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His aim is to provide “a new everyday outdoor activity in the city”. Among the packages he provides are the Morning Mission and the Evening Energiser but I opted for The Thru-City float. Joseph Johnson/Stuff We met in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens on a bright and balmy afternoon. I’ve only tried paddleboarding a few times, mostly on the calm waters of Cass Bay, so it was with slight trepidation that I clambered aboard. I steadied myself, climbed to my feet, and we set off. Although it was initially difficult, I grew in confidence and eventually got the hang of it.

Blooming Local florist Bodeine Nelson says being in her garden was a comfort when she was unwell. When Bodeine Nelson was in her 20s and battling cancer, her garden was a place of refuge. Diagnosed with first thyroid cancer and then a rare cancer known as Langerhans cell histiocytosis, she had to spend a lot of time in sterile hospital rooms. “I was going through a lot of chemo, radiation therapy, steroids – I wanted to be around nature. It’s the beauty and the new life.” Nelson, who is of Ngāti Kahungunu Ki Heretaunga descent, developed her own garden. When she was feeling a bit b...

Hayes has custody of her two grandsons and her two nieces are also staying with her. They, along with her daughter, will have Christmas at her Shirley home. Hayes is on a sickness benefit and said throughout lockdown it was easy to get support from Work and Income. However, this changed as restrictions eased. “They were much harder to deal with once Covid was over and I sort of didn’t have many other options.” JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/Stuff Lisa Hayes picks up her food parcel from the City Mission. Demand for Christmas food parcels has surged in the city this year, partly due to the socia...

Monday, 14 December 2020, 3:30 pm Waikato-based Waitomo Group continues its disruption of the New Zealand retail fuel market with the opening of its fifth South Island site in Christchurch. Located at 311 Cranford St to the north of the city, the unmanned 24-hour Cranford Fuel Stop will be officially opened on Wednesday 16 December at 12pm. Waitomo is building a national fuel network and has four other South Island Fuel Stops – two in Dunedin and two in Christchurch (Fitzgerald Ave and Woolston). Waitomo Group Managing Director Jimmy Ormsby said “despite the turbulence of 2020, its full-...