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"Let's not take our eye off the emissions reduction target, it is absolutely fundamental."
John Rainey-Smith captured this rainbow image during a break in the torrential rain last week. Eastbourne has had 190mm of rain so far this month, with rain on 17 out of 22 days as we went to print. Darren Schollum, who runs the Eastbourne weather station, said it was the wettest August since he began recording local weather in 2006. July was no better; it rained 25 days last month.
But Dr Levy said that even if the target is met, we are going to have to adapt to an unavoidable 30cm sea level rise within the next 20-30 years, with the heat "already baked into the system" continuing to cause ice sheet melt.
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Geonet had estimated lateral and vertical land movement across the country, using GNSS stations, and satellite aperture radar (inSAR). By taking this into account, sea level rise projections are brought forward by twenty to thirty“Thisyears.community is exposed to sea level rise. It's probably going to happen sooner than we thought because of the land subsidence."
GNS Science Environment and Climate Theme Leader Richard Levy told the meeting that the sea level rose 20cm across the world in the last hundred years. With increased carbon emissions, that rate is accelerating.
More chaos for Bays as climate change plays out by Louise EastbourneParryresidents have been given a startling update on how climate change will affect our community. If the increasing frequency of storm surges and inundation of Marine Parade, slips and flooding weren't enough to convince locals to take urgent action to reduce carbon emissions, presentations from climate change experts at this month’s Eastbourne climate change response meeting left residents with no doubt that the impact of climate change will become more dramatic and damaging to the Eastern Bays in the future. With at least a half metre sea level rise guaranteed this century, the Eastern Bays are facing a two-way threat to coastal infrastructure and properties. Land subsidence along the Eastbourne coastline, combined with sea level rise from ice sheet melt and expanded seas from ocean temperature increasing, mean we must mitigate the effects caused by current global warming, and from that yet to come.
Projections for Seaview and Lowry Bay show that, while houses on higher ground aren't exposed, Marine Drive is at risk of flooding.
Roger Blakeley, Greater Wellington Regional Councillor, warned we only have ten years to get on top of climate change. He spoke about efforts GWRC is making to reduce emissions, particularly from vehicles.
The 2015 Paris Accord saw 196 parties ratify a target to limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels.
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Sea level rise predictions in Wellington have been available since 2017. However, these do not take into account storm surges, or vertical land movements. "Where the coast is sinking, it amplifies the sea level rise locally,” Dr Levy said.
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Hutt City Council policy planner Chris Page said the upcoming District Plan 56 Change will allow more medium density housing, including up to three dwellings per site, changes to recession planes, and new design standards. However, Tsunami hazard zones and the increased risk of coastal inundation mean intensification will be limited in some areas. Maps showing these zones are available on the HCC website, along with a summary of submissions on the District Plan update, which was forced by changes to the Resource Management Act to allow for more housing.
In April next year submitters will be invited to speak to the plan, which will become operative by 20 August, 2023. There are no appeal rights to the plan change. There will be a full review of the District Plan in 2024, which will include new flood hazard layers for the Eastern Bays.
Hutt City Mayor Campbell Barry told this week's Eastbourne Community Board meeting that the design of the Lowry Bay section of Tupua Horo Nuku, the Eastern Bays Shared Path, would be revisited following the recent inundation of the road through the bay.
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“But what is happening with sea level rise and climate change is that those probabilities are changing,” she said, adding that once the probability increased to the likelihood of a one in 20 year event, it would be unlikely insurers would continue covering property.
With tidal range also impacting the probability of a flooding event, in Wellington, there was an increased risk of the sea overtopping land when storm surges were factored in. Wellington has a small tidal range, meaning insurance retreat is more likely to happen earlier in Wellington and Christchurch than in cities such as Auckland and Dunedin.“Half the time there’s a storm surge [Wellington is] going to get overtopping because of the tidal range," she said.
While NZ is facing more floods, in other countries wildfires and extreme droughts are the world is finally waking up to the seriousness of climate change; that it’s here and we’ve got to do something about it as a global community,” he said.
