Showcasing Nepalese treasures

Showcasing Nepali culture was the driver for Molly Press and partner Saugat Khanal’s foray into online jewellery selling.

For the girl who grew up in Eastbourne, a post-lockdown trip to meet up with her partner’s family during an important festival in Nepal was the right time to start finding artefacts they could bring home in order to share his cultural story with others. Saugat’s aunties helped them source glass and gold bracelets, earrings and other accessories from places like the alleyways of Kathmandu and Bhairahawa markets.

They deliberately started small to see how the business would go before expanding into other objects, such as the artisan textiles Nepal is also known for.

The couple met seven years ago in Taupō when both were working in the same hotel, and have been living in Eastbourne with her parents while looking for a house to buy.

Saugat, who has a bachelor’s degree from Bangalore University, came here on a student visa, to further his studies with a hotel management qualification from Waiariki Polytechnic in Rotorua, while Molly did her diploma in hospitality management in Queenstown before getting the Taupō position.

As someone who lives with Crohn’s disease (she currently dyes her hair purple to raise awareness), Molly has to manage her time carefully to stay healthy.

She currently works at Huxley’s, in Wellington and sees Himalayan Treasures as a way to support herself in the future.

Saugat is managing the new Gear Street Union restaurant, situated in the old Wellington Motorcycles building in Petone.

With one Brewtown market behind her, Molly is keen to develop further avenues for the online marketing of their accessories, and wishes to say “dhanyavaad” (thank you) to their customers.

Himalayan Treasures is on Facebook.

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Next ECB meeting:

7.15pm Tuesday 20 June, 2023, East Harbour Women’s Club, 145 Muritai Rd.

The agenda for the meeting will be posted on huttcity.govt.nz and on the Board’s website eastbourne.nz a few days before the meeting.

Submissions

The Eastbourne Community Board (ECB) addressed Council’s Policy, Finance and Strategy Committee in May to recommend that Council allocates a budget to implement a cat management system to help reduce the impact of cats on vulnerable species, including dotterels in Eastbourne. We are pleased that Council has voted to support the introduction of a bylaw that will require cats to be microchipped and desexed.

The ECB also submitted on Council’s draft Annual Plan 2023/24 and addressed the Annual Plan Subcommittee. The submission focused on support of the Tupua Horo Nuku shared path and resilience project.

Keeping up to date

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Contacting the Eastbourne Community Board (ECB)

If you have an issue or a suggestion for Council, including reporting a leak, please complete the Report a Problem form on huttcity.govt.nz. For urgent issues, call 04 570 6666.

Residents are welcome to contact ECB members about other concerns.

Belinda Moss (Chair) belinda.moss@huttcity.govt.nz

029 494 1615

Bruce Spedding (Deputy Chair) bruce.spedding@huttcity.govt.nz

021 029 74741

Frank Vickers frank.vickers@huttcity.govt.nz

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Murray Gibbons murray.gibbons@huttcity.govt.nz

04 562 8567

Emily Keddell emily.keddell@huttcity.govt.nz

021 188 5106

Tui Lewis (Ward Councillor) tui.lewis@huttcity.govt.nz

021 271 6249