The Eastbourne Herald June 2018

Mayor admits SNA mistakes

Mayor Ray Wallace has given Eastbourne landowners his personal assurance that no policy on Significant Natural Areas will be adopted until full discussions with all concerned parties have been completed.

“Everything is still on the table,” he told a meeting this week. “Hutt City Council acknowledge that while the first letter was sent with a view to engagement regarding the SNA issue, it would have put the fear of God into most landowners and has no legal standing.”

“Council apologise for the first letter, sent out as it was, but it’s time to move forward with this."

The Mayor assured the fifty-plus property owners who attended the meeting that the aim was not simply a land grab by HCC, but that the identification of SNAs within the city and how best to protect them for future generations was paramount.

He acknowledged that a lot of money had been unnecessarily squandered on getting proceedings to the current stage and, by attending the meeting, he was hoping to avoid more being wasted on any litigation process, which he considered was not in the best interest of any of the parties concerned.

The Mayor said it was not the council's opinion that once a property was stamped as containing SNAs, it would mean an erosion of market value.

The identification of exactly what was considered an SNA was also a discussion topic. While the District Plan Committee is required under the Resource Management Act to fill an obligation regarding the protection of SNAs, some of the identified areas include grass and gorse.

On behalf of the Landowners' Incorporated Society, Kathryn Cretney said ecological

Sculpting Seaview's industrial vibe

Five years in the planning and production, Lightwing , the largest sculpture in the Wellington region, had its official unveiling by Mayor Ray Wallace last month. 6m high x 10m wide, weighing in excess of 20 tonnes, Lightwing sits smack in the middle of the Hutt Park roundabout. It has been designed to morph in shape and form as you move around it.

Hutt City Council allocated funding to the E Tu Awakairangi Hutt Public Art Trust to start work on a project. Wellington production designer Andrew Thomas was selected to make the work. “Natural landmarks in close proximity, the Waiwhetu Stream for one, became inspirational through the early creative process,” Andrew says. “Many curves form the stream, as it winds its way through the

assessment could not be done on the aerial photographs as submitted by HCC, and that Policy 23 of the District Plan is not specific to pests, weeds or SNAs. “Whereas, if people knew what they were supposed to be protecting they could go and look for it themselves. An ecological assessment may be in the eye of the beholder. Our concerns are that once allowed access to individual properties, they’d have all the evidence required, and this in turn could then be used against the landowner.”

York Bay resident Will Bearman said that

valley. The shifting curves of the waves reflect the movements of the tides at the Hutt River mouth.” Inspiration was drawn further from the fine feathers which make up the wing of the Matuku Moana (white-faced heron), also found at the river mouth and neighbouring shoreline. Approximately $100,000 of engineering work, including blasting and painting was undertaken locally, keeping the total cost of the sculpture to around $250,000."I’m exceptionally pleased that the businesses and workers of Seaview can identify with its industrial representativeness,” Andrew says.

the HCC policy in this regard was to divide and conquer and that there were occasions when civil disobedience was known to work, especially when people were fighting for their property rights. He believed that the Eastbourne Community Board had not been effective on this issue at all.

Councillor and ECB member, but speaking as an individual, Murray Gibbons said that he was taken aback when it was demanded that the board declare if they were for or against the landowners.

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Photo: Phil Benge.

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June Eastbourne Community Board

Next ECB Meeting

Tuesday 4 September 2018 - 7.15pm

East Harbour Women’s Club, Muritai Road

Previous agendas and papers available

Council meetings - Home - Hutt City Council

Board members are:

Virginia Horrocks (Chair) virginia.horrocks@huttcity.govt.nz

Robert Ashe (Deputy chair) robert.ashe@huttcity.govt.nz

Murray Gibbons murray.gibbons@huttcity.govt.nz

Liz Knight liz.knight@huttcity.govt.nz

Anna Sutherland anna.sutherland@huttcity.govt.nz

Cr Tui Lewis tui.lewis@huttcity.govt.nz

Cr Michael Lulich michael.lulich@huttcity.govt.nz

REPRESENTATION REVIEW

How do you want to be represented?

How should we elect councillors?

Should we keep Community Boards?

Submissions close Monday 2nd July so get going!

Information in the library and on the Hutt City Council website

To have your say go to the Hutt City Council website> Have your say> Current consultations> Representation review.

Development impact concerns York Bay residents

The York Bay Residents’ Association appealed to the Eastbourne Community Board this week, to help stop progress on a five-section development at 15 Gill Road, Lowry Bay.

The association wants any work halted until there is further assessment of access to the site, which is via Waitohu Road, York Bay.

At this week’s ECB meeting, York Bay Residents' Association chair Ian Bain said the developer had been through the correct and necessary channels when lodging consent, and his group did not want to be seen as acting detrimentally toward progress and development of private land in the area.

However, the association had been informed by the developer that an estimated 167 truck journeys would be required to take fill in or out of the location, and residents believed the road was incapable of bearing that sort of pressure.

“ECB has heard from several residents concerned about non-notified consents,” ECB chair Ginny Horrocks told the meeting. “This project has serious access problems and we support York Bay residents’ efforts to have them

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“We all agreed up to this point the Council's process had been found wanting,” he said, “but the ECB had no idea or information about the SNAs until the first letters went out. And until the parties have more discussion, we won’t know what we will be asked to support or protest about. Hopefully both parties will be able to come to a workable solution.”

Mayor Wallace said that while he was not himself on the District Plan committee, he had full faith in the system. And when challenged as to whether he thought that Drew Cumming had been the right choice to head District Planning,

considered before the project goes ahead.”

ECB members experienced the hazards at the top of Waitohu Road in a shuttle van on their walk-around visit in May. “That was challenging enough,” Ms Horrocks said. “The road is in no condition to withstand the proposed hundreds of truck loads in and out while the development is in progress and even repaired, the private ownership of a sizeable stretch [of Waitohu Road] seems not to have been taken into account.”

Helen Oram, environmental consents divisional manager for HCC, says that the applicant is seeking resource consent to undertake a five lot residential subdivision and to establish dwellings on four of the lots at 15 Gill Road, Lowry Bay. The entire subdivision must be completed within seven years from the date of the grant of the consent.

