Issue 72 November 2018
Official Bulletin of: THE ORIENTAL BAY RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION Inc. P.O. Box 27 261 Marion Square Wellington 6141
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2 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
THE SPECIAL 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 3 DECEMBER 2018
7.30pm Get-together (subsidized drink and nibbles)
8.00pm President’s Report on behalf of the Committee
Receive Financial Report
Confirmation - Changes of Officers and
Committee Members
8.20pm Guest Speaker
Roger Walker, Architect, Wellington
ALL RESIDENTS OF ORIENTAL BAY ARE WELCOME
2 3 PRESIDENT’S REPORT
On behalf of the Executive Committee of OBRA
1. Special General Meeting of Members Notice of the SGM is included in this newsletter for Monday, 3 December 2018. The meeting this year will be 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, Roger Walker, Architect and well known Wellington identity. 2. Finance We will report on our accumulated funds etc at the SGM. 3. Membership We encourage new residents to come along to the SGM and/or join the Association. As at the date of this report paid up membership is 181 and 2 life members. There are approximately another 30 people who we believe still wish to be members and are included in the membership list, but whose subscriptions for the current year are still outstanding. 4. New Treasurer Appointed As reported previously we have been without an appointed Treasurer. I am pleased to report that we now have a new Treasurer, Tore Hayward 5. Council Funding We completed the Council’s funding application forms for the current years funding round. We applied for $4,500. The amount allocated by Council was $500. This was disappointing. We have previously reported on the assistance we were receiving by way of 5 hours paid assistance from the Mt Vic Hub. This resource has been used primarily for establishing contact with local body corporates, and other building Committees, to prompt discussion regarding Emergency Event (eg earthquake) preparedness (referred to below). We are advised that funding for this assistance expired in October and that application for new funding may not happen until July next year. However, we are making further inquiries about this at the moment. Trish Given of the Mt Victoria Hub has kindly assured us that she will continue her much valued assistance. 6. Website – orientalbay.org.nz The website www.orientalbay.org.nz has continued to be active this year for communication to residents. I 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. 4 We are keen to continue enhancements to the website’s availability for communication to residents. 7. Community Response Plan As reported previously, a 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 building 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. Trish Given has been assisting on this project. However, obtaining a list of body corporate, or other building committee addresses has proved difficult (mainly because of the Privacy Act restrictions). We have useful Emergency Event materials and information we can share. If residents of such buildings could contact us or facilitate that their body corporate or committee contact us, we will then be able to get a dialogue underway. Finally, our thanks again to Sara Williams of Mt Vic Hub for her support and assistance on these matters. 4 5 8. Proposed Oriental Parade Cycle Way I refer to previous President’s reports and the various communications to residents. Everyone will have noticed that construction is well underway on the section from Herd Street to Freyberg Pool. There is a question whether the dimensions currently being built, comply with those agreed with Council. Rex Nicholls (who was involved on the residents’ behalf in this process) asked Council to check. Council’s response is that the dimensions do comply. 9. Events There have been further meetings with Iona Pannett and Council officers to discuss matters of concern to residents around road closures for sporting events, which has been an on-going problem. Ann Mallinson reported that a productive meeting with Council officers was held in September and that it was agreed that: (a) Council would hold a liaison meeting with OBRA two months prior to an event, and (b) There would only be two road closures in 2019. A good result, and we hope liaison from event organisers improves accordingly. 