Kiri's Arias Autumn 18

Matilda Shann, Arya McLeod, and Isobel West cooling off at our Children's Party

Inside this issue: • Children’s Party • Cashin Scholarship winner announced • Kiri’s Got Talent • Meet Yvonne and Neville Kiri Te Kanawa Retirement Village Autumn Newsletter 2018

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Greetings from Neville...

Hello and welcome to the first edition of Kiri’s Arias for 2018. I hope everyone had a fantastic time with their families over the holiday season.

getting a lot of use and our air-conditioned movie theatre and lounges were also the perfect spot to take a break.

We have been very busy over the last few weeks at the village.

As we look forward to the rest of the year, we have many great activities and events coming up, including Easter and Anzac Day. So please keep an eye on your activities calendars.

Preparation is well underway for our independent apartment residents to move into the village early in March. We are looking forward to welcoming new residents soon too!

My door is always open if you have any queries.

The village has been quite busy during the start of the year with New Year’s festivities and our annual Children’s Party! What a fantastic time we had. Summer has been good to us on the bowling green and croquet court. Our swimming pool was

Kind regards,

Neville Parkinson 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.

Neville Parkinson Village Manager Phone: 06 863 3636

Pip Griffin Sales Advisor Phone: 06 863 3639

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

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

12 Gwyneth Place, Lytton West, Gisborne • www.kiritekanawa.co.nz

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Summer came out in full force for our annual Children’s Party.

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Many adults and children went to a lot of trouble dressing up for the occasion and we loved seeing the costumes!

It was a fantastic afternoon of games, treats and laughter. A special thanks to our activities team for all their hard work.

The annual party is becoming very popular so be sure to mark it in your calendars as a must-do next year!

anager Neville Parkinson Jo Nesbit with village m and Alex Nesbit

Hannah Andrew, Matilda Shann and Kaycee Andrew joining the competition

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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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Kiri’s got talent

e hidden Our Kiri’s Got Talent showcased som nt, Ted talents in our village. Hospital reside p of his wife Ryan, recited a poem with the hel have some and daughter. The village certainly you to talented dancers and singers. Thank m! tea ies Juliana Agudelo and the activit Ted's poem touched our hearts

Christmas carols

Our Christmas Carols were unique last year as the Gisborne Civic Brass Band pla yed in the resthome courtyard. Around 100 people gathered to sing along to the well-k nown Christmas classics. Just the thing to get us into the Christmas spirit!

It was a wonderful summer day for singing carols

Introducing Rewa Stewart Hello, my name is Rewa Stewart and I am a housekeeper.

Ko Hikurangi te Maunga, (my mountain is Hikurangi). Ko Waiapu te Awa (my river is Waiapu). Ko Ngati Porou te Iwi (my tribe is Ngati Porou). Ko Rahui te Marae (my marae is Rahui). Ko Horouta te Waka (my waka is Horouta). Ko Rewa Stewart taku ingoa (my name is Rewa Stewart).

For the past 24 years I have been living away from these taonga (treasures).

I relocated from Tairawhiti (Gisborne) with my husband and two children to Melbourne, Australia. We made a good life for ourselves there. The biggest challenge was learning to live with a multitude of different cultures. But with God we forged on. While in Australia we had another child and much later we welcomed a moko (grandson).

My husband ended up with his own business, and I worked in many

occupations.

My last job in Melbourne was at the International Motel where I supervised housekeeping.

We later decided to return to Gisborne. After a rive and found myself year, I went on a drive at Kiri Te Kanawa. There, I met an old friend, Lyn, who marched me to village manager Neville, and the rest, as you say, is history.

I love learning the stories St Patrick's Day of wasthese a lot of wonderful fun pakeke/ kaumatua (older at Edmund Hillary with people).Wegreen call this Te Ahi Kaa, keeping outfits, green food, the fires atand home burningGuinness! so that we who of course, leave may find our way back.

Nga Mihi Koutou Na Rewa

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where we lived for six years before we moved to Patutahi and we remained there.

eville N & e n n o v Y Meet

Neville worked for the Power Board for 51 years and he is still a member of the Patutahi Volunteer Fire Brigade. Neville is also a member of the Poverty Bay Golf Club. On the other hand, Yvonne used to work at Common Shelton’s and then went on to work in the office for Rule & Hughes Electrical Contractors. Finally, Yvonne also worked at the sheep farmer’s offices.

We have three daughters, Deanna, Amerillis and Jadwyn. We also have four grandchildren and a cat!

Hello, our names are Yvonne and Neville Jenkins. We recently moved from Patutahi to a townhouse at Kiri Te Kanawa village, and we are definitely enjoying every minute of it.

Once we decided that the time was right to look for a place in a retirement village, we chose Ryman because it has more to offer and it really suited our needs. We take part in the activities programmes, especially Triple A exercise classes, and bowls. We also enjoy the swimming pool.

We were both born in Gisborne and got married here. We moved to Tolaga Bay

We now have lots of friends who we share similar interests with.

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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Gisborne Christmas parade We joined the Gisborne Christmas Parade last year and we decided on a fairy tale theme. We had so much fun! Maleficent was a crowd favourite and the children loved taking photos with her. Together with Maleficent we also had lovely fairies, a princess and a warrior prince. Now, to plan the next one!

Upcoming Events International women's day celebration St. Patrick's Day Art Exhibition Easter

Resident Moeroa H

ovell joined the pa rade as the Snow Queen