An upgrade of Waitohu Road is not able to be included in the resource consent, because it is not within the control of the developer.

“However, council officers did consider whether or not the road was of a sufficient standard to service the subdivision,” Ms Oram

he stood firmly behind the choice of his officer, stating that Mr Cumming was a very capable person and had no hidden agenda.

Pat McShane said the residents' group understands the obligation that HCC has to the Resource Management Act, but as communications were not great to begin with, success for them would be to start proceedings again.

“We want to work with council, to make this a success story for everyone,” he said. “Under the auspices of an incorporated society, we have been working alongside a lawyer, who has advised us to work with HCC and not to fight them and this is the approach we are taking.

said. “The applicant’s traffic engineer has assessed the road conditions, parking and passing spaces and did not consider these to be an impediment to the subdivision going ahead.”

“Council’s consultant traffic engineer and council’s roading division peer-reviewed this assessment by the applicant’s traffic engineer, and agreed with the findings. The access to the site will be widened as part of the development.”

Ms Oram said that a geotechnical engineer is involved in the design, and that this has been peer-reviewed by council’s own consultant geotechnical engineer.

Resource approval would be consented to the holder under the condition that he takes into account geotechnical reports prepared by geotechnical, geological and environmental consultants ENGEO and Opus, and engages a qualified geotechnical engineer to undertake detailed site investigations and design work, to provide specific recommendations to be implemented by the consent holder for the construction of the retaining walls, foundations and earthworks.

“But there are a lot of anomalies,” he added, “a lot of grey areas, even for council, which is frustrating. Make no mistake about it, there is still a long way to go".

Mayor Wallace said that he, himself would ultimately sign off the process, but he was not prepared to do that until a collaborative working party had been established, all discussions held and the correct policy put in place.

On behalf of the Landowners Incorporated Society, Kathryn Cretney asked if the slate was clean, meaning the process could start again from scratch. “Absolutely,” replied the Mayor. “Are we genuine in working with you? Yes. And in yourselves helping identify these areas? Yes.”

Community Board not satisfied with HCC process

by Carl McRae

Easbourne Community Board Chair Ginny Horrocks says the board continues to be disappointed by the quality of the consultation process on the current representation review, which concerns the future way in which Hutt City residents will be represented at Hutt City Council.

“The Board and The Eastbourne Herald were told there would be information in The Hutt News,” Ms Horrocks said, “but another week has passed, another edition of The Hutt News, and still no information there. For those without internet, this was one way they might discover this consultation is even taking place.”

“We now have some A4 sheets in the libraries,” she adds, “but no posters drawing attention to them and no information on how

people can make submissions. There is no path for those not part of the online world to express an opinion.”

The ECB has disseminated information online and put up posters locally, directing residents to the Hutt City Council website containing further information. Ms Horrocks says that board members are aware residents are very interested in the issue and keen to be part of the process. “The reliance council seems to have on the itizens' Panel is not satisfactory,” she says. “Anyone who knows about it can put themselves on, so it is for those in the know, certainly not a representative sample.”

At the June ECB meeting some local residents expressed their frustration at the confusing information on HCC's website, the narrow description of the role of community boards, and the general lack of knowledge of

community panels. There was also dissatisfaction with the impossibility of comparing unelected, untested panels selected by the council, able to distribute significant sums of money, with elected boards which do not control a budget, although they can distribute community engagement funds.“The panels may become a valuable part of second tier democracy,” Ms Horrocks said, “once they have more support and are able to function effectively. But the choices are being made now, before that has happened.”

“Wellington City Council has already undertaken initial consultation,” she adds, “and are now publishing their preferred option for submissions. Hutt City Council knew last year that this would become an important issue, but were not able to produce material until nearly half way through the consultation period. Even then it is not available to most residents.”

Wharves’ refurbishment work to be reviewed

Hutt City Council is reviewing work to refurbish or demolish the wharves at Rona Bay, Days Bay, Point Howard and Petone.

The review comes after initial work on the Rona Bay Wharf and detailed underwater inspections found more extensive damage and decay in piles of the Rona Bay, Days Bay and Petone wharves than was earlier assessed.

HCC parks and gardens divisional manager Bruce Hodgins says the additional work required is likely to be significant. However, detail on any additional work or costs won’t be available until the current scope of work and new information on the condition of the piles is fully analysed by engineering and quantity surveying specialists.

“Funds put aside for the work were based on rough-order costs, which underestimated the condition of the wharves,” he says. “Work to date on Rona Bay Wharf suggests the cost of refurbishment could be double the initial estimate of $1.4 million for this wharf alone.”

“With projects like these – especially those with their foundations under water – the true scale and cost of the work is often only known once detailed work gets underway.”

“With our initial inspections revealing more damage than at first anticipated,” says Mr. Hodgins, “costs may extrapolate in some areas and we are also reviewing those costings.”

Mr Hodgins says that while solutions for HCC to consider are being thought through, HCC is committed to the wharf at Rona Bay and work as planned and scheduled will continue in the interim. Tenders for work on Days Bay Wharf will be issued in a couple of months' time.

The original $7.3 million estimated cost of completing work on the four wharves was

included in HCC's 2017 Annual Plan, to be spread over three years.

GWRC drop-in sessions a success

by Carl McRae

The Greater Wellington Regional Council held the first of its stakeholder drop in sessions at the Eastbourne Library earlier this month, aimed at fostering a better understanding between GWRC and the community about the way in which regional parks should be managed, under the Regional Parks Network Plan.

Spokesperson for GWRC Stephen Heath says the meeting was very successful.

“Eight people attended,” he said. “Representatives of major groups associated with the park including MIRO and other conservationists, the Wainuiomata Mountain Bike Club, and two local deer hunters.”

Will Bearman spoke on behalf of a group of Eastbourne hunters and foragers seeking an extended hunting season and more access to the East Harbour Regional Park.

“We have 15 or so local hunters,” Mr Bearman says, “and demand to hunt in Eastbourne is huge. We believe that there is no longer a need for council cullers, as with the numbers we currently have we can harness the meat ourselves. Better accessibility, even under a balloted system, would be great.”

