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Retiring Judge Joanna Maze, is looking forward to losing her anonymity in the South Canterbury community she loves but has remained at arm’s length from for the past 11 years. Maze, Timaru's resident District Court judge since September 2011, finished her final court sitting on Friday with "a courtesy farewell between bench and bar" and told The Timaru Herald she made the decision to retire "when I knew that I was beginning to run out of energy ... and a sense that I wanted to have some time left still to do things for myself". "It's a job where you have to maintain a degree of separateness in your life, and that does suit my personality, and this has been a wonderful community to be part of, but I'm ready to be more part of it and that isn't entirely consistent with being a judge in a small community,’’ she said. "South Canterbury really is a delightful community. The people have good values, it is a caring community, it is an ideal size. It's more like a big village really. … [Read more...] about South Canterbury community calling retiring District Court Judge Joanna Maze

STUFF Justine Shera shares her weight loss surgery journey When Justine Shera realised she was being a spectator in her son’s life due to her weight, she knew she had to do something about it. “I just had this epiphany moment crying like, oh my god, I'm just watching this little boy grow up, and his memories are going to be of dad playing with him and that's not going to involve me,” the 45-year-old New Plymouth woman says. After losing and gaining the same 40 kilograms three different times in her adult life, Shera decided to get $25,000 weight loss surgery to try and keep the weight off for good. She explained to 11-year-old son Aiden she was doing it for him. READ MORE: Desperate bid for 'life-changing' breast reduction surgery Woman loses over 80kg after lifelong body battle: 'I'm finally starting my life now' New Zealand woman Ariana Omipi loses half her body weight after surgery “I've talked to him a lot about this is something I'm doing because I … [Read more...] about The Taranaki mum who cashed in KiwiSaver to get life changing weight loss surgery

On this "Face the Nation" broadcast moderated by Margaret Brennan: Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Rep. Adam Schiff , Democrat of California German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Dr. Henning Tiemeier of Harvard University Click here to browse full transcripts of "Face the Nation." MARGARET BRENNAN: I'm Margaret Brennan in Washington. And on this Fourth of July weekend on Face the Nation, we will look at the challenges facing an increasingly divided America. President Biden's message after a week of consultation with our closest allies on the issues threatening global stability: All is well with our friends. The biggest threat to the world view of America is from within. (Begin VT) JOE BIDEN (President of the United States): You haven't found one person - - one world leader to say America is going backwards. America is better positioned to lead the world than we ever have been. The one thing that has been destabilizing is the outrageous … [Read more...] about Full transcript of “Face the Nation” on July 3, 2022