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December 23 - 2013
THE RECORD
The Record’s year in review by Kent Caddick, Editor
In July of this year the long-serving Malvern community newspaper the Malvern Record based in Darfield transformed itself into the tabloid community newspaper The Record. While still retaining its Darfield office, where the Malvern Record had served the community for over 50 years, The Record opened an office in West Melton and increased its distribution to cover a wider section of
the Selwyn community including Rolleston and West Melton and surrounding areas. We look back at some of the highlights and the people who made the news in The Record in 2013.
p August 14 2013: In August Selwyn tourism business Ballooning Canterbury helped a Christchurch mother attempting to win a radio competition to raise funds for a charitable trust set up in memory of her four-year-old daughter who passed away after suffering from Beckwith Wiedemann Syndrome.
p July 10 2013: The first edition of The Record featured Rolleston’s champion inline skater Mark McDonald who was selected for the New Zealand team to compete at the 2013 World Speed Skating Championships in Belgium while some Darfield residents were upset at a decision to remove an historic 100-year-old footbridge without any community consultation.
p August 28 2013: The August 28 issue of The Record featured Selwyn resident Emily Lawn who was selected to represent New Zealand at the World Sports Aerobics championships in Serbia.