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Like father, like daughter 

Olympic goal now in 

sight for 21-year-old cyclist 

LEGACY: Sami Donnelly’s father, Nigel (left) won gold in the men’s team pursuit at the 1990 Commonwealth Games alongside Glenn McLeay, 

Stuart Williams and Gary Anderson. Sami has just been selected in the New Zealand team for the world championships. 

PHOTOS: KENNY RODGER, ANDERSON BONILLA 

• By Jaime Cunningham 

SAMI DONNELLY has 

dreamed of becoming an 

Olympian like her father since 

she was a child. 

Following her selection in the 

New Zealand team for August’s 

UCI track cycling World 

Championships in Glasgow, the 

goal is finally within reach. 

It couldn’t be more fitting 

that Donnelly is a reserve for 

the team pursuit at the world’s 

biggest cycling event a year out 

from the Paris Olympics – the 

same category her father Nigel 

competed in at both the 1988 

and 1992 Olympics. 

“Ever since I was little, I 

dreamed of following in my 

dad’s footsteps,” the former 

Burnside High student said. 

“I had my sights set on these 

worlds since last year and 

trained pretty hard through 

our summer. We, as a squad, 

have power targets for worlds 

and Paris, so I knew on paper 

what I was aiming for.” 

Donnelly is one of 17 

athletes selected in the New 

Zealand squad for this year’s 

competition. The squad 

includes several Olympic 

medallists, such as fellow 

Cantabrian Ellesse Andrews. 

However, Donnelly admits her 

father wasn’t the first to hear 

of her selection, but rather her 

mother Lyndall. 

“I texted my mum straight 

away as she had been nagging 

me all day if I had any news yet. 

“I then had to carry on 

through the rest of my gym 

session before I called my dad 

and Jayden (my partner) and 

then I messaged his family 

confidentially, who I have been 

living with up in Cambridge.” 

The 21-year-old joins 2022 

Commonwealth Games 

silver medallists Bryony 

Botha, Michaela Drummond 

and Emily Shearman in the 

women’s endurance squad 

alongside other new addition 

Ally Wollaston. 

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No more police for Hornby 

• By Bella Craig 

HORNBY RESIDENTS won’t be 

getting more police which they 

say are needed to fight crime in 

the suburb. 

That was the key message to 

come out of a public meeting last 

week, prompted by residents’ 

concerns over the level of crime 

in Hornby. 

Canterbury District Metro 

Commander, Superintendent 

Lane Todd, told 

the meeting 

there was a 

greater need for 

police in the 

city’s eastern 

suburbs where 

crime was a lot 

Lane Todd 

higher. 

Todd suggested 

residents 

could join a volunteer community 

patrol. He said members 

of the community can volunteer 

for four hours a month for community 

patrol. 

“It only takes 10-12 minutes of 

high visibility in an area that is 

experiencing a problem to make 

a change.” 

Residents attending the meeting 

were not happy with Todd’s 

response, saying they felt ignored 

from a police point of view. 

The Greater Hornby Residents 

Association, which organised the 

meeting, presented a petition to 

Todd with 1000 signatures over 

police resourcing. It called for 

the Hornby police station to be 

manned 24/7. 

Staffing at the station has been 

an ongoing issue. In November 

last year, the station was reopened 

after it was closed until 

further notice in February. 

Todd told the meeting after receiving 

the petition: “If I looked 

at where the resources need to 

be right now, currently there are 

higher crime rates in the Linwood 

and Eastgate areas.” 

Police crime data shows the 

rate of thefts, burglaries and 

other related offences throughout 

the Hornby Ward have 

increased by 46 per cent to April, 

compared to last year. 

Ram-raids, thefts and burglaries 

are the crimes worrying 

residents in Hornby, Hei Hei, 

Islington, Yaldhurst, Sockburn 

STAFFING ISSUES: 

Residents want the 

Hornby police station 

to be manned 24/7 but 

Superintendent Lane Todd 

said the resources are 

needed more in eastern 

areas. 

and Templeton. 

Previous residents’ association 

chair Marc Duff was one of the 

organisers of the petition. 

Said Duff: “As more and more 

happens, the fear that they’re 

going to be the next victim 

increases.” 

He said Todd’s response to 

the petition was “the response I 

expected”. 

“I think we’re going to have a 

long battle, but it’s a battle worth 

having because the need for it is 

going to get bigger,” he said. 

