The Eastbourne Herald November 2022

Carols service marks the return to normalcy

Santa and one of his elves get in some practice for their much-anticipated appearance in Eastbourne

After a two-year hiatus, the Eastbourne community carol service is back on. The ecumenical event, backed by all three Eastbourne churches and members of Unity Community (a local Christian women’s group), will be held in the Muritai School Hall on December 11 at 5pm. A live band has been assembled to accompany the carols, which will

be a mix of old favourites and some new ones. Children from San Antonio will perform a musical item and members of the Eastbourne Choir will be there to boost the singing. The Christmas story will be told in a contemporary dialogue between two very busy women of Bethlehem. Children are invited to come dressed as shepherds, angels, animals or stars,

and to bring along some non-perishable food items for the Lower Hutt Foodbank, which will be collected and blessed near the end of the service. Santa is promising to make a dramatic entrance, thanks to a little bit of noisy help from the Eastbourne Fire Brigade. He'll be bringing some cold North Pole/Four Square treats for the children and all those young at heart.

next month. Photo: Anne Manchester.

A fundraising tea towel for St Alban's Anglican church, which shows the Frederick de Jersey Clere building at the heart of a tree, is intended to reflect new growth for the church, says designer Jutta Chisholm. “It’s not intended to be geographical or architectural but spiritual in its meaning – yet still attractive to people who don’t have an association with St Alban's." The church had to vacate its home due to earthquake concerns some six years ago and currently worships at Wellesley College. The tea towels cost $20, and are available from office@ stalbanschurch.nz, 562 6269.

Muritai School is holding its 125th reunion Friday 24 and Saturday 25 March 2023. To register your interest email your name, and number to 125years@muritai.school.nz or check the school website www.muritai.school. nz for regular updates as the plans unfold.

The next Burdan’s Gate to Pencarrow beach clean is being held, rain or shine, on Sunday, 27 November, from 9am-12pm. All welcome for any length of time, bags and gloves provided.

Due to the works on the Days Bay footpath, some of the parking spaces that were not time restricted have been temporarily removed while the works take place. Hutt City Council has lifted time restrictions on some car parks in Days Bay to reduce the impact on parking for ferry commuters until the works are completed. While there has been a parking enforcement officer at Days Bay, none of the vehicles ticketed were due to time restrictions or illegal parking, HCC says.

Studio Toru’s summer show differs from the usual in that all pieces will be on show for the first two weeks only, after which time bought pieces may be taken away. Owner Philothea Flynn says it’s perfect for Christmas presents – and as sold works will be replaced, there will always be beautiful work to see for the duration of the show. A mix of established and emerging contemporary artists from around Aotearoa includes some new to Studio Toru plus familiar local artists. Fri 18 Nov – Sun 29 Jan, 3 Oroua St.

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Next ECB meeting:

7.15pm Tuesday 6 December, 2022, East Harbour Women’s Club, 145 Muritai Rd. The December meeting will be the new Community Board’s inaugural meeting. The agenda for the meeting (and all Community Board meetings) will be posted on huttcity. govt.nz and on the Board’s website Eastbourne.nz a few days before the meeting.

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The Eastbourne.nz website includes useful information for residents, including recordings of meetings, the rubbish and recycling dates, and coming events. You can sign up to receive emails from the Board. This service has been added for residents who don’t see our Facebook posts.

Eastbourne Community Board (ECB) If you have an issue or a suggestion for Council, please complete the Report a Problem form on huttcity.govt.nz first. For urgent issues, call 04 570 6666. Residents are welcome to contact Community Board members about other concerns. Members may ask for a report from officers for the next meeting. You can also contact us on the Eastbourne Community Board Facebook page and the Eastbourne.nz website.

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 027 406 1419

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

Each year as people start to get ready for Christmas, local resident Claire Turner is in full swing preparing hampers of food for people across the Wellington region who are doing it tough. Claire, together with her charity co-founder Gabrielle Ralph, started Nourish @ Christmas with the goal of easing some pressure for families who are struggling at Christmas.

What started out eight years ago as an idea of Claire’s to provide Christmas hampers to a small number of families in the Hutt Valley, has grown exponentially. This year Nourish will provide 1,404 hampers across the greater Wellington region. Each hamper is valued at $150, meaning Nourish has a fundraising target of $210,000. The hampers are a mix of fresh vegetables and fruit, eggs, pantry staples and some treats, too.

