Bay Harbour: June 06, 2018

PAGE 4 BAY HARBOUR
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi
Wednesday June 6 2018
News
HORNCASTLE ARENA
June 29 - July 1 10AM - 5PM
TICKETS ONLINE: starhomeshow.kiwi
Awards for community work, conservation
• By Sarla Donovan
Two Lyttelton women –
Margaret Jefferies and
Alison Ross – have been
recognised for their
contributions to community
and the environment in the
Queen’s Birthday honours
list
For services to the community,
the chairwoman of Project
Lyttelton, Ms Jefferies has
become a member of the New
Zealand Order of Merit.
Ms Jefferies is a mother of
five adult children (including
two sets of twins) and a former
secondary school teacher.
Her involvement as a
volunteer in the innovative grass
roots organisation spans 13
years.
She said it was wonderful to be
acknowledged both as a woman
and a volunteer, as women made
up a huge part of the voluntary
sector and their work often
remained invisible.
Project Lyttelton’s wealth of
initiatives have included various
festivals including the popular
Lyttelton Festival of Lights, waste
reduction, a community-grown
dinner, school and community
gardens, dual purpose welcome
and reusable shopping bags for
new residents, a voucher programme
for local businesses, and
worm farm bins for processing
kitchen waste.
In 2005 Ms Jefferies introduced
the Lyttelton Harbour
TimeBank, in which people in
the community can trade their
skills and time on an equal basis
– one hour’s gardening equals
one hour’s house painting.
The TimeBank now has
around 780 members and as of
2015 around 2000 hours of people’s
time was being exchanged
on average per month. The Lyt-
Margaret Jefferies
telton TimeBank has inspired the
establishment of 30 other time
banks around New Zealand.
She is a member of the
Leadership in Communities programme
and a board member of
Living Economies Educational
Trust.
Previously she has chaired
the Lyttelton community radio
station and helped set up the
Lyttelton Harbour Business Association.
Ms Jefferies set up three national
conferences called Spirit at
Work, which looked at spirituality
in the workplace.
She said she was particularly
proud of the way Project Lyttelton
operated.
“As a group we tend to look
at things from an “appreciative
inquiry” point of view which is
focusing on things that are going
well because then the energy
flows and people get excited and
the things that aren’t going so
well sort of slip in behind and
get in there too. It’s being valuesbased
and doing things in an
inclusive manner.”
Alison Ross
Ms Ross has been given
the Queen’s Service Medal for
services to conservation.
The self-described “quiet conservationist”
formed the Lyttelton
Environment Group in 1987
and has continued as secretary to
the present day.
Ms Ross was the foundation
secretary/manager of Otamahua/
Quail Island Ecological Restoration
Trust from 1997 until her
retirement in 2008.
During her tenure she raised
$500,000 and around 70,000 native
trees were planted.
She has been involved with
Heritage New Zealand, co-edited
a second edition of Otamahua-
Quail Island – a Link with the
Past, and secured a grant for a
restoration plan for the Scott/
Shackleton stables on Quail
Island.
Between 2003 and 2010 she
organised thrice annual conservation
volunteer exchanges with
students from the United States
and New Zealand.
From 2008 to 2010 she secured
funding to enable Lyttelton
Environment Group to sponsor
classes from low decile Christchurch
schools to participate in
planting days.
She has been involved with
local education at the Lyttelton
Kindergarten and Lyttelton
Main School, including as the
foundation secretary on the
board of trustees and leading the
move to have free swimming for
the three local schools.
Ms Ross was appointed to the
Banks Peninsula Wastewater
Working Party from 2003 to
2007 and has led submissions
on resource consent applications
and for several Environment
Court hearings.
Ms Ross’ previous awards
Volunteering Canterbury Recognition
Award, 2008
Canterbury/Aoraki Conservation
Board Award, 2003
Banks Peninsula District Council
Community Service Award,
1999
JOIN US NOW!
See website for details
BONDS OUTLET
40% Off All Marked Prices Storewide.
BENDON OUTLET
Nothing Over $20 on All Sale Items.
COTTON ON KIDS
Mid Year Sale, Up to 50% Off All
Sale Stock.
UNDER ARMOUR
Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price on
Women’s Apparel.
CUTLER & CO
Winter Jackets, were up to $399.95,
Now $199.95.
FIBRE
Everything At Least 50% Off.
STYLES MAY DIFFER TO IMAGE SHOWN
SCRIBER & MARKS
School Formal Deal; Slim Fit Suit with
Free Shirt, Tie & Belt $279.
Sign up to Smart Deals & be in the monthly draw for a $100 Dress-Smart gift card!
Be one of the first to hear about the latest deals, sent straight to your inbox each week!
CHRISTCHURCH 409 Main South Road, Hornby
www.dress-smart.co.nz
Open 10am-5pm, 7 Days 03 349 5750