Duff said although there was a 

need for more police in the area, 

getting people to volunteer for a 

community patrol will help the 

issue. 

The residents’ association, 

as well as various community 

groups represented at the 

meeting, such as Canterbury 

Neighbourhood Support, plan to 

present the residents’ concerns to 

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PURSUIT: Ever since 

she was a child, 

Sami Donnelly has 

wanted to follow in 

her Olympian father’s 

footsteps. Right – she 

was part of the team 

that claimed silver in 

the women’s pursuit 

at the Nations Cup in 

Egypt in March. 

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Sami’s childhood dream within grasp 

• From page 1 

Because of a different schedule 

than previous years, Donnelly 

will also have the opportunity to 

ride in the individual pursuit and 

potentially the scratch race. 

“I have always loved the 

individual pursuit and recently 

placed fourth at Oceania Championships,” 

she said. 

Donnelly said making the team 

was always “plan A” for her, as 

the World Championships is a 

key qualification event ahead of 

the 2024 Olympics. 

“This is being called the ‘mega 

worlds’ – with all cycling events 

in one place at the same time it 

is going to be a pretty busy few 

weeks for everyone involved,” 

she said. 

“This is also a really good 

chance for me to experience the 

pressures of an event like this, as 

we get taught how to ride fast but 

you can’t really understand the 

pressures of race day until you 

live and experience those events.” 

Although it will be Donnelly’s 

first World Championship 

appearance, she has already 

impressed on the international 

stage this year – and claimed a 

silver medal in the women’s team 

pursuit at both the Nations Cup 

and Oceania Championships in 

March. 

“As members of our squad have 

said before, the word ‘potential’ 

has been used heaps for the New 

Zealand women’s team pursuit. 

“It is so inspiring for me to see 

the top four girls pushing those 

limits, breaking national records 

and I definitely use it as motivation 

in training so I can line up 

confidently beside them.” 

The UCI track cycling World 

Championships take place in 

Glasgow from August 2-9. 

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Men’s sprint: 

Sam Dakin (Auckland), 

Callum Saunders (Marlborough) 

Women’s sprint: 

Ellesse Andrews (Canterbury), 

Shaane Fulton (Tasman), Olivia 

King (Waikato), Rebecca Petch 

(Waikato). 

Men’s endurance: 

Aaron Gate (Auckland), 

Regan Gough (Hawkes Bay) 

– conditional; George Jackson 

(Wellington), Nick Kergozou 

(Southland), Tom Sexton 

(Southland), Campbell Stewart 

(Manawatu). Keegan Hornblow 

(Tasman) – non-travelling 

reserve. 

Women’s endurance: 

Bryony Botha (Auckland), 

Sami Donnelly (Canterbury), 

Michaela Drummond 

(Manawatu), Emily Shearman 

(Manawatu), Ally Wollaston 

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Kai and conversation 

a chance to connect 

• By Briar Allen 

AN INITIATIVE that came 

out of the 2019 mosque attacks 

will be held in St Albans this 

weekend. 

Share Kai, a collaborative 

project between InCommon and 

Mahia Te Aroha, is focused on 

communities being more inclusive 

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InCommon 

project manager 

Holly Griffin said 

the event gets 

people to connect. 

“Especially 

those we might 

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assume we have 

nothing in common 

with because 

we look different,” she said. 

The event at the St Albans 

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by the Eritrean group on 

July 8 and the Afghan group on 

July 22 (all from 10am to noon). 

They will each serve brunch 

of traditional food and drink, 

ranging from dumplings, to coffee, 

hot chai and curry. 

“We have been planning this 

for a year, but Covid-19 delayed 

our plans, so now seemed the 

perfect time to connect,” said 

Griffin. 

GET TOGETHER: Diners connect at the Eritrean Share Kai 

night earlier this year. 

“Share Kai features the 

Nepali, Eritrean and Afghan 

communities that call 

Christchurch home but may not 

be well known.” 

She said the first time they 

held the event earlier this year 

it was very popular, with 600 

attending. 

The events are open to the 

public. 

“It is not just about the 

great food; these events are 

an opportunity for people to 

connect and learn about others. 

We want to continue to make 

our communities inclusive.” 

People can bring their own 

container to the St Albans 

Community Centre if they wish 

to take food away. Prices will 

range from $5 and $12 with 

vegan, gluten free and halal 

options available. Cash only. 

UP CLOSE: Burnside High School students learn about the 

inner workings of an Air Force A109 helicopter. 

