Bay Harbour: June 20, 2018

Wednesday June 20 2018
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Awards for volunteers
• By Sarla Donovan
TENDING TO the needs of an
often-overlooked boat crew has
garnered civic recognition for
the Lyttelton Seafarers Centre.
The work of the centre’s
volunteers was recognised in
a special ceremony at the city
council offices on Monday.
Volunteer recognition awards
were presented to five groups
and 27 individuals from across
the city.
Having helped more than
10,000 seafarers in the last
three years, Seafarers Centre
volunteers co-manager Jess
Armstrong said she was “very
proud” her team of 21 had been
recognised for their hard work.
“Without them the seafarers
would be outside in the middle
of winter. They provide a
warm welcome and a place to
be. Without the volunteers, we
would not open our doors,” said
Mrs Armstrong.
Alongside practical assistance
with things such as cellphone
sim cards and phone top-ups,
they pass on donations of warm
winter jackets, hats, books and
food.
The award was accepted by
Mrs Armstrong and volunteer
CHUFFED: Lyttelton Seafarers Centre volunteer
Jenny McPhee (left) and volunteers co-manager
Jess Armstrong accept the award on behalf of
the centre’s team of 21. Carl Shaw, manager and
executive officer of Canterbury Charity Hospital
presented the awards.
Jenny McPhee who works at the
centre with her husband every
Friday night from 7-10pm.
Among the individual volunteers
honoured at Monday’s
ceremony was Jonathan Welsh,
who has been associated with
the Coastguard service since he
was a teenager.
The 41-year-old has given
thousands of hours to train,
train others, manage and
govern within Coastguard
New Zealand as well as being a
leader of volunteers saving lives
at sea.
He joined Coastguard’s
Sumner Lifeboat Institute in
1994 and became a rescue vessel
Master in 2004.
Ten years later he qualified as
a Coastguard regional instructor,
training and assessing volunteers
from Kaikoura to Bluff.
In 2016, Mr Welsh was appointed
to the Coastguard
Southern Region governing
board, bringing with him a
SERVICE: Jonathan Welsh has been a
Coastguard volunteer for 25 years.
valuable operational crew member
perspective.
Having grown up in Church
Bay, he has been sailing since
the age of seven.
“I’ve always been in and
around the water, sailing,
coaching, Coastguard.”
He also crewed on Larry Ellison’s
superyacht for a year.
The Coastguard work is
something he enjoys.
“It’s something I can do and I
do it well.”
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“It would not take long to
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current school committee has
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Redcliffs School Board of
Trustees chairman Darren Fidler
said the terminology “toe the line”
was derogatory.
“All the board and wider
community has ever done is do the
best we can within the limitations
we’ve had,” Dr Fidler said.
The petition will remain
open until July 23 when it
would be taken to Parliament
for consideration by a select
committee, Mr Doudney said.
The group is also awaiting a
response from the Ombudsman
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ago.
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“negligent and wrong” in its
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