NATIONAL MAGAZINE

P r i n c i p a l S p o n s o r s o f C a n T e e n

SUMMER 2005

It’s not what you know, It’s who you know

National Camp ‘05

CanTeen Rocks the Airwaves

INSIDE

It’s not what you know, It’s who you know

National Camp ‘05

CanTeen Rocks the Airwaves

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CONTENTS

• The national magazine is published quarterly• Contributions are welcomed and can be made through your CanTeen Co-ordinator• The deadline for contributions in the next magazines is 11th May 2005• Editor: Leanne Ryburn phone: (09) 303 4444 or email: leanner@canteen.org.nz

The views and opinions in this magazine are those of contributors and not necessarily endorsed by CanTeen

Contents & Cover story

2 Cover Story Wearable Art Extravaganza, Mereana Tumohetakes out the Top Prize

3 National Presidents MessageAnnual General MeetingNational Events for 2005

4 CanTeen Rocks the AirwavesWaikato CanTeeners host a radio show on Community Radio Hamiton

5 What’s Happening?News from around New Zealand

6-9 It’s not what you know, It’s who you knowReport and photos from CanTeen’s NationalCamp in Nelson

10 Changing PerspectivesRacheal Hogg and Matt Truman travel to Australia

11-13 What’s Happening?News from around New Zealand

14 Remembrance

Any spare time could be spent sewing, tying, cutting andgluing all manner of things together to form fabulous outfits.It was amazing to see the creativity and flair shown by ourown CanTeeners. Congratulations to Mereana Tumohe, overallwinner of the CanTeen Wearable Art Event, with her dresssuperbly modelled by Ngarewa Temaipi. Her beautiful dresswas hand stitched fabric overtop of moulded chicken-wire,with a design on the front made of authentic Nelson seaweed. The event itself was a spectacular success with not only themembers work, but support from the local wearable art artistswho lent us their costumes from past years WOW event, andothers who came to support us as judges offering theirenthusiasm and support for the wonderful work of themembers who participated in the event. Even the staff andvolunteers came up with creations that added to the fun of theevening. The night was finished off with a great duke box danceto burn off the last of our energy.A big thank you goes to Elspeth and her helpers for organisingthe evening and providing many of the materials that wereavailable for everyone to use, and to Princess Hart, a localwoman, who brought along natural materials such as seaweed,feathers and shells for people to use in their designs.

Mereana talks about her Wearable Art Creation and her

experiences at National Camp, page 14

Wearable Art ExtravaganzaOne of the highlights of National Camp in Nelson this year was theWearable Art Event. Held on Thursday Evening, the create-a-thonran from the first day at camp right up until Thursday evening.

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Dear CanTeeners,

Hope everyone had a good break overthe Christmas/New Year period andmanaged a well-deserved rest. Thesummer weather has been crazy! In February our National Manager, John Robinson resigned. Johnhad been employed by CanTeen for just over 2 1/2 years. DuringJohn’s time with CanTeen, he oversaw a number of changes withinthe organisation. We wish John all the best for the future.Moving forward, the Board has the challenging task ahead ofthem to find a new Manager for the organisation, someone whocan assist in leading us into the future. In the meantime, Mr JimBarclay, CEO of the Child Cancer Foundation has been appointedActing National Manager. The Board felt this to be hugelyimportant in the daily management of CanTeen. Jim will overseethings for us until we can find a permanent replacement.In February Lee Ayson (Waikato Divisional Co-ordinator) movedon to a new job, Lee will be greatly missed. Lee has been holdingthings together in the Waikato in a voluntary capacity and by thetime this magazine is printed, we hope to have found areplacement for Lee.At the AGM, we farewell the following Board members: JodiPreston-Thomas, Amy Fairhurst, Penny Mitchell, Mel Roberts, andHamish Dillon. I would like to extend my thanks to these peopleas well as the rest of the 2004 Board who are continuing in 2005,their commitment of skills and time to CanTeen has been hugelyappreciated. Contrary to my last magazine report, I will be standing forNational President for one more term (It’ll be my last, I’ll be tooold to stand for another one!), so I may just be writing this reportin a few months time if the board vote me back in.

