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Plimmerton Residents’ Association Newsletter

June 2009

Seating for Plimmerton

Thank you to everyone who has looked at the website and taken time to
comment on the seating concepts designed by the Massey students. They
have toiled for six months and we really appreciate their commitment and
talent. On June 6th at the pavilion from 10am till 3pm you can see five
of the selected designs made full size and talk to the students about their
designs. This is your opportunity to thank the students for all their hard
work and to give them feedback.

Arbor Day
Join us in the dune restoration project on South Beach, Thursday June 18th
from 10.30am till midday. We’ll be planting native sand-binding Spinifex to
stabilise the beach from Taupo stream mouth towards Ngatitoa.
Call 237 5089 or tmullins@pcc.govt.nz for details.

Firefighters Sky Tower Challenge

Well done Plimmerton volunteer fire fighter Andrew Gould who joined 400
other fire fighters to run up all 1103 steps of the Sky Tower in full kit to raise
money for the Leukaemia and Blood Foundation. You can support this great
cause … go to www.leukaemia.org.nz or call Andrew 021 542 103

Volunteers
Grand people who make our community tick along. We need volunteers right
now for our local Police centre, Plunket, the Family Store, our library, and to
manage other projects like neighbourhood support. If you have an hour or
two to spare in your week we’d love to hear from you, call Carolyn 233 6385

Sports and fitness clubs and groups

Let us know what you have coming up and when you have classes or training
sessions … and we can let everyone else know.
Yoga and Swiss ball … croquet and archery … it’s all huge here in Plimmerton.
Please email us details about your club to plimmertonra@gmail.com

Mana Little Theatre

Present and former members are invited to celebrate 50 dramatic years!
Contact mlt.50.2009@gmail.com or ring Rob Bryson 235 0157

Budgie smugglers and balaclavas … June 14th Karehana Bay

Celebrate mid-winter at Plimmerton Kindergarten’s mid winter swim. Either
give it a go (participants just need to get wet) or simply come along for some
great family fun, fantastic spot prizes, great coffee and hot food. Gold coin
donation … all goes to help our local littlies. Check out the website
www.go4itnz.com for further information.

Well earned break

After three years working seven days a week our champion chippie owners
Athena and Peter are off to Greece to enjoy 40 degree plus temperatures and a
well earned break. Plimmerton Fish Supply will be closed from June 15th for
three months. We will miss you … enjoy a long restful holiday! We will all
look lean and hungry when you return.
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Revolve is open
Jo and Lee have opened Revolve (in what was Colours) opposite the fire
station. They specialise in paua art and jewellery and sell preloved designer
fashion on behalf … earn cash from your designer cast offs and score fashion
items at an affordable price … call in and say hello or phone 233 6322

Stuff not working?

Please copy us on anything you send to the council about roads, parking,
parks, reserves, trees, noise, rubbish, etc as we meet regularly with PCC staff
and it helps us if we know where there are issues. Call their contact centre on
237 5089 to report any maintenance or operational issue. A big thank you to
PCC’s fantastic maintenance teams who have been working with us lately to
tidy parks and improve planted areas in Plimmerton.

Doggy doo doos

A trial is being run for a few months in the little park on Steyne Ave with free
doggy doo doo bags being provided (by the bin). Please use them dogs! They
tell us that this is the densest doo doo area in Plimmerton.
Do we need doo doo bags in other dog exercise areas?

Plimmerton Residents Association … join now!

Join us for just $15 a year per household. In your copy of News and Views our
bi annual round up of events in Plimmerton, you will find an enrolment form.
There are lots of great projects you and your family can be involved with.

Aotea College
Aotea students raised $1500 for Leukaemia and Blood Foundation with their
recent mufti day and $3000 last month with Shave09 where several teachers
were publicly shorn … great effort.

What’s new in Plimmerton

Email us details about what your school, organisation, church group or sports
group (or whatever) has coming up. Send info to plimmertonra@gmail.com
by the 20th of each month. We email this newsletter to a large database of
people who live or work in Plimmerton and deliver a printed copy to every
residence and business.

PRA AGM OK!

The Plimmerton Resident’s Association had its annual general meeting last
week and goes into the year ahead with a full committee. Welcome to new
committee members Roger Beckett and Alistair Robb. Mayor Jenny Brash
gave a thought-provoking presentation about Porirua Harbour and the studies
being carried out to help manage accelerated silting. Thanks Jenny!
Want to know more? Call Porirua City Council contact centre 237 5089

Invitation from the commodore

Plimmerton Boating Club invites locals to a special dinner on Sunday June
14th. Get a group together and come along to enjoy top nosh and meet the
new manager and caterers. For reservations call Sandra McGill 233 1597

Want to get this newsletter emailed?

Send your email address to plimmertonra@gmail.com

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