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People Wanted We are on the lookout for speakers/singers/comedians/dancers/acrobats … anyone who has half an hour to spare at 1pm on a Friday to entertain our seniors at the Friday Circle social group. We are also looking for suggestions for people to interview in our “Out and About” column in the Tattler, so if you, or someone you know, could do either of these things, please contact Euan at [email protected], give us a call on 384 6799, or pop in and see us.

Playground Renewal We have been advised by WCC that the playground here at the Community Centre is on the playground renewal programme for the 2021/2022 financial year. An initial consultation with the Community Centre and Brooklyn and St Bernards Schools is coming up very soon, with public consultation to commence once concept designs are finalised. The playground is used by a wide range of children, from toddlers to teenagers, so we will be feeding back to WCC how important it is to keep it attractive

Ngā mihi o Matariki, te tau hou Māori – Happy Matariki!

Hello and welcome to the July edition of the Brooklyn Tattler. As we write this, Wellington is in Covid alert Level Two, but we are hopeful we will be back at Level One by the time the Tattler comes out. We have our sanitising and sign-in procedures in place, with extra cleaning being done throughout the day. Please remember to sign-in if you visit the Community Centre (at all alert levels) and use hand sanitiser when you arrive.

Market As a result of the alert level change, we have had to cancel our June market. This decision wasn’t taken lightly, but because the majority of the market is indoors and we are unable to provide adequate social distancing for our stall holders and visitors, we really had no choice but to cancel. This is the second June market that has been cancelled as we were in Level Two this time last year as well. The next market will be held on Saturday, 25 September.

Holiday Programme School holidays are this month so that means it’s time for another Holiday Programme here at the Community Centre. We have lots of fun planned, including trips to the Penthouse, Laser Force, and Kilbirnie Rec Centre. There are still some spaces available so contact Adam at [email protected] if you would like to find out more.

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to all age groups. We will keep you updated as to what the concept design will look like as the process continues, but WCC have already been advised we must have swings!

Have a great month

Julie and Euan

CONTACT USHall Hire and General Enquiries: [email protected]

Childcare Programmes: [email protected]

Accounts: [email protected]

Manager: [email protected]

Tattler: [email protected]

Market: [email protected]

Main Office: 04 384 6799

Childcare Office: 04 385 0089

Local resident Chandra Littlewood speaking at the Friday Circle social group

IN THIS ISSUEFrom the Community Centre 2-3

WCC Update 4

School News 5

History 6

Residents’ Association 7

Friends of Owhiro Stream 8

BRC Charitable Trust 9

What’s On 10-11

Vogelmorn Precinct 12

Physical Stories with Jo 13

Friends of Central Park 14

Cats Protection Wellington 15

Friday Circle 16

Community Centre Photos 17

Community Groups 18-19

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August 2021 copy due no later than 5pm Tuesday 20 JulyEmail your contribution [email protected]

Brooklyn Tattler is published by the Brooklyn Community Association Inc. 18 Harrison Street, Brooklyn. Association members accept no liability for the contents which have been prepared in good faith. Printed by Pivotal.

This month’s cover photo is of the Greater Brooklyn Residents’ Association Committee at their recent AGM.

Photo Credit: Euan Harris

The trial bike route is open! It aims to create a safe route on Brooklyn Road from Nairn Street to Ohiro Road. During this project we test and trial solutions at life size scale and make changes in real time. We would love to hear about your experience with the trial bike route, however you have used it. Go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VDR6GVZ to fill out our short survey.

reason at some very inconvenient hours. If you live locally to the school you have likely been affected by this. The good news is that the building contractor has now found the source of the fault and remedied it. Hopefully that’s the end of the early morning alarms.

St Bernards pupils recently had a morning at the ASB centre where they received expert basketball and floorball coaching from Wellington Saints player, Troy McLean. Also, in June, a “crazy hair day” was held to support the Shave for a Cure initiative, which raises funds for people undergoing cancer treatment, and cancer research.