Support, Develop and Empower!

Prudence Walker

National President

NationalPresidents Report

Prudence WalkerNational President

Photo courtesy of Norrie Montgom

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AGENDA

1. Welcome

2. Apologies

3. Confirmation of previous minutes (meeting held 8th November 2003)

4. Matters Arising

5. Presentation and adoption of AnnualReport including balance sheet andstatement of accounts

6. Election of Auditors

7. Announcement of Officers

8. General Business

9. Close

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGAND SOCIAL TIME

Date: Saturday 2nd April

Place: Brentwood Hotel, 16 Kemp Street,

Kilbirnie, Wellington

Time: 5pm

RSVP: Penny Jones, Central Division Co-ordinator

Phone: (04) 934 3479

Prudence Walker 021 454 021

by 17th March

Presidents Weekend- CANCELLED

Due to popular demand for weekends in March ( the CanTeenExecutive Committee/ board have changed their dates) the Presidentsweekend 18, 19 and 20th of March has been cancelled. When I can getsome firm dates I will let you all know.

Art WorkshopIs a happening thing on the 28, 29, 30th of April and the 1st of May.Members with school art or other training and/or lots of experienceplease get in touch ASAP as spaces are limited and filling fast.

Other WorkshopsThere will be other workshops happening this year and I will informeveryone of dates as they come to hand.

National CampNew members, members who haven’t been before, Newdick cupwinner, senior leaders and possible high priority others check yourdiaries and talk to whoever needs to know you are going to be awayNational camp will be on again 2005/2006. The camp is over six days and dates will be confirmed. You can start toplan by blocking out the first/ second week after the secondary schoolterm finishes 2005, and around the same time as this year in January2006 as possible times for national camp.

What’s happening and What’s not....

National Events 2005 by Elspeth Lamb

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Things here in the Naki have been going pretty good..... A fewof us (Steven, Greta, Kirsten and myself ) were lucky enoughto head off to sunny Nelson for National Camp. We met heapsof amazing people (after one of us finally getting there) andgenerally had a wicked week filled with many crazyadventures.Last time I mentioned that we were off to play some golf. Youcould say it was a bit difficult to start off with but onceeveryone got into the SWING of things we realised we hadquite a few pros amongst us.We also had our Christmas party to finish off the year withand with a little help from Olivia we managed to haveBUBBLES of fun. It was a good night and enjoyed by all andsome of us even managed to get up and join in with thedancing. Our Secret Santa pressies turned out to be very

interesting and a verygood laugh too.Recently while doing somefundraising we got the chanceto meet Mark Ingles and Tawera Nikau andlisten to them speak of the challengesthey have faced in their lives. Jasminefrom Canteen also got up and spoke of herexperience with Cancer, it was veryinspirational to hear from them all.Our Co-ordinator Diane will be leaving ussoon, she has done some great things forTaranaki Canteen and we appreciate allthe effort she has put it.We have a few things on the cards comingup but I guess you will just have to waituntil next time to find out all about it.Rachel Fendall

CanTeen Taranaki President

TARANAKI

Down in the ‘NakiPeow Peow CanTeeners, So how was everyone’s summer break?? Filled with lots of sun-

shine, fun and laughter I hope!

Left to Right: Tawera Nikau, Rachel, Toni, Greta and Mark Ingles

Farewell to Lee Ayson,Waikato Divisional Co-ordinator. We wish youall the best in your new job

Late last year Waikato/BOP/East Cape was donated a $2,000party at The Works in Hamilton. This was kindly donated byPathLab Waikato, who had won it through a work competition.We enjoyed a day of tenpin, lazerstrike and time zone andSOOOOOOO much food - too much, even for a CanTeen activity.Thanks to the team at PathLab Waikato! We had a fantastic day!

