North Canterbury News: August 03, 2023

Art transforming cabinets
By ROBYN BRISTOW
NEWS
The North Canterbury News, August 3,2023
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Four cabinets will be
transformedbyartists in the
WaimakaririDistrict as cabinet
art returns.
Chorus is partneringwith the
council in theventure and
artists are encouragedtoget
theirdesignsinbefore August
31.
The council willwork with
the Public Arts Trust to select
the winning design foreach
cabinet.
The worksofart on cabinets
oftentell storiesaboutthe
communities in whichthey are
located,and help to discourage
tagging.
MayorDan Gordonsays the
council is pleasedtobe
partnering with Chorus again to
bringmore cabinet art to
Waimakariri.
‘‘I am apassionatesupporter
of the arts and we know that
artwork makes our towns more
vibrant and livelier.
‘‘This is afantastic
opportunity for local artists to
get involved and showcase their
work,which can only be
positive for our district,’’ he
says.
Chorus Community Relations
ManagerJoSeddon says it
makessense to partner with
localcouncils, as they have the
same goal in mind to
discourage graffiti vandalism.
‘‘It is great to work with local
councils when it comes to
choosingcabinets and designs
as they know whattheir
communityneeds,’’ she says.
‘‘Anyone can put forward a
Bold, bright ... Dannika Tukua's mural was designed to celebrate New
Zealand's precious Tamariki (children) and includes the iconic Monarch
Butterfly and New Zealand's beautiful Kōwhai tree.
PHOTO: SUPPLIED
design, with the only
stipulation that it has meaning
and promotesdiversity and
inclusion,’’ Mrs Seddon says.
Submissionsare open until
August 31 andthe winning
design for each cabinet will be
chosen from entriesreceived.
Waimakariri has also been
chosen as one of the towns
nationwidetobepart of the
Rainbow cabinet art initiative.
Information on cabinetart is
availableatchorus.co.nz/
community/cabinet­artprogramme,
and existing
murals can be seenatchorus.
co.nz/blog/cabinet­art­gallery/.
Gift for newborn ,.. The Rotary Club of Rangiora secretary, Helen
Richards, left, presents Danielle Montgomery, of New Brighton, with
anew book for her newborn baby daughter, Indi, aged 4days old,
at the Rangiora Health Hub last Friday morning with midwife
manager Jen Cunningham.
PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP
Aspecialbookgift
By SHELLEY TOPP
More than8000 booksfor
newborn babies have been
donated to parents as part of
the RotaryClub of Rangiora’s
baby bookproject.
The project was established
in 1994 with books donated to
100 babiesborn at Rangiora
Hospitalthat year.
This yearthe Rotary Club of
Rangiora is forecasting1000
bookswill be donated to babies
at theRangiora HealthHub
MaternityUnit which was
opened in October2015,
replacing the 90­year­old
Rangiora Hospital.
The baby book project is run
by Rangiora Rotarian Helen
Richards. She began working
on the projectin2019, assisting
the lateBrianHawkefirst,then
taking overthe role in May
2022.
‘‘It is avery specialproject to
be involved in. It is a
community project and fits
with Rotary International
cornerstone programmes of
basiceducation, literacy,and
disease prevention,’’ she says.
The Usborne Farmland
Talesseriesofbooks donated
to the babies are supplied by
NorthCanterbury Books at a
heavily discounted price
especially for the Rotary
project.
The Rangiora Health Hub
midwife manager Jen
Cunningham says they are
thankfultothe RotaryClub for
the books it gifts.
‘‘It is lovely to see parents
cherish the books as one of the
baby’s first story books,but also
reading them to siblings when
they come to visit.’’
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