DOCSLIB.ORG

Brooklyn-Tattler-May-2017

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Brooklyn-Tattler-May-2017 MAY 2017 287 BROOKLYN TATTLER what’s happening in your community Brooklyn Scouts What’s On Winter Health Community News From the Library Brooklyn History Community Groups A five week course for parents starts on IN THIS ISSUE from the Tuesdays in the Brooklyn Community Centre’s RSA room from 10am to 12pm. Coordinator/BCA 2-3 BCA News coordinatOr The course is called your parenting act. From the Councillor 4 EUAN HARRis ACT is short for Acceptance and A longstanding member of our Brooklyn Scouts 5 brooklyn cOmmunity centre & Commitment Therapy. For more info community, Dave Fowler vOgelmOrn hall ph 384 6799 contact Amanda Jack on 021 0291 4453 or died suddenly in late April. History 6 [email protected] Residents’ Association 7 email: [email protected] Hi Everyone, Our condolences to Barbara, their Health News 8 On Fridays from 11:30am in the main hall, two children and wider family. From the Library 9 Old hall gigs We have just ended a special dance classes for 3 and 4 year olds busy month at Brooklyn Community What’s On 10-11 will run for 30 minute sessions. Called For those who knew Dave, a ‘Book Centre and Vogelmorn Hall. The special rocking popping bods, each session of Memories’ is available in the foyer Resource Centre News 12 music only evening concert hosted by aims to create a cool music motion class for of the Brooklyn Community Centre, Friends of Owhiro Stream 14 Old Hall Gigs at Vogelmorn Hall on preschoolers and their parents by rocking 18 Harrison St, to write stories Upstream 15 Saturday 22 April sold out quickly to a routines to pop tunes. Free taster class and messages. This will be given to capacity crowd of 160 and was enjoyed Community Groups 18-19 5 may 11:30am. The 8-week term Barbara at the end of May. by many of the people I spoke to. You begins the following Friday. Phone: 021 can view a great photo of the Vogelmorn Thank you! Anneleah 050 3075 Email: rockingpoppingbods@ There will be a special tribute to Hall interior on the Old Hall Gigs website Thornburrow for our cover gmail.com or on Facebook: https://m. Dave in the June Tattler. at www.oldhallgigs.co.nz Old Hall Gigs photo. Brooklyn Scouts youth facebook.com/rockingpoppingbods/ runs concerts in Wellington’s character and leaders on ANZAC morning. buildings. As well as Vogelmorn Hall, At Vogelmorn Hall on the corner of Kay Miller, on behalf of BCA Council Honoured to be part of the concerts have been held locally at the Vennell Street and Mornington Road service, they lined up outside Harrison Street Brooklyn Scout Den in no lights no lycra is running the Scout Hall - Cubs and June 2015 and the Wellington Swords Club fortnightly on Wednesday evenings. Make Scouts, youngest to oldest, two Want tO receive the Hall on Tanera Crescent during November sure you are there just before 8pm, as the by two, ready to march up to brooklyn tattler by 2016. Photos of these gigs are online. doors close at 8pm sharp. The sessions are the Brooklyn ANZAC service. held in the dark, so you can dance with email each mOnth? Their morning was full of dawn new ActiVities There are several new nobody watching. This month’s dances Join our mailing list and service (for some), sandwich activities starting this term at Brooklyn are on 10 & 24 May. More details on never miss another issue. making (for most), and setting Community Centre and Vogelmorn Hall. their Facebook page. www.facebook.com/ Email your name to Euan Harris up the service (everyone). During the first week of May three new NLNLWellington/ Don’t type in Brooklyn, coordinator@ groups begin at Brooklyn Community unless you want the sessions in New York. brooklyncommunitycentre.org.nz Centre including kangatraining in Copy due by the main hall on Mondays 10:15 -12 If you’re an early riser, then Wild Workouts 5pm, Friday 26 May 2017 vieW Online complete postnatal workout, focused have twice weekly fitness Boot Camps brooklyncommunitycentre.org.nz for the May Brooklyn Tattler on re-strengthening the pelvic floor and starting at Vogelmorn Hall on 23 May Email your contribution to: abdominal muscles after pregnancy. at 6am each Tuesday and Thursday. [email protected] The workout can be done while