Demand for Christmas help greater than ever

“This is a huge community exercise, and has strong support from the Eastbourne, Hutt Valley and wider Wellington community” says Claire. This weekend local residents ran a bake sale outside Professionals in Rimu Street, raising almost $2,000. Nourish ran a Charity Auction in September and many Eastbourne residents attended. “People support us through fundraising activity, donations and volunteering their time. Our community is so generous, and we could not do this without their support.”

Demand for hampers has increased this year, and added to the rising grocery prices and the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, has put a squeeze not only on fundraising, but also the cost of hampers. “We wanted to ensure we continue to provide a nourishing hamper of food, even though the cost of fresh fruit and vegetables has increased so significantly. It’s so sad that fresh food has become a treat for many families.

“One thing that’s really important to us, is that 100 percent of donations go directly towards the hampers” says Gabrielle. “We think this is one of the key reasons people are so keen to get behind Nourish, as they know if Continues Page 9

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Mansfield's influence strong 100 years on

by John Horrocks

Katherine Mansfield’s story, At the Bay, set at Muritai and written towards the end of her life, is well-known by many who live in Eastbourne. January 2023 will mark a century since she died at Fontainebleau, France. Events next year throughout Aotearoa to commemorate this event will also touch on her early memories of holidays this side of the harbour. Her thoughts in her final years were always returning to Wellington and she wanted At the Bay to be “full of sand and seaweed and bathing dresses hanging over verandahs... And it smells (oh I DO hope it smells) a little bit fishy.” As she wrote about her intense need to re-create these experiences and sensations, she described herself as almost possessed –bringing the dead to life again through her writing, people such as her grandmother, “back in her chair with her pink knitting”. It was a story she said that “tries to go deep – to speak to the secret self we all have”.

In July I was lucky enough to go to a conference about her work at a place that knew a very different Mansfield – the small Bavarian spa town of Bad Wörishofen. She had spent several miserable months there in 1909, pregnant, dependent upon the barbiturate Veronal, and left there by her mother, who promptly wrote her out of her will once she returned to Wellington. Though her stories set in the spa town are often sharply satirical, she has become a local celebrity. Bad Wörishofen has a statue of her in the public gardens, the Kurpark, while during the conference the mayor, Stefan Wenzel, unveiled a commemorative plaque in the square which has now been named the Katherine Mansfield Platz. The square sits beside the former site of the Pension Müller, one of the places where Mansfield was a boarder.

Covid had caused several postponements of this conference and most of the people there were Mansfield scholars from Europe and the United States. With the war in Ukraine in the background, and the history of the previous domination of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe, it was not surprising that there were several descriptions of the ways Mansfield’s work was either censored or promoted in places such as East Germany and Poland. The title of the conference, “Katherine Mansfield: Germany and Beyond”, reflected the continuing impact of her role as a pioneer of modernist writing. One paper, for example, was delivered by a doctoral student from the University of Lancaster. She was wearing her hijab and veil and described how her thesis developed an imagined dialogue between Mansfield and Miriam Spray, an early advocate for tolerance towards Muslims in Britain. My own contribution had more of a local flavour. I gave a talk about Mansfield’s early reaction to spa culture when she visited Rotorua in 1908 and how this prefigured her treatment of life in the German spa town only two years later.

Faith in the Community Community Carols..

This edition of the Herald reaches you about five weeks before Christmas Day. Hopefully, the feast of the birth of Jesus Christ is able to be celebrated with family and friends in the traditional way - and without the threat of COVID and its subsequent restrictions.

Cancelled for the last two years, the Eastbourne Community Carols will again be held in the Muritai School Hall on Sunday December 11 at 5pm

It would be good to see as many people as possible gather on this occasion. The service is for children and people of all ages. Together, we can perhaps forget the mayhem that has occurred around the world over the last few years and the frenetic retail activities at this time of the year. Let’s join together to give thanks for our good fortune and to look forward to better times ahead…

St Ronan’s: Services: Sun 9.30aminformal 1st and 3rd, traditional 2nd and 4th. CHRISTMAS FAMILY PAGEANT Sun 4 December 9:30am. Ask if you’d like our monthly printed magazine the Record E:office@ stronans.org.nz W:www.stronans.org.nz

St Alban’s: Wellesley College Sun 10am communion with guest vicar. Special activities for children during term time. 1st Thurs only, 10am communion at St Ronan’s with guest vicar. E:office@stalbanschurch.nz W:www. stalbanschurch.nz

San Antonio: Vigil Mass, Sat 5.30pm. Sacred Heart, Petone: Mass, Sun 9.30am and 5.30pm. E:holyspiritparish41@gmail.com W: www.holyspirit.nz

The statue of Katherine Mansfield in Bad Wörishofen, Germany.

