Western News: October 29, 2020

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020
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Plan to reduce Wigram
speed limits welcomed
• By Bea Gooding
SPEED LIMIT changes to
improve pedestrian safety in
Wigram may be on the horizon.
The city council is encouraging
residents to share their
views on a
plan to reduce
speed limits
in Wigram,
particularly on
Lodestar Ave,
Stark Drive and
Michael
Toothill
The Runway at
The Landing.
The plan
has been welcomed
by Kilmarnock Enterprises
chief executive Michael
Toothill, who has advocated for
speed reduction measures on
Lodestar Ave for the last two
years.
The social enterprise provides
employment, training, and support
for people with disabilities,
who have been feeling unsafe
when crossing the road.
He said he even had to
encourage his staff to dress in
hi-visibility gear, such as reflective
jackets, so drivers could see
them.
• Turn to page 4
PROPOSAL: Speed limit changes may be a possibility in Wigram to improve pedestrian safety, including Lodestar Ave
outside Kilmarnock Enterprises.
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what’s on
this week
JP Clinic
Thursday, 9.30am-12.30pm, at
Hornby, Saturday, 10am-noon, at
Fendalton, Tuesday, 10am-1pm, at
Upper Riccarton and Halswell
Fendalton, Halswell, Hornby and
Upper Riccarton libraries
A Justice of the Peace will be available
to members of the community
to witness signatures and documents,
certify document copies, hear oaths,
declarations, affidavits or affirmations
as well as sign citizenship, sponsorship
or rates rebates applications. This
service is free.
Citizen’s Advice Bureau
Thursday, 9am-5pm, Friday, 9am-
5pm, Monday, 9am-5pm, Tuesday,
9am-5pm, Wednesday, 9am-5pm
Hornby Library
Citizen’s Advice Bureau provides
free, confidential advice to everyone.
They take the time to listen and
equip you with information, options
and support that fit your needs.
Free, phone 349 5236 for more information.
English Conversation Club
Thursday, 11am-noon
Upper Riccarton Library
The Conversation Club is a drop-in
group where anyone is welcome to go
and practice conversations in English.
This is not a class, but an opportunity
to talk with others and meet new
people.
Rummikub
Thursday, 1-3pm
Fendalton Library
Join in on the fun and discover
how to play Rummikub, an exciting
strategy game for all ages. Free, no
bookings required.
Free Legal Advice
Thursday, 6.15-8.15pm
Hornby Library
A lawyer will be available to answer
your legal questions. Take relevant
documents. Free. No bookings required.
Technology Help Drop-In
Sessions
Tuesday, 11am-noon at Hornby,
2-3pm, at Halswell
Hornby Library and Te Hāpua: Halswell
Centre
These free drop-in sessions are
available to help you with specific issues
including using email, searching
the internet, using the library catalogue,
using electronic resources and
WESTERN NEWS
CSO Music Trails, Wednesday, 10.30-11.15am, Fendalton Library.
Join the musicians of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra as they travel
around the city’s libraries for a series of fun performances filled with song,
dance and storytelling. Catered for two to six-year-olds. Performances start
at 10.30am. Free, no bookings required. ​
any other general computer-related
queries.
Family History
Wednesday, 11am-1pm
Upper Riccarton Library
A volunteer from the Riccarton
branch of the New Zealand Society of
Genealogists will be available to help
you with finding your family history
online. Meet at the family history
computer.
Mah-jong Group
Wednesday, 1-3 pm
Upper Riccarton Library
If you are interested in playing
Mah-jong, go along whether you are a
beginner or an advanced player.
Scrabble Club
Wednesday, 1.30-3.30pm
Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre
If you have a way with words, go
along and play Scrabble with one of
the groups. Boards will be provided
but feel free to take your own.
new services offered at longestablished
podiatry clinic
For more than 25 years, Charlotte
Russell and her team at Feet First
Podiatry have been providing a full range
of professional podiatry services at their
Upper Riccarton clinic. Over that time,
they have continually kept abreast of
innovations in the profession ensuring
New Podiatry
Assistant
Agata in
discussion
with a client.
clients receive the most up-to-date
treatment for their feet.
