Ngaio Notations Autumn 18

Kelsi loved the monarch butterflies at our Children’s Party

Inside this issue: • Children’s Party • Cashin Scholarship winner announced • Meet Bob • Vintage car show Ngaio Marsh Retirement Village Autumn Newsletter 2018

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Greetings from Anna...

Hello and welcome to the first edition of Ngaio Notations for 2018! We have been incredibly busy over the past few months with the holiday season and New Years’ celebrations.

The annual Children’s Party was a funfilled day enjoyed by both the children and their grandparents or greatgrandparents. The bouncy castle was in huge demand, but this year the miniature pony rides proved to be a crowd favourite.

Resident walks are underway for the year. If you’d like to join the walkers please get in touch with our activities team; Claire, Wendy, Prachi or Kristine.

The gardeners have been working hard and the gardens look fabulous. You willl notice we have placed several speed bumps in the village and I would like to remind everyone to please keep to the speed limit.

Finally, the area at the eastern end of the bowling green will be revamped over the next few months. I thank you for your patience during this time.

Kind regards

Anna Thomson Village Manager

The Ryman Season of The Nutcracker The Royal New Zealand Ballet is hard at work to bring the new production of the muchloved Christmas classic, The Nutcracker, to New Zealand’s stages. The Ryman Healthcare Season of The Nutcracker will be the RNZB’s biggest tour of 2018, opening in Wellington on 31 October and touring to Blenheim, Invercargill, Dunedin, Christchurch, Palmerston North, Napier, Auckland and Takapuna, through to 15 December.

The Nutcracker is the third tour sponsored

by Ryman, following the sell-out success of The Wizard of Oz and Romeo and Juliet.

Anna Thomson Village Manager Phone: 03 352 5140

Marie Kyle-Stevenson Sales Advisor Phone: 03 354 6608

Call Anna for general enquiries, or any information about resthome and hospital care.

Talk to Marie about retirement living options and availabilities in the village.

95 Grants Road, Papanui, Christchurch • www.ngaiomarsh.co.nz

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On a great summer’s day, the grandchildren, great-grandchildren and even great great-grandchildren all came together with our residents to enjoy our annual Children’s Party.

Resident Frances Patti

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From pony rides to bouncy castles the kids sure didn’t run out of anything to do.

They got time to recharge while they had their faces painted before having a swing at the piñata, racing for the lollies in the lolly scramble and having a boogie on the dance floor with our musician.

They enjoyed watching the balloon lady make some amazing creations out of the balloons and they also had the chance to see the monarch butterflies and set them free into our gardens.

Lorene Graham with her

great-grandchildren

The pony rides proved to be the highlight of the day

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<generic recipe> Bob Scott bowlers take on Melbourne While most of us were sleeping off our Christmas feasts on Boxing Day, four residents from Bob Scott Retirement Village were heading to Melbourne.

The winners of the Ryman lower North Island regional bowls tournament, Arie Molenaar, Shirley Wilson, Ron Scott and Reta Morris, were eager to take on Australian bowlers in the Glen Waverley Bowls Carnival.

“The atmosphere was brilliant. There was a lot of interest in us and people asking how we were doing,” Arie says.

The team also enjoyed their visit to Ryman’s 1st Melbourne village the Weary Dunlop Retirement Village where they had a tour and morning tea with the residents.

ta t, Shirely Wilson and Re Arie Molenaar, Ran Scot a ent Bob Scott in Australi es pr re to d ou pr re we Morris talk there. It’s a social spot,” Arie says.

“Sometimes we’re there for half an hour and we don’t play bowls we just talk!”

They all agree that it is the best thing to have a bowling green in a village as it brings people together.

They all give a very big thank you to Ryman and Denise Thompson, Ryman community and relations team leader, and Russ Nicholls, from the Glen Waverley Bowls Club.

“A lot of people go there just to sit and

“We’re just so proud to be part of Ryman.

Cashin Scholarship Winner 2018 Emma Glasson is all set to pursue her dream career after winning the $5,000 Cashin Scholarship.

The 18-year-old from Invercargill has started her first year studying for a Bachelor of Commerce and she says the scholarship has eased the pressure on her family.

Emma’s mum Deanna is a senior caregiver at Rowena Jackson Retirement Village in Invercargill and started there in 2012 after the family moved south from Christchurch.

Emma says the earthquakes were tough on the family.

“The earthquakes took a toll on us all and mum and dad decided that Invercargill would be a good place to move to.’’

Emma is the seventh winner of the scholarship established in honour of

Ryman director Mike Cashin.

Blair Cashin, Mike’s son, said Emma was a deserving winner.

“We were delighted to support Emma’s ambitions to study accountancy.

She’s part of a family whose lives were disrupted by the earthquakes but she is a determined character who has done well at school through her hard work.’’

The scholarship is open to all Ryman staff and their families.