“The demographic is changing,” he says. “Hunting in New Zealand is becoming the fastest growing recreational pursuit, and recent surveys indicate that female participation stands at the highest numbers yet recorded.”

Other topics discussed at the drop-in included the development of more circuit trails, in particular contoured lower trails, to create

circuit walking and riding opportunities on either side of the hill between residential areas.

These trails would connect to existing trails and park entrances, allowing more recreational opportunities and bringing more walkers and riders into the park. Parangarahu Lakes was one area where more circuit walks were proposed.

Support for heritage restoration work on the lighthouse complex at Baring Head and enhancement of its environment to promote biodiversity was discussed.

“We had representatives engaged with a knowledgeable local audience,” Mr Heath says, “discussing a broad range of matters that affected them and their interests in the park".

“How we will fare with other stakeholder groups is unclear,” he says. “However, it was always likely that the Eastbourne community would front up as it has a positive history of guarding the park. The community speaks its mind, and we listen to their views.”

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Will Bearman and John Martin.

Accomplished musos will perform in your home

“Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering.” -

Haruki Murakami

Two Mahina Bay residents are willing to have that quote put to the test and are looking to provide some entertainment for local music and poetry lovers, in the form of house concerts.

“Lately we’ve discovered the joy of doing live performances in peoples homes,” Ingrid. Prosser says. “Such intimate occasions, hosts inviting their friends, who in turn bring a plate. What better way to while away a winter evening than to host a house concert, complete with concert pianist and poet, performing in your

very living room? Our house concert programme runs for just an hour and a quarter,” she says, “which we find to be a good length, without an interval.”

Ingrid and her concert pianist husband, Colin Decio, have been in New Zealand for almost two years now and in that time have put together a piano recital with context and historical narrative, interspersed with poetry and literary lineage.

Since arriving from England during the spring of 2016, the pair have constantly revamped their show and have built up a credible list of events, venues and audiences.

“We started out playing at a few care homes and retirement villages,” Ingrid says, “and were lucky enough to either be asked back or to receive further offers of work. Which is great for us, with Colin being a keen fisherman and all, as recent performances in Taihape and Ohakune meant that we got to see a bit of the country as well.”

Their current programme, Two Concerts of Classical Piano and Poetry, found appreciative audiences at three venues recently; St Paul's Cathedral, St Marks Church in Lower Hutt and Wellington’s City Gallery.

Colin performed works by Chopin, Grieg, Rachmaninov, Debussy and Ravel, while Ingrid recited Tennyson, Keats and Barrett Browning, as well as original poetry from her book, Love on a Hay Day

In fact, both artists are accomplished writers and composers of works of their own, but their current programme focuses on Colin’s chosen pieces, with Ingrid researching the composer and detailing information concerning their lives and works.

Paternally, Colin is of Ukrainian descentLemky cossacks from the Carpathian Mountains, to be precise. As a young man, his father had spent time in a Labour Camp in Freiburg, Germany during WWII. “It was Hitler's plan to under-feed and work them to death,” Colin says.

“They were liberated by Americans and my

dad and remaining members of his family went to England immediately after the war.”

Colin was born in Birmingham, Gloucester and has spent in excess of fifty years tickling the ivories. Dedicated to performance, he spent four years studying to become a concert level pianist at the Birmingham School of Music. He attained five diplomas and a distinction in composition.

Before arriving in New Zealand Colin taught piano in England and working as a professional keyboard player on cruise ships, in holiday parks and for visiting cabaret acts.

Ingrid is originally from New Zealand but lived in England for a large part of her adult life. Her Welsh grandfather was a singer and her father an actor and broadcaster.

She and Colin met at her graduation concert in November 2002 in Gloucester. She had recently completed a two-year course and received her diploma in singing and teaching vocal technique. Prior to that she had studied at the Centre for Early Music Performance and Research at Birmingham University, majoring in mediaeval music.

Colin would love to unearth some other local musicians of comparable ability, as he is keen to put together a piano trio with violin and cello, with a view to playing professional gigs.

ITALY 2019

Renaissance Rivalry: art patronage from Rome to Florence

Phyllis Mossman is planning another tour to Italy, beginning in Rome 16 September 2019, finishing in Florence 7 October 2019.

Also visiting Orvieto, Siena, Volterra, Lucca, highlighting Renaissance country villas and gardens and the artistic commissions of the Papacy, Medici and Republican governments.

Optional activities: cycling, wine tasting, cooking classes and enjoying central Italian scenery and delicious cuisine.

For expressions of interest, please contact me by email phyllis@mossman.net.nz I will then get back to you in July 2018 with a finalised itinerary and cost.

Colin Decio and Ingrid Prosser.

TRAVEL

History and nature top of the list in Namibia

by Ross Jamieson

Before that curtain closes behind, or a trowel full of earth thuds on top of your casket - do get to Africa. It’s a must.

We decided on Namibia and with friends hired a Toyota “duster” to get about. Our trip around the game parks, reserves and superb, inexpensive lodges was sorted before we left. We were helped by an Upper Hutt travel agent who grew up there.

Windhoek, the capital, is a tad bland, with a few old German buildings, but great eateries like Joe’s bar. On top of its highest hill a modern circular Chinese looking building presides.

This houses an engrossing museum tracing our pre-Stone Age ancestors - the San huntergatherers, then later Bantu nomadic tribes, followed by pastoralists dominated by the Herero settlers. From the 1890s the Germans ruled their Namibian colony. A 1904 genocide gutted about 80 percent of the Herero tribe as soldiers stopped fleeing families’ access to water holes. Victory in World War I ushered in the change to South African white dominance, and it was not until 1988 that the UN was able to organise self-rule elections for Namibia

Guess who built and gifted this museum in 2014? Astonishingly - North Korea. They, along with Cubans and Russians countered the European and American Cold War influence in the independence battles that raged throughout Africa in the 1980s and 1990s.

