Every year the board uses its

strengthening communities

fund to help local organisations

keep programmes running and

start up new ones to benefit

those in its ward.

City council staff have recommended

the board spend

$167,015 on youth workers and

co-ordinators for a number of

churches, schools and trusts,

Community centre stalled

•From page 1

He said it was possible the

required funds could top $2m.

“That would be a lot of

money to spend on a centre

in partnership with a church

. . . I don’t have any problem

with the organisation, I am just

uncomfortable about the level of

investment,” he said.

Cr Pauline Cotter also shared

this sentiment, saying she was

not happy with the terms of the

agreement.

$49,003 on projects throughout

the north-west including four

of its own and $24,500 on four

organisations running costs.

The board will allocate

$35,403 for Celebrate Bishopdale

Community Festival, Culture

Galore 2017, Community Liaison

Meetings, Garden Pride

Awards 2017, Neighbourhood

Week 2016 and youth activities

She said the proposed amount

of funding contributed by the

city council and the church

seemed to be 50/50, but the ownership

was not equal.

The plan now is to replicate

some of the learnings the board

had while getting the St Albans

Community Centre off the

ground.

“It will probably start with a

working party to find out what

the community wants and

needs. From there, things start

and events.

Board chairwoman Val Carter

said it was great to be able to

look around the ward and help

out those who are helping others.

“There are so many good

little groups in the ward that

need a bit of help to make sure

they continue to deliver those

services to the community,” she

said.

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to take off pretty quickly,” Mr

Davidson said.

He could not give a definitive

time frame around when a

working party would be formed,

but the board is looking at its

options to start sooner rather

than later.

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BIG TRAIN SET: The Craighead Reserve Playground has been

upgraded to include a few new features.

Play gear for park

CHILDREN HAVE more

opportunities to swing, slide

and climb in the outdoors

these school holidays with new

equipment installed in two parks

in the north-west.

A new play area has been built

at Craighead Reserve in Papanui

and The Groynes in Northwood.

The playground at Craighead

Reserve was about 25 years old

and needed to be removed.

After consultation with the

community, the city council

installed new equipment that will

cater to a wide range of ages and

abilities.

It includes a multi-play unit

with climbing frames, a swing set

featuring a basket swing, a bike

on a spring and a stationary train

with brightly-coloured carriages.

A slide and picnic tables will be

added soon but the playground is

now open. It has been moved to a

different position within the reserve

to provide better sight lines

from the street and make it closer

to the popular BMX track.

The aim is to help parents

supervising children on both

activities.

At The Groynes new playground

with equipment made

from timber to suit the native

bush environment has been

installed and was opened in April

with the final touches of landscaping

to be finish soon.

The playground has been located

further away from the new

Western Belfast Bypass to reduce

traffic noise and create a hub of

activity around the boatshed and

lake on the western side of the

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NOR’WEST NEWS Tuesday July 19 2016 7

News

Inmates help feed the homeless

INMATES FROM Christchurch

Men’s Prison have grown more

than 2300kg of vegetables and

herbs, as well as 3400 seedlings,

for a very worthy cause.

Over the past 10 months, men

from Tirohanga Paeroa Unit

have built vegetable gardens, and

grown and contributed vegetables

and seedlings to those in

need. The programme has been

undertaken with assistance from

charity group, Help for the

Homeless.

Prison residential manager

Graeme Hunter said the men

wanted to keep busy and do

something that would make a

difference for people in need in

the community.

“The new gardens seemed the

perfect way to do something

useful with the land around the

unit, engage the men in a helpful

Youth offenders targeted in health partnership

CORRECTIONS AND kaupapa

Maori health provider Purapura

Whetu have partnered to deliver

better health outcomes and

“crime-free futures” for youth

offenders.

Purapura Whetu will provide

a wraparound service for

Maori youth offenders and their

whanau, aiming to connect them

activity while they learnt useful

lifestyle and, potentially, employable

skills,” he said.

Those who work in the garden

gain credits towards a National

Certificate in Horticulture qualification.

