FIRST CHURCH OF OTAGO - WHAT’S ON DURING FEBRUARY

SENIOR MINISTER: The Reverend Tokerau Joseph, phone 477 7792 cell 027 371 4733 PART TIME ASSISTANT MINISTER: The Reverend Anne Thomson 477 7150 cell 027 467 5488 PART TIME PASTORAL ASSISTANT MINISTER : The Rev John Sinclair (473 9950 or 027 436 9204) FIRST CHURCH BELL RINGERS - Practice 7.30pm Monday and Thursday nights;

WEEKLY EVENTS Mondays 1.30pm Mah Jong - McLean Room Thursdays 7.30pm Bells Practice Fridays 6pm Youth Group Burns Hall

SUNDAY SERVICES FOR FEBRUARY 2011 SUNDAY FEBRUARY 6 10.00am - Morning Worship - The Reverend Tokerau Joseph 12noon - Cook Islands Service - The Reverend Anne Thomson 2.00pm - Samoan Service - The Reverend Tokerau Joseph 10am DUTIES: TEA:COFFEE: Ian Robertson ( 454 4513) Jenni Elmes, Vicki Penny, Julie Savage, Maara Williams Finance: Tony Stevely.

TEA:COFFEE: Selina Mulder and Sina Muliau SUNDAY FEBRUARY 13 10.00am - Morning Worship - The Reverend Tokerau Joseph 12noon - Cook Islands - The Reverend Tokerau Joseph 2.00pm - Samoan Service - The Reverend Anne Thomson 10am DUTIES: Russell Duff ( 476 3494) Selina Mulder and Sina Muliau Finance: Russell Duff

TEA:COFFEE: Patricia and Marion Wylie SUNDAY FEBRUARY 20 10.00am -Morning Worship - The Reverend Tokerau Joseph 12noon Cook Islands - The Reverend Tokerau Joseph 2.00pm - Samoan Service - The Reverend Tokerau Joseph 10am DUTIES: Nineva Vaitupu (455 3375), Les and Maureen Green.Finance: Les Green

TEA/COFFEE : Jean Kirk and Isobel Napper SUNDAY FEBRUARY 27 10.00am -Morning Worship The Reverend Anne Thomson 12noon - Cook Islands ` - O Richard 2.00pm - Samoan Service - 10am DUTIES: Foalima Lemalu ( 453 4210), Toga Solofa, Gifford Brown, Loraine Denniston, La Faatoese Finance: Nan Rickard.

TEA/COFFEE: Margaret and Ian Mitchell

WHAT’S ON DURING FBRUARY

Thurs 3 9.30am Craft group starts for year TUES 8 4.30pm Property Committee WED 9 6.00pm SESSION Mon 14 4.30pm Finance Committee Tues 15 2pm APW Meeting McLean Room WED 16 7.30pm DEACONS COURT Thurs 17 9.30am Craft group meets

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF OTAGO

415 Moray Place, Dunedin Congregation Appeal for the Burns Hall Foyer Roof Replacement

The Appeal so far has raised a total of $11,055

The closing date for this appeal will be February 18th 2011

CHRISTIAN BROADCASTIING

Tune into 4ZB Sunday evenings at 8—9pm. -

OASIS IN THE CITY –

MIDWEEK PRAYER AT FIRST CHURCH

Tuesdays and Thursdays: 12.15-12.30 - begin-

ning again on Tuesday 8 February

Time to pause in the middle of the day, to be still,

to pray, to worship.

For fifteen minutes, we stop and wait on God, re-

membering God's presence with us throughout the

day, listening to God's word for us, responding in

prayer.

All are welcome, particularly those who work and

live in the inner city.

PRESBYTERIAN SUPPORT FOOD BANK

Each week at the 10 am service, food and goods for the Presbyterian Support Food Bank are included in the offering we bring as our response to God's goodness to us. The Food Bank provides a vital service to many in our city who are struggling to provide for themselves and their families.

At the beginning of the school year, the additional expenses associated with 'back to school' – stationery, school fees, school lunches - puts extra pressure on family incomes. The Food Bank would be particularly pleased to receive the sort of snack foods that children like to have in their lunch boxes.—There is always a need for toilet paper and other toiletries, items which really add up on the supermarket bill.