Term Two finishes on 8 July for St Bernards, and 9 July for Brooklyn and Ridgway Schools. Term Three commences on 26 July.

Julie Seevens

School holidays are upon us again this month, marking the halfway point of the school year. Before then, Matariki celebrations are being planned. As I write this, Wellington is in Covid alert Level Two, so hopefully we will move back down to Level One and they will be able to go ahead.

Brooklyn School’s redevelopment programme that commenced in October 2018 is nearing the finish line, with the administration block currently being re-clad, and plastering and painting now underway. It is hoped to be completed in early term three at which time a community celebration will be held. The school has, for the past few months, been having trouble with their fire alarm which has been going off for no apparent

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WCC UPDATE

Brooklyn, up until recently, had two bowling clubs in its area, the Vogelmorn Bowling Club and the Wellington Bowling Club. The Wellington Bowling Club at Tanera Park was an amalgamation of two earlier clubs, the Aro Street Bowling Club, and the Kelburn Bowling Club. The Aro Street club survived for over 80 years and was located where the Wellington City Council owned Pukehinau Flats are now, while the Kelburn club was situated on Kelburn Park, now occupied by the fountain. Both clubs were very attractive to wealthy members who were merchants and professionals in the 1930s up to the 1960s, but even then, membership was declining and the executive members were offered a price to sell that was very attractive so they accepted. Both were one green clubs, and when they sold, the members purchased a section of Tanera Park where the present

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facilities were built. In later years, both Wellington and Vogelmorn Club members were mainly local residents from Brooklyn and Mornington.

Vogelmorn Bowling Club was established in 1944 as a number of local residents who had given up the more physical games of football, cricket, and tennis were keen to form a bowling club. There was a vacant site adjacent to the Vogelmorn Hall - so named as it was midway between Mornington and Vogeltown. The Wellington City Council had no use for the land and granted a lease so the green could be formed. Local residents were very generous with a number taking out debentures of fixed amounts so work could begin. By 1945, 500 debentures had been issued to 33 residents and most of these people did all the excavations and preparations themselves. It was completed and play commenced in October 1947. The Club survived until 2014 when falling membership forced them to sell. The buyer was the Vogelmorn Foundation, who oversees the Vogelmorn Community Group.

Chris Rabey

Wellington Bowling Club at Tanera Park in 1984

Monthly update on issues and projects involving our

community

NEXT MEETING – come and have your say 19th July 2021 at 7.30pm, At the Brooklyn Community Centre

Harrison Street Housing Rebuild

Construction is estimated to be completed by 2022. We have been advised by WCC that there will be a vehicle turning area.

Building Line Restriction

We understand that the council has come to an agreement regarding the section of footpath outside 31 Cleveland Street relating to the building line restriction of 1962. More details next month.

31 Cleveland St / New Housing

The building has been demolished and construction is starting on 23 apartments with a commercial enterprise on the street front.

Ohiro / Todman Cleveland Intersection

The council has issued TR84-21 notification re changes in lower Todman Street, and on the east side of Ohiro Road between Cleveland St and McKinley Cres and to the bus stop to the north east of the intersection. The consultation started on 28 June. https://wellington.govt.nz/have-your-say/consultations

Old St Matthew’s Church – multi unit dwellings

Demolition has begun. New owner seeking Resource Consent for a 14 unit development. There will be access to two garages from Garfield Street with the remaining vehicle access via Washington Ave.

WCC Southern Landfill

WCC Southern Landfill resource consent will run out in four years. C&D (building demolition clean fill) is close to filling its existing site –can expand to a further nearby site – and T&T is nearing limit on its resource consent (also have room to expand further under a new Resource Consent). We expect more information soon. WCC also need to clarify what it intends to do with its sewage sludge treatment plant at the Southern Landfill.