Short-term pain for long-term gain - work starts

Left: an artist's impression of the finished Windy Point section of Tupua Horo Nuku. The walkway will make it easier to walk and cycle between Days Bay, and Eastbourne.

Work has begun on the Windy Point section of Tupua Horo Nuku. This work in Mā-koromiko is expected to take 5-6 months, before construction moves to Sunshine Bay. The scope for the shares path does not include Days Bay.

Hutt City Council says officers are looking at a range of options for Days Bay, including a safety assessment and work on the Williams Park Management Plan. Officers will come back to the community once this work has been completed.

Excavation for the foundations started this week, and this will be followed by the installation of the pre-cast seawall structures, beginning early in the new year.

The temporary roundabout that was installed at the corner of Marine Parade and Muritai Road was to enable a smoother flow of traffic and to allow heavy construction vehicles to turn around without having to drive through Eastbourne. "The roundabout is temporary at this stage. Anecdotal feedback about the roundabout has been positive. Towards the completion of Tupua Horo Nuku, we may assess whether to construct a permanent roundabout. This will be subject to funding and will be prioritised against other work across Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai," Jon Kingsbury, HCC Head of Transport says. The roundabout will be in place for the duration of the Tupua Horo Nuku project, which will be approximately 3 years from start to finish.

The Environment Court gave resource consent for Tupua Horo Nuku, the Eastern Bays Shared Path, in 2021. This included the requirement to establish bird protection areas for Oystercatchers in Sorrento Bay and Penguins in Rona Bay, Robinson Bay and Whiorau Reserve. The consent included maps setting out where these areas are to be applied, however there is some flexibility in how these areas are designed and applied within the designated zones.

The detailed plans for the bird protection areas will be developed by specialists to meet the requirements of the consent conditions and to incorporate, where possible, feedback from the community. Once created, these detailed plans will be shared for consultation.

Hutt City Council says it has met with members of the community to discuss these. "We are working to respond to these concerns before details are confirmed. This has included a review of the information that was provided to the Environment Court ahead of their decision."

A summary of the background information has been prepared and will be shared with the community later this month. 'We are also working to identify how we can work within the consent conditions and will report back to the community in the new year."

Mondays

• Retired Persons’ Assn meet 4th Mon, 10am St Ronan's Church hall for morning tea followed by a speaker - $2 entry.Transport can be arranged for these meetings on request, ph 562 7365 or 562 8387.

• “Baby Bounce & Rhyme” at the library 10.00am.

• Toy Library - Two Monday Sessions at 1.302.30pm and 7.30-8.30pm. EastbourneToyLibrary on Facebook. Kathy 0273551950

• Singalong 1st Mon, 2pm at St Ronan’s.

• DB Playcentre Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, from 9:15 to 12 noon, Drop in anytime to visit a session or call James on 022 043 7841 to arrange a visit.

• Pt Howard Playcentre. Mon 9.15 -11.45am. Lucy 021 335 391.

• The Historical Society’s Eastbourne History Room above the library is open 2-4 pm every Monday.

• Eastbourne Volunteer Fire Brigade training every Monday 7-9pm. Ph 562 7001 for more info.

• Keas: Monday 5.15pm – 6.15pm. Kea Leader: Ed 021 738 699

• Venturers: 7.00pm - 9.00pm, Susan 0275 35 4962

Tuesdays

• Pt Howard Playcentre Tues 9.15 -11.45am. Lucy 021 335 391.

• DB Playcentre Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, from 9:15 to 12 noon, Drop in anytime to visit a session or call James on 022 043 7841 to arrange a visit.

• Muritai Tennis Club 9.30–noon. Merryn 562 0236.

• Eastbourne Homebirth Group 1st Tuesday of the month. Phone Kate 562-7096.

• East Harbour Women’s Club Morning Tea & Chat Group 10am. Contact Glendyr 562 7181.

