Issue 71 May 2018
Official Bulletin of: THE ORIENTAL BAY RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION Inc. P.O. Box 27 261 Marion Square Wellington 6141
1 1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING
OF THE
ORIENTAL BAY RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION INC
WILL BE HELD AT
THE ROYAL PORT NICHOLSON YACHT CLUB,
ORIENTAL PARADE
AT 7.30PM
ON
MONDAY 21 MAY 2018
7.30pm Get-together (subsidized drink and nibbles)
8.00pm Report from the Committee
Receive Financial Statements
Election of Officers and Committee Members
8.20pm Guest Speaker
Chris Laidlaw, Chair, Greater Wellington
Regional Council
ALL RESIDENTS OF ORIENTAL BAY ARE WELCOME
2 PRESIDENT’S REPORT
On behalf of the Executive Committee of OBRA 1. Annual General Meeting of Members Notice of the AGM is included in this newsletter for Monday, 21 May 2018. The meeting this year will be back again at The Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club. We will commence with the usual get-together at 7.30pm. Once the meeting has commenced, there will be a brief business session and then we will have one speaker, Chris Laidlaw, Chair of Greater Wellington Regional Council. Thanks to Jackie Pope and Lynda Graham for organizing all this. 2. Finance We will report on our accumulated funds at 31 March 2018, at the AGM. 3. Membership We encourage new residents to come along to the AGM and/or join the Association. As at 31 March 2017, we reported that paid up membership was 216. Also, we previously reported the sad loss of David Hogg our Treasurer last year. At that time, Val Browning kindly volunteered to take on that role, in addition to her longstanding and very valuable role as printer and general production manager for Bay View. As reported elsewhere in Bay View, unfortunately Val then became ill. Accordingly, we are currently without an appointed Treasurer although my wife Sue (who is also Secretary) and I recently have taken over these files and are filling in for that role. As part of that process we have the help of Lynda Graham and Ann Mallinson who are also working through the membership list to provide an updated list and number. As a result, at the time of writing this report we are still bringing matters up to date, which should be achieved by AGM date. 4. Website – orientalbay.org.nz The website www.orientalbay.org.nz has been increasingly active this year. In particular, over the last 15 months, it has been frequently used for communication to residents to report on the history of negotiations with Council over the proposed Oriental Bay cycleway. Again, I wish to thank Tony Pritchard for his ongoing valuable assistance in maintaining this service, including bulk mail outs to those of our residents for whom we hold email addresses. We are keen to continue enhancements to the website’s availability for communication to residents. 5. Community Response Plan In the President’s Report for the General Meeting in December last year, this issue was referred to. 2 3 Progress since then is as follows. (a) First Aid Course – two have been run with good attendance. The next course is planned for Saturday, 28 July, 10am to 2pm. We commend the course to you and enrolment forms will be available at the AGM. I thank Jackie Pope and Jill Allen who organize each one of these. (b) Defibrillator – another reminder - the Fire Service (2-38 Oriental Parade) has one in each vehicle and therefore a 111 call to the Fire Service should provide a quick response. (c) EQ Preparedness – a Community Emergency Hub Open Day was held last November at the Mt Victoria and Oriental Bay Community Emergency Hub at Clyde Quay School. This was a useful exercise. However, the continuing message is that much work is still to be done to reach an acceptable standard of disaster preparedness, such as is required where there has been widespread infrastructure damage, damage to buildings and roads and communication networks are down. WREMO have advised that in the case of a large scale emergency, normal emergency services are likely to be overwhelmed initially. Local communities should plan on the basis of not expecting any substantial external assistance for some days. (d) Another reminder - 200 ltr water storage tank. These can be purchased from WREMO (http://www.getprepared.org.nz/watertanks) for $105. (d) An important new initiative is underway to construct a database of all Oriental Bay multi unit residential buildings, establish lines of communication with their body corporates or other committees, and then work toward the adoption of a consistent standard of robust and workable disaster recovery plans. We are aware that some buildings already have good plans in place. 