Prince of Wales/Omāroro 30Ml Water Reservoir

Excavation work is mostly completed, the foundation poured and the water tank is under construction. The majority of the excavated rock/dirt has been stockpiled on the lower field for remediation future use.

Brooklyn Road Cycleway

Cycleway feedback closed on 30 June. You can still let the council know what you think at: [email protected] or email a councillor

Email us your ideas, queries or concerns, or to sign up to our newsletter at: [email protected]


UPDATEHISTORY


OWHIRO STREAMfriends of

Some months ago, an email arrived in the FOOS inbox from the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) inviting us to take part in an eDNA survey. eDNA? Oh, “environmental DNA.” Apparently, if we took samples of our stream water, Wilderlab, Aotearoa’s only eDNA testing lab, based in Wellington could magically draw out the DNA of everything, animal or vegetable, that had passed through the water - bugs, butterflies, leaves, dogs, invertebrates, fish. After receiving our special syringes, we sent off our samples and forgot about them.

However, recently we went to a lecture on DNA and there on the Power Point screen was a slide of someone getting a water test exactly as we had done. The lecturer, Dr Mike Bunce, mentioned that the technology to interpret these tests was fairly new, something to do with metabarcoding, somewhat like using a magnet to draw out the pertinent information. He also told us that we

could look up the results on Wilderlab’s website, which of course we did as soon as we got home, and very interesting they were. We had taken two tests, one from our site by Jamieson’s Towing, and one further down below where the stream from T&T landfill entered. The results from each sample are startlingly different, test number 501644, from the upper stream, showed a myriad of species hits, while results from the lower sample were very meagre. According to the all-knowing Dr Google, eDNA survives in water for a few weeks at most. Results should have shown what was currently in the stream, so how did there get to be cow and sheep samples? Trucks going to the landfill?

To see for yourself, you can look up Wilderlab on the net - type Owhiro Stream in the search box, and then click ‘table’.

Janet Campbellfor Friends of Owhiro Stream

email [email protected]

TThhee BBRRCC CChhaarriittaabbllee TTrruusstt [email protected] The BRC Charitable Trust was established at the beginning of this year and distributed its first round of funding in March. Formerly known as the Brooklyn Resource Centre, and more recently as The BRC Society, the organisation has existed in the Brooklyn community for almost 40 years. It operated from premises in Jefferson Street until the property was sold at the end of 2017. Proceeds from the sale of the property were invested. Over the last couple of years the core programme of activity continued from St Matthew’s Church and subsequently Brooklyn Community Centre took over the running of the ‘Friday Circle’. A decision was made to transition from an Incorporated Society to a Registered Charity in order to distribute grants to not-for-profit groups and organisations operating in the wider Brooklyn area. Grants are distributed in two funding cycles each year – the first funding round is in March and the second funding round is in September. Closer to the next distribution cycle in a couple of months’ time information on how to apply for funding will be provided through this column.

The BRC Charitable Trust

The BRC Charitable Trust was established at the beginning of this year and distributed its first round of funding in March. Formerly known as the Brooklyn Resource Centre, and more recently as The BRC Society, the organisation has existed in the Brooklyn community for almost 40 years. It operated from premises in Jefferson Street until the property was sold at the end of 2017. Proceeds from the sale

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of the property were invested.

Over the last couple of years the core programme of activity continued from St Matthew’s Church and subsequently Brooklyn Community Centre took over the running of the ‘Friday Circle’. A decision was made to transition from an Incorporated Society to a Registered Charity in order to distribute grants to not-for-profit groups and organisations operating in the wider Brooklyn area.

Grants are distributed in two funding cycles each year – the first funding round is in March and the second funding round is in September. Closer to the next distribution cycle in a couple of months’ time information on how to apply for funding will be provided through this column.

The BRC Charitable Trust

Visit us atwww.tvf.org.nz

The Vogelmorn Foundation has commenced distributing funds to

local organisations and individuals.

