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6 Bay Harbour News Wednesday February 21 2024 GREAT Summer READS Ferrymead INSTORE! NEW RELEASES The Showman The Inside Story of the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky by Simon Shuster Acclaimed journalist Simon Shuster gives us the first inside account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the perspective of President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team, who granted him unprecedented access. Time correspondent Simon Shuster chronicles the life and wartime leadership of Volodymyr Zelensky from the dressing rooms of his variety show in Ukraine to the muddy trenches of his war with Russia. Based on four years of reporting; extensive travels with President Zelensky to the front; and dozens of interviews with him, his wife, his friends and enemies, his advisers, ministers and military commanders, The Showman tells an intimate and eye-opening story of the President’s evolution from a slapstick actor to a symbol of resilience, revealing how he managed to rally the world’s democracies behind his cause. Anna O by Matthew Blake Anna O hasn’t opened her eyes for four years. Not since the night she was found in a deep sleep by the bodies of her best friends, suspected of a chilling double murder. For Doctor Benedict Prince, a forensic psychologist on London’s Harley Street, waking Anna O could be career-defining. As an expert in sleep, he knows all about the darkest chambers of the mind; the secrets that lie buried in the subconscious. As he begins Anna O’s treatment – studying his patient’s dreams, combing her memories, visiting the site where the horrors played out – he pulls on the thread of a much deeper, darker mystery. Awakening Anna O isn’t the end of the story, it’s just the beginning. Michael Jordan - The Life by Roland Lazenby When most people think of Michael Jordan, they think of the beautiful shots, his body totally in sync with the ball, hitting nothing but net. He is responsible for incredible moments so ingrained in basketball history that they have their own names: The Shrug, The Shot, The Flu Game. But for all his greatness, there’s also a dark side to Jordan: a ruthless competitor, a gambler. There’s never been a biography that balanced these personas-until now. Drawing on personal relationships with Jordan’s coaches; countless interviews with friends, team mates, family members, and Jordan himself; and a career in the trenches covering Jordan in college and the pros, Roland Lazenby provides the first truly definitive study of Jordan: the player, the icon, and the man. The Star on the Grave by Linda Margolin Royal In 1940, as the Nazis sweep toward Lithuania, Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara defies his own government and secretly issues thousands of visas to Jewish refugees desperate to flee. After the war, Sugihara is dismissed and disappears into obscurity. Three decades later, in Australia, Rachel Margol, her father and her grandmother live disconnected from one another and haunted by unspoken tragedies. When Rachel announces her engagement to a Greek Orthodox man, it detonates a long-held secret. The Margols are actually the Margolins: they are Jewish, and her family has concealed their identity from her and the world. But why? As Rachel struggles to understand this deception, an opportunity arrives to visit Chiune Sugihara, the man who risked his life to save them during World War II. Rachel becomes determined to meet him, but will a journey to Japan, and the secrets it uncovers, heal the Margolins or fracture them for good? An extraordinary novel inspired by the true story of Chiune Sugihara, and the thousands of people - including the author - who owe him their lives. Faebound by Saara El-Arifi From the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FINAL STRIFE, comes an enchanting new trilogy. DIVIDED BY BLOOD. IMPRISONED BY FATE. BOUND BY DESIRE. WELCOME TO THE INTOXICATING WORLD OF THE FAE. Yeeran is a warrior in the elven army and has known nothing but violence her whole life. Her sister, Lettle, is trying to make a living as a diviner, seeking prophecies of a better future. When a fatal mistake leads to Yeeran’s exile from the Elven lands, they are both forced into the terrifying wilderness beyond their borders. There they encounter the impossible: the fae court. The fae haven’t been seen for a millennium. But now Yeeran and Lettle are thrust into their seductive world – torn between their loyalty to each other, their elven homeland, and their hearts. . . Ferrymead 1005 Ferry Road, Ferrymead Ph: 384 2063 CLOSED SUNDAY While stocks last (see instore for terms and conditions) while stocks last (see instore for terms and conditions) Barry & kerry
