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Food for Safe and
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The Leader
Thursday, September 6, 2018
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The age old question
Ernest Rutherford Retirement Village
resident Joan Lintin chats with
Hampden St school pupil Eliza Storm
as part of the Age to Age programme.
Full story: p5
The Nelson Mail and Leader effect on people’s mental and it is not something to be the socially isolated.
has launched a series that and physical health. ashamed about. This will help build
aims to raise awareness We want to raise aware- This series also aims to happier, more resilient, con-
about one of the biggest ness of the issue and start a make a difference by nected and healthier com-
issues facing New Zealand – much-needed conversation providing people with ideas munities.
social isolation. about the topic. about how they can We hope that the stories
Loneliness touches Like mental health, lone- connect. you read will inspire you to
everyone at different parts liness has been a taboo sub- We also want to chal- reach out and connect with
of their lives and has a huge ject, but it affects everyone lenge people to reach out to others.
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Hands up who is excited to be at
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calendar, when the mighty All within one month of
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visitors - come together to massing in the bars and Please include copies of the article and
support an historic first All restaurants. This Saturday night, all correspondence with the publication.
Blacks test in Nelson, the city is kick off is 7:30pm.
sure to be buzzing.
Many Nelsonians will be 2. WAX ON, WAX OFF
hosting friends and relatives Head to the hills for the first ever
from out of town; the cafes and ski-orienteering event at Rainbow
pubs will be full, and the sold out
signs should be proudly raised at
Ski Area. If you can ski or board,
have your own gear and can ride
2 3
Trafalgar Park. the T-bar you’re in. Tickets from 4. SAY CHEESE
Those thousands in Rainbow Skifield, $10-$20 ph. 027 The Nelson Provincial Museum’s
attendance will be in full voice - 426 6734. This Sunday, 8:30am exhibition A Century of Saying
English and a smattering of Cheese celebrates quirky and
Spanish - on Saturday night. 3. TWINKLE TOES endearing images from the
It’s an occasion to celebrate, a Wakatu Dance Theatre is museum’s Glass Plate
colourful sign that we are a delighted to present ’For the Love Photographic Collection. Daily,
region on the up. of Dance’ directed by Peta until November 25.
But as we get together, it’s
also a time to reflect that there
Spooner. With over 100 dancers
ranging from pre-schoolers to
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have the networks, the money or performing classical ballet, not-to-be-missed event, where
the opportunity to take part. modern jazz and contemporary enthusiasts can show, shine and
Social isolation cuts across all dance styles. From tonight until share their finds and restorations.
sectors, elderly, young, Saturday, shows are at 7:30pm There will be prize-givings, and a
newcomers, those living in the and 1:30pm on Saturday. Tickets raffle for a brand-new bike. Gold-
country, with harmful impacts are $12.50-$22.50, from the coin entry, tickets from the door,
on mental and physical health. Theatre Royal or TicketDirect. Call ph. 027 220 9365 for more
Our series aims to bring this 03 548 3840 for info. information. This Saturday from
hidden problem to light, and 10am-4pm.
offer hope to make us a more
connected community.
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Connecting the generations
Currently there are four dif-
ferent schools and rest homes,
with three volunteer workers
and a need for more.
Jackson said the issue of
generational isolation was
becoming more common with
Nelson’s aging population.
‘‘If you can bring
the community into
TIM NEWMAN the life of an older
Rest home resident Joan person then that is
Crawford is a Neil Diamond
‘‘obsessive’’, carrying a photo of
extremely
the crooner everywhere she valuable.’’
goes. Vicky Jackson
Diamond had to cancel his
2018 tour to New Zealand, but the ‘‘We tend to isolate older
residents of Nelson’s Whareama people in our society now ...
Rest Home might have got the where previously we would have
next best thing. three generations in a family liv-
Stoke School students met ing together, that doesn’t happen
Joan as part of a programme so often now.
designed to break down ‘‘Often families are isolated as
intergenerational isolation, well, they live in different towns
anddecided they needed to do Ernest Rutherford Retirement Village resident Betty Downs, 83, chats with Hampden St school pupil Ryan Thelin as and don’t get together much
something special. part of the Age to Age programme. BRADEN FASTIER/STUFF anymore.’’