PO Box 14-330, KilbirnieWellington, 6022

[email protected]

For more information or to apply for funding please visit our website.

Applications MUST be made online.

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DAY PILATES Contact Liz Birkett on 027 503 0211 or

[email protected] 9 - 10 AM

Improve your movement, posture & breathing. Contact Toni McWhinnie on 475 3355 or email [email protected]

10:30 - 11:30 AM FELDENKRAIS

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During school terms. For details contact Ross Young on 021 264 0440 or email [email protected]

6:30 - 8 PM ST JOHN CADETS

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FAMILY FIT KARATE

Beginners Karate (5+ years). Contact Patricia Reilly on 027 297 6049 or 383 9371. Email: [email protected] Online: www.familyfitkarate.co.nz

5:30 - 6:15 PM

GET FIT FAST Cardio & Core strength workout (12+ years). Contact Sensei Patricia 027 297 6049. 7:30 - 8 PM

Contact Adam Hendry, Childcare Programme Manager. Phone 385 0089 or email [email protected].

CHILDCARE PROGRAMMES

BEFORE SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL

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what’s on at your

FELDENKRAIS Contact Toni McWhinnie on 475 3355 or email [email protected] - 11 AM

TABLE TENNIS

Open to all ages and ability. Tables, bats and balls provided. Contact Philip on 934 7445 or email: [email protected]

9 AM - 12 PM

Contact Margaret 389 3028 or email [email protected] - 7:30 PM BROWNIES

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Contact Ferne on 389 1433 or email: ferne.david@xtra. co.nz6:30 - 7:30 PM TAI CHI

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PILATES Contact Liz Birkett on 027 503 0211 or [email protected] 9 & 10 AM

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DANCE CLASSES FOR CHILDREN

Email: [email protected] or view online at www.db4dance.co.nz9 - 10 AM

All levels welcome. Koha. BYO mat. Email: [email protected]. See Jenn’s updates on Facebook at ‘Blue Ocean Yoga’.

10:30 AM VINYASA YOGA

Brooklyn Market Sat 25th September from 12pm to 4pm. Contact 384 6799 or [email protected]

12 - 4 PM QUARTERLY MARKETS

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EKKAALLAM CHURCH

Tamil Christian worship and service. Contact Robert [email protected] or 027 858 9916

10 AM - 12 PM

Contact Sensei Patricia 027 297 6049.5:30 - 7:30 PM FAMILY FIT KARATE

To book Brooklyn Community Centre for classes, groups or events contact Euan Harris on 384 6799 or [email protected]

FRIDAY CIRCLE

Connecting with Spanish speaking children. Email Maribel at [email protected]

11 AM - 2 PM

5:30 - 6:30 PM TIERRA SPANISH LANGUAGE CLUB

KANGATRAINING Post natal classes for new mums and their babies with Hannah Foley. Email [email protected]

10 - 11:30 AM

KARATE Contact Patricia Reilly 027 297 6049. Email: [email protected]

5 - 6:30 PM

CRAFT CONNECTIONS

Fortnightly crafters social group. Contact Louise email: [email protected]

10 AM - 12 PM

TABLE TENNIS

Inquiries Philip on 934 7445 or email: [email protected] PM

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Seniors Social Group, meets weekly for light lunch and activities. Contact Euan Harris, details at bottom of page

Community Reflection Meeting at Vogelmorn Bowling Club and Green, Sunday 4 July from 2pm - 4pm This is an invitation to join us to discuss all things Vogelmorn and how we can continue to grow and improve the Precinct. Whether you have an idea/project that you’d like to see come to life at Vogelmorn or maybe you’d like to get more involved by volunteering or even by joining the board of trustees - we’re always looking for new people and new ideas to make Vogelmorn a better place. The format will be relaxed - expect comfy couches, snacks and good conversation. Hope to see you there!

