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2 The NEWS North Canterbury News, January 11, 2024 Services to Ju-Jitsu honoured ByJOHN COSGROVE If youwould like to reachmore customers and growyour profits, we canhelp. Contactustoday to findout more. Managing Editor Robyn Bristow 027 312 1581 robyn.bristow@ncnews.co.nz Sales Manager DaynaBurton 027 312 0089 dayna.burton@ncnews.co.nz Reporters ShelleyTopp 027 404 6137 John Cosgrove 021 195 0284 Advertising Amanda Keys 027 536 6224 amanda.keys@ncnews.co.nz Jo Padgett 027 482 0733 jo.padgett@ncnews.co.nz Get in touch Phone:03313 2840 or 03 3148335 14 Ashley Street, Rangiora www.starnews.co.nz Editorial: info@ncnews.co.nz Advertising: sales@ncnews.co.nz Distribution:deliveries@alliedpress.co.nz WE NEED YOU! Deliverersrequired forthe North Canterbury News Pegasus resident, Paul Reti, was humbled when he received aletter from the GovernorGeneral’s office asking if he would accept aNew Zealand Order of Merit for his services to JuJitsu. ‘‘The email and accompanying letter arrived in midSeptember advising me Ihad been nominated, and would I accept it?’’ he says. His wife, aformer Canterbury representative netball goalkeeper, Margaret Allison, said it was an ‘‘amazing honour’’ for her husband, who is well known in the martial arts community in New Zealand. Mr Reti (Ngāpuhi) has contributed to JuJitsu in New Zealand for 56 years. He coestablished Fuji Ryu Goshindon New Zealand in 1972, and as a9th dan, is one of thecountry's leading practitioners of this martial art. He opened three clubs in the Christchurchregion and has taught all over the country and in Australia. Mr Reti was inducted into the New Zealand Martial Arts Hall of Fameand received an Outstanding Service Award by the New Zealand JuJitsu Federation in 2013. He is perhaps more well known as the ‘‘fish and chip man of Christchurch’’, having owned and operated many fish and chip shops all over the city and in Rangiora and Amberley. He has also earned respect for his community work with mental health and helping out managing maraes in Canterbury. He says when the official notification came from Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro, the only part about it that worried him was the advice not to tell anyone about it until the New Year's Honours List was officially published on December 30. He had alot on during the last few months of 2023, and that involved travelling to Australiaand Auckland to undertake black belt gradings, attendinghis son’s 50th birthday celebration also in Australia, and hosting jujitsu seminars around the country. ‘‘I didn’t have to worry about telling anyone as Iwas too busy with everythingelse.’’ He kept it quiet until the list was published then, everyone started calling up and congratulating him. ‘‘My son Clintonand daughter Jessica called to say how proud they were of their dad,’’ he said. Today, the retiree still trains with clubs locally and pursues his other Service honoured ... Pegasus resident, Paul Reti, who became amember of the New Zealand Order of Merit, in recognition of his services to JuJitsu. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE passion —art. ‘‘I trained originally as an interior decorator, Margaret and Iwould strip out the fish and chipshops we bought and redecorate them inside and out to make them very visible in the communities. ‘‘Since I’ve retired to Pegasus, I’ve started painting and drawing again and am enjoying it,’’ he said. TREE TROUBLE? Call foraFREE Quote 03 384 9630 To South Island Distribution Manager P: 029 983 2293 E: mark.kelly@mainlanddistribution.co.nz www.thetreepeople.nz 2624373
NEWS North Canterbury News, January 11, 2024 Rangiora art exhibition censored By SHELLEY TOPP The censorship of ‘‘an absolutely stunning’’ Rangiora art exhibition about mental illness has been called ‘‘sad’’. The Beyond exhibition, by Yasmin Yussof and her daughter Izabella YusoffGuy, opened in the Chamber Gallery in the Rangiora Library, on December 3, but was censored by the Waimakariri District Council three days later after complaints about it. Council’s general manager of community and recreation Chris Brown says the complaints concerned ‘‘the general nature of the entire exhibition, but also specific pieces were identified as being particularly triggering’’. One of the complainants said that the art work was ‘‘not at all appropriate to haveinalibrary’’. However, the art work has also received high praise in the visitors book at the gallery. Eyrewell Forest artist Mandy Palmer says the exhibition is ‘‘absolutely stunning’’, and Woodend Beachartist Rachel Harré calls it ‘‘deeply moving and profound’’. Opinions about the censorship have also been recorded in the visitors book with one person saying: ‘‘It is sad to see art censored. If we don’t talk about things society has deemed to be shameful nothing will ever change.’’ Five exhibits of 35 in the exhibition have been covered and labelled with ‘‘censored’’ stickers. Yasmin says the whole point of the exhibition was to raise awareness of the issues around mental illness and the censorship was unexpected. The artists are hoping the exhibition will bring about adeeper level of 3 Exhibition censored ... Spirit, one of the exhibits in the Beyond art exhibition by Yasmin Yussof and her daughter Izabella YussofGuy, in the Chamber Gallery in the Rangiora Library. Five other exhibits in the exhibition have been covered after they were censored by the Waimakariri District Council because of complaints it received about the artwork soon after the event opened on December 3. PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP understanding of the severity and impact of what people with mental illness may be dealing with. The extra publicity the exhibition has received due to the censorship has raised its profile. The artists are now hoping to interest the Christchurch Museum in holding a bigger, more interactive version of it. The exhibition closes on January 25. The controversy surrounding the Beyond exhibition has prompted the council to formulate apolicy regarding the display of art in councilowned spaces, such as the Chamber Gallery. Staff have begun gathering information from other local authorities to help with that process. Rescue Team 12 fully qualified By JOHN COSGROVE Ayear’s hard work was celebrated when the volunteers of NZ Rescue Team 12 (NZRT12) of Waimakariri, received its reaccreditation certificate as afully qualified and registered Rescue Response provider for New Zealand. Team leader Jonathan (Willie) Williams, says there was alot of hard work done by the 32 members of the Rangiorabased team. ‘‘It’s taken the senior management team here 12 months to prepare the members, to train them up and then successfully earn the accreditation certificate from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).’’ He says it was a‘‘massive amount of manhours’’ by the team members and he’s proud of them for their commitment. Team members undertook extra training which covered the seven different strands required for the accreditation process. These were foundation essentials, flood response, storm response, establishing acivil defence centre, light rescue, mass casualty support and outofregion deployment. ‘‘It was avery stressful time especially with 12 new recruits joining us, so we took them along as well.’’ Willie says they achieved this while assisting at several storm and water events in the district. 2023 was abusy year for NZRT12 as they assisted council emergency management staff at several storm and heavy rain events and also provided flood support for councils on the West Coast. ‘‘The senior team managers also had to run fundraising activities. ‘‘While we are gratefully supported by the Waimakariri District Council, we are avolunteer organisation.’’ New Zealand Response Teams located nationwide provide qualified responders to support Civil Defence Emergency Management Groups and their communities during an emergency event. 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