• Indoor Bowls Club 1.30pm, at the croquet club, Oroua Street. Rosemary 562 7365

• Menzshed 9 till 12 , Williams Park, Barrie barrielittlefair@gmail.com 0204 1234511. Women welcome.

• 9.30am Nia Dance Fitness Class (low impact - teens to 70+) Music Movement MagicMuritai Yacht Club - call Amanda 021 316692 www.niainwellington.com

• Pump Dance junior & intermediate hip hop. 4pm onwards. St Ronan's Hall. 0274373508. info@pumpdance.com

Wednesdays

• Cubs: 5.30pm - 7.00pm, Ed 021 738 699.

• Library preschool story time 10.00 am.

• Pt Howard Playcentre Wed 9.15 -11.45am. Lucy 021 335 391.

• Scottish Country Dance. Merryn 562 0236.

• Bridge Club 7-10pm. Shona 562 7073.

WHAT'S ON

• DB Playcentre Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, from 9:15 to 12 noon, Drop in anytime to visit a session or call James on 022 043 7841 to arrange a visit.

• “Steady as You Go” Age Concern sponsored Falls Prevention and Exercise Programme. Held 12 noon each Wednesday at Eastbourne Community Hall. Classes are held for 1 hour and costs only $2. Improve your strength and balance to reduce falls and injuries. Falls are preventable. Please join us!

• EHock - Fun Stick and Ball game Girls and Boys 7- 13.Eastbourne Community Hall. Wednesdays 6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. Derek Wilshere 0274303596

Thursdays

• Menzshed 9 till 12 , Williams Park, Barrie barrielittlefair@gmail.com 0204 1234511. Women welcome.

• St Ronan’s Mainly Music, 9.30am-10.30am, contact Cathy 027 213 9342.

• SPACE at Days Bay Playcentre. Michelle 971 8598.

• East Harbour Women’s Club

- Bolivia 12.45pm, Contact Glendyr ph: 562 7181. Guest Speaker (3rd week of month)7pm, drinks and nibbles provide, Contact Diane ph: 562 7555

•Lions meet 2nd Thursday of the month at the Eastbourne Sports and Services Club, Tuatoru St 6.30 pm. New members and visitors are welcome. Graham 562 8819.

• Intermediate Contemporary Dance Thursdays 6:30pm - 7:30pm St Ronan's Hall info@pumpdance.com,0274373508

• Scouts: Thursday 6.00pm - 8.00pm, Vanessa 021 669 727.

• Eastbourne Bowling Club casual summer bowls 5.30pm for an hour or so. Make up a mixed team of three. Contact Keith Turner ph 04 934 4142.

Fridays

• Pop in and Play playgroup at St Ronan's Church Hall, 9am-11.30am during school terms. All preschoolers (0-4 years) welcome. Cath 027 213 9342.

• Pt Howard Playcentre Fri 9.15 -11.45am. Lucy 021 335 391.

• AA Plunket Rooms 7.30pm. Mark 566 6444/ Pauline 562 7833

• DB Playcentre 9.15-12 noon Puddle Jumpers casual ‘drop-in’ session.$5 per child per session. call James on 022 043 7841

• Discovery Time for 4years+ at San Antonio School, 78 Oroua Street, 9.30-10.30am. Office 562 7398.

Saturdays

• Justice of the Peace at the Eastbourne Community Library, first Saturday of each month 12pm-1pm.

• Lions’ rubbish bin last Saturday of each month.

• Croquet from 10am Muritai Croquet Club.

Lyn 562 8722 or Val 562 8181.

• Pump Dance preschool & junior hip hop. 9am onwards. St Ronan's Hall. 0274373508. info@pumpdance.com

• Lions' Bin - cost effective rubbish and e-waste disposal. Last Saturday of the month (except December) by Bus Barns. Gavin 027 488 5602.

Sundays

• AA Plunket Rooms 10am. Karen 021 440 705.

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Goodbye from Marmalade Deli - for now

The eclectic mix of music from eighties classics to house music and everything in between will no longer ring out from the speakers at 2 Rimu Street, when Marmalade Deli closes its door on Christmas Eve.

James Hutton and Carol Camden started the business five years ago, after many years running cafes including Flying Fish in Martinborough, Flax Cafe, and Cafe Reka at the Dowse. James has worked in hospitality for 35 years and still loves it.