FIRST CHURCH MISSION STATEMENT “We are striving to become a truly multi-cultural community, providing a warm, creative and affirming home base, enabling us to reach out with the Good News to those working and living in the inner-city and beyond.”

Message from The Reverend Tokerau Joseph

FIRST CHURCH OF OTAGO

415 Moray Place, Dunedin

NEWSLETTER - FEBRUARY 2011

Inside this issue

FIRST CHURCH

KNOX CHURCH CAMP:

25-27 February Tirohanga

Camp, on the Taieri

Come for the whole weekend, or for part of it –Friday and Sat-urday night: Entertainment, Saturday morning : Speakers and Discussion, Saturday afternoon: Story-telling, Sunday morning: Worship.

Information and registration forms in the office and

Church Foyer

Reverends

Tokerau Joseph

1

Anne Thomson

Youth

2

Session 3

Cook Islands

4

Notices 5

Lectionary 7

Services 8

Hello, Kia orana, Talofa lava, Taloha ni and a Happy New Year greeting to you all.

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year celebration with family and friends. It was very pleasing to see a growing number of people attending our Carols for Kids, Christmas Eve and New Year‘s Eve services. Thanks again to those who contributed in many ways to ensure that our services went as smoothly as possible. I think having glow sticks rather than candles at the Christmas Eve service went extremely well. It was also a blessing to coordinate and attend the Cook Islanders‘ Prayer Week services at the beginning of January. The attendance and participation of some non-Cook Islanders was greatly appreciated and added richness to what was shared as a way of encouraging one another in our journey of faith this year. Especially significant was the support and involvement of friends from other faith communities and our own young people. Since the theme of the prayer week focused on the Lord‘s Prayer may we be encouraged to further develop our prayer life as individuals and as a community. I‘ve just returned from annual leave. I didn‘t go anywhere for a holiday; instead I stayed at home and spent time with my family. Having Tangi‘s parents stay with us for a few weeks was great. Their work ethic guaranteed that we were all kept busy during our holiday cleaning. But it meant that jobs put off for so long finally got done resulting in the gardens, garage and manse looking fantastic. This weekend our daughter Evangeline, her fiancé Manu and our granddaughter Ananiah will be returning from their holiday in the Cook Islands. It‘s been nearly six weeks since they‘ve been away and photos of ‗Niah‘ show that she has grown so much. If you see Tangi and me walking around with a wide and constant smile, then you know why. Young Tokerau is off to Otago Boys High School as a year 9 student and can‘t wait to get cracking. Paul is also rearing to return to Arthur Street School to see all his friends again and is excited about being in a new classroom with a new teacher. Emmanuel is contemplating whether to start a second year into his IT course at Polytech or work for the year. Tangi is hoping to do some study this year at Otago University; which is something she had been wanting to do for some time now. Therefore, it will be an interesting year for the Joseph family and so please keep us in prayer. I hope that you will also continually pray for our ministry together here at First Church. In particular, I ask that you pray for ways in which we can better develop our ministry with children and young people. We need to be mindful, as well, of how to make the most of the opportunities we get of outreach hospitality to our many visitors and those possibly seeking a faith community to belong to. Please keep these and other areas of our ministry in your prayers.

Thank you and God bless. Tokerau

Dear First Church folk

A couple of Sunday's ago, the lectionary gave us Jesus' call to his first disciples, Simon and Andrew, James and John, to follow Jesus and to fish for people (Mt.4:19). And alongside this, we read Paul's letter to the church at Corinth – ―Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, ... that you should be united in the same mind and the same purpose‖ (1 Cor.1:10). As I was reading around these two passages, I came across the comment that the word Paul used in appealing to the Corinthians to be united was also used by Matthew to describe James and John mending their nets. Which got me thinking.

