Southern View: June 29, 2023

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Artists embrace city’s 

heritage building 

A WARM, affordable studio 

space at Toi Auaha, Rolleston 

House means Elizabeth Moyle 

can focus on making art. 

Moyle moved into her downstairs 

studio in February. The 

painter and printmaker had been 

teaching painting full-time at 

Cashmere High School when 

a diagnosis of breast cancer 

changed the landscape. After a 

year of successful treatment in 

2022, an opportunity for a studio 

came up at Toi Auaha, and she 

embraced it. 

The heritage-listed building at 

5 Worcester Boulevard became 

a community arts venue in 

December last year as part of 

the city’s Arts Strategy – Toi 

Ōtautahi. It is owned by the city 

council and provides studios for 

up to 18 artists, along with bookable 

office and meeting spaces. 

“You know when things hit 

the fan and you reassess? I was 

like, ‘this is my thing, making 

art is what I need to do’. Having 

this space means I can focus on 

my art and have other artists 

around, which helps cross-pollination 

to happen,” said Moyle. 

“There’s another artist upstairs, 

for example, and we’ve just 

put in a proposal for a show next 

year. Gallery staff, artists and the 

wider art world can come into 

this space so being in that professional 

environment enables those 

Toi Auaha, 

Rolleston 

House 

became a 

community 

arts venue in 

December. 

conversations to happen. 

“As an artist, you can have 

long periods of time in-between 

being paid so the space has been 

set up in a really supportive way.” 

In a sunny, north-facing 

room upstairs is Nic Low, 

author of Uprising and partnerships 

editor of New Zealand 

Geographic. He shares the room 

with fellow writer Rachel King, 

with whom he used to share 

co-directorship of the WORD 

Christchurch Festival. 

For Low, the space offers a 

perfect mix of solitude and connection 

after an intensely busy 

two-year period. 

“I wanted to concentrate on 

writing, and I didn’t want to be 

sitting in my bedroom or staring 

out the window at home. 

I’d spent most of the last two 

decades in Melbourne and I was 

craving community and fellow 

writers and artists. 

“It’s that combination of having 

space to concentrate, shut the 

door and go into your own work 

and thoughts but then when you 

come out to be able go down to 

the kitchen and find interesting, 

like-minded, curious people who 

value the arts and are committed 

to it.” 

City council principal arts 

advisor Kiri Jarden said she was 

pleased with how the facility is 

developing. There are currently 

17-18 artists with studio space 

HUB: Artist Elizabeth 

Moyle and writer Nic Low 

are among 18 creatives 

working from studios at Toi 

Auaha, Rolleston House. 

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and a growing waiting list. 

“We’re continuing to develop 

the shared spaces and fine-tune 

how the building operates at a 

practical level. It’s important that 

our resident artists are able to 

achieve what they want to here.” 

There are outbuildings that 

may in future become working 

spaces for sculpture or other 

‘messy’ work and a small room 

off the kitchen that’s been earmarked 

for soundproofing. 

The initiative is cost neutral for 

the city council. Toi Ōtautahi has 

been supported with funding 

from Manatū Taonga Ministry 

for Culture and Heritage for the 

first three years as the project is 

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JP Clinic 

Thursday, 10.30am-1.30pm 

Spreydon Library 

A justice of the peace will be available to 

provide free services, such as witnessing 

signatures on documents, certifying 

document copies, taking oaths, 

declarations, affidavits or affirmations, 

applications for the dissolution of 

marriage or civil union, citizenship 

applications, sponsorship applications, 

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South Christchurch 

Farmers’ Market 

Sunday, 9am-noon 

South Library 

The South Christchurch Farmers’ 

Market (formerly the Opawa Farmers’ 

Market) has one of the best selections 

of local produce in the city from wellknown, 

trusted local growers. Try 

the fresh artisan bread, French-style 

pastries, free-range eggs, locally made 

cheeses, seasonal fruits and more. 

Tech Help Drop-in Session 

Tuesday, 10.30-11.30am 

Spreydon Library 

Do you need help using your 

smartphone, iPad, tablet or laptop? 