10. Band Rotunda As reported in the media, Council has been through an Expressions of Interest process and is now negotiating with the preferred parties. Council has advised that a decision on the future of the Band Rotunda will be made this year. As previously advised, Dr Minh Nguyen of ADEDU, is running an Architectural Ideas Competition for the Band Rotunda. It is expected that a decision will be available in November. 11. The Bay View I thank Judith Doyle, Lynda Graham, Ann Mallinson and Jackie Pope for all their efforts in producing the latest version of 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. 12. Oriental Bay Beach Our thanks to Erinn Aspell (with help from father and Committee member Everard) for the inspiration and organization of the beach clean up held on Sunday, 7 October. It was a very productive and successful gathering and will no doubt become an ongoing event as required. 13. Oriental Bay Liquor Ban We were advised earlier this year, that Council would be undertaking a review of its Liquor Control Bylaw. This process was open to the public. OBRA made a submission (on behalf of residents) strongly supporting continuation of the existing liquor ban. While the review process is ongoing, our understanding is that there is broad support for the continuation of the Oriental Bay liquor ban. 6 CONSTRUCTORS LTD
14. Top of Zig Zag Land Exchange Wellington City Council has confirmed that the zone change procedure needed for the land swap between St Gerard’s Monastery and the adjoining Council reserve is almost completed. Gordon Copeland, St Gerard’s Maintenance and Restoration Trust Chairman said (at time of going to print), “We are still working with the WCC to conclude the exchange of land. We are still proposing to sell 1 Oriental Terrace, but do not have a date yet”. The view of the Monastery from various points in the Bay, is one of Wellington’s most iconic. It would be regrettable if any future redevelopment of this site was to impinge on this. 15. Committee Member required for OBRA and Change of Officers As mentioned above, we now have a Treasurer. Tore Hayward has joined the Committee and has taken on that role. I am retiring as President at the forthcoming SGM. My wife Sue, who has been Secretary and for a period temporary Treasurer, will be retiring at the same time. Jill Allen is also retiring at this SGM. Our thanks to Jill for her contribution. It is with pleasure that I advise that Ann Mallinson and Jackie Pope have agreed to take over as joint President. Since the AGM in May we have also been fortunate to be joined on the Committee by Claire Campbell and Margaret Fairhall. Also, Sue Johnstone has rejoined the Committee, taking on the role of Secretary, which is great news. 6 7 While we have a full team at the moment, we are always looking for new Committee members. As stated previously it is vital to the ongoing success of OBRA that on a regular basis, we continue to get new Committee members, with fresh enthusiasm. We accept that some people may consider shorter terms on the Committee (for some a more attractive option). We welcome any inquiry from residents who would like to join our Committee, and all skill types and assistance can help the team effort. 16. Award to Oriental Bay Resident and Former Committee Member of OBRA Finally, the Committee notes and congratulates former OBRA Committee member Maurice Clark (and his company, McKee Fehl) regarding their receipt of the top award from the Property Council (Wellington), for the redevelopment of Press Hall at 80 Willis Street. McKee Fehl has also successfully restored many other buildings important to Wellington’s heritage. 17. 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 November 2018
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Walkers have enjoyed the murals on the seaside wall along Oriental Parade for many years. More recently a local house has had the same colourful treatment and highly welcome it is too. Street artist Cinzah ‘Seekayem’ Merkens painted the frontage of No 134 Oriental Parade, next door to the swim shop. It makes me smile every time I walk past. Bold and colourful, it uses elements of the surrounding flora and fauna, including the succulents growing in the owner’s garden. The wild plant and insect life on the waterfront have inspired him too. Top of the design is a tui because these bold birds frequent the pohutakawa trees opposite and kept Cinzah company while he worked, with their chirrups and cheeky antics. He wants to thank everyone who came by and expressed their appreciation while he was working and he also wants to