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Newsletter of Mt Pleasant Memorial Community Centre & Residents Association Incorporated (MPMCCRAI)
Pleasant News
Kia ora tatou/ Greetings all
Best wishes for 2012 from your Residents’
Association – may the year bring better things
for us all as we either restore, repair, recover
or rebuild.
There are a number of things happening in
our community that I would invite you to par-
ticipate in. The regular fortnightly swap meets
are going well with garden abundance being
shared along with creations from swapees’
kitchens and bookshelves. Presently we are
meeting in front of the shops on Major Horn-
brook road until we can meet inside our tem-
porary community centre. There have been
discussions about setting up either a commu-
nity garden or a communal gardening group
for hill residents – see elsewhere in the news-
letter for details.
As a community we’ve been pretty good about
supporting and looking out for each other. To
celebrate our community’s strength the Asso-
ciation, in partnership with the school, has
organised a Pleasant Day Out from noon on
18 to noon on 19th Feb. We’d really love to
see as many of you there as possible even if
you cannot stay for the whole 24 hours of
music, food and fun!
As an Association we have supported the
Coastal Pathway Group, formed to develop
and promote the concept of a designated
pathway from Scarborough to Ferrymead
Bridge. This well designed and landscaped
pathway would provide a wide, safe pictur-
esque route for walkers, cyclists, skaters etc.
For more information on how you can support
this group see the notice elsewhere in this
newsletter.
Finally, our new website is up and running but
we’d love more visitors. Over the next month
all those who are on our email database will
go into a draw to win a prize – an opportunity
to treat yourself and your loved one as well as
hearing about the great things going on in
your community! See page 7 for details.
See you at the Pleasant Day Out!
Jocelyn Papprill—Chair
He pitopito kōrero nō Tauhinu-Korokio
January—February 2012
Diary this date!
18 — 19 February
Pleasant Day Out, our annual community event on the hill, is go-
ing to be a 24 hour event this year involving heaps of music,
laughs and remembrance. A chance for our community to share,
reflect and look forward to the year ahead. For those who want
to, there will even be a chance to camp out (replicating the tent
city which sprang up on the eve of the February 22 last year). On
the Sunday morning we will have breakfast followed by more
events and a very special Remembrance service. To see the
day’s programme turn to page 2
Please note: This event supersedes the event which was to have
taken place on the 19th February as advertised in Summer Times
booklet.
Our vision: ―To nurture and facilitate a dynamic, friendly community that is resilient and sustainable.”
Pleasant Day Out Events
Saturday 18th February
Events listed are still being finalised
Stage One
1.30- 2.30 Carrot & Pickles – fantastic
entertainment for all ages
2.30-3.30 Baywatch - Rock and Roll
3.30-4.30 Linwood College - Barbershop
Quartet and Jazz Band
4.30-5.30 Ukulele Orchestra/Global Voices
- Ukeleles and fun music, Global
Voices Acapela world music
5.30-6.30 Nick Lee - Solo soft rock guitar
and vocals
7.30-8.30 Joe Davies - Electronic and
Disco
6.30-7.30 Izzy Miller - Jazz and Blues
8.30-9.30 Mark Lane - 80s classic hits
9.30-11.30 Sign of the Firebird - Classic
Rock
11.30pm The big camp out begins
Stage two
Young adults stage with lots of surprises.
Other entertainment
1.00— 4pm Face painting
1.00—4pm Bouncy castle
3.30pm & 7.30pm Poetry reading and creat-
ing
Kids busking and kids art table with prize
for best works
Bring your favourite photo of Mt Pleasant to be published on our website – prize to be won.
Regular movie screenings to keeps kids en-
tertained
Joe Davies document Mt Pleasant The For-
gotten suburb
Sunday 19th February
7.30am—9.30am Community breakfast
9.30— Aunty Jocelyn’s Sunday Stories follow
the pied piper to Aunty Jocelyn who will tell you
wonderful tales.
11.00—Memorial Celebration Service—with
readings, music and words.
Food and Drink
Feel free to bring your own or choose from our
International food vendors:
Brazillian Coffee
French crepes
Italian Pizza
German sausages
Egyptian baking,
Argentinean empanadas
But we need help!!!!!!
