Monday July 14, 2014
Connie a big help
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Assistance Dogs New Zealand is a charity so Ailsa must now pay $20,000 for Connie, she has raised $7,000 from friends and family so far. “I had people empty their bank accounts for me,” she says. “That in itself is amazing because it shows their support.” Ailsa, a master’s student LIFE LONG FRIENDS: Ailsa Lipscombe at the New Zealand School of Music, says she has and Connie the Labrador retriever.
fi rst aeroplane flight last week for a trip to Auckland. Connie was anxious on the flight to Auckland but on the way back she slept the whole time, Ailsa says. “She can sense when I’m not having a good day and she will jump into bed and snuggle up to me. “I could never have imagined how much having Connie would change my life.” Visit www.givealittle. c o . n z /c a u s e /a i l s a l i p scombe to donate to Ailsa.
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It was all smiles at Cook Strait News headquarters last week after the paper picked up several achievements at the New Zealand Community Newspaper Awards. Former reporter Nikki Papatsoumas says she was surprised but pleased to pick-up the runner up spot for the best young journalist award. “It came as a real surprise but it was nice to be recognised for all the work I had put into the paper,” she says. Cook Strait News also won the award for best front page for a newspaper in its class. The front page was ‘Disaster strikes’ from June 2013 about the large storm that caused major damage in the area. Cook Strait News came
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vision a metre and a half into the distance and is classified as legally blind. She says before getting Connie she would worry before leaving the house and not enjoy time with friends. “Now when I leave the house Connie does the stressing for me. “She remembers routes,” Ailsa says. “So if I say ‘find Jessies’ she takes me to my sister’s apartment. “I don’t have to worry, I just follow Connie.” Ailsa took Connie on her
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Disaster strikes Wellington’s biggest storm in 37 years ripped up concrete, destroyed homes and tore down trees on Thursday evening. With winds reaching 200 kilometres in exposed areas, Civil Defence described the winds as the worst to hit the area since the Wahine storm in 1968. At the time the Cook Strait News went to print, power was still out to around 8000 homes in the region. Continued on page 2.
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SMILES ALL AROUND: New Zealand Community Newspaper Association president John Spring congratulates former Cook Strait News reporter Nikki Papatsoumas.
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