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4 Tuesday July 31 2018 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi NOR’WEST NEWS News Papanui fashion on world stage PAPANUI DESIGNER Janice Elliott is a finalist in this year’s World of Wearable Art awards. About 60,000 people are expected to attend the WOW’s 30th season in Wellington from September 27 to October 14. Ms Elliott is one of eight designers from Canterbury chosen and received two entries. She has been named at a finalist more than 14 times. Finalists have been selected from 17 countries, up from 13 last year. WOW competition director Heather Palmer said this year’s finalist designers were not afraid to take risks with their concepts and the execution of their garments to create something new and unique. This year’s finalist garments show just how talented WOW designers are. Construction techniques like laser cutting, 3D design sculpting and melding art and science into the garments are on show.” The awards evening will be held on September 28. Massacre survivors dig in at planting MASSACRE SURVIVORS from Parkland, Florida, have helped plant 3300 trees in a Marshland reserve, to recognise New Zealand Defence Force members – past and present. The planting event, Matariki Tu Rākau held at Ouruhia Reserve, is part of the One Billion Trees programme, helping to mark nationwide commemorations of the end of World War I 100 years ago. Members of the Student Volunteer Army, Citycare staff, Styx Living Laboratory Trust volunteers and Ouruhia School pupils also took part. It is part of an initiative to plant 350,000 trees to commemorate soldiers who served overseas. SVA president Josh Blackmore said the event was part of the Christchurch and Parkland Youth Leadership summit involving visiting American students. During the visit from the students, the two groups were able to share their experiences of mobilising after tragedies. Seventeen totara trees were also planted in Halswell Quarry Park last week, to honour the 17 killed in the third deadliest school shooting in United States history. City council head of parks Andrew Rutledge said the planting in Marshland, which was dominated by totara, will provide a buffer between planned sports fields and the Northern Arterial Motorway. “It will contribute to a series of native forest patches across the city that aims to support current and future bush bird populations and will be a key node on the Ka Putahi Creek leg of the proposed Styx Source to Sea Reserve Network,” he said. The planting is part of ongoing work across the Styx River catchment that aims to support the city council’s Styx Vision 2000 – 2040, focusing on a spring-fed river ecosystem and a source to sea experience, including a living laboratory. DIGGING IN: Student Volunteer Army member Chloe Fraser, and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students Elee Siev and Madison Leal (left) at a planting in Halswell Quarry Park. The students also helped plant 3300 trees in Ouruhia Reserve, Marshland. Papanui-Innes Community Board member John Stringer and SVA founder Sam Johnson (below) at the reserve. PHOTO: LAURIE THIEDE 10k for Camp Twitch KIND DONATION: Blackwells City Mazda dealer principal Seth Ovens with Robyn and Analise Twemlow. CHRISTCHURCH mum Robyn Twemlow is out to make a difference in the lives of those diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome - and last week received $10,000 from the Mazda Foundation to aid her cause. Tourette’s is a condition characterised by tics, repetitive and involuntary movements. Five years ago, Ms Twemlow’s then-nine-year-old daughter Analise was diagnosed with the syndrome. But the pair found there was little support for them in the community. Ms Twemlow founded the Tourette’s Association of New Zealand as a way for her family to connect with other affected Kiwis. As well as running a support system for families and an information hub for those who have been recently diagnosed, the Tourette’s Association also began running a yearly camp called Camp Twitch. It brings together young people with Tourette’s and their families for a weekend of fun where their tics are welcomed. At Blackwells City Mazda last week Ms Twemlow was presented with $10,000 from the Mazda Foundation to help run Camp Twitch, enabling more than 50 young people and their families to attend the camp. Ms Twemlow said the funding would reduce the financial stress of families living with Tourette’s and allows young people from any financial background to attend the camp. She said Camp Twitch is an environment where children can “tic loud and proud.” “It’s amazing to see them build their self-esteem and take ownership over their disorder. 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NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday July 31 2018 5 Free firewood warms Shirley families Community helps mum through winter • By Georgia O’Connor-Harding BEING THE sole bread-winner in a household with three children hasn’t been an easy road for Shirley mother Rachel Curry. The oil heater she uses to warm her home burns through a “staggering” amount of electricity and recently contributed to a $700 power bill for one month. “I had the oil heater on 24/7 for a month and had no firewood and had to keep the family warm,” Miss Curry said. The previous month was between $400 and $500. But paying the bills has been made a little easier for the commercial cleaner. Her family is one of 18 in the Shirley area to receive free firewood. The firewood deliveries were part of a large community effort to help families struggling to keep their homes warm. As well as having the stress of heating her home taken away, Fire and Emergency New Zealand has undertaken a safety check of Miss Curry’s home and installed fire alarms. Said Miss Curry: “I am just grateful there are these community groups that do go out of their way and support each other . . . we have had some cold days with cold morning frosts so it has been really helpful for us,” she said. It comes as a Salvation Army survey showed almost half of its respondents said they had gone without heating because of the cost over the past year. More than 50 people and various organisations were involved in the firewood initiative, including the Department of Corrections, Te Puna Oraka, the Shirley Community Trust, city council and Fire and Emergency New Zealand. Mairehau’s Neighbourhood Trust, the Delta Community HAPPY HOME: Malachy Curry, 6, helps his mum Rachel light a fire with the free firewood delivered to Shirley families. Support Trust, Shirley Rugby Football Club, Shirley Intermediate School, C3 Church, Housing New Zealand, the Helen Anderson Trust, New Brighton Volunteer Fire Brigade, New Zealand Army and St Johns Church also contributed to helping the families. The wood was sourced by the Department of Corrections, which had old pallets to get rid of. Community activator Steve Jones-Poole, who orchestrated the firewood project, said it was a community project. He said some of the people who received firewood also helped deliver firewood to others. The community organisations selected families to donate the firewood to based on information from social service providers in the area. Mr Jones-Poole said he had heard of some families heating their homes using an oven, while others were using small heaters which could cost up to $600 a month to operate. “Of course, the bigger picture around it is you have got the heating for the homes which is good for them but the bigger thing was the people coming together,” he said. Mr Jones-Poole met with families and Te Puna Oraka yesterday to work on a long-term solution to help families in need to collect firewood over the year. CHARITY: More than 50 people and several organisations helped to deliver firewood to families in Shirley. Local News Now Fire rages, homes at risk High Court date set in bid to stop Belfast water consents A PRELIMINARY hearing in the High Court on October 2 is set to address a water action group’s bid to stop two companies taking water from sites in Belfast then selling it overseas. Aotearoa Water Action is contesting Environment Canterbury’s decision to grant resource consents to bottling companies Cloud Ocean Water and Rapaki Natural Resources. AWA opposes an argument from the bottling companies that they did not need new consents to take the water, which could see up to 24 million litres a day removed. The consents are based on historical permits for the Silver Fern Farms works and the Kaputone Wool Scour. Said AWA spokesman Peter Richardson: “The companies say they are entitled to rely on the previous plant owners’ use consents, but those consents were for entirely different purposes – wool scouring and meat processing. We don’t think that’s right.” “ECan correctly required these companies to apply for new consents, although in our view it then processed the consents unlawfully,” he said. If AWA is successful, there will be a further hearing at a later date on whether the consents were granted legally by ECan. The Bottle Off! campaign has been created to support the legal action and an online PledgeMe campaign has raised more than $40,000. A petition with about 115,000 signatures calling for the end of foreign companies selling bottled Christchurch water was handed to ECan in April. 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