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COVID-19, other health scares can’t keep hospital volunteer from wanting to help patients again Updated Feb 14, 2021; Posted Feb 14, 2021 Bobbie Patton, 56, gets some love from Mary Free Bed staff. Patton said he hopes to be able to return to the rehabilitation hospital as a volunteer. (Contributed photo from Mary Free Bed) Facebook Share It felt eerily familiar to have a tracheostomy tube down his throat. Despite an 11-day fight in the intensive care unit battling COVID-19 and pneumonia, Patton wants nothing more than to regain his strength and get back to the hospital as a volunteer rat...

Monday, 25 January 2021, 4:30 pm Sumner SLSC Surf Lifeguards debrief following a mass rescue involving 27 people pulled out in a flash rip. Sumner SLSC Surf Lifeguards knew they were in for a busy day on December 19, 2020. Christchurch’s temperatures were predicted to hit a whopping 30 degrees, heavy surf crashed along the beach, and the tide was set to be outgoing for most of the day. The beach had become increasingly dangerous in the months leading up to mid-December, with large rips, holes, currents and surf creating a problems for keen beachgoers even on quieter days. With this in mind...