give a massive thank-you to his client for having enough faith to give him such a free hand. We should give him thanks, too, for adding colour to our streetscape. Cinzah drew and painted his way through high school. “Paper wasn’t big enough,” he says, “so a teacher gave me the tech. room walls to paint!” He then moved on to the local skate bowl and painted there. At 17, an accident put him flat on his back, followed by six months in intensive rehab. learning to walk again. But he didn’t let that hold him back too long. Soon he was painting once more, taking over galleries and studios but outgrowing them all. He lived in Auckland for many years with his partner Ash and his two young children, but finally outgrew Auckland emotionally – as well as financially. “My whole generation is priced out of the market in Auckland. We weren’t getting ahead there. We were working around the clock just to live. We never saw each other.” So they moved to Napier where his first commission was to paint a fish and chip shop. 10 His street art can be seen around New Zealand now, including Auckland, New Plymouth, Mount Maunganui, Christchurch, Napier, Wellington and Marlborough. But it has also taken him round the world – to Australia, Mexico, North America, Japan, South-East Asia, Estonia and the Caribbean. For anyone wanting to see other examples of his work, go to: www.cinzah.com Cinzah likes his art to be close to the environment. He often expresses views about pressing environmental issues. His work explores mythology, story-telling and themes such as the inter-relationship between humans and nature. He has also made a film about street art, emphasising its value as a legitimate branch of art and counteracting the perception of street art as “just spray-painting”. Judith Doyle
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12 AN INFLUENTIAL MUSIC TEACHER
Florence Fitzgerald was a music teacher who lived in Hay Street, off Oriental Parade, in pre-World War II days. She was the first music teacher of Richard Farrell (1926-1958) who took lessons with her from the age of six until he was nine. Tragically, he died in a car accident in Britain in 1958 at only 31 years of age. Richard Farrell has been described as New Zealand’s “greatest classical pianist”, achieving almost legendary status in his short career. While studying with Florence Fitzgerald as a child, he began to compose. At seven he played his own composition (a lament on the death of Archbishop Francis Redwood) with the Wellington Symphony Orchestra in a public concert.
Richard Farrell, late 1950s. (Turnbull Library) 12 13 His parents were not musicians but his uncle, John Farrell, was an actor and singer with J. C. Williamson Theatres. Richard Farrell attended St Mary’s Convent and St Patrick’s College – he was known affectionately as Junior Farrell at this time. At 12 he moved to Sydney and studied at the N.S.W Conservatorium of Music for five years. The tenor Richard Tauber who was on an Australian tour at the time, offered him a European tour which Farrell couldn’t accept because World War II was looming. Later he studied at the Juilliard School in New York, then toured the United States before returning to New Zealand and giving recitals round the country to great acclaim, including at the Wellington Town Hall. He moved to London in 1951 playing in the Royal Festival Hall and the Royal Albert Hall under famous conductors, including Sir Thomas Beecham, Sir Malcolm Sargent and Sir John Barbirolli. He formed the Richard Farrell Piano Quartet and gave three seasons of chamber music concerts throughout Europe, later moving to Switzerland to prepare for a career as a conductor, his greatest ambition. But it was not to be: he died in a car accident in Sussex, UK, in May 1958. If anyone has information on Florence Fitzgerald, we would love to hear from you in order to build a better picture of this music teacher who started Richard Farrell on his brilliant, but tragically short, career.
14 BRINGING BACK OUR BIRDS
