News

Wine & Cheese Evening featuring local artist Pauline Allomes

Friday 25th September 5 to 6.30 pm

Duncan Pavilion, Rangiora Street, Castlecliff

• Progress Castlecliff Coast Care are launching Pauline’s upcoming exhibition “Line in the Sand
• Pauline is well known for her micrography works featuring environmental issues
• This time she has focused on dune plants observed at Castlecliff
• Pauline is donating a percentage of her sales to Castlecliff Coast Care
• In addition, Wine and Cheese evening proceeds support Whanganui based 2021 Coastal Restoration Trust NZ Conference
• Tickets $20. Register your attendance with Graham at [Enable JavaScript to view protected content] or 06 344 1012

Exhibition “Line in the Sand” is being held at Pauline’s home, 4 Barrack Street, Aramoho from 3rd to 11th October, as a Whanganui Heritage month event.

The exhibition includes a display of early Castlecliff photographs compiled by local historian Lynne Douglas.

After having to keep this a secret for a few months, we are pleased to announce the news that we have been granted funding from the DOC Community Fund for a 2-year project to produce lots of educational videos on coastal restoration as well as hold some workshops. Read the news here.

Updates about progress on this project will be shared on our Projects page under Videos and Workshops.

We thank DOC for supporting this project.

Waikato Regional Council would like more volunteers to help plant dunes. The next session is at Port Waikato on Saturday 1 August, 10am.

There are many other planting bees in the Waikato region and details can be found on the Waikato Coastcare Facebook page. One is tomorrow in Kawhia, many in August and no doubt there will be more in September. Check it out!

If you’d like to be part of Castlecliff Coast Care’s winter Community Planting Days, dress up warm, and meet the team at The Duncan Pavilion, Rangiora St, Castlecliff, Whanganui (Manawatū) on Sunday, August 23, at 10.30am; or Saturday, September 19 for an afternoon planting session starting at 1.30pm.

See this story about a planting day held earlier this year and this one.

A message from Waikato Regional Council about the Waikato Regional Coastal Plan:

In March, we started meeting with communities around the Coromandel Peninsula to capture views and feedback on the key issues we’ve identified and ways the current coastal plan can be improved. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic these engagement activities were cut short.

We’re now in a position to resume engagement and would value the opportunity to meet with you at one of the community drop-in sessions we have planned. Dates and venues are below. Please share this email with any of your contacts who may also be interested in attending.

Whitianga
Thursday, 6 August - 3.30pm-6pm
Mercury Bay Boating Club
90 Buffalo Beach Road

Coromandel
Friday, 7 August - 11am-1pm
Coromandel Community Boardroom
355 Kapanga Road

We realise you may not be able to attend in person – no problem! You can also provide feedback via our website for Healthy Environments | He Taiao Mauriora Coastal Plan Review. On our website we break down the issues into key topic areas. These are also compiled into a handy PDF document here.

The feedback we receive will be collated and used to further refine the issues to be addressed in the current coastal plan.

If there are any matters you would like further clarified or you would like the opportunity to meet with us in person (or virtually), then reply to this [Enable JavaScript to view protected content].

We look forward to speaking with you at one of our drop-in sessions!

Noho ora mai
Healthy Environments - Coastal Plan Review Team