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Ensuring midwives' voices are heard is key in addressing staffing issues in DHB, says the Midwives' Union, MERAS (Midwifery Representation and Advisory Service).

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CANTERBURY — Concerns that people still don’t know what earthquake damage their homes may have, has been raised at a meeting today.

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Nicole Pihema of Ngāpuhi and Te Rarawa descent is the first Māori President, and is currently the chairperson for the Te Taitokerau region of the College.

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The number of midwives holding an Annual Practicing Certificate (APC) is at the highest level ever.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Rangi Ruru Girls' School alumna  Bryony Gibson-Cornish is a member of an emerging London-based string quartet that has been awarded the top prize in a prestigious international music competition.

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A new mum popped in to meet the midwives at Fieldays today.

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HAMILTON — For this first time this year, midwives will have a stand at Fieldays at Mystery Creek in Hamilton.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Just under 100 greyhounds and their owners took part in the Christchurch event for the Great Global Greyhound Walk (GGGW) today.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The team at Christchurch based Frank Film sends their congratulations to Dr Sue Bagshaw this morning following the news of her Queen’s Birthday honour.

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“Disappointing” is how the College of Midwives is describing the budget announcement today.

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SOUTHLAND — The College of Midwives is calling on health officials and the Minister to urgently address the shortage of midwives and facilities in the Southland DHB region.

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CHRISTCHURCH — A model for other New Zealand schools and institutions.

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While the details of the upcoming nationwide teachers strike on Wednesday 29 May are not yet clear, many working parents will already be wondering how to accommodate children not able to attend school on that day? New Zealand has over 800,000 primary and secondary school students, which means it is likely to be a very disruptive day for families and businesses around the country.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The Papanui Innes and Linwood Central Heathcote Community Boards took part in a workshop with City Council officers yesterday morning (15 May 2019) around the Downstream Effects Management Plan (DEMP) for the Christchurch Northern Corridor (CNC).    26 submissions were heard last week by board members, from residents involved in the recent consultation on the DEMP.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Students from Rangi Ruru Girls’ School will head out to Kerrs Reach in Avonside this Saturday to help in the ‘Mother of all Clean-Ups’.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Lying somewhere between Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood and the Ian Mune film Came A Hot Friday, Wheeler's Luck is a raucous tale of the battle between preservation and development in a small rural sea-side community.

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Following midwives voting on Friday overwhelmingly YES to a pay settlement, the Midwifery Workforce Accord was signed today in Wellington.

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Midwives employed by DHBs have voted overwhelmingly YES to a pay settlement.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Consultation around a proposed temporary pump track on Shirley Road can go ahead now funding has been approved for the project.

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Finally a breakthrough and positive outcome for employed midwives.

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CHRISTCHURCH —   The new closing date of a petition aiming to better protect older members of our society is May 3.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Year 9 Rangi Ruru student, Lily Greenwood, is the 2019 U13 New Zealand Secondary School Triathlon Champion.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurch's Rangi Ruru Girls' School has won 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze medals at the Maadi Cup held at Lake Karapiro this week with finals held this weekend.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The awards ceremony for the 7th Waipapa / Papanui - Innes Edible Garden Awards was held on Monday 25 March at 6pm and attracted more than 100 guests, members of the Canterbury Horticultural Society and elected members from the Papanui-Innes Community Board.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The following can be attributed to Violet Clapham, Chair of the NZCOM Canterbury/West Coast Region   The College is liaising very closely with the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB), Community and Public Health specialists and of course our member midwives.

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CHRISTCHURCH — As the weather cools slightly and the months march on, the outstanding Autumn work by internationally renowned designer Jenny Gillies takes pride of place in the new exhibition building "The Enchanted Garden" now inhabits.

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CHRISTCHURCH — With 4 Gold Medals, 6 Silver and 3 Bronze, Rangi Ruru is once again the top girls' school in the South Island for rowing.

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The New Zealand College of Midwives has a very simple message for its members and women around the country today, March 8th – you’re awesome and be kind to yourself.

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Ahead of International Women’s Day tomorrow, a group of students from Rangi Ruru Girls’ School and Christ’s College got together to consider which women they most admire and why? Author JK Rowling, female politicians and of course mums and sisters were among those identified by the students, as well as a group of sisters from Christchurch in the late 1880’s.

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CHRISTCHURCH — "Students in flats are better protected than our most vulnerable members of society".

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CHRISTCHURCH — The 2019 Rocket Foods New Zealand Rowing Championships were held at Lake Ruataniwha in Twizel on 19th - 23rd February.

