Houghton Valley Email Newsletter
7 April, 2011
Welcome to all the locals who have recently joined the email group.
A message from Katie (teacher at HV school): The kids at Houghton Valley School have been doing a lot of work in the rainforest over the past few years. Last year they worked with the Wellington Zoo Bush Builders and designed some signs to go in the forest. This Friday at 12 midday we will be reopening the forest with the new signs in it. The community is invited to come to the opening which will take place near the community garden. If you can’t make that, take a wander through the forest after next Friday and see what they have been up to. 🙂
CD community response planning meeting: Mark and Jo’s invitation to hold a community response plan was received with a lot of interest, so a meeting is being planned. Here is their message:
“Jo and I have been kicking some ideas around about what such a meeting would involve, and we’ve not come to a final idea just yet, however we think that we could start by:
- Gauging the interest of the group as to whether we think we need to make such a plan;
- Giving some examples of the sorts of things that could be done within a community response plan;
- Determining/explaining where a community response plan fits in the scheme of other activities (i,e. government/council response);
- Answering any questions about hazards/or general emergency management;
- Determining a way forward (assuming the interest);
So that’s pretty high level thinking but would probably be more than enough for a 2 hour meeting I think.”
Jo and Mark are tied up with response efforts in Christchurch and an overseas trip so the meeting will take place in late May/early June (they will let everyone know date and time shortly). Please let Mark and Jo (or me) what (if any issues) you may like to see addressed in the meeting.
Memorial bench/seat vandalism: Occurred in the past 10 – 14 days on the seat opposite No 88 The Esplanade. This is very distressing to the family who paid for the seat so if anyone heard or saw anything, please let me know.
Archaeological dig: Mary, an Archaeologist from View Rd and I have been working getting permission to carry out an archaeological dig on the site of Restieaux’s farmhouse (one of the original farms in the valley). The site is near the Wind Gardens. I will keep you posted about this.
All the best, Grant