6. Proposed Oriental Parade Cycle Way I refer to previous President’s reports and the various communications to residents, both on the website and to those for whom we hold email addresses. The Council’s one month period of formal consultation on their latest plan proposal concluded on 19 March 2018. Within that period we lodged our submission, which can be viewed on the website. Council’s next move is that the City Strategy Committee (all Councillors) will consider the submissions. We have provided notice that we wish to make an oral submission as well. Rex Nicholls has done the same. There will also be “a forum”. It is appropriate at this time to acknowledge the huge support from OBRA committee members (Lynda Graham, Peter Hatfield, Ann Mallinson and Jackie Pope) and residents (Rosemary Bradford, Sue Johnstone, GWR Councillor Sue Kedgley and Euan Playle) and Councillor Nicola Young. Also our appreciation to 4 Rex Nicholls who, with his meeting and subsequent submissions, added much needed community awareness and support to our Oriental Bay community cause. As we were going to press, council announced a decision on the cycleway. Details on our website. www.orientalbay.org.nz 7. Events, Carter Fountain, Tree Lights Ann Mallinson, Peter Hatfield and Jackie Pope had a meeting with Iona Pannett in October to discuss the various matters of concern to residents, i.e. road closures for sporting events, the state of the Carter Fountain and the Christmas Tree lights. We have since learnt that the Carter Fountain engine needed to be repaired in Germany (it is now working properly again), that the Christmas Tree lights which are red, green and blue need to remain those colours, because, we are advised, to make the change of removing the blue would be extremely expensive (in the vicinity of $100,000). The question of road closures for sporting events during the year is an on-going problem, and one which your committee is working on. Please look at the OBRA website when the next road race is about to take place, as we will put any advice from the Council for Oriental Bay residents on it. 8. Band Rotunda The meeting referred to above with Council was advised that a decision on the future of the Band Rotunda would be made this year. We have also been contacted by Dr Minh Nguyen of ADEDU, who propose to run an Architectural Ideas Competition for the Band Rotunda. The terms of reference etc are still being finalised. 9. Bay View I refer elsewhere in Bay View to change in management while Val Browning is recuperating. I particularly wish to thank Judith Doyle, Lynda Graham, Ann Mallinson and Jackie Pope for all their efforts in getting production back on track for the Bay View, and once again for working with advertisers, producing an interesting and quality newsletter and organizing distribution. We also thank those who support the publication through advertising. 10. Heritage Sites - Monastery Judith Doyle of the Committee has been in ongoing communication with Council regarding the proposed land swap at the top of the zig-zag, adjoining the Monastery. We believe Council have approved a land exchange with the owners of St Gerard’s Monastery to secure ownership of the existing path (next to the Monastery and currently zoned Inner Residential) which links Hawker Street with the reserve and McFarlane Street. In exchange, its designated pathway (which has never been formed, is very steep and currently zoned Open Space B) becomes part of No 1 4 5 Oriental Terrace. The land exchange was approved under the Reserves Act 1977. However, a change to the District Plan under the Resource Management Act 1991 is required to switch the zones for the land involved. A hearing of submissions on the plan change was held on Thursday, 5 April 2018. 11. Committee Members required for OBRA At the time of the next the SGM (November/December this year), there will be a number of vacancies on the present Committee. Current Committee membership have provided in total, excess of 100 years service. We are fortunate to have a number of Committee members who make a great contribution. However, it is vital to the ongoing success of OBRA that on a regular basis, we get new Committee members, with fresh enthusiasm. We endeavour to spread the various responsibilities evenly over the team and as such, Committee membership should not be onerous. There will continue to be matters which have a direct impact on Oriental Bay and its residents. Without our monitoring and advocacy from the local community, such matters could have adverse effects. Therefore, I reiterate that it is vital that other residents please come forward to assist by providing a term on the Committee. The ongoing contribution of some longer term Committee Members is absolutely invaluable. However, we also accept that some people may prefer shorter term. We welcome any inquiry from residents who would like to join our Committee. All skill types and assistance can help the team effort. 12. New support funded by Council for OBRA I am pleased to advise that, partly as a result of the concerns we expressed last year, Council have agreed to provide a support resource to Oriental Bay, through The Mt Vic Hub (Trish Given). The assistance is 5 hours per week and additional $1000 p.a. for meeting type events. We are currently working on what will be the best use of this resource. Our thanks to Councillor, Iona Pannett and Sara Williams and Trish Given of Mt Vic Hub. Many thanks to Committee Members and others for many great efforts on behalf of the Oriental Bay Community over the past year. On behalf of the OBRA Executive Committee Andy Thomson, President 6 “News & Views” FROM YOUR LOCAL REAL ESTATE EXPERT
