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Damp homes making kids sick Charles Anderson Journalist

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Children living in deprived areas of Nelson are much more likely to be hospitalised from illnesses due to cold, damp and overcrowded homes, new data shows.

The analysis has sparked calls for greater focus on lifting standards of housing across the region. On average, 20 children die and 30,000 are hospitalised every year from preventable, housing-related diseases like asthma, pneumonia and bronchiolitis, health statistics compiled by the New

Zealand Herald show. In Nelson, they show that poor areas that have high deprivation and low incomes and lots of rent-

al housing, suffer the most - suburbs like Toi Toi, Tahunanui and Stoke. Respiratory conditions in particular - like bronchiolitis and asthma - are causing more hospitalisations each year. “The reality is that we have people in housing in this city that is not insulat’ed, has condensation and

damp,” says Nelson Marlborough Health’s chief medical officer and pediatrician Nick Baker. “Really we need to do what we can to make these houses healthier,” Toi Toi, which marks an 8 out of 10 on the deprivation scale, had

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Spring Fling raises cash for school Brittany Spencer All eyes were on Nelson College for Girls students, staff and a few local personalities as they strut down the catwalk to the wolf whistles and cheers of the crowd at Saturday’s Spring Fashion Fling. The latest styles from Amazon, Cheryl Mackie, Frock & Soul, Beetees, Andrea Biani, Taylors - We Love Shoes, Stacey, Dotti, KILT, Lucy Georgina, Nelson Tailors’ Menswear and Kimberleys were all on show. But the male models wearing Nelson Tailors Menswear roused the audience the most, with Nelson College for Girls staff member Paul Skerten blowing kisses to the crowd and Matt Lawrey’s ‘blue steel’ at-

Nelson College for Girls student Nikki Wynen models day wear from Stacey at the Spring Fashion Fling on Saturday night. Photo: Brittany Spencer.

tempt at the end of the runway. “Everyone seemed to enjoy it, particularly when the men came onto the stage, they all got a bit feral, I think they’d had a few wines by that stage,” says organiser and parentteacher association chairperson, Jo Wiffin, with a laugh. The annual school fundraising fashion show, now in its sixth year, is the largest of its kind in the region, with about 245 tickets sold. While the school doesn’t know how much it has raised yet, Jo says the models looked excellent and the night was a great success. “Months of hard work go into preparing the show and so it’s actually quite nice to get to the night and get to watch the show and see everybody enjoying themselves.”

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