Now, a new Podiatry Assistant has
joined the team. Trained and qualified
in Europe, Agata is providing general
podiatry services, including a new service
the clinic has introduced – Toenail
Reconstruction. A painless cosmetic
procedure, this restores the natural
appearance of nails that may have been
damaged through accident or have
become discoloured or unsightly due to
fungal infection. Lasting six to eight weeks,
the cosmetic nail allows a new, healthy nail
to grow underneath.
Full information on the procedure
can be seen on the Feet First Podiatry
website, www.feetfirst.co.nz.
Another new service being offered
at Feet First Podiatry is the Medi-Pedi,
(medical pedicure), which is a safe,
hygienic pedicure service carried out in
their clinic with sterile instruments.
Recently, there have been reports of
clients suffering from nail infections after
visiting nail bars for pedicures, which were
likely caused by the use of non-sterile
instruments and nail varnishes that had
been applied to multiple clients.
before
after
A toenail before and after Toenail
Reconstruction has been carried out.
The cosmetic nail has restored the
toenail’s natural appearance.
As Charlotte explains, in Christchurch
there are no by-laws governing nail bars,
so clients have no protection from any
unhygienic, unprofessional practices.
On the other hand, at Feet First Podiatry,
Charlotte and her team provide an
hygienically clean environment with health
and safety guidelines being followed and
all instruments sterilised by autoclave.
Clients are also invited to bring their own
nail varnish.
Located at 37 Main South Road, Feet
First Podiatry is open Monday to Friday
from 8.30am to 5pm, with late nights
on Tuesday and Thursday to 7pm by
appointment. Off-street parking is
available.
Feet First also runs several satellite
clinics. These are at the Marshland
Family Health Centre, Marshland Road
on Mondays, the Redcliffs Clinic, Augusta
Street, on Wednesday afternoons, and at
Darfield Pharmacy on alternate Fridays.
Complementing the services offered at
Feet First Podiatry is their retail store The
Shoe Room, located opposite the Lone
Star in Riccarton Road. The store offers an
extensive range of specialised footwear for
people that have foot problems, difficulty
finding shoes or simply those looking for
stylish, comfortable shoes.
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Thursday October 29 2020 3
Park ideas mulled over
• By Bea Gooding
A COMMUTER rail connection,
an adventure playground, a park
and ride facility and a butterfly
sanctuary.
THese are some of the ideas
being suggested to improve
community utilisation at Kyle
Park within the next few years as
Hornby’s population continues
to grow.
THe Greater
Hornby
Residents
Association
believes the
park will be an
integral part
Marc Duff
of the suburb
moving forward
and sees the
potential of it becoming a unique
hub of activity.
Resident’s association
chairman Marc Duff was excited
about the possibility of more
attractions in Hornby and to
see more being done with the
western side of the park in the
next 10 years.
THe city council currently had
no plans to develop that side of
the park, but were open to new
ideas for the future.
However, they approved
concept designs for the new
POSSIBILITIES: Options to improve recreational activities
at Kyle Park are being mulled over.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
Hornby Centre on the east side
of Kyle Park, which is due to
open late 2022.
Said Duff: “Hornby is really
starting to form a hub, with
rugby at Denton Park, the Hub
Hornby for retail, BMX and
cricket grounds, and a new pool
and library.
“It [Hornby] will become a real
focal meeting point for residents
which is quite exciting, and the
park is going to become a part of
that hub.”
A Kyle Park management plan
by the city council identified
Hornby’s greenspace network
lacking a large area for passive
recreation which specifically
drew people to the space.
“Hornby is well endowed with
sports fields, but lacks purposedesigned
passive recreation
areas,” it said.
“Kyle Park could be developed
to meet this need.”
Duff said the potential for a
commuter rail station at the park
meant visitors would have good
access to the community centre
and other amenities in Hornby.
But he said a new modern
skate park was needed, as the one
at Wycola Park was “well-used,”
but dated back to the 1980s.
