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“Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.” – Tony Robbins

Nelson Magazine designer Kara-Shay Manson casually dropped into conversation she was heading to Christchurch to visit her godson Will, who also happened to be the result of her donating her eggs, I was in awe. What an incredibly selfless thing to do.

I remember how I felt when my husband’s grandmother told us after years of struggling to get pregnant, she wanted to pay for a vasectomy (what she actually meant was IVF). I had never in my life been offered something so magnificent, and felt it was too great to accept. After much discussion we accepted her generous offer, excited by the chance that if the IVF was a success, our dreams would come true, and we’d be able to share our happiness with her. Ruth later passed away two years after Hugo was born, but for those two years for her, he was the gift which kept giving, and continues to be so for us every day.

I don’t think there’s a better gift you can both give, and receive, than that of a child, especially when someone has longed for one for over eight years, like Jane had, the woman Kara donated her eggs to.

In this month’s edition Kara shares her story about why she wanted to help a person she had never met become a mother, and to hopefully inspire others to consider egg donation.

Finally, happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers and mother figures.

EDITOR

Sarah Board | editor@nelsonmag.co.nz

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Tessa Jaine | tess@topsouthmedia.co.nz

DESIGN

Kara-Shay Manson, Patrick Connor and Kylie Owens

CONTRIBUTORS

Judene Edgar, Felicity Connell, Britt Coker, Adrienne Matthews, Matt Lawrey, Amy Russ, Mackenzie Charleton

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What do you do for mum for Mother’s Day?

I write her a note saying ‘I love you’.

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Tornado trouble

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Clean-ups and repairs are on the mind of affected residents in the Moutere Hills after a tornado tore through the area on Easter Monday. The tornado – which is believed to have formed somewhere in Gardener Valley – knocked out power by throwing a shed into a power line before it wreaked havoc along Petra Way, just off Old Coach Road. Cathie and Andrew Gould have an olive orchard along Petra Way where about 200 trees – just six weeks from harvest – were uprooted, with many thrown dozens of metres away and some even landing on roofs. “They just became missiles,” Cathie says.

The future of Stoke Memorial Hall

Three years after the closure of the Stoke Memorial Hall, the Nelson Returned and Services Association (RSA) is urging Nelson City Council to act on the fate of the beleaguered building. “The hall remains there being unused,” says local RSA committee member Ian Barker. “The community of Stoke would like to see it used again.” The hall was closed in March 2020 after a detailed seismic assessment found the building to only be at 17 per cent of the New Building Standard (NBS). With a rebuild potentially being cheaper than carrying out strengthening work, it remains undecided as to what the hall’s future is.

Leftover food to be rescued

Leftover food at Greenmeadows Café, along with a number of other businesses, is now going on the food rescue app ‘Foodprint’ at discounted prices to reduce food waste and benefit the community. The app has been launched in the Nelson Tasman region as part of its expansion around the country and about 20 local eateries have already partnered with it to sell surplus food that would otherwise be wasted. Customers ‘rescue’ food by purchasing it within the app at discounted prices and collect it from the eatery, with the goal of reducing food waste and its associated emissions when it ends up in landfill.

Victory housing development

Nelson Tasman Housing Trust is progressing with plans to transform Totara Street in Victory with six new homes following the purchase of two houses from Nelson City Council last year. Founding trustee and NTHT director Carrie Mozena says the resource consent application was lodged in February and they are hoping to get onsite by mid-year. “Council has an assigned planner, and we will walk through the process with them. Hopefully, we could begin to clear the site this winter.” The two houses are empty and fencing has gone up around the site.

New principal for Hope School

Hope School continues its run of an all-female staff with the posting of new principal Kathrine Mytton who started last month. The former acting principal for Riwaka School says she’s honoured and humbled to serve at the school. “It’s a unique and special place that I am incredibly excited to become a part of. I have been fortunate to inherit a committed staff and I feel truly privileged to be given this opportunity. I believe in our joint capabilities and my strength is not as an individual but as a collective.”

Mini McGazzaland

Plans for a McGazzaland-style bike skills park at Brightwater’s Lord Rutherford Park are well underway with designs already drawn up and fundraising strategies being discussed. Dan Shallcrass, who was behind McGazzaland in Wakefield and is now a councillor at Tasman District Council, says that Brightwater is crying out for something similar. Chairman of the Brightwater Community Council, Matt Stuart, says it’s an opportunity for locals to have their say and get involved. As well as overhauling the main dirt track, Matt says proposed plans include turning a grassy area by the car park into an asphalted zone for smaller children to use with scooters and bikes.

Things we love

Dr Peter McIlroy has been honoured to attend the birth events of many Nelson whānau throughout the last 26 years, helping new-born babies through their first moments of life. Now the Nelson paediatrician has taken his job a step further, taking photos to be printed on the walls of the birthing suites at Nelson Hospital to make it a more relaxing space for mothers.

Quote Of The Month

Kara-Shay Manson

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