The initiative has already

proved a success for one prisoner.

In his mid-40s, he has a

background in crop farming and

market gardens.

He has been involved in the

project from the start and has

taken on a leadership role in the

gardens.

to their culture and traditions.

Maori offenders make up 43.7

per cent of people on community

sentences in the country.

This is the first time Canterbury

Corrections has partnered with a

health provider specifically to provide

targeted services for at-risk

Maori youth offenders.

Corrections Canterbury district

manager Lisa Joseph said:

“We are working together to

intervene and steer this group of

youth toward better health outcomes

and crime-free futures.”

Purapura Whetu chief executive

Karaitiana Tickell said its

goal was to empower tangata

whaiora (people seeking wellness).

GARDEN TIME:

Prisoners from

the Tirohanga

Paeroa Unit

have built

vegetable

gardens to

grow food to

help feed the

homeless.

“I mentor others through the

practical aspects of the course

– weeding, turning soil over,

planting seedlings into seed

trays. Some of the men have a

limited knowledge of gardening,

but there is a correct way to do

these things, to grow the best

“By connecting Maori youth

to their culture, traditions and

values of our tupuna (ancestors),

we are helping them to better

understand and take ownership

of their mental, physical and spiritual

health,” she said.

It would also connect youth

offenders to health support, education,

employment, housing and

produce,” he said.

Help for the Homeless was

founded in 2014 by Amy Burke,

of New Brighton, who saw

homeless people hungry, cold, or

going through rubbish bins in

Christchurch.

“Produce from the prison

gardens is delivered to [Help for

the Homeless] cooks who create

dishes for our locals,” Ms Burke.

“We also provide support to

the recently housed, including

youth and any family going

through hardship. This filters to

schools and community organisations,

depending on surplus.”

The 3400 seedlings, grown as

part of the NZQA horticulture

course, were given to the charity

for their ‘recently housed’ homeless.

This will enable them to learn

to live off the land, too.

transport, she said.

Ms Joseph said: “It makes sense

in terms of both our services to

take the opportunity – while

these youth are on sentence – to

connect them with good health

practices and to also look at addressing

some of the lifestyle and

health issues which may impact

their offending.”

Tuesday July 19 2016

Our People

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Young leader’s social equality vision

Josiah Tualamali’i is a 21-year-old on the US Embassy

Youth Council, the chairman of a Pacific youth

leadership group and a Canterbury University student.

Fraser Walker-Pearce talks to him about superhero

shows, how he became a leader for Pasifika youth in

Christchurch, and meeting NASA’s deputy director

Hi Josiah. What have you been

up to recently?

Among other things, we

organised for about 280 young

people to come to the Transitional

Cathedral on June 30. It

was organised by some of my

friends and I to generate ideas

about decision-making and

just gather for some food and

a brainstorm session. It was a

really fun night with food and

ideas being shared.

Sounds good. Can you tell me

a bit about PYLAT?

PYLAT stands for Pacific

Youth Leadership and Transformation.

It’s a charitable trust that

supports young people in the

Pacific community, and helps to

make the Pacific youth aware of

opportunities in the community.

And you’re also part of the

United States Embassy Youth

Council. What exactly is that?

Canterbury University and

all universities in New Zealand

hand-pick a number of students

who are then checked by the US

Embassy. So they’re gathering

youth leaders who have access

to different communities in the

city, so the embassy can keep

the finger on the pulse of youth

groups in the city.

So do you have meetings with

the embassy often? And what

happens with that information?

They communicate what we

tell them back to Washington,

because one of Obama’s foreign

policy focuses was to do a Pacific

pivot, gathering up all knowledge

on what’s going on in Pacific

countries. The Trans-Pacific

Partnership Agreement was part

of it, but it was also about bettering

relationships with Pacific

communities. So there are 12

leaders in Canterbury for that,

and I am one of them. We have

a meeting every now and then

Previously

United Travel

with different diplomats, business

leaders and ex-pats. They

help us, and we give them our

knowledge about what’s going

on. It’s kind of cool this week on

Saturday, because we’re actually

meeting with the deputy director

of NASA, and it’s especially

cool because she’s a woman.