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Mr Blakeley said GWRC had set "bold targets" for emission reduction including a 40 percent shift to public transport, walking and cycling by 2030. “We all have a responsibility to make those things happen,” Mr Blakeley said. He said that sea level rise, plus land subsidence, added to increased wave climate energy was increasing the frequency of Marine Drive being inundated. "Anecdotally this is happening."Climate change risk analyst Belinda Storey, managing director of Climate Sigma, told the meeting that getting insurance for properties at the greatest risk from sea level rise will become much more expensive, and eventually impossible.Everyyear
While she didn’t have a specific model for the Eastern Bays, Belinda Storey said she could see a partial insurance retreat start to occur in the next ten years in Wellington and Christchurch. A partial retreat means the insurer, passes the risk back to the insured property, resulting in increased premiums.
Insurance retreat occurred in some areas of Christchurch following the 2011 earthquake, where there was liquefaction. Insurers calculated a significant increase in flood damage risk, and premiums rocketed to up to $10,000, or insurers refused to take on further“Thisrisk.isn’t about insurers trying to gouge people, it’s just them wanting to make sure that they don’t lose money on a particular house," she said.
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Days Bay duck pond overflowed, slips came down behind houses and onto cars, as the August rain continued to soak already sodden ground. Hutt City Council head of transport Jon Kingsbury says, with more than 50 slips occurring last weekend, and many small to medium slips over the past two weeks, contractors are working "extraordinary hours" to get roads open and prioritise the worst slips. Mr Kingsbury said he couldn't give a timeframe for when all the slips would be cleared, and council was still assessing some Eastern Bays slips. HCC is responsible for slips on road reserve, while those on private land, like the one in Mahina Bay, pictured right, are the responsibility of land owners and insurers.
Have your say about higher, denser housing Proposed changes to the District Plan will allow higher and denser housing in Eastbourne, as required under new Government rules. You can have your say at hutt.city/PC56.
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Construction of Tupua Horo Nuku shared path begins By the time you read this, the first sod will have been turned for construction of the shared path. Much of the initial work will be offsite as concrete barriers are constructed for Sunshine Bay and Windy Point. Eastbourne Community Board (ECB) Residents are welcome to contact board members. Members often sort minor issues directly with council staff or may ask for a report from officers to go on the next meeting agenda. You can also contact us on the Eastbourne Community Board Facebook page and at Virginiaeastbourne.nz.Horrocks Phbelinda.moss@huttcity.govt.nzBelindaPhtui.lewis@huttcity.govt.nzTuiPhmurray.gibbons@huttcity.govt.nzMurrayPhbruce.spedding@huttcity.govt.nzBrucePhfrank.vickers@huttcity.govt.nzFrankPhvirginia.horrocks@huttcity.govt.nz(Chair)0212308210Vickers(DeputyChair)0274061419Spedding02102974741Gibbons045628567Lewis(WardCouncillor)0212716249Moss0294941615
The first sod was turned this week at Bishop Park to mark the start of works on the longawaited Tupua Horo Nuku, the Eastern Bays Shared Path project. Mana Whenua Steering Group Chairperson Kim Skelton said it was fitting to mark the occasion together as partners. “Tupua Horo Nuku shares the narrative of Te Ara Tupua which retells the creation of Te Whanganui-aTara by the two Tupua, Ngake and Whataitai. Ensuring that key milestones are marked in line with our tikanga is an important part of bringing a partnership approach to the project, along with integration of narrative in design, and ensuring skills, procurement and training opportunities are created for our people.” In the coming weeks work will start to establish the new Bird Protection Areas, and in October shared path construction in the Mā-koromiko (Windy Point) section will be underway. A section of the planned path is shown above.
The Community Board’s meeting in August about climate change was well supported. You can watch videos of the four presentations on Eastbourne.nz. The speakers discussed sea level rise, insurance, the district plan and transport Youchanges.canalso sign up to be part of the Eastern Bays Climate Response Network on the website or by emailing climateresponse@eastbourne.nz.
