Community Boards say ‘thanks’
Colin Ford and Richard Gamblin with Cr Carole Evans, the Deputy Mayor. Messrs Ford and Gamblin were nominated for their seven years of work with the Parklands Handiscope.
Community Service and Youth Awards were handed out at presentations throughout the city recently, recognising the efforts people put in to make our communities better places.
The awards, presented by the city’s six community boards, follow nominations made by people in the community. They are presented to recipients in front of their friends and families.
Deputy Mayor Carole Evans, a Burwood/Pegasus Community Board member, says all boards place a lot of value on these awards. “It’s a community board’s way of saying `thank you’ to people in its community,” she says.
“The beauty of these awards is that they’re very localised. Awards are nominated by local people in the community and presented to people in the community by the community board.”
Many of this year’s award winners are volunteers.
“The city owes them so much; without their contributions it could potentially cost ratepayers a lot of money,” Mrs Evans says. “Community boards really can’t thank these people enough.”
The Burwood/Pegasus Community Board’s award presentation was held at the North New Brighton War Memorial Hall this year — the hall’s first event since its refurbishment.
Community Service Awards have been presented to:
- Shirley/Papanui Community Board;
- Shona Carey, Jim Dunn, May Dunn, Mrs Dianne Walter, Denice van Beurten, Margaret Shearing, Margaret Kelcher, Hope Omundsen, Seed Community, Andrea Gwynne, Helen Hills, Duncan McDuff, Lia Pieters, Rebecca Reed, St Mary-in-Merivale – “Drivers of Meals on Wheels” Group, Brian Spear, David Pilkington, Karen and Gordon Hartley, Michael Pimley, Paul Case, Graham Matheson and Jim Bain.
- Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board;
- Cathy Baker, Pat Edward, Lisa Hadfield, Phillip Hoare, Alison Jephson, Lee Munt, Kevin O’Connor, Dianne Schoeman, Mae Taurua, Pamela Thompson, Sherran Tritt and Betty Wylie.
- Riccarton/Wigram Community Board;
- Basil Francis O’Connor, Paula Heslin, Murray Woods, Norman John Henderson, Allan Burt, Yvonne Lamond, Joy Van Niftrik, Mary Ryan, Betty Palmer, Flora Richards and the Sitters of St James Open Church Project (23 awards).
- Spreydon/Heathcote Community Board;
- Professor (Cliff) Dennis Clifford Stevenson, Violet Jessie Revell, Maree Constable, Amosa Fa’afoi, The Princess Margaret Hospital Entertainment Group, David Bates, Shirley Sinclair, Norah Robbins, Christine Nijdam, Emmet Conaglen and Anne Kennedy.
- Fendalton/Waimairi Community Board;
- Vivienne Bryant, John Buckle, Gerard Denys, Rober t Evenden, Russell Hunter, Patrick Neeson, James Stone, Graham Webster, Marcia Westcott, Diana de Beus, Patricia Elderton, Nona Foley, Nikki Hoare, Claire Kennedy, Patricia Klinkum, Robert Ryburn, Margaret Smart, Sue Smith, Nellie Miller, Frances Warren, Matthew Button and Robyn Jamieson.
- Burwood/Pegasus Community Board;
- Ambrosia Empowerment, Ian Barnes, Les Batchelor, Dorothy Beard, Burwood Pegasus Community Watch, Karo Bythell, Kathy Byfield, Beverley Church, Dallington Community Cottage Trust, Maree Dvorak, Robina Fairbrother, Colin Ford, Richard Gamblin, Christine Jelley, Christina Johns, Stephen Johnston, Alois Kaefer, Juliette Lee, Anne Marsden, Marion McNaughton, Pleasant Point Yacht Club “Geriatrics”, South Shore Beacon Newsletter Team, Keith and Marion Stamler, Rosemary Swords, Gordon “Ginna” Wall, Phil Watkins, Pamela Williams, Wally Wilson and Jewell Wise.
Youth Awards have been presented to:
- Riccarton/Wigram Community Board;
- Tammie Amanda Banks and Brackin Karauria-Henry.
- Spreydon/Heathcote;
- Marc Matsus and Charlotte Fowler.
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