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THURSDAY, APRIL <strong>29</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
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Anzac Day<br />
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• By Bea Gooding<br />
COASTAL WARD city councillor James Daniels is<br />
trying to find out what went wrong with the Anzac Day<br />
commemorations in New Brighton.<br />
There has been criticism over the way the city council<br />
organised the day, which involved perspex remaining<br />
around the cenotaph, public toilet closures, a flag that<br />
was not replaced, and no clarity on a traffic management<br />
plan.<br />
Daniels, who was not at the<br />
New Brighton parade, told<br />
<strong>Pegasus</strong> <strong>Post</strong> he would be seeking<br />
a briefing with Christchurch East<br />
MP Poto Williams and city council<br />
staff over the issues.<br />
The issues were raised on<br />
Newstalk ZB morning host Chris<br />
James Daniels<br />
Lynch’s Facebook page.<br />
On the page, New Brighton<br />
RSA secretary Garry House said<br />
the morning was marred by “council failings.”<br />
Elderly people were not able to use the toilet as they<br />
were all locked, the city council never got back to him<br />
about a traffic management plan on Marine Pde, and<br />
the cenotaph was still covered in the anti-graffiti plastic<br />
on Anzac Day itself, he said.<br />
He also said the fraying New Zealand flag was not<br />
replaced, which was the city council’s responsibility.<br />
However, Daniels said the flag was recently replaced<br />
in time for the Coast to Coast earlier this year and that<br />
if the perspex was removed any earlier, the cenotaph<br />
would get tagged.<br />
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Proposal for community to take<br />
over former sports complex<br />
• By Bea Gooding<br />
A HIGH performance sports<br />
centre in Burnside could<br />
potentially transform into a<br />
dedicated community recreation<br />
facility.<br />
The city council is currently<br />
seeking feedback<br />
on whether<br />
residents would<br />
like to see a<br />
community<br />
recreation group<br />
take over the<br />
Apollo Project<br />
Bridget<br />
Williams<br />
Centre behind<br />
Jellie Park.<br />
The existing<br />
owner, High Performance Sport<br />
New Zealand, will be relocating<br />
to Parakiore Recreation and<br />
Sports Centre next to Hagley<br />
Park once it opens next year.<br />
Now, the city council must<br />
decide on what should happen<br />
to the building and determine<br />
whether it could be retained.<br />
Fendalton-Waimairi-<br />
Harewood Community Board<br />
chairwoman Bridget Williams<br />
hoped to see the centre utilised<br />
as effectively as possible.<br />
She hoped to see sports<br />
groups making use of the space<br />
that required large courts and<br />
high ceilings, and to see the<br />
space being hired out to the<br />
community.<br />
Said Williams: “It’s about making<br />
use of the space as effectively<br />
as possible. Giving back to the<br />
community is fantastic, but it’s<br />
about making sure this particular<br />
facility is not going to come to the<br />
expense of ratepayers, and if the<br />
community organisation has the<br />
capacity to pay for it.”<br />
The 2300 sq m centre was originally<br />
intended to be a temporary<br />
building to provide training<br />
facilities for high performance<br />
athletes and teams after the February<br />
22, 2011, earthquake.<br />
If the community supports<br />
it, a recreation group will take<br />
full responsibility for the facility,<br />
which includes a full-sized<br />
indoor netball court, a strength<br />
and conditioning gym, a 40m<br />
running track, showers, offices<br />
and meeting spaces.<br />
The city council has recently<br />
completed an initial request for<br />
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submissions were received from<br />
interested community recreation<br />
groups.<br />
It could not disclose which<br />
groups had applied as the city<br />
council was still considering<br />
their applications.<br />
As determined by the Jellie<br />
Park Management Plan, groups<br />
could include basketball, netball,<br />
gymnastics, cultural, accessibility<br />
groups, or sports and fitness<br />
providers.<br />
Once public consultation<br />
closes next month, submissions<br />
will be analysed.<br />
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Potential users and an overview<br />
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should be continued.<br />
Following this process, a<br />