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By 12.30pm Sunday afternoon the firstcampers were arriving and it was great to putfaces to names as everyone found their roomsand picked up their t-shirts. Monday saw the beginning of activities witheveryone getting into team building, thenrotating around activities: climbing, swimming,go karting, orienteering, archery, low-ropes,and group work with David Garb (volunteercounsellor). By Monday evening theImprovisors had arrived to do some theatregames with us and Deana, Tim and Aaronmanaged to turn some fairly tricky audienceideas (such as how to deal with annoyingbrothers or sisters) into ridiculous scenariosand they didn’t laugh once, although we did! A

members group got together to prepare for theReflection evening on Wednesday. They wantedto make sure members had all the things theythought were important to have on that evening.Tuesday saw us up at Lake Rotoiti enjoying thesun. The cold wind didn’t keep the hardy waterskiers, biscuiters, jet boaters, canoers, andsailors off the water. And didn’t we have ayummy lunch!!! (sausages, hamburgers, saladsand berries and ice cream!! YUM) Wonderfulpeople from all over the Nelson district cameto show us what ‘real southern hospitality’ isall about!!! After dinner, people from the local Maoricommunity came to share about the significanceof the local environment geologically to

“It’s not what you know, It’s who you know”

National Camp Nelson ‘05

Leanne and I arrived in Nelson on Saturday 15 January, tothe welcoming committee of Katie Hughes and John Haynesour hard working and enthusiastic Nelson staff team whohad been busy picking up our cargo, tents and other wearable art supplies.

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Maori, and how some of this knowledgewas used in healing through manydifferent cultures. Senior members alsogot an opportunity to have their ownmeeting where they were able to sharetheir ideas, experiences, strength andhope specific to them. This was somethingoften asked for by older members, so itwas great to see it happening.Wednesday — doing activities again.Finishing off all those ones we didn’t get todo on Monday along with some seriouswearable art work, and getting prepared forthe reflection evening. Wednesday also sawthe arrival of Wayne Nicholls, PaediatricOncologist at Starship, who came toparticipate in a question and answer formatfor members to ask any of those tricky orinteresting medical questions that they mighthave. We were lucky to have an expert groupof CanTeen staff and volunteers there to addtheir knowledge to the forum and supportWayne.Reflection evening took place in a ring of beautiful rocks, candles,and music giving members the time and space to acknowledgeloss, change, or anything else that was going on for them.Thursday rocketed in with members participating in a wide varietyof activities: horse riding; a visit from the local Karate club to teachanyone who wanted to learn a special form; a visit from two BodyShop people to show back, hand and arm massage, makeup andskin care; jewellery making with Katie; a taste of meditation fromRenata (another local guest from Tuesday night); high ropes; go-karting; music production (supported by Harry a local musician) forthe wearable art event; wearable art finish off; set design(supported by Theresa a local artist); flying fox; canoeing; shooting;swimming; medical information with Wayne; talking with DavidGarb our wonderful facilitator/counsellor; and flax weaving withOha, another local who came to share her wonderful craft withwhoever wanted to learn. Thursday was very full and by evening thewearable art event was ready to roll. As you can see from thephotos we have many gorgeous, creative and theatrical CanTeenmembers!! Virtually everyone on the camp spent some time in thewearable art room assisting, creating or providing moral support forthe wonderful work of the artists. (Not to mention the wonderfulcards, certificates, and other art work created by members!) Tineckewas our wonderful fashion designer/wearable art volunteersupervisor who was ably assisted by Nelson Coordinator KatieHughes. I didn’t see Tinecke leave the wearable art room the wholetime we were at camp except when she was in bed, or having dinnerof course!! Friday was the pack up and clear up day with members workinghard to get the cleaning done, fill out evaluation forms, say theirthank yous, farewells, get addresses and have the first ones out thedoor and on the bus by 10.30am. It was a mission but it happened.

I would like to say a very big thank you to the last group to leavethe camp, who ended up on quality control doing far more cleaningthan everyone else. Well done and thank you for continuing on thecamp spirit!! Talking of which, the camp spirit was huge andwonderful and I thank you all for the contribution you made overthis fabulous six days to that spirit —-where over a hundred peoplegot to know each other very well, very quickly and as only CanTeenmembers, volunteers and staff can!!! Also a big, big thank you to allthose staff (paid and volunteers) who worked so very hard and hadlots of fun throughout the camp to make it the success it was. Thanks to Leanne and her PR group, made up of CanTeeners, whowere responsible for the great article in the local paper, a verypenetrating, professional interview on the radio and the squillions ofphotos and videos taken around camp. Hey everybody—- keep in touch and go well over the year and I lookforward to catching up with you at your next national event.All Good ThingsElspeth LambNational Programmes Manager

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Congratulations HamishHamish O’Connor, President ofWellington Branch, was the winner ofthe Andrew Newdick Cup at NationalCamp 2005 in Nelson.