Come to a drop-in session for help 

with email, searching the internet, 

Illuminate Light Show, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 5.45-9.30pm, 

Ferrymead Heritage Park. Walk into Ferrymead Heritage Park and be 

surrounded by thousands of lights, sounds and activations. You can touch and 

feel many of the amazing inflatables and enjoy a few moves with the silent 

disco. Tickets from $12, book at Eventbrite. For more information, visit 

www.illuminateshow.co.nz 

using the library catalog, eBooks 

and general computer queries. 

BYO device, no costs or bookings 

required. 

Sydenham Business 

Networking Meeting 

Friday, 7.40-8.40am 

Just Desserts, 33 Wordsworth St 

Calling all business owners. Join 

a supportive atmosphere to talk 

and have fun with this business 

networking group. To register your 

interest or find out more, visit www. 

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Wā Pēpi-Babytimes 

Every Thursday, 11-11.30am 

South Library 

Wā Pēpi-Babytimes is an interactive 

programme, with music, movement, 

rhymes, and a story. Recommended 

for under-twos. Free, no bookings 

required. 

Knit ‘n’ Yarn 

Thursday, 1.30-3.30pm 

South Library 

Come along with your knitting, 

crochet or any other portable crafts to 

enjoy some time with other crafters. 

Share your skills in a friendly, relaxing 

environment. Free, no bookings 

required. 

Not Just Cards 

Monday, 2-4pm 

South Library 

Join the friendly group and play 

Scrabble, Upwords, Chess and cards. 

Free, no bookings required, go along 

when you can. 

Get out of the cold 

and into art this winter. 

Te Rā: The Māori Sail 

8 July – 23 October 

Experience the wonder of Te Rā, the only known customary Māori sail in existence. 

Held in storage for many years at the British Museum, the chance to see Te Rā is a 

deeply significant moment for all New Zealanders. 

A partnership project between Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū and Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War 

Memorial Museum. Image: Makers unknown Te Rā [the sail] (detail) c. 1770–1800. Harakeke, kererū, kāhu and kākā 

feathers, dog skin. On loan from the Trustees of the British Museum. © Whakaarahia anō te rā kaihau Te Rā Project. 

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Robin White: Te Whanaketanga | Something Is Happening Here 

22 July – 5 November 

A major survey of one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s best-loved artists, bringing together 

more than fifty works to form what the artist describes as a “family reunion”. 

Jointly developed by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. 

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PREPARATION: Going Bush will be the Lyttelton Arts 

Festival’s closing event on July 9. PHOTO: DEE PATEL 

Festival’s final act ready to shine 

• By Heidi Slade 

CHARLOTTE Crone and 

her band hope to transport 

audiences back in time with their 

tribute to musician Kate Bush, 

as part of the Lyttelton Arts 

Festival. 

The festival begins on Friday 

and runs for nine days, with 

Crone and her band closing the 

event with the tribute. 

“I love (Kate Bush’s) songwriting, 

it’s so unique,” Crone said. 

“She’s quite a polarizing artist . 

. . The people that love her really 

love her.” 

Kate Bush is an English 

singer-songwriter who rose to 

fame with songs like Wuthering 

Heights, her debut single in 1978. 

Singing since she was in high 

school, Crone is excited about 

the performance but says she 

feels the pressure of being the 

festival’s closing act. 

“I’m really excited about it. 

“Hopefully it’s like stepping 

back in time.” 

While keeping the performance 

authentic, Crone and the 

band will incorporate audiovisual 

aspects of Bush’s music 

videos. 

“It’s got so much tech involved,” 

Crone said. 

The band is made up of Hamish 

Oliver (keys/synth), Doug 

Brush (drums), Mike Fudakowski 

(bass and vocals), Elena 

Berg (vocals) and guest Tamara 

Smith (flute). 

They will play 

some of Bush’s more 

iconic songs Wuthering 

Heights, Running Up 

That Hill and Babushka. 

The festival combines 

comedy, drama, music 

and the arts and showcases 

what Lyttelton 

has to offer by featuring 

locals and their crafts. 

The Whakaraupo Carving 

Damian 

Mackie 

Centre ran a workshop at last 

year’s festival on understanding 

the ideas, designs, creation and 

presentation process of whakairo 

customary practices, and will be 

running it again this year. 

“(It will be about) all of 

the things we have to think 

about while we’re carving,” 

said manager Damian 

Mackie. 

Other entertainment 

includes a 12-hour movie 

marathon, workshops and 

cabaret. 

