Southern View: June 23, 2022

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Your local community newspaper connects
neighbours in the following suburbs
Spreydon • Hoon Hay • Hillmorton • Cracroft
Cashmere • St Martins • Somerfield
Sydenham • Addington • Waltham • Opawa
Beckenham • Huntsbury • Woolston
20,290 homes every week.
what’s on
this week
See What Happens Exhibition
Thursday, all day
South Library
Lesley Evans paints for fun and for
the pleasure of sharing her work with
others. She loves to climb the stairs
to her studio most days, with no
particular plan except to “See What
Happens”. Her art training includes
local art classes, armloads of art books
from the library, and the comments
of her critique group. Painting in
acrylics on MDF board is her favourite
method, and sometimes she paints on
canvas, the bigger the better.
Wā Kōrero-Storytimes, Tuesday, 11-11.30am, South Library. Meet
others in the community when you and your preschooler go along for a
fun variety of stories, songs and rhymes which foster children’s literacy. All
whānau and caregivers welcome. Guardians and children 12 and over will
need to wear a face mask.
to witness signatures and documents,
certify document copies, hear oaths,
declarations, affidavits or affirmations
as well as sign citizenship, sponsorship
or rates rebates applications.
There is no charge for this service.
Thursday June 23 2022
French-style pastries, free-range eggs,
locally made Italian cheeses, seasonal
fruits and much more. Soak up the
relaxed and friendly atmosphere at this
popular down to earth market. This is
a real-deal growers’ market. Free.
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Ph: 364 7461
mark.sinclair@starmedia.kiwi
NEWS
Emily Moorhouse
Ph: 021 910 788
emily.moorhouse@starmedia.kiwi
GENERAL INQUIRIES Ph 379 7100
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Ph 379 1100
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Auahatanga – South Creative
Time
Thursday, 10am-3pm
South Library
Go along to use the exciting range
of equipment available at South
Library – 3D printer, craft cutter,
sewing machine, badge maker, cameras,
tripods and microphones. Staff
will be on hand to support you with
equipment. These are not structured
sessions, but a chance for you to try
out the equipment available and work
on your own creative projects. All
ages are welcome but children will
need to be accompanied by an adult
to support using equipment.
JP Clinic
Every Thursday, 10.30am-1.30pm
Spreydon Library
A justice of the peace will be available
to members of the community,
Mahjong Tournament
Saturday, 9.30am
Aldersgate Centre, corner of Durham
and Chester St
The Lions Club is putting on a
mahjong tournament to support
Christchurch Charity Hospital. Meeting
at 9.30am to start playing at 10am.
There will be free parking. For more
information phone Diane on 387 0987
or Cecelia on 027 507 1144.
South Christchurch Farmers’
Market
Every Sunday, 9am-noon
66 Colombo St, next to South Library
The South Christchurch Farmers’
Market prides itself on having the
best selection of fresh local produce
in Christchurch, including a large
organic range from well-known and
trusted local growers. Top up your
vege shop with fresh artisan bread,
Social Games Club
Monday, 2-4pm
South Library
Join the group to play Scrabble,
Upwords, Chess and Cards on
Monday. Free, no bookings required.
Technology Help Drop In
Session
Tuesday, 10.30-11.30am
Spreydon Library
Do you need help using your smartphone,
iPad, or tablet? Go along to
Spreydon Library for help with email,
searching the internet, using the
library catalogue, eBooks, and general
computer queries. Take your laptop,
tablet, or smartphone for help with
anything digital. Free, no bookings.
Not-for-profit organisations can
send their What’s On listings to
southern@starmedia.kiwi
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Limit 1 coupon per table. Offers redeemable Monday to Friday,
Lunch & Dinner only. Valid till 31st July 2022.
Discount can not exceed $50.
Dine in • Takeaway PLUS Dine FREE on your Birthday!