Kanikani: Dancing in the Dark at Vogelmorn Hall, 5 July and 9 September from 7.45pm - 9pm The sun’s setting early these days which means it’s time for some ultimate booty shaking in the dark!!!! Join us for a kanikani at the Vogelmorn Hall. Bring your mates, some koha ($5) and let your hair down on a Monday night.

VOGELMORN PRECINCT

[email protected]://vogelmorn.nz/

Vogelmorn Couch Sessions 6.0 at Vogelmorn Bowling Club, Sunday 11 July from 4pm Our sixth Couch Sessions is shaping up to be a goodie and we’ve got three incredible artists lined up to serenade us for the evening:

Yann Le Dorré

Wiri Donna

O & The Mo

All ages are welcome – those under 18 will need to be accompanied by a legal guardian. Tickets available through EventBrite, or see our website. We can’t wait to see you there!

Japanese Cinema Club at Vogelmorn Bowling Club, 28 July from 7.30pm Brilliant and the bent dreams from a century of Japanese cinema The final showing of the season will be Nagisa Ōshima’s (1983) captivating, skewed World War II drama, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence.

Entry is free, we just ask that you RSVP through the Facebook event which you’ll find on the Friends of Vogelmorn Facebook Page or by emailing us at [email protected]

NEW CLASSES FOR FOUR TO SEVEN YEAR OLDSJoanne Lisik is a performing arts teacher and professional performer who has created fun and entertaining classes for kids aged four to seven years old called “Physical Stories with Jo.” Outside her role as a school drama teacher at QMC, she runs weekly classes using a range of interactive yoga stories, drama exercises, songs, and reflection time, to build on children’s concentration, confidence and collaboration skills.

Using stories that kids love like Frozen, Giraffes Can’t Dance, and The Gruffalo, Joanne focuses on the messages behind these stories such as managing fear, being

kind and discovering what makes you special; learning that your actions affect both your own well- being and others around you; being brave and able to stay calm by using deep breathing to think clearly. “It’s really important for kids to be taught strategies to deal with life’s stresses when they are young, so that they have tools to access throughout their lives,” says Joanne. The sessions are designed to be really great fun and purposeful. “Getting kids physically moving their bodies and thinking simultaneously is so beneficial”. The first session is FREE, but you do have to register so get in quick!

Classes run in Brooklyn and Island Bay. Brooklyn classes start on Wednesday 4 August at 3.30pm from the Scouts Hall in Harrison Street. For more information go to joannelisik.com or email [email protected]. Love to have you join us!

UPDATE LOCAL CLASS


POSSUMThis is the face of a cat who has been through adversity, and still has a loving heart to share.

Possum is a brave and trusting girl, who was living as a stray in a layby near Levin. She was taken off the street by a local animal rescue, but she had multiple health issues, and wasn’t coping with the other cats and dogs.

CPW is now looking after Possum, and her diabetes is now in remission, and she’s doing very well on current medication and prescribed diet for her skin and tummy issues. Her patchy tortie fur has come through thick and soft!

Despite her health challenges, Possum loves spending time with people, and we think she’s only five years old. As soon as anyone approaches her, she’s ready with a huge purry welcome. This is a sweet lady who needs her own loving home, where she can put her troubles behind her for once and for all.

Possum is eligible for our Care for Life foster programme, where we pay the vet bills for her existing medical conditions, in return for someone giving her a wonderful, loving home.

There’s more about Possum at catsprotectionwellington.org.nz. Call us for an appointment on 04 389 9668 if you would like to meet her. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube for pictures, stories and videos of cats in our shelter.

With the shortest day come and gone, it’s nice to be reminded of just what’s possible when the weather becomes more clement. And for us, that’s enjoying all the people drawn to Central Park. The photo shows one of the mushroom-hatted people who were sharing the park with us at a Sunday working bee earlier this year. The hats were made by Victoria Gridley and worn to the CubaDupa Festival. They were particularly spectacular as they flew down the playground on the flying fox.