Lyttelton Arts Factory 

chair Joe Bennett said the festival 

is “very Lyttelton”. 

“It’s all done from here. Lyttelton 

is a very creative little place,” 

he said. 

“We deliberately kept 

prices low so people can afford to 

come.” 

The festival ran for the first 

time last year with a two-day 

event. 

“We were just sort of dipping 

our toe in the water last year,” 

but this year is ‘bigger is better’,” 

Bennett said. 

“Our patronage will be 50 

to 60 per cent people coming 

through the tunnel, I expect.” 

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visit www.lyttfest.nz 

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Young deaf actor brings 

sign language to stage 

BEING INVOLVED in a theatre 

show has its challenges for the 

deaf community, but 7-year-old 

Phoenix Kay is proving it need 

not be a barrier. He is playing 

a lead role in Canterbury 

Children’s Theatre’s upcoming 

show, Stories from the Blue 

Chair. 

The show brings two wellloved 

children’s books to life – 

Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper 

and Boy by Phil Cummings – as 

actor, director and playwright, 

Nickie Welbourn tells the stories 

from her blue chair and the cast 

acts them out. 

When Phoenix, who was born 

profoundly deaf, heard the Canterbury 

Children’s Theatre was 

looking for a young person with 

some experience of deafness to 

play the role of the deaf boy in 

Boy, he jumped at the chance. 

Phoenix is loving putting his 

sign language to use in the play, 

and watching the rest of the cast 

starting to pick up the language 

too. 

“My cochlear implants give 

me some hearing, but sign 

language is my first language 

so it is special to be able to play 

a role that communicates in 

sign,” said Phoenix, who lives 

in Richmond. 

“It is really cool to see other 

members of the cast working 

on learning how to use sign 

language too, even though they 

don’t have to use it in the show. 

“Our director, Nickie, has 

been learning sign language in 

her own time just so that she 

can communicate better with 

DEAFNESS NO BARRIER: 

Phoenix Kay and Nickie 

Wellbourn in Canterbury 

Children’s Theatre’s 

upcoming show, Stories 

from the Blue Chair. 

me, which is really nice,” he 

said. 

Phoenix’s mother, Liz, who is 

the only member of their family 

of five who is not deaf, is going 

to provide New Zealand Sign 

Language interpretation for the 

opening two shows on Saturday 

(11am and 1pm), to ensure her 

own family as well as other 

members of the deaf community 

are able to come along and 

fully enjoy the show. 

• Stories from the Blue 

Chair will be performed 

at the Malthouse 

Theatre during the 

July school holidays, 

with performances at 

11am and 1pm on each 

Saturday and Sunday. 

Tickets are available at 

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WATER TESTING in Lyttelton 

Harbour, Akaroa and the 

surrounding bays has revealed 

humans, birds and dogs are among 

the sources of contamination. 

Environment Canterbury under 

took the testing to determine what 

faecal pollution is entering the water 

after rainfall. 

ECan surface water science manager 

Dr Elaine Moriarty said the 

city council is now leading an investigation 

into how the contaminants 

are entering waterways in the area. 

“The investigation is complex as 

every public and private connection 

poses a potential contamination 

source, so investigations will take 

some time,” Moriarty said. 

Water contaminated by human or 

animal faecal matter may contain 

viruses, bacteria and protozoa, 

which can cause gastrointestinal, 

respiratory and skin infections. 

People should avoid eating shellfish 

from the harbour after heavy 

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New principal encourages pupils to 

make the most of every opportunity 

• By Heidi Slade 

TE RAEKURA Redcliffs 

School’s new principal Nick 

Leith is setting an example 

for pupils by giving the role “a 

crack”. 

When asked what his No 1 

message to pupils was, Leith said: 

“You get a lot of opportunities 

in life at school. Always look for 

the reason that you should take 

them, not the reasons that you 

shouldn’t. 

“Don’t be afraid to give 

something a crack, and I suppose 

that’s what I’m doing right now.” 

Leith took over the role in May 

after Rose McInerney, who had 

been at the school for 22 years, 

resigned. 

McInerney played an 

instrumental role in the fight to 

keep Redcliffs School open and 

then oversaw the design and 

build of a new site, which the 

school moved to in 2020. 

