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The Star Thursday October 3 2019 22 NEWS • By Jess Gibson Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Kate’s been saving lives since she was 13 KATE SUTER remembers the adrenaline rush that shot through her during her first rescue as a rookie lifeguard at the Sumner Surf Life Saving Club. She was 13 at the time, and pulled a woman from a rip after she struggled to stay afloat while swimming from Southshore to Sumner. Suter was with her father Trevor when she swam out into a rip by Shag Rock on Sumner beach with a surf rescue tube and fins. “It was an outgoing tide so the rip was taking her out to sea, towards the Sumner sandbar,” she said. “It is a very dangerous spot that often looks wrongly calm and safe to members of the public.” The rescue took about 5min, and Suter said the woman was fine once she was returned to the beach. Now the 25-year-old has been recognised for helping other young lifeguards undertake their first rescues. She was named instructor of the year at the Surf Life Saving New Zealand Awards of Excellence. Suter said she was humbled to YOUNG, SUCCESSFUL & on the move receive the award at Te Papa in Wellington. “There are a lot of volunteers in this organisation that put so much time and energy into it to make it what it is. I wouldn’t be able to do the instructing that I do without their support and help,” she said. Suter is the head instructor and club captain in Sumner, where she organises and runs courses on lifeguarding, rock rescues and inflatable boat driving. She also leads the Canterbury lifeguard exams and has instructed at the Surf Life Saving New Zealand National Lifeguard School. “For me, surf lifesaving, it is a way to not only give back to the community and keep Kiwis safe on our coastlines, but I also DEDICATED: Sumner Surf Life Saving Club head instructor Kate Suter was named instructor of the year at the Surf Life Saving New Zealand Awards of Excellence. The Star continues showcasing the city’s successful young people. If you have a story to tell, email jess.gibson@starmedia.kiwi enjoy being able to help develop future lifeguards and leaders in our community. It is awesome and very rewarding to see them develop and step up to instruct and lead our patrols to keep our beaches safe. Surf lifesaving has given me a lot of opportunities and friends for life that I am very thankful for.” Awards were also presented to New Zealand’s top surf lifeguard, lifesaving volunteer and the lifeguards responsible for the rescue of the year. Surf Life Saving New Zealand senior executive Matt Warren said the awards celebrated the “heroism, commitment and skills of people throughout the country who dedicate their time and effort to volunteering, and keeping Kiwis safe on our beaches.” There are 74 surf lifesaving clubs throughout New Zealand – and all are run by volunteers. “Surf Life Saving New Zealand’s volunteers have had another huge year,” Mr Warren said. “The skill level of our people was on show again this season with great rescues, sporting feats and administrative excellence.” PERSONALISED CARE OPTIONS Rest Home & Hospital Level Care • Fully serviced care suites offering hospital & rest home level care • Subsidised hospital beds available • Full care managed by our Registered Nurses • All rooms have 24 hour emergency call buttons • One bedroom apartments with Rest Home level care available • Our facility is renowned for quality clinical care with fully trained and dedicated staff to care for your loved one. Apartments From $350,000 Call Merivale Retirement Village today to book a viewing and see for yourself why we really are the best. 03 375 4117 or 021 971 487 27 Somme Street, Merivale www.merivaleretirement.co.nz
The coming week in our history October 3, 1888 – The New Zealand Natives played their first game in the United Kingdom, beating a Surrey XV. The privately organised rugby team was the first to wear the silver fern and an all-black uniform. October 4, 1957 – Inspired by footwear he had seen in Japan, businessman Morris Yock and his son Anthony began manufacturing this simple rubber footwear in their garage in 1957. The name ‘jandal’ combined the words ‘Japanese’ and ‘sandal’. October 5, 2011 – The German-built Rena was the largest ship ever wrecked in New Zealand waters; spilling oil into the Bay of Plenty. October 6, 1769 – Ship’s boy Nicholas Young received a gallon of rum and had a headland named after him for being the first aboard HMB Endeavour to spot land (Poverty Bay) in the south-west Pacific. October 7, 1917 - German Count Felix Graf von Luckner (known as the Sea Devil) who had sank 14 Allied ships in the Atlantic and Pacific arrived in Auckland after being captured. His escape on December 13 made national headlines. Recaptured in the Kermadecs eight days later, von Luckner was sent to Rīpapa Island in Lyttelton Harbour. October 8, 1941 – Dairy farmer Stanley Graham killed seven people in Kōwhitirangi on the West Coast. One of New Zealand’s largest manhunts ended when Graham was shot on the evening of October 20. He died of his wounds the following day. The tragedy began when Graham refused to hand over his rifle to police as part of the war effort. October 9, 1967 – Fifty years of six o’clock closing in pubs (known as the six o’clock swill) ended after a referendum. I READ former mayor Garry Moore’s opinion piece in the