A half-day drive got us to the Okonjima Nature Reserve. Nearby our wonderful lodgings

was the Alicat Trust that rehabilitates cheetahs, wild dogs and leopards for release into their huge 20,000ha wild, open plain reserve. These hunting cats and enormous-eared dogs are loathed by farmers as they kill stock. The highfenced farms we saw were to keep these predators out, rather than the farm stock in. It was thrilling to track down casually strolling cheetahs. Jaws dropped as we witnessed nature's staggering savagery when a pack of wild dogs chewed apart a downed Impala in seconds, regurgitating it to feeding pups in a nearby den.

North we then went, along straight, sealed roads, dotted with termite mounds and occasional troops of playful baboons, to Etosha National Park. It’s famed for its variety of not only of animals, but also birds, plants and insects. This giant salt pan floods in the wet season, but

otherwise is covered with scrub and trees. Most visitors drive themselves across the park, but woe betide being out after dark. The park is shut and lions do roam.

We drove the 125km across the park to Okaukuejo. A stroppy elephant challenged us, whom we gingerly drove around and took a back track on the look for uncommon Eland antelopes, with no luck. Our first lioness was sighted at a trackside waterhole and then we witnessed a pride making short work of a zebra surrounded by salivating hyenas waiting to pounce on the leftovers.

The Okaukuejo camp caters for both those with tents and those without. It has a magnificent lighted waterhole where wildlife come to drink. It’s awesome to witness a herd of 20 or so elephants or a dazzle of zebras kept at bay by the sharp-horned Oryx. Rhinoceroses (over hunted for a Chinese aphrodisiac ground from their horns) get easy access. Inordinately cautious Giraffes awkwardly twist stick like limbs down so they can sip. Massive, busy weaver bird nests hang from nearby trees, the weight of which can down the tree. Pure magic, this place.

Off to Damaraland and a stunning stay in the Dora Nawas camp. Here the penny dropped on how sensible tourism has so helped the handsome straight-haired Damara people Continues next page

African country is a must see

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progress and stamp their distinctive mark. One is greeted by singing staff and they speak to one another in “click” language. No plastic is anywhere and an understated air of conservation, humour and courtesy abounds. While the lodges may still be European owned, the land has been returned to the tribes and concession fees finance their education and wellbeing.

Nearby is the World Heritage Twyfelfontein rock engravings site. Most drawings are of

animals that date back to the Stone Age. The close by “Living Museum of the Damara” was great. A tribe lives in a modern village but inhabits the ancient village during the day for tourists. We were escorted around by an articulate, bare-breasted young woman, shown how fire and poison arrows were made, and metal smelted from local rock. Vital skills for our hunter-forager antecedents.

Rather than bump our way south by the rutted roads, we chose the longer Skeleton Coast route. Its straight, coastal salt road compacts down like asphalt. Other traffic is rare. One senses how it got its name; misty, barren with the world’s oldest desert the Namib, landward. Few wrecks are visible, for the moving sands have pummelled them to bits on this sailor's nightmare of a coast. A memorable drive.

Swakopmund is a costal resort town. Remarkably, not only does it have monuments to WWI and WW2 German soldiers but a memorial for their colonists killed subduing Namibian tribes. A stark contrast to the statue in Windhoek of hung natives with the inscription “Their blood waters our freedom”. No sanitised history here.

Nearby, another contrast is Walvis Bay, which has never been German. A busy port with queues of ships lined up to dock. Its lagoon is home to most of South Africa’s Flamingos, 70 percent of the world’s crested banded plovers and extraordinary numbers of shorebirds and terns on their annual Arctic migrations. A whale jumping in the shallows tops off this mass spectacle of bird life.

Another longish bumpy drive to the Desert Homestead in the Nambib-Naukluft National Park. Our sublime bungalow's patio was kept

polished smooth. Why? To keep snakes out. We flagged driving the next day to the touted Sossusvlei swirling sand dunes, but went instead for a hike looking for lizards and snakes, capped off by a horse ride to view the desert setting sun.

The final long hop was to Eningu Clayhouse Lodge in the Kalahri bush savannah. Great to stroll though the head-high savannah but vital to keep your footprint tracks visible so as to find your way back. Ostrichs, warthogs and porcupines were in attendance.

Off the next morning to Botswana. More wonderful Africa.

The Windhoek statue of hung natives with the inscription “Their blood waters our freedom”. No sanitised history here.

You may have seen the “Your Parks, Have Your Say” pamphlet around, this is your opportunity to help us develop a new plan. The current plan was develop in 2011 and we are now in the process of reviewing it. It is important that the new plan is relevant to community needs, aspirations for recreation activities and conservation of natural and cultural heritage values. A discussion paper has been prepared along with two other information documents. Download them from www.gw.govtnz or email parksplanning@gw.govt.nz to request a printed copy. This will not be the last opportunity to have your say once a draft plan is developed another consultation period will be held with

PARKSIDE

calls for submissions on the draft plan.

It is winter and I would like to remind you all of the five basic rules for day trips, especially if you are walking off track:

• Plan your Trip – Plan your route and figure out the amount of time you expect to take. Most of the search and rescues in East Harbour have been due to trips taking longer than expected and people trying to take short cuts.

• Tell Someone – Tell someone your plans and your planned return time so they know when to raise alarm if you have not returned.

• Weather – check the forecast and expect

the weather may change as Wellington weather can be unpredictable.

• Know your limits – pick a walk that matches your fitness level and your groups so it meets everyone’s expectations.

• Supplies – make sure you have enough equipment, clothing and food encase things don’t go as planned. Take a fully charged mobile phone.

You can find more information about safety in the outdoors on the mountain safety council website http://www.mountainsafety.org.nz

SMOKE SIGNALS

Eastbourne Volunteer Fire Brigade is currently experiencing a shortage of Volunteer Firefighters and currently have13 Firefighter vacancies. We are especially short of daytime volunteers which affects our ability to respond with a full crew, which in turn increases the risk to the community.

Are you ready to help to protect your community and learn new skills?

If so, come down to the Fire Station on a Monday night at 7:00PM and introduce yourself to Ross, the Chief Fire Officer or give him a call on 021 648 114.