wearing Sessions run for 45 minutes and are fun HAVE AN ARticle your baby in a carrier – so no need classes open to people of all fitness levels. Or PHOtO? Or Brooklyn-relevant information? Brooklyn Tattler is published monthly by for a babysitter. Contact Hannah on Register online at www.wildworkouts. Brooklyn Community Centre 021 030 6981 or visit her Facebook co.nz to secure your place or email: duck@ To contribute, email 18 Harrison Street, Brooklyn page: https://www.facebook.com/ wildworkouts.co.nz or 027 528 6833. [email protected] Printed by Pivotal KangatrainingWellingtonCentral/ 2 MAY 2017 BROOKLYN TATTLER BROOKLYN TATTLER MAY 2017 3 update BROOKLYN scOUTS public-inputs/consultations/open/waste- from the management-and-minimisation-plan Submissions close 18th May. Brooklynites FUN & DELICIOUS! cOuncillOr iOna pannett, WellingtOn city may be particularly interested in this topic CouncillOr lambtOn Ward given the location of the city’s landfill. 021-227-8509 Have your say on issues like whether we [email protected] should have an organic collection (green A recent waste waste and food), lobby the government audit shows on a tax on plastic bags, regulate the way that there is a waste companies collect our waste and lot of room for share waste services with other councils. improvement in the way we This issue is all the more topical because manage waste in this city. Compared to of recent publicity around pollution other major cities, we put out more waste in the Owhiro Stream. I am working and recycle less. actively with the Regional Council on the issue as they regulate the landfill owner. "We empower youth through adventurous We added our own twist - nutella rolls and As I write this, we are undertaking Ensuring that waste doesn’t end up in experiences to lead lives that make fairy bread! The sandwich platters were consultation on a new Waste Plan for the the stream also is a matter that requires a positive transferred to the Community Wellington Region to change this situation. further attention. A big thanks to the hard difference". This Centre where the Scouts then got More information can be found here: working volunteers who are protecting this was definitely in to work setting chairs out. 10am http://wellington.govt.nz/have-your-say/ stream. More to follow next month. action on ANZAC and it was time to get ready for Day morning. the Service. 400-500 guests Our scouting law -" Have Respect, were expected for Do Whats Right, Be Positive" was CARPET refreshments after visible throughout the morning the Anzac Service as our Scouts and Leaders at Brooklyn School actively participated in the food LAYER and Brooklyn preparation, service and then at the Installation of new or Scouts was asked community centre, being helpful second hand carpets. to prepare the where they saw Relays, repairs and sandwich platters. an opportunity with a friendly maintenance. Early on Anzac and positive Day morning, All materials can be attitude. supplied. with sun Free quotes streaming in the Yours in Scouting, windows, our scout hall in Harrison Anneleah Call John at Street was converted into an awesome Thornburrow, Atkinson Flooring on sandwich making production line. Brooklyn Scout 0274 426 915 Youth and parents worked side by Group, or 04 381 2216 side to convert 25 loaves of bread and Committee fillings into a delicious array of platters. Chairperson 4 MAY 2017 BROOKLYN TATTLER BROOKLYN TATTLER MAY 2017 5 HISTORY by Chris Rabey BRAI • Pedestrian & cycle safety at Brooklyn brooklyn Road/Ohiro Road intersection: Issue report completed (February). residents • Traffic counts completed (March). • Intersection modelling & feasibility assOciatiOn (progressing). Complete concept The Ohiro Rd development hearing was drawings (to do). scheduled for Tuesday 2 May and BRAI • Repaving and installation of advance stop were due to make an aural submission boxes at the traffic lights: Has been put as the Tattler went to press. Concerns off until further notice due to weather. include bush clearance in excess of what • Installation of a cycle fix it stand in should have been permitted and potential the Brooklyn town centre: Council are effects on Owhiro Stream. considering possible locations to install one. Wellington water are awaiting geotechnical