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2 Tuesday <strong>November</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
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get in touch<br />
from the editor’s desk<br />
YOU HAVE to hand it to people like young<br />
Lilian Exton on our front page today.<br />
She is one of about only 30 people worldwide<br />
who suffer from otospondylomegaepiphyseal<br />
dysplasia.<br />
It makes day-in day-out life very tough in<br />
comparison to others. Even putting her socks and shoes on is a<br />
mission for the 17-year-old.<br />
But Lilian and her mother Wendy tell reporter Sophie Cornish<br />
that hasn’t stopped her chasing her goals, of which she has been<br />
very successful.<br />
Lilian was recognised at the Zonta Sports Awards for the<br />
most outstanding achievement by a young sportswoman with a<br />
disability. She competes at para-events all over New Zealand in<br />
boccia and athletics.<br />
That adds to an impressive array of other sports awards.<br />
All power to her.<br />
- Barry Clarke<br />
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For high school students<br />
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events offered in a range of tertiary subjects<br />
including Science, Creative Industries, Trades<br />
and Business. Out of all the young people who<br />
registered for Experience Ara <strong>2018</strong>, 911 have<br />
applied to study with Ara in 2019.<br />
Due to high demand, the new programme<br />
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broader variety of events. For 2019, Ara has<br />
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Emma West, Ara Engagement Manager said,<br />
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To learn more visit www.ara.ac.nz/explore-ara/experience-ara
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