Smoke Alarms

Every year the Fire and Emergency NZ (FENZ) attend more than 3,500 house fires. In 80% of the fatal fires we attend, smoke alarms are either not installed or not working. Many fire fatalities happen at night when people are sleeping and don’t smell the smoke. Working smoke alarms are the best way to make sure you and your family gets an early warning of fire, so you can get out alive.

• Test alarms regularly, aim for twice a year at daylight savings

• If not using photoelectric or hard-wired alarms, replace batteries annually.

• Photoelectric Smoke Alarms have a 10 year battery lifespan.

Prepare and Practice an Escape Plan

• You will have one to two minutes from

the sounding of the smoke alarm to when your life is seriously threatened by fire or smoke.

• Make sure that everyone knows the sound of the smoke alarm and what to do if a fire occurs.

• Identify a primary escape route out of every room and then pick a secondary route in case the first is blocked by fire. (Try the interactive ‘Escape my House’ on the Fire and Emergency website)

• Ensure doorways are not obstructed.

• Select and indicate a meeting place outside of the home (e.g. the letterbox).

• Call 111 and ask for the Fire Service from a neighbour’s home or mobile phone

Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives!

For practical advice on Fire Safety visit www. fireandemergency.nz or contact your local Fire Brigade.

Emergency Call Outs:

• 03 May 2018 – Alarm Activation, St Albans Church.

• 27 May 2018 – Fuse Board on Fire, Muritai Rd

• 01 June 2018 – Assist Public, Rona Wharf

• 11 June 2018 – Alarm Activation, Muritai School.

• 11 June 2018 – Transformer on Fire, Mahina Bay

• 12 June 2018 – Alarm Activation, Bus Barns

• 12 June 2018 – Child locked in car, Muritai Rd

LETTERS

I heard with sadness that there are people who want the walking aid below the Days Bay Wharf removed.

How shortsighted and uncaring.

I take my mobility scooter around to Days Bay; transfer to a walker, move onto the handrail, sidle down to the sea and swim to the end of the wharf.

The handrail is good for me.

Thank you to those who instigated the handrail’s installation.

Neil Newman Muritai

- EHRP Ranger - Mark McAlpine

Contributor to realestate.co.nz

Mondays

• Retired Persons’ Assn 4th Mon. Ph 5627365.

• “Baby Bounce & Rhyme” at the library 10.30am.

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

• DB Playcentre Mon, Wed, Fri 9-12. Andrea Jensen 02102797311.

• Pt Howard Playcentre. Mon 9.15 -11.45am. Caroline 021 072 1070.

• Historical Society of Eastbourne local studies room open above the library 2-4 pm every Monday. (Check Saturday).

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

• Rotary Pencarrow meets 6.30pm Lowry Bay Yacht Club, Seaview - phone Don 562 7409.

• Toy Library 8-9pm. Elizabeth 021 08224664. www.eastbournemibase.com.au

• Eastbourne Karate Dojo junior and senior classes (children 8 year & older, plus parents) on Monday and senior classes on Thursday. Contact lindsaysensei@live.com, cell 021 844 873.

Tuesdays

• Pt Howard Playcentre Tues 9.15 -11.45am. Caroline 021 072 1070.

• Days Bay Playcentre Puddle Jumpers Tues 10:30 to 12 noon: Messy and Sensory play for children 2 years and under. Casual sessions, $3 donation.

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

• Eastbourne Homebirth Group 1st Tuesday of the month. Phone Kate 5627096.

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

• Eastbourne Embroidery Group, St Ronan’s Church lounge 10am-12noon.

• Indoor Bowls Club 1.30pm, at the croquet club, Oroua Street. Jeanne 562 8555.

WHAT’S ON

• Menzshed 9 till 12 , Williams Park, Mike 562 8688.

• Poetry group, every second Tuesday meet to read and enjoy poems old and new. Phone 562 8387.

• Toy Library 8-9pm. Elizabeth 021 08224664.

www.eastbournemibase.com.au

• 10:15am Nia - dance fitness (low impact - teens to 70+) Music Movement Magic

- Muritai Yacht Club - call Amanda 021 316692 www.niainwellington.com

Wednesdays

• Library preschool story time 2–2.25pm.

• Pt Howard Playcentre Wed 9.15 -11.45am. Caroline 021 072 1070.

• Scottish Country Dance. Merryn 562 0236.

• Bridge Club 7-10pm. Shona 562 7073.

• DB Playcentre Mon, Wed, Fri 9-12. Andrea Jensen 02102797311.

• “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! Pump Dance Hip hop & contemporary classes Wed afternoons in St Ronan’s hall 0274373508 info@pumpdance.com

Thursdays

• St Ronan’s Mainly Music, 9.30am10.30am, contact Cathy 027 213 9342.

• SPACE at Days Bay Playcentre. Michelle 971 8598.

East Harbour Women’s Club

New Members Welcome Card Groups (weekly)

- Bolivia 12.45pm

Contact Glendyr ph: 562 7181 - Bridge

1.00pm

Contact Heather ph: 562 7995

Guest Speaker (3rd week of month)

7.00pm - Drinks and nibbles provided 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.

• Eastbourne Karate Dojo junior and senior classes (children 8 year & older, plus parents) on Monday and senior classes on Thursday. Contact lindsaysensei@live.com, cell 021 844 873.

Fridays

• St Alban’s Pop in and Play, at St Ronan’s Church Hall, 9am-11.30am, contact Stefi 021 178 2099.

• Pt Howard Playcentre Fri 9.15 -11.45am. Caroline 021 072 1070.

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

• DB Playcentre Mon, Wed, Fri 9-12. Andrea Jensen 02102797311.

• Discovery Time for 4years+ at San Antonio School, 78 Oroua Street, 9.3010.30am. 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 10.00am Muritai Croquet Club. Lyn 562 8722 or Val 562 8181.

• Historical Society of Eastbourne local studies room open above the library 11am - Noon on Last Saturday every month. (Check Mondays).

• Eastbourne Dune Restoration Group Meets at the dunes area in front of the Eastbourne Recreation Ground, on the first Saturday of the month at 9am. Contact Keena for more details on 562 0992.

Sundays

• Church services - see page 28.