We don’t even know why we’re

meeting with her! It’s especially

interesting because of an event

we held last week, where we were

hoping to bridge gaps, like giving

women equal visibility, opportunities

and platforms to excel.

And now we get to meet one of

the top women in NASA. It’s a

secret meeting which we don’t

know much about. We could be

talking about Mars, we could be

talking about anything, it’s very

exciting.

What inspired you to become

a youth voice for the Pacific

community?

I think it was probably the

youth parliament that we had before

the earthquakes. It was that

others took the time to tell me

that I could make a difference. I

guess I was in the right place, at

the right time. Just good people

being around me.

How long have you been

involved with PYLAT?

I’ve been chairman for three

years now, so I started my second

two-year term last year, after I

was re-elected. Before the earthquakes

in 2010, the Pacific community

held a staged youth government

because they noticed

there weren’t many youth voices

in decision-making at the time.

And we loved it so much that

after the earthquakes, we kind

of thought, well, how do we keep

it going after the earthquakes?

So we made it into the trust it is

now. We now have 13 trustees,

with about two-thirds of that as

YOUNG LEADER: Josiah Tualamali’i at the Get FRESH ‘16

event, showing Pasifika students around Canterbury University.

youth and students, and young

professionals make up the rest.

Are you striving to see

Christchurch’s youth have a bigger

input into decision making?

Yes, absolutely, so what we say

in PYLAT is that Pacific young

people have valid information

and ideas that can be useful at

any level. That could be for the

Government, non-government

organisations, anything, but

there’s a big trust element in it.

It can be tough to trust that a

young person can have input to

these conversations, while being

respectful and articulate. I really

liked last year seeing the flag

panel had a young person on it.

You do all of this work for

youth and on boards, do you

have any spare time at all? Any

hobbies?

Yes, I really like to sing. I used

to sing in a choir, but now I just

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sing when I’m pottering around

the flat and doing things. I also

like watching TV programmes,

anything with heroes really. The

Arrow and Flash series are the

best ones and I go to the movies

a bit, too. I like to think that we

don’t need a super power to do

cool things in our community,

and it’s cool to watch the people

that we pretend we are, and do

those amazing things.

Where are you flatting for

university?

I flat in Ilam, but my family

home is in Parklands. I just went

back to my flat last night. It’s

all a bit busy, because I also do

some work on campus for Pacific

young people, tutoring them to

help them get their NCEA levels.

It’s cool to see that Canterbury

University cares about getting

them over the line and offering

those classes.

Oh right, so what subjects do

you tutor?

I tutor history, English and

drama. Those were the ones I

was quite good at during school.

It’s also a cool project because

the students can go on to tertiary

education if they want, because

they have the qualifications.

Why were history and English

your favourites at school?

I really liked understanding

why we’re at the place we are

now through our history. Also,

learning about colonisation,

racism, and all of those words

that get thrown around these

days. It’s also quite important to

me because my mum is Palagi

(Samoan word for European),

and my father is Samoan. So for

me, it was quite hard when I was

young to work out my own identity.

After all the classes in history

and English, I kind of learnt

what was right and wrong for me

through those classes. Growing

up as a Pacific person, I could

understand the benefits, and the

strengths of those people.

What high school did you

attend?

I went to Hillview Christian

School for years 9 and 10, then

to Middleton Grange School for

years 11 to 13.

And what primary school?

I actually went to primary

school in Dunedin, to Anderson’s

Bay School for the first few

years, then to Hillview for the

other half of primary.

You study history and politics

at university, so what job would

you have if you could just pick

one and start tomorrow?

I can’t give one answer to that

really. I’d want to be the CEO of

a company that works with Pacific

people and uses the knowledge

the community has taught

me. I’d want to increase the participation

and involvement of the

community. The only problem

is that I don’t know if that kind

of job exits yet. I wouldn’t mind

working in the university for a

while, and I’m enjoying tutoring

at the moment. I could definitely

see myself teaching others as

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St Margaret’s Pre-school celebrated its first birthday

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the first kindergarten. One year ago, the pre-school

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one of the first boys to attend the original kindergarten.