“It’s a really high-functioning 

school I’ve come into, which is a 

real luxury as a new principal,” 

Leith said. 

“You bring a fresh set of eyes. 

“But it is really important to 

honour that hard work too.” 

Leith came to Redcliffs after 

being deputy principal at 

Casebrook Intermediate, where 

he had taught for 12 years. 

“What led me here was it’s a 

really exciting opportunity for a 

new principal, in the sense that 

it’s a wonderful space to learn, a 

great community to work in and 

work for, and it was a really wellrun 

school. 

“It’s a great place to go to work 

every day, you get a sunrise on 

the way to work and a sunset on 

the way home. That’s not a bad 

deal,” he said. 

Leith has taken time to get 

to know the pupils and their 

families. 

“The highlights are the kids, 

obviously,” he said. 

The pupils wrote Leith letters 

about themselves, what they 

liked about school and what they 

thought could make the school a 

better place. 

“I’ve learned through reading 

those and talking to them – if 

SETTLING IN: 

Te Raekura 

Redcliffs 

School 

Principal 

Nick Leith 

with pupils 

Ngahuia 

Brady (left), 

Eli Brady, 

Imogen Hall 

and Tawhai 

Anglem. 

they have brothers or sisters here, 

where they like to play. They all 

have ideas about what a perfect 

school is.” 

Leith said the letters told him 

younger pupils enjoyed special 

days and events, and older 

pupils liked spaces to do work 

independently. 

Road patrol has also started 

again, which Leith said presents 

a good leadership opportunity 

for year 6 pupils. 

“Road patrol is a big thing in 

our community because it wasn’t 

happening,” he said. 

“That’s been a good way to 

show the community we can 

solve any sort of problem. 

“It’s great to be a leader in 

your school when you’re not the 

oldest. And they enjoy a cup of 

Milo after a tough shift. 

“That’s what kids remember 

about school. You remember all 

the learning you did, sort of, but 

you definitely remember all the 

different stuff.” 

Leith said he couldn’t recall 

the exact moment he knew he 

wanted to be a teacher, but knew 

he loved people. 

“To be honest, I think I 

must’ve been told by enough 

people that you’re really good 

with kids, you’d be a good 

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Public feud between city’s 

two most powerful women 

TWO OF the city’s favourite 

daughters once went head to 

head in a public scrap that was 

rather unbecoming of their 

status as ‘saints in the making’. 

The redoubtable nurse Sibylla 

Emily Maude – originator 

of what would become New 

Zealand’s district nurse 

programme and this country’s 

answer to Florence Nightingale 

– took on women’s suffragist 

and mother of the nation, 

Kate Sheppard, in a public 

disagreement which resonated 

in the letters to the editor pages 

of the Christchurch Star and the 

Lyttelton Times over the last few 

days of 1898. 

The interaction features in 

Judith Devaliant’s book Kate 

Sheppard: A Biography. 

“The issue concerned an 

anonymous woman who had had 

the misfortune of contracting 

what was clearly a rather nasty 

disease,” says Helen Osborne, 

property lead for Te Whare 

Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard 

House. 

Kate Sheppard’s Ilam home is 

today cared for by Heritage New 

Zealand Pouhere Taonga. 

“Suffragist Kate Sheppard 

and fellow women’s advocate 

Ada Wells wrote a letter to the 

editor highlighting the plight of 

the woman and her family and 

describing her condition as ‘a 

disease of loathsome form, the 

details of which are so revolting 

they cannot be here explained’. 

The zealous duo petitioned 

for the removal of the two sons 

of the woman in question so 

they could be lodged elsewhere 

in healthier surroundings as 

the boys were unable to isolate 

themselves within the rather 

pokey confines of their cottage. 

They argued the sons were in 

danger of becoming “a fruitful 

source of contamination to 

those with whom they come in 

contact”. 

Because the mother’s condition 

was a chronic one, the Charitable 

Aid Board had advised it had 

done all it could reasonably do. 

Both Sheppard and Wells asked 

people to send money to the 

newspaper to help out if they 

possibly could, adding “much 

could be said of the pitiful life of 

the children brought into hourly 

contact with hideous disease, but 

we refrain”. 