public notice with names of<br />
interested parties will be issued<br />
and residents will be able to<br />
provide feedback on if they want<br />
that particular group.<br />
If no objections are received,<br />
the lease will be awarded.<br />
Residents can discuss the<br />
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on Tuesday at the Apollo Centre<br />
entrance off Ilam Rd, anytime<br />
between 4-6pm.<br />
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Educating teen parents both a reward<br />
• By Bea Gooding<br />
NO MATTER what life throws<br />
at the teenage mothers of<br />
Kimihia Parents’ College, they<br />
know their little family’s future<br />
is in safe hands.<br />
That’s where Diane Atkins<br />
and her team come in, to ensure<br />
young mothers can see the light<br />
at the end of the tunnel while<br />
juggling the responsibility of<br />
pregnancy, raising a baby and<br />
finishing secondary school.<br />
The head teacher embraces the<br />
challenge because, at the end of<br />
the day, there was always a positive<br />
outcome – something she<br />
made sure to emphasise within<br />
the classroom.<br />
“I’m juggling a lot of balls, but<br />
as long as I catch those balls,<br />
I’m okay. What I’ve learned is<br />
that there’s always a positive<br />
outcome,” said Atkins.<br />
Working with the girls from<br />
when they came in, to the end,<br />
was a “big long journey.” Many<br />
were kicked out of school or had<br />
to leave because they no longer<br />
related to their peers.<br />
“They’ve been bullied at<br />
school, so a lot of them come in<br />
suspicious of another school, but<br />
once they settle in, they make<br />
lifelong friends and lifelong steps<br />
to success.”<br />
Atkins teaches business applications,<br />
digital technology and<br />
runs the parents’ school, having<br />
done so for the past six years.<br />
Until she went to Canterbury<br />
University to study teaching and<br />
computing, the thought of teaching<br />
never crossed her mind.<br />
She did not have to move very<br />
far from her old job to the role at<br />
Kimihia, where she previously<br />
taught at Linwood College for 16<br />
years.<br />
Kimihia is hosted by Linwood<br />
College but operates from a different<br />
site, as all teen parent units<br />
across the country are hosted by<br />
a high school.<br />
It is a chance for 14 to 19-yearolds<br />
who are parents, or about<br />
to have a child, to finish NCEA<br />
level 1, 2 and 3 and develop the<br />
best possible pathway for them,<br />
and their children’s future.<br />
Students could also bring their<br />
babies to school as there was a<br />
childcare unit next door.<br />
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Parents’<br />
College<br />
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teacher<br />
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and her<br />
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long as she<br />
has.<br />
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Strong empathy for the mothers<br />
and having the means to help<br />
them was the key behind the<br />
switch from mainstream classes<br />
to a more specialised school,<br />
designed for up to 30 students at<br />
a time.<br />
Not only did she have the skill<br />
of teaching under her belt from<br />
Linwood, being a mother of two<br />
sons herself brought invaluable<br />
experience to the position.<br />
“I saw it as a change, a different<br />
direction for myself and a challenge,”<br />
said Atkins.<br />
“I didn’t know what it would<br />
be like because I loved what I<br />
was doing at Linwood.”<br />
Each day was a reward in itself<br />
because Atkins was able to witness<br />
the progress of both mother<br />
and child every year.<br />
By the time they left school,<br />
her aim was for everyone to<br />
have confidence in themselves<br />
to move further in life, whether<br />
it was to go to university, getting<br />
a job or even having more<br />
children.<br />
“The best time is at the celebrations<br />
because we have the<br />
whānau in; we see [the girls] at<br />
their best,” she said.<br />
“They’ve achieved level 1, 2<br />
and 3, had their babies and are<br />
doing well, and they’re going<br />
off to a future that’s better than<br />
where they were when they came<br />
in – that’s where my passion<br />
lies.”<br />
Having smaller class sizes<br />
meant teachers could have a<br />
better understanding of each student<br />
and the troubles they faced<br />
outside the classroom.<br />
At Linwood, there were<br />
usually 25 to 30 students per<br />
class, which made it difficult to<br />