Mr Tothill enjoyed coming back to see the new preschool

celebrate its first birthday. Executive principal

Gillian Simpson shared a story of how the pre-school

came to be, after the earthquakes devastated most of

the school campus. The children then responded with

a performance of the waiata they were taught at kapa

haka and presented her with a canvas of their artwork.

The pre-school was then blessed by school chaplain

Peg Riley and the children and guests enjoyed birthday

cake cut by the founding children.

SCHOOL PRIDE: Pre-school staff

and children present a “thank you”

canvas of all current pupils hands to

Gillian and Davis Simpson.

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FIRST BIRTHDAY: Executive principal Gillian Simpson helps

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cake, while kindergarten original Tom Tothill looks on.

BLESSED: School chaplain Peg Riley (standing right) blesses

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2100 books destined

for children in need

HEADING TO RIO: Former St Albans Catholic School pupil

Caitlin Dore has been selected to represent New Zealand

at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro in September. Ms Dore

is going to visit the school again to showcase her specialist

javelin skills. Principal Annette Sjoberg (right) said she and the

rest of the school will be following her Olympic dream with

interest.

RANGI RURU Girls’ School

student Livvy Pride has been the

driving force behind a project

to collect more than 2000 books

which will be gifted to children

in need.

With a goal of inspiring

greater widespread generosity of

spirit, Livvy together with the

book club and library committee

set a goal of collecting 500

books.

She said it would be an effective

way to support schools in

her own community who aren’t

as fortunate.

“I figured that at a school like

ours there would be lots of girls

lucky enough to have books that

they don’t need any more,” she

said.

She said originally the book

club and librarians were going

to have a bookarama in which

people would bring in books

and sell them on to give the

money to a charity, however, the

library committee and staff decided

it would be more effective

to give the books directly.

All up they gathered more

than 2100 books including children’s

chapter books and picture

books, which surprised them.

“Originally we didn’t have an

GIVING BACK: The year 13 book committee (left to right)

Karen Zhang, Megan Liddell, Kirstin Liddell, Livvy Pride

and Bea Pallett have collected over 2000 books to give to

children in need.

end date to the collection, but

when we did put a deadline on it

the collection quadrupled,” she

said.

They advertised through the

school and made it a competition

between classes, they

even had a ‘book-o-meter’ and

regular emails to keep them

informed of who was leading.

The books will be donated to

Christchurch East School.

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SPORTS

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Mainland player Britneylee Nicholson won the girls under-19 Golden Boot

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Papanui High’s fairy light formal

PAPANUI HIGH School

students got dressed up and let

their hair down at this year’s

formal.

The event was held at Canterbury

University’s Foundry with

about 430 students and 70 staff

attending, and sharing in a wonderful

sense of occasion.

Overseeing the formal was

year 13 dean Rachel McConnel,

who said it was a great night.

“The positive relationships

between students and staff is

a strength of the school and it

is always so humbling when

students genuinely express

excitement at having us there,”

she said.

“The students looked fantastic

and thoroughly enjoyed a night

of dancing, photographs, and

delicious food.”

The theme of an Autumn

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the hard work of a 20-student

formal committee, led by year 13

students Johanna Adams

and Maddy Colombus.

The two students created a

woodland-inspired atmosphere

using hundreds of fairy lights.

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SUITS AND DRESSES: International students dressed up for the occasion.

PARTY TIME: Students enjoy a night out at the annual formal.

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Kids Knitting Workshops

Today, 11am and July 21, 11am.

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KidsFest: Redwood

Wednesday, 9am.

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especially for our

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3D Technology Hour

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There will be a 3D printer

demonstration so you can watch

some cool stuff being made and

find out what a 3D printer is and

how it works. There will also be a

3D colouring-in app. You colour

in a picture and then watch your

drawings come to life through a

supplied device. This is a school

holiday activity for the whole

family however, a caregiver is

required.

