Nelson Weekly Locally Owned and Operated
tuesday 22 March 2016
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Nelson Tasman Hospice is on the move – but it needs support from the community to make it happen. The hospice, which has been at its current Manuka St site since 1999, is currently looking for a 1.4ha site, ideally in or around Stoke or Richmond. The move comes with the planned expansion of Manuka St Hospital, meaning the current site will not be big enough for both facilities. Hospice chief executive Frans Dellebeke says he sees the move as a “huge positive step forward,” giving them the opportunity to create something better for patients, families and staff. The new building, which needs to be up and running by early 2019, will also be able to offer more outdoor space and gardens – something that has always been on the board’s wish-list. Once a site has been identified, fund-raising will begin, and Frans says he is confident the community will get behind them to help them achieve their goal. “There is no government money to fund the building of a new hospice, so we will rely on grants and fundraising initiatives, which we know the community will get behind,” he says.
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Ethan Bruce with his leg in plaster after breaking it during the Rainbow Rage mountain biking race on Sunday. Ethan still finished the race on his unicycle. Photo: Simon Bloomberg.
Rainbow Rage on one wheel, and one leg Nelson man Ethan Bruce has completed the 106km Rainbow Rage not only on one wheel, but also one leg. The Richmond volunteer fire fighter completed Sunday’s Rainbow Rage on a unicycle, despite breaking his leg in two places just 30 kilometres into the race. “I went to wipe my brow and I clipped a stone which bounced me sky high, and when I came down my foot slipped and got wrenched in between the fork and
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reporter@nelsonlive.co.nz the crank,” says Ethan. “I felt an almighty crack and then my wheel locked and I went flying even further, it was a double whammy.” He says he never thought of quitting despite other riders offering to use their
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SOS beacons so he could get a ride out. “Too many people didn’t believe that I could do it on a unicycle and I had to prove them wrong,” he says. Ethan fractured the top of his tibia, a bone in his foot and is suspected to have torn ligaments around his fibula. He was competing in the race to raise money for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer
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