Published as Issue No. 85
November 6, 2013
The Kae Miller Trust, which runs the community lodge/retreat on the View Rd South Headland Reserve met on Saturday. (http://www.houghtonvalley.org.nz/playing/Kae%20Miller/kae_miller.html – members are Brenda and Norman from View Rd, Grant – Hungerford Rd and Jenny – Houghton Bay Rd). Jointly with TRiG http://www.houghtonvalley.org.nz/playing/TRiG/trig.html the Trust has a partnership with the City Council on aspects of the management of the Reserve. From the meeting:
- Until an issue with the Council involving the use of sprays is permanently resolved the Trust has spent $500 of its own funds to pay for clearing some of the secondary tracks, work that is normally carried out by the Council., so now its much easier to head out to Peter’s (Piebe’s) seat (http://houghtonvalley.org.nz/playing/Naming%20the%20tracks/tracks.html
- Craig Crestani of the international 500 Peace Parks initiative will meet with Trust members shortly to discuss the work of the late founder and peace activist Kae Miller which saw the creation of a Peace Grove near the Lodge 30 years ago. [Noe attachment].
- For the first time since the lodge was built the Trust is proposing to seek funding from outside organisations to cover the cost of maintenance and repairs such as roof repairs and painting.
Urban Water Harvesting: A talk on Wednesday 13 November 7.30 pm at Houghton Valley School. Recent earthquakes and droughts have shown that we can’t take our water supply for granted; Stan Abbot Director of the Roof Water Harvesting at Massey University talk about the benefits of harvesting our roof water, how to do it and the best products available.
Cleaning Up the Bay: Capacity Infrastructure Services this week announced they are carrying out cleaning of the storm water pipe located beneath the landfill. [No attachment]. There are indications of other work such as installing electronic devices to monitor leachate flows are being carried out. Meanwhile there are local initiatives under way to erect signs which warn beach users of the health dangers from the leachate.
School Fair: Today’s issue of the School Newsletter reported the Fair last month made $25,000. Principal/Tumuaki Raewyn Watson reports this will be used to make the playgrounds more challenging, interesting and safe
Norman
Missing attachments:
Preview attachment Capacity Notice October 4 2013.jpg
Preview attachment Cook Strait News Sept 16 2013 Peace Parks.pdf