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Newsletter 2015 Newsletter October 2015 Newsletter 2015 Keep in Contact Contents We enjoy hearing what alumni get up to in their lives once they leave College House. Be sure to keep in touch. House News College House From the Principal ........................................................... 3 100 Waimairi Road From the Board Chair ...................................................... 4 Christchurch 8041 New Zealand Welcome ........................................................................... 5 T: +64 3 364 2001 And our Farewells ............................................................ 6 F: +64 3 364 2101 From the CHSA President ............................................... 8 E: [email protected] W: www.collegehouse.org.nz Shambles Welcomes Huskies.......................................... 8 Scholarship Winners ....................................................... 9 Editors: Claire Mackintosh and Georgia Harvey Prize Winner off to Japan ................................................ 9 Consultants: Adrienne Olsen, Adroite Communications; Nepal Earthquake up Close .......................................... 10 Christopher Bray United Nations Values are a Passion ............................ 10 Design: Harvey Cameron Canterbury Hockey Representative ............................. 11 Printing: The Caxton Press Photography: Albert Nisbet (2014-15), Georgia Harvey Dinner Guests ................................................................ 12 The College House Newsletter is published annually Inspiration over Dinner ................................................ 13 with a circulation of 4,000 Maidment House Opened in May ................................ 14 16 Development 13 14 15 From the Chairman of Development........................... 16 11 9 10 12 8 7 From the Director of Development .............................. 16 5 6 Leaders in Giving ........................................................... 17 1 4 3 Rebuilt Dining Hall Exceeds Expectations .................. 18 2 Our Chapel–An Update ................................................. 20 Alumni Remarkable New Zealanders ........................................ 21 Cover image: Our alumni guests from the late 1960s-early 1970s at the opening of Maidment House. News Bites ...................................................................... 24 1. Simon Payton (1969) 9. Steve Krenek (1970-71) 2. David Maidment (1968-70) 10. Dave Roberts (1966-68) Milestones ...................................................................... 34 3. Lindsay Spilman (1968-69) 11. Denis Maddever (1970-71) 4. Rev Dr Ted Johnston 12. Peter Loeber (1966-68) Postcards from Near and Far ........................................ 40 (Principal 1970-74) 13. Phillip Williams (1970-71) 5. Dick Edwards (1969) 14. Murray Rowden (1966) 6. Barry Grant (1967-69) 15. Robin Stewart (1968) 7. Richard McKenzie (1969) 16. Peter Williams (1966-69) 8. Morrie Love (1968) 2 HouseHouse News News From the Principal There is a theory about time that the physicists amongst us understand, even if to everyone else it sounds bizarre: that the past, the present and the future all exist together. Here at College House, it is just possible to imagine what that means... In the courtyard below me, I can see a group of first year students, collaborating on an assignment. They have their laptops, their phones, and their headphones. They are as contemporary—as ‘now’—as it is possible to be. But the past is with us too. These buildings, this institution that is College House and the remarkable people who have lived and studied here before: they inform the present. They inspire us all, and give us the belief that everything we hope to achieve is within our grasp. And so there is a real sense of the future as well. The students who have chosen College House are here because they are determined to be the best they can be. They are bright, motivated, dedicated. It is easy to predict that they will make a difference in the world. As the new Principal at College House, I’m very conscious that this is a moment in my own space-time continuum. I’m humbled to find myself sharing the coordinates of these exciting young people and I shall be bringing everything of value from my own past to this present, for their future. Alastair Drayton Principal Andrea and Alastair Drayton 3 House News Similarly, we need your support for the remediation of the Chapel, for which, clearly, there is not the same commercial justification. But if you have ever—as I have—spent time alone in a forest, you will know that there is more to life than economic return. The Chapel’s contribution to our community may be hard to measure, but perhaps that is because it is priceless. Bill Studholme Board Chair From the Board Chair The benefits