“THere needs to be a more
modern approach as that’s a real
weakness in our community.”
City council community
parks manager Al Hardy said
they were open to the idea of a
butterfly sanctuary.
“THere are no current plans
to develop a butterfly sanctuary
in the park, however, council is
open-minded around this idea.”
THe $37.5 million Hornby
Centre, which features a new
library, swimming pool and
rooms for community use, will
start construction late next year.
THe city council was currently
looking at what facilities in the
area needed revisiting for its long
term plan for the next 10 years,
which could also include the
future of Kyle Park.
•HAVE YOUR SAY: What
new amenities would
you like to see at Kyle
Park? Email your views to
western@starmedia.kiwi
In Brief
SEWER RENEWAL
Work to renew a sewer
main from Darvel St to the
Christchurch Girls’ High School
entrance has now started. The
work needs to be undertaken
due to the existing sewer line
failing. Matai St East outside the
high school will be closed during
the works. The Darvel and Matai
St intersection will also be closed
during the end of the works.
Work is expected to completed
in two weeks. Meanwhile, work
to replace a water main on
Steadman Rd has started this
week. The existing water mains
needs upgrading. The work
will take place between Rosella
St and Yaldhurst Rd and is
expected to be completed by the
end of November.
SHARE YOUR VISION
Feedback on the city council’s
draft community housing
strategy is now open. The city
council is aiming to identify
what strategic roles and actions
can be taken to ensure sufficient
community housing is provided
in Christchurch. Share your
vision on what the priorities
should be on meeting housing
needs in the city. Consultation
closes on November 16 and can
be found at https://ccc.govt.nz/
the-council/consultations-andsubmissions/haveyoursay
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Proposed Amendment
to Enrolment Scheme
Merrin School has been directed, under section 11H(1) of the Education
Act 1989, to implement an amendment to their current enrolment
scheme in order to prevent overcrowding.
The proposed amendment can be found via our website:
www.merrin.school.nz
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WESTERN NEWS
Call for centre line
on Lodestar Ave
• From page 1
Said Toothill: “We’re very
pleased that it’s got to this
stage, but the concerns have
continued to grow rather than
get better. Traffic has picked
up, and many cars are doing
closer to 60km/h.
“But I’ll feel relieved when
it’s actually been put in place.
Every day something is not
implemented is a risk to our
employees.”
Along with the speed limit
change, Toothill wanted a
centre line painted on the
road.
“It’s been proven that when
there’s a centre line, people
tend to go slower with the
perception of a narrower
road,” he said.
Residents of Lady Wigram
Retirement Village were also
calling for a lowered speed
limit and heavy vehicle
restrictions on Lodestar Ave
after long-standing issues with
noisy trucks.
The city council has since
proposed to reduce the speed
limit from 50km/h to 40km/h
on Lodestar Ave and Strark
Drive.
It also proposed to reduce
the limit from 60km/h
to 50km/h in Awatea Rd,
Wigram Rd and Wilmers Rd;
from 50km/h to 40km/h in
the Wigram Skies, Broken
Run, Awatea Park, Awatea
Green and Magnolia Estate
subdivisions, and from
50km/h to 30km/h at The
Runway at the Landing.
City council transport
operations manager Steffan
Thomas said the “safer speeds
will benefit residents in a
growing and very popular area
of the city.”
“Many families – along
with several businesses – have
moved to the wider Wigram
area and we are very conscious
of the need to ensure that
speed limits support a safer
environment,” he said.
“It is not just about keeping
the driver and passengers
of a car safe, it is also about
keeping vulnerable road users
safe.”
Public feedback on the draft
plan closes on November 18.
A final decision is due in
December, with any changes
implemented by the end of
January next year.
Peace rock proposal for park
• By Avneesh Vincent
A PROPOSAL for a peace rock at
Harrington Park in Riccarton has
been approved by the Halswell-
Hornby-Riccarton Community
Board.
The Oak Development Trust
along with local residents had previously
proposed
for a “peace
garden” in June
last year as a
memorial for the
March 15, 2019,
mosque attacks.