I often enjoy watching tui swooping from the Town Belt onto the flax bushes beside the Monastery zigzag. Their white throat tufts catch the sun as they search for nectar – no wonder the early settlers called them parson birds after the ‘clerical collar’ on their necks. Occasionally I see fantails darting amongst the trees on the edge of the Town Belt, flicking those fluted tails back and forth. But my greatest joy remains the young kingfisher that sat still on the wires, that stretch alongside my apartment, while I took a photograph. Although I resent Saturn’s wires that cut across the otherwise- lovely view of the harbour, at least they provide perches for the birds. What a lot of thanks we should give to Zealandia and the Predator Free Wellington movement for bringing our birds back, even in suburbs near the city centre like Oriental Bay. A 2017 Wildlife Management International survey of bird populations in Wellington City found tui had increased threefold from 2011 to 2016 while kaka and kereru showed similar improvements over the same time. I haven’t yet seen a kaka near where I live – a treat in store, hopefully. The wildlife sanctuary’s project began in 1995. By 1999 the Karori facility became the world’s first fully-fenced eco-sanctuary and home to a multitude of native species. That spawned the Predator Free Wellington movement which aims, in the next 10 years, to have the capital free of pests – rats, possums, stoats, weasels, ferrets and hedgehogs. Pest-free groups now exist in twenty-five Wellington suburbs. There are about 40 volunteer groups working in public reserves and some 5000 traps in reserve and backyard areas. A $3.27 million funding boost to Predator Free Wellington and Capital Kiwi over five years, was announced by Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage, in August of this year. Judith Doyle
14 15 DELVING INTO THE HISTORY OF THE NEW RESTAURANT
A new restaurant in Ohtel (the name was dreamt up by the previous owner) at 66 Oriental Parade is called Duppa Bar (pronounced Duppa like cuppa). It brings to mind the early history of Oriental Bay. George Duppa was the first known resident of Oriental Bay. He was an early settler, arriving in New Zealand on the Oriental, which left England on 15 September 1839 and arrived in Port Nicholson on 31 January 1840. He had come, as had so many other early settlers, to make his fortune. He was just 21. Before leaving England he had purchased from the New Zealand Company eight properties in Wellington – each comprising one town acre and 100 country acres. When he arrived in Port Nicholson he discovered that, owing to a delay in the surveys, he could only purchase land in the Wairarapa, which too had not yet been surveyed or even purchased from the Maori. He therefore, with others, decided to clear ground on the west bank of the Hutt river, only to suffer flooding, a disastrous fire and then an earthquake. George Duppa moved to Port Nicholson. He had brought with him from England a prefabricated house, and he set it up below where the Monastery now stands. It acquired the nickname of Castle Doleful, as he lived there on his own. Originally the settlers called this area Duppa but it soon became Oriental Bay, named by Duppa after the ship that brought him to New Zealand. The area was so remote at that time that it was used as a quarantine station, the patients being looked after by a doctor and nurse in a tent on the beach. Duppa’s time in Oriental Bay was however quite short. In June 1841 Colonel Wakefield asked Duppa to accompany Captain E. Daniell to the South Island, to help locate a suitable site for Nelson. Duppa attempted to have his land rights honoured by the New Zealand Company in Nelson. He was refused. In time, however, he was granted the lease of the Lowry Peaks The good ship Oriental brought Duppa to New Zealand (National Library) country, and this was the 16 foundation of his huge St Leonards station. Duppa remained in the South Island until he left New Zealand in 1862. He sold his land for a large amount of money. On his return to England he married a lady considerably younger than himself, and lived the life of a wealthy gentleman. He was one of the first men to make a fortune in New Zealand. Sadly he was unscrupulous in his dealings and even tried to defraud the manager of his St Leonards station, Robert Ross. It is good to report that Adam Cunningham, the owner of Ohtel and of Duppa’s restaurant in George Duppa (National Library)
Oriental Bay, is totally different from George Duppa. He is generous and community spirited, and is keen to play his part in the life of Oriental Bay. Call in and discover for yourselves what he offers to Oriental Bay residents. Ann Mallinson collated the above information from the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Oriental Bay in the 1840s. (National Library) 16 17 UNCOVER THE HISTORY OF SRI LANKA Complete with lush tea-sown landscapes, herds of elephants, historical sites and a colonial trading past. You’ll fall in love with Sri Lanka.