They spent a week practicing Jackson said it was important
Diamond’s anthem Sweet Caro- games. rest homes, and the problems of society realises how much the
line at school to sing it to her at At the end of the term, the isolation and loneliness,. elderly still have to offer.
the rest home a week later. roles are reversed and the ‘‘People may think they ‘‘What I don’t like seeing is
The whole room, and the staff seniors visit the students can’t be lonely because when older people are shut away
wandering past, all joined in. at their school. Some- they’re with lots of other and don’t have much access to
Joan’s husband Alan said ‘‘it times the friendships people, but that’s not the outside community.
was a special moment’’. extend beyond just the always the case – you can ‘‘Rest homes should be set
‘‘We asked them [the school term. be amongst others but still amongst other things in the com-
students] about Neil Diamond Alan Crawford said feel lonely.’’ munity, not separated in a cul-
and they hadn’t heard of him some of the students While older people may de-sac or village on their own.
before – but they have now and from Stoke had come have life experience, there ‘‘It’s about bringing the com-
can sing one of his songs as back on their own to might not be many people munity to them, they can’t
well.’’ visit during the school to share those stories with. always get out but if you can
The Age to Age programme holidays. ‘‘That was the stimulus bring the community into the
was set up two years ago by Nel- ‘‘It makes you feel more behind doing it,’’ Jackson said. life of an older person then that
son resident Vicky Jackson. connected with the com- ‘‘Young people have different is extremely valuable.’’
Her idea was simple, she munity. ideas, thoughts and experiences Ernest Rutherford Rest Home
wanted to bring school children ‘‘It’s just the contact with to share with an elderly person. activities co-ordinator Pauline
from around Nelson to visit a them ... not having any family ‘‘There’s a social connection Cody said the visits had made a
rest home for an hour a week. here, most of our contact is with The project is bridging the gaps there and I think that stimulates big impact during the past year.
Once a week for a term, the rest home and people here at between the generations, and both sides.’’ ‘‘Often when they part at the
participating schools send 10 Whareama, and Joan spends all making life-long connections. The volunteer project has end of the term, both the chil-
children to a rest home for an of her time [at the rest home].’’ turned into something more like dren and the adults are in tears.
hour, where they are ‘‘buddied’’ Formerly a social policy lec- among the elderly. a full time job for Jackson, with ‘‘It’s hard to believe the bond
with a resident and participate turer, Jackson was familiar with ‘‘I was conscious of some of more groups joining to get on that forms in that time between
in a range of activities and the subject of social isolation the issues with elderly people in board. two strangers.’’
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Sam Billings, right, keeps a
watchful eye over Gordon
McIndoe, 87, during one of
SeniorNet’s Friday Help Sessions.
PHOTOS: MARTIN DE RUYTER/STUFF
Seniors plugging into the digital age
TIM NEWMAN skills for the past 25 years. who said their children insisted but also a struggle to keep pace
While the organisation helps they buy a smartphone, or with day-to-day jobs.
For older people, technological its members out in a variety of they’ve felt compelled to buy a ‘‘So many things are done
barriers can be one of the biggest different ways, adapting to new smartphone on order to com- online.
contributing factors to social iso- methods of communication has municate with their family. ‘‘If these organisations cancel
lation. become increasingly important ‘‘Some of those people out post and you don’t have a com-
At SeniorNet in Nelson, one in recent years. there are isolated. Hopefully we puter, then what do you do?
of the key goals is to help older SeniorNet Nelson chairman help our members to learn how ‘‘People are not only getting
people adapt to the rapidly evolv- Carl Horn said there had been an to use apps like WhatsApp or left behind, they can’t actually
ing digital world. growing demand for members to Skype, to communicate with function anymore.’’
First set up in the United learn how to use smartphones their families at either short dis- Fred and Pam Frahm joined
States in 1986, SeniorNet came to and messaging tools to keep in tances or very long distances.’’ SeniorNet recently to try and get
Nelson in 1993 and has been touch with friends and family. Horn said for many it wasn’t up to speed with the rapid
equipping seniors with tech ‘‘We’ve had people come in just an issue of communication, changes in internet technology.
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‘‘I published a magazine for
seven years just using Word,
before Photoshop and Publisher
came out,’’ Pam said.
‘‘I could figure it out with text
boxes and pictures how to make
a page.
‘‘But you only know what you
know, and you keep using the
same things. So that’s why we
thought these have outgrown us,
so we need to come back and
learn about it.’’
Fred said being able to keep
up with technology had huge
advantages.
