Southern View: March 24, 2022
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Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>24</strong> <strong>2022</strong> 3<br />
Anzac parade a Covid casualty<br />
• By Kristie Boland<br />
A STREET parade will not take<br />
place in Sumner this year, with<br />
the traditional Anzac Day dawn<br />
service a casualty as Covid-19<br />
cases escalate.<br />
The Royal New Zealand<br />
Returned and Services’<br />
Association has decided<br />
alternative, lower key<br />
commemorations were more<br />
appropriate for April 25 as the<br />
Omicron variant spreads.<br />
“Anzac Day has certainly not<br />
been cancelled as such, but it<br />
will certainly be scaled right<br />
down to conform with Covid<br />
requirements. There will be<br />
no crowds, no parades,” said<br />
NZRSA Canterbury district<br />
president Stan Hansen.<br />
Sumner Redcliffs RSA will<br />
have a brief service at the<br />
memorial gates in Sumner at<br />
11am on April 25.<br />
It will be a shortened<br />
commemoration service. The<br />
Ode of Remembrance will<br />
be recited and reefs will be<br />
lain. There will also be a flag<br />
ceremony but with no speaker<br />
and no seating will be provided.<br />
Sumner Redcliffs RSA<br />
secretary Olwyn Palmer said<br />
although its a shame not to have<br />
a public service they would<br />
be following the Government<br />
guidelines.<br />
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“Everybody [in the RSA] is<br />
of the age they are very accepting<br />
of people’s health and respectful.<br />
We think that’s more important.<br />
“We are doing something and<br />
commemorating them,” Palmer<br />
said.<br />
The global pandemic<br />
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commemorations in 2020 either,<br />
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Hansen recommended that<br />
observance again and said<br />
the NZRSA also had other<br />
alternatives.<br />
“We’re suggesting members of<br />
the public go and lay their tribute<br />
at a cenotaph or memorial in<br />
their area at a time of their<br />
choosing,” he said.<br />
“Also pay a visit to your local<br />
cemetery and go into the service<br />
areas. Perhaps lay some flowers<br />
on the graves, and remember for<br />
a couple of minutes.<br />
“There are hundreds of little<br />
monuments all round the city<br />
and suburbs that get overlooked.<br />
“We’re urging people to go and<br />
find them, read the history of<br />
them, take an interest, take a bit<br />
of ownership and do your own<br />
tribute there.”<br />
“They shouldn’t be forgotten,”<br />
Hansen said.<br />
• Additional reporting by<br />
Chris Barclay<br />
In Brief<br />
BOOK SWAP USED AS<br />
REFUSE FACILITY<br />
Volunteers who run the book<br />
exchange at the corner of<br />
Vernon Tce and Centaurus Rd<br />
are asking the community to<br />
stop dumping old clothes and<br />
toys there. A new sign has been<br />
made to make it clear that it is a<br />
book swap facility only.<br />
FUNDING ALLOCATED<br />
TO POOL AND SWIMMING<br />
The Linwood-Central-Heathcote<br />
Community Board allocated<br />
$10,000 towards Learn to Swim<br />
Lessons for Local Youth in<br />
need while a further $6000<br />
has been allocated towards<br />
a pool inflatable at Te Pou<br />
Toetoe Linwood Pool. A plaque<br />
of recognition to the former<br />
Woolston Park Amateur<br />
Swimming Club will also be<br />
installed at the pool.<br />
WI-FI FOR LIBRARY AND<br />
COMMUNITY CENTRE<br />
The Spreydon-Cashmere<br />
Community Board requested<br />
staff advice on whether<br />
public wi-fi could be installed<br />
at the St Martins Library<br />
and Community Centre.<br />
The president of the centre<br />
told the board there is no<br />
internet connection and<br />
all administrative tasks are<br />
completed manually.<br />
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