Shirley Public Library, 36

Marshland Rd, Shirley.

Free Tech Advice Session

Friday, 11am.

Can’t figure out left from right

on your smartphone? Don’t

know how to use Skype? Are

your younger family members

running circles around you

when it comes to technology?

The tech experts at Geeks on

Wheels have organised with

Fendalton library to come in and

give you free tech advice, right

on the spot. All you need to do is

come along – maybe bring your

laptop, smartphone or tablet and

get one of your local Geeks to

help you with any questions or

problems you have.

Fendalton Library and Service

Centre, 4 Jeffreys Rd, Fendalton.

Christchurch Senior Citizens

Join in for euchre/whist on

Monday afternoon or indoor

Bowls on Tuesday afternoon.

An old time dance is held on

the first and third Saturday

afternoon each month. For more

information phone Vonnie on

383 4682 or Beth on 388 2375.

Scottish Society Hall, 136 Caledonian

Rd, St Albans.

Super Saturday Storytimes

Every Saturday, 11-11.45am.

Come along and enjoy a

Storytimes session followed

by fun craft activities. This

programme runs during the

school term and is for children

between the ages of two to

seven. There will be a different

storytime theme and craft

activity every weekend.

Admission is free.

Shirley Library, 36 Marshland

Rd, Shirley.

Laughter Club

Sunday, 11am-12pm.

Laughter yoga employs no

humour, jokes or comedy and

participants are invited to laugh

for no reason at all. Anyone

can do it. Laughter is a form of

exercise. The group makes eye

contact while taking part in a series

of playful laughter exercises,

including breathing and gentle

stretching. After a short while

the laughter becomes infectious

and genuine.

Admission $2.

Scottish Society Hall, cnr

of Edgeware and Caledonian

Rds.

Professor Geoff Rice –

Friends of the Library book talk

Today, 12.30–1.30pm

DRESS UP DAY: Calling all kids. Head to the St Albans

Playcentre this Wednesday between 9am and noon dressed

as your favourite emergency officer. It could be as a firefighter,

police officer, paramedic or any other emergency service

positions. Help build a fire station, go on a police chase or

rescue someone in need. Kids can create and decorate a

hat and badge and there may be a surprise guest visitor too.

Check out its Facebook page for more information on the

guest visitor closer to the time. Bring your own emergency

services refreshments with you and a change of clothes as it’s

thirsty and messy work. St Albans Playcentre, 96 Philpotts Rd,

Mairehau.

Head along to the library to

hear Geoff Rice. Professor Rice

lectured in European history

at the Canterbury University

until his retirement in 2012.

His recent books about the city

are – Victoria Square: Cradle

of Christchurch, Christchurch

Crimes and Scandals, All Fall

Down: Christchurch’s Lost

Chimneys and Christchurch

Changing.

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and Jeffreys Rd.

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HEALTH & BEAUTY

Physical Sense Supports

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Eight yEars ago, the Physical sense

gym and Physio in sydenham, created

a program to help stroke survivors.

Their specialised exercise program was

established to work in collaboration with

the Burwood stroke rehabilitation team.

Participants raved so much about the

classes and the benefits they experienced

from this exercise program that it has

now grown from 1 weekly class to 4

classes weekly. New classes have also been

added to be effective for those who have

suffered from Osteoporosis, intermittent

Claudication, and Diabetes. On top of

that they also run 4 weekly classes for

seniors. These weekly rehabilitation and

injury prevention classes can lead to

continued gym membership at a reduced

cost. Participants may also be eligible for

a WiNZ subsidy to pay for the continued

gym membership with their super

gold card.

Physical sense’s latest initiative is the

“Centre for senior Wellbeing”. here you

can get all the information needed to

make sure that you (or your parents)

can keep on living independently. it is

a “walk-in” information centre where

the staff are happy to connect you

to the services you need to; -prevent

falling, -make adjustments to home and

surroundings, -reduce pain, -stay mobile,

care for your feet.

Join one of the classes and increase

your strength and mobility or just come

in to find out more about what assistance

is available for you.