In Jesus' time, fishing went on at night, or in the early morning. Fishing was hard on the nets – they might be broken by dragging over jagged rocks along the seabed, or strained by catching and holding fish, or just worn out by wear and tear. So the necessary task at the end of a night's fishing was to take time to check and mend the nets. Mending nets was not the same as fishing, but it was necessary work if the next night's fishing was going to be successful. Broken strands had to be repaired, weak areas reinforced, gaping holes put back together – and all that took time, time spent regularly attending to this task of mending. And it was while the fishermen were mending their nets that Jesus came to them and called them to follow him, to learn to fish for people. The church in Corinth was to be united, to be mended, knit together, strengthened, made ready for the task of fishing for people. They were a very diverse group of people, from different cultures, different strands of society, with different customs and expectations. It would take time to weave the network of relationships, to mend broken connections, to strengthen ties between different people and different groups. But this was necessary work, if they were going to be successful at fishing for people. We know that we are a multicultural congregation at First Church. And we know that it takes time and energy and com-mitment to build relationships among us, to strengthen the connections between different strands, to get to know one another and to fill in the gaps that are too big for good fishing. But it is necessary if we are going to fish successfully - and as we go about that work, as we put time into mending our net here at First Church, we may well find Jesus com-ing to us, calling us again to follow him and go fishing – for people. May I commend to you the camp at the end of February, out at Tirohanga. This is an opportunity to spend time to-gether (and with our neighbours from Knox Church), to build relationships and strengthen friendships and better prepare our fellowship for the task of fishing for people.

Blessings Anne

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NEWS FROM THE YOUTH GROUP

MESSSAGE FROM THE REVEREND ANNE THOMSON

Kia Orana, Talofa Lava & HAPPY NEW YEAR! Tara and I would like to Thank You all so much for all your help and support for last year. We ended Youth for 2010 with a Camp that was held at Berwick on the 19th-21

st November.

We had a group of about 20 youth members who thoroughly enjoyed themselves, as this was a reward for all their hard work with Youth services, Fundraisers, Youth nights and Performances. A former youth member Nineva Vaitupu, married Gemma Tuhega on the 1

st January 2011. A

lovely occasion enjoyed by all. On the 7

th of January, the youth group took the Friday service for Prayer Week. The theme was 'Prayer for Help'.

Whilst the other groups had boats with their crews, we had a Helicopter called 'Rescue'. We performed a creative dance to a song 'Send out a Prayer' and sung a song called 'Come Lord Jesus, Come'. On the 29

th of January, we will be celebrating the 21

st Birthday of Mata Pani.

The youth group will be performing a few items and a song. Youth nights will start on the 4

th February 2011. Same time, Same place...6pm, Burns Hall.

On behalf of Tara and I, we hope that the youth group will grow in all aspects, Spiritually, Mentally, Physically and in NUMBERS! (ha! ha!)

Till next time...God Bless Ron Muliau

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LECTIONARY READINGS FOR FEBRUARY

During February, these are the readings that we will use in our services: the Revised Common Lectionary at the 10 am and 2 pm service, and Te Tia at the 12 noon service. Revised Common Lectionary Te Tia 6 February Isaiah 58:1-9a, (9b-12) Numero 13:1-3,17-33 (Epiphany 5) Psalm 112:1-9, (10)

1 Corinthians 2:1-12, (13-16) Matthew 5:13-20

13 February Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Numero 20:14-29 (Epiphany 6) Psalm 119:1-8 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Matthew 5:21-37 20 February Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18 1 Korinetia 15:1-11 (Epiphany 7) Psalm 119:33-40 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23 Matthew 5:38-48 27 February Isaiah 49:8-16a Numero 22:21-40 (Epiphany 8) Psalm 131 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Matthew 6:24-34

Who are they watching? (On the APW end of the year visit to Port Chalmers)

GRANTS BRAES PARISH 221 Belford Street Waverley MAF Flying for Life – THURSDAY 3 FEBRUARY 7.30pm (Speaker Kevin Nicholls of MAF

MAF is a faith based organisation reaching people in the most remote places of the world – where flying is a lifeline not a luxury. MAF flies over jungles, swamps and deserts to bring medical care, emergency relief, aid and develop-ment and Christian hope. MAF services 2000 airstrips, supporting 900 0rgani-sations and 140 aircraft, in 31 countries world wide.

Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership 2011 INAUGURAL LECTURE Monday 7 February, 1.30 pm, Cameron Hall, Knox Centre,

All are cordially invited to attend the Inaugural Lecture for the 2011 academic year for students at the Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership. The lecture will take place in the Cameron Hall at Knox College at 1:30 pm on Monday 7th February. The speaker will be the Rev Dr Jason Goroncy, who will present a lecture on the nature and significance of Holy Com-munion, entitled ‗Learning to See and to Waddle with our Tongues: a view from the Table‘. Rev Dr Sarah Mitchell will respond.—The Inaugural Lecture will be followed by afternoon tea, when a small presentation will be made to the members of the class of 1961.

