Sir Bob Parker
Photo: Supplied/ Office of the Governor General.
Sir Bob is in a wheelchair with limited movement on his left side.
He spent time in Burwood Hospital before moving to the long-term facility last week.
His long- time friend Bert Govan said Sir Bob s illness had come as a shock to family and friends.
He said Sir Bob and his wife, Lady Jo Nicholls-Parker, were keeping very active and cycling regularly, until Sir Bob s health declined. It s just the last thing that was expected, but I think they ll also be very proud of the way that Bob and Jo have dug deep, and are really working with the medical teams to give him the best chance of rehabilitation.
His long-time friend Bert Govan said Sir Bob s illness had come as a shock to family and friends.
He said Sir Bob and his wife, Lady Jo Nicholls-Parker, were keeping very active and cycling regularly, until Sir Bob s health declined. It s just the last thing that was expected, but I think they ll also be very proud of the way that Bob and Jo have dug deep, and are really working with the medical teams to give him the best chance of rehabilitation.
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Sir Bob Parker was the public face of the Christchurch earthquake response.
Former Christchurch mayor Sir Bob Parker is in a long-term care facility after a life-threatening stroke left him with limited movement and confined to a wheelchair. Parker, a national television figure before becoming an inspiring frontman in the aftermath of the earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 in Canterbury, said he suffered a heart attack in May last year, when he was feeling as “fit as he had ever been”. The 68-year-old was treated and received medication, including blood thinning drugs. After recovering, he had a stroke on October 5, just days after attending an event in Akaroa to mark the restoration of its historic lighthouse.