One class participant Margie said. “i

can’t say enough about them. i think

they are absolutely marvelous, very

patient, great sense of humour, very

supportive”. Not only are you supported

by the knowledgeable, well trained

staff, but you will make new friends

and enjoy participants with a positive,

“can-do” attitude. These classmates are

there for themselves but also to support

members in their class to be able to have

success and feel the benefits of doing this

program together. it all starts with a free

assessment on Monday at 11.30 am where

Physical sense’s latest initiative is the

“Centre for senior Wellbeing”.

an experienced physiotherapist will assess

your situation and advice you on the

most appropriate exercise group all with

the aim to enable you to keep living as

independently as possible.

You can find Physical Sense Gym

and Physio and The Centre for Senior

Wellbeing at 300 Colombo Street,

Sydenham, (The blue line bus stops in

front of the building), phone 3772577,

web www.seniorwellbeing.nz

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FOCUS ON HEALTH

Do Your JOINTS

Ever Hurt?

Our bOdy has a padding called cartilage,

a protective spongy coating, between all

moving bone surfaces. Cartilage allows the

joints to move freely. Cartilage however is

easily worn away or damaged with activity

but is normally being constantly rebuilt. If

the replacement and repair of cartilage slows

down the moving bone surfaces become

closer and may start scraping together. This

can eventually cause joint inflammation,

pain and reduced mobility. If it continues the

bone surfaces become rough and symptoms

worsen. This process is called wear and tear

arthritis or osteoarthritis.

researchers have found certain nutrients

may stimulate the body to produce more

cartilage and also support the healing of

connective tissue, ligaments, bone and

muscle.

GO-Healthy New Zealand has developed

a highly effective combination of nutrients

to support all areas of joint health. The

formula called Go GLuCOSAMINE

1-A-day provides well researched nutrients

like glucosamine, chondroitin, proline,

manganese and vitamin d3 to support the

formation of cartilage, connective tissue,

ligaments, bone and muscle. It is known

when the joints are inflamed they can be

very painful and this inflammation may

also slow the formation of new cartilage.

For this reason GO-GLuCOSAMINE

1-A-day also contains an effective blend of

ginger, turmeric and celery to help reduce

joint inflammation and pain. Inflammation

may be further reduced by also taking a

therapeutic amount of high purity fish oil or

krill oil.

Further detailed information is available

from the Naturopath and Medical Herbalist

or one of the Natural Health Advisers at

Marshall’s Health & Natural Therapy, 110

Seaview rd, New brighton, PH: 388-5757.

We are Always Happy to Help!

Are You Magnesium

Deficient?

MINErALS ArE the building blocks

of good health. Some minerals are only

needed in trace amounts where others like

magnesium are needed in much larger

amounts and on a regular basis to prevent

deficiency and maintain optimum health. A

large number of us do not obtain sufficient

magnesium from our diet and may notice

some of the common signs of deficiency.

Some of the more common symptoms that

may be caused by insufficient magnesium

are: leg and muscle cramps, twitches, muscle

pain, muscle fatigue and weakness, tremors

of hands, blurred vision, restlessness, poor

sleep, raised and/or unstable blood pressure,

poor circulation, irregular heartbeat,

shortness of breath, swallowing problems,

dizziness, headaches, anxiety, agitation,

irritability, seizures, poor concentration and

many more.

Although many young people now show

signs of magnesium deficiency symptoms

generally worsen as we age due to our

digestive system being less efficient. Taking a

magnesium supplement of sufficient strength

may be a sensible option to top up our

vital magnesium levels. Not all magnesium

supplements however are well absorbed by

everyone. Luckily a new marine sourced

magnesium has been found that offers good

levels of absorbable magnesium as well as

many trace nutrients that are low in the

diet but essential for good health. Further

information is available in store from our

natural health advisers, naturopathic doctor

& medical herbalist. Marshall’s Health &

Natural Therapy, 110 Seaview road,

New brighton, Phone: 388-5757.

We are Always Happy to Help!

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