Next meeting 7pm Wednesday 21st June investigations and design solutions for at the Brooklyn Resource Centre. All are drainage issues on Connaught Terrace that welcome, it would be great to see you there. Ashton Fitchett, remembered attending Charles Seagar was a prominent have seen a section of footpath hoarded off school there). This was opened in 1911. Get in touch here to join our email list: Wellington engineer, and later on his son following recent storm events. [email protected] Edward, became an equally well known Edward Seagar's presence in the area WCC have provided some updates via the Or Facebook: https://www.facebook. engineer in his own right. was well known, Ashton A2B group (Active to Brooklyn): com/brooklynresidentswellington Edward was a long time Fitchett's grandfather, resident of Ohiro. He was Ashton Buddle, was a living in the area when it frequent visitor to his house still comprised farming and they were close friends. estates, in a rambling house on the hill, shown When the tramway was in the photograph, and built to link Brooklyn where the Manston Flats with the City, a loop was are situated now.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • No 87, 17 September 1942, 2371
    JlumlJ. 87. 2371 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1942. Land proclaimed as Road, and Road closed, in Block I, Tutaki Survey District, Murchison County. [L.S,] C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General. A PROCLAMATION. N pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section twelve of the Land Act, 1924, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor­ I General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim as road the land described in the First Schedule hereto; and also do hereby proclaim as closed the road described in the Second Schedule hereto. FIRST SCHEDULE. LAND PROCLAIMED AS ROAD. Approxi:qrate Areas I of the Pieces of Land Being Shown on Plan Coloured on proclaimed as Road. Plan I A. R P. 0 2 4 Part Section 91, Square 138 (Ferry Reserve) P.W.D. 112244 Yellow. 0 2 20 Part Section 91, Square 138 (Ferry Reserve) 0 0 0·3. Part Section 55 (Ferry Reserve) .. (S.O. 9255.) 0 1 6 Part Section 97 P.W.D. 108877 Yellow. 0 3 27 Part Section 61, Square 170 Blul'. 0 2 17 Part Section 61, Square 170 0 1 29 Part Section 61, Square 170 0 0 15 River-bed adjoining Section 61, Square 170 0 0 16 Part Section 61, Square 170 (Scenic Reserve) 0 0 23 Part Section 61, Square 170 (Scenic Reserve) (S.O. 9069.) (Nelson R.D.) I SECOND SCHEDULE. ROAD CLOSED. Approximate Areas I Adjoining or passing through Coloured on of the Pieces of Road Shown on Plan Plan closed. I A, R.
    [Show full text]
  • INFO EXPRESS Y7-9 Term 4 Week 1 17 October - 23 October 2011
    INFO EXPRESS Y7-9 Term 4 Week 1 17 October - 23 October 2011 Virtue: Enthusiasm Enthusiasm is being cheerful, happy, and full of spirit. It is Please check the entry page for doing something wholeheartedly and eagerly. When you attachments related to: are enthusiastic, you have a positive attitude. Enthusiasm Victoria University, Public lecture. is being inspired. House Music DVD. Y7 Vision Testing Dates to note Monday 17 October Regional Public Health provides a vision screening Staff only day. programme at school during Year 7 and this will take place Tuesday 18 October at Marsden on Thursday 29 September. Pupils will be Term 4 begins (full summer or full advised of results at the time of testing. If further winter uniform may be worn this assessment is recommended you will be notified by mail. week but uniforms may not be Children who wear glasses and/or are under professional mixed). care and have regular checks will not require a vision Thursday 20 October check by this service. Please notify the school nurses 7.30pm Old Girls’ Association Nadine Smith ( [email protected] ) and meeting , Swainson Room. Sally Allen ( [email protected] ) if you DO NOT agree to your daughter being screened. Monday 24 October Please note that this screening test is not a full assessment Labour Day – School closed. of your daughter’s vision. If you have any concerns, please Tuesday 25 October consult an optometrist. Summer Uniform only from today. Y7/8 Life Education at school until House Music DVD: orders due Friday 21 October Friday.