But now it’s time to take a break – watch this space, they say, they may pop up somewhere else as although they have sold the business, they have retained the Marmalade brand.

Lately James has been working 60 hours a week, which is reminiscent of the Martinborough days when the couple were raising a young family, running the cafe and working a small vineyard they panted in pinot noir, which produced one vintage. “It was actually very nice,” Carol says.

When they opened Marmalade five years ago, the deli concentrated on the usual array of fresh foods – bowls of olives and artichokes, a wide range of cheeses and cured meats. They soon realised there wasn’t the demand for these, with many locals buying similar items in Wellington or Petone. So they decided to change to meet the market – ready to eat lunch fare and heat and eat meals, as well as specialty and vegan items, which are increasingly

James Hutton and Carol Camden.

popular.

Covid showed them what a great decision they’d made by opening the deli in Eastbourne. Like all businesses, Marmalade had to close completely under Red Light settings, but as

restrictions reduced they went on to do “an amazing number of meal deliveries”, and sell coffees out the front of the shop.

This, coupled with he Government's “very generous” Covid subsidy kept the business going. Post-Covid trade has seen Marmalade get even busier, as more people work from home. “We’re so lucky to be out here and not in the city,” Carol says.

Once the doors have shut on December 24, the couple will take Christmas Day off, then come back to pack up, before taking the summer off. A road trip up north, and travelling overseas to see their sons will be on the cards, but James and Carol are not retiring. There’s still the Tumjal business to run, and the plan is to add more items to the manufacturing business under the Shooting Star Foods label, including Kasundi. Tumjal has proved to be a big hit and is sold throughout New Zealand.

They’ve got mixed feelings about closing, are but for now it’s time to “step off the treadmill”, James says, adding that working in the community in which they live has lead to lots of friendships. “We’ll miss the local community.”

Vandals put playcentre under pressure

Point Howard playcentre parents are tired of turning up to find broken glass, play equipment down banks and, more concerning, evidence of arson at the centre. They've installed upgraded cameras to try and deter vandalism, which has been occurring for the last year.

The Point Howard Playcentre is owned by the local residents'' association,The land is leased from Hutt City Council. Playcentre parent Lucy Miller says the playcentre has to fork out to fix the results of vandalism, which have been happening sporadically over the past year.

This has hit the placycentre hard - it runs on the smell of an oily rag, and relies on donations and fund raising to meet running costs. Point Howard Playcentre receives $16,000 per annum, leaving a shortfall of around $4,000 that the centre has to find. Thanks to the Eastbourne Community Trust and fund raising events, the playcentre scrapes by. Lucy says support of the Trust is essential. Having to spend money on repairing damage from vandalism is very difficult, she says.

There are currently about 16 families attending the playcentre. Families come from Moera, where there is no playcentre, and Petone, as well as from the Bays. There are several grandparents attending with their grandchildren, and Lucy says there's something special about Point Howard Playcentre.

She understands there is more time pressure on families now with both parents often working, but encourages parents to visit and see the sessions in action. "I think if more people knew how awesome it is up here, they'd join."

Lucy says the vandalism has not only hit their coffers, but has distressed those using the facility, who have had to clean up, climb down the bank to retrieve play equipment, and comb the grounds for anything left behind that might pose a threat to the children, who don't understand what's happened, she says.

As a community facility, the playcentre loves seeing people walking their dogs on the field next door, the community gardeners, and young people playing basketball on the court. "The kids love seeing teenagers playing up here," she says. But they can do without the afterhours visitation of people wanting to damage it.

"It does feel like a real community hub, and then we come back in the morning and something has happened," parent Kim Hansen says.

ARTBOURNE success

Wellesley College is thrilled with the success of ARTBOURNE 2022, says Foundation Officer Rosie Torbit.

The school benefited by nearly $40,000 from the sale, the seventh such biennial exhibition, which featured work by 41 artists as well as Wellesley Year 8 art extension students.

Around 700 attended over three days last weekend. 30% of all work sold supports the school’s scholarship and visual arts programmes.

News from Point Howard

Recollections of Point Howard: If you’re keen to get your hands on a copy of the Recollections of Point Howard book, please contact Rob McColl (robmccoll@outlook.com) to place your order. Copies of the book will be available for Christmas delivery - a great Christmas present!! The book has 104 pages and includes 36 B&W photos and 20 in colour. The price is $25 including GST. Get in quick as it’s a limited print run.