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CHRISTCHURCH —   Dissolving the deceased in water is a far more environmentally sustainable way of dealing with the departed than cremation or burial.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Giant poppies and a potting shed are just two of the new elements in the Enchanted Garden exhibition reopening in the Botanic Gardens old information centre next week.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The NZQA Scholarship Awards for 2018 have been have been announced and two Rangi Ruru Girls’ School students are among the recipients.

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MERAS, the union representing midwives, has withdrawn its strike for Nelson-Marlborough DHB in light of the continuing state of emergency.

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Jane Zuster  - Collaged photographs of living rooms with missing walls revealing quake sites  http://www.newzealandpainting.co.nz/2012/04/christchurch-art-after-the-quakes/ Jane has hand sewn the photographs together in banners, one under each other (see attached images).

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"If you love your Mama, march with midwives next week".

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CHRISTCHURCH — The eighth anniversary of the 22 February Canterbury earthquake will see a new adaptation of Kathleen Gallagher’s novel “Earthquakes and Butterflies” take the stage in the Christchurch Transitional Cathedral.

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  The midwives’ union, MERAS, is cautiously optimistic following a positive session of the full negotiating teams in facilitation today.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The Rangi Ruru school year has started strongly with outstanding 2018 NCEA results announced in January.

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The midwives' union MERAS has issued strike notices for 12-hour strikes from 9am-9pm, on 11-14 February.

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The New Zealand College of Midwives has appointed Alison Eddy as its new Chief Executive.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The man considered by many as the greatest strongman of all time, is coming to Christchurch.

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  Statement from the NZ College of Midwives.

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AUCKLAND CITY — An innovative newcomer to the construction industry is going national.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Midwives will picket in Christchurch tomorrow, opposite Christchurch Women’s Hospital.

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More than 1150 DHB-employed midwives will begin strike action tomorrow (Thursday, 22 November).

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Midwives agree that access to high quality care for 48 hours after birth is vital to the wellbeing of mothers and babies and should be an urgent priority for the health service.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Ali Harper has picked up the Best One-Woman Show at the United Solo Festival Awards Gala tonight in New York.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The Claimants Reference Group (CRG), established from the recommendations from the Stevenson Report, is welcoming the announcement today of a Commission of Inquiry into The Earthquake Commission.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The announcement of a Public Inquiry into EQC is welcomed today by claimants’ group EQCFix.

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AUCKLAND — Around 80% of the samples taken from the ocean by Phil Somerville on his six-month journey from LA to New Zealand, had plastic in them.

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An international team of scientists, celebrities, and environmental citizens is set to complete a trans-Pacific voyage to combat plastic pollution.

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CHRISTCHURCH — You could have knocked Christchurch actress and a chanteuse Ali Harper over with a feather, more than once in recent weeks.

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CHRISTCHURCH — A refugee and immigrant focused cookbook, ‘Spoonful of Spice’ created by a group of Year 12 Rangi Ruru students, will hit the shelves in the next few weeks.

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More than 1100 District Health Board (DHB) employed midwives have voted overwhelmingly to reject the DHBs’ pay offer and to go on strike.

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“I haven’t got time”.

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“If there’s nothing wrong with the product, indemnify property owners.” That’s the challenge lawyer Adina Thorn is presenting to Steel & Tube today after it was reported their Chief Executive Mark Malpass said the company has full confidence in the quality of their product (referring to non-compliant steel mesh).

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CHRISTCHURCH — The release of extra seats to the Friday night Rocky Horror sing-a-long event has seen a speedy snapping up of almost all the tickets.

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CHRISTCHURCH — A council staff report is recommending that the Enchanted Garden Exhibition be turned down in favour of the Horticultural Society as long-term tenant of the Tea Kiosk in the Botanic Gardens

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Today's District Court decision to fine Steel & Tube Holdings Ltd $1.885 million on 24 charges relating to the sale of non-compliant steel mesh delivers nothing to those home owners and contractors who have used the company's products in good faith, says litigation lawyer Adina Thorn.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The post-apocalyptic city will be linking up with the world's largest zombie crowd on Sunday October 28 at 11am as part of a global community of ghouls getting their freak on to Michael Jackson's Thriller.

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CHRISTCHURCH — It's less than two weeks before the biggest hoop-off many have ever seen will hit Hagley Park in Christchurch.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Zombies, a Circus of Horrors and a roving scary story vending machine are only three of a number of spine-tingling selections being brought to Christchurch this Halloween weekend.

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The ink is barely dry on a supply agreement signed with Bunnings, now leading appliance and technology retailer Noel Leeming has joined the Combined Building Supplies Co-operative supplier family.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The inaugural GirlBoss Awards were announced in Auckland on 19 Sept and a 17 year old Rangi Ruru Girls’ School student, Tulsi Lathia, took away the coveted Innovation Award.

