Visitors: Keri Welham, Vanessa Hamm
Sustainability and the environment
Rosalie talked about her Favourite non for profit charity – Western Bay Wildlife Trust -which started by rescuing blue penguins when the Rena crashed and put oil on our shores. They tagged some of the penguins that were rescued at the time and ten years on they are still finding these penguins.
Western Bay Wildlife Trust (WBWT) is a community-based conservation group that protects native seabird and shorebird species and their habitats in the Western Bay of Plenty Region. Their diverse work includes threatened species monitoring, habitat monitoring, Little Blue Penguin (Kororā) rescue and rehabilitation, and pest animal control efforts. They also work closely with our local community, raising awareness for, and nurturing the next generation of conservationists that will protect New Zealand’s incredible biodiversity. Their work is mostly focused around Mauao (Mount Maunganui), Moturiki (Leisure Island), and Mount Maunganui Beach.
Speaker
Speaker introduction – Dean
Introduced Keri Welham and Vanessa Hamm who works with Dean at Holland Beckett.
Their goal was promoting public art in places within the city seem to become areas of significance and add to the culture and vibrancy of inner city living. They've set up a collective, which was formed with Team trustees to raise funds and commission artworks to be gifted to the city whether they be contemporary or modern.
Kerry and Vanessa gave us an update of who all the commissioners are for the Trust. Vanessa also discussed the process of how sites would be identified and their first site, which will be in Red Square. They're currently looking into the history and the connection of the site. They also have three very good curators to decide which piece to place with over 70 artists shown expressions to create a piece. The panel is made up of Tauranga Art Gallery curator Serena Bentley, local artist and author Julia Paama-Pengelly, and former Tauranga Art Gallery Director, now director of the Dowse Art Museum and head of arts and culture for Hutt City Council, Karl Chitham ONZM.
Public art trusts are a tried-and-true community-led approach to securing public art, and have been running for many years with huge success in Christchurch (over 25 years, SCAPE has delivered 15 permanent and 250 temporary artworks), Hamilton, and Wellington. The civic transformation coming to Tauranga’s central city presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to embed contemporary public art into the design.
The goal was to have the first piece in place before the commission period ends and council with a focus on this city centre there are some excellent examples of similar actress in Christchurch escaping in Christchurch in Wellington and showed us some examples of what installations they have put in place. The target for installations is between cost between $300,000 and a million dollars in the first installation funding is initially coming from council have committed $150,000 in TECT, also $150,000. They wish to have 10 pieces in 10 years, so one a year. They'll be doing the strategic planning as to accessibility. The potential of crowdfunding will give access to smaller donners to the framework.
Announcements:
Rosters - Lisa - Thanks to Dave McDonald who will be taking over the roster duty. You'll start to see emails coming from him in future. Please let him know if you don't want to be rostered for Sergeant sessions. (Or if you're extra keen to be Sergeant!)
Lisa are also requested any photographers in the club to send through activities we've done over the years is she is taking on the project or developing our website.
K-Valley - John Carlson - thanked everyone for planting trees in the weekend. Planting over 2000 trees in just over an hour and a half. Well done everyone involved
Movie Night - Warren Banks is coordinating a red carpet film premiere night on Thursday October 5, 2023 which starts at 5.45pm on the red carpet, followed by the BOP premiere screening of the film 'Taking Back Our Beach'. After the screening there will be a 20-30 minute Q&A in the cinema with some of the people who are in the film. Warren has booked a 130-seat cinema for this, and it will run concurrently to a screening next door (372 seats) which we are putting on for all those who are in the film, supported and sponsored the film
Crystal Palace – Mary
The date of the event is the 27th of October. So Mary asked club members for any more sponsors that are interested to let her know and also table sales. Date - 27th October, tickets $65 per head, tables of 8.
Sergeant session
Neil Matson told us about his last Rugby World Cup he attended as one of the medical team at the Rotorua stadium for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. On the field there were three doctors and one nurse and more were required upstairs. The game was Namibia versus Samoa, it was a very busy game with a number needing to have stickers. Three for Namibians and one for Samoa the end of the game. Which is the second least populated country in the world?
That's Namibia’s Main language being English, with some German spoken. The national plant welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) is a strange plant with long, wide strap-like leaves, a stem base and roots that grows on the ground. And has a lifespan of between 400-1,500 years.
Parting thought: Lisa Phillips
This week is Māori Language week, so Lisa provided us with a Whakataukī (Māori proverb).
Whāia te iti kahurangi, ki te tuohu koe, me he maunga teitei.
Seek the treasure that you value most dearly, if you bow your head, let it be to a lofty mountain.
This whakataukī is about perseverance and endurance. Refusing to let obstacles get in your way while striving to reach your goals.
Birthdays of members and partners
