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[ Bulls & Districts Historical Society (Inc) rjli ECE 11 SEP 2018 To: File: Doc: Bulls Museum fint.E Te Taonga o Taumaihi 81 High Street, Bulls. 4818. New Zealand. Governance Administrator Rangitikei District Council Private Bag Marton 4741 11 th September 2018 Dear Linda, Re: Community Initiatives Grant Accountability Return We attach herewith a completed return for the grant of $2000-00 received 31 st July 2017 towards the restoration costs of the Scotts ferry. In the main this project has just been completed in early July 2018 so we are providing this return at this time. The Income and Expenditure Statement presently shows a surplus of $1622-99. However, we do anticipate further costs in the coming months which will consume much of this balance. This will include further landscaping, signage and seats and tables. Thank you for your support. Yours sincerely, y Simms reasurer A community owned and run museum Operates daily between 10am-3pm or by arrangement Secretary: Helen Cooper Ph: 021 105 1327 www.bullsmuseum.co.nz [email protected] REPORT FORM CCi L3NITY INITIATIVES FUND 2017 Please return to: Grants Administrator By mail: Rangitikei District Council, Private Bag 1102, Marton 4741 Or hand deliver to: Rangitikei District Council Office, 46 High Street, Marton; or Taihape Service Centre, Hautapu Street, Taihape Or by email to: [email protected] NO LATER THAN THREE MONTHS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE REPORT (ATTACHED) If you do not complete and return this form this will affect your eligibility for future funding. Name of applicant:1 2 Name of project: - 3 Date and location of project: 4 Amount received from the Community Initiatives Fund: $ Please answer the following questions and use additional sheets necessary How many people benefited from your project/pmg:amine-?. Was this number: El i More than you expected? Ea What you expected? [I] Less than you expected? Describe the main findings in your evaluation of the project and how it benefited the community: What worked really well? - _ e What didn't work so well/could be improved? 4/ Page 1 Community Initiatives Fund Project Report form File: 3-GF-8-2 2017-2018 Round 1 Please report on your success at achieving the three targets you identified in your application (attach another sheet if necessary) • • Target 1: Ls' Target 2: Please describe how you promoted the support of the Rangitikei District Council for your project pr attach examples of leaflets or publicity if appropriate) If Please describe how you implemented ihe Healthy L'amilies pririciple , and describe any further support or information that would have been helpful for you. Please complete the attached income and expenditure statement for your project (following page), showing all income and expenciiture associated with the project. Surplus/(deficit Page 2 Community Initiatives Fund Project Report form File: 3-GF-8-2 2017-2018 Round 1 Income and expenditure statt, (Please list all income and expJn _,- ssociat Lie p. Income Amount Donated material Cash in hand towards project Actual fundraising amount received „ - s;y2.o, r5!iip grants ' .low Total income (GST inclusive / exclusive. Please delete one Expenditure Amount / =MIMI EM1 1 MII•111 ■11111111111 11 (GST clusive. F ,e lelete one) Surplus ) (GS ousiiie exclusi ielete one) Signature Dat PRINT Nik'_ 17 Pa ee 3 Communi. Prniect Rennrt form File: 3-GF-R-2 21117-201R Round 7 stuff + Neighbourly SAVING KAKO (OFeilding-Rangitikei Page 5 HEItitlico RUGBY VICTORY Pages 16,32 Thursday, August SPECIAL TAIHAPE EDITION INSIDE . 2, 2018 . _ . From left, builder Allan Giles, Bulls Museum member Tony Simms and project co- ordinator Kevin Ellery who led the Scotts Ferry restoration of Scott's ferry. Below right, an artist's impression of the ferry at work. WARWICK SMITH/STUFF all shipshape — PAUL MITCHELL Simms said the barge's original Retired engineer Kevin Ellery construction, although totara and matai deck rotted and has fronted the restoration proj- much of it was now made of A barge that once took settlers began crumbling, so the com- ect, heading up a team of treated pine. over the Rangitficei River has munity rallied to save this small, volunteers including builder "Unfortunately, we would been restored to shipshape 168 but important part of New Zea- Allan Giles. never have got the donations to seeking the family's permission. years later. land history. "Their expertise was very get native timber. Nitchke was the first to do repair From 1850, Thomas Scott used Only two other barges from important, especially to Heritage "The deck was coated in tar and preservation work on the the flat-bottomed barge to ferry its era have been restored, New