Such is the popularity of the Wexford Dip in the Nip it has become a challenge to estimate how many are taking part. Now in its ninth year, the event took place in an unspecified location in south Wexford in the early hours of Sunday morning last. While organisers did their level best to count those arriving in towels and flip-flops, they eventually had to abandon the abacus.
Cheviot Rest Home is closing after 20 years.
Photo: RNZ/ Rachel Graham
The Cheviot Rest Home s owner said the closure had been forced by a combination of factors, but a key one was the Ministry of Health s broken funding system for rest homes.
The rest home has 14 beds, and for most of its 20 years of operation it had been full or close to, with a waiting list at times.
For the last six months the home has only had five residents, and with the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) only paying for occupied beds, owner Sue Coleman said they could not afford to stay open.