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Oriental Bay residents look back with envy at the time when O.B.R.A. ran its annual inorganic rubbish collection. A Council truck was put at its disposal, and one Saturday morning in November willing Oriental Bay helpers loaded the van with a mass of articles, from old typewriters to broken down armchairs, planks of wood, old fridges, etc. Council trucks were offered to other suburbs as well. Alas, those days have gone. The Wellington City Council no longer owns the trucks that collect rubbish, and they have put the job of rubbish collection out to the private sector. But more importantly, they need to reduce the amount of rubbish that has over the years filled up our landfills. There used to be over 30 landfills in the Wellington area. Now there are just three – in Happy Valley, Porirua and Silverstream. The Council’s dream is to have no landfills – every household taking responsibility for their own rubbish. But many things need to happen before this dream can become a reality. Nevertheless the W.C.C. is serious about the necessity to reduce waste, and has four members of staff dedicated to this task. Waste comes in various shapes and forms. Organic Waste – i.e. food. This is a massive problem. It has been estimated that one third of food purchased by New Zealand households is wasted. The obvious way to handle this problem is for everyone to think carefully about what they buy in a supermarket, and only to buy what they need - making a list of intended purchases before leaving home, means fewer left-overs. Green Waste. The Southern Landfill in Happy Valley has a compost site for garden waste. Plastics. Plastic is a huge problem. “Cheap, light and versatile, plastics are the dominant materials of our modern economy,” says Meagan Miller, Waste Minimisation Manager at the W.C.C who supplied most of the information for this article. “Their production is expected to double over the next two decades. Yet only 14% of all plastic packaging is collected for recycling after use, and vast quantities of this escape into the environment. This not only results in a loss of USD 80 to 120 billion per year, but if the current trend continues, there could be more plastic than fish (per weight) in the ocean by 2050.” From A report to the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2017
8 Using reusable bags and water bottles is an easy way to avoid purchasing single use plastic bottles and bags. Plastic bags are now being fazed out in many countries, as they are causing major problems in our oceans. Plastics Type One can be recycled at Flight Plastics in Lower Hutt. But the polystyrene in which so many items are encased is another problem entirely. Maybe the public should refuse to buy goods that are packaged in such an environmentally unsatisfactory way. Manufacturers don’t have to wrap their goods in polystyrene. They could use cardboard or other plant based materials. A Waste Minimisation Act was passed in 2008, but government needs to be much further involved in this area, because it is not reasonable to expect retailers to tackle this on their own. When in 2013 the New World supermarkets took the moral high ground and started charging customers 5 cents for a plastic bag, customers made such a fuss and chose to shop with the opposition that the decision had to be reversed. Paper and Cardboard, glass bottles and jars. These are success stories. Paper and cardboard are pulped and turned into fresh product here in New Zealand. Glass bottles and jars are recycled. Old Furniture. This can certainly be recycled, providing it is not broken. The Salvation Army will collect furniture, and put it to good use. If it is broken and unusable, the Southern Landfill will take it, at a small charge. Electronic items and Whiteware (computers, TVs, Washing Machines, Dishwashers). These items contain valuable metals and can be recycled. TVs and computer screens have lead in them, and there is a small charge (about $25) when taking them to a recycling drop off facility such as the Second Treasure Tip Shop at the Southern Landfill. Fridges fall into a separate category, as they contain gas, to keep the contents cool, and it needs to be removed before the fridge can be turned into scrap metal. The landfills therefore charge $25 if they take a fridge. However, two Wellington companies also take fridges, Macaulay’s Metal (45 Seaview Road, Lower Hutt) and they do not charge, and Wellington Scrap Metal (18 Tyers Road, Ngauranga Gorge) even pay a dollar or two to the owner for them. Phones. Phones are not a problem. Most landfills have a Recovery Centre, and accept old phones free of charge. Ann Mallinson
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10 TEMPORARY NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR BAY VIEW
Val Browning has been a tower of strength to OBRA for many years, mainly for her role as printer and general factotum for our biannual publication, Bay View. Val’s present illness has meant that this issue had to be printed elsewhere. The Bay View team has learned during the last few weeks just how much Val looked after, apart from the actual printing. It has been Val who has worked out the layout, keeping the ratio of editorial to advertising right and remembering the position in Bay View that different long term advertisers like to keep. If we haven’t got a few of these quite right, please forgive us. It has also been Val who organised the distribution of Bay View, street by street. We are proud of having a publication that gets delivered to every household in Oriental Bay, as well as appearing (together with other news and information) on our website (orientalbay.org.nz). We thank you, Val, and wish you a speedy recovery.