‘‘The internet is a cornucopia,
you’ve got everything there, both
good and bad.
‘‘I’m interested in fly-fishing,
and the amount of information
on the internet and YouTube is
incredible.’’
‘‘People are not
only getting left
behind, they can’t
actually function
anymore.’’
Carl Horn
Horn said the biggest chal-
lenge for SeniorNet was provid-
ing enough resources and help
for members on a week-to-week
basis.
‘‘We’ve got a handful of people
who are the tutors, a handful of The biggest problem, says
people who are assistants, and SeniorNet’s Carl Horn, above, is
that’s it. providing enough resources.
‘‘We have empty spaces in our
calendar, we need people who excited, thinking they can do a
are quite happy to sit down and lot more than they anticipated.’’
have a chat with others.’’ Sam Billings has been work-
Older people generally had ing at the group’s Friday Help
not grown up or been familiar Sessions to troubleshoot
with digital technology, so teach- problems and give advice to
ing methods needed to reflect members.
that, Horn said. He said unlike younger
‘‘Often they’ll come in and say generations, older people didn’t
‘my son explained it to me, but I arrive with the same level of
don’t know what he was talking assumed knowledge.
about’. ‘‘They haven’t grown up with
‘‘Some are quite quick, but this technology, so with com-
the majority are not confident, puter stuff you have to show
and some of the older ones take them visually.
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Community
dinner a
welcome
social event
SAMANTHA GEE
Every Friday night, the smell of
a vegetarian dinner wafts out of
the Victory Community Centre.
It might be cold outside, but
inside, it’s a hive of activity as
volunteers prepare the Food for
Families community dinner.
Everyone pitches in to help,
some set out the tables and lay
tablecloths while others get the
cutlery. Before long, the area has He said social isolation was
been transformed into a dining an issue for everyone and the
room. Some weeks the room is so meals were about more than just
full, people sit on the floor. food.
Ben, who didn’t want to give ‘‘It’s somewhere that every-
his last name, lives at Franklyn one can come together, it doesn’t
Village and has been attending matter what.’’
the dinners since he moved back ‘‘A community needs a place
into the region eight months ago. where people can come together
Most Fridays he makes the outside the house.’’
short trip down Franklyn St and Jai Regan also heads along to
across Vanguard St to get to the Victory for the meal each week.
community centre. He sets up She always brings a loaf of
the trestle tables out and chats freshly baked bread to share.
with the others. The bright yellow loaf is cut into
Despite his regular big wholesome slabs. It has tur-
appearances, Ben doesn’t eat the meric in it and whatever herbs Ben is a regular at the Food for Families dinner at Victory Community Centre, although he goes just for the company,
dinner as he has health issues. she has in her garden. rather than the food. BRADEN FASTIER/STUFF
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Regan said she got quite a bit
of social interaction through the
week in her various volunteer
roles, but she really looked for-
ward to the Friday meal.
‘‘I have a lot of company, but
to sit down and eat a meal
amongst a variety of different
people, it is really great, you get
different conversation.’’
Marian Laing also came along
for the dinner each week.
‘‘It is not so much
the free meal for
some of them, I
think it is just the
opportunity for
somewhere to go
that is free where
they can be with
other people for the
hour.’’
Liz George
It was a social event she
looked forward to.
‘‘I come along for the com-
pany and to enjoy a meal For Jai Regan, left, and
together, it’s just great.’’ Marian Laing, the Friday
Both said the dinner provided night meal is a social event
social interaction and con- they both looked forward to.
BRADEN FASTIER/STUFF
nection for people who might
otherwise be alone.
In 2014, levels of reported reported loneliness of 27.1 per meal. George said they were a the hour.’’ in their lives, because when the
loneliness declined as personal cent. Those in the higher ‘‘mixed bunch’’ including Frank- George and a handful of meals resumed after a break,
incomes rose. People with per- material wellbeing index lyn Village residents, older volunteers are hard at work in people would tell her how much
sonal incomes of $30,000 or less reported rates of 6.6 per cent. ladies who lived alone and young the kitchen. In little more than they missed it and that they were
(17.6 per cent) had double the For the last two years, Food families in need of a meal. Most half an hour, a big dish of pasta glad it was back on.
rates of loneliness of those with for Families dinner coordinator of those who attended the centre and vegetables is steaming on ‘‘We could do with stronger
incomes over $70,000 (8.8 per Liz George has been running the made their way there on foot. the bench, surrounded by bread connections, making sure the
cent). Friday night community meal at ‘‘It is not so much the free rolls. Franklyn Village people were
There was a similar pattern Victory Community Centre. meal for some of them, I think it The free meals were available aware of the dinner so they knew
with material wellbeing. People On any given week, there is just the opportunity for some- throughout the term, but stopped it was available.’’
in the lower material wellbeing were usually 35 people who where to go that is free where during school holidays. George ‘‘There is a lot of community
index category had rates of showed up for the hot vegetarian they can be with other people for said she knew it made an impact isolation, even in a tiny town.’’
