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If walls could talk the Old Bank Cafe and Bar would have a lot to say but instead Timaru historian Dave Jack has spoken on its behalf in his first book. ....
Christmas on the Bay is the latest Covid casualty, with the annual family concert called off by its new organisers Presbyterian Support South Canterbury. ....
Murray Cleverley was the original MC for the first few events which started in 2008. Bejon Haswell/Stuff Julian Blanchard will MC this year’s Christmas On The Bay with Felicity Bruce. (File photo) He said about eight or nine years ago organisers brought Clarke on board to replace him as MC to “bring a bit of buzz”. Then a few years later Stevens joined her as co-host, and they had been the face of the annual event ever since, he said. “They were national celebrities, and it lifted it to another level.” Murray said he was “all cool” about the changes to this year’s lineup. ....
John Bisset/Stuff Former South Canterbury District chairman Murray Cleverley is surprised the Government is disestablishing all the district health boards. (File photo) Cleverley, who said other centralised services such as Police worked quite well, was concerned smaller areas such as South Canterbury would become the poor relation as the budget would gravitate to the largest areas. “Over the last 20 years the SCDHB has been effective and efficient, it stayed in the black and has amazing staff . it’s a slap to them to be disestablished.” Under the new model he thought it would harder to get community buy-in, such as the fundraising for Timaru Hospital’s MRI scanner, as people were less likely to fundraise for a national organisation. ....