New life for paralysed teacher
'■ PA Wellington “ A Wellington teacher, ' Mr Michael Girling- » Butcher, paralysed playx ing rugby, last year, is => looking forward to life in “ Palmerston North. X Mr Girling-Butcher was discharged from the Otara X Spinal Unit on January 31 after a six-month stay. “ He has moved into a « flat in Palmerston North X with wife, Robyn, and . seven-month old daughter, “•Rtichel. ‘4
“It’s nice to be back with the family,” he said. Mr Girling-Butcher broke his neck while hooking in a junior sixthgrade rugby match in July last year. A national fund-raising campaign, organised by his rugby club, raised $65,000. The money will go towards alterations on the family’s new Palmerston North home, which they hope to move into in, two or three months.
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