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The battle for independence
that she doesn’t almost fall
because she can’t control her
feet.
‘‘I would go into town once a
week but when it comes round to
it I don’t get there. I don’t do it.
‘‘I can take my wheeler but in
town the pavements aren’t level.
If I let go of my wheeler it runs
away from me.
‘‘I still have to watch what I’m
doing.’’
Connie has been on her own
STU HUNT now for 17 years.
She and her husband Den
‘‘It’s not so much being isolated moved to Nelson from Auckland
as not feeling wanted’’. That’s to be closer to their only daugh-
Connie Webster’s take on social ter, but Den died just two years
isolation. later.
Connie is 90 and lives alone She says she found it
with her cat Thomas. She was claustrophobic at first but loves
born in the east end of London it now.
and still speaks with a gentle She says she built a network
Cockney twang, softened by of friends while she was active.
more than 50 years living in New Now aside from her daughter,
Zealand. she has regular contact with
What clearly hasn’t softened Wendy Sawyer, a buddy who
though is her quick wit and keen connected with her through Age
sense of irony. Concern.
Connie is blunt or at least She has a couple of friends
refreshingly direct. When I say that visit regularly and the
to her people can be exhausting neighbours have made them-
without hesitating she fires selves known to her as well.
back; ‘‘You’d find me While Connie says there are
exhausting’’. people who are more inclined
These days, Connie can still than others to seek out company
get around with the aid of a she says she likes people.
walking frame but is reliant on ‘‘I get lonely, but you get used
taxis to get into town. to things.’’
‘‘When I had the bus it was no
problem, I would go into town Connie Webster and her buddy Wendy Sawyer, who connected with the
and talk to people. But I can’t do 90-year-old through Age Concern. Their regular catch ups have been a
the bus any more.’’ lifeline for Connie. STU HUNT/STUFF Those aged 65 to
Connie says she still wants to 74 had the lowest
be mentally stimulated but can’t Research shows loneliness, report feeling lonely than those levels of
get out physically. Even if she social isolation, and living alone living with others. loneliness, at just
9.6 per cent
gets a taxi into town she’s still can increase mortality risks by Those aged 65 to 74 had the according to a
nervous without someone to 26 per cent or more. In fact some lowest levels of loneliness, just 2014 report.
help. research puts loneliness as being 9.6 per cent.
Some taxi drivers are more as bad for your health as smok- Connie heads to the doctors
helpful than others. She’s found ing 15 cigarettes a day. regularly and meets her daugh-
one who holds the door open for A 2014 report found 13.9 per ter every Friday for lunch and
her. cent of New Zealanders aged food shopping.
And then there’s the little over 15 reported feeling lonely, She says it’s OK for now with
things that stack up, like not most or some of the time. the walker but she’s not sure
many of the shops having a People who live alone were how much longer she can man-
chair. more likely, 18.9 per cent, to age. There’s not a day goes by
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Variety Concert: Sunday, 2pm,
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What’s On
T1 diabetic youth. September 12th, bulimia, obesity and/or compulsive
SOUL FUNK COLLECTIVE: For
7pm, Tahunanui Community eating? Overeaters Anonymous
the perfect post-match groove,
Centre. works. Ph 0226730237. All
Deville is the place to be. From 9pm
dnznelsonyouth@gmail.com welcome
Saturday, Dj’s Serpico, Tunesifter & $3 LUNCHTIME Meals: Are you
King B will be spinning their discs ME/CFS/FM Support:. With others
hungry or lonely by midday? who understand. Join our small
with visuals by Burnt Pixel. Just $5 Dinner’s ready for you on Tuesdays,
on the door, 22 New St, Nelson. informal group, third Monday of
Wednesdays and Thursdays at month, Halifax Cafe, 28 Halifax St.