Help us get organized for this great event—
please let us know if you would like a camping
space booked or if you can help us on any of the
ways listed below :
Tent City
As the music and entertainment will run until
late, there will be an opportunity for those who
want to camp overnight to do so. You can either
bring your own tent or book a space in one of
the large tents provided (sleeping arrangements
will be marae-style). As space is limited you will
need to reserve a spot for your tent or your
space in a communal tent. In recognition of the
effect the quake has taken on our community,
priority will be given to those who are currently
unable to live in their homes Continued next page
MPMCCRAI — Pleasant News
Page 2
Continued from page 2
due to earthquake damage, so please include this
in your response if this is your situation. How-
ever we think there will be plenty of room for
everyone who wants to camp.
To book your spaces please email Corinne on
Market Stalls
Space is available for people, organizations and
businesses to have a display stall on the 18th
from 12 noon until whenever you would like to
finish. The cost is $20.00 per table. Please
email [email protected] to register.
Helpers Needed
In addition to an international mix of food and
drink to purchase we will be running the tradi-
tional sausage sizzle, baking and candy floss
stalls to cover costs of the event. We therefore
need volunteers to work on rosters for the fol-
lowing jobs during the event:
· Sausage sizzle
· Candy floss stand
· Baking stall
· General help on the day
If you are able to help please email coordina-
[email protected] as soon as possible.
Baking Donations
If you are able to donate some baking to sell at
the event, please let Corinne know on
[email protected]. All money raised will
go back to the community association.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Please note: This event supersedes the event
which was to have taken place on the 19th Febru-
ary as advertised in Summer Times booklet.
Coastal Pathway
The Coastal Pathway Group was established in Sep-
tember of last year to bring to the attention of CCC
and CERA the importance of establishing a Coastal
Pathway along the water’s edge from Ferrymead
Bridge to Scarborough as part of the rebuild of
Christchurch. Cycling and walking facilities have
been identified as the two of the most desired im-
provements Christchurch residents are seeking as
part of the rebuild. CPG believes the pathway will
bring enormous benefits not only to local residents
but to all people living in Christchurch and therefore
we seek your help in gaining support for this project.
A pathway for this stunningly beautiful area has
been talked about for decades but CPG believes
now is the right time for it to be established given all
the repair work necessary around the proposed
route. However we realise that decision makers
face many deserving, competing priorities and
therefore we must demonstrate that this pathway is
wanted by the people of Christchurch. If you want to
help make this concept a reality please help us
gather signatures of support on the form on page 5
and return it to the address specified. Please also
consider becoming a paid up supporter—only $5.00
per household.
Linda Rutland
Chair Coastal Pathway Group
Mt Pleasant Presbyterian Church
Due to the extent of the damage to our church
building, Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church will
not be re-opened. We have decided to join in co-
operation with the Sumner-Redcliffs Union Parish
(Presbyterian-Methodist) which meets every Sun-
day at 10a.m., at the Union Church, 4 Augusta
St., Redcliffs. As always we offer an open, inclu-
sive and liberal form of Christianity, so anyone is
welcome to worship with us.
Neil Keesing S.Th. L.Th. (Rev). Phone 326-4822
Email: [email protected]
MPMCCRAI — Pleasant News
Page 3
Mt Pleasant Residents
Association Committee
Our 2011-12 Committee is as fol-
lows:
Chair Jocelyn Papprill
[email protected] 3845-281
Secretary Susan Kornfeld
Treasurer Rosemary Dahl
Members
Linda Rultand
John Peterson
Melanda Slemint
Derek McCullough
Greg Young
Tom Davies
Pottery Rep — Di Fox
Squash Rep — Ann Harliwich
Coordinator
Through the generosity of the Todd
Foundation we have been able to
employ Linda as a .25FTE coordi-
nator for the next 12 months while
we work through all our rebuilding
requirements and earthquake re-
lated issues. You can contact Linda
on [email protected] or
phone her on 384-2160
Meetings
Normally every third Monday of the
month at 7.30pm. Contact coordi-
[email protected] if you would like
to attend..
Swap Meet
Fortnightly Sundays – 3 to 4pm in
front of the shops on Major Horn-
brook Rd. Bring something to swap
from your garden, your kitchen or
your bookshelf. A great way to
meet other people from the hill and
to gain variety in your diet! Next
one is Sunday 29th Jan followed by
Feb 12th.
Regular information about these
meets is to be found on our web-
site.
Communal Gardening
Sometimes it’s no fun gardening
alone – the jobs you hope to
achieve never seem to get finished
BUT with friends on the job you can
have fun & gain a sense of having
achieved something.
There’s been some talk of setting
up a community garden here like
those found in New Brighton,
Heathcote & Sumner but finding a
suitable site will take some time.
Another way of sharing skills, sweat
and crops is to form working-bee
groups of neighbours or interested
locals to move around each other’s
gardens to get jobs done. It may be
an opportunity to lend a hand to
neighbours who have had to tem-
porarily move away or are elderly to
get their gardens productive again.