“From 1885 all hospitals 

were run by Charitable Aid 

Boards whose role was partly 

to assess patients to determine 

whether they could pay for their 

treatment. People assessed as 

‘paupers’ were treated for free,” 

says Osborne. 

“Boards and some members 

of the public were quick to 

expose people they believed 

were ripping off the system. The 

way patients were perceived by 

the Charitable Aid Boards was 

very important. Sensitivities 

CONTRIBUTIONS: Sibylla Maude started what would become New Zealand’s district nurse programme, while Kate 

Sheppard was the leader of the women’s suffrage movement. 

about communicable diseases, 

including venereal disease, made 

public health and fair access 

to treatment a hot issue that 

left many women particularly 

vulnerable.” 

The Lyttelton Times started to 

receive donations as a result of 

the letter, and before long, it also 

received another contribution 

from a reader – a letter from 

Maude, who had a few things to 

say about the original Sheppard/ 

Wells letter. And when Maude 

said something, people had a 

tendency to sit up and listen. 

Maude announced in her letter 

that she knew the woman in 

question because – even though 

the patient wasn’t identified by 

Sheppard and Wells – it was 

obvious who they were referring 

to. She also said the woman had 

been under her personal care for 

years. 

And then she got stuck in: 

“The unfortunate sufferer is 

much distressed at the publicity 

now sought to be given, first 

without her knowledge or 

consent, and secondly because 

of the incorrect and alarming 

statements circulated as to the 

alleged contagious nature of her 

complaint,” she wrote, adding 

that the patient hadn’t actually 

talked to anyone about her 

plight, not least Sheppard and 

Wells. 

“She is not ‘lying prostrated 

from a disease of loathsome 

form’. She is able to walk about, 

enjoy fresh air, and I have 

taken her out and sent her for 

a drive, which I should be very 

unlikely to do if her condition 

were ‘a fruitful source of 

contamination’.” 

Maude also advised that 

the patient had refused any 

additional help beyond what she 

“receives already from private 

friends and the Charitable Aid 

Board” and that her sons were all 

healthy and in no danger from 

infection. 

The letter was followed by a 

note from the editor advising 

that donations would be 

returned to readers should it be 

found that the woman and her 

three sons were the ones at the 

centre of the original letter – 

such was Maude’s mana. 

It seemed that maybe this 

storm in the Royal Doulton 

teacup might be over. Until 

the zealous Kate and Ada 

double-downed on their original 

assertions in a second letter that 

appeared in the paper a couple of 

days later. 

“We have no wish to enter 

upon a controversy with Miss 

Maude whose “amour propre” 

[self esteem] as professional 

nurse seems to have been 

wounded,” they wrote. 

“Our object in writing to you 

was to obtain healthy conditions 

for the children.” 

They also challenged Maude’s 

medical assessment with the 

contrary view of an unnamed 

“medical man” they consulted. 

They also had a wee dig at 

Maude’s assertion that the two 

hadn’t actually talked to the 

woman concerned. 

“Miss Maude endeavours to 

throw doubt on our statement 

that we called at the cottage . . . 

we are sorry she should have so 

poor an opinion of our veracity.” 

The letters to the editor page – a 

slower, and only slightly more 

genteel 19th-century version 

of Facebook – drew further 

comment from readers keen 

to wade in. One ‘troll’ signing 

themselves as ‘A Rank Outsider’, 

for example, suggested “a little 

closer inquiry and a glance 

at a medical dictionary [by 

Mrs Sheppard and Mrs Wells] 

might have saved a certain poor 

sufferer a heartache instead of 

adding to her suffering.” 

And there the matter appears 

to have landed – a brief though 

very public spat between two of 

colonial New Zealand’s foremost 

female movers and shakers. The 

clash is revealing, Osborne said. 

“The debate illustrates the 

very different approaches taken 

by these women to the pressing 

social issues of the day – in this 

case healthcare,” she says. 

“Both were on the same ‘side’ 

and shared common values. Kate 

Sheppard and Nurse Maude were 

both strong Christians with a 

very solid social conscience and 

sense of duty to the community, 

the poor and the welfare of 

women in particular. The fact 

that their different approaches 

appear to have put them at 

loggerheads in this situation is 

fascinating.” 

Politically astute Sheppard 

– the reformer and advocate 

– was interested in changing 

institutional structures that kept 

women and their families poor 

and powerless. 