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In late Victorian times, commercial glasshouses in Houhere Terrace, clearly visible in photos outside the library, supplied Wellington markets with grapes, among other produce. There’s even a story about local lads sabotaging a particularly impressive bunch destined for the dinner table of the Prince of Wales, during his 1920 tour. Flourishing garden groups include some impressive vegetable plots among their members, with some gardeners even cultivating roadside verges.
Retired plant scientist Sandy Lang, who contributes a monthly gardening column to the Herald, makes the most of his road berm, with a muscat grape vine around
by Ann Packer Food insecurity is a global issue. The cost of groceries and vegetables is going sky high even here in Aotearoa New Zealand. However, there are things we can do about it in our own community, which (usually) enjoys moderate amounts of rainfall, sunshine and shelter from the wind, even in midwinter.
Retired educator Stan Swan, who helped establish and maintain a small orchard and raised beds with Muritai School students some years ago, is a farm-raised advocate for “getting your hands dirty” through home gardening. He is the current custodian of three raised plots behind St Albans Church, established many moons ago by Mary Tallon and Ann Best with husbands Jeff and David “as a meeting place and to provide a focus for lonely people”. Sandy Lang, Chris Burtt, Jan Heine and others carried on theMrtradition.Swan’steam grows winter greens, broad beans and sugar snap peas, “named the best vegetable development in the last century on their 1979 release”. He’s also a fan of French Burgundy dwarf beans, which he says do particularly well there in summer – and their distinctive purple colour enhances the look of salads.Point Howard’s Ngāumatau Community Garden, opened by Mayor Campbell Barry two years ago, featured on the cover of the August 2020 Herald. Spokesperson Lindsay Ancelet says gardeners are currently preparing for spring and summer planting, and there’s lots growing and ready to eat in the winter garden. The garden has eight raised beds growing favourites, lots of treats for the children like peas, cucumbers and cherry tomatoes, plus less common crops such as kohl rabi. There’s a large berry bed, grape and passionfruit vines, 12 fruit trees, and an asparagus bed is planned. There is also a community compost system. The group holds regular working bees; a Facebook page reaches out to the wider community, while an email list keeps regular members in touch. Ms Ancelet says while the garden is intended for the Pt Howard community, they are happy to give advice or assistance to set up other gardens in Eastbourne.” If you would like to know more, please email pointhowardgarden@gmail.com.
Wellesley principal Mike Bain says his school’s two Enviro Groups have veggie gardens “prepped and ready for summer planting. It’ll be two months before we get stuck in though.”
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Tucked away in Eastbourne neighbourhoods, groups and individuals have been cultivating gardens for well over a century.
“Children are too busy or away during the peak summer months for the summer food crops.”
In spring he plants runner beans on a roadside tepee and in autumn broad beans. He says no special permission is needed to plant on council land – as long as you maintain it. Research shows that kids who grow their own food are more likely to eat fruit and veggies.Mr Lang, who has worked with school groups in the past, notes that because of the way the seasons line up with the school year, broad beans are probably the best autumn/winter/ spring food crop for planting in school gardens.
Locals Stephen Barr and Carol Swan tend winter crops at the St Albans community garden. the power pole, olive and lemon trees, lavender, and as many hydrangeas as he can squeeze in.
