Please refer to the September meeting minutes. Agenda as follows:
Welcome
Apologies – Jonathan, Kate
Approval of previous minutes
Matters arising from previous minutes
Financial report
Correspondence
AGM in October – planning update and arrangements
Community/School hall ―update
SH1/Wairaka Rd garden – NZTA dealings and community frustration
PCC report and update on projects
Other business
October 2018 Residents’ Association meeting Read More »
We had an interesting session this afternoon with coastal researchers, Jim Dahm and Bronwen Gibberd, who are working for Porirua City Council to get information about coastal hazards and erosion, and starting to prepare long-term plans to prevent them getting worse.
We had a small turnout (about 10 locals), but they were mostly people who had lived at the beach for many years and could tell the researchers a lot about the beach and how it has changed over the decades. …
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It’s been a busy month in the community garden — we’ve had three working bees and made a lot of progress.
Today we finished the first phase of planting in the garden for this year. So far, we have:
We still have to put in some wind breaks by the trees to protect them from the wind that comes from the northwest, which can be pretty strong at times. Of course, we’ll need to keep the grass down, but we’ve got a scythe and some keen users so we can do it without disturbing the neighbours with noisy machinery. Spring and summer will be busy with making sure the trees are OK, and well watered during the dry season. Fortunately, the council installed a tap for us when they built the access onto the site, so we have a permanent and reliable water supply.
We also have to start planting the smaller support plants, which will help accumulate minerals for the trees and build up the soil health, and we’d also like to get some berry plants in there, too. We’re trying to follow permaculture principles to create an ecosystem that has a wide range of plants, soil biota and insects that all support each other.
It looks like we have got more funding from Porirua City Council under their Village Planning programme again this year, so we’ll be able to do more planting over the next 12 months. We’ll look at establishing a different range of plants from the pipfruit trees we’ve planted so far — perhaps more stone fruit, or maybe some citrus. We can’t wait!
Community garden progressing well Read More »
Porirua City Council is running workshops on coastal hazards, which includes the erosion the Pukerua Bay beach is suffering. They sent us the following information. If you’re interested in this, head along to St Marks, Rawhiti Road, Saturday 11 August, 2pm–4pm.
As part of the District Plan review, we [PCC] have engaged the Focus Resource Management Group to help us understand the coastal hazard risk in Porirua. Principal members Jim Dahm and Bronwen Gibberd have a great deal of experience with the assessment and management of coastal hazards in New Zealand, and a long history of consultation with communities. Utilising their experience and local knowledge from those living next to the coast, we are now seeking to engage with those affected by coastal hazards in Porirua.
We will be running a coastal hazard seminar series to provide information about the coastal hazards and provide opportunity for the community to discuss the work in more detail with coastal hazards experts as well as Council staff. We are keen to talk directly with affected residents, and with other members of the community who have an interest. Through robust research and engagement with the community, we hope to ensure that the District Plan assists in building resilience to our coastal hazards.
Plimmerton School: Saturday 11 August 10.00am – 12.00pm
St Marks Church Pukerua Bay: Saturday 11 August 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Titahi Bay School: Sunday 12 August 10.00am – 12.00pm
Paremata Boating Club: Sunday 12 August 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Pāuatahanui School: Sunday 12 August 4.00pm – 6.00pm
Local knowledge and views are essential to building a thorough understanding of coastal hazards in Porirua. We are interested in changes anywhere on the Porirua Coast and Harbour. Any information you can provide will be helpful and appreciated including:
For more information please see the PCC website – https://poriruacity.govt.nz/your-council/city-planning-and-reporting/district-plan/coastal-hazards/
Coastal hazards and resilience community workshops Read More »
We had another great day in the community garden yesterday and planted most of the fruit trees. Rob Oscroft shows what we have achieved.
Fruit trees planted in community garden Read More »
Refer to the July meeting minutes.
Agenda:
Welcome
Apologies―Pauline Morse, Ann Jebson, Dale Williams, Beccy Davis
Approval of previous minutes
Matters arising from previous minutes
Financial report
Correspondence
PKB pest-free update, Gillian Candler
Community/School hall, update
Celebration of hall’s 45thanniversary
Village Planning funding update, work for the coming year
Update items:
PCC report and update on projects
Roaming dogs
Access track onto Muri Reserve
Other business
August 2018 Residents’ Association meeting Read More »
Pukerua Bay School Board of Trustees pulls out of 45-year agreement on local hall
The Pukerua Bay Residents Association is very disappointed that the Pukerua Bay School Board of Trustees (BoT) has decided to pull out of a partnership that saw the school and the community jointly build and then manage our local hall for the past 45 years. …
School reneges on hall partnership Read More »
See the draft June meeting minutes.
Welcome
Apologies ― David Olsen
Approval of previous minutes
Matters arising from previous minutes
Financial report
Correspondence
PCC report and update on projects
Community/School hall ― update and progress
Paremata roundabout traffic issues update (Paul)
Support for Ahu Trust (next year’s Matariki)
Village Planning reports — Community garden, He Ara Pukerua (this year’s fundraiser)
Other business
July 2018 Residents’ Association meeting Read More »
Today a small, keen group worked in the community garden to prepare for our working bee tomorrow to get ready for planting the fruit trees arriving this month.
The community garden is really a ‘food forest’ that will eventually include a wonderful mixture of fruit trees, berries, herbs and support trees that will grow into a self-sustaining ecosystem. We’re developing it following permaculture principles to create a diverse and integrated system that is rich in plant, insect and microbe life, and recycles nutrients and doesn’t need many inputs from us. …
Marking out the garden Read More »
Penguins could be one step safer at Pukerua Bay, with a new sign providing tips and information to visitors. Little penguins or kororā are occasionally seen and heard by residents at Pukerua Bay beach. Kororā usually come ashore in the evening and return to the sea in the morning. But when they are breeding or moulting they stay on land all the time. As their name suggests, they are tiny at around 33 centimetres long, and as they are flightless, they can easily be attacked by dogs.
Children from Pukerua Bay School joined Councillor Dale Williams and local residents to celebrate this initiative on Thursday 14 June. The children planted around the sign and placed hand-painted penguins nearby.
Designed by Pukerua Bay resident Anne Johnston, the sign has been adapted from a sign placed at Paekakariki by the Kāpiti Coast Biodiversity Project. The Pukerua Bay sign was created with support from the Hutt Mana Charitable Trust, the Department of Conservation, the Kāpiti Coast Biodiversity Project, Porirua City Council and the Pukerua Bay Residents’ Association.
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