Dave Hogg (our long term previous Treasurer) is remembered by a memorial seat on the Oriental Parade that he loved so much. The inscription reads:
Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.
10 11 THE NEXT ERA OF THE RPNYC
In the last issue of Bay View, we described the formation of the yacht club and the building of the boat harbour at Clyde Quay. (This history is abbreviated from the club’s website). The standard yacht-racing course in these early years was around Somes and Ward Islands, starting and finishing at the clubhouse at Pipitea Point. On occasion, matches were arranged around a buoy off Pencarrow Lighthouse. Harbour racing was popular, as it is today. Tack-by-tack reports appeared in the local press after each weekend’s racing. Towards the end of the 1880s reclamation began on the harbour front and the Club’s headquarters were transferred from Pipitea Point to a site near the old Thorndon Baths. The sport of yachting flourished in the 1890s. A New Zealand championship yacht race was proposed in 1891 and later that year the New Zealand Yachting Association was formed and its sailing rules were adopted by PNYC.
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12 The outbreak of World War I saw many members joining the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and Club affairs slowed. Out of a membership of 130 in1917 , 54 members were away at war. …… At the end of World War I, the Te Aro Sailing Club (formed in 1906 by a group of young lads with centreboard yachts) and the Te Ruru Yacht Club (a group mainly interested in cruising) amalgamated with the Port Nicholson Yacht Club. A few records remain from the 1900 to 1930 period, the most significant event being the granting of the Royal Charter to the Club in October 1921. In the following year, the Governor- General, Viscount Jellicoe, was selected to represent Wellington at the Sanders Cup in Dunedin. The Port Underwood race of the 1929–30 season was the first to be reported by radio. In December 1930 the club yacht, Windward, made a historic passage to the Chatham Islands crewed by experienced Club members - I P Rollings, C A Steele, A H Irwin and D A Graham. Unfortunately Windward failed to reach Wellington on her return voyage. She was last sighted sailing in heavy conditions in Palliser Bay and was believed to have been lost close to home.
12 13 The depression of the 1930s resulted in the curtailment of many social activities and cast gloom over the Club’s 50th anniversary in 1933. World War II affected the Club greatly. In the first year more than 100 members were in the forces and more were joining. When the American forces arrived in New Zealand in 1942 the Clyde Quay boat harbour was turned over to them and all craft other than those requisitioned for defence service had to be removed. Throughout World War II the Club operated in temporary premises in Evans Bay and only returned to the old Clubhouse adjacent to the Freyberg Pool when the Americans left at the war’s end. By 1948 it was apparent that the old Clubhouse was not adequate for the Club’s needs and a sub-committee was formed to discuss new facilities. It proposed that a new Clubhouse be built on a site near the Clyde Quay Wharf. In view of the Americans having taken over the boat harbour and the old Clubhouse, Commander Coene of the US Marines proposed that the RPNYC be able to take over the premises as the new Clubhouse.
The RPNYC through a maze of masts
14 So the Club’s main concern in the early 1950s was to obtain a new Clubhouse and there was much fundraising activity including the selling of “Special Life Memberships” at £25 each. Tenancy of the Clubhouse was negotiated in 1956 and, after extensive renovations, the building was opened as the new Clubhouse on 1 November 1958. The opening of the Clubhouse marked the beginning of the Club’s current history and a sharp increase in the number of members and new boats. 1983 was the club’s centenary which opened a new era in the club’s history and these recent years will be described in the next Bay View.
14 15 Take a Moderne Walk in Oriental Bay Art deco is well-known in New Zealand but its successor – the Moderne style – is less well-known and we have several distinctive examples in Oriental Bay. This Moderne style took art deco a bit further. Buildings got bigger and prompted partly by the experience of the 1931 Napier earthquake and partly as a response to new overseas styles, heavy decoration was shed and sleeker forms favoured. It’s surprising that so many buildings were built in Wellington – including in Oriental Bay – in the 1930s, during the Depression. The 1920s had seen an absolute building boom which the Depression largely ended. Building activity never actually ceased, however, as can be seen in our own suburb. To see examples of the Moderne style, take a walk, starting at Olympus, the curving blue and white building at the corner of Grass Street and Oriental Parade. Continue along the Parade towards the city and pass Sunhaven with its five balconies. Our third example is Anscombe Flats near the bottom of Oriental Terrace. Its superb Moderne style includes lovely rounded corners and moulded window hoods. Left to right pics: The curving frontage of Olympus is pure Moderne. Sunhaven with some Moderne features. Anscombe Flats where the architect lived.