Carol Renouf
However, after
working with
council
staff members and estimating the
costs involved, the trust decided
to have a peace rock along with a
poem inscribed on a plaque.
“A rock is something that shows
a solid relationship of peace and
understanding,” said the community
board chair, Mike Mora.
He said it would be a symbol
of unity and had significance in
other cultures as well.
The proposal was first put
forward by local resident, Sirwan
Mohamadi. He had written a
poem in remembrance of the
attacks and was keen to have the
poem on a plaque and placed on a
standing rock.
“It was the writer who came to
us with the idea about 18 months
ago and then we took it to the
council for approval, which we
will see go to work,” trust manager
Carol Renouf said.
She said that the location of
the peace rock was based on the
request of Mohamadi who wanted
it to be placed in the vicinity of
the Riccarton community. The
location not being far away from
the mosque.
SYMBOL: A peace rock
has been proposed for
Harrington Park as a
memorial for the mosque
attacks.
“I see the rock as an acknowledgment
of what we want to be,
as a diverse community which is
respecting, loving and supporting
peace.’’
Renouf said the city council
would work with the trust to
make sure certain standards are
followed.
While the rock would be donated
by Gardenmakers, she said the
trust would be happy if someone
from the public would want to
donate towards the plaque.
The date for the placement of
the rock is yet to be decided.
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LIvIng LIfe
OCTOBER 2020
DisCOv ERing
P O siT ivE
RETi REMEn T
new audIo tour
ShowCaSeS
CIty’S antarCtIC
ConneCtIonS
voLunteerIng
Canterbury
offer your tIme
and SkILLS
Category: retaIL
assisting in op Shops – a great way to be
part of a team, meet new people and pick
up or enhance your customer skills. Charity
shops play a valuable part in assisting people
to recycle and also provide affordable quality
clothing and other goods to those who need
them. In an op Shop there will be roles for
those at the cashier desk, sorting donated
goods, preparing donated goods for onsale in
the shop. So a great variety of opportunities
within one location. these shops play an
important part in fundraising for the charity
which they support. Check out available roles
in these shops at www.volcanmatch.com,
category ‘retail’.
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lifE
TOUR
vOlUnTEERing
Ōtautahi Christchurch’s links to the icy
continent are celebrated in a new interactive
audio tour through the city centre.
The Antarctic Gateway City Trail has been
put together by ChristchurchNZ and The
Christchurch Antarctic Office and starts on
Colombo Street, near Victoria Square.
The trail takes listeners on a comprehensive
tour of the city and includes 17 geo-location
audio clips detailing a rich Antarctic history
and the stories of scientists, artists and
experts who have visited the icy continent.
The trail provides exclusive insight into
the two new pieces of street art, including
the Scott Base and penguins mural in
Cathedral Square, which is one of the city’s
largest murals. It was created by Oi You! for
ChristchurchNZ.
To access the tour, download the Listen Up
Ōtautahi app in the App Store or Google
Play, or follow the tour on your computer
at https://listenupotautahi.stqry.app/.
Experience the connection.
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there are always not for profit organisations
looking for assistance from drivers – you could
be taking patients to medical appointments,
older folks to social/activity programmes, or
others to courses. Check out the available
roles that require a clean driver’s licence at
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living life october 2020
Discovering Positive retireMent
law
Puzzle
UnDERStAnDinG
CAPACitY
As lawyers, we are required to
meet with you and take your
instructions in order to help
you complete the particular
legal task you are planning.
Sometimes when we do this,
we need to take a little extra
time to consider your mental
capacity to make decisions.
Mental capacity is a client’s
capacity to make a decision.
Decision making requires
living that a client:
EXERCiSE thE minD
of the mind that could distort
life • understands the decision their decision making.
SUDOKU - EASY SUDOKU - mEDiUm
they are having to make
• can discuss with us the
possible options available
to them in a way that shows
they appreciate the risk and
or benefit of those options
• understands the impact
that a decision, or the lack of
a decision, may have on them
or their loved ones
• is able to articulate and
discuss all of the above with
us.