Nan Barker’s Spring Open Day: Nan Barker is holding an open day showcasing the work of local potters and artists on Saturday, 26 November 2022 from 9:30am to 4pm at 88 Howard Road. There will also be jewellery, textiles, candles, olive oils and pickles! If you’re after a unique Christmas gift, head up the hill to check out what’s on offer.

Port Road Drags: If you’re affected by noise from the drags, please be aware that it’s on Sunday, 27 November from 7AM - 6PM. Noise complaints, reports of dangerous driving or any other illegal activities outside of the Port Road Drags road closure hours and cordon (during the event) should be reported to the HCC Noise control or/ and the Police.

Save the Date: The PHA warmly invites residents of Point Howard & Sorrento Bay to our preChristmas Wine & Cheese gathering at the Point Howard Community Garden on Sunday 18th December from 4:30PM. We look forward to seeing you there!

Trio Muritai tunes up

Following the success of its sold-out concert six months ago, Trio Muritai will give a second performance next weekend at St Ronan’s Church.

The chamber music ensemble features piano, cello and flute. Its new programme, Spring into Summer, showcases work by 18th and 19th century French, German and Austrian composers.

Wellington flautist Rebecca Steel says the ensemble, which includes cellist Roger Brown from Eastbourne and pianist Rosemary Barnes from Auckland, was thrilled to play to such an enthusiastic, capacity audience back in May. “We can’t think of a better reason to want to play again for you all,” she said.

Rosemary says the group loves playing together and was keen to do another concert around Christmas. “Going by the response last time, the demand is obviously there. We like to play a mixture of arrangements and music written specifically for our three instruments. And we like to give our audiences something familiar and something unfamiliar, but always appealing.”

Rebecca is particularly looking forward to playing the Camille Saint-Saёns piece, Softly Awakes My Heart, from the opera Samson and Delilah. This will be played in memory of the great English flautist, Willam Bennett, who died earlier this year. Another piece from “the golden age of the flute” is Carl Maria Von Weber’s Trio in G Minor Opus 63, the longest piece in the one-hour programme. Tickets to the concert on November 27, 4pm cost $20, with children 12 and under free. For further information and to purchase tickets, email organiser Sandy Lang on slang@xtra.co.nz.

From Page 3 they donate $150, that $150 will go directly to another family doing it tough” Nourish is close to hitting their target, but they still need to raise enough to provide hampers for another 200 families. If you’d like to ease some pressure and share some sparkle

for another family in our community this Christmas, you can donate by contacting Claire on 0275585641, claire@nourishtrust. org or donating through the Give A Little page:.https://givealittle.co.nz/org/nourishtrust

SUNDAY AFTERNOON CHAMBER CONCERT

Sunday 27 November at 4pm at St Ronan’s

TRIO MURITAI

Tartines is now open TUESDAYS

Opening Hours:

Tuesday 7am- 4pm

Wednesday 7am - 4pm

Thursday 7am - 4pm

Friday 7am - 4pm Saturday 8am - 4pm Sunday 8am - 4pm

Check our Facebook page for our Monthly Dinner Event

www.tartinesfrenchcafe.com

Rebecca Steel: flute Roger Brown: ‘cello Rosemary Barnes: piano

Will play ‘Spring into Summer’

Gaubert: Pièce Romantique

Haydn: Trio in D Major Hob XV-16

Saint-Saëns: Softly Awakes my Heart

Weber: Trio in G Minor Opus 63

Programme: About 55 minutes No interval

Admission: $20 General admission Children free (<12 yrs)

Tickets: Limit 120 No door sales Information slang@xtra.co.nz

At: St Ronan’s Church, 234 Muritai Road, Eastbourne

Rosemary Barnes, piano, Rebecca Steel, flute, and Roger Brown, cello, rehearse for their concert this month.

The hoarding is down, the front counters revealed, and the plan is to have the store ready, with no more disruption to trade, in the first week of December.

store to be refreshed as part of a push by brand owner Foodstuffs North Island – a more modern look, improved customer flow and the ability to self-checkout, buy New Zealand Post and Lotto, all in the same area.

Mr Martin says he and his staff are “very proud” of how the store is progressing and are especially thankful to the community for their patience throughout the refurbishment.