16 Take a Moderne Walk in Oriental Bay Olympus and Anscombe Flats were designed by Edmund Anscombe (1873-1948), one of New Zealand’s most distinguished architects. He bought the land in 1933, at the age of 60 when he was widowed. He planned to sell the apartments and live on the top floor of Anscombe. The building was completed in 1937 and Anscombe lived there until his death in 1948. A modern addition has been added to the top floor. Olympus has an entrance in the side street away from the bay and our most frequent winds. It also avoids taking space on the sea side with its spectacular views. There are no porches jutting out in front of each flat which add to the streamline effect. Sunhaven, between the two Anscombe buildings, was designed by Victor Smith and built in 1939. It does not use the rounded corners so beloved by the Moderne style but he does use the flat reinforced concrete slab walls; the projecting balconies with curved corners; the rolled steel hand-railing and the flat roof – all hallmarks of the Moderne. Although the original plan was for eleven stories, Council reduced it to six. Even so, at the time it was built, it was the highest building in Oriental Parade.
Judith Doyle 16 17 THE ORIENTAL BAY RAFTS
The rafts are a very popular attraction of Oriental Bay, providing as they do hours of enjoyment for young and not so young swimmers. They were the brainchild of Virginia Barton-Chapple, who had returned to New Zealand in 1980 after 20 years in London. In 1984 the Oriental Bay Residents Association had just been reformed, under the chairmanship of Henry Ward. It had been in recess for many years, and was resurrected by Roger Newport. Virginia joined OBRA as a committee member in 1984, and suggested that they work on the idea of rafts for the bay. She had seen rafts in Auckland, and was worried by seeing swimmers going out to the Oriental Bay fountain and climbing onto it. She could see trouble, and she was right – lights were broken and the mechanism of the fountain was affected. The Council put strong wire round the fountain, in an effort to deter swimmers from climbing onto it, but then there was the worry that people would hurt themselves on the wire. The 1984 OBRA Committee, however, was not keen on the idea of spending time and money on rafts – very few of the committee members were swimmers – but in 1985 David Rendel became President, and he progressed the idea. The Wellington City Council backed the project, and it took shape. The arrangement
18 was that OBRA would make the rafts and prepare them for the water (I remember helping to paint them in a small hut in Evans Bay), and the Council agreed to transport them, lower them into the water, and house them through the winter months. OBRA being very new did not have the funds to pay for them, and the Ilott family (Jack Ilott was a resident of Oriental Bay) with their usual generosity provided the necessary funding. In 2014 the original rafts needed to be replaced, and OBRA approached Joanna and Noel Todd and Pub Charity, who very kindly provided the funding for them. OBRA then gifted them to the Wellington City Council, who now own them. Many Oriental Bay residents will remember the chilly day in November 2014 when the Mayor, Celia Wade Brown, launched the new rafts, and then swam out to one of them. The rafts have been a huge success, and is an endeavour of which Oriental Bay residents can be proud. They have now been enjoyed for over 30 years. It was disappointing that recently young people tried to upturn one of them. The Regional Council took immediate action, and both sides of the raft have now been strapped to the chain which connects the platform to the seabed. It is to be hoped that they survive many more summers, and become a permanent attraction of Oriental Bay. Ann Mallinson
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20 CATASTROPHE AT TE ARO BATHS
Neville Martin now lives in Khandallah, but spent his youth in Oriental Bay where he regales us with some of his escapades and experiences (taken from his memoir Playing Against the Wind). One anecdote which he recounts, tells of the morning when a Southerly got the best of the old Te Aro baths. They were one of Wellington’s recreational jewels. Filled with saltwater (which helped the buoyancy), they had several diving boards and sundry other wonders. On the day in question I was gazing out of our front window at the squalls being driven across the harbour by a particularly vindictive Southerly when gracefully, almost regally, something clearly not intended for a sea-going career, hove into view. It was the baths, torn by the wind from their piles and any other attachments to terra firma and headed in the general direction of Petone. I can report that the good ship Te Aro broke up before reaching shore. There was no loss of life. The custodian, if he was present that morning, had made the eminently sensible decision to abandon ship before the voyage began. The old baths were eventually replaced by the Freyberg Pool, a building singularly unimpressed by anything in Nature’s armoury – save, one suspects, the Big One. We were raised just out of the Second World War’s clutches – but not of its thrall. As I recall, the green belt behind the Bay teemed with German and Japanese soldiers. We boys mowed them down in pitched battle after pitched battle – and without the loss of a single life on our side. When it wasn’t the armies of the belligerent nations which demanded our attention, it was the losses of Wild West outlaws hiding in the tumbleweed on the empty sections which eventually were to sprout the high-rise apartment buildings of today’s Oriental Bay. Digital technology enables children living in those apartments now to destroy armies of incoming aliens and carloads of Mafiosi at the press of a thumb. No need to get wet or risk scratches and cuts.