see what was happening behind<br />
the scenes.<br />
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and a challenge<br />
Said Atkins: “When you’re a<br />
teacher you don’t get time to do<br />
that; I didn’t get a behind-thescenes<br />
look. You don’t know<br />
about their family life, about<br />
the problems they’re having.<br />
Whereas at Kimihia, they each<br />
have an individual programme.<br />
With these girls, the whole picture<br />
comes through.”<br />
Although Kimihia only took on<br />
young mothers, as they were often<br />
primary caregivers, the door<br />
never closed on teen dads.<br />
“If there was a father who<br />
was the main caregiver, then he<br />
would be allowed to come. It’s<br />
just that they’re not there – mums<br />
are the ones who come in when<br />
they’re pregnant.”<br />
Atkins commended the fact<br />
that the students were still coming<br />
to school in spite of the challenges<br />
before them.<br />
The young mothers still did<br />
their best, even when they turned<br />
up exhausted each day following<br />
a sleepless night, due to either<br />
their pregnancies or tending to<br />
crying babies.<br />
A common barrier behind teen<br />
parents missing school was if<br />
they or their child got sick, or if<br />
they needed to attend appointments.<br />
It was why Kimihia introduced<br />
a van service that took students<br />
to and from school, and to any<br />
appointments throughout the<br />
day.<br />
It enabled them to miss part<br />
of the day, rather than the whole<br />
day altogether.<br />
A counsellor and a nurse<br />
on-site meant they could seek<br />
guidance on issues with housing,<br />
money or family. Some were<br />
on the journey alone without a<br />
partner.<br />
Every girl had a story.<br />
“Supporting them through that<br />
is important because they know<br />
when they get to the top of that<br />
ladder, their child will get there<br />
too,” said Atkins.<br />
“At the end of the day, these<br />
girls get off the couch and come<br />
to school.”<br />
Atkins was born and raised in<br />
Christchurch. She loves to walk<br />
her golden retriever, Honey, who<br />
provides an extra layer of comfort<br />
at school.<br />
She only had one piece<br />
of advice for teen parents<br />
considering a path towards<br />
education.<br />
“Get off the couch and do what<br />
you need to do to create a better<br />
life for your child,” she said.<br />
“It’s important for them to see<br />
that whatever they gain, their<br />
child will gain.”<br />
Pupils bring port<br />
narratives to life<br />
• By Samantha Mythen<br />
OUR STORIES, a community<br />
project involving pupils from<br />
Lyttelton Primary School, has<br />
joined with a mapping app<br />
bringing people’s narratives to<br />
life.<br />
The project is now available<br />
as a layer on the city council’s<br />
SmartView website app, which<br />
displays real time information<br />
about Christchurch.<br />
Year 7 and 8 pupils in Lyttelton<br />
have been interviewing people<br />
about their experiences and memories<br />
of growing up in the port.<br />
These stories are then curated<br />
by project director Kris Herbert,<br />
and shared on the Our Stories<br />
app, linking the tales to specific<br />
areas in the community.<br />
Herbert started the project in<br />
2018 and at the beginning of this<br />
year, approached the school to<br />
ask if they would be interested in<br />
helping.<br />
Teacher Rachel Cummins said<br />
the project sat well within their<br />
curriculum which focuses on<br />
“our place.”<br />
When Herbert has an interview<br />
subject, she emails Cummins,<br />
who then picks out the<br />
interviewing pupils from a hat.<br />
Those chosen then go through<br />
the questions they will ask and<br />
plan out their interview.<br />
Said Cummins: “They always<br />
come back after the interview<br />
buzzing with stories.”<br />
Cummins explained the pupils<br />
are always fascinated by the<br />
stories they hear.<br />
One particular story that stood<br />
out was told by a man from<br />
Rapaki.<br />
He informed the pupils about<br />
the rivalry between Lyttelton<br />
West and Lyttelton Primary.<br />
When he was growing up, brawls<br />
were often organised.<br />
This pre-meditated violence<br />
shocked the pupils.<br />
Cummins said the pupils involvement<br />
with the project helps<br />
them to connect to the Lyttelton<br />
community.<br />
Herbert explained the collaboration<br />
with Smartview is<br />
helping to expand the reach of<br />
the project.<br />
“As Our Stories project expands,<br />
we hope to fill the whole city with<br />
beautiful memories of places.”<br />
