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Mayors take on mo challenge
Nelson mayor Aldo Miccio has lost out to his Tasman counterpart Richard Kempthorne by a hair, actually by several dozen hairs. The two leaders decided to take up the Movember challenge to grow a mo to help raise awareness and money for men’s health. Aldo conceeded defeat just before the end of the month. “He has more volume, but I have more style,” joked Aldo. “Richard won fair and square though, he is a very hairy man.” Movember New Zealand collaborates with two men’s health partners – the Cancer Society and the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand. “This is a really important issue” says Richard. “I don’t really enjoy wearing a moustache, but it’s for a really good cause.” Aldo says he was right in behind the idea as well. “I really want to support education around men’s health so I thought I’d give it a go.” His wife Kim has been supportive of the mo he says, but did not enjoy jokes about growing it until the end of the year. “I wanted to keep going until the end of the year to pass Richard but she was having none of it,” he laughs. The mayor’s say they are looking forward to tomorrow [Wednesday] morning then they will be able to Nelson city mayor Aldo Miccio holds the mirror for his Tasman counterpart, Richard Kempthorne, as Movember shave their mo’s and return their clean cut look. comes to a close today. Photo: Andrew Board.
University does U-turn, campus to stay Andrew Board
Principals are celebrating a U-turn by University of Canterbury officials after they announced that its Nelson campus will not close. Nelson Weekly broke the story late last month that the University was proposing to close the teachers college because of a government cap on funding for students.
But on Friday, University of Canterbury’s College of Education announced that it will not be closing its Nelson campus and will continue to deliver primary teacher education in the region. The decision follows a period of consultation with staff, students, primary school principals and other interested groups.
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I’m thrilled, I’m really thrilled. – Don McLean, chair of the Nelson Principals’ Federation.
Chair of the Nelson Principals’ Federation, Don McLean, who earlier said the closure would be a massive blow to Nelson primary schools, was thrilled with the news. “I’m rapt, it’s a composite course, so not full on face-to-face like we wanted but it is certainly better than just doing the flexible learn-
ing options. They can come in each week, touch base with someone and discuss their issues and their problems. I’m thrilled, I’m really thrilled.” Don says support for the campus was one of the major reasons it is staying, including support from the Continued on page 2.