The Eastbourne Herald, 27 August 20226 WHAT'S ON 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. Contact Judy Bishop 562 8985 • “Baby Bounce & Rhyme” at the library •10.00am.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.Toy Library 8-9pm. St Ronans Hall www. eastbournemibase.com.au Elizabeth 021 •08224664.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. • Poetry group, every second Tuesday meet to read and enjoy poems old and new. Phone 562 8387. • Toy Library 9.30-10.30am. St Ronans Hall. Facebook: Eastbourne Toy Library Elizabeth 021 08224664www.eastbournemibase.com. •au9.30am Nia Dance Fitness Class (low impact - teens to 70+) Music Movement MagicMuritai Yacht Club - call Amanda 021 316692 •www.niainwellington.comPumpDancejunior& intermediate hip hop. 4pm onwards. St Ronan's Hall. 0274373508. info@pumpdance.com Wednesdays • Cubs: 5.30pm - 7.00pm, Erica 021 190 3900 • 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. • 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,0274373508Scouts:Thursday6.00pm-8.00pm, Vanessa 021 669 727. 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 Sundays • AA Plunket Rooms 10am. Karen 021 440 705. CLASSIFIEDS ECOGARDENER-restoration,restyling,maintenance. All sizes. All styles. txt 027 6939 323 Dan Reed lawn mowing, lawn and garden care. Contact 027 337 WATERBLASTING Services1360. – For all exterior cleaning and maintenance – call Mike on 027 587 5871. Lawn mowing and gardening services. Contact Supreme mowing. Phone Grant 0212481771. SONNY'S YOGA CLASSES - Enjoy a relaxing yoga class near the ocean every Wednesday 6.45pm at Muritai Yacht Club. Beginners welcome. For more info visit www.sonnysyoga.nz or to book email CASUALsonnysyoga@me.comCLEANERFOR AIRBNB HOUSE A local person is required for cleaning a 2 bedroom AIRBNB house on a casual basis. Attention to detail needed. References may be required. Please txt application to 0274 476951. Don J. McIlroy An Eastbourne lawyer First Floor, 40 Rimu St Tel: 562 6393 Email: arcadia@xtra.co.nz
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Book at scotscollege.school.nz Limited places available by Ann Packer New work by artist Annie Hayward (pictured right) may surprise Eastbourne viewers more used to her whimsical portraits of domestic subjects.
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Paintings with titles like “Spring in the wood” and “Early morning river” are the perfect match for pastel porcelain tumblers by Wellington ceramic artist Angela Francis, whose deliciously-coloured, handrolled and handshaped domestic ware is better known as One of a Kind Ceramics. Missing the sea (but not the wind) James Hayward says after 30 years in Eastbourne the couple did not expect to end up in the larger town of Masterton, but notes there are pluses – like vineyards and fabulous restaurants. The retired hairdresser enjoys “not having to jump to an appointment book” and appreciates having time to get stuck into his woodwork – including a stream of orders for one-off butchers’ blocks.
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The former Muritai resident, now living in Masterton, has painted abstract landscapes inspired by rural Wairarapa for Wish, an exhibition at Studio Toru opening 7 September. Her first significant collection to be exhibited locally since moving over the hill two years ago reflects the rivers, lakes and backcountry roads she explores with husband James at the wheel – when the weather permits – to capture in photographs, to later bring to life in a more muted colour palette than we’re usedHavingto. grown up in the bays, her environment has always been “an inevitable influence,” she says. “When we came to live in the Wairarapa it didn’t take long before I was entranced with the countryside here – the colours, patterns and shapes all reacting in the light of different seasons. I felt compelled to explore this emotional response in paint.”
Wish opens at Studio Toru on Wednesday 7 September (all welcome 5.30 - 7.30 pm) and runs until Sunday 9 October 2022. Open Thursday – Saturday 10 - 4 pm, Sundays 10 - 2 pm or by appointment, 021 433 082.
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The Eastbourne Scouts Compost Fundraiser is back just in time for Spring. This is the second year the scouts have run the fundraiser, and with a limited quantity available, they are urging Eastbourne residents to order now to secure delivery. Order online www.eastbournescouts.co.nz or email eastbournescouts@gmail.com or visit Eastbourne Library.
Covid has put paid (temporarily, we hope) to regular meetings with speakers and the chance to socialise over afternoon tea. The membership has steadily increased, and tends to fluctuate between 150 and 200, though the annual sub remains affordable at $10 (single) and $15 (family). Yet many of the Society’s early aims and activities endure. Our primary purpose is still to foster enthusiasm for local and New Zealand history. From small beginnings, the second aim of collecting and recording items of historical interest has become a major part of our work; our extensive collection, with its online catalogue and large oral history archive, is possibly unique among New Zealand historical societies. Our third aim, ‘telling our stories’, is what we enjoy most: responding to enquiries and requests; researching and writing books and articles; organising history days and library displays; hosting public meetings with guest speakers; and creating the Eastbourne Heritage Trail and other permanent signage. The process is reciprocal, because we learn so much from long-time residents who generously share their knowledge and memories with us. We are grateful to everyone who has supported the Society over the decades, especially our loyal members and volunteers.