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■ You’ve probably noticed that lower Tory Street (between Courtenay Place and Wakefield Street) is now one way, heading north. This stretch was closed after the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake for the Reading carpark demolition, then local residents, businesses and regular users of the street asked the Council to make the street more people-friendly. The Council joined forces with VUW’s School of Architecture to find a design suitable for a three-month trial. The selected design, which also features a pavilion, seating and planting, will determine whether the idea is a winner. ■ Community feedback has had a major effect on the design for the Oriental Bay cycleway; in particular, separation of pedestrians and cyclists, retention of the angle parks and the median strip. The next opportunity to have your say is when the traffic resolutions are presented to Council’s City Strategy Committee on April 19. If you want to see the Council’s proposals, google ‘WCC Oriental Bay cycleway’. The Oriental Bay Residents’ Association has done terrific work on the proposed design – I believe the result is a really good compromise, but we need to hear from you! ■ Fingers crossed that the recently-announced Government and mayoral working party on ‘freedom campers’ will find a solution. We’ve been blighted by the Freedom Camping Act, introduced for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, that allows camping freely in any local authority area. Some of you have sent me photos and footage of freedom campers in Oriental Parade urinating, biffing rubbish out their windows, and hanging out laundry – although the onset of winter should see camper numbers reduce. I’m aware this is a real irritant for Oriental Bay residents, so please keep sending me anything that illustrates this problem.
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24 FINAL CHAPTER OF CHURCH RESTORATION
The little wooden church on the hill has been Oriental Bay’s backdrop for more than a century. The structural part of St Barnabas went through a full-scale restoration in 2007 from strengthening the foundations to replacing the tower, along with a new entrance and heating. But the leaking main roof was left for the next re-paint when scaffolding would be needed for both jobs. So now, ten years on,both have been completed. The Friends of St Barnabas and parishioners have raised $65,000 with another $10,000 needed. St B’s is a thriving church with a wide-ranging age group including a programme for youngsters during the Sunday service. The music tradition is thriving with Mark Dorrell leading an enthusiastic choir. Archdeacon Stephen King - who arrived in 2006 to lead the parish through the restoration - left last September, and Rev Annette Cater is filling his place until a permanent appointment is made.
Photo: Don Bagnall 24 25 THE WRITERS WALK
Walkers are spoilt for choice in Oriental Bay. You can take a waterfront walk. You can choose a bush walk through the Town Belt. You can climb to the top of Mt Victoria. But have your spirits been lifted lately by taking the Writers Walk? The Wellington Writers Walk, launched in 2002, consists of 23 text sculptures – bold concrete plaques and also ‘benchmarks’ with metal text inlaid into wood. They use quotes from authors past and contemporary. The lines chosen celebrate and commemorate the place of Wellington in these writers’ lives. They remind us why we love Wellington. Start the walk at the Point Jerningham end of Oriental Parade in the little park there. Here Barbara Anderson (1926-2013), who lived in Oriental Parade, is commemorated with a lovely picture of what makes Wellington special: Everything about it was good. The tugging wind trapped and cornered by buildings, steep short cuts bordered by Garden Escapes, precipitous gullies where throttling