Bay Harbour: April 28, 2021

• By Samantha Mythen
JOE’S GARAGE has raised $573
for the Sumner Volunteer Fire
Brigade on Anzac Day.
They donated $2 from every
coffee sold.
The cafe in Sumner have been
running this fundraiser for the
past four years.
They usually pick a random
day during the year to hold the
fundraiser but they decided on
ANZAC day this year as it was
fitting with people in service.
Callum Brownlee has owned
and operated Joe’s Garage for
five years. He said the low-key
fundraiser was inspired by the
volunteer fire brigade’s service
to the community.
“The fire brigade are not just
our customers but they look
after our community,” Brownlee
said.
“This is our no thrills way to
say thanks.”
Previously, they have only
donated $1 from each coffee
sold, but Brownlee said, with the
increase in coffee prices along
with everything else, they hoped
the $2 donated would have a
greater impact.
As well as the coffee donations,
they also replaced their tip
jar with a donation jar.
In 2020, they raised $437 for
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Fundraiser nets $573 for brigade
FUNDRAISER: Members of the Sumner Volunteer Fire
Brigade enjoy a coffee on Anzac. (From left) – Mark Dooley,
Kevin Rowlands, Craig Henderson and Sean Yeates. ​
the brigade.
“This year the fundraiser
is doubly important as the
volunteer fire brigade are in a
temporary station and although,
most of the new build is covered
by Fire and Emergency New
Zealand, there are a lot of extras
which are unfunded.”
Organisation to benefit from fun run
• By Samantha Mythen
MORE THAN $5300 was raised
on Saturday during the Artists
against Slavery fun run event in
Diamond Harbour.
A total of 341km was walked
and ran by more than 60 participants
aged from two to 76 years
old.
Members of the Diamond
Harbour Volunteer Fire Brigade
ran laps in full firefighting gear.
Two members ran 18 laps under
the heat of the noon sun.
The money will be donated
to Hagar International,
which helps rescue and
rehabilitate trafficked people in
Afghanistan, Cambodia and
Vietnam.
Wednesday April 28 2021 Bay Harbour News
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Pupils bring port
narratives to life
• By Samantha Mythen
OUR STORIES, a community
project involving pupils from
Lyttelton Primary School, has
joined with a mapping app
bringing people’s narratives to
life.
The project is now available
as a layer on the city council’s
SmartView website app, which
displays real time information
about Christchurch.
Year 7 and 8 pupils in Lyttelton
have been interviewing people
about their experiences and
memories of growing up in the
port.
These stories are then curated
by project director Kris Herbert,
and shared on the Our Stories
app, linking the tales to specific
areas in the community.
Herbert started the project in
2018 and at the beginning of this
year, approached the school to
ask if they would be interested in
helping.
Teacher Rachel Cummins said
the project sat well within their
curriculum which focuses on
“our place.”
When Herbert has an interview
subject, she emails Cummins,
who then picks out the
interviewing pupils from a hat.
Those chosen then go through
the questions they will ask and
plan out their interview.
Said Cummins: “They always
come back after the interview
buzzing with stories.”
Cummins explained the pupils
are always fascinated by the
stories they hear.
One particular story that stood
out was told by a man from
Rapaki.
He informed the pupils about
the rivalry between Lyttelton
West and Lyttelton Primary.
When he was growing up, brawls
were often organised.
This pre-meditated violence
shocked the pupils.
Cummins said the pupils involvement
with the project helps
them to connect to the Lyttelton
community.
Herbert explained the collaboration
with Smartview is
helping to expand the reach of
the project.
“As Our Stories project expands,
we hope to fill the whole
city with beautiful memories of
places.”
Our Stories is currently
seeking funding to expand
into more communities. Other
schools are welcome to contact
Herbert to find out more
information on how they can get
involved with the project.
Our Representation
Review is underway
We’re proposing some tweaks to your
ward boundaries and creating a Spreydon-
Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board.
We’re also thinking about how we define Banks
Peninsula – a big ward full of unique communities,
all of them represented by one community board
and one councillor.
Is this the right approach?
Or should Banks Peninsula be combined
with other areas of the city?
Read more and have your say at:
ccc.govt.nz/repreview
Christine Maynard’s roots are in the deep South, gateway to
Fiordland, the dramatic beauty undoubtedly having an influence on
her. Self taught, she has taken her creativity to painting semi abstract
landscapes. Layering paint and working into the paint with various
tools allows suggestion of strata, erosion, flora and fauna.
Maynard says of her work “The paintings aim to reveal the essential
nature – or soul – of the landscape. There are many hidden layers
beneath the surface. These are depicted by multiple layers of texture
and colour, often revealed by scraping back the top surfaces.
Each painting shows that the landscape is inherently transient. There
may be solid rock in one area of the painting transformed to shifting
sand in another area. Or there may be a snow-capped mountain in
one area transformed to a flowing river in the other.
The paintings show this evolution in a “deconstructed” way. All
the elements of the landscape exist together in a “patchwork” of
mountain, glacier, river, field and sky. The paintings are another way
of seeing the natural environment, but with a familiarity that appeals
to our emotions . . . hidden essence . . . “
Hidden Essence is Maynard’s second solo show at Little River Gallery,
her first was very successful and served to propel her well into the art
world, her paintings have come to rest in art collections throughout
New Zealand and beyond.
‘Hidden Essence’ on exhibition at Little River Gallery 1 – 25 May
Coastal Blue
Hidden Treasure
Christine Maynard
HIDDEN ESSENCE
1 - 25 May 2021
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