Southern View: September 18, 2018

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Possible sites for seafarers’ centre
• By Matt Salmons
COMMITMENTS to continued
funding and finding a new
location have come from a
public meeting about the future
of the Lyttelton Seafarers Centre.
More than 40 Lyttelton
residents joined representatives
from the Seafarers Centre,
Seafarers’ Welfare Board for
New Zealand, city council and
community boards for the
meeting on September 9.
Welfare Board chairman
John McLister said the meeting
highlighted aspirations the town
had for the welcome they could
provide to seafarers.
“No one in Lyttelton wants to
see seafarers standing on a street
corner. They just want a functioning
seafarers’ centre.”
Seafarers arriving in Lyttelton
used the Norwich Quay centre
to relax and contact families.
But funding and volunteer constraints
meant the centre could
only open five nights a week and
accommodate 18 people.
Its lease on the current site
would expire in 2021.
Deputy Mayor and Banks
Peninsula Community Board
member Andrew Turner said
there was also “concern about
how the issue will be exacerbated”
by the return of the cruise
REPRESENTATIVES: Jed O’Donoghue, Felix Dawson, Pam Richardson, Tyrone Fields and
Andrew Turner gather for a meeting about the seafarers’ centre. ​
ships in 2020.
“We don’t want to find them
out of a home or ill-equipped to
meet the demand from increasing
numbers of arriving seafarers,”
Cr Turner said.
The city council had no legal
responsibility towards seafarers
welfare, Cr Turner said, but it
was “a question of moral responsibility.”
“The people of Lyttelton made
it very clear that they want us
to provide a quality welcome to
all visitors to the port, and that
includes seafarers.”
He said the city council had
provided $10,000 of operational
funding to the centre this year
and he committed to having
staff investigate ways to continue
that funding into the future.
Using voluntary contributions
from shipping companies
towards the operation of the
centre would also be investigated
with the Lyttelton Port
Company, Cr Turner said.
He said there was a “process
under way” to investigate using
the former Donald St Stables
as a new site for the centre. The
former Lyttelton Museum site
was also considered.
Mr McLister said there could
be hundreds of crew arriving
daily when the cruise ships
returned.
“It’s not just a welfare issue
but making sure Lyttelton can
benefit economically from this,”
he said.
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She retired from international
play following the 1996 world
championships, but played
provincially until 2002 before
coaching became her focus.
Fuller started coaching in
Wellington and Bay of Plenty. Her
first notable job was as defensive
coach of the Northern Mystics
during the ANZ Championship in
2009 under head coach Te Aroha
Keenan.
She was promoted to assistant
the next year before cementing
the head coaching job in 2011.
The Mystics finished second
during her first season in charge,
and third in 2012. Fuller took
2013 off due to family commitments,
before returning to the
helm and continuing until 2016.
Fuller said it was emotional
when she was welcomed into the
Silver Ferns group. “The players
did a Mihi Whakatau to welcome
the new coaching staff and I still
get emotional thinking about it.
“I never thought when I started
coaching it would lead to this but
I love seeing players grow and
I know this group of players is
eager to do well,” she said.
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