December 14 2016
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Broadfield cyclist local hero
Cycling advocate Don Babe of Broadfield has been named a Canterbury ‘Local Hero’ …
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A history of Rolleston rail
This year Rolleston celebrated its 150th anniversary …
p Foundation students for Rolleston’s first ever high school spell out the name of their house, or whanau group, at a get together of the students in Foster Park. Around 220 Year 9 students are set to become Rolleston College’s first pupils when the high school opens its doors in February next year. Principal Steve Saville said the recent community day allowed the children to get to know their peers and members of their whanau group before the start of school in February. Rolleston College is being built to eventually take up to 1,700 students, but only Year 9 students have been enrolled for next year. The group pictured are from the Hotoke whanau group, which in Maori means winter.
With thanks from Kaikoura by Kent Caddick
A group of Kaikoura residents are reaching out to some generous people from around Darfield after receiving a much appreciated earthquake relief package.
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However, they have no idea who to thank for the relief goodies which arrived at a community dinner they held shortly after the devastating 7.8 ear thquake last month. Jackie Wadsworth of Skevingtons Road, which is just north of Kaikoura, said they decided to hold a community get together after power was finally restored to their area.
“We are a group of lifestyle block owners and we had been without power for almost a week, so we thought holding a pot-luck dinner would be a great way to celebrate having the power back on and to let off a bit of steam. We received a box of goodies from one of the relief agencies which we put on the barbecue table and everyone helped themselves.” Ms Wadsworth, who is a supervisor at a
Kaikoura playcentre, said all they had to go on, in regards where the parcel had come from, was a note part of which said ‘sent with love from Darfield and surrounding districts’. “We would like to thank the people behind this as it was really appreciated at the time. It meant a lot to us,” she said. continued on page 5 …
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