PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Kia ora koutou, Hello to you all.

Thank you to all of you who attended our recent AGM. We had some heavy rain warnings across that weekend, but regardless the Point Wells Club was full of association members who came out to support us and hear what has been going on with the committee.

Sadly, four of our long-term members decided to step down this year - Ben Lupton, Nick Charlton, John Cranston and Laurence Eyres. All four of these members have made outstanding contributions to our committee over several years, and we are grateful for the time and energy they have provided to our community.

We welcomed two new members to the committee - Amanda Stewart, who has taken a proactive interest in Civil Defence & Emergency Management; and Howard George, who has kindly offered to be our new Treasurer.

Ali van Barneveld, Victoria Daniell, Alan McClintock and Anne Holman have confirmed they will remain for another year. We will also continue to get support from Hall Coordinator, Priscilla Ngawaka and Hall Manager, Noeline Cranston. Ben Lupton has kindly offered to support on anything legal if required.

There are several important topics we will continue to focus on including the Hall, supporting the Library and other clubs, transport safety, harbour & environmental projects (including Pest Control), Playgroup, and Security.

We are looking forward to staying engaged with you all this year. Please don’t hesitate to contact us on any issues you may need support on regarding the Council.

The Point Wells Hall

Welcome to the Winter 2023 issue of our quarterly village newsletter.

Our aim is to provide items of local interest and/or from local contributors to advise, inform, and amuse, the residents of our beautiful community. We hope you enjoy reading it.

Thank you to our contributors. You are what makes this magazine special.

If you have something you’d like to share, please email it to our editor essex2801@gmail.com.

We do, of course, rely on advertising revenue to be able to produce and print The Point Wells Crier, so our heartfelt thanks to all our current advertisers for their continued support. We ask that you please support them in return by buying local when you can.

If you would like to place an advertisement in The Crier, please email our Treasurer howardgeorge21@gmail.com

PWCRA Committee

Kind regards Alana

The hall is currently under renovation for the month of May and we are eagerly awaiting the results. Under Council management, the Hall and Library facilities are undergoing a new internal paint job and minor repairs to the kitchen and flooring.

External work will include repairs to the hall decking and designating a path along the front of the hall to enable safe pedestrian access to the bus stop.

McClintock

There will also be new security lights with sensors on the exterior of the building.

Work is due to be complete by 2 June 2023 and we will keep you updated on any changes to that schedule.

We look forward to inviting the community to take a look inside at the next Connoisseurs’ Dinner on 15 June 2023.

Priscilla McClintock Ngawka

Email: pointwellshall@gmail.com

Update On Our Seawall

At our AGM, one member asked us what the Council was doing about the damage and deterioration on our seawall (that runs along the front of the village).

We feel we didn’t give a good response during the meeting so we sent out an email to all association members to clarify that we are aware that the Council were due to invest $1 million into the seawall but had decided to postpone the project. Unfortunately, no one made us directly aware of this decision - we found out through a Mahurangi Matters news article online.

This prompted our committee to contact local Board Representative, Ivan Wagstaff, to see if he could provide any insights on how this decision was made and why. We also decided to log an Official Information Act request to see if the Council could provide us information on why such an important upgrade was taken off the business plan for the new financial year.

To date, Ivan has not been able to provide us with any information, but the Council did respond to the OIA and we have decided, in the interest of transparency, to send this response to all our members to read. (Included with this issue of the Crier.)

The committee will discuss the OIA response at our next meeting and decide what next steps to take.

One of our committee members has pointed out that while it is concerning the wall won’t be upgraded this year, there are other opportunities for us to feed into a wider plan Shoreline Adaption Plan.

There is a lot to consider here, and we will likely call on you all for feedback and talk to Ivan before we take any further actions.

Hopefully to start with this will provide you some assurance that this will continue to be a priority topic for us as a committee this year.

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When: Tuesday 13 June

Time: Pop in between 3pm and 5pm

Location: Point Wells Hall, 5 Point Wells Road

WARKWORTH & DISTRICTS CROQUET CLUB

Our club day playing numbers have been up since the wet weather of January and February, and we have been playing our in-house competitions, both doubles and singles for GC.

A small lawn refurbishment was undertaken at the beginning of April, without the need to close the lawns. The lawns are in relatively good order considering the extreme rain that we have had.

The AGM and prizegiving will be held on Saturday, 27 May, 11:00 am, at the Point Wells Bowling Club.

Now that our lease has beenrenewed withthe Auckland Council, we are planning much needed maintenance, and an overdue refurbishment, of the club rooms.

Fundraising ventures will be announced soon, and we will be looking to have the community involved with this. Visitors and new members are welcome. Please phone Sue on 0210395921 or come along on a club day –Monday, Thursday, or Saturday at 9:30am for play at 9:45am.

We would like to thank Bayleys Real Estate and Jodi for her kind support of the club, and Summerset Falls,

Peter Radley, President