Our Stories is currently<br />
seeking funding to expand<br />
into more communities. Other<br />
schools are welcome to contact<br />
Herbert to find out more<br />
information on how they can get<br />
involved with the project.<br />
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Call for<br />
council to<br />
be prepared<br />
• From page 1<br />
Coastal-Burwood Community<br />
Board deputy chairwoman Jo<br />
Zervos was there on the day. She<br />
said it was a “lovely” service, but<br />
the city council needed to be<br />
more prepared.<br />
However, she said the city<br />
council was clear about the closure<br />
of Marine Pde about one or<br />
two weeks ago.<br />
“It was a lovely service and it<br />
went really well, but I was surprised<br />
to see the perspex was still<br />
on there; it didn’t make too much<br />
of a difference,” she said.<br />
“The toilets are usually open<br />
so I was quite surprised to hear<br />
it was closed. There are toilets at<br />
the playground and library, but<br />
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could’ve gone down there and<br />
removed the perspex or made<br />
sure the toilet was open.”<br />
•HAVE YOUR SAY: Do<br />
you think the city council<br />
disrespected the Anzac<br />
Day service in New<br />
Brighton? Email your views<br />
to bea.gooding@starmedia.<br />
kiwi<br />
The Anzac Day at New Brighton.<br />
PHOTOS; CHRIS LYNCH<br />
•Home Guard on display at museum, page 8<br />
join the flight<br />
Linwood Keas welcomes all<br />
players & their whanau to play for<br />
our club this year.<br />
Eastern Eagles rugby league club has their home<br />
ground at Wainoni Park, Hampshire, street.<br />
We have Nursery to Premier & Womens teams.<br />
Come down to the landing and represent the east!<br />
We offer teams in the following<br />
grades: Nursery, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,<br />
12, 13, 14, 16, 18, premier, reserves,<br />
womens and masters.<br />
Find us on Facebook: LinwoodKeasRLFC<br />
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Home Guard equipped with wooden guns<br />
The New Brighton<br />
Museum has a rich<br />
history spanning more<br />
than 100 years. Peggy<br />
Butterfield writes<br />
monthly about the<br />
historical display at the<br />
museum<br />
STILL THINKING of Anzac<br />
Day and all that it means to us,<br />
my memories go to our local<br />
men who formed the eastern<br />
branch of the Home Guard<br />
during World War 2.<br />
By 1942, the Home Guard<br />
became compulsory for those<br />
men aged between 35 and 50,<br />
who could not go to war because<br />
of age or medical reasons.<br />
New Brighton had their own<br />
platoon which trained at South<br />
Brighton domain and patrolled<br />
the beach each night.<br />
My dad was one of them, and<br />
he took it all very seriously – we<br />
even had a gas mask that hung at<br />
the back door, which was wonderful<br />
to play “monsters” with.<br />
There were no uniforms, just<br />
armbands, and because the<br />
army needed the real arms, the<br />
Home Guard was equipped with<br />
wooden guns, plus the odd real<br />
rifle provided by civilians.<br />
They did have some recycled<br />
German machine guns. They<br />
also installed barbed wire right<br />
along the beach as a deterrent to<br />
the enemy.<br />
However, they left small<br />
openings at the end of some<br />
streets, so the locals could still<br />
use the beach to go swimming.<br />
Isn’t it great we were never<br />
invaded as those barbed wire<br />
fences could not have inspired a<br />
lot of confidence in our safety?<br />
During the war years, the<br />
Home Guard held training<br />
sessions at South Brighton, and<br />
a lot of attention was paid to<br />
attending to the “wounded”.<br />
To maximise their<br />
effectiveness in combat,<br />
the Home Guard was also<br />
encouraged to fabricate explosive<br />
devices locally.<br />
They may not have been “real”<br />
soldiers, but we owe a lot to this<br />
great band, who enthusiastically<br />
joined together to protect our<br />
community.<br />
And I am sorry dad, that we<br />
made fun of you back then.<br />
DEDICATION:<br />
The eastern<br />
branch of the<br />
Home Guard was<br />
formed for men<br />
who could not<br />
go to World War<br />
2 due to age and<br />
medical reasons. <br />
PROTECTION:<br />
South Brighton’s<br />
pioneer platoon<br />
practise making<br />
home-made<br />
bombs in<br />
November 1941.<br />
IMITATION: Mock weapons such as the Lewis LMG were<br />
created to aid realism in the training sessions.
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