Maude’s approach was to 

roll up her sleeves and help. 

Sheppard affected lasting 

institutional change by 

skilfully building up networks 

of influence around the 

country and the world. Maude 

crammed every waking hour 

with hands-on service to the 

poor and dispossessed, fuelled 

by compassion and bacon 

sandwiches, and in her latter 

years terrorising motorists in a 

donated car with her somewhat 

loose interpretation of the road 

code as she went about her 

rounds. 

“The two women epitomised 

policy v practical help; strategy 

versus sympathy. Both were 

reformers in their different ways 

and both left a lasting legacy,” 

says Osborne. 

When Sheppard died in 1934, 

the Christchurch Times wrote: 

“A great woman has gone, whose 

name will remain an inspiration 

to the daughters of New Zealand 

while our history endures.” 

A year later, almost to the 

day, Maude passed away. Loved 

by countless patients and their 

families, hundreds of mourners 

lined the streets as her funeral 

procession passed by.


Te Aratai College: 

Matariki 2023 

Celebrating what has always been with us, what is now and what is yet to come. 

Ngā mihi o Matariki, te tau hou Māori! Wishing us all a 

happy Māori New Year! 

Kia ora koutou. Talofa. Kia Orana. Malo e lelei. Bula. 

Fakaalofa atu. Namaste and Kumusta. Greetings to 

everyone at Te Aratai College and our wider Te Aratai 

community. 

One of the many joys of being in Aotearoa-New Zealand 

in 2023 is the continuing movement of our wonderful 

country’s development towards being truly Aotearoa-New 

Zealand, a bi-cultural nation embracing the diversity of 

multi-cultural communities. And not just being in A-NZ but 

specifically being part of our Te Aratai College community. 

What is Matariki? (Te Wananga o Aotearoa) 

The appearance of Matariki in the morning sky in midwinter 

marks the Māori New Year, or Te Mātahi o te 

Tau. Matariki is the star cluster that is most commonly 

known as Pleiades or M45. The arrival of Matariki is a 

sign for people to gather, to honour the dead, celebrate 

the present and plan for the future. From this comes the 

phrase ‘Matariki hunga nui’ - the many people of Matariki. 

For early Māori, astronomy was interwoven into all facets 

of life. Meticulous observations of the movements of the 

stars and planets, the changing position of the sun, the 

phases of the moon and the appearance of anomalies 

such as comets and meteors were recorded and handed 

down from generation to generation as part of Māori oral 

tradition. This knowledge was connected to seasonal 

activities such as planting and harvesting, the flowering 

of plants, the spawning of fish and the natural cycles of 

the environment. This astronomical knowledge sits at the 

heart of our many regional ecological calendar systems 

that guided Māori from season to season. 

I use the marker of Matariki to recognise both the 

progress brought about through the steadfast endeavours 

and struggles of previous generations and the journey 

still ahead with all the determination and wisdom that will 

be needed for this. However, as a school teacher and 

principal, I have immense faith in the present generation 

- your children - who inspire me with faith and hope for 

the future of our nation. They will shine as, life-long, they 

continually build on our school uara, our school values: 

Manaakitanga: the process of showing respect, 

generosity and care for others 

Whanaungatanga: a relationship through shared 

experiences and working together which provides 

people with a sense of belonging 

Rangatiratanga: self-determination and selfmanagement 

Tūrangawaewae: where one has the right to stand 

What promise our students, your children hold, growing 

the seeds of all the good things that they will do over their 

coming decades of this 21st century. 

Akakoa he iti, he pounamu. 

It may be small but it is still pounamu, it is still precious. 

Ngā mihi nui – best wishes 

Richard Edmundson 

Tumuaki-Principal 

Aside from the learning that occurs in our different 

Learning Areas around our kura, Te Aratai College 

also commemorated Matariki with two events on 

Thursday. The first was our “Celebration of Learning” 

held in Tāhuhu (Y7 and Y8 Learning Area). This was 

an opportunity for whānau to visit and ākonga to 

share their amazing Matariki installations with their 

chosen whetū. 