Defence visit 

expands horizons 

Burnside High School students 

were fortunate enough to learn 

about the inner workings of a 

New Zealand Defence Force 

helicopter earlier this month. 

Invited students got the chance 

to watch the Air Force A109 helicopter 

land on the school field 

and were able to step inside the 

helicopter and view first-hand 

the complexity and sophistication 

of its controls. 

Students also had the opportunity 

to engage with members of 

the New Zealand Defence Force, 

who discussed the helicopter’s 

capabilities and its role in the 

defence force operations. 

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world of the defence force and 

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The public feud between two of 

SAINT: Nurse 

Sibylla Maude 

started what 

would become 

New Zealand’s 

district nurse 

programme. 

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 

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. 

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the city’s most powerful women 

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 

CONTRIBUTION: Kate Sheppard was the leader of New 

Zealand’s women’s suffrage movement. 

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. Nurse 

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. 

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Having a warm home is an essential 

part of preventing respiratory 

illnesses through the winter season 

and lowers the risk of other health 

issues. But the cost can be a real 

barrier. 

That’s why we’re continuing to 

support over a million Kiwis with the 

Winter Energy Payment. I’ve heard 

from many constituents what a relief 

it is to not have to worry so much 

about turning the heating off to save 

on power bills. 

When I worked as a midwife, I saw 

first-hand what it means to be unable 

to heat your home. To have to choose 

between getting a prescription filled 

or buying a few loaves of bread. 

Therefore, when Finance Minister 

Grant Robertson came before caucus 

and told us that we were going to be 

scrapping the $5 prescription fee, I 

felt quite emotional because I know 

what a massive difference this is 

going to make to the health of our 

people. 

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adults did not collect their 

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them, it reduces the chance of small 

issues becoming big problems that 

require hospitalisation. This eases the 

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I know that these actions, alongside 

our recent 1 April income boosts, 

will help many families make ends 

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LocaL Businesses 

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Hornby restaurant offers more 

choices and familiar favourites 

Thousands of Christchurch families will 

have fond memories of enjoying the tasty 

food and friendly vibe of Valentines buffet 

restaurant, which was located for many 

years in the central city. 

A New Zealand-wide franchise operation, 

the business went through many changes 

over the years, then with new owners taking 

over the company six years ago, it gained a 

new momentum. 

A third franchise was set up in Auckland, 

its Rotorua restaurant reopened, and in July 

2019, Valentines Christchurch opened at a 

new location – Chalmers Street, Hornby. 

As company director Ron Lal explains, 

Valentines has a rich history in Kiwi culture 

and they wanted to retain that feeling of 

nostalgia, but with some new concepts 

added to the mix. 

“We wanted to offer our customers a new 

experience that’s up with the times, and 

with a modern twist on hospitality. 

“Customers have a lot more choice of 

food now,” he says, “for example you can 

choose your own meat, which will be 

cooked individually for you. We offer a big 

selection of dishes, seafood and desserts, 

and of course there are the familiar 

favourites that the children love, like the 

chocolate fountain and an endless supply of 

ice-cream. 

“We want to wow the customers and 

at the same time we want to create that 

nostalgic Valentines feel.” 

The Valentines tradition of a free meal 

for a customer on their birthday has been 

upgraded to a celebratory birthday treat 

and, of course, with the famous birthday 

song being sung by staff, too. Families are 

also invited to take advantage of the school 

Plenty of hot, 

appetising dishes 

to choose from at 

Valentines 

holiday special from time to time. During 

the holidays, one child under the age of 

eight gets a free lunch if accompanied by a 

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Valentines has always been seen as a 

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Term 2 Highlights 2023 

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E. admin@oaklands.school.nz | www.oaklands.school.nz 

ANZAC Day - 

25th April 2023 

On Tuesday, at 9.00am on April 25th, a 

Service of Remembrance was held at the 

Halswell Domain Memorial to honour 

those who served and for those who 

have paid the ultimate sacrifice of their 

lives. 

It was a wonderful community event 

and Te Kura o Ōwaka was very well 

represented with ākonga involved in 

St John’s Cadets, Guides, Scouts and 

Brownies. 

Emily and Lucy Trevathan, Emilia 

Montague-Ebbs and the Head Students 

all laid wreaths as part of the service. 

Glentui Camp - Year 7 

The Year 7 students had their camp at Glentui on the 

Wednesday 3rd May through to Friday 5th of May. 

