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and Readers Festival in Wellington and Margaret was double-booked. She wanted to be at the prize-giving but there was going to be a lot of people she knew at the festival and it was an opportunity for her to catch up with them so we encouraged her to go to that,” Ms McBride said. Ms McBride intended to approach Ms Mahy’s family to seek their permission to continue using her name for the competition. Apart from the competition, she would miss Margaret as a friend, Ms McBride said. “She was a recent friend and we had grown a lot closer in recent months. We used to go to the movies together. The last one we saw was The Iron Lady. We also saw My Week with Marilyn and The Hunger Games.” A memorial service for Margaret Mahy is being held today at 2pm.
DIAMOND Harbour & Districts Historical Assn, next meeting 8pm, Tuesday, August 14 in the Stage Room, Diamond Harbour Community Hall. Max Manson’s talk is entitled Starting Life at the Head of the Harbour, a history of the Manson family. All welcome. MONTHLY Meeting of the Chch Widow & Widowers Inc will be held on Wednesday August 8, in the St Chads Hall, Buckleys Road at 1.30pm, all widowed people most welcome at our friendly meetings. For more info, ph Joan 981-7870 or Alma 338-5248. TOY Library operating from Redcliffs Tennis Club every second Saturday 9-10am, previously located opposite Heathcote School, only $50 annually, ph Vanessa 384-1815. VOLUNTEERING Canterbury workshop, Successful stress, tutors Helen Kidd, many years of experience & Diane Boyce has managed more than 600 cancer volunteers for past seven years, Tuesday August 14 10am to 12noon, Room two, 277 Barbadoes St, Chch, cost $25 for Volcan members $40 for non members. To enrol download reg form from www.volcan.org.nz CRAFTY Christchurch is a boutique craft supply & quilt fair, running from the evening of August 23-25 in the Geodome at Hagley park, this fair will include stands from local craft suppliers, exhibitions & demonstrations, Thurs 5-9pm, Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am to 6pm, www. craftychristchurch.co.nz, profits donated to Bellyful Christchurch.https VOLUNTEERS Are required to assist with one off tree planting days on August 5 & 18, contact Volunteering Canterbury 03 366-2442 for time & location if you would like to help. THE New Zealand Cornish Assn is 50 years old. If you have connections with Cornwall come & celebrate with us on August 11. Contact Jean 03 322-5364 or Val 03 386-1313 for more information about time & venue. FORD Owners, The Annual Ford Rally for 2012 is on Sunday, September 16, Open to all Fords 1903 to 2012, any condition or body type. Starts from Hawke Street Carpark New Brighton, 9am - 10am, Morning & Afternoon sections, both on sealed roads $10 per Ford. The Community Noticeboard is for non profit groups or organisations. Items submitted must include a phone number and any associated costs and must not be more than 50 words. This is a free service from Mainland Press which reserves the right to edit submissions or to withhold items from publication if they do not fit the criteria, or due to space constraints.
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Happy event: Margaret Mahy enjoying proceedings at the 2011 prize giving for the annual poetry competition that carries her name.
“In the third year we received 100 entries, and for this last one we got over 200 entries. After the quakes we had decided to invite all the schools in Canterbury to be involved. “Margaret had help from two or three of us for the judging, which we did over five or six weeks. But she always did the final judging – she loved it. Though she always found it difficult to judge the entries. She found it hard to settle on one. And she would write notes to the winners and encourage them to keep writing.” Entries were in two sections – seven and under and 12 and under. Creative New Zealand has provided funding for the last three years. Prize giving was held at the Governors Bay fete, and while Ms Mahy had always presented the prizes, for her last competition this year she was unavailable, Ms McBride said. “It was on at the same time as the Writers
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Mahy inspiration for young poets
WORLD-renowned and much-loved children’s author Margaret Mahy, who died last week, will be missed in countless ways, not the least of which will be as the judge of a local children’s poetry competition. Fellow Governors Bay resident Sandra McBride, who instigated the competition, said she first made contact with Miss Mahy during the filming of Kaitangata Twitch in Governors Bay in 2007 and asked her if a poetry competition could be run in her name. Miss Mahy agreed to it and the Governors Bay Margaret Mahy Children’s Poetry Competition was born. “That was five and a half years ago. The first year the competition didn’t really get off the ground, but the second year we had a few entries from the inner-harbour area. The next year we had 40 entries, which came from the greater Banks Peninsula area,” Ms McBride said.
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