November 8 2017
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Be fire safe this summer
Fire and Emergency New Zealand has recently released its review …
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Top season for Murgatroyd
Prebbleton’s Tim Murgatroyd was named senior player of the year at the recent Ellesmere Rugby Sub Union’s annual awards …
Westie Wonders p The West Melton School’s Jump Jam Team, ‘Westie Wonders’ competed for the very first time at the Jump Jam Nationals, held at Westlake Boys’ High School in Auckland recently. They were one of four South Island schools out of 14 schools in total participating in the Y4-8 Novice category at the Nationals. Schools compete using any one Jump Jam song or routine, with the West Melton girls choosing to perform ‘Magik’, for which they were awarded a Merit in Technical Execution.
New youth group for Selwyn u by Kent Caddick
Moves are underway to establish a new youth advisory group to represent the needs of the young people of Selwyn.
Showtime for Courtenay
Sustainable farming is the theme for the 142nd annual Courtenay A&P Show …
A meeting involving a group of Selwyn youth, aged between 12 and 24 years, was held recently at Rolleston’s Generation House, a community facility supported by the Salvation Army. Helping to guide the new Selwyn Youth Advisory Group (SYAG) is former Selwyn District Council youth advisor
Chris Martin. “Generation House is a space where the entire community is welcome. It is where people meet, teach, encourage and empower,” Mr Martin said. “Young people are a significant part of our community and need opportunities to connect to belong to a community.
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“The youth of Rolleston need a place to go, something to do, a space they own and people who care. I also know that our community is full of incredible young people who are capable of achieving amazing things.”
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