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4 Tuesday January 15 2019 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi PEGASUS POST News Founder of Eldernet recognised • By Georgia O’Connor-Harding TWENTY-TWO years ago Eleanor Bodger established Eldernet to help people reaching their twilight years make some of the biggest decisions in their life. Now the 66-year-old New Brighton woman has been recognised with a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit Award for services to seniors in the New Year Honours List. “One of the things that people commonly think about ageing is by the time you get older you have made the biggest decisions in your life. But an actual fact that is not true,” she said. In the 90s, information to help older people and their families make informed decisions during some of the most crucial moments in their life was hard to come by, Ms Bodger said. In 1997, when the internet was just beginning to take off, she took an opportunity to create the online comprehensive information service Eldernet. Each month the online database has millions of hits. It provides directories of rest home and retirement villages, home help services, and lifestyle information broadly covering travel, technology, and financial assistance. Ms Bodger said she was “absolutely flabbergasted” to receive the award. “Once I got over being flabbergasted I was so thrilled and honoured that the work we have been doing for a long time I guess has been found to be useful to people,” Ms Bodger said. It was during the February CARING: Founder of online comprehensive information service Eldernet Eleanor Bodger has been recognised in the New Year Honours List. 22, 2011, earthquake Eldernet commissioned a report into the aged-care sector response to the emergency. “In terms of that broader stuff, of course, older people were significantly affected and many died before they saw their issues addressed with their own home,” Ms Bodger said. But she said many older people living in rest homes were more concerned about what was happening with staff, their families and children. “I think that was maybe part of the ageing process of having that really generalist and much more universal view of life.” Ms Bodger’s first introduction to the aged care sector was when she started working as a nurse at Nurse Maude in the late 1970s. From there, she delved into social and community work and has since had many highlights in her career. She helped establish the Linwood Community Resource Centre and co-created the annual LYFE (Linwood Youth Festival Experience). LYFE is a not-for-profit event celebrating youth diversity and achievement in the Linwood community. “I love meeting people and I guess the highlight for me is with the elder network we can be on the road up to three months of the year going around the country,” she said. New menu & extended hours Summer Range Instore Brunch available until 3pm Thurs-Sun New dinner menu 7 days from 3pm Monday-Wednesday 3pm - Late Thursday - Friday 12pm - Late Saturday & Sunday 10am - Late 616 Ferry Road, Woolston | www.thetwistedhoppub.co.nz Phone (03) 943 4681 | info@thetwistedhoppub.co.nz RiccaRton 37 Main South Road RedcliffS 2 augusta Street MaRShlandS 427 Marshland Road daRfield darfield Pharmacy Ph 348 7910 | www.feetfirst.co.nz now servicing oXfoRd Read more about Lucy’s story at www.hagley.school.nz Learn YOUR way at Hagley in Yr 12 & 13 Take the next step with one of Hagley’s tertiary pathway programmes or specialist courses. From Sports and Recreation to Cuisine, Fashion, Pre-Health and Animation, Hagley has a range of courses designed to pathway you to tertiary study or help you gain real skills for work. Visit our website today for more information on your study options for 2019! Senior College Enrolment Day Jan 29, 9.30-2.30pm & 5pm-6.30pm (03) 379 3090 www.hagley.school.nz
PEGASUS POST Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday January 15 2019 5 Musician, historian and author receives honour WOOLSTON resident Edward Bohan has also been recognised in the New Year Honours list. He was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to music, historical research and literature. Mr Bohan has made significant contributions as a singer since the 1960s and as a historian and author from the 1970s. He established his career as a singer in the United Kingdom between 1964 and 1987 and developed an extensive repertoire of more than 170 choral, orchestral, and operatic works before returning to New Zealand. Mr Bohan has since performed with the Canterbury Opera, Wellington City Opera and the State Opera of South Australia. He has sung regularly with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Concert FM for Radio New Zealand and has performed without charge at various community and charity events. Mr Bohan was a member of the artistic panel of Canterbury Opera and has been influential in the career development of other high profile New Zealand opera singers. He has authored biographies, histories and historical fiction and has published 18 books, including the biographies Edward Stafford, New Zealand’s First Statesman (1994) and To Be a Hero: A biography of Sir George Grey (1998), which were both finalists in the Montana Book Awards. Mr Bohan’s other works include a series of historical detective novels featuring Inspector Patrick O’Rorke, the most recent of which was published in 2017. Praise for Pukeko Centre VOLUNTEERS AT Pukeko Centre will know on Sunday if they have been named the finalists in the Mitre 10 New Zealand Community of the Year Award. The community-led development has been named as a semifinalist in the national award recognising people who use their passion to make the country a better place. The Pukeko Centre is a multiuse sports and recreation facility formed from a joint venture between the Parklands Bowling Club and the Parklands Junior Rugby Club. The clubs joined forces to build the facility after being badly affected by the February 22, 2011, earthquake. For five years the project has been driven by a small, committed team of volunteers from the Parklands community led by Pukeko Centre chairman Maurice Lawlor. He said he could not begin to calculate the number of volunteer hours that have gone into making this vision a reality. “To make it into the top 10 out of 231 nominations for this prestigious award is a real pat on the back for all involved.” The award is part of the New Zealander of the Year Awards EXCITING DEVELOPMENT: The opening of stage one of the Pukeko Centre in February last year. (From left) – Parklands Rugby Club members Sophie and Lara Stewart, Pūkeko Centre chairman Maurice Lawlor, Mayor Lianne Dalziel and committee member Wayne Eden. which recognises people across the country for their hard work. The first stage of the centre opened last year and consists of a clubroom and pavilion, which is located on the grounds of the Parklands Bowling Club. For five years the project has been driven by a small, committed team of volunteers from the Parklands community led by Mr Lawlor. The building utilises the buildings from the former Freeville School. The Pūkeko Centre not only serves as a home base for the founding clubs but will provide much-needed sports and recreation facilities for other clubs and organisations. Fundraising efforts are now under way for the 1.2 million required to progress stage 2 – a full-sized hall for indoor sports, performances and events. 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