The Weekend Sun
Friday 19 August 2016
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Bay boys are People’s Choice The Block NZ has wrapped up its 2016 season, and the Bay boys went home with their heads held high even if they didn’t win the show. Dylan Cossey and Dylan Guitink, known as ‘Dyls and Dylz’ respectively, walked away from their experience on The Block NZ with the coveted People’s Choice Award gripped firmly in their hands and more than $100,000 weighing down their wallets. “We were quite shocked that night to be honest!” says Dylz. “We knew it was quite tight with the girls Emma and Courts; and as soon as they called our name out I was like ‘Whoa!’ “We’re quite thankful that the nation was on our side; yeah pretty happy with that aye,” says Dylz. “It was great to know that people got behind us, even when we were at our worst. And we were quite blunt sometimes, but they still loved us.” “And the golden hammer’s not too bad either,” says Dyls. The Bay boys dressed up for the live auction night last weekend, looking dapper and very formal sans-stubbies. Dyls wanted to extend his thanks to Hallensteins “for making us look skux!”. He says they are hoping to use their takings – the $151,000 – to invest in property, either building homes from
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Dylan Cossey and Dylan Guitink hold their heads and their hammer high.
Giving women a voice and confidence again A Tauranga woman has been given funding by the Sonja Davies Peace Awards to hold a series of courses promoting selfempowerment, self-confidence and non-violent communication for low-income women. “We’ll be expecting to help women who, through their life experiences and through no fault of their own, have lost their
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confidence and their voice,” says course organiser Toni McErlane. “Or women who have developed unhelpful communication habits and want to change them.” It’s simply aimed at transforming relationships through good effective communication. The Sonja Davies Award, named after the MP, trade unionist and peace activist, promotes peace
in the home, school, workplace and community. Toni has been given $4000 to hold a sevenweek programme in non-violent communication for low-income women, for two-and-a-half hours each week, beginning August 26. Followed by seven months of monthly support groups. For more information go to: www.restorativerelationships.co.nz