• AA Plunket Rooms 10am. Pauline 562 7833.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY

In our article about the Historical Socity of Eastbourne last month, we inadvertantly missed out some of the details on the membership form. Here it is, in full.

THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF EASTBOURNE INC.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM

Name(s)

Postal Address

Phone(s):

Email:

Signed:

Faith in the Community

.. Date:

Subscription: Single $10.00 per annum Double (Family) $15.00 per annum

Please leave the application form and your subscription in an envelope in the Society’s Post Box in the Eastbourne Library foyer, or post to Helen Mulgan, Treasurer HSE, PO Box 41-135, Eastbourne 5047. You can include a cheque with the form or you can pay by Direct Debit to 02 0544 0141151 00

Contact details: Treasurer – Helen Mulgan, phone 568 5653, or email: mulganh@xtra.co.nz

Being the new Vicar in Eastbourne, a little about myself. My name is John Hughes. I have been a vicar for 34 years. For the past 19 years I was vicar of St Mary’s, Karori. I am married to Janet and we have two adult children and two grandchildren. My hobbies include DIY, woodwork, wood turning and cooking. You will see me getting around the Bays on a bicycle.

We Anglicans have always had an understanding of church that is less congregational and more geographical. We have a view that all the people in the parish area are part of the parish. That we are here for everyone, not just those who come to church.

So I have a question for all of you who have discovered to your surprise (pleasant or unpleasant!) that you are part of the parish. What is one thing that we as a church could do, to add to the wellbeing of this community? Please email your thoughts and ideas to vicar@stalbanschurch.nz

Once I have settled more, I will be having a regular weekly time at a local café. I will be there and anyone can come and chat to me. No appointment needed and I pay for the coffee! I will put an ad in the paper when I start this.

St Alban’s: Our services will be in various venues during July while Wellesley Hall is refurbished. Men’s group meets first Mondays at 6pm at Spices for a drink and/or a bite. Women’s Group meets third Mondays at 10am at Hive.

St Ronan’s: Taizé by candlelight on 8 July at 6.30pm (NB Taizé is on the 2nd Sunday just this month only, it is usually on the 1st Sunday).

New Vicar

SPORT

Junior tangerines claim Wynton Rufer trophy

The Eastbourne Football Club's junior 7th grade side has handed the club an early 50th birthday present.

On Sunday, May 27, on a cold and rainy day at Hutt Park, the Eastbourne 7s pulled off something which many Eastbourne sides through the years have come close to but ultimately not succeeded in: winning the prestigious Wynton Rufer Trophy.

Competition was fierce through the round robin section and while parents were setting up tents and shelters, the 7th graders went about their business on the playing field, mixing it, as always, with the big boys of Wellington junior football.

The tournament (named after the All White equivalent of Christiano Ronaldo, capped 23 times for New Zealand between 1980-1997), has a habit of bringing out the best in Eastbourne’s junior ranks, although no team had successfully lifted the trophy since 2001.

Eastbourne fought their way through the cold and were successful in reaching the semifinal. All players contributed with goals and were stoic in defence, none more so than Sam Cathie.

A slight reprieve was had during the

lunch break, where kids could mingle with some of the Phoenix players, collect autographs and play mini-games with them. A 4-1 victory over Western Suburbs saw the junior tangerines heading for a final showdown with Onslow. Eastbourne eventually nudged out their more illustrious opposition by 2-1. They took an early lead through a goal by Seb Bodden, before Onslow inevitably equalised. The game then see-sawed with both teams looking to gain an upper hand, proceeding to rest the initiative from the other. Jac Hayes scored to put Eastbourne ahead for the second time in the match, before their gutsy defence was called on once again to turn back the relentless pressure placed upon them by the

opposition. Just when it appeared that Onslow had equalised again, Bodden slid full length through the goal mouth to force the ball wide of the posts and prevent extra time.

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The victorious 7th grade football team.

Beck to further career in Australia

For Stella Beck, (pictured right with the ball) it was a case of “hi, bye” as she made a flying visit to her family home in Eastbourne this month before heading off again for the next episode of her basketball career.

Beck has just ended her four year stay at St Mary’s College at Moraga, about 30 minutes from San Francisco, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in psychology, with a focus on neuropsychology. She also leaves with a long list of sporting achievements as a leading member of the St Mary’s Gaels women's basketball team in the United States’ NCAA college championships.

As a sign-off, Beck scored 29 points and claimed 10 rebounds - a double-double - in her final match for St Mary’s against the University of New Mexico.

Beck’s proudest achievement from her four years at St Mary’s blends the two spheres of accomplishment, academic and athletic; she was recently announced as the winner of the George R McKeon Award as St Mary’s top female scholar and athlete.

Beck was also recently honoured as the only graduating senior from the this seasons’s Gaels team. The day on which graduating players are honoured is usually called Seniors' Day but as this year’s only recipient, Beck suggested it should be called Stella Day. That recognition was another step towards her ultimate departure from St Mary’s and Moraga, her home for the last four years. She admits leaving her college and the small town that encompasses it has been an emotional wrench. “It was sad. I had such a good time and it’s hard leaving, a bit of a wrench” Beck said. “Four years is a long time and you make a lot of friends, have a lot of great experiences.”

While the many friendships Beck has made will endure, even at long-distance, she will miss

the college lifestyle and the climate and ambience of Moraga.

Next stop Townsville, Australia where Beck will join the Townsville Flames for the Queensland Basketball season. The Flames are a feeder team for the Townsville Fire who compete in Australia’s Women’s Basketball League and Beck said here time in Townsville would give her time to reflect while getting “a foot in the door” of the larger, Australian professional competition.

Beck, who has been playing for St Mary’s in the rigorously amateur NCAA college championships in the United States, is ready to embark on a professional career, although she fully intends to eventually pursue the career in psychology.

Beck hopes next to have the opportunity to play professionally in Europe but she also hopes to rejoin the New Zealand women’s team whose next tour is to Asia at the end of July.

Garden Stuff with Sandy Lang

July: Mid-July is mid-winter. Pruning time for roses is July/August. Pruning is surgery so use clean, sharp secateurs to get neat cuts and prune in dry weather. Disease organisms enter pruning wounds more easily if they’re ragged and wet. Leather gardening gloves will save your hands. Burn or bin rose prunings or you’ll find them later with your bare feet...