    [Show full text]
  • Wellington Walks – Ara Rēhia O Pōneke Is Your Guide to Some of the Short Walks, Loop Walks and Walkways in Our City
    Detail map: Te Ahumairangi (Tinakori Hill) Detail map: Mount Victoria (Matairangi) Tracks are good quality but can be steep in places. Tracks are good quality but can be steep in places. ade North North Wellington Otari-Wilton’ss BushBush OrientalOriental ParadePar W ADESTOWN WeldWeld Street Street Wade Street Oriental Bay Walks Grass St. WILTON Oriental Parade O RIEN T A L B A Y Ara Rēhia o Pōneke Northern Walkway PalliserPalliser Rd.Rd. Skyline Walkway To City ROSENEATH Majoribanks Street City to Sea Walkway LookoutLookout Rd.Rd. Te Ara o Ngā Tūpuna Mount Victoria Lookout MOUNT (Tangi(Tangi TeTe Keo)Keo) Te Ahumairangi Hill GrantGrant RoadRoad VICT ORIA Lookout PoplarPoplar GGroroveve PiriePirie St.St. THORNDON AlexandraAlexandra RoadRoad Hobbit Hideaway The Beehive Film Location TinakoriTinakori RoadRoad & ParliameParliamentnt rangi Kaupapa RoadStSt Mary’sMary’s StreetStreet OOrangi Kaupapa Road buildingsbuildings WaitoaWaitoa Rd.Rd. HataitaiHataitai RoadHRoadATAITAI Welellingtonlington BotanicBotanic GardenGarden A B Southern Walkway Loop walks City to Sea Walkway Matairangi Nature Trail Lookout Walkway Northern Walkway Other tracks Southern Walkway Hataitai to City Walkway 00 130130 260260 520520 Te Ahumairangi metresmetres Be prepared For more information Your safety is your responsibility. Before you go, Find our handy webmap to navigate on your mobile at remember these five simple rules: wcc.govt.nz/trailmaps. This map is available in English and Te Reo Māori. 1. Plan your trip. Our tracks are clearly marked but it’s a good idea to check our website for maps and track details. Find detailed track descriptions, maps and the Welly Walks app at wcc.govt.nz/walks 2. Tell someone where you’re going.
    [Show full text]
  • Golden Mile Engagement Report June
    GOLDEN MILE Engagement summary report June – August 2020 Executive Summary Across the three concepts, the level of change could be relatively small or could completely transform the road and footpath space. The Golden Mile, running along Lambton Quay, Willis Street, Manners Street and 1. “Streamline” takes some general traffic off the Golden Mile to help Courtenay Place, is Wellington’s prime employment, shopping and entertainment make buses more reliable and creates new space for pedestrians. destination. 2. “Prioritise” goes further by removing all general traffic and allocating extra space for bus lanes and pedestrians. It is the city’s busiest pedestrian area and is the main bus corridor; with most of the 3. “Transform” changes the road layout to increase pedestrian space city’s core bus routes passing along all or part of the Golden Mile everyday. Over the (75% more), new bus lanes and, in some places, dedicated areas for people next 30 years the population is forecast to grow by 15% and demand for travel to and on bikes and scooters. from the city centre by public transport is expected to grow by between 35% and 50%. What we asked The Golden Mile Project From June to August 2020 we asked Wellingtonians to let us know what that they liked or didn’t like about each concept and why. We also asked people to tell us The Golden Mile project is part of the Let’s Get Wellington Moving programme. The which concept they preferred for the different sections of the Golden Mile, as we vision for the project is “connecting people across the central city with a reliable understand that each street that makes up the Golden Mile is different, and a public transport system that is in balance with an attractive pedestrian environment”.
