Ashburton Courier: November 04, 2021
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NEWS<br />
28 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> 4, <strong>2021</strong><br />
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Festive concerts<br />
Event centre manager Roger<br />
Farrisaimingtobringsome<br />
end of year festive cheer aftera<br />
challenging year for the<br />
entertainment industryand<br />
communityingeneral.<br />
Christmas songswill besung<br />
by talented localperformers at<br />
two concerts in <strong>Ashburton</strong>next<br />
month.<br />
The‘All Iwant For<br />
Christmas’ concerts will<br />
feature classicssuchas Little<br />
Drummer Boy,Santa Clausis<br />
Coming To Town, Winter<br />
Wonderland, Mary’s Boy Child<br />
and Feliz Navidad.<br />
Mr Farr saidChristmasinthe<br />
Parkhad beencancelled<br />
because of covid uncertainty, as<br />
had other festive events.<br />
‘‘Theperformerswehave<br />
lined up are well known on the<br />
local stage and anumberof<br />
themweredue to perform at<br />
the domain concert.’’<br />
Mr Farr said therewere no<br />
real expensesinvolvedifthe<br />
concerts were thwartedby<br />
covid,but he hoped they would<br />
go ahead.<br />
‘‘We’ve learnt overthe last18<br />
months that you can bury your<br />
head in the sand, or you can<br />
plan ahead andgofor it, and<br />
that’swhatwe’redoing.’’<br />
Ticketsfor All IWant For<br />
Christmas concerts on<br />
December 18 (7.30pm)and<br />
December 19 (2pm) are on sale<br />
from<strong>November</strong> 8.<br />
Ticketscost $15 for adults,<br />
$10for seniors or childrenand<br />
$35for afamily of four.<br />
End of Life committee<br />
At the launch of the keeplearningmc.nz website are (from left) Analiese Robertson, the director of<br />
Adult and Community Education (ACE) Aotearoa, Tash Rankin from Fire Emergency NZ,<br />
Connecting Mid Canterbury coordinator Kate White and <strong>Ashburton</strong> deputy mayor Liz McMillan.<br />
Learning website launched<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Rural Health<br />
Servicesdirectorofnursing<br />
Brenda Closehasbeen<br />
appointed to theEnd ofLife<br />
ReviewCommittee.<br />
Thecommittee also includes a<br />
medicalethicist anddoctor<br />
specialising in endoflife care.<br />
TheMinister of Healthhas<br />
appointed thepositions fora<br />
period of two yearscommencing<br />
<strong>November</strong> 7, when theEnd of<br />
Life Choice Act comes into force.<br />
Thecommittee will review<br />
reportsonassisteddeaths and<br />
report to theregistrar(assisted<br />
dying) at the Ministry of Health<br />
andtothe Minister ofHealth.<br />
MsClose hasbeenthedirector<br />
of nursing at <strong>Ashburton</strong>Rural<br />
Health Servicessince 2018and<br />
is cochair Maoriof both the<br />
NursesExecutiveNew Zealand<br />
andtheNational NurseLeaders<br />
Group.<br />
MsClose has31years<br />
experience managing and<br />
handlinghealth needs of people<br />
in hospitalsand communities<br />
hereand inAustralia, with a<br />
focusonindigenoushealth,<br />
clinicalsupervision and<br />
corporate andclinical<br />
governance.<br />
Anew website was launched<br />
lastweek to promote local<br />
learning opportunities.<br />
Connecting Mid Canterbury<br />
Charitable Trust is behind the<br />
keeplearningmc.nzwebsite,<br />
which hasbeenexpanded to<br />
include community learning<br />
eventsand notjust those<br />
hostedbythe trust.<br />
Groups,organisations,<br />
individualsand businesses<br />
that organise oneoff talks and<br />
workshops areencouraged to<br />
post their events.<br />
Duringthe launch around 40<br />
people from groups that<br />
included <strong>Ashburton</strong> Learning<br />
Centre,the publiclibrary,<br />
Citizen Advice Bureau, Fire<br />
andEmergency, EA Networks<br />
Centre,newcomers network<br />
and<strong>Ashburton</strong> U3A tookthe<br />
opportunity to network and to<br />
seehow they canlist events for<br />
freeonthe new online<br />
platform.<br />
Guest speaker Analiese<br />
Robertson,the directorof<br />
Adultand Community<br />
Education(ACE) Aotearoa,<br />
spoke aboutthe valueof<br />
community education.<br />
Shesaid learninghad been<br />
challenging foreveryone<br />
duringcovid times and<br />
learners needed to know<br />
where to get information in<br />
order to keep learning.<br />
Havingacentralised<br />
websitehelpedpeoplestay<br />
connectedand made learning<br />
more accessible,she said.<br />
Those signingupto the<br />
websitecan getemail<br />
notificationswhennew<br />
events arecreated that may<br />
be of interest to them.<br />
For more information<br />
emailtokate@connectingmc.<br />
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