I think Pat would be pleased with the way her bright idea has evolved over the past 40 years.The AGM of the Historical Society will be held in the Eastbourne Community Library at 2.30pm on Saturday 24th September. All welcome. - by Ali Carew
The first committee meeting was held in May; eminent librarian and historian Graham Bagnall became Patron, and the officers were Alan Baker (President), Malcolm Burdan (VicePresident), Pat Powell (Secretary) and Doreen Young (Treasurer). Other committee members took on tasks such as Field Trips & Visits, Public Relations, Schools, Programme/Speakers, Archives, Photography, Soirées(!), and Displays & Exhibitions. Inward Correspondence included a letter from Eastbourne Borough Council offering the use of its Civil Defence Room and storage. It was also decided the Society should register as an Incorporated Society, which meant having a Constitution (‘Bill Tait agreed to investigate’).
The first AGM on 24 August 1983 approved the draft Constitution and set annual subscriptions at $6 (single) and $10 (family); by now there were 109 financial members. Seven public meetings had been held, with ‘very encouraging’ attendances: speakers included Claire Toynbee on her Eastbourne oral history project; Ann Paterson on ‘Stories of Old York Bay’; HSE members telling their ‘Stories from Wahine Day, 1968’; and Graham Bagnall’s lecture series on ‘The History of Eastbourne’. HSE had also organised a WEA course in Eastbourne on ‘Researching and Writing Local History’.Looking back, we see some things have changed. Enthusiasm for group outings and weekend trips, so popular with members in the 1980s and ‘90s, has waned; more recently
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Historical Society explores its own beginnings
This year the Historical Society of Eastbourne celebrates its 40th anniversary, so it seems a good time to look back at its own earlyThehistory.year was 1981, and Pat Powell, Eastbourne’s first Librarian, had the bright idea of setting up a local historical society. Her proposal sparked a lot of interest, a steering committee was set up, and the rest, as they say, is history….TheHistorical Society of Eastbourne (HSE) was officially launched on 21 April 1982 at a public meeting in St Ronan’s hall, attended by 83 residents. A committee of 15 (luxury!) was duly formed, and the draft aims of the Society were unveiled: ‘To foster an interest in the history of Eastbourne, and in New Zealand history generally; To help collect, record and preserve items of historical interest; [and] To sponsor public meetings, exhibitions, publications etc.’ After formal business, Judith Fyfe and Hugo Manson gave a ‘very interesting account of their work on the New Zealand Oral History Archive’, followed by a lively discussion. Overall, it was an encouraging start, with feedback described as ‘very favourable’.
