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The North Canterbury News, July 6, 2023
Doocey hosts Waimakariri volunteers
Volunteers play avaluable role in the
Waimakariri community, says MP Matt
Doocey.
The Waimakariri MP hosted aspecial
morning tea at Rangiora’s Mainpower
Oval last month to thank local volunteers
and mark the start of Volunteer Week.
Mr Doocey invited arepresentative
from each of the volunteer groups
present to speak briefly about their
organisation, before offering scones and
muffins.
‘‘It is my privilege to be able to visit
your organisations and learn about the
wonderful work you do for the
community,’’ he said.
‘‘As alocal MP, you kind of think
people turn up to hear from you, but they
don’t.
‘‘They come to here to hear from each
other.’’
Organisations represented included
Waiora Links Community Trust, St
Vincent de Paul, Rangiora Scouts, Keep
Rangiora Beautiful, and the Oxford
Community Trust.
Kaiapoi organisations included the
Kaiapoi Community Garden, Kaiapoi
Museum, the Kaiapoi Community Patrol,
the Salvation Army’s Kaiapoi op shop,
the Darnley Club, All Together Kaiapoi,
the Kaiapoi Food Forest, and the
Kaiapoi Toy Library. Region­wide
organisations included North
Canterbury Neighbourhood Support,
Community Wellbeing North Canterbury,
Satisfy Food Rescue, CAB North
Canterbury, Coastguard North
Canterbury, Meals on Wheels, and Fire
and Emergency New Zealand.
New recruit ... Waimakariri MP Matt
Doocey (left) signs up for ashift on patrol
with Owen Cassidy, of the Kaiapoi
Community Patrol.
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Enjoying Kaiapoi’sart
By SHELLEY TOPP
An art teacher from Northland has
been on ajourney of discovery since
moving to Kaiapoi in July last year.
Win Stringer moved to Kaiapoi from
Kerikeri to be nearer family in
Christchurch, and says it is the best
move she has ever made.
``I had never been to Kaiapoi
before, even though Iwas raised in
Central Otago and spent 20 years in
Timaru, but everyone is so friendly
here and the town has everything I
need.''
Not long after moving to Kaiapoi,
Win, who studied fine arts at
Canterbury University and has been an
art teacher for 40 years, became a
trustee of the Waimakariri Public Arts
Trust.
The trust was established to promote
art and culture in the Waimakariri
District, encourage public art in new
developments and redevelopments,
raise funds to enable the commission
of art works, educate the public about
art and artists, and support arts
projects and events in the community.
As anew trustee, Win has been
compiling adatabase of existing
outdoor artworks or sculptures in the
Waimakariri district and has been
intrigued by that journey of discovery.
So far she has located 18 sculptures
in Kaiapoi, many of them on the banks
of the Kaiapoi River that winds
through the town.
‘‘Each one has astory to tell and I am
finding that it is agreat introduction to
the town,'' she says.
‘‘It has been fascinating finding out
about the stories behind these
sculptures, the people behind them.’’
Her favourite Kaiapoi outdoor
artwork is the red letterbox sculpture
on Williams Street, which was erected
in 2013 to mark the loss of red zoned
homes in Kaiapoi, Pines Beach and
Kairaki Beach.
It lifted spirits in the town after the
Rubble Rousers' reminder ...
Waimakariri Public Arts trustee Win
Stringer, with Kaiapoi multi­media artist
and sign writer Mark Larsen alongside
Win’s favourite Kaiapoi outdoor sculpture,
The Letterbox,which was created by Mark
during acollaborative art project with
Rubble Rousers.
PHOTO: SHELLEYTOPP
devastating September 4, 2010
earthquake destroyed large areas of
the town.
The popular sculpture is by Kaiapoi
multi­media artist and sign writer
Mark Larsen.
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St Patrick’s Kaiapoi Rarotonga Cul
Nine Kaiapoi children are about
quickly realised the school doesn’t have
to embark on a trip of a lifetime to a lot and in the last few years they had a
fire burn down some of their classrooms
St Patrick’s Kaiapoi Catholic Primary and to date, nothing has been rebuilt
School is taking nine Year 7 and 8 pupils due to a lack of funding.”
and two adults to the Cook Islands in The St Patrick’s contingent plans to
term four to learn abou the local culture take some resources for the school and
and do some community service. is seeking support from the local North
“This is our second trip and what we’ve Canterbury community.
identified is the opportunity to do an A number of local sports organisations
overseas trip like no other,” says teacher have agreed to donate sports equipment
Pax O’Dowd, who wi l accompany the and local businesses have given some
pupils to Rarotonga.
“It’s like school camp, where the
Pax says the group is also liaising with
students wi l have some fun, but it’s Raro community groups in Rarotonga to do
style and it’s an opportunity to give back some volunteering, planting and clean
the local community and an opportunity
to learn what we share in common The group wi l be staying a the
as Pacific communities as we l as our Rakahangahostel, which is named after
di ferences.”
one of the islands, and is like a marae,
Pax wi l be joined on the trip by parent
Pacific Islands.
and Board of Trustees member Angela “It’s very basic, but community focused His classmateCalebSpencesayshe
and everybody pitches in with cooking has been to Rarotonga before and is
Although the Cook Islands is o ficia ly and cleaning.
looking forward to returning.
a part of New Zealand and uses New “They are wonderful hosts and are quite “I’m exciting to see the beach. It’s pre ty
Zealand do lars, life is very di ferent on proud of their country and are rea ly hot at 30 degreesmost of the time and it
the islands and local schools do not happy, humble people.”
have the same resources.
The pupils said they were looking Their classmates are looking forward to
As we l as fundraising for the trip, Pax forward to visiting Rarotonga and learning about Cook Islands culture and
s he school has been fundraisingto
meeting their new penpalsatNukutere
meeting their penpals.
rt Nukutere Co lege, a Year 7 to 11 Co lege, who they have been
They have been busy fundraising and
in Rarotonga, which St Patrick’s
co responding with in the lead up to the co lecting stationery supplies and books
ilt a relationship with.
to take to Nukutere Co lege and packing
rs trip last year was an
Pupil Mason Robson says his penpal
nity to see the lay of the land. We ‘likes taro’, a popular vegetable in the The Cook Islands is a co lection of
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