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Ecumenical Festival of Flowers in Praise. Saturday February 12th, The 44th Ecumenical Festival of Flowers in Praise will take place this year from Saturday February 12 to Tuesday Feb-ruary 15. It will be held as usual in St Pauls Cathedral in the Octagon, Times for viewing are: Saturday, 12th February: 12 noon to 3pm. Sunday, 13th February: 12 noon to 5pm, with Blessing Service at 2pm. Monday, 14th February: 9.30am to 5pm. Tuesday, 15th February: 9.30am to 4pm. Entry is by donation. The theme for 2011 is A beacon whose light must never die (words from the hymn For the might of your arm we bless you, by C.S. Horne), chosen to reflect the mission of the Otago Rescue Helicopter Trust who will receive the proceeds from the festival. The Committee were most impressed to hear of their emergency and intensive care rescue work, which often goes unpublicised. --The Trust has the ongoing challenge of raising approx $400,000 to $500,000 per year to cover the unfunded fixed costs of providing the service and to update the emergency and life support equipment car-ried on the helicopter.--http://www.otagorescue.co.nz/about.php

There will be the usual plant stall at the Festival and your contributions to this are welcome.

Chiang Mai Prison Ministry - Kathryn McDaniel Kathryn has been a missionary for over 34 years. She is currently director of a prison outreach from her

English speaking congregation, to the foreign inmates at Chiang Mai Central Prison and the local police

stations. She regularly cares for prisoners who are transferred to Bangkok and other prisons too. Kathryn

has cared for prisoners in hospital and even on that "final journey" of life. She is often the only point of

contact between the prisoner and their families.

Kathryn is also committed to enabling young people from New Zealand and Australia to "experience mission" for themselves.

Much of her work involves use of the Thai language, speaking with prison officials, police, and assisting with court translation.

Support the outstanding work of Kathryn McDaniel, our Global Missioner in Chiang Mai. Contributions towards the costs of sta-

tionary, postage, food, toiletries and warm blankets for prisoners and Kathryn’s travel costs within Chiang Mai, are gratefully re-

ceived. The GMO provides funding towards Kathryn's living expenses. Contact pamela@paresbyterian.org.nz if you would like to

support Kathryn on a regular basis, by automatic payment.

Notes from Kathryn about prison visit 12 December 2010 ”We were a group of 10 from our church and I had especially invited people who could speak various languages of the inmates, so

it was a very international occasion! Unfortunately there was a long delay in our being taken into the prison, so we did not have

the full 2 hours I had hoped for. However out Pastor Rupert Abbot used the time well with a short message, singing 3 well known

carols and then we had time one on one in different language groups. As I moved around the room serving refreshments, it was a

thrill to hear all the different languages being spoken -

English, Spanish, Tamil, French, Chinese, German ....

Please pray the men will continue to reflect on that day, and the relevance of the message in their lives. Our Pastor spoke about

the rescue of the Chilean miners who not only needed help from above the ground, but had to have trust and faith in the rescue

plan. He likened it to our situation here on earth, needing God’s help.”

Finding your true self" workshops - starting mid-February at Knox Church ** How to develop a resilient self

** Practicing non-violence in a challenging world.

** Is spirituality a help or a hindrance in developing a compassionate self?

Leaders: Liesel Mitchell (Teacher and Peace Researcher)

and Rev Dr. Rod Mitchell (Teacher and explorer of the Creative Human Spirit.)

Time : Sundays: 3 - 5pm Feb. 13th - April 17th

Mondays: 7 - 9 pm Feb. 14th - April 18th

Venue: Gathering Area - Knox Church

Contacts for further information:-

Rod Mitchell: 477-3700e-mail: roddieg@xtra.co.nz Liesel Mitchell: 022-6418-021

Enrolment: Please send your name, phone number and e mail address ....by email to:

Knox.church@xtra.co.nz or post to: Knox Church Office, 449 George Street, Phone:

477-0229

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Greetings I trust that everyone has enjoyed a happy Christmas and holiday period. With family home from overseas it was a spe-cial time for me. We spent about twelve days at our mud cottage on the edge of Lake Dunstan, and although the weather wasn‘t great, the time spent together was very precious. This reminds me of an old Sanskrit proverb I read a few years ago...................