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Artist at home exhibitionfor by Ann EastbournePackerceramist and textile designer Kirsty Morison (pictured right) is showcasing an exhibition of new ceramics at her home studio in early September, in association with Heather Gerbic of Pauanesia. The Auckland store, which is closing its doors after 26 years in business selling Kiwidesigned, printed and constructed homewares and jewellery, has commissioned the textile-trained designer’s cushions and scarves over much of that time. Some of the most recent ceramics made in her sunroom studio – where she also runs small group ceramics workshops tailored for both kids and adults – feature printed impressions, themes and patterns designed for Pauanesia.Refreshments will be served and eftpos is available. www.kirstymorison.com6MaireSt,Eastbourne,Friday9
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News from Point Howard Sleepless in Point Howard? If you’ve recently experienced excessive noise from Seaview Terminal that has disturbed your sleep, CentrePort advised that the issue in mid-July was with the ‘dumb barge’, Kauapapa, which was being knocked around on its spud legs and against the berthing platform causing metal on metal impact, in addition to ‘booming’ from the wave action on the pontoon units. The most recent issue overnight on 10 August was due to the recent storm event where the JUB ‘Jack Up Barge’ Tuapapa sustained significant damage. CentrePort arranged for Tuapapa to be moored at CentrePort for disassembling and repair. It was brought back to Seaview Terminal on 12 August for reassembling. CentrePort advised that as the barge is jacked up and out of the water it is safe from damage, and the pontoon units will not generate additional sound. Once the barges are repaired/constructed they will be managed to avoid any further problems. If there is any further noise disturbing you from the Seaview Energy Resilience Project, please contact CentrePort on 04 495 3800. For the latest news on the Seaview Energy Resilience Project please visit their website - https://seaviewproject.co.nz/. Basketball Hoop is up! A huge thanks to Vic C for installing the basketball hoop and backboard at the Point Howard tennis court. As the site is not supervised, please use it with due care. Civil Defence: Thanks to Red R, the PHA Civil Defence lead for walking the hill after the storm in late July to check on the state of the road, removing branches, cleaning out stormwater grates etc. If you have a stormwater sump near your house, please check the grate and remove any debris that may stop water flowing into the stormwater system. Your downhill neighbours may be very grateful to you! pthowardassn@gmail.com
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Wellington Regional Council (Greater Wellington) has prepared Proposed Change 1 to the Regional Policy Statement for the Wellington Region to account for new national direction and to address issues in the Wellington Region. Proposed Change 1 to the Regional Policy Statement is now open for public submission.
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The remaining Proposed Change 1 to the Regional Policy Statement provisions that are not part of a ‘freshwater planning instrument’, will proceed through the standard process for preparing a regional policy statement under Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the TheRMA.local authority in its own area and any person can make a submission on any of the proposed changes to Proposed Change 1 to the Regional Policy Statement, either online or in written form. Submission forms, including our online submission form, can be found on our website www.gw.govt.nz/rpschange1. Please provide your submission online or send your submission to regionalplan@gw.govt.nz or by post to Environmental Policy, PO Box 11646, Manners St, Wellington 6142. The closing date for submissions is 5.00pm 14 October 2022.
The Trust invites the community to meet the candidates standing for election to the Eastbourne Community Board. The meeting will be held at St Ronan’s Hall Tuesday September 20 7.30pm
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Part of Proposed Change 1 to the Regional Policy Statement is a ‘freshwater planning instrument’ and therefore subject to the freshwater planning process under Section 80A and Part 4 of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act (RMA).
Two meet-the-candidates events in Eastbourne will give locals the chance to sort the wheat from the chaff in this year's elections.
A meeting on Wednesday, September 7 at the ESSC will give you the chance to hear from the Mayoral and council candidates. On Tuesday, September 20 at St Ronan's Church hall, you can see the candidates standing for the ECB..With so many choices this year, the meetings are designed to give you more idea of which way you want to cast your vote. Next month, The Eastbourne Herald will feature brief statements from candidates. This week's ECB meeting was the last for chair Ginny Horrocks, who is standing down after three terms on the board, two as chair. She was described as "tireless and resolute" and a "key collaborator" by HCC CEO Jo Miller.
The Housing Bottom lines for the Wellington Tier 1 urban environment have been directly inserted into the Regional Policy Statement under section 55(2)(b) of the RMA as required by the National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020. For more information please see our website
The full public notice and Proposed Change 1 to the Regional Policy Statement documentation can be viewed at www.gw.govt.nz/rpschange1
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This year's election sees three candidates standing for Mayor, 23 for the Councillor at Large positions, and two putting their hands up for the Harbour Ward seat at HCC. More nominations than ever have been put forward for the Eastbourne Community Board, too, with nine standing.