green creepers blanketed the trees beneath. (Taken from ‘The Girls’ in I think we should go into the jungle, Victoria University Press, 1989) The other Oriental Bay plaque celebrates Dame Fiona Kidman, using a quote from Speaking with my Grandmothers (Victoria University Press, 1999). It is on the sand near the rocky point, just beyond Freyberg Beach. It reads: this town of ours kind of flattened across the creases of an imaginary map a touch of parchment surrealism here no wonder the lights are wavering all over the place tonight not a straight town at all Continue along the waterfront, keeping a lookout for Marilyn Duckworth’s quote which is inscribed along the timber seats overlooking the lagoon. And so it goes on: poets, novelists and playwrights with quotes celebrating their Wellington connections. The last plaque on the Writers Walk is that of Elizabeth Knox which is near where the Bluebridge ferry departs. Judith Doyle 26 BASIC FIRST AID
Basic First Aid prepares you to respond to the most common emergency situations. Save a Life is focused on CPR skills
Recommended for People who work in low risk workplaces and clubs. It’s a great course if you want to use first aid at home, and if you want to learn the basic essentials of first aid. Course Details = 4 hours Venue: Room behind St Barnabas, 15 Maida Vale, Roseneath. Date: Saturday 28 July 2018 Commencement: 10.00am This allows for a (byo) lunch break Tea and coffee available Conclusion: 2pm Cost: $40 per person (payable by 10th July) Bring your own lunch Those completing the course will receive a Certificate Course Content: Stable side position Adult CPR AED Management of choking Bleeding and shock Medical conditions Questions Payment should be made to: OBRA, Westpac Bank a/c # 03-0510-0719293-01
Include “FirstAid” in particulars field and your “surname” in reference field. Once paid, please advise Jill Allen of your registration details: Tel 384 4742 Email Jill Allen on [email protected]
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26 27 ADVERTISING RATES
BLACK & WHITE Half Page $75 Full Page $150
COLOUR Half Page $150 Full Page $250
For Advertsing in Bay view, please contact LYNDA GRAHAM - Tel: 801 8879 JACKIE POPE - Tel: 384 1017
I wish to join your Association (Sub $15 single / $20 double) Name: Address:
Email: Date: Post to: The Treasurer, Oriental Bay Residents’ Assn Inc., c/ - PO Box 27461, Marion Sq, Wgtn 6141
YOU CAN ALSO JOIN AND RENEW MEMBERSHIP ON-LINE http://orientalbay.org.nz/renew/
28 ORIENTAL BAY RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION INC. COMMITTEE AS AT MAY 2018
President: Andy Thomson [email protected] 384-8259 BLACK & WHITE Half Page $75 Full Page $150 Vice-President John Larkindale [email protected] 385-2933 Minute Secretary Sue Thomson 384-8259 COLOUR Half Page $150 Full Page $250 Committee Jill Allen [email protected] 384-4742 Everard Aspell [email protected] 384-8273 Kay Austad [email protected] 385-3583 Val Browning [email protected] 385-4985 Judith Doyle [email protected] 384-9454 Lynda Graham [email protected] 801-8879 Peter Hatfield [email protected] 384-7046 Ann Mallinson [email protected] 385-6226 Jackie Pope [email protected] 384-1017 Web Master Tony Pritchard
LIST OF MEMBERS Life Members: Mrs Jane Aim Mr Colin Blair
O.B.R.A. List of Members