The Andrew Newdick Cup is presentedat each National Camp to the personwho best represents the spirit ofCanTeen and the mission of Support, Develop and Empower.

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Fast thrills for NSI CanTeeners! CANTERBURY

WELLINGTON

The Canterbury Driving School were really wonderful hosts, wegot served with fizzy drinks and hot drinks as well as snacksbefore getting the chance to look around the wonderful DrivingSchool workshop. We then each got fitted into a real set ofracing overalls and then the fast action begun. Most of us hadtwo rides each and a couple of us were lucky enough to be

right in the action and spun on a few of the corners while therest of us watched in slight horror. All in all a great morning washad by everyone and we were all very pleased to have had theopportunity to have a ride in those fantastic cars.Keryn Densem,N.S.I Committee Member.

CanTeen NSI would like to thank Canterbury Driving School very much for the best morning out!!!

On the same day we also held our annualAGM. We voted in a new committee - Iwas voted in as President and MiraMiliszewska as Vice-President.Unfortunately she has left to Auckland, sowe are currently looking for a new vice.Tristram Domican is continuing in his roleof Treasurer and Brittany Domican willcontinue as Secretary. We also have anumber of new committee members

taking our committee up to 12!The Central Division was really wellrepresented at National Camp 05 inNelson with 23 of us attending - it was agreat to have so many of our divisionthere, and to have the chance to meetmembers from other divisions, all whileenjoying fun games and activities.January also had more activities for theWellington branch - kayaking down atQueens Wharf - the Global Challengeboats were berthed at the time and it wasamazing to be able to get some extremeclose up looks!Earlier this month we sold programmes atthe Sevens tournament - Wellingtonturned on the weather so it was really hot- it was great to see the effort put intocostumes and there was an amazingly funatmosphere! It was a very fun weekend. In the next couple of months we have alot planned - 4 wheel driving is our nextactivity which promises to be a lot of fun,and summer camp is also on the way. Wealso continue to meet at Starbucks everysecond Tuesday which is a great time tochill out and catch up. Hamish O’ConnorWellington President

2004 ended well for theWellington branch. OurChristmas party was heldin early December anddespite the terribleweather we managed tohave a really nice time andcatch up with everyone.

On a cold overcast

Saturday morning a

few of the Northern-

South Island

CanTeeners went out

to Ruapuna Raceway

for a fast exhilarating

ride in the Canterbury

Driving Schools’ two

thrilling Mazda RX-7’s.

Chilling out and Catching up

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We arrived on a balmy37 degree afternoon,and together withNational ProgrammesManager Elspeth, wehit the mall while wewaited for the otherdelegates to arrive.Matt proved to be theultimate shopping

accessory ~ perfect forholding bags, making flattering comments, and clearing a paththrough the crowds with his magic white wand (what a S.N.A.G.) Asthe sun set and the temperature dropped, we even managed a dip atthe beach.But then, alas, the holiday was over. The Aussies arrived and thetaunting started. Matt and I were forced to sit and repeat words like “dentist”, “six” and the good old classic “fish and chips”, whilebeing given regular updates on the disastrous test cricket score.Seriously though, our Aussie comrades were absolutely awesomeand very welcoming. The conference was very well run and included very relevantworkshops. These included Late Effects, Family Relationships andPalliative Care. Key note speakers included our own Marcus Akuhata-Brown that the Aussie organisers had nabbed after they heard hisinspirational speech at a conference in Auckland. Another fascinatingspeech came from an ex-cop nicknamed ‘Sieve’, who survived lyingalone for 3 hours after being shot 14 times in 3 seconds!! Matt and Ilearnt a lot about the structure of CanTeen Australia, and ways theyare tackling issues similar to ours (such as how to cater for oldermembers). The Aussies were also impressed with our ‘Pullingtogether” book, and are looking to create something similar. On Saturday evening we jumped into hired cars for an ‘Amazing Race”around Adelaide’s streets that ended with a dinner and a dance at alovely old surf club on the beachfront. On Sunday afternoon we saidour goodbyes, but it was not to end there. All the divisional