„Look to this day For yesterday is but a dream And tomorrow is only a vision

But today, well lived Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness

And every tomorrow a vision of hope Look well, therefore, to this day

Session is yet to meet for this year, but there are many challenges that await us. The appointment of new elders, the setting up of a strategy committee, and how we can make the most of our opportunity to host visitors to the city during the Rugby World Cup are a few of these topics. I welcome suggestions for the latter. A prayer for the New Year

O God of new beginnings and wonderful surprises, thank you for the gift of a New Year.

May it be a time of grace for us, a time to grow in faith and love

a time to renew our commitment to following Christ May it be a year of blessings for us,

a time to cherish our families and friends, a time to renew our efforts at work

a time to embrace our faith more fully. Walk with us O Lord, in every day and every hour of this New Year,

that the light of Christ might shine through us, in spite of our weaknesses and failings. Above all, may we remember this year that we are pilgrims on the sacred path to You. Amen (author unknown)

Nan Rickard, Session Clerk

APW Meeting

TUESDAY February 16th 2pm in

McLean Room—Burns Hall

Guest Speaker will be Howard Adams who will continue the story of a fascinating journey to the middle of the Balkans.— All interested are wel-come to attend—Usual sales table Contact Nan Rickard 455 6099 or Dorothy Sinclair 473 9950

CRAFT GROUP will be meeting again on

THURSDAY 3rd FEBRUARY at 9.30am

Anyone interested in being part of this group will be very welcome.

Among other activities, sox are knitted for Mongo-lian prisoners and articles for ―Operation Coverup‖

Donations of double knitting wool always grate-fully received and can be left at the office or con-tact Dorothy Sinclair 473 9950

NEWS FROM THE SESSION CLERK

FIRST CHURCH CAFE LUNCH SUNDAY 27th FEBRUARY Contact Russell Duff 476 3494

Venue to be advised ( possibly a trip to the Albatross Centre)

Photo: Christmas 2010 stall First Church APW

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NEWS FROM THE COOK ISLANDS COMMUNITY

“A New Year is unfolding – like the blossom with petals curled tightly concealing the beauty within. Lord, let this year be filled with the things that are truly good – with the comfort of warmth in our relationships, with the strength to help those who need our help and the humility and openness to accept help from others. As we make our resolutions for the year ahead, let us go forward with great hope that all things can be possible – with your help & guidance”. Happy New Year every one and I hope you have all enjoyed your holidays as we enter in to the new Year of 2011. The Southern Strings Band entertained us at the Calton Hill Community Hall on New Years Eve which was well attended by the young people. This is the bands way of saying Thank You to all who have supported their fundraise Social to buy new equipment for the band.

A fantastic time was had by all who attended the Pure Epetoma which started Sunday 2nd January and finished Sunday 9th January. Special mention to our youth who came in with their ship being the Rescue Helicopter. The ship did not have cooks or kitchen hands but had office members, receptionists who took emergency calls etc. Thank you young people for your fresh and young ideas. We parents are so proud of you all. Thank you much to Rev Joseph for your hard work preparing the daily readings both in English and Cook Island language.

Welcome back to our members who went abroad on holidays. Mrs Vaine Metuatai who went to Tahiti, thank you for sharing Tahiti with us the Ekalesia. Mr and Mrs Ngarangi & Oki Metua, thank you for telling us about Melbourne and for the greetings from different Ministers. Mrs Opara Richards and grandson Teio who went to Rarotonga for their family re union. Thank you all for your great news. It‘s always good to listen how the other parts of the world are doing. Goodbye to Mr and Mrs Ben Bates Snr who had a long holiday in Dunedin. I hope you two enjoyed yourselves as much as we have enjoyed having you two here and helping out at the Pure Epetoma. Love the beautiful garden you two created at the Manse. We are still awaiting for Angel, Manu and baby Hereiti who went to Mangaia for their holidays to come back and tell us about their time in Mangaia.