NEIGHBOURHOOD SUPPORT 12pm, All Saints hall, 30 Vanguard
NELSON AGM: September 18th, 2.30-3.30pm. Email
St. Ph 5482601 strengthtogethernelson@g-
7pm, Stoke School Hall. Speaker BREATHE Better in September:
Brett Kindley, field intelligence mail.com
Respiratory awareness month. Do
officer, Nelson Bays Police. you need resources to help
Presentation of neighbourhood manage your respiratory
SPORT/RECREATION:
champion awards, ph 546 4902. condition? Ph Nelson Asthma FOREST and Bird: Friday 7th -
STOKE Methodist Market: Society 5441562 Sunday 9th September. Weekend
Church grounds, September 15th, ALCOHOLICS Anonymous: Is camp at Ngarata Homestead for
9.00am -12pm, in hall if wet. alcohol causing problems for you planting at Hadfields Clearing in
Supporting Nelson Hospital in your life? Want to stop drinking Abel Tasman National Park. Book
Chaplaincy and Life Linc. Ph Alison but can’t? We can help. Support with Julie, nikau48@gmail.com
5472604 to book site. meetings every day. Ph NELSON 50+ Mini Walkers:
STOKE Community Centre: 0800aaworks, 0800 229 6757 September 11th, Maitai
Annual General Meeting of the BREAST Cancer Support Group: Campground. Meet 10am at the
Stoke Community Centre, Monday Cancer Society Nelson, 102 Hardy Botanics. Ph Alan 5477690
September 24th. This will be held at For those who like their sound with a bit of swagger, the Soul Funk Collective Street. If you have or have had NELSON 50+ Walking Group:
4.45pm at the Stoke Community might just be your thing. They’ll be playing at Deville, Saturday from 9pm. breast cancer, come along to this September 13th, Rameka Track,
centre. All welcome. friendly atmosphere. Ph 5391137 or Canaan Downs. Ph Roger 5396402
MENS Club Stoke Tahunanui: bereavement support group. Last relaxation. Ph Cath 5451207 info@cancernelson.org.nz or Jo 5447038
Welcomes new members to a club Saturday monthly, Activities Room, FRIENDSHIP For Retirees: PROSTATE Cancer Support
for active retirees. Guest speaker FOREST and Bird: Wednesday
Elma Turnbull Library. 1.30 - Trafalgar Probus Club. Next Group: Meet 1st Thursday of
on the 3rd Tuesday of every month, September 12th. Evening talk by
3.00pm koha requested meeting Wednesday September month Broadgreen House 276
plus outings and activities weekly. Zac Milner about Gough Island in
ENGLISH Conversation Group: 12th, 10am at Bridge Club, 21 Haven Nayland Rd 1.30pm- 3.30pm Ph
Ph Ian 5477841 For ESL speakers, Wednesdays 5448635 or 5391137 the South Atlantic Ocean. 7.30pm
Road. Many other activities each Tahunanui School Hall, Muritai
ISEL Ladies Probus Club: 4.30-6.00pm, Trinity Church, 64 month. Ph Secretary Christine CARERS Support Group: For
Welcome to our friendly club, 4th Nile Street. Informal conversation, Partners, family, friends who are Street.
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Wednesday monthly, Elim Church tea and coffee. Ph 02102686970 supporting someone with cancer, BADMINTON Social Group: We
Stoke, 9.45am. Coffee and lunch LAUGH with the Daffodils and HEALTH: or recovering from cancer. Come are looking for new players to join
groups also. Ph Joy 5380035 Lambs: Laugh for no reason at DIABETES Nelson Youth: Dr and meet others. Ph 5391137 or our social group. Monday and
DEATH Cafe Facilitated Victory Community Centre Wendy Hunter presents Transitions info@cancernelson.org.nz Friday mornings 10am - 12.30pm,
discussion: Topics determined by Wednesday, 5.30pm, $2 koha. Bring in Diabetes, The Road to FOOD: Is it a problem for you? Are Nelson badminton hall, Gladstone
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Calligraphy drawing people closer
CHERIE SIVIGNON
Nelson Intermediate School Lorraine Brady,
student Erica Batchelor has left, stands next
learnt a lot from older family to a very proud
friend Lorraine Brady. Nelson
Intermediate
Calligraphy was one skill that student, Erica
Brady shared with Erica and the Batchelor. The
11-year-old put that to good use 11-year-old made
when she created a handmade a book on Brady
book outlining some key aspects as part of a class
of Brady’s life so far. project.