It is important to note that
the level of capacity required
isn’t the same in every
situation. For example, to
make a Will, the legal test
is whether the client knows
they are making a Will
and the effect of doing so,
whether they understand the
extent of the assets they are
dealing with, whether they
comprehend the moral claims
which they ought to give
effect to, and finally whether
they are free of any disorders
However, when giving
instructions to complete
Enduring Powers of
Attorney, the test is lower
and is satisfied if a client
understands the broad
consequences of granting an
enduring power of attorney
and can process the relevant
information and appreciate
the nature and effect of the
power they are giving.
Having these discussions can
be difficult. However if there
is a risk that a client’s Will or
Enduring Power of Attorney
or other decision of a legal nature might
be challenged it is wise for the client to
obtain a medical certificate in respect of
their capacity in consultation with their
lawyer.
A failure to take this basic precaution
may cause uncertainty, delay, cost and
distress later on.
If a client is concerned about this risk it
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living lifE OCTOBER 2020
DisCOvERing POsiTivE RETiREMEnT
SharIng joy
through bISCuItS
C ommunity inf luencer
The aroma of biscuits has filled the home of Gianni
Barbafiera since childhood. Moving his wife and
young daughters from South Africa decades ago
in the quest for a safer environment and a more
opportune life, Gianni spends his days working
for Hamilton Jet and his Saturday mornings at the
Riccarton Farmers Market showcasing his variety
of cultural delicacies at his booth, Wooden Spoon.
Referred to as the ‘biscuit man’, we caught up with
him to talk about his customers favourites.
what’s your history with
biscuits?
My father was born in a small Tuscan town in Italy.
He migrated to South Africa in the early sixties,
where he met my lovely mother and my four
siblings, and I grew up.
My earliest recollections, when I was very young,
probably only three or four years old, include
wonderful memories of a weekly home baking
routine. My grandmother employed a wonderful
cook, who would make a selection of biscuits,
my favourites being the flower shaped one with
a cherry in the middle. Baking was part of my
childhood and upbringing.
The nineties were a period of uncertainty in South
Africa, and so my young family at the time, arrived
in New Zealand, ready to re-start our lives.
a biscuit smorgasbord
Most of our early biscuits had an Italian origin,
but not being bound by the restrictions of Italian
traditions, we were free to explore the entire world
of biscuits. Not only Italian Ricciarelli, Cavallucci
and Biscotti, but German Pheffer Küken,
American Snickerdoodles, Scottish shortbread,
English Garibaldis and more.
My wife is the baker and I’m the front of the house.
We pride ourselves on tradition, authenticity and
quality.
any time for a hobby?
Week days are spent with a job I enjoy, Saturdays
are filled with talking with customers who have
become friends, family and I do like to sing in our
Parish choir. Stop by the Biscuit stall, The Wooden
Spoon Saturday morning 9-12 at the Riccarton
Farmers Market.
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dozen cookies of your choice
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DisCOvERing POsiTivE RETiREMEnT
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Thanks to COVID we are in the middle of a digital
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business. Technology is supporting the industries
and people that are being disrupted right across
society. Yet the tech sector fails to reflect the
diversity of the world it is enabling.
In a committed move to address this long-standing
issue, NZTech campaigned hard for more diverse
candidates to consider standing for its board.
The message was well received and NZTech’s new
board is the most diverse the sector has ever seen,
which puts the NGO in a great position to better
help the tech ecosystem, and New Zealand, adapt
and evolve in the time of COVID.
NZTech is the voice for technology in New
Zealand. It is a not-for-profit, organisation which
brings together 20 tech associations and more than
1500 member organisations which collectively
employ more than 10 percent of the New Zealand
workforce. The companies and people work
together to help create a more prosperous New
Zealand underpinned by technology.
With three Maori tech leaders on the board the
organisation is well placed to evolve to support
better inclusion in the sector. The NZTech board
has seven women with three in their thirties
spread across New Zealand including Auckland,
Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch.
Maori and Pasifika tech success will be a
critical driver of economic well-being for all
New Zealanders in coming years, presenting
opportunities for the development of new tech
businesses, new jobs and the creation of a globally
unique approach to New Zealand tech.