Presidents were staying on for a meeting and invited their new kiwifriends to tag along to their hotel. We spent the last night with themin the classy Holiday Inn, where the Aussie cricket team and HarlemGlobetrotters had the pleasure of our company; they were basicallyfalling over each other to get our autographs....Matt took advantage of this and while talking to Darren Lehmann inthe elevator offered him some advice on how to take it easy on theKiwi’s much to Darren’s laughter. Overall, Adelaide was beautiful, theCanTeeners were inspirational, and the conference interesting andinformative. A huge thankyou to our lovely chaperone Elspeth, and toCanTeen for giving us this opportunity.By Racheal Hogg

Changing PerspectivesOn 25 November, Matt Truman and I winged our way to

Adelaide, with an invitation to attend an Australian CanTeen

conference titled “Changing Perspectives”.

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The Aussies were also impressed with our

‘Pulling together” book, and are looking

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Thanks to a very kind Ann Nolan, wewere lucky to receive 6 VIP tickets toQuidam on the 30th of January.The Maud family came along withme for an amazing night of beautifulfood and drinks, front row seats anda show toremember.Maree LudlowPatient Support Co-ordinator

To launch Auckland City’s new

Jaffa cabs, Heart of the City held

a Jaffa Cab Derby down Queen

Street in early December. You

may have seen it on the news.

Jaffas Ride Again

The More FM team of Kim, Corbett and Paul racedtheir pedal powered “Jaffa Cab” rickshaw downQueen Street on behalf of CanTeen, coming thirdrunner-up (last of the four teams) but still winning$2000 dollars for CanTeen. They were up againstteams from TV3, NZ Idol and by Dick Hubbard theMayor who raced with Santa Claus and NickyWatson. Even though we were beaten, wedefinitely had the best-dressed and largest supportteam, looking great in our CanTeen T-Shirts.Hannah Josephson and Thomas Davies acceptedthe gigantic cheque (it only just fitted in the van forthe return trip) and thanked Kim, Corbett and Paulfrom More FM for their effort and their tremendoussupport of CanTeen. Fantastic speech guys! It wasan exciting day and we all got lots of free Jaffas!

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28 members, 9 of which were from Northland set sailaround 7pm on Friday the 11th of Feb and headed forMotutapu – ‘The Sacred Island’. After arriving in a torrentialdown poor and a cold and windy night, we were blessedwith a beautiful Saturday morning.A day spent sailing, kayaking, rope walking, abseiling andeven a bit of lazy sun bathing. Thanks to the staff fordonating their time for instruction.On Saturday night we did the Burma Trail, wet a fewmembers and scared a few as well (not that they wouldadmit it).On Sunday we did the Survivor Challenge, which the ‘Monkeys and the Chronics’ won by a good margin.We then packed up and set off for home to our well welcomed beds after an awesome weekend.Thanks to all involved, especially the volunteers. The camp is booked for 2006

MOTUTAPU AK 05THE SACRED ISLAND

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REMEMBRANCES

Sarah Finnegan

24.12.1986 - 08.02.2005

An active member of the Waikato divisionwho will be missed her division and thosethat knew her. Our thoughts go out toEmma and her family.

Harrison Scott28.04.1988 - 17.01.2005A new member to CanTeen Auckland division, our thoughts are with his family.

Supiteo Veatupu24.09.1984 - 08.12.2004Past Vice President of CanTeen Waikato/BOP/East CapeRemembered as an enthusiastic member with a great sense of humour. Ourthoughts go out to Joseph, Viliami and their family

I had no idea what toexpect when I arrived at the site and took the opportunity to do allthat I could.I enjoy doing creative things so wasexcited to hear there would be anopportunity to do some cutting andpasting for the Wearable Art show. I havealways loved art and creative things onthe side, mainly painting, but I’m keen ontrying new things so after thinking on itfor a day I finally started looking at whatthere was to play with. Eventually thingsgot going and I was in my zone.