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Tramping Club, New Zealand Forest and Bird, Monday Oriental Bay Walkers and skyscrapers sit side by side with colonial Journey to the heart of Sri Lanka’s Tararua Tramping Club. buildings and the past influence of tea country with sweeping views of OBRA committee member, John Larkindale, was taken hiking by his parents as a Roman, Arabian and Chinese spice green plantations, gushing streams and small child. He’s lived and hiked in eight countries other than New Zealand and traders are apparent. Visit ancient quintessential English homes. Continue has fond memories of the Swiss Alps, the US Rockies and Denali National Park temples, churches and mosques. Explore your adventure by train, watching a cinnamon factory and UNESCO Sri Lanka’s countryside fall by as you in Alaska. Most Sundays, while living in England, were spent walking the English World Heritage Listed Fort, stopping to head to your next destination. footpaths. He joined Forest & Bird in 2011 after he retired. F&B prepare rosters taste aromatic dishes along the way. which different members lead. Of the New Zealand walks, John has a soft spot for tracks in the Abel Tasman National Park, though the coastal track is now over-run The best is still to come! Cross lush *An extract from a 14-day tour of Sri Lanka. by visitors. grasslands and wild teak plantations on an Speak to the team at Adventure Travel about open-air safari surrounded by mountain creating a customised itinerary to suit your “Around Wellington the outstanding element for me is the variety of tracks that ranges. Seek out herds of elephants, travel style. are reachable within an hour’s drive or less from the central city – there would be few cities in the world that can offer so much variety so close,” he said, echoing several walkers spoken to for this feature. A trip that stands out in his memory is a day trip about five years ago when he went up Mt Climie after a major storm, with the Tararua Tramping Club. (This club was founded in 1919 – the longest established tramping club in Wellington). “On the way up we hit snow, and for perhaps the last quarter of the trip we hiked through snow, which was about 10-15cm deep at the top,” he said. “There had been enough snow for it to penetrate the bush. In fact when we got to the top we came across a couple of people who had shlepped their way up the road with skis and were skiing back down!” John’s wife Philippa walks with the first group of the Monday Oriental Bay Walkers We’re not just about travel, we’re about -- a friendly informal walking group which Lorraine Christie started. It has two creating extraordinary experiences. sections. The first, usually led by Marg Hogg, takes on Wellington’s hills with gusto Where in the world do you want to explore? and walks for about 2 ½ hours. OBRA committee members Lynda Graham and Kay Austad walk with this group. The second group – The Elite Walkers – prefers Contact the team at Adventure Travel. a gentler pace of walking and of route. They meet outside the Freyberg Pool Pip, Sydel, Tim, Yvette & Kathy and include Ann Mallinson and Jill Allen (both OBRA committee members). They sometimes tackle a hill but mostly walk on the flat – often around the waterfront. They usually end the walk at a café. Let’s start planning your next adventure, contact us. 18 19 04 494 7180 [email protected] 37 Willis Street, Wellington Local resident, Diana Winn, walks with the Wellington Wednesday Walkers. So do I when the walk isn’t too long or strenuous. WWW has been going for 31 years now. Trevor and Hazel Smith with Enid Mulholland founded the group after advertising the proposal in the local paper. Currently there are about 40 members. A six- monthly schedule lists the walks which active members are expected to take turns at leading. Typically a walk takes 1 ½ to 2 hours with numbers averaging 10 to 25. Virtually all members are seniors. WWW works well, despite having no subscriptions or formal membership arrangements. The walks end near a café. Dennis Rowe is a longtime tramper and a member of the Kaumatua Tramping Club. This club was founded 58 years ago by a member of the Tararua Tramping Club who didn’t feel she could keep up with her erstwhile tramping mates after a medical operation. So she founded the Kaumatua Tramping Club for the older age group – average age now would be late 60s. (I’m a member of the K.T.C too, walking at the level that I call ‘the geriatrics’ but the club, more politely, calls the LAKS – less able Kaumatuas). Dennis aims to do one major tramp each year. He hopes to do the 60km Abel Tasman Coastal Walk again. He also likes to get to his hut, built in the Orongorongos in the southern reaches of the Rimutaka Forest Park, back in 1960. By 1970 there were about 60 huts, some dating back to the 1920s and 30s. Traditionally they 20 used manuka poles for framing; flattened kerosene tins for cladding; mismatched curtains…… but others are extremely well-appointed with carpet, fridges, solar heating etc. These huts, which are part of our tramping history, could be lost within 20 years if a licence arrangement with the Department of Conservation is not changed. I haven’t yet discovered a local member of Meetup’s group “Walkies! Bring the dog”. According to their website they do beach walks, garden walks, picnics, play sessions and visit doggy-friendly cafés and pubs. Details: Walkies! Bring the dog…(Wellington, New Zealand) Meetup Judith Doyle
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20 21 ■ The Oriental Bay cycleway should be finished by early December, to ensure the Parade is fully operational for summer. Concerns have been raised about the accuracy of the road measurements during construction, so officers are double-checking to ensure the road width is the same as the agreed plan. The cycleway will give pedestrians a dedicated space as Croc Bike users will be encouraged to use the cycleway.