Along with her year 7 BRADEN FASTIER/
classmates in Room 1 and some STUFF
other peers from Room 3, Erica
last week shared her work.
Each participating student
that came back,’’ she said.
Brady recounted getting the
‘‘Anyone I’ve had to in calligraphy. ‘‘She’s picked it
up. She learns very quickly.’’
booklets were established for
older people to complete them-
teamed up with an older person strap once at school when she do with in Erica’s Instead of filling in the blank selves but the intergenerational
to complete the project, which
was inspired by Age Concern
was about the same age as Erica.
‘‘One of the boys dared me to
age group are booklet, Erica said she decided to
create a new book, using cal-
involvement worked well
especially with the intermediate
Nelson Tasman. stand on the desk and look out really lovely ligraphy to craft the headings. school age group.
Using blank Age Concern
Reflections of My Life booklets as
the window,’’ she said. ‘‘I was
easily led. I still remember his
people. She’s [Erica] Of Brady’s life, Erica said it
was amazing. ‘‘No-one got cars to
The learning went both ways.
‘‘I do catch myself [thinking]:
templates, the students asked name: Cedric. I was probably fas- my surrogate school.’’ ‘That didn’t happen in my day’
questions to help them capture
some of the memories of the
cinated by him.’’
It was a canvas strap and it
grandchild.’’ Brady said she rode her bike
to school in Christchurch, where
but then you look around,’’
Brady said. ‘‘Anyone I’ve had to
Lorraine Brady
older people with whom they was the first and last time Brady she grew up. do with in Erica’s age group are
formed connections. received it during her time at ‘‘We biked everywhere then,it really lovely people.’’
Brady said it was lovely school. moved to Nelson from Christ- didn’t matter how far.’’ Brady said she did not have
taking part in the project with A trained and experienced church in 2016. Age Concern Nelson Tasman any grandchildren.
Erica. calligrapher, Brady met Erica ‘‘Erica got interested,’’ Brady manager Caroline Budge said ‘‘She’s [Erica] my surrogate
‘‘All these funny little things and her family when she first said of the pair’s shared interest the Reflections of My Life grandchild.’’
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NELSON MARLBOROUGH HEALTH / WWW.NMDHB.GOVT.NZ / NELSON (03) 546 1800 / MARLBOROUGH (03) 520 9999 / AUGUST 2018
pregnancy and parenting
Research shows expectant couples who attend
pregnancy and parenting education classes cope better
with the challenges of pregnancy, labour and parenthood
than those who don’t. This includes those couples who
look to books or the internet for their education on
childbirth.
Throughout the year Nelson Marlborough Health has a
series of courses running for pregnant women and their
support persons which includes up-to-date information
and research, delivered in a fun, informative and
interactive way.
The courses are run by experienced midwives and
childbirth educators, and include guest speakers and a
tour of the maternity unit.
Ask your midwife, or go to www.nmdhb.govt.nz/
maternity for more information.
Wendy Hardwick
Midwife and Pregnancy and Parenting Educator
More care closer to home
More healthcare services are now available at the Marlborough Community Health Hub, with the near-completion of its
expansion this month.
NMH Chief Executive Peter Bramley says that the expansion allows for better integration of services.
“Our community health hubs in Nelson and Blenheim typify the community-facing service model we want more of, and that
our communities are asking for,” Peter says.
Marlborough Primary Health Organisation chief executive Beth Tester said
roughly 17,000 people visit the existing half of the health hub each year.
The new services are:
• the NMH Needs Assessment Service (Support Works)
• Maori healthcare provider Te Piki Oranga
• a GP practice and pharmacy
• public health nurses, clinical nurse specialists and district nurses
District nurses have moved to the hub from Wairau Hospital, and current
patients of the service have been contacted directly. All contact and
referral phone numbers remain the same.
New car parking on Arthur St provides an extra 37 parks, two of which are
mobility parks. There are also seven parks allocated to hub visitors on
Queen St.
Bring them in when you and your child visit the community dental clinic and they will
send them to Terracycle to be made into items such as watering cans and plant pots.
More info at www.terracycle.co.nz
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A safe place
to call home
AMY RIDOUT ripping people apart, throwing them
into black plastic bags.’’