    [Show full text]
  • Metlink Network
    1 A B 2 KAP IS Otaki Beach LA IT 70 N I D C Otaki Town 3 Waikanae Beach 77 Waikanae Golf Course Kennedy PNL Park Palmerston North A North Beach Shannon Waikanae Pool 1 Levin Woodlands D Manly Street Kena Kena Parklands Otaki Railway 71 7 7 7 5 Waitohu School ,7 72 Kotuku Park 7 Te Horo Paraparaumu Beach Peka Peka Freemans Road Paraparaumu College B 7 1 Golf Road 73 Mazengarb Road Raumati WAIKANAE Beach Kapiti E 7 2 Arawhata Village Road 2 C 74 MA Raumati Coastlands Kapiti Health 70 IS Otaki Beach LA N South Kapiti Centre A N College Kapiti Coast D Otaki Town PARAPARAUMU KAP IS I Metlink Network Map PPL LA TI Palmerston North N PNL D D Shannon F 77 Waikanae Beach Waikanae Golf Course Levin YOUR KEY Waitohu School Kennedy Paekakariki Park Waikanae Pool Otaki Railway ro 3 Woodlands Te Ho Freemans Road Bus route Parklands E 69 77 Muri North Beach 75 Titahi Bay ,77 Limited service Pikarere Street 68 Peka Peka (less than hourly, Monday to Friday) Titahi Bay Beach Pukerua Bay Kena Kena Titahi Bay Shops G Kotuku Park Gloaming Hill PPL Bus route number Manly Street71 72 WAIKANAE Paraparaumu College 7 Takapuwahia 1 Plimmerton Paraparaumu Major bus stop Train line Porirua Beach Mazengarb Road F 60 Golf Road Elsdon Mana Bus direction 73 Train station PAREMATA Arawhata Mega Centre Raumati Kapiti Road Beach 72 Kapiti Health 8 Village Train, cable car 6 8 Centre Tunnel 6 Kapiti Coast Porirua City Cultural Centre 9 6 5 6 7 & ferry route 6 H Coastlands Interchange Porirua City Centre 74 G Kapiti Police Raumati College PARAPARAUMU College Papakowhai South
    [Show full text]
  • Greater Wellington Regional Council Wellington Bus Network Review In-Person Engagement: Detailed Report
    In-Person Engagement: Detailed Report researchfirst.co.nz Greater Wellington Regional Council Wellington Bus Network Review In-Person Engagement: Detailed Report October 2019 In-Person Engagement: Detailed Report researchfirst.co.nz Greater Wellington Regional Council Wellington Bus Network Review In-Person Engagement: Detailed Report October 2019 Commercial In Confidence 2 In-Person Engagement: Detailed Report researchfirst.co.nz OVERVIEW 8 1 Introduction 9 Context 10 Method 10 Attendees 12 2 Executive Summary 14 Network Design 15 Trade-offs and priorities 17 3 Considerations 18 Network Design 19 Operational Concerns 19 Considerations for the Eastern Suburbs 19 Considerations for the Southern Suburbs 20 Considerations for the Northern Suburbs 20 Considerations for the Western Suburbs 20 EASTERN SUBURBS 21 4 Eastern Suburbs Network Insights Summary 22 Overview 23 The Removal of Direct Routes and Reluctance to Transfer 23 Operational Issues 24 Feedback on Alternative Route Proposals 24 5 Eastern Suburbs Disability Focus Group Findings 25 The Participants 26 Routes that Work Well 26 Suggested Improvements to Routes 26 Trade-Offs 30 6 Eastern Suburbs Strathmore Park Residents Findings 31 Overview 32 Routes that Work Well 32 Suggested Improvements to Routes 32 Ideas for other routes 34 Trade-Offs 36 7 Eastern Suburbs Charette Findings 37 Feedback by Eastern Suburb Area 38 Hataitai: Routes that Work Well 38 Suggested Improvements to Routes 39 Miramar and Maupuia: Routes that Work Well 39 Suggested Improvements to Routes 40 Seatoun, Karaka Bays,
    [Show full text]
  • Tsuinfo Alert, Vol. 14, No. 3, June 2012
    Contents Volume 14, Number 3 June 2012 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Special features Departments Report from Louisiana 1 News 12 Tsunami preparedness briefing in D.C. 3 Websites 16 Pacific NW tsunami buoys out of service 4 Publications 15 Japanese tsunami debris issues 11 State offices 1 Update on 11 March 2011 Tohoku tsunami 8 Games 17 Partners for pets—Public-private partnerships 11 5th International Tsunami Symposium—Call for papers 27 Book reviews: How the military responds to disaster 18 Material added to NTHMP Library 21 National CERT programs for 2012 20 IAQ 26 First national preparedness report...mostly thumbs up 12 Video reservations 28 Cannon Beach Emergency Preparedness Forum 7 Regional reports 4 Nursing home emergency plans are a disaster 14 Conferences 17 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ REPORT FROM LOUISIANA Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness http://gohsep.la.gov/ “ The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness coordinates State Disaster Declarations authorized by the Governor. The GOHSEP staff is poised and ready to serve the people of Louisiana at a moment’s notice.” Areas of interest: Biological, Cyber Security, Drought, Dams, Flooding, Fire, Hurricanes, Heat, Hazardous Materials, Legal, Nuclear, Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Terrorism, Winter Weather. Agency mission: To
    [Show full text]
  • Dads Embracing School Life