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Yr 11 Rangi Ruru Girls’ School student, Charlotte Spurway, has today taken out the U16 National School Road Race title in Loburn, 45 minutes north of Christchurch.

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"A major win for shareholders." That from Combined Building Supplies Co-operative spokesman, Ian Lamb, who says the recently signed agreement with Bunnings, which is worth many millions of dollars to the Co-op's shareholders, gives CBS shareholders New Zealand-wide access to the equivalent of Group Home Buying rates.

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CHRISTCHURCH — A desire to meet the needs of as many people as possible while still delivering an effective bus corridor, is behind a change recommended to the Christchurch City Council regarding bus lanes in Papanui.

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After their success as a finalist in the 2018 NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards, leading Christchurch girls’ school, Rangi Ruru, is headlining yet another sustainability accolade with 16-year old student, Rosetta Brown (Year 12) announced as one of only three finalists in the Keep New Zealand Beautiful Awards.

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WHANGANUI — After being told that the Earthquake Commission was focused on settling Mark and Nichola Goodier's more than three years after a landslip badly damaged their house, the exhausted couple heads to court on Monday.

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AUCKLAND — More than 200 delegates at the National Council of Women conference will welcome their new Patron, Rt Hon.

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AUCKLAND — More than 200 people will gather in Auckland on Saturday 1 September for the public day of the National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ) Conference.

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Do I really need to have this test? That’s one question midwives and obstetricians are encouraging people to ask their maternity health professionals.

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Ruth and her husband are two of hundreds, possibly tens of thousands of property owners in Christchurch and Canterbury who have non-compliant steel mesh in their new houses and properties.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Entrance to costume designer Jenny Gillies’ Enchanted Garden Exhibition in the Botanic Gardens, is free from tomorrow (24th August) until August 31st, Daffodil Day.

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The following can be attributed to Lawyer, Adina Thorn from Adina Thorn Lawyers:   We would encourage anyone who has had Brilliance Steel steel mesh, used in or on their property, to contact us to join the proposed class action against companies that have supplied non-compliant steel mesh product to customers.

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CHRISTCHURCH — A trio of hockey players from Christchurch's Rangi Ruru Girls' School has been selected to attend the NZ U18 Development Camp from the 15th - 21st of December.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Chamber music and jazz sparkled last weekend, winning cash prizes and silver awards for Rangi Ruru Girls’ School in two competitions, both held in Christchurch.

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Expected and understandable.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Yesterday, in 1889, Helen Gibson opened a school providing educational opportunities for girls and young women not often available in Christchurch at that time.n 129 years on and as one of New Zealand's oldest and most successful schools, Rangi Ruru Girls' School has established a proud tradition and heritage.

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“Great news for homebuyers but be careful.” That from a Christchurch Quantity Surveyor after news that the city’s housing market is one of the most affordable in the country.

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The New Zealand College of Midwives and midwives union MERAS (Midwifery Employee Representation & Advisory Service) are reassuring pregnant women that most midwives will be working on Thursday.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Leading Christchurch Girls' school Rangi Ruru says developing a lifelong love of sport begins when children are young and schools play a key role in that.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Year 10 student Maddie May has left for the US where she will compete in the IMG World Junior Golf Championships in San Diego next week (9th-13th July).

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CHRISTCHURCH — After being a part of the hugely successful sell-out production of West Side Story earlier this year, Holly Evans (who played the lead, Maria) is heading to Asia with the New Zealand Secondary Students' Choir tour.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Rangi Ruru Girls’ School may be 130 years old next year but for the first time, starting on July 9th, a school holiday programme will be available on the Merivale campus.

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CHRISTCHURCH — "You're doing good work." That's what 19-year-old Alexia Hilbertidou was told by Queen Elizabeth at an awards ceremony in London this week.

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The New Zealand College of Midwives is delighted to see the significant reduction in deaths among pregnant women and new mothers reported by the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Commission yesterday.

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  While her school mates were getting their dresses ready for the school semi-formal at the weekend, one Rangi Ruru student was getting a formal dress on of a very different kind.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Babies and theatre are not usually two things one would automatically put together.

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MERAS’s pay equity claim on behalf of employed midwives is strongly supported by the College of Midwives.

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The union that represents the majority of employed midwives (DHB midwives) has lodged a pay equity claim with DHBs.

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CHRISTCHURCH — The pool planned for Edgeware is out of the starting blocks.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Wresting a New Zealand hula hooping record from the deep south will be a key part of the Super Heart Hoop-Off in October.

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