For Yolima Quiñonez, the first few After her nephew was killed,
weeks in New Zealand didn’t quite fit. Quiñonez and her husband Christian
Her luggage didn’t catch up with her for fled with their small son, Juan Jose, to
Yolima Quiñonez fled two weeks, and the clothes she was Ecuador, where they applied for refugee
Colombia with her given swamped her small frame. status.
husband and son ‘‘I remember laughing, because I had She knew nothing about New Zea-
Juan Jose, pictured, to wear big clothes and shoes,’’ she said. land.
after a paramilitary
group executed her
Yolima’s youth in rural Cauca, ‘‘We thought it could be a scam. I
nephew. Colombia was uneventful and happy. didn’t know where we would sleep, or if
AMY RIDOUT/STUFF But growing numbers of paramilitary there would be anything to eat.’’
troops trying to establish narco- They took their meagre belongings,
trafficking strongholds in the some money they had scraped together
region shattered the peace. and got on the plane, ‘‘in the hands of
‘‘The paramilitary God’’.
groups killed people Landing in Auckland, she was
with chainsaws overwhelmed by relief. ‘‘I didn’t expect
and axes, the experience to be so beautiful.
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to help the community find its
place in Nelson.
Estrada finds her new life
quiet, which has its downsides
for her children, who are keen to
integrate.
‘‘In Colombia, there is always
a place to go.
‘‘Here, everything is always
quiet, shops close earlier. Some-
times [my children] get bored
and because they don’t have that
‘‘I felt safer, I hadn’t felt that many friends, they sometimes
way for a long time.’’ feel alone.’’
A year later, Quiñonez’s lim- Estrada is worried that
ited English skills mean making language and cultural
friends or even finding her way differences have created barriers
around can be difficult, so she for her children, who have
doesn’t go out a lot. struggled to make friends.
But being on the outside is ‘‘They feel very lonely, and
something she is used to, she sometimes rejected by people
said. And the feeling of being their own age.
safe is still enough. ‘‘For them it is difficult and
She has two ambitions: for they do not feel integrated into
her son to be happy and success- the New Zealand society.
ful, and to work. Five-year-old ‘‘In time I hope they can speak
Juan Jose started school English better, which can help
recently. them to integrate better.’’
His teacher told Quiñonez ‘‘Bit by bit we will integrate,’’
he’s picking up English fast, and Nadia Estrada, pictured back centre, and her family were the first Colombians to settle in Nelson. And while life hasn’t Estrada says.
making friends. Work is more been easy, Estrada says they wouldn’t change a thing. LUZ ZUNIGA/STUFF ‘‘New Zealand is a really good
difficult. country to live in, to stay, to
In Colombia, she and her hus-
band had a small business, mak-
in two recent migrants, that is,
people who migrated to the
‘‘People who know residents of New Zealand.
‘‘It was very, very beautiful,’’
study, to have a future.
‘‘People who know nothing
ing juice, cheese and yoghurt. country in the last five years, felt nothing about us she said. about us treat us well, with love,
She’d like to do the same here.
‘‘But we have to go slowly,
lonely in the four weeks preced-
ing the survey, in contrast to one
treat us well, with As the first Colombian group
to move to Nelson, Estrada, her
and I’m thankful.’’
‘‘We want to be people who
because everything is different in three people from the general love, and I’m husband Oscar and their four help this country to move for-
here.’’
Part of the horror of her old
population.
Red Cross volunteer team
thankful.’’ children, aged between 13 and 21,
blazed a trail for other families
ward, and we want to be seen as
good people.’’
Nadia Estrada
life has followed her here, she leader Patrick Steer said learn- who subsequently moved to the Nelsonians have embraced
said. She thinks about this a lot. ing English is the biggest area. the Colombian community, Steer
‘‘Even now I think about it, I obstacle former refugees face. other family members still in the Estrada’s English isn’t good said. While Red Cross volunteers
get nervous, I can’t get rid of my ‘‘Without basic English, inte- part of the world they’ve left, yet, but she’s making an effort to commit to support families for
thoughts, even though it was two gration is difficult, it makes they end up taking on the integrate into the community. six months, many end up helping
years ago.’’ finding work difficult.’’ trauma of people left behind.’’ She uses a translation app to out ‘‘forever’’.