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Resident Esma Rastrick with New Zealand Women’s Weekly editor Alice O’Connell

The hunt for fantastic grandparents is on!

Ryman Healthcare has joined forces with New Zealand Women’s Weekly magazine in the search for the nation’s Grandparents of the Year.

To help launch this year’s search, Ryman invited magazine editor Alice O’Connell and her team to a lavish high tea at its Bert Sutcliffe retirement village where residents gave them a very warm welcome.

“With so many wonderful grandparents amongst our residents alone I just know choosing the winners is going to be extremely tough – I will have my tissues at the ready too!”

How to enter

Radio presenter Lorna Subritzky, was the MC for the event.

Describe in 500 words or less why you or your nominee deserves to be a winner

“With more mothers working and under so much pressure it’s grandparents who end up picking up the slack either with childcare or financially - they are the unsung heroes,” she said.

For more information head to: nowtolove.co.nz/grandparentsoftheyear for more information

“So we need to celebrate these people and say they’re doing something wonderful.”

Alice said more judges had been brought on board to choose each category winner this year, including Ryman’s own Group Sales Manager Debbie McClure, who grew up living next door to her grandparents.

“I know from first-hand experience just how special the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren can be and I’m thrilled that Ryman is involved with New Zealand Women’s Weekly to celebrate that.

The four categories are: Gran of the Year, Granddad of the Year, Honorary Grandparent of the Year (to recognise those who may not be bloodrelated but whose love is no less strong), and Grandparents of the Year.

Closing date for entries is Sunday March 4, 2018. The competition is open to Ryman Residents.

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Christmas dinner

ether for Our hospital residents gathered tog ing din The a fantastic Christmas feast.

Father room was beautifully decorated and alitan) Christmas (registered nurse Alex Cag a also came around to wish everyone time.

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Residents enjoyed a sumptuous din

Men’s club

Resthome resident Ivan Leeder spe nt an enjoyable couple of hours setting up and putting batteries in several remote -control cars, trucks and motorbikes. The race wa s on in the atrium and we were taken aba ck by how competitive the men became!

Ivan hard at work fixing the cars

Introducing Karen Hello, my name is Karen Ditmer. I am an enrolled nurse and have been working at Ngaio Marsh for the past 10 years. I have been working in the hospital until recently when I shifted to work in the resthome.

I am married and have three grown up children. I trained at Burwood Hospital many years ago when it was still a training hospital. I feel very fortunate to have been able to work in a profession that I love and to find it fulfilling on a daily basis.

I love caring for our residents and making sure they’re comfortable and content here at Ngaio Marsh. Our residents have a wealth of knowledge to share and such wonderful stories of their lives to tell.

I feel privileged to share in this period of their lives.

St Patrick's Day was a lot of I am very lucky work with such a fun attoEdmund Hillary with fantastic and friendly team.

I would green outfits, green food, like to thank themand forofthe hard work they all do course, Guinness! to make Ngaio Marsh a home away from home for our residents and ourselves.

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he came to town in Christchurch to train horses in Riccarton.

I went to Fendalton Open Air School for primary education then Christ College, but left school in 1939. During my university days at the University of Canterbury, I also worked in town for a while as a public accountant and then enrolled in the Airforce.

rt e b o R Meet Hello, my name is Robert William Nurse but people call me Bob. I was born in Christchurch in 1922. I have one brother, Jock, who was killed in the war in 1942.

My parents are Hugh and Nina Nurse. My father was a horse trainer and my mum was a housewife. My brother Jock and I were always so interested in horses and we had several ponies. My father was a back-country farmer during the 1920s,

During the war, I served at Burnham, New Brighton, Blenheim and Sumner. We flew Tiger Moths in Harewood before we were sent to Canada. I got my wings at Brandon and was sent to Prince Edward Island for specialist training. My squadron was sent to Brighton, UK, on the same day as the invasion of the continent.

I met my wife in Tamworth where I had travelled on leave to find out more about Jock’s death. A year later we travelled back to New Zealand and were married.

We have two lovely girls, Robyn and Sally. I re-joined the accounting firm, SP Godfrey and Co and worked there until I retired.

I am happy to be living at Ngaio Marsh.

Shortbread The Ralph Family Recipe Makes approx 30 pieces Ingredients: 450g butter 3/4 cup caster sugar 1/2 cup cornflower

2 cups flour 1/4 teaspoon salt

Method: • Cream butter and sugar well.

• Add sifted flour, cornflour and salt.

• Knead well, roll out fairly thick (1cm).

• Cut into pieces, place on cold greased tray and prick with a fork.

• Bake for 15-18 minutes 180°C. • Leave to cool.

Enjoy!

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Vintage car show Our car mad residents got a treat when the owners of some fantastic vintage cars showed up at the village. On display were a Ford Model A, a 1964 AC Cobra and a 2013 Aston Martin Vanquish, which wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so vintage but still spectacular! There was also a short presentation by the owners about the history of the cars.

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