Bay Harbour: June 03, 2020

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Wednesday <strong>June</strong> 3 <strong>2020</strong> News ‘I don’t plan on stepping back at any stage’ • From page 1 She said it has been hard to explain what has been going on to her five-year-old son, Ryan and nine-year-old daughter, Julia. “My son knows mum has got a sick tummy, whereas my daughter, we’ve been quite open with her. She does understand. One thing she needed to be reassured with is that I haven’t been told I’ve got cancer, therefore, I’m going to die – [instead], it’s I’ve been told I’ve got cancer, therefore, I need to get treated.” She said her husband, Murray, has been incredibly supportive during the process and has been a big help by taking her to appointments and running around after the kids when she is busy. Mrs Peden lives in Little River and said the community “really rallied” once they found out she had been diagnosed. She says people have dropped off bunches of flowers, offered rides into town, and even given her family frozen meals. “My husband is part of the fire brigade [they’ve said]: ‘Hey, sing out if you need anything.’ I couldn’t be in a better place.” The community board is set to resume its meetings on Monday after being out of action since 263x180mm.pdf 1 26/05/20 3:22 PM before lockdown, and Mrs Peden said she plans to attend “as many meetings as much as possible” and in times where she can’t attend, deputy chairman Tyrone Fields will step in. “I said to the board I don’t plan on stepping back at any stage, but obviously there will be a couple of meetings I might not be able to make it to,” Mrs Peden said. “The board and governance team are doing everything they can to support me to continue my work, but also support me if, should I need a bit of time to recover, that’s available to me as well.” Mrs Peden works one day a week as manager of the Handmade Studio, a charitable trust which supports people with disabilities and says the team will juggle resources when she can’t be there. Meanwhile, in trying to remain as stress-free as she can, Mrs Peden says she has been taking “every day as it comes” and is making sure to get her downtime. “Simple things like sitting on my back porch with the sun streaming in and having a nice cup of coffee have been just what the doctor ordered.” Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz WELL-KNOWN residents John Hellemans and Sharon Kearney have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Dr Hellemans, of Clifton, has become an honorary member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to triathlon, while Ms Kearney, of Akaroa, has been made a member for her services to physiotherapy and netball. Dr Hellemans has contributed to the sport of triathlon in New Zealand as a competitive triathlete, coach, and sports medicine practitioner. He was a competitive triathlete from the 1980s until 2018 and fostered New Zealand’s global reputation in the sport. He was the world masters triathlon champion eight times between 1994 and 2012, an elite triathlon representative for New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games in 1990, and represented New Zealand at a number of world championships. He has coached a large number of internationally successful triathletes and has contributed to the wider sports community as a medical director for Triathlon New Zealand, Athletics New Zealand, and as a medical officer for a number of sports academies, training centres, and New Zealand triathlon teams competing at international events. He is a widely published author on sports medicine, altitude training and triathlons. He has received a number of awards including Otago coach of the year in 2006, 2007 and 2008, and the prime minister coach scholarship award in 2005. Dr Hellemans is a life member of Triathlon New Zealand and established New Zealand’s first triathlon academy prior to the introduction of triathlon as a sport at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. The second new NZOM member, Ms Kearney, has been heavily involved in injury prevention for Netball New Zealand and High Performance Sport New Zealand for more than a decade and is one of the country’s top experts in the field. BAY HARBOUR PAGE 5 Identities honoured John Hellemans Sharon Kearney She worked as a physiotherapist for the national youth netball teams and the Silver Ferns in the 1990s, before being appointed as the medical co-ordinator and touring physiotherapist for the Silver Ferns from 2002 to 2016. Ms Kearney has attended five world championships, two Commonwealth Games and three world youth cups with New Zealand netball teams. She is currently the injury prevention manager for Netball New Zealand, developing injury prevention, physiotherapy and management programmes to help prevent sports injuries. She was a specialist adviser in physiotherapy for the New Zealand Academy of Sport from 2005 to 2006 and was lead physiotherapist for High Performance Sport New Zealand from 2001 to 2015. Alongside her national sports teams and organisations, Ms Kearney has been a tutor and clinical educator for Otago University’s Physiotherapy Clinic.