Women's regatta for Eastbourne

Muritai Yacht Club will be hosting its inaugural Women's Regatta on Saturday, December 3.

Female sailors from all Wellington Yacht Clubs will sail in a variety of yachts, with sailors of all ages competing in a four-race series which will have the emphasis on fun. All other club members will be assisting in the running of the Regatta which will help to make it an enjoyable day. The club is encouraging locals to come along and watch a great day of sailing at the "Riviera of Wellington", and will be holding an open day for everyone to come and see the club and what they do.

The club is inviting people to afternoon tea at around 4pm, "or come and have a glass of wine and enjoy the view of the Harbour at around 5pm," James Sorensen, MYC Commodore says. "We expect it to be a day where people can enjoy the beach, the harbour, sailing and the social ambience of our wonderful community."

The postponement date is Saturday, December 10.

Kidztalk

News from our local early childhood centres

An important part of our learning programme at East Harbour Kindergarten is working together to take care of our environment. As the weather warms up it has been wonderful to have so much help from children, parents and teachers to replenish the sand and bark and to continue to work on our gardens to ensure we have a beautiful learning environment for all to enjoy.

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NEWS FROM EAST HARBOUR KINDERGARTEN

Amelie Adair will be among the EYC sailors competing in the women's regatta on December 3.

Eastbourne Four Square owner Chris Martin says Eastbourne is the first Wellington

Garden Stuff with Sandy Lang

SHADE VEGGIES

November/December: Late spring/early summer. Frost over. Everything’s growing like mad. Time to plant. Window-shop for seedlings at a garden centre.

Insolation: The sun sweeps east-west – so shade sweeps west-east. Sun angle (brightness) and day length (duration) change with the seasons. Shade comes when something gets in the way - a fence, a house, a tree. Few areas of an urban garden enjoy all-day sun, but few are totally without sun.

Finding sunlight: In an earlier column www.mulchpile.org/20 I said how to maximise sunlight. Go south (away from obstructions). Go up (more sun higher up on a trellis, pergola or roof). Go out (if you have a sunny road-berm). Sunshine map: It’s useful to look at your garden (take photos) at hourly intervals during a sunny day and map the areas getting sun at different times. This gives you the ‘sunshine hours’ for each area. Classify the areas as: (A) Full sun (6+ hours); (B) Part-sun (4-6 hours around midday - brighter); (C) Part-shade (4-6 hours, early or later in the day - duller) or (D) Shady (0-4 hours). Most veggies like (A); many veggies do OK in (B) or (C); no veggies do well in (D). A general rule is (A) beats (B) beats (C) beats (D). Another general rule is plants grown for their fruits or roots require (A) and plants grown for their leaves or immature flowers cope with (B) or (C).

Veggies to plant: (A) and (D) are easy. Plant about any veggie in (A) and plant only slowgrowing ornamentals in (D). What veggies do OK in (B) and (C)...? Best - Lettuce, spinach, kale, cavalo nero, broccoli, cabbage, silverbeet, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, mint.

Possible - Celery, peas, beans, leeks, chives, parsley.

Growing tips: Healthy plants cope better with shade (mulch and fertilise well). Shaded plants use less water (space plants well, don’t overwater, water the soil not the leaves). Many pests like shade (watch out for aphids, spray with 5% washing-up-liquid). Expect slower growth. Expect a smaller harvest. Expect a later harvest.

Final thought: A sunshine map will identify the structure or tree which causes the shade. Sometimes you can do something about it. Consider replacing an evergreen tree with a deciduous tree, grow a winter crop during the leafless period. Consider replacing a decorative tree with a fruit tree. - slang@xtra.co.nz

Prototype boat in a box at Seaview

by Ann Packer

A boat in a box – who’d have thought?

Sandy Munro’s sleek wooden yacht, inspired by the elegant wooden boats of the early twentieth century, is being assembled in a container on the hard at Seaview Marina. After travelling north to Tauranga in pieces on numerous van journeys, the beginnings of his prototype Sand10 came back by train, inside this very container, as an assembled hull. The doors were opened with some trepidation in case the contents had moved while in transit – but all was well, and assembly has gone ahead, albeit slowly, since.

Covid lockdowns saw him happily making yacht frames and parts in his home garage, and the recent hard winter did not stop him commuting from Island Bay either – he simply sheltered in the container, which is illuminated by fairy lights plus a spotlight, out of the wind and rain. He did allow himself a trip home recently though, to catch up with elderly parents in Findhorn, near Inverness.