city’s daily newspaper this week with interest. Moore is a very astute individual, known for his social conscience. With his accountancy background, he is canny with the numbers, and of course he still has a big interest in local body politics. Moore’s article was aimed at those mayoral candidates trying to woo voters with promises of zero rates increases. Moore is a Lianne Dalziel supporter who is seeking to be returned for a third term. She says zero rates increases are not practical. One of her closest rivals, Darryll Park, has been beating the drum about zero rates increases if he is elected and pruning the city council’s budget by $100 million – which includes cutting ratepayer-funded neighbourhood barbecues. That part of the equation was simply dumb, and showed a lot of political naïvety. Moore’s article was a direct swipe at Park in what is becoming an increasingly testy election campaign between those who support Dalziel, and those who support Park as well. Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Moore says if there is zero rates increases, it would severely reduce maintenance on roads, footpaths, gutters, water systems, river banks, council facilities, dredging of rivers, berms, waterfronts, swimming pool and some small libraries would all have to close. It is a direct warning to voters that if they give a tick for Park the above will happen. But hold the phone for a second . . . close small libraries? Ten years or so ago a Mooreled council decided they would close suburban libraries, two from memory. There was a major backlash From the editor’s desk Barry Clarke from the two communities which would be affected, leading to petitions and pleas to not go ahead with the plan. The council refused to yield. Those libraries would close seemed to be the blinkered mantra. So The Star and its community newspapers launched a campaign called Save Our Libraries. We editorialised, we published letters from the many who were upset about the idea, we put councillors and Moore on spot. Why were they doing this? It was simply a dumb idea. Libraries are core facilities in any community. They are places OPINION 23 Library closures: That rings a bell Garry Moore Readers react to the Merivale Mall being given a non-notified consent to expand, and the city council’s tourism and development arm ChristchurchNZ funding 2021 Women’s World Cup cricket matches at Hagley Oval DM Smith, Merivale – The non-notified consent calls “the effects only less than minor”? Unbelievable. It sounds like city planners are living on another planet or have never visited the area. Papanui Rd is often completely blocked between St Albans St Send us your views. If you have an opinion on a Christchurch issue, email barry@starmedia. kiwi and put ‘Opinion’ in the subject line. Emails should be kept to about 150 words and Leinster Rd, and attempting to get into Aikmans Rd (or McDonald’s) is difficult enough now. Treble the size of the mall and adding the residential apartments will guarantee chaos. Aikmans and Office Rds now are narrow but are duel carriageways with residents’ parking. This projected development and the resulting number of vehicle movements in and out onto these two roads will be diabolical. The outcome could be council will then bow to the developers and designate both as one-way streets and ban private car parking as well. The outcome will be very disgruntled home owners whose access to their property will be compromised. And worse still the value of their major investment will fall. Let the battle begin. If council is smart it must revisit the consent immediately. Thursday October 3 2019 The Star where people go to read, learn, catch up for a chat and have a coffee. They are places where the elderly, and not so elderly, struggling with winter power bills can go to and keep warm – something we pointed out but was still lost on the city’s elected officials. So we upped the ante. We ran photos of all the city councillors and Moore on the front page with their (council) cellphone numbers. We urged our readers to call them and make a verbal submission to keep the libraries open. It worked. Councillors’ mailboxes were swamped with callers. One councillor rang me slightly distressed. He also had a business. Clients and prospective clients were unable to leave a message. Within days, I received a call from the mayor’s office. Did I have a reporter and photographer available? Why, I asked. “The mayor is going to a make statement about the libraries,” came the reply. Victory, I thought. A couple of hours later The Star was outside a suburban library. Moore with one of the petition organisers was there. He announced the council had now decided against closing the suburban libraries. Power of the people. barry@starmedia.kiwi Eloise Scott – I am totally disgusted the council is discussing yet another fixture in secret with our rates money. We are against this entirely. There is not the interest in cricket, let alone women’s cricket. ChristchurchNZ are dreaming if it thinks this will bring in the visitors in large numbers. If this was played in another venue, like Burnside Park, we would not be against it. The oval is such an eyesore in our only real public park. It is in the wrong place. Wait until the new hospital is open with more beds and see the chaos on cricket days. It’s bad enough as it is. 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