of the house New Board Members Forestry’s been my life, as you may know. So you’ll forgive me, I trust, for suggesting there is a parallel Natalie Baird between the ecosystem that is a forest and the ecosystem that is College House. A strong interest and belief in human rights has moulded The trees in a forest work together. Their roots form a Natalie’s career. A CH alumna symbiotic relationship with a fungus called mycelium from the first intake of female and this enables them to help out their neighbours by students (1990), she is a senior sharing nutrients and information: sort of a biological lecturer at UC’s School of Law with interests in human internet. It is one of the reasons forests are the most rights, refugee law, Pacific legal studies and public law. successful ecosystems we have: they cover 30% of the world’s land area. She has worked in Phnom Penh at the Cambodian Defenders’ Project, in the Prime Minister’s Department College House is the same. We select quality as a senior legal and policy advisor as well as the Crown saplings: intelligent, dedicated, interesting people. Law Office and the New Zealand Law Commission. We co-locate them in a supportive, nurturing environment and we encourage them to interact. Currently Chair of Trade Aid New Zealand and a trustee What forms is an ecosystem, the immediate benefit of the local Trade Aid Christchurch trust, Natalie of which is support through one of life’s critical was formerly on the Board of Amnesty International transitions—from home and school to university Aotearoa New Zealand for a number of years. and adult life. But that ecosystem of friendships and linkages—the College House World Wide Web— surrounds our alumni the rest of their lives. Ashley Wilson As a Board of Governors, our first priority is to ensure that College House maintains and builds its reputation A CH alumnus (1996) and civil as the very best university hall in New Zealand. Beyond engineering graduate, Ashley that, our vision is to increase the opportunity for more spent four years working at students to enjoy the benefits of the house. With the Holmes Consulting Group in new dining hall, we now have the infrastructure to Christchurch. In 2003 he moved accommodate an additional 30 students. Your financial to Lewis Bradford Consulting Engineers where he is support will make that possible: the more we raise from now a technical director and partner in the firm. the generosity of our alumni, the lower our financing From 2011-14 he was on the board of the Association of costs and the more competitive our offer to students Consulting Engineers New Zealand (ACENZ). and their families. 4 Welcome Alastair Drayton: BM “A wonderful place to begin university life was my first impression of College House,” said ‘new’ BM, Alastair Drayton. “I think it’s not only CH’s physical presence of outstanding facilities that makes it so special, but also it’s the quality and character of the students here that blows me away.” Alastair graduated from Lincoln University with a BCom in marketing and business management. He taught accounting and economics for some years in the UK and Canada, and at Napier Boys’ High School. Returning to Canterbury in 2005, he taught at Rangiora High School where he was a Dean and Head of Lydiard House. Rex Dillon: Bursar “It’s been a very positive move here as Bursar. I’m hugely enjoying the challenge of working in a completely new environment.” Rex was in a group accountant role in the timber industry, then in similar roles within the engineering and third-party logistics sectors in Nelson prior to coming to CH. Rex’s daughter Katherine is a CH alumna (2007-8). Greg Jones: Assistant to the Principal “It’s the sense of community that’s such a strength of College House,” said Greg Jones, in the new role as Assistant to the Principal. “The dining hall, formal dining and the 11 houses all foster this unique feeling of togetherness and unity. It’s wonderful being part of a learning and values based community.” Greg is responsible for the college’s strong academic tutoring and mentoring programme and overseeing the pastoral care of students with our six residential tutors. Greg taught at Ashburton College for 39 years. He was head of the senior school and the chemistry department, house leader and had various tutor and transition roles. The College House Board of Governors Warden John Rolleston (1979) LLB Rt Rev Victoria Matthews, Bishop of Christchurch David Strack BCom Sub Warden Anna Wilkes (1994) BSc, MSc (Hons) Bill Studholme ONZM, MSc(Hons), MSc, FNZIF, JP Phillip Williams (1970-71) BE (Electrical) Natalie Baird (1990) BA, LLB (Hons), LLM (Columbia) Ashley Wilson (1996) BE(Hons) (Civil), MIPENZ, CPEng, IntPE Jono Brent (1996) BCom, MEngSt, CA, FNZIM Iain Harvey Principal
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