Should you be interested in this
idea, please email
Report from your
C.E.R.A.
Community Rep.
The last meeting for 2011 was in
mid-December with Tony Maryatt,
CEO of CCC in attendance to pro-
vide us with a report on the Coun-
cil’s work so far and vision for the
rebuild. During the meeting several
community representatives shared
their insights into the issues their
particular community faces as a
result of the quakes. Mr Maryatt
responded to a number of the con-
cerns expressed and was very clear
in his desire to see processes or
services, like consents expediated.
The Community Forum meets for
the first time in 2012 on Thur 2nd
Feb and fortnightly after that. Min-
utes and notes from each formal
meeting are now on the CERA web-
site http://cera.govt.nz/community
-forum/agendas-and-notes
If you have particular concerns you
would like raised that are not
something CanCERN would deal
with please contact Jocelyn Papprill
[email protected] or 027 222
0395.
Mount Pleasant
Farmers Market
Every Saturday; Mount Pleas-
ant Community Centre; 10am to
1pm
ALWAYS there serving good
local food to our local commu-
nity. Never beaten, whatever
the weather, the state of the
roads and sewers we are al-
ways there.
Redcliffs
Farmers Market
Every Wednesday; The Spur
Cafe Car Park; 1pm to 4pm
A smaller version of our origi-
nal M P Farmers Market.
Art Nomad Sumner
Contemporary Modern Art at
highly competitive prices.
43 Nayland Street, Sumner.
All enquires Tom Davies.
027 600 7779
Page 6
MPMCCRAI — Pleasant News
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Have you checked out our
new website?
Mt Pleasant has a new website de-
signed by local web developer, Mark
Rocket and the team at Avatar
www.avatar.co.nz. Check out the site at
see www.mpcc.org.nz and to see
what’s on offer. We can now offer you
the following options:
Sign up for our free email newslet-
ter
Read the local news posts
Add a free advert to our Notice
board— Accommodation wanted/
needed, babysitting, for sale, swap,
give away etc
Business Directory— Mt Pleasant
residents can advertise their busi-
nesses for free.
Advertise your local community or
interest group. Do you have book
club, cycling group or other such
group you would like others to
know about?
Find out earthquake info
Supply us with information you
know about Mt Pleasant for our
history page
Send us your special Mt Pleasant
photos, old or recent so that we
can all enjoy them.
Keep up with the rebuild of your
community centre as it unfolds
Residential
Boundaries for Mt
Pleasant
Many in our community do
not realize that they live
within the Mt Pleasant Resi-
dents’ Association bounda-
ries because the live on Bal-
moral hill or some other dif-
ferently named hill. The offi-
cially recognized CCC
boundaries of the Mt Pleas-
ant Residents’ Association
are: the area bounded on
the east by Balmoral Lane
up to the Summit Road,
along Summit Road, and on
the west from Summit Road
down the Spur along Bridle
Path Road to Heathcote river
mouth, along the Heathcote
River to the junction of Ferry
Road and Charlesworth
Street, along Charlesworth
Street to Linwood Avenue,
along Linwood Avenue, Hum-
phreys Drive, Tidal View
Road, Heathcote Bridge and
Main Road to Balmoral
Lane.
Part of Balmoral Hill and
Moncks Spur Road is also
recognized by CCC as a
shared area with Redcliffs
Residents’ Association so
residents in these areas
have two Associations work-
ing on their behalf!
Become a member of the
Mt Pleasant Residents’
Association
With the loss of the Community Centre
the Association has virtually no income
to do its work needed by the commu-
nity. We therefore very much welcome
your financial support over the coming
year. There are meetings to be had,
events to organise and newsletters to
publish all with on-going costs. Please
support us to support you— the cost is
only $15.00 per annum per house-
hold. To join the Association simply fill
out the form on page 10 and post to
The Treasurer, 93 Mt Pleasant Road,
Christchurch 8081. For more forms go
to http://www.mpcc.org.nz/join-us/
where you will find a download for join-
ing.
Are you receiving MPCC
emails?
According to the 2006 Census data
pre-quake there were 1647 house-
holds in Mt Pleasant. Of these 1308
were on the internet. We currently
have 540 households signed up to
our email database so many house-
holds are currently missing out on
receiving their local news and info.
So to encourage those of you who
have not yet taken the plunge to sign
up for our free email newsletter we
are offering everyone who is signed
up by 29 February the chance to win
a dinner for two at Flames restaurant
in Soleares Ave. This prize has been
kindly donated by Flames, Mt Peas-
ant's own fine dining restaurant.