A big congratulations to Eshan Dean and Jovarne Elone on the much awaited safe arrival of their beautiful son Mokoha Tevita Dean on 12th January 2011. Congratulations also to the proud Mama and Papa Ruhaus Ioaba & Miro Dean. Congratulations also to one of our own Miss Temarama Pitomaki, partner Tuteru Sam-son on the safe arrival of your beautiful daughter Here Samson. They are all residing in Auckland now. All the best for the future you young first time parents. On the note of birthdays, Happy birthday to Teira Dean who turned 19 on the 4th of January and Miss Takake Pitomaki who also celebrated her birthday on 21st on Jan.

We the Congregation would like to wish Miss Mata Samuela who will turn 21 on the 29th of January a very happy birthday. By the time this newsletter comes out Mata would have celebrated her birthday at the Kaikorai Rugby Club with friends and families. Mata is the grand daughter of Papa Pani and the late Mama Pani. Well done to you Mata and we wish you a happy wonderful time.

A friendly reminder to all of us about our picnic on February 5th at the Warrington Domain starting 10am till late. The church will provide the meat, and for us to bring anything to add to it eg salads etc etc. Finally, we wish Mata Uriaro a speedy recovery from her illness. She is now residing at daughter May Geekies residence in Fairfield. She was hospitalised for about 6 weeks.

We also wish Mrs Mii Ave Tairea of Invercargill all the best on her radiation treatment at Dunedin Hospital for thyroid cancer. She is here in Dunedin for 6 weeks. May God‘s blessings be upon you two as he heals you both from your illnesses.

Lastly to all our children who are returning to school, enjoy your first days back at school. To those who are returning or just starting their Tertiary Education, Enjoy and God bless. The key is to work hard and you shall achieve. It‘s not easy. “Let go of the past and go for the future. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined” : Henry David Thoreau

Regards - Tere Taana

PICNIC AT WARRINGTON – Saturday February 5th, from midday.

Come to the Warrrington Reserve, bring a

picnic, enjoy fellowship together.

Hosted by the Cook Islands community at

First Church. All are welcome

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SRI LANKA - 1 MILLION PEOPLE NEED OUR HELP The worst floods in over a century have destroyed homes, schools and agricultural land in Sri Lanka. Twenty-one percent of the rice crop has been wiped out. One million people face food shortages and the threat of waterborne disease. Help is urgently needed. Constant heavy rain between Christmas and mid-January caused the flood crisis. 350,000 people were displaced and dozens have been killed. The crisis is one of many flood disasters that have dominated the New Year. Media attention on Sri Lanka, however, has been limited and the country is one of the worst prepared to handle the long term food and rebuilding needs. Sri Lanka has been slowly recovering from over 25 years of civil war and the devastating 2004 tsunami. This is yet another setback.

Our partners are directly affected. CWS partner, the Women‘s Centre, has been unable to reach flooded communities by road but has spoken to them. ―Our women's group in Kalkuda in Batticaloa in the East are currently settled in a school and many are sick. It was also reported that they did not have food‖, they told CWS. ―We also contacted the other group in Welikanda in Polonnaruwa by phone. Our Tamil and Muslim sisters are surrounded by the floods and as their houses have collapsed, they are living in some cattle sheds temporarily. The government says it provides relief in mass scale. But what we have been informed is that relief and aid does not reach af-fected people properly.‖

Donate to CWS: PO Box 22652 Christchurch 8142, ph.0800 74 73 72, www.cws.org.nz

**The ACT Alliance has sent an initial US $240,000. This will help the National Christian Council of Sri Lanka provide meals for displaced families as well as the distribution of food rations, safe drinking water, hygiene kits and sanitation facilities. Much more is needed.

ALCOHOL LAW REFORM BILL General Assembly 2010 endorsed action against New Zealand‘s drinking culture. Submissions concerning the Alcohol Law Reform Bill are being sought by the Select Committee. Alcohol Action New Zealand has prepared information for people wanting to make a submission, and postcards that can be sent to the select committee. These are available along with further information in the book rack in the foyer.

If you want to make a difference you can help by:

writing your own submission and sending two copies to the select committee by 18 February tell the select Committee how the abuse of alcohol has affected you or someone you know encourage your family, friends and colleagues to make a submission supporting the 5+ Solution (Alcohol

Action) give a postcard to someone to send if they don‘t want to write a submission For more information: visit www.alcoholaction.co.nz or write to Fergus Wheeler

Coordinator, Alcohol Action, c/- The John Dobson Memorial Foundation, PO Box 443, Christchurch 8140

The deadline for sending submissions is 18 February 2011