With a degree in naval architecture from Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Sandy came here in 2006 because New Zealand offered better opportunities for designing and building yachts than Britain, where yacht building hubs are based mostly in the south, rather than Scotland. He says there’s a shortage of marine engineers and yacht designers here, and it’s “less cliquey” – but a lot like home in other ways.

He spends half his week as a public servant and the rest on what he calls his “passion

project”, the wooden yacht he started designing in 2014 and began to build in 2019. His own design, the Sand10 is digitally-designed but crafted from wood – some of it recycled. While it’s not all about making money, he admits it would be good “to claw some back”.

Once completed, he’ll use this yacht for marketing purposes, and to explain the design to prospective boat builders – but he’ll keep this one for himself, to sail on Wellington harbour, cross to the Sounds, maybe make a trip up the East Coast.

Sandy says the main cost has been in labour hours, a lot of it fitting jigsaw-like pieces together. He’s happy to invest in quality materials to save time, and some of the wood is recycled – he hopes to use 130-year-old Oregon pine from the old Farmers building in Cuba Mall, in the cockpit area. “It came from Canada in the late 1890s – it’s dry as a bone and a bit of history in what’s very much a Wellington yacht.” The laminated hull frames are of yellow cedar.

Wooden boats with classic lines make people smile, he says. “You don’t have to know about yachts to appreciate their beauty. This is as simple and eloquent as you can get – wood and water talking to each other.”

For more information, a series of videos on Facebook outlines each step of the process on the “Friends of SAND 10 design & build” page.

The hull of Sandy's boat.

Tupua Horo Nuku Eastern Bays Shared Path

Mā-koromiko | Windy Point

Construction of Tupua Horo Nuku has begun in Mā-koromiko (Windy Point).

The existing seawall will be improved or replaced and the new shared path will be created on top.

This is predicted to take 5-6 months, then construction will move to Sunshine Bay.

Traffic changes during construction

The works are being completed under a one lane closure, up to 300m in length, to ensure the project can be completed as quickly and efficiently as possible. This will be managed by manually controlled traffic signals during working hours and peak traffic times

Temporary wave defence barriers will be installed at each construction site to keep the areas dry and safe. Two of these are currently in place at the southern end of Days Bay for the works that are taking place.

Eastbourne sailor heading to nationals

by Ann Packer

Every Tuesday, weather permitting, Stuart Nicholls heads for Seaview Marina to wait his turn to sail in one of the colourful fleet of Hansa 303 class yachts, owned by Sailability Trust.

While it hasn’t been a good season so far, with the weather too cold or too windy on many days, the freedom enjoyed by those who get to sail in the dinghies is obvious on the faces of all the para sailors, young and older, as evident in Southlight’s video on the Sailability website.

For Stuart, 50, it’s all about the motion – “the up and down motion, especially when it’s windy and choppy,” he explains. Though blind, he’s the one at the tiller: “I’m steering the boat – there is someone with me but I’m steering.”

Volunteers help the para sailors in and out of the yachts, which can take one or two people, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Eastbourne volunteer Peter Scott assisted Stuart for some years.

There’s a hoist for those sailors who use a wheelchair but Stuart can get in and out of the yachts by himself – his fitness regime includes a weekly exercise class at Braille House in Newtown, where he commutes by bus, though the frequent cancellations are frustrating.

Naenae sailor Don Manning QSM is CEO of Sailability Wellington, which owns 27 yachts and three support boats, based at three hubs in the region.

He says there are 190 sailors taking part, with a waiting list of nearly 90 more, and over 70 volunteers (though they could do with more).

They welcome people with all sorts of disabilities to sail within their own capacity,

often learning to sail solo and to race.

Mr Manning says although Stuart began sailing four years ago with his late dad, Alan, he was not interested in racing until 2020, when he won a medal for second place at the national champs held in Wellington.

In early December Stuart will travel with eight other Seaview sailors, a support team and

four yachts to Lake Ngaroto, near Te Awamutu, to compete in the national para regatta, where he and another Hutt sailor will compete in the B1 class, for the severely blind.

https://:sailability-wellington.org.nz

Stuart, wearing his signature straw hat, with volunteer navigator Graham Hook on Seaview Marina.