North Canterbury News: July 07, 2022
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Long service honoured<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
Local Democracy Reporter<br />
Alongserving Waimakariri<br />
District Council staff member<br />
was farewelledlast week aftera<br />
lifetime of supporting the<br />
community.<br />
MadeleineBurdon retired<br />
last Thursday after 15 years as<br />
part of the council’scommunity<br />
team and numerous social<br />
sectorroles beforethat.<br />
She credits her longevity to<br />
the people she has workedwith<br />
over the years.<br />
‘‘There’s nothingI’ve done<br />
that Icould have achieved on<br />
my own and that wouldn’tbe<br />
what communitydevelopment<br />
shouldbeabout.<br />
‘‘The community<br />
development advisory role I<br />
inheritedwas verybroad and I<br />
had lived in the district since<br />
1980, so it seemed the perfect<br />
fit.’’<br />
Madeleinesays her various<br />
roles were about supporting<br />
those who made adifference in<br />
the community.<br />
‘‘You are the peoplewho are<br />
hands on, who respondtothe<br />
needs of thousands of peopleon<br />
adaily basis, my roles sat<br />
behindyou and your agency’s<br />
work,’’ she said to many wellwishers<br />
at her public farewell.<br />
‘‘I am humbled by the work<br />
you all do and I’m deeply<br />
grateful to havejourneyed with<br />
you.’’<br />
Waimakariri District Council<br />
community team manager<br />
Tessa Sturleysaid the number<br />
of RSVPs to the farewell<br />
function was ‘‘testament to how<br />
Farewell ... Madeleine Burdon (left) was greeted by Waimakariri District<br />
Council community team manager Tessa Sturley during her farewell<br />
function last week.<br />
PHOTOS:DAVID HILL<br />
much Madeleine is loved in the<br />
community’’.<br />
For the last 15 months she has<br />
worked as the agefriendly<br />
communityfacilitator, with<br />
responsibility for implementing<br />
the council’s agefriendly<br />
communityplan.<br />
Tessasays Madeleineiswellknownfor<br />
her storytelling, her<br />
expressions and anecdotes, and<br />
for ‘‘singinglustily’’ in the<br />
council’s waiata singinggroup.<br />
MayorDan Gordon paid<br />
tribute to the ‘‘great love and<br />
aroha’’ Madeleinehad shown<br />
for the community.<br />
WaimakaririAgefriendly<br />
AdvisoryGroup chairperson<br />
Joanne Gumbrell invited<br />
Madeleinetobethe group’s<br />
‘‘taonga and patron’’.<br />
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