If you have any questions about Proposed Change 1 to the Regional Policy Statement, please contact our team at regionalplan@gw.govt.nz
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Confusion: Oddly, a greenhouse is not warmed by the ‘greenhouse effect’ but our planet is… Greenhouse gasses: There are three main greenhouse gasses: •water (vapour + droplets), •carbon dioxide and •methane. There are many minor ones. These three contribute about 50% (water), 20% (carbon dioxide) and 5% (methane) to our atmosphere’s total greenhouse effect. Global warming (climate change) is mainly due to increased carbon dioxide. It was 310 ppm (parts per million) when I was born, it’s now 420 ppm, and it’s rising fast. Some industrial pollutants also increase the greenhouse effect. The net result is Earth’s average temperature has risen by 0.08°C /decade since 1880 and by 0.18°C / decade since 1980. Scary…- slang@xtra.co.nz
OBITUARY
Born 12 years after his only sibling, Gwyn, Alan didn’t feel he’d made it in his father’s eyes until he set an interschool high jump record in the mid 50s, that stood for 20 years. He also played rugby, was in the A tennis team at HVHS, and later a champ at Maungaraki Tennis Club. He won a croquet cup in his older years and continued to enjoy a sporting life until cancer treatment made him housebound.
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Alan Edgar Nicholls
Alan grew up as part of a large extended family, enjoying musical Sunday night gatherings – one cousin became an opera singer and another a ballet dancer. He was a passionate classics scholar, studying Latin at Hutt Valley High School, interested in Greek and Roman mythology, and films such as Spartacus and Gladiator.Likemany young men of their era, the two friends studied during the day and attended university accounting lectures at night. “You had to find a company that would mentor you as an articled clerk, and he moved from one firm to another before finding fellowship and fun at the likes of Butterworths and Petersons Chemicals,” Mr Robertson says.
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Garden Stuff with Sandy Lang GREENHOUSES August/September: Almost spring. Days lengthening. Temperatures rising. •Pruning late, beats not pruning at all – clean, sharp tools, dry weather (disease). •Trees/shrubs. Leaky water pipes, so severe water restrictions this summer, so mulch well now to conserve water. Feed with slow-release fertiliser.
The Nicholls family arrived in New Zealand in 1873 – Alan’s great-grandfather, Henry George Nicholls, was a groom with the new Governor Sir James Fergusson’s household. Henry’s son Sidney, Alan’s grandfather, was nine years old. Young Sid went on to play rugby for Wellington in 1889. Of his sons, Alan’s father Ginger (Harry) and uncle Mark played in the first test match against the Springboks at Carisbrook in 1921. Rugby and racing were to play a major part in Alan’s life. The family lived initially in Greytown before moving to Petone, with their horses. Ginger married the girl next door, Gwen Wallis (whose family built the Nairn St Cottage) and they continued to be involved with horses through the Wellington Trotting Club, where Ginger was president. When on one occasion he shook hands with Sir Bernard Fergusson, they realized their grandfathers had been part of the same vice-regal household and had both attended the first Wellington Galloping Cup in 1874.Alan went to Petone West School, where Countdown now stands, followed by Hutt Valley High School. His friend and best man Peter Robertson, who knew Alan as Nick almost his entire life, noted father Ginger was a demanding man – though as young lads they thought he was great: “We would attend the Hutt Park Trots and, underage, were admitted to the President’s bar”.
Greenhouse: A greenhouse (expensive) or a plastic grow tunnel (cheap) - Google grow tunnel - will let you raise young plants weeks earlier in winter/spring. Why? It’s warm inside. Why? Sunlight enters a greenhouse or grow tunnel (or car) through the plastic/glass. It warms the inside surfaces, which warm the inside air. Ventilate, or it’s too hot.
to correspond, and on arriving home, there was a bouquet of lemon roses awaiting her. They were engaged two months later. For their recent 55th wedding anniversary, he bought her an emerald and diamondTogetherring.they enjoyed fine dining, flower arranging and gardening, while Alan liked stylish clothes. In fact, Mr Robertson thinks the Trentham races, which the two men attended together, were “just an excuse to buy a new suit, shirt, tie and shoes from Vance Vivian”.
The couple’s first child, Andrew, was followed, 4½ years later, by twins. But although doctors had thought the first pregnancy might be twins, they were not prepared the next time round; when Chris was born, Stuart’s subsequent arrival was not anticipated. He became blind due to too much oxygen. Sent off to Homai College to board at age 5, he came home only in school holidays. When Alan lost his job at age 58, due to Petersons Chemicals being sold, there was a silver lining – he was free to spend much more time with his family – with Stuart, including sports such as blind bowls and swimming at Naenae, with Mary and with their three young grandchildren.Agregarious man, who loved people, Alan in his last weeks would sit on a seat by the Rec, chatting to passersby.
