The Star: March 28, 2019

The Star Thursday March 28 2019
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CITY2SURF
news online at www.star.kiwi
Iconic event brings community together
The Kadodo Western African band get the crowd warmed up before the start, including Alice Egan, 14, Isabelle O’Carroll, 15, and
Bing Lin.
• By Julia Evans
“THIS YEAR was special.”
Star Media regional manager
Steve McCaughan said this year’s
45th fun run was one of the most
poignant City2Surf events there
has been.
Thousands of Cantabrians
turned out, entries were well
up on 2018, with a surge of last
minute entries at the end of the
week.
Had it been any closer to the
tragic terror attack of March 15
that claimed 50 lives, Mr
McCaughan said the City2Surf
would not have gone ahead.
Instead it was a chance to bring
people together to have a positive
distraction through the adversity,
he said.
“It felt like the first step that
Cantabrians could take in the
healing process and moving back
to some normality . . . we needed
this,” he said.
“It brought people together
to share in a community activity
with the benefit of some physical
activity.”
There was also an increase in
the number of small groups, with
more people running in twos,
threes and fours than usual, Mr
McCaughan said.
“People were getting together
and saying let’s do this.”
This year’s supporting charity
was the Canterbury Charity
Hospital Trust, which is currently
offering free counselling following
the Christchurch shootings.
Maori health provider He
Waka Tapu had 1200 people running,
jogging and walking under
its banner.
The major prize, return flights
to Singapore with Singapore
Airlines, was won by one of its
team.
“There was a strong sense of
elation at the finish line, more
so than usual,” Mr McCaughan
said.
“People from almost every part
of the community came over the
line as one. It was inclusive, which
is a value that New Zealanders
have embraced.”
Mya Kingi with her father Cedrick
Brendan Kingi.
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