Despite leaving family Many former refugees also When Nadia Estrada’s family connect with people, and holds ❚ The Red Cross is looking for
behind, she doesn’t think she’ll have to find a way to process the reached Auckland Airport in informal Spanish classes in her more volunteers to support for-
see her home again. Figures trauma they’ve experienced. December 2016 an official told home. mer former refugees moving to
from the 2015 New Zealand Gen- ‘‘Some people don’t recover them they were no longer Her husband recently formed Nelson. Contact
eral Social Survey show that one well, particularly if they have refugees, but permanent the new Colombian Association, patrick.steer@redcross.org.nz.
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Battling loneliness in a new town
CARLY GOOCH
Moving to a new city can be an
unsettling time for many, and for
some millenials, it can lead to
loneliness a psychologist says.
Clinical psychologist Kris
Garstang said at any one time,
she usually had a few clients
who were new to town.
‘‘It won’t be that they’re
coming to see me for that ... that
will be a factor in what’s going
on for them,’’ she said.
‘‘They’ll have something in
their life they’re dealing with or
a mental health issue and they’ll
just be lacking the support
they’d normally have.’’
Normal challenges people
faced could become even greater
without someone to talk to.
‘‘Having good social support
is really key with resilience,’’ Moving to a new town is hard, and if you don’t have any networks, even harder. But there is help out there, all you have to do is look.
Garstang said.
‘‘When we’re feeling resilient 30s without children, she said. ‘‘There’s just not many people find your peers, where are isolated she was until she joined
we can cope with challenges and ‘‘For anyone pre-kids, it’s here in their 20s and early 30s. they?’’ a group to meet like-minded
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and so things hit us harder.’’ children, it was easy to meet age group here so it’s really to Nelson from Hawkes Bay really hard and quite scary.’’
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‘‘I thought I was OK, but I wasn’t ‘‘Having one person to go for a
really. walk or coffee with is a great
‘‘I could end up spending my starting point.’’
time doing the gardening on the The Meetup website was a
weekends instead of going for a good place to find different
tramp. I’d keep myself busy but groups, as well as social media.
not in the way I should have The international site,
been,’’ she said. Meetup, allows members to cre-
‘‘Yes, I might have been out- ate their own group or join
side gardening but I wasn’t ... others including groups for
socialising.’’ singles, food enthusiasts and
McCormick’s first port of call adventure seekers.
was to join a soccer team, which Volunteering was also a great
she said ‘‘really helped make way to meet people, Solly said.
some friends’’. ‘‘A lot of people are looking
But it wasn’t until a year after for work, we recommend it as a
the move that she found her way to get yourself known ...
‘‘saving grace’’. you’re making local networks.’’
‘‘Once I started going to Nel- Solly said she had seen many
son Young Professionals, it couples where one of them was
really broadened my exposure to in Nelson for work.
lots of people so that was a big ‘‘Their partners don’t have
thing for me.’’ problems with isolation’’ it was
‘‘I thought I was OK, but I wasn’t really. I
could end up spending my time doing the
gardening on the weekends instead of
going for a tramp. I’d keep myself busy
but not in the way I should have been.’’
Bridget McCormick (pictured right)
The group has a small sub- the person left without a job who
scription fee and enables struggled.
members to connect with each Garstang said a key part of
other and the community having a support network was
through social and career having more than one person.
focused events. ‘‘You can’t just be relying on
The Ministry of Social Devel- one person because that one per-
opment Social Report said those son might not be sufficient to
aged 15 to 24-years-old had high meet the needs that you have.
levels of loneliness. ‘‘Having a network, having
Social isolation is a growing more than one person you can
epidemic which affects people’s lean on in a hard time, that’s Bridget McCormick’s life turned around when she started going to the Nelson Young Professionals, a group that holds
physical, emotional and mental what takes time.’’ social and career events, enabling members to connect to one another.
health. But by knowing the right It normally took two years
groups and organisations to before people had a best friend or
access, there is help to integrate someone who really had your WANT TO CONNECT?
in many towns and cities. back, she said.
nyp.co.nz
An easy landing platform for To make the transition easier,
newcomers.co.nz/regions/nelson-
all age groups starting a new Garstang suggested maintaining
tasman/ lonely.org.nz
chapter in the region is Nelson friendships with those left
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Newcomers. behind.
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Volunteer Nelson adminis- ‘‘For most people, that’s about
members/neighbourly-mates
trator Jane Solly co-ordinates keeping up good phone and
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predominantly over 40. support networks but you’re
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