    Police find Pupil cycles forgotten 1600km for treasures P3 playground P6 WellingtonianThe Thursday, December 1, 2016 thewellingtonian.co.nz Members of the Lyall Bay Dads Group manning the barbecue at the free fair event. From right: Sloane McPhee, Darrell Doig, Dan Perry and Steve Boggs. EMMA DUNLOP-BENNETT Dads embracing school life RUBY MACANDREW school mums ‘‘seemed to know lish a club and host fortnightly ment of all the people in the com- and Chait said he fielded several each other and be quite well- get-togethers. munity - dads included. We inquiries from other dads keen to A community event has helped connected’’, but the same couldn’t ‘‘It’s about getting the dads wanted to tap into that and join join the group and help out the shine a light on the hard work a be said for the dads. involved and connected to learn the dots really.’’ school. group of dads from Lyall Bay ‘‘There were very few dads more about who your neighbours The group had since expanded ‘‘This is not a fundraiser or School has been doing to be more around the school and the ones are and through that become their offerings, including the way to make money – our involved. that did come were all heads more involved in the school.’’ establishment of a touch team motivations in doing this are only After 18 months the ranks of down, drop their kids off and go. From the initial meeting, inter- with 16 members. to bring our local community the Lyall Bay Dads Club have ‘‘It occurred to us that a lot of est in the collective snowballed, An example of the way the closer together.’’ been growing exponentially, and the dads didn’t get to do drop-offs which Chait said was a testament group gets involved is the large- For now, Chait planned to keep they have become a mainstay in that often and the ones that did to the need for dads to be scale fair they recently organised the group’s membership exclus- the school community.
    [Show full text]
  • Annual Coastal Monitoring Report for the Wellington Region, 2007/08
    Annual coastal monitoring report for the Wellington region, 2007/08 Juliet R. Milne Environmental Monitoring and Investigations Department For more information, contact: Greater Wellington GW/EMI-G-08/162 142 Wakefield Street PO Box 11646 October 2008 Manners Street Wellington 6142 T 04 384 5708 F 04 385 6960 www.gw.govt.nz Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Overview of coastal monitoring programme 2 2.1 Background 2 2.2 Monitoring objectives 2 2.3 Monitoring sites and variables 2 3. Microbiological water quality monitoring 4 3.1 Introduction 4 3.2 Monitoring protocol 4 3.3 Results 5 4. Wellington Harbour sediment quality investigation 9 4.1 Background 9 4.1.1 Aims of the investigation 10 4.2 Sampling sites, methods and variables 10 4.2.1 Sediments 11 4.2.2 Benthic ecology 11 4.3 Results and discussion 11 4.3.1 Sediment quality 11 4.3.2 Benthic ecology 14 4.3.3 Relationship between the benthic community and chemical variables 14 4.4 Future monitoring 15 4.5 Synthesis 15 5. Lake Onoke risk assessment and monitoring 16 5.1 Introduction and background 16 5.2 Vulnerability assessment 16 5.3 Monitoring recommendations 17 5.4 Next steps 18 6. Broad-scale habitat mapping and fine-scale ecological monitoring of Porirua Harbour 19 6.1 Introduction and background 19 6.2 Broad-scale habitat mapping 19 6.2.1 Key findings 19 6.3 Fine-scale ecological monitoring 21 6.3.1 Key findings 23 6.4 Summary 23 6.5 Future monitoring 24 7.
    [Show full text]
  • Brooklyn-Tattler-February-2017
    FEBRUARY 2017 284 BROOKLYN TATTLER what’s happening in your community What’s On Community news From the Library scouts Upstream arts trail Community Groups Artworks, and features a number of former In thIs IssUE from the bowling club members including the late Sir Coordinator/BCA 2-3 Leonard Hadley who was a life member and bCa News Brooklyn village is buzzing again after a long-time club patron. In the mural above From the Councillor 4 coordInatOr quiet Christmas and New Year period. EUan harrIs the bowlers is a commentary box with bowls I sure missed the smell of Jo’s pies as I Vogelmorn Tennis Club 5 brookLyn commUnIty centrE & commentators Garry Ward and Stuart Scott. walked through the village with my dog Residents Association 6 vogelmOrn hall ph 384 6799 Underneath you can make out flags for the Kodak. Arvind Mora from Brooklyn [email protected] Rose and Crown and Lovelocks Sports Bar. Scouts 8 Foodmarket and the team at Caribe kept Hi Everyone, The Lovelocks Sports Bar is still going strong the energy of the village going while From the Library 9 at 12 Bond Street but the Rose and Crown Welcome to the first Tattler for 2017 many took a break. Of course it was extra What’s On 10-11 pub in the former BNZ shopping centre on delivered free to homes throughout busy at the Brooklyn Community Centre Willis Street has now gone. Resource Centre News 12 Brooklyn, Kowhai Park, Panorama Heights, with the holiday program running. Friends of Owhiro Stream 14 Mornington, Vogeltown and Kingston, thanks to our neighbours the Brooklyn In late January I learned that Graeme BCA 15-17 Scout Group on Harrison Street.
