PRA email newsletter June 2022

Subscription reminder!

Subs for 2022-2023 year are due now.

Just $20 per household for a year’s membership for your whole family, household or business for all Plimmerton/Camborne residents.

Direct credit Plimmerton Residents Association
Westpac 03 1533-0019155-00

(with your name and phone number in the info field.)

Please email plimmertonra@gmail.com to confirm your payment and other contact details. You will be added to the mailing list for our monthly newsletter.

Donations are also appreciated for projects and receipts can be emailed to you for donations over $10.

How your $20 annual subs make Plimmerton Camborne an even better place to live

Your subs and donations help to create and sustain community assets for your family and friends to enjoy.

If you enjoy a sunset walk and unwind along the water front then say thanks to the generous residents here who made these amenities possible. Waterfront walkways, café corner, waterfront seats and picnic tables, parks, playgrounds, drinking fountains, heritage trails and amenities like our restored railway station.

These fantastic assets have all been created and maintained by your residents’ association working with families here.

Check out www.plimmerton.nz/projects and join us today!

Pay your subs now and go into the draw for some fantastic prizes

The first 50 people to re-subscribe or join will go into the draw for some great prizes, including:

• This photo on canvas by Johanna Lowe, Day’s end, Mana Island, Plimmerton worth $340...

• The Alarmist: Fifty Years Measuring Climate Change, the Ockham Book Award winning book by sometime Plimmerton resident and esteemed scientist Doctor Dave Lowe...

• Your own paver in Karehana Park just like these!  Your way to remember someone important to you with one of these popular pavers in the park. Selling currently for $150

• Garden gifts from our own Menzshed including the ever-popular bottle bird feeder and weta hotel

And there’s more... thanks to those who are generously offering prizes!

What’s new in Plimmerton?

You can see the 2022 and 2033 plan on the Plimmerton Community website here. There are projects and initiatives you and your family can get involved with (including children’s art work shop holiday programmes to create new murals for the refurbished rail underpass.)

Check out the plan and see what is happening in our community and what your residents’ association is supporting.

Celebrating talented locals

Congratulations Dave Lowe! The Alarmist: Fifty Years Measuring Climate Change

Plimmertonian-at-heart Dave Lowe has won the E H McCormick Prize for best first work of general non-fiction in the Ockham Book Awards. The Alarmist: Fifty Years Measuring Climate Change is available from all good bookshops. Dr Lowe has an impressive CV (see here) and has been a key figure in the understanding of climate change causes and impacts.

Congratulations Alicija Gear with her exhibition Permanent Green

Exhibition opened this week Exhibitions Gallery of Fine Art, 20 Brandon Street, Wellington. www.exhibitionsgallery.co.nz

Don’t miss this exhibition of large stunning landscapes from accomplished local professional artist Alicija.

Pavers in the park

Huge interest from you all out there! We are working with PCC and Wellington Water to ensure that we can include everyone who is keen for a family paver. If you responded to pimmertonra@gmail.com expressing interest you will hear from us very soon.  Thanks!

Community Shed moving

And thanks for all the support on Facebook and plimmertonra@gmail.com for the shed team and their work in our community. News soon about the reconfiguration of the end of Plimmerton Domain currently occupied by the Downer team working on the platform and underpass area.

News from KiwiRail

The PACE project is running on time and is on track (sorry) and there will be closures over both Queen’s Birthday and Labour Weekend as crucial work is completed at both the level crossing and in the underpass area.

Check out this letter from KiwiRail for details of upcoming work that may affect you. Residents directly impacted have been communicated with by KiwiRail and there will be letters, visits and posters to explain each stage of work between now and Easter 2023.

Any questions should be addressed to the KiwRail team:
anna.jaquiery@kiwirail.co.nz

Big things are happening…

Plimmerton is being impacted by several large projects and your residents’ association is working with agencies like KiwiRail, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Waka Kotahi, Wellington Water and others to minimise disruption.

We can always use positive people to help us. Check out our 2022-23 plan here and join us.

Update on reducing flood risk in Karehana catchment

Wellington Water and Porirua City Council invite you to a drop-in session where they will share concept designs for works to reduce flood risk, and answer any questions:  

Plimmerton Pavilion  

Wednesday 15 June  

3 pm – 7 pm

Tagger in Plimmerton Domain

Anyone knowing who the persistent fence tagger in the domain is should contact Police on 105. Ratepayers would like to know who this misguided individual whose vandalism is costing ratepayers money.

If you know this person advise them to find a forum for their opinions that does not involve damaging public property.

Repairing vandalised property and removing tags costs Porirua City Council thousands every year that could be more used positively in our community.

Street groups settling in

Progress continues to be made in establishing street groups in Plimmerton Camborne.

Thanks to everyone who has been helping those isolated or unwell with shopping, picking up meds, dropping off meals and walking dogs! We have heard some wonderful stories of kindness and generosity.

Street group coordinators report that they are getting organised and some have set up smaller groups within their streets. Steyne Ave and the streets off it are covered now. Special mention in despatches to Deirdre Dale who has done sterling work engaging residents. Ogilvy Terrace has two groups being set up and the coordinators will be in touch with residents in that street soon.

If you are not yet active in your street group find out more on our community website here.

The only streets with no coordinators in place yet are School Road and Roy’s Road. We hope to hear from residents there soon that they have themselves sorted as both areas could be vulnerable in different emergency situations.

There will be an excellent event soon for coordinators to meet key civil defence management figures and see the whole professional set up that swings into action in any emergency situation. Coordinators should keep an eye on their Facebook page and/or watch out for an email from Sam.

Emergency services can respond more effectively and faster to any emergency scenario when they have a key contact who can help them to find the most vulnerable.

Chippie in safe hands

Please give a warm Plimmerton welcome to Skye and Denise who have taken over at Plimmerton Fish Supply.

This mother daughter combo brings experience to the job with Skye having ten years hospo experience and mum Denise has owned a cafe and has years of experience in food and grocery. They live in Pukerua Bay and Skye spent four months working with Athena and Peter before taking over the business.

They are maintaining the standards of excellence in everyone’s favourites and have ideas for some interesting additions. Anyone for chips and gravy?

(04) 2338063 or plimmertonfishsupply@gmail.com

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