On the first day the Year 7 students arrived at Glentui, they all 

sorted their gear into their bunk rooms. Then we were taken 

up the road to the base of Mt Richardson. The students made 

it about half way up Mt Richardson when it started to drizzle 

and the call was made to head back down for safety. That 

evening the students had the opportunity to enjoy roasting 

marshmallows. On the second day the students broke up 

into their activity groups. They rotated around Archery Tag, 

Scavenger Hunt, Games and the River Walk. In the evening the 

students played Minute to Win it, congratulations to all those 

that finished the challenges. On the final day, we all cleaned 

the Glentui Bunkrooms and prepared to leave. 

Check out some of the students responses below: 

What was your highlight from the Year 7 Glentui Camp? 

• My highlight of the Glentui Camp was the spotlight game 

because we finally bet the teachers and we bet them 3 

times. 

• To find a giant spider because I like spiders and I found a 

VERY LARGE one. 

• My highlight from the Glentui Camp was when we were 

walking up Mount Richardson and there was lots of mud 

unlike everyone else who had to avoid it. I was able to walk 

right through cause I was wearing my hiking boots. 

• My highlight from the Glentui Camp was the spotlight game 

because it was very enjoyable and I was using others to hide 

behind to get closer. 

• My highlight from the Glentui Camp was the river walk 

because we made a dam with rocks and when we made it 

I fell in. 

What surprised you at the Glentui Camp? 

• Something that surprised me at the Glentui Camp was 

how nice the mattresses were at camp because usually 

the mattresses are so uncomfy but they were super duper 

comfortable and they were easy to sleep on. 

• Something that surprised me at Glentui Camp was how hard 

it was to walk up and down the stairs to the river because it 

was very tiring and up and down Mount Richardson. 

• Something that surprised me at Glentui Camp was the food. 

It surprised me because it was so yummy and filling. Another 

thing that surprised me was all the cool things the teachers 

hosted like minute to win it and how the teachers managed 

all the activities except archery tag. 

What challenged you the most at Glentui Camp? 

• Something that challenged me at Glentui Camp was the 

stairs because we have to walk down and up again for the 

roasting marshmallows and playing spotlight on the second 

night. 

• The activity that most challenged me was the Scavenger 

Hunt. This was because I had a very hard time climbing up 

the stairs and down the stairs multiple times with our group. 

Although it really did test my fitness level, I was completely 

drained afterwards. Not to mention that we had to climb the 

stairs several times daily. 

• Something that challenged me at Glentui camp was walking 

up and down the stairs constantly and feeling like I was 

going to die. 

Bully Free Week 

An initiative aimed at 

promoting kindness, respect, 

and understanding among 

students. This event, which 

took place throughout 

New Zealand, was an 

incredible success at 

our school, thanks to the 

collective efforts of our 

dedicated staff, supportive 

parents, students council, and, 

most importantly, our amazing 

students. 

Bully-Free Week served as a 

reminder of the importance 

of fostering a safe and 

inclusive environment for 

every child in our school 

community. Throughout the 

week, our students engaged 

in various activities and 

discussions designed to 

raise awareness about 

bullying and its impact. 

They actively participated 

in workshops, role-playing 

exercises, and classroom 

discussions, where they 

learned about empathy, 

conflict resolution, and 

the power of standing up 

against bullying. 

A special mention to the schools Senior Student 

Council as they planned and implemented a 

number of activities in their lunchtimes for all of 

the students at Oaklands. It made the week a huge 

success and by doing this, it brought a lot of smiles 

and warmth to our school. 

Our Chickens Have Arrived! 

All 4 chickens are happy and healthy living in their lovely wee 

coop. 

Welcome to Butter, Bob, Luigi and Queen Lizzy. 

Students will take turns taking care of the chickens over the 

coming weeks, at the moment the Year 8 team will have their 

turn this term, and then we will work our way down the school. 

We are so excited for this opportunity and we appreciate the 

support the school has given us in order to have the chickens 

which will provide such an amazing opportunity for our 

students to learn and grow.

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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 

W | Pae Tukutuku: www.labour.org.nz/meganwoods 

Wigram Electorate Office 

McCarthy Street Shops, 12 McCarthy Street, Hoon Hay, Christchurch 8025 

PO Box 33164, Barrington, Christchurch 8244 

/MeganWoodsWigram | 

@megan_woods 

Authorised by Hon Megan Woods MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

Western News: June 29, 2023

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