    [Show full text]
  • Eastern Walkway
    EXPLORE Wahine Disaster, 1968 BROADWAY Though there have been worse shipping The Eastern Walkway extends GORE disasters in New Zealand with greater along the southern end of B EASTERN STEWART E loss, the sinking of the Wahine on STRATHMORE AVE A Miramar Peninsula from the MONORGAN RD WALKWAY C April 10 is by far the most well known. O Pass of Branda to Tarakena Bay. Scots N The tragedy can be attributed to one INGLIS ST Fort Dorset EXPLORE H College STRATHMORE major cause – the weather. The storm I The track is 2.5 km long and L LYONS L Walk overleaf HECTOR ST which exploded upon Wellington was takes about one and a half hours to complete. The track surface is BEACON Miramar PARK HILL RES one of the worst ever recorded in New mainly gravel and much of the track is exposed. Golf Zealand. Its ferocity was due to a A WELLINGTON D SIGNALLERS START combination of two storms which Discover Wellington’s Town Belt, reserves and walkways The route is described here from the Pass of Branda to Tarakena Bay, Course N P A A happened to merge directly over R R A but marker posts mean it can be walked in either direction or in the T B U F Wellington. DUFF DRIVE DUFF O recommended circular route back along Breaker Bay Road (see map). W Wellington SS A T PA At 6.41am the Wahine struck on the L S There is also an extra walk which can be done out to Point Dorset, D E LEVESON C 2 southernmost rocks of Barrett Reef where International E T DY allow one hour to discover World War II gun batteries and observation N ANNA the vessel grounded and suffered severe Airport AVE damage to her hull whereby seawater posts.
    [Show full text]
  • Incident Summary for 7/07/2001 Till 17/08/2001
    Incident Summary for 7/07/2001 till 17/08/2001 Complaint DateTime Complaint Details Summary Alleged First Response Number Count Source ( Min) (Year to date) 11950 10/07/01 Oil dumped in drain, Kingston, Wellington Oil removed and disposed of appropriately by 09:00:00 land owner. 1 45 11949 10/07/01 White substance discharging into Waiwhetu Stream, Broken sewer pipe. Sewer pipe repaired by 13:40:00 Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt. company concerned. 1 30 11952 10/07/01 Sea around Evans Bay Marina is a white colour, Unable to determine source. 15:08:00 Evans Bay, Wellington. 1 46 11955 10/07/01 Concrete washing waste water into roadside drain, Contractor agreed todispose of waste water 16:30:00 Evans Bay, Wellington appropriately. 1 0 11947 14/07/01 Detergent discharged into Stormwater sump at Warning letter written to offender. 12:06:00 Chaffers Marina, Wellington. 1 14 11948 16/07/01 Truck washing onto land and wastewater Instructed to used wash bay and collect and 08:38:00 discharging to CMA, Breaker Bay, Wellington dispose of waste water appropriately 1 42 11946 17/07/01 Recently strong smell of odour in industrial area Log only 12:50:00 Rongotai, Wellington 1 15 11956 20/07/01 Paint discharged into harbour from stormwater pipe, Paint was no longer being discharge from 12:30:00 Cog Park Wellington stormwater pipe upon arrival. 1 30 11960 24/07/01 Domestic rubbish dumped on Makara beach, Referred to ECBU, Wellington City Council. 11:30:00 Wellington. 1 0 11957 24/07/01 Asphalt had been dumped into stormwater sump, Asphalt was removed from the stormwater 13:00:00 Wakefield Street Wellington.
    [Show full text]