While covid is having a detrimental impact on
much of the economy, the New Zealand tech
sector continues to grow and create jobs.
There are more than 100,000 people employed
in New Zealand in the tech sector with several
thousand new tech jobs created every year.
Tech exports are likely to be the second biggest
export earner for New Zealand in 2020, generating
more than $12billion in revenue last year for the
top 200 tech exporters.
“NZTech is working with the Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment on the development
of an industry transformation plan designed to
further increase the growth of the tech sector so
it can help economic recovery with increasing
exports and jobs,” says NZTech chief executive
Graeme Muller.
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Thursday October 29 2020 9
HEALTH & AWARENESS
Joint pain: Do I have arthritis or
could it be mainly my muscles?
The team at Physical Sense in Sydenham
sees clients with a range of symptoms but
many of their middle-aged and senior clients
visit complaining of pain in one of their joints.
Physiotherapist Ietje van Stolk suggests
that a major part of the pain could be due
to muscle pain rather than simply arthritis.
“Even if an x-ray shows arthritis, the reason
for the pain may be the muscles around
the joint,” she explains. The images show
how a muscle knot (the crosses) in a back
muscle can give hip pain (aches and pain
are the red areas in the drawings), a knot
in a muscle on the back of the shoulder
blade can give a deep pain in the front of
the shoulder and a muscle knot all the way
near the groin can give an ache in the knee
(especially at night in bed).
Ietje recalls one case where an 89 year
old client with severe arthritis who walked
with a stick, told her, “I will end up in
a wheelchair, I cannot put any weight
through my right leg due to pain in my hip
and buttock”. “Within 4 treatments, she
was walking with her stick but without the
severe pain,” says Ietje. “The arthritis was
one of the factors that made her muscles
spasm but the other was that older people
move less and the flexed position the hip
is in when we sit is particularly bad for
the hip.” Ietje is happy with the fact that
although the client was 89 and could have
been “given up on” or told to live with the
pain, she made a difference to her health
and wellbeing.
The same lack of movement can be the
reason for your knee pain or your shoulder
pain and the same few treatments could
make a huge difference for you.
At Physical Sense, hands-on techniques
(massage and triggerpoint deactivation
techniques) are used to release the muscles.
The client also gets a home exercise
program designed to mobilize and stretch
the joint, strengthen the important core
muscles and increase general strength and
SHOULDER
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KNEE PAIN
(the crosses are the areas of the muscle spasms, the red areas is where the pain is felt)
balance. They teach a movement sequence
that stretches the joint in all directions
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bed, perfect for older or less mobile clients.
In many cases having the muscles
released and being taught how to maintain
it, is enough to stay on top of the problem.
HIP PAIN
If severe arthritis is the underlying cause,
some maintenance therapy may be
necessary, but that is often more affordable
and, for older patients, better tolerated
than surgery. After only one treatment you
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Physical Sense Gym and Physio is located at 300 Colombo Street, Sydenham. The Blue Line Bus stops in front of the
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WESTERN NEWS
PUBLIC MEETINGS
at Riccarton Park
YOU’RE INVITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR NEWEST VILLAGE
Hear all about Ryman’s newest retirement village
being developed on Steadman Road, Riccarton Park.
This is a great chance to see the designs of our
townhouses and apartments and experience for
yourself why our villages are ahead of the rest.
Founded in Canterbury in 1984, Ryman has been
pioneering retirement living in New Zealand for
more than 35 years.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
Tuesday 3 November, 2pm and 6pm
RICCARTON PARK RACECOURSE
165 Racecourse Road
Light refreshments will be served.
Hear from Ryman residents as they share
their experience of living in our vibrant village
communities.
Learn more about independent living
in townhouses, apartments and assisted
living in serviced apartments.
Find out about our care options, which include
resthome, hospital and specialist dementia care.
All images shown are artist impressions and may differ from final designs
To find out more phone Wendy on 03 342 4755
rymanhealthcare.co.nz
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