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Bay Harbour News Wednesday July 19 2023 6 NEWS Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Nature work scheme making a difference FUNDED: Five young people have been employed through the The Jobs for Nature scheme. PHOTO: NEWSLINE THE JOBS for Nature scheme has provided $1.19 billion in Government funding over four years with an aim to bring people into nature-based employment and support skills training. Mitch Thorn is one of a team of five young people employed through the scheme by the city council as part of the Government’s Covid-19 recovery package. “It’s been a hell of an opportunity, we’re really lucky I reckon,” he said. “The park rangers have got a lot of work that needs doing and being able to have five field crew put the hours in and get stuff done on the ground has helped free them up to work on other projects that they wouldn’t normally have the time for, which increases the conservation gain from the wider team.” Alongside him are Matt, Mackenzie, Hannah and Georgia, who are all in their 20s. For 23-year-old Mackenzie the variety of her job is a draw card. Along with pest plant and animal control there’s also planting, maintenance and habitat restoration on the Port Hills and Banks Peninsula. Hannah was a summer seasonal ranger at Bottle Lake Forest Park before starting with Jobs for Nature in February last year. She sees a future for herself in some sort of conservation field work. “Everything I’ve been doing is quite new so I’m still learning all the different areas,” she said. Matt was also on a seasonal summer contract before starting and welcomed the longer-term position. He enjoys wildlife and has since had opportunities with city council ecologists to do skink monitoring and bird counts around Te Waihora Lake Ellesmere. “Long-term I want to work with wildlife in New Zealand. My wife is from Zimbabwe so eventually we might end up going there and I’d like to carry on doing conservation work,” Matt said. City council head of regional parks Kay Holder said the Jobs for Nature staff had been invaluable. “The scheme has provided the opportunity for 10 more staff to work in Christchurch parks and natural environments across the city,” Holder said. “Not only has this seen a great increase in plant and animal pest control, planting and maintenance, it has also given training and learning opportunities to people who will now be better placed to continue this important work.” Award a surprise after six years with St John AKAROA HATO Hone St John volunteer Rick Menzies does everything from providing medical treatment at the scene to organising patients’ transport to hospital. After six years with the organisation, he was recognised with an award from Volunteering Canterbury – which he says was a shock. “Receiving the award was unexpected, but it’s nice that volunteers are recognised for what they contribute to their communities,” Menzies said. He began volunteering at Akaroa HHSJ when he was nearing retirement and looking to take on a new challenge after farming for most of his life. “I didn’t really see myself doing something like golf three days a week, so I decided I should do something worthwhile.” For some of his six years as a HHSJ volunteer, he was also working on his family farm at Menzies Bay north of Akaroa. But Menzies and wife Gay recently passed on the farm to one of their sons, so he said he now spends most of his spare time offering seasoned advice. “Like most people, I have done a lot of different things in my life, but nothing has given the instant job satisfaction that being an ambulance officer has given me,” he said. “There is something satisfying about providing comfort and help to someone, no matter how little, when they are often at the lowest moment of their life.” While Menzies said he couldn’t disclose particular incidents he had been involved in over his time as a volunteer, he said there was never a dull moment. “Most of the job involves responding to medical emergencies. That can involve providing medical treatment at the scene of an accident, helping make someone comfortable after they’ve had a medical problem or stabilising a patient and organising transport to hospital,” he said. HHSJ group operations manager Brendan McInnes said Akaroa HHSJ is looking for more ambulance officers to crew the first response unit. “Ambulance volunteers are vital to rural and remote SERVICE: Rick Menzies has been volunteering for Akaroa Hato Hone St John for six years. communities and we’re looking for more dedicated locals to support the ambulance service right now from Akaroa and Banks Peninsula,” McInnes said. •For more information about volunteering, visit join.stjohn.org.nz or email brendan.mcinnes@stjohn. org.nz Struggling with bladder control and incontinence/disrupted sleep? Our Emsella Chair can change the quality of your everyday life by: • Toning and strengthening your pelvic floor muscles whilst fully clothed • Improving intimate health • Potentially avoiding invasive surgery iWellness Book now Read local Flow Wellbeing Clinic 229 Fitzgerald Avenue 021 540 698 info@iwellness.kiwi www.iwellness.kiwi
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