Strategy: You grow roses for their flowers. Roses flower on the current year’s green growth. So your aim is to maximise this new green growth. Understand that plants try to maintain a fixed ratio of shoots to roots. For most plants this is roughly 1:1 (half shoots : half roots). It follows, if you prune off a whole lot of shoots, the plant will work hard to re-establish this 1:1 ratio by growing back a whole lot of new shoots.

Structure: But first, work to create a nicelooking bush of the right size (not too big), symmetrical, compact (not straggly) and of simple structure (not a tangled mess). So, remove dead, diseased and crossing shoots to leave just 4+ shoots. Ideally these 4+ shoots will be angled outwards from the base to form an open ‘vase’ shape. This will let in light and air to minimise pests and diseases. By now you’ve cut off a whole lot of shoots.

Cuts: Next, cut these 4+ shoots at about their mid-points. Choose exactly where to cut so you have a nice, fat, outward-pointing bud just (5 mm) below the cut. By now your rose bush is about half as high.

Rest of the year: •Plants flower only to produce offspring (seeds). If you deadhead your rose bush frequently, it will keep flowering longer. If you don’t deadhead it, it will divert its energy away from making new flowers into making rose hips - the hips are full of seeds and food reserves. •Rose roots don’t compete well with the roots of other species. It’s best to mulch all around your rose bush to prevent weed growth. •Feed your rose bush regularly with a rose fertiliser. •Watch out for aphids. Spray at least weekly with 2% dishwashing liquid in water (use an old household spray bottle, washed out). •Watch out for scale insects. Spray with a horticultural oil, e.g. Yates Conqueror. Neither of these sprays leaves a harmful residue, so they damage only the insects you’ve sprayed, not bees and other beneficial insects that come along later.

Sandy Lang slang@xtra.co.nz

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The Pt Howard Assn held its AGM on Sunday 27 May 2018. It was an occasion where we said farewell to our outgoing President, Roger, and welcomed our incoming President, Allison. We also said farewell to our longstanding residents, Doug and Carilyn who moved off the Hill in 2017. Doug made an enormous contribution to Point Howard over the 83 years that he lived here, and we wish both Doug and Carilyn all the best.

As we’ve just had the AGM, it’s that time of year again where the Point Howard Assn membership subs are due. Look out for our 2018/2019 “What We Do” brochure in your letter box over the coming weeks. Your $25 per household subs includes; contributions towards the maintenance of the Tennis Pavilion / Emergency Community Hub, as well as the security camera at the entrance to Point Howard. The provision of camera images is free for members of the Point Howard Assn, but nonmembers will incur a fee of $150 payable before the images are provided. The security camera footage has recently aided the police in apprehending the individual responsible for a car theft in Pt Howard. For those residents affected by noise from Seaview, the Hutt Valley Motorsport Club are planning to hold their Street Sprints on Sunday 21 October 2018 and Sunday 20 January 2019.

For all Eastbourne and the Bays residents, we do have a tennis court available for use. You can become a member of the Pt Howard Tennis Club, Annual subs are: Family membership: $60, Single membership: $40, Junior membership: $25, Associate membership (Pt Howard Assn members only): $5.

pthowardassn@gmail.com

SPORT

Challenge trophy winning team

by Steve McMorran

Eastbourne’s senior rugby team received a pleasant surprise, and a piece of extra baggage, when they beat Tawa last weekend in the Wellington 85kg grade.

Wellington Rugby has recently introduced a challenge trophy in the division, along the lines of the Ranfurly Shield or college rugby’s Moascar Cup; a trophy that is only on the line when the current holder plays at home.

Eastbourne wasn’t aware that Tawa was the holder and that the trophy passed to it when it scored a rare victory, 29-14, at Tawa’s Lyndhurst Park. It will now defend the trophy when it plays at home during the second round of the competition.

The trophy was an early reward for the good form Eastbourne has been in near the end of the first round. It has won five of its last six games

and is second in the division with only one match to play before the end of the round.

“We had a bit of a hiccup a couple of weeks ago when we lost to Old Boys University,” Luke said. “It was just one of those games."

The 10-8 loss to Old Boys University was a little more hurtful to Eastbourne’s pride because OBU are now coached by Greg Halford, who was Eastbourne coach until last season.

But there were no hard feelings. It was a close game of high quality and could have gone either way.

Eastbourne’s recent run of form peaked when it beat Wellington 46-14 on Old Timers Day. Luke said the day was particularly special and it was a thrill to play at home in front of a crowd packed so closely that it was hard to move on either side of the ground. Eastbourne now plays Paremata Plimmerton before having a bye to finish the round.

Footballers hope for a turnaround

by Steve McMorran

The Eastbourne senior football team continues to battle near the bottom of the table in Capital Division 3.

A narrow loss to league leaders Brooklyn Northern United had raised hopes of a turnaround in Eastbourne’s form. But Eastbourne suffered two serious injuries in that match, including the loss of its captain, and the hoped-for change of fortune has not eventuated.

Eastbourne recently lost 5-4 to the Victoria University 3rds and 5-1 to the stronger of Victoria’s two sides in the division.

It was overwhelmed 7-0 by a very strong Petone team, though it competed far more than the score line indicated.

The frustration for Eastbourne’s fans is that the team is full of potential. It has an average age

of around 19, much lower than other teams in the division - some of which are semiprofessional - and its young players have skill and class.

But without a full time coach and with the team’s late assembly this season, it has been hard to marshal and organize that skill into a winning unit. Eastbourne still has a good chance of staving off relegation this season and, with a longer lead-up, of playing more successfully in Capital 3 next season.

In contrast to the seniors, the Eastbourne Masters 42 remain in second place in their division, just five points behind league leaders Petone with a match in hand.

Eastbourne have won six and drawn two of their nine matches so far - Petone has won eight and drawn one. That draw was with first-placed Petone and the teams are likely to meet again to decide the division.