In the evening we hosted our Hui ā-Whānau, which 

coincided with Matariki this year. This gave whānau 

the opportunity to come together and enjoy games, 

goal setting, and culminating with a delicious spread 

of BBQ, Parāoa Parai-fry bread, steamed pudding 

and ice cream. The main focus of our Hui ā-Whānau 

was a chance for whānau and ākonga to reflect on 

their learning progress and set goals for the following 

year. In a similar way that constellations have guided 

us in the past, Matariki is an opportunity for reflection 

that can help us plan ahead. 

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Every row, column and box should 

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6 

C N A 

E C R 

12 13 

14 15 16 17 18 

many words of three or more letters, 

How 

including 

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plurals, 

words 

can you 

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make 

three 

from 

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allowed. There's at least one six-letter word. 

once? 

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Good 10 Very Good 14 Excellent 17 

letters, including plurals, can you make 

from the six letters, using each only 

No words beginning with a capital are 

allowed. There’s at least one six-letter 

Solution 201: age, ague, ale, alee, eagle, eel, gal, 

gale, gee, gel, glee, glue, lag, lea, LEAGUE, lee, leg, 

word. leu, lug, luge. 

Good 7 Very Good 10 Excellent 15 

19 20 21 

22 23 24 25 26 

27 28 

29 

Across 

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27. Not sure (9) 

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29. Irrelevant (6,3,5) 

Down 

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6. Single (9) 

7. Designation (5) 

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9. Races (6) 

15. Slaughtered (9) 

17. Suddenly (3,2,4) 

18. Fake (9) 

19. Give in (7) 

21. Dally (6) 

23. Mexican meal (5) 

24. Minimal (5) 

26. Fashion reminiscent of the past 

(5) 

Crossword 

Across: 1. Bread and butter, 

10. Primp, 11. Traumatic, 

12. Embrace, 13. Torpedo, 

14. Shrub, 16. Tradition, 

19. Sceptical, 20. Drill, 22. 

Catches, 25. Terrain, 27. 

Uncertain, 28. Tribe, 29. 

Beside the point. 

Down: 2. Reimburse, 3. 

Alpha, 4. Authentic, 5. Draft, 

6. Unmarried, 7. Title, 8. 

Raccoon, 9. Speeds, 15. 

Butchered, 17. All at once, 

18. Imitation, 19. Succumb, 

21. Linger, 23. Tacos, 24. 

Scant, 26. Retro. 

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ace, acne, acre, arc, can, 

CANCER, cane, car, care, 

crane, ear, earn, era, nacre, 

narc, near, race, ran 

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Budget 2023 is 

DELIVERING 

In this year’s Hipkins Labour Budget 

we really looked for practical things 

that could help lessen the pinch 

I know many of us in the Wigram 

electorate are feeling. 

Reducing the amount households 

pay for prescriptions, early childhood 

education, power bills and bus fares 

are all measures I know will assist 

many Wigram people. 

for Wigram 

With Budget 2023, we’re: 

• Making it easier for Kiwis to access medicines they 

need by scrapping the $5 co-payment. 

• Increasing the paid parental leave entitlements and 

expanding the 20 hours free ECE to now include twoyear-olds 

to better support families. 

• Reducing power bills through 100,000 more 

Warmer Kiwi Homes nationwide. 

• Targeting free public transport for under-13s and 

half price public transport for under-25s. 

Hon Megan Woods MP for Wigram

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Co-payment scrapped 

We know that people are finding it tough 

right now and removing the $5 charge 

for prescriptions is just one way we have 

committed to ensuring households can 

have more money in their back pocket. 

I’ve had many conversations with local 

Wigram pharmacists who have said this 

change will allow more families to access 

the medicines they need.


Budget 2023 

Budget 2023 is a practical budget that does the 

basics well, while making investments where they 

are needed most. 

Cost of living support was a major focus for 

us when creating Budget 2023. We know that 

practical solutions such as scrapping the $5 

co-payment and expanding childcare for 2 year 

olds will help put more money in your back pocket. 

We also understand that we need to do more 

than just respond to the challenges of today, we 

need to build for the future which is why we are 

investing in infrastructure, skills, science and 

technology to support every area of the economy. 

I’m proud to be part of Government that is putting 

Kiwis at the forefront and is supporting people 

now while securing their future.

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Where to find me 

Megan Woods MP for Wigram 

(03) 338 6347 

E | Imēra: megan.woodsmp@parliament.govt.nz 

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