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Hanna’s say thanks to community The organisers of a fundraising drive for Ranui House in Christchurch are “elated” with the response. Last year Waimea Weekly told the story of Peter and Lynda Hanna. As Lynda fought a battle with cancer Peter stayed in Ranui House, an accommodation block near Christchurch hospital, and quickly met a lot of other Nelsonians supporting their loved ones through a similar journey. When Peter and Lynda returned home Peter wanted to do what he could to help the house that had been a huge help for him. They organised a music concert, a golf fundraiser, a hangi and a quiz night, in total raising $34,965. “We’re just elated with what’s happened,” says Peter. “To get the support we’ve had has been fantastic and that’s surprised me a bit.” The music concert fundraiser held last November raised $9000. The hangi at the Wanderers clubrooms in Janu-
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Peter and Lynda Hanna. ary raised $2100. The golf tournament in March raised $11,400 and the quiz night this month at the Waimea Old Boys clubrooms raised $8560. The remaining $3855 came from outside donations from people around the South Island. Peter says the trust behind Ranui House “just can’t believe” how much they’ve raised. While praising the community support, Lynda also thanked the Weekly for covering each of the fundraising events to help promote them. “Peter and I would like to thank you very much for your support, you have been really great to work with.”
Mike Corkill, centre, with his wife and children from left; Liam, 17, Brittany, 14, Julie-Ann, Cassie, 21, and Teigan, 9. Absent is Mike’s eldest son Ethan, 19. Photo: Andrew Board.
Mike needs new lungs to live Mike Corkill has already done the Christmas shopping for his five children – whether or not he’ll be around to watch them open their presents is far from certain though. Doctors have said he may not live that long. Mike, 44, has a pulmonary arterial hypertension, which basically means the arteries in his lungs are closing and not enough blood is
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andrew@nelsonweekly.co.nz pumped to the rest of his body. It killed his birth mother and grandfather and doctors say unless he has a lung transplant it will kill him as well. But the Richmond man isn’t eligible for a lung transplant in New Zealand
because one out of seven patients who have the surgery end up having kidney problems, which means living on dialysis. Because lung donors are so rare, New Zealand doctors will only give them to patients who will have a certain “high quality of life” after the operation. Outside of New Zealand, Mike can
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