News from Point Howard

MdKinlay to get his just reward

When the Eastbourne Football Club celebrates its 50th jubilee later this month, a special place will be laid at the table for club stalwart Jim McKinlay.

McKinlay was the foundation captain of the Eastbourne senior team and when the team took the field for the first time in its blazing orange strip, he was also its first goal scorer. Scotlandborn McKinlay went on to play for the senior team for many seasons and for the Eastbourne masters for almost as long. He served as club chairman and in many roles on the committee while always being among the club’s most willing workers and supporters.

McKinlay has been asked to give a speech at the mainly informal celebration with which the club will mark its first 50 years. But when the Eastbourne Herald contacted McKinlay last week for his memories of almost half a century with the Eastbourne club there was a minor hitch, he had lost his voice.

Club chairman Carlton McRae has moved heaven and earth in recent months to track down and contact as many former club players and committee members as possible to invite them to the jubilee celebration. He has been surprised how many former club members - some now in their 70s and 80s - jumped at the chance of a reunion.

While the Eastbourne club was founded in 1968 the first senior team was not formed until 1970. As a club new to the Wellington competition it was forced to start at the bottom of the Wellington senior competitions and work its way up. In its first-ever game against Victoria University, Eastbourne won 19-0, making it

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clear it would linger long in the lower ranks of Wellington football. McKinlay went on to score five goals that day, showing the skills he had developed in Scotland before emigrating to New Zealand.

He told the Herald this week he hadn’t intended to remain long with Eastbourne but what was intended to be a short stay has lasted much of his lifetime. McKinlay will have the chance on June 30 to reminisce about that life and career with many of his former teammates and club mates.

Another of the honoured guests will be Dean Burrows whose 48 unbroken years as an Eastbourne player are thought to be close to a world record.

The first part of the jubilee festivities will take place, informally, on Friday, June 29 when many guests, including those from overseas, will gather.

On June 30, all Eastbourne junior teams will play in Eastbourne and the club’s currently successful Masters 42 team will play at Bishop Park. There will then be an invitational or exhibition game, organized by Sola Freeman, involving former Eastbourne junior players now aged 15 to 22.

A gathering will follow at the club rooms at which June Whitehead, wife of Stan Whitehead who was one of the club’s three founding members, will cut a special cake commemorating the jubilee.

There will not be a formal dinner but a gathering at which speeches will be made and in which McKinlay, with luck, will find his voice to reflect on a lifetime in service of Eastbourne football.

News from our local playcentres

NEWS FROM POINT HOWARD PLAYCENTRE

Winter might be well and truly here but with warm coats, woolly hats and waterproof overalls for our younger members, our tamariki are still loving getting outdoors to build roads, castles and volcanoes in the sandpit, play on the swing and slide, whizz around the tennis court on a bike or in a car, and climb on our child-size confidence course

Our covered outdoor area means even on rainy days they can enjoy messy play, science experiments, painting and our carpentry area – and the fort is a great place to try out our dress ups. And there’s been plenty to do inside too -we’ve been cooking up a storm, making gifts for Mother’s Day (the bath bombs smelt delicious!) and learning new waiata.

The cooler weather has also given us time to update our children’s profile books which record all their playcentre adventures through photos, their artwork and learning stories.

If you’d like to find out more about playcentre, visit us at 1 Ngaumatau Road any time from 9.15 to 11.45 on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday. You can also visiting our Facebook page or by calling Caroline on 021 072 1070.

Come in to see us and purchase beautiful, affordable Keune products.

The Village Corner, Rimu Street, Eastbourne ph/txt 021 150 9341

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Open Tuesday to Saturday

call or txt Lisa on 021 150 9341 for an appointment

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ORGANIC GARDENER: BSc (ecology) beautiful gardens…naturally ph 562 8726 or txt 027 6939 323.

GARDEN WORKER for all weeding, tidying and garden maintenance contact Hamish on 022 3748453.

Lawn Mowing and all Lawn Care phone Dan Reed 027 3371360.

SONNY’S YOGA - EASTBOURNE CLASSESEnjoy a relaxing yoga class near the ocean. Every Wednesday 6.30pm at Muritai Yacht Club. Beginners welcome. For more info call Sonny on 021 800 512.

Guthrie Cottage - beautiful self-contained beach-front accommodation. Perfect for excess visitors or enjoy all of the comforts of home while you renovate. www.guthriecottage. co.nz - email: gceastbourne@gmail.com

Eastbourne Toy Library 20th Birthday Celebrations. Save the Date: Saturday 7 July 2-4pm, St Ronan's Church Hall. https://www. facebook.com/EastbourneToyLibrary/ for details. Invitations extend to anyone who has been involved with Toy Library. Email kathyclaridge@yahoo.com or call 0273551950 with photos, stories or guest-list suggestions.

BOOMERANG BAGS: Remember, bring your bag back to the bins provided in Eastbourne Village. Each bag takes approximately 1hour's worth of work by a volunteer. The bags are for everyone's convenience, so use and return.

PUBLIC NOTICES

EASTBOURNE - A History of the Eastern Bays of Wellington Harbour, By Ann Beaglehole and Ali Carew. Do you have a copy you'd like to sell? Please contact Murray Gibbons Ph 562 8567 or email murray@clarrie.co.nz

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Editor: Louise Goble

Stories: Carl McRae

Sports: Steve McMorran

Advertising enquires: editor@eastbourneherald.co.nz 562 7500

Email: editor@eastbourneherald.co.nz

Phone: 562 7500

Website: www.eastbourneherald.co.nz

St Alban’s Anglican: Sunday Worship 10am at Wellesley College. Thursday Worship 10am - check venue with Parish office, 11 Ngaio St, Eastbourne tel: 562 6269

Children and Families Ministry: see www.stalbanschurch.nz

St Ronan’s Presbyterian: Muritai Rd, Eastbourne

tel: Parish Clerk 562 8753

Sunday Morning Worship:

9.30am. Power Hour: 9.30am

San Antonio Roman Catholic: Oroua St, Eastbourne

tel: Fr Marlon Maylon Parish Priest 970 8405

Saturday Vigil Mass: 5.30pm

Sunday (Sacred Heart, Petone): 9.30am & 5.30pm

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