J.K. Alexander Dame Margaret Bazley Gill Allen Alice & Wyn Beasley Tony & Kristin Arthur Brian & Sylvia Bennett Athol & Glenys Arthur Jenny & Phil Bentley Everard & Antonella Aspell Trevor & Moreen Beyer David & Anke Atkins Helen-Mary Black Kay Austad Alison Blackwood Warren & Marg Austad David & Wendy Bradford Yvonne Bacon Max & Rosemary Bradford Virginia Barton Chapple Virginia Breen 28 29 Malcolm & Anita Brown Rona Glover Val & Dave Browning Ross & Lynda Graham Bob & Sharman Buckle Marion Grant Judith Burch Joy Gray Ron & Cath Burbery Robert & Chris Gray Jim & Barbara Burke Paul Grover & Carol Blatch Andrew Butler Doug & Natalie Haines Anthony & Jean Byrne John & Pauline Hanning Mariana Calavrias Clemency Harding-Brow Ann Calhoun Pauline Hastings Rodney & Vivien Callender Peter Hatfield & Suzanne Blumhardt Shirley & John Cameron Douglas & Helene Hay Mike Camp & Anne Gaskell Tore Hayward & Victoria Stace Mrs J.C. Campbell John & Vickie Hearnshaw Rose Carpenter & Jackie Talbot C.R. Henning Hansen Jean Cashin Pieter Hibma Richard & Frances Cathie Robin & Thurl Hill Warren & Bev Charlton Margaret Hogg Rick & Lorraine Christie Mark Horgan Kaye & Maurice Clark Mark & Gillian Horton Lee & Colleen Clark Jan & Malcolm Hughes Ngaire Clark Carl & Valerie Jackson Gaynor Clarke Brendon Jacobson W & R Coffey Stuart & Trish Jameson Corine & Mike Cole George & Judy Janis Paul Coltart & Kerry Borewicz Joan Jarden Lady Annette Cooke Sir John Jeffries G Corleison Bryan & Jan Johnson Logan Cowdell & Jessi Morgan Sue Johnstone Peter Cullen Peter & Leslie Jones Ann & Rick Curtis Shelley Jones Marcel Dauphin & Jen Gibson Kaye Jordan John & Gill Davis Christopher Kelly Shirley Day Len & Eileen Kenna P & C Diessl John & Catherine Kennedy-Good Robin Dossor Mrs M.K.Keyes Judith Doyle Betty Knight Diana Duff-Staniland Ruth Lane Mark Dunajschik and Dorothy Spotswood John & Philippa Larkindale Angela Duncan & Greg Cotmore Annabel Leask Joy Durrant Peter & Jill Lemmon Elizabeth Ellis Bruce & Gwen Levick David & Sue Emanuel David Levick Cherry Everest Naomi Li Tim & Margaret Fairhall Margaret Logan Keith & Helen Ferguson Kevin & Denise Lummis Anne & Richard Field Hon. John Luxton & Mary Scholtens Margaret Findlay Brian & Jan Lynch Annette Finlayson Don & Maria Mackay Denis Foot & Sue Kedgley Jim & Joan Malcolm Tony & Rosemary Friedlander Ann Mallinson Rendel Molli & Michael Gibbs-Harris Roger & Sherry Manthel Arch Gilchrist Maurice & Lynne Manttan
30 John Marsh Lesley & Michael Shanahan Richard Martin & Pia Raudkivi Diana & Lesley Shand Mrs S.J. Martin A C Sharp Ross & Treena Martin Helen Shaw Mrs V.P. McCay Gerald & Caroline McGhie A & G Short John & Erica McLean Kevin & Ngaire Smidt Ron & Jan McLean Fran & John Southward Murray & Sue McNae Hilda & Geoff Stedman Jim Meachen John & Eleanor Steel Mr & Mrs B & P Melville Ian & Heather Stewart Roger& Alex Miller Richard Stone Duncan Milne & Claire Campbell Pauline Mitchell Alison Sweetman Gareth & Jo Morgan Walter & Michelle Szeto Richard & Jenny Nanson John & Odette Tait Mr & Mrs O.R. & D.M. Nees Faith Taylor Mike & Jude Nelson Andy & Sue Thomson Tom & Dorothy Neve Ed Tingey & Helen Foot Deb & Matt Nichols Rex Nicholls & Kerry Prendergast Warren Tocker & Karen McLeay Brian & Helen Nixon David Todd & Susan Roberts Wayne & Lyn Norwood Helen Todd Brian & Sally O’Hara-Smith Teena Lady Todd Janette Okkerse & Tony Hamilton Krystine Tomaszyk David & Kate Ongley Peter & Judy Travers Brian & Anne O’Sullivan Ian Waddell & Karyn Cosgrave Ian & Helen Patience Frank Pearson Kerry Waddell Kathleen Phelan Drs Freda Walker & Donald Poirier Euan & Linda Playle Peter and Beryl Warnock Bryan & Anna Pocock Sharryn Waters Donald Poirier Mr & Mrs E.C. Watson Joe & Jackie Pope Bryan & Patricia Watts Barry & Francie Possenniskie Collin Post Mike & Liz Welch Jill Prendergast Jeanette & Terry Wellington Rod Preston Joan Wells Mark Ratcliffe & Nicole Barker Miss G.L. West Dave & Jan Renwick George & Jeanette Westermayer Alastair & Marilyn Roger David Whittaker & Robyn Trail Henk & Mineke Rood Ron & Jan Rosenberg Sally & Chris Wilkinson Dennis & Jennie Rowe Ngaire Williams Garry & Janice Rudings Diana Winn Arthur & Janet Salek Ron & Jane Woodrow Mazz Scannell Jane Wrightson Grace Scarrott Pamela Yates Don & Pat Scott Annabel Young Merilyn Scott Anne Selwyn James & Mary Elizabeth Young R & C Selwyn Val & Neville Young John & Gill Semple Dom & Carole Zame
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