✨ Bravery Awards Citations
13 DECEMBER 2013 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 168 4585
Wiggins completed smashing out the windscreen, and felt around in the cab to locate the driver. He dragged the driver from the cab, assisted by Mr Kay, before the truck was completely engulfed in flames. The heat and intensity of the fire set the road’s tar seal on fire.
Mr Wiggins and Mr Kay risked their own safety to pull the drivers from their burning vehicles, saving both their lives.
Lois Patricia KENNEDY
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Early in the morning of 21 January 2011, at a retirement complex in Christchurch, Mrs Lois Kennedy, who was 81 years, heard her neighbour calling for help. Mrs Kennedy knew that her neighbour’s middle-aged son was staying with his mother, and that his mental health had been deteriorating to the point that Mrs Kennedy was afraid of him.
Mrs Kennedy armed herself with a hearth brush and went outside to assist, without her walking frame, which she usually uses. It was dark and she has impaired vision. She approached what she viewed as a “bundle” in the garden by following the cries for help and feeling ahead of her. She came into contact with the man crouched over his mother and attacking her with a blunt samurai sword. Responding to the feel of a blade, Mrs Kennedy swung her hearth brush towards the sound of the man’s voice, connecting several times. He kicked at her as he continued to hold his mother down. Mrs Kennedy realised she could not physically stop him and returned to her unit to telephone the Police.
In the attack her neighbour suffered bites to her arms, hands and head, bruising and cuts from the sword, while Mrs Kennedy sustained an injury to her left hand.
Jade Ronald LYNN
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On 15 March 2012 Mr Jade Lynn, a construction worker, was on his way to work in Christchurch, when he saw a man standing in the middle of the road, waving two large knives and threatening members of the public. The man was trying to get into cars, and attempted to stab a cyclist. He had already kidnapped two people, and had stabbed them both. Mr Lynn saw blood on the knives and realised that the man was a serious threat.
Mr Lynn got out of his truck and approached him, unarmed. He tried to reason with the man, who threatened to kill him and swung at him with one of the knives. He started to walk towards Mr Lynn, who feared for his life. Mr Lynn took a long steel pinch bar from his truck and confronted him, in an effort to protect other members of the public. Twice the man walked towards Mr Lynn in a threatening manner, and once Mr Lynn pushed him back with the pinch bar. Mr Lynn was shouting at passers-by to stay away and lock their doors, while he continued to engage the man’s attention and distract him from other members of the public until Police arrived.
Dated this 2nd day of December 2013
REBECCA KITTERIDGE, Clerk of the Executive Council.
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⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement2 December 2013
Bravery Awards, NZBM, Christchurch, Rescue, Police
- Wiggins (Mr), Rescued driver from burning truck
- Kay (Mr), Assisted in rescuing driver from burning truck
- Lois Patricia Kennedy (Mrs), Defended neighbour from attack
- Jade Ronald Lynn (Mr), Confronted armed attacker to protect public
- REBECCA KITTERIDGE, Clerk of the Executive Council