A big shout out to the Young Professionals from GHD who turned up in very inclement weather to help out at the May working bee. Not only did they dig in, but they also brought us morning tea. A generous gift in return for wet socks, muddy shoes and weeds!

In July we’ll be planting. Don’t miss the opportunity to add a little bit of

your energy to growth in the park as we welcome in the new year after Matariki. Dress warm and bring your own mug. We’ll provide tools and home-baked morning tea.

Next working bees

Thursday 8 July 10am – 12pm (and every second Thursday of the month) Meet at the playground.

Sunday 25 July 10am – 12.30pm Meet at park entrance on Washington Avenue.

Check https://www.meetup.com/upstream/ for confirmation of meeting place.

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/UpstreamArtTrail/

Contact Lynne at [email protected] Everyone welcome!

CENTRAL PARKfriends of

The demolition of St Matthew’s Church begins. Photo Credit: Euan Harris

Photo Credit: Bree Wogan

CATS PROTECTION WELLINGTON


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The top photo of the Brooklyn Community Centre was taken prior to the fire of 19 June 1994, which destroyed the large hall on the left. The main change in the more recent photo is the addition of the RSA room to the right, which was funded by the Brooklyn Branch of the Wellington RSA, and officially opened on 26 July 2003. How many other changes can you see?


HISTORY


BROOKLYN BROWNIES, GUIDES AND [email protected] Lawrie 802 5049BrowniesMargaret Jones 389 3028Brooklyn GuidesKathryn Lawrie 802 5049

BROOKLYN FOOD GROUP Local food and community. Working bees held on the 1st & 3rd Sundays of the month from 9:30am at the Brooklyn Orchard, end of Harrison St. [email protected] or www.facebook.com/BrooklynFoodGroupNZ

BROOKLYN GARDEN CLUB Meets 1st Wednesday 7:30pm from March to October at the Reformed Church on Harrison Street. New members and visitors welcome. Contact Ruth Jeffery on 027 430 0964 or email: [email protected]

BROOKLYN GECKOS HOCKEY FOR KIDSYears 1-6 and new entrants. Fridays 4-5:15pm at the Brooklyn Bowling Club astro turf at Tanera Park, 8 Tanera Crescent. Just turn up on practice day http://brooklyngeckoshockey.weebly.com. Come and join us for free summer hockey training.

BROOKLYN LOCAL HISTORY GROUP Next meeting at 2pm on Saturday 7 August in the Brooklyn Library. Contact Sharon Macintyre 027 634 4455 or 388 8088 sharonmacintyre42@gmail. com or Chris Rabey 384 9293 ships.pubs@gmail. com for more information

BROOKLYN MAINLY MUSIC Fun affordable 30 minutes, for parents or care givers to enjoy with their pre-schooler(s). Morning Tea provided. Wellington Reformed Church 34 Harrison St. Rachel 022 407 9652

BROOKLYN NORTHERN UNITEDJUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUBFirst kicks enrolments open throughout the season. Email enquiries to [email protected] or visit us online at www.bnujfc.co.nz

BROOKLYN PLAYGROUPFun group for parents & caregivers with preschool children. Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30-11:30am during the school term at the Korean Church - 184 Ohiro Road. Turn up on the day.

BROOKLYN SCOUTSScout Hall, Harrison St.Scouting is for boys and girls who love adventure. Keas 5-7 yrs, Cubs 7-11yrs, Scouts 11-14yrs, Venturers 14-18yrs. Contact Gillian

Boyes 972 9904 or [email protected]

BROOKLYN SMALLBORE RIFLE CLUB Ages 14+ Sundays 6.30pm-8pm mid-March to early October at the Royal Tiger Range, 131 Russell Terrace, Newtown. To join contact Dianne Grain on 0274 449 [email protected]

BROOKLYN TABLE TENNIS 9am-12pm Tuesdays and 8pm Wednesdays at Brooklyn Community Centre. We welcome new members of all ages and ability. Tables, bats and balls provided. Phone Philip on 934 7445.