■ The Oriental Bay Beach Clean-Up, held on October 7, was a great success as 150 volunteers collected 40kg of microplastics, while divers cleared rubbish from the sea. It was a terrific initiative by local resident Erinn Aspell, who’s in Year 10 at Queen Margaret’s College. Erinn organised the clean-up, and Council collected the rubbish afterwards. She is now organising another clean- up, in Island Bay on November 3.
■ Apparently there are now 32 people living in cars in the unrestricted parking area directly below Carlton Gore Road. Introducing parking charges would help, so I have asked officers to investigate the options. Frustratingly, there’s no progress to report on the Government and mayoral joint working party on ‘freedom campers’.
■ Have you noticed the new Heritage Plaques around town? There are now three, with more to come. To date we’ve celebrated Maud Basham (Aunt Daisy, the first lady of broadcasting), Suzanne Aubert (founder of the Home of Compassion), and writer/poet Iris Wilkinson (who wrote as Robin Hyde). There will be more, and the public will be asked for suggestions.
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Wellington City Councillor Nicola Young for Lambton22 Ward ■ The Oriental Bay cycleway should be finished by early December, to ensure the Parade is fully operational for summer. A LONG-AGO MYSTERY OF THE YACHT CLUB Concerns have been raised about the accuracy of the road measurements during construction, so officers are double-checking to In our last account of the history of the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, ensure the road width is the same as the agreed plan. The cycleway will the loss of the yacht Windward was mentioned. For local resident, Lorraine give pedestrians a dedicated space as Croc Bike users will be Christie, it is a very personal memory which she writes about here: encouraged to use the cycleway. The Windward was a 26.5 ■ The Oriental Bay Beach Clean-Up, held on October 7, was a great yacht built in Wellington success as 150 volunteers collected 40kg of microplastics, while divers in 1921 by Mr R Millman. cleared rubbish from the sea. It was built to withstand It was a terrific initiative by local resident Erinn Aspell, who’s in Year 10 heavy weather, however it at Queen Margaret’s College. Erinn organised the clean-up, and Council failed to return from a trip collected the rubbish afterwards. She is now organising another clean- to the Chatham Islands, up, in Island Bay on November 3. lost in a storm between ■ Apparently there are now 32 people living in cars in the unrestricted Cape Palliser and the Port parking area directly below Carlton Gore Road. Nicholson Boat Harbour on 15th January 1931. Introducing parking charges would help, so I have asked officers to It remains one of the investigate the options. Frustratingly, there’s no progress to report on the mysteries of the Club. Government and mayoral joint working party on ‘freedom campers’. The Windward (Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club archives) My interest in the article in ■ Have you noticed the new Heritage Plaques around town? There are Bay View stemmed from my uncle, Archibald Havlock Irwin (Arch) who was one of now three, with more to come. the four crew. They were lost before I was born but I grew up very aware of a large To date we’ve celebrated Maud Basham (Aunt Daisy, the first lady of photo of The Windward in pride of place on my grandmother’s wall in Ponsonby broadcasting), Suzanne Aubert (founder of the Home of Compassion), Road, Karori. and writer/poet Iris Wilkinson (who wrote as Robin I grew up with the family myth of this highly talented athlete and new graduate of Hyde). There will be more, and the public will be Victoria University who was lost at sea in the prime of his youth. I grew up knowing asked for suggestions. that my grandfather whom I also never met, never got over the shock of the loss which contributed to his early death the following year.
An account of the loss of the Windward and the attempts to find out what happened is recorded in Little Ships by Ronald Carter (published by AH Reed in December 1944). It makes interesting reading as great efforts were made to locate Windward. [email protected] 021 654 844 Carter concludes: “One of the mysteries of Cook Strait is that it seldom, if ever, NicolaYoungWellington gives up its dead. Many a brave little vessel has been sucked down into the vortex Wellington City Councillor of the cross-road of mighty ocean currents never to rise again.” Nicola Young for Lambton22 Ward 23 Ann Curtis Your Oriental Bay Local
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