Taming Girl Tourette’s P3 power P26 Christchurch’s largest circulating community newspaper Thursday, June 2, 2016 Rachael Faatili with the Governor-General, Sir Jerry Mateparae, who officially opened the Community Housing Trust home in Wainoni. New life for red zone home ANNA PRICE The section was bought from a it has totally restored, rewired, "This is a property owning bold new inter-generational hous- family who liked the trust’s goals fully insulated, lined with plaster democracy. We need to look care- ing concept – it is about to build Rachael Faatili says it felt like and sold at a ‘‘very’’ fair price. board and given new exterior fully at how we can assist younger new homes. home the moment she and her The house was acquired through cladding – an added advantage in families get into their own homes. Two 3-bedroom family units two boys walked into the restored Lumley Insurance. its north-facing aspect. ‘‘Those with equity may need and one smaller 2 bedroom unit 3 bedroom house they can call The trust, set up by former The work was made possible to share this with their children for grandparents will soon stand their own, on a sunny block in Christchurch mayor Garry Moore with grants from the Rata Foun- and become guarantors to help on another Ottawa Rd site where Wainoni last Friday. as a charitable initiative, has dation (formerly Canterbury their children into family homes. a single family home once stood. The house, transferred from already shifted 25 houses out of Community Trust). The banks and lending Trust manager Garry Moore Burwood’s red zone to a section in the city’s red zone in its two-year Trust chair Patrick Costello institutions may need to consider said an architect had already Ottawa Rd bought by the Com- history to provide affordable said without Rata, the operation flexibility, particularly to allow given his time without charge. munity Housing Trust, was housing for working families on would have failed as a trust. He families settle in partially com- ‘‘We’re looking at the working officially opened on Friday by low incomes. also said unless society worked pleted homes that they can finish poor,’’ he said. trust patron, Governor-General However, this is the first time together, New Zealand was over time,’’ Costello said. Supporters are urged to help Sir Jerry Mateparae. it has bought a section for a house headed for a two-tiered system. 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It was ‘‘why did community are underway this this happen to our child?’’ month as Linwood College As early as 18 months of age, Today, at 12, Analiese is emerg- prepares to start a full Analiese’s parents knew their ing as a confident public speaker. multimillion-dollar rebuild in 2017. firstborn was ‘‘a bit different.’’ She also loves loves drama and Principal Richard Edmundson ‘‘She had a lot of anger – not singing and, lately, horse riding. said the college’s education brief necessarily temper tantrums – She hopes to encourage other on the kind of school it wants and we blamed ourselves as bad young people like herself. would be delivered to the parents,’’ her mother Robyn Over the past three years, she Ministry of Education on July 31. Twemlow said. has spoken candidly about the Linwood College draws its The problem escalated at reality of living with the pediatric students from a wide pool of school. neurological disorder, including communities from Bromley to ‘‘She was always incredibly at TEDx Christchurch in 2015. Scarborough. bright, it was just relationships that were a problem. She was a ‘‘She was a MARION COLLEGE HEAD candidate for being picked on.’’ Mary-Lou Davidson has been At age 3, repetitive blinking candidate for being appointed as the new principal of was put down to tics – ‘‘very com- picked on.’’ Marion College. A staff member mon in childhood,’’ the doctor of Marion for 18 years, Davidson said. more recently held the position ‘‘Over the next few years we Last week, Analiese became of deputy principal. Board of took it in our stride, thought it the youngest recipient of a New trustees chair Jan Paterson said was a bit of a quirk but this was Zealand Youth Week Award. She the appointment spelt ‘‘exciting just her,’’ Robyn said. At 7, won the youth and disability times’’ ahead for the college Analiese was diagnosed ADHD category for her work raising pub- under Davidson’s visionary, and medicated. lic awareness and reaching out to compassionate leadership.She Primarily confined to motor other young New Zealanders like resonated the special Catholic tics (involuntary jerky repetitive herself who live with Tourette character of the college, Paterson movements), at age 6 the the mys- Syndrome. The family travelled to said. tery disorder was compounded by Wellington for the presentation of vocal tics (sudden outbursts). her certificate and trophy in Par- CITY TRAVEL FINALIST At 9, Analiese was diagnosed liament by Minister of Youth, House of Travel Hornby’s owner/ with Tourette Syndrome.