BROOKLYN TOY LIBRARYThe Toy Library has re-opened in new premises at the Vogelmorn Precinct. You’ll find us immediately to the right-hand side as you enter the main gate on Mornington Road. We have a fantastic range of toys for children aged 0-7 years available to hire. Find us on Facebook or visit our website: brooklyntoylibrary.org.nz

BROOKLYN WALKERS Meet Monday mornings (except public holidays) outside the Brooklyn Library. Phone Susannah 384 7412 or Clare 384 9054.

12 July – Petone Esplanade to Lower Hutt. Catch 9:30

No 7 bus then 10:17 No 83.

19 July – Walk from Brooklyn to Wallace St. to catch 9:31 No 3 bus to Kilbirnie.

26 July – Johnsonville and Newlands. Catch 9:14 No 7 bus, then 10:02 train.

2 August – Bell Rd, Nairn Street Park, Hankey St, Basin Reserve to Waterfront.

BROOKLYN JUNIOR CRICKET CLUB At the old Wellington Bowling Club, Tanera Crescent, Brooklyn. More details online at www.bjcc.co.nz

FRIENDS OF OWHIRO STREAM Working bees on the second Saturday of the month 10am-12:30pm. Contact Martin on 389 8995 or email: [email protected]

PREDATOR FREE BROOKLYN Hello Kaka, goodbye rats! We’re looking for volunteers to host traps on their properties. If you’d like to help email [email protected]

RATA PLAYGROUP Calm and nurturing place for babies and toddlers 0-3 years to explore, learn and socialise with a parent or family member. Morning sessions available at Capital Montessori, Camrose Grove, Kingston. montessori.school.nz/playgroup

or email [email protected]

THE KUNG FU SCHOOL Learn Shaolin Kung Fu for self defense and functional fitness. Wellington Swords Club Building, 2 Tanera Crescent, Brooklyn. Contact Rob Young on 021 408 521 or [email protected] www.shaolinkungfu.co.nz

ST JOHN PENGUIN AND YOUTH DIVISION Penguin Program 6-8 yrs.Karen 389 4060Youth Division 8-18 yrs.Carol 0274 321 204www.stjohn.org.nz

TURBINE TALKERS TOASTMASTERS CLUB Your local chapter of Toastmasters International. Tuesdays 7:15pm-9:15pm fortnightly at the Reformed Church on Harrison St. Sam Day 022 436 8715, Sylvie 022 197 3610 [email protected] http://6879.toastmastersclubs.org

UPSTREAM – FRIENDS OF CENTRAL PARK Working Bees from 10am-12:30pm on the last Sunday of the month. Contact Lynne White at [email protected] Come along for great conversations, meet new people, delicious morning tea and contribute to the care of Central Park. We also have a working bee from 10am-12pm on the second

Thursday of the month. Contact Celia Murphy at [email protected]

SCRABBLE WELLINGTON Club nights every Wednesday from 7pm in the cafe area upstairs at the former Vogelmorn Bowling Club, 93 Mornington Road. All abilities welcome! First night free, otherwise $5/night. Contact Nick Ascroft for more information. Email: [email protected] or phone/text 022 675 1399.

VOGELMORN TENNIS CLUB Welcomes players of all ages and abilities. Join our social, family-friendly club. Club days, competitive play, professional coaching.

vogelmorntennisclub.comcall in, or email [email protected]

WELLINGTON SWORDS CLUB By the Tanera Park bowling greens off Tanera Crescent. Contact Vicci Lamb - Head Coach. Phone 970 7496 or email: [email protected]

EVERY GIRLS’ & BOYS’ RALLY Thursdays during school terms from 7pm-8:30pm at Ridgeway Christian Youth Centre, 117 The Ridgeway, Mornington for ages 8 - 12. Contact Evan Tyler 027 274 2631 [email protected]


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