Local Body
Elections 2022
Are you planning on running
for council in the Cashmere,
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Phone: 021 913 566
Email: mark.sinclair@starmedia.kiwi
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2022
• By Emily Moorhouse
EILEEN KERR received a
fake vaccination booster form
in her mailbox and while she
recognised it was fake, she didn’t
think everyone would.
Now the 70-year-old Spreydon
resident is warning others to be
wary of similar hoaxes.
When Eileen wen to co lect
the mail, she noticed what
appeared to be a form to
book your Covid-19 booster
vaccinations in advance.
She sat down a the dinner
table with pen in hand, abou to
start fi ling ou the form, when
she noticed something strange.
“I started reading and that’s
when the bomb went off,” she said.
The form read: “Jabbing our
way to a “safer” New Zealand?”
That was enough to make Eileen
question its authenticity, in spite
of how official it looked.
a topic of discussion.
Eileen said the paper was good “I’m 70, my husband’s
quality and the form had been 60-something and I thought
put in her mailbox at a time we’re fine, we’re no the flashest
when booster vaccinations were on social media, but a lot of
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people around here are elderly
and they would go and worry
abou that crap if they didn’t
read the sma l print,” she said.
The form had a space to fi l in
your personal details and slots
to book your next booster shot,
which was shown to be required
every two weeks, tota ling up to
120 booster shots to be booked
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• By Emily Moorhouse
CRICKET HAS been a large part of
Libby Hickford’s life, yet after 46 years
of playing and coaching it’s the sense of
community that keeps her involved with
the sport.
Since becoming a budding young
cricketer a the age of five Hickford has
coached teams, mentored coaches, sat
on cricket committees and even met her
husband through the game.
Now the 51-year-old runs the Sydenham
Junior Cricket Club, overseeing
training, club management and being
responsible for more than 300 members.
Hickford’s interest in cricket stemmed
from her father who played and while
she had to play in a boys team at school
due to the sport being very male dominated
she quickly became hooked.
“I just really enjoyed the game and
I got to play it quite a bit at lunch time
with the boys,” she said.
“My passion for cricket grew from
there.”
Hickford was eventua ly able to play in
a girls team during high school and later
dabbled in indoor cricket, where she met
her “very cricket passionate” husband
Allan when she was 21.
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HOAX: Eileen Kerr was concerned some elderly people would think the Covid booster form was real. PHOTO: STARMEDIA
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School packs
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off struggling
families
• By Emily Moorhouse
A SURPRISE from an old school friend
and a nationwide company has seen the
Hoon Hay Food Bank create a new ‘back to
school pack’ for children in need.
Food bank founder
Corrin Webster
was surprised when
employees of Air New
Zealand arrived a the
food bank with a bunch
of school supplies to
donate.
“They jus turned
up out of nowhere, we
didn’t know they were
coming,” he said. “It
was rea ly awesome.”
One of the employees explained that Air
New Zealand did a similar thing last year
by donating to a charity of their choice, and
this year the Hoon Hay Food Bank was on
their radar after finding them on Facebook.
“It’s amazing to know that such a
nationwide company as big as Air New
Zealand has noticed somebody as sma l as
us,” Webster said. “It’s a rea ly good feeling
and it’s good to get that recognition from
somebody so important.”
Among the supplies Air New Zealand
donated were lunch boxes with drink
bottles and sma l containers for food
storage.
A couple weeks before Air New Zealand
donated the school supplies, an old school
friend of Webster’s had visited to drop off a
bunch of school shoes.
This also took Webster by surprise,
as he hadn’t seen his friend Becca since
intermediate and without Facebook she
wasn’t fo lowing the food bank online.
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Introducing
Mark
Sinclair
Mark lives and works locally, he
is passionate about working with
South Christchurch and Canterbury
businesses offering print and digital
media solutions to help promote their
companies products and services in
the local Southern View and Star Media
publications. He has a longstanding
association with the media industry and
has been with Star Media, a division of
Allied Press, for the last 12 years.
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