Nor'West News: October 05, 2023
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The city’s history<br />
with a camera<br />
THE SEARCH is on once again<br />
for unique photos that tell the<br />
stories of Christchurch.<br />
The annual Christchurch City<br />
Libraries’ photo hunt started this<br />
week and will run alongside the<br />
city’s heritage festival.<br />
The photo hunt aims to gather<br />
and preserve photographs from<br />
across the community, along<br />
with the unique stories of their<br />
creators. The theme this year is<br />
‘Our Stories of Living and Learning’.<br />
Susan Hanham won last year’s<br />
photo hunt with a portrait of<br />
herself and her sister Catherine<br />
during the 1974 Commonwealth<br />
Games at Queen Elizabeth II<br />
Park.<br />
Hanham recalled the Commonwealth<br />
Games being a “really<br />
big deal” for the city. Her mother<br />
had sewn special clothes in the<br />
games’ colours.<br />
“Mum handled the finances<br />
in our family, and she always set<br />
money aside in a tin, called the<br />
fun tin. So, in this instance we<br />
got to go to the opening of the<br />
Commonwealth Games in our<br />
‘special’ games outfits.”<br />
Acting head of libraries and information<br />
Erica Rankin said the<br />
hunt aims to highlight the key<br />
moments in the city’s history.<br />
“We find the photo hunt<br />
incredibly valuable in preserving<br />
these stories for our future generations<br />
to learn from and enjoy,”<br />
she said.<br />
“We have many stories, from<br />
Ngāi Tahu and other iwi, European<br />
settlers, Pasifika and people<br />
of many ethnic and cultural<br />
backgrounds who have made this<br />
place home.”<br />
Submitted photographs will be<br />
showcased on the Discovery Wall<br />
at Tūranga, and as part of the<br />
permanent heritage collections at<br />
Christchurch City Libraries.<br />
Medbury School teacher<br />
‘truly humbled’ by award<br />
• By Sasha Watson<br />
CLARE ERASMUS didn’t know<br />
she was nominated and selected<br />
as a recipient of an Independent<br />
Schools of New Zealand (ISNZ)<br />
honours award for service to<br />
teaching and learning.<br />
So she was “truly humbled”<br />
when she was emailed about<br />
being selected.<br />
Said the Medbury School year<br />
3 teacher: “I saw the email when<br />
I was away at a conference, so<br />
being nominated and selected for<br />
the award was a total surprise.”<br />
She was one of four<br />
Christchurch teachers who<br />
gained honours awards – Ginnie<br />
Thorner, St Andrew’s College,<br />
for service to performing arts,<br />
Mandy Anderson (Rangi Ruru<br />
Girls’ School) for sport and Rob<br />
Donaldson (Christ’s College)<br />
for school culture through<br />
leadership.<br />
The honours recognise<br />
teachers and staff who develop a<br />
learning environment that will<br />
motivate and prepare students<br />
to be responsible, conscientious<br />
decision-makers and engaged<br />
change-makers.<br />
“As an educator, we have a<br />
responsibility to create strong<br />
connections with our pupils in<br />
an environment where (they) can<br />
build their confidence, resilience,<br />
and self-esteem,” said Erasmus.<br />
HUMBLED: Minister of Education Jan Tinetti presenting<br />
Clare Erasmus with the honours award.<br />
The head of social sciences<br />
at Medbury began her 30-year<br />
teaching career lecturing at the<br />
University of Kwa Zulu Natal in<br />
South Africa before taking on a<br />
role at an independent school in<br />
Taiwan.<br />
She then moved to Australia,<br />
to study and teach before<br />
moving to New Zealand about<br />
20 years ago.<br />
Prior to joining Medbury, she<br />
taught at Cathedral Grammar<br />
for about 14 years.<br />
“My greatest experiences have<br />
come from teaching all over the<br />
world across different cultures,”<br />
said Erasmus.<br />
“I feel very rich in my<br />
connections to other people and<br />
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I enjoy sharing my passion.”<br />
Erasmus has written four<br />
novels – including a children’s<br />
‘Kia Kaha’ series inspired by<br />
the aftermath of the February<br />
22, 2011 earthquake – and<br />
publications as an educator<br />
and advocates for literacy<br />
development.<br />
Erasmus is also involved<br />
in curriculum changes and<br />
planning activities, and is<br />
currently working towards a<br />
doctorate degree in wellbeing.<br />
Said Erasmus: “My next goals<br />
are to power through the rest<br />
of my doctorate, and hopefully<br />
use the research to bring teacher<br />
and pupil together, and action<br />
positive changes.”<br />
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