Zealand, which required and sand, which was what was deteriorating barge in 1989, travellers, stock and freight Simms said. He was working restoration work to be in keep- done then - so the restoration Ellery said. across the river, between with the Rangitikei District ing with the ferry's original [con- was all as it would've been done "If it wasn't for him ... [the Tangimoana and Parewanui, Council to install signage in struction]," Simms said. [168 years ago]." ferry] would've been gone years before bridges were constructed. Bulls to lure motorists off state Ellery said his team put in 500 Ellery salvaged the old totara ago." Scott's ferry operated until highways 1 and 3 to Scotts Ferry. man-hours to restore the ferry planks for the site's decorative The community raised $7000 1987, when the port was An official unveiling will be and estimated it would have cost fence and used an original beam towards the project, the council destroyed in a flood, and lent its held in spring, when the weather $60,000 to hire a contractor for to make a bench. contributed $2000, the Rural name to the village that sprung was more consistent and com- the work. He hoped to put a memorial Women's Group landscaped the up nearby. fortable for attendees, Simms The team kept as close as plaque on the bench, dedicating display site and local businesses Bulls Museum member Tony said. possible to the ferry's original it to Frank Nitchke, but was still donated materials. 8 FEILDING-RANGITIKEI HERALD, JANUARY 25, 2018 neighbourly.co.nz Historic Scotts Ferry barge restored SAM KILMISTER A barge that provided settlers passage over the RangitThei River 168 years ago is to get a makeover. The flat-bottomed barge, used to ferry travellers, stock and freight across the river before bridges were constructed, lies rotting on the side of the road, less than 50 metres from where it first operated in 1850. The service, started by Thomas Scott, operated between Tangimoana and Parewanui, now known as Scotts Ferry. The ferry operated until 1987, when the port was destroyed in a flood. The barge was left exposed to elements and its once impen- etrable totara and matai deck is now rotted and crumbling. It's so fragile an unsuspecting woman fell through its deck while walk- ing along it a few years ago. What was once the region's most crucial asset has rested, exposed to the elements, for sev- eral years. Now, the ferry's guardians have come together to revive the decaying boat for future generations. The community has funded the Scotts Ferry restoration project co-ordinator Kevin Ellery, left, with Bulls Museum member Tony Simms. PHOTO: WARWICK SMITH/STUFF $7000 project and will provide free labour and equipment. Fletcher Easysteel, Bunnings and Mirage main route from Wellington to Highways 1 and 3. Signs are discounting or donating Whanganui, and beyond, was up Despite the barge's materials, and the Rangitncei Dis- the coastline. deteriorated deck, it still floats, trict Council has contributed When Scott established the ser- Simms said. In the 2004 flood, it $2000. vice, he also set up a trading post floated around a paddock 200 The Rural Women's Group will and accommodation house at metres down the road after water also replant and landscape the Parewanui. Naturally, the ferry lifted it 2m over a nearby fence. area around the barge. took his name, as did the settle- A local farmer used his tractor The Heritage New Zealand ment. to drag it back, while the area was category one structure is a "It's quite an important asset still flooded, otherwise it would reminder of the importance fer- of national importance," Bulls have come to rest in the paddock ries had in New Zealand's history Museum member Tony Simms forever. when there were no bridges, Heri- said. Retired engineer Kevin Ellery tage New Zealand co-ordinator "It's important for us to recog- is fronting the restoration project. David Watt said. nise how people travelled before His team of volunteers will The barge was a significant bridges were around.., when replace the deck, side brackets memorial to a form of transport settlers were around." and steel, and ensure the barge that operated in New Zealand Only two other barges in New retains its original and authentic exclusively in the 19th century, Zealand have been restored, look. Watt said. Simms said. He was working with The bottom frame will be all Prior to the introduction of a the council to install signage in that remains from the day it was The Scotts Ferry barge in use in the late 1800s. coach service in the 1870s, the Bulls to lure motorists off State constructed. Historic barge to be restored s544ii-rdaca t, early pioneers tribUte to Thomas and Anne „Scotnrsr. The ford Aof the-area on the Rangitikt.