To sign up go to www.mpcc.org.nz
and fill out the form you will find on
the Email Newsletter tab at the top of
the website.
Joined Mt Pleasant’s
Facebook yet?
http://www.facebook.com/
mtpleasantcommunity
MPMCCRAI — Pleasant News
MPMCCRAI—Pleasant News
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
The first principle of Civil Defence Emergency Manage-
ment is self reliance. It is vital that we stay prepared as
individuals. You will find enclosed a Household Check-
list. This is a great way to check how prepared you are.
Our copy lives on the fridge. I hope you find it helpful
too. If you have vital medications, maintain a minimum
supply of 2 weeks.
In the event of an emergency, after ensuring your
household and family are OK, the next step is to check
on neighbours. The Residents’ Association have been
actively promoting Neighbourhood Support which is a
great way to get to know your neighbours and build
support networks before you need them. Please con-
sider joining your local support network or becoming a
street co-ordinator. For more information contact
[email protected] or phone 384-2160
IN AN EMERGENCY Mt Pleasant School will serve as a
co-ordination point for
Help
Information
Sharing essential resources / skills
Temporary accommodation
Emergency catering
First aid
Establishing communication lines with Civil Defence
and Emergency Services
If you need more help than you and your neighbours
can manage, go to the Mt Pleasant School where a co-
ordinated response will be occurring. If you are not
needed at home or by neighbours, and are in a position
to help, go to the school where your assistance can be
re-directed. If you have skills or resources that may be
of particular help in the given situation please make
this known to the response team at Mt Pleasant
School.
This is a community initiative run by our people, for our
people. It is not a council or Civil Defence run response.
It relies on the contribution and co-operation of resi-
dents and organizations within our community in the
first instance. The response center is intended as a way
to collaborate as a community, to support and serve
each other if emergency services are delayed or over-
whelmed.
A community response plan has been drafted in asso-
ciation with Mt Pleasant Residents’ Association, Mt
Pleasant School, Neighbourhood Support, and Mt
Pleasant Medical Center. This outlines the plan for
2012, developing community resilience and how to
respond in the event of an emergency. This will be pre-
sented at the Pleasant Day Out on February 18th/19th,
and made available for general viewing in the near fu-
ture.
We now need a core team of 10 volunteers to make up
the ‘response team’. They will meet regularly through-
out 2012 to roll out the plan, develop community resil-
ience and awareness and run the response center in
the event of an emergency. Training can be arranged
but a cross section of people with skills or experience in
disaster response, management, IT, security, reception,
welfare, trades, emergency services, medical, outdoor
leadership etc would be advantageous.
If you feel you have something to offer, would like to get
more involved in the community, meet some fantastic
new people, and be of service to others, please contact
Robin Arnold 9802890 or e-mail [email protected]
for more details. You would need to be able to make
yourself available in an emergency and be primarily
based in Mt Pleasant.
Register your interest now, first meeting early February.
Kia Kaha Mt Pleasant!
Robin Arnold.
What the latest with our
Community Centre?
At the close of last year the Residents’ Association
was delighted to be informed that we had successful
applied for a grant of $25,000 from the Vodafone
Earthquake fund to help us develop a concept plan for
the our replacement community centre. This was
great news just when we were all starting to feel that
the rebuilding process was going nowhere. As a result
of the grant we have called for Mt Pleasant based
architects to submit their portfolios if interested in
securing the architectural contract. We received three
applications and are now in the process of determin-
ing which of those three will be awarded the contract.
Once the architect is chosen we will be contacting all
interested residents and groups to help us develop
the concept brief.
Thank you Vodafone—what a great Christmas present!
MPMCCRAI — Pleasant News
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Are you a whizz at Publisher?
Our coordinator is looking for some
training to polish her skills at Microsoft-
Publishing. If you are a whizz and can
donate a couple of hours please contact
Mt Pleasant Memorial Community Centre & Residents Association
Post to The Treasurer 93 Mt Pleasant Road,
CHRISTCHURCH 8081
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP FOR 2012/13
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Senior or Single: $8-00 Family: $15.00
www.mpcc.org.nz Email: [email protected] Tel. 384-2160
Want to Get Fit in 2012?
If you are keen to get fit in 2012, have
some fun or play some serious squash,
then we have the place for you! Mt
Pleasant Squash Club is safe and sound
- you can join now for less than $4.50 a
week!
For more information visit
www.mtpleasantsquash.co.nz