From the beginning we (my sister and I)were just playing around not really surewhat to do. I wanted something feminineand beautiful, but also somethingdifferent and through experimenting wecame up with ‘Paquin’. Instead of workingwith the theme we worked backwardsand worked with the theme last. Once thedress had been made with the help ofsome dried seaweed we found we couldrelate everything to the movie ‘The Piano’(Those crisp large black n white hoopskirts and the sea). Anna Paquin came tomind, therefore the name Paquin.....Itwas as simple as that.The Wearable Art show and the ‘After

party’ was so much fun. It was veryunexpected that things would turn outthe way they did, I had only started with

the thought of having a laugh (which weall did) and I’m glad I did.The experience of this was so valuable,

along with other events, like Dr WayneNicholls, who is a paediatric oncologist.We were able to discuss things with himthat were very relevant to all of us there,considering the experiences that all of ushave had.We were really spoiled with all theactivities available, like our own privateride on a jet boat. Even though theweather conditions were inhumane......itwas worth it.Along with great food, the water slide,swimming pool, beautiful views and weather,go-karting, rock climbing and many otheractivities, I really had a good time.Mereana Tumohe

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National Camp ‘05 In the Creative Zone

Lisa Olorenshaw in her dress made of parking tickets

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I see my position as a facilitator... as amember-focused organization, I find itgratifying to assist the members to plancamps, activities and support them in allthey do.The job has so many ‘hats’ to wear. Therole covers many things including

accounts, volunteer recruitment andmanagement, member support,programme development, public relations,various meetings with health professionalsand organizations associated with CanTeen(including CCF, Ronald McDonald House,Volunteering Canterbury, CHOC, OncologyDepartment, CDHB Cancer Network andAdolescent Focus Group...). I could go onand on, and for those of you who know mewell by now, I could. But I’ll refrain!The best part of the position - apart frommeeting and dealing with some of the mostawesome people I have ever met - is thecomplexity of the different aspects of thejob. Every day is different, and there aren’tmany vocations that can say that.A personal ‘reaction’ of my position is thatmy appreciation of life is forever evolvingand growing. I have never in my time ofworking with people in Oncology (previousto this position I was a Radiation Therapist

at Christchurch Public Hospital) had theprivilege of appreciating what limits can beovercome with the right attitude: wherethere’s a will, there’s a way.I was on the National Camp at Bridge Valleyearlier this year and had a ball! I’ve metsome vivacious, talented and inspiringmembers that I hope to see many moretimes in future events. CanTeen has a hugearray of dedicated members, staff andvolunteers.So to wrap this up, I love the position! Evenfrustrating times bring about positivechanges and adaptation with continuallearning; I believe everyone could relate tothis. I eagerly look forward to all the 2005events, both from NSI and National. Seeyou there!True to being me, a thought for the day: “The only way to discover the limits of thepossible is to venture a little way past theminto the impossible.” Arthur C. Clarke

BEING A CO-ORDINATOR: WHAT IT MEANS TO ME KORAL TAPP, N.S.I.

So it’s been seven months now since I joined ‘Team

CanTeen’. During that time, there has been much

learning, discovering of myself both professionally

and personally, and growing to love my job.

Area Co-ordinator Phone

Auckland Murray Kidd 09 308 5906

Northland Lisha Hayward 09 430 8554

Waikato 07 839 1130

Hawkes Bay Regan Petkovic 06 878 5958

Taranaki Tania Stockman 06 751 3470

Manawatu Janet Thompson 0274 246 2310

Wellington Penny Jones 04 934 3479

Nelson Katie Hughes 03 547 0022

Canterbury Koral Tapp 03 377 3028

Otago Angela Ireland 03 477 4933

Southland Michelle Tohill 03 217 3313

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CanTeen thanks BPG for their generosity by printing this magazine free

EXTRAVAGANZAWearable Arts2005

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