“He had an easy manner and could talk to people about everything,” Mary says.
Greenhouse effect: Only a small amount of the sunlight reaching the Earth’s surface is reflected back to space (e.g., by snow). Most is absorbed, warming up the oceans, forests and land. Warmed up, they emit IR light back up. But some components of the atmosphere (greenhouse gasses) are opaque to IR, so much of this IR light energy is trapped within the atmosphere and reflected/emitted back down again. So, with its greenhouse-gas ‘blanket’, Earth’s average surface temperature is a cosy +13.9°C. With no greenhouse gasses it would be a chilly -18°C. So, greenhouse gasses are good. They stop us freezing solid. But…
Alan Nicholls, who died 2½ years after being diagnosed with lymphoma, came to Eastbourne with his wife Mary and sons Andrew, Chris and Stuart, in 1991. Mary’s father, Reg Ellingford, who had owned Eastbourne’s shoe shop, died and left her the Oroua Street house where Mary and Stuart still live.
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Sunlight: There’s lots of energy in sunlight. About 1400 W/m2 at the Earth's surface. Sunlight is a mix of three sorts of light: •visible (600 W/m2), •infrared (IR) (750 W/m2) and •ultraviolet (UV) (50 W/m2). Your eyes sense only visible light, but your skin senses all three sorts as warmth, and UV as sunburn.
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In February, The Eastbourne Herald reported the club was looking to sell its premises in Muritai Road, as membership declined and the cost to maintain the greens became too However,much.the club says it will open as usual next month, with the green in top-notch condition following extensive work.
The club is extending an invitation to the community to participate in playing bowls after work on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays commencing 5.30pm.
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The recent – and perhaps continuing – period of extreme weather has forced many of us to spend more time indoors than normal. And it may also have caused us to think of climate change as a rather more immediate threat, than Perhapspreviously.thisrun of bad weather will also have given us time to consider questions like… What can I do about climate change? And even… What can I do about making things better in general, in my home and family, and in my neighbourhood? We already know how we can be kinder and more helpful to our own families and friends, so the next question is… Should I just go ahead and do those things that seem so obvious to me?
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Another moment’s thought may suggest that doing things cooperatively usually works better than working alone. You may have considered discussions that could lead to changes that would help everybody discover ways to be kinder, to help themselves, their families and friends, and perhaps even to make small contributions towards limiting climate change…!
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Eastbourne Bowling Club's uncertain future looks to be over, with the club announcing its intention to retain a local bowling facility.
The club has confirmed its intention now is to focus on community bowls .Members are hoping the community will get behind the club and play in upcoming social competitions.
Entry criteria has been expanded so anyone can play, and the club will host two after-work competitions, on Tuesday and Thursday nights.
The previous season wrapped up with prize giving, where presentations were made to the winners of the Club Champs.
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The Men’s Singles was won by Richard Ponder who improved as the event went on. He had some very close games early on but eventually Richard prevailed, beating Reg Gray in theThefinal.Pairs was won by Keith Turner and Willie Clannachan in a close final while Keith Turner, Reg Gray and David Fox won the Triples.The Fours was won by Richard Ponder, Bruce Connolly, David Fox and Bob Metcalf. Other, more traditional events were not played as the green was under renovation and also because of the limited number of full playing members.
For the coming season the club has enlarged the entry criteria so that any member can play.
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The competition will consist of mixed teams, of three players with a reserve on standby. Individuals wanting to play can submit their names and the club will place them in a team.To register your interest, contact either Bruce Connolly (ph 045628401) or Keith Turner (ph 049344142). Some coaching will be provided to assist those new to the game. The format will be the popular short format “BowlsThree5” which is designed to be a fun game aimed at encouraging social interaction. Play is expected to last an hour with the bar open afterwards for refreshments.
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