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz oN sAle Now! NEWS 7 Servicemen awarded Nuclear Test Medals • By Dylan Smits LONG-AWAITED medals have been awarded to United Kingdom servicemen for their work during Pacific nuclear testing from 1957-1962. Moncks Bay resident Mike Rossiter was recognised alongside Ernest Robb during an informal ceremony at the Our Lady Star of the Sea Church service on Sunday. The award is the first military medal issued by King Charles III. Robb died in the UK in 1996 and his family, who live in Sumner, received the medal on his behalf. Rossiter was head air technician at the Royal Air Force base on Christmas Island, now part of Kiribati, during Operation Dominic – a series of American atmospheric tests conducted on UK territory. “You actually felt the heat,” the 84-year-old said. “You had to face away for the initial blast because even with dark goggles you would be blinded.” Robb was a squadron leader in the air force and served on Christmas Island during the first series of UK nuclear testing in 1957, codenamed Operation Grapple. He was a radar specialist and witnessed the first-ever UK hydrogen bomb test HONOURED: Mike Rossiter (left) and Ernest Robb’s son John with the Nuclear Test medals. from the air in May 1957. The involvement of UK personnel in nuclear tests was not publicly recognised by the UK government until 2022 when mounting pressure led to the creation of the Nuclear Test Medal. “It’s good to finally have recognition after all these years, that’s the main thing,” said Rossiter. He served in the air force until 1977 and moved to Moncks Bay in 2007 after two of his three children moved to New Zealand. Two of his children and three of his grandchildren attended the service to see him receive the medal. Rossiter’s key role on Christmas Island was to prepare an aerial evacuation in case of emergency. “We were curious about what we were going to see, what we were going to hear, but everyone was in the same boat so we just got on with the job,” he said. Many veterans and civilians who lived on the island during the nuclear tests believe they were exposed to negative health effects from the heat and radiation. “Some people got sick, some people died. Whether they died as a result of radiation sickness, nobody will ever know,” said Rossiter. The UK Ministry of Defence maintains almost all the British servicemen involved in the nuclear tests received “little or no additional radiation as a result of participation”. Wednesday February 21 2024 Bay Harbour News Rossiter’s Nuclear Test Medal engraved with the profile on King Charles. No conclusive links have been made between the radiation exposure and negative health effects for military personnel. Christmas Island was home to a small population of local I-Kiribati who had to live with the tests occurring offshore. In 2015, Kiribati’s UN representative Makurita Baaro said “our communities still suffer from the long-term impacts of the tests, experiencing higher rates of cancer, particularly thyroid cancer, due to exposure to radiation”. Rossiter said the tests were an unfortunate necessity due to threat of the Soviet Union’s nuclear program. “The Western powers couldn’t just stand by and do nothing. People will debate this, but in my opinion it has actually kept the peace for 50 odd years.” PETROL & DIESEL SPECIALISTS Our team’s goal is to offer exceptional service using both genuine and OE parts as per specication. The forefront of operations is a commitment to ever increase the customer's experience through clear communication on all we set out to do on your vehicles to the highest of industry specied standards. LOCATED IN THE HEART OF WOOLSTON VILLAGE FOR OVER 40 YEARS PH: 03 384 9092 693 FERRY RD, WOOLSTON Unit 1/11 Tussock Lane FERRYMEAD Ph: 022 417 8923 WOF Now only $35.80 Plus $5 P&H per copy AvAilAble from stAr mediA: Level One, 359 Lincoln Road Addington, Christchurch Phone 379 7100 Authentic Pilates Method Private, Duo & Mat Classes •Reduce Stress •Gain Strength & Flexibility •Reduce Back Pain •Get More Balance www.pranapilates.co.nz pranapilatesnz@gmail.com @pranapilatesnz PUBLIC NOTICE Make a submission on the draft Canterbury Regional Land Transport Plan 2024-34 The Canterbury Regional Transport Committee is inviting submissions on the draft Regional Land Transport Plan 2024–34. The draft plan describes the region’s land transport system and the challenges it faces now and in the future. It proposes a vision and priorities for Canterbury’s transport network for the next 10 years, and how they might be achieved. To make a submission • Go to ecan.govt.nz/RLTP • Email haveyoursay@ecan.govt.nz • Post to Regional Land Transport Plan, Freepost 1201, PO Box 345, Christchurch 8140. SUBMISSIONS CLOSE 5PM MONDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2024 ecan.govt.nz/RLTP This is a public consultation in accordance with the Local Government Act 2002 (section 82).
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